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          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE READY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL B SESSION OF JANUARY 29TH, 2020. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HDA HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR NURENBERG HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION AGENDA. 
          THE TIME IS 2:12 PM WE HAVE ONE ITEM 
          [1. 20-1445 Briefing on the ConnectSA comprehensive transportation plan. [Henry Cisneros, Hope Andrade, Jane Macon, ConnectSA Tri-Chairs; Jeff Arndt, President and CEO, VIA Metropolitan Transit]]
ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, AND THAT IS THE BRIEFING ON THE CONNECT SA COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. 
          SO I'LL TURN IT OVER NOW TO OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO, UH, TODAY'S ITEM, UH, ON OUR B SESSION AGENDA IS A BRIEFING BY THE CONNECT, UH, SA TRI CHAIR MEMBER, UH, MR. HENRY CISNEROS. 
          UM, HE'S ALSO, UH, ALSO HERE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY ARE THE OTHER TWO CHAIR MEMBERS, UH, JANE MACON AND HOPE ANDRADE. 
          UM, THE, THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS ON A, UH, COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR MODERN MOBILITY, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND JUST IN TERMS OF BACKGROUND, IN APRIL OF 2018, UH, MAYOR NUREMBERG AND BEXAR COUNTY JUDGE NELSON WOLF ANNOUNCED THE CREATION OF CONNECT SA, UH, WHICH WAS A NONPROFIT GROUP ESTABLISHED TO BUILD PUBLIC AWARENESS AND SUPPORT FOR A MODERN MASS TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, THE FRAMEWORK, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE PRESENTATION TODAY, UH, HITS A NUMBER OF, UH, RECOMMENDED GOALS AND FUNDING STRATEGIES, UM, WITH A FOCUS ON MOVING PEOPLE WITHIN SAN ANTONIO IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER. 
          THE CONNECT SA FRAMEWORK, UH, BUILDS UPON RECENT, UH, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING INITIATIVES, SUCH AS THE CITY'S SA TOMORROW TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND VIA METROPOLITAN'S, UH, VISION 2040 PLAN, AS WELL AS LONG RANGE PLANS FROM THE ALAMO AREA, UH, PLANNING, UH, ORGANIZATION AND TXDOT. 
          UH, OVER THE LAST, UH, SIX MONTHS CONNECT SA, UH, HAS BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND HENRY WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT OUTREACH PORTION. 
          IRA, UH, TO TODAY'S OPPORTUNITY AND PRESENTATION. 
          TODAY IS REALLY THE FIRST TIME THE COUNCIL'S HEARING, UH, ABOUT THE DETAILS AND RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED IN THE PLAN. 
          UM, I DID WANNA ALSO POINT OUT THAT ON FEBRUARY 19TH, WE WERE HOLDING A, A, UH, B SESSION AGENDA ITEM FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP THAT MAY COME AS A RESULT OF THE CONVERSATION HERE TODAY. 
          UM, AND, UH, THE STAFF WILL BE COMING BACK ON FEBRUARY 19TH TO LAY OUT, UH, ANY OPERATIONAL OR BUDGET IMPACTS OF POTENTIAL CONVERSATIONS THAT THE, UH, THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE. 
          SO WE WILL BE LISTENING INTENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COME BACK ON THE 19TH AS STAFF, UH, AND LAY OUT, UH, THOSE IMPACTS TO YOU. 
          WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HENRY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, MR. CITY MANAGER, UH, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CITY STAFF, THE CONNECTS SA TEAM THAT IS 
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HERE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF WORTH OF GOOD SOLID WORK THAT, UH, THIS GROUP HAS DONE. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, AS UH, ERIC HAS SAID, UH, MENTIONED THE TWO CO-CHAIRS WHO ARE HERE TODAY. 
          UH, JANE MACON, WHO WAS ONCE A CITY ATTORNEY AND SAT AND ADVISED THE CITY COUNCIL FROM HER PERSPECTIVE AS CITY ATTORNEY AND HAS DONE YEOMAN'S WORK IN SO MANY CIVIC CAUSES OVER THE YEARS. 
          UH, A VERY VALUABLE MEMBER OF OUR TEAM IN THE SENSE THAT THERE WERE MANY LEGAL ISSUES THAT HAD TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          AND HER BACKGROUND AS CITY ATTORNEY WAS VERY HELPFUL. 
          AS RECENTLY AS EIGHT O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT, I WAS ON THE TELEPHONE WITH HER, TALKING THROUGH SOME OF THE LEGAL ISSUES THAT WE WANNA ADDRESS AND HOPE ANDRA ONE OF THE MOST, UH, RESPECTED BUSINESSWOMEN IN SAN ANTONIO, WHO HAS THE, IN ADDITION TO HER BUSINESS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HAVING SERVED AS SECRETARY OF STATE OF OUR, OF OUR STATE OF TEXAS. 
          SHE ALSO WAS THE CHAIR OF TDOT, A CRITICAL PIECE OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FOR OUR STATE, AND ALSO THE CHAIR OF VIA. 
          SO THERE'S VERY, I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE ELSE WHO'S HEADED BOTH THE FREEWAYS PIECE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION NEXUS AND THE TRANSIT PIECE AS WELL. 
          I WOULD LIKE, UH, IF I MAY, TO ASK THE TWO OF THEM TO STAND AND PLEASE, LET'S RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR GREAT WORK, JANE AND HOPE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO TAKE JUST ONE MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND RECALL A GREAT LADY WHO SAT, UH, AT THIS DAIS. 
          SHE SAT AT, AT CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE SEAT, AND THAT IS HELEN ER, WHO SERVED ON THE CITY COUNCIL WITH ME, BOTH IN THE YEARS THAT I WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THEN LATER WHEN I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING MAYOR. 
          SHE PASSED A FEW DAYS AGO, UH, AT ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. 
          SHE'S A FEW MONTHS SHORT OF A HUNDRED AT 99 YEARS OF AGE, AND HELEN WAS A REALLY SPECIAL PERSON. 
          SHE, UH, WAS A VERY TOUGH LADY, UH, REPRESENTED, UH, THE COUNCIL, DISTRICT THREE, AS I SAID, AND I WAS PRESENT THE DAY THAT SHE DECIDED TO MAKE THAT RACE. 
          WE HAD AN AT LARGE COUNCIL IN THAT ERA, AND A MAN NAMED BOB ILLA SAT IN, IN THE, IN, IN ONE OF THE SEATS, BUT IN THOSE DAYS, WE WERE NOT BY DISTRICT. 
          AND, UH, HE WAS VERY POPULAR IN THE SOUTHEAST SIDE. 
          HE WAS CALLED THE MAYOR OF PECAN VALLEY BECAUSE OF THE HOUSES HE'D BUILT IN THAT AREA, AND STREETS ARE NAMED AFTER HIM. 
          HIS DAUGHTER LATER SERVED ON THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, BUT, UH, HELEN TTR USED TO COME AS A CITIZEN AND SIT IN THE AUDIENCE WITH HER MOTHER REPRESENTING A, A, A GOVERNMENT GROUP FOR OF WOMEN IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND ONE DAY CAME AND OPPOSED A ZONING CASE, WHICH BOB WANTED PASSED AND GOT PASSED, AND, AND, AND SORT OF MADE FUN OF HELEN IN THE PROCESS. 
          AND SHE FIRED BACK AT HIM, AND HE SAID, WELL, IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW SO MUCH AND YOU THINK YOU COULD DO THIS, THEN WHY DON'T YOU RUN FOR COUNSEL? AND THAT WAS THE WRONG THING TO SAY TO HELEN DUMPER, , BECAUSE HELEN, ER SHE USED TO GET REALLY ANGRY, AND I COULD TELL SHE WAS ANGRY WHEN HER LIPS STARTED SHAKING. 
          AND IF SHE WAS REALLY, REALLY ANGRY, SHE WOULD CRY, NOT OUT OF SADNESS, BUT OUT OF ANGER. 
          AND SHE GOT INTO ONE OF THOSE MOODS THAT DAY, AND SHE JUST SAID TO BOB, YOU GOT IT. 
          I'LL SEE YOU AT THE POLLS. 
          AND SURE ENOUGH, THE NEXT YEAR IN 1977, WE WENT TO SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS. 
          HELEN RAN AGAINST BOB BELLA AND BEAT HIM AND CAME TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          INSTEAD OF SITTING OUT IN THE AUDIENCE AS A GOVERNMENT ADVOCATE, SHE CAME AND SAT IN THE DISTRICT THREE SEAT. 
          AND SHE WAS REALLY SOMETHING. 
          SHE OPPOSED THE EFFORTS TO BUILD. 
          THE ALAMO DOME WAS, UH, TOTALLY OPPOSED. 
          SHE AND I WERE VERY CLOSE, BUT SHE WAS OPPOSED, AND I NEVER COULD BRING HER AROUND. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE WON THAT ELECTION VERY CLOSE. 
          IT WAS A 51 49, UH, SALES TAX VOTE. 
          AND SHE SAID, IT'S BAD ENOUGH THAT I LOST THE ELECTION, BUT NOW EVERY DAY I HAVE TO DRIVE UP FROM THE SOUTHEAST SIDE PAST THAT DEAD ARMADILLO ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH FOUR LEGS STICKING UP IN THE AIR, TALKING ABOUT OUR BELOVED DOME. 
          UH, SHE WAS REALLY SOMETHING. 
          IN ANY EVENT, I JUST WANTED TO BRING A, A KIND OF A SENSE OF HISTORY, AND MANY OF THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO IN THAT ERA SAT AROUND THIS DAIS. 
          UH, MANY OF 'EM AT THE DIOCESE OVER ACROSS THE STREET WHO ARE NOT HERE ANYMORE. 
          REVEREND BLACK SERVED ON THAT COUNCIL FROM DISTRICT TWO. 
          UH, I MENTIONED BOB BILLA FROM DISTRICT THREE. 
          FRANK WING SAT IN DISTRICT FOUR, HE'S NO LONGER WITH US. 
          RUDY ORTIZ CAME ON THE FIRST COUNCIL TO BE DISTRICTED IN DISTRICT SIX. 
          HE'S PASSED. 
          GENE CANAVAN REPRESENTED DISTRICT EIGHT BEFORE NELSON WOLF AND GENE IS GONE. 
          PHIL PENDI WAS ON THAT COUNCIL, AND JOHN STE SAT IN DISTRICT 10. 
          SO, AS I COME BEFORE YOU, I, I'M HERE WITH A KIND OF A SENSE OF HISTORY AND RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THOSE PEOPLE MADE IN THEIR TIME, AND, UH, RECOGNIZE 
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THAT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF STANDING BEFORE YOU, UH, TO DISCUSS THE THINGS THAT WILL KEEP OUR CITY MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET PEOPLE TO MOVE THROUGH THE CONGESTION THAT WILL CONFRONT A GROWING CITY AND DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND IN A WAY THAT, UM, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, DOESN'T RAISE TAXES, ADDRESSES THE ENVIRONMENT, UH, RECOGNIZES THOSE WHO NEED PUBLIC TRANSIT, UH, PARTICULARLY, UH, AND, AND, AND, AND PUTS MODERN, UH, SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO ADVANCE THE CITY'S MOBILITY. 
          UH, AS I SAY, I'VE BEEN HONORED TO WORK WITH JANE AND WITH HOPE, BUT I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE CONNECT SA COMMITTEES STAFF, PARTICULARLY OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SHANNON PENEZ GREEN, WHO ARE HERE AND WHO HAVE TOGETHER CONDUCTED OVER 76 MEETINGS BEFORE MAJOR GROUPS AS CLAYTON, AS AS CONGRESS. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY KNOWS WHEN WE ATTENDED THE NORTHEAST COUNCIL, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL MEETING. 
          IT WAS 80 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS REPRESENTED IN THAT GROUP. 
          AND SIMILARLY, SEVERAL OTHERS OF YOU WHEN I WENT TO DISTRICT TWO AND, AND JADA ANDREW SULLIVAN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN, UH, HOSTED US. 
          AGAIN, IT WAS A HOST OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WHEN WE MET THAT SATURDAY. 
          SO, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO ASK THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH CONNECT SA WHO ARE IN THE ROOM TODAY TO PLEASE STAND AND LET US RECOGNIZE THOSE. 
          ANYONE HERE WHO IS PART OF THAT PROCESS AND IS HERE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS. 
          THERE'S SEVERAL WAYS I THINK I'D LIKE TO PROCEED HERE TODAY. 
          THE FIRST IS TO GO OVER THE PLAN, THE BROAD GAUGE OF THE PLAN. 
          WE'LL JUST DESCRIBE WHAT HAS COME TO BE KNOWN AMONGST US AS THE EIGHT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          I'LL GO THROUGH THEM IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT YOU'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW EIGHT DIFFERENT KINDS OF TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES COME TOGETHER FOR THE CITY. 
          THE SECOND THING I'D WANNA DO IS I WANNA DESCRIBE TO YOU IN BROAD OVERVIEW THE SOURCES OF REVENUES THAT WOULD PAY FOR THIS PLAN. 
          LEMME JUST SAY IN ADVANCE, I'M VERY PROUD THAT WE PUT TOGETHER A PLAN THAT IS SORT OF A CLASSIC SAN ANTONIO THREADING THE NEEDLE THAT DOES NOT INCREASE TAXES, THAT FOCUSES ON REVENUES THAT ALREADY EXIST, OR OTHER APPROACHES TO PUBLIC FINANCING. 
          UH, AND IT STILL PUTS TOGETHER A VIABLE AND MODERN MOBILITY SYSTEM. 
          WE DIDN'T SHOOT FOR THE MOON AND THINK OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE, UH, SYSTEMS THAT ARE BEING USED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          WE PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER ON A BUDGET THAT SAN ANTONIO CAN HANDLE, AND, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT. 
          SO THE SECOND THING WE'LL DO IS WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE MONEY, AND THEN THIRDLY, I WILL DIRECT YOU TO WHAT HAS BEEN THE OVERARCHING, UH, MOST USEFUL PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH, WHICH IS A SERIES OF CHARTS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR FOLDERS. 
          TWO OF THEM, ONE THAT DESCRIBES HOW WE MATCH THE MONEY TO THE INITIATIVES AND THE OTHER THAT TALKS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH ABOUT THE SOURCES OF REVENUE THEMSELVES. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS I'LL DO IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES, AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE, UH, QUESTIONS AS WE, AS WE, UH, FINALIZE THAT. 
          WE'LL START WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAVE ON THE SCREEN HERE AND IN FRONT OF YOU THAT DESCRIBES THE HISTORY OF THIS EFFORT. 
          THIS IS NOT A START FROM SCRATCH EFFORT. 
          UH, THERE'S A MOBILITY 2040 EFFORT THAT THE ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION SHARED, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN VIA VISION LONG RANGE PLAN. 
          ALL OF THOSE CAME TOGETHER, AND AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, ALL OF THOSE INVOLVED MULTIPLE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 
          THE VISION 2040 PLAN HAD 276 EVENTS. 
          THE VIA REIMAGINED PLAN HAS 131 EVENTS AND CONNECTS A HAD 76 MAJOR COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 
          SO A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH, A LOT OF TRYING TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THIS IS JUST A DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT WE'VE MET WITH. 
          IT IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE, BUT AS YOU SEE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCES, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, UH, PROFESSIONAL GROUPS LIKE THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, BUSINESS GROUPS LIKE THE AUTO DEALERS LUNCHEON, THOSE ARE EXAMPLES OF THE 76 TOUCHES. 
          THERE'S A SECOND PAGE OF THIS, UH, THAT FOLLOWS, UH, THAT DESCRIBES, UH, ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS AND, AND, AND, AND ASSOCIATIONS AND SUCH THAT WE'VE MET WITH OVER THIS PERIOD. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          NEXT SLIDE IS JUST, UH, THE MAJOR GOALS OF THIS EFFORT TO PROVIDE MORE CHOICES, TO INCREASE SAFETY, TO CONNECT TO JOBS, TO UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY, TO MANAGE CONGESTION, TO ENHANCE ACCESSIBILITY TO 
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MOBILITY, TO INTEGRATE NETWORKS, PUT DIFFERENT MODES TOGETHER, AND TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY. 
          THOSE ARE THE OVERARCHING GOALS. 
          OUR PLAN IS A PLAN THAT TAKES US OUT TO 2040, OR ABOUT 20 YEARS FROM NOW. 
          UH, WHAT YOU WILL SEE TODAY IS THE FINANCING THAT ENABLES THE FIRST INCREMENT FROM 2020 TO 2025, UH, OF OUR MOBILITY PLAN. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE SUBSEQUENT PIECES. 
          WE KNOW THE GENERAL STRETCH OF WHERE WE GO TO 2030, AND THEN BEYOND THAT TO 2040. 
          BUT THE PLAN WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS TODAY IS THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF THIS IN DETAIL. 
          ALRIGHT, LET ME GO THROUGH THE EIGHT PIECES. 
          I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY BECAUSE I WANNA RESPECT YOUR TIME, BUT AS I SAID BEFORE, I WANNA DESCRIBE THE PLAN, THEN DESCRIBE THE FUNDING, AND THEN BRING IT TOGETHER WITH THESE CHARTS. 
          THE PLAN FIRST SIDEWALKS. 
          THIS PLAN CALLS FOR A MINIMUM OF 225. 
          AND LEMME SAY BEFORE I GET INTO THIS, EVERY ONE OF THESE CHARTS, EVERY ONE OF THESE ASSERTIONS AND EVERY ONE OF THE SETS OF NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH 'EM ARE NOT JUST AN AMBITIOUS GOAL, AN ASPIRATIONAL GOAL. 
          THEY ARE THE RESULT OF, OF INNUMERABLE HOURS OF WORK WITH THE CITY STAFF. 
          I WANNA THANK THE CITY MANAGER AND THE TRANSPORTATION TEAM AND, AND, AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO STAFF, AS WELL AS, UH, JUDGE, UM, WOLF AND HIS TEAM AT THE COUNTY, UH, VIA TDOT, UH, BICYCLE ADVOCATES, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, ET CETERA. 
          ALL OF THESE NUMBERS ARE SOLIDIFIED. 
          MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          THE MAYOR HAS, AND THE COUNTY JUDGE HAVE TOGETHER OVERSEEN A LOT OF THE FOCUS OF THE, THE NUMBERS AND THE CALCULATION. 
          THEREFORE, THE FIRST PIECE OF THIS IS THE SIDEWALKS, WHICH ADDS A MINIMUM OF 225 MILES OF CONSTRUCTED SIDEWALKS. 
          THEY ARE THREE OF THE FIVE CATEGORIES THAT THE CITY HAS, UH, FOR REASONS OF PRIORITY AND SAFETY. 
          UH, AND THEY EMPLOY NEW CONSTRUCTION METHODS. 
          I WANNA PARTICULARLY THANK COUNCILMAN TREVINO FOR HIS INPUT INTO THE IMPROVED METHODS OF PUTTING DOWN THE SIDEWALKS THEMSELVES AND HOW THEY'RE LAID ON, UH, THE CITY STREETS. 
          UH, THIS IS A, AN EFFORT TO, TO AC ACCELERATE THE MILES PER YEAR. 
          AND THIS IS A, A FUNDED INITIATIVE IN, IN, IN OUR PLAN SIDEWALKS NUMBER TWO. 
          NUMBER TWO IS THE CITY IS THE, IS THE AREA TRAIL SYSTEM. 
          AND I USE THE WORD AREA TRAILS ADVISEDLY BECAUSE THIS IS CITY AND COUNTY. 
          THE CITY HAS A TRAIL SYSTEM. 
          THE COUNTY HAS A TRAIL SYSTEM. 
          THIS IS THE INTEGRATION OF THOSE TO COMPLETELY ENCIRCLE THE CITY, BOTH WITH THE RECOGNIZED TRAILS NOW ON THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER, BUT THE ADDITIONAL TRAILS THAT WILL BE ADDED AS ALZA CREEK AND MARTINEZ CREEK AND SATO CREEK AND OTHERS ARE BUILT OUT. 
          THIS WILL GIVE US HUNDREDS OF MILES OF TRAILS, WHICH WILL COMPLETE A WORLD-CLASS TRAIL SYSTEM, WHICH I PREDICT IS GONNA BE A MAJOR ATTRACTION TO OUR CITY, BUT IS ALSO A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR RECREATIONAL AND FITNESS ACTIVITIES FOR OUR OWN CITIZENS. 
          IT WILL ALSO PLAY A ROLE IN FLOOD CONTROL AND DRAINAGE. 
          THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING, AND IT'S A CONTINUATION OF IT AND COMPLETION OF IT. 
          UH, WITH THIS PLAN, THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO COMPLETE, UH, SOMETHING LIKE 170 MILES OF TRAILS. 
          UH, THERE'S 26 MILES CALLED FOR IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS. 
          NEXT PIECE IS MICRO MOBILITY LANES. 
          THIS IS AN EFFORT TO PROTECT BIKE AND SCOOTER RIDERS ON BUSY STREETS. 
          LORD KNOWS WE'VE LOST TOO MANY PEOPLE, UH, TO, UH, BICYCLE ACCIDENTS. 
          UH, AND THIS CALLS FOR 45 MILES OF SEPARATED LANES, NOT JUST A, UH, PAINT STRIPE ON THE, ON THE, ON THE, UH, ASPHALT, BUT, UH, SEPARATED BY A CURB OR SOME OTHER SAFETY BARRIER THAT ENABLES BIKE RIDERS TO BE SAFE. 
          IN THE BUSIEST PLACES WHERE BIKE RIDERS TODAY ARE RIDING, THIS CALLS FOR 45 MILES OF SEPARATED LANES, UH, AND ADDS BICYCLES, THEN INTO THE MIX OF FIRST MILE LAST MILE SERVICE CONNECTIONS. 
          I TALKED TO SOMEONE JUST YESTERDAY WHO RIDES A BIKE TO THEM AND THEREFORE INTEGRATES BICYCLING INTO THE LARGER TRANSIT SYSTEM. 
          THE NEXT PIECE OF THIS IS THE CITY STREETS AND COUNTY ROAD SYSTEM. 
          WE TAKE AS OUR BIBLE HERE, THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN OF THE CITY, AND THE CONTINUED, UH, EXPANSION IMPROVEMENT, RECONSTRUCTION, MODERNIZATION OF CITY STREETS, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY'S ADDITION OF COUNTY ROADS IN AREAS WHERE POPULATION GROWTH IS, IS EXTENDING INTO UNINCORPORATED 
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AREAS. 
          AND THE COUNTY HAS OBLIGATIONS TO, UH, LAY DOWN STREETS. 
          THIS INC INCLUDES MAJOR TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS TO THE, UH, SYNCHRONIZATION OF THE LIGHT SYSTEM, UH, SO THAT, UH, TRAFFIC CAN IMPROVE, UH, THE FLOW. 
          THE NEXT, UH, GRAPHIC SPEAKS TO THE LARGEST DOLLAR AMOUNT, UH, THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED TO TRANSPORTATION IN OUR REGION. 
          THIS IS MONEY THAT'S ALREADY COMING FROM THE STATE. 
          UH, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO TEXDOT, UH, AND THE DISTRICT, UH, ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS HERE, BUT ALSO SAN ANTONIO IS BLESSED THAT BRUCE BUG IS THE PRESENT CHAIR OF TDOT. 
          AND HE IS THE VOICE FOR INCREASING, UH, INCREASING ALLOCATIONS TO THE MAJOR STATE, METROPOLITAN METROPOLITAN AREAS. 
          UH, WE'RE BLESSED THAT $3.8 BILLION OF TXDOT MONEY IS COMING TO OUR REGION, AND THAT WILL DO EVERYTHING FROM DOUBLE DECK, A MAJOR PART OF IH 35 TO INCREASE THE LOAD THAT CAN BE CARRIED ON, UH, UH, AN OVERSTRETCHED HIGHWAY NOW. 
          AS WELL AS THINGS LIKE EXPAND 1604 ALONG THE NORTH SIDE FROM ROUGHLY IH 10 ALL THE WAY AROUND TO IH 35, ACROSS THE SWEEP OF THE NORTH SIDE FROM A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY IN SOME PLACES TO 10 LANES, UH, INCREASING AND ALLOCATIONS TO THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          IT WILL PUT THE FIRST IMPROVEMENTS TO 1604 AROUND TO THE SOUTH SIDE AS WELL. 
          SO THIS IS A, A, A MAJOR EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE STATE TO BRING RESOURCES TO OUR HIGHWAY SYSTEM, TO OUR MAJOR INTERCHANGES. 
          AND, UH, JUST A RECOGNITION OF THE KIND OF POPULATION GROWTH WE'RE GOING TO CONFRONT AND NEED ON OUR HIGHWAY SYSTEM. 
          THIS IS NOT A DOLLAR THAT IS ADDED TO WHAT IS REQUESTED HERE TODAY, BECAUSE IT'S $3.8 BILLION THAT'S ALREADY COMING FROM THE STATE, AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE IT ALLOCATED IN THE WAY THAT IT IS. 
          THE NEXT PART OF THIS PLAN IS, UH, ONE OF MY FAVORITES, WHICH I THINK IS GONNA BE VERY POPULAR WITH THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK THIS COULD GET VERY BIG OVER TIME, BUT WE'RE CALLING IT MOBILITY ON DEMAND. 
          AND WHAT IT IS, IS LINKING CONTRACT SERVICES PRESENTLY VIA LINK, WHICH IS A CONTRACT WITH YELLOW CAB TO CREATE, TO RUN VEHICLES LIKE YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE, BUT COULD BE UBER AND LYFT GOING FORWARD. 
          BUT IT IS A SYSTEM THAT PEOPLE CAN LITERALLY CALL FROM THEIR DOOR, HAVE A VEHICLE COME TO THEM, AND TAKE 'EM TO ANOTHER POINT WITHIN DESIGNATED ZONES. 
          SO DOOR TO DOOR MOVEMENT WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD ZONE AND DOOR TO TRANSIT, SO DOOR TO A TRANSIT STATION THAT THEN PLUGS YOU INTO THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK VIA IS NOW RUNNING THIS SERVICE CALLED VIA LINK IN A NORTHEAST NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT 10. 
          AND OVER 100,000 PEOPLE HAVE USED IT SINCE IT WAS INAUGURATED LAST APRIL. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S A, A WONDERFUL SERVICE THAT IS NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE OLDER OR PEOPLE WHO ARE DISABLED, BUT, UH, IS USED BY ANYONE. 
          AND ALTHOUGH THIS GRAPHIC SAYS SIX ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN FIVE YEARS, I UNDERSTAND THAT IN ITS LATEST CALCULATION VIA HAS CONCLUDED WE COULD DO EIGHT ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS OVER THE COURSE OF THE, OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS. 
          IN MY MEETINGS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILWOMAN HRA SPOKE TO ME ABOUT THE NEED TO INCLUDE ONE IN THE GREAT NORTHWEST, WHICH WAS INTENDED TO BE THE SECOND UNDER THE PLAN. 
          AND IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA, SHE DESCRIBED A PHENOMENON THAT I KNOW TO BE TRUE, WHICH IS THE AGING OF NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND IN DISTRICT, UH, FOUR, UH, SHE MENTIONED THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE REALITY THAT PLANNERS CALL NORCS, N O R C, WHICH THEY USE TO STAND FOR NATURALLY OCCURRING RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES, NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE EVERYONE IS GETTING OLDER. 
          I KNOW THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND, UM, UH, THE, THE, THE ABILITY TO RUN A SERVICE OF THIS NATURE WILL BE JUST IMMENSELY HUGE IN, IN TERMS OF PREPARING US FOR THE AGING TSUNAMI THAT OUR COUNTRY CONFRONTS, WHERE THE 65 YEAR OLD POPULATION IS GONNA DOUBLE IN SIZE. 
          AND THE 85 YEAR OLD POPULATION IS ABOUT TO TRIPLE IN SIZE. 
          SO CITIES HAVE TO BE PREPARING FOR DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES OF THAT NATURE, APPLY TECHNOLOGY TO THEM, AND THIS IS A MAJOR INNOVATION, I THINK THAT IS A PLUS IN THIS SYSTEM. 
          WE'LL END UP WITH NINE NEIGHBORHOODS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          AND, UH, I KNOW, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING ALMOST EVERY COUNCIL PERSON WOULD WANT IN THEIR, IN THEIR AREA. 
          THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS YOU A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT, HOW MOBILITY ON DEMAND WORKS. 
          THIS IS A GRAPHIC THAT HAS A, UH, A WOMAN, UH, SHOPPING, AND THEN SHE USES A MOBILE APPLICATION 
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TO, UH, TAKE THIS TO, UH, UH, A LOCATION WHERE SHE MEETS WITH HER FRIENDS AND HAS, UH, UH, A COFFEE AND THEN IN 10 MINUTES IS ABLE TO CALL THE SYSTEM BACK AND IT WILL TAKE HER TO HER DESTINATION FOR THE PRICE OF A BUS RIDE, FOR THE PRICE OF A BUS RIDE. 
          SO THIS IS A, A, A REVOLUTION, IF YOU WILL, IN THE WAY, UH, MOBILITY IS GOING TO OCCUR. 
          AND I THINK IT'S A, IT'S ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE MORE ATTRACTIVE DIMENSIONS OF, OF WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE. 
          THE NEXT GRAPHIC DESCRIBES, WE'RE NOW UP TO NUMBER SEVEN OF THE EIGHT THAT I DESCRIBED IS BETTER BUS. 
          AND THIS IS A COMMITMENT THAT WOULD PUT 70% OF THE REGION'S POPULATION, 76% OF THE REGION'S POPULATION WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK OF VIA SERVICES. 
          10 MINUTE WALK IS ABOUT THREE BLOCKS OR SO. 
          76% OF THE POPULATION OF OUR COMMUNITY WOULD, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES MORE ROUTES AND MORE VEHICLES ON THOSE ROUTES, 76% OF THE POPULATION WOULD BE WITHIN 10 MINUTE WALK OF THE, OF, OF THE VIA SERVICES OF A BUS STOP EFFECTIVELY. 
          AND 85% OF THE JOBS WOULD BE WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK OF VIA SERVICES. 
          SO THIS IS A MAJOR COMMITMENT TO, UM, TO BUS SERVICES. 
          AND I WANNA COMMEND VIA FOR THE QUALITY OF, UH, SERVICENOW WITH THE NEW VEHICLES ON THE STREET AND THE, THE, THE QUALITY OF THE DRIVERS AND THE CLEANLINESS. 
          AND I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING SOME MAJOR STEPS FORWARD. 
          I WANNA PARTICULARLY RECOGNIZE THE NEW CHAIR V WHO SAT WITH YOU AT THIS DAIS, UH, RAY SALDANA, WHO WILL SPEAK IN A FEW MOMENTS. 
          UH, BUT RAY, I KNOW PLAYED A MAJOR PART IN URGING THE CITY TO INVEST IN MORE FREQUENCY. 
          AND THAT FREQUENCY HAS IN INCREASED THE RIDERSHIP ON KEY ROUTES WHERE THE FREQUENCY CAN BE RELIABLE AND COUNTED UPON. 
          IT'S A MAJOR LESSON, I THINK, FOR, FOR US, IN HOW TO TREAT BUS SERVICE. 
          AND THE FINAL OF THE EIGHT THAT I'LL DESCRIBE TO YOU IS ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT, WHICH IS BASICALLY TRACKLESS TRAINS, BUSES HOOKED TOGETHER IN EFFECT INTO TRAIN CARS FOR GREATER VOLUME, BUT ON RUBBER TIRES IN THE FUTURE, ELECTRONIC VEHICLES ON DEDICATED ROUTES. 
          AND THIS PLAN IS A BREAKTHROUGH FOR SAN ANTONIO IN THAT IT DESCRIBES TWO ROUTES TO BE INITIATED AND MO WELL ON THEIR WAY TO COMPLETION BY THE 25 20 25 TIMEFRAME. 
          ONE OF 'EM WOULD BE A ROUTE THAT RUNS EAST, WEST TO EAST FROM GENERAL MCMULLEN ON THE WEST TO THE AT AND T CENTER ON THE EAST, SO RIGHT ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY, AND A HEAVY DENSITY OF POPULATION. 
          AND OF COURSE, THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. 
          AND THEN ONE THAT RUNS ON A NORTH SOUTH AXIS FROM STONE OAK DOWN ALONG 2 81 TO THE AIRPORT, THEN OVER ACROSS TO NORTH STAR MALL, AND THEN USES SAN PEDRO THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN, THROUGH SOUTH TOWN WHERE IT BECOMES ROOSEVELT AND MOVES TOWARD, UH, LUKE FOUR 10, UH, MILITARY DRIVE SOUTH IN DUE COURSE. 
          THAT LINE, NOT IN THIS FIRST PHASE, BUT IT WILL GO ACROSS ON MILITARY DRIVE TO BROOKS CITY BASE WHERE THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL NEW STATION. 
          AND, UH, WHEN I MET WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN VRAN AT HER OFFICES IN, UM, BROOKS, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND, AND, UH, THE TWEAKING THAT THE ROUTE NEEDS AND SO FORTH. 
          BUT I, I, I SAW THE QUALITY OF THE STATION THAT VIA HAS PUT IN AT BROOKS, AND IF, IF THAT'S AN INDICATION OF HOW THIS SYSTEM IS GONNA BE FROM A QUALITY STANDPOINT, I THINK WERE SOME IN FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL. 
          UH, THE BEAUTY OF THIS, AND I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS POINT, IS THAT IT GIVES US MORE RAPID SERVICE IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S DEDICATED LANES, THEREFORE CAN STAY OUT OF THE TRAFFIC. 
          IT, UM, IT GIVES US THE AUTHORITY OF THE ABILITY TO PUT MORE VEHICLES ON THAT DEDICATED LANE. 
          UM, THIS COSTS ONE THIRD TO 40% OF WHAT IT WOULD COST IF WE WERE LAYING RAIL. 
          SO THIS IS A PERFECT SAN ANTONIO SOLUTION. 
          COSTS LESS, GETS YOU MANY OF THE SAME BENEFITS, PROVIDES GREATER FLEXIBILITY. 
          IF YOU WANNA MAKE A CHANGE IN A ROUTE, YOU CAN DO IT BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T LAID RAIL. 
          UM, PUT MORE VEHICLES BECAUSE THEY COST LESS THAN, UH, THAN TRAINS. 
          UH, AS I SAY, WE THREADED THE NEEDLE HERE IN TRYING TO GET SOLUTIONS THAT OUR POCKETBOOK CAN HANDLE. 
          AND WE'RE ABOUT TO END UP IF WE PROVE THIS WITH TWO MAJOR, UH, RAPID TRANSIT ROUTES. 
          UH, AND I THINK WE HAVE A GRAPHIC HERE THAT, UH, DESCRIBES, UH, HOW THIS WOULD LOOK. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE DRIVING DOWN 
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A DEDICATED LANE TO A STATION, WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT THE STATION, THE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY PAID. 
          THEY DON'T NEED TO TAKE TIME PAYING THEIR FARE AT THE, AT THE ENTRANCE ITSELF. 
          THE ENTRANCEWAYS ARE LEVEL WITH THE STATION. 
          SO PEOPLE OF DISABILITIES AND ALL AGES, THAT'S WHAT THE COMBINATION OF THE VEHICLES LOOKS LIKE IN TANDEM. 
          UH, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AS THEY COME THROUGH. 
          SO IT'S A, IT'S A, WHAT THIS IS, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF TAKING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES AND, AND APPLYING IT TO A REASONABLE SOLUTION THAT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          AND I THINK, UH, MANY CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, EVEN THOSE THAT HAVE LIGHT RAIL NOW, ARE TALKING ABOUT INSTALLING THESE SYSTEMS BECAUSE THEY JUST MAKE MORE SENSE FROM A FISCAL STANDPOINT. 
          AND MANY OTHER PLACES, LIKE TAMPA, FOR EXAMPLE, AND ALBUQUERQUE HAVE JUST INSTALLED THEIR FIRST A R T SYSTEMS WITHOUT RAIL, WHICH IS WHAT WE PROPOSED TO DO. 
          ALRIGHT, I SAID I WOULD IN MY FIRST PIECE HERE, DESCRIBE THE PLAN, THE SYSTEM, THE EIGHT MODES. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE. 
          THIS GRAPHIC, UH, JUST DESCRIBES, UH, GRAPHICALLY WHAT 60 PEOPLE LOOKS LIKE IN ONE PUBLIC TRANSPORT VERSUS 60 PEOPLE ON BIKES AND 60 PEOPLE IN 60 CARS. 
          SO THE EFFECT, I MEAN, IT'S JUST LIKE MATHEMATICALLY EVIDENT WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF COVERAGE OF ASPHALT AND COVERAGE OF, UH, OF, OF, OF THE STREET WITH, WITH VEHICLES. 
          NEXT GRAPHIC PLEASE. 
          ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE MONEY PIECE. 
          THAT'S THE SECOND THING I SAID. 
          I WOULD TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS. 
          NUMBER 1.36 BILLION DESCRIBES THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS NEEDED TO PUT THIS SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT WE PRESENTLY ARE NOT ALLOCATING TO, TO, TO TRANSPORTATION, RIGHT? SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TEXT OUT MONEY, YES, IT'S PART OF THIS PLAN, BUT WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE SOURCE OF THAT MONEY IS, AND THERE ARE MANY OTHER PIECES OF THIS THAT WE KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM TO COMPLETE. 
          THE PLAN THAT I HAVE DESCRIBED TO YOU IS A $1.36 BILLION COMMITMENT. 
          WE NEED IT, OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO MAKE THAT KIND OF INVESTMENT. 
          ACTUALLY, THIS IS A SMALLER NUMBER THAN EVEN A PLACE LIKE AUSTIN, WHICH IS PRESENTLY HAS A $4 BILLION PLAN IN FRONT OF THEM AND HOUSTON, WHICH JUST PASSED A $4 BILLION PLUS PLAN. 
          THESE ARE NOT, THESE ARE NOT OUTLANDISH NUMBERS, THESE ARE VERY REASONABLE NUMBERS FOR WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING. 
          THE BEST PART OF IT IS THERE IS NO TAX INCREASE IN THE, THE, THE COMPONENTS THAT MAKE UP THIS 1.36 BILLION, AS I WILL NOW DESCRIBE. 
          THE FIRST PIECE IS THE REALLOCATION OF THE ONE EIGHTH CENTS SALES TAX, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED FOR TRANSPORTATION. 
          I WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL IN 1977 WHEN WE GOT THE LEGISLATION TO PASS THE 1 CENT FOR TRANSIT. 
          THE DECISION WAS MADE THEN BY THE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL THAT WE WOULD SPEND ONE HALF CENT THEN FOR TRANSIT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE USED ALL THESE INTERVENING YEARS. 
          MOST OF THE OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THE SAME LEGISLATION TOOK THE FULL 1 CENT. 
          HENCE, THEY HAVE MUCH MORE DEVELOPED TRANSIT SYSTEMS. SO WE JUST UNDER UNDERSHOT BACK THEN, WE'VE USED THE OTHER HALF CENT FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS OVER THE YEARS. 
          UH, AND LET ME JUST, UH, SAY IN A PERSONAL NOTE, AS AN ASIDE, THE HERO OF THAT MOMENT WAS A MAN NAMED GLENN HARTMAN, WHO WAS COUNCIL MEMBER FROM DISTRICT EIGHT IN THE FIRST DISTRICTED COUNCIL. 
          AND GLENN WAS A VISIONARY WHO MOVED ON A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS, INCLUDING CENTRAL 21, DOWNTOWN AND OTHER THINGS. 
          BUT HE'S THE PERSON WHO DROVE THE IDEA OF CREATING VIA, CREATING THE, THE ONE, THE, THE, THE FULL CENT TAX. 
          AND I, AND I HONOR HIS MEMORY TODAY, UM, BUT THE ONE EIGHTH CENT HAS BEEN USED FOR A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. 
          WE KNOW THAT, UH, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, THE OTHER HALF CENT ONE EIGHTH HAS BEEN USED FOR PRE-K AND IS VERY POPULAR AND IS GONNA BE VOTED AGAIN. 
          AND WE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T, DIDN'T TOUCH THAT. 
          'CAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT PROGRAM. 
          WE, WE HAVE ARGUED FOR THE REALLOCATION OF THE ONE EIGHTH CENT THAT IS PRESENTLY DEDICATED TO THE AQUIFER CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM AND TRAILS. 
          BUT NOT WITHOUT CONSIDERING HOW THOSE THINGS ARE COVERED, WE'VE SPENT TIME WORKING ON THAT. 
          I COULD SPEAK TO THAT LATER, BUT FOR NOW, LET ME SAY, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PLAN HERE THAT TAKES CARE OF THE FULL EXTENT OF THE TRAILS WITH CITY COUNTY COOPERATION. 
          THE CITY MANAGER CAN SPEAK TO IT, THE COUNTY CAN SPEAK TO IT, BUT A LOT OF TIME HAS BEEN SPENT ON A COMBINATION OF CITY MAINTENANCE OF THE TRAILS AND THE COUNTY BUILD OUT OF THE TRAILS. 
          SO WE'VE 
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GOT THAT PIECE COVERED. 
          AND ON THE OTHER FRONT, I BELIEVE WE NOW HAVE A PLAN IN, IN SIGHT THAT WILL INCLUDE SAWS GENERATED REVENUES WITHOUT ANY RATE INCREASES TO EXTEND THE AQUIFER PROGRAM OVER A LONGER SPAN OF TIME, PERHAPS LESS ANNUALLY, BUT COMPLETE THE PURCHASE PROGRAM OVER TIME AND PROTECT SAN ANTONIO'S WATER SUPPLY. 
          AND, AND SO LET ME JUST SAY IN THE SIMPLEST TERMS THAT I CAN, IF WE SPEND THE ONE EIGHTH ON THE EASEMENT PROGRAM, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO TRANSPORTATION. 
          I DON'T KNOW ANOTHER PLACE WHERE THAT MONEY CAN COME FROM FOR TRANSPORTATION. 
          IT DOESN'T EXIST IF WE SPEND IT ON TRANSPORTATION. 
          WE DO HAVE ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO ADDRESS THE WATER SUPPLY QUESTION. 
          AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED THOSE, AND THE MAYOR'S BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME. 
