* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] UH, OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING. TIME IS NOW AT 10:07 AM TO BEGIN WITH OUR ROLL CALL. YES. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. AND MAYOR NURENBERG HERE. MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. ALRIGHT, UH, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF JANUARY 15TH. SO, WE'LL TAKE UP THE MEETING [1. 20-1978 Approval of the minutes from the City Council Governance Committee Meeting on January 15, 2020.] MINUTES. FIRST, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SO MOVE TO APPROVE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. THERE, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, MINUTES OF JANUARY 15TH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM TWO. [2. 20-1442 Deliberation and action regarding the appointment of a new member for the City Council District 3 Board seat to the Pre-K 4 SA Board of Directors whose term will end on May 31, 2021. [Carlos Contreras, Assistant City Manager; Sarah Baray, Ph.D., CEO, Pre-K 4 SA]] ITEM NUMBER TWO IS THE DELIBERATION IN ACTION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW MEMBER FOR THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE BOARD SEAT TO THE PRE-K FOR SA BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE OR END ON MAY 31ST, 2021. I, OKAY, SARAH, YOU'RE UP. GOOD MORNING. UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU JOE DE LA GARZA, JR. UH, JOSEPH. JOE DE LA GARZA IS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMERCIAL LENDING AT JEFFERSON BANK. UH, HE HAS MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF BANKING EXPERIENCE, HAVING BEGUN HIS CAREER IN BEXAR COUNTY NATIONAL BANK AS A CREDIT ANALYST, AND REMAINED AT IT BE, UH, AS IT BECAME BANK OF AMERICA, STAYING WITH THAT BANK FOR 15 YEARS AND EXITING WITH THE TITLE OF VICE PRESIDENT OF LOAN REVIEW, HE HAS WORKED FOR SECURITY NATIONAL BANK, LAREDO NATIONAL BANK, AND COMERICA, FORMERLY STERLING BANK, WHERE HE WAS COMMERCIAL LENDING OFFICER. JOE IS A 1977 GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO, EARNING A B B A IN ACCOUNTING. ADDITIONALLY, JOE HAS SERVED ON MANY ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DURING HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER. MOST RECENTLY, JOE SERVED AS A BOARD CHAIR ON THE SOUTH SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND STILL REMAINS ACTIVE ON THE BOARD. HE HAS ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR AVANSE, SAN ANTONIO SA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND SAN ANTONIO LOCAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, AND THE BARRIO COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY HEALTH CLINIC. UH, JOE IS A SA UH, SAN ANTONIO NATIVE, WHOSE FAMILY IS ROOTED IN EDUCATION WITH BOTH HIS MOTHER AND FATHER, HAVING SPENT THEIR CAREERS WITH S A I D IN ADDITION TO HIS 15 YEARS ON THE AVANZA, UH, SAN ANTONIO BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHICH HELPED LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR THE WORK OF PRE-K FOR S SA. JOE'S TENURE ON THE SOUTH SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS INVOLVED INTERACTION AND COLLABORATION WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE CITY. JOE DE LA GARZA. I'M HONORED TO BE, UH, CONSIDERED FOR THIS POST. UH, LIKE I SAY, I'VE SPENT 15 YEARS, MY, I WAS BROUGHT UP IN A FAMILY THAT WAS ROOTED IN EDUCATION EVEN THOUGH MY PARENTS WERE THIRD AND EIGHTH GRADE DROPOUTS. AND SO, UH, IT WAS ALWAYS ROOTED IN, YOU KNOW, IN US TO DO THAT. THE 15 YEARS I SPENT, I TELL THIS STORY, UH, 15 YEARS. I SPENT AT AVAN ABOUT 12, 13 YEARS AGO. GOT A CALL FROM THE CITY, SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO COME OUT AND VISIT. AND, UH, IT WAS, UH, AND SURE, AND I WAS A BOARD CHAIR AT THE TIME, AND IT WAS GENERAL ROBLES AND PETER ZONI TO COME OUT AND VISIT WITH MYSELF AND BECKY CERVANTES. AND THEY WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE AVANSE MODEL, WHICH THE IVAN MODEL WAS, YOU KNOW, TEACHING THE KIDS WHO WERE TEACHING, WHO WERE HAVING KIDS, BASICALLY. AND SO WE WOULD, WE TAUGHT THE KIDS WHO WERE HAVING THESE KIDS, WE WERE TEACHING 'EM PARENTING SKILLS, YOU KNOW, UH, BASIC EDUCATION SKILLS, COMPUTER SKILLS. AND AT THE TIME WE WERE DOING THIS, WE WERE, UM, TAKING CARE OF THEIR KIDS, THE 3, 4, 5 YEAR OLDS THERE. AND THEY WERE TEACHING THEM PARENT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TEACHING THEM BASIC SKILLS, YOU KNOW, LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO IT, AND, AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT VCE, UH, AND THAT AT THE TIME IT WAS A CITY, IT STILL IS A CITY FUNDED, UH, AGENCY. IT'S A UNITED WAY AGENCY. AND, AND SO THAT MODEL IS PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY WHAT PRE-K FOR SA IS. AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE SUCCESS OF PRE-K FOR SA, YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT AVANSE. YOU JUST NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE FIVE YEAR REPORTS FROM ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY, FROM OUR LADY OF THE LAKE AND AND SO ON. AND THOSE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UNITED WAY AND THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO KNOW, ARE YOU GUYS SUCCEEDING? YES, BECAUSE EVERY FIVE YEARS THAT REPORT WOULD SHOW THOSE THIRD GRADERS, THOSE THIRD GRADE GRADUATES WERE ALWAYS, OH, OVER AND BEYOND EVERYONE ELSE WHO ARE, WHO IS NOT AT VIN GRADUATE. SO ALREADY THIS LAST YEAR, YOU HAVE A REPORT THAT SHOWS THOSE FIRST THREE THIRD GRADE GRADUATES ARE ALREADY DOING BETTER THAN [00:05:01] EVERYONE ELSE. SO YES, I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS, ABOUT PRE-K FOR ESSAY, AND SO I AM GOING TO DO MY BEST TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THIS INITIATIVE PASSED IN MAY AND CONTINUE TO DO THE GOOD WORK. THAT'S IT. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, MR. DE LA GARZA. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE, UH, FAMILIAR WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, AND VERY PLEASED TO SEE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, VIRON. SO I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE, THOUGH. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND ALL YOUR SERVICE THUS FAR. UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM TWO, WHICH IS THE, UH, FORWARDING OF THE APPOINTMENT TO THE DISTRICT THREE BOARD SEAT TO PRE-K FOR SA, UH, TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL. UH, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. DE LA GARZA? OUR HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON [3. 20-1936 Briefing and possible action on the Transportation Advisory Board, including an overview of the current structure and recommendations to become more multimodal. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Interim Director, Transportation & Capital Improvements]] TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD, INCLUDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT STRUCTURE AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO BECOME MORE MULTIMODAL. GOOD MORNING MAYOR COMMITTEE. SO, UH, CAITLIN'S GONNA PASS OUT A ONE PAGE DOCUMENT THAT I'LL KIND OF USE TO, TO SPEAK TO THE COMMITTEE ON, BUT I'M REALLY HERE, UM, KIND OF GOING BACK A FEW YEARS AND REALLY, UH, OF RECENT DISCUSSING THE OPTION, THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THE, THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD TO MAKE IT MORE MULTIMODAL AS A REQUEST FROM COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND GONZALEZ, UH, GOING BACK, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS IN, IN THE PROCESS. SO I'LL KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THE, THE PROCESS WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND, AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO DATE. SO, JUST AS A RECAP, THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD WAS CREATED BACK IN THE 1980S. THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THAT BOARD IS REALLY TO GOVERN THE VEHICLE FOR HIRE INDUSTRY. SO ESSENTIALLY THOSE ARE THE TAXI CABS, LIMOS, TOUR COMPANIES, ET CETERA. AT THE TIME, IT ALSO GOVERNED THE TOWING INDUSTRY. BUT SINCE THEN, THE, THE COUNCIL AND AND THE CITY HAVE CONTRACTED OUR OWN TOWING COMPANY. SO THAT'S NO LONGER UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE TAB. UM, HOWEVER, THERE, THERE ARE OTHER, OBVIOUSLY TRANSPORTATION COMPONENTS THAT AREN'T UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE TAB, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY. SO, AS I MENTIONED, UM, IN DISCUSSIONS OF THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, WITH COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ AND SANDOVAL, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THIS MORE MULTIMODAL, WE HAD BRIEFED THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE BACK IN THE FALL AND, UH, ON THE, THE CURRENT TAB AND THEN SOME DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS ON, ON STEPS TO IMPROVE IT. UM, FOLLOWING THAT, WE HAD A COUPLE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS INTERNALLY WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS EXTERNALLY, UH, INCLUDING SOME MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORTATION PROFESSION, SUCH AS THOSE FROM PEP OR EXA, AS WELL AS OUR TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS AT VIA IN, IN THE M P O, AND TALKED ABOUT IDEAS, HOW, HOW WE COULD GO ABOUT MORPHING THIS INTO SOMETHING THAT IS MORE ROBUST AND COVERS THE GAMUT OF TRANSPORTATION. UM, SO THEN WE REPORTED BACK TO THE, THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE LAST MONTH, FOLLOWED BY THAT, UH, REALLY THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO, TO REVAMP THE CURRENT TAB, UH, TO CREATE AN 11 MEMBER AT LARGE COMMITTEE, UH, FOLLOWED BY SOME NON-VOTING, UH, CITY STAFF DEPARTMENTS. SO FOLLOWING THAT RECOMMENDATION, WE PRESENTED TO THE CURRENT TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD. UM, AND THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH I'M HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL. SO AGAIN, THAT WAS, UM, A BRIEFING TO THE BOARD TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS AND, AND WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE FORECASTING TO GO. AND WE HAD RECOMMENDED THE 11 MEMBER AT LARGE COMMITTEE, AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, THE, THAT THAT ISN'T A LARGE ENOUGH GROUP TO BE TRULY REPRESENTATIVE. SO THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE TAB, UM, WERE TO INCREASE FROM AN 11 MEMBER TO A 15 MEMBER, UH, WHICH WE DO SUPPORT. AND THEN SECONDLY, UM, THE PROPOSED CATEGORIES, AND I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THOSE HERE IN A SECOND, ONLY HAD ONE SLOT FOR THE VEHICLE FOR HIRE INDUSTRY. UM, AND AFTER DISCUSSION WITH THE