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          >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THE TIME IS NOW 2:02 P.M. ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH. THE WORK SESSION IS CALLED TO ORDER. 
          MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          >> MAYOR JONES, WE HAVE A QUORUM. >>  MAYOR JONES: OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THIS MEETING IS TO HEAR ABOUT POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS, THE FY '26 PROPOSEDDED BUDGET. ERIK, OVER TO YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON , MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN, WE SENT A NEW MEMO OUT EARLIER. 
          JUSTINA IS GOING TO WALK THROUGH A QUICK PRESENTATION. 
          IT HAS ADJUSTMENTS. WE'LL POINT THEM OUT. FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS AND REQUESTS. 
          SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED AS THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE PRESENTATION SLIDES JUST A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS. 
          WE'LL MAKE SOME CLARIFICATIONS BECAUSE ON THE MEMO THAT WAS SENT OUT, WE ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE'VE HEARD IN PRIOR WORK SESSIONS. JUSTINA WILL POINT OUT A COUPLE AREAS WHERE WE LEFT OFF COUNCIL DISTRICTS. THIS IS ONE OF TWO BUDGET AMENDMENT WORK SESSIONS, AND I'LL BE WORKING WITH YOU ALL THE AND MAYOR TO MAKE SURE WE GET A SUMMARY OF TODAY SO WE'RE PREPARED 
          FOR TOMORROW. JUSTINA. >> THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAY OR AND COUNSEL. I'M JUSTINA TATE. 
          I'M THE BUDGET DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF BUDGET RECAP, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THE POTENTIAL BUDGET AMENDMENTS. THEN FINALLY, WE'LL REVIEW POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS AND NEW REVENUE AS A WAY TO PAY FOR THESE BUDGET AMENDMENTS. SO THE BUDGET IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT GUIDES THE CITY SPENDING, REFLECTING COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET PROPOSED BUDGET IS $4 MILLION, AND THIS BUDGET HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL OVER THE PAST 10 BUDGET WORK SESSIONS. 
          IN ADDITION TO THESE WORK SESSIONS, WE HOSTED 11 TOWN HALL MEETINGS AS WELL AS -- PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET AS WELL AS GET COMMUNITY INPUT. ADDITIONALLY, THE QUESTIONS THAT MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL HAD DURING THE BUDGET WORK SESSION PRESENTATIONS, THOSE RESPONSES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AS WELL AS A REPORT AND SUMMARY OF OUR TOWN HALL MEETINGS. TODAY, WE WILL BEGIN DELIBERATION ON POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          IT IS REQUIRED THAT WE MAINTAIN A BALANCED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. THIS IS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP 2027 PLAN BALANCED. SO AS WE STARTED PREPARING THE 2026 BUDGET, WE FACED SEVERAL CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD TO ADDRESS. 
          AS PRESENTED DURING OUR FIVE-YEAR FORECAST AS WELL AS THE TRIAL BUDGET, THE GENERAL FUND FACED DEFICITS IN BOTH FISCAL YEAR 2026 AND 2027. AS YOU MAY RECALL, OUR REVENUES ARE STILL GROWING, BUT THEY'RE GROWING AT A SLOWER PACE THAN WHAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY SEEN. AND OUR EXPENSES WERE OUTPACING OUR REVENUE GROWTH. AS WE SAW, THIS WAS NOT UNIQUE TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          CITIES ACROSS TEXAS AS WELL AS THE UNITED STATES ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE. WE ALSO HAVE UNCERTAINTY AROUND CONTINUED FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS, INITIATIVES, AND INFRASTRUCTURE. AND FINALLY, THERE WERE STATE LEGISLATIVE BILLS THAT WERE PASSED THAT HAVE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUES AS WELL AS OUR FOOD AND LIQUOR LICENSE REVENUES. 
          AS I MENTIONED, WE WERE FACING A DEFICIT AS WE BEGAN DEVELOPING OUR 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET. AS PRESENTED DURING OUR TRIAL BUDGET, WE FACED A DEFICIT OVER TWO YEARS OF ALMOST $174 MILLION. WHEN WE PRESENTED THE BUDGET ON AUGUST 14TH, IT WAS BALANCED, AND THE PLAN FOR 2027 WAS BALANCED AS WELL. WE BALANCED THIS BUDGET BY REDUCING SPENDING, WITH MINIMAL IMPACTS TO SERVICES, USED SAVINGS FROM COMPLETED PROJ ET 
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AND UNSPENT BALANCES, MOVED ELIGIBLE PROJECTS TO CAPITAL, IMPLEMENTED THE FINANCIAL POLICY AND FINALLY, INCREASED FEES AND FINES TO ADD ADDITIONAL REVENUES. WE BALANCED THE BUDGET USING YOU'RE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WERE ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL DURING THE GOAL SETTING SESSION. THESE INCLUDED PROTECTING ESSENTIAL AND MANDATED SERVICES, MINIMIZING IMPACT BE TO VULNERABLE POPULATION AND AVOIDING LONG-TERM RISK AS A RESULT OF CHANGES IN THE BUDGET. 
          SO IN SUMMARY, OUR TOTAL BUDGET IS ABOUT $4 BILLION IS COMPRISED OF THREE COMPONENTS, THE GENERAL FUND AT 1.69 BILLION, THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND OUR RESTRICT $BUNDS AT 1.2 BILLION. I WANT TO REMIND US THAT WHEN WE PRESENTED THE TRIAL BUDGET, THE GENERAL FUND WAS PROJECTED TO JOE 3.5% WITH THE REDUCTIONS, WE REDUCED THIS GROWTH TO 1.6%.  HOWEVER, WE FACE CHALLENGES IN FISCAL YEAR 2028 AND BEYOND. 
          NOW, MOVE ON TO THE POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU AS WELL AS 9 CITY MANAGER MENTIONED A COUPLE ADDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED. THE FIRST IS TO ADD FUNDING TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION ADDING $750 TO THE BASE SALARY. 
          THE SECOND WOULD INSTALL RADAR FEEDBACK LIGHTS, FLASHING STOP SIGNS. 
          THE THIRD PROVIDES FUNDING TO ADD 40 NEW POLICE OFFICERS FOR PATROL, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS FROM -- THAT ARE BEING ADDED FROM 25 TO 65. NUMBER FOUR WOULD RESTORE THE MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM ADDING A MILLION DOLLARS BACK, INCREASING THE BUDGET FROM 7 MILLION TO 8 MILLION DOLLARS. NUMBER FIVE WOULD RESTORE THE SA BOOK FESTIVAL ADDING $50,000 INCREASING THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO $247,725. NUMBER SIX WOULD RESTORE $1.4 MILLION TO OUR SMALL BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION GRANT PROGRAM. 
          NUMBER 7, THIS WOULD RESTORE ONE POSITION FOR THE VACANT BUILDING PROGRAM IN THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND NUMBER 8 ADDS $3 MILLION IN ONE TIME FUNDING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF STREETLIGHTS IN 2026. THIS WOULD BE FUNDED FROM THE COMMUNITY SAVE RESERVES, SO IT WOULD HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND. 
          NUMBER 9 WOULD ALLOCATE $144,000 FOR BIG MAMA'S SAFE HOUSE, AND THE NEXT SEVERAL ARE RELATED TO DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING, AND THE FUNDING FOR THESE INCREASES FOR THESE AGENCIES WOULD BE TAKEN FROM THE DELEGATE AGENCY RESERVE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 AND 2027 SOLICITATION. 
          SO THIS INCLUDES AN INCREASE OF $50,000 FOR AMERICAN GATEWAY, INCREASE OF $125,000 FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES, AND THIS AMENDMENT WOULD MAKE THIS AGENCY A DESIGNATED AGENCY AND COMBINE THE TWO CONTRACTS INTO ONE. THE NEXT IS A DELEGATE AGENCY, ALAMO AREA RAPE CRISIS. THIS WOULD INCREASE THEIR FUNDING BY 56, ALMOST $57,000, AND FINALLY FOR HER FUNDING WOULD BE $91,981. THE NEXT THREE ARE -- WE HAVE NUMBER 14, WHICH PROVIDES FUNDS TO PURCHASE ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT AND TANGIBLE RESOURCES FOR THE UT SAN ANTONIO NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR WELLNESS. NUMBER 15 WOULD ADD FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $650,000 FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND LANGUAGE ACCESS. 
          FINALLY, THE LAST ONE WOULD INCREASE SA KIDS BREATHE BY 50% OR 3S00,000 FOR A TOTAL GENERAL FUND OF $900,000. 
          NOW, I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT ON NUMBER 11, THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES, DISTRICT 8 IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS AS WELL AS NUMBER 14, WHICH IS THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT AND TANGIBLE RESOURCES FOR UT SAN ANTONIO. FINALLY, FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET. SO THOSE ARE THE POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS FOR THE GENERAL FUND. I'LL MOVE ON TO OUR POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS FOR TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. THESE WOULD ALL BE FUNDED THROUGH OUR TIRZ. THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE $250,000 FOR TOTAL OF $500,000 OVER TWO YEARS FOR PROSPER WEST. 
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THE SECOND ONE WOULD PROVIDE $150,000 FOR PET DEPOSIT ASSISTED ANT PILOT PROGRAM. THE THIRD ONE WOULD PROVIDE $200,000 FOR THE MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMEMORATIVE PERFORMER. 
          FINALLY. IN THE TIRZ, THIS WOULD PROVIDE FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $300,000 FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A SECOND CAMPUS. 
          WE HAVE FOR ALL THE RESTRICTED FUNDS, THIS WOULD ADD $750 TO THE BASE SALARY INCREASE FOR TOTAL AMOUNT OF $4.1 MILLION OVER A RESTRICTED FUNDS. THEN FINALLY, IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, THIS WOULD ADD A MILLION DOLLARS FOR EACH CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. NOW, THE NEXT SLIDE ILLUSTRATES SOME POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS AND REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS THAT COULD BE ADOPTED TO BALANCE THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. 
          IN TERMS OF REDUCTIONS, THE ELIMINATION OF THE INNER CITY INCENTIVE FUND WOULD BE $3 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS OR 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS EACH YEAR. NUMBER TWO WOULD BE TO MOVE THE ALAMO PROMISE FUNDING -- IN 2026. SO THESE ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS WOULD GENERATE $1.9 MILLION OVER THE TWO YEARS. IN TERMS OF REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS, THIS REVENUE ENHANCEMENT WOULD INCREASE THE PARKS ENVIRONMENTAL FEE BY 50 CENTS, INCREASING IT FROM $1.50 TO $2, AND THIS WOULD GENERATE ABOUT $4 MILLION, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO MOVE SOME PARKS EXPENSES THAT CAN BE FUNDED OUT OF THE PARKS ENVIRONMENTAL FUND AND CREATE ABOUT $4 MILLION IN CAPACITY IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE 
          ANY QUESTIONS. >> ONE CLARIFICATION. JUSTINA, IF YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE TEN, PLEASE. JUST ONE CLARIFICATION ON ITEM NUMBER 15. 
          I THINK THAT'S INCORRECT. IT IS FUNDS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 650. ITIT'S 500,000 IN MENTAL HEALTH. 
          IT'SED 50,000 IN ADDITIONAL TB WORK, AND THEN IT'S $10,000 FOR LANGUAGE ACCESS. THOSE AMOUNTS CAME FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOW YUM MEMOS THAT METRO HEALTH PROVIDED YOU ALL. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE 
          THAT CORRECTION. >> THANKS, ERIK. MS. TATE, THANKS TO THE ENTIRE STAFF. I MEAN, WE WERE ALL RECEIVING NUMEROUS MEMOS AT ALL HOURS OF THE EVENING WITH YOUR DILIGENT RESPONSES TO OUR QUESTIONS. SO THANKS FOR HELPING US DO THAT. 
          I THINK WHAT THIS IS ALSO SHOWING IS WE'VE OFTEN TALKED ABOUT THE TABLETOP EXERCISE WE WILL DO TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE ARE WE MAKING SOME ASSUMPTIONS AND WHERE ARE WE GOING TO HAVE MORE CHALLENGES IN '26 OBVIOUSLY WAS NOT THE -- THE BIG HURDLE. THE REAL ONE IS IN '27. 
          I THINK FOR THOSE OF US THAT READ CLAUDE'S -- DR. JACOB'S MEMO ABOUT WHERE WE ANTICIPATE SOME CHALLENGES, REALLY ON THE BUDGET SIGNIFIES A GREAT DEAL. SO THANKS FOR PROVIDING THAT AND HELPING US UNDERSTAND THOSE FEDERAL GRANTS, WHAT THEY PAY FOR TODAY, WHAT THEY MAY PAY FOR, BUT IF WE WANTED TO GET NEUTRAL, HOW WE COULD DO THAT BETTER. ON THE FIRST -- AS WE GO DOWN THESE, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND THEN I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO PRIORITIZE THESE. 
          MAYBE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THESE WILL ALSO BE HELPFUL. 
          IN LIGHT OF FRANKLY NO NEW MONEY, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND, ERIK, IS WHERE WE MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW MONEY, IF WE WANTED TO STRESS THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. IN PARTICULAR, LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL FEES FROM 
          THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE PIECE -- >> YEAH, MAY OR, THAT WAS A TOPIC FOR FOLLOW-UP. WE CAN -- ONE OF THE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS WE CAN TAKE AWAY FROM TONIGHT IS MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER BOUNDS THE STATE LAW ALLOWS TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH OPTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE POTENTIALLY COME UP WITH ADDITIONAL 
          RESOURCES. >>  MAYOR JONES: THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          THANK YOU. THE OTHER PIECE, AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A LONG LIST OF ASKS, AND I THINK WE WANT TO TREAT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES EQUITABLY. I THINK WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS ARE MAKING LESS THAN 100 K. 
          WELCOME HOW MUCH THAT GIVES US IF WE MAKE IT TO THOSE LESS THAN 100K. IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ON HERE, ON 
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NUMBER 3, I THINK ALL OF US SUPPORT, AGAIN, ALL OF US PRIORITIZE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ADEQUATELY INVESTING IN PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US THOUGH TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE LIFE CYCLE COSTS INCREASE WHEN WE MOVE SOME OF THOSE BILLS UP. 
          RIGHT? AND SO HELPING US UNDERSTAND AS A RESULT OF ADDING THE 40 NEW POLICE OFFICERS SOONER THAN ANTICIPATED, HOW MUCH DOES THAT INCREASE THE COST OF THOSE MORE OVER TIME? ON NUMBER 4, I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES PUT TOWARD THIS. I WOULD FAVOR, THOUGH, LOOKING AT UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS MAYBE A MINIMUM LEVEL OF REPAIR THAT WE WOULD DO AT HOMES. 
