Feb 27, 2025 City Council A Session

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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION. THE TIME IS 9:14 A.M. ON FEBRUARY 27, 2025.

WE'LL CALL OUR A SESSION TO ORDER. MADAME CLERK, PLEASE READ THE ROLL.

>> CLERK: MAYOR, WE HAVE QUORUM. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT. WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION.

TO GET US STARTED TODAY, I'M GOING TO TURN THE FLOOR TO COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA TO

WELCOME OUR INVOCATOR. >> GARCIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME PASTOR TOM WILSON. PASTOR WILSON SERVES AS THE LEAD PASTOR OF THE HILL CHURCH LOCATED IN DISTRICT 4. THE CHURCH HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS AND THE SCHOOL, WHICH IS A MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH, FOR 40 YEARS.

PASTOR TOM AND HIS WIFE HAVE LIVED IN SAN ANTONIO FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS AND RAISED THEIR FIVE

CHILDREN HERE. PASTOR, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> THANK YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER DR. ROCHA GARCIA FOR HER KINDNESS IN EXTENDING THE INVITATION TO ME TO PRAY FOR ALL OF YOU TODAY . I SHOULD ALSO THANK HER FOR HIRING ONE OF MY FORMER STUDENTS AND BASKETBALL PLAYERS, AARON ONOFRE, WHO IS LIKE A SON TO ME. IF HE IS NOT MEETING OR EXCEEDING YOUR EXPECTATIONS, I WILL RETURN THE KINDNESS, JUST LET ME KNOW. LET ME PRAY.

FATHER, I FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE THE SOVEREIGN ALL-WISE GOD.

JUST, MERCIFUL, AND GOOD IN ALL YOUR WAYS. YOU DIRECT THE HEARTS OF KINGS IN ALL WHO GOVERN, INCLUDING THOSE HERE TODAY, DIRECTING THEIR WAYS AND DECISIONS LIKE STREAMS OF WATER. HELP US TO FIND OUR COMFORT AND CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRUTH, KNOWING THAT NOT ONLY ARE ALL THINGS UNDER YOUR CONTROL BUT SO TOO ARE ALL PEOPLE.

FROM THE GREATEST OF US TO THE LEAST. AND SO WHEN DECISIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES ARE BEYOND OUR UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROL, HELP US, FATHER, TO TAKE SOLACE AND COMFORT IN THE FACT THAT YOU ARE IN CONTROL. WE KNOW, FATHER, THAT IN YOUR WISDOM YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED THESE MEN AND WOMEN, SPECIFICALLY IN THEIR POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY. SO AS YOUR WORD CALLS ME TO OFFER SUPPLICATIONS, PRAYERS, INTERSESSIONS, AND THANKSGIVING FOR ALL WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY, I COME SPECIFICALLY TODAY TO DO THAT ON BEHALF OF EACH OF THESE HERE. I AM GRATEFUL, FATHER, THAT YOU WORKED IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO TO ELECT AND ESTABLISH EACH OF THESE TO GOVERN OVER US. COUNCILMEMBER KAUR, COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ, COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN, COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA, COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO, COUNCILMEMBER PELAEZ, COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE, COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE, AND OUR MAYOR NIRENBERG.

I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GRANT EACH OF THEM AS WELL AS OTHERS WHO LEAD OUR CITY, INCLUDING CITY MANAGER WALSH, CHIEF MCMANUS. WOULD YOU GRANT TO THEM WISDOM. GIVE THEM THE WISDOM OF WHICH DR. KING WROTE THE WISDOM

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GIVE THEM WISDOM SO THAT THEY WOULD BE SERVANTS FOR THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO, NOT LORDING OVER US BUT SERVING US KNOWING THAT ONE DAY THEY WILL HAVE TO GIVE ACCOUNT TO YOU. MAY THEY GOVERN IN SUCH A WAY THAT ALL, INCLUDING THOSE OF US WHO FOLLOW CHRIST, WOULD BE ABLE TO LEAD PEACEFUL AND QUIET LIVES, GODLY AND DIGNIFIED IN EVERY WAY. I PRAY THIS BECAUSE IT IS GOOD AND PLEASING THE SIGHT OF GOD MY SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. MAY ALL OF US WHO THEY GOVERN BE ABLE TO LIVE PEACEABLY TOGETHER. FOR THOSE OF US WHO FOLLOW CHRIST WE PRAY THAT WE WOULD SUBMIT TO THESE WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY OVER US, THAT WE WOULD SUBMIT TO THEM FOR OUR LORD'S SAKE AND FOR HIS GLORY. I PRAY THAT THEIR DECISIONS, DECLARATION, AND LEGISLATION WOULD BE SUCH THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUBMIT TO THEM AND NOT HAVE TO FACE A DECISION TO CHOOSE TO OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN. I PRAY, FATHER, THAT THOSE OF US WHO CALL CHRIST OUR LORD THAT THOUGH WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH THEM WE SHOW HONOR AND RESPECT TO THOSE IN AUTHORITY OVER US AS YOUR WORD CALLS AND COMMANDS US TO DO.

THE WELFARE OF THE CITY, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. FOR YOU HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT IN THE WELFARE OF THE CITY YOUR PEOPLE WILL FIND OUR WELFARE. SO I PRAY, FATHER, LET THESE MEN AND WOMEN GOVERN FOR THE WELFARE AND FLOURISHING OF ALL THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO.

FATHER, YOU HAVE NUMBERED THEIR DAYS IN OFFICE, SO USE THE DAYS THAT YOU HAVE NUMBERED FOR THEM FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE THEY GOVERN AND TO DISPLAY YOUR GLORY THROUGH THE ACCOMPLISHING OF THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED THEM. IT'S IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY AND BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, AMEN.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR WILSON. THE FIRST ITEM FOR BUSINESS TODAY IS ITEM NO. 3 THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES OF OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FEBRUARY 12 AND 13, 2025. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF ITEM 3. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT.

[CONSENT AGENDA  ]

I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES NOW IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM 21. ITEM 13 IS BEING PULLED FOR RECUSAL.

ANY OTHERS? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ALL SAVE FOR 13, 21 AND 4, WHICH IS FOR INDIVIDUAL BRIEFING.

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT.

I HAVE CYNTHIA CAVAZOS HERE FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS. MS. CAVAZOS, ARE YOU HERE? CYNTHIA CAVAZOS. OKAY. ON ITEM 19 AND 22, JACK

FINGER. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN

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A COUPLE OF ITEMS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA.

ACTUALLY, I SIGNED UP FOR NO. 17, MR. MAYOR. 17 IS ABOUT APPROVING THE SETTLEMENT OF A PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE LAWSUIT STYLED MICHAEL ANTHONY KNOTTS VERSUS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR $120,000. APPARENTLY, THERE WAS A CITY EMPLOYEE DRIVING A PARKS AND RECREATION VEHICLE AND HE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH MR. KNOTTS. $120,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE. OKAY.

WE'RE SETTLING OUT OF COURT AND THE QUESTION ALWAYS ARISES DOES THE PERPETRATOR , THE CITY EMPLOYEE, EVER GET REPRIMANDED FOR THEIR SUPPOSED NEGLIGENCE ON THIS? WE HAVE TO SUPPOSE IT'S NEGLIGENCE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO COURT ON IT.

DOES HE GET PUNISHED? DOES HE GET REPRIMANDED, THROWN OUT? WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE GUY WAS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. WE HAVE A SANCTUARY CITY, AS YOU KNOW. SO, YEAH, INQUIRING MINDS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WAS DONE ABOUT THIS. DOES HE PAY ANY PORTION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE DAMAGES HE CAUSED? ITEM NO. 22 IS ABOUT, OH, ABOUT SOME REZONING HERE.

IT'S ABOUT BASICALLY AN AREA NOT FAR FROM THE FROST BANK CENTER WHERE THE SPURS ARE PLAYING AND WHERE THE BIG CONTROVERSY IS THESE DAYS WITH RENOVATING THAT ON THE COUNTY LEVEL. BUT ALSO THAT ASSOCIATED WITH US WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE PROPOSED RENOVATIONS FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER. THIS IS THE MAP OF THAT AREA THAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON REZONING. YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN BLOW IT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE, MR. AUDIO-VISUAL MAN.

BUT, YEAH. THE GRAYISH, GREENISH AREA IS RESIDENCES.

THE REST OF IT, THE BLUE AREA, IS INDUSTRIAL. RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO BUFFER BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND THOSE INDUSTRIALS AND YET YOU'RE GOING TO REZONE IT FOR WHATEVER THERE YOU SEE. BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING REZONE IT FOR BECAUSE NORMALLY IN A MAP LIKE THIS, RED TEXT WOULD TELL US WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO REZONE IT FOR BUT THERE'S NO RED TEXT THERE. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO ALL THE RESIDENTS IN THAT CENTRAL GREEN AREA? ARE THEY GOING TO GET THROWN OUT?

YEAH. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. FINGER.

>> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT.

UP NEXT ON ITEMS THAT ARE REMAINING ON CONSENT, WE HAVE

YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY CLIFF SEDENO. >> SO WHAT IS MY TIME?

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> MY NAME IS JESSE MEDELES.

I AM A BILLBOARD ARTIST ON THE RISE. I AM A MEXICAN AMERICAN ACTOR AND ARTIST. THE REASON I AM HERE TODAY IS I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THIS RACISM AND UNJUSTICE THIS COMMUNITY HAS GONE THROUGH HAS TO STOP.

YOU GUYS HAVE THE POWER TO STOP THIS. I'M ALSO PROUD TO SAY I CURRENTLY FINISHED A TV SERIES INSPIRED BY MY LIFE STORY. I AM THE GRANDSON AUDIO]. WE'RE ABOUT TO WRITE THAT SERIES WITH DIRECTORS FROM HOLLYWOOD. WHAT I AM HERE TODAY TO SAY IS THAT THIS CORRUPTION HAS BEEN

GOING ON FOR DECADES. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: YOU'RE SPEAKING ON ITEM 22.

>> EXACTLY. THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING TO GET TO MY POINT.

THIS HAS TO BE REZONED. WHAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS GONE THROUGH FOR SO LONG COMPLETELY NEEDS TO STOP. WE SEE THROUGH THE BS OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

IT IS UP TO YOU, MAYOR, TO STOP THIS. WE TRUST OUR CITY COUNCILMEN WHICH EARNED THE TRUST OF OUR COMMUNITY, HAS BEEN TO ALL OF OUR HOA MEETINGS .

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NOW, THERE IS A JUDGE ALSO THAT DOES NOT HAVE A SITTING CHAIR FOR OUR COMMISSIONER, TOMMY CALVERT. HIS NAME IS JUDGE SAKAI. YOU DO NOT LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY SO YOU GUYS WILL NOT MAKE DECISIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU GUYS WORK FOR US. YOU GUYS WILL DO WHAT OUR COMMUNITY SAYS.

NOW, WHEN A BLACK PERSON SAYS NO OR HAS A QUESTION, THEY ARE ANGRY BECAUSE ALLEGEDLY JUDGE SAKAI LEFT OUR MEETING THAT THE COMMISSIONER HELD BECAUSE WE SEEMED LIKE ANGRY PEOPLE.

WHEN A BROWN PERSON HAS A QUESTION, THEY ARE AGGRESSIVE. THIS UNJUSTICE NEEDS TO STOP.

I WANT THIS TO BE ON THE RECORD BECAUSE IF I HAVE TO WRITE A SERIES ABOUT THIS, ABOUT WHAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN THROUGH, I'M GOING TO WRITE IT AND I WILL EXPOSE EACH ONE OF YOU GUYS. THIS IS TO SAY YOU HAVE THE POWER TO STOP THIS RACISM INJUSTICE. DECADES HAS THIS COMMUNITY BEEN FINDING THIS.

THIS WILL STOP. MY GRANDPA ONCE SAID WITH CESAR CHAVEZ THE PEOPLE UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED.

OUR COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU FOR STANDING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE TRUST YOU.

OUR COMMISSIONER NEEDS TO BE AT THE SITTING TABLE, NOT JUDGE SAKAI.

MAYOR, I'M ASKING YOU WITH RESPECT THAT THIS COMMUNITY WANTS THIS RACISM TO STOP.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: TH THANK YOU. CLIFF SEDENO FOLLOWED BY

JAQUELINE ALI. >> AM I ABLE TO GIVE THIS SO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN SEE? GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND TO MAYOR NIRENBERG. MY NAME IS CLIFF SEDENO AND I'M AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION KNOWN AS THE UHIA AND I STAND BEFORE YOU WITH A CLEAR AND URGENT MESSAGE. OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES A LOT BETTER. OUR EASTSIDE COMMUNITIES WERE PROMISED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY, THRIVING COMMERCIAL SPACES, AND VIBRANT LIFESTYLES. INSTEAD, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING WAS IMPOSED, GRIDLOCKING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE FUTURE FINANCIAL GAIN OF PAST ELECTED MEMBERS. THIS DECISION HAS STALLED OUR PROGRESS AND LEFT US WITH A LANDSCAPE DOMINATED BY TOXIC HEAVY INDUSTRIAL PRACTICES. TODAY, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS IN OUR RESIDENTIAL AREA HAS INTRODUCED NUMEROUS OF HAZARDS.

OVERFLOWING PORT A POTTY BUSINESSES AND CHEMICALS THAT CONTINUE TO POLLUTE THE AIR .

THESE INDUSTRIAL ELEMENTS HAVE STIFLED LOCAL BUSINESS GROWTH AROUND KEY VENUES LIKE THE FREEMAN COLISEUM AND FROST BANK CENTER WHILE EXPOSING TO RESIDENTS TO CANCER.

WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR BACKYARDS BECAUSE OF THE TOPICS ENVIRONMENT. I DEMAND YOU SUPPORT THE LARGE AREA REZONING APPLICATION AND IMMEDIATELY ELIMINATE ANY FUTURE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

FOR THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO CONTINUE TO BACK HEAVY INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS OVER OUR COMMUNITY'S WELL-BEING, LET IT BE CLEAR: YOU ARE NOT REPRESENTING YOUR CONSTITUENTS. YOUR SUPPORT FOR THESE POLICIES IS A BETRAYAL OF THE TRUST THAT WE HAVE PLACED IN YOU. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVES SAFE, CLEAN, AND VIBRANT SURROUNDINGS THAT FOSTER POSITIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IT IS TIME TO HONOR THAT PROMISE THAT WAS MADE TO US AND INVEST IN THE FUTURE THE BENEFITS THAT EVERY RESIDENT OF OUR DISTRICT. THE CHOICE IS YOURS. YOU STAND WITH US AND BRING ABOUT MEANINGFUL CHANGE OR YOU CAN TURN A BLIND EYE AS THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO SUFFER.

I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT -- ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK I HAVE THE TIME SO I MAY

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THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. SEDENO.

JAQUELINE ALI. JAQUELINE ALI. OSCAR VICKS -- OKAY.

MS. ALI, YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY OSCAR VICKS. >> GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS JAQUELINE ALI AND I'M A RESIDENT OF WILLOWWOOD ESTATES AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED HOMEOWNERS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. I COME BEFORE YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE RESIDED IN THE SAME HOME FOR OVER A HALF CENTURY.

OUR MANY ELDERS MOVED TO THIS COMMUNITY WHEN CORN FIELDS SURROUNDED THIS NEW AREA AND UNPAVED ROADS WERE IN EXISTENCE. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES METAL VIEW PARK, WERE QUIET AND QUAINT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAD THE FEEL OF LIVING IN THE COUNTRY WITH WOODED AREAS AND CORNFIELDS WITH A SPRINKLE OF FARM HOUSES.

THE AREA WAS ZONED RESIDENTIAL AND AGRICULTURAL IN ITS EARLY BEGINNINGS.

AFTER COMPANIES LIKE ROADWAY AND YELLOW TRUCK COMPANIES AND THE SBC PHONE COMPANY BEGAN MOVING IN, ZONING CHANGES BEGAN TO HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT . THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF QUIETNESS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE ONSET OF NOISE, TRAFFIC, AND SAFETY CONCERNS. RESIDENTS FOUND THEMSELVES FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT TO NOT HAVE DUST FROM THE UNPAVED LOTS OF THE TRUCKING COMPANIES, DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM HOMES, TAKING THEIR ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND CARS WITH DUST. NOT ONLY HAD ZONING PERMITS AND COMMERCIAL PERMITS BEEN ALLOWED BUT LIGHT AND INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES WERE MOVING IN THE AREA AND NOW WE HAVE MORE TRAFFIC AND MACHINERY NOISE. BUT BEFORE WE KNEW IT, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL PERMITS WERE GIVEN AND OUR PROBLEMS JUST INCREASED.

AND THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS IN HAVING THESE BUSINESSES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OUTWEIGHED THE BENEFITS. NOW WE HAVE ODORS FROM EMISSIONS.

HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL AND AIR POLLUTION. CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES WERE PLACING GAS TANKS ON THE PROPERTY AND THEY THOUGHT THAT BY PLACING A TARP AROUND THE FENCING WARNING MAGNET AS EXXON DID, IN CASES OF EMERGENCIES, YOU KNOW THAT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS NO LONGER THE SAFE ENVIRONMENT YOU FELT WHEN YOU FIRST MOVED IN. AS WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO MAINTAIN A CLEAN AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT, ENFORCE SPEED LIMITS AND POLLUTION-FREE NEIGHBORHOODS, WE REALIZE THAT AS LONG AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO ALLOW HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING, OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT THEIR ELDERS EXPERIENCED WHEN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE FIRST BUILT.

THE THREATS STILL EXIST BECAUSE THERE ARE VACANT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES THAT WOULD LOWELL NEW BUSINESSES TO MOVE IN UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING THAT COULD CONTINUE TO IMPACT OUR LIVES. THEREFORE, WE ARE REQUESTING A LARGE-AREA REZONING TO PROTECT OUR HOMES AND PROPERTY FROM HEAVY INDUSTRIES. PLEASE TAKE OUR REQUEST INTO

CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MS. ALI. OSCAR VICKS. MR. VICKS?

ALL RIGHT. VERONICA. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS VERONICA SANSE. MOST PEOPLE PRONOUNCE IT SANS BUT THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION IS SANSE AND THAT'S HOW I PRONOUNCE IT.

I AM ONE OF THOSE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE OVER 50 YEARS. I USED TO WALK THAT CORNFIELD THAT MS. ALI TALKED ABOUT. I WAS A KID WHEN MY FATHER BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY.

AND NOW HE IS 91 YEARS OLD, LIVING IN THE SAME HOME. IT IS NO LONGER QUIET.

IT IS POLLUTION, LIKE EVERYONE HAS ALREADY MENTIONED, SO I DON'T HAVE TO REITERATE ANY OF THAT. HOWEVER, THIS REZONING NEEDS TO BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED.

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AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE ONE OF THOSE ELDERS IS MY FATHER.

I AM NOW IN THAT COMMUNITY AND IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. IT IS RACIST, LIKE EVERYONE HAS SAID, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE CALLED OUT. ATTENTION NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO IT. AND WE DO NOT NEED ANY MORE INDUSTRIAL PERMITS GIVEN IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. IT NEEDS TO GO BACK TO WHAT IT WAS WHEN IT WAS FIRST BUILT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT BUT THE WAY YOU GUYS TREAT OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S UNACCEPTABLE AND WE HAVE SHOWED UP THIS MORNING TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT IT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO STAND FOR IT. AND WE WILL FIGHT FOR IT BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY TO KEEP THIS REZONING FROM HAPPENING. AND COUNCILMAN RODRIGUEZ, I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO HELP US , BECAUSE YOU KNOW OUR COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW OUR HOMEOWNERS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. AND YOU KNOW WE DON'T STAND FOR ANY FOOLISHNESS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PROPERTIES AND OUR HEALTH.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MS. SANSE.

ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT'S EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT SO WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION NOW. I DON'T HAVE A QUEUE YET.

COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TWO ITEMS. ITEM 11 MOVES FORWARD A BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS ON NORTH FRIO.

THIS MEANS THAT MILLIONS ARE BEING INVESTED IN THE GARDENDALE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UTSA, AND MARKET SQUARE AND SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS COMPACTED INTO THIS AREA, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO BUILD PROTECTED BIKE LANES .

I WANT TO THANK THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS.

WE HAD REALLY ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS. IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR FROM ALL THE RESIDENTS, THE STAKEHOLDERS, AND THE CYCLISTS ON HOW THEY ENVISION THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. SO JUST THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THAT.

I'M ALSO EXCITED TO HIGHLIGHT THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO DISTRICT 5 APPOINTEES, DR. LOUIS HERNANDEZ AND BRADLEY FOR AGREEING TO SERVE ON THE BOARDS.

THESE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE VERY INVESTED IN DISTRICT 5 AND IMPROVING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO OUR LINEAR GREENWAY TRAILS. SO EXCITED TO HAVE THEM SERVE

DISTRICT 5 IN THIS CAPACITY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. >> GARCIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NO. 27 AND THAT'S FOR THE CENTER FOR HEALTH EQUITY IN SOUTH TEXAS. FIRST I WANT TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR AGREEING TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST FOR THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. AND SO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTER FOR HEALTH EQUITY IN SOUTH TEXAS IS A NONPROFIT THAT WILL BE DEDICATED TO ADDRESSING THE HEALTH DISPARITIES IN GREATER SAN ANTONIO. SO JUST VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ALLOT THE FIRST $300,000 TODAY. BUT I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY THANK DR. LISA OCHOA. SHE CAN'T BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE SHE'S CONDUCTING SOME SURGERIES. BUT SHE WAS THE ONE WHO HAS REALLY PUSHED FOR THIS EFFORT AND, AGAIN, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE GETS THE FULL CREDIT THAT SHE DESERVES.

SHE WILL BE PRESENTING TOMORROW AT THE HEALTH EQUITY COMMITTEE AS WELL SO YOU ALL ARE WELCOME TO TUNE IN. BUT THEN I ALSO WANTED TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN AND ALL OF THE HEALTH PROVIDERS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS A REALITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR, FOR ALLOWING ME TO HIGHLIGHT THIS

ITEM. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA

GARCIA. COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU.

THERE ARE TWO ITEMS I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. FIRST IS ITEM 18.

THE FOLLOWING AT-LARGE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A TERM THAT EXPIRES OCTOBER 6, 2026. I AM EXCITED THAT THERE WAS MORE DIVERSITY ON THERE.

I'M HOPING THOSE APPOINTED WILL GET TO KNOW THE CITY AS A WHOLE, ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN SECTOR. AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM IS KIND OF WHY WE NEED THAT DIVERSITY AND PLANNING, IS ITEM 27. WHAT WE HAVE HERE BEFORE US IS A CALL TO ACTION IN ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY. SAN ANTONIO REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST ECONOMICALLY SEGREGATED CITIES IN THE NATION AND THE SOUTHERN SECTOR IS AN UNDERSERVED AREA. THIS IS NOT BY CHANCE , AS WE HEARD EARLIER.

HISTORIC DISINVESTMENT, INCLUDING REDLINE AND LACK OF ECONOMIC INVESTMENT HAS CREATED

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THE LACK OF PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE CARE HAS WORSENED THESE HEALTH COMPLICATIONS LEADING TO INCREASE IN HEALTH COMPLICATIONS FOR MY CONSTITUENCY AND THE CONSTITUENCY SITTING TO THE EAST AND THE WEST OF ME. SO TODAY WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THIS ACTION THAT IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE CHEST WILL BE DEDICATED TO ADVANCING HEALTH OUTCOMES THROUGH EDUCATION, ACCESS, INVESTMENT, AND COLLABORATION.

SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT TODAY. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU, COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M EXCITED TO HIGHLIGHT TWO ITEMS TODAY.

ONE IS ITEM 9, APPROVING THE ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDING OF A FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION OF $4.3 MILLION WITH A CITY MATCH FOR DESIGN-RELATED EXPENSES FOR THE RITTIMAN ROAD. I HAVE HEARD FROM MANY CONSTITUENTS THE CONTINUING ISSUES OF THE RAILROAD CROSSINGS IN DISTRICT 2.

HEADACHES AT BEST AND PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES AT WORST AND I'M GRATEFUL TO APPROVE THESE CRUCIAL FIRST STEPS TODAY. SECOND, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 22, THE LARGE-AREA REZONING THAT WE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS TODAY. THIS IS THE RESULT OF A CCR THAT I AUTHORED IN AUGUST OF 2023 AND I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING RESIDENTS OF THE WILLOW WOOD ESTATES AS WELL AS THE UNITED HOMEOWNERS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION MEMBERS FOR THEIR INPUT AND CARE FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITY . I WISH Y'ALL COULD HAVE BEEN HERE A FEW ZONING CASES AGO BECAUSE I THINK IT DEMONSTRATES OFTEN THE VALUE OF HAVING RESIDENTS COME UP AND SPEAKING ABOUT THE CONCERNS THAT I BRING UP ON THE DAILY ABOUT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, LACK OF GREEN SPACE, HEALTH CONCERNS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, THE HISTORIC RACISM AND SEGREGATION AND THE TOOLS THAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN.

YOU KNOW, DISTRICT 2 HAS LONG BEEN THE RECEIVER OF INDUSTRIAL AND WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE A PRACTICE OF RACISM AND SEGREGATION. WHILE WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC GROWTH WE CANNOT DO IT AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THEIR SAFETY.

THIS REZONING WILL HELP ASSIST IN FUTURE COMPATIBLE ZONING AND PLANNING TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA. AND ASSIST IN POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD BE BETTER ALIGNED WITH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND DSD FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS. THANK YOU, ALL.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ.

COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE. >> WHYTE: THANKS, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 26, THE ORDINANCE AMENDING OUR CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA TO SUPPORT THE FIRE AND POLICE RETIREE HEALTHCARE FUNDS 2025 LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL. ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO.

I SIT ON THE BOARD AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO ADVANCE THE INTEREST OF OUR BRAVE FIRST RESPONDERS I THINK IS A POSITIVE AND SO I'M HAPPY WE HAVE ADDED IT TO THE

LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. THANKS, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE. COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: MY BAD.

I FORGOT TO MENTION WOULD THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME AND SPOKE STAND UP REAL QUICK? WHEREVER THEY MAY BE. THE RESIDENTS WHO SPOKE, YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD ME REFERENCE BEFORE A SITUATION WE HAD SOME YEARS AGO -- THANK YOU. YOU HAVE HEARD ME REFERENCE BEFORE A PORT-A-POTTY CLEANING FACILITY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT LED TO ALL KINDS OF HORRID, HORRID SMELLS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, ALL OF THE THINGS.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH.

THIS IS ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT IS GOING TO BE MOST IMPACTED BY DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE FROST BANK CENTER AND SO WHEN I'M ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THEM AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY REPRESENT ARE FOREFRONT AND I

HOPE THEY'RE AT THE FOREFRONT OF Y'ALL'S MINDS AS WELL. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THE BACK, JUST TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF REASSURANCE, WHEN AN ITEM STAYS ON CONSENT, THAT GENERALLY INDICATES THAT THERE'S UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR THE ITEM. AND SO I HOPE YOU ARE PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE TODAY, WHICH SEEMS TO BE UNANIMOUS.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL ITEMS SAVE FOR 4, 13, AND 21.

PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT.

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SO WE HAVE A FEW SPECIAL GUESTS IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY. IF I COULD FIRST INVITE UP LEROY ADAMS TO SPEAK. IS LEROY HERE? MR. ADAMS? ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR MR. ADAMS, LET ME ASK THE DIVAS OF EASTWOOD TO COME UP, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE FOR US.

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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, LADIES.

THE DIVAS OF EASTWOOD. GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. NOW I'D LIKE TO ASK -- WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST, A 103-YEAR-OLD WORLD WAR II VETERAN WITH US TODAY.

A DISTRICT 8 RESIDENT NAMED RAYMOND FLORES. IF I CAN HAVE THE FLORES FAMILY COME UP TO THE PODIUM AS I TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER PELAEZ.

[APPLAUSE] >> PELAEZ: GETTING TO WELCOME MR. FLORES IS THE RAY OF SUNSHINE IN MY WEEK. I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A MAN WHO HAS BECOME A VERY DEAR FRIEND OF MINE. I LOVE THIS GUY AND HE IS A ROCK STAR AMONG ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN AT BOB ROSS SENIOR CENTER. WHEN YOU WALK IN , YOU'RE GREETED BY HIS SMILE. YOU'RE GREETED BY THAT EXUBERANT HELLO, BY A BIG HUG.

NOBODY TAKES BINGO MORE SERIOUSLY THAN MR. FLORES DOES.

AND WHEN IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE, TIME TO DANCE, THIS GENTLEMAN IS THE FIRST ON HIS FEET AT 103 YEARS OLD. ISN'T THAT AMAZING? ISN'T THAT AMAZING? [APPLAUSE] MR. FLORES IS ONE OF OUR LAST FEW REMAINING WORLD WAR II VETERANS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER, HE ANSWERED THE CALL TO SERVICE AND HE WAS DEPLOYED TO ASIA AND IS A MEMBER OF THE AIR FORCE. AND HE CAME BACK HOME AND HAS DEDICATED HIMSELF TO SERVICE, TO HIS NEIGHBORS, TO HIS COMMUNITY AT THE SENIOR CENTER. AND JUST TO BRINGING JOY TO EVERYBODY AROUND HIM.

AND I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING WE DID LAST YEAR AT HIS 102 BIRTHDAY.

WE ALL WENT TO THE ZOO AND MR. FLORES TOOK WITH HIM A PAIR OF MEMBERSHIP CARDS, THE BOB ROSS SENIOR CENTER MEMBERSHIP CARDS, AND GIFTED THEM TO THE ONLY CREATURES THAT ARE OLDER THAN HIM, WHICH ARE OUR TORTOISES AT THE ZOO. THEY BOTH ENJOYED BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS WITH HIM. AND, YOU KNOW, MR. FLORES, I LOVE YOU.

EVERYBODY WHO KNOWS YOU LOVES YOU. I KNOW THAT YOU CAME WITH YOUR FAMILY AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE PROUD OF YOU AND WE'RE PROUD TO CALL YOU A SAN ANTONIAN AND YOU'RE JUST ONE OF THE MANY REASONS I THANK GOD THAT I LIVE IN THIS CITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAMILY.

THE FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR. CONGRATULATIONS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

[APPLAUSE] >> FIRST, I HAVE TO THANK GOD TOO FOR GIVING ME A GOOD, LONG LIFE. ESPECIALLY MY GRANDCHILDREN, MY SONS, MY DAUGHTERS, MY FAMILY,

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BUT IT WASN'T FOR LONG. I WAS RIGHT BACK AND HERE I AM.

MY WIFE LEFT TO HEAVEN ABOUT FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO. BUT I WAS MARRIED 78 YEARS AND I'M REAL HAPPY TO BE THE FATHER AND MY WIFE HONORED ME WITH FOUR DAUGHTERS AND FIVE SONS AND THEY ALL WENT TO COLLEGE AND GOT A GOOD PROFESSION HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, ALL YOU MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COUNCIL FOR BRINGING ME HERE TODAY AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU, ALL OF YOU. AND I ALWAYS KEEP ON PRAYING, PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW ME. AND YOU ARE THE ONES AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. SO, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH AND UNTIL NEXT TIME, I'LL SEE Y'ALL, I HOPE I'LL BE ANOTHER HERE TO BE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

AND I'M HOPING THAT [INDISCERNIBLE]. I'LL BE IN GOOD HEALTH.

>> PELAEZ: HAPPY BIRTHDAY. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU

VERY MUCH, MR. FLORES. COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE. >> COURAGE: THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR. FLORES, I WANT TO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN AS A MEMBER WHO HAS SERVED IN THE AIR FORCE, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING IN THE AIR FORCE ALSO.

AND WHAT YOU REPRESENT REALLY IS ONE OF THE GREATEST GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS.

AND WE OWE SO MUCH TO YOU AN YOUR SERVICE AND ALL OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED WITH YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING A SURVIVOR TO COME OUT AND REMIND US OF THAT GREAT GENERATION AND THE SERVICE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO THIS COUNTRY. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE.

COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. FLORES, FOR CELEBRATING YOUR BIRTHDAY WITH US. THANK YOU FOR RAISING AMAZING CHILDREN AND PROBABLY BEING A VERY GOOD, BEFORE WE EVEN CALLED IT, A GIRL DAD.

BUT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU WERE AND CHAMPIONED THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I CAN DEFINITELY FEEL AND KNOW THAT YOU'RE PRAYING FOR US, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT TOO.

>> THANK YOU, ALSO. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN.

MR. FLORES, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. SO HONORED TO BE WITH YOU IN THESE CHAMBERS.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NEVER FORGET YOU.

AND WE WILL ALSO NEVER FORGET WHAT YOU FOUGHT FOR. GOD BLESS YOU, SIR.

>> THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL FAMILY IN OUR MIDST TODAY AND THAT IS THE FAMILY OF DAVID EVANS, A FALLEN SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 2003. AND TODAY WE HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY THAT WILL BE HERE IN THE CITY.

I'M GOING TO TURN THE FLOOR NOW TO COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE. >> WHYTE: YEAH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. MS. EVANS, IF YOU WANT TO COME TO THE PODIUM.

I KNOW WE HAVE MEMBERS OF SAPOA WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE STAND NEXT TO YOU, AS WELL AS OUR CHIEF OF POLICE. DAVID EVANS WAS BORN MAY 17, 1951.

HE WAS BORN THE SIXTH OF EIGHT CHILDREN. AND FROM A VERY EARLY AGE, DAVID WAS WIDELY KNOWN FOR HIS KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY. HE HAD A SERVANT'S HEART AND HE ALWAYS SOUGHT TO UPLIFT THOSE AROUND HIM. HE WAS RAISED IN A MILITARY FAMILY AND LEARNED THE VALUE OF SERVICE EARLY HELPING ESTABLISH THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT STILL SERVES THE COMMUNITY TODAY. DAVID DEDICATED 30 YEARS TO THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, LATER SERVING SEVEN MORE YEARS WITH THE NORTH EAST ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT. DURING THAT TIME, HE EARNED A NICKNAME FOR HIS GOLDEN HEART AND SHINING SENSE OF HUMOR THAT HE HAD TO MATCH . ON JANUARY 3, 2003, DAVID WAS WOUNDED IN A SHOOTING. AND I WANT TO TELL YOU JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT.

WHEN HE WENT DOWN ON THAT DAY, HE NEVER QUIT. I WANT TO READ YOU A QUOTE FROM

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HE GOT BACK UP. HE NEVER SLOWED DOWN AND HE CAME BACK FULL FORCE AND GAVE IT ALL THAT HE COULD. DAVID ACTUALLY CONTINUED SERVING WITH SAPD FOR FIVE YEARS AFTER THAT. AND HE WOULD OFTEN TELL PEOPLE IF I QUIT, THE BAD GUYS WIN.

AND IN MY BOOK, THE BAD GUYS WILL NEVER WIN. ABOVE ALL, DAVID'S GREATEST DEVOTION WAS TO GOD, HIS WIFE, CHILDREN, SIBLINGS, AND CHERISHED GRANDCHILDREN.

HIS LEGACY OF SERVICE, FAITH, AND PERSEVERANCE WILL LIVE ON IN THIS CITY THAT HE SO PROUDLY SERVED. AND ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO I WAS AT JUDSON LIBRARY DURING EARLY VOTING AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THE MOMENT THAT MS. EVANS WALKED INTO MY LIFE.

I WAS STANDING AT THE POLLS THAT DAY AND SHE CAME OVER BEFORE SHE WENT IN TO VOTE.

AROUND HER NECK SHE WEARS THE BULLET THAT WENT INTO DAVID THAT DAY ON JANUARY 3, 2003.

SO DAVID SERVED, LIKE I MENTIONED, FIVE YEARS AFTER THAT, FOR FIVE MORE YEARS.

AND THEN IT WAS IN 2022 THAT HE DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS FROM THAT GUNSHOT WOUND.

AND MS. EVANS CAME OVER TO ME THAT DAY AND SHE TOLD ME DAVID'S STORY.

AND THEN SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS THERE TO CAST HER VOTE FOR ME.

AND SHE WENT IN AND VOTED AND CAME BACK OUT. AND I STOPPED HER AS SHE WENT OUT AND WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THERE SOMETHING WE COULD DO TO ENSURE THAT HER HUSBAND'S LEGACY COULD LIVE ON HERE IN OUR CITY. AND I PROMISED HER ON THAT DAY THAT WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT IT HAPPENED. AND NOTHING MOVES QUICKLY AT THE CITY, MS. EVANS, AS I'VE LEARNED. BUT I WANT TO THANK TODAY ERIK AND YOUR STAFF FOR Y'ALL'S WORK ON THIS. I WANT TO THANK MY TEAM AS WELL FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. BECAUSE FROM HERE ON OUT, THERE WILL BE A PORTION OF 1604 IN DISTRICT 10 THAT WILL FOREVER BE KNOWN AS OFFICER DAVID G. EVANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.

[APPLAUSE] THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> DAVID WAS SHOT JANUARY 3, 2002. HE HAD A 21-DAY OLD GRANDDAUGHTER AND HE SAID HE TOLD THE ASSAILANT DON'T KILL ME. I HAVE A GRAND BABY.

SO FROM THAT POINT, HIS GRAND BABIES WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO HIM.

I WAS NOT MARRIED TO HIM AT THE TIME. I KNEW HIM AS OFFICER EVANS AT CORNERSTONE CHURCH, WHERE HE ALSO SERVED AS PART OF SECURITY .

I WAS PART OF THE CHOIR. HE WAS IN SECURITY. WE WOULD WAVE AT EACH OTHER AND WAVE AT EACH OTHER AND WAVE AT EACH OTHER. TEN YEARS LATER WE STARTED DATING AND MARRIED SHORTLY AFTER THAT. I WAS VERY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF HIM FOR THOSE 10.5 YEARS. JUST LIKE MARC SAID, I MET HIM AT THE VOTING BOOTH AND ASKED HIM WHAT HE COULD DO FOR POLICE OFFICERS.

AND I THOUGHT I'M GOING TO SEE IF THIS KID REALLY MEANS WHAT HE SAYS HE DID.

AND I'M SO THANKFUL BECAUSE IN YOUR EYES IT WAS A LONG TIME. IN MY EYES I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR IT TO BE SO QUICKLY BUT I'M GRATEFUL. ONE OF DAVID'S FAVORITE SCRIPTURES WAS OU THERE IS A TIME TO MOURN AND A TIME TO DANCE.

WE HAVE ENDURED OUR SEASON OF WEEPING AND MOURNING AND TODAY WE'RE DANCING AND CELEBRATING

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I WILL ALWAYS MISS MY BELOVED HUSBAND -- I'M SORRY. AND I TAKE COMFORT IN KNOWING AS HIS IMPACT AND NOW HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE FOREVER. DAVID WILL NOT ONLY BE MISSED FOR THE MOMENTS THAT WE SHARED BUT FOR THE FUTURE ONES THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.

