* 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.
           
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GOOD MORNING, PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. 
          WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF DECEMBER, THE 14TH, 2017. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TINO HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GRAND COUNCIL MEMBER SALANA HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LIA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR NURENBERG HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. 
          TIME NOW IS 9 0 4. 
          WE'LL BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION GUEST OF COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, WELCOME EVERYBODY ON OUR LAST, UH, COUNCIL MEETING OF THE YEAR. 
          SO IT'S A, IT'S A VERY JOYOUS OCCASION AS WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SOME TIME TOGETHER, UH, BE THANKFUL AND, AND THEN BREAK FOR THE HOLIDAYS. 
          SO, WITH THAT IN MIND, I THINK THIS INVOCATION TODAY IS A LITTLE EXTRA SPECIAL. 
          SO I ASKED FATHER, UH, RODOLFO CABALLERO GARCIA TO COME TODAY, UH, FROM PRINCE OF PEACE CHURCH. 
          HE'S THE PASTOR OF PRINCE OF PEACE. 
          UH, IT IS MY PARISH, AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM TO SEE HIM HERE TODAY, UH, IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOU, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT I GET EVERY, UH, SUNDAY OVER IN DISTRICT SIX. 
          SO, UH, FATHER RODOLFO IS A, A PRIEST HERE IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          HE IS THE PASTOR OF A PRINCE OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH. 
          UH, PREVIOUSLY HE HAS SERVED AS IN HOUSTON AS A SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR, A BUSINESS ETHICS COUNSELOR. 
          AND BY THE WAY, HE IS VERY ADEPT AT BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND, AND SOME CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD ABOUT ALL THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, PRETTY AMAZING IN THE PAST. 
          UM, FATHER RODOLFO WAS ORDAINED A PRIEST IN ROME IN 2003 AND HOLDS DEGREES IN PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY. 
          UH, AND, UM, I CAN TELL YOU, HE, UH, ON SUNDAYS WHEN I HEAR HIM SPEAK, HE FILLS THE ROOM WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
          AND IT'S A BLESSING THAT WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE TODAY IN OUR LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR, TO THINK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS, WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, WHEN WE, UH, COME UP TO CHRISTMAS, UH, FROM BIRTH TO SACRIFICE, UM, TO REDEMPTION AND LOVE. 
          I THINK IT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION. 
          WHAT FAITH DOES FOR US IN OUR TIME OF POLITICS AND, AND THE NEED FOR HUMAN DIGNITY AND OUR DIALOGUE AND ALL OF THAT WRAPPED UP, I THINK COMES BACK TO THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A MOMENT, BE THANKFUL FOR EACH OTHER, UH, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO LISTEN AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. 
          SOME ARGUMENTS HERE AND THERE MAY POP UP ON OUR CITY COUNCIL DAYS, BUT AT THE END OF IT, WE ALL HAVE WHAT'S THE BEST INTEREST OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT'S A GREAT WAY TO CLOSE OUT THE YEAR. 
          UH, AND WITH THAT, I AM BEYOND PLEASED AND EXCITED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU FATHER RODOLFO, UH, FOR OUR INVOCATION TODAY. 
          HEY, GOOD MORNING. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING, YOU ALL. 
          MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          AND THOSE WHO ARE ALSO IN THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, I THINK IT'S, IT'S ALSO AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE PRESENT AND, UH, THROUGH MY MINISTRY, MAKE PRESENCE, UH, GOD, OUR LORD, AS WE CLOSE THIS YEAR, AND ALSO AS WE COME TOGETHER, NOT ONLY AS A FAMILY, OUR OWN FAMILY, BUT ALSO AS A FAMILY THAT WE ARE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHERE WE LOOK MORE THAN ANYTHING FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR PEOPLE, FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF OUR SOCIETY AND THE COMMON GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY. 
          IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE SO MANY MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE WITH THE ONLY INTEREST OF SERVING, WITH THE ONLY INTEREST OF LOOKING FOR THE, THE COMMON GOOD. 
          ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE, WHO ARE WEAK, THOSE WHO ARE THEY'RE POOR AND ARE NEEDY. 
          I THINK EVERYBODY LOOKS UP TO YOU WITH LOTS OF HOPE, AND AS ALL AUTHORITY COMES FROM GOD, AS WE KNOW YOU IN YOUR OWN WAY, IN YOUR OWN OFFICE, THE OFFICE THAT YOU HOLD, REPRESENT GOD, OH LORD, IN CARING FOR ALL OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN OUR CITY. 
          SO WITH THAT IN MIND, 
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I ASK THE LORD TO COME AND BE PRESENT HERE WITH US, AND IN A SPECIAL WAY TO THANK HIM FOR ALL OF HIS BLESSINGS. 
          LORD GOD, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A GRACE TO CLOSE ONE MORE YEAR FULL OF BLESSINGS AND FULL OF HOPE, FULL OF GOALS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD OF WORK. 
          WE THANK YOU ALSO FOR HAVING THE POSSIBILITY OF COMING TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN IN PEACE AND IN FREEDOM, AND ALSO FOR BEING ABLE TO HELP ALL OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED BY SO MANY TRAGEDIES, NOT ONLY IN OUR CITY, BUT ALSO IN OUR STATE, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE HURRICANE HARVEY, AND ALSO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO BEYOND OUR BORDERS TO HELP OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THANK YOU FOR THE POSSIBILITY THAT YOU GIVE US THE TALENTS THAT YOU BESTOW US SO AS TO BE ALSO CARETAKERS FOR MANY, MANY PEOPLE. 
          WE ASK YOU TODAY IN A SPECIAL WAY TO BLESS THIS SESSION, TO BLESS US, TO BLESS OUR FAMILIES, THAT AS WE WRAP UP, AS WE CLOSE ALL THE DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT WE ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH, WE GO HOME AND ENJOY THESE DAYS AROUND THE MYSTERY OF THE INCARNATION OF YOUR SON. 
          WHAT A WONDERFUL MOMENT IT IS FOR US TO SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE AND ENJOY THE COMPANY OF OUR FAMILY, OF OUR FRIENDS, HOW WONDERFUL IT IS. 
          AND SOMETIMES WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT WE ARE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, THAT WE CAN DO THIS WITH OUR HINDRANCE OF ANY WAY OR ANY SORT THAT WE CAN SAY AND PROCLAIM YOUR NAME. 
          THANK YOU LORD FOR THAT. 
          AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE MEN THAT HAVE SERVED OUR NATION, OUR COUNTRY, AND ALSO THAT THOSE WHO SERVE OUR CITY, OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND ALSO OUR SECURITY OFFICERS OR OUR FIRST RESPONDENTS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS. 
          AND GIVE US THE GRACE. 
          GIVE US THE GENEROSITY. 
          GIVE US THE TALENT TO CONTINUE TO DISCUSS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT MATTERS THAT WE HAVE TO, TO BRING UPON THE TABLE WITH RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER, WITH THE ONLY INTENTION AND DESIRE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. 
          AMEN. 
          UNITED STATES NATION. 
          THANK YOU FATHER CADO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE ARAN A, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS FOR 
          [3. Approval of Minutes for the City Council Regular Meetings of October
18 - 19, 2017]
CITY COUNCIL IS ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE MEETINGS OF OCTOBER 18TH AND 19TH. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 19TH, 18TH, AND 19TH. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          AT THIS TIME, I'D 
          [Consent Agenda]
LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS BY WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR INDIVIDUALLY. 
          ALL ITEMS AT THIS POINT ARE ON CONSENT SAVED FOR ITEMS 41 A AND 41 B, WHICH ARE PULLED FOR RECUSAL PURPOSES 14 AND 34. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ADDED 1421 AND 34. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ITEMS THAT WILL BE HEARD ON INDIVIDUAL? YES, THE, THESE ARE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE ITEMS NUMBER 5, 8 15, 21, 22, 24, 31, AND 36. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHAT WE HAVE 
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ADDED ALSO, ITEM NUMBER 34. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND ITEM NUMBER 14. 