          INSTEAD OF DOING MORE AT THE SAME NUMBER OF HOMES, HOW CAN WE DO A MINIMUM LEVEL OF REPAIR, ADD MORE HOMES. WELCOME UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT MENU MIGHT LOOK LIKE, ERIK. NUMBER 10, I SUPPORT ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR AMERICAN GATEWAY. I ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH THEM THIS SATURDAY. 
          THEY HAD A CLINIC, AND APPRECIATE THEIR WORK. LARGELY VOLUNTEER LAWYERS HELPING THOSE FOLKS GET THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THAT, ALL OF THEM ACTUALLY, AS THE SAN ANTONIO OFFICE LEAD MENTIONS, ARE ALL LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS. 
          HERE ALREADY WORKING, PAYING TAXES. UNFORTUNATELY, IN THIS TIME HAVE BEEN ONLY LARGER TARGETS FOR SCAMS. SO THAT MINIMAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING TO HELP THOSE FOLKS ATTAIN THEIR CITIZENSHIP, I THINK S A SMALL INVESTMENT WITH A VERY HIGH RETURN. 
          I WELCOME UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS MORE ABOUT THE TRANSITIONAL CARE CLINIC. I KNOW THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A LATE ADD ON THERE. ON THE ALAMO PROMISE PIECE, I APPRECIATE THE? FLEXIBILITY TO PAY FOR THAT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT ANYMORE ARDUOUS FOR THEM IN TERMS OF REPORTING, BUT IF WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO FURTHER REFINE WHERE THOSE FOLKS ARE FOCUS. , WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT FOLKS TO BE SPENDING THEIR TIME AND ENERGY ON AND SO IF THERE WAS A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT MONEY SPECIFICALLY WENT TO THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROGRAM, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. IN GENERAL, WITH THESE, I KNOW WE'RE DOING THINGS, YOU KNOW, AS MENTIONED, REDUCTIONS IN COSTS IN SOME OF THESE THINGS AND WE'RE DOING THINGS A DIFFERENT WAY. 
          ERIK, A COUPLE PROMS THOUGH THAT COME TO MIND TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION SO WHEN WE SAY THERE'S NO IMPACT TO BUDGET AND WE ARE PROVIDING A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SERVICE, WE CAN SAY THAT WITH FIDELITY. MONITORING THE HEALTHCARE PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MEETING THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THAT AND THEN I ATTENDED THE YOUTH TOWN HALL, THE PROJECT WORTH PIECE, FRANKLY ANYTHING RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS, BUT IN PARTICULAR, AS WE'RE DOING THAT PROVIDING THAT SERVICE DIFFERENTLY, THE PROJECT WORTH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MONITORING SO THERE'S NO DEGRADATION IN PROVIDING THAT. OKAY. 
          OKAY.  GREAT. PERSON WE'VE GOT IS CHAIR VIAGRAN. 
          >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU , MAYOR. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR VERY HARD WORK. IN THE FOUR YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE AND IN THE MANY YEARS AS AN EMPLOYEE AND AS A -- AS JUST A CITIZEN WATCHING, THIS HAS PROBABLY BEEN A PRETTY DIFFICULT ONE OTHER THAN THE LEAN YEARS OF COVID WHICH WERE DIFFICULT NATIONALLY. I THINK SOME OF THIS IS REFLECTING NATIONALLY. 
          I THINK THE PRIORITY THAT I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT SINCE THE BEGINNING WAS, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT SLIDE 8, THE FUNDING TO PROVIDE AN INCREASE. 
          SO FROM WHAT YOU PRESENTED TO ME, I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BECAUSE IT'S 2% ACROSS THE BOARD, A 750 BASE VALERIE INCREASE AND SOME -- SALARY INAND SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES WILL GET 4%. 
          I THINK THIS IS A GOOD AMENDMENT TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          HOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT HAPPEN IS A WHOLE OTHER CONVERSATION. 
          IN TERMS OF TWO AND -- MY CONCERN IS MAYBE WE CAN SCALE THIS BACK JUST BECAUSE THE EMPHASIS OF SUPPORT SEEMS TO COME FROM THE NORTHERN DISTRICT, AND I THINK THAT'S STUFF WE CAN GET DONE WITHIN OUR FUNDS AS A DISTRICT AND THEN WE COULD PILOT POSSIBLY. FOR NUMBER 3, WE DO HAVE THE 25 PROPOSED OFFICERS, AND I WOULD BE AMYABLE IF WE NEEDED TO 
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SCALE THAT A LITTLE AND BRING ON MAYBE AN ADDITIONAL 10 TO 15 OFFICERS TO GET TO A NICE EVEN NUMBER THERE. BUT I REALLY THINK THE CONVERSATION IS GOING TO BE HAD TO HAVE ON WHERE THESE REDUCTIONS ARE GOING TO COME FROM OR WHERE THE INCREASE IN FUNDS ARE GOING TO COME FROM. MINOR REPAIR IS KEY, BUT I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR. 
          IF WE COULD DO MORE REPAIRS WITH MINIMAL REPAIRS, MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND POSSIBLY SEE HOW THAT MOVES. 
          AND THEN I'LL TALK ABOUT THE OTHERS LATER BECAUSE OTHER THAN THE REDUCTION GRANT, I THINK AFTER WE GET PAST POINT 4, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME HARD DECISIONS HERE AS A COUNCIL. THIS PRIORITY, WHAT THIS COUNCIL HAS -- THE PREVIOUS COUNCILS AND MAJORITY ON THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE IS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS OUR HOUSING ISSUES, AND WHAT I DON'T SEE IS THE HELP IN THE HOUSING ISSUES THAT WE -- WE'RE TRYING TO MEET OUR GOALS. SO I THINK AS WE LOOK THROUGH THIS, WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR HOUSING. I THINK EVERYTHING SHOULD BE WITH HOUSING AS THE TOP PRIORITY, AND THEN SECOND ONLY TO OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT IS BEING IMPACTED BY OUR CONSTRUCTION AND BY THE CURRENT FINANCIAL SITUATION. SO TIRZ EMPHASIS SHOULD BE ON HOUSING AND SMALL BUSINESS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. I THINK AS WE LOOK AT OTHER AMENDMENTS, I'M NOT FOR PUTTING ANYTHING ON THE BUDGET THAT SHOULD BE DONE WITHIN A TIRZ BOARD MEETING. I THINK YOU SHOULD LET -- I THINK IT'S MYSELF AND SETH WILL BE JOINING TIRZ SHORTLY THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE THAT BRINGS CONCERN. 
          IN TERMS OF THE INNER CITY TIRZ, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK HARD BECAUSE THAT WAS SOME OF -- THE FUNDING ON THE SLIDE WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT CUTTING, TO GET TO OUR GOAL, THAT -- INNER CITY INCENTIVE, SOME OF THAT WAS USED FOR HOUSING. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO CUT THAT, MY QUESTION IS, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO FIND -- AND THEN WE DON'T DO MINOR REPAIRS OR WE SCALE THAT BACK. WHERE ARE WE GOING TO FIND THE INNER CITY INCENTIVE? MOVING TO ALAMO PROMISE, I THINK WE CAN MOVE IT. I DON'T THINK ALAMO PROMISE SHOULD BE UNDER THE RESTRICTIONS OF READY TO WORK. I THINK WE NEED TO TO RELOOK AT THAT AND RETHINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK THESE TWO TRACTS BECAUSE THEY ARE TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TRACTS. 
          THIS WILL IMPACT RESIDENTS IN MY DISTRICT BECAUSE I KNOW IN PALO ALTO, A LOT OF MY STUDENTS GO TO SCHOOL THERE ON THE ALAMO PROMISE. SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT NOT MOVING IT BUT AS WE FLUSH OUT THE REQUIREMENTS OF HOW WE DO THIS BECAUSE I DON'T -- I HAVE PEOPLE THAT DO ALAMO PROMISE THAT WANT TO GO ON TO BE ATTORNEYS AND DOCTORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND I DON'T -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY AND CHANCE. IN THE REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS,TS I THINK THE INCREASE IN THE PARKS AND ENVIRONMENTAL FEE IS LONG OVERDUE. 
          I THINK EVERY YEAR WE KNOW THAT IT'S GETTING HARDER. 
          WE JUST HAD THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABLE DO TWO STREETS ON THE SOUTH SIDE FOR COOL PAVEMENT. I THINK A 50 CENT TO GENERATE $4 MILLION IS A GOOD MOVE TO MAKE SURE OUR EMPLOYEES GET THE RAISE THEIR DESERVE. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE WHERE OUR CONVERSATION IS GOING TO HAVE TO REACH CONSENSUS WITHIN THIS DAIS. 
          PART OF ME SEES THE NEED FOR OFFICERS. YES, WE NEED TO DO THAT. PART OF ME SEES THE AMENDMENTS COMING FORWARD REGARDING FOR HER AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES. 
          MY CONCERN, HOWEVER, WITH THIS DELEGATE AGENCY RESERVE MOVE WE'RE MAKING RIGHT NOW IS, IF IT IS FAIR TO THE OTHER DELEGATE AGENCIES THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. I WOULD LIKE, BY THE NEXT MEETING, FOR MELODY TO GIVE ME THE REASON OF WHY FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES IS NOT A DELEGATED AGENCY, WHY ALAMO RAPE CRISIS WAS ONLY FUNDED THROUGH ARPA IN THAT ASPECT, AND THEN FOR HER, I KIND OF KNOW THAT STORY, BUT WHAT I HEARD WHEN THEY SPOKE THE OTHER DAY IS THAT THEY'RE GETTING REFERRALS FROM TWO AGENCIES THAT WE'RE 
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ALREADY GIVING MONEY TO. SO THIS IS MY CONCERN. 
          THEN THE OTHER THING IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THE STREETS AND MENTAL HEALTH ARE KEY. SO I AM TORN ON WHERE TO SIT. 
          IT'S EASY FOR ME SO SAY LET'S DO THE PATROL OFFICERS BECAUSE THAT'S TANGIBLE AND THAT'S WHAT MY RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ABOUT WHY IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE. I DID VISIT WITH BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE. 
          THAT WAS NOT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT I WAS GIVEN. SO I AM -- I AM -- I WOULD BE OPEN TO PUT THEM ON THE AMENDMENT AND IN THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE THEY HAVE MADE SOME COMMITMENTS TO HELP WITH THINGS OUTSIDE OF JUST, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE POLICE. BUT I WOULD NEED TO REALLY SEE WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING BECAUSE FOR ME, AT THIS POINT, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IT'S ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          IT'S ABOUT WHERE WE MOVE FORWARD. DOES IT ACCOUNT WITH OUR GOALS? WHEN IT COMES INTO REGARDS FOR HOUSING AND SAFETY AND JUST REALLY MOVING THE CITY FORWARD. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MY COUNCIL'S CONVERSATION REGARDING WHY SOME OF THESE ARE SUPPORTED. BUT AT THIS RATE -- AND I KNOW THIS ISN'T WHERE SOME PEOPLE SIT -- I DON'T SEE US MAKING ANY AMENDMENTS WITHOUT MOVING THE REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS WITH THE PARKS ENVIRONMENTAL FEE. IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THE BUDGET YOU BROUGHT FORWARD TO US, OTHER THAN -- I REALLY DO WANT THE MONEY FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES, AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYMORE CITY EMPLOYEES LOSE THEIR JOBS OR ANYMORE JOBS BE FROZEN BECAUSE THAT ONLY MEANS MORE WORK FOR OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES. 
          THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU , MAYOR. >> ERIK, TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS IN TERMS OF WHEN EVERYONE WILL SEE THE FULL LIST OF AMENDMENTS AND THEN THE FULL LIST OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVENUE SOURCES, IS THAT SOMETHING -- IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE TODAY OR MAYBE END OF TODAY OR BY TOMORROW? JUST SO WE -- TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THERE IS GIVE AND WHERE 
          THERE'S REALLY NOT ANY. >> YEAH. THANKS , MAYOR. 
          WE'LL TAKE SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE GET, AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE YOU ALL GETTING A MEMO TONIGHT. ANYTHING WE CAN'T DO QUICKLY THIS EVENING, WE'LL SEND THE FOLLOW-UP MEMO WITH SOME OF THE ANSWERS IN THE MORNING. 
          >> OKAY. >> THAT WAY EVERYBODY HAS THE MATERIAL AS WE 
          GET CLOSER TO TOMORROW ATS 2:00. >>  MAYOR JONES: OKAY. 
          AND BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT TOPIC, IN CASE IT HELPS ANYBODY'S KIND OF INTERNAL DELIBERATION, ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, IF WE WANTED TO DO THE 40 OFFICERS, DE JUST DIVIDE THAT $2 MILLION BY 40? THERE'S NOT -- MY POINT IS THERE'S NOT A FIXED AMOUNT THAT IS REQUIRED WHETHER YOU HAVE 15 OR WHETHER YOU NEED 40 OR SHOULD WE -- CHAIR VIAGRAN'S POINT, COULD WE DIVIDE THAT BY 40 AND UNDERSTAND WE MULTIPLY THAT BY THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS WE WANT AND 
          THAT'S WHAT WE CAN EXPECT. >> NOT NECESSARILY. 
          THERE ARE SOME VEHICLES THERE AND ONE TIME COSTS THAT IS NOT A 1:1 PER OFFICER. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO COME UP WITH WHATEVER 
          CALCULATIONS YOU WANT US TO DO. >> MAYBE FOR REFERENCE POINTS, WHILE Y'ALL ARE TALKING,S WE'LL CALCULATE WHAT TEN OFFICERS IS WITH THE VEHICLES AND THAT WILL PUT SENSE TO THAT. 
          >>  MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, ERIK. CHAIR KAUR. 
          >> KAUR: , THANK YOU , MAYOR. THANK YOU, ERIK, JUSTINA, MARIA FOR YOUR HARD WORK OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS AND PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I ACTUALLY THINK WE GOT A LOT MORE FREQUENT UPDATES ON THESE AMENDMENTS AND IT HELPED ME AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO I JUSTIFY WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I'LL START OFF WITH THE CUTS AND THE ADDITIONAL IDEAS FOR REVENUE. 
          INITIALLY, I HAD HAD SOME STRUGGLE PUTTING ADDITIONAL COSTS ON OUR RESIDENTS. WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO GO ON THE CPS BILL, RIGHT, ERIK? WE KNOW THAT'S COMING UP HERE POTENTIALLY NEXT YEAR, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT IS -- IT'S A HARD ASK FOR US TO BE FUNDING ONE THING BY PUTTING MORE MONEY ON OUR TAXPAYERS. 
