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ANTONIO COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HERE.COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER ILLA GRANT HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAND COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY AND MAYOR BERG HERE.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL BUDGET SESSION.
THE TIME IS 2:17 PM UH, WE HAVE OUR AMENDMENTS DISCUSSION TODAY, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER.
SO, YES, SIR, TODAY IS OUR FIRST, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL BUDGET AMENDMENTS, AND I WANNA THANK ALL THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT, UM, THAT, UM, GOT IN TOUCH WITH US OVER THE LAST 24 48 HOURS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, UH, HAND OUT A, UH, LIST AS COMPLETE AS POSSIBLE, UH, TO FACILITATE THE CONVERSATION TODAY.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF ASPECTS AS WE GO INTO IT.
UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO, JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT, UH, WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT SESSION SCHEDULED NEXT WEDNESDAY, AND THEN THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET NEXT THURSDAY, THE 12TH.
SO THIS IS YOUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY AS A GROUP TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AND REITERATE FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING, WATCHING THIS ON TV OR ONLINE, UH, THE COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES IS THIS PART OF THE, AS PART OF THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, UH, WERE AREAS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, STRONG FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE SIDEWALKS, UM, PROPERTY TAX, UH, RELIEF, AND THE POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES.
UM, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS LIST, MAYOR, AND WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF EXECUTIVES HERE, UH, AND OUR E L T STAFF THAT ARE HERE TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.
UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO IS GO THROUGH THAT LIST AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.
UM, THE LIST IS NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER.
IT'S, I THINK IT'S KIND OF IN THE ORDER OF, OF WHEN WE RECEIVED, UH, THE INFORMATION.
SO DON'T, UH, DON'T READ TOO MUCH INTO THE ORDER OF IT'LL.
YOU'LL NOTICE ON THERE THAT WE INCLUDE BOTH THE F Y 2020 AS WELL AS THE 2021 BUDGET IMPACT.
UH, WE BALANCE OVER A TWO YEAR BUDGET.
UM, ITEMS ONE THROUGH 26, OUR OPERATING GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET ITEMS. AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS IN OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS.
AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, UH, ALL WITH THE 2020 AND 2021, UH, BUDGET IMPACTS.
UM, YOU'LL NOTICE ALSO, UH, ON ITEM NUMBER 16 AS WELL AS ITEM NUMBER 26, WE HAVE ASTERISK THOSE.
UM, THOSE ARE, UH, PENDING CCRS THAT WILL BE, UH, WILL AT SOME POINT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD IN FRONT OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE AND ANY OTHER, UH, FURTHER COUNCIL COMMITTEE DISCUSSION.
I DID WANT TO INCLUDE THEM ON HERE SO YOU SEE THE FULL PICTURE OF, OF, UH, THE POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS.
AND, UH, BUT I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY, UH, WILL BE GOING THROUGH THAT, THAT GOVERNANCE PROCESS.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO, UH, LET YOU KNOW IS WE, AS WE BEGIN HERE, UM, AND, AND WE CAN, BEN GOZA IS HERE AND CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT IT.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, UH, DAILY WITH, UH, C P S TO IDENTIFY, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE OVER AND ABOVE,
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UH, WHAT OUR PROJECTED BUDGET IS.UH, AS OF ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR AGO, OUR LAST CONVERSATION WITH C P S, UM, WE HAVE ROUGHLY, UH, $3 MILLION, UH, OVER AND ABOVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET, ALL FROM C P SS, UH, THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE AMENDMENTS, UM, ON FRIDAY THIS WEEK.
UH, WE SHOULD HAVE A FIRMER ESTIMATE.
AND, UH, AND AT THAT POINT, I'D LIKE TO, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE COUNCIL, UH, BY MEMO ON FRIDAY, UH, SO THAT WE'RE ALL PREPARED FOR THAT FURTHER DISCUSSION NEXT, UM, NEXT WEDNESDAY AT THE AMENDMENT DISCUSSION.
SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE, UH, THE OPENING MAYOR, AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GO DOWN IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER.
WE CAN, WE CAN WALK DOWN HERE, UH, EACH ITEM AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, UH, AND GIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS IT, OR YOU CAN OPEN IT UP FOR THE COLLEAGUE, FOR YOUR COLLEAGUES TO, UH, BEGIN THAT DISCUSSION.
AGAIN, WHAT I, MY GOAL AND I, IT'S, IT'S ONLY, MY GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO WALK OUTTA HERE WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT A OVERALL PRIORITIZED LIST IS FOR THE BODY IN GENERAL.
I KNOW WHAT, WHAT INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ASKING, BUT I'D, BUT I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE BODY'S PRIORITIES.
SO, UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION, UH, AND DELIBERATE ON, ON THESE BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
UH, WE'LL GO AND IN ORDER OF COUNSEL, UH, SIGN UP.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU IF THERE'S AN ITEM ON THIS LIST THAT YOU FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT EITHER WAY TO GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, PROVIDE SOME JUSTIFICATION FOR IT.
AND WE HAVE STAFF HERE WHO CAN HELP CLARIFY ANY ITEMS THAT ARE ON HERE.
SO, UH, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN.
I WANNA ALSO THANK YOU, UM, ERIC, MARIA AND ALL OF CITY STAFF, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, ESPECIALLY LAST NIGHT AT THE DISTRICT THREE TOWN HALL BUDGET MEETING.
I THINK YOU ALL EVEN SAW TWO OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AS WELL.
UM, OUR RESIDENTS WHO WERE OUT THERE EVEN WITH SIGNS SAYING THAT WE WANTED, THEY WANTED A POLICE SUBSTATION AS WELL.
AND THE MAJORITY OF, UM, THE COMMENTS ALSO LINGERED AND WERE AROUND A POLICE SUBSTATION IN THE AREA.
THE REASON I FEEL STRONGLY FOR THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE, UM, THE NEED FOR EQUITY IN OUR BUDGET AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER SUBSTATION SOUTH OF, UH, I 10 OR 90.
AND VERY HAPPY THAT EVEN LAST NIGHT WE HAD RESIDENTS FROM DISTRICT TWO AND DISTRICT FOUR WHO WERE ALSO DISTRICT FOUR, WHO WERE ADVOCATING FOR A POLICE SUBSTATION AND ADDITIONAL POLICE SUBSTATION IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR BECAUSE THEY KNOW THIS CAN ALSO HELP ALLEVIATE THE BURDEN AND THE STRESS THAT IS ON, UM, THE SOUTH AS WELL AS THE E SUB.
I WANNA THANK TO THE, THE CITIZENS AS WELL WHO'VE BEEN HERE FROM DISTRICT TWO TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THAT.
AND, UM, I WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT.
SO, UM, ERIC MARIA, MAYOR, I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE THIS ON OUR BUDGET, UM, FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECT, AND THAT IT'S ABOUT TIMING IN AND ABOUT THAT WE USE IT AND WHEN WE LEVERAGE IT IN THE RIGHT WAY.
AND I THINK THIS DESIGNATION IS ABOUT LEVERAGING IT IN THE RIGHT WAY.
AND WE WILL BE SURE, UM, WHEN THIS COMES AND MOVES FORWARD TO A BOND PROGRAM THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO GET EVERYONE OUT IN ORDER TO SEE THIS, TO BRING THAT ALLEVIATION AND THAT NEED THAT WE HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, OF COURSE THAT I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY SURPRISE FROM YOU ALL THAT THAT'S WHAT I'M ADVOCATING FOR AND WANTING TO SPEAK UP FOR ON THIS PROJECT.
ANOTHER PROJECT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOR MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, WELL, LET ME TALK, LET ME ASK JUST A QUESTION OF CLARIFICATION ON ONE OF THESE BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD IT AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT, IS THE GIRLS SUMMIT FOR, UM, IN, IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.
UM, SORRY IF I'M STEALING SOME OF YOUR THUNDER COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT, UM, MARIA, IF YOU CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS GIRLS SUMMIT BECAUSE IT'S AN EXCITING, UM, OPTION HERE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND I'LL JUST INDICATE, UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
UH, COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA, THIS WAS A, A BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUESTED BY, UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ROCHA GARCIA.
UH, WE SHARE A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE IN THE SUMMER WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID A, UH, OUTREACH EVENT FOR YOUNG GIRLS CALLED A HERO LIKE HER.
AND IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT THAT WAS ATTENDED BY OVER 50 YOUNG, UH, WOMEN THAT WERE INTERESTED IN ONE DAY BECOMING A FIREFIGHTER OR EXPERIENCING WHAT A FIREFIGHTER GOES THROUGH ON ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO AS A RESULT OF THE SUCCESS OF THIS EVENT, WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT DOING THIS EVENT AGAIN DURING, UH, SPRING
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BREAK IN MARCH OF, UH, 20, UH, 20 TO COINCIDE WITH WOMEN'S MONTH.AND THE COUNCILWOMAN HAD AN IDEA TO EXPAND THAT, UM, UH, PROGRAM AND TO ADD TO IT AND PERHAPS TO DO A SUMMIT FOR YOUNG GIRLS.
UM, AND, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I KNOW.
I KNOW THE COUNCILMAN MAY WANT TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON HER THOUGHTS ABOUT IT, BUT THAT IS A GENESIS OF THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT.
UH, COUNCILMAN BIRAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I, I THINK COUNCILWOMAN WILL, YOU'LL EXPLAIN MORE LATER.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT ON THIS LIST.
SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO, UM, ADVOCATE FOR JUST, I GUESS, UM, JUST TO STAY IN THE SPIRIT OF, OF I THINK WOMEN RIGHT NOW.
AND I SEE ITEM NUMBER NINE TO THE AD FOR THE MAESTRO BUSINESS INCUBATOR.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
JUST YESTERDAY AT OUR ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, COUNCIL COMMITTEE, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, ELEVATING AND AMPLIFYING THE WORK OF SMALL, OF WOMEN IN SMALL BUSINESS.
AND I THINK THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE CAN HELP ACTIVATE BY PARTNERING WITH OUR E, OUR E D D, UM, DEPARTMENT AND THE PROGRAMS AND SEEING IS THIS A WAY THAT WE CAN ALSO HELP IMPLEMENT AND RISE UP OUR WOMEN IN SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
SO I THINK THIS COULD BE A PART OF OUR STATUS OF WOMEN, UM, REPORT AND HELP THAT.
AND, UH, ALSO I WILL ADVOCATE FOR A COLLEAGUE OF MINE ON AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER DEDICATED TO DISTRICT SIX.
IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL IN DISTRICT THREE.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT'LL BE VERY HELPFUL IN DISTRICT SIX.
ON TOP OF THAT, WHAT I ALSO WANNA ADVOCATE FOR IS, UM, AN A ONE, UH, ANIMAL CODE OFFICER FOR DISTRICT THREE AS WELL.
BUT MORE THAN THAT, I THINK FOR DISTRICT, FOR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES AND CODE ENFORCEMENT, I BELIEVE WE NEED A WEEKEND OFFICER, UH, FOR EVERYONE IN THE CODE IN CODE ENFORCEMENT.
BUT ON TOP OF THAT, ON THE WEEKENDS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF POSSIBLE SOME DESIGNATION OF A HOTLINE ON THE WEEKENDS BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS CALL 3 1 1 AND THEY'RE EITHER PUT ON HOLD OR THEY HAVE TO LEAVE A MESSAGE OR, OR SUMP TO THAT EFFECT.
BUT IF THERE'S A MORE DIRECT LINE THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN HAVE TO WEAKEN CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OR ANIMAL CARE OFFICERS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, UM, EMBEDDED IN THIS.
SO, UM, COUNCIL, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK CLARIFICATION.
SO THEN WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, UM, ITEM NUMBER, UH, 18 AND 19, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MAYBE AN ALTERNATIVE TO HAVE, UH, DIRECT CONTACT WITH THOSE EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED OVER THE WEEKENDS AND MAYBE IN PLACE OF THOSE TWO AMENDMENTS? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING? OOPS.
UM, AND THEN I WOULD ALSO, UM, LIKE TO SEE, UM, ITEM NUMBER 21 ENHANCE OF SUITE TEAM, SUITE TEAM STAFF.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE ALSO BE CITYWIDE.
I THINK WE SEE A BIGGER CALLING, UH, FOR SUITE TEAMS, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IF WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT.
AND I WANNA ADVOCATE FOR THAT, UM, IN THAT CAPACITY.
AND, UM, FINALLY, I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT OF COURSE, UM, AR VIVA SAN ANTONIO HEALTHY CORNER STORE INITIATIVE.
AND WE ARE AT A POINT, UH, ADVOCATE FOR THE $20,000 FOR MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
ONE OF THE, THE, UM, METRICS THAT WE'VE USED, AND I SHARED IT WITH ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, UM, BEFORE, AT THE START OF THIS IN APRIL, UM, WE HAD THE CORNER STORES USING, UM, 400 POUNDS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE GIVING OUT.
NOW WITH OUR FIVE CORNER STORES, PEOPLE ARE BUYING 6,000 POUNDS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THAT ARE BEING USED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S SHOWING THAT IT'S WORKING AND IT'S SHOWING THERE, THERE, THERE'S A NEED.
AND I'M HOPING THAT AFTER THIS WE CAN DO THIS CITYWIDE.
I MEAN, WE CAN EVEN SPUR SPIN IT OFF CITYWIDE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S WORKING.
SO AGAIN, UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO ONE ADVOCATE FOR.
AND, UH, OH, AND OF COURSE I WILL TELL THIS AGAIN, I DON'T WHERE'S ZY? WHERE'S ANTHONY? UM, PLEASANTON ROAD SCHOOL FLASHERS AS WELL.
UH, WE HAVE AN ENTIRE LENGTH OF, OF PLEASANTON ROAD THAT IS, HAS SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT IN HARLANDALE I S D, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME TIME AT CAR BELL OR HARLANDALE I S D TO HAVE SOME FLASHERS THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SIGNS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE FLASHERS.
