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          WOULDN'T IT? 
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GOOD MORNING. 
          WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF OCTOBER THE 12TH, 2017. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GRAND HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SALDANA WILL NOT BE HERE TODAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE COUNCIL MEMBER SANDAL HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LIA. 
          I'M HERE AND HE IS JOINING US VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR NURENBERG HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. 
          THE TIME NOW IS NINE 17 AND WE WILL BEGIN. 
          UH, AS A REMINDER, COUNCILMAN SALANA IS ABSENT AND TRAVELING. 
          COUNCILMAN PALAIS IS AVAILABLE, UH, VIA TELECONFERENCE. 
          WE'LL START NOW, UH, WITH OUR INVOCATION AND IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE TO WELCOME TO THE PODIUM MY FRIEND PASTOR DON GUTHRIE OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. 
          DON GUTHRIE HAS BEEN PASTOR OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SAN ANTONIO SINCE 1996, AND IT HAS BEEN HIS PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH THIS DOWNTOWN CONGREGATION DURING A TIME OF GROWTH AND RENEWED OPTIMISM. 
          HE IS A REGULAR TEACHER FOR THE WEEKLY LIVE TV BROADCAST OF THE CHURCH MORNING WORSHIP SERVICES. 
          DON GREW UP IN AMARILLO, TEXAS AND IS THE 1971 GRADUATE OF TESCOS HIGH SCHOOL. 
          HE'S A 1975 MAGNA C*M LAUDE GRADUATE OF BAYLOR UNIVERSITY AND A SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST, THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 
          HE IS PREVIOUSLY, HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS MINISTER TO YOUTH AT PLYMOUTH PARK BAPTIST CHURCH IN IRVING, TEXAS. 
          MINISTER TO SINGLE ADULTS UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH, CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, PASTOR OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, PERRY, FLORIDA. 
          AND HE IS MARRIED TO HOLLY AND IS THE FATHER OF TWO SONS, ANDREW AND ALEX, AND THE GRANDFATHER OF TWO. 
          WELCOME PASTOR DON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ARE NEVER BETTER THAN WHEN WE ARE INFORMED AND INSPIRED BY SOMETHING HIGHER THAN SELF. 
          THAT'S NOT THE REASON I BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE SIDE BENEFITS I PRAY FOR YOU TODAY, BUT I PRAY FOR YOU OFTEN THAT HE WOULD PUT WITHIN YOUR HEART SOME SENSE OF THE HIGHEST AND THE BEST AND THE GOOD, AND THAT YOUR ACTIONS AND DECISIONS WOULD BOUNCE OFF AGAINST IT AT EVERY MOMENT. 
          SO IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO PRAY FOR YOU TODAY. 
          LORD, BE WITH THESE MEN AND WOMEN AND WE A GRATEFUL CITY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THEIR WORK. 
          PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEM TODAY. 
          GIVE THEM CLARITY, GIVE THEM WISDOM, GIVE THEM COMPASSION. 
          WE PRAY THAT YOU'D BLESS THEM AS HUSBANDS AND WIVES, AS DADS AND MOMS AND CITIZENS. 
          SOME NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY, SOME SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRL TODAY WILL WATCH THEM AND BE INSPIRED, INSPIRED TO GIVE THEIR LIVES TO SOMETHING GOOD AND HIGH. 
          SO GIVE GRACE TO THIS TEAM THAT THEY MAY BE PREPARED FOR THAT HIGHEST AND BEST WORK OF BEING AN EXAMPLE. 
          I PRAY THIS TODAY IN JESUS' NAME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, DON. 
          IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE YOU IN THE CHAMBERS. 
          WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE'LL 
          [3.  
Approval of Minutes for the City Council Special Session of August 29, 2017 and City Council Regular Meetings of August 30-31, 2017.]
MOVE, UH, NOW TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, AUGUST 29TH, 30TH, AND 30. 
          FIRST THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST 29 THROUGH 31 MEETING MINUTES. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          YES. 
          WE'RE MOVING. 
          UH, MOTION CARRIES. 
          WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW TO OUR CONSENT 
          [Consent Agenda]
AGENDA. 
          ALL ITEMS ARE LISTED ON CONSENT, SO I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES NOW IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS 
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TO PULL. 
          UH, NOTE ITEM 13 IS ON CONSENT, BUT I'LL BE ASKING FOR, UH, A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME SOME FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          ITEM 15 MAYORAL NINE, AND THEN POOL 12 E ALLEN NER FROM THEIR AGENDA FROM THE AGENDA. 
          COMPLETE ITEM NUMBER SIX. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I'VE GOT ITEMS 6, 9, 12, AND 15 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? OKAY. 
          OKAY, WE'LL TAKE UP THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          NOW SAVE FOR ITEMS 6, 9, 12, AND 15. 
          WE DO HAVE SOME CITIZENS SIGN UP TO SPEAK. 
          THERE IS A MOTION. 
          IS THERE A SECOND FOR SECOND BALANCE? OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF CONSENT AGENDA. 
          WE'RE GONNA TAKE CITIZENS NOW, UH, AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, UH, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SO WE'LL CALL UP NOW, UM, A GROUP FROM SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK, MARIO ATO, ERIC COOPER, AND DONNA NORMAND. 
          MAYOR COUNCIL, I THINK WE'VE GOT A QUICK VIDEO THAT WE WANTED TO SHARE, BUT MOSTLY WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT THIS MORNING AND, UM, JUST SAY A FEW THOUGHTS. 
          SO IF WE CAN KEY UP THE VIDEO, PLEASE. 
          SAN ANTONIO. 
          ERIC COOPER FROM THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK. 
          I WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK OUR MAYOR, AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR LEADING THE EFFORTS AND HELPING US MAKE SURE THAT SAN ANTONIO TRULY IS A COMPASSIONATE CITY. 
          TOGETHER, WE RESPONDED TOGETHER, WE OPENED SHELTERS, WE SET THE TABLE FOR THOSE THAT WERE HUNGRY, AND WE MADE A DIFFERENCE FOR THOSE THAT WERE STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF HURRICANE HARVEY. 
          THANK YOU FOR LEADING. 
          THANK YOU FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE. 
          AND TOGETHER WE SERVED MAYOR. 
          AS MENTIONED, I'M JOINED BY DONNA NORMANDY WITH FROST BANK. 
          SHE'S OUR BOARD CHAIR AT THE FOOD BANK. 
          AND MARIO BLATO, OUR CHIEF OF PUBLIC POLICY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. 
          YOU KNOW, A BUDGET IS AS TIGHT AS OURS, UH, AS THOUGHTFUL AND DELIBERATE. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO THE EXTRA MILE, YOU REALIZE IT'S GONNA TAKE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO MEET THOSE EXPENSES, BUT YOU TRULY MAKE A DECISION, I THINK, TO DRIVE YOUR ORGANIZATION INTO DEBT AS YOU NEED TO RESPOND. 
          AND SO WE STARTED OUR INCUR EXPENSE AS WE JOINED YOU AND, AND YOUR AMAZING EMPLOYEES AT THE CITY TO OPEN SHELTERS AND TO SERVE THOSE THAT WERE EVACUATING FROM HURRICANE HARVEY. 
          WE SAW SUCH KINDNESS EVERY DAY AT THOSE SHELTERS EXECUTED BY YOUR STAFF, UH, WHETHER IT WAS, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GUIDING FOLKS IN OR THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UM, OR WHETHER IT WAS ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, HELPING THOSE FAMILIES THAT COULD NOT LEAVE THEIR PET AND BROUGHT THEIR PET WITH THEM, AND HAVING A PLAN TO RECEIVE THEIR PET AND TAKE CARE OF 'EM NEXT DOOR TO US WAS JUST PRETTY INCREDIBLE. 
          WE WORK WITH ABOUT A THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS A WEEK AT THE FOOD BANK. 
          AT THE ONSET OF THE STORM, WE STARTED TO RECEIVE A THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS A DAY. 
          MAYOR, YOU CALLED US IN THOSE EARLY MORNINGS AS THE STORM HIT TO SAY, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP? THE THOUGHT TO OPEN YOUR FIELD OFFICES AS DONATION HUBS FOR US WAS JUST OVERWHELMING. 
          IT WAS SUCH A GESTURE TO HELP US WITH THE LOGISTICS. 
          MANY OF THOSE FIELD OFFICES, , WERE, WERE DISPLACED BY FOOD AND SUPPLIES, UH, AS, AS YOUR STAFFS AT THE COUNCIL OFFICES REALLY, UM, ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES AND HELPED, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY RESPOND. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE WERE SPARED BY 
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HURRICANE HARVEY SO THAT WE COULD RESPOND AND WE RESPOND SO WELL, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH CHARITABLE GIVING IN A UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN OR RESPONDING TO A HURRICANE LIKE HURRICANE HARVEY. 
          SO WE BECAME A, A NATIONAL HUB FOR INCOMING DONATIONS TO THE GULF COAST AND DAILY WE'RE SENDING SUPPLIES INTO VICTORIA CORPUS, HOUSTON, BEAUMONT, AND GALVESTON. 
          THOSE COMMUNITIES, AS THEY WORK TOWARDS RECOVERY, UH, WILL, WILL BE IN THAT ROLE FOR A LONG TIME. 
          AND SO, UH, WE WILL BE THERE FOR THEM AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE WILL BE THERE ALWAYS FOR YOU. 
          MAYOR, IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO PARTNER, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE KINDNESS. 
          THANK YOU FOR HELPING US REPLENISH OUR STOCK AND REPLENISH OUR FUNDS. 
          UM, WE MET SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE THAT CAME TO SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE THEY KNEW WE WERE A CITY OF CARING. 
          ONE EXPERIENCE, WHEN I PULLED UP TO THE FOOD BANK ONE MORNING, UH, THERE WAS ALREADY A SEMI SITTING IN OUR PARKING LOT WAITING TO GET IN. 
          I RAN TO THE GATE TO OPEN UP AND THANK THEM, AND OUT FROM THE CAB OF THE TRUCK JUMPS THIS LADY, AND SHE SAYS, HEY, UM, WE BROUGHT YOU 44 PALLETS OF SWEET CORN. 
          AND I SAID, WELL, THANK YOU. 
          WE ABSOLUTELY NEED FRESH PRODUCE. 
          SHE SAID THAT EVERYONE MET AT THE FARMER'S HOUSE AND THEY ALL STARTED TO PICK THE CORN. 
          THEY LOADED THOSE 44 PALLETS LOADED INTO A SEMI AND THEN ASK FOR A VOLUNTEER TO DRIVE IT TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO SHE SAID, MY HUSBAND DRIVES TRUCK. 
          I'M A SCHOOL TEACHER. 
          AND ALL THE KIDS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WROTE LETTERS TO THOSE THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THE STORM. 
          SO SHE HANDED ME THIS LARGE ENVELOPE, AND, UM, AND THEN I JUST SAID, WELL, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          NOW, WHERE ARE YOU GUYS FROM? SHE SAID, WE'RE FROM NORTH DAKOTA. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY IS BEHIND YOU, THE SPIRIT OF SAN ANTONIO AS, AS WE LED, AND OTHERS COULD GET BEHIND THAT. 
          THAT'S THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS. 
          AND SO WE'RE JUST SO GRATEFUL TO PARTNER WITH YOU TO, TO BE THERE IN THOSE DARK HOURS AS FAMILIES WERE STRUGGLING FROM SUCH A DEVASTATING STORM. 
          SO JUST THANK YOU. 
          UM, DONNA, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, YEAH. 
          I JUST WANNA ECHO, UM, ERIC'S COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. 
          NOT JUST DURING THE HURRICANE, BUT FOR THE FOOD BANK OVERALL. 
          AND I GUESS MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS, BECAUSE DAILY THEY'RE FEEDING YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND, UM, FOOD IS A NECESSITY. 
          EVERYBODY NEEDS IT. 
          WE NEED THE FOOD BANK AND, UM, ALL THAT WE DO TO PARTNER WITH YOU, WITH YOUR STAFF. 
          VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. 
          VERY MUCH NEEDED. 
          AND WE APPRECIATE, I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR SEVEN YEARS AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE, WITH THE CITY. 
          SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO TO SUPPORT THE FOOD BANK AS WE DO IN THE CORPORATE WORLD AS WELL. 
          AND, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, I INVITE THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE NOT BEEN OUT TO THE FOOD BANK TO SEE WHAT WE DO TO COME OUT, TAKE A TOUR AND LEARN ABOUT YOUR FOOD BANK. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR, ON THE BEHALF OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND ALL THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          AND, UM, ERIC AND YOUR TEAM, UM, YOU MADE OUR COMMUNITY PROUD ONCE AGAIN, AND IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH YOU AND, AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO HELP AND, AND THE RELIEF EFFORTS. 
          AND I THINK YOU, YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD. 
          UM, THERE IS A REASON WHY CITIES LIKE OURS GET SPARED, AND IT PUTS US IN A POSITION OF OBLIGATION AND RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR NEIGHBORS. 
          AND ONCE AGAIN, WE SAW SAN ANTONIO RISE UP AND YOU WERE RIGHT THERE, UH, MAKING IT HAPPEN. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, THANK MY CAL, MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN PEZ AS WELL. 
          THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA TO, UH, RELEASE AND AUTHORIZE OUR C C P F FUNDS TO HELP ENHANCE, UH, THE FOOD BANK MISSION, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE, THE DISASTER. 
          SO, UM, AGAIN, THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR SAN ANTONIO AND, AND FAR BEYOND THAT. 
          WE'RE GONNA JUMP INTO SOME COUNCIL, UM, COMMENT ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM, AND THEN WE WILL RESUME OUR CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. 
          SO I'LL CALL NOW. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANNA BRIEFLY, UM, THANK THE, THE FOOD BANK, ERIC, DONNA, MARIO, UH, REAL PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS. 
          UH, WHAT A GREAT EFFORT. 
          I WANNA THANK THE, THE MAYOR FOR HELPING, UH, TO, TO MAKE THE CALL, TO, TO SUPPORT, TO GET THE COUNCIL, UH, DISTRICT OFFICES TO, TO ACCEPT DONATIONS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE RECALL THOSE FOLKS FROM NORTH DAKOTA. 
          THEY CALLED OUR FIELD OFFICE ASKING HOW THEY COULD HELP. 
