Feb 05, 2026 Sesión A del Consejo de la Ciudad

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WE'RE GETTING STARTED. THE TIME IS NOW 9:02 A.M. ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH.

THE COUNCIL MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.

>> MAYOR, WE HAVE QUORUM. >> MAYOR JONES: GREAT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

COUNCIL MEMBER SPEARS IS SO RECOGNIZED TO INTRODUCE TODAY'S INVOKE INVOKE TENURE

TODAY INVOCATEUR. >> SPEARS: SORRY, THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON.

I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU DR. MARK JONES, A GOOD DEAR FRIEND OF MINE AND WELL-KNOWN IN OUR COMMUNITY. HE IS AFFILIATED WITH CORNERSTONE CHURCH AND HE IS A WONDERFUL COUNSELOR HERE LOCALLY, A PILLAR IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I'M THRILLED THAT HE'S HERE TO BE OUR INVOCATEUR TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING

HERE. >> LET'S PRAY, PLEASE. DEAR LORD, WE PRAY TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND THE GOOD HEALTH TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY. WE PRAY AS YOUR SCRIPTURE INSTRUCTS US, TO PRAY FOR THOSE IN AUTHORITY, AND WE DO THAT TODAY. WE PRAY FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP, WE PRAY FOR THIS COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN IMPORTANT DECISIONS FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND OUR PEOPLE. AND BEXAR COUNTY.

I PRAY, LORD, FOR THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON, FOR THEIR LIVES AND EVERY DECISION THAT THEY MAKE. WE PRAY FOR SUPERNATURAL WISDOM BEYOND NATURAL WHAT WE CAN LEARN AND EXPERIENCE IN THIS LIFETIME. WE PRAY FOR YOUR WISDOM.

AND LAST OF ALL, BUT NOT LEAST, WE PRAY FOR UNITY, IRREGARDLESS OF ANY DIFFERENCES. WE THANK YOU FOR UNITY, WE THANK YOU FOR GRACE AND MERCY, AND THE BEST DIRECTION IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS

CHRIST. AMEN. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, DR. JONES. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OF JANUARY 21ST AND 22ND, 2026.

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APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? >> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. PLEASE VOTE.

WE GOOD? ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION CARRIES.

WE HAVE SEVERAL PROCLAMATIONS. IT IS OFFICIAL ROADEO SEASON. KICKOFF PROCLAMATION THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO ASSOCIATION. AND I'LL INVITE MR. BARNETT TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW COMMENTS. YOU'RE FIND TO STAY THERE.

ALL RIGHT. WHEREAS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RECOGNIZES THE 77TH ANNUAL SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO, ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST PRESTIGIOUS EVENTS IN THE ALAMO CITY, WHICH WILL BE HELD FEBRUARY 12TH THROUGH MARCH 1ST. WHEREAS THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK AND AND RODEO IS A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION THAT EMPHASIZING A AND EDUCATION TO DEVELOP THE YOUTH OF TEXAS AND WHEREAS SINCE ITS INCEPTION OVER $279 MILLION HAVE BEEN COMMITTED BY THE ORGANIZATION TO THE YOUTH OF TEXAS THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, ENDOWMENTS, AUCTIONS, THE CALF SCRAMBLE PROGRAM AND SHOW PREMIUMS WITH OVER 12 MILLION COMMITTED IN 2025, IMPACTING 22,000 STUDENTS. AND WHEREAS THE LIFE BLOOD OF THE ORGANIZATION IS ITS MORE THAN 7,000 VOLUNTEERS ALONG WITH CORPORATE PARTNERS AND PATRONS WHO SUPPORT THE EVENT AND MISSION.

AND WHEREAS IN 2025 OVER 1.5 MILLION VISITORS ENJOYED EXCITING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS WORLD CLASS ENTERTAINMENT, A CARNIVAL, EDUCATIONAL, LIVESTOCK, HORSE SHOW AND SALES, CALF SCRAMBLE, SHOPPING FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY TO ENJOY.

WHEREAS ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2026, THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO WILL KICK OFF ITS LIVESTOCK SHOW TO SUPPORT ITS MISSION OF EDUCATING FUTURE GENERATIONS. NOW THEREFORE I, I, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THERE OF, DO HERE BY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 21ST THROUGH MARCH 1ST TO BE OFFICIAL RODEO SEASON AND THE OFFICIAL DRESS WESTERN DAY.

OKAY. OVER TO YOU, MR. BARNETT. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF. I JUST WANTED -- THE SAN ANTONIO RODEO JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE DEDICATION OF THIS PROCLAMATION AND YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO.

THE STOCK SHOW AND RODEO HAS BEEN A PART OF THE EASTSIDE FOR 77 YEARS AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT OUR CONTINUED GROWTH IN THIS COMMUNITY. EACH YEAR THE STOCK SHOW AND RODEO BRINGS 330-MILLION-DOLLAR ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO JUST IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS WITH OUR YOUTH EVENTS, OUTREACH EFFORTS AND DRIVING EVEN GREATER IMPACT AS WE LOOK AT EXPANDING OUR YEAR. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE MOMENTUM AS WE ARE MOVING INTO FEBRUARY WITH EVENTS COMING UP THIS WEEKEND LIKE THE WESTERN HERITAGE PARADE AND COOKOFF, WHICH SHOWCASE OUR CULTURE AND BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER. AND LOOKING AHEAD, OUR GOAL IS TO EXTEND THE ENERGY AND SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE IN FEBRUARY YEAR-ROUND, CONTINUE TO BRING IN MORE OUT OF TOWN VISITORS, GENERATE TOURISM AND IMPACT ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. ONCE AGAIN, WE THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS PROCLAMATION AND WE ARE READY FOR FEBRUARY TO GET KICKED OFF AND THIS RODEO TO GET GOING. AND LIKE WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY, LET'S ROADIO,

SAN ANTONIO! >> MAYOR JONES: SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO SAY

A FEW WORDS. COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: I WANT TO THANK YOU. A LOT OF THIS IS VOLUNTEER WORK.

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SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. YOU KNOW, MY PERSONAL STORY IS THIS IS NOT JUST FOR SAN ANTONIO, IT'S REGIONAL. WHEN I WAS A FIRST GRADE TEACHER IN CASTROVILLE AND I STARTED THERE, THERE WERE FIELD TRIP, THE FIELD TRIP IS THE RODEO IN FEBRUARY. AND WE WOULD TAKE THE KIDS OUT THERE AND IT JUST REALLY HELPED VALIDATE THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WERE LIVING BECAUSE IT WAS RURAL AND IT REALLY JUST GAVE THEM SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND IN THE FFA LOCALLY AND WHAT THEIR OLDER BROTHERS AND SISTERS WERE DOING IN THAT. I HAD ONE STUDENT DO THE MUTTON BUSTING AND I HEARD ABOUT THAT ALL YEAR LONG OF COURSE AS A FIRST GRADER. AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND TAKE OUR RIGHTFUL TITLE AS A RODEO TOWN, AS A TOWN THAT APPRECIATES ALL OF OUR PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE BLACK COWBOYS, THE VAQUEROS, ALL OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE CALLED THE WESTERN HERITAGE, AS WE DO THAT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO TELL THE STORY AND TAKE OUR PLACE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR, FOR RECOGNIZING THIS.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE CONCERTS AND THE RODEO GOING ON ON THE EASTSIDE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO.

>> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR AND GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

AS MENTIONED I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ALL FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT Y'ALL DO.

I'M VERY PROUD TO BE AN ALUMNI AND HAVE ONE OF THE CITY'S ONLY URBAN FFA PROGRAMS OVER AT BURBANK HIGH SCHOOL. JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO THERE. AND I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE HISTORY OF A LOT OF TEJANOS, VAQUEROS. AND THE FUND-RAISING FOR THE KIDS AND THE SUPPORT TO BURBANK HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

>> GALVAN: I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS Y'ALL GO THROUGH AS VOLUNTEERS, MAKING THIS INCREDIBLE EVENT HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

WE HAVE A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 6 THAT IS VERY ACTIVE, DUSTY, WHO IS AN EXTREMELY PROUD VOLUNTEER FOR THE RODEO AND ALSO MAKES SURE WE'RE UP TO DATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON NEXT, THE STEPS GOING ON OVER THERE. I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE RODEO AND TAKE MY FAMILY THERE AND HOW COLD IT ALWAYS IS, BUT ALSO SEEN SOME OF MY FAVORITE CONCERTS, ONE OF MY FAVORITE BANDS, GOOGOO DOLLS.

MAYBE LUDACRIS THERE. IT WILL BE A GOOD ONE. AND I HAVE A SPECIFIC NOTEBOOK THAT I WAS GIVEN BY THE RODEO THAT HAS ALL OF MY CONSTITUENT NOTES SO FAR FROM THE FIRST YEAR AND IT'S A RODEO NOTEBOOK. I MAY HAVE BEEN A CRITIC FOR PARK B BUT THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THAT NOTEBOOK FOR ME.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCIL MEMBER ALDERETE.

>> ALDERETE: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT RODEO SEASON. IT'S A PLACE THAT -- IT'S AN EVENT THAT I LOVE TO TAKE ANY TWO GIRLS TO EVERY YEAR AND WE LEARN ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY, TAKING CARE OF OUR ANIMALS AND ALL THAT STUFF. SO THEY LEARN THERE CONSTANTLY AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY MAKING MEMORIES. I TOO HAVE SO MANY RESIDENTS THAT ARE REALLY INVOLVED WITH THE RODEO. IT IS A HUGE VOLUNTEER EFFORT, I KNOW JD AND AUDREY AND TY, THEY'RE SUPER INVOLVED.

I THINK THAT -- I DON'T KNOW WHO SAID IS, MAYBE IT WAS COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN, THAT THE COWBOY HAT COMES OUT EARLIER AND EARLIER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT THE RODEO HAS FOR SAN ANTONIO IS TREMENDOUS. AND IT IS REMARKABLE THAT IT'S ALL SO VOLUNTEER DRIVEN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S AN HONOR TO HONOR

Y'ALL. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES:

COUNCILWOMAN SPEARS. >> SPEARS: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I LOVE THE RODEO. I'M SO EXCITED TO GO AGAIN THIS YEAR.

I USUALLY GO FOR MY ANNIVERSARY ON VALENTINE'S DAY.

I'M SO PROUD OF ALL YOU DO. EVERYONE HAS TO UNDERSTAND HOW -- WHAT COUNCILWOMAN ALDERETE GAVITO SAID ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT. IT'S ENORMOUS, BUT ALSO WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR KIDS AND KIDS ALL OVER THE STATE, IT'S UNBEATABLE.

YOU DO SO MUCH WITH SCHOLARSHIPS AND EDUCATION AND CHARACTER BUILDING, AND WE REALLY CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU DO FOR THE KIDS.

BUT ALSO FOR SAN ANTONIO AND ME PERSONALLY, ALL THE MEMORIES I HAVE.

I DON'T HOP OUT TO COWBOY BREAKFAST AT 4:30 IN THE MORNING IN MY ROCKIES

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ANYWAY, I'M SO -- SO MANY MEMORIES. AND ALL OF THE CONCERTS.

I WAS MORE OF THE COUNTRY VEIN, COUNCILMAN GALVAN, I WOULD GO SEE ALAN JACKSON AND CLINT BLACK AND THIS YEAR I'M SEEING MIDLAND. I LOVE THESE TWO WEEKS.

IT'S ALWAYS SO MUCH FUN. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND ALL THE VOLUNTEER WORK. AND IT IS THE BEST RODEO IN THE STATE AND PROBABLY

ACROSS THE NATION. SO THANK Y'ALL. >> MAYOR JONES: LET ME REITERATE CERTAINLY THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS EVENT. SO WE ALL ARE HOPING FOR A VERY SUCCESSFUL RODEO SEASON AND WE HOPE THAT EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY, FRANKLY, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS, IS ABLE TO ENJO I THIS WONDERFUL CITY CELEBRATION.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY.

FEBRUARY IS ALSO BLACK HISTORY MONTH. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ WILL BE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK RIGHT AFTER I READ THE PROCLAMATION. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO JOINS COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION TO COMMEMORATE FEBRUARY 2026 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO HONOR THE ACHIEVEMENTS, HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR NATION. WHEREAS THE 2026 BLACK HISTORY MONTH THEME IS A CENTURY OF BLACK HISTORY COMMEMORATIONS, HONORING 100 YEARS SINCE NEGRO HISTORY WEEK WAS LAUNCHED IN 1926. THIS HIGHLIGHTS A CENTURY OF INTENTIONAL EFFORTS TO STUDY, PRESERVE AND CELEBRATE THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND CELEBRATIONS OF PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT. AND WHEREAS THE TEAM LOOKS AT BLACK HISTORY FROM 1926 TO ITS MODERN DAY IMPACT AND EXAMINES HOW PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF BLACK HISTORY HAS SHAPED AMERICAN SOCIETY AND HELPED TRANSFORM THE STATUS OF BLACK PEOPLE. AND WHEREAS BLACK AMERICANS HAVE CONTRIBUTED I AM MEASURABLELY TO THE STRENGTH AND CHARACTER OF OUR GREAT NATION, GIVING THEMSELVES THROUGH THEIR LABOR, VOICES, VISION AND SACRIFICE TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY STRONGER AND BETTER. WHEREAS MANY LOCAL AND NATIONAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES ARE SCHEDULED DURING THIS MONTH LONG OBSERVANCE TO LOOK AT THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE FOR SOCIAL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, NOW THEREFORE I, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, DO HERE BY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2026 TO BE BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND CALL ON ALL RESIDENTS TO REFLECT ON THE RICH HERITAGE AND REMARKABLE, ENDURING CHARACTERISTICS OF BLACK AMERICANS, THE PROGRESS MADE SO FAR AND THE WORK THAT REMAINS TO CREATE A MORE

JUST AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY FOR ALL. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU TOSS A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO RECOGNIZE BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

EVERY YEAR CENTERED AROUND A THEME THAT WE OBSERVE TO REFLECT ON THE PAST, INSPIRE US TO ACTION ON THE FUTURE AND UNDERSTAND OUR POWER TODAY.

THIS YEAR'S THEME AS YOU HEARD IS A CENTURY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO MARK 100 YEARS OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH COMMEMORATIONS IN THIS COUNTRY.

IN 1926 NEGRO HISTORY WEEK WAS CREATED TO HONOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT HAVE MADE TO HISTORY AND MODERN CULTURE. IT LATER BECAME WHAT WE KNOW AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THE STUDY OF LIFE AMERICAN LIFE WHO IS CREDITED WITH CONTINUING THE COMMEMORATIONS, ASKED THAT WE ALSO REFLECT ON OUR COUNTRY'S FOUNDING AND RECOGNITION OF ITS 250TH YEAR THIS YEAR.

TO BE CLEAR, THIS COUNTRY HAS ALWAYS BEEN INDIGENOUS LAND, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR CURRENT ITERATION OF OUR GOVERNMENT IS 250 YEARS THIS YEAR.

THIS YEAR WHEN WE ARE CELEBRATING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES, IT MUST BE AN ACCURATE HISTORY. WE HAVE NEVER HAD MORE NEED TO EXAMINE THE ROLE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH WHEN FORCES OF DEMOCRACY SEEK TO USE MEANS AND BACK BANS TO REMOVE IT FROM PUBLIC CULTURE. BLACK HISTORY'S CULTURE IS NOT TO MAINSTREAM NARRATIVES BUT ITS RESONANCE IN THE LIVES OF BLACK PEOPLE.

WHILE WE RECOGNIZE BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN FEBRUARY, I LOVINGLY AND STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU MAKE BLACK HISTORY A PART OF YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE.

THEY ARE ALREADY IN THE GOVERNMENT YOUR AFFECTED BY AND SERVING IN, THE PRODUCTS YOU CONSUME, THE INVENTIONS THAT HAVE MADE YOUR LIFE HEALTHIER, MORE EFFICIENT AND HELPFUL. WE ARE ALL INFLUENCED BY GREAT BLACK THINKERS AND WRITERS LIKE FREDERICK DOUSE LAS AND TONI MORRISON AND BY CULINARY ARTS.

MANY ARE REAPING BENEFITS FROM THOSE OF OUR ANCESTORS WHO WERE ENSLAVED AND CREATED MASSIVE WEALTH FROM FREE AND STOLEN LABOR, FROM IMPERIALISM ABROAD THAT

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[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILWOMAN KAUR.

>> KAUR: I WANTED TO SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE WORK THAT WILL BE DONE IN DISTRICT 1 TO HAVE THE SECOND LARGEST BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM IN ALL OF THE COUNTRY.

I THINK THAT'S RIGHT, SECOND LARGEST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT

LEADERSHIP. THANKS, MATURE. >> MAYOR JONES: ANY OTHER

COMMENTS? COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN? >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR YOUR WORDS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AS YOU MENTIONED TO THE HISTORY, BUT UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY THAT'S BEING MADE NOW AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE HISTORY YOU'RE MAKING AND THE FACT THAT YEARS FROM NOW PEOPLE WILL BE HERE AT THIS DAIS AND WOMEN AND MEN OF COLOR, BECAUSE OF YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND LEAD.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THE MONTH.

>> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILMAN MUNGIA. >> MUNGIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE WHILE THIS IS A MONTH WE CELEBRATE, WE SHOULD REALLY THINK ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN OUR COUNTRY EVERYDAY, NOT JUST IN FEBRUARY.

NOT JUST FOR THE MLK MARCH. I WAS REMINDED RECENTLY THAT THE CITY DOESN'T DO ENOUGH FOR JUNETEENTH, A UNIQUELY TEXAS THING. THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE AND WE HAVE TO CARRY THESE ISSUES WITH US EVERYDAY WHEN ALL OF OUR DECISIONS IS, ESPECIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ALL THAT'S HAPPENING LOCALLY WITH THEM, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THOSE STRUGGLES AND

KEEP THAT IN MIND. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCIL

MEMBER CASTILLO. >> WE SHOULD KEEP THIS AT THE FOREFRONT AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ FOR LEADING ONE OF THE LARGEST MLK MARCHES. I THINK AS WE TALK ABOUT BUDGETS WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE COUNCILMAN AND THE MLK COMMISSION TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO PROVIDE THE EVENTS ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR DURING DREAM WEEK.

I WANT TO COMMEND THE COUNCILMAN AND ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION WITH THEIR HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND DISTRICTS. IN DISTRICT 5, OHP HAS DESIGNATED LAMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH WAS A BLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN DISTRICT 5, SEGREGATED, DEMOLISHED WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS REVIEWING WHICH SCHOOLS TO DEMOLISH FIRST.

AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DEFINITION OF PUBLIC HOUSING, IT WAS THE COURTS ON THE EASTSIDE THAT WERE SET TO BE DEMOLISHED FIRST.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILMAN GALVAN.

>> GALVAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ FOR YOUR WORDS TODAY. AS SOMEONE WHO FINDS HISTORY TO BE FRONT AND CENTER OF ANYTHING I THINK ABOUT, SOMETHING I STUDY UNDERSTAND COLLEGE, SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, UNDERSTANDING SAN ANTONIO'S HISTORY, PARTICULARLY ITS INTEGRATION WITH BLACK HISTORY, IS CRUCIAL NOT ONLY FOR THE EASTSIDE, BUT OUR ENTIRE CITY.