          SO IF WE HAVE TO DIP INTO THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD DO SO JUDICIOUSLY AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE RIGHT WAY TO -- WHAT THE MOST -- THE AMOUNT MOST NEEDED TO INCREASE THAT FEE TO. AS FAR AS THE ALAMO PROMISE GOES, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THIS FROM ALL OF US BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE THE SAME -- THIS HAS COME TO US BEFORE EVEN TODAY IN TERMS OF READY TO WORK PAPERWORK. I HOPE IT'S OKAY, MIKE, IF I CAN BRING YOU UP AND CAN YOU JUST TELL US WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE CAN STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS FOR FOLKS GOING THROUGH 
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ALAMO PROMISE? DID I SAY SOMETHING? I'M SORRY. 
          PROCESS. SORRY. PROMISE. 
          >> WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ALAMO PROMISE AND THE ALAMO COLLEGES FOR A WHILE ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. LAST YEAR'S BUDGET HAD $2.1 MILLION FUNDED FROM READY TO WORK, 2.4 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND. WE'VE TRIED TO STREAMLINE IT AS BEST WE COULD TO ENSURE THAT IT WASN'T AN ADDITIONAL PAPERWORK BURDEN ON THE STUDENT. SO WE ACCEPT THE APPLIED TEXAS APPLICATION IS GOING TO ALAMO COLLEGES FOR RESIDENCY, FOR THE STUDENT AGE, THE FAFLS APPLICATION FOR THEIR INCOME LEVEL, AND THEIR RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE'S TWO PIECES OF PAPERWORK THAT THEY HAVE TO DO IN ADDITION TO THE APPLIED TEXAS AND THE FAFSR. 
          THEY HAVE TO SIGN 'RELEASE FORM, AND THEY ALSO HAVE TO SIGN A COMMITMENT FROM READY TO WORK COMMITMENT TO PURSUE A TARGET OCCUPATION THAT'S IN DEMAND LEGALLY, A COMMITMENT TO ENSURE THAT ONCE THEY COMPLETE THEIR DEGREE, THAT THEY FIND WORK HERE LOCALLY 
          IN SAN ANTONIO. >> KAUR: OKAY. I AM CHARGING YOU WITH FIGURING OUT A WAY TO -- BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE'RE GETTING, IT'S STILL NOT AS STREAMLINED AND STUDENTS ARE CHOOSING NOT TO FILL OUT THE READY TO WORK COMPONENT BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE PROMISE GRANT FUNDING. I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER WE DO GET THOSE TWO FORMS TO THE CASE MANAGERS OVER AT ALAMO COLLEGES AND THEY HAVE THEM FILL THEM OUT OR WHATEVER THE PROCESS IS. SO THE IMPACT SHOULD NOT BE THAT KIDS AREN'T 
          GETTING THIS FUNDING. >> I AGREE. >> KAUR: COOL. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE. I AGREE. I THINK EVERYONE IS GOING TO SAY YES TO NUMBER ONE. I THINK WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FUND THAT. IF WE USE CUTS AND NOT ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES, THAT'S ALL THAT WE CAN FUND. 
          SO EVERYTHING ELSE, I GUESS, IS A CONVERSATION. 
          I HAD PUT IN THE MEMO THAT I SHARED WITH SOME OF YOU GUYS THAT I THOUGHT DOING SOME FUNDING FOR RADAR FEEDBACK AND STOP SIGNS IS IMPORTANT. I WOULD PRIORITIZE THAT OVER THE PATROL OFFICERS ONLY BECAUSE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE HAVE IN SOME OF OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS -- AND I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER WAS THINKING ABOUT A MEMO FOR THIS -- IS SPEEDING. FOLKS FEEL LIKE SPEEDING IS A CHALLENGE.  WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PATROL OFFICERS TO ADDRESS SPEEDING, PARK ET TICKETS AND TRAFFIC CHALLENGES. 
          THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE. I AGREE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES SHARED SAFE OFFICERS REALLY HELP SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY AND THEY ARE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE, I THINK, FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS. CONTINUE BUILDING POSITIVE ROADWAYS THROUGH SAFE OFFICERS IS IMPORTANT. 
          IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING LEFT, IF WE ALL DECIDE TO INCREASE THAT REVENUE, I WOULD SUPPORT JUST THE SAFE OFFICER COMPONENT. 
          AS FAR AS THE MINOR HOME REPAIR, I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER JUST MENTIONED, THIS IS IMPORTANT. HOUSING IS REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT I WAS FRUSTRATED TO SEE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH CAPACITY IN THIS. I THIS WHICH NEED TO FIGURE OUT IF WE'RE GOING TO STILL DO 144 UNITS, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN ADD CAPACITY TO THAT THROUGH NONPROFITS AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TACTACKLE FROM THE HOUSING TRUST.  THE OTHER PIECES, IF ANYBODY WHO IS HAVING MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION GRANT PROGRAM, LIKE I MENTIONED LAST TIME, I WOULD SUPPORT YOU. I HAVE HAD SOME MAJOR CHALLENGES WITH IT, AND I STILL GET CALLS EVERY DAY FROM ANOTHER BUSINESS BEING LIKE, I WASN'T ELIGIBLE BECAUSE I'VE ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR TWO YEARS AND THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVEN'T SEEN ENOUGH OF A LOSS. 
          OR WHERE THEY ARE LIKE TWO YEARS AGO, I MADE $500,000. 
          THIS YEAR I MADE $510 SO I'M NOT ELIGIBLE. IS 10,000 REALLY A SUFFICIENT INCREASE FOR A BUSINESS THAT'S GROWING WITH INTEREST RATES AND TARIFFS. THERE'S SO MANY NUANCES WHEN YOU GET INTO THIS. 
          ONCE YOU CREATE RULES -- I'M RANTING. SO I'LL SUPPORT WHATEVER YOU ALL WANT BECAUSE I KNOW WE WERE ABLE TO HELP SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES WITH THAT. OBVIOUSLY BOOK FESTIVAL I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I'M HOPING WE CAN SQUEEZE THAT 50Q FOR THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN IN ADDITION, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THE DELEGATE AGENCY QUESTION. 
          SO MELODY, I'M GOING TO BRING YOU UP, IF YOU DON'T MIND. 
          REALLY QUICK, ON THE DELEGATE AGENCIES, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO REDO THE PROCESS. 
          I WAS ADVOCATING FOR THE THREE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DIDN'T GET THE FULL FUNDING BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD THEY WERE GOING TO GET FUNDED 8 MONTHS AND THEN THEY WERE NOT.  CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND MAYBE A NEW AGENCY THAT'S LOOKING FOR FUNDING? 
          >> SURE. SO THERE WERE THREE AGENCIES THAT RECEIVED ARPA FUNDING IN FISCAL YEAR '24 AND FISCAL YEAR '25 TOTALED $500,000. 
          THOSE AGENCIES WERE TIME LIMITED. AS THEY WERE GOING 
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THROUGH THE PROCESS AND IN THEIR CONTRACTS, THEY WERE TOLD THEY WOULD ONLY BE FUNDED FOR THOSE TWO YEARS. WE SENT AN E-MAIL OUT TO DELEGATE AGENCIES THAT RECOMMENDED -- TOLD THEM WE WERE RECOMMENDING THE 8 MONTHS OF FUNDING SO WE COULD RESET THE CONTRACT PROCESS. 
          THE AGENCIES THAT WERE FUNDED WITH ARPA RECEIVED THAT. 
          THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE. THAT WAS A MISTAKE ON OUR PART. 
          WE NOTIFIED THE AGENCIES, AND THEY DISAGREE WITH THAT DECISION NOT TO FUND THEM, AND SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE HERE. 
          >> KAUR: THANK YOU. THAT'S WHY THE ADVOCACY IS IMPORTANT. 
          THEY WERE TOLD ONE THING. WE HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETINGS THIS MORNING AND THEY DO A LOT FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT. THOSE ARE IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THEY BECOME HOLE BECAUSE THEY WERE GIVEN THAT POSITION. THE TIRZ FUNDING, I THINK THESE ARE GREAT ENDEAVORS. PROSPER WEST WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT WITH THE HOUSING TRUST. THEY ARE DOING BETTER. 
          I DO THINK WE NEED TO FUND THEM BUT I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN THIS SHOULD GO TO THE TIRZ BOARDS BEFORE WE VOTE ON THEM BECAUSE IF WE VOTE ON THEM, WE'RE PREEMPTIVELY TELLING THEM FINAL AUTHORITY BEFORE THEY'VE GONE THROUGH TIRZ. I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD HAVE THAT DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE'RE APPOINTING ALSO FEEL THAT THEIR VOICES ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN OUR FINAL VOTE. I WOULD SUPPORT IS THAT GOING TO THE TIRZ BOARDS. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW. I WOULD BE CURIOUS JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP, I MAY HAVE MISSED THE MEMO FROM METRO HEALTH ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND THE ADDITIONS THERE. SO I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT, BUT I WOULD BE -- I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. I MUST HAVE MISSED 
          THAT. >> WE'LL PULL THAT SPECIFIC ONE. 
          IT WAS IN THE SECOND METRO HEALTH FOLLOW-UP. WE'LL PULL IT AND POINT 
          YOU TO THAT AMOUNT. >> KAUR: OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. >> CLARIFICATION , MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND. ON THE TIRZ, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL FOUR 
          OF THOSE ITEMS, GO TO THE BOARD FIRST? >> KAUR: YES. 
          THANK YOU.  JUST TO CLARIFY THAT, GENERALLY THE PROCESS WOULD BE THE TIRZ BOARD VOTES ON IT AND THEN IT COMES TO US. 
          >> YES. >> KAUR: I WOULD JUST SAY LET'S FOLLOW THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH. I UNDERSTAND IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          OKAY. THANKS , MAYOR. >>  MAYOR JONES: I'M GOING TO FOOT STOMP THAT MEMO YOU JUST ASKED ABOUT. 
          IT'S FROM SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2025, AND IT WAS THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED, IF YOU HAD 20% MORE MONEY,  HO YOU WOULD YOU SPEND IT? THEY TALKED ABOUT '26, BUT THE REAL GAP IS IN '27 WHEN THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS EXPIRE AND WE HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY POTENTIALLY COME UP WITH $7 MILLION. BUT THAT'S THE MEMO. COUNCILMEMBER SPEARS. 
          >> SPEARS: THANK YOU , MAYOR. SO I JUST WENT BACK TO THE SURVEY -- THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, JUSTINA. 
          I WENT BACK TO THE SURVEY RESULTS AND THE ONLY AMENDMENT ON HERE THAT MEETS THE TOP THREE IS ITEM FOUR, AND THAT'S WHAT MY RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR. THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL'S RESIDENTS ARE ALL ASKING FOR. I JUST -- WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT 65 PATROL OFFICERS. I AGREE THE SAFE PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT, BUT IF WE DIVERT TO SAFE, WE'RE TAKING AWAY FROM PATROL. 
          LIKE I TOLD Y'ALL BEFORE, FROM MY DISTRICT, THAT'S PRIMARILY WHAT WE NEED IS PATROL. I KNOW OUR NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT ACROSS DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, BUT THIS IS -- THIS IS THE ONE I REALLY, REALLY WANT. I CARE -- I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE LOOK AT HOW WE FUND THE COLA ADJUSTMENT, THE 2%, BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING ENOUGH AS HOW WE CAN CUT EXPENSES. 
          I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT THINGS -- EVERY TIME I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO ADD, I'M LOOKING FOR A WAY TO CUT AS WELL. I'M NOT JUST SAYING I WANT I WANT I NEED I NEED. AND IN DOING THAT, I'M ASKING FOR Y'ALL TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT, CAN WE DEFER SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PURCHASE AND UPGRADE AND THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AS WELL? I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT CULTING BACK ON SOME OF THAT. I'M HESITANT AS WELL TO START CHERRY PICKING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DO A REVIEW IN OCTOBER. 
          WHILE I KNOW SO MANY OF THEM ARE EXTREME LEGAL WORTHY, IT WAS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR OUR ARPA DOLLARS WOULD COME TO AN END. 
          TO BE USING THEM ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN A ONE TIME EXPENSE IS JUST HARD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO OUTLAY MONEY FOR THE DELEGATE AGENCIES. I KNOW SO MANY OF THEM ARE WONDERFUL. I'M NOT -- I DON'T AT ALL MEAN TO SAY THAT 
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THEY'RE NOT WORTHY CAUSES. I HAVE TO FOCUS ON CORE SERVICES. THAT'S ALL I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS ON FIRST, AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS FIRST. THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THE SURVEY RESULTS FROM OUR RESIDENTS FOR ALL OF US. 
          SO I AM STRUGGLING WITH AMERICAN GATEWAY BECAUSE IT ISN'T A CORE SERVICE. IT'S MONEY FOR NON-CITIZENS, AND I WANT TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS FIRST. REAL QUICK, THE QUESTION I HAD ON NUMBER 15, ERIK, WAS THAT -- WAS THAT -- IT'S READING AS A DUPLICATE. IS THAT FOR A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, OR IS MY 
          PRINTOUT WRONG? IT IS WRONG. >> YEAH. 
          SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER. THAT WAS THE STATEMENT I MADE AT THE BEGINNING. 
          WE HAD A COUPLE OF LATE ADDITIONS THAT YOU SHOULD REFER TO THE 
          POWERPOINT. >> SPEARS: I WAS LOOKING FOR THE NOW CLINIC.  IS THAT ANYWHERE? 14. OKAY. 
          >> NUMBER 14. >> SPEARS: I CONSIDER THAT -- I MEAN, IF THAT'S SUPPORTING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, THEN WE DO NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL. SO I'M JUST ALL ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, Y'ALL. I WANT TO HELP WITH OLIVE BRANCHES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DRIVE HOME AS WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO ME. I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING. 
          THANK YOU , MAYOR. THAT'S IT. COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE. 
          >> I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT COUNCILMEMBER SPEARS SAID, PUBLIC SAFETY EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, EVERYBODY SAYS IT'S OUR TOP PRIORITY. RIGHT? IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE DO. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS IF WE DON'T KEEP THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO SAFE. AGAIN, FOR THE LAST TWO YEARSS WE'VE BEEN SAYING WE'RE GOING TO ADD THESE OFFICERS BECAUSE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TOLD US THAT WE WILL BE A SAFER COMMUNITY WHEN WE GET THESE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS ON THE STREET. CHAFE MCMANUS STOOD AT THAT PODIUM A FEW WEEKS AGO AND HE SAID THE QUICKER WE GET TO THAT 60/40 RATIO, THE SAFER SAN ANTONIO WILL BE. WE NEED MORE POLICE OFFICERS. 
