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GOOD MORNING, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE SEATED? THANK YOU. 
          THE COUNCIL IS READY TO BEGIN THEIR MEETING. 
          GO AHEAD WITH THE ROLL. 
          THEY'RE SO OUTTA HIM. 
          WOULD YOU PLEASE BE SEATED? WELCOME TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF AUGUST THE EIGHTH, 2019. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          RIGHT HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VEA HDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LIAS HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR NURENBERG HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. 
          I HOPE EVERYONE HAS ENJOYED, UH, THEIR SUMMER BREAK. 
          OUR CITY STAFF HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK OVER THE LAST MONTH, UH, WITH THE ITEMS WE'RE GONNA BE HEARING TODAY ON, ON THE BUSINESS AGENDA. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 9:20 AM WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. 
          UH, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, FOR YOUR RESPECT AND, UM, CONSIDERATION FOR A, A MOMENT OF SILENCE, THOUGH TO BEGIN OUR DAY, UH, FOR THOSE VICTIMS AND FAMILIES, UH, WHO WERE LOST IN THOSE TERRIBLE SHOOTINGS IN EL PASO AND DAYTON, OHIO LAST WEEK. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          TO START OUR DAY TODAY, WE'LL WELCOME AN INDICATOR AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME TO THE PODIUM CHRIS JOHNSON, SENIOR PASTOR OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          DR. 
          CHRIS JOHNSON BECAME THE SENIOR PASTOR OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO IN AUGUST OF 2018. 
          AFTER SERVING AS CO-PASTOR FOR ONE YEAR, HE SERVED AS PASTOR OF CHALK BLUFF BAPTIST CHURCH IN WACO, TEXAS FROM 2009 UNTIL JULY, 2017 WHEN HE ACCEPTED THE CALL OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SAN ANTONIO. 
          WHILE PASTOR OF CHALK BLUFF, CHRIS DEVELOPED COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS ENDEAVORS, LAUNCHED MEN'S AND YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY PROGRAMS, OVERSAW THE PLANNING OF NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, AND DEMONSTRATED HIS PASSION FOR DISCIPLESHIP THROUGH LEADERSHIP. 
          AND EXAMPLE, CHRIS GREW UP IN CARRIZO SPRINGS, TEXAS, AND IS A GRADUATE OF CARRIZO SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND JOHNSON RECEIVED A BACHELOR 
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OF ARTS AND RELIGION FROM BAYLOR UNIVERSITY IN 2004. 
          FOLLOWING HIS CALL TO THE MINISTRY, HE COMPLETED A MASTER'S OF DIVINITY IN THEOLOGY IN 2009 AND A DOCTORATE OF MINISTRY AND SPIRITUAL FORMATION IN 2016, BOTH FROM TRUETT THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY WHILE COMPLETING HIS MASTERS OF DIVINITY. 
          CHRIS SERVED AS THE YOUTH MINISTER AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN COVINGTON, TEXAS FOR FIVE YEARS AND WAS CALLED TO SERVE ONE YEAR AS INTERIM PASTOR IN 2008. 
          CHRIS HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS WIFE, AMY, SINCE 2004, AND THEY HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, AVERY AND ELLIE AND CHRIS. 
          IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU HERE TO CITY HALL. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE, UH, TO BE HERE BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TODAY. 
          LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. 
          LORD, YOUR NAME ALONE IS MAJESTIC, AND YOUR AUTHORITY ENDURES ETERNALLY. 
          AND SO, LORD, WE THANK YOU AS THE GIVER OF ALL GOOD THINGS. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY, FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY THAT WE CALL HOME AND WE SERVE IN. 
          LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR HOW YOU HAVE GROWN AND BLESSED THE CITY THROUGH THE YEARS. 
          AND LORD, WE PRAY AS CITIZENS AND LEADERS THAT WE WOULD BE WISE, LORD, THAT WE WOULD LEAD BY EXAMPLE, UM, AND BE SERVANTS FOR JUST CAUSES. 
          LORD, I THANK YOU FOR EACH ONE OF THESE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR LORD, HOW YOU'VE CALLED THEM TO SERVE AND HOW THEY SERVE DILIGENTLY FOR THE SAKE OF THIS CITY, LORD, GIVE THEM WISDOM. 
          BLESS THEIR EFFORTS. 
          LORD, WE PRAY THE SAME THING OVER OUR MAYOR. 
          WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP. 
          AND LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO GIVE HIM WISDOM, NURTURE HIM IN HIS ABILITY. 
          AND LORD, AS OUR MAYOR ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED, WE WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES, DAYTON AND EL PASO. 
          LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD COMFORT THOSE WHO MOURN OR BRING THE PEACE THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING AND BRING JUSTICE. 
          LORD, WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE A GOD OF JUSTICE AND A GOD OF GRACE. 
          AND LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BRING THAT JUSTICE AND GRACE UPON THIS COUNTRY, UPON OUR STATE LORD, AND INTO THE CITY. 
          LORD, PROTECT US AND GUIDE US, HELP OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR TO LEAD WELL. 
          AND LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          IT IS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST THAT I PRAY. 
          AMEN. 
          THANK YOU ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU PASTOR JOHNSON. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A FEW POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TODAY. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE MYSELF. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO START TODAY BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE PRESENCE OF ONE OF OUR FORMER COLLEAGUES, UH, FORMER COUNCILMAN NOW, STATE REPRESENTATIVE PHILIP CORTEZ IS HERE, AND HE'S HERE IN FULL UNIFORM AS CAPTAIN PHILIP CORTEZ. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO CALL HIM TO THE PODIUM NOW TO INTRODUCE, UH, SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS WE HAVE IN OUR AUDIENCE. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, FRIENDS AND CITY MANAGER, WALSH AND T AND THE STAFF. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR, UM, ALLOWING US TO COME BY THE COUNCIL CHAMPIONS. 
          IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO BE HERE VISITING WITH Y'ALL, AND I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE SO MANY OF MY OLD FRIENDS THAT I WORKED WITH FOR MANY YEARS HERE ALSO, AND THAT I'VE KNOWN. 
          AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE SERVICE THAT EACH OF YOU IS GONNA GIVE TO OUR GREAT CITY. 
          WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, MAYOR, I WANT TO INTRODUCE, UH, THE WING COMMANDER FOR THE FOUR 33RD AIRLIFT WING. 
          HE'S NEW TO, UH, SAN ANTONIO, AND HE IS HERE TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          SO, COLONEL TERRY MCCLAIN IS OUR NEW WING COMMANDER THERE AT THE FOUR 33RD COLONEL MCLEAN. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR NUREMBERG AND, UH, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND STAFF. 
          THANK YOU, AS HE SAID. 
          I'M COLONEL TERRY MCLEAN. 
          MY CALL SIGN IS BEAVIS, AND I'M THE NEW COMMANDER FOR FOUR 33RD AIRLIFT WING. 
          UH, WE'RE KNOWN AS THE ALAMO WING AND WE ARE HOME OF THE 
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C FIVE M SUPER GALAXY. 
          I LEAD ABOUT 2,500 RESERVE CITIZEN AIRMEN LOCATED OVER AT JOINT BASE. 
          SAN ANTONIO LACKLAND, WHO ARE VITAL MEMBERS OF SAN ANTONIO AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES ON THEIR BEHALF, IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY FOR A SPECIAL CEREMONY AS WE'RE GOING TO SWEAR IN MAYOR NIERENBERG AS THE HONORARY COMMANDER OF THE ALAMO WING. 
          THE HONORARY COMMANDER PROGRAM IS AN EXECUTIVE LEVEL COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, PROGRAM INTENDED TO STRENGTHEN THE TIES BETWEEN THE ALAMO WING AND OUR CIVILIAN COMMUNITIES AND PARTNERS. 
          IT PROVIDES A FORUM FOR THE WING SENIOR LEADERS TO SOLICIT ADVICE, COUNSEL, AND SUPPORT WITH INAPPROPRIATE, UH, LEGAL LIMITS, UH, FROM OUR LOCAL CIVIC LEADERS ON MATTERS AFFECTING OUR RESERVE MEMBERS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          IT ALSO PROVIDES THOSE SAME CIVIC LEADERS WITH A SNEAK PEEK BEHIND THE BASELINE FENCE TO SEE WHAT THEIR FRIENDS, EMPLOYEES, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS GO THROUGH WHEN THEY DISAPPEAR THAT ONE WEEKEND A MONTH OR TWO WEEKS A YEAR. 
          EARLY THIS YEAR, MAYOR NUREMBERG GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO TAKE PART IN, UH, AS YEAR SEVEN OF OUR HONORARY COMMANDER PROGRAM. 
          IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVE AS HONORARY COMMANDERS, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE MAYOR SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING LEADERSHIP TIPS WITH YOU. 
          UH, SO IF YOU'RE READY TO SERVE, WE'LL MAKE THIS OFFICIAL. 
           TRY IT AGAIN. 
          MAYBE JUST BACK UP. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COLONEL AND, UH, CAPTAIN CORTEZ FOR JOINING US TODAY. 
          WE ALSO HAVE VERY SPECIAL GUESTS WITH US, UH, ALSO, UH, AN HONORED VETERAN OF OUR ARMED SERVICES. 
          AND SO I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TODAY, UM, A SPECIAL MILESTONE FOR A TRUE HERO, A TRUE AMERICAN HERO WHO'S JOINED US IN THE FRONT ROW. 
          RETIRED STAFF SERGEANT ODIN SANCHEZ CARDENAS, THE SON OF IMMIGRANTS, IS A DECORATED WORLD WAR II VETERAN, AND A FORMER P O W WHO SERVED UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL GEORGE PATTON. 
          HE'S A HUNDRED YEARS OLD THIS WEEK, HAVING CELEBRATED HIS CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY. 
          UH, LAST WEEK, CARDNIS, A RIFLE EXPERT IN MARKSMAN, WAS CAPTURED WHILE FIGHTING ON THE FRONT LINES IN GERMANY, AND HE WAS KILLED IN, HELD IN CAP CAPTIVITY NEAR DUSSELDORF, GERMANY. 
          HE RECEIVED AN AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, A GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL IN AN AMER, A EUROPEAN AFRICAN MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL WITH THREE BRONZE STARS FOR HIS SERVICE. 
          AFTER THE WAR, CARDINIA MOVED AS WORKED AS A BARBER IN AUTO MECHANIC, AND HE AND HIS WIFE OF 60 YEARS, MARIA INEZ VALDEZ CARDENAS HAD 10 CHILDREN, 18 GRANDCHILDREN, 30 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND 44 GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. 
          MR. CARDENA IS A GREAT HONOR TO TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR NATION AND A HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY. 
          NOW, I HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION, UH, FOR THIS TRUE AMERICAN HERO, BUT BEFORE I DO, 
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LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          AND I KNOW, UH, A A FEW OF HIS GRAND GREAT-GRANDCHILD ARE HERE TODAY. 
          IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD, WE'RE GONNA PRESENT THIS, UH, CERTIFICATE TO YOU AS WELL. 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HEREBY PRESENTS ITS OFFICIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO ODIN CARIUS IN HONOR OF YOUR 100TH BIRTHDAY ON JULY 30TH, 2019, THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE PROUD TO JOIN YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITY. 
          IN CELEBRATING THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION, WE FURTHER EXTEND OUR SINCERE BEST WISHES TO YOU FOR MANY MORE HAPPY AND ENJOYABLE YEARS. 
          HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY. 
          MR. GARDENS PRESENTED THIS EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST, 2019, TWO THREE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. CONEZ. 
          OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GET NOW TO OUR REGULAR PROGRAMMING. 
          UM, WE WILL BEGIN TODAY WITH OUR PRIVILEGE. 
          YOU DO? OKAY. 
          ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          WELL, UH, I'M SURE EVERYBODY HERE KNEW WHAT YESTERDAY WAS. 
          WELL, I KNOW THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE IN HERE THAT KNOW WHAT YESTERDAY WAS. 
          IT WAS ACTUALLY THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS DAY. 
          YAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          YES, YES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS DAY WAS CREATED TO REALLY RECOGNIZE OUR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          UH, THE FIRST ONE WAS AWARDED IN 1907, AND THESE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW AND BY THEIR LICENSE TO ENSURE THAT OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES, UTILITIES, ROADS, ANYTHING THAT TAKES A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION IS DONE ACCORDING TO THEIR ORDINANCES, THEIR DESIGNS. 
          EVERYTHING IS SAFE FOR OUR PUBLIC. 
          SO I WANNA RECOGNIZE THEM TODAY ON ALL THE FANTASTIC WORK THEY'VE DONE HERE FOR US IN OUR CITY, BOTH ON CITY STAFF AND OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. 
          WE, WE'VE GOT PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HOUSE, ALL WORKING VERY, VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SAFE FACILITIES AND THAT WE CAN ENJOY LIVING AND WORKING AND PLAYING IN SAFE ENVIRONMENTS. 
          ALL OF OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT IS, IS TAKEN CARE OF BY THESE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE DONE PROPERLY. 
          SO, WITH THAT, I, I'D REALLY LIKE, UH, FOR ALL OF THOSE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS IN HERE TODAY TO PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED AND GIVE YOU A HAND OF THANKS AGAIN. 
          THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          WE DID HAVE A PHOTO OP YESTERDAY, AND, UM, UH, WE HAD SOME GREAT DISCUSSIONS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 
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CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I THINK, UH, ALL OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE SHARE THE SENTIMENT I WANNA EXPRESS RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S GRATITUDE FOR THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM THAT, UH, THE CITY UNDERTAKES EVERY SUMMER. 
          I KNOW SO MANY OF US ON COUNCIL HAVE WORKED WITH, UH, A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS, AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE, UH, TWO GENTLEMEN WHO WORKED, UM, AS, UH, AMBASSADORS IN MY OFFICE. 
          THEY'RE HERE TODAY, MR. JACK MORGAN, MR. THOMAS CANALES. 
          BOTH ARE D NINE RESIDENTS. 
          WOULD YOU GUYS STAND UP, JUST SO, UH, I CAN POINT YOU OUT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. 
          THEY'VE REALLY PROVEN TO BE, UH, EXCELLENT PUBLIC SERVANTS FOR THE PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT. 
          JACK ATTENDS THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, AND THOMAS ATTENDS TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL LAREDO, WHERE HE'S A PITCHER FOR THE BASEBALL TEAM. 
          SO I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT SEASON. 
          THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. 
          THANKS TO ALL OUR AMBASSADORS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I, I TOO WANT TO, UM, THANK FLORA NAYLOR OF RICE UNIVERSITY FOR SPENDING SOME TIME IN OUR OFFICE. 
          UH, SHE WAS A GREAT HELP. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE, SHE'S WHERE SHE'S AT, UH, IF SHE'S IN HERE OR LISTENING IN, JUST WANNA SAY A BIG THANK YOU. 
          SHE WAS A, A GREAT HELP, A GREAT FIT FOR OUR STAFF, AND, UH, WANNA THANK HER? SHE GOES, SHE GOES BACK TO RICE UNIVERSITY. 
          AND I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT, UH, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR THANKING OUR, OUR ENGINEERS AS, AS, AS AN ARCHITECT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN ABSOLUTELY, UH, RESPECT AND, AND, AND SAY THAT OUR OUR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS HAVE AN IMMENSE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE, UH, PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SAFETY TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE DO NOT TAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AS OPINION. 
          WE RESPECT IT VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          COUNCILMAN GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT THREE AND, UM, UM, ALL OF THE, OF MY OFFICE AS WELL, I'D LIKE TO FIRST THINK, UM, WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR INTERNS, UH, CELIA AND ISRAEL, PLEASE RISE, PLEASE STAND UP. 
          YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO STAND UP. 
          UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN HERE, UH, THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR THE ENTIRE SUMMER AND UNFORTUNATELY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A COUNCIL MEETING, SO THIS IS THEIR FIRST COUNCIL MEETING THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO ATTEND. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN GRAE AND COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN, SIR. 
          AND I TOO, WANT TO SAY A THANK YOU. 
          I'M LOSING A STAFF MEMBER AND I CONSIDER HIM A STAFF MEMBER. 
          UH, DIEGO HERNANDEZ, UH, HE'S BEEN AN INTERN WITH US THIS SUMMER. 
          HE'S GOING BACK, HE'S A JUNIOR AT WHEAT WHEATON COLLEGE, UH, UP IN ILLINOIS. 
          SO HE'S GOING BACK UP TO SCHOOL, BUT HE'S BEEN VERY VALUABLE HERE. 
          BUT I JUST WANNA POINT OUT, HE'S A SIX GENERATION TEXAN AND A LOCAL, A LOCAL GUY. 
          SO HE HAS BEEN VERY VALUABLE IN HELPING US DAY IN AND DAY OUT. 
          AND, UM, HE'S GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR EXPECTATIONS. 
          AND, AND SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, DIEGO, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          AND, AND WE'VE HAD LOTS AND LOTS OF COMMENTS. 
          SEE, HE'S STANDING RIGHT OVER HERE ON THE SIDE THAT HE'S THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAN OUTRE ROD SANCHEZ. 
          SO, UH, WITH THOSE THREE PIECE SUITS, SO, UH, WAY TO GO, DIEGO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S AWESOME. 
          SO, YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          . 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          UM, I THINK, UH, ROD LOST HIS EDGE TO DAVE AND MCCREARY A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THOUGH, . 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, TWO GREAT WORKERS WHO'VE BEEN WITH US THIS SUMMER, ONE OF WHOM IS GOING ON, BUT ONE IS CONTINUING. 
          AND THAT IS, UH, ALVARO FLORES IN THE BACK, UH, AS WELL AS ISMAEL ABBU BARRA. 
          THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR GREAT WORK OVER THE SUMMER AND, AND CONTINUING ON. 
          I'M, I'M SURE YOU'LL BE BACK THOUGH, AL, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BACK. 
          ALRIGHT, WE ARE NOW GOING, UH, COUNCILMAN ELIAS. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, I ALSO HAVE, UH, THREE INTERNS THAT I, UM, WISH A, UM, VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL BON VOYA TO. 
          I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM. 
          UM, I, I ALSO HAVE AN ALVARO, UH, INTERN. 
          MY ALVARO, UM, CAN BEAT UP YOUR ALVARO MAYOR. 
          HE IS, UH, HE IS A PRETTY COOL GUY. 
          ALVARO MERA. 
          UH, RO THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR BEING HERE. 
          WHERE ARE YOU GUYS? UH, THERE THEY'RE SOMEWHERE. 
          THERE THEY ARE. 
          HI, ALVARO. 
          AND THEN, UM, THAT'S KENNEDY TATUM. 
          AND, UH, MICHELLE RUSH. 
          THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          THANKS FOR HELPING DISTRICT EIGHT, AND THANKS FOR, UH, GIVING 
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US YOUR TIME THIS SUMMER. 
          WE ARE ALL THE BETTER FOR IT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PALAI. 
          OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR, UH, BUSINESS ITEMS FOR TODAY. 
          UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, ITEM THREE IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM JUNE 6TH THROUGH, UH, AND JUNE 12TH AND 13TH, AND THE SPECIAL MEETING ON JUNE 13TH. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 6TH, 12TH, AND 13TH, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM FOUR. 
          ITEM FOUR IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO 2020, PROPOSED OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2019, AND APPROVING THE FOLLOWING RELATED ORDINANCES. 
          ITEM FOUR A IS THE ORDINANCE SETTING THE CITY'S PROPOSED MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE AT 34.68 CENTS PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUATION. 
          AND THE CITY'S PROPOSED DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE AT 21.15 CENTS PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUATION. 
          AS RECOMMENDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET, THERE IS NO INCREASE IN THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX RATE. 
          ITEM FOUR B IS THE ORDINANCE SETTING THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE FOR TWO BUDGET PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND TWO, ADD VALOREM TAX RATE PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND TO CLARIFY FOR EVERYONE, THIS IS, UH, UNDER THE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, WE'LL GET TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, AFTER THIS PRESENTATION. 
          UM, AND THEN AT THAT TIME, WE'LL PULL ANY ITEMS FOR, UH, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          GO AHEAD, ERIC. 
          MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. 
          UH, I'M PROUD TO, UH, BE HERE BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING TO PRESENT, UH, THE F Y 2020 PROPOSED ANNUAL AND OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AS YOU, AS YOU KNOW, UH, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A, AN EXHAUSTIVE PROCESS. 
          UH, THIS IS THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT PROCESS. 
          UH, IT STARTED IN THE SPRINGTIME WHEN MANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS BEGAN PREPARING, UH, THEIR BUDGETS, UH, BOTH THIS FISCAL YEAR AND NEXT FISCAL YEAR IN, IN, UH, IN PREPARATION OF OUR FINANCIAL FORECAST. 
          IT CULMINATED WITH THE BUDGET WORK SESSION AT THE END OF JUNE, UH, AND WE ARE ENTERING THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STEPS, UH, BEYOND THAT, UH, HERE AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          SO, UH, THE F Y 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET IS BALANCED. 
          UH, WE HAVE TO BE BALANCED ACCORDING TO OUR CITY CHARTER. 
          UH, IT CERTAINLY REFLECTS THE CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES, UM, THAT WERE, UH, DISCUSSED. 
          UH, AS A GROUP, UH, AT THE, UH, JUNE BUDGET WORK SESSION, UH, WE HAVE MAINTAINED OUR MINIMUM GENERAL FUND ENDING BALANCE OF 15%. 
          UM, THE SPENDING PLAN IN HERE KEEPS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SPENDING BELOW 66% IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          WE'RE MAINTAINING OUR STRUCTURAL BALANCE AND ACHIEVING THE TWO YEAR BALANCE BUDGET. 
          AND YOU'LL RECALL, UH, IN THE CONVERSATION, UH, AT THE BUDGET WORK SESSION AT THE END OF THE JUNE, ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT, UH, RESULTS OF THAT CONVERSATION AMONGST THE COUNCIL WAS A REAFFIRMATION AND AN ADJUSTMENT TO OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES. 
          UM, WE ARE, UH, IN, IN LINE WITH THOSE POLICIES AS, UH, AS THE COUNCIL REAFFIRMED. 
          SO THE F Y 2020 TOTAL CITY BUDGET IS $2.9 BILLION. 
          UM, THAT, THAT IS A, UH, 3% INCREASE FROM THE F Y 19 ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE, UH, THAT CHART IS BROKEN UP INTO THREE MAIN AREAS. 
          THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH I'LL SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT HERE, IS 1.27 BILLION. 
          THAT'S OUR, UH, GENERAL ACCOUNT, UH, WHERE WE RECEIVE OUR PROPERTY SALES TAX, C P S REVENUE, AND WHERE WE, WHERE WE SUPPORT OUR BASIC CITY SERVICES, SUCH AS POLICE, FIRE, STREETS, PARKS, LIBRARY, CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND OTHERS. 
          UM, OUR RESTRICTED FUND BUDGET IS 937 MILLION. 
          UM, THAT RESTRICTED FUND BUDGET REPRESENTS, UH, ALL OF OUR LINES OF BUSINESS, LIKE THE AIRPORT FUND, AIRPORT OPERATIONS, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY, TAX FUND, STORMWATER, AND OUR SOLID WASTE UTILITY. 
          AND THE THIRD COMPONENT OF OUR, OF OUR TOTAL CITY BUDGET IS THE CAPITAL PROGRAM, UH, AT $715 MILLION NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, THAT'S WHERE WE BUDGET, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION AND CAPITAL AND DESIGN, UH, OF OUR PROGRAM, WHETHER THAT 
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BE THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM, UH, THE AIRPORT, THE ALAMO DOME OR OTHER FACILITIES AUTHORIZED POSITION COUNT IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, IS INCREASING, UH, BY 20 UNIFORM POSITIONS IN 80 CIVILIAN POSITIONS TO A TOTAL OF 12,505 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS THROUGHOUT, UH, THE, UH, UH, THE CITY ORGANIZATION. 
          SO I'M GONNA FOCUS, UH, THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ON OUR GENERAL FUND, UM, BALANCING THE GENERAL FUND, AND, AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AT THE WORK SESSION AS WE ALL MONITORED, UM, BOTH WHAT WAS HAPPENING UP IN AUSTIN AND CURRENT DISCUSSIONS WITH LEGISLATION, BUT ALSO WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH HERE, UH, LOCALLY, UM, LESS C P S REVENUE AS WE PROJECTED IN THE FORECAST AND UPDATED YOU EARLIER THIS YEAR, UM, BOTH THIS FISCAL YEAR AND WE'VE MADE ADJUSTMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT OUR C P S REVENUE, UH, THIS FISCAL YEAR WILL BE DOWN ALMOST $14 MILLION. 
          AND WE HAVE MADE ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR 2020 REVENUE FROM C P S, UH, DOWN $9.3 MILLION FROM F Y NINETEEN'S BUDGET. 
          MOST OF THAT ADJUSTMENT, UH, IS REALLY FOCUSED. 
          THIS YEAR'S ADJUSTMENT IS REALLY FOCUSED ON MILDER WEATHER, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, VERY LOW NATURAL GAS PRICES. 
          UH, AS WE COORDINATED THIS REVENUE, UH, PROJECTION WITH C P S, UM, WE DO, WE DO NOT SEE ANY, UM, CHANGE IN THE, IN THE, THE, THE COST OF THAT NATURAL GAS PRICE AND HAVE MADE AN ADJUSTMENT ACCORDINGLY. 
          IN THE 2020 BUDGET. 
          WE HAVE LESS REVENUE FROM THE TELECOMMUNICATION AND CABLE FEES. 
          UM, AND, AND WE TALKED, UH, PLENTY ABOUT THIS DURING THE SPRING, UH, AND IN THE WORK SESSION WITH SB 1152 AND THE REDUCTION IN, UH, TELECOMMUNICATION AND CABLE FEES TO THE CITY OF ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          UM, THAT ACTUALLY GOES INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST. 
          IT DOESN'T EVEN LINE UP WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR. 
          UM, THAT IS A RECURRING SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR US. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAD AS WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET, UH, WAS TO DETERMINE EITHER WE REPLACE, UH, THE PERMANENT LOSS OF RECURRING REVENUE, OR WE MAKE PERMANENT CUTS TO THE GENERAL FUND SERVICE CUTS OR A COMBINATION. 
          AND, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CALCULUS THAT WE WENT THROUGH THERE IN A SECOND, UH, LESS INTEREST INCOME WITH THE FED. 
          AND, AND WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS OVER THE LAST, UH, MONTH AS WE PREPARED THE BUDGET WITH THE FED'S ADJUSTMENT IN THE, UH, INTEREST RATE LAST WEDNESDAY. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UM, UH, DECREASED OUR INTEREST INCOME IN THE F Y 2020 BUDGET BY FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS US. 
          UM, MOST OF OUR INVESTMENTS ARE TIED TO TREASURY BILLS, AND, UH, WE WILL START TO SEE THAT IMPACT IMMEDIATELY. 
          SO HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE REVENUE LOSSES, BUT MAINTAIN, UH, THE FOCUS ON THE NEEDS AND THE COUNCIL PRIORITIES? THAT CAME OUT OF THE JUNE WORK SESSION. 
          UM, EVERY DEPARTMENT WAS, UH, REQUIRED, UH, TO SUBMIT A 3%, UH, REDUCTION OF SERVICES IN THEIR BUDGET PROGRAMS. UM, AS I MET, UH, WITH EACH DEPARTMENT, UH, THIS SUMMER, UM, SOME MORE THAN ONCE, UM, WE EXAMINED BOTH WHAT THEY WERE SPENDING IN F Y 19, WHAT THEIR PROGRAMS WERE FOR F Y 20 AND EFFICIENCIES THAT WE COULD DO TO, UM, UM, FREE UP MONEY. 
          UM, FRANKLY, UH, I'LL SAY THAT, THAT IN AN ORGANIZATION THIS LARGE, UH, WHETHER WE WERE IN, UH, TIGHT FINANCIAL TIMES OR NOT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A HEALTHY EXERCISE TO GO THROUGH. 
          AND ONE THAT I THINK, UH, ALLOWS US TO REEXAMINE OUR SPENDING AND ENSURE THAT, UH, WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN AND BEING AS EFFICIENT AS WE CAN. 
          WE HAVE REDUCED SPENDING OF ABOUT $6 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          UH, I WOULD CALL THEM, UH, EFFICIENCIES. 
          UH, THERE'S SOME SMALL REDUCTIONS, UM, BUT NO MAJOR SERVICE CUTS, UH, TO, UH, UH, THE PUBLIC. 
          AND WE'VE TAKEN THAT MONEY AND WE'VE REDIRECTED IT TO THE COUNCIL PRIORITIES, UH, THAT CAME OUT OF THE WORK SESSION AT THE END OF JUNE. 
          UH, SECONDLY, UH, WE LOOKED AT HOW DO WE REPLACE THE LOSS OF RECURRING REVENUE FROM, UM, THE, UH, TELECOMMUNICATION CABLE FEES. 
          UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS INCREASE, IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE INCREASE THE TRANSFER FROM SAWS. 