I THINK ABOUT THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE WESTSIDE DURING THE TIME OF SEGREGATION, THAT CONTINUES TO MAKE UP A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TODAY.

IT MAKES UP MY NEIGHBORHOODS IN DISTRICT 6. I THINK ABOUT WEST RIDGE IN THE EDGEWOOD AREA WHERE EDGEWOOD WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN SAN ANTONIO TO INTEGRATE AND TO HONOR AND TRY TO EMPHASIZE THE ROLE IN THEIR OWN HISTORY. THEY'RE ONE OF THE FIRST SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ALSO HIRE BLACK PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS HERE IN OUR CITY. AND THE SCHOOL [INDISCERNIBLE] HAS SINCE CLOSED BUT WAS NAMED AFTER THE FIRST BLACK PRINCIPAL HIRED IN EDGEWOOD ISD. JUST SHOWING THAT INTRINSIC HISTORY OF BLACK HISTORY AND THE COMMITMENT THAT OUR CITY MUST CONTINUE TO MAKE IN BIGGER STRIDES TO EXPRESS THE DISPARITIES WE HAVE HERE LIKE MENTAL HEALTH OR INCOME AND INEQUITY.

AND ONE BIG POINT I WANT TO ALSO MENTION TOO IS THE CONNECTION TO KELLY AIR FORCE BASE, WHICH IS NO LONGER AN AIR FORCE BASE HERE, BUT IS CRUCIAL AND INTEGRAL FOR BOTH BLACK RESIDENTS AND LATINO RESIDENTS AS WELL TO MOVE UP THE ECONOMIC MOBILITY LADDER BECAUSE IT WAS AN INTEGRATED AIR FORCE BASE.

SO AGAIN, AS WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PUSHING THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY, HONORING THE HISTORY THAT HAS BEEN HERE IN OUR CITY AND MOVING FORWARD WITH IT TOO HAND IN HAND. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILWOMAN MEZA GONZÁLEZ. >> GONZÁLEZ: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COUNCILMAN FOR HIGHLIGHTING

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>> MAYOR JONES: COUNCIL MEMBER SPEARS. >> SPEARS: THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS A MONTH WHERE WE CAN CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE THE STRENGTH, FAITH AND RESILIENCE OF BLACK FAMILIES WHO HAVE HELPED TO BUILD SAN ANTONIO. AND ACROSS OUR CITY, BLACK-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES, VETERANS, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, CONTRIBUTE EVERY SINGLE DAY TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS MONTH IS ABOUT HONORING THAT HARD WORK AND THEIR SERVICE AND THE BELIEF THAT OPPORTUNITIES SHOULD BE WITHIN REACH FOR EVERYONE. I ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES ALL YEAR LONG AND ATTEND LOCAL EVENTS AND CELEBRATE THE PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU.

I WILL TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. ONE OF THE EFFECTS OF OUR CITY BEING SEGREGATED. SOMETIMES GROWING UP ON ONE SIDE OF TOWN YOU WON'T HEAR ABOUT THE HISTORY OF ANOTHER SIDE OF TOWN, WHICH IS SO CRITICAL.

ONE PERSON FRANKLY THAT I DIDN'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT UNTIL I CAME HERE WAS ARTESIAN BOWDEN WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ONLY HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGE, WHICH IS ALSO ACTUALLY AN HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION I'M GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER AND WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WOMEN CONTINUES TO BE SO IMPORTANT IN OUR COMMUNITY. SHE WAS BORN IN GEORGIA IN 1879 TO PARENTS WHO WERE FORMERLY INSLAVED. SHE GRADUATED IN 1900 AND TAUGHT FOR TWO YEARS IN THE STATE BEFORE MOVING TO SAN ANTONIO IN 1902 TO TAKE OVER PRINCIPAL OF ST. PHILLIP'S DAY SCHOOL. WHEN SHE ARRIVED THE DAY SCHOOL PRIMARILY TAUGHT SEWING TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL.

IT WAS RENAMED TO [INDISCERNIBLE] INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.

IN 1927 UNDER HER LEADERSHIP AND AFTER GAINING PRIVATE JUNIOR COLLEGE STATUS IN 1926, THE SCHOOL GAME ST. PHILLIP'S JUNIOR COLLEGE. SHE SERVED AT THE SCHOOL UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 1954. SHE CARRIED THE COLLEGE THROUGH THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND LATER IN 1954 SAW THE SAN ANTONIO UNION JUNIOR COLLEGE BOARD HERE AND SUBSEQUENTLY DENIED A PETITION FROM ST. PHILLIP'S TO INTEGRATE CAMPUSES AND ALLOW AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS TO ENROLL IN SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE. THE FOLLOWING YEAR THE BOARD RELENTED, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS WERE ADMITTED TO SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE AND WHITE STUDENTS WERE ADMITTED TO ST. PHILLIP'S. THE COLLEGE IS THE ONLY HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IN SAN ANTONIO. SO A PROUD LEGACY OF HISTORY, A STRONG BLACK WOMAN THAT HAS DONE SO MUCH, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THAT WOMAN CONTINUES TO BE CERTAINLY NOT ONLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, IN PARTICULAR ON THE EDWC. EASTSIDE.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T, YOU NEED TO GO TO THE HIGH TEA FOR HER EACH YEAR.

>> MAYOR JONES: WE DON'T HAVE ANY PERSONAL POINTS OF PRIVILEGE, CORRECT? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO TAKING THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS SO THAT WE MAY CLEAR THE BUSINESS FOR THE DAY? ITEMS 7 THROUGH 15 ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS MEANS THEY WILL BE CONSIDERED AS A GROUP AND THERE WILL NOT BE A STAFF PRESENTATION UNLESS PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATION.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY? HEARING NONE, WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEMS 4 AND 5, IF YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THOSE INDIVIDUALLY, YOU WILL SPEAK ONCE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THEM ONCE. AND WE'VE NOTED THAT IN -- WHEN I CALL YOU UP. JACK FINGER, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR, TO SPEAK ON

THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. >> MAD MA'AM MAYOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS

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CAN YOU PUT UP ITEM NUMBER 11 ON THE PROJECTOR? APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF ERIK ALBA TO THE ETHICS REVIEW BOARD FOR THE REMAINDER OF TERM OF OFFICE TO EXPIRE APRIL 25TH, 2027. RETURN THE CAMERA, IF YOU WOULD.

THE ETHICS REVIEW BOARD, I LOOKED UP THE DEFINITION OF ETHICS.

THE DICTIONARY SAYS IT'S A SYSTEM OF MORAL PRINCIPLES. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE REALIZED IT, BUT MR. ALVA, DECORATED MARINE BECAUSE HE WAS INJURED IN THE WAR AND HAD HIS LEG AMPUTATED AND SO FORTH. UNFORTUNATELY MR. ALVA HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR THE HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA. YEAH.

I MISSED THAT HE'S A MEMBER OF THE HOMOSEXUAL COMMUNITY. AND BY DEFINITION THAT MEANS YOU ENGAGE IN HOMOSEXUAL ACTS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE REAL PROBLEMS WITH A PERSON WHO ENGAGES IN HOMOSEXUAL ACTS BEING A PART OF THE ETHICS

COMMITTEE. >> MAYOR JONES: WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE HATE SPEECH HERE. YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU.

YOUR TIME IS UP. >> VERY GOOD, MADAM MAYOR. >> NO, MAYOR, WE STILL DON'T

WANT IT. >> MAYOR JONES: SECURITY, THANK YOU.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR JONES: DID YOU GET THEM? OKAY.

WE HAVE SEVERAL HIGHLIGHTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILMAN MUNGIA.

>> MUNGIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 12. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE LOGAN MARTINEZ FOR HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD. LOGAN ISN'T JUST A DEDICATED STUDENT, HE'S ACTUALLY A VALUED MEMBER OF OUR DISTRICT 4 FAMILY AS A PART-TIME STAFF MEMBER.

HE'S DUAL PERSPECTIVE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY BY DAY AND NAVIGATING LOCAL HIGHER EDUCATION BY NIGHT MAKES HIM AN IDEAL VOICE TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN CITY HALL AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF SAN ANTONIO LEADERS. HE'S A PROUD STUDENT AND WORKS A LOT WITH ALTO COLLEGE. I'M VERY PROUD TO APPOINT

HIM TODAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES:

COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 9. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS GRANT. IT'S 10-YEAR TARGET FOR TARGETING TO OUR YOUTH. IT'S PRIMARILY AROUND MIXED FAMILY STATUS.

WE'RE SEEING SCHOOLS HAVING TO DISSOLVE MANY OF THEIR BILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. HOWEVER, FOR OTHER STUDENTS WHO FIND THEMSELVES OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, THIS GRANT IS GOING TO HELP ENSURE THAT FOUR CASE WORKERS AND ONE SUPERVISOR WORK TO ADDRESS TRUANCY AND CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IN SAN ANTONIO. SOME YOUTH DO NEED A SPECIAL PUSH TO GET TO THE FINISH LINE AND MAYBE SEEING SOME OF THEIR FAMILIES ARE SCARED OF IMMIGRATION OR OTHERS FEEL THEY SHOULD FOCUS ON WORKING RATHER THAN FOCUS ON GETTING THEIR STUDIES. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE JUDGE AND HER TEAM FOR THEIR TRUANCY PROGRAMMING WHERE THEY BRING IN YOUTH AND FAMILIES ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND GET CONNECTED TO A WIDE RANGE OF RESOURCES THAT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF THE FAMILIES, INCLUDING ACCESS TO READY TO WORK PROGRAMMING, HAVING HOUSING SERVICES AND MANY NON-PROFITS THERE THAT HELP IMPROVE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE AT HOME FOR OUR FAMILIES.

SO JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE JUDGE AGAIN AND THE MUNICIPAL COURT'S TEAM.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILWOMAN MEZA GONZÁLEZ.

>> GONZÁLEZ: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT

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I HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF THE WORK THEY WILL COMPLETE AND HAVE NO DOUBT THEY WILL MEET THESE EXPECTATIONS. I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THE RESIDENTS WHO TOOK THE TIME TO VOTE ON THIS PROJECT AND MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD. YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND TRUST IN THIS PROCESS TRULY MATTER AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMITMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY. AS WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT I WANT TO REMIND DISTRICT 8 RESIDENTS OF OUR SAWS TOWN HALL TONIGHT AT THE SAN ANTONIO BOARD OF REALTORS HEADQUARTERS STARTING AT 6:00 P.M. I WANT TO FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THIS WILL BRING FOR SAFER SPACES, STRONGER INFRASTRUCTURE AND A CITY BETTER PREPARED AND A DISTRICT BETTER PREPARED FOR

WHAT COMES AHEAD OF US. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: GREAT.

ANY OTHERS? CUBE MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: MAYOR, I WAS PLANNING TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 9. I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT'S TEAM. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.

I ALSO, MAYOR, IF I MAY, WOULD LOVE TO SHOUT YOU OUT FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ERIK ALVA. AND IF I MAY, I'D LOVE TO ADDRESS MR. FINGER.

YOU COME UP HERE SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH AND WE LAUGH AND GIGGLE ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAY THAT ARE REALLY HATEFUL IN NATURE. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE HAVE BECOME FIGURES THAT ARE ROUTINE AT CITY COUNCIL, THE DAY THAT THEY PASS WE REMEMBER THEM AND WE THINK ABOUT ALL THE GREAT TIMES THAT WE HAD UP HERE. AND WHEN YOU PASS, I DON'T THINK THAT WILL BE HAPPENING. I THINK WE'LL REMEMBER EVERY SINGLE HATEFUL THING THAT YOU SAID, EVERY PERSON THAT YOU HURT, AND THAT WILL BE YOUR LEGACY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. [APPLAUSE]. >> MAYOR JONES: I'M PROUD TO APPOINT STAFF SERGEANT ERIK ALVA, RETIRED MARINE CORPS TO THE ETHICS COMMITTEE. ALVA IS A NATIVE OF SAN ANTONIO.

HE GREW UP IN A FAMILY, MILITARY FAMILY, HENCE THE MIDDLE NAME, LIKE FIDELIS.

AND HE JOINED THE MARINE CORPS IN 1990 AT THE AGE OF 19.

WHEN HE JOINED, LIKE I, KNEW WE COULD NOT BE OPEN ABOUT OUR SEXUALITY, SO OUR COUNTRY WAS FINE WITH US DYING FOR OUR COUNTRY, BUT WE COULDN'T BE OPEN ABOUT WHO WE WERE. SERGEANT ALVA WAS THE FIRST MARINE, FIRST MARINE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THE IRAQ WAR AND HE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HIS SERVICE.

HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN LEADING THE REPEAL OF DON'T ASK DON'T TELL.

HE CONTINUES TO THIS DAY TO GIVE BACK AS AN JUNK AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN ANTONIO. I CONGRATULATE HIM AND HIS HUSBAND, DANNY INGRAM, ALSO A VETERAN, ON THEIR CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE BEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION PASSES.

ITEMS 4 AND 5 WILL BE PRESENT AND DISCUSSED TOGETHER.

MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ THE CAPTIONS FOR THESE ITEMS. >> ITEM 4 IS A RESOLUTION PROVIDING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S CONSENT TO THE CREATION BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, TCEQ, OF A MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, MUD, TO BE NAMED THE BEXAR COUNTY MUD NUMBER 2, GENERALLY LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SCENIC LOOP AND BABCOCK ROAD IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY. ITEM 5 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND GUAJOLOTE RANCH INC. AND SYDNEY AND MARCIE EDWARDS, LANDOWNERS OF APPROXIMATELY 1,159.87 ACRES OF LAND, GENERALLY LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SCENIC LOOP AND BABCOCK ROAD IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF

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SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS. >> MAYOR JONES: STAFF,

PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION, THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. BRIDGETT WHITE, DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

ITEMS 4 AND 5 ARE FOR CITY COUNCIL'S FIRST TO CREATION OF MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT TO BE CREATED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SECOND BY A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THE SITE IN QUESTION IS IN NORTHWEST BEXAR COUNTY IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OR ETJ NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SCENIC ROAD AND BABCOCK ROAD.

THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 160 ACRES AND THE OWNERS ARE GUAJOLOTE RANCH AND SYDNEY AND MARCIE EDWARDS. THE DEVELOPER IS REQUESTING A MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT OR MUD TO BE NAMED BEXAR COUNTY MUD NUMBER 2 IN ORDER TO FINANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A # THOUSAND FAMILY SINGLE DEVELOPMENT. THE SITE IS WITHIN SAN ANTONIO'S WATER SYSTEMS WATER CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY OR CCN. AND NOT CURRENTLY WITHIN ANY ENTITY'S CCN FOR SEWER.

IT INCLUDES ON-SITE AND OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS, SUCH AS INDIVIDUAL LOT IMPROVEMENTS, STREETS, UTILITY, DRAINAGE AND GRADING AND OFF SITE DRAINAGE EXTENSION TO SCENIC LOOP ROAD AND THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF AN ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. THE DEVELOPER WILL PRESERVE 550 ACRES.

COSTS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY $150 MILLION WITH REVENUE ANTICIPATED TO BE $106.5 MILLION. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS OPERATE ON A REIMBURSEMENT MODEL AND THE DEVELOPER COULD RECOVER INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS THROUGH AD VALOREM TAXES, ASSESSMENTS AND THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE ON-SITE AND OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED. THE TEXAS WATER CODE, SPECIFICALLY CHAPTERS 49 AND 54, PERTAIN TO WATER DISTRICTS AND PROVIDE REGULATIONS ON WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE CREATION OF THESE DISTRICTS. AS REQUIRED, THE DEVELOPER SUBMITTED A PETITION TO THE CITY ON NOVEMBER 10TH, 2025 FOR THE CITY'S CONSENT TO THE CREATION OF A MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT WITH THE MUD TO BE CREATED BY TCEQ. A MUD PETITION HAS A 90 DAY REQUIREMENT FOR ITS RECEIPT FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER ITS REQUEST. TODAY, FEBRUARY 58TH, IS THE 87TH DAY. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THIS SLIDE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS BRIEFED ON THIS REQUEST ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2025, AND HELD A HEARING ON JANUARY 16TH OF THIS YEAR.

AT THAT HEARING THE ITEM BEFORE THEM WAS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON WHETHER OR NOT TO CONSENT TO THE CREATION OF THE MUD WITH AN EXECUTED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. A MOTION TO DENY PASSED 5-4. IN REGARD TO COUNCIL'S ACTION TODAY, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TOP LINE, IF CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES TO APPROVE CONSENTING TO THE CREATION OF THE MUD, THE ITEM WOULD THEN GO TO TCEQ FOR THE DEVELOPER TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CREATING THE DISTRICT.

IF, HOWEVER, CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES TO DENY ITS CONSENT TO THE CREATION OF THE MUD OR TAKE NO ACTION, THE DEVELOPER CAN THEN MOVE TO FILE A PETITION FOR WASTEWATER SERVICES WITH THE CITY AND NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT WITH SAWS.

A PETITION RECEIVED WOULD START A 120 DAY CLOCK FOR AN AGREEMENT TO BE NEGOTIATED.

IF NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED BETWEEN SAWS AND THE DEVELOPER WITHIN 120 DAYS, THE DEVELOPER CAN PROCEED TO TCEQ FOR THEM TO CONSIDER CREATING A DISTRICT.

IF, HOWEVER, AN AGREEMENT IS REACHED BETWEEN SAWS AND THE DEVELOPER TO PROVIDE WASTEWATER SERVICES, THE DEVELOPER CAN PROCEED WITH DEVELOPMENT.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IT WOULD NOT PREVENT THEM FROM SUBMITTING A PETITION FOR SPECIAL DISTRICT FOR FUNDING FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DISTRICT.

AT THE JANUARY 22ND BRIEFING TO COUNCIL THERE WAS A QUESTION ASKED OF HOW MANY INSTANCES TCEQ HAD APPROVED A MUD REQUEST AFTER DENIAL BY THE MUNICIPALITY.

BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH TCEQ THEY INDICATED THAT THEY DO NOT KEEP THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION AS TO HOW MANY THEY APPROVED THAT MAY HAVE BEEN BEEN DENIED BY THE MUNICIPALITY, BUT THEY DID INDICATE IN ABOUT THE LAST 20 YEARS, ONLY ONE REQUEST HAD BEEN DENIED BECAUSE OF AN ISSUE WITH THE APPLICATION ITSELF.

THERE IS ALSO A QUESTION ON WHETHER TCEQ INCORPORATES A MUNICIPAL'S DEVELOPMENT TERMS IN THEIR APPROVAL, AND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WAS THAT THEY DID NOT.

AS COUNCIL'S AWARE, SEVERAL CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED REGARDING THE PROJECT.

NOTABLY THE ON-SITE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, ITS LOCATION OVER THE CONTRIBUTING ZONE OF THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER AND CONSERVATION ISSUES.

AS FAR AS ACTIONS TAKEN TO DATE, SAWS APPROVED THE UTILITY SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR WATER WITH CONDITIONS RELATED TO SEWER IN FEBRUARY OF 2022.

THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS APPROVED BY BOTH BEXAR COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. IN FEBRUARY OF 2023 AND MARCH 2023 RESPECTIVELY.

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THE WATER QUALITY PROTECTION TERMS ARE FROM THE SAWS WATER UTILITY SERVICE AGREEMENT FROM FEBRUARY 2022 AND THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FROM DECEMBER 2024.