          WE DID THE UTSA STOLED OTHER, OF COURSE, AND WE SAW EARLIER THIS YEAR, MORE OFFICERS ON THE STREET HELPS DETER CRIME, PARTICULARLY IN HIGH CRIME AREAS. AT THAT SAME MEETING, ASSISTANT CITY IMAGINER MARIA VILLAGOMEZ SAID RIGHT NIGHT MIC, THE PLAN IS 65 NEW OFFICERS TO GET FUNDED THIS YEAR, 65 THE NEXT YEAR, AND 65 THE YEAR AFTER THAT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE PROMISED THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          I HAVE A HARD TIME SITTING HERE TODAY AND LISTENING AND LOOKING AT THESE PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE EVEN QUESTIONING ADDING FUNDING FOR MORE OFFICERS TO GET TO THAT 65 NUMBER, WHICH WE PROMISED THE CITIZENS, WHICH OUR HEAD LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL SAYS IS CRITICAL TO OUR CITIZENS' SAFETY, THE FACT THAT WE'RE QUESTIONING IT REALLY, REALLY DISTURBS ME. 
          SO I WANT TO -- WE'VE GOT 25 IN THE BUDGET. I WOULD LIKE FUNDING FOR THE OTHER 40 TO GET US TO 65 AS WE PROMISED. IF WE WANT TO MAKE 10 OF THOSE ADDITIONAL 40 SAFE OFFICERS, ONE FOR EACH DISTRICT, I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU ON THAT BECAUSE THOSE THAT HAVE SPOKEN UP FOR SAFE OFFICERS ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THEY DO A LOT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. BUT PLEASE, WE NEED TO KEEP OUR PROMISE TO OUR CITIZENS AND FUND THESE OFFICERS. I ALSO AGREE WITH THE COUNCILMEMBER ON CUTS AND, ERIK AND TEAM AND JUSTINA -- THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL -- I KNOW THAT THIS YEAR'S BEEN DIFFICULT. 
          I KNOW THAT CUTTING IS HARD. BUT WHEN I SEE US ATTEMPT TO SHIFT THE BURDEN FROM US MAKING THE CUTS TO PLACING THE COST OF THESE AMENDMENTS ON TO THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO, I MEAN, THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME, TOO. WE NEED TO DO THE HARD WORK. WE NEED TO MAKE ADDITIONAL CUTS. 
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THREE THAT JUMP OUT AT ME, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THIS $500,000 FOR ART MAINTENANCE. WE COULD CUT IT IN HALF TO $250,000. 
          THE COUNCILMEMBER MENTIONED THIS CAPITAL OUTLAY. 
          RIGHT? WHERE WE SCHEDULE THESE REPLACEMENTS OF COMPUTERS AND PHONES SO OFTEN. IF WE SCALE BACK ON THAT JUST 15% REDUCTION, LOOKS LIKE IT SAVES US $465,000. 
          THEN THE DELEGATE AGENCIES, VERY WELL SAID. 
          EXTREMELY IMPORTANT GROUPS. FOR HER IS A DISTRICT 10 DELEGATE AGENCY. DOES GREAT WORK. PROSPER WEST UNDER ITS NEW LEADERSHIP HAS REALLY TURNED ITSELF AROUND, AND I THINK IS DESERVING OF FUNDING AS WE GO FORWARD. WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE THINGS IN THE FALL. RIGHT? THEY SHOULD ALL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS. RIGHT? AND I THINK THE NUMBER'S AROUND $24 MILLION THAT THIS POOL OF MONEY FOR THE DELEGATE AGENCIES. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS REDUCE THAT FROM WHATEVER IT IS, IF IT'S 24, LET'S CUT IT BACK BY A MILLION BUCKS. 
          OKAY. AND LET'S USE -- YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL A HEALTHY CHUNK OF MONEY THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOWARDS THESE ORGANIZATIONS. AGAIN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHO GETS WHAT COMING THIS FALL AND IN THE NEXT YEAR, BUT IF WE CUT IT BACK JUST $1 MILLION, WE CAN HELP FUND OUR TOP PRIORITY, WHICH IS, AGAIN, IS PUBLIC SAFETY. I SUPPORT THE NOW FOR OUR -- BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT HELPS OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM. 
          IN TERMS OF THE TIRZ, I AGREE WITH THE COUNCILMEMBER AND WHAT WAS SAID ON, YOU KNOW, LETTING THE BOARD FIRST TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BEFORE WE ON COUNCIL WEIGH IN. I SUPPORT THE INCREASE IN PAY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES HERE AS WELL. AMERICAN GATEWAY, OF COURSE, I DO NOT SUPPORT. THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH ARPA. THAT SHOULD NOT CONTINUE. 
          FRANKLY, I THINK IT, PERHAPS, ONES AFOUL WITH THE LAW WHICH COULD GET US IN SOME HOT WATER ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL. GUYS, I JUST -- I WOULD ASK YOU ALL TO REALLY THINK ABOUT -- AND I DIDN'T BRING THE NUMBERS THIS TIME BECAUSE I WASN'T GOING TO DO IT AGAIN WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE AMOUNT OF CRIMES AGAINST PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED IN EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS, WHICH THE CHIEF GAVE US OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE AMOUNT OF CRIMES AGAINST PEOPLE'S PROPERTY THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED IN EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS OVER THE LAST YEAR. I MEAN, I'M NOT TAKING AWAY FROM THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL OF THIS. BUT WHAT MATTERS TO SAN ANTONIANS THE MOST IS THAT THEY CAN GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT AND KNOW THAT THEMSELF, THEIR LOVED ONES, CHILDREN, PARENTS, FRIENDS, FAMILY ARE ALL GOING TO WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING SAFE. THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND TRAVEL ALL ACROSS THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE SAFE. VISITORS, BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO COME HERE TO OUR CITY INVEST IN OUR CITY, BE A PART OF THIS CITY, GO SEE OUR SIGHTS, SEE OUR SPURS, GO TO THE ALAMO, GO ON THE RIVERWALK, THEY ALL WANT TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE COMING TO A SAFE CITY. THIS IS IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP OUR PROMISE AND FUND OUR POLICE AS WE SHOULD. 
          THANKS , MAYOR. >>  MAYOR JONES: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU, ARE THERE ANY OF THESE AMENDMENTS THAT IN ANY WAY INFRINGE UPON A 
          LEGAL -- >> THANK YOU , MAYOR. JUST FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO CLARIFY. THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION , MAYOR, IS WE CAN ENSURE LEGALITY BY THE SCOPE OF SERVICES. AS WE DO IN ANY OF OUR CONTRACTS, WE WOULD ENSURE THAT WE STAY COMPLIANT WITH THE LAW IN THE WAY THAT WE DRAFT OUR CONTRACTS AND THE SCOPE OF SERVICES AND 
          ANY TERMS AND PROVISIONS. >>  MAYOR JONES: THANK 
          YOU. CHAIR GALVAN. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU , 
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MAYOR. THANK YOU AGAIN TO STAFF FOR WORKING REALLY HARD ON THIS WORK. I MEAN, I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER KAUR AND WRITE TEXTING AND E-MAILING PRETTY LATE AS WE WERE GETTING THE INFORMATION AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THINGS WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, SHARING IDEAS AS WELL AS JUST TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE SOME OF THESE IMPORTANT FUNDS ARE WELL MAINTAINED IF WE CAN AND WHAT CAN WE DISCUSS LATER ON. 
          I'M INTERESTED IN THE PARK ENVIRONMENTAL FEE AND SEEING WHAT OTHER POTENTIAL FEES COULD BE UTILIZED IN A WAY WHERE WE CREATE MORE CAPACITY WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND BY HAVING THOSE FEES FUND THE SERVICES WE'RE ASKING FOR. I ECHO COUNCILMEMBER KAUR'S POINT ABOUT RAISING COSTS FOR OUR FAMILIES. RIGHT? WAS IT THE CPS BILL OR SAWS BILL? SOME OF THE ONES I WAS LOOKING AT WITHIN THE FEE BOOK THAT ERIK AND MARIA PUT TOGETHER ALONG WITH CITY STAFF -- I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN WE GET IT. 
          MAYBE BACK IN SEPTEMBER -- MENTIONED THE -- WHERE IS IT? I THINK IT WAS THE RETENTION POND AND USE FEES WITHIN DEVELOPMENT I'M INTERESTED IN LOOKING IN AS WELL. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKED AT IN 2015. I'M SEEING WHAT POTENTIAL THAT COULD HAVE AS WELL AS THE STORM WATER FEE AS WELL. 
          OF COURSE, UNDERSTANDING THOSE WILL IMPACT OUR DEVELOPMENT WHETHER IT'S IN RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT FEES -- WHETHER IT'S BY A NICKEL OR DIME WHERE IT COULD LEAD BECA BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS THE RESIDENTIAL ONE IN 2024. 
          SO THERE IS -- I'M WONDERING WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE OR INCREASE CAPACITY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT OR RAISE GENERAL FUNDS FOR GENERAL FUND. I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. IN TERMS OF THE AMENDMENTS, PRIORITY IS THE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PIECE, AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WILL BE FUNDED. I FEEL CONFIDENT WE CAN. I'M OPEN TO LOOKING AT THE RADAR FEEDBACK SIGNS. IF WE NEED TO SCALE BACK A LITTLE BIT AND SEE IF WE CAN SUPPLEMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW THAT CAN REDUCE THE OVERALL BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUEST IN TOTAL. NOT SUPPORTIVE OF NUMBER THREE. ERIK, COULD YOU REMIND ME -- DO YOU HAVE THIS OFFHAND -- HOW MANY DEPARTMENTS IN OUR CITY WOULD THIS -- WOULD SEE 
          PERSONNEL INCREASES? >> POLICE, FIRE, PARKS BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE 
          MANDATED PARKS WE'RE OPENING UP. >> RIGHT. 
          >> CITY CLERK HAS ONE POSITION. >> RIGHT. 
          >> WE ARE NOT -- THAT'S ABOUT IT, I THINK. >> IT'S VERY LIMITED. 
          >> IT'S VERY LIMITED. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          I THINK JUST FOR MYSELF, THAT -- I MEAN, I GET IT'S LOWER -- I UNDERSTAND THAT COMPLETELY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I THINK HAVING THAT ADDITION SPEAKS VOLUMES IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR NOT ONLY THIS BUDGET BUT NEXT BUDGET AS WELL. THE DEPARTMENT IS FACING CUTS OR -- NOT CUTS. 
          POTENTIAL FOR CUTS IN 2027 SUCH AS PERSONNEL. SO I UNDERSTAND THE NEED. I THINK MY DISTRICT SURVEY SAID HOMELESS SERVICES, STREETS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING WERE THE TOP THREE CONCERNS FOR MY RESIDENTS. THAT'S JUST WHERE I'M GOING TO BE ON AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. SIMILAR TO COUNCILMEMBER KAUR'S PIECE ON THE SMALL BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM, INITIALLY I HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT IT AS WELL DURING OUR PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT WORK.  I'M HOPEFUL THAT WITH THE DEPARTMENT, THE CAPITAL DELIVERY DEPARTMENT, WE CAN MAYBE REDUCE SOME OF THE NEED FOR THE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. I DID WANT TO ASK, ON THAT PIECE, WITHIN THE CURRENT -- WITHIN FY TO 26, ARE WE GOING TO SEE FUNDING FOR THE 2022 BOND PROJECT? I KNOW THOSE ARE SLATED FOR SOME OF THE 
          CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION GRANTS. >> YES, SIR, THAT 
          PROJECT IS IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET. >> THAT WILL STILL HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION WITH THE REDUCTION IN THE 
          GRANTS. >> IT DOES NOT HAVE IT. IT IS NOT IN THE CAPITAL 
          BUDGET. >> OKAY. >> JUST THE DESIGN AND 
          THE CONSTRUCTION. >> OF COURSE. >> IN THAT CAPITAL 
          BUDGET. >> I SEE. WITH THE CURRENT FUNDING IN THE PRESENTATION A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION GRANT, WOULD THAT STILL FUND THE PIECE? 
          >> NO. >> GOT IT. THANK YOU. 
          I'LL THINK ABOUT THAT ONE AND REVIEW SOME OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES ALONG THAT ROUTE. EVERYTHING ELSE GENERALLY I THINK I'M SUPPORTIVE OF. ON THE DELEGATE AGENCY PIECE, I -- I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD GROUPS OUT THERE INCLUDING THE SAFE 
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HOUSE, FOR HER, RAPE CRISIS CENTER THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT. 
          ALSO, AMERICAN GATEWAY AS WELL. I AM A BIT TORN ABOUT -- IS IT BETTER TO WAIT FOR THAT PROCESS? I THINK I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT FOR THE FALL SO WE CAN HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF FOLKS ASKING FOR SUPPORT AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE SOUND GOING INTO NEXT YEAR. BUT I THINK THESE ARE CRUCIAL. 
          I THINK A LOT OF THESE ARE PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY'S HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO -- SUPPORT THEM AS THEY SUPPORT OUR WORK WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK THE SAME THING GOES FOR WHAT WE SAW WITH -- I THINK IT WAS THE DESIGNATED DELEGATE AGENCIES WITHIN THE DELEGATE AGENCY PRESENTATION WE GOT WE TALKED ABOUT STANDARD FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES BEING SOMETHING THAT IS TRULY THE ONLY RESOURCE THERE IN THAT REALM FOR THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS, WHETHER IT'S HEALTH CARE OR MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES. 
          SO THAT'S HOW I VIEW SOME OF THESE ONES AS WELL. LET ME SEE IF I'M MISSING ANYTHING HERE. THE TIRZ POLICY, A LITTLE INDIFFERENT TOO. 
          I THINK IT'S WORTH HAVING THE TIRZ BOARD'S REVIEW AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE FOLKS WHO HAVE TIRZ. ON THE ALAMO PROMISE PIECE, I JUST WANTED TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION, I THINK I'M GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING TO READY TO WORK AND MAKING SURE IT'S STILL ACCESSIBLE, OF COURSE. 
          I DID WANT TO ASK OUR CONTRIBUTION THAT WE PROVIDE, HOW MUCH IS THAT IN TERMS OF THE ALAMO PROMISE BUDGET OVERALL FOR THE ALAMO COLLEGE. 