          UH, LEMME GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY HERE. 
          UH, SAS WAS CREATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN 1992. 
          UM, AND AT THAT TIME, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, ESTABLISHED THE MAXIMUM UTILITY, UH, TRANSFER, UH, BACK TO THE CITY AS THE OWNER OF SAS AT 5%. 
          UH, THE CITY COUNCIL THEN IN 1992, SET THAT RATE AT 2.7% OF THEIR REVENUE. 
          NOW, THAT RATE HADN'T CHANGED SINCE 1992. 
          UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET RECOMMENDS INCREASING THAT RATE TO 4%, UH, 
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NOT, UH, REMEMBER THE CAP, UH, UNDER THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE IS 5%. 
          UH, BUT IS RECOMMEND, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE INCREASE IT UP TO 4%, AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION WITH SAWS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, UH, TO COORDINATE AND ENSURE THAT, UM, THIS WAS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, I'LL TELL YOU THAT, UH, GIVEN THE STRONG FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SAWS, UH, THAT THIS INCREASE, UM, IS NOT CURRENTLY FORECASTED TO IMPACT WATER RATES AND WASTEWATER RATES. 
          RIGHT NOW, UH, SAWS HAS THE FINANCIAL CAPABILITY, UH, UH, AND THIS ADJUSTMENT DOES NOT MATERIAL IM IMPACT, UH, THE FI THE FINANCIAL POSITION, UH, IN THE NEAR TERM. 
          UM, I'LL GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO SAY THAT IT, IT BECOMES A COST TO SAWS, UM, AND, UH, WHETHER, UH, THEY HAVE, UM, HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASES OR MAINTENANCE INCREASES OR OPERATIONAL INCREASES, UM, AS A UTILITY. 
          UH, SAWS, JUST LIKE C P S IS CONTINUOUSLY MONITORING, UH, THEIR RATE STRUCTURE AND THEIR BUDGET. 
          AND, AND I WOULD NOT BE RECOMMENDING THIS, UH, IF I THOUGHT I WAS CREATING AN ISSUE IN THE NEAR TERM, UH, OVER AT SAWS. 
          AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH ROBERT PUENTE AND HIS TEAM. 
          AND, UM, I THINK WHEN, WHEN, WHEN I DID THE CALCULUS EARLY IN THE SUMMER ABOUT LOOKING AT THE 3% CUTS THAT DEPARTMENTS HAD SUBMITTED, UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PURSUED A REPLACEMENT OF THAT REVENUE BEFORE WE STARTED MAKING SERVICE CUTS. 
          ANOTHER LEVER THAT WE ADJUSTED IN THE BUDGET IS A 50 50 CENT DECREASE IN THE SOLID WASTE RATE AND A 50 CENT INCREASE IN THE PARKS ENVIRONMENTAL FEE RATE. 
          UM, NOW THE PARKS ENVIRONMENTAL FEE CURRENTLY IS $1, AND IT'S ON C P SS UTILITY BILLS. 
          UM, SO BY DECREASING THE SOLID WASTE RATE BY 50 CENTS A MONTH AND INCREASING THE PARKS ENVIRONMENTAL FEE BY 50 CENTS A MONTH, NO CHANGE TO THE RATE PAYER OR THE CONSTITUENT. 
          BUT WHAT IT, WHAT IT ALLOWED US TO DO WAS MOVE SOME OF THE GENERAL FUND EXPENSES, UH, IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE OF PARKS, MOWING, UH, GRASS CUTTING, UH, TREE TRIMMING, THOSE TYPES OF EXPENSES TO THIS PARKS ENVIRONMENTAL FUND, WHICH SAVED THE GENERAL FUND ABOUT $3.5 MILLION. 
          SO WE TALK A LOT ABOUT, AND WE HAVE, UH, THE, HAS BEEN A PROPRIETY OF THE COUNCIL FOR, UH, UH, THE LAST TWO BUDGET SESSIONS OR BUDGET, UH, FISCAL YEARS. 
          UM, BUT WHAT IS THE EQUITY FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE OPERATING UNDER? AND YOU'LL SEE THIS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE, UM, PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'LL BEGIN NEXT WEEK, UH, IN THE WORK SESSIONS, UM, WHERE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS, UM, FOCUS, UH, PART OF THEIR PRESENTATION ON, ON THIS, UH, EQUITY FRAMEWORK. 
          UM, AS AN ORGANIZATION, UM, YOU KNOW, THE THREE AREAS OF NORMALIZING ORGANIZING AND OPERATIONALIZING, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. 
          AND MY FIRST DAY, UH, AS CITY MANAGER, UH, I APPOINTED Z GIBBS, UH, AS OUR CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER AND Z AND HER TEAM, UH, I LIKE TO CALL 'EM THE AVENGERS BECAUSE THEY, THEY DO A LOT, UM, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY MOBILE. 
          UM, Z AND HER TEAM HAVE WORKED TO IDENTIFY AND TRAIN CITY STAFF, UH, THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION TO ACT AS EQUITY TRAINERS. 
          WE HAVE COORDINATED, UH, A CITYWIDE EQUITY COMMITTEE INTERNAL TO THE ORGANIZATION, AND ARE WORKING TO OPERATIONALIZE THAT THROUGH DEPARTMENT STRATEGIES. 
          AND WE'LL BE LAYERING THAT INTO THE PRESENTATIONS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT WE'LL BE GIVING TO YOU AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL. 
          SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, ADDRESSES THE COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY PRIORITIES THAT CAME OUTTA THE WORK SESSION AT THE END OF JUNE. 
          STRONG FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, POLICE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. 
          I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE. 
          UH, NOW OUR F Y 19, OR I'M SORRY, OUR F Y 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET IN THE GENERAL FUND, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IS $1.27 BILLION. 
          IT REPRESENTS A 1.2% INCREASE IN OUR BUDGET, UH, FROM F Y 19. 
          I'LL TELL YOU THAT, UH, AS WE WERE, UH, PREPARING FOR THIS CHANGING, UH, FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK, UH, I WAS VERY MINDFUL OF, UH, WHAT OUR OVERALL BUDGET WAS GROWING. 
          AND, UH, IT IS CURRENTLY AT 1.2%. 
          SO EVERYBODY HAS SEEN THIS SLIDE. 
          UM, IT'S AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE SPINNING WHEEL. 
          OUR F Y 2020 GENERAL FUND BUDGET OF $1.27 BILLION IS MADE UP OF 353, UH, $0.7 MILLION AND C P S PAYMENT, OR 28% OF OUR OVERALL REVENUE. 
          OUR SALES TAX AT 313.1 MILLION, OR 25% OF OUR REVENUE, OUR PROPERTY TAX OF 381.3 MILLION 
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OR 30%. 
          AND OTHER RESOURCES, UM, SUCH AS SAWS, UH, COST RECOVERY ITEMS, UH, FINES, FEES, UH, FROM MUNICIPAL COURTS AT 227 MILLION. 
          AND WHERE DO WE SPEND THAT MONEY? UM, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT MONEY, $820.3 MILLION IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS DEDICATED TOWARDS, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          UM, AND PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET REPRESENTS 64.3% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BELOW OUR, UH, GOAL, UH, OUR, OUR FINANCIAL POLICY OF KEEPING THAT, UH, AMOUNT BELOW 66%. 
          SO WE'RE WITHIN THAT POLICY. 
          THE OTHER BIG AREAS THAT WE HAVE, THERE ARE STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AT 113 MILLION OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND PARKS AT 52 MILLION. 
          AND THEN A WHOLE LITANY OF, OF, OF QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENTS THAT MAKE UP, UH, THE BALANCE OF THAT, UH, $290 MILLION IN OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES GROWTH OVER FY 2019. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF PROPERTY TAX, UM, AND THIS IS COMPARING FY 19 BUDGET TO FY 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET, WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE AMOUNT IN PROPERTY TAX OF 19.4 MILLION. 
          THAT'S A 5.4% INCREASE, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DETAILS BEHIND THAT HERE SHORTLY. 
          OUR SALES TAX, UH, WE'RE PROJECTING AN INCREASE OF 6%, UH, NEXT YEAR, OR AN ADDITIONAL $17.8 MILLION BUILT INTO THE 2020 BUDGET. 
          YOU'LL SEE, UM, FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, UH, COMPARED TO F Y 19, UH, WE HAVE A C P S PAYMENT, UH, TO THE CITY, UH, OF LESS OF $9.3 MILLION LESS THAN WHAT THE 19 BUDGET WAS. 
          AND THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE DIFFERENCE I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND THEN OTHER REVENUE AT 8.1% OR 3.9% OVERALL REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND IS, UH, UH, PROPOSED TO BE 3% HIGHER. 
          SO I KNOW THIS IS A BUSY SLIDE, BUT I WANTED TO INCLUDE IT BECAUSE YOU'VE SEEN IT MULTIPLE TIMES AS WE WENT THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, UH, THIS FALL. 
          BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE INCLUDED ON THE FAR RIGHT, UH, WHERE OUR VALUES CAME IN, UH, ACCORDING TO THE BAYER APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND THAT'S THE 2020 WE'VE SEEN, UH, UH, AND WE RECEIVED THIS A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, THE FINAL, UH, NUMBERS, UM, WE'VE SEEN A, A BASE INCREASE OF 4% IN BASE ADJUSTMENTS AND 1.6% IN NEW CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO A TOTAL OF 5.6%, UM, UM, FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL DURING THE FORECAST AND THE CONVERSATION, UH, DURING THE BUDGET WORK SESSION, THAT, UH, WE WERE PROJECTING THAT NUMBER TO BE 6%. 
          SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WE WERE PROJECTING BASED ON THE EARLY ESTIMATES FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          BUT THIS IS WHERE, UH, THE BUDGET IS CURRENTLY, UH, INCLUDED ON, I WANTED TO SHOW AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, SB TWO, WHICH WILL NOT IMPACT US NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT, UH, WILL IMPACT US BEGINNING IN FY 21. 
          AND, UH, FOR A MARKER PURPOSES INCLUDE HERE, UH, THAT THREE POINT HALF PERCENT DASH LINE TO SHOW THAT. 
          UM, AND WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS, UM, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, BUT, BUT HAD, UH, A SIMILAR CAP BEEN IN PLACE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, UH, THE CITY WOULD'VE RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $81 MILLION LESS IN REVENUE. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE THAT, THAT'LL BE HARD TO DETERMINE, THERE'S CYCLICAL NATURE OF VALUES AND THE ECONOMY, BUT, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT EVERYTHING IN BLUE, ABOVE THAT RED DASH LINE, IF THAT'S REPLICATED GOING FORWARD, UM, THAT, UH, IMPACTS US DIRECTLY AND, AND WE WILL, UH, NEED TO MANAGE THROUGH THAT. 
          SO IN TERMS OF CITY PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, UM, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THERE'S ALMOST $61 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAX RELIEF MADE UP OF THREE PRIMARY AREAS, UH, THE SENIOR AND DISABLED EXEMPTIONS, UH, THE FROZEN CITY TAX PAYMENTS FOR THOSE OVER 65, AND THEN INCLUDES THE, UH, ADJUSTMENT THAT THE COUNCIL VOTED ON THE MONDAY AFTER THE BUDGET WORK SESSION WAS THE CREATION OF THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, UH, IMMEDIATELY. 
          SO, UM, THAT ALL REPRESENTS ALMOST $61 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAX RELIEF THAT WE'RE GIVING, UH, BACK TO THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UM, UM, IT'S CERTAINLY ONE OF THE FIVE MAIN PRIORITIES THAT CAME OUT OF THE WORK SESSION, UH, IN JUNE. 
          SO, OTHER PROPOSED REVENUE CHANGES, I TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, $10 MILLION, UH, FROM SAWS. 
          UH, THE GENERAL FUND ALSO INCLUDES, UH, $2.2 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL, UH, RIVER BARGE AND TOWER TICKET FEES. 
          NOW, THAT'S BROKEN UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          UM, UH, ACCORDING 
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TO OUR CONTRACT, UH, WITH OUR CONCESSIONAIRE, UM, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THAT CONCESSION AGREEMENT, UH, ACCORDING TO OUR CONTRACT, AND THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT $1.1 MILLION, AND THAT'S GENERAL REVENUE TO THE CITY, UM, THAT COMES INTO THE ENTIRE ACCOUNT. 
          IN ADDITION, UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS RECOMMENDING A 50 CENT INCREASE ON EVERY, UH, RIVER BARGE TICKET AND EVERY TOWER OF AMERICA'S TICKET. 
          UH, AND, AND, AND THAT, THAT MONEY, THAT $1.1 MILLION BE DIRECTED TOWARDS OUR HOMELESS EFFORTS. 
          AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT MORE IN MORE DETAIL HERE SHORTLY. 
          IN ADDITION, AND YOU'LL SEE THIS AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS BY THE DEPARTMENTS, THERE'S ABOUT $300,000 IN OTHER, UH, UH, UM, FEES AND RENTAL, UH, CHARGES THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. 
          MOST OF THESE ARE TO RECOVER OUR EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE, UH, EFFORTS. 
          AND WE HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT, UM, WE WANT TO, AT A MINIMUM ATTEMPT TO RECOVER OUR EXPENSES, WHERE, UH, IT'S REASONABLE. 
          AND, AND WE'LL BE LAYING THAT OUT TO YOU IN EACH OF THE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS. 
          SO IN TERMS OF STRONG FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, UM, UH, CERTAINLY A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE COUNCIL AND A HIGH PRIORITY IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THE GENERAL FUND IS, UH, INCLUDES A PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE $1 MILLION TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          UM, ONE IS TO CONTINUE TO COORDINATE AND CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY VIOLENCE PLAN FOR THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND, AND REALLY THAT DOES NOT JUST FALL ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE CITY. 
          UM, WE ARE, WE, WE TAKE A LOT OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY, BUT IT'S GONNA REQUIRE A LOT OF WORK FROM A LOT OF FOLKS, OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, STAKEHOLDERS. 
          UM, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OF THIS MILLION, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING BE DEDICATED TOWARDS A COMPREHENSIVE MEDIA CAMPAIGN, UM, BUT ALSO TO AWARD-WINNING NATIONAL, UM, PROGRAMS THAT DON'T EXIST HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT ADDRESSED SCHOOL-BASED, UM, AND CHILD ABUSE, UH, PREVENTION PROGRAMS. THE SECOND PART OF THIS, UM, THIS HALF A MILLION DOLLARS RESERVED FOR THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING. 
          UM, IN, IN, UH, LATE JUNE OR EARLY JULY, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER AND I, UH, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH, UH, JUDGE AKA AND JUDGE MONIQUE DIAZ, UH, UH, OVER AT THE BEXAR COUNTY COURTHOUSE. 
          AND, UM, WE HAVE, UH, WORKED JOINTLY TO, UM, PULL TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, AND DR. 
          BRIDGER ALWAYS COMES UP WITH COMPLICATED TITLES. 
          UH, IT'S THE COMMISSION ON COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES TO PREVENT COMBAT AND RESPOND TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          IN SHORT, IT'S A TIGER TEAM ON A CROSS CUTTING GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, UH, AND, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS TO IDENTIFY, UH, BOTH PROCESS STRATEGIES AND PROGRAM STRATEGIES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND WILL AFFECT OUTCOMES, UM, THAT WE'RE LOOKING JOINTLY IN, IN FIVE DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          UM, AREAS WITHIN THE JUDICIARY, LEGAL SERVICES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, HEALTHCARE, AND THE SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
          ALL OF THESE, UH, ALL OF THESE SECTORS ARE REPRESENTED THROUGH THIS EFFORT. 
          THIS EFFORT IS, IS DESIGNED TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE LONGER TERM GOALS OF THE BEAR COUNTY, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TASK FORCE. 
          IT'S JUST DESIGNED TO WORK THROUGH QUICKLY AND IDENTIFY THOSE PROGRAM AND PROCESS STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES AND THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET. 
          UM, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE SET ASIDE THAT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, WE BUDGET IT, BUT NOT ALLOCATE IT AND WAIT UNTIL THAT WORK IS DONE AND BROUGHT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE, YOU CAN DECIDE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT GROUP HOW TO INVEST THAT MONEY. 
          ALONG THE SAME LINES, UH, OF STRONG FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, UH, THE, UM, UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES, UM, A LITTLE OVER $600,000, UH, TO, UM, ESTABLISH A CERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD US TALK ABOUT TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE AND ADDRESSING THE EFFECTS OF CHILDHOOD PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA THAT THAT CHILD MAY BE ENCOUNTERING, WHETHER IT IS FAMILY VIOLENCE OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, OR AN INCARCERATED PARENT, OR VARIETY OF OTHER TRAUMAS. 
          UM, AND I'M, UH, EXCITED TO, UM, UH, LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM IN PARTNERSHIP TO DEVELOP THIS EFFORT. 
          UH, THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST IN TEXAS. 
          UM, U H SS, UH, WILL HELP US, UH, DEVELOP THE PROCESS AND PROVIDE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOES TO THE HEART OF THE ISSUE THAT MANY OF YOU SPOKE ABOUT, AND NOT JUST AT THE WORK SESSION, BUT IN PREVIOUS SESSIONS ABOUT TRYING TO ADDRESS, UH, A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH ON 
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A REAL TIME BASIS NOW UPSTREAM AND, AND BETTER EQUIPPING, UH, THIS COMMUNITY TO, UH, DEVELOP, UH, SOME STRATEGIES TO, TO MAKE CHANGE IN THE LONG TERM IN TERMS OF POLICE, THE F Y 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES $479 MILLION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, HAS A FOCUS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          UM, IT INCLUDES THE ADDITIONAL OF 16 NEW UNIFORM POSITIONS. 
          SIX WILL BE, UH, SERGEANTS WHO WILL BE ASSIGNED, UH, AT EACH ONE OF THE SUBSTATIONS TO OVERSEE OUR CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS. YOU'LL RECALL LAST YEAR ABOUT THIS TIME, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHIFTED, UH, DETECTIVES OUT TO EACH OF THE SUBSTATIONS TO DO THE HANDS-ON WORK WITH VICTIMS AT THE SUBSTATIONS, RATHER THAN TRYING TO CENTRALIZE ALL THAT DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, AND THAT, THAT HAS HAD, UH, A, A GREAT IMPACT. 
          UH, WHAT WE WANNA DO IS WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S THE PROPER SUPERVISION IN THAT EFFORT, AND THAT'S WHERE THOSE SERGEANTS WILL BE DIRECTED. 
          IN ADDITION. 
          AND AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE CONVERSATION THAT CAME OUT OF THE WORK SESSION, UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES 10 NEW SAFE OFFICERS TO SUPPORT THE CRISIS TEAM. 
          UM, NOW THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SAFE OFFICERS THAT ARE COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICERS, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A DIFFERENT ROLE IN ADDITION TO COMMUNITY POLICING. 
          UM, THEIR ROLE IS GONNA BE TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE CRTS AND, UM, DO FOLLOW UP WITH VICTIMS F 30, 60, 90 DAYS, UH, DEVELOP, UH, SPECIALIZED TRAINING FOR THOSE OFFICERS. 
          UM, THE DEPLOYMENT OF THOSE OFFICERS, UH, THE POLICE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, I'M SORRY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, HAS LOOKED, UH, AT WHERE DO WE HAVE VIOLENT CRIME IN THIS COMMUNITY AND OVERLAID, WHERE DO WE HAVE DOMESTIC CRIME, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CRIME? AND THOSE WOULD BE THE AREAS WHERE WE DEDICATE THOSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. 
          ANOTHER THING THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET IS OVER TIME, UM, TO DO TWO OFFICERS PER SHIFT IN FIVE AREAS OF TOWN THAT WE'RE CALLING NEIGHBORHOOD ENTERTAINMENT ZONES. 
          UH, THERE AREAS LIKE THE MAIN STREET AREA, UH, ST. 
          MARY'S, THE PEARL, SO TOWN, UH, SOUTHEAST AND PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST MILITARY. 
          UM, THESE PLACES THAT WE ALL KNOW, UH, THAT WE ALL GO TO IN THE EVENINGS, WELL, I DON'T, I'M HERE AT WORK, SO, UH, BUT OTHERS GO, UH, BUT, BUT THESE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, LARGE POPULATIONS, UH, THOSE AREAS ARE PART OF A NORMAL PATROL DISTRICT. 
          AND YOU, YOU'LL RECALL THE CHIEF TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AT THE BUDGET WORK SESSION. 
          THE IDEA WOULD BE TO SET ASIDE MONEY, UH, THIS YEAR, UH, AND EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS TO HAVE TWO OFFICERS ON OVERTIME IN THE EVENING HOURS DIRECT DIRECTLY DEPLOYED IN THOSE AREAS, UM, UM, TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. 
          NUMBER ONE, IT'S, IT'S A, IT, IT, IT ALLOWS FOR A QUICKER RESPONSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, BUT IT ALSO RELIEVES THAT PATROL OFFICER TO BE FOCUSED ON THEIR, UH, DISTRICT. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND THINK IT'LL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. 
          AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE, UH, PRIOR TO F Y 2020. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT, UH, INVESTMENT IN COMPUTER REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT, UH, REPLACING ALL OF OUR LAPTOPS AND ALL OF THE VEHICLES IN PREPARATION FOR THE ROLLOUT OF A NEW, UM, UM, FIELD REPORTING SYSTEM, RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 
          UH, MANY OF YOU HAVE GONE ALONG ON, ON RIDE-ALONGS AND HAVE SEEN THE, THE, THE, THE USEFULNESS OF THAT. 
          UM, WE'RE GOING THROUGH A SOLICITATION PROCESS RIGHT NOW, AND ACTUALLY THAT ITEM WILL BE COMING TO COUNCIL IN THE FALL IN TERMS OF PARK POLICE, UH, THE PARK POLICE BUDGET. 
          AND THE F Y 2020 BUDGET IS $17.4 MILLION. 
          AND WE'VE INCLUDED FOUR NEW POSITIONS TO PROVIDE SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCES, UM, BOTH IN THE DISTRICT PARKS AND THE LINEAR CREEK WAYS. 
          TWO OF THESE OFFICERS WILL BE ASSIGNED TO TRAILS THAT COVER, UM, UM, TRAILS BETWEEN WALKER RANCH PARK OFF OF WEST AVENUE, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE RIM. 
          WE DO HAVE CURRENT, UM, PARK POLICE ASSIGNED THERE. 
          THIS IS ADDING, UH, ADDITIONAL COVERAGE IN THAT AREA, AND THEN TWO OFFICERS, UH, IN THE SOUTHWEST, UH, SECTOR OF THE CITY. 
          ANOTHER HIGHER PRIORITY, UH, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND WAS REAFFIRMED BY THE COUNCIL AT THE WORK SESSION IN JUNE WAS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND AS WE LISTENED AND AS WE PRESENTED BACK TO YOU, UH, THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM THE OVER 11,000 CITIZENS THAT PARTICIPATED IN EITHER THE SURVEY OR TELE-TOWN HALLS OR COMMUNITY EVENTS, UH, IT WAS A HIGH PRIORITY, UH, FOR THEM AS WELL. 
          UH, THE F Y 2020 BUDGET, UH, INCLUDES $23.3 MILLION IN, UH, GRANTS FROM HOME AND C 
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D B G, AND AS WELL AS THE GENERAL FUND, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT I GOT LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THE WORK SESSION IN JUNE WAS IDENTIFY POTENTIAL, UH, UH, SOURCES OF REVENUE, UH, OR FUNDS OUTSIDE OF THE ORGANIZATION. 
          AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT, UH, LORI HOUSTON AND VETO, UH, WORKED HARD WITH OUR PARTNERS AND GOES TO THE HEART OF THE ISSUE OF A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM. 
          UM, $5 MILLION WILL BE IN IS INCLUDED, UM, FROM, UH, LISC, $2 MILLION FROM THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ARE ALL CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS, UH, THIS EFFORT. 
          WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED $6.2 MILLION IN POTENTIAL GRANTS THAT THE CITY WILL PURSUE, UH, IN THE CITY INITIATED TAX INCREMENT, REINVESTMENT ZONES, UM, LEVERAGING THIS FUNDING AND COLLABORATING, COLLABORATING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, AFFORDABILITY THROUGHOUT THIS COMMUNITY GOES TO THE HEART OF THE HOUSING TASK FORCE REPORT YOU RECEIVED, UH, LAST SUMMER. 
          AND I THINK IT, UM, SPEAKS VOLUMES. 
          UM, UM, WE CAN SAY WE'RE COORDINATED AND WE CAN SAY WE'RE WORKING ON BEING COORDINATED, BUT I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENCE WHEN, UM, OTHER AGENCIES ARE MOVING FORWARD AND HELPING FUND SOME OF THESE EFFORTS. 
          UM, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          SO THE GOALS OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SYSTEM, OR I'M SORRY, THE, OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVES. 
          CERTAINLY, I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ENHANCING THE COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM, AND THERE HAVE BEEN, UM, AND WE WILL TALK A A LOT ABOUT THIS AT NEXT WEEK'S, UH, WORK SESSION BEFORE YOU, BUT IN TERMS OF PROTECTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND FACILITATING SUSTAINABLE HO OWNERSHIP, UH, THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANTI DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY THAT INCORPORATES TOOLS SUCH AS, UH, COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, AND NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONES. 
          AND YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK, UH, INCREASING THE OWNER OCCUPIED AND RENTAL OCCUPIED HOUSING PRODUCTION, UM, IDENTIFYING CITY PROPERTY THAT WE CAN DISPOSE OF AND DIS AND, AND, AND DEDICATE TOWARDS, UH, THIS EFFORT IN UNDERSERVED AREAS, LEVERAGING OUR TURS AND INSTITUTIONAL FUNDING, AND PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE NONPROFITS THAT ARE DOING IT EVERY DAY AND HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS. 
          UM, BUT HELP HELPING THEM BUILD THAT CAPACITY, PRESERVING NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT, THROUGH THE REHABILITATION OF VACANT OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING IN AREAS OF TOWN, AND POTENTIALLY THE ACQUISITION OF VACANT NEW LOTS, OR, I'M SORRY, VACANT LOTS FOR NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. 
          UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A LONG-TERM, UH, ISSUE, BUT IT'S THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND THE CONVERSATION THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY BEGUN HAVING ABOUT THE INITIATION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CHARTER. 
          UH, THAT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY CONTINUE AS WE DEVELOP INTO 2021 OF THE PRESENTATIONS YOU'LL RECEIVE NEXT WEEK, UH, AT THE WORK SESSION. 
          IT WILL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THESE EFFORTS ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. 
          UH, THE GENERAL FUND INCLUDES $1 MILLION ADDITIONAL FROM THE GENERAL FUND. 
          REMEMBER I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, THIS IS BEING FUNDED BY THAT 50 CENT INCREASE IN THE RIVER PARGE TICKETS AND 50 CENT INCREASE IN THE TOWER OF AMERICA'S, UH, TICKETS. 
          UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS RECOMMENDING THAT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OF THAT, UM, BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE HAVEN FOR HOPE, UH, AND SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED TOWARDS HOMELESS FAMILIES. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW, THE CITY CONTRIBUTES OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND $4.6 MILLION, AND THIS WOULD RAISE THAT INVESTMENT TO $5.1 MILLION, THE REMAINING, UH, INVESTMENT OF $560 MILLION. 
          MUCH LIKE THE, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, INITIATIVE, OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO BUDGET, BUT NOT ALLOCATE THAT $560,000 YOU'LL RECALL. 
          AND, UH, AS THAT, THE MID-YEAR BUDGET, A, UH, UH, UPDATE TO THE STRATEGIC, UH, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, WAS AUTHORIZED, AND THAT WORK IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW AND WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF 2020. 
          UH, MY RE YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT PLAN IS LOOKING AT IDENTIFYING AND UPDATING, UH, THE, THE, UH, UH, THE, THE STRATEGY BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN DONE IN OVER 10 YEARS, BUT IT'LL BE LOOKING AT GAPS IN SERVICES, ANY, ANYTHING FROM THE CHRONIC HOMELESS TO ENCAMPMENTS TO, UH, OTHER HOMELESS PROVIDERS. 
          AND MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT WE, UH, BUDGET THAT MONEY, BUT NOT ALLOCATE IT AND LET YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN, AND THEN DECIDE HOW BEST TO SPEND THAT MONEY. 
          I WANNA MENTION, UM, I'VE TALKED ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, AND, UH, ONE OF THE, UM, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OUT OF THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE LAST YEAR WAS TO IDENTIFY AN INDIVIDUAL OR CREATE A POSITION IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY WOULD BE TO OVERSEE THE 
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COORDINATION OF, OF HOUSING EFFORTS. 
          UM, THAT STRATEGY, OR I'M SORRY, THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 19 BUDGET. 
          UM, AND I'VE HAD PLENTY OF QUESTIONS, UH, SINCE I'VE BEEN APPOINTED ABOUT THAT ISSUE. 
          AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT I'VE HAD, UH, CONVERSATION WITH OTHER CITIES, UM, I THINK THE STAFF AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES AND, AND FRANKLY, THE, THE LEADERSHIP OF LORI HOUSTON, UH, IN THIS, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, UM, WE'VE MADE, UH, WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS. 
          WE'RE NOT THERE YET. 
          WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS. 
          UH, WHAT I AM DOING AND RECOMMENDING IS THAT, UH, I TAKE AN EXISTING POSITION AND I CONVERT THAT POSITION INTO A CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER. 
          BUT IN MY MIND, UH, AND FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL STANDPOINT, UM, THE CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE HOMELESS EFFORTS FOR THE CITY AND BE THE POINT PERSON, UM, FROM A SPECTRUM. 
          WE HAVE ENCAMPMENTS AND, AND CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS. 
          WE HAVE PROVIDERS LIKE HAVEN FOR HOPE. 
          WE HAVE HOMELESS FAMILIES THAT NEED HELP, UH, GETTING PLACED, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A 30, 45 OR 60 DAY TIMEFRAME. 
          AND THEN ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES STANDPOINT, WE HAVE, UM, ITEMS THAT YOU'VE FUNDED IN THE PAST AND THAT WILL ARE INCLUDED IN THE 2020 BUDGET, THE RISK MITIGATION FUND, THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE 30 DAYS AWAY FROM BECOMING HOMELESS. 
          SO ORGANIZATIONALLY, I WANT ONE INDIVIDUAL TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THOSE EFFORTS. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND FRANKLY, POTENTIALLY ELEMENTS AND THE WORK THAT BRIDGET'S DOING IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE WORK IN THE 13 REGIONAL AREAS, UH, SOME OF THE WORK THAT, UM, MANY OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS ORGANIZATIONALLY, I WANNA BE ABLE TO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT DOES ALL OF THAT ENTIRE SPECTRUM. 
          AND AS THE POINT PERSON IN TERMS OF STREET MAINTENANCE. 
          UM, MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT WE, UH, MAINTAIN, UH, OVER 4,100 CENTER LINE MILES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THE STREET MAINTENANCE BUDGET INCLUDES $110 MILLION. 
          UH, THE STRATEGY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, AS WE REMINDED AS WE PRESENTED IN, IN JUNE, WAS TO RAISE THE AVERAGE STREET CONDITION INDEX IN, UH, IN EACH DISTRICT TO AN AVERAGE OF 70%. 
          AND THAT'LL BE ACHIEVED, UH, WHEN WE COMPLETE THAT WORK IN MARCH OF 2020. 
          UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET OF $110 MILLION INCLUDES, UH, OVER 1300 STREET PROJECTS. 
          UM, PART OF THIS DETAIL THAT WE'LL GIVE YOU WHEN WE PRESENT THIS TO YOU IN THE WORK SESSION IS THAT ABOUT 25% OF THIS WORK, UH, IS MAJOR STREET RECONSTRUCTION AND WILL TAKE UP TO TWO YEARS. 
          AND SO WE'LL DENOTE FOR YOU AND THE PUBLIC AS WE GO TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND YOUR DISTRICTS TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET. 
          SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, UM, ARE ESSENTIALLY MANY BOND PROJECTS. 
          WE'RE RE WE'RE RECONSTRUCTING STREETS, AND SO, UH, WE'RE RESETTING THE TIMEFRAME, AND THAT'S ABOUT 25% OF THIS MONEY, UM, WILL BE DEDICATED TOWARDS STREETS AND BE SPENT OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD IN THE AREA OF SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES $17 MILLION IN SIDEWALK INVESTMENT, UH, CERTAINLY IN LINE WITH THE PRIORITIZATION THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED AND THE T C I OPERATES UNDER AND IS IDENTIFYING THOSE AREAS TO, UM, THAT AND THEN PRIORITIZING 'EM BASED ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, SCHOOLS, TRANSIT ACCESS, ARTERIAL ROADWAY ACCESS CLINICS AND HOSPITALS AND OTHER, UH, POTENTIAL DESTINATIONS. 
          UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT FILLING GAPS OF 35 MILES. 
          UM, BUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE, THAT I'M RECOMMENDING WE ADD IN THE BUDGET, UH, IS, UM, A, A LEVEL OF PERMANENCY IN TERMS OF SIDEWALK REPAIR. 
          AND, AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT IN JUNE, AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND, TO HAVE LONG CONVERSATIONS WITH T C I ABOUT THE SIDEWALK REPAIR. 
          THAT WAS A PILOT THAT WE RAN IN THE, IN THE SPRINGTIME, IN A LIMITED, UM, FASHION, UH, WITH THE USE OF CONTRACTORS AND, UM, AND RELATIVELY SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES ADDING A CITY CREW TO DO SIDEWALK REPAIR AND, AND DOING THAT IN-HOUSE. 
          UM, THE CONCEPT WOULD BE CREATING, UM, THE EQUIVALENT TO THE POTHOLE PATCH TRUCKS THAT WE HAVE THAT DEAL WITH, UH, IMMEDIATE MAINTENANCE ISSUES. 
          UM, IF WE CAN GET A THREE OR SIX SQUARE YARDS PIECE OF THE SIDEWALK REPAIRED THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT USABLE, THEN, THEN WE CAN MAKE THAT WHOLE PART OR THAT WHOLE BLOCK USABLE AND BACK INTO THE INVENTORY, UH, BY THE PUBLIC. 
          THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES A MILLION DOLLARS FOR BIKE PROJECTS, UM, THAT WILL INCLUDE THE CREATION OF A MICRO MOBILITY POLICY DOCUMENT AND THE COMPLETION OF A NUMBER OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES, UH, AROUND THE DOWNTOWN. 
          AND THE MIDTOWN AREA INCLUDES MAINTENANCE OF OUR EXISTING, UH, BIKE 
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LANES. 
          UM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES A NEW MICRO MOBILITY TEAM, UM, WHO WILL WORK FOR RECENTLY, UH, APPOINTED AND HIRED PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY OFFICER. 
          AND, AND PLAINLY SAID, UH, THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE DEDICATED AND DIRECTED TOWARDS THE, UM, THE PLAN, THE IDENTIFICATION, AND THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF BIKE FACILITIES, UM, AND A DEDICATED UNIT WITHIN TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. 
          FOLKS THAT HAVE THE EXPERTISE, THE VISION, AND WILL WAKE UP EVERY MORNING KNOWING WHAT THEIR JOB IS. 
          AND, AND I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT, AND WE WILL CERTAINLY GO INTO MORE DETAIL AS WE GO, AS RAZZI PRESENTS HIS BUDGET, UH, HERE BEFORE YOU, UH, THE COUNCIL IN THE, IN THE SPRINGTIME, UH, APPROVED THE CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY, UH, GRANT THAT CAME THROUGH THE M P O. 
          UH, AS A REMINDER, IT'S A FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, PRO FEDERAL FUNDED PROGRAM WITH THE GOAL TO REDUCE CONGESTION AND IMPROVE AIR QUALITY. 
          UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES A $5.4 MILLION MATCH THAT WE NEEDED TO COME UP WITH. 
          UM, UH, IT FUNDS, UM, FOUR DIFFERENT PROJECTS. 
          ONE, UH, THE SUSTAINABILITY AND HEALTH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM, TRAFFIC SIGNAL OPTIMIZATION IN A NUMBER OF AREAS AROUND THE CITY, THE MEDICAL CENTER, GREEN STREET, UM, AND, UH, IMPROVING VIA FREQUENCY, UH, AND DEDICATED ROUTES AROUND THE CITY. 
          UH, THE FUNDING FOR THIS, UH, IS BEING THE, FOR THE, FOR THE $5.4 MILLION IS COMING FROM THREE SOURCES. 
          UH, THE PARKING FACILITIES FUND, THE CAPITAL BUDGET, AND THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO WE LOOKED TO SEE HOW WE COULD SHARE THOSE EXPENSES AND APPROPRIATE THEM, UM, IN THE, UH, IN AREAS THAT WERE, THAT WERE NEEDED. 
          IN TERMS OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S F Y 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET IS $324 MILLION, OUR SECOND LARGEST DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THE F Y 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES AN ENHANCED SQUAD PILOT AT FIRE STATION 44, UM, ENHANCED SQUADS. 
          AND THE CONCEPT WOULD BE THAT WE ADD ADDITIONAL POSITIONS ON EACH SHIFT TO ALLOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, THE ABILITY TO UTILIZE A LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLE AND, UH, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESPONSE CAPABILITIES. 
          NOW, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS IDENTIFIED FIRE STATION 44. 
          FIRE STATION 44 IS NEAR THE BORDER OF DISTRICT FOUR, DISTRICT SIX, BECAUSE IT'S THE LAR, IT'S THE BUSIEST FIRE STATION IN THE CITY. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, WITH THIS PILOT OVER THE NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE MONITORING WHAT TYPE OF IMPACT THAT HAS ON RESOURCE AVAILABILITY, RESPONSE TIMES, AND, UM, BE UPDATING THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          UH, THIS IS A POTENTIAL, UH, NEW WAY TO, UH, REDEDICATE OUR RESOURCES. 
          YOU KNOW, IN SOME CASES, UH, THE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR CALLS ARE MEDICAL RELATED. 
          UM, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T REQUIRE AN E M S UNIT, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY ALSO DON'T REQUIRE, UM, FOR FIREFIGHTERS IN A LADDER TRUCK. 
          UM, SO WHAT IS THE HAPPY MEDIUM? WE'LL BE PILOTING THIS, AND I THINK IT'S, UH, I THINK, UH, IT'LL BE, UH, IT'LL BE, UH, IT'LL RESULT IN, IN, UH, IN GOOD DATA FOR US. 
          THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO HAS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OR ENHANCEMENT FOR, UH, EQUIPMENT FOR OUR CLEAN CAB INITIATIVE, WHICH IS A MOVEMENT THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, AND A NUMBER OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ARE HAVING TO REMOVE THE S C B A, UH, EQUIPMENT THAT IS CURRENTLY WITHIN THE CAB OF THE TRUCKS TO BRACKETS ALONG, UH, ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TRUCK. 
          AND THAT IS TO KEEP THE INSIDE OF THAT CAB CLEAN FROM POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS. 
          UH, SO WE'VE SET ASIDE MONEY IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO, UH, MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS ON OUR, OUR EQUIPMENT. 
          IT ALSO INCLUDES NEW ENGINES, NEW FIRE ENGINES AT FIRE STATIONS, 52 AND 53 WHEN THOSE FIRE STATIONS WERE OPENED, UH, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, UH, THEY WERE OPENED, UH, WITH EXISTING EQUIPMENT AND WE NEED TO, UH, REPLACE IT WITH NEW EQUIPMENT. 
          WE HAVE A NEW HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRUCK THAT'S ALSO BEING INCLUDED INTO THE, UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          AND, UH, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS TOOL HEAVY, AND SO WE'RE REPLACING A LOT OF THE TOOLS THAT THE, THAT, THAT THOSE, UH, EMPLOYEES NEED ON A DAILY BASIS TO DO THEIR JOB. 
          IN TERMS OF PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, THE F Y 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET IS $51.6 MILLION, AND WE'VE INCLUDED ALMOST $2 MILLION, UH, IN FUNDS AND POSITIONS TO, UH, MAINTAIN OUR NEW PARKS AND GREENWAYS, UH, IN 2020, IN FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
          WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING ON 175 ACRES OF NEW PARKS AND 13 ADDITIONAL MILES OF TRAILS. 
          SO WE NEEDED TO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT, THE MAINTENANCE, AND THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS IN PLACE, AND THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          OUR LIBRARY BUDGET, UH, FY 2020 BUDGET IS $42.8 MILLION AND INCLUDES $1.7 MILLION IN COMPUTER REPLACEMENT AT BRANCH LIBRARIES 
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AND SOME FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AT A NUMBER OF OUR, UH, LIBRARIES. 
          THE WESTFALL LIBRARY, UM, UM, HVAC SYSTEM, UH, BROOK HOLLOWS, UH, REPLACING THE BROOK HOLLOW ROOF REPLACEMENT. 
          UM, THE TRAIL AT THE SCHAEFFER LIBRARY. 
          UM, SOME INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE IGO BRANCH LIBRARY, UM, AND, AND, AND A WHOLE SLEW OF FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENTS THROUGH A NUMBER OF OUR BRANCH LIBRARIES. 
          PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, WE HAVE ALMOST $700,000 SET ASIDE TO REPLACE COMPUTERS. 
          I MEAN, IF, IF, IF ANYBODY'S WALKED INTO A, A BRANCH LIBRARY LATELY, UH, THE MOST HEAVILY USED AREA THAT ARE, THAT IS THAT COMPUTER AREA. 
          SO WE'LL BE INVESTING MONEY IN REPLACING THOSE EQUIPMENTS, UH, REPLACING THAT EQUIPMENT. 
          SO, UH, IN TERMS OF PAID SICK LEAVE, UM, THE, THE PROPOSED BUDGET DOES INCLUDE, UH, ALMOST $550,000 AND FOUR POSITIONS, UM, TO, UM, ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE THE ORDINANCE THAT IS CURRENTLY, UH, ON THE BOOKS. 
          UM, THOSE FOUR POSITIONS WILL BE IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND BE FOCUSED ON OUTREACH, EDUCATION, UH, ASSISTANCE, UH, TRAINING AND RESOURCES. 
          UM, AND THAT WILL BE IN, THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY AT B SESSION, AND I CERTAINLY THINK THAT ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT I HEARD YESTERDAY WAS FOR US TO WORK ON A, UH, LONG-TERM, UM, SOLUTION AND COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS, UM, TO ALSO INCLUDE, UH, OUTSIDE PARTNERS, THE, UM, THE, UH, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, OTHER NONPROFITS, AND WE WILL DO THAT THIS FALL. 
          UM, IN THE MEANTIME, UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE BUDGET ON A QUARTERLY BASIS FOR THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER BECAUSE I DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'LL HAPPEN. 
          UM, AND I THINK, UH, IT'D BE PRUDENT TO DO THIS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND PROVIDE THOSE QUARTERLY UPDATES TO THE COUNCIL, UH, RATHER THAN TRY TO SET ASIDE A WHOLE YEAR'S WORTH OF, OF FUNDING, UH, FOR SOMETHING WE REALLY DON'T CONTROL. 
          AND WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. 
          UM, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT, HOW FAST THE TURNAROUND TIME WILL BE ON THE REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS RECOMMENDING, AND I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE SET ASIDE $333,000 FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF F Y 2020 AND MONITOR AND, AND REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          THAT FUNDING WOULD COME OUT OF OUR, UH, GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY, UH, OF $1 MILLION. 
          AND, AND I THINK IS, IS PROBABLY THE MOST FINANCIALLY PRUDENT WAY TO, TO DEAL WITH THIS. 
          UM, AND WE WILL WORK ON FOLLOWING UP FROM, UH, THE CONVERSATION FROM THE COUNCIL YESTERDAY ON, UH, A LONGER TERM, UH, SOLUTION. 
          NOW, IN TERMS OF OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS, OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND, UH, THE F Y 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET IS 37 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          UH, THIS IS OUR FUND THAT CAPTURES ALL OF OUR REVENUE FROM DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR EXPENDITURES IN TERMS OF PLAN REVIEW, INSPECTIONS AND SO FORTH. 
          PERMIT ACTIVITY, UH, IS ALMOST, IS UP, UH, ALMOST 2%. 
          AND, UM, WE ARE, THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS INCLUDING 14 POSITIONS TO ADDRESS THAT ADDITIONAL GROWTH, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          OUR SOLID, OUR SOLID WASTE ENTERPRISE FUND, F Y 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET OF $131 MILLION, UH, INCLUDES THE ADDITIONAL FIVE POSITIONS TO KEEP UP WITH OUR GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND OUR ROUTE CHANGES, AS WELL AS SOME EQUIPMENT NEEDS, UH, AND, AND, AND, AND THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SERVICE 359,000 RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS TWICE A WEEK. 
          UM, AND, UM, WE PROVIDE SERVICES LIKE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS SERVICES, UH, BRUSH RECYCLING, COMMERCIAL RECYCLING. 
          WE HAVE BULKY DROP OFF, BULKY ITEM DROP OFF CENTERS. 
          UM, WE DO CURBSIDE RECYCLING. 
          WE DO GARBAGE COLLECTION, ORGANICS, TWO ANNUAL BRUSH COLLECTIONS. 
          ALL OF THAT SUITE OF SERVICES ARE INCLUDED AND MAINTAINED IN THE, UH, F Y 2020 BUDGET. 
          INCLUDED WITHIN THE BUDGET IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REDUCE THE FEE FOR THE SMALL 48 GALLON, UH, UH, CAN, UH, BY $2 A MONTH. 
          UM, AND THE IDEA IS THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO INCENTIVIZE, UM, INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES TO PAY LESS. 
          AND IF YOU'VE SEEN THE ADVERTISEMENTS ON THE HIGHWAY OR ONLINE, UM, THE, THE SOLID WASTE TEAM AND OUR G P A TEAM HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE THAT, UH, WE WANT TO SAVE YOU MONEY IN THIS TERM. 
          UH, SO THAT, UH, $2 REDUCTION, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HEAVILY, UM, UH, PUBLICIZE 
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AND HOPE, UH, THE PUBLIC TAKES, UH, ADVANTAGE OF THAT. 
          OUR OFFICE SUS SUSTAINABILITY, WHICH IS FUNDED OUT OF OUR SOLID WASTE, UH, UTILITY, UH, THAT BUDGET IN THE PROPOSED, UH, BUDGET IS $2.7 MILLION. 
          AND WE'RE ADDING, UH, TWO COMPONENTS, UM, ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, $235,000 FOR SUSTAINABILITY ENGAGEMENT AND A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AS WELL AS $50,000 TO DO SOME ASSISTANCE, UH, IN TERMS OF POLICY AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS. 
          OUR AIR AIRPORT ENTERPRISE FUND, UH, IS, UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS, UH, ALMOST $112 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, THIS IS, UH, ONE OF OUR RESTRICTED ENTERPRISE FUNDS. 
          THE AIRPORT PROVIDES COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE AIRLINE SERVICE FOR THE, FOR THE ENTIRE SOUTH TEXAS REGION, UM, TO MORE TO MORE THAN 10 MILLION TRAVELERS AND 11 AIRLINES OVER TWO AIR FIELDS. 
          UH, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO SEE TREMENDOUS GROWTH OUT THERE WITH 36 STRAIGHT MONTHS OF, OF THAT GROWTH, AND WE SURPASSED 10 MILLION PASSENGERS IN 2018. 
          UH, THE ADDITION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, THAT RUSS AND HIS TEAM BROUGHT FORWARD WAS, UH, ADDITIONAL FIVE POSITIONS TO, UH, ADDRESS THE CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OUT THERE WITH A GROWING AIRPORT. 
          UH, CUSTOMER SERVICE, UH, NEEDS TO REMAIN PARAMOUNT AND, UH, WITH A GROWING, UM, UH, ACTIVITY OUT AT THE AIRPORT, UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS, THESE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS CAN CONTINUE TO HELP US MANAGE THROUGH THAT, OR STORM WATER OPERATIONS. 
          UH, FUND, UM, INCLUDES, UH, THE FINAL YEAR OF A FIVE YEAR, UH, RATE ADJUSTMENT THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED FOUR YEARS. 
          UM, IT'S A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT. 
          WE'LL HAVE AN, AN ANNUAL AVERAGE ANNUAL IMPACT ON RESIDENTS OF A DOLLAR 30 AND, AND $8, ALMOST $9 FOR OUR NON-RESIDENTIAL, UH, CUSTOMERS. 
          UH, THIS FUND, UH, UH, WILL ALSO BE FUNDING SIX NEW DRAINAGE PROJECTS, AND IS OUR FINAL YEAR OF THIS, UH, RATE PLAN THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED, UH, FOUR YEARS AGO. 
          EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION ACROSS ALL OF OUR FUNDS. 
          THE GENERAL FUND AND OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS, UH, IS CLOSE TO $25 MILLION IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. 
          UM, UM, SOME OF YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, OUR PAY PLAN, OUR STEP PAY PLAN, UH, EARLIER IN THE SPRING. 
          AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT, UH, AS I VISITED WITH EMPLOYEES, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN THE SPRINGTIME, THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT EMPLOYEES TALKED TO ME ABOUT WERE SOME OF THE COMPRESSION ISSUES THAT EXISTED, UH, WITHIN OUR, UH, EXISTING STEP PAY PLAN. 
          UM, THAT PAY PLAN WAS DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. 
          AND SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES A RECOMMENDATION FROM ME THAT WE NOT IMPLEMENT THE NEXT PHASE OR CONTINUE DOWN THE STEP PAY PLAN, UM, BUT WORK DURING F Y 2020 TO FIGURE OUT WHAT STEP PAY PLAN 2.0 LOOKS LIKE, UH, WITH OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          UM, THAT MEANS IN THE F Y 2020 BUDGET, I'M RECOMMENDING, UH, THAT WE DO A, UH, 3% ACROSS THE BOARD PAY FOR OUR STEP EMPLOYEES, WHICH NUMBERS A LITTLE OVER 6,000, UH, OF THEM. 
          UM, I HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS WEEK AND SHARE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO WORK HARD OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS TO FIGURE OUT, UH, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION. 
          THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES, UH, UH, A POT EQUIVALENT TO 3% OF THE SALARIES OF OUR PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGERIAL EMPLOYEES, ABOUT 2200 OF THEM, UM, AND THAT THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO THEIR NORMAL EVALUATIONS AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS, UH, DURING THE FALL ARE, UH, NEXT YEAR OF OUR POLICE OFFICER, UH, OR AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION INCLUDES A 3% ACROSS THE BOARD ADJUSTMENT FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS. 
          I'M RECOMMENDING A 4% PAY INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR OUR PARK AND AIRPORT POLICE OFFICERS, AND THEN WE'RE INCLUDED WITHIN THAT 24.8 OR $25 MILLION ACROSS ALL FUNDS ARE FUNDS SET ASIDE, UH, WHICH ARE CONSIDERED MANDATES FOR US, UH, FOR ADJUSTMENTS IN BOTH LONGEVITY AND STEP INCREASES IN OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND A, UH, STATE, UH, MANDATED INCREASE IN OUR, UH, CONTRIBUTION TO THE POLICE AND FIRE RETIREE HEALTHCARE FUND, IN ADDITION TO OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE HEALTHCARE. 
          UM, UM, I BE RECOMMENDING THAT, UM, BENEFITS AND PREMIUMS REMAIN THE SAME FOR OUR CURRENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, AND, AND WE'VE LOOKED, LOOKED HARD, AND IT'S ONE OF THE COMPONENT PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'LL BE GIVING YOU OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
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WHAT WE'VE DONE TO MANAGE THE COST OF HEALTHCARE, UH, FOR OUR CIVILIANS AND THAT COST, UH, HAS RA HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE, UH, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          AND, UM, AND, AND, AND I'M NOT RECOMMENDING WE INCREASE, CHANGE ANY BENEFITS OR, UH, INCREASE ANY OF THE PREMIUMS I AM RECOMMENDING THAT WE INCLUDE FOR CIVILIANS A THIRD HEALTHCARE OPTION. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, AND YOU'VE TALKED, WE'VE HEARD US TALK ABOUT THIS OVER THE YEARS. 
          WE HAVE A CONSUMER DRIVEN HEALTH PLAN, WHICH IS A HIGH DEDUCTIBLE PLAN, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR VALUE PLAN, WHICH IS MORE OF OUR P P O PREFERRED PROVIDER, UH, PLAN, UM, WITH LOWER PREMIUMS. UM, AND, AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE OFFER A THIRD PLAN THAT'S KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE. 
          IT'S THE SAME BENEFIT PLAN, SAME BENEFIT STRUCTURE AS OUR P P O PLAN, BUT UNDER A NARROW NETWORK AND A, UH, A LOWER PREMIUM. 
          OUR F Y 2020, UH, CAPITAL BUDGET, UM, INCLUDES, UM, OVER 430 SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND REPRESENTS, UH, THE CITY'S LONG RANGE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IN THE PLAN, OR INCLUDE STREETS, SIDEWALKS, DRAINAGE PARKS, LIBRARIES, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY FACILITIES, AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS, TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS, MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS, A WHOLE LITANY OF AREAS WHERE WE'RE INVESTING MONEY FROM OUR CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF 'EM, AND WE'LL HAVE A SPECIFIC PRESENTATION TO GO THROUGH THAT IN MUCH MORE DETAIL. 
          BUT A COUPLE OF NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          UH, ONE IS, UH, $10 MILLION THAT'S BEING SET ASIDE AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, UM, SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN EACH OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS ON NEEDED TARGETED, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 
          UM, SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN, UM, BOTH SECURITY AND CYBER PROJECTS. 
          UM, THAT INCLUDES MONEY TO LOOK FOR, LOOK AT HOW WE, UH, MAKE SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS TO SOME OF OUR FACILITIES. 
          IT ALSO INCLUDES, UM, MONEY SET ASIDE TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH PORT SA C P S SAWS AND OTHER PARTNERS ON THE CREATION, UH, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A, OF A, UM, SECU CYBERSECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER AT PORT SA. 
          AND WE WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UH, A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IN TERMS OF ELLA, THE YELLOW AUSTIN CENTER. 
          THE YELLOW AUSTIN CENTER IS A MUNICIPALLY OWNED FACILITY THAT IS OPERATED BY A NONPROFIT. 
          WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION OVER THE SUMMER ABOUT HOW WE'RE MAINTAINING OUR OWN FACILITIES. 
          THE CAPITAL BUDGET INCLUDES $5 MILLION, UH, FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE FOR OUR OWN FACILITIES. 
          AND IT'S WORK THAT WE WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO. 
          UM, THE 2017 BOND PROJECTS, UH, BIG PROJECTS THAT'LL BE UNDERGOING CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR WILL BE OUR D NINE SENIOR CENTER, UH, BROOK CITY BASE, AND, UH, AREA, THE NEW BRAUNFELS AVENUE IMPROVEMENT, AND THE, UH, WOODLAWN LAKE PARK MULTI-GENERATIONAL CENTER. 
          WHAT I WANNA SHOW YOU ON THIS SLIDE IS THAT AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM, 2020, UH, WILL BEGIN, BEGIN TO SEE AS WE TAIL DOWN OUT OF THE DESIGN PHASE, UH, CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE OVER 2020 AS WE, UH, MANAGE THROUGH THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF ITEMS BEFORE COUNCIL OVER THE NEXT YEAR, AND, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO STAY ON TIME AND ON BUDGET AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT 2017 BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO, IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH EACH ONE OF YOUR OFFICES TO COORDINATE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS AND BUDGET CONVERSATIONS IN EACH ONE OF THE DISTRICTS, UH, TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AND COMMUNICATE TO THEM, UM, UH, WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND WHAT OUR WORK PLAN IS FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          IN ADDITION TO THOSE, UH, 10 SESSIONS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, FIVE OTHER COMMUNITY OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, TWO ARE TERMED COMMUNITY DAYS. 
          AND, UM, COMMUNITY DAYS ARE MORE OF A CONVERSATION, UH, ENGAGEMENT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, OUR UTILITIES, UM, KIND OF A KIND OF AN AFTERNOON OF, OF ALL KINDS OF THINGS. 
          AND IT'S SOMETHING WE STARTED, WE, WE DID ONE LAST YEAR, UM, AND IT WAS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL, AND I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          AND, UH, WE'LL BE KICKING OFF, UH, THE FIRST ONE IN, UH, IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. 
          UH, AT TRADER VILLAGE, WE ALSO HAVE THE, THE BUDGET PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          UH, THAT'LL PART OF OUR NORMAL PROCESS, AND WE'LL BE ALSO CONDUCTING A TELE-TOWN HALL. 
          UM, I THINK MOST OF YOU RECALL THAT I SHARED 
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WITH YOU IN JUNE WHEN, WHEN MARIA AND I DID THE TELE-TOWN HALL, UH, ON THE FRONT END OF THE BUDGET IN LATE APRIL OR EARLY MAY, UM, WE HAD LIKE 2,400 PEOPLE ON THE PHONE LISTENING TO US, UH, TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND ASKING US, UH, ALL KINDS OF, OF GREAT QUESTIONS. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA REDO THAT AND INCLUDE OTHER EXECUTIVES LIKE THE CHIEF, LIKE BOTH CHIEFS OR, UH, VETO, UH, SO IT BECOMES MORE OF A PANEL DISCUSSION AND SOMETHING WE CAN DO, I'VE SAID A COUPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION, AND WE SHARED THE SCHEDULE WITH YOU. 
          UM, WE HAVE OUR BUDGET WORK SESSIONS, NINE SESSIONS WITH YOU TO REVIEW THE BUDGET IN DETAIL IN THESE CATEGORIES AND BY DEPARTMENTS. 