          AND, UH, I'M GLAD YOU TOLD THAT STORY 
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'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN AMAZING STORY. 
          UH, SOME OF YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT OUR FIELD OFFICE IS AN OLD FIRE STATION AND, UH, ONE OF OUR BAYS IS MEANT FOR A FIRE ENGINE. 
          BUT WE FILLED THE BAY UP FIVE TIMES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST SHOWED THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT. 
          PEOPLE WERE DROPPING OFF SO MANY, SO MANY SUPPLIES. 
          THERE WAS SO MUCH, UM, SO MUCH SUPPORT AND LOVE FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS A WONDERFUL MOMENT, GREAT EXPRESSION OF, OF COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF US. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          COUNCILMAN SHAW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, ME AND MY STAFF HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO VISIT THE FOOD BANK RECENTLY, AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THEY, THEY DO THERE IS AMAZING. 
          UM, OUTSIDE OF THE RELIEF EFFORTS WAS WELL NEEDED. 
          UM, WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU IN, IN A CITY. 
          IT SHOWS SUCH A COMPASSIONATE, UM, RESPONSE, COMPASSIONATE MISSION, AND IT'S WELL EXECUTED. 
          EVERYONE WANTS, A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE A GOOD INTENT, BUT IT'S EXECUTING THAT INTENT, WHAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          AND YOU HAVE DONE THAT. 
          BUT I'M, I'M GONNA BRAG A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU BECAUSE, UM, TWO PROGRAMS I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH UNTIL I TOURED THE FACILITY IS THE SECOND CHANCE INITIATIVE, WHICH YOU WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED AND GIVE THEM A, A SECOND OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND, AND EARN EMPLOYMENT AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES. 
          AND I SAW THE KITCHENS AND I SAW THE TRAINING FACILITIES. 
          IT'S AMAZING. 
          AND SECONDLY IS THE EDUCATION PIECE OF THE FOOD BANK. 
          THEY TEACH OUR, OUR YOUNG KIDS. 
          THEY TEACH ADULTS HOW TO EAT HEALTHY, UM, ESPECIALLY IN OUR FOOD DESERTS, WHICH WE HAVE IN MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THE, THE MOBILE PANTRY. 
          Y'ALL DO SUCH AMAZING WORK, AND SO I'M SO PROUD OF TO BE IN A CITY WITH, WITH SUCH A GREAT FOOD BANK AND CONTINUE DOING WHAT YOU DO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SHAW. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, ERIC, IT WAS A PLEASURE WHEN I BROUGHT MY STAFF OUT TO VISIT WITH YOU. 
          AND IT WAS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE HARVEY HIT. 
          UH, WE WORKED REAL HARD THAT DAY. 
          UH, WE REALLY ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WE WORKED A LOT HARDER FOR ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT DAYS STRAIGHT, JUST TAKING IN, UH, PRODUCTS AND, AND, AND FOOD THAT WAS DELIVERED TO OUR OFFICE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          AND I DON'T THINK MY STAFF EVER WORKED THAT HARD. 
          AND THEY MAY NOT WORK THAT HARD AGAIN. 
          I MEAN, IT JUST KEPT COMING AND COMING ALL DAY LONG. 
          BUT I WANNA DO A SHOUT OUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE WHO REALLY STEPPED UP AND BROUGHT JUST LITERALLY TONS OF FOOD AND IMPORTANT SUPPLIES TO OUR OFFICE TO, TO GET TO THE FOOD BANK. 
          SO, KUDOS TO YOU AND ALL THE WORK YOU DO, UM, NOT JUST ON FOOD, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICES THAT PEOPLE CAN CONNECT WITH, WITH, AT THE FOOD BANK, NO MATTER WHAT THEY MAY NEED HELP WITH, WHETHER IT'S, UH, RENT OR HOUSING OR JOBS. 
          THEY HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT OUTREACH PROGRAMS THERE. 
          IT'S VERY COMMENDABLE. 
          THANKS FOR COMING TODAY, AND THANKS FOR BEING THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN KURZ. 
          COUNCILMAN ELAS. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, UH, ERIC. 
          AND, UH, YOUR TEAM ARE PHENOMENAL. 
          AS ALWAYS, YOU IMPRESS THE SOCKS OFF OF EVERYBODY. 
          AND, UH, I'M NOT WEARING SOCKS RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, I, I WANNA TELL YOU, ERIC, UH, THAT TODAY I'M JOINING YOU GUYS FROM ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, WHERE I'M HERE FOR A CONFERENCE, BUT, UH, IF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE NEWS, UH, EVERYTHING HERE IN CALIFORNIA IS ON FIRE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND IF YOU WERE TO STEP OUTSIDE MY HOTEL ROOM, IT'S VERY HAZY AND SMOKY. 
          AND, UM, MY HOTEL IS FULL OF EVACUEES AND THEY ARE ALL SITTING IN THE, UH, LOBBY WATCHING TELEVISION, WATCHING , AND WAITING FOR NEWS ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND I'VE HEARD, UH, THAT THE ORANGE COUNTY FOOD BANK IS THE, UH, FIRST RESPONDER IN MANY WAYS FOR THESE FAMILIES. 
          AND THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDING SHELTER AND FOOD AND WATER AND ALL THAT FOR NOT JUST THE FAMILIES, BUT FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS ON THE GROUND AS WELL. 
          UH, AND IT IS A, UH, CITY'S FOOD BANK, CLEARLY IN 2017 THAT, UH, IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF, UH, THAT CITY'S RESILIENCE. 
          AND WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU, ERIC. 
          AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE PROBABLY ALIVE BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DID. 
          AND SO I'M WATCHING WHAT A FOOD BANK IS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING TODAY, AND, UH, I'M REALLY, REALLY HAPPY TO SAY THAT, UM, THEY, UH, AND YOU AND FOOD BANKS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE SETTING THE STANDARD FOR RESPONSIVENESS TO DISASTERS LIKE THIS. 
          AND SO, CONGRATULATIONS, GOD BLESS Y'ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PLIS. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCKO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK ABOUT YOU TWO AND YOU NOW THE NEW BOARD CHAIR, CONGRATULATIONS AS WELL FOR JOINING US, AND THANK YOU. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN DISTRICT SIX, SO ANY CHANCE I GET, I I GO OVER THERE TO SPEND SOME TIME 
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WITH YOU AND HANG OUT AND LEARN ABOUT THE THINGS YOU'RE DOING EVERY TIME I GO THERE, SOMETHING NEW IS GOING ON OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
          AND YOUR ABILITY TO REACT TO THINGS, UH, YOUR ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE, UH, TO, TO WORK WITH ALL DIFFERENT FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT COM. 
          I WAS THERE ONE DAY, WAS WHATABURGER, THE NEXT DAY IT'S U S A A, THE NEXT DAY IT'S SOMEONE COMING IN FOR SOCIAL SERVICES ASSISTANCE, LIKE, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE MENTIONED. 
          AND THAT BREADTH OF WORK YOU DO, UH, IS PHENOMENAL. 
          AND I, I'M GONNA JUST TAKE ONE MINUTE TO THROW IT ON YOU, ERIC, BECAUSE YOU'RE THE KIND OF PERSON THAT YOU CAN PULL OUT OF ANY ORGANIZATION AND DROP YOU IN ANYWHERE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE DYNAMIC OF WHAT THAT TEAM DOES AND HOW IT OPERATES AND WORKS. 
          SO IT'S A TESTAMENT TO YOUR LEADERSHIP, UM, WHAT YOU TRY TO SET. 
          AND I NOTICED THAT FROM DAY ONE, A LONG TIME AGO, THE FIRST TIME WE INTERACTED, THE WAY YOUR PEOPLE LIGHT UP WHEN YOU WALK IN A ROOM THAT YOUR VOLUNTEERS LIGHT UP AND YOU, YOU'VE LED A CHARGE. 
          IT'S KIND OF PUT YOU ON THE MAP, NOT JUST AS A FOOD BANK OPERATOR, RIGHT, A C E O OF FOOD BANK, BUT JUST AS A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY, PERIOD. 
          SO KNOW THAT THOSE OF US IN DISTRICT SIX ARE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU IN THE BUILDING IN THERE. 
          UH, AND WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THE WORK AND WHAT THE WAY YOU REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY AND AND WHAT YOU DO WITH THE HURRICANE RELIEF WAS HUGE. 
          UH, AND MARIO SHOWING UP AND BOARD PEOPLE SHOW, IT WAS JUST, I, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WHEN FOLKS WERE SHOWING UP, GRABBING ALL THE FOOD WE WERE TRYING TO COLLECT ACROSS THE CITY. 
          SO IT'S AMAZING OPPORTUNITY. 
          I THINK YOU MAKE US PROUD ACROSS THE NATION. 
          AND FOR THAT, I'M THANKFUL AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK HARD FOR YOU IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. 
          GUYS, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR, FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY TOO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VERY HUMBLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'RE, UH, WE HAVE ONE MORE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE HEARING, SO I'LL CALL JACK M FINGER. 
          WELL, MAYOR NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER, WELL, A COUPLE PRELIMINARIES THAT WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. 
          BEFORE WE GET INTO THE AGENDA HERE, THE, UH, UH, TODAY, UH, WE, YOU HAVE TO ASK, WHOSE TURN IS IT TO BE THE TV STAR OF THE CITY COUNCIL? AND BY GOLLY, IT'S NONE OTHER THAN MR. MANNY ELAS TURN. 
          AND OF COURSE, MR. PLA IT ALWAYS BEGS THE QUESTION, ARE YOU A REAL CITY COUNCIL PERSON OR DO YOU JUST PLAY ONE ON TV INQUIRING MINDS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. 
          YES. 
          UH, ANOTHER ITEM, THE, UM, CEREMONY YOU JUST HAD REGARDING THE, UH, THE, THE FOOD BANK ASSISTANCE TO THE HURRICANE HARVEY EMERGENCY. 
          YES, I'M GLAD EVERYBODY WAS THANKING ALL THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO IT, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE Y'ALL FORGOT TO THANK. 
          YEAH. 
          THE, UH, THE TAXPAYERS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          YEAH. 
          THE, UH, I MEAN, THEY ARE, THEY HELP PROVIDE QUITE A BIT OF THE ASSISTANCE WITH THE, THE FUND RIGHT HERE THAT Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT ON ITEM NUMBER THIR NO, 13. 
          YEAH. 
          THE, UM, WHETHER, WHETHER YOU THE TAXPAYER WANTED TO, MAYBE YOU WERE HEARTLESS AND DIDN'T WANNA DONATE, BUT DOG GUN, WE, WE MADE YOU DONATE ANYWAY. 
          AND SO YES, WE DO THANK ALL OF YOU TA ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY HERE WHO ISN'T THANKING YOU, I THANK YOU FOR HELPING OUT WITH THE HURRICANE HARVEY ASSISTANCE. 
          SIR. 
          YES. 
          SOMEBODY HAS TO SAY IT. 
          UH, ITEM NUMBER 16, YOU, WE, THE CITY SAN ANTONIO, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A CONTRACT WITH TXDOT. 
          WHY TXDOT OWNS A COUPLE OF MAJOR ARTERIES HERE IN TOWN, BROADWAY AND ROOSEVELT, UH, AVENUE IN THE, THE SOUTHERN PART OF TOWN. 
          WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN THERE? WELL, IT'S THE THING THAT'S HAPPENED FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, SOMETHING CALLED CYCLOVIA. 
          IT IS A, THE, THE SEVERAL HOURS ON A GIVEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHEREBY STREETS MAIN ARTERIES ARE CLOSED TO YOU, THE MOTORIST. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          WHY? BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE OUT ON THEIR BICYCLES AND SKATEBOARDS ON THE STREETS THAT YOU, THE MOTORIST HELP PAY FOR WITH YOUR GAS TAXES. 
          SO, UM, SO THE QUESTION IS, WILL THE, YOU, THE MOTORIST GET COMPENSATED FOR YOUR, YOUR, UH, DONATION OF SITTING IN TRAFFIC FUMING ON AN ALTERNATE ROUTE SOMEWHERE? SO FAR IT HASN'T HAPPENED. 
          AND I THINK IT'S TIME THAT MAYBE THOSE WHO USE THE CLO, THE SKATEBOARDERS AND THE BICYCLES, I THINK THEY SHOULD PAY YOU THE MOTORIST WHO, UH, HAS TO GO ONTO ANOTHER ROUTE AND START WONDERING, WHY THE HECK ARE THEY CLOSING THIS ROUTE TO ME? I PAID FOR THOSE ROADS. 
          AND FINALLY, ITEM SIX AND NINE DEALS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MI MISS, UH, VIA GRANDE, MR. MR. SHAW, YOU REALIZE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT'S, IT'S, WHAT IS IT? WHAT'S THE CODE WORD FOR WELL, 
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WELFARE HOUSING. 
          WE HELP PAY FOR SOMEBODY'S HOUSING. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY HOW THE 2009 RECESSION, RECESSION STARTED, AND TOO MANY PEOPLE WEREN'T PAYING FOR THEIR HOMES. 
          IT, IT ALL, ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER. 
          WE ALL GOT IN A BIG MISS WITH THE RECESSION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. FINGER. 
          UH, WE HAVE ONE POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, UH, I WANT TO GET TO RIGHT NOW WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE YESTERDAY, OCTOBER 11TH AS NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY, UH, FOR THE L G B T Q COMMUNITY AND STRAIGHT ALLIES FOR EQUALITY. 
          WE RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND YOU AND WE STAND WITH YOU. 
          UH, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AS A COMPASSIONATE CITY. 
          I ALSO, UH, WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT TODAY IS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND, UH, I KNOW LATER WE'LL BE, UM, UH, CELEBRATING, UM, THE RESOLUTION ON CITY COUNCIL'S FRONT STEPS. 
          SO THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THAT. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT. 
          AND LASTLY, I JUST POINT OUT THE NEXT TUESDAY WE HAVE, UM, UH, A UNIQUE, UH, AWARD CEREMONY CALLED DISTINCTION IN THE ARTS, AND HOPE TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME CELEBRATE OUR LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURE AT THE TOBIN CENTER IN THE MAIN HALL, UH, THAT'S NEXT TUESDAY AT 6:00 PM THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VINEO. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF CONSENT AGENDA. 
