Aug 06, 2026 Sesión A del Consejo de la Ciudad

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>> THAT'S IT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, ERIK. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO TAKING THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS SO WE MAY CLEAR THE BUSINESS OF THE DAY? OKAY. HEARING NONE, ITEM 7 THROUGH 32 ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AGENDA. WE WILL CONSIDER THIS AS A GROUP AND THERE WILL NOT BE A STAFF PRESENTATION UNLESS PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

NOTE THAT ITEMS 10 AND 11 ARE BEING PULLED FOR EMINENT DOMAIN.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY? THIS IS JUST ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT.

WE'LL DO HIGHLIGHTS LATER. OKAY. WHILE BE PULLING ITEM NUMBER 23 FOR A MORE IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL GIVEN THIS IS AN INITIAL INTRODUCTION OF SUCH AN ENTITY IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT WILL BE ITEM NUMBER 23. ITEMS 10, 11, 23 HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. THERE ARE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCEPT FOR

ITEMS 10, 11 AND 23. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY HIGHLIGHTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA?

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

I HAD A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS TODAY. I'LL GO THROUGH THE FIRST ONES PRETTY QUICKLY AND HIGHLIGHT ITEMS 16, 17, 18 AND 19 FOR FOUR APPOINTEES TO SERVE THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR DISTRICT 6. WE HAVE ADRIAN IN A, ERIKA AND [INDISCERNIBLE] ALL HERE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TOW COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

OF COURSE WE ARE ALSO APPOINTING KATHLEEN DAVIS BACK TO THE ADVISORY BOARD AND I WANT TO THANK HER FOR ALL THE WORK SHE'S DONE WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP WITH ACS ISSUES AND WITH THE TEAM AND THE ACS STAFF. I ALSO WANT TO A LOT ADRIANA FOR 17 YEARS OF HISTORIC EXPERTISE SPANNING THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.

SHE IS A REGISTERED ARCHITECT AND INTERIOR DESIGNER IN TEXAS, HOLDING A MASTER'S FROM UTSA. VERY GLAD TO HAVE HER ON ON THE HISTORIC COMPLIANCE AND TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD. WE ALSO HAVE ERIK KA GONZÁLEZ WHO HAS DEDICATED HER CAREER FOR A MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

SHE EARNED A BACHELOR'S OF ARTS IN PSYCHOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD AND A MASTER'S ALONG WITH A CERTIFICATION IN NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO. VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HER [INDISCERNIBLE]. WE HAVE A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER WITH THE SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS SYSTEM WHERE SHE PROVIDES INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, LEADS A PROGRAM AND WORKFLOW IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES AND COLLABORATES WITH TEAMS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE AND OUTCOMES FOR VETERANS. SHE LOOKS FORWARD TO SERVING ON THE COMMISSION. I CAN'T BE MORE EXCITED TO HAVE ALL OF YOU SERVING HERE TOGETHER FOR DISTRICT 6 RESIDENTSS AND FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OVERALL.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US TODAY? THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S SERVICE.

AND I'M EXCITED TO HAVE Y'ALL ON THE TEAM. >> MAYOR JONES: GREAT,

THANK YOU. >> GALVAN: I HAVE A LAST ONE REALLY QUICK.

ITEM 24 FOR THE MEMORIAL WAY DESIGNATION. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE FAMILY FOR WORKING WOULD MY TEAM AND I AND BEING INCREDIBLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO INCREDIBLE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

IT'S NEVER EASY TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND I WON'T BELABOR IT TOO LONG. ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 24, JOSÉ FLORES, A JOHN JAY STUDENT AND INCREDIBLE SON AND BROTHER AND FRIEND WAS STRUCK BY A TRUCK WHILE IN A CROSSWALK ON HIS LUNCH BREAK BREAK. FOLLOWING THIS STRATEGY MY OFFICE WORKED WITH COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA'S OFFICE TO SUPPORT TRAFFIC- TRAFFIC-CALMING MEASURES TO PROTECT STUDENTS WHO USE THE ROADWAY.

SOMETHING MR. FLORES ASKED ME REPEATEDLY, ESPECIALLY IN OUR FIRST CONVERSATION WE HAD, WAS TO MAKE SURE THEIR SON WOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN AND WE CAN DO THE IMPROVEMENTS AND MAKE THE COMMUNITY SAFER AND WE'LL CONTINUE DOING THAT WORK, BUT THIS MEMORIAL WAY DESIGNATION SHOULD SHOW WHY WE'RE DOING THIS ON ANY CITY ROAD, BUT IN PARTICULAR ON THIS ROAD WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE WALK ACROSS FOR LUNCH AND GOING HOME FOR THE DAY. JOSÉ SHOULD STILL BE WITH US TODAY.

ALTHOUGH IT'S JUST A SMALL MEASURE, I HOPE WE'RE ABLE TO FURTHER HIS LEGACY BY HELPING FUTURE JOHN JAY STUDENTS. WE REQUESTED A TRAFFIC STUDY ON MARBAUCH ROAD AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO ACTIVATE SCHOOL ZONE FLASHING LIGHTS,

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IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY TODAY. >> JUST THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR -- MR. MUNGIA AND MR. GALVAN.

YOU HAVE BOTH BEEN SO GREAT. THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL AND THE APPOINTMENTS AND

EVERYTHING. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. >> MUNGIA: THANK YOU.

YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY STRONG IN THIS PROCESS.

YOU'VE BON TO THE TRAFFIC MEETINGS. WE'VE BEEN ON THE SITE AND YOU'VE BEEN REALLY STRONG AND RESILIENT TO DO ALL THAT THAT.

THAT'S MORE COURAGE THAN I COULD EVER HAVE. WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE FOR THE NEXT HOWEVER MANY YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. I'M SO HAPPY THAT COUNCILMEMBER GALVAN AND I GOT TOGETHER TO WORK ON THIS TO MAKE THE MEMORIALWAY DESIGNATION FOR YOUR SON AND KNOW IT WASN'T IN VAIN. WE MISS HIM AND WE WISH HE WERE HERE BUT KNOW THAT

THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE. >> I ALSO NOTICED THEY PUT LIGHTS UP I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT A WEEK AGO, JUST IN TIME FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. I APPRECIATE THAT.

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

>> CASTILLO: THIS MORNING I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 13.

ALWAYS HAPPY FOR THE TITLE 5 METRO HEALTH THAT SUPPORTS THE ORAL PROGRAM.

THIS GRANT ALLOWS US TO SERVE CHILDREN AGES SIX MONTHS TO 17 YEARS OLD WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR MEDICAID AND/OR CHAMPIONSHIP. SO JUST WANT TO THANK THE METRO HEALTH TEAM FOR THIS INVESTMENT ENSUREING OUR KIDS HAVE THE HEALTHCARE THEY DESERVE. ALWAYS EAGER TO HIGHLIGHT THE AMAZEING WORK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 14 WITH THEIR WORK ON THE NEARLY 24 24-MILLION-DOLLAR HUD ACTION PLAN. WITH CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS THESE DOLLARS ARE CRITICAL TO SUPPORTING PROGRAMS THAT THE COMMUNITY RELIES ON SUCH AS HOUSING REHAB AND SUPPORT YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTERS AND EVEN INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES WHO HELP WITH THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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

I'M EXCITED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 9. IF YOU HAVE DRIVEN DOWN SAN PEDRO YOU WILL HAVE SEEN THAT OUR GREEN LINE CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED WHICH WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. IT'S THE VERSE EVER ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT THAT WE'VE HAD IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT WHILE CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING AS MY DISTRICT MEMBERS KNOW WAY TOO MUCH IS OFTEN TIMES THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD GETS IMPACTED. WE HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW ALREADY WITH TRAFFIC-CALMING THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS IS A PART OF A PACKAGE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER TO ENSURE OUR NEIGHBORS THAT WITH WE WERE GOING TO SUPPORT TRAFFIC-CALMING EFFORTS.

IF YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN SAN PEDRO PLEASE DON'T GET ON TO HOWARD AND BELL NAP AND START SPEEDING DOWN. NOW THERE WILL BE STOP SIGNS AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL LISTEN TO THE STOP SIGNS TO PREVENT YOU FROM SPEEDING DOWN THOSE STREETS.

WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THERE'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 51 IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE COMING COMING. AS A NOTE, JUST A REQUEST TO ALL OF CITY STAFF, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THOSE PROJECTS AS SOON AS WE HAVE THEM VERIFIED SO THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE THOSE TO OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW WE ADOPT HAVE THEM FULLY VETTED YET, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A SPREADSHEET AND WHEN THEY ARE PLANNED. AND ALSO ENCOURAGE OUR TEAM TO CONSIDER QUICK BUILDS FOR THINGS LIKE BULB OUTS. WE JUST DID ONE AND IT WORKED REALLY WELL AND THAT WILL MAKE OUR DOLLAR GO EVEN FURTHER. THAT IS MY REQUEST OF THE TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, BUT VERY EXCITED TO HELP SUPPORT MOVING THIS

FUNDING FORWARD. THANKS, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU.

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

I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE APPOINTMENT OF DR. DR. SHERRI ALBRIGHT TO THE SAN ANTONIO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

SHE'S HERE TODAY. WE'RE SO GLAD SHE'S HERE. DR. SHERRI ALBRIGHT IS A RESPECTED EDUCATION LEADER WITH DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IMPROVEING OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS ACROSS TEXAS. SHE SERVES AS A TRUSTEE OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY AND ON THE HOLSWORTH GOVERNING BOARD. SHE HAS HELD POSITIONS WITH THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, EARLY MATTERS SAN ANTONIO, UP PARTNERSHIP AND SA WORKS.

SHE ALSO SERVES AS A SENIOR ADVISOR FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CHARLES BUTT FOUNDATIONS FILL PHILANTHROPIC INITIATIVES INITIATIVES.

HER EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND NON-PROFIT LEADERSHIP MAKES HER AN OUTSTANDING CHOICE FOR THIS APPOINTMENT AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE SERVING FOR DISTRICT 9. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO.

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>> GAVITO: THANK YOU. THIS MORNING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 20, APPOINTING JACOB CHAPA TO THE STREETS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS ADVISORY BOARD.

PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. JACOB IS A LIFELONG RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO AND DISTRICT 7. HE HAS A DEEP LOVE FOR OUR CITY AND UNWAVERING PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE, MAKING HIM A PERFECT FIT FOR THIS ROLE.

JACOB GRADUATED WITH HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM UTSA IS IS RISING AT ST. MARY'S SCHOOL OF LAW. HIS LEGAL INTEREST INCLUDE TEXAS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, MUNICIPAL LAW AND TORT LAW. JACOB IS DRIVEN BY HIS LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE OF SAN SAN ANTONIO AND HE'S GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR CITY AND SEES THIS AS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A LIFETIME OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WITH OLD BOND PROJECTS STILL UNDERWAY AND NEW BOND PROJECTS COMING UP SOON, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT DISTRICT 7 HAS A QUALIFYIED REPRESENTATIVE TO MAKE SURE OUR PROJECTS ARE ON TIME, ON BUDGET AND DELIVERED WITH HIGH QUALITY.

I'M SO EXCITED TO APPOINT JACOB AND GRATEFUL FOR HIS WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.

CONGRATULATIONS, JACOB. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN GO TITO.

I AM VERY HONORED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET NOT ONLY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THAT WAS PRETTY ENCOURAGEING TO SEE THAT VIDEO EARLIER TO SEE THE PROGRESS THEY'RE MAKING THERE. SO SERVICE COMES IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMS, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING AND THE FIRST FORM FORM.

GOD WILLING I CAN BECOME A LICENSED ATTORNEY IN ABOUT TWO YEARS AND SERVE OUR CITY IN THAT CAPACITY AND CONTINUE DOING SO AS THINGS PROGRESS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN. REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

>> MAYOR JONES: GREAT. THANK YOU. THERE BEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ABSENT ITEMS 10, 11 AND 23. PLEASE VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE, WE NEED

A VOICE VOTE, PLEASE. >> WHYTE: AYE. >> MAYOR JONES: THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO TAKING ITEMS 10 AND 11 BEFORE THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS SINCE THEY ARE EMINENT DOMAIN? OKAY. HEARING NONE, MADAM CLERK,

PLEASE READ THE CAPTION FOR ITEM 10. >> ITEM NUMBER 10 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVEING THE ACQUISITION THROUGH NEGOTIATION OR CONDEMNATION IN INTERESTS OF LAND SUFFICIENT FOR THE SOUTH ZARZAMORA OVERPASS AT UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD FRIO CITY PROJECT AT 20 AND 2022 BOND PROGRAM FUNDED PROJECT INVOLVEING THE ACQUISITION OF 12 RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENTS AND SEVEN TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS LOCATED IN NCB OOZE A-62, 6769, 6772, 6769, 6997, 9023 9023, 9093, AND 9094, ALONG SOUTH ZARZAMORA, AND DECLARE DECLARING THE PROJECT TO BE

FOR PUBLIC USE AND A PUBLIC NECESSITY. >> MAYOR JONES: GREAT.

THANK YOU. WE DON'T HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, CORRECT? OKAY.

COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO IS RECOGNIZED TO MAKE A MOTION. >> CASTILLO: I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF POWER OF IMMINENT EMINENT DOMAIN TO A PROPERTY FOR THE PUBLIC USE PROJECT FOR THE SOUTH ZARZAMORA OVERPASS AT THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD FRIO CITY PROJECT BY ACQUIREING THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED BY

THE CITY CLERK. >> THE PRIVATELY OWNED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF SAN ANTONIO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, BEXAR COUNTY, IN COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICT 5 CONSISTING OF 12 RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENTS AND SEVEN TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS LOCATED IN CITY BLOCKS A-62, 6769, 6772, 6969, 6997, 9023, 9093, AND 9094 ALONG SOUTH ZARZAMORA STREET. IT IS DEPICTED IN THE OVERALL PROJECT MAP AND DESCRIBED BY THE EXHIBIT ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS

PART OF THIS MOTION. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? OKAY. HEARING NONE, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO

APPROVE ITEM 10. PLEASE VOTE. >> WHYTE: YES.

>> MAYOR JONES: THE MOTION CARRIES. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ THE

CAPTION FOR ITEM 11. >> ITEM NUMBER 11 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVEING THE ACQUISITION THROUGH NEGOTIATION OR CONDEMNATION OF INTERESTS IN THE LAND SUFFICIENT FOR PROJECT PURPOSES OF PRIVATELY OWNED REAL PROPERTY DECLARING THE

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CITY WORKS LISTED. >> MAYOR JONES: THERE IS NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. COUNCILMEMBER SPEARS IS RECOGNIZED TO MAKE A MOTION.

>> SPEARS: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR THE PUBLIC USE PROPERTIES FOR THE DISTRICT 9 TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, BITTERS ROAD AREA, AND THE DISTRICT 9 TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, BIT BITTERS, HUEBNER AND STONE OAK PARKWAY, BY ACQUIREING THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY DESCRIBED BY THE CITY CLERK AND INCORPORATED AS PART OF

THIS MOTION. >> THE PRIVATELY OWNED REAL PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHSIDE OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CONSISTING OF TWO PARTIAL ACQUISITIONS AND THREE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS ALONG BITTERS ROAD ROAD, HUEBNER ROAD AND STONE OAK PARKWAY AND MULTIPLE CITY BLOCKS LISTED. THESE PROPERTIES ARE DEPICTED IN THE OVERALL PROJECT MAP AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY THE EXHIBITS INCORPORATED AND ATTACHED AS A PART OF THIS MOTION.

>> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SECOND NOW NOW?

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO WAS THE SECOND. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. HEARING NONE, IT THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 11. PLEASE VOTE.

>> WHYTE: YES. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. THE ITEM CARRIES, THANK YOU.

ERIK, CAN WE GO TO THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS AND THEM COME BACK TO 23.

THANK YOU. >> ITEM NUMBER 5 IS A RESOLUTION CREATING A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE PROPOSED DOWNTOWN SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

DISTRICT. >> I HAVE A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION THIS MORNING ON THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEFORE YOU. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CITY HAS APPROVED A TERM SHEET WITH SPURS SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR A PROPOSED NEW NBA ARENA DOWNED. DOWNTOWN. THE TERM SHEET LISTS THE DOCUMENTS. AS PART OF THAT IT WILL THROUGH A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT THAT CALLED FOR $70 MILLION TO BE PROVIDED BY THE SPURS OVER 30 YEARS.

THAT COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT WILL BE ALLOCATED BY CITY COUNCIL AND THE NEGOTIATION OF THE DEFINITIVE DOCUMENTS MAY PRESENT FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY. IN DECEMBER OF 2025 THERE WAS A CCR BY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT WAS HEARD BY THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE AND THEN REFERRED TO A FUTURE MEETING AT THAT TIME. AND THEN FAST FORWARD TO JUNE OF 2026, THERE WAS A THREE-SIGNATURE MEMO FILED THAT CALLED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT FRAMEWORK SPECIFIC TO THE COMMITMENT OF THE 75 MILLION OVER THE 30 YEARS, AND THAT WAS REALLY BASED ON THAT DECEMBER 2025 CCR.

AND THEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROCESS TO SOLICIT COMMUNITY INPUT AND ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, SPECIFICALLY FROM INTEREST GROUPS, ARTISTS, LABOR REPRESENTATIVES, SMALL BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. THE RESOLUTION TODAY WOULD ESTABLISH A DISTRICT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH IS PROPOSED TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL ON THE ALLOCATION OF THOSE C CBA FUNDS AND THEN DEVELOP A PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY INPUT INTO THE SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

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THE COMMITTEE WOULD MEET NO LESS THAN ONCE PER MONTH AND WILL PROVIDE REPORTS AND UPDATES TO COUNCIL EVERY SIX MONTHS BEGINNING THIS DECEMBER 2026. THAT ACTUALLY CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

>> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. WE HAVE A FEW MEMBERS. PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. I'LL CALL THEM IN THE ORDER. SUZANNE SCOTT. PLEASE. FOLLOWED BY CINDY MUNCH

AND KATHLEEN VEIL. MA'AM, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SUZANNE SCOTT, AND I AM THE FORMER GENERAL MANAGER OF THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY.

MAYOR ORTIZ JONES AND MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS MORNING AS YOU CONSIDER THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ADVISE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT WILL BENEFIT FROM CONSISTENT DIVERSE STAKEHOLDER VOICES, WORKING WITH THE CITY STAFF AND CONSULTANTS, STAKEHOLDERS CAN HELP STRENGTHEN THE PROJECT'S SUCCESS, WHILE BUILDING PUBLIC TRUST THROUGH TRANSPARENCY AND OPEN DIALOGUE AT EVERY PHASE OF THE PROJECT'S DEVELOPMENT. FROM MY EXPERIENCE AT THE RIVER AUTHORITY, THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT BENEFITTED GREATLY FROM SUSTAINED, WELL-MANAGED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. STAKEHOLDERS REACHED CONSENSUS ON COMPLEX ISSUES AND CONTRIBUTED PERSPECTIVES THAT HELPED SHAPE THE MUSEUM AND MISSION REACHES THAT WE ALL ENJOY TODAY. THANK YOU FOR BEGINNING THESE CONVERSATIONS TODAY TO FORM A DISTRICT ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. USING THE SUCCESS OF THE SAN ANTONIO OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AS A MODEL, I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THESE SUGGESTIONS. FIRST, JOINTLY FORM THE COMMITTEE WITH BEXAR COUNTY.