SO THOSE ARE MY ITEMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ERIC, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION? YES, MA'AM.
SO, UM, THE ITEMS THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED, YES.
UM, UM, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 3, 4, 5? OR DID YOU, OR DID YOU, THE ORDER YOU WENT IN, ARE THOSE THE PRIORITIES FOR YOU? SO MY TOP ONE YES, IS
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THE P UH, POLICE SUBSTATION AS WELL AS, UH, THE, THE, THE, UM, WHAT DID THE HEALTHY CORNER STORE INITIATIVE.MY CODE OFFICERS, MY ANIMAL CARE, UM, SWEEP TEAM, AND VIVA SAN ANTONIO AND THE, YEAH, PLEASANTON ROAD.
I LIKE HOW YOU'RE GETTING SO SPECIFIC HERE, ERIC, I APPRECIATE THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE CITY STAFF.
UM, SO DISTRICT TWO HAS A UNIQUE, UM, IDEA OF WHAT IT ADDS TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND A LOT OF THE DISTRICT TWO AREA, YOU SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR A WINDOW OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY.
SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE PRIORITIES AND SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR A SECOND CHANCE INITIATIVE PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO ARE COMING HOME FROM STATE, THOSE WHO ARE COMING HOME FROM COUNTY AND CITY FACILITIES, CUTTING DOWN ON OUR RECIDIVISM RATE IS A MUST.
AND DISTRICT TWO HAS TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE.
WE KNOW THAT IN DISTRICT TWO WE HAVE CROSSPOINT AND THEY ARE FEDERAL REGULATED.
SO INMATES COMING FROM A FEDERAL INSTITUTION HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO, HAVE SOMEWHERE TO REBUILD, HAVE PEOPLE THERE TO HELP THEM.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, WE AS A CITY ARE NOT DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UM, I KNOW 25,000 IS NOT A LOT, AND IT CAN GO A LONG WAY FOR THOSE THAT ARE NEEDING A FORM OF HOPE TO COME BACK TO THEM.
AND I BELIEVE THAT AS A CITY AND AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT DISTRICT, WE MUST DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO PUT THAT FORWARD.
SO THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE SECOND CHANCE INITIATIVE, UM, WHICH IS NUMBER THREE.
WHEN I WAS ELECTED, I TOOK THE CHANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR DISTRICT WAS REPRESENTED NOT ONLY FROM A STANDPOINT OF HAVING THEIR ELECTED OFFICIAL, BUT WHO WORKED IN THAT OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT REFLECTED THOSE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE NEXT ASK THAT I HAVE IS FOR AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO BE ADDED TO THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR MARCH.
THE REASON I'M ASKING FOR THIS IS BECAUSE AS THE YEARS HAVE GONE BY, THE BUDGET FOR THE M L K MARCH HAS INCREASED THREE TIMES OVER LEAVING THEIR BUDGET AT ALMOST 47 OR 470,000.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY CONTRIBUTING A HUNDRED THOUSAND FROM THE CITY TOWARDS ONE OF THE LARGEST MARCHES IN THE WORLD.
THIS ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED THOUSAND WILL NOT ONLY ADD TO WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO FOR THE MARCH AS FAR AS SECURITY, BUT WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO FOR THOSE YOUTH THAT ARE OUT OF SCHOOL ON THAT DAY OF THE MARCH.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING FOR THIS A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE ARE ALREADY GIVING THEM, THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE CAN BE ACTUALLY EXTENDED BY HA HAVING THIS ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ADDED TO THEM.
UM, WE AS A CITY TRULY CAN DO MORE WITH WHAT WE BRING TO THE CITY BY ACTUALLY PUTTING WHAT WE HAVE INTO INTUIT AS WELL.
I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH MS. LAURIE HOUSTON, AND I'M THANKFUL THAT UNDER THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, WE ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET THE REQUEST FOR THE 250,000 FOR THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB.
THE REASON WHY I ASKED FOR THIS IS BECAUSE WHEN I WAS ELECTED IN THE OFFICE, THE ONE THING THAT I SAW IN OUR OFFICE WAS A PAINTING PROGRAM AND DISTRICT TWO WAS NOT LISTED ANYWHERE ON THAT.
AND WHEN WE CALLED TO INQUIRE ABOUT IT, WE WERE TOLD DISTRICT TWO NEVER REQUESTED THE FUNDS.
THAT AMAZED ME BEING THAT WE HAVE SUCH A POPULATION THAT LIVES ON ONE SOURCE OF INCOME, AND MOST OF THAT IS DISABILITY.
UM, MY FINAL ASK IS PRETTY MUCH FOR US TO HAVE A TRUE SENIOR CENTER, A TRUE, UH, MULTI DIVERSE AREA FOR OUR SENIORS TO GO TO WITHIN DISTRICT TWO.
RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE A HOLE IN THE WALL, KIND OF SORTA A BUILDING THAT'S STUCK IN BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES AND NOT MUCH MORE ROOM TO GROW.
SO THE 22, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS I'M ASKING IS FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO BE DONE OFF OF THE AREA
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OF HIGHWAY 87 OUT TOWARDS LAKESIDE.THEY HAVE THE SPACE AND THEY'RE WILLING, READY, AND THE PRESENTATION THAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER FOR NOT ONLY OUR SENIORS, BUT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR YOUTH OF OUR DISTRICT TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN INDOOR POOL TO GO TO WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A FIRST FOR DISTRICT TWO.
THOSE ARE MY ASK OF THE AMENDMENTS, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN, JUST TO REITERATE, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ASK LORI TO COME UP AND, AND KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT THAT $250,000, BECAUSE WE, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT BY MAKING SOME CHANGE, BUT WITHOUT MAKING CHANGES TO THE OVERALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN.
BUT I WANTED TO, I WANTED TO ASK YOU THAT BASED ON THE ORDER OF WHICH YOU WENT, I'M ASSUMING THOSE ARE YOUR PRIORITIES.
YOU, YOU, YOU WENT, UH, SECOND CHANCE.
M K, UH, M L K, AND THEN, UH, UM, FEASIBILITY.
UM, IN THE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN, WE HAVE THE 34.4 MILLION, AND WE HAVE MADE THE AREA SURROUNDING THE DOWNTOWN AREA A PRIORITY.
SO WE HAVE $275,000 IN OWNER OCCUPIED MINOR REPAIR, AND WE ARE IDENTIFYING ANOTHER 450,000 OUT OF TS DOLLARS THAT WILL FOCUS ON THE NEAR EAST, NEAR WEST, AND THE SOUTH SIDE AREAS.
SO, WHICH ARE BASICALLY DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH FIVE, AND WE THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO 10 HOMES IN EACH DISTRICT.
THANK YOU ERIC, FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
I DID NOT GET TO YOU, I DID NOT GET TO YOU A LIST THAT I WANTED TO INCLUDE IN THIS.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, GIVE THAT LIST OUT AT THIS TIME TO ALL ACCOUNTS MEMBERS, INCLUDING, UH, YOU, ERIC, ALL THOUGH, LET SAY, FIRST OF ALL THOUGH, LET ME SAY THAT IN LOOKING AT THE PROPOSALS IN FRONT OF US THAT WERE PRESENTED EARLIER, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF MANY OF THEM.
I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A NOTE OF, OF NUMBER 16, ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR COUNCIL AID COMPENSATION.
I THINK THAT IS A MAIN PRIORITY.
I I DON'T SEE IT AS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE A GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE OR A B SESSION OR A SEPARATE, UM, ORDINANCE LATER ON.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAKE A BUDGET ITEM.
AND SO I HOPE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL CONSIDER THAT.
ALSO, UH, ON, UH, IN, I, I SEE NOTED HERE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF, UH, OUR FUTURE CITY GUN POLICY.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UH, AS A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE BUDGET.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M, UH, READY TO SAY THAT THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING WITH THIS, BUT IT, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WORTH DISCUSSING.
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THIS, UH, BEING, UM, MONEY AND, UH, PROPERTY THAT WAS TAKEN FROM CRIMINALS AND CONVERTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY USE.
I STILL THINK THAT THAT'S, UH, A GOOD DIRECTION TO BE LOOKING IN ON THAT ONE.
OFFER MY SUPPORT TO, UH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRANT.
SHE AND I TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS SHE HAS IN HERE.
SOMETHING I WANT TO TAG TEAM ON PRELIMINARY WORK ON 2022 BOND PROGRAM FOR POLICE SUBSTATION IN DISTRICT THREE.
I HOPE THAT WE CAN, UH, EARN THE VOTE OF COUNCIL TO GO AHEAD AND WORK ON DEVELOPING THIS FOR DISTRICT NINE AS WELL.
I, I ALSO APPRECIATE, UH, THE VEEVA SA HEALTHY CORNER STORE PROGRAM.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TOO MANY, UH, FOOD ISLANDS IN OUR AREA, AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT WAY OF ADDRESSING THAT, SO I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, UM, ALSO, I SUPPORT COUNCILMAN PERRY'S REQUESTS THAT WE DO MORE TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON JONES MALTSBERGER AND THOUSAND OAKS.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A KEY AREA IN BOTH OF OUR DISTRICTS THAT NEEDS A LOT MORE WORK, NOT JUST REDOING THE ROAD, BUT REDOING THE, THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND THE SAFETY IN THERE.
THERE'S TOO MUCH SPEEDING EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
BUT IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS, ADDRESS THE ITEMS THAT I'D LIKE THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER TO CONSIDER.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, THIS IS AN, IS AN ENHANCEMENT, UH, TO OUR CITY BUDGET.
STATE LAW ALLOWS FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL FEE FOR SMALL CELL NODE TOWERS BY ONE HALF OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX EACH YEAR.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD THESE ALL OVER.
THERE'S ABOUT 500 OF 'EM ALREADY IN THE CITY WITH MORE TO COME.
AND, UH, THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX WAS 1.8% THIS
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YEAR, WHICH MEANS WE COULD RAISE THEIR PRICES WITHIN THE, THE, UH, LETTER OF THE LAW BY UP TO NINE TENTHS OF A PERCENT THIS YEAR.WHO KNOWS WHAT, UH, THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX MAY BE NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD PRACTICE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY STATE LAWS THAT ENABLE US TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE, ESPECIALLY SINCE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY TOOK A HIT WHEN THE, UH, TELECOM COMPANIES LOBBIED TO REDUCE WHAT THEY PAY US ALREADY.
SO I'D LIKE THAT TO BE A CONSIDERATION AS AN ENHANCEMENT.
IT MAY NOT BE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK ANY OF US KNOW WE CAN USE ANY MONEY WE CAN RAISE, UH, UH, I WANNA SUPPORT, UH, TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SCHOOL-BASED PREVENTION.
AND, UH, I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT RATHER THAN HAVE TO GO TO OUR GENERAL FUND TO FIND SOME OF THAT FUNDING, YOU KNOW, PRE-K FOR SA, UH, HAS JUST RECEIVED AN INCREASE IN THEIR FUNDING ALLOTMENT BECAUSE THE STATE HAS RAISED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY PER STUDENT IT'S PAYING TO, UH, PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS.
WE GET REIMBURSED FROM ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
SO IF THERE'S BEEN A RAISE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT RAISE INTO THAT BUDGET.
PREK AND PRE-K FOR SA ACTUALLY DOES A LOT OF TRAINING ON STUDENTS, UH, PREPARING THEM FOR PROBLEMS THEY HAVE AT HOME AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THOSE IN SCHOOL.
IT SEEMED TO BE A NATURAL FLOW OF USING THAT ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING THAT THEY ALREADY SPEND ON EDUCATING CHILDREN ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH PROBLEMS AT HOME, HOW TO BE, UH, OVERCOME, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THEY FACE.
AND TO BE EFFICIENT, EFFICIENT IN SCHOOL.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE IN TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE IS AIMED IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US LOOK AT THAT.
I HAVE SOME FUNDING PRIORITIES THAT I'D LIKE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AS WELL.
MAYBE IF I CAN HELP US FIND SOME MONEY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, I'LL HAVE A LITTLE LUCK GETTING SOME OF THESE THINGS APPROVED.
BUT, UH, THE FIRST ONE, UH, THE FIRST TWO I SERVE ON TWO COMMITTEES, BIOMED SA, WHICH PROMOTES THE BIOMEDICAL FIELD IN SAN ANTONIO AND A SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP.
BOTH OF THEM ARE VERY UNDERFUNDED FOR WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
I'LL PARTICULARLY MENTION BIOMED SA THE BIOMEDICAL, UH, FIELD IN SAN ANTONIO IS THE SECOND LARGEST INDUSTRY IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S ONLY SECOND TO SAN SAN ANTONIO MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY BY A VERY, VERY SMALL AMOUNT.
THEY'RE ALMOST IDENTICAL IN OVER THE $40 BILLION WORTH OF SERVICES THEY PROVIDE TO OUR CITY.
UH, YET WE HAVE ONE PERSON, BIOMED ON THE BIOMED SA UH, STAFF, ONE STAFF MEMBER WHO DOES EVERYTHING FROM TRYING TO RECRUIT, TRYING TO RETAIN, TRYING TO EDUCATE.
UH, SHE RECENTLY HAD TO LET GO OF HER SECRETARY 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.
AND I RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY FIND AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PUT INTO BIOMED ESSAY TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS, UH, OF THEIR DIRECTOR.
ALSO, THE SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP, WHICH I, I SERVE ON, I THINK IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
IT IS SCHEDULED TO BECOME ONE OF THE LEAD ORGANIZATIONS UNDER THE ALAMO PROMISE TO RECRUIT STUDENTS INTO THE ALAMO PROMISE PROGRAM.