          AND THAT IS SAFE FOR ITEM 6, 9, 12, AND 15. 
          PLEASE VOTE YES. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          MOVE NOW TO ITEMS 
          [6.
An Ordinance authorizing the sale and disposition of properties located at 2406 Vera Cruz, 2206 Chihuahua, 1516 Santiago, 1528 Santiago, and 1530 Santiago, in Council District 5, currently owned by the Office of Urban Redevelopment San Antonio, to Our Casas for a total amount of $11,000.00 for the construction of affordable housing. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; John Jacks, Director, Center City Development & Operations]]
ON INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          WE'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER SIX. 
          ITEM NUMBER SIX IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SALE AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 24 0 6 CRUZ 22 6 CHIHUAHUA 1516 SANTIAGO 1528 SANTIAGO, AND 1530 SANTIAGO IN COUNCIL. 
          DISTRICT FIVE, CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE OFFICE OF URBAN REDEVELOPMENT SAN ANTONIO TO ARC AAS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $11,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, IS THERE A PRESENTATION? UH, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          UH, THIS ITEM IS THE CELL OF SURPLUS PROPERTY FOR, UH, BY OUR R S A, WHICH IS AN AGENCY OF THE, OF THE CITY. 
          I DON'T HAVE THE SCREEN HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THESE, THESE ARE THE SALE OF FIVE PROPERTIES. 
          THEY'RE LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UH, THIS IS FOR THE, UH, PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR AFFORDABLE HOMES. 
          UH, TOTAL SALES PRICE OF THESE PROPERTIES IS $11,000 PLUS CLOSING COSTS. 
          UH, THE FOUR PROPERTIES, UH, ARE ON VERACRUZ, CHIHUAHUA AND SANTIAGO. 
          UM, THE, THE SALES, UH, WILL BE TO OUR CASAS RESIDENCE COUNCIL, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION. 
          UH, OUR CASAS HAS PROVIDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING SERVICES AND HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES, UH, IN BEXAR COUNTY FOR OVER 23 YEARS. 
          SO ALL OF THESE PROPERTIES WILL BE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOMES. 
          UH, THIS IS JUST A, A QUICK AERIAL SHOWING THE, THE LOCATION OF THESE LOTS. 
          YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE ALL, UM, WITHIN A, A COUPLE OF BLOCKS EACH OTHER OF EACH OTHER. 
          UH, AS, AS PART OF THIS SALE, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT THERE'S AN AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT. 
          SO A, THERE WILL BE A, UM, A MINIMUM 80% OF AVERAGE MEDIUM INCOME FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, THERE'S SOME DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. 
          UH, THERE'S MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE, UH, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS. UM, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THERE WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF TWO BEDROOMS. UM, AND THEY'RE ALL REQUIRED TO BE BUILT TO SA GREEN, UH, LEVEL ONE CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS. 
          UH, THERE'S ALSO A REQUIREMENT THAT CONSTRUCTION ON THE FIRST HOME, UH, BEGIN WITHIN 12 MONTHS. 
          THE PLANNING DEPART, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF DISPOSITION OF THESE PROPERTIES BACK IN MARCH OF 2015. 
          AND THEN THE R SS A BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ALSO APPROVED THE SALE, UH, JUST THIS SUMMER IN JUNE. 
          UH, WE ARE NOW RECOMMENDING APPROVAL BY CITY COUNCIL TO, UH, SELL THESE HOMES TO OUR CASAS. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. 
          THANK, WELL, UM, THANK YOU, UM, JOHN, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          AND IT, THIS IS A SMALL PROJECT IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          I'D WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT BECAUSE THESE LOTS HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR SOME TIME. 
          THE INFORMATION HERE SHOWS 1995, RIGHT SINCE THEY WERE ACQUIRED BY THE CITY, BUT HAVE BEEN VACANT IN THE COMMUNITY POTENTIALLY MUCH LONGER THAN THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
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SO, UH, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHEN WE WORK WITH OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS. 
          UH, I'M, UH, IT WAS A SORT OF LAST MINUTE DECISION TO PULL IT JUST BECAUSE IT'S BEEN, UH, ON OUR MINDS A LOT, UH, AS WE TRY TO BUILD, INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ESPECIALLY SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW WE NEED, UH, IN THE URBAN AREA. 
          SO I ASKED, UM, OUR CASAS TO JOIN US, BUT IT WAS VERY LAST MINUTE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HERE FROM IS HERE FROM OUR CASAS. 
          I, I KNOW THEY WERE TRYING TO GET HERE. 
          THEY HAD ANOTHER, UH, COMMITMENT. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF THEY MADE IT OR NOT. 
          UM, AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, YOU, WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE FROM, UH, OUR CASO, MR. DARIO CHAPPA IS WALKING IN AND I KNOW, UH, I'M MR. CHAPPA, YOU WANNA COME RIGHT UP? I KNOW, UH, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PRESENTATION HERE. 
          WE'RE JUST GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THESE HOUSING. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR, UM, THE, UH, THE, THE PROJECT AND THE PROGRAM. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST DOING FOUR HOUSES, UH, AND THAT THE HOUSES WILL BE, UH, IN THE, WILL SELL TO FIRST. 
          IS IT FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS EXCLUSIVELY, OR IS IT JUST A, AN AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT? UM, COULD COULD YOU REPEAT THAT A LITTLE LOUDER? I, YES. 
          UH, I'M SORRY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY TO BUILD SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IN ADDITION TO THE MANY, MANY NEEDS THAT WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY ALONG MULTIFAMILY, WE ALSO NEED SINGLE FAMILY. 
          AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO TURN SOME OF OUR VACANT LOTS INTO SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING. 
          SO THE QUESTION WAS, UH, IF IT'S FOR EXCLUSIVELY FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS, UM, AND ALSO, UH, THE PRICE RANGE I UNDERSTAND IS BETWEEN 99 TO ABOUT 120,000, UH, SQUARE, UH, PRICE FOR THE HOMES. 
          OKAY. 
          I DO WANNA SAY THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN THIS AREA FOR A LONG TIME. 
          WE'VE ALREADY BUILT FIVE HOUSES IN THIS IMMEDIATE AREA, AND WE HAVE, UH, ALREADY BOUGHT 10 LOTS ALTOGETHER. 
          AND, UM, ALTOGETHER WE'RE A NONPROFIT TAX EXEMPT AGENCY. 
          AND OUR THING IS HOUSING, UH, REVITALIZATION, THE INNER CITY. 
          AND THIS IS A, A PLACE THAT HAS BEEN NEGLECTED FOR A LONG TIME. 
          AND, UH, JUST IN THIS AREA THERE ARE LIKE 14 LOTS THAT ARE VACANT. 
          AND, UM, WE ALREADY STARTED, UH, IMPROVING THE PROPERTY. 
          UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANNA BUY IN THIS AREA 'CAUSE THE ECONOMIC LEVEL OF INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE IS VERY LOW. 
          AND, UH, BUT WE HAVE, UM, AN AGENCY THAT'S GONNA HELP US LISC, L I S C, AND THEIR BANK IS GONNA PROVIDE THE MONEY TOGETHER WITH THE CITY. 
          UH, THEY'RE BOTH GONNA CONTRIBUTE TO DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA, AND I'M HOPING THAT EVERYTHING GOES OKAY. 
          UH, THE PEOPLE THERE ARE VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE GONNA BUILD. 
          WE WENT AROUND, LOOK TALKING TO ALL THE PEOPLE. 
          SO I, I, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT VERY MUCH, SHIRLEY. 
          AND UH, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT ANY WAY YOU ALL CAN HELP, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. 
          OKAY, WELL THANK YOU MR. CHOPPA. 
          THANK YOU FOR COMING, UH, FOR COMING OVER ON SHORT NOTICE TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM. 
          I JUST PULLED IT TO HIGHLIGHT IT TO GIVE SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE AFFORDABILITY HOUSING PROJECTS WE'RE DOING IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UH, AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU OFFICER. 
          GOODBYE. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM SIX. 
          PLEASE VOTE YES. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER NINE. 
          [9.
Consideration of the following two items relating to the development of the Red Berry Estate located in Council District 2: [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; John Jacks, Director, Center City Development]
9A. 17-5632
An Ordinance authorizing the conveyance, to include water rights, of 827 Richland Drive, 4007 East IH 10, and 856 Gembler Road, commonly known as the Red Berry Estate in City Council District 2, to the San Antonio Housing Trust Public Facility Corporation for the amount of $1,473,056.00 to facilitate the redevelopment of the property which will include affordable housing units, public improvements, and future commercial development; and authorizing the initiation of rezoning or plan amendments associated with the conveyance.
9B. 17-5633
An Ordinance authorizing a Master Development Agreement with the San Antonio Housing Trust in the amount of $7,681,839 for the redevelopment of the Red Berry Estate, to include public
improvements, mixed-income housing units, and commercial
development; and approving SAWS and City fee waivers in the
cumulative amount of $1,374,389.00.]
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING. 
          TWO ITEMS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RED BERRY ESTATE LOCATED IN COUNCIL. 
          DISTRICT TWO. 
          ITEM A IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE TO INCLUDE WATER RIGHTS OF 8 27 RICHLAND DRIVE, 4 0 0 7 EAST I H 10 AND 8 5 6 GAMBLER ROAD, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE RED BERRY ESTATE AND COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO TO THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION FOR AN AMOUNT OF $1,473,056 TO FACILITATE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH WILL INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, AND FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND AUTHORIZING THE INITIATION OF REZONING OR PLAN AMENDMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH ITS CONVEYANCE. 
          ITEM B IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,681 
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AND 8 839, I BELIEVE THAT'S MILLION, EXCUSE ME, $7,681,839 FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE RED BARRY ESTATE TO INCLUDE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, MIXED INCOME HOUSING UNITS, AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND I APPROVING SAWS AND CITY FEE WAIVERS IN THE CUMULATIVE AMOUNT OF $1,374,389. 
          COUNCILMAN SHAW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I DO BELIEVE THERE'S A PRESENTATION. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          CONFUSING. 
          TODAY'S ITEM AUTHORIZES THE CONVEYANCE OF THE RED BERRY ESTATE, WHICH IS AN 85 ACRE ESTATE THAT THE CITY PURCHASED IN JUNE OF 20,000 2012. 
          AND IT ALSO AUTHORIZES A MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION. 
          THE RED BERRY ESTATE WAS DEVELOPED IN 1951 BY TEXAS POLITICIAN RED BERRY. 
          HE BUILT A MANSION ON THE 85 ACRE ESTATE AND LIVED THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. 
          AND WHEN HE LEFT THE MANSION, IT WAS SOLD SEVERAL TIMES IN ITS OPERATED AS AN EVENT VENUE FOR WEDDINGS AND CORPORATE EVENTS UNTIL THE CITY PURCHASED IT IN 2012. 
          IN 2010, THERE WAS A SERIES OF EAST SIDE SUMMITS AND THE COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED THE RED BARRIER STATE AS A CATALYTIC PROJECT AND A PROJECT THAT THE CITY SHOULD BUY TO HELP CATALYZE REDEVELOPMENT IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. 
          AND THE CITY WAS PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THE ESTATE IN 2012. 
          YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP THE RED BERRY ESTATE IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          IT'S OFF OF GIMLER ROAD AND I 10. 
          IT'S A STONES THROWAWAY FROM THE AT AND T CENTER ADJACENT TO THE WILLOW SPRINGS GOLF COURSE AND ALONG THE SATO CREEK. 
          UPON PURCHASING THE PROPERTY, THE CITY INITIATED A COMMUNITY VISIONING PROCESS TO REALLY ASK THE COMMUNITY WHAT DO THEY WANT TO SEE ON THE SITE. 
          AND THE COMMUNITY CAME BACK WITH FOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES. 
          THEY WANTED TO RESTORE THE MANSION AND KEEP IT AS AN EVENT VENUE. 
          THEY LIKED THAT PEOPLE CAME TO THE EAST SIDE AND WERE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE EAST SIDE LIKE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BEFORE. 
          THEY WANTED US TO PRESERVE THE LAKE AND MAKE IT A PUBLIC AMENITY, PROVIDE TRAILS AND CONNECTIONS TO THE SITE. 
          RIGHT NOW THE ONLY ACCESS TO THE SITE IS OFF OF GIMBAL ROAD AND THEN MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND THEY WANTED THAT MIX OF USES TO BE COMMERCIAL AND HOUSING. 
          AND WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT HOUSING AND THE TYPE OF HOUSING AND THE HOUSING THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO SEE WAS WORKFORCE AND MARKET RATE. 
          THE AREA SATURATED WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND IN FACT, THERE'S SIX AFFORDABLE HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROJECTS WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE AREA. 
          WE REALLY NEEDED TO INCORPORATE SOME MARKET RATE AND SOME WORKFORCE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE AREA. 
          IN SPRING OF 2013, THE CITY INITIATED AN R F Q PROCESS TO IDENTIFY A DEVELOPER TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY THAT'S IN LINE WITH THE COMMUNITY'S VISION. 
          AND THEN SUMMER OF 2014, THE CITY SELECTED N R P GROUP. 
          AND SINCE THEN N R P GROUP HAS BEEN WORKING TO IDENTIFY THEIR PARTNERS, DEVELOP A FINANCIAL STRUCTURE THAT WORKS FOR THE PROJECT, DOING MORE DUE DILIGENCE AND ASSESSMENTS AND SITE PLANNING. 
          SO WE CAN BRING TO YOU THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE TODAY AND A PROJECT THAT IF APPROVED, WE'LL BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION AND WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING OPEN IN 2020. 
          THE N R P HAS IDENTIFIED CASEY DEVELOPMENT AS THEIR COMMERCIAL PARTNER. 
          THEY'RE PROPOSING A $61.8 MILLION DEVELOPMENT AT THE SITE, AND IT'S ALL CENTERED AROUND THE LAKE. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP THEY HAVE 330 MIXED INCOME HOUSING UNITS. 
          WE HAVE THE RESTORATION OF THE RED BERRY MANSION INTO AN EVENT CENTER. 
          WE HAVE 169,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING FOR RK GROUP TO LOCATE. 