THE LAUGHTER THAT WILL NO LONGER FILL OUR DAYS AND THE WISDOM THAT WE'LL NO LONGER RECEIVE. HE WAS A SPECIAL KIND OF FRIEND, ONE WHO REJOICED AT YOUR SUCCESSES AND LIFTED YOU UP IN YOUR STRUGGLES. THE LONGER I WAS MARRIED TO DAVID, THE MORE I RECOGNIZED HOW EXTRAORDINARY HE WAS. WHEN HE LOVED, HE LOVED WITH HIS WHOLE HEART. ALWAYS MAKING TIME FOR OTHERS, NO MATTER HOW BUSY HE WAS.

THE SMILE ON HIS FACE WHEN GREETING YOU SPOKE VOLUMES BEFORE HE EVEN SAID A WORD.

HE WAS ALWAYS KIND AND SOUGHT OUT TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR EVERY CHALLENGE THAT ANYBODY FACED. AS A HUSBAND, A FATHER, A SIBLING, AND HIS MOST CHERISHED ROLE AS A GRANDPA, OR AS HE WAS CALLED, POPO. DAVID WAS A LEADER, MENTOR, AND MAN OF DEEP COMPASSION. THERE ARE COUNTLESS THINGS I WILL MISS ABOUT HIM.

HIS ABILITY TO FIND HUMOR IN THE MOST DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AND EVEN THOSE LATE-NIGHT WAKE-UPS WHEN HE WOULD NUDGE ME AND SAY, ELIZABETH, YOU'RE SNORING AGAIN.

I WILL MISS HIS ANNUAL JANUARY 3 FACEBOOK POST THAT ALWAYS BEGAN WITH: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE. AND TODAY MARKS ANOTHER YEAR SINCE THREE FELLOW POLICE OFFICERS AND I WERE SHOT. AND THEN SPEND ANOTHER FIVE OR SIX LINES TALKING ABOUT THE SHOOTING. HE DIDN'T DO THIS FOR ANY OTHER REASON THAN TO SHOW GRATITUDE FOR HIS SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE. BUT DAVID'S STORY DOESN'T END THIS WAY.

IT DIDN'T END THE NIGHT HE WAS SHOT AND IT DIDN'T END THE DAY HE WENT HOME TO HEAVEN.

HE'S GOING TO LIVE FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS AND MEMORIES AND THE COUNTLESS LIVES HE TOUCHED.

I DO WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO MARC WHYTE, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND CHIEF MCMANUS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND I THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT THAT MORE THAN WORDS CAN EVER EXPRESS. [APPLAUSE]

>> CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR. MY NAME IS JEFF EVANS AND I AM A SERGEANT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. DAVID EVANS IS MY FATHER. OBVIOUSLY, HE'S THE REASON I BECAME A POLICE OFFICER AND THE REASON I SERVE THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE COMMUNITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THIS MEANS A LOT TO US. I CAN'T REALLY EXPRESS HOW MUCH, BUT IT IS AN HONOR. I WORK -- MY OFFICE IS AT LOCKHILL AND 1604 SO AT LEAST EVERY DAY I DRIVE THAT ROUTE AND IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO SEE HIS NAME THERE EVERY DAY.

QUICK STORY ABOUT MY DAD. I USED TO WORK ON THE ROAD, OBVIOUSLY, IN THE HIGHWAY PATROL. I WOULD WORK IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA ON TASK FORCE AND SNEAK UP TO SEE MY DAD WHEN I COULD WHEN HE WAS ON DUTY. WE WERE AT THE VALERO AT STONE OAK PARKWAY AND 1604 ONE NIGHT. I CALLED AND SAID WHERE ARE YOU AT AND HE SAID I'M GOING TO GET COFFEE. DO YOU WANT TO MEET? WE WENT TO THE VALERO AND WE WERE SITTING THERE, CUTTING UP, DOING WHAT COPS DO, TELL LIES AND STORIES. AND HE GOT A CALL FOR A DISTURBANCE RIGHT UP THE STREET ON STONE OAK PARKWAY . THEY ASSIGNED HIM A COVER OFFICER AND SAID CANCEL MY COVER. I'VE GOT A TROOPER HERE THAT'S GOING TO GO WITH ME.

IT WAS A TRUE HONOR TO SERVE IN MY CAPACITY AND TO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS.

I TRULY DO APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND CONSIDERATION FOR US, OUR FAMILY, AND FOR MY DAD. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> ONE VERY SMALL CORRECTION. HIS NICKNAME OF PYGMY WAS GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS TRAINING OFFICER WHEN HE WAS TRAINING. DAVID SUGGESTED HE CALL HIM SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE THERE WAS TWO DAVID EVANS. HE SAID YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME WHAT TO CALL YOU, PYGMY, BECAUSE OF HIS HEIGHT. IT FOREVER STAYED WITH HIM. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE ENTIRE EVANS

FAMILY. COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I COMMEND MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN WHYTE, FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.

HE SHARED THE STORY WITH ME TODAY ABOUT THE ELECTION SITE. SO STICKING TO THAT COMMITMENT I KNOW MEANS SO MUCH TO THE FAMILY. THE SACRIFICES OUR FIRST

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I'M SURE THE LOSS DOESN'T GET EASIER BUT I'M GLAD THAT HIS NAME AND LEGACY WILL NOT BE

FORGOTTEN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO. COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA.

>> HAVRDA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN WHYTE. THIS IS A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE, NOT JUST FROM THE COUNCIL BUT REALLY THE ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

AND SO WE THANK NOT ONLY OFFICER EVANS FOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY BUT HIS WHOLE FAMILY. YOU HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT'S NOT LOST. MY FATHER-IN-LAW IS A RETIRED -- AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE WAS A RETIRED SENIOR RANGER CAPTAIN WITH THE TEXAS RANGERS AND I KNOW EVERY DAY THAT PRAYER THAT HE COMES HOME SAFELY . I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE, FOR YOUR -- ALL OF YOUR FAMILY THAT YOU'VE MADE. AND I REMEMBER THAT DAY 19 YEARS AGO. I WAS IN LAW SCHOOL AND A COUPLE OF PROFESSORS, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS, BUT THEY CANCELED CLASS. AND WE ALL WENT HOME AND WERE JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE AND PRAYING THAT THE OFFICERS ARE SAFE.

SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL OUR OFFICERS.

JUST A REMINDER -- I LOVE THESE PICTURES OF HIM BECAUSE IT SHOWED HIM AS AN OFFICER BUT IT ALSO SHOWED HIM WITH A LITTLE ONE BECAUSE JUST LIKE ALL OF OUR OFFICERS, THEY'RE ALL SAN ANTONIANS. I THANK YOU. THANKS, MAYOR.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA.

COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. >> GARCIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION TO THE EVANS FAMILY AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO HONOR YOUR LOVED ONE LIKE THIS TODAY. AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. WE STAND WITH THEM BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE FOR US IN OUR WORST TIMES AND OUR TIME OF NEED. WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS RUNNING AWAY, THEY'RE RUNNING IN. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT OUR POLICE OFFICERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU ALSO TO SAPOA BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS KEEP OUR OFFICERS AT THE FOREFRONT AND REMIND US THAT THEY ARE THE ONES PROTECTING OUR CITY. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE 100 CLUB PRESIDENT IS HERE. BART, EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY, THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY THINK ABOUT THAT HAPPEN IN THE AFTERMATH, THE FACT THAT THE 100 CLUB IS THERE FOR THE FAMILIES IN THEIR TIME OF NEED, IT'S CRITICAL TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY. AND IF THERE IS ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO SUPPORT IN GIVING BACK AND THANKING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, PLEASE CONSIDER THINKING ABOUT THE 100 CLUB OF SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE FOR OUR FAMILIES OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHEN THEY'RE MOST IN NEED. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THIS AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN WHYTE FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF THIS TODAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA

GARCIA. COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU.

CAN THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT CAME FOR OFFICER EVANS STAND UP? CAN Y'ALL STAND UP? I WORKED FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SEVEN YEARS.

THIS WAS AFTER OFFICER EVANS HAD RETIRED AND GONE. BUT I WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SHOOTING. THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT IT. AND THE FOUR OFFICERS WOULD PERIODICALLY COME AND VISIT THE SUBSTATION FOR ROLL CALL TO LET THE YOUNGER OFFICERS KNOW THEY SURVIVED. AND TO HONOR YOU ALL THIS DAY, A PERSON Y'ALL LOVED AND SHARED WITH US, MEANS SO MUCH SO I THANK THE COUNCILMAN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

WE KNOW AND Y'ALL KNOW FIRSTHAND THAT EVERY DAY THEY PUT ON THE UNIFORM THEY TAKE A RISK. AND THAT IF THEY DO -- WHEN THEY DO SURVIVE AND IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, IT STILL LINGERS AND CAUSES COMPLICATIONS.

BUT THEY CONTINUE TO LIVE ON AND INSPIRE OTHERS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE STORIES. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR FRIEND, YOUR GRANDFATHER, YOUR FATHER WITH US. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE AS A CITY WANT TO DO OUR PART TO HONOR THOSE WHO SACRIFICE EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN STAY SAFE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING. I WANTED THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME OUT AND I HOPE THAT ANYBODY WATCHING AND ANYBODY AT THE SUBS WATCHING SEE WHO'S ALL HERE TO HONOR THIS DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND JUST CELEBRATE THIS DAY BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF SAD DAYS. BUT THIS IS THE DAY TO

CELEBRATE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU, COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE. >> COURAGE: THANK YOU,

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I THINK TOO OFTEN WE RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICE THAT THE OFFICERS MAKE.

BUT IT'S THE FAMILY THAT ALSO MAKES THOSE GREAT SACRIFICES. I'M ALWAYS SORRY TO HEAR OF A PASSING OF AN OFFICER. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHEN I WAS IN THE AIR FORCE FOR A FEW YEARS. BUT I NEVER FELT LIKE I COULD GO AHEAD AND DO THE KIND OF WORK THAT THESE MEN AND WOMEN DO TO PROTECT OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY. SO MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, MS. EVANS.

MY APPRECIATION GOES TO ANYBODY WHO WEARS THE UNIFORM PROTECTING THIS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE.

COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MARC WHYTE FOR BRINGING FORWARD THE EVANS FAMILY TO REMIND US OF THE RISK EVERY DAY. I HAVE A DISTRICT 5 RESIDENT WHO IS THE SON OF A FALLEN POLICE OFFICER AND WHILE HIS STORY IS NOT MINE TO TELL, I SEE THE HURT, THE STRUGGLE, AND THE WORK THAT IT TAKES EVERY DAY TO GET BACK TO WORK AND BE GROUNDED IN COMMUNITY.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, MS. EVANS, AND YOUR FAMILY FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND SHARING YOUR STORY WITH ALL OF US TO REMIND US WHAT'S ON THE LINE AND WHAT FOLKS PUT ON THE LINE EVERY DAY. THTHANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WHYTE FOR HONORING THE FAMILY WITH MEMORIAL WAY TO ENSURE THAT IT'S SAFE AND GROUNDED AND FOLKS WILL BE REMINDED EVERY DAY DRIVING DOWN THAT ROAD. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCILMEMBER KAUR.

>> KAUR: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT MY COLLEAGUES JUST SAID THAT THE STORY REMINDS US WE CAN'T FORGET AND THOSE ARE THE STORIES WE NEED TO HEAR.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND YOUR VULNERABILITY BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S TOUGH TO COME UP HERE AND STAND AND SHARE THOSE MEMORIES. BUT HOPEFULLY TO THE GRANDCHILDREN TOO THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HIS NAME ON THAT HIGHWAY AND THEN REMEMBER IT, AND A LOT OF YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN HIS STORY TOO.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KAUR. COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE. >> WHYTE: SO THE LAST WORD BEFORE WE GO, I THINK WE SHOULD ALL HAVE OUR LITTLE PIGGIES AT OUR DESK.

ON THREE. ONE, TWO, THREE -- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. IT WAS AN HONOR TO DO THIS TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE ENTIRE EVANS FAMILY FOR BEING HERE.

WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL. ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR BUSINESS ITEMS, I DO WANT TO TURN THE FLOOR TO ERIK. WE DID LOSE A MEMBER OF OUR CITY TEAM THIS WEEK. I'M NOT SURE IF FOLKS ARE AWARE BUT, ERIK, OVER TO YOU.

>> WALSH: THANK YOU, MAYOR. YEAH, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU THAT THIS WEEK ON TUESDAY PUBLIC WORKS LOST AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR TEAM, MARIO HUME PASSED AWAY ON TUESDAY. MARIO WAS CURRENTLY SERVING THE COMMUNITY WITHIN OUR STORMWATER DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS AS A PROJECTS MANAGER. HAD WORKED FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND CITY COUNCIL OFFICES FOR JUST ABOUT 20 YEARS.

MARIO PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A LIAISON WITH PUBLIC WORKS WITH MANY OF YOUR OFFICES WITH DIRECT INTERFACE WITH NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE COMMUNITY.

ASIDE FROM PUBLIC WORKS, HE SERVED FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS. HE WAS THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR COUNCIL AIDE FOR COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN, COUNCILMAN CLAMP, COUNCILMAN SOULS, COUNCILMAN GALLAGHER, AND COUNCILMAN BROCKHOUSE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN HONORING MARIO AND HIS FAMILY FOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THE CITY AND IN SUPPORTING ALL OF US. AND WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT ROLE IS AS WE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. THE TEAM WILL MISS HIM OVER THERE AND WE'LL KEEP YOU ALL ADVISED OF SERVICES FOR HIM AS THEY BECOME SET.

SO WITH YOUR PERMISSION, MAYOR, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, ERIK.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS NOW.

WE HAVE 4, 13, AND 21. ITEM 13 IS FOR RECUSAL PURPOSES SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT ONE

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>> CLERK: ITEM NO. 13 IS AN ORDINANCE RENEWING THE NO COST LEASE OF 1600 FEET OF OFFICE RETAIL SPACE LOCATED AT 3850 ST. NEW BRAUNFELS FOR A FIVE-YEAR TERM COMMENCING MARCH 1, 2025 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2030 FOR USE BY THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE

DEPARTMENT SAN ANTONIO FEAR FREE ENVIRONMENT UNIT. >> KAUR: MAY I HAVE A MOTION

FOR 13. >> VIAGRAN: I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> KAUR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. VOTE.

MY APOLOGIES. >> VIAGRAN: I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM BUT IT GOT PULLED. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE ORDINANCE RENEWING THE OFFICE RETAIL SPACE LOCATED AT MCCRELESS MARKET SHOPPING CENTER FROM MARCH 2025 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2030 FOR OUR SAFE UNIT. SAFE HAS BEEN OPERATING FROM THIS FACILITY SINCE APRIL OF 2 2 2009 . IT CHOSE THIS LOCATION BECAUSE IT'S ANCHORED BY RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS THAT GENERATE SUBSTANTIAL VISITOR TRAFFIC AND WE HAVE THE LIBRARY ACROSS THE STREET MAKING THE SITE VISIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY.

I WANT TO THANK THE PROPERTY OWNER, H-E-B, FOR RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF MAINTAINING AN SAPD STORE FRONT IN THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THE SPACE AT NO CHARGE. THIS IS A TRUE TESTAMENT OF COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER AND EMBRACING THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND POLICE AND THEN IDENTIFYING, EVALUATING, AND RESOLVING COMMUNITY CONCERNS RIGHT THERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THIS SUPPORT ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU.

>> KAUR: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. MAYOR NIRENBERG RECUSED.

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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KAUR. ALL RIGHT.

ITEM NO. 4. >> CLERK: ITEM NO. 4 IS A BRIEFING ON THE 89TH STATE

LEGISLATIVE SESSION. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SALLY BASURTO, DIRECTOR FOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU OUR MONTHLY UPDATE ON THE 89TH STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

FIRST SLIDE, AS YOU KNOW THE STATE SESSION IS IN FULL SWING.

TO DATE, OVER 4500 BILLS HAVE BEEN FILED AND THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM IS TRACKING OVER 700 OF THOSE BILLS. ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, SPEAKER BURROWS ANNOUNCED HOUSE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND WE'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR DELEGATION MEMBERS ON KEY COMMITTEES AND KEY WORK THAT WE'RE TRACKING AND MONITORING CLOSELY .

THE SENATE HAS PASSED SOME PRIORITY BILLS. THEY HAVE BEEN BUSY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW PUSHING THESE BILLS THROUGH OVER TO THE HOUSE. MORE ON A COUPLE OF BILLS THERE HERE MOMENTARILY. THE DEADLINE TO FILE BILLS IS MARCH 14.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR DELEGATION STATE MEMBERS. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE ARE VARIOUS REPRESENTATION ON VERY KEY COMMITTEES, STARTING WITH REP MARTINEZ FISHER AUDIO] ALSO ON CULTURE RECREATION AND TOURISM. REP CORTEZ, HOMELAND SECURITY, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND VET AFFAIRS. CHAIRMAN OF PERMANENT STANDING SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEFENSE AND VET AFFAIRS AS WELL AS INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.

REP LUJAN IS SITTING ON LOCAL AND CONSENT CALENDARS, TRADE WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IS CHAIRING -- REP CAMPOS, SHE'S VICE CHAIR . REPRESENTATIVE HAWKINS, ALSO ON APPROPRIATIONS, REDISTRICTING, AND WAYS AND MEANS. ON TO REPRESENTATIVE LAHOOD SITTING ON JUDICIARY AND CIVIL JURISPRUDENCE AS WELL AS A PERMANENT STANDING SUBCOMMITTEE ON FAMILY AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS AS WELL AS THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.

REPRESENTATIVE DORAZIO, DEFENSE AND VET AFFAIRS VICE CHAIR AS WELL AS ON HUMAN SERVICES .

REPRESENT BERNAL, VICE CHAIR FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AS WELL AS WAYS AND MEANS JOINING TWO OTHER OF HIS COLLEAGUES AND THE PERMANENT STANDING SUBCOMMITTEE AND PROPERTY TAX APPRAISAL

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WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROACTIVE ON THE CITY'S PART TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD. PAPE-DAWSON DEVELOPED A PLAN IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PARKWAY.

RECENTLY, SEVERAL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS THAT YOU SEE LISTED HERE, GREATER SATX, TOYOTA, UNIVERSITY HEALTH, INTERNATIONAL, AND JCB MET WITH TXDOT LEADERSHIP.

THEY HAD A GOOD MEETING WITH SEVERAL PROCESS AND ENGAGEMENT TAKEAWAYS.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE WERE SOME ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON INTERNALLY TO PUSH FORWARD INCLUDING ADDING THE PARKWAY OR THE EAST-WEST CORRIDOR TO THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN. WE ARE GETTING A MAY CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THAT ACTION. ADDITIONALLY, ADD THE PARKWAY TO THE MPOS'S MTP PLAN CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR THESE ITEMS ARE IN THE SUMMER OF 2026. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE HAD ONGOING AND CONTINUED DIALOGUE WITH OUR DELEGATION ABOUT THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS. WHILE WE ARE PREPARING COST ESTIMATES FOR PRE-CONSTRUCTION COMPONENTS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR DELEGATION AND OUR TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS INFORMED AND ENGAGED. WE ARE WORKING TO SCHEDULE ANOTHER STAKEHOLDER MEETING IN THE DAYS OR WEEKS TO COME TO DISCUSS FURTHER OUR NEXT STEPS ON OUR REGIONAL CONSENSUS EFFORTS. TWO SENATE PRIORITY BILLS HERE THAT ARE MOVING. SB 19 COMMUNITY CENSORSHIP PROHIBITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS FROM USING PUBLIC FUNDS FOR LOBBYING AND CERTAIN OTHER ACTIVITIES.