          I WANT TO COMMEND HIM PERSONALLY, UH, AND STRONGLY FOR THE LEADERSHIP HE'S SHOWN ON THIS IN THE NEXT DAYS. 
          AND I MEAN THAT LITERALLY A MATTER OF SOME DAYS, WE THINK THAT PROGRAM WILL BE, WILL BE SOLIDIFIED AND THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO WILL SEE THAT THEY CAN HAVE BOTH AQUIFER PROTECTED WATER AND A VIABLE TRANSIT SYSTEM WITHOUT RATE INCREASES OR TAX INCREASES ON EITHER SIDE. 
          SO THAT'S THE CASE I WOULD MAKE TO YOU ON THIS. 
          IT GENERATES ABOUT $39 MILLION IN REVENUE ANNUALLY FOR 195 MILLION IN THE PERIOD FROM 21 TO 25. 
          AND THAT GOES TOWARD THIS 1.3 BILLION NEXT CHART, THE CITY PRESIDENT RECEIVES ONE 16TH OF THOSE FUNDS, THAT EXTRA HALF CENT FOR WHAT'S CALLED THE ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT. 
          AND THAT MONEY'S BEEN USED IN A VARIETY OF WAYS BY THE CITY, INCLUDING A LARGE PART OF IT GOING TO SIDEWALKS, BUT SOME OF IT GOING TO F T E POSITIONS AND OTHER THINGS, UH, IN A, IN, IN, IN A KIND OF A TRADE, THIS WILL GENERATE 8.5 MILLION IN NEW REVENUE. 
          I, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO THE COMPLEXITIES OF IT, BUT HALF OF 39.5 IS 19. 
          SO IT'S HALF ONE 16TH IS HALF OF ONE EIGHTH, THEREFORE 19 IS HALF OF 39. 
          BUT IN A, IN A, IN A, IN THE CITY CONTINUES TO GET 10 MILLION OF THIS IN THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED. 
          SO 8.5 MILLION IS NEW MONEY, TIMES FIVE IS 42.5 NEW REVENUE TO BE APPLIED TO THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. 
          OKAY? THAT'S THE SIMPLEST WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IT. 
          I'M HAPPY TO EXPAND ON THAT MORE. 
          BUT WE NEED A COUNCIL VOTE. 
          THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S MONEY NOW COMING TO THE CITY. 
          IT REQUIRES A COUNCIL VOTE TO REALLOCATE THAT ONE 16TH TO THIS MOBILITY PLAN AND SPEND IT ON THE ELEMENTS OF THIS PLAN THAT I'VE DESCRIBED TO YOU. 
          THE NEXT PIECE, THE NEXT, UH, ELEMENT IS A, A HARD CALL FOR THE CITY, BUT IT IS, UH, THE, THE, THE SET ASIDE OF $665 MILLION FROM THE NEXT BOND ISSUE, WHICH IT IS ESTIMATED WILL BE ABOUT $950 MILLION OR ROUGHLY 70% OR SO OF THE BOND ISSUE, UH, FOR THE ELEMENTS OF THIS PLAN. 
          AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE THAT SOME OF THIS MONEY CAN BE USED FOR OPERATIONAL PURPOSES. 
          SOME CAN ONLY BE USED FOR CAPITAL PURPOSES. 
          THIS MONEY TENDS TO BE FOR CAPITAL PURPOSES. 
          AND THAT MEANS THINGS LIKE THE DEDICATED ROADWAY FOR THE A R T, FOR EXAMPLE, THINGS LIKE THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM, THINGS LIKE THE, UM, UH, PROTECTIONS OF, UH, FOR THE, UM, UH, UH, MICRO MOBILITY PROGRAM OF SIDEWALKS. 
          AND, UH, I'M, I'M SORRY, OF BICYCLES AND, AND SCOOTERS, ET CETERA. 
          UH, LET ME JUST SAY ABOUT THIS, WHILE IT SOUNDS LIKE A HUGE NUMBER, AND IT IS AT 70%, IT'S JUST MARGINALLY OVER WHAT THE CITY HAS SPENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF ITS PREVIOUS BOND ISSUES FOR TRANSPORTATION. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE RECORD OF THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS OF, OF, OF, AND THE CITY HAS BOND ISSUES ABOUT EVERY FIFTH YEAR AND NEVER OFFERS A BOND ISSUE THAT REQUIRES A TAX INCREASE, THIS ONE WOULD NOT EITHER AT THE RATE OF CITY GROWTH OF REVENUES, THERE'S ENOUGH DEBT SERVICE AT 2022 TO DO A $950 MILLION BOND ISSUE AND PUT A PERCENTAGE IN THERE THAT IS NOT EXCEEDINGLY BEYOND WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE FOR TRANSPORTATION BEFORE. 
          THE CITY ALWAYS HAS DONE SIDEWALKS. 
          THE CITY HAS ALWAYS DONE STREET MAINTENANCE. 
          THE CITY'S ALWAYS DONE STREET EXPANSIONS AND NEW EXTENSIONS. 
          THE CITY'S ALWAYS DONE, UH, UH, OTHER ASPECTS OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO FLOOD CONTROL, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH WAS INVOLVED IN WHICH STREETS GET INVOLVED IN. 
          AND THE NUMBER ALWAYS 
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COMES UP SOMEWHERE ABOUT 55 OR 60% OF THE BOND ISSUE. 
          SO THIS IS NOT AN OUTLANDISH REQUEST, BUT IT IS A REQUEST THAT SAYS, LET'S AT LEAST FOR THIS ISSUE GET STARTED ON THESE CRITICAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED FOR OUR OVERALL MOBILITY SYSTEM. 
          OKAY, THE NEXT GRAPHIC HERE, AND, AND BY THE WAY, THIS WOULD REQUIRE A VOTE OF THE COUNCIL TO PUT THAT IN PLACE. 
          AND, UH, THE ANTICIPATION HERE IS THAT THE ONE EIGHTH CENT WOULD BE VOTED IN THE CITY ELECT IN THE, I'M SORRY, THE ELECTION OF NOVEMBER, 2020, THE LARGE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WHERE A LARGE TURNOUT IS EXPECTED. 
          THAT'S WHERE THE ONE EIGHTH WOULD BE. 
          UM, AND THIS, UH, BOND REQUEST IS FOR THE NEXT CITY BOND ISSUE IN 2022, UNLESS THE COUNCIL CHOSE TO WANT TO DO THAT ON SOME OTHER CYCLE. 
          BUT GENERALLY IT'S ON A FIVE YEAR CYCLE, AND GENERALLY IT AWAITS THE MOMENT WHEN THE CITY STAFF CAN VERIFY THAT NO TAX INCREASE IS REQUIRED TO PASS THE BOND ISSUE, UH, TO, TO, TO PROVIDE DEBT SERVICE FOR THE BOND ISSUE. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS BEXAR COUNTY, UH, UH, COMING UP WITH ABOUT $83.7 MILLION. 
          UH, LET'S GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. 
          CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION $105 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY FOR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. 
          THE, THE COUNTY JUDGE AND THE COMMISSIONERS WILL BE DISCUSSING WAYS TO FUND THEIR PORTION OF THIS PLAN. 
          AND I, I THINK THE, UH, PRESENT THINKING, UH, ON THE PART OF, UH, DAVID SMITH, THE COUNTY MANAGER AND, AND JUDGE WOLF AND OTHERS, IS THAT THIS WOULD BE DONE ON CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AS OPPOSED TO A BOND ISSUE. 
          UM, AND IT'S A VEHICLE THAT'S WORKED WELL FOR THEM IN, IN, IN OTHER, UH, UH, CAPITAL INITIATIVES. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S THE WAY THEY'RE LEANING TO DO THIS PORTION OF THIS WILL FUND A NUMBER OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN, THE COUNTY ROADS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, THEY WILL ALSO GENERATE THE RESOURCES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, FOR THE TRAILS. 
          AND I, I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE GENERAL UNDERSTANDING IS THE CITY WILL DO THE MAINTENANCE ON THE TRAIL SYSTEM, AND THE COUNTY WILL WORK TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION AND FINISH OUT OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM OVER A SPAN OF TIME. 
          THIS IS THE NEXT FIVE YEAR INCREMENT, 83.7. 
          AND THEN THE FINAL PIECE OF THIS, AND IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ONE, IS DOING THINGS, THESE THINGS ON A CYCLE AND DOING THE APPROPRIATE PROJECTS. 
          THAT IS, SAY, ALLOCATING CAPITAL MONEY WHERE IT IS AND OPERATIONAL MONEY WHERE IT IS, SO WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS THAT ARE GENERATED. 
          AND WE BELIEVE WE CAN GENERATE SOMETHING ON THE ORDER OF ABOUT $269 MILLION OF FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS, OR 30%, FOR EXAMPLE, OF THE DEDICAT TRADE, UH, DEDICATED TRANSIT CORRIDORS FROM FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          SO WHEN YOU DO THE MATH AND ADD IT UP, AS I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MOMENT, IT COMES TO $1.3 BILLION, NO TAX INCREASES REQUIRED, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A TAX INCREASE FOR BONDS EITHER HERE AT THE COUNTY. 
          WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, UH, TAX INCREASE FOR, UH, THE ONE EIGHTH THAT'S ALREADY BEING PAID AS IS THE ONE 16TH ALREADY BEING PAID. 
          SO THESE ARE NOT TAX INCREASES. 
          THESE ARE REALLOCATION AND REPRIORITIZATION TO SOMETHING THAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT, WE ALL BELIEVE IS IMPORTANT. 
          THOSE ARE THE FIRST TWO PIECES OF WHAT I WANNA SHOW YOU. 
          NOW, I I, I, I, UH, APOLOGIZE FOR TAXING YOUR TIME, BUT LET ME NOW DIRECT YOU TO THE THIRD AND CLOSING PIECE OF WHAT I WANNA DESCRIBE. 
          AND TO DO THAT, I WANNA CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THESE CHARTS. 
          YOU EACH HAVE THESE CHARTS IN YOUR NOTEBOOK, IF YOU'LL PULL THEM OUT, THEY ARE THE INTEGRATION OF EVERYTHING I HAVE SAID, AND THEY PROVIDE YOU IN ONE PLACE A CLEAR LOOK AT HOW THESE THINGS COME TOGETHER. 
          PLEASE START, LET'S START WITH THE COLORED CHART, WHICH HAS DOWN THE LEFT HAND COLUMN, THESE EIGHT MODES YOU SEE THERE, AIR 50 MILES OF SIDEWALKS A YEAR, AND IT COSTS ABOUT 85 MILLION TO THE CITY, AND 9.5 MILLION TO VIA, VIA IS GOING TO USE PART OF THE ONE EIGHTH GOING TO THEM TO DO SIDEWALKS IN THE BLOCK SURROUNDING TRANSIT STOPS. 
          SO ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS, I THINK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, GARCIA, WHEN WE SPOKE THIS EARLIER, UH, YOU WERE TELLING ME ABOUT THE, THE, THE DIFFICULTY SENIORS HAVE IN NEGOTIATING THEIR WAY TO THE TRANSIT STOPS BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE SIDEWALKS AROUND THEM. 
          THIS IS AN EFFORT TO SPEAK TO THAT. 
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UM, LINEAR TRAILS I MENTIONED EARLIER, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ADDRESSES THE MAINTENANCE BEXAR COUNTY TAKES ON THE FINISH OUT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SYSTEM. 
          IT DOESN'T, IT, IT'S NOT IN THE ONE EIGHTH ANYMORE, BUT IT'S $83.7 MILLION FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          MICRO MOBILITY IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF 40 MILES OF PROTECTED AND BUFFERED LANES. 
          BICYCLES COMES TO $45 MILLION FOR THE, UM, CITY AND 9.5 FROM VIA, BECAUSE WE'VE ASKED VIA TO USE PART OF THE ONE EIGHTH TO DEAL IN THOSE PLACES WHERE BICYCLES AND BUSES INTERACT AND, AND, AND FIGURE IT OUT WITH ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS ON THE GROUND. 
          AND THIS IS 9.5 ALLOCATED FOR THAT CITY STREETS AND COUNTY ROADS, $241 MILLION WORTH OF CITY STREETS AND $105 MILLION WORTH OF COUNTY ROADS. 
          THIS IS NOT A NEW TECHNOLOGY REQUEST. 
          THIS IS WHAT YOU PROBABLY WOULD BE DOING WITH A BOND ISSUE ANYWAY, BUT IT IS HERE PRIORITIZED TO THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND PART OF THIS PLAN, MAJOR HIGHWAYS, I'VE ALREADY BEEN OVER THAT, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE KEY THINGS, I MEAN, THEY'RE LOOP 1604 ALL THE WAY AROUND I H 35 WITH AN UPPER DECK TO SEPARATE TRAFFIC. 
          UM, UH, UH, UH, AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS COULD BE, COULD BE AN H O V LANE ON 2 81 FROM 1604 TO THE AIRPORT TO FACILITATE THE, THE MORE SPEEDY USE OF THE ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT ON 2 81 ITSELF. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN. 
          UH, AND THAT'S A $3.6 BILLION COMMITMENT FROM THE STATE MOBILITY ON DEMAND. 
          UM, THAT'S THE EIGHT ZONES THAT I WAS DESCRIBING EARLIER. 
          YOU SEE THEM DESCRIBE THERE UNDER THE FRAMEWORK, A $26 MILLION COMMITMENT FROM VIA OUT OF THE ONE EIGHTH CENT SALES TAX. 
          SO THE ONE EIGHTH CENT FOR THOSE WHO SAYING THAT'S JUST FOR A TRANSIT SYSTEM ISN'T, THAT'S NOT CORRECT. 
          THAT ONE EIGHTH IS GOING TO SIDEWALKS, IT'S GOING TO MICRO MOBILITY BICYCLE LANES, IT'S GOING TO MOBILITY ON DEMAND SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS THE, THE TRADITIONAL TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT WE KNOW BETTER. 
          BUS IS MAJOR COMMITMENT TO, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE MIDDLE COLUMN, IT SAYS COMMUNITY BENEFITS, 76% OF BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTS, 85% OF BEXAR COUNTY JOBS WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK OF VIA SERVICES AND SPEAKS TO REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FROM VEHICLE EMISSIONS LINKING TO EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, ET CETERA, $194 MILLION, UM, OF, OF, OF VIA FUNDS. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, A FEDERAL MATCH, UH, TO GO WITH THAT. 
          UH, SOME FOR SERVICES, SOME FOR VEHICLES AND MAINTENANCE COMES OUT OF THE ONE EIGHTH CENT. 
          AND THEN THE ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT, WHICH IS A MIXTURE OF THE DEDICATED ROADS AND THE FEDERAL TRANSIT MATCH. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THE SPLIT THERE, ABOUT 222 MILLION OF FEDERAL AND THE 3 44, WHICH COMES OUT OF THE BOND ISSUE, THE 6 55 BOND ISSUE, UH, ALLOCATION TO TRANSPORTATION THAT I DESCRIBED. 
          I'LL CLOSE BY JUST, UH, GOING OVER TO THE YELLOW, I MEAN TO THE WHITE, UH, CHART, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT CUT AT THIS. 
          THE WHITE CHART DESCRIBES THE MONEY, THE ONE EIGHTH CENT, WHAT IT GENERATES ANNUALLY, THE TIMEFRAME OVER WHICH IT TAKES EFFECT, AND WHAT IT GENERATES FOR THE FIVE YEARS, THE ONE EIGHTH CENT, THE ONE 16TH CENT, THE TRAILS FUNDING THE CITY BOND ISSUE, THE COUNTY, UH, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION STRATEGY, AND THE FEDERAL MATCH. 
          SO WHEN YOU PUT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER, UH, YOU SEE HOW WE GET TO THE 1.3, YOU SEE WHAT THE PROGRAM IS, YOU SEE WHAT THE ELEMENTS ARE AND, UH, AND, AND, AND, AND THIS IS THE PLAN WE PRESENT TO YOU. 
          LET ME, UH, UH, AT THIS MOMENT, I'VE GOT THE PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING RAY SALANA, WHO NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION TO YOU. 
          HE'S A FORMER MEMBER OF THIS BODY, UM, WHO NOW, UH, AT YOUR REQUEST SERVES AS THE CHAIR OF VIA AND AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN A CHAMPION OF A, A BETTER MOBILITY SYSTEM FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I'LL ASK HIM TO SPEAK. 
          UH, AND THEN I WILL ASK, UH, JONATHAN BEAN TO FOLLOW HIM. 
          HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND PLANNING FOR TEXDOT. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COULD HAVE SPOKEN HERE TODAY, BUT THESE TWO REPRESENT THE TWO PILLARS OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          UH, RAY BETTER BUSS, A R T, MOBILITY ON DEMAND, UH, THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THIS, UH, INCLUDING THE FUNDING THEY'RE GONNA 
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PUT INTO SIDEWALKS, ET CETERA. 
          UH, AND THEN, UH, THE, UH, TDOT, SOME $3.6 BILLION OF ROADWAYS AND INTERCHANGES. 
          RAY ANA, THANK YOU HENRY. 
          AND, UH, TO, UH, MY FORMER COLLEAGUES AND SOME NEW COLLEAGUES, UH, WHO ARE IN THIS WORK TOGETHER. 
          I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND SPEAK A BIT, UH, CITY MANAGER. 
          IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 
          UH, I, I THINK WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE BOARD FROM VIA FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING AT YOUR BEHALF IN THE SAME LOCKSTEP EFFORTS THAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO WORK IN. 
          SO IF YOU ALLOW ME, I'D LIKE TO ASK THEM, UH, IF THEY WOULD PLEASE STAND THEIR FACES AND NAMES, AND I'M SURE YOU'D RECOGNIZE NOW, I, I ASKED THEM TO STAND FOR A VERY PARTICULAR REASON, BECAUSE I WANNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT IS, UH, THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED IN. 
          AND I SAY, UH, ENGAGED IN, BECAUSE FOR A WHILE WE WERE SQUINTING AND MAYBE SCRATCHING OUR HEADS ABOUT WHAT IT IS WE COULD BE DOING TOGETHER AS A BOARD. 
          AND I WANT TO REMIND MY BOARD AND TELL YOU, UH, WHAT IT IS. 
          WE ARRIVED TO WHEN WE SAT DOWN AT A RETREAT, AS YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAVE RETREAT AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          WE HAD A RETREAT AS A BOARD TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHAT IT IS WE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH AT VIA OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. 
          AND SO WE THREW AROUND THESE CONCEPTS AND THESE IDEAS OF, YOU KNOW, WELL, WE RUN A TRANSPORTATION, UH, SYSTEM, SO MAYBE OUR GOALS, MAYBE OUR INITIATIVE, MAYBE OUR MISSION SHOULD BE INCREASING RIDERSHIP. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, WE SAID THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT WHY WE GET UP IN THE MORNING. 
          THAT'S NOT WHY WE ALL DECIDED OUR, OUR, OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY WASN'T JUST TO GO TO VIA TO RUN A BUS COMPANY THAT WAS EXCLUSIVELY JUST INTERESTED IN INCREASING RIDERSHIP. 
          THERE'S A BIGGER GOAL AT HAND, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WE ARRIVED, UH, AT REALLY LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE, WHICH WAS WHAT I WILL ASK YOU ALL TO DO, BECAUSE TODAY IT'S CONNECT SA TOMORROW, IT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE. 
          IT COULD BE ANYTHING UNDER THE SUN OF ISSUES THAT YOU ALL SEE, WHETHER IT'S HEALTHCARE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, FOOD INSECURITY, TRANSPORTATION, THE BIG PICTURE IS IMPORTANT. 
          AND WHEN THE BOARD SORT OF THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT ARE THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS FACING THE CITY, WE THOUGHT ABOUT THE HISTORY AND IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT HENRY DESCRIBED THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY. 
          WE THOUGHT ABOUT THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACING THE CITY. 
          WHEN WE OPEN UP A HEADLINE AND SEE THE THINGS THAT ARE FACING SAN ANTONIO, IT ARE, THEY ARE THINGS LIKE POVERTY. 
          THEY ARE THINGS LIKE ECONOMIC SEGREGATION. 
          THEY ARE THINGS LIKE THE ISSUES THAT YOU SEE EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          AND YOU WANT A HAND IN HAVING AN IMPACT ON THEM. 
          SO WE SAID, WHAT COULD WE AT A TRANSIT AGENCY RUNNING A BUS COMPANY DO TO AFFECT THAT? AND WE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW THIS CITY HAS BEEN BUILT AND THE CONCEPT THAT EVERY SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO GET THE EXACT RESULTS IT IS CURRENTLY GETTING. 
          WE THOUGHT ABOUT THE SYSTEM OF VIA AND WHAT WE COULD DO IN 10 YEARS TO SAY WE DID OUR JOB, UH, AS A BOARD. 
          AND SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE LIVE IN A DISCONNECTED CITY. 
          AND BECAUSE WE RUN A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT CONNECTS FOLKS TO, UH, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, NONPROFITS, TO THEIR JOBS, TO HEALTHCARE, TO GROCERIES, TO EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, OUR JOB OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS IS TO CONNECT A DISCONNECTED CITY. 
          IT IS ALSO YOUR JOB, WE BELIEVE. 
          AND SO, YOU'RE, YOU, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT CONNECT SA AND I WANNA TELL YOU JUST QUICKLY ABOUT THE PLAN IN PLACE THAT VA IS GONNA PLAY, NOT ONLY IN REACHING OUR GOAL OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, BUT ACCOMPLISHING, UH, WHAT IT IS. 
          I THINK YOU ALL ARE CONSIDERING SUPPORTING. 
          UH, IT'S CALLED VA REIMAGINED. 
          AND AT THIS POINT, IT'S MY REAL PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE WHO I INHERITED THIS GREAT WORK, UH, FROM WHICH IS THIS REIMAGINED. 
          IT IS A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD TO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM WRITERS AND ALSO FOLKS WHO ARE NOT WRITERS WHO WANT TO BE WRITERS IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND THAT'S THE WORK THAT, UH, THE PREVIOUS CHAIR HOPE ANDRA HAS DONE, UH, FOR VIA IN ENSURING THAT WE WENT THROUGH, AT THIS POINT, A TWO YEAR PROCESS TO PLAN OUT THE NEXT VISION AND FUTURE. 
          AND SO IT IS REALLY VIA REIMAGINED IS THE LEGACY OF, OF MY PREDECESSOR HOPE ANDRA ENVISIONING A FUTURE, UH, THAT, THAT VIA IS PLAYING A BIGGER ROLE IN OUR CITY. 
          SO VIA REIMAGINED, IF YOU TOOK OFF THE TITLE AND YOU JUST HAD TO DESCRIBE IT, WHAT IS IT? UH, IT'S THOSE THREE ELEMENTS THAT HENRY HAS MENTIONED, AND I'LL REITERATE, IT'S A BETTER BUS SYSTEM. 
          YOU ALL HELPED US SOLVE THE ANSWER TO A RIDDLE, WHICH WAS, WHAT CAN WE DO TO INCREASE RIDERSHIP? WHEN WE SUPPORTED 10 MILLION COMING TO VIA, IT WAS A HYPOTHESIS THAT WE BELIEVED IF WE INCREASE FREQUENCY FROM 60 MINUTES TO 30 MINUTES, THOSE AT 30 MINUTES TO 20 MINUTES, THAT THAT WOULD BOOST RIDERSHIP, GET MORE PEOPLE INTO THE SYSTEM. 
          AND SO NOW WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT TEST. 
          IN THOSE LINES ALONE, UH, WE'VE GOT AN AVERAGE OF, I THINK, 18% INCREASE IN SOME LINES, SPECIFICALLY, IT'S CLOSE TO 30% 
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INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP. 
          THAT'S AT THE SAME TIME, THE SYSTEMS ALL ACROSS THE CI THE COUNTRY ARE SEEING DECLINE IN THEIR RIDERSHIP. 
          SO WE KNOW WHAT WORKS. 
          THAT'S WHAT THE BETTER BUS SYSTEM IS ABOUT. 
          THE SECOND PIECE IS ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT, SECOND PIECE OF THE V REIMAGINED PLAN, ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT. 
          FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO FATHOM WHAT THAT MEANS, IT MEANS THAT WE FINALLY GET TO GIVE OUR SYSTEM AND OUR BUSES AN ADVANTAGE WITH DEDICATED LANES. 
          THAT'S WHAT A R T IS. 
          AND AS YOU HEARD, IT'S GONNA COST CAPITAL AND OPERATING DOLLARS. 
          AND THEN THE THIRD PIECE THAT HENRY MENTIONED WAS THE FOLKS, WHAT FOLKS ARE MOST EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE OF ITS INNOVATION IS, UH, SMART TRANSIT, PUBLIC TRANSIT ON DEMAND, IF YOU WILL. 
          AND SO THOSE THREE ELEMENTS, BETTER BUS SYSTEM, ADVANCED, RAPID TRANSIT, AND SMART TRANSIT ARE WHAT WE THINK THAT FUTURE IS TO GET US TO THE NEXT 10 YEARS. 
          WE, OF COURSE, NEED YOUR HELP. 
          HISTORY IS AN IMPORTANT MARKER HERE WHEN WE DECIDED TO GO AFTER ONE HALF CENT OF, UH, THE SALES TAX, WE'RE ASKING TO BE MADE WHOLE IN A WAY THAT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH THE VISION AND ACCOMPLISH, UH, THE PLAN. 
          SO, UH, AS I LEAVE THE MIC JUST TO TELL YOU THAT WE CARE ABOUT THREE CONSTITUENCIES. 
          WE CARE ABOUT THE WRITER WHOSE WRITING TODAY, WHOSE LIFE WILL BE MADE BETTER WITH THIS PLAN IN YOUR INVESTMENT. 
          THE WRITER WHO WANTS TO RIDE TOMORROW BECAUSE OF HIGHER FREQUENCY, BECAUSE OF A SYSTEM THAT HAS AN ADVANTAGE OVER THEIR OWN VEHICLE, AND THE PERSON WHO WILL NEVER RIDE VIA AT ALL BECAUSE THEY CARE ABOUT A CITY WHERE WE ARE CONNECTED, THEY CARE ABOUT A CITY THAT HAS LESS CONGESTION. 
          THEY CARE ABOUT A CITY THAT RUNS AND CONNECTS ITS PEOPLE. 
          SO, UH, WITH THAT, THAT IS OUR ROLE AT VIA, I'M GRATEFUL THAT OUR, OUR PRE PRE MY PREDECESSOR IS HERE. 
          IT IS HER LEGACY, AND IT IS ALSO LEGACY OF THE BOARD. 
          UH, AND SO WE CERTAINLY ARE HERE TO ASK, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          A VERY DETAILED PRESENTATION, I THINK IS AWAITING YOU ON THE 19TH. 
          AND SO WE WILL DIG INTO WHAT THOSE LINES LOOK LIKE ON BETTER BUS SYSTEM, WHAT THOSE LINES LOOK LIKE ON A R T AND THE NEXT PROJECTS FOR OUR, UH, SMART TRANSIT. 
          SO, HENRY, THANK YOU, RICK. 
          THANKS RICK. 
          UM, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO JUST ASK HOPE AND JANE TO SAY A WORD. 
          UH, JANE, UH, HOPE HAS TO LEAVE, BUT BEFORE SHE LEAVES, SHE'S TOO VALUABLE A PLAYER IN THIS ENDEAVOR, NOT TO ASK HER TO PLEASE COME UP. 
          HOPE RA. 
          LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU, MAYOR OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, FIRST LET ME SAY, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU, TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR CONNECT SA PLAN THAT HAS, UH, WE'VE SPENT MANY HOURS, UM, MANY VISITS WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, BUT ALSO I WANNA SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE VO, UM, BOARD MEMBERS AND, UH, AND THE STAFF. 
          AND OF COURSE, A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR LEADER, HENRY CISNEROS, WHO HAS REALLY BEEN, UH, THE PERSON THAT'S GONE OUT TO MOST OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 
          BUT I'D HAVE TO SAY, AS YOU KNOW, AND YOU'VE HEARD, I'VE SPENT A LIFETIME ON TRANSPORTATION AND IT'S TIME. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPTION TO NOT DO ANYTHING FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY. 
          I THINK WE, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A GREAT PLAN WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP, WITH YOUR SUPPORT. 
          I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DELIVER IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER. 
          SO THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL THE MEETINGS THAT YOU'VE HAD WITH US TO GIVE US YOUR INPUT. 
          WE'VE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION EVERY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR, FOR THE VISION AND, UH, FOR CONTINUING TO GIVE ME A PURPOSE, UH, IN THIS GREAT CITY OF OURS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HOPE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND JANE, WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, JANE MACON, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          I KNOW THE HOURS YOU'VE SPENT AND THE PERSONAL DEDICATION YOU'VE GIVEN TO THIS CITY, AND WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR DOING THAT. 
          AND THOSE WHO PRECEDED US, HOW IN DUTTON, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING, UH, ON WITH THE COUNCIL AS YOUR CITY ATTORNEY. 
          BUT MOST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF. 
          YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN UNPARALLELED. 
          AND I BRAG ABOUT THIS STAFF ALL OVER THE WORLD. 
          SO WITH THAT IN MIND, THE VIA STAFF, THE CITY STAFF, AND THIS GREAT COUNCIL, AND OF COURSE OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND, AND JUDGE WILL MAKE THIS WORK, AND WE ASK YOU TO BE CREATIVE AND WORK WITH US, AND WE'LL ALL GET ACROSS THE GOAL TOGETHER. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR, I WANT TO, I WANNA CALL, UH, MR. BEAN FORWARD. 
          JONATHAN BEAM, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND PLANNING AT TDOT FOR JUST A FEW WORDS. 
          THANK YOU, HENRY. 
          AND, UH, I'VE CONSIDERED A REAL PRIVILEGE TO, UH, SPEAK TO YOU TODAY ON BEHALF OF, UH, TDOT. 
          WE'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, AS I AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, I SERVE UNDER THE, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF CHAIRMAN BUG. 
          UM, AND, UH, MARIO JORGE IS ACTUALLY MY BOSS, THE DISTRICT ENGINEER HERE, UH, LOCALLY. 
          AND I, I FEEL VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO WORK AT TXDOT, BUT ALSO TO, UH, WORK CLOSELY WITH, UH, UH, CITY, UH, STAFF AND, UH, EACH OF YOU, UH, THE, UH, COUNTY OFFICIALS AS WELL, UH, ALL OF OUR LOCAL PARTNERS 
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AND THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AS WELL, UH, CONSIDERED IT A REAL PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH EVERYONE ON THIS CONNECT SA PLAN. 
          UH, THE, THE HIGHWAY PIECE, OF COURSE, IS THE, THE PART WE'RE FOCUSED ON AT TXDOT. 
          AND WE DO, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER THAT A, A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS. 
          UH, WE, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE ABOUT $2 BILLION CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT TXDOT, UH, IN THE SAN ANTONIO REGION, WITH OVER $3 BILLION PLANNED, UH, IN THE FUTURE. 
          AS, UH, HENRY MENTIONED, WE HAVE SOME OF OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON. 
          UH, OUR, OUR BIG FOCUS FROM OUR CHAIRMAN IS TO ADDRESS SOME OF OUR TOP 100 MOST CONGESTED CORRIDORS IN THE STATE OF WHICH WE HAVE SEVERAL HERE IN, UH, SAN ANTONIO, WHICH, UH, INCLUDES I 35 LOOP 1604, US 2 81, UH, FOUR 10. 
          UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF MANY OF THOSE CORRIDORS THOUGH THAT, UH, WE, WE BELIEVE THAT THE, THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM IS, UH, COMPLIMENTARY WITH ALL OF THE, UH, THE MODES, UH, WITHIN, UH, THE, THE REGION, UH, INTERACTING WITH COUNTY ROADS, CITY STREETS, UH, BUT ALSO, UH, COMPLIMENTING THE, UH, VIA TRANSIT SYSTEM. 
          UH, SO ONE OF THE COMPONENTS ON, UH, SOME OF OUR CORRIDORS SUCH AS LOOP 1604, US 2 81, AND I 10 ARE HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES. 
          SO THOSE ARE REALLY KEY IN MOVING PEOPLE. 
          WE CONSIDER OUR, A BIG PART OF OUR GOALS AT TXDOT IS MOVING PEOPLE, NOT JUST TRAFFIC. 
          SO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OR BE AVAILABLE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANKS, JOHN. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MR. MAYOR, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK, UH, CLEANUP POINTS, UH, ON THE CHART THAT WAS PASSED OUT. 
          I'VE BEEN TOLD THERE'S ONE MINOR ERROR, WHICH WAS IN THE LAST PRINTING. 
          IF YOU'LL TURN TO THE COLORED SECTION AND LOOK AT THE SECTION THAT SAYS CITY STREETS, THE CORRECT NUMBER THERE IS ONE 91 MILLION AS OPPOSED TO TWO 41 MILLION, AND THAT WAS 50 MILLION THAT, THAT WAS IN SWING AS BETWEEN WHERE IT WOULD BE ALLOCATED AS TO, UH, DEDICATED ROADWAY OR GENERAL CITY STREETS. 
          UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS AND YOU, YOU, YOU'RE SAYING, WELL, WHERE WOULD THE CITY BONDS FUNDS GO? YOU SEE IT AT THE, AT, AT THE, AT THE, UH, CITY SIDEWALKS. 
          THERE'S 85 MILLION THERE OF SIDEWALKS, MICRO MOBILITY, 45 MILLION OF MICRO MOBILITY. 
          CITY STREETS 1 91, AND THEN ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY IS 3 44 AT THE BOTTOM. 
          YOU ADD THOSE UP TOGETHER AND THEY COME TO THE 6 55 THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM THE BOND ISSUE. 
          THE FINAL POINT THAT I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU IS IF YOU WOULD GO TO YOUR NOTEBOOKS AND LOOK TO THE LAST PAGES, THE LAST PAGES, DESCRIBE POLLING THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THAT WE DID BEFORE WE ADVANCE THE IDEA OF THE ONE EIGHTH CENT FOR THIS PURPOSE. 
          AND IF YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PAGES THERE. 
          I'LL START WITH THE ONE THAT HAS CITYWIDE NUMBERS. 
          BUT LET ME FIRST READ JUST THE MEASURE. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE WE WERE VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD IN HOW WE ADDRESSED IT. 
          UH, IN THE SURVEY, A MEASURE TO FUND TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT PROJECTS THAT DECREASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, INCREASE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, AND IMPROVE BUS SERVICE FOR SAN ANTONIO BY REDIRECTING AN EXISTING ONE EIGHTH CENT SALES TAX TO THOSE PROJECTS. 
          WOULD YOU VOTE YES OR NO ON THIS MEASURE TODAY? UH, CITYWIDE PRESENTLY TODAY, WHEN YOU ADD THE DEFINITELY YES. 
          AND THE PROBABLY YES IS 65%, 26% SAY DEFINITELY NO OR PROBABLY NO. 
          SO THE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES THAT WE CONFRONT AND, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND WHAT HAS TO BE DONE. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. 
          MEN ARE 62 TO 33, WOMEN ARE 67 TO 20. 
          THE SECOND PAGE LISTS BY AREA OF THE CITY, DISTRICTS ONE AND FIVE, THE RATIO IS 59 TO 23. 
          DISTRICTS TWO TO FOUR, THE RATIO IS 70 TO 23, DISTRICT SIX AND SEVEN. 
          THE RATIO IS 71 TO 25 AND DISTRICTS EIGHT THROUGH 9 63 TO 25. 
          SO IT DEMONSTRATES A CITYWIDE CONCERN ABOUT THESE ISSUES. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE NOT, THESE ARE NOT CLOSE NUMBERS. 
          PEOPLE, PEOPLE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THESE, THESE MATTERS. 
          UH, WITH THAT, MR. MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. 
          LET ME JUST CLOSE BY SAYING THANK YOU TO YOU AND JUDGE WOLF FOR ENVISIONING THIS PROCESS. 
          THE, THE, THE NEED FOR A PROCESS LIKE THIS. 
          I HOPE IT IS SERVED A PURPOSE. 
          UH, IT CERTAINLY HAS CLARIFIED, I THINK, UH, THE TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES, THE OPTIONS THAT EXIST AND THAT WE CAN DO THIS, WE CAN DO THIS WITHOUT BREAKING ANY ANYBODY'S BACK FISCALLY, TAX WISE. 
          UH, AND, AND, AND WHILE IT'S INTRICATE, UH, ON 
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THE, ON THE, ON THE ALLOCATION OF THE ONE EIGHTH, UH, THERE IS A WAY TO DO BOTH. 
          WE CAN HAVE CLEAN WATER AND A LONG-TERM PROGRAM TO BUY ALL OF THE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS WE NEED TO IN A FAIR WAY, AND WE CAN HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION FUNDS THAT WE NEED AS WELL. 
          I WANNA SAY TO THE COUNCIL, IF I WEIGH JUST ON A PERSONAL BASIS, I HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION FOR WHAT THE MAYOR'S DONE IN THIS PROCESS. 
          AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT IN OUR DAY AND TIME TO DO SOMETHING THIS COMPLEX WHEN IT'S BEING MONITORED LITERALLY ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. 
          EVERY MEETING WHERE AN IDEA IS RUN OUT, THAT IDEAS, YOU KNOW, SORT OF EXPLODED INTO A STORY, AND THEN PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WHERE'S THE CONSISTENCY? WHERE'S THE, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S CHANGING FROM DAY TO DAY? NO, IT'S NOT. 
          IT'S THE NATURE OF A PUBLIC PROCESS TO TEST ALL THE OPTIONS AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING. 
          BUT THIS IS A PLAN THAT THE MAYOR HAS STOOD BY AND HAS OFFERED REAL LEADERSHIP TO BRING TO HIS FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL. 
          HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR TIME CONSTRAINTS ARE, BUT I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU, UH, IF YOU NEED ME TO. 
          WE'VE GOT ALL NIGHT, HENRY, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THANK YOU . 
          WRONG THING TO SAY. 
          WE WON'T BE THAT LONG. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HENRY. 
          AND, AND I'LL FIRST START BY SAYING THAT, UM, THIS IS NOT MY VISION. 
          IT'S NOT BEXAR COUNTY, JUDGE NELSON WOLFE'S, UH, VISION, UH, I THINK WE CAN ALL POINT TO YEARS AGO, AND NOBODY HAS TO REALLY RECOUNT, UH, A VERY LONG AND SORTED HISTORY OF TRYING TO SOLVE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          BUT CERTAINLY, UH, AT LEAST STARTING IN 2010 WHEN THIS CITY CONVENED TO REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT THIS CITY TO LOOK LIKE 10 YEARS FROM NOW, UH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, UH, AND IN FACT, I THINK IT'S PRETTY FITTING THAT IT IS NOW 2020 WHERE WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION AGAIN. 
          AND, AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE COMMENTS THAT THIS IS NOT, UM, PIE IN THE SKY, UH, IN FACT, IT'S ANYTHING. 
          BUT THIS IS A FEASIBLE STRATEGY TO ADDRESS A PROBLEM THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BEFORE IN SAN ANTONIO TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND IT'S THE FOUNDATION STONE. 
          IF WE'RE GOING ANYWHERE WITH REGARD TO TRANSPORTATION REFORM, WE HAVE TO PUT THE FOUNDATION STONE IN PLACE. 
          AND THAT STARTS NOW. 
          AND THAT'S PERHAPS THE HEAVIEST STONE, UH, TO LIFT. 
          BUT THIS IS A GREAT PLAN. 
          AND, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, HENRY, FOR, FOR A REALLY INCREDIBLE PRESENTATION. 
          THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE I DO WANT TO THANK RIGHT OFF THE TOP, UH, TO OUR TRI CHAIRS, UH, HOPE ADE, UH, JANE MACON, AND HENRY, OF COURSE, FOR LEADING THE CHARGE ON IDENTIFYING OUR TRANSIT NEEDS, UH, TO SHANNON AND OUR CITY STAFF FOR YOUR EFFORTS COLLABORATIVELY IN BRINGING TOGETHER PEOPLE, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND COMMUNITIES TO IDENTIFY THE BEST PATHS FORWARD, OF COURSE, TO MY FRIEND AND OUR COLLEAGUE OVER AT THE COUNTY, JUDGE NELSON WOLF AND HIS COLLEAGUES FOR HELPING TO LAUNCH THE INITIATIVE OR BEING, BEING SUCH DILIGENT PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. 
          AND WITHOUT QUESTION, I DO, UH, WANT TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN THOUGHTFUL, RECEPTIVE, COMMUNICATIVE, PATIENT ABOUT THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR NEIGHBORS AS WE DEVELOP A PLAN THAT WORKS TO ADDRESS OUR CITY'S NEEDS. 
          CHIEF AMONG THESE NEEDS ARE A RELIABLE, HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSIT SYSTEM. 
          THERE'S SIMPLY NO GETTING AWAY FROM THAT. 
          IF WE ARE TO HAVE A VIABLE FUTURE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE SIMPLY MUST ACT TO ADJUST TRANSPORTATION. 
          FOR 40 YEARS, SAN ANTONIO HAS BARELY MET OUR MOBILITY NEEDS HALFWAY, AND WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF THIS PROBLEM. 
          AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, WE'VE RUN OUT OF SPACE FOR HIGHWAYS AND ROADS. 
          CONGESTION HAS RISEN SHARPLY OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS, AND OUR ROADS ARE INCHING THEIR WAY TO UP TO TEXAS'S MOST CONGESTED LIST, WHILE THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW AS ONE OF THE FASTEST RATES IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. 
          IN FACT, I JUST, UH, HEARD, UH, NOT RECENT, UH, NOT, NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT THE METROPLEX, THE URBAN COMMUNITIES BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN WILL BE AT 9 MILLION IN JUST A SHORT WHILE FROM NOW. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE G D P OF A HOUSTON OR DALLAS, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE INVESTED A FULL SCENT IN THEIR TRANSIT AUTHORITIES RESULTING IN A SAN ANTONIO TRANSIT NETWORK THAT'S LIKELY BEEN NEGLECTED BY MAGNITUDES GREATER THAN ONE HALF. 
          AND DUE TO LACK OF OPERATIONAL FUNDS VIA CURRENTLY DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR CERTAIN LEVELS OF FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          SIMPLY PUT, IT'S TIME. 
