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THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES DOESN'T. 
          ANTONIO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA GRANT HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAO HAAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS. 
          YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR ER HERE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL BUDGET SESSION. 
          THE TIME IS 2:22 PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE GET STARTED TODAY. 
          WE HAVE FOUR, UH, DEPARTMENTS TO GO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER NOW TO OUR CITY MANAGER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          WE'VE GOT FOUR DEPARTMENTS, I'M SORRY, THREE DEPARTMENTS, UH, AND A PRESENTATION FROM VISIT SA THIS AFTERNOON. 
          UH, THE FIRST IS AVIATION. 
          UH, THE SECOND IS OUR CONVENTION, UH, FACILITIES, THIRD ARTS AND CULTURAL. 
          AND THEN, UH, VISIT SA THAT WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH. 
          RUSS. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT OUR RECAP OF 2019 AND OUR OVERVIEW FOR AVIATION FOR F FOI 20 BUDGET. 
          UM, BUT BEFORE I START, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MY EXECUTIVE TEAM AND MY BUDGET TEAM TO STAND UP. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT OVER 200 YEARS OF AVIATION EXPERIENCE BEHIND ME. 
          UH, THEY ALL STARTED WHEN THEY WERE ABOUT 12, UH, IN THE INDUSTRY. 
          UH, AND, UH, THEY AND THEIR TEAMS, UH, MAKE ALL OF THIS HAPPEN, SO I WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK THEM. 
          THANKS FOLKS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION, UH, UH, COUNCIL APPOINTED AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION HERE TODAY. 
          SO, AS ALWAYS, THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT. 
          UH, UH, THEY ARE A PHENOMENAL GROUP OF PEOPLE, UH, WHO HELP US EVERY DAY. 
          WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE AIRPORT SYSTEM. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE ADMINISTER BOTH SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL INSTANCE IN MUNICIPAL, THE SECOND OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING AIRPORT IN THE COUNTRY. 
          AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM. 
          UM, BUT AS A CITY DEPARTMENT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TYPICALLY LIKE TO DO IS REMIND OURSELVES THAT WE OPERATE, UH, WITH ALL OF THE STANDARD CITY RULES. 
          UH, HOWEVER, WE OPERATE AN ENTERPRISE FUND THAT IS HEAVILY GOVERNED BY FEDERAL GUIDELINES BECAUSE WE RECEIVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL GRANTS EVERY YEAR THROUGH THE F A A AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          UH, WE ARE SUBJECT TO ALL OF THE GRANT ASSURANCES ASSOCIATED, UH, WITH THE F A A. 
          SO ALL THE FEDERAL RULES GOVERN OUR ENTIRE AIRPORT SYSTEM. 
          AND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS TO US IS WE HAVE TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING. 
          AND EVERYTHING THAT WE GENERATE IN REVENUE WITHIN THE AIRPORT HAS TO GO EITHER TO AN OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET, UH, OR ROLL BACK INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR INVESTMENTS IN OUR AIRPORT SYSTEM. 
          OUR VISION AND MISSION HAS NOT CHANGED THIS YEAR. 
          WE NEED TO BE DRIVING PROSPERITY FOR THE REGION, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS, 494 PROFESSIONALS, UH, LIVE AND BREATHE EVERY DAY. 
          UH, THEY ARE EMPOWERED. 
          AND THE POINT I WANNA MAKE ON THIS SLIDE IS IT TAKES A THOUSAND CONSECUTIVE MIRACLES, UH, TO LAUNCH ONE AIRPLANE SAFELY WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF PASSENGERS, UH, TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATION. 
          THE AVERAGE, UH, MEMBER OF THE TRAVELING PUBLIC THINKS IT'S REALLY EASY AND HAS NO IDEA. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY MISSION SUCCESS FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SCREEN, WHETHER IT'S OUR POLICE, SECURITY, FIRE, UM, OPERATIONS, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM, THEY'RE ALL FOCUSED ON THAT ONE MISSION, UH, TO MAKE THAT THOUSAND CONSECUTIVE MIRACLES LOOK EASY. 
          SO HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE, UH, A RECAP OF OUR 19, UH, BUDGET AND NOT ACTUALS, BUT 19 BUDGET. 
          AND THEN, UH, THE FY UH, 20 BUDGET. 
          UM, THE BOTTOM LINE 
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IS FROM 19 TO 20. 
          PROPOSED IS A VERY, VERY CLOSE. 
          20 IS A BALANCED BUDGET. 
          UH, WE WILL, UH, RECOGNIZE MODERATE INCREASES IN REVENUE, UM, IN THINGS LIKE PARKING AND RENTAL CARS THAT REMAIN VERY STRONG FOR US. 
          THEY WERE STRONG IN 19. 
          WE'RE PROJECTING STRONG 20 WHILE MANAGING SOME DEGREE OF RISK IN OUR CONCESSIONS PROGRAM, UH, DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR NEW CONCESSIONS THAT ARE GOING INTO, UH, TERMINAL A. 
          WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT SUCCESSES WITH MARKETING, UH, AND NEW FACILITIES AS YOU KNOW, HERE, UH, OVER F Y 19, UH, THAT HAVE HELPED US CONTINUE TO GENERATE THAT. 
          EXPENSES WILL BE UP SLIGHTLY IN 20, UH, PRIMARILY DUE TO PROJECTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR EXPANDED AIR SERVICE. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT WINS, UH, WHICH MEANS WE NEED TO PUT SOME EXPANDED CAPACITY, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. 
          BUT ULTIMATELY, THE BUDGET DOES, UH, DUE TO OUR STRONG REVENUE, DOES PRESERVE LEVERAGE IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, WHICH AGAIN, WILL SERVE US WELL AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THESE PROJECTS. 
          AIR SERVICE OPTIMIZING, UH, THE ABOVE REMAINS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WITHIN THE CITY. 
          UM, YOU DON'T NEED AN AIRPORT IF YOU DON'T GIVE THE COMMUNITY THE AIR SERVICE THAT THEY NEED. 
          AND WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'VE CONTINUED THAT POSITIVE TREND IN 19. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE SURPASSED 10 MILLION PASSENGERS IN 2018. 
          AND ACTUALLY AS OF, UH, TODAY, THAT SLIDES OUT OF DATE, WE JUST, UH, HIT OUR 37TH STRAIGHT MONTH OF RECORD GROWTH MONTH OVER MONTH. 
          UH, SO ON YEAR NUMBER FOUR, UH, JULY WAS THE BUSIEST YEAR IN HISTORY FOR YOUR AIRPORT SYSTEM WITH A LITTLE OVER 960,000 PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH. 
          ALSO THIS YEAR, WE ADDED A NEW COUNTRY, UH, A CARRIER, SUN COUNTRY SERVING THREE LOCATIONS AND 13 OTHER ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS THAT BROUGHT A THOUSAND NEW SEATS TO, UH, TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE ALSO CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO OPTIMIZE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER PRIORITY FOR US AS THE FIRST AND LAST PLACE A TRAVELING, UH, MEMBER SEES. 
          UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THESE IN MIND. 
          AND THERE'S TWO CRITICAL THINGS ABOUT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. 
          ONE IS THE DEFINITION OF IT, AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE, IT'S ABOUT THE END-TO-END EXPERIENCE. 
          EVERYTHING FROM WHEN YOU'RE SITTING IN YOUR LIVING ROOM TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU'RE GONNA RESERVE A FLIGHT TO WHEN YOU GET HOME FROM A TRIP AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. 
          UM, AND THE OTHER IS THAT WE CONSIDER ALL PERSONAS THAT TRAVEL THROUGH THE AIRPORT. 
          IT'S EASY FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT YOURSELF OR YOUR OWN PREFERENCES, BUT WE'VE GOT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT TRAVEL, UH, THROUGH THE AIRPORT. 
          AND THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE NEEDS TO CONSIDER ALL OF THEM, WHICH IS WHAT'S BROUGHT WONDERFUL PROGRAM, NEW PROGRAMS ON THIS PAST YEAR, LIKE THE ARTS CULTURE HISTORY PROGRAM, PROGRAMS LIKE IRA, THAT'S A, UH, A REAL TIME REAL PERSON ASSISTANCE, UH, VIRTUAL ASSISTANCE FOR BLIND OR VISUALLY CHALLENGED PEOPLE. 
          NEW PROGRAMS FOR, UH, FOLKS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES. 
          WE'VE GOT 188 VOLUNTEER AMBASSADORS NOW THAT PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW AND DON'T TAKE OUR WORD FORWARD. 
          UH, AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL RATED US AGAIN TOP IN OUR CLASS, UH, IN THE WORLD, UH, FOR THE AIRPORT SERVICE QUALITY AWARD. 
          LIKE ALL OF DEPARTMENTS, UH, WITHIN THE CITY, WE CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO ENSURE OUR POLICY, SERVICE, DELIVERY AND DISTRIBUTION RESOURCES ACCOUNT FOR THE DIFFERENT HISTORIES, CHALLENGES AND NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS, INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL. 
          UH, AND TO THAT END, UH, WE FOCUSED AGAIN THIS YEAR ON IMPROVING ACCESS TO A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS. 
          I MENTIONED A FEW OF THOSE WITH LEARNING AND PHYSICAL, UH, DISABILITIES. 
          WE'VE INCREASED, UH, OUR MULTILINGUAL SERVICES ACROSS ALL TOUCH POINTS IN THE AIRPORT, UH, IMPROVED AND EXPANDED OUR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE YOUTH ABOUT THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES IN AVIATION AND REACH OUT TO, UH, UH, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES ON THAT. 
          UH, AND WE STOOD UP A DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE. 
          AND IN 20, WE WILL WORK ON OPERATIONALIZING THE, UH, THE COMMITTEE THROUGH AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, DIALOGUES, AND FURTHER OUTREACH INTO THE COMMUNITIES COMMUNITIES. 
          THE ONE IMPROVEMENT, THE PERSONNEL ENHANCEMENT THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IN THE F Y 20 BUDGET FOR AVIATION IS RELATES TO CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. 
          AND IT'S A FIVE MEMBER CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE OPERATIONS TEAM. 
          UH, S A T HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN FOR PHENOMENAL CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          UH, BUT WE HAVE FAR OUTGROWN, UH, THE NEED FOR THIS. 
          WE'VE BENCHMARKED ACROSS THE INDUSTRY AND VIRTUALLY ALL AIRPORTS OUR SCALE HAVE THIS TYPE OF A TEAM THAT FOCUSES ON THAT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE FROM CURB TO GATE, UH, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. 
          AND THEY'RE REALLY OUT THERE FACE-TO-FACE TO FIND PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY BECOME PROBLEMS, UH, AND FOCUS ON THE EFFICIENCY, UH, OF OUR AIRPORT. 
          IT ALSO, UH, IT HAS A, HAS A DOMINO EFFECT OF, OF GENERATING MORE REVENUE. 
          IF YOU CAN KEEP PASTURES MOVING THROUGH YOUR AIRPORT MORE, UH, QUICKLY, UH, YOU GENERATE A BETTER REVENUE. 
          AND FINALLY, IT TAKES MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM, LIKE SECURITY POLICE, FIRE OPERATIONS, AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, UH, WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN PULLED INTO CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE ISSUES TO WORK THEM, AND IT PUTS THEM BACK WHERE THEY BELONG IN THEIR PRIMARY DUTY. 
          UH, AND SO WE'RE, UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ADDING THIS DIVISION. 
          ONE OF OUR PRIORITY, UH, FOCUSES IN 19, AND IT WILL REMAIN IN 20 WHERE WE'LL COMPLETE IT AS OUR STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. 
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UM, THE AIR AIRPORT, UH, SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENT IN JANUARY 18 BY THE MAYOR KICKED THAT OFF. 
          UH, AND WE CONDUCTED PHASE ONE, WHICH WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL DEMAND CAPACITY ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE OUR REQUIREMENTS AND OUR GEOGRAPHY AND DETERMINE ULTIMATELY THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OUR CURRENT AIRPORT LOCATION. 
          WE ARE JUST NOW IN THE EARLY PHASES OF KICKING OFF WHAT WE CALL PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE, THE CHALLENGING, BUT THE FUN PART, IT'S DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVES, LOOKING AT ALL THE POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVES FOR EXPANSION, WHETHER IT BE AIRFIELD TERMINAL OR SUPPORT STRUCTURE, UH, AND, AND FIGURING OUT WHICH OF THOSE ARE FEASIBLE, DOING ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS, FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY, UH, AND THIS WILL INVOLVE SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I'M, I THANK IN ADVANCE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE ALREADY OFFERED, UH, FOR US TO COME OUT TO SOME OF YOUR EVENTS AND WORK WITH BOTH YOU AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, THIS IS THE COMMUNITY'S AIRPORT, AND IT NEEDS TO BE A COMMUNITY DECISION, UH, WHAT WE DO TO DEVELOP FOR THE FUTURE. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, IN 19, WE, WE, UH, FINISHED A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS AT STINSON, AND AGAIN, TRYING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE STINSON, UM, EVEN THOUGH THEY ALREADY GENERATE A HUNDRED THOUSAND GENERAL AVIATION OPERATIONS A YEAR, WE REALLY WANNA MAKE IT THAT GENERAL AVIATION CORPORATE AIRPORT OF CHOICE, UH, FOR THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          AND WE'RE WORKING WITH FOLKS LIKE LEO GOMEZ AT BROOKS TO DO SO. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, IF YOU GO TO STINSON, YOU'RE NOT GONNA RECOGNIZE THE PARKING LOT. 
          IT'S BEAUTIFUL BRAND NEW, ALL NEW MONUMENT SIGNAGE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE YOUR WAY AROUND THE CAMPUS EASIER. 
          AND WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO DO A RIBBON CUTTING ON THE 1.2 MILE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY LINK THE MISSION REACH AND ALLOW YOU TO HOP ON A BIKE AT STINSON AND RIDE ALL THE WAY TO THE PEARL SOMEDAY. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN VERY, VERY SOON. 
          FOR F Y 20, WE DO HAVE A $52.1 MILLION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WITHIN THE AIRPORT SYSTEM. 
          AND HONESTLY, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A MASTER PLAN PROCESS TO LOOK AT LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT, UH, WE'RE FOCUSING ON THOSE IMMEDIATE NEEDS. 
          SO INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S AGING, THAT NEEDS FIXING OR IMPROVING AND INCREASE IN CAPACITY FOR OUR NEAR TERM, UH, AIR SERVICE NEEDS. 
          UM, I KNOW T C I GAVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A PEEK UNDER THE TENT ON THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUT I WANTED TO JUST HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, UH, AND THEN BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, HERE WHEN I GET BACK UP TO THE PODIUM. 
          BUT, UH, A LOT OF THIS IS ABOUT CAPACITY. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DRAMATICALLY INCREASED CAPACITY OVER THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS AT THE AIRPORT SYSTEM, AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING ANOTHER BIG YEAR, UH, IN 20 OR 21. 
          AND SO WE'RE ADDING A LITTLE BIT OF GATE CAPACITY AND RECONFIGURING SOME OF THE AREAS OF THE TERMINALS, BOTH IN A AND B TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT. 
          IN ADDITION TO ADDING T S A SECURITY SCREENING CAPACITY, UH, IN BOTH TERMINALS, WE'RE GONNA FINISH THE, UH, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION FEDERAL INSPECTION STATION IN JANUARY, AND THAT'LL OVER DOUBLE THE CAPACITY OF THAT BRAND NEW, UH, FACILITY. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 
          WE'VE DONE A COMPLETE CAMPUS-WIDE INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS TO SEE, UH, HOW MANY THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO CONTINUE TO EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY AND SAFELY OPERATE THE TERMINALS, WHILE NOT INVESTING TOO MUCH MONEY IN A TERMINAL, UH, THAT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW MANY YEARS WE'RE GONNA BE IN EXISTENCE, SPECIFICALLY TERMINAL A AND STINSON. 
          UM, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF PROJECTS, MODEST PROJECTS, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON A SIDEWALK PROJECT, UM, DOWN THERE WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, THERE'S SOME GENERATOR WORK, A BUILDING RECONSTRUCTION, A ROOF ON THE MUSEUM, A NEW TERMINAL ROOF, UH, AND SOME BASIC RUNWAY MAINTENANCE. 
          BUT AGAIN, A MODEST YEAR FOR STINSON, UH, TO KEEP THAT WONDERFUL FACILITY OPERATING. 
          SO THAT IS A VERY QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN FY 19 AND WHERE WE'RE GOING IN 20. 
          UM, I'M, I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          UH, WE ARE ANTICIPATING ANOTHER GREAT YEAR IN 20 AND MAYBE EVEN A BIGGER YEAR IN 21. 
          OUR FOCUS GOING INTO 20 REALLY IS RETAINING ALL OF THAT WONDERFUL AIR SERVICE THAT'S AS IMPORTANT OR MORE IMPORTANT THAN NEW, UH, DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO WORKING HARD WITH OUR MARKETING PROGRAMS TO RETAIN IT. 
          WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE READY FOR THE NEAR TERM CAPACITY EXPANSION, SO WE NEVER HAVE TO SAY NO TO A NEW, A NEW ENTRY, A NEW AIRLINE WHO WANTS TO COME SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, STRATEGIC PLANNING IS GONNA BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR US, UH, FOR THE NEXT TWO TO FIVE DECADES, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO, UH, TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS LATER. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RUSS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS PATRICIA MUS. 
          I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE CONVENTION AND SPORTS FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
          I WANNA START BY SHARING OUR MISSION STATEMENT, WHICH SPEAKS TO WHAT WE AS A DEPARTMENT ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT. 
          AND THAT IS SAN ANTONIO'S ENRICHING SAN ANTONIO'S ECONOMY AND COMMUNITY THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE, EVENTS, AND FACILITIES. 
          THE CONVENTION AND SPORTS FACILITIES DEPARTMENT MANAGES AND OVERSEES THE OPERATIONS OF THE HENRY B. GONZALEZ CONVENTION CENTER, THE ALAMO DOME, AND THE CARVER COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER. 
          I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A QUICK 
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OVERVIEW OF OUR FACILITIES. 
          THE HENRY B. GONZALEZ CONVENTION CENTER IS A 1.6 MILLION SQUARE FOOT FOOT FACILITY WITH OVER 500,000 SQUARE FEET OF EXHIBIT SPACE. 
          IT HOSTS AN AVERAGE OF OVER 300 EVENTS EACH EACH YEAR WITH OVER 750,000 CONVENTION DELEGATES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. 
          AND THE CONVENTION CENTER EMPLOYS A STAFF OF 271. 
          THE ALAMO DOME IS A 26 YEAR OLD MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY WITH 65,000 SEATS. 
          IT AVERAGES 115 EVENT DAYS A YEAR, AND IT, AND HAS AN ATTENDANCE OF CLOSE TO A MILLION PEOPLE. 
          THE ALAMO DOME HAS A STAFF OF 73, AND IT IS SUPPLEMENTED WITH CONTRACTOR AND TEMPORARY STAFF DURING EVENTS. 
          THE CARVER COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER IS COMPRISED OF THE JOE LONG THEATER AND THE LITTLE CARVER, AND IT'S A THRIVING HUB ON THE EAST SIDE FOR CULTURAL PERFORMANCES, COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS. 
          IT HAS ABOUT 300 EVENTS A YEAR WITH ATTENDANCE OF ABOUT 40,000 PEOPLE, AND THE CARVER HAS A FULL-TIME STAFF OF 14. 
          THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING SEVERAL LEASES OF WHICH NELSON WOLF STADIUM IS ONE OF THEM. 
          THE BASEBALL STADIUM IS OWNED BY THE CITY AND OPERATED BY THE SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS, AND THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING A LEASE FOR TOYOTA FIELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNTY. 
          BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY OWN THE SOCCER STADIUM AND THE SPUR SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT OPERATE THE FACILITY. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          IN 2019, THE DEPARTMENT, ALL THREE FACILITIES WILL MANAGE OVER 720 EVENTS AND HOST OVER 1.8 MILLION VISITORS. 
          OUR UPCOMING SOCCER EVENT AT THE ALAMO DOME BETWEEN MEXICO AND ARGENTINA WILL BE ONE OF OUR, WILL BE OUR SINGLE LARGEST EVENT THIS YEAR WITH, UH, AN ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE OF OVER 60,000 PEOPLE. 
          THE ALAMO DOME THIS YEAR ALSO OUTPACED REVENUE PROJECTIONS. 
          IT WILL END THE YEAR $1.2 MILLION ABOVE 2018 ACTUALS THIS YEAR. 
          UM, ALSO, UM, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER FROM LAST YEAR THAT 2019 AND 2020 WERE, UM, PROJECTED TO BE SOFT YEARS. 
          SO WE COLLABORATED WITH THE VISIT SAN ANTONIO TO FILL THOSE OPEN DATES, AND I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, TO ADD SOME EXCELLENT, SHORT, SHORT-TERM BUSINESS THIS YEAR AND NEXT. 
          SO COMPARED TO 2018, THIS YEAR, THE CONVENTION CENTER WAS ABLE TO, UM, ADD, UM, SHORT-TERM BOOKINGS THAT EQUATE TO OVER $750,000. 
          NEXT YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD SOME EXCELLENT BUSINESS, WHICH INCLUDES WORKHUMAN SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST OF 2020 WITH ABOUT 10,000 ATTENDEES. 
          AND IN AUGUST OF 2020, WE'LL BE HOSTING AVON WITH ABOUT 6,000 ATTENDEES. 
          WITH REGARDS TO CAPITAL, WE ALSO ACCOMPLISHED ANOTHER GOAL THAT WE SET FOR OURSELVES, AND THAT WAS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR BOTH THE ALAMO DOME AND THE CONVENTION CENTER. 
          AND IN ADDITION, AT THE CARVER, WE ALSO REPLACED ALL OF THE HVAC UNITS, AND THE REPLACEMENT OF THE 20 YEAR PLUS ROOF WILL BE SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETE THIS WEEK OR NEXT. 
          RELATED TO OUR INTERNAL CUSTOMERS, THE DEPARTMENT INCREASED EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT FROM 2018 TO 2019 BY 5% TO BETTER SERVE OUR EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS. 
          AT THE ALAMO DOME, WE INSTITUTED A NEW GUEST ASSIST PROGRAM. 
          SOME OF THE SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM INCLUDE CELL PHONE, CHARGING STATION, AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION VIA GOLF CART FROM FOR OUR GUESTS, UM, WHO ARE MOBILITY CHALLENGED FROM OUR A D A SPACES TO OUR A D A ENTRANCES. 
          AND FINALLY, AND EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT IS OUR FOCUS ON THE COMMUNITY. 
          THIS YEAR, WE COLLABORATED WITH THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION TO INSTALL IN, UH, ONSITE DIGITAL KIOSK. 
          BY FISCAL YEAR END, THAT WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO OTHER THINGS TO WAY FINDING EMERGENCY SERVICES, AS WELL AS A LIST OF LOCAL EVENTS. 
          AND AT THE CARVER, THEY ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE SAN ANTONIO LIBRARY FOUNDATION TO BRING A NEWBERRY MEDAL HONOREE, CHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS, TO THE CARVER FOR A FREE AUTHOR TALK WITH OVER 500 S A I S D STUDENTS. 
          SO NOW LOOKING AHEAD TO 2020, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO MAXIMIZE THE REVENUE IN ALL THREE FACILITIES. 
          OUR FOCUS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON CULTIVATING AND STRENGTHENING OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR PARTNERS OR STAKEHOLDERS OR CLIENTS IN ORDER TO FIND NEW QUALITY EVENTS THAT WILL GENERATE FAVORABLE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND ALSO MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SOME EXCITING EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 INCLUDE THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, THE WARRIOR GAMES, AND THE HERBALIFE CONVENTION WITH AN ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE OF 30,000 ATTENDEES IN 2020, WE WILL ALSO WORK WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP A FINANCING PLAN TO FUND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THE FACILITY MAINTENANCE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. 
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THE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE COMMITMENTS MADE TO THE NCAA FOR HOSTING THE MEN'S FINAL FOUR IN 2025, AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL EXTEND THE LIFE OF OUR FACILITIES AND MAINTAIN OUR MARKET COMPETITIVENESS. 
          FINALLY, THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES THAT WILL ENHANCE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AT THE ALAMO JONES. 
          WE WILL IMPLEMENT A CONVENIENT POINT OF SALE SYSTEM PARKING SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW OUR ATTENDEES TO PAY FOR PARKING WITH A CREDIT CARD. 
          THE CONVENTION AND SPORTS FACILITIES DEPARTMENT STRIVES TO INCORPORATE EQUITY AND INCLUSION EVERY DAY IN WHAT WE DO. 
          SOME OF OUR MOST NOTABLE STRATEGIES IN THIS AREA INCLUDE PARTNERING WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH SUCH AS THE JIMENEZ THANKSGIVING DINNER AND THE FEAST OF SHARING. 
          LAST YEAR, THE JIMENEZ THANKSGIVING DINNER SERVED OVER 25,000 RESIDENTS, AND THE FEAST OF SHARING FED OVER 15,000. 
          AND ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS OF THE CARVER IS TO ENSURE ECONOMIC ACCESSIBILITY TO ARTS, ENRICHMENT, AND EDUCATION, AS WELL AS TO BRING THE ARTS TO THE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. 
          LAST YEAR, THE CARVER OFFERED FREE MATINEE PERFORMANCES AND ARTISTS RESIDENCIES, WHICH WERE NOT ONLY FREE, BUT THEY WERE ALSO DELIVERED AT SCHOOLS, AT COMMUNITY CENTERS AND OTHER MEETING PLACES THAT MADE IT VERY ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE THAT MAY NOT OTHERWISE BE INTRODUCED TO THE ARTS. 
          AND LAST YEAR, UH, THE DEPARTMENT ALSO PARTNERED WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO TO HOST A JOB SHADOWING EXPERIENCE WITH STUDENTS FROM THE EDGEWOOD I S D 76 STUDENTS FROM THE TITLE ONE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL'S HOSPITALITY PROGRAM, WHO YOU SEE PICTURED IN THAT SLIDE. 
          UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SOME OF OUR CONVENTION CENTER PARTNERS TO LEARN ABOUT POSSIBLE PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR INDUSTRY. 
          NEXT YEAR, OUR GOAL IS TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM AS WELL AS WORK WITH OUR CONCESSIONAIRE AT THE ALAMO DOME TO IMPLEMENT FAN FRIENDLY PRICING. 
          AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND ACCOUNTS FOR ALL REVENUE GENERATED BY THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY. 
          TAX COLLECTIONS. 
          FUNDING FROM, UH, FROM THE HOT FUND IS USED TO SUPPORT TOURISM CONVEC CONVENTION ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS CULTURAL AND ARTS PROGRAMMING ACROSS THE CITY. 
          THE CURRENT HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX RATE OF 16.75, WHICH IS LEVIED ON EVERY ROOM NIGHT CHARGE, CONTRIBUTES AT 6% TO THE CITY, TO THE STATE, ONE POINT 75% TO BEAR COUNTY, 7% TO THE CITY, AND THE REMAINING 2% IS DEDICATED TO PAY DEBT SERVICE, AS WELL AS FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER. 
          THE CITY PROJECTS THAT THE 7% PORTION THAT COMES TO THE CITY WILL TOTAL 74.7 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
          AS PER THE FINANCIAL POLICIES, WHICH HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, A PORTION OF THE 7% IS REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THE ANNUAL CONVENTION CENTER DEBT PAYMENT AND IS REDUCED. 
          FIRST, THE REMAINING 7% COLLECTIONS NET OF THIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEBT PAYMENT ARE ALLOCATED AS FOLLOWS, 35% GOES TO VISIT SAN ANTONIO, UP TO 35% GOES TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND VISITORS FACILITIES FUND, WHICH IS THE ALAMO DOME, AND THE CONVENTION CENTER ARE A PART OF 15, GOES TOWARDS HISTORY AND PRESERVATION AND 15 TOWARDS ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          NOW, THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING ALL FUNDS NEXT YEAR, INCLUDES A TOTAL OF $97.9 MILLION. 
          THE LARGEST PORTION OF THE TOTAL BUDGET IS DEDICATED TO FUND THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE ALAMO GYM. 
          THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE CARVER IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 IS 1.8 MIL, 1.8 MILLION, AND REFLECTS AN INCREASE OF 200,000 OVER THE 2019 ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          THE INCREASE WILL PROVIDE FUNDING TO REPLACE CAPITAL OUTLAY EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS PROVIDE FUNDING TO RENOVATE A GALLERY, THE RESTROOMS IN THE GALLERY AT THE JOLONG THEATER IN 2020. 
          THE CONVENTION SPORTS FACILITY STATE REBATE FUND INCLUDES 2.6 MILLION RELATED TO PREPARATIONS FOR SIX EVENTS, WHICH MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH THE STATE'S EVENTS TRUST FUND. 
          THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES MUNICIPALITIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN REIMBURSEMENT FOR ELIGIBLE EXPENSES FROM DEDICATED, APPLICABLE TAXES, UH, GENERATED BY HIGH IMPACT EVENTS, WHICH COULD HAVE OTHERWISE TAKEN PLACE OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS IN THE CONVENTION CENTER. 
          LEASE PAYMENT ACCOUNTS FOR THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENT RELATED TO THE DEBT ISSUED ON THE CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION PROJECT. 
          THIS TOTAL IN 20, UH, THE DEBT PAYMENT IN 20, UH, 20 TOTALS $25.8 MILLION. 
          AND FINALLY, THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR 2020 INCLUDES $14.3 MILLION RELATED TO FOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CONVENTION CENTER AT OUR FACILITIES, WHICH I WILL SPEAK TO MORE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          THE COMMUNITY AND VISITORS FACILITIES FUND, AS 
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I MENTIONED, FUNDS THE ALAMO DOME AND CONVENTION CENTER, AND IT IS, UH, PRIMARILY FUNDED BY REVENUES GENERATED BY THESE FACILITIES. 
          THE TOTAL CONVENTION CENTER AND ALAMO DOME, UH, REVENUE IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 IS ESTIMATED TO BE $33.2 MILLION WITH THE REMAINING OF THE OPERATIONS BEING SUPPLEMENTED BY THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          THIS BUDGET REFLECTS AN INCREASE OF 2.1 MILLION OVER THE 2019 ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THE NET INCREASE IS RELATED TO A MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE TO EACH OF THE CONVENTION CENTER AND ALAMO DOME'S BUDGETS TO BEGIN THE REPLACEMENT OF EQUIPMENT THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING REPLACEMENT THROUGH A FACILITY ASSESSMENT STUDY THAT WAS JUST COMPLETED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          THE DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING A NOMINAL FEE TO THE FACILITY RENTAL RATES AT THE LILA COCKRELL THEATER, THE JOE LONG THEATER, AND THE LITTLE CARVER, THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASE ARE IN MOST CASES BELOW OR COMPARABLE TO WHAT OTHER PERFORMING CENTERS IN THE AREA ARE CHARGING. 
          IN ADDITION, THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROPOSES A SMALL INCREASE TO THE SEASON TICKET PRICE FOR PERFORMANCES AT THE JOE LONG THEATER AND THE LITTLE CARVER, AND ALSO PROPOSES TO IMPLEMENT A SMALL FEE FOR THE RENTAL OF A LAPTOP AT CARVER FACILITIES. 