          RK IS CURRENTLY LOCATED AT 1220 EAST COMMERCE AND THEY'LL RELOCATE 300 OR 400 JOBS AND ALSO ALLOWING THEM TO GROW BY AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED JOBS AND THEN ALSO INCORPORATES $3.8 MILLION IN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITE. 
          IT ALSO WILL INCORPORATE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. 
          AND THERE'S FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ON THE SITE. 
          SO TODAY WE'RE AUTHORIZING INCENTIVES FOR REALLY A PHASE ONE, BUT THERE'S 26 ACRES OF MORE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL OCCUR AND THE CITY WILL NOT BE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT. 
          NOW WE NEEDED SEVERAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS TO MAKE THIS PROJECT WORK AND VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A GREAT TEAM HERE TODAY. 
          I HAVE THE N R P GROUP. 
          THEY'LL BE DEVELOPING 330 MIXED USE HOUSING UNITS ON THIS SITE. 
          THEY WILL BE A LIMITED PARTNER IN THE MULTIFAMILY, AND DAN MARKSON IS HERE WITH N R P GROUP. 
          WE ALSO HAVE CASEY DEVELOPMENT. 
          CASEY DEVELOPMENT 
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WILL BE THE COMMERCIAL PARTNER AND THEY WILL DEVELOP THE RK GROUP CAMPUS. 
          WE ARE SO FORTUNATE THAT RK IS GONNA BE MOVING TO THIS SITE AND ONE OF THE REASONS THEY WANTED TO COME TO THIS SITE WAS BECAUSE WE HAD A MANSION AND THEY COULD OPERATE IT AND MARKET IT AND BE THEIR SIGNATURE PROJECT. 
          SO CASEY DEVELOPMENT WILL RESTORE THE MANSION AND THEY'LL ALSO BUILD 169,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING FOR RKS HEADQUARTERS. 
          AND THEN CASEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 26 ACRES ON THE SITE. 
          WE HAVE DARREN CASEY WITH CASEY DEVELOPMENT HERE WITH US TODAY. 
          OUR K GROUP, ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PARTS OF THIS PROJECT WILL RELOCATE FROM THEIR SPACE CURRENTLY ON 1220 EAST COMMERCE, WHICH IS RIGHT NEAR ST. 
          PAUL SQUARE AND THE ALAMO DOME, THEY'LL MOVE THEIR SITE TO RED BERRY AND THEY'LL BE THE TENANT OF CASEY DEVELOPMENT IN THE OFFICE BUILDING AND THEY'LL BE THE OPERATOR OF THE MANSION. 
          NOW OUR CASE SITE AT 1220 EAST COMMERCE WILL BE REDEVELOPED AS WORKFORCE HOUSING. 
          AND SO THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL SPUR OTHER DEVELOPMENT NOT ONLY ON THE RED BARRY SITE, BUT ALSO THE NEAR EAST SIDE AND PRODUCE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING. 
          TWO OTHER MAJOR PARTNERS IN THIS PROJECT, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION HAS FIVE BOARD MEMBERS. 
          THOSE BOARD MEMBERS ARE DISTRICTS, COUNCIL DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH FIVE, AND COUNCILWOMAN REBECCA COUNCILWOMAN. 
          REBECCA VRAN IS THE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION. 
          THEY WILL BE THE GENERAL PARTNER IN THE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING PROJECT AND THE LANDOWNER. 
          THEY WILL FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND THEY WILL ESTABLISH A PROPERTY OWNER'S ASSOCIATION TO HELP MAINTAIN THE ESTATE. 
          AND THEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS A MAJOR PARTNER IN THIS AS WELL. 
          AND WE'LL BE CONTRIBUTING THE PROPERTY TO THE HOUSING TRUST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND WE'LL BE FUNDING SEVERAL COMPONENTS OF THIS PROJECT TO MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS. 
          AND I ALSO FAILED TO MENTION THAT GREG KOWALSKI FROM RK GROUP IS HERE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU GREG FOR BEING HERE. 
          AND JIM PLUMMER, WHO IS THE ATTORNEY AND GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION. 
          THIS ENTIRE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TO MAKE THIS PROJECT WORK. 
          AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT VIK AND ASSOCIATES WILL ALSO BE ON THE TEAM. 
          THEY WERE ON THE TEAM IN 2012 WHEN N R P FIRST LOOKED AT THIS PROJECT. 
          AND VIK AND ASSOCIATES WILL BE THE ENGINEER OF RECORD FOR THE MULTI-FAMILY AND THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND SO I BELIEVE BRENDA JOHNSON IS HERE AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU BRENDA. 
          SO WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM AND WE, WE HAVE A TEAM THAT WILL MAKE THIS PROJECT HAPPEN. 
          SO THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU TODAY ORGANIZES THIS PROJECT AND PROVIDES FOR THE FUNDING TO FACILITATE THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WE NEED, AS WELL AS OUTLINING THE RULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH ENTITY. 
          THIS TOTAL PROJECT IS 61.8 MILLION. 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION WILL PROVIDE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 10 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS 17% OF THIS PROJECT. 
          AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN OUR TYPICAL HOUSING PROJECTS THAT WE DO, BUT IT'S BECAUSE WE OWN THE PROPERTY AND WE'RE A PARTNER IN THIS PROPERTY IN THIS PROJECT. 
          AND IT'S A DIFFERENT PRIVATE PROJECT. 
          THIS WILL BE CATALYTIC AND SPUR DEVELOPMENT IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. 
          OUR 10 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN INCENTIVES INCLUDE SEVERAL FUNDING SOURCES, THE LARGEST BEING THE INNER CITY CHURCH WITH PROVIDING $4.6 MILLION. 
          A TAX COMMIT REINVESTMENT ZONE WAS REALLY CREATED TO DO PROJECTS LIKE THIS AND FUND THOSE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS TO HELP SPUR MORE DEVELOPMENT CITY FEE WAIVERS. 
          AND THE AMOUNT OF $1.37 MILLION WILL SUPPORT THE PROJECT. 
          C D B G FUNDS THE AMOUNT OF 1.48. 
          THESE WERE PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2017 C D B G BUDGET. 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PROVIDE AN INNER CITY INCENTIVE FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          AND THERE'LL BE A TAX REBATE TO HELP SUPPORT THE JOB CREATION COMPONENT THAT RK GROUP WILL BRING TO THE SITE. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, THE PROPERTY THAT THE CITY WILL BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE PRO, UM, TO THE PROJECT IS 1.47 MILLION. 
          SO THAT TOTAL 10 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WILL HELP SUPPORT $3.8 MILLION IN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. 
          $3.45 MILLION IN WORKFORCE HOUSING RK GROUP'S CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT OF 2.17 MILLION. 
          AND THEN THE JOB CREATION COMPONENT OF 1.1 MILLION. 
          AND I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT EACH OF THESE COMPONENTS. 
          THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, $3.8 MILLION IN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS 85 ACRE SITE. 
          WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY IS THAT THE SITE LACKED CONNECTIVITY AND THEY FELT LIKE THEY WEREN'T CONNECTED TO THE 
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SITE BECAUSE THERE REALLY IS ONLY ONE ENTRANCE OFF THE SITE. 
          AND THAT'S GIMLER ROAD. 
          SO THIS PROJECT PROVIDES THAT CONNECTIVITY AND WE'RE INCLUDING A HALF MILE EXTENSION OF THE SATO CREEK HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL THAT WILL CONNECT THE SITE TO THE SATO CREEK. 
          WE WILL PRESERVE THE LAKE AND THAT'LL BECOME A COMMUNITY ENTITY, UM, COMMUNITY ASSET, MUCH LIKE THE WOODLAWN LAKE. 
          AND PEOPLE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE LAKE. 
          WE'LL HAVE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS, UM, OVER SATO CREEK THROUGH A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. 
          AND ALL OF THOSE INCENTIVES, I'M SORRY, ALL OF THOSE FUNDS, ABOUT $2 MILLION IN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND THE CITY WILL OWN THOSE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THEY'LL BE COMPLETELY OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE REMAINING FUNDING WILL GO TO SUPPORT THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO DEVELOP THE SITE. 
          THE SITE WAS BUILT REALLY ONLY TO SUPPORT A HOUSE. 
          IT WAS NOT BUILT TO SUPPORT A MULTI-FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT LIKE WE ARE PROPOSING TODAY. 
          SO THAT $3.8 MILLION WILL HELP US PREPARE THE SITE AND HELP US CREATE THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED. 
          THE FUNDING FOR THAT IS COMING FROM C D B G FUNDS AND THE INNER CITY TOURS. 
          NOW, AS I MENTIONED, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL ULTIMATELY OWN THE TRAIL AND THE AREA AROUND THE LAKE AND THE BRIDGE AND THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION WILL CREATE A MAINTENANCE FUND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY HAS FUNDING FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE AMENITIES. 
          THE CITY CURRENTLY SPENDS ABOUT $60,000 ANNUALLY ON THE MAINTENANCE OF THE RED BERRY ESTATE. 
          WILL CON CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, BUT ULTIMATELY WE WILL STOP CONTRIBUTING TO THAT MAINTENANCE FUND AND THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTRIBUTE AND PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE LAKE OF THE TRAIL AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN MAINTENANCE ON THE ESTATE. 
          THE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECT, IT'S A $35 MILLION PROJECT AND INCLUDES 330 MULTIFAMILY HOUSING UNITS. 
          50% WILL BE AT A MARKET RATE LEVEL AND THE REMAINING 50% WILL BE AT, AT OR BELOW 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          NOW THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME IS 50, IS IS 63,000. 
          SO 80% OF THAT IS 50,400. 
          HOWEVER, THESE UNITS ARE PRICED A LITTLE BIT LOWER, SO SOMEBODY MAKING 50 TO 65% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME CAN STILL AFFORD TO LIVE HERE. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONE BEDROOMS ARE GOING FOR ABOUT 850 THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT SOMEBODY MAKING 30,000 A YEAR. 
          AND THE TWO BEDROOMS ARE GOING FOR ABOUT 1075. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AN INDIVIDUAL OR A COUPLE MAKING $38,000 A YEAR. 
          AND SO WE DO HAVE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S CAPPED, YOU CAN'T BE MAKE MORE THAN 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          THIS WILL PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE MAKING LESS THAN THE 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AS I MENTIONED, IN THOSE ONE BEDROOM AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS, THE REMAINING WILL BE MARKET. 
          SO 50% OF THE UNITS OR 165 WILL BE MARKET. 
          THERE IS NO MARKET RATE HOUSING IN THIS AREA. 
          AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SEVERAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, SEVERAL STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING THE SPURS AND THE SPURS. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE MILLENNIALS AND THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN LIVING IN THIS AREA AND HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY OR AN OPTION TO BE LIVE CLOSER TO WORK. 
          AND SO THIS MARKET RATE IS VERY IMPORTANT AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO TEST THE MARKET AND ADD MORE MARKET RATE IN THE AREA. 
          AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S SIX AFFORDABLE TAX CREDIT PROJECTS WITHIN TWO MILES OF THIS AREA. 
          THE CITY WILL PROVIDING $3.45 MILLION TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. 
          1.5 WOULD BE COMING FROM THE INNER CITY TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. 
          THE INNER CITY INCENTIVE FUND WILL PROVIDE 540,000. 
          AND THEN THE FEE WAIVERS, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY PROVIDED TO OUR HOUSING PROJECTS, AND THEY'RE BUDGETED OUT OF OUR FEE WAIVER ALLOCATION. 
          IT'S ABOUT 1.4 MILLION. 
          THE RK GROUP HEADQUARTERS SLASH CAMPUS, UM, THAT IS A $23 MILLION PROJECT. 
          KC DEVELOPMENT WILL BUILD 160,000 SQUARE FOOT HEADQUARTERS. 
          AND THIS ALLOWS RK GROUP TO EXPAND BY 50,000 SQUARE FEET. 
          RK WILL RELOCATE 300 TO 400 JOBS TO THIS SITE, AND THEN THEY WILL ADD AT LEAST 100 JOBS TO THE RK GROUP PORTFOLIO. 
          THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE RESTORATION OF THE RED BERRY MANSION, WHICH RK WILL OPERATE AND MARKET. 
          YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE HAD WHEN WE WERE WORKING WITH A P F C WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, UM, OR IF CASEY DEVELOPMENT DECIDES TO SELL THE MANSION AND THERE WAS CONCERNS THAT THERE COULD BE TOO MUCH PROFIT OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT SALE. 
          AND SO WORKING WITH, UM, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBER REBECCA VIA GRAND, UM, WHO IS CHAIR OF THE P F C, WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO WHERE IF CASEY SELLS THE 
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PROPERTY WITHIN SEVEN YEARS, CASEY WILL BE ABLE TO RECOUP THE COSTS PLUS 15% OF THE PROPERTY SALE, AND THE REMAINING PROCEEDS WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION AND CASEY DEVELOPMENT. 
          THAT WAY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OR THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION IS ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE GROWTH AND THE INCREASE IN THAT VALUE. 
          AND THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION APPROVE THIS PROJECT AT THEIR OCTOBER 11TH P F C BOARD MEETING. 
          THE $23 MILLION DEVELOPMENT COSTS WILL RECEIVE 2.17 MILLION IN PUBLIC FUNDING OF WHICH 700,000 WILL COME FROM THE INNER CITY TOURS. 
          AND THE REMAINING FUNDS COMES FROM THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE LAND TO THE PROJECT. 
          THIS ALSO INCLUDES A JOB RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PROJECT, AND THAT IS A MILLION DOLLAR TAX REBATE OVER 10 YEARS. 
          AND IT'S CONDITIONED UPON RK LOCATING AT THE SITE. 
          SO IF RK MOVES 300 TO 400 EMPLOYEES TO THIS SITE AND GROWS BY A HUNDRED, THEY WILL HAVE THIS TAX REBATE AND IT'LL REBATE THE CITY'S TAXES ONLY FOR A 10 YEAR PERIOD. 
          AND THAT IS A JOB RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE THAT WE WANT BECAUSE WE NEED THOSE TYPES OF JOBS IN THIS AREA AND THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE JOBS IN THIS AREA. 
