Mar 20, 2025 City Council A Session

[ PROCEDURAL  ]

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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION. IF YOU CAN PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS, WE WILL GET STARTED.

THE TIME IS 9:13 A.M. ON MARCH 20, 2025. WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. MADAME CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLL.

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

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME, WELCOME TO SAN ANTONIO.

WE'LL BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION, A GUEST OF COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO.

>> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. TODAY WE ARE GRACED WITH FRIAR ANDY MARTINEZ'S PRESENCE HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. FRIAR MARTINEZ HAS BEEN THE PASTOR FOR OUR LADY GUADALUPE WHERE THEIR MISSION IS TO KNOW, LOVE, AND SERVE JESUS.

THEY ARE INTENT ON BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS TO SPEAK AND ACT FOR THE VICTIMS OF INJUSTICE AND TO RESPECT THE DIGNITY IN ALL PEOPLE BEING IN OUR OWN FAMILIES AND IN THE WIDER CULTURE IN WHICH WE LIVE. FRYER ANDY MARTINEZ HAS SERVED AS A PRIEST ACROSS THE UNITED STATES FOR 15 YEARS. FATHER ANDY, THANK YOU FOR

BEING WITH US TODAY AND FOR LEADING OUR INVOCATION. >> DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS YOU BESTOW ON US, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE HERE PRESENT. AND THE BLESSINGS YOU GIVE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

WE KNOW THAT THROUGHOUT HISTORY WE HAVE FACED MANY CHALLENGES AND OBSTACLES BUT YOU JOURNEY WITH US TO HELP US SEE THE LIGHT AND RICHNESS OF OUR CITY.

WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS US WHO ARE HERE PRESENT. BLESS OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

BLESS ESPECIALLY ALL WOMEN. WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT THROUGHOUT HISTORY WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH WOMEN WHO HAVE HELPED US AS A NATION TO BE INSPIRED. WOMEN HAVE SHOWN GREAT EFFORTS IN BEING EDUCATORS AND INSPIRED MANY GENERATIONS WITH THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND INTELLIGENCE.

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO YOU, LORD, FOR THE EFFORTS OF OTHERS WHO HAVE SHOWN GREAT LOVE FOR JUSTICE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PEOPLE LIKE CESAR CHAVEZ WHO LIVED THE GOSPEL WHEN YOU SAID I DESIRE MERCY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MAY YOU SEE THE WORK OF OUR HANDS IN THE FRUITS OF THE EARTH THAT ALL MEN AND WOMEN IN HISTORY HAVE DONE.

MAY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ALWAYS RECOGNIZE THE POOR, THE IMMIGRANT, MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THAT THEY CAN FIND THE FACE OF JESUS IN ALL.

MAY THE CONVERSATIONS AND DECISIONS COME WITH PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING AND AN OPEN HEART. WE PRAY THIS ALL IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FRIAR ANDY. ALL RIGHT .

WE HAVE APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES ON THE AGENDA ITEM NO. 3 IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 19, 20, 26, AND 27.

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MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE GET TO OUR SPECIAL

[CONSENT AGENDA  ]

SO AT THIS TIME ALL ITEMS ARE LISTED FOR CONSENT CONSIDERATION.

THERE'S NOTHING FOR INDIVIDUAL HEARING, SO I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES NOW IF THERE ARE ANY

ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. >> ITEM 16.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ITEM 16. ANY OTHERS? ALL RIGHT.

AND WE'VE GOT SEVERAL FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 26 AS WELL SO WE'LL PULL THAT FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AS WELL. LET'S GO AHEAD AND CLEAR OUT THE CONSENT AGENDA, THOUGH. IF THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL ITEMS, WE'LL PULL ITEMS 16 AND 26.

SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS -- ALL ITEMS SAVE FOR 16 AND 26. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THERE'S NO CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THOSE OTHER ITEMS. COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE.

>> WHYTE: I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ITEMS 20 AND 21. A COUPLE OF LEASE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE BEING AMENDED RELATED TO THE ANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE, WHICH IS IN MY DISTRICT AND DOES GREAT WORK. THESE TWO AGREEMENTS ARE GOING TO, IN SUM, ALLOW FOR ADL TO TAKE ON AN OVER 5,000 ADDITIONAL ANIMALS TO HELP THEM FIND PERMANENT HOMES.

JUST WANT TO NOTE THE GREAT WORK THAT ADL DOES AND I'M GLAD WE'RE GETTING THESE APPROVED

TODAY. THANKS, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU. COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. >> GARCIA: I WANT TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO THE DHS TEAM FOR THE NEW SUCCESS OF THE GROWING NUMBER OF SENIORS IS ENCOURAGING. THEY ARE REGISTERING AND SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW SENIOR CENTER IN D4 . I THINK WE'RE APPROACHING 200 MEMBERS WHO ATTENDED IN ONE-DAY PERIOD, WHICH IS HUGE FOR US. THE SENIORS ARE DEFINITELY ENJOYING THE DANCE CLASSES AND WE HAVE JUST AMENDED A CONTRACT, SINCE THEY LIKE DANCING SO MUCH, WITH URBAN 15. IF ANY OF YOU ALL WANT TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DROP BY OUR SENIOR CENTER ON D4. THE OTHER ITEM I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS ITEM NO. 25. AND I WANTED TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN PELAEZ FOR CO-AUTHORING THE CCR WITH ME. THANK YOU TO MEL AND DHS.

I'M GLAD THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES IS MOVING FORWARD ON A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE CRISIS NURSERY FEASIBILITY STUDY. A LOT OF HARD WORK AHEAD.

THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCILMAN PELAEZ, AND TO YOUR TEAM. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S COMING IN A FUTURE ROUND OF CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS, POSSIBLY INCLUDING THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

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

COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA. >> HAVRDA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M HIGHLIGHTING ITEM 11.

IT'S PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY FACILITY AND RESILIENCY IMPROVEMENT.

IT'S SOME BIG STEPS TOWARD IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE AREA NOT JUST FOR OUR OFFICERS BUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND IT. I'M GLAD TO SEE HOW THE CONTRACT FOCUSES ON MEETING OUR MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS GOALS.

WE'RE MAKING SURE THEY ARE PART OF THE PROJECT AND A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'RE INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC SAFETY WHILE ALSO MAKING SURE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE FACILITIES. THAT'S ITEM 11. ITEM 23 IS AN ORDINANCE THAT ACCEPTS FUNDS FROM STRAC TO SUPPORT THE MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE UNIT OF THE SAFD'S EMS DIVISION. IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP IN ADDRESSING THE GROWING NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY-BASED RESPONSES TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE ORDERS IN SAN ANTONIO.

THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN WORK WITH REGIONAL PARTNERS FOR INNOVATIVE

SOLUTIONS OUR COMMUNITY FACES. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO

HAVRDA. COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 18, THE APPOINTMENT OF CHRISTIAN NUNEZ RAMIREZ FOR HIS WILLINGNESS TO

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SURE ALL PROGRAMS WITH NIH HAVE ADEQUATE FUNDING. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ALL ITEMS SAVE FOR 16 AND 26.

PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT.

[POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE  ]

YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING A GATEWAY CITY, NOT JUST TO THE AMERICAS BUT TO THE WORLD. WE TAKE PRIDE IN THE VALUES WE SHARE NOT ONLY IN OUR COMMUNITY BUT ACROSS OUR CONTINENT AND THE WORLD. I CALL YOU A FRIEND.

I KNOW YOU LEAD WITH THOSE SAME VALUES OF COMPASSION AND CARE. IT'S EVIDENT IN THE LEADERSHIP OF YOUR CITY. WE ALSO SHARE CONCERN FOR THE WORLD WE'RE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW AND THE STRAIN AND DRAWING INWARD OF MANY WORLD LEADERS. THINGS THAT ARE DONE IN OUR NAME THAT DON'T NECESSARILY REFLECT OUR VALUES. AS MAYORS, AS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WE WORK A LOT ON INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL, AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT IT'S MY BELIEF -- AND I THINK YOU SHARE IT -- THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE BUILD ARE THE BRIDGES THAT WE CREATE BETWEEN PEOPLE.

THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE, THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT WE HAVE THAT ENABLE THINGS LIKE IN AUDIO]. IT'S THOSE FRIENDSHIPS, THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ENDURES THESE POLITICAL TIMES. AND SO IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A HOPE FOR A FUTURE IN WHICH THERE IS MORE PEACE IN THE WORLD THAN CONFLICT AND THAT WE LEAVE A WORLD BEHIND TO OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN THAT CONTINUES TO UPHOLD THE VALUES THAT WE SHARE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK VERY HARD, PARTICULARLY IN THESE DAYS AND YEARS AHEAD, TO ESTABLISH THESE FRIENDSHIPS. I'M VERY HAPPY, MY FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE WILL BE SIGNINGKN A FRIENDSHP CITY AGREEMENT WITH QUEBEC CITY, A CITY CLOSE AND DEAR TO SAN ANTONIO IN SO MANY WAYS. VERY SIMILAR TO US. UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE CITY AS WELL. WE'LL BE SIGNING A FRIENDSHIP CITY MAKING THE FIRST OFFICIAL FRIENDSHIP IN CANADA, WHICH UNITES THE ORIGINAL PARTNERS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, BECAUSE OF OUR FRIENDSHIP WITH MEXICO AS WELL .

BRUNO IS ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE ORGANIZATION OF WORLD HERITAGE CITIES.

I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF THAT ORGANIZATION WITH HIM AND WE WILL BE HOSTING THAT MEETING, THE BOARD MEETING HERE IN TOWN. AND SO I WELCOME YOU TO ENGAGE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM QUEBEC CITY. MAYOR, IT IS VERY TOUCHING THAT YOU'RE HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, NOT JUST IN YOUR CITY BUT ACROSS THE WORLD. EXEMPLIFYING HOW IMPORTANT THESE FRIENDSHIPS ARE.

I KNOW IT TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF COURAGE TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES ON OCCASIONS, BUT YOU BEING HERE TELLS US THAT WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO LOOK FORWARD TO THAN THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO ENDURE. SO GOD BLESS QUEBEC CITY, VIVA SAN ANTONIO, AND WELCOME TO SAN ANTONIO. MAYOR. [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. IT'S A REAL PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE, SINCERELY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU, EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR THE WARM WELCOME.

WE ARE HONORED TO MEET YOU ALL TODAY AND I'VE SAID IT BUT I WANT TO SAY IT AGAIN.

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WHEN THE MAYOR OF SAN ANTONIO, MR. RON NIRENBERG, VISITED QUEBEC CITY LAST JUNE WE EXPRESSED OUR DESIRE TO STRENGTHEN TIES BETWEEN OUR CITIES, TO FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELATIONS. I RESPONDED TO HIS INVITATION SO I AM IN SAN ANTONIO FOR THE NEXT DAYS. I COME WITH 16 PEOPLE TWO COUNSELORS, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AND SEVEN COMPANIES THAT STILL WANT TO WORK WITH TEXAS AND BUILD THIS, I WOULD SAY WORLD TOGETHER . SINCE THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN QUEBEC CITY AND THAT MISSION WAS COVERED AND WE HAVE LOCAL MEDIA WITH US THAT ARE COVERING THE MISSION THAT WE'RE DOING.

A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT ARE SEATED IN QUEBEC CITY WANTED TO BE WITH US.

AND SOME OF THEM ARE WITH US. WE HAVE ALSO THE PRECIOUS SUPPORT OF THE QUEBEC GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN HOUSTON AND THE CONSULATE GENERAL IN DALLAS.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO REITERATE THAT AMERICAN STATES AND CITIES CAN BE INCREDIBLE PARTNERS. FOR US, YOU ARE OUR BEST ALLY. YOU ARE DEFINITELY OUR BEST ALLY OUTSIDE CANADA. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE EXPERIENCING TOUGH TIMES, THAT OUR FRIENDSHIP SOMETIMES MIGHT BE AT RISK, WE STILL DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED THAT PARTNERSHIP FOR A STRONGER WORLD. BUT IT'S NOT EASY FOR NOW. IT'S NOT EASY IN CANADA.

IT'S NOT EASY TO KEEP, I WOULD SAY THE GOOD WORK ABOUT IT, BUT WE WILL.

AND WE COUNT ON YOU TO SHARE WITH ALL OF US AND OUR STATE AND OUR CITIES THAT WE MOSTLY NEED WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER INSTEAD OF BEING DIVIDED. JUST FOR EXAMPLE, AND PROBABLY SOME NUMBERS THAT YOU KNOW. $9BILLION ARE COMING FROM TEXAS TO THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC.

AND $3 BILLION OF PRODUCT ARE COMING TO TEXAS FROM QUEBEC. IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR TEXAS TO BE ALLIED WITH QUEBEC AND WE STILL WANT IT AND WE WANT IT FOR THE FUTURE.

AND CANADIANS, ON A LARGER SCALE, ARE THE BIGGEST CUSTOMERS OF AMERICAN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. SOME OF OUR COMPANIES EXPORT UP TO 75% OF THEIR PRODUCT TO THE UNITED STATES. AS PROVEN BY THE PARTICIPATION OF THESE COMPANIES IN THIS TRADE MISSION, OUR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WILL CONTINUE BEYOND THE CURRENT SITUATION.

THE MAYOR IS RIGHT. THESE COMPANIES OPERATE IN TARGETED SECTORS THAT WE SHARE WITH SAN ANTONIO. AND THE MAYOR IS RIGHT. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE THOUSANDS OF KILOMETERS APART WE ARE VERY MUCH ALIKE AND WE NEED TO VISIT WITH EACH OTHER TO UNDERSTAND THAT PROBABLY 80% OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY, AS COUNCILORS ARE THE SAME. WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME ISSUES IN SUMMER AS YOU DO, WE KNOW.

BUT I'M SURE THAT MORE THAN 80% OF OUR CHALLENGES, ABOUT HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, POVERTY, MAKING A PLACE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CITY, ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE THE SAME.

AND THESE COMPANIES ARE WORKING -- AND YOU WILL CATCH IT VERY QUICKLY -- IN TARGETED SECTORS LIKE LIFE SCIENCES, CYBERSECURITY, I.T., AND MANUFACTURING, WHICH ARE SECTORS THAT YOU ARE STRONG IN. SOME ARE ALREADY DOING BUSINESSES IN TEXAS AND WANT TO STRENGTHEN THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND EXPAND IT.

WHILE OTHERS WANT TO BREAK INTO THE MARKET BY BRINGING YOU THEIR INNOVATION IDEAS.

BEYOND DEVELOPING BUSINESS TIES, WE ARE IN SAN ANTONIO TO LEARN.

YOU HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB ON SO MANY TOPICS. WE ARE HERE TO LEARN FROM YOU.

WE ARE A CITY THAT IS, FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS, WILL GROW. PROBABLY THE ONE THAT WILL GROW THE MOST IN CANADA OR AT LEAST IN QUEBEC. YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED GROWTH AND YOU'RE STILL EXPERIENCING THAT IN THE UNITED STATES, BEING THE SECOND THE LARGEST GROWTH. WE SHARE MANY INTERESTS, TO NOT REINVENT THE WHEEL.

WE DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE NO MORE TIME TO -- LUXURY OF TIME TO REINVENT THE WHEEL.