          14. 
          ANY OTHERS? WE GOT THAT. 
          13, 17, WHICH ITEM COUNCILMAN? 13, 17. 
          OKAY. 
          37. 
          YOU'VE GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          41. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ ALL ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? OKAY. 
          THEY'RE NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER. 
          13. 
          I I'VE GOT 'EM IN ORDER. 
          SO WHY DON'T I GO AHEAD AND READ 'EM IN ORDER AND THEN YOU CAN CHECK ME. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S AGENDA TODAY WILL BE ITEMS 5, 8, 13, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 24, 31, 34, 36, AND 37 AND 41 FOR RECUSAL. 
          AND 41 IS INDIVIDUAL FOR RECUSAL PURPOSES. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          HEARING THOSE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA SAVED FOR THOSE ITEMS I JUST PREVIOUSLY READ. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SAY FOR THE ITEMS I PREVIOUSLY READ, WE DO HAVE A CITIZEN, UH, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM ON CONSENT, AND I'LL, I'LL CALL HIM NOW. 
          JACK FINGER. 
          WELL, MAYOR NURNBERG, ANOTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD. 
          MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. 
          YES. 
          THIS IS THE SEASON WHERE JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON. 
          HE CAME DOWN TO SAVE ALL MEN'S SOULS FOR ALL ETERNITY. 
          OF COURSE, HE HAS NOTHING ON ETERNITY, NOTHING, UH, AGAIN, OVER THE, UH, ANY CITY COUNCIL WHO TRIES TO PASS A TEMPORARY TAX INCREASE OR RATE INCREASE. 
          NOTHING ON ETERNITY THERE. 
          YES. 
          ANYWAY, ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA, WISH TO ITEMS WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, AND I'M JUST GONNA SKIP AROUND THE BIG ONE RIGHT NOW. 
          OH, AND IF I COULD HAVE AN AUDIO VISUAL PLEASE. 
          SO, ITEM ITEM, UH, NUMBER 41 IS THE BIG TAX ABATEMENT ALONG WITH ALL THE, ALL THE BAD THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH TAX ABATEMENTS. 
          THE IDEA THAT, WELL, YOU AND I CANNOT GET A TAX ABATEMENT, IT SEEMS LIKE, BUT THE BIG CORPORATIONS CAN IF THEY FURNISH X NUMBER OF JOBS FOR A LOCATION WHERE THEY'RE WITH, WITH THE THREAT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE US IF THEY DON'T OR WHEN THEY, THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOREVER. 
          BUT, UH, THE ONE FOR, FOR U S A A U, SS A A HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR, FOR GOOD QUALITY SERVICE, BUT IT ALWAYS HAD RESPECT FOR THE MILITARY. 
          BUT, UH, IN RECENT YEARS, SADLY, IT HAS BEEN, UH, UH, GONE OVER TO THE DARK SIDE. 
          YEAH. 
          YEP. 
          IT'S GONE. 
          U SS A A HAS NOW, AS THEY SAY, UH, LET'S SEE, THE SECOND YEAR YOU, FOR THE SECOND YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE HOMOSEXUAL COMMUNITY, THE SECOND YEAR U SS A A SCORES 100 ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CORPORATE EQUALITY INDEX. 
          NOW LET'S PUT THAT ON THERE. 
          MR. AUDIOVISUAL MANAGER. 
          JUST, JUST BLOW THAT UP SO THEY CAN READ EVERYTHING THERE. 
          CAN THEY, CAN THEY READ HARD TO SEE ALL THAT? YEAH, YEAH. 
          AS MUCH AS YOU CAN THERE. 
          HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN RELEASE RESULTS OF THE 2018 CORPORATE QUALITY INDEX SEVEN COMPANIES. 
          THE U SS A RECEIVED A SCORE OF 100. 
          THAT MEANS THAT, UM, WELL, WHAT DOES IT DO REPRESENT THE FIRST TIME THE COMPANY'S PARTICIPATED, MANAGED ITS COMP. 
          BASICALLY, IT GIVES SPECIAL RIGHTS TO HOMOSEXUALS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          OH YEAH. 
          I'M GETTING PROMOTIONS AND SO FORTH. 
          MY QUESTION IS, WITH ALL THE NEW JOBS THAT BEING CREATED, WILL THERE BE SPECIAL CATEGORIES TO JUST FOR THE HOMOSEXUALS AND THE TRANSGENDERED AND THE BISEXUALS AND SO FORTH THERE? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT'S WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY. 
          ELSEWHERE ON THE AGENDA. 
          OH, JUST SKIPPING AROUND. 
          WE FINALLY, WHAT? WE HAVE ONE, A FEW OTHER THINGS. 
          ITEM 37 IS WHAT Y'ALL DISCUSSED LAST TIME. 
          Y'ALL WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE COMPANY THAT, UH, THAT DIDN'T, UH, HAVE HOLD MEETINGS ON THE WEEKENDS FOR, FOR, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TAX CREDIT THEY WANTS STILL WELFARE HOUSING. 
          MAYBE, MAYBE WE COULD JUST SAY NO TO 
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SOME OF THESE THINGS FOR ONCE. 
          AND ALSO, UH, THE, ANOTHER GIVEAWAY, ITEM 29, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          OH MY GOODNESS. 
          THANK YOU MR. FINGER. 
          SO MANY SCANDALS. 
          SO LITTLE TIME COUNTS. 
          'EM INTRAVENOUS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANNA TAKE THIS PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO TALK ABOUT AN ITEM THAT'S ON CONSENT REGARDING, UH, DEMOLITION OF HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND BUILDINGS WITHIN A HISTORIC DISTRICT. 
          UH, BURNING PROOF REQUIREMENTS ARE BEING STRENGTHENED. 
          UH, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, UH, ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IN, IN, IN THE CENTER CITY. 
          AND JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. 
          I WANNA THANK STAFF. 
          UH, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH, WITH SHANNON MILLER AND LIZ PROVINCIO TO, TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I THINK ARE GONNA STRENGTHEN, UH, THIS, THIS ORDINANCE. 
          UH, THERE'S SOME EXAMPLES ABOUT HOW WE'RE, WE'RE STRENGTHENING THE LANGUAGE. 
          I ENCOURAGE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW WE DID THIS. 
          UH, I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO THANK JIM COLLUM FOR HELPING BRINGING THIS ISSUE. 
          UH, JIM COLLUM OF RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHO'S BEEN A LONGTIME CHAMPION OF PROTECTING HISTORIC STRUCTURES IN HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UH, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE MOVE TOWARDS PROTECTING THE CHARACTER AND MAKEUP OF, OF OUR CITY. 
          UH, THIS, THIS PROPOSAL, UH, THESE PROPOSED CHANGES DO THAT. 
          AND I CERTAINLY RECOMMEND THAT WE APPROVE, UH, THIS ITEM 26, THAT, THAT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SO JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK MOVING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN TREO. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK STAFF FOR WORKING ON ITEM 25, AMENDING CHAPTER 18 MOBILE LIVING PARKS, UH, TO INCLUDE, UH, REGISTRATION AND ANNUAL INSPECTIONS. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE ON THIS. 
          AND, UM, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEALTHIER MOBILE HOME PARK COMMUNITIES AND THANKS TO THE MAYOR FOR HIS WORK ON THIS AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER 41. 
          [41. Consideration of the following items related to the USAA Expansion
Project for the creation of 1,500 net new full time jobs to San Antonio:
[Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; John Jacks, Director, Center
City Development & Operations]
41A. An Ordinance authorizing the negotiation and execution of a Chapter
380 Economic Development Program Loan in the amount of $4 million
to United Services Automobile Association for the creation of 1,000 net
new full-time jobs to San Antonio and access to parking for the general
public.