          I AM CHANGING IT UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          I THINK HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE AL ALWAYS STARTED WITH POLICE AND FIRE ON THE FIRST DAY, AND, UH, NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE STARTING WITH STRONG FAMILIES, CHILDREN, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOUSING, UH, TOP PRIORITIES FOR THE COUNCIL. 
          UH, THE CHIEFS GET, UH, A ONE WEEK, UH, REPRIEVE FROM THEIR PRESENTATIONS, BUT, UH, THEY'LL COME THE FOLLOWING WEEK. 
          AND, UH, I THINK IT ALLOWS, UH, THE COUNCIL TO HAVE AN EARLIER CONVERSATION ABOUT THOSE TOP, UH, PRIORITIES. 
          AND BUDGET ADOPTION IS SCHEDULED ON JUNE 12TH. 
          UH, ONE ISSUE, UH, THE, THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS 452 PAGES. 
          AND COUNCILMAN PERRY, WE ARE WORKING ON A ABRIDGED VERSION FOR YOU TO CARRY AROUND. 
          WE ARE, WE DID NOT PRINT COPIES OF THAT 452 PAGE DOCUMENT FOR YOU. 
          THEY HAVE ALL BEEN DOWNLOADED ONTO YOUR IPADS. 
          IF YOU'D LIKE A COPY, IT'S CERTAINLY AVAILABLE. 
          UM, AS I GAVE THIS PRESENTATION, UM, THE BUDGET STAFF HIT GO AND THIS, UH, PRESENTATION AND THE DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE IN 2017, UH, THE CITY IMPLEMENTED OPENGOV AND OPENGOV IS A CLOUD-BASED FINANCIAL TOOL THAT PROVIDES RESIDENTS, UH, THE ABILITY TO QUICKLY AND EASILY SEE THE CITY'S BUDGET AT THE ACTUAL LINE ITEM LEVEL, UH, AND PROVIDES FIVE YEARS OF HISTORICAL INFORMATION. 
          THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT, UH, SAN ANTONIO.GOV/TRANSPARENCY SA IT'S HIGHLIGHTED ON THE CITY'S FRONT PAGE. 
          UM, THAT INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH, AND IS AVAILABLE AS OF RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS A COPY OF THE BUDGET ONLINE. 
          SO, ION COUNCIL, UM, AS I END THIS PRESENTATION, UM, I WANTED TO RECAP A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          UM, SO OUR FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK IS CHANGING NOW, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY BE CHANGING IN 2021. 
          AND I THINK THIS ORGANIZATION IS IN A STRONG FINANCIAL, UM, POSITION TO MANAGE THROUGH THAT. 
          UH, WE HAVE STRONG FINANCIAL POLICIES, AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, UH, THE COUNCIL HAD THAT CONVERSATION IN JUNE TO REAFFIRM OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES AS AN ORGANIZATION. 
          UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MANAGE OUR RESOURCES, UH, SUCCESSFULLY AND TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I THINK WE'LL NEED TO CONTINUE. 
          THE ORGANIZATION WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO EXAMINE OUR SPENDING, NOT JUST DURING THE BUDGET, UH, BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, TO ENSURE THAT OUR SPENDING, UM, IS EFFICIENT AND TARGETED. 
          AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, I'D LIKE TO GET OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, TO HELP US WITH THAT. 
          UH, FINALLY, UM, WE'LL NEED TO PRIORITIZE OUR INVESTMENTS AND SET CLEAR EXPECTATIONS GOING FORWARD. 
          AND I THINK THIS PROPOSED BUDGET DOES EXACTLY THAT IN KEEPING WITH, UH, THE CONVERSATION THAT THE COUNCIL HAD IN JUNE AND KEEP US ON A STRONG PATH. 
          SO, ION COUNCIL, UM, THIS BEGINS THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS PROCESS. 
          I KNOW WE'RE, I'M LAYING IT OUT AT A HIGH LEVEL, AND WE WILL KICK INTO A MUCH MORE DETAILED CONVERSATION. 
          I DID WANT TO THANK, UH, THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, UM, AND OUR DEPARTMENT EXECUTIVES, OUR DEPARTMENT STAFF, UH, THE FISCAL STAFF WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTS, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE, UH, BEGINNING IN THE SPRINGTIME TO GET TO THIS POINT. 
          UM, I TOLD THE BUDGET STAFF OVER HERE A LITTLE WHILE AGO. 
          I SAID, REST EASY. 
          IT'S HALFTIME. 
          WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER HALF OF THE GAME TO PLAY. 
          IT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          GET, GET A GOOD NIGHT'S REST TONIGHT. 
          WE'RE GONNA, UH, START, UH, WITH THE WORK SESSIONS NEXT WEEK. 
          UM, I DID WANT TO THANK, UH, SPECIFICALLY ALSO, UH, BEN GOEL, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, UH, MARIA VILLA GOMEZ, WHO, UM, UH, HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN MANAGING, UH, THIS PROCESS. 
          UM, ALONG WITH THE TEAM, JUSTINA TATE, OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR, AND, UH, THE ENTIRE, UH, BUDGET STAFF WHO ARE, EVERYBODY, RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THE ONES THAT LOOK KIND OF SLEEPY IN THE FRONT ROW, . 
          UM, THE WORK TO GET TO THIS POINT, UH, HAS BEEN, UH, LIFTED BY A NUMBER OF, A BIG CHUNK OF OUR ORGANIZATION, AND I'M CERTAINLY PROUD OF THE WORK THEY'VE DONE. 
          AND I, AND I'LL, I'LL TELL THE, THE BUDGET STAFF THAT 
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25 YEARS AGO, I SAT OVER THERE, UH, LISTENING TO THE CITY MANAGER DEVELOP THEIR PROPOSED BUDGET PRESENTATION. 
          SO, UH, ONE DAY, MAYBE ONE OF YOU GUYS BE THE CITY MANAGER. 
          SO WITH THAT, MAYOR, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LAY THIS OUT TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERIC. 
          AND, UH, LET ME REITERATE, UH, OUR THANKS TO YOU AND TO THE ENTIRE CITY STAFF. 
          UM, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF CUSTOMER SERVICE EVERY SINGLE DAY, WHO HAVE JOINED US TODAY AS WELL FOR THE PRESENTATION, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, UH, TO KEEP OUR CITY STRONG, UM, AND ALSO OUR BUDGET TEAM AND ALL THE CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF THE PROCESS. 
          I SEE JU JUSTINA PROBABLY JUST GOT BACK FROM DOING MORE SPREADSHEETS OR SOMETHING. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK OVER THE, OVER THE SUMMER JUSTINA, UM, BEN MARIA, UH, YOUR ENTIRE TEAM, THE ATTORNEYS, UH, HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THIS. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          UH, I'LL TAKE THEM AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO COUNCIL COMMENT, UH, AND AGAIN, NOTING THAT, UH, THE, THE LATTER PART OF THIS MONTH WILL BE SPENT ON THOSE NINE BUDGET SESSIONS. 
          SO WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME HIGH LEVEL COMMENTS AND THEN REALLY DIG INTO THE BUDGET OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. 
          UH, WE HAVE THREE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR. 
          UH, WE'LL START WITH CRYSTAL CABALLERO AND MS. CABALLERO WILL BE FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER. 
          GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR NUREMBERG. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS CRYSTAL CERO AND I WORK FOR THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT, UM, FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF AFSCME 2021, LOCAL 2021. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF THE UNION. 
          THE FOLKS WHO MAKE SAN ANTONIO RUN. 
          OUR MEMBERS HAVE GONE YEARS WITH 1% RAISES THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY EATING UP BY RISING HEALTHCARE COSTS AND INFLATION. 
          I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR. 
          EVERY YEAR OUR MEMBERS DO NOT RECEIVE A RAISE THAT KEEPS UP WITH INFLATION. 
          WE LOSE MONEY, RENT GOES UP, THE PRICES OF GROCERIES GOES UP, CHILDCARE GOES UP, BUT OUR WAGES DO NOT. 
          WE HAVE SPOKEN TO MANY OF YOU ABOUT OUR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS UPCOMING BUDGET. 
          THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY AND ACROSS THE BOARD COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT OF 3% TO ENSURE OUR WAGES KEEP UP WITH INFLATION. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE JANUARY STEP INCREASE, OUR MEMBERS ARE RELYING ON A REFORM TO THE STEP SYSTEM TO FIX THE ISSUE OF WAGE COMPOSITION COMPRESSION, EXCUSE ME, NO INCREASE TO HEALTHCARE COST AND A REIMBURSEMENT FOR LIGAMENT WORK EXPENSES SUCH AS DOWNTOWN PARKING AND SUPPLIES. 
          THANKFULLY, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THIS MAYORAL ADMINISTRATION HAVE PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT THEY STAND WITH WORKERS IN SAN ANTONIO AND THEY STAND WITH OUR UNION. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS BODY NEEDS TO PASS A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BUDGET, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE A BUDGET THAT REFLECTS OUR CITY VALUES AND DOES NOT LEAVE BEHIND THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THIS CITY RUN. 
          WE WANNA BE YOUR PARTNERS IN THIS EFFORT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU, MS. CABRERO, JACK FINGER, FOLLOWED BY JOHN BACHMAN, MAYOR NURENBERG, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. 
          FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. 
          FINGER. 
          WELL, I ENJOYED MY VACATION. 
          I, IT'S ALWAYS VERY SHORT. 
          ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END. 
          SO , HERE WE ARE AGAIN. 
          UH, THE BUDGETS, LOOKING THROUGH THIS BUDGET, I SEE A A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WERE WORTHY OF COMMENT HERE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SETTING REGARDING THE REVENUE FOR OUR BUDGET. 
          THE TAXES. 
          YOU KEEP SAYING THAT YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY GOVERNMENT, HAVE NOT RAISED OUR TAX RATES. 
          AND ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S ALWAYS ONE BIG LAUGH. 
          WE ALWAYS ENJOY THAT JOKE UPON US, THE TAXPAYERS. 
          I JUST WISH WE COULD REALLY RELISH IN THAT HUMOR A LOT, BECAUSE ACCORDING TO YOUR VERY OWN, UH, STATISTICS RIGHT HERE, IT SAYS 5.4% INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES. 
          YEAH, THAT'S WORD INCREASE RIGHT THERE THROUGH THE LEVIES, THROUGH THE EVALUATIONS. 
          YEAH. 
          C P S PAY PAYMENT, UH, A MINUS 2.6%. 
          OH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE OUR C P S RATES AGAIN. 
          GOTTA DO IT. 
          GOTTA DO IT. 
          YEAH, WE, WE'VE HAD A DECREASE HERE, WHOOPEE. 
          WHAT ELSE WE GOT HERE? YOU KNOW, THE ONLY WAY THAT WE ARE EVER GOING TO GET 
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A CUT IN OUR TAX RATES, THE LOWERING OF OUR TAX RATES IS NOT BY YOU FOLKS. 
          NOT AT ALL. 
          THE STATE OF TEXAS HAD TO DO IT FOR US. 
          YEAH. 
          THE STATE OF TEXAS, A 3.5% INCREASE CAP, WHEREBY WE GET A CHANCE TO, WE THE CITIZEN GET A CHANCE TO VOTE ON IT. 
          THAT'S THE, WE THANK OUR STATE LEGISLATORS. 
          WHO'S VOTED FOR THAT? NOT YOU GUYS. 
          YOU, YOU GUYS ARE BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OILS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OH, GOLLY. 
          NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET HERE. 
          OH, OH, HEAVEN FORBID. 
          YES. 
          CITY PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. 
          YES. 
          WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE HERE? STRONG FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. 
          600 GRAND FOR THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, MAYBE, DID IT NEVER OCCUR TO YOU THAT MAYBE YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANNA REALLY ESTABLISH STRONG FAMILIES, STRONG FAMILIES, YOU WOULD START AT THE BEGINNING AND STOP THE, UM, THE TEEN PREGNANCY THAT GOES ON HERE IN OUR CITY BY MEANS OF WELL, STOPPING THE TEEN PREGNANCY PROMISCUITY PROMOTION THAT YOU ROUTINELY, UH, VOTE ON EVERY YEAR. 
          YEAH. 
          WE, WE, OH MY GOODNESS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. 
          SO MANY SCANDALS. 
          SO TIME. 
          JOHN BACHMAN, COULD SOMEBODY PUT THIS ON MAYOR CITY COUNCIL? MY NAME'S JOHN BACHMAN, CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF VOICE FOR ANIMALS. 
          I KNOW MANY OF THE RETURNING MEMBERS, AND I WANT TO WELCOME THE NEWER MEMBERS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL BACK TO THE ISSUE OF THE ANIMAL CRISIS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          , UH, THOSE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE. 
          NO, WE STILL HAVE AN OVERPOPULATION OF PETS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU NOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE THREE WEEKS BEFORE YOU WILL GET A WORK SESSION FROM THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES DIVISION IN WHICH THEY WILL PRESENT YOU GRAPHS THAT WILL COMPARE WHERE WE ARE NOW TO 2004 WHEN WE KILLED 50,000 ANIMALS INTO 2011 WHEN WE HAD A 35% LIVE RELEASE RATE. 
          AND POINT TO NOW WE'RE AT A 90% RATE. 
          COULD SOMEBODY PUT THIS ON THE VIEWER? UM, THE FACT IS THAT WE STILL KILL ANIMALS. 
          IN 2016, THEY HAD A, A, A PRESENTATION AND SAID, UH, UH, WE'RE NOW AT NO KILL. 
          WELL, WE'RE NOT AT NO KILL. 
          THIS LITTLE DOG IS NOW DEAD. 
          AND WHAT HE'S ASKING YOU IS, WHY DID YOU KILL ME OR NOT TO BLAME YOU? WHY DID YOU ALLOW THEM TO KILL ME? AND THIS GOES ON DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY THIS YEAR SO FAR, WE HAVE KILLED OVER 2,500 ANIMALS. 
          AND IF THEY COULD SPEAK, THEY WOULD ASK WHY. 
          SO I AM SPEAKING FOR THEM. 
          THE YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A COUPLE, UH, PAPERS THAT I'VE WRITTEN, WHICH WILL GIVE YOU THE IDEA THAT THE BOTTOM LINE TO STOP THE OVERPOPULATION AND THE KILLING IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SPAY FREE AND NO-COST SPAY NEUTER TO A LEVEL THAT WILL BRING US TO A ZERO POPULATION GROWTH. 
          GET THE STRAYS OFF THE STREET, STOP KILLING THE ANIMALS, AND MAKE SAN ANTONIO TRULY NO KILL HUMANE CITY. 
          AND, UH, MANY OF SOME OF YOU THAT ARE ON THE COUNCIL NOW HAVE BEEN INTERESTED WHILE YOU'VE BEEN HERE. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, ESPECIALLY MY CITY COUNCIL PERSON, UH, FROM DISTRICT THREE. 
          UH, SHE HAS BEEN INTERESTED THIS FOR HER WHOLE TENURE. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK THE, UH, CITY MANAGER. 
          ERIC WALSH WAS OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OVER A C S FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          AND MARIA VILLAGOMEZ HAS BEEN INTERESTED. 
          ANYWAY, I'M FREE. 
          MY ADDRESS IS THERE. 
          I'M OPEN FOR YOUR QUESTIONS, HOPEFULLY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BACHMAN. 
          YOU'LL HAVE THEM FOR A C F. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL, WE'RE GONNA GET INTO COUNCIL, UM, QUESTION AND COMMENT AT THIS POINT, UH, I JUST, UM, HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. 
          UM, FIRST 
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IS TO, AGAIN, COMMEND THE CITY STAFF, UH, FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. 
          I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CONSTRAINTS, UH, BROUGHT TO US EXTERNALLY AND INTERNALLY, UH, IN TERMS OF HOW WE WANNA SET THIS BUDGET UP. 
          BUT I FOUND IT TO BE, UM, QUITE RESPONSIVE GIVEN THOSE ISSUES. 
          UM, I NOTED, ERIC, THAT THERE WAS A, UH, 6% INCREASE IN SALES TAX OVER THAT WAS OVER AND ABOVE THE PROJECTION. 
          UH, IT'S OVER THE F Y 19 BUDGET. 
          PART OF THAT HAD BEEN ADJUSTED IN THE FORECAST THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU IN MAY. 
          UH, WHAT THAT CHART SHOWED WAS BUDGET TO BUDGET. 
          UM, IT WAS A FOUR POINT A HALF PERCENT INCREASE FROM, UH, FROM WHERE WE WERE AT. 
          YOU'LL RECALL AT THE FORECAST PRESENTATION, WE HAD SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPTICK IN OUR SALES TAX DURING THE YEAR. 
          OKAY, WELL, I'M PLEASED WITH THE, UH, PROGRAM DOLLARS GOING INTO, UH, TRANSPORTATION. 
          AGAIN, KEEPING IT AT THE LEVEL WE SET LAST YEAR, WHICH, UH, WAS A FULL THREEFOLD, UH, WHAT IT WAS WHEN, UH, I BECAME A COUNCIL MEMBER HERE NOT TOO LONG AGO, UH, AS WELL AS THE COMMITMENT TO KEEPING PACE WITH OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGY. 
          UH, IT WASN'T NOTED IN THE BUDGET, ERIC, THOUGH, UH, YOU ANNOUNCED, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, UH, THAT YOU WOULD BE, UH, LAUNCHING A SEARCH FOR A CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER, WHICH, UH, I, I KNOW IS COMING AT, UH, GREAT APPRECIATION FROM THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING MYSELF. 
          SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT UNFOLD. 
          UM, THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE IT A PRIORITY, UH, TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO LIVE WITHIN OUR CONSTRAINTS, BUT ALSO TO FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. 
          UH, SO I'M PLEASED THAT THE PROPOSAL, UH, INCLUDES NO PROPERTY TAX RATE INCREASE WHILE ACCOUNTING FOR OUR NEW HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          UH, THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY AND COUNCILMAN, UH, COURAGE IN PARTICULAR HAD BEEN, UH, CHAMPIONING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, THE WORK AHEAD WITH MY COLLEAGUES. 
          IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY. 
          I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME AMENDMENTS. 
          UH, WE'LL WORK THROUGH THOSE. 
          UH, BUT THIS HAS BEEN, UH, WHAT MY OBSERVATION PROBABLY THE MOST DIFFICULT BUDGET PROCESS THAT OUR CITY STAFF HAS BEEN THROUGH IN MANY, MANY YEARS. 
          AND I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ALL FOR GETTING THROUGH IT, ADDRESSING ALL OF THE COUNCIL'S TOP PRIORITIES. 
          AND, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC'S RESPONSE. 
          WE MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER VERON. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU, ERIC, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY THIS BEING YOUR, UH, FIRST ONE OUT OF THE GATE AS OUR CITY MANAGER. 
          UM, WASN'T EASY. 
          AND I WANNA APPLAUD YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND THE, AND, UM, ALL OF THE CREATIVITY THAT HAS COME INTO THIS. 
          AND LOOKING AT THE AREAS OF WHERE WE NEED TO, TO GROW AND EXPAND IN MAKING THOSE DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF US. 
          I ALSO, UM, VERY HAPPY THAT WE EVEN SEE AN INCREASE IN THIS BUDGET. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE, UM, HERE, AND YOU DO IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO, AND YOU HEARD, UM, OUR ISSUES THAT WE HAD AND YOU'RE INTERTWINING THEM INTO THIS BUDGET, WHICH I, I TRULY APPRECIATE SOME COMMENTS VERY QUICKLY, UM, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING INTO THE DETAILS AT OUR WORK SESSIONS. 
          I WAS TELLING SOME OF OUR NEW COLLEAGUES THAT THIS IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR, THE BUDGET SEASON, UM, BECAUSE WE DO GET TO GET INTO THE DETAILS. 
          I WON'T SAY WEEDS, BUT I WILL SAY DETAILS. 
          UM, AND IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT OUR BUDGET IS OUR, OUR POLICIES QUANTIFIED. 
          SO, UM, I DO WANT TO, UH, GIVE RECOGNITION TO, WELL, TO THE INCREASE OF THE SAWS TRANSFER. 
          AND I ALSO WANNA GIVE RECOGNITION TO MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE WHO TALKED ABOUT THIS, UM, MAYBE HIS FIRST, I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST MEETINGS WE EVER HAD WHEN YOU FIRST JOINED ON COUNCIL. 
          SO I'M GLAD WE'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND, AND THAT SAS IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE WHERE WE CAN SEE THIS, UM, TRANSFER HAPPEN. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE INCREASED CONVERSATION WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, AS MR. BACHMAN POINT POINTED OUT, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          UM, YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, UM, EVERY BUDGET CYCLE, UH, THAT IN CODE ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER THINGS, UM, BUT IN PARTICULAR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT I'D WANNA MAKE SURE OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, OUR NEW COLLEAGUES HERE ARE THE REALITIES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, WITH EUTHANIZING ANIMALS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND HOW IT IS PET OWNER RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PUT ACROSS TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THAT WE HAVE THIS OVERPOPULATION OF STRAY AND ROAMINGS AND JUST PETAL RESPONSIBILITY. 
          UM, CITY MANAGER. 
          I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT I AM VERY, UM, EXCITED TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR 
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RECOMMENDATION OF A CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER TO OVERLOOK ALL OF THE ASPECTS OF HOUSING, UM, HOMELESSNESS. 
          BUT ALSO WHERE, AND WHY I BELIEVE IT'S ONE IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT WITH THE ONE HOUSING OFFICER IS BECAUSE IT RUNS OVER ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS. 
          AND TO SEE WHERE ARE THERE THINGS THAT MAYBE WE THINK WE'RE, UH, FILLING THE GAP IN ONE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEN IT CREATES ANOTHER SITUATION IN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. 
          SO I THINK THIS HOUSING OFFICER, UH, CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER IS A VERY GOOD IDEA WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          I WANNA ALSO GET INTO THE FACT, UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRES PRESERVING NEIGHBORHOODS, LET'S LOOK AT OUR HISTORIC, UM, VACANT BUILDINGS AND SEE HOW WE CAN UTILIZE THEM AS POSSIBLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES TOO. 
          UM, NEXT, UH, I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, OUR, UM, FOR, I CAN'T GO ON WITHOUT, UH, CONGRATULATING OUR STAFF TO, UM, FOR THE REAFFIRM TRIPLE A BOND RATING AND THE AA PLUS. 
          WELL DONE. 
          UH, BEN, MARIA, ERIC, I'M SURE IT WAS JUSTINE, EVERYONE, ALL THE TEAM TROY, BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS NOT EASY. 
          UM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE ALL DONE TOGETHER, WE MADE THIS HAPPEN AND THIS IS HELPING US AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, NEXT, I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT, ERIC, QUICKLY ON THE SLIDE 11, YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, WE HAD BUDGETED, UH, FOR THE POINT FOR 6% WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT PROPERTY TAX TAXABLE VALUATION. 
          YOU SAID 6%. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF I MAY HAVE MISSED IT IN YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          UM, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT 0.4%? HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH MONEY WAS THAT? IT'S THE OTHER ONE. 
          THE NEXT ONE. 
          SLIDE 11. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. 
          YES. 
          GENERAL. 
          THAT WAS ROUGHLY ABOUT THREE AND $4 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IN REVENUE THAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED THAT THE NET MATERIALIZE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THAT WAS MY QUESTION. 
          AND THEN, UM, FINALLY, I DO WANT TO ALSO BRING UP, WELL, NO, NOT FINALLY. 
          SORRY GUYS. 
          UH, ALSO I WANTED TO MENTION THE, UM, WHAT DID I HAVE HERE? I WANTED TO THANK, UM, AFSCME FOR BEING HERE AND ALL OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD HERE AND THE LETTERS THAT YOU ARE ALSO SENDING US TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE, YOUR, UH, REQUESTS AND YOUR CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED. 
          I WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ADDRESSED AND CONCERNS ARE A, ARE MET. 
          UM, THANK YOU ERIC AND MARIA AND EVERYONE FOR REALLY TAKING A VERY, VERY, UM, DETAILED LOOK AT THIS. 
          I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MORE DETAILS THAT WE CAN GET INTO. 
          AND I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU ALL NEED TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE ADD RELIEF FOR THIS NEW RE-ENVISIONED, UH, STEP PLAN, UH, COMING UP. 
          I THINK YOU ALL ARE LIVING IT, HAVE, HAVE DONE YOUR SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER. 
          AND, UM, AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE FOR ALL CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          QUICKLY ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET, WHEN WE'RE GONNA GO IN THROUGH THE WORK SESSIONS, UH, WILL WE HAVE A WORK SESSION JUST ON CAPITAL BUDGET OR WILL WE HAVE A WORK SESSION ON, UM, WILL THE CAPITAL BUDGET BE A PART OF INCLUDED IN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS? UH, THE, THE CAPITAL BUDGET IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO BE THE SAME AFTERNOON AS WE, AS WE PRESENT TO YOU, UH, THE CONVERSATION ABOUT STREETS, DRAINAGE, SIDEWALKS, BUT IT, IT'LL BE AN AFTERNOON OF INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, 'CAUSE I SEE HERE FOR THE 2020 CAPITAL BUDGET, YOU HAVE IT $53 MILLION. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO GET INTO MORE DETAILS IN THAT TIME OF WHAT THAT SURE. 
          UH, IS PART OF WHAT'S ALL ENGAGED THERE. 
          AND THEN, UM, FINALLY, I SEE IN OUR, UH, POLICE BUDGET, UM, THE OFFICERS, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALSO INCLUDING THAT AREA OF MILITARY DRIVE, UM, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THAT IN THERE. 
          BUT WHAT I ALSO, UM, WHAT I HAVE BEEN, UH, TALKING ABOUT ADVOCATING FOR, CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE FOR IS A POLICE SUBSTATION IN DISTRICT THREE IN THE SOUTHERN, UH, THE SOUTH AND THE SOUTHEAST SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING IN, UH, THE POLICE WORK SESSION WHAT WE AS A CITY ARE GOING TO BE DOING TO PLAN FOR THAT OR TO HELP IMPLEMENT THAT OR 
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ALLEVIATE THAT. 
          UM, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MY RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN CALLING FOR. 
          I HAVE FIVE LETTERS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AS WELL AS OUR CHAMBER OF SOUTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAYING THAT WE NEED A POLICE SUBSTATION. 
          SO I WANT TO FIND OUT THAT WE HAVE A PATH FORWARD FOR A SUBSTATION IN DISTRICT THREE, ERIC. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT IN GREATER DETAIL WHEN WE DO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET. 
          BUT, BUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET SETS ASIDE MONEY TO DO TWO DIFFERENT THINGS FROM A FACILITY STANDPOINT, UH, FROM A POLICE FACILITY STANDPOINT. 
          ONE IS TO HELP US AS A, AS A COMMUNITY IDENTIFY WHAT, WHAT AREAS OF TOWN, UM, IF IF IF WE, WE HAVE SIX SUBSTATIONS AND IF WE LOOKED AT A MAP OF, OF SAN ANTONIO, I'M NOT SURE WE'D BE PUTTING THE SIX SUBSTATIONS IN PLACES THEY'RE AT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'VE GROWN OVER DECADES. 
          UM, THERE ARE AREAS OF TOWN FROM A VISIBILITY STANDPOINT, UH, THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING SOMEBODY TO HELP US IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE GROWING COMMUNITIES, UM, AND MAYBE POTENTIALLY NEW FACILITIES WE NEED TO ADD. 
          THE OTHER PART OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING THEM TO DO IS WHAT TYPE OF UPGRADES, UH, DO WE NEED TO DO AT OUR CURRENT FACILITIES AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? UM, AND, AND THIS GOES IN LINE WITH WHAT I MENTIONED. 
          IT'S, IT'S LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES THAT, THAT NEED TO BE, UM, UH, MAINTAINED OR UPGRADED. 
          UM, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY MAJOR WORK IN ANY OF THOSE FACILITIES OVER THE LAST 17 OR 18 YEARS. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT BOTH OUR EXISTING FACILITIES, BUT ALSO, UM, UH, WHAT, WHAT POTENTIALLY IS THERE IN THE FUTURE AND, AND DOING THAT WORK THIS YEAR IN ADVANCE OF THE CONVERSATION THAT THIS COUNCIL WILL HAVE ABOUT THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM AND THE CON CONSTRUCTION OF, OF PROJECTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WELL, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVE MORE DETAILS AND GIVE MORE PERSPECTIVE AND INSIGHT TO YOU ALL DURING THAT POLICE, UM, WORK SESSION. 
          BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD AND HEALTHY START. 
          UM, IT'S A GOOD STARTING POINT AS WE CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THIS PROPOSED BUDGET IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN DISTRICT THREE, UM, WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THE CITY. 
          AND I'M PROUD THAT WE WERE ALSO A, UH, ABLE TO OFFER THAT TAX RELIEF, THAT LOCAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND, UM, OTHERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS A NEEDS-BASED BUDGET FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND OF COURSE, I'D BE REMISS IF I DID NOT THANK JUSTINA AND HER TEAM, AND OF COURSE, ERIC, BEN AND MARIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER EZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I'M ERIC, I'M GONNA PREFACE MY, MY QUESTIONS AND MY COMMENTS AND, AND I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE. 