THIS BILL PREVENTS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM HIRING LOBBYISTS FROM JOINING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HIRE LOBBYISTS, ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO SUE TO PREVENT CITIES FROM USING LOBBYISTS AND ALLOWS THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO RECOVER CITY SB 4, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THIS RACE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM 100,000 TO 140,000 AND 150,000 FOR SENIORS. IF SIGNED INTO LAW, SB 4 AND SJ2 WILL RESULT IN A CONSTITUTIONAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER 2025 AND I PLY RETROACTIVELY TO 2025 TAX BILLS. ON TO DANGEROUS DOGS LEGISLATION, WE REAL APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF OUR ENTIRE DELEGATION.HB 2806 BS INCREASED TO ABILITY TO IDENTIFY AND MAKE DANGEROUS DOGS CLASS C TO CLASS B MISDEMEANOR AND RESTRICTS -- RESTRICTS OWNERSHIP OF DOGS FOR FIVE YEARS FOR OWNERS WITH MULTIPLE CONVICTIONS FOR DANGEROUS DOG BITES.

IN A COORDINATED EFFORT, THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAMS ALONG WITH ACS, WE WORKED WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS ANY KNOWN CONCERNS AT THE MOMENT, PLUS WE ENGAGED AND CAN COMMUNICATED WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO KEEP THEM INFORMED AND ENGAGED ON OUR EFFORTS ON THIS LEGISLATION. HB 2325 BY REP CAMPOS REIT'S A A STATEWIDE REGISTRY FOR DANGEROUS DOGS. IT ESSENTIALLY MANDATES THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL ANIMAL CONTROL AUTHORITIES TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN A PUBLIC REGISTRY. THIS INCLUDES PROOF OF RABIES, VACCINATION, SECURE ENCLOSURES, SPAY OR NEUTER STATUS, OWNER DETAILS, PLUS OTHER DETAILS AS WELL. REGULATORY BILLS, HB 2156 CHANGES HOW A MUNICIPALITY CAN REGULATE FOOD TRUCKS AND OTHER FOOD SERVICE BUSINESSES INCLUDING CHANGING IN PERMITTING FEES, NOISE REGULATIONS, MAKE CITIES LIABLE FOR LAWSUITS IN COORDINATE WITH THE DSD AND METRO HEALTH TEAM, WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING AND TRACKING THIS BILL. HB 2844 ESTABLISHES THE MOBILE FOOD CONSISTENCY ACT.

THIS LIMITS HOW CITIES CAN REGULATE MOBILE FOOD VENDORS.

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THIS BILL STATES THAT IT AIMS TO STANDARDIZE REGULATIONS STATEWIDE AND PROHIBIT LOCAL AUTHORITIES FROM IMPOSING CONFLICTING RULES.

HB 2625 PROHIBITS A CITY OR PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT FROM REQUIRING A PERMIT, CHARGING A FEE OR OTHERWISE PROHIBITING SOUND RELATED ACTIVITY AS A FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT ARISING FROM LATE-NIGHT DELIVERIES BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10:00 P.M. AND 5:00 P.M. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY TARGETING THE DELIVERY OF FOOD, ICE, NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITHIN THESE TIME FRAMES, LATE-NIGHT DELIVERIES. PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT BILLS HB 2248 MAKES CHANGES TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION LAW BY INTRODUCING NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR INCLUDING TIMELY RESPONSES, FEE RESTRICTIONS AND LEGAL COSTS THAT MAY BE HAVE TO BE PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY. THIS BILL REDUCES, ACCORDING TO OUR INITIAL ASSESSMENT, REDUCES RESPONSE TIMES IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND ACCORDINGLY TO THOSE REPORTS REQUESTS, PUTS LIMITATION ON CHARGES FOR PROVIDING CERTAIN CONES, PLUS ALLOWS FOR AG COMPLAINTS.

SUB1130 ALLOWS REQUESTERS TO REQUIRE A GOVERNMENTAL BODY TO PARTICIPATE IN AN A DR PROCEDURE IN CASE OF DREAM. A REQUESTER CAN REQUIRE A GOVERNMENT WILL BODY TO ENGAGE IN AN A DR WITH THEY DISAGREE WITH THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY'S DETERMINATION REGARDING THEIR INFORMATION REQUEST. THERE ARE SEVERAL MISCELLANEOUS BILLS HERE THAT WE WANTED TO PUT ON YOUR RADAR TODAY.

FIRST ONE IS HB 2101. IT CREATES A STUDY ON UNREPORTED GUNSHOTS DETECTED USING GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY. THIS MANDATES THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON UNREPORTED GUNSHOTS.

CERTAIN DATE WILL BE WILL BE THE NUMBER OF UNREPORTED GUNSHOTS, INVESTIGATION OUTCOMES AND CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED. HB 1998 WITH ITS COMPANION BILL SUB11773 FOR PURCHASES FROM 50,000 TO 100,000. THIS BILL WOULD HELP TO INCREASE A THRESHOLD FOR COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT METHODS.

HB 1806 PROHIBITS GOVERNMENT ENTITIES FROM USING TAXPAYER RESOURCES TO SUPPORT ABORTION ASSISTANCE OR PROVIDE LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FOR OBTAINING AN ABORTION.

INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT FACILITATE ACCESS TO ABORTIONS SUCH AS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ABORTION COSTS, TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS AS WELL AS CHILDCARE, TRANSPORTATION, LODGING OR EVEN ABORTION COUNSELING.

ANOTHER BILL WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING AND WATCHING. HB 2673 REPEALS CERTAIN PROVISIONS AUTHORIZING CEMETERIES IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES WITH A POPULATION RANGING FROM 5,000 TO 200,000. THIS CORRESPONDS TO MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES AND IT WOULD NOT ALLOW THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CEMETERY WITHIN FIVE MILES OF CITY BOUNDARIES. THERE WAS A BILL IN 2023 THAT WAS FILED BY A NON-BEXAR COUNTY DELEGATION MEMBER AND REP LUJAN IS REPEALING A SPECIFIC SECTION OF THIS BILL AND WORKING WITH THE REP THAT HAD THIS BILL IN 2023. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR TODAY. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL AS DEPARTMENT HEADS AND OTHER REPS FROM OUR DEPARTMENTS. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE.

THIS IS PART OF OUR REGULAR CADENCE NOW THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SESSION.

WE'LL GET STARTED WITH DISCUSSION AND START WITH COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ.

>> PELÁEZ: IT'S NOT EASY, SALLY, IT'S NEVER EASY, BUT OVER THE YEARS WHAT I'VE REALIZED THIS IS GETTING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT AND THE THREATS ARE REAL AND WHAT WE FIGHT FOR, THEY MATTER. AND SO I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A MEETING WITH YOU YESTERDAY AND WITH LIZ AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW, FOR EXAMPLE, HB 167 WOULD APPLY TO WHAT WE DO HERE AT THE CITY.

AND IT IS A VERY, VERY BROAD SWORD AND IT WOULD, IF SUCCESSFUL, AND I THINK IT

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NOW, I'VE READ THE BILL AND READ THE BILL, IT'S A POORLY WRITTEN BILL AND I QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THE PERSON WHO WROTE IT ACTUALLY RAN IT BY A LAWYER BECAUSE IT REALLY IS IS A SILLY BILL, BUT I DO SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO VERY QUICKLY PROTECT OUR PROGRAMS AND PROTECT THE HEART OF THOSE PROGRAMS. AND LET'S NOT -- LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT IS, MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE, YOU KNOW, THREATENED SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WEAR THE LABEL OF OR RELATED TO THE LABEL OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. SIMPLY BECAUSE THE NAME ON THEM AND I THINK OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS RUN TO THE RESCUE OF THESE PROGRAMS AND WORRY LESS ABOUT THE NAME AND MORE ABOUT THE DNA OF THE PROGRAM AND MAKE SURE THERE'S NO INTERRUPTION IN SERVICES. THAT'S A CONVERSATION I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE UP LATER ON, BUT I THINK THERE'S WAYS TO PUT STOP GAPS TO PREVENT THE STATE GOVERNMENT IF DOING MORE HARM -- AS THEY CONTINUE TO FIND THEMSELVES IN THIS FEVERED WITCH HUNT OF THE DEI BOOGIE MAN THEY ARE DEAD SET ON ATTACKING.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD PEOPLE UP THERE DOING REALLY GOOD WORK, AND ONE IN PARTICULAR, JOHN LUJAN. IS FIGHTING A GOOD FIGHT AND WORKING HARD FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND WORKING HARD FOR STATE AND NOT GETTING SUCKED INTO THIS CULTURE WAR CIRCUSES. THANK YOU FOR WALKING ME FROM OFFICE TO OFFICE AND INTRODUCING ME TO SOME OF THE NEW PLAYERS THERE.

I'M HAPPY TO SAY, SALLY, THAT VISIT WAS VERY USEFUL FOR ME BECAUSE IT OPENED MY EYES TO THE FACT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF VETERANS, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE MANY LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS WHO ARE ON TEAM SAN ANTONIO AND KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THE HALLS AND PULL THE LEVERS, AND I THINK WE ARE VERY WELL REPRESENTED AND ADVISED UP THERE. I'M TALKING ABOUT JOSE MENENDEZ'S CHIEF OF STAFF.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE STAFFERS FOR DIEGO BERNAL. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO WE'VE HIRED TO GUIDE US AND BECAUSE US UP AND DOWN THE MOUNTAIN.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY IT'S NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM. WE DO HAVE THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCING THAT CYBERSECURITY COMMAND IS GOING TO BE COMING HERE AND COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE HAS BEEN VERY EAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THAT'S COMING AND THAT IT'S -- THAT IT WAS ANNOUNCED AND WE ARE ALL GETTING READY.

TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU NEED US UP THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EXPRESSING OUR GRATITUDE AS WELL AND EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE GOOD THINGS, THIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL EVERY COUNCILMEMBER AND REMIND THEM PART OF THE JOB IS GOING UP TO AUSTIN AND MAKING THOSE MEETINGS AND TAKING THEM WITH YOU, SALLY. AND I KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE UP THERE, BUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES IS A FORCE MULTIPLE PLIGHT PLYER AND THEY WERE ELECTED TO SPEAK ON THEIR CONSTITUENTS' BEHALF AND I WOULD LOVE IF WE SAW MORE THAN LESS OF THEM UP IN AUSTIN DOING GOD'S WORK.

THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. >> KAUR: COUNCILWOMAN HAVRDA.

>> HAVRDA: THANKS FOR THE THE UPDATE. YOU HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF EVERYTHING COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE AND THANKS TO YOU AND THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM. I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. OF COURSE, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE MIGHT AFFECT OUR SERVICES OR OUR BUDGET? SPECIFICALLY THE PROPERTY

TAX, I GUESS. >> BASURTO: WHICH ONE IN PARTICULAR, COUNCILWOMAN?

>> HAVRDA: PROBABLY THE PROPERTY TAX, HOW THAT MIGHT COME DOWN THE PIKE FOR US.

>> BASURTO: CURRENTLY WE'RE NOT CLOSELY MONITORING THE PROPERTY TAX, ASIDE FROM THE SB 4 THAT I MENTIONED ON THE ITEM THAT PASSED. NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT

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DISCUSS IT WITH THE IGR COMMITTEE. >> HAVRDA: WHEN YOU COME

TO TALK WITH YOU, YOU GIVE THOSE UPDATES AS WELL. >> BASURTO: THAT'S

CORRECT. >> COYLE: THE BILL THAT SALLY MENTIONED, SB 4, WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE PRIORITY BILL ON PROPERTY TAXES, AFFECTS THE HOME SCHOOL EXEMPTION FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WOULD NOT IMPACT CITIES.

>> HAVRDA: THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. >> COYLE: IS GOVERNOR TALKED ABOUT REQUIRING TWO-THIRDS VOTES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND SOME SORRY THINGS THAT WOULD IMPACT US. SO FAR THE LEGISLATURE HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION IN FILING ANYTHING CONSISTENT WITH THOSE STATEMENTS. THIS BILL IS ON THE SCHOOL

SIDE. >> HAVRDA: I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.

I HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE LATE-NIGHT DELIVERY BILL. WE'RE GETTING A -- I'M HEAR THAT AT LEAST IN MY AREA OF TOWN. THEN THE PUSH FOR GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND TRAINING. THERE'S A COUPLE OF BILLS IF I CAN REQUEST YOU MONITOR, KEEP ON YOUR RADAR. HB 2377, IT'S FILED BY VICKY GOODWIN.

IT'S LOOKING TO ESTABLISH FUNDING FOR PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. SB 170 IS DESIGNED TO STREAM LINE THE PERMITTING PROCESS. I HAVE A CCR FILED THAT HOPEFULLY WOULD BUTTRESS THAT PROPOSAL. LET'S SEE. HB 2216, IT'S LACEY HULL, IT'S LOOKING TO -- THESE ARE A COUPLE OF BILLS THAT AFFECT THE FOSTER COMMUNITY.

SPONSORED BY LACEY HULL. SHE SEEKS TO TIGHTEN CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH CPS CAN REMOVE CHILDREN FROM THEIR HOMES. I THINK IT'S LOOKING TO CHANGE LANGUAGE FROM ACTIVE EFFORTS TO REASONABLE EFFORTS TO KEEP THEM CLOSER TO FAMILIES. 1140, SB 1149 FOR COMMUNITY BASED CONTRACTORS.

THEY ARE LOOKING TO AMEND THE HUMAN RESOURCES CODE. IF YOU COULD TRACK THOSE, KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE. I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO ONGOING DISCUSSIONS AS THE BILLS MOVE THROUGH PROCESS, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, JEFF, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE IT ON YOUR RADAR TO KNOW WHEN IT WOULD AFFECT US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS, MAYOR PRO TEM. >> KAUR: THANK YOU.

COUNCILWOMAN DR. ROCHA GARCIA. >> GARCIA: THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO FOR OUR CITY. UNDER OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM UNDER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PILLAR, WE HAVE LISTED THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS PREPARED FOR GROWTH IN A WAY INCLUDING INVESTMENTS IN STRONG LOCAL ECONOMY. WITH THAT I'M GRATEFUL THAT I SEE THAT STATE REPRESENTATIVE LUJAN IS CHAIRING THE WORKFORCE OR A COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR THE WORKFORCE. LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUED WORK ON THAT.

HE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL OBVIOUSLY IN THE JCB, CHOOSING SAN ANTONIO CONTINUES TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH TEXAS A&M SAN ANTONIO AND THE EXPANSION THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING OVER THERE. I WANTED TO FOCUS IN ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND I KNOW THEY ARE GRAPPLING WITH SOME BUDGET SHORTFALLS.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF SCHOOL CLOSURES THAT HAVE BEEN CONTEMPLATED, ET CETERA.

WHAT ROLE DO YOU EXPECT TO PLAY IN THE PARTICIPATION OF EVENTUALLY TRAINING UP AN EDUCATED WORKFORCE. FOR INSTANCE, IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, THINGS LIKE PRE-K 4 SA. THERE WAS AN EFFORT AND I SEE JEFF HERE FROM THE CHAMBER -- I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR, LAST GO-AROUND, THE EMPLOYERS FOR CHILDCARE THAT WAS WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER WITH SOME ORGANIZATIONS.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHERE WE ARE IN MAKING SURE THAT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE BUSINESS -- LIKE THE CHAMBERS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO FOCUS IN ON CHILDCARE AND THE EFFORTS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR CHILDCARE TO KEEP OUR ECONOMY GOING. DO YOU HAVE -- LIKE HAVE YOU PARTNERED WITH ANY OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS? HAVE YOU HEARD FEEDBACK? I'M THINKING, FOR INSTANCE,

THE EARLY MATTERS COALITION, ET CETERA. >> WE HAVE NOT, COUNCILWOMAN, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR OFFICE TO SEE WHAT SPECIFICALLY YOU ARE WANTING TO TRACK. WE HAVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS ACROSS THE CITY. JULIA FROM THE BEXAR COUNTY EDUCATION COALITION THAT WE

COORDINATE WITH CLOSELY. >> GARCIA: THANK YOU. >> I WAS GOING TO CLARIFY

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>> GARCIA: THAT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY GOOD. AND WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OFF LINE. A PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL AS WELL.

ON SB 19, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SIMILAR BILLS FILED IN THE PAST.

DO WE KNOW IF THERE'S A STRATEGY THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED BY THE MAJOR

CITIES SPECIFICALLY TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR CITIES? >> BASURTO: THERE'S POWER IN NUMBERS, SO WE'RE TALKING TO OUR LARGE CITY COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE STATE TO TRY TO COORDINATE OUR EFFORTS. OBVIOUSLY THEY MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS BASED ON THE DIRECTION THEY ARE GETTING FROM THEIR LEADERSHIP, BUT WE ARE TALKING TO THEM IN ADDITION TO TML. SO WE'RE CLOSELY MONITORING THE ACTIVITY HERE AND, OF COURSE, TALKING TO OUR CONSULTANTS AS WELL AND MAKING SURE THAT WE TRY TO INFLUENCE THIS AND THE BEST OUTCOME POSSIBLE.

>> GARCIA: THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. I WANTED TO FOCUS IN ON HB 2806 AND 2325 AND THE STATEWIDE REGISTRY FOR DANGEROUS DOGS.

I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO AND THANK YOU, SALLY, FOR CONTINUING TO FOLLOW UP. I WANT TO STRESS THE NEED FOR HOLDING OWNERS RESPONSIBLE, BUT THAT WE ALSO MAKE A CONCENTRATED EFFORT FOR FUNDING IN PARTICULAR TO BE ABLE TO HAVE RESIDENTS BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO MICRO CRIPPING AND SPAY AND NEUTERING SERVICES. ONE THAT GOES WELL IN MY DISTRICT IS AN ANNUAL EVENT WHERE WE SPAY AND NEUTER. AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN ADVOCATE ON THAT AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE IN DISTRICT 7. I APPRECIATE THE DANGEROUS DOG REGISTRY, AND I DO WANT TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS, WHO IS HELD LIABLE, FOR INSTANCE, IF A PERSON IS A VICTIM OF AN ATTACK THAT ALREADY HAS A DANGEROUS DOG THAT HAS BEEN ON THIS LIST, ET CETERA. AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OFF LINE, KIND OF LIKE THE LEGAL ASPECT OF IT. I KNOW THEY ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH IT. AS FAR AS SB 1295, WHAT TRAINING IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE AND WHAT'S PROPOSED THAT'S DIFFERENT? I JUST -- WHY WAS IT INTRODUCED? WHAT IS NOT ENOUGH ABOUT THE WAY THAT IT STANDS NOW, I GUESS IS MY QUESTION. WHAT IS THE ADDITIONAL REQUEST SPECIFICALLY FOR?

>> BASURTO: 1295. >> GARCIA: IT'S THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ONE.

THE ATTORNEYS THAT ARE OVERSEEING PUBLIC INFORMATION.

WHAT TRAINING AND -- >> BASURTO: DO WE HAVE THE NOTES ON THAT?

ONE MOMENT. >> SEGOVIA: I THINK WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT CAN ANSWER. I THINK THE QUESTION IS WHAT SPECIFIC TRAINING IS THE

BILL GOING TO REQUIRE? >> THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE THE ATTORNEYS WHO REPRESENT CITIES BEFORE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, COUNCIL COMMITTEES TO TAKE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT TRAINING.