          A TOTAL OF 21.1 21.2 MILLION IS, UM, IN PROJECTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT ARE RECOMMENDED IN THE SIX YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN WITH A 14.3 MILLION PLANNED FOR 2020. 
          THE FUNDING IS FOR TWO PROJECTS AT THE ALAMO DOME AND TWO PROJECTS AT THE CONVENTION CENTER OF THE 21.2 MILLION. 
          3.8 IS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS AS PART OF THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO PREPARE FOR THE NCAA'S MEN'S FINAL FOUR IN 2025. 
          THE ALAMO DOME SECOND PROJECT IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE RETRACTABLE C SEATING FOR A COST AT ESTIMATED AT $13.5 MILLION. 
          THE RETRACTABLE SEATING AT THE ALAMO DOME IS 27 YEARS OLD, AND IT'S PAST ITS USEFUL LIFE. 
          THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO RECOMMENDING TO ALLOCATE 900,000, UH, FOR THE DESIGN, UH, PHASE TO REPLACE THE VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION OR THE ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS IN THE 1998 PORTION OF THE CONVENTION CENTER. 
          MANY OF THE COMPONENTS IN THESE SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS THE ONES AT THE ALAMO DOME ARE OBSOLETE AND ARE NO LONGER BEING MANUFACTURED. 
          BOTH THE ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE SINCE 1998 AT THE CENTER WITHOUT ANY MAJOR MODERNIZATIONS. 
          AND LASTLY, THE CONVENTION CENTER'S. 
          SECOND PROJECT IS TO REPLACE APPROXIMATELY 450,000 SQUARE FEET OF, UH, AGAIN IN THE 1998, UH, 450 SQUARE FEET OF ROOF IN THE 1998 PORTION OF THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT WAS COMPRISED BY WEATHER ACTIVITY LAST YEAR. 
          A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 3 MILLION MAY BE NEEDED TO COVER THE COSTS THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY THE CITY'S INSURANCE. 
          I WANNA ASK YOU TO, IF YOU HAVEN'T CONNECTED WITH US, TO, UH, DO SO SO YOU CAN STAY ABREAST OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING AT OUR FACILITIES. 
          WE HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT, AMAZING EVENTS HAPPENING. 
          THE CARVER HAS AN AMAZING LINEUP IN THE 20 19, 20 20 SEASON, AND THAT ALAMO DOM WILL FEATURE SOME AWESOME CONCERTS. 
          AND BEFORE I CONCLUDE, ALSO, I THINK YOU MAY AGREE THAT IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO PUT ON THESE MANY EVENTS AND HOST THESE MANY PEOPLE. 
          ALL OF THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HARD WORK AND THE DEDICATION OF OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          I ESPECIALLY WANNA THANK MY LEADERSHIP STAFF, UM, WHO ARE PROBABLY SOME OF THE BEST IN THE INDUSTRY. 
          UM, I AM SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEIR SUPPORT. 
          I'M GONNA CALL THEIR NAMES SO THAT YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE. 
          AS I INTRODUCE THEM, I'M GONNA ASK 'EM TO STAND. 
          MONICA RAMOS AND SCOTT MUNSON, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTORS FOR THE DEPARTMENT, MS. CASSANDRA PARKER. 
          NIKI IS THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE CARVER. 
          MS. WANDA WILLIAMS IS THE INTERIM GENERAL MANAGER AT THE CONVENTION CENTER. 
          AND MR. STEVE ZITO IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE ALAMO DOME. 
          AND LASTLY, MS. ELISA, LIKE IS OUR FISCAL ADMINISTRATOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, PATRICIA. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          I'M DEBBIE ROCK SITTER, AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT AND OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. 
          WE HAVE A MISSION TO ENRICH THE QUALITY OF LIFE BY LEADING AND INVESTING IN SAN ANTONIO'S ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          ALL OF THIS IS DONE UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF THE SAN ANTONIO ARTS COMMISSION, AND WE ALWAYS DO THIS WITH DEDICATION AND PLANNING INVOLVED. 
          WE, THE SAN ANTONIO ARTS COMMISSION IS A STEERING COMMITTEE FOR OUR CULTURAL PLAN, WHICH WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. 
          AND WE'VE PLANNED SEVERAL AREAS, AND WE'VE IMPLEMENTED SEVERAL AREAS, ALWAYS WITH EQUITY IN MIND. 
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THE DEPARTMENT HAS 20 STAFF AND FOUR DIVISIONS. 
          IN ADDITION, THE DEPAR, UH, THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE, SO THE FIRST DIVISION ARTS FUNDING AND CONTRACTS IS THE DIVISION THAT HOLD OVERSEES OUR AGENCY CONTRACTS AND DOES ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS FOR PUBLIC ART AND OUR, UH, EXHIBITS CULTURALLY. 
          VINCENT EXHIBITS INCLUDES OUR EXHIBITS AT PLAZAS, AMIS, AND CENTRO DE ARTES, AS WELL AS THE DISTINCTION IN THE ARTS AWARDS POET LAUREATE PROGRAM AND THE DIAZ AZIS COMMISSION. 
          AND THEN OUR PUBLIC ART DIVISION OVERSEES AND MANAGES OUR PUBLIC ART PROJECTS, AND WE HAVE OUR FILM, MUSIC AND MEDIA DIVISION. 
          THEY'RE SMALL AND MIGHTY, BUT THEY OVERSEE IMPLEMENTING THE FILM AND MUSIC STRATEGIC PLANS, AS WELL AS THE MARKETING OF THE ARTS FOR ALL OF THE CITY. 
          I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 
          O OVER THE PAST YEAR, FOR ME, PHOTOGRAPHY REALLY, REALLY STARTED HERE. 
          IT ALL HAPPENED HERE AS A RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, I'VE GROWN UP HERE. 
          SO ONCE THIS WAS ALL SAID AND DONE, BEING ABLE TO, TO SEE THE WORKUP FOR FOUR MONTHS, IT TOOK A HUGE POINT OF PRIDE FOR ME TO, TO KNOW THAT IT WAS FUNDED BY AND SUPPORTED BY THE CITY. 
          UM, JUST TO FEEL LIKE I'M A A PART OF THAT, I THINK, UH, REALLY PRESTIGIOUS CIRCLE OF ARTISTS THAT CAN SAY THEY'RE, THEY'RE SORT OF LIKE PART OF THE CITY'S, YOU KNOW, BANK OF ARTISTS. 
          THE NEW FUNDING GUIDELINES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE, WHICH FOCUS ON EQUITY, HAVE REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE TO A CULTURALLY SPECIFIC CENTER LIKE OURS. 
          WE PROVIDE PROGRAMMING FOR COMMUNITY THAT IS TYPICALLY UNDERSERVED, THAT TYPICALLY DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO PROGRAMS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL TO THEM, THAT REFLECT THEIR CULTURE, THEIR IDENTITY. 
          BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS ADDITIONAL FUNDING, LOCAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT OUR INDIGENOUS ARTS PROGRAMMING IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND CULTURAL EQUITY DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING IF THERE ISN'T RELEVANCE. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE THE CITY IS ACTUALLY SHOWING THAT IT'S RELEVANT TO THE CITY, TO THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY, NOT ONLY RECOGNIZING ITS PAST, ITS PRESENT, BUT HOW WE'RE MOVING INTO THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I, AND I WANNA THANK OUR, UH, FILM AND MUSIC DIVISION LED BY CRYSTAL JONES, AS WELL AS THE LOCAL FILMER WHO MADE THAT VIDEO. 
          UH, SAM LERMA AND RADIO BOX, WHO WAS FEATURED ON THE CITY COUNCIL MUSIC SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM. 
          SO AS FAR AS THE BUDGET GOES, THE DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING $12.1 MILLION. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THOSE FUNDS COME FROM THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR INVESTMENTS ARE TWO ARTS AGENCIES IN THE FORM OF GRANTS. 
          THIS IS A FORMULAIC POLICY FUNDING POLICY THAT WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2018. 
          AND IT'S FUNDING THAT IS BY AND LARGE IS BASED ON THE EQUITY MODEL AND BASED ON THE FACT THAT THEY ARE QUALIFYING ARTS AGENCIES, WE'RE IN THE SECOND YEAR OF A THREE YEAR FUNDING CYCLE, AND 67% OF THE ARTS AGENCIES ARE EXPECTED TO GET AN INCREASE FOR FISCAL YEAR 20. 
          THE FUNDING COMES FROM THE INCREMENTAL INCREASE THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE INCREASED HOT TAX. 
          WE MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS WITH, UH, DATA DRIVEN IN DATA THAT WE GET FROM DATA ARTS, AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE FUNDING THAT COMES FROM OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT FUNDS OUR PUBLIC ART DIVISION PROJECT OVERSIGHT. 
          IF YOU CAN'T TELL ALREADY, EQUITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THE EQUITY FOCUSED CULTURAL PLAN. 
          OUR EXHIBITS HAVE TARGETED ARTISTS OF COLOR AS 
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WELL AS L G B T Q AND WOMEN ARTISTS, ALL WOMEN SHOWS. 
          WE HAVE TARGETED OUR AGENCY'S INVESTMENTS THROUGH THE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SUPPORT, AND THAT WILL BE INCREASED BY $268,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
          AND WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THOSE NEW DATA TOOLS, AND WE'RE WORKING ON DISAGGREGATING OUR DATA COLLECTION IN ORDER TO MAKE BETTER INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE. 
          ANOTHER ENHANCEMENT IS A POLICY ON PAYING ARTISTS THAT WOULD BE A CITY POLICY. 
          WE CURRENTLY REQUIRE OUR AGENCIES THAT WHEN THEY HIRE PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, THAT THEY PAY THEM AND NOT JUST EXPECT THEM TO GET A NOTORIETY FOR THAT. 
          THE CITY SHOULD DO THE SAME. 
          WHEN WE HIRE A MUSICIAN TO PLAY FOR AN EVENT, WE SHOULD PAY THEM. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A POLICY FOR PAYING ARTISTS WHO OFTEN STRUGGLE, UH, TO MAKE ENDS MEET. 
          OTHER GOALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, UH, IMPLEMENTING THE CULTURAL DISTRICTS FRAMEWORK. 
          SO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS HAS A PROGRAM TO DESIGNATE CULTURAL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND NOW THEY ALSO HAVE GRANT MONEY, UH, THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO ANY AGENCY THAT MIGHT BE IN THOSE CULTURAL DISTRICTS. 
          OUR GOAL WITH THIS PROGRAM IS THAT SAN ANTONIO WOULD INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CULTURAL DISTRICTS AND WHAT INCREASE THE GRANTS THAT IT GETS FROM THE STATE BY LEVERAGING THE TOOLKIT THE DEPARTMENT HAS CREATED AND SOME SUPPORT GRANTS TO HELP THEM APPLY TO GET STATE MONEY. 
          WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO DEVELOP A PERFORMING ARTS PLAN. 
          UH, WE HAD A TRAGEDY THIS YEAR WITH ONE OF OUR ARTS AGENCY LEADERS PASSED AWAY. 
          AND THIS YEAR, UM, IT WAS MARK RICHTER WHO, UH, FOUNDED AND RAN ALAMOS CITY OPERA. 
          PICCOLA THE BOARD DECIDED TO DISSOLVE AND WE REALLOCATED THEIR FUNDS TO THE OTHER AGENCIES, BUT WE WANT TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY FOR PERFORMING ARTS AGENCIES TO BE STRONGER SO THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. 
          AND FINALLY, WE WANNA IMPLEMENT THE PUBLIC ART PLAN WITH THE RIVERWALK PUBLIC ART GARDEN AT RIVER AND STREET LEVEL BETWEEN COMMERCE AND MARKET. 
          AND SO THIS IS THE 1968 EXTENSION THAT STARTS ON THE WEST SIDE WHERE THE TORTURE FRIENDSHIP IS. 
          AND YOU HAVE A LITTLE TORTURE FRIENDSHIP PIN THAT I PUT AT YOUR DESK AS WELL. 
          THIS, YOU DON'T HAVE ONE. 
          WE'LL BE GIVING YOU THOSE. 
          AND YOU HAVE A COLORING BOOK THAT WE ARE GONNA BE USING TO DRIVE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND TO DRIVE INTEREST IN OUR PROGRAMS. WE'RE GONNA ASK PEOPLE TO LIKE US ON FACEBOOK AND TO SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER. 
          AND THEN THEY WILL GET A COLORING BOOK OR DIFFERENT ITEMS FROM THE PROMOTION FROM THE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THE RIVERWALK PUBLIC ART GARDEN, AS WELL AS OUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM INCLUDES PUBLIC ART IN EVERY SINGLE NIG. 
          EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL DISTRICT, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS WOULD DEBUT DOWNTOWN ON THE RIVERWALK GARDEN, OR THEY WOULD HAVE A REPRESENTATION SO THAT EVERY PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY COULD FEEL CONNECTED TO OUR DOWNTOWN. 
          AND SO THAT EVERY VISITOR COULD UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S MORE TO OUR COMMUNITY THAN THE RIVERWALK WALK. 
          WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR UTILIZING OUR PRE-QUALIFIED ARTISTS, OF WHICH WE HAVE OVER 300 ARTISTS AND ART PROFESSIONALS. 
          AND TWO THIRDS OF THOSE ARE FROM SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND ANOTHER EXCITING EVENT THAT'S COMING UP VERY SOON, AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THESE, THE ARTIST ENRIQUE RAHA, BETTER KNOWN AS SEBASTIAN, WHO CREATED THE TORTURE FRIENDSHIP, HAS COME TO US AFTER WE ASK HIM ABOUT PAINTING THE TORTURE FRIENDSHIP, WHICH WE ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR. 
          HE SAID, I WANNA DO AN EXHIBIT IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          I HAVE OVER A HUNDRED WORKS. 
          WHERE CAN WE DO THEM? I SAID, WE NEED TO DO THEM EVERYWHERE. 
          SO WE'RE PARTNERING WITH OVER 22 PARTNERS, CITYWIDE, SIX CITY DEPARTMENTS, SEVEN INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, FIVE LOCAL EDUCATION PARTNERS, AND OTHERS THAT ARE HELPING WITH SPONSORSHIPS. 
          AND WE'RE PUTTING ON THE LARGEST EXHIBIT THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN OF SEBASTIAN. 
          WE'RE EXPECTING TO GET PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE, THE WORLD TO COME TO SAN ANTONIO AND SEE THIS EXHIBIT AND CELEBRATE WITH US OUR FRIENDSHIP. 
          UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, DEBBIE. 
          THANK YOU, DEBBIE. 
          UM, THE, UH, THE LAST PRESENTATION, UM, AS CASSANDRA COMES UP TO THE, TO THE PODIUM, I WANTED TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT TO, UH, VISIT SA. 
          SO, UH, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2016, THE COUNCIL, UH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A DESTINATION MARKETING AGREEMENT WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO, WHICH TRANSITIONED THE CITY'S FORMER CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU INTO AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT AGENCY, UH, VISIT SAN ANTONIO MARKET AND PROMOTES THE CITY AS A DESTINATION FOR CONVENTIONS AND, AND LEISURE TRAVEL. 
          AND WE GET OVER 37 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR. 
          UH, AS PART OF THAT DESTINATION MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, THE CITY TARGETS AN ANNUAL ALLOCATION. 
          YOU SAW IT EARLIER IN PATRICIA'S SLIDE. 
          UH, AN AN ANNUAL ALLOCATION 
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TO VISIT SAN ANTONIO, EQUAL TO 35% OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE, UH, NET OF ANY DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS, UH, RELATED TO THE CONVENTION CENTER. 
          UH, THE F Y 2020, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, IS RECOMMENDED AN ALLOCATION OF $24.9 MILLION FOR VISIT SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, THE CITY DOES HAVE REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UM, AND, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO, COUNCILWOMAN GRO AND MYSELF SIT ON THAT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE THREE, UH, THREE EXECUTIVES WHO ARE EX-OFFICIO, UH, PATRICIA MUSIQUE CONTOUR, UH, RUSS HANDY AND JUAN AYALA. 
          AND SO WE ARE, UM, WE CONSIDER, UH, CASSANDRA AND HER TEAM AT, AT VISIT SA, UH, AS FRANKLY GREAT PARTNERS IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO TO FURTHER, UH, THE INDUSTRY, THE VISITOR INDUSTRY, AND, AND, UH, CLOSELY COORDINATE WITH HER. 
          UH, WE'RE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO, TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH VISIT SA AND I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT, UH, BEFORE SHE SHARES A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE UPCOMING YEAR. 
          CASSANDRA, THANK YOU. 
          CITY MANAGER. 
          MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THIS INVITE TO BRIEF YOU ON VISIT SAN ANTONIO. 
          YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE OTHER, THE THREE DEPARTMENTS THAT JUST PRESENTED, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF PROMOTING EACH AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO, WHETHER IT'S THE INCREASED ROUTES AT THE AIRPORT, WHETHER IT'S ALL THE ARTS AND CULTURE THAT THIS CITY AND COMMUNITY OFFERS, AND THEN LOOKING AT THAT WE PROMOTE AND WE SELL THE CONVENTION FACILITIES. 
          SO IT IS OUR HONOR TO BE A PARTNER WITH THE CITY. 
          AND, UM, I JUST APPRECIATE THIS TIME TODAY. 
          I'LL GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO OUR MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT. 
          I WANNA UPDATE YOU ON THE SAN ANTONIO, UH, TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, SHARE SOME OF OUR KEY METRICS, AND THEN TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF OUR 2020 ORGANIZATIONAL AND BUDGET PRIORITIES. 
          UM, BUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A QUICK CHALLENGE TO EACH OF YOU. 
          I BELIEVE, UH, YOU HAVE A PACKET. 
          AND IN YOUR PACKET, I WANT YOU TO NOTE THAT EVERY IMAGE THAT IS IN OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS COMING FROM THE SHOW US YOUR DISTRICT TOURS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TWO MORE DISTRICTS TO TOUR, WHICH THOSE ARE GOING TO BE SET FOR OCTOBER. 
          LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 
          UM, BUT SO YOU HAVE A, UH, A, A, UH, PAGE IN YOUR PACKET, A DOCUMENT WITH ALL THE IMAGES THAT WE'RE USING. 
          AND SO THROUGHOUT MY PRESENTATION, IF YOU RECOGNIZE THE IMAGE, UH, NAME, WHAT THE IMAGE IS, AND PUT WHAT DISTRICT IT IS. 
          AND AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, UH, THE PERSON WITH THE MOST CORRECT WILL RECEIVE A PRIZE AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          SO LET'S BEGIN. 
          I THINK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY TRAVEL AND TOURISM IS BIG BUSINESS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE ARE PROUD TO BE THE THIRD LARGEST INDUSTRY IN SAN ANTONIO, WHICH MEANS JOBS IN ECONOMIC IMPACT. 
          UM, WE'VE ALREADY HEARD WE WELCOME OVER 37 MILLION VISITORS TO SAN ANTONIO, AND WE REPRESENT $15.2 BILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THIS REPRESENTS $419 MILLION TO ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS COMBINED, BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THIS INCLUDES $214 MILLION IN TAX REVENUES. 
          I KNOW WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT HOTEL OCCUPANCY, OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTIONS, BUT KEEP IN MIND, 56.4 MILLION COME FROM SALES TAX AND 37.3 MILLION COME FROM PROPERTY TAX FROM OUR INDUSTRY. 
          SO WHY DO I GET UP EACH AND EVERY DAY? BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT WE DO MATTERS TO THIS COMMUNITY. 
          VERY PROUD OF THAT FACT. 
          IN SEPTEMBER OF 2016, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED VISIT SAN ANTONIO'S TRANSITION TO A 5 0 1 C SIX ORGANIZATION, WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT OCTOBER 1ST, 2016. 
          AS DESCRIBED, OUR PRIMARY SERVICES MARKET AND PROMOTE THE DESTINATION, ATTRACT AND SERVE LEISURE VISITORS TO THE CITY, AND ATTRACT AND SERVE MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          AS MENTIONED, EACH YEAR WE, UH, PROVIDE A BUSINESS PLAN, UH, TO THE CITY. 
          WE PROVIDE QUARTERLY REPORTS, INCLUDING UPDATES TO OUR KEY METRICS. 
          OUR VISIT SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN VERAN AND COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S SERVICE TO THAT BOARD, AS WELL AS OUR C CITY MANAGER. 
          WE ALSO HAVE ADOPTED AND INCORPORATED THE CITY'S SUB BETA POLICY, ALONG WITH THE CODE OF ETHICS THAT WAS DEVELOPED, UTILIZING THE CITY'S CODE OF ETHICS AND ALL CLAUSES THAT WERE APPLICABLE TO OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          BUT OUR PARTNERSHIP DOES NOT STOP THERE. 
          IT IS VERY IMPORTANT 
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THAT WE ARE IN SYNC WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, EVEN BEYOND OUR SCOPE. 
          ONE BEING WE HAVE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT, AND WE WORK HAND IN HAND ON, UH, ROUTE, UM, GETTING NEW ROUTES FOR OUR DESTINATION, MAINTAINING EXISTING ROUTES. 
          ONE EXAMPLE WAS PARTNERING, PARTNERING WITH RUSS AND HIS TEAM ON THE AMERICAN AIRLINES J F K DIRECT FLIGHT. 
          AND WHAT WE DID IS WE INITIATED A MARKETING CAMPAIGN, A DIGITAL CAMPAIGN IN THE AREA, INVITING PEOPLE TO USE THAT FLIGHT AND COME TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WORLD HERITAGE, WHAT BETTER WAY TO TALK ABOUT AND, AND REALLY PUSH IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETING EFFORTS. 
          SO WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE, ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          HOPEFULLY YOU SAW OUR LOGO AS WE ARE, UH, SUPPORTING, UM, THE, THE EXHIBITS SEBASTIAN THIS NEXT YEAR, AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT OUR TEAMS WORK COLLABORATIVELY, WHETHER IT'S EVENTS IN LA WHERE WE HOSTED TRAVEL, TRADE MEDIA, AS WELL AS FILM PRODUCERS. 
          UM, WE ARE ALIGNED IN PARTNERING ALL ACROSS THE CITY. 
          AN IMPORTANT AND PROBABLY OFTEN NOT TALKED ABOUT IS OUR COLLABORATION WHEN IT COMES TO LEGISLATIVE ISSUES. 
          UH, WE ARE ALIGNED, WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP ONE ANOTHER. 
          AND BEFORE THE 86TH SESSION, THAT INCLUDED SOME ISSUES SUCH AS FULL FUNDING FOR THE STATE TOURISM OFFICE, RIGHT TO LOBBY LEGISLATORS, SUPPORT OF THE MAJOR EVENTS, TRUST FUND, AND OPPOSING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD DAMAGE OUR ABILITY TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE AS A DESTINATION, WHETHER IT'S FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR TRAVEL AND TOURISM. 
          SO, WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THE SAN ANTONIO TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. 
          YOU DO HAVE A ONE SHEET, UM, OF SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET, BUT IF, IF SOME OF YOU'LL RECALL, WE WERE CHARGED WITH WHEN WE, UH, TRANSITIONED WHAT WAS GONNA BE OUR BUSINESS PLAN TO GET ADDITIONAL DOLLARS SO WE COULD USE TO MARKET SAN ANTONIO TO THE WORLD. 
          AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE WORKED WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION, WE IDENTIFIED THE SAN ANTONIO TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. 
          SO THE, THE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WENT INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1ST. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A HALF A YEAR IMPACT. 
          AND JUST A REMINDER, IT'S A 1.25% DISTRICT ASSESSMENT CHARGED TO A HOTEL ROOM NIGHT, APPLICABLE TO HOTELS WITH 100 ROOMS OR MORE. 
          WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT MORE THAN 90% OF THE FUNDS ARE USED FOR OUR CORE MISSION, WHICH IS SALES AND MARKETING, AND SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT USAGE. 
          THIS LAST SUMMER, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD 2.5 MILLION TO OUR MARKETING SPEND THAT IMPACTED MAY TO AUGUST, WHICH DOUBLED OUR MARKETING SPEND AS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. 
          THIS RESULTED IN 302 MILLION MORE IMPRESSIONS. 
          THAT'S MILLION, UM, 300, 2 MILLION MORE EYES ON SAN ANTONIO MESSAGING, INVITING THEM TO THE CITY. 
          WHAT DID THESE DOLLARS ALSO DO? WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, PUT MONEY INTO DIGITAL TV STREAMING, UH, RADIO AND OUT OF HOME. 
          AN EXAMPLE OF THE IMPACT WAS EXPANDING OUR MARKET COVERAGE FOR TV ALONE FROM 14 MARKETS TO 30 MARKETS. 
          SO THAT IS THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE SEEING REGARDING THE TPI D DOLLARS. 
          ON THE SELL SIDE, WE HAD SEVERAL PROGRAMS LAUNCH, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL HOTEL INCENTIVE PROGRAM, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
          WE WERE APPROVED TO ADD A NATIONAL SALES MANAGER AND IN-MARKET CUSTOMER EVENTS IN SOME OF OUR KEY MARKETS SUCH AS DC, CHICAGO, AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          JUST WHILE MANY OF THESE INITIATIVES ARE STILL IN THEIR INFANCY, WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HOTEL PROGRAM INCENTIVE PROGRAM HAS GENERATED MORE THAN 58 APPLICATIONS DRIVING AN ADDITIONAL 25,000 GROUP ROOM NIGHTS, OR 4.7 MILLION IN ROOM REVENUE TO OUR DESTINATION, SPECIFICALLY IN SOFT YEARS OF 2019 AND 2020. 
          SO AGAIN, THAT IS THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE SEEING. 
          SO I KNOW, AND A FEW OF YOU HAVE ALWAYS ASKED, WELL, HOW DO WE KNOW IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL? RIGHT? UM, WE LOOK AT MANY FACTORS. 
          WE LOOKED AT DESTINATION WIDE INDICATORS, AND WE LOOK AT SPECIFIC METRICS ON OUR INITIATIVES, AND EVERYTHING IS MEASURED. 
          UM, WITH VISITS SAN ANTONIO, THE MORE SUCCESS WE HAVE IN PROMOTING THE DESTINATION AND BRINGING MORE VISITORS HERE, WE WILL HELP POSITIVELY INFLUENCE JOB GROWTH, INCREASED INCREMENTAL TAXES, MORE FUNDING FROM THE ARTS IN HISTORY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD, DEBBIE, THAT THERE'S, 
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BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE OF HOT REVENUE, THE ARTS, THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE MORE DOLLARS. 
          WHEN I LOOK BACK, WHEN I GOT HERE IN 2018, ARTS WAS RECEIVING ABOUT SIX TO 7 MILLION, AND NOW THEY'RE AT 12 MILLION. 
          VERY PROUD OF THAT. 
          WE JUST RECEIVED THE UPDATED VISITOR PROFILE STUDY RESULTS FROM THE 2018 YEAR FROM OUR THIRD PARTY. 
          IT'S CALLED DK SHIFFLET. 
          AND KEEP IN MIND, THESE ARE DOMESTIC NUMBERS ONLY. 
          OVERALL VISITATION GREW. 
          UH, WE WELCOMED 2 MILLION MORE VISITORS IN 2018 COMPARED TO 2017. 
          SO NOW WE CAN SAY WE WELCOME 39 MILLION VISITORS. 
          OF THOSE VISITATION, OVERNIGHT VISITORS GREW 4.46% WITH THE US AVERAGE ONLY BEING 2.6%. 
          SOME OTHER KEY FINDINGS ON OUR PROFILE, ON THE VISITOR PROFILE THAT COME TO SAN ANTONIO IN 2018, BABY BOOMERS TRAVEL INCREASED. 
          77% OF OUR VISITORS ARE TEXANS. 
          SO WE ARE THE TEXAS CHOICE. 
          98% OF TEXANS AND 64 OF OUT OF TEXAS VISITORS DRIVE TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO EVEN IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE STATE, PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING THEIR ROUTE. 
          SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, WHILE WE ARE A HUGE PROPONENT AND ADVOCATE OF SEEING GROWTH AT THE AIRPORT, WE ALSO KNOW THAT INFRASTRUCTURE MEANS OUR ROADWAYS, UM, AS WELL. 
          SO WE WORK WITH TXDOT, ESPECIALLY ON THAT 35 CORRIDOR GETTING FROM DALLAS, UH, TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THIS YEAR'S METRICS AND WHERE WE ANTICIPATE BEING AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE ONE MORE MONTH LEFT IS CONVENTION ROOM NIGHTS BOOKED, 930,000 DEFINITE ROOM NIGHTS, EDITORIAL VALUE, 40.5 MILLION ONLINE ENGAGEMENT, 35 MILLION. 
          YOU SEE, OUR TARGET WAS 17. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, AND YOU ARE WELL AWARE THAT WE LAUNCHED A NEW LEISURE WEBSITE BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF THAT WEBSITE, IS WHY WE'RE, WE SEE SUCH AN ENORMOUS BUMP OF OUR ONLINE ENGAGEMENT. 
          OUR SERVICE DELIVERY RANKING OUT OF A 4.0 SCALE, 3.9 AND MEMBER MEMBERSHIP. 
          YOU KNOW, WE LAUNCHED AND MEMBERSHIP IS FAIRLY NEW FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, BUT WE ANTICIPATE HAVING 469 BUSINESSES THAT ARE VISIT SAN ANTONIO MEMBERS BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO BE THE BEST IN THE INDUSTRY, WHICH IS ANOTHER TYPE OF METRIC. 
          LAST WEEK AT THE US TRAVEL ASSOCIATION'S MARKETING PROGRAM CALLED ES O, WE TALKED ABOUT TRENDS. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT BEST PRACTICES, AND THERE WAS A AWARD CEREMONY CALLED THE DESTINY AWARDS. 
          AND THIS YEAR IT TURNED OUT TO BE A SPECIAL ONE FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP VISIT SAN ANTONIO AND OUR AGENCY OF RECORD, THE ATKINS GROUP. 
          WE WON TWO DESTINY AWARDS THAT WERE GIVEN TO VISIT SAN ANTONIO FOR BEST MARKETING CAMPAIGN AND THE BEST DESTINATION WEBSITE IN THE COUNTRY. 
          WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO AS WE GO INTO 20 20, 1 OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, BECAUSE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT IT AMONG OUR BOARD, AMONG OUR TEAM, IS WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TRENDS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT IMPACT US? SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS, THERE'S NO DOUBT, AND, AND, UH, I'VE, AS I'VE BEEN TRAVELING, UM, AT THE US TRAVEL ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT, ECONOMISTS ARE NOT READY NECESSARILY TO SAY WE'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO A RECESSION, BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY SAYING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN. 
          HOW DOES THAT IMPACT US AS WHAT ONE OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE WILL BE CERTAINLY FOCUSING ON IS THE DRIVE MARKET. 
          WHENEVER THERE'S BEEN A DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY, WE STILL DO REALLY WELL FROM A TRAVEL DESTINATION BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO US IN OUR DRIVE MARKET. 
          SO WE WILL DEFINITELY BEING, UM, HAVING MESSAGING ABOUT THOSE ROAD WARRIORS AND HOW EASY IT IS TO GET TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          ADDITIONALLY, A TREND IS, WHILE WE MAY SEE GROWTH IN DEMAND, WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA SEE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE LOWER RATES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          SO ONE OF OUR MESSAGES IS HOW SAN ANTONIO IS A VALUE DESTINATION. 