          I, I TOOK NOTES DURING YOUR ENTIRE PRESENTATION, SO I I DO HAVE A LOT OF THEM. 
          AND, UM, AND SO NUMBER ONE, THE REASON I'VE GOT A LOT OF 'EM IS 'CAUSE I, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THIS COUNCIL DOES ONCE A YEAR, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT. 
          UM, TWO, I I THINK MY JOB IS, EVEN, EVEN IF I AGREE WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT, MY JOB IS STILL TO PUSH BACK ON ASSUMPTIONS AND CHALLENGE, YOU KNOW, UM, SOME OF THE WAY WE GOT HERE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT AND THAT I CAN EXPLAIN IT TO MY CON MY CONSTITUENTS AND MY COMMUNITY, UM, AND THREE MARIA AND TO EVERYBODY WHO WORKED ON THIS. 
          YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS I'M GONNA ASK ARE NOT A REFLECTION OF, YOU KNOW, ANY DOUBT THAT I MAY HAVE IN, IN THE HARD WORK YOU GUYS DID. 
          I'M SO IMPRESSED, UH, WITH WHAT I'VE ALREADY SEEN, UH, IN MY, UH, INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS AND WHAT I'VE SEEN TODAY. 
          I, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE ROCK STARS. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, WHEN WE WERE ALL OUR, OUR GOAL SETTING, UM, MEETING, AND, AND I'LL TELL YOU, I, I THINK, I THINK THIS BUDGET CAPTURES EVERYTHING THAT WE TRIED TO ACCOMPLISH AT OUR, AT OUR GOAL SETTING MEETING. 
          AND, UM, THAT MAKES ME REALLY HAPPY AND EXCITED. 
          UM, WHEN WE WERE THERE, THE MAYOR CONCLUDED THAT MEETING BY SAYING, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT HE'S ENTHUSED BECAUSE THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, GONNA BE A BUDGET THAT REQUIRES US TO, I FORGOT WHAT YOU SAID, UH, TIGHTEN OUR SHOELACES BUT NOT TIGHTEN OUR BELTS TOO TIGHTLY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          AND, UH, THAT, THAT'S GOOD. 
          UM, AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS SAWS PIECE AND, AND I AM WORRIED AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT SOMEBODY ELSE'S BELT THAT WE'RE TIGHTENING TOO HARD AT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE JUST TIGHTENING OUR SHOE LACES. 
          AND SO WHEN DOES SAWS, OR WHEN DO YOU ENVISION SAWS PAYING THIS HIGHER RATE TO US? UH, WE'VE INCLUDED THAT IN THE PROPOSAL, BUT SO EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST. 
          OCTOBER 1ST. 
          SO FOR A BIG ORGANIZATION LIKE SAWS, UM, WHO'S NOT AS BIG AS C P S, BUT A BIG ORGANIZ, YOU KNOW, OR A BIG ORGANIZATION LIKE THEIRS, DO WE KNOW HOW HAVING, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT SUDDEN CHANGE 
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IS GOING TO IMPACT THEIR, THEIR BUDGET, IF AT ALL? THEIR CURRENT BUDGET DETAIL WISE? NO. 
          DO THEY, BUT, BUT THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY RIGHT NOW TO ADJUST THAT WITHIN THEIR OPERATING BUDGET. 
          AND, AND THAT WAS PART OF THE, I THINK A LOT OF THE GROUND GAME THAT WE HAD IN CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH THEIR FINANCIAL STAFF AND WITH, WITH, UH, BETWEEN ROBERT AND I, BECAUSE YOU AND I MENTIONED IT DURING THE PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF THOUGHT GIVEN, GONE INTO THIS, BUT I, I DIDN'T WANT TO RECOMMEND SOMETHING THAT WAS, UM, UH, PERCEIVED AS SIMPLE ON OUR END, BUT DIFFICULT OR CREATING ISSUES ON THE BACKEND. 
          UM, THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD'VE BEEN TO, UH, MAKE SOME PERMANENT CUTS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE CONDITION, THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF, OF SAWS, UM, AND HOW THEY'RE MANAGED FINANCIALLY, UH, THEY'VE GOT A STRONG TEAM IN PLACE THERE. 
          UM, IT DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEM AND THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DO THAT NOW, SO, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          SO THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION IS THAT WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEIR CURRENT BUDGET. 
          THEY'VE LOOKED AT THAT. 
          HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT? I'M, I'M TAKING THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND THE CEO'S WORD, UM, WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO DICTATE WHAT LINE ITEM IT COMES OUT OF AND IT COMES OUT OF THE REVENUE LINE ITEM FOR SAS. 
          SO WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT. 
          THEY HAVE, AND THEY'VE JUST TOLD US, I'M, I'M COMF NO, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE COURT LEVEL OF COORDINATION THAT WE'VE DONE. 
          SO CAN I, CAN I IMPOSE UPON STAFF TO PLEASE LOOK AT IT? SURE. 
          UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE MAKE THAT DECISION, I THINK IT IS A REASONABLE REQUEST FOR YOU GUYS TO SORT OF SIT DOWN AND, AND LOOK AT THAT. 
          UM, THE, UM, AND I'M SURE THEY'RE RIGHT WHENEVER THEY'RE TELLING YOU, TAKE 'EM AT THEIR WORD, BUT TRUST BUT VERIFY. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, TWO, UM, WHERE DOES, DO WE KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY COMES FROM? IS IT, IS IT CASH ON HAND? GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN. 
          SO AS WE'VE TALKED WITH SAS ABOUT THIS, AND I'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, THEY DO HAVE AN ACCUMULATION OF DAYS' CASH ON HAND THAT HAS, THAT HAS HAPPENED OVER TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          PART OF THAT WAS A PLAN DESIGN AS IT RELATED TO THE VISTA RIDGE PROJECT. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, VISTA RIDGE WILL COME ONLINE NEXT SPRING. 
          SO WHERE THIS PAYMENT WILL BE COMING FROM WILL BE FROM THAT CASH, UM, BALANCE THAT THEY HAVE. 
          AND AS I'VE TALKED TO DOUG EVANS AND THEIR C F O ABOUT IT, UM, YOUR QUESTION, ERIC, WAS AROUND THE OPERATING BUDGET. 
          I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY IMPACT ON THEIR OPERATING BUDGET. 
          WHAT THIS DOES IS THEY USE CASH, ADDITIONAL CASH TO PARTIALLY FUND THEIR CAPITAL, THEIR C I P PROGRAM, BASICALLY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU'RE DOING A COMBINATION OF DEBT AND CASH. 
          THIS WILL MEAN, UH, PROBABLY SOME SHIFTING BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF CASH FUNDING THAT THEY'RE DOING AND DEBT FINANCING, BUT THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THAT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, IT DOES BECOME A COST TO SAWS, BUT GIVEN THEIR FINANCIAL POSITION AS I TALKED TO THROUGH WITH DOUG, UM, THEY DON'T SEE ANY IMMEDIATE IMPACT UPON THEM, UH, ANY KIND OF SIGNIFICANT IMMEDIATE IMPACT UPON THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, DO WE KNOW IF THAT CASH ON HAND FROM WHICH THAT MONEY WILL COME HAS ALREADY BEEN EARMARKED OR DESIGNATED FOR SOMETHING? IN OTHER WORDS, ARE THERE PROJECTS ALREADY? I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED. 
          THEY HAVE A, A LONG-TERM C I P THAT THEY DEDICATE CASH TOWARDS, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN ALLOCATED KIND OF TO THE PROJECT LEVEL KIND OF, OF, OF DETAIL. 
          BUT I'LL CONFIRM THAT. 
          SO GET ME TO, SO IN ORDER TO GET ME TO A POINT OF COMFORT WITH THIS, UH, BEFORE WE MAKE THIS DECISION, CAN YOU FIND OUT? SURE. 
          I'M HAPPY TO HAVE MORE, UH, DETAILED DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM ABOUT HOW THEY PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THIS. 
          UH, BUT I DID, UH, HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH DOUG ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS WOULD START OCTOBER 1ST. 
          HE WAS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. 
          AND AGAIN, WE TALKED THROUGH THIS AT A PRETTY HIGH LEVEL IN TERMS OF, OF THE IMPACT ON, ON THEM, UH, POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THEM. 
          'CAUSE AS, AS ERIC SAID, WE DID NOT WANNA BE COMING FORWARD WITH SOMETHING IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT, THAT, UM, HELPED US DEAL WITH OUR FINANCIAL ISSUES, BUT THEN TURNED AROUND AND CREATED A BUNCH OF FINANCIAL ISSUES FOR SAWS. 
          UM, SO LET, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET WHAT I'M ASKING. 
          I'M, I'M ASKING THAT WHEN WE MEET AGAIN, YOU COME BACK AND TELL ME TO WHAT EXTENT THAT CASH HAS ALREADY BEEN DESIGNATED FOR SOMETHING ELSE, RIGHT. 
          FOR THEIR PROJECTS, RIGHT? LIKE IF THEY, IF THEY'VE ALREADY GOT PROJECTS UP ON THE DRAWING BOARD THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO SCRATCH, UM, IN ORDER TO PAY THIS OFF. 
          I, I JUST, I WANT TO KNOW. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND, UM, I, I I'M SURE THEY'RE, I I'M SURE THEY TOLD YOU THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT. 
          I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT TOO. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALREADY MAXED OUT THE 
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CONTRIBUTION FROM C P S, UM, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S BY ORDINANCE AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE LAWYERS OR ANYBODY ELSE CAN TELL ME, UM, IS THAT AN ORDINANCE THAT WE CAN AMEND? UH, THE SHORT ANSWER IS NOT EASILY BECAUSE WE'RE, THAT IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A, UM, IS THIS QUESTION JUST THE CITY ORDINANCE, THAT 14% CAP, JUST LIKE THE 5% CAP ON SAWS IS IN THE BOND AND DENTURE. 
          SO YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT 14% CAP WITHOUT CHANGING THE BOND INDENTURE OR BOND INDENTURE IS THE CONTRACT THAT YOU HAVE WITH EVERYBODY THAT HOLDS A C P S BOND. 
          SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO REFINANCE ALL OF THAT DEBT, WHICH WOULD BE HUGELY EXPENSIVE. 
          OR YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET, UH, BOND HOLDERS AND, AND I, AND I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THIS COUNCIL, 'CAUSE I'M GOING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          THERE'S TWO SERIES OF BONDS, UH, UH, A SENIOR LIEN AND A JUNIOR LIEN. 
          THEY HAVE DIFFERENT AMENDMENT REQUIREMENTS. 
          YOU WOULD EITHER HAVE TO GET ALL OF THAT DEBT REFINANCED AND CHANGED INTO SOME OTHER THRESHOLD, OR YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET, UM, DIFFERENT MAJORITIES OF BOND HOLDERS TO APPROVE THAT CHANGE, WHICH WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO DO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO I RECENTLY READ IN THE PAPER SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THE C E O OF C P S COMPARING THEIR OPERATION AND SAWS AND THEY SAID SAWS WAS A BICYCLE AND THAT C P SS WAS A MOTORCYCLE. 
          UM, AND SO I'M, YOU KNOW, AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THIS IS 'CAUSE I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, ZERO, LIKE, LET'S SAY HALF OF A PERCENT FROM C P S MIGHT BRING IN MORE MONEY THAN WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR FROM SAWS IN THIS INSTANCE. 
          AND SO EVEN THOUGH THE STATUTE DOESN'T REQUIRE IT, HAS ANYBODY TALKED TO C P S ABOUT HELPING OUT SAN ANTONIO BY DOING THAT AS OPPOSED TO SQUEEZING SAWS IN TERMS OF TRYING TO INCREASE THE RETURN TO THE CITY? YEAH, WE'RE AT THE CAP. 
          SO WE'VE NOT HAD THAT CONVERSATION. 
          NO, NO, NO, NO. 
          THEY CAN DO IT VOLUNTARILY, CAN'T THEY? NO, THEY CANNOT EXCEED THE, THE TRANSFER CANNOT EXCEED THAT 14% CAP. 
          IT'S A COMPLIANCE THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH THEM EVERY YEAR. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO FROM A BONDHOLDER PERSPECTIVE, WE'VE GOTTA ENSURE THAT NOT MORE THAN 14% OF VALUE IS COMING OVER TO THE CITY. 
          SO THEY CAN'T VOLUNTARILY SEND THAT OVER. 
          THEY CANNOT EXCEED THE 14% CAP. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, MY CONCERN AND, AND IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER HOW WELL RUN SAW IS, AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH CASH THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE 10 MILLION FROM ANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, ANY ORGANIZATION OVERNIGHT AND JUST SAY, HEY, FROM NOW ON, WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE 10 MILLION FROM YOU GUYS, WHICH IS FINE. 
          UM, THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GONNA BE. 
          THAT'S NOT GONNA HAVE NO EFFECT, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT AN UNIMPORTANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. 
          AND SO AGAIN, I'M ASKING THIS JUST SIMPLY TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SAFE. 
          AND SO, AND ERIC, YOU SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULDN'T BE RECOMMENDING RECOMMENDING THIS IF THERE WASN'T ANY ISSUES IN THE NEAR TERM. 
          SO I, WHAT IS NEAR TERM, LIKE, THAT'S MY QUESTION. 
          IS IT TWO YEARS? IS IT FOUR YEARS? I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T SPECIFICALLY RUN THAT KIND OF SCENARIO WITH SAWS, BUT I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANYTHING IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. 
          BUT I MEAN, FOR, FOR THEM, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER UTILITY, THIS BECOMES A COST, I MEAN, TO BE CANDID SURE. 
          THEY SAY COST TO SAWS AND JUST LIKE C P S DOES, JUST LIKE SAWS DOES, THEY'VE GOTTA EVALUATE THEIR BUDGET AND THEIR RATE BASE ALL THE TIME. 
          SO THEY'LL BE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH US AND WITH YOU ALL, UM, AS WE GO FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU DON'T ANTICIPATE SOMETHING HAPPENING WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, BUT YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT YOU'VE LOOKED AT IT. 
          I HAVE NOT SPECIFICALLY RUN THIS, THE SAWS RATE MODEL. 
          NO, SIR. 
          I HAVE NOT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THAT'S, I MEAN, I GUESS THAT'S, I'M, I'M, I'M GETTING FRUSTRATED, RIGHT? BECAUSE I'M HEARING YOU'RE TAKING PEOPLE'S WORD AT THINGS AND I'M HEARING THAT YOU'RE ANTICIPATING, I'M HEARING WORDS LIKE NEAR TERM. 
          I'M HEARING WORDS LIKE SEVERAL YEARS AND I'M, I'M, I'M HAVING TO TAKE PEOPLE'S WORD FOR IT. 
          , UH, BY, YOU KNOW, UH, BY ASSURANCES, I'D RATHER YOU NOT ASSURE ME. 
          I'D RATHER YOU SHOW ME. 
          RIGHT? AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, BEN, IS A DEFINITION OF NEAR TERM. 
          UM, AND IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT NEAR TERM, UM, I THINK NEAR, TO ME, NEAR TERM MEANS TWO YEARS, RIGHT? AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE MOVING FORWARD IS WHAT WOULD THIS LOOK LIKE IF WE JUST LIMITED THIS PROPOSAL? I'M OKAY WITH THE PROPOSAL BY THE WAY, TO JUST TWO YEARS, RIGHT? SO THAT IT SUNSETS AT TWO YEARS AND THEN WE ALL GET TOGETHER AGAIN WITH SAWS AND SAID, HOW'D THAT GO? RIGHT? DID WE END UP NEGATIVELY IMPACTING YOU? HOW'S YOUR BOND RATING? YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOUR OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, DID WE END UP KICKING YOU IN THE TEETH A LITTLE TOO HARD? UM, LET'S, LET'S EASE INTO THIS WITH SOME IDEA THAT THERE IS GONNA BE A CHECKUP, RIGHT? AS OPPOSED TO JUST GOING IN AND SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, THAT $10 MILLION, HOW DOES PERPETUITY SOUND TO YOU? IS THAT OKAY? PERPETUITY? UM, THAT'S, I I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS. 
          AND SO I AM GONNA URGE MY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, TO THINK ABOUT A TWO YEAR SUNSET PERIOD. 
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UM, ERIC, YOU OKAY WITH THAT? ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          I MEAN, I, I THINK, I THINK THE, THE, THE LINE OF QUESTIONING THAT YOU HAVE, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION, AND I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE A MORE DETAILED CONVERSATION. 
          AND, AND CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, THE PREROGATIVE OF THE COUNCIL IS TO HAVE THOSE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'RE INITIATING RIGHT NOW IN, IN TERMS OF HOW WE DEAL WITH IT. 
          SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY HEARTACHE OVER MY IDEA OF TWO YEARS? UH, NO, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, MOVING ON TO PAID SICK LEAVE, SLIDE 28. 
          UM, I THINK THAT EVERYBODY, IF WE'RE BEING HONEST WITH EACH OTHER, UNDERSTANDS THAT RIGHT NOW THE FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN. 
          UM, AND SO THERE'S PROBABLY TWO OPTIONS THAT ARE FACING US. 
          EITHER THE COURTS WILL ALLOW THIS ORDINANCE TO SURVIVE, AND WE, UM, FASHION A WAY FORWARD AND WE ENFORCE AND WE, UH, WORK WITH THE PUBLIC AND WE WORK WITH THE ORGANIZERS AND WE MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          UM, AND RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A COMMISSION FULL OF REALLY, REALLY HONEST, GOOD FAITH VOLUNTEERS DOING SOME VERY SERIOUS WORK. 
          UM, AND ERIC, I, I GOTTA TELL YOU, I'M IMPRESSED WITH A NUMBER 549,000, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT SHOULD SIGNAL TO EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE SERIOUS. 
          IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GAUGE A CITY COUNCIL'S INTENT, LOOK AT WHAT A CITY COUNCIL IS BUDGETING FOR. 
          UM, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, INTENT IS NOT GAUGED BY TWEETS ENGAGED. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, INTENT IS GAUGED BY BUDGETS. 
          UH, AND IN THIS INSTANCE, YOU ARE SEEING THAT WE ARE BUDGETING TO ENFORCE. 
          UM, NOW MY CONCERN IS THAT OPTION TWO IS THAT THERE IS A REAL POSSIBILITY THE COURT MIGHT JUST KILL THIS THING. 
          AND IF THAT HAPPENS, ERIC, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FOUR POSITIONS THAT WE'RE CREATING? WELL, IT'LL, THE VAST MAJORITY, ABOUT HALF OF THAT MONEY IS SET ASIDE FOR, UH, A LOT OF THE OUTREACH AND TRAINING. 
          SO CERTAINLY THAT MONEY DOESN'T GET SPENT. 
          UM, I THINK WE'LL NEED TO, TO CAREFULLY MOVE FORWARD, UH, WHERE WE HAVE A COMMITMENT AND AN ORDINANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE ENFORCED AND POTENTIAL CHANGES. 
          I, I THINK WE'RE JUST GONNA NEED TO MANAGE THROUGH IT. 
          I MEAN, THE REALITY IS, IS IF WE END UP HIRING SOMEONE AND 30 DAYS LATER WE'RE NOT ENFORCING AN ORDINANCE, THEN WE MAY BE IN THAT POSITION. 
          UM, I, I, I, IN FACT, I, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I WOULD RATHER BE IN THAT POSITION THAN KEEP HOLDING POSITIONS VACANT AND NOT TRYING TO GET, AND NOT BEING PREPARED TO ENFORCE AN ORDINANCE. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A TRICKY ONE. 
          I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO KEEP, I'M GONNA HAVE TO KEEP MY, MY FINGER PRETTY CLOSE TO THE PULSE ON THAT AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THAT. 
          THERE IS, I MEAN, FOUR POSITIONS DON'T COST A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS HERE. 
          SO YOU CAN TELL, AND, AND WE, WE WILL GO INTO MORE DETAIL WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUDGET. 
          A BIG CHUNK OF THAT IS, IS THE RESOURCES AND MATERIALS AND, AND, UM, I THINK WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO WATCH THROUGH IT. 
          SO IS THIS, MAYBE WE'LL KNOW SOMETHING HERE SHORTLY WITH, ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE OF THE, THE, OF IT COMING FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL, IS THIS 5 49 GONNA GO INTO A METRO HEALTH BUD BUCKET? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF THERE IS AN INVALIDATION OF THE ORDINANCE AND WE'RE ALL, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S DISAPPOINTED THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ENFORCE THIS ORDINANCE, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THIS, THAT THIS MONEY THAT IS EARMARKED FOR THIS IS UNUSABLE BY METRO HEALTH FOR ITS OPERATIONS? OR ARE WE WRITING IN THERE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THE CASE OF THAT CONTINGENCY? THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY CONCERN. 
          IT, IT, IT WOULD BE AS PART OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND IT COULD BE AVAILABLE FOR OTHER THINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          GIVEN THE, GIVEN THE, THE, THE, THE HIGH PROFILE OF THIS NATURE, UM, THE, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD COME BACK AND LET THE COUNCIL KNOW, HEY, LOOK, WE'RE GONNA USE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THIS, UH, FOR X. 
          RIGHT? UM, BUT IT IS ALLOCATED AND BUDGETED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND, AND I'M JUST THROWING THIS OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY'S IMAGINATION, BUT $549,000 IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO USE IT FOR THIS PURPOSE, IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR USING FOR, I DON'T KNOW, A MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, OR TOWARDS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS. YEAH. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT IS NOT MONEY WASTED IF WE INVESTED INTO METRO HEALTH. 
          AND, AND I'M EXCITED THAT IT'S GOING INTO THAT BUCKET. 
          AND SO THANK, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS ORDINANCE VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THE SIGNALING TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE NOT KIDDING AROUND, WE REALLY ARE INTENDING TO ENFORCE THIS THING. 
          UM, LASTLY, MARIA, YOU'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL. 
          NOT JUST IN, UM, FASHIONING THIS THING, BUT ALSO IN HELPING US FIND WAYS TO NOT SPEND MONEY. 
          AND YOU TOO, ERIC. 
          AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S LIKE, LIKE $6 MILLION THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA SPEND BECAUSE YOU ALL PUT YOUR HEADS TOGETHER WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND SHAVED OFF MONEY FROM EACH BUDGET IN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU IDENTIFIED INEFFICIENCIES THAT WE CAN TIGHTEN UP. 
          THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. 
          UM, AND SO DO MORE OF THAT. 
          UH, I, I, WE NEED TO DO MORE OF THAT. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THE PUBLIC ASKS US OF, OF US EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT WE DO, UH, LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND, UH, YOU 
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KNOW, REALLY DO ASK OURSELVES, ARE WE USING THIS MONEY AS WISELY AS POSSIBLE? BUT I WILL GIVE YOU ALL AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SOLVE BIG PROBLEMS, UH, BY SOMETIMES SPENDING ABSOLUTELY $0 TOMORROW. 
          I'M FLYING OUT TO FLORIDA, UM, TO DELIVER THE VERY FIRST TWO DOGS FROM OUR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, UH, TO DELIVER THEM TO, UM, VETERANS, UH, IN FLORIDA. 
          AND SO, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T REMEMBER, MARIA AND I PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND WE FOUND AN ORGANIZATION CALLED CANINES FOR WARRIORS, WHO NEEDS BIG, LARGE SERVICE ANIMALS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO TRAIN UP AND GIVE THE VETERANS, UH, WHO ARE A VERY HIGH RATE OF, YOU KNOW, RISK OF SUICIDE. 
          AND WE'VE GOT BIG, BIG DOGS, THE SAN ANTONIO BROWN SPECIAL, WHO DOESN'T GET ADOPTED OUT QUITE OFTEN. 
          UM, AND WE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO SAVE THE LIVES OF DOGS AND SAVE THE LIVES OF VETERANS ALL WITHOUT SPENDING A PENNY. 
          UM, AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL. 
          SO MARIA, MORE OF THAT FREE STUFF TOO. 
          OKAY, THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PALAI. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I JUST WANT TO START, UH, BY COMMENDING, UH, THE STAFF, THE CITY MANAGER, EVERYBODY IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT THAT, THAT WORKED ON THIS. 
          I KNOW HOW HARD YOU WORKED. 
          I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT SEVERAL TIMES, UH, YOU CAME TO EACH OF US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, AND HAD A, A GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT A, WHAT OUR PRIORITIES WERE OR HOW WE VIEWED THE BUDGET, OR HOW YOU THINK THE BUDGET WAS BEING DEVELOPED. 
          AND I THINK IT REALLY PUT US ALL IN A PRETTY SOLID POSITION ON, ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK AND UNDERSTAND, UH, AS WE GET ALL THE DETAILS WORKED OUT. 
          UH, SO I THINK IT'S REALLY A SOLID PROPOSAL TODAY. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO LIKE ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THOUGH, IN GETTING MORE OF THE DETAILS, THE NITTY GRITTY, UH, SO THAT WE CAN EVALUATE WHAT THAT IMPACT IS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT ALSO WITHIN THE CONFINES OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE PROGRAMS AND THE POLICIES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA REPRESENT FOR THEM. 
          UH, I WAS REALLY, UH, GLAD TO SEE THAT THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS PART OF THIS BUDGET. 
          NOW, OF COURSE, WE PASSED IT, WE EXPECTED IT WOULD BE, UH, BUT I THINK IT, IT'S REALLY SHOWING THE PUBLIC THE GOOD FAITH EFFORT THAT, UH, NO MATTER WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS DONE, WE DECIDED ON OUR OWN, WE WERE GOING TO TAKE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OF PROVIDING SOME TAX RELIEF. 
          UH, AND, AND THEN I WAS LOOKING AT KIND OF THE COST OF THAT AND SOME OF THE OTHERS. 
          UM, WE WE'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE GETTING ABOUT $14 MILLION LESS FROM C P SS ENERGY. 
          WE'RE SAYING THAT THE FRANCHISE FEES THAT WE WERE COLLECTING FROM SOME OF THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRIES HAS DECLINED BY $7.3 MILLION. 
          UH, I THINK THE CITY MANAGER LISTED ANOTHER $4 MILLION IN REDUCED INCOME FROM THINGS LIKE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND OTHER THINGS THAT IS, UH, A, A DECREASE OF OVER $25 MILLION, UH, FROM WHAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT, UH, A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHEN WE WERE FORECASTING THIS BUDGET. 
          THAT IS SIGNIFICANT. 
          AND YET AT THE SAME TIME, I LOOK AT THE BUDGET THAT YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER AND BROUGHT FORWARD TO US, AND I SEE THAT THE GENERAL REVENUE PROJECTIONS BETWEEN, UH, THE 2019 BUDGET AND THE 2020 BUDGET SIMPLY COMES TO A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT $10 MILLION. 
          1.2% FROM, UH, TWO POINT, OR EXCUSE ME, FROM, LET'S SEE, ONE POINT, UH, SIX TO ONE. 
          NO, UM, I'M TRYING TO FIND IT. 
          I LOST MY PLACE IN THE BUDGET, BUT IT BASICALLY, IT'S RELATIVELY, UH, A LOW CHANGE, ABOUT 1.2% FROM LAST BUDGET TO THIS BUDGET. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH WE'VE LOST $25 MILLION IN WHAT WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE COLLECTING, IF THINGS, UH, CONTINUED THE WAY THEY, THEY WERE A YEAR AGO, WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT A 1%, 1.2% INCREASE IN OUR, IN OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          AND SO THAT REALLY SHOWS, I THINK THAT WE DID THAT LACE TIGHTENING OR BELT TIGHTENING THAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO PREPARE A SOLID BUDGET. 
          SO I, I THINK THAT'S VERY POSITIVE. 
          UH, I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT, UH, WE'VE ADDED TO THAT BUDGET THOUGH, THROUGH A PROJECTED INCREASE IN PAYMENTS FROM SAWS. 
          I THINK THAT'S A VERY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION. 
          AFTER ALL, SAWS IS OWNED BY THE CITY. 
          IT'S, IT'S REALLY JUST AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE THAT THE CITY CAN USE TO PROVIDE THE KIND OF SERVICES THAT EVERYBODY IN THE CI CITY EXPECTS. 
          JUST LIKE C P S IS OWNED BY THE CITY, 
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AND IT'S ANOTHER RESOURCE. 
          AND SO I, I FEEL IT WAS TOTALLY, UH, APPROPRIATE TO LOOK AT THE, UH, EXCESS FUNDING THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW. 
          I THINK IT'S 470 MILLION CASH ON HAND ON A DAILY BASIS, UH, AS A WAY OF SUPPORTING THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE CITY. 
          HOWEVER, I DO COMMEND, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT, UM, MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER MADE THAT WE REALLY LOOK AT THAT AND UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT FOR A LONGER TERM, UH, EFFECT ON SAWS. 
          I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING, UH, A REPORT, UH, FROM THE CITY FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND MAYBE FROM THE, THE SAS FINANCIAL DIRECTOR TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          UM, BUT I, I THINK ONE THING I'M KEEPING IN MIND THOUGH, IS THAT ONCE THAT VISTA RIDGE WATER STARTS COMING IN, UH, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE MORE WATER THAN WE NEED, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING TO SELL THAT WATER THE EXCESS OR REDUCE PUMPING OUT OF THE AQUIFER. 
          UH, AND SO THERE'S REAL POTENTIAL THERE FOR ADDITIONAL INCOME TO SAW. 
          SO I THINK THIS CAN BE A LONG-TERM CONTRIBUTION TO OUR, OUR BUDGET. 
          BUT LET'S SEE WHAT THE, UH, FINAL OUTCOME IS. 
          I DO WANNA SAY, UH, I APPRECIATE SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO THE BUDGET, UH, AND THAT'S $1 MILLION IN, UH, CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING FOR EACH DISTRICT. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT, WHAT THE CITY STAFF IS DOING IS SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE PUT MONEY INTO YOUR CONSTRUCTION BUDGET IN YOUR I M P, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN USE THAT OBVIOUSLY FOR STREETS AND FOR SIDEWALKS AND FOR MULTIPLE INFRASTRUCTURE KINDS OF THINGS. 
          BUT NOW BY SETTING ASIDE THAT 1 MILLION, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS, INSTEAD OF THE I M P PROGRAM LAYING OUT HOW THAT MILLION DOLLARS IS TO BE SPENT, THEN YOU, THROUGH YOUR COMMUNITY CAN HELP DETERMINE WHAT IS A BETTER PRIORITY POSSIBLY FOR USING THAT MONEY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING IN DISTRICT NINE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS THROUGH PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING. 
          WE'VE BEEN LOOKING TO FIND MONEY FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT, VARIOUS RESOURCES WITHIN THE CONFINES OF MONEY ALLOCATED TO DISTRICT NINE THAT WE COULD ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO TELL US HOW TO SPEND THAT MONEY INSTEAD OF TRYING TO TELL 'EM, WELL, THIS IS WHERE WE THINK IT SHOULD GO. 
          SO I REALLY COMMEND THE STAFF FOR DOING THAT. 
          UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION FOR EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEIR COMMUNITY CAN DECIDE HOW TO SPEND. 
          THAT'S $10 MILLION OF OUR CITY BUDGET THAT NOW I FEEL THE COMMUNITY HAS MORE INPUT ON HOW THOSE TAX DOLLARS OF THEIRS GET SPENT. 
          SO I, I REALLY COMMEND THE STAFF FOR DEVELOPING THAT. 
          UM, AND SO I, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL POSITIVES THAT ARE BUILT INTO THIS BUDGET, AND I HOPE THAT, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION OF A FEW THINGS WE ALL HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT. 
          UM, AND I HOPE TO TAKE THIS BUDGET TO THE CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT NINE AND GET MORE OF THEIR INPUT ON IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, PRO TEM, LET ME START, UH, BY JUST CONGRATULATING ERIC AND THE TEAM ON THE AAA BOND RATING. 
          WE KNOW THAT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE MORE PROJECTS. 
          SO, UH, I AM, I KNOW, ERIC, AS YOUR, UH, FIRST TIME GIVING THE BUDGET THAT BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT AAA BOND RATING WOULD BE A NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR YOU. 
          SO, UM, CONGRATULATIONS ON, UM, THAT FRONT. 
          UM, MANY OF MY QUESTIONS WERE SIMILAR TO ACCOUNTANT BEIS REGARDING THIS CHANGE, UH, FROM THE BUDGET FROM SAS. 
          UM, AND I, I GUESS I, I JUST, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, I DO SEE IT HERE. 
          UM, WHAT IS THE STATUS ON THAT? I, I, I BELIEVE THAT IF WE HAD BEEN INFORMED THAT A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION MAY CAUSE US TO TAKE THAT MONEY FROM SAS, MANY OF US MAY HAVE VOTED DIFFERENTLY. 
          AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ABOUT 50% OF OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE HOMEOWNERS, BUT EVERYBODY WHO LIVES IN A HOUSE HAS TO PAY A SA BILL. 
          AND THE ONLY REVENUE FOR SAWS IS OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR RATE PAYERS, AND ULTIMATELY IT'S GONNA IMPACT OUR RATE PAYERS. 
          AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH EVERY PERSON IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO I, I'M NOT SURE, 
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UM, HOW WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. 
          UM, IS IT TOO LATE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES? UH, I FEEL LIKE THE REASON THAT WE HAD THE VOTE ON THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A DEADLINE. 
          UM, IS THERE A, UM, I JUST FEEL LIKE A LITTLE, UH, UH, MISLED THAT WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE THIS CHOICE. 
          UH, SO I MEAN, I, I RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF CUTS AND IT HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE, BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS GOING TO BE TO THE RATE PAYERS, RIGHT. 
          UM, THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO PAY. 
          SO WHEN ARE WE GONNA GET THAT BRIEFING? SO IT'S NOT TOO LATE? COUNCILMAN TODAY IS JUST THE LATE THE DAY THAT I LAY OUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND THERE'S GONNA BE PLENTY OF CONVERSATION. 
          I, I DO WANT TO, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ADJUSTMENT ON THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED AT THE BEGINNING OF, AT THE END OF JUNE AT, UM, WAS ABOUT $2.63 MILLION IN TERMS OF IMPACT. 
          UM, THE, THE PURSUIT OF, OF THIS SAWS, UH, INCREASED TRANSFER IS NOT BEING DRIVEN BY THAT. 
          UH, IT'S BEING DRIVEN PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE LOST, OR WE WILL BE LOSING BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1ST, THE SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN RECURRING PERMANENT WELL, BUT PREVIOUSLY WAS PERMANENT RECURRING REVENUE GOING FORWARD FROM TELECOMMUNICATION AND CABLE FEES, UH, AND THE RIGHT OF WAY FEES THAT THEY HAD BEEN, HAD BEEN PAYING THE CITY AND EVERY OTHER TEXAS CITY, UM, BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1ST. 
          AND THAT WAS A CHANGE AT THE, AT THE, UH, AT THE LEGISLATURE, SB 1152. 
          SO, UM, THAT IS A MUCH LARGER ISSUE FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT TO TACKLE SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION VERSUS THE 2.6 MILLION HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          THAT, THAT WAS THE BIG ISSUE WE NEEDED TO RESOLVE. 
          AND, AND HOW YOU RESOLVE PERMANENTLY LOSING SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE IS YOU EITHER REPLACE IT WITH PERMANENT REVENUE OR YOU CUT PERMANENTLY SERVICES. 
          AND SO, IF YOU, IN MY MIND, AND, AND CERTAINLY THE, THE, THE COUNCIL WILL GO THROUGH THEIR OWN CALCULUS AND MY MIND, THE TELECOMMUNICATION FEE AND THE LOSS OF THAT REVENUE IS, IS MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH THAT INCREASE IN TRANSFER, UH, FROM SAWS THAN, THAN ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE THAT I, I MEAN, UH, WE, WE ADJUSTED $6 MILLION IN EFFICIENCIES IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO MORE THAN DOUBLE THE, UH, WHAT WE NEEDED, UH, IF YOU WANNA LINE UP, UH, UH, ISSUES FROM THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION. 
          SO, UM, THE BIG ISSUE WAS THE, THE TELECOM. 
          THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A BIG LEVER, AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR, UH, ALTERNATIVES OTHER THAN CUTS, UH, TO, TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          WELL, I, I WOULD IMAGINE WE'LL GET A SAS BRIEFING AND ONE OF THOSE NINE WORK SESSIONS OH, YEAH. 
          IS ONE OF THEM FROM SAS. 
          UH, BECAUSE I, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, BEFORE WE MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT WE MOVE ON THAT, I MEAN, I, I PERSONALLY FIND IT VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THEY JUST HAD AN EXTRA 10 MILLION SITTING AROUND. 
          UM, I MEAN, BELIEVE ME, ERIC, IF I KNEW THAT YOU HAD AN EXTRA $10 MILLION SITTING AROUND, UM, I COULD SPEND THAT MONEY REAL FAST. 
          YEAH. 
          ON SERVICES, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT NEED TO GET DONE. 
          SO I, UM, I HAVE MY DOUBTS, UH, THAT THEY JUST HAD EXTRA CAPACITY, UH, AND, AND THAT THERE WAS, THAT MONEY WAS NOT ALREADY PROGRAMMED FOR WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, UM, IN, IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THEY ALSO HAD SOME LIABILITIES, UM, THAT THEY HAD A, UM, A MANDATE, UM, UH, TO COMPLY WITH, UM, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND, AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE SEE SAWS DOING WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I MEAN, JUST AS MUCH OR MORE THAN WE SEE T C I DOING WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO I, I, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO GET A FULL PICTURE OF THAT BEFORE WE MAKE, UH, THE FINAL DECISION. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, JUST REGARDING, JUST SOME OTHER QUESTIONS I HAD, UM, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATIONS, UM, REGARDING THE HOMELESSNESS. 
          I SEE KENNY WILSON HERE, I DUNNO IF HE'S STILL HERE. 
          UH, HE WAS HERE A MOMENT AGO WITH HAVEN FOR HO. 
          AND SO, UM, JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, UH, UH, ADDRESS THAT ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND IN FACT, PERHAPS THE SAME, UM, PRESENTATION COULD BE DONE, IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO INCREASE THE FEES 50 CENTS FROM THE BARGE CONTRACT. 
          UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD AN UPDATE ON THE BARGE CONTRACT, UM, IN SINCE IT WAS IMPLEMENTED. 
          UM, I DUNNO NOW HOW MANY YEARS, IF IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS OR SO, UM, AND WHAT IMPACT THAT MAY HAVE, UM, TO THEIR, UH, 
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THEIR PRODUCTION. 
          UM, AND IF, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THEY'VE BEEN DOING VERY WELL AND, UM, THEIR, YOU KNOW, UM, HOW WE DON'T WANT IT, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS WE DON'T WANT IT TO IMPACT PEOPLE'S JOBS OR THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, UH, OF, UH, THERE, UM, AT THE RIVER WALK. 
          WE JUST KNOWING THAT IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CITY. 
          UM, AND, UH, AND ALSO, UH, YEAH, I KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE TIME TO GET INTO DETAILS, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE, UH, REGARDING HOMELESSNESS. 
          UM, BUT I DO HOPE THAT THAT FUNDING IS NOT DIRECTED JUST TOWARDS THE EXPANSION OF HOMELESSNESS AT HAVEN. 
          UH, WE KNOW THAT IT'S AN ISSUE THAT IMPACTS THE WHOLE CITY, BUT IT'S REALLY ONLY DISTRICT FIVE WHO GETS THE BRUNT OF IT. 
          AND SO, UH, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE AT CAPACITY. 
          UH, AND I HOPE THAT THAT PLAN DOES NOT INCLUDE EXPANDING SERVICES OR BRINGING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TO HAVEN. 
          UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE WHOLE CITY BENEFITS FROM A CITY, UH, A SITE LIKE HAVEN, BUT DISTRICT FIVE DOESN'T NECESSARILY BENEFIT FROM HAVING A REALLY LARGE HOMELESS COMPLEX, UH, IN OUR BACKYARD. 
          AND IN FACT, ONE COULD ARGUE OUR FRONT DOOR TO OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT HERE ON THE BORDER OF DOWNTOWN. 
          SO I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW WE, UM, MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          BUT OVERALL, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE BUDGET. 
          UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH THIS EXERCISE BEFORE, UM, OR EVEN THOSE WHO HAVE, UH, NOT EXPERIENCED IT AS MUCH AS, AS MANY OF US HAVE, THERE'S A LOT MORE, UH, IN THE BUDGET. 
          AND SO THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE OFFERING MORE SERVICES. 
          THIS IS, UH, ONLY THE SECOND TIME, UM, OR MAYBE THIRD TIME NOW THAT WE WILL ADDRESS HOUSING. 
          UH, AND I THINK THAT WE'VE SOME GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS HERE. 
          UH, AND THE ONLY, ONLY THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED ISSUES LIKE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, AND TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THAT WAS REALLY GREAT, UM, WORK BY ALL OF YOU, UH, ESPECIALLY, UM, DR. 
          BRIDGER FOR COMING UP WITH THE TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, WHICH I HOPE WILL BE THE UNDERLYING, UM, CHANGE, UH, FOR THE AMOUNT OF VIOLENCE WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, CHILD ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, GUN VIOLENCE, UH, ALL OF THOSE REALLY HIGH HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO, LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, ALL THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL THE STAFF, FOR ALL THE, UH, INCREDIBLE WORK YOU'VE DONE, ESPECIALLY TO YOU, ERIC, I THINK, UM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, UH, FIRST BUDGET PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I ALSO WANT TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUE SENTIMENTS, AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT THE BUDGET, UH, TEAM HAS WORKED ON OVER THE SUMMER, MANY LONG NIGHTS SO THAT WE COULD MAKE OUR BUDGET WORK. 
          I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          I STARTED OFF, UM, BY READING LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, UM, PAGE BY PAGE SO THAT I COULD COMPARE, UM, WHEN IT CAME TIME TO, UH, TO THIS DAY. 
          AND SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE, THE NEW BUDGET. 
          AND SO THANK YOU, ERIC, FOR BRIEFING ME. 
          I WAS FULLY PREPARED, I THINK, UH, ON A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT I HAD SPECIFICALLY ASKED ABOUT. 
          AND SINCE WE ARE ON THE CONVERSATION OF SAAS, I'M GONNA START WITH THAT. 
          I ACTUALLY MET WITH SAAS MY FIRST WEEK ON THE JOB. 
          I MET WITH THE C E O AND WITH A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF THEIR TEAM, AND I WAS BRIEFED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL IN, UM, UH, THE INCREASE FROM THAT 2.7 TO THE 4.4%. 
          UM, I ASKED IF THE TEAM, IF BEN AND, UH, ERIC AND TEAM HAD ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH THEM, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE, I SPECIFICALLY ASKED IF THIS MIGHT AFFECT ANY BOND RATING, UH, THAT, AND THEY SPECIFICALLY TOLD ME NO. 
          I ALSO ASKED IF THIS MONEY WAS ALREADY ALLOTTED TO OTHER PROJECTS. 
          AND THEY SAID THAT, UH, BASICALLY THERE'S, UM, IF YOU WILL, I'M, I'M CALLING THIS A WISHLIST OF PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE. 
          SO I FELT COMFORTABLE IN ASKING ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS ONLY BECAUSE I WAS, UM, PREPARED ENOUGH TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND. 
          I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN PAL'S RECOMMENDATION TO LOOK AT PERHAPS A TWO YEAR IMPLEMENTATION, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS. 
          AND I DID MENTION THIS AGAIN TO ERIC, THAT, UH, PERHAPS GOING FROM 2.7 TO 4%, LIKE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE AND HOW IT AFFECTS SAWS DIRECTLY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME THAT, WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR HELPING WITH THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. 
          I THINK THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW, UH, THAT THAT, UH, PERCENTAGE HASN'T INCREASED IN YEARS. 
          UM, AND I WOULD ADD THAT I ALSO SPECIFICALLY ASK THEM IF THIS WOULD IMPACT THE RATE OR THE, UH, TAXPAYERS ESSENTIALLY THROUGH THEIR SA BILL. 
          AND WHEN I ASKED, THEY TOLD ME NO. 
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UH, SO I ASKED THESE QUESTIONS, BUT I WELCOME, UH, ERIC AND, UH, SASS TO COME AND DO A FULL PRESENTATION TO OUR ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL. 
          BUT I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE NOW WITH THE PROPOSED PLAN THAT YOU ALL HAVE. 
          I KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. 
          THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM TO RECONSIDER SOME, UM, IDEAS, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK. 
          AGAIN, IT WAS A CREATIVE EFFORT, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE BUDGET TEAM, SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE CYBERSECURITY EFFORTS, UH, THAT YOU ALL HAVE BUDGETED IN OUR CURRENT, UH, OR IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          I REALLY THINK THAT, UH, BEING PROACTIVE VERSUS REACTIVE IS IMPORTANT. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE SAME SITUATION THAT SIMILAR CITIES LIKE BALTIMORE HAVE BEEN IN RECENTLY. 
          SO I THINK THAT IT'S, UH, VERY IMPORTANT TO, UM, CONSIDER CYBERSECURITY EFFORTS NOW, UH, AND INVEST IN THEM BEFOREHAND, BECAUSE WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO INVEST DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THE AMOUNT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, LIKE A SECURITY BREACH. 
          SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT TRAIN OF THOUGHT FOR YOU ALL. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES OVER AT PORT SAN ANTONIO FOR BRIEFING ME ON SOME OF THE, UM, UH, CYBERSECURITY THREATS THAT I WAS NOT NECESSARILY AWARE ABOUT IN OTHER CITIES OTHER THAN BALTIMORE. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, THE TEAM AND I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO THANK AFSCME. 
          I THINK THAT YOU ALL ARE A MODEL, UH, OF HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR FOLKS. 
          UM, I THINK THAT YOU ALL DO NOT BULLY US INTO DOING THINGS. 
          I THINK THAT YOU ALL MEET WITH US, YOU ALL TALK WITH US, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT OF AFSCME. 
          I THINK THAT SENDING LETTERS WITH YOUR CLEAR DIRECTION ARE VERY IMPORTANT. 
          I AM HAPPY THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND THE BUDGET TEAM HAVE CONSIDERED THIS. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE'S FOUR ITEMS ON A LETTER THAT WE ARE STILL ADDRESSING. 
          TWO OF THEM I THINK HAVE CLEARLY BEEN ADDRESSED TODAY. 
          THEY WILL BE MET, UH, TWO OF THEM, INCLUDING THE STEP PLAN. 
          I THINK WE STILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER AND ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, AND ONE OF THEM THAT I TALKED TO THE MAYOR A COUPLE OF DAYS ABOUT. 
          AND I THINK THAT WHAT I WANT TO SAY, THE MESSAGE IS THAT WE ARE, UM, HERE FOR, FOR YOU ALL, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL MAKE AN EFFORT TO TALK TO US, UH, TO MEET WITH US REGULARLY. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 
          UM, I ALSO WANT TO ADD ADVOCATE FOR SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION IN THE STRONG FAMILIES. 
          WE HAVE A 1 MILLION DOLL, $1 MILLION BUDGETED. 
          HALF OF THAT IS BUDGETED TOWARDS DELEGATE AGENCIES, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT DELEGATE AGENCIES ARE THE EXPERTS IN FAMILY VIOLENCE. 
          SO PERHAPS A RECONSIDERATION FOR MORE OF THAT ALREADY ALLOTTED BUDGET TO BE INCREASED AND SPECIFICALLY, UM, DELEGATED TO THE DELEGATE AGENCIES. 
          AGAIN, I THINK THAT THEY DO THE EX, THEY'RE THE EXPERTS. 
          SO, UM, I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO MAYBE TALKING TO SOMEONE. 
          UH, I, I'M NOT SURE WHO, WHO IT WOULD BE, BUT IN ADVOCATING THAT THE DELEGATE AGENCIES SPECIFICALLY IN THAT REGARD GET SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, SUPPORT, WHICH, BUT I'M NOT ASKING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE BUDGET. 
          I'M JUST ASKING LIKE FOR THE PERCENTAGE. 
          I THINK YOU HAVE 50 50 RIGHT NOW, AND SO I MAYBE WOULD DO 70 30 OR SOMETHING. 
          UM, BUT, BUT I'M LOOKING AT OUTREACH EFFORTS AND I THINK THAT MORE OF THEM NEED TO BE DONE, DONE SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE DELEGATE AGENCIES. 
          UM, ALSO THANK YOU CHIEF WISS HERE EARLIER. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S STILL HERE. 
          UM, UH, BUT, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENTERTAINMENT ZONES, I THINK THAT'S HUGE. 
          THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          WE SAW, WE'VE SEEN WHAT'S HAPPENED. 
          WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED A FEW YEARS AGO IN AUSTIN. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN OHIO THIS WEEKEND. 
          AND SO THE ENTERTAINMENT ZONES I REALLY FEEL ARE IMPORTANT FOR US TO FOCUS ON BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY CONGREGATE IN THESE ENTERTAINMENT ZONES, AND IT'S NOT DISTRICT SPECIFIC PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY COME TO THESE DIFFERENT ENTERTAINMENT ZONES. 
          AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT, UH, CHIEF AND, AND ERIC AND THE TEAM HAVE TAKEN TO CONSIDER THAT. 
          UM, BECAUSE IT IS OUR JOB TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE, UH, EFFORTS THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY SAYING, THIS IS HOW WE ARE HELPING TO KEEP YOU SAFE WHEN YOU'RE JUST GOING ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS OR WHEN YOU'RE JUST GOING ABOUT AND HAVING FUN, WHICH WE RIGHTFULLY DESERVE. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS, AND I HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL, UM, SEND THEM TO THE BUDGET TEAM BECAUSE, UH, YOU GUYS KNOW I ALWAYS HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK, THOUGH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER AND THANK YOU BUDGETING TEAM. 
          UM, I'M EXCITED BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED AT THE CAPITAL BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS TO KNOW THAT WE AS A CITY ARE TRULY STEPPING UP TO TAKE CARE OF OUR BUILDINGS AS IT COMES TO, UH, THE NONPROFITS THAT ARE WORKING FOR THE COMMUNITY OUT OF THOSE BUILDINGS. 
          UM, 
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ELLA AUSTIN IS TRULY A PILLAR WITHIN THE DISTRICT TWO AREA, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DONE IS ALWAYS CUT THEIR, THEIR BUDGET AND THEIR SERVICES TO TRY TO KEEP THOSE BUILDINGS MAINTAINED. 
          SO WE APPRECIATE THAT, UM, BEING INCLUDED. 
          UM, AS I LOOKED AT THE BUDGET, THE QUESTION THAT STILL CONTINUES TO GO THROUGH MY MIND IS EXACTLY WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE ON THOSE PARCELS THAT WE AS A CITY ARE STILL INVESTED IN, UM, WHERE THAT REVENUE CAN COME IN PLACE TO ACTUALLY HELP US WITH OUR BUDGETING PROCESS. 
          UM, I KNOW THOSE NUMBERS CAN KIND OF BE DIFFICULT TO GET, BUT WE STILL NEED TO SEE WHAT THOSE ARE AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THEN JUST, JUST HAVE QUESTIONS ON HOW MUCH ARE WE GONNA BE SELLING OFF, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROPERTY THAT WE WILL BE GETTING RID OF AS A CITY AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE COMING INTO THE BUDGET. 
          UM, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR US TO GET BACK UP TO WHAT WE'LL BE LOSING FROM THE TELECOM COMPANY, UM, INFLUX AND IMPACT. 
          UM, ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO SAWS, UM, WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO START TAPPING INTO WHAT WE HAVE AS A CITY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THE CONSTITUENTS THAT WE SERVE. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE HERE TO DO. 
          SO I THANK YOU FOR WORKING TO GET THAT IN PLACE FOR US. 
          I KNOW WITH C P S, IT CAN BE A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE, AS WE HAVE HEARD, UM, TO GET AN INCREASE IN WHAT THEY ACTUALLY CAN TRANSFER OVER AS WELL. 
          BUT I THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR INCLUDING OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR CITIZENS THAT WE ARE TRULY ELECTED AND DEDICATED TO SERVE AS A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I AM SO THANKFUL THAT WE WILL NOW HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL SAFE OFFICERS THAT TRULY WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THOSE THAT ARE IMPACTED, UM, BY VIOLENCE. 
          AND OF COURSE, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT TWO, WE DO HAVE A VERY HIGH RATE OF THOSE CASES THAT ARE JUST PRETTY MUCH STAGNANT AND SITTING THERE WITH NO ONE TRULY MAKING THE EFFORT TO COMBAT IT. 
          AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHIEF. 
          UM, I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THE OTHER PRESENTATIONS FROM ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS. 
          UM, THANK YOU, LORI, FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TRULY TAPPING INTO THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN DISTRICT TWO AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A ROOF OR KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO FROM ONE MOMENT TO THE NEXT WHEN IT COMES TO THE A M I SITUATION THAT WE HAVE HERE IN DISTRICT TWO AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          SO, AGAIN, I THANK YOU GUYS. 
          THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE AS A CITY PUT A FOOT MARK AND A FOOTPRINT ON WHAT WE DO FOR OUR CITIZENS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          ERIC, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          AND I, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UM, THE STAFF FOR DEFENDING OUR AAA BOND RATING. 
          I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          WE STILL HAVE ONE RATING AGENCY THAT DOESN'T SEE THE LIGHT ON HOW WE CAN, UH, MANAGE AND BUDGET OUR DOLLARS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND, AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL COME ALONG HERE SOON. 
          UM, AND FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS BUDGET, I KNOW THAT'S HARD WORK YEAR AFTER YEAR. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, DIFFICULT PROJECT. 
          AND I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN PLY. 
          THIS IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT JOB UP HERE ON CITY COUNCIL, IS TO, UM, LOOK AT THE BUDGET, MAKING SURE THAT IT FITS, AND WE'RE LISTENING TO WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS AND CONSTITUENTS ACROSS THIS COMMUNITY IS WANTING. 
          BUT HAVING SAID THAT, I'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS, SOME HIGH LEVEL CONCERNS, AND I JUST WANNA RUN THROUGH THOSE. 
          I, YOU KNOW, ERIC, YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES ABOUT EFFICIENCIES ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A, A BUDGET THAT'S INCREASED A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. 
          IT WENT FROM 2.8 IN 19 TO NOW WE'RE PROJECTING 2.9 BILLION. 
          THAT'S A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS EXTRA. 
          UM, BELT TIGHTENING OR SHOELACE TIGHTENING? I, I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT THAT. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE SHOWING 81 NEW CIVILIANS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. 
          I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE UNIFORMS, THE 20 ADDITIONAL UNIFORMS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR. 
          I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT THE 81 NEW CIVILIANS. 
          SO CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, 
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I'M JUST FOLLOWING THE ORDER IN THIS PA UH, ON THIS PRESENTATION. 
          AND THE, THE ONE THAT STICKS OUT RIGHT FRONT AND CENTER TO ME IS THIS SAW DEBATE. 
          UH, AND THERE WILL BE A DEBATE ON THIS, BECAUSE I REMEMBER SITTING HERE A YEAR AND A HALF, MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN SAS CAME TO US WITH A RATE INCREASE REQUEST. 
          I SAID IT WASN'T JUSTIFIED BECAUSE OF CASH ON HAND AND THE JUSTIFICATION THAT THEY HAD IN THE, IN THEIR BOOKLET TO, UM, SHOW ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND WHAT IT'S DONE. 
          BUT IT WAS SOLD BASED ON OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEEDED THIS RATE INCREASE. 
          AND IT WAS SOLD ON THIS CONSENT DECREE FROM THE E P A SAYING, WE GOTTA CLEAN UP OUR, UH, DRAINAGE SYSTEM, OUR SANITARY SEWER, UH, DRAINAGE SYSTEM. 
          SO I VOTED AGAINST IT AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMAN ENCOURAGED ONE OF THEM, AND I JUST DID NOT SEE THAT IN FACT, WE GAVE SAWS A HIGHER RATE INCREASE THAN THEY WERE EVEN ASKING FOR, WHICH I, I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND. 
          AND THAT WAS BASED ON, WELL, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO INCREASE THAT MONEY COMING INTO SAWS TO REPLACE THOSE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE EVEN FASTER. 
          WELL, WHERE ARE WE NOW? WE'RE LOOKING AT SAAS SAYING, OH WOW, THEY'RE, MAN, LET'S ROB THAT CASH COW. 
          WE, THEY GOT A LOT OF CASH WE CAN USE HERE IN THE CITY. 
          I'M SAYING THE CITY WAS DISINGENUOUS. 
          UH, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A BAIT AND SWITCH SAYING, HEY, LET'S RAISE IT OVER HERE, BUT NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT OUTTA THAT FUND. 
          I JUST DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE WRONG APPROACH. 
          THAT'S WE, OR THIS COUNCIL VOTED TO APPROVE THAT RATE INCREASE TO ADD TO THAT FUND SO THAT WE COULD CONTEND WITH THAT E P A CONSENT DECREE AND OUR WATER, WATER SUPPLY, INCLUDING VISTA RIDGE, TO PREPARE FOR THAT. 
          AND WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW? THE CITY IS ROBBING THAT ACCOUNT BECAUSE THERE'S A PERCEIVED LACK OF FUNDS TO OPERATE OUR 2020 BUDGET IN GENERAL FUND. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I, I JUST, THIS IS, TO ME IS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO NOT ONLY SAWS, BUT OUR RATE PAYERS THAT ARE ALREADY ABSORBING MULTIPLE INCREASES OVER THE YEARS TO COMPENSATE FOR VISTA RIDGE. 
          AND NOW WE'RE GONNA PROPOSING TO TAKE THAT MONEY AWAY FROM THAT POT OF MONEY AND FUND CITY SERVICES. 
