* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.
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          OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER JADA ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS AND CHAIRWOMAN SENAL HERE. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DENISE. 
          UM, I HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING SITTING THERE, DENISE. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE IN THIS ROOM FOR OUR MEETING, AND IT, UH, FEELS VERY FORMAL, UH, NONETHELESS. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          UH, JUST A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT IF YOU WISH TO JOIN OUR COMMITTEE'S MAILING LIST. 
          UH, WE MAIL OUT THE AGENDA FOR THIS COMMITTEE, UM, ONCE IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. 
          WE DO HAVE A SIGNUP SHEET. 
          UH, MY STAFF IS HOLDING IT BACK THERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, BE ON THE MAILING LIST. 
          UM, IT WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON UPCOMING MEDIA AGENDAS AND TOPICS THAT ARE PERTINENT TO THIS COMMITTEE. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, WE DO NOT HAVE MINUTES ON THIS. 
          [Citizens to be Heard]
SO OUR FIRST ITEM WILL BE, UH, CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. 
          UH, WE HAVE DR. 
          MEREDITH MCGUIRE FROM THE SIERRA CLUB. 
          UH, AND YOU WILL HAVE, UH, THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          DR. 
          MCGUIRE. 
          SHE DIDN'T GET HIM COLOR. 
          HI, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CHANCE TO SPEAK. 
          UM, SO I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN HEALTH EQUITY AND WATER IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AND, UH, THIS IS A QUICKIE. 
          UH, THE THINGS COMING AROUND WILL HELP YOU SEE SOME OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          UH, WATER IS A HUMAN RIGHT. 
          IT'S NECESSARY FOR HEALTH, HYGIENE AND LIFE ITSELF. 
          DETROIT LOST ITS PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM, SO THOUSANDS OF RESIDENT HOUSEHOLDS HAD THEIR WATER CUT OFF BY A FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION. 
          SAWS IS OUR PUBLIC UTILITY, SO WE SHOULD EXPECT SAWS TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE WATER, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO PAY. 
          RATE, STRUCTURE, PROCESS MUST DO A BETTER JOB TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. 
          UM, WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO START THE RATE STRUCTURE PROCESS. 
          SO I HOPE EACH OF YOU HAS MADE A POINT OF GETTING REALLY GOOD REPRESENTATIVES FOR, TO SPEAK FOR YOUR DISTRICT AND TO PROPOSE OTHER PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE GOOD FOR THE AT LARGE. 
          THE AT LARGE, UH, CONSTITUENTS OF THE, UH, RATE STRUCTURE COMMITTEE IS WHERE THE EQUITY ISSUE IS ESPECIALLY PROBLEMATIC. 
          THE EQUITY TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP OF THE CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN WORKED MORE THAN A YEAR TO DEVELOP AN OUTSTANDING DEFINITION OF THE PROCESS OF MAKING EQUITY A FOUNDATION FOR THE CHARGES WE NEED, EXCUSE ME, CHANGES WE NEED TO MAKE FOR SAN ANTONIO TO BECOME RESILIENT AND TO PROTECT ITS MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS. 
          UH, HOWEVER, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT LANGUAGE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM DRAFT TWO OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING PROCESS. 
          BUT I URGE YOU TO MAKE A POINT OF MAKING THOSE EQUITY, UH, DEFINITIONS INTO PRACTICE. 
          REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE IN THE WORDING OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 
          SPECIFICALLY, I WANT YOU TO TRY TO PUT THAT INTO PRACTICE FOR, UM, MAKING SURE THAT VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES HAVE MEANINGFUL PLACES AT THE TABLE, AND IN PARTICULAR, IN THE CASE OF THE RATE OF STRUCTURE RATE, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, RIGHT NOW, THERE IS ONLY ONE, UH, PLACE THAT'S BEING OCCUPIED, UM, BY SOMEBODY WHO HASN'T GOT SOME SPECIFIC VESTED INTERESTS, FOR EXAMPLE, AS A CUSTOMER OF WATER OR AS A BUSINESS, UH, IN THAT HAS, UM, PROFITS AT STAKE. 
          SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AN EVEN BALANCE BETWEEN THE GROUPS THAT ARE ON THE RATE STRUCTURING, THE, I SHOULDN'T SAY GROUPS, THE, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, AT LARGE CONSTITUENTS OF THE RATE STRUCTURE COMMITTEE. 
          THEY SHOULD BE BALANCED OUT BY AN EQUAL NUMBER WHO ARE REPRESENTING SUCH ISSUES AS PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          UH, SUCH ISSUES AS, UH, SOCIAL JUSTICE, SUCH ISSUES AS, UH, PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE CITY. 
          THESE ARE ALL WATER RELATED ISSUES THAT REALLY DO NEED TO HAVE ADVOCATES, NOT JUST DISTRICT MEMBERS, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THE DISTRICT MEMBERS, UH, DON'T KNOW 
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ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO ASSERT THOSE, UH, GOALS. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. 
          MCGUIRE. 
          AND I BELIEVE YOU'LL BE SITTING ON THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL, RIGHT? NO, I DON'T THINK I'M OH, OKAY. 
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          [1. 19-6446 Briefing on sustainability and innovation in Credit Human’s new corporate headquarters downtown, the building’s impact on the community, and how City incentives helped offset the cost of the development. [Carlos Contreras, Assistant City Manager; Alejandra Lopez, Interim Director, Economic Development Department]]
ALRIGHT. 
          UM, WE'LL GO INTO ITEM NUMBER ONE. 
          UH, THAT'S A PRESENTATION ON CREDIT HUMANS NEW DOWNTOWN HEADQUARTERS. 
          UM, ALEX LOPEZ FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          IN 2017, WE PARTNERED WITH CREDIT HUMAN ON AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO CREATE ADDITIONAL JOBS AND TO HELP MAKE THE VISION FOR THEIR NEW HEADQUARTERS OPERATIONS. 
          A REALITY BEHIND THE VISIONARY INFRASTRUCTURE IS MR. STEVE HENNIGAN, THE PRESIDENT AND C E O OF CREDIT HUMAN, A FEDERAL CREDIT UNION. 
          STEVE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING LEADERSHIP AND VISION FOR A COOPERATIVELY OWNED FINANCIAL INSTITUTION SERVING MORE THAN 200,000 HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. 
          IN THIS ROLE, STEVE IS FOCUSED ON TRANSFORMING THE ORGANIZATION'S VALUES TO ENABLE IT, TO FULFILL ITS MISSION OF HELPING PEOPLE CREATE, BUILD, AND MAINTAIN FINANCIAL SLACK. 
          STEVE WILL BRIEF THE COMMITTEE ON SOME OF THE KEY PROJECTS OR SOME OF THE PROJECTS, KEY SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OH, THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          HOW ARE YOU TODAY? WELL, WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 
          UM, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. 
          UH, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT ME, I ACTUALLY SERVED 10 YEARS ON THE C P SS ENERGY BOARD, AND I WAS THE CHAIRMAN THE YEAR THAT WE VOTED ON J K SCREWS TOO. 
          AND, UH, JUST THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY AT THAT MOMENT THAT THE GENESIS FOR, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU GOT INCUBATED WITH, YOU KNOW, ME PERSONALLY, BUT WITHIN MY ORGANIZATION AS WE MOVED FORWARD. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY AT A TIME WHEN MISSION VERTE WAS BEGINNING TO TAKE EFFECT UNDER, UH, MILL PHIL, UH, PHIL HARBERGER. 
          AND WE WERE REALLY STRUGGLING WITH HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AS A UTILITY AND AS PRIVATE CITIZENS IN WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          AND SO, WHILE WE DID OUR WORK ON THE UTILITY THAT LED TO THE STEP PROGRAM, AND BEFORE I LEFT THE BOARD, AND I'M JUST SO PROUD OF C P SS IS WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO THIS POINT. 
          YOU KNOW, WE, WE GOTTA CONTINUE TO DO MORE, BUT THIS BUILDING IS REALLY THE PASSION THAT STARTED FROM THAT VERY EARLY PERIOD WHEN I WAS IN PUBLIC SERVICE. 
          AND THE ROLES YOU BASICALLY WERE IN AS AN APPOINTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL AS WELL. 
          UH, THIS BRAINCHILD STARTED ABOUT 2014 FOR US SPECIFICALLY. 
          AND THE FACT THAT WE, UH, WE WERE FACED WITH A HEADQUARTER DECISION. 
          UH, WE WERE OUTTA SPACE. 
          UH, OUR, OUR, OUR CREDIT UNION IS ABOUT 85 YEARS OLD. 
          AND, UH, WE ARE FACED WITH THAT NEXT BIG GENERATION BUILD TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE. 
          THE BUILDING WE ARE IN TODAY, WE ACTUALLY BUILT IT IN 1976. 
          UH, IT WAS OUT IN THE COW PASTURES OF VANCE JACKSON AND I 10 BACK AT THE TIME. 
          UH, SO AS YOU WELL KNOW, THE CENTER OF THE CITY IS MUCH MORE NORTH OF THAT FROM A GEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE, WHICH JUST SHOWS YOU HOW MUCH THE, THE CITY HAS, HAS GROWN. 
          IN FACT, THAT BUILDING DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A GAS LINE TO IT. 
          SO WE'RE ALL ELECTRIC HEAT, UH, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE WHAT LED US TO THIS BUILDING, BUT FUNDAMENTALLY WE'VE LIVED IN THAT BUILDING FOR 42 YEARS. 
          AND THAT'S PART OF THIS STORY. 
          UM, LEMME SEE IF I CAN GET THROUGH THIS. 
          SO THIS IS THE RENDITION THAT WE PROVIDED, UH, I THINK FOR THE HISTORICAL REVIEW COMMISSION. 
          ULTIMATELY, THAT'S TAKING SHAPE. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A 3.1 ACRE PLOT OF LAND ON BROADWAY THAT USED TO BE PRETTY MUCH IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE 1920S AND THIRTIES, AN AMAZING, VIBRANT PART OF THE CITY. 
          AND THEN WENT INTO SOMEWHAT OF A, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC DECAY AND DISREPAIR. 
          AND AS YOU GUYS WERE BEGINNING TO REVITALIZE BROADWAY, VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO MOVE THE CREDIT UNION, WHICH WAS WE WERE FACING EITHER MOVING, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE CITY, UH, MOVING CERTAINLY OUT OF, INTO THE RURAL AREA BECAUSE OF SPACE, OR DO WE READDRESS THE DOWNTOWN URBAN CORE, WHICH IS SO VERY DEAR, IMPORTANT TO OUR MISSION. 
          AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AROUND BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY EMPLOYEES, AND DENSITY IS A DIS IS A DIFFICULT ISSUE. 
          BROADWAY BECAME A REAL FOCUS FOR US. 
          AND AT THE, AT THE VERY SAME TIME, OUR PARTNERS SILVER VENTURES WAS BEGINNING TO REALLY CONTEMPLATE THE VISION FOR THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR, LET'S CALL IT THE, METAPHORICALLY THEIR FRONT DOOR INTO THE PEARL. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, THAT GENESIS LED TO, UH, THE BEGINNING OF A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MYSELF AND BILL SCHO AND THE FOLKS OVER AT, UH, SILVER, MANY OF WHICH ARE HERE TODAY, TO, TO REALLY REIMAGINE THIS, THIS PLACE. 
          UM, AND I'LL GO THROUGH THE SUSTAINABILITY COMPONENTS. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S MOST INTERESTING. 
          BUT I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT, AND I KNOW, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO APPRECIATE THIS, IS THIS WAS LOCAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BUILDING FIT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IT DOESN'T, IT WASN'T SOME FOREIGN OBJECT THAT WAS JUST PLACED INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO THE AMOUNT OF CARE AND ATTENTION, AND THIS REALLY GOES TO SILVER'S, YOU KNOW, CAPABILITIES OF AESTHETICS AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE DESIGN, THE BUILDING IS FUNDAMENTALLY DESIGNED TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND, UH, THE WAY THAT, UH, WE HAVE THE TRAFFIC FLOWS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES IS DESIGNED TO GET EVERYONE DOWN AT THE STREET LEVEL, NOT NECESSARILY JUST COMING THROUGH THE BACK OF THE GARAGE. 
          WE ARE REALLY GONNA FORCE EVERYONE TO THE STREET. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE THAT SENSE OF CONNECTION 
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AND COMMUNITY THAT ALLOWS US TO, TO REALLY BE A PART OF AND INVITED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO THIS IS PROBABLY THE SLIDE THAT YOU ARE MOST INTERESTED IN HERE. 
          UH, FROM A SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS, UH, UH, THE, OUR CONTRIBUTION TO IT, WHICH HAS REALLY BEEN, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, CAME FROM MY EARLY C P S ENERGY DAYS, IS THAT WE DIVVIED UP THE WORK. 
          UH, AND, AND, UH, I'LL JUST TELL YOU THAT THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SILVER AND I WAS, THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE AESTHETICS, UH, AND ALL OF THE COMMUNITY ELEMENTS, AND WE WOULD TAKE ON EVERY ASPECT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT. 
          SO IMAGINE WE STARTED WITH A, A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER. 
          AND THE VERY FIRST PRINCIPLE WE, WE, THAT WE THREW ON THE TABLE WAS THIS THING CALLED THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE, NOT WHAT'S PRACTICAL, NOT WHAT LEAD SAYS, NOT WHAT ANY OTHER DESIGN CRITERIA SAID, BUT WHAT IS THE REASON WHY IT CAN'T BE DONE. 
          AND WE STARTED WITH THAT STATEMENT OF WHY IT CAN'T BE DONE. 
          AND SO WE EXPLORED ALL KINDS OF PROCESSES AND MANY OF THE DESIGN CRITERIA THAT GET INTO THE WAY OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE, DEAL WITH PRAGMATICS. 
          AND, AND IT, IT REALLY STARTS OUT WITH THIS RULE OF THUMB THAT CAN'T BE DONE WHEN IN FACT MAYBE IT CAN BE DONE. 
          AND LET'S SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS NOT, UH, BURDENED WITH IS I WENT FROM THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. 
          SO WE WERE ABLE TO APPROACH THIS WITH A FRESH SET OF EYES. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE PUT THIS THING TOGETHER, WE GOT THESE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE SYNERGY OF WHY OUR ONE THING WOULD OFFSET ANOTHER. 
          AND THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE YOU'LL SEE IS GEOTHERMAL AND WATER. 
          UH, WE HAD NO IDEA WE COULD GET DOWN TO A 3% WATER DEMAND ON A BUILDING OF THAT SIZE WITH MORE THAN 1200 OCCUPANTS IN IT. 
          UM, AND I CAN TELL YOU HOW WE DID THAT. 
          EVERYONE'S, IS IT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD THE QUESTION, YOU SAY IT'S TRUE, BUT IS IT BELIEVABLE? AND THAT WE'VE STILL GOTTA PROVE IT TO OURSELVES, BUT ALL OF THE INDICATIONS LOOK LIKE IT'S POSSIBLE FOR US. 
          SO ANYWAY, THEORETICALLY POSSIBILITY, WHICH MEANS WE DIDN'T CONSTRAIN OUR BRAINS, WE DIDN'T CONSTRAIN OUR, OUR IMAGINATIONS, AND WE LOOKED AND WE DIDN'T LOOK TO INSTALL ANYTHING THAT WAS EXPERIMENTAL TECHNOLOGY. 
          SO EVERYTHING IN THIS BUILDING IS PROVEN TECHNOLOGY. 
          THERE'S NOTHING HERE THAT WE'RE JUST GOING OUT TO SEE. 
          IT MAY OR MAY NOT WORK. 
          UH, SO WE WERE NOT WILLING TO TAKE THOSE TYPES OF RISKS AS A BUSINESS WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE FOR US AS A, AS A CREDIT UNION TO, TO RISK OUR MEMBERS' CAPITAL THAT WAY. 
          THE SECOND DESIGN PRINCIPLE IS THAT WE STARTED ON THE DEMAND SIDE AND THEN WE REMOVED TO THE SUPPLY SIDE. 
          AND SO IT, IT'S, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT FUNDAMENTALLY THE COST OF INSTALLATION VERSUS THE COST OF HVAC EQUIPMENT, WELL, THE COST OF INSTALLATION IS JUST FAR CHEAPER. 
          AND SO WHY WOULD YOU NOT DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO REDUCE DEMAND BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT SUPPLY? SO ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO REDUCE, REDUCE, REDUCE, REDUCE, REDUCE WAS ABOUT A 10 X FACTOR CHEAPER THAN ACTUALLY JUST SAY, WELL, LET'S JUST PUT BIGGER EQUIPMENT ON IT, OR A LARGER SOLAR ARRAY. 