          AND ALTHOUGH YOU COULD LOOK AT LOSING JOBS IN THE EAST SIDE, WE'RE ACTUALLY GAINING MORE WORKFORCE HOUSING IN AN AREA THAT'S DESPERATELY NEEDED BY RK LEAVING THE SITE AT 1220 EAST COMMERCE. 
          THIS PROJECT HAS A MAJOR RETURN AND AN ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND ITS PARTNERS IN THE OVERALL COMMUNITY. 
          JUST THE ONE YEAR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY ALONE HAS AN IMPACT OF 21.4 MILLION. 
          THIS WILL SUPPORT 363 JOBS AND PROVIDE WAGES OF 15.2 MILLION. 
          IT'LL ALSO GENERATE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN LOCAL TAXES AND FEES AND JUST, JUST JUST THROUGH THE MULTIFAMILY CONSTRUCTION. 
          NOW, LONG-TERM, THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION WILL RECEIVE $3 MILLION THROUGHOUT THE TIME PERIOD, UM, THE 20 YEAR TIME PERIOD. 
          AND THAT IS BECAUSE IT'LL BE SHARING IN REVENUE FOR THE MULTIFAMILY PROJECT. 
          AND ALSO WE EXPECT THIS LEASE TO BE 75 YEARS BETWEEN THE P F C AND THE HOUSING PROJECT. 
          AND THAT'LL WE ANTICIPATE $25 MILLION IN REVENUE OVER THAT LONG TERM. 
          NOW, THE $3 MILLION OR ANY REVENUE GENERATED AT THE P F C WILL GO BACK INTO MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THE LOCAL TAXING ENTITIES WILL RECEIVE $16.2 MILLION OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD. 
          BUT THEN THERE'S AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE. 
          FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. 
          ON THE RED BERRY SITE, WE HAVE THE 26 ACRES. 
          WE ALSO HAVE ADJACENT SITES. 
          THIS WILL BE A CATALYTIC PROJECT THAT HELPS SPUR ON MORE DEVELOPMENT AND THEN 1220 ECOMMERCE. 
          THE TAX BENEFIT ANALYSIS, AS YOU CAN SEE, WOULD BE $16.2 MILLION OF THE 20 YEAR PERIOD. 
          AND THIS IS NET SO THIS ASSUMES OUR TAX REBATES IN IT ALREADY. 
          SO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OVER 20 YEAR PERIOD WILL RECEIVE $3.5 MILLION, AND THAT S A I S D WILL RECEIVE 8.5 MILLION. 
          THIS PROJECT WILL DEFINITELY BENEFIT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND THEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE GROWTH IN THE AREA. 
          THIS MAP SHOWS THE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AREA. 
          THE MAP ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE RED BERRY ESTATE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE MANSION, THE MULTI-FAMILY AND THE RK CASEY DEVELOPMENT ARE ON RED. 
          AND THE BLUE SITES REPRESENT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THERE'S A TWO ACRE SITE RIGHT ON I 10 THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED, UM, IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE 24 ACRES OF PROPERTY THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE. 
          WE WILL NOT BE PROVIDING ANY ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES TO THOSE PROJECTS BECAUSE THE $61.8 MILLION SHOULD SPUR DEVELOPMENT ON THOSE TWO AREAS. 
          YOU ALSO HAVE THE AREAS IN ORANGE AND YELLOW, AND THAT'S ABOUT 52 ACRES THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND IN FACT, WE'RE ALREADY HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP FACILITATE THAT DEVELOPMENT. 
          NOW THE PROPERTY ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE RK FACILITY THAT'S LOCATED AT 1220 EAST COMMERCE. 
          IT'S IN THE CORNER OF COMMERCE, AND YOU ALSO HAVE CHERRY STREET IN THE RAILROAD. 
          AND THEN I'VE SHOWED THE CITY OWNS THE COSA TRAFFIC OPERATION SITE WHERE OUR TRAFFIC SIGN SHOP IS THAT AREA IN RED BY RK FACILITY, WHICH IS NEXT TO ST. 
          PAUL SQUARE. 
          AND SUNSET STATION IS GREAT FOR A WORKFORCE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECT. 
          AND IN FACT, RK GROUP IS ALREADY WORKING WITH A MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROVIDER TO SEE HOW THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT IS A WORKFORCE HOUSING PRODUCT. 
          SO THIS DEVELOPMENT, EVEN THOUGH OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT DOES NOT INCLUDE 
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THESE NUMBERS, IT WILL SPUR ON MORE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND SO OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT MODEL IS VERY CONSERVATIVE. 
          THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY SEVERAL OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS. 
          AND SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2017, THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE, UH, AUTHORIZED THIS ITEM TO PROCEED TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          THE INNER CITY TOURS BOARD APPROVED THE ITEM ON OCTOBER 10TH, 2017. 
          THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION APPROVED THE ITEM OCTOBER 11TH, 2017. 
          AND WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IF APPROVED, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO INITIATE THE REZONING AND PLAN AMENDMENT. 
          AND WE ANTICIPATE STARTING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WITHIN WE'LL START DESIGN IMMEDIATELY, AND SOME CONSTRUCTION CAN START IN FALL OF 2017. 
          WITH THE PROJECT BEING COMPLETED BY SUMMER 2020. 
          STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE CONVEYANCE OF THE PROPERTY TO THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WILL FACILITATE THE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND APPROVAL OF THE SAS AND CITY VIEW WAIVERS TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT AS WELL. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS ARE THE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS. 
          THANK YOU, LORI. 
          UM, UM, WHAT WHAT DRIVES ME MOST IMPORTANTLY ABOUT THIS, THIS PROJECT IS THAT IT'S GOTTEN SO MUCH COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE WHO'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, UM, COMMUNITY'S BEEN BEGGING FOR THIS. 
          I SEE SUE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE AND SUE'S ALWAYS ASKING, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH RED BERRY? WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH RED BERRY? SO THANK YOU TO TO, TO YOU, YOUR STAFF, CITY MANAGER, AND ALL THE, THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE INVOLVED BECAUSE IT SHOWS WHEN YOU BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER AND HAVE IN-DEPTH PROFOUND CONVERSATIONS WHAT CAN HAPPEN. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR THE HOUSING TASK FORCE, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT. 
          IT'S ABOUT BEING CREATIVE, BEING DIVERSE, BEING EQUITABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND SHOWING A WIDESPREAD OF, OF HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AS YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR, IN YOUR PRESENTATION, WE HAVE SIX TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENTS. 
          I THINK IT'S LIKE 1300 UNITS IN DISTRICT TWO ALONE. 
          THIS IS GOING TO HOPEFULLY BALANCE THAT, THAT EQUATION. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU. 
          AS WELL AS TRANSFERRING THE NUMBER OF JOBS, RELOCATING THREE TO 400 JOBS, AND POTENTIALLY ADDING UP ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED, 150. 
          SO ALMOST WE'RE LOOKING AT 500, 5 50 JOBS IN THAT IMMEDIATE AREA. 
          UM, SO, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT I CAN APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS WHO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, GO TO COLLEGE, UH, AND THEY WANNA COME BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          THEY WANT TO COME BACK TO BE NEXT TO THEIR PARENTS. 
          THEY WANT TO COME BACK AND BE NEXT CLOSE TO THEIR CHURCH, UH, TO THEIR FRIENDS. 
          BUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WERE NOT THERE. 
          THEY WERE LACKING. 
          I THINK THIS PROJECT HERE PROVIDES THAT OPPORTUNITY SO WE CAN START TRAINING FOR A SUCCESSION PLAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW, MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO, WHO DO GRADUATE, GO ON TO GET JOBS, THEY EITHER LEAVE SAN ANTONIO OR THEY MOVE TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF, OF THE CITY. 
          AND WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, MAINTAIN AND KEEP OUR TALENT WITHIN THE CITY AS WELL AS IN OUR DISTRICT SO WE CAN PRO, UH, PRODUCE LEADERS FOR THE FUTURE. 
          SO I, I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS PROJECT. 
          I'M, I'M VERY, IT'S BEEN A VERY PATIENT PROCESS, BUT I THINK BRINGING ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER, UM, WITH A LONG-TERM VISION AND KEEPING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED IS, IS, IS KEY AND VITAL IN THIS PROJECT. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, I RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR, UM, OF THIS AGENDA ITEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SHAW. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NINE. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL COMMENT. 
          COUNCILMAN VINNO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I JUST WANNA ECHO MY COLLEAGUE'S STATEMENTS. 
          UH, THIS IS, UH, A GREAT PROJECT. 
          UH, CERTAINLY GONNA BE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DRIVER FOR, FOR THE EAST SIDE. 
          IT'S, IT'S ALSO ADDING A LOT OF VALUE TO ALL THE TAXING ENTITIES, AND THAT'S, THAT'S CRITICAL. 
          UH, THE HOUSING TRUST WILL GUIDE THE PROCESS LOTS. 
          THERE'LL BE LOTS OF OVERSIGHT AND, UH, WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. 
          UM, WE APPRECIATE, UH, ALL THE HARD WORK THAT HAS THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS PROJECT. 
          I ALSO AM EXCITED ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING A PROJECT THAT HAS GOOD ACTORS. 
          UH, WE HAVE CASEY DEVELOPMENT, N R P AND RK GROUP. 
          UH, WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO, TO SEE THIS PROJECT, UH, GET STARTED. 
          AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, A SUCCESSFUL, UH, REALLY, UH, AN AMAZING CATALYST WE THINK FOR, FOR THE EAST SIDE. 
          SO I COMMEND COUNCILMAN SHAW AND HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU, LORI, FOR, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, UH, TO MAKE THIS, UH, MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND, UM, ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES ON THE HOUSING TRUST 
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IN, IN HELPING TO, TO PROVIDE SOME, SOME, SOME GUIDELINES THAT I THINK ARE GONNA MAKE A BIG IMPACT. 
          UH, SO I'M, I'M PROUD TO HAVE SECONDED THIS, THIS MOTION AND LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT, GREAT PRO, UH, PROJECT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN VINNO. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY? YES. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, LORI, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          LOOKS LIKE A GREAT PROJECT, UH, BUT I JUST WANT CLEAR UP A COUPLE OF THINGS IN MY MIND. 
          UH, HOW MUCH DID WE PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY FOR? WE PURCHASED IT FOR 2.25 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND HOW MUCH HAVE WE SPENT YEAR, UH, PER YEAR ON THIS OR TOTAL SINCE WE PURCHASED IT? FIRST, PRIOR TO THE CITY PURCHASING IT, THE PROPERTY CONTRIBUTED ABOUT $14,000 ANNUALLY TO THE CITY'S TAX ROLLS. 
          WHEN WE PURCHASED IT, THE CITY STARTED TO INVEST ABOUT $60,000 ANNUALLY IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY. 
          AND THAT WAS JUST TO KEEP THE PROPERTY, UM, GROUNDS, UM, KEEP THEM UPKEEP. 
          SO, UH, TOTAL, HOW MUCH HAVE WE INVESTED IN THIS PROPERTY? UM, I WOULD SAY, UM, I'LL GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU, BUT YOU TYPICALLY, IT'S ABOUT 60,000 ANNUALLY AT LEAST. 
          AND SO AT LEAST 200, $250,000 PLUS THE PURCHASE PRICE, PLUS THE PURCHASE PRICE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND 2.25 MILLION. 
          AND I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT, UM, UH, WERE THOSE COSTS, UH, REFLECTED IN WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING ON WHAT OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS GONNA BE OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS? NO, UM, WELL, ACTUALLY ANNUALLY, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL RECEIVE $175,000 IN TAXES, UM, OVER THE 20 YEARS, BUT ANNUALLY IT'S 175003.5 OVER THE 20 YEARS. 
          SO THE CITY WAS PUR SPENDING $60,000, UM, ON IT, BUT NOW WE'RE GONNA GAIN 175,000 ON IT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE WILL NOT BE SPENDING THAT $60,000 ANYMORE. 
          AND THEN, WE'LL ACTUALLY THE, THE, THE PROPERTY WILL BE PRODUCING TAXES FOR THE CITY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO IT, IT, IT WAS INCLUDED IN THAT, UM, TERM LONG TERM. 
          IT'S NOT INCLUDED. 
          I JUST INCLUDED THE ACTUAL TAX BENEFIT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IF YOU, IF YOU SUBTRACT THAT OUT, WHAT IS OUR REALLY, UH, WHAT ARE WE REALLY LOOKING AT OVER THE 20 YEARS OF THE INVESTMENT THAT WE SPENT TO BEGIN WITH? OH, THE, IN OH 2.25 MILLION PLUS THE 250. 
          SO WE SPENT TWO, 2.5 MILLION ON THE PROJECT SINCE WE'VE PURCHASED IT. 
          BUT OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, WE'LL GAIN 3.5 MILLION. 
          SO OUR NET WILL BE A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          SO A MILLION DOLLARS OVER 20 YEARS. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST WANTED TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT THAT. 
          BUT, BUT THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS AN INCENTIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE, WE ARE CONVEYING THE PROPERTY OF THE HOUSING TRUST THAT PROPERTY WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ROUGHLY ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS VERSUS THE, WHAT YOU SAID, UH, 3 MILLION OVER THE 20 YEARS, BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE $3 MILLION AT THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION WILL RECEIVE, WHICH IS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO INVEST THAT INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          GREAT. 
          UH, JUST TO COMMENT ABOUT THE DESIGN, UH, UH, AND MAYBE, UH, CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ON THE LAYOUT OUT, UM, ON THE ADMINISTRATION COMPLEX PORTION MM-HMM. 
          , UM, WHERE IS THE CONNECTION FROM GIMLER ROAD ON THAT? IS THAT GOING THROUGH THE HOUSING AREA TO GET TO THIS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING? THE ACTUAL ACCESS TO THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WILL BE OFF OF I 10. 
          SO THEY WON'T HAVE ACCESS THROUGH THE HOUSING AREA? NO, THE HOUSING AREA THOUGH, WE WILL HAVE, THERE WILL BE A ROAD THAT CONNECTS 'EM, BUT THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE WILL BE OFF OF I 10 FOR THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING, UH, ACCESS THROUGH GEMBLER ROAD, TAKING THAT TRAFFIC TO THE OFFICE AREA, YOU KNOW, BRINGING, YOU KNOW MM-HMM. 
