[ PROCEDURAL  ] [00:01:15] >> MAYOR JONES: GOOD MORNING. THE TIME IS NOW 9:15 A.M. ON OCTOBER 29TH, 2026, AND THE MEETING OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL IS CALLED TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ROLL. >> CLERK: THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. I'D LIKE TO INVITE COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ TO INTRODUCE TODAY'S INDOCTRINE OR. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR OF REPRESENTING ISAAC CARDENAS, HE REPRESENTS AN ORGANIZATION PLACED IN DISTRICT TWO. PENNSYLVANIA BEAR IS A NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN. HE HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART SYLVIA ANN FOR 49 YEARS AND HE'S THE FATHER OF TWO AND ALSO A GRANDFATHER. PA PA BEAR HAS A MASTER'S IN PSYCHOLOGY COUNSELING. HE IS RETIRED BUT HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE CONCEPTUALIZING OF THE FATHERHOOD PROJECT. WORKING WITH NATIVE CHILDREN, NATIVE YOUTH, VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS. HE IS THE TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN PRACTITIONER, PRAYER AND SPIRITUAL LEADER. HE IS A STORY TELLER, MUSICIAN, PLAYWRIGHT, ACTOR AND PRODUCER OF VARIOUS PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND ENTERTAINMENT. WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE HIM HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT IS AN HONOR HERE TO BE WITH THESE COUNCILPEOPLE AND AN HONOR TO REPRESENT AMERICAN INDIANS OF TEXAS AND OUR PEOPLE. I FIRST WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE VETERANS HERE, MEN AND WOMEN. AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR MAYOR, WHO IS A VETERAN ALSO AND SERVED AS AN OFFICER IN INTELLIGENCE. YOU KNOW, I'M A VETERAN, TOO, AND A LOT OF TIME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE PATIENCE WITH VETERANS. YOU KNOW, WE COME FROM A MILITARY WAY OF LIFE, AND A LOT OF TIMES IN THE MILITARY, YOU KNOW, YOU DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. THEN INSIVE VICK LIFE, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. I ASK PEOPLE TO HAVE PATIENCE WITH OUR VETERANS. BLESS THIS CHAMBER, THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE HERE, THE CHILDREN, THE ADULTS, I ASK YOU TO PROTECT THEM. THANK YOU FOR THE RAINS OF FATHER SKY ON MOTHER EARTH. I THANK ALL OF THESE THINGS IN A GOOD WAY. I ASK THE CREATOR ALSO TO PROTECT OUR LEADERS AND OUR NATION. WE AS NATIVE PEOPLE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO HAVE GONE THROUGH MANY GOVERNMENTS, THE SPANISH, THE FRENCH, THE TEXICANS, THE CONFEDERACY AND FINALLY U.S. GOVERNMENT. MANY TIMES WE AS VETERANS SERVE BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR MOTHERLAND. I WOULD LIKE TO SING A SONG COMPOSED BY MYSELF FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IF YOU HAVE PHONES IF YOU WANT TO RECORD IT, THAT'S FINE. IT'S CREATED FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. WELCOME YOU TO THIS PLACE CALLED [00:05:06] LANGUAGE] AND IF YOU WANT TO SING WITH ME, IT'S A MEDICINE CHANT, A HEALING CHANT, A JOY CHANT. DIRECTIONS, THE EAST, THE WEST, THE NORTH, THE SOUTH, OUR FATHER SKY, OUR MOTHER EARTH. AND WITH THAT, I THANK YOU AND GIVE YOU A WORD OF EXPLANATION FOR AN ENDING, SOMETIMES WE SAY AMEN, A FINISH. THE WORD IS TOMUK. TOMUK. THANK YOU. AND IT WAS AN HONOR. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. BEFORE WE START TODAY'S BUSINESS, I WANT TO INVOKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE PASSING OF MRS MRS. DOLORES HUERTA, HER PASSING, MANY, MANY WORKS, CIVIL RIGHTS, WORKERS RIGHTS. SHE SPENT HER LIFE FIGHTING FOR EQUALITY AND DIGNITY FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE. A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR VOTING RIGHTS, MRS. H HUERTA CAME TO SAN ANTONIO JUST LAST DECEMBER TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS TO MOVE THE ELECTIONS FROM MAY TO NOVEMBER UNDERSTANDING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF VOTER PARTICIPATION, ESPECIALLY IN A MAJORITY OF HISPANIC COMMUNITY. WE OWE OUR SUCCESS TO HER FORCEFUL WORDS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. MAY PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HER. ITEM 3 IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OF OCTOBER 7TH, 8, 14 AND 15 OF 2026. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR EDITS TO THE MINUTES? OKAY. HEARING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION FOR TAP PROVE L OF THE -- THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. SPZ OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. I'LL READ A PROCLAMATION FOR THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE D HOWARD FOUNDATION, AND IF WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US AT THE FRONT. CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HEREBY PRESENTS ITS OFFICIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO THE D HOWARD FOUNDATION ON ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY. FOR 10 YEARS THE SAN ANTONIO AVIATION AND AEROSPACE HALL OF FAME PRESENTED BY THE D HOWARD FOUNDATION HAS CELEBRATED THE PIONEERS, INNOVATORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE SHAPED SAN ANTONIO'S AVIATION AND AEROSPACE INDUSTRY. THROUGH IT'S AWARDS, THE FOUNDATION RECOGNIZES EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE PROMOTING THE CITY'S AVATION AND AEROSPACE HERITAGE. ENTREPRENEUR D HOWARD, THE D HOWARD FOUNDATION CONTINUES HIS COMMITMENT TO INNOVATION, ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AND DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF AEROSPACE TALENT. HE TRANSFORMED BUSINESS THROUGH GROUND BREAKING [00:10:03] TECHNOLOGIES AND MORE THAN 40 INTERNATIONAL AND U.S. PAT AT THE POINTS. HIS COMPANY HELPED POSITION SAN ANTONIO AS A GLOBAL CENTER FOR MANUFACTURING, DESIGN AND ENGINEERING. TODAY THE D HOW WORD FOUNDATION CARRIES HIS LEGACY FORWARD BY CONNECTING STUDENTS ANDETTE KATE FORS IN THE INDUSTRIES THROUGH HANDS-ON, CAREER-CONNECTED LEARNING. THROUGH AVIATION -- THROUGH ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY AND AEROSPACE EDUCATION, EDUCATOR EXTERNSHIPS, STUDENT INTERNSHIPS, THE FOUNDATION HELPS YOUNG PEOPLE EXPLORE CAREER PATHS WHILE STRENGTHENING THE REGIONS FUTURE AEROSPACE WORKFORCE. CELEBRATING THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY, THE D. HOWARD FOUNDATION HONORS PAST INVADE DORS WHILE PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION TO LEAD IT FOR. THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO JOIN YOU IN CELEBRATING THIS MILESTONE AND EXTEND OUR VERY BEST W WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE YEARS TO COME. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. OVER TO YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR JONES, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. ON BEHALF OF THE D HOW WORD FOUNDATION AND THE SAN ANTONIO AEROSPACE HALL OF FAME, WE'RE HONORED AND EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION. WE'RE EXEXCITED TO BE JOINED TODAY BY SEVERAL OF OUR HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES, IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR HAND AS I INTRODUCE YOU. MRS. CAT BOLISH. MR. SAM JIMENEZ, GARY RICHY, DAN GONZALES. THESE INDIVIDUALS, ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AEROSPACE AND AVIATION INDUSTRIES AND IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR INDUCTEES YOU CAN GO TO DHOWARD.ORG WHERE WE HAVE ALL OF THEM LISTED. WE'RE REPRESENTED TODAY BY DR. CHRIS COMBS AND TYLER SH RAIDER, ALONG WITH OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER MAMON. MAYOR, AS THE PROCLAMATION HIGHLIGHTS TODAY, SAN ANTONIO HAS A VERY RICH HISTORY AND A BRIGHT FUTURE IN AVIATION AND AEROSPACE, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HELP PROMOTE THE IMPORTANCE AND IMPACT IT HAS IN THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE RECOGNITION. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. LET ME SEE IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO MAKE -- YEP. COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN, PLEASE. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I ENJOY YOUR PRESENTATION EVERY YEAR WHEN I GO, AND AM VERY EXCITED THAT YOU ARE CELEBRATING 10 YEARS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY, OF COURSE, I HAVE TO GO BACK TO STINSON AIRFIELD AND THIS -- THE STINSON FAMILY AND THE SISTERS IN PARTICULAR, AND THE FACT THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT AND YOU COME AND YOU INVEST IN SAN ANTONIO AND YOU CONTINUE TO BUILD, KEEPING ALIVE WHAT WE HAD WITH THE NUMBER OF AIR FORCE BASES, INCLUDING BROOKS AND LACKLAND AND KELLY THAT CAME AND WERE HERE AND PROVIDED SO MANY JOBS FOR SO MANY PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO AND SPECIFICALLY THE LATINO MIDDLE CLASS AND THAT YOU CONTINUE TO GIVE AND CONTRIBUTE. SO THANK YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON 10 YEARS! I CAN'T WAIT FOR ANOTHER 50. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH INNOVATORS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA, PLEASE. >> MUNGIA: WOW, Y'ALL HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB IN 10 YEARS ALREADY, I GOT TO GO TO ONE OF THE DRONE COMPETITIONS THAT Y'ALL DID OVER AT PORT SAN ANTONIO. IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE SO MANY YOUNG KIDS, NOT ONLY JUST FROM SAN ANTONIO, BUT ALL AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS CAME AND BUILT THEIR MACHINES THERE AND GOT TO RACE EACH OTHER, AND SO I GOT SOME TIME TO TALK TO THE KIDS IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL EVENT. THE AS A RESULTCATION THAT YOU'RE BUILDING AROUND THE KULTDVATION. I CAN'T GIVE ENOUGH THANKS TO ALL. Y'ALL ARE SO INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT REALLY SHOWS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, THANK YOU CHRISTOPHER, Y'ALL ARE BEING GREAT. I'M EXCITED TO BE AT THE NEXT EVENT, TOO, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER ALDARETE GAVITO. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS ON 10 YEARS, TYLER, CHRIS, DAN, ALL OF Y'ALL. I LOOK FORWARD TO Y'ALL'S EVENT EVERY YEAR. TO HEAR THE STORIES AND TO HEAR HOW WE ARE LEADING THE WAY IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, BUT ALSO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT I THINK, THE UNSPOKEN THINGS THAT COUNCILMAN MUNGIA JUST MENTIONED IS ALL OF THE EXAMPLES THAT YOU ALL ARE GIVING TO KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH Y'ALL'S EVENTS, THROUGH HEARING Y'ALL'S STORIES. IT'S SO EXCITING TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, AND IT'S THE WHOLE THING OF WHAT YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN BE, RIGHT? AND THAT EXAMPLE THAT YOU ALL ARE SETTING FOR SO MANY KIDDOS IN OUR COMMUNITY, I MEAN, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH THANK YOUS. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND WE'RE HAPPY TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU ALL. THANKS. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SPEARS, PLEASE? >> SPEARS: THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING [00:15:02] FOR OUR CITY, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT YOU MAKE, THE WORKFORCE IMPACT THAT YOU'RE MAKING FOR US, THE INNOVATIVE IDEAS AND HELPING US PURSUE THE INDUSTRIES THAT WE'RE ALL INTERESTED IN FOR SAN ANTONIO. JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND BOEING, YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN A WONDERFUL PART OF THAT. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF IT. AND WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS TO BE CELEBRATING THE EVENT. SO THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, AGAIN. CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: I WILL NOW READ A PROCLAMATION FOR THE NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH AND OTHER KEY INDUSTRY FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, PLEASE JOIN US AT THE FRONT. WHEREAS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RECOGNIZES NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH AS A TIME TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING SAFE ONLINE AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GROWING NEED FOR DIGITAL AWARENESS AMONG RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES AND WHEREAS SINCE 2004, OLDER ADULTS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES FROM AARP HAS WORKED ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO EXPAND DIGITAL LITERACY BY PROIPPED PROVIDING TECHNOLOGICAL CLASSES HELPING OLDER ADULTS. WHEREAS THROUGH A SENIOR PLANNED PROGRAM, OATS PROVIDES TRAINING AND RESOURCES THAT INCREASE AWARENESS OF CYBERSECURITY RISK, STRENGTHEN FRAUD RESILIENCE AND HELP RESIDENTS NAVIGATE THE DIGITAL WORLD SAFELY AND INDEPENDENTLY, AND WHEREAS NATIONAL DATA CONTINUES TO SHOW RISING INCIDENTS OF FINANCIAL CRIME AND CYBER FRAUD, UNDERSTANDING THE EDUCATION THAT EQUIPS RESIDENTS WITH PRACTICAL SKILLS TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY WITH ONLINE THREATS, AND WHEREAS THIS SUPPORTS EFFORTS THAT ALL SAN ANTONIANS CAN PARTICIPATE IN ONLINE LIFE WITH GREATER CONFIDENCE AND SECURITY, NOW, THEREFORE, I GINA ORTIZ JONES, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THEREOF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER TO BE NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH IN SAN ANTONIO. OVER TO YOU, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR ORTIZ JONES, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. OCTOBER IS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED ACROSS THE NATION AS CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH. MY NAME IS EMILY FLORES, AND I'M THE LEAD FOR SENIOR PLANET OATS, TECHNOLOGY SERVICES FROM AARP. THANK YOU DISTRICT 10, COUNCILMAN WHYTE, FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ISSUE. YOUR WORK TO EDUCATE SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS ON BEST PRACTICES TO MITIGATE SECURITY AND PRIVACY RISKS MAKES US ALL SAFER, AND I ALSO WANT TO SPECIFICALLY MENTION COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN FOR HER EARLY WORK IN THIS FIELD, HAVING SERVED AS ONE OF SENIOR PLANET'S VERY FIRST TECHNOLOGY TRAINERS. ALONG WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. OUR ORGANIZATION TRAINS IN ALL 10 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, AND THE CITY SUPPORTS STRENGTHENS OUR ABILITY TO BRING PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATION TO OUR 50-PLUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CYBERSECURITY AND DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY. IN OUR INCREASINGLY CONNECTED WORLD, DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE TOUCHES EVERY PART OF DAILY LIFE, FROM HOW OUR MUNICIPAL SERVICES OPERATE TO HOW OUR SMALL BUSINESSES GROW AND OUR FAMILIES COMMUNICATE. ELDER FRAUD SCAMS ARE GROWING, OF COURSE, WITH MORE THAN $20 BILLION LOST LAST YEAR TO CYBER CRIME, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, UNDERREPORTED WITH ADULTS 60 AND ABOVE SUFFERING THE GREATEST LOSSES OF NEARLY $8 BILLION. WHILE TECHNOLOGY BRINGS IMMENSE OPPORTUNITY, IT ALSO BRINGS REAL RISKS. CYBER THREATS, ONLINE FRAUD AND PRIVACY RISKS AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS EVERY SINGLE DAY, IN PARTICULAR OLDER ADULTS. PROTECTING OUR DIGITAL LANDSCAPE IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY AND I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY IN REPRESENTATION OF A MUCH LARGER GROUP OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITHOUT WHOM THIS WORK WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, METHODIST HEALTHCARE MINISTRIES, AARP, SA DIGITAL CONNECTS, SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY, TEXAS GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN, OPPORTUNITY HOME, FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION, DIGITAL LIFT, UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL OF NURSING, PARTICULARLY ITS CARING FOR THE CAREGIVER PROGRAM, AND DOMESTIC CASUNITAS. IT TAKES PROACTIVE MUNICIPAL LEADERSHIP, STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND INDIVIDUAL AWARENESS TO KEEP OUR CITY RESILIENT. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN KEEPING OUR CITY CONNECTED, SAFE AND RESILIENT. ON BEHALF OF ALL -- THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. LET ME SEE IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? [00:20:05] COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN, PLEASE? >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK YOU DO, AND I KNOW THAT IT IS -- IT'S NOT EASY AND ESPECIALLY WITH OUR OVER 50 CROWD, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT THEY ARE -- THEY ARE IN NEED OF THAT. AND I'M SEEMING THE WHOLE NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF CYBERSECURITY AS THINGS CONTINUE TO CHANGE WITH AI AND VIDEOS CONTINUE TO COME OUT ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK AND YOUR EFFORT. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED IDENTITY OF DIGITAL NAVIGATORS AND HOW WE IDENTIFY OUR DIGITAL NAVIGATORS IN THE WORK WE DO, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO CELEBRATE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT ITERATION OF WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE GET TO KEEP PEOPLE CONNECTED AND GET PEOPLE COMMUNICATING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER ALDARETE GAVITO, PLEASE? >> GAVITO: THANK YOU. I'M SEEING SO MANY WONDERFUL PARTNERS HERE, DARRELL, JESSICA, METHODIST HEALTHCARE MINISTRY, AARP, SA DIGITAL CONNECTS. THANK YOU -- MELINDA, I JUST SAW YOU. ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE QUICK STORY. DURING MY FIRST CAMPAIGN, YOU KNOW, WE WERE OFFERING RIDES TO THE POLLS, RIGHT? AND DARRELL, I MENTIONED YOU, RIGHT? YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH PHENOMENAL WORK OVER THE YEARS. AND THIS LADY THAT I PICKED UP TO TAKE HER TO MAVERICK LIBRARY WAS TELLING ME HOW HER LAPTOP WAS HACKED AND HOW SHE WAS GETTING CALLS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND YOUR HEART JUST WENT OUT TO HER, RIGHT, BECAUSE SHE WAS LIVING IN FEAR IN HER OWN APARTMENT, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS JUST BECAUSE OF A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING, BUT, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS ALSO BOUNCING AROUND FROM POLICE TO CREDIT CARDS TO -- YOU KNOW, AND SO IT'S -- IT IS A VERY REAL AND SCARY TIME FOR THEM, AND SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING THEM NAVIGATE THIS SCARY TIME. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO -- WHOSE ORGANIZATIONS HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN. I MEAN, IT IS TRULY MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN SO MANY LIVES, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S WORK AND OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ALL WELL AND I KNOW THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. THANKS SO MUCH. >> MAYOR JONES: GREAT. THANK YOU. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, COUNCILMAN WHYTE? >> WHYTE: YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. IT'S BEEN REALLY A PLEASURE FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO WORK ALONGSIDE OF YOU TO BRING MORE ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY SERIOUS, THAT AFFECTS SENIORS EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND EVERY PERSON THAT YOU ALL TEACH IS ONE LESS TARGET OUT THERE AND ONE LESS VICTIM THAT WILL FALL TO ONE OF THESE CRIMES THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. SO I'M REALLY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL ON THIS, IT'S GREAT WORK. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. >> MAYOR JONES: GREAT. WE'VE GOT ONE FINAL PROCLAMATION, AND THIS IS FOR NATIONAL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MONTH, SO IF THERE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE FOR THIS TOPIC, PLEASE JOIN AT THE FRONT. THERE THEY ARE. ALL RIGHT. WHEREAS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RECOGNIZES NATIONAL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MONTH AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EMPHASIZE WALKING AS A SAFE, HEALTHY AND AFFORDABLE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, AND WHEREAS THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION PRONOUNCES NOVEMBER, AND WHEREAS THE ALAMO AREA FATALITY RATE EXCEEDS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, IN 2025, ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION CRASH -- AND WHEREAS WALKING CONTRIBUTES TO PHYSICAL WELL-BEING THROUGH REGULAR ACTIVITY, SUPPORTS MENTAL HEALTH BY REDUCING STRESS AND INCREASING TIME OUTDOORS AND STRENGTHENS THE LOCAL ECONOMY BY BRINGING MORE PEOPLE INTO NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES. WALKABLE COMMUNITIES ALSO FOSTER STRONG SOCIAL CONNECTIONS AND A MEANINGFUL SENSE OF BLONGING, WHEREAS INVESTING IN PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ENSURES THAT ALL RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES, ABILITIES AND INCOME LEVELS HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE AND RELIABLE TRAVEL. NOW THEREFORE, I, GINA ORTIZ JONES, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF NOVEM OCTOBER TO WALKTOBER. >> [00:25:01] AND COI'M JOINED TODAY BY PARTNERS SUCH AS THE ALAMO AREA MPO, THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, AARP AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WHICH PROVIDES MANY SAFETY MATERIALS TO OUR COMMUNITY DURING NATIONAL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MONTH. THANK YOU TO THEM AND EACH OF YOU FOR HONORING THIS. WHERE WE WALK, USABLE CHAIR OR MOBILITY DEVICE, PUSH A STROLLER OR ARE CROSSING FROM THE BUS STOP OR PARKING LOTS, NEARLY EVERY TRIP IN SAN ANTONIO INVOLVES BEING A PEDESTRIAN AT SOME POINT. THAT MAKES E PEDESTRIAN'S SAFETY EVERYONE'S ISSUE. LAST YEAR 68 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 98 WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED ON SAN ANTONIO STREETS. IT HASN'T STOPPED. SO FAR THIS YEAR 49 MORE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND 88 SERIOUSLY INJURED. ONE OF THESE CRASHES ABOUT EVERY TWO DAYS. MORE THAN HALF OF THE MOST SERIOUS PEDESTRIAN CRASHES HAPPEN ON LESS THAN 1% OF OUR CITY STREETS. IN THE CITY'S OWN ZERO VISION ACTION PLAN PEOPLE HIKING AND BIKING FACE NEARLY 2.5% TIMES THE RATE OF SEVERE FATAL CRASHES. WHEN A STREET HAS CONTINUOUS ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALK, SHADE, PLACES TO REST, DESTINATIONS NEARBY AND SHORT WALKS, PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE WALKING AND ROLLING. WE ALREADY HAVE THE PLANS AND ACTIONS TO GET THERE. [INDISCERNIBLE] LAVACA NEIGHBORS WALKS WITH -- WALKS THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH CITY STAFF AND VIA AND THE CITY ACTED DURING THE DISCUSSIONS, NOT AFTER. A FOURWAY STOP -- A FOURWAY STOP [INDISCERNIBLE] ALREADY IN PLACE AT NACT. AS AMPO PUTS IT, PLAN SLOW, DELIVER FAST. [INDISCERNIBLE] ALONG WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS. WALKING, ROLLING AND BIKING ARE ALSO HEALTHY, ACTIVE WAYS TO GET AROUND, BUILDING MOVEMENTS INTO EVERY DAY TRIPS TO SCHOOL, WORK, THE BUS STOP OR CORNER STORE. COMFORTABLE STREETS MAKE THAT EASIER FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES. THEY ALSO ADVANCE THE CITY'S OWN CLIMATE GOALS. EVERY TRIP THAT CAN COMFORTABLY BE MADE BY WALKING, ROLLING, BIKING OR TRANSIT INSTEAD OF DRIVING MEANS CLEANER AIR, LESS TRAFFIC AND A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY. MY ASK: KEEP FUNDING PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE FROM SIDEWALKS TO COMPLETE TRAILS THROUGH THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND THE 2027 BOND PRIORITIZING IN OUR HIGHEST-NEED NEIGHBORHOODS. A CHALLENGE TO EVERY COUNCIL OFFICE AND CITY DEPARTMENT, TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF WALKTOBE RERK CHALLENGE. LOG YOUR WALKING TRIPS IN THE APP BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, THEN KEEP GOING YEAR ROUND AND THEN CHALLENGE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND DISTRICTS. WHEN THE CITY LEADS BY EXAMPLE, WE CREATE A BETTER CITY FROM LIVED EXPERIENCES. THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU SO THAT EVERY SAN ANTONIAN CAN GET TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING SAFELY AND COMFORTABLE IN A HEALTHIER, MORE SUSTAINABLE CITY. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: GREAT. THANK YOU. LET ME SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. COUNCILWOMAN KAUR, PLEASE? >> KAUR: OF COURSE I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO AND JOEY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING MY REPRESENTATIVE AND ALSO WORKING SO HARD TO TALK ABOUT MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION ACROSS THE CITY. YOU JUST MADE THE REQUEST FROM US, AND THIS IS GOING TO LEAD INTO MY BOND COMMENTS A LITTLE BIT LATER, SO YOU TOLD US PUT DOLLARS WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED MOST, AND WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME WALKING, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE SAFE SIDEWALKS, WE CANNOT WALK. IN THE PROPOSED BOND PROPOSAL, THERE IS .02%, $10 MILLION OF A $442 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR SIDEWALKS, THAT'S IT. AND IF YOU LOOK AROUND ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT ONE, THERE IS SUCH A HIGH NEED. YES, WE HAVE A GREAT VISION ZERO POLICY. WHERE IS THE FUNDING TIED TO THAT? YES, WE HAVE A GREAT BIKE NETWORK PLAN? HOW MANY DOLLARS ARE WE PUTTING TO THAT IN OUR BUDGET EVERY YEAR? YES, WE HAVE A GREAT COMPLETE STREETS POLICY? HOW MANY COMPLETE STREETS HAVE WE COMPLETED? WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS THERE, BUT WE DO NOT DO ENOUGH TO TIE DOLLARS TO THE THINGS THAT WE SAY WE CARE ABOUT. WE DO A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING PLANS IN, BUT UNLESS WE FULLY FUND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, UNLESS WE FULLY FUND SIDEWALKS, WE WILL NEVER ACTUALLY GET TO SAFE, WALKABLE STREETS FOR ALL. THANKS, MAYOR. COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN, PLEASE? >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR CONTINUING TO BRING THIS TO THE ATTENTION. AS YOU MENTIONED, THOSE WHO WERE KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT, I'M REMINDED OF FAMILIES FROM DISTRICT THREE AND WHO HAD LOST THEIR LIVES TRYING TO CROSS STREETS AND TRYING TO GET FROM ONE BUS STOP TO THEIR APARTMENT, AND THAT TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND WE HAVE. AND I WANT TO THANK CAT AND THE TRANSPORTATION TEAM, YOUR ORGANIZATIONS [00:30:02] FOR CONTINUING TO BE A VOICE, I WANT TO REMEMBER NOW WORKING FOR VIA, RAZI HUGHWHO HELPED GET THE LIGHT ON MILITARY DRIVE SO WE CAN PAY HONOR TO WHO WE'VE LOST, BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE MORE MINDFUL ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS ARE HERE TODAY. I APPLAUD YOUR WORK. WE ARE SAVING LIVES THROUGH THESE STOPS AND THESE EDUCATION FORUMS, SO I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT. I WANT US TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER, TO CONTINUE TO TRY AND FIND THE FUNDING TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS DONE AND I THINK THAT WALKING IS THE BEST -- GOING OUT THE FRONT DOORS, WALKING IS HOW WE CONNECT WITH OUR COMMUNITY, HOW WE CONTINUE TO BUILD AND THAT IS GOING TO BE KEY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THEM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE NUMBERS GO DOWN AS WE LOSE PEOPLE IN THESE ACCIDENTS. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE DRIVERS ON MILITARY DRIVE AND PLEASANTON AND MORRISON. >> MAYOR JONES: CAN WE KEEP THE CHATTER TO A MINIMUM, PLEASE. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN ALDARETE GAVITO, PLEASE? >> GAVITO: THANK YOU FOR Y'ALL'S CONTINUED WORK. I KNOW IT'S TOUGH. I AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN KAUR, LIKE WE DO HAVE TO PRIORITIZE OUR WALKABILITY EFFORTS, AND UNFORTUNATELY WITH SMALLER POTS OF MONEY, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES COUNCILMEMBERS ARE IN THE TOUGH DECISION -- MAKING A TOUGH DECISION OF DO WE FIX THIS F STREET OR DO WE FIX THIS SIDEWALK, RIGHT? AND SO WE DO NEED MONEY FOCUSED ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT RESIDENTS KNOW IS THE TOP PRIORITY. WHEN I LIVED IN CHICAGO FOR FIVE YEARS, I DIDN'T OWN A CAR AND IT WAS GLORIOUS. IT WAS SO NICE. IT WAS SO NICE TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUND IN A WALKABLE CITY, A TRULY WALKABLE CITY. AND ONE THAT PRIZES PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, SO THAT'S OUR NORTH STAR. YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE WORKING TOWARDS. NOT ONLY FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY TO GO FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL Y'ALL'S EFFORTS. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A CHAMPION AND WE'LL GET THIS DONE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS [POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE  ] MORNING. COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU. THIS MORNING I'M REALLY EXCITED TO INVITE THE HARRIS MIDDLE SCHOOL EIGHTH GRADE A AND B TEAM UP TO THE PODIUM. [APPLAUSE] >> CASTILLO: WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO CELEBRATE YOUR WINNING STREAK AND FROM CLARISSA DAVIS WRIGHT TO BECKY HAMMOND TO OUR VERY OWN DR. SUKH KAUR AND OTHERS, WHAT WE KNOW IS SAN ANTONIO FEMALE ATHLETES DO NOT MESS AROUND. IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE DISCIPLINE, THE MENTAL TOUGHNESS, THE COMMITMENT TO THE SPORT AND YOUR STUDIES THAT IT TAKES TO COME TO THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT OF SUCH A HIGH WINNING STREAK. AND WHILE YOU ALL MAY NOT REALIZE IT NOW, THE VALUE THAT SPORTSMANSHIP IS TEACHING YOU ALL I'M SURE YOU'LL REALIZE WHEN YOU ENTER COLLEGE AND ADULTHOOD THE THE VAL VIEW OF RESPECTING THE REFEREE'S DECISION, THE IMPORTANCE OF LOSING WITH DIGNITY, SHAKING HANDS AND CONGRATULATING EACH OTHER, ENCOURAGE AND CHEERING FOR YOUR TEAMMATES, LISTENING TO YOUR COACHES DURING PRACTICE AND GAMES, NEVER BLAMING YOUR TEAMMATES FOR MISTAKES, RESPECTING YOUR COACHES AND FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS AND HELPING AN INJURED PLAYER, WHETHER THEY'RE ON YOUR TEAM OR NOT. RESPECT THE OPPOSING TEAM AND THEIR SUPPORTERS, WIN OR LOSE. ACCEPT THE FACT THAT YOU WON'T ALWAYS WIN, RIGHT. THE COACHES, THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE OFFICIALS AFTER ARE WORTH THANKING AFTER EVERY GAME. SO SHOWING GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY THE SPORT AND EACH OF THOSE VIRTUES OF SPORTSMANSHIP LEAD TO TRUE AND VALUABLE LEADERSHIP. SO AS WE CELEBRATE YOUR WIN TODAY, I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE HARRIS HAWK TEAM FOR THIS INCREDIBLE SEASON AND THANK COACH WARREN, COACH MEDINA, COACH MITCHELL, THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MRS. BROWN, MRS. BARNS FOR CHAPERONING TODAY, AND THE HARRIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPLE AMANDA MCKAY FOR BEING AN EXAMPLE FOR OUR GIRLS THROUGH MENTORSHIP AND COACHING, AND MY FORMER COACH, COACH MOSEY, WHO'S STILL AT HARRIS MIDDLE SCHOOL TILL TODAY, AND WAS MY IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION TEACHER, BUT I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU ALL TO SHARE A COUPLE OF WORDS WITH US AND WE JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND CELEBRATE YOU ALL FOR HIS HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. I KNOW FOR SOME OF YOU ALL, THIS WAS A HUGE CHANGE, RIGHT, GOING FROM RHODES MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HARRIS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SHOWING THAT TEAMWORK AND BUILDING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER IS SUCH A GREAT SKILL AND HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO SEE. [00:35:01] SO I'LL HAND IT OVER TO COACH OR TEAMMATE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A COUPLE OF WORDS WITH US. I KNOW Y'ALL AREN'T THIS QUIET IN CLASS. >> I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND MY TEAM TEAMMATES HERE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT, AND WE THANK YOU FOR, LIKE -- FOR RECOGNIZING ALL OUR HARD WORK THIS SEASON AND EVERYTHING WE PUT IN, AND ALL OUR DEDICATION TO THE SPORT AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR REPRESENTING US TODAY -- RECOGNIZING US TODAY. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU. >> AND THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THIS IS AMAZING. I DON'T GET THIS OPPORTUNITY EVERY DAY, ESPECIALLY TO BE RECOGNIZED BY COUNCILMEMBER TERI CASTILLO ON MY 34TH BIRTHDAY, THIS IS AMAZING. SO, AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, THE RECOGNITION, THANK YOU COACH MEDINA FOR HAVING ME, AND THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR, COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. WE ARE HONORED AND THRILLED TO BE HERE, ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZING THE GIRLS FOR THEIR HARD WORK, THEIR DEDICATION, THEIR PERSEVERANCE IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE COURT. SO THANK YOU. >> CASTILLO: AND IF EACH OF THE PLAYERS WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEIR NAME AT THE PODIUM, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR WHO'S PRESENT WITH US. >> (INAUDIBLE). >> HEYSLY ORLAN. >> ELENA REESE. >> JALEN CHAVEZ. >> NAVONNI GARCIA. >> AMALIA PERALES. >> MELANIE SANCHEZ. >> JOSLYN ORTEGA. >> EMORY RANGEL. >> HEAVENLY PERALES. >> ACELYNN BERDO. >> GABBY DE LA CRUZ. >> MISSY BARNES. >> MAXINE VIA. >> SOPHIA JIMENEZ. >> [INDISCERNIBLE] MARTINEZ. >> [INDISCERNIBLE] ESCOBEDO. >> KAYLIE REYES. [APPLAUSE] >> CASTILLO: THANK Y'ALL AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES. >> CASTILLO: I NOW WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE, IN CELEBRATION OF DIA DE MUERTOS, DISTRICT FIVE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ESPARANZA, THE GUADALUPE URBAN ART CULTURE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM FOR YOUR LONG STANDING COMMITMENT TO CELEBRATING DIA DE MUERTOS TRADITIONS ALL THROUGHOUT THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE. OUR CITY'S CULTURAL CORAZON WHOSE WORK HONORS OUR ANCESTORS, STRENGTHENS COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS AND ENSURES THAT OUR MEXICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE CONTINUES TO THRIVE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THEIR WORK REFLECTS THE WEST SIDE'S HISTORIC ROLE AS A CENTER OF MEXICAN-AMERICAN ARTS, CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND LIFE AND THEY ENSURE THAT DIA DE MUERTOS REMAINS GROUNDED IN ITS CULTURE ROOTS IN ITS CULTURAL VALUE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR AND ALL OF COUNCIL FOR GIVING US THIS RECOGNITION. WE APPRECIATE IT AND BECAUSE WE DO THINK THAT THIS RECOGNITION IS HIGHLY, HIGHLY DESERVED FOR ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR DECADES. NOT JUST RECENT, NOT IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, BUT FOR 30 YEARS, 40 YEARS HAVE BEEN DOING DIA DE MUERTOS PROGRAMMING AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL. SO I AM VERY PROUD TO BE [00:40:01] STANDING HERE WITH COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR MANY YEARS, AND WE INVITE YOU TO COME OUT, THE GUADALUPE CULTURE ARTS CENTER IS ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND, AT THE PLAZA GUADALUPE. WE HAVE OVER 1,000 PEOPLE COME OUT TO OUR DIA DE MUERTOS SHOW AND MY COLLEAGUES WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, I BROUGHT THIS UP TO YOU ALL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND I HAVE INVITED ALL OF YOU AGAIN TO COME TO OUR EVENT ON NOVEMBER 1ST, ON SUNDAY. WE DO THAT SO WE'RE NOT COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER, SO ESPARANZA HAS DONE IT THE FIRST WITH THE GUADALUPE ON THE SECOND. BUT ALSO TO HONOR THE MARCMARLENE THAT GONZALES SEAT, SHE COULDN'T BE HERE, WE'RE ALL PREPARING FOR THIS WEEK, THIS COMING WEEKEND AND WEEK. THEY'RE CELEBRATING 49 YEARS. IT IS OUR ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, LEADING THESE EFFORTS TO HONOR AND RESPECT THE HISTORY AND THE TRADITIONS OF THE MEXICAN AND THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND WE DO IT TO GROUND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS SO THAT THEY LOVE AND RESPECT DIA DE MUERTOS. YEARS AGO, 20, 30, 40 YEARS AGO, 50 YEARS AGO, PEOPLE SAID, WHAT IS IT? IT'S SATAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW -- IT'S SACRILEGIOUS, IT WAS ALL NEGATIVE. AND WE HAD TO WORK HARD AND JUST DO A LOT OF EDUCATION FROM PREK STUDENTS IN THE EDGEWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, PROFESSORS, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO TEACH THIS WORK. AND US WORKING ALONGSIDE SO THAT IT IS WHAT IT IS NOW, AND WE HOPE THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE COMMERCIAL, AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF THIS TRADITION. IT IS A SACRED MOMENT, AND WE HONOR OUR GRANDPARENTS, YOUR GREAT GRANDPARENTS WHO HAVE BROUGHT US WHERE WE ARE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION. MU CHCHOS GRACIAS. >> U R THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, FOR THE RECOGNITION, BEING THE GRANDSON OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST ALTER MAKERS IN THE '30S AND '40S HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, THE MUNGIA FAMILY IS VERY INVOLVED WITH THE CALAVERAS PRINTING, WE HAVE DOCUMENTS THAT GO BACK CELEBRATING DIA DE MUERTOS TO THE '40S AND '50S. IT WAS A TIME WHEN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BANNED ANYTHING TO DO WITH DIA DE MUERTOS BECAUSE IT WAS DEVIL WORSHIP AND DEATH WORSHIP AND STUFF, BUT IT HAS GROWN INTO AN INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENA OF -- THERE WERE DIA DE MUERTOS CELEBRATIONS IN PITTSBURGH, DENVER, NEW YORK CITY, MICHIGAN, SEATTLE. THESE -- IT'S GROWING IMMENSELY, AND SAN ANTONIO REALLY HAS BEEN THE HEART OF THIS, SO THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. AND Y'ALL REALLY DO ALL LOOK BETTER LIVE THAN ON TV. I'VE SAID THIS SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON BEHALF OF THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. I HOPE YOUR NAMES ARE NOT ON OUR BANNERS ANY TIME SOON, LONGEVITY, LONG LIFE. THANK Y'ALL. >> CASTILLO: AWESOME. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: THE NEXT [CITY MANAGER'S REPORT  ] ITEM IS THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. ERIK, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT THIS WEEK? >> WALSH: YES, MA'AM. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JUST A COUPLE ITEMS. I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, THE EPA, ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAN ANTONIO KIDS BREATHE PROGRAM WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2026 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS AND ASTHMA AWARD. IT'S AN AWARD THEY GIVE, OBVIOUSLY, ONCE A YEAR AND RECOGNIZED THE WORK THAT METRO HEALTH HAS DONE, THE SA KIDS BREATHE PROGRAM IS -- IS A PROGRAM THAT IS BASED ON PEDIATRIC ASTHMA HOME EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSES ASTHMA BURDENS IN PORTIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST NEED, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO DR. JACOB AND THE METRO HEALTH TEAM FOR THAT RECORECOGNITION. WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT METRO HEALTH, I WANTED TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT WE SHARED THIS WITH YOU A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, BUT NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE HOSTING THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER HOSTED THIS CONFERENCE, AND WE EXPECT A LITTLE OVER 10,000 ATTENDEES FROM ACROSS THE WORLD IN THE AREAS OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND I WANT TO THANK CLAUDE AND THE ENTIRE METRO HEALTH TEAM AGAIN BECAUSE THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN TERMS OF PREPARING AS A HOST CITY FOR THE [00:45:05] CONFERENCE. AND THEN LASTLY, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT ALEX LOPEZ -- ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ALEX LOPEZ HAS BEEN INDUCTED AS A VICE PRESIDENT IN THE ICMA EXECUTIVE BOARD, ICMA IS THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGER'S ASSOCIATION. SHE'LL SERVE A TERM FROM 2026 TO 2029. THE ICMA IS A NONPROFIT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATORS, CITY MANAGERS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF FROM ACROSS THE WORLD, AND ALEX WILL BE ONE OF 21 MEMBERS ON THIS EXECUTIVE BOARD. SHE'S REPRESENTING THE MOUNTAIN PLAINS DIVISION, WHICH WENT THROUGH A PROCESS, 19 CANDIDATES WERE INTERVIEWED, AND SHE WAS NOMINATED FOR THE POSITION. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALEX. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE -- JUST LIKE FROM AN ELECTED STANDPOINT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU ALL HAVE LEADERSHIP ROLES IN ORGANIZATIONS LIKE NLC, IT'S EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THOSE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WITHIN ICMA, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALEX, AND WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT HER DURING HER TENURE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THANKS, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, ERIK. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS, ALEX, IF YOU'RE HERE. [CONSENT AGENDA  ] STAFF HAS REQUESTED TO MOVE ITEM 6 TO CONSENT, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION. WE'LL TAKE UP THE CONCEPT AGENDA BEFORE THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS SO WE MAY CLEAR MOST OF THE BUSINESS FOR THE DAY. OKAY. HEARING NONE, GREAT. ITEMS 8 THROUGH 23, AS WELL AS ITEM 6 ARE ON CONSENT. THIS MEANS THEY WILL BE CONSIDERED AS A GROUP AND THERE WILL NOT BE A STAFF PRESENTATION UNLESS PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY? OKAY. OKAY. WE'VE GOT TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON CONSENT. >> >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. I'LL CALL UP THE INDIVIDUALS. JULIAN ADAMORE. JULIAN ADAMORE. OKAY. REBECCA VIAGRAN, PLEASE, FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 6, THE STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM, AND CHAIRMAN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ, HI NAME IS REBECCA VIAGRAN, I AM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF SOUTH TEXAS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND PARTNERS REPRESENTING THE 27 COUNTIES FROM SAN ANTONIO TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND LAREDO. FIRST, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONVERSATION INCLUDING THE SOUTH TEXAS PARKWAY IN THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE 90TH STATE LEGISLATURE. WE RECOGNIZE HOW FAR WE'VE COME SINCE THE LAST LEGISLATION ON LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS ON THIS ITEM AND WE APPRECIATE THE CITY'S CONTINUED COMMITMENT IN ADVANCING THIS REGIONAL INVESTMENT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ONE AREA WHERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM. THE DRAFT INCLUDES AN AREA OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION THAT ADVANCES REGIONAL GROWTH THROUGH COORDINATION, PLANNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AND PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS 13 COUNTY CENTRAL TEXAS REGION. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MAY REFLECT THE CITY'S MSA, BUT SAN ANTONIO'S ECONOMIC FUTURE EXTENDS BEYOND THOSE BOUNDARIES. OUR WORKFORCE, SUPPLY CHAINS, TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS, ECONOMIC TIES AND OPPORTUNITIES EXTEND SOUTH TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, LAREDO, AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT SOUTH TEXAS. OUR WORKFORCE SUPPLY CHAINS ARE DEEPLY CONNECTED AND IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER. AS THE CITY CONSIDERS ITS LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER EXPANDING THAT LANGUAGE BEYOND THE 13-COUNTY REGION OR REMOVING THE GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATION ALTOGETHER, SO IT REFLECTS A BROADER REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP THAT SUPPORTS A COLLECTIVE ECONOMIC FUTURE. WE ARE NOT ASKING THE CITY MOVE ITS FOCUS AWAY FROM CENTRAL TEXAS; WE ARE ASKING AS SAN ANTONIO GROWS, IT ALSO KEEPS ITS EYES SOUTH. THE SOUTH TEXAS PARKWAY IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGIONAL COLLABORATION THAT CAN STRENGTHEN OUR ENTIRE ECONOMY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU [00:50:04] AND SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE AT SOUTH TEXAS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP ARE ALSO PROUD TO STAND WITH THE CITY IN PROTECTING OUR MUNICIPAL UTILITIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANKS. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. JACK FINGER, PLEASE. >> JUST A LITTLE SIDE NOTE MADAM CLERK MAY WANT TO FIX THE TIMER SO THAT CITIZENS CAN LEARN HOW MUCH TIME THEY HAVE. MADAM MAYOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER AND I WISH TO SPEAK TO YOU ON ONE ITEM ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER 19. IT'S ABOUT YOUR AUDIT PLAN. THAT'S WHAT YOUR PLANNING ON APPROVAL TODAY, AND I NOTICED IN THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS A FEW THINGS THAT ARE WORTHY OF NOTE HERE. MR. AUDIOVISUAL MAN, SHOW THE UNDERLINED AREA THERE. THIS IS MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET THERE. YEAH. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, PERHAPS YOU WANT TO PULL 19 AND MAYBE EVEN ADD A FEW AMENDMENTS TO THIS TO DETERMINE WHETHER MANAGEMENT IS EFFECTIVELY MANAGING THE BUDGET INCLUDING PERFORMING APPROPRIATE PERIODIC REVIEWS MAKING NECESSARY RIGHT-SIZING ADJUSTMENTS. YOU CAN RETURN THE CAMERA TO THE PODIUM. I REMEMBER EARLIER THIS YEAR DURING THE ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS, OUR FRIEND MR. MARC WHYTE WAS COMPLAINING THAT SOME DEPARTMENTS WERE NOT GETTING THE SCRUTINY THAT THEY -- OTHER DEPARTMENTS WERE GETTING WHEN IT CAME TO FINDING OUT WHERE COST CUTTING COULD TAKE PLACE. SO, YES, I THINK JUST MAYBE -- I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME -- ALL THE DEPARTMENTS GET THE SAME SCRUTINY THAT THEY DESERVE WHEN IT COMES TO REDUCING THE EXPENSES THAT WE, THE CITY, HAVE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE TAX INCREASES. NOW, MR. AUDIOVISUAL MAN, LOOK AT THE SECOND PART THERE, A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN, SCROLL DOWN THERE, IT SAYS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DETERMINE IF HOUSING ACTS AS STABILITY PROGRAM ARE MANAGED EFFECTIVELY AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ESTABLISHED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. YEAH, THAT'S INTERESTING. I'D LIKE TO SEE -- ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT DO, IF NOBODY ELSE IS DOING, FIND OUT HOW MANY OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING RECIPIENTS, WHICH I CALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WELFARE HOUSING, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE -- OF THE RECIPIENTS ARE ACTUALLY AMERICAN CITIZENS. YEAH. HOW MANY OF OUR -- SPECIFICALLY, HOW MANY ARE NOT AMERICAN CITIZENS, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE ILLEGAL ALIENS? HOW MUCH OF OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY LEGALLY? HMM? THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING. MAYBE Y'ALL WANT TO ASK THAT QUESTION. AND FINALLY, ONE THING I WISH THE AUDIT PLAN INCLUDED WAS AN AUDIT OF OUR UTILITIES. SAWS AND CITY PUBLIC SERVICE. YOU KNOW, YOU KEEP GETTING REQUESTS FROM THOSE UTILITIES TO INCREASE OUR UTILITY RATES, WHEN, IN FACT -- WHEN SO MANY OF THEIR CEOS ARE GETTING SIX FIGURES. COME ON. I MEAN, WHY AREN'T WE GETTING SOME SCRUTINY THERE, YOU KNOW? THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONCEPT AGENDA? PLUS ITEM 6? THANK YOU. OKAY. IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED. COUNCILMEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY HIGHLIGHTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCILMAN WHYTE PLEASE? >> WHYTE: YEAH, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 10, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH CAPITAL EXCAVATION COMPANY FOR THE BULVERDE ROAD PROJECT, WHICH WAS A 2022 BOND PROJECT. GLAD TO SEE THIS IS MOVING FORWARD. IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE SIDEWALKS, PAVING, SIGNAGE AND SAFER CROSSINGS WHICH OUR RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA HAVE REALLY BEEN ASKING FOR, YOU KNOW, DAILY USE, WALKING TO SCHOOL, THINGS LIKE THAT. THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS WANTED AND I'M GLAD WE'RE GETTING IT DONE. THANKS, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: ARE THERE ANY OTHERS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? COUNCILWOM COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, PLEASE? >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU. THIS MORNING I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE BIKE IMPROVEMENTS, THIS MARKS A GOOD INVESTMENT WITHIN THE CATTLEMAN SQUARE AREA WHICH HAS A LOT OF [00:55:01] CONCERNS AND ISSUES WITH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. SO GRATEFUL FOR THE TRANSPORTATION TEAM FOR HOSTING WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND THEN, OF COURSE, FOR THIS WEEK'S COMMUNITY MEETING AS WELL. LOTS OF VALUE, AND I KNOW FOLKS ARE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE CONSTRUCTION BEGIN. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. ANY OTHERS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? OKAY. THERE BEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 5, [5. Ordinance amending Chapter 35 (Unified Development Code) related to Data Center regulations. [John Peterek, Assistant City Manager; Amin Tohmaz, Development Services Director]] MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ THE CAPTION MOTION CARRIES. >> CLERK: ITEM NUMBER 5 IS AN ORDINANCE CHAPTER 35 UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE RELATED TO DATA CENTER REGULATIONS (. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. STAFF, PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, MY NAME IS AMINE TOHMAZ DEVELOPMENT SIX FLASERVICES AND I'M HERE TO WALK YOU THROUGH UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR DATA CENTERS. THANK YOU. OKAY. TO START WITH TIMELINE, SO AS YOU KNOW, COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED OCTOBER 29, 2025, BY DISTRICT SIX, AND IT HAD TWO KEY COMPONENTS. ONE IS TO HAVE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEMS AND CPS TO PROVIDE UTILITY POLICY UPDATES TO B SESSION, WHICH WE DID THAT. AND THE SECOND ONE WAS FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO CREATE A STAKEHOLDER TO TALK ABOUT UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND COME BACK WITH SOME RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS. THEN WE WENT TO GOVERNANCE IN NOVEMBER AND WE DID HAVE FOUR STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS BETWEEN MAY AND SEPTEMBER, AND THEN WE HAD A SPECIAL SESSION BASED ON A THREE-SIGNATURE MEMO THAT REQUESTED US TO ADOPT A BUILDING PERMIT MORATORIUM, BUT AT THAT TIME, CITY COUNCIL FAVORED TO CONTINUE WITH THE UDC AMENDMENTS. SO THEN WE HAD THE B SESSION OCTOBER 14, AND THEN WE HAD UPDATED -- OR PRESENTED TO ZONING COMMISSION OCTOBER 20TH AND GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM. SO THE FIRST OPTION, THIS HAPPENED AFTER WE MET WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT CAME UP WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS HIGHLIGHTING THE MAIN KEY POINTS THAT THE STAKEHOLDERS TALKED ABOUT, NOT NECESSARILY EVERY SIDE AGREED ON IT, BUT THAT WAS THE MIDDLE GROUND FOR ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS. THE MAIN COMPONENT HERE -- OR THE MAIN ISSUE HERE IS ALLOWING DATA CENTERS BY RIGHT TO BE BUILT AND INTENSE COMMERCIAL, C3 DISTRICTS, AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, AS LONG AS THEY MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS. A 500-FOOT FROM HOUSING OR SCHOOLS, AND DAY CARES TO THE PROPERTY. AND THAT IS MEASURED FROM THE BUILDING TO THE PROPERTY LINE. ALSO TO HAVE A MINIMUM TYPE D LANDSCAPED BUFFER, AS WELL AS 50-FOOT SET BACK FROM ALL BUILDINGS TO THE PROPERTY LINE AT A MINIMUM. ALSO THERE IS SOME THAT WE ARE PROHIBITING BECAUSE IT IS IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AS YOU CANNOT HAVE DATA CENTERS IN THE EDWARDS RECHARGE ZONE. NOW, IF THEY WANT TO BUILD A DATA CENTER AND THEY CANNOT MEET ONE OF THESE REQUIREMENTS OR ANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS, OBVIOUSLY, THEY HAVE TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL TO REQUEST A SPECIAL USE AUTHORIZATION. SO THAT IS OPTION 1. OPTION 2 IS PROPOSING THE UDC AMENDMENTS THAT WE DRAFTED BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM YOU, FROM COUNCIL, AT A SPECIAL SESSION, AND I'M CALLING IT OPTION 2. THIS IS REQUIRING EVERY DATA CENTER TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL TO REQUEST A SPECIAL USE AUTHORIZATION, BUT WE KEPT THE C3, WHICH IS, AGAIN, INTENSE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONE DISTRICTS. AGAIN, COUNCIL CAN AND MAY IMPOSE ANY REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FOR THE PROPERTY, LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS, ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO NOISE BARRIERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AGAIN, YOU CANNOT BUILD A [01:00:01] DATA CENTER ON EDWARDS RECHARGE ZONE DISTRICT, SO THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE. THIS IS JUST A QUICK MAP. WE REQUESTED THE MAP TO PULL EVERY DISTRICT THAT IS, AGAIN, INTENSE COMMERCIAL C3 OR ANY OF THE INDUSTRIAL, WHICH IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, INDUSTRIAL 1, 2 AND BUSINESS PARKS AND SO FORTH. SO I KNOW IT'S HARD TO SEE BECAUSE THIS IS THE WHOLE CITY WITH ALL THE LOCATIONS, WE HAVE THE PARCELS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH THESE TYPE OF ZONINGS. SO, AGAIN, EITHER OPTION 1 OR 2 CAN BE -- IF EITHER ONE IS APPROVED, THEN YOU CAN BUILD A DATA CENTER IN THE HIGHLIGHTED AREAS. NOT EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY. AND THAT'S JUST TO IDENTIFY -- TO SHOW YOU WHERE THEY COULD BUILD POTENTIALLY. SO THEN DURING OUR LAST B SESSION, THE MAYOR PROPOSED SOME REQUIREMENTS AND SO THE PROPOSAL WAS TO REQUIRE EVERY DATA CENTER TO KM BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND OBTAIN A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR ANY LOCATION, AND THEN THERE WAS ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS, AGAIN, THE MINIMUM TYPE D LANDSCAPE, SIMILAR TO THE OPTION THAT WE LAD IN OPTION 1 DOES REQUIRE A 45-DAY PREFILING NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE FILING WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ALSO REQUIRING THE APPLICANT TO HOLD AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS AFTER FILING, AND THAT IS WITH -- 10 DAYS PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. SOME REQUIREMENTS FOR NOISE RESTRICTIONS, MAXIMUM 63-DECIBELS DURING THE DAY AND 56 DURING THE NIGHT, REQUIRING A MINIMUM OF 1,000-FOOT SETBACK FROM THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY, REQUIRING TWICE AS MUCH GREENSPACE TO REPLACE AS MUCH USED IN CONSTRUCTION, REQUIRING AIR QUALITY MONITORS AND REPORTING THOSE TO MUNICIPAL LEVELS IN LINE WITH THE TCEQ, BECAUSE THIS IS A REQUIREMENT FROM THE STATE NORMALLY. REQUIRING ENCLOSURES FOR THE GENERATORS TO MITIGATE NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION, AND THE LAST TWO IS TO ASK FOR CONSENT TO DISCLOSE WATER AND UTILITY USAGE FROM THE APPLICANT AND TO ASK FOR EXPLANATION FROM THE DEVELOPER ON WHAT THEY'RE ENVISIONING FOR COMMUNITY BENEFITS. DURING THE SAME SESSION, COUNCILMAN WHYTE, DISTRICT 10, PROPOSED A DEFINITION FOR DATA CENTERS, AND THE MAIN DEFINITION IS BASICALLY ANY BUILDING OR PREMISE USED PRIMARILY FOR HOUSING SERVERS, DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS OR RELATED EQUIPMENT. THAT IS TECHNICALLY A DATA CENTER, WITH A COUPLE OF EXCLUSIONS, SO ANY FACILITY THAT IS USED FOR A SWITCH OR TRANSMIT VOICE OR VIDEOS OR DATA TRAFFIC, THEY WILL NOT COUNT. I MEAN, THE MOBILE SWITCHING FACILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH I THINK THAT'S NORMALLY WHAT WE DO NOW. AND THE SECOND ONE IS ANY SERVER ROOM THAT IS REALLY AN ACCESSORY TO THE USE THAT YOU HAVE. SO, AGAIN, IT'S NOT A DATA CENTER, BUT IT'S A SERVER ROOM UTILIZED FOR THE BUSINESS THAT YOU HAVE AT THAT LOCATION, THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED. THEN WHEN WE WENT TO ZONING COMMISSION, OCTOBER 20TH, THEY CAME WITH SOME RECOMMENDED PROPOSALS, AND BASICALLY THEY COMBINED THOSE OPTIONS TOGETHER. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THEY PRESENTED IS THEY ARE REQUIRING AN S SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR DATA CENTERS IN C3, WHICH, AGAIN, IT'S THAT INTENSE COMMERCIAL, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS PARK, AND ALSO THEY ARE PROPOSING THAT THE DATA CENTERS, BY RIGHT, CAN BE IN INTENSE INDUSTRIAL, SO ALL THE OTHER INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS THAT WE JUST MENTIONED ON THE MAP, THEY CAN HAVE THAT BY RIGHT, IF THEY MEET SOME OF THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. A MINIMUM DISTANCE OF 350-FOOT FROM, AGAIN, HOUSINGS AND SCHOOLS AND DAY CARES, FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. TYPE D LANDSCAPING BUFFER, AS WELL. SCREENED -- SCREEN THE GENERATORS TO MITIGATE NOISE A LITTLE BIT AND REDUCE THE NOISE. NOISE LIMITATIONS, AGAIN, TO COMPLY WITH THE NOISE LIMITATIONS IN CHAPTER 21, SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED THERE. AND TO HAVE ALL THE LIGHTS DOWN-FACING, SO THAT WAY THERE IS NO LIGHT POLLUTION. WITH THAT, IF ANY OF THE LOCATIONS DO NOT COMPLY WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS, THEY MUST COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND OBTAIN SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION, AGAIN. [01:05:02] AND ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS CAN BE PLACED ON THAT LOCATION. THEY DID -- AT ZONING COMMISSION, THEY DID TALK ABOUT COUNCILMAN WHYTE'S ORIGINAL DEFINITION, AND THEY APPROVED IT AS IS. IF YOU REMEMBER IN THE LAST SESSION, -- AND IT WAS APPROVED BY YOU AT THAT TIME, OR RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. SO ZONING COMMISSION APPROVED IT AS IS, AS THE ORIGINAL ONE, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT. THE LAST THING THEY DID AT ZONING COMMISSION IS THEY ADDED SOME PROVISIONS FOR EXISTING LOCATIONS, BECAUSE ANY EXISTING LOCATION, IF WE PUT ANY RULES NOW, THEY WILL BE DEEMED NONCONFORMING. AND AT THAT POINT, THEY WERE SAYING ALL THE EXISTING LOCATIONS THAT THEY'RE DEEMED NONCONFORMING, THEY MAY STILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN PERMITS AND REPAIRS -- TO REPAIR AND REBUILD AND EXPAND WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARIES, THEY CANNOT EXPAND BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES. SO WITH THAT, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE OPTION 1, WE FEEL ANY OF THESE OPTIONS COULD WORK, BUT THIS OPTION IS WELL BALANCED AND IT SHOULD DO THE JOB, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, AMIN. WE'LL GO STRAIGHT TO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. I'LL CALL YOU IN THE ORDER THAT YOU HAVE SIGNED UP. ALL INDIVIDUALS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. THE FIRST PERSON IS XAVIER GARCIA FOLLOWED BY CHELSEA NORRIS. GROUPS OF THREE OR MORE WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF NINE MINUTES. >> HI, I'M XAVIER GARCIA. WHEN I FIRST CAME INTO THE UNION, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AND I DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANT TO BE AN ELECTRICIAN, BUT AS I JOINED THE UNION, I FELT LIKE I WAS A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN A COMPANY. I FELT LIKE I WAS A PART OF A FAMILY. A FAMILY THAT CARED FOR MY SAFETY AND I COULD GUIDE ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WITHOUT THAT, I WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO SAY THAT I WORKED AT A MICROSOFT DATA CENTER. IT'S AMAZING ON HOW FAR I'VE CAME AND HOW MUCH I'VE LEARNED FROM INSTALLING CABLE RACKS, CABLE BUS, PULLING WIRE, INSTALLING REBAR INTO CEMENT AND MANY MUCH MORE TO LEARN. WITHOUT THE UNION PROVIDING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH ALTERMAN'S WORK AT A DATA CENTER, I WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT NOT ONLY MYSELF BUT MY FAMILY. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GROWING MY EDUCATION. THANK YOU AND HAVE A NICE DAY. >> MAYOR JONES: CHELSEA NORRIS, PLEASE, FOLLOWED BY CHANCEN HAZE AND JOSHUA GONZALES. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS, MY NAME IS CHELSEA, I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 60. I'M HERE TODAY TO SHARE MY STORY AND EXPLAIN WHY DATA CENTERS BUILT WITH UNION LABOR ARE NOT JUST AN INVESTMENT IN TECHNOLOGY, BUT IN THE PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE OF SAN ANTONIO. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024, I JOINED LOCAL 60, AT THAT TIME I WAS HOMELESS, I WAS STAYING AT HAVEN FOR HOPE. I HAD FELONY DRUG CONVICTIONS IN MY PAST AND I WAS DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR A NEW FUTURE. I NEEDED AN OPPORTUNITY AND A CHANCE TO PROVE THAT MY PAST DID NOT DEFINE MY FUTURE. LOCAL 60 DPAIF ME THAT CHANCE. THE WORK AVAILABLE AT DATA CENTERS IN SAN ANTONIO AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A CAREER, DEVELOP VALUABLE SKILLS AND BECOME PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN MYSELF. THROUGH THE BROTHERHOOD AND SOLIDARITY OF LOCAL 60, I FOUND PEOPLE WHO BELIEVED IN THE VALUE OF HARD WORK AND THE POWER OF THE SECOND CHANCE. THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT. SOMEONE WHO WAS HOMELESS, STRUGGLING TO FIND DIRECTION, AND CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF FELONY CONVICTIONS IS NOW STANDING BEFORE YOU AS A HOMEOWNER, A SKILLED TRADES PERSON AND A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF SOCIETY. THAT IS THE POWER OF OPPORTUNITY. WHEN SAN ANTONIO ATTRACTS DATA CENTER INVESTMENT, WE ARE NOT SIMPLY ATTRACTING BUILDINGS FILLED WITH COMPUTERS, WE ARE CREATING DEMAND FOR ELECTRICIANS, APPRENTICES, CONSTRUCTION WORKER AND OTHER SKILLED TRADESPEOPLE. WE ARE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES, BUY HOMES AND INVEST RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. WHEN DATA CENTER PROJECTS USE UNION LABOR, THE BENEFITS GO EVEN FURTHER. WORKERS RECEIVE RIGOROUS TRAINING, PROJECTS GAIN ACCESS TO SKILLED [01:10:02] PROFESSIONALS, EXCEPTIONAL CRAFTSMANSHIP AND THE HIGH STANDARDS OF SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY THAT OUR COMMUNITIES DESERVE ARE REINFORCED. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT DOES NOT STOP WHEN CONSTRUCTIONS END. WORKERS SPEND THEIR EARNINGS AT SAN ANTONIO RESTAURANTS, GROCERY STORES, SHOPS, BUSINESSES, FAMILIES BECOME MORE FINANCIALLY STABLE. MORE PEOPLE HAVE A TICKET TO THE MIDDLE CLASS. PEOPLE WHO ONCE DEPEND DZ ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CAN BECOME TAXPAYERS, HOMEOWNERS AND ACTIVE MEMBERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. YES, WE MUST BE RESPONSIBLE ABOUT ELECTRICITY, WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THOSE CHALLENGES SHOULD LEAD US TO DEMAND SMARTER DEVELOPMENT, BETTER PLANNING AND ACCOUNTABILITY, NOT OVERLOOK THE TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES THESE PROJECTS BRING. CITY COUNCIL, I ASK YOU TO LOOK BEYOND THE IMAGE OF A DATA CENTER AND CONSIDER THE HUMAN LIVES CONNECTED TO ITS I AM ONE OF THOSE LIVES. DATA CENTER INVESTMENT HELPED OPEN A DOOR FOR ME WHEN I NEEDED IT MOST. THAT DOOR LED ME FROM HOMELESSNESS TO HOME OWNERSHIP, FROM UNCERTAINTY TO STABILITY, AND FROM SEARCHING FOR A PURPOSE TO BUILDING A FUTURE. LET'S WELCOME RESPONSIBLE DATA CENTER INVESTMENT, LET'S ENCOURAGE DEVELOPERS TO PARTNER WITH UNION LABOR AND LET'S MAKE SURE SAN ANTONIO'S WORKING PEOPLE HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AS OUR CITY GROWS. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. CHANCEN HAZE, PLEASE. OKAY. FOLLOWED BY JOSHUA GONZALES AND THEN GARY MAR BURGER. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CHANCEN HAZE. I'M A LICENSED JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN. I'M ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER AND DISPATCHER AT IBEW LOCAL 60 AND I SERVE ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF SAN ANTONIO CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL. FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS, THIS TRADE HAS BEEN MY LADDER. I CAME INTO IT WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF ELECTRICAL WORK AND NO CONNECTIONS, ONLY A WILLINGNESS TO LEARN A NEW SKILL. THE APPRESENCE TISSHIP PAID ME WHILE I TRAINED, THE TRADE GAVE ME A WAGE THAT I COULD BUILD A DECENT LIFE OFF OF, HEALTHCARE, A PENSION, AND A SKILL THAT NO ONE CAN TAKE FROM ME. TODAY I'M A LEADER IN MY UNION, AND I DISPATCH ELECTRICIANS TO WORK. THAT IS WHAT GOOD CONSTRUCTION JOBS DO, THEY DON'T SIMPLY PAY THE BILLS, THEY CHANGE WHERE A FAMILY'S LIFE CAN GO. EVERY WEEK I SEE WHAT THAT MEANS FOR MORE THAN 3500 ELECTRICAL WORKERS IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA. DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION IS SOME OF THE STEADIEST, HIGHEST SKILLED WORK OUR MEMBERS HAVE. IF YOU PAUSE IT, YOU DON'T JUST PAUSE A BUILDING, YOU STOP PAYCHECKS. YOU BLOCK APPRENTICES FROM RECEIVING TRAINING. YOU SEND SKILLED SAN ANTONIANS TO OTHER CITIES AND OTHER STATES IN SEARCH OF WORK. I HEAR THE CONCERNS ABOUT WATER, POWER, AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THOSE CONCERNS ARE REAL AND I SHARE THOSE CONCERNS, BUT THE ANSWER IS NOT A PAUSE. THE ANSWER IS STANDARDS. PASS STRONG LAWS NOW, SAFETY STANDARDS FOR HOW THESE FACILITIES ARE BUILT, PROTECTIONS FOR RATEPAYERS, PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS, PREVAILING WAGE, AND REAL APPRENTICESHIP STANDARDS SO THAT THIS WORK BUILDS SAN ANTONIO'S WORKFORCE. REGULATE IT, BUILD IT RIGHT AND BUILD IT LOCAL. BUT DON'T SHUT THE DOOR ON THOUSANDS OF SAN ANTONIO WORKERS. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. >> MAYOR JONES: JOSHUA GONZALES. >> FOLLOWED BY GARRY MARBURGER AND THEN JEREMY CHAVEZ. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECOGNITION OF DOLORES HUERTA TODAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. MY NAME IS GARY MARBURGER. I'M A CARD CARRYING MEMBER OF IBEW LOCAL 60. I HAVE 12 YEARS IN THE TRADE, THEY'VE BEEN ALL UNION. I DID MY APPRENTICESHIP HERE LOCALLY AND ALL THE ELECTRICAL WORK I'VE DONE IS ALWAYS -- IT'S ALL BEEN ONE WAY THAT I'VE LEARNED. I STARTED IN 2015, MY FIRST JOB WAS A DATA CENTER FOR MICROSOFT. AS OF TODAY, MY CURRENT JOB IS A DATA CENTER I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN HOW EVERYTHING HAS BEEN BUILT. AND THESE -- THESE COMPANIES THAT, UM, THAT WANT THESE DATA CENTERS BUILT, THE MAJORITY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH UNION LABOR AND [01:15:02] NOT JUST ELECTRICAL BUT IN OTHER ASPECTS OF THE TRADES -- THE TRADES AS WELL. AND I -- I'VE WORKED ON THE -- ALL SORTS OF -- BASICALLY ALL FACETS OF THE ELECTRICAL SIDE OF THESE DATA CENTERS. WHETHER IT BE POWERING THEM TO THE, UM, TO THE AUTOMATION FOR THE COOLING SYSTEMS. IN QUESTION OF A LOT OF WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY. AND I, UM -- I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE HOW MUCH -- WHAT THESE DATA CENTERS HAVE DONE FOR MY LOCAL. CURRENTLY WE HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1700 TO 2,000 MEMBERS BUILDING THESE THINGS. THAT'S CLOSE TO 2,000 FAMILIES THAT ARE GETTING INSURANCE AND HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS GETTING A RETIREMENT THAT WILL HELP TO CARRY THEM FOR YEARS TO COME. I'VE WATCHED MEMBERSHIP TRIPLE FROM 1,000 TO OVER 3,000 SINCE I CAME IN. AND WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH THE APPRENTICESHIP OR THROUGH ELECTRICIANS THAT WERE ORGANIZED IN. THAT'S A LOT OF -- THAT'S A LOT TO TAKE AWAY IF THESE THINGS GET SHUT DOWN. AND NOT JUST IN MY TRADE, THE OTHER TRADES BUILDING THEM AS WELL. I ASK THAT Y'ALL LOOK INTO THAT WHILE MAKING THESE DECISIONS. I WANT YOU TO. NOT JUST -- NOT JUST ENVIRONMENTALLY AND ECONOMICALLY, BUT ON THE LABOR SIDE AND ON THE SAFETY SIDE OF THINGS TO COME. PLEASE THINK BIG IN WHAT YOU DECIDE IN ALL OF THIS. WE WOULD -- THESE THINGS HAVE CARRIED US FOR YEARS THROUGH COVID, THROUGH THE YEARS AFTER COVID, AND THESE THINGS ARE WHAT KEPT US -- KEPT THE CITY GOING. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: JOSHUA GONZALEZ, AND THEN JEREMY CHAVEZ AND THEN JUAN MALDANADO, PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS JOSHUA GONZALEZ AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 3 WHERE MY WIFE AND I OWN A SMALL HOME. I'M A SECOND YEAR ELECTRICAL APPRENTICE WITH THE LOCAL 60 UNIT GOING THROUGH THE PROGRAM. AND I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT OPTION ONE. I HAVE ABOUT 00 HOURS, ABOUT HALFWAY TO MY JOURNEYMAN LICENSE. AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE HOURS CAME FROM DATA CENTER WORK. ON THESE DATA CENTERS I WORKED IN A HIGH QUALITY AND SAFE MANNER. THAT WORK TAUGHT ME SKILLS THAT I CARRY ON EVERY JOB SITE, POWER DISTRIBUTION AND LIGHTING, ETC.. AND THEY PAY WAGES THAT ALLOW MY FAMILY TO LIVE IN A HOUSE IN THE CITY AND MAKE SURE THAT I AM SET FOR MY FUTURE. I USED TO WORK IN TECH BEFORE I TOUCHED A TOOL, AND THAT WAS TO PUT FURNITURE AND COMPUTERS TOGETHER. I CHOSE THIS TRADE BECAUSE I SAW WHERE THE WORK WAS GOING. DATA CENTERS PUT LICENSED ELECTRICIANS OTHER TRADES ON THE JOB FOR MONTHS AT A TIME. AND THEY KEEP TECHNICIANS EMPLOYED AFTER THEY OPEN, AND THE FIELD IS ONLY GOING TO GROW BIGGER. AND AN ESTIMATED 9% OVER 10 YEARS, ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. WHEN I TALK TO APPRENTICES IN MY CLASS, MANY OF US ARE. INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONES. THEY STAY BACK 500 FEET FROM HOMES AND SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS AND ALONG WITH OTHER REGULATIONS TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES. THE DEVELOPER NEEDS TO MEET THE STANDARD SET BY THESE RULES AND BUILD ACCORDINGLY. THE COMMUNITY WOULD GET PROTECTION WRITTEN INTO LAW AND WORDING WOULD BE CONSISTENT ACROSS. THEY CAN DEAL WITH MORE STANDARDS AS LONG AS THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SIGNING UP FOR AHEAD OF TIME. OPTION TWO SENDS EVERY PROJECT TO THE CITY COUNCIL VOTE. CITY STAFF TOLD YOU THAT THAT PATH BRINGS LESS PREDICTABILITY AND THAT'S WHAT DECIDES WHETHER A COMPANY BUILDS HERE OR OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS, LIKE WHERE I WORK IN CASTERVILLE, WHERE I HAVE TO DRIVE 30 MILES EVERY DAY TO WORK. WHEN A PROJECT LEAVES SAN ANTONIO, THE JOBS LEAVE WITH IT, ALONG WITH THE TRAINING HOURS OF APPRENTICES LIKE ME NEED TO FINISH OUR PROGRAMS AND A TAX BASE THAT PAYS FOR THE SERVICES THAT MY COMMUNITY RELIES ON. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS ABOUT THESE PROJECTS, OPTION ONE ADDRESSES THOSE CONCERNS. STANDARDS THAT APPLY TO EVERYONE. PLEASE GIVE THE TRADES A STABLE STREAM OF WORK AND GIVE RESIDENTS FIRM PROTECTIONS AT THE SAME TIME. PLEASE VOTE. JUAN MULDANO AND SERENA -- AND I ASK YOU THAT LINE UP IN THE MIDDLE SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH QUICKLY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [01:20:02] GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JEREMY CHAVEZ AND I'M AN IVEW LOCAL 60 ELECTRICIAN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. I AM BUT ONE OF MANY WHO HAS DIRECTLY BENEFITED FROM THE DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION THAT HAS COME TO SAN ANTONIO. BY NATURE, WORK IN MY TRADE CAN BE INCONSISTENT, WE TEND TO GO WHERE THE WORK IS, ALTHOUGH DATA CENTERS HAVE ALLOWED SOME OF US TO SET ROOTS AND MAKE MONEY HERE. WE DEPEND ON THE YEARS-LONG WORK THAT THESE PROJECTS PROVIDE. THESE PROJECTS HAVE CREATED STEADY WELL-PAYING JOBS, WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF OVERTIME, AID TO OUR BENEFITS AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR APPRENTICES AND JOURNEY MEN/ELECTRICIANS AND OTHER TRADESMEN AND WOMEN TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR FUTURE AND THE ECONOMY OF THE CITY. I UNDERSTAND THE WORRIES THAT COME WITH DATA CENTERS SUCH AS NOISE AND WATER AND POWER AND DEMANDS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE SURROUNDING HOMES. THE CONCERNS OF THOSE MOST DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE ERECTION OF THESE DATA CENTERS IS WITH GOOD REASON. REASONABLE BUFFERS, LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, DOWNWARD LIGHTING AND CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS PERTAINING TO CERTAIN ZONES CAN AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE USE OF DATA CENTERS IN CREATING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE AREAS THAT THEY OPERATE IN. DATA CENTERS HAVE BECOME SO INTEGRAL TO SOCIETY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE BUILT EITHER WAY. WE SHOULD ENSURE THAT THEIR CONSTRUCTION BENEFITS THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO BY BUILDING THEM HERE, BUILD THEM WITH STRONG LABOR AGREEMENTS, AND ENSURE THEY GET BUILT RESPONSIBLY. I ENCOURAGE THE USE OF A HYBRID SYSTEM THAT SETS CLEAR STANDARDS FOR THE RIGHT CONSTRUCTION OF THE DATA CENTERS WHILE ALLOWING CONSTITUENTS OF THE SURROUNDING SITE TO SPEAK ON THE ISSUE. THESE CLEAR LISTS OF REQUIREMENTS AVOID A PROCESS THAT MAKES EVERY PROJECT UNCERTAIN AND SUBJECT TO LENGTHY POLITICAL DELAYS. WHEN THE RULES ARE CLEAR AND PROJECTS MEET THEM, CAN MOVE FORWARD, AND DEVELOPERS CAN PLAN, CONTRACTORS CAN HIRE, AND WORKING PEOPLE CAN COUNT ON CONSISTENT PAYCHECKS. IF EVERY PROJECT NEEDS ITS OWN CITY COUNCIL VOTE, THE TIMELINE TO KICK THESE JOBS OFF BECOMES UNPREDICTABLE. INVESTMENTS WILL SLOW. PROJECTIONS -- PROJECTS WILL GET DELAYED OR CANCELLED. AND THESE COMPANIES WILL LOOK ELSEWHERE. I ASK SAN ANTONIO TO IMPLEMENT THE STANDARDS TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND RESOURCES WHILE KEEPING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY DATA CENTERS PROVIDE TO WORKING-CLASS FAMILIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERING THE PERSPECTIVE OF THOSE WHO BUILD THESE FACILITIES. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: JUAN MULTANAD AND SERENA, AND THEN KIMBERLY BRAGMAN. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS JUAN MULANARO AND I'M A DISTRICT 6 RESIDENT, AND COUNCIL HAS BEEN PROVIDED EACH A PACKET THAT I AM ASKING THE COURT -- THE CITY CLERK TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD AS ACTION NUMBER 5. AND THE PACKET BASICALLY DETAILE ORDINANCE LANGUAGE, THAT THE LANGUAGE ITSELF IN EACH OF THE PROPOSALS ARE OVERLY BROAD AND CONTRADICTORY. SO THIS IS MY OBJECTIVE. AS A BOARD PRO PROPOSE TO OPTIO, COMPREHENSIVELY WITHIN THE PACKET OF RECORD IT ALIGNS THE CITY COUNCIL'S GOALS FOR DATA CENTER ORDINANCE THAT PROTECTS RESIDENTS FROM BALANCING DATA CENTERS' RAPID GROWTH. AND I ASK THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO OPTION B. REGARDING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO OPTION B, A FOUNDATIONAL TENET USED ARE THE ACTIONS MADE BY COUNCILMEMBERS HERE NOW. ON PAGE 21, YOU WILL FIND STATEMENTS FROM MAYOR ORTIZ JONES AND COUNCILOR GALVAN AND OTHER COUNCILMEN, INCLUDING SUPPORTING COUNCILMEN, SIGNATORIES FROM DISTRICTS 4, 2, 5 AND 8. AND THIS MESSAGE IS CLEAR AND DIRECT -- DATA CENTERS BRING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY BUT THEY'VE ALSO BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES THAT WARRANT BALANCE. AS SUCH, MY TOP PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ON OPTION B ARE AS FOLLOWS: FIRST, PAGE 8. THE USE REQUIREMENT AND THE PROPOSED MAMENTS TO OPTION B AS PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR CHANGES EVERY P TO AN S, THAT IS PERMITTED BY SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION. THIS MEANS THAT EVERY DATA CENTER SITE MUST GET A COUNCIL VOTE. SECOND, PAGE 17, NOTICE REQUIREMENT. MAIL NOTICE TO OWNERS OF THE DATA CENTER GOES OUT 45 DAYS BEFORE AN APPLICATION IS FILED AND AND, THIRD, PAGE 14, DATA CENTERS PAY THE BILL REQUIREMENT. RESIDENTS MUST NOT PAY FOR A DATA CENTER'S POWER OR GRID, PERIOD. FOURTH, PAGE 18, AND ENFORCEMENT REQUIREMENT. ALL CURRENT DRAFTS HAVE ZERO -- THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT ADDS [01:25:03] REQUIRED REPORT, AUTO REPORTS AND A PERFORMANCE BOND FINES AND FINALLY S REVOCATIONS IF NECESSARY. AND LASTLY, ANY CURRENT OPTION B PROVISIONS USED THE PHRASE "MAY," WHICH PER THE CODE IS OPTIONAL. AKA, NOT REQUIRED. AND SO TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO OPTION B REPLACES THE PHRASE WITH "SHALL," MEANING REQUIRED. AND THE FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO OPTION B YOU EACH ALL HAVE IN HAND IS BASED ON BALANCE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY. AND THE COUNCILMEMBERS' ACTIONS ARE CLEAR -- BALANCE IS NEEDED, AND THE TIME IS NOW. I REQUEST COUNCIL TO REVIEW THE FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO OPTION B AS YOU EACH HAVE AND ADOPT THE SAME OR SIMILAR ONE WITH AN ORDINANCE THAT ACTUALLY HAS SOME TEETH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: SERENA MULDANDO AND KIMBERLY BRAGMAN AND THEN JOSEE. >> ROCHA GARCIA: I'M SERENA MULDORANO AND I'M A CONCERNED CITIZEN. HOW CONVENIENT, MY COUNCILMAN HAS EXITED. LET'S NOT MINCE WORDS. THESE DATA CENTERS NEED TO NOT BE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THEY ARE A DETRIMENT TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US. LET'S BE SO CLEAR. [APPLAUSE] THESE DATA CENTERS ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ENABLEMENT OF I.C.E. AND THE MASTER SURVEILLANCE OF SAN ANTONIANS. THESE DATA CENTERS ARE -- SURE, THEY PROVIDE JOBS -- TEMPORARILY. TEMPORARILY. THE SAME DATA CENTERS THAT SOME ARE ADVOCATING FOR RIGHT NOW ARE THE SAME DATA CENTERS THAT ARE GOING TO ROB US -- ALL OF US -- OF OUR WATER, OUR HEALTH, OUR PRIVACY, OUR SAFETY, ABSOLUTELY ALL OF OUR RESOURCES HERE. PLEASE, DO WHAT WE ELECTED YOU ALL TO DO, AND PROTECT US. KEEP THESE DATA CENTERS, THESE POISONOUS DATA CENTERS, OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES. PLEASE, MARC, HELP ME. I'M YOUR CONSTITUENT. HELP. [APPLAUSE] THESE DATA CENTERS ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ENABLEMENT OF I.C.E. AND THE MASS SURVEILLANCE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. THEY ARE GOING TO POISON THE LAND, THE PEOPLE, THE ANIMALS, ALL OF IT. WE WILL BE ONE BIG CONCRETE BLOCK OF NOTHING. YOU CAN'T BE THE -- THE COUNCIL PEOPLE, SIR, YOU CANNOT REPRESENT ANYONE. BUT I GUESS THAT YOU'RE NOT TOO WORRIED BECAUSE THESE PROBABLY AREN'T GOING TO END UP IN D10, HUH? PLEASE, THE REST OF YOU -- HELP US. I TALKED TO MY CHILDREN, MY FIRST AND SECOND GRADERS. I LET THEM KNOW THAT I WAS GOING TO BE HERE ADVOCATING TO KEEP THESE DATA CENTERS OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES. I ASK THEM IF THEY HAD ANYTHING FOR ME TO RELAY TO YOU ALL. AND THEY ASKED TO PLEASE BUILD SOME PLAYGROUNDS FOR US. TO KEEP OUR PARKS AVAILABLE FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS. PLEASE, INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES. ACTUALLY INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES. KEEP THESE DATA CENTERS OUT. KEEP I.C.E. OUT. HELP US, PLEASE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: KIMBERLY BRAGMAN. KIMBERLY BRAGMAN. OKAY. JOSIAL FLUORESCE. JOSIAL FLUORESCE, IS THAT YOU, OKAY? AND FOLLOWED BY PETER BELLA. PLEASE LINE UP IN THE CENTER, THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, IT IS A PLEASURE AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE. THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS MR. FLORES AND I'M A SECOND YEAR APPRENTICE IN THE IBW. AND GROWING UP I LEARNED THAT FINANCIAL STABILITY IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I CAN COMFORTABLY SAY THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO START BUILDING TOWARDS A CAREER THAT NOT ONLY PROVIDES FINANCIAL STABILITY, BUT ALSO HEALTH INSURANCE THAT BENEFITS, PENSION AND VACATION FUNDS. AND... A LOT OF THE WORK AVAILABLE TO OUR LOCAL UNION COMES FROM DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION JOBS. [01:30:05] AND THESE PROJECTS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR APPRENTICES LIKE ME TO CONTINUE OUR EDUCATION AND WORK TOWARDS BECOMING WELL-ROUNDED JOURNEYMEN AND ELECTRICIANS. I HOPE THAT THE. I DID. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: PETER BELLA, FOLLOWED BY DEBORAH PONSA AND DIANA LÓPEZ, PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL AND GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO START, MY NAME IS PETER BELLA. A RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO. I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST THANK MAYOR JONES FOR HER REMEMBRANCE OF D DOLORES HUERTA AND HER PROTECTIONS THAT SHE ENABLED IN THE COMMUNITY IS NOT LOST ON US, ALL OF US AND THEY CONTINUE. AND THEY DO NOT SUNSET BUT THEY KIND OF PASS ON TO THE GREATER COMMUNITY. AND THIS COUNCIL. I SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE GREATEST LEVEL OF INDUSTRY TRANSPARENCY AND SECURITY FOR OUR CITIZENS. SO I FAVOR THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR DATA CENTERS, AND, IN FACT, I VERY MUCH SUPPORT THE PROPOSALS THAT I FIND IN MAYOR JONES' PROPOSAL. WE'VE SEEN THE COST OF ELECTRICITY SKYROCKET IN 2022 AND 2025, ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS BY OVER 15% I ERCOT. AND WE CANNOT ASSUME THAT SELF-GOVERNANCE WILL PROTECT OUR CITIZENS EITHER FROM COST INCREASES, OR FROM POLLUTION. INDUSTRY IS BUILDING WHAT IS SLATED TO BE THE MOST POLLUTING INDUSTRIAL LOCATION IN THE UNITED STATES, IN WEST TEXAS. IT'S A DATA CENTER. THIS IS FOR ME INDICATIVE BY THE BIG INDUSTRIES' WILL TO IGNORE POLLUTION IMPACTS WHEN WE ARE NOW IN THE GRIPS OF A WORSENING CLIMATE CRISIS. USING GAS-POWEREDTUR BINS TO GENERATE POWER FOR DATA CENTERS IS PART OF THE CLIMATE PROBLEM -- NOT A SOLUTION. AND THE MESSAGE IS THAT WHEN STATE AND FEDERAL AIR QUALITY CLEAN AIR RESTRICTIONS FAIL, THAT WE THE CITIZENS MUST DEPEND UPON YOU, THE COUNCIL, TO HELP US TO PROTECT OURSELVES AND ENSURE THE GREATEST HEALTH BENEFITS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: DEBORAH PONSA AND PAULA LÓPEZ AND THEN BRANDON MADRID. >> HELLO, THANK YOU, UM, FOR ALL BEING HERE. I AM -- YOUR VOTE TODAY IS VERY SIMPLE. DO YOU WANT TO ALLOW REGULATIONS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS OR NOT? I MEAN, WE'VE GOT AN ENTIRE ENTITY -- DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THEY HAVE A TEAM OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICE OFFICERS IS WHAT I LIKE TO LOOK AT THEM AT. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT GO AND INSPECT ALL OF THESE FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT PRACTICES ARE SAFE, THAT RULES ARE BEING FOLLOWED, AND THAT ALL OF US STAY ALIVE AND HEALTHY IN SAN ANTONIO. IF YOU VOTE FOR OPTION A, THAT TAKES EVERYTHING AWAY, BECAUSE THE RULES ARE THAT THERE ARE NO RULES. THESE OFFICERS CANNOT ENFORCE ANYTHING THAT IS NOT WRITTEN. IF THERE'S NO LAW, YOU CANNOT ENFORCE IT. A POLICE OFFICER CANNOT CHARGE YOU FOR MURDER IF THERE'S NO LAW AGAINST MURDER. SO OPTION B AT LEAST HAS REGULATIONS. I MEAN, THERE'S SOME GOOD STUFF HERE. I MEAN, EMERGENCY RESPONDER COORDINATION -- WE NEED THAT, DON'T WE? IF THERE'S A PROBLEM THERE, DON'T WE WANT TO HAVE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS INVOLVED IN THIS? YOU KNOW, AND AN EMERGENCY CONTACT LIST OF EACH DATA CENTER. DON'T WE WANT AN EMERGENCY CONTACT LIST, SO THAT WE KNOW WHO TO CONTACT IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THEIR FACILITY? YOU KNOW, THERE'S EVEN MORE IN HERE. I MEAN, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME BASIC RULES, EVERYONE. AND IF YOU DON'T VOTE FOR THOSE RULES, AND THEN YOU'RE PUTTING DISTRICTS 6, AND DISTRICT 4, AND DISTRICT 3, AND DISTRICT 2, ALL OF US THAT ALREADY HAVE SO MANY INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES IN A HUGE HEALTH BIND. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO TELL THEIR CONSTITUENTS WHEN THE RULES ARE THAT THERE ARE NO RULES AND THERE'S A FIRE THERE OR AN EXPLOSION OR SOMETHING? YOU KNOW, YOU CAN VOTE FOR YOUR DISTRICT, BUT YOU'RE AFFECTING YOUR CO-WORKERS' DISTRICTS AS WELL. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO, OPTION B, OPTION C, AT LEAST THERE'S RULES. AND WE AT LEAST NEED THAT AS A BASIC. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: DIANA LÓPEZ. [01:35:07] DIANA LÓPEZ. OKAY. BRANDON MADRID. IS THAT BRANDON? OKAY. AND THEN APILITA AND THEN ELAINE TEMPLE. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR. I AM A COMMUNITY MEMBER OF DISTRICT 6, SO I'M IN RIC GALVAN'S AREA. AND I WAS -- I BASICALLY LEARNED THIS INFORMATION THIS SUMMER. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T -- RIGHT HERE -- SORRY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WASN'T AWARE OF FOR THE LONGEST TIME THAT IT WAS GOING ON IN MY AREA. SO, I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY I DO FEEL THAT THIS INDUSTRY DOES BLATANTLY IGNORE AIR POLLUTION AND NOISE POLLUTION AND LIGHT POLLUTION. IN MY TH AREA WE HAVE ABOUT THRE DATA CENTERS THAT HAVE GONE UP IN THIS TIME. AND I DO THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IN OUR AREA. ONE DATA CENTER IS ACTUALLY TWO STREETS DOWN FROM MY HOUSE. AND WE ALREADY SEE, LIKE, THE LIGHT POLLUTION. AND WE ALREADY ARE HEARING HUMMING IN THE AREA. SO IT'S REALLY ODD THAT I THINK THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF REGULATION THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE. I DO THINK THAT THE MAYOR'S POSTED OPTIONS ARE A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THAT FIRST ONE. ALL TOGETHER I DON'T STAND FOR DATA CENTERS, BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE REGULATION. AND I DO HOPE THAT YOU VOTE WITH OUR COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN -- LOOK OUT FOR OUR PEOPLE. I'VE GROWN UP THERE AND I LIVED THERE MY WHOLE LIFE. SO I'D HATE TO SEE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT THAT IT WILL HAVE OVER THESE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: AVALITA CANTU AND THEN ELAINE TEMPLE AND RANDY NEWMAN. >> GOOD MORNING, I'M AVALITA CANTU, AND SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE TEXAS PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE ALLIANCE OF NURSES FOR HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS. AS A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE AND LONG-TIME SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT, I AM WRITING -- I AM WRITING TO EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE LARGE-SCALE DATA CENTERS IN OUR CITY. AND THE NEED FOR STRONGER GUARDRAILS TO PROTECT HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND THE RESOURCES OF OUR COMMUNITIES. WHILE I RECOGNIZE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH DATA CENTERS, THESE BENEFITS MUST BE WEIGHED CAREFULLY WITH THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH CONSEQUENCES. DATA CENTERS CAN REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER, CONTRIBUTE TO GREENHOUSE GASES, AND THEIR EMISSIONS AND DEPENDING ON THE ENERGY SOURCE USED. BUT ALSO CREATE NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION THROUGH COOLING SYSTEMS AND BACKUP DIESEL GENERATORS. AS SUCH, DATA CENTERS HAVE SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL TO IMPACT PUBLIC HEALTH, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY ARE DEVELOPED IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING DISPARITIES, EXTREME HEAT, AIR POLLUTION, AND WATER SCARCITY. FINDINGS FROM A RECENT STUDY HAVE REVEALED THAT THE GROWING DEMAND FOR A.I. AND COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES IS PROJECTED TO PUSH THE TOTAL ANNUAL PUBLIC HEALTH BURDEN OF THE UNITED STATES UP TO MORE THAN $20 BILLION BY 2028. SO DIESEL BACKUP GENERATORS CAN EMIT FINE P PARTICULATE MATTER D NITROGEN ORK OXYGEN WITH OTHER PROBLEMS. RESEARCHERS ESTIMATED THAT THE ANNUAL HEALTHCARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH CALIFORNIA DATA CENTERS INCREASED THE -- FROM APPROXIMATELY 44.7 MILLION IN 2019 TO $155.4 MILLION IN 2023. WATER INTENSE COOLING SYSTEMS CAN INCREASE COMPETITION FOR LIMITED WATER-BASED SOURCES, PARTICULARLY DURING DROUGHTS. POTENTIALLY AFFECTING WATER AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY. CONTINUOUS NOISE FROM COOLING EQUIPMENT, FANS AND GENERATORS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO SLEEP DISTURBANCES, STRESS, AND REDUCED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE NEARBY. BUT ALSO TO THE WORKERS AT THE FACILITIES. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRICITY GENERATION CAN CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, INCREASING LONG-TERM RISK OF HEALTH-RELATED ILLNESSES AND OTHER CLIMATE SENSITIVE HEALTH CONDITIONS. SO MY ORGANIZATION WOULD EMPHASIZE THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING: EXTREME HEAT AND CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND ADDITIONAL ELECTRICITY MAY INCREASE FOSSIL FUEL GENERATION, AND THEN ASSOCIATED EMISSIONS. [01:40:03] WATER SECURITY -- [BUZZER] -- WATER SECURITY AND, UM, HEALTH EQUITY, COMMUNITY QUALITY OF LIFE. WE URGE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT OPTION B. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, MA'AM. ELAINE TEMPLE. FOLLOWED BY RANDY NEWMAN AND THEN MANDY SPOTIC. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR ORTIZ JONES AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M JUDITH TEMPLE, THE COORDINATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COLLABORATIVE OF SAN ANTONIO AND I'M ALSO A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT 10, MARC WHYTE'S DISTRICT. ECOSA HAS GROWN TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF OVER 46 ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAMS IN OUR CITY. AS A COLLABORATIVE, ECOSA MEMBERS ADDRESS ECOLOGICAL CHALLENGES, PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE GREATER SAN ANTONIO AREA AND IN TEXAS. ECO-SA'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE STORAGESHIP OF THE LAND, WATER AND AIR WHILE ADVOCATING FOR STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND TO PREVENT POLLUTION AND ENSURE HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS FOR PEOPLE, PLANTS AND WILDLIFE IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. I AM HERE TO SAY THAT OUR ECO-SA MEMBERS ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE RAPID PROLIFERATION OF DATA CENTERS IN SAN ANTONIO AND NEARBY RURAL MUNICIPALITIES. THIS IS A DAVID AND GOLIATH FIGHT HERE. A GALLUP POLL IN MAY 2026 FOUND THAT 70% OF AMERICANS OPPOSE BUILDING DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND 48% OF THOSE SAID THEY STRONGLY OPPOSE THEM. YESTERDAY A POLL CAME OUT HERE IN TEXAS THAT SHOWED THAT 80% OF TEXANS WORRY THAT DATA CENTERS WILL STRAIN OUR POWER GRID AND WATER RESOURCES. SO I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK ALL OF YOU SOME QUESTIONS THAT I WANT YOU TO PONDER AS YOU HEAR OUR COMMENTS FROM OUR COLLEAGUES HERE AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS. FIRST OF ALL, HAVE YOU POLLED YOUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT DATA CENTER? HAVE YOU SEEN ANY YARD SIGNS THAT SAYS TO BRING THE DATA CENTERS HERE? HAVE YOU VISITED THE COMMUNITIES LIVING IN THE SHADOWS OF THESE MASSIVE HYPER-SCALE DATA CENTERS AND ASKED THE RESIDENTS HOW THE QUALITY OF LIFE HAS CHANGED SINCE A NEARBY DATA CENTER WAS BUILT? HAVE YOU GOTTEN CLOSE ENOUGH TO HEAR THE CONSTANT HUMMING NOISE THAT YOU HEAR, 24/7, EVEN UP TO A MILE AWAY FROM THE CENTERS. HAVE YOU CONSIDERED HOW MUCH WASTEWATER WILL BE PRODUCED? AND WHAT IS IN IT? AND WHERE WILL IT GO? CAN SAWS WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS SAFELY HANDLE BOTH THE VOLUME AND THE CHEMISTRY OF THE WATER? AND, FINALLY, HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY WILL THESE DATE CENTERS REQUIRE? WHERE WILL THE ENERGY COME FROM? AND WHAT ADDITIONAL GENERATION OR GRID INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE NECESSARY? AND WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR THE INCREASED ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE? THESE ARE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERS AND TRANSPARENCY. THE UNITED STATES CURRENTLY HAS 5,000 DATA CENTERS OF VARYING SIZES. THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. AND THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND BY 9% ANNUALLY THROUGH 2030. [BUZZER] TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO OVERTAKE VIRGINIA AS THE WORLD'S LARGEST DATA CENTER BY 2030. >> MAYOR JONES: YOU CAN SUBMIT THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU, MA'AM. UNLESS THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU YOUR TIME. >> I'M FINE, I DID NOT SEE THAT. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE CONSIDER THESE ISSUES WHEN YOU VOTE TODAY. WE NEED STRONGER ORDINANCES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: NEWMAN. FOLLOWED BY MANDY VESTEK AND THEN JERRY GRABBER. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS RANDY NEWMAN. I COME BEFORE YOU AS THE CHAIR OF THE CREEK ALLIANCE, A STEERING COMMITTEE, AND AS SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES VERY STRONGLY WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY AND FREE ENTERPRISE AND RESPONSIBLE GROWTH AND PREDICTABLE RULES. IT IS PRECISELY FOR THOSE REASONS THAT I SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S COMBINED APPROACH OF BY RIGHT STANDARDS AND SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION. BY-RIGHT REGULATION MAKES SENSE WHEN THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DEVELOPMENT ARE REASONABLY PREDICTABLE. ESTABLISH THE RULES, TELL EVERYONE WHAT THEY ARE, AND WHEN A DEVELOPER MEETS THEM, LET THEM PROCEED. BUT THERE'S A WEAKNESS IN EVERY CHECKLIST. A CHECKLIST CAN TELL US WHETHER EVERY BOX HAS BEEN CHECKED BUT CANNOT NECESSARILY TELL US WHETHER THE OUTCOME IS WISE. FOR NEARLY SIX YEARS, OUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE WASTEWATER PERMIT CONTROVERSY. AND IT'S TAUGHT ME SOMETHING THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE DATA CENTER ISSUE BEFORE YOU TODAY. [01:45:04] WALAHODI HAS SHOWN US WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN WE MISTAKE THE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE FOR STEWARDSHIP. THE AND THE APPLICANT SATISFIED THE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND THE PERMIT WAS APPROVED AND YET SERIOUS CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF DISCHARGING TREATED SEWAGE IN THE WATERSHED AND THE IMPACT ON THE WATER RECHARGING THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. IN THIS CASE THE CHECKLIST SAID YES, BUT THE CHECKLIST WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO ANSWER EVERY QUESTION THAT MATTERED. WE SHOULDN'T MAKE THAT SAME MISTAKE WITH DATA CENTERS. INVESTMENT BUT OUR SUCCESS MAKES THE CUMULATIVE QUESTION MORE IMPORTANT, NOT LESS. WE BELIEVE THAT THESE PROJECTS SHOULD BE EVALUATED AGAINST FOUR PILLARS -- WATER, ELECTRICITY, HEAT AND OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. THINK OF THOSE FOUR PILLARS AS A BRIDGE. SUPPOSE THAT CITY ESTABLISHED A RULE THAT ANY TRUCK BELOW A CERTAIN WEIGHT COULD CROSS THAT BRIDGE BY RIGHT. AND EVERY TRUCK MIGHT COMPLY AND EVERY TRUCK MIGHT BE PERFECTLY LEGAL, BUT AS THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS INCREASES AND THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS CHANGE, THE QUESTION CHANGES. IT'S NO LONGER SIMPLY DOES THIS TRUCK COMPLY -- IT BECOMES CAN THE BRIDGE BEAR THE CO CUMULATIE LOAD. AND ASKING THAT QUESTION IS NOT ANTI-BUSINESS OR ANTI-GROWTH -- IT'S GOOD STEWARDSHIP. AND STEWARDSHIP LOOKS AT THE BRIDGE. AND THAT'S WHY THE MAYOR'S COMBINEDA, APPROACH MAKES PERFECT SENSE. GIVE THE DEVELOPERS CLEAR STANDARDS AND PREDICTABILITY AND WELCOME RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT, BUT PRESERVE SPECIFIC-USE AUTHORIZATION FOR PROJECTS WHOSE SCALE AND LOCATION AND RESOURCES DEMAND, WARRANT, LOOKING BEYOND THE CHECKLIST. BECAUSE SOME THINGS BELONG TO ALL OF US, THE RELIABILITY OF OUR WATER SUPPLY, AND THE RESILIENCE OF OUR ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND THE HEALTH OF THE ENVIRONMENT, AND LIVABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY WE LEAVE TO THOSE TO COME AFTER US. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, SIR, YOU CAN SUBMIT THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD. MANDY SPATEK AND FOLLOWED BY JERRY GRABER AND MARCO GARCIA. >> I AM A PEDIATRIC HOSPITALIST AND SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTH TEXAS ASTHMA COALITION. IN SAN ANTONIO AND ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS, PEDIATRIC ASTHMA ISN'T JUST A STATISTIC. IT IS A DAILY REALITY FOR THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES. IT'S A CHILD MISSING SCHOOL, A PARENT MISSING WORK, OR A YOUNG ATHLETE SITTING ON THE BENCH BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY CAN'T CATCH THEIR BREATH. EVERY CHILD HAS THEIR STORY, AND WE TRY TO UNDERSTAND THIS EVERY TIME THAT WE CARE FOR A CHILD WITH ASTHMA, HOSPITALIZED IN RESPIRATORY DISTRESS. AS OUR CITY GROWS AND BECOMES A HUB FOR DATA CENTERS, WE MUST ASK OURSELVES A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION -- ARE WE PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN'S HEALTH AS FIERCELY AS WE ARE PURSUING ECONOMIC GROWTH? DATA CENTERS BRING ENORMOUS ENERGY DEMANDS. THEY RELY ON HEAVY POWER GENERATION, MASSIVE ARRAYS OF DIESEL BACKUP GENERATORS. WHEN DIESEL BURNS IT PRODUCES FINE PARTICULATE MATTER AND NITROGEN OXIDES REACT TO TEXAS HEAT, CREATE GROUND LEVEL OZONE SMOG, AND AIRBASEINS THAT ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH STANDARDS. THEY PEN TREAT DEEP IN THE LUNGS AND INFLAMMATION STRIKES AND AIRWAYS CONSTRICT AND INDIVIDUALS WITH ASTHMA SUFFER. AIR POLLUTION DOES NOT RESPECT PROPERTY LINES, BUT DISTANCE AND REGULATION GIVE US A SHIELD. I'VE BEEN ON HOME VISITS WITH OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS FROM SA KIDS BREATHE. THERE HAVE BEEN FAR TOO MANY OCCASIONS WHERE I DRIVE UP TO A CHILD'S HOME AND SEE IT SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO A HIGHWAY, DIESEL YARD, OR INDUSTRIAL SITE. AREAS THAT WE KNOW THAT ARE AFFECTING THAT CHILD'S BREATHING, LEADING TO FURTHER ASTHMA EXACERBATIONS AND FURTHER RESPIRATORY DISTRESS. ALLOWING UNMONITORED DATA CENTERS IN NEIGHBORHOODS CREATES THAT EXACT SAME THREAT FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN. THE SOUTH TEXAS ASTHMA COALITION STANDS IN FIRM SUPPORT OF MAYOR ORTIZ JONES ROPOSAL, TO HAVE COMMON SENSE SAFEGUARD AND A THOUSAND FOOT BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN THE DATA CENTERS AND OUR HOMES, SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. KEEP HEAVY LOCALIZED EMISSIONS AWAY FROM GROWING LUNGS. MANDATING ENCLOSED GENERATORS REQUIRING AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND ENFORCING CASE-BY-CASE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION ENSURES THAT HEALTH CONCERNS ARE EVALUATED BEFORE A SINGLE PERMIT IS ISSUED. CLEAN AIR IS NOT NEGOTIABLE AND [01:50:04] WE URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE YES ON MAYOR JONES' PROPOSAL AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT SAN ANTONIO'S DIGITAL FUTURE DOESN'T COME AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR CHILDREN'S LUNGS, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: JERRY GRABER AND MICHAEL GARCIA AND THEN JUAN MOLDANO, THE THIRD. >> HAPPY HALLOWEEN. MY HALLOWEEN SHIRT. [CHUCKLE] GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS JERRY GRABER AND SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW ME, OTHERS MAY NOT. I WORK IN CONSTRUCTION BUT I'M HERE SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, NOT MY EMPLOYER. HERE FOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR SERVING THIS COMMUNITY, I'M NOT A POLITICAL PERSON. I BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU THINK THAT IS RIGHT AND TO HELP YOUR COMMUNITIES. I TRY TO DO THE SAME ON THE COMMUNITIES THAT I'M ON AND AT WORK. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT YOU'RE IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND I'M NOT. YOU END UP GETTING ASKED WHY YOU DID THIS OR WHY YOU DIDN'T DO THAT, AND IT'S TOUGH. I CAN APPRECIATE HOW DIFFICULT THE POSITIONS THAT YOU MUST BE IN. I'M A CARPENTER BY TRADE AND I STARTED IN THE FIELD AND I WORKED MY WAY INTO PROJECT MANAGEMENT. I BUILD FOR A LIVING. AND A BIG PART OF MY JOB IS RISK MANAGEMENT. BUT YOU'RE BUILDERS TOO. YOU'RE IN THOSE CHAIRS MAKING DECISIONS THAT BUILD AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE. WE BOTH HAD TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE MAKE A DECISION, AND SO HERE'S MY QUESTIONS. HAVE WE COMPARED WHAT IT TAKES TO GET A PERMIT APPROVED HERE IN AUSTIN OR DALLAS OR OTHER GROWING CITIES AROUND THE U.S.? HOW MANY STEPS ARE INVOLVED? WHAT CAN STAFF APPROVE AND WHAT NEEDS A CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL. HOW LONG DOES A PERMIT PROCESS TAKE. IN MY WORK THOSE THINGS MATTER. BEFORE WE COMMIT, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS, THE SCHEDULE, AND THE RISKS. BEFORE WE ADD ANOTHER REQUIREMENT THROUGH THIS ORDINANCE, HAVE WE CONSIDERED WHAT VALUE IT ADDS FOR OUR COMMUNITY? AND WHETHER THAT VALUE JUSTIFIES THE ADDITIONAL TIME, COST AND UNCERTAINTIES. WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS SPECIFIC USE ORDINANCE EXPOSE SAN ANTONIO AS A WHOLE TO MORE OR LESS RISK? I'M NOT ASKING US TO LOWER OUR STANDARDS. I'M ASKING WHETHER A CLEAR AND ENFORCEABLE STANDARDS COULD PROVIDE THE SAME PROTECTION WITHOUT THAT ADDITIONAL STEP. THAT'S WHAT I DO ON MY PROJECTS. UNDERSTAND THE RISKS BEFORE MAKING THE COMMITMENTS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. MARCO GARCIA. FOLLOWED BY -- SHOULD BE VERY CLEAR THAT WE HAD A JUAN MULDANO EARLIER, IS THIS THE SAME JUAN MULDANO? THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, THAT'S HIM, OKAY. SO MARCO GARCIA AND THEN FOLLOWED BY LAUREN MENDEL. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PEOPLE. THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION ON DOLORES HUERTA WHO UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY ON MY BIRTHDAY. DOLORES WALKED SO WE COULD ALL RUN AND SO WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO CARRY THE TORCH. I'M HUMBLED TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AND I'M THANKFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. MY NAME IS MARCO GARCIA AND I'M PART OF IBW LOCAL 60 AND AN AUDIO-VISUAL TECHNICIAN. I JOINED THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AND IT'S BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF A BLESSING TO MY FAMILY AND I. FOR SOME PERSPECTIVE, BEFORE JOINING THIS APPRENTICESHIP I HAD TO WORK THREE JOBS AND ONE WAS WORKING CONSTRUCION AND ANOTHER DOING DELIVERY SERVICES AT H-E-B. ALL OF THIS TO JUST BARELY SCRAPE THROUGH. AND I NEVER GOT TO SEE MY FAMILY AND I BARELY HAD TIME FOR THEM BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS OUT JUGGLING JOBS TO GET US BY. AND MY WIFE, THE BRAVE SOUL THAT SHE IS DECIDED TO STAY HOME AND RAISE THE KIDS TO SUPPORT THEM SO THEY COULD HAVE NOTHING SHORT OF A STABLE HOME AND A LOVING FRONT. I'M REALLY PROUD OF HER. MY APPRENTICESHIP HAS GIVEN ME A VERY STRUCTURED PATHWAY TO MOVE UP THE LADDER AND BEING HOME MORE THAN I DID WHEN I WORKED THESE THREE JOBS AND SUPPORT [01:55:04] THEM BETTER. FIRST THINGS FIRST -- IT GAVE ME A SITE TO MASTER AND HOPE BE MY HONE MYCRAFT. AND GOING TO TRADE SCHOOL WHERE I CAN BE EDUCATED ABOUT MY CRAFT AND SURROUNDED BY PEERS WHO WERE VERY EXCEPTIONAL IN RESPECT TO THE TRADE. ALL WITH AMAZING PAY SCALE AND BENEFITS THAT HAVE REALLY PROVIDED A REALITY SO THAT I CAN ACTIVELY BE IN A BETTER SITUATION SO THAT I CAN BE PRESENT IN MY KIDS' LIVES. AND WHEN I SAY THAT AS MY EXPERIENCE HERE AT THE UNION HAS BEEN A BLESSING, I MEAN IT'S BEEN A REAL BLESSING AND NOTHING SHORT OF ONE. NOW I HAVE COMPLETELY I HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHAT GAVE ME A BOOST IN THIS JOURNEY IS THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE DATA CENTERS HAVE PROVIDED. I WILL BE CLEAR THAT THE DATA CENTERS HAVE BEEN VERY CENTRAL IN MY EXPERIENCE AND MY PEERS' EXPERIENCE IN SCHOOL AND A LOT OF TIMES I BRUSH SHOULDERS WITH FOLKS AT UNION HALL AND FIRST THING WE DO IS WHERE WE WORK AT AND IT'S ALWAYS DATA CENTER. AND IT'S PROVIDED ALL OF US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONE OUR CRAFT AND TO PROVIDE TO OUR FAMILIES. AND I ASK THAT WHEN Y'ALL MAKE THESE DELIBERATIONS THAT Y'ALL KEEP US BLUE-COLLAR FOLKS AND OUR FAMILIES IN THE FRONT -- FOREFRONT, BECAUSE OUR LIVELIHOODS ARE GOING TO BE AT STAKE. WE CAN STRIVE TO MAKE COMPROMISES AND SET STANDARDS WITHOUT SACRIFICING ALL OF THE THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND THE VAST OPPORTUNITIES THAT THESE CENTERS PROVIDE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. MUCHO GRACIAS. >> MAYOR JONES: CRYSTAL MULNADO AND FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE DAVIS AND STEPHANIE REYES, PLEASE. >> MAYOR, I HAVE MICHELLE DAVIS UP HERE WITH ME CAN WE SPEAK TOGETHER? >> MAYOR JONES: SURE, YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES TOTAL. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LAUREN MANDEL AND I'M THE PERIOD OF THE SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER OF THE ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS, OR AGC. IN SAN ANTONIO, CONSTRUCTION ISN'T JUST AN INDUSTRY. IT IS PART OF WHO WE ARE. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY BUILD THESE PROJECTS. AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY CREATE FOR SAN ANTONIO FAMILIES. WE ARE CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT OUR CITY'S HIGH POVERTY RATE AND WE SHOULD. BECAUSE AMONG THE 25 LARGEST U.S. METROPOLITAN AREAS, WE RANK AS THE THIRD POOREST. WE SHOULD USE ALL OF THE TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX TO LIFT OUR NEIGHBORS UP. CONSTRUCTION CAREERS ARE A PROVEN WAY TO DO THAT -- STEADY WELL-PAYING JOBS THAT CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKERS TO ADVANCE PROFESSIONALLY AND TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. I'VE HEARD THE ARGUMENT THAT MANY OF THE FOLKS WHO CONSTRUCT DATA CENTERS AREN'T LOCAL TO OUR AREA. IT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. WHEN A DATA CENTER IS BUILT IN SAN ANTONIO, LOCAL CONTRACTORS HIRE LOCAL WORKERS. THE PAYCHECKS ARE SPENT HERE. THE BUSINESSES REINVEST HERE. AND THE WORKERS ARE TRAINED HERE. FOR YOUNG PEOPLE CONSIDERING THEIR FUTURE, THESE PROJECTS SEND AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE -- CONSTRUCTION ISN'T A FALLBACK -- IT'S A FUTURE. AND THAT FUTURE DEPENDS ON A STRONG PIPELINE OF PROJECTS THAT ALLOW OUR INDUSTRY TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN PEOPLE. AS YOU CONSIDER THE ZONING PROPOSALS BEFORE YOU, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP THESE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND COMPANIES IN MIND. WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT AND APPROPRIATE PROTECTIONS FOR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE THAT. BUT REGULATORY DECISIONS ALSO AFFECT THE ABILITY OF LOCAL CONTRACTORS TO PLAN, HIRE, TRAIN AND TO INVEST WITH CONFIDENCE. THEY ALSO AFFECT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHO RELY ON THESE JOBS TO PLAN THEIR FAMILIES' LIVES WITH CONFIDENCE. AND WE SHOULD SAY WHAT REQUIRING A SPECIAL-USE AUTHORIZATION ON EVERY DATA CENTER PROJECT WOULD MEAN -- NONE WOULD EVER GET BUILT. SAN ANTONIO DIDN'T AGREE BY ACCIDENT. IT GREW BECAUSE GENERATIONS OF SKILLED CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SHOWED UP EVERY DAY AND DID DIFFICULT, DEMANDING WORK WITH PRIDE. AND DATA CENTERS MAY BE MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE BUT THEY'RE BUILT WITH THE SAME CRAFTSMANSHIP AND DEDICATION THAT BUILT THIS CITY. THESE JOBS ARE SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU. >> MICHELLE DAVIS, WE REPRESENT THE SHOP. AND I WANT TO ASK EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER -- PLEASE STAND UP. THESE ARE THE FAMILIES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY TODAY'S DECISION. WE SUPPORT THE ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION, AND WE OPPOSE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS THAT DISCOURAGE INVESTMENT AND JOB CREATION. OUR REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PERMIT DATA SHOWS THAT MORE THAN 2.3 BILLION DOLLARS IN DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION [02:00:06] INVESTMENT. IN OVER $51 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAXES IN JUST 2026. THESE PROJECTS CREATE GOOD-PAYING CONSTRUCTION JOBS, SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND GENERATE REVENUE FOR ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES. SAN ANTONIO CANNOT AFFORD TO TURN AWAY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. OUR MEMBERS ARE ALREADY INVESTING IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS OUR GROWING ECONOMY. PLANNED EXPANSIONS, AND IT COULD DRIVE FUTURE INVESTMENT OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY LIMITS. WE CAN PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT SACRIFICING JOBS, INVESTMENT, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. WE URGE TO YOU SUPPORT THE ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND REJECT UNNECESSARY BARRIERS TO DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: STEPHANIE REYES. FOLLOWED BY MITZUKO RAMOS AND THEN STEPHANIE CURRY. STEPHANIE AND MITZUKO AND STEPHANIE. >> MY NAME IS STEPHANIE REYES AND I'M THE PRESIDENT AND C.E.O. OF THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO. AND I'M JOINED BY SOME OF MY RECA LEADERSHIP TODAY. OVER THE PAST YEAR THE CITY HAS WORKED WITH THE STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND PUBLIC DISCUSSION. ON OCTOBER 20TH, THE ZONING COMMISSION VOTED 8-IS IN FAVOR E CLEAR STANDARDS FOR DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT. THE RECOMMENDATION ALLOWS THE DATA CENTERS BY RIGHT IN HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS AND REQUIRES SPECIAL USE AUTHORIZATION IN C-3 COMMERCIAL AND DISTRICTS AND HAS A SEPARATION FROM CERTAIN OTHER USES. STRENGTHENS LIGHTING AND NOISE AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS. ONE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT PROVISION IS THE LANGUAGE PROTECTING THE EXISTING DATA CENTERS THAT MAY BECOME NON-CONFORMING UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS. THIS LANGUAGE PROVIDES CRITICAL CLARITY AND PROTECTS THE EXISTING PROPERTY RIGHTS AND INVESTMENTS. FACILITIES WERE DEVELOPED. WITHOUT IT THE BUSINESSES COULD FACE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO CONTINUE OPERATING, POTENTIALLY UNDERMINING INVESTMENT AND CONFIDENCE IN SAN ANTONIO'S REGULATORY PROCESS. AND NOT TO MENTION THOSE EMPLOYEES HERE TODAY QUESTIONS WHETHER THEY'LL HAVE A JOB. OUR POSITION IS STRAIGHTFORWARD, SAN ANTONIO NEEDS REGULATIONS TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES WHILE PROVIDING CERTAINTY FOR BUSINESSES AND PROPERTY OWNERS. WE BELIEVE THAT THE ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION STRIKES A REASONABLE BALANCE. THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY DEPENDS ON CLEAR, CONSISTENT AND PREDICTABLE RULES. AND WHEN REGULATIONS CHANGE, OR REMAIN UNCERTAIN, IT AFFECTS THE DECISIONS AND DEVELOPMENT TIMELINES AND OUR ABILITY TO COMPETE WITH OTHER CITIES FOR JOBS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. WE ALSO NEED TO RECOGNIZE LIKE SMICIAL SAID THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS INDUSTRY. DATA CENTERS IN SAN ANTONIO REPRESENT MORE THAN $2.3 BILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT AND OVER $51 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IN 2026 ALONE AND THAT'S ONLY PART OF THE PICTURE. WHEN FACTORING IN THE 14% CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND FROM CPS ENERGY, THE OVERALL FISCAL IMPACT IS EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT. RECAS RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING THE QUALITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS BUT WE ALSO MUST BE MINDFUL FOR THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES. AND THE ZONING COMMISSION HAS DONE THE WORK, CONSIDERED THE CONCERNS AND PUT FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION THAT PROVIDES A PATH FORWARD. WE BELIEVE THAT CITY COUNCIL SHOULD GIVE THAT RECOMMENDATION SERIOUS CONSIDERATION AND PRESERVE THE BALANCE AND ON BEHALF OF RECA I ASK TO APPROVE THE ZONING COMMISSIONARY RECOMMENDATION. COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: RAMOS. >> I AM GIVING MY TIME TO BILL COFFMAN. >> MAYOR JONES: BILL COFFMAN. OKAY. I DON'T SEE HIM. I DON'T SEE BILL COFFMAN ON THE LIST. WHAT NUMBER IS HERE? NUMBER 41. GOT IT. OKAY. PLEASE, YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES. SIR, YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES. >> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I'LL TRY TO BE SUCCINCT AND YOU HAVE HEARD A LOT OF THIS OVER AND OVER BUT THE PASSIONS RUN HIGH NATURALLY AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE HEARING ALL OF IT. I'M ALWAYS AMUSED SOMEWHAT WHEN PEOPLE HAVE ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT I'D WISH THEY WOULD ASK US AND WE COULD ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AND IT WOULD BE HEALTHIER FOR ALL OF US. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK COUPLE FOR THE NUMEROUS MEETINGS THAT YOU HAD AND THE B SESSIONS THAT YOU'VE HAD AND EVERYBODY HAS WORKED VERY, VERY HARD. I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF, LOGAN [02:05:05] AND HIS TEAM FOR ALL THEY DID, NUMEROUS -- AND THEN THANK THE ZONING COMMISSION. THEY WERE VERY THOUGHTFUL. THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ZONING COMMISSION WAS A COMPROMISE. THERE WAS ONE VOTE THAT DIDN'T GET SIX AND THEY HAD TO REACH A COMPROMISE. THE DATA CENTERS DON'T LIKE AT ALL. AND I REPRESENT THE ENERGY FOR ALLIANCE, A GROUP OF LARGE CPS CUSTOMERS. AND WE WOULD PREFER SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT IT WAS A COMPROMISE. AND IT WAS MEANINGFUL BECAUSE THE ZONING COMMISSION IS MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM EVERY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT. SO WE HEARD IT ALL. THERE'S LOTS TO AGREE ON. THERE'S AGREEMENT THAT WE NEED MORE GUARDRAILS. THANKS TO THE COUNCILMAN GALVAN FOR INITIATING ALL OF THIS AND THAT'S BEEN VERY HEALTHY. WE AGREE THAT THEY NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB SUPPRESSING NOISE. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. AND THEY NEED -- WE AGREED THAT DATA CENTERS NEED TO CONSUME LESS WATER AND MANY OF THEM ARE, WHICH YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT SHORTLY. AND WE AGREE THAT SOME TYPE OF RESTRRESTRICTIONS ON WHERE THEY, AND THE TYPE OF DISTANCE OUGHT TO BE INCORPORATED. I THINK THAT THE ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION DOES THIS. NOW YOU'RE GOVERNED BY THE PRINCIPLES THAT A CITY IN ADOPTING REGULATIONS, UM, CAN'T BE ARBITRARY CAPRICIOUS OR UNREASONABLE OR CONSTITUTE CLEAR ABUSE OF DISCRETION. SO THE TEST THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH IS OF ALL OF THESE PROPOSALS, WHAT IS REASONABLE AND FAIR. AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE YOUR TEST. NOW QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE HERE? AND THE REASON THAT WE ARE HERE HERE -- THE AVERAGE HOME TODAY CONTAINS 21 DEVICES HOOKED UP TO THE INTERNET. Y'ALL HAVE IPHONES AND DESK TOPS AND MUSIC SYSTEMS AND THE LIKE. THAT IS GROWING. NOW TODAY YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS, YOUR BANKING RECORDS, ONLINE SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS, IS ALL DONE OVER THE INTERNET. AND THAT IS INCREASING. REGARDLESS OF YOUR ACTIONS TODAY, THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE. AS FAR AS WATER CONSUMPTION, YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS, WHICH ARE DOING A DRAMATIC CHANGE. WHEN WE STARTED THIS, THE -- SOME OF THE INFORMATION OUT THERE WAS THAT DATA CENTERS WERE USING MILLIONS OF GALLONS A DAY AND THAT TURNED OUT TO BE NO LONGER TRUE. AND THOSE ON A CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM OR SOME OTHER SYSTEM ARE USING VERY LITTLE. SAWS AND CPS HAVE BOTH SAID THAT WE HAVE TO SERVE, WE'RE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT IT AND ERCOT CONTROLS IT AND NO ONE CAN BUILD A DATA CENTER, MUCH LESS ANY OTHER BUILDING, WITHOUT GETTING A UTILITY SERVICE AGREEMENT FROM SAWS OR CPS. AND THEN ULTIMATELY FOR CPS IT'S CONTROLLED BY ERCOT. SO NO ONE WILL TAKE ALL OF THE ENERGY AND THERE MAY BE A LONG QUEUE LINE AND YOU MAY WAIT YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS TO GET IT, BUT YOU'LL EVENTUALLY GET IT ONCE THEY HAVE IT TO GIVE. NOW OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO CONSENSUS, AT LEAST THERE WASN'T LEADING UP TO TODAY, BECAUSE YOU HAD TWO STAFF PROPOSALS. YOU HAD THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL AND I HEARD THAT SHE MAY HAVE SOME TWEAKS TO THAT. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS. SO THERE'S LOTS TO CHOOSE FROM. AND I THINK THAT IN ALL OF THE ZONING COMMISSION, IT'S MOST BALANCED BECAUSE IT DID WHAT IT SHOULD DO -- SERVE A BALANCE BETWEEN VARIOUS NEEDS. THERE'S SOME IN THE INDUSTRY THAT THINK THAT IT GOES TOO FAR STILL, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE OPTICS OF ALL OF THIS. WE'VE TAKEN PEOPLE ON TOURS. WE TOOK THE ZONING COMMISSION AND STAFF ON TOURS OF A DATA CENTER. AND THEY HEARD DIRECTLY ABOUT THE NOISE, THEY COULD LISTEN TO THE NOISE, AND REACH CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE LEVEL. WHICH IN ALL CASES WAS VERY SMALL. WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU ARE RESTRICTING AND REQUIRING SPECIAL USE AUTHORIZATION IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES. IF IT GOES ANYWHERE, IT'S INDUSTRIAL. AND THERE ARE NO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED. ALL THE ARGUMENTS ARE THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOODS -- THERE ARE NO NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE'S ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL USE NEXT DOOR. SO I THINK IT GOES TOO FAR WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE OPTIONS THAT REQUIRE SPECIAL USE AUTHORIZATION FOR AN INDUSTRIAL. AND AS ONE OF THE EARLIER SPEAKERS SAID, WE HAVE ZERO CONFIDENCE THAT WITH SUA THAT YOU WILL EVER GET A REASONABLE SOLUTION. IT'S JUST A BLANK CANVAS. WHAT DO YOU WANT? I WANT THEM A MILE AWAY AND I WANT THEM 10-FEET TALL AND I WANT THEM ONLY OPERATING IN THE DAYTIME AND NOT AT NIGHT. ALL OF WHICH ARE BREAKERS. SO IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD FORMULA. [02:10:04] SO WHAT WILL DATA CENTERS DO? SOMEONE ELSE SUGGESTED THEY'LL JUST WALK ACROSS THE STREET AND GET INTO THE COUNTY. THEY'RE ALREADY MOVING TO ME TOA COUNTY AND MEDINA COUNTY IS SITTING THERE AND WATCHING THIS AND SAYING WE'RE GOING TO MAKE OUT LIKE BANDITS. THEY'LL SEND ALL OF THE DATA CENTERS TO US AND WE'LL MAKE ALL OF THE TAX REVENUE, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT. BUT THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE CITY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU -- YOU'VE BEEN WEARING THE HAT OF REGULATOR, AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE REGULATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO ALSO TO BE A COLLABORATOR. YOU CLEARLY HAVE BENEFITS FROM DATA CENTERS. [BUZZER] AND WE ASK YOU THAT YOU CAN DO BOTH. YOU CAN BE A REGULATOR AND YOU CAN BE A COLLABORATOR AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. BRANDON CURRY. [APPLAUSE] FOLLOWED BY MASON WATIAS AND KATE, PLEASE COME TO THE CENTER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS BRANDON MICHAEL CURRY AND I BW, LOCAL 60. AND I HAVE WORKED ON TWO DATA CENTERS AND I'M CURRENTLY ON THE AIRPORT PROJECT. AND WE SAW YOU EARLIER THIS MONTH, MAYOR GINA, NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. IF A.I. AND DATA CENTERS ARE THE FUTURE, THEY SHOULD NOT BE BUILT LIKE A FAD. I IMPLORE YOU TO NOT STOP CONSTRUCTION BUT FIND A WAY TO SUSTAINABLY AND TO SUCCESSFULLY CONTINUE. THE PROPOSALS LAID OUT TODAY SOUND LIKE YOU'RE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY AND THAT'S ENCOURAGING. I SUPPORT CONTINUING CONSTRUCTION AND COMMON SENSE REGULATION AND I LIKE THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL THE BEST. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE LEADERS IN REGULATION. IF WE MAKE REGULATIONS THAT FORCE COMPANIES TO BUILD TO ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND HAVE SUSTAINABLE MODELS, WE CREATE JOBS, RATHER THAN LOSE THEM. WE CAN OPTIMIZE ON THE DESIRES OF THE POWERFUL WHO WANT TO BE HERE AND SPREAD THE WEALTH. IF THE CITY RESOLVES ITSELF TO BUILD SOMETHING EXTRA GOOD THAT INCREASES THE NEED FOR WORKERS AND SKILLED PLANNERS AND INCREASES EMPLOYMENT. SENSIBLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS REGULATIONS ACTUALLY CREATE JOBS AND COMPLIANCE IMPLEMENTATION AND LABOR SECTORS. YES, IT IS AN INDIRECT WEALTH TAX AND, YES, THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY IT. THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM TAXES AND I THINK THAT IS AN IMPLIED MANDATE TO ASK MORE OF THEM WITH YOUR GOVERNING AUTHORITY, AND THEREFORE TO GAIN MORE FOR YOUR LAND AND PEOPLE AND ALL OF OUR LEGACIES THROUGH THEIR WEALTH RESIDING IN OUR CITY. WE LIVE IN AN INCREDIBLE AREA WITH THIS LAND AND ITS AQUIFER. AND DATA CENTERS WANT ACCESS WITH PRIVILEGE AND QUICKLY WITH NO RESISTANCE TO THE POINT THAT IT DISENFRANCHISES OTHERS, BUT SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES AND COMMON SENSE REGULATIONS CAN MITIGATE THAT. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE GOOD LIVING FOR OUR WORKERS. WE WANT TO DO THE WORK A EARN TE PAYCHECK TO PROVIDE FOR OUR FAMILIES BUT NOT AT THE COST OF SAG SACRIFICING OUR KIDS' FUTURES AND BEAUTIFUL LAND. REQUIRE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND MANDATE IT FOR THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE THAT HELPS THE ENVIRONMENT AND MAKES JOBS AND LEAVES A FUTURE. SAN ANTONIO UNION LABOR AND SAN ANTONIO WORKERS ARE READY AND WILLING TO DO THE WORK. PLEASE BUILD MORE POWER PLANTS. AND THE ANSWER TO MUCH OF THE UNDESIRABLE POLLUTION IS RIGHT THERE. SUSTAINABLE POWER GENERATION LIKE SOLAR, WIND, HYDRO, AND STERLING ENGINES AND WHY NOT COMBINE SUSTAINABILITY WITH THIS GROWTH? AS AN ELECTRICIAN I FEEL THE NEED TO MAKE MORE POWER FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS AND I ASK, ARE WE GOING TO MAKE IT CLEAN OR MAKE IT DIRTY? WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE PIONEERS WITH LOWER IMPACT THAN ANYONE ELSE. IMAGINE IF THERE'S SOLAR PANEL ON EVERY HOUSE ROOF AND OVER EVERY PARKING SPOT TO SHADE YOUR CAR, BY THE WAY, THAT IS A DOUBLE BONUS. AND IF WE HARNESS THE ENERGY HERE. WE SHOULD BE PIONEERS IN SOLAR AT THE VERY LEAST GIVEN THE TEXAS SUN AND NUCLEAR PLANTS ARE A GOOD OPTION TOO. IT'S HIGH TIME TO HAVE ANOTHER IN THE AREA. THE TIMELINES ARE THE PROBLEM. WE ARE CUTTING REGULATORY CORNERS TO MEET UNREALISTIC DEADLINES. LET'S BUILD A FUTURE OF SOLUTIONS AND THE ESSENCE OF COMPROMISE IS WHEN BOTH SIDES ARE UPSET. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO UPSET BOTH THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND THE CORPORATIONS BY PASSING COMMON SENSE PRO-HUMAN AND PRO-WORKER REGULATIONS. LET'S CREATE POWER AND OPERATE CLEAN AND SET UP SAN ANTONIO FOR GENERATIONAL SUCCESS. THANK YOU. [BUZZER] >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, BRANDON. MASON WATTIS. MASON? >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I AM MASON WATTIS AND I AM A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT 7. I AM A UNION ELECTRICIAN IN SAN ANTONIO AND I'M HERE BECAUSE THE DATA CENTER PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME TO OUR CITY HAVE GIVEN ME AND A LOT OF OTHER TRADESPEOPLE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN THESE PROJECTS, WHERE IT COULD BE STOPPING THE DATA CENTER BUILDOUT CHANGED THAT FOR ME. IT BROUGHT STEADY WORK AND A CHANCE TO KEEP BUILDING A CAREER INSTEAD OF PIECING TOGETHER SHORT JOBS. FOR MANY OF US IN THE ELECTRICAL TRADE AND FOR THE APPRENTICES COMING UP BEHIND US, THIS WORK HAS MEANT STABILITY, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE FOUND ELSEWHERE. [02:15:07] THESE ARE LOCAL JOBS, DONE BY LOCAL HANDS UNDER UNION STANDARDS. I HEAR THE CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT NOISE, WATER USE, POWER DEMAND AND HOW TO CLOSE THESE FACILITIES SIT TO HOMES AND SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS. THOSE CONCERNS ARE REAL AND I SUPPORT STRONG CLEAR RULES THAT PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, BUFFERS AND LANDSCAPING AND SETBACKS AND KEEPING THESE FACILITIES OUT OF THE RE-CHARGE ZONES MAKES SENSE. NOBODY WANTS PROJECTS THAT IGNORE THE COMMUNITY. WHAT WORRIES ME IS THE SYSTEM WHERE EVERY SINGLE PROJECT HAS TO FIGHT THROUGH AND IN A CASE-BY-CASE POLITICAL PROCESS WITH NO CLEAR PATH FORWARD. WHEN THE STANDARDS ARE WRITTEN DOWN AND PROJECTS THAT MEET THEM CAN MOVE AHEAD IN THE RIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ZONES. COMPANIES CAN PLAN, CONTRACTORS CAN HIRE AND WORKING PEOPLE CAN COUNT ON THE WORK. AND EVERY PROJECT BECOMES A SEPARATE POLITICAL BATTLE, INVESTMENT SLOWS DOWN AND TIMELINES STRETCH OUT, AND THE JOBS THAT SUPPORT FAMILIES START TO DRY UP. SAN ANTONIO CAN PROTECT ITS PEOPLE AND ITS RESOURCES WITHOUT CLOSING THE DOOR ON THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THESE PROJECTS HAVE CREATED. I ASK YOU TO PUT STRONG AND ENFORCEABLE STANDARDS IN PLACE, BUFFERS AND AQUIFER PROTECTIONS AND SITE REQUIREMENTS, WHILE ALLOWS PROJECTS THAT MEET THOSE STANDARDS TO PROCEED BY RIGHT IN APPROPRIATE ZONES THAT APPROACH, GIVES RESIDENTS THE SAFEGUARDS THEY DESERVE, AND GIVES THE WORKING PEOPLE LIKE ME A FAIR SHOT AT THE JOBS THAT COME WITH RESPONSIBLE GROWTH. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS CAT GALVIO, AND ALABELO CHAVEZ AND MICHAEL PENA. I'M SORRY, IS GRASIA ON THE LIST? YOU WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES. YOU MAY BEGIN. >> OKAY. MAYOR JONES AND COUNCILMEMBERS, I TOO SUPPORT THE HONORING OF THE DOLORES HUERTA WHO WAS DEFINITELY A LABOR ACTIVIST AND ORGANIZER NON PAR AND SHE IS ALSO AN ENVIRONMENTALIST AND SHE WOULD BE WITH US TODAY, SPEAKING FOR FURTHER DEMANDS ON DATA CENTERS. HERE WE ARE AGAIN, COMMUNITY MEMBERS STANDING BEFORE YOU ASK YOU TO LISTEN AS THIS CRITICAL ISSUE OF DATA CENTER EXPANSION COMES BEFORE COUNCIL. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY RESIDENTS ARE LEFT WITH THE IMPRESSION THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE UP YOUR MINDS, INFLUENCED BY MEETINGS WITH INDUSTRY LOBBYISTS, INCLUDING PEOPLE LIKE BILL COFFMAN AND REPRESENTS OF DATA CENTER COMPANIES SEEKING TO EXPAND ACROSS SAN ANTONIO AND OTHER COMMUNITIES. YOU HAVE HEARD HIS THREAT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ANOTHER COUNTY. THESE COMPANIES ARE PURSUING VAST AMOUNTS OF LAND WITHOUT THE STRONG OVERSIGHT AND MEANINGFUL SAFEGUARDS THAT OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE, THAT YOU DESERVE. BUT LET ME BE CLEAR: DATA CENTER EXPANSION IS ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES FACING OUR CITY. ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM, REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, AND EVERYBODY IN BETWEEN, PEOPLE ARE RAISING SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE FACILITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. SAN ANTONIO MUST NOT IGNORE THOSE WARNINGS. WE ASK YOU TO RESPECT THE RESIDENTS THAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO REPRESENT AND TO TAKE THE CONCERNS SERIOUSLY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN RIC GALVAN FOR LISTENING TO THE HUNDREDS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING AND EXPERIENCING THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING THOSE DATA CENTERS IN YOUR BACKYARD. AND THANK YOU ALSO TO COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ALSO SUPPORTED HIS CCR AND WHO HAVE ALSO CONTINUED THIS CONVERSATION TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN AROUND THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF THESE DATA CENTERS. YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH. WHEN YOU HAVE DOCTORS TALKING ABOUT ASTHMA AND YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, NURSES SPEAKING ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU DEPENDED ON IN THE PAST TO WORK WITH YOU AROUND HEALTH ISSUES FOR SAN ANTONIO. AND SAN ANTONIO ESPECIALLY THE DISTRICTS IN THE SOUTHSIDE AND THE WEST SIDE SUFFER THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF HEALTH PROBLEMS. AND WE CANNOT ADD TO THAT HEALTH BURDEN. WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THE PEOPLES IN DISTRICTS 1 THROUGH 6, YOU KNOW, 1 THROUGH 7, AND 8 -- EVERYBODY, IT'S A VERY UNHEALTHY CITY AND WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT UNHEALTHIER. AND FOR SOME OF US WHO LIVE 20 YEARS LESS THAN OTHER DISTRICTS IN THIS CITY. SO LET'S STOP THAT. [02:20:03] AND, AGAIN, WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK BACK AT OUR HISTORY AND WE THINK ABOUT KELLY AIR FORCE BASE. YOU KNOW, DEANA LÓPEZ IS NOT HERE BECAUSE SHE'S DOING A TOXIC TOUR AROUND THAT SAME AREA. AND TALK ABOUT FRACKING AND THOSE ARE THE JOBS AND WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF FRACK SOMETHING WE HAVE NUCLEAR JOBS AND WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES AROUND HEALTH AND LET'S NOT JUST SAY THAT IT'S A JOB, IT'S A JOB, AND THERE'S CONSEQUENCES TO OUR HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT. AND WE SHOULD NOT CHOOSE BETWEEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- SORRY, I'M TRYING TO EDIT MYSELF -- DATA CENTERS ALSO CONSUME VALUABLE LAND AND THREATEN THE GREEN SPACES THAT MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS LIVABLE. FACILITIES OCCUPYING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SQUARE FEET -- 300,000, 350,000 SQUARE FEET -- TRANSFORM ENTIRE AREAS, DISPLAY NATURAL LANDSCAPES AND DIMINISH OPPORTUNITIES TO PRESERVE OPEN SPACE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. DEVELOPMENT MUST COME WITH RESPONSIBILITY. AND AT A MINIMUM, DEVELOPERS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO ADDRESS THE LOSS OF GREEN SPACE, MINIMIZE THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE AND DEMONSTRATE HOW THEIR PROJECTS WILL PROTECT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. TRANSPARENCY AND MEANINGFUL COMMUNITIES' PARTICIPATIONS ARE EQUALLY ESSENTIAL. WE DIDN'T EVEN -- MOST OF US DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE FOUR MEETINGS THAT WERE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION WHERE WE ARE -- THAT WE'RE GETTING TO TODAY. SO IF WE DON'T KNOW, AND IF THE JUSTICE CENTER DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THESE FOUR MEETINGS -- THERE'S LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. THERE'S A LACK OF REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITY TO REALLY GET PEOPLE OUT TO THESE MEETINGS, TO REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES. SO LET'S -- LET'S -- LET'S MAKE NOTIFICATIONS EVEN MORE DEMANDING AND LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD. BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SUFFER THE MOST. AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED THAT, UM -- THE COUNCILMEMBERS SAYING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO INCREASE TAXES AND WE DON'T WANT TO INCREASE TAXES AND WE DON'T WANT TO INCREASE TAXES -- BUT THIS -- BY ALL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT'S GOING TO BE USED, THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY THAT'S GOING TO BE USED, WE ALREADY KNOW AND WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD THAT THE UTILITY BILLS ARE GOING TO GO UP. YOU HAVE ALL WORKED AGAINST RAISING THAT AND WE THANK YOU FOR VOTING AGAINST THE INCREASED UTILITY BILLS. YOU ALSO VOTED AGAINST TAXES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. BUT THEN THIS SORT OF DATA CENTER IS GOING TO INCREASE IT. SO WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? LET'S BE CLEAR. SO LET'S -- LET'S DO MORE -- THIS IS MORE THAN ZONING REGULATION. THIS IS ABOUT HEALTH. IT IS ABOUT UTILITY BILLS. AND IT IS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT. AND IT IS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE NEXT GENERATION. YOU HAVE A CHOICE. YOU CAN ADOPT A LESS PROTECTIVE APPROACH THAT LEAVES OUR COMMUNITIES VULNERABLE. OR YOU CAN ESTABLISH STRONGER SAFEGUARDS THAT PUT HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND AFFORDABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION FIRST. AND WE URGE YOU TO REJECT THE LESS PROTECTIVE OPTION THAT ZONING HAS PUT FORTH AND TO ADOPT STRONGER REGULATIONS THAT HOLD DATA CENTER DEVELOPERS ACCOUNTABLE AND PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO AND MOTHER EARTH. AND BLESS TEXAS. >> MAYOR JONES: AUDABELA CHAVEZ, SHE'S NOT HERE. OKAY. MICHAEL PENA. FOLLOWED BY ADRIAN SHELLY AND. PLEASE LINE UP, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. TO MY FELLOW S FELL SAN ANTONIAD FROM THOSE WHO TOOK TIME TO00 HERE. I AM MICHAEL PENA AND I'M WITH LOCAL 60 HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. A FOUNDING MEMBER AND STILL THE PRESIDENT OF LOCAL 60 MINORITY CAUCUS AND THE SECRETARY FOR THE LOCAL BOARD AND SITTING MEMBER OF THE RED WORK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ETC., ETC. AND MY FAMILY LOVES WHEN I DO THAT. AND THE POINT OF ALL OF THIS BEING THAT I LOVE MY UNION AND I LOVE MY CITY. AND I'M LEAVING STRAIGHT FROM HERE TO PICK UP NEW GAL AND MY 2-YEAR-OLD TO GO TO VOTE EARLY. DO IT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. I AM HERE TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE REGARDING DATA CENTERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND I'VE ACTUALLY LOOKED OVER THE DOCUMENTS AND THE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT GO SO FAR AS TO DISTINGUISH THE DIFFERENCE FROM A DATA CENTER OR AN ID FOR AND/OR A DANCE HALL. AND I AM NO EXPERT IN CITY PLANNING AND THE LEGAL JARGON BEHIND THESE CHANGES OR THE CLOSED LOOP COOLING SYSTEM FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM MY BASIC OF KNOWLEDGE DOES NOT WASTE AS MUCH WATER AS WE HAVE BEEN LED TO BELIEVE. WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT AS A UNION MEMBER OF GOING ON ALMOST 17 YEARS IS THAT WHAT THESE DATA CENTERS BUILDS HAVE DONE FOR MY FAMILY AND THE TRADE AS WHOLE, NOT JUST THE UNIONS BUT OUR [02:25:03] UNORGANIZED COUNTERPARTS EVEN, IN THE PAST SIX YEARS I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN JOBS AROUND SEVEN TO EIGHT NEW BUILDS AND 11 OVERALL IF YOU INCLUDE MAINTENANCE. I HAD APPRENTICES. THAT MEANS GET LICENSED AND FINISH THEIR APPRENTICESHIP AND THEIR PROGRAM. THEY MOVED ON TO EITHER RUN THEIR OWN JOBS AND TEACHING A NEW BATCH OF APPRENTICES AND TAKING ON THOSE SKILLS AND PASSING THEM ALONG. THEY'VE EITHER MOVED UP IN MANAGEMENT OR TAKEN THEIR SKILLS ON THE ROAD TO SEEK BETTER OPPORTUNITIES. NOW AS YOU HAVE HEARD MANY OF MY EXTENDED FAMILY SPEAK BEFORE ME, THESE OPPORTUNITIES HAVE QUITE LITERALLY CHANGED LIVES. NOW SPEAKING JUST FOR LOCAL 60, WE HAVE SEEN OUR MEMBERSHIP NEARLY DOUBLE, I AM PRETTY SURE THAT YOU HEARD THAT EARLIER. FROM THE TIME THAT SHE JOBS STARTED WE ARE PROUDLY AROUND 3600 MEMBERS AND THAT'S 3,6030 WITH HEALTH BENEFITS AND RETIREMENT. AND OUR UNORGANIZED COUNTERPARTS HAVE TO TRY TO MATCH THAT SO WE'RE ELEVATING THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE. WE ARE NOW MOVING INTO A NEGOTIATING CYCLE WHERE WE DISCUSS THE UPCOMING JOB OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND ARGUING FOR MORE COMPETITIVE WAGE AND HOPEFULLY BETTER BENEFITS. THE UNCERTAINTY OF HOW THESE CHANGES WILL AFFECT OUR JOBS DOWN THE LINE, MONTHS OR PERHAPS EVEN YEARS FROM NOW, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO UNDERCUT OUR ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY TO BARGAIN. IF WE CANNOT BARGAIN FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH WE RUN THE RISK OF LOSING COMPETENT AND QUALIFIED TRADES FOLK TO OTHER AREAS IN TEXAS AND AROUND THE COUNTRY, WILLING TO PAY HIGHER WAGES AND BENEFITS. MOST OF WHICH ARE ACTUALLY STILL BUILDING DATA CENTERS. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL HURT FOR THIS WHEN THE EXPANSION TO THE HEMISPHERE BUILDOUT AND THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE ALAMO DOME AND TOYOTA PLANT, ETC., WHEN WE NEED THOSE QUALIFIED PEOPLE. ANYHOO, WE ALWAYS STOOD WITH YOU AND PLEASE STAND WITH US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. ADRIAN SHELLY. [APPLAUSE] FOLLOWED BY JOSÉ RAMIREZ. AND THEN RACHEL HAINES. >> THANK YOU, I'D LIKE TO DONATE MY TIME TO DEE DEE BOLMAROS. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY, DONATING IT. YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES, MA'AM. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR, DEE DEE BOLMADOS WITH PUBLIC CITIZEN. PUBLIC CITIZEN IS A NON-PROFIT CONSUMER ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION THAT CHAMPIONS THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE HALLS OF POWER. WE DEFEND DEMOCRACY, RESIST CORPORATE POWER AND FIGHT TO ENSURE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT BIG CORPORATIONS, LIKE DATA CENTERS. COUNCILMAN GALVAN, YOU INHERITED PROBABLY THE MOST PRESSING AND HEATED ISSUE OF THE DAY -- DATA CENTERS. THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND AS WE'VE SEEN FROM COUNCILWOMAN'S SURVEY OF THE DISTRICT, PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. 81% OF THE DISTRICT 3 RESIDENTS SURVEYED SAY THEY DON'T WANT DATA CENTERS. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND RESPONDING TO THEIR CONCERNS AND BRINGING THEM TO COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR ATTEMPTING TO IMPLEMENT A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS AS WELL. SINCE MAY, PUBLIC CITIZEN HAS WORKED WITH SOUTHWEST WORKERS' UNION TO TALK TO DISTRICT 6 CONSTITUENTS ABOUT TWO HEARINGS -- PUBLIC HEARINGS, WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL EQUALITY. AND APAIRED FOR AN AIR MITT WITH THE TCQ AND WE KNOCKED ON 4,000 DOORS? DISTRICT 6. IN DISTRICT 6. WE WANTED TO TELL THEM THE THREAT THAT DATA CENTERS BECAUSE THEY USE DIRTY DIESEL BACKUP GENERATORS. THIS WAS THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY FOR NEIGHBORS TO EXPRESS THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE DATA CENTER. AND IN MAY, OVER 100 CONCERNED CITIZENS SHOWED UP TO THAT MEETING AND MANY OF THEM GAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SECOND TCQ HEARING FOR ANOTHER DATA CENTER, BUT THAT MEETING WAS ABRUPTLY CANCELLED. WHILE CANVASSING D6, WE HEARD FROM NEIGHBORS THAT WERE CONCERNED THAT THE DATA CENTER WAS BEING BUILT LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN COUNCILMEMBERS MENTIONED THEY WERE GOING TO GO TO VISIT A DATA CENTER, WITH THE LOBBYISTS, I'D ASK THEM INSTEAD TO GO VISIT THE NEIGHBORS LIVING NEAR THEM. HAVE ANY COUNCILMEMBERS VISITED THE DATA CENTER OFF OMOCRON? THE MAYOR DID THE OTHER DAY. WHERE THERE WILL BE 85 DIESEL GENERATORS ON SITE, ALONG WITH A 200 MEGAWATT GAS-POWERED PLANT. ACROSS THE STREET FROM A COMMUNITY POOL, AND ACROSS THE STREET FROM A PLAYGROUND. WHERE PARENTS TAKE THEIR KIDS TO PLAY AND SWIM. BIG MONEY -- BIG TECH DATA CENTERS WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR, WHAT THEY WANT TO YOU HEAR. NEIGHBORS LIVING NEAR THE DATA CENTERS WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO HEAR AND THEY DESERVE TO BE HEARD. IN OTHER AREAS OF DISTRICT 6, NEIGHBORS COMPLAINED ABOUT EXCESSIVE LIGHTING AND ANNOYING HUMMING NOISE THEY HEARD DAY IN AND DAY OUT. AND OTHERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT WATER AND ENERGY USE. AND THEY SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT POWER. THE AMOUNT OF GIGA WATERS COMING GIGAWATTS ISUNSUSTAINABLE. [02:30:05] BUT WE'RE TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN CPS ENERGY ASKS FOR ANOTHER RATE HIKE IN 2027. BUT WHEN WE HEARD THE MOST FROM NEIGHBORS BESIDES THEY DON'T WANT DATA CENTERS IS THAT WE NEVER KNEW THAT THE DATA CENTER WAS BEING BUILT AND WE NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT WE DON'T WANT IT HERE. COUNCILMAN GALVAN, MORE THAN ANYONE, HAS HAD TO ANSWER THOSE CONCERNS AND ANGER AND FRUSTRATION FROM CONSTITUENTS. PUBLIC CITIZENS AND THE GREATER EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY HELD A TOWN HALL WITH GALVAN TWO WEEKS AGO AND ALMOST EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED SHARED THE SAME THING -- WE DON'T WANT THEM, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SAY IN THE PROJECT, AND PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE A SAY GOING FORWARD. SO IT'S CRUCIAL THAT THE COUNCIL VOTES YES TO OPTION 2. AND DATA CENTERS WILL BE BUILT IN DISTRICTS BESIDES 6 AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS MUST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THESE DEVELOPMENTS. AND THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS DATA CENTERS BRING. COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M A PROUD SECOND GENERATION RANK AND FILE UNION MEMBER. MY KID IS A THIRD GENERATION RANK AND FILE MEMBER. GOD WILLING, MY GRANDCHILDREN WILL ALSO BE UNION WORKERS. WE CAN PROTECT WORKERS AND WE CAN PROVIDE JOBS IN INDUSTRY, THAT DON'T HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE NEAR THEM. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: HOSEA RAMIREZ. FOLLOWED BY RACHEL HAINES AND THEN GRACE ROSE, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS HOSEA RAMIREZ AND I'M A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN AND A PROUD MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD FOR THE ALMOST 19 YEARS AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 6. AND I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH ASTHMA MY WHOLE LIFE AND WHEN I WAS YOUNG I WAS HOSPITALIZED IN OXYGEN TENTS AND I LIVE RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THIS, OKAY, ALL OF THESE DATA CENTERS BEING BUILT. I HAVE WORKED COMMERCIAL JOBS ALL OVER AND ACROSS SAN ANTONIO AREA AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT OF REASONABLE DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR CITY. THESE FACILITIES NOT ONLY JUST WAREHOUSE FULL COMPUTERS THEY ARE THE PHYSICAL BACKBONES OF AMERICA'S TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP. EVERY ADVANCED AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CLOUD COMPUTING AND NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEMS AND MODERN COMMERCE DEPENDS ON DATA CENTERS. IF WE DO NOT BUILD THEM HERE THEY WILL BUILD THEM OVERSEAS OR ELSEWHERE. THIS IS A STRATEGIC RISK THAT OUR COUNTRY CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE. LOCALLY THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE ONGOING OPERATIONS OF THESE PROJECTS CREATE EXTENSIVELY THE KIND OF WORK THAT WE NEED, HIGH SKILLED WAGES AND PATHWAYS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF ELECTRICIANS AND PIPEFITTERS AND WORKERS AND OPERATORS. THESE ARE NOT TEMPORARY GIGS AND THESE CAREER AS ALLOW FAMILIES TO STAY IN SAN ANTONIO AND BUY A HOUSE -- I SAY THAT BECAUSE I JUST CLOSED ON MY HOUSE AND A FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER AND I PUT MY SON THROUGH COLLEGE WORKING THESE JOBS AND HE'S NOW A TEACHER AT 23 YEARS OLD, AND A JV VARSITY COACH IN NORTH SIDE. AND MY YOUNG SON IS ABOUT TO FINISH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE. HAVE DONE THIS AND I HAD A WAKE-UP AT 5:00 IN THE MORNING TO DO THIS. THIS PATHWAY HAS LED ME AND THE GENERATIONS OF THIS CITY, BUYING HOUSES,. AND AT 23 YEARS OLD AND ON A PATHWAY TO MY YOUNGEST SON -- MY NEPHEWS THAT DID THE SAME THING NOW ARE WORKING PERMANENTLY AT THESE JOBS AND NOT IN THE CONSTRUCTION CAREER BUT AS IN SECURITY, AS IN JANITORS AND DOING STUFF. THESE JOB SITES ARE CRAZY. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY ARE IN YOUR DISTRICT 7, SIR, YOU SHOULD KNOW. THERE'S A TON. PEOPLE GO TO SEA WORLD AND THEY DON'T REALIZE AND MY COUSIN LIVES IN THE MIDDLE OF 15 AND WE GO OVER TO PARTIES AND WE DO NOT HEAR ANYTHING. IF YOU ARE BY 151 AND 1604 AND DON'T REALIZE THAT THERE ARE 20 BEING YOU DID NOT THESE. AND I WAS WORKING IN THEM IN 2010, ALL RIGHT. AND THIS IS ABOUT HOW THE OTHER CITIES ARE GOING TO RESPOND TO THIS. SAN ANTONIO LEADS ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES AROUND HERE. RESPONSIBLE STUFF IS DIFFERENT, DID NOT TAKE AWAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE 3,600 MEMBERS IN THE IBW BUT WE'RE ALSO HERE WITH OUR NON-UNION PARTISANS ALSO SPEAKING ON THIS. THIS IS WORK THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT YOUR CONSTITUENTS. 3,600 MEMBERS. THAT IS ROUGHLY 3.A PEOPLE PER FAMILY SO 4, OVER 12,000 PEOPLE ON INSURANCE BECAUSE OF THIS THAT WILL DEPEND ON SO MUCH. AND THAT IS JUST IN ONE UNION. THAT IS NOT IN THE WHOLE TRADE. THERE'S ANOTHER 15,000 PEOPLE WITH LICENSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [BUZZER] >> MAYOR JONES: RACHEL HAINES. AND THEN GRACE ROSE AND THEN DALE HANSON, PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS RACHEL HAINES AND I'M THE WILL POLICY DIRECTOR AT THE GREATER EDWARD AQUIFER ALLIANCE. LOCATED H HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AD REPRESENTING 5 9 MEMBER GROUPS. [02:35:04] WE ARE SUPPORT THE SPRINGS AND WATERSHEDS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THAT SUSTAINS THEM. WE WORK TO ENSURE THAT THE PROTECTION OF THE HEALTH AND THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ALL THREE MILLION PEOPLE WHO RELY ON THESE SOURCES OF WATER. ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC CITIZEN TEXAS, WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND SUMMER AND FALL ON THIS ISSUE. AND I HAVE ALSO BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED IN MY POSITION IN THE RESEARCH ON DATA CENTERS IN TEXAS, ON EDUCATING COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND EDUCATING POLICYMAKERS ON THE BEST PATHS FORWARD TO BALANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH THE PROTECTION OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS. DATA CENTERS, THE INDUSTRY THEY SUPPORT, AND THE TECHNOLOGY THEY USER GROWING AND CHANGING TOO RAPIDLY TO KEEP THE STATUS QUO. RESIDENTS MUST BE ABLE TO OFFER INPUT AND COUNCIL MUST HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT DEVELOPMENTS ARE APPROPRIATE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY ARE LOCATED. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF A PERMANENT FRAMEWORK TO ALLOW FOR SPECIAL USE PERMITTING IN DESIGNATED DISTRICTS AND DOES NOT ALLOW PERMIT BY RIGHT IN ANY DISTRICT. AS WE HAVE TALKED TO COMMUNITIES AND RESIDENTS ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS AND EXPERIENCES RELATED TO DATA CENTERS, MANY ISSUES HAVE ARISEN TIME AND AGAIN. NOISE POLLUTION, LIGHT POLLUTION, MOST IMPORTANTLY AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH CONCERNS. STORMWATER ISSUES AND A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, A SYSTEM AT THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL THAT PROMOTES DEVELOPMENT AT THE EXPENSE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE PROTECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES. AND YET FOREMOST OF THE CONCERNS IS THEY DID NOT KNOW THAT A DATA CENTER WAS MOVING INTO THEIR COMMUNITY UNTIL CONSTRUCTION COMMENCED. AND ANY THOSE LAID OUT IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD K NOT BE ADOPTED. IT'S CONSIDERED A BEST PRACTICE FOR HYPER SCALE DATA CENTER ZONES. AND PHOENIX AND NATIONALVILLE AND LOUDOUN COUNTY AND EVEN IN NENEWBRUNS FELLS ASK THIS. AND IT'S OUR PREFERRED APPROACH AND IT ADHERES TO THE REQUEST OF THE ORIGINAL CCR BY COUNCILMAN GALVAN. WE ALSO ASK THAT COUNCIL CONSIDER ADOPTING ROBUST DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN ADDITION TO THESE SPECIAL USE AUTHORIZATION. SPECIAL USE DOES NOT STOP DEVELOPMENT. BUT IT DOES ALLOW OUR RESIDENTS TO HAVE A VOICE AND GIVES YOU THE FLEXIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT DEVELOPMENT OCCURS WHERE IT'S MOST APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: GRACE ROSE. DALE HANSON AND THEN ERNEST MAURA. THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, IT'S NOON ALMOST. MAYOR AND COUPLE, I'M GRACE ROSE GONZALEZ AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE TEHANNAH SD19 AND A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 1 AND I HAVE BEEN A ZONING COMMISSIONER IN THE PAST FOR THE CITY OF SA CITY OF SAN . THERE'S REALLY NO TEETH IN THE ORDINANCE AND PLACING IT 350 FEET FROM A DOOR OR A RESIDENCE IS ENTIRELY TOO CLOSE. THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATION ARE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, HOWEVER, EVEN A THOUSAND FEET IS ALSO TOO CLOSE TO A R RESIDENCER A BUSINESS TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, THE NORTH/SOUTH WIDTH OF WOOD LAWN LAKE IS 1,000 FEET. SO IMAGINE A DATA CENTER ACROSS FROM THE LAKE OF THOSE RESIDENTS. THE MINIMUM SHOULD REALLY BE ABOUT HALF A MILE, 2,640 LINEAR FEET. AND MORATORIUM WOULD BE THE BEST. THE NOISE OF THESE MONSTROUS PROJECTS NEEDS AN ACOUSTICAL STUDY TO LOOK AT NOISE AT THE BUSINESS PROPERTY LINES AND ACCOUNT FOR THE FULL BUILDOUT. INCLUDING THE FUTURE PHASES AND JEGENERATORS AND COOLING EQUIPMENT. AND THEY SHOULD IDENTIFY POLLUTANTS AND PROJECTED IN ACTUAL WATER AND ELECTRICITY USE SHOULD ALSO BE DISCLOSED. DISCLOSURES SHOULD NOT BE A CONDITION OF APPROVAL, RATHER THAN DEPEND ON AN APPLICANT'S VOLUNTARY CONSENT, THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES DESERVE TO UNDERSTAND THE DEMANDS THAT THESE FACILITIES WILL PLACE ON OUR SHARED RESOURCES. AND THE IMPACT IS IMMENSE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IN OUR PAPER ON SUNDAY, THAT IT DID SAY THAT OUR ELECTRICAL GRID IS NOT READY. AND SO WE SHOULD REALLY BE WONDERING ABOUT HOW THESE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO GO. ALSO ON POTENTIAL PUBLIC BENEFITS, THOSE THINGS SHOULD BE MEASURABLE. AND GOODWILL IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. AS FAR AS JOBS, ONCE A FACILITY IS OPEN, A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ARE NEEDED TO OPERATE THE CENTER. AND THOSE ARE REALLY NOT A LOT OF JOBS. OUR MEMBERS VOTED IN NOVEMBER 2025 THAT THEY WOULD LIKE A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY PUT DATA CENTERS ON THEIR PARTY PLATFORM TO MAKE THEM MORE ACCOUNTABLE AND TO ACTUALLY STYMIE THE BUILDING OF THESE FACILITIES [02:40:02] THAT ARE CONSUMING EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF RESOURCES. THE BENEFIT OF THESE DATA CENTERS IS YET TO BE SEEN BUT THE DAMAGE ALREADY INCURRED BY RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR THESE FACILITIES IS ALREADY KNOWN. THE DETRIMENTAL IMPACT TO PEOPLE'S HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND QUALITY OF LIFE, LACK OF THE REAL JOBS, ARE WELL DOCUMENTED AT THIS POINT. DISCLOSURE, AND ENFORCEABLE REQUIREMENTS THAT PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY. THANK YOU. [BUZZER] >> MAYOR JONES: DALE HAND SOON >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR JONES AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS DALE HAND SOON AND I'M A JOURNEYMAN WITH LOCAL UNION 60. AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR WORKING FAMILIES. NOW THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE HERE AND THERE'S A DIVERSITY OF IDEAS AND IT'S ALL WELCOME, IT'S HEALTHY FOR A BODY POLITICAL. BUT EVERY ONE OF THESE PROJECTS STARTS WITH PEOPLE. BEFORE A SINGLE SERVER IS POWERED, ELECTRICIANS HAVE TO PULL THE WIRE AND BUILD THE POWER SYSTEMS THAT KEEP THESE FACILITIES RUNNING. THAT IS SKILLED WORK AND IT TAKES A LOT OF HANDS. I KNOW ELECTRICIANS THAT GOT THEIR FOOT IN THE DOOR ON THESE PROJECTS AND THEY LEARNED LARGE-SCALE POWER DISTRIBUTION AND BACKUP CENTERS AND CONDUIT BENBENDING AND THESE SKILLS FOLLOWED THEM TO EVERY JOB THEY DO FOR REST OF THEIR CAREER. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PAY. UNION ELECTRICIANS MAKE $38.80 AN HOUR AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE EMPLOYER PROVIDED HEALTH INSURANCE THAT COVERS NOT JUST THE MEMBER BUT THAT INDIVIDUAL MEMBER'S FAMILY. AND THEN THERE'S RETIREMENT. WHICH IS WHERURE PACKAGE REALLY STANDS OUT. THEY EARN THREE DIFFERENT PENSIONS AND EACH ONE IS GUARANTEED, AND IT DOESN'T RISE AND FALL WITH THE FLUCTUATIONS OF THE STOCK MARKET. ON TOP OF THAT, OUR EMPLOYERS CONTRIBUTE AN AUTOMATIC 6% TOWARDS OUR 401-K AND 6% TOWARDS VACATION BENEFITS AND YOU PUT THAT TOGETHER AND YOU HAVE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL WORKER CAN PAY THE MORTGAGE, FEED THE KIDS, AND STILL BUILD A SECURE RETIREMENT WHILE DOING IT. ALL THE WHILE PRODUCING NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO SECURE OUR NATION'S FUTURE. IT'S NOT A PATHWAY -- I'M SORRY -- IT'S A PATHWAY AND NOT A DEAD END. THROUGH OUR APPRENTICESHIP, PEOPLE START WITH NO DEBT AND EARN WHILE THEY LEARN AND FINISH WITH A CAREER THAT LASTS A LIFETIME. THE DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION GIVES THOSE APPRENTICES THE HOURS THEY NEED AND THE EXPERIENCE THEY NEED AND THE OPPORTUNITY THEY NEED TO MAKE A LASTING CHANGE IN THEIR FAMILY LEGACY. I ASK THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT RESPONSIBLE DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT THAT PRIORITIZES LOCAL HIRING AND FAIR WEDGES AND APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT THESE BENEFITS STAY IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HAVE A GREAT DAY. [APPLAUSE] ERNEST MARA, VICKY ROBINSON. >> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I TOO WORK FOR AN ELECTRICAL SHOP. I'M NOT A UNION MEMBER, NOR DO WE COMPETE WITH THEM IN THAT WAY. WE ALL STAND TOGETHER TO TRY TO GROW SAN ANTONIO. THIS IS A CULTURAL THING FOR US TO CONTINUE TO GROW THIS MARKET. WORKING WITH CENTRAL ELECTRIC IT'S A FAMILY BUSINESS. WE ARE A SECOND GENERATION. WE HAVE OVER 100 FAMILIES TO FEED EVERY WEEK. AND WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT A CHECK ON FRIDAY AND A JOB ON MONDAY. PART OF THE CULTURE OF SAN ANTONIO IS TO LOOK FORWARD. IF YOU ARE NOT GROWING, YOU ARE FALLING BEHIND. WE NEED TO KEEP OUR WORKFORCE BUSY, WE NEED TO CREATE GOOD WAGES, WE NEED TO PROVIDE THEM EVERYTHING THAT'S POSSIBLE WITHIN SCALE. WE DO THAT ROUTINELY, THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS EVERY YEAR. SO WHERE DO WE STAND? THIS IS KIND OF A CALL TO ACTION. WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE IN 10 OR 15 YEARS WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SAY, WHAT HAPPENED? OR ARE WE GOING TO SAY AND LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND LOOK AROUND AND SAY, WE MADE THAT HAPPEN. SO WHAT PATH SHOULD WE TAKE? IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THAT WE ENCOURAGE NEW BUSINESS, NEW TAX PAYING MEMBERS WITH A POSITIVE, BALANCED IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY, GOOD FOR BOTH SIDES. WE WANT SAN ANTONIO TO CONTINUE ITS GROWTH, BE PRO BUSINESS, IN A FAIR-MINDED MANNER. AND FINALLY, WE ALL SUPPORT AND GROW FOR HIGH WAGES AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ON COME WITH THEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: NIKKI [02:45:06] ROSAS, FOLLOWED BY JIM ROBINSON. >> MY NAME IS NIKKI. I KNOW MOST OF YOU FROM MY TIME SERVING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO BOARD OF REALTORS. ALSO WITH TEXAS REALTORS. I DO NOT INTEND IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM WANT TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THOSE ASSOCIATIONS' BEHALF. I'M JUST HERE PURELY AS A REALTOR IN THE COMMUNITY AND REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE WHO I AM SELLING THE HOUSES TO IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS BEING BUILT. I FIND IT FASCINATING THAT A LOT OF THE THINGS I WROTE UP FOR YOU, WHICH I LEFT, HAVE BEEN SPOKEN ON, EXCEPT FOR THE VALUE -- THE NEGATIVE VALUE, THE NEGATIVE IMPACT THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE ON RESIDENCES. I AM ALL FOR JOBS, I AM ALL FOR DATA CENTERS CREATING JOBS, BUT WE NEED TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL WITH WHICH ONES WE ALLOW TO HAVE BUILT HERE. JUST TO GIVE YOU A HEAD'S UP, AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE THIS, ONE NATIONWIDE STUDY FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON LARGE-SCALE FACILITIES HAD LOCALIZED DECLINE THE ABOUT 6.8% IN VALUE OF NEW HOMES BEING BUILT IN THE AREA. WE CANNOT SELL HOUSES THAT ARE NEAR BROWNFIELDS AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE, THE AIR POLLUTION, THE NOISE POLLUTION. THE COMMUNITY IS NOT TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO LOSE IN VALUE IN HOME OWNERSHIP UNFORTUNATELY. THE PROOF IS IN THE NUMBERS. THE MATH DOES NOT MATH. ASIDE FROM THE HEALTH RISKS DETRIMENTAL, 1,000 FEET IS& NOT FAR ENOUGH. I HAVE STATISTICS IN HERE THAT SHOW WE NEED AT LEAST A TWO-MILE BUFFER. TWO MILES. AS FAR AS THE JOBS ARE CONCERNED, THEY'RE TEMPORARY. TAYLOR, TEXAS, 19,000 TEMPORARY JOBS, 664 ACRES FOR A DEMOCRATIC DATA CENTER, O0 PERMANENT JOBS WILL REMAIN. ORACLE AND MICROSOFT AND THE OTHER BIG ONE. ORACLE WAS REPORTING TO THEIR STOCKHOLDERS 30,000 JOBS LOST. BUILD A DATA CENTER, 200 PERMANENT JOBS. THAT IS NOT HELPFUL. I YIELD MY TIME. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: JIM ROBERTSON, FOLLOWED BY JOSEPH AND THEN GREG MATULA. >> MORNING, MAYOR JONES AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JIM ROBERTSON, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF AMERICAN [INDISCERNIBLE] SPECIALIZED RIGGING AND A PROUD RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 9. WE REPRESENT CRANE OPERATORS, MILL RIGHTS, MECHANICS AND TRUCK DRIVERS HERE WITH ME. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING SIMPLE, JOBS, OPPORTUNITY, AND THE FUTURE OF SAN ANTONIO, OUR GROWTH. AT OUR COMPANY WE EMPLOY WELL OVER 1800 TEAM PARTNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE SOME OF THESE HARD WORKING MEN AND WOMEN BEHIND ME TODAY STANDING WITH US, GROWING BY THE DAY. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP EVERYDAY, WORK HARD, SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES AND HELP BUILD OUR CITY. WE ALSO PROVIDE VERY HIGH-PAYING JOBS, HEALTH INSURANCE, 100% COVERAGE, NO DEDUCTIBLE, NO CO-PAY, NO FORM SUIT KEL COST. BUT WE BELIEVE A GOOD JOB SHOULD PROVIDE MORE THAN A PAYCHECK. IT SHOULD PROVIDE STABILITY AND THE ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY. SAN ANTONIO HAS MORE THAN 255,000 RESIDENTS LIVING IN POVERTY BASED ON THE '24 FIGURES. THAT'S MORE THAN ONE/SIXTH THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE NEED MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A GREAT LIVING AND BUILD A GREAT FUTURE AND OUR PEOPLE NEED DARTS DATA DATA CENTERS TO DO THAT. THESE ARE CRANE OPERATORS, RIGORS AND MECHANICS THAT SUPPORT THAT THAT WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT, PLUMBERS, HVAC, A LOT OF SKILLED TRADES. AND IT'S LIFE AFTER DATA THAT WE CONTINUE TO SERVICE THAT WORK. WE HAVE A MILLWRIGHT HERE. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT JOBS. RIGHT NOW AMERICA IS FACING A LARGE SHORTAGE WITH SKILLED TRADES. AND WE NEED TO BRING OUR VETERANS INTO THESE CAREERS LIKE WE HAVE. WE FOCUS ON IT, WE'RE PROGRESSING ACROSS THE INDUSTRY. WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR APPRENTICESHIP WHICH WE'RE DOING, GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN. WE JUST HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AGAIN FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW RIGHT HERE ON THE [02:50:03] EASTSIDE, TEACHING THEM DIFFERENT TRADES AND OPPORTUNITIES. WE WORK WITH SA READY TO WORK, ALAMO TECH, ABC APPRENTICESHIP SCHOOL AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP THAT, WHICH IS CRITICAL AND BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY HELPS TO SUPPORT THAT. THESE AREN'T JUST CONSTRUCTION JOBS, THESE ARE CAREERS THAT CAN CHANGE LIVES AND JOBS WELL AFTER. I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT DATA CENTERS AND THOSE CONCERNS DESERVE TO BE HEARD AND THEY HAVE BEEN, BUT WE CAN'T KEEP LOOKING AT THE WORST CASE SCENARIO EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT PROGRESS. THEY ARE INNOVATING THEIR PROCESSES EVERYDAY AND THE QUESTION IS ARE WE? IN OUR INDUSTRY EVERY JOB COMES WITH RISK, ESPECIALLY OURS. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SAFETY STANDARDS, PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS IN CASE THAT EVERY PROJECT IS DIFFERENT AND SHOULD BE EVALUATED ON ITS OWN. THERE'S NOT ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL APPROACH HERE, BUT THERE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD BE STANDARDS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE FULL PICTURE, INCLUDING THE JOBS, CAREERS AND OPPORTUNITIES. THESE PROJECTS CAN BRING TO THESE HARD WORKING PEOPLE BEHIND ME, AND IN THIS ROOM. WE LOOK AT THE MEN AND WOMEN STANDING HERE, I SEE WHAT A GOOD JOB CAN MEAN TO A PERSON AND A FAMILY. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, SIR. YOU CAN SUBMIT REST OF YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: JOSEPH LEACH. JOSEPH LEACH, GREG MATULA, ZACHARY STEVENS. >> LET'S BREAK A RECORD, GOOD MORNING, FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, TEXANS, I'M JOSEPH LEACH, PART OF DISTRICT 1, I'M AN ELECTRICIAN WITH IBEW LOCAL 60, I'M ABOUT TO HIT FIVE YEARS WITH THE UNION. I'M GOING TO ADDRESS SOME ISSUES MY WIFE HAS SINCE SHE'S NOT HERE, ENVIRONMENTAL SUCH AS EMISSIONS AND NOISE, THE ECONOMIC, STARTING AND RUNNING COSTS. THERE ARE WAYS TO CONTROL, ADDRESS AND REMEDY THESE ISSUES. FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THERE ARE ALREADY LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND INSPECTORS. FOR THE ISSUE OF NOISE THERE ARE OPTIONS WITHIN CITY LIMITS FOR LOCATIONS AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS AS WELL AS REGULATIONS IN PLACE IF A DATA CENTER IS LOCATED NEAR [INDISCERNIBLE]. YOU TAKE ELEMENTS THAT CAN BE USED TO HEAT WATER TO RUN TURBINES. THERE'S ALSO SOLAR, IF YOU WANT AN EXAMPLE OF SOLAR, CHECK OUT THE BILL MILLER FACILITY OVER ON 151 AND WIND OPTIONS. THE FINANCIAL COSTS -- WITH COST ALSO COMES EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME TAXES, PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE FACILITIES, COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL AND SALES TAXES. MORE EMPLOYMENT EQUALS MORE MONEY IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY, AS WELL AS AT LEAST FOR US UNION ELECTRICIANS, 401(K)S, PRESENTATIONS AND MEDICAL INSURANCE FOR THE FAMILY SEPARATE FROM OUR HOURLY RATE. THE LOCAL 60 OFFERS EMPLOYMENT AND AS I MENTIONED ALL THE ECONOMIC INTERACTIONS THAT GO WITH EVERY PAYCHECK. DATA CENTERS ARE POWERED BY ELECTRIC TRY ■WHICH REQUIRES SKILLED MEN AND WOMEN. THEY ARE WILLING TO WORK FOR ECONOMICS WHICH BENEFITS ALL LEVELS OF THE ECONOMY. I SPENT MORE THAN 10 YEARS IN CONSTRUCTION, SIX AND A HALF YEARS WORKING FOR A GENERAL CONTRACTOR AT NUMEROUS SAWS PROJECTS AND FIVE YEARS WITH THE UNION, BECOMING A UNION ELECTRICIAN WAS A STEP UP, A STEP FOR MY PERSONAL FINANCES, FEEDING THE ECONOMY WITH EVERY CHECK I RECEIVE AND A STEP UP IN ADVANCEMENT AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. I ALSO HAVE AN EMPLOYMENT HISTORY THAT INCLUDES EDUCATION. ALL THESE HAVE HELPED TO INFLUENCE LONG-TERM GOALS I HAVE WITHIN PUBLIC EDUCATION, POSTSECONDARY TRADE PROGRAMS AND EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN IN SOUTH TEXAS. FUTURE PLANS IN EDUCATION CAN ALWAYS BE MADE MORE ATTAINABLE WITH MORE MONEY IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND SKILLED EDUCATORS IN THOSE CLASSROOMS. DATA CENTERS ARE A NET POSITIVE IN MY OPINION LONG-TERM INVESTMENT FOR SAN ANTONIO. THE FLOW OF COSTS CAN ONLY IMPROVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. ISSUES OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND STRAINS ON THE POWER GRID CAN ALL BE ADDRESSED, LIMITED AND CONTROLLED WITH TECHNOLOGIES, NUCLEAR AND POLICIES WE ALREADY HAVE AVAILABLE. MORE JOBS LEADS TO MORE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, MORE EDUCATED MEN AND WOMEN. SOME, MOST I'D SAY, WILLING AND ABLE TO PASS THEIR KNOWLEDGE ON TO FUTURE GENERATIONS FOR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. REAL QUICK, IF YOU DESIRE -- IF YOU DISLIKE DATA CENTERS, I WILL BE OVER THERE COLLECTING ALL YOUR ELECTRIC DEVICES THAT UTILIZE THE INTERNET. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: GREG MATULA. MEG MOOT? MATULA? YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN? OKAY. >> PARDON ME, MAYOR. WE HAD SIGNED UP WITH HIM, I JUST DIDN'T GET IT DURING MY MAIN PRESENTATION. I HAD TWO PEOPLE. THIS WILL BE SHORT. I THINK WE ASKED STAFF TO DISTRIBUTE WHAT I'M GOING TO SHOW, AND I NEED TO PUT IT [02:55:05] ON THE SCREEN IF YOU CAN, SIR. THANK YOU. WHEN TALKING TO COUNCIL AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS, THEY SEEMED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT DISTANCE, SO MY GOOD FRIEND ROB KILLENS DID A STUDY ON CURRENT SETBACKS. I'LL SHOW YOU THEM QUICKLY. YOU CAN HAVE THEM AND READ THEM AT YOUR LURE, BUT I'LL HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL -- AT YOUR LURE, BUT I'LL HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL. THESE ARE SETBACKS 30 FEET FROM RESIDENTS, OUTDOOR AMUSEMENTS PARKS, CONCRETE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING, GUN RANGE, OUTDOOR. PARTY HOUSE, TRANSIT CENTERS. 50 FEET SETBACKS, AUTO MANUFACTURER, ASPHALT MANUFACTURING, BULK PLANT AND TERMINAL. PETRO CHEMICALS. METAL FORGING, RENDERING PLANT. USED AUTOMOBILE PARTS RECYCLING. ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT WHICH INCLUDES MUSIC ATTRACTIONS WITHIN 55 FEET. AMUSEMENT RIDES, OUTDOOR VENUES, RIDES, ARCADE, THEATERS, GOLF COURSES. SAND AND GRAVEL DISTRICT. 100 FEET, AND ONE OF THE MOST -- THE ONE THAT CAUGHT MY EYE IS EVEN IN A QUARRY DISTRICT, YOU CAN BLAST -- I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE --N 300 FEET OF RESIDENTS. SO I JUST ASK COUNCIL AS YOU EVALUATE THE VARIOUS PROPOSALS IN DETERMINING WHAT'S REASONABLE, CONSIDER ALL THE OTHER USES IN OUR CODE THAT ARE LESS RESTRICTIVE THAN YOU PROPOSE FOR THE DATA CENTERS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: ZACHARY STEVENS. FOLLOWED BY JC LESS THANDELL AND ANNALISE GARZA. PLEASE LINE UP, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY. MY NAME IS ZACHARY STEVENS. I HAVE LIVED IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA FOR ALMOST MY ENTIRE LIFE AND I LIVE AND WORK HERE TODAY. I'VE BUILT A FULFILLING CAREER AS AN ELECTRICIAN. FROM SMALL PROJECTS TO LARGE ONES, I'VE LEARNED MUCH IN THIS FIELD. EARLY IN MY CAREER, I DID GOOD WORK SIMPLY TO EARN A PAY RAISE. I WAS LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK AND CHASING A DOLLAR. THAT CHANGED WHEN I JOINED THE IBEW. NOW I DO GOOD WORK NOT JUST FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO DEPEND ON THESE JOBS TO FEED THIRD FAMILIES AND I CHIEF THEIR GOALS IN LIFE. WE DO THIS THROUGH PROVIDING EDUCATED ELECTRICIANS, QUALITY WORKMANSHIP AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE. I DO GOOD WORK TO BETTER MY COMMUNITY AND TO SHOW THAT WE CARE ABOUT WHAT WE BUILD AND TAKE PRIDE IN DOING IT RIGHT. LIKEWISE, I BELIEVE THE ZONING COMMISSION MAINTAINS THAT SAME LEVEL OF INTEGRITY AND HAS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED THE FACTS SURROUNDING THESE DATA CENTERS. THE COMMISSION'S FINDINGS ARE FAIR AND REASONABLE. THERE IS A LOT OF MISINFORMATION REGARDING THESE DATA CENTERS. PLEASE LET US LOOK TO OUR LEADING EXPERTS ON THIS TOPIC. THESE PROJECTS ARE IMPORTANT, THEY PROVIDE THE PEOPLE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD REWARDING CAREERS AND THE ABILITY TO EARN AN HONEST LIVING, WHILE ALSO HELPING REMAIN AS A GLOBAL LEADER IN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION. I BELIEVE WE CAN SUPPORT REASONABLE DEVELOPMENT, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKING FAMILIES AND BUILD A STRONGER FUTURE FOR SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> JCRENDELL. FOLLOWED BRIANNA LEASE GARZA. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JACKIE RANDALL. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A NON-PROFIT DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION AND EXPANDING THE TREE CANOPY THROUGHOUT THE REGION. I URGE YOU TO MAKE THE PRESERVATION OF TREES A PRIORITY. SAN ANTONIO CAN WELCOME INVESTMENT WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT PROTECTS OUR COMMUNITY'S HEALTH, SAFETY AND RESILIENCE. TREES ARE NOT DECORATIVE AMENITIES, THEY ARE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. ACCORDING TO GLOBAL NATURE WATCH OUR REGION HAS LOST APPROXIMATELY 125 ACRES OF TREE CANOPY COVER SINCE 2001, INCLUDING MORE THAN OVER 27,000 ACRES OF BEXAR COUNTY ALONE. LAST YEAR BEXAR COUNTY LOST 321 ACRES OF TREE CANOPY. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO CONTINUE LOSING THE TREES THAT PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES. BEXAR COUNTY HAS [INDISCERNIBLE] BY THE EPA IN BEING IN SERIOUS NON-ATTAINMENT FOR GROUND LEVEL OZONE. WITH A FEDERAL ATTAINMENT DEADLINE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2027. FAILING TO MEET THIS STANDARD COULD TRIGGER RECLASSIFICATION AND MORE [03:00:03] STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS INCREASING REGULATORY BURDENS AND THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS IN OUR REGION. THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM CONFINED TO ONE NEIGHBORHOOD. OZONE POLLUTION AFFECTS RESIDENTS IN EVERY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT WHETHER A DATA CENTER IS BEING BUILT IN THEIR DISTRICT OR NOT. AIR POLLUTION DOES NOT RESPECT DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR DEVELOPMENT DECISION REACH EVERY CORNER OF SAN ANTONIO. GROUND LEVEL OZONE AGGRAVATES RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS AND THREATENS THE HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN, OLDER ADULTS, OUTDOOR WORKERS AND OTHER VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. WE CAN ESCAPE THE HEAT IF WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GO INDOORS. LY LOSE ESTABLISHED CANOPY AND HEALTHY SOIL THAT PROMOTES NEW GROWTH. SPEAKING OF JOB AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, ACCORDING TO THE DATA FROM THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE, IT PROVIDES $5.5 BILLION WITH ALMOST # HUNDRED MILLION BEING PROVIDED BY THE FOREST OF SAN ANTONIO. ACCORDING TO AMERICAN FOREST TREE EQUITY IN SAN ANTONIO WE NEED TO PLANT 3.4 MILLION TREES, WHICH ACHIEVING THAT GOAL WOULD PROVIDE JOBS IN THAT INDUSTRY. I URGE COUNCIL TO PRIORITIZE REPLACEMENT, STRENGTHENING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO PROTECT TREES, MINIMIZE UNNECESSARY CLEARING AND SOIL DISTURBANCE AND ESTABLISH MEANINGFUL STANDARDS FOR TREE PROTECTION AND LONG-TERM SURVIVAL. TREE PRESERVATION ALONE IS NOT SOLVE OUR CHALLENGES, BUT IS ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A MORE HEALTHIER, RESILIENT SAN ANTONIO. WE MUST STOP TREATING TREES AS AN SPENDABLE LANDSCAPE AND START PROTECTING THEM AS ESSENTIAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THE FUTURE GENERATIONS INHERIT A HEALTHIER CITY OR ONE THAT HAS SACRIFICED NATURAL RESOURCES FOR SHORT-TERM DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. >> ANA EAST GARZA. >> GOOD MORNING. I AM A RESIDENT HOMEOWNER OF D5. I AM WITH VACINOS IN ACTION AND ALSO PART OF [INDISCERNIBLE], AND THESE ARE OUR HOME LANDS. I'M HERE TO SAY THAT WE CANNOT GIVE ONE MORE INCH TO DATA CENTER BUILDOUT. IGNORANCE IS NO LONGER AN EXCUSE AND WE DO HAVE THE EVIDENCE, THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE AND EVIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIRECTLY LIVE AND ARE AFFECTED BY DATA CENTERS. WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF WHAT THEY DO TO THE AIR, WATER THE LAND AND PEOPLE. AND I'M HERE TO STAND WITH HUMAN RIGHTS, THE RIGHTS OF ORIGINAL PEOPLES AND THE RIGHTS OF NATURE HERSELF. [APPLAUSE]. WITH THIS SAID, WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE AQUIFER AND WE ALSO SHOULD TAKE OPTION A COMPLETELY OFF THE TABLE AND FOCUS ON ZONING AND ALSO OPTIONS THAT HAVE A LARGER REACH INTO THE RESTRICTIONS AND PROTECTING THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO STAND UP FOR THE WATER AND WE NEED TO STAND UP BECAUSE WE DON'T GET THIS MOMENT BACK. WE KNOW THAT THE EMPIRICAL DATA SHOWS THAT THERE IS DAMAGE TO OUR COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST LOCALLY, BUT STATEWIDE AND ALSO GLOBALLY. THOSE FOREVER CHEMICALS THAT ARE LEFT BEHIND IN THE WATER, THEY ARE CALLED FOREVER CHEMICALS FOR A REASON. THERE'S NO GOING BACK AND THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A COMPLETELY CLOSED LOOP WHEN IT COMES TO WATER. THIS IS SOMETHING BASIC THAT WE LEARNED IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SO THESE ARE FALSE SOLUTIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE PUTTING FORTH TO TRY TO MANIPULATE PEOPLE BASICALLY. WE ALSO ARE AGAINST THE LAND DISPOSITION THAT IS FACED BY NATIVE ORIGINAL PEOPLES FROM THEIR LANDS AND ALSO VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND NATURE HERSELF WHEN THESE LARGE SCALE DATA CENTERS ARE BEING BUILT. WE HAVE TO LEARN TO TURN DOWN THE JOBS THAT DATA CENTERS PROMISE BECAUSE THEY DO NOTHING FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS BUT PUT THEM IN A DEFICIT FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT THEY DESERVE. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE, IN MY CULTURE IT'S NOT JUST ME, IT'S NOT JUST MY MORTGAGE, IT'S NOT JUST MY CHILD, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEVEN GENERATIONS IN THE FUTURE. AND THERE'S A REASON WHY WE HAVE THAT TEACHING. THE TEACHING TEACHES US TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON WISDOM, NOT ON IMMEDIATE GRATIFICATION FOR OUR OWN SELFISH GREED BASICALLY. SO ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE DEMAND AN END TO IN AUDIO] THAT IS GOING TO PROMISE FALSE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE BASED ON FOSSIL FUELS AND YES EVEN NUCLEAR POWER THAT SERVES THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR [03:05:02] GENERATIVE A.I. THAT IS INSIDIOUSLY INSERTING ITSELF INTO OUR LIVES WITHOUT PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT. AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS WE CAN'T JUST HAVE CONSULTATIONS, WE NEED CONSENT. WE NEED FULL-ON CONSENT. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. YOU CAN SUBMIT THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD. YEZA HERRERA, FOLLOWED BY JAMES [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MY NAME TO YESA. >> YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES, MA'AM. >> THE MORATORIUM THAT WAS PROPOSED ON DATA CENTERS THIS SUMMER DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT BY OUR COUNCIL. WHEN IT WAS PREVIOUSLY RAISED THAT A PAUSE IS DIFFICULT OR STOPPED BUSINESSES DOES NOT MEAN IT'S UNNECESSARY. WE ALREADY HAVE OVER 20 FUNCTIONING DATA CENTERS IN OUR CITY, A MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE IN DISTRICT 6. THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE ALREADY WITHIN 500 FEET WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS. BUILT WITHOUT PUBLIC INPUT. THEY ARE ALREADY EMITTING NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION AND HAVING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND DEMANDING TO HAVE OUR WATER AND ENERGY RESOURCES. WITH THESE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD FASTER THAN PUBLIC POLICY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING, AND THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY ON REGULATIONS AND ASSESSMENTS OF THESE IMPACTS, I AM URGING OUR COUNCIL TO PLEASE RECONSIDER A MORATORIUM ON THESE DEVELOPMENTS. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE HARD WORKING INDIVIDUALS WHO SPOKE BEFORE ME. WHO HAVE AMAZING TRADE SKILLS AND USE THESE SKILLS TO HELP DEVELOP DATA CENTERS. YES, THESE DEVELOPMENTS WILL GIVE YOU A JOB BECAUSE THEY NEED YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND LABOR, BUT I DO WANT YOU TO LOOK IN ON HOW THIS WILL IMPACT EVERYONE AS A WHOLE. YOU ARE ABLE TO SECURE A CHECK AND SUPPORT YOUR LOVED ONES FOR THE TIME BEING, BUT AFTER IT'S BUILT WORKERS ARE LAID OFF AND BACK TO LOOKING FOR ANOTHER JOB. YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL WITH GO INTO BUILDING A PROSPEROUS CITY. IT CAN GO TOWARDS BUILDING SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AND COMMUNITY HUBS. YOUR SKILL DOESN'T STOP AT A DATA CENTER. THIS MONTH MICROSOFT IS OFFERING TO BUY OUT A QUARTER OF ITS WORKFORCE TO OVERCOME THEIR INVESTMENTS IN THESE A.I. DEVELOPMENTS. THIS IS WHAT THESE COMPANIES WILL DO. SO YES, YOU GET A JOB, BUT AT THE EXPENSE FOR OTHERS TO LOSE THEM. DATA CENTERS ARE EXPLOITING YOUR LABOR AND KNOWLEDGE FOR THESE CORPORATIONS TO MAKE BILLIONS WHILE YOU STRESS OUT ON WHAT JOB WILL YOU PICK UP NEXT. THIS SUMMER I WALKED ALONGSIDE OTHER ORGANIZERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WORKERS UNION IN DISTRICT 6, SPEAKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO LIVE NEXT TO A DATA CENTER AND SOME OF THESE RESIDENTS TOLD US THAT THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WERE LIVING BESIDE ONE UNTIL IT WAS ALREADY THERE. SOME WERE TOLD IT WAS A WAREHOUSE AND SOME DID NOT KNOW UNTIL I KNOCKED ON THEIR DOOR, WHICH THEY HAD SHARED THEIR OWN CONCERNS WITH ME OF LIKE HOW THIS IS IMPACTING OUR AGRICULTURE, HARMING OUR FARMERS AND OUR ECOSYSTEM, HOW THESE DEVELOPMENTS EMIT THINGS INTO OUR WATER OUT HOW THEIR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL NEXT TO A DATA CENTER AND NOW A.I. IS TAKING AWAY JOBS FROM TEACHERS. A RESIDENT ALSO SHOWED ME A LETTER FROM SAWS THAT SAID THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS TO FOLLOW A SCHEDULED WATERING SYSTEM FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE MINDFUL OF THE WATER USAGE. THESE CONCERNS ALL FOLLOWED WITH SIGNING A PETITION FOR A MORATORIUM. SAN ANTONIO DATA CENTERS HAVE USED 463 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER OVER TWO YEARS WHILE RESIDENTS ARE BEING ASKED TO CONSERVATIVE. A COUNCILMEMBER EVEN SUGGESTED THIS SUMMER TO LET OUR GRASS DIE. UT AUSTIN RESEARCHERS ESTIMATE THAT DATA CENTERS COULD ACCOUNT FOR THREE TO NINE PERCENT OF TEXAS WATER USE BY 2040. RESEARCHERS ARE EMPHASIZING THAT THERE IS STILL A SUBSTANTIAL UNCERTAINTY BECAUSE OPERATORS USE DIFFERENT COOLING SYSTEMS AND ENERGY SOURCES AND WATER USE INFORMATION IS NOT CONSISTENT. WE NEED TO PRE-K OUR LOCAL WATER SYSTEMS BEFORE THEY ARE FURTHER STRESSED OR DAMAGED. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE LENNAR HOMES, A COMPANY THAT IS STILL TEARING DOWN TREES AND ATTEMPTING TO DESTROY OUR HELOTES CREEK. WE SAW THIS SUMMER A DATA CENTER PROJECT IN THE WESTSIDE BY THE NAME OF VANTAGE THAT WAS REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR ITS OWN GAS POWER PLANT AND 65 BACKUP DIESEL GENERATORS. IF OUR COUNCIL IS MOVING FORWARD WITH PUBLIC INPUT AND HAVE A LIST OF REQUIREMENTS, THE ZONING REVIEW MUST INCLUDE THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, NOT JUST THE SERVER BUILDINGS. THE APPLICANT MUST INCLUDE OTHER GENERATORS, SUBSTATIONS, COOLING SYSTEMS AND OTHER SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO UNDERGO THE SAME REVIEW PROCESS. RESIDENTS DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT WILL BE BUILT AND WHAT IT WILL EMIT AND HOW LOUD IT WILL BE AND HOW IT WILL AFFECT THE PEOPLE LIVING NEARBY. IF OUR COUNCIL IS MOVING FORWARD ON A SPECIFIC OPTION REGARDING THE ZONING REGULATIONS, I ASK TO TAKE THESE STEPS INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL. DO NOT ALLOW DATA CENTERS TO BE APPROVED WITH A BUY RIGHT APPROVAL. A PUBLIC MEETING IS NOT ENOUGH IF A PROJECT IS STILL AUTOMATICALLY APPROVED. AT A MINIMUM, EACH NEW [03:10:01] PROJECT AND MAJOR EXPANSION MUST REQUIRE A PUBLIC PROCESS AND A GENUINE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO DENY THE APPLICATION. TO ALSO DEFINE ALL SPECIFICATIONS ON THESE DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENTS AND OTHER RELATED FACILITIES CLEARLY SO APPLICANTS CANNOT BYPASS THE RULES BY CALLING A PROJECT A WAREHOUSE, AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY OR A TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS. TO ALSO REQUIRE A MEANINGFUL ADVANCED NOTICE AND PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR EVERY PROPOSED PROJECT AND MAJOR EXPANSION WITH COMPLETE APPLICATIONS AND INDEPENDENT STUDIES AVAILABLE BEFORE THE HEARING. THOSE STUDIES SHOULD COVER WATER, ENERGY, NOISE, TRAFFIC, AIR QUALITY AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. SET ENFORCEABLE ZONING STANDARDS FOR WHERE FACILITIES MAY BE LOCATED TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, SCHOOLS AND SENSITIVE AREAS LIKE WATERSHEDS AND OUR BELOVED AQUIFER AND IT'S RECHARGE ZONE. AND SET RULES FOR BUILDING SIZE, SETBACKS, NOISE, LIGHTING, COOLING SYSTEMS AND GENERATOR INSTALLATION AND TESTING. APPLY THE SAME REVIEW FOR EXPANSIONS. WE ALSO NEED TO SEPARATELY DIRECT CPS ENERGY AND USAS TO REPORT PUBLICLY ON PROJECTED RESOURCE NEEDS AND PROTECT RATEPAYERS' GRID, RELIABILITY AND OUR ESSENTIAL WATER SUPPLY. INVESTMENT FOR OUR CITY MATTERS, BUT AT WHAT COST? IT CANNOT BE THE ONLY MEASURE OF WHETHER A DEVELOPMENT SERVES THE PUBLIC. WE NEED TO ASK WHO BENEFITS AND WHO BEARS THE COSTS AND WHETHER OUR LAND, WATER AND ENERGY SYSTEMS CAN SUSTAIN THIS GROWTH WITHOUT HARMING THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE. PLEASE RECONSIDER A MORATORIUM. DO NOT LET URGENCY TO ATTRACT DEVELOPMENT OUT RUN OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT RESIDENTS AND RESOURCES. [BUZZER]. OUR GOAL SHOULD BE TO FOCUS ON NO NEW DATA CENTERS IN SAN ANTONIO. WE HAVE PLENTY. [APPLAUSE]. >> MAYOR JONES: JAMES BLUNTSER. DAVID MARTINEZ. DAVID MARTINEZ. SERGIO SANCHEZ. BRENT HOLLY. BRENT HOLLY. ANTHONY BOULDER. FOLLOWED BY AVERY AFRICA AND THEN AUSTIN BROWN, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ANTHONY BOULDER. I AM WITH STREAM DATA CENTERS. I AM A FOURTH GENERATION SAN ANTONIO KID, SO I WANT THE BEST OUTCOME OF THIS AGENDA OUTCOME FOR MY FAMILY MEMBERS AND FOR ALL THE CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT CITY. LEADSERS AND KEY INDIVIDUALS AT CPS ENERGY, SAWS, AS WE BUILT OUR FIRST DATA CENTER PROJECT IN 2008, OUR SECOND IN 2012 AND OUR LATEST CAMPUS PROJECT IN 2022. RESPONSIBLE DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN AT THE CORE OF EVERY PROJECT WE'VE DONE AT STREAM. OUR DEVELOPMENTS UTILIZED CLOSED LOOP MECHANICAL COOLING SYSTEMS WHICH TRANSLATE INTO VERY LOW WATER USAGE. TRUE FACT, OUR WATER BILL IN JULY OF THIS YEAR FOR INDOOR WATER USE AT OUR 300,000 SQUARE FOOT DATA CENTER BUILDING WAS $400. WE USED 9,000 GALLONS OF WATER FOR THE MONTH AT THAT BUILDING. THAT'S AN INCREDIBLY LOW NUMBER. WE DESIGN AND BUILD OUR DATA CENTERS TO OPERATE WITHIN ALLOWABLE SOUND AND LIGHT LEVELS PER CITY CODES AND OUR BACKUP GENERATORS ARE PERMITTED AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL AIR QUALITY REGULATIONS. AND WE DO NOT DISCHARGE WATER, WASTEWATER, FROM OUR MECHANICAL AND COOLING CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS. WE APPRECIATE THAT SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AT ZONING COMMISSION TOOK THEIR TIME TO TOUR OUR DATA CENTER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE STITESS AND SOUNDS OF A WORKING MODERN DATA CENTER AS THEY WORKED ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. WE BELIEVE THOSE THAT TOURED LEFT WITH A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF THE LOW IMPACTS OF A MODERN DAY DATA CENTER. DATA CENTERS WHICH ARE DESIGNED AND OPERATED WITHIN REASONABLE GUIDELINES ARE THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE YOU WILL FIND ON INDUSTRIAL ZONED LAND. DATA CENTERS HAVE VERY LOW TRUCK TRAFFIC, DATA CENTERS PAY LARGE PROPERTY TAX BILLS. IN 2025 WE PAID MORE THAN $2 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAXES FOR OUR FIRST BUILDING ON OUR LATEST CAMPUS. THAT BUILDING WAS NOT EVEN COMPLETE AT THE TIME OF THE ASSESSMENT. WE UTILIZE VERY LARGE NUMBERS OF RECURRING, GOOD PAYING CONSTRUCTION JOBS AS WE HAVE SEEN BY THE MANY DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN THIS ROOM TODAY. WE ALSO HAVE HIGH-PAYING LONG-TERM OPERATIONAL JOBS AND DATA CENTERS ARE ALSO A LOW STRESS ON CITY SERVICES AND SCHOOLS, DATA CENTERS ARE A SAFE AND SECURE [03:15:06] LONG-TERM NEIGHBOR. UTILIZING RESPONSIBLE DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES AS PROPOSED BY THE ZONING CENTER WILL HELP KEEP DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT ON TRACK AND ALLOW DATA CENTERS TO CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT GROWTH OF FUTURE TAX REVENUE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. AVERY AFRICA. IS THAT YOU? AVERY AFRICA AND AUSTIN BROWN COUNCIL AND MAYOR ORTIZ JONES. I APPRECIATE BEING HERE TODAY. I AM' HERE TO REPRESENT STREAM DATA CENTERS AS WELL AND I MIMIC EVERYTHING THAT AL TONE SAID HERE TODAY. IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE UNIONS COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF THE INDUSTRY. WE'VE PUT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO WORK AND THOSE JOBS DON'T ONLY -- THEY'RE NOT JUST CONFINED TO UNION LABOR. WHEN YOU INVITE AN INVESTMENT LIKE A DATA CENTER INTO YOUR MUNICIPALITY, YOU'RE SEEING INDIRECT AND INDUCED BENEFITS THROUGH MANUFACTURING, CONCRETE WORKERS, ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIES THAT YOU'RE ATTRACTING TO YOUR METROPOLITAN AREA. SO IT HAS A WATERFALLING EFFECT AND IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE TO SEE. I URGE THAT YOU CONSIDER THE ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU TODAY AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION ON THIS MATTER. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: AUSTIN BROWN. AUSTIN BROWN. OKAY. RUBEN MARTINEZ, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS RUBEN. I AM IN DISTRICT 4. I'VE BEEN HERE LISTENING FOR MOST OF THIS MORNING. I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER AND SEE ALL THOSE ELECTRICIANS THAT WERE PAID TO STAND HERE, PAID TO TAKE UP ALL OF OUR TIME AND READ THEIR PROMPTED PARAGRAPHS, OKAY? THAT'S A PROBLEM. I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY PEOPLE TO COME HERE. THEY'RE GETTING MONEY DIRECTLY FROM MICROSOFT, AMAZON, ALL THOSE DATA CENTER CONTRACTS, LET'S BE HERE, FOLLOW THE PAPER TRAIL WHO IS PAYING THEM TO PAY THEIR WORKERS TO BE HERE TODAY. AND THEY ALL HAD THIS STORY, MY FAMILY, THIS AND THAT, WE USED TO BE POOR, BUT NOW WE'RE RICH WORKING FOR DATA CENTERS. I'M GOING TO SAY GENERATIONAL WEALTH IS CLEAN, PRISTINE, NATURAL LAND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THAT'S GENERATIONAL WEALTH. GENERATIONAL WEALTH IS CLEAN, UNTOUCHED, NATURAL DRINKING WATER, POTABLE WATER. MAKE THEM USE WASTEWATER, MAKE THEM CREATE A DEVICE THAT CONVERTS OUR SEWAGE INTO THEIR DATA CENTER WATER, HOW ABOUT THAT? HOW ABOUT WE THINK MORE RADICALLY. HOW ABOUT WE GET VERY SPECIFIC WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT WE USE IN THESE OPTION ONE, TWO AND THREE AND MODIFIED BY YOUR GREAT WORK, BUT LET'S GET IT TIGHTER, LET'S GET IT BETTER. 500 FEET, 1,000 FEET FROM A SCHOOL, FROM A HOSPITAL, FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD, IS NOT ENOUGH. HOW ABOUT MILES AWAY. LET'S LOOK AT OUR BIG BROTHER, BIG SISTER SAN MARCOS. THEY CANNOT BUILD ANY DATA CENTERS IN SAN MARCOS. WE HAVE THREE MILLION PEOPLE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. WE NEED TO PROTECT THE LAND AND THE WATER. NO ONE HERE IS TALKING ABOUT THE HEAT EMITTED. EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT THE NOISE POLLUTION, LIGHT POLLUTION, FORGET ALL THAT. THE HEAT EMITTED FROM THESE CANNOT BE CONTAINED, CANNOT BE BOXED UP, CANNOT BE HIDDEN. THEN [INDISCERNIBLE] THE HARDWARE, THE BATTERIES, THE SERVERS THAT THESE THINGS, THE HARDWARE IS CONSTANTLY BEING UPGRADED. SO WHERE IS ALL THOSE OLD SERVERS, THOSE OLD BATTERIES THAT GET BURNT OUT? WHERE IS IT ALL GOING? LANDFILLS. HOW ARE THEY DISPOSING OF IT? ALL THESE FOREVER CHEMICALS, ALL THAT STUFF, WE NEED TO BE EXTREMELY SPECIFIC. WE CANNOT LEAVE ANY ROOM FOR ERROR BECAUSE THESE COMPANIES, THESE MICROSOFTS AND THESE AMAZON COMPANIES THAT WANT THEIR DATA CENTERS BUILT, THEY KNOW HOW TO FALL INTO THOSE LOOPHOLES. IF YOU GUYS DO NOT CREATE THE RIGHT TYPE OF LANGUAGE AND OUTLINES AND LAWS AND OUTLAW DATA CENTERS FOR DOING ALL THEIR LEGAL STUFF, THE LANDS HAVE RIGHTS, THE WATER AND TREES HAVE RIGHTS AND THEY'RE OUT THERE WITH CHAIN SAWS, CLEAR-CUTTING, PUTTING IN COMMENT. THESE ARE ALL VERY IMPORTANT THINGS TO THINK ABOUT FOR YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, MY GRANDCHILDREN. OKAY? FORGET THE MONEY. THE MONEY IS USELESS WHEN NO ONE IS BREATHING RIGHT. THE MONEY IS USELESS WHEN YOU -- WE DON'T HAVE FOOD. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL THESE ELECTRICIANS HERE TO GET INTO THE FUTURE AND START PUTTING HARD WORK INTO GROWING CLEAN FOOD AND KEEPING WATER PURE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU [03:20:06] TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION SO WE MAY BEGIN DISCUSSION? I SECOND. IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION SO THAT WE MAY BEGIN DISCUSSION. I THINK, AGAIN, MY THANKS TO EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT TODAY. I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN RIC GALVAN. WE HAVE SEEN THAT WITH HIS PERSISTENCE WITH THAT ON THIS ISSUE. COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I ALSO WANT TO THANK, AGAIN, THE GROUPS ON ALL SIDES OF THIS. WE UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMIC ISSUES, WE UNDERSTAND ALSO AS MENTIONED SOME OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES, EVEN SOME OF THE EFFECTS AS WE'RE SEEING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS WHY HOW WE ARE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. I THINK WE ALSO RECOGNIZE BEING MILITARY CITY USA THAT WE NEED THE COMPUTING POWER TO CYBER. SO WE UNDERSTAND ALL THAT. HOWEVER WE ALSO KNOW WE NEED TO BALANCE THAT WITH COMMON SENSE PROTECTIONS GIVEN WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WHAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND CERTAINLY IN DISTRICT 6 IN PARTICULAR. YOU KNOW, EVEN JUST IN THE TIME THAT COUNCILMAN GALVAN HAS BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, EVEN IN THAT ONE YEAR OR SO, WE'VE SEEN HOW QUICKLY THIS HAS GALVANIZED NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY, BUT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS IT'S BECOME CLEARER SOME OF THE CHALLENGES BOTH FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT, LARGELY FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED HERE. I THINK IN OUR COMMUNITY WE RECOGNIZE THAT TOO OFTEN WE HAVE SEEN PROJECTS ALLOWED IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS BASED ON WHAT THAT PARTICULAR COUNCILMEMBER IS WILLING TO ACCEPT. THAT APPROACH WILL BE INSUFFICIENT HERE BECAUSE THE IMPACTS WILL BE FELT BY OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE SAME COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO IRRESPECTIVE OF WHERE THEY LIVE. I THINK THAT TAKES THE FORM OF REQUIRING AN S CODE DESIGNATION AS PUT FORWARD BY COUNCILMEMBER GALVAN WITH ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS I'M RECOMMENDING. BASED ON WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN ON OUR OWN, THAT IS THE BARE MINIMUM. EARLIER THIS WEEK I WAS NEAR A DATA CENTER AND WHILE IT WAS IN THE COUNTY, IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE'S NOTHING IN PLACE CURRENTLY THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THAT FROM ENTERING -- FROM TAKING PLACE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. MY CONCERN IS THAT NEITHER THE ZONING COMMISSION OR THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON SETBACK ALONE WOULD HAVE PREVENTED WHAT I SAW THERE, WHICH WAS A DATA CENTER, SEVERAL DIESEL GENERATOR BACKUPS, JUST HUNDREDS OF PETE FEET FROM A POOL AND A PLAYGROUND. AND WHEN WE SEE THOSE THINGS, WE CAN VERY EASILY THINK ABOUT WHAT WAS DESCRIBED HERE, WHICH ARE STILL DEVELOPING LUNGS AND OF COURSE THE IMPACTS ON PROPERTY VALUE. DO YOU THINK THAT THOSE HOMEOWNER'S PROPERTY VALUES INCREASED ONCE THAT DATA CENTER SHOWED UP? IT'S NOT LIKELY. IT'S MORE LIKELY THAT THEY WERE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED. IT'S NOT LIKELY THAT RED FIN OR ZILLOW WILL START ADVERTISING AS A SELLING POINT THE DISTANCE TO A DATA CENTER. ADDITIONALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POLLUTANTS THAT ARE EMITTED IN THAT AREA, AS WAS JUST DESCRIBED, THERE'S A HEAT EFFECT THAT HAPPENS THERE AS WELL AS THE POLLUTANTS THAT GO INTO THE AIR. AGAIN, WHAT I JUST SAW IN THE COUNTY THAT WAS LESS THAN 700 FEET FROM A PLAYGROUND. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THOSE THINGS AND ALSO OUR OWN COMMUNITY WHEN FACED WITH THIS. WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE JOBS THAT ARE CREATED. I THINK WE'VE ALSO HEARD AND UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE -- TEXAS, OUR STATE, WE'VE GOT THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF UNINSURED FOLKS IN THE COUNTRY, KIDS AND ADULTS. AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT EVEN ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY OUR KIDS MISS SCHOOL IS ASTHMA, WE HAVE TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE PROTECTIONS THAT WE CAN PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I THOUGHT THAT WAS ACTUALLY. -- SA KIDS BREATHE, A PROGRAM THAT WE'LL NEED MANY MORE TIMES IF WE DON'T GET THIS APPROPRIATELY -- IF WE DON'T CALIBRATE THIS CORRECTLY, OUR APPROACH TO THESE, EVEN HOSTING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION HERE SHORTLY. THEY'RE ACTUALLY HAVING TWO SESSIONS ON THIS WHEN WE WILL HOST THEM NEXT TIME, AND ONE OF THOSE THAT WILL [03:25:01] PRESENT ON IT IS IN FACT THE ONE THAT DID A STUDY THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE THESE DATA CENTERS ARE POPPING UP, THEY'RE POPPING UP IN AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY DISPROPORTIONATELY DISADVANTAGED SOCIOECONOMICALLY AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, AGAIN, THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF DATA CENTER EXPANSION, PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS OF HYPER SCALER DATA CENTERS IN PARTICULAR. SO AGAIN, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING THAT CONFERENCE, OF COURSE, AND HAVING THIS DISCUSSION. I THINK IT WOULD BE EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL IF WE SAID IF WE JUST TOOK THE COMMON STEPS THAT GROUPS HAVE OUTLINED IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC HEALTH YOU BRING UP THIS SLIDE, PLEASE, SLIDE 6? THANK YOU. THIS IS A LONG LIST. I DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR IT. I WILL ALWAYS WANT THE BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK WE ALL DO THAT. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THESE JUST BASED ON WHAT I HAVE HEARD, WHAT I'VE GOTTEN IN MY INBOX AND I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES HAVE GOTTEN THE SAME. ONE OF THOSE IN PARTICULAR IS THE PUBLIC NOTICE. THIS IDEA THAT, AGAIN, MANY COMMUNITIES WERE NOT AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WHICH WOULD HAVE, AGAIN, PUBLIC HEALTH CONSEQUENCES AND PROPERTY VALUE IMPLICATIONS. SO I THINK A COMMON SENSE APPROACH IN PARTICULAR IS A 45-DAY PREFILING NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AND OF COURSE THE TWO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS IN THOSE AFFECTED NEIGHBORHOODS IS IMPORTANT. AS WAS HEARD EARLIER, THE NOISE PIECE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. IT AFFECTS PEOPLE'S SLEEP. THE AIR QUALITY PIECE IS ALSO IMPORTANT. WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT A SETBACK LOOKS LIKE, BUT 1,000 FEET, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? IT MATCHES THE DETENTION FACILITIES BECAUSE I'VE HEARD FOLKS DON'T WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO TWO THINGS, THEY DON'T WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO AN ICE FACILITY AND THEY DON'T WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO A DATA CENTER. THESE ARE COMMON SENSE THINGS. NONE OF THIS IS NOVEL. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE FURTHER ALONG IN THEIR DATA CENTER JOURNEY HAVE POINTED TO, TRANSPARENCY. YOU NEED MORE TRANSPARENCY ON THESE THINGS, YOU NEED TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, YOU NEED TO PROTECT PROPERTY VALUES. MY THANKS TO COUNCILMAN GALVAN FOR CONTINUING TO PUSH ON THIS AND THEN RECOGNIZING THAT WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO MUCH, MUCH FURTHER. IF IT WAS JUST ABOUT -- I THINK IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND AGAIN I'VE BEEN THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE LESSONS LEARNED OF PHOENIX, FOR EXAMPLE. CAN WE BRING UP -- LET ME BRING UP THE SLIDE ON -- ACTUALLY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. IT'S FINE, IT'S OKAY. SO WITH THAT, I MOVE TO AMEND THE MAIN MOTION TO INCLUDE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MY PROPOSAL AS PRESENTED ON SLIDE 6. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOVE TO DISCUSSION. OKAY. SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE AMENDMENT. ON THE MAIN MOTION TO INCLUDE THE AMENDMENTS ON SLIDE 6. WE'LL TAKE A VOICE VOTE, PLEASE? LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND DO THE VOICE VOTE THEN? >> SO THIS IS A VOTE ON THE MAYOR'S AMENDMENT. >> MAYOR JONES: THE MOTION FAILS. THAT WILL GO TO THE MAIN MOTION. COUNCILMEMBER GALVAN IS RECOGNIZED. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, FOR ALL THE FOLKS WHO CAME OUT TO GIVE COMMENT TODAY, ALL THE FOLKS WHO REACHED OUT TO THE [03:30:01] DISTRICT 6 FIELD OFFICE, EVERYBODY WHO HAS CONTINUED TO ENGAGE ON THIS ISSUE ACROSS THE CITY HAS REACHED OUT TO MY OFFICE TO LET US KNOW WHAT IMPORTANT ASPECTS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS. ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, LITERALLY TODAY, FOUR MONTHS INTO OFFICE, I PUT FORWARD MY FIRST CCR, ONE TO UPDATE OUR ZONING CODES. WHY? BECAUSE AS WE'VE HEARD AND SEEN IN THE NEWS, DISTRICT 6 HAS BEEN HOME TO NEARLY ALL OF THE DATA CENTERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO CITY LIMITS. I REQUESTED CITY STAFF TO EXPLORE POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT INTRODUCE A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION RELATED TO DATA CENTERS. I SPECIFICALLY SOUGHT THE AUTHORIZATION AS WE SAW IN OPTION 2 A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WOULD ALLOW FOR RESIDENTS TO DIRECTLY ASK QUESTIONS AND ADDRESS CONCERNS THAT A DATA CENTER CENTER [INDISCERNIBLE], AND MORE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. AND BASED ON SUCH FEEDBACK, CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD OR NOT, INCLUDING WITH FURTHER REGULATIONS AS NEEDED. BECAUSE OF THIS CCR, CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC HEARD FROM SAWS AND CPS ENERGY ON THE IMPACTS OF DATA CENTERS ON OUR UTILITIES, THE COST TO TAXPAYERS AND THE POTENTIAL NEW PROJECTS COMING TO SAN ANTONIO. SINCE THEN CPS ENERGY HAS IMPLEMENTED NEW DATA CENTER REGULATIONS REQUIRING ALL NEW PROPOSED DATA CENTER PROJECTS IN THE CPS ENERGY SERVICE AREA TO PROVIDE PROOF OF CONTRACTS PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT. EFFECTIVELY CURBING SOME OF THAT SPECULATIVE DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANYTHING IN THERE, THERE IS AN EMPTY BUILDING THERE. SAWS COMMITTED TO COUNCIL THAT THE BOARD WILL BE IMPLEMENTING NEW RULES FOR LARGE WATER USES, INCLUDING DATA CENTERS, TO USE RECYCLED WATER ONLY. IN ADDITION, BOTH COMMITTED TO A COST ANALYSIS STUDY WITH NEW RATES FOR HIGH WATER USERS, INCLUDING DATA CENTERS. IN MAY OF THIS YEAR I REQUESTED OUR CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE TO BRING FORWARD A GROUP TO SHAPE LOCAL BENEFITS POLICY RELATED TO DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION AND I REQUESTED THAT STAKEHOLDER GROUP SPECIFICALLY HAVE IBEW, OUR LOCAL ISDS, HALLMARK UNIVERSITY. ACCORDING TO OUR CITY MANAGEMENT, THAT WORK WILL BEGIN AFTER TODAY, ONCE THE RULES ARE SET. THIS CONVERSATION WILL CONTINUE TO GO ON TO SEE HOW WE CAN ENSURE THAT OUR WORKFORCE NEEDS ARE MET, TO ESPECIALLY SURE HOW OUR COMMUNITIES BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECTS. I'M GRATEFUL TO SEE THAT COME TOGETHER. DUE TO STATE LAW, THE ONLY WAY FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THIS COUNCIL TO CREATE PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS, PREVAILING WAGES IN THIS SECTOR IS IF WE SUBSIDIZE THE PROJECT, WHICH WE LARGELY DON'T DO, OR NEED SOME KIND OF APPROVAL BY THIS COUNCIL, OTHERWISE THAT NEGOTIATION DOES NOT EXIST. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY SO MANY RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 6 ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW DATA CENTERS WERE DEVELOPED IN THE AREA TO BEGIN WITH WHETHER IT'S ON THE LABOR SIDE, ON THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT SIDE, WHETHER A PERSON IS CONCERNED WHAT THIS IS GOING TO MEAN FOR MY COMMUNITY. SO IN AUGUST MYSELF, COUNCILMEMBER MEZA GONZÁLEZ AND CASTILLO PUT FORWARD A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON NEW DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT IN SAN ANTONIO. THAT MORATORIUM DID NOT GAIN SUPPORT NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD AND IT'S NOT ON THE TABLE TODAY, BUT I WILL NOTE THAT AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE CITY COUNCIL BROUGHT THAT FORWARD, WE SAW A CHANGE AT THE STATE LEVEL WITH ERCOT AND DATA CENTERS BEING PAUSED UNTIL DECEMBER. NOW WE'RE HEARING FROM STATE LEADERS CALLING FOR ZONING IN RURAL COUNTIES TOO RELATED TO DATA CENTERS. THERE HAS BEEN A MASS MOVEMENT AND SHIFT ON THIS ENTIRE INDUSTRY AND THE RULES THAT WE MAKE HERE IN TEXAS THAT WAS MEANT OF THE WORLD. NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THE CITY COUNCIL, TO BE THE FIRST MAJOR CITY IN TEXAS TO TAKE ACTION ON DATA CENTER REGULATIONS TO ENSURE OUR RESIDENTS HAVE A VOICE IN ANY NEW DATA CENTERS COMING TO SAN ANTONIO. TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE IN THE GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRY LOCALLY AND ENSURE OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN HAVE THE FINAL SAY ON HOW THE WEALTHIEST INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD MOVES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. SO I ASK TODAY, HOPEFULLY FOR THE LAST TIME, FROM MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS NEXT MOTION. I MOVE TO AMEND THE MAIN MOTION BY SUBSTITUTING OPTION 2 FROM SLIDE 4 ON STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. >> MAYOR, IF I MAY CLARIFY. SO IF COUNCILMAN GALVAN'S MOTION SUCCEEDS, THEN THAT BECOMES THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH IS STILL OPEN TO AMENDMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND AS READ. WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION. WHICH IS ON HIS AMENDMENT. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE SIGN IN. THIS IS ON HIS AMENDMENT. >> I THINK COUNCILMAN WHYTE HAS A QUESTION. >> MAYOR JONES: YOU HAVE A QUESTION? [03:35:03] OKAY. >> WHYTE: IF I'M GOING TO MOVE TO SUBSTITUTE A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION, DO WE DO IT NOW OR DO WE WAIT FOR THE VOTE ON HIS? >> AGAIN, IF COUNCILMAN GALVAN'S MOTION SUCCEEDS, COUNCILMAN, THEN IT'S ESSENTIALLY A SUBSTITUTION, SO THAT OPTION 2 NOW BECOMES THE MAIN MOTION. IT IS STILL OPEN TO EITHER ANOTHER SUBSTITUTION OR FURTHER AMENDMENT. >> WHYTE: OKAY. SO I GUESS WE VOTE ON HIS AND THEN I WILL GIVE MY SUBSTITUTION. >> MAYOR JONES: CORRECT. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION ON COUNCILMAN GALVAN'S AMENDMENT? OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. WE'LL DO A VOICE VOTE. >> IT'S A 9-2. >> MAYOR JONES: SO THE AMENDMENT PASSES. WE'LL MOVE ON -- WHICH NOW IS THE MAIN MOTION. GO ON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, COUNCILMAN WHYTE. >> WHYTE: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO BEGIN TODAY AND JUST TALK ABOUT REALLY HOW WE GOT HERE. BECAUSE AS WE SIT HERE IN THIS MOMENT, SAN ANTONIO HAS NO WRITTEN RULES REGARDING DATA CENTERS. WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITION, THERE'S NO DISTANCE FROM DATA CENTERS TO HOMES OR SCHOOLS, NO LIGHTING STANDARDS, NO SETBACKS, NOTHING THAT SPECIFICALLY KEEPS ONE OFF OF THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE. WHATEVER WE PASS TODAY IS GOING TO BE A HUGE STEP FORWARD. AND FOR THAT WE OWE COUNCILMAN GALVAN A HUGE DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. WITH THAT SAID, THE OPTION THAT WE CHOOSE TODAY, I BELIEVE, SHOULD BE THE ONE THAT WAS PUT FORTH BY THE ZONING COMMISSION. IT DEFINES A DATA CENTER FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT LIMITS WHERE DATA CENTERS CAN GO, NO RESIDENTIAL, NO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, NO OFFICE. IT BANS THEM OVER THE EDWARD'S RECHARGE ZONE, NO BUILDINGS, NO GENERATORS, NO BATTERY STORAGE, NO FUEL SYSTEMS. THAT'S OUR DRINKING WATER AND THE ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION TREATS IT THAT WAY. ON HEAVY AND MIXED INDUSTRIAL LAND, WE'VE ALREADY ZONED FOR INTENSIVE USE. A DATA CENTER COULD BE BUILT BY RIGHT ONLY IF IT MEETS EVERY STANDARD. IT HAS TO BE 350 FEET AWAY FROM A HOME, SCHOOL, DAY CARE, ASSISTED FACILITY OR HOSPITAL. IT HAS TO SIT 100 FEET BACK FROM ITS OWN PROPERTY LINE, WHICH IS DOUBLE WHAT STAFF ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. IT NEEDS A LANDSCAPE BUFFER, SHIELDED AND DOWNWARD-FACING LIGHTING, SCREEN CHILLERS AND GENERATORS. AND IT HAS TO COMPLY WITH OUR NOISE ORDINANCE. IF A PROJECT CAN CANNOT MEET THOSE STANDARDS, THE ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION SAYS THAT A DATA CENTER CANNOT BE BUILT BY RIGHT. IT WOULD THEN COME TO THIS COUNCIL FOR A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION, AND THERE WE COULD ATTACH THE CONDITIONS THAT WE WANT. THE ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION IS NOT JUST A LIGHT TOUCH, IT IS A FULL FRAMEWORK FOR DATA CENTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE BEFORE HAD NOTHING. NOW, I RESPECT MY COLLEAGUES THAT BELIEVE WE NEED A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR EVERY USE. BUT I DISAGREE. IF WE TELL COMPANIES THAT EVEN ON HEAVY INDUSTRIAL LAND, LAND WE ZONED EXACTLY FOR THIS KIND OF USE, THAT EVERY PROJECT IS GOING TO GET DECIDED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, WE'RE TELLING THEM ESSENTIALLY THAT THE RULES ARE NOT WRITTEN DOWN. THEY GET MADE IN THIS ROOM ONE VOTE AT A TIME. THAT ISN'T A STANDARD. IT'S UNCERTAINTY. AND THOSE PROJECTS, THEY WON'T DISAPPEAR, THEY'LL JUST GO OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS WHERE OUR CITY WON'T REAP THE FINANCIAL BENEFITS AND OUR CITIZENS WON'T REAP THE JOB BENEFITS THAT HAVING THEM WITHIN THE CITY WOULD PROVIDE FOR US. [03:40:08] THERE IS OVER $3 BILLION OF TAXABLE VALUE FROM REAL PROPERTY AND PERSONAL PROPERTY RIGHT NOW ON THE GROUND IN SAN ANTONIO. AND WE GET $8 MILLION TO OUR BOTTOM LINE PER 100 MEGAWATTS OF USE FROM THESE DATA CENTERS. WE JUST RAISED TAXES ON THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO TO COVER THAT 28-MILLION-DOLLARS THAT WE NEEDED. WITHOUT THE DATA CENTERS BEING HERE, THAT NUMBER WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH LARGER AND THE TAX HIKE WOULD HAVE BEEN NEEDED TO BE MUCH GREATER TO CLOSE OUR BUDGET DEFICIT. THE ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION IS A COMPROMISE. SO MANY TIMES WE SIT UP HERE AND WE'RE FIGHTING OVER WHATEVER IT IS, AND OUR JOB IS TO COME TOGETHER AND FIND A SOLUTION THAT MAY NOT MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY, BUT THAT STRIKES THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN TWO COMPETING NEEDS. WE MUST PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WE MUST PROTECT OUR PEOPLE, AND WE CAN DO THAT WITH THE ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF CERTAINTY TO THESE DATA CENTERS WHO WANT TO COME INTO INDUSTRIAL AREAS WITHIN OUR CITY. WE CAN TELL THEM, MEET THESE STANDARDS ON INDUSTRIAL LAND AND YOU CAN BUILD, BUT IF YOU FALL SHORT OR TRY TO BUILD SOMEWHERE LESS INTENSIVE, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL. THAT'S PREDICTABLE FOR THE PEOPLE INVESTING AND PROTECTIVE FOR OUR PEOPLE LIVING NEARBY. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF THE ZONING COMMISSION, WHO SPENT MONTHS LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE. AND WHEN IT WENT TO A FINAL VOTE, WHICH I THINK WAS ON OCTOBER 20TH, THEY TOOK TESTIMONY, THEY WORKED THROUGH THIS, AND I BELIEVE BY 9-1 VOTE THEIR RECOMMENDATION PASSED AND COMES BEFORE US TODAY. EACH ONE OF US APPOINTS A ZONING COMMISSIONER AND THEY ALL WORKED THROUGH THIS ISSUE AND APPROVED IT 9-1. THE ONLY ZONING COMMISSIONER THAT DIDN'T WAS MINE. AND YOURS WASN'T THERE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE, OF COURSE, HE WANTED THE OPTION 1, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE TODAY. BUT THROUGH THEIR WORK THEY HAVE COME UP WITH A COMPROMISE, A BALANCED APPROACH TO THIS ISSUE. SO I APPEAL TO ALL OF YOU TODAY, WE CAN DO EXACTLY WHAT COUNCILMAN GALVAN SET OUT TO DO AND WE CAN DO IT IN A BALANCED WAY. SO WITH MY THANKS TO THE ZONING COMMISSION, AND WITH MY THANKS TO COUNCILMAN GALVAN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP, I MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR, BY SUBSTITUTING THAT MOTION, BY SUBSTITUTING THE ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION, WITH THE ADDITION OF ADDING UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN THE LIST OF LOCATIONS FOR WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL MAY IMPOSE A MINIMUM DISTANCE REQUIREMENT. >> MAYOR JONES: SECOND? >> MAYOR, AGAIN, IF I MAY JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL KEEPING THE SAME SCORECARD. IF COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE'S MOTION SUCCEEDS, THEN THE ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, IN ADDITION TO THE UNESCO LANGUAGE, BECOMES THE MAIN MOTION, AND SUBJECT TO FURTHER AMENDMENT. IF IT FAILS THEN COUNCILMAN GALVAN'S MOTION STILL REMAINS THE MAIN MOTION. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. ANDY. LET'S BRING UP THE SLIDE FOR EVERYBODY FOLLOWING ALONG. SLIDE 8, PLEASE. SO IF COUNCILMAN WHYTE'S AMENDMENT PASSES THAT WOULD BECOME THE MAIN MOTION? [03:45:07] >> SEGOVIA: YES. >> MAYOR JONES: TO BE VERY CLEAR, THIS IS A BY RIGHT AND THESE THINGS -- OKAY. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON IT. ALLOWS DATA CENTERS BY RIGHT AND MORE INTENSE INDUSTRIAL -- YEAH. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. >> SO THIS SAYS INDUSTRIAL ZONE DISTRICTS BUT IT DOES REQUIRE A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION IF YOU WANT TO DO IT IN C3 LIGHT INDUSTRY OR BUSINESS PARK. OR IF THEY DON'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE OUTLINED. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. >> POINT OF CLARIFICATION? >> MAYOR JONES: GO AHEAD. PLEASE. >> ANDY, ARE WE ABLE TO VOTE ON THE UNESCO AMENDMENT SEPARATELY FROM THE ZONING COMMISSION APPROVAL? ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION? >> SEGOVIA: GENERALLY IF IT'S INCLUDED IN A MOTION AND IT FAILS, THEN IT FAILS. >> BUT AM I ABLE TO HAVE A MOTION TO DIVIDE THE QUESTION TO SEPARATE THOSE TWO? >> SEGOVIA: YES, YOU CAN. YES. YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO DIVIDE THAT. YES. >> GALVAN: I MOVE TO DIVIDE THE QUESTION. >> MAYOR JONES: SO THERE'S A MOTION TO DIVIDE THE QUESTION. ONE CONSIDERATION IS JUST THE SETBACK FOR UNESCO SITES WHICH IS A TBD. HAS THAT AMOUNT BEEN DETERMINED? THE SETBACK FOR THE UNESCO SITE? >> SEGOVIA: YES. >> MAYOR JONES: WHAT IS THAT DISTANCE? >> IN OPTION TWO THERE IS NO SET DISTANCE. IT WOULD MERELY ADD UNESCO AS AN ITEM THAT COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER IN DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO IMPOSE A DISTANCE LIMITATION. THE DISTANCE ITSELF IS NOT SET UNTIL AN ITEM COMES BEFORE COUNCIL. >> MAYOR JONES: GOT IT. OKAY. OKAY. >> SEGOVIA: IT WOULD BE DECIDED ON A CASE-BY-CASE, THEN. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. THANK YOU. ANDY, WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION ON WHICH OF THESE WE TAKE FIRST? >> SEGOVIA: FIRST, MAYOR, TRYING TO KEEP THE SCORE CARD, FIRST WE NEED -- SORRY, I SHOULDN'T SAY WE. FIRST THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO VOTE ON WHETHER YOU WANT TO DIVIDE THE QUESTION OR NOT. >> MAYOR JONES: THERE WAS A MOTION, THERE WAS A SECOND TO DO THAT. WHO WAS THE SECOND? COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO SEPARATE THE TWO. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT AMENDMENT? THIS WOULD BE A VOTE TO SEPARATE THE TWO. DO YOU NEED VOICE? THIS IS A VOTE ON THE SEPARATION. VOTE TO SEPARATE THE TWO. THE MOTION CARRIES TO SEPARATE THE TWO ITEMS. OKAY. >> SEGOVIA: TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, MAYOR, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL VOTE ON COUNCIL MEMBER WHYTE'S MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE THE ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION FIRST, AND THEN THE UNESCO ITEM. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON COUNCIL MEMBER WHYTE'S AMENDMENT? COUNCIL MEMBER SPEARS, PLEASE. >> SPEARS: THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER GALVAN FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. I KNOW THIS IS REALLY IMPACTING YOUR DISTRICT IN A GREAT WAY. WHILE WE MAY NOT SEE EYE-TO-EYE ON A LOT OF IT, I DO RESPECT YOUR POINT OF VIEW HERE. I DO WANT TO SAY I CAME OUT SUPPORTIVE OF OPTION ONE, BECAUSE STAFF RECOMMENDED THIS FOR A REASON. I DO BELIEVE SAN ANTONIO HAS TO BE POSITIONING ITSELF FOR THE FUTURE, BUT ADDING COSTLY RESTRICTIONS AND UNCERTAINTY IS SENDING A MESSAGE THAT INVESTMENT AND INNOVATION ARE UNWELCOME HERE. THESE COMPANIES HAVE CHOICES AND IF WE MAKE IT UNNECESSARILY DIFFICULT TO BUILD HERE, THEY WILL TAKE THEIR INVESTMENT ELSEWHERE. CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND TAX REVENUE AS WELL. DATA CENTERS PROVIDE ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORTING BUSINESSES, HOSPITALS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, OUR MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND CYBERSECURITY. THEIR DEVELOPMENT ALSO CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR LOCAL CONTRACTORS, SKILLED TRADES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS WHILE EXPANDING THE CITY'S COMMERCIAL TAX BASE. TECHNOLOGY IS A PART OF NEARLY EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING. WE RELY ON IT TO RUN BUSINESSES, DELIVER HEALTH CARE, PROTECT SENSITIVE INFORMATION AND SUPPORT OUR [03:50:06] MILITARY. WE NEED THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEHIND THESE SERVICES AND SAN ANTONIO CAN BENEFIT FROM THESE INVESTMENTS. I KNOW THAT THERE'S MANY CONCERNS ABOUT OUR ELECTRIC AND WATER RESOURCES, BUT DATA CENTERS ARE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING. THEY'RE USING CLOSED LOOP COOLING SYSTEMS, HVAC RECIRCULATION AND THEY'RE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCING THEIR NEED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL WATER. CLAIMS THAT DATA CENTERS ARE INHERENTLY WASTEFUL OVERLOOK THEIR CONSERVATION EFFORTS AND WE CAN AND SHOULD EVALUATE FACILITIES BASED ON THEIR ACTUAL WATER USE AND TECHNOLOGY. DATA CENTERS ARE ALSO USING BEHIND THE METER ELECTRICITY SOLUTIONS AND EVEN ACTING AS BENEVOLENT ELECTRICITY PROVIDERS IN MANY CASES, HELPING IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF DATA CENTERS IS ADVANCING AT AN INCREDIBLE PACE BECAUSE OF DEMAND AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY ALIGNED WITH OUR SAME DESIRES THAT THEY DO NOT IMPACT OUR WATER, ELECTRICITY CAPACITY AND NOISE REDUCTION AND AIR QUALITY, BUT WHY DO THEY FEEL THAT WAY? IT'S BECAUSE THEY BENEFIT, TOO. I SUPPORT WORKING WITH DATA CENTER OPERATORS AND UTILITIES TO PROTECT RESOURCES, ADDRESS NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS AND ENSURE COMPANIES FUND THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, THEIR PROJECTS REQUIRE. THESE COMPANIES CAN BE STRONG PARTNERS TO OUR CITY, THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND WE SHOULD WORK WITH THEM TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC CONCERNS AND ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE GROWTH. SAN ANTONIO CANNOT BUILD A STRONGER ECONOMY BY PUTTING UNNECESSARY OBSTACLES IN FRONT OF INDUSTRIES THAT WILL HELP SHAPE ITS FUTURE AND WE NEED PRACTICAL RULES THAT SUPPORT PROGRESS, ATTRACT INVESTMENT AND KEEP OUR CITY COMPETITIVE. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T OVERLOOK THE WORK FORCE IMPLICATIONS FROM THIS DECISION. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DATA CENTERS WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT BUILDINGS FILLED WITH SERVERS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ELECTRICIANS, PLUMBERS, HVAC TECHS, ENGINEERS AND THE SKILLED TRADESPEOPLE THAT BUILD AND MAINTAIN THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. THESE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES MATTER TO WORKING FAMILIES IN SAN ANTONIO. AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT DOESN'T STOP AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. THESE PROJECTS ALSO CREATE DEMAND FOR LOCAL CONTRACTORS, EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS, TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES AND OTHER BUSINESSES. WE SHOULD ALSO RECOGNIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. SAN ANTONIO HAS INVESTED IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION, CYBERSECURITY AND WORKFORCE TRAINING. DATA CENTERS ARE ONE INDUSTRY WHERE THOSE SKILLS CAN BE PUT TO WORK. THE EARNINGS THAT THE WORKFORCE MAKES ARE SPENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND INCREASES OUR SALES TAX REVENUE. A PREVIOUS MICROSOFT EXPANSION IN SAN ANTONIO WAS SCOM PROJECTED TO BENEFIT MORE THAN $56 MILLION IN NET FISCAL BENEFITS OVER 15 YEARS, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING BOTH THE POTENTIAL TAX REVENUE AND THE COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SERVICES WHEN WE EVALUATE THESE PROJECTS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXPAND FACILITIES AND STILL ENSURE THAT NOISE REDUCTION AND CLEAN AIR FOR OUR COMMUNITIES SIMPLY BY NEGOTIATING AS PARTNERS WITH THE DATA CENTER DEVELOPERS. THESE DATA CENTERS WILL BE BUILT ALL AROUND US BECAUSE DATA CENTER USE DEMANDS IT. WE ARE A LARGE CITY. IF WE DON'T ENCOURAGE GROWTH INSIDE OUR CITY LIMITS, THEY WILL BE BUILT IN SURROUNDING AREAS AND COUNTIES AND IN MANY CASES, USING OUR MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES. OTHER PLACES WILL RECEIVE THE BENEFITS AND WE CAN'T ENSURE THEIR RESPONSIBLE GROWTH THERE. SAN ANTONIO WILL BE OUT OF THE CONVERSATION. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU'RE AGAINST DATA CENTERS, THEN YOU WILL BE -- YOU WILL NOW THEN HAVE TO LOOK AT STOPPING USING ANY SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU CAN'T USE ANY AI CHATGPT, YOU HAVE TO STOP STREAMING NETFLIX AND YOUTUBE, YOU GOT TO STOP SHOPPING ON AMAZON, YOU HAVE TO STOP USING VENMOAND ONLINE BANKING, STOP SAVING YOUR PHOTOS TO THE ICLOUD OR GOOGLE PHOTOS, STOP USING YOUR GPS, STOP WORKING REMOTE, STOP GETTING EMERGENCY WEATHER ALERTS ON YOUR PHONE, STOP USING YOUR E-MAIL AND STOP USING YOUR CREDIT AND DEBIT CARDS. THAT'S JUST ONE PERSON'S IMPACT ON DATA CENTERS. ECONOMIC GROWTH IS NO LONGER OPTIONAL FOR SAN ANTONIO. REMOVING A STRONG, VIABLE INDUSTRY FROM OUR REGION REMOVES REVENUE AND JOBS FROM OUR COMMUNITY WHEN WE ARE STRUGGLING TO MEET OUR BUDGETARY NEEDS AS A CITY. WHILE I STILL MAINTAIN THAT OPTION ONE IS THE BEST [03:55:05] OPTION, I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE ZONING COMMISSION, WHAT THE ZONE COMMISSION HAS PUT FORTH AND COUNCILMAN WHYTE HAS ON THE TABLE THAT WAS VOTED ON AND APPROVED 9-1. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN? >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION AND I CONTINUE TO REPEAT MYSELF. LET ME JUST START WITH QUESTIONS. IN TERMS OF THE UDC AMENDMENTS, WE WILL NEED TO REVIEW WHATEVER WE DO TODAY WILL HAVE TO BE REVIEWED AGAIN IN JANUARY AS WE GO THROUGH THE BIGGER UDC REVIEW, FOR UDC AMENDMENTS IN OUR FIVE-YEAR CYCLE. BECAUSE THIS IS OFF OUR NORMAL CYCLE. >> WHATEVER YOU APPROVE TODAY, WILL BE PART OF THE UDC. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RE-REVIEWED AGAIN. WHAT WE DO IS LOOK AT THE AMENDMENTS. >> VIAGRAN: ALRIGHT. REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER PASSES TODAY, WE WILL NEED AMENDMENTS. THE OTHER THING IS WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE DO TODAY ALIGNS WITH WHAT THE STATE PUTS FORWARD. CORRECT? >> YES. >> VIAGRAN: THAT CAN BE MORE OR LESS RESTRICTIVE? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> VIAGRAN: WE WILL HAVE TO ALIGN WITH WHAT THE STATE PUTS FORWARD? >> YES. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, I STATED THAT WE NEEDED A SAN ANTONIO SOLUTION. FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY AND TEXAS A & M ENGINEERING TO DISCUSS THE LARGER SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY ISSUES, AND THE DATA CENTERS HAVE COME UP. AND THEN TOOK ALL THE ENERGY AND ALL THE FOCUS. WHEN WE STILL HAVE A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TO REVIEW, WHEN WE STILL HAVE OTHER CHANGES TO MAKE AS WE LOOK THROUGH THIS UDC AMENDMENTS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD. WE NEED TO THINK INTENTIONALLY BEYOND JUST TAKING A SIMPLE BINARY APPROACH TO A COMPLEX I THINK THIS WAS RUSHED. I THINK WE NEED MORE TIME WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS. TODAY, AMONG THE SPEAKERS WITH THE EMPLOYEES WITH THE WORKERS, WITH THE BUSINESSES, WITH THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS, I HAVE HEARD A NUMBER OF ISSUES AND UDC AND THIS AMENDMENT IS JUST ONE OF THEM. I WILL BE SUPPORTING WHAT CAME OUT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION SIMPLY BECAUSE IT GIVES US MORE OF A FRAMEWORK TO WORK FROM AND I CAN HEAR THE CONCERN FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE WERE READY -- FIVE OF US, FIVE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MORE RESTRICTIVE PLANS WITHOUT ANY RESEARCH OR DATA TO MOVE THIS FORWARD IN TERMS OF SAN ANTONIO. SO MY PLAN IS TO HAVE ONE OF TWO OPTIONS MOVE FORWARD TODAY. GET WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THOSE THAT WANT TO COME IN, IF IT'S JUST US, THE OTHER RESPONSIBILITY WHICH LIES ON THIS COUNCIL THAT'S GETTING PAID MORE IS TO HAVE THEIR STAFF, THEIR ZONING COMMISSIONERS, THEMSELVES, MEET WITH THE -- IT IS NOT -- IT'S NOT A MEANS AND LOGANSJOB. IT IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S JOB TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TELL THEM WHAT'S COMING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, YOU UNDERSTAND MY CONCERN IN TERMS OF DISTRICT 3. MAJOR CONCERN FOR ME. BUT THE TIME AND EFFORT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS MOVING, BECAUSE I HAVE HAD DATA CENTERS COME THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR AND MEET WITH ME AND GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND GO OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND I AM SORRY THAT NOT ALL DATA CENTERS HAVE, AND WE GOT THOSE RESULTS FROM THE SURVEY BECAUSE IT WAS CITY-WIDE. IT WASN'T DISTRICT 3-SPECIFIC. IT WAS CITYWIDE. AND WE UNDERSTAND THE DATA CENTERS' NEED TO DO BETTER. AND I APPLAUD ALL THOSE WHO ARE WORKING AT IT. AND I APPLAUD ALL THE LEADERSHIP AND THE UNION MEMBERS THAT CAME TO SPEAK ON THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. BUT THIS FEELS RUSHED. THIS FEELS LIKE WE SHOULD [04:00:05] HAVE TAKEN MORE TIME WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS. THIS FEELS LIKE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE JUST LEFT IT TO UDC. BUT THIS IS OUR ONLY OPTION AND I UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCILMAN GALVAN FELT PUT INTO A CORNER BECAUSE OF HIS SITUATION THERE. BUT MY PLEDGE TO YOU, TO THE COMMUNITY, IS COME TO THE -- IF IT'S JUST US TODAY OR EVEN IF IT'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S PLAN, COME THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR. MY TEAM WILL MEET WITH YOU. I HAVE TWO DEDICATED STAFF TO ZONING RIGHT NOW. I HAVE TWO OTHERS READY, WAITING IN THE WINGS TO MEET WITH YOU, AND WE WILL WORK ON SEEING WHAT IS THE BEST FIT, AND WE WILL GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL COME OUT AND SOME WON'T. AND WHILE YES, THIS IS A CITY-WIDE ISSUE AND IT IMPACTS THE CITY, THIS IS ALSO AN ECONOMIC LENS, WE HAVE TO LOOK WITH AN ECONOMIC LENS AND THIS ALSO IS A DISTRICT-SPECIFIC ISSUE. UNLESS YOU'RE PERFECTED IN DISTRICT 3 AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS OF DISTRICT 3, DO NOT BRING ME SOMETHING FROM OUT OF STATE. AND THAT'S WHY I'M WORKING FOR A SAN ANTONIO SOLUTION. SO I, LIKE COUNCILMAN GALVAN, WE'RE GOING TO GET SOMETHING DONE TODAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT WE NEED TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS PROCESS, AND IT'S COMPLEX AND IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE, BUT WE NEED TO SIT AND TALK TO EACH OTHER, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT HELPING. THIS IS NOT HELPING AT ALL. SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GALVAN, FOR YOUR EFFORTS. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. COUNCILMAN WHYTE, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND WHATEVER HAPPENS TODAY, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US BECAUSE NOBODY'S GOING TO STOP USING THEIR PHONES. AND THAT'S JUST THE FACT OF IT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE -- COUNCILMAN CASTILLO, PLEASE. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AS LOGAN AND THE TEAM FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS INITIATIVE AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER GALVAN FOR LEADING THIS REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION, AND TO TIE IT PRIMARILY TO CELL PHONE USE IS ASININE. SPENDING SPREE IN ELECTIONS AND THIS ISN'T BECAUSE OF CELL PHONE USE. EVERY PRESENTATION BY EVERY CEO IS HIGHLIGHTING THE VALUE OF AI BEING TRAINED WITHIN THESE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED DATA CENTERS TO REDUCE THE COSTS FOR THEIR BUSINESSES WHERE IT'S THE HIGHEST. THE HIGHEST COST IS RELATED TO LABOR COSTS. SO WHILE WE TALK ABOUT THE JOBS THAT IT'S PRODUCING, IT IS REMOVING THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY. >> CASTILLO: AND IN THE UNITED STATES WE LEAD IN IMPACT OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF AI STORED IN DATA CENTERS. SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT KEY POINT, THAT THOSE SAVINGS BY HAVING THE AI STORED IN THESE DATA CENTERS, AGAIN, ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE BOSSES AND CEOS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE UNEMPLOYMENT RISE AND WHAT WE HEARD FROM SOMEONE WITHIN THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT, THEY MENTIONED ORACLE AND MICROSOFT. AGAIN, MICROSOFT HAS ISSUED BUY-OUTS FOR MORE THAN 60,000 EMPLOYEES. THOSE ARE 60,000 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE NO LONGER GOING TO HAVE BENEFITS, MAY MISS THEIR MORTGAGE, AND HAVE FAMILIES TO CARE FOR. SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE SHORT BENEFIT THAT WE DO SEE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SITES, BUT MY SOLIDARITY SPANS THE TRADES. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THOSE WHO MAY BE AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR JOB BECAUSE OF AI TRAINING, THAT'S GOING TO REPLACE MUCH OF OUR WORKFORCE. I THINK ABOUT A CITY, MY TEAM WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THIS TECHNOLOGY. TECHNOLOGY IN WHICH THERE WERE NOT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS LAYING THE CEMENT. IT WAS AUTOMATED. SO TYPICALLY, WHERE YOU SEE THREE, FOUR CONTRACTORS LAYING AND PAVING THE CEMENT, WAS A MACHINE. IT'S AUTOMATED. SO THAT'S LESS OF OUR INDIVIDUALS OUT CONSTRUCTING OUR COMMUNITIES. NOW, PIVOTING BACK TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CODE, AGAIN, THIS IS TECHNOLOGY THAT IS EVOLVING VERY QUICKLY, EVOLVING WHILE WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. IT IS OVERDUE. WE CAN'T HAVE THIS CONVERSATION SOON ENOUGH AND/OR TAKE ACTION SO THAT'S WHY I'M GRATEFUL AGAIN FOR COUNCIL MEMBER GALVAN INITIATING THE MEMO FOR US TO TAKE ACTION AND POTENTIALLY CALL FOR A MORATORIUM SO WE CAN WORK THROUGH THESE THINGS SOONER THAN LATER. [04:05:02] SO AGAIN, GRATEFUL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP RELATED TO THE AMENDMENT THAT'S ON THE TABLE. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MAP THAT'S INCLUDED IN STAFF'S PRESENTATION AND WE LOOK SPECIFICALLY TO DISTRICT 5, IT'S PRIMARILY WITHIN THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF DISTRICT 5 WHERE THERE COULD BE OPPORTUNITY WITH THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ALREADY HIGHLY CONCENTRATED WITH HEAVY INDUSTRIAL. TALKING AUTO AND METAL RECYCLERS, TALKING ABOUT THE TOXIC TRIANGLE THAT MANY SCHOLARS HAVE HIGHLIGHTED WITHIN DISTRICT 5 AND 4, WHERE ONE OF THE CITY'S ONLY BROWN FIELDS SITES. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD FACILITATE FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT TO OUR COMMITTEE. WITH THAT, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT. AGAIN, THIS CONVERSATION IS LONG OVERDUE. AND IT'S IMPORTANT AGAIN THAT WE KEEP OUR ENTIRE WORKFORCE IN MIND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE ZONING ITEMS. AGAIN, VALUE THEOURLABORERS BUT SOLIDARITY EXPANDS TO TRADES. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILMAN MU MUNGIA, PLEASE. >> MUNGIA: ALONG THOSE LINES, CAN YOU COME UP REAL QUICK AND GO TO SLIDE 5, PLEASE? THIS IS THE MAP COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO WAS REFERRING TO. WALK ME THROUGH THIS AGAIN REAL QUICK. OPTION ONE MEANS THAT ANY OF THE COLOR AREAS, PURPLE, RED, GREEN, WOULD HAVE A DATA CENTER ALLOWED BY RIGHT? >> OPTION ONE, ANY OF THESE HIGHLIGHTED AREAS WILL BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT IF THEY COMPLY WITH THE SET RULES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. >> MUNGIA: AND THIS IS NOT, THE COUNCIL DISTRICT IS NOT NECESSARILY HIGHLIGHTED BUT HOW DOES DISTRICT 4 FARE IN THIS MAP? >> DO YOU HAVE IT, LOGAN? >> MUNGIA: YOU KNOW MY BOUNDARIES. ON THE MAP, DISTRICT 4. >> I KNOW WHERE DISTRICT 4 IS. >> MUNGIA: WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PURPLE AND RED, RIGHT? >> YES. >> MUNGIA: MORE THAN IN AUDIO]? >> YES, THE SOUTHWEST. >> MUNGIA: YES. LOOKING AT THIS MAP AGAIN, WHERE DISTRICT 4 IS, AND WHERE IT MATCHES IN WITH DISTRICT 5 INTO DISTRICT 6, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LAND WHERE FOLKS CAN DO THIS BY RIGHT IN OPTION ONE. AND SO I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER GALVAN, EVERYTHING HE'S BEEN DOING, BECAUSE WE'RE NEIGHBORS. AND ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN, A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS THAT ARE RIGHT ACROSS THE BORDER LIVE IN THAT AREA AND HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP AND THINK ABOUT WHERE THESE THINGS COULD GO, MY RESIDENTS DON'T NECESSARILY WANT THAT. OR THEY WANT THE ABILITY TO SAY IF ONE OR TWO COME IN, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND TALK ABOUT THIS. BUT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND KNOWING THE EXPANSE OF DATA CENTERS, THE NUMBER OF CENTERS THAT COULD ARISE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DISTRICT 5 AND EVEN THE EAST SIDE IF YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP, IS QUITE HIGH. BECAUSE AS DR. DYER HAD SAID WHO WAS WORKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN, OUTSIDE OF THE NORTHEAST, TEXAS IS THE LARGEST GROWING DATA CENTER HUB IN THE COUNTRY. THAT'S CORRECT, RIGHT? YEAH. SO THE CHANCE FOR SAN ANTONIO AND FOR US IN OUR CITY LIMITS TO HAVE MORE IS VERY, VERY LIKELY, AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S RIGHT. LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES ON MY DISTRICT. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FAIR. SO MAYBE IF MY ZONING MAP LOOKED A LITTLE DIFFERENT, IF MAYBE IT WAS MORE LIKE THE AREA BETWEEN 410 NORTH AND 1604 WHERE THERE'S ONE MAYBE PARCEL OR TWO OF INDUSTRIAL, IT'S NOT A BIG DIFFERENCE. BUT IN MY COMMUNITY, WHAT'S GOING -- THE DECISIONS BEING MADE TODAY ARE GOING TO AFFECT MY DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY. IT'S NOT THERE YET NECESSARILY, BUT IT WILL HAPPEN. AND SO OPTION ONE IS SIMPLY NOT AN EASY THING TO DO. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT JOBS AND BUSINESS GROWTH AND ALL THAT. I THINK BASED ON THE WAYS WE ARE REVISING OUR INCENTIVES IS SHOWING PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO ARE READY FOR BUSINESS. WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE AN EXTENSION ON PRE-K FOR SA, TELL PEOPLE OUR KIDS ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF. WE'RE INVESTING IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE'RE INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH A BOND. WE ARE BEING VERY -- WE HAVE A AAA BOND RATING. THERE'S A LOT OF METRICS THAT ARE TELLING PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD THAT SAN ANTONIO IS FOERP BUSINESS. SO RESTRICTING WHERE DATA CENTERS GO IS NOT NECESSARILY SAYING THE OPPOSITE OF THAT. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. AND SO WE STILL HAVE A GREAT WORKFORCE HERE TO DO BUSINESS. I DO APPRECIATE THE ZONING COMMISSION'S WORK. I THINK THAT IS DECENT WORK COMPARED TO WHERE FOLKS ARE [04:10:05] BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE. AND -- BUT I DO THINK BASED ON THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE KNOW WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, WE NEED TO GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OFFERED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GALVAN. THIS DOES NOT STOP THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM DOING DATA CENTERS. PORT SAN ANTONIO IS IN MY DISTRICT, LACKLAND IS IN MY AREA, AND THERE'S NO RESTRICTION. WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS TO DO A DATA CENTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY PURPOSES, THAT WILL STILL HAPPEN REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS TODAY. SO WE ARE NOT IN ANY WAY REDUCING OUR SECURITY LEVELS OF THE COUNTRY. BUT FOR OTHER USES WE NEED TO BE MORE MINDFUL. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON COUNCILMAN WHYTE'S AMENDMENT? OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. IF THIS AMENDMENT PASSES, THEN THE ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION ON SLIDE 8 WOULD TAKE PRECEDENT OVER WHAT COUNCILMAN GALVAN HAS RECOMMENDED. WE WILL DO A VOICE VOTE, PLEASE. >> CLERK: FIVE YES, SIX NO. >> MAYOR JONES: THE MOTION FAILS. OKAY. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE UNESCO AMENDMENT. >> SEGOVIA: IF I MAY, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE AMENDMENT IS TO ADD THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES TO THE LIST OF LOCATIONS THE CITY MAY IMPOSE A MINIMUM DISTANCE REQUIREMENT. THAT'S THE MOTION. >> MAYOR JONES: THIS IS A MAY BECAUSE AS MENTIONED, THERE IS NOT A STIPULATED REQUIREMENT AT THIS POINT. OKAY. OKAY. THERE WAS A MOTION TO SEPARATE IT. DO WE NEED A MOTION TO ENTERTAIN THIS ONE? >> VIAGRAN: I MAKE A MOTION TO VOTE FOR ADDING THE UNESCO LOCATION. >> MAYOR JONES: THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. THERE'S A SECOND. COUNCILMAN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. OKAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE AMENDMENT AS DESCRIBED REGARDING UNESCO. DO YOU WANT TO READ THAT OUT JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S CLARIFICATION? >> CLERK: THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ADD UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN THE LIST OF LOCATIONS FOR WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL MAY IMPOSE A MINIMUM DISTANCE REQUIREMENT. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. VOICE VOTE, PLEASE. PASSES. THANK YOU. BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH IS AS AMENDED, WHICH IS COUNCILMAN GALVAN'S AMENDMENT. OKAY. I HAVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP ON THIS. OKAY. WE ARE ON THE MAIN MOTION WHICH IS COUNCILMAN GALVAN'S AMENDMENT, WHICH YOU CAN REVIEW ON SLIDE 4. COUNCILWOMAN GAVITO, PLEASE. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU. I WILL BE BRIEF. I WANT TO FIRST OFF THANK COUNCILMAN GALVAN. LIKE HE MENTIONED, IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE HE'S BEEN PUSHING THIS AND I ADMIRE HIS PERSISTENCE ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE I KNOW IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN EASY. I DO THINK THAT THE LANDSCAPE FOR DATA CENTERS IS RAPIDLY ADVANCING, AND IT'S SMART OF US TO STAY AHEAD OF IT. IN DISTRICT 7 WE HAVE ZERO DATA CENTERS. AND DISTRICT 6 HAS 19. 19 DATA CENTERS IN ONE DISTRICT. SO TO ME, IT'S WISE OF ALL OF US TO HEAR OUR COLLEAGUES' FEEDBACK BECAUSE HE'S HEARING IT FROM HIS RESIDENTS FIRST-HAND. THEY'VE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THIS. HE'S DOING SOMETHING ABOUT [04:15:03] IT. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, LIKE I MENTIONED, IT'S WISE OF US TO HEAR HIS FEEDBACK, TO TAKE HIS INPUT INTO CONSIDERATION. AND WE'RE ALSO SEEING THAT DATA CENTERS IMPACT CERTAIN PARTS OF TOWN, SOME WITH THE HIGHEST HISTORIC IN EQUITY. I THINK COUNCILMAN MUNGIA WAS SHOWING US HOW MUCH OF D-4 HAS INDUSTRIAL. I DO THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS HOLISTICALLY. WE MUST CONSIDER THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED CLOSELY AND YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED TO JUST TAKE A STEP BACK, LOOK AT HOW WE WANT TO BE AS A CITY, AND MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. SO I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF COUNCILMAN GALVAN'S PROPOSAL AND THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS. THANKS. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KAUR, PLEASE. >> KAUR: THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT COUNCIL MEMBER GALVAN. HE KIND OF MENTIONED THE HISTORY OF THIS AND THIS WAS HIS FIRST BIG INITIATIVE AND IT WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE. YOU KNOW, DOING A REALLY BIG CHANGE LIKE THIS AS A FRESHMAN IS AN AMAZING LEADERSHIP DEMONSTRATION TO YOUR COMMUNITY. I HOPE THAT YOUR COMMUNITY SEES THAT TODAY. I WANTED TO SHARE THANKS TO ALL OF THE WORKERS FROM THE ELECTRICAL UNION THAT CAME OUT TODAY AND TO THE FOLKS THAT CAME OUT TO SPEAK. I DID GET A CHANCE TO GO VISIT A DATA CENTER LAST WEEK, BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO ONE, AND I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE, WHAT THEY DO. AND IT'S JUST A REALLY BIG WAREHOUSE, THE ONE I SAW. IT WAS ACTUALLY LIKE SEEMINGLY VERY EASY TO BUILD, JUST A LOT OF WIRES AND FRAMES HANGING FROM THE CEILING. SO IT WASN'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS EXPECTING BUT MY TEAMMATE WAS LIKE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS EXPECTING. SO WE DID GET TO SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE. I KNOW THIS CONVERSATION IS REALLY COMPLICATED. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN, WITH TECHNOLOGY, I MEAN, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO LAID OUT THERE'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE FOR TECHNOLOGY AND AGAINST TECHNOLOGY, AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES IS JOBS. I THINK WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, AND FOR ME, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING -- THERE'S NO FUTURE IN WHICH WE DON'T HAVE TECHNOLOGY AND AI AT THE HELM OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. LITERALLY I MEAN, I'M USING AI ALL THE TIME AND I KNOW THAT'S A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE FOR FOLKS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW ARE WE TRAINING OUR FUTURE GENERATION TO BE ABLE TO USE THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN A SMART WAY. SO I UNDERSTAND IT'S CHALLENGING BUT I DO AT THE SAME TIME BELIEVE THAT OUR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE TO LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THESE SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOICE WHAT THEY FEEL IS APPROPRIATE MANG AND MAKE SURE THE BUILDING THAT IS BUILT IS UP TO THE STANDARDS WE WOULD WANT. AGAIN, THERE'S ALWAYS A FEW BAD ACTORS THAT ARE HISTORICAL AND HAVE CREATED SYSTEMS THAT ARE NOT HELPFUL FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THEY'RE HIGHER EMISSIONS, THEY'RE NOT USING CPS ENERGY, THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR IT. THEY ARE BUILDING THEIR OWN GENERATORS. I LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS. THE DIESEL GENERATORS FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE USING CPS POWER USUALLY ONLY USED IF THERE'S A POWER OUTAGE WHICH HAPPENED ONCE IN THIS LAST YEAR. BUT FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE USING GENERATORS, THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING THEM FROM USING GENERATORS OR CREATING A SPACE WHERE THEY'RE USING NATURAL GAS GENERATORS AT ALL TIMES. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN REGULATE. SO IT'S A VERY NUANCED CONVERSATION AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER GALVAN HAS WORKED REALLY HARD TO LISTEN TO RESIDENTS' FEARS. IT IS SOMETHING NEW AND WITH NEW COMES A LOT OF WONDERING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THOSE JOBS, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE DON'T JUST LOSE THEM. HOW DO WE TRAIN FOLKS IN FIELDS THAT CAN ACTUALLY USE TECHNOLOGY TO HELP CREATE AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY. SO ALL THAT TO BE SAID, THIS IS NOT AS EASY AS JUST CHANGING UDC AMENDMENTS AND NEVER HAVING TO DEAL WITH THESE AGAIN. I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE LOTS OF THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS EVEN EVERY SINGLE ZONING CASE THAT COMES UP TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHILE PROTECTING THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE TO LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER GALVAN. THANKS TO THE FOLKS THAT HELPED ME LEARN ABOUT AN INDUSTRY QUITE FRANKLY THAT I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT, AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES BASED ON WHICH DISTRICT YOU HAVE LIVED IN AND ARE WORKING FOR, YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING AND YOU KNOW, I TOTALLY GET THE NOISE THING. Y'ALL PROBABLY DON'T GET AS MANY CALLS ABOUT FOLKS LITERALLY BUYING NOISE METERS BECAUSE THEY LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO A BAR OR RESTAURANT AND THEY THINK IT'S TOO LOUD. SO IT'S DIFFERENT NOISE, RIGHT? NOW FOLKS ARE PROBABLY BUYING NOISE METERS FOR THE DATA CENTERS. I KNOW FOLKS ARE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO GET OUR BUSINESSES AND FOLKS INVESTING IN OUR [04:20:02] COMMUNITY TO BE AS RESPONSIBLE AS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN HAVE A BOTH THRIVING ECONOMY AND AT THE SAME TIME, RESIDENTS THAT ENJOY LIVING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING COUNCIL MEMBER GALVAN'S WORK ON THIS. THANKS, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, PLEASE. I HAVE TWO OTHERS SIGNED UP AFTER COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCIL MEMBER MEZA GONZALEZ, YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE. >> GONZALEZ: THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS. THE STAKEHOLDER THAS THAT MET OVER THE LAST YEAR, THIS IS A LOT OF WORK FOR EVERYBODY. I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMETHING. I WANT TO START WITH THANKING RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 8 AND ACROSS SAN ANTONIO REALLY FOR MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD, FROM MY VERY FIRST HOA MEETING UNTIL LAST WEEK, I THINK, EVERY SINGLE MEETING I'VE HAD, DATA CENTERS HAVE COME UP. WE DO NOT HAVE DATA CENTERS IN DISTRICT 8, BUT THAT IS A QUESTION THAT EVERY HOA MEETING, I GET ASKED. AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR DISTRICT RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 8. I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN GALVAN AND HIS TEAM. THIS REALLY WAS A TEAM EFFORT FOR HIM AND HIS TEAM. SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THE WORK THEY DID IN OT ONLY H -- NOT ONLY EDUCATING THEIR COMMUNITY BUT EDUCATING FOLKS ON COUNCIL. THOSE MEETINGS AND WORK THEY WERE DOING TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO THEIR COLLEAGUES WAS EQUALLY HELPFUL. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I REALLY THINK THAT OUR GOAL AS A COUNCIL IS TO WELCOME RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT, BUT MY GOAL WHEN I WAS ELECTED AND MY GOAL EVERY DAY IS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND I TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY. AND WHEN RESIDENTS FEEL THE PASSION THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS ISSUE, I CAN'T UN-HEAR THAT. I CAN'T JUST CLOSE THAT OR TURN THAT OFF. WE SEE IT WHEN YOU WATCH THE TV EVERY THIRD COMMERCIAL HAS THIS ITEM IN THERE AND SO THIS IS AN EMOTIONAL TOPIC FOR A LOT OF FOLKS, AND I RESPECT THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT THE SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT YESTERDAY. A FEW MONTHS AGO WE TALKED ABOUT APPROVING AN INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR TOYOTA. I THINK WE ARE OPEN TO THE RIGHT INVESTMENTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND TO STRENGTHEN OUR TAX BASE AND CREATE JOBS FOR FAMILIES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITY'S PROSPERITY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, OUR RESIDENTS DO DESERVE MEANINGFUL SAY IN HOW DATA CENTERS AFFECT THEIR HOME AND THEIR LIVES. 19 DATA CENTERS IN ONE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH 150,000 RESIDENTS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN'T UNSEE. I VISITED A DATA CENTER A FEW MONTHS BACK AND THAT AREA IS NIGHT AND DAY TO HOW IT LOOKED 10 YEARS AGO, 15 YEARS AGO. SO I THINK THIS AMENDMENT SUPPORTS RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT AND PUTS OUR RESIDENTS FIRST. SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO COUNCILMAN GALVAN AND YOUR OFFICE. I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING ON THIS AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMAN WHYTE, GO AHEAD. >> WHYTE: THANKS, MAYOR. BRIEFLY, WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST TIME WE WERE UP HERE TO DEFINITION OF A DATA CENTER. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT BROAD AND THERE WAS CONCERN FROM FOLKS THAT IT WAS ENCAPSULATING I GUESS BUSINESSES THAT WE WEREN'T INTENDING TO REGULATE HERE. I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH COUNCILMAN GALVAN, CITY STAFF HAS LOOKED AT MY PROPOSED NEW DEFINITION, MADE SOME TWEAKS AND APPROVED IT, AND SO WITH THAT, I MOVE TO AMEND OPTION TWO -- SORRY. I MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY CHANGING THE DEFINITION OF A DATA CENTER AS SHOWN IN SLIDE 7 OF STAFF'S PRESENTATION. >> SEGOVIA: IF I MAY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, CAN YOU HOLD THAT MOTION UNTIL THEY VOTE ON YOUR MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE? WE ALREADY DID? I'M SORRY. I MUST HAVE MISSED THAT. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. >> MAYOR JONES: SO THERE'S A MOTION? THIS WOULD BE A MOTION TO [04:25:04] INCLUDE THE DEFINITION OF A DATA CENTER SINCE ONE CURRENTLY DOES NOT EXIST. CORRECT? LOGAN? >> CURRENTLY TODAY, THE UDC DOES NOT INCLUDE A DEFINITION. THERE IS A DEFINITION PROPOSED IN THE OPTION TWO THAT IS ALREADY ON THE TABLE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT THIS WOULD LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC SO THAT WE ARE REGULATING WHAT I THINK THE COUNCILMAN WAS INTENDING TO REGULATE AND NOT, YOU KNOW, LIKE A BUILDING THAT HAS SERVERS OR A SWITCHBOARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> I WILL BRIEFLY SAY FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE WE DON'T HAVE A CONCERN WITH WHAT WAS INTRODUCED ON OCTOBER 14TH. IT'S A LITTLE BELTS AND SUSPENDERS. IT'S VERY CLEAR WITH WHAT A DATA CENTER IS. IT'S VERY CLEAR WITH WHAT A DATA CENTER IS NOT. HISTORICALLY, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE STRUGGLED. WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT TELEPHONE INFRASTRUCTURE AND CALLED IT A DATA CENTER. BUT THIS MAKES IT VERY CLEAR. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. THANK YOU, LOGAN. THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. LOGAN, FOR OUR CLARITY, BASED ON THAT NEW DEFINITION, NOTHING THAT WE UNDERSTAND TO B A DATA CENTER TODAY FALLS OUT, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION REGARDING THE DEFINITION OF DATA CENTER? COUNCILMAN GALVAN? >> GALVAN: SUPER QUICK, THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE DEFINITION CHANGE. I THINK WE HEARD CLEAR FROM CITY STAFF, THE CURRENT DEFINITION WOULD BE FINE. THIS ONE, ALSO FINE. WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE DATA CENTERS THAT WE KNOW ARE THE BIG FOCUS HERE. HYPERSCALERS, THE STORAGE ONES, AND I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH, I HAVE GOTTEN CALLS MYSELF, TO MY OFFICE, FROM DIFFERENT COMPANIES WHO ARE NOT DATA CENTERS WHO HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT DO WE GET LUMPED INTO THIS. THE ANSWER IS NO EITHER WAY. BUT JUST FOR EDIFICATION OF THE PUBLIC AND MY COLLEAGUES, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS DEFINITION. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT REGARDING THE DEFINITION? OKAY. HEARING NONE. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. WE WILL DO A VOICE VOTE, JUST TO MAKE IT FAST HERE. >> MAYOR JONES: THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. >> CLERK: UNANIMOUS. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. OKAY. SO THE MAIN MOTION -- OKAY. WE'RE ON THE MAIN MOTION WITH THE AMENDMENT REGARDING THE DEFINITION OF A DATA CENTER. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? GO AHEAD, ANDY. >> SEGOVIA: AS AMENDED BY THE DEFINITION AND THE UNESCO, THE MAIN MOTION. >> MAYOR JONES: AS AMENDED. CORRECT. OPTION TWO AS AMENDED. GO AHEAD, CLERK, PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> CLERK: THE MAIN MOTION HAS BEEN AMENDED TO INCLUDE OPTION TWO AS WELL AS THE UNESCO. >> MAYOR JONES: THAT'S RIGHT. >> CLERK: AND THE DEFINITION. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION. AND THERE'S A SECOND. >> CLERK: YES, WE HAVE THAT. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. >> CLERK: THE VERY FIRST MOTION WHICH WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN GALVAN, AND SECONDED BY THE MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: CORRECT. WE WILL DO A VOICE VOTE. PASSES. THANK YOU. WE WILL TAKE A 15-MINUTE >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: THE TIME IS NOW 2:3 31 AND WE'RE BACK FROM RECESS. [04:30:02] MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ THE CAPTION FOR ITEM 7. >> CLERK: ITEM 7 IS THE [7. Staff briefing and approval of a Resolution on the 2027 - 2032 Bond Program allocations, project recommendations, and an update on the Community Input Process and schedule. [John Peterek, Assistant City Manager; Michael Shannon, Director, Capital Delivery]​] STAFF BRIEFING AND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION ON THE 2027 BOND PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS AND AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS AND SCHEDULE. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. STAFF, OVER TO YOU. >> MAYOR, AS MIKE COMES UP TO THE PODIUM, LET ME FRAME UP TODAY'S CONVERSATION. SO THE INTENT FOR TODAY IS TO HAVE THE COUNCIL SET AND APPROVE THE TOTAL GENERAL OBLIG OBLIGATION, PART OF OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM, OUR BOND PROGRAM, WHICH WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS $442 MILLION IN THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM. NUMBER 2, IS TO SET AND APPROVE THE TIMELINE FOR THE CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE WORK, AND MIKE WILL COVER THAT IN THE PRESENTATION. AND THAT WORK WILL BEGIN -- WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU BY THE THIRD WEEK OF NOVEMBER. WE'VE RECEIVED SOME FE FEEDBACK FROM COUNCILMEMBERS THIS WE WEEK, SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE F STREET ALLOCATION. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A SLIDE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT MIKE WILL COVER WITH AN UPDATED STAFF RECOMMENDATION. YOU'LL -- YOU'RE GOING TO SEE PROPOSED PROJECTS ON THE PRESENTATION. YOU ARE NOT SETTING PROJECTS TODAY. WE'RE COMING BACK NEXT WEEK, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU ALL WILL SET THE ACTUAL PROJECTS SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN THE COMMITTEE WORK IN NOVEMBER, THAT THIRD WEEK IN NOVEMBER. BUT YOU ARE NOT BEING ASKED TODAY TO SIGN OFF OR AGREE OR VOTE OR DO ANYTHING AROUND SPECIFIC PROJECTS. WE WILL -- WE WILL BE COMING BACK NEXT WEEK TO BRING THOSE PROJECTS -- WE'LL WORK WITH YOUR OFFICES TO BRING THAT PROJECT LIST BACK TO THE COUNCIL AT NEXT WEEK'S CONVERSATION, AGAIN, SO THAT THEY'RE READY TO BE DELIVERED TO THE CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEES, AND I KNOW THERE'S -- MOST OFFICES HAVE MADE APPOINTMENTS. WE NEED TO GET THOSE APPOINTMENS MADE SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN THAT PROCESS, WE'LL DO A QUICK ORIENTATION, THE FIRST MEETING WILL BE AN ORIENTATION FOR THE GROUP SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING CALENDARED ON THOSE INDIVIDUALS SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR THEM. SO THAT'S THE INTENT OF TODAY'S CONVERSATION, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MIKE GOING. THANKS. >> THANK YOU, ERIC, GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS ERIC MENTIONED, THIS IS THE NEXT PART OF OUR BOND PROGRESS, AND SO WE'VE GOT A FEW THINGS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE BOND OVER HERE AGAIN, OUR PROPOSED PROPO PROPOSITION. CERTAINLY OUR STAFF PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS, AGAIN THOSE ARE STILL FLUENT, A LOT MORE CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE AS WE GET TO NEXT WEEK AND THE COMMITTEE PROCESS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE COMMITTEE PROCESS AND TIMELINE AND LOOK FOR THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION. SO JUST TO RESET, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I WAS HERE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT THIS. WE'RE PROPOSING A BOND OF 442 MILLION TO HIT -- TO HAVE PROJECTS FOR OUR STREETS, PARKS AND REC FACILITIES, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE'RE STILL PROPOSING TO PULL OUT THE DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS, AND USE A SEPARATE BUCKET OF MONEY WHICH WOULD BE A PROPOSED STORM WATER REVENUE BOND OR STORM WATER FEE INCREASE WHICH WE'LL TIE INTO AGAIN. LAST TIME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A $175 MILLION BUCKET, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WAS COULD WE INCREASE THAT TO 208, GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH PROJECTS WE COULD DO, WE WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT DOES WITH THE FEE INCREASE AS WELL AS GET US TO OUR NUMBER AROUND 650. SO THERE IS OUR PROPOSAL >> WALSH: LET ME ADD ONE PART, THE OTHER PART, THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM YOU WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE DRAINAGE PROJECTS IN EVERY DISTRICT, AND SO WE DID SN NOT HAVE A DRAINAGE PROJECT IN THE LAST PRESENTATION IN DISTRICT 2, AND I BELIEVE IN DISTRICT 6. SO THAT'S THE OTHER BASIS FOR THAT CHANGE. >> THANK YOU. SO, AGAIN, HERE IS OUR GENERAL OVERVIEW AS WE GO INTO THE DETAILS ON THE NEXT SLIDES BUT THINK OF $650 MILLION INVESTMENT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU COMBINE THE BOND PROPOSAL AND STORM WATER INCREASE AND THE FUNDING MECHANISM THERE. SO WHAT WE'LL SHOW YOU TODAY IS A PROPOSAL OF $259 MILLION IN STREETS AND THEN A CHANGE TO OUR F STREET ALLOCATION, TALKING ABOUT $100 MILLION THE LAST COUPLE TIMES WE MET, WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE $50 MILLION OF F STREETS ALLOCATED IN THAT $259 BUCKET. THERE'S THE $208 MILLION IN DRAINAGE WE REFE REFERENCED ALREADY. >> WE'RE LOOKING AND PROPOSING AROUND $98 MILLION IN PARKS, PROJECTS DIFFERENT SIZES [04:35:06] AND SHAPES. $10MILLION OF THAT WOULD BE TO CONTINUE AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF LINEAR GREENWAY TRAILS. $35MILLION IN FACILITIES, WE'RE FOCUSING ON CITY-OWNED FACILITIES, AND WE'RE AT RADIO $50 MILLION IN THE HOUSING BONDS. SO THAT'S THE GENERAL SUMMARY. SO JUST THINK AS WE TALK ABOUT THE NEXT PART OF THE PRESENTATION. I DO PUT UP THERE, AG AGAIN, WE'RE PROPOSINGS THE 1.5% PUBLIC ART FU FUNDING AND PROPOSING IT TO BE PART OF THE STREETS, PARKS, AND FACILITIES FUNDING, AND NOT THE OTHER TWO. BUT WE ARE AT 1.5% AGAIN. SO HERE IS OUR DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, BUT, AGAIN, THERE'S 20 PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU. AGAIN, A COUPLE OF CHANGES FROM THE LAST TIME YOU SAW IT, AND I'LL HIGHLIGHT THAT, BUT $208 MILLION, AND IT REALLY FOCUSED ON -- THIS WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY THE INCREASE FROM THE STORM WATER FACILITY INCREASE. WE DO HAVE PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE LOOKED AT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. THEY DO COME FROM THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT ADVISORY BOARD THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FOR THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. THEY'VE HELPED US DEVELOP SOME SCORING CRITERIA. I KNOW ART AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THEM TO PUT TOGETHER KIND OF THE CONCEPTS AND PRIORITIES, AND WE DO HIGHLIGHT THOSE ON THE STATE FLOOD PLAN OR CONTINUATION PROJECTS OR A FEW THAT ARE SHOVEL READY OR CONSTRUCTION READY. SO HERE IS THE LIST, WE REARRANGED THE LIST ABILITY TO GET RID OF SOME CONFUSION , I THINK WE HAD SOME DIFFERENT NUMBERS ON THEM LAST TIME BUT THE COUNCIL DISTRICT THERE IS ON THE LEFT, WE SORTED THEM THAT WAY. I'LL HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF CHANGE, YOU'LL SEE A NOTE THERE ON THE RIGHT, THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE WHICH IN DISTRICT 2 BASED ON SOME CONVERSATIONS, WE'RE PRO PROPOSING, FOR EXAMPLE, LORD ROAD, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT OVER BY COPERNICUS PART AND SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT WE'RE DOING THERE WITH A SENIOR CENTER AND STUFF, THERE'S DRAINAGE ISSUES THERE, SO ONE WE COULD PUT IN THERE AS WELL AS WE DID M MAKE A CHANGE IN D6 FROM THE LAST TIME BECAUSE FROM GOING UP TO 208 FROM THE 175 WE WERE ABLE TO NOT ONLY DO A D6 PROJECT BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DO ONE THAT'S BIGGER. SO A COUPLE OF THOSE CHA CHANGES. BUT AGAIN TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 208 AND FOR THESE PROJECTS TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS, AND WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE AS WHAT WE'RE THINKING RIGHT NOW. SO, AGAIN, THIS IS OUR ESTIMATED FEE INCREASE. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, LIKE, HOW MUCH WOULD THIS COST THE AVERAGE RESIDENT OR AVERAGE NONRESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER THAT PAYS THIS BILL. THIS IS PART OF THE SAWS BILL, IT'S A CITY FEE, IT'S JUST ON AND PAID FOR THE THROUGH THE SAWS PROCESS, BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT. BY GOING UP TO $208 MILLION INSTEAD OF 175, WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT -- IF YOU REMEMBER, WE'RE PROPOSING 5% -- A 5-YEAR KIND OF PLAN TO INCREASE THAT FEE, AND IT WAS 5%, 5%, 2%, 2%, 2% LAST TIME. WE WOULD CHANGE THAT A LITTLE BIT TO GO 5, 5, 3.5, 3.5, 3, IN ORDER TO GET APPROXIMATELY $208 MILLION IN CAPACITY FOR THESE PROJECTS, AND WHAT THAT DOES TO -- ON THAT FIFTH YEAR, WE LOOK AT $1.08 INCREASE PER MONTH TO YOUR BILL. YOUR AVERAGE -- THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER PAYS JUST UNDER $5, $4.94, YOU SEE IT ON THE SCREEN THERE, THAT WAS SIMILAR TO LAST TIME. SO REMEMBER TWO WEEKS AGO WE WERE PROPOSING AN 84 CENTS A MONTH INCREASE, NOW IT'S CHANGING TO $1.08. SO A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND WE DID THE SAME EXERCISE WITH THE AVERAGE NONRESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER. THEY WERE AT $19 A MONTH AVERAGE CHANGE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WITH THE $1.75 ESTIMATE AND GO UP TO $24.28 INCREASE. SO I WANT TO GIVE THAT TO YOU SO YOU KNOW WHAT IT LO LOOKS LIKE FOR THE AVERAGE FREE INCREASE FOR THE AVERAGE CUSTOMER, AND REMEMBER THESE ARE ESTIMATED FEE INCREASES BASED ON WHAT WE'RE MODELING TODAY. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT STREETS, BRIDGES, AND SIDEWALKS. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, THIS COULD LOOK LIKE $259 MILLION WITH ABOUT 36 PROJECTS HERE. AND AGAIN FOCUSING ON THE FAILED STREETS SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, DOWNTOWN STREETS, CONTINUATION PROJECTS, SO THAT WAS OUR FOCUS. I HAVE A LIST OF PROJECTS HERE, AND WHAT I'LL DO IS LIST THE PROJECTS. NOW, THERE ARE -- I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE DISTRICT THAT EACH ONE OF THESE IS I IN. THERE IS A LITTLE STAR NEXT TO SOME OF THEM THAT CONTINUES -- THAT HIGHLIGHTS A CONTINUATION PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT WE START WITH ALL OF -- EVERY DISTRICT GETTING A BUCKET OF $1 MILLION FOR A PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY PROJECTS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS SUC SUCCESSFUL IN THE LAST COUPLE OF BOND PROGRAMS WHERE THERE'S AN ALLOCATION OF MONEY AND WE COULD PUT IT WHERE A NEED IS FOR A SIDEWALK OR ANOTHER TYPE OF PEDESTRIAN AND MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS IN EACH DISTRICT. WE GO DOWN THE LIST THERE, PROPOSING THINGS LIKE $5 MILLION FOR THE DISTRICT [04:40:06] 1 SCHOOL SIDEWALK AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. I THINK THAT'S GAINED SOME MOMENTUM AND STEAM. I KNOW THE COUNCILWOMAN HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH TH THAT, BUT $5 MILLION THERE. IMPROVEMENTS TO BASE ROAD. WEST AVENUE. GO DOWN THE LIST. MOX COLUMN. EN AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENING AT COPERNICUS PARK AS WELL AS THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION -- THE FUNDING ALLOCATED TO THE NEW DISTRICT 2 SENIOR CENTER AND AQUATIC CENTER THERE, THAT ROAD IS IMPROVED FROM A 2 LANE TO A 3 LANE, MEANING IT HAS A DEDICATED TURN LANE IN AND AROUND THROUGH THAT AS WELL AS THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE OVERALL STREET AND DRAINAGE. GOING DOWN THE LIST SOME MORE. SIDNEY BROOKES, DOORSY, THOSE WERE PROJECTS ON THE 304 LIST AS WELL ON DISTRICT 3. SOUTH ZAZAMORA A SIGNIFICANT NEED DOWN ON THE SUI SOUTH SIDE. WE KNOW THAT CORRIDOR ON SOUTH SIDE ZAZAMORA AS WE FEED FROM 210 DOWN TO THE TOYOTA PROJECT, THAT OVERALL NEED IF YOU REMEMBER ON THE BIG LIST IS ABOUT $180 MILLION BUT WE REALLY THINK THE GROWTH DOWN THERE WARRANTS A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT TO GET THAT STARTED. THE SOUTH ZARZAMORA OVERPASS THAT DESIGN IS READY AND WE HAVE SOME GRANT FUNDING ALREADY. WE HAVE SOME GRANT FUNDING COMING. SO THE $12 MILLION WOULD HELP US COMPLETE THE FUNDING NEEDED FOR THAT $50 MILLION PLUS PROJECT, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE THAT WE COULD RECOMMEND FOR YOU THERE. GOING DOWN THE LIST A LITTLE BIT MORE. DISTRICT 6. OLD HIGHWAY 90. WE'VE DONE SEVERAL ITER ITERATIONS OF THAT, THE PAST FEW BONDS, CONTINUING THAT, NOT ONLY FROM 151 TO 90 AND CONNECTING THAT BUT THAT WOULD GET US ANOTHER SEC SECTION. BRAWN ROAD, DISTRICT 7. WE HAVE A PROJECT THERE TO FINISH THAT UP TO 1604 FOR THE SHARED USE PATH. BAG COOK OVER TO UTSA, 1604, SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS HAPPENING THERE AND NEEDED THERE. TOPPER WINE IS A CONTINUATION PROJECT, ONE WE HAVE FROM LAST BOND. AND THEN THE HAIRY WURZBACH, THAT IS SO LARGE, AGAIN G GETTING THAT READY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING, MAYBE GRANT FUNDING, STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE ST STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH THAT PORTION OF THE STREETS. I'LL GET -- THERE ARE SOME CITYWIDE STREETS WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEAR THE END BUT I'LL MOVE INTO THE PA PARKS AND REC RECOMMENDATION, SO WE RECOMMEND ABOUT $98 MILLION FOR PROJECTS FOR 28 PROJECTS THERE, CONTINUATION OF THE LINEAR GREENWAY TRAIL. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST TIME. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT 25 YEARS, WE'VE GOT 17 MILES LEFT TO GO. THIS WOULDN'T TACKLE ALL 17 MILES, OF COURSE, I THINK THAT WAS A $90 MILLION ESTIMATE, BUT I THINK CONTINUING, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE WE COMPLETE THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE. WE HAVE REGIONAL PARKS THAT WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING. DISTRICT 5, DISTRICT 6, DISTRICT 2, AND THEN WE HAVE -- ALWAYS TRYING TO ADD SPLASH PADS AND WATER FEATURES. RIVER WATER IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED FOR THE IMPORTANT RIVER WALK AND THEN SHADES AND SPORT COURTS ARE A HIGH DEMAND IN EXISTING PARKS. I WON'T READ ALL OF THESE, EACH ONE OF THESE HAS KIND OF A GENERAL SCOPE AS TO WHAT WE WOULD THINK WE COULD PUT THERE. THAT'S HOW THESE TYPICAL PARKS PROJECTS HAPPEN. AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE PREVIOUS BONDS, IF THERE'S SOME SHADE OR THERE'S A DOG PARK THAT'S WARRANTED THERE, IT MAY BE A SMALLER NUMBER LIKE $1 MILLION OR $2 MILLION. COPERNICUS PARK JUST GOT A MASTER PLAN FINISHED. THAT'S -- WE'RE BUILDING THE D2 SENIOR CENTER, THAT'S THAT LORD ROAD PROJECT, BUT STARTING TO BUILD OUT THAT PARK TOWARDS ITS MASTER PLAN IS A BIG ONE. THE DISTRICT 3 AQUATICS FACILITY. SO WE HAVE A PROJECT DOWN THERE THAT WAS THE 2022 BO BOND. THIS WOULD FINISH THE THIRD PIECE OF THAT AQUATICS FACILITY, WHICH WOULD BE THE POOL, AND THIS WOULD BE THE SPLASH PAD PART OF IT, A LAZY RIVER IS PART OF THAT POOL TOO. GOING DOWN THE LIST, DISTRICT 5, THE REGIONAL PARK AT THAT -- THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PARK FOR THAT AR AREA, AND WE RECOMMEND A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT THERE AS WELL AS MARTINEZ PARK JUST FINISHED A MASTER PLAN SO STARTING TO INVEST IN THAT, DEVELOPING THAT OUT. I THINK I -- JUST GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE. WOODLAWN LAKE PARK, OF COURSE CONTINUED INVESTMENT THERE. THE STEVEN PARK. THE WALKER RANCH, I THINK I MISSED GÓMEZ PARK, THAT'S D6 REGIONAL ONE. SO A LOT OF THOSE HAVE MASTER PLANS THAT WE START INVESTING INTO THOSE IMP IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID THIS IS THE PARK TO DO IT IN, BUT THAT'S OUR LIST OF PARK PROPOSALS. SO MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. WE HAVE A LOT OF MUNICIPAL FACILITIES NEEDS. [04:45:03] THIS IS A SMALLER BOND, THOUGH, SO WE'RE PROPOSING THE $35 MILLION FOR FIVE PARTICULAR PROJECTS AS WE HIGHLIGHT THERE, CITY-OWNED FACILITIES, AND THEN SOME PRIORITIZED RENOVATIONS, AND REPLACEMENT FACILITIES. THE TWO MAIN HERE ARE DESIGN ONLY PROJECTS. SO A LOT OF NEED FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE BOB ROSES SENIOR CENTER, OUR OLDEST SENIOR CENTER, $4 MILLION IS NOT GOING TO BUILD US A SENIOR CENTER, SO I THINK THIS WOULD GET US STARTED AS TO WHEN MORE MONEY IS AVAILABLE, BUT -- AND THEN THE DISTRICT 9 POLICE SUBSTATION IN DESIGN AND LAND ACQUISITION FOR THAT. SO THAT'S ON THE LIST AS WELL. I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO VERONICA TO TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND HOW TO GO THROUGH THAT. >> THANK YOU, MIKE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING AN INVESTMENT OF $50 MILLION IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS PART OF THE 2027 BOND PROGRAM. THIS FUNDING WOULD LEVERAGE SIGNIFICANT OUTSIDE FUNDING, INCLUDING FEDERAL TAX CREDITS, STATE FUNDING, AS WELL AS PRIVATE EQUITY, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO INCLUDE STREETS, SIDE SIDEWALKS, AND UTILITIES. THE RECOMMENDATION CONTINUES OUR FOCUS ON CREATING AND PRESERVING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH THE GREATEST NEED, PARTICULARLY HOUSEHOLDS EA EARNING LESS THAN 30% AND 50% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. THE BOND CAN BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES, AND A KEY PRIORITY IS BOTH THE PRESERVATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENTAL HO HOUSING, PARTICULARLY DEEPLY AFFORDABLE, WHICH REMAINS ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST SIGNIFICANT HOUSING GAPS. THIS WOULD INCLUDE SUPPORTING THE FULL CONTINUUM OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, INCLUDING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, SHELTER, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CI CITY'S HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN. FUNDS COULD ALSO BE USED TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY, PARTI PARTICULARLY LOOKING AT RECOMMENDATIONS ALONG THE GREEN OR SILVER LINES AND THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH WOULD HELP ENSURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES ARE CONNECTED TO TRANSPORTATION AND FUTURE ECONOMIC INV INVESTMENTS. FINALLY, FUNDS CAN BE USED TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN HOME OWNERSHIP, HELPING TO SUPPORT LONG-TERM HOUSING STABILITY. BETWEEN TODAY AND NEXT WEEK, WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE PRIORITIES FOR THE 2027 HOUSING BOND WHICH, AGAIN, IS VERY FLEXIBLE, AND WE WILL SHARE YOUR INPUT WITH THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE TO HELP INFORM RECOMMENDATIONS THAT BRING BACK FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL. GIVEN THE SMALLER BOND CAPACITY, WE WANT TO ENSURE HOUSING INVESTMENTS ARE STRATEGIC, FOCUSED ON PEOPLE WITH THE GREATEST NEED AND ALIGN WITH THE AREAS THAT ARE POSITIONED FOR FUTURE GROWTH. I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER CITY-WIDE INVESTMENTS. >> THANK YOU, VERONICA. ALL RIGHT, SO THERE ARE A FEW PROJECTS, AND WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION A LITTLE B BIT, BUT THERE'S A FEW PROJECTS THAT WE FELT WERE MORE -- NOT JUST ONE DISTRICT, BUT WE HAVE SOME THAT WE CALL CITYWIDE, AND THEY'RE IN THOSE LARGER YELLOW NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SHOWN YOU, BUT IF WE PULL OUT THE STREETS AND BRIDGES CITYWIDE, CERTAINLY THE ONES AROUND THE NUEVA EXTENSION, DURANGO, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THOSE, I HAD THOSE ON A SEPARATE SLIDE LAST TIME IN AND AROUND THE SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. SO THAT'S -- THOSE ARE LISTED THERE. CITYWIDE BRIDGE. SO WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS THERE'S A BUCKET OF MONEY THAT WE WOULD PUT ASIDE. WE DID THIS LAST TIME, A LITTLE LESS, THERE WERE SOME ARPA FUNDS USED TO HELP IN THE 2022 PROCESS, BUT THE CITYWIDE BRIDGES, SO EVERY TWO YEARS, TEX DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GOES THROUGH A PROCESS AND INVESTIGATES OUR BRIDGES, WE HAVE 700, SOME ARE SMALLER BUT THEY GET ASSESSED. THEY GET SCORED ON CONDITIONS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, SO WE USE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO DO THAT, WE'VE HAD MONEY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL BOND CYCLES FOR TH THAT, WE THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO. MEDICAL CENTER, CONTINUE INVESTING IN THAT, THERE'S CONTINUED INVESTMENTS OVER THERE ON HAMILTON WOLF ROAD. THAT'LL BE A PROJECT, MEDICAL CENTER ALLIANCE PUTS UP THE DESIGN AND THEN MONEY THERE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION. MOVING INTO OUR PARKS AND REC CITYWIDE PROJECTS. WE HAVE WOLF STADIUM SITE REDEVELOPMENT. WE KNOW -- YOU'VE BEEN BR BRIEFED OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WOLF STADIUM SITE REDEVELOPMENT, BUT THAT $10 MILLION IS FOR THE PHASE OF THE PROJECT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE DETERMINE IT TO BE, DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING SITE, UTILITIES, GETTING THAT READY, AND BUILDING SOME OF THAT STUFF, DESIGNING, BUILDING WHAT'S LEFTOVER. RIVER WALK CAPITAL IMP IMPROVEMENTS. CERTAINLY OUR RIVER WALK, WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, BUT CERTAINLY IT NEEDS, YOU KN KNOW, SOME INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE, WHETHER IT BE HANDRAILS AND SOME OF THE STONE WORK TH THERE, AND THAT'S ALL HISTORIC, SO THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF, OF COURSE, EXTRA ENERGY AND EFFORT, BUT [04:50:03] WE THINK THIS $5 MILLION OF WORK THAT WE NEED TO PUT INTO THAT THROUGH THE BOND. WE TALKED ABOUT LINEAR GR GREENWAY TRAILS ALREADY. I'LL TALK ABOUT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, CERTAINLY ONE OF OUR KEY CITY FACILITIES HERE DOWNTOWN, IT SERVES EVER EVERYONE. THERE'S A -- THERE'S A SKYLIGHT PART OF THE ROOF, WHICH IS IN THAT MAIN ATRIUM SECTION THAT NEEDS REPLACEMENT, AND THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PROJECT THERE, JUST TO REPLACE THAT TO REPAIR ALL THE LEAKS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE, THAT WE'RE PATCHING UP WITH GENERAL MAINTENANCE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT ACS STRAY ANIMAL KENNEL AND PLACEMENT CENTER. SO YOU ALL KNOW ACS, BUT WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT WE'VE ALREADY DESIGNED, AN ADDITIONAL KENNEL OF 48 KENNEL SPACES THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS THE LIFE-SAVING GO GOALS THAT WE HAVE AT ACS THAT WE'VE BEEN INCREASING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, BUT THAT'S A $14 MILLION PROJECT FOR A NEW KENNEL SPACE, AND A NEW PLACEMENT AND ADOPTION CENTER BUILT ON THE FRONT PART OF THAT NEW KENNEL. WE TALKED ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALREADY, AND WE JUST LISTED OUT THE MONEY FOR THE PUBLIC ART, THE 5.8 MILLION. SO THERE'S PUBLIC ART. SO 1.5% OF THOSE THREE PROPS THAT I HAVE PROPOSED THERE IN OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THE 5.8 MILLION. AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TI TIME, AND WE HAD HELP FROM PUBLIC ART TEAM MEMBERS, WE WOULD GO THROUGH -- EACH PUBLIC ART COMPONENT WOULD GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO IDENTIFY WHICH PROJECT AND/OR WHICH ARTIST WOULD GET APPROVED AND GO THROUGH, GET THAT ALL APPROVED FOR THESE PROJECTS. SO -- SO ERIC MENTIONED THIS ALREADY. SO I WANTED TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THIS BECAUSE THIS WAS A CHANGE FROM WHAT WE HAD THE LAST COUPLE OF TI TIMES, BUT REALLY TRYING TO FIT AS MANY OF THE NEEDED PROJECTS IN AND LOOK AT WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO, YOU KNOW, REALLY WE DON'T THINK IT'S FEASIBLE TO DO THE $100 MILLION IN F STREETS WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. WE DID $100 MILLION IN F STREETS WITH $1.2 MILLION LAST TIME. $50MILLION, THOUGH WOULD KEEP US ON THE PATH. AND WE WOULD DISTRIBUTE THOSE FUNDS, OUR PROPOSAL IS DISTRIBUTE THOSE BASED ON NEEDS OF GETTING TO THE GOAL OF 10%. LAST TIME WE HAD A COUPLE OF OPTIONS. ED THIS NOT GET US TO THE 10%, BUT THIS IS THAT OPTION THAT REALLY THE MONEY WOULD GO MOSTLY INTO 1, 2, AND 3 FOR THE F STREET BUCKET. SOME IN 4 AND 5 AND SOME IN 10 BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE IS ALREADY UNDER 10%, SO THAT WAS OUR PROPOSAL -- OR THAT'S OUR PROPOSAL TODAY. A LOT OF QUESTIONS WERE ASKED ABOUT WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW THIS IS A CITYWIDE BOND BUT WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE PRO PROMPTS, WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE? I'VE PUT IT UP THERE, THE SPREADSHEET, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING CHANGES WITH THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE TODAY, AS ERIC MENTIONED, WE'RE NOT REALLY RECO RECOMMENDING THAT YOU TELL US YES OR NO ON EVERY SINGLE PROJECT, OF COURSE BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE TIME TO DO TH THAT, BUT THIS IS WHAT THAT BREAKDOWN WOULD LOOK LIKE BY COUNCIL DISTRICT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, MINUS THE DRAINAGE, THAT'S WHAT THAT TOTAL WOULD GET TO, THE 293 IS THE NONCITYWIDE PROJECTS, AND THEN I'LL JUST SHOW YOU THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS MY NEXT SLIDE, I'M KIND OF SHOVING IT ALTOGETHER, I KNOW IT'S A BIG SPREADSHEET ON A LONG DAY, BUT REALLY THAT TAKES THE $442 MILLION PER BOND, HOW IT'S ALLOCATED AND THEN THE DRAINAGE, HOW WE'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOCATE IT, AND THEN IF WE TAKE IT TOGETHER, HOW YOU PROPOSE TO ALLOCATE IT, YOUR INFORMATION AS YOU WORK THROUGH THIS, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND. SO, AGAIN, TOWARDS THE END, THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS, WE SENT OUT A NOTE TO ALL OF YOU, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK SAYING, HEY, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE GOT LAST TIME, WE'LL PROPOSE THE FOUR COMMITTEES THERE. WE'LL PROPOSE COMBINING THE FACILITIES AND PARKS INTO ONE COMMITTEE. WE'LL CERTAINLY BE CLEAR AS TO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FACILITIES AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKS, I THINK THAT WAS A COMMENT LAST TI TIME. THIS WOULD BE OUR PROPOSED SCHEDULE, AND WE HAVE IT THERE, AS ERIC MENTIONED, WE WOULD REALLY START THAT PROCESS NOVEMBER 16. WE THINK THAT THE THREE ME MEETINGS PER EACH COMMITTEE PLUS BUS TOURS OR A BUS TOUR ON THAT DECEMBER 12 WOULD HELP THE COMMITTEE NOT ONLY WRESTLE THROUGH THE PRIO PRIORITIZATION OF THE PROJECTS, ONE WE RECOMMEND TO YOU TO NEXT WEEK, WE WOULD GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THAT AND KIND OF WRESTLE THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND BRING BACK TO YOU KIND OF A FINAL RECOMMENDED LIST FROM THESE COMMITTEES. THAT'S WHAT THAT JANUARY 20 DATE IS ON THE CALENDAR THERE. BUT, AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE A TRI-CHAIR ORIENTATION, THE BUS TOUR, AND THEN WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS PER COMMITTEE. SO WHEN YOU'RE READY, WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR THOSE LISTS. SO SEND THEM ON IN. DON'T WAIT. AND THEN YOU'VE SEEN THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES, BUT WE'LL BE BACK NOVEMBER 3 5, WHICH IS A WEEK FROM TODAY, TALKING ABOUT THIS AGAIN AND THEN HOPEFULLY JUMPING INTO THE COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS RIGHT AFTER THAT AS IDENTIFY SHOWN ON THE LAST SLIDE. SO LASTLY, TODAY WE'RE [04:55:02] ASKING FOR A COUNCIL RESOLUTION, REALLY TO SET THE NUMBER, SET THE 442 MILLION. YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE THREE PROPS THERE, WE HAVE THE STORM WATER REVENUE BONDS WE'RE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL FOR THE RESOLUTION ON THE 208 MILLION AS WE SHOWED,& AND THEN LASTLY, THE PROPOSED CALENDAR, KIND OF COMMITTEE PROCESS, GOING THROUGH NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, THREE MEETINGS EACH OF THOSE COMMITTEES PLUS THE BUS TOUR SO WE CAN COME BACK IN JANUARY TO HIT THE DEADLINE OF EARLY FEBRUARY THAT WE NEED FOR THE MAY ELECTION. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THANKS, MIKE. KIM BISHOP. ALL INDIVIDUALS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. GROUPS OF 3 OR MORE WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF THE MINUTES. >> HI, THERE, MY NAME IS KIM BISHOP AND I'M FROM DISTRICT 7. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT AN INDUSTRY THAT IS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, FOR OUR WHOLE CITY, AN INDUSTRY THAT CREATES JOBS WHILE CREATING SAFE SPACE, CULTURAL IDEN IDENTITY, LIGHTING, SHADING, SIDEWALKS, AND PROMOTES OUR CITY NATION WORLDWIDE, AND THAT'S PUBLIC ART. PUBLIC ART NEEDS TO BE 1.5% OR MORE, IF YOU WANT, 1.5% ON ALL, ON ALL THE BOND ALLOC ALLOCATIONS, INCLUDING DRAINAGE BECAUSE NOT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD MAY HAVE ACCESS TO SOME OF THOSE OTHER PARTS, BUT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ACCESS -- NEEDS DRAI DRAINAGE, AND I AM HO HONORED TO LIVE IN DISTRICT 7 AND TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF A PUBLIC ART PIECE THAT WAS FU FUNDED THROUGH THE DRAINAGE PROJECT , AND THAT'S POET'S POINT, AND IT UH FUNDED US THROUGH COVID. IT HELPED OUR WORKERS, OUR CREW, OUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, OUR ENGINEERS, THE ARTISTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND NOW IT HAS BECOME A THRIVING, THRIVING PLACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S EDUCATIONAL. WE HAVE YOGA CLASSES THERE, YOU KNOW. IT HAS BECOME MORE THAN JUST A PIECE OF ARTWORK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S BECOME A BOND FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT'S INCREASED OUR HO HOUSING VALUES, IT'S INCREASED ALL KINDS OF THINGS WHEREAS IF IT JUST BEEN A STORM DITCH, IT WOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT. SO I AM HERE, PLEASE, PLEASE, DON'T TAKE THAT 1.5% AWAY FROM DRAINAGE. I THINK WE NEED IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS? I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: NO. THANK YOU. LOUISE VALDERAS FOLLOWED BY REBECCA VIEW GRAN AND THEN ANNA. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR JONES, COUNCIL. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING DELORES HUERTA TODAY. I DO APPRECIATE THAT AS PART OF OUR SOLID CULTURE IN SAN ANTONIO. I AM LOUISE VALUE DEG DEGRAS, I'M AN ARTIST, FOR 40 YEARS, AN ARTS EDUCATOR FOR 32 YEARS AND AN AGENT OF CHANGE FOR 60 YEARS. I'VE LIVED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR 27 YEARS, AND IN MY TIME WORKING HERE AS ALL THREE OF THOSE, I CAN ATTEST TO THE VALUE OF WHAT PUBLIC ART DOES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND ESPECIALLY WHAT AND HOW OUR CITY USES IT TO SELL THE VALUE AND CULTURE OF OUR CITY. I JUST TOOK A WEEKEND VACATION DOWNTOWN FOR TWO DAYS, AND I PARTICIPATED IN BEING A TOURIST IN SAN ANTONIO. I STAYED AT THE TOP OF THE RIVER WALK, AND I WALKED DOWN AND I SAW ALL THE THINGS HAPPENING IN THE PLAZA, IN THE MUERTOS FEST, WHICH IS OPEN TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WHAT I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF IS THE 1.5% THAT IS TAKEN FROM INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT BRINGS PUBLIC ART TO OUR COMMUNITY. THAT -- WE ARE ON PAR WITH MOST OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE NATION. THE ONLY ONES THAT ALLOT MORE THAN 1.5 ARE AUS AUSTIN, NORTH OF US, AND SAN DIEGO. OKAY. SO WE HAVE EXPERIENCE THROUGH PUBLIC ART PIECE WHICH IS POET'S POINT WAS THE ABILITY TO GARNISH ALL THE POWER OF WHAT WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY. I WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND IMAGINE ALL OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS THAT WERE HERE THIS MORNING BEHIND EVERYBODY AND THEY'RE BEHIND ME RIGHT NOW BECAUSE [05:00:10] WE KEPT THEM GOING THROUGH THE COVID PANDEMIC AND KEPT THEM WORKING. THEY'RE ALL STANDING BEHIND ME RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT IS THE INDUSTRY THAT PUBLIC ART REPRESENTS, AND I BEHOOVE YOU TO PULL THAT 1.5% FROM DRAINAGE AND NOT DELETE IT. IT GOES OUT TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS THAT DOES NOT HAVE A CONNECTION WITH A CULTURAL CENTER OR AN ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO, PLEASE, TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO THE FUTURE AND PREPARE SAN ANTONIO TO HAVE PLACES THAT PEOPLE CAN COME VISIT FROM OUT OF TOWN AND CAN BE USED AS SE SELLING POINTS AS THEY ARE BY BUSINESSES AND BY THE CITY, FRONT ROW CENTER, RIGHT UP FRONT. AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY SO WE CAN HAVE THAT EXTRA VALID -- VALUE THAT WE CAN REPRESENT AND WALK FORWARD WITH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: THANK YOU. REBECCA VIEW VIA GRAN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MA MAYOR, COUNCIL. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS REBECCA VIA GRAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF SOUTH BUSINESS TEXAS PARTNERSHIP, BUT HERE I'M ON BEHALF OF BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP AND OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS THAT INCLUDE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO, UNIVERSITY HEALTH, ONLY THE SECOND HOSPITAL SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 90, AND TOYOTA SUPPLIERS SOUTH STAR GSB, SOUTH STAR AND OTHERS TO INTHAT SIZE THAT THESE INFRASTRUCTURE INV INVESTMENTS OF THE SOUTH TEXAS PARKWAY ZAZAMORA ARE NOT JUST SOUTHSIDE THEY'RE CITYWIDE AND REGIONAL PRIORITIES. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE $442 MILLION BOND PROGRAM IS THE LOWEST IN 20 YEARS, AND WE UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULT DECISIONS BEFORE YOU, NOT JUST TODAY, BUT BEYOND, BUT THESE INV INVESTMENTS ARE PART OF A MUCH LARGER DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. THE GROWTH AROUND A&M SAN ANTONIO'S REGIONAL CENTER AND BROOKES IS CREATING SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OF SAN ANTONIO. WITH 3.8 BILLION IN INVESTMENT S AND 5,000 JOBS COMING TO THE AREA, WE ARE NOT STOPPING. THE SOUTHSIDE, AS OTHER SIDES, HAS LONG NEEDED SUSTAINED INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT THIS GROWTH, AND THE TOYOTA EXPANSION COMING ONLINE IN 2030 AND WORKFORCE HIRING EXP EXPECTED TO BE DONE BY 2029 TO THE TOTAL OF 12,000 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE NOT JUST ALL LIVING IN DISTRICTS 3 AND 4 RECOGNIZED THAT THIS IS A CITYWIDE INVESTMENT. WE ARE SO HAPPY TO SEE THESE PROJECT PRIORITIES ON THE LIST, AND WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE CITY LOOKS AT THE -- AND PRIORITIZES THESE THREE INVESTMENTS, AND LOOKING AT A CITYWIDE INVESTMENT OF THE SOUTH TEXAS PARKWAY CONSTRUCTION DESIGN, 45 MILLION FOR SOUTH CZAR THE CAR MORA AND LOOKING AT THE RIVER BRIDGE. THESE INVESTMENTS WILL ADDRESS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, SUPPORT MOBILITY, WORKFORCE ACCESS, AND HELP DEMONSTRATE THE LOCAL COMMITMENT NEEDED TO LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL STATE AND FEDERAL FU FUNDING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR -- MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR BOND. APPRECIATE IT. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: ANNA SA SANDAVAL FOLLOWED BY JACK FIN FINGER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS. IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING THE TIME FOR US THIS AFTERNOON. I'M ANNA SANDAVAL PRESIDENT AND CONTRACTION EO OF ES IS THAT WEST. EST SPELL HELPS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES SHAPE THEIR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE BUT ALSO SHARE IN ITS PROSPERITY. SAFE STREETS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND EFFECTIVE DRAINAGE ARE ALL ESSENTIAL TO THAT WORK. WE ASK COUNCIL TO MAKE AN EXPLICIT PRIORITY OF CLOSING THE MOST SERIOUS AND PERSISTING GAPS IN BASIC A NEIGHBORHOOD INFROM STRUCTURE, A PART OF YOUR BOND FRAMEWORK. MANY OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS WERE DEVELOPED BEFORE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS. MIKE SHANNON TELLS ME [05:05:05] SIDEWALKS DID NOT BEGIN TO BE REQUIRED IN DEVELOPMENTS UNTIL THE 60S. MANY NEIGHBORHOODS IN YOUR DISTRICTS WERE CONSTRUCTED BEFORE THEN. THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY DID NOT BEGIN PRESCRIBING RECOMMENDATIONS UNTIL IT WAS FORMED IN THE 1970S. SO MANY OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS STILL FACE DEFICIENCIES THAT NEWER NEIGHBORHOODS WERE DESIGNED TO AVOID. THIS STAYS TRUE FOR COMMUNITIES THAT WERE BUILT ON CLAY AND SH SHIFTING SOIL VERSUS THOSE COMMUNITIES BUILT ON WHAT IS LITERALLY A MORE SOLID FOUNDATION. NEXT YEAR MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SINGLE-MEMBER COUNCIL DISTRICTS FOR US. THIS BEGAN A PATH TOWARDS MORE ECK WITBLE PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND RESPONSE TO NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS BUT DESPITE PROGRESS SERIOUS GAPS REMAIN. BUILT ON THE CITY'S WORK ON ADDRESSING NEEDS AND EQUITY, WE ASK FOR TWO THINGS, ONE, PRIORITIZE FIXING GAPS IN THE MOST BASIC NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE. AND TWO, BRING SIGNIFICANT UNMET NEEDS, EITHER IN A FEW WEEKS OR FOLLOWING THE COMMITTEE PROCESS, BACK TO COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION. WHEN PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PRESENTED, PROPOSED PROJECTS, AS WELL AS AFTER THE COMMITTEE PROCESS, HAVE STAFF DEMONSTRATE TO YOU HOW EFFECTIVELY THESE INV INVESTMENTS WOULD REDUCE EXISTING DEFICIENCIES. HAVE STAFF IDENTIFY THE MOST SERIOUS GAPS LEFT UNFUNDED AND WHERE WARRANTED, RECOMMEND AND APPROVE TARGETED ADJ ADJUSTMENTS. FOR RESIDENTS, THIS APPROACH COULD MEAN A CONTINUOUS ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO SCHOOLS, BUS STOPS, AND SAFER ACCESS TO BUSINESSES AND GR GREATER FLOOD PROTECTION FOR STORE FRONTS AS WELL AS HOMES. THESE INVESTMENTS SUPPORT SAFETY, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. ESTAD WELCOMES THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOUR OFFICES AND STAFF TO BRING WEST SIDE RESIDENT AND SMALL BUSINESS PERSPECTIVES TO THE BOND PROCESS. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: THANK YOU. JACK FINGER, PLEASE. >> WELL, MADAM MAYOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILL RUS TROOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. THIS BOND PROPOSAL DEALS WITH VARIOUS SUBJECTS. ALL OF THEM ARE GOOD THINGS, BUT I NOTICE THE LAST ONE IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I CONSIDER THAT KIND OF PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE IT'S REALLY WELFARE HOUSING IS WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO CALL IT FOR WHAT IT IS. BUT ANYWAYS, YEAH, BUT THERE WAS A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT THIS VERY THING THAT YOU ARE PROPOSING TODAY, AND I THINK THIS IS A -- WE'LL REVIEW A FEW THINGS ABOUT IT THERE. WHAT DOES IT SAY? COUNCIL GROUP PROPOSING $442 MILLION BOND. OKAY. MADAM MAYOR, YOUR QUOTED AS SAYING A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT IT. SOME OF THEM ARE PRETTY GOOD, I'LL MENTION THOSE THINGS, AND SOME ARE NOT SO GOOD. IN THE YELLOW THERE IT SAYS MR.-- IF YOU COULD JUST BLOW IT UP A LITTLE BIT THERE, THAT ESSENTIAL PART THERE WHERE THE YELLOW IS THERE. YEAH. THAT'S GOOD. JONES FAVORS A BOND PACKAGE THAT SIZE BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T REQUIRE A HIKE IN THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. STOP. RETURN THE CAMERA TO THE PODIUM, IF YOU WOULD. THAT'S GOOD. PLEASE, DO NOT RAISE OUR TAXES ANYMORE. WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF IT. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE EARLIER TAX, THAT COUPLED WITH OUR CPS, SAWS RATE HIKES, WE CAN'T AFFORD IT, MADAM MAYOR. PLEASE DON'T DO THAT TO US. CONTINUING WITH THE ARTICLE AGAIN. LET'S SEE. THE WORD BUT THERE, BUT SHE WANTS MOST OF THE BOND MONEY TO BE SPENT IN THE CITY'S FIVE PO POOREST DISTRICTS, ON THE EAST, WEST, AND SOUTH SIDES, WITH LITTLE GOING TO THE NORTH SIDE. STOP. RETURN THE CAMERA TO THE PODIUM. YOU KNOW, MADAM MAYOR, THE PEOPLE ON THE NORTH SIDE, DISTRICT 6, 7, 8, 9, AND 10, YOU KNOW, THEY WORK JUST AS HARD FOR THEIR MONEY AS THOSE IN DISTRICTS 1, 2, 3, 4, AND 5, MAYBE HARDER SINCE THEY'RE PAYING THE BULK OF ALL THE BILLS IN THIS HERE CITY HERE. [05:10:03] YOU KNOW, IT REALLY ISN'T FAIR. THEY DESERVE JUST AS MUCH OF ALL OF THESE BOND PROCESSES AS ANYBODY ELSE. IT'S WRONG. YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT. AND GO BACK TO THE ARTICLE AGAIN. AND SHE DOESN'T WANT ANY OF THE -- BLOW IT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE -- REVENUE TO PAY FOR THE SITE AROUND THE SPURS ARENA. RETURN THE CAMERA. THAT'S RIGHT. THE SPURS REALLY HAVE GOTTEN ALL THE FREE BYES THEY NEED. THEY DON'T NEED ANYMORE FROM US. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK 10-MINUTE RECESS. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: OKAY. LET'S RECONVENE. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION. COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ IS RECOGNIZED. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. I MOVE TO APPROVE ST STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AS SHOWN IN THE PRESENTATION TO APPROVE THE -- I DO INTEND TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT LATER. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: OKAY. A MOTION AND A SECOND. COUNCILWOMAN MEZA GONZALEZ. OKAY. IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT -- ON THE MOTION, EXCUSE ME. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: SHOULD I MAKE THE AMENDMENT NOW? >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: GO AHEAD. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: OKAY. I MOVE TO AMEND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IN THE STREETS BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS CATEGORY TO REALLOCATE $4.7 MILLION FROM DISTRICT 1 AND $5.9 MILLION TO DISTRICT 2 AND 10% OF PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY TO REALLOCATE AS FOLLOWS. # $550,000 TO DISTRICT 3. $4.5MILLION TO DISTRICT 5. 1.7 TO DISTRICT 7. AND $4.10000 TO DISTRICT 10. AND REALLOCATE TO DISTRICT 10 DRAINAGE. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE AMENDMENT. DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? >> CAN I ASK ONE ISSUE? >> COUNCILMAN, GO THROUGH THAT SLOWLY, AND LET ME -- JUST MAKE SURE WE GET IT. SORRY. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: PLEASE. OKAY. OKAY. REALLOCATING IN THE STREETS , BRIDGES, AND SIDEWALKS CATEGORY $4.7 MILLION FROM DISTRICT 1 AND $5.9 MILLION FROM DISTRICT 2 AND 10% OF PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY WITHIN THAT CATEGORY TO REALLOCATE AS FOLLOWS. $550,000 TO DISTRICT 3. $4.4MILLION TO DISTRICT 5. $1.7MILLION TO DISTRICT 7. AND $4.95 MILLION TO DISTRICT 10, AND REALLOCATE $1.8 MILLION FROM DISTRICT 1 IN THE DRAINAGE CATEGORY TO DISTRICT 10 IN THE DRAINAGE CATEGORY. >> WALSH: GOT IT. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: OKAY. DISCUSSION ON THIS IT ITEM -- ON THE AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. WHERE IS COUNCIL -- NO DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT. OKAY. A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY. THAT IS PASSED AND NOW WE'RE ON THE MAIN MOT MOTION. ON THE MAIN MOTION, I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE $35 MILLION IN DOWNTOWN INFRASTRUCTURE BE REMOVED FROM THE RESOLUTION AND MY INTENT IS THOSE WOULD BE PAID FROM THE PROJECT FINANCE ZONE. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. [05:15:01] ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? >> WALSH: JUST TO CLARIFY MAYOR WE'RE NOT -- YOU'RE NOT MAKING A MOTION TO ACTUALLY ALLOCATE THE MONEY FROM THEM, BUT JUST SIMPLY STATING THAT WOULD BE YOUR EXPECTATION. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: YES, SIR, THAT'S CORRECT. AS HAS BEEN CLARIFIED BY THE STAFF, THOSE CAN BE PAID FROM THE PFZ AND AS NOTED WE HAVE A SMALL BOND SO TO THE EXTENT WE COULD PAY FOR ADDITIONAL THINGS WHETHER THAT BE BASIC NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED OR SOME OF THE PEDESTRIAN, MOBILITY ISSUES RAISED BY MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, COUNCILWOMAN KAUR EARLIER, WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE MANY, MANY EXPENSES, MY UNDERSTANDING IS $35 MILLION IS ALSO WHAT IT TAKES TO PROVIDE A NEW BOB ROSS SENIOR CENTER, SO MANY EXPENSES TO WHICH THE $35 MILLION CAN GO WHILE ALSO ENS ENSURING THE INFRASTRUCTURE FROM DOWNTOWN IS COVERED FROM THE PROJECT FINANCE ZONE. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS? OKAY. PLEASE VOTE. VOICE VOTE IF YOU NEED THAT. GOT IT. THIS IS A VOTE TO HAVE THE DOWNTOWN INFRASTRUCTURE PAID FROM THE PFZ. >> GALVAN: GOT IT. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: OKAY. THE MOTION FAILS. OKAY. SO WE'RE NOW ON THE MAIN MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE $35 MILLION IN DOWNTOWN INFRASTRUCTURE BE A SEPARATE BOND PROPOSITION UNDER THE RELEVANT BOND CATEGORY. SECOND? THERE'S A SECOND. SO THIS IS A MOTION THAT THE DOWNTOWN INFRASTRUCTURE BE A SEPARATE BOND PROPOSITION UNDER THE RELEVANT BOND CATEGORY. WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES, SO MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS HAVE THE ABILITY TO WEIGH IN ON THAT. OKAY. SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. THAT SECOND WAS COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. SEPARATE BOND PROPOSITION. OH, WELL LET ME MAKE SURE THERE'S NO -- YOU'VE GOT THE SECOND. WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. OKAY. THE MOTION FAILS. OKAY. TO THE MAIN MOTION. AS AMENDED, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ AS SPOKEN. COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MIKE TO THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AS TO THE ENTIRE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TEAM. I UNDERSTAND WE'RE WORKING WITH LIMITED BOND CAPACITY. WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING, I KNOW DISTRICT 5 RESIDENTS WILL BE PLEASED TO SEE AND DISCUSS AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL FOR REGIONAL EXPANSION AND MARTINEZ PART. THESE ARE NEEDED IMP IMPROIMP IMPROVEMENTS ON DISTRICT 5 THAT COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR SINCE THE 2022 BOND RIGHT AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE 2022 BOND WE HAD RESIDENTS COME OUT AND TRY TO GET ON THE 2022 BOND BUT THEY HAD MISSED THAT CONVERSATION AND DEBATE, SO PLEASED TO SEE THAT THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT THEY'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE FOR APPROVAL AT THE POLLS, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WITH THE DRAINAGE PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS, DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE I'M GRATEFUL FOR, FORMER COUNCILMEMBER SANDAL FOR BEING PRESENT AND ADVOCATING FOR THAT DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE A POLICY SHE AND I COCREATED WAS CREATING A STORM WATER MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SO GRATEFUL TO SEE SHE'S STILL ADVO ADVOCATING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE GREATER WEST SIDE AREA. THE FREE OWES CITY OUTFALL PHASE 1, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN INVESTING CONCERNS WITH P PONDING HOW IT MAY IMPROVE AND IMPACT OVERALL PROPERTY VALUES, THEIR VEHICLES. SO THIS PROJECT IS OVERDUE, AND PLEASED TO SEE THAT IT WILL ALLOW US TO BEGIN AND CONT CONTINUE, RATHER, PLANNING FOR THAT FRIO CITY OUTFALL PORTION. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE ZOO DID A MORA OVERPASS, DAVID, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT'LL NO LONGER BE THE URBAN LEGEND OF THE ZOO DID A MURA OVERPASS, SO I'M GRATEFUL TO [05:20:04] SEE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF HAS PUT FORTH FOR COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION. AGAIN, THIS DRASTICALLY IMPACTS SCHOOL ATTEN ATTENDANCE; RIGHT? THIS ISN'T ONLY A PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY AND TRAFFIC CON CONCERN. THE NEARBY ELEMENTARY SCH SCHOOLS, IF YOU DON'T LEAVE ON TIME, YOU GET STUCK BEHIND THE TRAIN ON ZAZAMORA YOU'RE COUNTED TARDY AND ABSENT, WHICH IMPACTS SCHOOL FUNDING, SO CAN'T HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. I APPRECIATE THE GOOD DISCUSSION ON FAILED STREETS BUT I WANT TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUES FOR ADVOCACY, RESEARCH, AND THE NUMBER OF EXERCISES THAT YOU ALL HAVE WORKED THROUGH TO GET US THROUGH THE AMENDMENT TODAY. I KNOW LOTS OF LATE CALLS, SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF YA YA'LL'S WORK AND ADVOCACY, AND MAKING SURE NO STONE SUN TURNED TO MAKE SURE SOMETHING DIDN'T WORK OUT. SO CAN'T THANK COUNCILMAN RODRIGUEZ AND KAUR ENOUGH FOR THOSE CALLS, WHICH WAS A LOT. BUT AGAIN EAGER TO HEAR THE COMMITTEES GET INTO THE WEEDS OF WHAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE. AGAIN, RIGHT, I THINK ABOUT THE LARGER AND GREATER SOUTH SIDE AREA. FOR MANY OF OUR CON STITCH WENT; RIGHT? THIS ISN'T UNIQUE TO DISTRICT 5, FOLKS DON'T KNOW WHERE OUR DISTRICTS BEGIN AND END SO I KNOW WHEN THEY CRUISE TO THE SOUTH SIDE THEY'RE CALLING ME ASKING WHY FURTHER SOUTH PAST ZAZAMORA IS BEYOND REPAIR, SO I'M GRATEFUL TO SEE THAT IN DISTRICT 4 THERE WILL BE SUPPORT FOR THAT PROJECT, AND UNDERSTAND -- THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S MUCH MORE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT NEEDED IN THE GREATER SOUTH SIDE AREA, SO I UNDERSTAND SO MY COLLEAGUES WILL HAVE COMMENTS ON THAT AS WELL ABOUT THE NEED FOR US TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE LARGER SCALE PROJECTS AS CITYWIDE BECAUSE IT IS RESIDENTS ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND GREATER BEXAR COUNTY AREA THAT DO COME SO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SAN ANTONIO. WITH THE PUBLIC ART ALLOCATION, I HAVE RECEIVED A HANDFUL OF CALLS REGARDING THAT WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE 1.5%. I UNDERSTAND IT IS ORDI ORDINANCE, BUT I WANTED TO BE SURE TO COMMUNICATE THAT BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE HAD LOTS OF RESIDENTS EXPRESS THAT, I ADVOCATE FOR AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T SEE ANY CHANGES WITH THAT COMPONENT. SO PLEASED TO SEE THAT COMPONENT WITHIN THE PRESENTATION. I WANT TO THANK A COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES. WE'VE HAD A HANDFUL OF REENTRY ROUND TABLES, AND I BELIEVE COUNCILWOMAN ALDERETE GAVITO HAS HAD STAFF PRESENT, COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA, AND COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN HAS HAD STAFF PRESENT WITH ROUND TABLES AND THEN I KNOW MANY OF YOU ALL DID JOIN ON A SITE VISIT FOR A POTENTIAL JAIL DIVERSION SITE WITHIN THE NORTH SIDE. SO WITH THAT, I DID WANT TO CON CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE THAT WE EAR MARC FUNDING FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION. SO I KNOW ERIC IS A BIT OCCUPIED RIGHT NOW, BUT I DID WANT TO ASK WITH SOME OF THE REMAINING FUNDS FOR TRANSITIONAL -- SORRY ABOUT THAT, YA'LL -- FOR THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND DAY CENTER, WOULD THERE BE OPPORTUNITY OR FLEXIBILITY TO EARMARK $6 MILLION. >> WALSH: YES. MA'AM. WE HAD $9 MILLION FROM THE INTEREST PROCEEDS IN THE HOUSING BOND THAT WE PROGRAMMED IN THIS YE YEAR'S BUDGET PART OF IT FOR EXPANDED DAY CENTER AND TRANSITIONAL HOU HOUSING, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH -- WE'LL GO THROUGH SOLICITATIONS ON BOTH OF THOSE. SO IF YOUR QUESTION IS CAN WE USE 6 OF THAT 9 FOR THAT, THAT PROJECT, THAT PROJECT DOES HAVE AN ELEMENT OF TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, SO I COULD WE COULD DO THAT WITHIN OUR EXISTING BUDGET. >> CASTILLO: GREAT. I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION, AND I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT EARMARK FUNDING, AGAIN THAT UNIVERSITY HEALTH AND BEXAR COUNTY MATCH SO WE CAN MEET TOWARDS THE SHARED GOAL SO I WOULD APPRECIATE SUPPORT WITH THAT ITEM. AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THESE ARE LIMITED FUNDS. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL PARKS, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, ROOSEVELT PARK, BENE BENEVIDEZ PARK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LARGER INVESTMENT BUT UNDERSTANDING IF OUR UNDERSTANDING IS WE WORK WITHIN OUR CAPACITY AND NOT INCREASE PROPERTY TACKS WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY THOSE PROJECTS WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS THAT NEED THAT INFUSION. SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE PARKS, PARTICULARLY -- IN PARTICULAR, BUT UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITHIN. IN ADDITION TO THAT, REALLY APPRECIATE -- WELL I'M -- IT'S NOT -- I'M DISAPPOINTED FOR THE $50 MILLION FOR HOUSING, BUT I APPRECIATE THE FRAMEWORK YOU'VE LAID OUT PARTICULARLY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP, AGAIN AROUND THE VACANT LOTS, STRUCTURED, GRATEFUL FOR THE COUNCILMAN ALDERETE GAVITO FOR ROUND [05:25:06] TABLES BY CONTINUING TO INVEST IN HOME OWNERSHIP WE CAN CONTINUE TO ISSUE MOG, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, TO INVEST AND ACQUIRE THESE VACANT NUISANCE PROPERTIES. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS FOR NOW AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KAUR, PLEASE. >> KAUR: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY -- YOU'RE PROBABLY SICK OF HEARING ME TALK ABOUT STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, BUT THIS IS -- I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY I'M SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS. AND SO I WENT TO A ULI LUNCHEON LAST YEAR, AND THEY SHOWED ME HOW MANY STREETS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IT'S ALMOST 4400, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT FIRST SLIDE THAT'S BEING PULLED UP, YOU COULD DRIVE IF YOU TOOK A SINGLE ROAD FROM HERE ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH PART OF THE EAST COAST BACK TO VEGAS AND THE NUMBER OF MILES WE HAVE, WE HAVE 4300 MILES OF LANE ROAD AND THAT HAS OCCURRED HOW AND WHY? IF YOU GO TO THE BOTTOM PART OF THAT, OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE BUILT MORE AND MORE STREETS TO SUPPORT OUR SUBURBAN SPRAWL. SO THE MORE THAT THE HOUSES GROW FURTHER OUT, THE MORE STREETS YOU HAVE. BUT WHEN YOU CREATE A STREET, IT'S NOT LIKE A ONE AND DONE THING. STREETS HAVE TO GET DONE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND SO IT MULTIPLIES THE COST THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. SO IN 2000, THAT'S HOW MUCH WE SPENT, BUT WE HAVE TO REBUILD ALL OF THE STREETS THAT WE INITIALLY BUILT THROUGHOUT THE 1900S. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE. WHAT LAYERS ON TOP OF THAT, THIS IS HOW MUCH WE'RE CURRENTLY SPENDING ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE ROADS, SO SPENDING ABOUT 282 MILLION WHEN OUR ACTUAL NEED IS 500. SO THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN SO TENSE FOR ME BECAUSE WE WILL NEVER -- LIKE, WE LEGITIMATELY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE NEED THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHERE THE F STREETS ARE, YOU WILL SEE -- AND YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS, THIS IS JUST THE MILES OF F STREETS ACROSS THE DISTRICTS , AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHY, AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW FURTHER OUT, THE STREETS WILL BE CONSOLIDATED IN THE URBAN CORE. AND THIS IS JUST F STREETS, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE C AND D STREETS, WHICH AREN'T EVEN ON THIS LIST OF WHAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN. SO HOW HAVE WE SPENT OUR DOLLARS THROUGHOUT THE TIMES? IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT MAP, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO ZOOM OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT. SO THIS SHOWS YOU FROM OUR INP DASHBOARD WHICH I'M SO GLAD WE HAVE, THIS SHOWS YOU EXACTLY THE LEVEL OF STREETS THAT EXIST. SO IF YOU ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT AND GO FROM SOUTH TO NORTH, WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS IN THE URBAN CORE INSIDE OFOF THE LOOP IS WHERE YOU SEE THE MOST RED AND YELLOW. THE BLUE DOTS ARE FROM THE 2022 BOND. THEY'RE GROWING IN SIZE BASED ON THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE SPENT IN THOSE AREAS. SO LOOK AT WHERE THE DOLLARS FOR BOND DOLLARS WENT FOR 2022 AND LOOK AT WHERE THE RED AND YELLOW STREETS ARE. NOW, THERE WAS STREET DOLLARS THAT WENT PER DISTRICT FOR FAILED STREETS AND PED MOBILITY, THOSE ARE PURPLE DOTS, I REALIZE THEY'RE HARDER TO SEE ON HERE, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT THE PURPLE DOTS ARE ACTUALLY BIGGER IN SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS FOR FAILED STREETS. MIKE MENTIONED A PROJECT THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON AROUND SAFE PASSAGEWAY FOR SCHOOLS. SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS JUST DISTRICT 1, AND THERE'S EVEN A LOT OF DISPARITY JUST WITHIN DISTRICT 1. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE DISTRICT THAT WERE JOINED IN FROM DISTRICT 9 A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO HAVE A LOT MORE GREEN IN THEM THAN THE WEST PART OF MY DISTRICT, THAN THE SOUTH PART OF MY DISTRICT, AND IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE OLD STRUCTURES -- INFRASTRUCTURE EXISTS. AND SO WHEN WE DID A SIDEWALK RATING AROUND SCHOOLS BECAUSE THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AROUND A SCHOOL MATTERS. IT MATTERS HOW KIDS PERFORM, IT MATTERS HOW KIDS MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING TO SCHOOL SAFELY, AND IT MATTERS FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. SO IF YOU SCROLL DOWN AND LOOK AT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, THOSE ARE TWO SCHOOLS, AND IN DECEMBER, COUNCILMEMBER GALVAN HAS AGREED TO SHOW THIS DASHBOARD WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A COUPLE YEARS, YOU'LL SEE THE RED AROUND THE WEST PART OF MY DISTRICT VERSUS THE NORTH PART OF MY DISTRICT. SO CURRENTLY, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. AND SO THAT IS WHY I GET SO PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING SURE WE'RE INVESTING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE THERE IS THE MOST NEED. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS SO HARD, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE HAS A LOT OF NEEDS IN THEIR DISTRICTS, AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SELL IT, BUT THAT -- THIS IS THE REASON WHY I CARE SO MUCH AND WHY WE'RE ALLOCATING A PART OF OUR DISTRICT $1 TO ENSURING THAT KIDS CAN WALK SAFELY TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A GREAT PLACE TO LEARN. SO IN THE LAST SLIDE, THIS JUST SHOWS YOU WHAT WE'RE [05:30:04] INVESTING IN FOR 2027, HO HOPEFULLY. SO THIS WILL NOW HAVE SHOWN YOU A DECADE OF INVESTMENT. YOU'LL SEE THESE INCLUDE ALL OF THE PROJECTS ON THE LIST, AND YOU CAN'T SEE THE PUR PURPLE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO INVEST A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO OUR MOST FAILED STREETS AND FAILED SIDEWALKS BECAUSE OF OUR COLLEAGUES. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE TAKEN ALL OF THOSE PHON PHONECALLS. I KNOW IT'S BEEN INTENSE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU ALL FOR BEING WILLING TO COMPROMISE, BEING WILLING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A HUGE NEED IN THE URBAN CORE OF OUR DISTRICT FOR OUR FAILED STREETS, FOR OUR FAILED SIDEWALKS, AND THAT IS WHAT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR. SO I HOPE WHAT THE -- YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A TUMULTUOUS ROUTE FOR THE BOND, WE'VE GOT UP AND DOWN, A LOT OF DEBATES BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE ALL REALLY PROUD OF AND COLLABORATED ON TOGETHER AND WORKED AS A TEAM, AND SO I AM REALLY PROUD TO BE ON THIS TEAM AND TO WORK WITH EACH ONE OF Y YOU, AND EVEN WHEN I'M A LITTLE SNAPPY AND SAY THINGS THAT I -- YOU KNOW, IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT, I WANT TO -- YA'LL KNOW THAT IT'S COMING FROM MY HEART, AND I -- AND THAT INCLUDES CITY STAFF. I KNOW I'VE BEEN INTENTION IN THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE THIS IS TRULY THE ONE TH THING -- I HAVE ONE PLACE WHERE I FELT LIKE I COULD REALLY ADVOCATE FOR THE 500 RESIDENTS THAT HAVE CALLED ME AND REQUESTED A FAILING STREET AND SIDEWALK, AND THEN MAYBE ART WILL GET A REPRIEVE FROM SOME OF MY MIDNIGHT EMAILS, BUT PROBABLY NOT. BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR GETTING US TO THIS SPACE TODAY I'M GRATEFUL AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ FOR WORKING. THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO REITERATE. REITERATE SUPPORT FOR COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO'S REQUEST FOR THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING COMPONENT. THANK YOU TO THE NHSD TEAM FOR THE HOUSING BOND AND SAY I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING THROUGH THE MIDTOWN TIRZ FOR HOUSING SUPPORT. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT I KNOW WEREN'T LISTED THAT COMMUNITY MEM MEMBERS WANTED ME TO LISTEN, SO COMMUNITY MEMBERS SUP SUPPORTIVE OF THE ARTS, THE PLAY HOUSE AND THE MAGIC THEATER ARE CITY OWNED FACILITIES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GET MONEY FOR OUT OF THE DISTRICT 1 FUNDS, SO IF YOU'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, MAKE SURE YOU COME OUT TO THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND SHARE YOUR SUPPORT. AND THEN ALSO SOME FUNDING FOR OLD SPANISH TRAILS FOR BATHROOMS, WHICH IS A PREVIOUS DRAINAGE DITCH PROJECT THAT WAS CREATED AND IS A GREAT PARK THERE, BUT THE KIDS THERE NEED SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS THERE, SO IF YOU'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, I WOULD LOVE FOR MY COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND SHARE THAT AS WELL. THANKS, MAYOR. OH, I HAVE TO I'M MOVING TO RECONSIDER THE MAYOR'S AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE SPORTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE FROM THE BOND SO D7 CAN CORRECT HER VOTE. >> WHYTE: SECOND. SECOND. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: OKAY. ANDY, CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY WHAT THAT DOES. >> MAYOR, THAT MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT YOU PROPOSED BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND ONE OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS MADE HER VOTE IN ERROR, SO UNDER ROBERT'S RULES IT'S ONLY SOMEBODY WHO WAS ON THE PREVAILING SIDE THAT COULD MAKE THE MOTION, AND SO COUNCILMEMBER KAUR HAS MADE THE MOTION TO HAVE THE VOTE RECONSIDERED, SO THE FIRST THING IS TO VOTE ON THAT MOTION, AND IT REQUIRES A SUPER MAJORITY OF 8, AND IF THAT PASSES, THEN YOU HAVE THE VOTE AGAIN. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: OKAY. SO WE NEED A SUPER MAJORITY TO -- OH. >> I'M SORRY, MAYOR, YOU NEED A SIMPLE MAJORITY, NOT A SUPER. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: OKAY. SO SIMPLE MAJORITY TO RECONSIDER AND THEN WE DO IT AGAIN. OKAY. WHICH AMENDMENT WAS THE MISTAKE MADE ON? THE FIRST ONE? THE MOTION TO HAVE THE 35 MILLION IN DOWNTOWN INFRASTRUCTURE REMOVED FROM THE RESOLUTION WITH THE INTENT IT WOULD BE PAID FROM THE PFZ. WAS THE MISTAKE VOTING YEA COUNCILWOMAN? OKAY. SHE VOTED TO DO THAT BUT SHE WANTED TO GO AGAINST THAT, REVERSE THAT. , THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO VOTE ON THE RECONSIDERATION FIRST AND THEN HAVE THE VOTE AGAIN IF THAT PASSES. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: SO THERE WAS A MOTION AND THEN DID YOU GET WHO THE SECOND WAS? OH, COUNCILMAN WHYTE. OKAY. OKAY. SO THIS IS A VOTE, A [05:35:28] MAJORITY IS NEEDED TO RECONSIDER. OKAY. MAY WE VOTE? IS THAT -- OKAY. IT'S OPEN. THE MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. SO WE'LL VOTE AGAIN ON THE AMENDMENT. OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT. YES. SO THE MOTION -- DO WE DO IT AGAIN? OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE 35 MILLION IN DOWNTOWN INFRASTRUCTURE BE REMOVED FROM THE RESOLUTION, MY INTENT IS THAT THE EXPENSES BE PAID FROM THE PROJECT FINANCE ZONE. OKAY. A YEA MEANS IT IS REMOVED FROM THE RESOLUTION. THE 35 MILLION. OKAY. ANDY, CAN YOU CLARIFY YEAH AND NAY? >> YEA MEANS YOU'RE IN SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR'S AMENDMENT. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: WHICH IS REMOVING THE 35 MILLION FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE. OKAY. THE MOTION FAILS. ONE ABSTENTION. OKAY. WE'LL GO TO THE REST OF COMMENT, COUNCILMAN ALDERETE COUNCILWOMAN ALDERETE GAVITO. >> ALDERETE GAVITO: THANK YOU. I WANTED TO THANK MIKE SHANNON AND TEAM FOR WORKING WITH THIS AND ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU ALL MADE. I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO MY COLLEAGUES -- WOW, MY HAIR IS REALLY MESSY, SO MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCILWOMAN KAUR AND MCKEE RODRIGUEZ AND THEIR HARD WORK AND LIKE COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO SAID, THE LATE NIGHT CALLS, TRYING TO WORK -- EVERYBODY HAS BEEN BUSY TALKING TO EACH OTHER TO GET A BOND THAT WORKS FOR ALL OF US. YOU KNOW, I'M DEFINITELY HAPPY TO SEE A BOND THAT IS NOT HAVING A TAX INCREASE ON OUR RESIDENTS, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING US WORK WITHIN THOSE CONFINES. I AM SUPPORTIVE OF COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO'S DIVERSION CENTER, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH YOU ALL FROM WOODLAWN LAKE TO SUNSHINE RANCH. SO WE'LL WITH YOU ALL AFTER THIS, BUT WE'RE IN A REALLY GREAT PLACE, I THINK ALL OF US HAVE BANDED TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO PUT FORWARD A GOOD BOND FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND I'M EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? >> WHYTE: I'LL JUST VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE DIVERSION CENTER AND SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ AND KAUR FOR MOVING THIS ALONG. HAPPY WE'RE THERE. COUNCILWOM AN MEZA GONZALEZ PLEASE. >> GONZALEZ: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF PRESENTATION, AND FOR GETTING US HERE. MIKE AND YOUR TEAM, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID. I SAW A COUPLE OF PROPOSALS FLY AROUND THAT WERE GIVING DISTRICT 8 NOT MUCH MORE THAN A POT OF -- FILLING A POTHOLE. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE WHERE WE LANDED, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 8. THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECTS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DINMAN PARK, AND BAB BABCOCK, THAT PHASE 3 PROJECT IS SO NEEDED, AND LYNN GROVE, NEIGHBORHOOD AND TAN TANGLEWOOD THAT HAS DEALT WITH A LOT OF FLOODING IN THESE LAST STORMS, AND SO I KNOW THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK FOR THEM. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THIS BOND IS -- REFLECTS SOMETHING THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE REALLY COME [05:40:03] TO EXPECT, AND THAT'S THAT EVERY PART OF SAN ANTONIO SHARES IN WHAT WE BUILT TOGETHER AS A CITY. AND SO I THINK THAT THIS DECISION -- EXCUSE ME -- ULTIMATELY BELONGS TO OUR RESIDENTS, AND SO AS THIS PROCESS MOVES FORWARD, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM NEIGHBORS, TO EVERY DISTRICT THAT SERVES ON THIS BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THESE ARE RESIDENTS THAT ARE READY TO DEFEND THEIR DISTRICTS, I'VE SEEN IT, AND THEY DEFEND THE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING SUPPORTED, AND I JUST REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT BOND COMMITTEE. THEY KNOW THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITY BEST, AND WHICH PROJECTS WILL BEST IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO I'M EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS NEXT STEP, AND THOSE ARE ALL OF MY COMMENTS FOR NOW. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: COUNCILMAN GALVAN, PLEASE. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, MIKE, AND FOR ALL THE WORK YOU AND OF YOUR TEAM HAVE BEEN DOING TO GATHER ALL OF OUR FEEDBACK AND MAKE SURE WE'RE PUTTING IT INTO THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTION WE CAN GET HERE ; RIGHT? I KNOW OF COURSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS BOND AND ANY KIND OF INVESTMENTS WE'RE MAKING IN THE CITY, THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING FOR. HOW ARE WE SPRUCING UP THESE COMMUNITY CENTERS, ADDING A NEW PARK, ADDRESSING THESE STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN MESSED UP FOR SO, SO LONG AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THIS SOLVED. THIS IS WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, DESPITE THE LIMITED CAPACITY WE HAVE COMPARED TO RECENT YEARS THAT THIS DIAS WAS ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH YOUR TEAMS AND PROVIDE US INFORMATION ON HOW WE COULD MEET SOMEWHERE AND WE STILL DELIVER AND MEET THE NEEDS OUR RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR TO THE BEST WE CAN WITHOUT A TAX INCREASE AND WITH THE ABILITY FOR US TO GO BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND SHOW THAT THE CITY IS WORKING FOR YOU. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND OF COURSE WHEN I RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE HERE IN DISTRICT 6, THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS, OF COURSE ARE REALLY CRITICAL FOR OUR AREA , AND LAST TIME WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE -- HAD A LITTLE CONVERSATION ABOUT FRENCH CREEK AND COLABOR CREEK AND HOW SOME OF THOSE ISSUES ARE THERE, NOT ONLY FOR PART OF THAT DISTRICT BUT FURTHER SOUTH WHEN WE MAKE INVESTMENTS, DRAINAGE UPSTREAM WE QUITE LITERALLY REDUCE THE IMPACTS FOR FOLKS DOWNSTREAM, HOW WATER RUNS BUT FOR FOLKS IN DISTRICT 6. INCOME DISPARITIES, AND THE AREAS MOST IMPACTED BY SOME OF THE FLOODING IN THE FLOOD FLOODPLAINS ARE FOLKS THAT DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO TAKE CARE OF THIS, AFFORD FLOOD INSURANCE AND SO BEING ABLE TO AFFORD THESE WILL ENSURE THAT WE CAN PROTECT THEIR SAFETY AND ENSURE THEY CAN LIVE QUALITY LIVES IN THE CITY. BEYOND THAT, ALL THE FOCUS ON ADDRESSING THE F STREETS, NOT ONLY IN MY AREA, WHICH IS A LIMITED AMOUNT BUT IN THE AREAS WE NEED I IT; RIGHT? WE'RE SEEING THE OLDEST PARTS OF THE CITY NEED INVESTMENT HERE, AND MAKING SURE THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE ARE GOING TOWARDS THOSE LONG NEGLECTED OR UNDERINVESTED OVER THE DECADES NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY. THE OTHER PART I WANT TO MENTION IS GRATEFUL FOR AND EXCITED TO SEE CI CITYWIDE ADDITION OF THE WOLF STATE YUM PLAN, HAVING THAT BE CITYWIDE IS CRITICAL TO NOT ONLY MAKE SURE DISTRICT 6 CAN ADDRESS OTHER NEEDS AS WELL, BUT ENSURE WE HAVE A FOCUS HERE FOR THE CITY. ENSURING THAT THIS SITE IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NOT ONLY FOR WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO BUT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH REVENUES TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY OR JUST MAKING SURE, RIGHT, THAT WE'RE STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HERE. THAT'S HOW WE DO IT, INVESTING IN PUBLIC INVESTMENTS, LAY GRO GROUNDWORK FOR INCREDIBLE PUBLIC INV INVESTMENT IN THIS SITE. SO AGAIN I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUP SUPPORTING THAT EFFORT, AND AGAIN I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER KA KAUR, MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, ALL THE FOLKS PUSHING ON MAKING SURE WE'RE ALIGNING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO GET THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. AND LAST THING I WANT TO SAY, OF COURSE, BRIEFLY SUPPORTING ANY EFFORTS WE CAN ON THE DIVERSION CENTER. I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO'S LEADERSHIP ON PUSHING THIS FORWARD AND MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE THIS IN THE BOND PROCESS AS WE WELL, OF COURSE HOPING WE COULD GET THE COUNTY TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE AS WELL. SHOWING THAT WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING THIS CRITICAL ISSUE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE GOT TO START SOMEWHERE AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO IS LEADING THIS EFFORT AND WE COULD GET THERE. SO THANK YOU TO THE TEAM AND THE DIAS FOR MOVING THIS ALONG. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN, PLEASE. >> VIAGRAN: THE WORDS THAT COME TO MIND IN THIS BOND IS DISAPPOINTED AND DISHEARTENED. I BELIEVE THIS BOND PROPOSAL PRESENTATION TODAY, AT BEST, REFLECTS A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING AND BELIEF AND UNDERSTANDING IN THIS COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, AT WORST IS A MODERN DAY RED LINING THAT AWARDS THE PART THAT CITY STAFF LIVES IN AND THAT THE SECTOR FROM THE WEST AND EAST SHOULD BE [05:45:03] GRATEFUL FOR WHAT THEY GET. I BELIEVE THIS CITY CAN MANAGE A LARGER BOND WITHOUT A TAX RATE INCREASE. WE HAVE GROWN IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, AND THIS PAST SUMMER ALONE, WE HAVE SEEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF 5,000 JOBS IN THE EXPANSION OF TOYOTA AND ARRIVAL OF I IEM, AND I BELIEVE AND AM CONFIDENT, AS LONG AS WE KEEP OUR WORD IN INVESTMENT OF THE 35 MILLION INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE DOWNTOWN, WE WILL SEE OTHER COMPANIES AND INDUSTRIES WANT TO INVEST IN AND MOVE TO SAN ANTONIO, INCLUDING THOSE ALREADY HEAD QUARTERED HERE. BUT I AM A WOMAN OF COLOR, BORN, RAISED, AND LIVED THE MAJORITY OF HER ADULT LIFE IN SAN ANTONIO. ONLY EARNING A MASTERS DEGREE IN BICULTURAL STUDIES AND SERVING THE LAST FIVE YEARS AS THE COUNCILWOMAN, AND APPARENTLY SOME CITY STAFF DO NOT VALUE THAT OPINION. OR THE OPINION OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS AND ECONOMIC ECOSYSTEMS BUILDING THE FUTURE OF SAN ANTONIO, BECAUSE THE TEXAS A&M SAN ANTONIO TOYOTA AND NEW UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AREA DOES NOT MERIT A CITYWIDE DESIGNATION, AND NEITHER DOES BROOKES DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY THAT HOUSES THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR. AND MAKING MY RESIDENTS WAIT UNTIL THE LAST YEAR OF THE BOND FOR A DRAINAGE PROJECT IS JUST THE LUCK OF THE DRAW. SO WE CAN JUST ADD ANOTHER 3 MILLION TO THOSE AT DORSEY , AND THE POOL, WHICH WE HAVE WA WAITED FOR AND STILL HAS NOT BEGUN INSTRUCTIONS, WHERE EXTRA FUNDS WE NEED, WE'LL JUST GET FROM THIS BOND, A 44 $442 MILLION BOND, AND LET'S NOT FORGET THE 2017 ROOSEVELT BOND PROJECT SURROUNDING THE WORLD'S HERITAGE MIS MISSION. WHAT'S BEEN TOLD? THAT'S T TEX DOT'S FAULT, WHILE BROADWAY HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED, DECONSTRUCTED, AND RECONSTRUCTED. IN SPITE OF MY HEALTH, IN SPITE OF THE LACK OF RESPECT BY COLLEAGUES AND CITY STAFF , I COME TO WORK, AND I CHAMPION FOR MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE MY RESIDENTS EXPECT IT AND DESERVE IT. I WALK INTO CITY HALL BECAUSE I CHOOSE HOPE, AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE MORE CITY STAFF THAT RECOGNIZE MY COMMITMENT AND THE COMMUNITY'S VALUE THAN SOME OF THOSE THAT PUT FORTH THE PROPOSAL TODAY. AND I BELIEVE THAT WHEN MY COLLEAGUES AND I ACTUALLY SIT DOWN AND TALK, WE FIND MORE IN COMMON THAN WE THOUGHT. THAT THIS IS A COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT, AND WE ARE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I WILL SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE'S EFFORTS TO MAKE THIS A MORE EQUITABLE BOND. I WILL APPOINT COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO CHAMPION THE GROWTH FOR ECONOMIC GENERATING AREAS OF SAN ANTONIO. BUT IF THIS IS A MIN MI MISUNDERSTANDING OR SOMETHING MORE, WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE INPUT PROVIDED BY THE 2026 BOND COMMITTEE, AND I WANT TO END WITH THAT I SUPPORT AND THANK YOU, VERONICA AND IAN FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN TERMS OF HOUSING, IT'S $50 MILLION LESS THAN WHAT WE WANTED, BUT THE BOND IS WHAT IT IS. I BELIEVE THAT MONEY AND IT IS A CITYWIDE SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE DIVERSION CENTER, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THE TEXAS A&M BROOKS AREA NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED A CITYWIDE ENTITY. >> SPEARS: I WANT TO START BY SAYING I'M SUPPORTIVE OF EAR EARMARKING FOR THE DIVERSION CENTER THE FUNDS THAT COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO REQUESTED. I -- I'M NOT -- I'M NOT GETTING EVERYTHING I WANT. I ONLY WANTED ONE THING, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GET ALL OF IT, BUT I'M GLAD I'LL GET PART OF THE WAY THERE, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT, AND THE EFFORT FROM STAFF TO TRY TO GET EVERYBODY SOME OF WHAT THEY WANT. WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT. ANY OF US, I KNOW WE ALL HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO GET DO DONE. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT WE NEED TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS , AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THE SMALLER BOND AND THAT WAY CAME TOGETHER TO DO THAT. IT WAS A HARD DECISION. THIS WAS MY FIRST BOND, AND THIS IS -- THIS WAS REALLY, REALLY CHALLENGING BUT INTE INTERESTING, AND WE CAME TOGETHER AND FIGURED OUR WAY THROUGH THIS, AND I APPRECIATE COUNCILWOMAN KAUR [05:50:06] AND COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ AND YOUR PHONECALLS , AND COUNCILWOMAN MEZA GONZALEZ -- I MEAN, WE ALL TALKED A LOT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT AND THOUGHT THAT EVERYONE PUT BEHIND IT, KNOWING WE ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT APPROACH BUT REALLY A DESIRE TO MEET EACH OTHER'S NEEDS AS BEST AS WE CAN. SO I THINK THE SPIRIT OF IT WAS GOOD-INTENTIONED AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND, YEAH. I WISH WE ALL HAD A LOT MORE MONEY IN OUR POCKETS TO DO THIS. BUT THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR YOUR HARD WORK, I KNOW THIS IS VERY CHALLENGING AND THAT WE'RE A LOT TO DEAL WI WITH. SO THANK YOU. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA, PLEASE. >> MUNGIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR WORKING ON THIS, AND THIS WAS -- YOU KNOW, THE QUINTESSENTIAL SAUSAGE MAKING IT WAS, AND IT WAS MESSY AND A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH, AND THANK YOU, CITY STAFF FOR, YOU KNOW, GOING WITH IT WHEN YOU COULD, AND I THINK THE END RESULT IS SOMETHING GOOD THAT MOST FOLKS CAN LIVE WITH. AND I DO WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, MY ORIGINAL POSITION AND I WISH WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THERE, WAS TO HAVE A LARGER BOND AT $750 MILLION. I TALKED ABOUT -- SOME OF YOU WERE THERE AT MY TOWN HALL THAT I HAD ABOUT THE BOND, AND I ASKED PEOPLE STRAIGHT UPRIGHT I SAID THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY WE COULD GET, THIS IS HOW MUCH MORE MONEY WE COULD GET, AND YOU WOULD BE PAYING MORE IN PROPERTY TAX TO GET THERE, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE FOLKS SAID YES. THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT EXTRA ADDITION ON THEIR TAXES WAS GOING TO GO TO A LOT OF COMMUNITY NEED IN THEIR AREA. WE HAVE VAST NETWORKS IN DISTRICT 4. I'M SO, SO THANKFUL THAT ZAZAMORA IS ON HERE. THAT WAS A HUGE PROJECT. I HAD TWO TOWN HALLS JUST ON ZAZAMORA, GOT A LOT OF INPUT , AND THANK YOU TO OUR CONSULTANT, BUT WE HAD SOMER SETH, SOME PARKS, OUR COMMUNITY STILL WANTS A POOL AT GOLDEN PARK, AND I KNOW THAT WITH $3 MILLION WE'LL NECESSARILY GET THERE, BUT MAYBE THERE IS A WAY FORWARD. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY, LIKE COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN SAID, THEY'RE READY FOR THE INVESTMENT AND HEY, IF IT'S $35 OVER THE 3-YEAR AVERAGE, ONE FAMILY TOLD US, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SPEND WAY MORE THAN THAT ON SCH SCHLITERBON AND BY DOING THIS, I WOULD HAVE A POOL IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE COULD ALL GO TO. SO PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY WERE WILLING TO DO MORE TO PUT THAT UP. AND MOST PEOPLE THERE ARE WILLING TO PITCH IN AND DO MORE, AND MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE SAME IN EVERY OTHER COMMUNITY, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND OTHER PEOPLE WOULD BE PAYING MORE, BUT WHEN I TALKED TO MY FOLKS, THAT'S WHAT THEY SA SAID; RIGHT? AND SO I'M VERY, VERY LUCKY TO HAVE WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS BOND WITH THE 442, WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT EXPECTATIONS, RIGHT, AND A LOT OF THINGS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNFORTUNATELY CONTINUE TO WAIT IN MY DISTRICT. SO I HOPE THAT WE KIND OF THINK ABOUT THINGS IN THE FUTURE, THINK ABOUT WAYS TO INVEST IN OUR STREETS, AND I'LL JUST SAY NOT EVERY STREET OUTSIDE OF 410 IS CONSIDERED URBAN SPR SPRAWL; RIGHT? THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE 410 AREA, AND THERE'S A LOT OF VOLUME; RIGHT? AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION; RIGHT? IT'S AN EXISTING CITY ROAD. REA ELLISON IS BACKED UP ALL THE WAY DOWN BECAUSE NO ONE CAN TAKE A RIGHT TURN ON TO 410 BECAUSE IT'S A ONE LANE. THAT'S NOT URBAN SPRAWL IN MY DEFINITION; RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE THINGS IN THE FUTURE. BUT I THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR TIME, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE CITIZEN COMMITTEES CAN PUT UP, WHAT THEY'LL HAVE TO SAY, BUT I HOPE THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BOND AND WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE NEEDS AND WHAT ELSE WE'RE GOING TO DO, MOVING FORWARD IN OUR REGULAR ANNUAL BUDGET THAT WE SORT OF HELP MAKE UP FOR THAT; RIGHT? BECAUSE MY STREET PROJECT IS SO LARGE, I'LL ONLY GET ONE PARK PROJECT IN MY DISTRICT AT 3 MILLION, AND SO AS WE DEVELOP PARK FUNDING, RIGHT, WE'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT WHO'S GETTING BOND MONEY IN PARKS, AND THEN WHO I IS -- WHAT PARKS HAVE NOT BEEN TOUCHED AT ALL. THE REASON WHY GOLDEN PARK IS ON THERE IS BECAUSE THAT PARK HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED IN DECADES; RIGHT? THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE IN THAT COMMUNITY, AND IT'S DOWN THE STREET FROM SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, THERE'S A COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS THAT. SO MUCH MORE CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE. DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE OF THE DIVERSION CENTER OPPORTUNITIES WITH THAT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO JUST SEEING THE COMMITTEES AND BEST OF LUCK WITH THE CITIZEN COMMITTEES. I THINK IT'LL BE FUN. SO I APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: GREAT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON THE -- OH THAT'S EVERYBODY ON THE FIRST ROUND. COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. [05:55:02] >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. JUST TO CLOSE OUT. BECAUSE THE ONLY COMMENTS I MADE WERE MY AMENDMENT. I WANT TO SAY NUMBER 1 SAY FIRST OF ALL ECHO THE SUPPORT FOR COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO, FUNDING FOR THE DIVERSION CENTER, IT'S AN EXCELLENT INITIATIVE AND WORKED TO GET PILOT PROGRAM AND ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO MOVE TOWARDS A PERMANENT SOLUTION WILL BE CRITICAL FOR OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTY. I'LL SAY THAT AS IT RELATES TO THIS BOND, I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST EXERCISE AT CONSENSUS BUILDING AND TEAMWORK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THUS FAR, AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THE VERY BEGINNING, THERE WERE REALLY TWO MAIN PILLARS THAT WERE OPPOSING, AND ONE WAS THAT WE WANTED THE $442 MILLION BOND, AND WE WANTED TO MITIGATE AS MUCH RISK AS POSSIBLE ON THE TAX BURDEN OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND THEN THE SECOND COMPONENT OF THAT WAS THAT WE WANTED TO ADDRESS AS MUCH AS THE LONGSTANDING NEED IN THE PARTS OF TOWN THAT HAVE WAITED DECADES FOR INVESTMENT. AND WHEN YOU HAVE SUCH A SMALL BOND, YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO DO -- TO DO ALL OF THAT. AND SO I WANT TO CONVEY TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WATCHING AT HOME, IF THE FOUR OF YA'LL WHO HAVE STUCK ALONG FOR THE SEVEN-HOUR MEETING AND THOSE OF YA'LL THAT WILL BE READING ABOUT THOSE IN THE PAPER, I WANT TO CONVEY THAT, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE TALKED TO MY COLLEAGUES, THERE'S, LIKE ONE -- THERE'S MULTIPLE THINGS CERTAIN AND TRUE FOR SURE. ONE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR COLLEAGUINGS ARE -- EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL IS FIGHTING FOR THEIR RESIDENTS , AND THEY WANT WHAT IS OWED, THEY WANT WHAT THE RESIDENTS DESERVE, AND THEY'RE FIGHTING ON YOUR BEHALF, SO THINKING ABOUT COUNCILMEMBER SPEARS, SHE'S BEEN CONSISTENT SINCE SHE GOT ELECTED. SHE WANTED A POLICE SUBSTATION, THIS MIGHT NOT GET HER THERE, BUT IT'LL GET YOU FURTHER THAN ANY COUNCILMEMBER BEFORE YOU. I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY TIMES I HEARD FO FORMER MAYOR MARIJUANA BERGER THE NEED THAT EXISTS AT BOB ROSS, AND COUNCILMEMBER MEZA GONZALEZ WAS ABLE TO SECURE SOME OF THAT FU FUNDING, AS WELL WITH NELSON WOLF, LINEAR TRAILS AND FINALLY COMPLETING THOSE PARTS IN DISTRICT 7, DISTRICT 6, DISTRICT 4. ALL OF THE INVESTMENT INTO EQUITY THAT COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR AND THE INVESTMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE, I KNOW IT'S NOT QUITE WHERE WE WANT IN SHEER VOLUME, BUT IT'S GETTING US CLOSER, AS WELL AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE YOU'VE HEARD ALL OF US TALK ABOUT, THE HUGE NEED FOR F STREETS THAT DISTRICT 1 AND DISTRICT 2 HAVE. COUNCILMEMBERS WERE WILLING TO GIVE AND WILLING TO CONCEDE AND WILLING TO SHARE AND HELP MAKE SURE THAT EACH OTHER'S NEEDS WERE MET. SO I WANT TO CONVEY MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES. I KNOW IT WOULD BE EASIER TO TAKE THE BALL, TAKE 6 PEOPLE WITH YOU AND CALL IT A DAY, BUT I'M APPRECIATIVE OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DO, AND AGAIN I'M GRATEFUL FOR YA'LL'S WORK AND GRATEFUL FOR YA'LL'S FRIENDSHIP IN THAT. SO THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. OH. MEZA GONZALEZ. PLEASE. >> GONZALEZ: SORRY. QUICKLY WANTED TO ECHO THE SUPPORT FOR THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING COMPONENT THAT COUNCILMAN CASTILLO IS CHAMPIONING. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES AND CERTAINLY THOSE THAT HAVE PLAYED A HELPFUL ROLE IN FACILITATING THE DISCUSSION. I'M GRATEFUL THAT THIS IS A BOND THAT DOESN'T RAISE PROPERTY TAXES. WE KNOW DURING THE AFFORD ABILITY CRISIS, WHILE THERE ARE CERTAINLY NEEDS, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD HAVE GONE OVER WELL WITH MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS. I DO ALSO APPRECIATE THAT WHAT IS COMING FORWARD DOES HELP TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE INEQUITIES, AND THERE WAS A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF THE INVESTMENT IN SOME OF THOSE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE TRADITIONALLY RECEIVED INSUFFICIENT FUNDS. SO WITH THAT, THANKS, AGAIN, AND THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE RESOLUTION. THEY'RE ABSENT? OKAY. OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT IS THE BUSINESS OF THE DAY. IT IS 4:07:00 P.M. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.