          IS IT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF IT, A MINIMAL PORTION OF IT? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT INVESTMENT IS STILL VALUABLE TO ALAMO COLLEGE AS TO OUR STUDENTS, OF COURSE. AND I THINK EVERY DOLLAR IS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS IT A DROP IN THE BUCKET OR NOT. 
          I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS FOR NOW, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: CHAIR ALDERETE GAVITO. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU JUSTINA FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I'LL BE BRIEF BECAUSE I REALLY ONLY HAVE THREE TOP PRIORITIES AND THAT IS FOR -- IF WE CAN GO TO THE AMENDMENT SLIDE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE MY NUMBERS ARE RIGHT. I THINK IT NUMBER 43, THE 40 POLICE OFFICERS. 
          I THINK COUNCILWOMAN KAUR BROUGHT UP, MELODY, ABOUT HOW WE PROMISED SOME OF THESE NON-PROFITS SOMETHING AND THEN ARE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
          I FEEL THAT IS APPLICABLE TO US PROMISING OUR RESIDENTS, THESE POLICE OFFICERS AND THEN DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE ALL CAMPAIGN, WE ALL HEAR AND REITERATE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS A TOP PRIORITY. 
          SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE INCUMBENT UPON US AS REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE IT A TOP PRIORITY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE ALREADY COMMITTED THESE POLICE OFFICERS. 
          SO THAT IS -- ERIK, THAT'S MY TOP PRIORITY IS NUMBER 3. THE SECOND ONE IS THE CITY EMPLOYEE ADJUSTMENT NUMBER ONE, AND THEN LASTLY, I THINK IT'S ON THE NEXT SLIDE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER IS IT, THE VACANT BUILDING POSITION, RESTORING THAT POSITION. I THINK THAT THERE WERE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT MAYBE MOVING IT. COUNCIL MEMBER KAUR HAD A THOUGHT ABOUT MOVING IT TO A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SLICE AND DICE THAT POSITION. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT, THOUGH, BECAUSE AGAIN, ALL OF US -- I'M USING THE WORD COMPLAIN, BUT WE BRING UP THE ISSUE ABOUT VACANT BUILDINGS CONSTANTLY. SO TO ELIMINATE SOMETHING THAT IS ACTIVELY WORKING TOWARDS HOLDING VACANT BUILDING STRUCTURES ACCOUNTABLE AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE MAINTAINED JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE SO I'M ALL IN FOR THAT. 
          I DO AFTER FEEDBACK FROM COUNCILWOMAN KAUR I'M IN FAVOR OF ELIMINATING THAT 1.4 MILLION FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION GRANT PROGRAM. 
          I THINK THAT THE INTENT IS POSITIVE, BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING IT RIGHT. 
          SOMEHOW, SOME WAY WE'RE NOT GETTING IT RIGHT, SO WE TAKE IT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, BUT NOT TO INVEST, WHAT IS IT, 1.4 MILLION IN IT JUST TO GET IT WRONG AGAIN. SO AGAIN, JUST WANT TO REITERATE, TOP PRIORITY OF 40 POLICE OFFICERS, THAT IS A COMPLIMENT WE MADE TO RESIDENTS. AND ALL OF US MADE IT TO RESIDENTS. 
          IT IS -- PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALL THAT WE HEAR, AGAIN, ALL OF US ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL SAYING PUBLIC SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, PUBLIC IS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. 
          WE BETTER STICK TO THAT COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING TO OUR RESIDENTS. 
          CITY EMPLOYEE ADJUSTMENT AND THE VACANT BUILDING POSITION. 
          ON DELEGATE AGENCIES, I HAD A QUESTION. THESE DELEGATE AGENCIES IT 
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TOTALS I THINK NINE-SOMETHING MEGAWATT. WHERE ARE WE SAYING IT'S ZERO DOLLARS TO THE GENERAL FUND? I KNOW SOME DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING IT COVERED BY GRANTS, BUT ISN'T IT STILL COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL 
          FUND OR WHAT AM I MISSING HERE? >> YOU ARE CORRECT, COUNCILWOMAN. THEY'RE COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, BUT IT'S NOT AN ADDITIONAL COST BECAUSE IN THIS CASE WE WOULD BE USING THE DELEGATE AGENCY WE RESERVE FOR THE 26-27 SOLICITATION PROCESS. SO WE HAD SET ASIDE THE EQUIVALENT OF FOUR MONTHS' OF FUNDING FOR ALL THOSE AGENCIES THAT ARE PREMEDITATED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET SO WE CAN BEGIN A NEW PROCESS BEGINNING IN THE FALL. SO THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY COULD COME FROM. 
          >> GAVITO: THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK WE HAVE 
          25 MILLIONISH. >> THAT IS OLD FUNDS INCLUDING GRANTS. 
          >> SO IT'S NOT 25 MILLION PLUS FOUR NINE MILLION? >> NO. 
          >> SO IF WE FUND THIS ARE WE TAKING AWAY FROM OTHER DELEGATE AGENCIES? 
          >> IN THE NINE MILLION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE TOTAL FOR THE GENERAL FUND. 
          I'M ONLY SPEAKING ABOUT ITEMS 10, 11 AND 12. SO THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED TO BE FUNDED WITHIN THAT DELEGATE AGENCY WE SERVE, YES, THAT WOULD BE TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS THAT WE'LL DO LATER IN THE YEAR. 
          >> GAVITO: SO I THINK THAT'S WORTH US CONSIDERATION, RIGHT? I SERVED AS A NON-PROFIT DIRECTOR AND ALL NON-PROFITS MISSIONS ARE NEGOTIABLE AND WORTHY, BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE -- ARE NOBLE AND WORTHY, BUT IF WE TAKE FROM THIS BUCKET TO FUND THESE AGENCIES, WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING ABOUT IT FROM OTHER NON-PROFITS TOO WHO ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE NOBLE AND WORTHY CAUSES AS WELL. 
          JUST WANT US TO CONSIDER THAT. ON THE TIRZ PIECE, NUMBER 16 I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS, THE PET DEPOSIT, I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS ACTUALLY VOTED DOWN IN PCDC ON DECEMBER OF '25 BY COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, COUNCILWOMAN PELÁEZ, SOMEONE ELSE AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN. AND I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS THAT WE HEARD FROM THAT IS THAT, ONE, THE CITY SHOULD NOT BE IN THE BUSINESS OF PAYING PEOPLE'S PET DEPOSIT, BUT TOO, WHEN A PET RUINS THE APARTMENT, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THEN? YOU KNOW, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO THE CITY, WE NEED FUNDING TO HELP FIX OUR APARTMENT. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, IT WAS ALREADY VOTED DOWN. 
          I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THIS ON HERE AGAIN. IT FEELS KIND OF A SNEAKY WAY TO TRY TO PUSH IT THROUGH. SO I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 
          I ALSO AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN AND COUNCILWOMAN KAUR THAT THESE TIRZ INITIATIVES NEED TO GO TO THE TIRZ BOARD FIRST BEFORE THEY COME TO COUNCIL. 
          I FEEL LIKE AGAIN TRYING TO BYPASS THE PROCESS. I'M GLAD THAT WE FOUND THE WAY TO MAKE THE CIP DOLLARS WORK FOR EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS. 
          THAT IS IMPORTANT MONEY THAT WE USE TO ENHANCE OUR DISTRICTS. 
          AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT RESIDENTS -- THAT GOES AS A DIRECT BENEFIT TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND ALSO ON ALAMO PROMISE, I HEARD SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES TALK ABOUT THIS. MIKE, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT WE DON'T WANT STUDENTS TO GO THROUGH MORE BUREAUCRACY THROUGH READY TO WORK FORMS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY GOING THROUGH THE ALAMO PROMISE FORM. 
          SO I GET THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE FUNDING AROUND TO MAKE THINGS WORK, BUT TO PUT THAT BURDEN ON OUR STUDENTS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M VERY CLEAR WITH THAT. AND THAT WAS ALL I HAD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          >> MAYOR, ONE CLARIFICATION. IF WE CAN GO BACK TO SLIDE 9. 
          SO WHEN YOU WERE ASKING MARIE ABOUT THE DELEGATE AGENCIES, ITEM NUMBER 10 ON THERE AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE ITEM NUMBER 12 AND 13, THOSE THREE ARE TAKING, POTENTIALLY TO YOUR POINT, CAPACITY OUT OF THE NEXT SOLICITATION. 
          ITEM NUMBER 11 IS NOT BECAUSE IT IS TAKING AND COMBINING TWO CONTRACTS AND USING THE SAME AMOUNT AND MOVING FROM AN EIGHT-MONTH TO A 12-MONTH. 
          THAT'S NOT TAKING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY OUT. SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT 
          AFTER DISTINCTION THERE. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          I THINK IN GENERAL WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW -- REALLY I'M JUST TRYING TO PLANT THE SEED IN MY COLLEAGUES' HEAD ABOUT HEY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE FROM HERE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME OTHER NON-PROFITS KNOCKING ON ALL OF OUR DOORS. ALSO THEY WILL HAVE NOBLE AND WORTHY CAUSES. 
          AND IT'S OPENING UP A CAN OF WORMS. THANK YOU. 
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          >> MAYOR JONES: IN CASE IT INFORMS OTHERS' QUESTIONS, THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE NOW CLINIC, UT SAN ANTONIO CAME BACK AND SAID THEY DON'T HAVE RESOURCES TO BUY THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT? OKAY. 
          300,000? COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. >> 
          >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHERE FOLKS ARE GATHERING THE SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT PRIORITIES, BUT LOOKING AT THE PRIORITY INVESTMENT RATINGS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, IN DISTRICT 1 STREETS WAS THE TOP PRIORITY -- IN DISTRICT 10 STREETS WERE THE TOP PRIORITY. TWO WERE SERVICES TO ASSIST HOMELESS AND THREE WAS HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT CLEAN UP. IN D9 THE FIRST WAS SERVICES TO ASSIST THE HOMELESS THROUGH THROUGH OUCH AND SHELTER, HOMELESS CLEANUPS AND THREE, STREETS. IN DISTRICT 7, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TOP PRIORITY WAS SERVICE TO ASSIST THE HOMELESSNESS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS. SO I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE PRIORITIES OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES BASED OFF OF THE DATA GATHERED BY THE BUDGET SURVEY. SO IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE REQUEST TO HELP RESTORE THE 1 MILLION FOR HOME REHAB, I'M HESITANT TO REDUCE AMOUNT OF IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE GOING TO MAKE, BUT MAYBE IF WE'RE ALLOCATING IT TOWARDS A MINOR REPAIR RATHER THAN MAJOR REPAIR, I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE. 
          I THINK SAN ANTONIO ARE THES WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM HAVE EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE. SO I THINK THERE WOULD BE VALUE IN LOOKING AT CAN THAT POTENTIALLY GO TOWARDS MINOR REHAB PROJECTS INSTEAD? NOW, PUBLIC SAFETY IS A PRIORITY FOR US AS WELL AND I BELIEVE OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE THE EXPECTATION THAT WE INVEST IN RESULT-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS. 
          TODAY AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THERE WAS A NON-PROFIT, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR HER THAT WAS CITED AS SOMETHING THAT OFTEN TIMES WHETHER IT'S A CITY DEPARTMENT OR METRO HEALTH GET REFERRALS FROM -- GIVE REFERRALS RATHER TO FOR HER, AND WITH THE DRASTIC DECREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME THAT WE'VE SEEN CITYWIDE, I BELIEVE THAT'S DUE TO THE RESULT OF STAND UP SA UNDER METRO HEALTH AS WELL AS BIG MAMA'S SAFE HOUSE. THAT'S WHY I THINK INVESTING IN THOSE DELEGATE AGENCIES IMPORTANTMENT AND WHILE I VALUE THE IMPORTANCE AND UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN OCTOBER, THERE ARE NON-PROFITS THAT ARE DOING THE WORKMENT WE'RE HEARING FROM EMPLOYEES AND CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OUR CONSTITUENCIES AS WELL. SO I DON'T SEE IT AS CHERRYPICKING. 
          I SEE THEIR RESULTS BEING SHOWN AND PRESENTED IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE LIKE WE HEARD TODAY WITH SOME OF THE NON-PROFITS ON THE POTENTIAL AMENDMENT LIST. 
          SO WITH THAT, OF COURSE, SUPPORT OF BIG MAMA'S SAFE HOUSE RECEIVING THEIR SUPPORT. AND I COULD PROVIDE THE ITEMIZED REQUEST THEY'VE SUBMITTED TO US AND AMERICAN GATEWAYS AS WELL. BUT OF COURSE AS FOLKS HAVE ALREADY HIT ON, ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES IS ENSURING THAT WE ADD THE FUNDS ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THE -- IF FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IDENTIFYING WAYS TO HELP INVEST IN THAT. AS THE COUNCILWOMAN MENTIONED, IN TERMS OF ITEM 3, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE'RE AT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS AND SPEEDING COMES UP AS A CONCERN, SOMETIMES I GET ASKED FOR MORE SAFE OFFICERS, HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE A SPEEDOMETER IN THIS AREA OR HOW DO WE INVEST IN MORE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES. SO I THINK TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS AROUND TRAFFIC IN PARTICULAR WE WOULD SEE A GREATER RETURN BY INVESTING IN THE FLASHING STOP SIGNS IN THE PRIORITY AREAS AS WELL AS THE NEW RADAR TRAFFIC SIGNS TO HELP ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS THAT THE SAFFE RECOMMENDING AND TO GET THAT APPROVED IN OUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL. I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT THERE'S CIP. 
          I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SEE THAT ON THURSDAY'S BUDGET. 
          AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S THE SPEEDOMETERS, QUICK BUILD IN OUR COMMUNITY, CIP IS VERY IMPACTFUL TO HELP MEET THOSE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF OUR CONSTITUENTS REGARDING INFRASTRUCTURE. I ALSO WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION WAS SERVICES AND UNDERSTAND THAT CONVERSATION IN OCTOBER, BUT WE HAVE SO MANY RESIDENTS THAT WE'VE CONNECTED TO THE BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER AND I THINK ENSURING THAT THOSE NON-PROFITS THAT ARE PROVIDING SERVICES TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN, IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO EARMARK AND VOTE ON THURSDAY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO ARE NEEDED SERVICES ON THURSDAY, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD PASS UP THAT OPPORTUNITY. LASTLY, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE COUNCILMAN'S REQUEST FOR THE STREET LIGHTS. WE KNOW THIS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH ADDRESSING OUR CONCERNS RATHER THAN WITH VIOLENT CRIME OR ILLEGAL DUMPING, WHICH IS A HUGE ISSUE IN D5, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF. 