          AND, AND, AND THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY MY TOP OF MIND AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR DESTINATION THIS LAST YEAR. 
          AND THEN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. 
          IT'S REALLY INTERESTING IN THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY, ANYTIME THAT THERE'S A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THERE'S UNCERTAINTY ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          BUT HOW DOES IT ALSO IMPACT US? WE KNOW GOING INTO THIS PLANNING YEAR IS THAT OUR COSTS, WHETHER IT'S TV OR MEDIA, 
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WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY. 
          SO WE HAVE TO BUDGET FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN INTERESTING ENOUGH, UH, COMPETITION GROWTH, WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR COMP SET RIGHT UP THE ROAD. 
          WE'RE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AUSTIN ABOUT THEIR EXPANSION OF THEIR CONVENTION CENTER, OF THEIR POTENTIAL T I D BECAUSE THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON US. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT SOME OF OUR COMP SET ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          BUT THAT IS ONE THAT WE'RE KEEPING A, A WATCHFUL EYE ON. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW NORMAL, AND IT'S CALLED DISRUPTORS. 
          IT'S REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU, I'VE TALKED TO MANY OF MY COUNTERPARTS AND 10 AND 15 YEARS AGO, THINGS, THESE TYPE OF DISRUPTORS WERE JUST NOT PART OF OUR INDUSTRY. 
          BUT IT'S BEEN INTERESTING HOW SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES CAN IMPACT OUR INDUSTRY SO MUCH. 
          SO IT'S DRIVING DECISIONS OF OUR CUSTOMERS, OUR CONVENTION CUSTOMERS. 
          I WANNA GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT CALIFORNIA HAS A TRAVEL BAN TO TEXAS. 
          AND SO THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR, UM, ANY STATE, UM, OR GOVERNMENT FUNDING TRAVEL TO THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          AND HOW HAS THAT IMPACTED US? WE HAD A HUGE GROUP THAT WAS GOING TO BE A REPEAT GROUP EVERY THREE YEARS. 
          THEY'RE NO LONGER COMING TO SAN ANTONIO AND THEY'RE NO LONGER COMING TO TEXAS BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUCH A LARGE CALIFORNIA CONTINGENCY. 
          AND SO THAT'S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON OF, OF KIND OF OUR NEW NORM, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO LOOKING AHEAD AT 2020 AND OUR ORGANIZATIONAL, WHICH YOU WOULD ARGUE WOULD BE OUR BUDGETARY ORGANIZATIONAL PRIOR PRIORITIES, UH, VISIT SAN ANTONIO, HELD THEIR ANNUAL BOARD RETREAT THIS LAST SUMMER. 
          AND AGAIN, COUNCILMAN VRAN AND COUNCILMAN TREVINO AND, UH, CITY MANAGER WALSH, WERE ALL IN ATTENDANCE. 
          UH, THE BOARD APPROVED THE VISIT SAN ANTONIO BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR 2020. 
          AND I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT A FEW 'CAUSE I KNOW I'M GOING LONG ON TIME. 
          I'M MINDFUL OF THAT. 
          BUT NUMBER ONE, OUR CORE IS SAN ANTONIO AWARENESS TO ENHANCE AND BROADEN OUR AWARENESS BOTH IN THE STATE, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. 
          I MENTIONED WE LAUNCHED AND YOU ALL WERE VERY HELPFUL WITH YOUR INPUT ON OUR LEISURE WEBSITE. 
          UM, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UH, THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA DEVELOP AND LAUNCH A NEW MEETINGS AND PARTNER WEBSITE. 
          I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO BE LAUNCHING THE VISIT SAN ANTONIO TV, WHICH WILL, BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED INTEREST IN VIDEO PLATFORMS, WE'RE REALLY GONNA ENHANCE THAT. 
          MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE ATTENDED THE US TRAVELS INTERNATIONAL SHOW WITH ME LAST YEAR. 
          WELL, WE ARE GONNA BE HOSTING THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE SHOW KNOWN AS I P W IN 2023. 
          IT IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING. 
          THERE'S GOING TO BE 6,000 INTERNATIONAL BUYERS, 500 INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL MEDIA THAT WILL BE COMING TO SAN ANTONIO IN 2023. 
          WHILE IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S SO FAR AWAY, WE HAVE TO START OUR PLANNING NOW. 
          AND SO IT'S REALLY GREAT 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA START LAUNCHING THIS COMMUNITY-WIDE, GETTING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATING, UM, OUR STAKEHOLDERS BECAUSE IT'S GONNA TAKE EVERYONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS EVENT IS A SUCCESS. 
          AND I DO INVITE YOU OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, IF YOU HAVE INTEREST, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO TRAVEL WITH US, UM, TO THE SHOW. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE FIRSTHAND THAT THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY OF BRINGING THE WORLD TO SAN ANTONIO IN THE TRAVEL, AND ESPECIALLY THE INTERNATIONAL WORLD. 
          THIS IS OUR OLYMPICS, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          ADDITIONALLY, OUR FOCUS WILL BE ON LONG-TERM BASE OF CITYWIDE MEETINGS, UH, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT INTERNALLY. 
          WE ARE SO DELIGHTED OF ALL THE, UH, CHANGES AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENHANCEMENTS HAPPENING AROUND THE CITY, SPECIFICALLY, OBVIOUSLY, HEMISPHERE MASTER PLAN AND THE ALAMO MASTER PLAN. 
          BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IS ENSURE THAT THE NARRATIVE AROUND THE CONSTRUCTION REMAINS ONE OF EXCITEMENT, ANTICIPATION AND ATTENDANCE BUILDING, RATHER THAN SOME OF OUR CONVENTION CUSTOMERS SAYING, HOW IS THIS GONNA NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE CONSTRUCTION? HOW IS IT GONNA NEGATIVELY IMPACT US? WE WANNA KEEP OUR EYE ON THE MESSAGING ABOUT THE EXCITEMENT AROUND THAT. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE FOCUSED ON GROWING OUR MEMBERSHIP MODEL AND INTRODUCING A CORPORATE, UH, SPONSORSHIP CORPORATE, UH, PROGRAM THIS NEXT YEAR. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS A SEPARATE ENTITY AND AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAINTAIN OUR FINANCIAL STABILITY. 
          SO LOOKING AT THINGS SUCH AS, IS THERE A WAY TO INCORPORATE SOME INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES? AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT, AND YOU'VE HEARD, UH, MANY PEOPLE TODAY 
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TALK ABOUT THEIR TEAMS. WELL, VISIT SAN ANTONIO, WE ARE OUR PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES US SUCCESSFUL. 
          WE DON'T OWN ANYTHING. 
          AND SO WE ARE OUR PEOPLE. 
          SO WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT WE ARE AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE. 
          AND SO WE JUST RECENTLY DID AN ALL STAFF SURVEY AND WE'RE, ONCE WE GET THOSE RESULTS, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THOSE RESULTS, LOOK AT STRENGTHS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO INSTITUTE THOSE STRATEGIES WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          AND LASTLY, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, OUR VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER WILL BE A FOCUS BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTA DECIDE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR VISITOR CENTER. 
          COME 20 22, 20 23. 
          HOPEFULLY YOU'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO EVER VISIT OUR VISITOR CENTER. 
          IF NOT, IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE ALAMO. 
          WE WELCOME OVER TH WE SERVE OVER 350,000 VISITORS ANNUALLY IN OUR VISITOR CENTER. 
          AND OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF THE REIMAGINATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE VISION OF THE ALAMO, WE'LL NEED TO LOOK AT A NEW HOME, A NEW STRATEGY. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT THAT TODAY. 
          UM, WHAT'S GONNA, WHAT'S TO COME, UM, IN YOUR PACKET? YOU HAVE SOME CONVENTIONS THAT ARE COMING TO THE CITY NEXT YEAR, LARGE, SMALL. 
          SOME OF OUR SMALLER EVENTS ARE EVEN MORE, YOU KNOW, VERY IMPACTFUL OF WHO'S COMING INTO THE CITY. 
          ALL IN ALL, UH, VISIT SAN ANTONIO HAD BOOKED FOR IN 2020, UH, GROUPS THAT REPRESENT 310 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT. 
          SOME OF THOSE GROUPS ARE FROM TEXAS UNI MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT OFFICIALS, AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN LEGISLATORS, BREWERS ASSOCIATION, MANY, SEVERAL, UH, MANY, UH, MILITARY REUNIONS, HERBALIFE, INTERNATIONAL OF AMERICA. 
          HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ALL GETTING ON ONCE A MONTH. 
          WE SEND, UH, YOU ALL A LIST OF THE CONVENTIONS COMING INTO THE CITY THE NEXT MONTH. 
          IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY INTEREST IN SEEING THE CONVENTION, WELCOMING THE CONVENTION OR WHATEVER MAY BE A REASON, DO NOT HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO US BECAUSE WE WILL CERTAINLY LINK YOU INTO THAT. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THIS YEAR VISIT SAN ANTONIO IS MAKING DIA DE LOS MUTA A FOCUS OF OUR FALL PROMOTION. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE EXCITING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE TRADITIONAL DIA DE LOS MORTAS ALTER CELEBRATION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A RIVER PARADE AND MANY COLORFUL EVENTS HAPPENING IN LA VITA. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT MANY OF THESE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WILL ALSO INCLUDE EDUCATION ON THE MEANING OF THE DAY OF THE DEAD, THROUGH AGAIN, THE PARADE, THE SHOWS MUSIC, EXERCISE EVENTS, CHILDREN ACTIVITIES, ART EXHIBITS. 
          THERE WILL BE A FOCUS ON THE FOOD OF SAN ANTONIO HIGHLIGHTING THE CITY OF GASTRONOMY, AND THERE'S GONNA BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AS UM, THE DAY OF THE DEAD SAN ANTONIO FESTIVAL HAS BROUGHT FORTH TWO GREAT, UM, MEDIA OUTLETS, UNIVISION AND TELEVISA, WHO HAVE AGREED TO NATIONALLY BROADCAST THE EVENT AND BRING THEIR HIGHEST RATED SHOWS TO BE FILMED LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          BETWEEN OCTOBER 26TH AND NOVEMBER 1ST, IT IS OUR ASPIRATION TO MAKE SAN ANTONIO THE HUB FOR THE DAY OF THE DEAD IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LOOKING AT WHAT'S COMING, VISIT SAN ANTONIO.TV WILL BE INTRODUCED AS A RESPONSE TO THE INCREASE IN VIDEO MEDIA CONSUMPTION. 
          YOUR OFFICES HAVE RECEIVED AN INVITE, UM, ELECTRONICALLY, AS WELL AS THERE'S A HARD COPY IN YOUR PACKET. 
          FOR SEPTEMBER 5TH, WE WILL BE AT THE GUADALUPE ARTS THEATER, AND WE'LL BE INTRODUCING PHASE ONE OF THIS PROJECT. 
          AND THE CALL TO ACTION FOR YOU ALL WILL BE TO GET OUT OUR CASTING CALL TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          WE ARE LOOKING TO SELECT STORYTELLERS FROM ALL AROUND THE CITY AND PRODUCE A VIDEO SERIES WHERE LOCALS ARE THE STARS. 
          SO PLEASE START THINKING WHO THOSE MIGHT BE. 
          SO FOR 2020, THIS ILLUSTRATES OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND WHAT IT'LL LOOK LIKE, 25 MILLION COMING FROM THE HOT FUND, THE CITY, 2.5 MILLION COMING FROM OTHER REVENUES SUCH AS MEMBERSHIP, PARTNER, CO-OPS, VISITOR CENTER REVENUE, ET CETERA. 
          AND THEN AN ESTIMATED 10.6 MILLION BEING FOR A FULL YEAR OF THE SAN ANTONIO TEA PIT. 
          NOW, COMING SOON FOR OUR TOURS, WE'LL BE DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT SIX. 
          SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE ALL HAD A LOT OF FUN, AND I KNOW, UH, WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT, WE HAVE EATEN A LOT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF HIDDEN JEWELS IN THIS WONDERFUL DESTINATION FOR US TO TELL. 
          SO I HOPE YOU'RE WRAPPING UP YOUR, UH, TEST, BECAUSE NOW I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THE KEY 
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ON THE SCREEN. 
          SO BY SHOW OF HANDS, AND WE WE'RE GONNA START A SLIDESHOW THROUGHOUT. 
          UM, BUT, BUT SHOW OF HANDS, WHO GOT EVERY SINGLE ONE? RIGHT? THAT'S 13. 
          HOW ABOUT 10? OKAY. 
          SO MAYOR COUNCILMAN GRO, UH, IF YOU'LL LET US KNOW YOUR CHARITY OF CHOICE, WE'LL BE MAKING A DONATION IN YOUR NAME. 
          SO, SO HERE'S THE, OKAY. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA COME AND CHECK OUR ANSWERS. 
          YOU'RE JUST TAKING IT ON FAITH. 
          IT'S, I IT IS IN GOOD FAITH. 
          I TRUST YOU. 
          I TRUST YOU. 
          AND WITH THAT, THIS WRAPS UP OUR PRESENTATION. 
          I KNOW, UH, WE'RE ALL GONNA BE HERE FOR QUESTIONS, BUT AGAIN, SINCERELY THANK YOU. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I GET TO GO AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD IS PROMOTING THIS AMAZING DESTINATION, AND IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE EACH AND EVERY DAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CASSANDRA. 
          AND I THINK THAT IS, UH, ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND V SS A SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED ON, UH, QUESTIONS. 
          CASSANDRA, I'M SORRY YOU JUST SAT DOWN, BUT I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH YOU. 
          UM, I JUST HAD A COUPLE VERY BRIEF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, IT'S, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE TPI IN, IN THE SHORT TIME THAT IT'S BEEN ACTIVE. 
          YOU MENTIONED A 4.6%, UH, INCREASE IN OVERNIGHTS. 
          CAN YOU GIVE US A PICTURE OF THAT? SO WE DO A STUDY WITH DK SHIFFLETT EVERY OTHER YEAR, AND WE LOOK AT, UM, WE COULD TAKE A DEEP, DEEP DIVE ON VISITOR PROFILE. 
          SO THE NUMBERS THAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU WOULD NOT HAVE INCLUDED THE TPI AT THIS TIME. 
          SO NEXT YEAR WHEN WE DO THIS STUDY, AGAIN, IT WILL INCLUDE, AND SO WE'RE GONNA SEE THE IMPACTS FROM THAT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS, SO OUR SAN ANTONIO T ID BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THEY ARE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS OF WHAT IS THE, WHAT ARE THESE DOLLARS? SO NOW THAT WE INVESTED, UH, ADDITIONAL DOLLARS IN THE SUMMER CAMPAIGN, IN THE NEXT MONTH, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHETHER IT'S ALL ANCY A D R OR EVEN DEMAND. 
          IF THOSE DOLLARS REALLY HELPED, WE KNEW GOING INTO THE SUMMER OF 2020 IT WAS GONNA BE SOFT. 
          UM, BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS. 
          WHAT I WAS SHARING WITH YOU IS THAT WE HAVE 39 MILLION VISITORS THAT COME TO SAN ANTONIO THAT COULD BE OVERNIGHT STAYS, AND THAT COULD ALSO BE DAY TRIPPERS FROM A, A RADIUS OF 150 MILES AWAY. 
          SO THE DAY TRIPPER IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          WHILE THEY MAY NOT STAY IN HOTELS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THEY'RE EATING IN OUR RESTAURANTS, THEY'RE GOING TO OUR MUSEUMS. UM, THEY'RE, SO THEY'RE HAVING SALES TAX SPEND. 
          SO WE ALSO LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS. 
          WHAT I WAS SHARING IS THAT WE ARE PROUD THAT OUR OVERNIGHT HAD GROWN 4.46%, AND THE US AVERAGE WAS ONLY 2.6%. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, AND THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TPI WAS ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THE NEW V S A WOULD INCREASE. 
          ITS, ITS, UH, CAPITAL FOR MARKETING. 
          SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE FOCUSING ON MARKETING. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UM, THE METRIC FOR SUCCESS ON THAT WOULD BE MARKET SHARE, MAYBE ONE OF THEM. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, ARE YOU SEEING TRENDS IN THAT RIGHT NOW? WHAT'S YOUR OUTLOOK ON THAT? WE PROBABLY GETTING A FULL YEAR UNDER OUR BELT WILL BE ABLE TO TELL US A LOT MORE. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE, THE BOARD WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING AT NONSTOP. 
          UM, AND SO I THINK THAT MARKET SHARE COULD BE AN INDICATOR. 
          I THINK THERE'S DESTINATION INDICATORS. 
          THE HARD PART IS WE KNEW IT WAS A SOFT YEAR. 
          SO 19, 19 AND EVEN 20 IS, IS TO BE, IS WE ARE ESTIMATING IT TO BE A SOFTER YEAR THAN ESPECIALLY 2018. 
          RIGHT. 
          2018 WAS SUCH A BANNER YEAR FOR MANY REASONS. 
          UH, SO HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE TPI DOLLARS, WHERE WOULD WE HAVE ENDED UP? SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE WHAT THOSE ARE, BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS THERE'S SOME NEW WAYS TO MEASURE MARKETING. 
          SO INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING THE NUMBER OF IMPRESSIONS, THERE'S A NEW PROGRAM CALLED DEVICE ID. 
          SO NOW WHEN WE DO A MEDIA BUY, ESPECIALLY DIGITALLY, IF SOMEONE HAS A DEVICE AND THEY LOOK AT OUR, UM, AD, WE CAN TRACE IF THAT DEVICE IS IN SAN, IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE SHOWING IS FOR EVERY DOLLAR WE SPEND, THERE'S A $46 RETURN TO OUR CITY BASED ON THOSE DEVICES. 
          AND THAT'S A VERY CONSERVATIVE RETURN BECAUSE IT'S ONLY IN OUR DIGITAL WORLD. 
          OKAY. 
          WOW. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. 
          I, I DID NOTICE ON YOUR SCHEDULE, UH, APRIL OF 20 A CRAFT BREWERS CONFERENCE IS COMING. 
          I'D LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. 
          AND ONE THING I KNOW WELL, AND I WILL TELL YOU, AND I THINK EVERY COUNCIL PERSON WOULD TELL YOU THAT IN THEIR DISTRICT, THEY HAVE A BREWERY. 
          I MEAN, IT IS GROWING LEAPS AND BOUNDS RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, CASSANDRA. 
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KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, DEBBIE, IF COULD YOU COME, COME FORWARD? UM, I WAS VERY GRATIFIED TO HEAR YOUR STATEMENT ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT IN OUR CITY'S PHILOSOPHY WITH REGARD TO BEING A MODEL AND HOW WE HIRE MUSICIANS. 
          UH, AND THAT WHEN YOU HIRE A MUSICIAN, WE'RE HIRING TO PAY FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCES. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S, UH, AN ENLIGHTENED APPROACH FOR A CITY GOVERNMENT TO TAKE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR, FOR, UH, FOR MODELING THAT. 
          UH, WITH REGARD TO THAT, UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, ESPECIALLY ABOUT STREET PERFORMANCES. 
          UH, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH STREET PERFORMANCE, UM, CODE POLICY. 
          ARE WE DOING ANYTHING IN THAT ARENA RIGHT NOW? SO THE BUSKING POLICY IS BEING HANDLED BY C C D O, UH, 'CAUSE MOST OF IT'S HAPPENING DOWNTOWN, SO I THINK MAYBE LORI HAS A BETTER HANDLE ON THAT. 
          . 
          SO WE DO HAVE A BUSKING POLICY, SPECIFICALLY. 
          IT FOCUSES ON MARKET SQUARE, AND THEN WE ALLOW IT IN LATA. 
          HOWEVER, WE'VE WORKED WITH SS A P D AND WE ARE ALLOWED BUSKING ON CERTAIN MAJOR AREAS LIKE HOUSTON STREET. 
          AND IT'S JUST WORKING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL BUSKERS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THEY'RE ABLE TO BE THERE. 
          BUT THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS GETTING BUSKERS TO COME OUT. 
          UM, SO THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO PERFORM. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH CENTRO ON HOW WE CAN BETTER ACTIVATE HOUSTON STREET AND ACTUALLY PROMOTE MORE BUSKING ALONG THOSE MAJOR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LORI. 
          AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOU, DEBBIE. 
          I'M, I'M JUST, I'M PLEASED TO SEE THE, UH, GROWTH OF YOUR OPERATION IN THE FILM AND MUSIC SPACE, BUT ALSO HOW WE'RE DISTRIBUTING OUR FUNDS EQUITABLY TO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH. 
          AND, AND, UH, IN, IN MY OPINION, THE DOLLAR SPENT IN THE ARTS FOR OUR CITY ARE SOME OF THE WISEST, UH, RETURN ON INVESTMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND PLEASE KEEP US SURPRISED OF HOW WE CAN HELP. 
          UM, ACTUALLY, THIS SEGUES A LITTLE BIT TO YOU, RUSS, IF I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          UM, AND I'M, I'M ALSO GLAD TO SEE THE MUSICIANS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY INTO THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT. 
          UH, MATT EVANS IS A FANTASTIC ADDITION. 
          HE'S ALSO THE MUSIC DIRECTOR IN MY HOME CHURCH, SO, FANTASTIC. 
          UM, WITH REGARD TO PHASE TWO OF THE, UH, PLAN, WHAT DO WE EXPECT TO BE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL? IS IT GONNA BE A FUNDING STRATEGY OR JUST SORT OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED IN TERMS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE? YEAH, I EXPECT IT TO BE ALL THE ABOVE MAYOR. 
          AND SO THE PHASE WE'RE IN NOW IS REALLY, UM, ANALOGOUS TO BRAINSTORMING. 
          IT'S CALLED SKETCH PLANNING, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES WITH, WITH OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND, AND THE COMMUNITY ULTIMATELY NARROWING IT DOWN TO SOMEWHERE IN THE LATE FEBRUARY, EARLY MARCH TIMEFRAME IS WHEN YOU'LL START TO SEE A, A SMALL NUMBER OF PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES THAT WE'LL REALLY FOCUS ON FULL ANALYSIS OF. 
          UH, AND THAT ANALYSIS WILL INCLUDE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, IMPACT ON NOISE, UM, AND FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY. 
          AND IN FACT, WE PUT EXTRA EMPHASIS IN THE R F P FOR THIS CONTRACT IN THAT, IN THAT SUBJECT, BECAUSE WE DISCOVERED IN PREVIOUS MASTER PLANS, THERE WASN'T ENOUGH, UH, MEAT IN THE, IN THE ANALYSIS AND THE REPORT ON FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY. 
          UH, AND WE THINK THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. 
          'CAUSE WE ANTICIPATE THIS BEING A LARGE SERIES OF PROJECTS THAT'S GONNA GO ON FOR 20 PLUS YEARS. 
          UH, AND SO ABSOLUTELY THAT WILL BE A PART OF IT. 
          AND SO THIS IS THE 50 YEAR ROADMAP, RIGHT? SO WE ARE LOOKING OUT TO 50 YEARS TO PRESERVE FLEXIBILITY FOR 50 YEARS. 
          THIS WILL PRODUCE A MASTER PLAN THAT'S A FIRM 20 YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN. 
          THAT'S WHAT THE F A A WILL PARTICIPATE IN AND, AND GRANT FUND. 
          BUT IT, IT WILL BE BOTH. 
          IT'LL BE A FIRM 20 YEAR PLAN, AND THEN IT'LL BE OUTLOOKS FOR WHAT MAY MIGHT OCCUR AFTER 20. 
          AND IS IT USING THE MODEL OF AN INDEPENDENT SECOND RUNWAY AT SS A T? SO WE'RE FRANKLY STAYING AWAY FROM ANY PRESUMPTION OF AN OUTCOME. 
          IN FACT, THE FAA IS FAIRLY STRICT ON THAT BEFORE YOU GO THROUGH A NEPA PROCESS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T WANT YOU JUMPING TO THE CONCLUSION. 
          THAT'S WHY, WHY WE'RE DOING THIS ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS NOW, BECAUSE THERE ARE, THERE ARE VARIOUS OPTIONS. 
          YOU COULD DECOUPLE THE CURRENT TWO RUNWAYS AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO THEM. 
          AND SO WE'LL STUDY ALL OF THAT. 
          UH, I BELIEVE IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY THAT WE'LL SEE A RUNWAY EXPANSION IN THE PLAN THOUGH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, LAST QUESTION IS THERE, THERE'S RENEWED CHATTER AS THERE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO IN TERMS OF GROUND TRANSPORTATION. 
          DOES THE, WILL THE, THE MASTER PLAN CONTEMPLATE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN 20 YEARS IF WE WERE CONNECTED WITH RELIABLE, SAY, RAIL TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO? HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT OUR AIRPORTS? YES. 
          AND WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT THAT FROM A REQUIREMENTS, A DEMAND PERSPECTIVE, WHAT THAT MIGHT DO TO THE DEMAND AND THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN WHICH AIRPORTS WOULD SERVE WHAT KIND OF 
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MARKETS, IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD THEORETICALLY JUMP THERE AND IN A, IN A, YOU KNOW, 40 MINUTES, HOW MIGHT THAT CHANGE MY DECISION? UM, AND IN THE PLAN, WE WILL LOOK AT MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION LINKAGES WITHIN THE IMPORTING AND REALLY GO FURTHER THAN PREDICTING, BUT LOOKING AT WHAT GEOGRAPHY WOULD BE USED MOST EFFECTIVELY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          SO IT'S A FUTURE PROOF PLAN. 
          CLOSE ENOUGH, AS CLOSE AS WE CAN, AS, AS WE CAN SAY, GIVEN ALL THE VARIABLES. 
          OKAY. 
          IT CONTEMPLATES ALL THOSE SCENARIOS THOUGH. 
          IT DOES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RUSS. 
          WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU. 
          YOU DONE A GREAT JOB FOR THE, FOR THE CITY. 
          UH, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONE YET, UM, BUT WE ARE GONNA MISS YOU. 
          BUT YOU'VE, YOU'VE CREATED A STABLE OF TALENT THAT WE'RE GONNA BENEFIT FROM. 
          SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT ABOUT YOU. 
          AND, AND I WOULD SAY, ERIC, THESE FOUR, UH, ENTITIES THAT ARE COMING FORWARD HAVE DEMONSTRATED REALLY WELL HOW DEEP A BENCH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          SO, RUSS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU, PATRICIA, IF YOU, IF YOU MIND COMING BACK, IF, I DUNNO IF YOU'RE STILL HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ALSO, SAME THING, UH, I WOULD SAY ABOUT YOUR PREDECESSOR WHO DEVELOPED A GREAT BENCH. 
          PATRICIA, YOU'RE PART OF THAT LEGACY TOO. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OF THE, OF THE ALAMO DOME AND THE, AND THE FACILITIES OF OUR, OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I REALLY HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION AND IT, AND IT'S A BIG ONE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WHICH IS THE, UM, THE REPAIRS THAT ARE BEING DONE BECAUSE OF WEATHER ON THE ROOF. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF ROOF WE SHOULD HAVE ON THE CONVENTION CENTER. 
          WE'RE SPENDING $3 MILLION COMING UP. 
          I SEE. 
          THAT WOULD AUGMENT, UH, INSURANCE MM-HMM. 
           TO REPLACE, TO REPAIR. 
          IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY NOW FOR US TO, AGAIN, REASSESS WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN PUT SOLAR ON THAT ROOF? MM-HMM. 
          , WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THAT, UH, UM, AT THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          WE HAVE ASKED ENGINEERS, BUT THE TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE OR THE SUPPORT THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO, UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO BASICALLY INVEST A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, AND ALSO INVESTIGATE WHETHER IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I'M OF THE MIND THAT, UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT LITTLE BIT MORE IS, IT MIGHT BE WORTH THE INVESTMENT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST TO DEMONSTRATE OUR WILLINGNESS TO, TO, UH, USE ONE OF OUR LARGEST UNUSED SERVICES TO BE GREEN AND, AND PROMOTE PRODUCTION OF, UH, GENERATION OF RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY. 
          UH, BUT ALSO I THINK IT, IT WILL BE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT, UM, FOR US AS WELL. 
          SO IF WE CAN JUST EXPLORE THAT, MAKE SURE WE'VE GONE THE DISTANCE, UH, BEFORE WE SPEND THE 3 MILLION, UM, I WOULD BE GRATEFUL. 
          YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, PATRICIA. 
          I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE AS A RESULT OF THE, THE FINAL FOUR IN 2025. 
          LET'S NOT FORGET THE WOMEN ARE GONNA ENJOY THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL. 
          AND I THINK 22 OR 21? 21, 21 21. 
          UH, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS, PATRICIA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MAYOR. 
          I'LL JUST ADD ON, UH, REGARDING YOUR, YOUR COMMENT ON THE ROOF. 
          I'M, UH, OF THE SAME OPINION THAT NOW'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO DO A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OR BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS ON ALTERNATIVE, UH, ROOF TYPES. 
          AND JUST LET US KNOW WHAT THE, UM, WHAT THE PAYOFF WOULD BE. 
          I KNOW IT'S NOT THE SAME AS, YOU KNOW, PUTTING JUST A REGULAR ROOF OFF. 
          AND OF COURSE, IF WE DON'T PUT SOLAR PANELS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE ROOF IS HIGHLY REFLECTIVE. 
          ISN'T THAT RIGHT? COUNCILMAN TREVINO? NO, IT'S . 
          IT'S A, THAT, IT'S A COOL ROOF. 
          I ALSO, UM, HEARD ABOUT SOME TECHNOLOGY WHERE, UH, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A ROLLED PANEL. 
          SO AS OPPOSED TO THE HARD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU WOULD NEED, THE HEAVY, UH, SOLAR PANELS, THAT THERE'S SOMETHING SMOOTH YOU CAN, UH, YOU CAN PUT OUT. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CAPACITY IS ON THOSE COMPARED TO THE OTHER ONES, BUT CERTAINLY WORTH, UH, WORTH A LOOK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, JUST REALLY QUICKLY, RUSS, ABOUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          EVERYTHING SOUNDS GREAT AT THE AIRPORT. 
          I KNOW I'M GOING TO BE DOING A TOUR OUT THERE SOON. 
          UM, REGARDING, UH, I KNOW WE GOT THE CON RACK UP MM-HMM. 
          , IT WAS A HUGE INVESTMENT, UH, BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. 
          UM, HOW ARE WE DOING ON PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT USING THE CON RACK THAT ARE FLYING IN AND USING BUS SERVICE? ARE WE MAKING THAT EASY FOR THEM? DO YOU HAVE ANY NUMBERS ON THAT? I, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME, BUT, UH, WE'RE SEEING REALLY GOOD TRENDS IN, IN ALL OF THAT. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WITH CON RACK WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE THE SHUTTLE BUSES, UH, AWAY AND WAS TO RECONFIGURE THAT WHOLE CURB SPACE TO MAKE IT MUCH LESS CONGESTED, SAFER, MORE EFFICIENT. 
          AND SO WE CENTRALIZED THE LOCATION OF THE COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION ON THE OUTER CURB AND DID A, A COMPLETE, UH, REWORK ON OUR WAY FINDING SIGNAGE MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO HELP CUSTOMERS FIND ALL THOSE OPTIONS. 
          UM, THE, UH, THE SUPER SHUTTLE COMPANY THAT 
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RUNS SHUTTLE BUSES TO HOTELS, THEY HAVE, UM, THEY WERE INITIALLY STRUGGLING. 