41B. An Ordinance authorizing the negotiation and execution of a Tax
Abatement Agreement with United Services Automobile Association in
an amount not to exceed $2 million or for a term of 10 years,
whichever comes first, for the investment of at least $70 million in
downtown properties located at 300 Convent Street and 700 N. St.
Mary’s St. and the creation of an additional 500 net new full-time jobs
to San Antonio.]
ITEM NUMBER 41 IS A RESOLUTION STATING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S INTENT TO CONSENT TO THE WEST POINT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT CREATION BY BEXAR COUNTY FOR PROPERTIES GENERALLY LOCATED WEST OF LOOP 1604, AND WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN WEST BEXAR COUNTY. 
          ITEM 40 41 IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS RELATED TO THE U SS A, A EXPANSION PROJECT FOR THE CREATION OF 1500 NET NEW JOB JOBS TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          ITEM 41 A IS THE ORDINANCE RELATED TO THAT ITEM? AND ITEM 41 B IS THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF THE TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT WITH U SS A A. 
          OKAY, THIS ITEM WAS PULLED FOR RECUSAL PURPOSES. 
          COUNCILMAN TINO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, WE'RE PROUD OF, OF THE GREAT WORK, UH, STAFF AND, UH, U SS A A HAVE, HAVE, UH, DEVELOPED HERE TO, TO REALLY BRING SOMETHING QUITE SPECIAL TO, TO DOWNTOWN. 
          AND, UM, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE, THE HARD WORK, UH, OF, OF OVERALL THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR DOWNTOWN THAT HAS, THAT HAS LED TO, TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
          WE THINK THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A, AN INCREDIBLE IMPROVEMENT FOR OUR CITY WITH A GREAT CITY PARTNER. 
          LIKE U SS A A WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF AND, UH, U SS A A FOR MAKING THIS INCREDIBLE GESTURE AND MOVE TO, TO INVEST AND STAY AND REMAIN HERE IN THE, THE HEART OF SAN ANTONIO RIGHT HERE IN OUR CENTER CITY. 
          WITH THAT I PROUDLY MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE ITEM 41, 41 A AND 41 B. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 41, 41 A AND B, COUNCILWOMAN GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AT U S A A AND ALL OF THOSE THAT WORK TOGETHER SO DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAPPENED. 
          THANK YOU, CHERYL, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT WITH THIS WORLD RENOWNED BRAND OF U SS A A AND THE ONE, THE WAY, UM, YOU TREAT YOUR EMPLOYEES AND HOW YOU HAVE CREATED A LEGACY OF FAMILIES HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, YOUR HOMETOWN, THAT YOU ARE MOVING BACK DOWNTOWN, ALTHOUGH NOT AT THE CORNER OF BROADWAY AND HILDEBRAND, YOU ARE MOVING BACK HERE TO OUR CENTER CITY AND OUR CORE TO, AND THIS INVESTMENT OF US TO U S A A. 
          AND 
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THIS IS GOING TO CREATE CONTINUED LEGACY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR CITY. 
          AND WHEN OTHER COMPANIES COME AND SEE THE WORLD RENOWNED BRAND THAT U SS A A IS INVESTMENT IN, IN THE CENTER CITY, IT'S GOING TO CREATE EVEN MORE OF A RIPPLE EFFECT. 
          SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT INVESTMENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEGACY, AND THANK YOU BECAUSE JUST AS YOU DID IN THE PAST, BUILDING UP THE MIDDLE CLASS OF SAN ANTONIO, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND BEYOND. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, CHERYL. 
          AND, UM, I'M PROUD TO SEE THIS INVESTMENT CONTINUING. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN VIRON. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS 41 A AND 41 B. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR AUDIENCE, WE ARE, UH, WE HAVE A TIME, CERTAIN ITEM, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO GET TO FOR A PRESS CONFERENCE AT 9:30 AM THAT IS JUST OFF THE WING HERE. 
          SO THE COUNCIL WILL RECESS RIGHT NOW, UH, AND BE BACK TO RESUME THE A SESSION AGENDA VERY BRIEFLY. 
          UH, WE WILL BE BACK AT 10:00 AM SO APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, BUT COUNCIL IS RECESSED UNTIL 10:00 AM I'VE HAD A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS ASK IF WE'RE GONNA STILL BREAK AT NOON FOR LUNCH BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING THEIR COUNCIL. 
          YEAH, WE'LL, OKAY, GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECONVENE FROM ITS RECESS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AGAIN, FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR AUDIENCE, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          ITEM 
          [34. A Resolution acknowledging and supporting the importance of
maintaining Brooke Army Medical Center and its military missions in
the City of San Antonio, Texas. [Jeff Coyle, Director, Government &
Public Affairs; Juan Ayala, Office of Military Affairs]]
NUMBER 34 HAS A NUMBER OF VISITORS. 
          AND SO, UH, FOR THEIR BENEFIT, I'LL ASK FOR EVERYONE'S COURTESY IF WE CAN TAKE ITEM NUMBER 34 FIRST. 
          SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH THAT. 
          ITEM NUMBER 34 IS A RESOLUTION, ACKNOWLEDGING AND SUPPORTING THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING BROOKS OR BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER AND ITS MILITARY MISSIONS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 
          GOOD MOR MORNING MAYOR. 
          UH, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, UH, JUAN, Y'ALL, YOU KNOW ME. 
          I'M THE DIRECTOR OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR THE CITY. 
          AND, UH, I WANT TO INTRODUCE, UH, GENERAL JOHNSON, UH, THIS MORNING. 
          HE IS A COMMANDER OF B A SS C, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, AND BEFORE THE RESOLUTION IS READ, UH, ONE OR MORE, UH, CIVILIAN MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE INDICATED, UH, THEY PLAN TO BUILD ADDITIONAL TRAUMA CENTERS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, AND THIS, UH, GAVE RISE TO MILITARY LEADERS EXPRESSING TO ME AND TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, GRAVE CONCERNS THAT THESE ADDITIONAL CENTERS WOULD, UH, GREATLY REDUCE, UH, BAMS C'S, UH, PATIENT LOAD, UH, PLACING THEIR TRAINING OF THEIR MEDICAL, UH, TEAMS, UH, AT RISK, UH, THE READINESS THAT, UH, OF WHAT THEY DO TO PREPARE THEIR MEDICAL TEAMS FOR COMBAT. 
          AND NOT ONLY THAT, AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM, UH, OUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TODAY, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE LARGE NUMBER, A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE TRAUMA PATIENTS. 
          LEVEL ONE TRAUMA, WHICH IS THE MOST COMPLEX, UH, COMES NOT FROM UNIFORM MEMBERS, BUT THE CIVILIAN COMMUNITY. 
          SO IN THE LAST YEAR IN 2016, UH, I WAS APPROACHED BY THE COMMANDING GENERAL, THE FORMER COMMANDING GENERAL OF WILFORD HALL, UH, EXPRESSING CONCERNS. 
          AND THEN LATER ON, UH, THE COMMANDER, THE CURRENT COMMANDER OF B M C BUR ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, UH, JEFF JOHNSON, UH, BRIGA GENERAL, JEFF JOHNSON, WHO IS BEHIND ME, UH, HAD A MEETING WITH MAYOR NURNBERG AND STAFF. 
          AND WE'VE MET WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          WE'VE MET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE BEXAR COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
          UH, WE ALSO ATTENDED AN ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM, PHYSICIANS LEADERSHIP LEADERS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND, UH, AFTER THE SUNDERLAND, UH, SOUTHERN LAND, EXCUSE ME, SPRINGS SHOOTINGS, THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE AIR FORCE MET WITH, UH, MAYOR NURNBERG, MET WITH GENERAL QUA, WHO'S A NEW, UH, A E T C COMMANDER HERE IN, UH, AT, UH, RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE. 