WE NEED TO LEARN FROM GOOD PRACTICES WHAT YOU HAVE DONE THE BEST.

WHAT ARE YOUR FAILURES BUT WHAT ARE YOUR SUCCESSES TO BRING TO QUEBEC CITY.

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AS CREATIVE CITIES, A LEADER IN GASTRONOMY IN SAN ANTONIO, WE ARE HAVING SOMETHING TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. I WILL END MY REMARKS SAYING PLEASE DON'T LET THE CONTEXT, DON'T LET THE POLITICS DIVIDE US. WE NEED TO WORK MORE AND MORE TOGETHER. WE NEED TO LEARN FROM YOU. MAYBE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN SOME LITTLE THINGS FROM US BUT I THINK THE WORLD IS BETTER IF WE ARE TIED TO EACH OTHER.

THANKS FOR THE WARM WELCOME. THANKS FOR YOUR JOB. AND LET'S BRING A NEW WORLD TO ALL OUR PEOPLE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: MAYOR, I KNOW SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME REMARKS. BUT I DO WANT TO ISSUE THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST HONOR THAT THIS CITY CAN BESTOW UPON A VISITOR TO OUR CITY.

THIS IS A PROCLAMATION. GREETINGS KNOW ALL YE MEN THAT THE HONORABLE BRUNO, MAYOR OF QUEBEC CITY, CANADA, IS APPOINTED TO THE OFFICE OF ALCALDE OF THIS HISTORIC AND BEAUTIFUL CITY LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF SAN ANTONIO RIVER IN THE COUNTY OF BEXAR STATE OF TEXAS. YOU WILL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF MAYOR IF AND WHEN YOU ARE PRESENT WITHIN THE CITY. AND AT ALL TIMES AGREE TO TELL THE STORY OF LA VILLITA, ITS BEAUTY, ATTRACTIONS, AND CULTURE. YOU FURTHER AGREE TO EXTOL SAN ANTONIO AS A PLACE TO LIVE, WORSHIP, AND PLAY. YOU SHALL RETAIN THIS OFFICE AS LONG AS YOU PERFORM YOUR DUTIES FAITHFULLY AS SET FORTH IN ITS CHARTER AND THIS APPOINTMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON THE 20TH DAY, MARCH 20, 2025 . THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

[APPLAUSE] AND, AGAIN, LET ME TURN IT NOW TO MY COLLEAGUES.

COUNCILMEMBER PELAEZ. >> PELAEZ: SO ONE OF THE PRIVILEGES THAT I HAVE HERE AT THIS CITY IS THAT I ALSO GET TO SERVE AS ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS FOR SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL. I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE SISTER CITIES WITH BORDEAUX AND CHINA. AND WE ARE FORTUNATE TO BE COUNTED AMONG YOUR LIST OF SISTERS. WHAT WE DO IS WE HANG OUT TOGETHER AS FRIEND CITIES FOR A WHILE AND THEN AFTER WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD FRIENDS, THEN WE BECOME SISTERS. MY HOPE IS WE BECOME SISTERS SOONER THAN LATER.

I WELCOME YOU TO THE NETWORK OF SISTER CITIES AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN WE DO LATER. THE SECOND THING I WANT TO TELL YOU IS I TOOK MANY YEARS OF FRENCH IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS THE WORST STUDENT EVER. AND I ONLY REMEMBER ONE THING BUT I THANKFULLY, I BELIEVE THAT IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO SAY.

WE USUALLY SAY.

THEY LOVED IT, MAYOR. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT MEANS LATER.

SO I WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT IN SAN ANTONIO WE BELIEVE IN FRIENDSHIP AND WE ARE VERY LOYAL TO OUR FRIENDS. AND ANYBODY WHO PICKS ON OUR FRIENDS AND ANYBODY WHO BULLIES OUR FRIENDS, YOU CAN EXPECT SAN ANTONIO TO STAND WITH YOU AND DEFEND THE RELATIONSHIP AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR FRIENDS ARE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW -- THEY ALWAYS FIND US SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THEM. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORLD IS BROKEN.

WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME REALLY TERRIBLE DECISIONS BEING MADE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR SOME INEXTRICABLE REASON AIMED AT YOU GUYS BUT IN SAN ANTONIO WE DO NOT FEEL THAT WAY.

WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE WITNESS YOUR EFFORTS AND WE KNOW THE CONTRIBUTION THAT YOU MAKE TO OUR ECONOMY AND, SERIOUSLY, WELCOME TO SAN ANTONIO.

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

COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. >> GARCIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, MAYOR, WELCOME TO SAN ANTONIO. WELCOME TO THE ENTIRE DELEGATION.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU ALL LEARNING FROM OUR CITY AND THE GREAT PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE MAYOR AND I WERE AT THE INTERNATIONAL CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD LAST NIGHT. ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM DISTRICT 4, THE DISTRICT THAT I REPRESENT, THE CEO OF PORT SAN ANTONIO WAS BEING HONORED AS

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IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO HEAR THAT FROM A YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS, I AM SURE, GOING TO BE A FUTURE LEADER, CONTINUING THE RELATIONS. WE HEARD ALSO THAT DIPLOMACY IS THE BEST WAY OF BUILDING THAT UNITY ACROSS THE GLOBE. AND I WAS JUST SO PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THAT IN SAN ANTONIO. I'M SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME YOU ALL HERE TODAY. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU ALL TOMORROW A LITTLE FURTHER AS THE PRIMARY LIAISON FOR YOUR AREA. AND LET ME TELL YOU THAT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU ALL TRYING SOME OF THAT TOMORROW SO PLEASE SAVE SOME ROOM, IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TODAY TO TRY IT TOMORROW. BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT YOU VISITING THE MISSIONS AND MY COLLEAGUE TO MY LEFT, I THINK YOU HAVE MET BEFORE, JUST SO EXCITED AS WELL. WELCOME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE RELATIONSHIP AND TO THE

FRIENDSHIP. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE.

>> COURAGE: THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I TOO WANT TO WELCOME YOU.

PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS ABOUT ME BUT I GREW UP IN THE SUBURB OF BOSTON.

AND SO MADE MANY TRIPS UP TO CANADA WHEN I WAS MUCH YOUNGER.

MONTREAL AND QUEBEC, TORONTO, AND EVEN OLDER, YOU KNOW, IN THE WESTERN PART GOING TO VANCOUVER. CANADA IS A LOVELY COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE THERE ARE JUST WONDERFUL PEOPLE. VERY MUCH SIMILAR TO AMERICANS ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE SOMETIMES THAT A LINE DRAWN ON A MAP IS SOMETHING THAT SEPARATES US WHEN WE KNOW, HONESTLY, THAT LINES ON MAPS DON'T SEPARATE US.

IT'S MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO TOGETHER, WHAT WE SHARE TOGETHER, COMMON INTERESTS, COMMON IDEAS ABOUT JUST BEING HUMAN BEINGS AND WORKING TOGETHER AS MUCH AS WE CAN THAT BRINGS US TOGETHER. AND I KNOW THAT MANY CANADIANS HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY AND OTHER TIES INTO THE UNITED STATES AND IT'S VICE VERSA TOO. AS A MATTER OF FACT, MY GRANDFATHER IMMIGRATED FROM CANADA TO THE UNITED STATES. I HAVE THOSE TASTE AND HOPE TO GO BACK AND TRY AND EXPLORE THOSE TASTE A LITTLE BIT MORE. THE POINT YOU BROUGHT UP ABOUT TRYING TO SHARE ECONOMICALLY AND CULTURALLY IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF WHAT SAN ANTONIO HAS ALWAYS TRIED TO PUT FORWARD AS A CITY. AND NOW QUEBEC CITY WANTS TO DO THE SAME WITH US AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND I HOPE THAT IT FLOURISHES GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. AND I HOPE WHILE YOU'RE HERE YOU ENJOY OUR WEATHER AND ALSO TAKE BACK SOME GOOD MEMORIES TO QUEBEC AND TO CANADA. AND UNDERSTAND MOST OF THE AMERICANS LOVE THE CANADIANS AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO CONTINUE OUR GREAT PARTNERSHIP IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

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

>> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THERE IN SPAIN FOR THE OFFICE OF OWHC'S MEETING. AND IT WAS ONE OF THE MEMORIES THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET BEING THERE, SEEING THE LEADERSHIP. AND I THINK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE WITNESSED A LITTLE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP. WE ARE TWO NORTH AMERICAN CITIES THAT WERE THERE WITH BELGIUM AND VIENNA WAS THERE AND THE CITIES FROM POLAND. AND THE VISION THAT WE ARE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE TOGETHER TO SAY WE NEED TO KNOW OUR HISTORY BUT HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD IN OUR FUTURE. AND THAT YOU'RE HERE BUILDING THIS FRIENDSHIP IS KEY.

AND THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT NIGHT THAT WE WERE -- WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF DOING SOME REALLY TRANSFORMATIONAL WORK WITHIN THIS GLOBE. IF WE ALL CONTINUE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER.

AND IT GETS DIFFICULT IN THESE TIMES BUT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO THIS.

IF ANYBODY WANTS TO KNOW THE STORY, STOP ME AND I WILL TELL YOU THE STORY OF CORDOVA, SPAIN AND THAT TRIP. BUT IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US AND I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE TODAY. I'M SO GLAD THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN ABLE TO SEE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR DRIVE AND HOW YOU TAKE THAT TO SO MANY SECTORS OF WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT

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AND THAT'S WHERE THE LEADERSHIP IS GOING TO COME FROM. AND ALWAYS HAS COME FROM, IN MY OPINION. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

Y'ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE SUCH A GOOD TIME. I REMEMBER AS WE SAT THERE, ONCE WE GOT ON THE -- SAN ANTONIO GOT ON THE BOARD, THE MAYOR WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE I TEXTED. THE SECOND WAS SHARI ABOUT WE NEED TO GET THEM HERE AND HAVE THEM VISIT THIS CITY AND UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND WHAT WE HAVE IN COMMON.

I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE. THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLE TRIP.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. WELCOME. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SPENDING THE

WEEK WITH YOU. >> RIGHT. WELL, WE HAVE MUCH TO CELEBRATE IN SAN ANTONIO AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS THE INCREDIBLE WOMEN LEADERSHIP THAT HAS BEEN RISING IN OUR CITY FOR DECADES.

BUT MOST CLEARLY EXEMPLIFIED I THINK UP ON THIS DAIS WHEN WE HAVE HAD TWO FEMALE ELECTED MAJORITY CITY COUNCILS IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

SO IT'S FITTING THAT TODAY IS ALSO OUR RECOGNITION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION AS MARIA VILLAGOMEZ AND MANY OF OUR LEADERS COME FORWARD . WHEREAS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN ARE PROUD TO OBSERVE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH ON MARCH 20, 2025 IN RECOGNITION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN IN HISTORY, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY.

WHEREAS DESPITE MANY CHALLENGING OBSTACLES, AMERICA CAN BOAST A RICH HISTORY OF COURAGEOUS WOMEN WHO HAVE DEFIED THE ODDS AND SHATTERED BARRIERS AT THE BALLOT BOX AND BEYOND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE FROM GENDER EQUITY AND PAY TO POLITICS, HEALTHCARE, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, LEGAL AFFAIRS, AND EDUCATION.

WHEREAS IN SECURING THEIR OWN RIGHTS OF FREEDOM AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY THESE REMARKABLE WOMEN HAVE ADVANCED OUR NATION AND OUR COMMUNITIES AS A WHOLE TO END SYSTEMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL INJUSTS. WHEREAS TODAY WE PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR LOCAL WOMEN LEADERS OF SAN ANTONIO WHO ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF REEVALUATING THE STATUS QUO WITH THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THERE IS MUCH PROGRESS TO BE MADE. OUR LOCAL WOMEN LEADERS DISPLAY UNSURPASSED, TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP SKILLS MAKING LASTING IMPACTFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY FORGING A BETTER WORLD WHERE EVERY WOMAN AND GIRL KNOWS THAT HER POSSIBILITIES KNOWS NO BOUNDS LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY. NOW THEREFORE I, RON NIRENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 20, 2025 TO BE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY AND WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO RECOGNIZE THE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE INCLUDING THOSE FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU, LADIES FOR BEING HERE .

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCILWOMEN AND COUNCILMEN FOR RECOGNIZING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT ON THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN.

SO EVEN AS OUR COMMISSION TIRELESSLY WORKS TO ADVANCE WOMEN'S EQUITY IN SAN ANTONIO, HAVING RECENTLY AWARDED $40,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS AND PARTNERING CLOSELY AND CONTINUING WITH THE DEIA OFFICE, WE RECOGNIZE IN THESE CHALLENGING POLITICAL TIMES IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STRESS THE NEED TO CONTINUE CHAMPIONING FOR WOMEN'S EQUITY.

A GENDER-EQUITABLE CITY ISN'T JUST FAIRER, IT'S A POWERHOUSE OF INNOVATION WITH STRONGER ECONOMIES, SAFER STREETS, HEALTHIER FAMILIES, AND A VIBRANCY THAT FLOWS FROM UNLEASHING THE POTENTIAL OF ALL OF OUR INHABITANTS. WE HOPE YOU JOIN US APRIL 11 AS WE WORK WITH THE DEIA DATA TO REVIEW THE DATA AND HOW WE CAN UTILIZE THAT DATA TO STRENGTHEN THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF OUR WOMEN. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK WE DO HAVE SOME

COMMENTS, SO WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, VANESSA AND ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THE ONE THING ABOUT MARCH IS WE DON'T GET TO CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN OUT ON OUR BREAK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK THAT YOU DO.

I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU IN THAT WE NOT ONLY ARE CELEBRATING THE WINS BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WHERE WE ARE REALISTICALLY HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND YOU HAVE TAKEN THIS

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I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COMMISSION. WE CONTINUE TO TRY AND MOVE FORWARD IN SPITE OF CIRCUMSTANCES. AND IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A MEANS AND THE CITY HAS AGREED TO ALLOW US TO COME TOGETHER TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHERE WE CAN MEET THOSE GAPS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO CELEBRATE ALL OF YOUR SUCCESSES TOO.

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

COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA. >> HAVRDA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

Y'ALL ARE DOING INCREDIBLE WORK. I'M THANKFUL FOR THE WORK YOU DO AND IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT COMMISSION AND YOU STAY FOCUSED.

THE RICH HISTORY OF TRAIL BLAZING WOMEN COMES TO MIND IN SAN ANTONIO, OF COURSE, EMMA WITH THE PECAN SHELLER STRIKE. MARIA, WHO IS STILL VERY POWERFUL IN OUR CITY.

I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THE LATE MAYOR LILA COCKRELL. SHE WAS A FORCE IN HER OWN.

WE HAVE TO LOOK BACKWARDS TO SEE WHERE WE CAME FROM BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD.

TO THE WOMEN UP HERE, MARIA IS MY IDOL. FERNANDA AND ALL OF YOU UP HERE. JUST TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE COME SO FAR BUT STILL HAVE SO FAR TO GO. I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST -- I WAS ON THE FIRST WOMEN-MAJORITY ELECTED COUNCIL WITH COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA AND THAT WAS IN 2019, WHICH IS KIND OF RIDICULOUS IT TOOK US THAT LONG.