SINCE BOTH PUBLIC ENTITIES ARE INVESTING RESOURCES IN THE DISTRICT FROM MANY OF THE SAME TAXPAYERS, A MUTUALLY ENDORSED ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD BE STRONGER THAN SEPARATE POTENTIALLY DIFFERENT PUBLIC PROCESSES. SECOND, SELECT COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP. INCLUDE ORGANIZATIONS WITH DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS, HOUSING, BUSINESS, LABOR, TRANSPORTATION, ENVIRONMENT, AND PARKS, ARTS AND CULTURE, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, EDUCATION, AND SPORTING EVENTS. TARGETED PERSPECTIVES WILL STRENGTHEN CONTINUITY AND THE QUALITY OF THE ENGAGEMENT. THIRD, CAREFULLY SELECT THE CHAIRS AND CO-CHAIRS. COMMUNITY LEADERS MUST HAVE THE TIME, COMMITMENT, AND SKILL TO LISTEN TO DIVERSE VOICES IN FAIRNESS AND PATIENCE AS WE NAVIGATE COMPLEX ISSUES.

LASTLY, ADEQUATELY STAFF AND RESOURCE THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR THE DURATION OF THE DISTRICT'S DEVELOPMENT. DEDICATED STAFF AND FUNDING ARE VITAL TO AN EFFECTIVE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS AND DEMONSTRATE THE VALUE THAT ELECTED LEADERS ARE PUTTING INTO MEANINGFUL STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU FOR VALUING STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF IT TO THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE)

>> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. CINDY MUNCH. >>

YOU HAVE NINE MINUTES, MA'AM. >> OKAY. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, AND FRIENDS. MY NAME IS KATHY VEIL. I'M A NINTH GENERATION TEXAN, WHOSE VEIL FAMILY BEGAN IN MEXICO, I HAVE MANY MEMORIES OF A YOUNG GIRL SITTING ON THE ROOF OF MY GREAT GRANDFATHER'S HOME

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>> MAYOR JONES: COLLEAGUES, PLEASE. COLLEAGUES. >> I AM CURRENTLY A DISTRICT 1 HOMEOWNER IN THE RIDGE VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD. I RECENTLY RETIRED AFTER 31 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS, ENDING MY STATE GOVERNMENT SERVICE AT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. IN THAT CAPACITY, I HANDLED ALL PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL, AND STAFFED THE TDCHA BOARD OF APPOINTEES BY THE GOVERNOR WHO MADE ALLOCATIONS FOR FEDERAL TAX HOUSE CREDITS, I THINK SOMETHING THE CITY IS FAMILIAR WITH. TODAY I SERVE -- ONE SECOND. TODAY I ALSO SERVE AS A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER. I AM THE APPOINTEE AND VICE CHAIR TO THE BEXAR COUNTY ELECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND JUST AS A NOTE, TODAY IS THE 61ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT. WE HAVE A NEW VOTING RIGHTS APPLICATION THAT'S MUCH LARGER. IF ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE STILL NEEDS TO GET REGISTERED TO VOTE, I'M HERE TO HELP. I AM ALSO AN ELECTION WORKER, A VDR, AND I SERVED AS THE DISTRICT 1 REPRESENTATIVE ON THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION FOR VOTING. THIS IS A COPY OF OUR REPORT. AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS EDITORIAL SUPPORTING, QUOTE, SUCH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IS A NOBLE GOAL THAT SHOULD BE SUPPORTED. I AM HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON AGENDA NUMBER 5 TO RESPECTFULLY URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO PRIORITIZE FIRST THE CREATION OF A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH BROAD OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT OF THE DOWNTOWN SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. IN A GROUP OF LIKE-MINDED INDIVIDUALS, TWO OF WHO ARE WITH ME TODAY, AND A HANDFUL OF OTHERS. WE SEE THE IMPORTANT INTEREST OF CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THIS AREA. AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY WE'VE DEDICATED A YEAR AND A HALF OR LONGER OF PERSONAL EXPERTISE AND EFFORT IN THIS AREA, AND WE ACTUALLY BECOME TO CONSIDER OURSELVES AS CITIZEN CONSULTANTS, WORKING PRO BONO TO BE RESPECTED ON AN EQUAL FOOTING WITH MANY OF THE OUT-OF-STATE CONSULTANTS WHO ARE RECEIVING VERY HIGH AMOUNTS OF CITY MONEY FOR THE WORK THEY DO. WE BELIEVE WE KNOW THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY, THE HISTORY OF THE CITY, AND THE CULTURE OF THE CITY BETTER THAN THE OUT-OF-STATE CONSULTANTS. I WANT TO EXPRESS TODAY OUR DISAPPOINTMENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE OBSERVED TO BE AN INEXPLICABLE LACK OF URGENCY BY THE E IS IT OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO COMMIT TO STRENGTHENING SUSTAIN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND SHARING MEANINGFUL PUBLIC INFORMATION SINCE THE NOVEMBER 2025 VOTE, ALL THROUGH WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN AUGUST '26. THIS FOLLOWED A NARROW 52% COUNTYWIDE APPROVAL OF PROP B WHERE MUNICIPAL VOTERS IN SEVERAL CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS DID NOT EVEN SUPPORT PROP B WITH 50% APPROVAL. SEVERAL OTHERS BARELY CROSSED THE 50% MARKER.

AND I WANT TO PUBLICLY ACT NONL THE FACT THAT THE NOVEMBER 2025 PROP B COUNTY VOTE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A STRONG CITYWIDE MANDATE BECAUSE THE CITY VOTE WAS JUST AROUND 51%, WITH LOW VOTER ENGAGEMENT. THE PROJECT MARVEL AND DOWNTOWN SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT BEFORE US TODAY IN 2026 IS SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER AND DISTINCT FROM THE VISION CREATED BY AN EXPENSIVE SPURS CAMPAIGN THAT RESULTED IN 52% OF COUNTYWIDE VOTERS APPROVING IT LAST NOVEMBER.

AS THE SCOPE AND COMPLEXITY OF THIS PROJECT HAS EVOLVED, SO TOO MUST THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO KEEP RESIDENTS, CITIZENS, INFORMED, ENGAGED, AND MEANINGFULLY INVOLVED IN EVERY

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AND MORE PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLOSING AND BEING SHUTTERED IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY THAN EVER BEFORE. AT A TIME WHEN MANY RESIDENTS ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET, ALL OVER THE CITY, FAR AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN, PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AND CITY GOVERNANCE IS FALTERING, AND I BASE THAT ON MY EXPERIENCE MOVING AROUND AS A VDR, ELECTION WORKER IN MANY SPACES ALL OVER THE CITY. THAT CONFIDENCE IN THE ROLE OF CITY GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE MUST CONTINUE TO BE EARNED THROUGH OPENNESS, ACCOUNTABILITY, DIALOGUE, AND ROBUST CIVIC PARTICIPATION, ESPECIALLY IF WE ARE TO REALIZE INCREASED IN VOTER ENGAGEMENT. (GARBLED AUDIO) CITY OF SAN ANTONIO EDITORIAL SUGGESTED, NOBLE GOAL AND SHOULD BE SUPPORTED.

YESTERDAY, THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS PUBLISHED MY LETTER TO THE EDITOR, AND IT IS STILL ONLINE TODAY, IN WHICH I WROTE IF THE CITY EXPECTS RESIDENTS TO EMBRACE THESE HISTORIC LONG-TERM COMMITMENTS, THEN PLANNING MUST CONSISTENTLY OCCUR OPENLY, EARLY, AND WITH CITIZENS AT THE TABLE. PUBLIC TRUST, TRANSPARENCY, AND REPRESENTATION MUST NOT BE OCCASIONAL

AFTERTHOUGHTS (TIMER SOUNDS). THAT'S IT? >> MAYOR JONES: YOU CAN FINISH

YOUR SENTENCE. >> THEY MUST BE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT SHAPE EVERY MAJOR DECISION FROM THIS POINT FORWARD. THE LARGER OVERRIDING, OVERREACHING CITIZENS ADVISORY

COMMITTEE IS THE PRIORITY OVER THE SMALLER ONE FOR THE CBA. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, YOU CAN SUBMIT THEM FOR THE RECORD.

>> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: THAT WAS OUR FINAL SPEAKER.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 5 SO WE MAY BEGIN COUNCIL DISCUSSION?

>> SO MOVED. >> MAYOR JONES: WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

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COUNCILMEMBER KAUR IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD TODAY AND THANK YOU TO THE SPEAKERS, MANY IN DISTRICT 1 RESIDENTS FOR SHARING THEIR THOUGHTS. I ACTUALLY RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM KATHY AND DR. CRUZ ABOUT THE NEED TO CREATE A DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THERE WAS A COMMENT REGARDING THE NEED FOR URGENCY AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND THAT'S WHY COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO PUSHED TO BRING THIS FORWARD TODAY TO AN A SESSION BECAUSE SINCE WE BEGAN THE NEGOTIATIONS, WE'VE HEARD WE NEED TO BE LISTENING AND DOING MORE AROUND CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE STARTED WITH PHASE 1 LAST SUMMER, AND IT FELT WE ONE-SIDED OF SHARING OF INFORMATION, AND THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF LISTENING HAPPENING. AND SO THE NOTION THAT WE WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD WAS REALLY TO TRY TO CREATE AN ADVISORY GROUP, ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE PROJECT THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, LISTEN, UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON, AND BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK TO US SO WE CAN THEN HELP INFORM THIS PROJECT. INITIALLY THIS DID START OUT AS A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT FOCUS BECAUSE THERE IS $75 MILLION THAT'S GOING TO BE RECEIVED FOR THE XHUCOMMUNITY. SINCE THEN, IT HAS EVOLVED. AS A PUSH FROM COUNCILWOMAN MEZA GONZALEZ SHE HAD A GREAT OP-ED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, THE CBA MONEY DOESN'T COME FOR A LITTLE BIT. ENGAGEMENT TAKES TIME AND LISTENING AND TALKING TO VOICES, JUST NOT VOICES ABLE TO SHOW UP HERE AT 9:00 A.M. OR 5:00 P.M.

BUT FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE A PERSPECTIVE AND WANT TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO FOLKS AND SAY WE WANT TO BE PART OF THIS. THAT TIMES TIME, DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE START RIGHT AWAY. THAT IS THE FOCUS OF THIS COMMITTEE.

IT'S TWO FOLD. IF YOU LOOK AT SECTION 4 OF THE RESOLUTION, IT SAYS THIS COMMITTEE WILL PROVIDE REPORTS TO COVER PLANNING, DESIGN, PRECONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION, POST CONSTRUCTION IMPLEMENTATION PHASES OF THE DOWNTOWN SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. SO THEY WILL BE COVERING ALL OF THOSE COMPONENTS, AS WELL AS INFORMING THE FUNDS CONTEMPLATED UNDER THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT. SO THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE BOTH/AND. AND SO INITIALLY WE HAD IT AS A SMALLER COMMITTEE. THEN COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO HAD US ALL THINK ABOUT THE BENEFIT OF DOING 33 MEMBERS. AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S PRECEDENT WITH THIS WITH THE BOND COMMITTEE. WE'LL HAVE EXCITING BOND CONVERSATIONS, I KNOW, COMING UP. WITH THOSE BOND COMMITTEES, THE BENEFIT OF 33 MEMBERS IS YOU GET A REALLY WIDE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WIDE VARIETY OF VOICES. SOMETIMES IF WE ONLY HAVE ONE REPRESENTATIVE EACH, WE MAY NOT TO TRULY HEAR FROM A GENERAL REPRESENTATION OF THE POPULATION.

FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE GROUPS WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT -- I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO WILL TALK ABOUT THIS, SHE WANTS LABOR REPRESENTATIVES. WE WANT FOLKS WHO OWN SMALL BUSINESSES BE PART OF THE GROUP. IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM SISD, IN TERMS OF GROWTH, HOW THEIR COMMUNITY COULD HELP BENEFIT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE FOLKS IN THE COUNTY BE A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. BUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO 33 MEMBERS GIVES EACH OF US THE ABILITY TO SAY THIS IS WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE TELLING US, IMPORTANT REPRESENTATION FOR THIS GROUP, AND NOW THIS IS WHO WE WANT TO APPOINT. ON TOP OF THAT, THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND DO FOCUS GROUP CONVERSATIONS. ONE OF THE ONE COUNCILWOMAN JUST HAD WAS ON ART. SO A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE SHARED WITH US THE IMPORTANCE OF ARCHITECTURE AND ART IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW WE WANT THAT REPRESENTED. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE VOICES ARE HEARD. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE HOUSING IS AT THE FOREFRONT.

THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND MARKET RATE HOUSING, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONVERSATION DOES NOT GET LEFT BEHIND AND THAT WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR FIVE YEARS BEFORE WE START DOING RFPS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO GET THIS STARTED TODAY. AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS REGARDING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALLOCATING SPECIFIC PEOPLE FROM SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT I THINK AS A BODY, WE KNOW THAT THIS DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE FOR THE WHOLE CITY, AS WAS SHARED. IT'S A REALLY IMPACTFUL INVESTMENT, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE REPRESENTATION OCCURS FROM AROUND THE ENTIRE CITY VERSUS DICTATING TO THE COUNCILMEMBER WHO THEY SHOULD REPRESENT. AS IT PLAYS OUT IN TERMS OF WHO GETS APPOINTED, WE CAN ALL HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH EACH OTHER ON MAKING SURE THERE IS EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION AND REALLY FOLKS THAT ARE ENGAGED AND MAYBE HAVE CERTAIN BELIEFS AND VALUES ARE

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THANKS, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: THANKS. IN CASE IT INFORMS ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES' QUESTIONS ON THIS, SHANNON, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION.

IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MAY HAVE HAD AN OLDER VERSION AS THE TERM SHEET IS NOT EXECUTED. TO BE CLEAR, ONE OF THE THINGS I APPRECIATED WHEN SUZANNE SCOTT TALKED ABOUT THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR THE RIVER, PART OF THAT, THE CRITICAL PIECE OF THAT WAS THAT THEY WERE THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CONTRACTS, RIGHT? SO THEY HELD IT BOTH FOR THE

CITY AND COUNTY >> POINT OF ORDER. THE TERM SHEET WAS EXECUTED. IT WAS VOTED ON BY THE COUNCIL. THE CONTRACT HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED UPON.

>> MAYOR JONES: THE TERM SHEET IS NOT FINALIZED. >> THE TERM SHEET IS VOTED ON BY

THE COUNCIL. A CONTRACT HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED. >> MAYOR JONES: ANDY, IS THE

TERM SHEET FINALIZED? >> WE HAVE A TERM SHEET WE VOTED ON. TO SAY IT'S NOT BEEN

EXECUTED IS MISREPRESENTING THE FACTS. >> MAYOR JONES: ANDY, PLEASE

CORRECT THE COUNCILWOMAN. >> THIS IS AN ARGUMENT OF SEMANTICS ONLY A LAW STUDENT WOULD APPRECIATE. THE TERM SHEET WAS APPROVED. WE CAN SAY EXECUTED, APPROVED.

IT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU.

WE WILL VOTE ON THE FINAL VERSION. THANK YOU.

>> WE WILL VOTE ON A CONTRACT. WE WILL NOT VOTE ON A TERM SHEET.

COULD WE PLEASE NOT LIE? >> MAYOR JONES: OH, NO ONE'S LYING. THANK YOU.

>> YOU ARE BEING MORE THAN INACCURATE. >> MAYOR JONES: NO, MA'AM,

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> YES, YOU ARE.

>> MAYOR JONES: IT'S A NONBINDING TERM SHEET. THANK YOU.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE WANT TO OPERATE AS INTENDED AND MANAGE PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS. IF THE MODEL THAT HAS INFORMED A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION, FOR EXAMPLE, IS THE RIVER'S OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

WHO WOULD SERVE THAT FUNCTION HERE? SO WHEN THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS A QUESTION, OR IS REQUESTING DOCUMENTS SO THEY CAN REVIEW THOSE THINGS, WHO WILL PROVIDE THOSE AND ENSURE THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING ANSWERS IN A TIMELY FASHION?

>> THE DOWNTOWN OFFICE. WITH, SUPPORT, OF COURSE, IN ALL DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WILL STAFF THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO WE WOULD BE THE FIRST POINT

OF CONTACT. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. AND IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THERE ARE CRITICAL VOTES ON THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON AS PART OF THIS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO GIVE THE ADVISORY GROUP, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 60-DAY NOTICE SAYING WE'RE VOTING THN OH THING.

FYI, GIVE THEM A TIMELINE SO THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO INFORM THE VOTE, CORRECT?

>> MAYOR, AS THE RESOLUTION IS LAID OUT, IT'S PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON -- LIKE COUNCILWOMAN KAUR LAID OUT -- PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. THE RESOLUTION DOES NOT SAY

THAT -- CERTAINLY WE CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION. >> MAYOR JONES: THAT'S WHAT I'M

ASKING. >> BUT THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT OF THE RESOLUTION, AND I THINK THAT PROBABLY GOES TO SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE SPOKEN AND LIKELY GOING TO BE SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS YOU ALL WILL HAVE. ALL THAT RESTS IN THIS BODY. THEIR ADVISORY IN TERMS OF

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. >> MAYOR JONES: UNDERSTOOD. IF WE WANTED TO COMMIT TO THAT AS A BODY, WE COULD, IT SOUNDS LIKE, RIGHT? WE'RE VOTING ON THIS, I.E. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS AS MUCH TEETH TO IT, IF YOU WILL, SUFFICIENT PREP TIME, SUFFICIENT ACCESS TO THE DOCUMENTS SO THEY'RE ADVISING TO THE BEST THEY CAN.

IN WE WANTED TO DO THAT, WE COULD, CORRECT? >> YOU'D NEED TO AMEND THE

RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA NOW. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. IS THERE ANY WAY TO PROVIDE

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SO YOU'RE SAYING WE'D HAVE TO -- >> YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE RIVER

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. >> MAYOR JONES: RIGHT. >> THE PROJECT AT THAT POINT WAS FUNDED -- AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE RIVER BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY.

AND THEN THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WAS CREATED. WE'RE KIND OF PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE CREATING AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. WE HAVEN'T NEGOTIATED DOCUMENTS AND YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE COUNCIL WANTS TO TALK ABOUT ONCE AGREEMENTS ARE IN PLACE, THAT MAKES MORE SENSE TO ME AND PROBABLY MORE APPLICABLE TO PAST

EXAMPLES. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE AS WELL AS THOSE WHO GAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHO ARE ASKING THAT THE COUNCIL MOVE WITH URGENCY SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE SPURS ARENA. WITH THOSE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH DISTRICT 5 RESIDENTS, OFTENTIMES THERE'S THE SENTIMENT THAT NEGOTIATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED AND THERE'S BACKDOOR CONVERSATIONS. I BELIEVE THROUGH THE APPROVAL, WE ARE DEMONSTRATING TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE ARE BRINGING THEM INTO THE PROCESS TO DISCUSS THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS FRAMEWORK. AND AS COUNCILWOMAN KAUR RECOMMENDED, TO GO BEYOND AS WELL AS THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS CONTEMPLATED UNDER THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT.

SO WE WOULDN'T BE HERE FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS, RIGHT? IF IT WASN'T FOR THE PUBLIC CALLING FOR URGENCY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS FRAMEWORK, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. OF COURSE, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THANK HER.