WE ALL DO CURRENTLY IN OUR OFFICE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEND SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT PREPARED TO SUPPORT YOU AT A MEETING, BUT NOT NECESSARILY ACROSS THE STATE DO THE TARNS HAVE TO TAKE THE TRAINING. -- ATTORNEYS.

THE ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE TO TAKE THE TRAINING. >> GARCIA: THANK YOU.

THRESHOLDS? IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT? >> BASURTO: IT'S BEING

LOOKED AT AS AN EFFICIENCY. >> GARCIA: AND LIZ CAMPOS IS VICE CHAIRING PART OF

THAT? >> BASURTO: TROY, DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON

THAT? >> WHAT'S THE QUESTION? >>

>> THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE PRESENTED IN A B SESSION AS AN EFFICIENCY AS SOMETHING WE WOULD SUPPORT. IT WOULD PROVIDE RELIEF FOR MY TEAM AS FAR AS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AS FORMAL PROCUREMENT.

>> GARCIA: SO WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. HB [INAUDIBLE], CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT? AND THAT'S KIND OF TIED IN.

>> BASURTO: THIS WAS ONE OF THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT BILLS.

IT'S UNDER REVIEW BY OUR TEAM IN COMMUNICATIONS. WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED SO FAR IS WE'RE CLOSELY WATCHING IT. IT WOULD REDUCE OUR ABILITY

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THERE'S ALSO SOME LIMITATIONS ON CHARGING FOR COPIES.

CURRENTLY WE DO CHARGE FOR COPIES BEYOND A CERTAIN NUMBER OF COPIES.

THIS WOULD PROHIBIT US FROM CHARGING THOSE FEES AS WELL. AND IT ALSO INCLUDES LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS FOR AG CAMPAIGNS. IF THE REQUESTER IS UN-- COMPLAINTS. IF A REQUESTER IS UNHAPPY WITH SOME PROCESS OF THE

INFORMATION, WE WOULD REPORT IT TO THE AG. >> SALLY SAID IT ALL RIGHT, BUT IT BASICALLY STRENGTHENS AND MAKES MORE STRICT THE REQUIREMENTS ON US TO RESPOND TO OPEN RECORDS. OUR CONCERN IS NOT THE 90% OF REQUESTS WE CAN TURN AROUND QUICKLY, IT'S THE MASSIVE LARGE ONES THAT SOMETIMES TAKE LONGER THAN THAT. WE'LL HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MEMBERS, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OUR TEAM. BUT IT'S TIGHTENING THINGS

UP FOR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES LIKE OURS. >> GARCIA: GOT IT.

THE LAST ITEM AND I MENTIONED WHEN WE HAD OUR BIBBING CONVENING OF THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES WORKING. THE FOCUS ON THE DECRIT, AND IN PARTICULAR THE DEMENTIA.

A FEW MONTHS AGO I HAD ONE OF MY RESIDENTS CONTACT ME AND IT WAS REGARDING SPECIFICALLY THE FACT THAT THE STATE WOULD TAKE OVER SOMEONE'S HOME ESSENTIALLY TO PAY BACK OBVIOUSLY FOR THE MEDICAL BILLS. AND SO I STARTED LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT. THAT CASE WASN'T IN PARTICULAR ABOUT DEMENTIA, BUT IT WAS JUST IN GENERAL ABOUT HOW WE -- THERE'S JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T REALIZE A HOME WOULD BE TAKEN OVER IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE BILL.

WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING GENERATIONAL WEALTH, BUT IF A FAMILY CAN'T AFFORD IT, IT'S TO BE TAKEN OVER. I SEE THAT MORE IN THE DEMENTIA AREA AS WELL AND IN PARTICULAR MY MOM BROKE HER HIP ON FEBRUARY 13TH AND MY DAD HAS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. I'M PERSONALLY SEEING THERE'S NOT ENOUGH HELP AT THE STATE LEVEL TO HELP AT THE LEVEL OF NEED THAT'S REQUIRED.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MEMORY CARE UNITS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT SO WE COULD HELP TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

>> KAUR: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN.

>> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SALLY, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING, OVER 4,500 FILED AND WE STILL HAVE ALMOST TWO WEEKS TO GO, RIGHT? IS THAT THE CASE? SO I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT AND FOR YOU TO BRING WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO US FORWARD IS GREAT.

ONE SUGGESTION I HAVE ON THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO AND WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES DO IS I LIKE TO SET UP A MEETING WITH YOU, SALLY OR JEFF OR SOMEBODY FROM THE TEAM AND LET YOU KNOW WHO RHYME SPEAKING WITH IN THE DELEGATION ON CERTAIN ISSUES.

MAYBE NEIGHBORHOOD PRIORITIES WHERE WE HAVE INTEREST THERE.

YOU DID BRING UP THE DOGS AND I SEE REPRESENTATIVE GARCIA IS ON ENERGY RESOURCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES. WHILE WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT A LOT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT MY COMMUNITY IS CONSTANTLY ASKING ABOUT SO I'M TRYING TO TOUCH BASE WITH HER, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE AWARE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. IF YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE FROM HER TEAM OR HER TEAM'S TIME I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING SERVICES. WE DO HAVE ISSUES GROUPS THAT COME TO US BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE AS COUNCILMEMBERS ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT AN ISSUE AND THEY ASK TO TALK WITH STATE LEGISLATORS AND THEIR BEHALF AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I SUGGEST MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES LETTING SALLY KNOW WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ISSUE GROUPS THAT ARE COMING OUR WAY ASKING FOR OUR HELP. AND WHO WE'RE HELPING.

ON THE EAST-WEST CORRIDOR, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. AND I REALLY THINK WE HAVE SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH THE NUMBER OF COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS BY OUR REGIONAL

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I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING UP TO DATE, SOUTH TEXAS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP, THAT THEY ARE KEEPING UP TO DATE. THE RIO GRANDE, LAREDO, THAT OUR OTHER CHAMBERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE WHEN THEY GO OUT AND UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THIS CAN BE. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THERE.

IN THE -- IN SOME OF WHAT YOU PRESENTED TODAY, I'M NOT GOING TO SOUND THE ALARM QUITE YET BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT WHEN WE CLOSE, BUT IN THE -- I REALLY LIKE WHAT LUJAN AND CAMPOS ARE DOING WITH THE DANGEROUS DOGS.

BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT ANYTHING THEY DO REGULATORY, AND THERE'S QUITE A FEW REGARDING FOOD TRUCKS AND PERMITTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BECAUSE THAT NORMALLY MEANS AN EXTRA COST FOR OUR BUSINESS OWNERS.

SO I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT THEY ARE EXPECTATION IS IN TERMS OF THESE REGULATIONS AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST. BECAUSE IT EITHER MEANS WE HAVE TO INCREASE THE PERMIT FEES SO WE HAVE LESS VENDORS, OR WE HAVE TO PUT ANOTHER BURDEN ON THEM. I'D REALLY LIKE -- I'D REALLY LIKE TO -- THAT REALLY IS SOMETHING BECAUSE WE LIVE IN THE CITIES THAT WE SHOULD DO SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD GET AN EXCLUSION FOR CITIES THAT ALREADY HAVE STUFF.

SALLY, IF YOU COULD TALK TO THAT. >> BASURTO: AS QUESTION UNDERSTAND THESE BILLS ARE TO DEREGULATE SOME OF THE PERMITTING AND COSTS PROCESSES FOR THE FOOD VENDORS AND RELATED SMALL BUSINESSES.

SO THAT'S PART OF THEIR JUSTIFICATION FOR THESE BILLS.

TO MINIMIZE WHAT CITIES CURRENTLY ARE BILLING IN COSTS REGARDING CERTAINER IS MITTS FOR THESE MOBILE VENDORS. SO THE BILL AUTHORS ARE STATING IT'S TO LESSEN THE BURDEN OF PERMIT, BUT THIS DIMINISHS THE LOCAL

AUTHORITY OF CITIES. >> VIAGRAN: AND THEY ALWAYS SELL IT LIKE OH, WE'RE GOING TO DEREGULATE SO IT'S NOT GOING TO COST YOU -- IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS EXPENSIVE TO YOU, BUT THAT'S REALLY NOT THE TRUTH BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE PEOPLE LITIGATING THAT THE FOOD IN THE BAGS WAS TOO HOT. SO I THINK THERE'S THAT -- THERE'S THAT. THEY TELL YOU, OH, DEREGULATION, BUT IT'S THE BAG IN THE FOOD IS HOT, I'M GOING TO SUE, I GOT FOOD POISONING, I'M GOING TO SUE.

JUST BEWARE WHEN THEY DO THAT BECAUSE IT WILL COST THEM IN EITHER MORE INSURANCE, THE INSURANCE PREMIUMS ARE GOING TO GO UP OR IT'S GOING TO BE IN LITIGATION AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY ON SPEED DIAL.

SO I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO GO TO OUR BUSINESSES AND SAY IT LOOKS GOOD FROM ONE PERSPECTIVE, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE CITY AND WE HAVE THE REGULATIONS BECAUSE WE KNOW. WE KNOW SAN ANTONIO CAN GET

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I'VE SPOKEN WITH LUJAN IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, BUT HE IS SAYING STAYED STAYED -- STATEWIDE WE HOPE IS GOING TO BE A NORMAL SESSION, BUT WHO KNOWS.

SO THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN.

COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL BE SHORT WITH MY COMMENTS.

KUDOS TO

THANKS, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE

GAVITO. COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE. >> COURAGE: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING I THINK THAT JEFF MENTIONED AND THAT IS THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO EFFECT ON COSA'S PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IF SB 4 IS PASSED. IT FOCUSES ON SCHOOL EVALUATIONS.

>> YOU SAID IT PERFECTLY. AS YOU KNOW YOU AS A COUNCIL HAVE INCREASED THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. THIS APPLIES TO THE SCHOOL

EXEMPTION. >> COURAGE: I STILL REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT SB 14.

I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO REMIND OUR LEGISLATIVE FRIENDS THAT LOBBYING IS REALLY ADVOCACY AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO AND THAT'S WHAT WE ASK THE PEOPLE WE BRING ON IN TEAM TO DO IS ADVOCATE FOR THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO, NOT ADVOCATE FOR ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL OR ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL'S AGENDA, BUT TO ADVOCATE FOR THE AGENDA FOR THE PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO AS THEY LET US KNOW WHAT THEIR AGENDA IS.

SO I WISH WE COULD DO MORE TO GET THAT MESSAGE THROUGH TO THE LEGISLATURE.

TWO THINGS I'D LIKE US TO THINK ABOUT IS PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW ANY RELATED EDUCATIONAL BILLS PROGRESS BECAUSE EDUCATION AFFECTS EVERYBODY IN OUR CITY.

IT ISN'T A DIRECT THING THAT WE HAVE MUCH AUTHORITY OVER, BUT I THINK THE MORE WE'RE UP TO DATE ON WHETHER OR NOT THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVELY, EFFICIENTLY AND FLOURISH OR IF THEY ARE GOING TO LINGER, HOW THAT MAY AFFECT THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO PROVIDE TO SUPPLEMENT THAT. AND THE OTHER THING IS I'D LIKE US TO BE KEPT UP TO DATE ON ANY BILLS RELATED TO UTILITIES. WHETHER IT'S SAWS OR CPS, WATER OR ELECTRICITY. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS SOME THINGS THAT MAY COME UP THAT MAY PROVIDE BARRIERS FOR CPS OR SAWS TO DELIVER THEIR SERVICES, SO PLEASE KEEP US ABREAST OF ANY OF THOSE. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE. >> CASTILLO:.

>> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, SALLY AND TEAM AND THE BEXAR COUNTY DELEGATION FOR THEIR WORK AT THE CAPITOL.

I KNOW MANY WE'VE DISCUSSED IN PAST BRIEFINGS, BUT GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK BY STATE REP CAMPOS AND LUJAN REGARDING DANGEROUS DOGS AND RESPONSIBLE PELT -- PET OWNERSHIP AND COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO FOR MAKING SURE WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THESE IMPORTANT PIECES FORWARD. IN TERMS OF INITIATIVES THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES HAVE EXPRESSED SUPPORT AS WELL, BUT ALSO PROVIDING SUPPORT TO OUR DELEGATION REGARDING

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I HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, BUT IT'S INTERSECTION TO HOUSING.

WHEN WE HAVE DEFUNDED SCHOOLS, IT IMPACTS THE SCORE FOR THE SCHOOL AND WHEN THERE'S A PROJECT NEAR A SCHOOL AND THEY ARE SEEKING TAX CREDIT, IT'S A POINT SYSTEM WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT SCHOOL SCORES. IF WE ALLOW OUR SCHOOLS TO FALL BEHIND, IT COULD IMPACT THE RESOURCES WE'RE ABLE TO SECURE LOCALLY TO MATERIALIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. IF YOU LIVE IN DISTRICT 5, YOU KNOW WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER VACANT BUILDING OR STRUCTURE AND ENSURING SCHOOLS ARE FULLY FUNDED HELPS TO KEEP FROM SEEING SCHOOLS CLOSE DOWN.

IT SEEMS I'M BEATING A DEAD HORSE, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO DISTRICT 5 RESIDENTS THAT WE SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE SAN ANTONIO AND SCHOOLS OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. OF COURSE THERE'S AN ISSUE A DISTRICT 5 RESIDENT DR. HERNANDEZ CONTINUES TO RAISE AS A CONCERN AND HE'S DONE HIS RESEARCH AND SHARES THAT WHEN IT COMES TO SENIORS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING JUST FRAUD, SENIORS BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, HE SHARES THERE'S NOT MUCH SUPPORT OR RESOURCES. THAT HE TYPICALLY TAKES EVERY STEP HE'S TOLD TO TAKE BUT IT DOESN'T RESULT IN RESOLUTION.

I TRIED TO USE A GO TRACKER TO IDENTIFY BILLS REGARDING FRAUD WITH SENIORS.

IF YOU ALL CAN SEND ME A LIST OFF LINE OF BILLS THAT MAY PROVIDE SUPPORT TO SENIORS, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE'S A BILL FILED BY STATE REP RAY LOPEZ WHICH EXPANDS THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF LOCAL GLOVES AFFECTED BY REALIGN BUT ULTIMATELY MY PRIORITIES REMAIN FROM PAST BRIEFINGS REGARDING HARM REDUCTION, ENSURING THAT WE'RE CHALLENGING ANY BILLS THAT MAY PREVENT US FROM CREATING MORE HOUSING IN SAN ANTONIO OR THINGS THAT I HOPE THAT WE CAN OPPOSE IF THEY ARE IN OPPOSITION TO OUR SHIP. IN SHORT, GREAT JOB AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND BRIEFINGS AND THAT TRACKER IS VERY HELPFUL SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO.

COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE. >> WHYTE: BRIEFLY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE STATE, BILLS RELATED TO PROPERTY TAXES AND REDUCING THE BURDEN ON RESIDENTS, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

REPRESENT I HAVE LUJAN CARRYING THE ACS BILL AND, YOU KNOW, FURTHERING OUR THOUGHTS HERE FOR INCREASING THE PENALTIES TO HOPEFULLY CUT DOWN ON THESE LOOSE AND DANGEROUS ANIMALS. APPRECIATE REPRESENTATIVE LUJAN'S LEADERSHIP THERE.

CERTAINLY APPRECIATE SPEAKER BURROWS FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND HOW HE HAS MANY OF OUR SAN ANTONIO REPRESENTATIVES IN KEY POSITIONS ON KEY COMMITTEES.

I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HOUSE BILL 1806 AND I GUESS IT'S SENATE 730 AND JUST TO SAY THAT WE HERE AS A CITY GOVERNMENT NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT TAKING ANY ACTIONS THAT VIOLATE STATE LAW OR THAT COULD VIOLATE STATE LAW IN THE NEAR FUTURE BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY UNPRODUCTIVE, ESPECIALLY AS WE'VE HEARD TODAY, WE'RE SITTING HERE ASKING THE STATE FOR SUPPORT ON FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND OTHER THINGS. AND A BROKEN RECORD, BUT WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO WORK WITH OUR STATE GOVERNMENT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.

FINALLY, I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ MENTIONING CYBER COMMAND AND THE GOVERNOR'S WILLINGNESS AND FRANKLY ENTHUSIASM FOR HAVING CYBER COMMAND HERE IN SAN ANTONIO WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CITY AND UTSA. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CELEBRATE.

AND WE NEED A STATEMENT FROM THIS BODY THAT SAYS WE ARE READY AND WILLING TO WORK WITH OUR STATE GOVERNMENT, WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS, WITH UTSA TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GOVERNOR'S VISION HERE IS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED FOR CYBER COMMAND HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND MAYOR, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A RESOLUTION COME FORTH IN THAT REGARD IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THANKS.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON

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UNFOLDS. WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 21. >> CLERK: ITEM 21 IS WITH ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER BASED UPON INPUT PROVIDED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE CITY, BEXAR COUNTY, AND THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS RELATING TO A POTENTIAL DOWNTOWN SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, NEW DOWNTOWN NBA ARENA, AND

COUNTY-LED REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE GET TO OUR COUNCIL ACTION HERE, WE DO HAVE A FEW FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 21. WE'LL START WITH JEFF WEBSTER. MR. WEBSTER, YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY LUIS RODRIGUEZ.

>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE GREATER SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER.

I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE OFFICER THIS MORNING.

THAT OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER I LEFT COUNCIL AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT TO RECOGNIZE OUR FALLEN OFFICERS AND OUR SAPD. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT FOR THAT FAMILY, THAT WAS REALLY MOVING. BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE MOU. THIS MOU IS A NON-BINDING MOU.

IT'S A COMPLEX DISCUSSION. I'M TALKING TO YOU ALL LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT I THINK WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD BEFORE WE HAVE A CONVERSATION TO GET INTO THE DETAILS. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT PROJECT MARVEL, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE SPURS ARENA? LET ME TELL YOU, WE LOVE THE SPURS, WE WANT THEM IN SAN ANTONIO, WE WANT PROJECT MARVEL, WE WANT THESE THINGS TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT I CAN OFFICIALLY SUPPORT NOTHING BECAUSE THERE'S NO DETAILS OTHER THAN THE LOVELY WORK LORI HOUSTON AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE IN PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION.

WE WOULD ASK YOU MOVE FORWARD ON THIS MOU TO START THOSE DISCUSSIONS SO WE CAN HAVE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT WE STAND AND WHAT WE CAN OR CANNOT SUPPORT AS IT MOVES FORWARD. AT COMMISSIONERS COURT I SAID THIS IS LIKE A FISHING OR HUNTING LICENSE. IT GETS YOU ON THE LEASE OR POND BUT YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING UNTIL YOU GET IN THE DEVIL OF THE DETAILS. I WOULD ASK YOU SUPPORT THIS MOU, IT'S NON-BINDING. WE MOVE FORWARD, GET INTO THE DETAILS THE COMMUNITY IS ANXIOUSLY AWAITING TO HEAR TO DECIDE WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT SUPPORT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENT WORK. ON MANY OF THE ITEMS YOU DISCUSSED ON YOUR STATE AGENDA, WE'VE BEEN UP TO THE LEDGE MANY TIMES, WE'RE WORKING ON MANY ITEMS MENTIONED. COUNCILWOMAN, WE'RE ON THOSE FIGHTS AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF ON THOSE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. WEBSTER.