          SO THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THE DESIGN CRITERIA. 
          AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE, THE BASIC ELEMENTS. 
          BUT WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT IS, AND THESE ARE NOT FINAL, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ON PLUG LOADS, UH, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THE BUILDING WILL PROBABLY USE NEARLY HALF THE POWER OF A BUILDING OF ITS DESIGN. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          UH, NEARLY, YOU KNOW, 1,450 METRIC, UH, CARBON METRIC TONS PER YEAR. 
          YOU KNOW, 300 VEHICLES A YEAR OFF THE ROAD. 
          UH, THE MOST IMPRESSIVE NUMBER IS OBVIOUSLY THE WATER NUMBER. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO OUR FUTURE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, WE'LL GET INTO HOW THAT HAS HAPPENED. 
          AND THEN BECAUSE OF THE BLESSINGS OF THIS CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY, YOUR 2016 ORDINANCE, JANUARY, 2016, I BELIEVE, WHERE YOU INTRODUCED LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT, WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MAXIMIZE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO BASICALLY, 90% OF THE WATER THAT HITS THAT THREE ACRE PLOT OF LAND WILL NOT LEAVE IT. 
          WE WILL CAPTURE IT AND IT WILL BE USED IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER TO THEN BEGIN TO OFFSET. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE SEWAGE AFFLUENT OR WASTEWATER OR STORMWATER GOING INTO THE RIVER SYSTEM. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO REPURPOSE THAT WATER. 
          WE HAVE A PROCESS BY WHICH WE'RE GATHERING ALL THE WATERS FROM CONDENSATES TO RAIN TO STORM. 
          AND AND THAT'S REALLY THE, THE STORY THAT'S THE HEADLINE HERE. 
          SO IF WE JUST GO INTO A COUPLE OF THE COMPONENTS, YOU'LL SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE DESIGN PERSPECTIVE, UH, WE WENT AFTER, THESE ARE THE DEMAND COMPONENTS. 
          WE WENT AFTER THE BUILDING ENVELOPE. 
          WE'RE USING WATER COOLED V R F, WE'RE NOT USING CONVENTIONAL FORCED AIR SYSTEMS. WE'RE USING A GEOTHERMAL GROUND LOOP, OBVIOUSLY L E D LIGHTING AND EFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. 
          AND THE INTERESTING THAT THING WE'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW IS ON THE ADVANCED PLUG LOADS, IS THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T UNDER REALIZE THIS, BUT, UH, AND I CERTAINLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT MORE THAN THE, ABOUT 40% OF A BUILDING'S LOAD IS INSIDE THE BUILDING. 
          IT'S NOT THE HVAC SYSTEM, IT'S REALLY THE PLUGS, IT'S THE LIGHTING, IT'S THE WORKSTATIONS. 
          AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE UNDERTAKEN A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE STUDY TO RE-ENGINEER THE WAY OUR WORKSTATIONS ARE GONNA BE DESIGNED, AND MOTION SENSORS AND OCCUPANCY SENSORS. 
          SO MUCH OF THE BUILDING WILL SHUT DOWN ALL THE POWER WHEN JUST NO ONE IN THE BUILDING AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO OPERATE, UH, WE THINK ABOUT 50% LESS POWER ON THE POWER PLUG LOADS TOO. 
          AND THOSE FIGURES ARE NOT IN HERE YET. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY THINK THE, THE, 
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THE PERFORMANCE IS GONNA BE BETTER THAN THIS. 
          BUT AS OF THIS POINT, I'M NOT PREPARED TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE, BUT WE, WE KNOW IT'S BETTER THAN 40% MORE. 
          AND THEN ULTIMATELY, ONCE WE GOT THROUGH ON THE, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENCY SIDE, WE THEN OBVIOUSLY WENT AFTER THE LARGEST SOLAR ARRAY. 
          AND, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE BUILDING DATA, AND I'LL SHOW YOU A PHOTO, YES, THAT IS A SOLAR ARRAY ON THE TOP OF THE BUILDING. 
          UH, IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE THREE SOLAR ARRAYS, NEARLY ONE MEGAWATT OF POWER ON THAT BUILDING, UH, THE GLASS. 
          UH, AND THAT'S A MOCKUP DESIGN. 
          WHAT WE HAD TO DO TO ENSURE THAT THE WORKERS, 'CAUSE THIS WAS A BIG PART OF IT, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NUMBER OF THERMAL BREAKS AND THE, UH, PENETRATIONS THROUGH THE BARRIERS WAS MINIMIZED. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY HAD A A, WE BUILT A MOCKUP DESIGN WHERE THE WORKERS ACTUALLY GOT TO TEST THEIR APP, THEIR, THE DESIGN AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION APPROACH. 
          WE WOULD THEN BACK TEST TO SEE IF THEY GOT IT RIGHT AND THEY WOULD TAKE IT APART AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. 
          SO BY THE TIME THEY ACTUALLY STARTED CONSTRUCTING THE BUILDING ON SITE, THE PRACTICES THAT WERE DOWN, THAT THEY HAVE THE EFFICIENCIES, AND THEY HAD THE SEQUENCING ORDER OF ALL THE MATERIALS. 
          SO WE WERE INSURED TO HAVE A VERY, VERY TIGHT DESIGN. 
          AND SO IT WAS A REALLY BIG PART OF THE MOCKUP MOCKUP PROCESS. 
          WE PUT IN THE, THE GLASS ON THE BUILDING HAS A SOLAR HEAT COEFFICIENT OF UNDER 22, UH, PRETTY GOOD FOR A COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDING. 
          UH, AND SO AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA USE, UH, THERE WILL BE NO OFFICES IN THE BUILDING, EVEN THOUGH I WILL BE IN A WORKSTATION. 
          WE'RE USE, WE'RE GONNA DEMOCRATIZE LIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE WORKFORCE. 
          SO NOTHING WILL BE ON THE GLASS THAT PENETRATES INTO THE NATURAL LIGHT DESIGN, WHICH ALLOWS US TO REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY ELEMENT OF LIGHTING WE COULD POSSIBLY DO, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE ARTIFICIAL LIGHT THAT GETS ADDED AT THE END. 
          SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE, GET REALLY INTERESTED IN, IN BUILDING ENVELOPE, I MEAN, THIS IS TO ME IS SOME OF THE MOST SEXY PART OF THE BUSINESS, BUT FOR MOST, IT'S, IT'S NOT VERY INTERESTING AT ALL. 
          UH, WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THAT BUILDING IS SO TIGHT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO INTRODUCE FRESH AIR INTO IT. 
          IT HAS TO, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO BREAK THE BREATH BUILDING BREATHE. 
          AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE, UH, THE BLOWER DOOR CHAMBER. 
          WE ACTUALLY SET UP ON THE SIXTH FLOOR OF THE DOOR. 
          AND FOR ANYONE THAT KNOWS MUCH ABOUT, UH, THE TESTING, IF YOU READ THE MILLIMETER, THAT BASICALLY IS 75.3 PASCALS. 
          AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE IT SAYS, LO THAT MEANS TOO LOW TO MEASURE. 
          SO WE ARE GOING FOR A DESIGN THAT IS NOW BELOW THE MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY. 
          UH, WE HAVE ACHIEVED IT. 
          AND THEN IF YOU LOOK TO THE FAR TO THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A, LIKE A LITTLE VACUUM CLEANER. 
          THEY'RE ACTUALLY TESTING. 
          THEY 100% PERCENT TESTED EVERY INDIVIDUAL PERFORATION OF THE BUILDING TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE COMPLETELY SEALED. 
          AND, UH, SO WE HAVE BASICALLY A 100% FOOLPROOF BUILDING OF NO HOLES AND THERMAL BRIDGING HAS BEEN MINIMIZED. 
          AND THE PIECE BELOW IT, YOU SEE IN THE BLUE, THAT'S ACTUALLY, UH, THOSE ARE WOOL BATS. 
          AND SO WOOL IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE FORMS OF, OF INSULATION ON THE EXTERIOR. 
          SO WHILE WE HAVE INTERIOR LAYERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY LEADING UP, AND THAT'S A GEL COATING FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR, UH, AIR, WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT A THERMAL BARRIER THAT'S ACTUALLY WRAPPING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING COMPRISED OF WOOL. 
          SO THE, SO BASICALLY WE'RE GOING AFTER THERMAL BULK WATER AND AIR INFILTRATION ALL IN THAT WALL SYSTEM. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S MAKING THIS BUILDING REALLY SO EFFICIENT. 
          AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THE SOLAR ARRAY AS WE ENVISIONED IT ON THE LEFT. 
          AND THEN THAT IS A PHOTO AS OF ABOUT A WEEK AGO. 
          SO, UH, IF EVERYTHING IS ON SCHEDULE, WHICH IT SHOULD BE, THAT SOLAR ARRAY SHOULD BE COMMISSIONED ABOUT NOVEMBER 1ST. 
          AND, UH, IT WILL COVER NEARLY, UH, BASICALLY THE ONLY SPOT WE COULDN'T GET SOLAR ENERGY IS A LITTLE PORTION OF THE, OF THE GARAGE, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS WHERE THIS SUN JUST WON'T SHINE. 
          SO WE, WE'VE BASICALLY MAXIMIZED ENOUGH SOLAR, UH, THERMAL ENERGY, AND BY PUTTING THE SOLAR ARRAYS ON THE ROOF LIKE THAT, IT ALSO REDUCES THE HEAT OFF THE TOP OF THE ROOF. 
          SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT UP UPDATE. 
          INSTEAD OF ADDING INSULATION IN A WHITE ROOF, I KNOW A COUNCILMAN TREOUS WHO PART OF THE WHITE ROOF, AND WE WILL HAVE A WHITE ROOF ON THERE AS WELL, BUT YOU JUST NEVER LET THE HEAT HIT THE TOP OF THE ROOF. 
          IT'S LIKE REALLY HAVING A BIG TOP HAT ON THE BUILDING. 
          AND SO WE CAN GENERATE POWER OUT OF IT. 
          GEOTHERMAL ENERGY, UH, FOR THOSE THAT KNOW MUCH ABOUT THAT, THERE'S 150 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY WELLS BELOW THE BUILDING, ABOUT 310 FEET DEEP ON EACH OF THEM. 
          AND, UH, IT'S GONNA DELIVER 100% OF THE HEATING LOAD. 
          SO THERE WILL BE NO NATURAL GAS, UH, IN THE BUILDING UNLESS WE INTRODUCE SOME TYPE OF RESTAURANT ON THE FIRST FLOOR, WHICH WE'RE THINKING ABOUT. 
          BUT FROM A FUNDAMENTAL HEATING, THERE WOULD BE NO CARBON BEING BUILT IN THAT BUILDING. 
          AND WE, AND IT, IT'LL SU UH, SUPPLEMENT A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE COOLING LOAD. 
          AND WE'LL, AND WE WILL HAVE TO AUGMENT THAT WITH, WITH SOME COOLING TOWERS. 
          WE LITERALLY JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE. 
          IF WE HAD A COUPLE MORE ACRES, WE COULD'VE GOT, WE COULD PROBABLY GOT THE WHOLE BUILDING DONE. 
          UH, BUT LITERALLY THERE'S A, THERE'S A, A LARGE FIELD, AND, AND THE THING ABOUT GEOTHERMAL IS, IS THAT IT'S, IT'S A CONSTANT TEMPERATURE DOWN THERE. 
          IT'S ABOUT 74 DEGREES AND IT'S A HEAT SINK. 
          AND SO IN THE WINTERTIME, YOU CAN PULL THAT TEMPERATURE OUTTA THE GROUND, AND IN THE SUMMERTIME YOU CAN PUSH THE TEMPERATURES DOWN INTO THE GROUND, AND SO YOU HAVE A SINK THAT'S PRETTY STABLE. 
          UH, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY MESS WITH MOTHER 
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EARTH BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S ALREADY GIVEN TO US FOR FREE. 
          WE JUST HAVE TO ACCESS IT THROUGH A CLOSED LOOP, UH, SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S, UM, VERY, VERY EFFICIENT. 
          AND WHAT'S MOST INTERESTING ABOUT THIS IS THAT THIS IS WHAT ACTUALLY LED US TO, TO REDUCE THE WATER SO MUCH BY INSTALLING THE 150 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY WELLS. 
          WE SAVE NEARLY 1 MILLION GALLONS OF EVAPORATIVE COOLING WATER BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY HAVE AS MANY COOLING TOWERS ON THE BUILDING. 
          SO THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE SENSE OF THE ELECTRICITY FROM, UH, SAN ANTONIO'S BASELINE CODE ON THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 5.3, UH, MEGAWATTS PER YEAR POWER. 
          AND THEN YOU COULD SEE THE REDUCTIONS COMING FROM THE WATER. 
          COOL V R F SYSTEMS, THE, THE, THE PV SOLAR ARRAY, AND THEN THE GEOTHERMAL. 
          AND SO WE ARE, WE'RE DOWN RIGHT NOW BEFORE PLUG LOADS OF AROUND 2.5 MEGAWATT HOURS. 
          UM, AND THAT'S ABOUT A 48% REDUCTION. 
          I ACTUALLY THINK THAT IT'LL BE CLOSER TO 60% WHEN WE'RE DONE. 
          UH, BUT I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT JUST YET UNTIL I HAVE CONFIDENCE. 
          UM, BUT YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT. 
          I SAID IT. 
          UH, BUT HERE'S THE, REALLY THE MOST IMPRESSIVE NUMBER, AND THIS IS THE, WHERE THE IMAGINATION SERVED US, IS THAT BECAUSE WE WENT AFTER EVERY ELEMENT OF WATER, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T REDUCE TOTAL USAGE OF THE BUILDING, BUT WE REDUCED IT DOWN THEN THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PURCHASE THE EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE OF FOUR FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING FOR PORTABLE PURPOSES. 
          AND THE, THE ELEMENTS THAT REALLY CAN SEE IS THAT WE'RE CAPTURING ONE, NEARLY ONE, UH, 1.8 MILLION GALLONS OF STORM WATER. 
          THERE'S 84,000 SQUARE FOOT ROOFTOP. 
          EVERY ROOFTOP SURFACE IS CAPTURING WATER. 
          UH, WE'RE CAPTURING ALL THE CONDENSATE, ALL OF THE V R F SYSTEMS, THE RECYCLE, WE WILL BE USING SOME RECYCLED WATER FROM SOILS 'CAUSE WE ARE ON THE, ON THE LINE FOR RECYCLED WATER. 
          YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY LOW, LOW FLOW PLUMBING FIXTURES. 
          THE GEOTHERMAL LOOP REALLY GAVE US NEARLY A MILLION GALLONS. 
          AND THEN WE, UH, JUST BASIC CODE IMPROVEMENTS, WE GOT ANOTHER 300. 
          SO WHAT, WHAT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA ELIMINATE, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THIS 4 MILLION GALLON NUMBER OVER A 50 YEAR LIFETIME, IT'S NEARLY 200 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER THIS BUILDING WILL NOT USE FROM SAWS. 
          AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS IT'S POSSIBLE THAT LAST 163,000 GALLONS, BUT I WAS GONNA HAVE TO BECOME A WATER DISTRICT. 
          AND, UH, THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE REGULATION THAN WE WERE PREPARED TO TAKE ON FOR, UH, SUCH A SMALL POPULATION OF PEOPLE. 
          BUT, BUT IT IS DOABLE. 
          SO EVERYONE'S BEEN ASKING THIS QUESTION, UM, AND RIGHT NOW, THIS IS SUBJECT TO SOME ADJUSTMENTS, BUT BASICALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS, THE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS, BECAUSE WE GOT SCALE AND WE BUILT TWO BUILDINGS TOGETHER, AND WE PARTNERED TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT GAVE A SYNERGIES. 
          THE PROJECT COSTS WERE UNDER 5% OF THE, UH, FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS. 
          AND WHEN YOU START TO LOOK AT THE RATE OF RETURN, AND THEN, AND HERE'S REALLY THE THING YOU SHOULD TAKE AWAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, WHEN WE BUILT OUR BUILDING IN 1976, THE UTILITY BILLS OF OUR BUILDING IN 1976 WERE ABOUT $25,000 TOTAL PER YEAR FOR WATER AND GAS AND ELECTRIC. 