TAB, THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS THAT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH. UH, ALTHOUGH WE DO WANT A DIVERSE GROUP OF VOICES, UH, WE DIDN'T WANT TO LIMIT THEM TO ONLY POTENTIALLY TWO SEATS. SO THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO INCREASE THAT SLOT TO FIVE DIFFERENT, UH, CATEGORIES. UM, AND SO THAT WOULD BE A LARGE TAXI CAB, UH, WHICH WOULD BE OVER 20 VEHICLES, A SMALL TAXI, TAXI CAB, WHICH IS UNDER 20 VEHICLES, AND THE SO FORTH FOR A LARGE LIMO AND A SMALL LIMO, AS WELL AS THE OTHER CATEGORY. AND THAT COULD BE TOUR COMPANIES, PETTY CABS, ET CETERA. UM, SO THAT'S REALLY THE MAIN CHANGE FROM WHAT WE PRESENTED TO THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE. UH, AND I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THAT ONE PAGE DOCUMENT NOW THAT YOU HAVE IT. SO THE, THE FIRST TABLE ON THE DOCUMENT, UM, SHOWS THE CURRENT TAB MEMBERS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF VACANCIES ALREADY, UH, BUT THE FOCUS IS SOLELY THE VEHICLE FOR HIRE INDUSTRY. UH, SO WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING WOULD BE THE, THE BOTTOM [00:10:01] TABLE THAT THEN CONTINUES ONTO THE BACK OF THE PAGE. AND I'LL JUST WALK THROUGH BRIEFLY EACH ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES. SO AGAIN, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A 15 MEMBER AT LARGE COMMITTEE. THERE'S MULTIPLE CATEGORIES, UM, AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND NO MORE THAN TWO SEATS PER CATEGORY, UM, SO THAT IT DOESN'T DOMINATE ANY ONE VOICE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE VEHICLE FOR HIGHER CATEGORIES WOULD BE ONE, ONE VOICE BECAUSE THERE'S FIVE DIFF OR ONE PERSON BECAUSE THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. SO LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH THE TABLE AND, AND JUST GO BRIEFLY THROUGH THAT, AND THEN I'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. UH, SO THE FIRST CATEGORY, UM, IS THE VEHICLE FOR HIRE, AND THAT WOULD BE LARGE TAXI CABS. SO THE INTENT THERE IS FOR SIMILARLY TO THE CURRENT TAB, THAT WOULD BE MADE UP OF AN OWNER OR AN INDIVIDUAL OF A, A COMPANY THAT HAS OVER 20 OR MORE VEHICLES. SECONDLY, A SMALL TAXI CAB, WHICH WOULD BE THE SAME, BUT 20 OR UNDER VEHICLES SIMILARLY FOR THE LARGE LIMO, 20 OR OVER LIMOS. AND THE SMALL LIMO WOULD BE LESS THAN 20 LIMOS. AND THEN IF YOU GO TO THE BACK, THE TABLE CONTINUES ON. SO THE, THE OTHER CATEGORY IN THE VEHICLE FOR HIRE IS REALLY THE OTHER SORT OF, UH, VOICES IN THAT INDUSTRY. IT COULD BE A, A PETTY CAB OPERATOR, IT COULD BE A TOUR, UH, OR A CARRIAGE OPERATOR. AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A VOICE BECAUSE, UM, A LOT OF THE, UH, THINGS THAT WOULD COME THROUGH THE BOARD, THERE IS A FINANCIAL INTEREST FOR THOSE, THOSE CATEGORIES, UNLIKE THE REMAINING CATEGORIES THAT, THAT I'LL GO THROUGH. SO THEN MOVING ON INTO SORT OF THE NEWER CATEGORIES, AND AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A DIVERSE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS. UM, EVERYTHING FROM FREIGHT TO HEALTH, AND I'LL WALK THROUGH THAT. SO THAT FIRST CATEGORY WOULD BE SOMEONE FROM THE, THE, BASICALLY THE DELIVERY, UH, GROUP. SO FOCUSING ON LARGE GOODS OR FREIGHT MOVEMENT AS AN EXAMPLE, THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED IN THE PAST WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE TALKING ABOUT IDLING, ANTI IDLING ORDINANCES, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UM, THERE COULD BE SOME OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, FROM THIS GROUP. SECONDLY, THE TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY, THAT WOULD BE SOMEONE, UH, AN ENGINEER OR A PLANNER, UH, OR EVEN AN ARCHITECT, UH, THAT'S REALLY PRACTICING IN THAT PROFESSION THAT CAN PROVIDE THAT TECHNICAL EXPERTISE. MOVING ON, UM, WE, WE DEFINITELY ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND THE, THE VOICE TO INCLUDE THOSE IN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION. THAT WOULD BE SOMEONE THAT BIKES, WALKS, SCOOTS OR SKATEBOARDS, YOU KNOW, ON A DAILY BASIS AS A PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. SIMILARLY, FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, WE WANT TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT DEPENDS ON, LET'S SAY, VIA, AS AN EXAMPLE, AND, AND REALLY TO HAVE THEIR INPUT ON, UM, PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. UM, ALSO IMPORTANT WOULD BE A TRANSPORTATION DEPENDENT THAT'S REALLY INTENDED TO BE AN ELDERLY PERSON OR MAYBE SOMEONE WITH A DISABILITY THAT DEPENDS ON A SERVICE TO GET THEM AROUND. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT VOICE ON THE COMMITTEE. A BIG ONE FOR THE CITY NOW IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT EQUITY. SO THE TRANSPORTATION JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY CATEGORY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS NEW GROUP. MAKING SURE WE HAVE, UH, A A DIVERSE GROUP OF VOICES ON OUR BOARD. AND THAT WOULD REALLY BE, UH, SOMEONE IN THAT IS FAMILIAR WITH EITHER LOW INCOME OR SOCIAL INDU INJUSTICE AS A BACKGROUND, UH, TO PROVIDE THAT KIND OF VOICE ON, YOU KNOW, HOW WE SHAPE OUR PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS. UH, MOVING ON, UH, WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE COORDINATING IN THE, WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY MINDSET. UH, SO WE WOULD HAVE SOMEONE FROM THAT, THAT VOICE AS WELL. SIMILARLY, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND REAL ESTATE GROUP, UM, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BUILT IN THE CITY IS BUILT, YOU KNOW, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEVELOPERS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT THAT'S PART OF THE GROUP AS WELL. UH, MOVING ON TO INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY, THAT'S CERTAINLY A BIG THING FOR, FOR TRANSPORTATION. UM, HEALTH IS A BIG ONE. SO HEALTH KIND OF CAPTURES EVERYTHING AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WALKING TO WORK OR BIKING TO WORK AND REALLY HAVING THAT VOICE AND HELPING SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE ON, ON, JUST ON TRANSPORTATION IN GENERAL. SORT OF A CATCHALL WOULD BE A COMMUNITY CHAMPION. SO THAT'S ONE THAT, UM, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS JUST HERE BEFORE WAS A BANKER FOR, UH, FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE, BUT IS INTERESTED IN PRE-K. SO THAT WOULD BE SOME, SOMEONE THINK SIMILAR, WHERE SOMEONE MAY BE WORKING AT, LET'S SAY, U SS A A, UM, BUT IS REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND WANTS TO BE INVOLVED. SO THAT'S, UH, THE, THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT WOULD FIT THAT CATEGORY. AND THEN TWO, THE LAST TWO CATEGORIES ALSO CAME AS A RECOMME RECOMMENDATION WHEN WE PRESENTED TO THE TAB A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. AND THAT WAS REALLY THAT WE WEREN'T HAVING ANYONE MAYBE REPRESENTING A LARGE OR A SMALL BUSINESS, UH, LET'S JUST SAY, NOT NECESSARILY TOYOTA, BUT AS AN EXAMPLE, THREE TO 5,000 PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUTTA THERE EVERY DAY. SO AS WE'RE, UM, DEVELOPING PROGRAMS MAYBE AS T D M, TRANSPORTATION, DEMAND MANAGEMENT, HAVING THAT SORT OF VOICE ON THE BOARD, UH, SIMILARLY FOR SMALL BUSINESS. SO AGAIN, UM, IT'S A, A LARGE GROUP OF CATEGORIES. UH, WE WOULD RECOMMEND NO MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE PER CATEGORY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE BALANCED. UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE VEHICLE FOR HIRE, SINCE THERE ARE FIVE CATEGORIES, IT WOULD BE ONE PERSON PER CATEGORY. UH, SO JUST, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY, BACK IN DECEMBER, SUSTAINABILITY CREATED TWO NEW COMMITTEES, UM, AND WE WOULD KIND OF OF GO THROUGH THAT SAME PROCESS OF, UH, CREATING AN APPLICATION PROCESS AS WELL AS, UM, AND AS FAR AS SELECTING THE APPLICANTS WOULD BE ULTIMATELY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. SO, [00:15:01] UM, IN ADDITION TO THE VOTING MEMBERS THAT I JUST WENT THROUGH, THERE WILL BE STAFF, UH, MEMBERSHIP ON THERE AS AN NON-VOTING EXPERT. AND SO THAT WOULD CONSIST OF THE, THE GROUPS THERE AT THE BOTTOM, T C I S A P D, UH, WHO HAS LED THE, THE TAB IN THE PAST WOULD STILL BE ON THE BOARD. UM, BUT T C I WOULD NOW BE LEADING IT SINCE IT'S MORE MULTIMODAL AND FOCUS. UM, ALSO, C C D O WOULD, WOULD STILL BE ON REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD BECAUSE OF THE, THE DOWNTOWN INTERESTS, THE TOURISM, AND THE IMPACTS THAT TRANSPORTATION HAS. UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE PLANNING AND EQUITY ON THAT AS WELL, AS WELL AS THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION SUSTAINABILITY, ALSO HAVING SOMEONE FROM VIA AS WELL AS J B S A, UM, AS A STAFF MEMBER. SO WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT, UH, WE, WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY COMMITTEE, WE'RE HERE REQUESTING APPROVAL TO FORWARD THIS TO FULL COUNSEL FOR CONSIDERATION. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION ART. AND I, I THINK THAT THIS IS A, A, A GREAT NEW DIRECTION. I, I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY, AND I THINK IT'S A VERY THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO BUILDING A NEW TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD. UH, ONE, ONE CONCERN I WOULD HAVE, UM, JUST BROADLY, AND MAYBE IT'S ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED, IS, UH, IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE IN SOME OF THESE BOARDS TO ACHIEVE QUORUM. HAVE Y'ALL THOUGHT ABOUT ADDING, UH, AT LARGE POSITIONS OR PER, PERHAPS, POTENTIALLY ALTERNATE, UH, FOR EACH ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES? S SO ALL OF THESE POSITIONS WILL BE AT LARGE TO HELP WITH THAT. SO IT WON'T BE, YOU KNOW, THAT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS TO GO FIND SOMEONE. IT'LL BE AN AT LARGE, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS AND SELECT THE BEST CANDIDATES. OKAY. SAY THAT AGAIN, I'M SORRY. SO THE, THESE ARE AT LARGE POSITIONS, THEY'RE NOT COUNCIL DISTRICT SPECIFIC. SO I THINK THAT HELPS WITH THE, THE, UH, MAYBE I'M, UH, MAYBE I'M REFERRING TO IT DIFFERENTLY. UM, SO THERE ARE CATEGORIES OF SPECIFIC MODE, WHICH I THINK IS, IS GREAT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO BE. BUT IN TERMS OF, ARE THERE ALTERNATES FOR EACH OF THESE MODES OR ARE THERE AT LARGE THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE ALTERNATES AS A BODY TO FILL IN IF THERE'S QUORUM ISSUES. SO WE, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT DETAILED. UM, THINGS LIKE GOVERNANCE OF THE TAB, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY DISCUSS AT ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS. UM, POTENTIALLY WHAT WE COULD LOOK AT DOING WOULD BE EXPANDING THE COMMUNITY CHAMPION CATEGORY TO A COUPLE MORE SEATS THAT COULD SERVE AS ALTERNATES. UM, SHOULD THERE BE AN ISSUE? YEAH. UH, MAY I, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE EQUITY IN TERMS OF THE, THE TYPES OF MODES THAT ARE REPRESENTED. UM, THE RISK WHEN WE GET SPECIFIC, UH, IN TERMS OF CATEGORIES IS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE RUN OUT OF PEOPLE TO FILL THEM, RIGHT? THAT ARE WILLING TO STEP UP. SO, UH, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE QUORUM AND BE ABLE TO DO BUSINESS ON A REGULAR BASIS IS, IS IMPORTANT TO ME. BUT I, I, I LOVE THIS APPROACH. I THINK IT'S VERY, UH, THOUGHTFUL AND EXACTLY THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO MOVE IN. SO, ANXIOUS TO HEAR THE COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I WANT TO CLARIFY IN MY OWN THINKING, THERE ARE ACTUALLY 18 CATEGORIES OF TRANSPORTATION FOR A TRANSPORTATION APPOINTMENT. UH, AND THEN THERE'S NINE CATEGORIES FOR NON-VOTING AGENCY MEMBERS, WHICH MEANS IF EVERYBODY HAD SOMEBODY SHOW UP FROM EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES, YOU GOT 27 PEOPLE AROUND THE TABLE NOW. WELL, I, I'LL JUST CLARIFY. SO THERE ARE MORE CATEGORIES THAN POSITIONS WITH, WITH THE MINDSET OF IT, IT COULD BE HARD TO, TO FIND PEOPLE. SO, OKAY. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW. SO YOU'RE REALLY SAYING, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S 18 CATEGORIES, THAT WOULD ONLY BE 15 PEOPLE APPOINTED. CORRECT. 15 VOTING MEMBERS. VOTING MEMBERS. NOW, MIGHT THAT NOT MAKE SOME OF THE CATEGORIES FEEL LIKE, HEY, WE WERE LEFT OUT, WE DIDN'T GET A VOTING MEMBER, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT 18 CATEGORIES, BUT ONLY 15 MEMBERS. RIGHT. SO THE, THE THOUGHT IS WE'RE KIND OF GUIDING, THIS IS ALMOST A MENU. AND BASED ON THE INDIVIDUALS THAT APPLY, WE WILL SELECT WHO WE FEEL IS THE BEST OF THOSE CANDIDATES. AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET TO TWO IN EACH CATEGORY OR, OR NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'LL LIMIT THE APPLICATIONS BASED ON WHO. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE THOUGHT IS WE WANT TO CAST A WIDE NET, UM, BUT THEN HAVE SOME SORT OF GUIDANCE ON HOW WE SHAPE THE BOARD BASED ON WHO WE GET. SO THE BO, SO THERE'S STILL A LITTLE MORE COMMITTEE WORK TO DECIDE, UH, HOW IT'LL FINALLY BE BE SHAPED. AS FAR AS THE BOARD, WELL SIM SIMILAR TO THE, THE ACTION THAT COUNCIL TOOK, UH, BACK IN DECEMBER FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEES. UM, REALLY I THINK OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, UH, DOUG AND HIS TEAM ARE KIND OF DEVELOPING THOSE GUIDELINES, THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND THINGS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IS, UH, ONCE COUNCIL AGREES TO, TO TAKE ACTION TO SUNSET THE CURRENT COMMITTEE AND THEN GO FORWARD WITH THIS NEW APPROACH, UM, THAT WOULD BE OUR PROCESS TO KIND OF DEVELOP, HOW ARE WE GONNA FILTER OUT THE APPLICANTS? I HOPE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HUNDRED PEOPLE APPLY AND, AND IT'S A HARD CHOICE TO MAKE, TO SELECT THE TWO, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS MORE GUIDANCE ON, UM, HOW WE WANT THE BOARD TO BE SHAPED BY THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL FILL IT WITH THE BEST AVAILABLE PEOPLE. OKAY. UH, I, I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR'S SUGGESTION. I THINK THAT'S VERY WORTHWHILE TO HAVE SOMEBODY BE AN ALTERNATE OKAY. FOR EACH OF THESE, SO THAT IF THE MEMBER CAN'T [00:20:01] MAKE IT, THE ALTERNATE CAN BE THERE SO THAT YOU'VE GOT A PRETTY FULL COMMITTEE MAKING DECISIONS AND THE ALTERNATE CAN VOTE IN THE ABSENCE OF THE, THE COMMITTEE MEMBER. UH, AND YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE WE'VE GOT THE BUSINESSES, UH, MORE REPRESENTED HERE. UH, I'VE HEARD FROM, UH, ONE OF MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT HE FELT LIKE, UH, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TO WHO WE HAVE. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, THEY HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GO TO WORK EVERY DAY, SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM, OR SOME, AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THEM TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE, ESPECIALLY IF WE START TALKING ABOUT ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION, UH, SUCH AS CARPOOLING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THE VALUE OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AS WELL AS SMALL BUSINESSES. SO I THINK THOSE WERE GOOD ADDITIONS. I, I LIKE IT. I JUST WONDER, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'VE GOT 18 CATEGORIES, UH, WILL IT BE DEPENDENT ON WHO APPLIES AND WHAT CATEGORY THEY SAY THEY ARE APPLYING TO FILL? RIGHT. SO I WOULD FORESEE AN APPLICATION AND IT'LL HAVE A BOX THAT THEY CHECK FOR WHICH ONE THEY FIT IN, RIGHT? SO THE TEAM WOULD REVIEW IT, AND THEN WE WOULD PUT FORTH A RECOMMENDATION. SO SOMEONE MAY CHECK MULTIPLE, PERHAPS, UM, AND IF WE HAVE TWO SPOTS FILLED IN ONE GROUP AND THEY CAN FIT IN ANOTHER, SO THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH. NOW, ARE YOU SAYING THAT, UH, YOUR DEPARTMENT WOULD DO THIS, OR WOULD IT GO BACK TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE? THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE, AND THEY WOULD THEN MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION IS PART OF SELE, THE ACTUAL SELECTION. SO OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH LIKELY EQUITY AND A FEW OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS WOULD REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS, AND THEN WE WOULD MAKE OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE APPROPRIATE COUNCIL COMMITTEE, WHETHER IT'S GOVERNANCE OR THE, THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, THAT WOULD GET FORWARDED TO FULL COUNSEL FOR APPROVAL. I KNOW ON A COUPLE OF COMMITTEES, IT'S BEEN A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL THAT'S REVIEWED THOSE APPLICANTS FOR POSITIONS AND MADE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE WHOLE COUNCIL. UH, DO YOU THINK THAT'S JUST TOO BURDENSOME FOR, LIKE, THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO HANDLE? NO, I, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S, THAT COULD BE PART OF THE PROCESS. I THINK THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO HOW THE, THE GOVERNANCE, OR SORRY, THE, THE NEW SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEES ARE GONNA WORK. I'M NOT SURE IF, UM, ANYONE FROM THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WANTS TO WEIGH IN, IF I CAN INTERJECT AND, AND ADD, UH, CURRENTLY FOR AT LARGE POSITIONS, THOSE DO GO BEFORE A CERTAIN COUNCIL COMMITTEE FOR YOU TO INTERVIEW. SO, UM, THAT'S THE WAY WE TREAT ALL AT LARGE POSITIONS CURRENTLY TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. BUT THAT'S THE WAY I KIND OF UNDERSTOOD THE PROCESS. AND I, I'M, I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNCIL WOULD RATHER SEE IT GO THAT WAY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LOT OF WORK IF YOU'RE TRYING TO FILL 15 POSITIONS, AND YOU MAY HAVE, YOU KNOW, 35 PEOPLE SHOW UP AND THEY COME IN FOR AN INTERVIEW AND IT TAKES A WHILE. BUT, UH, ANYWAY, JUST MY THOUGHT ON THE MATTER. THAT'S ALL. MAYOR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, AND THEN COUNCIL. SHE'S EATING. SHE WANTS , WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO GO DRAW STRAWS. GO AHEAD. SO I LOST MY VOICE AGAIN, SO BEAR WITH ME. UM, SO AS THE CURRENT COUNCILMAN COURAGE SUGGESTED, AND WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF TIMES WITH SUBCOMMITTEES, I DO THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN THIS, UH, INSTANCE AS WELL. UM, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY COMMON. I MEAN, WE DO THAT WORK REGULARLY IN DIFFERENT COMMITTEES TO GO THROUGH AND SELECT, UM, GO THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS, UM, AND, UH, SELECT PEOPLE TO BE INTERVIEWED FOR THE POSITION. UH, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY COMMON. UM, SO WE'LL TAKE THAT ROUTE, UH, THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. AND, UM, I JUST, UH, SOME, A FEW QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, UH, REGARDING, UM, THE PROCESS. SO I, I, I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE AFTER TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO HELP US FED SOME OF THESE DECISIONS, UM, THAT I THINK ARE GONNA BE MORE COMMON. UM, BUT, AND HAVING THE, UH, THE ALTERNATE, UH, AS A MAYOR RECOMMENDED, I ALSO HAVE FOUND VERY HELPFUL. I ALSO CHAIR THE BM A COMMITTEE, UH, WHICH IS A VERY LARGE COMMITTEE AS WELL. WE HAVE 22 MEMBERS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES, AND WE ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE A QUORUM BECAUSE THERE'S AN ALTERNATE AND THE, UM, ESPECIALLY ORGANIZATION THAT HAVE A SEAT ON THAT BOARD, UH, LIKE VIA AND OTHERS, UH, ALWAYS SEND AN ALTERNATE. THEY'RE VERY ORGANIZED, AND, UH, SO IT HELPS KEEP A QUORUM. UH, AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, HELPS MOVING. THOSE ARE OF COURSE, ADVISORY AS THIS WILL BE. SO I THINK THIS IS, UM, THE KIND OF, UH, ACTION WE WERE LOOKING FOR. UM, AND JUST, UH, TO MAKE SURE I GIVE PROPER CREDIT, THIS WAS ACTUALLY THROUGH COUNCILWOMAN VRAN WHO MADE THIS RECOMMENDATION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. BUT AS I TOOK OVER CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, SHE ASKED ME TO TAKE THIS ON. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I GIVE HER CREDIT FOR IT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE ARE AT EVOLVING CITY, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, THE ONE EIGHTH CENT, [00:25:01] UH, DISCUSSION LATER IN THE B SESSION, UM, OR, UH, PERHAPS A FURTHER TRANSPORTATION BOND IN THE FUTURE. AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT COMMITTEE TO VET SOME OF THAT THROUGH, UH, AS WE GO AROUND MAKING DECISIONS, UH, THAT ARE GONNA BE IMPACTFUL TO OUR CITY. SO, I, UM, AM, UH, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. UM, IN, UH, MOVING THROUGH THIS AND BEING ACCOMMODATING. I JUST WANNA ALSO ASK ONE QUESTION, A QUESTION FOR CLARITY. SO THE OLD TAB WOULD BE DISSOLVED AND THIS WOULD BE THE NEW ONE? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND, UM, I'VE FORGOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND WAS THERE ULTIMATELY CONSENSUS THAT IT WAS, UM, A GOOD IDEA? SO, O OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT SUNSETTING THE CURRENT TAB, UM, AND, AND CONCERN ABOUT HOW WOULD THE NEW TAB, UM, MAKE DECISIONS ON THEIR, THEIR BUSINESS. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I MENTIONED. THERE'S A FINANCIAL INTEREST RIGHT NOW OF THE TAB, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT PERMITS FOR TAXI CABS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THE OTHER TAB MEMBERS MAY NOT UNDERSTAND. UM, SO THAT'S WHY THE, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS INSTEAD OF JUST ONE CATCHALL FOR VEHICLE FOR HIRES, BREAK THAT OUT TO REALLY GET THE DIVERSITY OF THAT INDUSTRY. UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE FIVE DIFFERENT SPOTS NOW, UH, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT THERE WOULD BE ONE PERSON PER SPOT. SO UNLIKE THE OTHERS, THAT COULD BE, UH, TWO PER SPOT. WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE 10 PEOPLE JUST IN THE VEHICLE FOR HIRE INDUSTRY WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO TALK ABOUT ALL MODES. SO, UM, ULTIMATELY THAT WAS, UH, THE CONSENSUS WE REACHED. UM, SHOULD IT MOVE FORWARD, THEY WANT TO AT LEAST HAVE THE FIVE SPOTS WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF ALSO HAVING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND SO THANK YOU, UM, EVERYBODY FOR YOUR WORK ESPECIALLY. ARE THERE ANY CURRENT TAB MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE? I DO SEE MARCO, MARCO BOTTLES HERE, AND, UH, USUALLY MY REPRESENTATIVE, ROBERTO GONZALEZ IS AROUND, BUT I DON'T SEE HIM TODAY. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE BOARD FOR, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. UH, I KNOW, UM, ROBERTO'S BEEN THERE 10 PLUS YEARS, MAYBE LONGER. MARCOS, HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN ON THE TAB BOARD? UH, ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS. OH, OKAY. NOT SO LONG. UH, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND HOPEFULLY, UM, YOU'LL, UH, LEAD US, UH, IN THE NEXT PHASE OF, OF THIS, UH, COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, THANK YOU ART FOR SEEING THIS, UH, PROJECT THROUGH, UH, I KNOW WE, WE DIDN'T GIVE YOU TOO MUCH SPECIFICITY ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD, SO THANKS FOR, FOR PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER. BUT, BUT WE KNEW SOMETHING NEEDED TO, TO BE DIFFERENT. UM, AND, AND YES, COUNCILWOMAN VRAN HAD MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES THAT THIS TAB NEEDED TO BE, UH, TO REDONE. SO THANK YOU FOR CARRYING THROUGH WITH THAT. UM, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THE CURRENT TAB IS, UH, IS DISTRICT APPOINTED, BUT STILL HAS VARIOUS CATEGORIES, IN FACT, VERY SPECIFIC CATEGORIES, RIGHT? CORRECT. SO TELL ME ABOUT TRANSITIONING FROM DISTRICT APPOINTED TO AT LARGE, EVEN AND, AND STILL HAVING, YOU KNOW, CATEGORIES. SO JUST, UH, AS A RECAP ON THE DOCUMENT I HANDED OUT, YOU CAN SEE THE CATEGORIES ON THE FRONT PAGE, WHICH SOME OF THOSE ARE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO CARRY OVER. UM, THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE A CITYWIDE APPLICATION PROCESS. AND, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC FROM THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO WEIGH IN ON THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW THE PROCESS IS DIFFERENT, BUT NO, MY QUESTION IS, WHY DID YOU MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION? UM, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE, THE CHALLENGE OF FINDING THE RIGHT PEOPLE. IF YOU'RE LIMITED TO WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT, SOME, SOME PARTS OF THE, THE COUNCIL OR THE CITY HAVE OTHER NEEDS. YOU KNOW, AS YOU GET MORE URBAN AND INNER DISTRICTS, MAYBE YOU HAVE MORE OF A DEPENDENCY ON OTHER MODES. AND SO IT MIGHT BE HARDER TO FIND THAT KIND OF VOICE. SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED THE CITYWIDE APPROACH. DID YOU, BASICALLY, THE INTENT COUNCILWOMAN IS TO BROADEN YOUR OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO RECOMMEND SOMEONE FOR, UM, APPOINTMENT THROUGH THE COMMITTEE. OKAY. UM, SO I, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT WITH THE TAB, THE VERY SPECIFIC CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE FOR THAT, LIKE PETTY CAB AND, YOU KNOW, I REPRESENT DISTRICT NINE OR SOMETHING VERY HARD, RIGHT? TO , TO, TO FIND SOMEONE TO FILL THAT. I THINK THE BROADENING OF THE, THE NEW ADVISORY BOARD, UH, KIND OF GETS US AWAY FROM THAT CONUNDRUM. SO I, I REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE AS MUCH OF, OF AN ISSUE. UM, NOW THAT THE CATEGORIES ARE BROADENED, AND I, I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I, WHEN COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, GET TO, UH, FIND THEIR, THEIR APPOINTEE OR RECRUIT SOMEONE, I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR US TO BE MORE ENGAGED IN THE WORK OF THAT COMMITTEE AND TO TAKE SOME OWNERSHIP OVER IT. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP FOR, FOR CONSIDERATION. UH, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, ON THE, ON THE OTHER SIDE IS IF THIS DOES GO TO, UH, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE THAN I THINK THAT'S, THEN THE CHAIR WOULD REALLY [00:30:01] BE ABLE TO, UM, KIND OF GUIDE THE POPULATION OF THAT COMMITTEE WITH, WITH THE VISION THAT SHE, UH, THAT SHE HAS. SO I ALSO, I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I KNOW YOU WON'T ALWAYS BE OUR CHAIR, SO . SO, UM, ANYWAY, SO I, I JUST WANTED TO, TO BRING THAT UP FOR, FOR CONSIDERATION BY, BY THE GROUP. UM, 'CAUSE MAYBE I WON'T BE ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE ALWAYS EITHER. UM, AND I THINK THOSE ARE MY ONLY, ONLY COMMENTS FOR NOW. UM, MR. BARROS, UH, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? UM, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU TODAY. I, I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCILMAN COURAGE LAST, UH, OCTOBER. AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. UH, THIS IS REALLY NEEDED