          AND OH, BY THE WAY, HE'S A SENIOR THREE STAR, 
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UH, AIR FORCE OFFICER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND HE'S HERE AT RANDOLPH. 
          UH, GENERAL GOLDING WAS HERE, THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE AIR FORCE, A SENIOR AIR FORCE OFFICER TO VISIT, UH, A FEW OF THE VICTIMS THAT FROM THE, FROM THAT SHOOTING, FROM THAT TRAGEDY THAT WERE TREATED HERE BY OUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS HERE AT SAMS C. 
          UH, ALSO, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS IS, UH, AND I'LL IN WITH THAT, UH, THE MILITARY TRANSFORMATION TASK FORCE IS A, A TASK FORCE THAT IS CO-CHAIRED BY, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY, COMMISSIONER WOLF, AND, UH, MR. EXCUSE ME, UM, CAROL SCHUBERT, WHO IS REPRESENTS, UH, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          UH, WE HAD A MEETING AND THIS ISSUE WAS BROUGHT UP ON, UH, THE THREAT TO B A S C. 
          AND THEY VOTED, UH, UNANIMOUSLY THREE TO NOTHING, UH, TO, UH, IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION. 
          FINALLY, UM, AS I SAID BEFORE, THE MANY OF YOU MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND THE MANY THAT ARE HERE, IS THAT ONE OF OUR MAIN JOBS. 
          AND ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS IS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO, NUMBER ONE, MAINTAIN OUR MILITARY MISSIONS. 
          NOT BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, BUT BECAUSE ALSO THE CULTURAL, THE HISTORICAL IMPACT. 
          AND BECAUSE THE MILITARY IS SUCH A FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY, SO WE WANNA MAINTAIN THEM HERE, AND WE DON'T WANNA LOSE ANY OF OUR MISSIONS. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE WANT TO GROW THEM. 
          UH, SO WITH THAT, UM, I WILL, UH, SEED THE FLOOR TO GREATER GENERAL JEFF JOHNSON, THE COMMANDER OF, UH, BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, JEFF, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SPEAK WITH YOU THIS MORNING. 
          UH, GOOD MILITARY OFFICERS. 
          I WAS GONNA PUT THE BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT. 
          AND SO, UH, LET ME DO THAT. 
          UH, ADDING ADDITIONAL TRAUMA CENTERS TO SAN ANTONIO PRESENTS A DISTINCT THREAT TO MEDICAL READINESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S MEDICAL CAPABILITY. 
          SIMON SIMON SINEK HAS A BOOK OUT THAT SAYS, START WITH WHY. 
          AND SO, I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO START WITH WHY. 
          LEMME TELL YOU ABOUT A SCENARIO FROM THREE WEEKS AGO. 
          WE HAD A SPECIAL OPERATIONS SOLDIER IN IRAQ. 
          HE'S AN EXPLOSIVE ORDINANCE, UH, TECHNICIAN. 
          HE WAS, UH, DIFFUSING A BOMB WHEN IT EXPLODED. 
          HE HAD SHRAPNEL THAT, UH, TRANSECTED MANY PARTS OF HIS BODY. 
          ONE OF THOSE PIECES, UH, REMOVED ABOUT FIVE INCHES OF HIS TRACHEA AND SEVERED HIS ESOPHAGUS. 
          HE ALSO HAD ANOTHER PIECE OF SHRAPNEL THAT WENT ACROSS HIS SPINE, TRANSECTING HIS SPINAL CORD. 
          ANOTHER PIECE OF SHRAPNEL WENT THROUGH BOTH OF HIS LUNGS AND SOME MORE WENT THROUGH HIS LEGS. 
          THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO UNIFORMLY IN PREVIOUS CONFLICTS WOULD HAVE DIED. 
          THE FIRST SURGEON THAT WAS ON SCENE FOR THIS SERVICE MEMBER WAS A SURGEON FROM BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, READY TO EXECUTE HER DUTIES. 
          ON DAY ONE, THE FLIGHT TEAM THAT WENT AND BROUGHT THIS SOLDIER BACK TO SAN ANTONIO CAME FROM BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER AND LEFT WITH LESS THAN SIX HOURS NOTICE TO GO AND PICK HIM UP. 
          THIS IS WHO WE ARE. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE DO. 
          MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ALLOWS THESE PROVIDERS TO SAVE THIS LIFE? AND I WOULD CONTEND THAT IT'S THE TRAINING AND THE SUSTAINMENT OF THEIR MEDICAL SKILLS THROUGH THE ACTIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION AT BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER. 
          ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UH, THIS TIME, I WAS INFORMED, UH, FRANKLY, THROUGH THE RUMOR MILL THAT THERE WAS SOME, UH, OTHER HEALTH SYSTEMS IN SAN ANTONIO THAT PLAN TO, UH, ENTER INTO THE TRAUMA BUSINESS, UH, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT TOOK US A LITTLE WHILE TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME, UH, UH, FIRM INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT WE HAD A MEETING WITH, UH, OUR METHODIST, UH, HEALTH SYSTEM, UH, FOLKS, UH, THIS PAST SUMMER, UH, A, UH, UH, A SUBSIDIARY OF, UH, HEALTH, HEALTH CORPORATION OF AMERICA. 
          AND THEY DID CONFIRM THAT THEY WERE IN DELIBERATE PLANNING TO, UH, PUT ONE, TWO, OR THREE, UH, TRAUMA LEVEL TWO TRAUMA CENTERS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THIS, THIS, UH, ISSUE ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTINUES TO TRY TO FIND AREAS AND PLACES WHERE THEY CAN SUSTAIN MILITARY MEDICINES CAPABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF TRAUMA PATIENTS REALLY PUT US IN A, IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION. 
          DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS REALLY TRYING TO BEST UNDERSTAND HOW DO WE NOT LOSE CAPABILITY IN AN INTERWAR PERIOD WHERE WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY CASUALTIES COMING BACK? HOW DO WE ENSURE ON DAY ONE, AS THE EXAMPLE I JUST GAVE YOU, THAT THAT SURGEON IS PREPARED TO DO WHAT IT TAKES IN ORDER TO SAVE THAT SERVICE MEMBER'S LIFE. 
          THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS ALSO, AS YOU, AS YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2017 FROM CONGRESS, 
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HAS SAID, WE WANT TO INCREASE THE, THE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, UH, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 
          USE THE MODEL THAT IS IN SAN ANTONIO AND TRY TO REPLICATE THAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          THAT SHOULD, THAT SHOULD, UH, DEMONSTRATE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          LEMME TRACE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND TO ALSO DESCRIBE WHAT THAT SPECIAL, UH, SPECIAL PIECE IS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          BACK IN THE 1970S, THE STATE LEGISLATURE OF TEXAS UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS PART OF TEXAS WAS AN UNDERSERVED AREA WITH REGARDS TO TRAUMA CAPABILITIES IN SERVING THE CITIZENS. 
          THEY DESIGNATED A SPECIAL TRAUMA AREA. 
          UH, IT'S, UH, AREA P THE 22 COUNTIES THAT SURROUND, UH, SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WITH, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, MAKES UP, UH, 2.2 MILLION INDIVIDUALS. 
          THEY SET THAT, UH, THAT AREA ASIDE AND SAID THAT WE'RE GONNA MANAGE TRAUMA DELIBERATELY AND SET UP A, UH, NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD, UH, TAKE ALL REQUESTS FOR TRAUMA CARE AND THEN DIVIDE THEM OUT. 
          INITIALLY THEY WERE DIVIDED INTO THIRDS, ONE THIRD GOING TO WILFORD HALL, ONE THIRD GOING TO BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, AND ONE THIRD GOING TO UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM IN 2005 WITH BRACK, UH, WILFORD HALL. 
