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          >> MAYOR JONES: GOOD MORNING. THE TIME IS 9:02 A.M., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH AND THE MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER KAUR IS NOT HERE, HOWEVER HER ENVAC KA TENURE I SEE BEFORE US. 
          PLEASE STEP TO THE MIKE MIC AND WE WELCOME YOUR REMARKS. [CHANTING] 
          >> HOMAGE TO THE BLESSED ONE, THE FULLY ENLIGHTENED ONE. 
          GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. WITH REFERENCE AND MINDFUL PRESENCE WE BEGIN THIS GATHERING WITH THE PRACTICE OF META, THE SANSKRIT WORD FOR LOVING KINDNESS. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MOMENT AS PRECIOUS, BORN OF MANY CAUSES AND CONDITIONS AND WE PAUSE TO SET OUR INTENTION AS TAUGHT BY THE BUDA, MAY WE ESTABLISH OUR MINDS AND CLARITY AND NON-HARM SO WHATEVER ARISES HERE MAY BE GUIDED BY WISDOM RATHER THAN IMPULSE AND COMPASSION RATHER THAN SELF-INTEREST. 
          MY LOVING KINDNESS FLOW THROUGH THIS ASSEMBLY, MAY IT TEND TO ALL WHO SIT IN THIS CHAMBER AND TO ALL WHOM OUR DECISIONS WILL TOUCH, SEEN AND UNSEEN, PRESENT AND ABSENT, NEAR AND FAR. WITH ALL BEINGS BE SAFE, MAY ALL BEINGS BE SAFE FROM FEAR AND HOSTILITY AND MAY ALL BEINGS BE HELD WITH DIGNITY AND PEAS. 
          AS WE TAKE UP THE RESPONSIBILITIES BEFORE US MAY WE REMEMBER THE TRUTH OF INTERDEPENDENCE, THAT NO DECISION EXISTS IN ISOLATION AND NO LIFE STANDS APART FROM ANOTHER. WHAT WE CHOOSE HERE RIPPLES OUTWARD, SHAPING LIVES, FAMILIES, NEIGHBORHOODS AND GENERATIONS TO COME. MAY OUR SPEECH BE TIMELY, SPOKEN WITH A GENTLE HEART. MAY OUR LISTENING BE DEEP AND UNGUARDED. 
          MAY OUR MINDS ARE STEADY, FREE FROM ILL WILL, SO THAT WE ARE NOT DRIVEN BY NARROW VIEWS, FIXED IDENTITIES OR THE NEED TO PREVAIL, BUT GUIDED BY WHAT IS GENUINELY -- BUT GUIDED BY WHAT IS GENUINELY ALLEVIATES SUFFERING. 
          IN MOMENTS OF DISAGREEMENT, MAY WE PRACTICE PATIENCE AND EFFORTS. 
          IN MOMENTS OF DIFFICULTY MAY WE RECALL OUR SHARED PURPOSE, WHICH IS TO CERTAIN, TO PROTECT AND TO UPLIFT THE WELL-BEING OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. 
          MAY WE HELD DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES WITHOUT CONTEMPT AND REMEMBER THAT UNDERSTANDING GROWS WHEN HUMILITY IS PRESENT. MAY EXHAUSTION GUIDE OUR 
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CONCERN DO THE VULNERABLE, THE MARGINALIZED AND THOSE WHOSE BURDENS ARE HEAVY. 
          MAY WISDOM GUIDE US TO CONSIDER LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES AND NOT MERELY IMMEDIATE GAINS. MAY ETHICAL CONDUCT GUIDE US TO ACT IN WAYS THAT BUILD TRUST, FAIRNESS AND HARMONY. AS THE BUDDAH TAUGHT, MAY OUR CARE BE BOUNDLESS WITHOUT EXCLUSION, WITHOUT RESENTMENT AND WITHOUT DIVISION. 
          MAY WE CULTIVATE MINDS THAT WISH NO HARM, HARBOR NO HATRED AND CLING TO NO RIGID SENSE OF US AND THEM. WITH THIS ASPIRATION MAY THE WORK UNDERTAKEN HERE TODAY CONTRIBUTE TO PEACE RATHER THAN CONFLICT, HEALING RATHER THAN HARM AND UNITY RATHER THAN SEPARATION. MAY OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS BE A CAUSE FOR WELL-BEING IN THE CITY NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE. WITH GRATITUDE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND WITH HEARTS GROUNDED IN MINDLESSNESS AND LOVING KINDNESS, MAY YOU ALL BE HAPPY, HEALTHY AND MAY YOUR MIND BE AT EASE. 
          THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU FOR THAT BLESSING. 
          PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: ITEM 3 IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OF JANUARY 28TH AND 29TH, 2026. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR EDITS TO THE MINUTES? OKAY. HEARING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF 
          THE MINUTES. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          >> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY. 
          THE MOTION CARRIES. THERE BEING NO POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, WE'LL 
          [CONSENT AGENDA
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MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO TAKING UP THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS SO THAT WE MAY CLEAR THE BUSINESS OF THE DAY? OKAY. HEARING NONE, ITEMS 5 THROUGH 21 ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS MEANS THEY WILL BE CONSIDERED AS A GROUP AND THERE WILL NOT BE A STAFF PREPARATION UNLESS PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION CONSIDERATION. THE ITEMS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO HEAR INDIVIDUALLY? CALM WHITE? COUNCILMAN WHYTE? NOTHING? OKAY, THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. JACK FINGER, YOU HAVE THREE 
          MINUTES. >> WELL, MAYOR GINA JONES, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACK FINGER AND I WISH TO BRING A FEW ITEMS FORWARD FOR YOUR ATTENTION ON THE AGENDA. 
          ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH PROBABLY WILL JUST SAIL THROUGH [INDISCERNIBLE] AND SANTA CLAUS' SLEIGH. YOU HAVE ITEMS 12 THROUGH 21 AND I MUST -- 22, 21. 
          I MUST ADMIT THIS IS QUITE A JACKPOT FOR THOSE OF US WHO CONSIDER AFFORDABLE HOUSING JUST REALLY WELFARE HOUSING. I MEAN, YOU HAVE ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PART OF THE CITY IS -- YOU LOOK AT THIS AND ONE OF THE ITEMS MAY FIT YOURS, BUT MOSTLY IT FALLS IN DISTRICT 1, DISTRICT 3, DISTRICT 7, DISTRICT 6, DISTRICT 4. 
          AND THE IDEA IS THAT WE -- YOU AS A CITY COUNCIL ARE GOING TO BE GIVING YOUR APPROVAL TO HOUSING THAT IS GOING TO HOUSE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO USE OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY TO PAY THEIR RENT IN THESE AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS AND SO FORTH 
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HERE. MY GOODNESS. I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT AREAS OF TOWN? WELL, ON BASSE ROAD, TRAVIS STREET. 
          OH, GOODNESS, ZARZAMORA, ELLISON DRIVE, HIGHWAY 16 AND GILLETT BOULEVARD. 
          CULEBRA ROAD. ARCADIA CREEK, CAMINO REAL, AND JUST ABOVE DOWNTOWN, ASHBY STREET. SO WHY DO WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING IN THIS DIRECTION. 
          WHY CAN'T WE JUST REQUIRE PEOPLE TO PAY THEIR OWN WAY INSTEAD OF HAVING US, THE TAXPAYERS PAY IT FOR THEM? DO YOU REALIZE THAT THIS EVENTUALLY CATCHES UP WITH THE REST OF US AND WE WON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE REST OF OUR BUDGET. 
          IT AFFECTS US ALL THE WAY THROUGH THERE. YEAH, LET'S SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY -- WELL, AS I CALL IT, COURAGE TO BRING THIS UP AND HAVE A WORTHY DISCUSSION ON WHAT WE'RE REALLY SHELLING OUT HERE. THANK YOU. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: THAT WAS THE FINAL SPEAKER ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> I MAKE A MOTION TO 
          APPROVE. >> MAYOR JONES: ARE THERE ANY HIGHLIGHTS OR QUESTIONS 
          ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN? >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. IT'S THAT KIND OF YEAR, RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR HOUSING PROJECTS. AS YOU'VE HEARD I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT OUR HOUSING TEAM HAVE DONE. VERONICA AND IAN AND THE WHOLE TEAM'S WATCHING YOU'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD, THAT THE STATE DOES STATEWIDE AND REGIONALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE WHAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS INVESTED IN. THIS IS SENIORS, THIS IS SINGLE MOTHERS, THIS IS JUST AFFORDABILITY AND WORKFORCE. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THIS TO THE NEXT STEP AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. 
          THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER MUNGIA. 
          >> MUNGIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE IN MY DISTRICT, 14, 15 AND 16.  I THINK THESE ARE GOING TO BE SOME GREAT PROJECTS IF THEY END UP GETTING APPROVED BY THE STATE. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR WORK AND ALL THE EFFORTS THAT GO INTO THIS. I WANT TO THANK JULIE AND THE JULIAN WHICH I THINK 
          WILL BE FANTASTIC PROJECTS ON ZARZAMORA. >> MAYOR JONES: 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT NUMBER 8 FOR THE REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE WESTSIDE TIRZ. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. ALWAYS GRATEFUL TO HAVE THESE INDIVIDUALS CONTINUE TO MOVE SAN ANTONIO'S WESTSIDE FORWARD. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCIL MEMBER GAVITO. >> GAVITO: GOOD MORNING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO ITEMS. I WANT TO FIRST START WITH ITEM 20, WHICH IS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE FRIO GRAND SENIOR HOUSING TAX CREDIT APPLICATION. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 21, WHICH IS ALSO A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR WOODLAWN PINES SENIOR HOUSING TAX CREDIT APPLICATION. THE PLAN FOR BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS IS TO REHABILITATE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY THAT SERVE OLDER YOU ADULTS. 
          THE NUMBER OF ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 60 IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE BETWEEN THE YEARS 2015 AND 2050. SO IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE INVEST IN HOUSING THAT SERVES THIS GROWING POPULATION NOW. THESE PROJECTS WILL ALSO HELP ADVANCE OUR SHIP GOALS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRESERVATION. 
          I'VE SAID MULTIPLE TIMES THAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN MAINTAINING AND UPGRADING HOUSING STOCK THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. WE OFTEN HEAR TOO OFTEN FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT SUBSIDIZED HOUSING THAT'S NEGLECTED AND DILAPIDATED, WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE, SO WE NEED TO BE INVESTING AND WE'RE ALSO INVESTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN NEW HOUSING STOCK, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT HOUSING STOCK WE HAVE. THE FRIO BEND PROJECT HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THE NEARBY THUNDERBIRD HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND WOODLAWN HILLS HAS THE SUPPORT OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          THE APPLICANT REACHED OUT TO MY OFFICE TO CLEARLY OUTLINE THEIR GOALS AND THEY AWAITED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, SO I WANT TO EXPRESS MY FULL SUPPORT FOR THESE PROJECTS AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THESE APPLICATIONS WILL BE AWARDED. THANK YOU TO THE CITY TEAM THAT HELPED FACILITATE THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL AND THEY HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KAUR. >> KAUR: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
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I WANTED TO THANK THE BUDDHIST TEMPLE FOLKS FOR COMING OUT AND SPEAKING. 
          I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THE INVITATION TODAY. I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ITEMS NUMBER 12 AND 13, WHICH ARE THE LIHTC RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT. I KNOW MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE HIGHLIGHTED A FEW OF THEM. WE HAVE NONE IN DISTRICT 1, ROBERT E LEE AND ANOTHER ONE THAT'S A REHAB PROGRAM ON THE NORTHWEST PART OF OUR DISTRICT. WE'RE THANK OF THE THAT FOLKS ARE HERE FROM THE DEVELOPING TEAMS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT LIHTC AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN 
          DISTRICT 1. THANKS, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: ARE THERE ANY OTHER HIGHLIGHTS? OKAY, GREAT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK VERONICA AND THE HOUSING TEAM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK FOR THIS. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IN THE AGRICULTURE. >> GRAT THIS IS GOING TO BE 805 UNITS. THANK YOU FOR THE DILIGENT WORK HERE. 
          OF THE 10 PROJECTS, TWO WILL INCLUDE PRE-K ON SITE. ONE OF THEM WE KNOW WILL ALSO SUPPORT SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE WHEN WE LOOK AT FOSTER YOUTH AND OUR HOMELESS YOUTH. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS HERE:  I ALSO APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK RELATED TO THE SPECIAL HOUSING SUPPLY AS A RESULT OF THE TASK FORCE THAT I SET UP THAT I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER MUNGIA IS SHEPHERDING THROUGH HIS COMMUNITY. THIS IS IMPORTANT, WHY DO WE DO THIS? I LIKE THE WAY ERIK COOPER, CEO OF THE FOOD BANK CHARACTERIZES IT, IS RENT EATS FIRST. RENT EATS FIRST. SO AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO TO HELP MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE STABLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE'LL BE A STRONGER COMMUNITY FOR IT. SO MY THANKS AGAIN TO THE TEAM FOR THE HARD WORK THAT GOT US HERE. THERE BEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE VOTE. 
          THE MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE INDIVIDUAL ITEM, ITEM 4. 
          [4. 
A Resolution supporting evaluation of strategies to protect all San Antonians. [Erik Walsh, City Manager]]
ITEM 4, THIS IS REALLY A FOLLOW-ON DISCUSSION. AS MANY OF YOU RECALL, MANY OF YOU LOOK VERY FAMILIAR, YOU WERE WITH US AT THE SPECIAL SESSION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING IN EARNEST AS A RESULT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD. WE HEARD IN THE TIME BETWEEN THEN AND NOW. 
          SO THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE UNDERWAY THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED, AND THAT ARE STILL UNDERREVIEW. IN THE SAME IN PARALLEL THERE WAS A RESOLUTION, MEMO RATHER, THAT WAS PUT FORWARD BY SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT ALSO CAPTURES SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS AND THAT WILL BE THE RESOLUTION THAT WE WILL DISCUSS TODAY. 
          MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ THE CAPTION. >> ITEM NUMBER 4 IS A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING EVALUATION OF STRATEGIES TO PROTECT ALL SAN ANTONIANS. 
          >> OVERTO YOU, LIZ. >> MAYOR, LET ME REITERATE WHAT YOU ALREADY SAID. 
          TO THE STAFF WAS ON TRACK TO PROVIDE COUNCIL THE FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION FROM THE SESSION WE HAD IN HERE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS 2, 4, 5 AND 6 SUBMITTED THE MEMO THAT YOU REFERENCED, MAYOR. SO TIMELY WE'VE COMBINED THAT FOLLOW-UP AND THE ITEMS THAT WERE LISTED IN THE MEMO IN THE PRESENTATION THAT LIZ WILL WALK YOU THROUGH. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ITEMS FROM THE RESOLUTION MEMO -- I'M SORRY, THE FOUR-SIGNATURE MEMO WHERE LIZ WILL INDICATE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECTION AND CONVERSATION FROM THE COUNCIL. YOU'LL SEE IN THE PRESENTATION JUST TO DIG DOWN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID, INTO FOUR DISTINCT CATEGORIES. I THINK IT WAS HELPFUL FOR US AS WE DISCUSSED IT INTERNALLY, AS WE DISCUSSED WITH THE MAYOR TO LAY THEM OUT INTO ACTIONS THAT WE HAVE DONE, ACTIONS THAT WE PROPOSE TO DO, ACTIONS THAT WE DO NOT RECOMMEND GIVEN THE LEGAL RISK, AND THEN ACTIONS THAT WE NEED TO EVALUATE. 
          AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT. SOME OF THE TIMING OF SOME OF THOSE COULD BE ON DIFFERENT TRACKS, BUT LOOKING FOR SOME COUNCIL FEEDBACK ON HOW WE DO THAT. SO OVER TO YOU, LIZ. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, ERIK. ELIZABETH, FIRST ASSISTANT ATTORNEY IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY AND TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOW-UP AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE 
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HAVE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SOLUTION THAT IS YOUR COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM TODAY. 
          SO MOVING ON TO THE HIGHLIGHT OVERVIEW THAT ERIK REFERRED TO IS WE'VE TAKEN THE ITEMS FOR FEEDBACK FROM YOUR JANUARY 22ND DISCUSSION AND THE SPECIFIC REQUEST THAT CAME TO STAFF TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE AND REPORT BACK ON IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MEMO THAT WAS FILED LAST WEEK THAT LED TO THIS ITEM GETTING ON THE AGENDA AND THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY. SO AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE ORGANIZED THE INFORMATION IN IS DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT ACTION WAS AND THE COMPLEXITY OF IT IN TERMS OF RISK ANALYSIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ACTUAL PRACTICALITY WILL SORT OF DETERMINE THE TIMELINE UPON WHICH WE CAN ACT FOR FOLLOW-UP FOR YOU. 
          SO AS ERIK MENTIONED, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE CATEGORIES THAT WE HEARD IN THE FOLLOW-UP REQUEST FROM JANUARY 22ND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MEMO RESOLUTION ITEMS ON ACTIONS THAT WE HAVE DONE, THOSE THAT WE PROPOSED TO DO, THOSE THAT WE DON'T RECOMMEND IN LIGHT OF THE LEGAL RISK, AND ACTIONS THAT WILL REQUIRE FURTHER EVALUATION. SO AS WE GET INTO THE ACTIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE OR THAT ARE UNDERWAY, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CITY'S CURRENT WORK. SO PART OF WHAT WE HEARD IN DISCUSSIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MEMO ON TODAY'S RESOLUTION ITEM WAS HOW CAN THERE BE REFERRALS AND HOW CAN THERE BE RESOURCES FOR THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING, ESPECIALLY FOR LEGAL GUIDANCE OR LEGAL RESOURCES. SO ONE OF THE PIECES THAT WE WANTED TO POINT OUT FOR PURPOSES OF THAT IT IS IF YOU GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE YOU WILL SEE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS WHICH THE CITY HAS HAD FOR SOME TIME AND THERE IS A COMMUNITY RESOURCES TILE. AND WHEN YOU CLICK ON THAT TILE THERE WILL UNFOLD A LIST OF RESOURCES THAT RELATE TO LEGAL, THAT RELATE TO CONSULATE, THAT RELATE TO EDUCATIONAL, THAT RELATE TO HEALTH SERVICES FOR THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO BE ABLE TO FIND THIRD-PARTY SUPPORT IN THOSE AREAS. 
          SO THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AS A RESOURCE. 
          MOVING ON TO THE SUGGESTION RECOMMENDATION, REQUEST FOR TRAINING FOR CITY STAFF, SPECIFIC TO WHEN WE HAVE ICE POTENTIALLY AT A CITY FACILITY AND ENSURING THAT OUR EMPLOYEES KNOW WHAT TO DO IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE TRAINING FOR THAT. 
          SO WE HAD EARLY ON GUIDANCE THAT WAS GIVEN TO STAFF AT THE BEGINNING OF 2025 AND WE HAVE REUPED THAT GUIDANCE AND WE HAVE ALSO BEGUN CONDUCTING IN-PERSON TRAININGS SO THAT THEY CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AND HEAR DIRECTLY FROM LEGAL AND HR ON WHAT TO DO IN HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS. AND THAT SERIES, THAT TRAINING IS FOLDING OUT IN A SERIES OF MEETINGS OF EMPLOYEES AND SUPERVISORS OF PUBLIC-FACING FACILITIES, SO THAT WILL REMAIN AN ONGOING PROJECT FOR US. 
          WITH REGARD TO DISCUSSION ABOUT KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, AND HERE BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE KNOW YOUR RIGHT RESOURCES BY THIRD-PARTIES THAT ARE CITY FUNDED, THAT OF COURSE IS LISTED IN WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND WHAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ONGOING EFFORT. GOING ON TO ITEM 4, WHICH WAS ABOUT THE RESOLUTION ITEM THAT WAS REQUESTED IS THE ECONOMIC REPORT ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND IMPACT OF MIGRANTS IN SAN ANTONIO AND IN BEXAR COUNTY. WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE DO HAVE A REPORT THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER OF 2025. 
          IT'S ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. AND IT'S CALLED THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF IMMIGRANTS REPORT THAT WE HAD FUNDED THROUGH A GRANT WITH THE AMERICAN IMMIGRANT COUNCIL. SO YOU WILL SEE THAT REPORT WITH INFORMATION THAT CULTURES WHAT WAS INCLUDED AND WHAT THE CITY HAD UPLOADED IN THAT 
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DECEMBER 2025 REPORT. MOVING ON TO WHAT WE HAVE HEARD THE REQUEST RECOMMENDATIONS, FOLLOW-UP FROM US ON IN TERMS OF WHAT WE PROPOSE TO DO, THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST FOR US TO GATHER AND TO THE EXTENT MAKE AVAILABLE ICE ACTIVITY INFORMATION. PART OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD WITH YOU OVER TIME HAS BEEN THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE IS REGIONAL INFORMATION AND IT'S WHAT ICE PROVIDES. SO WE CERTAINLY CAN LINK THAT INFORMATION SO IT'S EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO FIND, BUT FOR PURPOSES OF BEING ABLE TO EXPAND IT BEYOND THAT, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO AUGMENT THE INFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE ACTIVITY, IT'S TRULY JUST REPORTING WHAT IS REPORTED OUT BY ICE. 
          MOVING ON TO ITEM 6, AND THIS WAS VOICED IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS, WHICH WAS HOW MIGHT THERE BE COMMUNITY REPORTING OR INTAKE OR LOGGING OF ALLEGED RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, AS A RESULT OF ICE ACTIVITY. 
          AND SO WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE THIRD-PARTIES THAT HAVE BEGUN SOME OF THIS WORK IN 2025. WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO CREATE AN INTAKE FORM OF SORTS IF THE CITY WANTED TO BE A REPOSITORY OF INFORMATION OF JUST TAKING THOSE REPORTS. THE DIFFICULTY IS IT WOULD PURELY BE INTAKE AND THEN MAKING THAT INFORMATION THAT IS JUST UPLOADED TO US OR REPORTED WITH US THAN PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. THERE'S NOT A MECHANISM FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACT ON THAT SO WE JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S EXPECTATIONS ARE IN LINE IF THAT IS IN FACT SOMETHING YOU WANT US TO PROCEED IN DOING WHICH IS TO CREATE THIS INTAKE PROCESS AND COMPILE WHAT INFORMATION IS GIVEN TO THE CITY OR REPORTED TO THE CITY. MOVING ON TO ITEM 7, THIS IS SPECIFIC TO REQUESTS THAT ARE MADE BY THE FEDS, SPECIFICALLY ICE, OF SAPD AND THE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. WE HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSION WITH YOU ABOUT THE LIMITATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPOSED UPON THAT BASED ON SOME GRANT CONDITIONS THAT ARE STILL IN FLUX FOR US, AND SO THE LIMITATIONS ON THAT COULD SORT OF EVOLVE OVER TIME AND SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT US TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE. MOVING ON TO THE CATEGORY OF WHAT WE DO NOT RECOMMEND IN LIGHT OF THE LEGAL RISK, SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE LEGAL PATHWAYS THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, AND I'LL DISCUSS KIND OF EIGHT AND NINE IN CONJUNCTION BECAUSE THEY'RE RELATED. AS A RECOURSE OF THOSE WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS, WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT IN LIGHT OF THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RISK, YOU KNOW GENERALLY I'M REFERRING TO OUR SB4 REQUIREMENTS UNDER STATE LAW IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME OF OUR GROUP CERTIFICATIONS AND HOW THOSE MAY BE CONSTRUED. SO GENERALLY SPEAKING WHEN WE SAY IT'S HIGH RISK, IT'S BECAUSE PROVIDING KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING AND A SIMILAR REQUEST THAT WAS MADE WAS AUSTIN OFFICERS HAVE IN THEIR GENERAL MANUAL AN INSTRUCTION THAT THEY'RE TOLD TO GIVE BEFORE THEY ASK WHETHER SOMEBODY'S STATUS IS LAWFUL IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE RECOMMEND INCORPORATING OR CAPTURING. AND AGAIN, BASED ON THE SAME CONJUNCTION OF CONSTRAINTS THAT WE'RE FACED WITH IN SB4 AND GRANT CERTIFICATIONS AND INSTEAD WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING THAT WE CONTINUE TO PURSUE THE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS INFORMATION THROUGH THIRD-PARTIES AND THAT WAY IT MAKES SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DELVING INTO AN AREA THAT'S OF HIGH RISK FOR US. 