AND IT IS AN INTEGRAL PARTNER IN WHAT, UH, THE ALAMO PROMISE, UH, PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE.
AND IT IS POORLY FUNDED AS WELL.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME RETAINING THE COUNSELORS WHO ARE IN THE FIELD, IN THE SCHOOLS, TRYING TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN AND MOTIVATE THESE STUDENTS TO GO TO COLLEGE.
UH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY IN HELPING TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, UH, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PARTNERSHIP IS READY TO BE THE GATEWAY INTO THE ALAMO PROMISE PROGRAM, WHICH IT'S SLATED TO BE.
SO THOSE ARE TWO CONSIDERATIONS I'D APPRECIATE, UH, THE COUNCIL GIVING THEIR ATTENTION TO.
ALSO THERE, THE MAIN GOAL I HAVE THIS YEAR IN MY DISTRICT IS CONNECTIVITY.
I HAVE A LOT OF ROADWAYS THAT SIMPLY DO NOT COMPLETELY CONNECT TO ONE ANOTHER.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE ROADS IN MY DISTRICT WERE BUILT BY DEVELOPERS.
THEY WERE BUILT TO MEET THE, THE NEEDS THAT THE CITY LAYS OUT.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU'RE GONNA DEVELOP IN IN A DISTRICT, YOU NEED TO PUT IN THE STREET FOR IT.
BUT A LOT OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS WEREN'T NECESSARILY SIDE BY SIDE ONE NEXT TO ANOTHER, AND THERE SIMPLY ARE GAPS IN SOME OF THE MAJOR STREETS IN DISTRICT NINE.
MY GOAL IS TO TRY AND FILL SOME OF THOSE GAPS.
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UH, ARE COMPLETING SANTARA BOULEVARD TO GOLD CANYON AND 1604.THE ACTUAL COMPLETION IS ABOUT THE LENGTH OF A FOOTBALL FIELD, BELIEVE OR NOT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THESE STREETS ARE PROBABLY THEN A A HUNDRED, A A THOUSAND, EXCUSE ME, A HUNDRED YARDS OR MAYBE A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED YARDS FROM BEING COMPLETED.
AND, UH, ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS THE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN WORK TO BE DONE SO THAT WE KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT ASKING FOR WHAT WE NEED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT THROUGH BOND.
THE SAME THING WITH EBNER AT 2 81.
EBNER IS A MAJOR INTERSECTION IN STONE OAK.
IF IT GETS COMPLETED TO 2 81 CONNECTING AT REDLAND, IT'LL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THAT AREA.
ALL I'M ASKING IS THAT WE FIND THE MONEY TO DO THE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN WORK SO THAT WHEN WE GO TO PUT TOGETHER A BOND ISSUE IN MY DISTRICT, WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
THE LAST TWO THINGS I'M GONNA ASK ABOUT ARE RESTROOMS. NOW ALL OF US HAVE PARKS, BUT IN DISTRICT NINE WE HAVE THE FEWEST PARKS IN THE CITY.
NOW WE DO HAVE SOME PRETTY BIG PARKS, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE GREAT PARKS, BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OTHER PARKS.
AND THESE TWO BLOSSOM PARK AND W RANCH PARK ARE HEAVILY USED AND ALL THEY'VE HAD ARE PORTA-POTTIES FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
AND I'M NOT SURE OF WHAT THE COST OF PUTTING A FREE STANDING, UM, UH, RESTROOM WOULD BE.
I KNOW IN BLOSSOM PARK, ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NEARBY.
IT SHOULDN'T BE MUCH WALKER RANCH PARK, THERE ISN'T QUITE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THERE.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE SEWER HOOKUPS, SO IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE MANEUVERING TO WORK SOMETHING OUT.
BUT ASK, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY STAFF IF THEY CAN TELL ME WHAT IT USUALLY COSTS TO BUILD A A TWO RESTROOM BUILDING IN, IN OUR PARKS.
JUST TO GET A BALLPARK FIGURE.
COUNCILMAN RESTROOM ITSELF IS COST A HUNDRED THOUSAND, AND IF THERE IS A UTILITY AVAILABLE IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
BUT USUALLY WE SPEND ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND BRING THE WATER AND SEWER, AND THE FARTHER THEY ARE IS MORE COSTLY.
BUT AVERAGE, I WOULD SAY 150 TO 200,000 FOR A RESTROOM WITH CONNECTED WATER AND SEWER LINE AND POWER.
WELL, I'LL ASK FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE COUNCIL ENABLING US TO DO THAT.
UH, I REALIZE THERE'S MORE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED AT, AT WALKER RANCH PARK, BUT BLOSSOM PARK I THINK IS READY TO GO.
AND, UH, THE PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY NEAR BRADLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THAT COMMUNITY FOR THE BETTER PART OF 40 YEARS.
AND, UH, THAT'S THE ONLY PARK IN THE AREA, AND I THINK IT DESERVES GOOD PUBLIC RESTROOMS. SO THOSE ARE MY ASKS, AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
UH, WE'LL, WE'LL ADD THESE TO THE LIST.
I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING THEM TO US.
UM, MY, IS THE SAME QUESTION I'VE ASKED EVERY COUNCILPERSON IS, IS SO FAR, UM, THE LIST THAT YOU WENT THROUGH, UM, BEGINNING WITH BIOMED ESSAY AND ENDING WITH THE RESTROOMS. IS THAT KIND OF, IS THAT YOUR PRIORITY ORDER? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UH, I WANNA START OFF BY TWO INITIATIVES THAT WEREN'T INCLUDED IN THE AMENDMENTS, AND THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN ENTIRELY MY FAULT WITH THE, THE EMAILS THAT I SENT, SO MY APOLOGIES.
UH, BUT ONE OF THEM HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDED TO THE LIST, AND SO ONE OF THEM IS FOR SOUTHWEST ISDS HEAD START PROGRAM.
IT'S THE AFTER SCHOOL CHALLENGE PROGRAM.
AND SO I WAS ASKING THAT IT GO FROM THREE TO FIVE DAYS AND IT WOULD TAKE A TOTAL OF ABOUT $37,000 TO DO THAT.
AND SO, UM, I BELIEVE THAT THAT MARIA AND TEAM ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THAT.
BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE, THE FIRST THINGS THAT I WANTED TO MENTION ALSO TO COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRAND, UM, POINT, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I MADE FOR A GIRLS SUMMIT.
AND SO I'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER WITH, UM, WITH MARIA ALSO, I'VE REACHED OUT TO THE CHAIR OF THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN.
AND, UM, I THINK SHE HAS ALSO REACHED OUT TO GIRLS INC.
SO WE WANNA DO SOMETHING BEYOND, UH, JUST A, A TYPICAL GIRL SUMMIT.
WE WANNA KIND OF EMPOWER GIRLS AND LET THEM SEE WHAT, UM, OTHER CAREERS ARE OUT THERE THAT THEY MAYBE HAVE TRADITIONALLY NOT CONSIDERED.
AND WE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE A MAJORITY FEMALE, UH, COUNCIL TO JUST GO OUT AND, AND TAKE THIS AND REALLY, UM, UH, WORK WITH, FOR INSTANCE, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
AND SO I PROPOSED THAT IT'D BE KICKED OFF IN DISTRICT FOUR BECAUSE WE, UM, NEED A LOT MORE WOMEN ROLE MODELS IN THE
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DISTRICT.I MEAN, THE ARGUMENT COULD BE SAID THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN ACROSS SAN ANTONIO.
WE COULD ALWAYS MOVE IT TO DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
BUT I REALLY WANTED TO KICK IT OFF IN THE AREA JUST BECAUSE I SEE THAT THERE'S A, A GREAT NEED.
AND SO IT WOULD BE A PARTNERSHIP.
AND SO I WAS ASKING FOR AN INITIAL INVESTMENT.
WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND POSSIBLY FIND SOME ADDITIONAL SPONSORSHIPS, ET CETERA.
BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO, UM, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN VRAN FOR ASKING FURTHER ABOUT THAT.
BUT IT WOULD ALSO DOVETAIL INTO SPRING BREAK AND POSSIBLY LEVERAGE THE, UH, CAMP THAT THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO DO FOR CAMP HERO, LIKE HER DURING THE SPRING BREAK TIMEFRAME.
SO WE COULD JUST KIND OF PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND JUST REALLY CHALLENGE GIRLS TO CONSIDER SOME, UM, THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN TOLD THAT MAYBE THEY SHOULDN'T DO.
AND SO JUST REALLY EMPOWER THEM THAT WAY.
SO THAT'S THE IDEA FOR THE GIRLS SUMMIT.
UM, ALSO, YES, RELATED TO THE WOMEN'S, UM, I'LL CALL IT THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT, THE MAESTRO BUSINESS INCUBATOR.
SO I WAS AT AN EVENT A FEW WEEKS AGO, UH, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WOMEN CONTRACTORS AND HOW THEY'RE BEING UTILIZED WITHIN THE CITY AND IF THEY'RE GETTING ENOUGH BUSINESS.
AND SO THIS, WHAT THE MAESTRO BUSINESS INCUBATOR DOES IS IT LOOKS SPECIFICALLY AT SMALL BUSINESSES AND HOW WE'RE EMPOWERING THESE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT WOMEN, IT WOULD CREATE A WEBSITE WHERE THIS INFORMATION WOULD BE READILY AVAILABLE.
UH, AND SO I'VE ALSO BEEN IN, IN SMALL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND JUST, UM, MENTIONED MY SUPPORT FOR IT.
AND SO THE STUDY I THINK WOULD BE CRITICAL, UH, TO IMPLEMENT THIS.
AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM THAT, THAT WAS LEFT OUT, AND THIS ONE I WOULD HAVE TO SAY ERIC IS MY PRIORITY, AND THAT'S THE ALAMO REGIONAL SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER.
THAT'S, UH, IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S CALLED THE S O, AND THAT WOULD BE AT PORT SAN ANTONIO DIRECTLY IN DISTRICT FOUR.
AND SO I WANNA START OFF BY GIVING YOU SOME HISTORY.
SO IN 2017, UM, A HACKED TRIGGERING PUBLIC EMERGENCY SIRENS IN DALLAS OVERWHELMED THEIR 9 1 1 SYSTEM.
THEN THE CITY OF MALT, UH, BALTIMORE SPENT OVER A MONTH AND NEARLY $20 MILLION TO RECOVER FROM A 2019 RANSOMWARE ATTACK.
AND DEL RIO CONDUCTED MUNICIPAL BUSINESS WITH PEN AND PAPER WEEKS FOLLOWING A 2019 ATTACK.
SO I THINK THAT SAN ANTONIO IS IN A CRITICAL POSITION TO ENHANCE THE SECURITY AND THE RESILIENCY OF ITS PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO IT NOW.
THE R SS O WOULD FACILITATE COLLABORATION WITH THE TEXAS AIR NATIONAL GUARDS 273RD CYBER OPERATIONS SQUADRON IN THE 24TH AIR FORCE, UH, WHICH IS AIR FORCE CYBER, BOTH LOCATED AT PORT SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE 25TH AIR FORCE.
UM, SO THE AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE, UM, COMMAND AND, UH, SAN ANTONIO CAN REGION, UH, CAN MONITOR TERRAIN, DEFEND AND RESPOND TOGETHER TO CYBERSECURITY THREATS THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY.
WE SAW THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER YESTERDAY ABOUT G FIVE.
AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE SOME, UH, CONSIDERATION AND PLAN AHEAD.
AND I THINK THAT THE RIGHT TIME TO DO IT IS NOW, THIS WOULD ALSO REALLY BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR THE SECURITY TEAMS THAT WOULD OPERATE WITHIN THIS.
AND POTENTIAL PARTNERS WOULD NOT ONLY BE THE CITY, BUT, AND PORTES SE, BUT C P S ENERGY, PERHAPS SAWS VIA, UM, I MEAN LOTS OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, DIFFERENT PARTNER AGENCIES, AND IT WOULD GIVE US REAL TIME INCIDENT RESPONSE TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE BUILDING FROM MULTIPLE SECURITY TEAMS ACROSS MULTIPLE AGENCIES.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE, UM, ITEMS THAT I WOULD, I KNOW THERE'S ALREADY SOME FUNDING BUDGETED FOR, UM, CYBERSECURITY IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT WE POSSIBLY CONSIDER INCREASING, UH, FROM, FROM, FROM THAT POT OR SOMETHING, OR, OR HELP, UH, MAYBE JUST INCREASE A LITTLE BIT AT LEAST, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ENTIRELY SURE, UH, ABOUT THE PARTNERS YET AND HOW MUCH SPACE THAT WE, THEY WOULD USE IN THE S O.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE, AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH, UM, MR. HOPKINS, AND, UH, HE HAS BEEN, HE'S THE LEAD AND HE'S WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE DIFFERENT PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, BUT I JUST WANTED THAT TO AT LEAST BE CONSIDERED.
ERIC, YOU HAD SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO RESPOND TO? YES, SIR.
UH, SO THAT'S THE TOP PRIOR THAT YOUR LAST ITEM WAS THE TOP PRIORITY FOR YOU.
SO, UH, JUST JUST SO THE COUNCIL IS A REMINDER, WE, WE HAVE, UM, TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS SET ASIDE IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER, WHICH IS A JOINT EFFORT.
UM, MANY OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD, UH, UH, PORT SA TALK ABOUT IT, UH, AS WELL AS C P S.
AND THE IDEA, UH, THE REASON WHY I HAVE TWO, WE HAVE TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, IS THAT IT WOULD BE A PARTNERED EVENT WHERE EVERYBODY WOULD SHARE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF OR THE YEAH, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT FACILITY AT PORT SA.
DID, DID COUNCILWOMAN, DID YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF, OF, OF HOW MUCH YOU WERE LOOKING FOR? SO
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I SPOKE EARLIER WITH CRAIG, AND WE WERE THINKING THAT, UH, FOR NOW, IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS TO THAT PROJECT, THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY A GOOD STARTING POINT.I WOULD, UH, WE, WE WILL ADD THAT TO THE LIST.