          REGARDING THE CONVERSATION WITH TIRZ, I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE COMMITTEE'S REVIEWING THOSE PROPOSED ITEMS, BUT I ASK FOR CONSISTENCY. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THE MOU THAT WE VOTED ON FOR THE SPURS HAS ASSURANCES AND GUARANTEES WITH TIRZ, BUT THE TIRZ WERE DID HE OWE NOTE VOTED ON ACTION. 
          SO I ASK FOR CONSISTENCY FROM MY COLLEAGUES IN SAYING LET'S FOLLOW THE PROCESS. 
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I WOULD LIKE A FURTHER CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND HOW WE'RE WORKING ON THE PROGRAM FOR NUISANCE PROPERTIES TO BRING THEM IN COMPLIANCE OR POTENTIALLY LAND BANK THOSE PROPERTIES. REGARDING PROSPER WEST, I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION TO SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THE TIRZ. 
          I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THE WESTSIDE TIRZ CONVENING A MEETING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND TAKE ACTION ON THAT ITEM. BUT AGAIN, CONSISTENCY. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR? TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILWOMAN -- LAST WEEK THERE WERE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. THE LAST TWO BUDGET WORK SESSIONS REGARDING VACANT BUILDINGS. AND SO I HAD SHARED WITH SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT YOU ALL HAD ASKED FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS OF SHANNON MILLER LAST WEEK ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE IN OUR PROGRAM AND WHAT SHANNON SHARED WITH YOU WAS THE PROSPECTIVE OF HAVING THAT POSITION IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          IF THAT IS AN AMENDMENT THAT GETS ADDED, I'LL LIKELY WORK WITH AMIN AND SHANNON BECAUSE I THINK BASED ON SOME OF THE COUNCIL CONVERSATION AROUND VACANT BUILDINGS AND VACANT LOTS, IT'S MORE OF AN ENFORCEMENT AND A CODE ISSUE THAN AN HISTORIC PRESERVATION ISSUE. IF THAT'S AMENDMENT WE WILL LIKELY TRY TO RETOOL THAT AND TRY TO HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL AROUND THOSE ORDINANCES BECAUSE I'M DEFINITELY SENSING THE NEED TO REVISIT THOSE ORDINANCES. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILWOMAN MEZA GONZÁLEZ. >> GONZÁLEZ: THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. I JUST WANT TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR CITY STAFF, SUPPORTING THE INCREASE OF THE TWO PERCENT AND THE 750 BASE. I ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE MY SUPPORT. 
          I KNOW OF SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I SENT A LETTER TO YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET PROCESS SUPPORTING OUR 40 NEW OFFICERS. 
          I WANT TO CONTINUE THAT SUPPORT. WE PROMISED IN IN 2025 OR IN THE LAST BUDGET SO WE SHOULD JUST MAKE GOOD ON THAT PROMISE. 
          I KNOW WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING I WENT TO A COFFEE WITH THE COUNCILWOMAN AND IT WAS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND CHECK MCMANUS BROUGHT UP THE AMOUNT OF EMERGENCY CALLS THAT THEY RECEIVE EVERY YEAR. AND NOBODY GOT THE NUMBER RIGHT. THEY WERE WAY OFF. AND I THINK IT'S 2.4 MILLION CALLS. ON THE EMERGENCY SIDE IT'S 1.4 MILLION. 
          SO IN ORDER TO FEEL SAFE I THINK RESIDENTS ALSO WANT THAT RESPONSE TIME TO GO DOWN. SO MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE OFFICERS ON HAND TO RESPOND TO THAT IS IMPORTANT. I'M IN FAVOR OF MAKING THOSE NON-PROFITS WHOLE THAT WERE TOLD THEY WERE GOING TO GET THAT FUNDING OVER THOSE NEXT EIGHT MONTHS, I BELIEVE. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT. THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY GOALS JUST AS THE NOW CLINIC DOES. THOSE ARE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS PROGRAMS. REALLY COMPREHENSIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE FOR OUR CITY'S MOST CRITICAL WORKFORCE, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. 
          WE KNOW THAT IT'S HARD FOR US TO KEEP DOCTORS ON STAFF FOR PD AND FIRE, AND SO THE NOW CLINIC OFFERS THAT SUPPORT. WE NOW THAT OUR -- WE KNOW THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE USING IT EVER SINCE IT'S BEEN OPENED THE LAST FOUR YEARS SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING IN WHATEVER WAY WE CAN. 
          I'M IN FAVOR OF THE REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS. WE STARTED I THINK THAT NEW STREAM OF REVENUE IN 2014 AT A DOLLAR. WE MOVED IT UP TO $1.50 IN 2019, AND NOW IN THIS FISCAL YEAR ANOTHER 50 CENTS. SO OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE USE THAT REVENUE AND TO GET THIS BUDGET THROUGH. 
          SO I'M ALSO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ALAMO PROMISE, EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF THE ALAMO PROMISE PROGRAM AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO GET INTO SCHOOL. AND I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF EXTRA STEPS IN THE READY TO WORK PROCESS THAT WOULD IMPACT THEM, SO I WANT TO STREAMLINE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO ALSO ON THE TIRZ FUNDING, I KNOW A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TALKED ABOUT THIS, JUST MAKING SURE THAT IT GOES THROUGH THE TIRZ BOARD FIRST AND THAT WE ARE CONSISTENT IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          SO THAT IS ALL FOR ME. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCIL MEMBER [INDISCERNIBLE] AND CASTILLO. ALL RIGHT, CHAIR MUNGIA. 
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          >> MUNGIA: THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION EARLIER. 
          A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THE PARKS ENVIRONMENTAL FEE, DOES THAT HAVE TO BE 
          ALLOCATED TO SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY? >> YES, COUNCILMAN. 
          SO STATE LAW ALLOWS US TO CHARGE FOR THAT SPECIFIC FEE, AND THE FUNDS ARE RESTRICTED TO BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR SANITATION SERVICES AT OUR PARKS AND 
          FOR TREE TRIMMING SERVICES AT OUR PARKS AS WELL. >> OKAY. 
          HOW IS THAT OFFSETTING THE INCREASE IN WHAT WE'RE ASKING? 
          >> SO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ROUGHLY ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF EXPENSE THAT WE'RE FUNDING IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT COULD BE PAID WITH THAT 
          FEE INCREASE. >> MUNGIA: OKAY. >> SO THAT PARTICULAR FEE IF APPROVED WOULD INCREASE ROUGHLY ABOUT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS OF EXPENSE IN THE 
          GENERAL FUND, WILL FREE UP GENERAL FUND MONEY. >> MUNGIA: GOT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. AND SEVERAL FOLKS HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP BUT A CLARIFYING QUESTION ON THE ALAMO PROMISE REQUIREMENTS. SO IF WE MOVE THE 1.9 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO READY TO WORK, ARE WE ABLE TO KEEP THOSE RESTRICTIONS AS THEY ARE IN THE GENERAL FUND EVEN THOUGH THEY'LL BE IN READY TO WORK? 
          >> YEAH. SO MIKE, WHY DON'T YOU COME BACK UP AND LET'S GO THROUGH 
          THAT CHART ONE MORE TIME? >> WHEN YOU SAY THE RESTRICTIONS AS FAR AS THE PROGRAM STUDY WITHIN ALAMO PROMISE? WITHIN READY TO WORK, YOU CAN ONLY PURSUE IN DEMAND OCCUPATIONS SO THAT IS WHAT THIS COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO STAY THAT TRACK OF ONLY PURSUING LOCALLY IN DEMAND OCCUPATIONS WITH THE READY TO WORK DOLLARS. SO IF YOU WANT TO OPEN IT UP AND SEE WHICHEVER MAJORS THE STUDENTS MAY USE. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TWO FORMS, LIKE THOSE TWO FORMS ARE REQUIRED FOR DATA TRACKING AND OUTCOMES TRACKING. WE HAVE TO GO INTO IT KNOWING IF WE DON'T REQUIRE THAT PIECE, THEN AS FAR AS OUTCOMES GO, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO TRACK TOWARDS JOB 
          PLACEMENT, WHICH IS WHAT READY TO WORK WAS ALL ABOUT. >> IS THAT JUST FOR THE FOLKS THAT WOULD BE UNDER THIS PROGRAM OR FOR EVERYBODY? 
          >> THAT'S JUST FOR THE ONES THAT WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THE READY TO WORK DOLLARS. 
          BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS WITH ALAMO COLLEGES TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT OUTCOME DATA CAN LOOK LIKE OUTSIDE OF THE READY TO WORK PLATFORM. 
          >> MUNGIA: YEAH, I THINK THEY DO SUBSTANTIAL TRACKING ON THEIR OWN AS WELL. 
          SO I THINK IT WOULD BE PRETTY EASY FOR THEM TO PLUG IN AND I THINK THERE'S A LEVEL OF TRUST WE CERTAINLY HAVE WITH THEM TO PROVIDE THAT DATA. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US AND I APPRECIATE THE CREATIVITY WITH THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AS EASY FOR STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE AND DISTRICT 4 HAS THE MOST NUMBER OF ALAMO PROMISE STUDENTS ACTUALLY. SO MAINTAIN THAT LOW BARRIER FOR STUDENTS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME ALSO. SO AS MUCH AS WE CAN WORK WITH THEM TO ACCOMPLISH 
          THAT, I APPRECIATE IT. >> >> AS FAR AS AMENDMENTS GO, SOMEBODY TOLD ME LAST WEEK AT CITY HALL, THEY SAID DON'T LET THE PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO UNIQUE FOR TODAY, ESPECIALLY THE TIRZ. SO YEAH, I THINK THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WORK ON THOSE THINGS AND SO I, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO GO HERE BEFORE IT GOES THERE. 
          THE MONEY'S THERE, IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY BOTH PEOPLE, SO I WOULD SAY BOTH OF THESE ARE GOOD CAUSES AND COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS ARE WORKED REALLY WELL IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO GET THESE THINGS DONE, SO TOTALLY GO FOR THAT. 
          AND SAME THING WITH THE DELEGATE AGENCY PROCESS. THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE PRETTY SOON, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF CHANGES FOR THEM. 
          AND ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT WERE PROMISED SOMETHING BY MISTAKE OF THE CITY I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT, MAKE THAT CORRECT. AND YOU KNOW, BIG MAMA'S SAFE HOUSE, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THEM, BUT FROM WHAT I HEAR THEY DO A LOT OF GREAT WORK. MUCH OF THAT CAN PROBABLY GO TO STATISTICS FOR CRIME PREVENTION, SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT ON THE EASTSIDE. AND I THINK ULTIMATELY I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THESE AMENDMENTS EXCEPT FOR NUMBER 3 ON THIS SLIDE. 
          ONLY BECAUSE CHIEF MCMANUS WAS HERE AND I BELIEVE HEE SAID THERE WERE -- SOMEBODY ON THE STAFF SAID THERE WERE 40 OR 70 VACANCIES IN SAPD. DO YOU RECALL WHAT THAT 
          NUMBER WAS? >> I THOUGHT IT WAS 25. >> 69. 
          >> MUNGIA: 69 VACANCIES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WE'RE NOT FREEZING ANY POSITIONS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR CUTTING BACK ON THEIR BUDGET? 
          >> NO, COUNCIL MEMBER MUCH. IN FACT, WE'RE GETTING READY TO START A SEPTEMBER CLASS, 
          RIGHT, RICK? >> WE ARE ACTUALLY GRADUATING A CLASS ON THE 26TH, I BELIEVE, AND THEY ARE WE'RE STARTING A NEW CLASS PRETTY SOON. 
          >> >> MUNGIA: OF THE 69, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE PATROL OR 
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          ARE THEY ADMIN? DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS? >> COUNCIL MEMBER, RICK RILEY, I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SAPD. CURRENTLY WE'RE SEVEN OVER HIRE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT COUNTS ALL OF OUR OFFICERS, BOOTS ON THE GROUND DOING THEIR THING, AND THE CADETS, THAT GIVES 
          US SEVEN OVER HIRE IN OUR AUTHORIZED STRENGTH. >> MUNGIA: SEVEN OVER HIRE. CAN YOU ELABORATE WHAT THAT MEANS? 
          >> CURRENTLY BOOTS ON THE GROUND, 2659. IN THE ACADEMY CADETS, 212. 
          SO YOU ADD THOSE TWO TOGETHER TO GET THAT SEVEN OVER HIRE NUMBER. 
          >> AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, ALL THOSE WHATEVER THE POSITIONS ARE IN THE ACADEMY, THEY'RE ALL AT THE PATROL LEVEL BECAUSE AS THERE'S A RETIREMENT AT THE SERGEANT OR LIEUTENANT LEVEL, THERE ARE PROMOTIONS THAT OCCUR UP THE CHAIN AND SO EVERYBODY THAT GRADUATES FROM THE ACADEMY IS GOING INTO PATROL. 
          SO THAT'S THE PROCESS. >> MUNGIA: SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF SPOTS GOING INTO THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR FOR PATROL. YES? OKAY. YEAH, SO I THINK WITH THE INFORMATION YOU JUST PROVIDED AND BASED ON THE FACT THAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE SQUEEZING THEIR BUDGETS, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD AMOUNT. AND AGAIN, THIS IS TO GET TO A 60/40, NOT WHAT IS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OR ABOVE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. SO AGAIN, THERE ARE SIX NEW PEOPLE UP HERE. 
          I THINK IT MERITS MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT 60/40 NUMBER, ESPECIALLY THE DATA BEHIND THAT AND WHAT THAT PROACTIVITY ACTUALLY YIELDS US I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO WHEN WE HAVE SCHOOLS CUTTING BACK PROGRAMS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO INVEST IN LITERACY. WHEN WE HAVE LACK OF HOSPITAL CARE ON THE SOUTHSIDE IT'S IMPORTANT TO INVEST IN THESE THINGS AS YOU SEE IN THE AMENDMENTS. AND YES, SOME COMMUNITIES THE MAJOR THING IS AN OFFICER, BUT TO ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS TODAY, YOU KNOW, ONE THING PEOPLE FEAR IN MY DISTRICT IN FRONT OF MY FIELD OFFICE IS STATE TROOPERS AND ICE. 
          THEY'RE IN MY COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE STOPPING FOLKS FOR TRAFFIC STOPS FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. AND SO THAT'S A HUGE WORRY FOR PEOPLE. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S MORE WORRIED ABOUT BLOOD SUGAR ISSUES BLOOD PRESSURE ISSUES, GETTING TO WORK ON TIME WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. 
          IN SOME DISTRICTS THERE'S A RING THAT STOPS THEM FROM GOING TO WORK. 