          WE'VE ALSO HEARD THE REQUEST ABOUT A COUNCIL POLICY POTENTIALLY THAT WOULD 
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PRECLUDE MASKS BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE ARE MONITORING LITIGATION. THERE WAS A CALIFORNIA STATE LAW THAT WAS PASSED TO THIS EFFECT. IT'S CURRENTLY ON HOLD. IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE PREEMPTED. WE UNDERSTAND AND YOU ALL ARE MONITORING EQUALLY STATES AND JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE TRYING DIFFERENT FORMULATIONS OF WHAT MIGHT BE DONE. WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT TO BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK ON THOSE EFFORTS, BUT AT THIS POINT NOT SOMETHING THAT WE RECOMMEND DOING. MOVING IN TO EVALUATION AND PROPOSALS FOR US TO EVALUATE, IN THAT CATEGORY THE PROPOSAL THAT THERE BE A JUSTICE FUND THAT'S SIMILAR TO ACTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN IN THE PAST WITH REGARD TO JUST FUND ACTIVITY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE FURTHER EVALUATED THAT WOULD SUPPORT NON-PROFITS POTENTIALLY THAT ARE PROVIDING THE SUPPORT TO THOSE WITH LEGAL STATUS, AND YOU KNOW, THAT MAY BE -- HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME SORT OF CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION OR THAT SORT OF THING AS A RESULT OF THAT ICE ACTIVITY. THAT'S WITHIN THE REALM OF THINGS THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO EVALUATE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ONES THAT ARE RELATED TO DETENTION FACILITIES SO YOU SEE THAT FIRST ARISE IN ITEM 13. WE CAN CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME OF THE OTHER REQUESTS ON DETENTION FACILITIES AND SORT OF HOW WE MAY OPPOSE THROUGH LAND USE. AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT FEDERAL DETENTION FACILITIES LIKE THE ONE WE'RE CURRENTLY FACED WITH, BUT THOSE THAT ARE POTENTIALLY FOR-PROFIT AND WOULD BE FORWARD LOOKING, SO IN THE FUTURE. NUMBER 14, WITH REGARD TO COUNCIL POLICY AND WHETHER WE ENTER INTO CONTRACTS OR OTHER THINGS WITH ENTITIES THAT ARE PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ICE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THOSE REQUESTS THAT ARE PART OF THE RESOLUTION THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AND WE WILL REPORT BACK ON THOSE IF THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT US TO CONSIDER AS WE CONTINUE TO STUDY THESE. AGAIN, YOU SEE THAT APPEAR IN THE RESOLUTION ITEM WHICH WE HAVE HERE AS NUMBER 15 CONNECTED TO FACILITY ACTIVITIES IN 16, AND THAT IS AGAIN BECAUSE WE HAVE VERY SPECIFIC TYPE OF RULES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW FOR PURPOSES OF HOW WE AFFECT AND CHANGE OUR LAND USE RULES, THE PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION COULD THEN START THE PATH FORWARD FOR US TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THAT AND DO THE NECESSARY FACT FINDING TO POTENTIAL AFFECT THOSE RULES. WITH REGARD TO NUMBER 17, THE DISCUSSION OF WHAT HE'D LIKE TO SEE AS PART OF OUR FEDERAL AGENDA AND WHAT IS PART OF OUR PRIORITY AND HOW WE ARTICULATE THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION WITH YOU ALL TO TEASE OUT WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES ARE AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN EVALUATING. MOVING ON TO 18, WHEN WE DO HEAR FROM YOU TODAY AS PART OF THIS DISCUSSION, UNDERSTANDING WHAT PUBLIC SIGNAGE WOULD BE AND WHAT IS THE PROPOSAL WHEN WE DRAW A LITTLE BIT MORPHINELY TUNED TO THAT. WE WEREN'T QUITE SURE WHEN WE SAW THAT AS PART OF THE REQUEST IN THE MEMO WHAT THAT MIGHT SAY OR WHAT SPECIFICALLY WHAT SIGNAGE MAY BE ENVISIONED BY THAT SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT OUR RESPONSE TO YOU AND OUR EVALUATION. SO THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO HEAR BACK FROM YOU ON. IN TERMS OF THE SPECIFICITY IN MIND THERE OR IF THERE'S EXAMPLES YOU'VE SEEN IN OTHER PLACES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EXPLORE. 
          MOVING ON TO 19, THAT'S AN AREA WHERE WE ALSO HAVE A QUESTION WITH REGARD TO TRAINING. WE DO HAVE SOME PLACE TRAINING FOR THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO REACT AND RESPOND PROPERLY AND HELP FACILITATE IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE -- WHEN I SAY FACILITATE, I MEAN IN AN ORDERLY WAY THAT THERE BE AN UNDERSTANDING OF 
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WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE IF WE HAVE ANY FEDERAL OFFICIALS THAT SHOW UP ON CITY PROPERTY, SPECIFICALLY ICE, BUT SEPARATE AND APART FROM THAT, WEREN'T QUITE SURE WHAT THE THOUGHT WAS OR WHAT THE SPECIFICITY OF THE TRAINING FOR CITY STAFF ON RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO THE PREVENTION OF ARM. 
          SO IF WE COULD HEAR MORE FROM YOU ON THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT MIGHT BE, WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND MOVING TO OUR NEXT SLIDE AND CONTINUING WITH THE ITEMS OUTLINED MEMO AND THE SUBJECT OF THE RESOLUTION, WE'VE GOT TOPICS THAT RELATE TO VENDOR ACCOUNTABILITY, NON-CONTRACTING POLICIES AND PROCUREMENT STANDARDS AND VALUE-BASED CRITERIA, WHICH WE BELIEVE RELATED TO AN EARLIER ITEM IN THE REQUEST FOR FOLLOW-UP, BUT HAS MORE SPECIFICITY TO IT. SO THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT WE COULD COME BACK AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTS THAT WE COULD AFFECT, SOME STATUTORILY, SUCH AS LOW BID, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO AFFECT THOSE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AS THEY ARE SET OUT BY STATUTE, SO WHAT MIGHT BE IN THAT BUCKET OF THINGS THAT WE COULD AND HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PRIORITIES WITHIN THAT AS YOU CONTINUE TO EVALUATE OPTIONS. 
          WE'VE GOT INSURANCE, LIABILITY AND RISK EXPOSURE, WHICH FALLS INTO SORT OF THE PROCUREMENT BUCKET THAT WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING. WITH REGARD TO ITEM 24 AND USE OF CITY RESOURCES, THIS IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO HEAR MORE SPECIFICITY FROM YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT -- WHAT THAT PARTICULAR REQUEST IS REFERRING TO SO THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU. AND THEN THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION AND LEGAL SAFEGUARDS, THAT SEEMS TO BE ONE WHERE THAT IS BAKED INTO THE EVALUATION AS A MATTER OF COURSE BECAUSE WE'RE NECESSARILY PROVIDING THAT SORT OF LEGAL EVALUATION AS PART AND PARCEL OF SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THAT'S THE INTENT BEHIND THAT REQUEST. 
          AND LASTLY, THE MEMO CALLING FOR THE RESOLUTION ALSO ASKS TO EVALUATE OPPORTUNITIES ON HOLDING FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE. 
          AND JUST FOR PURPOSES OF THE EVALUATION IS JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT WITHIN THE DOMAIN THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION AND NOT ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BE SORT OF PREEMPTED OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T DO AS A RESULT OF IT NOT BEING WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION. 
          SO LASTLY, WHAT THE INTENT OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION IS FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM YOU ON THE DIRECTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOUR ACTION ON THE RESOLUTION, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY SORT OF RESTATING. AND WE HAVE A GREAT APPRECIATION FOR YOUR APPROACH IN TERMS OF YOU ALL UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS WITHIN THE CONFINES OF US WORKING WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF FEDERAL AND STATE LAW THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN AND OUR OWN RULES, AND WE WANTED TO RELAY, BECAUSE WE KNOW -- AT LEAST OUR SENSE IS FROM BOTH THE DISCUSSION ON THE 22ND AND IN THE RESOLUTION, YOU KNOW, HOW COULD THE CITY BE MOST IMPACTFUL. WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT THERE'S NO MISMEANT EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PREVENT IMMIGRANT ENFORCEMENT IN SAN ANTONIO. SO WE WANT TO REITERATE THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN. WE KNOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THOSE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CALIBRATE THE PUBLIC'S EXPECTATIONS AS WELL. AND OUR HOPE IS THAT WITHIN 30 DAYS WE CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATED TIMELINE ON THE SPECIFICITY THAT IS WITHIN THE RESOLUTION AND WITHIN THE ITEMS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO EVALUATE ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTION THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU, AND 
          I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, LIZ. YOU ALLUDED TO A GRANT. AND JUST FOR EVERYONE'S EDIFICATION, IF YOU COULD PLEASE ELABORATE ON WHAT THAT IS. 
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BECAUSE OF COURSE, THAT IS CONTINGENT ON THIS BODY'S DESIRE, WILLINGNESS TO APPLY FOR THAT AND THEN POTENTIALLY ACCEPT THOSE GRANT FUNDS. 
          BUT YOU ALLUDED TO IT, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING. SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE ELABORATE. 
          >> MAYOR, I'LL TAKE THAT ONE. SO AS WE'VE SEEN OVER THE COURSE OF 2025, FEDERAL GRANT INSURANCE IS REALLY FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE RECEIVE HAVE CHANGED. AND SO IN PARTICULAR THERE ARE UPCOMING GRANTS THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE STATE AND OTHER CITIES. 
          SOME OF THE FEDERAL GRANT ASSURANCE THAT LIZ IS REFERRING TO SEEMS TO BE ON HOLD AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL IN TERMS OF DEADLINES. 
          AND SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK THROUGH WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE, AND NONE HAVE BEEN FINAL. AND I THINK THERE'S ONE GRANT IN PARTICULAR THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH, BUT AS I SIT HERE TODAY, I DON'T HAVE ... BEFORE THE DEADLINES GET ESTABLISHED. AND PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP YOU ALL INFORMED BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE GRANTS NEED TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL SO WE ARE WALKING IN 
          EYES WIDE OPEN AS WE PURSUE THOSE GRANT ACTIVITIES. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. 
          JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE AGENCY THAT THIS BODY STILL HAS WHEN IT COMES TO ACCEPTING THOSE GRANTS, WHICH MAY LIMIT THOSE OPTIONS AS LIZ DESCRIBED. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE SIGNED UP AND THEN WE WILL BRING YOU BACK UP, LIZ. EXCUSE ME, WHAT IS THAT? THERE'S A CLARIFICATION. 
          COUNCILMAN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: WOULD YOU STATE SPECIFICALLY WHAT FEEDBACK YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. YOU MENTIONED THE SIGNAGE PIECE, BUT CAN YOU LAY OUT 
          CLEARLY WHAT DIRECTION YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? >> YES. 
          SO GOING BACK TO PRESUMABLY IF THE RESOLUTION PASSES TODAY, WE WILL CONTINUE THE WORK ON THE EVALUATION THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE RESOLUTION. 
          IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT AND TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE EVALUATING THE PIECES WITH SPECIFICITY WITHIN THAT. SO WE GO TO ITEM 18, WHICH WAS THE SIGNAGE THAT YOU REFERRED TO. IF WE GO TO 19, WHICH TALKS ABOUT THE CITY STAFF TRAINING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT ENTAILS IN LIGHT OF THE -- AGAIN, JUST SORT OF WE HAVE THE ONGOING STAFF TRAINING THAT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY, BUT DOES THIS ENVISION SOMETHING DIFFERENT. IT SOUNDS DIFFERENT BASED ON THE WAY IT'S DESCRIBED. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT REQUEST IS FOR US TO EVALUATE. LOOKING AT ITEM 24, THE USE OF CITY RESOURCES AND SERVICES, JUST SORT OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS WITH REGARD TO THAT CATEGORY. IS IT JUST SORT OF MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE BRING ITEMS TO YOU ALL, SORT OF YOU UNDERSTAND HOW IT FALLS INTO THE BUCKETS OF OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING. JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REQUEST IS THERE. AND THEN WITH REGARD TO 25, WE'RE OPERATING OFF OF THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE -- THOSE ITEMS WILL -- ARE JUST PART AND PARCEL OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALL THE OTHERS IN LIGHT OF THE SORT OF ONGOING EVALUATION FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AS LOOKING AT WAYS OF COORDINATING IF THERE'S OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES INVOLVED. SO NOT IN AND OF ITSELF A SEPARATE THING, BUT WE'RE OPERATING OFF THE ASSUMPTION IT'S SORT OF BAKED INTO THE REQUEST OF ALL THE OTHERS. 
          THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: LIZ, ACTUALLY ONE MORE. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. WHEN YOU ALSO SAY IN CASE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR SOME POTENTIAL FEEDBACK ON 26, EVALUATE OPPORTUNITIES TO HOLD FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS DISTINCT FROM WHAT SAPD IS ALREADY EXPECTED TO DO IF THEY SEE IT THEIR RESPONSIBLE TO REPORT POTENTIALLY ILLEGAL 
          ACTIVITY, CORRECT? >> SO MAYOR, I WOULD -- I'LL JUST REITERATE WHAT YOU SAID IN THAT WE ASSUME THAT THE WORK THERE WOULD BE FOR US TO STAY WITHIN THE 
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          JURISDICTION, WHICH IS WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED. >> MAYOR JONES: SO 25 AND 26, 25, THE INTENT IS THIS IS WHAT WE DO AS A MATTER OF BUSINESS, IT SOUNDS LIKE IN YOUR WORDS, AND 26 IS MORE OF WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING AND WHAT IS ALREADY -- 
          THE EXPECTATION AND IS ALREADY BEING PRACTICED. >> CORRECT. 
          IF THERE'S ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT ASSUMPTION THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF TO LET US 
          KNOW. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. AND I WILL CALL THEM IN THE ORDER THAT THEY SIGNED UP -- ARE WE GOOD? MARIANO [INDISCERNIBLE] 
          AND I'D ASK THAT YOU LINE UP AFTER THE INDIVIDUAL. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS MARIANO, TAXPAYER IN DISTRICT 2. TODAY I'M FORMERLY SUBMITTING AN ADDENDUM FOR THE STRATEGIES TO PROTECT ALL SAN ANTONIANS. THIS IS INTENDED TO ENHANCE THE RESOLUTION BY INCORPORATING CULTURAL COMPONENTS AND REINFORCING THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO WELL-BEING OF EVERY RESIDENT. 
          MAY I READ THE ADDENDUM? >> MAYOR JONES: SURE. >> MR. AUDIO-VISUAL GUY, CAN 
          I PRESENT IT? >> MAYOR JONES: AUDIO-VISUAL SUPPORT? 
          THANK YOU. >> I'M GOING TO READ IT REALLY FAST, I'M SORRY. 
          >> RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT OF STRATEGIES TO PROTECT SAN ANTONIANS, ADDENDUM, [INDISCERNIBLE] WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO EXPRESSING SYMBOLIC HOPE FOR PROTECTION, LOVE AND PEACE FOR ALL WHO CALL THE CITY HOME, INCLUDING CITIZENS, IMMIGRANTS AND VISITORS. WHEREAS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS A DIVERSE, MULTI-CULTURAL COMMUNITY WHOSE HAIR HERITAGE IS SHAPED BY MANY COMMUNITIES AND TRADITIONS. AND WHEREAS HONORING THE VIRGIN MARY HAS EMPHASIZED THEMES OF [INDISCERNIBLE] WHICH CONTINUE TO RESONATE WITH MANY RESIDENTS TODAY. 
          WHERE IT IS THE CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS WITH FESTIVALS, ARTWORK, COMMUNITY GATHERINGS AND HAVE SHARED DIGNITY OF ALL CITY. WHEREAS THE CITY DRAWS FROM THESE TRADITIONS, HOPE, DESIRE PEACE AND CHALLENGES AMONG DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ITS ROLE IS TO RECOGNIZE CULTURAL HERITAGE AS A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH [INDISCERNIBLE] PRINCIPLES AND CEREMONY RESOLUTIONS MAY EXPRESS SHARED VALUES SUCH AS COMMUNITY PROTECTION, HARMONY, MUTUAL RESPECT AND WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL SEEKS TO AFFIRM AND SUPPORT ALL COMMUNITIES WHO STRIVE TO CULTIVATE LOVE, COMPASSION, PEACE WITHIN SAN ANTONIO, CONTRIBUTING TO SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF ALL RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF ORIGIN, STATUS AND BEXAR COUNTY. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXASCAPTION.COM] WITH ASSISTANT RESIDENTS REFLECTING VALUES OF PROTECTION AND PEACE. SECTION 2, THE CITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES ITS HOPE AND INTENTION FOR THE PROTECTION AND INTENTION OF ALL WHO LIVE IN, VISIT SAN ANTONIO, INCLUDING LONG TIME CITIZENS, COMMUNITIES AFFIRMING THE DIGNITY OF EVERY PERSON. SECTION 3, CITY COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGES, RECOMMENDS THE CULTURE OF COMMUNITY GROUPS, [INDISCERNIBLE]. HOSPITALITY AND PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE. 
          MANDATE OR ANY RELIGIOUS PRACTICE, BUT -- >> MAYOR JONES: SIR, THANK YOU. YOU CAN SUBMIT THE REST FOR THE RECORD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS ON THE ADDENDUM AND HAVING THIS ON THE MEETING. I AM EXCITED WITH THE 
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SOLUTIONS THAT WERE PROPOSED TODAY. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU WORK MORE ON IT AND IRON OUT A PLAN SO WE CAN BETTER PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO. AND BETTER PROTECT AND SECURE THEIR RIGHTS. 
          THANK YOU. I YIELD MY TIME TO GINO BLACK. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: LET ME FIND HER. THERE SHE IS. 
          GINIA, ARE YOU HERE ALREADY? >> HAVE A FULL THREE MINUTES. IN CASE IT HELPS ANYONE ELSE, ONCE YOU START YOUR TIME YOU CAN'T CEDE THE REMAINDER OF YOUR TIME UNLESS YOU TELL US AT THE VERY BEGINNING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO THAT. MA'AM, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES WHEN I CALL YOU. RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT PRISCILLA FOLLOWED BY SARAH 
          AND THEN OLIVIA. >> AND SARAH CRUZ HAS GIVEN ME HER TIME. 
          SHE'S HERE IN THE BACK. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. >> MY NAME IS PRISCILLA, I'M A SENIOR POLICY ATTORNEY WITH THE IMMIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER. I WANT TO FIRST THANK THOSE IN CITY COUNCIL WHO PUT FORWARD THIS REQUEST TO HAVE THIS VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SOME WHO ARE HERE TODAY, AND WHO ARE STANDING ALONGSIDE OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS ASKING FOR ALL OF OUR RIGHTS TO BE PROTECTED. SAN ANTONIO HAS SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND HARM TO OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          WITH THE RECENT PURCHASE BY DHS OF THE ICE WAREHOUSE, WE KNOW THAT MEANS MORE UNLAWFUL ARRESTS OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IS MEANS MORE OF THEIR RIGHTS WILL BE VIOLATED. IT ALSO MEANS THAT SAPD WILL BE CALLED ON TO ASSIST IN SOME CAPACITY IN THOSE UNLAWFUL REQUESTS. THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY. TRANSPARENCY FROM OUR LEADERSHIP REGARDING SAPD'S COLLABORATION WITH ICE, TRANSPARENCY REGARDING THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS AGAINST OUR COMMUNITIES AT THE HANDS OF ICE OFFICERS, AND TRANSPARENCY REGARDING THE LEGAL RATIONALE FOR PRE-KING A LAWLESS AGENCY LIKE ICE AND ALLOWING THEM TO CONTINUE TO TARGET OUR SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS WITHOUT ANY ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          COMMUNITIES DESERVE TO KNOW WHY SAPD HONORS ICE'S ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANTS WHICH ARE NOT SUFFICIENT FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL SEARCH. AND LET'S BE CLEAR, SOMETHING IN SB4 REQUIRES COMPLIANCE WITH THE SO-CALLED AARON. 
          IF THERETHE COMMUNITY DESERVES O SEE THAT LEGAL GUIDANCE. I WANT TO SPEAK ON SPECIFICALLY ITEM 10, REGARDING KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING AND PROVIDING KNOW YOUR RIGHTS INFORMATION DURING INTERACTIONS WITH POLICE. 
          LABELING THE DISTRIBUTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS INFORMATION AS HIGH RISK IS SHOCKING. WHAT LAW OR STATUTE SAYS INFORMING COMMUNITY OF THEIR RIGHTS SUCH AS THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT ABOUT IMMIGRATION STATUS IS HIGH RISK. WHERE IN SB4-2017 DOES IT PREVENT THE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS INFORMATION? I MYSELF AM LOOKING AT OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AS THE BASIS FOR PROVIDING KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING AND INFORMATION. 
          I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT LAW THE CITY'S LEGAL TEAM IS LOOKING TO. 
          AS A LEGAL EXPERT, AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, I AM DEEPLY TROUBLED BY THIS ASSESSMENT. AS CITY COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY, WHOSE RIGHTS COULD ALSO BE VIOLATED, YOU SHOULD BE DEEPLY TROUBLED BY THAT ASSESSMENT. ICE WANTS US TO BELIEVE WE ARE POWERFUL.  ICE WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE POWERLESS. THIS IS YET ANOTHER LIE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. YES, CITY COUNCILMEMBER MUST COMPLY WITH -- CITY COUNCIL MUST COMPLY WITH STATE LAWS AND THAT INCLUDES SB4-2017. BUT THAT CONSTITUTIONAL LAW MATTERS. WE ARE SEEKING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THOSE COLLABORATION EFFORTS BECAUSE THIS COLLUSION IS VIOLATING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND PUTTING PEOPLE'S LIVES AT RISK. I PUT FORTH THE FREEDOM CITIES EXAMPLE FROM AUSTIN AS A POTENTIAL OPTION TO PROVIDE THAT TRANSPARENCY. 
          THE FREEDOM CITY RESOLUTION REQUIRED THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DOCUMENT AND REPORT ITS ASSISTANCE TO ICE. ANY COLLABORATION EFFORTS BETWEEN SAPD AND ICE SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. 
          ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING THE LEGAL RATIONALE FOR DEFENDING THE LAWLESS ACTS OF ICE OR DEFENDING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. I'M ASKING THE CITY TO LOOK INTO DIFFERENT WAYS TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ANY TIME SAPD CHOOSES TO COLLUDE WITH ICE. I'M ALSO ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY REGARDING THE LEGAL RATIONALE FOR CONTINUING TO COMPLY WITH ICE BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED. 
          AND MERELY SAYING SB4-2017 OR THE SUPREMELY LAW IS INSUFFICIENT. 
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THANK YOU AGAIN TO THOSE IN CITY COUNCIL WHO ARE LISTENING TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE RECOGNIZE THE SUPPORT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE OF THESE DISCUSSIONS AND SEEING MORE EFFORTS TO PROTECT RESIDENTS AND PROTECT FAMILIES AND KEEP THEM TOGETHER. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: OLIVIA DELLA GARZA. FOLLOWED BY JONAH AND 
          JESSICA. >> MY NAME IS OLIVIA AND I'M HERE. 
          I HAVE A COPY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND RIGHT NOW I'M TRYING TO STUDY LAW TO BECOME A LAWYER. AND WE HAD A FORMER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE BY THE NAME OF RUTH GINSBERG AND SHE WAS PUT ON STAGE IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY AND THE NATION ONE TIME AND HER AND HER COLLEAGUE WERE ASKED, MA'AM AND SIR, DO IMMIGRANTS, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS? AND HER COLLEAGUE SAID NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. IF THEY'RE ILLEGAL, THEY HAVE NO U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. AND UNDER THE 14TH AMENDMENT, RUTH GINSBERG INTERRUPTED AND SAID NO STATE SHALL DEPRIVE ANY PERSON OF LIFE, LIBERTY OR PROPERTY WITHOUT THE PROCESS OF LAWS NOR DENY TO ANY PERSON. AND SHE STRESSED ANY PERSON WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS. AND SHE STATED THAT THAT MEANS THAT WHETHER YOU'RE HERE LEGALLY OR ILLEGALLY, IF YOU ARE IN THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES SOIL, YOU ARE PROTECTED UNDER CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. AND I WANT TO ASK WHY FEDERAL OFFICIALS GO AHEAD AND TRY TO BUY THIS CENTER WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING OR ASKING YOU, MAYOR. 
          YOU RUN THE CITY. AND WE ALSO HAVE A MANAGER THAT RUNS THE CITY. 
          WHY WERE Y'ALL NOT ASKED IF THIS IS OKAY? WHY WERE THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO NOT ASKED WHETHER WE WANT TO FUND A PROFIT PRISON. 
          IT'S NOT ABOUT IMMIGRATION ANYMORE, NOT WHEN THEY'RE DID DETAINING TWO-OLD-MONTH BABIES IN DILLY, TEXAS AND 14-YEAR-OLDS AND DEBRIEFING THEM OF THEIR BASIC CIVIL RIGHTS. SO I WOULD ASK WHY WOULD THEY WANT THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY? WE DON'T. 
          I DON'T WANT THIS IN MY COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IF THEY DIDN'T ASK YOU FIRST. 