          TOTALLY, TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH THAT. 
          UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE HOMELESS POPULATION. 
          YOU KNOW, WE, AND I'VE ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE, WE'RE WE'RE FUNDING WHETHER IT'S FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL FUNDS, OVER $50 MILLION FOR OUR HOMELESS POPULATION HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          OUR LAST POINT IN TIME AND COUNT WAS AROUND 2,800 HOMELESS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          DO THE MATH ON THAT. 
          THAT'S OVER $18,000 PER PERSON THAT WE'RE OR SOMEBODY SPENDING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR THE HOMELESS POPULATION. 
          I, I, THAT'S, TO ME, THAT DOESN'T MAKE COMMON SENSE THAT WE'RE SPENDING THAT MUCH. 
          AND I, PART OF THE PROBLEM IS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE DELEGATE AGENCY PROCESS, WE GOT MULTIPLE AGENCIES OUT THERE FOCUSING IN ON HOMELESS. 
          AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN COUNT BUSINESSES OUT THERE THAT ARE DOING THINGS FOR THIS, THESE COMMUNITIES, HOMELESSNESS OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          IT DOESN'T COUNT OUR FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING LOTS OF GOOD WORK OUT THERE, WHICH THEY SHOULD BE. 
          IT DOESN'T COUNT THAT. 
          SO HOW MUCH MORE ARE WE REALLY SPENDING ON THESE PROGRAMS? AND HERE WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING MORE OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND ON THAT, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TERM HERE ABOUT TAKING MONEY FROM OUR CITY TOURS PROGRAM. 
          THAT TOURS PROGRAM COMES OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          THOSE ARE FUNDS THAT SHOULD BE GOING INTO OUR GENERAL FUND TO, UH, OPERATE THIS CITY, BUT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE KEEPING THOSE FUNDS BACK FOR INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESSES AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR INVESTMENTS INTO THESE DIFFERENT TOUR ZONES. 
          WE GOT ALMOST $40 MILLION SITTING IN THERE TODAY IN THESE DIFFERENT TOURS HERE IN THE CITY. 
          AND NOW WE'RE SAYING, HEY, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S USE THAT. 
          LET SEE THIS CASH SITTING THERE. 
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LET'S USE THAT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT EITHER. 
          UM, PAID SICK LEAVE. 
          HERE WE GO. 
          I, YOU KNOW, GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THOSE FOUR POSITIONS, YOU KNOW, IF THIS DOESN'T GET PASSED, IF IT DOES GO UP THROUGH THE SUPREME COURT, OR IF IT GETS STRUCK DOWN BY THE COURT SYSTEM. 
          UM, GREAT QUESTION. 
          BUT AGAIN, WHAT IS THAT COSTING THE CITY TO OPERATE THIS PROGRAM? COULD WE NOT USE OR DEFER THIS, UM, AND JUST USE OUR IN-HOUSE RESOURCES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TO OPERATE THAT, UM, ORDINANCE. 
          UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, ABOUT THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER, THE 333,000 ERIC THAT YOU'RE SHOWING THERE. 
          IS THAT THE QUARTERLY COST THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT? YES, SIR. 
          THAT WOULD BE THE, THE 3 33 FOR THE FIRST QUARTER. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF THE, I'M PROPOSING TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE MILLION THAT WE'VE SET ASIDE IN THE OPERATING, UH, CONTINGENCY EVERY YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A YEARLY BUDGET, MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT THAT MILLION DOLLARS UP HERE, IS WHAT YOU'RE REALLY SAYING. 
          WE NEED, IF WE NEED TO KEEP RENEWING THAT EVERY, EVERY QUARTER, RIGHT. 
          NO, MY, MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO NOT SET ASIDE A WHOLE YEAR'S WORTH. 
          IT'S TO DO IT IN QUARTERLY INSTALLMENTS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN OR WHAT THE ACTIVITY IS. 
          AND, AND, AND, AND I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND SETTING ASIDE THAT MUCH MONEY FOR A WHOLE YEAR'S WORTH, FRANKLY, WE'RE TAKING IT OUT OF PRODUCTION AND THE LATITUDE OF THE COUNCIL TO POTENTIALLY DO OTHER THINGS WITH IT. 
          I GOT YOU. 
          NO, THAT I, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          UM, I GUESS JUST THE WAY IT'S PRESENTED, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S A QUARTERLY COST, WHAT YOU'RE SETTING ASIDE HERE, NOT, NOT THE YEARLY COST, UM, SUSTAINABILITY BUDGET, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE ADDS TO THE BUDGET. 
          WE HAVE INCREASED OUR CITY BUDGET SUBSTANTIALLY HERE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE, WE'RE SHOWING LOSSES OF REVENUE, WE'RE STILL INCREASING OUR BUDGET THERE. 
          THERE'S THE SHIFTS, THE BALANCES HERE IS, IS WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. 
          AND WE NEED TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY TRYING TO DO WITH, WITH THIS BUDGET. 
          BUT THOSE, THOSE ARE SOME OF MY HIGH, HIGH LEVEL CONCERNS. 
          AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, THE DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING UP HERE OVER THE NEXT MONTH. 
          AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITIZENS TO GO TO THESE WORKSHOPS, ASK THOSE TOUGH QUESTIONS, GET THE ANSWERS, AND GIVE US THAT FEEDBACK. 
          I, I CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO MY RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 10, UH, IN VARIOUS WAYS TO GET THAT FEEDBACK. 
          AND, AND PEOPLE DO LOOK AT THIS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, ERIC, ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER LIKE, UM, UH, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OR A SYNOPSIS UPFRONT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT 400 AND 400 PLUS PLUS PAGES, UH, TO REVIEW THE BUDGET. 
          I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT, THAT LAID OUT AS WELL. 
          BUT, UM, WOW. 
          UM, LOT OF, LOT OF DATA TO GO THROUGH. 
          AND I'M, AGAIN, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 
          AND I, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT, SOME OF THAT SAWS BUSINESS WAS, UH, FOR OUR NEW COUNCIL FOLKS THAT THIS IS WHAT THE COUNCIL DID BEFORE, AND NOW WE'RE BACKTRACKING ON THAT, THAT BOY, ME AS A RATE PAYER AND A TAXPAYER FOR THIS CITY. 
          I'M REALLY MAD ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT ANYWAY, LET'S, LET'S PRESS ON. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK Y'ALL DID ON PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY, COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU ERIC, UH, MARIA JUSTINA AND THE ENTIRE TEAM. 
          I KNOW THIS IS, UM, A LOT OF WORK. 
          AND FOR THOSE THAT, THAT AREN'T AROUND IN JULY, UH, WE KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING, UH, SOME, SOME SERIOUS HOURS TO, TO TRY TO GET THIS READY FOR US. 
          AS, AS ERIC SAID, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST AT HALFTIME NOW. 
          SO, UM, SO THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH US ON THIS. 
          AND, UM, I THINK AS MANNY POINTED OUT, THIS IS NO REFLECTION ON, ON WHAT WE THINK OF YOUR HARD WORK. 
          IT CERTAINLY, IT'S JUST OUR QUESTIONS AND, AND HOW WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH, WITH THIS BUDGET, BECAUSE THIS BUDGET IS, UM, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE DO AS COUNCIL MEMBERS IS MAKING SURE THAT, THAT, UH, OUR PRIORITIES ARE FUNDED AND ACTIONS ARE TAKEN. 
          UM, FIRST YOU, I JUST WANT TO ECHO ALL THE SENTIMENT ABOUT SAS, UM, AS WAS POINTED OUT, I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND SO I, I 
          [02:50:01]
WON'T, UH, NECESSARILY REPEAT ANY OF THE, UH, THE, THE, THE QUESTIONS. 
          BUT, UH, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT THERE IS AN IMPACT THERE SOMEWHERE. 
          AND, UM, CAN'T APPRECIATE, UH, COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ'S, UH, POINT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HALF, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF SPLIT. 
          YOU GOT HOMEOWNERS AND YOU GOT RENTERS, AND, UH, BUT EVERYBODY HAS TO PAY THAT SAW BILL. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, UH, WHAT HAPPENS TO, TO RENTERS AND YOU, YOU WILL HAVE RECEIVED A, A MEMO FROM ME, MY, TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ABOUT THIS, THE POINT WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE, UH, REGARDING LEGAL AID FOR, FOR RENTERS, YOU KNOW, RENTERS CAN, CAN BE EVICTED FOR NOT PAYING THE UTILITIES. 
          AND IN FACT, IN 2016, WE KNOW THERE'S 10,000 EVICTIONS HAPPENED IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AND THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL IS A LOT LESS THAN THE, UH, RELOCATION COSTS THAT WE SOMETIMES HAVE TO, TO INCUR. 
          SO I'LL, YOU KNOW, SORT OF, I THINK I'M JUST CONNECTING SOME DOTS HERE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER THAT HALF OF OUR POPULATION, HALF OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE RENTERS. 
          AND, UH, AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP PUSHING ON THAT. 
          I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, THE IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO, TO FOLKS. 
          AND I, I DON'T WANNA SEE A, A SPIKE IN EVICTIONS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO CONSIDER ALL THESE COLLATERAL EFFECTS AND WHAT, WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU AS, AS YOU HEARD, I, THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION FROM AN ORGANIZATION NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER. 
          I, THERE, THERE'S, THERE, THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DES TO DESCRIBE MY, MY GRATITUDE AND CERTAINLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS WE CAN DO AS A, AS A CITY. 
          AND I, I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT, . 
          SO, I, I JUST, AGAIN, UM, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT. 
          UH, THE, THE THIRD ITEM I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS WHAT, WHAT WE'VE DONE TO WHAT GET THE, UM, THE, THE CITY ARCHITECT POSITION BACK, THE PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY OFFICER, AND, AND THEN WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO, TO, UH, HELP THE PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY OFFICER GET A NEW TEAM. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, ON, ON ONE OF THE FIRST ITEMS THAT WE LOOKED AT, UH, I THINK WE SAVED ENOUGH MONEY TO BASICALLY CREATE THAT TEAM. 
          WOULD YOU AGREE, ERIC? YES, SIR. 
          AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE, RIGHT? UH, SO IT MEANS THAT WE'RE, WE CAN BE SMARTER ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE OPTIONS ABOUT HOW WE BUILD OUR CITY. 
          IT, IT, IT MEANS WE CAN GET THERE. 
          AND, UH, I'M GONNA KEEP PUSHING. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO THESE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE LAUNCHING, UH, GOT STARTED OBVIOUSLY IN DISTRICT ONE, AND, AND HOPE TO SEE IT AGAIN AS KIND OF A, A MODEL MODELED AFTER THE, THE POTHOLE REPAIR PROGRAM, WHICH IS REALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, AN AMAZING THING. 
          AND SO THANKS TO T C I FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK, I SEE RAZZIE AND ANTHONY HERE. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU GUYS. 
          I MEAN, YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY, TRULY MADE THAT A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT. 
          AND I, I, I'M, I'M PROUD OF, OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          UH, NOW WE SEE THIS AS A REALLY, UM, TRUE IMPACT TO THE WAY OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS DONE. 
          'CAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT CAN IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE NO MATTER WHAT PART OF THE CITY YOU ARE IN. 
          UM, SO, UH, I ALSO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COMPENSATION. 
          UH, ASK ME, UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR, FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          AND, AND AS POINTED OUT, COMPENSATION IS A BIG DEAL. 
          AND UNDERSTANDING HOW, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY, WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO, UH, RAISE ALL SHIPS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I SENT OUT A MEMO RECENTLY AS WELL THAT TALKED ABOUT COUNCIL AID PAY, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO, TO PUSH FOR THAT, UH, BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S AN INEQUITY, THAT THAT MUST BE FIXED AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT AND HOW, UH, HOW WE RAISE EVERYBODY, HOW WE RAISE EVERYBODY UP. 
          UM, AND THEN ONE LAST THING. 
          WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A C S AND A C S IS A HUGE THING, AND I WANTED TO SAVE THIS FOR LAST, BECAUSE YESTERDAY SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT REALLY TOUCHED ME. 
          UM, IT WAS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          IT WAS A GERMAN SHEPHERD THAT WAS LEFT OUT IN THE HEAT, TIED UP NO WATER, AND NO SHELTER. 
          AND PEOPLE REALLY DEMANDED THAT WE DO SOMETHING. 
          UM, 
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YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT I ADOPTED A, A GERMAN SHEPHERD THIS WINTER, AND HE'S REALLY, I MEAN, HE'S QUICKLY BECOME MY BEST FRIEND. 
          HE'S AN AMAZING DOG, AND HE IS REALLY MORE OF A ROOMMATE. 
          SO, I MEAN, HE'S SPOILED LIKE CRAZY, LIVES IN AIR CONDITIONING, SLEEPS ON MY BED AND IS PAMPERED LIKE YOU COULDN'T BELIEVE. 
          BUT THEN I THINK ABOUT THIS GERMAN SHEPHERD THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE CAPTAIN, AND THAT'S THE NAME OF MY DOG. 
          AND I THINK ABOUT HOW HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT, AND HE'S, HE'S LIVING AND SUFFERING A HORRIBLE LIFE. 
          UH, WE CAN DO BETTER. 
          AND SO I'M GONNA CALL MY COLLEAGUES TO, LET'S, LET'S EXAMINE THESE LAWS. 
          WE, WE HAD A, WE HAD AN EXAMINATION ABOUT OUR, OUR LEASH, UH, OR TYING UP OUR, OUR PETS. 
          AND, UM, I, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A, A MUCH STRONGER LOOK AT THIS. 
          UH, WE NEED TO EDUCATE. 
          WE NEED TO EDUCATE OUR, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY. 
          YES. 
          BUT I THINK WE NEED TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME ARE JUST NOT GOOD PET OWNERS, AND WE NEED TO DEFEND THESE DEFENSELESS ANIMALS. 
          SO, UH, WITH THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OUR BUDGETS, UM, AND WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO AS A COUNCIL, BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING WHILE WE'RE UP HERE. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I THANK YOU TO ERIC, BEN, MARIA, AND JUSTINA, AND ALL YOUR TEAM FOR, UH, WORKING DILIGENTLY TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET. 
          IT'S NO SMALL FEAT, SO WE'RE ALL GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU TO ASK ME. 
          AND, UM, MS. RO, FOR COMING AND SPEAKING TODAY. 
          AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR DOING THE WORK THAT MAKES OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY RUN EVERY DAY. 
          UM, I HAVE JUST A FEW, I'LL BE BRIEF. 
          I DON'T WANNA KEEP EVERYBODY FROM LUNCH, BUT, UM, SAFE OFFICERS. 
          I'M GLAD TO SEE THE ADDITION OF THE 10, UH, NEW SAFE OFFICERS. 
          THIS WAS A BUDGET PRIORITY FOR DISTRICT SIX, AND SOMETHING I HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM MY CONSTITUENTS, ALTHOUGH I DO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE SPECIFIED ROLE OF THE NEW, UH, NEW SAFE OFFICERS TO SUPPORT THE CRISIS TEAM AND WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE FUNDING FOR THE DELEGATE AGENCIES AND UNDERSTAND THE, THE FUNDS WILL BE BUDGETED BUT NOT ALLOCATED RIGHT NOW. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE THINKING BEHIND, UM, WAITING TO, TO ALLOCATE THAT MONEY. 
          UM, ERIC, YOU NOTED THAT THERE WILL BE 81 NEW CIVILIAN POSITIONS, AND, UM, I, I DON'T WANT TO, UH, TAKE TOO MUCH TIME. 
          SO, UM, I'M WONDERING WHAT, IF YOU CAN GIVE ME AN IDEA OF WHICH DEPARTMENTS WILL RECEIVE THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, AND SPECIFICALLY IF ANY ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WILL BE, UM, DELEGATED TO ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          UM, THERE'S ONE ADDITIONAL, UH, POSITION IN A C S, BUT WE'LL GIVE, WE'LL GIVE A CROSSWALK FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. 
          I MEAN, OKAY. 
          THERE'S PROBABLY 16 ADDITIONAL PARKS, EMPLOYEES 'CAUSE OF MANDATES, AND THEY'RE THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION, AND WE'LL, WE'LL DO THAT COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I'M JUST HEADS UP, I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR THE DEDICATED A C S OFFICER IN DISTRICT SIX. 
          IT'S, IT'S MUCH NEEDED THERE. 
          UM, I'M HAPPY TO SEE ALSO THE TRAUMA INFORMED CARE RECEIVING THE, I THINK IT WAS 600,000 AND, UM, WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE LATER ABOUT HOW THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UH, YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER HAVING A ROLE IN HELPING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING, UH, HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW YOU, UH, ENVISION THAT ROLE AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. 
          AND LASTLY, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE ENHANCED SQUAD AT FIRE STATION 44 IN DISTRICT SIX. 
          IT'S THE BUSIEST STATION IN OUR CITY, AND WE, WE REALLY NEEDED THAT. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT MORE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, WE'RE, OF COURSE, WE'RE CONSTRICTED, UM, WITH FUNDING, BUT I, I DO APPRECIATE THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT SIX. 
          AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND ALL Y'ALL'S HARD WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VARDA. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK ERIC AND THE STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOROUGH BRIEFING. 
          UM, NOT TOO LONG AGO ON THIS. 
          UM, I, I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU FOR, UM, STEPPING UP TO THE PRIORITIES THAT COUNCIL, UH, PROVIDED AT OUR RETREAT, DESPITE THE REVENUE CHALLENGES THAT YOU HAD. 
          UM, THERE ARE SOME WONDERFUL THINGS IN THIS BUDGET, AND I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE US MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          UH, ONE OF THEM IS CONTINUING TO PRIORITIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, SEEING HOW YOU'VE CREATIVELY, UH, FOUND A WAY TO DO THAT. 
          AND, UH, THE HIRING OF A CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER. 
          I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, THE SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM, MOBILITY OFFICERS, CONTINUING THE STREET MAINTENANCE AT THE LEVEL THAT WE HAVE BEEN, I THINK THAT'S GREAT AS WELL. 
          UM, THE INVESTMENT IN SAFETY, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 
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AND, AND TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE. 
          UH, GLAD TO SEE THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, I ALSO, UH, SAW THE, YOU KNOW, WE HIGHLIGHTED EQUITY, OR YOU HIGHLIGHTED EQUITY AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          UH, I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT AS WELL. 
          JUST YESTERDAY, OUR COMMITTEE, UH, HEALTH AND EQUITY MET AND RECEIVED A PRESENTATION FROM, UH, THE, I'M SORRY, THE EQUITY OFFICE, , THE EQUITY OFFICE AND THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION. 
          UM, THEY HAD DONE A REVIEW OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PROCESS, WHICH WAS, UH, SOMETHING INITIATED BY COUNCILWOMAN, UH, VIA GRANT. 
          AND SOME, UH, THERE WAS AN EQUITY ASSESSMENT DONE, EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT. 
          AND A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS CAME OUT OF THAT. 
          AND I DO HOPE TO SEE THEM. 
          UH, I DO HOPE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THEM IN THE COMING YEAR, THAT SOMEHOW THE BUDGET FINDS A WAY TO, TO DO THAT, UM, BECAUSE THEY WERE EXCELLENT RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND I THINK THEY WILL IMPROVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN OUR PROCESSES, UH, AND HELP US MAKE BETTER, BETTER DECISIONS AND, AND JUST RUN A, A BETTER, A BETTER PROCESS IN, IN GENERAL. 
          SO, THANK YOU TO THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION AND OFFICE OF EQUITY FOR THAT ASSESSMENT. 
          UM, ERIC, I DO THINK, UH, IT WAS A GOOD DECISION TO INCLUDE FUNDING FOR PAID SICK LEAVE. 
          UH, WE, WE SHOULD BE PREPARED, UH, FOR THAT. 
          UH, AS YOU SAID, WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS AND, UM, IT'S NOT REALLY APPROPRIATE FOR US NOT TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. 
          AND SHOULD THAT NOT GO FORWARD, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT STAFF CAN BE USED TO HELP, UH, IMPROVE THE PUBLIC HEALTH IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ULTIMATELY, THAT'S WHAT PAID SICK LEAVE WILL DO, IS IN IMPROVE HEALTH AND, UH, ECONOMIC, UH, STABILITY FOR MANY OF OUR, FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OUR WORKERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING, UM, THE QUARTERLY BUDGETING OF, OF THE MIGRANT CENTER. 
          UM, BECAUSE THAT'S COMING FROM CONTINGENCY FUND, ERIC, DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU WOULD COME BACK EVERY QUARTER TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL FUNDING IF, UH, THAT WERE YOUR RECOMMENDATION? YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, SO THAT WOULD ONLY, WE WOULD ONLY BUDGET QUARTERLY AND THEN, AND THEN COME BACK IN THOSE QUARTERLY UPDATES. 
          MY, THE, THE, THE THOUGHT IS, IS THAT AS WE'VE, AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'LL PROBABLY TAKE SOME TIME, BUT THERE, MAYBE THERE'S A PROCESS WHERE WE BUDGET QUARTERLY, WE GET A REIMBURSEMENT SIX MONTHS LATER, AND, AND WE DON'T PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE, UH, WE HAVE TOO MUCH GOING OUT THE DOOR AND NOT ENOUGH COMING IN, AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE A GOOD ENOUGH HANDLE ON, ON WHAT THAT TURNAROUND TIME IS ON IS GONNA BE ON THE FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT SIDE. 
          UH, UNDERSTOOD. 
          IN TERMS OF, IN TERMS OF THE REIMBURSEMENT TIME. 
          SO IF WE FOUND OUT THAT THE REIMBURSEMENT TIME WERE, YOU KNOW, TOO LONG, THEN WOULD, WOULD WE, IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE JUST WOULDN'T FUND IT? NO, NO, NO. 
          I, I WOULD STILL BUDGET IT QUARTERLY BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IF IT, UM, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN LONG TERM. 
          I THINK, I THINK IT, AND IT GOES BACK TO THE CONVERSATION I THINK THE COUNCIL HAD YESTERDAY ABOUT WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS A LONGER TERM SOLUTION, UH, FOR HOW THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST US, BUT HOW THE COMMUNITY, UH, IS GONNA, IS GONNA, UH, DEAL WITH THIS. 
          UM, NO, AGREED. 
          WE DO NEED A, A DIFFERENT AND A LONGER TERM SOLUTION. 
          I, I GUESS I'M JUST, UM, IF THIS IS COMING FROM CONTINGENCY, THEN IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, IT, IT'S MONEY THAT COULD BE USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE, UH, CORRECT. 
          AND, AND SO WE HAVE, UH, GENERALLY HAVE A $1 MILLION CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT IN THE GENERAL FUND IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET THAT WE UTILIZE. 
          THAT'S KIND OF THE GO-TO PLACE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, IF WE NEED IT, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SOME OF YOU, UM, IT'S, IT'S WHERE WE FUNDED THE $141,000, UM, IN, IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO IN THE MIDYEAR BUDGET. 
          WE FUNDED IT OUTTA THE CONTINGENCY. 
          SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE WHAT, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE WE WOULD BUDGET $333,000 FOR THE FIRST QUARTER FOR THE, FOR THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER AND, AND, AND LEAVE $666,000 IN THE CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT IN THE GENERAL FUND AND, AND NOT MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL ALLOTMENTS UNTIL THE STAFF COMES BACK TO THE COUNCIL AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON, ON, ON, ON WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I, I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING'S NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD RIGHT NOW, AND WE WON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE DOLLAR EXPENSES ARE, BUT I, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERN ABOUT NOT HAVING, UH, SOMETHING, UH, UH, SET ASIDE, UH, FOR THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER. 
          'CAUSE AS OF THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S GOING TO FUND IT. 
          SO, UH, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERIC. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU, UM, AGAIN, TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR COMMENTS, THEIR PARTICIPATION TO THOSE 
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FOLKS WHO CAME TO MAKE COMMENT ON THE BUDGET. 
          THIS IS GONNA BE A, A LONG MONTH, UH, OF, UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION AND DEEP DIVE INTO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND AND SO FORTH. 
          BUT LET ME JUST SPEAK VERY QUICKLY, UH, TO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, SAWS. 
          UM, SAWS AND C P S ARE BOTH PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES. 
          THEY'RE BOTH OWNED BY THE CITY, UH, AND THEREFORE SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL BOARDS OF GOVERNANCE, THEY'RE SEPARATED, BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY, WE, THEY HAVE PROFESSIONAL BOARDS OF GOVERNANCE AND THEY OPERATE, UH, MUCH LIKE INVESTOR OWNED UTILITIES, WHERE THE INVESTORS ARE IN FACT THE PUBLIC THAT THEY SERVE. 
          UH, IN A PRIVATE CORPORATION, THE DIVIDENDS WOULD GO BACK TO THE STOCKHOLDERS. 
          IN THIS CASE, THE DIVIDENDS FROM C P SS AND SAWS GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC IN THE FORMS OF STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES THAT ARE PART OF OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          AND FOR YEARS, YOU'VE HEARD THAT C P SS HAS BEEN A BIG CONTRIBUTOR TO THAT 14% OF REVENUES, WHICH HAVE BEEN, UH, A HUGE PART OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. 
          UM, THAT PORTION HAS BEEN 2.7% AND ROUGHLY $10 MILLION A YEAR OR SO, UH, FROM SAWS AND NOT A HUGE CONTRIBUTOR. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, IT SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT SAWS AND C P S IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OPERATE IN TANDEM TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE AND DELIVER SERVICES THAT WE ALL DEPEND ON IN CONSULTATION WITH, UH, SAWS, THEY WORK WITH US TO ESTABLISH RATES THAT NOW HAVE BECOME, UH, SOME OF THE MOST, UH, AFFORDABLE RATES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IF NOT THE UNITED STATES. 
          AND THEY'RE RUNNING TWO OF THE MOST WELL-RESPECTED UTILITIES IN ALL OF THE UNITED STATES TO, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT SHOULD SAWS INCREASE THEIR DIVIDEND TO THE PUBLIC TO TRANSLATE INTO MORE GENERAL, GENERAL FUND SERVICES. 
          UH, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE STAFFS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB TO DETERMINE A NUMBER THAT WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE RATES THEMSELVES, OF COURSE, IN, IN YEARS FROM NOW. 
          UM, AND FRANKLY, EVERY YEAR, BOTH AGENCIES ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THEIR REVENUES, DO THEIR ANALYSIS, AND DETERMINE IF THEY HAVE REVENUES TO SERVE THEIR HIGH PRIORITIES IN, IN THEIR BUDGETS. 
          BUT I'LL TELL YOU WITH CONFIDENCE THAT THE RATE ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE PAST FOR SAWS ARE ENOUGH TO DELIVER THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROGRAMMED AND ALSO KEEP THE RATES, UH, AFFORDABLE FOR THE CUSTOMERS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, TO FLIP THIS CONVERSATION AROUND, THOUGH, IT'S USEFUL TO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT, UH, THERE ARE PRIORITIES IN BOTH AGENCIES THAT ARE NOT BEING DONE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KEEP RATES AFFORDABLE. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A DISCUSSION AT C P S ABOUT HOW QUICKLY DO WE WANT TO CHANGE OUR ENERGY PORTFOLIO. 
          UH, THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, WE COULD GO TO A HUNDRED PERCENT SOLAR TOMORROW IF WE WANTED TO. 
          UH, BUT THERE ARE ECONOMIC IMPACTS TO A DECISION LIKE THAT. 
          WE COULD SAY, UM, ADJUST OSA'S BUDGET, UH, AND DROP THE 14% TO MAYBE 5%. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT IN YOUR STREETS AND YOUR POLICE AND YOUR SIDEWALKS AND PARKS. 
          BUT THAT MIGHT MEAN THAT C P S WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO ACCELERATE THINGS ON THEIR AGENDA LIKE, UH, THE RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO. 
          I'M JUST USING THIS CONVERSATION AS AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE FACT THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SAWS, WE TALK ABOUT C P SS AND WE TALK ABOUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN TERMS OF REVENUE PROJECTIONS. 
          IT'S ALL ABOUT PRIORITIES AND PRIORITIES THAT WE SHARE AS A COMMUNITY. 
          THESE ARE NOT SEPARATE BUSINESSES. 
          THEY'RE ALL WORKING FOR THE SAME ENDS, WHICH IS IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE CITY OF, FOR, FOR THE CITY'S RESIDENTS. 
          SO, UM, I'M COMFORTABLE WHERE THE BUDGET ENDED UP. 
          UH, WE ARE GOING TO WORK VERY HARD ON BOTH BOARDS, C P S AND SAWS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS AND OUR CONSTRAINTS. 
          AND C P SS, THOSE CONSTRAINTS ARE AFFORDABLE RATES AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE PROMISED THE PUBLIC A 14% RETURN ON INVESTMENT TO GO INTO BASIC SERVICES IN SAWS. 