THROUGH THE ACCESS, HERE WE ARE WITH THIS RESOLUTION, A FRAMEWORK WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT OUR COLLEAGUES AND PUBLIC HAVE REQUESTED, IN TERMS OF HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT THERE'S OVERSIGHT FROM A WIDE RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS? AS DR. KAUR RECOMMENDED, THE REASON WE'RE NOT TOO PRESCRIPTIVE WITH THE FRAMEWORK, EACH AND EVERY TEN OF US HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF WHO IS THE COMMUNITY LEADER TO REPRESENT OUR DISTRICT AND/OR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? WE ARE A HUGE DISTRICT AND IF WE'RE PRESCRIPTIVE REPRESENTING NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS? WHICH SMALL BUSINESSES, WHICH LABOR UNIONS? AND WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT. I HIGHLIGHT THE 33-MEMBER BOARD ALLOWS WHO IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VALUES OF THEIR CONSTITUENCY AND WHO IS GOING TO SHOW UP TO ASK THE QUESTIONS AND, OF COURSE, PROVIDE AND ADVISE COUNCIL ON WHAT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS EXPECT OUT OF THIS FRAMEWORK.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE VALUE OF CITY STAFF FACILITATING AND SHARING INFORMATION WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS, IT ENSURES WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, RECEIVING THE SAME ENGAGEMENT AND INFORMATION. AGAIN, THIS IS SOME OF THE MISINFORMATION I'VE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE ALREADY VOTING ON DEFINITIVE AGREEMENTS AND GETTING BRIEFED.

I WANT TO ASSURE YOU ALL, THIS IS NOT WHAT IS OCCURRING AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE MOVING WITH URGENCY TO ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS. I'VE ALSO HEARD FROM RESIDENTS WHY ARE THE SPURS ENGAGING COMMUNITY AND CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS NOT? I GO BACK TO INITIATING THAT PROCESS TO WHERE WE ARE MOVING PARALLEL.

I VALUE THAT THEY HAVE HAD THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT US NOT MOVING FORWARD AND WITH URGENCY DOES GIVE THAT APPEARANCE. SO GRATEFUL WE'RE GIVING THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ENGAGED. WHAT I OFTEN SHARE WITH DISTRICT 5 RESIDENTS IS THE VALUE OF SERVING ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AGAIN, WITH THE 33 MEMBERSHIP FOR THIS COMMITTEE, THERE'S PRECEDENT WITH THE BOND COMMISSIONS. THESE ARE COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND OF COURSE, THERE ARE SOME ADVISORY COMMITTEES, DEPENDING ON WHICH PROPOSITION YOU SAT ON TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW TO ASSURE THAT PROPOSITION COMES INTO FRUITION AND THAT EARMARKED GOES TO WHERE IT'S APPROVED.

THERE'S URGENCY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EXAMPLES, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT DR. CRUZ HAS BROUGHT UP IS THE BALL STATE ARENA AND THE WAY THEIR COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT FRAMEWORK ENSURED THERE IS INVESTMENTS IN THE ARTS, THAT WE ARE CREATING JOBS

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CONVERSATION ON THIS ITEM >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ.

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU, MAYOR, I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES ARE INTERESTED IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THIS ISSUE. I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL PRIOR TO THE INCLUSION OF THE TERM SHEET. IT IS WHAT IT IS AT THIS POINT.

THERE ARE TWO CHALLENGES THAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE ADDRESSED. ONE IS THAT -- AND I HEARD THIS FROM COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO A LITTLE BIT. WE ARE CREATING A COMMITTEE THAT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES THE $75 MILLION PROSE AS PART OF THE TERM SHEET.

BECAUSE THE CONTRACT IS NOT FINALIZED AND NEGOTIATIONS HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED, THIS IS MONEY THAT DOES NOT EXIST. IT COULD BE MORE AND IT COULD BE LESS, BUT WE ARE HINDERING OUR OWN NEGOTIATIONS, I FEEL, BY ACCEPTING THIS NUMBER AS FINAL BEFORE WE'VE HIT THE NEGOTIATION TABLE. BY DOING THIS AND SAYING THIS COMMITTEE IS GOING TO HAVE SOME INFLUENCE OVER THAT $75 MILLION DOES HINDER -- IT DOES WEAKEN OUR HAND.

I BELIEVED THAT WE AS A BODY WERE GOING TO BE STRONGER NEGOTIATORS, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE COUNTY VOTE PASSED SO NARROW ELY. AND AS WAS POINTED OUT, JUST OVER 51% IN FAVOR OF THE COUNTY'S PORTION OF THE SPENDING. AFTER A $7 MILLION CAMPAIGN.

SO TO BE AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, LET'S SAY $700,000 PER COUNCIL DISTRICT.

IF ANY OF US SPEND $700,000 ON OUR CAMPAIGN AND WON WITH JUST 51% OF THE VOTE, WE WOULD LIKELY ADJUST STRATEGY AND HOPEFULLY MOVE FORWARD NEW AND IMPROVED. ONE WAY TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN IS PROVIDING INPUT ON FINAL TERMS OF THE DEFINITIVE AGREEMENTS, NEGOTIATIONS.

HERE'S THE CHALLENGE: ONE, NEGOTIATION WITH THE SPURS WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND THEREFORE, THE COMMITTEE AND THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS CANNOT PARTICIPATE MEANINGFULLY IN CREATION OF THESE DEFINITIVE AGREEMENTS WITHOUT EVEN SERVING AS WITNESS TO NEGOTIATIONS.

ENGAGEMENT HAS TO BE TWO WAYS, SO YOU'LL HEAR FROM HOSPITALITY WORKERS THAT WILL THEN SPEAK TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE WILL REPORT TO US AS COUNCILMEMBERS, AND WE CAN'T EVEN GO BACK AND SAY THIS ISN'T GOING TO WORK OUT. THEY'RE GOING TO FIND OUT AFTER THE FACT. THEN WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE FEEDBACK? IT DISAPPEARED INTO A VOID. AND SO THEN WHAT? SECONDLY, I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS PROPOSAL DOESN'T TAKE EQUITY INTO ACCOUNT. EVERY DISTRICT HAS EQUAL REPRESENTATION, WHICH IS FINE, BUT NO WAY TO FIND WHICH ARE MOST IMPACTED BY THE DISTRICT.

IT WOULD MAKE SENSE IN MY OPINION WHERE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE, WORK, MOST TOUCHED BY THIS DISTRICT, BE PRIORITIZED. FOR EXAMPLE, DISTRICT 2, MOST IMPACTED BY THE SPURS DIVESTMENT AND THERE'S NO STRUCTURE THAT ENSURES THEIR VOICE IN REQUESTING SUCH WOULD BE HEARD.

AS WELL, THOSE AROUND THE PROPOSED LAND BRIDGE WILL BE MORE IMPACTED THAN THOSE MUCH

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I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A SESSION B INSTEAD, I HAD NO OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.

IT FEELS LIKE THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING DISTRICT 2, GETTING THE POOR END OF THIS DEAL, AND THIS BODY IS SAYING HERE. MY COMMUNITY WAS NEGLECTED. EMERGENCIES COME UP THAT ARE TIME SENSITIVE, SO IT MAKES SENSE TO SEND TO A SESSION. THE MAYOR CAN AGENDIZE THINGS, BUT OTHER THINGS CAN HAPPEN BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION EVEN IF IT FEELS URGENT.

EVERYBODY IS GOVERNING BY MEMO, FRUSTRATING. FOR THAT REASON, I AM INCLINED NOT TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY AND WOULD FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE WITH A B SESSION AND A FOLLOWUP WITH AN A SESSION. I MOVE TO MOVE TO B SESSION AUGUST 19TH, CONSIDERATION OF AN A SESSION ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, WHICH WOULD BE LESS THAN A MONTH.

(APPLAUSE) >> MAYOR JONES: THE MOTION IS SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA. THE MOTION IS TO TABLE THE ITEM UNTIL AUGUST 19TH AND THEN COMING BACK ON SEPTEMBER THE 3RD. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL SUGGESTION ON THE MOTION? COUNCILMAN MUNGIA?

>> MUNGIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. ULTIMATELY I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND WILLING TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. BUT SHANNON, CAN YOU COME UP HERE, REAL QUICK? SO WHEN WE WENT TO GOVERNANCE, I WAS SUPPORTIVE TO MOVE FORWARD AND GET TRACTION, BUT I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT, I WONDER WHEN THE STAFF AND TEAM ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE WITH SOME OF THE WORK VERSUS US COMING UP WITH THESE THINGS DOWN THE LINE. SO YOU KNOW, ABSENT OF OUR CCRS OR MEMOS OR RESOLUTIONS, WHERE ARE Y'ALL ON THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SIDE? NOT JUST FOR THE CBA BUT KIND OF

THE ENTIRE THING WE'RE LOOKING AT? >> SURE.

SO THERE ARE SEVERAL CURRENT PROCESSES GOING ON, AS YOU KNOW. ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT AND THE WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

WE HAVE BEEN HOLDING COMMUNITY MEETINGS OVER THE SUMMER RELATED TO THAT GRANT, WHICH IS REALLY LOOKING AT HOW TO RECONNECT ACROSS I-37. THERE WERE THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS IN JUNE, I BELIEVE, AND THREE MORE PUBLIC MEETINGS SCHEDULED LATER THIS MONTH.

THEN THERE IS THE COUNCIL IN JUNE APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH THE CONSULTANTS TO INITIATE THE WORK ON THE DOWNTOWN ACCESSIBILITY AND MOBILITY STUDY.

THAT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT HAS BEGUN. THAT CONTRACT WAS APPROVED AT THE END OF JUNE.

SO IT TOOK THEM A MOMENT TO GET RAMPED UP AND START GETTING THOSE MEETINGS SCHEDULED.

THIS MONTH, A LOT OF THAT INPUT IS HAPPENING AS WELL. SO THE PUBLIC INPUT SO FAR IS

HAPPENING SPECIFIC TO THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT. >> MUNGIA: RIGHT, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. A WHILE BACK WE SUPPORTED A WEBSITE.

IS THAT UP AND RUNNING? >> YES, THERE IS A WEBSITE THAT IS ACTIVE AND HAS ALL THE INFORMATION. BUT WE ALSO ARE WORKING WITH THE EPM TEAM TO DEVELOP A DASHBOARD.

THERE IS A DRAFT OF THE CONTENT FOR THE DASHBOARD BASED ON A CCR RELATED TO THE DASHBOARD AS WELL. SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING THE INPUT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY SO FAR. SO THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED.

OBVIOUSLY IT TAKES TIME FROM THE TECHNICAL SIDE TO BUILD THE BACK END ON WHAT FEEDS THE DASHBOARD.

SO THE -- I'M SORRY, THE PROGRESS ON THE DASHBOARD WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL IN THE

NEXT MONTH OR SO. >> MUNGIA: REAL QUICK, LAST TIME WE TALKED ON THIS ITEM, I MENTIONED HAVING YOU ALL HOSTING PUBLIC MEETINGS ABOUT THE GENERAL PROJECT, TALKING ABOUT

EACH OF THE SEPARATE THINGS. IS THAT UP AND MOVING YET? >> YES.

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IN FACT, ERIK AND I MET EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH A GROUP THAT INVITED US.

WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS AVAILABLE AS POSSIBLE WITH EXISTING GROUPS AND ALSO WORKING ON A SCHEDULE

OF GENERAL UPDATES BASED ON YOUR SUGGESTION. >> MUNGIA: AND JUST BECAUSE SHE

WAS UP HERE, HAVE YOU EVER SPOKEN TO KATHY VEIL ABOUT THAT? >> I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO HER

DIRECTLY, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO. >> MUNGIA: SHE'S A WEALTH OF INFORMATION.

>> I WILL FOLLOW UP. >> MUNGIA: I THINK IN SOME WAYS IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE CATCHING UP TO SOME OF OUR THOUGHTS, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE STAFF IS BEING AS PROACTIVE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE ALL AGREE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A BOARD OF FOLKS REPRESENTATIVE TALKING ABOUT THE CBA. I THINK THEY COULD COME BACK TO US AND SAY HEY, WHILE NEGOTIATING, MAYBE ASK FOR MORE, SO THAT'S TOTALLY POSSIBLE. I THINK WE ALL AGREE ON THE PRINCIPLE. THERE'S A LITTLE DISCUSSION ON THE TIMELINE AND WHEN AND HOW THAT'S BEING DONE. BUT I REALLY HOPE YOU ALL CAN TAKE SOME MORE PROACTIVE MEASURES SO THAT WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING UP WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT CCRS OR MEMOS.

IT SHOULD REALLY BE WITH YOU ALL AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN MAKE SOME TWEAKS.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE UP HERE DOING AS MUCH AS WE ARE BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE STAFF BRINGING THIS TO US ABOUT ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD SEVERAL

TIMES. >> COUNCILMAN, PARTICULARLY IN THIS CASE, THIS WAS A CCR TABLED IN GOVERNANCE IN JANUARY ON CBA FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. SO ON THE FRONT OF CBA COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT, WE CERTAINLY DID NOT THINK AS STAFF IT WAS OUR POSITION TO GO SOLICIT OUTSIDE OF THAT PROCESS THAT HAD BEEN INITIATED BY THE COUNCIL, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE HERE WITH A THREE-SIGNATURE MEMO FOR ACTION. THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FORECAST, HOPEFULLY YOU SAW THE SCHEDULE ON A AND B SESSIONS. FOR THE PUBLIC, WE ARE SCHEDULED TO COME TO COUNCIL ON ACT 1ST FOR A BRIEFING ON THE DISTRICT STUDY. THAT'S THE COST OF REVENUE STUDY, THE ACCESSIBILITY AND MOBILITY DASHBOARD, INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE.

THEN OCTOBER 7TH TO HAVE A COUNCIL CONVERSATION ON COUNCIL PRIORITIES BEFORE NEGOTIATING.

THAT WAS SOMETHING COUNCIL MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST JUNE UPDATE.

RIGHT NOW TENTATIVELY ON OCTOBER 28TH, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON CONVENTION CENTER FEASIBILITY, ALAMODOME FEASIBILITY, DISTRICT INFRASTRUCTURE AND FINANCING UPDATE.

SO WE HAVE THREE MAJOR THINGS ALREADY FORECAST ON THE SCHEDULE THAT WE ISSUED TO COUNCIL.

IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS, GIVEN THERE WAS A CCR BEING HELD, CERTAINLY THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE'RE ENGAGING ON WITH THE PUBLIC. I DID NOT THINK THAT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR US TO GO AROUND THAT COUNCIL PROCESS THAT HAD BEEN HELD AND START INITIATING SOMETHING ON OUR OWN. LASTLY, YOU BROUGHT UP MS. VEIL. I DID HEAR HER COMMENTS THAT -- HER COMMENTS DIRECTED TO ME. I HAVE NOT MET WITH HER, BUT I'LL CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO TALK

TO HER BASED ON HER INVITATION. >> MUNGIA: AND I THINK TO MY POINT, THE CCR PROCESS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT PART, ABOUT THE THE STAFF MAYBE SHOULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING BEFORE THE CCR GOT FILED BECAUSE I'M SURE COUNCILMAN KAUR AND SEVERAL OTHERS BROUGHT THAT UP.

BY THE TIME THE CCR WAS FILED, THAT WAS LATER WE SHOULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING IN PLACE WITH THE CBA, CONSIDERING IT WAS SUCH A MAJOR ASPECT OF THE DEAL. SO IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME ALREADY. THAT'S KIND OF MY POINT, BEFORE WE GET TO THE POINT OF DOING

SOME OF THESE THINGS, THAT SHOULD ALREADY BE WORKED ON. >> I DON'T DISAGREE.

WE HAD A STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO THE JANUARY GOVERNANCE THAT WOULD INITIATE THAT.

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF REASONS THAT GOT HELD. AGAIN, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I WANT TO BE ON THE CUTTING EDGE, AHEAD OF Y'ALL. IN THIS CASE, IT FELT I COULDN'T JUMP AHEAD GIVEN THERE WAS LACKING A COUNCIL CONVERSATION CRITICAL TO YOU ALL.

>> MUNGIA: ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, HOPEFULLY, WE CAN WORK ON THAT MORE WITH THE PUBLIC ASPECT. ALSO, I KNOW YOU SEND THOSE OUT IN A MEMO, BUT SINCE THIS IS A LARGE ITEM, WE NEED AN EXTRA COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THESE ARE THE THINGS COMING UP AT THE COUNCIL MEETINGS. WE CAN TELL OUR RESIDENTS, BUT THE WAY IT'S FORMATTED IN AN E-MAIL, NOT NECESSARILY GREAT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION.

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>> MAYOR JONES: ANYONE ELSE WANT TO COMMENT ON THE MOTION TO CONTINUE?

OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE? >> WHYTE: I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON -- DO WE KNOW WHAT THE COST OF THIS HAVING SENT TO COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE?

>> COUNCILMAN, I THINK IT'S NEGLIGIBLE IN TERMS OF HOSTING THE COUNCIL MEETING OR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE PROPOSED ADVISORY COMMITTEE. CERTAINLY THERE WILL BE SOME STAFF TIME, BUT I THINK THE RZ OUTLINES A MEETING A MONTH, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY MAJOR COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. IT'S CATEGORIZED UNDER ALL OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED.

>> WHYTE: AND -- OKAY. AND THE RESOLUTION SAYS THAT THIS THING WILL STAY IN PLACE UNTIL IT'S DISSOLVED. IS THAT RIGHT? THERE'S NO DEFINITIVE ENDPOINT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT, SIR. >> WHYTE: DO WE HAVE ANY GUIDELINES IN PLACE WITH RESPECT TO AN APPOINTEE WHO REPRESENTS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD LATER APPLY FOR CBA FUNDING?

HOW ARE WE GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT? >> THAT'S NOT CONTEMPLATED IN THE RESOLUTION, AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY UP FOR THE COUNCIL TO SET SOME GUIDELINES IF YOU'D LIKE TO. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AND AS COUNCILWOMAN KAUR AND COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO LAID OUT, IT IS MEANT TO BE OPEN IN TERMS OF ENTITIES THAT MAY BE ENGAGED OR MAY BE INTERESTED OR BUSINESS OR COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.

I'M NOT SURE THAT ONE OF THE CATEGORIES THAT WAS ENVISIONED BY THE MEMBERS THAT SIGNED THE THREE-SIGNATURE MEMO WERE NECESSARILY NONPROFITS OR AGENCIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY

BENEFIT FROM A CBA. >> ERIC, I THINK I CAN HELP ON THAT.

COUNCILMAN, USUALLY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE OBLIGED TO ADDRESS THE RULES, SO WE WOULD

ADDRESS LIKE WE ADDRESS ANY OTHER CONFLICT. >> WHYTE: OKAY.

I JUST -- YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT THESE GROUPS ALL LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO, AND MAY WANT TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE. BUT OBVIOUSLY, WE ALL SEE THERE WOULD BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BEING ON A COMMITTEE AND PUSHING FOR FUNDING FOR THEIR PARTICULAR GROUP. I DO THINK WE NEED TO AT LEAST CONSIDER THAT.

YOU KNOW, OVERALL, THOSE, IT'S ALWAYS -- IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO MEET, TO HAVE THE CITIZENS BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INPUT, ESPECIALLY ON A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE.

I THINK WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE SPURS' INVESTMENT OF $75 MILLION BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY IS A SIGNIFICANT ONE, THAT I KNOW THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 10 APPRECIATE, AND I'M SURE THE RESIDENTS IN THE REST OF THE CITY DO AS WELL. AND SO MAKING SURE THAT'S SPENT IN A MANNER THAT MOST DIRECTLY AND POSITIVELY IMPACTS OUR CITIZENS, I THINK, IS IMPORTANT.

AND IF THIS COMMITTEE IS GOING TO HELP US GET THERE, THEN I'M FOR IT.

THANKS. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. ON THE MOTION TO CONTINUE?

COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE-GAVITO >> THANK YOU, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN KAUR AND COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO ON HELPING BRING THIS FORWARD. THEY OUTLINED ALL THE THINKING BEHIND IT, WHY WE CHOSE 33 MEMBERS, AND ALSO, TOO, THEY ALSO HIGHLIGHTED HOW WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC, THE URGENCY TO GET STARTED. SO I DON'T WANT TO REHASH THAT.