I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT SINCE THIS IS A JOINT FACILITY, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT THE CITY SETS ASIDE WOULD BE COUPLED WITH, UH, JOINT, UH, COMMITMENTS BY PORT SA C P S OR ANY OTHER PARTNERS.
I MEAN, THIS IS, TO YOUR POINT, THE, THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS FACILITY IS IT IS A JOINT FACILITY.
SO, UM, UM, WE, WE CAN ADD IT TO THE LIST AND THEN COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
AND I KNOW THAT IT, IT IS A JOINT, I JUST, I WOULD LOVE TO INVEST IN IT NOW INSTEAD OF SPEND LOTS OF MONEY LATER.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
THANK YOU, UM, UH, STAFF FOR THIS, UM, PRESENTATION.
I, I HAVE A, A COUPLE OF OF, UM, COMMENTS.
UM, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN GARCIA ROCHA FOR THE GIRLS SUMMIT.
I THINK THIS IS A FABULOUS IDEA.
I KNOW THAT, UM, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO BE A WOMAN IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.
SO I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING THAT, UH, IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
UM, SO REGARDING THE SUITES, THE ENHANCED SUITE TEAM THAT COUNCILWOMAN VRAN WAS REQUESTING, COULD, COULD YOU JUST ELABORATE WHAT THAT SWEEP TEAM IS? IS THAT LIKE WE DO FOR THE HOMELESS, OR IS THAT ANIMAL SWEEPS, OR WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT ENTAIL? SO, CO, EXCUSE ME.
SO COUNCILWOMAN, UM, IN, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE HAVE A TEAM DEDICATED TO JUST PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT.
UM, WE ACTUALLY DO ABOUT 24 CODE ENFORCEMENT SWEEPS A YEAR.
UH, ABOUT HALF OF THOSE ARE IN NEIGHBORHOODS, HALF OF THOSE ARE IN, UH, COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.
AND WE JUST SEND THEM IN TO FIRST EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS OF COMMON CODE VIOLATIONS AND LET 'EM KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE IN THERE.
AND THEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN THERE FOR A COUPLE WEEKS TO A MONTH, UH, JUST, UH, WORKING TO CLEAN UP WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS AS MANY VIOLATIONS AS POSSIBLE.
UH, WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING, UH, OR PROPOSING HERE ON THE LIST IS IF WE ADDED, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL CODE OFFICERS, THEY WOULD HANDLE THOSE CODE ENFORCEMENT SWEEPS.
UM, CERTAINLY AS WE ARE OUT THERE, WE ARE TALKING TO EITHER SOLID WASTE OR T C I IF WE SEE OTHER THINGS.
UH, BUT MOSTLY IT IS A CODE ENFORCEMENT SWEEP.
SO, SO WHAT WE DO, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WHEN WE HAVE CALLED IN, UH, I KNOW I'VE CALLED A COUPLE OF TIMES BECAUSE WE HAD HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS MM-HMM.
HOMELESS, THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.
WE WILL TYPICALLY WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITH OUR CODE OFFICERS IN THAT AREA, UM, NOT ONLY TO CLEAN UP THE AREA WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, IF IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, UH, BUT WE'LL ENGAGE THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WHETHER IT BE D H S, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, SOLID WASTE, WHOEVER IT MAY BE.
UM, AND SO ERIC, YOU KNOW, I HAVE ASKED THIS QUESTION, UM, IN THE PAST ABOUT THE FUNDING FOR THE SWEEPS WHEN WE HAVE HOMELESS, UH, IN ENCAMPMENTS, UM, UNDER BRIDGES AND THE LIKE, UH, I HAVE ASKED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS HOW THAT GETS FUNDED.
AND SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S MULTIPLE SOURCES, UM, THAT COME TOGETHER TO FUND THAT.
BUT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING AN INCREASE IN HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS ALL OVER THE CITY, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HAVEN TO DO SOME OF THAT.
UM, I, I GUESS MY, MY REQUEST IS SIMPLY THAT, UM, PERHAPS I COULD COME BACK ANOTHER TIME ASK EXACTLY HOW THAT GETS FUNDED, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT IS QUITE A HEAVY LIFT.
SO WHEN I SAW THIS HERE WITH, UM, COUNCILMAN VIA GRAND'S REQUEST, I WONDERED IF THAT WAS THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT.
SO I GUESS THAT WAS MY QUESTION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET AT SOME POINT WHAT THE, WHAT THE COST IS FOR THAT.
I HAVE ASKED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS, NOT WITH YOU ERIC, BUT ABOUT WHAT THE CITY SPENDS ON THE CLEANUP.
UM, SO PERHAPS AT ANOTHER TIME.
WE'LL, WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK THE, THE ANSWER IS, AND WE'LL NEED TO PULL THAT TOGETHER.
THE ANSWER IS IT'S BUILT INTO THE OPERATING BUDGETS OF T C I OR SOLID WASTE OR POTENTIALLY CODE COMPLIANCE.
BUT IT'S, WE'LL WORK AND SEE IF WE CAN PULL TOGETHER AN IDEA OF WHAT WE ARE SPENDING.
BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT, IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE CLEANING UP AN ENCAMPMENT WITH, UH, T C I OR SOLID WASTE CREWS, THEN WE'RE NOT DOING SOMETHING ELSE.
AND I THINK, UH, WE, WE HAVEN'T BUDGETED FOR ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP IN THE PAST, AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO LOOK FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE'LL WORK ON THAT.
SO I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, UM, A LITTLE BIT LATER.
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UH, REGARDING THE, UM, ADDITIONAL ANIMAL CARE OFFICERS, UH, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE OVER THE YEARS SEEN A PRETTY BIG INCREASE IN OUR BUDGET FOR ANIMAL CARE.UM, AND IT SEEMS TO BE EFFECTIVE.
UH, I KNOW WE'VE HAD A, AN OFFICER, UM, IN DISTRICT FIVE FOR SOME TIME.
UM, SO I WANNA SAY, I GUESS HE WAS HERE TO, IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IT WAS MORE JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING THAT WE DO SEEM TO BE, UH, HAVING INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS IN DIS THE DISTRICTS AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING WELL.
SO, UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE CURIOUS TO JUST TO SEE WHAT THE TOTAL INVESTMENT IS, UH, IN THAT PARTICULAR STYLE OF, OF DEDICATED OFFICERS.
UM, NOT FOR TODAY, BUT IN ANOTHER PRESENTATION.
I KNOW I MISSED YOUR ANIMAL CARE PRESENTATION, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT SEEMS TO BE A PRETTY EFFECTIVE WAY TO HANDLE IT.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT NOW FOR A COUPLE YEARS, AND IT SEEMS TO BE PRETTY EFFECTIVE.
I KNOW IT'S ONGOING ALWAYS, BUT, UM, WE'VE HAD A PRETTY GOOD, UH, RESULT.
UM, SO JUST REGARDING, UH, ALSO MY SUPPORT FOR THE HOSPITAL CENTER, UH, WE ALSO SEE HERE, UH, INCLUDED THE TWO 50 FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE.
THE MEXICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE.
UM, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THAT, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY, AND NO SURPRISE THAT IT SHOULD BE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE THE, UM, SUPPORT TO DO THAT NOW, UM, AND MUCH NEEDED.
AND I, I'M, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, HOW THAT EVOLVES OVER THE YEARS.
UM, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, UH, ABOUT SOME FUNDING FOR, UM, KENNELWORTH FROM CAVE TO BURNSIDE STREET PROJECT FOR 850,000.
AND THEN AGAIN, UH, FOR A THOUSAND OAKS AND JONES MALTSBERGER FOR 600,000, UM, FOR OVER 1.4 MILLION FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR DISTRICT 10.
SO, UM, NOT TO PICK ON COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, BUT WE DO EVEN SEE WITH THE STREET MAINTENANCE BUDGET, THE DISTRICT 10 HAS MORE MONEY IN STREET MAINTENANCE THAN ANY OTHER DISTRICT.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THAT'S AS A RESULT OF P C I SCORE, BUT, UM, WHY ARE THOSE NOT PART OF, UH, BOND PROJECTS? UM, AND, UH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A VERY SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT FOR OUR ANNUAL BUDGET, CONSIDERING, CONSIDERING, UM, THAT DISTRICT 10 DOES REALLY GET A LOT FUNDING FOR THAT.
SOME OF THESE CERTAINLY COULD BE BOND PROJECTS, BUT AT THIS TIME, COUNCILMAN REQUESTED THAT WE, WE CONSIDER THOSE ONE'S A TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF, OF THE ROAD.
AND THEN JONES MOSSBERG IS A REALIGNMENT OF, ARE, ARE THEY FAILED STREETS? FAILED STREETS? UH, ONE IS, ONE REQUIRES A TOTAL RE LIKE RECONSIDERED AN F SCORE, P C I SCORE.
I'M ASKING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DO AN EQUITY BUDGET.
WE KNOW THAT OUR FAILED STREETS DON'T GET ADDRESSED GIVEN THE LARGE EXPENSE.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THAT HANDY, BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE A VERY LARGE SUM FOR WHAT SHOULD BE MORE LIKE A BOND PROJECT.
IT, IT, IT, IT CERTAINLY COULD BE.
IT IS A TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THAT STREET.
ARE WE ADDING CAPACITY AND IS IT A COMPLETE STREET? IT'S NOT A COMPLETE STREET.
IT'S, IT'S A RECONSTRUCTION OF THAT STREET.
YEAH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A REALLY HIGH AMOUNT FOR WHAT IS OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR REGULAR ALSO WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE, UM, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY AND A MILLION DOLLARS FOR CAPITAL FUNDING THAT WE CAN USE AT OUR DISCRETION.
UH, BUT THEN IT DOES SEEM LIKE, UM, A MORE GENEROUS AMOUNT TO DISTRICT 10 FOR STREET MAINTENANCE, JUST A LARGE SECTION OF A STREET THAT IS, THAT IS ENOUGH, UH, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE RECONSTRUCTED.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING DOWN TO THE BASE WOULD HAVE TO BE REDONE.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THAT $800,000 PAY.
AND SO WHAT IS THE CURRENT, DO I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE A CURRENT SCORE FOR THAT STREET ROSSI? ARE YOU LOOKING AT THAT OR ARE YOU JUST I DON'T HAVE IT.
UM, I, I JUST, UM, SEEMS LIKE A LOT FOR, AND DEPENDING ON, I DUNNO HOW LONG IT IS, BUT, UM, IF THAT MAKES IT INCONSISTENT WITH EQUITY BUDGETING IN PARTICULAR FOR STREET MAINTENANCE COUNCILWOMAN AND THOUSAND OAK IS REALLY NOT THE STREET ISSUE.
THERE IS A, IT E B, TACO GABANA, AND JEFFY LO, THERE IS TOO MANY DRIVEWAY.
WE ARE LOOKING TO KIND OF LIMIT SOME OF THOSE EXCESS.
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THERE IS AN ACCIDENT THAT LEAST HAPPENS A FEW TIMES PER YEAR.IT IS IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT THERE IS A MAJOR TRAFFIC ISSUE.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
I THINK THAT HELPS, UH, IF IN FACT IT'S DANGEROUS AND THERE ARE COLLISIONS.
AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL LET YOU RESPOND, UH, COUNCILMAN, WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY, WHEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND SO, UM, UH, ALSO REGARDING THE DORSEY DRAINAGE PROJECT, COULD YOU ELABORATE WHAT, WHAT THAT PROJECT IS? AND ALSO, UM, WE KNOW THAT DRAINAGE IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE AND THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, BECAUSE IT'S IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THE IMPACT WILL BE EXCLUSIVE TO DISTRICT THREE, BUT THAT'S ALSO A VERY LARGE PROJECT.
AND WHY IS THAT PART OF OUR CAPITAL AND NOT PART OF, UM, REGULAR, OUR REGULAR BUDGET AND NOT PART OF A BOND PROJECT? COUNCILMAN? IT COULD BE PART OF THE BOND PROJECT.
IT COULD BE IS ACTUALLY OUR REVISED COST ESTIMATE IS 5 MILLION.
THIS COST ESTIMATE WE ARE USING IS FEW YEARS OLD.
WHEN WE GOT THIS REQUEST TODAY, WE REVISE OUR COST ESTIMATE TODAY IS COST $5 MILLION TO BUILD, IT CAN BE PROPOSED FUTURE BOND PROJECT.
SO COUNCILWOMAN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT'S, WHAT THIS PROJECT IS? I'M, I'M REALLY JUST CURIOUS.
I'M NOT, UM, I'M JUST QUESTIONING, UH, ABOUT A LARGE INVESTMENT AND WHAT, WHAT IT'S IMPACTING CURRENTLY AND WHAT THE FUTURE YEAH, IF, IF, I MEAN, IF YOU ARE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT.
SO THIS PART OF DORSEY IS ALSO COULD BE, UM, LEVERAGED IN AND AROUND.
IT'S NOT FAR FROM THE ROOSEVELT AVENUE AREA, BUT THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF ROOSEVELT AVENUE AND IT'S JUST, UM, NORTH OF FOUR 10.
SO THIS AREA IS ALSO VERY, UM, HAS NOT HAD ANY, UM, ANY DRAINAGE WORK DONE ON IT FOREVER.
AND SO, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS, THIS IS ONE OF THE, THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LIKING WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONE.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE REQUESTING IT OVER HERE.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY REAL DRAINAGE DONE IN, IN THIS AREA EVER.
AND BE INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE BOND, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL EVER GET, MAKE IT ON A BOND PROJECT.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR INVESTMENT AT THE CAPITAL BOND, UH, CAPITAL PROJECT CAPITAL.