LUIS RODRIGUEZ, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS CORSO. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. THE THING GOING AFTER JEFF, HE KIND OF SAYS EVERYTHING YOU WERE ABOUT TO SAY. BUT THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND WHAT IT PRESENTS NOT ONLY FOR SAN ANTONIO, BUT OUR SMALL, LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THE REVITALIZATION OF THE FROST BANK AND FREEMAN COLISEUM CENTER. IT'S A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY. AS JEFF SHARED, THESE ARE ONLY THE TALKING PARTS OF THIS DISCUSSION, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH CITY MANAGER ERIK WALSH, LORI, AND ENSURING THIS IS AN IN CREWS I HAVE REPORT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS GOOD AND EQUITABLE FOR EVERYBODY.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS MOU. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU. CHRIS CORSO. FOLLOWED BY MARK WOOLRATH.

>> MAYOR, COUNCIL, GOOD MORNING. I'M CHRIS CORSO, VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AT GEORGE GENERAL CONTRACTORS.

OUR MISSION CITY GEORGE GENERAL CONTRACTORS, OUR MAIN MISSION AT GEORGE GENERAL CONTRACTORS IS TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES WE LIVE AND WORK.

ONE OF THE WAYS IS BECOMING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SITTING IN AS A CITIZENS BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON THREE BOND PROGRAMS WHEN LOREY AND RAZI WERE EARLY IN THEIR CAREER AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE WORK THEY ARE DOING AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE SENIOR ADVICE YOU ARE GIVING -- SERVICE

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WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEP. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU. PHILLIP ADDCOCK. FOLLOWED BY MEGAN NAVARRO.

>> HELLO AGAIN, CURRENT CITY COUNCIL. I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE CAUTIOUSING ABOUT THE LIES THE DEVELOPERS TELL IN THESE MOUS.

MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING IN THIS CHAMBER I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO BE HEARD AND THERE MIGHT BE AN ACTUAL DIFFERENCE. THAT SLIVER OF HOPE WAS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED. I TODAY THAT THERE'S NO GENUINE ENGAGEMENTMENT THIS HAPPENS WHEN YOU SCHEDULE MEETINGS THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING WHEN GENERAL WORKERS CANNOT ATTEND.

THE PEOPLE AFFECTED MOST BY THIS. THERE WAS TALK AT THE BEGINNING -- I'M PART OF THE3 SOAP FACTORY AND THAT WAS ANOTHER MOU, SUPPOSED TO BE THE START OF PROMISES. THERE'S SO MANY LIES THERE, IT'S THE WAY GOVERNMENT HAS WORKED IN THIS CITY. THESE DEALS NEVER MAKE MONEY FOR PEOPLE, ONLY POLITICIANS AND OLIGARCH FRIENDS. I'VE BEEN WATCHING INEFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP HAND MY CITY TO THE RICH AND STRIP AWAY PUBLIC LAND WITH ZERO REGARD FOR CONSEQUENCES. I LOVE THE SPURS, I'VE BEEN TO GAMES WHEN I COULD AFFORD TICKETS. IF I HAVE TO PAY $20 FOR AFFORD THEIR OWN. WE THE PEOPLE, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GO TO THE GAMES IF WE DON'T HAVE A SECURE, UNTHREATENED HOME. THIS IS WHERE PUBLIC MONEY SHOULD GO. WE SHOULD NOT PAY FOR A STADIUM UNLESS WE'RE SUPPORTING HOMES TEN-FOLD. SPENDING PUBLIC MONEY ON STADIUMS NEVER WORKS.

SPENDING PUBLIC MONEY ON STADIUMS HAS NEVER WORKED. IT BENEFITS ONLY THE RICH.

SPENDING PUBLIC MONEY ON STADIUMS IS THEFT. I WISH THE WELFARE AND PROSPERITY OF ALL PEOPLE HAD MORE OF A SWAY THAN THOSE DOLLARS IN YOUR POCKETS AND CAMPAIGN COFFERS. THE VOTERS ARE WATCHING. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU. MEGAN NAVARRO.

YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER. >> I'M GOING TO QUICKLY READ A STATEMENT BY A DISTRICT 5 CONSTITUENT. SHE SAYS, HELLO, MY NAME IS KAYLA MIRANDA, D5 RESIDENTS. I'M IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 21.

THERE'S A PAMPHLET WRITTEN IN 1872 AND IT STILL RESONATES TODAY.

HE IS SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE HOUSING CRISIS IN THE FACE OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. AND HOW THE CITY FAILED TO HAVE THE NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE DIGNIFIED TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AFFORDABLE SHOPS, GROCERIES AND SCHOOLS FOR THE FAMILIES OF WORKERS THAT NEW BUSINESS ATTRACTS. THE RESULT BEING SKYROCKET ETHICS REVIEWING RENTS, HIGH COST OF LIVING AND POOR HOUSING CONDITIONS. IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE IF WE BUILD IT THEY WILL COME MENTALITY. I'VE HEARD YOU SAY SO FAR.

AND IF YOU IN SINCERITY CHOOSE TO IGNORE THE ALREADY PRESENT HOUSING CRISIS IN

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IT'S CLASSIC SUPPLY AND DEMAND DRIVING UP THE COST OF ALL.

MEANWHILE, MINIMUM WAGE HAS NOT CHANGED FROM 7.25 AN HOUR SINCE 200 9.

$22 AN HOUR. INGALLS DREW BARRELS OF CENTRALLY LOCATED LAND BETWEEN FALSELY OVERVALUED, FORCING THE WORKING CLASS AWAY FROM ITS CORE.

IT'S CRAZY HOW NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN 150 YEARS. ISSAHA WAIT LIST IS CURRENTLY OVER 65,000. AND THE POINT IN TIME COUNT HAS INCREASED 23% SINCE 2017. YET THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING INTO SUPPOSEDLY AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT ARE NOT AFFORDABLE TO THOSE WHO SEEK IT AND WE ARE FACING THE LOSS OF PUBLIC HOUSING. THE NUMBERS WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB IF LEFT UNCHECKED. AND NOT SERIOUSLY AND AGGRESSIVELY ADDRESSED.

LITTLE IRRESPONSIBLE TO PRIORITIZE ENTERTAINMENT OVER PEOPLE'S LIVES AND THEIR ABILITY TO SURVIVE. ADDRESS OUR CURRENT NEEDS FIRST, PREPARE FOR AN INFLUX OF POPULATION, THEN WE CAN BUILD RECREATIONAL BUILDINGS.

PEOPLE OVER PROFIT BECAUSE HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT. I WANT TO ADD BECAUSE THE SPURS ORGANIZATION IS WANTING TO USE PUBLIC MONEY THAT WE SHOULD AS DISTRICT 1 AND 2 CANVAS AND TELL THE CONSTITUENTS FACE TO FACE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE THEY ARE LARGELY UNAWARE. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU. JACK FINGER.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. I THINK THE HEADLINES TELL IT ALL. MR. AUDIO VIRTUAL MAN, LOOK AT THAT YELLOWED AREA.

CITY I.C.E. 2.7 BILLION IN COST FOR ARENA-LED DISTRICT. SCROLL DOWN, BELOW IT UP A LITTLE MORE. KIND OF FADED THERE. TAKEN TOGETHER THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE DISTRICT WHICH CITY OFFICIALS HAVE TERMED PROJECT MARVEL WOULD COST 2.75 BILLION. BUT SOME OF THE COSTS SUCH AS RENOVATING THE ALAMODOME IS STILL UNKNOWN MEANING THE TOTAL COULD RISE SIGNIFICANTLY.

RETURN THE CAMERA, IF YOU WOULD. WHY HAVEN'T WE BEEN SETTING ASIDE MONIES FOR THESE RENOVATIONS ALL ALONG? WHY DON'T WE HAVE FUNDS TO RENOVATE, TO IMPROVE, TO UPDATE ALL OUR FACILITIES SO WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO THAT TAXPAYER ALL THE TIME? INCLUDING YES, THE HOTEL-MOTEL AND THE CAR RENTAL PERSON -- CUSTOMERS. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE DOING THAT. IT'S THE HEIGHT OF IRRESPONSIBILITY.

TO DO THAT. TO ASK THE -- OTHER TAXPAYERS TO CONTINUE DOING THIS. BUT THEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SPURS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD OF THAT PHRASE THE BOULEVARDS OF BROKEN DREAMS. IN '93 WE TORE DOWN THE HEMISFAIR ARENA BECAUSE THE SPURS WANTED THE ALAMODOME. THEN THE SPURS SAID THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH, WE NEED A AT&T CENTER. IN 2,000 THEY BUILT THE AUTO. NOW THE FROST CENTER. THE SPURS ARE ACTING LIKE A HUSBAND WHO IS JILTING HIS WIFE FOR A LOVER OVER IN AUSTIN WHERE THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING LATELY. AS HE SAYS TO HIS WIFE, IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME WHAT I WANT, I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU FOREVER IN A DIVORCE. WE IN SAN ANTONIO, THE JILTED WIFE, TO SAY HUSBAND, YOU HAVE NOT REALLY BEEN HELPING WITH THE CHORES AROUND TOWN. IN FACT, WHAT DOES IT SAY HERE, WHAT'S THEIR PERFORMANCE RATE? 42%. IS THE LATEST SPURS'

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AND I SAY -- RETURN THE CAMERA, IF YOU WOULD. I SAY, SPURS, GO SPURS, GO

FAR, FAR AWAY. WE DON'T NEED THIS -- >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO OUR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

I'LL ENTERTAIN AMOTION FOR ITEM 21. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 21. COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ.

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. I PULLED THIS ITEM BECAUSE IT READS BASED UPON INPUT BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER WILL NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN MOU. I WANT TO ENSURE CLARITY WHAT THAT MEANS. ERIK, CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THE INPUT WAS ONE MORE TIME

AND WHAT IT MEANS GOING FORWARD? >> WALSH: YES, SIR.

I THINK WHAT I SUMMARIZED YESTERDAY AT THE END OF THE B SESSION WAS THAT GENERALLY THE COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE OF PROCEEDING WITH THE MOU, BUT THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ISSUES RAISED REGARDING WILLOW SPRINGS. AND AFTER REFLECTING THERE ARE SIX DISTINCT THINGS I HEARD. LET ME GO THROUGH THEM.

ELEMENTS OF WILLOW SPRINGS AS A NON-STARTER IN THE MOU. CONCERN REGARDING IF LOSS OF GREEN SPACE AS WELL AS THE GOLF COURSE ITSELF. THE DESIRE TO HAVE THE DIRECT ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT OF THE D2 COUNCIL PERSON IN DEVELOPMENT AND ASPIRATIONAL CONVERSATIONS. CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THE COMMUNITY DIRECTLY SURROUNDING THE AREA WOULD BE ENGAGED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

CONCERN REGARDING THE TYPE OF PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD OCCUR THERE.

AND THEN -- AND THE OTHER THING I HEARD YESTERDAY WAS THAT KIND OF GENERALLY THAT WITHOUT MORE INFORMATION AND INVOLVEMENT, THAT IT MIGHT BE PREMATURE TO EVEN CONSIDER THE LANGUAGE AS WAS WRITTEN IN THE MOU THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS FOR YESTERDAY'S CONVERSATION. SO OBVIOUSLY I THINK THERE'S WORK THAT I'M TAKING AWAY FROM YESTERDAY'S CONVERSATION FROM A FAIR

AMOUNT OF THE COUNCIL IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING THAT. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU, ERIK. I DO THINK YOU'VE CLEARLY LISTENED.

I BELIEVE YOU'VE HEARD MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRANSFER OF THE GOLF COURSE, THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE [INAUDIBLE] CENTER, COCA-COLA, ALL OF THAT.

THIS IS VERY COMPLEX AND IF I'M NOT AND MONTHS AHEAD AND YEARS DOWN THE LINE, THEN I'M NOT DOING MY JOB. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, WHILE I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK FROM MY COLLEAGUES YESTERDAY WHO SAID THERE NEEDS TO BE A GUARANTEED SEAT AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE FOR THE DISTRICT 2 COUNCILMEMBER, I DO HAVE TWO APPOINTMENT PROBLEMS THAT HAVE GONE UNADDRESSED AND I'M REALLY TRYING TO GET THERE. THE FIRST POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS YESTERDAY IT WAS SAID BY MULTIPLE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT DESPITE MY CONCERN AND RESERVATION REGARDING DEVELOPMENT ON TOP OF THE WILLOW SPRINGS GOLF COURSE, IF THAT WAS A NON-NEGOTIABLE FOR THE COUNTY, WE SHOULD NOT REMOVE IT FROM THE TABLING.

THAT DEMONSTRATES EVEN IF THE DISTRICT 2 COUNCILMAN HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE, HOW CAN WE BE SURE OF CALLING A NOVEMBER VOTE THAT THE WELL-BEING OF DISTRICT 2 IS GOING TO BE PRIORITY IF THIS DEAL WITH THE SPURS IS AT STAKE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE FAITH IF A BAD PROJECT IS PROPOSED ON TOP OF THE GOLF COURSE AND IT'S WHAT THE COUNTY WANTS TO CALL A NOVEMBER ELECTION AND COMMIT FUNDING TO A NEW FACILITY, IT WOULD MATTER WHAT I OR ANYONE ON THE EAST SIDE WOULD STAY ABOUT THAT. IT'S PROOF THE SPURS WOULD WIN EVERY TIME.

JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO WE WERE READY TO DENY A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT IN DISTRICT 9. A MONTH AGO, COMMISSIONER CALVERT PUBLICIZED PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE ON OR AROUND THE GOLF COURSE.

THE COUNTY IS ALL BUT READY TO ISSUE AN RFP AS SOON AS WERE WILLING TO NEGOTIATE THE GOLF COURSE WAY. ANY ENGAGEMENT IS SECOND TO THE PLANNING THE COUNTY HAS

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THAT'S NOT HOW GOOD GOVERNANCE WORKS, SO LONG AS WE DON'T LOSE THE CHANCE AT A NEW ARENA. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING BY AND PAST THAT.

I REALLY WANT TO KNOW -- I'M ASKING FOR FEEDBACK FROM MY COLLEAGUES, CITY MANAGER, WHOEVER HAS AN INSURANCE, HOW DO WE ENSURE THIS ISN'T JUST LIP SERVICE AND THE EAST SIDE ISN'T GOING TO GET THE SHORTENED OF THE STICK AGAIN.

I NEED SOMETHING SUBSTANTIVE, TO BE SURE. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ.

I'LL SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON THAT. YOU KNOW, WITH RESPECT TO MAKING SURE THAT ANY COMMUNITY HAS A VOICE IN THE PROCESSES THAT UNFOLD ON THE COUNCIL, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE WAY WE VOTE. AND THIS IS A NON-BINDING RESOLUTION. THIS IS -- SETS THE STAGE FOR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS ON THE EAST SIDE COMMUNITY. WHAT I WOULD EXPECT FROM YOU AND WHAT I WOULD EXPECT FROM MYSELF AND FROM COLLEAGUES WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SIT ON THE DAIS WITH IS THE PRIORITIES YOU PLACE, VIS-A-VIS YOUR RESIDENTS, ARE REFLECTED ON WHAT THIS COUNCIL VOTES FOR. I DON'T BELIEVE IS THERE ANY GUARANTEES WE COULD PLACE ON AN ITEM LIKE WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY THAT WOULD SATISFY THAT CONCERN, FRANKLY, AND HE THAT'S JUST THE HONEST TRUTH.

IT WILL ALL COME DOWN TO HOW WE EFFECTUATE YOUR PRIORITIES THROUGH THE WAY THIS BODY VOTES. AND SO THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE ON IT.

I BELIEVE I'VE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR WITH RESPECT TO WHAT YOU EXPECT ON THE EAST SIDE AS IT RELATES TO THESE DEVELOPMENTS, AND IT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT IN THE PROCESS. BUT YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT, COUNCILMAN, TO MAKE SURE YOUR PRIORITIES ARE VERY MUCH A PART OF WHATEVER HAPPENS AS WE MOVE FORWARD

IN THIS PROCESS. COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ. >> PELÁEZ: THANK YOU.

I WANT TO GO TO THE FIRST PAGE OF THE MOU. IT'S NOT PART OF OUR MEETING PACKET TODAY, BUT I BROUGHT IT WITH ME. AND I'D FORGOTTEN THAT WAS THE EXACT LANGUAGE OF THE MOU. AND IT SAYS, ACCORDINGLY THE CITY, COUNTY AND THE SPURS WANT TO WORK TOGETHER AND UNDER THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES PLAN FOR THE FOLLOWING PROJECT, THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE TREE COME COLISEUM BROWNS AND SURROUNDING AREA TO SUPPORT [INAUDIBLE] TO THE COUNTY AND TO SPUR AND ENCOURAGE AND SOMETIME LATE THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF BUSINESS, COMMERCE AND TOURISM. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THAT PARAGRAPH IS IN THERE. AND IT'S THE LEAST SHINY ONE, IT'S THE LEAST EXCITING ONE, BUT IT'S THE ONE THAT SPEAKS TO WHAT ALL OF US HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS FAMILIES AND STIMULATION OF DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS AND COMMERCE. AND IT DOESN'T JUST SPEAK ABOUT THE GROUNDS OF THE EAST SIDE STADIUM AND THE GROUNDS OF THE EAST SIDE COLISEUM, BUT IT SPEAKS ABOUT THE SURROUNDING AREAS. I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT TO KEEP OUR EYES ON THAT PRIZE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE PROUD. THE TRUE TEST OF WHETHER WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB WILL BE MEASURED IN 20, 30, 40 YEARS AND WE WILL HAVE FAILED SAN ANTONIO IF WE MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE 25 YEARS AGO AND NOT STICK TO A PLAN.

AND THAT PLAN IS TODAY. TO LOOK OUT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA.

AND SO I'M PLEASED WITH THE DISCUSSION YESTERDAY, I'M PLEASED WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS. I THINK THAT EVERYBODY HERE IS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC.

I'M PLEASED WITH THAT CAUTION AND THE OPTIMISM. AND SO ERIK, YOU ARE GOING

TO GET MY SUPPORT FOR THIS TODAY. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ. COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE. >> COURAGE: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST REALLY GOING TO MAKE MY COMMENTS SHORT, REPEAT WHAT I SAID YESTERDAY. THE JOURNEY OF 1,000 MILES BEGINS WITH A FIRST STEP.

THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF A VERY LONG, COMPLEX PROCESS. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY GUARANTEE IN MY MIND THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO SUPPORT BUILDING AN ARENA WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING EVERY IMPLICATION THAT COULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT AND THE

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SO I AM TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS MOU BEING APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL AND MOVING

FORWARD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE. COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO.

>> GAVITO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, MY REQUEST IS THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S' ENSURE TRANSPARENCY, PARTICULARLY ABOUT FUNDING SOURCES THROUGH EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS.

OVER COMMUNICATION IS NECESSARY WITH A COMPLEX PROJECT LIKE THIS ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE GAINING THE PUBLIC'S TRUST FOR THESE PROJECTS.

ALSO THE SECOND POINT I RAISED WAS WE NEED TO KEEP TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING AT THE CENTER OF THE CONVERSATION. THIS PROJECT SHOULD INCLUDE CONSIDERATIONS OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION, ADDITIONAL PARKING AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO ENSURE TRAFFIC FLOW DURING BUSY EVENTS.

THAT MEANS VIA NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CONVERSATION.

FINALLY I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FOR PROJECT MARVEL ARE TAKING AWAY FROM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. IF WE CAN EXPEDITE PROJECT MARVEL, WE CAN PRIORITIZE PROJECTS THAT AFFECT OUR RESIDENTS' DAY TO DAY LIVES AS WELL.

KEEPING ALL THESE THINGS IN MIND, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING FORWARD AND AUTHORIZE THE SOCIAL SECURITY TO MOVE FORWARD -- THE CITY MANAGER TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE NEED TO GET THIS GOING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG:

COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. >> GARCIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND I APPRECIATE BRINGING THIS BACK AND I WANTED TO THANK ALL THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE TODAY WHO SPOKE AND MAKE SURE WE HAD THEIR VOICES HEARD.

COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ TOOK UNWITH OF THE AREAS I WAS GOING TO FOCUS ON, BUT ON PAGE 2, ITEM 5 SAYS FURTHER SUPPORT AND IT SAYS IN ADDITION TO FUNDING STRATEGIES THE PARTIES WILL WORK TO... TO FURTHER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT. CITY WILLOWS, SPRINGS GOLF COURSE AS A TRANSACTION.

AS LONG AS THE FRONTING BANK AND SURROUNDING AREA. CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE ABILITY TO STILL INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK IN

THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? LORI OR ERIK? >> WALSH: WELL, THAT WAS THE DRAFT THAT WE PUT ON THE WEDNESDAY'S ITEM. I THINK THAT A LOT OF WHAT THE COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY WARRANTS A REVIEW FROM US BASED ON Y'ALL'S CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS. INITIALLY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS MEANT TO REFERENCE SOME NOTION OF A POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR YOU ALL TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT IT WARRANTED ANY FURTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WILLOW SPRINGS AND ANY POTENTIAL CONVEYANCE OF ALL OR PART. THAT WAS PART OF THE MATTER YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY. SO I THINK ALTHOUGH WE REALLY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING SINCE YESTERDAY, AS I REFLECTED LAST NIGHT AND LOOKED AT THAT LANGUAGE, THAT GOES TO A LOT OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT IN RESPONSE TO COUNCILMEMBER

MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. >> GARCIA: WELL, ITEM NUMBER 6 SAYS THE PARTY SHALL WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP AN OUTREACH EFFORT AIMED AT GETTING... THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECTS WILL INCLUDE SPECIFIC COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WILL BE IDENTIFIED DURING THE DISCUSSION, PLANNING, CON TEMPERATURE MATED BY THE MOU. THE MOU ENDS DECEMBER 31, 2025.

IF IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR THOSE I GUESS IDEAS TO COME FROM THE

COMMUNITY, WILL THEY STILL BE ACCEPTED? >> WALSH: SURE,

ABSOLUTELY, YES, MA'AM. >> GARCIA: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WITH THAT, I FEEL COMFORTABLE IN SAYING THAT WE'LL BE JUST LOOKING AT THIS. AGAIN, I SEE IT -- THE LANGUAGE SAYS MOU IS A

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THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA.

>> HAVRDA: THANK YOU. THANKS, MAYOR. LOOK, THIS CITY IS DEMANDING TRANSPARENCY. THE PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT ARE DEMANDING TRANSPARENCY ON THIS ISSUE. I CAN GO ON AND ON YOU HOW MUCH I BELIEVE IN THIS PROJECT AND HOW IT'S GOING TO ENHANCE EVERYTHING SAN ANTONIO IS.

I'M KIND OF TIRED OF TALKING TRANSFORMATION. I DON'T THINK OUR CITY WANTS TRANSFORMATION IF WE'RE LEAVING PEOPLE BEHIND. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT THAT'S GOING TO BE TALKED ABOUT THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THE MOU.

I DO WANT TO KNOW THAT WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT AND BEING ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR CITY.

AND I THINK THAT SPECIFICALLY THE EAST SIDE SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THESE DISCUSSIONS. I BELIEVE INVITING THE EAST SIDE REPRESENTATIVE TO THESE MEETINGS IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL AND THAT WILL MEAN THE EAST SIDE IS NOT LEFT BEHIND. EVERYONE IS SERIOUS, I BELIEVE THAT, EVERYONE IS SERIOUS ABOUT WANTING TO INCLUDE PLANS ON THE EAST SIDE, MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT SALTING THE EARTH ONCE THE THURSDAY LEAVE THE EAST I'D -- THE SPURS LEAVE THE EAST SIDE. GUT IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD BE INVOLVED. I MOVE TO ENSURE THE DISTRICT 2 COUNCIL PERSON IS INVITED TO ANY SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH EITHER THE

SPURS OR BEXAR COUNTY REGARDING THE MOU. >> WHYTE: SECOND.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR INVITING THE DISTRICT 2 COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO -- COULD YOU REPEAT THAT?

>> HAVRDA: YES, SIR. I MOVE TO ENSURE THE DISTRICT 2 COUNCIL PERSON IS INVITED TO ANY SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH EITHER THE SPURS OR BEXAR COUNTY

REGARDING THE MOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR THAT. WE'LL TAKE UP DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM.

SO I HAVE THE ORIGINAL QUEUE SO IF WANT TO TALK ON THIS SPECIFIC -- IS THIS AN

AMENDMENT, ANDY? >> SEGOVIA: CORRECT, IT'S AN AMENDMENT.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: AMENDMENT TO THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE.

>> SEGOVIA: AGAIN, IT'S A PROPERTY MOTION. IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT ANY OF

THE TERMS OF THE MOU, IT TALKS ABOUT THE PROCESS. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: SO YOU HEARD THE EXPLANATION, SO THAT'S THE DISCUSSION. I'M GOING TO KEEP THE MAIN MOTION QUEUE. IF YOU WANT TO TALK ON THIS AMENDMENT, RAISE YOUR HANDS.

COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. >> GARCIA: I ASKED ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY IF WE COULD MAKE AN AMENDMENT AND I WAS TOLD THAT WE WOULDN'T BE VOTING ON THE MOU TODAY.

AND SO I'M JUST CONFUSED WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS FROM YESTERDAY TO TODAY.

>> SEGOVIA: LET ME CLARIFY THAT AGAIN, COUNCILWOMAN. WHAT I SAID YESTERDAY, IT'S AN IMPROPER MOTION IF YOU ARE CHANGING THE TERMS OF THE MOU THAT ISN'T BEFORE THE COUNCIL. THE COUNCILWOMAN HAS OFFERED A MOTION TO SPEAKS TO THE AUTHORITY OF ERIK TO NEGOTIATE AND THE PROCESS BY WHICH HE'S GOING TO COMMUNICATE AND INTERACT IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS. TO BORROW A TERM FROM THE

FIRST AMENDMENT, IT'S CONTENT NEUTRAL. >> GARCIA: MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE SPECIFIC. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD THE COUNCIL PERSON SO I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE AMENDMENT TODAY.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: SO I'M NOT GOING ON THE TAKE ANY TIME ON THIS, BUT I DO HAVE QUESTIONS, I UNDERSTAND THE SPIRIT OF THE AMENDMENT, BUT WHAT ARE THE PRACTICAL EFFECTS OF THAT? THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAVE. COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN.

>> VIAGRAN: YEAH. I WILL -- IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND YOU DO NOT THINK OUR CITY MANAGER CAN GO IN AND NEGOTIATE THIS AND YOU NEED A SUPERVISOR OF DISTRICT 2, THEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM. AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD DISCUSS AS A COUNCIL IF YOU DON'T HAVE TRUST IN THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE THIS. ALL WE ARE ASKING -- ALL WE ARE DOING IS GIVING HIM PERMISSION TO GO IN AND NEGOTIATE ON OUR BEHALF. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY SPOKE THAT THEY HAVE TRUST IN THE CITY MANAGER BECAUSE THEY VOTED THAT WE COULD EXTEND HIS TERMS AND WE ALL SAT AND OFFERED HIM A RAISE AND GOT HIM IN THERE. SO IF WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THIS TREND AND WE ARE GOING TO SAY CITY MANAGER CAN GO INTO CONTRACTS, BUT WE NEED A CITY COUNCIL PERSON TO SUPERVISE, THEN I VOLUNTEER MYSELF AS THAT CITY COUNCIL PERSON TO SUPERVISE IN

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WE'RE ASKING HIM TO GO IN AND NEGOTIATE. NOW YOU ARE SAYING YOU DON'T TRUST HIM ENOUGH SO WE'RE GOING TO SEND A SOMEONE PERSON IN WITH HIM.

CAN I MAKE AN AMENDMENT WE VOTE ON WHICH CITY COUNCIL PERSON WE SEND IN TO SUPERVISE OVER ERIK AND LET'S VOTE ON THAT. AND I NOMINATE MYSELF.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE.

>> WHYTE: THANK YOU, MAYOR. YESTERDAY WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE PROCESS AND HOW WE GOT HERE AND, YOU KNOW, I HOPE I CLEARLY EXPRESSED MY OPINION THAT HOW WE HAVE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT TODAY IS LESS THAN IDEAL, TO SAY THE LEAST. AND IF EVERYBODY IS HONEST, I THINK WE WOULD ALL SAY THERE'S A BUNCH WE COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY. BUT TODAY IS ABOUT MOVING FORWARD AND HOW WE DO THAT. I SECONDED THE AMENDMENT -- I SECONDED THE MOTION TO AMENDMENT A MOMENT AGO OUT OF RESPECT FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND OUT OF A DESIRE TO HEAR THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES WEIGH IN ON THIS. IT'S ABSOLUTELY NO REFLECTION ON OUR CITY MANAGER THAT I SECONDED THE MOTION.

I THINK WE HAVE THE BEST CITY MANAGER AROUND AND WE'RE LUCKY THAT HE'S HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. TAKING LAND FROM A COUNCIL PERSON'S DISTRICT AND GIVING IT TO ANOTHER PARTY AND NOT BEING INVOLVED IN WHAT WOULD THEORETICALLY HAPPEN TO THAT LAND WOULD BE VERY, VERY CONCERNING I THINK TO ANY ONE OF US IF IT WAS HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT. AND I COMMEND COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ FOR STANDING UP FOR HIS CONSTITUENTS AND FIGHTING LIKE HE IS ON THIS.

I BELIEVE THAT HE SHOULD BE INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH THE CONVERSATIONS MOVING FORWARD. WHETHER THAT'S -- WHETHER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AS AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE NEGOTIATING PARTY PRIOR TO ANY FUTURE MOU BEING BEHIND OR NOT, I'LL BE HONEST, I'M A LITTLE UNDECIDED AS I'M SITTING HERE AT THIS MOMENT.

BUT WHAT WE ALL KNOW IS HE HAS THE BEST INTEREST OF HEART OF PEOPLE ON THE EAST SIDE AND WHETHER HE'S THERE OR NOT, I KNOW THAT OUR CITY MANAGER WILL BE CONFERRING WITH COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

WE ARE NOT VOTING ON THAT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IN OUR PACKETS TODAY.

ERIK, WE ARE VOTING TO GIVE YOU AUTHORITY ON SOME SORT OF MEMORANDUM OF

UNDERSTANDING THAT HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. >> WALSH: BASED ON INPUT

FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL FROM YESTERDAY. >> WHYTE: AND MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IS NOT A LEGAL DEVELOPMENT. IT JUST ALLOWS CONVERSATIONS TO GET STARTED. FROM THERE WE WILL DETERMINE IF ANY OF THESE PROJECTS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AND MOVED FORWARD BY THIS CITY COUNCIL.

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NUMBER TWO, AS COUNCILWOMAN ALDERETE GAVITO MENTIONED, SHE SAID IT YESTERDAY, SAID IT AGAIN TODAY AND I WANT TO ECHO IT, ABSOLUTELY NO FUNDING SHOULD BE DIVERTED FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS IN AND AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS JUST FOR THE SAKE OF ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH PROJECT MARVEL. NUMBER THREE, TRANSPARENCY, IT'S BEEN SAID THREE OR FOUR TIMES, I'M SAYING IT AGAIN, TRANSPARENCY MUST BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF WHAT WE DO. THANKFULLY, AND I THINK WE ARE ALL GRATEFUL THAT THE DECISION ULTIMATELY ON IF THIS IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IS GOING TO REST WITH THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO THIS NOVEMBER, THEY MUST HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION PRIOR TO THAT VOTE. THEY MUST KNOW WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE COME NOVEMBER. SO REGULAR, THOROUGH UPDATES FOR THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THE TERMS OF ANY DEAL GOING FORWARD. AND THEN NUMBER FOUR, I MENTIONED IT EARLIER, IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LAND TRANSFERS OF ANY KIND, THE COUNCILMAN OR COUNCILWOMAN IF THAT WAS THE CASE, BUT THE COUNCILMAN OR WOMAN WHOSE DISTRICT IS INVOLVED NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED IN EVERY STEP OF THAT PROCESS. THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS, I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN, ARE A VITAL PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. IT'S THE BEST ORGANIZATION IN THE NBA. THEY DESERVE THE BEST ARENA IN THE NBA.

THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT BASKETBALL. THIS IS ABOUT THE FABRIC OF SAN ANTONIO, WHAT THEY MEAN TO THE COMMUNITY, THE VALUES THAT THEY ESPOUSE, THAT ALL OF US AGREE WITH AND TRY TO PROMOTE EVERY DAY HERE AT CITY HALL.

AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN HELP IN THAT REGARD IN A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER THAT DOESN'T PLACE ANY ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON OUR OUT SENSE, I'M FOR EXPLOREING THAT POSSIBILITY. THIS PROJECT COULD BE TRANSFORMATIVE FOR THE CITY, BUT NOBODY SHOULD BE LEFT BEHIND. AND DESPITE THE MISTAKES THAT I BELIEVE HAVE BEEN MADE OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESET. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE OUR CITY MANAGER AND THE AMAZING STAFF THAT HE HAS THE ABILITY TO EXPLORE WHETHER WE CAN DO SOMETHING FOR OUR CITY THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE. AND FRANKLY, I THINK SOMETHING THAT REALLY HASN'T --E NOTHING LIKE THIS IN THE COUNTRY.

BUT IT'S GOT TO BE DONE RIGHT. AND SO WITH THAT I'LL SAY THAT I AM FOR MOVING AHEAD AND EXPLORING TALKS WITH THE COUNTY AND THE SPURS.

I WOULD LIKE ANY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT IS SIGNED TO BE AS THOROUGH AND AS CLEAR AND AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE. AND FOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF THAT MOU, THE NEGOTIATIONS MOVING FORWARD BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND DONE IN A WAY THAT THINKS ABOUT SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS FIRST. THANKS, MAYOR. ,.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE. ANDY, I THINK THIS IS ALL

ONE CONVERSATION SO I'M NOT GOING TO DISTINGUISH. >> SEGOVIA: I THINK

PROCEDURALLY THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT. DID I CALL COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO ALREADY?

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>> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANKS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

I WANT TO THANK ERIK FOR HIS FEEDBACK ON WHAT HE SPENDS TO KNOWING AS A NON-STARTER IS WILLOW SPRINGS. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ FOR ADVOCATING FOR HIS CONSTITUENTS AS WELL AS TO COMMISSIONER CALVERT FOR HOSTING TOWN HALLS TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC ON WHAT THEIR SENTIMENT AND THOUGHTS ARE ON THIS PROPOSAL. I DO TRUST IN ERIK'S LEADERSHIP TO NEGOTIATE THIS DEAL ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT I DO THINK THERE IS VALUE IN LOOKING INTO WHO EVER IS PROJECT IS BECAUSE THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN VERY AND THEY'RE DONE WITH A LACK OF CARE EXTROVERT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN THESE AREAS. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WORTH VISITING AND DISCUSSING ON HOW WE CAN ENSURE THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS JUST MESSY IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY, DISCUSSION, HOW ITEMS ARE PLACED ON THE AGENDA.

I WANT TO THANK PHILLIP FOR GIVING HIS PUBLIC COMMENT. UNFORTUNATELY, HIS STORY AND SHARING HOW THE COMMITMENTS MADE WITH THE LAST MOU DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH IS EVIDENT IN HOW THIS IS NON-BINDING. TENANTS AT SOAPWORKS DID NOT RECEIVE THEIR RELOCATION FUNDING BECAUSE IT WAS A NON-BINDING AGREEMENT. IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS IS NON-BINDING AND THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO BETTER IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY.

I THINK COUNCILMAN WHYTE MADE A VERY GOOD POINT IN TERMS OF HAVING CONVERSATIONS AROUND PUBLIC LAND IN A COUNCIL MEMBER'S DISTRICT WITHOUT DISCUSSION OR CONSENT IS INAPPROPRIATE AND SHOULD NOT OCCUR. OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT WE'RE PROVIDING DIRECTION ON WHAT IMPACTS THEM THE MOST AND THAT'S THEIR PUBLIC GREEN SPACES, THAT'S THEIR STREETS, SIDEWALKS, DRAINAGE, SO ON AND SO MUCH MORE. AND TO EXCLUDE ANYONE FROM ANY PROJECT WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT IS INAPPROPRIATE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IN TERMS OF THIS MOU IF IT WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, WHICH PIECES WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND DEBATE? FOR EXAMPLE, ERIK, YOU GO NEGOTIATE -- YOU EXPRESS THAT WILLOW SPRINGS IS A NON-STARTER AND WE MAY HAVE TO TAKE ACTION TO REMOVE IT. IS THERE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR US TO TAKE ACTION TO STRIKE OUT THE WILLOW SPRINGS ITEM?

>> WALSH: NOT AS CURRENTLY POSTED. SO IF THERE ARE CHANGES THAT ARE MADE THAT I PROPOSE THAT ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THE OTHER PARTIES, THEN THERE IS NO MOU.

IF YOU'D LIKE THIS ITEM, THIS MOU TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR FULL VOTE AFTER, THEN THAT WOULD NEED TO BE AN AMENDMENT TO TODAY'S ITEM. AS WRITTEN, YOU'RE AUTHORIZING THE STAFF AND I TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE. SO THAT EXECUTION PART MEANS WE

WOULD EXECUTE. >> CASTILLO: SO THERE COULD BE OPPORTUNITY THAT THE FINAL MOU WOULD COME BACK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND ACTION TO STRIKE OUT THE WILLOW SPRINGS.

I BRING THAT UP -- WHILE I TRUST YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE, MY CONCERN IS THAT IF THERE'S NOT AN AGREEMENT ON THE COUNTY'S END, THAT THEN PUTS THE COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE POSITION TO HOPEFULLY HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL TO THEN REMOVE IT AND SUPPORT THE WORK THAT HE'S DOING THERE. AND I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR'S SUPPORT BUT AS THIS EVOLVES, HE'S NOT GOING TO BE OUR MAYOR AND WE DON'T KNOW THE COMMITMENT OF THAT NEXT MAYOR. THAT GIVES ME PAUSE BECAUSE IT PUTS THE EASTSIDE IN A VERY

VULNERABLE POSITION. >> WALSH: A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE -- AND IF YOU WANT THE MOU TO COME BACK, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST YOU MAKE A MOTION TO STRIP THE EXECUTION PORTION OUT OF TODAY'S ORDINANCE AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL.

NUMBER TWO, IF THERE ARE ITEMS THAT THE CITY NEGOTIATES -- AND I'M GOING TO REPEAT MYSELF -- THAT ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THE OTHER TWO PARTIES, THERE IS NOT AN MOU.

SO THAT IN AND OF ITSELF COULD RESULT IN THAT DESTINATION OF BEING ARRIVED UPON.

>> CASTILLO: OKAY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD BE COMFORTABLE IN TERMS OF REMOVING THE EXECUTION PORTION OF THE MOU AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS TO COME BACK AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE DISCUSSION ON WHAT ULTIMATELY MOVES FORWARD. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO REMOVE THE EXECUTION COMPONENT WITHIN THE MOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. SO THERE WAS A MOTION TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO EXCLUDE EXECUTION OF THE MOU FROM THIS ACTION.

THERE WAS A SECOND. SO THAT WILL ALSO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

FOR MY PART, I THINK THAT STRIKES THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE.

WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR CONVERSATION. START WITH COUNCILMEMBER KAUR.

>> KAUR: THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I WANT TO THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL THE POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.