          WE GET SERIOUS ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT POVERTY, IF WE'RE GONNA BE SERIOUS ABOUT IMPROVING OUR AIR QUALITY AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION, IF WE'RE GONNA BE SERIOUS ABOUT MAKING SAN ANTONIO'S FUTURE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE AND EQUITABLE, THEN WE MUST COMMIT NOW TO USHER IN AN ERA OF MOBILITY TOGETHER. 
          AND IT REQUIRES US ALL TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF SOLVING PROBLEMS, AND THIS IS THAT. 
          SO AFTER DECADES OF NEGLECT 
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AND ENDLESS HOURS OF TALK, LET'S MAKE 2020 BE THE YEAR THAT WE FINALLY ACT. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, HENRY FOR THE WORK. 
          I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO AN ENGAGING CONVERSATION WITH MY COLLEAGUES, AND MORE THAN ANYTHING, FINALLY MOVING OUR CITY FORWARD IN A DRAMATIC WAY THAT'S BEEN MUCH NEEDED. 
          SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL, UH, QUESTION. 
          WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JADA ANDREW SULLIVAN INTERVENTION. 
          UM, THERE WERE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE DIOCESE WHO, UM, SERVED IN FORMAL CAPACITIES TO CONNECT SA UH, ONE OF 'EM WAS COUNCILWOMAN, UM, ANAND DEVAL, WHO HAS BEEN ARGUABLY THE MOST ENGAGED, UH, MAKING MANY SATURDAY MEETINGS TO HELP TRAIN SPEAKERS AND PRESENTING HERSELF, UH, THE, THE, THE MERITS OF THE PLAN. 
          AND, AND I WANNA THANK HER PERSONALLY FOR THAT ROLE. 
          AND YOU DESIGNATED COUNCILWOMAN SHIRLEY GONZALEZ TO BE THE PERSON WHO WOULD STEP IN AFTER RAYON DEVAL WENT TO LEFT THE COUNCIL, UH, AS BOTH HEAD OF TRANSPORTATION, BUT ALSO DELEGATED TO, UH, CONNECT SA AND SHE'D BEEN IN THAT ROLE ALL ALONG. 
          I MEAN, I MEAN, SHE, SHE'S FROM THE BEGINNING, SHE WAS INVOLVED AND WAS A, A VOICE PARTICULARLY FOR, UH, OTHER THAN HIGHWAY AND, AND BIG SOLUTIONS, THE THINGS THAT MEET PEOPLE AT THE STREET LEVEL AND, UH, INCLUDING BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND SO FORTH. 
          SO I WANNA THANK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK I MENTIONED EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER AND SOME MEETING EXCEPT FOR MANNY PALIS, BUT WE DID MEET WITH HIM IN HIS, IN, IN HIS OFFICE, AND, UH, HE WAS VERY HELPFUL IN THINKING THROUGH THE FISCAL ASPECTS OF THIS. 
          COULD I? YES, CAN. 
          THANK YOU, HENRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU MR. CISNEROS. 
          THANK YOU, MS. MACON AND MS. ADE, UM, FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE. 
          THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TO OUR DISTRICT TWO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ROUNDTABLE AND PRESENTING CONNECT SA TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT DOES IT MEAN. 
          UM, FOR US, EDUCATION IS KEY. 
          AND SO A COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT FULLY AWARE OF HOW THINGS TRULY COME TO BE IN THE CITY POLITICS AND THE REALM OF HOW WE MAKE THINGS ACTUALLY MOVE IN THE CITY TRULY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, THANK YOU TO THE VIA BOARD AND TO THE CITY STAFF, TO COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR HELPING US UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT. 
          AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, IT TRULY DOES MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN GOING FORWARD WITH THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          UM, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE VIA LINK, WHICH IS REALLY AN EXTRAORDINARY, UH, SERVICE, AND I SEE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND IN FIVE YEARS, BUT FOR ME, WHEN WE HAVE A POPULATION THAT IS, IS BECOMING MORE SEASONED, AND WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH, A LOT OF THEM ARE AGING, BUT THEY'RE NOT OF THE DISABLED, UH, BODY POPULATION. 
          SO GETTING VIA TRANSFER THEM IS STILL NOT, UM, A SOURCE OF SOMETHING THEY CAN TRULY TAP INTO. 
          OKAY, HOW DO WE EXPAND THIS TO THAT POPULATION PRIOR TO THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD? OKAY, THE KEY YOU SAID EXPAND IN FIVE YEARS, IT'S EXPAND OVER FIVE YEARS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE ONE IN PLACE NOW THAT STARTED IN APRIL, AND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE EIGHT MORE IN PLACE AS THIS PLAN UNFOLDS OVER THE FIVE YEARS. 
          SO WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THAT IN PLACE BY THE END OF THE FIVE YEARS. 
          THAT IS THE GOAL, AND THAT'S WHY THE ALLOCATION FROM VIA IS AS SUBSTANTIAL AS IT IS FOR THAT PURPOSE. 
          AND HOW DO WE ACTUALLY EXPEDITE THAT TO REALLY JUST THE PARTICULAR SEASON POPULATION? I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING TO GO INTO THE AREAS, BUT HOW DO WE MAKE THIS SERVICE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE THAT DON'T QUALIFY FOR, UH, VIA METROPOLITAN OR, UH, THE TRANSIT SYSTEM? HOW DO WE DO THAT? I, I, I, I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE SERIOUSNESS, WHICH WITH VIA HAS MADE THIS THING WORK IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE FRAIL OR PEOPLE WHO ARE OLDER, IT'S FOR EVERYONE THAT NEEDS IT. 
          ALTHOUGH I DO THINK IT'S GONNA BE A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT, UH, DEVICE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE OLDER. 
          UH, WE, WE WANNA, WE WANNA ALLOCATE THE FUNDS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN BY ALL MEANS, SO THAT VIA CAN GET ABOUT DOING THIS. 
          IF WE PASS THIS ONE EIGHTH, UH, IN, UM, NOVEMBER, UH, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET ABOUT THIS DIRECTLY. 
          AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT THE ONE EIGHTH IS GONNA BE USED FOR, THAT THEY HAVE FOR THIS MOBILITY AND DEMAND PROGRAM. 
          SO WE WANNA GET IT PASSED, WE WANNA GET THE RESOURCES IN THEIR HANDS, AND THEN WE WANNA WORK THE PROGRAM WHERE THEY PUT THIS IN AS MANY PLACES AS POSSIBLE, AS QUICKLY. 
          I THINK IT'S GONNA BE 
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A, A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO. 
          AWESOME. 
          SO, BUT I WOULD SAY AS A COUNCIL PERSON, YOU MAY WANT TO TALK TO JEFF ENT, THE DIRECTOR AT VIA AND HIS STAFF, BECAUSE I SUSPECT, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER IS GONNA WANT ONE OF THESE IN THEIR DISTRICT AND WHAT CYCLE THEY COME UP IN AND SUCH THAT'S, UH, THAT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED. 
          I KNOW PEOPLE IN THE NORTHEAST ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR HAVING THAT AS A PILOT THERE. 
          UM, IS IT, IS, IS THAT IN PART OF YOUR DISTRICT NOW? IT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          IT IS. 
          SO, UM, WE HEAR ABOUT THIS EIGHTH CENT AND THE REALLOCATION OF IT. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND I DON'T THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY IS TRULY AWARE HOW THAT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. 
          THERE'S STILL SOME, SOME HESITATION ABOUT HOW THE REALLOCATION IS, IS TAKING PLACE. 
          A LOT OF THE, THE COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED OF HOW THE AQUIFER PROTECTION MM-HMM. 
           WILL TRULY CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD. 
          UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE DURING THE BUDGET, WE ALLOCATED A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE SA BUDGET AND THE GENERAL FUND, A LOT OF PEOPLE, SINCE THE, THE POVERTY REPORT IS, IS OUT, THEY'RE WONDERING WHAT DOES THAT TRULY, TRULY MEAN FOR THOSE THAT ARE LIVING IN THAT ECONOMIC SEGREGATION PORTION THAT ARE REALLY LOOKING AT EVERY DOLLAR, EVERY PENNY, AND MAKING THEIR LIVES TRULY COUNT. 
          SO THEY'RE REALLY WANTING TO KNOW HOW DOES THAT ALLOCATION LOOK AND WHAT IS THE, THE EDUCATION THAT YOU CAN GIVE TO HELP KIND OF CALM, UM, THE VOICES THAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT THIS REALLOCATION? WELL, THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION, AND LET, MAYOR, MAYOR, IF YOU'RE GIVING THE PERMISSION TO JUST SORT OF LAY OUT WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THE STATE OF PLAY. 
          UH, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND TO BE FRANK, UH, WE FOCUSED ON THE TRANSPORTATION PIECE. 
          WE KNEW WE WERE, WE WERE ENTERING A, A DIFFICULT AREA BY ASKING FOR THE REALLOCATION OF THE ONE EIGHTH, BECAUSE IT'S RES ONLY, THE ONLY RESPONSIBLE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO SAY, OKAY, NOW THEN HOW ARE WE GONNA PAY FOR THE AQUIFER PIECE? SO I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT, BUT THE TRUTH IS THE MAYOR IS IN THE LEAD, AND I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT HE'S VERY CLOSE TO A SOLUTION. 
          BUT I THINK, TO BE FAIR TO YOU, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS IN THE SAME NEWS CYCLE IF WE CAN AS THIS PLAN. 
          WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE SAYING, OH, THERE'S A TRANSPORTATION PLAN, BUT THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THE MONEY FROM THE WATER. 
          AND THEY'RE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT. 
          THERE IS AN ANSWER, THERE IS AN ANSWER. 
          IT'S NOT A SETTLED ANSWER BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO APPROACHES. 
          ONE APPROACH WOULD BE SAWS HAS THE MONEY FROM THE RATE BASE. 
          THEY DO THIS IN A TIMEFRAME THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE A RATE INCREASE FOR THIS PURPOSE. 
          UH, I THINK THE AQUIFER GROUP HAS BEEN SPENDING SOMETHING LIKE $7 MILLION A YEAR OR SO ON LAND PURCHASES THAT CAN BE A LOWER NUMBER ANNUALLY AND JUST EXTEND THE PERIOD OF TIME OVER WHICH IT RUNS, RIGHT? UM, THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, THE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE PURCHASED FOR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS FAR WEST OF HERE TO PROTECT THE WATER SUPPLY, ARE NOT THREATENED IN THIS TIMEFRAME. 
          SO EXTENDING THAT TIMEFRAME BY WHICH THOSE EASEMENTS ARE BOUGHT DOESN'T HURT THE WATER. 
          IT'S IN EXACTLY THE SAME STATE THAT IT IS TODAY. 
          SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF SAYING, WELL, HOW MUCH CAN WE DO ANNUALLY FROM SASS AND NOT IMPACT WATER RATES? SO THAT'S ONE APPROACH. 
          SAS DOES IT, ANOTHER APPROACH IS THE MONEY COMES TO THE CITY, AND THE CITY THEN APPOINTS A CO A, A, A CO-MANAGEMENT GROUP THAT IS THE CITY SAWS AND THE AQUIFER AGENCY, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING IT TODAY AND THERE, AND, AND IT RUNS THE PROGRAM, AND IT HA IT HAS ACCESS TO DIFFERENT KINDS OF BORROWING OF CAPACITY AND SO FORTH. 
          SO IT COULD STILL BE SAID, THERE IS NO RATE INCREASE IMPACT. 
          WE CAN DO THIS OVER A LONGER PA SPAN OF TIME. 
          SO THE ONLY QUESTION IS, IS IT RUN AT SAWS? IS IT RUN IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY? AND THAT'S A DECISION ALL OF YOU, THE MAYOR SAWS, UH, AND E A A WILL MAKE EITHER ONE OF THOSE SOLVES THE PROBLEM. 
          SO WE HAVE A SOLUTION. 
          IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WORKING THROUGH THE LOGISTICS AND DYNAMICS AND GOVERNANCE OF WHICH IS WHICH, WHAT WORKS, LEMME JUST SAY THIS IN CLOSING. 
          IT IS CRITICAL TO ADDRESS THE WATER ISSUE. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ELECTION CANNOT GO FORWARD UNTIL THAT, THAT THAT ISSUE IS RESOLVED. 
          AND THE SOONER IT IS, THE BETTER. 
          WE'RE RIGHT ON THE CUSP OF GETTING IT DONE. 
          IF WE CHOOSE THE ONE EIGHTH APPROACH AND LEAVE IT AT WATER, THEY COME BACK EVERY FIVE YEARS AND ASK THE VOTERS FOR EXTENSION OF THAT PROGRAM. 
          BUT IF WE DO IT THIS OTHER WAY WITH A PROGRAM, IT CAN 
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BE DONE IN PERPETUITY. 
          THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT CAN BE SET UP TO GO UNTIL THE LAND AND THE LAND THAT NEEDS TO BE PURCHASED IS BOUGHT, PERIOD. 
          THEY DO NOT TO COME, NEED TO COME BACK EVERY FIVE YEARS. 
          SO IT, IN SOME WAYS, IT MAY BE A SUPERIOR ANSWER THAN EVEN WHAT WE HAVE NOW IN THIS PROGRAM, IN THAT THESE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED, THE AMOUNT IS KNOWN, THE LEVEL OF THE PURCHASES IS DONE, AND IT, AND, AND THERE'S, AND THERE'S DISCRETION INVOLVED IN WHAT PARCEL DO YOU PURCHASE, WHAT CAVE, WHAT WATER FEATURE, WHAT CREEK, OVER A SPAN OF TIME. 
          SO I SEE GREAT UPSIDE HERE. 
          MAYOR, I, I APOLOGIZE IF I'VE GONE TOO FAR IN LAYING IT OUT, BUT, UH, I DO WANT, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THIS IS NOT AN EITHER OR A CHOICE. 
          WE CAN HAVE BOTH. 
          DO YOU WANT ME TO EXPAND ON THAT? YEAH, AND, AND I'LL, I'LL JUST, UH, EXPAND BY SAYING THE ONE VARIABLE WE KNOW IS UNACCEPTABLE IF WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TRANSPORTATION, IS THAT THE ONE 8 CENT DOES NOT GET SHIFTED TO TRANSPORTATION. 
          THAT MEANS THAT WE DO NOT BEGIN. 
          SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN, IT REQUIRES US TO FIND, UH, AND TO SOLVE THE AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM. 
          AND SO WE HAVE, UH, I, WE HAVE TWO LEGITIMATE OPTIONS THAT WE ARE EXPLORING DETAILS, UH, STILL, UH, TO BE ANALYZED BY THE CITY STAFF AND SAW STAFF. 
          AND WE WILL COME BEFORE, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL TO, UH, TO SOLIDIFY ONE. 
          BUT I, BUT I WILL SAY THAT HENRY IS, IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD AGREE. 
          THE PATH FORWARD IS NOT AN EITHER OR. 
          IT IS TRANSPORTATION, IT AQUIFER PROTECTION, AND THAT'S THE SOLUTION THAT WE'RE GOING FOR. 
          AND, UH, IT REQUIRES ALL OF US TO BE AT THE TABLE WITH AN OPEN MIND TO, TO SOLVE IT. 
          BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CISNEROS. 
          UM, SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS, WHEN IT COMES TO DISTRICT TWO SPECIFICALLY, WHAT IS THE, AN EQUITABLE IMPACT THAT UNDERFUNDING OF TRANSPORTATION OVER THE PAST FOUR DECADES, UM, HAS HAD IN REFERENCE TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OUR ECONOMIC PROGRESS, UM, ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATION? WHAT IS, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WELL, THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND, BUT THAT, UM, MANY OF THE, OF THE, AS, AS, AS, UH, RAY SALDANA WAS SAYING A LITTLE WHILE AGO, SOME OF THE MOST IMPRE INTRACTABLE PROBLEMS THAT WE CONFRONT, LIKE EMBEDDED POVERTY, GENERATIONAL POVERTY, ARE THE RESULT OF LACK OF ACCESS TO JOBS, PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, HAVING LONG COMMUTES, UM, NOT HAVING ACCESS TO AUTOMOBILES, HAVING TO RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSIT, THAT THAT IS TOO INFREQUENT TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM TO THE JOB ON TIME. 
          UM, AND THAT, THAT'S ESTABLISHED LAND USE PATTERNS, IT'S ESTABLISHED, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, IN, IN POVERTY THAT'S LOCKED IN. 
          I'M, I'M ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED THAT THOSE ARE RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION PATTERNS. 
          AND WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THIS. 
          YOU SAID SPECIFICALLY, LET'S TALK ABOUT DISTRICT TWO MORE. 
          BUSES IS A RESULT OF THIS PLAN. 
          MORE, UH, ATTRACTION TO THE BUSES BY FIXING SIDEWALKS AND THE, THE, THE ACCESSORIZING, IF YOU WILL, OF THE BUS STOPS AND SO FORTH. 
          THE A R T WILL RUN EAST WEST FROM MCMULLEN ALONG COMMERCE TO THE, TO THE, UH, AT AND T CENTER, RIGHT THROUGH THE HEART OF EAST SAN ANTONIO, DISTRICT TWO. 
          RIGHT? SO THE ROUTES WERE SELECTED WITH THE VIEW, WHERE'S THE DENSITY? WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE? WHERE'S THE NEED? OKAY? SO THERE'S A LOT OF EQUITY DIMENSIONS TO THIS, UH, IN, FOR, UH, IN THIS PLAN FOR A DISTRICT SUCH AS DISTRICT TWO. 
          IF YOU WANNA GET YOUR HEART BROKEN, RIDE THE BUS. 
          A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, UH, I, I, I TOOK THE BUS FROM MY HOME TO MY OFFICE DOWNTOWN, AND, UH, IT TURNED ON MARTIN STREET TO COME, UH, EAST INTO THE DOWNTOWN. 
          AND A LADY GOT ON AFRICAN AMERICAN WITH THREE LITTLE CHILDREN, ONE SHE WAS CARRYING, AND TWO THAT WERE WITH HER THREE CHILDREN. 
          AND I MADE CONVERSATION WITH HER, AND I SAID, UH, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? SHE SAID, I'M GOING TO WORK AT THE DAYCARE CENTER WHERE THE CHILDREN ARE. 
          THAT'S A MAJOR BREAK IN LIFE. 
          SHE GETS TO WORK WHERE HER CHILDREN ARE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I SAID, DID YOU GET ON AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX HERE? WE PASSED AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON MARTIN. 
          AND SHE SAID, NO, I'M COMING FROM HAVEN FOR HOPE. 
          HERE'S A WOMAN WITH THREE CHILDREN GOING TO WORK, BUT STAYING AT HAVEN FOR HOPE FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS. 
          AND NO, NO, NOT ENOUGH MONEY, OBVIOUSLY, TO GET AN APARTMENT OR TO LIVE ON HER OWN. 
          SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW LONG SHE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO STAY AT HAVEN FOR HOPE. 
          BUT THIS IS A WOMAN WHO WANTED 
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TO WORK. 
          SHE, HER, SHE WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF HER CHILDREN. 
          I COULD SEE THE, THE, THE NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP JUST BY THE, THE LOOK ON THE CHILDREN'S FACES AND SUCH. 
          THEY WERE ON THE BUS. 
          THEY HAD ABSOLUTELY NO OTHER OPTION TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES, BUT TO BE ON THAT BUS AND GO TO THEIR WORKPLACE AND THEIR DAYCARE, I MEAN, IT JUST, YOU WANNA GET YOUR HEART BROKEN OR SOFTENED, YOU KNOW, RIDE THE BUS AND TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THEY CONFRONT. 
          AND, AND, AND THAT WHAT IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 
          THAT STORY CAN BE SO, UM, HEARD IN MANY PLACES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO AN AREA THAT HAS SUCH BLIGHT. 
          UM, I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD TO STAND IN THE HEAT AND HAS HOT AS SAN ANTONIO GETS IN THE SUMMER, TRYING TO CARRY A DOUBLE STROLLER AND, AND THREE CHILDREN IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO. 
          IT, IT REALLY DOES TOUCH THE HUMANITARIAN SIDE OF WHY VIA IS IMPORTANT AND WHY TRANSPORTATION IS IMPORTANT. 
          AND WHEN IT COMES TO VIA REIMAGINE AND IMPLEMENTING THAT, WHAT DOES THAT TRULY LOOK LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO EQUITY OPPORTUNITY? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSIT CENTERS? UM, SHELTERS FOR BUS STOPS, ESPECIALLY WITH AN AGING POPULATION THAT WE HAVE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WE KNOW THAT IT'S, IT IS NOT GETTING ANY COOLER. 
          WE KNOW THAT IT'S GETTING WARMER. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO, SO HOW DOES THAT LOOK, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE AREAS? WELL, I, I, I MEAN, I, I'VE TRIED TO DESCRIBE THE ELEMENTS OF THIS AND HOW THEY RELATE TO THE AGENDA THAT YOU SPEAK OF. 
          UM, THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO, TO, TO, I MEAN, EVEN THE SIDEWALKS ISSUE, FOR EXAMPLE, I'VE SEEN SIDEWALKS IN SAN ANTONIO WITH A TELEPHONE POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM. 
          HOW'S A PERSON ON A WHEELCHAIR SUPPOSED TO NEGOTIATE THAT SIDEWALK WITH A, WITH A, WITH A TELEPHONE POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT? THERE'S JUST INSTANCE AFTER INSTANCE WHERE WE HAVE EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS THAT COULD MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR PEOPLE. 
          AND THE INTERFACE WITH TRANSPORTATION, I WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IN ONE WORD, ONE SENTENCE, AND THAT IS, WE HAVE TO WORK TO MAKE TRANSPORTATION PART OF THE SOLUTION FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED THE HELP. 
          NOW, IT'S, THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
          THAT'S POOR PEOPLE, BUT IT'S ALSO PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET TO WORK FASTER. 
          PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET TO THE DOCTOR IN THE MEDICAL CENTER. 
          STUDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET TO MOBILITY IN A CITY IS NOW RIGHT IN THERE WITH JOB INCOME, FOOD HEALTH. 
          GETTING FROM ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER IS, IS, IS PART OF THE EQUATION. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WE REALLY NEEDED THIS PRESENTATION, AND THANK YOU FOR BREAKING DOWN THE NUMBERS. 
          I KNOW COUNCILMAN PERRY LOVES TO HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF HIM AS HE GOES THROUGH, UM, THE PRESENTATION. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU MR. SROS FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CALL AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT I HAD, UH, ALL OF MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
          I ALSO MET WITH VIA, SO THANK YOU TO VIA AND THE STAFF FOR ALWAYS BEING READILY AVAILABLE. 
          I DO WANNA, UH, LET YOU KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION TO CONNECTING TO JOBS, UH, BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF FOLKS IN, IN MY DISTRICT CONNECT TO JOBS IN A DIFFERENT PART OF TOWN. 
          SO THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          PLANNING FOR, UM, FOR BABY BOOMERS, TO ME IS JUST ENTIRELY IMPORTANT. 
          AND SO, UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCREASE THAT ACCESS, ENHANCE ACCESS FOR THAT POPULATION ALSO TO THE DISABILITY DISABLED POPULATION. 
          SO I'M ASSUMING SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE PLAN, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, A FOCUS ON, ON DISABILITY, BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE SENIORS, UM, WILL HAVE ADDED NEEDS, WHEELCHAIRS, OXYGEN TANKS, ET CETERA. 
          SO CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ALL ARE, ARE, OR HOW, WHERE IN THE PLAN YOU GUYS MIGHT BE BUDGETING FOR THIS TYPE OF, UM, YOU KNOW? WELL, I THINK, I THINK DISABILITY CONCERNS ARE IN EVERY PART OF THE PLAN. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, THEY ARE INHERENT, THEY ARE EXPECTED, THEY ARE REQUIRED. 
          SO EVERYTHING IS BUDGETED WITH A VIEW THAT, UH, THE DISABILITY AGENDA NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, WHETHER IT'S ON SIDEWALKS AND CURB CUTS, OR WHETHER IT'S MOBILITY ON DEMAND, AND GETTING THOSE VEHICLES TO PEOPLE'S DOORS AND GETTING THE RIGHT VEHICLES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE, UM, ET CETERA. 
          SO, I, I, I THINK THE MOBILITY ISSUE WE'RE SO SENSITIZED TO IT IN THE TRANSIT WORLD THAT, UH, ALMOST EVERY FACET OF WHAT WE DESCRIBE INCLUDES BUDGETING FOR MOBILITY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, SO SIMILAR TO THAT, AND IF YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW YOU ALL APPLIED THE EQUITY LENS TO THIS PLAN. 
          I THINK THE, THE WAY WE APPLIED THE EQUITY LENS IN SIMPLE, THE, THE SIMPLEST DIMENSION, I CAN SAY IS ATTENTIVE TO THOSE SPECIAL GROUPS LIKE DISABILITY, OLDER 
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POPULATIONS, AND POORER POPULATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST GENERICALLY. 
          BUT THEN I WOULD SAY IN SAN ANTONIO, YOU HAVE TO BE ESPECIALLY ATTENDANT TO GEOGRAPHY. 
          SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERY AREA OF THE CITY, AND IN SAN ANTONIO, THAT ALSO CAN MEAN EVERY DISTRICT OF THE CITY IS TREATED EQUITABLY. 
          SO THIS IS NOT A NORTH SIDE HEAVY PLAN OR A NORTHWEST SIDE HEAVY PLAN. 
          THIS IS THIS, EVERY PART OF THE CITY HAS BEEN CONSIDERED. 
          AND WHEN YOU THINK OF THE, OF THE BICYCLES PROGRAM, WHEN YOU THINK OF THE SIDEWALKS PROGRAM, WHEN WE SIDEWALKS IN SAN ANTONIO ARE PROBABLY A, A BIFURCATED ISSUE BETWEEN THE POOREST SECTIONS THAT NEVER HAD 'EM IN THE FIRST PLACE, RIGHT? AND THE NEWER AREAS, IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS WHERE THERE WERE NO STANDARDS WHEN THE, WHEN THE, WHEN THE ROADS WERE BUILT. 
          SO YOU HAVE A WIDELY DIVERGENT KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THEY BOTH HAVE SIDEWALK ISSUES. 
          SOMEONE TOLD ME THE OTHER DAY, THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS ON NACODOCHES BETWEEN ROUGHLY THE QUARRY AND NORTHWARD OF THERE ON NACODOCHES. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS, I GUESS THOSE WERE PUT IN A LONG TIME AGO. 
          AND THERE'S NO, UH, THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS THERE. 
          SO, UH, ONE HAS TO BE ATTENTIVE TO THE GEOGRAPHY OF IT. 
          AND WHERE ARE THOSE GONNA GOING TO BE? THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO AS THE PRESENTER FROM TXDOT WAS TALKING EARLIER, AND YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT I'M SITTING NEXT TO MY SOUTH SIDE SISTER OVER HERE. 
          UH, WE JUST KEEP HEARING, UH, NORTH SIDE, UH, AND SO 2 81. 
          AND SO WE ALWAYS KIND OF, IT ALWAYS PERKS UP OUR EAR. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, AND I JUST, IF MAYBE I COULD, UH, GET A BRIEFING ON HOW, AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO APPLIED THE EQUITY LINK. 
          I DIDN'T MENTION IN 1604 ACROSS THE SOUTH. 
          YES. 
          CLOSING THE LOOP ON 1604 AND ACTUALLY PUTTING IN THE ROADWAY ON 1604. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          JONATHAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY ABOUT THE SOUTHERN, UH, SOUTHERN SECTOR, UH, PORTIONS OF THIS PLAN AND COUNCIL MEMBER I'D, I'D ALSO ADD THAT JEFF ARNT IS HERE AS WELL. 
          PERFECT. 
          IF YOU HAVE VIA, UH, TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, JEFF IS HERE AS WELL. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS, JEFF. 
          THANKS. 
          THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. 
          IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          UH, SOME OF THE CORRIDORS I FOCUSED ON WERE REALLY MORE OF THE, UH, TOP 100 MOST CONGESTED CORRIDORS AS MEASURED BY TEXAS A AND M TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I HIGHLIGHTED THOSE. 
          BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK ALL OVER THE, UH, THE REGION. 
          WE HAVE LOOP 1604 ALL ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          SOME OF THE FIRST, UH, EFFORTS THERE, UH, AROUND I 37 ARE BEING DONE, UH, AS WELL AS SORT OF ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE BETWEEN, UH, I 10 AND, UH, FM 1346. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, WORK ON FOUR 10 SOUTHWEST AROUND THE US 90 INTERCHANGE, UH, AND 1 51 IN THAT AREA. 
          UH, THERE'S MANY OTHER CORRIDORS WE'RE WORKING ON U S 90 ON THE WEST SIDE. 
          UM, SO IT'S NOT JUST A NORTH SIDE, UH, KIND OF THING. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, PROJECTS ON THE SOUTHEAST AND WEST ALL OVER THE, THE SAN ANTONIO REGION, UH, ON, ON OUR HIGHWAYS AT LEAST. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. 
          AND MAYBE WE COULD JUST, UM, GET TOGETHER AT A LATER MEETING AND JUST IF YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE PROJECTS SO I COULD BETTER ABSOLUTELY. 
          EXPLAIN TO MY RESIDENTS. 
          AND THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, FOR THE SIGNAGE NOW, THE EXTRA SIGNAGE ALONG 4 10 91 51 AREA OF CONSTRUCTION, ERIC WALSH, AND I DROVE IT ONE DAY AND HE SAW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF HE CALLED YOU GUYS, BUT THERE'S TONS OF SIGNAGE NOW. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          GOOD DEAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO, I DON'T KNOW, ERIC, THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          HOW MILE HOW MANY MILES OF SEPARATED PROTECTED BIKE LANES DO WE HAVE NOW? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE PLAN TALKS ABOUT THIS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, BY THE WAY. 
          I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE, UH, THE EXCITING PARTS OF THE PLAN THAT, THAT I THINK, UH, SOME FOLKS IN MY AREA ARE EXCITED ABOUT. 
          DO YOU KNOW, ASK ABOUT COUNCILWOMAN? I'LL ASK RAZZIE TO COME UP, UH, AND, AND SHARE THAT NUMBER. 
          I DON NOTE ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD, COUNCILWOMAN, WE HAVE FIVE MILES PROTECTED. 
          WE HAVE A LOT BUFFER SIDEWALK BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATION OF, UH, MOST OF THE ROADWAY, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH RIGHT OF WAY TO CREATE PROTECTED BIKE LANE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IN THE PLAN AND THE CONNECT SA PLAN, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A COMPROMISE 45 OR COMMITMENT 45. 
          OKAY. 
          COR CORRECT. 
          45 NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE WILL DO PROTECTED AND BUFFER DEPEND ON THE LOCATION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, UM, SCALE THAT WAS THERE. 
          SURE. 
          UH, ON THE VEHICLE MOBILE, AND THIS, I, OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD. 
          IT'S A NEW CONCEPT, RELATIVELY NEW CONCEPT IN TRANSPORTATION, UH, PLANNING. 
          AND, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF CITIES DOING IT NOW, BUT ONLY RECENTLY IT'S NOT, I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT WE HAVE ONLY FIVE MILES, BUT 45 WOULD BE NINE TIMES THAT VOLUME OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ADDING THAT IN THERE. 
          UH, ON THE VEHICLE MOBILE, UH, MY SPECIFIC QUESTION IS, THERE'S, THERE'S STILL THIS, UH, THE 
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DIGITAL DIVIDE STILL EXISTS. 
          IT'S VERY, I MEAN, IN, IN DISTRICT FOUR, IT'S, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA SAY, I MEAN, I, IT'S SAD. 
          UH, WE NEED TO FIX THAT. 
          WE'RE FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT. 
          BUT WHEN I SEE AN AGGRESSIVE PLAN, SUCH AS, AS THIS, IT'S WONDERFUL, I COULD POP ON, DOWNLOAD AN APP MM-HMM. 
          , BUT MY 82 YEAR OLD MOTHER AND HER COMMS WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO DO THIS. 
          SO, UM, AND MAYBE SOME FOLKS THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO DEVICES. 
          SO HOW DO WE PLAN FOR THAT? THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, AND I'M GONNA ASK JEFF TO SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS ALREADY RUNNING. 
          A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE LOSING USING IT NOW. 
          AND, UH, NO DOUBT VIA HAS, HAS, HAS CROSSED THAT THAT BRIDGE. 
          SO OF COURSE, IT'S A BROAD, BROAD QUESTION, BUT WITH RESPECT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN VEAL LINK RIGHT NOW ON THE NORTH NORTHEAST CORRIDOR, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE APP TO USE IT. 
          YOU CAN PHONE AND IN FACT, THE, UH, CHURCH THAT'S LOCATED RIGHT THERE AT NCO PASS, WHICH IS WHERE YOU TRANSFER INTO THE SYSTEM, HAS MADE, UH, A COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          IF THEY NEED A PHONE TO, TO, UH, ARRANGE FOR THEIR V LINK SERVICE, THE, THE CHURCH WILL HAVE THEM USE THEIRS. 
          THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          WHICH IS A GREAT IDEA WORKING WITH PARTNERS. 
          I LOVE THAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO, GOOD JOB, JEFF. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I WAS JUST, I WAS WORRIED. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT ALSO. 
          UM, AND, AND SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND AND, AND, AND I'M EXCITED THAT YOU WERE THERE. 
          UH, AND YOU MENTIONED THIS, THAT YOU WERE THERE IN THE SEVENTIES WHEN WE, UM, I THINK YOU SPECIFICALLY USED THE WORD UNDERSHOT BACK THEN. 
          AND WHY WAS THAT? WHY DID WE ASK FOR? WELL, I THINK IT WAS A, A SENSE OF FRUGALITY, A SENSE OF, UH, WE'RE GONNA GENERAL RATE A LOT OF MONEY FROM THE ONE HALF CENT. 
          AT THAT TIME. 
          THE, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, VIA WAS, WAS, WAS, UH, RELATIVELY, UH, JUST STARTING. 
          AND IT WAS NOT CLEAR WHAT VOLUME WOULD BE REQUIRED. 
          SO I THOUGHT PEOPLE SAID, WELL, WE DON'T WANNA, WE DON'T WANNA JUST ASK FOR MONEY THAT WE CAN'T DEPLOY. 
          SO THEY WENT FOR ONE HALF CENT. 
          AND, UH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE DECISION THEN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT WAS MORE BASED ON FRUGALITY OR MAYBE NOT WANTING TO, I THINK IT WAS BASED ON FUNDAMENTALLY SAN ANTONIO'S, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WALLET. 
          WE, WE, WE, WE DON'T WANNA OVERTAX PEOPLE IF WE DON'T NEED TO. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO GENERATE MORE MONEY, JUST HAVE IT STANDING BY FOR NEEDS THAT ARE NOT YET ESTABLISHED. 
          LET'S START SMALL, WEREN'T IT ALL? SURE. 
          WE COULD PASS THE VIA REFERENDUM, YOU KNOW, EVEN AT A HALF CENT. 
          UH, AND, UH, IT DID, THANKFULLY, AND THAT WAS THE START. 
          BUT, UH, IT'S TIME TO RECOGNIZE WE'VE GOT ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE. 
          THE MAYOR'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          I SAW THAT SAME ANALYSIS, THE AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA, WHICH IS PRESENTLY ABOUT 4 MILLION PEOPLE TOGETHER, SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN IN 2050 IS EXPECTED TO BE 9 MILLION PEOPLE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THE ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY ABOUT THIS PROCESS IS IF YOU DON'T BUILD THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THAT GROWTH, YOU WILL CHOKE ON CONGESTION. 
          IT'S, I MEAN, MATHEMATICALLY AS PRECISE AS YOU CAN, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY NEXT QUESTION IS REGARDING FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS. 
          AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT WE, OR VIA, UH, I GUESS WOULD TAKE THE LEAD ON FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS, BUT THOSE AREN'T GUARANTEED, RIGHT? SO WHAT'S OUR BACKUP PLAN? WELL, THEY'RE NOT GUARANTEED, BUT THERE ARE WELL-ESTABLISHED SOURCES. 
          AND IF YOU, UH, EXPEND ON WHAT'S IN THE PROGRAMS AND LEGITIMATE, UH, THE MONEY'S THERE, UH, YES, WE DO HAVE DIFFICULTIES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET AND DEFICIT AND SO FORTH. 
          BUT THESE MONIES HAVE BEEN PRETTY STABLE FOR 30 YEARS OR SO. 
          AND IF YOU DO YOUR PART, THE MATCH HAS BEEN THERE. 
          JEFF. 
          SO FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE BEEN A, A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE WITH THE FEDERAL MATCH. 
          UM, YES, IT'S TRUE THAT ALL OF THE FEDERAL MATCH IN HERE ARE OFF OF DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAMS. UH, THE MA WE'VE, WE'VE PUT MONEY IN FOR THE OPERATING FACILITY, THE NEW MAINTENANCE FACILITY, WHICH, BY THE WAY, WE HAVE RECEIVED FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE ONE THAT WE'RE BUILDING FOR VIA TRANS THIS YEAR. 
          UH, WE PUT MONEY IN FOR BUSES, BUT AT A PRETTY LOW LEVEL, LIKE 20%. 
          AND I'M USED TO 80%. 
          BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S NOT FUNDING AS READILY. 
          AND THEN FOR, AS YOU SAW FOR THE A R T, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE 30% OF OVERALL COST, MAYBE 40% OF CONSTRUCTION COST. 
          UH, THAT'S A NUMBER. 
          AGAIN, WHEN I STARTED IT WAS AT 80%, THAT'S HOW MARTA WAS BUILT, AND BART WAS BUILT, AND HOUSTON DID US ALL IN BY SAYING, WE'LL DO IT 50 50. 
          'CAUSE THEY HAD A LOT OF SALES TAX. 
          WE'LL DO IT 50 50 IF YOU'LL GIVE US BONUS POINTS TOWARD BEING FUNDED. 
          AND THAT BECAME THE NEW NORMAL. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF THE NEW NORMAL. 
          NOW, UH, CONGRESS IS CURRENTLY LOOKING AT PASSING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PUT THE BASEMENT AT 40%. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE KIND OF ASSUMED IS THAT IF WE, UH, GOT TO THE BASEMENT, WE WOULD BE AT 40%. 
          BUT I THINK WE'LL HAVE VERY STRONG ARGUMENTS WITH RESPECT TO GRANT FUNDING. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
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I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION AS WELL. 
          UM, UH, ON YOUR BEAUTIFUL COLOR CHART, UH, THAT YOU HAVE ON MOBILITY AND DEMAND, ON DEMAND AND SMART TRANSIT, YOU ALL HAVE $26 MILLION ALLOCATED AGAIN, FOR THAT MOBILITY ON DEMAND AND SMART TRANSIT. 
          AND I SPOKE WITH, WITH THE VF FOLKS EARLIER, AND, UH, AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE RESIDENTS IN, IN ALL OF OUR CITIES ARE GROWING A LITTLE, ALL OF ACROSS THE CITY ARE GROWING A LITTLE BIT OLDER, THAT WE CONSIDER BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, AGGRESSIVE ON THAT END. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S STILL TIME TO MOVE AROUND OR SHIFT AROUND SOME MONEY OR IF THESE ARE SOLID ALREADY, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN ABILITY TO INCREASE THAT 26 MILLION AND MAYBE DECREASE SOMEWHERE ELSE, OR IF THERE WAS ALREADY ANY THOUGHT PUT INTO IT. 
          THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OVER WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED. 
          UH, THEY FIRST WANTED TO TRY THE SYSTEM. 
          THEY STARTED IT IN APRIL. 
          AS I SAID, THEY'RE RUNNING IT ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE USING IT NOW. 
          SO IT'S BEEN WILDLY SUCCESSFUL. 
          UM, IT'LL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO CONTRACT WITH THE SERVICES TO PICK PEOPLE UP AND PUT IN PLACE THE TECHNOLOGY AND SO FORTH. 
          SO THEY, UH, HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT DOING FOUR ADDITIONAL, BUT AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY VIA INCREASED THIS NUMBER AND SAID, WE THINK WE COULD DO EIGHT, WHICH IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW, JEFF, WHETHER YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ANY MORE THAN THAT OR WHAT YOU CAN PHYSICALLY DO IN THAT TIMEFRAME. 
          I WOULD SAY, UM, HENRY STARTED OUT THE PRESENTATION SAYING, THIS IS A REASONABLE PLAN. 
          WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR $10 BILLION, LIKE AUSTIN IS ASKING FOR. 
          WE'RE ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S ACHIEVABLE. 
          AND SO WE SIZED IT TO THAT. 
          SO IF YOU SAY, IF YOU ASK ME WOULD THERE BE ADDITIONAL SERVICE DEMANDS, YES, THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL A, UM, ADDITIONAL A R T LINES. 
          THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL MOBILITY ON DEMAND LINES, ADDITIONAL FREQUENCY LINES. 
          IN FACT, THE 2040 PLAN CONCEIVED A SYSTEM WHERE EVERY, EVERY ROUTE OPERATED AT LEAST EVERY 20 MINUTES, WHICH GOES TO THE EQUITY ISSUE BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE, A LOT LINES THAT OPERATE EVERY HOUR, YOU KNOW, HAVE LONG TRANSFER PERIODS. 
          SO YES, THERE COULD BE OTHER PLACES THAT WE, WE COULD, UH, EXPAND SERVICE, BUT THIS IS A HEALTHY EXPANSION OF SERVICE, AND IT'S BEEN, I THINK, APPROPRIATELY METERED FOR EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS ABOUT THE POLL REGARDING THE, THE POLL THAT WAS CONDUCTED. 
          DO WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM EACH DISTRICT PARTICIPATED IN THAT POLL? I DON'T KNOW. 
          THIS IS A POLL THAT WAS DONE WITH SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL. 
          IT WAS DONE IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, AND IT'S A LEGITIMATE, UH, YOU KNOW, METHODOLOGICALLY CORRECT POLL? I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS OFF HAND. 
          OKAY. 
          I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW, JUST, I, I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW MANY D FOUR PARTICIPANTS TOOK THE POLL. 
          AND THEN ALSO, IF I COULD KNOW THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THOSE, UH, RESPONDENTS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED. 