I'M SURE THAT, I MEAN, IT MUST BE A VERY LARGE PROJECT TO BE 4 MILLION.
UM, AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THAT DONE BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SEVERE DRAINAGE ISSUES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY.
SO, UM, JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT ONE, CONSIDERING THE LARGE, UH, PRICE TAG ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
UM, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, UH, SUPPORTING OUR BUDGET HERE.
UM, UH, ALSO VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE COUNCIL AID COMPENSATION.
WE KNOW THAT, UH, OUR STAFF WORK REALLY HARD AND, AND WE WANT TO SEE THEM COMPENSATED, UH, APPROPRIATELY FOR THEIR WORK.
UH, I KNOW, UM, I HAVE MY STAFF HERE, UH, JANE RODRIGUEZ AND DANIEL MESSA, THERESA MENENDEZ, ALL OF THEM, UM, JUST, UH, INCREDIBLE PEOPLE AT, AND I ENJOY HAP I MEAN, IT'S IMPORTANT THE WORK THAT THEY DO, AND THEY SHOULD BE COMPENSATED APPROPRIATELY FOR THAT.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS.
THE ONLY THING THAT I REALLY HAVE HERE OF CONSEQUENCE IS THE, UH, GUADALUPE PLAZA MASTER PLAN.
UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING A PLAN TOGETHER SO WE CAN PRESENT IT FOR OUR NEXT BOND PROJECT.
UM, WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AREA REDONE.
IT'S, UM, JUST IN NEED OF ATTENTION LIKE MANY OTHERS.
SO, UH, THANK YOU MUCH FOR, UH, ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF I ALREADY EXPRESSED MY SUPPORT FROM MY CEAL CENTER AND THE GIRLS SUMMIT, UH, UM, ALONG WITH THE OTHERS THAT ARE PRESENTED HERE.
GREAT TIMING, BECAUSE I'M GONNA ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, LEMME GO THROUGH, UH, LEMME GO THROUGH, UM, THESE PROJECTS HERE.
UH, ONE OF 'EM DID NOT MAKE THE LIST THAT, UM, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE COUNCILWOMAN.
UM, TALK ABOUT FLASHERS, TALK ABOUT FLASHERS.
YOU HAD FLASHERS, YOU, YOU HAD THE FLASHERS ON WHICH ROAD WAS IT, PLEASANTON? WELL, I HAVE THE SAME THING ALONG JUDSON ROAD WHERE WE HAVE A SERIES OF SCHOOLS, UM, FLASHERS THAT DON'T HAVE FLASHERS, AND THE, THE MAJOR SCHOOLS IS MADISON HIGH SCHOOL.
AND, UH, UH, THERE'S A, A MIDDLE SCHOOL HARRIS MIDDLE SCHOOL RIGHT THERE ALSO.
AND A LOT OF KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL AND WE DON'T HAVE FLASHERS.
AND I, I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT TO THE LIST AND THAT THAT'S BEEN COSTED OUT AT $165,000 FOR THAT ONE.
UH, SO AGAIN, VISION ZERO, VISION ZERO SAFETY, SCHOOL SAFETY, UM, ENCOURAGING THE KIDS TO WALK TO SCHOOL.
SO I'D LIKE TO REALLY GET THAT.
UM, THE NEXT, NEXT PRIORITY, UM, IN COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ WAS ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
IT'S A, UH, ROAD AT THOUSAND OAKS AND JONES MOSSBERG.
THERE'S NOT A THING WRONG WITH THE ROAD, UH, THIS ROAD IS
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GOING.IT'S TO PROTECT TURNING LANES AROUND A BLIND CURVE.
AND WE'VE HAD MANY, MANY ACCIDENTS.
IN FACT, I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW MANY ACCIDENTS WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, BUT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO TURN LEFT AND RIGHT OUT OF AN H E B BILL MILLER'S AND VERY BUSY, UM, UM, BUSINESSES THERE AND CARS ARE SPEEDING AROUND THIS BLIND CURVE AND THEY GET HIT TRYING TO GET OUTTA THAT PARKING LOT.
SO THIS IS A PROJECT TO PUT IN SOME, UM, ISLANDS AND DIRECTIONAL ARROWS AND ACTUAL ACTUALLY REALIGNING ONE OF THE EXITS FROM THAT PARKING LOT TO AVOID THAT BLIND CURVE.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A LARGER PROJECT THAT'S REALLY, AGAIN, A VISION ZERO THING BECAUSE WE HAVE PEDESTRIANS CROSSING AT THAT, THAT, UM, STRETCH A ROAD ALSO THAT WE'VE HAD.
IT'S A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS, AND THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP MANY TIMES AND WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIT IT INTO THE PROGRAM YET.
AND THIS IS ONE REASON THAT I WANTED TO TRY TO GET IT IN AS AN ADDITIVE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, YES, IT COULD FIT IN THE BOND, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THESE SAFETY ISSUES I'M TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF IN THE DISTRICT.
UM, WE HAVE A MONUMENT, FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, THE CAMINO REAL THAT COMES THROUGH DISTRICT 10.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY ACTUALLY ALONG, UH, PAREN, BIAL AND NACODOCHES.
AND A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, UH, THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ACTUALLY MARKED THAT TRAIL.
EVERY FIVE MILES, THEY PUT A BIG HUGE GRANITE MARKER.
AND WE HAVE ONE IN DISTRICT 10, RIGHT ON NACODOCHES AND HIGGINS ROAD.
AND WE DID SOME ROAD WORK HERE NOT TOO LONG AGO.
WE WIDENED HIGGINS AND PUT IN SIDEWALKS AND ALL THAT AND THAT EXPOSED THAT MONUMENT VERY, IT'S VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THAT MAJOR ROAD OF NACODOCHES AND MOVE.
I WANT TO MOVE IT AWAY FROM THAT CORNER.
I'VE WORKED WITH TDOT, THEY'VE GIVEN ME SOME LAND, UH, RIGHT AWAY TO MOVE IT TO AND TO GET IT OUT OF THAT TRAFFIC LANE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA GET HIT ONE OF THESE DAYS.
IN FACT, ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, A CAR RAN INTO THE LIGHT POLE THAT SITS RIGHT NEXT TO THAT MONUMENT.
AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN THAT MONUMENT AND I DON'T, I WANT TO PROTECT THAT HISTORY ALONG THAT AND, AND MOVE THAT MONUMENT OUT OF THE WAY.
UM, AND THEN THAT, UH, UM, THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT, LEMME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ROAD.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT ROAD, UH, ON THE I M P.
IN FACT, YOU'LL SEE PIECES AND STRETCHES AT THAT ROAD THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
SO YOU, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER PORTION IN THIS YEAR'S I M P TO, NOT TO REDO, BUT TO DO A MILL AND OVERLAY PROJECT.
THIS ONE, THIS PIECE IS THE PIECE THAT'S FAILED.
SO I'M GONNA HAVE A, A REALLY NICE ROAD UP TO A CERTAIN POINT, AND THEN IT'S A FAILED F STREET FOR THE REST OF THE WAY.
AND IT'S, I KNOW IT'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, UH, BUT IT'S TO MAKE THIS A COMPLETE ROAD ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR YEARS TO TRY TO GET IT UP TO SPEED.
AND THIS WILL, THIS WILL FINISH THAT ROAD ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
AND IT'S A VERY LONG ROAD ALSO.
IT'S NOT JUST SHORT COMMU, IT'S ONE OF OUR LONGEST ROADS IN THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S, THIS IS TO COMPLETE THAT INSTEAD OF JUST STOPPING, YOU KNOW, DOING THE MILL AND OVERLAYS, THIS IS TO COMPLETE THE ROAD ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
UM, COULD IT WAIT FOR THE BOND? YES, IT COULD, BUT I THINK IT LOOKS POORLY ON US THAT WE REDO IT UP TO A CERTAIN POINT AND THEN IT'S AN F STREET, UH, FOR THE REST OF THE WAY.
SO I JUST WANT FINISH THAT OUT.
UH, COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON SOME OF THE OTHER ONES HERE.
UH, ITEM 16, COUNCIL AID COMPENSATION.
I THOUGHT WE HAD ALL, ALL AGREED DURING THE BUDGET WORK SESSION TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
AND IT WASN'T, I I THOUGHT WE DID, MAYBE WE DIDN'T, BUT I KNOW SEVERAL OF US WERE IN SUPPORT OF THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, I, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT ALSO.
UH, ITEM 26, I, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
I DON'T, I DON'T AGREE WITH PUTTING THAT MONEY IN, IN THIS BUDGET.
UH, IT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE COMMITTEE, UM, COMMITTEE PROCESS AND THEN COME UP TO THE COUNCIL FOR A VOTE.
AND I DON'T SEE THIS, WE SHOULD NOT BE SETTING MONEY ASIDE FOR THIS AT THIS POINT WITH THE ANTICIPATION THAT THIS GETS PASSED.
I THINK THERE'S SOME MAJOR HURDLES YET FOR THAT TO GO THROUGH.
UM, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND SUPPORT HIS ABOUT THE, UH, GOAL CANYON AND, UH, SONARA.
THOSE ARE MAJOR ROADS THAT IT'S
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NOT ONLY IN HIS DISTRICT, BUT IN MY DISTRICT AS WELL.PEOPLE TRAVERSE ACROSS THOSE AND, AND, UH, THESE ARE ROADS THAT REALLY ARE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THOSE STREETS AND THAT INTERCONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THOSE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES THERE.
SO I TOTALLY SUPPORT THOSE AS WELL.
UH, THANK YOU ERIC AND MARIA FOR, UM, PUTTING ALL OF THESE TOGETHER AND FOR YOUR PATIENCE, UH, AND, UM, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO, TO WORK WITH US ON THIS.
I KNOW IT'S YOUR JOB, BUT YOU DO IT, UH, VERY KINDLY.
UM, I'LL GO THROUGH MY PRIORITIES, ERIC.
UM, THE FIRST ONE, UH, IS NUMBER 13, EXPANDING THE CITY'S CIVILIAN TRAINING RESOURCES TO COUNSEL STAFF.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR AIDES HAVE ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, BUT THIS, UH, ESTIMATE THAT YOU'RE GIVING US HERE, IT'S A $20,000 IMPACT, AND IT'S ONLY FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT IT'S NOT IN THE ONE AFTER.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT REPRESENTS? OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, COUNCILWOMAN, THAT'S PROBABLY JUST AN OVERSIGHT.
WE WERE WORKING ON THIS, WE CAME OVER HERE.
IT'S, IT, IT SHOULD BE AN EXPENSE IN THE, IN THAT SECOND COLUMN AS WELL.
AND WHAT WOULD THAT, UM, CONSTITUTE ACCESS TO MOST PROGRAMS, OR, OR WOULD IT BE A SEPARATE PROGRAM? THE, IT, IT'S THE SAME PROGRAM AS AVAILABLE TO CITY EMPLOYEES, AND WE MADE ASSUMPTIONS ON PARTICIPATION, UH, JUST TO PUT A COST ESTIMATE ON THERE.
UM, AND, UH, BUT IT WOULD BE THE SAME TYPE OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO, TO EMPLOYEES.
SO THAT WOULD BE, UM, MY FIRST PRIORITY.
UH, MY SECOND PRIORITY, UH, WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 12.
UH, THIS IS, UH, SIMPLY TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR THAT WOULD FACILITATE, UM, A CITIZEN'S, UH, COMMITTEE ABOUT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
THE MAYOR AND I HAD PUT FORWARD A MEMO, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
UH, WE'RE PUTTING THAT COMMITTEE TOGETHER.
UH, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN OUTSIDE, UH, PROFESSIONAL FACILITATOR THAT CAN HELP US GET, GET THROUGH THAT.
UM, AFTER THAT, UM, I REALLY, UH, UH, AM EXCITED ABOUT SEEING THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS, UH, INSTITUTE, UH, COME FORWARD.
UH, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT HERE IN, IN SAN ANTONIO.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THAT GROUP, WITH THAT NONPROFIT TO HELP THEM FIND OTHER PRIVATE DOLLARS TO MATCH WHAT, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE MIGHT PROVIDE IN, IN THIS BUDGET.
UM, AND THEN, UH, AFTER THAT, I WOULD GO TO ITEM, UH, 15.
ACTUALLY, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON, ON THIS ONE.
SO THIS IS THE, UM, JUST FOR, FOR THE BENEFIT OF, UH, OF MY COLLEAGUES.
IT, I KNOW THIS IS A BIG NUMBER.
UH, LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS ENTAILS.
UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 17 ALLEYS IN DISTRICT SEVEN, UH, THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM.
WE HAVE MANY, MANY MORE WITH PROBLEMS. UM, BUT THESE ALLEYS ARE USED, UH, TO CONVEY WATER, BASICALLY.
SO THEY ARE, THEY SERVE PART OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THOSE ALLEYS ARE NOT IN GOOD SHAPE, YOU KNOW, THEY GET, UH, RIDDEN ON BY C P S TRUCKS OR SAUCE TRUCKS OR UTILITY TRUCKS, THEY ARE CONVEYING WATER ONTO THE PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO THEM.
SO THE HOMEOWNERS, UH, AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS THERE ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING ON THEIR OWN PROPERTIES, AND THEY'RE COMPROMISING THE STRUCTURES THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
SO THEY HAVE GARAGES, OR THEY HAVE SHEDS, OR EVEN PARTS OF THEIR HOMES ARE COMPROMISED WITH THE FLOW OF THAT WATER INTO THEIR PROPERTIES.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS FUNDING TO, UH, TO BASICALLY REPAIR THAT SO THAT WE CAN GET THE WATER FLOWING INTO THE STREETS AND INTO THE, INTO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
MY MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, THIS IS UNDER THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, BUT ISN'T THAT A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT? I DON'T BELIEVE SO, CONSTABLE, MAN.
'CAUSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AT LEAST 10, 15 YEARS LIVE.
USUALLY THEY ARE NOT COUNCILWOMAN.
JUST TO ADD TO WHERE BRALEY MENTIONED, UH, THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS CONSIDERED MORE MAINTENANCE, UH, WE ARE GONNA BE DOING CLEANUP.
WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME REGRADING, PERHAPS ADDRESSING SOME OF THE DRAINAGE ISSUES AND MAYBE, UM, ADDING SOME, UH, CRUSH ROCK, DEPENDING ON THE CONDITION OF THE ALLEY.
SO WE MAY BE HAVING TO DO THAT IN A MORE FREQUENT BASIS THAN WE WOULD DO A, A CAPITAL PROGRAM.
SO WE, THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE LABEL THAT AS MAINTENANCE.
AND SO IF, UH, I KNOW EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT WAS ALLOTTED A
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MILLION DOLLARS FOR THAT, UH, SORRY FOR CAPITAL, SO I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO USE ANY OF THAT FUNDING FOR THIS THEN? THAT IS CORRECT.THAT IS CORRECT, COUNCILWOMAN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
UM, UH, I'M GONNA TALK, UH, I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY, UM, MY COLLEAGUES' PROPOSALS.
THE ONES THAT I, UH, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE, UM, UH, GO FORWARD.
I, BY THE WAY, COLLEAGUES, ALL OF THESE, ALMOST ALL OF THESE ARE GREAT
I'LL START WITH THE CAPITAL IN IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, THE DORSEY DRAINAGE PROJECT COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR, UH, DRAINAGE.
UH, THESE ARE BIG DOLLAR ITEMS. UNFORTUNATELY, IT TAKES TENS 20, UH, 30 OR $60 MILLION JUST TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF, OR A FEW, SOME DRAINAGE.
UM, AND EVEN THAT IS PROBABLY JUST A STEP ONE, I IMAGINE IN LOTS OF OTHER DRAINAGE PROGRAMS. SO IF WE DON'T GET THAT GOING BEFORE THE BOND, YOU CAN'T REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A BIGGER PROJECT IN THE BOND.
SO I COMPLETELY, UH, UNDERSTAND AND, AND SUPPORT THAT.
I AM VERY GLAD TO SEE, UH, ITEM THREE FUNDS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TREE PROGRAM, UH, PARKS.
IT SAYS PARKS WILL DETERMINE SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS IN OCTOBER.
I'VE GOT PLENTY OF NEIGHBORHOODS FOR YOU TO WORK WITH, UH, PARKS, IN FACT.
UM, IS THERE A REASON WHY THAT'S AT 500,000 AND NOT MORE? SO WE ARE ALREADY, SO WE ARE ALREADY GONNA BE TARGETING AS PART OF OUR BASELINE INVESTMENT OF $1.7 MILLION, THREE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TREE PROGRAM.
THIS IS ACTUALLY TO EXPAND THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE ARE.
SO IT WOULD BE THIS 500,000 IN ADDITION TO THE VALUE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE OTHER THREE.
I DON'T HAVE THOSE, UM, THAT PRICE POINT WITH ME RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR OFFICE AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL VALUE OF THAT TREE PROGRAM WOULD BE.
COUNCILWOMAN TO ADD INTO, UH, ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION SPECIFICALLY, WHY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS THE FUND BALANCE THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING IN FISCAL YEAR 2020? AND THAT RESTRICTED FUND IS ABOUT 1.1, 1.2 MILLION.
SO WE'RE TAKING ABOUT HALF OF IT.
WE DON'T WANNA LEAVE THE, THE FUND WITH A ZERO FUND BALANCE IN CASE THERE FLUCTUATIONS IN THE REVENUE, UH, STREAMS THAT ARE COMING IN.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DOES EVERY YEAR, WE REVISIT THOSE COLLECTIONS.
AND IF THOSE REVENUE COLLECTIONS ARE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED IN THE BUDGET, WE'LL COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE MID-YEAR REVIEW OR, AND ANOTHER DAY TO ADD MORE, UH, TREES TO, TO THE PROGRAM.
VERY GLAD TO SEE THAT ON THE, ON THE LIST.
UM, MOVING ON UP, UH, TO THE, UM, GENERAL FUN AMENDMENTS.
I'M LOOKING AT ITEM 26, UM, IMPLEMENTATION OF FUTURE CITY COUNCIL POLICY DISCUSSION ON GUNS.
UH, THAT COULD BE THE BUYBACK PROGRAM, IT COULD BE OTHER PROGRAMS. UM, I'M OKAY IF IT'S NOT THE FULL $500,000, BUT WE DO HAVE A C C R, UH, ALREADY SIGNED BY FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, POSSIBLY, UH, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE IN SUPPORT.
SO I THINK WE, WE MAY HAVE A MAJORITY TO, TO SUPPORT SOMETHING GOING FORWARD, EVEN IF THE DESIGN IS NOT FINAL AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE WORKED OUT IN COMMITTEE, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT US TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'VE GOT A PROPOSAL AND ABSOLUTELY NO MONEY TO DO, UH, TO DO SOMETHING WITH.
UM, THE OTHER THING, UH, THE OTHER THING THAT, UH, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE IS NUMBER 18, UH, WEEKEND AND EVENING CODE OFFICERS.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN VRAN FOR PROPOSING THAT.
UH, WOULD THOSE BE CITYWIDE OR WOULD THOSE BE DESIGNATED FOR ONE SPECIFIC AREA? COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN? THOSE WILL BE CITYWIDE.
AND, UM, IN TERMS OF THE, UH, VIVA SA HEALTHY CORNER STORE INITIATIVE, I KNOW IT'S A SMALL ASK, BUT I THINK IT'S WELL WORTH, UH, WELL WORTH THE MONEY AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THAT'S WORKING OUT AND I HOPE TO SEE THAT, UH, CITYWIDE, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SORRY, I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANNA SLIGHT ANYBODY HERE IF I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT
UM, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, NUMBER 16 ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR COUNCIL AID COMPENSATION, I THINK, UM, I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT OUR STAFF DESERVES, UH, A HIGHER COMPENSATION.
UM, SO I'M, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
I DO THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE A LONGER CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO, HOW TO REALLY BE ABLE TO RETAIN AND RECRUIT THE, THE BEST EMPLOYEES,
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WHETHER THAT'S JUST COMPENSATION OR, OR OTHER BENEFITS THAT WE MAY WANT TO, UH, PROVIDE TO THEM.SO I THINK THAT, UM, THAT IF WE APPROVE THIS FUNDING, THAT SHOULDN'T BE THE END OF THE CONVERSATION.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT MONEY, BUT A REALLY GOOD WORK ENVIRONMENT, UH, FOR THEM AS WELL.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, ERIC AND STAFF.
AND, UM, YEAH, I THINK AS WAS STATED, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD AMENDMENTS, GOOD AMENDMENTS, OBVIOUSLY.
I'M GONNA START OFF WITH MY PRIORITY, WHICH, UH, I SPOKE ABOUT YESTERDAY.
THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL.
UH, FIRST I WANNA THANK MY, UH, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSING THEIR SUPPORT FOR, UM, COUNCIL AID COMPENSATION.
THIS ISN'T A DISTRICT ONE REQUEST.
THIS, THIS IS A REQUEST THAT'S GONNA BENEFIT, UH, ALL 11 OFFICES UP HERE.
AND I THINK THAT IS, UH, GOOD FOR EVERYBODY.
SO, UH, I'M GONNA MAKE THAT CASE.
AND, UM, AND, AND I AGREE, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL, THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION, UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION FOR YEARS NOW, SO I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH REGARDS TO, UH, WHAT YOU POINTED OUT, EXPANDING THIS, UH, NUMBER 13, EXPANDING CITY'S CIVILIAN TRAINING RESOURCES.
I MEAN, THIS IS PART OF THAT, RIGHT? I MEAN, I, I SPOKE ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE NEED EVERYBODY THAT'S, THAT'S WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, WHETHER THEY'RE, UM, UH, UNDER ADMINISTRATION OR CITY COUNCIL.
AND, YOU KNOW, THESE KINDS OF FUNDS HELP EVERYBODY.
IT'S, IT'S, WE, I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP GROW PEOPLE, UH, NO MATTER WHAT, WHAT DEPARTMENT OR OFFICE YOU WORK IN.
UM, WE DID ASK FOR EARMARKING, UH, THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE RISK MITIGATION FUND TO, TO PILOT THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL PILOT PROGRAM.
IT'S, IT DOES NOT HAVE A, AN, UH, UH, FINANCIAL IMPACT, BUT ARE MAKING A CASE THAT, UH, THAT THAT IS CRITICAL.
UM, I ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT EARMARKING SOME, UH, $300,000 FROM THE MILLION DOLLAR CAPITAL FUND ALLOCATED, UM, TO EACH DIS UH, DISTRICT DISCRETIONARY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
I THINK THE, THE SIDEWALK REPAIR HAS PROVEN TO BE AN, AN INCREDIBLE SUCCESS.
I WANNA EXPAND IT, UH, RIGHT AWAY.
AND, UH, THEY, THEY'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU WON'T, YOU WON'T HEAR ME TALKING ABOUT THIS THE DAY I STOP HEARING FROM PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR SIDEWALKS.
IT'S GONNA BE A, IT'S GONNA BE A WHILE.
UM, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I WANT TO, ON NUMBER 26, IMPLEMENTATION OF, UH, UM, NO, I'M SORRY.
WHERE IS IT? UM, I JUST HAD IT, OH, SORRY.
UM, THE, UH, EARMARKING, OH, THE, I'M SORRY, NUMBER FIVE MEXICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE.
UH, A BIG SHOUT OUT TO DENISE HERNANDEZ IN MY OFFICE FOR WORKING REALLY HARD ON THIS.
UH, HE DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT.
UH, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT WITH, WITH OTHER OFFICES, UH, SPECIFICALLY DISTRICT SEVEN, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE, UH, OTHER OFFICES, UH, JOINING IN ON THAT DISTRICT FIVE, AND I THINK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE'RE CERTAINLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
UH, THIS IS, THIS IS A EFFORT, A GOOD EFFORT.
AND, UH, DENISE, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT.
UM, UM, AGAIN, AGAIN, I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT THINGS, UH, WITHIN THIS BUDGET.
UH, I CERTAINLY DO SUPPORT A, A, A MASTER PLAN FOR GUADALUPE PLAZA.
UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING A, HAVING A GOOD PLAN FOR, FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT, UH, HISTORIC, UH, PIECE OF PROPERTY LIKE THAT IS, IS GONNA, IS GONNA HELP US ALL.
UM, I JUST WANNA GO BACK TO, UH, COUNCIL COMPENSATION.
UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS, I THINK, A, A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, I THINK ALL OF US CAN, CAN SEE THE, THE INCREDIBLE BENEFITS, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE ALREADY OUTLINED REGARDING, UH, SOME OF THE POTENTIAL FUNDING MECHANISMS THAT CAN HELP, UH, SOFTEN SOME OF THAT.
THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR TREVINO.
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COUNCIL MEMBER KEO, HARVARD.REITERATE, I WANT TO REITERATE TO ALL THE STAFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DILIGENCE AND, UM, REALLY COLLABORATION WITH, WITH US ALL.
UM, I'M GONNA GO, SO I'M GONNA GO IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, ERIC.
SO FIRST, UM, SO FIRST IS, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE ADDING THE A C S OFFICER DEDICATED A C S OFFICER DEDICATED A C S OFFICERS, I THINK, ARE COMPARATIVE TO SAFE OFFICERS, UH, IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND CAN WORK TO EDUCATE AND PROMOTE, UH, RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP.
SO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT.
SECONDLY, UM, THE DESIGN WORK AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO BUILD A POCKET PARK OFF ORANGE.
SUZETTE IN THE CABLE WESTWOOD AREA.
OUR PARKS ENCOURAGE EXERCISE AND, UM, AND THEY SERVE AS GATHERING SPACES FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ULTIMATELY HELP BUILD HEALTHY AND STABLE COMMUNITIES.
SO, I APPRECIATE THAT INVESTMENT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I'VE BEEN CONVINCED BY MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AT A DESIGNATED WEEKEND AND EVENING CODE OFFICER WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IN, IN MY DISTRICT, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
BUT I'D LIKE TO PUT MY PITCH IN FOR THAT.
UM, THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE ONES SPECIFIC TO DISTRICT SIX.
I WANNA ALSO, UH, SUPPORT MY, UM, THE NEW SUBSTATION IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
OUR COMMUNITY IS BEING CLEAR THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT AND A NEW SUBSTATION IN, IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE HELPS US ALL.
SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THAT AMENDMENT.
UH, ALSO SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL COUNCIL AID COMPENSATION.
THEY, THEY DO BENEFIT ALL OUR DISTRICTS, BUT ULTIMATELY THEY, THEY BENEFIT ALL OUR CONSTITUENTS.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
FINALLY, AND FINALLY, SUPPORT THE MEXICAN CIVIL RIGHTS, UH, INSTITUTE, THEIR EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH THE PREMIER RESEARCH CENTER, UH, THE MEXICAN, UH, CULTURE IN, IN SAN ANTONIO IS, IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
SO, UM, WANNA ADD MY SUPPORT TO THAT.
HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER P THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU ERIC AND YOUR TEAM AND MARIA, UM, FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
UM, I WAS GONNA REQUEST THAT WE MOVE ALL OF THE MONEY TO JEFF QUAYLE'S BUDGET, BUT HE TELLS ME HE WANTS NONE OF IT.
UH,
UH, I, I'VE SENT YOU AN EMAIL JUST INDICATING WHICH ONES I'M SUPPORTIVE OF AND WHICH ONES HAVE NOT, UH, JUST TO SAVE US SOME TIME.