I WILL GO INTO THOSE IN MORE DETAIL ON THE NEXT TWO SLIDES.

TWO QUART QUALITY PROTECTION TERMS IN THE AGREEMENT ARE ONE, SAWS REVEALED PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND AS BUILT DOCUMENTS CONTAINING THE SEAL OF A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER. AND TWO, SAWS ABILITY TO INSPECT THE DISABILITY UPON ITS DISCRETION UPON REASONABLE NOTICE TO THE DEVELOPER.

AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES ITEMS SUCH AS ONE, WHICH SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS APPLY IN THE ECOSYSTEM THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL COMPLY WITH SUCH AS THE TREE ORDINANCE, WATER QUALITY PROTECTION ORDINANCE, IRRIGATION PERMITTING, STREET CONNECTIVE AND SIGNS. TWO, NOTING THAT THE OWNER WILL AGREE TO PROVIDE INCREASED ROAD NETWORK ACCESS POINTS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS, WHICH ARE LOCATED WITHIN FIRE AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. THREE, LANGUAGE PERTAINING TO THE DISTRICT'S DEBT, INCLUDING A CAP ON THE DISTRICT'S BOND ISSUANCE OF $150 MILLION, THE TIMING THAT THE BONDS CAN BE ISSUED AND THE ABILITY FOR THE CITY TO CHARGE CUSTOMERS WITHIN THE DISTRICT OPPOSED TO ANNEXATION SURCHARGE AS PERMITTED BY THE TEXAS WATER CODE TO COMPENSATE FOR ITS ASSUMPTION OF OBLIGATIONS OF THE DISTRICT, IF THE CITY WERE TO CHOOSE TO ANNEX THE AREA. FOUR, THE CURRENT AND FUTURE OWNERS AGREEING TO VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION FOR A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES TO ANNEX THE DISTRICT AT THE END OF THE TERM OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

FIVE, A THIRD-PARTY CONSERVATION EASEMENT HOLDER.

AND SIX, APPLICABLE APPLICATION PROVISIONS AND FEES, SUCH AS THE OWNERS PROVIDING ANNUAL UPDATES TO THE CITY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND PAYING THE CITY AN OPERATIONS ASSESSMENT FEE OF 175 BUILT RESIDENTIAL UNIT FOR A TOTAL OF $525,000. THE NINE CONDITIONS AGREED TO WITH THE SAWS WATER ARE NOTED HERE. TWO PERTAIN MORE TO DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAND WITH THE OTHER SEVEN RELATED TO WATER QUALITY PROTECTION. CONDITIONS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SETTING ASIDE 50% OF THE PROJECT AS OPEN SPACE.

A 30% IMPERVIOUS COVER RESTRICTION. THE DISCHARGE PERMITS CAN ONLY SERVE THE 1160-ACRE PROPERTY. THE PLANT WILL BE OPERATED AND MAINTAINED BY AN A LEVEL WASTEWATER OPERATOR. AND SAWS SUPPLEMENTATION TO ALLOW FOR ADEQUATE SOIL ABSORPTION. FROM THE 2024 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THERE ARE 10 CONDITIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PLANT BEING OPERATED AND MAINTAINED BY AN A LEVEL WASTEWATER OPERATOR.

THE TYPE OF CONDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE MET AND WHETHER THE REUSED WATER CAN BE USED COMPLYING WITH SAWS BLACK FLOW REQUIREMENT, SOIL REQUIREMENT, MONITORING OF THE TREATMENT PLANT AND LIFT STATIONS. PROVIDING 24/7 MONITORING SERVICES. GPS EQUIPMENT FOR RESPONSE TIMES, ON-SITE PERSONNEL FOR [INDISCERNIBLE] PURPOSES AND DESIGN FOR WET WELLS FOR PEAK DESIGN FLOW.

FOR CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION TODAY IS ITEM NUMBER 4, CONSENT TO THE CREATION OF THE BEXAR COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 2 WHICH YOU CAN TAKE NO ACTION. AND NUMBER 5, APPROVAL OF A DEVELOPMENT JANUARY.

AT THE JANUARY 22ND BRIEFING THERE WAS A QUESTION OF WHETHER IT WOULD REMAIN AND IF THE MUD REQUEST AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WERE NOT APPROVED.

WHAT WOULD REMAIN WOULD BE, ONE, THE NINE CONDITIONS APPROVED WITH THE SAWS WATER USA IN FEBRUARY 2022. THE TWO CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN APPROXIMATE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FROM DECEMBER 2024. AND THREE, IF THE DEVELOPER WOULD -- THE DEVELOPER WOULD STILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO THE ETJ SUCH AS THE TREE ORDINANCE, STREET CONNECTIVITY AND SIGNS. THESE THREE ITEMS ARE WHAT ARE NOTED ON SLIDE 7, THE

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THREE, INCREASED REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS THE ROAD NETWORK ACCESS POINTS ALSO NOTED ON SLIDE 7, AS WELL AS THE MILITARY PROTECTION AREA RELATED LIGHTING AND SOUND STANDARDS. THE DEVELOPER ON WOULD HAVE HAD TO COMPLY WITH BECAUSE THE SITE IS WITHIN FIVE MILES OF THE CAMP BULLIS MILITARY INSTALLATION. A CAP ON THE BOND ISSUANCE, TIMING OF THE BONDS AND POST-ANNEXATION SURCHARGE. FIVE, THE CURRENT AND FUTURE OWNERS VOLUNTEER ANNEXATION.

SIX, THE OPEN SPACE TO BE RESERVED AS A CONSERVATION EASE.

AND CONVEYED TO A THIRD-PARTY EASEMENT HOLDER. SEVEN, THE APPLICABLE PROVISION AND FEES SUCH AS THE ANNUAL REPORTS AND ONE-TIME ASSESSMENT FEE.

AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE EIGHT, THE AGREEMENT RUNNING WITH THE LAND, [INDISCERNIBLE] AND ALSO ANY PREAPPROVED LANGUAGE THAT MUST BE INCLUDED IN EVERY DEED INFORMING BUYERS OF THE DISTRICT, ITS ABILITY TO TAX AND POTENTIAL FOR ANNEXATION BY THE CITY. FINALLY, WITH SPECIAL DISTRICT REQUESTS, STAFF WILL TYPICALLY HAVE A SIGNED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WHEN THE ITEM IS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. HOWEVER, AS OF THIS MORNING THE DEVELOPER HAS NOT SIGNED THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND HAS INDICATED THEY WILL NOT BE SIGNING. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON ITEMS 4 AND 5. CITY AND SAWS STAFF ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE PUBLIC IN CASE IT INFORMS THEIR COMMENTS, THE ITEMS ON SLIDE 8, 9 AND 10, WE ARE ALL COMING TO THE CITY IRRESPECTIVE OF -- IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER OR NOT WE APPROVE THE MUD, RIGHT? JUST THE ITEMS ON 8, 9 AND 10.

>> YES, THAT'S CORRECT. >> MAYOR JONES: GOT IT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THOSE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FROM THE PUBLIC. I'LL CALL INDIVIDUALS UP IN THE ORDER THAT THEY SIGNED UP. ALL INDIVIDUALS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. GROUPS OF THREE WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF NINE MINUTES.

AND I'LL CALL SEVERAL FOLKS UP SO YOU CAN PLEASE LINE UP SO WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS EFFICIENTLY. SUSAN BEVIN, FOLLOWED BY KATE HALL FOLLOWED BY LISA

PACK. >> GOOD MORNING. SUSAN BEVIN AND I AM GIVING

MY TIME SO STEWART BURNBALM, WHICH WILL FOLLOW. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY.

YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES. THANK YOU. >> I'M JUST TAKING THREE

MINUTES. I'M NOT STEWART. >> SO SUSAN BEVIN, GO AHEAD AND IF YOU'RE GIVING IT TO STEWART AND STEWART'S HERE, THEN YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES

RIGHT NOW, SIR. THANK YOU. >> WE SORT OF HAVE AN ORGANIZED DELIVERY. IF IT'S OKAY I'LL START. I'M CATHERINE FIEST.

>> MAYOR JONES: WE'LL GO DOWN THE LIST THEN AS PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP, OKAY?

SO KATE HALL, IS SHE AVAILABLE? >> THAT'S ME.

>> MAYOR JONES: GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU TO THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR ORTIZ JONES FOR ALLOWING YOUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH, THE SCENIC HELOTES CREEK ALLIANCE, THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENTS ON THE GUAJOLOTE RANCH PROJECT. AS YOU KNOW, MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE SPOKE AGAINST THE MUD AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. COUNCILMAN MUNGIA, YOU WERE THERE, YOU HEARD EVERYTHING. THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER 18 SPEAKERS RIGHT HERE AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. TODAY WE'RE ONLY GOING TO FOCUS ON THOSE ISSUES THAT CONTINUE TO RAISE ALARMING QUESTIONS.

TO BE CLEAR, THE SCENIC LOOP HELOTES CREEK ALLIANCE IS NOT REJECTING ALL MUDS AS A FUNDING TOOL. A MUD CAN BE APPROPRIATE WHEN IT ALIGNS WITH CITY PLANNING GOALS, WHEN IT PROTECTS PUBLIC RESOURCES AND WHEN IT POSES NO

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THIS APPEAL IDENTIFIES 10 SIGNIFICANT ERRORS IN TCEQ'S APPROVAL OF THE PERMIT, WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE, SCENICLOOP.ORG. BEFORE WE DO A LEAP DIVE INTO THE SCIENCE ON THE GUAJOLOTE RANCH, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO AND COUNCILWOMAN MEZA GONZÁLEZ FOR INTRODUCING A CCR THAT RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SCIENCE BEHIND THIS ISSUE. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR HER SPECIFIC INQUIRIES REGARDING THE REPORT FROM THE SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE. CLARIFYING THE SCIENCE IS KEY TO UNDERSTANDING WHY A NO VOTE ON THIS MUD IS CRITICAL TO PROTECTING THE DRINKING WATER SOURCE FOR 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEIR HEALTH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR JONES: LISA PACK, FOLLOWED BY MARK BRAZIO.

>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, MAYOR. I'M DONATING MY TIME TO JANE

SAMS AND LYNETTE MUNSON. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: GREAT.

OKAY. WHOEVER IS SPEAKING WILL HAVE NINE MINUTES.

OKAY. MAY I ASK WHO IS SPEAKING? GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD. >> OKAY. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND -- >> MAYOR JONES: THEY HAVE SLIDES.

MAY I ASK -- IS IT JANE SAMS? >> YES, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS JANE SAMS AND THIS IS MY NIECE, LYNETTE MUNSON.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO TAKE YOUR TIME TODAY TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS MORNING. LYNETTE AND I LIVE ON THE SAMS RANCH FAMILY THAT HAS BEEN IN OUR FAMILY FOR OVER 140 YEARS, AND IS ADJACENT TO THE GUAJOLOTE RANCH.

THE EFFLUENT WILL LEAVE THAT PROPERTY AND ENTER THE SAMS RANCH OR AS WE CALL DID GROUND ZERO. WE ALL RELY ON PRIVATE WELLS AS OUR WATER SOURCE.

CLEAN WATER IS SO IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY US AT GROUND ZERO, BUT OVER THE 2.5 MILLION OTHER PEOPLE THAT RELY ON GOOD, HEALTHY WATER.

FIRST LET ME THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT TOURED OUR PROPERTY AND PARTICIPATED IN OUR DEMONSTRATION. AS YOU SAW IN THE AREA BY THE MAIN HEAD WATER, THERE WERE TONS OF HOLEY ROCKS. I BELIEVE ONE OR TWO OF YOU MIGHT HAVE TAKEN ONE OR TWO HOME FOR YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS TO LOOK AT, WHICH I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING SOMETHING FROM OUR PROPERTY TO REMEMBER US BY.

AND YOU CLEARLY SAW HOW FAST THE WATER RAN THROUGH THE HOLES OF THE KARST ROCK.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY. OUR LAND AS WELL AS THE GUAJOLOTE RANCH SITS IN ONE OF THE LARGEST GEOLOGICAL AREAS IN OUR STATE.

TO UNDERSTAND KARST, THINK OF HOLES ARE ASSAULT OF SWISS CHEESE THAT THE WATT -- -- THAT THE WATER IS GOING THROUGH, NOT IMMEDIATELY.

AND IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE HILL COUNTRY, YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF HOLEY ROCKS AND THERE ARE PART OF WHAT MAKES THE HILL COUNTRY UNIQUE. KARST REFERS TO EITHER FEATURES ORATOR RAIN FORMED BY DISSOLUTION MAKING THEM FULL OF HOLES AND FRACTURES.

IT ALSO LEADS TO UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS WHERE SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS ARE LINKED THROUGH THE KARST FEATURES.

AND IT PROVIDES RECHARGE TO THE GROUNDWATER SUPPLY THAT WILL WASH CONTAMINANTS FROM THE SURFACE INTO THE GROUNDWATER SYSTEM BELOW. KARST LANDSCAPE SUCH AS

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WELL OVER 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE RELY ON WATER FROM THE EDWARD'S AND THE TRINITY AQUIFERS IN CENTRAL TEXAS, AND THAT WATER NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED FOR ALL OF US THAT RELY ON WATER FROM WHATEVER AQUIFER ZONE YOU ARE IN. BUT PLEASE PROTECT THE EDWARD'S AND THE TRINITY. THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE.

AND THIS IS MY NIECE. >> GOOD MORNING. AS JANE MENTIONED, A FEW OF YOU VISITED AND SAW WHAT OUR LAND LOOKS LIKE. YOU SAW THE KARST ROCKS LAYING IN THE CREEK BEDS AND HOW QUICKLY THE WATER WENT THROUGH IT.

BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT MY BACKYARD LOOKS LIKE. WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS WHAT THE REST OF THE LAND LOOKS LIKE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE KARST ROCKS IS NOT ONLY UNDERGROUND, BUT THEY PROTRUDE TO THE SURFACE.

WHAT YOU SEE ON THE TOP GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN. SO JUST THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU POURED THAT BOTTLE OF WATER ON THAT ROCK AND WHAT HAPPENS, IT WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH T THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS ON OUR LAND, IT GOES STRAIGHT THROUGH INTO THOSE ROCKS. THERE IS NO FILTERING, THERE IS NO LAYERING, THOSE LITTLE HOLES DON'T HAVE FILTERS IN THEM TO STOP CONTAMINANTS. I'VE LITERALLY FOUGHT THESE ROCKS FOR 30 YEARS. I'VE SCRAPED THEM, I'VE PICKED THEM UP, I'VE CRUSHED THEM. I'VE EVEN HAD A BOBCAT COME OUT AND WHENEVER I PULLED UP A ROCK THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE RIGHT UNDERNEATH IT. BUT WITH A LITTLE RAIN THAT SOIL STARTS TO ERODE AGAIN, SO EVERY TIME I PICK UP A ROCK OR CRUSH A ROCK, IT RAINS A LITTLE AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, ALL OF MY HOLEY ROCKS ARE BACK ON THE SURFACE. SO WHEN I HEAR CONCESSIONS SUCH AS THEY ARE GOING TO PUT FOUR INCHES OF SOIL DOWN, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT FOUR INCHES ISN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING. IT'S GOING TO GET INTO THAT KARST ROCK AND GOING INTO OUR DRINKING WATER. AND AS SOON AS THEY PUT THE FOUR INCHES OF SOIL DOWN IT WILL QUICKLY ERODE LIKE I SEE ALL THE TIME IN MY BACKYARD.

WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO KEEP DOING? KEEP PUTTING SOIL DOWN? IT WON'T STAY. TRUST ME, I'VE TRIED. IT WILL NOT STAY.

AND WHO IS GOING TO ENSURE THAT THEY ABIDE BY THESE CONCESSIONS? SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND THEY'VE MADE SOME PROMISES, THOSE PROMISES CARRY LITTLE VALUE OR LITTLE COMFORT FOR US. THEY WON'T KEEP THE CONTAMINANTS FROM REACHING OUR WATER OR ANY OF THE OTHERS THAT RELY ON THE AQUIFERS. SO WHY IS ANY CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER ACCEPTABLE.

WHY IS AN OUT OF STATE DEVELOPER NOT BEING CHECKED TO ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T IMPACT OUR ENVIRONMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE HEADQUARTERS OF HELOTES CREEK SITS ON OUR PROPERTY. EVEN IN THE WORST DROUGHT CONDITIONS OUR SPRINGS HAVE OPENED TWICE, JULY OF '24 AND MAY OF '25, WITH JUST AS LITTLE AS FOUR INCHES OF RAIN. THE FACT IS, AS SCIENCE PREDICTS, WHEN OUR SPRINGS ARE FLOWING WITHIN HOURS, A DAY AT THE MOST OF THESE RAINS.

AND YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PICTURES. WHEN THOSE SPRINGS OPEN TODAY WE HAVE CLEAN, CLEAR WATER COMING OUT. NOW, IF THERE'S WATER COMING OUT OF THEM AND WE RELEASE ANY TYPE OF EFFLUENT INTO THAT CREEK, IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN INTO THOSE SAME HOLES THAT THAT CLEAN WATER IS COMING OUT OF.

SO ALL OF THAT NASTY WATER WITH P FOS AND PFAS AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS ARE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN INTO THOSE HOLES. AND WE HE KNOW DUE TO THE FACT IT'S A KARST ENVIRONMENT THOSE SPRINGS WILL BE POLLUTED ANY TIME THEY OPEN UP IF WE DON'T PREVENT THIS MUD. THE WATER WILL BE TAINTED FOREVER. WE CANNOT CLEAN IT UP. OUR FAMILY AND MANY OTHERS RELY ON THE WATER FOR DRINKING, RECREATION, WILDLIFE, EXOTIC GAME AND STOCK THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. NO AMOUNT OF PROMISES WILL STOP IT FROM BEING IMPACTED. IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF, IT'S A MATTER OF WHEN.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OUR FAMILY HAS PLEDGED FOR OVER 140 YEARS TO BE GOOD STEWARDS AND WE WILL CONTINUE OUR STEWARDSHIP OF THIS LAND THAT OUR FOREFATHER WAS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT AND SO PROUD OF. WILL YOU PLEASE HELP US BY VOTING NO TO THE MUD AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO RELY ON THIS LAND TO HAVE CLEAN AND SAFE

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CONCERNS. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE].

MARK DERAZIO. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS MARK AND I'M THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR HOUSE DISTRICT 122 WHERE THIS MUD WOULD BE LOCATED.

LET ME START OFF BY SAYING THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MY CONSTITUENTS FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS ON THIS ISSUE. I'VE SPOKEN TO HUNDREDS OF -- MAYBE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON THIS ISSUE. THEY'RE STAY AT HOME MOMS, BUSINESSMEN, DOCTORS, RETIREES AND EVEN A GEOLOGIST OR TWO AND A MEDICAL DOCTOR.

THEY ARE DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS.

I'VE NEVER ONCE HEARD ANYONE SAY THEY WANTED THIS MUD OR REALLY ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE GUAJOLOTE RANCH. SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN MY HOME.