          YOU HAVE A LOT OF POWER. YOU RUN OUR CITY. EVERYTHING SHOULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITIZENS. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BEFORE THEM TRYING TO OPEN A PROFIT PRISON. 
          THESE PEOPLE THAT RUN THESE PRISONS, IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY, IT'S NOT ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. NOBODY WANTS PEOPLE THAT COMMIT CRIMES IN OUR COUNTRY, THROW THEM OUT, THAT'S FINE. BUT WHEN YOU'RE DETAINING TWO MONTHS' OLD AND DETAINING FIVE-YEAR-OLDS, THAT'S NOT ABOUT IMMIGRATION ANYMORE. PEOPLE NEED TO WAKE UP, IT'S NOT ABOUT IMMIGRATION ANYMORE. AND THEY STILL HAVE RIGHTS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          FOLLOWED BY JESSICA AND THEN VICTORIA. PLEASE LINE UP. 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON. FIRST I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE AND JUST SAY LOOK WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ORGANIZE. LOOK WHAT WE CAN GET DONE WHEN WE UNITE AND TAKE TO THE STREETS AND LOOK AT THE PRESSURE WE CAN PUT ON THE COUNCIL TO DO SOMETHING. TO THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS MEETING. 
          WILL PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN A MOMENT AGO THEY WERE TOLD A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AND NOT DO AND THINGS THAT WERE HIGH RISK. I WANT TO SAY THAT YOUR COMMUNITY HAS SHOWN THAT IT IS WILLING TO FIGHT FOR THE CITY AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU DO THE SAME. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: JESSICA SOLIS, FOLLOWED BY VICTORIA RAMIREZ AND THEN ISABEL 
          HERRERA. >> THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND EVERYONE HERE WHO HAS TAKEN THE FIRST STEPS TO REALLY MAKING THIS CITY FIGHT BACK TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING ATTACKED IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AS WE'RE SEEING BILLIONS BEING SPENT TOWARDS THIS ICE BUDGET, WE'RE ALSO SEEING OUR ECONOMY CRUMBLE UNDER THIS. WE'RE SEEING EMPTY BUSINESSES, EMPTY RESTAURANTS. YOU SEE WAITERS ARE GOING HOME WITHOUT ANY TIPS BECAUSE THERE ARE NO PATRONS VISITING THEIR RESTAURANT. WE'RE SEEING BUSINESSES CLOSE DOWN. WE'RE SEEING OUR CULTURE CRUMBLE UNDER THIS. 
          I DON'T WANT IF YOU PENITENTIARY TO FIESTA LAST YEAR BUT THAT WAS THE SMALLEST TURNOUT I'VE EVER SEEN BECAUSE WHAT IS THE POINT OF CELEBRATING CULTURE WHEN PEOPLE ARE BEING KIDNAPPED AND PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO GO OUT? STUDENTS AREN'T GOING TO SCHOOL. EYE HEARD OF STUDENT NOT 
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WANTING TO GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID THEIR PARENTS ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN AND THEY WANT TO BE THERE WITH THEM. THEY AREN'T GOING TO WORK BECAUSE THEY KNOW WORKERS ARE BEING TARGETED AT 5:00, SIX A.M. 
          WE'RE SEEING FAMILIES GOING TO STRUGGLE ECONOMICALLY, BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO KEEP STRUGGLING ECONOMICALLY. SO YES, IT DOES AFFECT OUR CITY IN A WAY WHERE CITY COUNCIL DOES NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY FEEL SAFER. 
          AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WHEN WE BUILD AN ICE INHUMANE WAREHOUSE ON OUR EASTSIDE WHO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE PROMISES TO ABOUT HELPING THEM PROSPER. 
          WOULD ANYONE AGREE TO BUILDING A PRISON NEXT TO SCHOOLS AND PARKS? I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING. SO WHY ARE WE OKAY WITH AN ICE WAREHOUSE? AND YES, THEY SAY IT'S GOING TO BE HUMANE, BUT WHERE HAVE WE SEEN THAT ICE HAS A HUMANE DETENTION CAP? YEAH. SO WHY WOULD WE LET THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DO THIS TO OUR COMMUNITY WHEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEVER DO TO OUR COMMUNITY? IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIGHT BACK BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT ITS PEOPLE. THEY WOULDN'T BE HUNTING PEOPLE ON THE STREETS. OUR DPS FORCE WOULDN'T BE USED AS KIDNAP ENFORCERS INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY CARING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. THINGS ARE GOING TO GET WORSE AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR CITIES TO START STANDING UP AND FIGHTING BACK. 
          OTHER CITIES ARE DOING IT. WE SHOULD BE THOSE CITIES TOO BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE CAN KEEP GOING THIS WAY. AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE STANDING UP AT THIS MOMENT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> HAVE BEEN TORE I CAN'T RAMIREZ, FOLLOWED BY ISABEL HERRERA AND THEN RONALD. 
          PLEASE LINE UP. >> HELLO CITY COUNCIL. FIRST I JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND THANK ALL OF THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS THAT BROUGHT THIS MEMO FORWARD. 
          THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF ACTION AND REALLY THE TYPE OF -- REALLY THE TYPE OF ACTION THAT WE NEED, THAT SAN ANTONIANS HAVE BEEN IN THIS ROOM DEMANDING FOR WEEKS. SO THANK YOU FOR ACTUALLY HEARING OUR CALL AND ACTING UPON IT. I WANT TO SPEAK VERY DIRECTLY ABOUT WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE TODAY. OF COURSE WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OF THE CONSTANT ICE TERROR THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY, BUT ICE SECRETLY BOUGHT A WAREHOUSE IN OUR CITY WITH REALLY NOT ANYONE KNOWING IN THIS BODY KNOWING ABOUT THAT. 
          AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO HOW FEDERAL AGENCIES LIKE ICE VIEW SAN ANTONIO. THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT UP WITH. THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL ABSOLUTELY RESIST. SO THEY HAD TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT IN THE SHADOWS TO GO AHEAD AND TRY TO USURP THIS BODY. SO AS WE'RE GOING AHEAD AND WE'RE PUSHING FORWARD, MOVING FORWARD TO GO AHEAD AND RESIST THIS DETENTION CENTER, I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR TO YOU. ICE THINKS THIS IS THEIR CITY AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S NOT THEIR CITY, IT'S OUR COMMITTEE. 
          [SHOUTING]. AND I WANT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE DETENTION CENTER SPECIFICALLY. AS SOMEONE THAT WAS AT THE DILLY DETENTION CENTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO GETTING PEPPER BALLED AND TEAR GASSED WITH MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT WERE SIMPLY ASKING FOR CHILDREN TO BE FREE FROM -- IT'S NOT CALL IT A DETENTION CENTER, LET'S CALL A SAN PEDRO A A SAN PEDRO, IT'S A CONCENTRATION CAMP. WE WANTED TO SEE CHILDREN OUT OF A CONCENTRATION CAMP. 
          AND ICE, THE STATE TROOPERS WERE GRADE ON US BECAUSE WE WANTED -- DEPLOYED ON US BECAUSE WE WANTED CHILDREN FREE. IF A DETENTION CENTER IS ALLOWED TO BE BUILT IN SAN ANTONIO, WHAT YOU'RE ALLOWING IS LITERALLY NOT JUST A CONCENTRATION CAMP TO BE A HOP, SKIP AND JUMP FROM MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD, WHAT DOES THAT SAY HAVING A CONCENTRATION CAMP A HOP, SKIP AWAY FROM MARTIN LUTHER KING, THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD RESIST. BUT YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO LET SAN ANTONIANS BE BRUTALIZED EVERY SINGLE DAY BECAUSE ONE THING I KNOW ABOUT THIS CITY IS I KNOW WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET A CONCENTRATION CAMP HAPPEN IN OUR CITY. 
          HOW DISGUSTING WOULD IT BE? I'M WITH PSL SAN ANTONIO. WE HAVE AN OFFICE ON THE EASTSIDE. EVERY TIME I DRIVE TO THE EASTSIDE I AM MET WITH BEAUTIFUL MURALS DIVERSITY OF OUR CITY AND MLK. BUT WHAT WILL BE NEXT TO IT IS A CONCENTRATION CAMP. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND I COMPLETELY SUPPORT THIS MOTION BECAUSE NO STONE CAN GO UNTURNED SO THAT WAY WE CAN COMBAT THIS, FIGHT IT AND MAKE SURE IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. THANK YOU. 
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          [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: ISABEL HERRERA. 
          RONALD FARNSWORTH. FOLLOWED BY MACKENZIE WINTERS AND NICOLETTE. 
          >> GOOD MORNING. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO OPPOSE THE CONCENTRATION CAMP THAT IS BEING BUILT ON THE EASTSIDE. THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE TERM. 
          A JAIL IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE HELD FOR CHARGES AND A PRISON IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE HELD AFTER THEY'VE BEEN CONVICTED. AND A CONCENTRATION CAMP IS WHERE CERTAIN ETHNICITIES ARE HELD WHO HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH ANYTHING OR BEEN CONVICTED. I WILL NOT ENGAGE IN THE OR WELLIAN WHITEWASH OF CALLING IT A DETENTION CENTER, I WILL BE CALLING IT A CONCENTRATION CAMP. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR HER STRONGLY WORDED LETTER TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY FOR CALLING THIS MEETING. 
          THE REASON FOR OPPOSING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS CONCENTRATION CAMP ARE PRIMARILY MORAL AND HUMANITARIAN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS LOGISTICAL AND FINANCIAL REASONS FOR OPPOSING THIS. I BELIEVE THE CITY IS OVERTLY COWED TO SOME EXTENT BY SB4 AND I THINK IT IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT THE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THIS CITY WAS INITIATED BY CITY EMPLOYEES, THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT. PERHAPS IT IS AGAIN TIME TO ATTEMPT TO DECERTIFY THAT UNION. BUT THE COSTS OF ALLOWING THIS ARE HUGE. 
          IF WE ARE TO TAKE LESSONS FROM PORTLAND AND MINNEAPOLIS, THE BUILDING OF A CONCENTRATION CAMP NEXT TO A SCHOOL NO LESS ARE HUGE. SUCH A FACILITY WOULD INVITE HUGE PROTESTS. THERE ARE MORE UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO THAN IN ALL OF MINNESOTA. 10,000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR ONE OF THE NO KINGS DEMONSTRATIONS. ICE HAS USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST PEACEFUL PROTESTORS IN PORTLAND AND AGAINST A SMALLER GROUP IN DILLEY WHERE I WAS GASSED. 
          THIS IS VERY PROBLEM MATT LICK NEXT TO A SCHOOL. IN MINNESOTA IT'S RESULTED IN SCHOOLS CLOSING, CLASSES NEEDING TO BE HELD BY VIDEO. PROTESTS HERE WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN AN OVERREACTION BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WE WOULD BE FACED WITH THE SAME DISRUPTION, IF NOT WORSE, THAN MINNEAPOLIS HAS FACED. 
          THERE WOULD BE HUGE INCREASES IN POLICE COSTS PURSUANT TO INCREASED SECURITY NEEDS, MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS LIKE IN MINNEAPOLIS WOULD REFUSE TO LEAVE THEIR HOUSES, RESULTING IN CLOSING OF SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS, RENDERING A HIT TO THE ECONOMY OF A CITY WHOSE FINANCES ARE ALREADY PRECARIOUS. WHAT CAN WE DO? WE CAN GUM UP THE OPENING BY SHOWING APPROVAL -- BY SLOWING APPROVAL FOR SEWAGE, BY REQUIRING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT BEFORE IT OPENS, BYPASSING ZONING RULES TO STOP ITS OPERATION. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: SIR, THANK YOU. >> I'LL JUST FINISH. 
          IF DONALD TRUMP CAN DELAY JUSTICE FOR TWO YEARS, WE CAN GUM UP THE SYSTEM FOR 
          THREE -- >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. >> TO DELAY INJUSTICE! 
          >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. MACKENZIE WINTERS. NICOLETTE. 
          FOLLOWED BY ANTONIO AND THEN DIANA. ANTONIO AND DIANA, PLEASE 
          LINE UP. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ROSEANNE CHEZ. 
          I'M RELINQUISHING MY NAME TO VOX ROSE. >> I'M ROSA EVANS AND I AM 
          ALSO. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. YOU HAVE NINE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. >> FIRSTLY, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS AND ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE AVENUE FOR CONVERSATION. 
          ABOUT POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS. OKAY. 
          THE SYSTEM ISN'T BROKEN. THE DEPORTATION MACHINE IS WORKING EXACTLY AS DESIGNED. 
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THEY USE THE NARRATIVE OF GANG MEMBERS AND DRUG TRAFFICKERS TO JUSTIFY TO MAKE IT TO ARREST. AND THEN THEY TAKE YOU TO A DETENTION CENTER TO PROFIT OFF YOUR INCARCERATION. BUT REALLY A DETENTION CENTER IS REALLY A SANITIZED WAY TO SAY A PRISON. LET'S CALL THEM WHAT THEY REALLY ARE, CHAIN RING INTERNMENT CAMPS. YOU ALL ARE SITTING HERE WITH YOUR EYES RELAXED, EYES GLAZING OVER, PRETENDING YOUR HANDS ARE TIED, COMPLICIT ON WHY THIS INFRASTRUCTURE EXISTS TODAY. GREG ABBOTT AND KEN PAXTON PROFIT OFF OF MARGINALIZED PERSONS PAIN AND SUFFERING. THEY ARE NOT LEADERS, THEY ARE PROFIT TEARS. 
          ON FEBRUARY 26, 2026, THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ISSUED A RULING THAT REDEFINED WHO APPLIES OOZE A APPLICANT UNDER ADMISSION. IT DECLARED THAT PEOPLE LIVING IN THE U.S. WITHOUT INSPECTION, A CIVIL VIOLATION, NOT A CRIMINAL ONE, COULD NOW BE TREATED AS APPLICANTS SEEKING ADMISSION. 
          THEY CAN BE HELD IN A CELL AS LONG AS POSSIBLE TO PROFIT IN THE INCARCERATION. 
          THIS RULING ALSO MANDATES DETENTION WITHOUT A BOND HEARING, WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS RIGHTS. BUT HERE'S THE CONTRIBUTION. 
          IF THIS IS ABOUT CRIMINALS, WHY ARE PEOPLE BEING HELD IN MANDATORY DETENTION? MANTORY INDEFINITE DETENTION FOR CIVIL VIOLATIONS. WHY WAS THE DENIAL OF AN APPEAL SHORTENED TO 10 DAYS. WHY MUST THEY PALE $1,500 TO FILE THAT APPEAL, ONLY TO BE AT THE MERCY OF THE FEDERAL COURT JUDGES WHO ARE ENCOURAGED TO ADMISSION THE CASE IF THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED. AND THE BOND AMOUNTS, 10 TO $15 JUST TO GET OUT OF -- 10 TO $15,000 JUST TO GET OUT OF DETENTION. 
          PEOPLE, NOT JUST CITIZENS, PEOPLE ARE PROTECTED UNDER THE LAW, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO REQUEST A BOND, BUT NOW THEY CAN'T EVEN GET THAT EITHER. 
          MEANWHILE, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE DOUBLING DOWN, USING POLICY TO EX-PLEASE VOTE AND WEAPONNIZE THE LAW. AND WHILE YOU DO THAT, 18-OLD-MONTH AMELIA KIDNAPPED AND HELD AT THE DILLEY FACILITY WAS DENIED HER MEDICINE. 
          SHE SUFFERED DIARRHEA, VOMITING, RESPIRATORY FAILURE, PNEUMONIA, COVID-19, RSV AND SEVERE RESPIRATORY REQUEST. ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 8, 2026, SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE FACILITY'S MEDICAL CLINIC MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT WAS ONLY GIVEN FEVER MEDICATION. THEY FROSTED FROM HER ILLNESS UNTIL THEY THOUGHT SHE MIGHT DIE. SHE FOUGHT FOR HER LIFE AT A SAN ANTONIO HOSPITAL FOR 10 DAYS WHILE THE FIFTH CIRCUIT APPELLATE COURT PASSED LEGISLATION ENSURING MORE BABIES LIKE HER ARE KIDNAPPED. 
          AND SHE IS ONLY ONE OF MANY. THERE IS ANOTHER BABY IN THAT FACILITY. 
          A TWO-OLD-MONTH TRAPPED IN WHAT CONGRESSMAN JOAQUIN CASTRO CALLED A TRAILER PARK PRISON. IT'S PART OF A BROADER SYSTEM OF BRUTALITY ON BLACK AND BROWN BODIES, A QUILT STITCHED FROM THE TRAIL OF KEYS, THE SILL LIST EXPERIMENT, THE MEDICAL EXPLOITATION OF BLACK WOMEN IN THE NAME OF RESEARCH AND PROCESS AND CHAIN GANGS. SAN ANTONIO COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU MIKE TO PRETEND YOUR HANDS ARE TIED, BUT YOU SET UP THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU SURRENDERED POLICY TO LOCAL CONTROL. NOW YOU'RE BLAMING THE SYSTEM. 
          AND WITH THE CONSERVATIVE SUPER MAJORITY ON THE SUPREME COURT AND TRUMP'S DOJ, THE WORST IS YET TO COME. MORE PREDATORY POLICY AND SURVEILLANCE AND EVEN LESS PROTECTION FOR BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE. 
          OUR ANCESTORS TURNED CAPTIVITY INTO CREATION AND THE BOX OF THE OPPRESSED INTO THE BONES OF THE NATION. 
          FROM THE SOIL THEY WERE FORCED TO TILL TO THE STILL THEY WERE FORCED TO -- STEEL THEY WERE FORCED TO FORGE, COTTON THEY WERE FORCED TO PICK. 
          LANGUAGES THEY WERE FORCED TO FORGET. CHILDREN BRUTE TALLIZED AND WE WERE REPAID TIME AND TIME AGAIN WITH SPIT IN THE EYES, A BOOT TO THE TEETH AND THE TASTE OF BLOOD IN OUR OWN MOUTH. I WOULD LIKE TO USE THE REST OF THE TIME OF THE CONDITIONS YOU WILL SUBJECT OUR NEIGHBORS TO AT THE FACILITY ON THE EASTSIDE IF YOU ALLOW THIS DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE. 
          I AM GOING TO SHOW A VIDEO THAT I WATCHED YESTERDAY ON FACEBOOK DISCUSSING WHAT HE WITNESSED HIMSELF AT THE CIPSI, CENTRAL TEXAS ICE PROCESSING CENTER. 
          HE MET MANY MOTHERS, FATHERS AND 13. THEIR UNIFORMS WERE COLORED BY THREAT LEVEL, WHICH IS INTERESTING GIVEN THAT THE POPULATION IS MOSTLY NON-CRIMINALS. HE SAYS THE GUARDS ARE BULLY WHO TAUNT SICK WOMEN. 
          HE SAID PRIVATE EQUITY GROUPS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS, PROFITING OFF OF THIS. 
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BLACK STONE, CARLISLE, COLEBURG WHO INVEST IN GEO GROUP. 
          PRIVATE PRISONS AND FOR-PROFIT COMPANY. THE REALITY IS THAT THESE ARE CAMPS THAT PEOPLE ARE MADE TO COOK, CLEAN AND DO ESSENTIAL LABOR TO KEEP FOR-PROFIT FACILITIES RUNNING. TO KEEP FOR-PROFIT FACILITIES RUNNING. SOUND FAMILIAR? IT SHOULD. 
          WHY DO YOU NEED SUCH A DEEPLY INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DEPORT? BECAUSE IT ISN'T ABOUT REMOVAL, IT'S ABOUT PROFIT, CONTROL AND SURVEILLANCE AND DRONES AND FLOCK CAMERAS AND ICE TO BE FORTIFIED AND CLEAR AI. TODAY, LIKE LAST WEEK AND THE WEEK BEFORE THAT, WE ARE CALLING FOR DIRECTION ACTION. WE ARE CALLING ON COMMUNITIES, UTILITY PROVIDERS AND LEGAL ADVOCATES TO REFUSE TO SUPPORT THESE FACILITIES. WE ARE CALLING ON PEOPLE TO STOP GIVING ICE DETENTION CENTER UTILITIES. WE ARE CALLING ON COMMUNITIES TO BLOCK THE EXPANSION OF THESE FACILITIES BY DEMANDING UTILITY PROVIDERS TO NOT SUPPLY THESE SERVICES TO THESE FACILITIES. AND HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE IF THEY DO. DEMANDING THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DO NOT ISSUE PERMITS FOR THEIR EXPANSION. USING LEGAL AVENUES TO CHALLENGE THEIR ZONING, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY APPROVALS. BOYCOTTING COMPANIES THAT PROFIT FROM THESE FACILITIES. SUPPORTING LAWSUITS THAT CHALLENGE THE LEGALITY OF THESE FACILITIES. ORGANIZING LEGAL AID AND PUBLIC PRESSURE. USING PUBLIC RECORDS TO EXPOSE HOW THESE FACILITIES VIOLATE HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. 
          SUPPORTING THE CAMPAIGN TO FREEDOMUNITED.COM TO END SLAVERY IN ICE DETENTION CENTERS. THERE ARE LESS THAN 700 SIGNATURES AWAY. 
          BECAUSE THESE ARE PRISONS, SYSTEMS OF PROFIT, SYSTEMS OF CONTROL AND WE WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO EXIST IN OUR CITY. AS WAB DEBOIS, [INDISCERNIBLE]. AS TONY MORRISON SAID, IF YOU ARE FREE, YOU NEED TO FREE SOMEBODY ELSE. IF YOU HAVE SOME POWER, THEN IT IS YOUR JOB TO EMPOWER SOMEBODY ELSE. AND AS MALCOLM X SAID, YOU CANNOT SEPARATE PEACE FROM FREEDOM BECAUSE NO ONE CAN BE AT PEACE UNLESS HE HAS HIS FREEDOM. 
          THE SYSTEM IS NOT FROZEN, IT'S WORKING EXACTLY AS DESIGNED AND WE MUST TEAR IT DOWN. SO I ASK YOU WILL YOU BE A PART OF THE MOVEMENT OR WILL YOU BE A PART OF THE MACHINE? 
          >> MAYOR JONES: ANTONIO DIAZ. DIANA, ELI, PLEASE LINE UP. 
          >> MR. RUIZ WILL BE GIVING HIS TIME AS WELL. >> MAYOR JONES: YOU HAVE 
          SIX MINUTES, SIR. >> WE APPRECIATE HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS VERY EGREGIOUS MATTER AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY. THE SB4 -- YOU ALL NEED IT, BUT WE AS A COMMUNITY ARE ASKING THAT YOU DO SOMETHING AGAINST SB4. 
          WITHIN IT IT VIOLATES OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. IT RACIALLY PROFILES THE MAJORITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S COMMUNITY. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE TO ADDRESS SB4, WHETHER THE REPUBLICANS ACCEPT SANCTUARY CITIES IN OUR STATE OR NOT, THERE MUST BE SANCTUARY FOR OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. WE CANNOT JUST ROLL OVER AND ALLOW THE CORRUPT TRUMP FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT THIS POINT TO VIOLATE EVERY SINGLE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE HAVE FOUGHT AND STRUGGLED TO EARN BECAUSE WE DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE IT. THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY BE TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER CIVIL RIGHTS OR KNOW THAT WE AS WELL BECAUSE OF OUR SKIN 
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COLOR, OUR ETHNICITY, OUR ROOTS TO THIS LAND, HAVE BEEN A MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE THE MAJORITY OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          WE WILL NOT ENDURE THIS ANYMORE. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PROGRESSING, MOVING FORWARD, NOT MOVING BACKWARDS. THESE ARE CONCENTRATION CAMPS. IN EUROPE, MILLIONS DIED IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE FOUGHT AGAINST, MY FATHER FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II TO END THIS PRACTICE OF ENSLAVEMENT IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS, OF GENOCIDAL PRACTICES THAT THESE GOVERNMENTS PRACTICE. NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT? WE'RE ACCEPTING THIS? IN PRIVATE PRISONS, IN FEDERAL PRISONS. DONALD TRUMP IS USING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS AN IRON FIST TO QUIET ALL DISSENSION, TO QUIET ALL VOICES AGAINST HIS PRACTICES THAT ARE SO SCRIPT AND VILE. WE MUST SPEAK UP AGAINST IT, BUT YOU AS OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES MUST COME UP WITH A REMEDY TOWARDS THIS. 