          THE QUESTION NOW IS, WILL THAT CONSTRAINT ALSO INCLUDE A 4% RETURN ON INVESTMENT TO THE, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE FORM OF BASIC SERVICES? I BELIEVE IT'S DOABLE. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S THE, IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S SUSTAINABLE AS WELL. 
          AND WE'LL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PRIORITIES OF THE PUBLIC ARE REFLECTED IN THIS BUDGET AND YOU AND THE C P S BUDGET AS WELL AS THE SAS BUDGET. 
          SO, UM, OBVIOUS, OBVIOUSLY FURTHER DISCUSSION, UH, TO COME ON THAT, BUT, UH, AGAIN, WE'VE HAD A, A, A STRONG BUDGET PRESENTED TO US, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING IT RATIFIED IN SEPTEMBER. 
          UH, ITEMS FOUR A AND FOUR B HAVE BEEN READ BY THE CLERK, AND THEY INCLUDE THE, UH, O AND M AND THE DEBT SERVICE RATES, AGAIN, STAYING THE SAME, AS WELL AS THE, UH, SETTING OF THE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS IN THE ADV VALOREM TAX RATE 
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HEARINGS FOR THE BUDGET AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME FOR ITEMS, ITEMS FOUR, WAS IT, REMOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEMS FOUR, FOUR A, FOUR B. 
          OKAY. 
          DID THE CLERK GET A MOTION? I HEARD SEVERAL SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I WAS GONNA DO THAT, . 
          ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS FOUR A AND FOUR B PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, WE DO HAVE THE REST OF OUR AGENDA AS WELL AS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          UM, THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, WE HAVE NO ITEMS PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AS OF YET, SO I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY'D LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          COUNCILMAN GRO? UH, YES. 
          ITEM 23 Z ONE OR TOGETHER 23 AND Z ONE. 
          ANY OTHERS? OKAY. 
          UH, I HAVE ITEMS 23 AND Z ONE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF CONSENT. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UM, THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR ITEMS 23 AND Z ONE, AND WE DO HAVE A FEW SPEAKERS SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. UM, I'LL BEGIN WITH JACK FINGER. 
          WELL, MAYOR EHRENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. 
          FINGER. 
          IT'S BEEN A LONG, UH, BUDGET PROCESS AND, UH, BUT A FEW THINGS I DO WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THE CONSENT PORTION HERE. 
          I, I LOOKED AT ITEM NUMBER 16 AND 22, AND THE ONLY, THE COMMON DENOMINATOR THERE IS THAT, WELL, YOU AS A CITY COUNCIL, YOU WANT CITIZENS TO BECOME INVOLVED. 
          YOU WANT THIS TO BE INFORMED OF WHAT, WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I DID. 
          MY GOLLY, I LOOK AT THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. 
          I LOOK AT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS, AND WHEN I LOOK AT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 16 AND AND 22, I LOOK FOR THE, UM, THE DIS DISCRETIONARY CONTRACT DISCLOSURES. 
          MEANING THE, UH, WHAT CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONTRIBUTIONS YOU AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE, UH, THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANIES THAT WHOSE CONTRACTS YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE UPON. 
          WELL, I LOOKED AT THOSE THINGS AND BY GOLLY, THE, UH, IT CAME UP ON THE COMPUTERS THAT, UH, I USE AT OUR CITY LIBRARY RUN BY OUR, YOU, OUR CITY GOVERNMENT, AND BY OUR CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          AND THE, AND THE, UH, THE IMAGE THAT CAME UP WAS THAT THIS SITE CANNOT BE FOUND. 
          YEAH, IT COULDN'T, COULD NOT BE FOUND. 
          YOU GOT SOME BIG IT GLITCHES THERE, I THINK. 
          UH, SO DOG GONE. 
          WE COULDN'T FIND OUT JUST HOW MUCH YOU GUYS ARE RE HOW MUCH THE BIG CONFLICT OF INTEREST YOU GUYS HAVE. 
          DARN. 
          I THINK, UH, SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS TO, TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE IT GUYS ON THAT. 
          I, ANOTHER ITEM I DO WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS ITEM NUMBER 10. 
          YES. 
          I WANT TO PLEASE MR. AUTO VISUAL MAN, PUT THAT ON THE, ON THE AUTO VISUAL AND JUST BLOW, BLOW THAT UP, ESPECIALLY THE UNDERLINED AREA THERE. 
          WHAT DOES IT, WHAT DOES IT SAY ANYWAY, UH, NEAR THE BOTTOM THERE? YEAH. 
          ORDINANCE PERMIT A TWO YEAR, TWO YEAR TASK ORDER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH EASY BAIL CONSTRUCTION. 
          YOU MAY NOT TO EXCEED MILLION AND 700,000 FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC, CALMING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, ET CETERA. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MR. VISAL. 
          PLEASE RETURN THE CAMERA THERE TO THE PODIUM. 
          TRAFFIC CALMING. 
          TRAFFIC. 
          CALMING. 
          WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY IS TRAFFIC CALMING IS IS THAT SENDING SOME GUY OUT TO, TO THE, THE, UH, THE ROADWAY AND JUST TELLING PEOPLE, CALM DOWN. 
          JUST, JUST DON'T, DON'T RUN SO FAST. 
          DON'T DRIVE SO FAST. 
          JUST, JUST, JUST CALM DOWN EVERYBODY. 
          NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT TRAFFIC CALMING IS. 
          TRAFFIC CALMING IS THE REDUCTION OF LANES THAT WE, THE MOTORISTS ARE GOING TO BE TRAVELING UPON. 
          MEANING TRAFFIC JAMS. YES. 
          TRAFFIC JAMS. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO . 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE CONTRACTING FOR. 
          TRAFFIC, CALMING AND DOG. 
          GOT IT. 
          I DON'T LIKE THAT AS A MOTORIST. 
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I WILL, I DON'T LIKE THAT. 
          YOU SUPPOSEDLY AUTOMOBILES AND PICKUPS WERE USED FOR OUR CONVENIENCE TO MAKE THINGS EASIER. 
          IT'S BETTER THAN WALKING AND HAVING TO PEDAL BICYCLES. 
          BUT NO, YOU, YOU FOLKS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE DIRECTION OF MAKING IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO TRAVEL ON IN THEIR CARS. 
          TRAFFIC CALMING. 
          NO, I'M SORRY. 
          THAT DOESN'T WORK. 
          MAYBE IT'S TIME TO SAY NO TO SO-CALLED TRAFFIC CALMING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. FINGER ANISA. 
          SHELL IS ANISA SHELL HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          ANISA SHELL IS NOT HERE. 
          UH, FREDERIKA KUSHNER IS FREDERICA KUSHNER HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND MARY JA JOHNSON IS MARY JOHNSON HERE. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITIZENS TO BE HEARD AND OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE A REQUEST TO SPEAK. 
          COUNCILMAN TRIVINIA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND AS YOU JUST READ, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, MARY JOHNSON, ANISA SHELL AND RICKY KUSHNER WE'RE HERE TO SPEAK. 
          UM, OUR APOLOGIES FOR, UH, NOT TAKING THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          UM, THEY HAD TO LEAVE AFTER THREE HOURS, BUT I WANT TO THANK THEM, UH, FOR THEIR ADVOCACY FOR THEIR HARD WORK. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO BRING THESE CCRS FORWARD TO CREATE THE NNC D 10 AND NCD 11 FOR MONTE VISTA TERRACE AND TOBIN, UH, NORTH TOBIN HILL. 
          I ALSO APPRECIATE, UH, THE PATIENCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS THIS PROCESS HAS MOVED FORWARD AND THE PASSION THE RESIDENTS HAVE FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          UH, THESE TWO AREAS ARE LOCATED IN THE HEART OF DISTRICT ONE, AND THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR HISTORY OF OUR CITY AND WHOSE ARCHITECTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER ARE A PRIORITY FOR PRESERVATION. 
          UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THESE TWO NEW NCDS TO ESTABLISH THEIR DESIGN STANDARDS AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THE FINISHED DOCUMENTS VERY, VERY SOON. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO MOST VISTA TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND BOTH TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. 
          UM, I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO, TO ALSO THANK, UH, UH, THE, FOR THE ADVOCATE ADVOCACY FOR THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION ON PROPERTIES IN DISTRICT ONE, UH, AT, UH, FOUR 30 EAST AND FOUR 30, UH, 4 34 EAST MAGNOLIA. 
          UH, THESE HOMES, UH, UH, BUILT BY THOMAS NORTHWAY, UH, CERTAINLY FIT THE BILL OF PRESERVATION, AND I'M HAPPY FOR THESE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS TOWARD HISTORIC DESIGNATION. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEM THAT HAS, UH, THESE, UH, IN, UH, THE CONSENT VOTE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN VINEO. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRANT. 
          SORRY, IT'S FOR THE NEXT ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AT THIS TIME WE WILL VOTE ON THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          OH, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          AND NOW WE'RE GONNA GO INTO ITEM, UH, NUMBER 23. 
          ITEM 23 IS AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE CITY LIMITS BY FULL PURPOSE ANNEXATION OF A 150.26 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 45 26 SOUTH LOOP 1604, WHICH IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY LIMITS OF SAN ANTONIO, AND LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN SOUTHEAST BEAR COUNTY, NEAR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, AS REQUESTED BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS, HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INCORPORATED, APPROVING A SERVICE AGREEMENT AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF AUGUST 31ST, 2019. 
          ALSO PULLED FOR THE SAME ITEM WAS ITEM Z ONE, WHICH IS THE ZONING CASE ASSOCIATED WITH ITEM 23. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I BELIEVE CITY STAFF HAS SOME UPDATED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS ITEM, SO I'M GONNA HAVE THEM COME UP BECAUSE THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS, UH, PUSHED FROM THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES. 
          THANK YOU TO HALLIBURTON AND BRANDON FOSS, WHO WAS HERE FOR A LONG TIME. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW IF 
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HE'S STILL HERE, BUT THANK HIM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. 
          UM, SO RUDY, TAKE IT AWAY. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, MADAM MAYOR PROAM, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UM, STAFF DOES HAVE AN UPDATED RECOMMENDATION, UM, AFTER, UH, QUITE A BIT OF COLLABORATION AND WORK WITH, UH, THE DISTRICT THREE COUNCIL OFFICE, AS WELL AS WITH HALLIBURTON IN VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          UM, HAVING SAID THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ITEM 23 THAT ANNEXES 150.26 ACRES OF LAND AND ITEM Z ONE, SAVE AND ACCEPT 12.73 ACRES OF LAND, WHICH SHALL BE ZONED RP RESOURCE PROTECTION DISTRICT, PURSUANT TO THE FIELD NOTES AS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT, AND THEY HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU, RUDY. 
          AND THIS IS AN A TO, FOR US TO, UM, BE ABLE TO PRESERVE OUR, UH, THE AREA THAT IS ON THAT HALLIBURTON PROPERTY THAT IS CLOSEST TO THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER. 
          SO WITH THAT, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION RELATED TO AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER 23 AND Z. 
          ONE SECOND. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          UH, IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT TODAY? UH, COUNCILWOMAN, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT GIVEN THE, UH, BUDGET PRESENTATION, BUT WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AFTER. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANDY? OH, COUNCILWOMAN VIA, I, I THOUGHT THERE WAS A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, BUT SHE'S NOT HERE. 
          SHE WAS HERE EARLIER. 
          WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK MEGAN DODGE. 
          TOMORROW IS HER LAST DAY OF WORK FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, SO I'M VERY, VERY SAD THAT SHE'S GONNA BE GOING, UH, BACK HOME TO KANSAS, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL OF HER WORK THAT SHE'S DONE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN NDA. 
          THANK YOU MEGAN DODGE FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          WE'LL MISS YOU. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 12:39 PM ON THURSDAY, AUGUST THE EIGHTH, 2019. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 51 0.071 IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY AND TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS THE ITEMS POSTED ON THE AUGUST 7TH, 2019 B SESSION AGENDA, BUT NOT REACHED OR COMPLETED AT THAT TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR ZONING AGENDA. 
          CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE WORK THROUGH OUR, UH, EXEC SESSION JUST A MOMENT AGO. 
          UM, THE TIME IS 2:36 PM WE HAVE A FULL ZONING AGENDA TODAY, WHICH INCLUDES SEVERAL ITEMS ON CONSENT, AND I HAVE A LIST OF ITEMS THAT WILL BE HEARD FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          I WANT TO NOTE FOR THOSE IN OUR AUDIENCE THAT ITEM Z 15 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM THE ACT BY THE APPLICANT AND WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. 
          UM, I HAVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          UM, I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY FURTHER FOR INDIVIDUAL ZONING CONSIDERATION. 
          WE HAVE ITEMS Z THREE, P THREE AND Z 12. 
          THANK YOU. 
          P FOUR AND Z 16, Z 17, Z 21, AND Z 23. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA? OKAY, AGAIN, THAT'S ITEMS Z THREE, P THREE AND Z 12, P FOUR, AND Z 16, Z 17, Z 21, AND Z 23. 
          IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SO THERE'S A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT. 
          DID I HEAR A SECOND AND A SECOND? UM, BEFORE WE TAKE THE ACTION, IF I CAN JUST HAVE THE AV ROLL, OUR SPANISH TRANSLATION VIDEO. 
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OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. 
          WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          JACK FINGER. 
          OH, MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD. 
          MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. 
          WELL, TO THE, TO THE NEW MEMBERS OF OUR CITY COUNCIL, DR. 
          ADRIANA, MS. ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          MS. UH, HDA, UH, I WISH TO ALERT YOU TO THE FACT THAT, UH, IN ZONING THERE ARE MANY SUCH THINGS KNOWN AS RED FLAGS, RED FLAGS, THAT, UH, ALERTS YOU TO THE FACT THAT A ZONING CASE, UH, IS SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT WANT TO JUST PASS OUTRIGHT. 
          THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, UH, WRONG WITH THEM. 
          ONE OF THE RED NUMBER OF RED FLAGS, THEY FALL IN THE FORM OF, UH, WHEN YOU SEE THE ZONING STAFF SAY THEY RECOMMEND DENIAL. 
          WHEN YOU SEE THE ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL. 
          WHEN YOU SEE THE, THE PLANNING STAFF RECOMMEND DENIAL. 
          WHEN YOU SEE THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL, THESE ARE ALL RED FLAGS THAT TELL US THAT THERE IS SOMETHING DEFECTIVE WITH THAT CASE. 
          OTHER RED FLAGS YOU MAY SEE INCLUDE THE IDEA OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSING IT AND, UH, RESIDENTS. 
          YES, A RED FLAG WILL BE ANOTHER RED FLAG WILL BE THAT OF A, UM, UH, WELL, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE 10, 10 OR 20 NOTICES SENT OUT, AND AS MANY AS OVER FIVE OR 10% OF THOSE COMING BACK SAY NO. 
          THEY DO NOT WANT TO HAVE THAT CASE, THAT, UH, SITUATION IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THOSE ARE RED FLAGS. 
          YES. 
          THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO LIVE NEXT TO THE DEFECTIVE CASE THAT YOU PASSED EARLIER. 
          YOU ALSO ALSO, ANOTHER RED FLAG IS THAT OF THE, UH, ZONING, THE, WHAT WAS IT? WELL, ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MAINLY THE BIG ONES THERE. 
          AND SO I WISH TO ALERT YOU TO A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE I'VE SEEN ON THIS IN, IN TODAY'S ZONING, UH, SESSION. 
          AND, UH, I'LL START OFF WITH, UH, MR. TREVINO DISTRICT ONE. 
          YES. 
          AND Z THREE IS A CASE WHERE THERE IS THE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED DENIAL. 
          WHY? BECAUSE THE PROPOSAL THAT OF A, UH, OF FOUR DWELLING UNITS BEING SHOEHORNED INTO ONE LOT, THEY THINK IS A BIT TOO DENSE. 
          AND I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THEM. 
          YES. 
          FOR FOREIGN R SIX AREA. 
          SO THAT THIS IS THERE. 
          YOU MAY WANT TO SAY NO TO IT, SIR. 
          ALSO, I NOTICED THAT THE VERY FIRST ONE, ITEM 25 IN YOUR DISTRICT SERVED AN ALCOHOL VARIANCE THAT OF, OH MY GOODNESS. 
          THERE'S SO MANY SCANDALS. 
          SOLU TIME. 
          THANK YOU MR. FINGER . 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR SEVEN Z, THREE P THREE Z, 12 P FOUR Z 16 Z 17, Z 21, AND Z 23. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          WE HAVE, WAS THE VOTE REGISTERED? NO, IT'S NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, GO AHEAD AND COUNCILMAN TRAVINO. 
          I HAD LIKE TO PULL Z FOUR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE YOUR AMENDMENT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ BY THE MAYOR, UH, WHILE TO ADD, UH, Z Z FOUR TO THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SO 
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WE WILL, UM, OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE TO REMOVE THE, UH, FIRST MOTION. 
          WE'LL VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION. 
          NO. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO LET'S VOTE ON, UM, COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S AMENDMENT AND THEN WE'LL TAKE UP THE MAIN MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE MOTION WAS TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO ADD ITEM Z FOUR, UH, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE A MILLION MOTION HAS BEEN AMENDED. 
          UH, THERE IS A MOTION IN THE SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA, WHICH IS ALL ITEMS SAY FOR Z THREE, Z FOUR, P THREE, AND Z 12, P FOUR AND Z 16, Z 17, Z 21, AND Z 23. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z THREE, ITEM Z TWENTY NINETEEN, ONE TEN SEVEN ONE HUNDRED TWELVE FROM R SIX TO R SIX CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT FOUR 11 CINCINNATI AVENUE. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION FOR TWO UNITS. 
          ZONING. 
          COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH A CONDITION, NO PARKING OF VEHICLES WITHIN THE FRONT YARD. 
          31 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND FOUR OPPOSED. 
          ALRIGHT, WE HAVE THREE CITIZENS, TWO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z THREE. 
          START WITH JOHN ABRAHAM CONTR, FOLLOWED BY JACKIE CONTRERAS. 
          GO UP TO THE MIC. 
          GO AHEAD SIR. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, JOHN ABRAHAM CONTRERAS, MY WIFE JACKIE CONTRERAS. 
          WE ARE THE NEW OWNERS AT FOUR 11 CINCINNATI. 
          WE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY WHICH HAD, UH, SEVEN UNITS ON THE PROPERTY, SO THE DENSITY WAS HIGH. 
          UH, WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE ZONING ENCUMBRANCES THAT WHEN WE FIRST PURCHASED THIS LOCATION, UH, THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS, WE HAVE AMENDED IT TO DOWN TO FOUR TO REDUCE THE DENSITY THAT HAS BEEN THERE ILLEGALLY. 
          UH, PER THE ZONING, COMMISSIONS, COMMISSION'S, UH, RECOMMENDATION, WE HAVE, UH, MADE A SITE PLAN TO THIS PROPERTY FOR FOUR TOTAL UNITS. 
          HOW CAN WE DISPLAY THAT? ARE WE ABLE TO DISPLAY THIS? THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          THIS UPDATED SITE PLAN THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, UH, WAS PER THE ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          IT IS, UH, CONDITIONAL UNITS, UH, WITH A SITE PLAN. 
          THIS IS A SITE PLAN THAT WE WILL IMPOSE ONCE APPROVED. 
          IF APPROVED. 
          IT'S GONNA HAVE TWO, ONE BEDROOM IN THE FRONT, TWO EFFICIENCIES IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. 
          THERE IS A, AN ILLEGAL STRUCTURE THAT HAD TWO UNITS THAT WAS DONE ILLEGALLY WITHOUT PERMITS. 
          WE WERE GONNA DEMOLISH THAT AND REMOVE THAT COMPLETELY. 
          UH, ADEQUATE PARTNERING WAS ADDED TO THE LOCATION. 
          UH, PER THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, WE ARE PLANNING TO REVITALIZE THIS PROPERTY AND HAVE FOUR AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS. 
          CURRENTLY, THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IMPROVED. 
          ARE, UH, IN FAVOR OF THIS. 
          WE HAD ONE COME AND SPEAK IN THE ZONING, UH, MEETING THAT WE HAD. 
          AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT WITH OUR SITE PLAN PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MR. CONTRERAS. 
          UH, MRS. CONTRERAS, DO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AS WELL. 
          OH, NO, SIR. 
          WE WERE TOGETHER. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          COUNCILMAN TRAVINO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU UMS. UM, AFTER, UH, VARIOUS COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS AND COMPROMISE, THE APPLICANT HAS AMENDED TO THE PLAN WITH A NUMBER OF UNITS THAT IS AGREEABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, THE RECENT MIDTOWN REGIONAL CENTER AREA PLAN DESIGNATED THIS AREA AS AN URBAN LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. 
          UH, THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS SEVEN UNITS AND WAS CONSIDERED TOO DENSE. 
          UM, THEREFORE THE A REDUCED RE, UH, RECOMMENDATION OF TWO UNITS WAS OFFERED. 
          UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT STAFF HAS HAD SOME CONCERNS AND WE AGREED THAT THE ORIGINAL REQUEST FOR SEVEN UNITS OR EVEN RMM FOUR PROPOSED COMPROMISE WAS TOO INTENSE FOR THE AREA. 
          HOWEVER, THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT THE APPLICANT HAS, UH, AMENDED TO A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR UNITS, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY THE NEIGHBORS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          THEY HAVE ACCEPTED THE CONDITIONS REQUESTED BY THE ZONING COMMISSION AND SHOWN THEMSELVES TO BE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND CONSIDER THE AREA OF PLAN. 
          THEREFORE, I MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z THREE AS READ, PLEASE VOTE. 
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MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z FOUR Z 20 19 115 FROM I I TWO TO I D Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO LOCATED AT 2 0 7 WEST OF IOWA STREET. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL 141. 
          NOTICES MAILED TWO IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED. 
          COUNCILMAN VINO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z FOUR. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEMS P THREE AND Z 12 P 20 19 0, 24, AND Z 20 19 0 9 9 AMENDING THE WEST SOUTHWEST SECTOR PLAN FROM NATIONAL NATURAL TIER TO SUBURBAN TIER FROM R SIX TO R SIX SS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A MANUFACTURED HOME LOCATED AT 1300 BLOCK OF SPRINGVILLE. 
          STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          13. 
          NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR. 
          ZERO OPPOSED. 
          SPRINGVALE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          WE DO HAVE, UH, ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. 
          THEN, UM, YIELD THE FLOOR. 
          EDWARD CONNO, MAYOR COUNCIL STAFF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I AM EDWARD CONNO. 
          I'M A SPRINGVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT AND I'M HERE TO, UH, PROVIDE OUR, UH, OUR, OUR STAND ON ON THIS, UH, CHANGE. 
          UM, I'VE SPOKEN TO VARIOUS, UH, MEMBERS AND, AND, UH, RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BOTH MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION AND NOT, UH, FOLKS WHO RESIDE VERY CLOSELY TO THE PROPERTY AT HAND. 
          AND, UM, OVERWHELMINGLY THE CONCERN HAS BEEN THAT THEY'RE NOT, UH, IN AGREEMENT WITH BRINGING A MANUFACTURED HOME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH WOULD BE IN THE HEART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ADJACENT TO J D ALLEN ELEMENTARY. 
          UM, IT'S NOT WITHIN THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT IT DOES TO THE VALUE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IT DOESN'T ADD ANY VALUE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          CONCERNS ABOUT PROPERTY DEVALUATION. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME AMBIGUITY OVER THE SITE PLANS. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE WAS SOME, SOME CON YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY PRESENTED THIS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THEY TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FREE USAGE TO FAMILIES OF, OF, OF, UH, AIR FORCE GRADUATES. 
          BUT NOW I UNDERSTAND IT'S MAYBE, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR PERSONAL USE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST AMBIGUITY OF HOW THEY INTEND TO USE A PROPERTY. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S CONCERNS OVER, IF WE GET APPROVAL TO PUT A, A MANUFACTURED HOME ON THIS PROPERTY, THEN LATER THERE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, FUTURE APPROVALS TO BRING IT IN. 
          AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOES NOT WANT A MOBILE HOME RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, A MOBILE HOME PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          RIGHT? IT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AS I MENTIONED, RIGHT? AND THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT CHILD SAFETY, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S GONNA BE A RENTAL, RIGHT? WHAT KIND OF, UH, ELEMENT WE'RE GONNA BRING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW? SO THESE ARE THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, NOT JUST MY PERSONAL CONCERNS, BUT THE CONCERNS OF EVERY BOARD MEMBER, EVERY MEMBER THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO, AND ALSO THE FOLKS THAT I'VE, THAT AS I MENTIONED, THAT LIVE VERY CLOSELY TO THE PROPERTY. 
          SO WE ARE IN OPPOSITION OF THIS CHANGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU MR. KANA. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU BEING OUT HERE. 
          I'M IN A DIFFICULT POSITION TODAY TO GO AGAINST THE WISHES OF ONE OF MY MOST ACTIVE ASSOCIATIONS. 
          HAD MY VERY FIRST ZONING HEARING, SO I WILL MOVE TO DENY UNLESS THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE ZONING HEARING ON SEPTEMBER THE FIFTH. 
          TO FURTHER DISCUSS, MY STAFF HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MR. MOORE OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS TRYING TO ARRANGE A MEETING BETWEEN HIM AND THE SPRINGVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT THAT HAS NOT, UH, HAPPENED YET. 
          MY OFFICE HAS ALSO OFFERED TO CONTINUE THIS CASE FOR A MONTH IN ORDER TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE DEVELOPER AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO MEET. 
          BUT THAT HAS ALSO BEEN, UH, REJECTED. 
          AND SO I MOVED TO DENY THIS CASE ON THE GROUNDS OF A NON-SUPPORTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          THE SPRINGVALE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SUBMITTED A LETTER IN OPPOSITION TO MY OFFICE AND THE ZONING COMMISSION ON JUNE THE 18TH. 
          A SECOND TO DENY. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION. 
          UH, AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEMS P THREE AND Z 12. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY, ITEMS P FOUR AND Z 16 PLAN AMENDMENT PA 20 19 0 0 6. 
          END 
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ZONING 20 19 0 2 7 AMENDING THE NOGO SOUTH ZAMORA COMMUNITY PLAN FROM NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED USE FROM R FIVE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR DUPLEX C ONE, C THREE, C THREE, AND A AND C THREE R TO I D Z THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN M F 65 C TWO MOTOR VEHICLE SALES AND DUPLEX LOCATED AT 37 27, NO GTOS STREET AND 1 27 AIMS AVENUE AND 1 31 AMES AVENUE. 
          STAFF AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          37 NOTICES MAILED FIVE IN FAVOR AND FIVE OPPOSED. 
          AND THE APPLICANT, I BELIEVE IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO OCTOBER 17TH. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, MOTION TO CONTINUE TO OCTOBER 17TH. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS P FOUR AND Z 16 TO, UH, THE DATE SPECIFIED. 
          OCTOBER 17TH. 
          17TH, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z 17 Z 17 R SIX FROM C TWO FROM R SIX TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR FACILITY LOCATED AT 1325 REO CITY ROAD. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS, HOURS OF OPERATION MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 7:30 AM TO 5:30 PM A SOLID SCREEN FENCE OF BUDDING RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AND USES A 25 FOOT BUFFER YARD OF BUDDING RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AND USES 24 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND THREE OPPOSED. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, MOTION TO CON TO APPROVE WITH THE CONDITIONS AS, AS, UH, AS READ I SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL, UH, WITH CONDITIONS AS READ, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z 21 Z 21 FROM R 20 TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES LOCATED AT 69 85 OAK DRIVE. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. 
          NO OUTDOOR SPEAKERS SHALL BE PERMITTED ON THE PROPERTY EXCEPT THOSE REQUIRED BY LAW OR NECESSARY FOR EMERGENCY OR SAFETY PURPOSES. 
          ALL OUTDOOR LIGHT FIXTURES, SHELL UTILIZE DOWNWARD LIGHTING PRACTICES. 
          NO MORE THAN 125 VEHICLES MAY BE KEPT ON THE PROPERTY AT ANY GIVEN TIME. 
          11 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER PALAZ. 
          UH, MAYOR, MOVE TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS. 
          READ. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z 21 WITH CONDITIONS AS READ, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z 23 Z 23 FROM R FIVE TO R FIVE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE LOCATED AT 5 7 0 HEIMER ROAD. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          25. 
          NOTICES MAILED TWO IN FAVOR AND THREE OPPOSED, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I'D LIKE TO, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE CONDITION TO ALLOW A SIGN NO LARGER THAN 46 SQUARE FEET. 
          UH, THAT SIGN ALREADY EXISTS ON THE PROPERTY AND THEY'RE GONNA REFURBISH IT. 
          OKAY. 
          I HEARD A MOTION. 
          WAS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z 23 WITH CONDITIONS AS READ, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S THE, UH, END OF OUR ZONING AGENDA. 
          SNUCK THAT ONE RIGHT BY. 
          HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS WEEKEND. 
          STRUCK TODAY. 
          CAN I.
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