UNITED PEOPLE LIKE THAT, LIKE THIS ONE. IT'S BROUGHT TOGETHER PROGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENTALISTS, LIMITED GOVERNMENT CHAMPIONS IN A WAY I DIDN'T THINK WAS POSSIBLE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

I WAS ELECTED TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF HOUSE DISTRICT 122 SO LET ME SAY IT AGAIN, NO ONE IN MY DISTRICT WANTS THIS MUD. IT GOES BEYOND DISTRICT 122.

EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF BEXAR COUNTY HOUSE DELEGATION SIGNED ON TO A LETTER I WROTE OPPOSING THIS PROJECT JUST THIS SUMMER. SOMETHING YOU'LL HEAR IS THAT THIS MUD WILL ONLY TAX THOSE WHO LIVE IN GUAJOLOTE RANCH, BUT THAT JUST ISN'T TRUE. WHEN YOU HAVE A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE SO FAR AWAY FROM BASIC SERVICES, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF TAXPAYER MONEY TO SUPPORT IT.

ROADS WILL HAVE TO BE WIDENED, REPAVED AND MAINTAINED MUCH MORE OFTEN AFTER YOU DROP SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE INTO THIS RURAL AREA.

YOU WILL NEED MORE EMERGENCY SERVICES, NEW FIRE STATIONS, MORE POLICE CARS, MORE LINEMEN, MORE TECHNICIANS, MORE EVERYTHING IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.

THE IDEA THAT GUAJOLOTE RANCH WILL PAY FOR ITSELF WITH THIS MUD ISN'T TRUE.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO LIVES IN BEXAR COUNTY IS GOING TO PAY FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. IF YOU OWN A HOME OR BUSINESS, YOUR TAXES ARE GOING TO GO UP. IF YOU RENT, YOUR RENT IS GOING TO GO UP TO COVER THE TAXES YOUR LANDLORD PAYS. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TRIPLE NET LEASES ON COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS BECAUSE YOU JUST CAN'T ANTICIPATE THE INCREASE IN TAXES.

THIS MUD IS JUST ANOTHER GOVERNMENT TAXING AUTHORITY THAT NO ONE WANTS, BUT EVERYONE WILL PAY FOR. IN OUR ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH IN AUSTIN, PROPERTY TAXES ARE STILL THE NUMBER ONE OR VERY HIGH ISSUE. THAT ALL SOUNDS GOOD ENOUGH, BUT I HAVEN'T SAID THE ONE WORD YET, AND THAT'S WATER. THE IDEA THAT WE COULD PASS PROPERTY TAX TO SUPPORT A PROJECT THAT WILL THREATEN OUR WATER WHEN PROPERTY TAXES ARE CRUSHING PEOPLE AND WATER IS GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DROUGHT, IT'S JUST CRAZY. THERE ARE 600,000 ACRES OF THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER, 15% OF THAT IS RECHARGED BY -- IN THIS AREA.

THAT'S 140 SQUARE MILES. PLEASE STAND WITH ME TO OPPOSE THIS MUD.

NO ONE WANTS IT AND EVERYONE WILL PAY FOR IT. I'M MARK AND I'M THE STATE

REPRESENTATIVE FOR HOUSE DISTRICT 122. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU.

NETTY BURNBAM. OKAY. STEVE LEE.

STEVE LEE FOLLOWED BY STEWART BURNBAM AND PHILLIP MATA.

WE'RE CALLING FOLKS BASED ON HOW YOU SIGNED UP. STEVE -- I'VE GOT STEVE LEE.

STEVE LEE, STEWART BURNBAM AND THEN PHILLIP MATA. >> I HAVE -- I'M GOING TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE GIVE TIME AND THEY'RE COMING UP RIGHT NOW.

>> MAYOR JONES: WHAT ARE THEIR NAMES, SIR? >> MY NAME IS KAREN LYDNER

AND I'M GIVING MY TIME TO STEVE LEE. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY.

AND WHO IS THE OTHER PERSON, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING, I AM

MICHAEL PHILLIPS, DONATING MY TIME TO STEVE LEE. >> MAYOR JONES: MICHAEL PHILLIPS? OKAY. YOU HAVE NINE MINUTES, SIR.

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>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS PRIVILEGE TO ADDRESS YOU ONCE AGAIN.

MY NAME IS STEVE LEE AND WE LIVE OUTSIDE GRAY FOREST ON LAND THAT'S BEEN IN MY FAMILY FOR MORE THAN 160 YEARS. MY FAMILY AND I RELY ON A TRINITY WELL FOR OUR WATER SUPPLY. FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL HERE TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS FROM LETTERS THAT DOCTORS RONALD GREEN AND GEORGE DENNY SENT TO EACH OF YOU.

DR. GREEN'S LETTER HE SOUNDLY REFUTES SAWS' CLAIMS THAT THE NINE SO-CALLED CONTROLS THAT ARE EGG NEGOTIATED WITH LENNAR FOR GUAJOLOTE RANCH AS PART OF A WATER SERVICES AGREEMENT WILL MAKE THIS PROJECT SAFE. HE SAYS THAT EVEN WITH THE STATED CONDITIONS, EFFLUENT FROM LENNAR'S WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT COULD REACH EITHER PRIVATE WELLS OR PUBLIC SUPPLY WELLS IN DAYS OR WEEKS.

AND HE REPEATEDLY CHARACTERIZES PUBLIC ASSERTIONS BY SAWS AS SIMPLISTIC OR NOT CORRECT AND LACKING ANY SCIENTIFIC CITATIONS.

IN CONTRAST, DR. GREEN'S LETTER INCLUDES NUMEROUS STUDY CITATIONS AND EXHIBITS THROUGHOUT. IN A LISTING OF 37 REFERENCES AT THE END.

HE WRITES "EVEN WITH THE CONTROLS, THE DOMINANT FACTOR WILL REMAIN THE TOTAL MASS LOAD OF EFFLUENT RELEASED TO THE ENVIRONMENT MUCH.

THIS IS BECAUSE THE LIMITED SOIL, KARST, LIMESTONE AND ROLLING TERRAIN OF THE HILL COUNTRY PROVIDE MINIMAL RETARDATION TO WATER APPLIED TO THE LAND SURFACE, WHETHER BY PRECIPITATION OR LAND APPLICATION. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HILL COUNTRY IN THE GUAJOLOTE TRACT WILL REMAIN DOMINANT EVEN WITH THE NINE CONTROLS." HIS LETTER IS IN RESPONSE TO AN OCTOBER 10TH LETTER FROM SAWS TO COUNCILWOMAN MARINA ALDERETE GAVITO WHO SOUGHT SAWS' POSITION ON THE ISSUE, AS WELL AS OTHER RECENT PUBLIC COMMENTS. CENTRAL TO SAWS' CLAIMS IS THAT THE HABE CROSSING FAULT THAT CROSSES THE AREA PREVENTS FLOW FROM THE TRINITY AQUIFER TO THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER. BUT DR. GREEN CITES STUDIES SHOWING MULTIPLE FAULTS COMPRISING THE OFFSET BETWEEN THE TWO AQUIFERS.

MANY PRODUCING PATHWAYS TO FLOW. BOTH THE SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STUDY AND ANOTHER ONE BY THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHARACTERIZES THE FAULT AS A DON DUE IT RATHER THAN A BARRIER TO FLOW, DR. GREEN'S LETTER SAYS.

WHAT IS NOT EXPLAINED IN THE SAWS LETTER, HE SAYS, IS THAT IF THE GROUNDWATER IS NOT GOING FROM THE HIGHER TRINITY AQUIFER TO THE LOWER EDWARD'S AQUIFER, WHERE IS IT GOING? HE ALSO CALLS INDEFENSIBLE SAWS' VIEW THAT THE TWO AQUIFERS DON'T COMMUNICATE BECAUSE SAMPLES FROM JUST TWO WELLS, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE FAULT, HAVE DIFFERENT WATER CHEMISTRY, WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF SAMPLES FROM WELLS IN PUBLISHED RESEARCH. HE NOTES THAT DYE TRACER STUDIES BY THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER AUTHORITY FURTHER CONFIRMS THE HYDRAULIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TRINITY AND THE EDWARD'S AQUIFERS, WITH TRAVEL TIMES OF THE DYE IN GROUNDWATER OF APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE PER DAY.

AND HE DISPUTES SAWS' CLAIM THAT THE DISTANCE FROM THE PROPOSED GUAJOLOTE RANCH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TO THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER WOULD BE FAR ENOUGH FOR THE EFFLUENT TO, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, NATURALLY ATTENUATE. DR. GREEN SAYS THAT PATHOGENS LIKE BACTERIA AND VIRUSES CAN PERSIST IN GROUNDWATER FOR WEEKS AND MONTHS AND THAT KARST AQUIFERS LIKE THE TRINITY AND EDWARDS ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO DEGRADATION BECAUSE OF RAPID GROUNDWATER SPEEDS AND SHORT TRAVEL TIMES. HE SAYS THAT WITH A GROUNDWATER VELOCITY OF ONE MILE PER DIE EFFLUENT DISCHARGED AT GUAJOLOTE RANCH COULD REACH THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER IN LESS THAN A WEEK. AND EVEN SAWS TYPICAL NEW STREET WELL ON THE WESTSIDE OF SAN ANTONIO 14 MILES AWAY, IN TWO WEEKS.

THAT WELL ALREADY HAS BEEN CONTAMINATED, BY THE WAY. HE NOTES A STUDY SHOWING PATHOGENS AND EFFLUENT APPLIED TO A FIELD OVER SIMILAR KARST JOOLOGY IN CANADA SEEPED INTO A PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY, KILLING SEVEN PEOPLE AND MAKING 2300

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WE INJECTED NON-TOXIC DYES INTO THE TRINITY GLEN ROSE AND DISCOVERED THEM IN THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER WELLS, HE SAYS. CROSSING AS MANY AS SEVEN FAULTS, THE DIGITAL GROUNDWATER MODELS AND SOME RESEARCHERS PREVIOUSLY BELIEVED WERE BARRIERS TO GROUNDWATER FLOW, HE WRITES. HE ALSO NOTES THAT THE 30% IMPERVIOUS COVER STANDARD IN THE NINE CONDITIONS IS NOT SCIENTIFIC.

RESEARCH SHOWS WATER QUALITY DECLINES SHARPLY ONCE A WATERSHED EXCEEDS ROUGHLY 15% IMPERVIOUS COVER. AND YET, DESPITE ALL THIS -- AND YET DESPITE ALL THIS OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY DOCTORS GREEN AND VINNY IN THEIR LETTERS, SAWS LAST NIGHT ON KSAT CONTINUED TO PEDDLE ITS INACCURACIES CLAIMING RIGOROUS STUDIES. IT IS FAIR TO ASK WHERE ARE THOSE STUDIES? AND IF SAWS IS ALREADY SIGNALING A RATE HIKE INCREASE FOR WATER USERS, IT COULD COST THEM AND RATE PAYERS BILLIONS MORE DOLLARS TO REMEDIATE POLLUTION FROM THIS PROJECT. NO, THE SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS IS CLEAR ON THIS.

WHEN THE CITY NEEDED ANSWERS ABOUT THE HELOTES CREEK WATERSHED YOU HIRED THE SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE SAME INSTITUTE TRUSTED BY NASA, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION.

THEIR CONCLUSION WAS UNEQUIVOCAL. ANY ADDITIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS FROM RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS WATERSHED WILL SIGNIFICANTLY DEGRADE WATER QUALITY. AND NOW TWO OF THE MOST RESPECTED AQUIFER SCIENTISTS IN THE WORLD, AND BY EXTENSION ALL THE OTHER SCIENTISTS THEY'VE CITED, HAVE WARNED YOU THAT THIS PROJECT THREATENS OUR WATER SUPPLY.

THESE ARE NOT ACTIVISTS. THEY ARE NOT LOBBYISTS. THEY ARE THE PEOPLE YOU WOULD CALL IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDED ON THE ANSWER BECAUSE IN THIS CASE IT DOES. THE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER.

MAYOR PAUL GUERRERO OF GRAY FOREST SAID IT PLAINLY, CITIES DO NOT GET TO MAKE MISTAKES WITH THEIR WATER, NOT TWICE, NOT EVER. FLINT, MICHIGAN WAS TOLD THE SCIENCE IS FINE AND MODELS SAY IT WILL BE OKAY. THEY TRUSTED THE WRONG VOICES. THE CONSEQUENCES WILL LAST GENERATIONS.

FLINT IS NOT AN OUT LIER. FLINT IS A WARNING. YOU HAVE THE CLEAREST SCIENTIFIC WARNING IMAGEABLE FROM THE VERY EXPERTS THE CITY AND IN SOME CASES THE WORLD HAVE RELIED UPON FOR DECADES. MY FAMILY HAS RELIED UPON THE SANCTITY OF THE AQUIFER FOR MORE THAN 160 YEARS. IT IS IRREPLACEABLE.

ONCE CONTAMINATED IT CANNOT BE UNDONE. I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THE

GUAJOLOTE RANCH. STUDENTS BURNBAM -- >> MAYOR JONES: STEWART

BURNBAM. >> SO [INDISCERNIBLE] FIRST? >> MAYOR JONES: NO,

STEWART BURNBAM AND THEN PHILLIP MATA. >> I AM NETTY AND GIVING MY

TIME TO STEWART BURNBAM. >> MAYOR JONES: SIX MINUTES.

HOLD ON, WHAT IS IT? >>

NINE MINUTES, SIR, THANK YOU YOU. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU REGARDING THE MUD APPLICATION BEFORE YOU TODAY. MY NAME IS STEWART BURNBAM.

I LIVE IN HELOT AND I AM ASKING YOU TO REJECT THE MUD APPLICATION TO DEVELOP

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I AM ALSO ON THE BOARD OF THE TRINITY GLEN ROSE GROUNDWATER CONVERSATIONVATION DISTRICT AND WHOSE JURISDICTION GUAJOLOTE RANCH LIES.

I PREFACE MY COMMENTS BY SAYING THESE COMMENTS ARE MINE ALONE.

I DO NOT REPRESENT UT SAN ANTONIO NOR THE GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT. WHEN I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING TO YOU ON JANUARY 22ND I PRESENTED AND EXTREMELY RAPID OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT STATE OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THE NATURE OF THE HELOTES CREEK WATERSHED AND THE HYDRO LOGIC CONNECTION BETWEEN TRINITY, GLEN ROSE AND EDWARD'S AQUIFERS.

SINCE THEN YOU HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS FROM TWO HIGHLY RESPECTED HYDRO GEOLOGISTS WITH A COMBINED 80% OF EXPERIENCE STUDYING THE TRINITY AND EDWARD'S AQUIFERS. I BELIEVE YOU ALSO JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED A THIRD LETTER FROM ANOTHER EXPERT WITH VAST EXPERIENCE IN THE HELOTES CREEK WATERSHED, GARY SHINDELL, CORROBORATING THE LETTERS OF DOCTORS GREEN AND VINNY.

THE LETTER FROM DR. GEORGE VINNY PROVIDES EVIDENCE OF DIRECT HYDRO LOGIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE OFFERS. DR. VINNY RECENTLY RETIRED AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CONGRESSIONALLY-CREATED NATIONAL CAVE CANDIDATE KARST RESEARCH IN NEW MEXICO AND HE IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK CAVES OF TEXAS.

HE WAS A COLLEAGUE OF MINE WHEN HE TAUGHT AT UTSA AND CONSIDERS SAN ANTONIO HIS HOME. IN THAT LETTER HE STATES THAT IN THE PAST HE WOULD HAVE PERHAPS AT LEAST PARTIALLY AGREED WITH THE SAWS STATEMENT REGARDING THE CONFINING NATURE OF THE CAMP BULLIS ROCK LAYER. HOWEVER AS IS THE CASE WITH ALL GOOD SCIENTISTS, WHEN NEW DATA PRESENTS ITSELF, INTERPRETATIONS CHANGE.

IN DESCRIBING HIS RESEARCH AT NATURAL BRIDGE CAVERNS, DR. VINNY STATES, AND I QUOTE, THE CAMP BULLIS UNIT TRANSMITS GREAT VOLUMES OF WATER FROM THE GLEN ROSE TO THE EDWARD'S LIMESTONE PORTION OF THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER.

THE CAMP BULLIS UNIT IS NOT THE COMBINING UNIT SAWS BELIEVES IT TO BE.

THE SECOND OF THESE LETTERS IS FROM DR. RONALD GREEN, A SENIOR AUTHOR OF THE 2020 SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE STUDY THAT IS SO CRITICAL IN THIS DEBATE.

SHOWING THAT DEVELOPMENT LIKE GUAJOLOTE RANCH WOULD DEGRADE THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER. ALTHOUGH DR. GREEN IS NOW RETIRED FROM SOUTHWEST RESEARCH AND CLEARLY STATES THAT HE IS NOT REPRESENTING THE INSTITUTION, WE MAY SAFELY EXPECT -- ACCEPT HIS AUTHORITY AS A -- ON THIS SCIENCE PROVIDED IN THAT REPORT. IN HIS EXPANSIVE 22-PAGE LETTER, DR. GREEN DELINEATES THE CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE HELOTES CREEK WATERSHED AND EXPLAINS WITH MULTIPLE REFERENCES CRITERIAD FROM PEERED REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE THAT SAWS REPRESENTATION OF THE FAULT IS INCORRECT IN PRESENTING AN OVERLY SIMPLIFIED AND GROSSLY INACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRINITY-EDWARDS RELATIONSHIP.

LET ME SHOW YOU TWO DEPICTIONS OF THE FAULTING ACROSS THE TRINITY AND EDWARDS. SO HERE WE HAVE AN IMAGE THAT WAS PROVIDED BY SAWS WITHOUT ATTRIBUTION OR CITATION THAT SHOWS A SIMPLISTIC AND OUT OF DATE INTERPRETATION, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THEY HAVE THE HABE CROSSING FAULT AS A BARRIER FAULT. THE NEXT IMAGE IS FROM A 2010 PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATION BASED UPON TRACER STUDIES THAT REVEAL THE COMPLEX DETAILS ACROSS A FAULT THAT CONNECTS THE TRINITY AND EDWARD'S AQUIFER.

AND I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT GARY SHINDELL AND GEORGE VINNY WERE AUTHORS OF THIS PARTICULAR PAPER. I'VE HIGHLIGHTED WELLS IN YELLOW AND CAVES IN BLUE FOR EASY IDENTIFICATION. AND HERE I WOULD BE POINTING, BUT YOU HAVE AN OPERATOR.

THE GRAY COLORS REPRESENT THE GLEN ROSE WHILE THE BLUES AND PINKS REPRESENT THE EDWARDS. TRACER DYES WERE ADDED TO CAVES IN THE EDWARDS AND

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THE BLUE ARROWS SHOW THE FLOW FROM THE GLEN ROSE AQUIFER INTO THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER ACROSS NUMEROUS FAULTS. THIS PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH REVEALS THAT THE TWO AQUIFERS BEHAVE AS A SINGLE INTERCONNECTED HYDROLOGIC SYSTEM. THE SCIENCE IS CLEAR AND IS CLEARLY BEING IGNORED.

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY SAWS PERSISTS IN PERPETUATING OLD AND RECRUITED SCIENCE.

PERHAPS IT IS USING A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL APPROACH TO AQUIFER MANAGEMENT.

THIS IS BOTH DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY COSTLY ERROR IF THE EDWARDS BECOMES UNNECESSARILY CONTAMINATED. I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN ANALOGY BASED UPON A PERSONAL LIFE-ALTERING EXPERIENCE. I RETIRED FROM UTSA FOR MEDICAL REASONS HAVING BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER IN 2007.