          ACTUALLY, WE DO HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAN THESE TWO PAGES. 
          GREAT. 
          AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO GET THOSE TO YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, HOW MANY OF YOU RODE THE BUS HERE? I LOVE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M SO PROUD OF YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S IT, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROSA GARCIA, AND, AND, AND MY, UM, INITIAL COMMENTS. 
          I FORGOT TO THANK THE OBVIOUS PARTICIPANTS HERE WHO ALL RAISED THEIR HANDS. 
          AND I DO WANT TO SAY A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO THE, THE LEADERSHIP OF VIA, UH, JEFF, YOUR TEAM ON STAFF, RAY, YOUR BOARD, ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS, MANY OF WHOM ARE NEW, WHO HAVE PROVIDED SOME GREAT NEW PERSPECTIVE ON, ON THIS NEW NEXT ERA. 
          AND I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AS WELL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, MR. ESALON, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS COMMUNITY IN THE CITY, AND EVEN END, UH, WAY BACK WITH TARGET 90, UH, WHAT EVERYTHING WAS COMING TOGETHER TO. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I HAVE TO ALSO THANK, UM, BRENDA PACHECO, WHO WAS ONE OF MY STAKEHOLDERS FOR THIS STAKEHOLDER GROUP. 
          AND BECAUSE I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS IS REALLY A WORK SESSION, I REALLY WANNA DIG INTO A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF, UM, MINUTIA ON THINGS HERE. 
          SO, UM, AND TDOT'S GONNA HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE SESSION WITH ME UP HERE, SO BE READY. 
          UM, BUT FIRST, BACK TO THE POLL. 
          I DO WANNA ASK, UM, IN THE POLLING THAT YOU DID, DID YOU ASK IN THAT POLLING QUESTION THAT WOULD YOU VOTE FOR YES OR NO ON THIS MEASURE TODAY? DID IT EXPLAIN THAT YOU WERE GOING TO TAKE IT NOT PAY FOR THE AQUIFER FUNDING OR THE LINEAR CREEKS? I DON'T THINK THIS PARTICULAR QUESTION WAS POSED THAT WAY. 
          I THINK THERE IS SOME POLLING THAT SHOWS, UH, YOU KNOW, FAVORING, FAVORING THAT AS WELL AS THIS MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, I DON'T WANNA POSE THIS, I DON'T WANT THE NARRATIVE TO BE AN EITHER OR 
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A CHOICE, BECAUSE WE THINK WE HAVE FOUND A WAY TO DEAL WITH THE AQUIFER QUESTION. 
          AND AS I SAID AT THE OUTSET, IN THE SIMPLEST TERMS, THAT I CAN PLACE THIS, IF WE SPEND THE ONE EIGHTH ON THE AQUIFER, WE DO NOT HAVE IT FOR TRANSPORTATION. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , IT WAS INTENDED FOR THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO COME UP WITH THIS KIND OF MONEY FOR TRANSPORTATION. 
          WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, GOING TO THE, UH, COLORFUL, COLORFUL, UM, CHART YES. 
          GRAPH RIGHT HERE. 
          SO, UM, I THINK MY FIRST QUESTION IS, WELL, MAYBE, UM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING MONEY OR USING THE MONEY FROM THE CSA BOND FOR STREETS, FOR SIDEWALKS, AND WE ALREADY PAY FOR THOSE, UM, THROUGH OUR CITY AND OUR BOND, AND WE ALREADY, UM, AND THAT IS VERY, UH, MALLEABLE AND IT'S ALSO DIRECTED TO BY COUNCIL OFFICES AND BY CONSTITUENCIES. 
          SO IF WE ARE THEN DESIGNATING DOLLARS, I DON'T KNOW, UM, ERIC, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS, UM, IF WE ARE GONNA BE THEN SAYING, OKAY, X AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM THE BOND IS GONNA GO TO STREETS, IS GOING TO GO TO STREETS, UM, OR IT'S GONNA GO TO SIDEWALKS, THEN ARE WE THEN GOING TO BE TYING OUR HANDS AT THE BOND IN THE BOND BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE USING VIA REIMAGINES ROUTES FOR THESE BOND PROJECTS AND NOT THE FOCUS WHERE OUR RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE PAST THAT WE'VE DONE. 
          UM, SO THAT'S MY QUESTION. 
          SO, UH, WHAT WOULD BE TYING OUR HANDS AND NOT, AND HAVE TO BE STICKING WITH THIS THING? UM, SO YEAH, SO, AND, AND HENRY MENTIONED IT SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. 
          THE, THE CONNECT S A PORTION OF THE, OF THE PROPOSAL THAT UTILIZES THE FUNDING FOR THE THREE COMPONENTS THAT, THAT RAY TALKED ABOUT, THE BETTER BUS, THE A R T, AND THE SMART TRANSIT, UM, THE, THE, THE A R T PORTION, UM, AS YOU SAW IN THE PRESENTATION, RELIES UPON A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL INVESTMENT. 
          UM, AND, AND SO IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO DO THAT, IT'LL HAVE AN IMPACT ULTIMATELY ON THE MATH ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. 
          FRANKLY, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE, THE ANALYSIS THAT WE WILL SHOW IN, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS. 
          UM, THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE P UH, UH, SOURCES OF FUNDING, UM, AND OTHER PARTNERS THAT, THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT. 
          UM, AND I'M HOPING TO SHOW YOU ON THE 19TH, BOTH THE, UH, THE FINANCIAL ALTERNATIVES THAT YOU HAVE AS A COUNCIL. 
          AND WHAT THEN, AND THEN FURTHER, WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS? UM, IF YOU LOOK AT, AND HENRY MENTIONED THE, THE PERCENTAGES, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST THREE BOND PROGRAMS WE'VE SPENT THAT THE COUNCIL AS COUNCILS HAVE ALLOCATED 52, 53, 55, 50 6% TOWARDS STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          IF WE DID A, IF THE COUNCIL, THIS COUNCIL, UH, DECIDED TO DO A GREATER SHARE, THEN WHAT IMPACT DOES THAT HAVE ON OTHER PROPOSITIONS? WE HAVE PARKS, WE HAVE STREETS, WE HAVE COMMUNITY FACILITIES. 
          UM, I, I'M, I'M TAKING KIND OF THE CONVERSATION TODAY TO BE ABLE TO BUILD OUT THOSE SCENARIOS TO SHOW YOU ON THE 19TH, BUT THEY ULTIMATELY ALL ARE CONNECTED. 
          SO COUNCIL, IF I MAY, ON THAT POINT, THE, THE STREETS THAT ARE LISTED HERE ARE NOT NECESSARILY DIFFERENT STREETS THAN YOU WOULD ADVOCATE IN A BOND ISSUE. 
          IT'S JUST A COMMITMENT TO THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND A COMMITMENT TO, TO, TO WHATEVER THE COUNCIL DECIDES THE STREETS ARE. 
          IT'S NOT A WHOLE SERIES OF DIFFERENT STREETS. 
          AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BETTER TRANSIT IN PLACE, BETTER, BETTER BUS OR A R T, THAT'S WHY WE PUT VIA MONEY FROM THE ONE EIGHTH TO FIX SIDEWALKS IN THOSE NEIGHBOR IN, IN, AROUND THOSE STATIONS. 
          SO IT DOESN'T COME OUT OF THE CITY POT. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THIS IMPACTS AS MUCH AS ONE MIGHT THINK WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR BOND ISSUE. 
          WELL, BUT IT JUST SAYS, LET'S FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION RELATED THINGS IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE MOBILITY PLAN. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I, UH, DISTRICT THREE HAS THE MOST SIDEWALK GAPS IN THE ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          GAPS. 
          GAPS, THE SIDEWALK GAPS. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT MEANS THAT IT'S ALSO JUST WHOLE BLOCKS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY SIDEWALKS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE, UM, AND A T D HAS BEEN HELPFUL WITH PUTTING THOSE CURB CUTS AT THE CORNERS OF THE STREETS, BUT THEY'RE JUST THERE AT THE BUS STATIONS, WHICH WE APPRECIATE, BUT THEY'RE NOT CONNECTING TO ANY NEIGHBORHOODS OR ANY STREETS. 
          GOT IT. 
          I ALSO HAVE, UM, ISSUE, AND I KNOW ROD AND OTHERS ON STAFF AS, UM, AS WE'VE NOW PUT OUR PRIORITY OF WHERE THE SIDEWALKS ARE MM-HMM. 
          , UM, SOME OF THE CITY, SOME OF, UH, THE PRIORITIES ARE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MAYBE NOT ALL DISTRICTS HAVE. 
          RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          SO, UM, THE, THE RESIDENTS AND THE COUNCIL'S VOICES ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY WHEN 
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WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH A BOND, UM, CONVERSATION. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE AS WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE FUNDING OPTIONS, RIGHT, THAT THE CITY, THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THESE BOND COMMITTEES IN THE PAST, THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO MOVE FORWARD ARE NOT GONNA BE RELINQUISHING THEIR VOICES TO CERTAIN THINGS. 
          CORRECT. 
          UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO THOSE ARE JUST THINGS THAT I, I NEED TO SAY, I, I, I GET IT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , AND LET ME JUST SAY, YOU SEE THERE IN UNDER SIDEWALKS IT SAYS 50 MILES OF SIDEWALKS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THOSE ARE NOT 50 MILES RELATED TO VIA ROUTES. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THOSE ARE 50 MILES OF SIDEWALKS THAT YOU AND THE COUNCIL WOULD, WOULD, WOULD DEVISE. 
          IT'S YOUR PROGRAM. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED CONCRETE OUTLINED LEGALLY, ANDY, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A VOICE, UM, IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, JUST YEAH. 
          TO TAKE NOTE. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND, AND, AND, AND, UH, ALSO TO HOPEFULLY ALSO CLARIFY AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN. 
          YEAH. 
          THE CONSTRAINTS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR BOND PROJECTS, WHICH GOOD. 
          WHICH ARE, THEY ARE DEFINED BY THE PROJECT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE PROJECT, AND THAT'S THE PARAMETERS BY WHICH YOU HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND WE WOULD DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE LOOSE LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT CAN BE INTERPRETED DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          WE WOULD WANT IT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS, UM, VERY OUTLINED IN OUR BOND LANGUAGE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, GOING TO THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN. 
          SO LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THERE ARE ALSO STREETS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT MAY NOT BE ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT HAVE P C I SCORES THAT ARE 30 AND THAT NEED TO HAVE MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION THERE, THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS AND YEARS. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS AND YEARS IN SOME PARTS OF THE AREA, AND THEN THEY GET KIND OF OVERLOOKED BECAUSE WE'RE DOING SOME TRANSPORTATION, UH, PROJECTS. 
          BUT, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN BEING THE, OUR KIND OF THE BIBLE THAT THIS WOULD LOOK AT. 
          LET ME TALK ABOUT SOME CHAPTERS IN THIS BIBLE. 
          UM, EAST WEST CONNECTOR, SOUTH OF FOUR 10, KELLY PARKWAY, SOUTH OF FOUR 10. 
          AND, UM, THE OTHER EAST WEST CONNECTOR ALL IN SOUTH OF FOUR 10, INSIDE LOOP 1604. 
          YOU KNOW THIS, YOU CAME TO MY OFFICE, I SHARED THAT WITH YOU. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EAST WEST CONNECTOR. 
          UM, MR. BEAN IS, IF YOU, UH, WANNA COME FORWARD, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH IS, UH, TDOT, YOU TALK ABOUT THE MOST CONGESTED AREAS AND PUTTING MONEY TOWARDS THE MOST CONGESTED AREAS. 
          WE ARE NOT THE MOST CONGESTED AREA YET. 
          UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT CONGESTION IS COMING. 
          WE THANK GOD WE HAVE NAVISTAR, WE HAVE TOYOTA, WE HAVE OTHER SUPPLIERS COMING. 
          WE HAVE T J X, WE HAVE MISSION DE LAGO AND OTHER THING AT TEXAS A AND M, SAN ANTONIO, VIVA SAN ANTONIO, ALL OF THESE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING. 
          WE HAVE HAVE PLENTY OF NORTH SOUTH, UM, ROUTES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY EAST WEST CONNECTORS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ALLEVIATING THIS. 
          THESE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES HAVE BEEN, AND ARTERIALS HAVE BEEN ON OUR, IN OUR BIBLE FOR YEARS AND YEARS. 
          NOBODY HAS OPENED THEM RECENTLY, WE FIND, AND WE ARE TRYING TO PUT THEM ON THE M P O, BUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T MEET THE CONGESTION FORMULA, WE'RE NEVER GONNA SEE IT MOVE UP THE RANK. 
          AND IT'S IN COMPETITION WITH OTHER NEEDS IN THE CITY AND OTHER NEEDS IN THE STATE. 
          SO YOU MENTIONED THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS ABOUT $2 BILLION RIGHT NOW GOING ON. 
          TELL ME, HOW MUCH TXDOT MONEY DOES HOUSTON HAVE IN PROJECTS RIGHT NOW? I COULDN'T TELL YOU THAT RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          UH, BUT THEY DO HAVE MORE POPULATION. 
          A LOT OF THE FORMULAS THAT, UH, ALLOCATE THE FUNDS DO ARE BASED ON, UH, POPULATION. 
          SO I, I WOULD EXPECT THEIR NUMBERS TO BE HIGHER THAN OKAY. 
          AND I'M GONNA LET MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE COUNCIL, UM, AND PERRY MENTION TELL US HOW MUCH THEY HAVE. 
          UM, BUT ALL THAT TO SAY, WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, WITH THIS ONE EIGHT CELLS AND THEN BOND AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE SAYING, YES, WE'RE GONNA DEDICATE TEXT, DOTS GONNA PUT MONEY, OR HOW IS THIS GONNA WORK? WE ARE GOING TO SAY THAT TDOT IS PUTTING MONEY IN THIS, BUT HOW AM I GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UM, REASSURE OUR COLLEAGUES AND NAVISTAR AND TOYOTA AND TEXAN M SAN ANTONIO THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER 30 YEARS FOR EAST WEST CONNECTOR TO GET BUILT OUT THAT THIS IS GOING TO COME FURTHER ON INSTEAD OF BEFORE DEDICATING THIS MONEY AND SAYING, YES, WE, WE, IT'S COMING. 
          WE'RE IT'S COMING. 
          AND THEN IT DOESN'T COME. 
          UM, BEFORE WE PUT, BEFORE MY RESIDENTS AND, AND I PUT SAY YES AND, AND SAY, IF IT COMES ON THE BALLOT AND WE VOTE ON THIS, I NEED TO MAKE SURE HOW ARE WE GOING TO ASSURE THIS IN THIS PLAN THAT WE'RE NOT JUST BEING REACTIVE TO THE CONGESTION, BUT BEING PROACTIVE TO THE COMING CONGESTION IN THE AREA TOO. 
          THIS, THESE ARE THE ASSURANCES I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ERIC, UM, HENRY, UM, EVERY JEFF MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONNECTIVITY 
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EAST, WEST. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I'M, I'M LOOKING FOR AND STILL TRYING TO, I KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA BE BUILT OVERNIGHT. 
          I KNOW I'M STILL TRYING TO GET THAT MONEY FOR THAT EAST WEST CONNECTOR BECAUSE WE CAN'T WAIT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS CONGESTION RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, JUST SO YOU COULD HEAR. 
          THOSE ARE ALL VERY GOOD COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THOSE ARE VERY GOOD POINTS. 
          UM, YES, THOSE ARE VERY GOOD POINTS. 
          YES, I, I AGREE . 
          AND SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO, TO WORK ON, UH, ON THIS, UH, POINT AS WELL. 
          THE BOND IS ONE, UH, BIG ISSUE IS, IS BIG ISSUE FOR ME THAT I'M NOT, I'M NOT THERE YET. 
          UM, ERIC, AND THEN OF COURSE, HOW MUCH I, I GUESS, SORRY, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU BACK DOWN THERE. 
          UM, UH, LOOP 1604 SOUTH, HOW MUCH MONEY IS, UH, DEDICATED AND COMMITTED TO THAT RIGHT NOW? IT'S FINE. 
          I I NEED A LITTLE EXERCISE ANYWAY. 
          . 
          SO, UM, WELL, I KNOW WE HAVE, UM, I'M GOING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          UHHUH, . 
          UM, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE SOMEWHERE ON THE ORDER OF ABOUT 40 MILLION, UH, ON LOOP 1604 SOUTH. 
          WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, UH, THE SEGMENT THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          YEAH. 
          KIND OF STRADDLING I 37 IN THAT AREA, AND THEN THE SEGMENT OVER ON THE, UH, I GUESS MORE OF THE SOUTHEAST SIDE BETWEEN, UH, I 10 AND FM 1346. 
          SO KIND OF ADDING THOSE UP IN MY HEAD. 
          I THINK WE'RE AROUND THAT 40 MILLION MARK. 
          UM, ACTUALLY LET ME CORRECT THAT. 
          WE HAVE, UM, ANOTHER, UM, SEGMENT ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL THAT, UH, IS, IS ON THE ORDER OF ANOTHER 40 MILLION, SO CLOSER TO ABOUT 80 MILLION, UH, HAS BEEN, UH, PUT ON, UH, LOOP 1604 SOUTH. 
          SO IT'S A LONG, UH, STRETCH. 
          UH, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS GETTING ALL OF THAT FROM TWO LANES TO FOUR LANES. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, THOUGH ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE, IT IS A PRIORITY. 
          IT'S JUST, UH, IT'S, IT IS A VERY LONG STRETCH. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND YOU, THE CONVERSATION WITH JUST CONGESTION AND, AND, UM, I'VE SEEN THINGS IN THE NEWSPAPER AND, UH, HOW THIS CAN HELP WITH OUR, UH, WITH OUR CAP PLAN, ET CETERA, AND ABOUT, WE DON'T WANNA BUILD ALL THESE ROADS, WE DON'T WANNA BUILD ALL THESE ROADS. 
          WELL, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY ROADS BUILT SOUTH OF FOUR 10 IN A LONG TIME, INSIDE 1604. 
          SO WE STILL NEED, YES, WE NEED THE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS. 
          YES, WE NEED THE MOBILITY OPTIONS, BUT WE STILL NEED THESE ROADS BUILT TO ALLEVIATE THIS CONGESTION. 
          SO I WOULD JUST MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, WE, IT'S NOT GONNA SAY WE'RE NOT GONNA BUILD ANY MORE ROADS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME ROADS BUILT. 
          UM, QUESTION ABOUT, UH, I'M GONNA LET JEFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH . 
          JEFF, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR STONE OAK TRANSIT CENTER. 
          CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT TRANSIT CENTER. 
          UM, WHEN DID YOU OPEN IT? HOW MUCH MONEY DID YOU PUT INTO IT, AND HOW IS IT GOING? WHAT'S THE USAGE OF IT? SO, SO THE STONE, OAK PARK AND RIDE, UH, WE DEVELOPED, I THINK WE OPENED IT A COUPLE YEARS AGO. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , I WANNA SAY IT'S A $30 MILLION PROJECT, POSSIBLY. 
          I MAY BE HIGH THERE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW THAT IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT RIGHT NOW. 
          SO ACCESS TO THE PARK AND RIDE IS VERY DIFFICULT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO OUR UTILIZATION, WHILE IT'S INCREASED IS NOT WHERE WE EXPECT IT TO BE. 
          HOWEVER, UH, MY PARTNER BACK THERE AND I ARE BUILDING A, AN H O V LANE ON 2 81 WITH A DIRECT FLYOVER CON CONNECTION INTO THAT PARK AND RIDE. 
          AND TXDOT IS GOING TO COMPLETE. 
          WE BUILT IT. 
          AND SO IF YOU, YOU I'LL GO OUT THERE NOW, YOU'LL SEE THIS, YOU KNOW, THING THAT ENDS, YOU DON'T WANT ANYONE TO DRIVE ON TODAY, , IT WILL CONNECT YOU. 
          IT'LL GO UP AND OVER THE SOUTHBOUND LANES AND TAKE YOU INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY WHERE THERE, THERE WILL BE AN H O V TREATMENT. 
          TEXT.IS ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS, AND IT'S DIFFICULT I KNOW, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO THEN EXTEND THAT TREATMENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ABOUT THE AIRPORT. 
          AND WHEN YOU GET THAT KIND OF H O V TREATMENT, YOU CAN EXPECT A BIG RESPONSE AT THE STONE, OAK PARK AND RIDE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, I WOULD SAY IT'S UNDERPERFORMING FROM WHERE WE, WE WANT IT TO BE. 
          BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE. 
          MM-HMM. 
           AS MASSIVE IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING MADE ON 2 81. 
          AND IT'S A, AND AND SO YOU, YOU PUT THE, SO OAK TRANSIT CENTER THERE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO ALLEVIATE THAT CONGESTION. 
          UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIVING OUT THERE. 
          A LOT OF DRIVING IS HAPPENING OUT THERE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO HOW MANY BUSES DO YOU HAVE GO THROUGH THERE DAY? WE ONLY OPERATE RIGHT NOW DURING THE PEAK PERIODS, AND, AND I THINK IT'S LIKE EVERY 20 TO 30 MINUTES. 
          SO IT'S NOT A LOT OF SERVICE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF RIDERSHIP. 
          NOW, CMAC FUNDING COMES IN THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE TO A 15 MINUTE SERVICE AND RUN 30 MINUTE MIDDAY SERVICE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND 
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WHEN YOU SAY THE, IT'S ONLY AT PINK, WHAT IS THE UTILIZATION? HOW MANY RIDER DO YOU HAVE? I, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I, I CAN FIND OUT, BUT I I, IF YOU COULD, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW. 
          MANY. 
          IT'S NOT WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE THOUGH. 
          I WANTED TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          SURE. 
          I, NONE OF OUR WRITING IS WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE, OBVIOUSLY. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS. 
          FOR SURE. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, AND I, I, I JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT THOSE BUSES FROM STONE OAK TODAY THEN EXTEND DOWN TO BROOKS MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND SO THE, I KNOW THE, WE IMPLEMENTED THE NEW SERVICE FROM BROOKS INTO DOWNTOWN IN COORDINATION WITH THAT. 
          SO HOW MANY PARKING SPACES DO YOU HAVE AT THE STONE OAK IN COMPARISON TO THE BROOKS TRANSIT CENTER? WE HAVE, I WANT TO SAY 200 SPACES AT BROOKS. 
          AND WE HAVE NOT BUILT OUT PARKING AT, I'M SORRY, AT, UH, STONE. 
          OAK. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE HAVE NOT BUILT OUT PARKING AT BROOKS. 
          WELL, YOU, YOU HAVE THOSE SPACES THOUGH, AT BROOKS. 
          THOSE ARE, YEAH, THOSE ARE REALLY AT THE, UM, AT THE MERCY AND, AND THE KINDNESS OF BROOK BROOKS DEVELOPMENT, . 
          'CAUSE THAT'S THEIR SPACE, UHHUH . 
          AND SO WE'VE HAD TALK IN THE PAST WITH, UH, WITH BROOKS ABOUT SOME, UH, JOINT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE TRANSIT CENTER, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT VERY CONVENIENT AND THAT THAT COULD INCORPORATE SOME JOINT PARKING AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND JEFF, WHAT IS YOUR TOTAL BUDGET RIGHT NOW WITH VIA, UH, TWO, ABOUT 250 MILLION OPERATING BUDGET. 
          AND IF THIS WERE TO ALL GO THROUGH, WHAT WOULD YOUR OPERATING BUDGET BE THEN? OH, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, LET'S LET, LET'S, I WANT TO GIVE YOU IN CURRENT YEAR DOLLARS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS IS IN INFLATED DOLLARS. 
          SURE. 
          IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, THEN JUST LET ME KNOW NEXT TIME OR SEND IT. 
          OH, YEAH, YEAH. 
          SEND WE'LL, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW NEXT TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          VERY. 
          OH, LAST QUESTION. 
          SO HOW MUCH, WELL, LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, UH, , UH, HOW MUCH FEDERAL DOLLARS HA YOU MENTIONED TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, HOW YOUR FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN, WHEN, HOW MUCH HAVE YOU GOTTEN IN THE PAST, LIKE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS? WE GOT, UH, WELL, WE GOT THE A, A TIGER GRANT, I WANNA SAY 15 MILLION FOR THE TRANSIT CENTER ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, THE CENTRAL PLAZA. 
          AND WE GOT, I CAN'T RECALL THE AMOUNT, BUT WE GOT A, A GRANT FOR, UH, THE BUS MAINTENANCE FACILITY OR VIA TRANS FACILITY THAT, THAT WE'RE BUILDING THIS YEAR. 
          HOW MUCH WAS THAT? YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE MONEY? I DON'T RE RECALL THE GRANT AMOUNT. 
          AND THE TIGER GRANT FOR THE 15 MILLION, UM MM-HMM. 
          , WHEN WAS THAT, UH, AWARDED. 
          WHAT YEAR WAS THAT? AWARDED? 14. 
          OKAY. 
          I REMEMBER. 
          IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THIS ONE WITH THE BUS MAINTENANCE ONE WAS THAT AWARDED MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WE'VE GOTTEN SOME SMALLER GRANTS ASSOCIATED WITH BUYING ELECTRIC BUSES AND BUYING C N J G BUSES. 
          AND WE'VE GOTTEN MONEY THROUGH THE M P O. 
          IT'S FEDERAL MONEY THAT GOES THROUGH THE M P O, UH, THAT HELPED BUILD THE C N G FACILITY. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE LARGEST C N G FACILITY IN NORTH AMERICA. 
          MM-HMM. 
           THERE AT, AT, UH, VIAS HEADQUARTERS. 
          UM, AND SO WE DID RECEIVE THAT KIND OF FEDERAL MONEY AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND I THINK, UM, HENRY, YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS CITY. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH WE DON'T WE NEED FOR, UM, OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOR VIA, AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, HOUSTON HAS MORE MONEY. 
          UM, HOW MUCH, AND, AND I WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE CASE STUDY OF LA AND HOW LA HAS, UM, THE, THEY JUST DID THEIR, UH, PASSAGE OF PROPOSITION M, PROPOSITION M AND THAT'S IN A LOT OF MONEY AND PERPETUITY AS WELL. 
          THEY DON'T EVER HAVE TO STOP COLLECTING THAT. 
          AND I KNOW THEY HAVE A TRAIN A RAIL LINE NOW, AND I KNOW THEY SEVERAL, BUT THEY STILL HAVE THE CONGESTION. 
          SO TELL ME HOW THAT WORKS THERE IN, IN LA WHEN THEY, THEY BALANCE IT. 
          UM, WITH, WELL, LA HAS BEEN FAMOUS FOR ITS FREEWAYS MM-HMM. 
           AND, UM, UH, THE FREEWAYS ARE AMONG THE MOST CONGESTED IN THE COUNTRY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THE RAIL LINES ARE RELATIVELY NEW. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, MAYOR OSA PUT IN THE ORANGE LINE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT RUNS OUT TO VENICE AND TO THE COAST, AND THAT'S NOW OPERATIVE, AND I THINK IT'S CARRYING A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I, A COUPLE YEARS AGO I WAS IN SANTA MONICA AND I RODE THE LINE FROM SANTA MONICA INTO DOWNTOWN, UM, LA WHICH I WAS NOT GONNA GET ON THAT FOUR, WHATEVER. 
          YEAH. 
          FOUR 30 OR 82, WHATEVER. 
          THE FOUR, THE 4 0 5, 4 0 5 NO WAY PROPOSITION. 
          UM, M HAS FUNDED NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL LINES. 
          ONE OF THEM ALONE, THE SEPULVEDA LINE, WHICH RUNS ROUGHLY FROM THE AIRPORT PARALLEL TO THE 4 0 5 OVER THE HILLS AND INTO THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, IS $13.5 BILLION . 
          SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT RAIL COSTS AND WHAT CITIES ARE DOING TO, TO, TO ADDRESS IT. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT LA IS GOING TO REDUCE ITS TRAFFIC CONGESTION, UH, BECAUSE 
          [02:05:01]
THERE'S SO MUCH, UH, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH, SO MUCH DEPENDENCE ON THE AUTOMOBILE. 
          SOMEONE TOLD ME THE OTHER DAY THAT IF EVERYONE WHO HAS A CAR IN LA PUT IT ON THE STREETS AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH STREETS AND FREEWAYS TO HANDLE THE NUMBER OF CARS. 
          YOU JUST LITERALLY COULD NOT PUT THEM ALL AT ONE TIME. 
          THAT'S HOW, THAT'S JUST HOW DEPENDENT THEY ARE ON CARS. 
          UH, THEY'RE MAKING SOME VALIANT EFFORTS. 
          THEY WILL HAVE SOME OF THE LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE COUNTRY OUT OF PROPOSITION M IN, IN RAIL. 
          BUT FRANKLY, IT'S, IT'S BEYOND OUR BUDGET. 
          THAT WAS A HUGE OH, SURE. 
          NUMBER. 
          OH, SURE. 
          AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING LIKE 40 BILLION GENERATED. 
          YEAH. 
          BY, BY PROPOSITION M UM, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND I KNOW IT, THEY HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS OF, OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN THERE. 
          TELL ME ABOUT OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUP, YOUR CONNECT SA STAKEHOLDER GROUP, UM, HOW MANY MEMBERS YOU HAD, HOW MANY TIMES YOU ALL MET, AND THE INPUT AND THE ACTION OF THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. 
          UH, WE HAD ROUGHLY, I WOULD SAY 50 OR SO PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED EITHER ON COMMITTEES OR, OR MORE BROADLY. 
          UH, THE, IT, WE MET, UH, HALF A DOZEN TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROCESS AS A GROUP HAD BRIEFINGS AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY OR AT ONE OF THE HOTELS OR SOME OTHER PUBLIC PLACE. 
          WE HAD A NUMBER OF COMMITTEES AT WORK. 
          UH, I MENTIONED EARLIER, COUNCILWOMAN ANAND VAL, WHO WAS PART OF ONE OF THE COMMITTEES THAT WAS WORKING ON MESSAGING AND WORKING ON TRAINING PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND TAKE THE MESSAGE OUT. 
          THEY MET FREQUENTLY ON SATURDAY MORNINGS. 
          I'D LOOK IN ON THEIR MEETINGS HERE AT PLAZA DEMAS, AND WE HAD A, A DOZEN OR SO, OR TWO OR OR TWO DOZEN PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN TRAINING. 
          UM, SO IT WAS, IT WAS A FAIRLY ACTIVE PROCESS, BUT THE, THE BULK OF THE WORK WAS A, A SMALLER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THAT WAS WORKING WITH VIA WORKING WITH THE CITY ON, ON THE PLAN ITSELF. 
          AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE IT BACK TO THE STAKEHOLDERS GROUP, GET THEIR QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR IDEAS. 
          BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY THE PROCESS WORKED. 
          OKAY. 
          COULD YOU, UM, IF SOME, WE DID, WE DID I THINK 76 COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WERE, SOME OF THEM WERE VERY LARGE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , SOME OF THEM WERE SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE. 
          RIGHT. 
          IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE ME A LIST, UM, OF SURE. 
          THE, THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO, THE ATTENDANCE, AND THEN, UM, I KNOW I HAVE A LIST OF THE STAKEHOLDERS, BUT ALSO THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT THE STAKEHOLDERS HAD AND WHEN YOU HAD THEM. 
          THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          WE, WE CAN DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I THINK I'M COMING TO THE END, YOU ALL, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, YOUR INDULGENCE OF THIS. 
          BUT THIS IS OUR FIRST KIND OF WORK SESSION TIME, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS, UM, THAT WE GET GOING THROUGH THIS. 
          UM, FOR THE FUNDING. 
          UM, WHAT, FOR THE FUNDING HERE AND THESE OPTIONS, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BOND AS, AS USE FOR THE CITY BOND ISSUE, TRANSPORTATION TOTAL, UM, THE BREAKDOWN FOR 665 MILLION MM-HMM. 
          , IT'S A FIVE YEAR CYCLE. 
          AND SO THIS IS YOUR PLAN ONLY EXPECTS ONE TIME TO USE OUR BOND ONE TIME? NO. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I, I DON'T THINK WE'LL REQUIRE THIS LARGE A NUMBER NECESSARILY MM-HMM. 
          , BUT 2020 TO 2025 IS A $1.3 BILLION. 
          MM-HMM. 
           AMOUNT LOOKS LIKE 25 TO 2030 WOULD BE ROUGHLY THE SAME. 
          BUT IF, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU PASS THE ONE EIGHTH, THEN THAT GOES ON IN PERPETUITY MM-HMM. 
           AND IT GROWS, THAT, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON A, ON A TIME CYCLE. 
          YOU COULD SAY WE'RE IMPOSING THE ONE EIGHTH AS PART, JUST LIKE THE ONE HALF CENT. 
          IT'S PASSED. 
          IT'S PART OF VIA STRUCTURE AND IT GOES ON. 
          UH, SO, SO THERE WOULD BE LESS NEED TO DEPEND UPON THE, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE, UM, THE BOND, THE BOND STRATEGY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WE HAVE NOT PUT IN PLACE A FINANCING MECHANISM FOR YEARS 25 TO 30, OR 30 TO 40, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SUCH A HARD TIME JUST GETTING THE FIRST FIVE YEARS. 
          BUT, UH, UH, I, I, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO, TO DEFINE WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE AND THEN DEFINE HOW TO PAY FOR THEM FOR THE LONG HAUL. 
          BUT SOME OF IT IS GONNA BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE IN THIS PROCESS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND ALSO IT WAS MENTIONED THAT YOU ALL, UM, YOUR TEAM, YOU ALL LOOKED AT, UM, MULTIPLE FUNDING OPTIONS AND, UH, YOU HAD AN EXHAUSTED LIST OF LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS, FUNDING OPTIONS, AND THAT YOU LANDED ON THESE ONLY. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, SOME OF THEM WERE, WERE, WERE KIND OF TAKEN OFF THE TABLE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, WE WENT TO THE LEGISLATURE SEEKING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR VIA MM-HMM. 
           IN THE LEGISLATURE. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY TOUGH LEGISLATIVE SESSION ON CITIES. 
          A VERY TOUGH LEGISLATION, LEGISLATION ON ADDITIONAL REVENUES. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT WITH THE ANTIPATHY TO 
          [02:10:01]
TRANSIT AS OPPOSED TO ROADS, UH, THEY'RE JUST, WE JUST GOT NOWHERE. 
          SO, UM, IF YOU COULD PROVIDE TO ME AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THE EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF OTHER FUNDING OPTIONS THAT YOU ALL REVIEWED THAT MADE YOU ALL LAND ONTO THESE, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          I, I, SO I CAN SHARE THAT WITH MY CONSTITUENCY. 
          SURE. 
          I MEAN, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A, A, A THOUGHT OF A VEHICLE FEE, A VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE. 
          MM-HMM. 
           THAT WOULD'VE REQUIRED STATE LEGISLATION. 
          THERE WERE OTHER SIMILAR KIND OF PER CAPITA FEES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN, UH, SOLICITED THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE IN THIS LEGISLATURE. 
          SO WHEN WE STARTED, THERE WAS A RANGE OF THINGS THAT WERE CONSIDERED. 
          AND I CAN GET YOU THAT LIST. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE VERY, UM, HELPFUL. 
          I WOULD LIKE THAT LIST SO WE COULD ALL HAVE IT. 
          AND THEN I CAN ALSO SHARE IT WITH MY COUNCIL, I MEAN, WITH MY CONSTITUENCIES WHEN THEY ASK ME, UM, ABOUT WHAT OTHER EXHAUSTIVE, UH, WHAT OTHER OP PLANNING OPTIONS DID THEY HAVE. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, MOST OF ALL, FOR LETTING ME, UM, REALLY ASK THESE QUESTIONS. 
          I HOPE I, I HELPED ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK ALL OF THEM EITHER. 
          UM, BUT IF NOT, HAVE AT IT. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS TODAY. 
          UM, OH, FINALLY, UH, LAST QUESTION ABOUT THE SURVEYS THAT YOU ALL SENT OUT, NOT THE POLLING, BUT THE SURVEYS. 
          IF WE CAN GET THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF, YOU HAD THOSE FOUR OR THOSE, UM, LEMME CLOSE THIS, THOSE, UM, MEETINGS, THOSE EVENTS THAT YOU HAD. 
          OH. 
          IF YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE FOR US A LIST OF OKAY. 
          UH, WHERE THOSE MEETINGS WERE AND, UM, THE SURVEYS THAT YOU COLLECTED, THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THOSE SURVEYS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE, AND WHAT THOSE SURVEYS LOOKED LIKE. 
          UH, I KNOW WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE, 'CAUSE I TOOK ONE. 
          SO, UM, IF YOU COULD PROVIDE THOSE NUMBERS FOR US. 
          OKAY. 
          I WOULD GREATLY, UH, GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          WE WANTED TO CREATE AS OPEN A PROCESS AS POSSIBLE MM-HMM. 
          , AND LET PEOPLE SUBMIT IDEAS AND USE SOME SOCIAL MEDIA TECHNIQUES AND OTHERS TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, LET ME JUST SAY, UH, AS YOU, AS YOU, AS YOU CLOSE THAT, I GET YOUR POINT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE SOUTH SIDE ON AN ARC FROM BROOKS AROUND TO THE NEW INCARNATE WORD MEDICAL SCHOOL TO THE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG, UH, MILITARY DRIVE TO, UH, OF COURSE, PALO ALTO, TEXAS A AND M TO THE SOUTH OF FOUR 10 TOYOTA. 
          BEYOND THAT, UH, UH, PORT SAN ANTONIO AROUND ON AN ARC TO THE SOUTHWEST, THERE'S A LOT, LOT GOING ON AND A LOT MORE TO COME. 
          AND WE NEED TO ANTICIPATE IT WITH APPROPRIATE TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO EVERY SYSTEM THAT WE'VE THOUGHT OF, WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW TO EXTEND IT INTO THE, INTO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M GLAD, UH, YOU HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT. 
          I KNOW WITH YOUR CHAIRMAN THERE, HE'S BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT THOROUGHLY. 
          UM, AND THAT IS WHY I AM DEFINITELY KEEPING AN OPEN MIND AND WANTING TO GET THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND REALLY WANTING TO DIG DEEP ON THE DETAILS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THERE, THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          TRANSPORTATION CONGESTION IS AN ISSUE. 
          WE COME FROM THE SOUTH SIDE, WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME YEAH. 
          UH, CONGESTION THAT WE HAVE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          BUT WE DO, WE DO HAVE OUR RESIDENTS WHO WORK IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE GREAT CARPOOL OPPORTUNITIES, AND I THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. 
          AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE CARPOOLING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH OUR, OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND H O V LANES CAN BE A PART OF THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AND BE CREATIVE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          UM, SO I WILL SAY, I WILL, I'M KEEPING AN OPEN MIND BECAUSE I KNOW THIS TRANSPORTATION ANSWER HAS TO COME AND WE NEED TO GIVE THAT, AND WE NEED, WE KNOW, OUR POVERTY REPORT SAYS THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHWEST, SOUTH AND EAST SIDE DO RIDE THE BUS FOR JUST EVERY DAY, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT, HOW IT HAPPENS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO I WOULD HOPE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE KEEP THE CONCENTRATION ON THOSE AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY YOUR BUS RIDERS, THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, I DO HAVE ANOTHER, I, I KEEP REMEMBERING QUESTIONS, UH, ERIC, BUT MAYBE I'LL ASK THIS QUESTION TO YOU, UM, NEXT TIME ABOUT HOW MUCH WE GIVE TO VIA HOW MUCH SINCE WE'VE BEEN GIVING TO VIA THE 10 MILLION, AND HOW MUCH WE'VE GIVEN SO FAR, AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT MONEY AS WELL. 
          WE, WE'LL INCLUDE THAT IN THE ANALYSIS ON THE 19TH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, UH, AS MUCH AS, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OF THIS HAS HAPPENED, I WILL SAY THAT THIS, I AM COMING TO, UM, WITH AN OPEN MIND, BECAUSE WE KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THESE DON'T NEED TO BE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND COLLABORATION. 
          AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT HAS HAPPENED. 
          I BELIEVE THAT AT THE BEGINNING, UM, TOWARDS THE BEGINNING, LET ME SAY THAT. 
          WELL, EVEN IN, IN PARTS WHEN I'M FINDING OUT THINGS IN THE NEWSPAPER. 
          AND I WILL SAY THAT EVEN THE RUSH TO START THE CONNECT ESSAY PROCESS THAT WE FOUND OUT A DAY BEFORE WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME, 
          [02:15:01]
UM, I DO SAY THAT THERE HAS BEEN A SHROUD OF MISTRUST ON THIS BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE NEWSPAPER LEAKED OR FOR WHATEVER REASON. 
          UM, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER TO LOOK AT THE BEST OPTIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES IT. 
          THE COMMUNITY DESERVES THESE CONGESTION, ALLEVIATIONS THE COMMUNITY AND OUR WELLBEING OF OUR SOCIETY, UH, OF OUR COMMUN OF OUR CITY NEEDS IT. 
          SO, UM, THAT IS WHY I'M, I'M LOOKING TO BE VERY MUCH TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, TO GET IN DEPTH WITH THE CONVERSATION AND TO, UH, NOT BE QUIET WHEN I HAVE THESE QUESTIONS, OR MY COUNSEL OR MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE THESE QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          UH, BEFORE WE GET TO COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA, I THINK, UH, ANDY WANTED TO JUMP IN ON SOMETHING. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? ANDY? YOU'RE ON MY NEW QUEUE. 
          UH, YES. 
          MAYOR, I THINK STILL THERE'S SOME SYSTEM GLITCHES. 
          THAT WAS FROM MY PREVIOUS THAT WAS RESPONDING TO COUNCILMAN. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. 
          HAU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          IN DISTRICT SIX, WE DO HAVE SEVERE CONGESTION. 
          CURRENTLY. 
          WE DON'T, UH, WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR THAT. 
          IT'S HERE. 
          WE'RE DEALING WITH IT. 
          I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT, BECAUSE WE HAVE VIA REPRESENTATIVES HERE. 
          I'M GONNA GET A LITTLE SPECIFIC, UH, FROM COLLIBRA, UH, COLLIBRA, FROM TESLA TO FOUR 10, WE HAVE, IT'S BEEN A NIGHTMARE DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. 