          TODAY WE'RE SPENDING OVER $400,000 IN UTILITY BILLS IN THAT BUILDING WE BUILT IN 1976. 
          SO SOME OF THAT IS A DEGRADATION OF THE BUILDING ENVELOPE AND THE BUILDING PERFORMANCE AS IT GETS OLDER AND THERE'S REPLACEMENT. 
          SO YOU HAVE SOME DECAY FACTORS, BUT THE BULK OF THAT IS, IS PRICE INCREASES THROUGH THE UTILITIES. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, CANDIDLY, THERE'S NOTHING I SEE ON THE HORIZON THAT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO NOT REDU TO REDUCE COST ANYTIME SOON. 
          SO WHEN YOU BEGIN TO FACTOR IN BUILDING DECAY AND YOU GET THE, THE BEST BUILDING ANIMAL, IF YOU CAN, YOU FACTOR IN WHAT UTILITY RATES WERE LIKELY TO DO, WHAT THE SCARCITY OF, UH, MATERIALS WILL DO. 
          INSULATION STARTS LOOKING REALLY CHEAP RELATIVE TO THE OTHER FACTORS. 
          AND WHEN YOU BEGIN TO THEN, YOU KNOW, AFTER YOU PRODUCE THE DEMAND SIDE, COME BACK WITH SUPPLY SIDE, YOU KNOW, MECHANICAL EQUIPMENTS FROM GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS AND SOLAR ARRAYS, YOU, YOU, YOU WIND UP WITH A COST PATTERN THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER 12 TO 13 YEARS, THIS SYSTEM'S PAID FOR. 
          YEAH, IT DOESN'T PAY FOR ITSELF IN FIVE YEARS. 
          AND WE'RE NOT BUILDING A FIVE YEAR BUILDING. 
          WE'RE BUILDING A 50 TO 100 YEAR BUILDING, AND WE PLAN TO STAY IN THIS BUILDING A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. 
          AND IT'S LIKE ANYTHING, IF YOU BUILD IT PROPERLY AND YOU TAKE CARE OF IT, IT WILL PAY YOU BACK IN DIVIDENDS. 
          AND SO THE 11.5% RATE OF RETURN IS BETTER THAN ANY LOAN RATE WE EARN FROM ANY OF OUR MEMBERS. 
          SO FROM AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST PORTFOLIO ASSETS WE WILL HAVE, UH, TO GIVE YOU GUYS A SENSE OF THAT. 
          BUT THE KEY IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LONG-TERM VISION. 
          YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO INVEST IN BUILDINGS FOR LONGER THAN FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS. 
          UH, L E D LIGHTING IS NOW GETTING PAYBACKS UNDER TWO TO THREE YEARS NOWADAYS, BUT IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER HORIZON. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S ALL VERY ACCESSIBLE. 
          WE LOOKED AT ANY TECHNOLOGY THAT HAD A 20 YEAR PAYBACK OR LESS, UH, UNLESS IT HAS A SYNERGISTIC APPROACH, THEN WE WOULD INCLUDE THAT BECAUSE WE GOT SOME OTHER BENEFIT FROM THAT. 
          SO, SO THIS IS KIND OF THE PICTURE OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 
          I WOULD SAY AN 11% RATE OF RETURN IS A, IS A DECENT RATE OF RETURN FOR A BUSINESS. 
          UM, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO, TO, TO VITAL THEIR IMAGINATIONS TO GO ON THAT. 
          SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, WHICH I KNOW IS DEAR AND DEAR TO THIS, 
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THIS COMMITTEE, IS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH A GENERATIONAL WORKFORCE, AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WORKERS EVERYWHERE FROM THE AGE OF 20 TO 69 OR 70 IN OUR ORGANIZATION TODAY, WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM DEALING WITH THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS TO CREATING AN ENTIRE NEW CULTURE, A NEW SET OF VALUES AND BELIEFS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, OUR EMPLOYEES AREN'T EQUIPPED, THEY WEREN'T TRAINED IN ALL OF THESE THINGS. 
          AND SO YOU CAN IMAGINE ONCE THEY WALK INTO THIS BUILDING, WE'RE GONNA NOT JUST STOP AT THE BUILDING ITSELF, BUT INSIDE THE BUILDING, EVERY ELEMENT OF THE CULTURE, WE'RE REDUCING THE WASTE STREAMS. WE HOPE TO GET OUR, OUR, OUR TRASH TO THE LANDFILL UNDER 3% IF WE CAN POSSIBLY DO IT. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA OBVIOUSLY RECYCLING. 
          WE'RE GOING AFTER, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE NO PLASTICS IN THE BUILDING. 
          THERE WILL BE NO SODAS POP IN THE BUILDING. 
          THERE WILL BE NO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE FITNESS AREAS AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE BIKE RACKS, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE HAVE A SEVEN STORY YOU CAN'T TELL, BUT THERE'S A SEVEN STORY STAIRWELL INSIDE THE BUILDING CALLED OUR COLLISION STAIRWELL. 
          AND IT'S DESIGNED FOR CASUAL COLLISION CONVERSATIONS TO CREATE NEW CONNECTIONS BECAUSE WE BEGAN AS A SOCIETY TO ISOLATE OURSELVES OFF AND BECOME LESS CONNECTED AND LESS HUMAN. 
          AND SO WE'RE SOLVING FOR ALL OF THOSE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE SEEN, THAT WE'VE DONE TO OURSELVES OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS. 
          UH, AND SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF THINGS WE'RE GOING ON FROM A QUALITY OF LIFE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MEMBERS STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE, YOU KNOW, BUS LINES ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY WE CHOSE BROADWAY. 
          UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL. 
          SO EVERYTHING FROM TRANSPORTATION ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE FOOD OPTIONS AND NUTRITIOUS AND HEALTHY OPTIONS FOR THAT AND HEALTH ARE, ARE ALL PART OF THIS NEXT SERIES OF THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. 
          I THINK THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAD COUNCILWOMAN TO, TO BRING TO YOU TODAY. 
          UH, THERE IS A WEBSITE THAT HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER ON THIS BUILDING. 
          YOU GUYS CAN BRING IT UP AND IT REALLY TALKS IN MORE DETAIL ABOUT ALL OF THE FEATURES THAT WE'VE GONE INTO IT. 
          BUT, UH, IT'S BEEN FUN. 
          THE PROJECT IS ON, IT'S ON, IT'S ON SCHEDULE, AND IT IS BELOW BUDGET. 
          AND IT JUST IS REALLY A TESTAMENT TO THE, TO THE TEAM THAT'S WORKING ON IT. 
          JORIS IS OUR GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND THEY'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB. 
          THEY HAVE THEIR BEST PEOPLE, AND FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, IT'S AN EXCITING PROJECT FOR THEM. 
          EVERYONE WANTS TO BE ON THAT PROJECT. 
          AND, UH, SO IT'S GOING VERY, VERY WELL. 
          UH, WE ACTUALLY ARE GETTING ALL KINDS OF REQUESTS FOR PEOPLE TO COME SEE IT. 
          I'M NOT SURE HOW IT IS. 
          WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT MUCH. 
          WE TRY TO, WE JUST NEED TO GET IT DONE. 
          WE NEED TO MOVE IN AND GET OUR EMPLOYEES SITUATED. 
          UH, BUT THE PROJECT IS GOING WELL, IT'S ON BUDGET. 
          UH, MY THANKS TO THE CITY STAFF FOR ALL OF THE, THE PERMITTING AND THE D S D TEAMS THAT ARE HELPING US GET THROUGH INSPECTING. 
          THIS IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BUILDING TO INSPECT AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE LEARNING NEW THINGS WITH US, UH, BUT IT'S BEEN ALL PRODUCTIVE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. HENNIGAN. 
          VERY IMPRESSIVE. 
          UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD ELABORATE ON THE 90% STORM WATER, UH, RETENTION AND HOW, HOW YOU'RE ACHIEVING THAT. 
          I SEE WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM SARAH HERE, SO I'M GUESSING, UH, YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT. 
          ALRIGHT, GREAT. 
          WELL, 80% OF IT'S JUST RAINWATER CAPTURE OFF THE ROOF. 
          THERE'S 80, IT'S A THREE ACRE SITE. 
          WE HAVE 87,000 SQUARE FEET OF ROOFTOP. 
          UH, AND SO WHEN YOU CAPTURE 87,000 SQUARE FEET, YOU GOT MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF ACRES BEING CAPTURED RIGHT OUTTA THE CHUTE BECAUSE WE, THERE'S NO GUTTER THAT'S NOT GONNA CAPTURE WATER IN THAT SYSTEM. 
          SO REALLY WHAT'S LEFT IS IF YOU GO TO, AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SITE VIEW ON THIS ONE HERE. 
          YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SITE VIEW. 
          ALL THAT REALLY EXISTS IS THAT BECAUSE WE'VE TAKEN UP NEARLY THE ENTIRE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING IS IT'S THE PERIMETER BETWEEN THE STREETS. 
          AND SO WE HAVE SOME LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FEATURES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DESIGNING NOW IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SARAH. 
          UH, AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, THE LAST TECHNIQUE, LAST TIME WE MET, I THINK WE HAD LESS THAN 22,000 GALLONS OF WATER TO CAPTURE IN A ONE AND A HALF INCH RAIN. 
          AND I SAID, WE GOT 22,000 GALLONS MORE TO GET. 
          AND SO I THINK THEY'VE GOT ABOUT 10,000 OF THOSE GALLONS. 
          AND SO WE'RE IN DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT CAN BE LEFT, BUT I'M GONNA PROBABLY HAVE TO CONCEDE THERE WILL BE A LITTLE WATER I WON'T BE ABLE TO CAPTURE. 
          SO, BUT MOST THE BULK OF IT IS RAINWATER CAPTURE OFF THE ROOF. 
          UM, AND A LITTLE BIT THAT'S GONNA BE DRAINING FROM THE, FROM THE, UH, HARDSCAPES AROUND THE BUILDING INTO THE, INTO THE, UH, BIOSWALES THAT WE'RE USING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL GO ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN TRIEU. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UM, MR. S SEAMAN, THAT'S, THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE PRESENTATION. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY AMAZING TO SEE THIS BUILDING GO UP. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, YOU REMIND ME, I'M GONNA TELL YOU A QUICK LITTLE STORY ABOUT ME GROWING UP. 
          UH, PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME, WHEN DID YOU DECIDE THAT YOU WANTED TO BE AN ARCHITECT? AND MY MOTHER ACTUALLY LIKES TO TELL THE STORY THAT WHEN I WAS ABOUT SIX YEARS OLD, I'D COME HOME FROM SCHOOL AND THEY WERE BUILDING A, AN H E B NEXT DOOR. 
          AND I WOULD GO OVER THERE AND I'D GET A BUCKET AND I WOULD JUST SIT ON IT AND WATCH THEM BUILD. 
          AND I WOULD SAY, OH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUTTING STEEL ON THE GROUND AND, AND THEY'RE POURING CONCRETE. 
          THEY'RE BUILDING THE WALLS, THEY'RE DOING ALL KINDS OF THINGS. 
          AND IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE SORT 
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OF THE BUILDING COME TOGETHER. 
          SO EVERY DAY WHEN I GO HOME, I GO, I PASS, PASS BY YOUR BUILDING, AND I WATCH ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THESE THINGS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THE SORT OF THE THOUGHTFUL NATURE BEHIND THE, THE LAYERS THAT GO INTO, UH, SUCH AN INCREDIBLE BUILDING AND DESIGN. 
          UH, SO JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS NOW FOR YEARS AND, UH, IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR OUR CITY TO, TO BE FOLLOWING. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY IS THE, THE BUILDING SCIENCE THERE, BUT IT'S, THE ARCHITECTURE IS QUITE SPECTACULAR. 
          UH, SO I WILL ASK YOU A NON-A ARCHITECTURAL QUESTION, MORE OF A SORT OF OPERATIONAL QUESTION. 
          UH, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU PROJECT, OR DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA PERCENTAGE WISE, WILL BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, OF VIA BUS SERVICE? YEAH, WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY HAVE A BETTER RATE OF OUR MEMBERSHIP THAN WE DO OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE GONNA, AND I DIDN'T TELL YOU THIS, BUT THE, THE GARAGE IS GONNA BE EQUIPPED WITH 80 CHARGING STATIONS AS WELL FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES. 
          UM, BUT BETWEEN THE BIKE RACKS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN AND THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE STATIONS, UM, WE, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT YET. 
          IF I HAD TO GUESS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BASED UPON CURRENT STATISTICS, I'D SAY 10 TO 15% IS, IS A REASONABLE NUMBER TO START WITH. 
          UM, I WILL TELL YOU THOUGH, IS THAT THE, THE, THE, THE PARADIGM SHIFT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE GONNA GO AND WE, AGAIN, WE'RE MOVING JUST SIX MILES, BUT WE'RE MOVING INTERPLANETARY FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF CULTURE AND THE BUILDING PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE THE BUILDING WE'RE IN BUILT IN 76 IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THIS. 
          SO THE AMOUNT OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO TO, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, I'VE TOLD PEOPLE YOU NEED TO BE CERTIFIED TO WORK IN THIS BUILDING. 
          IT, THE AMOUNT OF TRAINING AND, AND MENTAL PARADIGM ADJUSTMENT THAT'S GONNA BE REQUIRED, WE THINK IS GONNA BE QUITE PROFOUND. 
          UH, AND SO WE WE'RE HAVING TO DO IT IN STAGES BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING INTO THIS, AND TRANSPORTATION IS PROBABLY ABOUT NUMBER THREE OR FOUR DOWN OUR LIST BECAUSE PLASTIC AND WASTE STREAMS AND HEALTH ARE OUR FIRST PRIORITIES. 
          AND SO AS WE GET THOSE MOVING, WHICH WE THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT'S GONNA START ACTUALLY, UH, CATALYZING ALL OF THESE OTHER WAYS OF HOW WE ACTUALLY TRANS, YOU KNOW, COMMUTE OURSELVES TO WORK. 
          DO WE TAKE BICYCLES? DO WE TAKE THE BUS? HOW WE DO THAT? SO IT, IT'S NOT A PIECEMEAL APPROACH. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY STAGING IT. 
          AND I WOULD JUST TELL YOU THAT, UM, YOU'VE GOTTA START WITH WHERE THEY ARE. 
          YOU CAN'T REACH TO WHERE YOU WANT THEM TO BE DAY ONE IF YOU WANNA REALLY HAVE SUCCESS AT IT. 
          AND, AND, UH, I, I THINK THE FOOD ISSUE AND THE WASTE STREAM ISSUES ARE GONNA BE, BE OUR FIRST PLACE. 
          AND WE ARE GONNA GET, WE'RE NOT GONNA PROHIBIT EMPLOYEES FOR BRINGING SODAS IN, BUT WE'RE NOT PROVIDING THEM AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          WE WILL PROBABLY OUTLAW ANY TYPE OF PLASTIC COMING IN THE BUILDING IF I HAVE MY WAY ABOUT IT. 
          UM, BUT THAT THOSE VERY THINGS ARE JUST THEMSELVES. 
          WE'RE SEEING IN OUR OWN CULTURE TODAY. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN REDUCING, YOU KNOW, PAPER AND ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT THOSE LAST PIECES ARE GONNA BE QUITE DIFFICULT WE SEE IN THAT FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          AND SO I THINK ONCE WE GET THROUGH THAT HUMP, THEN YOU'LL BEGIN TO SEE THESE OTHER THINGS THAT, THE POSSIBILITIES THAT START OPENING UP AROUND COMMUTING AND BICYCLE LANES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WE'RE ALSO BUILDING IN ISRAEL. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          I THINK IT'S, UH, AN INCREDIBLE UNDERTAKING AND, UH, UH, REALLY, REALLY, IT'S AMAZING TO WATCH YOU GO UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          IT'S WONDERFUL. 
          I WENT TO THE WEBSITE WHILE YOU WERE TALKING, UM, HERE WITH COUNCILMAN TREVINO, AND I APPRECIATE THE WEBSITE. 
          IT, IT'S SO WONDERFUL AND THE GRAPHICS ARE GREAT, BY THE WAY. 
          I ALSO WANNA APPRECIATE THAT YOU, UM, TALK ABOUT THIS MAKING GOOD FINANCIAL SENSE, AND I LIKE HOW YOU PITCHED THIS AS AN ASSET AND HOW IT'S GOING TO, UM, GIVE YOU A GREATER RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT WITHIN 13 YEARS. 
          BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF OUR BUSINESSES THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          AND SO, UM, IF WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE THAT'S TALKING ABOUT HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD IMPROVE YOUR CASH FLOW OR PRODUCE INCOME, UM, NOW IT BECOMES SOMETHING THAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY CAN LOOK TO AS A MODEL. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BELI. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, JUST ONE LAST QUESTION. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF THE PLASTICS, HOW DID YOU PRIORITIZE THAT? I, I ALSO WISH I COULD OUTLAW SOME OF THOSE THINGS, , BUT HOW DID IT IT, HOW DID I PRIORITIZE IT? WELL, I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY MY TEMPER AND PEOPLE WATCHING THAT WE'RE JUST NOT GONNA, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE PLASTIC ANYMORE. 
          AND, UH, I'M JUST, I MEAN, THE RATIONALE, SORRY. 
          WELL, I MEAN THE, THE FUNDAMENTAL RATIONALE IS THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE 
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PLASTIC COMES FROM, WHERE IT GOES. 
          AND WHEN YOU BEGIN TO SEE THE, THE GLOBAL IMPACT THAT PLASTIC'S HAVING ON THE WORLD, AND YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO DISPLAY THE VIDEO OF PLASTIC OCEAN TO THE DESIGN TEAM TO SEE THIS IS WHERE THE PLASTIC'S GOING. 
          AND ONCE YOU BEGIN TO SEE THOSE IMAGES, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR PEOPLE TO SAY, WHAT CAN WE DO? AND SO THE, MY GOAL WAS WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER A SEPARATE TEAM FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING, THERE'S ACTUALLY ANOTHER TEAM THAT'S CALLED OUR CULTURE STA CULTURE STANDARDS DESIGN TEAM. 
          THEY'RE DESIGNING ANY, ALL THE INTERNAL STANDARDS FOR THE BUILDING. 
          SO THE, THERE'S THE EXTERNAL BUILDING, THEN THERE'S INTERNAL, IT JUST THE PROCESS OF BRINGING THESE THINGS TO AWARENESS. 
          IT DOESN'T TAKE THE DESIGN TEAM LONG TO SAY, THESE ARE THE TOP PRIORITIES WE'RE GOING FOR. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND HEALTH IS A TOP ONE FOR US. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT IS A, IS A, IS A HIGH ONE FOR US. 
          UH, AND SO IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON IN THE TEAM SIMPLY TO SEE WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING THIS AND WHAT'S, WHAT IS THE PROHIBIT? WHAT PROHIBITS US FROM DOING THIS? WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS? AND THE BARRIERS ARE OURSELVES. 
          THIS IS NOT SOME EXTERNAL EXOGENOUS THING. 
          IT'S, IT'S ALL ENDOGENOUS. 
          IT'S, IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY WITHIN OURSELVES. 
          NOW, I WILL TELL YOU, IF THE SYSTEMS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE THESE THINGS PROPERLY, YOU, YOU CAN'T GET, YOU KNOW, MASSES OF PEOPLE TO MOVE. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN OUR CURRENT BUILDING TODAY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE DISHWASHERS SO WE CAN BRING BACK, YOU KNOW, PLATES AND GLASSES. 
          SO THAT'S A FUNDAMENTALLY A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE TO SOLVE FOR IN THE NEW BUILDING. 
          AND SO THEREFORE THOSE WILL BE MAJOR ITEMS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE CARTS AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE GLASSWARE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE EX, YOU KNOW, ALL EVERY FLOOR. 
          AND THERE'LL BE BASICALLY A BUS TRAYS TO MOVE THAT INTO CENTRALIZED WASHING. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING DIVERTERS, I DUNNO IF YOU KNOW, DIGESTERS, I DUNNO IF YOU, WHAT DIGESTERS ARE, WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY EVEN JUMP SKATE, UH, COMPOSTING TO REALLY HAVE ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, BASIC, YOU KNOW, UH, A OMIC BREAKDOWN. 
          SO WE DON'T EVEN GET TO THESE THINGS THAT THEY GET INTO THE, INTO THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION COST OR THE LANDFILLS. 
          AND SO IT'S EASIER TO ELIMINATE A STREAM THAN IT IS TO DEAL WITH A STREAM AFTER YOU'VE CREATED IT. 
          AND SO WE WENT TO THE VERY FUNDAMENTAL FRONT END OF THAT. 
          AND SO THE PRIORITIES JUST BE, BECAME HOW DO YOU ELIMINATE? SO GREAT. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN LIAS? UM, I, I THINK THE WORD VISIONARY IS A WORD THAT'S OVERUSED. 
          UH, BUT IN YOUR CASE, I THINK IT APPLIES. 
          UH, I, I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU'RE ACCOMPLISHING HERE. 
          UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, OUR FRIENDS AT THE EXPRESS NEWS, UH, WROTE, UH, WROTE UP A PIECE ABOUT Y'ALL THIS PAST WEEKEND AND, UH, OR RECENTLY I THINK. 
          BUT, UM, THE, UM, YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING REALLY SPECTACULAR. 
          AND WHAT I WANNA POINT OUT IS THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLAN THAT'S GOTTEN SIGNATURES, OR YOU JUST WENT OUT AND DID THIS ON YOUR OWN. 
          YES. 
          RIGHT. 
          WITH A BIG TEAM. 
          THIS IS, YEAH. 
          WITH A BIG TEAM, BUT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS KIND OF LEADERSHIP FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND IT'S A, UM, AND YOU KNOW, FOR ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT SAYS, WELL, YOU KNOW, MAKING GREEN BUILDINGS AND MAKING SURE THAT YOUR BUILDINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBLE, UH, AND THAT THEY DON'T NEGATIVELY IMPACT, YOU KNOW, THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE WATER AND YOU KNOW, AROUND YOU. 
          ANYBODY WHO SAYS THAT THAT'S BAD FOR BUSINESS, I THINK JUST HAS TO CHECK IN WITH YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, BE PROVEN WRONG JUST BY LOOKING AT WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          NOW, SOMEBODY TOLD ME ALSO THAT YOU, UM, YOU'RE DOING THIS AT YOUR HOUSE TOO. 
          UH, MY HOUSE WAS THE BOTTLE. 
          WE DRINK THE RAIN WATER, WE CAPTURE THE STORM WATER. 
          UH, WE HAVE A 100%, UH, ENERGY ON THE SOLAR ARRAY, THE BUILDING ENVELOPE, UH, REDUCED ENERGY DEMAND BY 70%. 
          WE HAVE THREE TONS OF AIR CONDITIONING ON THE ENTIRE UNIT. 
          IT'S ALL GEOTHERMAL ENERGY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , MY KIDS DRINK RAINWATER. 
          YES. 
          IN SHOWER, IN IT COMES, UH, ALL FOUR OF US WILL BE KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR. 
          RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE KNOW WHERE THE COLD WATER IS. 
          WELL, I DIDN'T BUILD THE HOUSE FOR THE APOCALYPSE. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS BASICALLY REDUCING OUR FOOTPRINT, BUT WE'RE STILL CONNECTED TO ALL THE CITY SERVICES. 
          I STILL HAVE METERS, AND, UH, I STILL PAY MY METER FEES. 
          YES. 
          BUT DOING THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. HANNIGAN. 
          UM, I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR ALEX OR, OR DR. 
          BRIDGER, BUT, UM, WHAT PROGRAMS DO WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW TO, UH, EITHER THROUGH OUR, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO FACILITATE, UM, I GUESS GREEN BUILDING IN, UH, SAN ANTONIO? SO THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE LOOK AT ALL PROJECTS, UM, THAT WE RECEIVE, THE WAY THAT OUR TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES ARE STRUCTURED NOW. 
          UM, WE SPECIFICALLY LOOK FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE GONNA BE USING OR DEPLOYING MORE SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES. 
          UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT AS PART OF THE CRITERIA FOR BEING ELIGIBLE FOR PROJECTS. 
          IT'S NOT, UM, THE ONLY CRITERIA, BUT WE DO SPECIFICALLY LOOK FOR IT. 
          SO DOES THAT MEAN GOING BEYOND WHAT CODE WOULD 
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REQUIRE OR IT, IT COULD, YES. 
          UM, IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROJECT, THEY NEED TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA. 
          SO YES, WE WOULD BE LOOKING ABOVE AND BEYOND, UM, WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED BY CODE. 
          OKAY. 
          IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT WITH US VIA, VIA EMAIL, WHAT THAT, UH, CRITERIA EVALUATION LOOKS. 
          UM, AND, UH, ARE THERE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT OUR STAFF HAS REGARDING WHAT WE COULD DO TO FACILITATE THIS TYPE OF WORK FOR, UM, FOR DEVELOPMENT IN SAN ANTONIO? OUR FIRST CONSIDERATION WAS WITHIN THE TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES, BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY TOOLS THAT WE USE. 
          UM, BUT WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT MORE OPTIONS SPECIFICALLY WITH SMALLER BUSINESSES AS WELL AND MIDSIZE BUSINESSES. 
          UM, I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM AS WELL, SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD EXPLORE AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          ALS ALSO WITH THE STORMWATER RETENTION, I'M EXTREMELY, UH, INTERESTED IN, IN THAT TOO. 
          UH, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT LATER? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          [2. 19-6370 A briefing on the SA 2020 Commission on Education, San Antonio Youth Commission, and Higher Education Student Advisory Board [Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD, Assistant City Manager; Melody Woosley, Director, Department of Human Services]]
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO, UH, SECOND ITEM, UH, BRIEFING ON THE SA 2020 COMMISSION ON EDUCATION, YOUTH COMMISSION AND HIGHER STU HIGHER EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD, UH, MEL, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR FRIENDS FROM CREDIT HUMAN AND SARAH. 
          THANKS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. 
          AND SO THIS AFTERNOON YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM THOSE THREE EDUCATION RELATED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT ARE STAFFED BY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REBECCA FLORES AND HER TEAM. 
          SO THE SA 2020 COMMISSION ON EDUCATION, THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION AND THE HIGHER EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD ARE HERE. 
          AND I'M GONNA START WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF EACH OF THOSE AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO THE COMMISSION CHAIRS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING, THE RESEARCH AND THE ANALYSIS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY'RE BRINGING. 
          AND THEN I'LL CLOSE WITH SOME, UM, OBSERVATIONS AND OPTIONS TO POTENTIALLY CONSOLIDATE COMMISSIONS AND IMPROVE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS. 
          SO FIRST, THE ESSAY 2020 COMMISSION ON EDUCATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2013. 
          OH, THERE WE GO. 
          ESTABLISHED IN 2013, IT HAS 11 MEMBERS THAT ARE SELECTED BY THE MAYOR AND EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THE COMMISSION IS CHAIRED BY SONYA HERNANDEZ, THE DISTRICT ONE REPRESENTATIVE, AND SHE IS HERE TODAY, AND WE'LL BE PRESENTING, UH, IN A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, THE HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2018. 
          IT ALSO HAS 11 MEMBERS SELECTED BY THE MAYOR AND EACH COUNCIL MEMBER FROM CANDIDATES NOMINATED BY A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY. 
          THE BOARD WAS ESTABLISHED TO ADVISE THE CITY REGARDING MAJOR INITIATIVES IMPACTING YOUNG PEOPLE IN, UM, CITY AND MAJOR INITIATIVES THAT IMPACT THE CITY. 
          AND BO ANDERSON IS HERE TODAY REPRESENTING DISTRICT EIGHT, AND WILL PRESENT REGARDING THE CHALLENGES IN THE PROCESS TO NOMINATE AND SELECT THE ADVISORY BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          CURRENTLY ONLY FOUR OF THE 11 SEATS ARE FILLED. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED 28 YEARS AGO IN 1991 TO BRING THE YOUTH VOICE TO MAJOR COMMUNITY ISSUES IMPACTING YOUTH. 
          THE COMMISSION HAS 22 SEATS, UM, TO EACH APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          FOUR OF THOSE MEMBERS ARE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT. 
          AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE AUDREY HERRERA, FORMER CHAIR OF THE, UM, COMMISSION. 
          SHE GRADUATED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS IN MAY AND IS NOW ATTENDING TRINITY UNIVERSITY. 
          UM, AND SHE WAS THE MAYORAL REPRESENTATIVE. 
          SO MAYA MCKAY IS THE INTERIM CHAIR. 
          SHE CURRENTLY REC, UH, REPRESENTS DISTRICT 10, AND SHE ALSO ATTENDS THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE DEVIN MOORE, WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT ONE AND ATTENDS THE YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. 
          AND THEN LILY FINALLY LILIANA OR, OR SOKO, IS THAT CORRECT? WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT SEVEN AND ATTENDS THE INCARNATE WARD HIGH SCHOOL. 
          SO NOW I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO SONYA HERNANDEZ FOR THE SA 2020 COMMISSION BRIEFING. 
          CLEAR. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          GREAT. 
          AS SHE SAID, I'M SONIA HERNANDEZ. 
          I'M THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE SA 2020 COMMISSION AND EDUCATION. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US THE TIME TO PRESENT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. 
          UM, I AM EXTREMELY PROUD TO REPRESENT MY FELLOW COMMISSION MEMBERS, UM, HERE TODAY, AND I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THEM BEING HERE AS WELL. 
          A BRIEF HISTORY IN REGARDS TO OUR COMMISSION, AS MELODY EXPLAINED, WE WERE, 
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UM, ESTABLISHED IN 2013. 
          THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION PRESENTED. 
          SO ALSO ANOTHER POINT THAT I'M VERY PROUD TO LIKE TOOT OUR OWN HORN TODAY, , UM, IT HAS BEEN A LONG, UM, PROCESS TO COMPLETE OUR DUE DILIGENCE. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO PRESENT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE AND CREATE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE EDUCATION, UM, UH, SYSTEM IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO FOR THE PAST YEAR, UM, WE FOCUSED ON INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS, MAINLY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE THE SECOND, UM, FUNDED, HIGHEST FUNDED, UH, EDUCATION INITIATIVE BEHIND PRE-K FOR SA BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, THEY'RE FUNDED AT OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          SO THAT IMMEDIATELY JUMPED OUT TO US THAT THIS IS SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT, AND THIS PROBABLY HAS SOME ROOM FOR US TO CREATE SOME SORT OF IMPACT. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO THE EQUITY, UM, COMMISSION. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM TO, UH, FOCUS ON EQUITABLE CIRCUMSTANCES AND MAKING SURE THAT ACCESSIBILITY IS AVAILABLE. 
          SO THE FIRST PHASE THAT WE TOOK ON INTO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, UM, OVER THE PAST YEAR WAS TO INVITE REPRESENTATIVES AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FROM EACH OF THE CITY FUNDED PROGRAMS THAT INCLUDED VIN SA WORKS, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND FAMILY SERVICES. 
          THREE OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED BY THE CITY, UM, EXCEPT FOR SA WORKS, THAT'S ACTUALLY A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND EMPLOYERS. 
          THEY, THEY ACTUALLY PAY THEIR INTERNS ON THEIR OWN. 
          SO APART FROM CITY FUNDING, SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. 
          UM, SOME HIGH LEVEL, UM, I GUESS POINTS THAT WE LEARNED. 
          WE ANALYZED HOW MUCH FUNDING GOES INTO EACH PROGRAM, WHAT THEIR TARGET RESIDENTS ARE, UH, WHAT SKILLS THEY FOCUS ON. 
          UM, SO THE AMBASSADOR COLLEGE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT IS MANAGED BY THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE A PROGRAM BUDGET OF CLOSE TO A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          UM, THEY PROVIDE PAID INTERNSHIPS, THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS. 
          THIS IS FOR ENROLLED COLLEGE STUDENTS 18 AND ABOVE. 
          UM, THEIR GOAL IS TO RETAIN COLLEGE GRADUATES IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THEN, UM, FAMILY SERVICES IN HOVAN, THEY'RE SIMILAR BECAUSE THEY ARE, ARE TARGETING, UH, OR THEY'RE SERVICING AT RISK YOUTH AGES 14 TO 17. 
          UM, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM, OBVIOUSLY IN PROGRAM BUDGET, BUT ALSO THAT FAMILY SERVICES OFFERS COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS PROGRAMS, WHEREAS HOVAN, UM, NOT ONLY DOES CAREER READINESS, BUT THEY ALSO FOCUS ON SOFT SKILLS AND FINANCIAL LITERACY. 
          FINALLY, WE ALSO DID, UM, LEARN MORE ABOUT SA WORKS AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMS. UH, LIKE I SAID, SA WORKS DOES PROVIDE, UM, INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WHERE EMPLOYERS PAY THE PARTICIPANTS. 