UH, I, I WILL TELL YOU, UH, WITH REGARDS TO THE MEXICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE OPERATING EXPENSES, THOUGH NOBODY'S EVER COME AND VISITED WITH ME, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
AND SO I'M, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT IF IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA AND IF SOMEBODY TAKES SOME TIME TO COME AND VISIT WITH ME.
UH, SO I'M IN THE DARK ABOUT THAT ONE.
I, I, I WANT TO MENTION, UM, IN FOLLOW UP ON A CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH, UM, WITH LORI HOUSTON AND DEBBIE, UH, ROCKET THE OTHER DAY ABOUT, UM, THE CULTURAL, UH, YOU KNOW, COMPONENT OF HOW WE SPEND.
UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THAT LIST AND IT STILL STICKS WITH ME THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR A, A, A FUND OR A, UM, A PILE OF MONEY THAT IS DEDICATED TO REALLY CELEBRATING DIVERSITY IS NOT DIVERSE AT ALL.
UM, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT SIX ORGANIZATIONS THERE, AND SIX OF THEM ARE FOR LATINO ART AND CULTURE SPENDING.
AND I'M CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, OUT OF ENLIGHTENED SELF-INTEREST.
I LOVE IT WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE CELEBRATE LATINO ART AND CULTURE.
BUT I, I HAVE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE HAVE A HUGE POPULATION OF, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO ARE NOT LATINO, UM, WHO, AND THAT LIST DOESN'T SAY DIVERSITY AT ALL.
UM, AND THE MORE I GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT LIST, UM, THE MORE I THINK THAT, AND, AND THE RESPONSE I GOT, I THINK IT WAS FROM DEBBIE OR SOMEBODY ELSE, WAS, WELL, THEY DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ASK, RIGHT? AND THEY DIDN'T SUBMIT, YOU KNOW, REQUESTS FOR SOME FUNDING FROM THERE.
AND, AND I THINK IT'S ON US TO, UM, ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT KIND OF MONEY.
AND SO I, I WENT AND ASKED, AND, AND YOU KNOW, I, I FOCUSED ON TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT I THINK ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY DOING A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING AND FOCUSING ON THAT POPULATION THAT GOES IGNORED.
AND I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT A LOT OF OTHER PRIOR BUDGETS.
IT JUST GOES IGNORED FOR MANY YEARS, UM, GOING BACKWARDS.
AND, UH, THAT'S OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR INDIAN, OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR HINDU, OUR, UH, SOUTHEAST ASIAN, OUR PAKISTANIAN, OUR, UM, AND OUR MIDDLE EASTERN POPULATION, WE GOT NOTHING IN THIS BUDGET.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET EITHER.
UH, AND THAT'S A POPULATION THAT JUST CONTINUES TO INCREASE.
IN FACT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ASK BRIDGER, UH, DR.
BRIDGER, HOW MUCH OF HER TIME IS SPENT WITH THAT POPULATION, UH, RECENTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT CRICKET FIELDS AND TALKING ABOUT ALL, I MEAN, THIS IS A POPULATION THAT JUST CONTINUES TO GROW, UM, WITH MANY THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND MANY THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES OUT THERE HUNGRY TO PARTICIPATE MORE AND MORE IN WHAT THE CITY OFFERS.
AND SO, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU, LEMME GIVE YOU TWO EXAMPLES.
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MUSEUM OF ART, MUSEUM OF ART, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART HAS A PROGRAM THAT THEY'VE, UH, HAMMERED OUT IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR PARTNER, OUR SISTER CITY IN WSI.UM, AND IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, A, UM, PROGRAM.
AND ALL THE COSTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SETTING UP EXHIBITS IN WSI, IN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT ARE GOING TO BE OPEN AND FREE TO THE PUBLIC, UM, YEAR ROUND, 365 DAYS AND 24 HOURS A DAY BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING THESE INSTALLATIONS ON THE RIVER, UM, WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY GO AND SEE THIS PERMANENT INSTALLATION OF THESE ARTIFACTS FROM CHINA.
UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ALSO, ESPECIALLY IN TODAY, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER PEOPLE TALK CHINA, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN THIS TIME WHERE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA IS FRACTURED EXCEPT IN SAN ANTONIO, RIGHT? UM, IN SAN ANTONIO WE'VE GOT A VERY STRONG RELATIONSHIP.
AND YESTERDAY WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NUMBERS.
WE DO A LOT OF TRADE WITH CHINA.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT IF I'M RIGHT, THIS IS ALSO GONNA CELEBRATE, UM, AND CELEBRATE OUR EFFORTS TO RAISE OUR PROFILE WITH REGARDS TO GLOBAL ART AND, UH, CULTURALLY, UH, CULTURALLY SPECIFIC ART ASSETS.
MY, MY REQUEST, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SUBMIT IT TO YOU, LORI OR MARIA, I DON'T KNOW WHO TO WHO REVIEW, LORI, ARE YOU THE ONE, UM, I'LL, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU, BUT IT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT THIS, THAT THIS MUSEUM'S ASKING FOR.
UM, AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE LIST OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT, WHOSE BUDGETS WE'RE RAISING BY $286,000, IT JUST SEEMS TO ME LIKE, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM, YOU KNOW, THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, IN OTHER WORDS, WHATEVER, LET'S, UH, WE CAN DO THE MATH LATER, BUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC ASIAN ART SPENDING IS OUT OF ALL THE MONEY THAT WE SPEND FOR ARTS AND CULTURE ISN'T TOO MUCH TO ASK, ESPECIALLY FOR A COMMUNITY THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO FUNDING FOR THAT IN THIS BUDGET.
SO ERIC, I THINK I'M BEATING A DEAD HORSE.
YOU GET IT, RIGHT? UM, SO THAT'S ONE.
NUMBER TWO, THAT MUSEUM IS ALSO ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT CULTURAL ASSETS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, I DUNNO IF Y'ALL KNOW THIS, BUT DURING THE HURRICANES OF 2017, IF I'M RIGHT, UM, THEY HAD HUGE DAMAGE TO THAT FACILITY, ENORMOUS DAMAGE.
AND, UM, THEIR INSURANCE COMPANIES DID NOT COVER ALL OF IT.
UM, AND SO THEY HAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
MAYBE IT WAS 2016, HAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
UM, AND THE GALLERY FOR THEIR LATIN AMERICAN ART COLLECTION, PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LATIN AMERICAN ART COLLECTIONS, UH, FOLK ART COLLECTIONS IN THE AMERICAS WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED.
THEY'VE GOT A $1.5 MILLION, UH, PRICE TAG ON THIS.
AND THEY'RE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, GETTING ALL THAT MONEY TOGETHER.
HAVING SPOKEN TO KATIE LUBER, THEIR MESSAGE TO US IS, WE REALLY WOULD LIKE Y'ALL TO STEP UP AND HELP US OUT HERE.
UM, AND IT, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING ALSO WORTH LOOKING AT.
MAYBE, YOU KNOW, NOT FOR THIS BUDGET, MAYBE, BUT MAYBE FOR THE NEXT ONE, IF WE CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE IN HELPING THEM BRING THAT GALLERY UP TO, UM, THE WORLD CLASS STANDARD.
UM, ESPECIALLY SINCE, YOU KNOW, THIS NONPROFIT AGENCY IS NOT GETTING THE SUPPORT THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA BE GETTING FROM THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY.
UM, LASTLY, I'LL, UH, I'LL ECHO THE SENTIMENT ABOUT, UH, COUNCIL PAY.
UM, AND, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, WE REMEMBER THAT WE DO ALL, ALMOST ALL THE CONSTITUENT SERVICES WORK, UM, AND WE, WE CATCH A LOT OF THAT, UH, THAT HEAT.
AND WE DO A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING IN OUR OFFICES.
UM, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, I, I DON'T THINK REALLY REALIZE HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO THAT AND HOW, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS TAKE FOR GRANTED THE HARD WORK THAT, UM, THAT GOES INTO THAT.
I, I, I WILL TELL YOU AND ANDY SEGOVIA, THIS, THIS MAY BE AS A CONVERSATION FOR LATER.
UM, I, I AM WORRIED THOUGH, UH, BECAUSE I, I'M NOT SURE WE'RE CATEGORIZING THESE FOLKS CORRECTLY.
I, I FEAR SOMETIMES JUST LOOKING AT THE CONTRACTS WHEN I SIGN THEM, THAT WE MAY BE MISCATEGORIZING THEM AND THAT WE OUGHT TO BE LOOKING AT, UM, THAT FROM A, FROM A FEDERAL LAW PERSPECTIVE.
'CAUSE I, I'M NOT SURE THEY REALLY ARE, UM, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, ANDY.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHY DON'T YOU AND I HAVE THIS CONVERSATION OFFLINE? WELL, WE, WE PROBABLY WILL.
UH, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THAT BEFORE, COUNCILMAN, BUT LIKE, UH, MANY THINGS, IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT THINGS.
PARTICULARLY WITH, UH, THE WAY SOME LEGISLATION CHANGES.
SO, WE'LL, YES, WE'LL COMMIT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
THE LA LAST THING I WANNA HAVE IS A SITUATION WHERE NOT ONLY ARE WE NOT COMPENSATING THEM THE WAY I, I THINK THEY OUGHT TO BE COMPENSATED, BUT THEN HAVE TO GO BACK 10 YEARS AND PAY BACK WAGES.
'CAUSE MAYBE WE WERE MISCATEGORIZING THEM.
SO ANYWAY, UM, THAT'S IT, MAYOR.
THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK 'CAUSE THERE WERE, UM, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DORSEY DRAINAGE, AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT MORE.
AND, UM, YES, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UH, SANDOVAL,
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YOU KNOW, VERY WELL, SEAL AND THE DRAINAGE AND EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED.I THINK YOU'RE ON PHASE NUMBER SEVEN.
I DON'T KNOW, UM, BECAUSE IT'S SO, UH, SO MUCH WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE.
AND TO A COUNCIL MEMBER, GONZALEZ'S POINT.
YES, BECAUSE SOME OF MY DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY ON BOND, ON THE BOND, WE ARE JUST DOING PHASE ONE, AND WE KNOW THAT IN THE NEXT BOND WE HAVE TO DO A PHASE TWO OR A PHASE THREE IN ORDER TO GET TO THE ROOT PROBLEM.
SO, UM, BUT FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEE ANY IMPROVEMENTS FOR YEARS OR A DECADE DOWN THE ROAD.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED WITH LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR JUST SIDEWALKS, BUT THEN AS WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND OUR RESEARCH AND T C I DID THEIR RESEARCH, IT SAID THE SIDEWALKS WILL BE GONE BECAUSE OF THE DRAINAGE ISSUE THAT YOU HAVE HERE.
AND THIS IS ALSO AN APPORTION THAT'S AGAIN, JUST, UM, NORTH OF FOUR 10, CLOSE TO, UM, NOT CLOSE TO THE CENTRAL MED CLINIC ON COMMERCIAL AVENUE AS WELL.
SO THIS WILL BE BENEFIT FITTING A LARGE, UH, HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT TO A VERY LARGE AREA IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO.
UM, SO I DO ASK FOR Y'ALL'S CONSIDERATION, AND THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP.
AND THEN FINALLY, AND, AND IT'S ALSO NEAR ST.
LAWRENCE CATHOLIC CHURCH, WHICH IS NOT FAR FROM SIX MILE CREEK, WHICH DOESN'T EVEN HAVE SIDEWALKS IN THE AREA TOO, THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO ADDRESS.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, ONE OTHER THING THAT WAS NOT ON MY LIST, IT WAS ORIGINALLY, BUT IT DIDN'T MAKE IT ON THIS LIST, UM, WERE THE HOPE TEAM, UH, FROM S A P D, THE HOPE TEAM MEMBERS, AND THEY HAVE SOME BUDGET.
I'M LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO ENHANCE SOME OF THEIR BUDGET BECAUSE ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING AS WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA.
AND I JUST WANTED TO, UM, CHIME BACK IN AND EXPRESS MY SUPPORT ALSO FOR THE MEXICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE AT MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE.
UH, AND I DID SPEAK WITH, WITH THE FOLKS, AND I THINK THAT IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, UH, VOCALLY, UH, BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT EFFORT.
ALSO, ON ITEM NUMBER, NUMBER 16, ON ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR COUNCIL AID COMPENSATION, I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD ALSO POSSIBLY TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, FROM THE POLICY PERSPECTIVE ON COUNCIL PAY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UM, COMPENSATING OUR COUNCIL AIDE ADEQUATELY AND AT MARKET RATE FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, AND THEN ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET, ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE POLICE SUBSTATION.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILWOMAN VRAN WHO, UH, IS, UH, IS MY PARTNER IN CRIME, NO PUN INTENDED, THERE,
UH, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL, UM, CONSIDERATION THAT THAT DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENTS ACTUALLY MENTIONED ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF.
AND THEN I FAIL TO THANK THE BUDGET STAFF.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THANK TAKING MY LATE NIGHT CALLS AND TEXTS AND, AND ERIC, UH, AND MARIA AND JUSTINA.
I JUST APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE ENTIRE TEAM DO.
COUNCIL MEMBER RHODER GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN.
SO ON THE AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT FOR THE M L K MARCH, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE IT FOR 2020, BEING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE CONTINUOUSLY, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT IS PROPERLY FUNDED FOR EACH YEAR, UM, NOT JUST A ONE-TIME ASK, NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ASK FOR, BUT SOMETHING THAT IS CONTINUOUSLY FUNDED, UM, AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW, UM, YEAR AFTER YEAR, THAT WE'RE NOT JUST CONTINUALLY ASKING FOR THE SAME INCREASE, BUT THAT THEY ARE TRULY LOOKED AT AS AN ONGOING PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
UM, THEN TO JUST, JUST UNDERSTAND THAT DYNAMICS THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL AIDS REALLY TRULY DO.