          THOSE ARE SOME REAL THINGS THAT UNFORTUNATELY THEY MAY NOT BE THE VOTERS THAT WE ASKED FOR WHEN THEY TALK TO THEM, THEY MAY NOT FILL OUT A BUDGET SURVEY, BUT THAT'S THE REALITY OF A LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAPPEN TO LIVE SOUTH OF 90. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY I'M ADVOCATING FOR THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: CHAIR KAUR. 
          >> KAUR: YOU CAN GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO IF YOU WANT. 
          >> ANGUANO: GO AHEAD, PLEASE. I DIDN'T KNOW THE FIRST ROUND WAS DONE. THAT WAS QUICK. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. THIS WAS MY FIRST BUDGET SO THIS WAS A LOT. 
          BUT SOME OF THE THINGS I WANT TO PRESS IS I DO WANT TO ECHO MY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THE NEW POLICE OFFICERS. I THINK IF WE'RE ESPECIALLY DEALING WITH THE BUDGET DEFICIT, AND LOOKING AT THIS PAPER, NUMBER 3 WITH THE INCREASE IN OFFICERS, THIS IS THE MOST MONEY THAT'S BEING ALLOCATED TOWARDS ANYTHING ON THIS PAPER. AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF SLOW DOWN AND ESPECIALLY SINCE CRIME -- WE KNOW CRIME IS THERE, BUT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IT KIND OF DECREASED TO 12% SO I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES PUBLIC SAFETY LOOK LIKE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, HOW DO WE ADDRESS THOSE? AND FIGURE OUT OTHER ALTERNATIVES BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT PUTTING MORE COPS ON THE STREET IS A SOLUTION. 
          SO THERE'S THAT. AND THEN I THINK IT WAS NUMBER 8 WITH COMMUNITY SAFETY RESERVE. I KNOW WE WANT TO PUT SOME STREET LIGHTS, WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY COOL, BUT I WAS TALKING WITH MY TEAM MEMBER VARGAS AND I KNOW SOME OF OUR FUNDS ARE BEING USED TO IMPLEMENT THE PHASE 3 PLAN OF THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN. AND I THINK THAT IF WE USE THAT FUNDING FOR STREET LIGHTS WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO PHASE 3, WHICH IS THE GOAL OF OUR VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN. SO JUST THOSE TWO. 
          AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY, REALLY PRESENT TO ME IS HOUSE OF SERVICES. OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, HOUSELESS SERVICES, HOUSELESS ISSUES IS ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES FROM ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND I THINK CONSOLIDATED SERVICES IS HELPFUL ESPECIALLY WITH THIS NEW DEPARTMENT, BUT I DON'T THINK -- IT'S NOT THE SOLUTION, AGAIN. AND AS Y'ALL KNOW, I'M 
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LITERALLY FROM THRIVE SO I'M THE PERSON THAT'S ALWAYS JUST BEEN CONDUCTING RESEARCH, BEING THE PERSON THAT'S ON FOOT ON THE GROUND SEEING IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          SO EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THIS SHEET THERE'S NOTHING REALLY ADDRESSING ABATEMENTS, ENCAMPMENTS AND OTHER ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVES TO THAT OR ANYTHING ALONG THE LINES OF THAT. SO MY PITCH FOR THE TEAM TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE SEVERITY OF IT IS TO DO A RIDE ALONG WITH A REACH TEAM. 
          THEY DO INCREDIBLE WORK AND I THINK IT WOULD REALLY, REALLY CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE OF HOW ABITMENTS ACTUALLY GO AND HOW VIOLENT THEY ACTUALLY ARE. 
          AND I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE -- I'LL GET WITH YOU, ERIK, FOR ANOTHER SIDE CONVERSATION. BUT I THINK THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH THE ISSUES THAT I KIND OF WANTED TO ADDRESS TODAY. SO YEAH, I THINK FROM NOW I'M GOING TO WORK ON A POLICY MEMO WITH MY TEAM AND SO JUST HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT TO Y'ALL BY THE END OF TODAY OR TOMORROW MORNING THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT JUST ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE TO, YOU KNOW, BETTER USE OUR CITY FUNDS BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE JUST REALLY NEED TO DO 
          BETTER IN THAT ASPECT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: CHAIR 
          KAUR. >> KAUR: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO ECHO SOME OF THE POINTS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAD MADE. FIRST ON THE MAKE IT BUILDING OFFICER, I SUPPORT THE IDEA OF MOVING IT TO DSD. 
          I THINK THAT THOSE DO HAVE SEE THAT AS A ISSUE OF COST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT JUST IN OUR HISTORIC NAKEDS. 
          NEIGHBORHOODS. I ALSO WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE NOW CLINIC. 
          THEY GOT SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AND I KNOW SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SUPPORTED. I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE -- BECAUSE THE FEEDBACK I GOT WAS THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING DIRECTLY AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN PUBLIC SAFETY TODAY THAT WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME HIRING FOR SOME OF THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS. SO IS THERE A WAY -- WHAT WOULD FOLKS THINK ABOUT THE TRANSITION IF WE DON'T FUND THAT DIRECTLY, BUT THEY GET THE SERVICE THAT THEY NEED FROM THE NOW CLINIC? WHAT'S THE TRADE-OFF, IF THAT MAKES SENSE? 
          >> THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. JUST TO CLARIFY WE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS THAT WE HAVE KIND OF DEPARTMENT SO WE'RE USING RESOURCES FROM POLICE AND ALSO CONTRACTED SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO. FOR PURPOSES OF THE NOW CLINIC, I WILL BE MAKING A PHONE CALL. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SERVICES THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING SO WE CAN REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL IN TERMS 
          OF THAT INVESTMENT THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING. >> KAUR: THAT WOULD BE GREAT. YOU MENTIONED WE WERE TRYING TO USE INTERNS IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCE, BUT IF THE NOW CLINIC CAN DO IT BETTER 
          MAYBE THERE'S SOME SUPPORT THAT WE CAN PROVIDE INSTEAD. >> YEAH. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT -- WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE NOW CLINIC, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON IS WHAT HAS BEEN THE ACTIVITY LEVEL AT THE NOW CLINIC BY OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THE POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS. AND HOW MUCH ACTIVITY OF THEIR TOTAL WORK IS PART OF THAT? AND WE'LL DO THAT FOLLOW-UP THIS AFTERNOON. 
          >> KAUR: OKAY, GREAT. AND IN ADDITION, THE QUESTION THAT WAS JUST MENTIONED ABOUT THE PHASE 3 OF OUR PROGRAM, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANY HIGHLIGHT TO 
          THAT? >> YES, COUNCILWOMAN. SO IN THE CRIME PREVENTION PLAN WE HAVE PHASE 3, WHICH IS FOCUS [INDISCERNIBLE] AND THIS WILL BRING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL HELP US PROVIDE SERVICES TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. SO ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU IN THE FALL AND TALK ABOUT THE PRIORITIES FOR THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING IS THAT IF THAT IS A PRIORITY OF THIS COUNCIL, THEN WE CAN DIRECT SOME OF THOSE CONTRACTS TO HELP WITH THE FOCUSED DETERRENCE PHASE OF THE CRIME REDUCTION PLAN THAT WE ANTICIPATE WILL LAUNCH PROBABLY IN 2026. 
          >> KAUR: OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THAT'S A -- I APPRECIATE THAT THOUGHT OF OKAY, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET THAT FUNDING. 
          BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THAT IS A PART OF OUR CRIME VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN. SO AS PRESENTATIONED MY SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY MORE HOLISTICALLY. 
          I ACTUALLY FOUND THE MEMO THAT THE MAYOR WAS REFERRING TO AND WAS REVIEWING IT JUST NOW, AND AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT'S GETTING CUT FROM FEDERAL CUTS FROM METRO HEALTH IS REALLY SCARY. SO I DON'T KNOW, MARIA, WERE YOU GOING DO SAY SOMETHING? 
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          >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT 1115 WAIVER PROGRAM THAT EXPIRES AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER 2026, THAT'S WHAT THAT REFLECTS, THE QUESTION THAT THE MAYOR HAD REQUESTED 
          FROM METRO HEALTH. >> YEAH. I THINK THAT COUNCILMAN CASTILLO MENTIONED THE STAND UP SA PROGRAM AND THERE IS A MOBILE TESTING UNIT THAT HAS TESTED OVER 13,000 FOLKS. SO THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T THINK IT'S SMART FOR US TO USE ANY OF THIS AMENDMENT MONEY TO PUT PERSONNEL BACK INTO THE BUDGET BECAUSE THOSE ARE RECURRING COSTS. SO IF WE SUPPORT SOME AMOUNT OF LIGHTS OR SOME AMOUNT OF DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDS THAT'S NOT RECURRING, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. 
          BUT PUTTING ANY MONEY INTO THIS BUDGET KNOWING THAT WE'RE -- THAT'S RECURRING COSTS OF PERSONNEL, I DON'T THINK IS THE MOST VICIOUS USE OF OUR -- JUDICIOUS USE OF OUR DOLLARS. SO I TAKE BACK MY STATEMENT. I WANT TO BE MORE JUDICIOUS 
          WITH THE DOLLARS. >> MAYBE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR CONTEXT FOR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. CLAUDE, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM, THE MEMO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE MAYOR ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MAYOR ASKED CLAUDE A QUESTION AT HIS BUDGET WORK SESSION, IF YOUR BUDGET WENT UP 20% WHICH WOULD THE HIGHEST PRIORITY? AND PART OF HIM ANSWER IN THAT FOLLOW-UP MEMO IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOSE NEXT SEPTEMBER WE KNOW NOW 1115 WAIVER DOLLARS, AND IN THAT ATTACHMENT THAT CLAUDE LAID OUT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LOT OF WHAT YOU DO IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WE WILL SEE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO 
          ADD ANYTHING, CLAUDE. >> THANK YOU. JUST KNOW THAT WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SEPTEMBER 5TH MEMO LAYS OUT THE FISCAL CLIFF WE WILL SEE IN A YEAR FROM NOW. 
          WHILE THE QUESTION WAS SPECIFIC TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE WANTED TO TELEGRAPH OUR VULNERABILITIES. THERE ARE 10 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, THERE ARE EIGHT DIFFERENT TEAMS. YOU SEE THE EIGHT-MILLION-DOLLAR HIT AND THAT'S WHY WE WANTED AT LEAST A FORECAST THAT'S INITIATIVES LIKE OUR HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAM, HALF THE STANDUP TEAM, THE DIABETES PROGRAM, THE ORAL HEALTH PROGRAM THERE'S A CONTEMPLATION OF PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE SUPPORTED OVER A DECADE TIED TO THAT FUNDING MADE AVAILABLE TO US. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT YOU SEE IS AT LEAST A SNAPSHOT. GIVEN THE DISRUPTIONS TIED TO THIS YEAR AND SOME OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS, WE WANTED TO SIGNAL THE COUNCIL THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT AND SO WHAT YOU SEE FOR FY26, THAT 660 AND I SEE THE SUPPORT FOR SA [INDISCERNIBLE] BUT EFFECTIVE FY27 THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THAT OVER 8-MILLION-DOLLAR HIT AND OVER 80 STAFF IMPACTED BY 
          THOSE CUTS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CONTEXT. 
          ONE QUICK THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IS COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO I HEAR YOUR POINT ON CONSISTENCY. IT'S A POINT WELL TAKEN, BUT WE HAVE TO LEARN THAT 
          PROCESS. THANKS, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILMAN 
          WHYTE. >> WHYTE: YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK. 
          I SUPPORT WHAT MY COLLEAGUES SAID ON ALAMO PROMISE AND MAKING SURE IF THE MONEY IS MOVED WE STILL HAVE A STREAMLINED PROCESS AND IT THERE'S NOT MORE HURDLES PUT IN THE WAY. YOU KNOW, I HEARD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE SAYING WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN THE HIRING OF THE OFFICERS. HOW OFTEN DO WE SIT AROUND THIS DAIS AND TALK ABOUT HOW THIS IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN AMERICA? I MEAN, HOW DO YOU SLOW DOWN ADDING OFFICERS TO KEEP YOUR CITIZENS SAFE WHEN MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THIS CITY? YOU CAN'T DO THAT. 
          I MEAN, PEOPLE THAT COME TO THIS CITY NEED TO BE SAFE, THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL AROUND THE CITY SAFELY. THEY NEED TO HAVE PLACES TO LIVE. AND THERE WAS RECENTLY, AND MY STAFF DID A GREAT JOB ON THIS. THERE'S A COMPANY CALLED SMART ASSET AND THEY RANKED AMERICA'S BIG CITIES IN TERMS OF SAFETY. WHERE DID TEXAS -- IN TEXAS WHERE DID SAN ANTONIO RANK? LAST. AUSTIN, HOUSTON, DALLAS, EL PASO, ARLINGTON, FORT WORTH. THEY LOOKED AT CRIME PER CAPITA, VIOLENT CRIME, PROPERTY CRIME, THEY LOOKED AT THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. SO WHILE MAYBE VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THERE'S STILL TOO MUCH OF IT. WE GOT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE, AGAIN, AM COMING TO THIS CITY. WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR CITIZENS SAFE. 
          WE CANNOT SLOW THE HIRING OF OUR OFFICERS. AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN. WHEN THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND-- I HATE WHEN POLICYMAKERS AT ALL LEVELS TRY TO SUBSTITUTE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND JUDGMENT FOR 
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THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. WHEN THE GUY THAT'S OUT THERE EVERYDAY, THE CHIEF OF POLICE WHO IS TALKING TO HIS RANK AND FILE MEMBERS EVERY SINGLE DAY, WHEN HE SAYS THAT WE WILL BE SAFER WHEN WE GET THESE ADDITIONAL 200 OFFICERS ON THE STREET TO MOVE TO THIS 60/40 RATIO, THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO TAKE VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL, BUT WHEN YOU GO TO A DOCTOR AND YOU'RE SICK AND THEY SAY HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GET BETTER, DO YOU SUBSTITUTE YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE AND JUDGMENT FOR THE ADVICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL THAT YOU'VE GONE TO SEE TO GET YOU BETTER? I MEAN, LET'S NOT SUBSTITUTE OUR JUDGMENT FOR THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND THAT IS OUT THERE EVERYDAY. 
          AND AGAIN, I'LL SAY IF YOU WANT MORE EVIDENCE, YOU KNOW, WE DID THAT UTSA STUDY. NOT THAT WE NEEDED TO BECAUSE AGAIN, WE KNOW. 
          WHEN OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE IT DID HETERS CRIME. IT'S A GROWING CITY. 