          THEY SERVE TALENT PIPELINE CONNECTING EMPLOYERS AND FUTURE WORKFORCE FOR SA YOUTH AGES 16 TO 20. 
          AND THE COSA SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM IS COMPLETELY, UM, FUNDED BY THE CITY DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE HOPING TO RETAIN THAT TALENT AS WELL, UM, AND RECRUIT THEM FOR CITY ORGANIZATION. 
          SO THE NEXT PHASE, AFTER LEARNING ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS IN DEPTH, OUR COMMISSION DECIDED TO ANALYZE THE CHALLENGES THAT EACH COMMISSION, EACH PROGRAM FACES. 
          UM, THE ROOM THAT WE SAT IN THAT ANALYZE THESE CHALLENGES,  HAD ABOUT A THOUSAND POST-IT NOTES ALL OVER THE WALLS. 
          SO IT'S VERY NICE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT IT ON ONE SLIDE HERE. 
          THEY BASICALLY BOILED DOWN TO ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          EACH PROGRAM REPRESENTATIVE LET US KNOW THAT THERE WAS MAJOR ISSUES AND CHALLENGES WITH TRANSPORTATION. 
          I KNOW THAT'S A COMPLETELY NEW CONCEPT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT , UM, TRANSPORTATION IS AN ISSUE AND IT DOES LEAK DOWN TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR, OUR INTERNSHIP PARTICIPANTS. 
          THEY CAN'T ACCEPT AN INTERNSHIP, EVEN IF THEY GOT IT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY, THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET THERE. 
          IT'S USUALLY DURING THE SUMMER THEIR PARENTS ARE AT WORK. 
          THERE'S NOT PUBLIC SERVICE, YOU KNOW, UH, SCHOOL BUSES, THINGS LIKE THAT TO GET THEM THERE. 
          SO THAT'S A HUGE, HUGE CHALLENGE THAT, UH, THESE PROGRAMS FACE. 
          ALSO, IT'S THE AGE GROUPS AND THE PROFILES OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE BEING SERVED THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS. SO, AS I POINTED OUT, THE PROFILES OF THE FOUR, THAT, OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE FUND FROM THE CITY HIT PRETTY SPECIFIC PROFILES, BUT YET IT DIDN'T TOUCH ON ANYONE THAT HAS GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND NOT ENROLLED IN COLLEGE. 
          THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT POPULATION. 
          ALSO, ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT I LOVE ABOUT SAN ANTONIO IS THAT WE'RE PRETTY RESOURCEFUL AND WE DON'T FOLLOW TRADITIONAL PATHS 
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TO SUCCESS, AND WE FIND WAYS TO GET WHERE WE WANNA BE. 
          MANY OF US IN THIS ROOM DID NOT FOLLOW A TRADITIONAL TRAJECT TRAJECTORY. 
          SO THERE ARE STUDENTS OR RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN TRADE PROGRAMS, CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS THAT SHOULD ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES, AND THERE COULD POSSIBLY BE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST RIGHT NOW THAT, UM, GIVE THEM EXTRA, UM, CONNECTION BETWEEN FUTURE EMPLOYMENT WHILE THEY'RE GAINING THEIR SKILLS. 
          SO THOSE WERE CHALLENGES AS WELL THAT WE SAW WITH THESE PROGRAMS. THEY WEREN'T SERVICING EVERYONE ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          ALSO, A MAIN CHALLENGE THAT WE SAW WAS ACCESSIBILITY. 
          HOW ARE POTENTIAL INTERNS OR EMPLOYERS TO KNOW ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS? HOW DOES THIS GET COMMUNICATED ACROSS THE BOARD? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS MADE AWARE OF WHAT'S AFFORDED TO THEM? SO WE THEN DECIDED TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER. 
          PRIOR TO DEVELOPING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, WE ANALYZED SEVEN CITIES. 
          UM, THE FOUR THAT STOOD OUT TO US, UM, THEIR BEST PRACTICES REALLY STOOD OUT TO US DUE TO THE FACT THAT SAN DIEGO ACTUALLY DOES A BRIDGE TO EMPLOYMENT SEMINAR, WHICH DOES CAPTURE A LOT OF THOSE, UM, UH, LIKE RETENTION EFFORTS. 
          SO THEY ACTUALLY RETAIN A LOT OF THEIR TALENT IN THEIR CITY. 
          AUSTIN HAS A YOUTH CAREER FEST THAT ACTUALLY CREATES ENVIRONMENTS FOR PEOPLE TO NETWORK BETWEEN EACH OTHER. 
          DALLAS HAS A TWO DAY TRAINING. 
          UH, HOUSTON HAS AN AMAZING WEBSITE MODEL THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM. 
          SO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO ADDRESS THE EQUITY GAP, UM, MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO RECRUIT AND ADVERTISE THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO MINORITIES AT RISK YOUTH, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, SPECIAL NEEDS, AND STUDENTS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. 
          WE SHOULD DEFINITELY CREATE AND IDENTIFY PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT BE OUT THERE FOR NON-TRADITIONAL, UH, INTERN, UH, POTENTIAL APPLICANTS. 
          WE NEED TO CONSIDER TRANSPORTATION CONCERNS AND DEFINITELY TAKE A TRAUMA INFORMED CARE APPROACH TO IDENTIFY BARRIERS AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS PRIOR TO DE DISMISSING THEM FROM THE PROGRAMS. OUR SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEVELOP STANDARDS AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES. 
          AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE A CHECKS AND BALANCE SYSTEM. 
          WE'RE NOT CAPTURING METRICS. 
          WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE HITTING THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT IN THOSE RFPS. 
          WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY STANDARDS OR BASELINES THAT WE NEED TO, LIKE, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING AND MEASURING. 
          SO THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE. 
          BUT OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS MY, MY FAVORITE PART IS A SIMPLE CONSOLIDATED VIRTUAL SPACE THAT WE COMMUNICATE THESE PROGRAMS. ONE STOP SHOP WEBSITE WHERE RESOURCES FOR EMPLOYERS, RESOURCES FOR POTENTIAL APPLICANTS INTERNS CAN FIND EMPLOYERS AND, AND INTERN PROGRAMS. EMPLOYERS CAN FIND POTENTIAL INTERNS ON ONE CONSOLIDATED VIRTUAL SPACE. 
          UM, JUST AN IMPROVEMENT OF, OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING IN THESE PROGRAMS HAVE AN ACTUAL RETURN AND ARE GIVEN THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO OUR POPULATION. 
          UM, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE DO GET APPROVAL TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH DESIGNING A CONSOLIDATED VIRTUAL SPACE. 
          UM, WE ARE DEFINITELY VERY OPEN TO ANY KIND OF FEEDBACK THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE INTO THE, THE FULL RECOMMENDATION. 
          I KIND OF TOOK YOU THROUGH OUR TWO YEAR JOURNEY IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH ME ON THAT. 
          UM, AND DEFINITELY WANT TO ASK YOUR INVITATION TO CONTINUE MAKING FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE THAT'S DEFINITELY IN OUR PLAN. 
          , THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, SONYA, THAT WAS, UH, ILLUMINATING. 
          UM, DR. 
          BRIDGER, DO YOU WANNA TAKE DISCUSSION NOW OR WAIT UNTIL ALL PRESENTATIONS ARE DONE? OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS AUDREY HERRERA, FORMER CHAIR AND MAYO, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION AND CURRENT URBAN STUDIES MAJOR AT TRINITY UNIVERSITY. 
          TODAY I WILL BE BRIEFLY BE SHARING ALONGSIDE THREE OTHER YOUNG WOMEN, MAYA, DEVIN, AND LILIANA. 
          FOUR AREAS IDENTIFIED BY YOUNG PEOPLE AS THEIR TOP PRIORITIES FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          I'M SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          YOUNG PEOPLE BELIEVE IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, AND YOUNG PEOPLE BELIEVE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          OVER MY TERM, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WITNESS AND ALSO EXPERIENCE THE RESILIENCY THAT COMES WITH BEING YOUNG THROUGH MANY CHANGES, DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, SUCCESSES, AND THE OCCASIONAL DISAPPOINTMENT. 
          YOUNG PEOPLE ALWAYS COME BACK READY TO BRING ENERGY SOLUTIONS AND MORE, MOST IMPORTANTLY, ACTION TO THE TABLE. 
          WE RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT OF THESE ISSUES ARE CURRENTLY BEING ADDRESSED AND COUNCIL'S AWARE OF THESE CONCERNS. 
          SO THIS PRESENTATION WILL PRIMARILY 
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FOCUS ON INCORPORATING YOUTH VOICE AND THE WHY BEHIND OUR CONCERNS AND CONCLUDE WITH THE CALL TO ACTION. 
          THAT BEING SAID, LILIANA WILL KICK US OFF WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF YOUTH AND EDUCATION. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS LILIANA ROSCO, AND I AM THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THIS YEAR MY SCHOOL UNDERWENT A LARGE CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATION WITH A NEW PRINCIPAL AND MUCH DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. 
          SHE WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN THE YOUTH VOICE OF OUR SCHOOL AND OUR OPINIONS IN WHAT WE WANTED IN CHANGE IN THE SCHOOL. 
          SAN ANTONIO HAS THIS 19 DIFFERENT SEPARATE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THE MOST COMMON PROBLEM SEEN IN ALL THE DISTRICTS IS THAT STUDENTS FEEL UNDERREPRESENTED IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES. 
          I'VE BEEN GRACED WITH AN AMAZING PRINCIPAL WHO HAVE GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDENT BODY TO HAVE INPUT ON THE SCHOOL DECISIONS. 
          HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT THE SAME FOR ALL OTHER SCHOOLS. 
          THOUGH MY EXPERIENCE THROUGH MY EXPERIENCE OF THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY OF REPRESENTATION HAS MADE ME MORE INVOLVED IN MY SCHOOL COMMUNITY. 
          AND THE COMMISSION FEELS THAT IF THE STUDENTS IN OTHER DISTRICTS AND SCHOOLS HAVE, ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, AND POLICY MAKING DECISIONS, THAT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WILL INCREASE. 
          AND OVERALL, THE YOUTH WILL FEEL BETTER ABOUT HAVING THEIR VOICES HEARD. 
          SECONDLY, THE COMMISSION, UM, NOTES THAT THERE IS A DISPARITY BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOLS IN TECHNOLOGY AND ROBOTICS EDUCATION CURRICULUM. 
          STEM IS ONE OF THE LARGEST GROWING FIELDS OF BUSINESS. 
          AND WITHOUT THIS FOUNDATIONAL CURRICULUM TEACHING FOR THESE STUDENTS TO HAVE THIS MAY AFFECT THEIR FUTURE AND POSSIBLE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE ARE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT POLICY ADVOCACY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AS CENTRAL COMPONENTS OF THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION. 
          THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD HOST TOWN HALL MEETINGS IN SCHOOLS, IN THEIR COUNCIL DISTRICTS DURING SCHOOL HOURS, AND COLLABORATE WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ON SOLUTIONS TO ISSUES. 
          AND I IDENTIFIED BY STUDENTS WE SHOULD CREATE A YOUTH SUMMER INSTITUTE OR YOUTH SUMMIT TO DEVELOP STUDENTS INTO CIVIC LEADERS THROUGH CONNECTION WITH POLICY EXPERTS, ADVOCATES, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          WE SHOULD CREATE A MAYOR'S CHALLENGE ON VOTER REGISTRATION AND IN WHICH LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS WOULD COMPETE TO HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF THEIR SENIOR CLASS REGISTERED TO VOTE AND FINALLY EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF PER PUPIL SPENDING ACROSS SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          THE COMMISSION URGES CITY LEADERSHIP AND CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE EDUCATION A POLICY PRIORITY. 
          ALTHOUGH THE IN INITIATIVE TO RAISE GRADUATION RATES WAS ACCOMPLISHED, AN INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE THE FIELD OF EDUCATION HAS YET TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. 
          THE YOUTH ARE THE FUTURE, THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW WITH THE FULL CAPACITY OF BEING THE LEADERS OF TODAY. 
          IF YOU GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU, HELLO, MY NAME'S DEVIN MOORE, AND I'M THE YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT ONE, AND I GO TO THE YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. 
          GUN VIOLENCE IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH WITH CHILDREN AND TEENS IN OUR NATION. 
          AND THE FIRST LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR BLACK CHILDREN AND TEENS. 
          IT THIS GROWING EPIDEMIC. 
          IT, SORRY, . 
          IT FOC IT'S NOT, IT, IT AFFECTS EVERY COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S NOT JUST ONE-SIDED AND THERE ARE A HUNDRED GUN DEATHS EVERY DAY ON AVERAGE. 
          AND THEY'RE NOT JUST MASS SHOOTINGS. 
          LIKE THE NEWS WANTS US TO BELIEVE THESE CAN BE SU SUICIDE BY GUN, EVERYDAY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHOOTINGS AND DRIVE BY GUN GUN DEATHS. 
          THIS, THE STATISTICS ON THE POWERPOINT AREN'T, UM, UP TO DATE. 
          EXACTLY. 
          SO THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN FOUR KILLED IN SCHOOL SHOOTINGS ACROSS THE NATION THIS YEAR. 
          AND EVEN ONE IS TOO MANY. 
          WE URGE CITY LEADERSHIP TO CREATE GUN CONVER COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS AROUND GUN VIOLENCE SIMILAR TO THAT, THAT COUNCILMAN PALAIS HAS BEEN DOING WITH HIS GUN VIOLENCE CONVERSATION. 
          BUT IT CAN'T END THERE. 
          THIS CONVERSATION NEEDS TO BE CONTINUED THROUGH ALL, ALL OF OUR CONVERSATIONS 'CAUSE IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING. 
          WE ALSO URGE CITY LEADERSHIP TO HELP DEVELOP PARENT EDUCATION ON GUN SAFETY AND WORK WITH GROUPS SUCH AS BE SMART BY MOMS DEMAND ACTION, WHICH FOCUSES ON EDUCATING PARENTS ON THEIR GUN SAFETY WITHIN THE HOUSEHOLD AND PROVIDING THEM WITH GUN LOCKS TO HAVE THAT SAFE ENVIRONMENT. 
          WE ALSO URGE CITY LEADERSHIP TO CHANGE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REGARDING GUN SALES IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST IS, UM, IS CHANGING THE DISTANCE OF WI A PAWN SHOP THAT SELLS GUNS CAN BE IN THE VICINITY OF A SCHOOL TO PREVENT THOSE SHOOTINGS AT SCHOOLS. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
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GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS MAYA MACKEY. 
          I ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS. 
          I REPRESENT DISTRICT 10. 
          I'M THE INTERIM CHAIR FOR THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION, AND I WAS HONORED TO CHAIR THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MENTAL HEALTH LAST YEAR. 
          I'M HONORED TO BE REPRESENTING THE YOUTH VOICE HERE TODAY ON THIS CRITICAL ISSUE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          ONE IN FIVE YOUTH BETWEEN 13 AND 18 SUFFER FROM A SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER. 
          IT'S EASY TO SEE THE STATISTIC ON A PRESENTATION AND THINK OF IT JUST AS A NUMBER, BUT WE REALLY SEE THIS GROWING EPIDEMIC AFFECTING OUR YOUTH. 
          AND MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CORNERED IN ONE AREA OF A PERSON'S LIFE. 
          IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING FROM FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIPS TO SCHOOLS, TO ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, TO JUST OVERALL HAPPINESS AND SHOW AND THE SOCIAL LIFE THAT IS SO CRITICAL FOR OUR YOUTH IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? WELL, WE DID RESEARCH AND WE FIND THAT FEW TO KNOW PROGRAMS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED IN SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WHICH IS WHY WE WILL BELIEVE THAT SAN ANTONIO NEEDS TO TAKE A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN PROMOTING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND ENDING THE STIGMA THAT'S AROUND THIS CRITICAL ISSUE FOR SO MANY YOUTH. 
          TODAY WE HAVE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS, SEVERAL OF WHICH ARE ON THE SLIDE. 
          THE FIRST IS PARENT EDUCATION ON MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES. 
          WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BY EDUCATING PARENTS ON MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE WARNING SIGNS IN THEIR KID, HOW TO DEAL WITH A KID THAT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT BY EDUCATING THEM ON THESE AND PROVIDING THEM ACCESS TO THESE RESOURCES, WE CAN NOT ONLY PROVIDE A SAFER SPACE FOR KIDS, BUT WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE A MORE EDUCATED POPULACE AND A MORE EDUCATED PARENT BODY. 
          AND THE SECOND IS TO CREATE PUBLIC AWARENESS, NOT JUST IN PARENTS, BUT IN STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. 
          AND IN THE STIGMATIZATION OF MENTAL HEALTH. 
          OFTEN PEOPLE DO NOT PURSUE TREATMENT FOR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID OF BEING STIGMATIZED, BEING CALLED CRAZY OR BEING LOOKED DOWN UPON FOR GOING TO THERAPY OR ACCESSING SOME OTHER FORM OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE. 
          WE WANT TO IN THAT STIGMA, AND WE ASK THAT THE COUNCIL COOPERATE WITH US IN ORDER TO SPEARHEAD A MENTAL HEALTH CAMPAIGN TO PUBLICIZE THE ISSUE AND ALSO TO END THE SIGMA AROUND THIS. 
          AND THEN OUR THIRD RECOMMENDATION ON THE SLIDE IS THE EXPANSION OF THE S A P D MENTAL HEALTH UNIT. 
          WE HAVE SEEN THIS MENTAL HEALTH UNIT BEING ABLE TO HANDLE ISSUES RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH COMPLAINTS THAT ARE FILED WITH POLICE, WITH MORE RESPONSIBILITY, MORE ETHICS, AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO REFER PEOPLE TO CARE THAT PREVIOUSLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN, UH, ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE PEOPLE ON A FORMAL POLICE CALL BEFORE THIS UNIT WAS DEVELOPED. 
          WE HAVE ALSO BEEN CONSIDERING HAVING THE COUNCIL AND EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER WORK WITH THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT A ROTATING MENTAL HEALTH NIGHT. 
          THIS WOULD HAPPEN MONTHLY AND IT WOULD ROTATE PER DISTRICT STARTING WITH DISTRICT ONE IN JANUARY IN THE GOING ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO DECEMBER WHERE WE COULD HAVE A CITYWIDE EVENT. 
          SO WHAT THESE WOULD LOOK LIKE IS WE WOULD HAVE LPCS PEOPLE THAT ARE IN TRAINING TO BECOME THERAPISTS, MENTAL HEALTHCARE WORKERS. 
          WE WOULD HAVE RESOURCES SUCH AS ONE IN FIVE MINDS, CLARITY, CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER, ALL COMING TOGETHER SO THAT THESE STUDENTS CAN COME TO AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN ACCESS RESOURCES, TALK ABOUT THEIR STRUGGLES, AND IN GENERAL, JUST CONNECT WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE WE REALLY FEEL THAT THE SOCIAL CONVERSATION ON MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS TO MOVE TOWARDS, UM, GAINING ACCESS TO CARE AND ALSO JUST BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES IN A SAFE SPACE. 
          REALLY, THIS ISSUE IS SO CRITICAL TO YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH DOES DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT YOUTH, EVEN THOUGH IT DOES PERMEATE AT EVERY LEVEL OF SOCIETY. 
          AND IT IS SO CRITICAL FOR OUR YOUTH IN SAN ANTONIO TO FEEL SUPPORTED BY THE SYSTEM THAT IT IS AROUND THEM. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CAN ENGAGE ITS YOUTH MORE ON THIS ISSUE AND ALSO SET UP AS AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR THEM. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I'LL DEFER BACK TO AUDREY. 
          UM, FINALLY WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. 
          IN CONVERSATION WITH MAYOR NUREMBERG THIS JANUARY, I INITIALLY PRESENTED HIM WITH THE DIRECTION AND TALKING POINTS THAT THE YOUTH COMMISSION WOULD BRING TO THE TABLE. 
          WE BOTH FELT THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING MISSING, THAT BEING TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY, TRANSPORTATION HAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE CONVERSATION FAR TOO LONG, AND ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS FOR WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THEM. 
          BEING ABLE TO WALK OR BIKE OR RIDE THE BUS TO SCHOOL AND GET THERE SAFELY AND ON TIME IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          BEING ABLE TO ATTEND THE AFTERSCHOOL TUTORING CLUB ACTIVITY INTERNSHIP OR JUST BEING ABLE TO GET HOME AGAIN SAFELY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          ACCESSIBLE MOBILITY SHOULD BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYONE'S MIND, NOT AN AFTERTHOUGHT. 
          THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS ARE OFTEN NOT PRESENTED OR TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          WE NEED TO DO BETTER. 
          WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF CONNECTUS SAY, AND WE HOPE THAT MOVING FORWARD THERE CAN BE MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE TABLE. 
          AS OUR MOST VISIBLE CITY LEADERS, WE HOPE THAT YOU SHARE OUR NARRATIVES AROUND TRANSPORTATION SPECIFICALLY AS YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          UM, FINALLY, UM, AS, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO AS I END MY TIME ON SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION, I I'VE SERVED TWO YEARS. 
          UM, IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING TIME OF REFLECTION FOR WHAT I WANT TO LEAVE, UM, WITH THE CITY, UM, AS PART OF, AS A LEADER. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT IF 
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I COULD LEAVE Y'ALL WITH ONE THING AND ONE CALL TO ACTION IS TO HONOR THE TIME OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND HAVE AUTHENTIC DIALOGUE AND CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. 
          UM, I THINK ALL OF US, UM, GAVE UP ACADEMIC TIME TO BE HERE. 
          THIS IS OUR SCHOOL DAY. 
          UH, EVEN THOUGH IN COLLEGE, LIKE THERE, I STILL HAVE CLASSES GOING ON. 
          UM, BUT WE STILL PROMINENTLY BELIEVE IN THE DIRECTION AND, UM, THE VISIBILITY THAT Y'ALL HAVE TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          AND WE BELIEVE IN SAN ANTONIO AND WE BELIEVE IN THE YOUNG PEOPLE WE SERVE. 
          AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A MORE, THERE NEEDS TO BE PARTICIPATION AND DIALOGUE, AND YOUTH SHOULD BE LEADING A LOT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, OR AT LEAST, UH, HAVE A LARGER ROLE IN REPRESENTATION. 
          I'VE OFTEN BEEN THE YOUNGEST PERSON IN THE ROOM, AND I KNOW THAT MY STORY IS NOT ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL YOUNG PEOPLE, AND I'M OFTEN THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE, AND I NEED OTHER PEOPLE'S VOICES THERE TOO. 
          UM, IT'S NOT ENOUGH JUST TO HAVE ME, OR EVEN JUST THE YOUTH COMMISSION THERE OR THE YOUTH YOU SEE MOST OFTEN. 
          IT'S ABOUT SEEKING THOSE VOICES THAT YOU DON'T OFTEN SEE. 
          THOSE THAT ARE NOT THE MOST ACCESSIBLE AND BRINGING THEM TO THE TABLE. 
          ALSO, TALKING TO YOUNG PEOPLE WERE VERY INTERESTING AND ENERGIZED. 
          AND SO IT DOESN'T ALWAYS JUST HAVE TO BE FOR AN AGENDA OR JUST FOR A RECOMMENDATION ON A POLICY, BUT JUST TO GET TO KNOW US, TO, UM, LEAD BY EXAMPLE. 
          TALK ABOUT YOUR STORIES AND HOW YOU GOT TO PROMINENT, UH, POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP AND HOW YOU DECIDED TO SERVE YOUR CITY. 
          I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT NARRATIVE TO SHARE, ESPECIALLY AS WE NOTICE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE DO LEAVE SAN ANTONIO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I KNOW A LOT OF MY FRIENDS, LIKE, IT'S RARE FOR ME TO BE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR COLLEGE. 
          SO I THINK BEING ABLE TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE AND HOW YOU CAME BACK TO THE CITY AND DECIDED TO SERVE IS IMPORTANT. 
          UM, I ALSO THINK THAT SYSTEMS CHANGE OFTEN MEANS FIRST SHIFTING KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES. 
          AND THAT MEANS CHANGING THE ATTITUDES OF PEOPLE. 
          UH, PEOPLE BELIEVING THAT YOUNG PEOPLE, UM, AREN'T EXPERTS. 
          UH, BECAUSE WE ARE EXPERTS IN OUR EXPERIENCES. 
          WE MAY NOT HAVE ALL THE FORMAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS, BUT WE'RE EAGER TO LEARN AND WE, UM, CAN ALWAYS BRING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE. 
          UM, I REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH FUTURE. 
          UM, WE LOVE CELEBRATING INCREMENTAL CHANGE AND APPRECIATE THAT THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE ON THESE ISSUES AND THAT WE, UH, HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT TOO. 
          I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND SERVE AND WE'LL BE STICKING AROUND SAN ANTONIO FOR A WHILE. 
          UM, THAT BEING SAID, I'LL NOW PASS ON TO BO ANDERSON, CHAIR OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD. 
          THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION, BY THE WAY. 
          ALL OF YOU. 
          YOU DID. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. 
          UM, MY NAME IS BO ANDERSON. 
          I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE CHAIR OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD, AND I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY. 
          SO, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE COM COMMISSION CURRENTLY HAS FOUR MEMBERS ON IT. 
          UM, I WILL LEAVE YOU ON A CLIFFHANGER FOR A WHILE LONGER, UM, AND GO THROUGH A COUPLE SLIDES BEFORE WE DISCUSS WHY THAT IS THE CASE. 
          SO, BUT FIRST, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. 
          SO THIS WAS ESTABLISHED IN FEBRUARY, 2018, UM, I BELIEVE THROUGH A C C R BY A FORMAL COUNCILMAN RAY ALANA. 
          UM, AND SO THE REPRESENTATIVES, UM, WAS FROM A POOL OF COLLEGES, UM, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS A AND M, SAN ANTONIO, UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD. 
          OTHERS, I WILL NOT FORGET, COUNCILMAN PAL'S TRINITY UNIVERSITY. 
          I'LL MAKE SURE AND INCLUDE THEM. 
          BUT SO THEN, UM, THE PROCESS REALLY BEGAN WITH CONTACTING THE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS. 
          UM, IN JANUARY, 2019, AN INFORMAL INTEREST MEETING WAS HELD, AND THEN IN MARCH AND APRIL, THE MEMBERS WERE APPOINTED. 
          AND SO NOW WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING BYLAWS AND IDENTIFYING FOCUS AREAS. 
          SO PART OF THE CHALLENGE WAS, UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE IN ALL THE DIFFERENT BOXES THAT IT WAS A LONG AND COMPLICATED PROCESS. 
          SO AT FIRST, THREE NOMINATIONS HAD TO BE SUBMITTED BY A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION, UM, AT WHICH POINT THE NOMINATIONS WERE SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND THEN AN APPOINTMENT MEMO, AND THEN THEY HAD TO BE APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. 
          THEN YOU HAD TO MEET A NUMBER OF REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND SO THE WHOLE PROCESS COULD REALLY TAKE, UM, UP TO FOUR MONTHS, IF NOT LONGER, WHICH IS WHY THE COMMISSION CURRENTLY ONLY HAS FOUR MEMBERS AND A FULL COMMISSION HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO MEET. 
          UM, SO IF NOTHING ELSE, UM, A ABSOLUTELY, UM, A STREAMLINING OF THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS WOULD BE VERY, UM, HELPFUL. 
          SO SOME PROPOSED RESTRUCTURING IN APRIL, I BELIEVE, UM, A PROPOSED RESTRUCTURE WAS BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION'S ATTENTION. 
          AND SO AT THAT POINT, WE KIND OF SHIFTED FROM WHAT WE HAD BEEN DOING, WHICH WAS LOOKING AT THE BYLAWS AND THE GUIDELINES AND KIND OF SHIFTED OUR ATTENTION TO DISCUSSING WITH STAFF. 
          AND THEN THROUGH CONFERENCE CALLS WITH THE OTHER CHAIRS OF THE COMMISSIONS, UM, WAS TO DISCUSS THE OVERLAP IN FOCUS AREAS AND KIND OF, UM, DECIDE AND TALK AMONGST OURSELVES ABOUT HOW WE COULD BEST COMBINE OUR EFFORTS OR IF THERE WERE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO BETTER OR 
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MORE EFFECTIVELY. 
          UM, AND SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS BEGAN IN APRIL AND HAVE BEEN ONGOING. 
          AND SO STAFF WAS ABLE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. 
          UM, IT LISTS THE AREAS OF FOCUS, UM, WHICH WAS VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE, UM, THE ORDINANCES THAT ESTABLISHED THE COMMISSIONS, ESPECIALLY THE HIGHER EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD ORDINANCE, IT LISTS LOTS OF DIFFERENT, UM, FOCUS AREAS. 
          LIKE IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE HIGHER EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD ONE, UM, IT LISTS PRETTY MUCH EVERY COMMISSION. 
          THE CITY AL ALREADY HAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, PUBLIC HEALTH, HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY, RETAINING LOCAL STUDENTS, JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS. 
          YOU KNOW, ALL GREAT GOALS. 
          ALL, UM, DEFINITELY IMPACT ON EDUCATION, BUT JUST MORE THAN ANY ONE COMMISSION COULD EVER, UM, HOPE TO TAKE ON. 
          AND SO YOU SEE HERE, UM, WHERE THEY OUTLINED, WHERE THE BOARDS OVERLAP, THE HIGHER EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD AND THE YOUTH COMMISSION CAN OVERLAP ON ISSUES RELATED TO COLLEGE STUDENTS. 
          UM, THEY ALL CAN KIND OF COME TOGETHER COLLEGE READINESS AND COMPLETION. 
          AND I WON'T BELABOR THE POINT TOO MUCH, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK THERE AND SEE IT. 
          AND SO THERE WE HAD THE DISCUSSIONS ON RESTRUCTURING, AND SO I'LL KIND OF GO OVER THE, UH, THE OPTIONS BRIEFLY. 
          UM, SO OPTION ONE WAS ALL COMMISSIONS REMAIN SEPARATE ENTITIES, UM, KIND OF THE STATUS QUO, NOT TOO MUCH CHANGE, UM, IF THAT WAS PICKED. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          A NOTE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT THE ORDINANCES COULD POSSIBLY BE REVISED, UM, TO ALIGN MORE WITH THE CURRENT GOALS OF THE COMMISSIONS. 
          UM, OPTION TWO WAS TO COMBINE ALL THE COMMISSIONS TOGETHER TO FORM ONE LARGE COMMISSION. 
          UM, THE WAY THAT WE KIND OF TALKED THAT THIS COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN IS YOU WOULD HAVE A THIRD OF EACH COMMISSION APPOINTED TO A BOARD WITH VOTING POWERS. 
          THE REST OF THE CURRENT MEMBERS WOULD SERVE AS A SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, BACK HOME AND NOT HAVE THE VOTING AUTHORITY, BUT WOULD, UM, SERVE IN DISCUSSIONS AND GO TO A MEETINGS. 
          AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, THE A THIRD OF THE BOARD WOULD GO TO THE, UM, TO THE LARGER COMMISSION MEETINGS WITH VOTING AUTHORITY. 
          AND THEN FINALLY WE'LL GET TO OPTION THREE. 
          AND THAT WAS TO COMBINE TWO COMMISSIONS TOGETHER TO, TO FORM A NEW COMMISSION AND LEAVE THE OTHER COMMISSION SEPARATE. 
          AND SO THE EXAMPLES WE HAVE WERE EITHER THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION AND THE HIGHER EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD COMBINE, OR THE HIGHER EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD AND SA 2020 COMMISSION AND EDUCATION WOULD COMBINE. 
          AND SO WITH, UM, WITH THE, UM, THE FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD, AS WELL AS WITH THE, UM, THE STUDENT COMMISSION WAS THAT, UM, IT WOULD BE BEST SERVED IF THESE TWO COMBINED. 
          UM, SO THE YOUTH VOICE WOULD NOT BE STIFLED. 
          THIS WOULD GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT DO THE THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN THE ORDINANCE, LIKE THE TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 
          GIVE PRESENTATIONS TO THE, UM, TO THAT COMBINED BOARD, WHICH WOULD BE THE 16 TO 24 YEAR OLD AGE GROUP AND GIVE POLICY PRESENTATIONS, BUT ALSO ALLOW THAT BOARD TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO WORK ON POLICY POINTS THAT WERE OF INTEREST TO THEM. 
          AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT, UM, THE BOARD SEEMED TO BE THE MOST COMFORTABLE WITH. 