          YOU MUST. LEGALLY. I KNOW THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TRUMP'S -- THROUGH THE SUPREMACY ACT THAT CITIES OR STATES CANNOT STOP ITS ACTIONS. BUT NORMALLY OR GENERALLY THESE FEDERAL PRISON CAMPS ARE BUILT OUTSIDE DEVELOPED AREAS. NOT ALONGSIDE SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES AND BUSINESSES THAT IT WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT. SO I AM GLAD THAT YOU ALL ARE COMING UP WITH A RESOLUTION BECAUSE THAT IS AT LEAST WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO UNDER OUR CITY CHARTER, THAT YOU MUST AT LEAST WRITE SOMETHING, PROPOSE SOMETHING AGAINST THIS PRIVATE FEDERAL PRISON THAT'S COMING TO OUR CITY. 
          IT WOULD BE GOOD IF YOU WOULD HAVE HAD THE POWERS TO CONDEMN THAT BUILDING OR SOMEHOW HAVE THE RIGHT TO DENY THEM THE FACILITIES THAT THEY NEED TO RUN IT, THE PERMITS. BUT I KNOW AS A CITY COUNCIL YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THIS, BUT WE CAN FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST SB4. WE HAVE A LAWYER, WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO IT AS A CITY, AND I THINK AS MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS, AS MANY MUNICIPALITIES THAT RISE UP AND FILE LAWSUITS AGAINST OUR OWN STATE AUDIO]. SIMPLY TO DENY PEOPLE SANCTUARY. 
          PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE ACTUALLY FILING FOR AN IMMIGRATION STATUS, TRYING TO DO IT THE LEGAL WAY, CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING ARRESTED AT IMMIGRATION COURT. HOW RIGHT IS THAT? AND THAT IS THE THING, TO TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING. MANY, MANY GREAT ACTIVISTS AND SPEAKERS IN THE PAST HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT FREEDOMS, HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT STRUGGLES, AND HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT BEING SILENT. AS BEING COMPLICIT TO EVIL. SO DON'T BE SILENT. 
          PLEASE DON'T BE SILENT. I KNOW MR. WHYTE IS SILENT. HE'S NOT EVEN HERE TODAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN SEE HIM ON THE SCREEN. HE DECIDES WHEN AND WHO HE LISTENS TO AND WHO HE SHUTS OUT. AND HE'S AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OF DISTRICT 10, AND YET HE DECIDES WHO HE WANTS TO LISTEN TO IN THE COMMUNITY AND WHO CAN JUST TO SHUT OUT. THAT IS A FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT REPUBLICANS IN THE STATE ARE DOING. ABBOTT, KEN PAXTON, ALL THESE PEOPLE, THEY'RE TIED TO THE HIP TO DONALD TRUMP AND THEY'RE EVIL AS CAN BE AND WE NEED TO OPPOSE IT, WE NEED TO SPEAK UP AGAINST IT. AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE GET HURT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, PROTESTING THAT FACILITY, BECAUSE IF MR. PRETTI AND MS. GOOD WERE KILLED IN MINNEAPOLIS, WE WILL FIGHT HERE SO IMAGINE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> MAYOR JONES: DIANA FLORES. [SHOUTING]. 
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♪ BREAK IT ALL DOWN, BREAK IT ALL DOWN, THE WALLS BETWEEN US. 
          >> GOOD MORNING. THE SONG REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE BECAUSE ALL WE'VE BEEN DOING WAS GETTING TRAUMATIZED ALL THE TIME. NO RECOGNITION FOR THE INDIGENOUS. AND I LOOK AT ALL OF YOU, LOOK AT YOURSELVES. 
          YOU LOOK LIKE ME. THE ONLY ONE THAT DOESN'T IS PROBABLY THE WHITE PERSON OVER HERE, BUT WE'RE ALL A MIX, OKAY? WE ALL HAVE TO HELP EACH OTHER. WE ALL HAVE GOT BLOOD IN US THAT PERTAINS TO ALL RACES. 
          YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER WAREHOUSE OF ICE. 
          WE'VE GOT TWO ALREADY. BREAK THE WALL IN YOUR HEART DOWN. 
          HOW MUCH MORE TRAUMA DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH? YES I'M SHAKING BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF US, ALL THAT'S GOING ON. AND OUR GRANDPARENTS HAVE BEEN CRYING AND CRYING AND PRAYING AND NOTHING WORKS. AND I DON'T WANT TO BE SHUT UP. WOMEN'S DAY'S COMING UP AND I DON'T WANT TO BE -- I DON'T. I'M TIRED. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. 
          REMEMBER, YOUR KIDS LOOK LIKE ME AND YOUR GRANDKIDS. YOU WANT TO SEE THEM IN HERE? I DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE STORE AND I FORGOT MY WALLET OR CARRY MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR PAPERS. BECAUSE IT GETS STOLEN TOO. 
          NOT MINE ONLY. EVERYBODY'S. SO THINK ABOUT IT. 
          THESE PEOPLE COME HERE TO WORK. WHAT DO WE SAY WHEN WE COME TO A MEETING OR WHATEVER? WE PLEDGE TO RELIGION, TO THE FLAG. 
          FREEDOM FOR ALL. WHERE'S THAT FREEDOM? Y'ALL ARE LOSING IT. 
          Y'ALL ARE TAKING BRIBES AND ALL THIS STUFF UNDERNEATH THE TABLES. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: MA'AM -- [APPLAUSE] >> QUIT IT. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: SEPARATELY, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S AN INDIVIDUAL WITH DISABILITIES THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AND I'LL ALLOW IT. IF THEY WANT TO MAKE THEIR WAY, WE CAN ADD THEM TO THE END. ELI GOMEZ FOLLOWED BY JONATHAN MELENDEZ. ELI GOMEZ. ELI GOMEZ. 
          JONATHAN MELENDEZ. FOLLOWED BY PAMELA OSBOURNE AND THEN NOEL SEGAPELLI. 
          PLEASE LINE UP. >> CAPACITY REGARDING AGENDA ITEM NO. 4. I SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY. I SUPPORT OUR LOCAL AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I CANNOT SUPPORT A MEASURE THAT RISKS DEEPENING POLITICAL DIVISION, DISCRIMINATING AGAINST LOCAL BUSINESSES WHO CONTRACT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OR PITTING MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AGAINST ONE ANOTHER. AGENDA ITEM NO. 4 UNDERMINES FEDERAL IMMIGRATION SERVICES WHILE AMPLIFYING A NARRATIVE THAT COULD JEOPARDIZE PUBLIC SAFETY AND POTENTIALLY PLACE FEDERAL FUNDING AT RISK. LOCAL GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO POLICE OR IMPOSE MANDATES ON FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS. THIS PRINCIPLE IS WELL ESTABLISHED IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND AFFIRMED BY THE COURTS. 
          THIS BODY CANNOT DICTATE THE PURPOSE OR OPERATION OF A FEDERAL FACILITY NOR CAN IT COMPEL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO COMPLY WITH LOCAL ZONING REGULATIONS IN 
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A WAY THAT INTERFERES WITH ITS MISSION. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT SAN ANTONIO IS NOT A SANCTUARY CITY. ENGAGING IN ACTIONS OR ADOPTING POLICIES THAT LIMIT COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT OR COULD BE PERCEIVED AS LIMITING COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT COULD JEOPARDIZE FEDERAL FUNDING. THAT FUNDING SUPPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, SECTION 1 LINE ITEM 5 REFERENCES THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING FOR CITY STAFF RELATED TO -- AND I QUOTE -- THE PREVENTION OF HARM CAUSED BY IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, END QUOTE. AS A TAXPAYER I AM CONCERNED ABOUT ALLOCATING LOCAL DOLLARS TOWARDS INITIATIVES THAT MAY PLACE FEDERAL FUNDING AT RISK OR POLITICIZE CITY STAFF ROLES. CITY EMPLOYEES SHOULD REMAIN FOCUSED ON SERVING RESIDENTS, NOT NAVIGATING POLITICALLY-CHARGED MANDATES. 
          THIS ITEM CARRIES REAL CONSEQUENCES AND AFTER THE SPEECHES ARE OVER AND THE CAMERAS ARE OFF, IT IS OUR COMMUNITY THAT MUST LIVE WITH THESE DECISIONS. 
          LET'S PROTECT OUR FEDERAL PARTNERSHIPS. LET'S PROTECT OUR FUNDING AND LET'S AVOID POLICIES THAT CREATE DIVISION RATHER THAN UNITY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: PAMELA OSBOURNE. PAMELA OSBOURNE. NOEL SEGAPELLI. 
          GO AHEAD. FOLLOWED BY DEBBIE STRAIN. >> HELLO THERE. 
          MY NAME IS NOEL AND BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT HERE TODAY TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION. ALTHOUGH IT IS NEVER EASY, IT'S VERY MUCH NECESSARY. AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE SIMILARITIES ABOUT NAZI GERMANY AND WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THE SPOTLIGHT ON A WOMAN NAMED EMMA YUCA WHO AT 21 YEARS OLD LED A PECAN SHELLERS STRIKE. SHE LED UP TO 12,000 PECAN SHELLERS IN A WALKOUT AGAINST WAGE REDUCTION AND RIGHTFULLY SO. 
          NOW EMMA GOT NICKNAMED PASSIONATE AND FIERY SPEAKING STYLE. I LIKE THIS WOMAN. 
          THIS WAS A REVOLUTION LED BY WOMEN, STARTED BY ONE YOUNG WOMAN. 
          COULD YOU IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD DO IN NUMBERS IN SOLIDARITY, IN UNITY, NO DIVISION. IF ICE CONTINUES TO BE INFILTRATED INTO OUR COMMUNITY, YOU WILL LOSE THE ESSENCE OF SAN ANTONIO. THERE WILL NO LONGER BE THE SWEET AROMA OF PANDUCE COMING OUT OF THE OVEN. HISPANIC CULTURE IS THE HEARTBEAT OF SAN ANTONIO. LOOK AT THE STREET SIGNS, THE MURALS ON THE SIDES OF OUR BUILDINGS. OUR STORY IS EVERYWHERE. THESE ARE OUR TEACHERS, OUR ABUELITAS. MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS THAT PRAY OVER US IN THE SUPERMARKET BECAUSE THEY HAD THE TIME THAT DAY. MY GREAT AUNT, WHO WAS A FLAMENCO DANCER. MY AUNT AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE IN THE BIBLE BELT SO A LOT OF YOU UPHOLD CHRISTIAN VALUES. 
          SO LET ME SAY THIS:  THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOULS, A BEATING HEART. 
          BLOOD THAT RUNS THROUGH THEIR VEINS THAT SHOULD NOT BE SHED. 
          ASPIRATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS LIKE YOU AND ME. THEY ARE NOT INSECTS TO BE EXTERMINATED. WHAT A SILLY FIGHT THIS IS. A SILLY DIVISION TO BE MADE OUT OF THIS. IT ONLY TAKES ONE PERSON IN POWER TO START TO DISMANTLE AN UNETHICAL REGIME. THROUGHOUT HISTORY MINORITIES AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE HAVE HAD RESILIENCE BUT IT SADDENS ME THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ADAPT OR DIE MENTALITY. WHAT GOOD IS A MELTING POT IF YOU'RE PICKING OUT THE BEST INGREDIENTS? WE NEED MORE PASSIONFLOWERS. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO THE RIGHT THING. I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. THERE WAS A JAPANESE EDUCATOR AND ADVOCATE FOR A HEALTHIER WORLD AND HE ONCE WARNED THE DANGERS OF BELIEVING IN DEAD PEOPLE'S BELIEFS. THE ONLY THREAT TO AMERICA I SEE ARE THE TERRORISTS GUNNING DOWN U.S. CIVILIANS IN THE STREETS, BEING PUPPETS FOR PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN DEAD PEOPLE'S BELIEFS. 
          MY NAME IS NOEL SEGAPELLI AND I THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> MAYOR JONES: DEBBIE STRAIN AND THEN HILLARIO. IS DEBBIE HERE? 
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HILLARIO HERNANDEZ. SIR, DO YOU NEED A TRANSLATOR? 
          >> YES. THE CITY TOOK A SIDEWALK. I FELL IN. 
          I AM IN A WHEELCHAIR. I CANNOT MOVE. I WENT TO WASHINGTON, D.C. 
          TO TALK AND THEY WOULDN'T LISTEN. NOBODY WANTED TO LISTEN ABOUT THE BAD ACCIDENT. ALL THEY WANTED TO GIVE ME WAS [INDISCERNIBLE]. 
          THEY SAID JUSTICE FOR ALL AND THEY CHOOSE JUSTICE. WHEN YOU ARE POOR AND YOU HAVE NO MONEY, NOBODY TO PICK YOU UP. THEY ONLY LISTEN TO YOU [INDISCERNIBLE] NOBODY WAS LISTENING. SO WHAT DO I DO? WHAT DO I DO? TELL ME. [INDISCERNIBLE] I'M ASKING FOR HELP. 
          HELP. NO ONE WILL HELP. NOBODY. 
          THEY ALL LOOK THE OTHER WAY. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> MAYOR JONES: BASED ON WHAT HE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT, IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT WAS RELATED TO A SIDEWALK AND INFRASTRUCTURE. JOHN PETEREK, IF YOU COULD JUST MAKE A NOTE OF EXACTLY WHAT HE'S REFERENCING OR WHAT THE CONCERN IS. 
          THANK YOU. JOHNNY RIVERS FOLLOWED BY NICHOLAS LONGORIA FOLLOWED 
          BY OMAR GARCIA. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE WHO FOUND THIS EMOTIONAL PLEA AMUSING FOR SOME REASON. WE GOT TO SEE HIM ON CAMERA LAUGHING. IT WAS DISGUSTING. DISGUSTING. 
          MY NAME IS JOHNNY RIVERS AND I AM HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT TEXAS SENATE BILL 4 AND THE EXPANSION OF DETENTION INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR SAN ANTONIO . 
          WE HEARD CITY LEGAL COUNSEL ADVISE WHAT THEY CONSIDERED TO BE HIGH RISK AND SAY WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LIMIT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND THAT YOU THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO MANAGE PUBLIC EXPECTATION. RESPECTFULLY, THE PUBLIC'S EXPECTATION IS NOT UNLIMITED ENFORCEMENT. THE PUBLIC'S EXPECTATION IS SAFETY, IS LIBERTY, IS FREEDOM AS GUARANTEED BY OUR CONSTITUTION. 
          HISTORY TEACHES US WHAT HAS HAPPENED WHEN ENFORCEMENT EXPANDS WITHOUT GUARDRAILS. 
          IN THE '30S DURING THE MEXICAN REPATRIOTIZATION MANY WERE FORCED OUT OF THIS COUNTRY. THEIR ETHNICITY, APPEARANCE, AND LAST NAMES WERE TREATED 
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AS SUSPICION. DURING 1954 OPERATION WETBACK U.S. CITIZENS WERE SWEPT UP IN MASS RAIDS. OFTEN DETAINED FIRST AND SORTED OUT LA LATER . 
          THIS SHOWS THAT WHEN DETENTION EXPANDS RAPIDLY CIVIL LIBERTIES CONTRACT. 
          TODAY WE FACE NOT ONLY EXPANDED ENFORCEMENT PROLONGED AND INDEFINITE DETENTION STRUCTURES. EVEN IF INDIVIDUAL DETENTIONS ARE LIMITED IN DURATION, THE INDEFINITE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS MODEL MEANS GENERATION AFTER GENERATION MAY GROW UP UNDER THESE SYSTEMS WHERE DETENTION BECOMES NORMALIZED IN OUR COMMUNITIES. HOW MANY GENERATIONS ARE WE PREPARED TO SUBJECT TO THIS STYLE OF CIVIL RIGHTS EROSION? THE UNITED STATES AUTHORITY, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REMAINS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE PROTECTIONS AND THE FACILITIES OPERATING WITHIN OUR CITY LOCAL LEADERSHIP CARRY MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY. 
          IN DETENTION FACILITIES IN OR NEAR SAN ANTONIO THAT HOUSE INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED UNDER SB 4, WE MUST ASK WILL THERE BE MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO ASYLUM REVIEW? WHAT SAFEGUARDS PREVENT WRONGFUL DETENTION OF U.S. CITIZENS?  WHAT OVERSIGHT ENSURES HUMANE CONDITIONS AND MEDICAL CARE? WE MUST STRENGTHEN OVERSIGHT. IF WE CANNOT CHANGE STATE LAW THEN WE MUST INSIST ON CONSTITUTIONAL COMPLIANCE. FINALLY, IN AMERICAN HISTORY, WE HAVE NEVER HAD THIS LEVEL OF LATINO OR HISPANIC REPRESENTATION IN LEADERSHIP. 
          WE HAVE NEVER HAD THIS MANY DECISION MAKERS THAT LOOKED LIKE US, THAT SHARE OUR LIVED EXPERIENCE. THIS MOMENT MATTERS. WE DID NOT ORGANIZE AND VOTE AND FIGHT FOR REPRESENTATION AND ORDER FOR YOU TO SETTLE FOR AN ACTION. 
          IF WE WANTED SILENCE, WE WOULD NOT HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO ELECT LEADERS THAT UNDERSTAND OUR COMMUNITIES. I AM PROUD TO LIVE IN A CITY LIKE THIS AND I HOPE THAT 
          YOU ARE TOO. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: NICHOLAS 
          LONGORIA FOLLOWED BY OMAR GARCIA. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. 
          .THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK THIS MORNING. FOR WHAT THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE DEMAND THAT ICE OUT OF SAN ANTONIO, NOT JUST THEIR PRESENCE BUT THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND THEIR HARASSMENT, THEIR POTENTIAL KILLING OF OUR CITIZENS. OVER 20 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE WALKED OUT ACROSS THE CITY SINCE ALL THIS STARTED AND UNFORTUNATELY AS WE'RE SEEING, THE TEA IS AFFECTING THAT. THEY ARE THREATENING THE CHILDREN AND IF THAT IS HOW IT'S GOING TO BE STARTED, I DON'T WANT TO IMAGINE WHAT ICE WOULD BE LIKE IF THEY WERE IN THIS CITY. WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN THEM GASSING, PEPPER BALLING, AND BRUTELYZING CHILDREN IN MY OPINIONS AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN HERE . OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IS FEARFUL, SIMPLY TRYING TO LIVE THEIR LIVES. WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL CONTRACT -- SORRY. 
          WE DON'T KNOW YET IF THEY WILL CONTRACT THIS CONCENTRATION CAMP TO A PRIVATE OR FOR-PROFIT PRISON GROUP BUT I THINK WE KNOW SINCE REAGAN, OUR GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS CONTRACTED OUT TO FOR-PROFIT GROUPS. HOW DARE THEY PROFIT OFF OF IMPRISONMENT OF HUMAN BEINGS? I'M ASKING YOU AGAIN, CITY COUNCIL, AND I THANK YOU FOR THIS RESOLUTION BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR. 
          EVEN IF THE EXPLORATION FOR HOW TO FIGHT BACK DOESN'T RETURN THE RESULTS WE HOPE FOR, SAN ANTONIANS WILL STILL EXPECT YOU TO FIGHT BACK AND WHEN YOU SPEAK ON THIS CONCENTRATION CAMP, BE THINKING OF YOUR AUDIENCE AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          THE PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO JOIN THE STRUGGLE, WHO ARE READY TO GET POLITICALLY ACTIVE BUT HAVEN'T YET AND HOPEFULLY SPEAK CONFIDENTLY BECAUSE WE SHOULD ALL KNOW THAT PROGRESSIVE CHANGE DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE OF A POLITICIAN DECIDES TO END SEGREGATION BECAUSE OF A NICE THOUGHT THEY HAD IN THEIR HEAD. 
          RICHARD NIXON WAS A RACIST BUT HE WAS THE ONE WHO OVERSAW THE ENDING OF LEGAL SEGREGATION IN THIS COUNTRY ONLY 60 YEARS AGO. NO, NIXON WAS NOT -- DIDN'T BELIEVE IN WHAT HE ULTIMATELY DID BUT HE WAS FORCED TO END SEGREGATION BECAUSE OF THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WERE DEMANDING IT. 
          IF HE HAD IGNORED THEM, AMERICA AS WE KNOW IT WOULD NO LONGER EXIST BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE. WHEN YOU SPEAK, WILL YOUR WORDS BE A MOTIVATING FORCE FOR THE PEOPLE OR DISENGAGE THE PEOPLE AND LEAD THEM INTO APATHY? 
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WHATEVER YOU DO TO FIGHT FOR SAN ANTONIO AND FIGHT AGAINST SLAVE PATROL, THAT IS ICE, IT IS NOT ABOUT LACK OF DOCUMENTATION OR CROSSING ILLEGALLY, THIS IS ABOUT MONEY. THE RIGHT FOR THE ALREADY FILTHY RICH TO DOMINATE AND PROFIT OFF OF THE WORKING PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: OMAR GARCIA. OMAR GARCIA. 
          SERENA MORENO. FOLLOWED BY ERIKA ALVARADO AND GINA BLACK. 
          >> HELLO. HELLO. MY NAME IS SERENA MORENO. 
          I AM A CONCERNED CITIZEN. DEEPLY CONCERNED. I LOOK AT MY CITY COUNCIL. 
          MOST OF US ARE WOMEN. MOST OF YOU ARE WOMEN. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE FOR WOMEN. THERE ARE MASKED MEN -- I'M SHAKING BECAUSE I'M ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED EVERY TIME I LEAVE MY HOUSE. 
          AND IT'S NOT ANYWHERE NEAR AS INTENSE HERE, NOT YET. THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU SITTING UP HERE. YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED VERY, VERY BRUTAL, UGLY, VIOLENT COMMENTS AS YOU WERE RUNNING FOR THESE POSITIONS THAT YOU ARE IN NOW. I KNOW YOU HAVE BECAUSE I'VE READ THEM. 
          YOU THINK THESE MASKED MEN AREN'T COMING FOR US FIRST? BEAUTIFUL, POWERFUL, EDUCATED. THEY'RE COMING FOR US FIRST! WE'RE THE MOTHERS, THE PROTECTORS. THEY ARE COMING FOR US FIRST. 
          THEY ARE COMING FOR OUR BABIES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT'S HOW THEY GRIP US. 
          >> THAT'S RIGHT! >> HELP ME. HELP YOURSELVES. 
          HELP ALL OF US. ANYONE WHO IS WORRIED ABOUT NOT GETTING FEDERAL FUNDING WOULD SELL US OUT FOR $20. [APPLAUSE] HELP US. 
          I AM THE TREASURER FOR MY LOCAL ELEMENTARY'S PTA. MONDAY MORNING I GOT UP TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SECOND-GRADERS HAD THAT CHECK IN HAND SO THAT WAY THEY CAN GO OVER TO THE DOSEUM. THERE ARE CHILDREN IN MINNEAPOLIS WHO HAVE TO CANCEL THEIR FAILED TRIPS BECAUSE THEIR EDUCATORS ARE AFRAID THEIR BABIES ARE GOING TO GET SNATCHED WHILE THEY GO TO THE MUSEUM. 
          HELP ME, PLEASE. PLEASE. I AM YOU, YOU ARE ME. 
          HELP ME. DO NOT LET THEM BE HERE. DO WHAT YOU CAN. 
          PLEASE, HELP ME. >> MAYOR JONES: ERIKA ALVARADO. 
          FOLLOWED BY GINA BLACK AND LOURDES. >> MY NAME IS ERIKA ALVARADO. I LIVE AND WORK IN DISTRICT 2. 
          I'M SITTING HERE AND LISTENING TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT SAY THAT THEY NEED MORE TIME. SOMETHING LIKE 30 DAYS TO FURTHER EVALUATE OR STRAIGHT-UP ADVISING AGAINST SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SEMINAR OR A SIGN HUNG IN THE WINDOW. THE PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO DESERVE TRANSPARENCY BUT WE DESERVE ACTION FROM THE PEOPLE SITTING BEFORE US HERE TODAY. 
          IT'S NOT ABOUT MANAGING EXPECTATIONS OF COMMUNITY. Y'ALL SEE WHERE WE'RE STANDING ON THIS ISSUE. IT'S ABOUT DOING THE RIGHT THING. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: GINA BLACK 
          FOLLOWED BY LOURDES ZARETE. >> THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE CITIZEN CONCERNS TODAY. 
          I AM HERE TO URGE YOU TO EXERCISE EVERY AUTHORITY TO PREVENT THE OPERATION OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMP COMING TO OUR CITY. FIRST, I HAD SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT THE CITY CAN DO LEGALLY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO REQUIRE FULL ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENTS BEFORE ANY OPERATIONAL PERMITS ARE ISSUED. EVEN THOUGH BUILDINGS ON FEDERAL PROPERTY ARE EXEMPT FROM STATE AND LOCAL CODES, THEY DO HAVE THEIR OWN FEDERAL CODES AND STANDARDS LARGELY SET OUT BY THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, OR GSA. 
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I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DELVE DEEPLY INTO THOSE CODES AND STANDARDS. 
          ARE THEY BEING FOLLOWED? WHO CAN VERIFY THAT? PLEASE EXAMINE THESE AT A MICROSCOPIC LEVEL AND SEEK ANSWERS FROM THEM. EACH STEP TAKES TIME. 