          WE CAN'T STOP THE HIRING OF THESE OFFICERS. THANKS, MAYOR. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST WANTED TO CHIME BACK IN FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          ONE, JUST TO RESTATE MY SUPPORT FOR AMERICAN GATEWAYS WITHIN THIS BUDGET. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE TO ALSO JUST REINFORCE THE POINT OF DR. KAUR REGARDING HIRING ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL WITH THIS UPCOMING BUDGET AND WITH THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS 
          IN PARTICULAR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: CHAIR 
          VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SO AGAIN, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT PAYING OUR EMPLOYEES CORRECTLY. 
          WE'VE GOT 669 VACANCIES. 696 VACANCIES. OF THAT I AM -- DID YOU, COUNCILMAN MUNGIA, AND I NOTICED THAT. I AM TROUBLED BY THE 69 VACANCIES WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE RETIREMENT. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE ERIK AND MARIA, IF YOU COULD COME BACK AND TELL ME, WE KNOW A NEW -- WE'RE GOING TO BREAK DOWN, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A NEW SUBSTATION. HOW MANY OFFICERS DO WE NEED SO THAT SEAMLESSLY WHEN IT OPENS WE CAN HAVE THOSE OFFICERS? HOWEVER, I AM STARTING TO THINK THAT THIS PROBLEM ISN'T MORE OFFICERS AS MUCH AS IT IS WE HAVE A RECRUITING PROBLEM AND WE HAVE A PROBLEM OF GETTING THEM TO STAY. 
          SO WE MAY NEED TO GET CREATIVE ON HOW -- IF PEOPLE ARE TAKING EARLY RETIREMENT, THEY'RE RETIRING IN 2025, WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE KEEP THEM, AND THAT'S BUDGET -- I MEAN, THAT WILL BE NEGOTIATIONS POSSIBLY, BUT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS IN RECRUITMENT AND DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT ANOTHER WAY TO GET OFFICERS FROM OTHER CITIES TO COME HERE WITH THE EXPERIENCE ALREADY. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION BEFORE WE ADD ANY TO THE 25. 
          I LIKE THE IDEA, BUT I DON'T LIKE BRINGING IN 65 OFFICERS AND THEY HAVE WE HAVE 125 VACANCIES. YOU WILL YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME THE NUMBER OF POLICE WITH THE OFFICERS WE ADD IN. THAT'S BECOMING PROBLEMATIC AND WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. BECAUSE WE HAVE VACANCIES ALL OVER THE CITY AND CLOSE TO 700 IS TOO MANY. AND IT JUST MEANS IF WE'RE FREEZING THESE SALARIES IT JUST MEANS MORE WORK FOR MY SOLID WASTE WORKERS, MORE WORK FOR MY ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. JUST MORE WORK ALL AROUND. AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE CAN DO. I DO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT BIG MAMA'S SAFE HOUSE HAS BROKEN DOWN BECAUSE IF WE DO HAVE A DELEGATE AGENCY THAT HAS A FULL PICTURE AND IF MELODY YOU COULD TELL ME THIS IS -- THEY'RE READY TO GO, THEY'RE NOT SO READY TO GO, AND WHERE THEY SERVE IN THE DISTRICT. 
          I KNOW BIG MAMA'S HOUSE HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL TO HELPING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY RELY ON THEM. SO I THINK THAT ADDRESSES SOME WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALSO WILLING TO HELP WITH OUR, LIKE, LEAD PAINT AND SOME OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND I THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE A GOOD ASSET IF THEY CAN TALK ABOUT OUR DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM WITH METRO HEALTH AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO IF WE HAVE DELEGATE AGENCIES THAT ARE READY TO HAVE A PLAN AND ARE IN THE 
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COMMUNITY, MAYBE WE DO LOOK AT FUNDING IF WE CAN DO THAT. 
          IF WE DO HAVE THE DOLLARS. BUT AGAIN, MY PRIORITY IS GOING TO BE MAKING SURE THAT WE GET OUR -- FIRE IS GETTING A RAISE AND POLICE IS GETTING A RAISE AND IT'S NOT FAIR IF OUR CIVILIAN CITY EMPLOYEES DON'T GET A PAY INCREASE. 
          THAT'S SOMEWHERE NEAR -- THAT REFLECTS THE WORK THEY'RE DOING. 
          SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GO AND WE ALL SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER 1. 
          AND THEN IF YOU CAN BRING BACK THE INFORMATION FOR ITEM NUMBER 3. 
          AND THEN IF YOU COULD TAKE THE IDEAS THAT SOME OF MY COUNCIL HAD ABOUT MAYBE INSTEAD OF RESTORING THE 1 MILLION WE LOOK AT THE MAJOR REPAIR PROGRAMS AND LOOK AT THAT. AND THEN -- AND LOOKING AT THOSE DELEGATE AGENCIES THAT ARE KIND OF TAKING UP SOME OF WHAT METRO HEALTH IS GOING TO BE -- HOW WE HAVE THE DOLLARS THERE, MAYBE WE LOOK FOR -- WE LOOK TOWARDS THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR INPUT. I CAN TELL THIS IS A COUNCIL THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT THEIR CITY, AND WHAT WE DO NEED TO DO, THOUGH, AS A COUNCIL IS WE DO NEED TO GIVE HARD RECOMMENDATIONS. AND I WANT TO THANK -- I THINK I HEARD TWO, ONE FROM MISTY AND ONE FROM MARK. MINE IS FEBRUARY% FROM SOME OF THESE -- MINE IS 10% FROM SOME OF THESE AGENCIES THAT ARE CHARGING MORE BECAUSE THEY BRING IN, AND THAT IS [INDISCERNIBLE] GARDENS BECAUSE I KNOW THEY HAVE THEIR LIGHT SHOW AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REVENUE IS THAT BRINGS IN, BUT IF WE COULD CUT 10% FROM THERE FOR SOME OF THESE AGENCIES. AND THEN IN THE ART MAINTENANCE THAT YOU KNOW HOW PASSIONATE I AM ABOUT THAT, HOWEVER, IF ARTS AND CULTURES IS SLOWING DOWN OR T HIT THE NUMBER AND THEY CAN RELEASE 10 OR -- 10% OR FIVE PERCENT OF THAT BUDGET TO HELP US THIS YEAR, I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO THAT. BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE ON SCHEDULE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: CHAIR GALVAN. 
          >> GALVAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS. I WANTED TO ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER GAVITO'S POINT ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION GRANT. I THINK IT'S JUST -- I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT PUBLIC WORKS' PLANS ARE AND MAYBE THE CAPITAL DELIVERY ON COMMUNICATING WITH SMALL BUSINESSES, WHETHER IT'S MARBAUCH OR OTHER PLACES THAT WE WILL SEE CONSTRUCTION IMPACT SMALL BUSINESS POTENTIALLY, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE VERSUS WHAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS LOOKING TO DO WITH SMALL BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION GRANT. 
          I KNOW OF COURSE THEY'RE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND ONE PROVIDES FUNDING AS WELL. 
          I THINK I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE'RE ABLE TO DELIVER SOME OF THESE PROJECTS FASTER OR IN A MORE PRODUCTIVE MANNER AND WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE BETTER PLANS WITH SMALL BUSINESSES TO ADAPT TO THE CONSTRUCTION SITUATIONS, THEN IT WOULD BE A BETTER USE OF RESOURCES THAN MAKING IT A COMPLICATED PROCESS TO PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE FUNDING OF SOME FORM. SO I WANTED TO ECHO THAT PIECE THERE. VERY OPEN AND EEG FOUR VACANT BUILDING POLICY REVIEW. AND ALSO OPEN TO LOOKING AT WAYS THAT DSD CAN SUPPORT ON THAT. AND JUST THE LAST THING WAS JUST HEARD A LOT ABOUT PROMISES MADE AS WELL TO RESIDENTS AND I THINK ABOUT METRO HEALTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION WITHIN THEIR SA FORWARD PLAN AND HOW RESIDENTS IN MY DISTRICT ARE TALKING A LOT ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOW THEY CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS. WAYS THAT STAND UP SA SUPPORTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, WAYS THAT TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES SUPPORTS THEIR SONS OFTEN TIMES. AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL AND THE HOPE THAT THE WORK IS GOING TO EXPAND AND YET WE WILL SEE A COMPLETE CLIFF IN 2026 AND 2027 THAT WILL NOT BE OF OUR OWN MAKING BUT WILL IMPACT US. SO I THINK I SEE THE INCREASE FOR PATROL OFFICERS WHETHER IT'S 25, WHICH IS IN THE GENERAL FUND OR MORE, COMPARED TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL HAVE TO COMPLETELY ALMOST CLOSE SHOP AT THAT POINT. I THINK OF THE PROMISES WE MADE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. BOTH ARE IMPORTANT. WE'RE SEEING RESPONSE CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITH ADDITIONAL OFFICERS FROM 25. BUT ALSO THE BACK END WORK TOO, THE WORK OF DISMANTLING THE CAUSE OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT AND DETRIMENTAL TO PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES FEEL SAFE AT HOME, FEEL SAFE IN THE CITY. 
          IT'S REALLY I BREAKING DOWN THOSE CYCLES, SO I THINK THAT'S THE WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE CUT UNFORTUNATELY. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE NEXT BUDGET AS WELL AS JUST LOOKING INTO OUR FINANCIAL FORECAST INTO THE FUTURE THAT WE'RE REALLY TAKING A HARD LOOK AT WAYS THAT -- THERE ARE WAYS TO REALLY BREAK THOSE CYCLES OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES WITH SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH -- METRO HEALTH 
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DEPARTMENT AND OTHER HEALTH MEASURES HAVE DONE IN OTHER CITIES AS WELL AS HAVING DONE HERE AS WELL IN SMALLER FORM. I THINK IT'S EASY TO DISMISS. I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE, BUT EASY TO DISMISS PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS, AND JUST AS ACADEMIA CAN'T DISMISS FINANCE PROFESSIONALS. 
          BUT THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILWOMAN MEZA GONZÁLEZ. 
          HAS EVERYONE SPOKEN WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ERIK, THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          I KNOW YOU AND THE STAFF HAVE SOME MORE WORK TO DO IN SHORT TURN HERE GIVEN SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR AS WE LOOK TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WE MAY HAVE TO POTENTIALLY OFFSET IN LIGHT OF THE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS. 
          THE -- I WOULD APPRECIATE UNDERSTANDING ON THE VACANT BUILDING PROGRAM, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO RELOOK AT THE PROGRAM, BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF OUR DISCUSSION, IF THERE COULD BE SOME GOAL THAT WE UNDERSTAND THIS ONE BODY WOULD BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL SO WE CAN COMPARE AGAIN THE ROY ROI OF WHAT IS IT IN ADDITIONAL UNITS IN THE LAND BANK, WHAT WILL THAT PERSON BE WORKING ON? IN THE METRO HEALTH PIECE, THANK YOU, DR. JACOB FOR POINTING IT OUT, WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE CUTS AGAIN, '26 IS NOT THE CHALLENGE, IT'S REALLY 27. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AIMPACT OF THE SERVICES THAT GO AWAY, THOSE ARE THE AREAS IN WHICH WE ARE LEAST PREPARED, LEAST PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THE RAMIFICATIONS OF A LACK OF TESTING OR A LACK OF TB PREVENTION AND CONTROL, MY GOODNESS, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. AND SO WHEN WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY, AND I CAN CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS OF CHIEF MCMANUS, WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T DO IS MAKE AN ASSUMPTION THAT AN INCREASE IN POLICE OFFICERS IS GOING TO MITIGATE THE RISKS CREATED BY DEFUNDING SOME OF THESE OTHER VERY CRITICAL SERVICES. 
          THAT'S A CRITICAL ASSUMPTION UNDERLYING THAT ENTIRE ARGUMENT. 
          ON THE ALAMO PROMISE PIECE, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO HAVE GOOD DATA ON THIS. SO I SUPPORT ACTIONS THAT ALLOW US, ONE, TO BETTER TAILOR WHAT FOLKS ARE STUDYING, AND FRANKLY ENSURING THAT YEAH, WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE WORKING AFTERWARDS. MAKE SURE THAT'S IN SAN ANTONIO, BY THE WAY. BECAUSE OF THE STATISTIC OF 25 FOLKS IN THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM STILL NOT IN APPROVED JOB AFTER 12 MONTHS IS [INDISCERNIBLE]. 
          IF WE CAN HELP OURSELVES THROUGH THIS FUNDING, WHICH IS OUR RESOURCES, WE SHOULD DO THAT AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE TAXPAYERS EXPECT. LET ME JUST SAY IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW, '26, THIS IS NOT THE HARD YEAR. LIKE THE REALLY TOUGH CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING TO BE IN 27. WE SAW IT A LITTLE BIT IN METRO HEALTH, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE IT NOT ONLY IN LIGHT OF DECREASED FUNDING, BUT ALSO INCREASED NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY AS PEOPLE HAVE LESS MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS WHEN THEY BEGIN TO SEE THE IMPLEMENTATION THAT CUTS SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE AND MEDICAID AND SNAP AND CHAMPIONSHIP. 
          SO I ALSO WANT TO -- AND CHIP. AND I WANT TO REMIND OURSELVES THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP OURSELVES. 
          I'M THANKFUL THAT CHAIR VIAGRAN BROUGHT UP THE IDEA OF REVENUE SHARING. 
          WE IN FACT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH AGAIN THE ARENA AND SOME OF THE OTHER DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENTS TO LOOK AT REAL REVENUE SHARING, REAL MONEY THAT COULD COME INTO OUR GENERAL FUND. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DO WE HELP KIDS GET MORE RESOURCES FOR ASTHMA CARE, DO WE PAY FOR OTHER THINGS? WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT COULD BE COMING INTO OUR GENERAL FUND WE CAN BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT MEETING ALL OF THESE NEEDS IN ADDITION TO ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS. OKAY. BASED ON THAT, THE TIME IS NOW 3:51 ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, UNLESS, ERIK, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. 
          >> PLEASE, MAYOR, JUST REAL QUICK. THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK TODAY. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON, SPECIFICALLY A COUPLE REGARDING POTENTIAL RESOURCES THAT WE'LL DO -- WE WILL UPDATE YOU ALL TONIGHT AND THEN AGAIN IN THE MORNING, AND I THINK -- I THINK I HEARD ENOUGH TODAY TO START TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ON THAT AMENDMENT LIST. AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, WE WILL BE DOING THIS AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR THURSDAY MORNING. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO JUSTINA, MARIE OR MYSELF WHEN WE SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT. THANKS, MAYOR. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: THE TIME IS NOW 3:52 P.M. SEPTEMBER 16TH AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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