          UM, BUT ALSO WE WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT A CONCERN THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE HIGHER EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD WAS THAT, UM, FOR NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS AND THOSE COMING OUT OF THE MILITARY, WE DIDN'T WANT THAT VOICE TO BE LOST. 
          SO IF THERE WAS A WAY FOR THEM TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SA 2020 BOARD, OR MAYBE IN AN ADDITIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WOULD BE IDEAL, AND COMBINING THE BOARD, UM, WITH THE YOUTH COMMISSION AND THE STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD WOULD ALSO ALLOW, UM, A, A PIPELINE OF TALENT LIKE THE TALENTED YOUNG LADIES WHO JUST PRESENTED TO CONTINUE SERVING ON THE, ON THAT BOARD FROM THE 16 TO 24 YEAR OLD AGE RANGE. 
          AND SO NEXT STEPS, LIKE I MENTIONED, WAS FOR THE, UM, STREAMLINING THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS. 
          UM, THE HIGHER EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD CURRENTLY HAS A CHALLENGE WITH THAT, HENCE THE FOUR MEMBERS. 
          UM, AND THEN ABSOLUTELY, JUST MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE INCLUDED IN FUTURE CONVERSATIONS WITH RESTRUCTURING. 
          WE KNOW IT'S ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL'S DECISION, BUT WE WOULD JUST LOVE TO BE INCLUDED IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BO AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU. 
          THOSE WERE WONDERFUL PRESENTATIONS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , IF I COULD, I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          UM, SO I WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE AND TELL THEM CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WONDERFUL STUDENTS, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, ACTUALLY, DO YOU WANNA GIVE US A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT FOR THE PRESENTATIONS COMING FORWARD? MEANING WHAT'S NEXT? OR, UM, I GUESS HOW DID, UM, HOW DID WE END UP WITH THE THREE PRESENTATIONS HERE TODAY? AND WHO WAS LEADING THE DISCUSSION ON THE COMBINATION OF THE BOARDS? RIGHT. 
          SO THE ESSAY 2020 EDUCATION COMMISSION HAD REQUESTED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL OR THE SUBCOMMITTEE REGARDING 
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THE WORK THAT THEY HAD DONE ON THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND, AND ALSO THE YOUTH COMMISSION WAS, CAME TO COUNCIL, I BELIEVE, LAST, LAST YEAR, AND PRESENTED TO THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          AND, UM, COUNCIL'S REQUEST WAS THAT THEY GO, GO BACK AND DO ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND THEN COME BACK WITH A PRESENTATION. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT YOU HEARD TODAY. 
          THE DISCUSSION ON CONSOLIDATION OCCURRED BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL QUESTIONS AND, UM, DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WAS THE ROLE OF EACH COMMISSION, WHERE'S THE OVERLAP? UM, DR. 
          BRIDGER AND I MET WITH THE SA 2020 COMMISSION FOR EDUCATION IN APRIL, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD WAS THERE, WOULD THERE POTENTIALLY BE, UM, UH, A, A WAY TO CONSOLIDATE TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS RATHER THAN HAVING THREE SEPARATE COMMISSIONS COVERING A LOT OF THE SAME TOPICS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WE HEARD THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, OKAY, I'M TAKING, I'M TAKING NAMES HERE, SO , WE'LL MOVE ON IN JUST A SECOND. 
          UM, SO I HEARD THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BEAU, OR, OR THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT COMBINATIONS. 
          I DIDN'T HEAR THAT FROM, UM, THE OTHER TWO, UH, COMMISSION CHAIRS OR, OR BOARD CHAIRS. 
          SO, UM, COULD I HEAR FROM, FROM THEM INDEPENDENTLY, PLEASE? ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION HAS BEEN PRIVY TO THESE DISCUSSIONS. 
          AND SO THE OPTIONS THAT WE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH IS THAT 16 TO 24 BOARD, AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED THE MOST AS AN OFFICIAL QUORUM. 
          WE HAVE NOT REACHED A DECISION AS TO WHAT OUR POSITION IS. 
          WE JUST KNOW THAT THOSE HAVE BEEN ON THE TABLE. 
          AND I BELIEVE MR. ANDERSON DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF SUMMARIZING WHERE THE COMMISSIONS ARE ON THOSE. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE CONSIDERING THE 16 TO 24 BOARD, UM, OR REMAINING INDEPENDENT AS AN OPTION. 
          THERE WAS ALSO THE, UM, COMBINED COMMISSION ON THE TABLE, BUT IT SEEMED THAT WE WERE LEANING TOWARDS THE FIRST TWO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SONIA, THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          SO THE COMMISSION, UM, SA 2020 COMMISSION ON EDUCATION. 
          WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO RESTRUCTURING, JUST WE'RE TRYING TO FIRST ESTABLISH OUR CURRENT CHARTER. 
          UM, WE'RE REVIEWING OUR NAME, FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T WANT AN EXPIRATION DATE . 
          AND DO WE WANT TO REEVALUATE WHAT OUR MISSION AND OUR CHARTER SHOULD BE, UM, AT THE MOMENT PRIOR TO RESTRUCTURING, BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING PRIOR TO, UH, COMBINING EFFORTS AT THIS TIME. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, I'LL GO TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS. 
          COUNCILMAN ELAS. 
          SO A A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          IT, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS COMMITTEE NEEDS TO HELP, UM, MAKE THIS MORE AGILE AND, UM, GIVE SOME GUIDANCE AS FAR AS THE RESTRUCTURING. 
          I, I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH TODAY TO KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS, BUT I, I, UH, I DO THINK WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. 
          UH, THE SECOND THING I WANT TO TELL YOU IS, I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          UH, I'LL TELL YOU, WE SIT THROUGH PRESENTATIONS ALL DAY LONG, AND NOT ALL OF THEM ARE AS GOOD AS THE ONES THAT YOU GUYS BROUGHT TO US. 
          AND SO MY REQUEST OF CITY STAFF IS THAT WE, IF THERE'S A VIDEO, IF THERE'S A, PLEASE BE MORE LIKE THEM. 
          UH, NO, BUT, BUT SERIOUSLY, IF THERE'S A VIDEO, LIKE THIS IS AN EXCELLENT VIDEO OF PRESENTATION SKILLS THAT WE COULD USE FOR TRAINING IN THE FUTURE. 
          I, I THINK IT WAS EXCELLENT. 
          UM, MR. ANDERSON, CAN, CAN YOU COME UP PLEASE? UH, MR. ANDERSON, TWO QUESTIONS. 
          UM, OF THE FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, WHICH ONE IS YOUR FAVORITE? ? YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT'S A TOUGH ONE. 
          UM, I THINK I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO DELIBERATION AND, AND REALLY DISCUSS MY ANSWER. 
          SECOND QUESTION BEFORE YOU WORKED, SIR. 
          UM, WELL, AS OF BEFORE MY ANSWER TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTION, I WORKED FOR YOU, NOW YOU'LL HAVE TO LET ME KNOW IF THAT'S STILL THE CASE, BUT, UH, UH, BO DOES, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AT OUR OFFICE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND HE'S BEEN DOING THAT SINCE HE WAS, UH, IN U T S A UNDERGRAD, AND NOW HE'S FULL-TIME AT OUR OFFICE. 
          AND, UH, HE'S ALSO ON HIS WAY TO GET HIS MASTER'S IN PUBLIC POLICY, RIGHT? YES, SIR. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO THIS IS ALSO, AND THE REASON I'M HIGHLIGHTING BO, IS BECAUSE I DO THINK THE ONE THING WE DON'T DO ENOUGH OF AT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS FIND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR OWN STAFFERS, RIGHT? AND FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE WORKING FOR US TO SERVE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          AND, UM, I, I DECIDED WHY THE HECK NOT, RIGHT? I THINK THAT SOMETIMES THOSE PEOPLE ARE LEFT OFF OF OUR LISTS OF CONSIDERATION. 
          AND SO I REALLY WANT TO DRIVE THE POINT HOME THAT THERE'S SO MANY SMART YOUNG FOLKS WHO WORK FOR US THAT COULD FILL POSITIONS LIKE THIS. 
          AND, UM, THIS IS THE SECOND VERY YOUNG PERSON THAT I'VE APPOINTED. 
          UH, MY, UH, MY COMMISSIONER FOR ARTS AND CULTURE IS, UM, I 
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APPOINTED HER WHEN I THINK SHE WAS 20, UH, OR 19. 
          UH, BUT SHE'S DONE A SPECTACULAR JOB. 
          AND SO, UH, WE'RE DISCUSSING, YOU KNOW, DIVERSITY ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          I DO THINK THAT WE NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S A GROUP THAT WE DON'T TALK OFTEN ENOUGH ABOUT, WHICH IS THIS NEXT GENERATION. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR BOTH. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN ROCHE GARCIA, THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          I WAS TRYING TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK FIRST BECAUSE I KNEW COUNCILMAN PALIUS WAS GONNA TAKE MY, MY GOOD JOB, BUT I'LL JUST REPEAT IT. 
          GREAT PRESENTATIONS. 
          I'M THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED. 
          UM, I'M A PROFESSOR OF MARKETING AND IN MY OTHER WORLD, AND I WOULD'VE GIVEN YOU ALL A PLUSES, ALL OF YOU ALL. 
          SO GREAT JOB. 
          I DO, UM, WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT SINCE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT LILIANA, UH, SPOKE ABOUT TOWN HALLS DURING CLASS TIME, I'VE ALREADY TEXTED MY TWO SUPERINTENDENTS AND ASKED IF I COULD HAVE TOWN HALLS, UM, DURING THE CLASS TIME. 
          SO YOU'VE ALREADY, UH, BEEN EFFECTIVE THERE. 
          UM, DEVON, THE GUN VIOLENCE STATISTICS THAT YOU PROVIDED AND THE RECOMMENDATION, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT U D C CHANGES IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONSIDER THE YOUTH AND WHAT THEY SAY AS WELL. 
          SO I'D LOVE TO, UM, MEET WITH YOU LATER. 
          AND I'M, I'M SURE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL WANT TO REACH OUT TO YOU AS WELL AND JUST LEARN FROM THE YOUTH WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. 
          UM, MAYA ON, UM, MENTAL HEALTH, COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT. 
          I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, AND SO THAT'S HUGE. 
          THAT'S A, A BIG PART. 
          AND, UM, I KNOW THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON A, UM, VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW. 
          AND DR. 
          BRIDGER HAS BEEN A PART OF THE HANDLE WITH CARE PROGRAM AND, UM, ALSO ADDRESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AND SO WE, UM, ARE ARE JUST APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU BROUGHT YOUR CONCERNS HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE YOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO, AND THEN AUDREY ON, ON TRANSPORTATION. 
          I THINK THAT WAS JUST, UM, SO WONDERFUL THAT YOUR, YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, YOUR CONCERNS, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE NEED TO CONSIDER YOU ALL AS THE, UM, CONSUMERS OF VIA, WE JUST APPOINTED ONE TRUSTEE FOR VIA YESTERDAY. 
          IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE APPLY NEXT TIME THAT THERE'S A POSITION AVAILABLE. 
          WE NEED TO HAVE SOME MORE DIVERSITY ON THAT BOARD. 
          UH, AND THEN BO EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AS WELL. 
          AND SO, UM, I'M HAPPY THAT COUNCILMAN PAL MENTIONED THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING FOR HIM, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TALENT THAT GOES UNNOTICED IN OUR OFFICES, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK. 
          THE PARENTS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THEM TO BE HERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR RAISING THEM SO WELL. 
          AND, UH, IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN T THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND I JUST WANT ECHO ALL THE SAME SENTIMENTS. 
          UM, THIS, THIS WAS A REALLY AMAZING, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          UM, ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT I, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY, UH, WELL PUT TOGETHER. 
          IT WAS REALLY THOUGHTFUL. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ALWAYS GET, UH, YOU KNOW, SUCH, SUCH A, SUCH A WELL THOUGHT OUT PRESENTATION. 
          BUT, UH, I THINK THIS PROVES THE, THE VALUE OF, OF, OF, OF, OF THESE COMMISSIONS AND, AND, AND YOUR WORK. 
          SO JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UM, THANK YOU TO SONYA FOR ALL YOUR WORK IN REPRESENTING D ONE AND CHAIRING AND I, THAT'S, YOU'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB REPRESENTING US AND DEVIN AS WELL. 
          LET'S, UH, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU NOT ONLY ARE REPRESENTING US IN ON, ON THIS COMMISSION, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU VOLUNTEER AT OUR EVENTS. 
          YOU'RE VERY MUCH ENGAGED WITH OUR OFFICE, AND I, I THINK YOU'RE A REAL MODEL FOR, UH, MANY INTERNS ALL OVER THE CITY. 
          UH, WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND YOUR ENER, THE ENERGY THAT YOU BRING, UH, DEFINITELY WANT TO, UH, TO WORK WITH YOU ON, ON, ON GUN VIOLENCE. 
          UH, BO I'M SORRY THAT YOU WORK FOR COUNCILMAN PALS. 
          I , I, I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS. 
          I THINK I WOULD'VE, UH, INTERVENED A LOT SOONER. 
          UH, BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANKS, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING MY, MY COLLEAGUES, UH, SAID. 
          SO I AGREE. 
          GREAT JOB. 
          UM, YOU NOT ONLY GAVE US A GREAT PRESENTATION, BUT THERE ARE REPORTS THAT YOU SUBMITTED AND THEY HAVE MORE DETAILS THAT, THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO. 
          UM, I, I'D LIKE, UH, TO ASK SONYA SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INTERNSHIPS. 
          I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF RUNNING OUTTA TIME HERE, BUT, UM, I'M PARTICULARLY CURIOUS ABOUT THIS QUESTION OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, UM, INTERNS WHO LIVE VERY FAR FROM POTENTIAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OR COMPANIES THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TO BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OR, OR BOTH? IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH. 
          SINCE, UM, SINCE THERE ARE NO REQUIREMENTS, UM, PLACED IN THE APPLICATION OF WHERE INTERNSHIPS ARE BEING, UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, UH, RECRUITED FROM OR TO, SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH. 
          'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY 
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SOME OF THE LARGEST COMPANIES THAT ARE PROVIDING SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AREN'T CENTRAL. 
          THEY'RE ON THE OUTSKIRTS SOMETIMES. 
          AND THEN ALSO A LOT OF THE INTERNS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR, UM, OR APPLICANTS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE IN THE VICINITY. 
          SO IT JUST DEPENDS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SONYA. 
          YES, DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO BRING THIS WORK IN PROGRESS TO YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE OKAY WITH US CONTINUING TO PURSUE SOME OF THESE ALTERNATE STRUCTURE OPTIONS. 
          SO THAT'S OUR REQUEST TO YOU TODAY IS, ARE YOU OKAY WITH STAFF, UH, WORKING WITH EACH OF THESE, UH, GROUPS TO COME TO CONSENSUS AROUND WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN BRING A MORE FORMALIZED RECOMMENDATION ABOUT THE STRUCTURE TO YOU IN ADDITION TO PUTTING TOGETHER MORE OF A WORK PLAN AROUND SOME OF THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FROM, FROM EACH OF THE GROUPS? I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT. 
          I SEE NODDING, NODDING HEADS. 
          UM, YEAH, THE, THE ONE THING I WOULD ASK STAFF TO KEEP IN MIND IS I THINK THE GROUPS BROUGHT US SOME EXTREMELY VALUABLE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY SPENT A LONG TIME, UH, WORKING ON. 
          AND I WOULDN'T WANT ANY OF THAT TO GET LOST IN, IN THE NEW STRUCTURE. 
          SO THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR ADVICE ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND HOW THE CITY INVESTS ITS MONEY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, THE BEST SERVICE FOR, FOR OUR INTERNS AND THESE CREATIVE IDEAS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD, UM, FROM, FROM THE YOUTH. 
          I, UM, JUST AS LONG AS WE CAN PROTECT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, SURE. 
          AND WHATEVER'S GONNA MAKE THE, THE GROUPS WORK BETTER, UH, TOGETHER. 
          I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SYNERGIES, UH, IN THAT. 
          SO IF YOU WANNA, WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT COME BACK? SO GIVE US A COUPLE MONTHS. 
          STAFF ARE LIKE THREE MONTHS, THREE MONTHS. 
          UM, GIVE US THREE MONTHS AND WE'LL, THAT'S EARLY NEXT YEAR. 