          AND, AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM TO FIND THE OPTIMAL POSITIONING FOR THOSE TYPES OF VEHICLES. 
          AND, AND ALSO THE OPTIMAL WAY OF MESSAGING THAT TO CUSTOMERS IN ADVANCE. 
          'CAUSE WHAT THEY'RE ALSO DOING IS TRYING TO REDO THEIR BUSINESS PLAN, UH, TO CATER TO MORE THAN JUST THE, THEY USED TO BE CALLED THE HOTEL SHUTTLE, AND NOW IT'S, IT REALLY IS A SHARED RIDE SHUTTLE. 
          UH, THEY WERE, THEY WERE ACTUALLY THE ORIGINAL, UH, RIDE SHARE, UH, PROGRAM. 
          AND SO THEY'LL TAKE YOU ANYWHERE YOU WANT IN TOWN IN, IN SMALLER OR LARGE GROUPS, NOT JUST TO A PARTICULAR HOTELS. 
          AND SO WE'RE HELPING THEM GET THAT MESSAGE OUT. 
          WE, UH, COMPLETELY REDID SIGNS AND LOCATION FOR THEM AS WELL. 
          UH, THEY HAVE NOT SEEN A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT YET, BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THAT INITIATIVE IS GOING TO ASSIST THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT YOU HAVE TO, AS A PASSENGER, YOU HAVE TO BE STAYING AT ONE OF THOSE HOTELS IN ORDER TO TAKE THAT SHUTTLE. 
          NO, IN FACT, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE BIG CHANGE IN THEIR BUSINESS PLAN, IS THEY WILL TAKE YOU ANYWHERE AND NOT JUST TO THE DOWNTOWN LOCATIONS. 
          'CAUSE AT ONE OTHER POINT IT WAS CALLED THE DOWNTOWN SHUTTLE, AND THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THAT NAME BECAUSE THEY WILL JUST LIKE A RIDESHARE COMPANY, LIKE AN UBER OR LYFT, DELIVER GROUPS OF PEOPLE ANYWHERE, UM, ANYWHERE IN OR OUT OF THE CITY. 
          AND SO THEY'VE GOT A COMPLETELY FLEXIBLE BUSINESS PLAN TO BE ABLE TO HAVE LARGER NUMBERS OF PEOPLE SHARE RIDES, THEN JUST ONE OR TWO. 
          UM, AND SO THEIR BUSINESS PLAN DOES ALLOW FOR THAT. 
          JUST LIKE A RIDE SHARE COMPANY, ONLY IT'S A LARGER VEHICLE. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RUSS. 
          UM, AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, UH, FOR A VISIT SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          I KNOW I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO, UH, SIT DOWN WITH ASHLEY, UH, TO, TO WALK THROUGH THE, UH, BUSINESS PLAN. 
          BUT IF YOU COULD EMAIL THAT, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE ALREADY. 
          SO WE ARE IN CURRENT DEVELOPMENT OF THE FULL BUSINESS PLAN. 
          THESE ARE OUR, OUR PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT YEAR. 
          AND SO SEPTEMBER 18TH VISIT, SAN ANTONIO HAS A BOARD MEETING. 
          IT'S AN, IT'S A PUBLIC BOARD MEETING WHERE THEY WILL BE, UH, RATIFYING THE, THE FULL BUDGET. 
          AND AT THAT POINT, UM, OUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY IS, NORMALLY WE GET IT BEFORE TIME, BUT BY THE END OF OCTOBER, EVERYONE WILL HAVE A, THE FULL BUSINESS PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN WHEN WE APPROVE, UM, OUR BUDGET MM-HMM. 
          , WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY APPROVING IN YOUR CASE? SO YOU'RE APPROVING THE ALLOCATION BASED ON OUR MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, UM, THAT IT'S OUR CONTRACT THAT WE RECEIVE 35% AND BASED ON, SO WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET BACK FOR THAT. 
          WE'LL KNOW WHEN WE GET YOUR YOU DO, BECAUSE IN THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, AND WE CAN GET YOU A COPY OF THAT. 
          THERE'S OUTLINES OF WHAT, UM, OUR, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES ARE IN THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, AND I CAN GET THAT TO YOU AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, JUST A, A COUPLE OF, UH, QUESTIONS. 
          UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT ADVERTISING TO SOME OF THE OTHER MARKETS TO GET PEOPLE HERE. 
          WHAT DOES THAT, UH, LOOK LIKE? IS THAT GONNA BE PART OF THE BUSINESS PLAN THAT WE CAN SEE IN THE, IN THE FUTURE? SPECIFICALLY? ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THE MEDIA BUY PLAN? ARE YOU LOOKING AT WHAT DOES OUR CAMPAIGN LOOK LIKE? WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU NEED? EXCELLENT QUESTION. 
          I'M LOOKING AT WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU PROMOTE, AND WHAT I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN IS, UM, I, I KNOW YOU'VE SPOKEN TO ME BEFORE ABOUT THIS BEING A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION MM-HMM. 
          , RIGHT. 
          UM, BUT I WOULD CONSIDER US A MEMBER  OF, OF YOUR ORGANIZATION. 
          AND, UM, FOR INSTANCE, UH, DEBBIE ROCK SITTER JUST GAVE US A LIST OF ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FUNDED HERE IN, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE INVEST IN THEM AND WE CERTAINLY WANT OUR VISITORS TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THIS TO OFFER. 
          SO IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF WORK FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF BEING A MEMBER. 
          LIKE, IS THERE SOME WAY THAT YOU TWO COULD CONNECT SO THAT THIS AUTOMATICALLY OR PIECES OF IT BECOME PART OF YOUR CAMPAIGN? ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND I, I HAVE TO ADMIT IT, YOU HAVE AN EXCITING JOB, BUT IT MUST ALSO BE HARD BECAUSE ALL OF US HAVE OUR OWN IDEA OF WHAT SAN ANTONIO LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE SHOULD BE SOLD OR PROMOTED, UM, AWAY FROM HERE. 
          SO I THINK IT, IT CAN ALSO BE VERY PERSONAL FOR, FOR SOME OF US. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR WORK. 
          UM, YOU MENTIONED, UM, MAKING SAN ANTONIO KIND OF A, A HUB FOR THE A LOS MUTOS HERE IN, UH, IN THE US AND I THINK THAT'S, UH, THAT'S BRILLIANT. 
          AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, SO I WOULD, UM, IF YOUR STAFF HAS THE AVAILABILITY TO EXPLORE A FEW OF THOSE OTHER OPTIONS ON SATURDAY, WE SCREENED, I THINK IT WAS SATURDAY OR FRIDAY, WE SCREENED THAT MOVIE ABOUT, UM, ROBERT BGA, THE FIRST, UM, UH, BOXING, UH, CHAMPION, UH, I'M FORGETTING EXACTLY WHAT HIS FLYWEIGHT RIGHT. 
          UH, WORLDWIDE, UH, FROM HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND THE FIRST CHAMPION FROM SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AND I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF HISTORICAL THINGS, UH, FOR THE BOXING, UH, IN THE BOXING FIELD HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT MIGHT BE OF 
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INTEREST. 
          I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE GONNA BE THE MECCA IN NORTH AMERICA, BUT IF PEOPLE ARE ALREADY HERE, COMING HERE FOR ANOTHER CONFERENCE, UM, THAT MIGHT BE ENTICING. 
          UM, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE LATINO ARTS, UH, THAT WE FUND AND, UH, MARIACHI MUSIC IN PARTICULAR. 
          I THINK THAT'S A HUGE, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR US. 
          AND CARLOS IS NODDING BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, UH, MANY TIMES. 
          SO, UH, I'M GLAD YOU'RE DOING THAT WITH DE LOS MUTOS. 
          WOULD LOVE TO, TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AS WELL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING A CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN THAT WE'RE STILL REVIEWING. 
          IT'S STILL, UH, OPEN FOR, FOR COMMENTS RIGHT NOW. 
          I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU'D HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE HEAT IN SAN ANTONIO AND HOW THAT MAY AFFECT, UM, OUR TOURISM. 
          AND I MAY HAVE ASKED YOU THIS A YEAR AGO. 
          UH, NO. 
          AND IN FACT, UH, PART OF THE VISITOR PROFILE STILL, OUR NUMBER ONE SEASON FOR LEISURE TRAVELERS IS THE SUMMER. 
          UM, SO WE'RE NOT, I MEAN, OF COURSE IT'S WARM AND WE ARE A WARM DESTINATION IN THE SUMMER, BUT IT STILL IS OUR NUMBER ONE TRAVEL TIME FOR LEISURE VISITORS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE HAVE TIME OFF. 
          RIGHT. 
          A LOT OF THAT IN GENERAL, AND THAT'S FAMILY VACATIONS USUALLY OCCUR. 
          UM, SO THAT IS OUR PEAK, PEAK SEASON. 
          ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE HAVE SOME CONVENTION CLIENTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING FOR YEARS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE DIRECTION IS. 
          UH, A LOT OF THEM, UM, LIKE WE, WE HOST, UH, THE PETROCHEMICAL ENGINEER CONFERENCE EACH YEAR, AND I KNOW THEY WERE REALLY WATCHING AND WANTING TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING SO THEY CAN DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THIS COULD BE A, A, A VIABLE DESTINATION FOR THEM IN THE FUTURE. 
          NOT BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, BUT BECAUSE OF OUR POLICIES. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO ANYWAY, I'D BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, UH, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE JUST BEING COMFORTABLE OUTDOORS. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND TO ME, UH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT MORE PEOPLE WORKING IN THAT INDUSTRY IN SAN ANTONIO, AND A LOT MORE JOBS THAT COULD BE THREATENED IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, TO HOST THEM COMFORTABLY. 
          SURE. 
          UH, HERE, UM, I, SO, UH, SPEAKING OF, OF POLICIES AND POLITICS, YES. 
          I WILL ASK YOU. 
          UM, SO, UH, ONE OF OUR FORMER MAYORS IS, UH, ON THE NATIONAL SCENE AS A, AS A CANDIDATE TO THE PRESIDENCY. 
          WHAT IS, IS THAT GENERATING ANY SORT OF INTEREST IN SAN ANTONIO AND GETTING TO KNOW US? YEAH, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING AT THIS TIME. 
          NO. 
          BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY KEEP OUR EYE ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, A FEW MONTHS AGO, OH WAIT, FIRST, UM, TRANSIT, JUST LIKE I ASKED, UH, RUSS. 
          UM, SO I WAS ON THE, I'VE BEEN TO SOME, UM, OTHER CITIES WHERE THEY DO THESE TOURS, LIKE A CAR FREE, CAR FREE, WHATEVER. 
          YOU CAN GO TO SUCH AND SUCH PLACE AND THEY'LL TELL YOU HOW TO GET AROUND MM-HMM. 
           WITHOUT A CAR FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THAT, THE ONES THAT, THAT DON'T DRIVE IN. 
          AND I JUST, UH, I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON YOUR WEBSITE ABOUT CAR FREE TRAVEL, BUT DO YOU HAVE, I'M SORRY ABOUT THE VEEVA BUS ROUTE MM-HMM. 
          , BUT DO YOU HAVE A GENERAL INFORMATION? IS THERE A WAY TO PROMOTE THAT TO PEOPLE THAT, THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER ROUTES THAT THEY CAN OF COURSE USE? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT ON ONLINE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, RIGHT AWAY, SINCE WE ARE PUTTING $10 MILLION INTO THAT, JEFF, WE, WE WANT THEM TO GET USED . 
          THEY'RE NOT GONNA RIDE THE, THE SUBURBAN LOOPERS THOUGH. 
          RIGHT. 
          IT'S UNLIKELY. 
          VIVA, BUT, BUT THE VIVA, UM, LASTLY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE HERE, UH, A FEW MONTHS AGO AND, UH, APPROVING THE, UH, THE PI, THE TPI YES. 
          THE NEW ONE. 
          UM, SO I HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, I COMMITTED MY, MY SUPPORT, UH, TO THAT. 
          AND PART OF THE DIALOGUE THAT WE HAD AT THE TIME, UH, WAS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE FUND HAVEN FOR HOPE AND HOMELESSNESS IN GENERAL? AND, UH, CITY STAFF HAS PUT FORWARD A COUPLE OF PROPOSALS THAT ARE IN OUR, IN OUR, UH, DRAFT BUDGET RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, SO THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT END. 
          AND YOU HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE FOLKS FROM THE INDUSTRY WERE HERE AND ALSO COMMITTED, UH, TO ASSISTING. 
          SO, I, I MEAN, THIS IS THE TIME WHERE I WANNA KNOW MM-HMM. 
          , HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED SOME REVENUE SOURCES? DO YOU HAVE A CAMPAIGN? WHAT, WHAT IS THE INDUSTRY BRINGING FORWARD ON THAT? SURE. 
          SO YOU, AS YOU WELL KNOW, 'CAUSE I BELIEVE YOU APPROVED, UM, WHAT A MASTER PLAN WOULD BE, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INTERESTED IN HOW WE WOULD BE PART OF THAT MASTER PLAN. 
          UM, I THINK OUT OF ALL THE INDUSTRIES, WE'VE BEEN THE PRIMARY INDUSTRY THAT'S BEEN AT EVERY, UH, CITY HEALTH MEETING TO LEARN MORE AND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AT EVERY SINGLE TIME. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN A PARTICIPANT. 
          WE'VE JUST RECENTLY HELD OUR VISIT SAN ANTONIO, UH, BOARD RETREAT, UH, THIS PAST SUMMER. 
          AND THE BOARD APPROVED, UH, TO CREATE A TASK FORCE OF BOARD MEMBERS, WHICH THAT 
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TASK FORCE HAS BEEN DONE TO NUMBER ONE, IDENTIFY, UH, NON-TAX REVENUES, UM, UH, VISIT SAN ANTONIO AND WHAT POTENTIALLY THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE, AS WELL AS DOING A PROCESS OF WHAT HOMELESS, UH, SERVICE MAY BE A BEST FIT FOR, UM, OUR INDUSTRY. 
          SO THAT IS MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO, UH, WE WILL BE HAVING THAT CONTINUED DIALOGUE AT OUR, OUR BOARD MEETING, AGAIN, SEPTEMBER 18TH. 
          AND IT IS AN OPEN MEETING, WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO, UH, ATTEND BECAUSE WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT. 
          SO STAFF, WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN AND OUR THOUGHTS ON HOW WE COULD GET NON-TAX REVENUE AS A VISIT SAN ANTONIO ENTITY. 
          I THINK THE INDUSTRY AT LARGE, UM, IT'S GONNA BE A BIGGER CONVERSATION AS THE MASTER PLAN IS CREATED AND WHAT WE CAN DO AS AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY. 
          BUT AS WE'VE SAID ALL ALONG, AND I SAID TO ALL OF YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, VISIT SAN ANTONIO, WE'LL CERTAINLY BE PART OF THAT. 
          AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW. 
          ERICA HAS A CLARIFICATION. 
          YEAH. 
          CA COUNCILMAN, I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT, WHAT, UH, CASSANDRA JUST SAID. 
          I MEAN, THEY HAVE VIA SAY, HAS BEEN, UM, VERY ENGAGED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED FUNDING FOR IN THE SPRINGTIME. 
          UH, MUCH LIKE, UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, PORTION OF THAT NEW MONEY THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. 
          WE'RE BUDGETING IT, BUT WE'RE NOT ALLOCATING IT BECAUSE WE WANT THAT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT, THAT ANALYSIS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND GIVE YOU SOME OPTIONS AND IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE GAPS ARE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I'LL ECHO THAT VISIT. 
          SA HAS BEEN, UH, AND I WAS THERE FOR, FOR PART OF THE BOARD DISCUSSION, UH, THAT, THAT CASSANDRA REFERRED TO IN JULY. 
          AND, AND, UH, THEY ARE, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT PARTNERS AND I'M, I'M, I'M CONFIDENT THAT THEY'LL CONTINUE DOWN THAT PATH. 
          THEY'RE IN A SIMILAR POSITION. 
          WE WANNA SEE WHAT THAT STRATEGIC PLAN LOOKS LIKE AND SEE WHAT THE GAPS ARE. 
          AND, UM, AND, AND I THINK IT MAKES SENSE. 
          JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT. 
          NO, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I'M REALLY GLAD TO, TO HEAR THAT YOU CASANDRA, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT, UH, WHAT COMES FORWARD. 
          THANKS A LOT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS. 
          THANK YOU, RUSS. 
          UH, JUST A ACTUALLY, MY, MY, MY QUESTIONS ARE SIMPLE. 
          FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS, MAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          1 MILLION PASSENGERS IN JULY, IS THAT RIGHT? JUST UNDER MILLION, JUST OVER 960,000. 
          YES. 
          SO, WOW. 
          WOW. 
          THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY AMAZING THAT THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY QUITE A FEAT. 
          UM, I, I I WANT TO TELL YOU, I WAS TELLING CARLOS EARLIER THAT IT TURNS OUT THAT YESTERDAY DURING YOUR POWER OUTAGE, EVERYTHING WENT OFF EXCEPT FOR THE AMBIENT MAK. 
          DID YOU KNOW THAT? WHICH WAS GREAT BECAUSE WE, THAT'S THE SYSTEM WE USED TO TELL EVERYBODY WHAT WAS GOING ON. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THERE'S ONLY THING THAT WAS WORKING. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          WELL, I MEAN, AT LEAST, AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE ZOMBIES COME, THAT'S THE PLACE TO GO. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND YOU'LL, YOU WON'T BE BORED. 
          UM, HEY, HOW IS THE, UH, INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL AREA COMING ALONG? I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, UH, ACCOMMODATE WHAT, THREE EXTRA INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS, BUT THAT IT'S A FEDERALLY CONTROLLED ZONE. 
          CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT? SO, IT'S OUR, UH, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, UH, UH, FEDERAL INSPECTION STATION. 
          SO ANY PORT OF ENTRY HAS TO HAVE AN INSPECTION STATION FOR US. 
          IT'S BEEN INTERNAL AID FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT IT WAS EXTREMELY OUTDATED. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, VERY SMALL FACILITIES. 
          IT WASN'T REALLY COMPLIANT WITH NEW FEDERAL STANDARDS. 
          HAD ABOUT A 350 OR SO PER HOUR CAPACITY. 
          UH, THIS PROJECT, UM, WILL EXPAND IT, RENOVATE IT MORE THAN DOUBLE THE CAPACITY TO 800 PER HOUR, UH, WHICH WILL SERVE OUR FOUR. 
          WE HAVE FOUR INTERNATIONAL GATES. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN IN A POSITION BEFORE WHERE WE'VE HAD PASSENGERS KIND OF TRAPPED ON A PLANE WHILE THEY WAIT FOR ROOM IN THE INSPECTION STATION, NOT THE SITUATION YOU WANNA BE IN. 
          AND SO, UH, IT'S, UM, IT'S GOING WELL. 
          IN FACT, IT'S A 10 PHASE PROJECT. 
          WE'RE JUST NOW THIS WEEK OPENING, UH, A VERY, VERY LARGE PHASE THAT INCLUDES THE BAGGAGE HANDLING AREA. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, THE GRAND OPENING COMPLETE PROJECT IS, UH, SCHEDULED FOR EARLY TO MID-JANUARY 20. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS, RUS. 
          I, THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND IF I MAY, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL, I, I, I WAS REMINDED OF SOMETHING AS I WAS SITTING DOWN. 
          A COUPLE OF OTHER INITIATIVES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN THAT RELATE TO WHAT YOU ASKED. 
          UM, SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT ONLY EXTERNAL AUDIENCE, BUT INTERNAL, OUR EMPLOYEES AND, AND HOW DO WE HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, GET TO AND FROM THE AIRPORT AND GET AROUND THE AIRPORT. 
          RIGHT NOW, UH, MANY OF OUR AVIATION TEAMMATES ARE SPREAD ALL OVER THE CAMPUS. 
          AND EVERY DAY THERE ARE FOLKS DRIVING, YOU KNOW, FROM THE NORTH END OF THE AIRFIELD BACK TO THE TERMINAL. 
          AND, AND, UM, IN SOME CASES, MULTIPLE TIMES TO MEETINGS. 
          AND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WE'VE HAD OFFICE, UH, COMPLEXES ON THE BOOKS ON STRATEGIC PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN VALUE ENGINEERED OUT. 
          AND SO THIS YEAR IS THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS, WE'VE REALLY, SERIOUSLY ARE LOOKING AT FEASIBLE OPTIONS FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A COMPLEX NEAR THE TERMINAL. 
          AND AS A RELATED PIECE TO THAT, UM, OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO MAKE OUR AIRPORT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY QUITE SMALL, GEOGRAPHICALLY IN THE TERMINAL AREA, IF YOU, IF YOU COMPARE IT TO OTHER AIRPORTS, MAKE IT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY. 
          SO IF YOU WANT TO, AND IT'S A NOT TOO HOT A DAY, YOU CAN PARK YOUR CAR AT THE GREEN 
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LOT OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER LOTS. 
          OR IF YOU'RE WORKING IN THAT NEW OFFICE COMPLEX AND WALK TO AND FROM THE TERMINALS. 
          AND SO, UH, WE ARE NOT A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY CAMPUS NOW, UM, BUT IT WOULDN'T TAKE VERY MUCH EFFORT GIVEN THE GEOGRAPHY. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUALLY WORKING WITH JEFF'S TEAM, UH, TO, TO MAKE VIA A MORE, A MORE FEASIBLE AND POPULAR OPTION, NOT JUST FOR EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES DO DO USE IT, BUT FOR, FOR VISITORS AS WELL. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT COME WITH A CARRY ON AND, AND ARE JUST GOING DOWNTOWN FOR A COUPLE OF MEETINGS. 
          AND SO WE'D LIKE, UH, TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF THAT TOO. 
          THANK YOU, RUSS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, DEBBIE, I'VE GOT, UH, SOME QUESTIONS. 
          WHERE'D YOU GO, DEBBIE? THERE SHE IS. 
          UM, I'M GOING THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE NUMBERS YOU HANDED US THE TWO-SIDED SHEET WITH, UH, WITH THE ADOPTED 2019 AND THE PROPOSED 2020 SPENDING. 
          AND I'M LOOKING THROUGH THE CULTURALLY SPECIFICS. 
          THAT'S A THIRD CATEGORY THERE. 
          AND AS FAR AS CULTURALLY SPECIFIC GOES, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO SPEND IS $1.6 MILLION ON 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ORGANIZATIONS, ALL OF WHICH EXCEPT ONE ARE JUST FOCUSED ON LATINO ART. 
          AND MY, MY PUSHBACK ON THAT IS, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE SAID IT A NUMBER OF TIMES, WE'VE GOT A CITY THAT IS CHOCKFULL OF ORGANIZATIONS, OF FAMILIES, UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ART LOVERS WHO ARE NOT LATINO, UM, AND WHO PRODUCE EXCELLENT WORK MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, AND WERE TRYING TO GET NOTICED. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY IN MY DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A HUGE CONCENTRATION OF ASIAN FAMILIES MM-HMM. 
           OF PEOPLE FROM INDIA, YOU KNOW, SOUTHEAST ASIAN FAMILIES. 
          UM, AND I, I, I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE ON THIS PAPER WHERE WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS, YOU KNOW, FOCUSED ON THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I APPOINTED HANNAH MARY TO, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR COMMISSION. 
          INSTEAD, WHAT I'M SEEING IS, YOU KNOW, THE CENTRO LAN, THE CONJUNTO HERITAGE, ZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER, GUADALUPE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, SAN ANTONIO SANTO CULTURAL ARTS IN URBAN 15, THEY'RE GETTING A, ACCORDING TO THIS PROPOSAL, AN EXTRA $270,000 THIS YEAR. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING THROUGH THIS LIST, AND IF ONE WANTS TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT THERE ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO ALSO PAYING ATTENTION TO SOMETIMES THE ASIAN ARTS AND ALL THAT YOU CAN SAY, MUSICAL BRIDGES AROUND THE WORLD, DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB AT CELEBRATING THAT. 
          AND, UM, YOU CAN ALSO SAY THAT THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB, UH, OF DOING THAT. 
          UM, I'M LOOKING ALSO AT THE, AT THE FUNDING INCREASE FOR THE ESPERANZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER, UM, OF AN EXTRA $47,000 ON TOP OF THE $371,000, WE ALREADY PAID THEM. 
          SO THAT'S A 13% INCREASE IN, YOU KNOW, OF OUR FUNDING TO THEM. 
          MR. SEGOVIA, DO YOU HAVE A ROUGH BALLPARK AS FAR AS HOW MUCH AN ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COURT COSTS THAT ORGANIZATION HAS COST US OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS? UM, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO HAZARD A GUESS SINCE WE HANDLE A LOT OF THAT IN-HOUSE COUNCILMAN, BUT YES, THEY HAVE, WE HAVE INCURRED, UH, COSTS IN, IN DEFENDING SOME OF THE CLAIMS. WOULD YOU SAY THAT IT'S MORE THAN $47,000? UM, PROBABLY SO NORTH OF 371,000, WHICH IS WHAT WE PAID THEM LAST YEAR. 
          I WOULDN'T SAY THAT. 
          I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ABOVE THAT. 
          NO. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IN LIGHT OF THAT AND THE FACT THAT NONE OF THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HERE SPEND A LOT OF THEIR TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, COMING TO CITY HALL AND PICKING FIGHTS AND THEN USING OUR MONEY TO SUE US AND COSTING US ATTORNEY'S FEES, UM, AND IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING NOW FOR TWO YEARS FROM ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT IN THE ASIAN ARTS, AND ON TOP OF THAT, SINCE IT LOOKS LIKE THIS CULTURALLY SPECIFIC ART CATEGORY IS REALLY JUST FOCUSED ON ONE CULTURE, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES TO MAYBE WE CONSIDER REMOVING SOME OF THOSE FUNDS FROM ONE OF THOSE ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATIONS OR SOME OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND REDIRECTING THEM TO MUSICAL BRIDGES AROUND THE WORLD AND THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART, SO THAT WE CAN SIG, YOU KNOW, SYMBOL TO THE COMMUN OR, YOU KNOW, SEND TO THE COMMUNITY AS SYMBOL THAT SIGNAL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO TAKE THOSE COMMUNITIES AS SERIOUSLY AS ANYBODY ELSE. 
          THAT WOULDN'T BE MY REQUEST. 
          WHAT DO YOU THINK? WELL, LET ME EXPLAIN THE POLICY ON THE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC. 
          SO THE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC FUNDING IS FOR AGENCIES WHOSE MISSION IS TO PRESERVE OR PROMOTE A SPECIFIC CULTURE, AND THEY ARE LISTED IN THE ORDINANCE, UH, AS CULTURES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN, ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE AMERICAN, HISPANIC, AMERICAN CULTURES AND WOMEN. 
          SO ANY ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION WOULD BE TO 
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FOCUS ON THOSE WOULD BE QUALIFIED SO LONG AS THEY MET ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS OF, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A PAID ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT MIGHT BE ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS, SOME OF THESE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT, THAT THEY COME TOGETHER AND THEY PUT TOGETHER SOME EVENTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT A PROFESSIONAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. 
          SO WE ONLY FUND THOSE THAT WE FEEL, UH, THAT MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS, THAT THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THEY HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR THREE YEARS, AND THEN FOR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC, IT'S NOT WHO THEY SERVE, IT'S WHAT THEY DO, IT'S THEIR MISSION. 
          UM, WE ARE IN THE SECOND YEAR OF A THREE YEAR CYCLE, AND WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THESE POLICIES ABOUT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR TO BE MAKING, UH, CHANGES TO THE POLICIES TO SEE WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT IS NOT WORKING. 
          SO I THINK WE HAVE A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OVER TIME WITH ALL THE DATA THAT WE'RE NOW COLLECTING, BECAUSE WE HADN'T BEEN COLLECTING THAT DATA IN THE PAST, WHAT IMPACT ARE WE HAVING WITH THIS POLICY, UH, ON THESE, UH, POPULATIONS, AND HOW CAN WE DO BETTER? UH, THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT I'LL BE BRINGING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AS POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NEXT FUNDING CYCLE THAT WILL BE HAPPENING. 
          COUNCILMAN, UM, IN THE FUTURE, OUR CITY ATTORNEY ALSO WANTED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING. 
          UH, YES, COUNCILMAN, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD YOUR CONCERN IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE ADVERSARIAL PROCEEDINGS WE'VE HAD FROM SOME OF THE, UH, GROUPS THAT WE FUND, UH, TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          WHAT WE'RE GONNA INCLUDE IN OUR FUNDING AGREEMENT GOING FORWARD IS, UH, A CLAUSE THAT WOULD PROHIBIT AT LEAST THE USE OF CITY FUNDS, UH, THAT WOULD THEN BE USED IN ADVERSARIAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE CITY. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, EXCEPT THAT FUNDS ARE FUNGIBLE, RIGHT? AND, UM, I MEAN, A, A DOLLAR IS GREEN, UH, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S IN MY LEFT POCKET OR MY RIGHT POCKET. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE, AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT BEHIND THAT. 
          THANKS FOR POINTING IT OUT. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, I'M, I'M, I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF FUNDING FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. 
          AND SO, UM, IS THE $269,000 INCREASE IN THE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC ARTS PROGRAM, IS THAT LIKE A SUICIDE PACT? DO WE HAVE TO SPEND THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY? IT'S A FORMULAIC IN THE POLICY. 
          SO IT WAS ADOPTED IN THE POLICY THAT THEY WOULD GET INCREASES SO LONG AS THE FUNDING WAS AVAILABLE. 
          AND SO THE PRIORITY ORDER IS TO FUND THAT CULTURALLY SPECIFIC GROUP, AND THERE INCREASES BEFORE YOU FUND INCREASES FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UM, CITY COUNCIL OBVIOUSLY MADE THE POLICY, SO HAS THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE POLICY. 
          MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE STICK WITH THE POLICY THAT WAS SET IN FEBRUARY OF 2018, AND, UH, LET'S SEE HOW THIS WORKS OVER THIS THREE YEAR PERIOD. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA DO ASSESSMENTS AT, TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD, AND WE'LL BE MAKING CHANGES TO THE POLICY THAT WE HAVE DATA BEHIND IT TO, TO SHOWCASE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          WELL, THEN I'LL, I'LL THROW IT OUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY FOR YOU. 
          I HAVE YET TO SEE ANY VALUE ADDED IN MY DISTRICT, OR FOR THAT MATTER, ANY IN CLAYTON'S DISTRICT OR IN DISTRICT NINE, UM, BY THE ESPERANZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER, FOR EXAMPLE, OR THE CONJUNTO HERITAGE. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, WHEREAS WE DO SEE VALUE ADDED CITYWIDE BY MUSICAL BRIDGES AROUND THE WORLD AND BY THE MAGIC THEATER. 
          UM, MY REQUEST, AND I, I REALLY DON'T CARE, YOU KNOW, UM, ALL THE FORMULAS AND ALL THAT, BUT MY REQUEST IS THAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON THOSE THAT HAVE IMPACTS WIDE. 
          UM, AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU, YOU KNOW, UH, ARE YOU STUCK IN, I MEAN, ARE, ARE YOU SET IN STONE RIGHT NOW WITH REGARDS TO THE FUNDING FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS? OR ARE YOU STILL OPEN TO SUGGESTION ABOUT INCREASING IN ONE AND DECREASING ANOTHER? JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, THIS POLICY WAS CREATED BY THE COMMUNITY, AND IT WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL. 