I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY BECAUSE ADVANCES IN MEDICAL SCIENCE WERE UTILIZED AND A NEW TARGETED GENE THERAPY SAVED MY LIFE. IN CONTRAST, I GET THE FEELING THAT IF THE SAWS APPROACH TO SCIENCE WERE IMPLEMENTED, IT WOULD BE ANALOGOUS TO A PATIENT WITH MIGRAINES HAVING A HOLE DRILLED IN THEIR HEAD TO ALLOW THE EVIL SPIRITS TO ESCAPE. TWO WEEKS AGO THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF WHETHER SOUTHWEST RESEARCH PLAN FOLLOW-UP STUDY SINCE FIVE YEARS HAD PASSED. DR. GREEN SAID IN HIS LETTER THAT HE REVIEWED ALL AVAILABLE AND RELEVANT TECHNICAL REPORTS AND PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES ON THE EDWARD AND TRINITY AQUIFERS FOR A TEXT HE WAS PREPARING.

AND INDICATES THAT HE HAS NOT RUN ACROSS ANYTHING NEW SINCE THE SOUTHWEST REPORT.

AND HE STATES, LIKE ANY SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION, MY CONCLUSIONS MAY CHANGE IF AND WHEN CONTRADICTORY EVIDENCE OR DATA BECOME AVAILABLE.

NEITHER ARE PROVIDED IN THE PUENTE LETTER, END QUOTE. I FURTHER NOTE THAT SAWS REACHED ITS NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT WITH LENNAR THREE TO FOUR YEARS AGO, INFORMED BY THE SAME INFORMATION IT CONTINUES TO RELY UPON TODAY.

CLEARLY SAWS HAS NOT UPDATED ITS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

AS SCIENCE ADVANCES, MANAGEMENT POLICY SHOULD TAKE HEED AND ADAPT.

I'LL CLOSE BY REMINDING YOU THAT WHEN I WAS LAST HERE, I PROMISED YOU A QUIZ.

YOUR VOTE TODAY IS THAT QUIZ. AND IT IS PASS/FAIL.

THERE IS NO PARTIAL CREDIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE]

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: PHILIP MANNA FOLLOWED BY AUSTIN BROWNING.

>> PHILLIP MANNA AND I'M GOING TO CEDE MY TIME. PLEASE VOTE NO.

>> MY NAME IS AUSTIN BROWN AND I GIVE MY TIME TO RANDY NEWMAN.

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. MR. NEWMAN, YOU'LL HAVE NINE

MINUTES . >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS RANDY NEWMAN, CHAIR OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE SCENIC LOOP HELOTES CREEK ALLIANCE.

I'M REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS UNITED IN ONE MESSAGE.

WE DO NOT WANT THE GUAJOLOTE WASTEWATER PLANT BUILT AND WE EXPECT OUR CITY TO DEFEND THE WATER THAT SUSTAINS 2.5 MILLION TEXANS. THIS IS NOT A PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATE, IT IS A LEGAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND MORAL ONE. THE LAW IS NOT OPTIONAL AND THE LAW IS ON THE SIDE OF PROTECTING WATER. THE TEXAS WATER CODE PROVIDES CLEAR, ENFORCEABLE PROTECTIONS. 26.003 REQUIRES THE PROTECTION OF WATER QUALITY. 11.086 PROHIBITS HARMING DOWNSTREAM PROPERTIES.

26.121 FORBIDS UNLAWFULLY PERMITTED DISCHARGES. 54.016 GIVES THE CITY FULL AUTHORITY TO DENY A MUD WHEN IT IS NOT FEASIBLE, PRACTICAL, OR IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST . THE GUAJOLOTE PERMIT IS UNDER JUDICIAL CHALLENGE, AS YOU'VE HEARD. FOR TEN ALLEGED ERRORS, INCLUDING FAILURE TO APPLY ANTI-DEGRADATION STANDARDS AND RELIANCE ON FLAWED DISSOLVED OXYGEN MODEL.

IF THE PERMIT IS REMANDED OR VACATED, ANY DISCHARGE FROM A MUD-FINANCED PLANT WOULD

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A NO VOTE PRESERVES THE CITY'S LEVERAGE AND REFLECTS THE WILL OF THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO. A NO VOTE TRIGGERS A 120-DAY NEGOTIATING PERIOD, AFTER WHICH THE DEVELOPER CAN SEEK TCEQ APPROVAL. BUT DURING THAT 120-DAYTIME THE CITY CAN REQUIRE A BINDING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, ESTABLISH ENFORCEABLE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, DEFINE INFRASTRUCTURE OBLIGATIONS, AND ENSURE ALIGNMENT WITH LONG-TERM PLANNING GOALS. A NO VOTE KEEPS THE CITY IN CONTROL. A YES VOTE HANDS AUTHORITY TO A DEVELOPER-CONTROLLED TAXING ENTITY IN ONE OF THE MOST SENSITIVE RECHARGE ZONES IN TEXAS.

THIS IS NOT A PROCEDURAL CHOICE, IT IS A CHOICE ABOUT WHO GOVERNS GROWTH IN SAN ANTONIO. THE ELECTED CITY COUNCIL OR A PRIVATE DEVELOPER ACTING IN ITS OWN INTEREST. AS YOU'VE HEARD, THE SCIENCE IS UNEQUIVOCALLY.

THE GUAJOLOTE THREATENS THE DRINKING WATER OF 2.5 MILLION TEXANS.

THINK ABOUT THIS WITH ME FOR A MOMENT. IF SAWS WERE TO WITHDRAW, AS ITS USER SERVICE AGREEMENT ALLOWS AND NOT PROVIDE WATER TO THE GUAJOLOTE RANCH, THE LIKELY FALLBACK IS A TRINITY AQUIFER WELL DRILLED DIRECTLY BENEATH THE SAME FRACTURED KARST OF THE BALCONES FAULT ZONE WHERE THEY PLAN TO DISCHARGE A MILLION GALLONS OF SEWER EFFLUENT EVERY SINGLE DAY. THAT MEANS THE CONTAMINATION THEY ARE WILLING TO IMPOSE ON 2.5 MILLION TEXANS BECOMES THE CONTAMINATION THEY WOULD HAVE TO DRINK THEMSELVES. AND THEN COMES THE UNAVOIDABLE QUESTION: WHO BUYS A HOME WHERE THE TAP WATER MAY BE FLAVORED WITH ITS OWN WASTEWATER? CANCER-CAUSING PFOS, PFAS, PHARMACEUTICALS, ILLEGAL DRUGS, AND HEAVY METALS. WHAT REALTOR WANTS TO EXPLAIN THAT? WHAT FAMILY WANTS TO RISK THAT? THE HARM THEY ARE WILLING TO IMPOSE ON THE ENTIRE REGION WOULD BECOME THE HARM THEY WOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH THEMSELVES. THAT'S NOT JUST IRONY, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SYMMETRY.

LENNAR'S PLAN IS SELF-SERVING, NOT COMMUNITY SERVING.

LENNAR'S OWN ATTORNEY HAS DECLARED THAT THE SUBDIVISION WILL BE BUILT, THE WASTEWATER PLANT IS COMING AND NOTHING THE CITY DOES CAN STOP IT.

THAT STATEMENT ALONE PROVES THAT THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT NEED A MUD.

ONLY THAT A MUD WOULD BENEFIT THE DEVELOPER BY ENABLING HIGH-DENSITY HOUSING WHILE KEEPING THE APPARENT COST OF HOMES ARTIFICIALLY LOW.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT PUBLIC NEED, IT'S ABOUT PRIVATE PROFIT.

THIS MAY BE THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL VOTE OF YOUR TIME ON COUNCIL.

ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS COME AND GO, BOND PACKAGES COME AND GO, EVEN AIRPORTS EVOLVE. BUT NOTHING IS MORE FOUNDATIONAL TO A CITY THAN CLEAN, ABUNDANT WATER. NO ONE WILL FAULT YOU FOR VOTING TO PROTECT THE AQUIFER. SECTION PLANS WERE BUILT TO BALANCE GROWTH WITH AQUIFER PROTECTION, APPROPRIATE DENSITY, AND SAFE ROADWAY DEVELOPMENT.

THESE PLANS REFLECT THE WILL AND THE WISDOM OF THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY.

AND NOW AN OUT OF STATE DEVELOPER SEEKS TO OVERRIDE ALL OF IT, THREATENING OUR WATER, DISREGARDING OUR PLANS, ENGAG ENDANGERING OUR CITIZENS AND DICTATING WHAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO MUST ACCEPT. THAT IS WRONG.

WHEN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW BECOMES BOX CHECKING, WHEN LEGAL PROCESSES ARE MANIPULATED, AND WHEN CITIZENS SAY ENOUGH, IT BECOMES THE SOLEMN DUTY OF THIS COUNCIL TO ACT IN THE COLLECTIVE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO.

CLEARLY, THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT CARE ABOUT SAN ANTONIO'S WATER SUPPLY.

CLEARLY, THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE WILL OF NEIGHBORS, THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OR THE COMMUNITY, AND CLEARLY THEIR INTERESTS REGARDING BOTH A

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ON BEHALF OF THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO ON THE CREATION OF THIS MUD. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JONES: JUDY HALL FOLLOWED BY EMERY BLOOM. LIRACHEL HAINES.

. >> HI. I DONATE MY TIME TO EMERY

AND IF YOU WOULD PASS THESE AROUND. >> MAYOR JONES: YOU HAVE

SIX MINUTES, SIR. GO AHEAD. >> HOWDY.

MY NAME IS EMERY BLOOM, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF SCENIC LOOP HELOTES CREEK ALLIANCE, A REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD IN CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THAT WILL OVERLAP WITH THIS GUAJOLOTE RANCH PROJECT . WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO YOU, MAYOR, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER INDIVIDUALLY, AND TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE TIME YOU ALLOCATED TO UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS SURROUNDING THIS SITUATION AND THE CONCERNS IT RAISES AMONGST CITIZENS ACROSS SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY.

NEXT ONE. THANK YOU. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION TO REPRESENTATIVE MARK DURASIO FOR LEADING THE BEXAR COUNTY DELEGATION OF STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND TO ALL OF OUR TEXAS STATE SENATORS FOR STANDING WITH US IN OPPOSITION TO THIS PROJECT, BOTH IN AUSTIN, AT TCEQ, AND HERE LOCALLY. AND THE REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE WITH US.

AND THERE'S REPRESENTATIVES FROM SENATOR CAMPBELL'S OFFICE HERE WITH US TODAY.

I'M GOING TO SEGUE INTO SOMETHING WE JUST LEARNED. THIS IS -- I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE LEADERSHIP SHOWN THIS WEEK BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE RAY LOPEZ OF HOW DISTRICT 125. REPRESENTATIVE LOPEZ, ONE OF TEN MINUTES OF THE BIPARTISAN BEXAR COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, WHO UNANIMOUSLY OPPOSED GUAJOLOTE RANCH WASTEWATER PERMIT, HAS FORMERLY REQUESTED THAT REPRESENTATIVE ODESSA, CHAIR OF HOUSE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION COMMITTEE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, INITIATE A STUDY ON WASTEWATER DISCHARGE INTO ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS LIKE THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, CONTRIBUTING AND RECHARGE ZONES. REPRESENTATIVE LOPEZ EMPHASIZED A STUDY WOULD PROVIDE ESSENTIAL GUIDANCE FOR THE UPCOMING 90TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, HELPING LAWMAKERS EVALUATE HOW TEXAS CAN BETTER REGULATE OR LIMIT WASTEWATER DISCHARGES THAT THREATEN WATER QUALITY. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE FULL BEXAR COUNTY DELEGATION WILL JOIN REPRESENTATIVE LOPEZ, BOTH IN HIS REQUEST AND IN SUPPORTING ANY LEGISLATION THAT MAY LIKELY RESULT FROM THE STUDY. SEVERAL OTHER LEGISLATORS HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE SCENIC LOOP HELOTES CREEK ALLIANCE SEEKING INFORMATION AND INPUT ON THESE ISSUES. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS GROWING ENGAGEMENT AND THIS MORNING WE WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK REPRESENTATIVE LOPEZ FOR HIS FORESIGHT AND HIS RESPONSIVENESS TO THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND HIS COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING OUR SHARED WATER RESOURCES. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN UNANIMOUSLY ENSURING THIS PROJECT WAS NOT FUNDED BY A $138 MILLION PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. THAT PID REQUEST DIED DUE A LACK OF SUPPORT AT COMMISSIONER'S COURT BEFORE MAKING IT TO A VOTE AND IS THE REASON WE ARE HERE DISCUSSING THE MUD TODAY. TO OUR FRIENDS IN HELOTES AND GRAY FOREST, WHOSE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR HAVE VOTED THEIR STAUNCH OPPOSITION TO THIS PROJECT. MY NEIGHBORS, SOME OF WHOM YOU HAVE HEARD HERE TODAY, DO AN OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY BY SELFLESSLY DONATING THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS A WEALTH OF FACT-BASED, SCIENTIFICALLY-AFFIRMED INFORMATION ABOUT WHY YOU SHOULD DENY THIS MUD REQUEST TODAY. WE DON'T STAND HERE SHAKING A FIST.

WE REACH OUT WITH A HELPING HAND. THE OPPORTUNITY MOVING FORWARD LIES WITH OUR CONSTRUCTIVE COLLABORATION WITH YOU, THE SAN ANTONIO

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AND THAT ENSURES EVERY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CONTRIBUTES TO A SAFER AND STRONGER SAN ANTONIO FOR ALL. COUNCIL, YOUR CONSTITUENTS LOOK TO YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND CONTINUING TO STRIVE TO ENSURE ANY PROJECTS, AS DETRIMENTAL TO OUR REASON AS THIS GUAJOLOTE RANCH PROJECT DOES NOT MAKE IT THIS FAR IN THE PROCESS IN THE FUTURE. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR VOTING TO DENY THE $150 MILLION GUAJOLOTE RANCH MUD. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR JONES: RACHEL HAINES FOLLOWED BY LEWIS VETTER AND THEN PATRICIA

SIDENBERGER. >> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS RACHEL HAINES.

I'M THE POLICY DIRECTOR AT THE GREATER EDWARDS AQUIFER ALLIANCE.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR 16 BEXAR COUNTY MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS TO URGE YOU TO DENY THE REQUEST FOR THE CREATION FOR A GUAJOLOTE RANCH MUNICIPAL DISTRICT.

WE REQUEST THAT YOU DENY THIS APPLICATION FOR MUD FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.

THE APPLICANTS WERE INFORMED THE CITY WAS INTERESTED IN DISCUSSING THE PURCHASE OF A CONSERVATION EASEMENT THROUGH THE EDWARDS AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM.

THEY APPARENTLY DID NOT CONSIDER THIS OPTION WHICH COULD HAVE PROVIDED A LUCRATIVE AND MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY-PROTECTIVE ALTERNATIVE.

THE SITE IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED IN THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN AS COUNTRY, SUITABLE FOR PROPERTIES TEN ACRES OR MORE. LENNAR'S PROPOSAL IS TOO DENSE TO COMPLY. THE PROPOSED DENSITY, BESIDES BEING INCONSISTENT WITH CURRENT LAND USES, POSES A THREAT TO THE WATER SUPPLY AND TO THE NEIGHBORS' WELL-BEING. IT HAS AN IMPERVIOUS COVER COVER LIMIT OF 30%.

GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS SITE IN RECHARGING THE EDWARDS AND TRINITY AQUIFERS, 15% IS MORE IMPORTANT TO REDUCE FLOODING AND TO PRESERVE WATER QUALITY. THE CITY COULD HAVE NEGOTIATED BETTER TERMS IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO, METRO HEALTH, AND LENNAR, WHICH ARE THE SAME AS THE REQUIREMENTS THAT SAWS INSISTED ON AS CONDITIONS OF THE WATER UTILITY SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH LENNAR. SAWS AND THE CITY SHOULD HAVE REQUIRED LENNAR TO PAY FOR POST-DEVELOPMENT WATER QUALITY TESTING OF PRIVATE WELLS THAT MIGHT BE AT RISK FROM WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER CONTAMINATION.

ADEQUATE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLANS AND NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. THE CONCESSIONS OUTLINED IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ARE VAGUE, LACKING ENFORCEABLE DEFINITIONS, MEASURABLE THRESHOLDS, OR OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. LENNAR FACES NO CLEAR OBLIGATIONS TO FULFILL THE INTENT OF THESE CONCESSIONS. IF THIS MUD IS APPROVED AND THE PROJECT PROCEEDS, THE CITY WOULD NEED TO MONITOR ALL ASPECTS TO ENSURE LENNAR'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS. IN 2020, THEY RECEIVED $175,000 SETTLEMENT FROM LENNAR AND ITS CONTRACTORS FROM VIOLATING AN AGREEMENT AND CONTRACT. THE 4S RANCH CONSTRUCTION SITE FLOODED A DOWNSTREAM NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY THE PRIOR YEAR, CAUSING $100,000 IN DAMAGES ARE NOT ALWAYS SCRUPULOUSLY FOLLOWED BY LENNAR. WE AGREE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NEEDED. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE HOMES THAT ARE AFFORDABLE TO MOST SAN ANTONIO FAMILIES. EVEN IF THE SALES PRICES ARE CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE, THE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAXES TO BE ASSESSED ON HOMEOWNERS IN THIS MUD COULD EQUAL OR SURPASS THE ASSESSMENTS COLLECTED BY THE COUNTY.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF SITES IN SAN ANTONIO WHERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COULD BE BUILT WITHOUT THREATENING SAN ANTONIO'S GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE AND PLEASE CONSIDER THE GREATER EDWARDS AQUIFER ALLIANCE AS A RESOURCE THAT YOU CAN RELY ON FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION RELATED TO WATER ISSUES. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JONES: LEWIS VETTER FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA SIDENBERGER AND THEN GEORGE

RICE. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, COUNCIL.

I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SPEAK TODAY.

I'M LEWIS VETTER, PRESIDENT OF THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO.

AND I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR MORE THAN 1,000 MEMBERS AND 10,000 VOLUNTEERS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE PASSAGE OF THE MUD NO. 2.