TO BRING ALL THE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, THE SCOOTERS, THE TNCS, THE TOUR BUSES, EVERYONE. AND I EVEN FELT THAT THE BIKE, UH, TRANSPORTATION WAS LEFT OUT OF A LOT OF THAT. SO BY BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A BETTER COMMUNICATION. AND WHAT VI IS DOING, THE BIKES ARE DOING THE PETTY CAPS AND EVERYONE, UM, AND, AND I DEAL MOSTLY WITH SMALL BUSINESSES RIGHT NOW. SO, UM, COMPANIES WHO ARE PROBABLY BETWEEN 40 AND 200 EMPLOYEES. SO THEY'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF THIS CHANGE. I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF THEM, AND THE CHANGES THAT ARE MENTIONED HAVE BEEN ADDED. UM, YOU KNOW, LARGE EMPLOYERS, SMALL EMPLOYERS, I TALKED TO COMPANIES LIKE, UH, U T S A U S A A H E B, AND THEY ALL HAVE A LOT OF MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE. SO NOW THEY FEEL REPRESENTED BY HAVING A LARGE CATEGORY. SO, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FIND, UH, MY, MY CONCERN IS, WAS ALWAYS THE QUORUM. I'VE BEEN, UH, AT THE TAB MEETINGS WHERE WE ALL HAVE FIVE PEOPLE AND WE NEEDED SIX, AND THAT HAPPENED FOR THREE MONTHS. SO, UH, IT'S JUST A CONCERN THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE, UH, 15 TO 16 MEMBERS TO AT LEAST HAVE A QUORUM AND MAKE DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY AND TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO I THINK THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, UH, WITH ALL THESE CHANGES. AND I, I, WE WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR. I THINK MOST OF THE BUSINESS FOLKS THAT SERVE ON THE TAB BOARD, UH, WERE IN FAVOR. I THINK THERE WAS SOME NEGATIVITY FROM SOME OF THE TAXI OWNERS, UH, BUT THAT HAPPENS WITH, ALL CHANGES ARE, ARE NEEDED. UH, SO AFTER LOOKING AT ALL THE THINGS THAT, UH, CITY STAFF HAS DONE, IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY TO, UH, CONSOLIDATE ALL THESE IDEAS. UM, UH, MY, MY ONLY CONCERN IS I HOPE THAT WE FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE. SOMETIMES WE GET SO SET ON, WE GOTTA FIND AN ENGINEER WITH THIS BACKGROUND, AN M B A AND THIS KIND OF DEGREE. AND IT'S HARD TO FIND PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SPEND TIME SERVING ON A CITY BOARD AND COMMISSION. SO I HOPE THEY'RE A LITTLE FLEXIBLE THAT IF SOMEONE HAS EXPERIENCE, UH, GRADE, UH, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY LIVE ON DISTRICT FIVE, SIX, OR TWO OR ONE, TO ME, IT DOESN'T MATTER. I THINK IT BRINGS A WHOLE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR YOUR QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING SO ACTIVE AND ENGAGED WITH THIS, UH, MARCOS. AND THEN, UM, SO IF, IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD, UH, ART, I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE ALSO, UH, INCLUDE A PROVISION FOR ALTERNATES, UH, IN THERE, UH, FOR, FOR ALL THE CATEGORIES. AND, UH, DID YOU GIVE US A COPY OF THE CHARGE? LIKE WHAT WOULD THE ORDINANCE SAY WHEN IT'S CREATED, OR WHAT WOULD THE ADMIN CODE SAY? SO WE, THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE AS WE GET, UH, MOVING FORWARD TO A SESSION, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON THAT ORDINANCE. UM, SO WE, WE DON'T HAVE A DRAFT OF IT RIGHT NOW. UM, WELL, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE IS ON BOARD WITH WHATEVER THE, THE CHARGE BECOMES. YEAH. YES. COUNCILWOMAN, THE, THE THOUGHT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP THE CHARGE FOR THE COMMISSION AS WELL AS DEVELOP WHAT WOULD BE QUORUM, NOT NECESSARILY HALF PLUS ONE, IT COULD BE A SMALLER NUMBER, WHICH, UM, MIGHT ACCOMMODATE, AS WELL AS INCLUDE ALTERNATES, EITHER, UM, GENERAL AT LARGE AS THE MAYOR HAD SUGGESTED, WITHOUT BEING HAMMERED BY OR BOUND TO A SPECIFIC CATEGORY, OR IDENTIFY WHICH CATEGORIES YOU WANT THE ALTERNATES TO BE COMING FROM. MAYBE SIX CATEGORIES, THREE ALTERNATES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE WITH AND WORK WITH YOU TO COORDINATE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KIM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, I THINK THAT'S EVERYONE WHO, UH, WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. I, I, I THINK YOU NEED ACTION TO SEND THIS TO THE FULL COUNCIL. IS THAT RIGHT? ART? THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO FORWARD THIS, UM, ITEM TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL. WAIT, I THOUGHT, SORRY, I'M SO SORRY. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING BACK TO TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE FOR THE CHARGE. WELL, WE, I'M CONFUSED. WE COULD DO THAT OR INDIVIDUALLY BRIEF THE, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS LEADING UP TO THE A SESSION. OKAY. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE, WE MOVE IT [00:35:01] UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHILE THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEET ON THE CHARGE AND ALSO SEND THAT AT THE SAME TIME TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THAT WAY WE'RE NOT HAVING TO GO BACK TWICE. OKAY. THAT WORKS. OKAY. UM, SO I HEARD A MOTION, WAS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR MOVING ITEM NUMBER THREE TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WILL HAPPEN ON THE CHARGE AT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL AND GONZALEZ FOR THAT. I THINK THAT'S A VERY THOUGHTFUL WAY OF MOVING THIS FORWARD. THAT'S EVERYTHING ON OUR AGENDA. WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.