          AND, UH, AND B SS C CAME TOGETHER. 
          AND, UH, WE THEN GOT INTO A PLACE WHERE WE WERE DOING A 50 50, UH, MIX OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAS PERSISTED TILL TODAY. 
          AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE, UH, THE TRAUMA, UH, SERVICES PROVIDED TO ALL CITIZENS INSIDE OF AREA P. 
          IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE TWO, IT MAKES THIS COMMUNITY VERY UNIQUE. 
          THIS SLIDE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A COMPLICATED SLIDE, BUT I'M REALLY ONLY TRYING TO GET YOU TO LOOK AT SOME AT THE PICTORIAL PIECE OF IT. 
          ALL OF THE MILITARY TREATMENT FACILITIES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ARE LISTED ON THIS SLIDE AS CIRCLES. 
          UH, THE COMPLEXITY IS ON THE LEFT HAND SCALE AND VOLUME IS ON THE BOTTOM SCALE. 
          SO WHEN YOU MIX COMPLEXITY AND VOLUME TOGETHER, YOU CAN SEE NOT EVERYBODY'S THE SAME. 
          YOU ALSO NOTICE THAT THERE'S ONE THAT HAS THE HIGHEST COMPLEXITY AND THE HIGHEST VOLUME, WHICH WOULD BE THE PERFECT PLACE FOR YOU TO SUSTAIN AND TO TRAIN, UH, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS. 
          AND YOU SEE THAT, THAT'S BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER. 
          WHEN WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO EVERY PLACE ELSE TO INCLUDE WALTER REED, WHICH IS THE FIRST GRAY CIRCLE, DC TO THE LEFT, UH, WE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT. 
          THAT'S THE VISION THAT THIS STATE LEGISLATURE HAD BACK IN THE SEVENTIES, WHICH HAS BEEN MAINTAINED UNTIL TODAY, WHICH ALLOWS US TO HAVE A VERY UNIQUE, UH, CAPACITY HERE. 
          LET ME TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT FOUR AREAS OR FOUR EFFECTS OF THAT UNIQUE CAPACITY, IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS THAT THE TRAUMA CENTER AND THE BURN CENTER HERE AT, UH, AT B A S C IS THERE TO SERVICE ALL OF THE CITIZENS INSIDE OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE 22 COUNTIES AROUND IT. 
          WE TAKE NO DEFERENCE TO WHETHER THEY HAVE PREVIOUS SERVICE, WHETHER THEY HAVE INSURANCE, UH, OR WHERE THEY COME FROM, OR WHAT PART OF THE CITY, UH, THEY'RE FROM. 
          IT DOESN'T, DOESN'T MATTER. 
          THEY ALL GO INTO THE REGULATING CELL AND THEY GET SPLIT 50 50, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO. 
          THERE ARE NO GAPS IN THE COVERAGE. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN NO GAPS IN THE COVERAGE SINCE THE, SINCE THE 1970S WHEN THE SYSTEM, UH, STOOD UP AS THE CITY HAS GROWN AND HA AS THERE'S BEEN, UH, DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS INSIDE OF THE CITY, AS I TALKED ABOUT BRACK, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE TO MEET THE NEED. 
          AND TO BE FRANK WITH YOU, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WANTS TO EXPAND ITS ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO TRAIN AND TO PROVIDE, UH, UH, SUSTAINMENT OF ITS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE CARE FOR PATIENTS BOTH INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S KEY IN THE TRAUMA BUSINESS. 
          WE HAVE UNDER THE AUTHORIZATION THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE TO CARE FOR THESE PATIENTS. 
          WE HAVE SIX OR 12 MONTHS, DEPENDING UPON WHETHER IT'S TRAUMA OR BURN, THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF ANY OF THESE PATIENTS. 
          IT ALLOWS US THEN NOT TO JUST END THE CARE WHEN, UH, SOMEBODY IS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL, BUT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT UNTIL THEY CAN RECOVER AND BECOME MEANINGFUL PARTS OF SOCIETY. 
          ONCE AGAIN, THIS INVOLVES ABOUT 4,000, UH, ADMISSIONS PER YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S 4,000 OF YOUR CITIZENS, UH, WHO WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF. 
          ABOUT 750 OF THOSE ARE BURN PATIENTS. 
          TO BE REAL FRANK WITH YOU, WE ALSO HAVE THE DISTINCT PRIVILEGE TO BRING BACK THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM 17 YEARS OF CONFLICT AND NOW BRING THEM BACK TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND USE THAT EXPERTISE TO BETTER IMPROVE THE TRAUMA SYSTEM AND THE HEALTHCARE THAT EXISTS INSIDE OF THE CITY. 
          TO BE, UH, TOTALLY HONEST, BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER HAS BECOME AN INTEGRATED PART OF THE HEALTH SYSTEMS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THAT COULDN'T BE MORE BORN OUT IN REALITY THAN, UH, WITH THE SUTHERLAND SPRINGS SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHERE HALF OF THE PATIENTS CAME TO BAMS C AND HALF OF THEM CAME TO, UH, UNIVERSITY. 
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IT'S WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY. 
          AND IT DIDN'T MATTER THAT THERE WERE POTENTIALLY 30 PATIENTS THAT WE HEARD ON THAT SUNDAY MORNING THAT WE HAD TO BE READY TO, UH, TAKE, TO TAKE CARE OF. 
          WE, UH, MARSHALED THE ASSETS TO DO THAT, AND WE'RE READY TO DO IT. 
          THAT'S HOW INTEGRATED WE ARE INSIDE OF THIS CITY. 
          IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TRAINING AS A SECOND UNIQUE CAPABILITY THAT, THAT CARVE OUT OF TRAUMA INSIDE OF SAN ANTONIO PROVIDES FOR US. 
          WE HAVE 38 DIFFERENT GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS INSIDE OF BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER. 
          WE TRAIN 38 DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOCTORS THAT THEN POPULATE THE MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM FOR THEIR TIME, BUT MAY ALSO THEN RETIRE AND, UH, MOVE INTO A, INTO A COMMUNITY. 
          THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE 600, UH, RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS, UH, THAT ARE IN TRAINING. 
          HALF OF THEM, AIR FORCE, HALF OF THEM ARMY AT B A S C. 
          TODAY, THERE'S 900 MEDICAL STUDENTS THAT ARE A PART OF THAT TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          THE, THOSE TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE INTER, INTER, UH, ARE, UH, INTER INTERLACED WITH THE VOLUME OF TRAUMA PATIENTS THAT COME INTO OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          AND LEMME JUST USE ORTHOPEDICS, THAT SPECIALTY AND THE TRAINING OF ORTHOPEDICS, AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          25% OF ALL OF THE CASE VOLUME FOR OUR ORTHOPEDICS, UH, UM, RESIDENTS COMES FROM THESE TRAUMA PATIENTS THAT PUTS THEM IN THE 11TH PERCENTILE ACROSS THE NATION. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE ALREADY A LITTLE BIT ON SOME, SOME THREADY, UH, UH, GROUND WITH REGARDS TO THE VOLUME THAT WE HAVE. 
          UH, ALSO 82, 87 AND 97% OF FEMUR, TIBIA AND PELVIC FRACTURES ALL COME FROM THIS SAME POPULATION. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE IF THERE'S ANY THREAT TO THE VOLUME OF PATIENTS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SEE AT B A M C, IT'S GONNA HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE 1200 INDIVIDUALS IN ALLIED HEALTH. 
          THAT'S PHYSICAL THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, PHARMACY, UH, SOCIAL WORK, UH, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 
          1200 STUDENTS THAT ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRAINING THAT WE DO. 
          THERE'S 9,000 NURSES THAT ARE TRAINED AT BA S C EVERY YEAR. 