THE PURPOSE OF THE SOCIETY IS TO PROTECT THINGS AND PRESERVE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO TEXAS AND HISTORIC. AND THAT INCLUDES OUR WATERWAYS AND OUR PARKS. AND THIS BECOMES SPECIFICALLY IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. BECAUSE PRESERVING THIS BY NOT ALLOWING POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL. THE COST TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM IS SOMEWHAT ALREADY KNOWN. AND THE FIRST SOLUTION IS DON'T PUT THE SEWER PLANT THERE OVER THE AQUIFER. EARLY ON, IT WAS MENTIONED IT COULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 20 AND $40 MILLION FOR SAWS TO EXTEND A SEWER LINE AND PUT IT INTO THEIR SYSTEM. WHEREAS IT'S NOT BEING

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IT'S A FUNCTION OF THE PROFIT MARGIN THAT LENNAR IS LOOKING FOR AND WILLINGNESS FOR THEM TO PASS THE RISK AND THE COST FOR DEALING WITH IT LATER IS WHAT'S AT RISK TODAY. SO I ASK YOU TO AT LEAST THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WILL BE DRINKING AND WHAT YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE DRINKING IN THE YEARS TO COME FROM WHEN THAT PROBLEM DOES OCCUR WITH YOUR WATER SOURCE. RESPECTFULLY, I ASK THAT EACH OF YOU CONSIDER IT AND VOTE NO AGAINST THE MUD. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: PATRICIA SIDENBERGER FOLLOWED BY

GEORGE RICE AND THEN ISABEL HERRERA. >> GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS PATRICIA SIDENBERGER AND I HAVE BEEN AGAINST THE LENNAR HOMES GUAJOLOTE RANCH DEVELOPMENT AND ITS WASTEWATER PLANT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

I URGE THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DENY LENNAR HOMES ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION FOR THE MUD NO. 2 GUAJOLOTE RANCH HIGH-DENSITY DEVELOPMENT WITH A TREATMENT PLANT WHICH WOULD DUMP 4 MILLION GALLONS OF TREATED WASTEWATER FROM THE PROPOSED 2900 HOMES INTO THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, DESTROYING SAN ANTONIO'S DRINKING WATER FOR 1.7 MILLION PEOPLE. SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE DID A TWO-YEAR STUDY FOR THE CITY AND FOUND THAT ANY DISCHARGE FROM THE GUAJOLOTE RANCH WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY DEGRADE THE WATERSHED AND THE QUALITY OF WATER, RECHARGING THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, DESTROYING OUR DRINKING WATER FOREVER. WITH DANGEROUS COMPOUNDS, FOREVER CHEMICALS, ILLICIT DRUGS, PHARMACEUTICALS, AND ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA. LENNAR HOMES' REQUEST FOR A MUD FOR THE GUAJOLOTE RANCH DEVELOPMENT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO ISSUE $150 MILLION IN BONDS THAT WOULD SADDLE NEW, UNSUSPECTING HOMEOWNERS WITH PROPERTY TAXES DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THOSE OF THE COUNTRY OR NEIGHBORING CITIES, NEGATING THE PROMISE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THE NEW HOMEOWNER WOULD NOT ONLY BE PAYING FOR THEIR NEW HOME BUT WOULD BE PAYING FOR ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. IN ADDITION, APPROVAL OF THE MUD MIGHT RELY ON COUNTY RESOURCES FOR NEW SCHOOLS, ROADS, AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE HIGH-DENSITY GROWTH IN GUAJOLOTE RANCH, MEANING NEW ADDITIONAL TAXES FOR SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS WHO DON'T EVEN OWN A HOME IN THIS DEVELOPMENT. LENNAR'S TRACK RECORD HAS NO CLEAR OBLIGATIONS TO FULFILL THE INTENT OF A NEGOTIATED STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.

IN 2020, WITH THE GREATER EDWARDS AQUIFER FINED LENNAR HOMES $175,000 FOR VIOLATING A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REGARDING THE 4S RANCH SUBDIVISION.

BY VOTING NO FOR THE GUAJOLOTE RANCH MUD DEVELOPMENT 2, YOU CAN STOP THIS CATASTROPHIC PROJECT FROM FULLY DESTROYING SAN ANTONIO'S DRINKING WATER FROM THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AFFECTING 1.7 MILLION PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO AND 2.7 MILLION PEOPLE FROM BRACKETVILLE TO KYLE, TEXAS WHO DEPEND UPON THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR JONES: GEORGE RICE FOLLOWED BY ISABEL HERRERA AND THEN GARY

SHINEDLE. >> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU. MY NAME IS GEORGE RICE. I'M A GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGIST BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO BE ANY KIND OF HYDROLOGIST TO UNDERSTAND THAT DISCHARGING SEWAGE EFFLUENT INTO A STREAM THAT RECHARGES YOUR MAIN SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER IS A BAD IDEA. NO KIND OF A SCIENCE DEGREE IS REQUIRED TO UNDERSTAND THIS. ALL THAT'S REQUIRED IS COMMON SENSE. SO I ASK YOU TO PLEASE EXERCISE YOUR COMMON SENSE AND VOTE NO. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR JONES: ISABEL HERRERA FOLLOWED BY GEORGE SHINDLE.

>> GOOD MORNING. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE GUAJOLOTE RANCH DEVELOPMENT. RECENTLY HAYS COUNTY JUDGE CALLED FOR A TRANSITION TO STAGE 4 WATER RESTRICTIONS DUE TO HISTORIC LOW WATER LEVELS .

IT WAS AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIED TO REAL DATA AND YET TODAY YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD INTRODUCE MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF TREATED WASTEWATER PER DAY INTO HELOTES CREEK, WHICH IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE

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TCEQ DID FILE A LEGAL ACTION CITING NUMEROUS ERRORS IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS BUT HAS NOW APPROVED A PERMIT TO ALLOW THE WASTEWATER TO BE DISCHARGED INTO OUR AQUIFER.

A STUDY BY THE SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE CONDUCTED THAT EVEN WITH PROPOSED SAFEGUARDS, TREATED WASTEWATER FROM THIS WOULD STILL REACH GROUNDWATER AND NEARBY WELLS. SO WHEN WE ARE TOLD SUFFICIENT PROTECTIONS ARE IN PLACE, WE HAVE TO ASK INDEPENDENT HYDROLOGICAL STUDY, ONE NOT FUNDED BY THE DEVELOPER OR SAWS.

YOU CAN VOTE NO AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE REQUIRED ZERO DISCHARGE OR CLOSED-LOOP REUSE SYSTEMS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEY SIT OVER A RECHARGE ZONE.

THOSE OPTIONS EXIST AND WHEN THE RISKS ARE IRREVERSIBLE, THE BURDEN SHOULD BE ON THE DEVELOPER, LENNAR HOMES, NOT ON THE PUBLIC TO ABSORB THE CONSEQUENCES.

THIS WEEK WE SAW ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DECISIONS ARE RUSHED WITHOUT MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY PROCESS. A FEDERAL DETENTION CENTER WAS APPROVED INSIDE CITY LIMITS WITHOUT COORDINATION WITH THE ZONING COMMISSION OR THE CITY. WE ARE SEEING A PATTERN. WHEN DEVELOPMENTS ARE RUSHED, COMMUNITIES PAY THE PRICE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE WRONG ICE IS MELTING WHILE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION ARE LIVING IN FEAR, HERE AT HOME OUR MOST VITAL RESOURCES IS QUIETLY SLIPPING AWAY. LET ME REMIND YOU WATER IS NOT RENEWABLE. ONCE GROUNDWATER IS CONTAMINATED IT CANNOT BE REVERSED. THE TREATMENT RELIES ON CHEMICALS THAT CARRY DOCUMENTED RISKS. ACROSS TEXAS LAKES ARE DRYING UP.

THIS IS NOT A LOCAL DROUGHT, WE ARE LIVING IN A GLOBAL WATER BANKRUPTCY.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE HORROR STORIES ACROSS TEXAS WHERE MUDS FAILED.

THESE MUNICIPALITIES WERE TOLD THERE WERE SUFFICIENT PROTECTIONS TOO.

THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS NOT REQUIRED TO CONSENT TO THE CREATION OF THIS MUD.

WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT, TCEQ CANNOT CREATE THIS MUD. COUNCIL MEMBERS, A DEVELOPMENT SHOULD NEVER COME AT THE COST OF WATER SECURITY.

TODAY YOU HAVE THE ABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO ACT. DENY CONSENT TO THE MUD.

VOTE NO ON THIS ORDINANCE AND PROTECT OUR AQUIFERS FOR THE MILLIONS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO DEPEND ON IT.

SHINDLE, ALLEN MONTEMAYOR. >> I'M ALLEN MONTEMAYOR. I CEDE MY TIME TO GARY.

>> I'M DIANE DUNCAN. I'M GIVING MY TIME TO GARY. >> MAYOR JONES: YOU HAVE

NINE MINUTES, SIR. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT I ADDRESS THE COUNCIL TO MAYBE CLARIFY SOME MISCONCEPTIONS THAT WERE MADE ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT I PREVIOUS HAVE DONE. TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON MYSELF, AGAIN, MY NAME IS GARY SHINDLE, I'M A KARST, TEXAS PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST AND PRACTICING KARST HYDROGEOLOGIST. I HAVE MORE THAN 45 YEARS WORKING ON WATER RESOURCE, WATER QUALITY, AND WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN MORE THAN 30 STATES AND TEN COUNTRIES. I HAVE SERVED AS THE CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER FOR A SENIOR HYDROGEOLOGIST FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS BEFORE HIRING. I WAS HIRED BY THE EAA TO CREATE THE SCIENCE RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION PROGRAMS AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AMONG THE MANY TASKS, I SUPERVISED THE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT MODELS, SET UP THE DYE TRACING RESEARCH PROGRAMS, ESTABLISHED THE 250 WATER WELL LEVEL MONITORING NETWORK AND THEY ESTABLISHED THE FIRST EXTENSIVE WELL IN SPRING AND WATER SAMPLING PROGRAM. UNDER MY DIRECTION, WATER SAMPLING GREW FROM A FEW TO INCLUDE OVER 100 WELLS SAMPLED ON A YEARLY BASIS .

I WAS THE LIAISON FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S EDWARDS AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM, KNOWN AS PROP 1, WHERE I PERFORMED THE SUPERVISED GEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT. I WAS THE SENIOR AUTHOR OF THE GUIDANCE DOCUMENT IN KARST AREAS, A NATIONAL MODEL FOR PROTECTING KARST SUPPLIES.

THIS DOCUMENT WAS REFERENCED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER DURING THE UPDATES FOR THE SPEAKER FOR UNESCO CONFERENCES. I HAVE LECTURED EXTENSIVELY IN THE U.S. AND UNIVERSITIES. I HAVE CERTIFICATIONS IN

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SO YOU MAY SAY THAT I MAY KNOW MY REAR FROM A HOLE IN THE GROUND.

I HAVE DIRECT EXPERIENCE WORKING ON A HYDROGEOLOGY OF THE HELOTES CREEK BASIN WITHIN THE GRAY FOREST AREA. I FER FORMED GEOLOGIC ASSESSMENTS ON MORE THAN 1,000 ACRES IN THE AREA AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTIES TO PROTECT THE WATER QUALITY OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. I SPEAK TO YOU TODAY AS AN INDEPENDENT HYDROGEOLOGIST WITH ONLY THE INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO AND I AM NOT RECEIVING COMPENSATION IS HERE TODAY, REPRESENT ONLY MYSELF, AND DO NOT LIVE IN THE HELOTES CREEK WATERSHED. I ASK THAT YOU TURN DOWN THE REQUEST FOR LENNAR'S MUD APPLICATION FOR THE GUAJOLOTE RANCH WITH A CONCERN THAT HIGH-DENSITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE HELOTES CREEK WATERSHED WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT THE TRINITY. THIS WILL PLACE PRIVATE AND WATER SUPPLY WELLS AT GREAT RISK. HIGH-DENSITY DEVELOPMENT WILL EXCEED THE CAPACITY OF THE SHALLOW AQUIFER SOILS TO RETAIN AND FILTER BIOLOGICAL WASTE.

SMALL PUBLIC TREATMENTS DO NOT [INDISCERNIBLE]. THESE MATERIALS WILL BE DISCHARGED INTO THE WASTE STREAM AND INTO HELOTES CREEK WHERE THEY WILL ENTER THE TRINITY AND EDWARDS AQUIFERS. WATER FROM THE TRINITY AND EDWARDS AQUIFER RECEIVE VERY LITTLE TREATMENT WHEN IT REACHES THE CONSUMER WHERE IT PLACES AN UNDUE BURDEN ON THE BODY, INCREASING CANCER RISK.

GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION IN KARST IS DIFFICULT TO INVESTIGATE AND REMEDIATE.

WATER WELLS REQUIRE ADVANCED TREATMENT SYSTEMS ARE BEING ABANDONED.

SUCH AS THOSE AROUND THE WEST AVENUE LANDFILL HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FROM BACK IN THE '60S. THE OLD SAYING AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE IS TRUE IN KARST RANGE. I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE LETTER SUBMITTED BY THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM IN SUPPORT OF THE FORMATION OF THE MUD IN RESPONSE TO THEIR COMMENTS REGARDING THE AQUIFER, I HAVE OBSERVED CAVE AND KARST FEATURES WITH ALL OF THE GLEN ROSE LIMESTONE WITHIN THE HELOTES CREEK WATERSHED. THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE ABSENCE OF SURFACE WATER IN MUCH OF HELOTES. MOST WATER FLOWS WITHIN A LARGE FRACTURE AND SUBSURFACE OF THE BASIN. THE SAWS' LETTER EVIDENCE SUCH AS GROUNDWATER LEVEL DATA, TRACER DATA, OR AQUIFER PUMP TESTS THAT SUPPORT THAT ASSUMPTION. THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE HABB FAULT IS 200 FEET.

DYE TRACING THAT I DESIGNED WERE CARRIED OUT UNDER MY DIRECTION BY GEORGE AND ASSOCIATES, EMPLOYEES OF THE EAA, SHOW THAT A DYE CAN PASS ACROSS MAJOR FAULTS IN THE EDWARDS AQUIFER . THE DYES AND THEREFORE WATER CROSS FIVE MAJOR FAULTS IN THE PANTHER CREEK AREA -- BASIN. AND ONE OF THE FAULTS HAS MORE THAN 300 FEET DISPLACEMENT.

TESTS IN A CAVE OCCURRED WITHIN THE CAMP BULLIS UNIT OF THE GLEN ROSE LIMESTONE.

THE ONE NOTED BY STONE AS BEING RESISTANT TO WATER LEACHING DOWNWARDS.

THESE SHOWED A VELOCITY FROM 6,900 FEET PER DAY TO 11,600 FE. MOST FAULTS DO NOT FUNCTION AS BARRIERS TO FLOW IN THE EDWARDS AQUIFER BUT ACT AS AVENUES FOR MOVEMENT OF WATER BETWEEN GEOLOGIC UNITS. WE KNOW THIS FROM THE DYE TRACING REFERENCED ABOVE AS WELL AS FROM DIRECT OBSERVATION OF FAULT CONTROL AND THE OC OCCURRENCE OF FLOW. THIS INCLUDE THE SAN PEDRO AND SAN ANTONIO SPRINGS FORMED ALONG MAJOR FAULTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.

OTHER EXAMPLES ARE COMAL SPRINGS, NEW BRAUNFELS, AND ALSO THE FAULT THAT OCCURS AT SAN MARCOS WHERE THERE'S ABOUT 400 FEET OF DISPLACEMENT.

OTHER SPRINGS NEAR OR ON FAULTS IN THE EDWARDS AQUIFER INCLUDE BARTON SPRINGS IN AUSTIN, WACO SPRINGS, COMAL COUNTY, AND BRACKETVILLE AND DEL RIO.

ALL THE REFERENCE FAULTS ALLOW WATER TO FLOW UP OR DOWN.

FOR EXAMPLE, DURING DROUGHTS, SAN PEDRO AND SAN ANTONIO SPRINGS ARE DRY AND WILL ALLOW SURFACE WATER FROM THE OLMOS CREEK BASIN TO CONTAMINATE THE AQUIFER.

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THE WATER CHEMISTRY WAS FORMED FROM DISSOLUTION OF THE LIMESTONE MATRIX.

THE COMPARISON OF TWO WELLS DOES NOT DIFFERENTIATING WATER BETWEEN THE TWO AQUIFERS WAS NOT USED IN THIS SAWS' ANALYSIS. IN ADDITION, LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA LOOKING AT WELL DEPTH AND THE GEOLOGIC UNIT, WELL CASING, ET CETERA WOULD NEED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR.

THE USE OF THE DATA POINTS IS MISLEADING. THE SENSITIVITY OF CONTAMINATION OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER IS ALSO REFLECTED FROM THE IMPACTS FROM THE MULCH FIRE. THE FIRE OCCURRED ON THE DEL RIO QUAY, SUPPOSEDLY AN IMPERVIOUS UNIT ABOVE THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. HOWEVER A FIRE ENTERED THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AND RESULTED IN CONTAMINATION OF NEARBY EDWARDS WELLS.

THIS HAS EXTREME VULNERABILITY TO THE HELOTES CREEK WATERSHED.

FURTHER SOUTH NEAR BRAWN STATION WAS THE SITE OF A MAJOR OUTBREAK IN 1984 FROM THE EDWARDS AQUIFER PUBLIC WATER WELL. APPROXIMATELY 200 PEOPLE BECAME SICK FROM THIS OUTBREAK. IT IS COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH CATTLE WASTE AND WAS MOST LIKELY CAUSED FROM TRANSMITTAL THROUGH THE KARST AQUIFERS. AS IS PARENT, HIGH-DENSITY DEVELOPMENT PLACES AN UNDUE BURDEN ON THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO AND I ASK THAT YOU DENY THE REQUEST FOR THE MUD APPLICATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR JONES: DON LIDNER. WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE CONFIRM CATHLIN FIST IS THE SAME AS KATE. DON LIDNER.

DAVID WARNER. >>

>>

JENNIFER NOTTINGHAM. >> JACK FINGER, FOLLOWED BY OUR FINAL SPEAKER ON THIS TOPIC, RONALD GREENE.

>> WELL, MADAME MAYOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL.

ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. I GUESS THE QUESTION IS DO YOU REALLY WANT TO RISK POLLUTING OUR DRINKING WATER? YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF FACTS FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TODAY.

IN FACT, I'M REALLY AMAZED THIS IS THE ONE ISSUE WHERE THE TREE HUGGERS AND THE CONSERVATIVES ACTUALLY HAVE GOTTEN TOGETHER AND SAY DON'T DO THIS.

YEAH. THEY DON'T WANT OUR WATER BEING POLLUTED.

NOW, THE OTHER PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO TREAT THE WASTEWATER.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO WORRY ABOUT IT. CAN YOU TRUST THAT? HUH? DO YOU REALIZE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? SEWAGE WATER GETS TREATED AND THEN GETS THROWN BACK INTO OUR AQUIFER AND WE THINK WE CAN TRUST THAT WATER? I DON'T THINK SO.

SEE, OTHERS TALKED ABOUT THIS KARST FORMATION, THAT MATERIAL THAT HAS ALL THESE HOLES IN IT. THAT'S THE THING THAT FILTERS OUT THE BAD STUFF.

BUT IF IT GETS CLOGGED WITH SEWAGE, TREATED SEWAGE, EVENTUALLY IT WILL NOT DO ITS JOB. THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE EDWARDS AQUIFER SUCH A GEM.

WE HAVE PURE WATER, FILTERED WATER, AND WE'VE HAD IT FOR GENERATIONS.

AND YOU WANT TO DESTROY IT. DO YOU REALLY WANT TO DESTROY IT? WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION TIME AND TIME AGAIN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES.

AND TIME AND AGAIN IT HAS BEEN A REAL QUESTION MARK. DO WE REALLY WANT TO DESTROY OUR ONE AND ONLY GEM? OUR DRINKING WATER. BECAUSE IF WE DO, YOU THINK OUR WATER BILLS ARE HIGH NOW, JUST THINK OF THE QUESTION MARKS YOU'RE GOING TO BE FACED WITH EVEN HIGHER BILLS FROM SAWS WHEN THE TIME COMES BECAUSE OUR WATER

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PRETTY MUCH COMES DOWN TO THAT. WHY TAKE A CHANCE? WHY TAKE A CHANCE? THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR JONES: RONALD GREENE. >> MADAME MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS RON GREENE. I'M A GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGIST WITH EXPERIENCE ON THE TRINITY AND EDWARDS AQUIFERS.