IT REMINDS ME OF THE QUOTE FROM RUTH BADER GINSBURG, HOW LONG UNTIL YOU HAVE ENOUGH WOMEN ON COUNCIL -- IT WAS SUPREME COURT BUT I'M GOING TO SAY COUNCIL. THERE'S A LOT OF POWER IN THAT. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THE WOMEN THAT GOT US PERSONALLY HERE .

MY LATE MOTHER WHO WAS A POWERHOUSE IN HER OWN RIGHT AND WE HAVE ALL THOSE PERSONAL HEROES THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT EVERY DAY TO KIND OF KEEP GOING SOMETIMES.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. I APPRECIATE YOU.

THANKS, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA. I JUST ASK FOR YOUR REQUEST TO WAIT ANOTHER THREE MONTHS FOR

ME. COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. >> GARCIA: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH TAKING UP THE STATUS OF GIRLS AS WELL AS THE STATUS OF WOMEN REPORT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.

LIKE COUNCILWOMAN CABELLO HAVRDA MENTIONED, WHEN WE GOT HERE IN 2019, WE WERE SUPER EXCITED -- I'LL TELL THE STORY THAT WE WERE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH ALL OF THE WOMEN, BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE HISTORY MAKING. AND THEN THE GUYS WERE LIKE, WELL, WHAT ABOUT US? AND SO THEN THEY TOOK THEIR OWN PICTURE AS WELL.

BUT IT WAS NEAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT AND WE IMMEDIATELY GOT TO WORK AND SO I'M GRATEFUL TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES. OUR MALE ALLIES AS WELL BECAUSE THEY ALLOWED US TO DO SOME WORK ON BEHALF OF GIRLS, INCLUDING $25,000 FOR THE GIRLS EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT.

THIS YEAR WE MOVED IT -- WE TRADITIONALLY HAVE IT DURING SPRING BREAK SO THE GIRLS CAN PARTICIPATE BUT WANTED TO JUST MAKE A FORMAL INVITATION TO YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GIRLS EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE BRINGING THE WOMEN IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE CONFERENCE THIS YEAR TO SAN ANTONIO. IT WILL BE IN MAY AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WOMEN IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IS AN ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN MAYORS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. THE PRESIDENT GETS TO TAKE THE CONFERENCE TO HER HOMETOWN AND I'M THE PRESIDENT THIS YEAR AND SO I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO BRING IT HERE. I'M ONLY THE SECOND TEXAN TO BE THE PRESIDENT.

THE FIRST ONE WAS LILA COCKRELL. WE WANTED TO GIVE THESE WOMEN A GREAT WELCOME TO TEXAS AND SHOW THEM THE SAN ANTONIO SPIRIT AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE MENTORING SESSION WITH THE GIRLS AS WELL SO THEY'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. MAYBE WE COULD ALSO PRESENT A PART OF THAT GIRLS -- THE STATUS ON GIRLS REPORT THEN. BUT THEY'RE SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DOES THIS. AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR ADVOCACY EVERY DAY ON

BEHALF OF WOMEN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO.

>> GAVITO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU DO.

I KNOW IT DOES TAKE ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, SISTERS, FRIENDS, MOTHERS, GRANDMOTHERS.

WE KEEP THAT SPIRIT GOING. YOU KNOW, I'M REMINDED LAST NIGHT I ATTENDED THE PRIDE SA PRESENTS, THE SECOND UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY WITH COUNCILWOMAN KAUR AND CABELLO HAVRDA.

I HAD MY TWO LITTLE GIRLS WITH ME AND THEY HAD QUESTIONS FROM THE PANEL DISCUSSION AND WE

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I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE FIGHT WE AS WOMEN FACE ALL THE TIME.

EVERY SINGLE DAY, YOU KNOW, AND SO THEY CAN HAVE THAT FIGHT INSTILLED IN THEM.

I WAS TELLING THEM JUST HOW WE NEED ALLIES IN OUR FIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE LGBTQIA COMMUNITY NEEDS THAT AS WELL. I WAS ABLE TO DRAW THAT CONNECTION FOR THEM AND I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT. WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

I'M THANKFUL FOR THE ALLIES IN THIS FIGHT WITH US AND I THANK YOU FOR Y'ALL'S LEADERSHIP IN

PUSHING THIS FORWARD. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE

GAVITO. COUNCILMEMBER KAUR. >> KAUR: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR WORK AND LEADERSHIP.

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT COME TO MIND. EVERY TIME WE DO A PROCLAMATION OR A REMEMBRANCE OF A HISTORY MONTH, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WE CAN TAKE THOSE ACTIONS YEAR ROUND AND IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE ISOLATED IN THE MONTH ITSELF. SUPPORTING THE REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE FUND, THAT'S COMING UP SOON, IS A WAY THAT WE CAN TRULY SHOW THAT WE PUT OUR POLICY WHERE OUR BELIEFS ARE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REITERATE THAT.

IN A TIME WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOW BANNING THE WORD "WOMEN" IN SOME OF THEIR AGENCIES AND PRESSES BEING RELEASED, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SPEAK OUT ON THE GAP THAT STILL EXISTS. TO EVERY DOLLAR WOMEN STILL ONLY MAKE 85 CENTS.

AND THAT AVERAGE NEEDS TO CLOSE. AND PARTICULARLY A PASSIONATE AREA FOR MINE, FOR WOMEN'S SPORTS. THERE IS STILL A HUGE GAP.

IN 2025, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE NCAA IS PAYING WOMEN IN THE WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR.

WHILE WE ARE MAKING STRIDES, THE GAP IS NOT CLOSED AND THERE'S SO MUCH WORK TO DO WHICH IS WHY WE NEED WHAT YOU DO SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR CONSTANTLY SUPPORTING THESE ISSUES.

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

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

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US NOT JUST TO RECOGNIZE THE PAST AND THE ROLE THAT WOMEN HAVE PLAYED NOT ONLY IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT BUT THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY CONTINUE TO LEAD THE CHARGE IN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THANK THE WOMEN WHO WORK FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND ALL THAT Y'ALL CONTRIBUTE TO ENSURING THAT SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS AND DISTRICT 5 RESIDENTS RECEIVE THE SERVICE THAT THEY DESERVE. JUST THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT Y'ALL CONTINUE TO DO.

EARLIER THIS WEEK I LEFT A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING AND THERE WERE TWO ANIMAL CARE SERVICE EMPLOYEES WHO GAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION. WHEN WE WERE LEAVING THE MEETING I SAW THEM ROLL OFF IN THESE HUGE TRUCKS AND I WAS LIKE, THAT'S BOSS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON WOMEN FOR ALL THAT YOU ALL DO IN ENSURING COUNCIL STAYS UP TO DATE BUT ACKNOWLEDGING THE DIFFERENT HATS YOU ALL WEAR. SARAH IS THE DISTRICT 5 APPOINTEE TO THE COMMISSION AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE WORK THAT YOU DO, GOING BEYOND, WHETHER IT'S ENSURING THAT SOUTH SIDE BUSINESSES HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE OR CONTINUING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH URGENCY TO ADDRESS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S HOUSING GOALS. SO JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT Y'ALL DO AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IT'S BEYOND THE 9:00 TO 5:00, THAT YOU ALL ARE COMMITTED TO JUSTICE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENSURING THAT SAN ANTONIANS DON'T GET LEFT BEHIND. WHETHER YOU'RE A MAN OR WOMAN, WE KNOW WE'RE STRONGER TOGETHER AND THAT INCLUDES MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE UPLIFTING WOMEN. JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE

WORK YOU CONTINUE TO DO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE. >> COURAGE: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO COMMEND THE WORK OF THE STATUS OF WOMEN'S COMMISSION AND ONE OF OUR MEMBERS HERE, JACKIE PUGH, WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT 9, WHO HAS ALWAYS DONE A GOOD JOB OF INFORMING ME WHAT'S GOING ON. WHEN WE STARTED TO HEAR FROM THE LADIES HERE AND THINKING ABOUT THIS, I REALIZED NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE TODAY IF IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF THE PAIN, THE COMMITMENT, THE LOVE, AND THE CARE OF A WOMAN.

AND I THINK ALL OF US KIND OF FORGET ABOUT THAT SOMETIMES BUT I CERTAINLY DON'T.

AND I WANT TO COMMEND ALL OF YOU WOMEN WHO HAVE REALLY STOOD UP WHEREVER YOU ARE AND EXEMPLIFIED THE EQUALITY AND THE POWER AND THE INTEGRITY THAT WOMEN HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY TODAY. I WANT TO COMMEND OUR OWN WOMEN ON THIS COUNCIL.

YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR CARE AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY.

THIS COUNCIL WOULD NOT BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS IT HAS BEEN OR COULD BE IF IT WASN'T FOR THE COMMITMENT OF ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEN AND WOMEN, TO WORK TOGETHER.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP ON THIS COUNCIL AND THAT'S WHAT MOVES THIS

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SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND, YOU KNOW, I WISH ALL OF YOU WELL AND CONTINUED SUCCESS

IN WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU, COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE. COUNCILMEMBER PELAEZ. >> PELAEZ: I WAS TELLING MY DAUGHTER THE OTHER DAY THAT -- SOPHIA, SHE'S 17 YEARS OLD. I WAS SAYING, HEY, I THINK I'M GOING TO GET ANOTHER CAR. I'M GOING TO TRADE IN MY CAR AND GET A PICKUP TRUCK.

I ALREADY COVERED IT WITH MY WIFE AND SHE GAVE ME PERMISSION.

MY DAUGHTER SAID YOU SHOULD PROBABLY WANT MOMMY BECAUSE SHE WILL WANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION. I SAID, NAH -- I'M KIDDING. I MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

I'M THE MAN OF THE HOUSE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT SHE TELLS ME? YOU'RE A MAN IN THE HOUSE.

[LAUGHTER] MAYOR AND TO THE OTHER MEN ON THIS COUNCIL, WE ARE JUST THE MEN IN THE HOUSE. THIS HOUSE IS RUN BY WOMEN AND THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR CONSCIENCE. THEY HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. AND I THINK WE'RE ALL BETTER MEN BECAUSE WE SERVE WITH THE WOMEN UP HERE ON THIS DAIS. BUT I THINK ALSO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THE WOMEN ON WHOSE SHOULDERS WE ALL STAND.

AND ONE IS IN THE ROOM TODAY. PATTY RADDLE IS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

PATTY, COME UP . LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AS WE'RE CELEBRATING THE BARRIERS THAT HAVE BEEN BROKEN AND RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S STILL OTHER BARRIERS, I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU ONE OF THE ICONS OF BARRIERS BROKEN FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THIS ROOM. AND WITHOUT WOMEN LIKE PATTY WE WOULD BE A LESSER CITY.

AND YOUR CONTRIBUTION, PATTY, MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR LITTLE GIRLS AND ESPECIALLY MY DAUGHTER TO HAVE NO EXCUSES TO DO SMALL THINGS. AND I THANK GOD THAT I LIVE IN A CITY IN WHICH PATTY STILL LIVES. THANK YOU, LADIES FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND PLEASE LEAD US AND

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

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR CONTINUING TO BE THE PACE SETTERS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY AND WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH . [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. NOW IF I CAN INVITE OUR FRIEND, ERNEST MARTINEZ AND HIS TEAM FROM CCLIF AS I READ THE PROCLAMATION WITH THIS YEAR'S THEME BEING BRING FORTH A CELEBRATION LED BY GRAND MARSHAL COLONEL GIL CORONADO AND TERESA CHAVEZ DELGADO. CESAR CHAVEZ WAS A MAN OF HUMBLE BEGINNINGS BORN IN ARIZONA ON MARCH 31, 1927. CESAR BEGAN HIS WORKING LIFE AS A MANUAL LABORER, SERVED TWO YEARS IN THE NAVY. WHEREAS CESAR CHAVEZ ADVOCATED TIRELESSLY FOR LATINOS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. HE FOUNDED THE NATIONAL FARM WORKERS ASSOCIATION WITH DOLORES HUERTA ORGANIZING CAMPAIGNS, PICKETS, BALLOT PROPOSALS, AND STRIKES. HIS ACTIVISM BROUGHT ABOUT NATIONAL ATTENTION AND BROUGHT ABOUT REFORM TO USHER IN DECENT PAY AND LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS AND HEALTH PLANS FOR FARM WORKERS ACROSS AMERICA. WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL MARCH FOR JUSTICE CONTINUES THE MISSION OF ITS FOUNDER, THE LATE JAIME MARTINEZ, WHO WAS MENTORED AND INSPIRED BY CESAR CHAVEZ TO HONOR HIS LIFE AND ELELEGACY, CELEBRATE HIS IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS AND CELEBRATE THE POWER OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, A PROUD TRADITION ROOTED IN THE CULTURAL FABRIC OF SAN ANTONIO. NOW THEREFORE I, RON NIRENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 22, 2025 TO BE THE 29TH ANNUAL CESAR CHAVEZ MARCH FOR JUSTICE DAY IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS AND, ERNEST, WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU AND YOUR LEGACY. AND THE THINGS THAT YOU STAND FOR.

AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO HOLD OFF ON YOUR COMMENTS BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO

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

YOU SUMMED UP MUCH OF IT BUT I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT AS ALWAYS THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE ENSURE THAT WE MARCH SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AND ACKNOWLEDGING MORE THAN EVER

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I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE ROLE OF ERNEST MARTINEZ.

WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. DEFEND THE WEAK AND FATHERLESS.

UPHOLD THE CAUSE OF THE POOR AND THE OPPRESSED. RESCUE THE POOR AND NEEDY.

DELIVER THEM FROM THE LAND OF THE WICKED. PSALM 82, A VERY FITTING VERSE FOR TODAY. 29 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN MARCHING AND ONCE UPON A TIME THE ESTABLISHMENT, THE CITY DIDN'T WANT THIS MARCH TO HAPPEN. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT THE FINAL FOUR OR THE TOURISTS OF DOWNTOWN. BUT MY FATHER, THE LATE JAIME MARTINEZ THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE LEND OUR VOICE AND HONOR HIS FRIEND AND MENTOR CESAR CHAVEZ. THIS YEAR'S THEME IS BRING FORTH SONG AND CELEBRATION.

THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN OUR CITY, OUR STATE, AND OUR COUNTRY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THE FORCES THAT ARE AT WORK, THAT ARE WREAKING HAVOC ON OUR COMMUNITIES, TO STEAL OUR JOY.

FOR THAT REASON, THIS YEAR'S THEME IS BRING FORTH SONG AND CELEBRATION.

A LINE TAKEN OUT OF THE FARM WORKER PRAYER THAT WAS WRITTEN BY CESAR CHAVEZ AT A TIME WHEN THE FARM WORKERS WERE FACING TUMULTUOUS TIMES AND ADVERSITIES THEMSELVES.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LEND OUR VOICES.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE VERY STRONG IMAGERY AT THE MARCH. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IMAGES OF THE BELOVED FARM WORKERS THAT FEED THIS GREAT NATION. AND OF COURSE THOSE HERE AND THOSE THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US THAT HAVE ALLOWED US TO MARCH AND LEND OUR VOICE.