          IT DID GO THROUGH A COMMUNITY INPUT AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PHASE. 
          AND WE ARE IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THIS POLICY. 
          HOWEVER, IF COUNCIL DECIDES TO CHANGE THAT, WE CAN CHANGE IT. 
          BUT I DID WANT TO STATE THAT WE DID GO THROUGH A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT POLICY. 
          IT WAS VERY ROBUST, AND COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED IT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANKS, LORI. 
          UM, I, I THINK THE, I, I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, UH, COMMUNITY INPUT AND I APPRECIATE THOSE PROCESSES, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE THE FINAL DECISION MAKERS. 
          AND, UH, I'M NOT A RUBBER STAMP. 
          AND SO, UM, MY, UM, MY VOTE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I JUST GIVE AWAY. 
          UH, AND BECAUSE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE SUGGESTED IT BE DONE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. 
          AND SO I AM GOING TO, UH, ASK YOU, UH, DEBBIE, TO SEE IT. 
          I MEAN, IF YOU HEAR CONSENSUS UP HERE TODAY, UH, OR YOU KNOW, OR IF YOU DON'T HEAR ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS PROPOSAL, WHICH IS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MUSICAL BRIDGES AROUND THE WORLD GET MORE, YOU KNOW, MORE FUNDING. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, UH, THE MAGIC THEATER AND THE ART, UH, 
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MUSEUM GET MORE FUNDING. 
          THAT'S MY ONLY REQUEST. 
          AND, UH, MY COLLEAGUES ARE WELCOME TO AGREE WITH ME OR DISAGREE WITH ME. 
          BUT, UM, I, I REALLY DON'T SEE THE VALUE OF GIVING ESPERANZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER AN EXTRA $50,000 JUST BECAUSE, ERIC, YOU HAVE A, THAT'S IT, MAYOR, THAT'S ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL ADD THAT AS A POSSIBLE AMENDMENT TO THE, TO THE LIST. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PIA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, AND THEN THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS. 
          AND THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PIA, FOR BRINGING THAT UP RIGHT NOW. 
          I THINK IT'S VERY INTRIGUING, AND I LIKE WHAT HE WAS SAYING RIGHT NOW. 
          SO YOU WERE DISCUSSING THIS POLICY FOR THESE, UM, AGENCIES, THE AGENCY FUNDING, AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, I HAVE TO THANK MY, UH, DISTRICT THREE, UM, ARTS COMMISSION, UH, MEMBER YAHIRA ANO, WHO DOES A LOT OF GREAT WORK. 
          SO YOU MENTIONED THE POLICY, BUT AS WE WENT THROUGH THE POLICY WITH THIS, THE GROUPS WERE NOT NAMED CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          AND, AND THE COMMISSIONERS WERE THE ONES THAT SELECTED THE GROUPS. 
          SO THEY WENT THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS, RIGHT? MM-HMM. 
          , AND THAT APPLICATION PROCESS WAS, DID THEY MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS AS CULTURALLY SPECIFIC BASED ON THE GUIDELINES? RIGHT. 
          AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, ALL OF THIS WAS VETTED THROUGH THE SAN ANTONIO ARTS COMMISSION, WHO WAS THE STEERING COMMITTEE. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS, WHO MADE THE SELECTION OF THESE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC GROUPS WHO MADE THE FINAL, UH, KIND OF VETTING THAT WENT THROUGH THE VETTING OF THESE GROUPS? SO THE VETTING WAS DONE BY, UH, THE DEPARTMENT FIRST LOOKED AT IT, THEN IT WENT THROUGH AN EVALUATION PROCESS, RIGHT. 
          THEN THE ARTS FUNDING COMMITTEE, WHICH IS A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE SAN ANTONIO ARTS COMMISSION. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THEN IT WAS APPROVED BY THE SAN ANTONIO ARTS COMMISSION. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT PROCESS AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AS WELL. 
          AND ONE OF THE OTHER GLARING, UM, UH, GLARING ABSENCE IN THE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC IS ALSO OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I KNOW, UM, UH, EVERETT, UH, HE, HE'S BEEN WORKING SO HARD AND GETTING THAT, AND EVEN THERE'S A PICTURE IN THE VISIT SAN ANTONIO TOUR THAT WAS DONE OF HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO, WE'RE TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND TO KNOW THAT THAT CULTURALLY SPECIFIC GROUP ISN'T EVEN ON HERE. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GLARING, UM, ABSENCE, UH, HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO OFFLINE, I'D LIKE ALSO, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, ANDY AND, AND, UH, LORI AND ERIC OFFLINE, I THINK I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE AN UPDATE OF SOME OF THE, UH, NUMBERS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, PALAI WAS ASKING ABOUT ESPERANZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER OF, UM, THE, NOT JUST THE, THE COURT COSTS, BUT ALSO, UM, OTHER PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IN WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, BUILDINGS AND WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE  AND OTHERS AND THOSE EOS ET CETERA. 
          THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING JUST TO SEE ALL OF THE, THE NUMBERS AND THE CITY FUNDS THAT WE'VE ALSO INVESTED. 
          I'D JUST LOVE TO SEE THAT, UM, TOO. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          LET ME KEEP GOING HERE WITH THE, UH, WITH OUR ARTS, UH, COMMITTEE. 
          LET ME GET THIS OVER HERE. 
          I HAVE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PAGES HERE UNDER THE, UH, FOR THE, UM, 2020 ENHANCEMENTS, UH, FOR THE POLICY FOR PAYING ARTISTS. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE YES, EVERYBODY LIKES TO GET THEIR NOTORIETY, UM, OR THEIR, UM, NAME OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE THE FEATURED ARTIST. 
          BUT I THINK WHAT WE ALSO NEED TO DO IS PAY THE ARTIST AS WE LOOK AT THE POLICY, AND I'LL PROBABLY, I'M GUESSING WE'LL GO THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, UM, THE, THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE. 
          SO, UH, AS WE LOOK AT THAT, WILL THESE PAIN ARTISTS ALSO BE ABLE TO SIT ON THE ARTS COMMISSION AND GET, UM, PAID BY THE CITY, BUT THEY'RE ALSO SITTING ON THE ARTS COMMISSION OR THE ARTS FUNDING BOARD? WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO, TO ALSO GET PAID BY THE CITY IF THEY'RE IN PART OF THE SELECTION PROCESS OF THE ARTS COMMISSION? UH, IF THEY ARE A PART OF THE SELECTION PROCESS, THEY CANNOT BE FUNDED. 
          OKAY. 
          HOWEVER, IN THE ARTS, THE ARTS COMMISSION AS AN ADVISORY BOARD, THE, AN ARTIST COULD BE ON, WE WOULD LIKE ARTISTS TO BE ON THE ARTS COMMISSION MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND THEY, IF THEY WANTED TO COMPETE FOR, LET'S SAY, A PUBLIC ART COMMISSION, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM ALL DISCUSSION RELATED TO THAT PROJECT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ON NUMBER ON SLIDE, I 
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THINK IT'S EIGHT F Y 2020 GOALS. 
          UM, SO IMPLEMENT CULTURAL DISTRICT'S FRAMEWORK. 
          TELL ME ABOUT THE, UM, ZONA DURAL AND THE MOVING FORWARD WITH ZNO DURAL. 
          WHAT IS, WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE, AND IS THIS PART OF YOUR F Y 2020 GOALS? YES. 
          SO WE HAVE THREE STATE DESIGNATED CULTURAL DISTRICTS IN SAN ANTONIO RIGHT NOW. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THE FIRST THAT WAS DESIGNATED IN 2011 WAS, UH, THE KING WILLIAM DISTRICT. 
          AND THEN THE ZONA  WAS DESIGNATED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 
          AND THE NEWEST DESIGNATED DISTRICT IS OLD SPANISH TRAIL ALONG, UH, FREDERICKSBURG ROAD IN MOSTLY DISTRICT SEVEN, AND SOME IN DISTRICT ONE AS WELL. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, ANY ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WITHIN THOSE DESIGNATED DISTRICTS DESIGNATED BY THE STATE, THEY CAN COMPETE FOR GRANT FUNDS TO THE STATE FOR PROJECTS MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO THAT COULD BE A PROJECT THAT BRINGS A, A SPECIFIC EXHIBIT HERE OR DOES WORK ON THEIR BUILDING. 
          UH, IT WOULD JUST BE DEPENDENT ON WHETHER THE STATE WANTED TO FUND IT. 
          THE STATE HAS NOW $10 MILLION STATEWIDE FOR THAT INITIATIVE, AND LAST YEAR THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY. 
          THIS YEAR THEY DO. 
          SO WE WANT TO ASSIST ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WOULD LIKE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO TAKE THE LEAD FROM DIFFERENT AREAS OF TOWN AND CREATE CULTURAL DISTRICTS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND APPLY TO THE STATE FOR DESIGNATIONS SO THAT LATER ON WE CAN BRING MORE OF THOSE DOLLARS ALL OVER OUR CITY. 
          THAT'S THE PLAN. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH DEBBIE, AND FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. 
          LAST THING I'LL SAY, UM, FOR THE FILM, I KNOW THEY HAVE THE SAN ANTONIO FILM FESTIVAL, AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE ALL OF THE INTERNS AND AMBASSADORS THAT ALSO WORK, UM, AS PART OF THAT. 
          AND CRYSTAL HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          I WOULD ONLY, UH, SUGGEST, UH, RIGHT NOW IN THE OLD FROST TOWER THAT'S NOW, UM, WHERE OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE. 
          IT IS, IT IS, IT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO SHOOT LIKE A WALKING DEAD HORROR MOVIE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S REALLY SCARY LOOKING IN THE, IN THE BANK LEVEL. 
          SO, SORRY, EVERYONE WHO WORKS THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT VENUE TO PITCH, HAVE CRYSTAL GO OUT AND PITCH THERE REALLY QUICK BEFORE WE MOVE EVERYONE IN. 
          ERIC, WE'LL DO THAT. 
          UM, . 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, DEBBIE. 
          NEXT, UM, WITH RUSS, IF I COULD, UH, BRING YOU UP HERE QUICKLY. 
          I THINK THE ONLY THING I WANT TO SAY IS, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR SERVICE HERE, UM, WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HERE IN THE AIRPORT. 
          YOU HAVE BEEN, UM, SO EFFICIENT AND VERY GOOD RUNNING A GREAT, UM, SHIP. 
          I'LL JUST USE THE TERM SHIP, UH, THERE AT THE AIRPORT, AND YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC TEAM. 
          I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN AND AROUND STINSON AREA AND ALSO WORKING ON THE SIDEWALKS. 
          THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER GAME CHANGER FOR THE CITY AS WELL AS, AS A RELIEVER AIRPORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE REALLY NEED, ESPECIALLY AS WE CONTINUE TO BRING MORE AND MORE GREAT EVENTS TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND THEN FOR VISIT SAN ANTONIO, I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE, UM, CASSANDRA, THANK YOU. 
          BUT FIRST I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR, MY CHAIRMAN, OUR CHAIRMAN, UH, OF THE BOARD, JEFF ARNT, WHO IS THE CHAIR OF VISIT SAN ANTONIO EX. 
          UH, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD THERE TO REALLY KEEP THE, UM, I THINK VISITOR EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE. 
          UM, SO I, WHAT I ALSO WANTED JUST TO HIGHLIGHT WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO IS, UH, IT IS DIFFERENT NOW BECAUSE WE ARE, UM, A MEMBERSHIP AND IT IS A DIFFERENT ENTITY AND THIS WORKING RELATIONSHIP, BUT KNOWING THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, THE CITY, BUT WE'RE IN A SERVICE AGREEMENT AND THE SERVICE AGREEMENT IS FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF YEARS. 
          SO WE VISIT SAN ANTONIO HAS TO CONTINUE TO MEET THE GOALS AND MAKE THAT SERVICE DELIVERY. 
          SO WHEN WE IF TO EXTEND THAT SERVICE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO IT'S A PARTNERSHIP, BUT IT'S ALSO MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING ALL OUR DELIVERABLES AND BRINGING THE WORLD TO SAN ANTONIO, UM, TO HAVE THAT GREAT EXPERIENCE. 
          AND, UH, NOT JEFF, ERIC DID MENTION THE CITY MANAGER DID MENTION IN OUR BOARD MEETING, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, THAT WE DID DISCUSS LOOKING AT DIFFERENT REVENUE STREAMS FOR HOMELESS WHEN WE GET THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TOGETHER. 
          SO THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND MANY OF US, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID DISCUSS WAS THIS ISN'T JUST DIFFERENT FROM SAN ANTONIO, THAT MANY 
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OTHER DESTINATIONS ARE EXPERIENCED THE SAME, SAME THING, AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          SO I'M GLAD TO HAVE THAT WORKING, UH, TOGETHER AND THAT'S TOP OF MIND FOR ALL OF US. 
          UM, CASSANDRA, CAN YOU PLEASE SH CLARIFY TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT CALIFORNIA HAS A TRAVEL BAN TO TEXAS, WHY DOES CALIFORNIA HAVE A TRAVEL BAN TO TEXAS? SO THE REASON IS BACK IN 2017, UM, THERE WAS A, A LAW REGARDING, UM, ADOPTION THAT, UH, THE GOVERNOR AND THE COMMUNITY DEEMED, UH, DISCRIMINATORY. 
          AND SO IT WAS ON THAT BASIS AND IT WAS OUR SS B SIX SSB. 
          IT'S, IT IT WASN'T, IT WAS SB NO, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS THE PRIVATE ADOPTION BILL PRIVATE. 
          THE PRIVATE ADOPTION BILL. 
          OH, THE PRIVATE ADOPTION BILL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT, UH, CLARIFICATION. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          AND THEN LASTLY FOR, UH, UH, ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND GIVE TO MY, UH, COLLEAGUES IN OUR, UH, CITY MANAGER. 
          AND IF LORI IS STILL HERE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO CONTINUE THAT BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE ALAMO AND THE IMPROVEMENTS IN ENHANCEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE ALAMO AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AND MEMBERS DOWNTOWN. 
          BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A COMMUNICATION DISCONNECT THAT IS HAPPENING AND WE DON'T KNOW, UH, THE INDUSTRY, THE MEMBERS DOWNTOWN DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          AND WE NEED TO HAVE BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE ALAMO. 
          AND, UM, LET ME SEE OVER HERE. 
          I DO WANT TO, I DO WANT TO THANK MY, UH, VISIT SAN ANTONIO AND ALL THE TEAM MEMBERS WHO DID TAKE, TAKE THE TOURS, UH, IN ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS. 
          AND IT GOES TO SHOW THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, OUR LOCAL AUTHENTIC NATURE. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WANT TO, TO TOUCH ON VERY QUICKLY IS ABOUT THE, THE OTHER LOS MUTOS. 
          AND JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, VISIT SAN ANTONIO. 
          CASSANDRA, IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS VISIT, SAN ANTONIO ISN'T THE ONE PRODUCING THIS LOS MUERTOS. 
          YOU ARE JUST A PARTNER IN ORDER TO PROMOTE AND BRING PEOPLE TO SAN ANTONIO TO EXPERIENCE THE LOS JUTO, THIS CELEBRATION AS WELL AS YOU'RE STILL CONNECTING TO LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS, OR THERE'S STILL GONNA BE MM-HMM. 
           A LOCAL AUTHENTIC ASPECT TO THIS. 
          CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          SO WE ARE IDENTIFYING AND WE'RE HAVING A, A A A LANDING PAGE, AND WE'RE INVESTIGATING ALL OF THE CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE GONNA BE HIGHLIGHTING THAT, BUT YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          VISIT SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE'RE A MARKETING AND SALES ORGANIZATION, SO WE DO NOT PRODUCE EVENTS, UM, BUT WE HELP PROMOTE THEM AND THAT WILL BE ALL INCLUSIVE. 
          AND SO WILL YOU ALL REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICES, UH, THE COUNCIL OFFICES OR DIFFERENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OR PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE PUTTING ON, UH, VIA THOSE, THOSE EVENTS. 
          SO IF PEOPLE ARE COMING DOWNTOWN TO THE MM-HMM. 
          , UH, TO THE, THE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING DOWNTOWN, THEY'LL STILL HAVE A TASTE OF AUTHENTIC LOCAL SAN ANTONIO TOO. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR CLARIFICATION ON THAT. 
          AND THEN, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO, THOSE ARE ALL THE COMMENTS I HAD MAYOR. 
          AND ALSO I WANTED TO THANK LENA PRADO, WHO'S SITS ON THE, UM, AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION 'CAUSE SHE'S ALSO DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL. 
          MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          MY FIRST QUESTIONS, UH, ARE FOR THE AIRPORT, SO WHILE REST GETS UP HERE, THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, UM, I ATTENDED THE VOLUNTEER LUNCHEON A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND IT WAS JUST THE BEST THING EVER TO SEE THAT WE HAD SUCH A GREAT NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS, UM, THAT ARE USING THEIR RETIREMENT TIME, UH, TO WORK WITH US AND HELP OTHERS FEEL, FEEL WELCOME TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT PROGRAM. 
          I KNOW THAT IT'S ONE OF THE PREMIER PROGRAMS IN THE NATION. 
          UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON PAGE 2 28 OF THE BUDGET. 
          WE HAVE AN X ON THE PARKING AND CONCESSION REVENUE PER INFL PASSENGER, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE MISSED THE MARK AND IF THAT'S AT ALL RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT ARE PARKED THERE OF FOLKS THAT AREN'T TRAVELING THAT WE JUST CAN'T GET RID OF, THAT ARE JUST SITTING THERE LIKE A SECONDARY GARAGE FOR THEM. 
          AND I COUNCILMAN, I'M SORRY, I MISSED THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION. 
          WHAT? YEAH, I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT'S AT ALL RELATED WITH THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPOTS THAT ARE BASICALLY BEING USED UTILIZED BY, BY PEOPLE WHO KIND OF JUST LEAVE THEIR CARS THERE PARKED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME THAT AREN'T TRAVELING. 
          IS IS WHAT FIGURE RELATED YOU'RE, ARE YOU LOOKING MISSING? I'M MISSING THE MARK. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          MISSING THE MARK ON PAGE 2 28, UH, OF OUR TARGET. 
          OH, NO. 
          OKAY. 
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SO, NO, NOT REALLY. 
          I THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A, A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN PARKING REVENUE. 
          WE'RE DOING VERY, VERY WELL. 
          UH, THE ONLY REASON WHY I THINK WE MISSED OUR MARK IS WE DID EVEN, EVEN BETTER ON EMPLOYMENTS. 
          SO, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD SUCH DRAMATIC INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENTS, UM, WELL ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, PARKING MAYBE JUST DIDN'T CATCH UP WITH THAT METRIC. 
          BUT OUR PARKING REVENUES ARE VERY, VERY SOLID. 
          AND SO WE DON'T RECOGNIZE A TREND. 
          IN FACT, WE, WE WATCH CARS THAT ARE PARKED THERE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. 
          WE HAVE A 30 DAY LIMIT. 
          AND SO WE REQUIRE PEOPLE TO LET US KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA BE OVER 30 DAYS AND, AND WE TRACK THAT AND TAKE ACTION. 
          UM, BUT NO, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THAT AS RELATED. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO I WAS SPECIFICALLY REFERENCING THERE ARE SOME VEHICLES THAT HAVE PLACARDS CORRECT. 
          AND, AND ARE PARKED THERE. 
          SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. 
          BUT SO I MEAN, POTENTIALLY WE DO VALIDATE A NUMBER OF PARKING, UH, FEES FOR VETERANS, AND THEY FIT INTO TWO CATEGORIES. 
          ONE IS AN INDIVIDUAL IS QUALIFIED UNDER THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION AS A DISABLED VETERAN. 
          UH, ANOTHER IS A VETERAN WHO CARRIES A PARTICULAR DECORATION THAT THEY'VE BEEN AWARDED WITH. 
          UH, AND TEXAS LAW DOES DRIVE THAT THOSE PARKING FEES ARE VALIDATED IN CITY OWNED FACILITIES. 
          THE IT DOES. 
          AND THERE HAVE BEEN ATTORNEY GENERAL RULINGS THAT EXCLUDE AIRPORTS FROM THAT. 
          WE HAVE HISTORICALLY COMPLIED WITH THAT AS A MATTER OF A BENEFIT TO OUR VETERANS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, THAT IS A PROGRAM WE'RE LOOKING VERY CAREFULLY AT, HOWEVER, UH, ON WHETHER WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY NOT DO AWAY WITH IT, BUT LIMIT IT. 
          AND WE'RE DISCUSSING SOME OPTIONS NOW. 
          AND THAT WAS JUST MY ONLY QUESTION. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT AFFECTED THAT AT ALL. 
          UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR THE TOUR THAT YOU GUYS GAVE ME WITH THE AIRPORT. 
          SO IT WAS A, A GREAT BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR. 
          UM, UH, FIRE STATION NUMBER 23, CAPTAIN BENNETT AND THE TEAM WERE DOING A GREAT JOB AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING BACK AND LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE I, I HAD A, A QUICK TOUR AND I THINK THERE WAS A LOT MORE THAT I COULD HAVE LEARNED. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THAT'S IT FOR YOU. 
          YOU BET. 
          THANKS FOR COMING OUT. 
          UH, CONVENTION AND SPORTS IS NEXT, PATRICIA. 
          AND, UH, WHILE SHE GETS UP HERE, I WANNA PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR, UM, WORKING WITH, UH, THE FOLKS OVER AT THE ALAMO HON UM, CITY RACE. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BRING THE ELTHAN RACE, UH, TO SAN ANTONIO AND, AND MAKE IT BIGGER AND MAKE IT REGIONAL. 
          AND SO I'M WORKING WITH SOME OF MY SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          I KNOW A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALREADY PARTICIPATE. 
          THEY HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO FLORIDA SOMETIMES. 
          AND SO THE CLOSEST RACE OF ITS KIND IS IN DALLAS. 
          AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR TRYING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          THAT WAS ONE OF MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITIES AS THE STUDENTS IN MY DISTRICT GREATLY BENEFIT FROM IT. 
          SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO BE IN THE SUN. 
          THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO GET HEAT STROKE ANYMORE. 
          ONE OF OUR SPONSORS GOT HEAT STROKE LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS REALLY BAD. 
          THEY'RE GONNA BE AT THE ALAMO DOME THIS COMING YEAR, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN. 
          UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON PAGE 2 57 MM-HMM. 
          , THERE WAS, UM, A MISSED MARK ON THE NUMBER OF ALAMO DOME EVENTS, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO KIND OF INCREASE THAT OR IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL MARKETING BUDGET. 
          I I'M A MARKETING PROFESSOR, SO OF COURSE AS Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT MARKETING, YOU'RE JUST MAKING MY WHOLE DAY. 
          I'M GONNA MAKE MY CLASS WATCH THIS WHOLE SESSION LATER. 
          UM, BUT IF YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
          YES, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          SO EVERY YEAR WE HAVE SOME IN THE YEAR FOR THE YEAR BUSINESS THAT WE PUT INTO OUR EVENT MIX, AND SOMETIMES IT'S REALIZED, SOMETIMES IT'S NOT. 
          AND YES, WE DID, WE DID MISS THE MARK. 
          WE HAD 115 EVENT DAYS, BUT THE POSITIVE ON THAT IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE WITH ONLY 115 EVENT DAYS, INCREASE OUR REVENUE BY 1.2 MILLION OVER THE 2018. 
          AND IF YOU SEE IN 2018, UM, WE HAD 121 EVENT DAYS. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND MY LAST QUESTION FOR YOU IS, DOES THE ALA MOBO HELP WITH ANY OF OUR IMPROVEMENTS? THEY DID THE LAST, UH, $60 MILLION OF IMPROVE IMPROVEMENTS THEY DID, UH, PROVIDE FUNDING FOR, FOR THOSE. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S IT FOR, FOR YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND THEN IT'S, UH, DEBBIE WITH ARTS AND CULTURE NEXT. 
          DEBBIE, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I APPRECIATE IT THAT THOROUGHLY. 
          I HAVE SOME OF THE SIMILAR QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILMAN PELE HAS HAD, UM, BUT I HAVE A, A SO LET ME START OFF WITH THESE QUESTIONS FIRST AND THEN I'LL GET INTO THOSE ON PAGE TWO 30. 
          IN THE BUDGET BOOK, THERE'S AN ALLOCATION REFERENCED. 
          YOU GAVE US A BREAKDOWN OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF I CAN HAVE A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF FUNDING FOR THESE AGENCIES OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO I'M JUST YEAH, I'LL GET THAT FOR YOU PLEASE. 
          UM, ALSO ON PAGE TWO 30, WE HAVE MORE THAN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TRANSFERRED OR IT SAYS TRANSFERS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT GETS TRANSFERRED TO. 
          SO IF YOU COULD HELP ME ALSO WITH, WITH UNDERSTANDING WHERE THAT GET TRANS GETS 
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TRANSFERRED. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I KNOW THAT, UH, I CAN ANSWER A PART OF THAT. 
          360, ABOUT $360,000 IS TRANSFERRED TO THE CARVER TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMING THAT THEY DO. 
          THAT'S ARTS AND CULTURE, UM, RELATED. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE TRANSFERS THAT GO TO FUND OUR INDIRECT COSTS THAT GO TO PURCHASING DEPARTMENT. 
          ALL DEPARTMENTS HAVE TO PAY HR AND PURCHASING IT. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE OTHER TRANSFERS. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          ON PAGE 2 32, WE ALSO HAVE SOME CONTRACTS OR, OR WE PROVIDE, IT LOOKS LIKE BASE OPERATIONAL FUNDING. 
          UM, AND SO THE ONES THAT I'M LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY ARE, ARE THE LARGER ONES. 
          SO THE CONTRACTS, I'D LOVE TO MAYBE, UM, SEE WHAT OUR COMMITMENT, WHAT OUR CONTRACTS ARE WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS WHO WE GIVE SOME, UM, SOME INCREASED LEVEL OF FUNDING. 
          AND SO I'M LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT LIKE BLUE STAR, THE MUSEUM ART PACE, ART SAN ANTONIO. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE, UM, WHAT KIND OF A COMMITMENT WE HAVE TO THEM AND FOR HOW LONG IT IS. 
          AND THEN IF I COULD ALSO SEE A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FUNDING ON THAT, I'D GREATLY APPRECIATE. 
          YES. 
          SO ALL OF THE, I WILL PROVIDE YOU A FIVE YEAR HISTORY ON ALL OF THE AGENCIES, UH, THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THIS YEAR. 
          AND THEN, UH, ALL OF THEM THAT ARE IN BASE OPERATIONAL, UH, WE FUND THEM ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          SO OUR COMMITMENT IS YEAR TO YEAR BASED ON THE FUND'S AVAILABILITY, UH, AS WELL AS I FOLLOW THE POLICY TO PUT TOGETHER THE ALLOCATIONS AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS ON THAT. 
          SO THE ONE THAT YOU GAVE US, THE ART AGENCY FUNDING POLICY 2018. 
          YES. 
          AND I CAN PUT THAT IN A, A FORMAT THAT MAY BE EASIER TO, TO READ THAN NO COMMENTS. 
          THIS ONE'S FINE FOR ME. 
          I DUNNO IF VERSION. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, ON PAGE 2 33, UNDER CAPACITY BUILDING, WHO DOES THAT HELP? DOES THAT HELP OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR CITY STAFF? OR DOES THAT HELP THE STAFF AT THESE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS? THERE'S, UM, ALLOCATION OF $75,000. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO, UH, CAPACITY BUILDING IS USED TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS, UH, LIKE OUR ARTS AGENCIES OF THE 48 AGENCIES THAT ARE ON THIS LIST TO BUILD THEIR CAPACITY TO NOT HAVE TO BE DEPENDENT SO MUCH ON CITY DOLLARS. 
          SO IT COULD BE THAT THEY BUILD CAPACITY OF THEIR BOARD OR THEY BUILD THEIR FUNDRAISING CAPACITY OR SOME OTHER CAPACITY. 
          WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST A CONSULTANT THAT WE HIRED AND WE DID A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE PUT EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND BOARD CHAIRS OF 18 AGENCIES THROUGH THAT PROGRAM ALREADY, UH, TO HELP THEM BE STRONGER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AWESOME. 
          IS THERE ANY METRICS THAT WE GET? LIKE, SO HOW MANY PEOPLE WENT THROUGH THIS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND THEN THEY, YOU KNOW, DID X, Y AND Z OR ANYTHING? DID WE HAVE SOMETHING? YES. 
          AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING THAT FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR. 
          GREAT. 
          YES. 
          UM, ALSO ON PAGE 2 33, WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE THE CULTURAL PLAN OR, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ALREADY BEEN ROLLED OUT, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN IT, SO I'M WONDERING WHEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT IF IT HASN'T BEEN DONE OR WHEN I CAN SEE IT. 
          IF IT HAS, I CAN GET YOU THE CULTURAL PLAN. 
          SO THE CULTURAL PLAN IS A COORDINATED PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT HAS DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. 
          IT STARTED WITH THE FILM STRATEGIC PLAN AND THAT IT HAS THE PLAN FOR THE ARTS AGENCY FUNDING. 
          IT HAS THE PLAN FOR MUSIC, IT HAS A PLAN FOR PUBLIC ARTS. 
          SO THERE'S DIFFERENT COMPONENTS ALL ROLLED UP UNDER THAT. 
          UH, AND I CAN GET YOU ALL OF THOSE PLANS. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, AND THEN ON THAT SAME PAGE, WE HAVE $150,000 FOR SISTER CITIES ALLOCATED ON THERE. 
          AND IF I CAN JUST, UM, GET A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF WHAT THAT 150 THOU $150,000 IS SPENT ON, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW THAT SISTER CITIES IS OUT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, BUT I JUST DON'T, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IF THERE WAS LIKE A SPECIFIC ARTS PROGRAM THAT IT FUNDS OR IS IT INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS OR ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT? YEAH, SO THE SISTER CITIES PROGRAM IS, UH, OUR BUDGET IS FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGES WITH OUR SISTER CITIES. 
          UH, WHENEVER A SISTER CITY, UH, PROVIDES SOMETHING TO US, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE SOMETHING RECIPROCAL TO THEM. 
          SO WE MAY SEND ARTISTS TO, UH, THE BIEN ALLEY AT, AT ANOTHER COUNTRY, OR THEY MAY SEND SOMEONE TO US. 
          WE MAY PAY FOR THAT. 
          WE MAY PAY FOR THEM TO GO BE IN AN EVENT. 
          BUT WE ALSO HAVE A RECIPROCAL GIFT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR SOME TIME WITH GUU SOUTH KOREA BECAUSE GUSU GAVE US A PAVILION AT DENMAN PARK AND WE OWE THEM A GIFT. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AN ARTIST DEVELOPING A PUBLIC ART PIECE FOR GUANG JU JUST LIKE THEY GAVE US A GIFT. 
          SUPER. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT THAT MONEY IS FOR. 
          SUPER FOR. 
          OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          UM, MY, UH, MY APPOINTEE, SUSAN SURA IS VERY INVOLVED IN THE ARTS, SO, UM, UH, I'M SURE YOU, UH, ARE ACTIVE WITH HER PARTICIPATION. 