I WAS A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE RESEARCH TEAM THAT CONDUCTED THE 2020 EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF WASTEWATER FACILITIES, LOCATED IN THE CONTRIBUTING ZONE OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. THE SITE FOR THE EVALUATION WAS THE HELOTES CREEK WATERSHED. THE STUDY CONCLUDED THAT REGARDLESS OF THE TYPE OF FACILITY, THE IMPACT TO WATER RECHARGE TO THE EDWARDS AQUIFER IS DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF MASS LOAD DISCHARGED TO THE ENVIRONMENT, REGARDLESS OF THE WASTEWATER DISPOSAL FACILITY TYPE. TO MY UNDERSTANDING THERE HAVE BEEN IN ADDITIONAL STUDIES CONDUCTED THAT REFUTE THIS FINDING.

I READ THE NINE FACTORS NEGOTIATED BY SAWS TO MITIGATE IMPACT OF THE RELEASE OF WASTEWATER TO THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE PROPOSED PROJECT.

GIVEN THE KARSTIC NATURE OF THE CONTRIBUTING ZONE IN HELOTES CREEK WATERSHED, NONE OF THESE FACTORS WILL MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE TO THE IMPACT THAT EFFLUENT WOULD HAVE ON RECHARGE TO THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. SAWS CLAIMS THAT THE PROJECT WOULD NOT RISK THE SAFETY OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. ITS ARGUMENT IS BASED ON OPINIONS, NOT SCIENCE. SAWS' CLAIMS ARE NOT BACKED BY ANY STUDIES, DATA, INFORMATION, EITHER INFORMAL OR PEER REVIEWED. I PREPARED A TECHNICAL BRIEF THAT REPRESENTS A CLEAR CONSENSUS OF THE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY FROM THE LAST THREE DECADES. I SHARED THIS TECHNICAL BRIEF WITH THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TWO WEEKS AGO. THE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY THAT I CITED INCLUDES THE U.S.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY , THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN, THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, WHICH IS A STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. LOCAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES AND OTHERS.

THEIR POSITIONS ON THE SUBJECT ARE CLEAR AND UNAMBIGUOUS.

ILL ADVISED DEVELOPMENT OVER AREAS WHICH RECHARGE THE EDWARDS AQUIFER WILL DEGRADE WATER QUALITY. THE REMAINING QUESTIONS ARE WHEN WILL THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY BE IMPACTED AND WHEN WILL THIS IMPACT BE IRREVERSIBLE? ONCE ILL-ADVISED DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONTRIBUTING AND RECHARGE ZONES IN NORTHWEST BEXAR COUNTY GOES FORWARD, THE SOURCE AREA FOR THE EDWARDS AQUIFER WILL BE PUT AT RISK THAT COULD OTHERWISE BE AVOIDED. PLEASE MAKE ANY DECISIONS REGARDING DEVELOPMENT ON ACTUAL SCIENCE AND NOT OPINIONS.

THANK YOU.

THE FINAL SPEAKER ON ITEMS 4 AND 5. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO

APPROVE ITEM 4 SO WE MAY BEGIN COUNCIL DISCUSSION? >> VIAGRAN: I MAKE A

MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MAYOR JONES: I'LL ALSO ENTERTAIN A SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 5, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEM AT THE SAME TIME.

>> VIAGRAN: I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MAYOR JONES: THANKS.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. MS. WHITE.

COLLEAGUES, PLEASE SIGN IN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. MY SYSTEM IS BROKEN.

IS IT FROZEN? WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT.

>> MAYOMS. WHITE, THANK YOU FORE PRESENTATION. FOR CLARITY, THE SEVEN -- JUST AS A REMINDER, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER WE TAKE ACTION OR APPROVE/DENY THE MUD, WE STILL WOULD RECEIVE THE TWO DEVELOPMENTAL PROTECTIONS AS

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>> YES. SO ON SLIDE 7 WHERE I LIST OUT THE WATER QUALITY PROTECTION, THE WASTEWATER DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS. SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE NINE THAT WERE NEGOTIATED WITH THE SAWS WATER USA AND THEN THE TEN WITH THE

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THOSE WOULD REMAIN. >> MAYOR JONES: GREAT.

THANK YOU. KEEP UP SLIDE 7. THANK YOU.

BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, AS YOU POINT OUT ON YOUR LAST SLIDE, SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENT PROTECTIONS ARE ONLY AFFORDED TO US IF WE APPROVE THE MUD. THE LIKELIHOOD OF THOSE BEING ENTERTAINED OR EVEN POTENTIALLY REVIEWED, ENTERTAINED BY THE DEVELOPER ARE NOT VERY HIGH.

WHEN THIS GOES TO TCEQ, IT SOUNDS LIKE -- WAS IT ONE THAT HAS BEEN DENIED OVER

THE YEARS? >> YES. BASED ON CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD WITH TCEQ, THEY DENIED -- IN ABOUT 20 YEARS THEY DENIED ONE BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY BASED ON THE APPLICATION ITSELF. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD.

>> MAYOR JONES: GOTCHA. SO ON THIS SLIDE, ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, THE WATER QUALITY PROTECTION, THAT FIRST BULLET AND THE TWO SUBBULLETS, THAT IS

REFLECTIVE IN WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED. >> YES.

THE USA AND THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. >> MAYOR JONES: THE LAST TWO THINGS THEN WOULD BE NEW AS PART OF THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

CORRECT? >> YES. THOSE TWO WERE ADDED AS PART

OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY.

CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND -- SO SAWS' REVIEW OF FINAL SEALED AS-BUILT PLANS, IS THAT COMPARABLE TO WHAT IS COVERED IN THE WATER QUALITY

PROTECTION PLANS THAT WE WOULD ALREADY RECEIVE? >> SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING OR NEGOTIATING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WE DID SHARE IT WITH SAWS.

SO THAT'S IN ADDITION TO. IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE PLANS TO THE ACTUAL PLANT.

THEY ADDED THAT AS A CONDITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

SO IT'S IN ADDITION TO THE NINE. >> MAYOR JONES: I UNDERSTAND IT'S AN ADDITION. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE MATERIAL

ADDITION AS A RESULT OF WHAT IS ALREADY IN SAWS' PLAN. >> IT'S ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE PLANS THEMSELVES. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE INSPECTING -- THE ABILITY TO INSPECT THE WASTEWATER PLANT AT THEIR DISCRETION, UPON REASONABLE NOTICE TO THE DEVELOPER. THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE NINE AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL

TEN. >> MAYOR JONES: >> SEGOVIA: MAYOR, IF I MAY MAKE A CLARIFICATION. YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHAT ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT LENNAR HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SIGN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT .

>> MAYOR JONES: UNDERSTOOD. >> SEGOVIA: WE'RE

ESSENTIALLY TALKING CONCEPTUAL. >> MAYOR JONES: UNDERSTOOD BUT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT SO I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING ASKED THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE ALREADY GET. UNDERSTOOD.

BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T SIGNED IT NOW, DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY MIGHT NOT SIGN IT IN THE FUTURE. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR THAT.

THAT'S WHY I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ADDITIONALLY WOULD WE GET THAT IS ONLY

AVAILABLE CURRENTLY. >> YES. THOSE TWO ARE THE ADDITIONAL

ONES. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. ON SLIDE 9, HELP ME UNDERSTAND -- SO THAT LAST POINT THERE. SAWS' ABILITY TO INSPECT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST PART OF POINT 3 ON

SLIDE 9? >> THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR SAWS.

WE ADDED THE BULLET ABOVE THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ITSELF.

WHILE THIS, I BELIEVE, HAS TO DO WITH THEIR BACKFLOW AND THE ACTUAL SYSTEM.

>> MAYOR JONES: GOT IT. THANK YOU. AND APPRECIATE THE -- AS WE ARE TRYING TO BALANCE, CERTAINLY THE WATER PROTECTIONS BUT ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT PROTECTIONS. IN THE ORIGINAL, THERE'S ONLY TWO DEVELOPMENT PROTECTIONS. THE MUD COMES WITH SEVERAL MORE DEVELOPMENT PROTECTIONS. AND THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING EXAMPLES OF WHAT THOSE PROTECTIONS WOULD MEAN IN THE INSTANCE THAT WE MAY POTENTIALLY NEED TO ANNEX THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE. WHICH I KNOW IS A CONCERN OF MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, GIVEN SOME OF THE TERRIBLE STORIES ACROSS THE STATE WHERE THEY ANNEXED A PIECE OF PROPERTY, WHICH WAS -- LET'S JUST SAY LESS THAN DESIRABLE.

CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPMENT PROTECTIONS HERE THAT WOULD ONLY COME ABOUT WITH APPROVING THIS MUD. HOW WOULD YOU COMPARE THOSE

TO DEVELOPMENT PROTECTIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE? >> MAY I ASK WHICH SLIDE

YOU'RE REFERRING TO? >> MAYOR JONES: SLIDE 7. THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THINGS THAT WE ONLY GET IF WE APPROVE THE MUD. HOW IMPORTANT ARE THOSE? WHAT MORE DO THEY ADD IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT PROTECTION ON TOP OF THE TWO

DEVELOPMENT PROVISIONS THAT WE ALREADY RECEIVE? >> IT'S MORE OR LESS AN ADDED LAYER OF PROTECTION. SO RIGHT NOW, AS I MENTIONED IN MY LAST SLIDE, THE ONES

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AND THEN THE FIRST BULLET UNDER DEVELOPMENT. SO THE ADDITIONAL KIND OF LAYER, SO TO SPEAK, WOULD BE THE SECOND TO UNDER WATER QUALITY PROTECTION, LOOKING AT THE PLANS, AND ALSO THE ABILITY OF PLANS TO LOOK AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SITE ITSELF. PLANT ITSELF BUT ALSO UNDER "DEVELOPMENT" WOULD BE THE ADDITIONAL ANNEXATION AND ADDITIONAL THINGS LIKE THAT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE

REFERRING TO? >> MAYOR JONES: NO. I WAS TRYING TO BETTER HELP QUANTIFY -- JOHN, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP HERE AND POTENTIALLY EXPLAIN HOW THE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROTECTIONS -- TALK ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL PROTECTION THAT THEY OFFER OVER THE TWO THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT NOW. I MEAN, WHEN WE HAD OUR DISCUSSION, I THINK AS YOU HAVE ALSO SHARED WITH MY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGES, POTENTIALLY, WITH ABSORBING A MUD IN THE FUTURE.

AND WHAT THIS AFFORDS US THAT THE CURRENT PROTECTIONS WOULD NOT.

>> YES, MAYOR. I THINK I WOULD HIGHLIGHT THAT WITH ANY FUTURE ANNEXATION OF THIS PROPERTY, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WOULD ENSURE WE WOULD NOT INCUR THE DEBT OF THE MUD. THERE WOULD EITHER BE A PAYOFF OF THAT DEBT OR A STRUCTURE IN WHICH THAT COMMUNITY WOULD CONTINUE THAT DEBT.

>> MAYOR JONES: IN THE FUTURE, IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROTECTION, WE COULD

HAVE TO TAKE SOMETHING ON THAT HAS DEBT? >> IF THERE WERE A FUTURE ANNEXATION, IT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY. THIS IS JUST A PROTECTION

THAT WE COULD PUT IN PLACE NOW. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT ANNEXATION IS A LITTLE TRICKY. TYPICALLY IT HAS TO BE ADJACENT TO THE MUNICIPALITY. IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE THIS AREA IS NOT ADJACENT, BECAUSE IN THE FUTURE -- WE DON'T WANT TO BIND A FUTURE COUNCIL.

BUT IF A FUTURE COUNCIL WANTS TO ANNEX, AS YOU MENTIONED MAYOR, MAKING SURE THE DEVELOPMENT IS DONE IN A CERTAIN WAY. YES, AS JOHN IS SAYING, IT ALLOWS US TO ANNEX THROUGH VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION. SO THAT MEANS 3,000 PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD NEED THEIR SIGNATURES. THEY HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO THAT. BUT ALSO THE CAP. IF WE DO ANNEX, IF THE DISTRICT DOES HAVE DEBT, WE CAN, AS I MENTIONED, HAVE A POST-ANNEXATION SURCHARGE.

SO WITH ANNEXATION, WE JUST HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THE LAWS THEY CAN CHANGE.

SO WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANNEX IN THE FUTURE. BUT THIS ALLOWS US OR THE

FUTURE COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. >> MAYOR, I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE THIRD-PARTY CONSERVATION EASEMENT. LENNAR HAS COMMITTED TO KEEPING A PIECE OF LAND AS A GREEN AREA. SO THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WOULD PUT IN PLACE THAT A THIRD PARTY WOULD HOLD A CONSERVATION EASEMENT FOR THAT PIECE OF THE PROPERTY SO THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME THIRD PARTY WHO COULD MAKE SURE THAT LENNAR KEEPS THAT GREEN AND FOLLOWS THAT CONSERVATION AROUND THAT PIECE OF LAND. THAT'S ANOTHER PROTECTION PIECE AS WELL.

I THINK WE COVERED THE ANNEXATION ONE. >> MAYOR JONES:

THE FIRST BULLET. >> SO BECAUSE THE AREA IS IN THE ETJ, THERE'S SOME APPLICABLE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. AS I MENTIONED, THE TREE ORDINANCE. I ALSO MENTIONED THAT SOME WOULD GO AWAY.

SO ONES THAT WOULD GO AWAY WOULD BE THOSE RELATED TO LIKE THE INCREASED ROAD ACCESS BUT ALSO THE MILITARY PROTECTION, LIGHTING, AND SOUND.

>> MAYOR JONES: THOSE GO AWAY IF THE MUD IS APPROVED? >> THOSE GO AWAY IF THE

DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WOULD NOT BE APPROVED. >> MAYOR JONES: NO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE ARE OPENING OURSELVES UP TO?

>> YES. SO IF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WERE NOT IN PLACE OR WOULD NOT BE APPROVED -- SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE AREA ITSELF IS IN FIVE MILES OF A MILITARY INSTALLATION. HOWEVER, IT'S NOT WITHIN OUR DESIGNATED ETJ MPA, MILITARY PROTECTION AREA. SO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT INCLUDES LANGUAGE THAT HAS THE DEVELOPER COMPLAINING WITH LIGHTING AND SOUND. IF THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT IS NOT APPROVED, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THOSE STANDARDS .

THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL THING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT INCLUDES.

>> MAYOR JONES: I KNOW I'M ASKING YOU TO DO SOMETHING -- PART OF IT, TO YOUR POINT, IS ASKING WHAT A FUTURE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER. BUT TO THE EXTENT WE CAN ACTUALLY HELP A FUTURE COUNCIL AND POTENTIALLY HELP OURSELVES OF THE SIX DEVELOPMENTAL PROTECTIONS THAT WE WOULD BE ADDING THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, COMBINED WITH THE TWO THAT WE ALREADY GET. HOW IMPORTANT, IF WE WERE TO TAKE THIS ON, HOW IMPORTANT ARE THE SIX THAT WE WOULD BE ADDING VERSUS THE TWO THAT

WE'RE GETTING? >> I BELIEVE, MAYOR, THAT REALLY WOULD BE A POLICY QUESTION. IN TALKING TO COUNCIL, EACH OF YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES AND SO I KNOW CONSERVATION IS IMPORTANT. SO IF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS NOT APPROVED, THEN THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT BEING HELD BY A THIRD PARTY WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED. THEN ALSO THE ABILITY FOR SAWS TO LOOK AT THE

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SO THE NINE PLUS THE TEN THAT ARE INCLUDED, YES, WILL LOOK AT WATER QUALITY PROTECTION. IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT THE WATER QUALITY PROTECTION PLUS THE ADDITIONAL TERM THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

>> MAYOR JONES: AND THEN ONE OF MY FINAL QUESTIONS HERE.

THE DEVELOPMENT PROTECTION THAT COMES ONLY IF WE APPROVE THE MUD IS APPROPRIATE INGRESS AND EGRESS TO THE DEVELOPMENT. INCREASED ROAD ACCESS POINTS. IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT AS PART OF THIS, WHAT DOES THAT

DEVELOPMENT ULTIMATELY LOOK LIKE? >> THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AS I MENTIONED THE SITE IS IN THE ETJ SO IT DOES FOLLOW SOME APPLICABLE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, INCLUDING CONNECTIVITY. BUT GIVEN THE ACCESS, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL POINT THAT WAS ADDED IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

SO IT LOOKS AT INCREASED ROAD NETWORK ACCESS POINTS. SO AS THE SITE IS DEVELOPED, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND GO THROUGH DSD IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THE MVP.

THAT'S IN ADDITION. >> MAYOR JONES: THE FACT THAT THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT, REALLY IT'S UP TO WHAT THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO DO.

THE SHORT OF IT IS THESE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ALLOW FOR CITY REGULATIONS IN THIS AREA, IF I CAPTURED CORRECTLY WHAT JOHN EXPLAINED LAST TIME.

>> YES, IT'S AN ADDED LAYER OF PROTECTION. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT RUNS WITH THE LAND. IF IT IS APPROVED, IT IS FILED WITH THE COUNTY.

>> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILWOMAN ALDERETE GAVITO.

>> GAVITO: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL THE SPEAKERS WHO MADE TIME AGAIN AND AGAIN TO BE HERE TODAY.

YOU KNOW, RIGHT WHEN I FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THIS ISSUE, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT WATER IS PERSONAL. WE THINK ABOUT IT EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN WE FILL UP OUR KIDS' WATER BOTTLES FOR SCHOOL. AND SO I UNDERSTAND WHY Y'ALL ARE ORGANIZED AROUND THIS FIGHT. I UNDERSTAND WHY Y'ALL WANT TO CONTINUE FIGHTING. I UNDERSTAND Y'ALL'S PASSION.

WHEN THIS AGAIN WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, WE DUG RIGHT IN.

WE SENT THAT MEMO TO SAWS AND THE GREATER EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY.

COUNCILWOMAN MEZA AND I CO-SIGNED THAT CCR. WE WENT OUT TO VISIT.

WE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS AND MEETINGS ABOUT THIS. THIS TODAY IS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE. SO I STAND WITH Y'ALL TODAY AND I WILL BE VOTING NO.

THANKS. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES:

COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THE CULTURE OF THE ETJ IS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT HERE.

AND BASED ON RECENT REPORT, THERE'S NO SINGLE CONSOLIDATED NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITY DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN FORMALLY DISAPPROVED IN THE ENTIRE SOUTH TEXAS REGION. AS THESE PROPOSALS ARE GENERALLY HANDLED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BY LOCAL CITY CITY COUNCILS OR THE TCEQ, TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. I THINK WHAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY IS WHILE HELOTES IS ONLY 30 MINUTES AWAY, FOR ME REPRESENTING THE SOUTH AND THE SOUTHEAST SIDE, THIS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY CULTURE AND PRIORITIES. AND IT WAS OBVIOUSLY DEMONSTRATED TODAY THROUGH THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS THAT THERE IS A LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH THIS COUNCIL, WHO THIS COUNCIL IS, AND THE REST OF SAN ANTONIO AND WHAT THEY REPRESENT. SO I'M GOING TO HAVE DONOVAN COME UP, BECAUSE THERE WERE THINGS SAID ABOUT SAWS THAT I DIDN'T APPRECIATE.