SO WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS. WE DO HAVE THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF CESAR CHAVEZ COMING, TERESA CHAVEZ DELGADO, THE GRANDDAUGHTER.

THIS TRADITION WAS STARTED BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS. MY FATHER WOULD BRING A MEMBER OF THE CHAVEZ FAMILY. IT STARTED WITH DOLORES HUERTA AND THE DESIGNER OF THAT BEAUTIFUL FLAG. ARTURO RODRIGUEZ AND OTHERS WHO MADE THE TREK TO OUR CITY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM HER ON SATURDAY. AND OF COURSE OUR LOCAL GRAND MARSHAL. GIL CORONADO. FROM THE WEST SIDE TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN THAT ROSE GARDEN IN 1983 WHEN PRESIDENT REAGAN ACKNOWLEDGED HIM IN A STORY.

THEY SAID, GIL, YOU'RE AT THE TOP. BUT IN 1983 SCHOOL LUNCHES WERE BEING CUT. GIL FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO LEND HIS VOICE AND HE GOT THE EAR OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND UNANIMOUSLY IN CONGRESS -- IMAGINE THAT -- PASSED A RESOLUTION FOR NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE WITH GIL AS WELL. CHAVEZ MEDIA WILL BE HERE. IT WILL BE STREAMED.

CHAVEZ MEDIA IS A SUBSIDIARY OF THE COMPANY IN CALIFORNIA. OUR FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS NOT ONLY TO MARCH, PROTEST, AND FIGHT FOR JUSTICE, BUT TO ALSO REMEMBER THE MOST IN NEED.

AND WITHIN THAT WE HAVE OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND. LAST YEAR WE RAISED $100,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO MEET THAT GOAL THIS YEAR. BUT ALSO GIVING BACK WITH THE YES WE CAN CAMPAIGN.

YES, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AND WE JUST READ IN THE HEADLINES THAT THE FOOD BANK WAS CUT.

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IT'S A TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT AND HOW WE CAN HELP AND GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO MARIO, MY GOOD FRIEND AND PARTNER OF THE YES WE CAN CAMPAIGN.

>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND ERNEST, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE ALONGSIDE YOU AND WITH ALL THESE YEARS IN THE PAST WITH THE YES WE CAN CAMPAIGN.

ON BEHALF OF ERIK COOPER, JUST THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US. WE ARE VERY HUMBLED AND PRIVILEGED TO BE ALONGSIDE YOU IN THE CESAR CHAVEZ MARCH. ERIK IS TRAVELING TODAY FOR HIS

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WE MUST NOT FORGET THAT. LET'S REMEMBER, ERNEST, YOUR DAD AND ALL HIS EFFORTS TO GET THIS MARCH GOING SO MANY YEARS AGO. I WANT TO TOUCH ON COUNCILMAN PELAEZ. YOU RECOGNIZED A GREAT WOMAN, FORMER CITY COUNCILMEMBER EARLIER. AND THAT IS PATTY, FORMER DISTRICT 5 COUNCILWOMAN.

COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, YOU REACHED OUT THE OTHER DAY BECAUSE YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT FOOD DURING THIS TIME, TO GET OUT TO RESIDENTS ON THE WEST SIDE.

WE APPRECIATED YOU REACHING OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN, NOT ONLY TO NOURISH DISTRICT 5 BUT ALL THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, OUR COUNTY, OUR 29 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS, AND DO OUR PART. AND SO I WORKED IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE YEARS AGO, ALONG WITH COUNCILWOMAN HAVRDA. AND AT THAT TIME PATTY WAS ON THE DAIS AS DISTRICT 5 COUNCILWOMAN. PATTY HAS WORKED ALONGSIDE THE FOOD BANK FOR MANY YEARS TO HELP NOURISH FAMILIES IN NEED. I WANTED TO ASK PATTY TO COME UP HERE.

PATTY. AND SHE'S A FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER ALSO OF THIS EFFORT.

JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND, PLEASE,

>> WELL, CERTAINLY. TREMENDOUS NEED. TREMENDOUS NEED AND IT ONLY GROWS. I KNOW THE NUMBER OF UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS WE HAVE HAS DOUBLED OVER THE LAST YEAR. THERE IS A LOT OF NEED. I JUST CELEBRATE -- TALK ABOUT SINGING AND CELEBRATION. I CELEBRATE THE FOOD BANK AND THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF BECAUSE OF GENEROUS PEOPLE.

THANK YOU, MARIO AND EVERYONE AT THE FOOD BANK. THANK YOU, ERNEST FOR INCLUDING THEM IN WHAT YOU DO. WE CAN'T JUST MARCH, WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE PATTY AND OTHERS IN THE VERY, VERY EARLY YEARS, YOU KNOW, NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE WERE COMING FORTH.

THE FIRST YEAR THAT MARCH ALMOST DIDN'T HAPPEN. THERE WAS A LOT OF RESISTANCE TO IT AND THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE NEXT TO MY DAD, LIKE LARRY ROMO THAT DOES A LOT OF GREAT WORK IN THE VETERAN ACTIVIST COMMUNITY. SO THIS IS A SPECIAL WEEKEND FOR US. IT'S THE 29TH ANNUAL, 29 YEARS OF MARCHING.

IT LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THAT FIRST MARCH BUT THERE'S BEEN A BIG PART OF THAT HAS BEEN AN INFUSION OF YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

AND SO OUR BOARD IS WORKING REALLY HARD AND ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS SITS ON THE DAIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, MANNY.

BUT THE THING IS IS THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAVE TO BE REMINDED OF BEING OF SERVICE TO OTHERS. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

WE MARCH ON SATURDAY. WE LEND OUR VOICE IN THE FULL SPIRIT, WHICH WAS COINED BY DOLORES HUERTA. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

COUNCILMEMBER PELAEZ. >> PELAEZ: THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, LARRY, I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AND THE MILITARY. AND YOU WERE A PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEE AND YOU LED THE SERVICE IN RECRUITING MEN AND WOMEN.

MANY FROM THIS COMMUNITY AND MANY ARE LATINOS. AND WE -- YOU KNOW, THE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM FIGHT AND GUARANTEE OUR CIVIL RIGHTS. CELEBRATING OUR CIVIL RIGHTS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE DO AS AN AMERICAN -- AS AMERICANS.

AND THE FACT THAT THIS CELEBRATION CAN NO LONGER BE HAD ON MILITARY BASES IS OBSCENE. THAT WE CAN'T EVEN CELEBRATE THE CIVIL RIGHTS WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY FIGHT FOR OUR CIVIL RIGHTS IS INEXPLICABLE AND UNFORGIVABLE.

THE FACT THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY AT THE MILITARY IS INEXPLICABLE. THE FACT THAT YOU CAN'T CELEBRATE THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN

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I HAVE NO IDEA HOW ANYBODY CAN SQUARE THAT CIRCLE FOR ME. WHAT'S BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THIS MARCH IS IT BRINGS OUT EVERYBODY. YOU'RE GOING TO BE MARCHING WITH CHIEF MCMANUS, WITH THE SHERIFF, WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE MARCHING OUT THERE WITH UNIONS, TEACHERS, EMPLOYEES OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES IN SAN ANTONIO. THIS IS A MARCH FOR SAN ANTONIO AND IT'S A FIGHT THAT WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR SAN ANTONIO. THE OTHER BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT'S PART OF A VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE WITH OURSELVES AND IT'S A CONVERSATION ABOUT DECENCY AND CONSCIENCE AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I TELL MY CHILDREN ABOUT IS MY FRIENDSHIP WITH YOUR FATHER, WHO I LOVE VERY MUCH.

AND I MARCH WITH YOU THIS MONTH REMEMBERING YOUR FATHER AND REMEMBERING HIM VERY FONDLY.

AND THE OTHER BIG HONOR OF MY LIFE -- I WISH YOUR FATHER WAS AROUND TO SEE IT IS -- GETTING TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF THIS ORGANIZATION. ERIK AND ANDY TOO, I RECUSED MYSELF FROM THE BUDGET VOTE WHEN WE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY THE INVESTMENT WE MAKE IN THIS MARCH. BUT I DON'T RECUSE MYSELF IN THANKING EVERY ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE FOR DOING WHAT I WAS UNABLE TO DO, WHICH IS VOTE FOR THAT INCREASE.

AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A MARCH THAT WILL BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF THIS TIME WITH THAT EXTRA INVESTMENT. PLEASE BRING EXTRA SOCKS. THANKS.

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

>> GARCIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY ON A DAILY BASIS BUT ALSO FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER THIS DAY IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE ONES THAT WE FIGHT FOR. I'M JUST SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE LIVE IN COMPASSIONATE CITY USA AND THAT WE ARE A CITY THAT RALLIES AROUND THOSE THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE. BUT WE ONLY DO IT BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU ALL THAT DO THIS WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT. AND WE ARE UP HERE AND TRYING TO HELP YOU ALL WITH POLICIES, BUT YOU ALL ARE OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS EVERY SINGLE DAY DOING THE WORK WHILE WE'RE SITTING HERE CONDUCTING CITY BUSINESS.

I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE YOU. I LOVE THE THEME.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH, YOU'RE RIGHT, ERNEST. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH JOY THAT'S CELEBRATED. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MARCH, TO SEEING YOU ON SATURDAY. AND THE MOST PRECIOUS PART OF THE MARCH FOR ME IS SEEING ALL OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND JUST SEEING THEIR ENTHUSIASM FOR THE COMMUNITY AND KNOWING THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ON THE LEGACY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

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

COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL CONTINUE TO DO. ERNEST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

MARIO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOOD BANK.

PATTY, LARRY, THANK YOU FOR LEADING US IN THIS FIGHT. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TRADITION IN MOVEMENT THAT MY TEAM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN EVERY YEAR.

SO WE WILL BE THERE WITH OUR CANS AND READY TO MARCH. THANK YOU.

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

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

ERNEST, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND BRINGING THIS GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO I KNOW ARE SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT. YOU KNOW, HAVING LIVED IN SAN ANTONIO FOR 50 YEARS I CAN THINK BACK 30 YEARS AGO, EVEN BEFORE THE MARCH. AND YOUR DAD'S COMMITMENT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND HIS WORK WITH CESAR CHAVEZ AND SO MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I KNEW AND SUPPORTED YOUR DAD PRETTY WELL BUT I HAVE TO SAY I WAS KIND OF INTIMIDATED ABOUT HIM SOMETIMES. YOU KNOW, HE WAS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT HE WANTED TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE WORKERS.

HE WAS A REAL FIGHTER FOR THE RIGHTS AND THE DIGNITY OF WORKING PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WORKERS ALL ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS AND ACROSS THE NATION.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER THAT BUT I CERTAINLY DO.

AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN WITH THE SUPPORT OF SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE TO CARRY THIS FORWARD. WE HAVE CHAVEZ AS A STREET NOW AND WE HAVE THIS MARCH EVERY YEAR. AND I THINK IT'S JUST A TREMENDOUS SHOWING OF SUPPORT IN SAN ANTONIO FOR THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, FOR THE WORKERS IN THIS COMMUNITY, FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE DIGNITY OF EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY.

SO BEST OF LUCK. I'LL BE THERE AND I HOPE WE HAVE GREAT WEATHER AND A GREAT

TURNOUT. THANK YOU, ERNEST. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU, COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE. COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA. >> HAVRDA: THANK YOU.

I'M EXCITED TO TALK WITH YOU TODAY, ERNEST, CARLA, LARRY, MARIO.

THE WORK YOU'RE DOING IS SO IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY NOW. I THINK THAT WE -- IN OUR CITY

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THIS PARTICULAR MARCH IS IMPACTFUL TO ME BECAUSE IT'S THE STORY OF MY OWN FAMILY.

AND FOR THAT REASON I BRING MY KIDS EVERY YEAR AND REMIND THEM THAT THIS IS ABOUT THEM.

BUT THE MAIN REASON I WANTED TO TALK WITH YOU IS JUST TO SAY WE ALL HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WHILE IT IS A CELEBRATION AND WE'RE MARCHING, IT'S STILL A PROTEST AND THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE'RE OUT THERE PROTESTING FOR ALL OF US, FOR OUR OWN COMMUNITIES, FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE LIVING IN FEAR RIGHT NOW. THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA. WE WILL SEE YOU ALL WITH AN EXTRA ENERGIZED CROWD ON SATURDAY. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

ERNEST, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] LASTLY, WE ALSO ARE RECOGNIZING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS DAY. SO IF I CAN CALL THE LADIES UP AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO AS SOON AS I READ THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS ON MARCH 22, 2025 THE SORORITY WILL OBSERVE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND HOST A MOBILE MAMMOGRAM AND WHEREAS THE TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCERS ARE DIFFERENT AND DO NOT RESPOND TO MEDICINES TYPICALLY USED TO PREVENT OR STOP CANCER GROWTH BY TARGETING CERTAIN CELL RECEPTORS. INSTEAD, TNBC HAS BEEN SHOWN TO RESPOND TO CHEMOTHERAPY.

WHEREAS BR BREAST CANCERS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE TRIPLE NEGATIVE THAN THOSE IN WHITE WOMEN. WHEREAS THE SORORITY CHAPTER STANDS UNITED IN SUPPORT OF THOSE AFFECTED BY TNBC AND HONORS THE RESILIENCE, COURAGE, AND STRENGTH FOR THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO FIGHT EVERY DAY. WHEREAS THE CHAPTER AIMS TO USE THEIR VOICE BUILT ON THE PRINCIPLES OF SISTERHOOD AND LEADERSHIP TO EMPOWER AND UPLIFT THE PATIENTS, JOINING THE NATIONAL AND GLOBAL ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO PREVENT THIS DEADLY DISEASE. NOW THEREFORE I, RON NIRENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 22, 2025 TO BE TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS DAY IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO INCREASE THEIR AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING FOR TNBC PATIENTS AND THEIR LOVED ONES.

. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO HONOR OUR SPECIAL GUESTS. [APPLAUSE] THEY ARE DOING AMAZING WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER.

AND EVEN WENT TO ADVOCATE AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE EARLIER THIS WEEK.

MARCH 3 KICKED OFF THE AWARENESS OF TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER MONTH, IN AUDIO] THIS FORM OF BREAST CANCER IS MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN OTHER TYPES AND OFTEN MORE DIFFICULT TO TREAT. IT HAS BEEN FOUND TO OCCUR DISPROPORTIONATELY IN YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN. THEY STARTED USING THEIR PLATFORM TO RAISE AWARENESS AND SUPPORT EFFORTS OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AND ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDING EARLIER BREAST HEALTH TESTING. THIS SATURDAY MARCH 22 FROM 12:00 TO 2:00 ZETA PHI BETA WILL BE AT BANDERA ROAD RAISING AWARENESS. THERE WILL BE FREE SCREENINGS AND A MOBILE MAMMOGRAM UNIT BUT PERHAPS THE MOST EXCITING PART IS THE ADULT SPELLING BEE.

I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WOMEN'S HEALTH SCREENING AND EDUCATE YOURSELF ABOUT THE DISEASE. MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS AT THEIR DESK AS WELL AS THESE BEAUTIFUL PINS TO REMEMBER AND RAISE AWARENESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE CHAPTER PRESIDENT, SYDNEY KNOWLES, AND ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL WOMEN. AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MY DIRECTOR OF CONSTITUENT SERVICES AND EVENTS FOR YOUR HELP ON THIS.