          UH, IT'S ALSO THE ONLY PLACE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WHERE WE TRAIN EMERGENCY MEDICINE NURSES TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEED, UH, ON THE BATTLEFIELD. 
          IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE ABOUT 8,800 STAFF MEMBERS, UH, WHO WORK AT B A S C. 
          AND I JUST SHOW YOU THIS PICTURE TO DESCRIBE THIS IS HOW WE CURRENTLY SEE OUR PATIENT FLOW AND THE VOLUME OF PATIENTS THAT COMES THROUGH OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE MANY, THE SIX BOXES THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THAT SLIDE. 
          WE HAVE MANY, UH, LEARNERS OR INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED TO SUSTAIN THEIR SKILLS, WHO ARE ALL DIPPING FROM THAT PATIENT STREAM. 
          WE BELIEVE THERE'S HOLES IN THAT STREAM CURRENTLY, AND WE'RE DOING, UH, ACTIONS DELIBERATELY TO INCREASE THE VOLUME. 
          NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO BRING IN OVER 65 PATIENTS, AGAIN, FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE THE, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HEALTHCARE NEEDS AND HAVE THE MOST DISEASES, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHO WE WANT TO HAVE TO TRAIN WITH. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT TRAUMA IS A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF THAT PATIENT STREAM. 
          THAT CIRCLE THAT YOU SEE THAT HAS TRAUMA WRITTEN, UH, ABOVE. 
          IT REPRESENTS 40% OF THE PATIENT FLOW THAT COMES THROUGH OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          THE THIRD OF FOUR AREAS THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT OUR EFFECTS OF THE UNIQUE PIECE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IS QUALITY. 
          THE, UH, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS COMMITTEE ON TRAUMA IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT DESIGNATES TRAUMA, UH, SYSTEMS, UH, THROUGH THEIR WORK AND PUBLISHED IN THE ANNALS OF SURGERY IN JULY OF THIS YEAR. 
          THEY DID A STUDY THAT LOOKED AT THE QUALITY OF OUTCOMES IN LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTERS WHEN VOLUME IS CHANGED. 
          AND THE PUBLISHED RESULTS WERE THAT A 1% DECREASE IN VOLUME INCREASES MORTALITY, TWOFOLD, 1% DECREASE IN VOLUME INCREASES MORTALITY. 
          SO JUST HAVING MORE DOESN'T NECESSARILY GET YOU BETTER CARE IN INSIDE OF OUR CITY. 
          THE FOURTH AREA IS JUST TO TALK ABOUT TEAMWORK AND HOW IT IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE USES ITS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO MEET ITS REQUIREMENTS AROUND THE GLOBE. 
          THE WAY THAT WE, UH, ENGAGE IS THAT WE TAKE INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 
          WE ASSEMBLE THEM ON THE BATTLEFIELD, AND WE EXPECT THEM TO BE ABLE TO FUNCTION AND TO HAVE GREAT OUTCOMES ON DAY ONE, JUST AS I DESCRIBED WITH OUR SPECIAL OPERATOR. 
          IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NEEDS TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          WE CAN'T TRAIN INDIVIDUALS ON HERE'S HOW TRAUMA'S DONE IN SAN ANTONIO, HERE'S HOW IT'S DONE IN BALTIMORE, HERE'S HOW IT'S DONE IN CINCINNATI. 
          'CAUSE IF YOU BRING ALL THOSE PEOPLE TOGETHER ON THE BATTLEFIELD, THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE CONFLICTING IN WHAT THEY DO. 
          SO HAVING THE TEAMS WORK TOGETHER IN, UH, IN A PEACETIME GARRISON 
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PER UH, ENVIRONMENT IS IMPORTANT. 
          WE ALSO USE THE SAME EQUIPMENT THAT WE USE DOWNRANGE, UH, AS WE DO INSIDE OF OUR MEDICAL CENTER. 
          THE PROTOCOLS THAT WE USE IN ORDER TO ADDRESS HOW IT IS THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PATIENTS ALSO ARE CRITICAL TO OUR SUCCESS ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND CAN'T BE REPLICATED WHEN YOU MOVE FROM ONE SYSTEM TO ANOTHER SYSTEM. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TECHNICIANS, THE NURSES, AND THE PHYSICIANS ARE IMPORTANT TO HAVE WORKED OUT WELL IN ADVANCE. 
          AND THAT'S HOW WE PRACTICE. 
          WE, WE TRAIN HERE THE SAME WAY THAT WE WORK WHEN WE DEPLOY, AND THAT'S WHAT GIVES US THE SUCCESS RATES. 
          SO, SIR, LET ME JUST, UH, UH, FINISH WITH THIS STATEMENT. 
          ADDING ADDITIONAL TRAUMA CENTERS TO SAN ANTONIO PRESENTS A DISTINCT THREAT TO MEDICAL READINESS. 
          I HOPE I'VE DESCRIBED THAT. 
          AND TO THE TRAINING OF THE FUTURE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MEDICINE. 
          I THINK ADDING ADDITIONAL TRAUMA CENTERS ALSO ERODES THE UNIQUE POSITION THAT SAN SAN ANTONIO HOLDS, UH, WITH REGARDS TO OTHER INSTALLATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, AS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTINUES TO LOOK FORWARD TO, WHAT DOES IT DO IN THE FUTURE WITH WHERE IT ASSIGNS INDIVIDUALS AND MISSIONS? IT ALSO DISTINCTLY, DISTINCTLY HAS THE OP, THE, UH, THE, UH, IT ALSO DECREASES THE QUALITY OF CARE THAT CAN TAKE PLACE INSIDE A TRAUMA CENTERS. 
          AND IT INTERRUPTS THE INTEGRATED SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE TAKING CARE OF OUR UNINSURED AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS OF SAN ANTONIO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO, IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO EXPAND TRAUMA INSIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SIR, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO END WITH, UH, ONE QUICK VIDEO, WHICH COMES FROM THE SENIOR MISSION COMMANDER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS, UH, GENERAL, UH, UM, GENERAL BUCHANAN, JEFF BUCHANAN. 
          UH, IF WE CAN ROLL THE VIDEO REAL QUICK. 
          HEY, GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M LIEUTENANT GENERAL JEFF BUCHANAN, COMMANDER OF ARMY NORTH AND FIFTH ARMY HERE AT FORT SAM HOUSTON. 
          UH, I'M SORRY I COULDN'T JOIN YOU TODAY. 
          I'M ACTUALLY GONNA BE OUT OF THE STATE, OR I'M OUT OF THE STATE THIS MORNING. 
          BUT I DID WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER AND THE TRAUMA SYSTEM INSIDE SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO INSIDE SAN ANTONIO, THERE ARE TWO LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTERS. 
          IT'S THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM AND BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, OR BSE. 
          BETWEEN THOSE TWO HOSPITALS, THEY ACTUALLY TREAT ALL OF THE PATIENTS AND THEY SPLIT THE LOAD, BASICALLY 50 50 BETWEEN THE TWO HOSPITALS, UH, FOR THE SAN ANTONIO AREA. 
          AND THIS INCLUDES A 22 COUNTY AREA AROUND THE METROPOLITAN AREA ITSELF. 
          UH, AND JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR, BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER TREATED ABOUT 4,100 TRAUMA PATIENTS. 
          NOW, OF THOSE TRAUMA PATIENTS, THE BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER TREATED, 85% OF THEM ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE MILITARY. 
          AND, AND MANY OF THOSE WHO ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE MILITARY DON'T HAVE ANY INSURANCE WHATSOEVER. 
          SO THE GOVERNMENT DOES THIS. 
          IN THIS CASE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING THIS TO PROVIDE THE CARE FOR OUR CITIZENS LOCALLY. 
          AND WHY MAY YOU ASK THAT THEY DO IT? WELL, THEY, THEY DON'T DO IT JUST OUTTA THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEART. 
          THEY DO IT BECAUSE IT'S CRITICAL FOR, ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL FOR MILITARY READINESS. 
          BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER IS THE ONLY LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER IN ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
          AND BASED ON THAT, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SENDS ITS DOCS DOWN HERE TO GET A LOT OF REAL WORK THAT THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY EMPLOY ON THE BATTLEFIELD. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT SURVIVAL RATES, UH, OVER THE LAST 17 YEARS SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, THEY'VE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN THEY WERE IN THE PAST. 
          AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE GREAT EXPERIENCE OF OUR DOCTORS, OUR OR NURSES, OUR OPERATING ROOM TECHS, ALL BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WORKING IN THE TRAUMA FIELD. 
          AND SO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INVEST A LOT TO BRING ITS STOCKS DOWN HERE AND GIVE THEM A LOT OF REPETITIONS IN TRAUMA, AND THEY GET GREAT EXPERIENCE HERE. 
          NOW, AS AN ASIDE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF NATIONAL LEVEL MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS THAT HAVE HOSPITALS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, METHODIST BAPTIST, OR A COUPLE OF 'EM. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S LIMITED TO THAT, BUT THERE'S PRESSURE FROM THE NATIONAL LEVEL TO ACTUALLY STAND UP NEW TRAUMA FACILITIES IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THEY WANNA DO IT TO MAKE MONEY. 
          IT'S A GOOD MONEY MAKING PROPOSITION. 
          AND I, I DON'T BEGRUDGE THEM OF THAT FACT. 
          BUT ANYTHING THAT IF THEY STAND UP A NEW TRAUMA CENTER HERE, IT'S GONNA DETRACT FROM THE MILITARY MEDICAL READINESS BECAUSE IT'S GONNA TAKE AWAY REPETITIONS THAT OUR DOCTORS ACTUALLY NEED TO BE EXPERIENCED ON THE BATTLEFIELD. 
          SO I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE KEEP, UH, THE GREAT THANK YOU, GENERAL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO THE LONGSTANDING HISTORY OF THE MILITARY AND SAN ANTONIO AND, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR COPYRIGHTED, UH, TITLE OF MILITARY CITY U SS A. 
          BUT I, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, WE'RE INTERWOVEN, AND THIS IS NOT, 
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IT IS NOT JUST UNIQUE IN OUR MILITARY MEDICINE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT IT'S UNIQUE BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND OUR MILITARY MEDICINE. 
          UH, IT'S A UNIQUE INTERWOVEN, UM, COMMUNITY THAT WE, WE CANNOT, WE CANNOT ALLOW TO BE ERODED. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, FORT SAM, FOR EXAMPLE, I MEAN, MY GOODNESS, IT'S BEEN HERE AS LONG AS SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND, UH, WE HAD OUR FIRST MILITARY AVIATION FLIGHT HERE AT FORT SAM. 
          UM, WE JUST HAD A, WE JUST HAD A CELEBRATION OF U S A A EXPANDING THEIR PRESENCE DOWNTOWN HERE. 
          WHERE DID U S A A START? IT STARTED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO BY MILITARY OFFICERS BACK IN, I THINK, 1922. 
          SO THIS, THIS HISTORY, THIS, UH, THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS, IT'S JUST, IT IS TOO CLOSE. 
          WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT'S GONNA ERODE THAT SUPPORT, NOT ONLY FOR US HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT FOR ALL PEOPLE THAT ARE BENEFITING FROM THIS MEDICAL, UH, MIRACLES THAT WE COME UP WITH HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, JUST, UH, CONGRATULATE THE ME MEDICAL, UH, SIDE OF THE HOUSE OF THE MILITARY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR US ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          AND NOT JUST IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT THIS WHOLE REGION ALONG WITH U T S A, UH, UH, THE, UH, UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AS WELL. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, I'M, UH, MAYOR. 
          I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO READ THIS RESOLUTION HERE, UM, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FULLY SUPPORTS PROTECTING BAS C'S MISSION THROUGH PRESERVING THE NECESSARY CRITICAL TRAUMA PATIENT VOLUME REQUIRED FOR A HIGH QUALITY OUTCOMES FOR CIVILIANS AND FOR MILITARY MISSION READINESS. 
          THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES THE CENTER'S IMPORTANCE TO REGIONAL TRAUMA CARE, MILITARY MEDICAL TRAINING, AND THE IMPORTANT ROLE THE CENTER PLAYS IN THE NATION'S DEFENSE. 
          AND I MAKE THAT MOTION. 
          I THINK WE GOT EIGHT, EIGHT SECONDS OUTTA THAT COUNCILMAN, SO THE CLERK WILL DETERMINE WHO SAID WHAT. 
          BUT, UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, WE HAVE SEVERAL CO UH, COMMENTS FROM OUR COUNT, OUR COLLEAGUES STARTING WITH COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, HEY, CLAYTON. 
          THIS IS, UH, FANTASTIC WORK. 
          UH, AND THE FACT THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS UP AND, AND PUT THIS IN FRONT OF US IS, UH, IS, IS SOLID. 
          I, I JUST THINK YOUR, YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE MILITARY, YOUR, YOUR SERVICE, YOURSELF, MY SERVICE, JOHNS CRUISES. 
          I THINK THESE THINGS HAVE A SPECIAL, UH, SPOT IN OUR HEART. 
          AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE HERE IS A, IS A CLEAR MESSAGE. 
          AND I'M GONNA JOIN YOU TODAY WITH MY VOTE AND MY THANKS TO THE MILITARY, UH, MEN AND WOMEN. 
          UM, AND THIS IS A VOTE AND A MESSAGE TO ANYBODY TRYING TO ENCROACH ON THE WORK YOU'RE DOING IS NOT WELCOMED, AT LEAST IN MY COMMUNITY. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA STAND FIRM WITH FULL THROATED SUPPORT, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO SECURE THIS. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN I, UH, WENT AND VISITED A COUPLE OF, UH, ONE OF OUR FALLEN POLICE OFFICERS, AND, UH, ONE OF THEM WHO WAS SHOT IN THE FACE, UH, I DID IT AT SAM C THAT'S WHERE I WENT TO GO SEE THEM. 
          UH, AND THE FAMILIES WERE TAKEN CARE OF THAT COMMUNITY EMBRACED THEM, THE MILITARY DID. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO SEE THE WORK THAT'S DONE. 
          WE HAVE A, A VERY UNIQUE PLACE IN, AND YOU DON'T GET TO OFTENTIMES TO MAKE A VOTE, UM, THAT AFFECTS THE NATION. 
          UH, WHEN YOU'RE AT CITY COUNCIL, SOMETIMES THE STREETS, SIDEWALKS VERY SMALL IN THE WORLD OF THINGS. 
          THIS IS VERY BIG IN THE WORLD OF THINGS. 
          AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, I'M, I'M 100% BEHIND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY. 
          AND THIS CARE FOR THE MEN WHO ARE, AND WOMEN WHO ARE SERVING NOW, AND THOSE WHO ARE SERVING IN THE FUTURE. 
          THERE'S PEOPLE OUT ON THE BATTLEFIELD RIGHT NOW. 
          THEY DON'T KNOW. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE. 
          THEY HAVE NO CLUE. 
          BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GET WOUNDED. 
          THEY'RE GONNA GET SHOT. 
          THEY'RE GONNA GET KILLED. 
          FAMILIES ARE HURTING IN THE FUTURE. 
          THAT IS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. 
          AND WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE, BUT AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT THE WHO HERE IN SAN ANTONIO ARE PREPARED, UH, TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, SHOULD, SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN TO THEM. 
          AND THE MESSAGE IS LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          UM, BMS, C SAM C ALL OF OUR MILITARY, WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF TURNING THIS INTO A PEOPLE CENTER, NOT A PROFIT CENTER. 