          I GREW UP OUT THERE, AND IT WAS NEVER THAT BAD LAST FEW YEARS. 
          IT'S CRAZY. 
          BUT THE NUMBER 82 BUS HAS HELPED GREATLY. 
          SO WE, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE EXPANSION OF VIA LINK, AND I THINK WE'RE, THEY'RE TALKING, Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT IT BEING CLOSE TO MY DISTRICT, I THINK BORDERING, UM, MINE AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL'S. 
          SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          ESPECIALLY AS YOU MENTIONED, HENRY IN THE, UM, GREAT NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THAT'S REALLY WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF CONGESTION COMING FROM. 
          UM, SO I ALSO WANTED JUST TO MAKE ANOTHER GENERAL COMMENT BEFORE I GET INTO MY QUESTIONS, THAT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO ENGAGING IN A CREATIVE AND EFFECTIVE SOLUTION TO FIND, UH, ALTERNATIVE AQUA AQUIFER FUNDING. 
          I THINK THAT I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT. 
          I, I THINK THAT WE CAN HAVE IT ALL. 
          I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN DO BOTH. 
          UM, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT SOLUTION. 
          SO, GETTING INTO MY QUESTIONS, UH, THIS, THIS IS FOR YOU, HENRY. 
          I NEED, JUST WANNA CLARIFY, THE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT IS DEPENDENT ON THE ONE EIGHTH SALES TAX SHIFTING OVER TO TRANSIT. 
          SO, WELL IN EFFECT, THE ANSWER IS YES. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , BUT THE WAY IT WORKS IS THE FEDERAL FUNDING IS DEPENDENT UPON VIA AND THE CITY HAVING OPERATIONAL MONEY DEFINED OR CAPITAL MONEY DEFINED. 
          SO THEY DON'T CARE WHERE IT COMES FROM. 
          THEY JUST WANT THE LOCAL MATCH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE, IF WE HAVE THE LOCAL MATCH, AND IF IT'S SPENT ON THE RIGHT THINGS THAT QUALIFY, THEN WE STIMULATE THE MATCH. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT THIS SOLUTION, IT'S, UM, THE SHIFT TO TRANSIT IS APPROVED BY VOTERS. 
          WE ALSO GET 222 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THAT, THAT, THAT IS CORRECT. 
          WE MEAN, OKAY. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          IF WE MAKE THE SWITCH SO THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE AND WE SPEND IT ON THE THINGS THAT QUALIFY, WE GENERATE THE MATCH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, SO UP TO 30% OF THIS TOTAL PLAN OR SO, UH, IS, UH, IS, IS POTENTIALLY TAXPAYER DOLLARS TAX DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE SPENT AND SENT TO WASHINGTON, COMING BACK TO OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THIS QUESTION WILL BE FOR JEFF. 
          I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU, JEFF. 
          UM, AND MAYBE ACTUALLY HENRY TOO, BUT THE SHELTERED, THE SHELTERED BUS STOPS, ARE THEY INCLUDED IN, IN THE, THE BETTER BUS PORTION OF CONNECTUS CITY? YEAH, THEY'RE PART OF THE, YEAH, THEY'RE PART OF THE FULL ALLOCATION. 
          BUT LET ME, YOU'VE GIVEN ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A BIT ABOUT THE SHELTER BUS STOPS MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO, UM, OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, I THINK WE'VE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF SHELTERED BUS STOPS IN THE CITY FROM WHAT WAS BUILT BETWEEN 78 AND FIVE YEARS AGO. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO WE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE MORE SHELTERS ON OUR STREET THAN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND MORE SHELTERS ON OUR STREET THAN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          SO WE'RE WE AT A POINT WHERE THERE'S, THERE'S TWO CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          ONE IS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UH, BUS STOPS THAT HAVE LOWER RIDERSHIP. 
          AND SO WE DON'T INVEST IN THE SHELTER AT THOSE STOPS. 
          WE HAVE SOME STOPS THAT HAVE HIGHER RIDERSHIP THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT STOPS AT, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE SPACE FOR THE, THE SHELTERS, AND SO THAT YOU GET TO THAT POINT WHERE THE FINAL, YOU KNOW, FINAL PUSH TAKES A WHOLE LOT MORE WORK. 
          BUT YES, WE WE'RE STILL COMMITTED TO, UH, TO THAT PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IS PART OF THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE INCLUDED? I, I, I'M KIND OF, I AM LISTENING TO ABOUT THE DISCUSSION ABOUT OLDER, UM, INDIVIDUALS AND THEN THE DISABLED, THAT'S MM-HMM. 
           AND, AND REALLY ANY WRITER. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT ESPECIALLY, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING A HARD TIME EVEN GETTING TO THE, ON THE BENCH FOR A LITTLE BIT. 
          RIGHT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, EVEN IN THE RAIN OR THE HEAT. 
          YES. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S PART OF THIS, THAT'S INHERENT IN WHAT WE DO. 
          YES. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          AN ISSUE FOR MANY RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT SIX IS FREQUENCY. 
          THE, UH, OUTER NEIGHBORHOODS OF MY DISTRICT DON'T HAVE THE SAME FREQUENCY THAT OTHERS, UH, IN, IN THE AREA ENJOY IN, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          UH, THEREFORE IT SEEMS THAT VIA RIDERSHIP IS MUCH LOWER IN THE OUTER PARTS 
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OF, OF MY DISTRICT, UM, THE MORE KIND OF SUBURBAN AREAS MM-HMM. 
           THAN THE INNER PART. 
          WILL YOU SPEAK TO HOW NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO SERVICE WITH GREATER FREQUENCY WITH THIS PLAN? SO THE, THE WHOLE PREMISE OF BETTER BUS IS INCREASING FREQUENCY, THE BETTER BUS PIECE. 
          UH, AND OUR, AS I SAID BEFORE, OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS THAT NO SERVICE RUN AT POORER THAN EVERY 20 MINUTES DURING RUSH HOUR PERIOD AND 30 MINUTES DURING THE, THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. 
          THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL. 
          NOW, WE DON'T GET THERE IN THIS FIRST 10 YEARS COMPLETELY, BUT WE, WE MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          THE SECOND THING IS, IN THE AREAS, ESPECIALLY THE AREAS RIGHT NOW IN, IN THE GENERAL NORTHWEST THAT HAVE 60 MINUTE FREQUENCY, THERE ARE SEVERAL ROUTES THAT HAVE 60 MINUTE FREQUENCY. 
          THOSE ARE THE AREAS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING IN THE MOBILITY ON DEMAND, THE VIA LINK TYPE SERVICE. 
          UH, BECAUSE RATHER THAN HAVE TO WAIT EVERY 60 MINUTES, OR IF YOU HAVE TO TRANSFER AND YOU JUST MISS, YOU HAVE TO WAIT AN EXTRA 60 MINUTES, UH, YOU'D BE ABLE TO, TO BOOK A TRIP. 
          AND ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE, WHERE WE'RE RUNNING RIGHT NOW, WE HAD 60 MINUTE SERVICE, AND WE'RE HAVING AN AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME OF EVERY 10 MINUTES ONCE YOU REQUEST A CALL. 
          SO WE'D HAVE BOTH OF THOSE APPROACHES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND CAN YOU, UM, TELL ME, HAS RIDERSHIP INCREASED, DECREASED, STAYED THE SAME OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS? AND IF, OKAY. 
          SO RIDERSHIP NATIONALLY SINCE 2013, HAS BEEN ON A DECLINE IN PUBLIC, IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. 
          UM, IN FACT, OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD FROM FIF FROM 13 TO 18, NEW YORK CITY EVEN SAW A DECREASE IN RIDERSHIP. 
          VIAS DECREASE IN RIDERSHIP WAS KIND OF IN THE CENTER OF THE RANGE OF DECREASES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          HOWEVER, THE CITY'S INVESTMENT, THE $10 MILLION INVESTMENT THAT YOU'RE MAKING EVERY YEAR TO INCREASING FREQUENCY ON THAT SET OF 18 ROUTES AND VIAS INVESTMENT IN THE TWO ADDITIONAL PRIMO SERVICES THAT WE MADE LAST YEAR ON C ZARZA, MORA, AND ON SOUTHEAST MILITARY. 
          THOSE THINGS IN COMBINATION HAVE TURNED THE TIDE. 
          AND SO OVER THE, WE'VE SEEN NOW FOUR CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF RIDERSHIP INCREASES COMPARED TO HISTORICAL THE PREVIOUS YEAR, I SHOULD SAY, ORDER OF MAGNITUDE 5%, IT'S PRETTY GOOD TO GO FROM LOSING THREE TO 5% TO GAINING 5%. 
          AND I CREDIT IT LARGELY TO THE INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY HAS MADE IN INCREASED FREQUENCY. 
          AND THAT, TO ME IS THE HARBINGER OF WHY WE CAN EXPECT GREAT RESULTS OUT OF BETTER BUS AND OUT OF AR BUSS AND OUT OF A R T. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ONE MORE, THIS MAY BE FOR HENRY TOO, BUT IS CONNECTUS, SAY, LOOKING AT MAJOR EMPLOYERS OR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS AS, AS PRIORITIES FOR CONNECTIVITY? I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY WE'RE LOOKING AT ANY, UH, AGGREGATION OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKELY TO USE TRANSIT. 
          SO MAJOR EDUCATIONAL CENTERS LIKE THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES, FOR EXAMPLE, OR EVEN HIGH SCHOOLS, UM, AND THE BIG EMPLOYMENT CENTERS FOR SURE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND IN FACT, IN THE PROCESS OF OUR PRESENTATIONS, WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE LIKES OF U SS A A, FOR EXAMPLE, THE OTHER MAJOR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, THE MILITARY BASES, PORT SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, WE MADE A PRESENTATION TO, UH, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, UH, COMMANDER, UH, THAT COVERS LACHLAN, UH, OF WHAT'S YET ON PORT SAN ANTONIO, FORT SAM, HOUSTON, RANDOLPH, ET CETERA. 
          SO CLEARLY, OKAY. 
          UH, MAYBE THERE, THOSE ARE PRETTY BIG EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, AND MAYBE I'M THINKING OF MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALLER. 
          I, IN MY DISTRICT, WE HAVE WELLS FARGO, WE HAVE FROST, UM, FROST BANK, THE BIG, THE BACK OFFICE OPERATIONS. 
          RIGHT? YEAH. 
          EVEN SEAWORLD, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, I THINK VIA DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OKAY. 
          HOW TO SERVE THOSE FOLKS. 
          BUT WE NEED TO OBVIOUSLY ACCENTUATE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KIO, HARVARD TO COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU, UH, FOR, UM, ALL THESE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, AND YEAH, I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS PRESENTATION A NUMBER OF TIMES. 
          UH, AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDIES VIA THIS PRESENTATION NOW FOR MANY YEARS. 
          UM, I'M, I'M THE LONGEST SERVING COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE M P O, SO I'VE BEEN SEEING A VARIETY OF, OF VERSIONS FOR VIA, UM, FOR MORE THAN 10, WELL, ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW. 
          IT'S ON THE COUNCIL, BUT PREVIOUSLY BEFORE THAT, SEEING THE, WELL, IT WAS CALLED SOMETHING ELSE BEFORE VIA REIMAGINED, BUT THERE WAS, UM, THIS MAJOR CORRIDOR PLAN, IT'S PART OF OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN. 
          UH, AND I, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A FIRST OPPORTUNITY THAT I'VE SEEN TO FUND IT. 
          AND I AM BEYOND THRILLED AT THE POTENTIAL OF THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT FINALLY BRINGS TO FRUITION. 
          I KNOW THE VISION THAT I'VE HAD FOR MY COMMUNITY, UH, FOR ALL THESE YEARS IS TO SEE A ROBUST TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT 
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INVESTED IN THE MAJOR CORRIDORS IN THE DISTRICT. 
          I CAN ENVISION TRANS TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ALONG THOSE MAJOR CORRIDORS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          UH, COMMERCE STREET USED TO BE A THRIVING BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. 
          AND I KNOW, UM, EVEN I CAN REMEMBER IT WHEN I WAS A CHILD, BUT I KNOW, OF COURSE, UH, SECRETARY, YOU HAVE MANY, UH, MEMORIES OF THE VIBRANCY OF COMMERCE STREET. 
          UH, AND IT HAD TO DO WITH THE NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESSES THERE AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. 
          UH, AND ALL THAT HAS DECLINED, UH, OVER MANY GENERATIONS. 
          UM, I CAN ENVISION THE ENRIQUE BARRA PARKWAY, UH, EXTENSION OF THE A R T GOING ALL THE WAY OUT THERE AND CONNECTING TO 1604 AND BRINGING ALL THOSE PEOPLE IN. 
          AND WE CAN IMAGINE THAT AREA OF THE WEST SIDE REALLY HAVING THE VIBRANCY THAT IT ONCE HAD. 
          IT WAS ONCE A HIGHWAY THAT BROUGHT PEOPLE INTO OUR CITY. 
          UH, AND IT'S DECLINED OVER THE YEARS. 
          AND, AND, UH, AND RATHER THAN TALKING ABOUT REINVESTMENT, THERE'S A BIG FIGHT ABOUT WHETHER WE CALL IT OLD HIGHWAY 90 OR LIKE NEVER REALLY, UM, AN INVESTMENT IN THE CORRIDOR. 
          UH, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO THIS IF WE JUST HAVE BOLD VISION FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. 
          AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL WE'RE ASKING HERE REALLY IS FOR THE ONE 8 CENT TO BE REDIRECTED. 
          UH, MOST OF THE DECISIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE ARE INTERNAL. 
          UM, AND MM-HMM. 
          , THE BIG ONE, OF COURSE, IS TO GO TO THE VOTERS TO ASK THEM TO SUPPORT THE ONE 8 CENT MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND IF I COULD JUST HAVE MY WAY, UH, AND, AND SHOW MY FULL, UH, SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT, WE WOULD GO FOR A BIG BOND IN 2020 MM-HMM. 
           WITH REAL TRANSPORTATION, UM, TRANSFORMATION, AND REALLY GET THOSE CORRIDORS GOING, UH, AND REALLY DO THE INVESTMENT THAT WE NEED TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO SERVICES. 
          IT WAS ALWAYS MY, UH, MY TAGLINE THAT THE GREAT THING ABOUT DISTRICT FIVE IS THAT WE'RE COMPACT, WE'RE CONNECTED. 
          UH, WE, UM, ARE A, A COMMUNITY THAT'S PROGRESSIVE AND AFFORDABLE. 
          UH, AND I BELIEVE THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN OUR CITY. 
          AND IF WE COULD GET THIS INVESTMENT, I BELIEVE THAT IT REALLY COULD TURN GENERATIONS OF DISINVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          UM, AND SO I, I'M JUST SO EXCITED TO SEE IT. 
          UH, I BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL GIVE US THE INVESTMENT IN THE CORE, UH, THAT WE REALLY NEEDED WHEN VIA BUILT THE TRANSIT CENTER, THE, THE CENTRO PLAZA, UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, IT WAS PART OF A VISION FOR THE STREETCAR. 
          AND, AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE. 
          BUT I WAS DEVASTATED WHEN THAT PROJECT FAILED BECAUSE I FELT LIKE IT WAS A FIRST OPPORTUNITY THAT I SAW TO HAVE A REAL INVESTMENT IN THE CORE OF OUR CITY. 
          AND SO I JUST, I, I, I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED, UM, AND THAT THOSE WILL GET SORTED OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. 
          UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THE EDWARDS AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND THAT THERE ARE, UM, THE CREEK WAYS IN PARTICULAR, UH, IS, WAS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          THAT'S PART OF THE CONNECTIVITY AND THE CHARM, UM, OF OUR INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT ONE AND IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MAKE A REALLY BOLD ATTEMPT TO GET SOME OF THIS PASSED. 
          AND I, I UNDERSTAND THE RELUCTANCY OF SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT PULLS REALLY WELL. 
          UH, AND THAT IF YOU GATHER THE INFORMATION AND YOU REALLY TALK TO PEOPLE, UM, THEY WANT TO SEE A TRANSFORMATION IN OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. 
          AND, AND, AND YOU GAVE THE, THE, THE COMMENT OF PEOPLE ON THE BUS AND, AND, UH, THE HEARTBREAK THERE. 
          BUT I WOULD THINK IT INCREDIBLY HEARTBREAKING IF WE DON'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND THIS QUICKLY. 
          UH, SO I, I, I, I, MY ONLY QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT SOME SORT OF SPECIFIC ROUTES, ESPECIALLY THE EAST TO WEST, UH, NORTH TO SOUTH CORRIDORS, AND HOW FIRM ARE THOSE? UM, AND IS THERE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY THAT NEEDS TO BE, UM, ACQUIRED, UH, BECAUSE, UM, WE KNOW THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, COMMERCE IS A ONE WAY WEST. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, COMING BACK EAST, YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN BUENA VISTA, AND I DON'T SEE THAT HERE. 
          UM, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE POTENTIAL NECESSITY FOR RIGHT OF AWAY, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? OKAY, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR. 
          I WANT TO, IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE COUNCIL THANK, UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN FOR BEING AN EARLY VOICE. 
          AT OUR VERY, VERY, VERY FIRST MEETING GATHERING, SHE EXPRESSED THE NEED FOR A MULTIMODAL SYSTEM QUITE STRONGLY. 
          WE HAD A, A, A A, A FIERCE EXCHANGE ABOUT FREEWAYS VERSUS BICYCLES. 
          AND, UH, SO HER 
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INPUT COLORED A LOT OF THE WAY WE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS ALONG THE WAY. 
          IT COULDN'T BE, YOU KNOW, ONE DOMINANT MODE. 
          WE HAD TO REALLY SPREAD IT. 
          SO, I, I VERY SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOVING WORDS TODAY. 
          AND I, AND I USE THOSE WORDS ADVISEDLY TO ME, THEY'RE VERY MOVING. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW HOW HARD THIS HAS BEEN. 
          LET ME JUST SHARE WITH YOU FACTS OF LIFE THAT I REMEMBER THAT I LEARNED A LONG, LONG TIME AGO AT THE TIME THAT I WAS DECIDING TO RUN FOR THE CITY COUNCIL IN 1975. 
          WE LIVE IN A POOR CITY. 
          IT'S GROWING, AND IT'S, IT'S INCREASING IN INCOME, BUT IT IS STILL A POOR CITY. 
          WE HAVE A LOWER PER CAPITA INCOME THAN OUR SISTER CITY, 75 MILES TO THE NORTH AND OUR OTHER CITIES IN THE SISTER CITIES IN THE TEXAS TRIANGLE BY FAR. 
          RIGHT? SO WE CANNOT HAVE SOLUTIONS THAT SHOOT FOR THE MOON. 
          WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. 
          LAST TIME RAIL WAS PRESENTED TO SAN ANTONIO MULTIPLE TIMES IT WAS DEFEATED AND PROBABLY FOR GOOD REASON. 
          IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE IN A CITY, AS SPRAWLED AS WE ARE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE MASS, MASS DENSITY TO DO THAT. 
          SO WHAT WE'VE COME UP WITH IS A HYBRID PLAN THAT SAYS, LET'S DO SOMETHING WITHIN OUR BUDGET. 
          LET'S NOT OVERKILL WITH RESPECT TO THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY. 
          LET'S, I MEAN, LATEST, UH, EXPENSIVE MODES. 
          LET'S FIND SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT WALKS THE MIDDLE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THIS A R T SYSTEM DOES. 
          AND I DO AGREE WITH YOU. 
          I THINK IT WILL OPEN UP PLACES, UH, UH, FOR, FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND SO FORTH. 
          SO WHAT WE'VE OFFERED IS, I THINK A PLAN THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT YOU'VE CITED. 
          IT IS NOT A PLAN STRICTLY ABOUT EQUITY. 
          IT'S A PLAN ABOUT PROVIDING FOR THE NEEDS OF EVERY PART OF THE CITY. 
          AND THE NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT IN SOME PLACES, THEY'RE CONGESTION IN SOME PLACES. 
          AS COUNCILMAN ILLA GRANT SAID SO ELOQUENTLY, IT IS ABOUT A DIFFERENT CRITERIA. 
          THE CRITERIA IS NOT THAT IT'S ALREADY CROWDED. 
          THE CRITERIA IS PEOPLE WORK AND DON'T HAVE A WAY TO GET TO WORK WITHOUT, WITHOUT, WITHOUT MOBILITY ALTERNATIVES. 
          AND THEY NEED TO BE PROVIDED FOR. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO. 
          AND, UH, I, I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR SPEAKING TO IT. 
          UM, JEFF MAY WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CORRIDORS. 
          THE ANSWER IS THEY'RE NOT FIXED. 
          THEY'RE NOT SET, THEY'VE NOT BEEN ENGINEERED. 
          AND WE KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE ISSUES LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NORTH SOUTH ROUTE, AND I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A CONCERN OF COUNCILMAN TREVINO, UH, IN THE NARROW PLACES LIKE SAN PEDRO, IN THE MONTE VISTA AREA. 
          WELL, IT MAY BE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PUT IN PLACE, UH, THE, THE, THE DEDICATED LANES FOR A PORTION OF THE WAY, AND THEN THERE'S A PLACE WHERE THE A R T NEEDS TO BE IN THE TRAFFIC. 
          BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF A R T IS YOU, YOU, YOU DON'T NEED TO LAY THE RAIL. 
          SO, SO, SO, SO THE, THE BUS CAN, CAN GO IN, IN, IN THE TRAFFIC FLOW, WHICH IS NOT THAT BAD AT THAT POINT, AT, AT LEAST NOT NOW. 
          UM, UH, SO THERE WILL HAVE TO BE RIGHT OF WAY BOUGHT AND VIA WILL ENGINEER THAT IN DUE COURSE. 
          THEY'VE MADE ESTIMATES NOW OF WHAT THEY NEED. 
          BUT, UM, THAT'S PART OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LET IT GO A LONG TIME. 
          AND DON'T PUT IN SOMETHING LIKE, UH, DEDICATED ROUTES. 
          THEN YOU HAVE TO OVERLAY A MODERN SYSTEM ON AN OLDER CITY, AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD, ON AN OLDER ROADWAY SYSTEM. 
          BUT YOU DO HAVE TO GET STARTED AT SOME POINT, OR YOU STAY IN THAT DITCH FOREVER. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE, WHERE THAT IS. 
          I'LL LET JEFF SPEAK TO THE EAST WEST ROUTE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, UH, TO THAT. 
          SO I, I WOULD SIMPLY REPEAT THAT, THAT, UH, WE HAVE NOT DONE ENGINEERING ON THESE ROUTES. 
          UH, THE M P O THROUGH ACTION MONDAY AT THEIR MEETING HAS MADE AVAILABLE SOME MONEY TO US THROUGH S T P M N, AGAIN, FEDERAL MONEY THAT WILL ALLOW US TO, TO START MOVING INTO ADVANCED CONCEPTUAL DESIGN. 
          UH, IT IS TRUE THAT IN NEITHER THE NORTH, SOUTH OR THE EAST WEST CORRIDOR, WE'RE GONNA BE 100% IN A DEDICATED, UH, RIGHT OF WAY. 
          AND IN FACT, THE FEDERAL PROGRAM REALLY CONCEIVES THAT BECAUSE IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDS ON A B R T PROJECT, 50% OF THE CORRIDOR HAS TO BE IN DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY. 
          SO THEY KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS GONNA HAPPEN. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE SYSTEMS WE VISITED, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN. 
          UH, TWO OF THE SYSTEMS, IN FACT, HAVE SECTIONS WHERE THEY HAVE ONLY A SINGLE LANE FOR THE B R T, AND THEY HAVE TO LET VEHICLES IN. 
          IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY HAVE A FLAGMAN. 
          IN ORDER TO DO THAT, A LOT OF ACCOMMODATION HAS TO BE MADE BECAUSE YOU'RE TYPICALLY BUILDING IN STREETS THAT PREEXIST. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE, UM, ON THE COMMERCE SIDE, WE SEE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE DEDICATED LANE ALMOST ALL THE WAY WE IN THE EARLY ENGINEERING, AND WE CAN SHOW YOU SOME OF THAT ON THE NORTH SOUTH LINE. 
          IT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE THAT WE SEE THAT THERE WOULD BE DEDICATED, UH, CENTER RUNNING B R T UP UNTIL YOU GET TO THE MONTE VISTA AREA. 
          AND THEN WE WOULD BE IN THE CURB LANES AND DIAMOND TYPE CURB LANE TYPE 
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CONFIGURATION. 
          LET ME REMIND EVERYBODY, THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF B R T IS YOU'RE ABLE TO, TO DO THESE KINDS OF THINGS, RUNNING L R T IN THOSE CURB LANES WOULD, WOULD BE A DIFFICULT PROPOSITION BECAUSE, UM, A, UH, A RAIL VEHICLE CAN NOT GET AROUND ANYTHING. 
          IT'S STUCK ON ITS TRACK. 
          IF THERE'S AN INCIDENT IN THE LANE, A B R T VEHICLE IN, IN THE MONTE VISTA AREA, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE ABLE TO GET AROUND IT. 
          WELL, I, I KNOW THOSE DETAILS HAVE TO BE DETERMINED, AND, AND WE WOULDN'T SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY MAKING THOSE DECISIONS UNTIL WE HA, UNTIL WE HAD CONFIRMATION THAT THERE WAS FUNDING AVAILABLE. 
          UH, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT AS WE START THE PROJECT THAT WE, UM, CONSIDER, UH, THE EAST TO WEST CORRIDOR AS, UH, IT HAS BEEN, WE KNOW ONE OF THE HEAVY TRAVELED, UM, UH, CORRIDORS IN THE DISTRICT, UM, AND HAD, AND, AND AS I DID SOME RESEARCH ABOUT, UH, SOME OF, UH, MY DISTRICT, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, AND MY COLLEAGUES HAVE NOW HEARD ME SAY IT FOR MANY, FOR SOME TIME NOW, DISTRICT FIVE IS A, A DISTRICT, UM, THAT, UH, 80% OF OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE 35 AND YOUNGER. 
          SO WE'RE A VERY YOUNG DISTRICT, UH, AND WE KNOW THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE TO AUTOMOBILES. 
          THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP MANY TIMES, UH, AS DO SENIORS, UH, WANNA HAVE SOME ALTERNATIVE. 
          AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF WORKERS IN DISTRICT FIVE ARE WORKING DOWNTOWN. 
          THAT WAS ALSO PART OF THE, UH, VERY DETAILED INFORMATION THAT WE LOOKED AT WHEN WE WERE GETTING SOME CENSUS TRACK INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, UH, PRO UH, PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICT. 
          AND SO ALL OF THOSE, I HOPE, INFORMED THE DECISION TO PRIORITIZE, UH, CERTAIN AREAS. 
          UM, I BELIEVE WE'VE WAITED A REALLY LONG TIME FOR A INVESTMENT IN TRANSIT AND INVESTMENT IN WALKABLE COMMUNITIES. 
          WE HAVE THE WALKABLE FOOTPRINT, UM, WE HAVE CONNECTIVITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE ALREADY HEAVY USERS OF THE TRANSIT SYSTEM. 
          AND WE, I BELIEVE THAT, THAT WE WILL BENEFIT TREMENDOUSLY FROM THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND SO I WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE, UM, CONSIDER MAKING BOLDER, UH, ATTENTION TO THESE AND MOVE THEM FORWARD QUICKLY. 
          UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE AQUIFER. 
          WE KNOW THAT THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES. 
          OUR CITY WILL BE TAKING STEPS TO PROTECT, UH, OUR WATER SYSTEM. 
          AND SO, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH AN EDWARDS FOR PROTECTION PROGRAM OR IT'S THROUGH SOME OTHER S METHOD, UM, THAT WILL ALWAYS BE IN PERPETUITY. 
          WE CAN'T, THERE'S, WE CAN'T RISK, UM, OUR WATER. 
          UH, IT IS ALSO A PRIORITY, BUT IT IS TIME TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UH, BEEN WAITING SO LONG, UM, FOR A SYSTEM LIKE THIS ONE. 
          AND I REALLY DO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND HIS STAFF FOR BEING VERY CREATIVE, UH, AND TURNING ATTENTION TO, UH, TRANSPORTATION. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT IT'S VERY, UM, DIFFICULT, UM, POLITICALLY SPEAKING TO TRY TO MOVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
          UH, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT'S WORTH IT. 
          UM, TODAY WE KNOW IT'S ONLY GONNA GET MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND SO I REALLY DO COMMEND HIM FOR, UH, FOR TAKING THE RISK. 
          UM, AND I, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I, I'M, I'M SUPPORTIVE AT THIS PLAN 100%, AND I WISH WE COULD DO IT SOONER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COULD I, UH, JUST RESPOND A COUPLE THINGS. 
          ONE IS THE EAST WEST CORRIDOR AND THE NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR ARE THE TWO PRIORITY CORRIDORS. 
          AND THIS FUNDING PLAN, AND THIS PLAN HAS THOSE BOTH UNDER IMPLEMENTATION IN ON THE SAME TIMELINE. 
          THE EASTWEST CORRIDOR IS A LITTLE BIT SHORTER THAN NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR, SO IT MIGHT OPEN SLIGHTLY BEFORE, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE'LL BE, OUR PRIORITY IS TO BUILD BOTH OF THOSE LINES. 
          UH, I THINK WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EQUITY, AND I HEARD THAT EARLIER, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EQUITY AND TRANSPORTATION TRANSIT IS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ORIENTED AT AND WE'LL WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. 
          WE JUST DID A TRANSIT EQUITY ANALYSIS, UH, WITH A GREAT, GREAT LEADERSHIP OF OUR TRUSTEE, AMANDA MERCK, UH, AND LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, AND IF YOU DON'T OWN A CAR, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT DON'T HAVE CARS HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSIT VERSUS GEN, THE GENERAL NUMBER? AND I THINK YOU'D BE NOT SURPRISED, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE GOT THE RIDERSHIP. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN WE INVESTED THE $10 MILLION THAT THE CITY PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST TWO ROUTES WERE IN DISTRICT TWO, AND THEY HAD THE FIRST TWO ROUTES THAT, UH, WENT TO HIGHER FREQUENCY OR IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          AND THEN THE, THE NEXT ONES WERE ON THE WEST SIDE. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE SAW THE, YOU KNOW, GREAT RIDERSHIP INCREASE. 
          AND THEN WE FOLLOWED UP AND WE IMPLEMENTED ADDITIONAL SERVICE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          AND WE DO HAVE SOME ON THE NORTH SIDE, BUT THOSE, THAT'S WHERE WE EMPHASIZE. 
          AND SO JUST, UH, UH, TWO MORE COMMENTS, UH, SO I DON'T FORGET. 
          UM, ONE OF THEM IS THAT WE KNOW, I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU WERE AN EARLY ADOPTER OF VISION ZERO. 
          AND THE REASON WHY THAT MATTERS IS BECAUSE THAT WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE THAT RIDE THE BUS, 
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UH, ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME, ARRIVE SAFELY AT THEIR DESTINATION. 
          SO NOT ONLY DOES IT ADDRESS MANY OF THE OTHER FACTORS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, BUT IT ALSO COULD SAVE LIVES IF MORE PEOPLE WERE USING TRANSIT OFF AND OFF THE STREET. 
          AND, AND THE FINAL COMMENT THAT, UM, I WANTED TO MAKE ABOUT, UH, WHY I, I BELIEVE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, UM, AND I, I JUST BLANKED ON IT, AND OH MY GOODNESS, THERE WERE TWO LIKE, REALLY IMPORTANT CRITICAL THING, OH, UH, SORRY, MAYOR, I REMEMBERED NOW IS THAT, UH, AS I WAS STUDYING, UM, TRANSPORTATION AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO GO TO DIFFERENT CITIES AND SEE WHAT THEIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM LOOKED LIKE. 
          AND I'VE ALSO HAD THE LUXURY OF TRAVELING AS A SINGLE PERSON, UH, AS AN ADULT, AND NOW TRAVELING WITH CHILDREN. 
          AND WHAT THEY DID INDICATE WAS THE NUMBER ONE, UM, WHAT SOME OF THE RESEARCH SHOWED WAS THE NUMBER ONE, UM, THING THAT WOULD GET PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC TRANSIT WAS ACTUALLY THE PRICE OF PARKING. 
          AND SO AS WE'RE LOOKING FOR FUNDING SOURCES, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EVENTUALLY INCREASE THE COST OF PARKING. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT, UH, AS A FINANCIAL ALTERNATIVE TO SOME OF THESE THINGS. 
          I KNOW THE COUNCILMAN ASKED ABOUT, UM, SOME DIFF DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, AND I DIDN'T HEAR THAT MENTIONED, BUT I KNOW IN PLACES LIKE SAN JOSE AND SANTA MONICA AND LA AND, UH, AND OTHER PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY IN CHICAGO, UH, RIDERSHIP INCREASES WHEN WE RAISE THE COST OF PARKING. 
          AND, UH, SO EVENTUALLY WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND MAYOR, WHILE, WHILE I MAY, JUST ONE SENTENCE, UM, UM, BECAUSE THE COUNCILMAN HER COMMENTS POINTED IT OUT, WE ARE REALLY FORTUNATE AS A CITY THAT AT THIS TIME WHEN WE'RE EMBARKING ON THIS STRATEGY THAT WE HAVE, JEFF ARENT IN THE POSITION AT VIA, HE BRINGS EXPERTISE THAT HE DEVELOPED IN HOUSTON. 
          HE HAS CONTACTS AND IS RESPECTED ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
          I'VE SEEN IT IN THIS PROCESS THROUGH AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSIT ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS. 
          UH, HE'S, UH, TAKES CALLS AT ALL HOURS, WORKS AT ALL HOURS. 
          UH, I THINK WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY WHO CAN MAKE THIS SYSTEM WORK, UH, FOR THE LONG HAUL. 
          JEFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          AND IF I CAN INTERJECT JUST ONE SECOND TO PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT, UH, TO DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          YOU DESCRIBED YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALES TO BE FIERCE AT FIRST . 
          UM, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, FOR HAVING FIERCE QUESTIONS, BUT ALSO HAVING A, A VERY COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT IN A ARRIVING AT ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA BE WHAT, WHAT'S REQUIRED FROM ALL OF US. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU HENRY AND THE MEMBERS OF, UH, YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS. 
          THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT TRANSPORTATION IS AN ABSOLUTELY KEY ISSUE IN THIS CITY. 
          UH, IT'S ONE OF THE TWO THINGS I HEARD WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE TWO THINGS I HEAR TODAY. 
          PUBLIC SAFETY AND BETTER TRANSPORTATION. 
          NOW, I HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT REFLECTS PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT I HEAR IT FROM OTHER COUNCIL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE TOO. 
          THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. 
          UH, ANYBODY WHO'S EVER TRAVELED OUTSIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, WHO'S GONE TO ANY OTHER MAJOR CITY IN THIS COUNTRY, HAS PROBABLY RIDDEN IN REALLY GOOD MASS TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, I HAVE, WHETHER IT'S BEEN LA OR BOSTON OR NEW YORK, OR CHICAGO OR DALLAS OR HOUSTON, IF YOU GO OVERSEAS, WHICH I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO. 
          YOU GO TO LONDON, YOU GO TO PARIS, YOU GO TO CITIES AND, AND CHINA AND KOREA, EVERYWHERE. 
          YOU HAVE GREAT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, MASS TRANSPORTATION. 
          WE'RE THE NUMBER SEVEN LARGEST CITY IN THIS COUNTRY. 
          AND PROBABLY AMONG ALL OF THOSE OTHER CITIES THAT I'VE MENTIONED AND MANY, MANY MORE, WE PROBABLY HAVE THE LEAST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN COMPARISON. 
          AND I, I CREDIT, AS YOU DID, THE LACK OF COMMITMENT THAT HAS BEEN MADE OVER THE YEARS TO PROVIDE THE BEST PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, THE BEST KIND OF MASS TRANSPORTATION WE NEED, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS 20 OR 30 YEARS AGO, HENRY, I REMEMBER WHEN WE BUILT THE ALAMODOME AND WE BUILT THAT TRANSPORTATION CENTER RIGHT NEXT TO IT. 
          AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BECOME A KEY TO DEVELOPING BETTER TRANSPORTATION AROUND THE CITY. 
          AND AS A COUNCILMAN TODAY, I DO NOT WANNA SEE US FACE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY 10 OR 20 YEARS FROM NOW SAYING, YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT 10 YEARS AGO OR 
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20 YEARS AGO. 
          WE HAVE TO DO IT NOW. 
          AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT. 
          I KNOW PEOPLE IN, IN THE NORTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO AND PEOPLE IN DISTRICT NINE ARE REALLY FIGHTING AGAINST TRAFFIC CONGESTION. 
          IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET BACK AND FORTH ACROSS 1604, UP AND DOWN 2 81. 
          AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON ALLEVIATING THAT OVER THE LONG TERM, BUT IT'S A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN THAT. 
          AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE IN, IN OUR PART OF TOWN, UH, COUNCILMAN VIA GRANT. 
          I WOULD IMAGINE NEXT FIVE OR 10 YEARS, YOU'RE GONNA BE FACING THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE SOUTH SIDE ALREADY AROUND BROOKS, UH, SOUTHWEST MILITARY, OUR SOUTHEAST MILITARY IS A MESS. 
          SO IT'S EVERYWHERE THAT WE NEED THIS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL SUPPORT IT. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE HEARD, UH, MAYBE YOU MENTIONED HENRY, OR MAYBE IT WAS JEFF, WHEN HE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE COUNTRY, TRANSPORTATION, UH, MASS TRANSPORTATION IS SEEING A DECLINE IN PEOPLE RIDING IT. 
          WELL, I DON'T THINK WE'LL SEE THAT HERE. 
          AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE REASON WHY WE'VE SEEN THE DECLINE IN PEOPLE RIDING MASS TRANSPORTATION SINCE 2016 IS BECAUSE IN 2014 AND 2015, UH, PEOPLE WERE PAYING $4 A GALLON FOR GAS, AND THEY WERE ALL GETTING IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INSTEAD OF PAYING FOUR, OR IN CALIFORNIA $5 A GALLON, THEY'D MUCH RATHER RIDE IN THE SUBWAY IN A BUS. 
          SINCE THEN, GAS HAS FALLEN TO $2, $2 AND 25 CENTS A GALLON. 
          THEY'RE ALL BACK IN THEIR CARS. 
          BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT SAME KIND OF, OF, UH, SYSTEM IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          'CAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN HAVE A CAR, RIGHT. 
          AND CAN'T GET ANYWHERE ELSE OTHER THAN MASTER TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO I'M FOR THIS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW YOU'VE PROVIDED A VERY GOOD, CLEAR VIEW OF THE WAY WE CAN GO FORWARD ON THIS. 
          YES, THERE ARE MORE DETAILS TO BE WORKED OUT, WHETHER IT'S, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BRING IN THE FEDERAL, UH, CONTRIBUTION, WHETHER IT'S HAVING TO PASS, UH, A, A NEW USE FOR THAT ONE EIGHTH PERCENT SALES TAX, WHETHER IT'S ASSURING THAT WE PROTECT THE AQUIFER AND CONTINUE TO BUILD THE TRAIL SYSTEM. 
          ALL OF THOSE ARE COMPONENTS OF THIS. 
          BUT I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 'EM. 
          WE HAVE A, A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          WE HAVE EVEN IDEAS, SOLID IDEAS TO MOVE TO ADDRESS THOSE AND MAKE SURE THEY BECOME PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          WE JUST NEED TO MAKE THE, THE DECISION, PARDON ME. 
          WE NEED TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO IT. 
          AND SO I HOPE THAT THAT WILL BE WHAT COMES OUT OF THE ACTION OF THIS COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK WE HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO IT. 
          . 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, LEAVE THE COMEDY TO ME. 
          OKAY. 
          , UH, THE, UH, , NO. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE PAST, UH, YOU KNOW, FOUR DECADES OF HOW WE'VE FUNDED, UH, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION SOLUTIONS, UH, IT, IT BRINGS TO MIND. 
          UM, ANOTHER, ANOTHER GOOD COMEDIAN, UH, LIKE COUNCILMAN COURAGE, IT BRINGS TO MIND, DO Y'ALL REMEMBER PAULA POUNDSTONE? SHE, IN THE 1980S HAD THIS GREAT STORY ABOUT HOW SHE WOULD RUN AROUND HER HOUSE, KNOCK THINGS OVER, AND THEN HER MOM WOULD YELL AT HER AND SAY, PAULA, THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS. 
          RIGHT? UM, AND OUR FUNDING APPROACH OVER THE PAST 40, 50 YEARS REMINDS ME OF THAT, RIGHT? AND YOU, YOU SIT IN TRAFFIC AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME? AND I MEAN, REALLY, YOU, YOU SHOULD, EVERYBODY STUCK IN TRAFFIC SHOULD STOP AND THINK THROUGH YOURSELVES. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S BECAUSE WE AS A CITY AND AS A COUNTY HAVE BEEN CHINTZY, YOU KNOW, UH, OVER THE PAST, YOU KNOW, 40 DEC OR 40 YEARS. 
          AND WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS GONNA HAPPEN WHEN OTHER CITIES ARE INVESTING WHAT THEY WERE INVESTING? AND WE CHOSE TO GO ANOTHER ROUTE. 
          UM, NOBODY SHOULD BE SURPRISED. 
          THEY SHOULD BE FRUSTRATED, AND THEY SHOULD BE VERY FURIOUS. 
          UH, BUT SURPRISED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE FIND OURSELVES IN THIS DILEMMA. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I THINK, I, I THINK THAT, UM, THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE CREATED BY WE, I MEAN CITY LEADERSHIP AT, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERY SINGLE DECADE, UM, I THINK WE'VE CREATED FOR OURSELVES IS THAT WE'VE INVESTED JUST ENOUGH TO WHERE WE CAN SAY, HEY, WE'RE INVESTING. 
          RIGHT? AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM, BUT WE'VE NEVER REALLY HAD THE COURAGE RIGHT, TO, UH, FIX IT. 