LET'S GIVE THESE LADIES ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE]

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

GAVITO. COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: SO SYDNEY -- CAN

EVERYBODY INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AT THE MICROPHONE? >> GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR,

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ZETA IS MAKING A GLOBAL IMPACT ON THE PLATFORM OF THE POWER OF SHE.

WE THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING US ON THE DAY THAT YOU ARE RECOGNIZING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AS WE ARE

>> HELLO, COUNCIL. A LOT OF YOU HAVE SEEN MY FACE AROUND.

BUT MY NAME IS LATIKA SIMS HOWELL. BUT IN MY OFF TIME ONE OF THE THINGS I DO IS THE SOCIAL ACTION CHAIR FOR OUR SORORITY SO I'M EXCITED FOR THIS COLLABORATION AND A CHANCE TO HIGHLIGHT AND ADVOCATE FOR MORE ACCESS FOR HEALTHCARE RESOURCES, FOR BLACK WOMEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR. THANK YOU.

>> GOOD MORNING. I'M MICHELLE, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW ME FROM OUR WORK WITH THE JUNETEENTH BLOCK PARTY BUT I AM A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE CHAPTER HERE.

>> GOOD MORNING. I AM JILLIE AND I AM A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE EPSILONS CHAPTER

HERE. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS NAKEL AND I AM ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS FOR THE ADULT SPELLING BEE ON SATURDAY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL

THERE. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS DONNA TUCKER.

I AM A CHARTER MEMBER OF EPSILO ALPHA BETA ZETA. I'M ALSO A DISABLED VETERAN.

I RETIRED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND I AM THE SURVIVING DAUGHTER OF A GRANDMOTHER AND SISTER WHO PASSED AWAY FROM BREAST CANCER, SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY PRESENT OUR CONCERNS ABOUT WOMEN'S HEALTH AND BREAST CANCER, TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER.

THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS LETICIA WILLIAMS AND I SERVE AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER AS ONE ON THE ADULT SPELLING BEE COMMITTEE. AND I ALSO AM THE TREASURER OF THE EPSILON ALPHA BETA ZETA

SORORITY. >> MY NAME IS JAMIE BUTLER AND I AM HERE TODAY TO PAY HOMAGE TO ONE OF OUR SORORITY SISTERS THAT PASSED EARLIER THIS MONTH FROM TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST

CANCER. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, LADIES FOR INTRODUCING YOURSELVES.

I GOT TO SPEAK IN THE FALL OF 2023 AT YOUR REGIONAL CONFERENCE.

LITTLE DID I KNOW AT THAT TIME THAT I WAS SICK WITH ANOTHER FORM OF CANCER.

BUT THE ENTHUSIASM, THE VIBE, THE LOVE WAS -- BECAUSE I WASN'T WELL.

BUT I COULD FEEL IT AND I WAS LIKE I CAN DO THIS. AND SO WHEN I SAW YOU ALL HERE TODAY I WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOODNESS. ALMOST A YEAR LATER OR A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AND I GET TO SEE MY FRIENDS AGAIN, THAT KIND OF HELPED ME THROUGH THAT DAY.

AND WE KNOW HOW HARMFUL CANCER CAN BE FOR WOMEN, WOMEN OF COLOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR USING YOUR VOICES. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU SAID YOUR NAMES BECAUSE IT WILL BE RECORDED AND Y'ALL CAN WATCH IT LATER.

BUT I WANTED Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE HERE AND THAT -- SAY YOUR NAME BECAUSE YOU ARE STANDING BY THIS CAUSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN FOR PUTTING FORTH THESE EFFORTS. SO APPRECIATE IT. TOGETHER WE ARE GOING TO FIND SOLUTIONS AND WE ARE GOING TO SAVE LIVES. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR EFFORTS. GOOD LUCK WITH THE ADULT SPELLING BEE.

AND THEY DON'T GET TO USE THEIR PHONES. I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL ARE

GOING TO DO IT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, FOR YOUR ADVOCACY, AND FOR GIVING US A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE IN SOME VERY DIFFICULT CHALLENGES THAT

WOMEN FACE. CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT.

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[Miscellaneous  ]

TO CALL UP ITEM 26 FIRST. WE DO -- >>

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: SO I'LL CALL UP ITEM 26. BEFORE YOU COME UP, I DO HAVE A LIST OF SPEAKERS. IF YOU WANT TO COME MOVE CLOSER TO SIT UP IN THE FRONT.

I'M JUST LETTING MY COLLEAGUES KNOW WE ARE TAKING THINGS OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE WE HAVE FOLKS

WHO NEED TO LEAVE. LET'S CALL UP 26. >> CLERK: ITEM NO. 26 IS AN ORDINANCE NAMING THE SAN ANTONIO NATATORIUM TO ATANACIO GARCIA NATATORIUM LOCATED AT

1430 WEST CESAR CHAVEZ BOULEVARD. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WE HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK . ARE YOU ALL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK

AS A GROUP? >> FIVE INDIVIDUALS SPEAKING TODAY BUT WE'RE STANDING HERE.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: PATTY, MARIA, ROSIE, JONATHAN, CHARLIE.

EVERYBODY'S UP HERE AND Y'ALL ARE SPEAKING AS A GROUP OR INDIVIDUALLY?

>> INDIVIDUALLY. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: LET ME DO THIS.

I'LL GIVE YOU -- YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT ALL. YOU'LL HAVE 15 MINUTES.

YOU JUST PASS THE MIC AS YOU SEE FIT. BUT WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND MARK IT 15 MINUTES. IF YOU DON'T TAKE ALL OF IT, YOU DON'T NEED TO.

YOU CAN CALL UP WHOEVER YOU NEED TO IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

>> MY NAME IS MARIA WITH OUR LADY GUADALUPE SHRINE. I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE NAMING OF THE SAN ANTONIO NATATORIUM TO THE ATANACCI GARCIA NATATORIUM.

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING HIM IN MY INVOLVEMENT WITH COPS/METRO AT THE PARISH OF OUR LADY GUADALUPE SHRINE. MR. GARCIA WAS A GENTLE, SOFT-SPOKEN MAN BUT PERSISTENT. ALWAYS WITH HIS CLIPBOARD IN HAND, TOLD A STORY.

HE WAS A MAN WITH A PURPOSE. HE WAS A ROLE MODEL. HE WAS MY MENTOR.

MR. GARCIA CARED A LOT ABOUT HIS COMMUNITY. HE WAS RELENTLESS IN LEADING COPS'S EFFORTS TO BRING THE ONLY OLYMPIC-SIZE SWIMMING POOL IN SAN ANTONIO FOR THE CHILDREN ON THE WEST SIDE. WE HAVE HIS LETTERS AND NOTES AT THE COPS/METRO OFFICE THAT TELLS THE HISTORY OF HIS EFFORTS. IN THE EA EARLY 1970S HE STARTED THE SWIMMING POOL COMMITTEE. HE HAD MANY LISTS WITH PEOPLE'S NAMES, PHONE NUMBERS, ADDRESSES, DETAILED NOTES. AND HE HAD ENDLESS LISTS OF POLITICAL OFFICIALS HE ENGAGED WITH, INCLUDING THE THEN-PRESIDENT OF THE SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL DISTRICT. CONGRESSMAN HENRY B. GONZALES, ALSO RUDY MONTEZ, THE DIRECTOR OF THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM. THE THEN-CURRENT GENERAL MANAGER, THE DIRECTOR OF THE SAN ANTONIO PARKS AND RECREATION. THEN-MAYOR JOHN GETTY.

COMMISSIONER ALBERT PENA AND SENATOR BERNAL, AMONG OTHERS. HE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THEN CONGRESSMAN HENRY B. GONZALES WHERE HE WROTE KEEP UP THE FIGHT FOR THE SWIMMING POOL.

THE FIGHT WASN'T EASY. HE CONFRONTED DIFFICULTIES WHEN HE WAS TOLD BY POLITICAL OFFICIALS THAT LIFEGUARDS WOULD BUT HE WAS PERSISTENT. HE WAS A MAN WITH A PURPOSE.

IN ONE LETTER HE WROTE TO THE MAYOR AND TO THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ARGUING THAT AN OLYMPIC-SIZED POOL WOULD ALLOW CHILDREN ON THE WEST SIDE TO LEARN TO SWIM AND COMPETE IN CITY, STATE AND NATIONAL MEETS. SOME STUDENTS COULD EVEN WIN SCHOLARSHIPS. HE WAS ADAMANT AND HAD A VISION FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE WEST SIDE. MR. GARCIA SAID, AS PARENTS AND GROWNUPS, WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED NOT ONLY ABOUT HOUSING, DRESSING, FEEDING AND PROVIDING FOR OUR CHILDREN WIT WE MUST ALSO PREPARE THEM AND HELP THEM MAKE THEIR WAY IN LIFE. WE CAN TEACH THEM HYGIENE, GOOD MANNERS TO WORK ABOUT RELIGION, WE CAN TEACH THEM HOW TO DANCE AND HOW TO SWIM.

ALL THIS SHALL MAKE THEM USEFUL TO SOCIETY. WE AT COPS/METRO HONOR HIS

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I TURNED TO HIM AND ASKED WHO IS GOING TO REPLACE YOU. HE TURNED TO ME AND SAID YOU ARE. AND NOW I TURN TO MY REPLACEMENT, HIS DAUGHTER,

ROSE GARCIA. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS ROSE GARCIA.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT HONOR FOR MY FATHER ATANACIO GARCIA. WITH ME TODAY ARE THE GARCIA FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COPS/METRO LEADERS LIVING IN THE WEST SIDE THAT RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR AFTER-SCHOOL SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN. IN THE LATE '60S, THE DREAM OF HAVING A OLYMPIC-SIZED SWIMMING POOL IN THE HEART OF THE WEST SIDE WAS BORN. THROUGHOUT THE 1970S, HE WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD GETTING NEIGHBORS TO SIGN PETITIONS AND HE WROTE LETTERS TO CITY, STATE AND NATIONAL ELECTED OFFICIALS. ASKING FOR SUPPORT. HE RECEIVED A LOT OF NOS.

NO LAND, NO MONEY. HE NEVER GAVE UP. IN 1974, HE WORK WITH COPS/METRO LEADERS AND THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR MISSION TO CREATE A NATATORIUM FOR ALL CHILDREN IN SAN ANTONIO. IT ANTICIPATED IN 1981.

IN 2022, POPE FRANCIS BLESSED MY DAD. HE ALSO BLESSED COPS/METRO LEADERS FOR THEIR WORK. IN 2025, ATANACIO GARCIA NATATORIUM.

>> HELLO. BUSINESS OWNER AT BROKEN CLEAN PRESSURE WASHING, ONE OF SAN ANTONIO'S FAVORITE PRESSURE WASHING COMPANIES. I'M WRITING TO SHARE THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF MY GRANDFATHER ATANACIO GARCIA HAS HAD ON MY LIFE AND COMMUNITY AND WHY HE DESERVES THE HONOR OF HAVING THE NORTH -- NATATORIUM NAMED AFTER HIM. QUALITIES THAT DEFINE THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.

HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF THOSE AROUND HIM MAKE HIM A FIGURE THAT BOTH THE WEST SIDE AND ALL OF SAN ANTONIO CAN LOOK UP TO.

NAMING THE NATATORIUM AFTER HIM WOULD ENSURE HIS LEGACY CONTINUES.

ATANACIO DEMONSTRATED LOVE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY IN DAILY WAYS.

BELIEVING EVEN THE SMALLEST EFFORTS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

HE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT ENSURING THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY HAD OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS. HIS DETERMINATION EXTENDED BEYOND HIS IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS. HE EVEN DREAMED OF HELPING PAY DOWN THE NATIONAL DEBT FOR ALL AMERICANS. HIS SERVICE TO HIS COMMUNITY AND CHURCH WAS WHOLE-HEARTED AND UNWAVERING. PERHAPS ONE OF HIS GREATEST COMMITMENTS TO TO ENSURE THE WEST SIDE HAD THE SAME AMENITIES AND RESOURCES AS OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.

HE BELIEVED EVERYONE DESERVED A PLACE TO SWIM, GATHER AND DEGREE.

-- GROW. TO ME HE IS A HERO. HIS STORY -- THE WEST SIDE HAS SHAPED MANY OF WEST SIDE'S PIONEERS AND THERE'S NO WAY TO HONOR ONE OF ITS UNSUNG HEROES THAN NAMING THE NATATORIUM AFTER HIM. SINCERELY, HIS GRANDSON,

JONATHAN GARCIA. >> THE ZIP CODE 78207 IS CULTURALLY ONE OF THE RICHES ZIP CODES IN THE CITY. UNFORTUNATELY IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS ECONOMICALLY ON THE LOWEST END OF THE STRENGTH OF ECONOMICS IN THIS CITY. INSIDE 78207 IS A PRECINCT THAT IS THE ECONOMICALLY MOST CHALLENGED PRECINCT IN THAT PARTICULAR ZIP CODE.

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WHEN ROD ACKNOWLEDGE I MOVED TO THE COMMUNITY 55 YEARS AGO AND STARTED GETTING INVOLVED, EVERY MEETING WE WENT TO, I MEAN EVERY MEETING WHETHER IT WAS AT PTTA OR A COMMITTEE AT THE CHURCH, ATANACIO WAS THERE AND EVERY MEETING HE STOOD UP, USUALLY IN HIS U.S. POSTAL UNIFORM SAYING HOW WE NEEDED AN OLYMPIC-SIZED SWIMMING POOL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN TERI CASTILLO AND HER STAFF FOR THE HELP IN GETTING TO THIS POINT TODAY.

IT WOULD BE VERY MEANINGFUL THING TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE KNOW HIS INVOLVEMENT FROM SO MANY ANGLES OF THINGS THAT HE FOUGHT FOR IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IF HE WERE HERE, I FEEL IN HIS BEHALF I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE SOME OF THAT PASSION THAT HE HAD TO CHALLENGE YOU THAT IN THE BUDGET WHEN IT COMES AROUND TO MAKING SWIMMING POOLS FREE ENTRY, PLEASE REMEMBER THE NATATORIUM IN ECONOMICALLY MOST CHALLENGED PLACE IN OUR CITY. AND WE HOPE THAT WHEN WE TALK IN WE WILL SEE ATANACIO GARCIA NATATORIUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR

ATTENTION. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, YOU CAN RELATE TO THIS, YOU MEET MANY GREAT PEOPLE, OF COURSE, AND SO IN YOUR CAREERS YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASKED AND WILL CONTINUALLY BE ASKED WHO WAS THE PERSON YOU MET THAT MOST IMPRESSED YOU, RIGHT? AND SO YOU MIGHT SAY THIS PRESIDENT, THAT PRESIDENT, THIS SENATOR, THAT CONGRESSMAN, THAT GOVERNOR, THAT REPRESENTATIVE, THAT COUNCILMEMBER, EVEN A COLLEAGUE.

BUT WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, IF YOU REALLY THINK CLOSELY, IT PROBABLY IS GOING TO BE A CONSTITUENT. AND THAT'S WHAT MR. GARCIA WAS TO ME.