           UP TO 500 EMPLOYEES THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PORTION THAT COULD BE GOING THROUGH THAT HOUSING AREA. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT FORCING BUSINESS TRAFFIC THROUGH A, THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I'VE, I'VE SAT IN ON SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS. 
          I'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE COME AND SPEAK WITH ME ABOUT THIS, AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL HAS DONE ON THIS. 
          I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG-TERM PROJECT THAT'S BEEN EXISTING AND LINGERING FOR FOUR YEARS OR LONGER. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          UH, BUT THIS DOG DON'T HUNT TO ME, WHEN I LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS YOU'RE 
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TALKING ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT OUR INCENTIVES ARE 10.5 MILLION, BUT YOU DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE PURCHASE PRICE AND THE UPKEEP THAT WE'VE SPENT ON THAT. 
          ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF MILLION. 
          UH, SO THAT'S $13 MILLION INVESTMENT REALLY, THAT THE CITY HAS IN THIS PROJECT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. 
          WHEN YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, YOU SAID OUR INVESTMENT WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGH AT 17%, IT'S CLOSER TO 20%, WHICH MAKES IT A VERY HIGH INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY IN THE OVERALL VALUE OF THIS PROJECT. 
          WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, AND ON THAT $13 MILLION INVESTMENT, WE'RE GONNA GET BACK A MILLION DOLLARS OVER 20 YEARS. 
          I MEAN, MAYBE MY MATH IS OFF, I'M NOT SURE, BUT IT, THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT LOOKS TO ME WHEN I LOOK AT THIS. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, IT, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME FOR WHAT THE CITY DID TO INVEST IN THAT PROPERTY AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET BACK OUT OF IT OVER 20 YEARS. 
          IF WE GOT $5 MILLION OVER 20 YEARS, THAT'S STILL NOT MUCH OF A RETURN ON WHAT THE VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY IS AND IS GOING TO BE. 
          BUT A BIGGER CONCERN TO ME IS THE HOUSING THAT'S BEING PUT THERE. 
          AND THAT'S A, A BIG DISCUSSION I'VE HAD WITH PEOPLE. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT THE FIGURE WE USE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS BASED ON HUD'S FIGURE ON WHAT THEY THINK THE AVERAGE INCOME IS IN SAN ANTONIO, IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          AND THEY, THEY SAY IT'S $60 MILLION, NOT THE AVERAGE, BUT THAT'S THE MEDIAN, WHICH MEANS HALF THE PEOPLE EARN MORE THAN THAT IN THE CITY, AND HALF THE PEOPLE EARN LESS THAN THAT IN THE CITY. 
          BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THE HALF THAT EARN LESS THAN THAT EARN A LOT LESS THAN $61,000, $61,000 A YEAR. 
          THEY EARN LIKE 25,000 A YEAR, 30,000 A YEAR, 35,000 A YEAR, AND MANY EVEN LESS. 
          AND SO TO SAY WE'RE PROVIDING A AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THEM, I THINK IS VERY MISLEADING. 
          UH, PARTICULARLY IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. 
          NOW, I HEARD THAT THE PEOPLE WERE ASKING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WORKFORCE HOUSING. 
          WELL, I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORKFORCE IN THAT AREA ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THESE PROJECT, IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. 
          UH, AND I DON'T THINK WHEN THEY SAID THEY WANTED WORKFORCE HOUSING THERE, THEY WERE ANTICIPATING A BUNCH OF MILLENNIALS MOVING IN AND, AND HAVING A GOOD OLD TIME WITH A NICE PARK AROUND 'EM AND A BIG MANSION NEARBY. 
          I THOUGHT WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING, THEY'D LIKE TO SEE THERE, THEY HAD AN IDEA THAT MAYBE SOME OF THEM COULD LIVE THERE. 
          AND I DON'T THINK MANY, IF ANY OF THEM REALLY WILL. 
          I DON'T KNOW TOO MANY SINGLE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT DISTRICT. 
          AND, UH, MOST OF 'EM ARE FAMILIES, AND MOST OF THOSE FAMILIES HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS WHO ARE LIVING THERE. 
          SO THEY'LL NEED TWO, THREE BEDROOM HOMES IF THEY'RE GONNA MOVE IN THERE. 
          AND, AND THOSE ARE PRICED AT $1,100 TO $1,400. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE AFFORDABILITY RATE. 
          THE MARKET RATE IS WHATEVER THE MARKET WILL BEAR. 
          AND, UH, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CRISIS IN HOUSING IN SAN ANTONIO AND HAVING WORKFORCE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND WE'RE GONNA INCENTIVIZE IT IN AN AREA LIKE THE EAST SIDE OR THE SOUTH SIDE OR THE WEST SIDE THAT HAVE UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS THAT NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL THAT CLASS A HOUSING IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE PUTTING IN THERE. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO PUT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LIVABLE HOUSING, FUNCTIONAL HOUSING THAT PEOPLE CAN ENJOY AND LIVE IN COMFORTABLY. 
          BUT SAYING CLASS A IS SOMETHING WE NEED IN THESE, IN THESE AREAS THAT SUPPOSEDLY ARE AFFORDABLE BUT ACTUALLY AREN'T, IS, UM, A LITTLE MISLEADING OVERALL TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          NOW, I HAVE NO DOUBTS THAT THIS IS GONNA PASS TODAY. 
          I KNOW A LOT OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS SUPPORT IT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME IN COMING, BUT I DON'T, AND I WON'T TODAY. 
          AND I HOPE THAT WE START TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THESE HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          LET'S NOT SAY EVERYTHING HAS TO BE CLASS A, LET'S DO SOME B PLUS HOUSING. 
          LET'S DO SOMETHING THAT'S TRULY AFFORDABLE IN A LOT OF THESE COMMUNITIES. 
          YOU KNOW, WE SAID THAT, UH, THE AT T CENTER WAS GONNA BE A BIG ECONOMIC DEVELOPER OVER THERE. 
          ADMITTEDLY, THAT'S COUNTY PROJECT, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN. 
          AND SO TO THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE SOME KIND OF BIG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA, I THINK IS AGAIN, DISINGENUOUS. 
          SO WHATEVER COMES OF THIS, I HOPE IT'S SUCCESSFUL. 
          I HOPE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET SOME BENEFIT OUT OF, OUT OF IT, OTHER THEM MAYBE WALKING AROUND THE TRAILS AND LOOKING AT THE NICE APARTMENTS IN THE BEAUTIFUL MANSION. 
          BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE THOUGHTFUL IN FUTURE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN 
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GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING ALL OF OUR PARTNERS WHO'VE BEEN TOGETHER WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS. 
          I WANT TO ALSO THANK COUNCILMAN SHAW FOR REALLY PICKING UP THE, UH, THE BATON AND WORKING HARD TOWARDS THIS AND REALLY MOVING FORWARD WITH THE THOUGHTS OF THE COMMUNITY, SEEING THIS, UH, ABANDONED, NEGLECTED PROPERTY FOR SO LONG. 
          UM, AND NOW WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A PLACE WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE IT AS NOT JUST AN ABANDONED, UH, BLIGHTED AREA, BUT AS A PLACE OF CELEBRATION AND REVITALIZATION AND UTILIZATION AS WELL. 
          NOT JUST FOR THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO FOR THOSE WHO WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE ON THE PROPERTY TOO. 
          AND BRINGING ONE OF OUR OLDEST, UM, OKAY. 
          ONE OF OUR VERY OLD ESTABLISHED CORPORATIONS THAT WE ALL CELEBRATE THE RK GROUP HERE TO THE AREA, I THINK IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO BUILD ON OUR, UM, ON WHAT WE'RE DOING THROUGHOUT THE, UM, CITY. 
          BUT ALSO MAYOR, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE TOO, THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BRINGING JOBS AND BRINGING INVESTMENTS AND HAVING THE BALANCED APPROACH OF THAT, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE BRINGING IT EVEN EVEN FARTHER TO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE DISTRICT, THAT WE'RE HAVING A NEW CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS MOVE FARTHER EAST IN, UH, IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE HAVING THAT BALANCE GROWTH AND THAT BALANCE ECONOMIC INVESTMENT TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT. 
          WE DO HAVE A LOT OF, UM, ITEMS THAT WE LOOK FOR, FOR INCENTIVIZING AND FOR INVESTING. 
          YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN SA TOMORROW IS, UM, LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT REGIONAL CENTERS AND THE REGIONAL PLANS. 
          WE GET TOGETHER AND WE TALK TO, UH, THE DIFFERENT COMMUN THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND WE ASK THEM, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU WISH FOR? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITIES? AND WHAT DO YOU WISH, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO WE LACK? AND ONE OF MY RESIDENTS WROTE DOWN IN THE AREA IS THAT WE LACKED BELIEVERS. 
          WE LACKED BELIEVERS THAT LIVED IN THE AREA THAT WANTED INVESTMENT. 
          AND THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THESE MOMENTS WHERE WE CAN COME TOGETHER AS A GROUP AND HAVE BELIEVERS. 
          UM, YES, WE MAY NOT HAVE EVERYTHING PERFECT AND EVERYTHING AS WE WOULD LIKE TO IDEALLY BE, BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE BELIEVERS OUT OF SO MANY. 
          AND THIS IS THE CLOSEST WE'VE, I THINK, EVER GOTTEN TO THIS POINT ON THIS PROJECT. 
          AND, UM, I THINK WE HAVE SOMETHING, AND I DO WANNA THANK OUR PARTNERS AND, UM, AND GREG AND DARREN AND DAN AND DEBORAH, ALL OF YOU FOR WORKING WITH US TOO, WHEN WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE, THE HOUSING TRUST, THE P F C DID HAVE THAT KIND OF PROTECTION THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR NEGOTIATING WITH THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENS. 
          WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE P F C AND THE HOUSING TRUST COMING UP. 
          BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, UM, STEP FORWARD. 
          AND WE DO WANT QUALITY, AND I THINK WE DO DESERVE CLASS A IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY AND MIXED INCOME LIVING IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY TOO. 
          UM, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU SAID THIS, LORI, THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE AMOUNTS OF THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE, I WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE, IF THEY CHOOSE TO, IF THEY LIVE NEAR THE AREA AND THEY WANNA CHOOSE TO LIVE IN THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, THAT THEY CAN DO THAT. 
          SO YOU SAID, AND I WROTE THIS DOWN, YOU SAID THAT THEY DID DO THE CALCULATIONS ABOUT 30,000 IF PEOPLE MADE, UH, A ONE BEDROOM AND IT WAS ABOUT FOR 30,000 THAT THEY STILL WOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD. 
          YES. 
          AND SO ONE BEDROOM WILL RENT FOR $815 A MONTH. 
          AND THE WAY WE LOOK AT HOUSING IS AN INDIVIDUAL WILL SPEND ONE THIRD OF THEIR INCOME ON HOUSING. 
          AND SO SOMEBODY MAKING ABOUT $30,000 A YEAR COULD AFFORD TO LIVE IN THIS ONE BEDROOM UNIT. 
          AND THEN SOMEBODY MAKING 38,000 A YEAR, OR A COUPLE, MAKING 38,000 A YEAR COULD AFFORD THE TWO BEDROOM UNIT. 
          AND THAT IS ACTUALLY THE, THE TWO BEDROOM UNIT IS PRICED AT 61% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          AND I ALSO, UH, WANT TO THANK, UH, JOHN AND JIM, A PLUMMER FIRM, THE P F C TWO FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, UH, TOGETHER AND THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES BECAUSE IT, IT DOES TAKE ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER. 
          AND I THINK MAYOR, AS YOU KNOW, AND AS YOU HEARD, OUR CONVERSATIONS, UM, HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OTHER, UM, ELEMENTS OF HOUSING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THE CITY. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. 
          BUT I THINK WHEN WE WANNA HAVE BELIEVERS, WHEN WE WANNA HAVE INVESTMENT, WHEN WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THERE IS INVESTMENT BALANCED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, I THINK WE'VE 
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PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND HAVE, HAVE A WOMEN IN COMBINATION HERE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN GRO. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCKO. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I WANTED TO, UH, COMMEND COUNCILMAN SHAW FOR THE WORK HE'S DONE, UH, BRINGING EVERYBODY, UH, TOGETHER ON THIS AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE PROJECT TODAY. 
          AND, UH, THE, I I, I REASON I WANTED TO CHIME IN WAS BECAUSE I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, THIS IS EXACTLY KIND OF WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WAS, UH, WE NEED TO BE PUSHING THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL CORNERS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UH, I TAKE COUNCILMAN K'S POINTS ON HOUSING, YOU KNOW, VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          I THINK WE HAVE TO FIND AFFORDABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYBODY WHEREVER YOU'RE AT, RIGHT? I REPRESENT A DISTRICT THAT'S A TALE OF TWO HALVES. 
          I'VE GOT OUTSIDE OF FOUR TEN'S, GOT GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND GOOD THINGS GOING, AND INSIDE FOUR 10, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T EAT RIGHT? CHILDREN GET THEIR ONLY MEAL AT, UH, SCHOOL, AND IN THE SUMMERS THEY MAY NOT BE GETTING FOOD, RIGHT? SO IT'S A, IT'S A DRASTIC DIFFERENCE IN THE AREA I REPRESENT. 
          BUT I THINK TO MYSELF, BOY, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A RED BERRY TYPE PROJECT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE OLD HIGHWAY 90 CORRIDOR OR, OR ON 1 51. 
          SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, I SEE, OKAY, MAYBE OVER 20 YEARS, IT'S ONLY A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT IT'S NOT A LOSS, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT LOSING ANY MONEY IN THAT SCENARIO. 
          SO THE DOLLARS MAKE SENSE TO ME. 
          I THINK THE PARTNERS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN IT ARE GOOD. 
          UH, MR. CASEY, UH, UH, DAN MARKS IN THE N R P GROUP, UH, THE RK GROUP. 
          SO I, I, I FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT THE ACTORS THAT ARE INVOLVED AND THE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE DOING THIS, BUT I KEEP TELLING MYSELF THIS IS SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO TAKE A FEW RISKS AND PUSH A LITTLE FURTHER OUR BOUNDARIES THAN WHO WE ARE AND GET OUT TOWARDS THESE AREAS AROUND 1604 AND PUSH, UH, EVERY ONE OF US PROBABLY HAS SOME AREA IN OUR DISTRICT THAT'S JUST MISSING THAT LITTLE NODE OF OPPORTUNITY. 