          WE'LL COME, I THINK IS, AND WHAT I'M, I'M SEEING IS A, A CHART OF ALL THE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHO WILL RUN POINT ON THEM AND HOW, HOW THEY WILL BE ADDRESSED AND IF THERE IS A NEW RECOMMENDED STRUCTURE, HOW THEY TUCK UP UNDER THIS NEW STRUCTURE. 
          OKAY. 
          I SAY AND, AND HOW IMPORTANT IS HOW THEY COMMUNICATE AND INTERFACE. 
          AND SO WHETHER THEY'RE SEPARATE OR INTEGRATED, UM MM-HMM. 
          , THEY, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, UM, JUST VERY BRIEFLY GETTING TOGETHER THROUGH CONFERENCE CALLS AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS. 
          AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE LAND. 
          SURE. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          I'M GONNA TAKE JUST FIVE MORE MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY DID BRING FORWARD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, WE MOVE FORWARD ON THE ONES THAT ARE, THAT ARE ACTIONABLE. 
          SO, UH, I'LL START WITH THE ESSAY 2020 COMMISSION ON ON EDUCATION. 
          IT REALLY SEEMED TO BE FOCUSED ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO, UM, DR. 
          BRIDGER, WHAT ARE, UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEPS TO, TO MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OF THESE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS? WELL, I THINK FOR ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THEM AND FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WHO NEEDS TO OWN THIS? AND THEN, UM, HAVE WHOEVER NEEDS TO OWN THIS, PUT TOGETHER AN ACTUAL PLAN, UH, WITH REALLY SPECIFIC STEPS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS BIGGER PICTURE. 
          AND WE'LL DO THAT FOR EACH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM EACH OF THE COMMISSIONS OR, UM, OR GROUPS. 
          I LOVE THE SOUND OF THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          EVERY SINGLE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE, YEAH, EVERY SINGLE ONE. 
          THEY PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE. 
          WE NEED TO REALLY HONOR THAT AND, UM, AND WORK ON HOW WE OPERATIONALIZE THOSE. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, JUST REALLY QUICKLY TO THE YOUTH, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, REGARDING, UM, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, UH, LILIANA, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TOWN HALLS. 
          I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          AND, UM, SO I THINK EACH OF US INDEPENDENTLY CAN ALSO CAN ALSO MOVE ON THOSE. 
          BUT YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A MAYOR'S CHALLENGE ON VOTING REGISTRATION OR, UM, I, I WAS EVEN THINKING VOTER TURNOUT, SO THE MAYOR'S NOT HERE. 
          UM, I CAN'T  I CAN'T MAKE HIM DO THAT. 
          SO PERHAPS WE CAN COME UP WITH ANOTHER, UH, IDEA FOR, UH, VOTER REGISTRATION AND, AND TURNOUT. 
          WE COULD DO ANOTHER, UH, COMPETITION BETWEEN DISTRICT AND SEE WHICH DISTRICT GETS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO REGISTER TO VOTE. 
          HIGHEST PERCENTAGE. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S POPULATION DIFFERENCES, RIGHT? UM, POSSIBLY COUNCILMAN BELI. 
          SO HOW ABOUT MAKING IT A CITY COUNCIL VOTER CHALLENGE AND NOT PUT THE MAYOR IN THE POSITION OF HAVING TO DO THAT ON HIS OWN, 
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BUT US AS A COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW, RECOMMENDING THAT AND SENDING IT UP TO COUNCIL, A CITY COUNCIL VOTER CHALLENGE. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          AND I, UM, SO DR. 
          BRIDGER, THE ONLY THING ABOUT DOING IT BY SCHOOL, DIS BY, SORRY, COUNCIL DISTRICT, IS WE EACH HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET ALL THE VOTE , GET ALL THE VOTES, BUT IF WE DO IT BY SCHOOLS, THEN THE SCHOOLS COMPETE AGAINST ONE ANOTHER. 
          AND, UM, AND MAYBE THE WINNERS IN MY DISTRICT OR  OR IN YOUR DISTRICT. 
          BUT, UM, UH, YES, UH, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO US WITH A DESIGN FOR A CITY COUNCIL VOTER CHALLENGE? UH, I GUESS, WHAT WOULD WE CALL IT? CITY COUNCIL HIGH SCHOOL VOTER CHALLENGE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, LET'S SEE, WHAT MONTH ARE WE IN RIGHT NOW? WE HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. 
          UM, SO THAT'S ONE ELECTION. 
          UH, AND THEN IN SPRING, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANYTHING IN SPRING, BUT POTENTIALLY, POTENTIALLY THE PRIMARIES. 
          I DIDN'T WANNA SAY THAT, BUT . 
          IT'S OKAY. 
          SO POTENTIAL CITY ITEMS TOO. 
          MM-HMM. 
           OKAY. 
          IN, IN MAY. 
          YEAH. 
          MM-HMM. 
           TWO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, UH, LILIANA AND, UH, WONDERFUL IDEAS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING, UM, HOW WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON ALL OF THEM. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. 
          NO, 
          [3. 19-6416 Briefing and possible action on Head Start Program Items and Fiscal Activities for May, June, and July 2019 [Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD, Assistant City Manager; Melody Woosley, Director, Department of Human Services]]
THERE'S ONE MORE ITEM. 
          OH MY GOD. 
          SORRY, . 
          ONE MORE REAL SONIC QUICK ITEM. 
          OH, REBECCA FLORES HAS BEEN LOOKING AT ME LIKE, WHAT? ALRIGHT, SO, UM, I WILL BE GIVING THE HEAD START UPDATE. 
          I'M REBECCA FLORES, THE EDUCATION PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR, AND I HAVE TO SAY I WAS SITTING THERE LIKE A PROUD PARENT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I WANNA THANK ASHLEY AND ANGEL ON OUR TEAM. 
          WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF EVENINGS, A LOT OF SATURDAYS MEETING WITH OUR COMMISSIONS. 
          UM, AND IT'S JUST SO NICE TO SEE, UM, ALL THAT WORK COME TOGETHER. 
          UM, SO IT'S NOT, OKAY. 
          UM, WE HAVE TWO ACTION ITEMS OF SCHOOL READINESS GOALS AND ALSO OUR HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START PROGRAM DESIGNS. 
          AND I'M ALSO GONNA QUICKLY GO OVER SOME BRIEFING ITEMS. SO EVERY YEAR, UM, HEAD START, WE ARE REQUIRED TO GO OVER OUR SCHOOL READINESS GOALS. 
          UM, IT'S AROUND FIVE CORE, UM, COMPETENCIES. 
          AND WE USE THIS TO COME UP WITH OUR PLAN FOR HEAD START, ALSO OUR ARTICULATE TO OUR PARENTS WHO WERE AN INTEGRAL PART OF US DEVELOPING THESE GOALS AND WHAT SHOULD THEY EXPECT IN THEIR YEAR, OUR YEARS WITH US IN HEAD START. 
          UM, SO WE WILL OFFICIALLY NEED Y'ALL'S APPROVAL OF OUR SCHOOL READINESS GOALS. 
          OUR SECOND ITEM IS OUR PROGRAM DESIGN. 
          WE SERVE OVER 3,236, UH, CHILDREN AND 27 SITES. 
          UM, WE HAVE THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, THEY'RE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, TWO, UH, THREE, FIVE, AND SEVEN. 
          UM, OUR GEOGRAPHIC AREA COVERS THE SAN ANTONIO AND EDGEWOOD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          UM, WE PURPOSELY TARGET OUR MOST AT-RISK KIDS. 
          UM, AND MANY OF Y'ALL MAY HAVE READ THE SAN ANTONIO AREA ASSET FUNDERS NETWORK REPORT THAT LISTED THE FOUR, UM, ZIP CODES WE SERVE. 
          ONE THIRD OF OUR KIDS COME FROM THOSE ZIP CODES. 
          SO WHEN I, WE DO TALK ABOUT HEAD START SERVES AT-RISK KIDS, WE REALLY MEAN IT. 
          AND, UH, WE, WE PURPOSELY WORK TO DO THAT. 
          UM, WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED KIDS IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM OR IN SOME CHILD WELFARE WELFARE PROGRAM. 
          UM, ABOUT 250 ON AVERAGE AT ANY TIME OF OUR KIDS ARE, UM, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          UM, SO WE DEFINITELY TAKE THIS JOB SERIOUSLY. 
          ONE THING I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, AS COUNCIL HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, I ALWAYS SAY THAT HEAD START, WE ARE AN OLDIE BUT GOODIE, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON THIS, UM, IT'S ONE OF OUR CORE AREAS. 
          UH, WE TRAIN ALL OF OUR STAFF ON RECOGNIZING DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          UH, WE, WE PROVIDE CHILD AND PARENT EDUCATION COURSES, WE HAVE OUR FAMILY SUPPORT WORKERS, UM, AND THEY'RE THERE WHEN THEY DO HOME VISITS. 
          WE WORK WITH OUR PARENTS, WE WORK WITH OUR CHILDREN. 
          UM, AND WHEN YOU START DOING A LITERATURE REVIEW OF SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES AROUND, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE, EARLY HEAD START AND HEAD START FREQUENTLY GET LISTED AS ONE OF THE BEST PRACTICES. 
          SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IN HEADSTART, UM, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WE CREATED A SPECIALIZED TEAM OF OUR, WE CALL THEM OUR SENIOR FAMILY, UH, SUPPORT 
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WORKERS. 
          AND THEY BASICALLY ARE, THEY HAVE SMALLER CASELOADS AND THEY COMPLETELY FOCUS ON OUR MOST AT-RISK FAMILIES. 
          SO MANY OF THEM THAT ARE HAVE ACTIVE C P S CASES, UM, WE KNOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS HAPPENING OR WE KNOW THERE'S SOME, UM, SERIOUS ISSUE THAT THE YOUNG CHILD IS GOING THROUGH OR FAMILY THEY WORK WITH A SPECIALIZED TEAM. 
          UM, THEY BUILD STRONG TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR HEAD START FAMILY. 
          SO HAVING THAT CONFIDENCE WITH THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE PRIDE WHEN WE DO HIRE FORMER HEAD START PARENTS, UM, BECAUSE THEY CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION 'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN THERE WITH THEM. 
          UM, WE HAVE, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF OUR, OUR STORIES OF THIS DUAL GENERATION MODEL THAT WE DO HAVE IN EARLY HEAD START AND HEAD START AND WHY IT IS A BEST PRACTICE WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CHILDREN, UH, WE START WITH SIX WEEKS OLD AGAIN, WE TRAIN OUR STAFF TO IDENTIFY, UM, AREAS OF A POTENTIAL ABUSE. 
          UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR, OUR FAMILY SUPPORT WORKERS WORKING WITH THE FAMILIES. 
          UM, JUST A COUPLE OF KIND OF VERY QUICK STORIES. 
          UM, WE HAD ONE FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER, NATASHA, UM, WAS WORKING WITH A MOM WHO AT FIRST NEVER REALLY TALKED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN HER HOME. 
          ONCE THEY DEVELOPED A, A RELATIONSHIP ABOUT THREE, FOUR MONTHS INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR, MOM CONFESSED THAT THERE WAS ABUSE HAPPENING IN THE HOME. 
          SO OUR UH, CASE MANAGER OR OUR F S W REALLY WORKED WITH THE MOM TO FIND HER RESOURCES. 
          'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY SHE COULDN'T LEAVE THE HOME WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER PLACE TO STAY. 
          UM, AND SHE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN FOUNDING HOUSING AND SHE ENDED UP WRITING AN EMAIL TO OUR, UH, OUR STAFF MEMBER. 
          AND I'M JUST GONNA SHARE WITH YOU ONE LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT JUST SHOWS JUST THE LITTLE THINGS SHE SAYS. 
          I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY SMALL, BUT I'M SO HAPPY I HAVE MY OWN FOAM LINE. 
          IT'S ONE LESS THING THAT HAS ME, UM, LESS ATTACHED TO HIM. 
          AND WE CONSTANTLY HAVE LIKE THESE STORIES. 
          UM, WE HAD A DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY PUBLIC SAFETY WORKER CONTACT US ALSO THAT WE HAD, SHE WAS, UM, INVESTIGATING A FAMILY AND ONE OF THE CHILDREN WAS IN HEAD START AND SHE WAS NOTICING THE DIFFERENCES IN HOW THE MOM WAS REACTING TO HER SON, UM, BECAUSE OF THE TRAINING THAT SHE WAS GETTING IN HEAD START. 
          SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, PLEASE REMEMBER US AS Y'ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BECAUSE WE ARE DOING SOME AMAZING THINGS IN A HEAD START ALREADY. 
          UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE FOCUS ON OUR MOST AT RISK KIDS AND UH, WE RECENTLY BEEN WORKING WITH METRO HEALTH AND METRO HEALTH AND HOW DO WE SAY OUR STORY A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFECTIVELY. 
          UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE REALLY CONCERNED IN IS HOW OUR MOST AT RISK KITS, HOW ARE THEY DOING IN HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START. 
          UM, AND THIS SLIDE IS OUR EARLY HEAD START. 
          UH, WE DO A BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ASSESSMENT WITH THEM AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR ASSESSMENT. 
          AND IT'S USUALLY BETWEEN LIKE A SEVEN MONTH, UH, TIME PERIOD. 
          BUT AS YOU SEE OVER THAT SEVEN MONTH PERIOD OVER THAT YEAR THAT WE HAVE THEM OUR LOWEST PERFORM OR WHEN THEY COME TO US, THEY'RE BEHIND WHERE THEY SHOULD BE. 
          UM, THEY'RE EXPERIENCING 11 MONTHS OF GROWTH IN A SEVENTH MONTH PERIOD OF TIME IN GROSS MOTOR, FINE MOTOR, 9.3 MONTHS. 
          UM, YOU SEE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL, A 15 MONTH GAIN IN OVER A SEVEN MONTH PERIOD OF TIME. 
          UM, OUR EARLY HEAD START, OUR THREE YEAR OLDS AND OUR EARLY HEAD START, YOU SEE VERY SIMILAR, UH, RATES OF GROWTH IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS AND IN OUR HEAD START AGAIN OVER A 6.7 MONTH PERIOD OF TIME. 
          14, THEY'RE SHOWING A 14 MONTH GROWTH, 14.2 MONTHS IN FINE MOTOR LANGUAGE 7.3. 
          SO WE ARE DOING AMAZING WORK IN HEAD START WITH OUR MOST AT-RISK FAMILIES. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS BECAUSE I THINK THE STORY SOMETIMES GETS CAUGHT UP AND, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THEY KINDER READY? UM, WHERE THE REALITY IS WE HAVE A SIZABLE NUMBER OF OUR KIDS COMING TO US THAT ARE SO BEHIND, BUT YET WE'RE GROWING THEM QUITE A BIT IN THE TIME THEY'RE WITH US IN HEAD START. 
          AND THAT AGAIN IS DUE TO THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING. 
          AND SO WE WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF OUR JULES SUGARMAN, WHO WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF HEAD START, BUT WE DO RECOGNIZE OUR 
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TEACHERS, UM, IN S A SS D, EDGEWOOD AND ALSO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO STAFF FOR THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING IN HEAD START. 
          UM, WE ALSO RECEIVED, UM, AN A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT OF $408,000. 
          AND SO WE ARE DOING SOME PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS WITH THAT. 
          YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET. 
          UM, PROGRAM BUDGET WISE, 4.1 MILLION FOR EARLY HEAD START, 29.7 FOR HEADSTART. 
          UM, WE ARE ON TARGET TO DO OUR EXPENDITURES. 
          WE JUST STARTED, UM, EARLY HEAD START. 
          UM, AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE ACTUALLY HAD QUITE A NUMBER OF SIZABLE INVESTMENTS IN OUR SIX INNER CITY CHILDCARE CENTERS WHERE WE DID OUT, UH, BOUGHT SOME NEW FURNITURE OUT, UH, PLAYGROUND MATERIALS. 
          UM, SO WE ARE EXCITED THAT OUR KIDS GET SOME WONDERFUL EQUIPMENT, UM, FROM HEAD START. 
          SO THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION AND I ASK FOR THE APPROVAL OF OUR SCHOOL READINESS GOALS AND OUR HEAD START PROGRAM DESIGNS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, REBECCA. 
          ALWAYS A GREAT PRESENTATION, ALWAYS WONDERFUL WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THOSE KIDS. 
          AND YOU GET THE CUTEST ONES IN. 
          THEY'RE ALL CUTE. 
          THEY'RE ALL CUTE. 
          SO THOSE PICTURES ARE AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? TWO SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THERE'S A MOTION IN SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OPPOSED? NO MOTION PASSES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND NOW WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU.
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