BUT I DO WANT US TO THINK ABOUT WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE? LIKE, THE ALTERNATIVE IS REALLY TO NOT START A COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP, AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD ONE.

AND SO I DON'T WANT TO DELAY. OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TELLING US THAT THEY NEED THIS.

THEY'VE BEEN TELLING US THAT THEY WANT THIS. THIS IS A GOOD THING.

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WE JUST NEED TO GET GOING ON THIS. SO I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE

DELAY, AND LET'S GET GOING. THANKS. >> MAYOR JONES: WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON CONTINUING THE ITEM? OKAY.

THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ FOR ILLUMINATING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK ARE WORTHY OF DISCUSSION BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS. I SUPPORT DELAYING IT.

I SUPPORT THE TIMELINE THAT HAS ALSO BEEN ARTICULATED THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR SUFFICIENT PUBLIC CONVERSATION TO WEIGH IN ON THE GOOD IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN FORWARD. I APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER EITHER THIS BODY OR WHETHER WE WOULD NEED A SEPARATE ENTITY THAT DOES MORE OF WHAT WAS ENVISIONED AND WAS CONDUCTED BY THE RIVER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, WHICH AS OUTLINED IS SOME OF THOSE CRITICAL ELEMENTS OF WHY THAT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL, AS COUNCILWOMAN MEZA GONZALEZ ARTICULATED IN HER OP-ED. A CRITICAL PART WAS THE CONTINUITY. THE CHAIRS OF THAT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WERE THE CHAIRS THE ENTIRE TIME, FOR OVER 15 YEARS. I THINK WHAT WAS ALSO CRITICAL ABOUT THAT IS IT WAS NOT A COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE MEMBERS. THEY HAD SPECIFIC STAKEHOLDERS, AND I THINK THE GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY COUNCILWOMAN KAUR AND COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO ARE THE CORRECT ONES, BUT THERE IS VALUE IN HAVING SOME SPECIFICITY IN THE GROUPS THAT SHOULD BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS.

IN PART, IN THE RIVER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THE GROUPS IDENTIFIED AND SELECTED THEIR OWN MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT THE CONTINUITY, THEY'VE GOT THE CAPACITY, AND THE EXPERTISE TO WEIGH IN ON THOSE. SO YOU REMOVE KIND OF THAT, QUOTE, POLITICAL ELEMENT, IF YOU WILL. THAT GROUP IS ALSO A GROUP THAT MADE DECISIONS BY CONSENSUS.

THAT IS A CRITICAL PART OF WHY THAT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL. OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S A VERY TIME-INTENSIVE PROCESS. I THINK WE NEED TO MANAGE PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS BODY IS GOING TO DO, HOW IT'S GOING TO FUNCTION SO THAT, AS COUNCILMAN MUNGIA IDENTIFIED AND COUNCILMAN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ IDENTIFIED, WE DON'T WANT FOLKS TO DEDICATE TIME AND ENERGY AND THAT NOT BE ATTENDED TO IN ACTION THE WAY ONE WOULD EXPECT. I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S A WAY IN WHICH WE CAN INCLUDE MORE OF THE OVERSIGHT ELEMENT SO THIS BODY -- WHICH, AGAIN, I AGREE WITH IN THEORY, BUT AS WE KNOW, IMPLEMENTATION MATTERS MOST -- IF WE CAN INCLUDE MORE OF THAT SO IT'S AS SUCCESSFUL AS IT CAN BE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE CAN, EARLY ON, COMMIT TO THE TYPES OF THINGS WE'RE GOING TO EXPECT THIS BODY TO WEIGH IN ON.

FOR EXAMPLE, CRITICAL VOTES, TO ENSURE WE HAVE SUFFICIENT CAPACITY ON THE STAFF SO WE CAN DO IT IN A TIMELY FASHION AND WE CAN WEIGH IN ON. AGAIN, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE IDEA, OF COURSE, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S AS STRONG AS IT CAN BE AND REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND THE MODEL IT'S REFERENCED ON, THE RIVER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

OKAY. WITH THAT, THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND TO DELAY THIS ITEM.

PLEASE VOTE. A YES VOTE IS TO DELAY, CORRECT. COUNCILMAN WHYTE, PLEASE VOICE VOTE

>> WHYTE: NAY. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. THE MOTION FAILS.

SO TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION. ARE WE GOOD? OKAY.

ON THE INITIAL ITEM, GOING BACK TO THE INITIAL MOTION, INITIAL CONSIDERATION, RATHER, I'LL GO BACK TO THOSE ON THE LIST SIGNED UP FOR COMMENT. COUNCILMEMBER MEZA GONZALEZ

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>> GONZÁLEZ: THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO INITIATED THIS PROPOSAL.

AND THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CONTINUOUSLY REACHED OUT TO MAKE THEIR VOICES AND IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT HEARD. I THINK AT ITS BEST, THE DISTRICT IS AN EFFORT TO REALIZE A VISION OF A NEW DOWNTOWN REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS AND VALUES OF ALL SAN ANTONIANS. I GREW UP HERE BEFORE IT WAS SOUTH TOWN, SO I KNOW THAT AREA LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND. THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THIS PROPOSAL IS AN EFFORT TO CODIFY WHAT SAN ANTONIO ALREADY BELIEVES IN, THAT SUCCESS COMES WHEN PROJECTS EMBRACE TRANSPARENCY AND CALL UPON THE INCREDIBLE TALENT, DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES OF ALL OF SAN ANTO ANTONIANS. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IT'S MY HOPE IN THE SAME SPIRIT OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND COLLABORATION THAT THIS COMMITTEE MOVES QUICKLY, VERY QUICKLY, TO EXPAND THE INITIATIVES FOR THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.

I TALKED TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO INITIATED THAT SECTION 4 OF THE RESOLUTION STATES THAT.

I'M GOING TO HOLD THEM TO THAT. I THINK THAT IS CRUCIAL. THIS SHOULD BE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW THAT'S A SIMPLE STATEMENT, BUT I REALLY DO MEAN THAT. THIS IS A GENERATIONAL PROJECT THAT WE SHOULD BENEFIT FROM AS A CITY AND AS SAN ANTONIANS, AND SO THAT IS MY FOCUS ANY TIME WE TALK ABOUT THIS DISTRICT.

A 33-MEMBER ADVISORY COMMITTEE LIKE THIS ONE PROPOSED HAS CAPACITY TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL OVERSIGHT AND OFFER RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE DIRECTION OUR DOWNTOWN IS HEADED.

I SUPPORT THE CREATION OF THIS COMMITTEE AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ITS RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE WORK THAT IT WILL DO FOR THE DISTRICT IN OUR DOWNTOWN. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JONES: WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE ORIGINAL ITEM?

COUNCILMEMBER SPEARS? >> SPEARS: THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO MY RESIDENTS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THEY ARE EXCITED TO HAVE INPUT AND TO BE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION. AND WE HAD A MORNINGS WITH MISTY EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND THEY WERE ALREADY ASKING ABOUT THIS BOARD AND IF THEY COULD BE A PART OF IT.

I THINK WE ALL JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE NEGOTIATE THE BEST OUTCOMES FOR THE CBA.

AND WHO BETTER TO ASK THAN OUR OWN RESIDENTS THAT HAVE SO MANY GOOD IDEAS AND FRESH PERSPECTIVES? I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN APPROACH THAT IS A WAY TO BEST REPRESENT EVERY DISTRICT IN SAN ANTONIO. AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN OUR CITY, ENSURING THAT ALL OF OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS CAN ALSO SEE THESE MEANINGFUL BENEFITS. SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM TODAY.

>> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN? >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU.

YEAH, I BELIEVE THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS RESOLUTION MOVING FORWARD, BROUGHT EARLY ON THROUGH THE CCR PROCESS. I WAS HOPING WE COULD WAIT UNTIL WE HAD FIRMED UP THE CONTRACT. I THOUGHT THAT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE.

I THINK ERIK AND I WERE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT. WHAT I SAW AS CONVERSATION CONTINUED AROUND THIS TOPIC, AS WE SAW THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS MAKE A FINALS RUN, THAT CONVERSATIONS WOULD NEED TO BEGIN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. I KNOW THAT THE SPURS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE DISTRICTS, HAD A LISTENING SESSION. MY RESIDENTS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. THEY ARE TRYING TO -- HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT ON THE SOUTHERN SECTOR IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT I DO LOOK FORWARD TO BEING PART OF THIS PROCESS. I THINK WHEN WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AND TALK ABOUT THE CHAIRS OF THE COMMITTEE THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE DISTRICTS MOST IMPACTED, WHICH I FEEL WOULD BE 1, 2, AND 5 AT THIS POINT AS SITTING AS THE CHAIRS AND DIRECTING THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE, AGAIN, MY RESIDENTS ARE READY TO SERVE. READY TO COMMIT, AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE LABOR ARE POINT OF THIS. BUT AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FOR US BECAUSE WE A ARE -- MY DISTRICT ARE THE LABORERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITES, ATTENDING THE GAMES, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DRIVING INTO THE CITY AND BACK HOME. SO I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, AND WE REALLY FOCUS ON THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THAT.

SO I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS TODAY, TO SEEING THIS WORK OUT ON WHO IS GOING TO

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THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER MUNGIA? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

YEAH, I AGREE THIS SHOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH GOVERNANCE ORIGINAL LITTLE AND BEEN PASSED, AND WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON THIS A FEW MONTHS NOW. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

I SUPPORT THIS. THE MAIN THING FOR ME IS MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY GETS TO HAVE A SAY IN HOW THE MONEY IS INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THESE ARE NOT JUST OUR OWN IDEAS OR PROJECTS THAT WE COME UP WITH. BUT IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THE RESIDENTS GET TO THE TABLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO START THAT CONVERSATION, SO VERY HAPPY WITH THIS. THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WORKED ON THIS.

THIS IS A GOOD PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD ON. THANK YOU.

>> WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL B MEMBER MCKEE ROD

ROSE. >> SO AS TO BE A GOOD SPORT TODAY, I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION -- SINCE I HAVE NOT BEEN ENGAGED IN THE CREATION OF THIS, THE LANGUAGE, THE MAKE-UP, THE MEMBERSHIP. I WILL OFFER TWO AMENDMENTS, ONE THAT IS RELATED TO A POINT THAT COUNCILMAN WHITE BROUGHT UP, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE DISCLOSURE AND RECREW SAL FOR ANY REMEMBER REPPING AN ORGANIZATION THAT MAY LOOK TO CONTRACTS.

THE OTHER WILL AMEND SECTION 3 TO STATE THE MEMBERSHIP SHALL ELECT THREE MEMBERS, ONE EACH FROM DISTRICTS 1, 2, 5. IF WE DO THAT, I WILL VOTE YES ON THE FINALIZE TELL.

I'M HEARING FROM EACH IT'S NECESSARY WE HAVE A COMMITTEE IN ANY FORM AND THAT COMMITTEE BE FORMED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND SO I WOULD LIKE FOR DISTRICT 2 TO BE BROUGHT ALONG WITH THAT, SO I WOULD ASK FOR MY COLLEAGUES' SUPPORT ON THAT. MY QUESTION TO ANDY WILL BE, DOES THAT REQUIRE TWO MOTIONS, OR CAN I THAT AS ONE MOTION TO ENCOMPASS BOTH ASKS?

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMAN, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO OFFER THE SUGGESTION THAT, AS WE POINTED OUT EARLIER, WE USUALLY MAKE ALL COMMITTEE PARTICIPANTS SIGN UP TO OUR ETHIC, CODE. SO IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN MAKE THE FIRST MOTION SIMPLY THEY WILL SIGN UP FOR THAT. THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE DISCLOSURES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WILL BE BROADER IN MAKING SURE THOSE ETHICS RULES APPLY. BUT YES, IT WOULD REQUIRE TWO SEPARATE ONES, UNLESS YOU FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE SIMPLY WILL ASSURE YOU THAT WE WILL ASK ALL

COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO SIGN UP TO OUR ETHICS CODE. >> IT WOULD BE BETTER TO INCLUDE THAT. SO I WILL MAKE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS.

SO ONE, AMENDING THE RESOLUTION TO STATE ALL MEMBERS WILL SIGN THE ETHICS CODE.

>> SECOND. >> THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION SO AS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE APPOINTED FOLLOW THE ETHICS CODE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT

AMENDMENT? GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER. >> POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY AND/OR CITY CLERK. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE EXPECTATION WITH ANY CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COMMISSION THAT EACH DO FOLLOW THE CITY'S ETHICS CODE;

CORRECT? >> THAT'S CORRECT, COUNCILWOMAN.

YES. >> THANK YOU, ANDY. >> OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE, AMEND THE RESOLUTION SO IT NOTES THAT IT WILL SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WILL UPHOLD THE ET

ETHICS? GO AHEAD, COUNCILWOMAN. >> ANDY, DOES THIS MEAN WE'RE

GOING TO NEED TO DO THIS FOR EVERY NEW COMMISSION WE START? >> NO, COUNCILWOMAN.

AGAIN, IT'S A PRACTICE WE HAVE THAT THEY SIGN UP FOR THAT, BUT THERE'S NO HARM, IF THAT'S YOUR

QUESTION. >> YEAH. THAT'S MY QUESTION, IF THERE'S HARM IN THIS.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ANDY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? OKAY. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. VOICE VOTE, PLEASE, COUNCILMAN WHYTE.

>> YES. >> THE MOTION PASSES. COUNCILMEMBER.

>> I WOULD LIKE FOR REPRESENTATIVES FROM DISTRICTS 12, AND 5.

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>> POINT OF CLARIFICATION. THE MEMBERS THEMSELVES VOTE ON THE CHAIRS, SO IS THAT -- WOULD YOU REQUIRE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO -- THE CHAIRS HAVE TO BE FROM THOSE THREE COMMITTEES?

>> YES, FROM EACH OF THEM. >> FROM EACH OF THEM. OKAY.

>> SO THEY WILL HAVE THREE CHAIRS, AND THEY WILL ELECT ONE WHO LIVES IN DISTRICTS 1, 2, AND 5. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY TO HAVE TO BE THE COUNCIL B MEMBER FROM THAT DISTRICT WHO APPOINTED THEM. IF DISTRICT 6 APPOINTED SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN DISTRICT 2, THAT PERSON WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AS CHAIR.

FOR EXAMPLE. BUT ONLY ONE PERSON WHO LIVES IN DISTRICT 2, ONE PERSON LIVES IN

DISTRICT 1, ONE WHO LIVES IN DISTRICT 5. >> OKAY.

IN THEORY -- FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT DRAFTED THE RESOLUTION, THERE IS NOTHING, THEN, THAT WOULD PROHIBIT, IN THEORY, ALL 33 FOLKS BEING FROM THE SAME COUNCIL DISTRICT; CORRECT?

THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THAT? >> NO.

>> THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD PROHIBIT ALL 33 FOLKS BEING FROM THE SAME COUNCIL DISTRICT?

BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID -- >> YES. SO THERE'S NO, IF NO REQUIREMENT.

I COULD HAVE THREE PEOPLE. THERE'S NOTHING THAT REQUIRES ME TO APPOINT THREE PEOPLE IN

DISTRICT 2. >> UNDERSTOOD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT. SO IN THEORY ARE EVERYBODY COULD BE FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 9 OR DISTRICT 2 OR DISTRICT 1. IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN, HOW DO WE ENSURE THERE ARE THREE

CHAIRS THAT ARE FROM OTHER DISTRICTS? >> I FEEL LIKE THAT IS A SLIM ISSUE BECAUSE OUR PRACTICE IS TO APPOINT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OUR OWN DISTRICT.

THERE MAY BE ONE ROGUE APPOINTEE HERE OR THERE WE FEEL REPRESENTS THE INTERESTS OF A DISTRICT, SO

I DON'T KNOW WE KNEESLY HASH THAT LANGUAGE OUT. >> IT WOULD BE -- JUST A

SUGGESTION -- BASED ON RESI RESIDENCY. >> SO WOULD WE HAVE TO --

>> THE CHAIRS. >> UNDERSTOOD. BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO ENSURE THAT YOU ACTUALLY, THEN, HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM THOSE THREE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE

A CHAIR FROM ONE OF THOSE THREE DISTRICTS? >> YEAH. LIKE THE COUNCIL MEMBER

SAID, THERE'S A SLIM CHANCE THAT WILL HAPPEN. >> TO THE POINT, THOUGH, OF MAKING SURE THERE'S -- MY ASSUMPTION IS THE ASSUMPTION IS THERE WOULD BE EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS. WHAT IS THE WAY IN WHICH THAT IS DONE? THAT'S JUST LEFT TO THE PREROGATIVE OF THE COUNCIL

MEMBER? I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO OR

KAUR? >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR.

>> IT COULD CLARIFY THAT IT'S ONE PERSON WHO LIVES IN THAT DISTRICT.

>> THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. OKAY. SO TO BE VERY CLEAR ON THE AMENDMENT, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER WILL APPOINT AT LEAST ONE PERSON FROM THEIR OWN COUNCIL DISTRICT, AND THEN EVERY -- THE THREE CHAIRS -- ONE WOULD BE FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, 2, AND 5.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY CONVERSATION ON THE DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? COUNCIL MEMBER ALDERETE DAY GAVITO.

>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENT, WAY OVERCOMPLICATING IT.

>> POINT OF ORDER. >> SECOND FOR THE AMENDMENT. >> SECOND.

>> THAT'S TRUE. >> THANK YOU. I THINK -- I APPRECIATE THE INTENT. I THINK IT'S WAY OVERCOMPLICATING IT.

WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT MIRRORING A BOND COMMITTEE. WE HAD DISCUSSIONS INTENTIONALLY ABOUT THE COMMITTEE CHOOSING THEIR OWN CHAIRS. I THINK WHEN WE'RE STARTING TO

-- >> WHO HAD THAT DISCUSSION? >> WELL, WHEN WE CAME UP WITH

THE THREE SIGNATURE MOTION. >> THE THREE OF YOU. >> SURE.

YOU CAN SUPPORT IT AS IS OR NOT. >> PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS

TO THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> IT'S A FAIR PROCESS.

WE KNOW HOW THESE THINGS WORK, AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE STARTING TO DICTATE AND SPECIFY HAS TO BE FROM DISTRICTS 1, 2, AND 5; NOW WE HAVE TO SPECIFY WHO OUR APPOINTEES ARE.

WE'RE LOSING, WE'RE LOSING THE INTENT OF THIS COMMITTEE ADVISORY GROUP.

I UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE IMPACTS TO CERTAIN DISTRICTS WHO MAY SEE OR FEEL IT A LITTLE MORE, BUT, I MEAN, DOWNTOWN BELONGS TO ALL OF US. THIS BELONGS TO LAMB OF US SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHOOSE WHO WE NEED TO CHOOSE. THANK YOU.

>> FOR CLARITY FOR THE PUBLIC LISTENING, WHAT ALL OF THE RESIDENT -- AND TO THE POINT THERE -- WHAT ALL THE APPOINTEES, WOULD THEY HAVE TO BE SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS? WAS THERE -- I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT SPECIFICALLY IN THE RESOLUTION.

ANY AFT AUTHORS? ANY OF THE AUTHORS? >> IF I MAY, THE GOAL OF THE

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SO I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE FOR CLARIFICATION, BUT THE GOAL OF EACH AND THE RESPONSIBILITY, RATHER, OF EACH COUNCIL MEMBER PLAYING OR FACILITATING THE PROCESS IS OUR CONSTITUENCY CAN HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'M A BIT CONFLICTED ON THE AMENDMENT BECAUSE, AGAIN, THIS IS A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT PROCESS AND FRAMEWORK THAT SHOULD BE DRIVEN BY COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHY THE CONVERSATION WAS THAT THOSE MEMBERS CAN ELECT THE CHAIR BECAUSE WHAT WE HEARD, RIGHT -- AND THE PUBLIC HAS SAID -- FOLKS ARE PAYING TWICE.

IT'S NOT RESIDENTS PAYING TWICE BUT COUNTY AND CITY RESIDENTS. THE EXPECTATION IS EVERYBODY SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT WILL BE CONTRIBUTING INTO THIS PROJECT WHETHER, AGAIN, THROUGH BONDS, THROUGH THE PFZ INVESTMENT, SO ON, AND SO FORTH. SO BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A LARGE-SCALE PROJECT, THE CBA PARTICIPANTS SHOULD HAVE RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH THE CPA PROCESS TO ELECT WHO THEY BELIEVE CAN BEST FACILITATE THAT ROLE.

SO I'M CONFLICTED BECAUSE DISTRICT 5, OF COURSE, WITH THE HIGH INVESTMENT WITH THE SPORTS DISTRICT OR PROJECT MARVEL WILL BE IMPACTED IN TERMS OF INCREASED PROPERTY TAXES; BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERY CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT WILL BE CONTRIBUTING TO AND POTENTIAL I WILL TAKING ACTION IF THERE ARE BOND COMPONENTS TIED TO IT.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR 4 MORE DISCUSSION FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THE AMENDMENT.

>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. TO CLARIFY, BASED ON YOUR POINT RIGHT THERE, SO THERE'S NOTHING IN THE RESOLUTION, RIGHT, THAT PROHIBITS THE APPOINTMENT OF A BEHR COUNTY RESIDENT, OR A COUNTY RESIDENT; CORRECT? THERE'S NOTHING THAT DOES THAT? I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THESE FOLKS ARE GOING TO WEIGH IN ON THEIR COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHO IS GOING TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT.

THEY GAVE $311 MILLION WITH NO COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT. SO IF THE INTENT IS TO WEIGH IN ON THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT THAT I THINK WE JUST CLARIFIED THAT THIS WOULD BE EXCLUSIVE TO CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS. GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER KAUR.

>> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY I'M A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT AND ALSO A BEHR COUNTY RESIDENT.

>> THAT IS CORRECT. HOWEVER -- >> MAYOR, IF I MAY.

>> YEAH, GO AHEAD. >> THE CITY CODE REQUIRES THAT COMMITTEE MEMBERS BE CITY RESIDENTS. HOWEVER, THAT CAN AND HAS BEEN WAIVED BEFORE, DEPENDING ON THE APPOINTEE, RIGHT, BECAUSE APPOINTEES COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.

>> RIGHT. YES. THE POINT THAT -- AND THIS IS WHY IT'S HELPFUL TO HASH THESE THINGS OUT PRIOR -- BUT THE POINT COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO SAID ON THE CBA, IT SHOULDN'T BE THOSE FOLKS THAT PAID INTO IT, AND THE COUNTY HAS NOT, TO BE VERY CLEAR.

OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN. >> OKAY.

I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER SOME OF THE QUOTES WE'RE HEARING BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OTHER ITEMS, AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING WE NEED TO TAKE TIME AND WE NEED TO HASH IT OUT BEFORE.

AND SON SOME OF THE THINGS COMING, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT. THIS HAS GOTTEN -- I DO STILL BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE SOMEONE FROM DISTRICT 2. I CANNOT SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT AS IT'S BEEN PRESENTED NOW IN THIS FORM, SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. YOU HAVE -- I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN PUT FORWARD A RESIDENT, OR WE WILL HAVE A DISTRICT 2 RESIDENT, A DISTRICT 5 RESIDENT, AND A DISTRICT 1 RESIDENT THAT CAN GARNER THE VOTES TO BECOME CHAIR; BUT I AM NOT GOING TO HINDER THIS WITH THIS BECAUSE IT'S -- IT'S NOT -- THIS IS NOT HELPFUL AT ALL. THIS IS OVERREACH.

>> COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. >> THANK YOU, AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE I AM TRULY TRYING TO GET TO A "YES" VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION.

THERE WAS NO OPPORTUNITY TO ME TO RAISE THIS IN ANY DISCUSSION PRIOR, AND SO THIS IS THE DISCUSSION THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD. THIS IS THE ONLY MECHANISM.

THIS IS THE ONLY AVENUE THAT I HAD TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN BECAUSE WE ARE VOTING "YES" ON IT TODAY, YES, OR NO. SO IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET TO A "YES" VOTE, I'M GIVING YOU THE

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THAT CONVERSATION IS HERE NOR THERE. WHAT MATTERS TO ME IS THAT THE DISTRICTS WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED, WHICH WILL BE DISTRICTS 1, 2, AND 5, THAT THEY HAVE AN ELEVATED VOICE IN THIS DISCUSSION. THERE WILL BE REPRESENTATION FROM EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL DISTRICT. EVERYONE WILL GET THEIR 3 THREE, BUT WHO GETS TO SERVE AS CHAIR IS IMPORTANT. THE EAST SIDE IS FAR OUTWEIGHED BY THE NORTH SIDE, WEST, AND SOUTH SIDES. I HAVE SEEN IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT I WILL ADVOCATE FOR THE WEST SIDE, THE SOUTH SIDE, FOR THOSE MOST DISADVANTAGED ON THE WEST SIDE; AND I AM NOT HEARING IT ALL THE TIME RECIPROCATED.

I DON'T HEAR PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE ADDRESSING ISSUES REFERENCE THE EAST SIDE AND SAY, "OH, THE EAST SIDE IS DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE IN AN ELEVATED WAY." IT'S ALWAYS, "OH, MY WEST SIDE SISTERS, MY SOUTH SIDE." IT'S THAT. AND SO IN THIS INSTANCE, I AM ASKING FOR ONE THING THAT IS GOING TO HELP ME GET FROM A "NO" VOTE TO A "YES" VOTE.

>> TWO THINGS. >> SURE. ONE THING IN PRACTICE THAT IS GOING TO BE TANGIBLY DIFFERENT. IT'S NOT JUST THE CBA EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSING; IT'S NOT JUST THE TAX IMPACT. IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE REMEMBERED TO THE CONSTRUCTION THAT IS HAPPENING. IT'S GOING TO BE RELATED TO THE PROJECTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN OUR DISTRICTS. THAT'S WHY I THINK IT MAKES SENSE FOR DISTRICTS 12, AND 5 TO HAPPEN AS CHAIR. IT COULD BE ANY COMBINATION OF APPOINTEES BUT AT LEAST ONE WHO LIVES FROM EACH OF THOSE DISTRICTS. SO I'M ASKING FOR SUPPORT IN

THAT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER KAUR AND THEN

COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE. >> I SELFISHLY WANT TO SAY YES TO THIS BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT ADISTRICT 1 INDIVIDUAL GETS TO BE A CHAIR OF THIS, BUT I AM ALSO CONFLICTED BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE FROM A DIFFERENT DISTRICT -- DISTRICT 6 OR DISTRICT 4 -- THAT WANTS TO BE ABLE TO STEP UP AND BE CHAIR AND IS NOT QUALIFIED TO DO SO.

I DON'T KNOW THAT BEING CHAIR SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGES THE OUTCOME OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, SO I HEAR MY COLLEAGUES. SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO SAY THIS HAS BEEN VETTED.

THEY COULD DULY VOTE AND ENGAGE THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS TO ELECT THE CHAIR, AND I ALSO HEAR COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ AND APPRECIATE THE WORK TO WANTING TO COLLABORATE AND MOVE THIS FORWARD. SO I'M CONFLICTED. THANKS, MAYOR.

>> STORY; WHAT WAS THAT LAST PART? >> I'M -- I'M INSURE.

SURE -- I'M UNSURE. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WHYTE?

>> LOOK. I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ' SENTIMENT HERE AND ADMIRED HOW HARD HE FIGHTS FOR THE EAST SIDE. I MEAN, THIS IS -- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT, AND IT'S FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

>> CAN I --? CAN I CLARIFY SOMETHING? CAN I CLARIFY? JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT.

THE RESOLUTION STATES CLEARLY -- >> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> -- IN SECTION 4 THAT THIS IS MORE THAN A COMMITTEE FOR THE CBA.

SO I'VE HEARD THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES, BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE NOT JUST FOCUSED ON THE CPA,

OKAY? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> OKAY.

WELL, AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING HERE THAT IS GONNA AFFECT ALL SAN ANTONIO RESI RESIDENTS, AND WITH RESPECT TO THE CBA, I MEAN, THAT IS A PART OF IT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD GET INVOLVED IN THIS COMMITTEE AND TELL THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF WHO THE CHAIRS WOULD BE AND NOT JUST LET THEM COME UP WITH IT. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS FROM COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO AND KAUR, EVEN THOUGH UNDER THIS AMENDMENT THEIR FOLKS WOULD GET TO BE THE CHAIRS. I THINK THEY RECOGNIZE WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS PROJECT AS A WHOLE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND SO I RESPECTFULLY WILL NOT

BE IN FAVOR OF THIS AMENDMENT. >> WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE AMENDMENT? OKAY, I SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CHAIRS. AGAIN, WHEN WE GO TO THE EXAMPLE OF THE RIVER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THOSE CHAIRS WERE IN PLACE AND AGREED UPON BY ALL THREE ENTITIES, AND THOSE CHAIRS WERE THERE FROM BEGINNING TO END. THAT CONSISTENCY IS REALLY IMPORTANT. IT'S NOT CLEAR FROM THE RESOLUTION IF THE APPOINTEES OR IF THE CHAIRS WOULD EVEN TURN OVER AFTER DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS VACATED THEIR SEAT.

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SOME OF THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE THERE THE ENTIRE 15 YEARS, SO WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT NOT ONLY THE CHAIRS, HOW THEY SET THE CONVERSATION -- I MEAN, IN PRACTICE, THESE WILL BE THE ONE THAT ARE CARRYING THE WATER THE MOST FOR THAT COMMITTEE, ENGAGING WITH THE STAFF, ADVOCATING FOR WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS PUTTING FORWARD. SO I THINK WHO THE CHAIRS ARE, IN FACT, MATTERS, AND CERTAINLY THEIR COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCE WITH THIS OVERALL WHETHER JUST THE CBP OR THE OVER-- CPA OR OVERALL PLAN, ADVOCACY WILL BE IMPORTANT AS TO WHO SERVES.

>> THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE, THE CHAIRS, THE THREE CHAIRS, ARE REPRESENTED FROM DISTRICTS 1, 2, AND 5. THE SECOND PART OF THE AMENDMENT WAS EVERY DISTRICT WOULD APPOINT AT LEAST ONE PERSON FROM THEIR COUNCIL DISTRICT.

>> OKAY. >> THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND ON THOSE AMENDMENTS.

PLEASE VOTE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHYTE, VOICE VOTE, PLEASE.

>> NO. >> OKAY. THE MOTION FAILS.

OKAY. TO THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION, THEN -- EXCUSE ME.

>> YES, THAT'S RIGHT. >> TO THE MAIN MOTION. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ARE THERE COMMENTS ON THE MAIN MOTION? OKAY.

YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COUNCILMEMBER -- OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE. >> YES. >> THE MOTION PASSES.

WEEK GO TO ITEM 6. >> ITEM 6, APPROVING CONTRACTS FOR ON-CALL CITYWIDE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT WITH BRIDGE INSIGHTS AND MEDIA LLC, CM COST TANO ASSOCIATES, LLC, ELI, LLC, FOR POSITIONING ONLY LLC, INNOVATIVE GROUP LLC, KGB PUBLIC RELATIONS INC, PIXEL REFLEX LLC, SCREEN BUILD FILMS, TALK STRATEGY, THE SOUND BOX LLC, TXC TEXAS CREATIVE LLC, AND THE URBAN ALCHEMY COLLECTIVE LLC FOR AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF 4 MILLION, $600,000 ANNULY, AND ESTIMATED TOTAL COST OF $23 MILLION INCLUSIVE OF INITIAL AND RENEWAL TERMS THROUGH THE THREE-YEAR TERM WITH TWO ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR REVIEWS AT THE CITY OPTION. FUNDING IS DEPENDENT ON EACH

DEPARTMENT. >> OVER TO YOU, JEFF. THANKS.

>> THANK YOU, MANAGERS. I'M VERY EXCITED TODAY TO PRESENT TO YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO STREAMLINE AND STRENGTHEN HOW WE DELIVER COMMUNICATION MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION AROUND THE CITY ORGANIZATION. SO THIS CONTRACT WOULD ACCOMPLISH ON-CALL MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS CAPACITY. THIS IS CAPACITY IN THE FORM OF EXTERNAL FIRMS THAT CAN SUPPORT OUR 40-PLUS CITY DEPARTMENTS TO BE UTILIZED WHEN THEY NEED HELP WITH A VARIETY OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS NEEDS. WE ARE NOT APPROVING OR APPROPRIATING -- WE'RE NOT ASKING COUNCIL TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TODAY. THIS IS STRICTLY CONTRACT

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NOW, WE HAVE ACROSS OUR 40-PLUS CITY DEPARTMENTS MANY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF WHO ARE VERY CAPABLE AT DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS AND DO DO THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS.

HOWEVER, OVER TIME, DEPARTMENTS HAVE FOUND A NEED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT OUR IN-HOUE RESOURCES WITH CONSULTING FIRMS, PRY HAIRLY IN THAT ADVERTISING AND MARKETING BUDGET.

THAT'S ABOUT 70%, ALMOST 80% OF OUR HISTORICAL USAGE. WHEN WE NEED TO DO AN ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN WITH CERTAIN PROGRAM OR ISSUE, ARE TYPICALLY WHEN DEPARTMENTS ARE REACHING OUT. SO THIS WOULD CREATE THE POOL OF FIRMS PRESOLICITED THAT THE DEPARTMENTS CAN UTILIZE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH A SOLICITATION PROCESS.

THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BE MORE EFFICIENT.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS IS ABOUT AT ITS CORE, ALTHOUGH IT HAS A NUMBER OF OTHER BENEFITS, BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW WE DO IT TODAY AND WOULD DO IT, SHOULD THIS BE APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. CURRENTLY WHEN A DEPARTMENT IDENTITIES A NEED FOR A COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT TEAM, THEY PROCURE THOSE SERVICES INDIVIDUALLY.

THAT MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL SOLICITATION, USUALLY AT LEAST A SIX-MONTH PROCESS, A CONTRACT APPROVAL THAT COMES BEFORE COUNCIL. ULTIMATELY THAT PROCUREMENT PROCESS EATS INTO THE TIMELINE FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO DELIVER THE SERVICES.

SOMETIMES, AS I MENTIONED, THESE ARE GRANT FUNDED. WE MAY GET A GRANT FOR A PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMP CAMPAIGN. ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS SAFE STREETS FOR ALL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDED A FEW YEAR AGO. WHEN YOU BUILD THAT PROCUREMENT TIMELINE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SIX TO NINE MONTHS ON THE FRONT END THAT A DEPARTMENT HAS TO GO THROUGH BEFORE THEY GET TO DOING THE WORK. AND THEN, OF COURSE, IT'S DUPLICATIVE ADMINISTRATION WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO OUR NEW PROCESS ESSENTIALLY WOULD BE ESTABLISHING A CITY-WIDE POOL OF FIRMS THAT HAD BEEN PRE-SOLICITED. WE DID ONE SINGLE PROCUREMENT TO SUPPORT THE CITY DEPARTMENTS.

DEPARTMENTS WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO MUCH MORE QUICKLY ACCESS THOSE RESOURCES, QUICKLY RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY OR A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT NEED OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THAT SOLICITATION ON THE FRONT END; AND THE CONTRACT TERMS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ARE STANDARDIZED ACROSS ALL THESE FIRMS. WE WOULD HAVE CONSISTENT OVERSIGHT, REDUCED ADMINISTRATION, AND MORE DELIVERY.

I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS. THESE ARE PREVIOUS MARKETING CONTRACTS THAT HAVE GONE TO COUNCIL, AND I PICKED OLD ONES, SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS NO LONGER WITH THE CITY. I DIDN'T WANT ANY OF MY DEPARTMENT COLLEAGUES TO FEEL I WAS PICKING ON THEM, BUT THESE ARE JUST FIVE DIFFERENT CONTRACTS IN ARTS, METRO HEALTH, TRANSPORTATION, ANIMAL CARE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ALL OF THEM RELATIVELY SMALL IN THE RANGE OF $80,000 TO, I THINK $200,000 IS THE LARGEST ONE ON THERE; BUT EVERY ONE OF THOSE HAD TO BE SOLICITED INDIVIDUALLY, CONTRACT NEGOTIATED, AND ULTIMATELY BROUGHT TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION FOR RELATIVELY SMALL SUPPORT WORK FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO ELIMINATE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

IN ADDITION TO THE EFFICIENCY I MENTIONED, IT HAS OTHER BENEFITS, PRIMARILY THE CONSISTENCY, BOTH IN PRICING, BUT ALSO IN THE ABILITY TO ENSURE THAT THE FIRMS THAT WE'RE UTILIZING, UTILIZE OUR BRAND CORRECTLY, MEET ALL OF OUR STANDARDS FOR USABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY -- THAT IS REALLY CRITICAL. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED STANDARDS TO ENSURE THAT ALL USERS IN OUR COMMUNITY CAN ACCESS THE COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS THAT WE ARE PRODUCING. AND REALLY, IT CREATES, WE HOPE, A UNIFIED VOICE ACROSS ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS AND ACROSS OUR 40-PLUS ORGANIZATIONS. ALSO, AS I MENTIONED ON THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE ACROSS THIS ORGANIZATION WHO CAN DO A LOT OF THIS, AND AS WE CENTRALIZE THIS PROCESS, WE MAY FIND THAT WE CAN DO A LOT MORE OF IT IN HOUSE AND DON'T NEED TO CONTRACT THAT WORK OUT. THERE ARE POTENTIAL SAVINGS TO BE ACHIEVED DOWN THE ROAD THROUGH THIS CENTRALIZED PROCESS.

THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS ITSELF WAS AN RFP AND WENT TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR PRE-PROPOSAL.

IT WENT TO AUDIT COMMITTEE POST-PROPOSAL. THE RECOMMENDED VENDORS ARE ON

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THE ONLY ONES THAT WE ACTUALLY INTERVIEWS FOR WERE ON THE VIDEO PRODUCTION SIDE, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD 17 PROPOSALS INITIALLY AND SOME VERY CLOSE SCORES, SO WE FELT WE SHOULD BRING THEM IN BEFORE CHOOSING THEM. THE CONTRACT TERM IS FOR THREE YEARS INITIALLY WITH A POTENTIAL, WITH TWO POTENTIAL ONE-YEAR OPTIONS, SO UP TO FIVE YEARS. AND THE CONTRACT VALUE, AS THE CLERK MENTIONED, IS ABOUT $4.5 MILLION A YEAR, OR $23 MILLION TOTAL. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE YOU ARE NOT APPROPRIATING $23 MILLION AT ALL. THIS IS SIMPLY CONTRACT CAPACITY FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THAT COULD BE TAPPED INTO BY DEPARTMENTS.

THAT NUMBER WAS BASED ON THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS' EXPENDITURES ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS IN ALL FORMS OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.

SO WE TOOK HISTORICAL USAGE, ESTIMATING A SMALL INCREASED BASED ON PRICE ESCALATION, AND CREATED A CONTRACT CAPACITY THAT DEPARTMENTS COULD TAP INTO -- AGAIN, DEPENDING ON THEIR BUDGETS AND AVAILABLE FUNDING. THIS IS NOT APPROVING THEIR FUNDING.

I'M GOING TO START TO GO THROUGH THE CATEGORIES AND THE FIRST PLACES BUT WANT TO SAY NORMALLY WE WOULD SHOW YOU ALL THE SCORING. WE HAVE SHOWN IT TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. THERE'S A LOT WITH 61 PROPOSALS THAT WE'RE EVALUATED.

IN FRONT OF YOU IS A BINDER THAT HAS ALL THE SCORING BY CATEGORY.

IT HAS ALL THE FIRM NAMES, WHAT WE EVALUATED THEM ON, HOW WE SCORED THEM.

IT WAS THE STANDARD EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS AND BACKGROUND AND PROPOSED PLAN.

THOSE WERE THE TWO BUCKETS FOR OUR EVALUATION COMMITTEE. BEYOND THAT, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT SCORED THEM ON PRICING. WE HAD SEBATA LAYERED ON TO THAT AND LOCAL AND VETERAN PREFERENCES INCORPORATED AS WELL, SO YOU WILL SEE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND DIDN'T WANT TO PUT YOU THROUGH 30 SLIDES OF SCORING MATRICE SEES. THE FIRST CATEGORY IS REALLY THE BIGGEST ONE, ADVERTISING AND MARKETING. WE'RE RECOMMENDING SEVEN FIRMS TO BE IN OUR POOL. YOU PROBABLY RECOGNIZES A LOT OF THESE.

SIX OF THE SEVEN ARE SAN ANTONIO-BASED FIRMS, LARGE, ESTABLISHED, FULL-SERVICE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING FIRMS. KAY HARVEY BRAND PARTNERS, KGB TEXAS; TEXAS CREATIVE, PARALLEL, PARA DECUDIE, MARKETING IDEATION.

FOR POSITIONING ONLY. TALK STRATEGY. AND THEN THE ONE NON-SAN ANTONIO FIRM WAS BRIDGE -- LET ME GET THIS RIGHT -- BRIDGE INSIGHTS, WHICH IS AN AUSTIN-BASED FIRM WHICH HAD FALL FIRMS, SEVEN EMPLOYEES, HAD DONE A LOT OF WORK ACROSS THE REGION.

WE WERE PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED THEIR RESEARCH IN ANALYTIC IN PAST CAMPAIGNS THEY HAD DONE, SO THAT GIVES US A LITTLE DIVERSITY OUTSIDE OF MANY OF THE LARGE SAN ANTONIO-ESTABLISHED FIRMS. IN THE GRAPHIC DESIGN CATEGORY -- AND I WANT TO DIFFERENTIATE GENE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING.

THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING FIRMS WITH THOSE WE WOULD TAP INTO FOR A FULL-SCALE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN ACROSS MULTIPLE MEDIUMS FOR A MAJOR PROGRAM OR INITIATIVE THAT THE CITY OR CITY DEPARTMENT IS DOING. IT OFTEN INCLUDE MEDIA BUYING.

FIRMS LIKE THIS HAD MEDIA BUYERS THAT GET POTENTIALLY BETTER RATES AND ADDED VALUE WHEN THEY'RE PLACING ADS ACROSS VARIOUS MEDIUMS. GRAPHIC DESIGN IS FOR THOSE MUCH SMALLER, ALMOST ONE-OFF PROJECTS -- DOOR HANGERS, FLYERS, POSTERS, ALL SORT OF COLLATERALS THAT A DEPARTMENT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES IN HOUSE TO DO.

WE HAVE TWO FIRMS RECOMMENDED, PARALLEL AND ELI MILLER DESIGN. I WILL JUST NOTE FOR ELI MILLER DESIGN IS A ONE-WOMAN, WOMAN-OWNED, ONE-EMPLOYEE COMPANY.

I POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE WE INTENTIONALLY OUR EVALUATION COMMITTEE WANTED A RANGE OF CAPABILITIES THE -- LARGE FIRMS THAT COULD DO IT ALL, SMALL FIRMS MAYBE BETTER EQUIPPED FOR SMALLER PROJECTS. ESSENTIALLY, WE WANTED TO SPREAD THE WEALTH OF THE CITY'S BUYING POWER. THE THIRD CATEGORY WAS PUBLIC RELATIONS.

AGAIN, WE HAVE K. HARVEY BRAND PARTNERS, TALK STRATEGY, GDC UNDER PUBLIC RELATIONS.

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, DIFFERENT FIRMS HERE, TEXAS CREATIVE -- I MENTIONED BEFORE CM COSTANO, ANOTHER ONE-EMPLOYEE TEAM THAT HAS DONE A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

URBAN ALCHEMY COLLECTIVE, ANOTHER FIRM YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR HERE, OFTEN AROUND LAND USE, OUTREACH, AND SO FORTH. IN THE CATEGORY OF VIDEO PRODUCTION, WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM

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>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS PROCESS SO WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 6 SO WE MAY BEGIN COUNCIL DISCUSSION? THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. I WILL ASK A COUPLE OF CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, JEFF, I ASKED IN MY PRE-BRIEF. JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WONDERING THE SAME THING, JUST IN GENERAL -- WE'LL DISCUSS BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS SHORTLY -- WE'RE ASKED TO LOOK AT THIS CURRENTLY, A MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT, $4.6 MILLION EACH YEAR. JUST FOR THE EDIFICATION OF THE PUBLIC, WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT

THIS SEPARATELY VERSUS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS? >> VERY GOOD QUESTION, MAYOR, SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE ARE NO O APPROPRIATIONS IN THIS ITEM. THIS IS TO PRESELECT THE FIRMS UTILIZED FOR A CITY DEPARTMENT NEXT YEAR TO ENGAGE ONE OF THEM FOR A PROJECT.

THEY WOULD NEED TO HAVE THAT MONEY IN THEIR BUDGET AND/OR FIND THAT MONEY THROUGH A GRANT SO THERE IS NO APPROPRIATION WHATSOEVER. IT'S PRESELECTION OF THE FIRMS

THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL. >> OKAY. AND THE APPROACH OF A THREE-YEAR VERSUS -- WITH THE DEFICIT THE WAY WE HAVE -- FLEXIBILITY IS IMPORTANT.

HELP EXPLAIN FOR THE PUBLIC WHY IT'S THREE YEARS WITH TWO ONE-YEAR OPTIONS.

>> VERY SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WAS A LENGTHY, COMPLICATED PROCESS TO GO THROUGH TO DO A MASS SOLICITATION. IF THAT CONTRACT TERM WOULD BE SHORTER, SAY ONE YEAR, WE WOULD DO THAT RIGHT AWAY. THIS IS TO GIVE US A FEW YEAR OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THESE FIRMS AND DOESN'T MEAN WE WILL. IN FACT, CONTRACTS EXPLICITLY SAY THERE IS NO COMMITMENT OF ANY FUNDING OR WORK TO THEM AND SIMILARLY HAVING THEM ON CALL IN THE SAME WAY THE DEPARTMENT WORKS, AIRPORT, OR OTHERS HAVE PEOPLE ON CALL.

THEY CAN TAP INTO SERVICES. OTHERWISE, THERE'S NO COMMITMENT TO THEM.

>> OKAY. AND FOR CLARITY ON THE ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION WAS RIGHT NOW, THIS IS JUST A SUMMATION OF WHAT IS CURRENTLY APPROPRIATED. HOWEVER, IF GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT NUMBER, FOR EXAMPLE, IS MAYBE HALF YOUR INTENT THAN PRACTICE, THE DISTRIBUTION WOULD MATCH ROUGHLY THE PROPORTION THEY CURRENTLY HAVE --

>> NOT SURE I FOLLOW THAT. >> IF GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS WE DETERMINE IS SUM IS NOT 4.6 -- WHAT IF IT'S 2.3? YOUR UNDERSTANDING IS HOW THAT MONEY WOULD BE APPROPRIATED WOULD BE THE EXACT SAME PERCENTAGE AS WHAT THEY CONTRIBUTED TO THE BIG POT.

>> IT DEPENDS, MAYOR. >> OKAY. IT COULD BE DEPARTMENT X HAS $200,000 IN THE BUDGET AND DEPARTMENT Y HAS 200,000. DEPENDING ON YOU AND THE PROCESS YOU GO THROUGH THE NEXT MONTH, WE COULD REDUCE DEPARTMENT X BY $50,000 AND DEPARTMENT Y BY $75,000. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY PROPORTIONATE.

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>> THE QUESTION I ASKED IN PRE-BRIEF, DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATION OF THE AMOUNT OF

MONEY SAVED AS A RESULT OF THIS APPROACH? >> NO. THAT WILL BE DETERMINED ON HOW UTILIZED. STAFF EFFICIENCY, YES. AFTER YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, WE CONSULTED THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND LOOKED BACK HISTORICALLY AND ESTIMATED NOT DOING ALL THESE INDIVIDUAL PROCUREMENTS WOULD SAVE ROUGHLY 6270 HOURS OF STAFF TIME PER YEAR.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE PROCUREMENT TEAM IS VERY BUSY, SO ANY REDUCTION IN LOAD OF SOLICITATIONS IS BENEFICIAL. ALL TOLD, THOUGH, THIS PACKAGE OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS CONTRACTS IS ROUGHLY 1% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF WORK OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM DOES ON AN

ANNUAL BASIS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT, JEFF.

IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT SAVINGS OF 6,000 HOURS OF STAFF TIME EQUATES TO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE BUDGET AND POTENTIAL CHANGES AS A RESULT OF THE FINANCIAL SITUATIONS. THIS IS FOR EDIFICATION. WE RECENTLY VOTED ON AT LEAST ONE MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT, MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT FOR READY TO WORK.

I KNOW IN PREBRIEF THIS SOUNDED LIKE IT WOULD ALSO APPLY TO THE COMMS CONTRACTS WE CURRENTLY HAVE. SOME HAVE CONTRACTS THAT GO OUT MANY, MANY YEARS -- FOR EXAMPLE, SAPD. HELP US UNDERSTAND THIS WAS A MULTI-YEAR REVIEW TO KIND OF GET TO THIS RECOMMENDATION, IF I UNDERSTAND; AND YET WE WERE ASKED PREVIOUSLY, JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, TO APPROVE THE READY TO WORK COMMS/MARKETING CONTRACT.

CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY THAT WAS THE CASE, WHY THEY'RE BEING TREATED SEPARATELY?

>> SURE. FOR ONE THING, WE'RE NOT TELLING DEPARTMENTS SHOULD COUNCIL APPROVE THIS TODAY, TOMORROW THEY MUST STOP WORKING WITH A FIRM THEY PREVIOUSLY CONTRACTED WITH. THOSE CONTRACTS CAN RUN THEIR COURSE.

THE ONE YOU MENTIONED READY TO WORK IS THE LONGEST-STANDING COMMUNICATIONS CONTRACT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. OF COURSE, THEIR ROLE IS TO MARKET AND TO PROMOTE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAREER ADVANCEMENT THROUGH READY TO WORK, AND WE WERE DOING THIS CITY-WIDE SOLICITATION WHEN THE LAST CONTRACT CAME UP FOR CONSIDERATION BY COUNCIL.

SO BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THE WORK OF MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES OF READY TO WORK. THEY DON'T HAVE TO SWITCH OVER TO THIS.

I BELIEVE THEIR CURRENT CONTRACT EXPIRES IN '29, ROUGHLY. JANUARY 2029.

AT WHICH POINT, IF THERE WAS A READY TO WORK AND A NEED FOR ANOTHER CONTRACT AT THAT POINT, WE COULD, THEY COULD RIDE ON ONE OF THESE. WE'RE NOT HALTING THEIR WORK IN THE MIDDLE OR -- AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO CREATE A GAP, EITHER, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO TO SAY, "YOU CAN'T MARKET AND PROMOTE ANY MORE UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THIS." SO THEY HAVE CONTINUED THE WORK ON A SEPARATE TIMELINE. THIS IS A RESOURCE TO ALL DEPARTMENTS GOING FORWARD.

>> OKAY. IF THE INTENT -- JUST TO CLARIFY THAT POINT, THOUGH -- IF THE INFEINT WAS TO REALIZE EFFICIENCIES, WOULD THERE HAVE BEEN EFFICIENCY REALIZED BY

BRINGING THEM OVER AS WELL? >> I THINK THAT'S SOLICITED A LONG TIME AGO.

DO YOU KNOW WHEN? I'M NOT SURE WE KNOW BUT HAD BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY IN THE PAST. THAT'S NOT SAYING ALL THE EXAMPLES WE GAVE, COULD WE DO THAT DIFFERENTLY? YES, BUT THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED PROPOSING GOING

FORWARD. >> HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS -- I ASKED THIS IN PRE-BRIEF -- HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS WOULD NOT BE NECESSARILY UTILIZING THE CENTRALIZED A-- I THINK, IT'S

READY TO WORK, SAPD. WHO ELSE IS OUTSTANDING? >> OUR HOPE IS, AND I THINK OUR FINANCE TEAM FEELS THE SAME WAY, THAT MOST MARKETING AND COMMS NEEDS THAT COME FORWARD WILL UTILIZE OUR ON-CALL POOL. THERE MAY BE SOME EXAMPLES WHERE IT WON'T BE MAKE SENSE.

ONE I'LL GIVE IS THE AIRPORT. THEY HAVE TO SOLICIT UNDER FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, NOT OUR LOCAL SEPATA. WE SUBMITTED THIS UNDER OUR LOCAL PREFERENCE AND SO FORTH.

THEY'RE REQUIRED AT THE AIRPORT TO FOLLOW THE DBE PROCESS AND THE FAA PROCESS, SO THEY WOULD LIKELY HAVE TO DO THEIRS PRETTILY BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PRE-SOLICITATION WE DID. FOR THE MOST PART, THE INTENT IS FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS TO SAVE THEMSELVES, THE TIME AND ENERGY OF A LENGTHY PROCUREMENT PRO PROCESS, AND UTILIZE ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING FIRMS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING BE IN OUR ON-CALL POOL.

>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER GALVAN? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

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SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REPLACING CONTRACTS WITH CONTRACTS, RIGHT? TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS EACH DEPARTMENT GOES THROUGH AND REPLACING A MASTER LIST WE WILL CONSTANT I WILL GO THROUGH INSTEAD OF THOSE, NOT REPLACING -- WELL, I'LL LEAVE IT

THERE. >> YES, THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE STAFF.

IN FACT. >> OKAY. >> I THINK OUR INITIAL LINE OF DEFENSE IS FOR OUR COMMUNICATIONS STAFF AND THE ORGANIZATION TO BE ABLE TO

DELIVER PROJECTS IN HOUSE. >> RIGHT. >> BUT WHEN THERE IS A NEED FOR

OUTSIDE HELP -- >> OF COURSE. >> -- THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR.

>> OKAY, THAT'S HELPFUL. I THINK SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH FELT DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT MAKES MORE SENSE, THEN. I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY

QUESTIONS, THEN. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER SPEARS?

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. HOW OFTEN WILL WE RECEIVE A REPORT SHOWING HOW MUCH OF THE

CAPACITY HAS BEEN SPENT AND HOW IT'S BEEN SPENT? >> HISTORICALLY, WE HADN'T DONE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS ALL SEP SEPARATE. THE FACT THAT IT'S CENTRALIZED NOW DOES CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TRACK AND MANAGE THAT, SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE

COUNCIL WOULD LIKE, WE CAN -- >> WE COULD DO THAT AS PART OF THE QUARTERLY UPDATES TO YOU

ALL, THE FINANCIAL UPDATES. >> I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL SO WE CAN SEE HOW IT'S FLOWING AND WORKING AND OPERATING AND IF IT'S CREATING THE EFFICIENCY THERE.

I THINK HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENSURE, TOO, THAT THIS DOESN'T INCREASE, DOESN'T LEAD TO

INCREASED SPENDING SINCE IT'S EASIER TO ACCESS, YOU KNOW? >> AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU ALL CONTROL THE PURSESTRINGS IN THE BUDGET, SO IT'S CONSTRAINED BY WHAT IS APPROPRIATED IN THE

ANNUAL BUDGET. >> AND THE DEPARTMENTS ARE STILL REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THEIR BUDGETS, RIGHT? SO THE MONTHLY REVIEWS THAT I TALKED ABOUT DURING THE BOND RATING, THE MONTHLY REVIEWS WE O OF DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THEIR SPENDING IS IN LINE, THAT'S PRIMARILY MANAGED BY THE BUDGET OFFICE ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

AND SO IT'S NOT -- JUST BECAUSE THERE'S AN ON-CALL CONTRACT DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN GO SPEND WHATEVER THEY WANT. THE DEPARTMENTS ARE CERTAINLY AWARE OF THEIR LINE-ITEM BUDGETS AND THEIR CAPACITY. SO WE MANAGE THAT, BOTH AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL, BUT AT THE

BUDGET OFFICE AND CITY LEVEL TO REVIEW. >> OKAY.

I THINK I FEEL -- I FEEL JUST SOME CONCERN ABOUT JUST, IT FEEL LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE SORT OF A BLANK CHECK THERE AND THEN -- LIKE MY KIDS. IF I GIVE THEM SOME MONEY, THEY WILL JUST SPEND IT ALL. THERE'S NO, LIKE, "OH, MAYBE WE SHOULD SAVE IT." AT LEAST NOT YET THEY AREN'T THINKING LIKE THAT. SO I JUST HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SAYING FOR THREE YEARS WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS MUCH MONEY.

I DID SEE HERE, THOUGH, YOU ARE DOING THIS, SOME OF THIS THROUGH GRANTS AND THE RESTRICTED FUNDS;

AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT RIGHT? THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND? >> CERTAINLY IF A DEPARTMENT NEXT WEEK GOT A GRANT TO DO A PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON PUBLIC HEALTH, THEY COULD UTILIZE THAT GRANT. THEY COULD UTILIZE ONE OF THE FIRMS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN FOR THEM. BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THERE IS NO APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS WHATSOEVER. THE CONTRACTS EXPLICITLY SAY THIS IS NO GUARANTEE OF REVENUES. THIS IS A PRESELECTION OF THE FIRMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US, AND A DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THE BUDGET ARGUMENT OR IDENTIFY THE FUNDS IN THEIR BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE ANY OF IT, SO YOU'RE NOT GIVING ANY KIND OF BLANK CHECK OR ANY CHECK, PERIOD, AT THIS STAGE. IT'S JUST PRESELECTING THE FIRMS

THAT WE WILL HAVE ON CALL. >> IT'S LIKE PUBLIC PROJECTS FOR ENGINEER.

WHEN A PROJECT COMES UP, WE'RE NOT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO GET AN ENGINEER ON BOARD. THOSE ON-CALL CONTRACTS ARE THERE FOR FLEXIBILITY.

THOSE ALSO DON'T APPROPRIATE FUNDS BUT GIVE US THE CAPACITY IF WE HAVE MONEY IN PUBLIC WORKS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT ENGINEERING IN THAT CASE. WE ALSO DO JOB ORDER CONTRACTING, WHICH IS SMALL-SCALE CONSTRUCTION. THERE ARE SELECTED FIRMS. THERE'S NO GUARANTEE OF WORK, BUT WHEN WE NEED TO REPLACE AN AIR CONDITIONER IN A LIBRARY QUICK, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO PROCUREMENT. WE GO TO STEVEN OR EIGHT FIRM, GET A BID, AND DO THE WORK. IT'S MUCH OF THE SAME IN THAT SENSE.

>> OKAY, THAT'S HELPFUL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

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COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO. >> THANK YOU. THANKS, JEFF, FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT 12 OUT OF THE 14 CONTRACTS, CONTRACTOR RECIPIENTS, ARE LOCAL BUSINESSES. I THINK IT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR US AS A CITY NOT TO USE LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT KNOW OUR BACKYARD REALLY WELL AND CAN SPEAK TO OUR RESIDENTS WITH THAT PERSONAL CONNECTION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE TEAM.

YOU ARE PHENOMENAL. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

I DID JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK LOGISTICAL QUESTIONS, JEFF.

HOW WERE THE NUMBER OF FIRMS WERE EACH CATEGORY DETERMINED? SO LIKE FOR ADVERTISING,

MARKETING, WHY WASN'T THERE LIKE SIX OR EIGHT OR TEN? >> GOOD QUESTION; THANK YOU.

THE CNNE TEAM IN COMING UP WITH THAT ESTIMATE OF HISTORICAL CONTRACTING AND USAGE ALSO CATEGORIZED THEM AND IDENTIFIED THE BUCKETS WHERE DEPARTMENTS ARE MOST OFTEN HIRING.

AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY IN THE PRESENTATION, ALMOST 80% OF IT WAS THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING SIDE. THAT'S WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL-HOUSE CAPACITY FOR A FULL CAMPAIGN ACROSS VARIOUS MEDIUMS IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S GENERALLY WHEN THEY UTILIZE OUTSIDE HELP. THE LARGEST NUMBER OF FIRMS WERE IN THAT PRODUCT.

AND THEN PUBLIC RELATIONS, IT'S NOT OFTEN WE NEED OUTSIDE HELP TO DO THAT.

OUR DEPARTMENTS USUALLY CAN DO THAT. I THINK WE HAVE 19 GRAPHICS DESIGNERS ACROSS VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS SO THOSE DEPARTMENTS OFTEN PRODUCING FLYERS -- LIBRARY, FOR EXAMPLE, OFTEN HAS SOMEBODY IN HOUSE. ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT DOESN'T OFTEN DO THAT WHO MAY NOT, SO WE CHOSE SMALLER AMOUNTS. WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE SCORING, AND IT WAS VERY CLEAR THROUGH THE PROPOSALS, "HEY, WE'VE GOT FIVE FIRMS HERE THAT REALLY MEET OUR NEEDS." AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE SCORING FROM THE COMMITTEE REFLECTED A DROP OFF IN TERMS OF WHAT THE PROPOSAL SAID. SO ALL THOSE THINGS FACTORED IN,

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT; THERE ARE DIGIT NUMBERS. >> YEAH.

>> THERE'S SEVEN IN ADVERTISING AND MARKETING, TWO IN GRAPHIC DESIGN, THREE IN PR.

IT WAS ALL TIED TO HIS FOR THEICALLY HOW WE'VE USED THOSE SERVICES IN THE PAST.

>> OKAY, SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS REALLY BASED ON DEMAND AND THEN ALSO TO THE NUMBER OF QUALIFIED

-- >> YOU SAID IT WAY BETTER THAN I DID; YES.

THANK YOU. >> MAYBE I SHOULD BE HIRED. (LAUGHTER.) THE SECOND QUESTION IS -- BECAUSE Y'ALL MENTIONED, AND ERIC JUST MENTIONED, TOO -- AND I JUST DON'T KNOW THE INTERNAL LOGISTICS OF IT. SO FOR AN ON-CALL CONTRACT, WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? DO Y'ALL ASK -- LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THE CATEGORY WAS SEVEN, I THINK ADVERTISING WITH SEVEN. DO Y'ALL ASK ALL SEVEN TO APPLY FOR EACH CONTRACT? DO Y'ALL PICK OUT THE TOP THREE OR FOUR?

HOW DOES THAT WORK? >> RIGHT. WE'LL DO ON A ROTATION, AND WE'RE STARTING THAT ROTATION BASED ON HOW THEY SCORED. SO THE FIRM THAT ROSE TO THE TOP OF THE FIRST WILL BE FIRST IN LINE. WHEN THE DEPARTMENT HAS A NEED, THEY WILL SUBMIT A PROJECT REQUEST. CNNE PUT AN INTAKE FORM ONLINE FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO SUBMIT THEIR PROJECT NEED. I ALREADY HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF MY OWN ASKING FOR A SMALL PROJECT, GRAPH TICKS DESIGN PROJECT.

THEY WILL SUBMIT A PROJECT REQUEST, AND WE WILL THEN ASK THE FIRST FIRM ON THE LIST FOR AN ESTIMATE BASED ON THE HOURLY RATES THEY PROVIDED PREVIOUSLY TO US.

THEY WILL PUT AN ESTIMATE AND A PLAN TOGETHER. IF IT'S ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT, WE ISSUE A TASK ORDER TO THE FIRM, AND THEY GO AND DELIVER THAT PROJECT BASED ON THE TERMS AND SPECS. AND THEN NEXT PROJECT WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.

IF A DEPARTMENT FINDS THAT THE PROPOSAL FROM THE FIRST TEAM IN THE ROTATION DOESN'T MEET THEIR NEEDS, THEY MOVE TO THE NEXT. IT'S INTENDED TO BE AS FAIR AS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY, WHATEVER WORK WE NEED, WE'RE MOVING IN SOME FAIR AND ORDERLY WAY IN TERMS --

>> THEY'RE NOT BIDDING FOR EVERY SINGLE JOB. >> NO.

>> YOU WILL OFFER IT AGAIN BASED ON THAT ROTATION. >> CORRECT.

>> AWESOME. I WAS CURIOUS -- >> THAT REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT TO SUBMIT WITHIN CAPACITY OF THE BUDGET AND ESTIMATE. IT WILL BE THE ENTRY POINT AND

THE BUDGET OFFICE CAN HELP TRACK THAT. >> AWESOME.

I WAS CURIOUS HOW THAT HAPPENS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS; THANKS.

>> COUNCILMEMBER KAUR. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANTED TO JUST SHOUT OUT ALANA AND THE CNNE TEAM FOR THE AMAZING WHO THEY DO. I REALLY DO ENJOY GETTING TO WORK WITH HER, AND I THINK SHE HAS A VERY GOOD SENSE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO COMMUNICATE WITH RESIDENTS, AND THAT IS A SKILL THAT NOT EVERYBODY HAS. AND SOMETIMES SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTS NEED THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, AND I LOVE THIS THE MOST BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GOING TO

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SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I LIKE THE DIVERSITY OF GROUPS THAT YOU ALL SELECTED.

I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME OF THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE REPEATED, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT OF WORK IN THE CITY. THERE'S ONE THAT IS ON THERE FOR ENGAGEMENT WHICH I JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING WORK WITH US WITH THE HOUSING TRUST, WHICH IS URBAN AL KEEPMY. THEY'RE HELPING AT CATTLEMAN SQUARE. THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND SO JUST EXCITED TO SEE THEM DOING MORE ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE WE DO NEED HELP DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

IT'S HARD FOR OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO CARRY THAT. SO I WENT THROUGH THE MATRICES.

I LOOKED AT ALL OF THOSE, AS YOU PROBABLY ASSUMED. THERE WERE SOME I WAS WONDERING LIKE, "OKAY, WHAT WAS MISSING FROM THEIR APPLICATIONS?" THEY WERE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS. WE DO A LOT OF WORK WITH LUSTROUS AND WERE UNFORTUNATELY NOT ONE BUT I KNOW THEY'RE SMALLER AND DON'T HAVE AS MUCH EXPERIENCE.

I'M HOPING IF THEY COME BACK IN ANOTHER ROUND THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE MORE OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO BE ABLE TO BE ON CALL. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OF THE GREAT WORK THAT COMES OUT OF THIS, AND THANK YOU -- I KNOW IT WAS A LONG TIME COMING BECAUSE WE HEARD ABOUT IT, LIKE, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. SO THAT MEANS YOU GUYS DID GOOD DILIGENCE ON IT, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING. THANKS, MAYOR.

>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER VIA FRAN.GRAN. >> THANK YOU.

I'M SO GLAD WE'RE BEING AT THIS POINT. THE NUMBER OF YEARS I HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL, HAVING BEEN A FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME DEPARTMENT THAT DID NOT KNOW HOW TO DO MARKETING AND GRAPHIC DESIGNS. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I GOT ON IS HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS MORE ENGAGING? WHEN I INHERITED MY OFFICE FROM THE FORMER COUNCILWOMAN, THERE WERE SOME FLYERS THERE THAT I WAS LIKE, "WHO'S GOING TO WANT TO READ THIS?" TOO MANY WORDS, PICTURES WERE ALL STOCK PHOTOS.

BUT I THINK WE LEFT IT TO THAT DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF DECIDE WHAT TO DO.

PUBLIC WORKS -- I LOVE YOU, BUT YOU ARE NOT GRAPHIC DESIGN, YOU KNOW.

WE ALL KNOW THE FLYER "HERE WE COME. ." WE HAVE ALL SEEN THAT ONE. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD MOVE FORWARD AS THEY'RE TRYING TO ENGAGE AND GET MORE PARTICIPATION. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. IT'S STILL ON CALL. I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME DEPARTMENT THAT ARE GOING TO LIKE, "I STILL WANT TO PUT THIS OUT TO BID BECAUSE I'M LOOKING FOR EDGY OR LOOKING TO WIN AWARDS." SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THEIR MARKETING THERE, SO I'M GLAD -- I FEEL LIKE THIS GIVES THE DEPARTMENTS THAT DON'T REALLY FOCUS ON THIS AN OPPORTUNITY SO THAT THEY CAN COME.

IT MAKES IT THAT MUCH EASIER FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS, INSTEAD, THEY'RE MANAGING THE PROJECTS THEY NEED TO MANAGE IN THE DISTRICT.

WE SAW THIS AT AUDIT TWICE IN ADVANCE OF COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU FOR THAT EFFORT. I WANT TO OFFER TO THE TEAM MY -- I HAVE TWO GREAT CIVILIAN AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS READY TO ENGAGE ON FEEDBACK, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED, TO SEE OF THESE AGENCIES WHICH ARE WORKING WELL WITH OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND WHAT NEEDS THE RENEWAL.

I DO LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY WE ARE GIVING SMALL BUSINESSES. THEY DON'T HAVE TO PUT OUT FOR THE RFP ALL THAT INFORMATION EVERY TIME. IT SEEMS MORE CENTRALIZED, BUT I DO WANT TO BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE IT BECOMES SEAMLESS FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE USING THESE SERVICES. SO IN ADDITION TO THE QUARTERLY REPORT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE, REALLY WANTING TO SEE WHICH DEPARTMENTS ARE REALLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AND I KNOW THE TEAM WORKS VERY HARD OVER IN C&E. I KNOW WITH MY DISTRICT, IN PARTICULAR, WE GIVE A LOT OF WORK AND ASK Y'ALL TO DO A LOT OF THINGS.

I'M HOPING WITH THIS IT KIND OF MAKES IT EASIER AND THERE'S MORE UNIFORMITY IN TERMS OF THE SAN ANTONIO BRAND AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS TODAY. AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING

HOW WE CAN HELP HERE FROM THE DAIS. >> MAYOR JONES:

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COUNCILMEMBER MEZA GONZALEZ. >> GONZALEZ: THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS ITEM TODAY AND AGREE WITH THIS APPROACH. AGREE WITH THE GOALS AS STATED. REDUCING ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD AND PROMOTING EFFICIENCY AND UNIFYING OUR CITY'S OUTREACH AND VOICE. I THINK THAT ULTIMATELY WILL HELP US MODERNIZE HOW WE COMMUNICATE. 15 YEARS AGO I DOUBT ANY CITY DEPARTMENT WAS THINKING ABOUT INSTAGRAM AND SOCIAL MEDIA BUT IT GOES TO SHOW THAT WE ARE MEETING RESIDENTS WHERE WE ARE AND WE ARE ALL ON OUR PHONES AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE CLEAR, ACCESSIBLE COMMUNICATION AND LEARN HOW RESIDENTS WANT TO HEAR FROM US. YOU KNOW, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE TEXTING MY SEVENTH-GRADER, BUT HERE WE ARE. THAT'S JUST HOW WE COMMUNICATE NOW. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THIS EFFORT.

JUST TO CLARIFY, HOW MANY DEPARTMENTS HAVE ON-CALL SERVICES? IS IT MOST OF THEM? I MEAN, ALL OF THEM HAVE THAT CAPACITY?

>> I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER FOR YOU, BUT TYPICALLY ALL DEPARTMENTS HAVE ACCESS TO ON-CALL CONTRACTS. WE HAVE A NUMBER ACROSS THE

CITY TO INCLUDE, FOR EXAMPLE -- >> GONZALEZ: THE AIRPORT? >> AIRPORT, ENGINEERING.

BUT FOR THE CITY, TEMPORARY STAFFING SERVICES, CITYWIDE SECURITY, HVAC, JANITORIAL.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ON-CALL AND WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES.

>> GONZALEZ: AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA.

>> MUNGIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK THIS IS CERTAINLY A GOOD THING. I'M GLAD Y'ALL ARE WORKING ON THIS.

APPRECIATE THE BRIEFING. IT WAS GOOD INFORMATION. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE CONVERSATION, JEFF, YOU AND I HAD YESTERDAY. SOME DEPARTMENTS ARE UNIQUE IN THE NEED THEY HAVE FOR FOLKS TO BE AS CLOSE TO THE TEAM AS POSSIBLE.

WE TALKED ABOUT ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, THEY'RE UP OVER THERE IN 151 SO THEY KIND OF HAVE TO BE THERE A LITTLE BIT. I WOULD ALSO ADD CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS, EVEN LIKE NHSD, THEIR FOLKS ARE SO INTEGRATED WITH THE REST OF THE TIME TEAM. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MINDFUL OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE WORK THEY'RE DOING AND MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT MAKING SOMETHING INEFFICIENT BY REMOVING THEM OR PLACING THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE. IT'S ALSO GOING TO ALLOW FOR PROMOTION AND FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE UP IN THIS FIELD WITHIN THE CITY.

I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POSITIVE THAT FOLKS WILL LIKE.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. JEFF, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE EFFICIENCIES TO BE REALIZED HERE, IS THERE ALSO GOING TO BE SOME CONSOLIDATION OF

COMS INDIVIDUALS FROM ACROSS THE CITY? >> COYLE: TO BE DETERMINED, BASED ON THE BUDGET. BUT THE TRIAL BUDGET INCLUDED A PROPOSAL TO CONSOLIDATE CITY COMMUNICATION STAFF WITHIN C&E. THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCILMEMBER IS REFERRING TO. THERE'S A NUMBER OF BENEFITS.

OPPORTUNITY FOR ADVANCEMENT, MORE CENTRALIZED COMMUNICATION, BETTER USE OF OUR RESOURCES. BUT THAT'S NOT PLANNED FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR .

IT WAS IN THE TRIAL BUDGET AS PART OF THE TWO YEAR AND WE WOULD SPEND THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR WORKING WITH EACH DEPARTMENT TO SORT OF PLAN THAT OUT AND HOW THAT LOOKS. IT'S A CONCEPT AT THIS POINT THAT WE THINK HAS GREAT VALUE, SEPARATE AND APART FROM THIS CONTRACT.

MORE EFFICIENT AND STREAMLINED. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU FOR THAT. THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT OF MY CHALLENGE DURING THE PRE-BRIEF. IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE'RE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE HERE. WHAT I WOULD WANT US TO DO IS FIRST TRULY UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS. WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS AND THEN HOW DO WE RESOURCE THOSE. RIGHT NOW THE NUMBER IS JUST A SUMMATION OF, HEY, THESE ARE OUR CONTRACTS AND WE THINK IT'S GOING TO GO NO MORE THAN THIS.

VERSUS, TO YOUR POINT, EFFICIENCIES THROUGH THE PERSONNEL TO UNDERSTAND WHO IS DOING WHAT AN HOW YOU ORGANIZE IT. AND THEN BASED ON THAT YOU HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOUR REQUIREMENTS ACTUALLY ARE GOING TO BE. AND SO I THINK WE MIGHT BE -- HAVE THESE IN AN ORDER THAT'S FOR ME, A LITTLE BIT COUNTERINTUITIVE.

YOU DON'T KNOW ALL YOUR REQUIREMENTS ACROSS THE CITY.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS.

PLEASE VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE, VOICE VOTE, PLEASE.

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>> WHYTE: YES. >> MAYOR JONES: THE MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NO. 23. MADAME CLERK, PLEASE READ

THE CAPTION. >> CLERK: ITEM NO. 23 IS A RESOLUTION CONSENTING TO THE CREATION OF AND INCLUSION OF LAND IN JONES AVENUE MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT

DISTRICT . >> MAYOR JONES: THE REASON I ASKED THAT WE DISCUSS THIS ITEM, THIS IS THE VERY FIRST MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT THAT WE WOULD BE ESTABLISHING THROUGH THIS ORDINANCE. ADDITIONALLY, PER THE STATE CHAPTER, WE AS THE OWNING ENTITY OF THE LAND, WE ACTUALLY APPOINT FOLKS TO THE BOARD. AND SO THERE'S SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AND THEY'RE MENTIONED IN THE RESOLUTION. THAT STATE CHAPTER DOES REQUIRE THAT WE LOOK AT THEIR -- NOT ONLY -- CONSIDER THEIR BACKGROUNDS.

I ASKED ERIK AND THE STAFF TO PROVIDE YOU THE BACKGROUND OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS SINCE, AGAIN, THE RESOLUTION DOES INCLUDE US NAMING THESE INDIVIDUALS AS OUR APPOINTEES TO THAT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THIS IS AN ITEM -- THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE HAVE DONE. THESE ARE VERY POPULAR IN HOUSTON BUT AS WE HAVE NOT DONE THIS IN SAN ANTONIO AND WE KNOW THAT THINGS CAN PLAY OUT DIFFERENTLY IN THE LOCAL CONTEXT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SUFFICIENT TRANSPARENCY. ADDITIONALLY, THIS DID NOT GO TO PCDC SO WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LAYING THIS OUT FOR THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU, SHANNON.

>> I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION THAT I CAN WALK THROUGH.

>> MAYOR JONES: PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> SO MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS ARE SPECIAL DISTRICTS CREATED BY STATE LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO LEVEL ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTIES WITHIN THE BOUNDARY AND ISSUE TAX-EXEMPT BONDS.

THEY DO THAT TO FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURES THAT COMPLEMENT CITY SERVICES IN THE PROPERTY. THE JONES AVENUE MMD, WHICH IS PROPOSED TODAY, WAS INITIALLY APPROVED IN 2023 BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE. SO THAT'S WHAT ACTUALLY CREATED THE MMD. AND THEN IT COVERS A LITTLE UNDER SIX ACRES.

.59 ACRES ON PROPERTY IN RIVER NORTH, ADJACENT TO SAMMA.

IT WAS OWNED BY CPS ENERGY AND IS NOW OWNED BY ME JONES, LLC.

THE MMD BOARD MUST BE APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL, AS MAYOR JONES INDICATED.

VOTING MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED AND THEN THEY SERVE STAGGERED FOUR-YEAR TERMS. STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT THOSE APPOINTEES HAVE AN INTEREST, EITHER BE AN OWNER OR HAVE INTEREST IN THE OWNERSHIP OR BE AN AGENT OF THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.

THE PROPOSED VOTING DIRECTORS ARE LAWSON JESSE, PAT, ANDREW SIMS, AND GEORGE WEREN. FOLLOWING THE CITY CONSENT TO THE CREATION, THE MMD MUST SECURE VOTER APPROVAL OF THE TAX AND BONDING PROPOSITION UNDER AN ELECTION HELD AND ADMINISTERED BY THE MMD. TO BE CLEAR , VOTERS ARE ONLY PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE MMD BOUNDARY. THIS IS NOT FOR GENERAL ELECTION. THAT CONCLUDES MY BRIEF PRESENTATION.

I WANTED TO MENTION THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER HERE TODAY AND THE PROJECT AND SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS DIRECTLY OF THEM, THEY ARE

ALSO AVAILABLE. >> WALSH: MAYOR, THERE'S A LARGER PROJECT WE ARE WORKING ON WITH THESE FOLKS THAT WILL COME TO COUNCIL REGARDING THE MID-TOWN TIRZ.

THE ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA APPOINTING AND ALLOWING THE ELECTION IS SO THAT ENTITY CAN DO SO FOR THE NOVEMBER DATE. SO THAT'S WHY THE MMD IS BEFORE YOU TODAY SO THEY CAN INITIATE THAT PORTION. THERE'S A LARGER CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL HAVE WITH THE COUNCIL REGARDING THE LARGER ASPECT OF THEIR

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REQUEST AS IT RELATES TO THE TIRZ. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, ERIK. CAN WE SPEND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, SHANON, ON THE TYPES OF BONDS THAT THEY CAN ISSUE. JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S EDIFICATION, HOW ANY OF THAT ACTIVTY AFFECTS OUR BONDING CAPACITY OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THE GENERAL FUND, ET CETERA. JUST TO LAY FLAT FOR THE

COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> WALSH: I'LL TAKE THAT ONE, MAYOR. IT DOES NOT IMPACT -- THE MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WILL TAX THEMSELVES SO IT HAS NO IMPACT ON ANY CURRENT REVENUES THAT ARE COMING TO THE CITY. AND IT DOES NOT AFFECT OUR CURRENT BONDING CAPACITY

THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY. >> MAYOR JONES: IN CASE IT'S USEFUL OR HELPFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL, YOU MENTIONED THE POSSIBLE CONNECTION TO THE TIRZ.

CAN YOU PLEASE ELABORATE TO THE EXTENT YOU CAN, AT THIS POINT.

>> WALSH: I THINK WE'RE STILL IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGE OF THAT, MAYOR.

I DON'T THINK I KNOW THE DETAILS WELL ENOUGH BECAUSE WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THOSE APPLICATIONS AND SUPPORT THAT THEY HAVE REQUESTED.

>> MAYOR JONES: FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HERE, SHANON, DID YOU SAY IT WAS

ONE OF THE FIVE? >> THERE ARE SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE OWNERSHIP. I DON'T KNOW IF JOHN, DO YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD?

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS JOHN AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND DEVELOPER, MCCOMBS ENTERPRISES. TO SAY WE ARE EXCITED TO COME BEFORE YOU TO START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT A TERRIFIC PROJECT WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

IT'S ONE THING TO BE EXCITED ABOUT A REAL ESTATE PROJECT, IT'S ANOTHER WHEN IT'S IN YOUR HOMETOWN IN YOUR BACKYARD. WE ARE THRILLED TO START THE PROCESS AND START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO WORK ON.

THE MCCOMBS ENTERPRISE FIRM AND THE FAMILY HAS TIES TO SAN ANTONIO OVER THE LAST 70 YEARS, BEGINNING WITH RED'S MOVE OF THE SPURS TO SAN ANTONIO OVER 50 YEARS AGO AND TODAY THE FIRM EMPLOYS OVER 1,000 SAN ANTONIANS.

WE CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE INVESTORS AND SUPPORTERS OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND PARTICULARLY DOWNTOWN. AND JONES AVENUE, AS WE CALL IT, IS A CONTINUATION TO OUR HOMETOWN. THE PROPERTY IS A 6-ACRE SITE.

IT'S BEEN UNDERUTILIZED FOR YEARS, IF NOT DECADES. WE PURCHASED IT FROM CPS.

IT WAS PREVIOUSLY A SERVICE FACILITY. AND OUR GOALS ARE FOCUSED ON TWO PRIMARY ITEMS: ONE, WE WANT TO ACTIVATE THE RIVER FRONT.

THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER IS AN INCREDIBLE AT BEAUTY. ATTRIBUTE.

IT'S THE REASON WE'RE HERE. SECOND, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO STITCH TOGETHER THIS URBAN CORE AND DRAFT BEHIND PEARL'S MOMENTUM AND CONNECT IT TO THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART. WE HAVE HAD COLLABORATIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MUSEUM OF ART AND WITH SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THE RIVER CAN BE BETTER ALONG THIS STRETCH AS WELL . WE'RE HERE.

WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS MAY BE HELPFUL TODAY.

>> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. FOR THE OTHERS THAT ARE HERE, IF YOU'VE WORKED ON THESE IN OTHER CITIES, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ILLUMINATE SOME OF THOSE THINGS. AGAIN, YOU WOULD BE THE VERY FIRST ONE IN OUR CITY.

SO I THINK JUST LAYING FLAT SOME OF THE THINGS -- PLEASE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO EXPLAIN OR POINT TO A GOOD EXAMPLE OR A CONSIDRATION THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT IN OUR COMMUNITY THAN WAS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. I THINK ANYTHING FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT, CONSIDERING YOU WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE.

>> YEAH. IT'S A VERY APPROPRIATE QUESTION.

TO DO SO, I WOULD ASK PAUL TO COME UP HERE. PAUL HELPED WRITE THE LEGISLATION THAT PASSED IN 2023 AND HE'S THE EXPERT AS RELATES TO EXPLAINING WHAT

THE DISTRICT IS AND HOW IT RELATES TO SAN ANTONIO. >> THANK YOU, JOHN.

MAYOR, COUNCIL. I'M PAUL HARRELL. I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR, A PRIME EXAMPLE OF A GREAT USE OF THE MMD STRUCTURE IS THE GALLERIA IN HOUSTON. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATUTE THAT WAS DRAFTED IN THE '90S, THAT WAS THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND LOCAL PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS THAT LOOKED AT

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BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT COMMERCIAL AREA. >> MAYOR JONES: THANKS, PAUL. UNLIKE SOME OF THE OTHER ENTITIES THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED, FOR EXAMPLE THE TIRZ, THIS DISTRICT WOULD NOT HAVE -- THERE IS NOT A COMPLETION TIMELINE, RIGHT? IT GOES ON IN PERPETUITY, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> IT DOES. THERE'S NOT AN OUTSIDE DATE IN THE STATUTE, AND THAT'S KIND OF A RECOGNITION BY THE LEGISLATURE THAT THERE'S REALLY NO KIND OF PROJECT THAT'S -- ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE DIFFERENT. ALL THE DISTRICTS ARE KIND OF DIFFERENT. THERE IS AN END DATE, WHEN IT DISSOLVES.

THERE'S THREE MECHANISMS TO A DISSOLUTION OF MMD. IT'S A PETITION BY LANDOWNERS. LANDOWNERS LOOK AROUND, THOSE ARE THE ONES BEING TAXED OR ASSESSED, AND THEY DON'T SEE THE BENEFIT THAT OUTWEIGHS THE COST.

THEY WILL SUBMIT A PETITION TO THE BOARD. THE BOARD WILL REVIEW IT.

IF A MAJORITY OF THE LANDOWNER THRESHOLD IS MET THEN THE BOARD SHALL DISSOLVE. ANOTHER MECHANISM IS THE BOARD BY UNILATERAL ACT CAN DISSOLVE THE DISTRICT WHEN THEY SEE IT'S OUTPERFORMED ITS USEFUL LIFE, OR BY CITY

ORDINANCE. >> MAYOR JONES: BY CITY ORDINANCE.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S TWO-THIRDS OF THE CITY COUNCIL?

>> BY A MAJORITY. >> MAYOR JONES: THAT'S HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I WAS KIND OF LIKE IN LAYMAN'S TERMS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MAY MEAN IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU OVERLAY IT WITH THE TIRZ.

CORRECT MY SIMPLE EXAMPLE IF IT'S INACCURATE. SO THE DISTRICT TAXES ITSELF TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE DISTRICT NEEDS. AT ONE POINT IN TIME, IF IT IS A PART OF THE TIRZ, IT MAY APPLY FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE TIRZ, IS THAT CORRECT, FOR SOME OF THOSE INVESTMENTS? THAT'S HOW IT ULTIMATELY TOUCHES THE CITY AND POTENTIAL PROPERTY TAX. THAT WOULD NORMALLY COME

INTO THE GENERAL FUND. >> IT COULD, IF THOSE PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE

TIRZ PROJECT PLAN AND PLAN OF FINANCE, YES. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TO MY COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM?

COUNCILWOMAN KAUR. >> KAUR: THANK YOU FOR PULLING THIS ITEM TO ALLOW US TO DISCUSS IT. I'M EXCITED TO SHARE SOME OF THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THE PROGRESS IN THIS SPECIFIC PIECE OF LAND.

IF YOU WERE AT THE C CAMDEN STREET BIKE OPENING, YOU WOULD SEE THIS LAND HAS FENCING AROUND IT AND PROGRESS BEING MADE. IT'S A TRACT THAT HASN'T REALLY HAD ANYTHING DONE ON IT FOR A LONG TIME AND HAS BEEN JUST VACANT.

IT'S NESTLED RIGHT BETWEEN THE RIVER NORTH DISTRICT AND THE PEARL DISTRICT .

AND SO WHAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT THIS LAND IS IT'S GOING TO BE CONNECTING TO PARTS OF THE AREA AND TRULY HELPING US REALIZE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. THIS IS 6 ACRES THAT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT'S NOT THAT LARGE BUT THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT THAT'S GOING INTO 6 ACRES IS ALMOST $300 MILLION.

AND SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP US IN THE LONG RUN. OVER THE TIME OF THE PROJECT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE GIVING BACK ABOUT $250 MILLION OF SALES TAX REVENUE IN THAT AREA OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. OR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THAT WE NEED ACROSS THE CITY. SO, THANKING THEM FOR THE INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA.

I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE DISCUSSION. I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A TIRZ DISCUSSION COMING UP PRETTY SOON AND WE ARE GOING TO WANT TO LOOK AT EXACTLY WHAT ALL THE COMMUNITY CAN BENEFIT FROM THERE. RIGHT NOW ONE OF THE LAST PROJECTS THAT WE WORKED ON IN THIS AREA WAS MAKING THE SIDEWALKS ACCESSIBLE.

IF YOU TRIED TO WALK FROM THE PEARL TO RIVER NORTH ACROSS THE HIGHWAY, THOSE SIDEWALKS ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE. THEY'RE LESS THAN 4 FEET AND YOU CANNOT TRAVERSE THAT AREA. AND IT REALLY FEELS LIKE WE HAVE SUCH A BIG HISTORY IN OUR COMMUNITY OF HAVING HIGHWAYS AS DIVIDES.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IS REMOVING THAT HIGHWAY STRUCTURAL BARRIER BY CREATING A MORE ACCESSIBLE SPACE.

I MET WITH SARA THIS WEEK AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE MUSEUM REACH OVERSIGHT

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AND SO THIS SPACE IS GOING TO HELP -- THIS WORK IS GOING TO CREATE ACCESS TO THAT. AND THE OTHER BIG CHALLENGE IS CROSSING THE RIVER.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON A BRIDGE TO HELP CROSS THE RIVER AND MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING EVEN MORE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS. WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO, I HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF WORKING AT THE PEARL.

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS INTERVIEWING THE JOB, I WAS LIKE THIS IS AMAZING.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO WALK AND ACCESS BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT PUTTING UP BARRIERS FOR EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS. ONE OF THE REQUESTS I'VE MADE, WHICH I'M GOING TO SAY PUBLICLY, IS WE WANT TO REALLY WORK ON PARKING IN THIS AREA AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO ACCESS LOW-COST AND FREE PARKING SO THEY CAN BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE ACRE OF SPACE BETWEEN THIS PROPERTY AND SAMMA, THE MUSEUM THAT'S THERE. THAT'S GOING TO BE PUBLIC SPACE. I HAVE ALSO REQUESTED THAT PUBLIC ART BE A BIG PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURS THERE TOO. AND CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT AROUND WHAT THE COMMUNITY REALLY WANTS TO SEE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LIE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A MORE LUXURY SPACE IN TERMS OF THE TYPES OF RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE BUT THERE'S ALSO PUBLIC SPACE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT IS COMING HERE AND EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS MMD. BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY, TAX YOURSELVES.

I MEAN, TELL EVERYBODY TO TAX THEMSELVES AND HELP PAY FOR PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT THE PUBLIC ASSETS LATER. THANK YOU. THANKS, MAYOR.

>> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. TO THAT POINT, OBVIOUSLY COUNCILWOMAN KAUR SPEAKS OFTEN ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING, MIDDLE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

MAYBE FOR OUR LAWYER -- I KNOW WE'RE MAYBE GETTING IT EARLY WITH THE TIRZ DISCUSSION. IS THERE ANYTHING PREVENTING US FROM ASKING OR CONSIDERING AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCLUSION AS PART OF TIRZ CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF FUNDING? OKAY. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO.

>> GAVITO: THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SECOND A LOT OF WHAT COUNCILWOMAN KAUR SAID. I THINK THE BIG THINGS THAT STICK OUT TO ME -- BEING BORN AND RAISED HERE, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA AND WHAT THIS WILL SERVE AS A CONNECTION POINT IS SO IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AS WAS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, YOU GO FROM THE PEARL AND THEN IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN ABRUPT STOP.

ALSO, TOO WHAT IT WILL BRING TO THE CONNECTIVITY OF OUR RIVER AND PEOPLE GOING FROM THERE, I THINK IT MEANS A LOT. AND ALSO IT'S JUST SO NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL'S INVESTMENT IN SAN ANTONIO.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE SAN ANTONIO EXPERIENCE BETTER. BECAUSE I KNOW IT WILL BE BETTER. I'M EXCITED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN.

>> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK ONE OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CONTINUE TO GROW IS IT'S ABOUT INVESTMENT.

IT'S ABOUT BELIEVING THAT WE HAVE A MARKET, WHICH WE DO HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WHERE EVEN THOUGH THINGS CAN LOOK -- THINGS ARE GETTING TIGHT AND PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THEIR BUDGETS, WE ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT GO OUT, WANT TO SHOP, WANT TO ENJOY A NICE DINNER OUT. AND I BELIEVE MY RESIDENTS AND OTHERS WILL ECONOMIZE TO DO SO. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS DEVELOPMENT GO. THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN THE PROPERTY THERE.

ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAD THAT IT WOULD NOT STAY LOCAL.

SO THE FACT THAT IT IS SOMEBODY I CAN, YOU KNOW, PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT I'M SEEING. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.

CAN YOU ACTIVATE THIS SPACE FOR, YFOR, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER CELEBRATION, THINGS LIKE THAT IS GOING TO BE JUST AMAZING DOWN THERE. THE PEARL AREA, THAT AREA OF BROADWAY AND DOWNTOWN, HAS TRANSFORMED. IT'S NOTHING LIKE I REMEMBER WHEN I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL DOWNTOWN. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

I'M GLAD WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT IN AREAS. AND SO NOW ALL WE NEED TO DO IS SEE THAT INVESTMENT HEAD TO THE SOUTH SIDE, TO THE EAST SIDE, AND TO THE WEST

SIDE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES:

COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA. >> MUNGIA: AND TO GO OFF OF WHAT COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN JUST SAID. ACTUALLY, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS -- AND IT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED YET -- IS YOU'RE TURNING AN INDUSTRIAL PLOT OF LAND INTO SOMETHING

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SO I THINK SO MANY PEOPLE IN THAT PART OF THE RIVER HAVEN'T REALLY DONE THAT.

IT'S KIND OF THE BACK OF THE BUILDING IS JUST THERE ON THE RIVER.

THAT'S THE BEAUTIFUL ASSET. WE HAVE INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THAT PART OF THE RIVER AND TO ENSURE THE PROPERTIES ARE FOCUSING ON THAT IS REALLY NICE AND BEAUTIFUL. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY GOOD PROJECT WHEN IT GETS UP AND RUNNING. THERE'S GOING TO BE FUTURE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE TIRZ AND ALL THAT BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF TURNING SOMETHING INDUSTRIAL AND SOMETHING FORGOTTEN INTO A NICE GEM FOR THE CITY TO

ENJOY. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER SPEARS. >> SPEARS: THANKS, MAYOR. I JUST ALSO WANT TO -- I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT, ACTUALLY.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT'S GOING TO REALLY REVITALIZE THAT AREA.

IT'S THE CONNECTIVITY THERE. IT'S THE INNOVATIVE IDEAS OF WHAT THIS BE BE.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE MIXED-USE TOWER. AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO FOR THE AREA UNDER THE UNDERPASS. I JUST THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL SPACE AND WILL FLOW NICELY WITH EVERYTHING WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THE PEARL. THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN

SAN ANTONIO. >> MAYOR JONES: WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON

THIS ITEM? COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE. >> WHYTE: YEAH.

JUST WANT TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS. GLAD THIS IS MOVING FORWARD.

GREAT WORK. NEED MORE OF THIS IN SAN ANTONIO.

>> MAYOR JONES: WOULD ANYONE ELSE -- GO AHEAD. COUNCILWOMAN MEZA GONZALEZ.

>> GONZALEZ: THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE'S COMMENTS. JUST ECHOING WHAT MOST PEOPLE SAID RIVER AUTHORITY DURING THE RIVER EXPANSION PROJECTS AND SO TO SEE THIS 20 YEARS LATER IS EXACTLY WHAT WAS PLANNED. IT'S EXCITING THAT THIS IS COMING. I KNOW THAT STRETCH OF THE RIVER DURING COVID, IT'S A NICE FIVE-MILE WALK FROM CITY HALL TO -- I FORGET THE HOTEL.

JUST EXCITED ABOUT THIS WORK. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? I THINK THAT WAS EVERYBODY.

OKAY. JUST FOR THOROUGHNESS, ANDY, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS CHAPTER -- THIS IS WHY I ASKED ERIK AND THE TEAM TO PROVIDE THE NAMES AND THE BACKGROUNDS OF THESE FOLKS. THE CHAPTER ASKS THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION INCLUDE INITIAL DIRECTORS. THAT INCLUDES THEIR EXPERIENCE AND INITIAL TERM OF SERVICE. WHAT WE'VE GOT DOESN'T INCLUDE THEIR SERVICE.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, IF I MAY -- DO I NEED TO MAKE A RESOLUTION THAT THIS BE

INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT SO IT'S COMPLETE? >> SEGOVIA: WE CAN ADD

THAT, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: GREAT. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT. I WOULD ALSO ASK -- MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS THE FIRST. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE UNDER CONTEMPLATION WHEN IT COMES TO THE BASEBALL ARENA DOWNTOWN. WHILE THEY ARE TAXING THEMSELVES, THERE IS GOING TO BE A REQUEST, IN THEORY, A REQUEST THAT THESE SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE SCENE TIRZ. COUNCILMAN MUNGIA, I WOULD ASK THAT PCDC LOOK AT WHAT MAKES SENSE -- IF WE KNOW THOSE ASKS ARE COMING, WHAT IS A WAY IN WHICH WE CAN ENSURE THOSE TIRZ DOLLARS, WHICH ARE IN FACT PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS, THAT WOULD OTHERWISE COME INTO THE GENERAL FUND, THAT WE'VE GOT A GOOD, SOUND POLICY TO CONSIDER HOW THOSE MAY COME. I IMAGINE THESE WILL BE VERY POPULAR. THESE ARE POPULAR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE AND COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT ASK, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN TOTAL. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MUNGIA, IN ADVANCE FOR DOING THAT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM -- I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD.

OH, WE ALREADY -- THANK YOU. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.

PLEASE VOTE. >> WHYTE: YES. >> MAYOR JONES: THE MOTION CARRIES. THAT IS THE FINAL ITEM FOR TODAY.

IT IS 11:02 AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

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