          I, UM, TOO WOULD, 
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LIKE COUNCILWOMAN VRAN WAS PITCHING HER AREA. 
          SO PORT SAN ANTONIO, I THINK HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE LIKE THE SET FOR THE NEXT CAPTAIN MARVEL MOVIE OR SOMETHING IF YOU GUYS HAVEN'T CHECKED IT OUT. 
          BUT I KEEP SAYING THAT. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, DEBBIE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN, UM, LET'S SEE, CAPTAIN AMERICA, SORRY, SORRY, SORRY. 
          CAPTAIN AMERICA. 
          YES. 
          UM, AND THEN CASSANDRA, I JUST, FIRST OF ALL, THE MAYOR REFERENCED THIS ALREADY, THE 2020 CRAFT BREWERS CONFERENCE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I JUST, UM, KNEW THAT IT WAS YOUR MARKETING PEOPLE THAT HAD DONE THIS, BUT THEY WERE BRILLIANTLY, UM, PLACED IT DURING FIESTA . 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF COOL. 
          UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU. 
          ONE IN SEVEN WORKERS ARE EMPLOYED, UH, IN, IN YOUR AREA, IF YOU WILL. 
          WE HAVE CHEF JOHNNY HERE TODAY. 
          UM, ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS, AND I THINK HE'S NOT LISTENING, UM, BUT IT'S OKAY. 
          UH, AND SO, UM, UH, YOU ALL PROVIDE A $3.23 BILLION ANNUAL PAYROLL TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SO I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR EFFORTS IN, UM, GOING OUT AND INVESTING IN MARKETING IN OUR CITY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE ONLY WAY TO GET PEOPLE HERE IS IF WE MARKET OUR CITY. 
          SO I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT YOUR, UM, ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT HAS INCREASED NEARLY 50% SINCE 2007 IS JUST INCREDIBLE. 
          SO I WAS JUST, I'M SO PSYCHED. 
          I'M, UM, HAPPY TO BE, UH, ON, ON THIS TEAM AND, AND A PARDON. 
          SO WOULD WELCOME ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU HAVE TO TALK TO ME ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, PLEASE SHARE WHATEVER YOU WANT. 
          ARE WE DOING ANY MARKETING? I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UM, THE PRESIDENTIAL OR THE DEMOCRATIC, UM, UH, DEBATES ARE GOING ON AND WE HAVE A FORMER MAYOR, UH, WHO HAS BEEN IN SEVERAL, UM, UH, CITIES ALREADY. 
          ARE WE DOING ANY STRATEGIC MARKETING AROUND THE CITIES THAT HE'S VISITED? NOT AT THIS TIME. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S A VERY GOOD THOUGHT. 
          UM, AND WE WILL KIND OF TAKE IT BACK SOMETIMES IT'S VERY COST PROHIBITIVE OF WHAT YOU GET. 
          UM, SO WE'LL THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          IIA SPECIFICALLY MIGHT BE WHERE OUR BEST BANG FOR OUR BUDGETS, RIGHT? MM-HMM. 
          . 
          RIGHT. 
          IT'S, UM, AFFORDABLE. 
          AND THEN ALSO, UM, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, AND I KNOW THE, UH, MAYOR REFERENCED SHARE OF MARKET, AND SO I KNOW WE MEASURE THAT. 
          DO YOU ALSO MEASURE SHARE OF MIND? WE DON'T. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE DON'T, JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO, UM, BUT ANYWAY, AND SO I LOVE THE DEVICE. 
          ID, LIKE I SAID, I'M LIKE, OH MY GOD, SHE NEEDS TO COME TALK TO MY CLASSES. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE CONCENTRATION ON THE A LOS MUTOS. 
          I THINK IT'S THE PERFECT TIME TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT SAN ANTONIO, UH, COULD BECOME THAT LEADER IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS IN, IN, IN MEXICO THAT ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR LOS MARTOS PROGRAMS. IF WE COULD DO THAT IN THE UNITED STATES AND BE RECOGNIZED AS SAN ANTONIO BEING THE HUB FOR THAT. 
          AND I KNOW THAT, UM, CHEF JOHNNY AND SOME OTHER FOLKS THAT I KNOW ARE WORKING ON THAT PROGRAM AS WELL. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TRADITION TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THOSE, THAT'S ALL, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, RUSS, CAN I HAVE YOU COME UP? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND, UM, I JUST KNOW THAT THE AMBASSADORS THAT YOU HAVE OUT THERE AT THE AIRPORT ARE AMAZING, AND I GOT TO SIT AND SPEAK WITH SOME OF THEM ALONG WITH ONE OF YOUR EXECUTIVE STAFF MEMBERS, AND THEY TRULY TAKE HEART IN WHAT THEY DO. 
          AND SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE OUT AT THE AIRPORT. 
          UM, I HAVE A QUESTION AS FAR AS WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THE RENTAL CAR COMPANIES AND THE GARAGE SPACE THAT THEY USE MM-HMM. 
          , UM, WHERE EXACTLY WITHIN THE BUDGET DO THEY FALL? UM, HOW ARE THEY PAYING FOR THAT, THAT STORAGE AND THAT USAGE? UM, DURING THE TIME THAT THOSE CARS ARE MAYBE NOT IN FULL USE OR, UM, AS THEY COME IN AND GO OUT? RIGHT. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD TIME TO ASK THAT QUESTION. 
          'CAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE JUST RECENTLY OPENED THE NEW CONSOLIDATED RENTAL CAR FACILITY PRIOR TO THAT. 
          UH, QUITE FRANKLY, IT WAS A NIGHTMARISH EXPERIENCE TO RENT A CAR IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF SHUTTLE BUS TIME, ALL DECENTRALIZED. 
          FINDING YOUR PLACE TO DROP THE CAR OFF WAS, WAS TOUGH. 
          UH, BUT THE MODEL FOR, FOR THE FEES THAT THEY PAY, IT'S ACTUALLY FAIRLY SIMILAR. 
          IT'S, IT IS THE SAME BASIC MODEL. 
          IT, IT'S JUST DIFFERENT RATES. 
          AND SO THERE'S REALLY A, A FEW COMPONENTS THAT THEY PAY. 
          UH, ONE IS EVERYONE WHO RENTS A CAR, UH, FROM SAN ANTONIO PAYS A CUSTOMER FACILITY CHARGE. 
          RIGHT NOW IT'S $5 AND 50 CENTS PER PER RENTAL. 
          IT'S A USER FEE. 
          UH, WE GET THAT FEE, THAT'S AN AIRPORT USER FEE. 
          UH, AND WE USE THAT, UM, CUSTOMER FACILITY CHARGE, UH, TO SUPPORT DEBT SERVICE. 
          AND WE, WE DID TAKE OUT A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT DEBT FOR THAT GARAGE. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE KEY COMPONENT OF THAT, IS HOW WE'RE PAYING THAT DEBT. 
          UH, BUT WE ALSO GET RENTS, UH, AND FEES FROM 
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THE, UH, RENTAL CAR COMPANIES BASED ON THEIR VOLUME. 
          AND WE PR WE, UH, UH, COLLECT A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR REVENUE, UH, AS WELL, JUST LIKE WE DO WITH EVERY OTHER CONCESSION. 
          SO A FEW DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF INCOME, UH, BUT WITHIN THEIR SPACE, UH, BASED UPON WHAT THEY PAY FOR THAT SPACE, THEY MANAGE THAT AREA, UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL AND TO INCLUDE ALL THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THAT AREA. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE LUNCHEON. 
          YES, YOU WERE RIGHT. 
          IT WAS GREAT. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, PATRICA, I HAVE A, SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU AS FAR AS WHEN IT COMES TO CONVENTION SPORTS, UM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE THIS PAST WEEKEND I WAS ABLE TO GO TO, UM, FUNK FEST AND GET ON STAGE AND DO THE BIRD WITH MORRIS DAY IN THE TIME. 
          SO THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING. 
          DID YOU? I DID. 
          I REALLY DID. 
          AND IT WAS SO FUN. 
          AND SO THANK YOU . 
          UM, BEING THAT, UM, THAT IS IN DISTRICT TWO, A LOT OF WHAT WE WERE, UM, OR WHAT WE ASK IS, I KNOW THAT THE TRAFFIC THAT KIND OF COMES IN WITH THE EVENTS, UM, WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SITS RIGHT OVER TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE DOME. 
          AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE KIND OF BARRICADED WITHIN THEIR OWN, UH, GATES OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHO PUTS UP THE GATES, UM, AT THEIR PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD GATE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY CANNOT GET IN AND OUT OF THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO WANTED TO FIND OUT HOW WE CAN KIND OF MINIMIZE, UM, THE RESTRICTION THEY HAVE TO THEIR OWN, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS DURING THE EVENT TIMES AT THE DOME. 
          UM, ALSO KNOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA GET SOME UPGRADES, UM, THAT FACILITY IS, IS, UM, ONE YEAR YOUNGER THAN MY OLDEST DAUGHTER. 
          AND SO IT DOES HOLD A LOT OF, OF MEMORIES AND HISTORICAL VALUE. 
          AND SO WE LOVE TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG WITH TRYING TO FIND OUT, AS THE MAYOR WAS SAYING, THE PROPER ROOFING TO, TO PUT ON THOSE, UM, DEVELOPMENTS AS THEY COME. 
          I WAS WONDERING WHEN IT COMES TO U T S A AND FOOTBALL MM-HMM. 
           EXACTLY HOW MUCH WILL WE BE LOSING WHEN WE IMPLEMENT THE FAN FRIENDLY PRICING? SO THERE'S TWO THINGS WE STILL HAVE NOT IMPLEMENTED. 
          THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 TO WORK WITH A CONCESSIONAIRE AT THE ALAMO DOME TO IMPLEMENT FAN FRIENDLY PRICING. 
          UM, OTHER STADIUMS, ARENAS AND, UM, WOLF STADIUM TOYOTA FIELD HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED IT. 
          SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          AWESOME. 
          THOSE ARE THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR DEBBIE, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW YOU WERE ABLE TO COME OUT AND GIVE THE PRESENTATION, UM, AT THE M L K PARK, AND SO WE APPRECIATE THAT, UM, TO COUNCILMAN PALS AND SOME OF THE, UM, CONCERNS THAT HE HAS, UM, AS WELL AS THE OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED FOR ME. 
          UM, I KNOW WE ARE A VERY CULTURALLY UNIQUE DISTRICT, AND I KNOW THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FALL WITHIN THAT CULTURE DISTRICT, UM, DESIGNATION. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS, EVEN FROM THE CEMETERIES ALL THE WAY TO THE CARVER TO, UM, OUR NEW, UH, AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL MUSEUM. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH LAJUANA FROM SE CAMM AND WANTED TO FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW DO THEY FALL WITHIN THIS DESIGNATION OF THE CULTURAL MUSEUMS. UM, BECAUSE THAT IS SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING. 
          THEY ARE TRULY GOING OVER AND GETTING THOSE ARCHIVED FILES AND GOING BACK DECADES TO ORIGINAL SETTLERS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN DESCENT HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS FAR AS OUT TO DISTRICT EIGHT AND DISTRICT 10. 
          UM, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND RANCHERS AND CATTLE PRODS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT TRULY BELONG TO AFRICAN AMERICANS THAT WERE HERE, UM, DURING THE ORIGINAL FORMATION OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO I, I'M REALLY WONDERING HOW DO THEY FALL WITHIN THIS BUDGET PROCESS OF CULTURALLY SPECIFIC? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED TO WAIT TO SEE IF YOU GUYS WILL APPROVE THEM? UM, WHAT, WHAT IS DEFINITELY NEEDED BECAUSE THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THIS REALM? ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO, UH, 
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WHEN WE, MY, WE HAVE THE THREE YEAR, WE'RE IN THE SECOND YEAR OF A THREE YEAR CYCLE. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, THE NEXT CYCLE, THEY SHOULD QUALIFY FOR FUNDING THROUGH THE ARTS AGENCY FUNDING. 
          THEY MUST APPLY. 
          UM, BUT IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE REALLY DECIDING. 
          WE'RE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THEIR MISSION. 
          IF THEIR MISSION IS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT AND ENHANCE A SPECIFIC CULTURE, AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE IS LISTED. 
          IF THAT'S THEIR MISSION AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE, THE LENGTH OF TIME REQUIRED, AND THEY HAVE AN ACTIVE BOARD AND A PAID STAFF, THEN THEY WILL QUALIFY FOR FUNDING IN THE NEXT, UH, ROUND. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I JUST WANNA ADD, IT'S NOT THAT, UM, ENTITIES ARE APPLYING FOR THIS MONEY AND THEY'RE BEING TURNED AWAY. 
          IT'S THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO AS DEBBIE MENTIONED, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PAID EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 
          YOU HAVE TO BE AN OPERATIONS FOR THREE YEARS, AND YOUR MISSION HAS TO BE SPECIFIC TO THAT. 
          AND, UM, THAT, UM, CULTURALLY SPECIFIC AREA. 
          BUT, UM, I DO ALSO MENTION THAT CARVER WOULD QUALIFY AS ONE OF THESE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC ENTITIES, BUT WE FUND THEM OUTSIDE OF THIS PROCESS. 
          WE FUND THEM THROUGH THE CONVENTION SERVICES AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES. 
          AND SO THEY ARE ONE ENTITY THAT WE FUND, BUT IT'S OUTSIDE OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          RIGHT. 
          SE CAMM IS A WHOLE NOTHER, IS A WHOLE NOTHER ENTITY. 
          AND NOT ONLY ARE THEY ACTUALLY PRESERVING EVEN THE HOME THAT THEY USE FOR THE MUSEUM IS AN ARCHIVE IN ITSELF BECAUSE IT'S THE OLD GJ SUTTON, UH, FAMILY HOME. 
          SO, UM, I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN EXISTENCE NOW FOR FIVE YEARS AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT ALL BY THEMSELVES. 
          UM, THE NEXT QUESTION THAT I HAVE IN REFERENCE TO HOW ARE WE SPECIFICALLY TARGETING INNER CITY YOUTH THAT ARE VULNERABLE, UM, AS FAR AS PARTICIPATING WITH GRAFFITI ARE, UM, ARE WE SETTING UP ANY FORM OF PARTS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR LIKE GRAFFITI PARTS WHERE YOU CAN TAKE THAT? I KNOW ESSEX IS ONE OF, OF A GRAFFITI MURAL KIND OF EXHIBIT, BUT WHAT IT SPECIFICALLY, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE YOUTH THAT ARE DOING A LOT OF THE TAGGING OR DOING A LOT OF THE GRAFFITI, HOW DOES THAT THAT TRULY COME INTO THE, THE PLAY OF ARTS AND CULTURE? SO ARE WE LOOKING AT ANY OF THAT? YES. 
          SO GRAFFITI, UH, WE HAVE RESEARCHED THE, THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING GRAFFITI PARKS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE DID STUDIES OF GRAFFITI PARKS THAT HAVE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND MOST OF THEM HAVE THAT WERE CITY RUN, HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF POLICING ISSUES AND HOW THE GRAFFITI TENDS TO KIND OF BLEED OUT BEYOND THE WALLS OF THAT GRAFFITI PARK AND START GETTING INTO THE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THEM. 
          UH, SO WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING GRAFFITI PARKS. 
          THE ESSEX IS A PRIVATE ENTITY. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF SUCCESSFUL PRIVATE GRAFFITI PARKS. 
          AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT BECAUSE YOU CAN, YOU CAN CLOSE THE GATE. 
          YOU CAN, YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE COMING IN DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF WEAPONS ON THEM AND THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING INSTEAD OF SOMETHING ELSE THERE. 
          UM, BUT AS FAR AS WORKING WITH YOUTH THROUGH OUR, UH, AGENCY PROGRAMS, UH, AND OUR PUBLIC ARTS, SO WE HAVE 20 FOLKS ON OUR STAFF, AND WE GENERALLY DON'T DO DIRECT SERVICES IN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE OVERSEE PROGRAMS THAT DO GRANT FUNDING, UM, AND FILM AND, AND MUSIC, BUT WE DON'T ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT MOST OF THOSE EXCEPT FOR OUR COUPLE OF GALLERIES THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, BUT IN OUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE YOUNG BUDDING ARTISTS TO WORK WITH, UH, AN ARTIST OR AN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION TO TURN INTO, INSTEAD OF BEING DOING THIS ON THEIR OWN ON THE SIDE, THEY COULD TURN INTO A REAL CAREER AS ARTISTS. 
          AND WE WANT TO PROMOTE THAT. 
          AND WE'RE WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS WHO WORK WITH YOUTH LIKE SAN ANTO CULTURAL ARTS, AND IN FACT, YOUR ARTS COMMISSIONER, UM, ALDRICK DOW HAS A PROGRAM THAT HE'S WORKING WITH YOUTH ON DEVELOPING THEM TO BECOME ARTISTS AS WELL. 
          SO WE'RE DOING SOME PROGRAMS LIKE THAT. 
          WE'D LIKE TO DO MORE OF THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE WE DO HAVE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, IT SOMEHOW TIES BACK TO VISITORS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, SPEAKING OF THAT, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION, IS HOW DO WE NOW WITH DOING EXHIBITS, UM, PER SE WITH OUR LOCAL ARTISTS, UM, HAVING THEM TRULY FEATURED AND, AND VISIT ESSAYS, UM, DIRECTORY OF PLACES TO GO TO START SEEING OUR LOCAL ARTISTS, UH, DIS DISPLAYS, MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT THE WEBSITE, OR SPECIFICALLY DRIVEN AS WELL. 
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AND THEN I KNOW WE HAVE THE ALAMO FILM AND, UH, DISTRICT TWO AS WELL, THE ALAMO FILM STUDIOS. 
          HOWEVER, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE A DOWN STAGE, THEY ARE LOOKING TO DO A PARTNERSHIP WITH T L U MM-HMM. 
           THAT WOULD, UH, THEN BRING MORE AWARENESS TO OUR FILM INDUSTRY HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WITH THE BLACK FILM FESTIVAL, A LOT OF THEM, UH, DO SUNDANCE, AND SO THEY GO OUTSIDE THE CITY TO ACTUALLY SHOOT THESE FILMS. WE LOST THE WALKING DEAD TO AUSTIN BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE, UH, THE SOUND STUDIO. 
          IS, IS THERE ANY FUTURE, UM, OUTLOOK TO MAYBE HAVING A SOUND STAGE HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? SO WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A MAJOR STUDIO WITH A GIANT SOUND STAGE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE THROUGH PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND MAY PERHAPS WORKING WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ON THAT, BECAUSE WE ARE STILL TOURISM MONEY. 
          UM, AND SO WE DON'T, WE CANNOT USE OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS UNLESS THEY'RE THE CONVENTION CENTER TYPE, THOSE PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY. 
          SO WHO ARE WE LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY START INVESTING IN. 
          UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I ALWAYS SAY IS THAT WE CAN ALWAYS FIND OUR RESOURCES AROUND US THAT CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD US. 
          SO HAVE WE STARTED LOOKING AT ANY OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS? WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL, UH, FILM MAKING STUDIO COMPANIES COME TO SAN ANTONIO LOOKING FOR A SPACE. 
          AND WE'VE CONNECTED THEM WITH ALAMO CITY STUDIOS AND WITH SOME OTHER STUDIOS AROUND. 
          AND WE'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT FINANCING OPTIONS. 
          WE'VE TRIED TO CONNECT THEM IN THAT WAY SO FAR NOBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THAT WORK, UH, AND THAT MODEL. 
          UH, BUT WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE WORKING THAT GOAL BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THAT AS A GOAL IN OUR FILM STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          WE WANT TO BRING MAJOR MOVIE MAKING TO SAN ANTONIO, AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE STUDIOS TO DO THAT. 
          UM, I KNOW CRYSTAL HAS, HAS BEEN, UM, VERY, UM, INFORMATIVE WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK TO HER ABOUT. 
          I KNOW SAN ANTONIO WAS ALSO DEEMED A MUSIC FRIENDLY CITY. 
          ARE WE LOOKING TO START NOW BRINGING IN MORE ADVANCE CONCERTS? UM, I KNOW B M I JUST MOVED DOWN TO, TO AUSTIN, AND ARE WE PARTNERING WITH THE GRAMMY ACADEMY AND ALL OF THOSE GREAT ENTITIES TO START BRINGING MORE OF THOSE GRANDER EVENTS TO SAN ANTONIO THAT COULD POSSIBLY ASSIST WITH OUR TOURISM? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR, UH, MUSIC COMMITTEE IS WORKING ON WITH THEIR MUSIC STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, AS, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE, HENRY BRUIN IS DISTRICT SEVEN ARTS COMMISSIONER. 
          HE'S THE CHAIR OF THAT, UH, COMMITTEE. 
          HE'S BEEN LEADING THAT EFFORT AS A PART OF THE PERFORMING ARTS PLAN AS WELL. 
          WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE VENUES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING THAT WE ARE GETTING FOLKS THAT SAY, WE, WE NEED A VENUE LIKE THIS. 
          YOU KNOW, AND THEY HAVE AN EXAMPLE, AND THEN WE LOOK FOR IT AND WE CANNOT FIND IT. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE GAPS IN VENUES AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE INDUSTRY AND THE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS AND THE PROVIDE PRIVATE COMPANIES TO SEE WHAT THEY NEED AND HOW CAN WE PARTNER TO, TO HELP THEM MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR CASSANDRA. 
          HI. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TOUR OF MY DISTRICT WITH ME. 
          UM, WE HAD SO MUCH FUN AND I KNOW THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY OVERATE AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT . 
          BUT, UM, SO THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO THE SMALLER BUSINESSES, UM, AS YOU SAW WITHIN DISTRICT TWO, WE HAVE A LOT OF MOM AND POP BUSINESSES MM-HMM. 
           AS FAR AS WHEN IT COMES TO THE MEMBERSHIP, UM, TO VISIT SA ARE WE, IS THE, WHAT IS THE FEE THAT'S RELATED TO THAT? AND THEN HOW CAN WE START MARKETING SPECIFICALLY AND GETTING THEM ENGAGED? BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM KNEW A VISIT SA, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO INTERACT OR HOW TO BECOME PART OF VISIT SA AND SO, UM, THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE BEING OVERLOOKED. 
          AND SO I WANNA FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW CAN I CONNECT THAT GAP WITHIN OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO WE WOULD LOVE FOR ALL OF YOU TO GET THE WORD OUT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A MEMBER FOR US TO PROMOTE YOU, FOR YOU TO HAVE A LISTING ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          UM, SO IT MAY BE IN ONE OF YOUR NEWSLETTERS, UH, AND WE CAN HELP, UM, PUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID. 
          BUT THE IDEA IS WE WANNA ENGAGE. 
          AND FROM THE TOURS, UH, YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE ARE A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND REALLY WONDERFUL STORIES. 
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THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME STORIES THAT WE CAN PITCH TO MEDIA. 
          SO WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE. 
          ANYBODY THAT WE TOURED ON THE DISTRICT TOURS ALREADY ARE LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT THEM ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          WE'VE ALSO PUT THEM IN OUR NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOOD STORY, UM, ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          UM, BUT OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE, SOME OF THE UNIQUE ANGLES, UM, WHEN WE PITCH TO TRAVEL MEDIA BECAUSE THEY WANT THOSE UNIQUE STORIES. 
          UM, SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE ACTIVATING THEM ALREADY. 
          UM, BUT, BUT IT IS A GROWING PROCESS, UM, AS WE JUST FINISHED UP SEVERAL OR EIGHT, UM, OF THE DISTRICTS. 
          SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING, LOOKING AT ALL THE IMAGES, HOW WE CAN USE IT, BUT PLEASE KNOW, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A MEMBER. 
          WE ARE THE DESTINATION ORGANIZATION. 
          SO I'M PRO I'M, UM, PROMOTING THE ENTIRE CITY, THE ENTIRE REGION IN SOME CASES. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE THE SOURCE OF THAT. 
          SO UNCOVERING ALL OF THAT. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          SURE. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SORRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. 
          NOW. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, RUSS, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FUTURE PLANS FOR THE AIRPORT. 
          UH, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW F A A HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT WHAT GOES ON IN A BUDGET IN THE AIRPORT, BUT YOU KNOW, I HEAR ALL THE TIME, AND SO I'M GONNA REMIND YOU AND HOPE IT'LL BE MOVED ON TO YOUR PREDECESSOR, THAT THERE ARE MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR THE AIRPORT WHO ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SOUND AND REALLY WANT SOUND ABATEMENT MEASURES TO BE PUT IN PLACE. 
          THERE ARE MORE FLIGHTS, UH, THERE'S MORE TRAFFIC OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL TIMES THAT EXISTED 10, 12 YEARS AGO. 
          THERE'S EVEN FLIGHTS THAT ARE LANDING JUST ON THE EDGES OR OUTSIDE OF THE USUAL FLIGHT PATTERNS BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC OR THE SPEED OF TRYING TO GET ON THE GROUND AND THINGS OF THIS NATURE. 
          AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS LONG AS YOU ARE HERE OR BEFORE YOU GO, THAT YOU MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO TRY AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE F A A TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN. 
          'CAUSE IT CONTINUES TO BE A GROWING CONCERN. 
          I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME. 
          AND WITH MORE FLIGHTS AND, UH, MORE AIRCRAFT AND FLYING AT FOUR IN THE MORNING AND, YOU KNOW, 11 AT NIGHT, UH, IT'S VERY DISRUPTIVE TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR AIRPORT. 
          WELL, YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT TO ON THAT COUNCILMAN, AND, AND IT IS A GOOD TIME TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          WE'VE HAD A SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE F A A WORKING WITH THEIR NOISE ABATEMENT PROGRAM. 
          AND WE'VE GOT MONEY IN THE 20 BUDGET THAT WE'RE FINISHING OUT THE LAST VERSION BASED UPON THAT 2014 ANALYSIS. 
          AND IN FACT, UM, WE FELT SO STRONGLY ABOUT IT THAT WE HAD A NUMBER OF HOMEOWNERS WHO HAD EITHER NOT RESPONDED, UM, WELL, WHO HAD NOT RESPONDED TO OUR INQUIRIES ABOUT WHETHER THEY WANTED THE TREATMENT, WHO WERE WITHIN THE VULNERABLE AREA, THAT WE DID ANOTHER OUTREACH AND, AND IN FACT CONVINCED SOME OF THOSE HOMEOWNERS TO TAKE US UP ON THE OFFER. 
          AND THAT'S ALL IN THE 20 BUDGET. 
          AND AS PART OF THE, UM, MASTER PLAN PROCESS WITH ONGOING THIS YEAR, WE WILL DO, AS I'VE MENTIONED TO YOU, A NEW NOISE EXPOSURE MAP. 
          UH, AND IT WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT EXISTING CONDITIONS, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THOSE, THOSE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED WITH REGARD TO TIME OF DAY AND, AND, AND MORE TRAFFIC. 
          UH, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DO A, AN OVERLAY FOR A FUTURE MAP. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY THE, UH, WE'RE NOT F FA IS NOT GONNA TREAT HOMES BASED ON A FUTURE CONDITION UNTIL THAT HAPPENS. 
          BUT WE WANNA KNOW WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, RIGHT? SO THAT WHEN WE COME TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND TALK TO 'EM ABOUT A, A MASTER PLAN AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A NEW RUNWAY IN 10 YEARS, WE CAN OVERLAY WHAT WE BELIEVE THAT WILL DO MEAN FOR NOISE. 
          AND AGAIN, ASSUMING THE F A A CONTINUES TO GET THE APPROPRIATION FOR THAT PROGRAM, UH, THERE WOULD BE NEW HOMES ELIGIBLE AT THAT POINT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND I WANT YOUR, YOUR VIEW OF THIS, UH, ARE WE AS A CITY OR SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FINANCIAL LOSSES TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? IF WE WERE TO HAVE COMMERCIAL FREIGHT AIR TRAFFIC REROUTED TO PORT SA, WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL EFFECT OF THAT? SO I THINK THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE WORKING WITH THE CARGO COMPANIES TO CONVINCE 'EM THAT THAT'S, UH, A VIABLE BUSINESS PLAN FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY, UH, PLEASED WITH THEIR LOCATION. 
          AND IN FACT, UM, MOST OF THEM ARE COMING TO ME AS WE SPEAK FOR MORE REAL ESTATE. 
          'CAUSE THEY'RE EXPANDING. 
          UH, CARGO GROWTH IS A VERY STRONG ECONOMIC INDICATOR. 
          PORT SA PLENTY OF REAL ESTATE. 
          SO, UH, AGAIN, THE FIRST FIRST STEP I THINK WOULD BE TO, UM, CONVINCE THEM THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AN EFFECTIVE PART OF THEIR BUSINESS PLAN. 
          BUT I, I WOULD ALSO DEFER TO JIM PBA, WHO HAS, YOU KNOW, GONE ON RECORD AS, AS 
          [02:35:01]
TO DISCUSSING HOW, UH, MUCH CARGO MAY OR MAY NOT BE A PART OF THE CORE COMPETENCIES IN THE, IN THE BUSINESS PLANS STRATEGICALLY FOR PORT SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, BECAUSE HE'S GOT, BASED ON HIS TENANTS AND, AND THAT BUSINESS ACTIVITY HAS SOME VERY SPECIFIC IDEAS ON THAT AS WELL. 
          AND SO I THINK WE'D NEED TO BRING ALL THAT TOGETHER, UH, BEFORE WE COULD, UH, START TO GIVE INCENTIVES TO MOVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION. 
          I AGREE. 
          BUT WHAT, WHAT KIND OF MONEY WOULD WE LOSE IF, FOR EXAMPLE, 50% OF THAT TRAFFIC WERE TO DIVERT TO PORT SA? WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A FIGURE. 
          WE WOULD ONLY, WE WOULD ONLY DO IT IF WE NEEDED THE SPACE FOR OTHER REVENUE GENERATION ACTIVITIES, WHETHER THAT BE INCREASED AIR, AIR SERVICE. 
          SO IT WOULD BE A, IT WOULD BE A TRADE OFF. 
          WE'D BE, WE'D BE HAVING ADDITIONAL OTHER TYPES OF REVENUE GENERATION ACTIVITIES TO, TO FILL IN FOR THAT CARGO. 
          AND ULTIMATELY WHATEVER WORKS OUT BEST FOR THE CITY, WE'D BE A PART OF THAT. 
          WELL, I THINK THE CARGO ISSUE IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE CARGO OR, OR YOU DON'T HAVE PASSENGER FLIGHTS FLYING AT FOUR IN THE MORNING OR, YOU KNOW, 12 MIDNIGHT OVER THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO ALTHOUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT MAY BE THEIR CHOICE. 
          I MEAN, ALSO, COULD IT BE A, A DIRECTIVE OF THE CITY THAT WE JUST WANT TO, UH, GET THOSE FLIGHTS OUT OF THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THEY'RE IN AND BACK DOWN INTO AN AREA THAT WAS BUILT FOR THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC. 
          THAT WOULD BE A CONVERSATION WE'D HAVE TO, WE'D HAVE TO WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND TREAD VERY CAREFULLY INTO, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND, UM, POST DEREGULATION, WE DON'T GET TO DIRECT IT, BUT I, I KNOW OF THE CITIES THAT HAVE DONE ALL SORTS OF INCENTIVE PROGRAMS TO, TO WORK WITH, UH, PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF THE BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, TO MOVE. 