          UH, AND IF WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT, AND, AND PART OF MY MOVE AND PUSH ON TALKING ABOUT INCENTIVES AND STUFF, LIKE THAT'S, TO IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, AND THIS COULD BE A REALLY GOOD TEST CASE FOR US, RIGHT? UH, TO SEE HOW, UH, WE GO INTO AN AREA THAT WE WOULDN'T OTHERWISE THINK WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          BUT THERE'S A, SOMETHING THERE THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          THE MANSION, UH, THERE'S ENERGY AND OPPORTUNITY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS IT, RIGHT? THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          SO I TEND TO, IN, IN THESE CASES, ALWAYS WANNA DEFER TO, TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE AREA, AND COUNCILMAN CRUZ, UH, COUNCILMAN SHAW. 
          AND I THINK THAT IF AS LONG AS WE WORK TOGETHER, WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HIM ON THIS PROJECT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND IT'S A LONG-TERM FUNCTION TO BUILD AND CHANGE A COMMUNITY, BUT THE FIRST STEP SOMETIMES IS STEPPING OUTSIDE YOUR NORMAL BOX OR OPPORTUNITY AND MOVING, UH, TO SOMEWHERE WHERE WE WOULDN'T NORMALLY THINK WE CAN DO GOOD WORK LIKE THIS. 
          SO, TO THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND EVERYBODY, I MEAN, THAT'S MY CHALLENGE TO YOU IS RIGHT, IS TO HOLD FIRM TO WHAT YOU'VE PROMISED. 
          UH, IT'S ONE THING TO COME IN HERE AND GET THE APPROVAL ON THE, AND THE 11 VOTES, OR MAYBE NOT 11, MAYBE NINE OR TWO, WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'S GONNA BE TODAY. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THIS PASSES IS BECAUSE I WANNA SEE YOU DO THIS. 
          SO IT CAN BE SOMETHING TO SHOW EVERYWHERE ELSE. 
          AND THEN I'M GONNA BE KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR FOR THE HIGHWAY 90 AREA SAYING, WE, WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING IN THE WEST SIDE, RIGHT? WHERE, WHAT CAN WE DO IN HERE AROUND THIS WEST SIDE EDUCATION TRAINING CENTER, THINGS WE COULD DO TO RAISE FAMILIES UP, UH, IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE THAT HOUSING PIECE REALLY STARTS TO, IT STARTS TO SHINE INTO COUNCILMAN KURT'S POINT WAS HOW DO WE PUT PEOPLE ULTIMATELY CARE ABOUT GOOD ROOFS AND, UH, GOOD HOMES, RIGHT? AND THEN GOOD JOBS. 
          SO IF WE CAN FIND THOSE CHANCES, I'M ALWAYS GONNA SUPPORT THOSE PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE THINK OUTSIDE THE NORMAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          AND I WANT TO COMMEND COUNCILMAN SHAW FOR, UH, COMING IN IMMEDIATELY AND JUMPING ALL OVER THE PROJECT AND MAKING IT HAPPEN. 
          SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PARTNER AND, AND WATCHING CLOSELY TO SEE WHAT I CAN COPY OVER, UH, IN THE AREAS OF MY DISTRICT THAT DEFINITELY NEED THIS TYPE OF REDEVELOPMENT AND HELP AND INCENTIVES. 
          THIS IS THE TYPE OF STUFF WE NEED TO BE DOING WITH THE, WITH THE FINITE AMOUNT OF CASH WE HAVE. 
          IT'S HELPING SMALL, MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES, FOLKS LIKE YOURSELVES THAT ARE TRYING TO GROW AND DO GOOD THINGS IN DISTRICTS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK AND, AND, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE MEASURE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCK, HOUSE, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF COUNCILMAN SHAW AND, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE P F C AND ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WORKED ON THIS FOR, FOR YEARS, OBVIOUSLY LONG BEFORE I HEARD ABOUT IT. 
          SO, UH, THEY CLEARLY HAD A VISION, THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT THEY WANTED TO MATERIALIZE, AND THIS IS THE DEAL THAT, THAT IT TOOK TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          SO I'VE ALSO SEEN THE COUNCILMAN'S ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS PROJECT, SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING IT AS WELL. 
          UH, I DO HAVE, UH, JUST SOME QUICK, UH, QUESTIONS AND, AND COMMENTS. 
          UM, LORI, IN TERMS OF THE, YOU SAID THE MONEY COMING BACK TO THE, THE CITY WOULD BE, UM, 175,000 EACH YEAR, WAS THAT RIGHT? SO ANNUALLY WHAT WE DID IS THERE'LL BE THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN TAXES COMING BACK TO THE CITY OVER 20 YEARS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , AND THEN IT'D BE ABOUT 175 ANNUALLY YEAH. 
          IN A TAX BENEFIT TO THE CITY. 
          NOW, PREVIOUSLY, I DID TELL COUNCILMAN PERRY THAT THE LAND WASN'T PART OF THAT $10 MILLION, 
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BUT, BUT THE LAND IS PART OF THAT. 
          THE $1.4 MILLION TAX REAP PROPERTY IS IN THERE. 
          THE REMAINING PROPERTY WILL BE RETAINED BY THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THE LAND IS PART OF THAT 10 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          THE ONLY THING THAT'S NOT PART OF THAT IS THE $60,000 WE SPEND ON MAINTENANCE. 
          HOWEVER, IF WE WERE TO DO NOTHING, WE WOULD CONTINUE TO SPEND THAT $60,000 OR MORE. 
          SO I WANTED TO CORRECT THAT. 
          SO THE TAX BENEFIT IS THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OVER 20 YEARS. 
          AND IS THE, SO THE 175,000 THAT YOU SAY IS GOING BACK TO THE CITY, IS THAT GOING TO THE T OR IS THAT GOING TO OUR GENERAL FUND? UM, RIGHT NOW IT'LL GO TO THE TAX AND COMMIT REINVESTMENT ZONE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WHEN THE, WHEN DOES THAT SWITCH OVER? YEAH, AND THEN THAT'LL SWITCH OVER. 
          I BELIEVE THE TS HAS AN, UM, 2025 IS WHEN THE TS EXPIRES, AND THEN AFTER 2025 THAT'LL GO TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I, I DO WANT TO, UH, PIGGYBACK ON SOMETHING THE COUNCILMAN COURAGE STATED. 
          AND I, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE CONCERN, AND I HAVE IT AS WELL, IS IF WE HAVE, UH, SO MUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE AREA RIGHT NOW, IS THIS TYPE OF MOVEMENT GOING TO MODIFY THAT IN THE FUTURE AND, UH, START, UH, DIMINISHING THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE HAVE BY SPURRING ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT? UM, I'M ALSO OF THE MINDSET THAT WE DON'T WANNA CONCENTRATE ALL THE AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ONE PLACE. 
          WE DO WANNA HAVE THAT SPREAD OUT. 
          SO I HOPE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR, OUR HOUSING TASK FORCE CAN, CAN LOOK AT IS WHEN WE MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE STILL HAVE A PLACE FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO, TO LIVE? UM, I ALSO, UH, I WANNA THANK THE P F C FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID ON THAT NEGOTIATION AND ENSURING THAT THERE IS SOME, UH, PROTECTION TO THE CITY, SOME BENEFIT BACK TO THE CITY. 
          AND COUNCILMAN TRIVIO MAKES A GOOD POINT IN THAT THERE WILL BE OVERSIGHT THROUGH THE P F C. 
          UM, AND I'M JUST GONNA MAKE A SMALL REQUEST HERE IS THE P F C IS, UH, IS AN ORGANIZATION WHOSE, UH, INFORMATION I HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING ONLINE ONAR. 
          UM, AND I KNOW I'VE HAD THIS  CONVERSATION WITH JIM PLUMMER. 
          UH, SO THIS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PROJECT. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS OVERSIGHT ON IT. 
          AND FOR THOSE CITIZENS WHO WANNA FOLLOW ALONG, WOULD MAKE THAT EASY FOR THEM TO FIND. 
          SO I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO REQUEST THAT STAFF MAKE SOME ARRANGEMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THAT INFORMATION IS EASILY AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR THEM TO, TO TRACK. 
          AND, UH, JUST MY MY LAST COMMENT IS TO COUNCILMAN, UH, PERRY'S, UH, COMMENT ABOUT 500 EMPLOYEES. 
          YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          I DO HOPE THAT WE WILL HAVE A COMMUTE SOLUTIONS PROGRAM WELL IN THE WORKS BEFORE THIS OPENS, AND THAT THE EMPLOYEES OF RK GROUP WILL CONSIDER PARTICIPATING IN THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR WORK, LORI. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, COUNCILMAN SHAW, AND JUST NOT TO, TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M VERY CLEAR ABOUT MY STANCE WITH THIS PROJECT IS THAT THE FOLKS IN DISTRICT TWO DESERVE A CLASS, A PROJECT, NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS. 
          WE'VE RECEIVED CLASS C PROJECTS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 
          IT'S ABOUT TIME WHEN WE GET A CLASS, A PROJECT, AND WE HAVE THAT WITH THIS PROJECT. 
          SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE. 
          IF THIS PROJECT WOULD'VE BEEN SOME OTHER DISTRICT OUTSIDE 1604, WOULD WE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION? I MEAN, ANSWER YOURSELF THAT, AND THE, IF THE ANSWER IS NO, THAT'S A PROBLEM. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIVERSITY AND EQUITY DISTRICT TWO HAS BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR YEARS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ITSELF. 
          LET'S TAKE ADVANTAGE AND LET'S WORK TOGETHER. 
          BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M EXTREMELY CLEAR WITH THIS. 
          DISTRICT TWO DESERVES A CLASS A HOUSING STOCK, AND I THINK THIS PROJECT IS IT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN SHAW. 
          AND I'LL, I'LL JUST WRAP UP BY SAYING THAT THE, IT'S, IT'S BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED OVER THE LAST 20, 30 YEARS, THE OPPORTUNITY COSTS OF BLIGHT IN CERTAIN AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO WHEN WE HAVE A PROJECT SUCH AS THIS THAT INTERMIXES, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH MARKET RATE, WITH RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES, IT BECOMES A CATALYST FOR REDEVELOPMENT. 
          THE GOOD KIND OF REDEVELOPMENT THAT WE WANT TO SEE, THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. 
          WE HAVE ISSUES IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SITUATION, NOT JUST IN OUR CITY, BUT THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, WHICH IS WHY WE FORMED THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE, SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO SEE THESE KINDS OF CATALYTIC DEVELOPMENTS BEING DRIVEN, UH, BY THE MARKET AND THAT PRODUCE THE KIND OF AFFORDABLE HOMES THAT WE WANT TO SEE. 
          THAT BEING SAID, I THINK IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE IF WE JUST TALKED ABOUT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ON THE RENT PRICE OF THE HOME OR THE CLASS, UH, TYPE OF THE FACILITY. 
          IT'S ALSO ABOUT CONNECTING PEOPLE TO OPPORTUNITIES, E ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES, 
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AND EDUCATION. 
          AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE RED BERRY, UH, PROJECT, THE REASON WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG, AND THE REASON WHY I THINK YOU SEE PEOPLE AROUND THE DIOCESE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS FOR A LONG TIME, SO EXCITING, IS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND ON THAT NOTE, I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN SHAW, UH, FOR GETTING THE BALL TO THE FINISH LINE. 
          UH, AND ALSO TO YOU, LORI, UM, YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF THESE VERY COMPLICATED PROJECTS AND NONE OF THEM ARE PERFECT. 
          UH, BUT I THINK WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF THE FACT THAT, THAT TODAY, UH, WE'RE FINALLY MAKING ACTION HAPPEN AT THE RED BERRY STATE, AN ACTION THAT I THINK WILL BE CATALYTIC AND POSITIVE FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE. 
          PLEASE VOTE YES. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          MOVE NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 
          [12.
Consideration of the following Board, Commission and Committee appointments for the remainder of unexpired terms of office to expire May 31, 2019, to be effective immediately upon the receipt of eight affirmative votes, or, in the event eight affirmative votes are not received, ten days after appointment; or for terms and effectiveness as otherwise indicated below: [Leticia M. Vacek, City Clerk]
A) Appointing Clifford R. Elgin (District 6), Irene Chavez (District 7), and reappointing Roland F. Gonzales (District 8) to the Small Business Advocacy Committee.
B) Appointing Alexander J. Melo (District 6) to the Brooks
Development Authority.
C) Reappointing Oscar Rosalez (District 6) to the Zoning Commission.
D) Reappointing Jacob A. Trevino (District 10) to the San AntonioYouth Commission.
E) Appointing Alan Chesler (District 2) and reappointing Allison P. Cohen (District 10) to the Parks and Recreation Board.
F) Appointing Akeem J. Brown (District 2) to the SA2020 Commission on Education.]
12. 
          ITEM NUMBER 12 IS CONSIDERATION OF BOARD APPOINTMENTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF UNEXPIRED TERMS. AND, UH, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ITEM 12 E. 
          YES, I THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'D LIKE TO, UH, PULL ITEM 12 E ALLEN CHESLER BE REMOVED FROM CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHERE I THINK WE NEEDED AN A PARLIAMENTARIAN. 
          SO THE, THE, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS THE REMOVAL OF ITEM 12 E FROM CONSIDERATION. 
          ANDY, DO WE NEED THAT? UH, NO MA'AM. 
          I THINK IT'S NOT THE, UH, THE ITEM, JUST THE MODIFICATION OF ITEM E SO THAT NOW IT READS APPOINTING, UH, OR I'M SORRY, REAPPOINTING ALLISON P COEN. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I THINK I, I STATED THE, THE COUNCILMAN'S MOTION WRONG. 
          YOUR, YOUR MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 12, ALL EXCEPT ITEM 12 E ONE INDIVIDUAL. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, GOT IT. 
          COULD YOU RESTATE YOUR MOTION, COUNCILMAN? SO A MOTION OF PROVE ITEM 12, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 12 E AND HAVE HIM REMOVED FROM THE MOTION, UM, ALAN LESLER LESLER BE REMOVED FROM THAT CONSIDERATION. 