          INFRASTRUCTURE CONNECTIONS. THE LOCAL CODES MAY STILL COMPLY THAT CONNECT A FEDERAL BUILDING TO MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS LIKE WATER AND ELECTRICITY. 
          THE CITY, I THINK -- WELL, PORTLAND IS HAVING SUCCESS WITH CHARGES OF LAND USE VIOLATIONS. SO THAT IS A TEMPLATE WE CAN FOLLOW. 
          OUR CITY SHOULD REQUIRE A COMPREHENSIVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REVIEW. 
          THE CITY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS OR DENY THE PERMIT IF THE FACILITY DOESN'T MEET COMMUNITY STANDARDS. 
          BE EXTREMELY SPECIFIC. ONCE IT IS IN WRITING IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO REVOKE. 
          ALSO WE KNOW THESE FACILITIES ARE OVERCROWDED. WE MUST DEMAND THAT THEY OBEY STRICT OCCUPANCY LIMITS BASED ON THEIR OWN GSA CODES. 
          THE SUPREME COURT HAS RECOGNIZED THAT MUNICIPALITIES RETAIN POLICE POWERS OVER FEDERAL FACILITIES WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH AND SAFETY 
          REGULATIONS. SAN ANTONIO NEEDS TO -- >> MAYOR JONES: PLEASE QUIET ON THE DAIS. PLEASE. GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU. >> NEEDS EXERCISE THOSE POWERS TO THE FULLEST. 
          NOW, IF FEDERAL AUTHORITIES CLAIM THAT THIS FACILITY WILL HOUSE DANGEROUS CRIMINALS, THE WORST OF THE WORST, THEN THAT -- WE MUST ASK IS THIS BUILDING GOING TO BE DESIGNED TO BE EQUIPPED FOR HIGH-SECURITY DETENTION TO PREVENT ESCAPES? MOST COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSES LACK THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO PREVENT ESCAPES AND I'M ASKING YOU TO FIND OUT WHAT STEPS THEY'RE TAKING TO CONVERT THE BUILDING AND WHEN A VICTIM GETS OUT INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THIS REQUIRES TIME. DETENTION CENTERS STRAIN LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES: POLICE, FIRE, MEDICAL RESOURCES WITHOUT COMPENSATING THE CITY. 
          THERE'S INCREASED TRAFFIC, BAD PROPERTY VALUES, PEOPLE MOVE AWAY. 
          I THINK SAN ANTONIO SHOULD NOT BE COMPLICIT IN A TESTIMONY WITH SUCH A TROUBLING RECORD. I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO REQUIRE TRANSPARENT REPORTING AND ADHERENCE TO STRICT HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS. 
          CAN YOU ISSUE A STATEMENT TO UTILITIES AND BUSINESSES REMINDING DEVELOPERS THAT AFTER BEING USED AS A CONCENTRATION CAMP THIS LOCATION WILL NEVER BE USED FOR BUSINESS AGAIN. THEY MUST BE PREPARED TO DECLARE A TOTAL LOSS AND 
          HAVE THEIR NAME FOREVER TIED TO THAT LEGACY. >> MAYOR JONES: YOU CAN SUBMIT THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. 
          LOURDES ZARETE. >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE RESOLUTION. I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE. 
          I SIGNED UP AT 5:00 THIS MORNING. I STARTED LISTENING TO WHAT CAN BE DONE AND I WALKED OUT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE STRENGTH FOR THIS. 
          I'M TIRED. I AM TERRIFIED. WE COULD ALL BE PICKED UP 
          AND TAKEN AWAY FROM OUR LIVES. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 
          >> AND NOW THAT I KNOW THAT IT'S A RESOLUTION AND WE'RE PRACTICALLY HELPLESS, ALL I CAN DO IS SPEAK OUT. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. THANK YOU. 
          [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: BRETT OWL. . 
          >> GOOD MORNING. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 9. I FEEL THAT WOMAN'S PAIN. 
          I PROBABLY WILL CRY. I'M VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT THIS BUT I'M GOING TO GET THROUGH IT. I AM A KAREN AND I AM HERE TO USE MY KAREN POWERS FOR GOOD. [APPLAUSE] I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO THE METAPHORICAL MANAGER. YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT I AM AN INTROVERT AND I AM ON THE WAY INSIDE OF THE INTROVERT SCALE. 
          SO I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE HOME WITH A CUP OF TEA. BUT FOR ME TO BE HERE SPEAKING TO YOU THIS MORNING MEANS SOMETHING. I CANNOT LET THIS GO BY WITHOUT SOUNDING AN ALARM. I'M 61. THAT MEANS THAT THE FIRST HALF OF MY LIFE IS DONE. AND I AM LUCKY IF I HAVE TEN TO 30 YEARS LEFT. 
          WHEN I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO READ THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK I REMEMBER THINKING TO 
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MYSELF WHAT WOULD I DO IF I HAD TO GO INTO HIDING. I DIDN'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. AS I GREW INTO AN ADULT, I THOUGHT WOULD I HAVE HID OR HELPED SOMEONE BEING PERSECUTED BY THE NAZIS OR WHAT WOULD I HAVE DONE IN NAZI GERMANY? WOULD I HAVE SPOKEN OUT? IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT I NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. THERE WERE INCONVENIENT TRUTHS AND RUMORS IN 1933 THAT PEOPLE IGNORED. MAKE NO MISTAKE. 
          WHAT IS HAPPENING IN WHAT THE GOVERNMENT CALLS DETENTION CENTERS AND I WILL CALL CONCENTRATION CAMPS ARE PARALLEL. AN AUTISTIC WOMAN AND U.S. 
          CITIZEN WAS DRAGGED FROM HER CAR FOR TRYING TO GO TO A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. 
          SHE SAID PERSONNEL IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMP CALLED HER A BODY AND REFERRED TO OTHERS IN THE CAMP AS BODIES. IT IS EASY TO TREAT OTHERS CRUELLY WHEN YOU ERASE THEIR HUMANITY WITH INHUMANE LABELS. 
          ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE IN TEXAS TRIBUNE, A PREGNANT, UNACCOMPANIED MINORS ARE BEING SENT TO CAMPS THAT LACK APPROPRIATE MEDICAL CARE. 
          THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S OWN OFFICERS SAY THAT THE FACILITY AND THE REGION LACK THE SPECIALIZED CARE THE GIRLS NEED. THESE GIRLS AND BABIES ARE EXPENDABLE. AN IRISHMAN HE IS MARRIED TO A U.S. CITIZEN. THAT'S HERE IN TEXAS WHERE HE IS BEING HELD. HE IS MARRIED TO A U.S. CITIZEN AND OWNS A PLASTERING BUSINESS. HE WAS ARRESTED ON SEPTEMBER 9,S BEEN IN AN ICE CONCENTRATION CAMP FOR NEARLY FIVE MONTHS DESPITE HAVING NO CRIMINAL RECORD. 
          IT IS JUST A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE PLACE, HE SAID OF HIS DETENTION CAMP. 
          I'M NOT IN FEAR OF THE OTHER INMATES, I'M AFRAID OF THE STAFF. 
          THEY ARE CAPABLE OF ANYTHING. >> MAYOR JONES: MA'AM, YOU CAN SUBMIT THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. 
          [APPLAUSE] JACK FINGER FOLLOWED BY KRISTEN TUTTLE. 
          ACTUALLY, WAS BRETT ALL HERE? JACK FINGER, KRISTEN TUTTLE 
          AND THEN SHERYL GONZALES. >> WELL, MADAME MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. YOU KNOW, I'VE NOTICED THAT MANY OF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING TO DEAL WITH ICE AND I THINK IT'S TIME WE REALLY 
          LIGHTENED UP ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING. >> BOO! 
          >> I SUGGEST WE HOLD A BIG PARTY IN THIS CHAMBER AND I WILL BRING ICE. 
          >> LOSER! >> YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT DONALD TRUMP AND GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT AND ICE AND COMPARING THEM TO THE GERMAN NAZIS. WELL, I THINK YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING HERE. YEAH. I THINK YOU TELL THAT EVIL, EVIL DONALD TRUMP AND GREG ABBOTT AND ICE, YES, YOU TELL THEM THAT YOU CANNOT TAKE OUR MURDERERS AND RAPISTS AND CHILD MOLESTERS. WE NEED THEIR VOTES TOO MUCH. YES. ALSO, I THINK -- AND IF THEY --F THEY TAKE AWAY OUR MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GRANTS BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU TELL 'EM WE NEVER NEEDED YOUR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE FIRST PLACE, DID WE? YES. YEAH, LET'S SEE. WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE HERE? I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH THOSE OLD THE GERMAN NAZIS AS THOSE -- WITH THEIR THICK GERMAN ACCENTS AND SAYING "SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS." I'VE ALSO NOTICED THAT -- WELL, LET'S SEE. 
          I NOTICE WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE TODAY. YES, SHOW THAT, MR. AUDIO-VISUAL MAN. THE YELLOW PART THERE. WHAT DOES IT SAY THERE? DISPLAY THAT. THERE WE GO. BLOW IT UP A LITTLE BIT, IF YOU WOULD. YES. VENDOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISCLOSURE. EVALUATE MECHANISMS TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF VENDOR 
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PARTICIPATION AND DETENTION ON IMMIGRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS WHEN CONTRACTING WITH THE CITY, PARTICULARLY RELATED TO HEALTHCARE, FOOD SERVICE, SECURITY OF FACILITY MAINTENANCE. RETURN THE CAMERA , IF YOU WOULD. DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING HERE? SHOW ME YOUR DISCLOSURES. HA, HA, HA. HERE, MR. AUDIO-VISUAL MAN. 
          PUT THAT UP THERE, IF YOU WOULD. WHAT DOES THAT ONE SAY? THE NEXT PART OF YOUR BACK-UP DOCUMENTS HERE. NON-CONTRACTING POLICIES. 
          ASSESS THE CITY'S -- DEC DECLINE. >> MAYOR JONES: KRISTEN TUTTLE. FOLLOWED BY OUR FINAL SPEAKER, SHERYL GONZALES. 
          . >> OKAY. THAT WAS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW, I GUESS. SO I'M GLAD THAT 10 IS HERE PAYING ATTENTION. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE WHISPERING TO IN THAT ROOM BUT IT WAS DISGUSTING TO SEE YOU MOCKING AN INDIVIDUAL WITH DISABILITIES. I TOOK A VIDEO. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHY HE GETS TO CALL IN . THAT'S HIS ONE DEAL. 
          I AM A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST BY TRADE. LICENSED. 
          I WORK WITH KIDS WITH DISABILITIES. I AM THE KEEPER OF MY BROTHER, WHO IS AN OLDER AUTISTIC INDIVIDUAL AND THEY HAVE BEEN DETAINING CHILDREN FROM SCHOOLS. AND ICE, WHEN I CALLED THEM THE DAY BEFORE, THE DAY BEFORE LE LIAM RAMOS WAS TAKING, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WHEN THEY'RE TAKING KIDS FROM MY SPEECH SESSION AND TELLING ME YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO SEE THIS KID AGAIN. 
          AND THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU CAN KEEP THEM AND ICE ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT SEXUALLY ABUSING, RAPING CHILDREN, WHICH THEY DO, BY THE WAY. NOT ONLY THEM, BUT OF COURSE OTHER INMATES. 
          WHERE THESE KIDS ARE GOING. ALSO ICE ON THE PHONE TOLD ME THEY ARE NOT TAKING KIDS FROM SCHOOLS. THEY SAID I DON'T BELIEVE YOU. 
          SO WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS ICE DETENTION FACILITIES DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. 
          LIKE, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE OTHER THAN TELLING ME I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE KIDS. YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T PERSONALLY HAD THIS HAPPEN YET BUT I WORK IN HOME HEALTH. I WORK ON THE SIDE OF TOWN WHERE THIS BUILDING IS BEING ERECTED FOR THE IMPRISONMENT OF FAMILIES. 
          AND I MEAN, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THEY COME IN TO A HOUSE THAT I'M WORKING WITH A KID WITH DISABILITIES WITH AND TAKE THEM? ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THEIR CARE? ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE SURE THEIR TRACH IS CLEANED OUT? ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T ASPIRATE AND DIE? PROBABLY NOT. 
          I REALLY DON'T SEE ANY WAY FOR US AS A PUBLIC TO DOUBLE CHECK ON KIDS NOT BEING RAPED AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AND TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AND WOMEN. 
          EVERYBODY IN THAT ICE DETENTION CENTER. I'M REALLY OBVIOUSLY NERVOUS. WE DO HAVE STUDIES FROM HARVARD AND THERE'S SO MANY PAPERS HERE THAT HAVE EVIDENCE THAT ICE DETENTION CENTERS ARE CAUSING IRREPARABLE BRAIN DAMAGE TO CHILDREN. THAT IS A FACT. 
          HAVING THAT IN THE CITY NEXT TO KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL? NO. 
          NO. GET CREATIVE. I DEMAND YOU GET CREATIVE. 
          THAT'S IT. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: SHERYL 
          GONZALES. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR ORTIZ. CAN YOU HEAR ME? THANK YOU, MAYOR ORTIZ FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND STANDING UP . 
          I HAVE HEARD GOOD, POSITIVE THINGS. AND THOSE THAT ARE ON CITY COUNCIL THAT ARE STANDING UP AND FIGHTING BACK, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, JALEN FOR WALKING OUT JUST RECENTLY RIGHT NOW. WHILE THAT OTHER PERSON WAS SPEAKING. I'M UPSET. I'M ANGRY. 
          I'M TRYING TO CONTROL MY FEELINGS. I KNOW A LOT OF US ARE FEELING THIS WAY BECAUSE WE'RE COMING UP WITH IDEAS OF HOW TO HANDLE THIS, HOW TO HANDLE THEM COMING TO OUR CITY. I WENT OUT TO THAT BUILDING 
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AND WHEN I WAS OUT THERE I ALREADY SEEN TWO PEOPLE OUT THERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE EXPECTING IT, WHAT THEY WERE DOING, BUT THEY'RE OUT THERE. 
          THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL ATTACK ON THE WHITE PEOPLE, RIGHT? BUT THERE ARE THOSE IN AGREEMENT, LIKE MR. WHYTE THAT'S SMILING OVER THERE. 
          EVERY TIME HE IS INTERVIEWED AND ASKED ABOUT ICE, HE TENDS TO SMILE. 
          EVEN LIKE THE LADY THAT WAS SITTING NEXT TO ME AND KIND OF RUDELY ASKED ME TO SILENCE MY PHONE, ANOTHER WHITE LADY. WHEN I SAID, WELL, ARE YOU ASKING ME OR ARE YOU TELLING ME? SHE SAID, WELL, I DIDN'T WANT TO GRAB YOUR PHONE OUT OF YOUR HAND. THE AUDACITY TO THINK YOU CAN GRAB THE PHONE OUT OF MY HAND, MY PERSONAL STUFF, MY PERSONAL SPACE. 
          WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? WHEN PEOPLE LIKE THIS THINK THEY HAVE THE AUDACITY AND THE POWER OVER US. AND THIS IS A PERSON THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A LAWYER FOR THE CITY AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TRUST THEM? I DON'T THINK SO. 
          YOU SAID THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PUT THE TRUST IN SAPD WHEN WE KNOW THERE'S NUMEROUS COVER-UPS OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND WHAT THEY CONTINUE TO DO. WHEN I WENT TO DILLEY AND NO ONE TALKED ABOUT THIS, WHEN WE WERE GASSED, AFTERWARDS WE WERE FOLLOWED BY DILLEY POLICE, FRIO COUNTY POLICE. 
          SOME OF US WERE FOLLOWED BACK TO SAN ANTONIO. IT'S AN HOUR DRIVE FROM DILLEY AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TRUST AND BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY? I DON'T THINK SO . WE'RE ANGRY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY'RE AFRAID? THEY GET UP AND THEY START FIGHTING. 
          AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT GOING TO FIGHT BY OUR SIDE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO GET LOUDER AND LOUDER AND LOUDER. AND YOU SEEN IT IN OTHER STATES. 
          YOU SEEN IT IN OTHER CITIES WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. PEOPLE ARE DYING. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT FOR SAN ANTONIO? THOSE WHO ARE SMILING, MR. WHYTE? IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT FOR SAN ANTONIO? YOU WANT YOUR PEOPLE TO DIE? WELL, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME WORDS OF WISDOM, LIKE IN THE MOVIE HUNGER GAMES. IF WE BURN, YOU'RE GOING TO BURN WITH US. 
          [APPLAUSE] [CHEERING] >> MAYOR JONES: THAT WAS THE FINAL SPEAKER. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 4 SO WE MAY 
          BEGIN COUNCIL DISCUSSION? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          >> WALSH: MAYOR, THERE WAS ONE CLARIFICATION THAT LIZ WANTED TO ADD. 
          >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JUST WITH REGARD TO PUTTING A LITTLE MORE EXPLANATION BEHIND THE RATIONALE AND THE LEGAL RISK THAT'S DESCRIBED IN ITEM 10. AND THIS IS IN REGARD TO THE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AND IN RESPONSE TO -- THE REFERENCE TO THE APD MODEL THAT EXISTS. 
          JUST TO REFRESH. WE WERE THE SUBJECT OF ENFORCEMENT ACTION BY THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER 2017 SB 4 THAT TOOK TO TASKER NOT ONLY PRACTICES BUT ALSO GENERAL MANUAL LANGUAGE THAT WE HAD IN OUR SAPD MANUAL. 
          AND AS A RESULT OF OUR SETTLEMENT ON THAT SUIT, AFTER YEARS OF LITIGATION, AND THE SECOND SUIT THAT SOUGHT THE REMOVAL OF OUR POLICE CHIEF, THAT UNIQUELY SITUATES US FROM AUSTIN PD IN TERMS OF OUR GENERAL MANUAL. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH REGARD TO THAT PARTICULAR POINT. HAPPY TO DISCUSS ONE-ON-ONE FOR ANY SORT OF FURTHER 
          SPECIFICITY. SO, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: LIZ, I THINK ACTUALLY WE NEED ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION BASED ON YOUR CLARIFICATION. 
          DOES THE PREVIOUS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE CITY, DOES THAT OPEN US UP TO ADDITIONAL LEGAL SCRUTINY IN AND OF ITSELF? THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. 
          GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS A RESULT OF OUR SETTLEMENT, YES. WE CAN TALK FURTHER ONE-ON-ONE WITH SPECIFICITY, MAYOR, JUST TO SORT OF FINE TUNE ALL OF WHAT IS REQUIRED UNDER THE SETTLEMENT. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY COLOR SOME OF THE 
          CLARIFICATION THAT MAY BE NEEDED HERE. >> THIS IS ONLY WITH REGARD 
          TO SAPD'S GENERAL MANUAL. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT 
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PART OF THIS ENTIRE THING SO I'M GOING TO TAKE US INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TALK 
          [Executive Session
At any time during the meeting, the City Council may recess into executive session in the C Room to consult with the City Attorney's Office (Texas Government Code Section 551.071) and deliberate or discuss any of the following:
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ABOUT THAT ONE ITEM, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR ON THE DAIS AND IN THE PUBLIC. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE US INTO 
          EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> MAYOR JONES: THE TIME IS NOW 11:11 ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2026. 
          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 
          >> MAYOR JONES: THE TIME IS NOW 12:36 P.M. ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, 2026, AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION. 
          NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE STAFF FOR THE PREPARATION AND CLARIFICATION AS WE'RE ALL TRYING TO DO THE EXACT SAME THING, WHICH IS PROVIDE ANSWERS TO THE COMMUNITY, CERTAINLY MANAGE EXPECTATIONS AND ONLY TAKE THOSE STEPS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A MATERIAL IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS ESPECIALLY SURE THAT WE'RE BEING AS JUDICIOUS AS WE CAN BE WITH OUR RESOURCES AS THERE MAY BE SOME ACTIONS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY BETTER EXECUTED BY THIRD-PARTIES, NOT NECESSARILY THE CITY. I'M GOING TO CALL ON MY COLLEAGUES FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. YOU HEARD IN PARTICULAR THE RECOMMENDATION ABOUT WHEN THE NEXT UPDATE MAY BE, REALLY BE HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES THEIR RECOMMENDATION ON HOW FREQUENT WE UPDATE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR NEIGHBORS ON THE ACTIONS THAT WE ARE TAKING WITH RESPECT TO THE ITEMS IDENTIFIED IN THE RESOLUTION. COUNCIL MEMBER 
          MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          EARLIER THIS WEEK I WAS AT A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR A COMMUNITY MEETING. 
          IT WAS THE FINAL MEETING AND PRESENTATION OF A GORGEOUS MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARK TO INCLUDE IMPROVED FIELDS, WALKING TRIALS, AN NATATORIUM, AMP PA THEATER, COMMUNITY GARDEN, IMPROVEMENTS TO COMMUNITY CENTER ITSELF, A BRAND NEW SENIOR CENTER AND NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX FOR SENIORS. 
          IT WAS SO MUCH FUN AND PLAY IS GOING TO HAPPEN THERE AND I WALKED OUTSIDE AT THE END OF THE MEETING AND I LOOKED AND THERE WERE KIDS PLAYING ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND JUST BEYOND THAT YOU COULD SEE THE ICE DETENTION CENTER WHERE CHILDREN, SENIORS, FAMILIES, EVERYDAY PEOPLE, WILL EXPERIENCE TRAUMA. AND EVERYDAY WHEN I'M DRIVING HOME FROM PICKING MY DAUGHTER UP FROM ACADEMIC I SEE THIS MASS -- FROM DAY CARE I SEE THIS MASSIVE WAREHOUSE WHERE FATHERS WILL BE SEPARATED FROM THEIR DAUGHTERS. AND I GET THE DEEPEST, MOST INTENSE KNOT IN MY STOMACH. 
          SO I JOIN ALL OF US WHO CAME OUT TODAY IN THEIR FEAR AND DISGUST AND ANGER AND I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO EVERY PERSON WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          EVERY PERSON WATCHING THIS AND PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON LOCALLY. 
          AND EVERY PERSON WHO HAS TAKEN ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THE VERY CLEAR ATROCITIES WE ARE SEEING TAKING PLACE AT THE HANDS OF ICE. A FEW WEEKS AGO I WORKED WITH THE SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER OF DHS ORGANIZE AN EMAIL AND PHONE CALL CAMPAIGN URGING THE OWNERS NOT TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO ICE. OVER 13,000 CALLS AND EMAILS WERE MADE AND IT DEMONSTRATED TWO THINGS TO ME. 
          ONE IS THAT WE HAVE WAY TOO MANY OF THESE WAREHOUSES AND I THINK ANY DEVELOPER LOOKING TO BUILD A SIMILAR WAREHOUSE IN MY DISTRICT IS GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I'M GONE BEFORE COMING TO THE DISTRICT 2 OFFICE FOR A ZONING REQUEST OR ANY SORT OF AUTHORIZATION. LAY THAT THERE. TWO, EVEN WHEN THE GOVERNMENT ACTS AGAINST YOUR BEST INTERESTS, EVEN WHEN BUSINESS LEADERS ACT AGAINST 
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YOUR BEST INTEREST, WE HAVE THE NUMBERS. SHEER NUMBERS AND POWERS DON'T ALWAYS WIN, BUT PEOPLE POWER IS EVERLASTING AND WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE IT. 
          I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYBODY WHO HELPED MAKE TAKE THAT A I CONTINUE TO URGE YOU TO CALL YOUR CONGRESS MEMBERS AND STARS TO TAKE THE ACTION YOU WANT TO SEE THEM TAKE, INCLUDING WITH THEIR VOTE ON DHS FUNDING THAT CONTINUES TO ALLOW ICE TO OPERATE WITH IMPUNITY. CITY COUNCIL IS VERY LOW HANGING FRUIT, IF WE'RE BEING HONEST, SO PLEASE USE THE POWER THAT YOU HAVE AND CUT THE HEAD OFF THE SNAKE IN A METAPHOR KEL SENSE. I DO NOT ADVOCATE THAT YOU PHYSICALLY HARM ANYONE. I'LL ALSO SAY THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MUNGIA AND OTHERS WHO WANTED TO SIGN ON, BUT DIDN'T WANT TO VIOLATE THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT SO WE KEPT IT SMALL. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEMO IS THAT WE'RE TURNING OVER EVER POSSIBLE STONE AND LOOKING AT EVER POSSIBLE ACTION THAT WE CAN TAKE AS A CITY, AS WELL AS TO INVENTORY THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY EXPLORING AND ACTIVELY WORKING TO IMPLEMENT. ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE PROPOSED ICE DETENTION FACILITY IN MY DISTRICT AND THE REPEAT INCIDENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, ABDUCTIONS, DISAPPEARANCES, ABUSES, MEDICAL NEGLECT, TAKING PLACE UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S WATCH. WE ALSO FILED IT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT COMPLICIT IN ANY HARM AGAINST OUR COMMUNITY AND ANY COOPERATION BE LIMITED STRICTLY TO WHAT IS LEGALLY REQUIRED AND ALSO LIMITED BY OUR OWN LACK OF RESOURCES, OF WHICH THERE IS APPARENTLY A PLETHORA. 