          BUT THAT WOULD BE A CONVERSATION WE HAVE TO HAVE. 
          YEAH. 
          CARLOS, YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING, ADD TO THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN, WE'D ALSO HAVE TO TALK TO PORT SAY, AND TO THE MILITARY ABOUT WHETHER THEY WOULD EVEN PERMIT THAT AND WHAT THE IMPACT COULD BE ON CURRENT TENANTS. 
          SO LIKE BOEING AND LOCKHEED AND OTHERS WHO, WHO USE THAT SPACE FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 
          BUT WE, WE COULD LOOK AT ALL OF THAT AND, AND DO AN ECONOMIC DEFENSE. 
          WELL, I HOPE SO. 
          I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFILIATED WITH THE PORT SAYING, WELL, WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THAT BUSINESS DOWN HERE, BUT THE CITY CITY DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE UP THE REVENUE. 
          THEY DON'T WANNA WORK WITH US. 
          AND THEN, THEN I HEAR UP HERE, WELL, WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANT TO TAKE THAT KIND OF BUSINESS. 
          SO YEAH, THERE NEEDS TO BE A GENUINE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT POTENTIAL, UH, FOR OUR AIR TRANSPORTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THAT'S IT, RUSS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, DEBBIE, THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, AND MAYBE I MISSED IT IN THE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A REDUCTION IN THE SYMPHONY FUNDING. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I WAS, I WAS TOLD THAT SINCE WE HAD ADVANCED SOME OF THE NEXT YEAR'S FUNDING TO THE SYMPHONY LAST YEAR, THAT THAT REDUCTION IN THE BUDGET IS SIMPLY THE MONEY WE GAVE THEM BEFORE. 
          SO WE'RE REDUCING IT FROM THIS BUDGET. 
          NOT, NOT EXACTLY. 
          UH, SO THE SAN ANTONIO SYMPHONY, WHEN WE DID THE EQUITY GUIDELINES, WE DID THE ARTS FUNDING GUIDELINES. 
          ALL THE BASE OPERATIONAL IS BASED ON A FORMULA, BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE ORGANIZATION. 
          SO THE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS CAN GET UP TO 30% OF THEIR OPERATING BUDGET FROM THE CITY. 
          AND THE LARGER THEY GET, THE SMALLER THAT PERCENTAGE GETS. 
          THE SYMPHONY IS AT A 3% CATEGORY, AND THEY WERE OVER THEIR, THEY WERE GETTING MORE THAN THEIR SHARE PREVIOUSLY. 
          SO WE ARE REDUCING THEM BY 25% OF THE AMOUNT EACH YEAR TO GET THEM DOWN TO THE AMOUNT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GET TO, TO THE 3%. 
          SO THEY'RE OVERFUNDED TWO YEARS AGO BASED ON THE NEW GUIDELINES, AND THEY'RE GETTING A REDUCTION. 
          OF COURSE, THEY ALMOST WERE NOT OF BUSINESS TWO YEARS AGO. 
          SO, UH, BUT THEY'RE DOING VERY WELL NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ARE WE MONITORING THAT? YES. 
          SO THAT WE, WE ARE ASSURED THAT, UH, OUR DECLINING SUPPORT WON'T PUT THEM INTO A BAD SITUATION. 
          I REALIZE IT'S, IT'S UP TO THEM, BUT THEY'RE AN IMPORTANT ASSET IN THE CULTURE OF THE CITY AS WELL. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND WE WORK WITH THEM VERY CLOSELY. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAD A CONSULTANT, UH, THAT CAME AND HELPED THEM, AND THE CITY HAD A COMMITTEE, UH, THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY TO THE SYMPHONY TASK FORCE TO HELP THEM. 
          AND COUNCIL VINNO SAT ON THAT. 
          UH, AND THEY HAVE A PLAN THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING. 
          WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THEY FOLLOW THAT PLAN, UH, AND THEY ARE DOING MUCH BETTER, UH, STRATEGICALLY AS A SYMPHONY. 
          UM, HOW IS THE INCREASE OF 50% IN SISTER CITIES FUNDING, UH, ART OR CULTURAL? AND THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. 
          50%. 
          HOW IS THAT, HOW DOES THAT FIT INTO OUR PERCENTAGES AND BUDGET AND THINGS LIKE THAT? SO SISTER CITIES, UH, LIKE I SAID, IS USED FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT CULTURAL EXCHANGES. 
          THERE WAS A SPECIFIC REQUEST TO INCREASE THE FUNDING FOR THE 
          [02:40:01]
RITOS CELEBRATION, WHICH IS PART OF THE DIRE CELEBRATIONS. 
          THAT CELEBRATION, WHICH WE JUST HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT, UH, IS, UH, ON SEPTEMBER THE 15TH OR 14TH THIS YEAR IN MARKET SQUARE. 
          AND THAT'S PUT ON BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT. 
          SO THAT'S THE RITO EVENT WHERE THEY CELEBRATE THE ES. 
          THERE WAS FUNDING THAT THEY RECEIVED IN 2018 FROM THE TRICENTENNIAL TO INCREASE THAT TO A LARGER, UH, EVENT. 
          AND WE HAVE COMMITTED TO INCREASED FUNDING THROUGH SISTER CITIES TO HA LET THEM HAVE THAT LARGER EVENT AGAIN THIS YEAR. 
          IT'S THE 25TH YEAR OF THE DIAZ, UH, COMMISSION IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THAT SOME OF THOSE FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR THE RITO. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT THIS IS THE 2020 BUDGET. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO WE'RE KIND OF PUTTING THAT MONEY UPFRONT IN A 2020 BUDGET, BUT GONNA GIVE IT TO 'EM IN 2019? NO, THAT WOULD BE FOR, IT WOULD BE FOR NEXT YEAR'S EVENT. 
          SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THEY'LL NEED EXTRA MONEY AGAIN NEXT YEAR. 
          YES. 
          IT'S A COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING TO THE, TO OUR SISTER CITIES THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO. 
          BUT IT DOESN'T FALL WITHIN THE KIND OF PERCENTAGES WE TALK ABOUT 3% 10 OR ANYTHING. 
          NO, IT DOES NOT. 
          SO THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS THAT WE MAKE, RIGHT. 
          THE, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT YOU SEE ON THE BUDGET BOOK, THOSE ARE NOT PART ADDITIONAL ARTS FUNDING ALLOCATIONS. 
          THOSE ARE NOT PART OF THE, UM, OF THE POLICY. 
          THAT IS THE FUNDING WHERE THEY HAVE TO APPLY. 
          UM, WHAT PERCENTAGES, UH, ARE ESPERANZA GUADALUPE REQUIRED TO MEET FOR THEIR FUNDING? SO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, WE ARE FUNDING THEM, UH, LET ME LOOK AT THE POLICY. 
          THEY GET THE BASE OPERATIONAL BASED ON THEIR SIZE. 
          SO THE ESPERANZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER FALLS WITHIN THE 25% BASE OPERATIONAL CATEGORY, PLUS THE EQUITY FUNDING OF 17.5%. 
          SO YOU ADD THOSE TWO TOGETHER, SO THEY'RE GETTING OVER 42% OF THEIR FUNDING FROM THE CITY OR RIGHT AROUND THERE? YES. 
          AND THIS, THIS FUNDING IS BASED ON THEIR THREE YEAR AVERAGE OF THEIR I R S NINE 90 EXPENDITURES FROM THE YEARS OF 20 14, 15 AND 16. 
          NO, 15, 16, AND 17. 
          SO THOSE PAST YEARS, THEY'RE SET IN STONE, AND WE WILL LOOK AT THEM WHEN THEY APPLY NEXT TIME BASED ON THE NEW GUIDELINES THAT MIGHT BE TO SEE WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE AT THAT TIME. 
          HOW IS THE 17% FIGURE DETERMINED TO MAKE THINGS EQUITABLE? IT'S IN THE POLICY. 
          OH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS A FIGURE AS, AS EQUITY AMOUNT. 
          SO THERE WAS 15% LAST YEAR THAT WAS PART OF THAT CULTURALLY SPECIFIC FOR THE AGENCIES. 
          AND IT'S 17.5% IN 2020, AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO UP TO 20% IN 2021. 
          SO 15, 17, AND 20, THAT'S LIKE OVER 50% OVER THREE YEARS. 
          SO THE, UH, AGENCIES THAT ARE AT THE 30% BASE OPERATIONAL, THE SMALL ONES LIKE THE JUNTO, UM, ESPANZA IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER. 
          OH, YEAH. 
          UH, THAN, THAN THEM, UM, THE CENTRAL SLAN, UH, SAN ANTO, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR BASE AT 30%. 
          AND THE, THE PLAN WAS FOR THEM TO BE AT UP TO 50% BY THE END OF THIS THREE YEAR CYCLE. 
          I JUST REMEMBER SO MUCH OUR CONVERSATION OF TRYING TO MAKE MOST OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS MORE SELF-SUSTAINING. 
          IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE BEING MORE DEPENDENT, DEPENDENT ON THE CITY. 
          AND I DON'T REMEMBER THAT BEING REALLY THE LONG-TERM INTENT. 
          I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, JUST LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. 
          UH, IT'S JUST THAT THESE TEND TO STICK OUT, UH, JUST LIKE, UH, THE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER. 
          NOW I KNOW WE'VE HAD, UH, SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE FENCING NEEDS AND, UH, OTHER KIND OF MAINTENANCE NEEDS AROUND THERE. 
          YEAH, SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION. 
          UHHUH. 
          THE, THE FENCE IS AT THE GUADALUPE PLAZA, AND THAT'S MANAGED BY THE AIDA GUADALUPE OH, OKAY. 
          GOV. 
          UH, THAT'S A DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND THAT IS NOT THE GUADALUPE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, I GUESS. 
          EASY TO BE CONFUSED. 
          THANK YOU FOR CLARIFY, CLARIFYING. 
          THEY'RE NAME THE SAME THINGING THAT, YEAH. 
          ONE OTHER THING. 
          UM, DO ANY OF THESE GROUPS GET OTHER FUNDING FROM THE CITY OUTSIDE OF, UH, THE CULTURAL AGENCY FUNDING? SOME OF THE GROUPS ON THIS LIST COULD APPLY FOR FUNDING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO PROVIDE SERVICES. 
          DO YOU KNOW IF ANY OF THESE RIGHT HERE ON THIS LIST DO? YES. 
          THERE ARE SOME THAT GET FUNDING FROM DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. 
          WHICH ORGANIZATIONS ARE THOSE? 
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SO I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M RIGHT WITH MELODY WOOSLEY, BUT I KNOW THAT, UH, THERE'S A CONTRACT WITH THE BEAL HOUSE ARTS TO DO ARTS IN THE SENIOR CENTERS. 
          SO THAT'S NOT OPERATIONAL FUNDING. 
          THAT'S FOR PROGRAMMING. 
          UH, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH URBAN 15 FOR DANCE CLASSES THAT ARE DONE IN THE SENIOR CENTERS. 
          WELL, THAT'S GOOD. 
          I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, DOING THINGS IN THE SENIOR CENTERS AND, AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAD AS, AS QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE COUNCILWOMAN. 
          MELISSA CAVEDA. 
          HI. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PERAM. 
          UH, MY QUESTION IS FOR PATRICIA. 
          I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. 
          WILL YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE BOTH THE SHORT AND LONG-TERM PLANS FOR WOLF STADIUM? SO, UM, YES, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANNA DO, WE WANNA CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH THIS, THE MICROPHONE'S A LITTLE. 
          SO WE WANNA CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS, UH, TO MAINTAIN THIS, THE BASEBALL STADIUM IN JANUARY, UH, COUNCIL APPROVED, UH, SOME RENOVATIONS TO THE STADIUM, WHICH INCLUDED, UM, RENOVATING THE HOME AND VISITOR CLUBHOUSES. 
          WE ALSO WATERPROOFED THE CITY AND CONCOURSE AREAS TO AVOID WATER PENETRATION INTO THE CLUBHOUSES. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH, UH, SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS TO, UM, ADJUST THE LIGHTING LEVELS IN THE STADIUM BEFORE THE SEA. 
          THE AAA SEASON STARTED THIS YEAR, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, WE JUST COMPLETED A FACILITY ASSESSMENT OF THE STADIUM AS FAR AS HOW, UM, IT, UH, BASICALLY CONFORMS AND COMPLIES WITH AAA STANDARDS. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE REVIEWING THAT, UM, AND THEN IDENTIFYING BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN AVIO. 
          HDA. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          UH, LET'S SEE WHERE TO START. 
          HERE. 
          UH, DEBBIE, YOU WERE UP HERE. 
          YOU WERE, YOU WERE. 
          WHERE'S DEBBIE? AH, . 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          ON SLIDE SIX HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          THE TOTAL FUNDING THERE, I, I KNOW THE WHEELS AND THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S INSIDE THE WHEEL AND OUTSIDE THE WHEEL IS GREAT. 
          UM, THE HOT TAX, 11.25 MILLION, THEN A GENERAL FUND, AND THEN THE CAPITAL ADMINISTRATION CHARGES. 
          WHAT IS CAPITAL ADMINISTRATION'S CHARGES? SO THIS IS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? THIS IS THE SAME MODEL THAT T C I USES FOR THEIR CAPITAL PROGRAM STAFF TO OVERSEE THE BOND PROJECTS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO MANY OF YOU WEREN'T HERE AT THAT AT ONE TIME. 
          THE PUBLIC ART DIVISION WAS A PART OF PUBLIC WORKS AND T C I AND THEY MANAGED THOSE PUBLIC ART PROJECTS UNDER THAT UMBRELLA. 
          AND THOSE FUNDS WERE FUNDED BY THE CAPITAL PROJECTS TO PAY FOR THE STAFF TO OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE BOND PROJECTS. 
          THE FUNDS, ONCE THE STAFF TRANSFERRED TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, THE FUNDS ALSO TRANSFERRED TO PAY FOR THOSE STAFF. 
          SO THEY ARE PAID OUT OF THE BOND FUNDS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHAT, HOW MUCH, WHERE IS THE FUNDING AND HOW MUCH IS IT FOR, WHAT IS IT? THE 1% OR 2% OF OUR BOND PROJECTS? RIGHT. 
          SO THE, THE POLICY FOR PUBLIC ART IS 1% OF THE ELIGIBLE CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          WITH THE 2017 BOND, WE HAVE $8.3 MILLION IN PUBLIC ART FUNDS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT MONEY IS POOLED BY THE PROPOSITION. 
          SO THERE'S MONEY, UH, IN THE STREETS PROPOSITION, IN THE DRAINAGE AND THE PARKS PROPOSITION, ET CETERA. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND WHERE IS THAT MONEY SHOWN ON THIS WHEEL? THAT MONEY IS NOT SHOWN ON THIS WHEEL. 
          THIS IS JUST OUR OPERATING FUNDS THAT'S SHOWN IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM HERE. 
          UM, I'M NOT SEEING THAT MONEY ANYWHERE HERE. 
          WHERE IS IT IN THIS PRESENTATION? THAT $8 MILLION COUNCILMAN? UH, THAT WAS PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT, UH, ROSSI HUSSEINI, UH, PROVIDED LAST WEEK WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          SO THAT IS THE COMPONENT OF THE $720 MILLION CAPITAL BUDGET PROGRAM THAT WE PRESENTED THAT DAY. 
          BUT WE'LL BE HAPPY TO POINT THAT OUT IN THE, IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT, UH, WHERE THAT IS LOCATED AT. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE I, I, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S PUBLIC ART THAT THAT MONEY IS FOR, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S PART OF THE, THE BOND, 
          [02:50:01]
BUT SOMEHOW WE NEED TO SHOW IT AS PART OF THE PUBLIC ART BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING TO BE FULLY TRANSPARENT, THERE'S A LOT MORE MONEY GOING INTO ART HERE IN THIS CITY THAN WHAT'S SHOWN ON THIS, ON THIS WHEEL. 
          SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT ANNOTATED OR SOMETHING, OR CROSS-REFERENCED BETWEEN THAT PRESENTATION AND THIS PRESENTATION AND, YOU KNOW, SHOW WHAT OUR COMMITMENT TO ART IS. 
          IT'S NOT THE $11 MILLION. 
          SURE. 
          WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT, COUNCILMAN THAT. 
          WE'LL NOTATE IT ON, ON BOTH PRESENTATIONS. 
          THANK YOU ON THAT. 
          UM, SO WHAT IS THAT ALL ADDING UP TO FOR, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $20 MILLION HERE ALTOGETHER? NOT, NOT EXACTLY, BECAUSE THE EIGHT $8.3 MILLION, UH, IN THE BOND IS A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO THAT SPREAD OVER FIVE YEARS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE PROGRAMMED 4.3 MILLION IN PUBLIC ART MONEY FOR FISCAL YEAR 20. 
          OKAY. 
          OUT OF THE BOND. 
          OUT OF THE BOND, YES. 
          PACKAGE. 
          SO YES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO SHOW THAT ON HERE ALSO. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE IT PROGRAMMED, YOU KNOW, LET'S SHOW WHAT THOSE, WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE MM-HMM. 
           IN THIS PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY. 
          LET'S GET TO THIS, UH, THE CULTURAL AGENCY FUNDING. 
          OKAY. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN PALS AND OTHERS THAT HAVE POINTED THAT OUT. 
          I MEAN, YOU, YOU ADD THIS UP BETWEEN THOSE TWO AGENCIES, THAT'S A MILLION BUCKS BETWEEN THOSE TWO AGENCIES, AND THAT'S, THAT'S A SEVENTH OF THAT TOTAL BUDGET OF $7 MILLION. 
          SO I, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND TO COUNCILMAN COURAGES COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT BECOMING LESS RELIANT ON C CITY MONEY. 
          AND HERE WE'RE PUMPING IN AN ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, OVER $150,000 TO THE, THOSE TWO AGENCIES FOR ONE YEAR. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POLICY SAYS, AND WE, WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT POLICY ABOUT, THERE'S MANY OTHER CULTURES IN THIS CITY THAT I FEEL ARE, WE'RE NOT GETTING TO WITH THIS INFORMATION THAT THEY CAN APPLY FOR THIS. 
          AND MAYBE WE NEED TO GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT POLICY AND ADD THESE OTHER CULTURES IN THERE AS WELL TO GET THEM COMPETITIVE FOR THIS TYPE OF FUNDING. 
          I MEAN, I WENT TO THE, I TRY TO GO EVERY YEAR TO THE FOLK LIVE FESTIVAL, AND THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT CULTURES AT THAT SINGLE THING. 
          I MEAN, HAVE WE GONE BOOTH BY BOOTH TO ALL THOSE DIFFERENT CULTURAL AGENCIES SAYING, HEY, WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM, OR DO, DO YOU MEET THE CRITERIA? OR WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE TO PROMOTE YOUR CULTURE IN THIS CITY? I, I DON'T KNOW. 
          HAVE WE DONE THAT? NO, WE HAVEN'T. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL THAT, THAT, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER CULTURES OUT THERE THAT BUILT THIS CITY, AND WE'RE NOT REACHING OUT TO 'EM, UH, ENOUGH IN MY, IN MY OPINION, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION. 
          BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I I, AND WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE, WHERE THE ARTWORK AND CULTURAL FUNDING IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING AT IN THE CITY. 
          AND, AND ONE OF OUR, UH, FRIENDS TALKED ABOUT THE CRESCENT, YOU KNOW, OF WHERE THIS MONEY IS BEING SPENT. 
          AND IT'S ALL ON THE EAST, SOUTH AND WEST SIDE, VERY LITTLE ON THE NORTH SIDE. 
          ALTHOUGH I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT WE'RE DOING AT COMANCHE LOOKOUT WITH A PROJECT TO, AT MCALLISTER PARK AND, AND WE FINISHED MCALLISTER PARK. 
          YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. 
          BUT AGAIN, I I, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT CITYWIDE AND NOT FOCUS ON JUST SEVERAL AREAS HERE IN THE CITY. 
          SO I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          AND THAT'S GOING WELL. 
          I JUST ATTENDED THE MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT, OR WAS IT LAST NIGHT. 
          ANYWAY, THAT SEEMS TO BE GOING WELL, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROJECT. 
          BUT YEAH, I'M, I AGREE WITH THE FUNDING DISTRIBUTION THAT WE'RE, THAT I SEE ON THIS, I'M, I THINK WE'RE FOCUSING IN TOO MUCH IN THAT, IN THAT ONE AREA THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT MONEY NEEDS, LIKE WAS SAID, MUSICAL BRIDGES, ARE OTHER MUSEUMS, THAT KIND OF THING, UH, THAT SERVES MORE OF A WIDER DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE CITY INSTEAD OF WHERE IT'S GOING. 
          AND THAT WAS A GOOD POINT 
          [02:55:01]
ALSO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LAWSUITS THAT'S BEEN PUT AGAINST THE CITY. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL PART OF THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN YOU TELL WHETHER THAT CITY MONEY IS NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THOSE? WELL, WE ACTUALLY DO REQUIRE THAT THEY SUBMIT INVOICES THAT WITH BACKUP DOCUMENTATION AND RECEIPTS FOR WHAT THEY SPENT THE CITY DOLLARS ON. 
          SO WE HAVE ALL OF THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION FOR ALL THE CITY DOLLARS. 
          YEAH, I, I UNDERSTAND. 
          BUT IF WE'RE FUNDING A PORTION, THEY, IF WE WEREN'T DOING THAT, THEY WOULDN'T BE AFFORDING THESE OTHER ACTIVITIES, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO, UM, YES, I GOT THOSE SAME CONCERNS. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          I THINK THAT'S IT. 
          YES. 
          DEBBIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT, UH, PATRICIA. 
          YES, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THE PAGE OF YOUR GOALS ON PAGE 2, 2 57 OF THE BIG, THE BIG BOOK, UM, ON ALAMO EVENT DAYS, WE WENT DOWN, OR AS MUCH AS I CAN TELL, UM, WE HAD 121 DAYS IN 18. 
          WE HAD 120 OR 120 AS A TARGET FOR 19. 
          SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE LOWERING THE TARGET FOR 2020 TO 115 BECAUSE WE DIDN'T MAKE IT IN 19. 
          OR WHAT, WHAT IS OUR TARGET? WHAT WAS THE TARGET FOR THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, UM, AVAILABLE. 
          UM, I BELIEVE I CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IT'S NOT, UM, WE HAVE AN EVENT MIX THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND IT'S BASED ON CONTRACTED BUSINESS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WE SET ASIDE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF EVENTS ALSO FOR IN THE YEAR BUSINESSES, THAT BUSINESS THAT WE TRY TO ATTAIN. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          IF YOU COULD GET BACK TO ME ON THAT MM-HMM. 
          ON WHAT, WHAT THE TARGET HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, AND THEN ALSO ON THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES AT THE ALAMO DOME EVENTS. 
          UM, ACTUAL OVER A MILLION IN 2018. 
          WE'RE ESTIMATING OVER A MILLION IN 2019 MM-HMM. 
          , BUT WE'RE GOING UNDER A MILLION AS OUR TARGET FOR 2020. 
          WHY, WHY THE DECREASE AS OUR TARGET? AND AGAIN, IT'S BASED ON THE TYPE OF EVENTS THAT WE ARE PROJECTING TO HAVE OR HAVE CONTRACTED FOR 2020. 
          AND BASED ON HISTORICAL OR THAT TYPE OF EVENT, WE ESTIMATE AN ATTENDANCE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING AT. 
          IT COULD BE CLOSER TO A MILLION OR OVER A MILLION ONCE WE ACTUALIZE IT. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, LOOKING, YOU KNOW, A GOAL SHOULD BE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I CALL 'EM MORE STRETCH GOALS. 
          WHAT SHOULD OUR GOAL BE TO, NOT THAT OUR HISTORICAL HAS BEEN AT THIS LEVEL, OUR GOAL SHOULD BE UP HERE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM. 
          CARLOS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT, COUNCILMAN. 
          I, THE, THE, UH, ANOTHER ISSUE WAS THE, EXCUSE ME, THE, UM, FOOTBALL TEAM, THE ALLIANCE, AH, AMERICAN FALL. 
          THEY HAD BEEN CONTRACTED FOR A FEW YEARS OUT. 
          AND SO WE HAD, WE HAD THEM BUILT IN AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S FOLDED, SO WE'RE TRYING TO REPLACE THAT, BUT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN OKAY. 
          IN OUR FORECAST. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THEN TALK TO ME. 
          THANK YOU, CARLOS. 
          TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, UH, VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION IN THE ALAMO DOME FOR 3.8 MILLION. 
          DON'T THE ELEVATORS WORK? DON'T THE ESCALATORS WORK? THEY DO. 
          THEY DO, BUT, UM, THEY'RE ALREADY 26 YEARS OLD. 
          OKAY. 
          A LOT OF THE PARTS, AS I MENTIONED IN MY PRESENTATION, ARE OBSOLETE. 
          THEY'RE NO LONGER BEING MANUFACTURED. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IN ORDER, WHENEVER WE HAVE BIG EVENTS TO TRY TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE OR EVEN TO GET THEM IN, YOU KNOW, TO THE FIELD. 
          WE ONLY HAVE A SET OF ESCALATORS THAT GO IN, UH, TO THE FIELD IF WE HAVE SOMETHING, AN EVENT THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE FIELD AND THEY'RE NOT WORKING JUST BECAUSE A PART. 
          AND SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE FACILITY, UH, MAINTENANCE, UH, STUDY THAT WAS JUST COMPLETED RECOMMENDED THAT THEY BE, UM, REPLACED. 
          OKAY. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT STUDY. 
          UM, AND THEN THE RETRACTABLE SEATING, YOU SAID THEY'RE, THEY'RE AT THE END OF THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY. 
          I'VE GOT AN OLD CAR THAT'S AT THE END OF ITS LIFE EXPECTING, BUT IT STILL WORKS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , SO DOES IT WORK? SO IT HASN'T WORKED AUTO AUTOMATICALLY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 
          WHAT THEY'RE HAVING TO DO 
          [03:00:01]
WHENEVER THEY GET INTO AN ARENA CONFIGURATION OR EXAMPLE FOR, UM, U I L U I L BASKETBALL GAMES, THE GIRLS AND BOYS, UH, GAMES, THEY'RE HAVING TO PULL THESE RETRACTABLE SEATINGS IN ORDER TO GET INTO THAT CONFIGURATION WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND TRY TO, UH, BASICALLY MOVE IT AROUND. 
          AND WE DO HAVE, WE DID, DID CONDUCT TWO STUDIES, ONE BY AN ENGINEER AND ANOTHER ONE BY AN INSPECTOR THAT, AGAIN, BOTH OF THOSE STUDIES ARE RECOMMENDING IT TO BE REPLACED. 
          OKAY. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE STUDIES TOO. 
          SURE. 
          UM, AND THEN IN THE, UM, CONVENTION CENTER ITSELF, TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ROOF REPLACEMENT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO THE ROOF, UM, AGAIN, UM, OH, IT'S, UH, BEEN THERE SINCE 1998. 
          IT'S, UM, OVER 20 YEARS OLD. 
          IT WAS COMPRISED, WE HAD MAJOR LEAKS IN THE CONVENTION CENTER IN THAT PORTION, ESPECIALLY EXHIBIT HALL FOUR BRIDGE HALL, UH, LAST YEAR. 
          AND, UM, SO THE STAFF DID A WONDERFUL JOB APPLYING A SEALANT. 
          IT'S A TEMPORARY FIX. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA LAST FOR YEARS. 
          AND AGAIN, UM, THE ENGINEERS, UM, THAT WE HAVE SPOKEN TO ARE RECOMMENDING IT'S REPLACEMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IT'S NOT LEAKING RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S NOT LEAKING. 
          YES. 
          THEY APPLIED THE SEALANT AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE, UM, BECAUSE THAT, ISN'T THAT A, UH, A VINYL ROOF ON IT? IS THAT A VINYL ROOF OR? IT IS, YES. 
          MY  MY ARCHITECT IS TELLING ME YES. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND THERE'S LOTS OF VINYL ROOFS THERE. 
          THEY'RE, THE REASON THAT THEY'RE UP THERE IS BECAUSE THEY DO LAST LONGER THAN A CONVENTIONAL ROOF. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S SEALANTS TO, UH, REFURBISH AND ACTUALLY SEAL CRACKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          ALSO SEE 'EM ALL OVER THE PLACE, ESPECIALLY ON AIRPORTS AND BIG CONVENTION CENTERS LIKE THIS. 
          BUT YEAH, BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH SOMEONE. 
          I CAN. 
          HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS RE MOYA. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UH, THE ROOF THAT'S ON THERE RIGHT NOW, IT'S A BON COAT ROOF. 
          IT'S AN OLD, WHAT THEY CALL THE T P O TYPE ROOF. 
          MM-HMM. 
           THOSE 15, 20 YEARS, IT'S AN ORIGINAL ROOF. 
          IT'S GONE THROUGH EVERYTHING FROM HAIL TO RAIN TO EVEN PATCHING 'CAUSE OF FIREWORKS DURING NEW YEAR'S. 
          AND SO IT'S AH, I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S REACHES LIFE AND THE, UH, HAILSTORM THAT WE HAD LAST, UH, MEMORIAL DAY, I THINK THOUGH LABOR DAY, SORRY, LABOR DAY. 
          IT, UH, IT REALLY DAMAGED THE ROOF. 
          IT, IT REALLY DID A NUMBER ON IT. 
          SO IT, UH, IT, IT REALLY NEEDS TO GET REPLACED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BUT IT'S NOT LEAKING RIGHT NOW? NO. 
          THERE IS, THERE, THERE IS LEAKS. 
          I MEAN, THE, THE FIX IS THE FIX THAT IT'S ON THERE RIGHT NOW. 
          THEY, UH, IT'S A LIQUI OF PRIDE MATERIAL AND WITH THE HEAT THAT WE'RE HAVING NOW WITH THE EXPANSIONS, UM, IT, IT'S, WE, WE WILL FIND LEAKS HERE AND THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          IT'S NOT LEAKING LIKE BEFORE, BUT YEAH, WE'LL FIND THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S IT, PATRIC. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          UM, QUICK QUESTION ON THE, ON THE AIRPORT HERE, RUSS. 
          THE ON PAGE 2 28, UM, YOU GOT, YOU'RE SHOWING FIVE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS. 
          WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THOSE POSITIONS FOR? SO THAT'S OUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE OPERATIONS TEAM. 
          UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY A, A NEW TEAM, A NEW DIVISION THAT WE, THAT WE WANNA PUT TOGETHER TO FOCUS ON, UH, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A DEDICATED 24 17 THAT FOCUSES ON KEEPING CUSTOMERS SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY FLOWING FROM, FROM GATE TO CURB AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. 
          UH, WE DID A LOT OF BENCHMARKING ON OTHER AIRPORTS AND, AND IT IS VERY COMMON INDUSTRY PRACTICE. 
          WE'RE PROBABLY THE ONLY AIRPORT WE FOUND OUR SIZE THAT HADN'T EVOLVED TO THAT. 
          UM, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT'LL DO FOR US AND, AND WE'VE, WE'VE MAPPED OUT A, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UM, DUTIES AND ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT ON THIS TEAM. 
          BUT IT'S EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, MANAGING CURB FLOW AND PASSENGER FLOW INTO THE TERMINAL. 