          AND WE ACCEPT THE REST OF THE, THE, UH, REAPPOINTMENTS. 
          UH, AS A CLARIFICATION, COUNCILMAN, YOU'RE NOT REMOVING 12 E, YOU'RE MODIFYING 12 E SO THAT ALAN CHESLER IT COMES OFF, BUT YOU'RE KEEPING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF ALLISON P COEN, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY, I THINK I GOT IT. 
          . 
          SO THERE IS A MOTION ON ITEM 12, AMENDING ITEM 12 E, CORRECT, TO REMOVE THAT ONE NAME. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THERE IS A SECOND. 
          PLEASE VOTE YES. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM 15, 
          [15.
An Ordinance modifying the criteria in the City’s Urban Renewal Plan for six of the 17 appointments to the Neighborhood Improvements Advisory Committee. [Peter Zanoni, Deputy City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department]]
ITEM NUMBER 15 IS AN ORDINANCE MODIFYING THE CRITERIA IN THE CITY'S URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR SIX OF THE 17 APPOINTMENTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, COUNCILWOMAN GRO. 
          HI, I, UH, HI VERONICA. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          DID YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? YES, MA'AM. 
          COULD WE JUST GO THROUGH IT QUICKLY? THANK YOU. 
          SO WE HAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          VERONICA SOTA WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS TO MODIFY THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          UM, SO IT IS AN ORDINANCE ADDRESSING THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN, UH, BECAUSE IT IS THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2016. 
          THAT DELINEATES, UH, WHO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS. 
          AS A REMINDER, UH, THIS COMMITTEE IS WHAT WE'LL OVERSEE AND HAVE A LOT OF, UH, UH, ENGAGEMENT WITH THE HOUSING BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND SO THERE IS, UM, UH, A TOTAL OF 17 APPOINTEES TO THIS COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL APPOINTEES. 
          THERE ARE 10 REPRESENTATIVES BY EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          THERE ARE FIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, UM, HAVE TO BE RESIDENTS CURRENTLY WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AREAS THAT ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. 
          ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE HOUSING COMMISSION ALSO APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE COMMITTEE CHAIR APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. 
          SO, UH, WHEN I CAME ON BOARD IN JULY AND AUGUST, VISITED WITH YOU ABOUT THE APPOINTEES BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL 17 MEMBERS. 
          UH, AND IN PARTICULAR THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE WITH THE RESIDENTS, UM, THE FIVE MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AREAS. 
          THIS COMMITTEE WAS CREATED TO HELP GUIDE AND OVERSEE THE WORK OF THE HOUSING BOND 
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FOR THE 12 AREAS. 
          IN THE 12 AREAS. 
          THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT ARE VACANT LAND OR VACANT BUILDINGS, SO THERE ARE NO RESIDENTS. 
          SO WE STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT TO GET NAMES. 
          UM, AS I VISITED WITH YOU, UH, IN LATE JULY AND AUGUST, I ASKED EACH OF YOU TO GIVE US ADDITIONAL NAMES FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO CONSIDER FOR THOSE FIVE APPOINTEES. 
          UM, AND AT THE END OF AUGUST, I THINK WE ONLY HAD THREE, THREE NAMES AND WE HAD FIVE APPOINTEES. 
          SO THE CONVERSATION WAS TO LIVE IN THE SPIRIT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO STILL HAVE RESIDENTS BE APPOINTED, BUT TO CONSIDER A BUFFER AREA BEYOND THE ORIGINAL 12 BOUNDARIES. 
          AND SO THIS AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF YOU IS DOING EXACTLY THAT. 
          IT IS SAYING THAT THE APPOINTEES TO REPRESENT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT RESIDENT CAN BE A RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AREA OR LIVE WITHIN A ONE MILE BUFFER. 
          SO THAT IS THE ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL NOW. 
          WE HAVE OVER 30 NAMES, UH, AVAILABLE THAT CAN BE APPOINTED. 
          WE ONLY HAVE 10 OF THE 17 APPOINTEES. 
          WE WISH TO HAVE THE FIRST MEETING CONVENED SOON. 
          AND WITH THIS, UH, AMENDMENT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, VERONICA. 
          AND, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS MAYOR IS ONE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO REACH OUT AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          AND ALSO FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE, WHO WATCH AND WHO ARE LISTENING AND WANT TO BE INVOLVED, THIS IS US TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS PART OF OUR BOND PROCESS AND OVERSIGHT OF THIS PROCESS. 
          AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GET ENGAGED IN ACTIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, TO MAKE SURE THE PLANNING OF THE FUTURE OF THE AREA THAT THEY PLEASE CONTACT OUR, OUR OFFICE AND BE A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE YOU AND YOUR SERVICES AND YOUR IDEAS ARE EXTREMELY NEEDED AND, UH, WANTED HERE IN OUR, OUR AREA FOR OUR URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I HOPE WE GET A LOT OF CALLS IN OUR OFFICES TODAY, MAYOR. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VERAN. 
          THERE IS A MOTION. 
          DID I HEAR A SECOND? UH, FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 15. 
          OH, I'M SORRY YOU DIDN'T . 
          IT WAS A PREMONITION. 
          UM, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 15. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          YES. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR COUNCIL. 
          A SESSION AGENDA. 
          UM, IS THERE 
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A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL? JUST, UH, TWO ITEMS, UH, THIS MORNING. 
          UH, FIRST, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE ALAMO DOME AND OUR CLEAR BAG POLICY, AND THIS IS AS MUCH FOR THE PUBLIC, THE VIEWING PUBLIC THAT ARE WATCHING OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. 
          BUT YOU KNOW THAT WE HOST MORE THAN, UH, 150 EVENT DAYS WITH MORE THAN 1 MILLION VISITORS AT THE ALAMO DOM EACH YEAR. 
          AND SO WE HAVE TAKEN ON A NEW SAFETY POLICY TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC AND TO SIGNIFICANTLY EXPEDITE THE FAN ENTRY INTO THE STADIUM. 
          SO WE'VE IMPLEMENTED A CLEAR BAG POLICY AND JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE COUNCIL ABOUT THIS AS WELL AS, UM, OUR RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND VISITORS. 
          THIS CLEAR BAG POLICY LIMITS THE SIZE OF THE BAGS COMING INTO, UH, THE ALAMO DOME. 
          ALL BAGS ARE SUBJECT TO INSPECTION AT THE ENTRANCE. 
          HOWEVER, THE CLEAR BAG POLICY REDUCES THE LIKELIHOOD OF FAULTY BAG SEARCHES AND CONTINUES OUR COMMITMENT, UH, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITIES. 
          IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING POLICY. 
          SO A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STADIUMS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, UH, ALSO HAVE CLEAR BAGG POLICIES, AND IT'S ENFORCED AT ALL N F L STADIUMS AS WELL IN MANY COLLEGE STADIUMS, INCLUDING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, TEXAS A AND M AND TEXAS TECH. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE N C A A DOES REQUIRE A CLEAR BAGG POLICY TO BE ENFORCED AT ALL FACILITIES THAT HOST THE NCAA FINAL FOUR EVENTS. 
          AND BEGINNING WITH THE FINAL FOUR THAT WAS HELD, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR IN PHOENIX. 
          AND AS WE KNOW, WE'LL BE HOSTING THAT C A A EVENT, UH, THE END OF MARCH, EARLY APRIL NEXT YEAR. 
          SO IT, THIS HAS BEEN SHARED ON THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, POSTED ON THE ALAMO DOME AND CITY WEBSITES. 
          SIGNS ARE POSTED IN THE PARKING LOTS, UH, WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY BEFORE THE GAMES AND PEDESTRIAN PASS SO THAT VISITORS CAN BE PREPARED WHEN THEY ARRIVE. 
          JUST WANTED TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THE MESSAGE AND SHARE THAT WITH YOU TODAY BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT HOW WE PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND VISITORS TO THE DOME. 
          AND THEN SECONDLY, MAYOR, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE, UH, 
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NEW AVIATION TASK FORCE THAT YOU'LL BE APPOINTING AND LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT AIR SERVICE WITH REGARD TO THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 
          UH, YOU DID A PROGRAM LAST EVENING WITH OUR AVIATION DIRECTOR, RUSS HANDY, THAT WAS, UH, EXTREMELY POSITIVE AND JUST WANTED TO NOTE, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL THAT WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD ON CONTINUING TO MAKE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL, UH, PART OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AS WE SERVICE THE PUBLIC. 
          AND SINCE THE SPRING OF 2016, WE'VE INITIATED AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT PLANS, UH, THAT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED REGIONS THROUGHOUT THE US AS PRIORITY MARKETS AND TO ENHANCE OUR AIR SERVICE DELIVERY. 
          UH, THOSE PLANS HAVE CREATED A PARTNERSHIP, UH, THROUGH AND WITH OUR CONSULTANTS, SEABURY. 
          AND WE DID A COMPETITIVE PROCESS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND BROUGHT IN SOME NEW EXPERTISE TO HELP AND SUPPLEMENT OUR OWN STAFF AS WE, UH, LOOK AT HOW WE CAN ENHANCE NONSTOP AIR SERVICE FROM SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL. 
          SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN IN MAY OF 2016, OUR AIRPORT HAS SEEN AN INCREASE FROM 35 TO 42 NONSTOP DESTINATIONS, ALONG WITH THE ADDITION OF TWO NEW CARRIERS, AIR CANADA AND FRONTIER AIRLINES. 
          AND SO THE EFFORTS HAVE RESULTED IN NEW AIR SERVICE TO REGIONS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THAT AIR DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, INCLUDING TORONTO, OUR FIRST CANADIAN DESTINATION, PHILADELPHIA CONNECTING AN UNDERSERVED EAST COAST MARKET, UH, COLORADO SPRINGS, KANSAS CITY, CINCINNATI, AND TWO WEST COAST MARKETS, ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA, AND SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. 
          AND AGAIN, OUR EFFORTS TO OBTAIN THESE NEW MARKETS WERE DELIBERATE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. 
          OUR AIRPORT STAFF HAVE USED, UH, THE AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT PLAN IN MEETINGS WITH THE AIRLINES TO UNDERSCORE THE CASE OF WHY NEW SERVICE WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SO THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE ARE MARKET DRIVEN. 
          UH, WE CAN INCENTIVIZE AND HELP THOSE, UH, LOCATIONS GET STARTED, BUT IN THE END, THEY MUST BE, UH, SUPPORTED AND CONTINUED, UH, THROUGH THAT MARKET DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, IN ADDITION TO THE SEVEN NEW NONSTOP SERVICE MARKETS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WE'VE ALSO OBTAINED 11 ADDITIONAL NON-STOP FLIGHTS TO MARKETS ALREADY SERVED, PROVIDING MORE FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES AND GREATER COMPETITION, WHICH MEANS LOWER FARES. 
          JUST LAST WEEK, AMERICAN AIRLINES ANNOUNCED A NEW DAILY NON-STOP FLIGHT TO PHILADELPHIA, COMPLIMENTING THE EXISTING SERVICE THAT BEGAN IN 2016. 
          SO SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER GROWTH CONTINUES TO BREAK RECORDS. 
          IN AUGUST, WE ACHIEVED OUR 14TH CONSECUTIVE MONTH OF GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS. 
          AND TO DATE, WE'VE REACHED JUST OVER 5.9 MILLION PASSENGERS, AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 4% CON UH, COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. 
          UH, WE BELIEVE WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY TO BREAK THE 2016 RECORD, AND THAT OUR CONTINUED INCREASE IN PASSENGER GROWTH NUMBERS IS INDICATIVE OF OUR REGION'S ECONOMIC GROWTH. 
          SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT IN AUGUST, UH, WHEN WE ACHIEVED A RECORD BREAKING NUMBER OF PASSENGERS, THIS WAS DESPITE THE CANCELLATION OF 265 FLIGHTS DUE TO H HURRICANE HARVEY, WE STILL EXCEEDED, UH, THE PREVIOUS, UH, MONTH, THE PREVIOUS YEARS MONTH OF AUGUST. 
          AND WHILE WE WERE AT THE E O C, OF COURSE, PREPARING FOR, UH, THE POTENTIAL IMPACT TO OUR AREA, AIRPORT STAFF WERE COORDINATING WITH AIRLINE AND TENANT PROPERTIES TO MANAGE THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CANCELED FLIGHTS AND TO PROVIDE CUSTOMER SERVICE, UH, TO THE PASSENGERS. 
          AS AN ASIDE, AFTER THIS EFFORT, THEY QUICKLY TRANSITIONED TO SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT FELLOW TEXANS IN HOUSTON AND DEMONSTRATING THE COMPASSION OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO WE BELIEVE THE DEMONSTRATED DEMAND FOR AIR SERVICE IN OUR CITY AND OUR REGION WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH IN OUR PASSENGER NUMBERS AND THE ADDITION OF EVEN MORE ROUTES, UH, FROM CARRIERS, EXPANDING MARKETS TO THE EAST AND WEST COAST, LATIN AND SOUTH AMERICA, AS WELL AS EUROPE IN OUR FUTURE. 
          SO THESE EXAMPLES OF SUCCESS AND PROGRESS CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT'S POSITION AS A DRIVING FORCE TO THE REGION'S ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY. 
          MAYOR. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED EFFORTS AND COLLABORATION WITH THE NEW TASK FORCE THAT WILL BE UPDATING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AND STINSON AIRPORT. 
          UH, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE ADDITION OF AIR SERVICE EXPANSION AND PROVIDE FURTHER SUCCESSES FOR, UH, 
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SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL. 
          AND LASTLY, I WILL SAY THAT JENNA ACETO HERRERA AND RUSS HANDY ARE CO-CHAIRING THIS, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE AIR SERVICE TASK FORCE, UH, ADDRESSING NONSTOP AIR SERVICE AND THE INCREASES. 
          AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORT AND IT DEMONSTRATES THE PARTNERSHIP AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AIRPORT AS PART OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. 
          SO, UM, LOTS OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE AIRPORT, JUST WANTED TO NOTE THE PROGRESS AND EMPHASIZE THAT WE'RE COMMITTED AND CONTINUE TO WORK AT IMPROVING IT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU CHERYL. 
          AND THAT IS THE DURATION OF OUR AGENDA. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON.
* 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.