          AND BECAUSE FIXING IT IS EXPENSIVE AND FIXING IT IS SCARY, RIGHT? AND SO, UH, I DO WANNA SAY THOUGH THAT, UM, DESPITE THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD ANEMIC, UM, AN ANEMIC FUNDING STRATEGY, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HANDLE TRAFFIC AND 
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PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SOMEHOW VIA HAS MANAGED TO CREATE A BEAUTIFUL, UH, AGENCY OUT OF, YOU KNOW, THE FEW SHEKELS WE THROW YOUR WAY. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, AND JEFF, YOU AND YOUR YOUR TEAM, UH, AMAZED ME EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          I WAS, I WAS SITTING UP HERE LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS. 
          UM, SIX TRANSIT CENTERS, 96 BUS ROUTES, EIGHT PARK AND RIDE FACILITIES, 479 BUSES, 7,200 BUS STOPS, 36 MILLION PASSENGER TRIPS, AND 37 MILLION MILES TRAVELED. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S AMAZING. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT, IT DOES A REAL DISSERVICE TO THE PUBLIC WHEN YOU HAVE THE MEDIA JUST SAYING, OH, BUS RIDERSHIP'S DOWN, RIGHT? AND THAT SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT REPORTING THE REST OF THE STORY, AND THAT IS THAT YOU MANAGED TO HIT THESE NUMBERS, RIGHT? UH, WITH A FUNDING STRATEGY THAT, YOU KNOW, HISTORIC BUDGET, FUNDING STRATEGY. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DID IT. 
          I THINK YOU'VE, YOU'RE A MIRACLE WORKER TELL, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, WHICH IS WHY I TRUST YOU, UM, AND MARISSA BONO AND, AND THE REST OF YOUR TEAM, UH, TO GET THIS PLAN ACROSS THE LINE, RIGHT? UM, I MEAN, YOU HAVE THE TEAM IN PLACE, I THINK, TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT WORK. 
          UM, SO JEFF, CAN YOU GET UP HERE REAL QUICK? I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT VEAL LINK. 
          SORRY. 
          UH, SECRETARY CISNEROS. 
          I, I, NO, I'M SCARED. 
          YEAH, NO, NO, NO. 
          I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT VIA LINK BECAUSE, UM, I DIDN'T GET IT. 
          AND SO WE MENTIONED, UH, SORT OF WHAT IT IS, BUT SURE. 
          DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THAT'S GONNA, UM, OR HAS IT ALREADY INCREASED RIDERSHIP, AND IS IT SUBSIDIZED, RIDESHARE? 'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE SUBSIDIZED RIDE SHARE, RIGHT? IT'S, YEAH. 
          SO, UH, VIA LINK IS, UH, AN APP APPRO WHAT I WOULD CALL AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, BIG BUSES ON FIXED ROUTES HAVE DIFFICULTY SERVING THOSE KIND OF COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THE STREETS ARE DISCONTINUOUS. 
          THE DENSITY IS NOT THERE, SIDEWALKS ARE NOT NECESSARILY THERE. 
          UH, BUT, BUT THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY FOR MANY YEARS HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, BUSES DON'T WORK IN THE SUBURBS, BUT JUST PUT BUSES OUT THERE. 
          ANYHOW, SO THIS IS KIND OF THE ANSWER TO THAT. 
          SO WE HAVE A 17 SQUARE MILE AREA, AND PEOPLE CAN RESERVE THE TRIP EITHER ON THE APP OR ON THE PHONE, UM, AND THEY CAN RESERVE IT IN ADVANCE. 
          AND, AND AT THAT POINT, IT BECOMES VERY, UH, UBER ESQUE OR LYFT ESQUE. 
          AND YOU'LL GET A MESSAGE THAT SAYS, YOUR VEHICLE WILL ARRIVE AT THIS TIME AS THIS LICENSE PLATE NUMBER, HIS DRIVER'S NAME. 
          AT THE END OF THE TRIP, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RATE YOUR DRIVER. 
          I'LL TELL YOU THE, THE RATINGS ON THE DRIVERS ARE, UH, FOUR, PROBABLY FOUR AND A HALF OUT OF FIVE. 
          AND ON AVERAGE, BUT TYPICALLY IT'S 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 1 5, 5 5. 
          SO EITHER PEOPLE LOVE 'EM OR THERE'S A EXPERIENCE THEY HAVEN'T ENJOYED. 
          UM, I DON'T SEE IT AS A REPLACEMENT FOR FIXED ROUTE BUS WHERE WE HAVE THE KIND OF DENSITY AND DEVELOPMENT THAT SUPPORT AND STREET NETWORK THAT SUPPORT IT. 
          I SEE IT AS A WAY TO APPROACH THAT FIRST LAST MILE. 
          UH, IT'S ONE OF THE METHODS BY WHICH WE APPROACH THAT, PLUS IT PROVIDES MOBILITY WITHIN THAT, THAT COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU, UH, FOR, FOR THAT. 
          AND, UH, AND THAT, THAT'S IT. 
          I, I, I WILL TELL YOU THOUGH, THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I, HERE I AM LAUDING YOU AND YOUR TEAM, UH, BUT I WILL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, UH, 479 BUSES HAVE TO BE DRIVEN BY SOMEBODY, AND THEY HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED BY AN ARMY OF PEOPLE. 
          AND SO, YES, I I DO THINK THAT WE ALSO HAVEN'T BEEN TELLING THE STORY ABOUT THE VIA FAMILY, UM, AND HOW IT IS THAT LABOR HAS PLAYED A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN MAKING SURE THAT VIA IS WHAT IT IS TODAY. 
          AND YOUR AT ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO THAT. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT STORY NEEDS TO BE TOLD TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL. 
          AND THAT IS THAT THIS ISN'T JUST SOME BUS COMPANY. 
          THESE ARE SANTON SERVING SAN ANTONIANS. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND THAT IT'S GONNA BE ALL OF US TOGETHER WHO SOLVED THIS PROBLEM. 
          THANK YOU, JEFF. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN, I JUST SHARE WITH YOU THAT YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE TRACKLESS TRAIN IN CHINA, RIGHT? YOU'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE. 
          SO I, I PLAN TO GO TO CHINA WITH MY SON AND SEE THE TRACKLESS TRAIN. 
          DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THAT TRIP WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MADE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS? IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          NO, CHINA'S NOT A GOOD PLACE TO VISIT RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          WE'LL MAKE IT EVENTUALLY. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, YEAH, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE YOU. 
          PLEASE DON'T GO TO CHINA. 
          SO, UH, HENRY, THE, THE, THE ONE THING, AND YOU'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING HOW SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPS FOR LONGER THAN ANY OF US HAVE BEEN UP HERE. 
          UH, I, THE ONE THING THAT ALL SAN ANTONIANS, ACTUALLY ALL SAN ANTONIANS HAVE TWO THINGS IN COMMON. 
          AND THAT'S WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY DEMOGRAPHIC, RIGHT? FEMALE, MALE, JEWISH, HINDU, CHRISTIAN, RICH, POOR, YOU KNOW, ELDERLY, WHATEVER, EVERY SINGLE SAN ANTONIAN WITHOUT REGARDS TO ANY OF THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS, UH, TWO THINGS IN COMMON. 
          ONE, WE'RE ALL STUCK IN TRAFFIC, RIGHT? AND TWO, BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ARE ALL PHD LEVEL TRAFFIC ENGINEERS. 
          AND, UH, WE KNOW, RIGHT? EVERY, EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY WHO'S GOT A DRIVER'S LICENSE IN SAN ANTONIO KNOWS HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE CHALLENGES. 
          UM, AND FOR ME, 
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AS I'M THINKING, AS I'M GOING FORWARD, THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA BE PRESENTING THIS TO THE PUBLIC, I, I DO WANNA ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO HAVE AS RAW A CONVERSATION WITH THE PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS, RIGHT? UM, AND I SAW Y'ALL SURVEY AND, AND I ALSO FILLED OUT THE SURVEY, BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU, I, I DID MY OWN INFORMAL SURVEY. 
          UM, WHEN WAS IT? LAST THURSDAY, WE WERE AT, UH, A RESTAURANT CALLED BAR CUTIE ON THE NORTH SIDE. 
          AND, UH, GREAT, GREAT NEW BARBECUE JOINT. 
          WE HAD A TOWN HALL AND MAYOR, WE, WE, WE HAD ABOUT 70, 80 PEOPLE THERE. 
          AND I ASKED 'EM THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS, HOW MANY OF YOU AGREE THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING NOW WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY? AND EVERYBODY RAISED THEIR HAND, RIGHT? WITH REGARDS TO TRAFFIC? AND HOW MANY OF YOU AGREE THAT FUNDING VIA ADEQUATELY, UM, HAS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NEVER DONE? EVERYBODY AGREED. 
          HOW MANY OF YOU AGREE THAT THAT'S A LEVER WE NEED TO PULL ON IN ORDER TO FIX THIS? THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A STRONG BUS SYSTEM? EVERYBODY AGREED. 
          I ASKED THEM, HOW MANY OF YOU THINK THAT THE BUSES AREN'T FULL ENOUGH? EVERYBODY AGREED. 
          RIGHT? AND HOW MANY OF YOU WANT A BUS SYSTEM THAT IS MORE RELIABLE, MORE ON TIME, MORE, MORE, MORE, AND, YOU KNOW, EFFICIENT, FASTER, CHEAPER, WHATEVER, RIGHT? AND WE ALL WENT THROUGH IT. 
          EVERYBODY AGREED. 
          AND THEN WHEN I FINALLY GOT TO THE LAST QUESTION, UM, THEY ALL AGREED TOO, AND THIS IS THE QUESTION, EVEN IF WE MADE THE BUSES, ALL THOSE THINGS, HOW MANY OF YOU AGREE THAT YOU WOULD NEVER GET ON A BUS? AND ALL OF THEM AGREED, RIGHT? AND THAT'S VERY CURIOUS, RIGHT? BECAUSE ON THE NORTH SIDE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT IS ON, YOU KNOW, OTHER PARTS OF TOWN, YOUR RESIDENTS AND MINE DON'T SEE THEMSELVES ON THE BUS, THE BUSES FOR OTHER PEOPLE. 
          AND WHEN THEY ALL CAUGHT THEMSELVES RAISING THEIR HAND AND ANSWERING THAT QUESTION, REALLY QUITE CANDIDLY, THEY ALL GIGGLED AND LAUGHED WITH A LITTLE BIT OF EMBARRASSMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WERE ADMITTING THAT THE BUS WAS FOR SOMEONE ELSE. 
          AND SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU, HENRY, IS HOW DO I GET MY CONSTITUENTS TO CHANGE THE WAY THEY SEE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION? BECAUSE THEY'RE WILLING TO FUND IT, THEY JUST DON'T WANNA RIDE IT. 
          UH, JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I WOULD SAY THREE THINGS. 
          FIRST, UH, MORE FREQUENCY, GOOD QUALITY VEHICLES, RELIABILITY, RUNNING ON ROUTES THEY RECOGNIZE 0.1, 0.2, I WOULD SAY, UH, ROUTES THAT MAKE SENSE TO THEM. 
          SO THERE'S NOT LIKE MASSIVE TRANSFERRING INVOLVED AND SUCH, BUT CONNECT, YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO LIVE NEAR THE MEDICAL CENTER AND NEED TO GET THERE TO WORK. 
          JUST DIRECT ROUTES THAT GET THEM. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST CITYWIDE ROUTES, BUT ROUTES IN PODS THAT SERVE THE EMPLOYMENT CENTERS AROUND THE CITY. 
          ALMOST A CITY OF VILLAGES. 
          AND THOSE VILLAGES NEED TO, TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, UH, UH, UH, TRANSPORT MO BE MOBILE WITHIN THEMSELVES. 
          AND THEN THIRDLY, I WOULD SAY NEW BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES. 
          YEAH. 
          NOT JUST THE TECHNOLOGIES OF THE MOBILE APPS AND SO FORTH, BUT LIKE THE A R T, IF WE GET THAT A R T IN PLACE, IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT SYSTEM. 
          IT'S NOT A BUS, IT'S A TRACKLESS TRAIN THAT HAS A STATION WHERE PEOPLE PAY, PAY, PAY, PAY, THE, UH, THE FEE, UH, THROUGH A MOBILE APP, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, MAYBE YOU CAN EVEN BUY IT FOR THE MONTH OR THE YEAR OR WHATEVER. 
          AND, AND IT JUST, IT JUST FEELS LIKE A DIFFERENT SYSTEM. 
          I THINK WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM. 
          MAYBE. 
          I THINK WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT BUSES IS TRUE IN A LOT OF CITIES ACROSS AMERICA. 
          ON THE OTHER HAND, I DON'T SEE HOW IN THE WORLD, IN THE SHORT RUN, WE'RE GONNA AFFORD RAIL, IF THAT'S THE ANSWER, THAT WILL ATTRACT PEOPLE TO MASS TRANSIT. 
          I DON'T SEE HOW WE GET THERE WITH OUR WALLET RIGHT NOW. 
          COULD WE AFFORD IT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE IF WE MAKE THESE OTHER SYSTEMS WORK? MAYBE IF OUR LAND USERS ARE DIFFERENT. 
          BUT THAT'S A LONG TIME FROM NOW. 
          IN THE MEANTIME, WE CAN'T LEAVE THE CITY IN THE SHAPE THAT IT IS WITH RESPECT TO TRANSPORTATION. 
          I, I, I AGREE. 
          THANK YOU FOR HENRY, THEN. 
          I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          AND SO, UH, ALONG THOSE LINES, I, JEFF, AND TO THE CONNECT SA TEAM AND TO YOU, UH, HENRY AND, UH, YOUR CO-CHAIRS, I, I DO THINK THERE'S A, THERE'S A PLACE THAT, UM, OR THERE'S A LEVER THAT MAYBE WE OUGHT TO PULL A LITTLE BIT HARDER ON. 
          AND THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION HERE IN TOWN CALLED OATS SENIOR PLANET. 
          THEY'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH OUR SENIOR CITIZENS AT SENIOR, UH, CENTERS, TEACHING THEM HOW TO USE THESE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN THEIR PHONES, UH, IN THEIR POCKETS. 
          UM, AND TEACHING THEM HOW TO MAXIMIZE THE USE OF THIS THING. 
          YOU START SAYING TECHNOLOGY, I'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, HALF OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT BARBECUE D ROOM THAT WE WERE IN THE OTHER DAY WOULD'VE JUST ZONED OUT. 
          'CAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION AND ALL THAT. 
          BUT THERE'S THIS ORGANIZATION CALLED OATS AND SENIOR PLANET, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AT ALL OF OUR SENIOR CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          THEY DO A REALLY GOOD WORK. 
          UM, UH, THEY DO REALLY GOOD WORK AT, UH, AT GETTING OLDER SAN ANTONIANS COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND, UH, I THINK THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PERFECTLY POSITIONED TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU GUYS OUT. 
          LASTLY, AND, AND I, I WILL END HERE AND, AND I WOULD SAY, COUNCILMAN, THIS, THIS, THIS, UH, MOBILITY ON DEMAND, I THINK WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          I THINK WE COULD DO SOMETHING WITH THAT IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND JEFF WAS EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          I MEAN, BUSES CAN'T GET INTO SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS, 
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RIGHT? AND PEOPLE WON'T WALK FROM THOSE CUL-DE-SACS DEEP INSIDE A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD OUT TO THE MAIN ARTERIAL WHERE THE BUS ROUTES IS. 
          SO WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW TO, I MEAN, THE LAND USE PATTERN IS SET. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA CHANGE THAT, RIGHT? THAT'S PIPE DREAM. 
          SO LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET PEOPLE ON THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THROUGH DIFFERENT KINDS OF MODES. 
          I THINK WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. 
          SO THE OTHER THING TOO, AND, AND MAYOR, I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS KEY FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE FOLKS UP HERE, IS TO SHOW THE PUBLIC WHAT IT'S LIKE TO RIDE A BUS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, I'M GUILTY. 
          I HAVEN'T RIDDEN THE BUS IN THREE YEARS. 
          I, I HAVEN'T. 
          UM, AND, UM, I MEAN, WE'RE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT WE SAW ALL THOSE HANDS GO UP. 
          BUT IF WE ASK THAT QUESTION NEXT WEEK OF WHATEVER GROUP IS GONNA BE HERE, ALL THOSE HANDS WON'T BE UP. 
          EVERYBODY WILL HAVE DRIVEN HERE. 
          AND SO WE, UH, UM, WE NEED TO TRY IT FOR OURSELVES, RIGHT? I MEAN, AND WE NEED TO ALSO SHOW PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT JUST TELLING THEM WHAT'S GOOD FOR THEM, BUT THAT, AND IF YOU HAVE A NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE, THEN REPORT IT TO JEFF. 
          IF YOU HAVE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE, THEN TALK ABOUT YOUR POSITIVE EXPERIENCE, RIGHT? BUT SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GO FIRST. 
          UM, ALONG THOSE LINES, WE ALSO NEED TO SHOW THE PUBLIC WHAT AN A R T LINE REALLY IS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION, THAT THAT VIDEO DOESN'T DO JUSTICE TO WHAT AN A R T LINE IS, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          AND SO, I'M, I KNOW, JEFF, YOU'RE GONNA GO TO, YOU WEREN'T, YOU WEREN'T GOING TO CHINA, THANK GOODNESS. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO LET ME KNOW, RIGHT? UM, AND I'M GOING TO BOGOTA IN MARCH, FIRST WEEK OF MARCH MM-HMM. 
          , AND I'M SPENDING TWO DAYS ON THEIR, ON THEIR SYSTEM. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, JUST TO GO LEARN ABOUT THE LARGEST A R T SYSTEM ON THE PLANET. 
          GREAT. 
          AND HOW THEY MOVE PEOPLE, UH, EVERY DAY. 
          AND SO I, I DO THINK THAT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO GO KICK THE TIRES ON SOME OF THESE THINGS AND SHOW THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING VERY GOOD IDEA MORE THAN JUST POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS. 
          AND SO, VERY GOOD IDEA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MR. CISNEROS, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, ANALOGOUS TO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS WE HAVE TO DO IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD WHAT THEY CAN DO IN OTHER PLACES. 
          SO WE HAVE TO CREATE OUR OWN HYBRID, BUT LET'S ATTACK IT WITH PASSION AND WITH VENGEANCE AND WITH DETERMINATION. 
          YOU KNOW, LET'S MAKE IT WORK. 
          AND I THINK THIS, THIS WHOLE TRANSPORTATION THING THAT, THAT, THAT ADMONITION, IF YOU WILL, FITS THE BILL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I, UH, WAS JUST COMMENTING WITH, UH, MY COLLEAGUE HERE, COUNCILWOMAN CAVEDA, THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE SCHEDULED MORE TIME FOR, FOR THIS DISCUSSION. 
          I THINK IT'S WORTHY OF, OF MANY HOURS. 
          THIS IS NOT OUR TYPICAL, UH, B SESSION. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR STAMINA, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR YOUR PATIENCE IN HAVING US GO THROUGH ALL THESE, UH, QUESTIONS. 
          I MEAN, WE COULD BE, OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, I'VE WATCHED SOME TELEVISION PEOPLE STANDING IN FRONT OF A MIC, BUT THEY'RE IMPEACHING A PRESIDENT, AND I FIGURE THIS IS A MUCH MORE WORTHWHILE ENDEAVOR. 
          . 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          BUT I, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON, ON WHAT THIS COUNCIL ENDS UP DOING, UH, YOU COULD BE MAKING HISTORY, UH, HERE IN, IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THIS IS, UH, VERY MUCH WORTHY OF, OF OUR TIME AND, AND THIS DISCUSSION. 
          UM, SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA START WITH MY, WHAT YOU MAY CONSIDER VERY BIASED OPINION ABOUT MASS TRANSIT. 
          UM, MY FIRST JOB WAS AT VIA, AS I'VE UH, MENTIONED TO MANY PEOPLE BEFORE. 
          AND ALTHOUGH BEFORE I WENT TO WORK THERE, I WAS TRANSIT DEPENDENT IN A NUMBER OF CITIES WHERE I LIVED. 
          IT WASN'T UNTIL I GOT TO VIA THAT, I REALLY BEGAN FEELING LIKE MASS, MASS TRANSIT WAS A HUMAN RIGHT. 
          THAT, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD REALLY, UH, BE OFFERED TO PEOPLE. 
          IT'S AN, IT'S OPPORTUNITY, IT'S CONNECTION TO JOBS, TO DOCTORS, TO SCHOOLS, TO PARKS, AND, UH, PARTICULARLY TO JOBS. 
          I WANNA MAKE THE POINT HERE THAT THERE ARE MANY JOB DESCRIPTIONS THAT I BET ALL OF US HAVE SEEN THAT SAY, MUST HAVE RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION. 
          IN FACT, MAYBE EVEN WHEN I APPLIED TO VIA IT'S , IT, IT SAID THAT, AND THAT'S CODE FOR, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR OWN CAR. 
          EVEN IF WE DON'T EXPECT YOU TO GO ANYWHERE, UH, DURING THE DAY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR OWN CAR TO GET HERE AND START ON TIME. 
          AND THAT IS, UH, FRANKLY, IN MY OPINION, BORDERLINE DISCRIMINATORY BECAUSE THAT IS A HUGE EXPENSE, UH, ON SOMEONE. 
          NOT TO MENTION NOT EVERYONE IS ACTUALLY CAPABLE OF DR. 
          OF DRIVING. 
          UH, AND THEN THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO JUST DON'T LIKE TO DO IT AND, AND WANNA HAVE THE, THE OTHER OPTION. 
          UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE STAFF IS WORKING CURRENTLY ON A POVERTY REPORT. 
          AND OF ALL THE MEASURES THAT THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED, WE DIDN'T LOOK AT THIS. 
          AND I HAVE TO SAY, IT ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THE POVERTY DISCUSSION, IS CONNECTING PEOPLE TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, SO THAT INSTEAD OF PAYING OF MORTGAGING THEIR INCOMES ON A VEHICLE, THEY ARE PUTTING THAT MONEY INTO A HOME AND SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN PASS ON TO, TO THEIR FAMILY. 
          SO DO I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR? I I'VE ONLY 
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SAID IT A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT ABSOLUTELY, YES, FOR A CITY THAT IS AS INCOME SEGREGATED AS WE ARE, AND HAS THE POVERTY RATES THAT, THAT WE ARE, UM, SHAME ON US FOR NOT, UH, FOR NOT DOING THIS SOONER. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING I I WANTED TO, TO MENTION IS, UM, JOHN COURAGE WAS SAYING, UH, WE NEED TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO THIS NOW, SO THAT PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE DON'T SAY, WHY DIDN'T THEY DO IT? HENRY, I HAVE TO ASK, I WISH YOU'D DONE THIS INSTEAD OF THE ALAMO DOME  BACK IN THE, IT'S NOT AN ASK, IT'S JUST A COMMENTARY. 
          BUT IF I, IF I YOU'RE COULD GO BACK IN TIME, UH, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ASK FOR. 
          UM, I WANT, UH, I DO WANT, UH, TO ASK MR. ARNT A FEW, UH, QUESTIONS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , IF YOU WOULD, AND W HE GETS UP. 
          I DO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILWOMAN, UH, CISNEROS, WHO'S OUT IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          THANK YOU, UH, MARY ALICE FOR BEING HERE, AND TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK, , AND TO, I THINK SHE LEFT, BUT MY, OH, MY APPOINTEE TO THE DISABILITY ACCESS COMMITTEE, UH, MELANIE COUGHIN, THANK, AND THE HEAD OF DISABILITY ESSAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          UM, JEFF, MM-HMM. 
          , UH, JUST SOME QUESTIONS. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, BRINGING THESE DOLLARS TO TRANSIT, NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE BETTER BUS SERVICE, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, UH, A CHANCE AT COMPETING FOR FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          UM, WHEN WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO THE OTHER MAJOR CITIES IN TEXAS, WHAT TYPE OF FEDERAL GRANTS ARE THEY ABLE TO BRING IN THAT CURRENTLY WE, WE CAN'T. 
          SO I, I'LL START WITH THE FACT THAT, UH, THE OTHER, WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOUSTON AND DALLAS, THE TWO OTHER LAR THE TWO LARGE SYSTEMS THAT OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, THEY BROUGHT IN LOCAL FUNDS OF FIVE TO $6 BILLION MORE THAN WE HAVE. 
          AND HAVING LOCAL MATCH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          AS WE SAID BEFORE, IF YOU CAN'T PROVE THAT YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THE LOCAL MATCH FOR THE CAPITAL, AND YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO OPERATE THE SERVICE AFTERWARDS, THEY'RE NOT EVEN GONNA CONSIDER YOUR GRANT APPLICATION. 
          OKAY? SO THEY COME FROM A, A MUCH STRONGER PERSPECTIVE OF LOCAL MATCH. 
          UM, CLEARLY HOUSTON METRO GOT ABOUT HALF OF THEIR RAIL SYSTEM WAS FEDERALLY FUNDED. 
          DALLAS, AT LEAST HALF OF THEIR SYSTEM WAS FEDERALLY FUNDED. 
          THESE ARE NOT SMALL SYSTEMS. DALLAS HAS THE LARGEST LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM IN NORTH AMERICA. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHERE THE, THAT'S THE PRIMARY FEDERAL FUNDING THEY'RE GETTING. 
          THE OTHER WAY IT INFLUENCES FEDERAL FUNDING IS WE ALL GET WHAT'S CALLED FORMULA FUNDS, WHICH ARE CALCULATED, RIGHT. 
          AND BECAUSE WE'RE IN A LARGE, A CITY, A LARGE CITY, THE TIER OF LARGE CITIES, THAT POT OF MONEY IS DIVIDED IN TWO SECTIONS. 
          AND ONE THIRD OF THAT POT OF MONEY IS ONLY AVAILABLE IF YOU ARE OPERATING A R T B R T L R T. 
          SO WE AUTOMATICALLY GET WRITTEN OFF ONE THIRD OF THE POT OF MONEY, AND THAT LIMITS THEREFORE OUR ACCESS AS WELL. 
          SO, I'M SORRY, PRIMO DOESN'T QUALIFY AS B R T? NO, BECAUSE THE DEFINITION OF B R T IS THAT AT LEAST 50% OF THE ALIGNMENT IS IN ITS DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT, NO, THEY DO NOT CONSIDER IT B R T OKAY. 
          FOR THOSE PURPOSES. 
          SO WE, SO WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO FORMULA FUNDING. 
          WE HAVE ACCESS TO, WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO FORMULA FUNDING, BUT A THIRD OF THE POT WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO, WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE OTHER TWO THIRDS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          BUT AS A RESULT OF THAT, THESE OTHER CITIES ARE DRAWING, THEY'RE DRAWING FROM BOTH POTS OF MONEY. 
          AND THAT SECOND POT OF MONEY IS DRIVEN BY HOW MANY, UH, BUS, HOW MU MANY BUS HOURS YOU HAVE, ET CETERA. 
          SO THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE MORE RESOURCES, HAVE HIGHER FREQUENCY SERVICE, SO THAT GIVES THEM A HIGHER SHARE OF THAT PART OF A BOOST IN. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE, WE ARE WRITTEN OFF OF A THIRD, THEY'VE GAME TO THE SYSTEM AND OKAY. 
          YES. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL GAME 'EM BACK. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S THE GOAL HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, QUICKLY, CAN YOU, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FULL CENT SALES TAX THAT YOU SEE IN OTHER MM-HMM. 
           IN, IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS. 
          IS THAT SALES TAX PAID ONLY IN THE, LIKE IN THE HOUSTON CITY BOUNDARY? OR DO OTHER SUBURBAN CITIES PAY INTO THAT? SO THE OTHER SYSTEMS ARE, ARE VERY MUCH LIKE THE M T A, THE VIA M T A PIECE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THAT MEANT THAT CITIES COULD VOTE IN, OR NOT VOTE IN AND COULD ACTUALLY LEAVE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO IN, IN HOUSTON, TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTY, THE CITY AND TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTY AND THE CITIES IN THE COUNTY, THE VILLAGES ON THE WEST SIDE, WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE VOTED INTO VIA, AND THEY'RE IN THE VIA SERVICE AREA. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE THEY COLLECT THE 1 CENT TAX, A THIRD OF THE COUNTY, MOST OF IT OVER TOWARD THE REFINERIES, LAPORTE, PASADENA, THOSE AREAS DID NOT VOTE INTO HOUSTON METRO. 
          SO THEY DO NOT PAY THE TAX AND IN TURN THEY DO NOT GET TRANSIT SERVICE THROUGH THAT TAX. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WE'RE IN A PECULIAR SITUATION HERE WHERE, UM, WE PROVIDE SERVICE TO SOME OF THE SUBURBAN CITIES AND THEY PAY INTO THE, THE SUBURBAN, YEAH. 
          THE SUBURBAN CITIES THAT WE PROVIDE SERVICE TO PAY THE SALES TAX, PAY THE ONE HALF CENT M T A TAX. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY DO, 
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IN FACT THE SUB, UH, WE'VE HAD REQUESTS FOR SERVICE TO LOCATIONS THAT ARE IN SUBURBAN CITIES THAT ARE NOT IN OUR SERVICE AREA. 
          AND WE CANNOT PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. 
          WE DO NOT PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, AND THEN I HAVE SOME, UH, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS FOR, FOR YOU OR, OR FOR THE MAYOR SLASH SECRETARY. 
          UM, I, I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S FOR HIM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IN THE, THANK YOU FOR PREPARING THE, THE CHART. 
          SHANNON, I'M . 
          IT'S VERY HELPFUL. 
          UH, WHAT I DON'T SEE IN THERE IS TRAILS MAINTENANCE. 
          DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT IS, UH, REMAINING AS IS TODAY? OR HAS ANY CONSIDERATION BEEN GIVEN TO HOW IT WOULD BE FUNDED IN THE FUTURE UNDER LINEAR TRAILS? THE BLUE LINE MM-HMM. 
           ON THE, ON THE COLOR CHART. 
          OH, IT DOES SAY, SORRY. 
          IT DOES, I DIDN'T SAY IT ON IT. 
          IT SEE THE PARENTHESES IS MAINTENANCE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO THAT WOULD CONTINUE WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, POSSIBLY BEAR COUNTY AND THEN, NO, NOT POSSIBLY. 
          BEAR COUNTY WILL TAKE ON CONSTRUCTION, FINISH OUT OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNT COUNCILWOMAN, IT WOULD WORK JUST THE WAY IT DOES. 
          I, I THINK THE WAY IT IT WORKS NOW IS WE CONSTRUCT TRAILS. 
          THOSE BECOME EXTENSIONS OF OUR PARK SYSTEM. 
          AND YOU'LL RECALL EVERY, EVERY YEAR WHEN WE DO A, OUR FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST, WE ADD MANDATES FOR ANY ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE THAT WE'VE GOT TO PUT IN PLACE MM-HMM. 
           FOR THOSE NEW TRAILS THAT COME ON. 
          SO I THINK THE ASSUMPTION THERE IS THAT IF THE COUNTY CONSTRUCTS THOSE TRAILS, WE WILL ADD INCREMENTALLY OVER TIME, UH, THE MAINTENANCE FUNDS TO, UH, TO MAINTAIN THOSE 26 MILES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO BASED ON THE PROPOSAL THAT THE GROUP HAS TODAY, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE THERE MAY NOT BE AN IMPACT TO THE LINEAR TRAIL SYSTEM IF IT IS NOT ON THE BALLOT, I'M SORRY, FROM THE MOVEMENT OF THE ONE EIGHTH FROM THE MOVEMENT OF THE THAT IS CORRECT. 
          THE ONE THAT IS THE, THAT WAS THE CENTRAL OBJECTIVE OF DOING THIS. 
          YEAH. 
          DOING THIS THIS WAY. 
          LET, LET ME ADD THAT, THAT THAT $83 MILLION TAKES INTO ACCOUNT AN ADDITIONAL 26 MILES OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          UM, THERE ARE 185 MILES IN THE TOTAL PLAN FOR TRAILS, AND THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE CREEKS. 
          UM, THERE ARE 113 MILES THAT ARE EITHER CONSTRUCTED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR WILL BE CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE CURRENT PROPOSITION THAT LEAVES 72. 
          SO WITH 26 MILES THAT THE, THAT THE COUNTY IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT OVER FIVE YEARS, WE'LL NEED TO DETERMINE DOWN THE ROAD HOW WE CONSTRUCT THE REMAINING 42 MILES. 
          BUT, BUT AGAIN, I THINK, I THINK THAT'LL BE PART OF THE PRESENTATION ON THE 19TH WHERE WE LAY OUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR US AND, AND WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND PRESUMABLY THOSE COULD BE IN YEARS 25 TO 30 AND 30 TO 40 THIS YEAH, IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE 15 YEARS OUT. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, BUT HAD THE, I GUESS IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM THE PLAN THAT WE MAY HAVE HAD A YEAR AGO? WAS IT, HOW, HOW MUCH LINEAR CREEK WOULD YOU HAVE EXPECTED TO BUILD OUT IF, IF WE HAD REAUTHORIZED THE ONE EIGHTH FOR LINEAR PARKS? AND WE'LL, WE'LL SHOW YOU THAT SIDE BY SIDE ON THE 19TH. 
          OKAY. 
          YEP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, ON THE, ON THE WHITE TABLE MM-HMM. 
          , WHEN IT SAYS, UH, ONE EIGHTH CENT SALES TAX, THE TOP ROW LEAD AGENCIES, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, IS THAT, DOES THAT MEAN THE CITY WOULD BE CALLING FOR THAT ELECTION AND WE WOULD VOTE TO PUT THAT ON THE BALLOT? I BELIEVE THE A D T, THE, UH, UH, A T D CALLS THE ELECTION AND THE A T D IS THE VIA BOARD. 
          THEY SIT IN TWO CAPACITIES. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          SO NOT, NOT US. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND I'M, I WANTED TO ASK YOU TO REPEAT SOMETHING YOU MENTIONED EARLIER. 
          UM, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT PERPETUITY FOR THE AQUIFER, UM, WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE WAS ASKING A QUESTION, IF THE ONE EIGHTH CAN BE VOTED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT JOINS THE OTHER ONE HALF CENT THAT V ALREADY HAS AND BECOMES VIA FUNDING IN PERPETUITY. 
          OKAY. 
          IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE DOING IT ON A, ON A ROTATING BASIS, YOU KNOW, VOTING IT AGAIN AND SO FORTH. 
          IT BECOMES PART OF WHAT VIA, VIA, UH, ACCESS TO RIGHT. 
          SALES TAX IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT AUTHORITY IN, IN THE ONE HALF, IN THE, OKAY. 
          UM, I, UM, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO, TO POINT OUT THAT I, I DO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE AQUIFER FUNDING ALTERNATIVES ARE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT. 
          AND, UM, I, I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED WHEN WE WERE DOING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLIMATE PLAN, UH, SURVEY AFTER SURVEY THAT THE STAFF DID, WHAT PEOPLE CAME BACK SAYING WHAT RESIDENTS CAME BACK SAYING WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM IN A CHANGING CLIMATE WAS SURPRISINGLY NOT ACCESS TO TRANSIT, WHICH I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN, BUT IT WAS 
          [03:15:01]
TAKING CARE OF OUR WATER SOURCE. 
          SO MM-HMM. 
          , UM, YOU KNOW, DESPITE THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE FUNDING SOURCES, IT'S, AND YOU KNOW THIS FROM YOUR HISTORY OF COURSE, ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, HERE LOCALLY THAT WHEN IT COMES TO WATER, THERE, THERE ARE VISCERAL REACTIONS, THE QUESTION, UH, IN, IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S JUST, UH, THAT'S THE REALITY OF, OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, THEY, I MEAN, WE SHOULD BE PROUD. 
          WE, WE CAN CONSERV WATER BETTER HERE THAN PROBABLY ANYWHERE IN, IN THE US. 
          UM, SO IT'S, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'LL, THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH. 
          AND I, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ABSOLUTELY GOT TO HAVE RESOLVED BEFORE THIS IS, IS PUT ON THE, ON THE BALLOT, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT MM-HMM. 
           AND, AND THE WEEKS AHEAD AS THIS PLAN BEGINS TO BE IMPLEMENTED. 
          AND I USE THOSE WORDS ADVISEDLY, BECAUSE OTHER ACTIONS WILL HAVE TO OCCUR AFTER YOUR BRIEFING ON THE 19TH AND SO FORTH. 
          I WOULD HOPE FOR A PARALLEL TRACK IN WHICH SAWS AND THE CITY ARE COMING TO TERMS WITH HOW TO DO PRECISELY THE AQUIFER FUNDING. 
          AND THAT IS IN PARALLEL WITH YOUR DECISIONS TO HEAD TOWARD AN, UH, THE, THE, THE ONE EIGHTH ELECTION IN NOVEMBER TO HEAD TOWARD DECISIONS THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE RELATED TO THE BONDS IN AT SOME POINT, I PRESUME, 2022. 
          UH, BUT THERE WILL BE OTHER ACTIONS AND THEY ALL HAVE TO KIND OF TAKE HOLD. 
          BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY TOTALLY CORRECT. 
          THIS PLAN CAN, WILL PROBABLY NOT PROCEED IF WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THE WATER QUESTION. 
          AND, AND I, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, AN EARLIER PERIOD BACK IN THE 1970S ON THIS CITY COUNCIL, AND ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES IN 1977 WAS A REFERENDUM BECAUSE, UH, THERE, THERE WERE INTERESTS THAT WANTED TO BUILD A MALL OVER THE AQUIFER. 
          AND THAT CASE RESULTED IN A REFERENDUM WITH THE PEOPLE VOTING TO PROTECT THE AQUIFER. 
          I, IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME HOW, HOW STRONGLY SAN ANTONIONS FEEL ABOUT THEIR WATER SUPPLY. 
          AND SO THIS, IT'S NOT A TRIFLING QUESTION AND IT CAN'T BE PUT ASIDE. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, JUST TO KIND OF, TO, TO ROUND THIS OUT, UM, IN THE BRIEF TIME, I I THE BRIEF, BUT FORMATIVE TIME I SPENT AT VIA I, ONE OF THE LESSONS THAT I TOOK AWAY WAS, NUMBER ONE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY SO MATTER, NO MATTER HOW MANY PLANS WE WROTE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE PLAN VIA REIMAGINED, THERE'S ONLY SO FAR YOU CAN GET, LITERALLY ONLY SO FAR YOU CAN GET WITH THE FUNDING, UH, THAT WAS HAD. 
          AND THIS IS, THIS IS CRITICAL, RIGHT? TO, TO INCREASE THAT FUNDING LEVEL TO GIVE THE CITY WHAT IT ACTUALLY DESERVES AS, AS THE SEVENTH LARGEST CITY IN, IN THE US. 
          UM, BUT EVEN IF WE HAVE THE MONEY, AND EVEN IF WE HAVE THE FREQUENCY, WE ARE SITTING IN A CITY THAT HAS HAD DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT YOU, THAT YOU CAN'T CHANGE, LIKE YOU SAID, WHAT'S ALREADY BUILT, BUT IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO OPERATE TRANSIT IN, IN THE SUBURBS. 
          BUT SOMETIMES WE ALSO SEE THAT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY BECAUSE TRANSIT HAS BEEN SUCH A, AND, AND I DO NOT MEAN ANY DISRESPECT, BUT A SMALL PLAYER WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION IN SAN ANTONIO MM-HMM. 
          , AND SOMETIMES PERHAPS AN AFTERTHOUGHT. 
          AND I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CHANGE THAT MENTALITY, UH, HERE, BUT, BUT ERIC, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETIMES. 
          I WISH, WHEN I WAS WORKING AT VIA, I SAID, MAN, IF WE WERE A DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY, MAYBE IT WOULD BE EASIER, RIGHT? TO LOCATE THIS HERE OR LOCATE THAT THERE. 
          SO WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK IS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PLAN, UM, AND THIS, THIS IS AN ASK FOR OUR CITY STAFF, IF YOU CAN PUT TOGETHER A SET OF UNIFIED CO DEVELOPMENT CODE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD COME TO COUNCIL, THAT WOULD MAKE OUR DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS MORE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE, BECAUSE DESPITE ALL THE FREQUENCY THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE, IF IT IS STILL TOO DIFFICULT TO TAKE THE BUS, FOR INSTANCE, UM, TAKE THE BUS TO A MALL, HOW FAR DO YOU HAVE TO WALK TO GET, UH, TO GET TO THE DOOR OF THAT MALL, OF THAT SHOPPING CENTER? WHY WOULD I TAKE THAT IF I'M GONNA HAVE TO CARRY BAGS, I'M ADDING A WHOLE EXTRA HALF MILE OF A, YOU KNOW, THAT ACREAGE, UH, TO, TO MY WALK. 
          THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. 
          I'M SURE MANJII OVER THERE CAN COME UP WITH A, WITH MANY MORE. 
          BUT, UM, I WOULD ALSO ASK THIS OF THE MAYOR. 
          I THINK, UH, IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN TRANSIT AS A CITY, WE HAVE TO BE GOOD PARTNERS IN THE WAY WE BUILD IT OUT TOO, SO THAT IT WORKS FOR BIA AND IT WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO TAKE IT. 
          UM, SO I WILL, I'M GONNA WRAP UP FOR YOUR WORK. 
          UM, I KNOW JANE AND AND THE SECRETARY AREN'T HERE ANYMORE, BUT I THINK IT WAS REALLY AMUSING TO SEE THAT THE THREE OF YOU WERE ON THE, OR THE TRI CHAIRS, BUT REALLY THEY MADE YOU DO ALL THE WORK. 
          AND, UH, , THEY'RE VERY CLEVER ABOUT THAT. 
          GOOD FOR THEM. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL AND, AND YOUR POINTS ON LAND DEVELOPMENT ARE VERY WELL TAKEN. 
          AND I WOULD, I WOULD REMIND 
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FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS DIDN'T START YESTERDAY. 
          UH, IN FACT, UH, WHEN WE BEGAN, WHEN MAYOR TAYLOR BEGAN THE SA TOMORROW PROCESS WITH A THREE-PRONGED APPROACH, LAND USE, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION AND SUSTAINABILITY, THEY WERE ALL WORKING IN CONCERT. 