SO I WANT DONOVAN TO COME OUT AND TALK SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF WHERE SAWS STANDS AND WHAT THEY'RE COMPELLED BY STATE TO ENGAGE IN WITH THIS DEVELOPER.

>> YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. FOR THE RECORD, I'M DONOVAN BURTON WITH SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM. SAWS TAKES NO POSITION ON THE CREATION OF THE MUD DISTRICT. THEY ARE DECISIONS MUCH BEYOND THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SIDE. THAT'S A DIFFERENT DECISION.

OUR FOCUS IS MAKING SURE AND AGREEING WITH EVERYBODY WHO HAS SPOKEN THAT THE QUALITY OF THE WATER IN THE EDWARDS AQUIFER IS OUR PRINCIPAL THING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS BETTER. [APPLAUSE] SO THAT IS OUR FOCUS.

AND SO YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT FROM VARIOUS LENSES. I THINK ONE THING THAT'S BEEN REALLY DISCOUNTED IS WHAT THOSE CONDITIONS THAT THE MAYOR AND OTHERS WERE TALKING ABOUT. THOSE CONDITIONS ARE SOME OF THE MOST STRINGENT IN THE STATE AND ALMOST TO DRINKING WATER STANDARDS. SAFE FOR HUMAN CONTACT.

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>> VIAGRAN: AND I WANT TO DISTINGUISH THIS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, AND MANY OF YOU HERE KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TERM RECHARGE AND THAT THIS IS A CONTRIBUTING ZONE, CORRECT?

>> THIS IS A CONTRIBUTING ZONE, SO THE WATER THAT WOULD COLLECT IN THE AREA, LIKE HELOTES CREEK AND OTHER TRIBUTARIES, THEY WOULD COLLECT IN THAT AREA AND

FLOW OVER THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. >> VIAGRAN: THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO BE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE TAKEN EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING NO DEVELOPMENT IN THE ACTUAL RECHARGE ZONE IN SOME OF THE PORTIONS OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. AND WE HAVE THAT.

OWNING THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, BASICALLY, IN SOME AREAS.

SO I THINK THERE'S MORE DIALOGUE AND EFFORTS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES, THE COUNTY, AND THE STATE THAT HAVE TO BE CREATED WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MUDS.

THANK YOU, DONOVAN. YOU CAN SIT DOWN. I'M GOING TO TAKE THE NEXT PORTION OF MY TIME TO REALLY, BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE SPEAKERS IS PFAS IS A PROBLEM NATIONWIDE AND STATEWIDE. AND WE HAVE THAT PROBLEM, AS THE RIVER AND EVERYTHING FLOWS SOUTH, THAT IS MY CREEKWAYS, MY PORTION OF THE RIVER OF THE SOUTH PART OF SAN ANTONIO. SO WHEN WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IS NOT JUST SPECIFIC TO THIS AREA, THAT IT IS SPECIFIC TO THE ENTIRE CITY AND THE ENTIRE ZONE. AND THE OTHER IS THAT WE SERIOUSLY DO HAVE TO CONSIDER THE TOILET TO TAP FUTURE THAT OTHER NATIONS AND PARTS OF THIS STATE ARE USING. DIRECT POTABLE RESOURCE USE IS ALREADY USED IN EL PASO, BIG SPRINGS, WICHITA FALLS. EL PASO IS LOOKING AT THAT.

THAT'S WHY , AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS TODAY, ONE IS THIS IS HELOTES.

IT'S NOT SAN ANTONIO BUT THIS DEVELOPER CAME TO SAN ANTONIO TO TRY AND GET THIS AGREEMENT. I AM NOT GOING TO APPROVE IT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT IS WHAT WE IN SAN ANTONIO NEED TO PRIORITIZE. [APPLAUSE] BUT I DO WANT THE PASSION THAT YOU BROUGHT TODAY, I WANT THAT IN THE FUTURE, AS WE TALK IN SAN ANTONIO. BECAUSE OTHER MUDS WILL COME.

OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WILL COME. I WILL CONTINUE TO SIT HERE FROM THE DAIS AND SAY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WASTEWATER WE NEED TO TALK DIRECT POTABLE REUSE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE TREATING THE WATER AND PFAS, WE NEED TO TALK AT THE STATE LEVEL OF WHAT SORT OF REQUIREMENTS ARE COMING DOWN. [APPLAUSE] SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSION. I HOPE THAT THE ENTHUSIASM YOU HAVE TO GET INVOLVED WITH US NOW CONTINUES INTO THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR WATER AND TO MOVE FORWARD. AND I DO, AGAIN, WANT TO BE CONFIDENT IN THAT WE JUST HAD OUR MEETING WITH SAWS AND WE ARE, AS A CITY COUNCIL THAT RUNS THE PUBLIC UTILITY, WORKING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE DOING WHAT IS NECESSARY. AND WE ALL NEED TO GET ON BOARD WITH WHAT THAT SCRIPT IS AS WE GO UP TO THE STATE AND WE GO UP TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ASKING FOR HELP TO PROTECT OUR WATER SYSTEM. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILWOMAN SPEARS. >> SPEARS: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS OFF OF WHAT THE MAYOR WAS ASKING. SO

MUCH? >>

OUR ETJ IF WE PASS THAT ANNEXATION AGREEMENT? >> NO.

NO. THE DISTRICT IS WITHIN OUR ETJ.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR ETJ. >> SPEARS: OKAY.

SO THEN YOU SAID -- OR MAYBE IT WAS JOHN -- SAID THE DEBT WOULD BE ABSORBED BY THE

COMMUNITY. >> I CAN EXPLAIN THAT. BASICALLY, WHAT HAPPENS WITH A MUD, IF THE MUNICIPALITY CHOOSES TO ANNEX THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT, IF THERE IS OUTSTANDING DEBT, THEN THE MUNICIPALITY WOULD TAKE ON THAT DEBT.

UNLIKE A PID. SO ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS WATER CODE, THE MUNICIPALITY

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DISTRICT IN THE FUTURE. >> SPEARS: ONLY IF THEY VOTE TO ANNEX IT.

>> ONLY IF THEY ANNEX. >> SPEARS: OKAY. SO, I MEAN, I SAID THIS BEFORE. I'M PRO PROPERTY RIGHTS AND PRO DEVELOPMENT BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE ABOUT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR REGION THAT WILL CAUSE US TO ALL THRIVE. BUT DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO BE FAIR TO HOMEOWNERS AND SMART FOR OUR TAXPAYERS AND VERY MUCH PROTECTIVE OF OUR WATER. I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BECAUSE MY DISTRICT AND DISTRICT 9 SITS OVER THE EDWARDS RECHARGE ZONE AND I APPRECIATE THE SAM FAMILY.

I DID SEE YOUR HEADWATERS. I APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING WHAT THE KARST FEATURES ARE, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS EXPLAINING THAT.

[APPLAUSE] WE TOO HAVE VERY LITTLE SOIL ON TOP AND IT'S A HUGE THING. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF KARST FEATURES AND WE'RE VERY PROTECTIVE OF THEM IN SAN ANTONIO AND IN MY DISTRICT. SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND GROUNDWATER IS PROVING TO BE MORE AND MORE IMPACTFUL AND IMPORTANT TO OUR AQUIFER OVERALL.

THANK YOU. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALSO NOTE THERE IS STILL A PENDING APPEAL BEFORE THE TCEQ, WHICH IS UNDER REVIEW. AND WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT BEFORE WE TAKE ANY SORT OF ACTION HERE. THAT WATER IS DEFINITELY OUR MOST PRECIOUS THING WE CAN EVER PROTECT. AND BUT SHIFTING GEARS TOWARDS THE FINANCING STRUCTURE OF THIS. THE FACT REMAINS THAT THIS CREATES A SEPARATE GOVERNMENT WITH ITS OWN PERMANENT TAX RATE.

IT IS TAXING FUTURE HOMEOWNERS WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT AND THEIR INPUT.

AND IT'S MANAGED BY A BOARD THAT IS NOT US. IT'S NOT ELECTED.

IT'S A BOARD OF THE DEVELOPERS, INITIALLY. THEY CAN ISSUE DEBT AND ISSUE BONDS AND IT CAN BE A BURDEN ON TAXPAYERS FOR DECADES, WHETHER THEY VOTE TO ANNEX OR NOT. AND I THINK THAT FUTURE HOMEOWNERS DESERVE CERTAINTY. THEY DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR AND HOW LONG THEY'LL PAY. AND I DON'T THINK A MUD PROVIDES THAT CLARITY.

IT'S NOT PROJECT-SPECIFIC. IT IS NOT FINITE AND IT DOES NOT END ONCE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS PAID OFF. I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY AND CONTROL TO THINK THAT WE WOULD GAIN ANYTHING IN DEVELOPING THIS MUD AT THE CITY. FOR THESE REASONS, I AM GOING TO BE AGAINST BOTH 4 AND 5.

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

THANK YOU, BRIDGETT, FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR GIVING YOUR COMMENT. MY POSITION REMAINS THE SAME DURING THE LAST B SESSION.

I HAVE A NUMBER OF CONCERNS, PRIMARILY WITH THE MUD STRUCTURE.

WHAT WE KNOW AND AS MY COLLEAGUE AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A TAXING ENTITY THAT HAS A REPRESENTATION BY UNELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER HAS IDENTIFIED THAT MUDS IS A LARGE GROWING SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT TOTALING OVER $12.7 BILLION BEING DIVERTED FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH NO ELECTED REPRESENTATION DETERMINING WHERE THOSE DOLLARS, HOW THEY GET ALLOCATED, AND HOW THEY COULD IMPACT THE OVERALL STATE. AGAIN, THESE ARE DOLLARS THAT CAN OTHERWISE BE GOING TOWARDS PUBLIC SAFETY, EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH, SO ON AND SO FORTH. FURTHER, AS FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED IN THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE KNOW THIS IS A THREAT TO OUR WATER QUALITY. AS FOLKS HAVE ALSO MENTIONED, WE CANNOT MAKE MORE WATER. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FOREVER CHEMICALS, THE IMPACT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO THE OVERALL HEALTH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT TODAY.

YESTERDAY, WE HAD A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION AROUND SAWS, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE IMPACT OF GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND HOW THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR OVERALL WATER QUALITY. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE HIGH DENSITY OVER OUR RECHARGE ZONE. THIS WILL IMPACT OUR WATER QUALITY. LASTLY, WHAT WE KNOW IS IN TERMS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS LOCATION, IT DOES NOT HAVE THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT SUCH A LARGE AND HIGH AMOUNT OF DENSITY IN THIS AREA. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP INTO CONSIDERATION THE EGRESS, SO ON AND SO FORTH TO MAKE SURE FOLKS CAN SAFELY COMMUTE IN AND OUT OF THIS AREA. WITH THAT, I WILL BE OPPOSING THIS MUD BECAUSE OF THE TAXING STRUCTURE AND THE IMPACT TO OUR WATER QUALITY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILMAN

MUNGIA. >> MUNGIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I WANT TO TELL EVERYONE THANK YOU AGAIN. Y'ALL HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC.

I KNOW IT'S A LONG DRIVE FOR MANY OF YOU TO BE HERE. YOU HAVE BEEN VERY ORGANIZED. YOU REACHED OUT TO ALL OUR OFFICES, WHICH I KNOW ISN'T EASY. YOU HAVE COME UP HERE TO SPEAK BEFORE.

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BUT IT SHOWS YOUR DEDICATION. I WAS ABLE TO BE OUT THERE WITH Y'ALL AND SEE FIRSTHAND. I THINK WHAT WAS SO SPECIAL IS A LOT OF THE LONG STANDING HERITAGE SO MANY OF YOU HAVE WITH THE LAND YOU LIVE ON. SO MANY OF YOU IT'S A MULTIGENERATIONAL PROPERTY AND YOU HAVE WELLS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DRINKING WATER OUT OF.

IT'S VERY PERSONAL AND IMPORTANT TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES.

I HAVE TO SAY NOTHING BRINGS PEOPLE OUT LIKE WATER. WE HAD MANY, MANY YEARS AGO THE APPLE WHITE RESERVOIR WAS A HUGE ISSUE. PGA WAS A HUGE WATER ISSUE.

MANY, MANY YEARS AGO PEOPLE CAME OUT. VISTA RIDGE, ANOTHER HUGE WATER ISSUE . PEOPLE CAME OUT. AND SO THIS IS OF COURSE, IT HASN'T CHANGED ANYTHING. MY CONCERNS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY. I JUST DO NOT THINK THAT THAT BELONGS THERE AND THAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE OF THAT FOR 30 YEARS PLUS. LONG AFTER WE'RE ALL OUT OF HERE IN OFFICE. ESPECIALLY WITH THE WEATHER BEING WHAT IT IS, FREEZES, CHANGES IN TOPOGRAPHY, I JUST DON'T HAVE FAITH IN THAT.

AND MY DISTRICT, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS WITH WATER BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD POLLUTION WITH KELLY AIR FORCE BASE AND A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE QUINTANA NEIGHBORHOOD HAD WELLS THEY USED AND THOSE WELLS BECAME POLLUTED.

AND GROUNDWATER BECAME TOXIC. AND THERE ARE SO MANY EXAMPLES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OF PEOPLE DYING FROM CANCER.

AND SO WE ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT. MY RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN RIGHT THERE WITH Y'ALL, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE MILES AWAY, THEY HAVE CONSTANTLY COME UP TO ME AND SAID, COUNCILMAN, PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT THAT PROJECT.

SO THEY KNOW HOW MUCH IT MATTERS FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I KNOW THAT THE BATTLE IS GOING TO CONTINUE WITH TCEQ. AND THIS IS NOT THE LAST OF IT BUT I HOPE TODAY, WITH OUR VOTES THAT WE'LL BE MAKING, IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD STORY TO TELL OF PEOPLE WHO CAME, WHO ORGANIZED, WHO SHOWED SOME GREAT EXAMPLES AND ULTIMATELY CONVINCED CITY COUNCIL TO DENY THIS REQUEST. I THINK THAT IS A REALLY POSITIVE, GREAT STORY TO TELL. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M PROUD TODAY TO VOTE AGAINST THIS ITEM.

I WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST. LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN

CONTINUE TO HELP YOU. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES:

COUNCILWOMAN MEZA GONZALEZ. >> GONZALEZ: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT WAS HERE TODAY THAT WAS HERE IN THE LAST B SESSION.

I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS. JUST TO BE VERY CLEAR, I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THE MUD TODAY. [APPLAUSE] AND ITEM 5 AS WELL. I WANTED TO JUST GET CLARIFICATION FOR ITEM 4 AND 5. IF IT'S A NO TO 4, WOULD IT LOGICALLY EXTEND TO ITEM 5

AS WELL? >> SEGOVIA: COUNCILWOMAN, YES.

IT'S STRUCTURED SO THAT ONE DEPENDS ON THE OTHER. BUT THEY'RE SEPARATE ITEMS

SO IT WOULD BE TWO VOTES. >> GONZALEZ: OKAY. SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WE KNOW THAT OUR CITY IS GROWING. I SEE IT FIRSTHAND, JUST GETTING ON 1604 IN MY DISTRICT IN THE KYLE SEAL AREA, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. THEY ARE SEEING THAT GROWTH THEY HAVE FRONT ROW TO THAT GROWTH, ACTUALLY. I JUST AGAIN APPRECIATE EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT. THANK YOU FOR THE T-SHIRT. YOU KNOW MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS EXPECTED AND WE'VE BEEN GIVEN THE AQUIFER AS OUR WATER RESOURC. AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO PROTECT IT AT ALL COST. SO WE'RE DOING THAT HERE TODAY.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING OUR CCR.

THE COUNCILWOMAN AND MY CCR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING NO.

THANK YOU.

WHYTE. >> WHYTE: THANKS, MAYOR. I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT AND REALLY FOR ALL THE ORGANIZATION AND THE EDUCATION THAT I KNOW FOR ME, FOR SURE I WENT THROUGH OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.

THIS ONE IS REALLY RELATIVELY EASY FOR ME. I AM A PRO LAND RIGHTS GUY.

I BELIEVE IN DEVELOPMENT, IF DONE RESPONSIBLY. AND USUALLY IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR OWN LAND, YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH IT. THE EXCEPTION, OF COURSE, COMES WHEN IT COULD HURT OTHER PEOPLE. AND HERE WE HAVE A SITUATION, AS WE REALLY TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY, WATER IS A VERY, VERY

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[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILMAN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ.

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK EVERYTHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE SAID HAS BEEN SAID. SO I WANT TO CONVEY TO YOU ALL, I WAS A NO ON THIS FROM THE JUMP AND I HAVE NOT BEEN MOVED.

COORDINATION. I AM A BIG FAN OF ORGANIZING AND LOOKING AT YOU ALL AND HOW YOU HAVE MAINTAINED THIS ENERGY FOR ALL OF THIS TIME IS REALLY INSPIRING AND I WILL BE CONTINUING TO DO SO FOR ALL OF THE POSITIVE EFFORTS.

AND I'LL BE VOTING NO. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN KAUR. >> KAUR: JUST ECHOING THE COMMENTS I MADE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. VOTING NO.

GO GET THEM AT TCEQ. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILMAN

GALVAN. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN ACTIVE ON THIS ISSUE FOR BEING HERE TODAY, FOR TALKING TO MY OFFICE. ALL THE RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 6 WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME AS WELL TO REMIND US ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT VOTE TODAY.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MORE TO SAY OTHER THAN I'LL BE VOTING NO ON BOTH.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: THERE BEING NO DISCUSSION, IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED -- EXCUSE ME.

THERE BEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE ITEM 4.

WE'LL VOTE ON THESE SEPARATELY. ITEM 4.

PLEASE VOTE.

FAILS. THERE BEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION -- SECONDED TO APPROVE ITEM 5. PLEASE VOTE.

THE MOTION FAILS. [APPLAUSE] THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.087. PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.072. AND LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ALL PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071.

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>> ITEM NUMBER 6 IS A RESOLUTION PROVIDING SPECIFIC BARS AN EXTENSION OF ADDITIONAL TIME TO FEBRUARY 1, 2027, TO COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 11 CITY CODE RETROFIT REQUIREMENTS TO INSTALL AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM.

>> JONES: THIS ITEM WAS ADDED TO TODAY'S AGENDA AS A RESULT OF A SPECIAL MEETING MEMO FROM COUNCILMEMBERS KAUR, RODRIGUEZ, AND CASTILLO.

STAFF HAS A PRESENTATION. GO AHEAD WITH THE PRESENTATION.

THANKS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL --

>> I CALL TO QUESTION ON THE -- >> DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A

MOTION NOW. >> LET'S MOVE TO POSTPONE TO FEBRUARY 12TH.

>> JONES: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO MOVE THE PRESENTATION OF THIS ITEM TO FEBRUARY 12TH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OR OPPOSED? MOTION IS POSTPONED UNTIL FEBRUARY 12TH THE TIME IS NOW 12:47 P.M., ON FEBRUARY 5TH, 2026, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH ATTORNEY'S PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 51 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY, AND LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, ALL PURSUANT TO 551.071. THE TIME IS NOW 2:37 P.M. SAN ANTONIO WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION. THE TIME IS NOW 2:37 P.M. AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.