FIRST OF ALL, HE HELPED MY FATHER AND MYSELF GET INTO PUBLIC OFFICE AND REMAIN THERE, BUT HE WAS MORE THAN THAT. LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT AN INCREDIBLE INDIVIDUAL AND HOW ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. AND IT COULD BE ONE MINUTE AT A TIME, ONE DOLLAR AT A TIME, BUT THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT MR. GARCIA REPRESENTS WHICH SHOULD MOTIVATE US ALL AS CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY, COMING TOGETHER AND DOING EACH OUR PART. SO I'M IN CONGRESS AND I HAVE MR. GARCIA COME TO THE OFFICE AND HE BRINGS A JAR OR A TIN FILLED WITH CHANGE. AND I SAID, OKAY, I THINK I KNOW ABOUT THIS, MY FATHER TOLD ME. MR. GARCIA WOULD ACTUALLY COLLECT ALUMINUM CANS, THIS IS THE WAY I REMEMBER IT, AND THEN HE WOULD TURN THEM IN AND WHATEVER MONEY HE GOT, HE ALSO COLLECTED PEOPLE'S CHANGE AT THE DOOR AT HIS HOUSE AT TIMES. HE WOULD GET THAT JAR AND WANT TO GIVE IT TO THE UNITED STATES TREASURY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING DOWN THE NATIONAL DEBT.

THIS WAS A MAN, AS PATTI JUST TOLD YOU, FROM THAT PARTICULAR ZIP CODE WHO FELT A RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP GET THIS NATION OUT OF DEBT. YOU NAME SOMEBODY TODAY THAT YOU RUN ACROSS THAT HAS ANY KIND OF COMPASSION AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT COMPARES TO MR. GARCIA. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TODAY.

SO -- LACKING TODAY. THIS IS ABOUT THE SPIRIT AND DEDICATION OF A MAN THAT REALLY SHOULD BE A ROLE MODEL FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

SO WE ARE TAKING UP ITEM 26 NOW AND SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER

CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

TODAY IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL DAY FOR OUR DISTRICT 5 COMMUNITY.

AS MANY OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE CONGRESSMAN AND COUNCILWOMAN HAVE EXPRESSED THE ROLE OF MR. GARCIA IN ENSURING SAN ANTONIO'S MOST ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED ZIP CODE RECEIVES SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LONG DESERVED.

THAT OLYMPIC-STYLE SWIMMING POOL AND ENSURING OUR YOUTH HAVE A PLACE TO BE ACTIVE AND HEALTHY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT HIM WALKING AROUND WITH THAT CLIPBOARD. AT A COMMUNITY MEETING AS PATTI SAID, HEY, ARE YOU

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HE CAME TO THAT MEETING TO SHARE AND WITHOUT THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE RECEIVED THAT SWIMMING SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM TO ENSURE WHEN SWIMMING SEASON IS OPEN IT WILL SAY MR. GARCIA'S NATATORIUM. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THANK THE SAN ANTONIO PARKS FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB IN HONOR SAN ANTONIO'S HISTORY.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE FAMILY AND COPS/METRO FOR ENSURING WE DON'T FORGET OUR HISTORY AND REMIND THERE'S PRETTY OF FREE POOL DAYS. THAT IS SOMETHING I HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES ON. IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO VOTE YES ON THIS ITEM TODAY.

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

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> SECOND. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 26. I DO NOT SEE A QUEUE AND SO IF OTHERS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SIGNAL ME.

COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING HERE. I'VE SWAM AT THE NATATORIUM. I DID NOT KNOW THE STORY EITHER, BUT IT'S A SAN ANTONIO STORY WHICH I LOVE.

I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO FOR MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE TAKING BACK OUR STORIES AND TELLING THEM CORRECTLY IS HOW WE CHANGE THE WORLD.

YOU GUYS ARE DOING. THAT CONGRATULATIONS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING

THIS ITEM. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN.

THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 26. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. [APPLAUSE] I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU ALL, BUT THAT WAS A PRETTY EASY ONE UP HERE.

[City Code Amendments  ]

WE'LL GO TO ITEM 16. >> CLERK: ITEM NUMBER 16 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE 19-194 TO RESTRICT OVERSIZED VEHICLE PARKING WITHIN 1,000 FEET OF A RESIDENTIAL ZONED AREA BETWEEN 12:00 A.M. AND 6:00 A.M.

EXCEPT WHEN ACTIVELY LOADING AND UNLOADING AND WHEN MAKING EMERGENCY REPAIRS AND ESTABLISHING A FINE OF $500 TO ALIGN WITH THE OVERADVISED VEHICLE

RESIDENTIAL FINE. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THIS WAS PULLED BY COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN.

WE HAVE TWO FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. LET ME CALL THEM NOW.

IS JESSE LOPEZ HERE? JESSE LOPEZ? MR. LOPEZ? OKAY. DAVID FRISHY16789. ARE YOU MR. FRISH?

YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY JOHN WOOD. >> MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'M AN ATTORNEY AND I HAVE A SMALL BUILDING IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 9.

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I HAVE SOME PICTURES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE VERY BRIEFLY BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE CONFLATING THE WORD "STORAGE" WITH PARKING. BECAUSE THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THE ORDINANCE, IT WOULD PREVENT PARKING BETWEEN CERTAIN HOURS, BUT PARKING IS NOT -- WHAT I'M SEEING WITH PARKING IS NOT STOPPING AT BILL MILLER TO RUN IN FOR BARBECUE AND LEAVING. THESE VEHICLES ARE BEING STORED ON PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY. AND WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU HERE IS AN ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 2 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ON PRO TEM.

IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY THAT THING AT THE BOTTOM IS CALLED A MANSFIELD BAR BECAUSE JANE MANSFIELD WAS KILLED WHEN HER VEHICLE RAN UNDER AN 18-WHEELER.

THIS PARKED, SO-CALLED PARKED BUT STORED VEHICLE WAS REAR-ENDED ABOUT 12:20.

I HAVEN'T SEEN THE BODY CAM IMAGES YET, BUT I THINK THE GENTLEMAN THAT HIT IT WAS INJURED SEVERELY. THIS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BECAUSE OF THIS VEHICLE BEING PARKED -- AND YOU CAN SEE THE DECEMBER SIX-YEAR CAPITAL CAN'T THAT IS ON THE ROADWAY TO PICK UP THE FLUID THAT WAS LOST. THE NEXT IMAGE, THIS IS PROTON ROAD FROM TIME TO TIME. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME IF I STEP OVER. LET ME TRY TO EXPLAIN. RIGHT BEHIND THIS 18-WHEELER WITH THE JOHN DEERE IS A AUTISM DAY CARE CENTER THAT HAS KIDS WITH AUTISM WHO GO TO DAY CARE THERE EVERY DAY. BEYOND IT IS GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES WHICH SOME OF US HAVE UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO GO TO, BUT GASTRO IS WHERE YOU GO FOR YOUR COLONOSCOPY. AND IT IS FREQUENTED BY A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE.

WHEN THESE VEHICLES ARE PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD NEXT TO GASTRO, THE SIGHT LINE IS COMPLETELY BLOCKED AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME T-BONING IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY, I'M NOT AWARE OF IT, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN VEHICLE FIRES THAT HAVE OCCURRED HERE AND WHAT I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL IS TO PERHAPS CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT PARKING OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT STORAGE, AFTER-HOUR STORAGE OF VEHICLES. ONE LAST PICTURE IF I MAY.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WRAP IT UP, BUT GO AHEAD. >> THIS IS THE OTHER DIRECTION, GASTRO IS ON THE LEFT. BUT ON THIS STREET THERE ARE TWO AUTISM CENTERS, ONE ON THE EAST END OF PROTON, ONE ON THE WEST END.

THERE'S DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES ON THE WEST END OF PROTON.

GASTRO IS IN BETWEEN. I'M ASKING COUNCIL TO CONSIDER EXPANDING THE ORDINANCE TO INCLUDING SCHOOLS, MEDICAL FACILITIES AND DAY CARE CENTERS.

WHY AREN'T WE PRE ARCHITECTING THEM? -- PROTECTING THEM?

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: JOHN WOOD. AND YOU ARE OUR FINAL

SPEAKER. >> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL AND MR. MAYOR.

MY NAME IS JOHN WOOD, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF OAKLAND HEIGHTS, A 259 COMMUNITY THAT SITS BETWEEN DEZAVALA AND OFF VANCE JACKSON.

OUR FIVE YEARS AGO OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION BEGAN TO ADDRESS THE 18-WHEELER PARKING ISSUE THAT COVERED THE ENTIRE STREET OF BECKWITH BOULEVARD WHICH IS A MAN CONDUIT TO COME HOME AND LEAVE FOR WORK. THEY HAD TO GIVE UP THEIR PARKING IN FRONT OF THEIR BUSINESSES. THE BATTLE CONTINUES TODAY.

IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, A LETTER WAS CREATED BY THE OAKLAND HEIGHTS AND WOOD LAND COMMUNITY AFIRE STATION AND SENT TO SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC WORKS REQUESTING TO INSTALL NO OVERNIGHT PARKING A BECKWITH. WITH A PIECEMEAL SITUATION IT HAS MADE IT HARD FOR SAPD TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE 18-WHEELERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PARKING AND NOT AND THIS PROBLEM IS IRREGULAR. THE IMPACT IS BROAD.

CARS HAVE TO SWERVE AROUND THESE 18-WHEELERS INTO OPPOSING LANES TO GO BY.

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THE FIRE STATION REPORTS THESE 18-WHEELERS HAVE PARKED IN FRONT OF AUDIO]. MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ONLY FEET AWAY FROM BECKWITH AND THE 18-WHEELER OBSTRUCTS THE VIEWS OF DRIVERS WHO MAY NOT SEE CHILDREN CROSSING THE STREET. THE CONDITION CONDITIONS TO DETERIORATE.

I ASK TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR RESIDENTS, THE CHILDREN, THE BUSINESSES IMPACTED, OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND MOST OUR VALUED MEMBERS OF THE TRUCKING COMMUNITY AND VET -- AND VOTE FOR THIS AMENDMENT. WE CAN FIGURE OUT OTHER SOLUTIONS, BUT THERE WILL NEVER BE ANY ACTION UNTIL WE TAKE THIS FIRST STEP.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS CONSIDERATION AND MAYOR NIRENBERG, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE AS OUR COUNCILMAN AND MAYOR. MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN YOUR NEXT CHAPTER IN LIFE. AND COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ, GOD GODSPEED ON YOUR

CAMPAIGN. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND COUCILMEMBER VIAGRAN THERE IS A PRESENTATION IF YOU NEED IT.

>> VIAGRAN: YEAH, DOES A PRESENTATION INCLUDE THE PROPOSITION, WHAT YOU ALL

PROPOSED OF THE OPTION? >> I DO IT HAVE IT IN THE BONUS SECTION.

>> VIAGRAN: WE CAN SEE THE WHOLE, BUT I NEED TO SEE THE B OPTION FOR THIS.

LET'S JUST SEE THAT SLIDE. >> OKAY. >> SEGOVIA: IF I MAY, IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE HAVE THE WHOLE PRESENTATION BECAUSE I THINK THE MOTION WILL --

>> VIAGRAN: OKAY. THEN WE CAN HAVE THE WHOLE PRESENTATION.

>> OKAY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, GOOD MORNING, MARIA VARGAS, I'LL BE PROVIDING A BRIEF ON OVERSIZED VEHICLE PARKING. BEGINNING WITH SOME BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT, THE DEFINITION OF AN OVERSIZED VEHICLE IS ANY VEHICLE THAT IS OVER 24 FEET IN LENGTH OR 8 FEET IN HEIGHT OR WIDTH EXCLUSIVE OF AND TEN IN ANSWER, LUGGAGE RACKS AND MEYERS. THESE VEHICLES ARE CURRENTLY PROHIBITED FROM PARKING FROM RESIDENTIAL ZONED DISTRICTS. THE VEHICLES WHICH WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE ORDINANCE WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY ARE TRUCK TRACTORS AND SEMI TRAILERS AS DEFINED BY THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE. THE CURRENT EXISTING LAWS AND REINSTRUCTIONS, YOU CAN VIEW HERE, THE FIRST IS A STATE LAW, TRANSPORTATION CODE, THE SECOND IS A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND THE FINAL THE MUNICIPAL CODE, WHICH IS WHAT SAPD AND CODE ENFORCEMENT TYPICALLY USE BECAUSE IT IS SUFFICIENT AND IT PROHIBITS THE OVERSIZED VEHICLE PARKING IN FRONT OF ANY LOT, PARCEL OR STREET USED SOLELY FOR RESIDENTIAL USE. TWO COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUESTS WERE RECEIVED, THE FIRST IN MAY OF 2022 REQUESTING TO REVISE TO OVERNIGHT PARKING OF OVERSIZED VACCINE AND REVIEW AND EVALUATE REGULATIONS IN MAJOR TEXAS CITIES. THE SECOND WAS RECEIVED IN APRIL OF 2024 FROM DISTRICT 4 REQUESTING FOR OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES, ANALYSIS OF PRIVATE SPACES, AND A PLAN TO INITIATE A DESIGNATED FACILITY FOR OVERIZED PARKING WITH CITY-OWNED LAND. HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF TYPE OF PARKING AND STREETS OF CONCERN FROM DISTRICT 8. HERE IS A TIME LINE. AS YOU CAN SEE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, SAPD INITIALLY DID THE PRESENTATION FOR A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO RESTRICT PARKING FROM 2:00 TO 6:00. PUBLIC COMMENT IN FEBRUARY OF 2024. MARCH OF 2024 ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WITH REVISED ORDINANCE CHANGE. IN MAY OF 2024, THE GOVERNANCE HEARD THAT AND

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IN OCTOBER WE HELD A SURVEY SEEKING RESIDENT, TRUCK DRIVER FEEDBACK.

AND IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR WE HELD TWO VIRTUAL TOWN HALLS AND IN FEBRUARY LAST MONTH I PRESENTED ON TRUCK PARKING AND THE COMMITTEE APPROVED MOVING THE SELECTED OPTION DIRECTLY TO A SESSION. THESE ARE THE OPTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE LAST MONTH. OPTION A WOULD BE TO RESTRICT THE PARKING OF OVERSIZED VEHICLES DEFINED AS A TRUCK TRACTOR OR SEMI TRAILER IN NON-RESIDENTIAL AREAS WITHIN 1,000 FEET FROM RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREAS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6:00 A.M. EXCEPT WHEN ACTIVELY LOADING OR UNLOADING OR MAKING EMERGENCY REPAIRS. OPTION B RESTRICTS PARKING OF OVERICED VEHICLES ONLY, TRUCK TRACTORS ONCE AGAIN BASED ON 311 REQUESTS AND AFTER EVALUATION SIGNS WOULD BE INSTALLED ONCE A DETERMINATION IS MADE.