I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN SAID AND I DO ABSOLUTELY TRUST ERIK IN HIS ABILITY TO EXECUTE THIS MOU. AND ALSO BELIEVE THAT COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ HAS A PLACE AT THE TABLE AND DON'T THINK THOSE TWO NEED TO BE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.

I THINK WHAT THIS CONVERSATION HAS BROUGHT UP IS TRULY HOW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TAKES PLACE WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH LARGE-SCALE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND WHAT IS THE REAL INPUT THAT CAN BE PROVIDED. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT. THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TAKES PLACE AND THAT DISCUSSION.

AND WHAT LEVELS OF COMMUNITY AND HOW MUCH GETS CONSIDERED WHEN WE'RE MAKING THESE DECISIONS. THERE WAS ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT SAID IF YOU TAKE TOO MUCH COMMUNITY INTO CONSIDERATION, THAT'S DIRECT DEMOCRACY OR SOMETHING, WAS WHAT THEY WERE REFERRING TO. THERE'S A LOT OF OPINIONS AND UNDERSTANDINGS OF WHAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LOOKS LIKE.

AND I THINK WHAT CANNOT BE FORGOTTEN IS THAT WE ARE REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE THAT ELECT US INTO THIS OFFICE AND MAKING SURE THAT THEIR VOICE IS HEARD IN SOME KIND OF WAY, WHETHER THAT'S THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT THEY ELECT OR ACTUALLY HAVING THEM AT THE TABLE IS IMPORTANT. AND SO I THINK, ERIK, I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF SUMMARIZING THE CONVERSATION FROM YESTERDAY, SO I APPRECIATE HOW THOUGHTFUL YOU PUT THAT TOGETHER. THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD CONTINUE TO REQUEST IS AS YOU MOVE FORWARD IN THIS DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNTY -- AND I KNOW THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS GOING TO OCCUR. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GET ANY KIND OF FEEDBACK BEFORE THEY GO INTO THEIR RFQ THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED? OR ARE THEY GOING TO GET THAT BACK AND WHAT'S THE ACTUAL PROCESS GOING TO LOOK LIKE? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDING AND CLARITY VERSUS A RFQ THAT GOES OUT.ES I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE DID.

WHEN WE DID THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING RFQ RECENTLY, WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT SAID WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE TWO AND THREE-BEDROOM HOMES AND PRIORITIZE THE URBAN CORE.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO ADD THAT INTO OUR RFQ TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GIVING THAT ADDITIONAL PRIORITY. AND I THINK THAT IS A SIMILAR STRATEGY THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED IN THIS SITUATION. THAT WAY YOU'RE ACTUALLY GUIDING ADDITION. SO I THANK COUNCILWOMAN CABELLO HAVRDA FOR HER MOTION ON THIS.

I ALSO DO TRUST THE MAYOR AND ERIK TO GET THIS DONE. BUT I THINK IT WAS REALLY VALUABLE, LIKE I MENTIONED YESTERDAY IN OUR MEETING, TO HAVE COUNCILMAN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ'S OPINION THERE AND THE OPINION OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE SAW IT THIS MORNING. A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY, THEY TRUST HIM TO REPRESENT THE AREA AND ADVOCATE. SO I THINK THAT VOICE IS IMPORTANT.

BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A TIMELINE FOR THIS. THE ONE THING I UNDERSTAND IS I WAS TRYING TO THINK BACKWARDS FROM WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO EXECUTE BY 2032 SO WE DON'T LOSE THE SPURS, WHICH I THINK THERE WAS ALSO A CONSENSUS FOR YESTERDAY.

SO THEY HAVE TO GET ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOUR AND A HALF YEARS TO BUILD THIS ARENA. AND IN THAT CASE THEY HAVE TO CALL FOR THAT BY JULY.

SO JUST GIVEN THAT WE'RE IN MARCH AND COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ABOUT HOW SOMETIMES THINGS TAKE TIME, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVE -- IF ERIK AND COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ ARE THERE -- THE ABILITY TO EXECUTE ON THIS MOU TO ENSURE WE CAN MOVE IT FORWARD AND BE READY FOR A NOVEMBER VOTE. I WANT TO REITERATE THE LAST TWO COMMENTS OVERALL ABOUT THE PROJECT. ONE, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AN ASSISTANT IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THAT'S ASSIGNED FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE RELATED EITHER IN THE CRAG OR DOWNTOWN AREA, JUST FOCUSING ON THESE MAJOR STRUCTURE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO COME UP. JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT'S

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AND THE SECOND THING THAT I WANT TO MENTION IS WE HAVE SEEN A PARTNERSHIP LIKE THIS BE SUCCESSFUL WITH TOYOTA FIELD. THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND THE SPURS THAT WAS EXECUTED FOR THAT STAR COMPLEX AND IT'S BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL.

THAT AREA HAS BENEFITED FROM IT. THERE'S A LOT OF GREEN SPACE THERE. THERE'S AN ENTIRE SPORTS AREA IN THE BACK THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. I HAVE PLAYED IN A COUPLE OF FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENTS THERE AND IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP SO I KNOW THIS IS POSSIBLE AND I WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD BUT I DO SUPPORT SOME OF THESE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WERE

BROUGHT FORWARD. THANKS, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KAUR. COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. I THINK WE WANT TO DEMONSTRATE WE CAN DO THIS RIGHT.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS IF WE BRING AN MOU BACK AT A FUTURE DATE -- IF WE STRIP THE EXECUTION FROM THE ORDINANCE AND BRING IT BACK AT A FUTURE DATE AND WE DISAGREE WITH ANY OF IT, WE WOULD THEN NEED TO STRIKE IT THERE AND THEN ERIK WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE TABLE AGAIN, RENEGOTIATE A NEW MOU, AND THEN THE COUNTY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO AGREE TO THAT MOU.

IT JUST LENDS ITSELF TO BECOMING AN EVEN LONGER PROCESS.

WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY AND WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN DOING IS GIVE ERIK OUR FEEDBACK. ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT HAS BEEN WILLOW SPRINGS. WE SHOULD BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT IN THAT HE NEGOTIATES AN MOU THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT THE COUNTY CAN SIGN AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A FASTER PROCESS. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. AND I UNDERSTAND WHY IT MAKES SENSE TO STRIP A LAYER OF BUREAUCRACY FROM THIS PROCESS AND ALLOW ERIK THE ABILITY TO EXECUTE. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I AND MY CONSTITUENCY ARE IN NO RUSH. I DON'T KNOW HOW HELPFUL A CONTINUANCE WILL BE BUT IF IT IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL TO GET US TO A BETTER PLACE, I COULD SUPPORT IT.

TO COUNCILWOMAN CABELLO HAVRDA'S MOTION THE MOTION AND THE COMMENTS OF SUPPORT THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED SO FAR.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S ABOUT SUPERVISION OF THE CITY MANAGER OR THE MAYOR.

IT'S ABOUT A SET OF CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE UNIQUELY IMPACTED BY A MAJOR DECISION.

HAD I BEEN MEANINGFULLY ENGAGED IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS, MY CONCERNS ABOUT WILLOW SPRINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN CONVEYED CLEARLY, MUCH EARLIER ON.

EARLIER I WAS POSING A QUESTION TO MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT HOW CAN I GET HERE, HOW CAN I GET THE GUARANTEES THAT DISTRICT 2 ISN'T GOING TO GET THE SHORT END OF THE STICK? HOW CAN I GUARANTEE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ROLLED OVER IN THIS PROCESS? AND I THINK IF THAT MOTION IS APPROVED, I THINK THAT'S AS CLOSE TO A GUARANTEE I CAN GET OUTSIDE OF TRUST. AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET THERE. IF A CONTINUANCE PASSES, COOL. IF IT DOES NOT PASS AND WE VOTE ON THE MOTION AND THE AMENDMENT TO INVITE ME TO THE TABLE WHERE EVERY SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION IS HAPPENING, I WILL VOTE YES ON THAT AND I WILL VOTE YES ON THE FINAL ITEM.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER

MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. >> WALSH: I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD -- AND COUNCILWOMAN KAUR REFERRED TO IT. COUNCILMAN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ SAID IT AT THE BEGINNING.

WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY, BUT THIS COUNTY RFP PROCESS FOR MASTER DEVELOPER, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL KIND OF MY THOUGHTS. ALL THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY AND THE THINGS THAT I LISTED OFF ARE ALL -- AND THEY'RE PRECURSORS IN MY HEAD BEFORE THERE'S ANY RFPS. WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL RFP THAT THE COUNTY WANTS TO DO. IN MY HEAD, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A RECONCILIATION WITH THE THINGS THE COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY BEFORE THEY SHOULD DO AN RFP. WE WOULD NEED TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE COUNTY ABOUT WHAT OUR INTENT IS. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL WHERE MY HEAD WAS AT AROUND THAT RFP. I'M GLAD COUNCILMAN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ BROUGHT THAT UP

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ALL POTENTIAL INGREDIENTS TO THAT EFFORT. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, ERIK. AND I STILL -- ERIK, I NEED TO ASK YOU THIS. IN TERMS OF THE FIRST MOTION OF INVITING THE DISTRICT 2 COUNCIL MEMBER AS PART OF ALL SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, PRACTICALLY, FOR THE PROCESS THAT WILL PLAY OUT? I NEED TO HEAR YOUR

INTERPRETATION OF THAT. >> WALSH: SO AS I UNDERSTOOD THE AMENDMENT, IT WAS ANY SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SPURS OR THE COUNTY ON THE MOU.

THAT WAS THE AMENDMENT. CORRECT, MAYOR? YES, COUNCILWOMAN?

ARE YOU ASKING MY OPINION? >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: YEAH. AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THE SPIRIT OF IT AND I THINK, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF WHAT IS BEING REQUESTED THROUGH THE MOTION IS BEING REITERATED IN MANY FORMS UP HERE ALREADY.

SO WHAT IS THE PRACTICAL IMPACT OF PLACING IT INTO THE ORDINANCE, IN YOUR

PERSPECTIVE? >> WALSH: WELL, I'LL GIVE YOU MY RECOMMENDATION AND MY OPINION ON THAT AS CITY MANAGER. I'M NOT TERRIBLY OPPOSED TO THE COUNCILMAN GOING WITH ME TO COMMUNICATE OUR EFFORTS AND THE DESIRES OF WILLOW SPRINGS AND THE MOU. I'M NOT TERRIBLY OPPOSED TO THAT.

I THINK IT HELPS BOLSTER THE CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENED HERE YESTERDAY.

PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MOU OR TEN. THERE SHOULDN'T BE THAT MANY. IT SHOULD BE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. IT'S NON-BINDING BUT I'M NOT TERRIBLY OPPOSED TO THAT AT

ALL. I THINK IT HELPS US. >> SEGOVIA: IF I MAY, MAYOR, USUALLY THE LEGAL VIEW OF THAT IS IF THERE'S COMMUNICATIONS THAT HAVE TO DO MORE WITH LOGISTICS, SCHEDULING, THINGS LIKE THAT, THOSE AREN'T QUOTE, UNQUOTE SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS. IT HAS TO DO WITH IF THERE'S DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE ACTUAL

TERMS, THEN THAT'S SUBSTANTIVE. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. I KNOW A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TO LEAVE AND ASK EVERYBODY TO BE CONSIDERATE OF THAT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE REST OF THE QUEUE. COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO. COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA.

>> HAVRDA: I'LL BE BRIEF. I DO BELIEVE THAT COUNCILMAN WHYTE IS CORRECT.

THEY DESERVE THIS PROJECT TO HAPPEN CORRECTING INEQUITIES AS WE GO, NOT AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT WHEN IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE EFFECTIVE. TO SAY MY MOTION IS CHANGING THE CITY CHARTER IS HYPERBOLE. AND TALKING ABOUT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IS INAPPROPRIATE HERE. WE SHOULD BE PUSHING FOR DISTRICT 2 TO HAVE MORE OF A VOICE ON WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR COMMUNITY. A VOTE AGAINST THIS MOTION IS A VOTE TO SILENCE THE EASTSIDE, A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN SILENCED FOR DECADES.

THANK YOU. THANKS, MAYOR . >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA. COUNCILMEMBER PELAEZ.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PELAEZ. COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE.

>> WHYTE: YEAH. OKAY. SO THAT REALLY ANSWERS IT FOR ME ON COUNCILWOMAN HAVRDA'S AMENDMENT. IF ERIK'S OKAY WITH JALEN BEING A PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS JUST AS IT RELATES TO THE MOU, THEN I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, I CAN'T SUPPORT THE MOTION TO STRIP ERIK'S POWER TO EXECUTE THE MOU. I THINK WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS NOW.

HE'S GOTTEN ALL THE FEEDBACK AND THERE'S TIME -- IT'S TIME TO ACT IF WE'RE GOING TO ACT.

AND SO WE ONLY HAVE NINE MONTHS UNTIL NOVEMBER. IF WE'RE GOING TO EXPLORE THIS, WE HAVE TO START DOING IT NOW TO SEE IF IT'S VIABLE OR NOT. I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT

AMENDMENT. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE.

COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: I WANT TO CORDIALLY DISAGREE WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE. AND I THINK THIS IS MORE OF A LET'S MAKE THIS A MAYORAL ISSUE. I THINK WE JUST HAVE ANOTHER MAYORAL ISSUE ON HERE.

MINE IS THAT I TRUST ERIK TO DO THIS. I BELIEVE HE WOULD MAKE COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ A PART OF THIS PROCESS, GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.

I WILL BE VOTING FOR THE MOU AS IT STANDS. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. COUNCILMEMBER PELAEZ.

>> PELAEZ: I LIKE THE MOTION, COUNCILWOMAN HAVRDA. IT'S RIGHT.

THE EASTSIDE NEEDS TO BE AT THE TABLE. I ALSO THINK THE DOWNTOWN CITY

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ADD COUNCILWOMAN KAUR TO THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. >> SURE.

>> HAVRDA: I'M INTO IT. >> PELAEZ: ANDY, YOU COOL WITH THAT?

>> SEGOVIA: YES, COUNCILMAN. >> PELAEZ: THANKS . >> WHYTE: I SECONDED IT SO I'M GOOD WITH IT. WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT WITH RESPECT TO THE MOU, RIGHT?

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE WAS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED MOTION IS ABOUT ADDING DISTRICT 1 AND DISTRICT 2 TO THE SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO THE MOU.

COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THESE IN ORDER. AND I THINK WE SHOULD START WITH THE MOTION TO AMEND AS IT RELATES TO SUBSTANTIVE MEETINGS.

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADD DISTRICT 1 AND DISTRICT 2 TO THE SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO THE MOU. PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE GOING TO NOW TAKE UP THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND THAT IS TO STRIKE THE EXECUTION LANGUAGE FROM THE ORDINANCE. AGAIN, STRIKING "EXECUTION" FROM THE ORDINANCE WOULD REMOVE ERIK'S ABILITY TO EXECUTE THE ORDINANCE.

>> THIS ORDINANCE WAS TO GRANT ERIK THE AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE AN MOU.

AND SO IF WE'RE STRIKING THAT LANGUAGE FROM THE ORDINANCE, WE JUST WASTED ABOUT TWO HOURS OF EVERYBODY'S TIME. SO I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST IT. COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO.

>> CASTILLO: I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE LAST HOURS OF DISCUSSION AND DEBATE WAS ABOUT THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS AND ENSURING IN THE DISTRICT 2 COUNCIL MEMBER IS PART OF THAT NEGOTIATION. GIVEN THAT THERE'S STIPULATIONS LAID OUT IN THE MOU, STRIKING OUT EXECUTION MEANS IT COMES BACK FOR FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION BEFORE WE APPROVE THE FORMAL MOU. SO I CHALLENGE YOUR ARGUMENT BECAUSE STRIKING OUT MEANS WE GET TO CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE. IT'S ALLOWING TO ERIK TO NEGOTIATE AND NOT APPROVING AN

OFFICIAL MOU. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: RESPECTFULLY WE HAVE GIVEN THAT AUTHORITY BY HIRING HIM. WITH THAT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO STRIKE "EXECUTION" FROM THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE.

PLEASE VOTE. MOTION FAILS. WE'LL GO TO THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH IS TO APPROVE ITEM 21 AS AMENDED. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT.

[City Manager's Report  ]

>> WALSH: THERE IS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF ITEMS I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC. THE FIRST IS THAT OUR CHIEF MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER, JESSIE HIGGINS. EARLIER THIS MONTH THE SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS JOURNAL ANNOUNCED ITS CLASS OF 2025, 40 UNDER 40 HONOREES, AND JESSIE WAS AMONG THE AWARDEES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. SHE STARTED WITH THE CITY IN JUNE OF 2022 AS OUR FIRST-EVER CHIEF MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER AND HAS BEEN CRITICAL IN THE SA CORE PROGRAM AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF IT. VERY INTEGRAL IN OUR WORK WITH

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CONGRATULATIONS, JESSIE. I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAD SOMEBODY IN THE RANKS OF 40 UNDER 40. SO CONGRATULATIONS.

I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL. [APPLAUSE] SECONDLY, SUMMER IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER SO TOMORROW PARKS AND REC WILL BE HOLDING THEIR FIRST SUMMER JOB FAIR AT THE WHEATLEY HEIGHTS COMPLEX. WE'RE HIRING FOR LIFEGUARDS, SWIMMING POOL SUPERVISORS, RECREATION SUPERVISORS, RECREATION ASSISTANTS, INSTRUCTORS AND SPECIALISTS. THIS IS THE MAD DASH TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FULLY STAFFED UP.

OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE HAD A CHANGE IN COMPENSATION. THESE ARE GREAT SUMMER AND PART-TIME JOBS FOR FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY SO WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH A WHOLE ROUND OF JOB FAIRS. WE'LL MAKE SURE YOUR OFFICES ARE AWARE OF IT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THOSE POSITIONS FILLED FOR ALL THE KIDS AS SOON AS SCHOOL GETS OUT. ALONG THAT SAME NOTE, WE ARE TAKING INTERNSHIP APPLICATIONS FOR THE SUMMER AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CURRENTLY-ENROLLED COLLEGE STUDENTS. IT GIVES THOSE STUDENTS A PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO PLACE THEM NOT ONLY WITHIN THE CITY BUT ALSO NONPROFIT AGENCIES AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS. LAST YEAR WE HAD -- LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE HAVE HAD INTERNS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN AND THEY CLOSE ON SUNDAY, MARCH 9. IF YOUR OFFICE IS LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT. AND IN THAT SPIRIT, OUR VIDEO TODAY HIGHLIGHTS OUR SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM AND ALL THE ASPECTS OF THAT AND HOW IT BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY.

LET'S ROLL THE VIDEO.

SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM ALLOWS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 TO 19 THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH VARIOUS CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEPARTMENTS.

THESE TEMPORARY SUMMER POSITIONS PROVIDE CLERICAL, OFFICE, PROJECT, AND/OR LIGHT MAINTENANCE SUPPORT TO AN ASSIGNED DEPARTMENT. WHILE OFFERING PARTICIPANTS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT CITY FUNCTIONS AND SERVICES. THE PROGRAM OFFERS COMPETITIVE PAY AND RUNS FOR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT WEEKS, BEGINNING IN JUNE AND ENDING IN AUGUST. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT OUR WEBSITE, SA.GOV/CAREERS. APPLY TO THE SUMMER EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM THIS SPRING.

>> WALSH: THAT'S IT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, ERIK. WITH THAT, IT'S 12:26 P.M. ON FEBRUARY 27, 2025, AND THE CITY COUNCIL A SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED. HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON.

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