          WHEN AIRLINES HAVE TICKET QUEUES THAT ARE OVERFLOWING AND THEY'VE GOT ISSUES GOING ON WITH ERT AND CANCELLATIONS, THE AIRLINES ARE NOT MANNED, UH, TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE WE WANNA PROVIDE TO OUR CUSTOMERS. 
          SO CURRENTLY YOU'VE GOT FOLKS LIKE ME RUNNING DOWNSTAIRS AND POLICE AND, UH, OPERATIONS PERSONNEL BEING DRAWN OFF OF THEIR REGULAR DUTIES TO, TO DO CUSTOMER SERVICE FUNCTIONS. 
          AND SO THAT PUTS A TEAM, UH, 24 7 TEAM DEDICATED TO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO HAVEN'T YOU JUST WON, YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT GETTING AN AWARD THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR, TWO YEARS IN A ROW FOR EXACTLY THAT, FOR AIRPORT SERVICE QUALITY, RIGHT? YES. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO WHAT'S THE NEXT LEVEL AWARD THAT YOU'RE GOING FOR WITH THESE? WELL, WE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE, WE CERTAINLY ALL, WE, WE CAN CERTAINLY ALWAYS SCORE HIGHER ON THAT. 
          AND HONESTLY, THAT, THAT AWARD IS ON 
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THE BACKS OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T DO CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR A LIVING. 
          AND RIGHT NOW YOU'VE GOT, UM, ON SOME, UH, DAYS OF THE POLICE REPORT I GET IN THE MORNING, 50% OF THEIR CALLS ARE FOR TO, TO RESPOND TO A CUSTOMER SERVICE ISSUE. 
          UM, I DON'T WANT MY POLICE DOING THAT. 
          I DON'T WANT POLICE DOING LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          THEY, THEY'RE BEING BROUGHT OFF OF THE CURB OR BROUGHT OFF OF A, YOU KNOW, A CHECKPOINT TO HAVE TO DO THAT. 
          AND THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE, ARE KIND OF PICKING UP THE SLACK. 
          THE AMBASSADORS ARE, ARE VERY GOOD, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PART-TIME AND THEY'RE VOLUNTEER. 
          UM, WHAT WE WANT IS A TEAM THAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER THAT ARE TRAINED AND QUALIFIED TO DO THAT. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, UM, TRAIN 'EM IN SIGN LANGUAGE SO THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH FOLKS THAT HAVE HEARING IMPAIRMENTS. 
          AND SO YOU'LL ALWAYS NOW HAVE A 24 17 WHO CAN COMMUNICATE WITH ANYBODY, UH, THAT HAS ANY CHALLENGES. 
          UM, AND SO IT, IT IS ABOUT AIRPORT SERVICE QUALITY, AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT. 
          AND I, I STRONGLY BELIEVE THIS WILL EVEN RAISE THAT BAR EVEN HIGHER, UH, AND RAISE THAT SCORE EVEN HIGHER. 
          UM, BUT THIS IS ABOUT PROVIDING THAT LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          OH, YOU MADE A LITTLE BIT OF A COMMENT ABOUT I THINK EVERYBODY THAT'S, NO MATTER WHAT POSITION THEY HAVE OVER THERE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON CUSTOMER SERVICE AND QUALITY POLICE, THE PEOPLE PICKING UP TRASH, THE AMBASSADORS, UH, EVERYBODY SHOULD BE FOCUSED IN ON THAT. 
          AND I DON'T THINK A SPECIFIC SECTION, YOU KNOW, I I JUST GOT A PROBLEM WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE COMING IN AND LABEL THEM, LABELING THEM AS ENHANCING OUR CUSTOMER CARE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE THERE. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU SOME MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          SURE. 
          UM, I, I GOT AN ISSUE WITH THAT BECAUSE EVERYBODY SHOULD BE, EVERYBODY IN THAT AIRPORT SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON CUSTOMER SERVICE AND QUALITY AND THE AMBASSADORS, THEY DO A GREAT JOB THERE. 
          AND YOU GOT A LOT, YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW MANY YOU HAD, WHAT WAS IT, A HUNDRED EIGHTY, A HUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT, THAT'S AWESOME. 
          IN FACT, I'VE GONE THERE WHEN THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ON DUTY AND I'VE SAT IN THEIR, THAT KIOSK COMING DOWN, UM, BY TERMINAL ONE THERE OR A, AND, UM, THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. 
          I WOULD SUGGEST ALL OF THE COUNCIL FOLKS TO GO THERE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR CITY. 
          I HAD A LOT OF FUN. 
          THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT BY DOING THAT WHOLE LOG THAT TIME FOR YOU. 
          YES, YES. 
          UH, I ACTUALLY, I SAT THERE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AND PEOPLE CAME UP ASKING ME QUESTIONS, I'D DIRECT 'EM THIS WAY. 
          SO THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. 
          I'D RECOMMEND THAT TO ANYBODY SITTING IN HERE ON THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, BUT YEAH. 
          UM, JUST LOOKING AT YOUR PAGE 2 28, AGAIN, THE BUDGET IS GOING UP FROM 107 MILLION TO 111 MILLION. 
          SO WHAT, WHAT IS THAT ADDITIONAL COST GOING TO? SO, UH, WELL, IT'S BOTH COST AND REVENUE. 
          UM, THE, THE REVENUE TO COVER THAT IS, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO SEE INCREASING PARKING, AS I SAID, AND, AND RENTAL CAR REVENUE. 
          UM, UH, AND INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENTS EQUALS MORE AERONAUTICAL REVENUE, MORE AIRLINE REVENUE FROM, UH, THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE CAPITAL, THE, THE SPENDING BOTH O AND M AND CAPITAL SPENDING. 
          UM, AGAIN, WE'RE PUTTING SOME MONEY INTO INFRASTRUCTURE, AGING INFRASTRUCTURE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT OPERATES EFFICIENTLY. 
          UH, BUT THE BULK OF WHAT YOU SEE NEW ARE THESE NEW PROJECTS THAT WE'RE BRINGING ONLINE TO HANDLE INCREASED CAPACITY. 
          SO T S A CHECKPOINT, UH, EXPANSION, THE, THE GATE EXPANSION IN BOTH TERMINAL A AND TERMINAL B. 
          UH, WE'RE FINISHING UP OUR, UH, CUSTOMS AND F I S SPENDING THAT'S IN THERE. 
          THE, THE BACK HALF OF THE MASTER PLAN, THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS ALSO IN THERE. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE LARGER FIGURES IN THAT OKAY. 
          INCREASE. 
          YEAH. 
          IT, IT'S NOT REALLY, I, I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT ADDITIONAL, UM, $5 MILLION WAS BEING IDENTIFIED. 
          UH, IF I COULD GET, YOU KNOW, THE SPECIFICS ON THAT. 
          DOESN'T HAVE TO BE NOW, RUSS. 
          YOU BET. 
          COME BACK TO ME ON WHAT THAT IS. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          AND I WANTED TO COMMENT ALSO ABOUT, UH, THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE AIRPORT. 
          UM, MY COMMUNITIES, THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, THE ONES THAT GET IMPACTED JUST AS MUCH AS COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, UH, RIGHT IN THE FLIGHT PATH. 
          THEY'RE STARTING TO HEAR ABOUT ADDITIONAL RUNWAYS, ADDITIONAL THIS, ADDITIONAL THAT FOR THE AIRPORT. 
          YOU KNOW, THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN, YOU KNOW, HAD SOME GENERALITIES, BUBBLE DIAGRAMS ABOUT RIGHT. 
          WHAT COULD OR COULD NOT HA OR MAY NOT HAPPEN. 
          I WOULD REALLY SUGGEST THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE GET OUT AND SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IMPACTED, GET OUT AND SHOW 'EM THAT PLAN RIGHT NOW AND GET THEIR INPUT. 
          YOU KNOW, I I, I KNOW YOU CAME TO A DISTRICT 10 MEETING HERE A WHILE BACK AND DID THAT, BUT NOT EVERYBODY ATTENDS THOSE MEETINGS, SPECIFICALLY THESE NEIGHBORHOODS RIGHT IN THE FLIGHT PATHS. 
          THAT'S WHO WE NEED TO GET OUT TO 
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AND GET THEIR INPUT NOW BEFORE WE GO AND SHOW THAT NEXT STEP WHAT THE PROPOSALS ARE GONNA BE. 
          AND THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THE LATE HOUR FLIGHTS, EARLY MORNING FLIGHTS, UM, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE CONCERNS AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, WE NEED TO START, WE NEED TO GET THAT INFORMATION DOWN TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OUT THERE IN THOSE THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND, AND I'LL THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. 
          WE'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH YOUR TEAM AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN CURTIS'S TEAM TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          WE, WE SAW THAT AS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY IN PHASE ONE, RIGHT. 
          LEVERAGING SOME OF THOSE, UH, EVENTS THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE IN ADDITION TO JUST TAKING SUGGESTIONS ON, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE CAN, UH, HAVE THE MOST IMPACT. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND, UH, ONE LAST COMMENT, CASSANDRA, I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU OFF THE HOOK HERE, , AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT VISIT ACROSS THE DISTRICTS AND, UH, I ENJOYED IT. 
          I HOPE YOUR TEAM ENJOYED IT AS WELL. 
          LEARNING MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THIS BUILDING DO NOT KNOW THAT WE HAVE A CAVE SYSTEM IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU CAN GO IN AND EXPLORE THE CAVES AND IT'S A ROBBER BARON CAVE FOR ALL OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, AND IT'S IN DISTRICT 10. 
          UM, UH, SO COME ON UP TO DISTRICT 10 AND GO CRAWLING AROUND THIS CAVE THAT HAS A COUPLE MILES OF CAVE CAVES TO CRAWL AROUND IN. 
          YOU'RE NOT GONNA CATCH ME DOWN THERE, BUT , UM, IT, IT'S, UH, IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT CERTAIN POINTS IN THE YEAR AND UH, EVERYBODY IS WELCOME. 
          UM, JUST REAL QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE WAS, UH, SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS AND WE WENT ROUND AND ROUND WITH THAT AT ONE POINT, UH, WHEN THE T I D WAS BEING DEVELOPED, AND I KNOW THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS THAT Y'ALL WERE GOING TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE, OR, UM, TRY TO HELP WHERE YOU CAN, BUT LET'S, LET'S FOCUS ON WHAT THAT T I WAS INITIALLY SET UP FOR MM-HMM. 
          , AND LET'S NOT LOSE THAT SITE AND THAT FOCUS ON WHAT THIS MONEY IS SUPPOSED TO DO FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO GET SIDETRACKED WITH OTHER ISSUES. 
          THEY'RE IMPORTANT, BUT THERE'S OTHER FUNDING STREAMS AND THERE'S ALREADY A PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE TO HELP WITH THAT, UH, THROUGH HAVEN FOR HOPE AND, AND THAT KIND OF THING ON RAISING REVENUE FOR THOSE. 
          I'M, I'M VERY, AND, AND I'M TALKED TO OWNERS OF HOTELS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PROGRAM AND THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. 
          SO I DON'T WANNA DO ANYTHING AT THIS POINT TO UPSET THAT BALANCE AND WHAT THEY HAVE SIGNED UP FOR ORIGINALLY FOR THIS THING. 
          SO I WOULD BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO CREATE ISSUES WITH THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF WHAT THIS T I D WAS PUT TOGETHER. 
          SURE. 
          AND, AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE IS A TASK FORCE. 
          THE, THE DOLLARS, UM, WOULD NOT COME FROM T P I D. 
          UH, THERE ARE SOME NON-TECH TAX REVENUES, UM, THAT VISIT SAN ANTONIO, UH, RECEIVES, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH MEMBERSHIP AND OTHER ENTITIES, UM, THAT THE TASK FORCE WILL HAVE TO LOOK, WOULD IT IMPACT OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS AND DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          SO THERE'S GONNA BE A PROCESS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          I CERTAINLY HOPE IT DOESN'T IMPACT IT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BARRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL PICK UP AT THE AIRPORT. 
          YOU KNOW, I LIVE AT THE EDGE OF RUNWAY FOUR. 
          UH, SO DISTRICT ONE IS IMPACTED AND SPECIFICALLY SURE. 
          HILLS. 
          AND THEY TALK A LOT ABOUT, UH, THE NOISE. 
          AND, AND I CAN TELL YOU, UM, THAT THERE ARE SOME, SOME, SOME TIMES VERY, VERY EARLY FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING THAT THERE ARE SOME, SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME CARGO AIRCRAFT, UH, TAKEN OFF OUT OF, OUT OF INTERNATIONAL, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY KIND OF TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND, UM, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING, BECAUSE I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE'S, UH, THERE'S, WITH THE NEW AIRCRAFT, THERE, THERE ARE ENGINES THAT ARE, THAT ARE MUCH QUIETER, BUT ON TAKEOFF IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT PROPOSITION, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY'RE AT FULL THROTTLE AND WELL, MAYBE NOT FULL THROTTLE, BUT CLOSE AND ON LANDING. 
          SO, SO DEPENDING ON WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE LANDING, IT'S, THEY'RE NOT, SO THE NOISE IS, IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT. 
          AND SO I I GUESS TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ARE WE LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS? 'CAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, IT SEEMS LIKE THE TAKEOFFS ARE OCCURRING, 
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UM, OVER DISTRICT ONE. 
          AND, UH, IN, IN THOSE CASES, I, I, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT CAN BE VERY, VERY NOISY AT, AT ODD HOURS. 
          NOW, LEMME JUST SAY, I, I LOVE AIRPLANE NOISE, BUT I'M, I'M THE EXCEPTION , AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I I I WOULD BE DOING A DISSERVICE, UH, TO MY COMMUNITY IF I DID NOT, UH, MENTION HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY REALLY WANT US TO DO SOMETHING AND I, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE HOURS OF OPERATION OR THE TYPES OF AIRCRAFT THAT ARE TAKING OFF AT THOSE HOURS. 
          BECAUSE I, I, I THINK THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A, A CESSNA 180 2 TAKING OFF AND A, YOU KNOW, A VERY SERIOUS DC 10 OR, OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S GOT SOME, SOME REALLY BIG ENGINES. 
          SO AS WE DEVELOP A, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT VERSION OF THE NOISE EXPOSURE MAP THAT WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, THEY WILL MODEL REALISTIC TRAFFIC FLOWS AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE SEEING AN UPTICK BOTH IN TIME OF DAY AND ALSO THE, THE RUNWAY, SO AN UPTICK IN, IN USE OF RUNWAY FOUR WITH EXISTING CONDITIONS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT RUNWAY FOUR WILL BE THERE IN 20 YEARS, IS, IS STILL JURY'S STILL OUT. 
          UH, THAT WILL BE A PART OF THAT MAP. 
          UM, AND IN FACT, UH, ALTHOUGH I, I AGREE WITH YOU AND THE DATA WOULD SHOW THAT CARGO DOES TEND TO TAKE OFF PRETTY EARLY IN THE MORNING. 
          UM, OUR PASSENGER SERVICE IS EXPANDING THEIR WINDOW OF OPERATIONS AS WELL. 
          THEY'RE TAKING OFF EARLIER AND LANDING LATER. 
          IN FACT, THE LATEST LANDINGS WE HAVE ARE TYPICALLY PASSENGER NOT CARGO. 
          UM, AND SO ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL, WILL BE MODELED 'CAUSE OUR, OUR TRAFFIC FLOW IS INCREASING, RIGHT, RUSS, BUT AS I MENTIONED, I MEAN, IT, LANDINGS ARE USUALLY NOT AS LOUD AS TAKEOFFS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO AND WHAT, WHAT THAT DECIBEL READING REALLY IS IN TERMS OF, OF WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEING IMPACTED BY, BY TAKEOFFS VERSUS LANDINGS, RIGHT? AND THE MODELS THAT THE F A A USES AND, AND, AND CONSTRUCTS WITH THESE NOISE MAPS. 
          AND THEY, THEY DO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, YOU KNOW, TAKEOFF NOISE AND THOSE, AND IF THEY MODEL HOW MUCH THAT RUNWAY IS USED, UM, AND, AND HOW MANY OPERATIONS WE HAVE ON A TAKEOFF. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THAT, THAT CONTOUR IS STRUCTURED AROUND. 
          WELL, I, YOU KNOW, SO I COUNT ME IN ON MAKING SURE THAT WE EXPAND THAT CONVERSATION OUT TO . 
          I APPRECIATE THAT ONE AS WELL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW MY, MY PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, THE NEIGHBORHOOD I LIVE IN IS, IS VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. 
          AND AGAIN, I I, I HAVE TO UH, SAY THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE RIGHT. 
          I MEAN, THE, SOME OF THESE FLIGHTS ARE THREE, FOUR IN THE MORNING. 
          THEY'RE VERY LOUD. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, I THINK WE CAN TRY TO BE MORE STRATEGIC ABOUT HOURS OF OPERATION, OR AT LEAST THE TYPES OF AIRCRAFT THAT ARE MM-HMM. 
          UTILIZING THOSE HOURS. 
          UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING, UH, AT, AT THE AIRPORT FOR AIRPORT SYSTEM AND, UH, AND FOR ALL YOUR AWARDS. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR, FOR KNOWING THAT THERE IS NO FINISH LINE, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS IS, THAT'S HOW YOU GET AWARDS, RIGHT? IS THAT YOU DON'T, YOU'RE NEVER SATISFIED. 
          AND SO THANK YOU TO ALL, ALL YOUR STAFF AND EVERYBODY THAT, THAT, THAT WORKS HARD AT OUR AIRPORTS. 
          IT'S, UH, IT'S OUR, IT'S OUR FRONT DOOR FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO COME TO VISIT THE CITY. 
          UH, THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STINSON AND, UM, YOU KNOW, GENERAL AVIATION. 
          WE, WE WERE JUST, WE SPENT A LOT TALKING ABOUT CARGO. 
          WE'VE TALKED A LOT PASSENGER AIRCRAFT, BUT I, I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE STILL ARE, ARE JUST MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY WITH GENERAL AVIATION, WHICH IS MUCH BIGGER THAN BOTH OF THOSE. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING IN AND OUTTA STINSON, UH, THERE, THERE JUST ISN'T A WHOLE LOT OF GENERAL AVIATION TRAFFIC. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE ASKED IN THE PAST TO, TO KIND OF ANALYZE, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO, TO, TO PROVIDE A, A CITY OWNED, UH, FUEL PUMP THAT CAN HELP BE COMPETITIVE WITH THE AREA, WITH THE REGION IN TERMS OF FUEL COSTS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE THING THAT DRIVES GENERAL AVIATION PILOTS TO AIRPORTS. 
          IT'S REALLY COMES DOWN TO, AM I GONNA SPEND AN EXTRA A HUNDRED, $200, UH, TO GO TO BUY GAS AT, AT THIS PARTICULAR AIRPORT WHEN I CAN FLY THE SAME DISTANCE AND, AND SAVE THAT MONEY AND GET IT ELSEWHERE? AND SO I, I JUST, I'VE NEVER GOTTEN A GOOD EXPLANATION OF WHY CASTORVILLE OR HONDO ARE USUALLY, YOU KNOW, A DOLLAR, A DOLLAR 50 PER GALLON, LESS THAN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AT STINSON. 
          AND YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TIMES THAT, THAT I'VE TRAVELED TO THOSE AIRPORTS THERE, THERE SEEMS TO BE, UH, MORE GENERAL AVIATION, TRAFFIC TECH HITTING THOSE THAN, THAN AT STINSON. 
          SO I GUESS I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO PLEASE LOOK AT, AT THAT. 
          UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE FUEL PUMPS ARE USUALLY A NO MAN'S LAND AT STINSON, WHERE IT'S VERY DIFFERENT IN A PLACE LIKE ANO. 
          AND I'VE TAKEN, WHERE'S CARLOS? I'VE TAKEN, THERE HE IS. 
          I'VE TAKEN CARLOS TO SEE THIS VERY, VERY THING. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO, YOU GO TO ANO, UH, ANO TEXAS, SMALL SMALL CITY, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO, TO FIGURE THIS OUT. 
          UH, I ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK A TAKE A CLOSER LOOK. 
          UM, 
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YOU KNOW, ALSO THINGS LIKE ALL THE, ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON THE SOUTH SIDE IN DISTRICT THREE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THE, THE ABILITY TO, TO HAVE PEOPLE FLY IN TO STINSON AND HAVE A COURTESY CAR AVAILABLE TO THEM IS, IS SO, SO IMPORTANT. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STILL HAVEN'T REALLY PROVIDED. 
          UM, THAT'S A, AN AMAZING AIRPORT. 
          AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, WHEN I GO ELSEWHERE AND I, AND I, THIS SUMMER, I WENT UP TO WISCONSIN AND WENT TO WHAT THEY CALL THE BUSIEST AIRPORT IN, IN, IN THE WORLD. 
          AND, UH, THERE WAS 10,000 AIRCRAFT COMING INTO THIS ONE GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT. 
          AND, UM, YOU, YOU TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT SAN ANTONIO, YOU TELL 'EM, COME VISIT. 
          AND THE FIRST THING THEY ASK IS, YOU KNOW, WELL, WHERE, WHERE SHOULD I GET? WHERE SHOULD I GO? WHICH AIRPORT? AND I ALWAYS MENTION STINSON, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW WE SHOULD BE PROMOTING OUR CITY. 
          I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING, UH, V S A SHOULD, SHOULD REALLY BE LOOKING AT HELPING TO PROMOTE. 
          UH, JOURNAL AVIATION IS A, IS A HUGE, HUGE DRIVER. 
          UH, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT, THAT TRAVEL, UH, TO ALL OVER THE COUNTRY JUST TO VISIT GREAT PARTS. 
          AND OF COURSE, IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR WORLD HERITAGE SITE. 
          SO, UH, RUSS, YOU KNOW, JUST THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          I, I, I, I, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW, UM, IF YOU CAN, OR, UH, STAFF CAN PROVIDE SOME MORE, UH, INFORMATION OR STRATEGIES FOR US TO, TO TRY THIS OUT. 
          MAYBE IT'S A PILOT, MAYBE IT'S A WAY TO, UH, NO PUN INTENDED, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, TRY TO, TRY TO GET THAT, UH, FOR, FOR STINSON, UH, AIRPORT. 
          IT'S A GREAT GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT. 
          YOU BET. 
          WE'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU. 
          THANK YOU, RUSS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          YOU KNOW, SPEAKING OF FLYING, I, UM, YOU KNOW, SO THIS LAST WEEKEND, I, I ACTUALLY FLEW FROM STINSON, UH, ACROSS TOWN. 
          A FRIEND OF MINE WAS WITH ME AND WAS LIKE, WOW, LOOK AT DOWNTOWN. 
          TOOK A BUNCH OF PICTURES OF DOWNTOWN AND FROM THE AIR, AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT REALLY STANDS OUT? THE CONVENTION CENTER ROOF. 
          AND, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THE CONVENTION CENTER ROOF, IT'S ALREADY WHITE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UH, I THINK THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT THING. 
          IT'S ALREADY A HIGH REFLECTANCE ROOF. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THAT THE ORIGINAL ASK, WHEN WE TALKED, WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS UP, WHEN, WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP, THAT WE NEED TO DO, WE NEED TO, UH, RUSS, THANK YOU, UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WHEN, WHEN WE BROUGHT UP THE, THE, THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE, THE ROOF BEING REPLACED, AND, AND YOU KNOW, I, I WON'T, THERE'S, THERE'S NO DEBATE FOR ME ABOUT WHETHER WE NEED TO REPLACE THAT ROOF OR NOT. 
          I MEAN, I, I RESPECT YOUR, YOUR EXPERTS OVER THERE TELLING YOU WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          I THINK THE, THE POINT, THE REQUEST WAS SIMPLY THAT WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE ROOF. 
          IN FACT, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT I, I'LL BET THAT THE ROOF AREA, IF YOU TAKE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THE EXPERTS ARE BACK THERE, I'LL BET IT'S TWICE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AS THE ALAMO DOME. 
          AND I MEAN, IT'S THAT BIG. 
          IT'S A LARGE, I MEAN, IT JUST STANDS OUT, RIGHT? SO THAT ROOF STANDS OUT LARGE MORE THAN, THAN THE ALAMO DOME. 
          AND SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, THE, THE REQUEST WAS WHAT CAN WE DO TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT HOW THAT APPEARS IN OUR, IN OUR, IN OUR LANDSCAPE? SO, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT DOWNTOWN, YOU SEE ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS GOING UP. 
          WE HAVE THE FROST TOWER, WE GOT THE, THE TOWER LIFE BUILDING, UH, ALL THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN ALL OVER DOWNTOWN, BUT FROM THE AIR, THE CONVENTION CENTER IS ONE BIG WHITE SPOT, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, AND THIS IS WHERE I'LL, I'LL PITCH THIS TO CASSANDRA AND JEFFREY ARNT. 
          IT'S LIKE WE KNOW THAT, THAT WE HAVE ISSUES WITH, WITH PUTTING UP, UH, SIGNAGE AND THINGS LIKE THIS ON BUILDINGS, BUT DO WE HAVE A RESTRICTION ON ROOFS? AND DOES, DOES THIS NOT PRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CREATE A REVENUE GENERATOR? UH, I MEAN, WHETHER IT, UH, WE KNOW THAT, UH, TO PUT SOLAR PANELS MIGHT BE A, A, YOU KNOW, A STRUCTURAL ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS. 
          BUT, UH, THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE, IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE WE CAN DO WITH THAT ROOF THAT CAN ACTUALLY HELP US SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE IN OUR, IN OUR BUILDINGS AND REPRESENT THE CITY IN A, IN A, IN AN AMAZING WAY. 
          IF YOU'RE AT THE, IF YOU'RE THE TOWER OF THE AMERICAS AND YOU LOOK ACROSS DOWNTOWN, YOU CANNOT MISS THAT ROOF. 
          AND SO, I, I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND SO I'M JUST PROPOSING THAT, AND MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN, CAN GET TOGETHER, PUT YOUR HEADS TOGETHER ON SOMETHING THAT CAN PROVIDE AS WE'RE GONNA BE REPLACING THIS ROOF. 
          MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW THAT THAT'S NOT AN EXTRA COST. 
          MAYBE IT'S THE REVENUE GENERATOR. 
          UH, MAYBE WE INCLUDE OUR DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          I THINK IT'D BE, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK, UM, A A AN INCREDIBLE TIME TO, TO STUDY THAT. 
          WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK AT ALL THE OPTIONS. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SO THAT WAS REALLY, UH, AT THE HEART OF, UH, OF, OF THAT. 
          THANK YOU, PATRICIA. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, DEBBIE, AS FAR AS, UH, ARTS AND CULTURE, JUST, UH, WANT SAY, KNOW, MOSTLY A COMMENT, 
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THANK YOU. 
          UM, I WORK WITH YOU TOO CLOSELY TO, I MEAN, I, WE, IN FACT, WE WERE JUST AT ES THIS MORNING TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE S E A CELEBRATION AND ALL THE GREAT THINGS, AND, YOU KNOW, ES IS, IS A TESTAMENT TO THE GREAT WORK THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES. 
          AND SO, UH, KUDOS TO YOU AND ALL, ALL THE GREAT FOLKS AT, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. 
          UM, SPEAKING OF AWARDS, I MEAN, CENTRO ARTES HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR A LOT OF THINGS, AND IT'S A GREAT GALLERY SPACE. 
          IT'S FULFILLING, ITS, ITS MISSION, UH, TO BE A, A INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY RESOURCE. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I, I TRULY APPRECIATE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, DEBBIE, IS THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE CREATING PLANS, YOU'RE WORKING WITH, WITH EXPERTS TO FOCUS ON, ON THE BIG PICTURE AND FIND A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN REALLY, TRULY IMPACT THE CITY WITH ARTS AND CULTURE AND, AND, AND REALLY BRING, BRING PUBLIC ART TO ALL CORNERS OF THE CITY, UM, WHERE, WHERE IT HASN'T EXISTED BEFORE, AND, UH, AND DO IT IN A, IN A, IN A CREATIVE AND AND DYNAMIC WAY. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND, UH, BUT I, SO I DO HAVE TO COMMENT THOUGH, HOWEVER, ABOUT THE COMMENTS ABOUT ESPERANZA. 
          UM, I HAVE TO SAY THAT I DO NOT SUPPORT, UH, THIS, THIS KIND OF SCRUTINY ON IT. 
          I, I, I THINK BY FUNDING ESPERANZA, YOU KNOW, WE ENABLE THEM TO DO THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE HISTORICALLY PERFORMED. 
          UM, AND WE SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED THAT THEY FILED SUIT AGAINST THE CITY, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK ANY OF ANY ONE OF US WAS, AND WE SHOULDN'T BE. 
          UM, THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN, AND SOMETIMES THAT IS CONTRARY TO THE ACTIONS OF THE CITY. 
          UM, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD STICK TO OUR PROCESS. 
          WE SHOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT. 
          AND IF THERE IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT PROCESS, THEN YEAH, LET'S, LET'S HAVE THAT. 
          UM, BUT I JUST WANNA BE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE PROCEED ON THIS. 
          I RESPECT THE COUNCILMAN'S POINT ON THIS, AND, UH, HAPPY TO HAVE, UM, A MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION, UH, WITH WHEN, UH, IN THE SPRING OR WHEN, WHENEVER THIS COMES UP AGAIN, IN TERMS OF OUR POLICY AND PROCESS. 
          AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO, TO EVERYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION. 
          UM, V SS A FOR, FOR ALL YOUR GREAT WORK. 
          UM, THANK YOU PATRICIA. 
          UH, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          I, YOU KNOW, AS, AS I WAS HEARING THE PRESENTATIONS, ALL I CAN THINK WAS, BOY, THERE'S A LOT OF COHESIVENESS HERE THAT, THAT IS REALLY BENEFITING THE CITY AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          UM, I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE THE HEARING THAT START, THAT IS SLATED FOR SIX O'CLOCK FIRST, BUT WE HAVE A VERY BRIEF EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          BUT BEFORE WE GO INTO THAT, I DID WANT TO SAY, UM, I AGREE WITH YOUR POINTS, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, ON THE DISCUSSION THAT WE BROUGHT UP ON ESPERANZA, I THINK IT WAS VERY WELL STATED. 
          I THINK IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE PRECEDENT FOR US TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE, UH, PARTICULAR ACTIONS OR IT MAKES US UNCOMFORTABLE, OR WE DISAGREE WITH A LEGAL POSITION THAT, THAT A COMMUNITY GROUP HAS, HAS TAKEN, UM, IN OPPOSITION TO THE CITY, EVEN THOUGH IN ANOTHER PART OF THEIR ORGANIZATION'S MISSION, THEY HAVE A, A SUPPORTED COMMUNITY SUPPORTED, UM, ARTS AND CULTURE FUNCTION. 
          UM, SO, UH, I DO WANT TO CONSIDER THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          BUT I THOUGHT YOUR COMMENTS WERE VERY WELL STATED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SO AT THIS POINT, UH, WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO GO INTO. 
          IT WILL BE VERY BRIEF BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A, A HEARING. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO STAYED FOR FOUR HOURS AND GAVE US GREAT PRESENTATIONS. 
          THE TIME IS NOW SIX 5:50 PM ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28TH, 2019. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 8 7, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2 REAL PROPERTY AND REAL LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO LE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1 CONSTITUTION WITH ATTORNEY.
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