          IF WE TRULY HAVE A SHORTAGE OF FIRST RESPONDERS, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SOLVING THE MURDERS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND VIOLENT CRIMES THAT WILL GO UNRESOLVED IF THEY'RE NOT -- IF THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT ON THE FIELD DOING THE JOB THAT THEY APPLIED FOR, TRAINED FAR LONGER THAN AN ICE AGENT FOR AND TOOK AN OATH TO DO. IF WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF POLICE OFFICERS AND EQUIPMENT, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE 50 OFFICERS POSTED PLAYING PERIMETER CONTROL FOR ICE BECAUSE ICE AGENTS GOT THEIR BADGES BY STEPPING UP AND DOWN FOR FIVE MINUTES AND DOING 15 PUSHUPS. WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THESE SHORTAGES IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND SO IF WE CAN'T AND DON'T SHOW UP FOR ICE WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED IN MY OPINION TO PROVE THAT WE COULDN'T REASONABLY SHOW UP. 
          SO BEYOND THAT I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE TO STAFF. 
          ONE IS REGARDING SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED. 
          WE SHOULD NOT BE APPLYING FOR OR SEEKING OUT GRANTS THAT ARE GOING TO REQUIRE US TO BE COMPLICIT AND COOPERATE WHAT IS MANDATED TO US BY STATE LAW. 
          YOU ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT 18, 19, 24 AND 25. FOR 18, THE SIGNAGE I THINK SHOULD CLEARLY STATE WHAT BUSINESS OWNERS AND GUESTS AND VISITORS, WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE ON THE PREMISES. AND BEYOND THAT I THINK TELL US WHAT'S LEGAL, WHAT CAN WE LEGALLY DO WITH THE SIGNAGE AND THEN WE CAN NARROW IT FROM THERE AS A BODY, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ALL OUR OPTIONS ARE AS FAR AS SIGNAGE GOES. 
          FOR ITEM 19, CITY STAFF SHOULD BE TRAINED ON WHAT IT MEANS TO COMPLY WHEN ICE ENTERS A CITY FACILITY, BUT HOW TO ENSURE EVERYONE'S RIGHTS ARE ADHERED TO AND PROTECTED. FOR ITEM 24 AS I MENTIONED WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITHIN REASON WITH ICE AND TO PROVIDE RESOURCES WITHIN REASON, SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE IDENTIFY HOW MANY OFFICERS WE NEED AT ANY GIVEN TIME TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS RESPONDING TO CALLS, RESPONDING TO CRIMES ALL OF THAT, AND HOW MANY ARE AVAILABLE AND HOW MANY ARE JUST SITTING AROUND WAITING FOR ICE TO CALL. MAYBE THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. AND WE CAN USE THAT AS OUR THRESHOLD. 
          ITEM 25, AS FAR AS HOLDING FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMBERS ACCOUNTABLE, LOOK UNDER EVERY STONE, OUR DUTY IS TO PROTECT OUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE EVERY STEP POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE THEM JUSTICE. 
          AND I AM FEELING REALLY LITIGIOUS RIGHT NOW AND I NEED STAFF TO FEEL THE SAME. 
          WHAT I DO FEEL TODAY -- THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE STILL. 
          WHAT WE HEARD TODAY THAT ARE A FEW THINGS THAT ARE ONGOING. 
          WE'RE CONTRACTED WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION WHO IS PROVIDING KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE ACTIVELY TRAINING CITY EMPLOYEES IN THE EVENT ICE ENTERS A CITY FACILITY AND WE'RE ACTIVELY PROVIDING LEGAL PATHWAY REFERRALS FOR THOSE WITH LEGAL STATUS. YOU'VE ALSO HEARD THAT WE FUNDED A CITY ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF MY GRANTS IN OUR CITY THAT WE CAN USE TO SUPPORT AND ADVANCE LEGISLATION THAT PROTECTS MIGRANTS OF OUR CITY. WE'RE GOING TO POST DATA ON ICE ACTIVITY, BUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE LIMITED BY WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRES ICE TO SHARE. AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY SHADY OPERATION THAT IS BEING RUN AND THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION PUBLICLY, LET ALONE TO US, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WHAT WE CAN. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO LOG -- WE CAN LOG ALLEGED CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND THOSE COULD BE USED IN ADVOCACY EFFORTS. 
          I WOULD SAY WE DO THAT. BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO LULL PEOPLE INTO A FALSE 
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SENSE OF SECURITY OR BELIEF THAT WE CAN DO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. 
          IF WE POST AN ALLEGED CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION LOOKED LIKE OR WHAT IT OCCURRED, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN TAKE MUCH MORE BEYOND THAT. WE DID SEE A LIST OF OTHER ACTIONS STAFF IS GOING EVALUATE. SOME OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE HIGHER RISK THAN OTHERS, BUT MY DIRECTION AND REQUEST OF STAFF IS THAT WE GET AS CLOSE TO EACH OF THESE REQUESTS AS LEGALLY POSSIBLE. 
          I'D SAY WE FIND THAT LINE AND WE PUSH RIGHT ON IT. AND I'D ALSO ASK YOU TO PROVIDE IN RESPONSE TO THE MAYOR'S QUESTION, I'D ASK THAT YOU PROVIDE UPDATES WITH YOUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. AND IF WE CAN GET THOSE MOVED TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING THAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT. 
          I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR ANDY. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE'VE HAD IS THAT WE DID NOT KNOW THAT THE SALE OF OAKMONT WAS HAPPENING UNTIL IT WAS REPORTED IN THE NEWS. WHY DIDN'T THE FEDERAL 
          GOVERNMENT OR OAKMONT INFORM US OF THE SALE? >> COUNCIL MEMBER, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LEGALLY REQUIRED TO ADVISE US. THERE'S A NUMBER OF REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS THAT OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT UNLESS THERE'S A PERMIT REQUIRED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE YOU DO NEED SOME LOCAL APPROVAL, THERE WAS NO 
          OBLIGATION TO NOTIFY US OF THAT. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: ARE THERE ANY INSTANCES LIKE THAT THAT -- I GUESS IS THERE AN INSTANCE IN WHICH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE TO NOTIFY US OF A PURCHASE OF PROPERTY LIKE 
          THIS? >> NOT THAT COMES TO MIND, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY -- WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT, COUNCILMAN, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GIVE AN ABSOLUTE ANSWER BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOME SITUATIONS WHERE THEY MIGHT, BUT CERTAINLY 
          THIS ONE THEY HAD NO OBLIGATION. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW A FEW OF US ASKED THIS QUESTION, BUT CAN WE JUST NOT PROVIDE UTILITIES? WE DID HEAR THAT A FEW TIMES TOGETHER. 
          WHAT IS OUR OBLIGATION AND LIMITATION THERE AND ACCORDING TO WHO? 
          >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, FOR THAT QUESTION. YES, UNDER THE STATUTE STATUS BY WHICH BOTH SAWS AND CPS OPERATE, THEY'RE GIVEN AREAS OF OPERATION IN WHICH THEY ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO WHOEVER ASKS FOR IT. 
          >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: DO WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY VIOLATE THAT STATE STATUTE? 
          >> THEIR ABILITY TO OPERATE MAY BE CALLED INTO QUESTION, YES, CPS AND SAWS. 
          >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: I AM STRIKING ONE QUESTION YOU ANSWERED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. LAST QUESTION IS REQUEST WE -- MAYBE THIS ISN'T A QUESTION FOR YOU. I WOULD ASK THAT WE ADD THIS. 
          CAN WE ASSESS AN IMPACT OF THE IMPACT THE CENTER WILL HAVE TO FIRE PROTECTION, EMS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE, TRAFFIC, ANY SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE? 
          >> WE CAN, COUNCILMAN, BUT I WOULD EXPECT THAT SOME OF THOSE SERVICES MAY BE PRIVATELY PROCURED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT 
          IT. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: WHICH SERVICES? 
          >> TRASH. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THEN THE REST. 
          PERFECT. AGAIN, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          I KNOW A LOT OF Y'ALL HAD TO LEAVE. THANK Y'ALL FOR MAKING TIME. 
          KEEP UP THE HARD WORK. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCIL 
          MEMBER VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I WANT TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IN DISTRICT 2, 4, A AND 6 AND ALLOWING THE CCR AND ALLOWING US TO ACT ON OUR LOCAL RESOURCES, THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF OUR RESIDENTS. PROTECTING SAN ANTONIO MEANS PROTECTING THEIR SAFETY, THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS, THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEIR TAX DOLLARS. 
          TODAY WE LOOK AT WHAT AUTHORITY WE POSSESS, HOW WE EXERCISE THAT AUTHORITY, THOUGHTFULLY AND LAWFULLY. I REPRESENT A DISTRICT IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO THAT HAS A NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS AT DIFFERENT STATUS LEVELS. 
          THIS IS HIGHLY PERSONAL TO ME. THIS IS HIGHLY PERSONAL TO MY RESIDENTS, AND THIS IMPACTS US IN WHERE FREQUENT. 
          SO I WANT TO STRESS THAT WHILE WE UNDERSTAND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS AND REMAINS A FEDERAL FUNCTION, WE RECOGNIZE AT THE SAME TIME MUNICIPALITIES ARE NOT WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITY WHEN FEDERAL ACTIONS INTERSECT WITH LOCAL LAND USE, PUBLIC SAFETY, PROCUREMENT PRACTICES, ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE, AND THE SPEND CURE OF TEXAS PAIR RESOURCES. WE HAVE BOTH THE AUTHORITY AND THE OBLIGATION TO EXAMINE THOSE INTERSECTIONS CAREFULLY. 
          SO I HAVE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS, AND ERIK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER THEM OR LIZ. ARE WE CURRENTLY COORDINATING WITH OTHER TEXAS CITIES THAT ARE -- HAVE A DETENTION FACILITY COMING OR CURRENTLY ARE OPERATING A FACILITY OR A DETENTION CENTER? AND THIS COULD BE A BORDER 
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TOWN. WE KNOW DILLEY. SO ARE WE IN COORDINATION 
          WITH THEM AS OF RIGHT NOW? >> BIG PICTURE, WE ARE TALKING WITH ALL CITIES, RIGHT, IN TERMS OF THE -- AS THINGS EVOLVE. SPECIFIC TO DETENTION CENTERS, WE KNOW AND ARE KEEPING UP WITH, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT IN THE CITY OF EL PASO, WE KNOW IT'S CLOSE BY, AND FOLLOWING WHAT THAT -- THE SMALLER CITY THAT IS BEING DIRECTLY IMPACTED WITH THE PROPOSED CENTER THERE. SO WE CONTINUE TO TALK TO 
          OUR PEER CITIES. >> VIAGRAN: AND ARE WE IN COORDINATION OR IS THERE ANYWHERE THAT WE ARE TALKING WITH THE CITIES, WITH MINNESOTA IN PARTICULAR, MINNEAPOLIS, WHERE SOME OF THESE RESIDENTS MAY BE TAKEN FROM? 
          >> NO. >> VIAGRAN: OKAY. AND THEN SPECIFICALLY AS WE LOOK AT THE CONVERSATION OF BORDER PATROL AND THESE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES COMING INTO OUR CITY, SPECIFICALLY CHICAGO, LA, PORTLAND, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THE VIOLATIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS THAT THEY HAVE AND THEY'RE PURSUING IN THEIR CITIES REGARDING SOME OF THESE RAIDS, AND TAKING RESIDENTS FROM THEIR HOMES OR THE DETENTION CENTERS. 
          I BELIEVE AS THE SPEAKERS SPOKE VERY -- ON VARIED STORIES, THERE IS PROFILING GOING ON, SPECIFICALLY IN SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES, AND THAT THEY ARE TAKING U.S. 
          CITIZENS AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT HERE. AND I THINK THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS AS WE GATHER INFORMATION IS ABOUT THE OTHER DETENTION CENTERS IN TEXAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING. AND EVEN THE DETENTION CENTERS IN FLORIDA IS HOW MANY OF THEM ARE COMING FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS? IF THIS IS -- TRULY IS WHAT THE -- WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULDN'T HOUSE THEM IN THAT STATE AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE RIGHTS THERE? SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ASK AS THEY MOVE -- WE SAW THAT WITH LIAM AS THEY BROUGHT HE AND HIS FATHER HERE. 
          THE OTHER IS THE CHILDREN ASPECT THAT WE NEED TO LOOK IN AS FAR AS HOW CHILDREN ARE LOCATED IN THESE -- ARE BEING RELOCATED TO THESE DETENTION CENTERS WITHOUT THE NECESSARY NEEDS. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, LIZ. 
          THAT'S IT FOR THAT. AS -- I WANT TO THANK THE SPEAKERS FOR COMING. 
          OUR OBLIGATION IS TO PROCEED CAREFULLY, CONSTITUTIONALLY AND COMPASSIONATELY, ENSURING THAT WHATEVER PATH FORWARD WE TAKE IS CLEAR, LEGALLY SOUND AND GROUNDED IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY. I WANT TO THANK IN PARTICULAR OF THE SPEAKERS, I WANT TO THANK RONALD AND HIS REFERENCE TO THE ORWELLIAN ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. I BELIEVE IT WAS KAREN WHO SPOKE ABOUT WHAT WE DO, THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS NOW. 
          AND AS SOMEONE IN HER 50S, I NEVER THOUGHT I'D HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN ON HOW TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT HERE WE ARE. 
          AND ANTONIO, BECAUSE IT IS NOT LOST ON ME THAT THEY CHOOSE A FACILITY IN SAN ANTONIO, IN THE HEART OF SAN ANTONIO, ON THE EASTSIDE SO CLOSE TO DISTRICT 3 AND IN COMMUNITY THAT THEY DID. SO I THINK OUR RESIDENTSS NEED CLARITY. 
          I DO -- I AM OPEN TO RECEIVING UPDATES AS CITY STAFF FEELS IS NECESSARY, AND IF IT'S DONE THROUGH CITY MANAGER REPORTS. BUT AS SOON AS WE HAVE ANY SUBSTANTIAL DATA OR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE ACTION ON AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO -- IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THIS IMPACTS DIRECTLY. SO IT SHOULD BE BROUGHT BEFORE A SESSION, A B SESSION, BEFORE WE TAKE IT TO THE PUBLIC, TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ BECAUSE THIS IS IN HIS DISTRICT. 
          SO I'M ALL FOR GETTING ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR UPDATED, BUT THIS IS HIS COMMUNITY THAT'S FEELING THIS. 
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AND I THINK WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES HERE WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A LEGAL BATTLE, AND I THINK CURRENTLY WHEN WE HAVE -- WHEN WE HAVE A CURRENT ADMINISTRATION THAT WE NEED TO CONSTANTLY QUESTION, ARE THEY RESPECTING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, ARE OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS BEING THREATENED, ARE WOMEN BEING THREATENED BECAUSE OF THE EXPOSURE OF THE EPSTEIN FILES, WE DO NEED TO ASK CONSTANT QUESTIONS. SO THOSE SPEAKERS AND THOSE WATCHING CAN BE ASSURED I WILL CONTINUE TO ASK QUESTIONS. 
          AND MY FAITH IS IN YOU TO GET OUT THERE AND TALK TO YOUR -- ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE ALSO FOR THEIR 
          ACTIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCIL 
          MEMBER GALVAN. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR AND THANK YOU TO LIZ FOR THE PRESENTATION, THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO CO-AUTHORED THIS MEMO TO PUSH IT FORWARD AND BRING THE RESOLUTION HERE TODAY. I THINK IT'S JUST VERY CLEAR THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AT THE CITY LEVEL WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS HERE OF THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, ENSURING THAT OUR FOLKS ARE AS TAKEN CARE OF AS THEY CAN BE UNDER THIS -- FRANKLY THIS POLICE STATE THAT WE'RE SEEING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT'S BEING NOT ONLY SUPPORTED, BUT SHEPHERDED BY OUR STATE LEVEL GOVERNMENT. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE SPEAKERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY AND ARE HERE EVERY SINGLE TIME. 
          WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS, AS WELL AS THE FOLKS IN DISTRICT 6 WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO MY OFFICE SINCE I GOT ELECTED, ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP WE CAN DO DO, HOW CAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT BE THE ONE TO PUSH WHERE WE CAN AND PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS HERE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE FACT THAT SO MANY OF OUR FAMILIES, OUR MIXED STATUS FAMILIES, SO WE KNOW THIS IMPACTS US IN A MORE UNIQUE WAY. I THINK ABOUT TWO -- A COUPLE OF THINGS ACTUALLY. 
          I THINK ABOUT A RESIDENT THAT I MET WHILE KNOCKING ON DOORS LAST SPRING, AND SHE TOLD ME I'M SEEING ALL THIS STUFF RELATED TO ICE, RELATED TO IMMIGRATION, AND IT -- EVEN IF IT DOESN'T AFFECT MY FAMILY DIRECTLY. AND WHY? BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE. WE KNOW IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO STAY AT ONE SUBSEC OF POPULATION OR SHOULD EVER BE TARGETED THAT WAY. 
          WHEN YOU GIVE THAT POWER, ENABLE THAT POWER TO A STATE, NOT THE STATE, A STATE, THAT POWER CAN BE WIELDED ON ANYBODY. AND I'M ALWAYS SURPRISED BY -- THAT'S WHAT SHE MENTIONED TO ME, BUT I'M ALWAYS SURPRISED BY THE FOLKS WHO WANT DON'T TREAD ON ME, PROTECT MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, ARE NEVER PUSHING BACK ON THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT. AND WHEN I SEE THIS HAPPENING TO UNDOCUMENTED FOLKS, FOLKS THAT HAVE LEGAL PATHWAYS TO BE HERE, PEOPLE WHO ARE BORN NATIVE CITIZENS, AND SUDDENLY IT'S NOT THE ISSUE, IT JUST SHOCKS ME, I GUESS. SO I RESPECT FOLKS WHO HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION, IN THEIR OPINION, BUT I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN HERE'S THE MOMENT WHEN THE STATE WILL ACT AND SEND PEOPLE DOWN FROM THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO ARREST PEOPLE ON THE STREETS, TO PUT THEM INTO LITERAL WAREHOUSES THAT ARE -- THAT WE'RE ALREADY SEEING HERE LOCALLY FULL OF MEASLES OR LOCAL HEALTH DISPARITIES AND HEALTH DANGERS IS ALWAYS SHOCKING TO ME. WHATEVER WE CAN DO HAS TO BE FIGURED OUT, HAS TO BE TRADE, TESTED, EVALUATED, HAS TO BE UNDERSTOOD AND COMMUNICATED TO THE PUBLIC AS BEST AS WE CAN. WE KNOW, I KNOW THERE ARE A BUNCH OF LEGAL LIMITATIONS HERE GIVEN THE STATE AND OF COURSE THE FEDERAL -- GIVEN OUR FEDERALIST FORM OF GOVERNMENT, RIGHT? A COUPLE OF QUICK, I GUESS, THINGS THAT I WANTED TO NOTE OR ANSWER TO CITY STAFF ABOUT SOME OF THE FEEDBACK REQUIRED. 
          ON THE -- I THINK IT WAS NUMBER 18 WITHIN THE PRESENTATION, WITH SIGNAGE, I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE TO SEE SIMILAR TO THE COMMUNICATIONS WE HAVE WITH THE IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS OFFICE WEBSITE OR JUST GENERALLY THE RESOURCE PROVIDED THROUGH THAT, IF WE COULD DO THE SAME FOR BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THAT KIND OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE WITHIN A PRIVATE SPACE. NUMBER 19 I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT MOVING ON, ANY UPDATES WE NEED TO KNOW, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. CITY USE OF RESOURCES, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ ASKED THIS ALREADY, WHAT DO WE EXPECT TO BE UTILIZED AT THIS FACILITY. I HEARD -- AS WELL AS EMERGENCY RESOURCES. DISCUSSIONS ARE ONGOING OBVIOUSLY SO I APPRECIATE THAT ONE. AND THEN THE FEDERAL LAW ACCOUNTABILITY FOR NUMBER 26 
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I THINK IS JUST UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR CITY STAFF CAN DO AND WHAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN DO WHEN WE SEE ANY VIOLATIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, WHEN IT IS DUE PROCESS, IN PARTICULAR, WHAT THOSE NEXT STEPS ARE FOR REPORTING, ACTING UPON IT. AND ANY UPDATES I THINK SHOULD COME TO COUNCIL WHEN IT SEEMS TO BE THE BEST TIME FOR PARTICULAR ACTIONS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT ALSO WITHIN MANAGER REPORTS DURING OUR A SESSIONS IF THERE'S ANYTHING BRINGING TO BRING UP. ONE OF THE ERROR THINGS I WANTED TO NOTE HERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT -- ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO NOTE HERE, THERE WAS AN ITEM IN THE PRESENTATION ABOUT KIND OF LOG REPORTING. I THINK I MENTIONED IT LAST TIME WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT SEEING IF WE COULD DO IT AGAIN WITH THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS, LOGGING ANY KIND OF CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS THAT RESIDENTS ARE SEEING, COMMUNITY REPORTING. WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN GO SOMEWHERE FROM THERE, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS WORTHWHILE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC RESOURCES TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS RESIDENTS AND SAY HERE'S THE RIGHT PATHWAY TO GO. 
          WHETHER IT'S THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, THE FEDERAL LEVEL OR STATE LEVEL. AND/OR HERE'S THE LEGAL RESOURCES THAT WE ALSO PROVIDE WITH TENANT RIGHTS THAT WE KNOW WE CAN'T FULLY ENFORCE HERE AT THE CITY LEVEL, BUT WE OFFER THOSE RESOURCES TO SAY ON YOUR OWN THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN UTILIZE. WE'VE GOT THE INFORMATION, WE'LL SEE -- WE'LL KEEP IT HANDY AND IF IT COMES UP AND IS NEEDED. OTHERWISE THIS IS YOUR NEXT STEP IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH THAT. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AROUND THE WAREHOUSE ON THE EASTSIDE, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ ASKED ABOUT THE PROCESS. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT BEING DISCUSSED OPENLY. SOMETHING I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT'S A FEDERAL BUILDING OR FEDERAL AGENCY THAT'S PURCHASING THIS PROPERTY, IF ANY OTHER FEDERAL BUILDINGS IN OUR CITY, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL BUILDING, BUT ALSO FEDERAL COURTHOUSE, ANY SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICES, DO THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANY KIND OF PERMITTING OR 
          ZONING, CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY? >> CALM, NO, THEY DON'T. 
          >> GALVAN: OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR, WE HAVE OTHER CASES THAT HAVE DONE THAT, GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS ALREADY, AND THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY THAT ONE. THAT'S HELPFUL. DO WE HAVE INFORMATION, HAVE WE BEEN COMMUNICATED TO AT ALL FROM THE FOLKS PURCHASING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT ALL WHO IS GOING TO OPERATE THIS BUILDING? 
          >> NO, WE HAVEN'T, COUNCILMAN, BUT GIVEN THE INPUT WE HAVE BOTH FROM COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY, WE CERTAINLY ARE GOING TO ASK. 
          AGAIN, THE EXTENT TO WHAT THEY HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE ANSWERS, BUT 
          WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO ASK. >> GALVAN: WOULD ANY OF THESE PERMITTING RULES OR CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCIES CHANGE IF IT WAS A CONTRACTOR THAT'S OPERATING IT? THEY DON'T OWN IT, BUT 
          THEY'RE OPERATING IT. >> THE ANSWER IS YES. AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WILL DIFFER, THAT'S THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OVER THE NEXT -- THE TIME FRAMES. 
          >> GALVAN: GOT IT. THANK YOU. I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS AT THIS MOMENT. BUT I WANT TO END OFF WITH IS THE SAME THING THAT I THINK A LOT OF US ARE SAYING, BUT THE ONLY WAY THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE, IF WE WANT TO SEE THIS ALTER, IS THROUGH PEOPLE POWER, FRANKLY, WHETHER IT'S ACTION OR WHETHER IT'S ELECTIONS, WHETHER IT'S GETTING INVOLVED IN OTHER WAYS, THAT'S ALWAYS THE WAY THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE. THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED ALREADY. THIS DIDN'T COME OUT OF NOWHERE. 
          IT CAME FROM CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THAT HELPED GET CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS GET INTO OFFICE WHO CREATE, DEFEND, ENABLE THESE ACTIONS TO TAKE PLACE SO IT HAS TO CONTINUE IN THE ALTERNATIVE DIRECTION, IF YOU BELIEVE IN THAT, AND I DO. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY ORGANIZED, THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND FIND WAYS TO PUSH BACK AND TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION THAT OUR STATE AND COUNTRY ARE IN AT THE MOMENT THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE. 