UM, THEY TAKE A LOT OF THE PRESSURE, THEY TAKE A LOT OF THE THREATS THAT COME IN.
THEY TAKE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE MINDSET IS WHEN THEY WALK INTO THOSE OFFICE SPACES THAT WE HAVE.
UM, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS PROPOSAL FOR THE COUNCIL AID COMPENSATION NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT THOROUGHLY.
UM, SO I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THAT ALONG WITH THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE GUN POLICY, THE GUN POLICY, THE IDEA WHEN THE IDEA WHEN WE INITIATED THE C C R WAS TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE FUNDING, THE, I LOVE THE FACT THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL IS SAYING THAT WE NEED TO START SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE BUDGET, UM, AS WELL, VIOLENCE, THE VIOLENCE THAT WE
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HAVE SEEN JUST THROUGHOUT, NOT ONLY OUR OWN CITY, BUT THROUGHOUT TEXAS, IS A REASON THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.WE KNOW AS A CITY WE'RE LIMITED, BUT WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE, UM, IN ORDER TO COMBAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
SO I, I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF US LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE BEST WAY, WHERE TO START AND HOW TO GET IT, GET IT DONE.
UM, A POLICE SUBSTATION IN DISTRICT THREE IS A MUST.
AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE WE SHARE OUR SAFE OFFICERS, WE SHARE THE BRUNT OF WHAT COMES IN BECAUSE WE SIT SIDE BY SIDE.
AND UNITY IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS WORK.
UM, THOSE ARE MY ONLY LAST REMARKS, MAYOR.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN, THANK COLLEAGUES.
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR, UM, THEIR DISCUSSION, UH, DISCUSSION AND OFFERS OF IMPROVEMENTS ON THE BUDGET.
I JUST HAVE A, A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, MARIA.
ALWAYS GO BACK, I ALWAYS GO BACK TO 2015 WHEN WE HAD TO, ON AN EMERGENCY, UH, BASIS, ALLOCATE FUNDS TO ADDRESS DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE MEMORIAL DAY FLOODS.
UM, WE INSTITUTED A, UM, A MILLION DOLLAR CONTINGENCY AT THAT TIME.
UH, ARE WE BUDGETED FOR THAT IN F Y 20? THE AMOUNT, THE AMOUNT IS ACTUALLY LESS, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION, AS YOU MENTIONED, IS $1 MILLION WITHIN THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
UH, RECOMMENDATION IS A USE OF, UH, ONE THIRD OF THAT AMOUNT, 333,000 FOR THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER TO CONTINUE THAT OPERATIONS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO THE BALANCE IN THAT CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT IS $666,000 AS WE, AS WE START THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET.
SO IT'S SIX 60 IN THE CURRENT BUDGET AS DRAFTED GOING FORWARD FOR F Y 2020.
UM, I WOULD, I WOULD URGE US TO CONSIDER, UM, MAKING THE CONTINGENCY FUND WHOLE FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE STILL KIND OF WAITING FOR, UH, WHAT OUR REVENUE NUMBERS ARE, ARE GOING TO BE WITH, WITH C P S, BUT I WOULD CONSIDER THAT A A, A HIGH PRIORITY.
UM, I'M OBVIOUSLY VERY SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, SEVERAL OF THE REQUESTS THAT REALLY ADDRESS BASIC, UH, NEEDS AND SERVICES.
UH, THE PLEASANTON SCHOOL ROAD, UH, TRAFFIC SAFETY MEASURES, I THINK IS, IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
UM, UH, THE CORNER STORE INITIATIVE WAS A RELATIVELY LOW DOLLAR, UM, ASK, BUT IT, IT DOES SPEAK TO THE SA TOMORROW, UM, PLANS THAT WE MADE SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
UM, I MYSELF HAVE ALSO BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE MYSTRO CENTER, UH, IN DISTRICT FIVE.
UM, BUT THEY'VE DONE SOME GOOD WORK, UH, WITH LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES AND, UM, AND I THINK THEIR, THEIR REQUEST IS REASONABLE AS WELL.
UM, LEMME SPEAK TO THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE.
I THINK THIS IS, UM, UH, AN IMPORTANT INITIATIVE FOR US TO GET BEHIND AS A COMMUNITY.
UM, MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS REALLY HAS A BIRTHPLACE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND, AND, AND WE SHOULD, UH, ENCOURAGE THE, UH, LEARNING OF IT, UH, FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
THERE IS A, UH, ONGOING DIALOGUE ABOUT MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDIES THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE, AND THEY NEED, UH, THEY NEED GUIDANCE FROM A COMMUNITY LIKE OURS.
AND I THINK THE INSTITUTE IS, IS WELL POSITIONED TO DO THAT.
SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, THE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, THE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION INITIATIVE, ACTUALLY, UM, ITEM 26, I THINK WE, I THINK WE NEED TO ALLOCATE THIS, UH, AND SET IT ASIDE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A, A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, UH, PROPERLY AT THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.
UH, I KNOW THE PUSHBACK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN SHOWN IN STUDIES THAT, UM, GUNS THAT ARE BOUGHT BACK THAT ARE ACQUIRED THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE THIS HAVE NOT BEEN LINKED TO CRIMES.
UM, THE FALLACY OF THAT THINKING IN MY MIND IS THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO FIND A MAGIC SOLUTION FOR GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THERE ISN'T ONE THAT EXISTS.
IF WE, IF THERE WAS, WE WOULD'VE FOUND IT A LONG TIME AGO.
BUT THIS IS AN INITIATIVE TO DO WHAT WE CAN AS WE COMMITTED TO AROUND THIS DAAS, UM, TO USE ONE MORE TOOL AT OUR DISPOSAL TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF UNNECESSARY GUNS THAT ARE IN CIRCULATION.
IF ANYONE THINKS THAT THIS IS GONNA STOP GUN VIOLENCE IN AND OF ITSELF, UM, THEY HAVE THE WRONG EXPECTATIONS OF THE PROGRAM, BUT I THINK THAT WE ARE COMMITTED, UH, TO DOING EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO, UH, KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
AND IF THERE'S ONE LESS UNNECESSARY GUN IN CIRCULATION,
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THEN THAT'S A, A BETTER CIRCULATION THAN THERE IS NOW.SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
UM, ITEMS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE OTHER ITEMS ON HERE, I'VE TALKED TO MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, UH, VERY BASIC NEEDS.
WE HEAR ABOUT THAT AT THE BUDGET MEETINGS.
UH, DISTRICT SIX, I THINK ALSO ONE IS, UH, REQUESTED FOR DISTRICT THREE.
UM, AND I, I HAVE TO SAY, I KNOW WE'RE IN A, IN A, AND I, I HAVE TO SAY, I KNOW WE'RE IN A, IN A TIGHT BUDGET ENVIRONMENT.
UM, AND SO IT, IT'S, UH, IT'S ENCOURAGING THAT WE HAVE SOME ROOM TO TALK ABOUT, UH, ADDITIONAL INITIATIVES LIKE THESE.
UM, MY THINKING ON, ON THE COUNCIL AID COMPENSATION HAS EVOLVED AND ACTUALLY AS A RESULT OF SOME CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH MY COLLEAGUES LAST NIGHT, UH, AS WE LEFT, UM, I DO THINK IT'S A POLICY INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE UP.
UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO IT IN GOVERNANCE.
I THINK THERE'S SOME OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND WHAT BENEFITS THEY ARE PROVIDED.
UM, THERE IS, I KNOW IN, IN THE CURRENT DRAFTED BUDGET, A RECOMMENDATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS OF THOSE ALREADY.
SO BETWEEN WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS, UM, CITY MANAGEMENT AND WHERE THE COUNCIL OFFICE'S RECOMMENDATION IS, I THINK THERE'S SOME POLICY DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.
UM, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT.
UM, THAT'S ALL MY, WITH EVERYONE, THAT'S ALL MY, UH, COMMENTS FOR NOW.
MY QUESTION FOR YOU, ERIC, IS HOW ARE YOU GONNA MAKE SENSE OF ALL THIS? WELL, I APPRECIATE THE, UH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE THE, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE THE, THE, THE PRIORITIZATION THAT EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT, UM, GAVE.
UM, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA ON FRIDAY.
UH, AND WE WILL COMMUNICATE THAT IN WRITING OUT TO THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
UM, WE, WE WILL LIKELY NOT HAVE, UH, MONEY TO DO EVERYTHING.
AND SO I'M GONNA TAKE THE GUIDANCE I GOT TODAY TO TRY TO FORM IT IN A, IN A WAY THAT, UM, THAT BEST SUITS THE, THE, THE PRIORITIES OF THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE.
UM, THE TRICK WITH, UH, C P S MONEY IS IT'S ONE-TIME MONEY.
UH, AND, AND SO WE'VE GOT A, A HANDFUL OF RECURRING EXPENSES HERE.
UH, YOU'LL SEE ON THAT PAGE, ON THE BACK PAGE OF THE GENERAL FUND, UH, JUST AS IT STOOD HERE WAS, UH, ALMOST $6.8 MILLION THAT WE NEEDED TO COME UP WITH.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP WORKING IT AND TRY TO HIT AS MANY OF THE PRIORITIES AS POSSIBLE AND, UM, AND BE ABLE TO PRESENT BACK TO, UH, THE COUNCIL SOME SORT OF SOLUTION.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF OTHER IDEAS THAT WERE THROWN OUT HERE TODAY THAT AREN'T ON HERE, AND WE'LL NEED TO DO SOME RESEARCH.
UM, AND, AND LASTLY, AND JUST IN SUMMARY, UM, I WOULD SAY THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE DAIS, UH, IS AUGMENTED BY VERY ROBUST DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGH THE SPEAK UP PROGRAM, RIGHT? THE SURVEY RESULTS, THERE'S A LOT OF OPERATIONS THAT WE HAD TO, UH, GIVE SOME SCRUTINY ON, UM, OR SCRUTINY TOO THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOW WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM TO, UH, MAKE SURE THEY'RE WHOLE.
SO IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CONTINGENCY, UH, THE CONTINGENCY BUDGET AND OTHER VERY BASIC OPERATIONS, I THINK THOSE OBVIOUSLY FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD, WOULD HAVE HIGHEST PRIORITY.
UH, AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF 'EM ON THIS LIST.
SO, AND THE, THE SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT CONVERSATION ABOUT AMENDMENTS, THAT'S WHEN IS THAT GONNA HAPPEN? THAT'S SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY AT B SESSION AND, UH, HOPE TO GET, UH, SOME SORT OF COMMUNICATION OUT TO THE COUNCIL BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON FRIDAY.
SO YOU SEE, YOU SEE WHAT THAT LIST IS AND, UH, AND THEN WE'LL BE PREPARED FOR, FOR THE CONVERSATION ON WEDNESDAY.
WE'RE AVAILABLE, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK OR YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I THINK ONE OTHER THING THAT I'LL ADD ON HERE IS THAT WE TOOK A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION AND PUT, PUT TOGETHER TODAY'S LIST SO THAT YOU'D HAD SOMETHING IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, BASED ON THE PRIORITIES THAT I HEARD.
UH, WE'LL, UM, ONE THING WE DIDN'T DO WAS PROVIDE ANY SORT OF, UM, STRUCTURE TO, I THINK, WE'LL, THE TIME STRUCTURE TO IT.
AND I THINK WE'LL SPEND THE TIME DOING THAT BASED ON TODAY'S CONVERSATION.
AND, AND LEMME CLOSE ONE MORE TIME.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD AT THE GOAL SETTING SESSION THAT I THINK WE CAN GO BACK TO.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT YOU, DR.
BRIDGER, AND MY, MY FIRST QUESTION AS WE GET INTO THE FINAL DRAFTING THIS BUDGET IS, DO YOU HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED TO KEEP THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER GOING FOR THE FULL YEAR? DO YOU HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES YOU NEED IN THIS BUDGET TO DO THE THINGS ON ADVERSE CHILDHOOD, UM, EXPERIENCES ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SO FORTH? UH, IF THE ANSWER IS NO TO ANY OF THOSE THINGS, I THINK, I THINK WE
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NEED TO DISCUSS THAT.MAYOR, LET ME ADD ON THE M R C, THE, THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER.
REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT BUDGETING QUARTERLY AND COMING BACK AND GIVING THE COUNCIL QUARTER UPDATES.
THIS FRIDAY IS THE REIMBURSEMENT, THE REIMBURSEMENT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DUE.
SO WE'LL BE SUBMITTING THAT THAT HAS, UH, EXPENSES THROUGH JUNE.
SO IT'S NOT ALL OF OUR EXPENSES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE BUDGET WORK SESSION HERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, BUT IT'S ABOUT A LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF EXPENSES.
UM, AND, AND WE ARE, UH, KEEPING OUR FINGERS ON THAT PULSE IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS.
SO, UM, I'M COMFORTABLE RIGHT NOW BASED ON THE CONVERSATION WITH THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, UM, AND IF ANYTHING CHANGES, THEN WE WILL GET IT TO, TO YOU AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL ASAP.
UH, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR A GREAT DISCUSSION.
WE'VE GIVEN A LOT OF WORK TO STAFF AND THANK YOU TO OUR BUDGET OFFICE AND OUR CITY MANAGEMENT FOR, UH, WORKING THROUGH ALL THIS.
WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY.
UH, THE TIME IS 3:56 PM ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2019.
THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WILL NOW MEET AN 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 TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, EXCUSE ME, 0 8 7 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 REAL PROPERTY LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND DELIBERATE THE DEPLOYMENT OF SECURITY PERSONNEL, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SECURITY DEVICES, AND RELATED LEGAL ISSUES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.076 SECURITY DEVICES, SECTION 5 5 1 0 8 9, SECURITY DEVICES AND AUDITS AND SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY.