* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:07] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR PATIENCE. UM, CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. WE HAVE TWO CEREMONIAL ITEMS TODAY, UH, THAT WE WANNA RECOGNIZE. SOME VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE FOR THEIR WORK. THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WILL WANT TO RECOGNIZE FIRST VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS DURING THE JUNE, 2019 STORM RECOVERY EFFORTS. THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ON JUNE 6TH, 2019 BROUGHT HIGH WINDS, RAIN, HAIL, AND LIGHTNING. THE VOLUNTEERS WHO ASSISTED WITH THE RECOVERY EFFORT INCLUDED STAFF FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, DEPARTMENTS OF SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK, LOCAL CHURCHES, AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. SO AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE OUR AV TEAM PLAY A SLIDESHOW, AND I'D LIKE TO CALL, CALL ON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL TO START OUR REMARKS AFTER THE SLIDESHOW. OR ACTUALLY AT THIS POINT, WELL, I AM GONNA PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND MUSIC TO THIS SLIDESHOW. UM, I REMEMBER THE FIRST THING HAPPENING, UH, AFTER THE STORM HAD WAS JUST WRAPPING UP, IS I GOT A CALL FROM BIANCA AND MY TEAM SAYING, THE MAYOR IS WAITING FOR YOU. HE'S AT, UM, THE PARK ON CLUB RIGHT BEHIND THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL. AND, UH, THE MAYOR WAS REALLY THE FIRST PERSON ON THE SCENE LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE THAT HAD HAPPENED IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I WANT TO, UH, THANK HIM FOR, FOR STARTING THAT. AND AS BAD AS THE DAMAGE WAS, CITY STAFF QUICKLY STEPPED TO THE PLATE AND DEMONSTRATED OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND, UH, QUICKLY TO THREATS THAT OUR RESIDENTS FACE. I WANNA THANK 3 1 1, THE DEPARTMENT OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. OF COURSE, TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, PARKS AND REC. THEY DROVE THROUGH THE AFFECTED, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND IT WAS REALLY A WHO'S WHO OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT NIGHT. UH, WHEN, UH, DAVID MCCAREY HAD HIS FOLKS LINED UP, UH, OUTSIDE OF JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL, IT WAS COMMAND CENTRAL AND IT WAS, UH, VERY EXCITING. I CAN SEE HOW YOU CAN BE EXCITED BEING IN THE ARMED SERVICES WHEN YOU GET A BIG LOGISTICAL OPERATION TOGETHER. LIKE THAT WAS VERY EXCITING. AND, UM, I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT, THAT YOU GUYS DID THAT. YOU MAY RECALL POWER WAS OUT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD, UH, IN PARTS OF DISTRICT SEVEN, AND THAT'S WHEN WE CALLED UP ST. VINCENT DEPAUL, THE FOOD BANK, ST. PAUL'S, ST. LUKE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, TO, TO ASK THEM TO HELP US DISTRIBUTE FOOD. SO WE HELD TWO FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS JUNE 11TH AND JUNE 13TH, AND WE HELPED HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS WHOSE FOOD HAD BEEN SPOILED IN THEIR REFRIGERATORS RAIDERS. UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK IN THEIR SERVICE FOR THE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS, UH, MAYOR NUREMBERG, AS YOU SAW, UH, IN THAT PICTURE, SENATOR MENENDEZ AND REPRESENTATIVE MARTINEZ FISHER. AND THE, THE JOKE OF THE, OF THAT AFTERNOON WAS HOW MUCH PORK THOSE REPRESENTATIVES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS WERE HANDING OUT BECAUSE THE FOOD BANK BROUGHT US SOME, UM, WRECKS OF PORK. SO, THANK YOU MARIO ODO WITH THE, WITH THE FOOD BANK. IT WAS FUNNY AT THE TIME. UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK, UM, MS. ANNA ALICIA ROMERO FROM SENATOR MENENDEZ OFFICE FOR BRINGING HER WHOLE FAMILY TO VOLUNTEER WITH US AND THE WHOLE FAMILY AT THE FOOD BANK THAT, THAT CAME OUT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR COUNCILMAN PERRY. THANK YOU, MA'AM. UM, [00:05:02] I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE WITNESSED A DIRECTLY, UH, THREE MAJOR EVENTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO NOW, AND THAT WAS THE, UH, REMEMBER THE TORNADOES IN 2017. THEN WE GOT HURRICANE HARVEY AND THEN THIS STORM. AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT WE HAVE GREAT LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE CITY STAFF AND SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE TO PULL THIS KIND OF, UH, OPERATION TOGETHER TO GET THE ASSISTANCE OUT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE TO HELP FOLKS THAT NEED THE HELP AND BE PREPARED FOR MORE. AND SPECIFICALLY FOR HARVEY, YOU KNOW, WE, MAN, WE WERE READY OUT THERE WITH THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER IN FULL SWING. AND, UH, UH, I, I JUST WANT TO REALLY COMMEND NOT ONLY THE FOLKS THAT WERE OUT THERE HELPING AND CLEANING UP, HELPING PEOPLE, BUT PARTICULARLY THE LEADERSHIP THAT WAS OUT THERE DIRECTING ALL THE TRAFFIC AND, AND MAKING THINGS HAPPEN OUT THERE. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE LEADERS WITHIN THE CITY STAFF AND SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT PULLED ALL THIS STUFF TOGETHER AND GOT THE HELP OUT TO WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS ON THE JUNE 6TH STORM? OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU. UM, I REMEMBER THE DAY THAT WE WERE OUT ACTUALLY BLOCK WALKING, AND OUT OF NOWHERE IT WAS BRIGHT AND THEN IT WAS DARK, AND AS WE DROVE HOME, THERE WERE TREES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADS. WE CALLED THEM IN. AND IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES, WE SAW THOSE TREES. UM, THERE WERE IMPEDING TRAFFIC ACTUALLY CLEANED UP. WE SAW YARDS AND GATES OF OUR CEMETERIES THAT HAD BEEN KIND OF PUSHED BECAUSE TREES FELL ON TOP OF THEM, AND WE SAW THEM PUT BACK UP THE NEXT DAY. WE HAD POWER OUTAGES OF OUR SIGNALS AND OUR SAFETY WAS THERE IN THE NICK OF TIME TO HELP DIRECT TRAFFIC. SO AT A FOUR-WAY INTERSECTION, THERE WASN'T A COLLISION. SO, UM, I KNOW THE WORK AND THE DILIGENCE THAT YOU GUYS PUT INTO MAKING SURE THAT NOT ONLY IS PROPERTY SECURE, BUT THAT THE LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY, UM, ARE PROTECTED. AND SO, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING YOURSELVES TO PUT, UM, ON THE HAT OF SECURITY AND SAFETY AND LIFE FIRST. AND WE REALLY GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. UH, THAT'S A GREAT STORY. UM, I'M ALSO GOING TO, UH, I THINK ERIC HAS A FEW WORDS TO SHARE WITH US. THANKS, COUNCILWOMAN. UH, LISTEN, I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL THE EMPLOYEES THAT RESPONDED. UM, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, OR FORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS. AND, UH, I WAS DOWNTOWN WHEN THAT STORM CAME THROUGH, AND, UH, BY THE TIME I HEADED UP I 10, WE HAD CREWS ALREADY OUT THERE. SO I WANT TO THANK, YOU KNOW, ALL THE EMPLOYEES THAT RESPONDED OVER THE COURSE OF THAT WEEK. UM, FROM T C I, FROM SOLID WASTE, FROM HUMAN SERVICES, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, PARKS AND REC, UH, CERTAINLY THE LEADERSHIP OF, UH, UH, OF THE ORGANIZATION. DAVID MCCAREY, RAZZIE, MIKE SHANNON, HOMER, PAULA, UH, STALL CUP WITH 3 1 1, CHIEF HOOD AND MELODY, UM, DID A GREAT JOB AND CERTAINLY IT IS, IT IS PROUD TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN THOSE TYPES OF THINGS HAPPEN. AND, AND THIS IS THE SAME THING FOR THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN D 10. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, IF THAT WAS ME, I CERTAINLY WOULD WANT THE CITY OUT THERE IMMEDIATELY, NOT A DAY LATER OR AN AFTERNOON LATER. I'D WANT SOMEBODY UP THERE QUICKLY. AND, UH, YOU GUYS CERTAINLY MADE US PROUD. SO THANKS FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DID. THANK YOU. GREAT. AND, UH, I'LL JUST ADD A COUPLE THOUGHTS WHO ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CREWS AT C P S ENERGY FOR, FOR LEANING IN ON ALL THE WORK AS WELL. YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO MAKE US PROUD, ESPECIALLY WHEN FOLKS NEED US THE MOST TO RESPOND. UH, NOT A, NOT A BEAT, UH, MISS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING US PROUD AS SAN ANTONIO CITIZENS, UH, TO HAVE THE, THE BEST TEAMS WORKING HERE IN THE CITY ORGANIZATION. UH, WE DO HAVE CERTIFICATES NOW FOR EACH ONE OF THE GROUPS, AND SO I THINK WHO'S GONNA CALL THEM UP? OKAY. ALRIGHT. WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO PLEASE COME FORWARD [00:10:24] IN A GROUP PHOTO, PLEASE. NEXT, WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT DEPARTMENT, PLEASE WELCOME TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. T C I. THANK YOU. PLEASE WELCOME THE SOLID WASTE [00:15:01] MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AND NEXT MARIO FROM THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE. AND AGAIN, UH, THANK YOU TO OUR CITY TEAMS DID SUCH AN INCREDIBLE EFFORT. UH, DURING THE, THE RECENT STORMS, THE SECOND CEREMONIAL ITEM, NOW THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL EXTEND THEIR OFFICIAL APPRECIATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SA CLIMATE READY STEERING COMMITTEE AND TECHNICAL WORKING GROUPS WHO ASSISTED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN. OVER 90 INDIVIDUALS WORKED TOGETHER ON THE CAP, WHICH WILL SERVE AS A PATHWAY TO MEET THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT, WHICH WAS RATIFIED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN JUNE OF 2017. UM, SO AT THIS POINT, WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD, I'M SORRY. WE'RE GONNA DO A PHOTO FIRST, AND THEN WE WILL PRAISE. SO IF WE CAN HAVE THE CAP GROUP COME FORWARD. [00:22:57] SO I'M, I'M GOING TO START OFF. COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS. HANG ON. SO BEFORE WE CAN LET YOU HAVE CAKE AND COOKIES, UM, WE ARE GONNA START OFF WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS. UH, I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION AND COMMITMENT TO SAN ANTONIO'S PROSPERITY AND LIVABILITY, BOTH OUR CURRENT AND OUR FUTURE PROSPERITY AND LIVABILITY. AT THE HEART OF THIS WORK IS THE CONVICTION THAT WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN SECURE SAN ANTONIO STATUS AS A WELCOMING AND THRIVING PLACE. IT'S A GOAL THAT ALL OF US ARE INVESTED IN. AND WHEN OUR EFFORTS PROVE SUCCESSFUL, WE'LL KNOW WHO TO THANK, WHO LAID THE INITIAL BRICKS THAT MADE EVERYTHING THAT FOLLOWED POSSIBLE. AND OF COURSE, THAT'S YOU. THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE STORY, NOR SHOULD IT BE. NOW WE HAVE THE EVEN LARGER CHALLENGE OF IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGIES THAT YOU SPENT SO LONG DISSECTING AND DISCUSSING, AND I KNOW THE DISCUSSIONS WILL CONTINUE FURTHER. UM, WE WILL IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGIES IN A WAY THAT IS SENSITIVE TO THE UNIQUE SITUATIONS IN SAN ANTONIO, AND WE ARE MAKING DETERMINED STEPS TO MITIGATE AND SLOW CLIMATE CHANGE. AND WE'RE ENSURING THAT THOSE, THAT THAT PATH WILL NOT, WILL NOT HARM THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US. IN FACT, WE'LL DEMONSTRATE THAT BOTH CAN GO HAND IN HAND. THANK YOU. UM, I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS. COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE WORK, UM, THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE, AND, UH, EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED, [00:25:01] UH, IN THE, UM, IN, IN ALL WELL WITH A PLAN AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FUTURE PARTICIPATION. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING TO CITY HALL TODAY. COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU. UM, I LOOK ACROSS THE ROOM AND I SEE FACES THAT ARE ENJOYING WHAT THEY TRULY DO. AND YOU'RE NOT JUST ENJOYING IT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SELF-FULFILLING, BUT KNOWING THAT YOU'RE TRULY MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR THE GENERATIONS AND THE LEGACIES THAT WE ARE TO LEAVE HERE IN OUR CITY AND AMONGST THE WORLD AS WE CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD FOR SOMETHING THAT WILL BE UNIQUE AND FOREVER LIFE CHANGING. AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING OF YOURSELF, FOR GIVING OF YOUR TIME, FOR GIVING OF YOUR FAMILY, AND ACTUALLY STEPPING FORWARD TO SAY, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE YOU CONTINUE TO SAY THAT THE STRIVE THAT WE CAN MAKE AS A CITY IS WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT. AND SO FOR THAT, I COMMEND YOU ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN OF YOURSELF WHOLEHEARTEDLY, TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT WE AS A WORLD AND WE AS A HUMAN CIVILIZATION CONTINUE TO SAY THAT WE WILL PUT DOWN THE MARKERS THAT WILL FOREVER CHANGE OUR SOCIETY. AND FOR THAT, I THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO TO SAY THAT I LEFT MY MARK FOR SOMETHING BETTER. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN ROCHE GARCIA, ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN. I WAS, UH, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU ALL ARE HERE TODAY. I WAS VERY PROUD THAT THE SOUTHWEST WORKERS UNION, UM, IF THEY'RE STILL HERE, COLLECTED SO MANY SIGNATURES. OH, THERE, YOU, YOU WERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. UH, COLLECTED THE MOST SIGNATURES IN DISTRICT FOUR. UH, BY THE WAY, I HAVE TO ALWAYS PLUG THAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU. I ALSO WANNA THANK THIS SIERRA AT CLUB, UM, FOR, FOR YOUR ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT AND ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT WE, UM, ARE, ARE REPRESENTING OUR BEST INTEREST FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK SOMETIMES WE, UH, FORGET THAT THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE THAT WE LEAVE THE PLANET TO BEHIND WHEN WE LEAVE. AND SO I REALLY WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. UM, ALSO, I DON'T KNOW, SHE'S STILL HERE, BUT CHRISTY VILLANUEVA AND THE WEST SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UM, I THINK MIGHT BE THE ONLY BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE HERE. IF THERE'S ANY OTHER BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES HERE, PLEASE, UM, I APPLAUD YOUR, YOUR EFFORTS AS WELL. BUT, UH, THE WEST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WAS THE FIRST CHAMBER TO, UM, TO, TO SAY THEY, THEY WERE ON BOARD. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. WE NEED, UH, EVERYBODY TO CONTRIBUTE, UM, TO THE, UH, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND THEN ALSO TO MY D FOUR APPOINTEE, ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY, WHO IS ALSO HERE. ALWAYS ENJOY, UM, GETTING UPDATES AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO ON BEHALF OF OUR DISTRICT FOUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU ALL, CONGRATULATIONS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MANY OF YOU ALL IN THE FUTURE, UM, IN, IN THE CONTINUANCE OF THIS. SO THANK YOU MAYOR PROTO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I THINK AT THIS POINT WE CAN, UH, OH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, CAYO. HDA. I APOLOGIZE. IT'S OKAY. PUSH THE BUTTON. I DON'T THINK IT'S WORKING. OKAY. UH, I'LL BE BRIEF, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU TO MARIO BLEO, UM, WHO'S WITH THE FOOD BANK IN MY DISTRICT AND DISTRICT SIX. THANK YOU TO CHRISTIE, WHO'S, UM, MADE BIG IMPACT ON THE WEST, UH, CHAMBER AND, AND IN AGAIN IN DISTRICT SIX. AND THANK YOU TO ELIZABETH. I'M SORRY TO SAY YOUR LAST NAME WRONG, BUT KURT ZI, WHO WE MET A COUPLE YEARS AGO NOW. BUT I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE, UM, AND JUST KNOW THAT YOU'VE MADE A LASTING AND PROFOUND IMPACT ON OUR CITY AND THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. WELL SPOKEN AT THIS POINT. WE'RE GOING TO CONCLUDE THE CEREMONIALS. THERE IS A RECEPTION, UH, FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE B ROOM, AND I THINK DENISE WILL SHOW YOU THE WAY SHE'S VERY EXCITED TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT SHE HAS LAID OUT FOR YOU. THANK YOU, DENISE, FOR MAKING IT ALL HAPPEN. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.