BOTH OPTIONS MOVED TO INCREASE THE FINE OF $500 TO ALIGN WITH THE OVERSIZED VEHICLE RESIDENTIAL ZONE FINE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL REQUEST THAT TXDOT PRIORITIZE THE SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT WITH THE GOAL OF ADDRESSING THICK PARKING SHORTAGES. THE LOW-TO-MID ORDINANCE CHANGE AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MOVED TO BRING TO COUNCIL AGAIN IS RESTRICT THE PARKING OF TRUCK TRACTOR AND SEMI OFFICIALS IN NON-RESIDENTIAL AREAS WITHIN 1,000 FEET OF A RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6:00 A.M. THE YELLOW REPRESENTS RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.

THE RED LINE IS THAT 1,000-FOOT BUFFER. THE EFFECTIVE DATE WOULD BE 30 DAYS FROM COUNCIL APPROVAL. VYE RATERS WOULD RECEIVE WARNINGS DURING THE FIRST 60 DAYS AFTER EFFECTIVE DATE AND CITATIONS WOULD BE ISSUED 90 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND ONCE MORE THE FINE OF $500 WOULD BE ESTABLISHED. FOCUS SIGNAGE WOULD BE DEPLOYED WITH STREETS THAT EXPERIENCE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CITATIONS AND VIOLATIONS FROM DISTRICT 8.

THESE ARE THE LIST OF STREETS WE ARE CURRENTLY AWARE OF THAT EXPERIENCE THE HIGHEST RATE OF VIOLATION AND TRUCK PARKING ISSUES. COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT IS DEVELOPING MESSAGING AND MATERIALS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE CHANGES TO THE CITY CODE. THERE WILL BE A WEBSITE, TARGETED SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN, COMMUNITY TOWN HALLS, FLYERS AND PUSH CARDS DIRECTED AT TRUCK STOPS AND TRUCK DRIVING LEARNING LOCATIONS AND EMAILS DIRECTED TO TRUCK DRIVING ASSOCIATIONS WITH LOCAL AFILE I IT'S A. THERE ARE SEVERAL TRUCK I COMPANIES HEADQUARTERED IN SAN ANTONIO AND CDL TRAINING FACILITIES.

INFORMATIONAL FLYERS WOULD BE PLACED ON TRUCKS CURRENTLY FOUND PARKED ON RESTRICTED STEETS PRIOR TO EFFECTIVE DATE. THE CITY IS ALSO DEVELOPED A GIS SEARCH TOOL WHICH WOULD BE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEB SIDE TO GIRL IF IT IS AFFECTED BY THE ORDINANCE. IF THE LOCATION IS WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT OR WITHIN THE 1,000-FOOT BUFFER, A MESSAGE WOULD APPEAR THAT WOULD INFORM THEM AS SUCH. THIS TOOL WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC AND SAPD FOR ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES. IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT ACTION THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD UTILIZE ITS SAFFE OFFICERS THROUGH HOA EXACTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. ONCE RESTRICTED PARKING SIGNAGE IS INSTALLED, SAFFE OFFERS WOULD TAKE THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENFORCEMENT AND IT WOULD BE A REGULAR ASSIGNMENT FOR SAFFE AND THEY WOULD COORDINATE TO MAKE SURE CALLS HANDLED TO DISPATCH ARE HANDLED IN THE SAME MANNER. THAT CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION.

BUT I DO HAVE ADDITIONAL SLIDES AND I WILL BE ON HAND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. >> VIAGRAN: DO YOU HAVE A SLIDE ON THE B PROPOSAL?

>> 22. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ACTUALLY, AS WE CONTINUE DISCUSSION, IF I CAN GET A BASE MOTION AND THEN WE WILL RESUME DISCUSSION.

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>> MOTION TO APPROVE OPTION B AS PRESENTED IN THIS SLIDE.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY. WAS THERE A SECOND? >> VIAGRAN: I SECOND

OPTION B. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF OPTION B.

ANDY? >> SEGOVIA: THE MOTION, MAYOR, SHOULD BE THE MOTION

TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: AND

THEN HAVE IT AMENDED. >> SEGOVIA: RIGHT. >> PELÁEZ: MOTION TO

APPROVE AS PRESENTED. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 16 AS PRESENTED?

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A SECOND.

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 16.

WE'LL ASK FOR AMENDMENTS IN JUST A MOMENT. COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN.

>> VIAGRAN: I MOVE TO AMEND THE STAFF PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION TO INSTEAD IMPLEMENT OPTION B AS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPETENT WHICH CREE STRUCTURES PARKING BASED UPON REQUESTS MADE TO THE CITY'S 311 INFORMATION LINE AND FOLLOWING STAFF EVALUATION. THE INSTALLATION OF SIGNS IS PROHIBITED PARKING AREAS RESULTING FROM SUCH REQUESTS THAT WOULD IMPOSE, PARADIESING FINE OF $500 IF A VEHICLE THE PARKED IN A PROHIBITED AREA.

>> WHYTE: SECOND. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR AMENDMENT TO BASE MOTION AS READ BY COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN.

AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE WITH ONE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN.

>> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MARIA AND TEAM FOR BRIEFING ME BEFOREHAND.

THIS THAT LIVE IN MY DISTRICT. I AM FULLY AWARE THAT DISTRICT 8 WAS -- 8 AND 9 ARE HAVING ISSUES AND I WANTED A RESOLUTION FOR THEM, BUT I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR SLOWLY LOOK AT HOW AND WHERE WE PUT UP SIGNS FOR OUR TRUCK DRIVERS. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I THINK WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS, AGAIN, THE TERMINOLOGY I THINK IS CORRECT TOO, IT IS NOT PARKING, IT IS STORAGE.

HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, LET'S PUT UP THE SIGNS, LET'S START WITH THE THERE'S NO GRAY AREA FOR THE OFFICERS. AND THEN AS WE MOVE ALONG WITH THE CITY THAT WE FIND THE PROBLEM AREAS WITHIN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND DIFFERENT SERVICE AREAS TOO. SO I THINK I LIKE PROPOSITION B.

I FELT THAT WAS THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO GO IN. AND THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND FOR GIVING US OPTIONS.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE A B SESSION, BUT I NOTICE WE'RE TRYING TO -- BUT I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING DONE. THE OTHER IS WE ASK SO MANY PEOPLE TO BECOME TRUCK DRIVERS AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND I THINK THEY STILL THOUGHT THEY COULD LIVE IN THESE HIGHLY RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND PARK AND THEN WE NEED TO FIND A WAY THAT THEY CAN STORAGE THEIR VEHICLES AND PARK THEIR VEHICLES THAT DOES NOT DISTURB THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. I DO HAVE A QUEUE NOW SO

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

I THINK B SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY REASONABLE WAY FORWARD, BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE OF THEM IS WHEN WE -- WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DETERMINATION OF WHICH AREAS MIGHT FALL INTO FURTHER ACTION, HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE? IN OTHER WORDS, 311 CALLS, YOU KNOW, GETTING TWO OR THREE OR FIVE ON A CERTAIN STREET, THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD SEND OUT, WHAT, CODE COMPLIANCE OR SAPD TO EVALUATE IS IT SOMETHING WE NEED TO PUT SIGNS UP ON AND

PUT FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON? >> IF I COULD BRING UP THE PRESENTATION AGAIN, PLEASE.

RIGHT NOW RESIDENTS CAN SUBMIT A 311 REQUEST FOR ANY KIND OF CONCERN WITH THE STREETS AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL SEND AN ENGINEER TO CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT. IF THERE IS A TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUE, THEN SIGNS CAN BE PUT IN PLACE TO RESTRICT PARKING. BUT IF THERE IS NOT A TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUE, WHICH HAS BEEN THE CASE IN MUCH OF THESE EXAMPLES, THE PROPOSED

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SIGN TO BE PLACED BASED ON FINDINGS OF THAT EVALUATION. >> COURAGE: BASICALLY IF THERE'S A CODE RESTRICTION, THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY CODE COMPLIANCE.

BUT IF WE CAN'T DETERMINE IT'S A CODE VIOLATION, IT GOES.

>> ON TO NEXT STEPS TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S MORE THAT CAN BE DONE TO RESTRICT

PARKING IN THAT AREA. >> IT'S A TRAFFIC SAFETY CONDUCTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEER. IF THERE IS NO ISSUE, THEN DSD OR SAPD WOULD CONDUCT THAT EVALUATION OF THE COMMUNITY WELFARE CONCERN THAT THE TRUCK PARKING IS

PRESENTING. >> COURAGE: I KIND OF SHARE THE CONCERN THAT COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN HAS IN THAT I'VE UNDERSTOOD FROM THE PRESENTATION I WAS GIVEN THAT TXDOT HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 500 MORE TRUCKS ACTIVE IN SAN ANTONIO THAN THERE ARE AVAILABLE PARKING PLACES OR STORAGE PLACES FOR THEM TO GO TO. AND THAT CREATES A REAL DILEMMA FOR MANY OF THE OPERATORS IN THE CITY. AND SO I THINK THIS IS GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF MEASURE WHERE WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN IN OTHER PLACES. BUT ONE THING I DIDN'T SEE ON THE LIST OF POTENTIALS WAS PROTON DRIVE IN MY AREA WHERE WE JUST HEARD A PRESENTATION ON, BUT I DID SEE A LOT OF OTHER STREETS. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUED TO BE LOOKED AT. AND ALSO I THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD UNDERTAKE TRYING TO FIND MORE AVAILABLE PROPERTY THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED, MAYBE IN PARTNERSHIP, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP OR SOMETHING TO PROVIDE MORE PARKING.

AND THESE LOCATIONS NEED TO BE ALL AROUND TOWN BECAUSE WE CAN'T EXPECT SOMEBODY WHO WORKS ON THE WEST SIDE OR THE EAST SIDE WITH A TRUCK TO GO ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN TO PARK EVERY DAY TO GO HOME. IT'S A CHALLENGE TRYING TO FIND THE ADDITIONAL PARKING LOCATIONS THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THESE 500 TRUCKS THAT DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO PARK. BUT I HOPE THAT WILL BE PART OF WHAT WE CONTINUE TO DO AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS. AND RIGHT NOW I SUPPORT B.

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

COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ. >> PELÁEZ: SO WE KICKED THIS OFF TWO YEARS AGO BECAUSE THREE PEOPLE WERE SQUEAKY WHEELS. EARLIER WE HAD A PRESENTATION ABOUT ATANACIO GARCIA BEING INDEFATIGUABLE AND HOW ONE CITIZEN CAN MAKE CHANGE BY GETTING A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE MOVING IN ONE DIRECTION.

JOHN WOOD, THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT TO PERSON. THE -- I THINK THAT THIS IS ALSO A MOMENT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN FOR BEING VERY ASTUTE IN REALIZING THERE'S A WAY IN BALANCING COMPETING INTERESTS HERE.

AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY'S BULL IS GET GORED, BUT THAT WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD AND ACCOMPLISHING THINGS.

JOHN, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS. AND AT THE SAME TIME IT'S GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T DO UNNECESSARY HARM TO THESE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.

THIS HAS BEEN A PRODUCT OF A LOT OF DEBATE, A LOT OF HURRY UP AND WAIT AND A LOT OF HORSE TRADING IN THE BACK, FLOOR NUMBER 3 AND 4, CITY HALL, BUT EVEN THOUGH THE WHEEL GRINDS SLOW, IT GRINDS FINE AND I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS. MR. FRISCHE, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE COMMENTS ABOUT ELDERLY SAN ANTONIANS NEEDING A CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT.

I THINK THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE GASTROENTEROLOGY PRACTICES, PRE-K, ANY CHILDCARE CENTER, SCHOOLS. AGAIN, WHAT IT DOES IS ALLOWS PEOPLE TO COMPLAIN AND FILE THEIR CONCERNS AND THEN IT WOULD TRIGGER A REVIEW BY PUBLIC WORKS TO DETERMINE, YEAH, THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR IT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU LEAVE HERE TODAY KNOWING THAT WE HEARD YOU AND THAT WE AGREE WITH YOUR SENTIMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ACCOMPLISHING WHAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.

THANK YOU TO LARA AND PAT WALLACE FOR STICKING WITH IT AND MAKING SURE WE GET THIS

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TOUCHDOWN, ALTHOUGH TWO YEARS LATER, BUT THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ. COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. >> GARCIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO STARTED OFF BY THANKING THE MARIAS FOR BRIEFING ME ON THIS. I FILED A CCR WAS BECAUSE OF THE RESIDENTS WAS STANDING UP FOR TRUCK DRIVERS IN HIS AREA AND HE WAS WORRIED BECAUSE THAT'S HOW TRUCK DRIVERS MAKE LIVING. AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY WHICH ARE NEIGHBORS TRAINED TO MAKE SURE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE ISN'T AFFECTED BY THE TRUCKS THERE. I ASKED FOR MORE OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL BECAUSE I KNOW YOU DID TWO PUBLIC COMMENT SESSIONS, TWO VIRTUAL TOWN HALLS AND EVEN A SURVEY, SO I FEEL YOU ALL REACHED OUT AND GATHERED SOME INPUT. I ALSO KNOW YOU ALL LOOKED AT THE EXISTING PRIVATE SPACES AS WELL AS TRIED TO SEE WHERE THOSE WERE. AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL ARE ASKING TXDOT TO PRIORITIZE THE STUDY ON PARKING SHORTAGE BECAUSE, LIKE COMMON COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN SAID, IT'S REAL AND HAPPENS IF OUR AREA.

I APPRECIATE CONCLUDE BRINGING UP, I ASKED FOR THIS IN THE CCR AUDIO] IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE IMPOUNDMENT FACILITIES PLACE OR MEANS OF A CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE BUSINESS. I WAS TOLD THE CITY IS NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF THAT.

AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE LIABILITY ISSUES THAT COULD RESULT FROM THE PARKING, FROM THE MOVEMENT OF TRUCKS, FROM MAYBE ONE TRUCK HITTING ANOTHER. SO I UNDERSTAND AND I APPRECIATE THE CLARITY THAT YOU GAVE ME ON THAT, BUT AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH TXDOT TO SEE WHAT THE SHORTAGES ARE AND TODAY I WILL SUPPORTIVE OF THE AMENDMENT.

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

GARCIA. COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE. >> WHYTE: THANKS, MAYOR.

I SAY IT OFTEN, I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO UP HERE HERE AS A CIY COUNCIL WE SHOULD BE ASKING HOW CAN WE MOST POSITIVELY AND DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR CITIZENS' DAY TO DAY LIVES. THAT SHOULD GUIDE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

SO I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ FOR BRINGING THIS INITIATIVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE HEAR ABOUT THIS FROM THE PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ALL THE TIME. AND THERE'S A PROBLEM AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION AND THAT'S WHAT TODAY AND THIS ITEM IS ALL ABOUT.

I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THIS TOOK TWO YEARS.

WE'VE GOT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE THESE SORT OF THINGS GET TO A SESSION QUICKER THAN THAT. OUR RESIDENTS ARE IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS, IT'S OUR JOB TO FIND SOLUTIONS. WE NEED TO VET THE SOLUTIONS, CERTAINLY, BUT THEN GET THEM BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND GET THESE THINGS MOVING IN A MORE EX PEER-TO-PEER DISHES MANNER -- EXPEDITIOUS MANNER.

I'M GLAD WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TODAY WITH OPTION B. THANKS.

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

GAVITO. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU FOR COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ FOR BRINGING THIS CCR FORWARD. WE HEAR HOW PROBLEMATIC THIS IS.