          OTHERWISE WE ARE ASKING TO CHANGE SOMETHING FROM WITHIN THAT IS SUBJECT TO SUCH LEGAL AND LITERAL SYSTEM ITSELF PROCESSES. I'LL LEAVE THAT WHERE IT IS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCIL MEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO. 
          >> GAVITO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. IT'S CLEAR THAT SAN ANTONIO IS HURTING AND IT'S CLEAR THAT A MAJORITY OF US ARE MAD AND A MAJORITY OF US ARE ESPECIALLY MAD AT THE DETENTION CENTER GOING IN ON THE EASTSIDE, WHICH BELONGS TO ALL OF OUR CITY RESIDENTSS WANT AND ARE DEMANDING ACTION. 
          THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU ALL WHO ARE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SENT TEXTS AND EMAILS. YOUR VOICE IS BEING HEARD. YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST LATINO POPULATIONS IN THE COUNTRY, SO THE THREAT OF ICE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS A VERY, VERY REAL THREAT TO WOMEN, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. 
          WE ALL SAW HOW QUICKLY LIAM RAMOS' CONDITION QUICKLY DETERIORATED THE TWO WEEKS THAT HE WAS IN DILLEY. SO I DO WANT TO THANK CONGRESSMAN JOAQUIN CASTRO 
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FOR HIS EFFORTS TO RECONNECT LIAM WITH HIS FAMILIES. AND I KNOW MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I STOOD IN SOLIDARITY WITH HIM. I ALSO ASK MYSELF HOW MANY OTHER KIDS ARE THERE LIKE LIAM AND THEY NEED OUR HELP AND THEY NEED US TO RALLY AND THEY NEED US TO CONTINUE FIGHTING SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO BE RECONNECTED WITH THEIR FAMILIES. WE HAVE A DUTY TO LOOK AT THESE KIDS TOO BECAUSE THEY'RE OUR KIDS. SO -- AND WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO MAKE SURE SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS AND ALL OF US ARE FEELING SAFE AND CONTINUE TO FEEL SAFE. 
          I DO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER MUNGIA, COUNCILMAN TERI CASTILLO AND COUNCILMAN GALVAN TO BRINGING THE RESOLUTION AND CALLING FOR ACTION. I KNOW WE HAD A SPECIAL SESSION.  THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK, WE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK, BUT IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT ACTION IS NEEDED. 
          YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALL CONTRIBUTED DIFFERENT IDEAS, SO THANK YOU FOR PUSHING -- FOR PUSHING FOR ACTION. I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF Y'ALL'S RESOLUTION AND MOVING IT FORWARD. AND IN TERMS OF THE UPDATES, I'M IN FAVOR FOR THE CITY MANAGER UPDATES TO LET US KNOW ON THE PROGRESS THAT WE CAN TAKE ON SOME OF THESE ACTIONS AND LET US KNOW HOW IT'S ALL UNFOLDING. 
          SO THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCIL MEMBER MUNGIA. >> MUNGIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. YEAH, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS COMMUNITY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS JUST A REAL TRAVESTY AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN COMING TO COUNCIL FOR WEEKS TO PROVIDE THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS AND REPRESENTING OTHER PEOPLE WHO CAN'T BE HERE FOR THEMSELVES TO SPEAK. 
          SO I DO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ FOR HIS LEADERSHIP. 
          YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE IN TALKING TO RESIDENTS AND SAYING A LOT OF THINGS PUBLICLY TO LET FOLKS KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. I WAS HAPPY TO SIGN ON TO THIS BECAUSE I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THIS POSITION WITHIN A WEEK AFTER OUR LAST SPECIAL MEETING THAT WE HAD ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE OUTPOURING WAS REAL AND THE DANGERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WE'RE SEEING ARE ALSO EXTREMELY REAL AND PEOPLE ARE VERY FEARFUL. SO I SIGNED IT, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE A LOT SOONER WITH THOSE TYPES OF ASKS AND TRYING TO GET SOMETHING OUT FOR THE PUBLIC. IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE 8, PLEASE. I'M LOOKING AT NUMBER 18 HERE. 
          YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN GALVAN SAID THIS, RIGHT, IT'S THE DUE PROCESS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT IS THEIR RIGHTS. WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, IT DOES APPLY TO FOLKS WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          AND SO IF WE CAN'T DO THAT, WE NEED TO PARTNER WITH SOMEBODY WHO REITERATES THE RIGHTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY, WHETHER YOU'RE DOCUMENTED OR NOT. 
          YOU DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT, THE SIXTH AMENDMENT. 
          THERE ARE EXTREMELY HIGH PROFILE PEOPLE GO TO CONGRESS AND THAT'S ALL THEY SAY IS SIXTH AMENDMENT. WE WANT PEOPLE HERE TO KNOW IT'S THEIR RIGHT. 
          IT'S NOT A RIGHT OF PRIVILEGE. IT'S EVERYBODY'S RIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT AND FOLLOW THAT. 
          IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE SIX, PLEASE. I'LL JUST SAY I UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL RISK BEHIND -- THERE ARE CERTAINLY SOME NUANCES THAT MAKE THAT RISK HIGH, BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE HAVE TO DO OUR BEST TO PUSH AGAINST THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITHIN OUR RIGHTS. THE RISK IS HIGH. 
          WHEN THIS FACILITY OPENS THERE COULD BE ANOTHER DEATH IN OUR COMMUNITY AT THE HANDS OF THE FEDERAL AUTHORITY. THERE COULD BE BECAUSE OF PEOPLE -- IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED HERE, PEOPLE FORCING THEIR WAY INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES, ANOTHER SITUATION THAT BRIANNA TAYLOR FACED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THAT COULD HAPPEN HERE THE MORE THIS GETS HIGHLIGHTED AND THE MORE ACTIVITY THERE IS. WE WILL HAVE LESS POLICE ON OUR STREETS RESPONDING TO CALLS THE MORE THEY ASK SAPD TO HELP THEM ENFORCE THEIR OWN LAWS AND POLICIES. SO THAT IS A REAL EFFECT THAT WILL HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE CAN KIND OF SHUT OUR EYES AND PRETEND THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THAT IS A REALITY THAT WILL HAPPEN. SO WE NEED TO KNOW THAT. 
          THESE UPDATES SHOULD NOT TAKE 30 DAYS TO GET DONE. I THINK WE COULD CERTAINLY GET UPDATES A LOT QUICKER. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE WELL WITHIN OUR PURE VIEW TO DO NOW, RIGHT? SO ALL THE ICE ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED OF US SHOULD BE ONLINE ALREADY. THAT IS EASY TO DO. WE'RE NOT RELYING ON ANYBODY ELSE FOR THAT INFORMATION. THAT'S INFORMATION WE HAVE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. 
          IT SHOULD BE ONLINE RIGHT NOW. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE UPDATES THAT THE CITY MANAGER WILL PROVIDE ON A REGULAR BASIS IN A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, BUT I HOPE THAT BY THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE THAT REPORT THERE ARE SOME ACTIONS ALREADY BEING DONE AND PRODUCED FOR THAT. AND EVERY UPDATE THAT THE 
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CITY MANAGER GIVES IN THE REPORT SHOULD ALSO BE SOMEWHERE ONLINE. 
          IT SHOULDN'T TAKE SOMEBODY WATCHING THIS MEETING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO READ IT AT ANY TIME, OF COURSE BILINGUAL, WHEN THEY NEED TO. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK. 
          AND I THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT ON THIS, THANK YOU. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCIL MEMBER MEZA GONZÁLEZ. >> GONZÁLEZ: THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT TODAY AND OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO CAME OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THE COURAGE THAT YOU TOOK TO HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD. 
          DISTRICT 8 IS PERHAPS THE MOST -- HAS THE MOST ETHNICALLY DIVERSE POPULATION IN THE CITY. ITS AN AREA OF TOWN WHERE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD SEEK REFUGE AND THE FIRST TASTE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. 
          UNFORTUNATELY THAT PEACE AND DREAM ARE BEING SHAKEN BY THE RHETORIC AND ACTIONS OF THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. GIVEN THE MEASLES OUTBREAK IN DILLEY, HAS METRO HEALTH BEEN CONSULTED ON ANY PUBLIC HEALTH OVERSIGHT AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS? 
          >> AS IN REFERENCE TO DILLEY OR IF THERE'S A LOCAL FACILITY? 
          >> YES. >> NO, MA'AM, THEY HAVEN'T. >> WOULD THEY BE CALLED UPON 
          AT SOME POINT? >> MY GUESS IS THEY WOULD RELY UPON THE STATE, BUT I 
          COULD FOLLOW UP. >> GONZÁLEZ: AND WHAT ROLE WILL OUR -- IF ANY WILL OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PLAY REGARDING THE FACILITY ITSELF? 
          >> WE'RE NOT AWARE OF ANY REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE OR ANYTHING OF THAT MANNER. 
          IF WE DO BECOME AWARE OF THAT, THEN WE'LL CERTAINLY MAKE THAT PART OF THE FUTURE 
          UPDATES. >> GONZÁLEZ: OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUBMITTING THIS MEMO. 
          I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS RESOLUTION. I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE LOST ON ANY OF US GIVEN THE DISCUSSION WE HAD YESTERDAY AT B SESSION REGARDING A DIVERSION PROGRAM WHERE WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO REHABILITATE PEOPLE AND KEEP THEM OUT OF JAIL AND TRYING TO SCRAPE TOGETHER REALLY ANY FUNDS POSSIBLE WHILE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SHE SHE SHELLING OUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR SOMETHING THAT IS UNNECESSARY. AGAIN, I AM SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM MORE COLLEAGUES. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCIL MEMBER, CAN I ASK FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE FREQUENCY OF 
          THE UPDATE? >> GONZÁLEZ: SURE. IN THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT 
          IS FINE. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR AND THANK YOU, LIZ, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I WANTED TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO COME OUT TO OUR SPECIAL SESSIONS, OUR PUBLIC COMMENT CONVERSATIONS AND OF COURSE THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE STREETS TO CONTINUE TO MOBILIZE AND ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THEIR NEIGHBORS. AS FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED IN THEIR COMMENTS AND ON THE DAIS, THIS IS HOW WE INITIATE CHANGE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND ACROSS THIS GLOBE. IT'S BY HOLDING THOSE IN LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABLE IN TERM OF WHAT YOU EXPECT FROM YOUR LOCAL, FEDERAL, STATE GOVERNMENT, SO ON AND SO NORTH. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTINUING TO BE VOCAL AND ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF YOUR NEIGHBORS. I WANTED TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ FOR TAKING THE LEAD WITH THE RESOLUTION AND PRIMED TO SERVE ON A COUNCIL WHERE THE MAJORITY ARE ARE IN SUPPORT OF NOT JUST THIS RESOLUTION, BUT IN ENSURING THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. LET ME BE CLEAR, AND THIS IS EVIDENT IN PUBLIC POLLING, IS THE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT'S PRACTICES FOR IMMIGRATION ARE BECOMING HIGHLY UNPOPULAR BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN PRACTICE AND TAKE PLACE ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY IS THE CONTINUED CHIPPING AWAY AT OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, WHETHER IT'S THE RIGHT TO PROTEST, THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS, AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR CONSTITUENCY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR COUNCILWOMAN ALDERETE GAVITO OF ANY CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY ACTION TAKEN FURTHER, BUT DOCUMENTING THOSE CONCERNS WILL BE VITAL IN THE CASE AND INSTANCE THAT WE DO HAVE A RECKONING WITH SOME OF THESE UNCONSTITUTIONAL INHUMANE PRACTICES THAT ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, AND THAT DATA MATTERS. IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE DISCUSSION WITH ITEM 18, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF WORKING WITH ANY THIRD-PARTY THAT IS CURRENTLY DOING KNOW YOUR RIGHTS INFORMATION OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND AGAIN, PLEASED TO SEE THAT STAFF HAS BEEN UPDATED IN TERMS OF HOW TO NAVIGATE ANY OF THESE INSTANCES IN A PUBLIC FACILITY. 
          I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THE FACILITY, AND THEY HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT ALLUDED TO. IN TERMS OF THE PERMITTING AND/OR INSPECTION PROCESS, 
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GIVEN THAT THIS FACILITY IS INTENDED TO STORE PRODUCTS AND NOT PEOPLE, DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY INSPECTIONS TAKING PLACE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES OR ANY INSTANCES IN WHICH ITS AT CAPACITY GIVEN THERE'S TWO RESTROOMS AND WE 
          HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT BODILY FLUIDS? >> SARAH RAMIREZ. 
          UNFORTUNATELY NONE OF OUR REGULATIONS WOULD APPLY TO THIS FEDERAL PROPERTY. 
          >> AND THAT'S CONCERNING. THANK YOU FOR IN A, MELISSA. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER MEZA GONZÁLEZ ALLUDED TO I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE CONCERN WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMPONENT TO THIS. WE HAVE SEEN MEASLE OUTBREAKS. 
          THIS IS A FACILITY THAT I'M ASSUMING DOES NOT HAVE ADEQUATE RESTROOMS TO SUSTAIN THE AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALS WE'VE SEEN AT OTHER FACILITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING TO THE CITY CHARTER AND PROTECTING THE HEALTH OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS. LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK TO WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE NEWS. 
          IT WAS RECENTLY REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A FEDERAL AGENCY THAT ENTERED THE HOME OF A SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT WITHOUT A WARRANT. CAN YOU SHARE, ANDY, WHAT'S THE EXTENT OF ANY INFORMATION THAT WE MAY HAVE ON THAT INCIDENT? 
          >> WE'RE NOT AWARE OF THAT INCIDENT, COUNCILWOMAN. WE CAN SEE WHAT INFORMATION WE CAN GET ON THAT. CERTAINLY WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT. 
          >> CASTILLO: WITH THAT -- IN AN INSTANCE THAT A FEDERAL AGENCY ENTERS THE HOME OF A SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT WITHOUT A WARRANT, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE WOULD 
          THAT BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL? >> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S PRETTY CLEAR UNDER CONSTITUTIONAL LAW THAT WITHOUT A WARRANT YOU CAN'T ENTER SOMEBODY'S HOME. 
          THAT'S THE PREVAILING CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU FOR 
          THAT, ANDY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'D LIKE TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON WHAT I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED. SO ACCORDING TO THE REPORT THAT WE TOOK, WE GOT THERE AFTER THE FACT. WE WERE CALLED AND ARRIVED. 
          THERE WAS APPARENTLY ICE SAYS THEY WERE LOOKING FOR ONE PERSON. 
          THERE'S SOME DISPUTE AS TO THE WARRANT, WHAT IT WAS FOR, WHO THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY ENTERED THE HOUSE. 
          SO WE JUST SUMMARIZED WHAT WE WERE TOLD AND TOOK A REPORT. 
          BUT IT WAS APPARENTLY A WANTED PERSON. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHIEF. I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT, RIGHT, AND EVIDENT THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE'VE HEARD IS THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHILE WE'RE TAKING THESE STEPS, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT CITY STAFF HAS WORKED VERY HARD TO GET THIS PRESENTATION TO US. I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPDATES WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, BUT I'D LIKE TO REMIND THIS BODY AS WE TALK ABOUT GRANTS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO NOT COMPLY IN ADVANCE. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT THE RIGHT OF HANGING FEDERAL DOLLARS OVER US IS A VERY REAL THREAT, HOWEVER, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT WE PROTECT ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND SOMETIMES THAT MEANS MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS WITH OUR BUDGET. BUT JUST AGAIN I WANTED TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO WHO HAVE COME OUT TO THE STREETS AND PUBLIC COMMENT. THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCIL MEMBER WHYTE. >> WHYTE: YEAH, THANKS, MAYOR. I'LL BE BRIEF. I WANT TO BEGIN BY JUST SAYING THAT ANY INSINUATION THAT I DON'T CARE ABOUT ANY CITIZEN OF SAN ANTONIO, FRANKLY, I TAKE VERY, VERY PERSONALLY. REGARDLESS TO ME WHETHER YOU'RE A CITIZEN OR NOT, ANY HUMAN BEING THAT LIVES HERE WITHIN OUR CITY I CARE ABOUT, AND THE FACT THAT FOLKS WANT TO SAY TO THE CONTRARY, HONESTLY -- AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T TAKE LIGHTLY AND CERTAINLY DON'T APPRECIATE. 
          AS I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE NEED COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM. THAT IS WHERE I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS' EFFORTS NEED TO BE PLACED, BUT UNTIL WE GET THERE, UNTIL WE GET THERE, WHAT WE CANNOT DO IS IMPEDE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT TO SPEAK TODAY AND THAT HAVE COME OUT TO SPEAK OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST AND OF COURSE HAVE THEIR VOICES BE HEARD, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHAT I'M HEARING A LOT OF TODAY IS MY COLLEAGUES WANTING TO APIECE SOME OF THESE FOLKS THAT HAVE COME TO CITY HALL, AND I WORRY THAT IT'S GOING TO PUSH US IN A DIRECTION, AGAIN, THAT IMPEDES FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. I THINK THAT'S WRONG. 
          I THINK THAT PUTS THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO AT RISK, FRANKLY, AND I ALSO 
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THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO PUT -- AS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IT'S GOING TO PUT POTENTIAL FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING ON THE LINE. AND THESE ARE FUNDS THAT OUR CITIZENS HERE RELY ON TO A LARGE DEGREE. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A COMMENT EARLIER, I THINK IT WAS MY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ, TO THE EFFECT OF I'M READY TO GET LITIGIOUS. WELL, I'M NOT, BECAUSE JUST IN THE TWO AND A HALF YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE SEEN THE CITY GET LITIGIOUS AND SPEND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, IF NOT SEVEN FIGURES' WORTH OF CITIZEN TAXPAYER MONEY IN LAWSUITS THAT WE SHOULD NEVER BE INVOLVED IN. 
          AND THAT'S MONEY THAT COULD BE GOING TO ADDING PUBLIC SAFETY, TO FIXING OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY SHOULD BE GOING. 
          SO LISTEN, I -- I APPRECIATE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THEIR RESIDENTS, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SOMETIMES HAVE TO HAVE THOSE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS AND SAY, LISTEN, SOME OF THIS IS OUT OF OUR HANDS, THERE'S A HIGHER AUTHORITY, AND PER THE LAWS ON THE BOOKS, BOTH AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL, WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH -- AGAIN, WITH THESE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION AND THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCIL MEMBER WHYTE, WOULD YOU PLEASE COMMENT ON THE FREQUENCY BY WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE UPDATES ON PROGRESS ON 
          THE ITEMS IN THE RESOLUTION? >> WHYTE: YEAH, SURE. I THINK WHENEVER THERE'S ANY SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS, AND ERIK THINKS IT'S APPROPRIATE TO UPDATE EVERYBODY. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCIL MEMBER KAUR. >> KAUR: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE RESOLUTION AND MATTER THEY PUT FORWARD TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ AND THE OTHER FOLKS SIGNING. I THINK YOU KNOW THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT. I WAS THINKING ABOUT AS WE WERE SITTING IN THE BACK THAT WHEN I WAS ELECTED TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF REPRESENTING THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER. 
          AND THAT WAS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF DISTRICT 1. AND IT WAS TRULY A PRIVILEGE. WHILE IT WASN'T THE BEST SITUATION, THE CITY HAD FOLKS THAT WERE COMING THROUGH AND WANTED TO PROVIDE SUPPORTS. 
          THEY PARTNERED WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES, THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK WAS PROVIDING FREE MEALS. THERE WERE [INDISCERNIBLE] THAT LITTLE KIDS WERE USING AND THEY WERE HELPING FOLKS GET TO WHERE THEY NEEDED TO. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 
          SURE, THERE WERE FOLKS THAT WERE UPSET ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE CITY WAS LEADING, BUT THAT'S THE CITY THAT I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF, ONE THAT STEPS UP AND SAYS WE DON'T WANT FOLKS SLEEPING IN THE STREETS IN FRONT OF THE GREYHOUND BUS STATION. 
          WE WANT TO CREATE A SUPPORT SPACE FOR THEM, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T BEEN FUNDED, SOME OF THAT MONEY THAT WE DESERVED THAT WE WOULD LIKE BACK. 
          THAT'S THE CITY THAT I WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE PART OF. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, AS MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, THE MAJORITY OF US THAT DO TRULY WANT TO HELP AND CARE FOR AND ARE COMPASSION NOT FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY. 
          BUT THAT BEING SAID, TWO AND A HALF YEARS LATER AND WE'RE IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT POLITICAL CLIMATE AND IT IS FRUSTRATING. THE FIRST THING I'LL SAY IS WHAT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER GALVAN ALLUDED TO AT THE VERY END, WHICH IS PEOPLE POWER. WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT ELECTION COMING UP AND WE HAVE TO STEP UP BECAUSE CONGRESS HAS TO STOP FUNDING THIS PARAMILITARY INSTITUTION. THAT'S JUST GOING INTO HOUSES AND WITHOUT WARRANTS AND MISCORRECTLY IDENTIFYING PEOPLE. WE HAVE TO STOP FUNDING THEM, WE ABSOLUTELY DO. UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T CONTROL THE FUNDING FOR THEM, BUT OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN. SO LET'S MAKE SURE WE GO OUT AND I THINK I UNDERSTAND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES SAID WE WOULD HAVE LIKED THIS SOONER, BUT SOMETIMES, NO OFFENSE, CITY STAFF, Y'ALL DON'T WORK VERY FAST SOMETIMES. AND AT LEAST YOU GUYS HEARD ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAID IN THE LAST SESSION AND LISTED IT OUT FOR US. SO I PERSONALLY APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE ITEM THAT WAS SHOWN AND WHAT'S POSSIBLE, AND AT LEAST STARTING THE EXPIRATION. I DO -- THE EXPLORATION. I DO IF THE CITY MANAGER CAN GIVE US REPORTS AS HE GETS UPDATES. IF THAT'S WEEKLY, GREAT. 
          IF IT'S BIWEEKLY, WHATEVER ERIK IS PROVIDE, I SUPPORT THAT IN HIS REPORTS. 
          AS FAR AS THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY DONE, I DID GET GOOD FEEDBACK FROM --G THE SPECIAL SESSION IF WE COULD GET SOME TRAINING FOR OUR -- SPECIFICALLY OUR' LIBRARIANS AND CITY STAFF, AND YOU GUYS ALREADY STEPPED UP AND TOOK THAT ACTION, AT LEAST THE FIRST OF WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT WILL BE ADDITIONAL THAT HAPPENED 
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LAST FRIDAY AND I GOT FEEDBACK FOR HOW THAT SESSION ALLOWED FOR Q&A FOR FOLKS WHO NEED IT. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT ON ON. 
          I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO DOUBLE DOWN ON ITEM 19 TO SEE WHAT ELSE IS POSSIBLE, PARTICULARLY IF AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION IS OCCURRING. 
          FOR ITEM NUMBER 6, WHICH IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY, I THINK A COUPLE OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE ARRESTED ALLUDED TO IT. I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT.  I THINK FOLKS DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THIS -- I KNOW IT'S I.T., WHICH IS TRICKY AND IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO MANAGE WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY, BUT WE'VE GOT TO PUT UP SOMETHING WHERE FOLKS CAN START SAYING THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED AND THIS IS WHAT OCCURRED. 
          EVEN IF I UNDERSTAND SAPD MAY NOT BE AIGE TO ACT ON IT, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN SAY THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON. RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT. 
          IT'S SO FRUSTRATING TO SEE THE ICE NUMBERS THAT THEY'RE SENDING US BAH HE WITH DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S REAL AND WHAT'S NOT. AT LEAST WITH COMMUNITY PROVIDING INFORMATION WE KNOW WHO IT'S COMING FROM AND MAYBE THERE CAN BE A WAY FOR MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO SAY WE SAW THIS TOO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO THAT THERE'S AFFIRMATION OF OTHER FOLKS THAT HAVE WITNESSED IT. AND AGAIN, ACCOUNTABILITY IS VERY IMPORTANT IN TODAY'S AGE WHERE IT JUST FEELS LIKE THERE'S NO HOLDING ANYONE ACCOUNTABLE. FOR THE JUSTICE FUND, ITEM NUMBER 12, I UNDERSTAND WE CANNOT AS A RESULT OF GRANT LIMITATIONS SUPPORT FOLKS THAT DON'T HAVE DOCUMENTATION, BUT WE WERE AT THE IMMIGRATION COURT YESTERDAY AND THERE ARE FOLKS THAT WE COULD BE HELPING THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS AND JUST NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO HELP GET ATTORNEYS. THE JUDGES, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE AN ATTORNEY PRESENT, THE JUDGES DON'T EVEN -- THE JUDGES TREAT YOU DIFFERENTLY, I'LL JUST SAY I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE SAW. 
          AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO PUSH THE JUSTICE FUND. SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO, IF THAT MEANS US CONTRIBUTING FROM CARRYOVER, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT A PLAN WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THIS JUSTICE FUND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. IDEALLY BEFORE BUDGET SEASON IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT AT LEAST FOLKS THAT ARE WRONGFULLY DETAINED. 
          BECAUSE AS WE HEARD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT ONE OF THE FOLKS FROM THE SAN PEDRO RAID SPENT $25,000 IN LEGAL FEES AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD BE SUPPORTING OURAND THENE SIGNAGE PIECE. CAN WE GET ANSWER. I SAY I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERY PERSON IS CLICKING ON YOUR CITY'S WEBSITE. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO SAY OUR WEBSITE GETS ALL THE CLICKS BUT I THINK WE NEED TO GO BIGGER AND BROADER HOW TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO AND WHAT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO. A LITTLE ODE TO COUNCILMAN PELAEZ, WE DID THOSE SIGNS IN THE BATHROOM. I WAS ONE OF THEM, IS THIS GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE? I GO TO EVERY RESTAURANT AND SEE THOSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SIGNS AND THIS WAS EFFECTIVE. MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT WE COULD DO IN COMBINATION WITH METRO HEALTH BECAUSE NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, YOU SEE IT. 
          I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO EXPLORE SIGNAGE AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. 
          I'LL END OFF WITH -- FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I DID ASK THE CHIEF IN THE BACK IF HE FELT OUR SAPD OFFICERS WERE ACTUALLY ASKING ABOUT THAT, WHAT YOUR DOCUMENTATION -- OR WHAT YOUR IMMIGRATION STATUS IS. AND HE IS THAT HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS HAPPENING. AND I ALSO SAID THIS THE LAST TIME. 
          I TRULY DO BELIEVE OUR SAPD OFFICERS, ESPECIALLY OUR SAFFE OFFICERS, MANY OF THEM CARE ABOUT US. CONTINUE LOOKING AT THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS US TO USE AI USING BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE TO SEE IF THAT STATEMENT IS TRUE . 
          THIS DETENTION FACILITY JUST MAKES ME CRINGE EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT IT. 
          I MEAN, SOMEONE IN THE SPEAKERS DEFINED WHAT A CONCENTRATION CAMP IS. 
          AND I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN CERTAIN GROUPS ARE JUST BEING CONTINUOUSLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. I, QUITE FRANKLY, FELT THIS. 
          NOT ALL IMMIGRANTS, EVEN. I'M AN IMMIGRANT. I'M A FIRST GEN AND I FELT A LITTLE BIT OF RACISM IN THAT COURTROOM FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS BASED ON WHO THEY WERE, WHAT LANGUAGE THEY SPOKE. AND I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS TRULY GOING TO BE A TERRIBLE THING IF IT GETS OFF THE GROUND. 
          I WOULD URGE US TO FIGURE OUT EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN. 
          I THOUGHT, SOMEONE TOLD ME CUT OFF ELECTRICITY. I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO ASK ANDY ABOUT IT. THE SEWAGE. A WAREHOUSE ISN'T BUILT FOR 
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ENOUGH SEWAGE PIPELINES TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THERE. IT'S MEANT TO STACK BOXES. 
          AND SO WHAT IS THAT GOING TO DO TO THE ENVIRONMENT IN AND AROUND THE AREA IN DISTRICT 2. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS SUCH A TERRIBLE IDEA. I WILL SUPPORT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING WE CAN. 
          I WOULD LOVE IF WE COULD TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THAT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT DONE BY SOMEONE WHO IS CREDIBLE ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY DO A REAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT. BECAUSE OTHERWISE, I MEAN, YOU COULD SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THE IMPACTS. AND SO I WILL END WITH THAT, YES, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S POSSIBLE. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT ELECTION COMING UP IN NOVEMBER. THANKS, MAYOR. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILWOMAN SPEARS. >> WALSH: CAN I ASK A QUICK FOLLOW-UP QUESTION? COUNCILMEMBER KAUR, YOUR POINT ABOUT EVALUATION AROUND THE JUSTICE FUND, THERE WERE THREE ITEMS IN THAT CHART. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE ONE, NO. 12 ON THE LIST? OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          >> SPEARS: THANK YOU, MAYOR. COLLEAGUES, WHAT WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS NOT A LOCAL CRISIS. IT IS THE PREDICTABLE RESULT OF A FEDERAL POLICY DECISION MADE BY THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION. 
          AND WE ARE NOW FORCED, AS A NATION, TO OVERCORRECT THESE MISTAKES, REQUIRING THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL DETENTION FACILITIES. ENGAGING IN INTERFERENCE OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IS INEFFECTIVE, IRRESPONSIBLE, AND DANGEROUS. WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE, BLOCKING PERMITS, DENYING UTILITIES, PENALIZING LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS, VIOLATING PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS OR OTHERWISE TRYING TO OBSTRUCT A FEDERAL DETENTION FACILITY IS NOT ONLY MISGUIDED, IT IS LEGALLY FUTILE. UNDER THE SUPREMACY CLAUSE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DOES NOT GET TO VETO FEDERAL ACTION. WE DO NOT CONTROL FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PRETENDING OTHERWISE MISLEADS THE PUBLIC. 
          MORE TROUBLING IS THE MESSAGE THAT THIS SENDS. EFFORTS TO DETER OR OBSTRUCT ICE ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT PROTECT COMMUNITIES. BY ATTEMPTING TO INTERFERE WITH FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE ARE NOT HELPING INNOCENT PEOPLE. 
          WE ARE SHIELDING INDIVIDUALS ACCUSED OR CONVICTED OF SERIOUS CRIMES. 
          CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, DRUG TRAFFICKING, AND OTHER VIOLENT OFFENSES ALL WHILE CLAIMING MORAL SUPERIORITY. I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF NAMES OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. CITIZENS VICIOUSLY MURDERED BY ILLEGAL ALIENS IN OUR COUNTRY. LAKEN RILEY, 22 YEARS OLD, A NURSING STUDENT ATTACKED WHILE JOGGING, BEATEN WITH A ROCK, SUFFOCATED AND ASSAULTED. 
          RACHEL MOREN, 37, A MOTHER OF FIVE, ABDUCTED AND KILLED, BLUDGEONED WITH ROCKS. KAYLA HAMILTON, 20. A YOUNG WOMAN WITH AUTISM WAS BOUND, ASSAULTED, AND STRANGLED IN HER HOME. JOSLIN, 12 YEARS OLD. 
          ABDUCTED, ASSAULTED, AND KILLED IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. LARISSA THOMPSON, 40 YEARS OLD, FATALLY SHOT WHILE DRIVING IN SOUTH CAROLINA. JAMIL SHAW, 17, A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SHOT AND KILLED IN A DRIVE-BY AFTER BEING MISTAKEN FOR A RIVAL GANG MEMBER. 
          MY HOPE IS THAT THE MEDIA WILL START TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS THAT ARE GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY. LOCALLY, IN JANUARY ALONE, ICE HERE HAS ARRESTED 21 INDIVIDUALS COMMITTING EGREGIOUS CRIMES. A FEW OF THOSE ARE FROM A 60-YEAR-OLD CITIZEN IN MEXICO WHO WAS CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY, DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED AND A PROBATION VIOLATION. A 57-YEAR-OLD CITIZEN FROM EL SALVADOR FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND PENDING CHARGE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE. A 29-YEAR-OLD CITIZEN IN MEXICO WITH A CRIMINAL PENDING CHARGE FOR MURDER. A 34-YEAR-OLD CITIZEN OF GUATEMALA WITH A CRIMINAL ARREST FOR SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 14. A 24-YEAR-OLD CITIZEN OF VENEZUELA CHARGED WITH INJURY TO A CHILD, ELDERLY, OR DISABLED INDIVIDUAL. 
          TAKING THE SIDE OF CRIMINALS OVER OUR CITIZENS AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IS 
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NOT COMPASSION, IT IS RECKLESS. CITIZENS SIMPLY MUST COME FIRST. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF RHETORIC ABOUT WRONGFUL ARRESTS AND LACK OF DUE PROCESS. WHAT IS CONSISTENTLY LEFT OUT IS THIS CRITICAL FACT. THE VAST MAJORITY OF INDIVIDUALS BEING ARRESTED ALREADY HAVE DEPORTATION ORDERS. THEY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED DUE PROCESS. THEY VIOLATED THOSE ORDERS. THAT IS WHY ENFORCEMENT IS OCCURRING. DUE PROCESS QUESTIONS BELONG IN THE COURTS IN FRONT OF JUDGES WITH EVIDENCE, BRIEFING, AND THE RULE OF LAW. 
          CITY COUNCIL IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE JUDICIARY. 
          I DO WANT TO ADDRESS THIS FEAR MONGERING. AFTER WEEKS OF LISTENING TO THE SAME PEOPLE COME TO THESE CHAMBERS AND SPEAK ABOUT ICE AND BERATE MYSELF AND OTHERS WHO HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT, IT IS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT MISINFORMATION AND LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND BASIC CIVICS IS RAMPANT. FURTHER, CLAIMS THAT INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE BEING RANDOMLY ARRESTED ARE SIMPLY NOT SUPPORTED BY FACTS. PARTICULARLY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. REPEATING THOSE CLAIMS SCARES PEOPLE INTO STAYING HOME, SKIPPING WORK, AND PULLING THEIR KIDS FROM SCHOOL. 
          THAT FEAR IS BEING MANUFACTURED BY RHETORIC AND NOT REALITY. 
          WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE IS INFLAMING EMOTIONS, FUELING MISINFORMATION, AND ENCOURAGING HOSTILITY TOWARDS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THIS HAS REAL CONSEQUENCES. 
          IT CREATES FEAR. IT ESCALATES TENSIONS. AND IT DISTRACTS FROM THE RESPONSIBILITIES WE ARE TASKED TO HANDLE SUCH AS PUBLIC SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING, AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN OUR CITY. 
          OUR POLICE CHIEF HAS BEEN ABUNDANTLY CLEAR . THE SAPD HAS ONLY BEEN INVOLVED IN TWO ICE-RELATED INCIDENTS IN AN ENTIRE YEAR LAST YEAR. 
          ONE WAS PERIMETER SUPPORT AND WAS ONE A TRAFFIC STOP THAT ESCALATED. 
          ACCUSATIONS THAT SAPD IS OVERSTEPPING OR THAT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS DEEPLY ENTANGLED IN FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ARE GROSS EXAGGERATIONS. 
          THEY DO NOT REFLECT WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING ON THE GROUND. 
          THERE IS ANOTHER FACT WE CANNOT IGNORE. SAN ANTONIO TAXPAYERS ARE STILL OWED ROUGHLY 30 MILLION TAX DOLLARS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR OPERATING THE MIGRANT FACILITY THIS CITY CHOSE TO OPEN. 
          THAT MONEY HAS NOT BEEN REIMBURSED YEARS LATER. AT THIS POINT WE AREN'T SURE WE'RE EVEN GOING TO GET IT. I DON'T RECALL THE OUTCRY FOR SYMPATHY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED AROUND THAT MIGRANT CENTER, WHICH WAS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE ILLEGAL ALIENS WERE FREE TO COME AND GO AND THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE GRIPPED BY CRIME, DRUGS, AND PROSTITUTION AND PROPERTY CRIMES. 
          YET SOME HERE WANT TO RISK ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING OPENLY ANTAGONIZING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT TO WHAT END? THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE PRESSURED BY THIS COUNCIL. THE ONLY THING THIS APPROACH ACCOMPLISHES IS PUTTING SAN ANTONIO IN A WORSE POSITION FINANCIALLY AND LEGALLY. 
          TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT ABOUT BENDING THE KNEE, THIS IS ABOUT FOLLOWING THE LAW. 
          THE LAW OF THE LAND WE ALL LIVE UNDER IN THE FINEST NATION IN THE WORLD AND EASILY THE BEST STATE IN THIS NATION. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN SIT HERE, SPEAK FREELY, AND DISAGREE OPENLY. 
          BUT FREEDOM OF SPEECH DOES NOT GIVE THIS BODY AUTHORITY TO SUBVERT FEDERAL LAW OR OBSTRUCT FEDERAL AGENCIES. IF YOU ARE NOT COMMITTING A CRIME, NOT INTERFERING WITH POLICE ACTIVITY, AND NOT HERE ILLEGALLY, YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. AND IF A MISTAKE DOES OCCUR, BE SURE THAT THE JUDICIARY EXISTS TO CORRECT IT. THIS IS HOW OUR SYSTEM IS DESIGNED AND HOW IT WORKS. 
          SUGGESTING OTHERWISE IS IRRESPONSIBLE. IT SCARES PEOPLE. 
          IT CAUSES REAL HARM AND IT MUST STOP. WE SHOULD STOP INFLAMING FEAR, STOP UNDERMINING LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND STOP PRETENDING THIS COUNCIL HAS ANY AUTHORITY, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT. THE COURTS HANDLE DUE PROCESS. FEDERAL AGENCIES ENFORCE FEDERAL LAW AND WE SHOULD FOCUS ON DOING OUR JOBS RESPONSIBLY, LAWFULLY, AND HONESTLY. 
          WE SHOULD STOP TRYING TO PLAY FEDERAL IMMIGRATION COURT ON THIS DAIS. 
          LET THE COURTS RESOLVE DUE PROCESS CLAIMS. LET LAW ENFORCEMENT DO THEIR JOB. AND LET THIS COUNCIL FOCUS ON GOVERNING RESPONSIBLY. 
          THIS IS OUR ROLE AND WE NEED TO GET BACK TO IT. I AM EMPHATICALLY AGAINST ALL OF THESE PROPOSED MEASURES AND I WOULD SAY THE FREQUENCY OF ANY REPORTING SHOULD BE AT ANY SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: ERIK. >> WALSH: JUST ONE POINT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL. IT IS -- THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES OWE US ABOUT $30 MILLION FOR THREE PRIMARY REASONS. 
          OPERATIONS OF THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER AND THE BALANCE IS WINTER STORM URI AND COVID. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL 
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UNDERSTOOD -- AND THE PUBLIC --T $30 MILLION, 13.5, ROUGHLY, IS THE MRC. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, ERIK. HAS EVERYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE SPOKEN? YOU HAVE ONE MORE. 
          GO AHEAD. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO FOR BRINGING UP THE ACTION THAT WE PROPOSED WHICH IS IF RESIDENTS FEEL THEIR RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED BY ICE, TO CALL SAPD. I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR. THE INTENT WITH THAT IS, AS YOU ALLUDED TO, FOR TRACKING AND DOCUMENTING PURPOSES. WE NEED TO KNOW IS THIS HAPPENING TWO TIMES IN OUR CITY OR 2,000 TIMES IN OUR CITY. 
          WE KNOW SAPD CAN'T NECESSARILY FOLLOW UP WITH ACTION BUT IT IS FOR TRACKING AND MONITORING AND DOCUMENTING SO THAT IN CASE WE NEED TO ESCALATE FURTHER WE CAN. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 
          >> SEGOVIA: MAYOR, CAN I UNDERSCORE SOMETHING, PLEASE? IN TERMS OF THE REPORTING THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO, BASED ON COUNCIL DIRECTION. AS THE LAST SLIDE POINTED OUT, IT WILL ALL BE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF STATE, LOCAL, FEDERAL LAW. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT, ANDY. >> MAYOR JONES: LET ME REITERATE MY THANKS TO EVERYBODY THAT HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO COME TO US OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK AND YOUR COMMENTS AND OF COURSE YOUR CONCERNS. MANY OF WHICH WE SHARE, OBVIOUSLY, AS THIS AFFECTS ALL OF US. NONE OF THIS IS EXCLUSIVE TO ONE DISTRICT. 
          ALLEGATIONS OF VIOLATIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN MILITARY CITY, USA, WHERE A LARGE NUMBER OF FOLKS HAVE TAKEN AN OATH TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, I THINK IS SOMETHING THIS COMMUNITY WOULD UNIQUELY TAKE OFFENSE TO. 
          IN LIGHT ALSO OF OUR DEMOGRAPHIC. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS, WHETHER YOU CAME HERE TODAY IN FRONT OF US OR WHETHER YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE 16-YEAR-OLD KIDS FROM BRACKENRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL THAT CAME TO CITY HALL, THANK YOU FOR UTILIZING YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND THANK YOU FOR BEING ENGAGED. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR LEGAL TEAM. OUR LEGAL TEAM HAS REALLY WORKED TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN THREAD THE NEEDLE HERE AND HELP MANAGE EXPECTATIONS. 
          I THINK WE ALL -- THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF IDEAS AND CERTAINLY THAT MAKES SENSE, IN LIGHT OF OUR NEIGHBORS WATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND UNDERSTANDING THAT, YES, WE ARE DIFFERENT BUT HOW DIFFERENT AND WHERE CAN WE PUSH AND WHERE CAN WE DO THAT. I WANT TO THANK THE LEGAL TEAM THAT WORK EXPEDITIOUSLY SINCE THE SPECIAL SESSION AND EVEN BEFORE THAT AS IDEAS WERE TRICKLING IN. I APPRECIATE THEIR WORK AND I KNOW THAT WAS COMPLICATED AS YOU MERGED A COUPLE OF PRODUCTS TOGETHER TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, ANDY, LIZ, AND THE REST OF THE TEAM. 
          JUST YESTERDAY, AS MANY HAVE ALLUDED, SOME OF THIS IS NOT WITHIN OUR PURVIEW. 
          WE IN FACT RELY ON THE LEADERSHIP, THE COURAGE OF OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION. 
          AND SO WE ANTICIPATE A VOTE ON A BILL THAT WOULD PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE FACILITY ON THE EAST SIDE. BECAUSE AS I NOTE IN THE LETTER THAT I SENT TO OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION, THOSE MEMBERS WERE REPRESENTING OUR CITY. 
          WE HAVE YET -- MY OFFICE HAS YET TO, CITY STAFF HAS YET TO RECEIVE ANY FORMAL NOTIFICATION ABOUT THAT FACILITY OR PROPOSED ACTIVITIES THERE. 
          SO WE CONTINUE TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS. UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE JUST NOT GETTING A LOT OF ANSWERS. AND AT TIMES READING ABOUT THESE THINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW US TO DO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO ON BEHALF OF YOU. AGAIN, WE REITERATE THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING AND CONTINUES TO BE UNSATISFYING TO MANY OF US AS WELL. 
          LIZ AND ANDY, FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE IDEAS HERE. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALWAYS THAT JUST BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT, THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THE CITY IS THE BEST POSTURE TO DO IT. MY CONCERN WITH TRACKING OF ANY DATA, FOR EXAMPLE -- AND I CAN CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE INTENT, AS COUNCILWOMAN ALDERETE GAVITO ALLUDED TO. MY CONCERN IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE REPORTING ALLEGATIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS, REPORTING IT TO SAPD MAY IN FACT BE A DETERRENT. FOLKS MIGHT NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE, IF THAT IS THE ENTITY TO WHICH THEY REPORT IT. WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN IS GETTING THE DATA. LIZ, I APPRECIATE YOUR EXPLORATION OF SOLUTIONS BUT POTENTIALLY THIRD PARTY, POTENTIALLY THOSE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS SPACE THAT ARE ALREADY RESOURCED AND TRAINED TO DO THIS, BY WHICH WE MAY BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME 
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KIND OF AGREEMENT WITH. THAT WOULD ALLOW US ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION THAT WE CARE ABOUT AND GET US CLOSER TO THE INTENT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT 
          ON THAT, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. >> SEGOVIA: I COULD DO THAT, MAYOR. AS WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT STEPS THAT LIZ POINTED OUT, WE WILL NOT ONLY HIGHLIGHT WHAT LEGAL CHALLENGES WE HAVE BUT ALSO 
          IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES WE HAVE. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, ANDY. TO YOUR SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR FEEDBACK, LIZ, ON THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. I MENTIONED THIRD-PARTY RESOURCE ON THE 18. 
          ON NO. 19, THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING FOR CITY STAFF ON RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO THE PREVENTION OF HARMED CAUSED BY IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE INTENT HERE. 
          THIS IS ONE THAT IS QUITE BROAD, THOUGH. SO I WELCOME YOU ALL HELPING US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT COMPLIANCE LOOKS LIKE VERSUS WHAT A BROADER UNDERSTANDING, WHICH MAY BE BROADER, THEREBY MORE DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT AND POTENTIALLY MORE LEGALLY RISKY. AND THAT'S OKAY AS LONG AS WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE GRADES OF RISK ARE AS A RESULT OF UNDERSTANDING HOW FAR WE ARE GOING TO PREVENT. RIGHT? OKAY. 
          24, USE OF CITY RESOURCES AND SERVICES. BASED ON YOUR PREVIOUS INFORMATION THAT YOU SHARED IN THIS BODY, WE ARE ONLY PROVIDING WHAT WE ARE ASKED TO PROVIDE, CORRECT? SO WE'RE ALREADY OPERATING AND ONLY PROVIDING THE MINIMUM REQUIRED, BY LAW, SUPPORT FOR THESE ACTIVITIES. 
          CORRECT, ANDY OR LIZ? >> SEGOVIA: YES, MAYOR. I MEAN, UP UNTIL TODAY WE'VE ONLY DONE WHAT WAS SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR BY ICE AND WE HAVEN'T DONE 
          FURTHER THAN WHAT WAS ASKED FOR. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. 
          SO CONTINUING THAT APPROACH, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF HERE. NO. 25 STANDARD PRACTICE FOR US, CURRENTLY. ACTIONS THAT AVOID UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION, RETALIATION, OR PREEMPTION CONCERNS. THAT IS ALREADY HOW WE GUIDE 
          OUR ACTIONS. CORRECT, ANDY? >> SEGOVIA: THAT IS CORRECT, MAYOR. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY TALKING HERE A LOT ABOUT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT BUT A LOT OF THINGS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT MITIGATING VIOLENCE TO OTHERS OR PRESUMING CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, THEY APPLY TO ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. THE LAST ONE, EVALUATE OPPORTUNITIES TO HOLD FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE. AS YOU ALL OUTLINED, OUR SAPD OFFICERS ARE ALREADY REQUIRED TO REPORT ANY VIOLATION OF LAW AS THEY UNDERSTAND IT. SO I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THAT CURRENT APPROACH. 
          I UNDERSTAND MY COLLEAGUES MAY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY MAY HAVE MEANT WITH THAT PROVISION BUT I APPRECIATE WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING AND SUPPORT THE CURRENT APPROACH. OKAY. 
          AS MENTIONED BY NUMEROUS OF MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE, WE GOT HERE BECAUSE OF AN ELECTION. WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, SOMETHING BETTER BECAUSE OF AN ELECTION. EARLY VOTING STARTS ON THE 17TH, RUNS THROUGH THE 27TH. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHERE THOSE COUNTY OFFICIALS, THOSE STATE REPRESENTATIVES, AND THOSE FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES SEEKING YOUR VOTE WHERE THEY ARE ON THESE ISSUES. ARE THEY OKAY WITH USING STATE LAWS TO POTENTIALLY SILENCE STUDENTS EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS? ARE YOU OKAY WITH A FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVE THAT THINKS THAT A DETENTION CENTER IS A JOBS OPPORTUNITY? SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU VOTE WISELY AND MAKE SURE YOU ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO DO SO. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE STAFF FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK. ERIK, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SUMMARIZE THE KEY TASKS AND FREQUENCY OF REPORTING UPDATES THAT YOU HEARD 
          TODAY. >> WALSH: A LOT OF FOLLOW-UP WE WILL DO. 
          THIS HAS BEEN HELPFUL FOR US TO GET THE COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK. 
          WHAT I'M THINKING NOW, KIND OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT SOME OF YOU SAID. 
          WE WILL START AND INCLUDE WITHIN THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, BEGINNING ON 
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MARCH 5. WE HAVE NEXT WEEK'S COUNCIL MEETING. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING THE LAST WEEK IN FEBRUARY SO WE'LL TARGET THAT MARCH 5TH CITY MANAGER'S REPORT TO UPDATE YOU ALL ON THE TASKS. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. THANK YOU. THE TIME IS NOW 1:50 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. GOSH. SORRY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. THERE BEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE ITEM 4. PLEASE VOTE. 
          COUNCILMAN WHYTE, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE -- DO YOU SEE HIM? OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CITY 
          MANAGER'S REPORT. ERIK. >> WALSH: MAYOR, LET ME PROPOSE THAT SINCE WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND WITH OUR 1:00 TIME CERTAIN WITH GREATER:SATX, THAT WE JUST MOVE INTO THAT. OR IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A -- 
          >> MAYOR JONES: WE'LL ADJOURN FOR TEN MINUT
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