          SO THIS CORRIDOR SYSTEM THAT VIA IS BUILT 2040 ON TOP OF, IS VERY MUCH ALIGNED WITH THE LAND USE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY DENSITY, UH, WHERE IT MAKES SENSE, AS WELL AS MORE SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, JUST A, A QUICK NOTE, PEOPLE ARE GATHERING IN THE BACK BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE FOR THE FIVE 30 CEREMONIALS , WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE. 
          UH, SO JUST PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND. 
          WE ALSO DO HAVE ONE CRITICAL ELEMENT, UH, ITEM TO DISCUSS, UH, IN EXEC. 
          SO THOSE THINGS NEED TO HAPPEN. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          AND, UH, SIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND, UH, A LOT OF WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS. 
          AND, AND HAVING SAID THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ERIC, ON, ON THESE, UH, UH, B SESSIONS, UH, I WOULD'VE LIKED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PLAN BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET INTO THE DISCUSSION PORTION OF THIS. 
          I, I, I, EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO THROUGH HERE AND DEVELOP A LIST OF QUESTIONS, I FEEL UNPREPARED TO GET INTO THE DETAIL THAT I THINK THAT I NEED TO DO AT THIS POINT. 
          SO WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME IN, IN REVIEWING THESE TYPES OF, UH, THESE TYPES OF PLANS, BE THAT WE GET IT ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING? YEAH, WELL, UH, WE, WE CAN CERTAINLY, UM, WORK WITH OUR OUTSIDE GROUPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          BUT, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE, UH, SET ASIDE, UH, SET ASIDE FEBRUARY 19TH AS WELL, BECAUSE WE KNEW THIS WASN'T GONNA BE A ONE AFTERNOON CONVERSATION FOR THE COUNCIL. 
          SO, UH, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL WORK WITH YOU COUNCILMAN TO, TO IMPROVE THAT. 
          GREAT. 
          APPRECIATE THAT, SIR. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UH, JUST IN THE FORMAT OF THIS THING I WOULD'VE LIKED TO SEEN, UM, LIKE SLIDES EIGHT THROUGH 16, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE, YOU HAVE THE SCOPE, BUT THERE'S NO COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 
          I KNOW YOU HAVE THE, THE SPREADSHEETS THAT DEVELOP THE COST TO CROSS THAT, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER INSTEAD OF LOOKING BACK AND FORTH TO THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS WOULD'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO ME. 
          UM, SLIDE 10, AND THIS IS PROBABLY AN ART QUESTION, UM, ABOUT OUR, UM, MICRO MOBILITY LANES. 
          AND I'VE ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE, IS ART STILL HERE OR HE'S GONE? RAZZIE, I'VE ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, BUILDING AND THIS PLAN TAKES INTO THE ACCOUNT OF BICYCLE LANES AND PROTECTED BIKE LANES AND THAT KIND OF THING. 
          WE ARE SPENDING A, A PRETTY GOOD PENNY ON THESE BIKE LANES, BUT WHAT IS THE ACTUAL USAGE ON THESE BIKE LANES? AND I'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE. 
          I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET SOME DETAILS ON WHAT IS THE ACTUAL RIDERSHIP, YOU KNOW, ON THOSE BIKE LANES. 
          WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON 'EM, ARE THEY BEING USED? SO WOULD STILL LIKE TO GET SOME INFORMATION ON THAT. 
          SLIDE 12. 
          UM, TXDOT AND HIGHWAYS, AND I'VE DEVELOPED SOME CHARTS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF JONATHAN IS STILL HERE, BUT, UH, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME UP HERE, JONATHAN. 
          I'M JUST GONNA GO OVER SOME FACTS AND FIGURES HERE THAT, UH, SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN WOEFULLY UNDERFUNDED. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, FOUR MAJOR, UH, OTHER DISTRICTS HERE IN TEXAS, DALLAS, HOUSTON, AUSTIN, AND FORT WORTH. 
          AND, UM, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, OVER THE LAST, JUST LAST NINE YEARS, WE WERE FUNDED ABOUT, OR OUR LETTING PROCESS WAS $4.3 BILLION FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          THAT SOUNDS GREAT. 
          RIGHT? WELL, UH, HOW ABOUT HOUSTON HAD $9.9 BILLION, DALLAS, $10.6 BILLION FORT WORTH, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, CONGESTION WISE AND POPULATION WISE, SMALLER THAN SAN ANTONIO, 4.1 BILLION, SO RIGHT, RIGHT THERE AT THE SAME FUNDING AS WE IS, AS IS AUSTIN, 4.2 BILLION. 
          THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE HERE IS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN GOING TO TXDOT WITH OUR REQUIREMENTS BASED ON TRAVEL TIMES, WAIT TIMES, OUR POPULATION, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE OVERALL SYSTEM OF TDO ROADS, WHICH WOULD CERTAINLY HELP IN OUR MOBILITY SYSTEM, NOT ONLY AROUND SAN ANTONIO, BUT THROUGH SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND, UH, UH, I'VE, I'VE, I THINK THAT'S A KEY COMPONENT HERE THAT WE KEEP OVERLOOKING IN THIS PLAN. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE SHOWN WHAT WE ARE GETTING AND WHAT'S PROPOSED TO WHAT PROGRAM IS OUT, BECAUSE IT'S A, 
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IT TAKES ABOUT 25 YEARS TO GET A BIG PROJECT THROUGH TXDOT, SO WE NEED TO OVERLAY THAT IN THIS PLAN AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, UH, WE'D LIKE TO REALLY SEE THAT INCLUDED AND PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON, ON GETTING SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FROM TDOT. 
          UM, SLIDE 13 VIA LINK, JEFF, OR, OKAY. 
          UH, JUST A QUESTION ABOUT VIA LINK. 
          DISTRICT 10 IS CURRENTLY USING VIA LINK, RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          AND WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE RIDERSHIP JUST FOR V LINK? ABOUT SIX, BETWEEN 600 AND 700 PEOPLE EVERY DAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IF YOU, IF YOU TOOK THAT AND THAT FAR EXCEEDS WHAT WE WERE GETTING ON BUS ROUTES, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME FOR ABOUT 20 TO 25% LESS MONEY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND LESS COST PER PASSENGER. 
          GREAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THE QUESTION IS, IF YOU TOOK THAT RIDERSHIP OUT, UM, WOULD THAT CHANGE THE OVERALL NUMBERS OF VIA, WOULD IT BE THE SAME OR LESS OR MORE? THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE RIDERSHIP NUMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IF YOU, IF YOU PUT IT BACK IN THE BUS LANE OH, YEAH. 
          FROM THE, FROM THE, FROM THE TOTAL BOARDINGS. 
          YEAH. 
          YES, IT WOULD BE, THAT FACTOR WOULD BE EQUIVALENT. 
          THE COST PER PASSENGER WOULD, WOULD NOT BE EQUIVALENT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS WOULD BE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GREAT. 
          IS THAT ASSUMED THAT THOSE PEOPLE WOULD RIDE THE BUS? WELL, WE'RE COMPARING THE, THE BUS RIDERS THAT WERE THERE BEFORE. 
          THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE WE HAD BUSES ALREADY THERE. 
          RIGHT. 
          MOST OF THESE SECTORS DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE BUSES IN PLACE, BUT IN THIS CASE, YES. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND ONE OF, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET, UH, CARS OFF THE ROADS WITH OUR BUS SYSTEMS, BUT THIS IS A CASE THAT WE'RE PUTTING MORE CARS IN THE ROAD TO ACCOMMODATE VIA LINK INSTEAD OF THE BUSES. 
          WE GOT A LOT MORE CARS RUNNING AROUND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE CONGESTION PROBLEM. 
          YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? AND NO, WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU IS THAT, UH, YEAH, WE PROBABLY HAVE MORE VEHICLES THAN THOSE BUSES WERE, RIGHT? YES. 
          BUT, UH, VIA LINK IS NOT A SINGLE RIDE SERVICE. 
          RIGHT? IT'S, AND SO THEY HAVE MULTIPLE PASSENGERS, UH, ON AVERAGE, I THINK ONE AND A HALF TO TWO PASSENGERS PER TRUCK. 
          OKAY. 
          AS OPPOSED TO THE TYPICAL ONE PERSON PER CAR, UH, DRIVING. 
          SO THERE IS AN IMPACT THERE. 
          YEAH, I'D LIKE TO KIND OF SEE, I DON'T WANNA OVERSTATE IT, BUT I'M JUST HIT THAT. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE FIGURES TO SHOW WHAT THE REAL IMPACT IS OF AL LINK. 
          UM, SLIDE 20. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THIS IS THAT ONE EIGHT SALES TAX THING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS THE ANSWER ON THIS, BUT HOW MUCH MORE DOLLARS IS REQUIRED FOR THIS AQUIFER PROTECTION OVERALL, THE PROGRAM? ERIC, DO YOU KNOW THAT WHAT, WHAT'S STILL REQUIRED, COUNCILMAN, BASED ON THE ORIGINAL REPORT THAT WAS DONE, UM, WHEN THE PROGRAM BEGAN, THERE'S AN ESTIMATED 52,000 ACRES THAT ARE REMAINING. 
          UM, AND WE'LL INCLUDE KIND OF A DETAILED PRESENTATION OF THAT ON THE 19TH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS, IF WE'RE, IF THE PROPOSAL IS TO SHIFT THAT TO SAWS, HOW MUCH WOULD THEY ADD IN THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET TO COVER THAT SHORTFALL OR STILL WHAT NEEDS TO BE PURCHASED? AND IS THAT GONNA TAKE IT OUT FOR THE NEXT A HUNDRED YEARS? OR ARE WE GONNA TRY TO DO IT IN THREE YEARS OR TWO YEARS? OR MAYBE I SHOULD I, OR WHATEVER SHOULD SPEAK TO THAT. 
          THE FIRST, UH, THE FIRST PROPOSAL THAT WAS FLOATED AT SAWS, UH, TOOK THE 53,000 ACRE NUMBER AND PROPOSED A, UH, SYSTEM BY WHICH THEY WOULD SPEND DOWN, UH, POR A PORTION OF THE REVENUE SHARE WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THAT COULD BE FINANCED OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS. 
          THAT WOULD, UH, ESSENTIALLY CREATE AN INCREMENT OF 0.25% OFF OF THE CURRENT REVENUE SHARE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IT, IT'S AN $11.5 MILLION SPEND OVER FIVE YEARS THAT WOULD EQUATE TO A SPENDING CAPACITY FOR THE EASTMAN PROGRAM OF $53 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THAT NEEDS TO BE LAID OUT ON A PIECE OF PAPER. 
          I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THAT, JUST LISTENING TO IT. 
          BUT, UH, UM, THAT, GIVING THAT TO SAS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE COST IS A COST, NO MATTER IF YOU DEFER MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS OR YOU CREATE A BOND PROGRAM OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO, IT IS STILL GONNA COST THAT MUCH MONEY TO, TO, UH, PURCHASE THOSE EASEMENTS. 
          AND THAT PLUS, LET'S SEE WHERE, UH, SAWS WAS THEIR PORTION BACK TO THE CITY, WHICH WENT INTO OUR GENERAL FUND, WAS ABOUT $18 MILLION A YEAR UP UNTIL THIS YEAR, WE'VE UPPED THAT PERCENTAGE. 
          SO IT'S AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION A YEAR FOR A TOTAL OF NOW $28 MILLION A YEAR COMING TO THE CITY FROM SAWS 
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THAT, AND MOVING THIS AQUIFER PROTECTION TO SAWS. 
          I, I'M FAILING TO SEE THAT IT'S NOT GONNA, IT'S NOT GONNA REQUIRE A RATE INCREASE. 
          THAT'S MY CONCERN. 
          AND UNTIL IT'S ALL LAID OUT ON A SHEET OF PAPER TO SAY, NOPE, WE'RE NOT EVER GONNA INCREASE OUR RATES BECAUSE OF THESE PROGRAMS AND YOU TAKING MORE MONEY AWAY FROM US TO PUT IN OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          I, I, I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT. 
          SO I THINK IT DEPENDS, IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH PER YEAR THEY ARE ALLOCATED FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR THE PURCHASE OF THOSE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. 
          AND IF YOU KEEP THAT AS A REASONABLE NUMBER AND JUST EXTEND THE LENGTH OF TIME, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO A RATE INCREASE. 
          LOOK, THE MONEY STILL HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE. 
          IT DOES. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO YOU HAVE, THEY HAVE A PRETTY DEFINED PROGRAM NOW TO DEFER SOMETHING, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DEFERRED INSTEAD OF PAYING FOR THAT. 
          SO ARE, ARE YOU INTENDING TO HAVE THEM HERE ON THE, UH, 19TH? NO, THAT'S A SEPARATE CONVERSATION. 
          IT'S A SEPARATE CONVERSATION. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT I, I THINK I'LL JUST ADD, COUNCILMAN, I THINK THE QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKING ARE THE ONES THAT WE ARE PREPARING. 
          UM, AND WE'LL GATHER THAT, THAT INFORMATION FROM SAS ON WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR ASSUMPTIONS ARE, AND THEN LAY THOSE ALTERNATIVES OUT TO, UH, TO THE COUNCIL ON THE 19TH. 
          ALL RIGHTY. 
          UM, WE MENTIONED ON SLIDE 23 AND 24, AND I'LL GET BACK TO 22, 23 AND 24, ABOUT BEXAR COUNTY, UH, KICKING IN MONEY ON THIS. 
          AND IT'S MOSTLY BOND MONEY THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND THAT'S STILL TAKING ON ADDITIONAL DEBT THAT HAS TO BE PAID BACK SOME KIND OF WAY. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND JUST AS THE CITY, UH, UH, BILLS UP CAPACITY TO PAY DEBT SERVICE, SO DOES THE COUNTY, AND THEY ENVISION DOING THIS LEVEL OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION WITHOUT A TAX INCREASE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, BUT IT'S STILL DEBT AND THEY'VE BEEN PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IT'S STILL DEBT AS WELL. 
          IT IS AN OBLIGATION. 
          IT HAS TO BE PAID. 
          IT'S AN OBLIGATION. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, ON SLIDE, LET'S GO BACK TO 22. 
          AND HERE'S WHERE I HAVE A REAL HEARTBURN $950 MILLION WITH 6 65 GOING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THIS LAST BOND WAS $850 MILLION. 
          OUR LAST ONE, CORRECT. 
          445 MILLION WENT TO STREETS, WHICH WAS ABOUT HALF THE COST OF THE BOND, WENT TO OUR STREET SYSTEM. 
          MM-HMM. 
           UNDER THIS SCENARIO, I'M LOOKING AT $950 MILLION AND ONLY $191 MILLION GOING TO STREETS. 
          SO I CAN TELL YOU FOR A FACT, WE HAVE 439 MILES OF F STREETS F FRES, THEY HAVE TOTALLY FAILED. 
          IT'S GONNA TAKE $836 MILLION TODAY TO CORRECT THOSE FRES. 
          WE HAVE BEEN DEFERRING THOSE FRES YEAR AFTER YEAR BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD IT IN OUR YEARLY I M P PROGRAM BECAUSE WE'RE JUST DOING BASIC MAINTENANCE WITH I M P. 
          BUT WE'VE BEEN SHIFTING THESE F STREETS FURTHER DOWN THE YEAR SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GONNA HELP IN THE NEXT BOND BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE CAN PICK UP THESE BIG PROJECTS UNDER THE BOND. 
          AND IF WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT FLEXIBILITY AWAY, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, ONLY 191 MILLION FOR STREETS, MY RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE MAD BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN TOLD ONE THING, AND HERE WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING ELSE. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA BE FIXING THOSE F STREETS. 
          AND WE HAVE A LOT OF 'EM IN DISTRICT 10. 
          I THINK MOST OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE F STREETS. 
          AND TO NOW SAY THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE CARE OF 'EM, THEY'RE NOT GONNA TAKE TOO KINDLY TO THAT. 
          SO THAT'S MY BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THIS, IS THAT WE'RE SHIFTING MOST OF THE BOND TOWARDS THIS PROGRAM VERSUS STREET MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS THAT WE SOW. 
          I, I GUARANTEE YOU AND MY COLLEAGUE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TRANSPORTATION AND SECURITY WAS TOPS FOR HIS RESIDENTS. 
          MY RESIDENTS ARE SAYING SECURITY AND SAFETY, BUT FIX THEIR STREETS. 
          FIX THEIR STREETS WHERE THEY CAN GET BACK AND FORTH TO, TO PLAY TO WORK, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          SOME AREAS YOU, YOU HAVE TO BARELY CREEP ALONG JUST TO GET THROUGH THE POTHOLES AND RUTS AND THE FAILED STREETS. 
          THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE. 
          SO THAT IS PROBABLY MY BIGGEST RUB THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PULLING THAT 
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MUCH MONEY AWAY FROM OUR BOND. 
          AND COUNCILWOMAN ILLA GRAND TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT. 
          YEP. 
          BUT I WANTED TO GET INTO THE ACTUAL DOLLARS HERE WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE NEGLECTING A LOT OF OUR FAILED STREETS WITH THIS PROPOSAL HERE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA NEED TO TAKE A REALLY CLOSE LOOK AT THAT, OR I AM, BECAUSE AGAIN, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT MY NEIGHBORS IN DISTRICT 10 ARE GONNA SAY ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, THE NEXT, UH, SLIDE 36 AND 37, AND I THINK, UH, I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION ON THESE, THESE SURVEYS THAT WERE SENT OUT, DID YOU ADD A QUESTION IN THERE? WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PAY X DOLLARS MORE FOR THIS OR PAY TO PAY FOR THIS, THESE SERVICES? WELL, THE QUESTION DOES CITE THE EXISTING ONE EIGHTH CENT SALES TAX. 
          SO IT DOES STIPULATE THAT THERE IS A COST, IT'S NOT JUST OFFERING THE PROJECTS, BUT IT'S SAYING, WOULD YOU REALLOCATE THE ONE EIGHTH CENT? SO THAT, THAT, THAT IS THE QUESTION. 
          IT'S NOT OKAY. 
          ADDITIONAL MONEY. 
          IT'S A CONTINUATION OF A ONE EIGHTH. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT IS NOW BEING, UM, UH, CON, YOU KNOW, PLACED. 
          OKAY, FAIR. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          UM, THE, UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 1 CENT OVERALL. 
          IF I, IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS, JEFF, THIS IS PROBABLY IN YOUR AREA HERE, UM, ABOUT 148 MILLION IN, UH, THE HALF CENT SALES TAX YOU GET NOW PER YEAR ABOUT 148 MILLION. 
          YEAH. 
          ROAD NUMBERS. 
          ANOTHER 40 MILLION FROM, UH, THE A T D A T D. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND YOU GET 10 MILLION FROM THE CITY PER YEAR. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO THAT'S ABOUT A TOTAL OF $198 MILLION. 
          CORRECT. 
          WHICH IS THE LOWEST FUNDING PER CAPITA OF ANY MAJOR CITY IN TEXAS. 
          OKAY. 
          BY FAR LOWER, LIKE THREE TIMES LOWER THAN IF THIS, IF THIS PLAN WERE TOTALLY APPROVED TODAY MM-HMM. 
          , WHAT WOULD THAT, WHAT WOULD THAT ANNUAL BUDGET BE? WELL, YOU WOULD ADD TO THAT THE, UH, EIGHT, 8 MILLION FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE, UH, THE A T D THAT THE CITY'S GETTING RIGHT NOW. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE NETTING THE 10 MILLION OUT OF THAT. 
          SO YOU'D ADD 8 MILLION YEAH. 
          THERE. 
          AND YOU WOULD ADD THE, UH, AMOUNT FOR THE ONE 8 CENT, WHICH IS WHAT? 36? 36. 
          OKAY. 
          39 MILLION. 
          SO YOU ADD 39 PLUS EIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          47 4. 
          YEAH. 
          47. 
          47. 
          SO ABOUT $250 MILLION THEN? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO PRETTY, PRETTY HEALTHY INCREASE THERE. 
          SO WHEN YOU START AT A LOW ENOUGH NUMBER A, YOU CAN GET A PRETTY HEALTHY INCREASE. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT VIA HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB FOR THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE GETTING. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE SAID, COST PER RIDER, THE OVERALL BUDGET COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          SO I, I COMMEND Y'ALL ON WHAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE TO DATE IT. 
          THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE GONNA GET THE BANG FOR THE BUCK OUT OF THIS? BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, EVEN PURCHASING LAND AND COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ TALKED ABOUT THAT, UM, I SEE PITFALLS WITH THAT. 
          AND IT'S JUST LIKE RAIL ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE PART OF THE RAIL SYSTEM? IT'S LAND ACQUISITION. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING THOSE COSTS WELL ENOUGH IN THIS PLAN BECAUSE WE ONLY GO FIVE YEARS PER INCREMENT, BUT THERE'S NOTHING ON THE BACK END. 
          WHAT THAT COST IS ON THE BACK END. 
          YOU HAVE THE 1.36 BILLION, UH, FOR THEIR FIRST SEVERAL YEARS AND THEN ANOTHER, ANOTHER 1.36 BILLION. 
          WHAT'S THAT LAST INCREMENT OUT THERE? AND THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE WILL, I I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE PART OF THE MEETING ON THE, ON THE 19TH, IS IT FEBRUARY 19TH? I THINK THAT WILL BE PART OF IT. 
          LOOK, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE LAST PART, UH, OF THAT PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, AND AND, UH, WITH RESPECT TO REAL ESTATE. 
          SO, SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, WE ARE ASSUMING THAT EVERYTHING WE DO IS BUILT PRIMARILY IN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS WHY WE END UP IN MIXED FLOW TRAFFIC IN A LOT OF THESE SECTIONS. 
          WE DON'T WHITEN, WE DON'T WHITEN OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, THE, AND THIS IS PROBABLY A RAZZY QUESTION HERE. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS INCREASED FREQUENCY OF THE LARGE BUSES AROUND ON OUR STREET SYSTEMS. HAVE WE DONE ANY KIND OF ANALYSIS ON WHAT 
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THETE STREET DEGRADATION WOULD BE OVER TIME ON ALL OF THESE ROUTES ALL OVER THE CITY WITH INCREASED GOING FROM AN HOUR DOWN TO AS FAR AS 15 MINUTES, 10 MINUTES FREQUENCIES? COUNCILMAN? GOOD QUESTION. 
          OUR COST ESTIMATE IS DOWN TO BE A CONCRETE BUS LANE TO MAKE SURE IT IS GOING TO LAST 30 YEARS. 
          USUALLY WE DE DESIGN ASPHALT TO LAST 20 YEARS OF LIFE. 
          CONCRETE IS USUALLY ERS OUR COST ESTIMATE IS DONE BASED ON TO BE CONCRETE BUS LANE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ALL BUS LANES I'M TALKING ABOUT ON THIS, ALL THE INTERIOR BUS LANES? NO, ON, ON THIS TWO ROUTES. 
          NORTH END ROUTE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND EAST AND WEST A HUNDRED PERCENT CONCRETE BUS LANES. 
          BUT WHAT ABOUT ON ALL THESE OTHER BUS LANES THAT WE'RE INCREASING THE FREQUENCIES ON? AND THOSE ARE ASPHALT ROADS? UH, OF COURSE WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY COST. 
          OKAY. 
          I I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A PART OF THIS ANALYSIS. 
          WHAT IS IT GONNA COST US OVER TIME ON INCREASING THE BUS FREQUENCIES ON ALL THE STREETS? UM, UH, YOU MENTIONED SIR, ABOUT THE 1 CENT OR THE, UH, UM, THE, UM, VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES GOING UP. 
          I THINK IT WAS $10. 
          YEP. 
          RIGHT HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          I THINK WE'RE AT $20 NOW, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST RIGHT. 
          IN THE STATE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THE PROPOSAL WAS TO ADD ANOTHER $10, MAKING IT FAR AND ABOVE OTHER CITIES HERE IN THE STATE. 
          THAT, THAT OBVIOUSLY IS NOT ON THE TABLE AT THIS POINT, BUT I, I FORESEE THAT COMING BACK TO THE TABLE AGAIN, THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND NOT UNDER THIS PLAN OR FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TAKE THAT TO THE BANK , THAT WON'T BE OUT THERE. 
          NO, I, I, I, I MEAN THIS IS A PLAN THAT IS DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH OUR MOBILITY NEEDS FOR THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD, AND WE'LL GO ON FROM THERE. 
          BUT, UM, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BRING BACK OTHER SOURCES. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MARKET WILL BEAR. 
          WE THINK THIS IS WHAT COULD BE PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO WITH A STRAIGHT FACE AND SAY, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE TAXES. 
          THIS GETS YOU THE PLAN THAT'S HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND GOING BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 1 CENT SALES TAX INITIAL WAY BACK WHEN, 1977 WHEN THE STATE SAID, HERE YOU CAN DO THAT. 
          CORRECT? I I JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE THAT SAN ANTONIO MADE OTHER DECISIONS OUTSIDE OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AQUIFER PROTECTION PRE-K FOR SA. 
          CORRECT. 
          UM, AND THEN THE REST OF IT GOING TO SOME FORM OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          WE ALSO DID THE DOME FOR FIVE YEARS. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE WERE CONSCIOUS DECISIONS AND, UM, I I STILL THINK THAT OVERALL ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT ON THE TABLE, MY OPINION AND PRIORITIZE 'EM. 
          WHERE IS THE MONEY GONNA COME FROM? WELL, WE, WE KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT PRE-K AND, AND, AND THAT'S LIKELY TO BE RENEWED. 
          UM, AND WE KNOW THAT, THAT THE ONE EIGHTH THAT'S BEEN USED FOR THE AQUIFER HAS BEEN VERY POPULAR. 
          UM, AND, AND IF, IF YOU'RE SAYING THE, YOU KNOW, THE PRIORITY MAKE PRIORITY CHOICES AS BETWEEN THE WATER OR THE TRANSPORTATION, WE BADLY NEED TO DO BOTH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, MY LAST QUESTION HERE, I GUESS THAT'S BACK TO JEFF. 
          SO IF THIS PLAN GETS FUNDED MM-HMM. 
          , A LOT OF MONEY COMING TO GOING UP TO FROM 198 TO $250 MILLION A YEAR, ARE YOU GONNA GIVE US BACK OUR $10 MILLION A YEAR HERE AT THE CITY? THAT'S ASSUMED IN THIS PLAN? THAT IS ASSUMED. 
          IT'S ASSUMED THAT THE 10 MILLION, YEAH, THE 10 MILLION IS SUBSUMED. 
          SO WHEN WE SAY THAT THE ONE 16TH A T D THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY RECEIVES, 18 OR $19 MILLION, WE'RE ASSUMING THAT 10 OF THOSE ESSENTIALLY ARE REPRESENTED BY WHAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY GIVING OUT OF GENERAL FUNDS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          YEP. 
          THAT'S BUILT INTO THOSE. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE WHITE SHEET WHERE THE ONE 16TH IS, IT GENERATES 18.5 MILLION MILLION ANNUALLY. 
          YOU SEE THAT? MM-HMM. 
          , BUT ONLY 8.5 IS COUNTED AS NEW REVENUE FOR THIS PLAN BECAUSE THE 10 STAYS WITH THE CITY. 
          GREAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THAT'S A SHINING, UH, STAR OUT THERE, . 
          WELL, SIR, I, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          I I I'VE GOT SOME, UH, BIG CONCERNS. 
          NO, YOU RAISED SOME VERY GOOD POINTS AND I WOULD SAY THERE'S A CORE, CORE TRUTH TO WHAT YOU PUT YOUR FINGER ON. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE BIG DECISIONS THIS COMMUNITY HAS TO MAKE. 
          AND THAT IS WHERE YOU SAID THERE'S ONLY 191 MILLION FOR STREETS IN THIS PLAN. 
          AND LAST 
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BOND ISSUE HAD YOU SAID SOMETHING LIKE 400 OR SO, 450. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S IN THAT FOUR 50 BECAUSE A LOT OF IT MAY ALSO BE THESE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE BEING COVERED BY THIS PLAN, LIKE 85 MILLION FOR SIDEWALKS AND SO FORTH. 
          VERY, VERY SMALL AMOUNT. 
          OKAY. 
          IT, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A SEPARATE LINE ITEM FOR SIDEWALKS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LEMME JUST SAY AUSTIN HAD A BOND ISSUE OF $800 MILLION, 100% FOR MOBILITY, AND IT PASSED BY 65%. 
          BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE A PRIORITY LIKE THAT AND YOU, AND YOU AND YOU INTEND ON ADDRESSING IT, YOU DO IT RIGHT. 
          AND WE BELIEVE THERE'S A TRANSPORTATION CRISIS THAT REQUIRES US TO DO SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY, WHICH IS PUT SOME MORE BOND MONEY INTO THIS. 
          AND IF, AND, AND YOU HAVE A LEGITIMATE POINT, WE NEED MORE FOR STREETS AS WELL. 
          LET'S BE CREATIVE ABOUT FINDING MORE FOR STREETS. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, AND I'M WITH YOU, BUT WE DO, WE DO THINK THAT SAN ANTONIO FACES A PENDING CRISIS ON THE LARGER MOBILITY QUESTION. 
          AND, AND WE'VE OFFERED A, A A A WAY TO, TO ADDRESS THAT HERE IN THIS PLAN. 
          WELL, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING Y'ALL HAVE DONE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          AND, AND LET ME, UM, CLARIFY SOMETHING BECAUSE I, I KNOW HOW QUICKLY MISINFORMATION COULD BECOME FACT. 
          THIS COUNCIL TRIPLED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, UM, COMPARED TO WHEN A FEW OF US CAME ON AS COUNCIL THAT GOES INTO OUR I M P PROGRAM. 
          THIS PROGRAM OF CONNECT SA DOES NOT IMPACT OUR I M P PROGRAM. 
          IT DOES NOT SLOW DOWN ANY STREET MAINTENANCE THAT IS CURRENTLY PROGRAMMED INTO OUR IR I M P PLAN. 
          THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS THAT ARE ON OUR I M P ROLLING FIVE YEAR SCHEDULE, THOSE CONTINUE THREE TIMES FASTER THAN THEY WERE WHEN WE BECAME COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ AND VERAN AND I. 
          SO THAT IS NOT IMPACTED BY THIS PLAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, AND I THINK WE CAN ALL REALLY, UM, BE ASSURED THAT, THAT WE, IN HEARING SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS AND, AND CONCERNS THAT THIS COUNCIL DOES ABSOLUTELY SEE THIS AS A PRIORITY. 
          SO, UM, AT THE HEART OF THIS IS REALLY THE WORK THAT THAT HAS TO BE DONE TO, TO MAKE IT, MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          UM, HENRY IT GIVES ME GREAT PRIDE TO, TO BE UP HERE AS THE CURRENT DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER TALKING TO THE FIRST DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          I WAS SIX YEARS OLD  BACK THEN, AND A HUGE STAR WARS FAN, 1977. 
          BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THANK YOU. 
          I, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE FACT THAT, THAT YOU'RE AT THE HELM AND, UH, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THIS IS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US. 
          AND I WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS AND, AND HOW MUCH YOU CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS CITY. 
          UH, I WANNA THANK JEFF AS WELL, UH, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. 
          YOU, YOU'VE MADE, UH, OBVIOUSLY VIAS, UH, AN INCREDIBLE, UH, PLACE TO WORK, AN INCREDIBLE, UH, ASSET TO OUR CITY. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU TO YOUR ENTIRE BOARD. 
          UH, IN FACT MANY OF WHO OF WHICH HAVE, HAVE STAYED. 
          SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR, FOR BEING HERE. 
          UM, I'M GONNA TELL A REALLY QUICK STORY THAT, THAT IMPACTED ME. 
          UH, IT REALLY TRULY IS BRIEF, BUT I WAS JUST, I WAS AT ST. 
          AGNES ON THE WEST SIDE. 
          IN FACT, I SEE, UH, ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER MARY ALICE CISNEROS IN THE CROWD. 
          AND I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE FORMER DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER AS WELL. 
          THAT WAS HER HOME PARISH. 
          YES. 
          AND WE HAD GREAT ATTENDANCE, UH, AT THIS MEETING. 
          AND WE TALKED ABOUT MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, WE TALKED ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          BUT I HAD THIS LADY COME UP TO ME AND, AND, AND TAKE ME ASIDE AND, AND TALK TO ME ABOUT HER, HER EXPERIENCE. 
          AND SHE TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO GO TO NIGHT SCHOOL BUT CHOSE NOT TO. 
          AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHY, BECAUSE SHE FELT THAT HER NEIGHBORHOOD WAS TOO DARK, SO THERE WASN'T ENOUGH LIGHTING. 
          THERE WAS NO SIDEWALKS THERE, AND SHE JUST SIMPLY DIDN'T FEEL SAFE DOING THAT TO GET TO THE BUS, TO GET TO NIGHT SCHOOL. 
          I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY HOW WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS AND THAT WE AS A CITY MUST BE A GOOD PARTNER TO THIS EFFORT BECAUSE IT'S ALL CONNECTED, RIGHT? I MEAN, HELP, THAT'S, THAT'S THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND, AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE A POINT ABOUT THAT. 
          I WANNA MAKE A BIG POINT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HENRY, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE 
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A LOT OF THINGS THAT I'VE BROUGHT UP AND HOW SPECIFIC I, I HAVE BEEN ABOUT THIS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE GET SOME NUMBERS AND, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE CAN DO IS, IS TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING SOME OF THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. 
          AND, UM, I THINK EVERYBODY UP HERE WAS ASKING SOME AMAZING QUESTIONS. 
          SO I WON'T REPEAT MOST OF THEM, AND I, AND CAN JUST SAY, I, I AGREE WITH ALL THE QUESTIONING UP HERE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ADDING TO THE EFFORT. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, I WANNA POINT OUT THAT, UH, AS WE BUILD OUT WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BIG QUESTION IS, IS THIS ENOUGH? IS THIS RIGHT SIZED FOR OUR CITY? AND, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I THINK ABOUT THIS LADY, AND I THINK ALL OF US UP HERE AT SOME POINT, AND I'M SURE WHEN YOU WERE A COUNCIL MEMBER, WHEN MR. ATOS WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER, WE ALWAYS, WE ALWAYS HEARD FROM PEOPLE AND WE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW CAN WE HELP THAT PERSON? BUT WE KNEW THAT WE HAD TO HELP THE ENTIRE CITY OF FOLKS JUST LIKE THAT. 
          AND SO THE QUESTION IS ONE OF SCALE, RIGHT? AND, UH, WHEN I TALK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I BROUGHT UP THE QUESTION TO YOU ABOUT SIDEWALKS, AND I POINT OUT OUR ISSUE, I THINK IT'S A SYMPTOM OF, OF DEEPER CONCERNS THAT I HAVE, YOU KNOW, OF HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THERE TO, TO, TO KNOW THAT THE POLICY WE'RE MAKING ISN'T JUST ABOUT THIS LADY, BUT ABOUT HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN FEEL IS ACTUALLY WORKING FOR THEM, AT LEAST IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE POINT OUT THAT WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, 225 MILES, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY IT, AND I, AND I'M, AND I'M GONNA SAY IT AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT WE ALREADY DO. 
          I JUST WANT US TO BE MORE ASPIRATIONAL THAN THAT. 
          WE HAVE A 2000 MILE GAP. 
          NOBODY'S GONNA FEEL 225 MILES. 
          AND, AND I'M, BY THE WAY, HENRY, THIS IS, THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT ON YOU. 
          THIS IS ON US. 
          THIS IS MY CHALLENGE TO THE CITY BECAUSE I WON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, IT'S A SHAME THAT WE COULD PUT $85 MILLION, UH, AND PROPOSED IT LIKE THIS. 
          WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU COULD DO THE SIMPLE MATH THAT'S $24 A SQUARE FOOT. 
          THAT'S RIDICULOUS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE COULD DO A LOT BETTER THAN THIS. 
          AND SO I WANNA USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO RIGHTSIZE ALL OF THIS. 
          UM, HENRY, HELP ME UNDERSTAND, LIKE, HOW DID WE THRIVE TO THIS PLAN? AND DO WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT PEOPLE THE WAY THEY CAN ACTUALLY FEEL IT NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE IN OUR CITY? OKAY, GOOD QUESTION. 
          FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY IN POLITICS SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, AND SOME PEOPLE SAY THINKS POLITICS IS A BAD THING, BUT POLITICS JUST MEANS FINDING THE COMMON GROUND BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS IN POLITICS FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL. 
          WE HAVE THE DILEMMA AS BETWEEN THE IDEAL AND THE POSSIBLE. 
          WE HAD TO MAKE JUDGEMENTS ABOUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE. 
          AND THIS IS A, A SORT OF A CLASSIC MOMENT BECAUSE SEATED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE MAYOR ARE TWO DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT THIS VERY SUBJECT. 
          COUNCILMAN PERISH. 
          PERRY JUST FINISHED A DISCOURSE IN WHICH HE SAID, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ENOUGH FOR STREETS. 
          SO THE IMPLICATION IS WE SHOULDN'T DO QUITE AS MUCH ON TRANSIT, INCLUDING MAYBE NOT THE A R T, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T PUT ENOUGH ON STREETS. 
          OKAY? SO THAT'S A A POINT OF VIEW, AND HE REPRESENTS A POINT OF VIEW FOR A WHOLE SECTION OF THE CITY, RIGHT? YOU'VE JUST FINISHED A DISCOURSE IN WHICH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REACHING FOR MORE, COMING UP WITH MORE, WELL, CAN'T DO MORE. 
          SO WE WE'RE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN NEED MORE AND WON'T DO MORE, OR CAN'T DO MORE. 
          AND THAT'S THE DILEMMA BEFORE THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          SO WE HAVE TRIED TO CREATE WHAT WE BELIEVE THE MARKET WILL BEAR, WHAT THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO WOULD STAND FOR. 
          WE'VE COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT SAYS, WE WILL NOT PAY NO MORE NEW TAXES. 
          WE'LL NOT PAY MORE IN TAXES BECAUSE IT'S A ONE EIGHTH THAT ALREADY EXISTS. 
          IT'S A ONE 16TH THAT ALREADY EXISTS. 
          IT'S A BOND ISSUE THAT'S GONNA BE PASSED, PRESUMABLY BECAUSE IT HAS NO TAX ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 
          SIMILARLY, AT THE COUNTY, YES, THEY DO HAVE DEBT AND OBLIGATIONS, BUT THERE'S NOT OUTLAY OF NEW TAXES. 
          IT'S SORT OF THE 
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WAY GOVERNMENT WORKS. 
          SO THAT'S ONE GUIDELINE, THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE. 
          UM, WE'RE TRYING TO BE REMIND MINDFUL OF THE SAN ANTONIO BUDGET, ET CETERA. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OTHER POLITICAL REALITIES. 
          EVERY TIME RAIL HAS BEEN TRIED IN SAN ANTONIO, IT HAS FAILED. 
          SO WHY DO WE WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD? WHY DON'T WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE PRESENTED THEMSELVES THAT ARE LESS EXPENSIVE AND PEOPLE MIGHT ACCEPT? UH, SIMILARLY ON THESE OTHER THINGS, WE, WE, WE, WE, WE HAVE EIGHT MODES HERE BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE REALITIES OF A CITY THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM SECTION TO SECTION. 
          I KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOU'RE DESCRIBING, AND I KNOW THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS, AND I KNOW PEOPLE ARE VERY POOR, AND I KNOW THEY'RE DARK, AND I KNOW THAT IT'S, IT IS, SHE DID THE RIGHT THING FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT. 
          'CAUSE SHE WOULD BE IN DANGER ON THOSE SIDEWALK LESS STREETS WALKING IN THE DARK TO A BUS STOP AND WAITING THERE UNTIL LATE IN THE EVENING. 
          RIGHT? SO HOW DO WE BALANCE OFF ALL THOSE THINGS IN, IN A CITY THAT REALLY NEVER HAS HAD ENOUGH MONEY? AND SO FOR ONE PART OF THE CITY, YOU DO $3.6 BILLION WORTH OF HIGHWAY BUILDING, BUT TRY TO EXTEND THAT TO THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY. 
          AND THEN YOU PUT THE SIDEWALKS IN THE AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE THEM, AND THEY'RE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY BECAUSE THERE'S LACK OF SAFETY. 
          AND THEN YOU DO THINGS LIKE MOBILITY ON DEMAND, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE IN OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY'RE NEVER GONNA REACH THE TRANSIT SYSTEM. 
          SO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THERE'S A LOT OF THREADING THE NEEDLE HERE, TRYING TO FIND THE ONE PATH THAT THE CITY CAN, A AFFORD AND WILL SUPPORT AND DOES SOMETHING ABOUT OUR TRANSPORTATION DILEMMA. 
          I'LL CLOSE WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DILEMMA, BECAUSE WHAT OUR PLANNERS HAVE TOLD US, AND WE'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH TEXT PLANNERS AND VIA PLANNERS, WHAT THEY'VE TOLD US IS, IS THIS PLAN GONNA REDUCE CONGESTION? NO. 
          IT'S GONNA HOLD CONGESTION AT LEVELS, LEVELS THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE BEFORE WE GET TO AUSTIN LEVEL CONGESTION OR HOUSTON LEVEL CONGESTION. 
          SO THIS PLAN IS NOT, I MEAN, IF IN 20 YEARS WE COULD SAY OUR INDICES OF CONGESTION ARE THE SAME THEY ARE TODAY, THAT'S A MAJOR VICTORY BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING THROUGH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MULTIPLE MORE HOURS OF DELAYS AND MULTIPLE MORE RED LINES OF CONGESTED STREETS. 
          THAT'S THE FUTURE. 
          SO THAT'S ANOTHER CRITERIA HERE. 
          YOU KNOW, ARE WE GAINING, ARE WE HOLDING OUR OWN? THIS IS A PLAN FOR SORT OF HOLDING ONTO TO SANITY AND REASONABLENESS. 
          WELL, UH, THANK YOU. 
          AND I AGREE WITH THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK IT, IT, THIS REALLY KINDA LEADS TO MY SECOND QUESTION OR POINT, AND YOU, YOU BROUGHT IT UP EARLIER REGARDING, UM, OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SAN PEDRO REALLY COMING BACK DOWN AND WE'VE HAD DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT WHAT FITS WHAT DOESN'T FIT IN IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND I READ ABOUT THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND I THINK, AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT, RIGHT? THAT WE TALK ABOUT, LIKE, WHO CAN ACTUALLY TELL US WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK. 