I DID HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. WITH OPTION B, THE FLOW IS GOING TO BE RESIDENTS REPORT

PROBLEMATIC AREAS TO 311. >> YES, MA'AM. >> GAVITO: AND I KNOW IN -- I CAN'T SEE THE SLIDES, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT ISN'T WORKING, Y'ALL HAD LISTED THE HIGH PROBLEMATIC AREAS. ARE THOSE SIGNS GOING TO BE

PLACED NO MATTER WHAT, OPTION A OR B? >> YES.

>> GAVITO: LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT. THANKS ALL MY COMMENTS.

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

GAVITO. COUNCILMEMBER KAUR. >> KAUR: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

CAN YOU TELL ME APPROXIMATELY HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE FOR SOMEONE TO REPORT SOMETHING ON 311 AND THEN FOR -- BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW ON 311 WHEN YOU CALL IN IT SAYS ESTIMATED TIME OF ADDRESSING YOUR CALL IS SIX MONTHS.

WHAT WOULD THE TIME FRAME FOR 311 FOR THESE CASES? >> RIGHT NOW THE REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS IS 30 DAYS FOR THAT DETERMINATION TO BE MADE.

>> KAUR: FOR WHICH -- FOR WHAT TYPE OF CASES? >> FOR THE -- ANY KIND OF REQUESTS FOR PARKING OR RELATED TO THE STREETS FROM 311.

CAN YOU PLEASE BRING UP THE POWERPOINT? THERE'S A 30-DAY SLA FOR THE

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SEPARATE SLA OF 30 DAYS. >> KAUR: SO SOMEONE SUBMITS A TICKET AND THIS IS

THE BROWN BOX ONLY. >> YES, FOR THE NEW PROCESS. >> KAUR: ESTIMATED 60 DAYS

FOR THE SIGNAGE TO BE INSTALLED. >> THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO EVALUATE FOR THAT PROCESS FLOW. IT'S 30 DAYS FOR THE ACTUAL -- IF A SIGN IS GOING TO BE INSTALLED HERE, THAT'S A SEPARATE TICKET OR WORK ORDER AND THAT'S 30 DAYS, JUST FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF THE SIGN AND DELIVERY AND INSTALLING. IF WE CHOSE OPTION 1, THE RESTRICTION IS FROM MIDNIGHT TO 6:00 A.M. SO CODE WOULD NOT BE USED TO ENFORCE THAT ITEM.

IT WOULD BE SAPD. >> KAUR: B? >> THAT'S ALL TIMES AND CODE WOULD BE ABLE TO ENFORCE DURING THE DAY. PD COULD ENFORCE ANY TIME,

BUT WE NEED TO UTILIZE SAPD AFTER HOURS. >> KAUR: WOULD WE CONSIDER

ADDING CODE SUPPORT FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THIS? >> WALSH: WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE THE WORKLOAD IMPACT. THERE OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE SOME IMPACT, BUT AS WE STAND HERE TODAY WE'RE NOT MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON ADDITIONAL RESOURCE AND

CODE. >> KAUR: I'M GOING TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN BECAUSE OF THE MIND SET SHE'S BRINGING TO THIS ISSUE, BUT I DON'T GET A LOT OF OVERSIZED TRUCK CALLS SO I KNOW THIS IS MORE FOR OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS, BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IS HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR FOLKS TO GET RESPONSE FROM 311.

MOVING FORWARD WITH OPTION B, YOU ALL NEED TO KNOW 311 AND GETTING RESPONSES FOR ENGINEERS TO GO OUT AND ACTUALLY GET THAT CONDUCTED TAKES TIME AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO SET EXPECTATIONS FOR FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND ENSURING WE ARE DOING ANALYSIS OF WHETHER WE GET TO 60 DAYS WOULD BE IMPORTANT.

AT LEAST FROM THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SIDE, THAT'S NOT THE TIME LINE THAT WE WORK

WITH. THANKS. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KAUR. COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE. >> WHYTE: I WANT TO ECHO SOME OF COUNCILMEMBER KAUR'S COMMENTS. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WERE ADVOCATING FOR MORE CODE OFFICERS OR NOT, BUT I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR MORE CODE OFFICERS. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET COMING UP NEXT MONTH, BUT I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER GOOD TIME TO MENTION THIS BECAUSE ALL OF OUR OFFICES GET CALLS ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE THESE ORDINANCES ON THE BOOKS AND THEY DON'T GET ENFORCED. SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE COULD ADD SOME ADDITIONAL CODE PERSONNEL, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND WORTHWHILE LOOKING AT FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET. THANKS.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 16? OKAY. SO WE WILL TAKE UP THE MOTION FOR THE AMENDED -- FOR THE AMENDMENT FIRST. SO THIS IS THE AMENDMENT AS READ BY COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN, WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE CONSENSUS.

SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, THIS IS THE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.

MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE WILL GO TO THE BASE MOTION AND AMENDED, ITEM 16.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR

APPROVAL. FOR THE WHOLE -- >>

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: AS AMENDED. >>

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WE JUST APPROVED THE AMENDMENT TO THE BASE MOTION.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS AMENDED. THERE'S ALREADY ONE SO WE'RE JUST CALLING UP THE VOTE. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES.

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LET ME TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.

>> GARCIA: THAT'S OKAY. WE KIND OF DREW. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THIS OPPORTUNITY, MAYOR. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE A VERY SPECIAL PERSON IN THE ROOM, THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF LIVE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE, IT'S A WOMAN-OWNED PUBLICATION THAT SPOTLIGHTS COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTHWEST AND EAST SIDES OF SAN ANTONIO. READERS OF THIS ONLINE PUBLICATION ARE CONNECTED TO OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEYOND THROUGH STORY S TELLING, CELEBRATING OUR CULTURE AND INDIVIDUALS WHILE PRESERVING RICH HERITAGE AND INSPIRING POSITIVE CHANGE. FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, IT HAS SHOWCASED UPCOMING EVENTS AND GRASS-ROOTS INITIATIVES THAT EMPOWER SMALL BUSINESSES.

TODAY WE'RE JOINED BY THE FOUNDER OF LIVE FROM THE OUTSIDE APRIL.

SHE IS AWARD WINNING ENTREPRENEUR, AUTHOR, SPEAKER AND RADIO PERSONALITY. DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WE'RE PROUD TO HIGHLIGHT THE GREAT WORK OF A LATINA WHO LEAVES UP LIFTING OTHERS -- BELIEVES UP LIFTING OTHERS AND EMPOWERING PEOPLE. SHE TEACHERS OTHERS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PAYING IT FORWARD. APRIL IS A PROUD GRADUATE OF THE SAN ANTONIO HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. SHE SERVE AS DISTRICT 4 APPOINTEE TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMISSION AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR HER EFFORTS AND SUPPORT OF OTHER SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. SHE ALSO SERVES AS A BUSINESSMEN FOR THE MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAM. HER JOURNEY INTO BUSINESS OWNERSHIP BEGAN AT 12 WHEN SHE STARTED VARIOUS RESPONSIBILITIES IN HER FATHER'S PLUMBING COMPANY. THIS EARLY EXPOSURE LAID THE FOUNDATION.

APRIL THRIVED AS A PROPRIETOR OF HER AESTHETIC AND WELLNESS BUSINESS AND BEFORE I TURN THE MIC OVER TO APRIL AND THE SPIRIT OF UP LIFTING WOMEN, I KNOW MY

COLLEAGUES ALSO WANT TO COMMENT. >> VIAGRAN: YEAH, SO APRIL IS THE HOST OF THE APRIL SHOW ON KLMO 98.9 F.M. AND THROUGH HER EFFORTS I AM NOW VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE DEEJAYS OVER THERE. AND HAVE BEEN ON THEIR SHOWINGS ALSO. AND IT'S JUST THE ACHIEVEMENT OF TEJANOS AND ENTERTAINMENT GETTING OUT BACK TO OUR ROOTS. LETTING US KIND OF SHINE AND GETTING NAMED BY KSAT12 AS INFLUENTIAL LATINA IN SAN ANTONIO.

WE'VE BEEN LIFTING THE REST OF THE LATINAS UP AND WOMEN OF COLOR UP WHICH WE COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY APPRECIATE AS A SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER, YOU WERE PLACED SECOND IN THE COMMUNITY LEADER CATEGORY IN THE "EXPRESS NEWS" BEST EVER AWARDS. RECEIVED THE COMMUNITY RISING STAR AWARD FROM NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS AND HAS BEEN HONORED BY THE 87TH TEXAS LEDGE AND THE PRESIDENT'S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

AND SHE'S DONE IT ALL FROM THE SOUTH SIDE. >> CASTILLO: AND TO THE MANY ACCOLADES, SHE ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO HER COMMUNITY INCLUDING MANY ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE, THE PALO ALTO COSMETOLOGY COMMITTEE, SERVES ON THE MOTOR PRESS ASSOCIATION AND CHAIRWOMAN FOR MITCHELL LAKE CENTER AS WELL AS SERVES ON THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO REPRESENTING DISTRICT 4. SHE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER OF THE SOUTH SIDE LITERACY INITIATIVE WHERE SHE SIGNALS LITTLE LIBRARIES ALONG WITH COMMUNIT PARTNERS IN RURAL PARTS OF SAN ANTONIO'S SOUTH SIDE AND IS CONNECTED FROM THE SOUTH SIDE'S MAGAZINE YOUTH WRITING PROGRAM AND SOUTH SIDE'S BROOKS FAIR TO PROMOTE FINANCIAL LITERACY.

I THINK WE CAN GO ON AND ON, BUT WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE APRIL HERE TODAY.

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY MY SOUTH SIDE SCISSORS WHERE I OYSTERS WHERE I OWN A HOME.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW LIVE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE STARTED IN COVID WHEN I HAD

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MY COMMUNITY HAS EMBRACED ME AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY AND PROMOTE FINANCIAL LITERACY AND ESTABLISH ALL THESE LITTLE LIBRARIES ON THE RURAL PARTS OF THE SOUTH SIDE. THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A JOURNEY AND I'M INCREDIBLY HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU SO WERE.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN, AND CONGRATULATIONS, APRIL TO A LEGACY OF SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND UP

[City Manager's Report  ]

REPORT. >> WALSH: THAT WAS AN OMINOUS INTRODUCTION, MAYOR.

THANKS, MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS. I WANTED TO KNOW WE HAVEN'T HAD COUNCIL IN A COUPLE WEEKS, BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED THAT I WANTED TO THANK THE DEPARTMENTS AND BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'VE HAD SOME INTERESTING WEATHER AS IT RELATES TO BOTH -- WITH WIND AND WORK THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID AND COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT IN PARTICULAR AS THEY COORDINATED WITH BEXAR COUNTY IN A NUMBER OF LARGER FIRES THAT HAPPENED JUST OUTSIDE SAN ANTONIO. IT'S A CONSTANT REMINDER MAKING SURE YEAR INNER OPERABLE WITH OTHER AGENCIES.

MANY OF THOSE FIRES OCCURRED OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AND WE ASSISTED BECAUSE THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE AIDING AND LIVING BY OUR MUTUAL AGREEMENT POINTS. AT SOME POINT WE MIGHT NEED HELP FROM OTHERS. I WALKED OUT OF CITY HALL THE OTHER NIGHT AND MARIA WAS STILL INSIDE. THERE WAS NOBODY IN THE PARKING LOT AND THERE WAS A STRING OF FIRE TRUCKS PARKED UP AND DOWN COMMERCE STREET. BUT THE ONE THAT WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF CITY HALL WAS HOLLYWOOD PARK. I WAS LIKE OH, MY GOD, WHY IS HOLLYWOOD PARK DOWNTOWN WITH ALL THE OTHER SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT TRUCKS. AND IT WAS A GOOD THING IT WAS A CHILDREN'S PARADE FOR THE CHILDREN AT CHRIS TAKES. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND I -- A LITTLE OFF TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CHIEF FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S WORK. PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS WITH THE WIND EVENT, WE HAD A LOT OF TREES DOWN. AND THEY DID A LOT OF WORK OVER THOSE COUPLE OF EVENTS TO HELP CLEAN UP AND REMOVE FALLEN TREES.

YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH HERE. A LONG TIME AGO IF A TREE FELL ON YOUR PROPERTY DURING A STORM THAT WAS YOUR ISSUE TO DEAL WITH AS A HOMEOWNER DURING A STORM. WE'RE ASSISTING TO CLEAR THAT PROPERTY AND I WANT TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS FOR THE WORK THEY DID. RECEIVED FOUR AWARDS FROM THE TEXAS RECOLLECT ACE AND PARK SOCIETY STATE CONFERENCE -- RECREATION.

LOAN START LEGACY PARK AWARD FOR LION'S PARK. EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR THE

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SAN ANTONIO SINCE 1990. MY JOB AS THE MANAGER OF DISTRICT 5 SENIOR CENTER IS CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE MEMBERS. SENIOR CENTER STARTED IN 1973 WITH A NUTRITION PROGRAM. IT WAS STARTED AS A WAY OF PROVIDING A MEAL TO THE MEMBERS WHO WERE 60 YEARS OF AGE SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE FOOD. IT HAS GROWN SINCE THAT. WE'RE NOW UP TO 12 CENTERS.

WE'VE GOT A CENTER IN EACH OF OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS. I STARTED WITH THE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP. MOST OF THE TIME IT WAS ME THE ONLY BLACK WOMAN THERE.

BECAUSE I HAVE SELF-CONFIDENCE, I NEVER LET THAT BE A HINDRANCE FOR ME, BUT I ALWAYS FELT THAT I HAD TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF MY RACE AND BEING A WOMAN.

I BRING PROFESSIONALISM TO THE JOB. BUT WHAT THE DEPARTMENT ALLOWS ME TO DO IS TO BE INNOVATIVE. AND SO WE DO DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS AND SO MY SUPERVISOR ALWAYS SAY I KNOW BERTHA IS GOING TO BE HAVING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SHE'S GOING TO BE INTRODUCING SOMETHING, SO THE INNOVATION BECOMES A BIG PART AND THAT'S WHY THE MEMBERS CAN CONTINUE TO SAY THIS IS LIKE MY HOME. I WANT TO COME HERE EVERY DAY AND I COME LIVE AT THE

DISTRICT 5 SENIOR CENTER. >> VIVA DISTRICT 5! [APPLAUSE]

>> WALSH: THAT'S IT FOR TODAY, MAYOR. BERTHA, THANKS, GOOD SEEING

YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT. WELL, IT'S 11:35. BEFORE WE BREAK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE BIRTHDAY BOY IS WALKING AWAY.

WE HAVE TO SING HIM HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WHICH WAS LAST WEEK, BUT WE HAVE CAKE THIS THE BACK THIS WEEK. LET'S SING MARC WHYTE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

[Executive Session At any time during the meeting, the City Council may recess into executive session in the C Room to consult with the City Attorney's Office (Texas Government Code Section 551.071) and deliberate or discuss any of the following:  ]

11:36 A.M. ON THURSDAY, MARCH 20, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TO DELIBERATE AND DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.087, THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.72, LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE TIME IS 2:23 P.M. ON MARCH 20, 2025.

CITY COUNCIL IS RECONVENED FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.