          AND I WANNA BE PROACTIVE ABOUT IT. 
          I, SO, BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT, I THINK THAT PART OF THAT, THAT LINE OF QUESTION IS, IS MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH, CORRECT? RIGHT. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD I'M TALKING ABOUT IS, IS FROM WOODLAWN TO HAWTHORNE, HAWTHORNE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AL ALTA VISTA, MONTE VISTA. 
          RIGHT? AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S CONNECTED TO A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW WITH THE LARGE AREA REZONING AND CONCERNS ABOUT AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS MAINTAINING THEIR CHARACTER MM-HMM. 
          , AND YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS ABILITY FOR, FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, PARTS OF OUR CITY. 
          AND AS YOU POINTED OUT, THE WAY OUR CITY GREW, UH, DISTRICT ONE BEING THE OLDEST MM-HMM. 
          , I MEAN, THIS IS IT. 
          AND, AND SO CODES AND ZONING HAS CHANGED OVER TIME, WHICH CREATES A LOT OF THIS CONCERN. 
          BUT I GUESS MY, MY, MY REQUEST IS, IS, UH, AS WE ARE LAYING OUT THIS PLAN, IS TO HAVE SOME SPECIFICITY FOR THAT, THAT APPROACH. 
          NO, WE'LL HAVE TO, WE WILL HAVE TO. 
          SO MY POINT IS, IS THAT THE IDEA TO, TO CREATE A, A SENSE AT LEAST, BECAUSE I KNOW WE CAN'T, YOU CAN'T FIGURE IT ALL OUT ALL AT ONCE. 
          BUT I THINK A, AN APPROACH THAT, THAT SAYS THAT WE CAN TRY TO PROVIDE, UH, A, A SET OF STANDARDS THAT, THAT ALLOW US TO BE FLEXIBLE, ALLOW US TO, TO CONSIDER THAT SOMETHING MIGHT SURE, MIGHT, MIGHT, MIGHT BE A, YOU KNOW, $24 A SQUARE FOOT FOR A SIDEWALK. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE GOING, WE'RE GOING TO NEED FLEXIBILITY IN THIS. 
          WELL, AND I, AND I, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S CRITICAL. 
          I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL BECAUSE, UH, 
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THIS IS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY FEELING LIKE THEY CAN TRUST THAT YOU'RE GETTING TO THEIR ISSUE. 
          RIGHT. 
          'CAUSE WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS, I KNOW I WILL RUN INTO THIS LADY AGAIN. 
          I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING AT ST. 
          AGNES, AND I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TELL HER THAT WE'VE GOT A PLAN THAT, THAT, THAT'S GOING TO ADDRESS HER INDIVIDUAL CONCERN OF LIGHTING AND SIDEWALKS SAFETY, UH, SO THAT SHE CAN USE BUS ROUTE, BUS, BUS ROUTE, MORE FREQUENCY. 
          WELL, YOU, THE BEAUTY IS, IS SHE WANTS TO USE THE BUS ROUTE. 
          I MEAN, SO THE, THAT WASN'T THE COMPLAINT, RIGHT? I'M SAYING THIS IS WHERE, WHERE I'M CHALLENGING OUR CITY, ERIC. 
          I MEAN, I, I'M NOT SATISFIED, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, I, BUT WE'VE CREATED A SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOT TO PUSH, AND THIS IS, THIS IS NOT ABOUT, THIS IS ABOUT URGENCY, AND THIS IS ABOUT HOW ALL THESE THINGS ARE CONNECTED. 
          AND, AND FOR US TO, TO DEVELOP THAT TRUST AND THAT COMMITMENT, IT, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT HOW ALL THESE OTHER ITEMS PLAY A ROLE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT I'M CLEAR ABOUT. 
          I, I ABSOLUTELY WANT THIS PLAN TO WORK. 
          I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO UTILIZE THIS EFFORT TO ALSO CHALLENGE HOW WE DO INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR CITY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN PERRY, I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, HE, HE, HE POINTED IT OUT. 
          RESIDENT SAYS, HEY, I WANT MY STREET FIX. 
          I MEAN, HE'S NOT WRONG ABOUT THAT. 
          PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT. 
          AND, AND I THINK THE WAY TO LOOK AT THAT IS WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE DOING NOW THAT COULD BE IMPROVED, THAT COULD BE INNOVATIVE, THAT COULD, THAT COULD ACTUALLY RESOLVE THAT GAP? UM, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL HEARING THAT. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST FINISH WITH, WE HAVE MANY, MANY PRIORITIES IN OUR CITY. 
          AND, UM, LASTLY, I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE IF WE'RE GONNA BE CREATIVE. 
          UM, THAT MEANING THAT PROGRAMS LIKE, LIKE THE EDWARDS AQUIFER PROGRAM MUST CONTINUE SOMEHOW. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK THAT MY ONLY CONCERN AROUND THAT IS JUST SORT OF SOME NUTS AND BOLTS THAT NEED TO BE FIGURED OUT. 
          SO I JUST WANT US TO BE CREATIVE AND FLEXIBLE AROUND THAT IT APPLIES TO THIS PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S STILL GONNA BE SOME ADJUSTMENT. 
          THERE'S STILL NEEDS TO BE SOME WORK TO BE DONE. 
          AND I'M ASKING THE, THAT OUR, OUR CITY MANAGER AND, UH, UH, T C I DIRECTOR RAZZI HUSSAINI, WHO I THINK HE'S STILL HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS A, A, A TEAM EFFORT. 
          IT'S, UH, IT'S MORE COMPLEX THAN, THAN, YOU KNOW, ONE B SESSION. 
          AND, UH, SO THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO HEAR. 
          I WANNA I WANT US TO, TO SPEAK TO, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE GONNA PUSH THAT INNOVATION. 
          HOW ARE WE GONNA PUSH BETTER METHODOLOGIES SO THAT WE'RE IMPROVING OUR NUMBERS? YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE DOING 200 MILES A YEAR OF SIDEWALK WITH THESE NUMBERS, RIGHT? I'M NOT, THIS ISN'T ASKING FOR MORE MONEY, AS YOU DESCRIBED. 
          I'M NOT ASKING FOR MORE. 
          I'M SAYING I'M ASKING FOR MORE CAPACITY. 
          I'M ASKING FOR MORE INNOVATION. 
          AND, AND SO I, I, YOU KNOW, AS, AS JEFF PUT IT, IT'S, IT'S EASIER TO IMPROVE WHEN YOU HAVE VERY LITTLE TO, TO BEGIN WITH. 
          AND 50 MILES OF SIDEWALK IN, IN A, IN A, IN A CITY THAT'S 500 SQUARE MILES, MOST PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU YOU'VE NEVER GOT TO THEIR SIDEWALK. 
          I JUST DON'T WANT US TO GET TO THAT POINT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PLAN. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          UM, HENRY, YOU HAVE BEEN A STALWART, UH, TODAY, UH, AFTER I THINK OVER FOUR HOURS OF TESTIMONY AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND DOING SO RIGHT ON THE MONEY. 
          I WANNA THANK YOU FOR, FOR STANDING THERE AND, AND ANSWERING ALL THESE VERY DETAILED QUESTIONS FOR THIS WHOLE TIME. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I, I, UH, LIKE EVERY ONE OF YOU, I LOVE THIS CITY. 
          I HAVE SAID, UH, TO PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS, I FEEL TOWARD THIS CITY, LIKE TOWARD A MEMBER OF MY OWN FAMILY. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU STICK WITH 'EM. 
          SOMETIMES THERE'S GOOD MOMENTS, SOMETIMES THERE'S TROUBLED MOMENTS, BUT THEY'RE FAMILY. 
          AND THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT SAN ANTONIO. 
          WHEN YOU ASKED ME AND THE JUDGE TO DO THIS, UH, I, I, I, TRANSPORTATION'S NEVER BEEN MY SPECIALTY. 
          WHEN I WAS MAYOR, IT WAS ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT WAS ABOUT OTHER THINGS. 
          AND LATER I BECAME INTERESTED IN HOUSING. 
          AND, BUT I'VE LEARNED THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT TRANS MOBILITY, MOBILITY, THE ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO MOVE FROM 
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PLACE TO PLACE IS AS ESSENTIAL AS ANY OTHER FUNCTION IN A CITY. 
          ONCE UPON A TIME PEOPLE LIVED ON FARMS, THEY COULD RAISE THEIR OWN CROPS. 
          THEY NEVER HAD TO GO TO THE MARKET TO SHOP FOR THEM. 
          THEY, THEY STAYED ON THE, ON THE, ON THE FARM ALL DAY LONG FOR WEEKS AT A TIME. 
          CAN'T DO THAT IN A CITY BECAUSE WE'RE SPECIALIZED. 
          WE NEED TO GO TO THE STORE, WE NEED TO GO TO THE DRUG STORE, WE NEED TO GO TO SCHOOL. 
          WE, AND, AND, AND SO TRANSPORTATION IS INHERENT IN THE FUNCTION OF A CITY. 
          AND IF, IF WE WERE INATTENTIVE TO IT, AS WE GROW, WE WILL PAY A PRICE. 
          YOU, THIS COUNCIL HAVE A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING THAT NO COUNCIL BEFORE YOU HAS DONE, WHICH IS TO REALLY STEP FORWARD INTO A MODERN MOBILITY PLAN, INTEGRATED MOBILITY PLAN FOR THIS CITY. 
          AND YOU WILL BE REWARDED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE. 
          IF THE CITY FUNCTIONS AND WORKS WELL IN THE LONG RUN. 
          THIS WILL BE YOUR LEGACY. 
          I STARTED MY COMMENTS TODAY TALKING ABOUT HELEN ER, AND, AND I MENTIONED GLENN HARTMAN WHEN HE BREATHED VIA INTO LIFE. 
          I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED MAYOR COCKRELL, WHO WE ALSO LOST THIS LAST YEAR, WHO WAS THE MAYOR AT THAT TIME. 
          WE KNOW THAT THEY MADE THEIR CONTRIBUTION. 
          YOU TOO, WILL MAKE YOUR CONTRIBUTION. 
          AND I WOULD SIMPLY JUST CLOSE BY SAYING, WHAT I WOULD ASK OF YOU IS THAT YOU THINK OF THIS AS A WHOLE, AS A PACKAGE. 
          IT'S GOT MOVING PARTS, AND IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THESE PARTS WILL FLY APART UNLESS WE THINK OF THE CENTRAL PURPOSE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          WE'VE ASKED YOU FOR THIS CITY INITIATIVE WITH SAWS ON WATER, SO THEN WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT BOTH THINGS CAN BE DONE. 
          WE'VE ASKED YOU TO GIVE DIRECTION THAT THE ONE EIGHTH CENT WILL BE REDIRECTED BY VIA TO TRANSPORTATION. 
          WE'VE ASKED THAT YOU TAKE A COUNCIL ACTION TO PASS THE ONE 16TH, AND WE'VE ASKED YOU TO THINK VERY HARD ABOUT A BOND PROGRAM THAT SPEAKS TO THIS PRIORITY OF MOBILITY AS A CENTRAL PACKAGE. 
          UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTIVENESS ALL AFTERNOON. 
          YOU, YOU, YOU'VE, YOU'VE BEEN, UH, JUST WONDERFUL, UH, IN YOUR QUESTIONS, ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. 
          THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK YET TO BE DONE. 
          HOLD IT TOGETHER, PLEASE HOLD IT TOGETHER. 
          AND, AND THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES HAVE TO COME TOGETHER FOR THIS PLAN TO WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HENRY. 
          AND, AND AGAIN, ALSO THANK YOU TO YOUR FELLOW CO-CHAIRS, UH, HOPE ADE JANE MACON, OUR ENTIRE VIA BOARD, UH, SHANNON, UH, VIA JEFF ARNT. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR, UM, YOUR PATIENCE, YOUR ATTENTION, AND YOUR DUE DILIGENCE TODAY. 
          UM, THAT ENDS ADJOURNS OUR B SESSION. 
          UM, BUT WE DO HAVE SEVERAL OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH TODAY. 
          SO I KNOW THERE ARE FOLKS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR, FOR PUBLIC HEARING HERE FOR CEREMONIALS, AND WE ALSO HAVE A COUNCIL EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          SO LET ME JUST DESCRIBE WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE WE NEED QUORUMS FOR TWO OF THOSE THINGS. 
          UH, AT THIS TIME, THE SIX O'CLOCK OR THE SIX O'CLOCK PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE WERE SCHEDULED TO HAVE, WE MUST CONDUCT THAT WITH A FULL QUORUM NOW. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT ITEM UP IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ONE ITEM. 
          THAT SHOULD TAKE MAYBE 10 OR 15 MINUTES TOPS. 
          THEN WE'RE GONNA COME OUT FOR THE CEREMONIALS. 
          I AM VERY SORRY FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE ARRIVED FOR OUR FIVE 30 CEREMONIALS. 
          THIS SESSION HAS LASTED VERY LONG TIME. 
          UH, BUT YOU'LL BE RICHLY REWARDED BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO, UM, EXPRESS HOW MUCH GRATITUDE THIS ENTIRE CITY HAS FOR YOU. 
          I APOLOGIZE, WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE PATIENCE THOUGH AS WE GET STARTED WITH THE HEARING. 
          [2. 20-1106 Public Hearing for Substantial Amendment #1 to the FY 2020 HUD Action Plan and Budget awarding up to $6,478,760 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding; up to $1,849,000 in HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funding; and up to $182,001 in Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]]
OKAY. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, IT IS FIVE, OR EXCUSE ME, 6:20 PM ON THIS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29TH. 
          2020. 
          UH, WE ARE GOING TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING, AND I'M GONNA ASK THE CITY CLERK TO READ THE CAPTION. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UM, THIS IS ITEM TWO ON THE AGENDA, AND IT READS PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 HUD ACTION PLAN AND BUDGET. 
          A WARNING UP TO $6,478,760 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, C D B G FUNDING UP TO $1,849,000 IN HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, HOME FUNDING, AND UP TO $182,001 IN EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, E S G FUNDING. 
          OKAY. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING AS READ BY THE CITY CLERK, IS HEREBY OPENED. 
          UH, THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM LISTED FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING MAY DO SO. 
          NOW, UH, PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY 
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COMMENTS THAT DO NOT PERTAIN TO THE ITEM LISTED FOR PUBLIC HEARING WILL RESULT IN YOUR TIME BEING EXPIRED. 
          UH, SO WE WILL BEGIN AT THIS TIME. 
          UM, THE FIRST PERSON TO SIGN UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ANTONIO DIAZ ALI. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY THAT'S WHATEVER FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FOR HOUSING AND THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. 
          I'VE ALREADY SIGNED THAT. 
          I'M FOR IT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. DIAZ. 
          UH, DIANA RIGA. 
          WELL, I'D LIKE TO, UH, EXPRESS MY LOVE TO EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, I REALLY HOPE Y'ALL REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE IF Y'ALL, UH, PASSED THIS, THE BOND HAS BEEN THERE FOR THE SIDEWALKS, YOU KNOW, ALREADY, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD HAVE USED THAT FOR SIDEWALKS. 
          WE, I'M A TAXPAYER. 
          MY PARENTS WERE TAXPAYERS. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF TAXPAYERS HERE. 
          ALL Y'ALL DOING IS TAXING US AND TAXING US AND TAXING US. 
          WHAT DO WE GET OUT OF IT? WE STILL HAVE TO PAY TO RIDE THESE BUSES. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE US NOWHERE FOR FREE, ONLY FOR THANKSGIVING. 
          YEAH, DIANA, THE, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ON THE HUD PROCESS. 
          SO IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THE HUD UH, PROGRAM, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON OTHER ITEMS WILL BE HAPPENING LATER ON. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          BUT ANYWAYS, YOU KNOW, I JUST HOPE Y'ALL THINK ABOUT WHAT Y'ALL GONNA BE VOTING ON. 
          THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR YOU. 
          MAKE THE RIGHT THING. 
          DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          REMEMBER, EVERYTHING YOU DO, YOU KNOW, AFFECTS A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND IT MIGHT NOT AFFECT Y'ALL, BUT IT AFFECTS A LOT OF PEOPLE, POOR PEOPLE. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. 
          REMEMBER, YOU WILL HAVE TO TESTIFY TO LOVE WHAT YOU DO. 
          YOU WILL HAVE TO ANSWER TO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK, THANK YOU, MISSOURI. 
          I GUESS MICHAEL TAYLOR. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MICHAEL TAYLOR, UH, WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, JUST WANTED TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF, UM, SETH'S RECOMMENDATION OF FUNDS, UH, C D B G FUNDS FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. 
          UM, WANNA, OF COURSE, THANK STAFF FOR THEIR FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION. 
          UM, VERO AND LAURA AND THE G M A TEAM. 
          UM, AND ALSO THANK LORI FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND CREATIVITY. 
          UM, TOMORROW THERE WILL BE, UM, A RECOMMENDATION FOR TIF FUNDS, UH, TO BE USED FOR OUR PROJECT AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO THANK LORI FOR, FOR HER CREATIVITY IN, IN FIGURING OUT HOW TO, HOW TO USE THOSE FUNDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UM, AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR BEING AT OUR, OUR FALL DEDICATION. 
          UM, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING THERE AND, AND BEING ABLE TO SHOW YOU WHAT, WHAT WE DO AND HOW EFFECTIVE WE ARE WITH OUR RESOURCES. 
          UM, AND COUNCILWOMAN KEO HDA, THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO BE, UM, AT OUR MAY, UM, DEDICATION AS WELL, OR APRIL DEDICATION. 
          UM, SO THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO BUILD THE STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND UTILITIES, UM, THAT ARE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF 48 NEW AFFORDABLE HOMES. 
          UM, THESE HOMES WILL BE SOLD TO LOW INCOME, UH, FAMILIES IN SAN ANTONIO AT NO PROFIT. 
          UM, WE FINANCE THE HOMES WITH A 0% INTEREST MORTGAGE FOR 20 YEARS, UH, WHICH MEANS THE MONTHLY PAYMENT ON, ON THESE BRAND NEW, UM, AFFORDABLE HOMES WILL BE 6 25 OR LESS. 
          THAT INCLUDES TAXES, THAT INCLUDES INSURANCE. 
          SO, UM, VERY, VERY AFFORDABLE. 
          THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP OPTION. 
          UH, WE'RE OF COURSE VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR NEW DEVELOPMENT, WHICH THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR, UM, ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OFF OF WATSON ROAD DOWN NEAR THE TOYOTA PLANT. 
          UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PHASE ONE IS ACTUALLY GOING IN RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AND WE'LL BE BUILDING HOMES BY LATE SUMMER. 
          UM, AND THIS IS AN AREA THAT, THAT IS REALLY POISED FOR 
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SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT GROWTH. 
          UM, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF MARKET RATE HOUSING COMING IN, OR THAT'S PLANNED FOR THIS AREA. 
          UM, THIS AREA, AREA IS REALLY ABOUT TO, TO BOOM, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT PART OF THAT WILL BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          NOW IS A GREAT TIME FOR US TO GET IN THERE AND, AND PROVIDE SOME OPTIONS FOR OUR LOWER INCOME, UH, RESIDENTS AS WELL, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, LIVE IN THIS AREA. 
          UM, SO WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED AND IT TURNS OUT THAT, THAT, UM, THAT, UH, RESIDENTS ARE VERY EXCITED. 
          WELL, AS WELL, UH, SINCE WE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THIS NEW SITE, WE'VE HAD, UM, OVER 500 APPLICATIONS IN JUST TWO MONTHS. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT ARE, ARE VERY EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, TO LIVING IN THIS, IN THIS NEW, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, SO OF COURSE, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT AND WE'LL BE HERE TOMORROW, UM, AS WELL FOR THE VOTE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU, MR. TAYLOR. 
          OKAY, THAT'S EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING, UM, REGARDING THE AMENDMENT TO THE FY 2020 HUD ACTION PLAN AND BUDGET. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT TOPIC IS HEREBY CLOSED AND THE TIME IS NOW 6:25 PM ON THIS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 2020. 
          [Executive Session]
THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW BRIEFLY MEET AND EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND TO DELIBERATE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 REAL PROPERTY TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT EVALUATION AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS IN TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION FIVE 5.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING CITY AND LEGAL OPTIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY. 
          WE WILL BE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION VERY BRIEFLY AND WE'LL RESUME OUT HERE A S A P. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          UH, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          NO ACTION, NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. 
          WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THE OTHER ITEMS INTO TOMORROW. 
          IT IS 
          [Ceremonial Recognitions]
FITTING THAT OUR FIRST CEREMONIAL ITEM IS THE MAYOR'S COMPASSIONATE SAN ANTONIO AWARDS. 
          'CAUSE IT TOOK A HIGH DEGREE OF COMPASSION FOR YOU TO SIT THERE ALL THIS TIME WAITING FOR US TO GET DONE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          SO, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND START. 
          OPERATORS RICHARD SEPULVEDA AND ROLL RONALD POOL MOMENTARILY STOPPED THEIR VIA BUS TO ASSIST AN ELDERLY WOMAN WHOSE MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR HAD STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. 
          EACH WILL RECEIVE THE MAYOR'S COMPASSIONATE SAN ANTONIO AWARD, WHICH RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH ACTS OF KINDNESS AND COMPASSION. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE AWARD IS TO CELEBRATE LOCAL AREA CITIZENS WHO PERFORM GOOD DEEDS AND HAVE IMPACTED THE LIVES OF OTHERS IN A POSITIVE WAY. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO NOW CALL FORWARD RICHARD VE AND RONALD POOLE TO ACCEPT THEIR AWARDS. 
          YOU CAN CLAP . 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU BOTH FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND YOUR DUTY, UH, IN DEMONSTRATING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A COMPASSIONATE SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT BOTH OF YOU WITH THESE AWARDS ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, OUR CITY COUNCIL, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU, UH, OR FOR THOSE, UH, FOLKS WHO YOU VERY CLEARLY SERVED THAT DAY. 
          SO RICHARD AND RONALD FOR DEMONSTRATING EXCELLENCE IN CITIZENSHIP AND EXEMPLIFYING THE MISSION OF FOSTERING COMMUNITY. 
          WE ARE HERE BY PRESENTING YOU THIS AWARD, COMPASSIONATE SAN ANTONIAN, UM, DATED THE 22ND OF, OF JANUARY, 2020. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          I FAILED TO SEE THE LUGGAGE THAT WAS WAITING AT YOUR FEET. 
          YOU HAD SUCH STRONG SHOULDERS, BUT CARRYING A HEAVY LOAD. 
          BUT YOU'LL TAKE ME FURTHER. 
          NOW. 
          I'M DRAGGING YOU ON JUST A LITTLE TOO HEAVY. 
          AND I'M NOT, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          UM, THIS WAS A SITUATION WHERE 
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I THINK WE BOTH DID, UH, WHAT WE FELT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          WELL, AND IT, AND IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT YOU WERE NOMINATED BY FOLKS OUT THERE. 
          UM, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS A SELF NOMINATED PROCESS, SO PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          OUR SECOND CEREMONIAL ITEM TODAY IS THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO. 
          THE 71ST ANNUAL SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO WILL BE HELD FEBRUARY 6TH THROUGH THE 23RD, 2020 AT THE AT AND T CENTER IN FREEMAN COLISEUM GROUNDS. 
          THE SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXHIBITION INC SPONSORS THE ANNUAL EVENT. 
          THE STOCK SHOW AND RODEO HAS BEEN AWARDED LARGE INDOOR RODEO OF THE YEAR BY THE PROFESSIONAL RODEO COWBOYS ASSOCIATION FOR 14 CONSECUTIVE YEARS. 
          SO LET'S, UH, LET'S ALL, UH, GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND I WILL READ THIS PROCLAMATION. 
          WHEREAS THE 71ST ANNUAL SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO, ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST PRESTIGIOUS EVENTS IN THE ALAMO CITY WILL BE HELD FEBRUARY 6TH THROUGH THE, TO THE 23RD, 2020 AT THE AT AND T CENTER IN FREEMAN COLISEUM. 
          AND WHEREAS THE ANNUAL EVENT IS SPONSORED BY THE SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXHIBITION, WHO HAVE CON CONTRIBUTED OVER $198 MILLION TO THE YOUTH OF TEXAS THROUGH GRANTS, AUCTIONS, SCHOLARSHIPS, ENDOWMENTS, SHOW PREMIUMS AND OTHER PROGRAMS. AND WHEREAS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE ORGANIZATION IS THE NEARLY 6,000 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, CORPORATE PARTNERS AND PATRONS WHO SUPPORT SALES MISSION OF EMPHASIZING AGRICULTURE AND EDUCATION TO DEVELOP THE YOUTH OF TEXAS. 
          AND WHEREAS OTHER EXCITING ACTIVITIES ARE OFFERED IN ADDITION TO THE RODEO, INCLUDING A NIGHTLY CARNIVAL MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, EDUCATION AND ANIMAL EXHIBITS, AND LIVESTOCK AND HORSE SHOWS, MUTTON BUSTING, CAL SCRAMBLE AND EXTREME VOLS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY TO ENJOY. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, IRAN NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 6TH THROUGH THE 23RD TO BE OFFICIAL RODEO SEASON IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 
          OKAY, ON BEHALF OF THESE WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS, OUR STAFF AND OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. 
          UH, WE WOULD LIKE AT THIS TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND, AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU ALEX PENA OF THE WESTERN HERITAGE WEEKEND. 
          THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING PART OF US. 
          YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY, BUT WE, THIS IS GONNA BE OUR 13TH YEAR AS A WESTERN HERITAGE PARADE. 
          WE'VE GOTTEN SO LARGE BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVE ALLOWED US TO, THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON SEVEN EVENTS IN ONE DAY DOWNTOWN. 
          BY THAT SPEAKING, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A LOT OF, UH, VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN CHALLENGED QUITE A BIT. 
          BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, IT'S ALL HAPPENED BECAUSE OF Y'ALL IN YOUR DOWNTOWN OPERATIONS. 
          WITHOUT YOUR DOWNTOWN OPERATION PEOPLE, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS. 
          AND WHEN I TELL YOU AT SEVEN EVENTS, WE'RE USING ALMOST EVERY AREA OF SAN ANTONIO DOWNTOWN THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN UNDERNEATH 35 HOUSTON STREET, THE GAZEBO HEMISPHERE, LATA, AND OF COURSE, CLOSED OFF ALL OF THE CITY DOWNTOWN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST FOR ABOUT ALMOST FOUR HOURS. 
          WE TAKE Y'ALL BACK INTO HISTORY. 
          AND WHEN I SAY HISTORY, IT'S BECAUSE WE ALLOW NO MOTORIZED VEHICLES OR RUBBER TIRES IN OUR PARADE. 
          THAT BEING SAID, AS YOU CAN TELL, THAT EVERYBODY IS EITHER WALKING OR ON HORSEBACK OR BEING IN THE CARRIAGE, WE ALLOW NO RUBBER TIRES AT ALL ON OUR CARRIAGES, AND WE THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING PART OF THIS AND MAKING THIS HAPPEN, BECAUSE IF IT WASN'T FOR Y'ALL, IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN. 
          I BELIEVE YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE THIS SATURDAY, MAYOR, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU, ALI, TO TELL Y'ALL ABOUT OUR NEW ADVENTURE THAT WE HAVE. 
          I'VE CREATED ALL THESE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS THE NOW, AND I'LL TELL YOU BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT, 12 YEARS, 14 YEARS AGO, THEY ASKED ME, I THINK IT WAS, UH, MAYOR HARTFORD THAT ASKED US TO PUT ON A CATTLE DRIVE. 
          I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT PUTTING ON A PARADE. 
          IT TOOK ME TWO YEARS TO WORK WITH THE CITY PD TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          WE HAD 35 HEAD OF CATTLE THAT WENT THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN STREETS OF HOUSTON ALL THE WAY TO THE ALAMO FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW. 
          I WENT BACK TO THE CELL AND I SAID, THE CITY SAID, IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING BETTER, THEY'RE GONNA QUIT SUPPORTING US. 
          IT WAS A LIE. 
          SO THEY TURNED AROUND AND WE MADE IT INTO A PARADE. 
          AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, AFTER FOUR YEARS OF DOING THIS, WE TOOK OVER THE ALAMO AND WE HAD OUR FREE BREAKFAST FROM THERE, WE HAVE TAKEN OFF AND WE'VE ALSO DONE WHAT'S CALLED A WRANGLER 
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BREAKFAST, AND WE PUT ON SEVERAL EVENTS DOWN THERE AS WELL. 
          THEN WE CAME UP WITH THE VATO COOKOFF THIS LAST TWO YEARS, AND ALSO THIS FIVE K STAMPEDE. 
          KAREN HERE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE LAST TWO YEARS COMING UP WITH A VATO COOKOFF. 
          AND WHAT THE VATO COOKOFF IS, WE ALLOW ONLY MEXICAN FOOD TO BE COOKED AND IT HAS TO BE COOKED. 
          BUT I'M GONNA, I DON'T WANNA TAKE ALL OF IT AWAY FROM HER, PLEASE, KAREN. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          WELL, IT IS DEFINITELY DIFFERENT THAN YOUR TRADITIONAL BARBECUE COOKOFF. 
          WE COOK WITH PROPANE COOKERS AND LIKE THE DECAS AND THE, UH, CLAY POTS. 
          SO THEY WILL COME IN AND THEY HAVE AN ARRAY OF DISHES THAT THEY START ON FRIDAY WITH FROM CHILIAN INCARNATE AND A COOK'S CHOICE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS ANY TRADITIONAL MEXICAN FOOD DISH. 
          ON SATURDAY, WE CONTINUE WITH BARCHA AND CHARRO BEANS, CARNE, GADA, AND MINUTO. 
          SO I INVITE ALL OF Y'ALL TO COME OUT. 
          IF YOU'D LIKE TO JUDGE, LET ME KNOW. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A FEW EXTRA JUDGES. 
          THIS EVENT IS IN ITS SECOND YEAR THIS YEAR. 
          AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU AND TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU HAVE HAD WITH US WITH THIS EVENT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU, MAYOR. 
          I BELIEVE Y'ALL WILL FIND ONE IN Y'ALL'S BAG AS WELL. 
          I NEED TO TELL Y'ALL, AND I, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANYBODY MAD, BUT ALL OF OUR EVENTS THAT ARE DONE DOWNTOWN ARE ALL RUN BY WOMEN. 
          THANK Y'ALL, . 
          THAT IS A GREAT EVENT AND HOPE EVERYBODY WILL ATTEND THAT. 
          UH, LET'S TALK ABOUT RODEO. 
          WE HAVE 18 DAYS OF NOTHING BUT FAMILY FUN ONCE AGAIN. 
          THIS YEAR WE'VE GOT THOSE WORLD CLASS RODEOS WITH SOME GREAT ENTERTAINERS. 
          WE'VE GOT LIVESTOCK BARNS FULL OF PRIZE ANIMALS. 
          WE HAD A HORSE SHOW BARNS FULL OF COMPETITION, RANCH RODEO, YOUTH RODEO. 
          BUT WE HAVE A FEW NEW THINGS THIS YEAR. 
          UH, I WANNA TELL YOU ABOUT 'EM. 
          UH, THE ONE THING WE'RE PUTTING ON IS A TATA ON FEBRUARY THE 16TH AT FIVE O'CLOCK. 
          UH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL ARTISTRY OF THE TRADITIONAL MEXICAN RODEO. 
          IT WILL BE COMPLETE WITH THE BEAUTY OF THE DANCE AND THE MUSIC. 
          SO IT IS GONNA BE A WONDERFUL EVENT. 
          IT IS A TICKETED EVENT. 
          YOU'LL NEED TO GO TO SA RODEO.COM TO GET TICKETS, BUT THAT IS FEBRUARY 16TH AT FIVE O'CLOCK. 
          AND WE'RE PUTTING ON ANOTHER NEW ITEM ON THE GROUNDS OF THE RODEO. 
          WE ARE PUTTING ON WHAT'S CALLED BUSTING IN THE BARN. 
          AND I KNOW EVERYONE HERE HAS BEEN TO THE RODEO, BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE RODEO AND YOUR FAVORITE EVENT HAS TO BE MUTTON BUSTING, RIGHT? YOU LOVE WATCHING THE LITTLE TYKES RIDING THE SHEEP. 
          WELL, WE DECIDED THAT TOO. 
          SO OUT ON THE GROUNDS, WE ARE OFFERING A DAILY COMPETITION FOR THESE LITTLE TYKES FOUR TO SEVEN YEARS OLD, AND THAT WEIGHED LESS THAN 55 POUNDS FOR THEM TO RIDE THE SHEEP AND PUT ON A MUTTON BUSTING. 
          YOU CAN GO WATCH FOR FREE. 
          UH, WE STILL HAVE SOME OPEN ENTRIES, SO IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, GO TO SA RODEO.COM TO, TO ENTER. 
          BUT THAT'S GONNA BE A GREAT EVENT. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT THESE VOLUNTEERS HERE ARE SO DEDICATED TO OUR MISSION, AND, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO EDUCATE AND DEVELOP THE YOUTH OF TEXAS. 
          THAT'S WHY WE SPEND SO MANY HOURS PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND PUTTING TOGETHER FUN ACTIVITIES FOR EVERYBODY. 
          AND WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND THE THING Y'ALL COMING AND ATTENDING Y'ALL WILL HELP US REALIZE OUR MISSION. 
          SO SHINE THOSE BOOTS FEBRUARY 6TH THROUGH THE 23RD. 
          AND WE ALWAYS END WITH LET'S RODEO SAN ANTONIO. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? UH, COUNCILWOMAN GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PROAM. 
          THANK YOU ALL TO THE VOLUNTEERS. 
          I'M, UH, VERY EXCITED EVERY TIME RODEO COMES AROUND. 
          SO I, UH, HAVE A FEW PAIR OF BOOTS AND READY TO GO. 
          AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR AS WELL. 
          I DO WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, ONE, THANK YOU FOR WAITING ON US AND BEING SO PATIENT BACK THERE. 
          SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND TWO, YOU ALL DO A LOT FOR STUDENTS IN ONE, UH, SCHOOL. 
          IN, IN MY DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR, AND AT SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL, THE F F A OVER THERE. 
          YOU GUYS DO SO MUCH FOR THEM. 
          AND SO JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND LET YOU KNOW THAT I, UH, AM ALWAYS A GREAT SUPPORTER OF THE RODEO. 
          SO I'LL SEE YOU SOON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SULLIVAN. 
          I LOVE THE RODEO. 
          YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN IN MY BACKYARD, LITERALLY ALL OF MY LIFE. 
          AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY I REMEMBER THE DAY WHEN THE PENNY WOULD BE CRUSHED DOWN AND MADE INTO THE PICTURE. 
          AND I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS SUCH A WONDERFUL TIME. 
          I LOVE THE BULL RIDING THAT IS MY FAVORITE. 
          SO I'M SO EXCITED. 
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UM, I RECEIVED MY HONORARY PEN, AND SO I CANNOT WAIT TO COME AND SEE ALL THINGS RODEO. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING A VITAL PART OF DISTRICT TWO. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING WHAT WE DO IN THE DISTRICT. 
          TRULY BRING IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE THE ANIMALS THERE. 
          FOR A LOT OF OUR KIDS THAT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEE AND KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO CARE FOR A A FARM ANIMAL IS REALLY APPRECIATED. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO. 
          LOOKING FORWARD TO RODEO 2020 HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          ALL RIGHT, N THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO. 
          AND IT IS ALL ABOUT KIDS AND BRINGING THEM UP AND SCHOLARSHIPS AND RAISING THAT MONEY, BUT HEY, IT'S TIME TO HAVE SOME FUN ALSO OUT THERE, RIGHT? YES, IT IS. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          AND IT, THIS IS RODEO SEASON. 
          WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE COWBOY BREAKFAST AND THE BARBECUE COOKOFF, AND NOW THE, THE WESTERN HERITAGE WEEKEND AND ALL BUILDING UP TO THE REAL RODEO. 
          SO, HEY, I'M READY. 
          I GOT MY, GOT MY BOOTS ON. 
          THANK YOU'ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, AND, AND, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF TALK ABOUT SPORTS IN OUR CITY, BUT WE KNOW THAT ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL EVENTS YES, IS THE RODEO HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          I PARTICULARLY AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ZZZ TOP ON VALENTINE'S DAY IF I CAN CONVINCE MY WIFE TO GO. 
          SO, HI. 
          OKAY, HOW YOU DOING? GOOD. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
          SO MAYBE I HAVE YOU ON THIS SIDE OF THE MIRROR RIGHT NEXT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
          I SEE THE LUGGAGE THAT WAS WAITING AT YOUR FEET. 
          YOU HAD SUCH STRONG SHOULDERS, BUT CARRY IN A HEAVY LOAD. 
          BUT YOU'LL TAKE ME FURTHER. 
          NOW. 
          I'M DRAGGING YOU ONTO JUST A LITTLE TOO HEAVY AND I'M NOT READY. 
          GOT TO KEEP THE THING STEADY. 
          OH, JUST A LITTLE TOO HEAVY AND I'M NOT READY. 
          GOTTA KEEP THE THING STEADY, BABY. 
          SEE THAT BACK UP. 
          BUILD UP TO THE BRIDGE. 
          PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME ASK, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE GREAT RING, BUT MY FREE TRAIN ONLY MOLLY FROM, I MUST, IT'S A LITTLE TOO HEAVY AND I'M NOT READY. 
          GOT TO KEEP THE SINK STEADY, BABY. 
          JUST A LITTLE TOO HEAVY AND I'M NOT READY. 
          GOT KEEP THE, ANY, I'M, IT'S NOT JUST A SMALL YOU, YOU BRING THE . 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND, UH, THE AWARD FOR THE MOST PATIENT OF ALL GOES TO OUR SAN ANTONIO HEART ASSOCIATION. 
          UM, AND THIS IS, UH, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION CELEBRATING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 2020 AS AMERICAN HEART MONTH. 
          THE ANNUAL OBSERVANCE IS HELD TO RAISE AWARENESS OF HEART HEALTH. 
          THEIR SIGNATURE EVENT IS NATIONAL WEAR RED DAY ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2020, WHICH ENCOURAGES CITIZENS TO LEARN THE WARNING SIGNS OF HEART ATTACK AND STROKE. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          AND LET ME READ THE PROCLAMATION, UH, THAT WE WILL BE FULLY CELEBRATING IN FEBRUARY. 
          WHEREAS DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 2020, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION WILL OBSERVE AMERICAN HEART MONTH TO RAISE AWARENESS OF HEART DISEASE, STROKE, AND OTHER RELATED COMPLICATIONS. 
          AND WHEREAS HEART DISEASE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES, AND STROKE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF SERIOUS LONG-TERM DISABILITY, AND WHEREAS MOST CARDIAC EMERGENCIES HAPPEN AT HOME, AND KNOWING HOW TO GIVE EFFECTIVE C P R CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH FOR YOUR LOVED ONE. 
          AND WHEREAS THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION IS COMMITTED TO PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT HEART DISEASE AND STROKE, AND URGES EVERYONE TO KNOW THE RISK FACTORS AND WARNING SIGNS, AND TO GET PROMPT MEDICAL HELP IF A HEART ATTACK OR STROKE OCCURS. 
          AND WHEREAS CITIZENS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL WEAR RED DAY FOR WOMEN ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2020, AND NATIONAL PUBLIC AWARENESS DAY, URGING WOMEN AND PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE 
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TO GO RED AND GLOW RED IN AN EFFORT TO BRING ATTENTION TO HEART DISEASE. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY, 2020 TO BE AMERICAN HEART MONTH IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, YES. 
          SO WE ALSO HAVE OUR AWARENESS, UH, LUNCHEON, THE GO RED FOR WOMEN LUNCHEON THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 12TH, UM, PRESENTED BY VALERO. 
          UM, AND LAURA VACCARO IS OUR CHAIR THIS YEAR, AND HER CAMPAIGN IS C P R. 
          SO A LOT OF NONPROFITS AROUND THE CITY ARE BEING GIVEN C P R TRAINING KITS. 
          AND, UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          I'M JUMPING THE GUN ON WEAR RED DAY A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'LL BE WEARING RED ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH ALSO. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF BUILDINGS GOING RED IN SAN ANTONIO AND WE, UM, JUST LOVE TO HAVE THAT AWARENESS BROUGHT TO OUR MISSION, SO THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          SOUNDS GREAT. 
          WELL, WE DO HAVE, UM, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANNA, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. 
          YOU HAVE BEEN, UH, A GREAT PARTNER TO US IN A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES THAT HAVE COME FORWARD AT CITY COUNCIL, UH, NOT INCLU OR INCLUDING, UM, TOBACCO 21, WHICH ENDED UP GOING STATEWIDE AND NATIONALLY. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING THAT EFFORT. 
          UM, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, HEART HEALTH IS AFFECTED BY SO MANY FACTORS IN OUR LIVES, AND ONE OF THOSE IS, UH, IS OF COURSE AIR POLLUTION. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, SO, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WORK ON HERE ON, ON THE COUNCIL, AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU AS A PARTNER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO AND PULLING ALL THIS TOGETHER AND ORGANIZING THE EVENT. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND I, I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR STAYING SO LONG TO BE RECOGNIZED TONIGHT. 
          AND I DO HAVE TO SAY PERSONALLY, UH, LAST YEAR I ALMOST LOST MY MOTHER TO A VERY MASSIVE HEART ATTACK. 
          SO THIS YEAR IS GONNA, UH, BE A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE POIGNANT FOR ME. 
          AND I'LL PROMISE TO WEAR RED IN ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO ON YOUR BEHALF TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE. 
          YOU CAN COUNT ON US. 
          I WOULD LOVE THAT. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          THE LUGGAGE THAT WAS WAITING AT YOUR FEET, YOU HAD SUCH STRONG SHOULDERS, BUT CARRYING A HEAVY LOAD. 
          BUT YOU'LL TAKE ME FURTHER NOW. 
          I'M DRAGGING YOU ON JUST A LITTLE TOO HEAVY AND I'M NOT READY. 
          KEEP THIS THING STEADY, BABY. 
          JUST A LITTLE TOO HEAVY. 
          AND I'M.
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