          AND I HOPE THAT MESSAGE IS LOUD AND CLEAR WITH MY VOTE. 
          AND THAT BUSINESS IS NOT WELCOMED AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED WHEN IT COMES TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR UNITED STATES MILITARY. 
          WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AT BAM S C AND THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. 
          GREAT JOB, CLAYTON. 
          I'M HAPPY TO JOIN YOU ON THIS TODAY. 
          IT'S A GREAT VOTE, UH, TO END THE YEAR WITH, AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE, UH, OF THE TEAM THAT HERE TODAY AS WELL. 
          IT CAME TO SUPPORT IT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
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THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BRONK HOUSE. 
          COUNCILMAN VINEO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I I JUST, I WANTED TO COMMENT ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. 
          UM, THE WHO, UH, IS ONE OF MY, IS MY BROTHER. 
          UM, I WANNA SAY THANKS ON BEHALF OF MY BROTHER WHO SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT B A SS C. 
          UM, THE INNOVATION, THE CARE, THE THOUGHTFULNESS, AND THE APPROACH, UM, WAS REALLY AMAZING. 
          UH, YEAH, I, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. 
          UH, WE HAVE A SMALL FAMILY AND YOU ARE VERY, VERY WELCOMING OF MY MOTHER AND MYSELF. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I'VE LEARNED, I THINK MORE TODAY OF THE VALUE THAT B A S C PROVIDES TO OUR COMMUNITY THAN I, I REALLY REALIZED BEFORE. 
          AND I THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED TO WORK DILIGENTLY TO GO AHEAD AND PROTECT. 
          OBVIOUSLY, UH, MILITARY, UH, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS SERVE OUR, OUR SERVICE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. 
          UH, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THEY SERVE PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN OUR HOMETOWN. 
          I'D LIKE TO, UH, OFFER A, A THOUGHT MAYBE TO ADD TO WHAT YOU'VE GOT IN THIS. 
          AND, UH, THIS IS JUST A PROPOSAL TO THINK ABOUT AND SEE WHAT THE COUNCIL THINKS. 
          BUT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER ADDING ANOTHER SECTION THAT WOULD SAY THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT CONSIDER OR SUPPORT ZONING CONCESSIONS OR INCENTIVES TO ANY MEDICAL FACILITIES, ORGANIZATIONS, OR CORPORATIONS THAT WILL USE SUCH INCENTIVES TO BUILD OR CREATE A TRAUMA CENTER IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WHAT I'M DOING IS OFFERING THAT AS A, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO, AS AN ADDITION, UH, JUST FOR CONSIDERATION TO STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S POSITION, UH, AND TO LET SOME OF THE OTHER PRIVATE INTERESTS THAT, UH, ARE PUSHING THIS ISSUE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT IN, UH, IN THE USUAL MANNER THEY MAY EXPECT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          COURAGE. 
          UH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UH, HAS A THOUGHT HERE. 
          UH, YES, COUNCILMAN, UH, I WOULD, UH, RECOMMEND AGAINST SUCH A ADDITION TO THE RESOLUTION AND THE REASON WHY IS ZONING DECISIONS HAVE TO BE BASED SPECIFICALLY ON THE SPECIFIC ZONING MATTER AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          AND SO, UH, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE, THE COUNCIL, NOT CONSIDER THAT, NOT INCLUDE THE PART ON ZONING, BUT, UH, TALK ABOUT OTHER INCENTIVES, WHICH ARE THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION. 
          I THINK IF WE, IF WE JUST TAKE OUT THE ZONING AND JUST TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVES THAT PROBABLY WOULD PASS MUSTER, COUNCILMAN, I THINK THAT, UH, THE INTENT OF THE RESOLUTION WAS TO STATE A CORE VALUE. 
          AND THE COUNCILMAN'S WORK AND THE MILITARY, UH, MISSIONS TRANSFORMATION COMMITTEE IS MEANT TO FURTHER FLESH OUT, UH, WHAT THAT VALUE MEANS IN TERMS OF THE TACTICAL NATURE OF THE WORK THAT THE COUNCIL DOES. 
          SO MY RECOMMENDATION WAS, WOULD, WOULD BE WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RESOLUTION THAT, THAT OUR OFFICE OF MILITARY AFFAIRS AND JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO WORKED ON TOGETHER. 
          AND THEN WE CAN TAKE UP, UH, ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS AS THEY RELATE TO THE BUSINESS OF COUNCIL, UH, THROUGH COUNCILMAN PERRY'S COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          COURAGE. 
          COUNCILMAN SALANA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND LET ME START BY ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT I BELIEVE, AND I'VE HEARD, UH, IS A GREAT DEAL OF WORK THAT HAS GOTTEN US TO THIS POINT WITH EVERY WORD TERM THAT IS IN, IN THIS RESOLUTION. 
          UH, MY SUSPICION IS THAT, UH, THAT THAT HAS GONE THROUGH SEVERAL VETTING PROCESSES WITH YOUR OFFICE AND WITH, UH, OFFICE OF DISTRICT 10 WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          SO, UH, A LOT OF THIS IS, IS IS NEW TO ME IN TERMS OF THE IDEAS AND THE CONCEPTS AND THE HISTORY OF, OF B S C AND THE AMOUNT OF, OF LEGACY THAT IT'S HAD HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, BUT NEWS, I THINK IN THE MOST POSITIVE WAY, UNDERSTANDING HOW THE ORIGINS OF B BMS C COMING TO AN AREA THAT WAS UNDERSERVED, AND NOW DEVELOPING A REAL LEGACY OF, OF WORK AND ROTATIONS THAT I CAN RESPECT. 
          'CAUSE WHAT IT TELLS ME IS THAT IN SOUTH TEXAS, IT WAS AN AREA THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO TAKE A BET ON, BUT AT THAT POINT, UH, SOME PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE MILITARY, DECIDED TO MAKE A BET ON THAT AND DEVELOP, UH, UH, UH, NOT ONLY THE WHAT YOU, WHAT SOME PEOPLE WILL CALL THE MARKETPLACE, BUT, UH, THE PLACE WHERE YOU CAN FIND A REAL DENSITY OF, OF NEED AND WORK NOT JUST WITH THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY, BUT THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY WHO LIVES IN SOUTH TEXAS. 
          SO, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY A FEW THINGS. 
          'CAUSE I, I'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE, UH, OVER AT BMS C AND JUST VISITING 
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OR JUST READING ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO. 
          HERE'S WHAT I LIKE, UH, ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND THAT I THINK THE, THE REST OF THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY WHO'S NOT AS PLUGGED IN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT. 
          WHEN YOU HEARD NEWS THAT, UH, OUR CURRENT GOVERNOR WAS, WAS, UH, WAS BURNED IN AN ACCIDENT, HE CAME DOWN TO THE BURN CENTER AT BAMP C WHEN WE HEARD NEWS OF ONE OF OUR OWN FIREFIGHTERS WHO, UH, BRAD PHIPPS WAS, WAS, UH, ENGULFED WITH FLAMES AND HAD SEVERAL BURN TRAUMAS, HE WENT TO BMS C. 
          BUT YOU ALSO HEAR ALONGSIDE THOSE INDIVIDUALS, THE HEROES OF, OF, OF FIRST RESPONDERS. 
          AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS IS AN INDIGENT PERSON WHO MAY COME FROM SAN ANTONIO ALONGSIDE THEM IN, IN THAT SAME CATEGORY OF CARE. 
          MEANING THAT YOU CAN GO AND GET THE BEST CARE IN THE WORLD, NOT JUST IF YOU ARE THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, BUT POSSIBLY A SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, FIRST RESPONDER, OR EVEN A COMMUNITY MEMBER, AND, AND DO SO WITHOUT THE SENSE OF, I, I THINK COMMANDER, AS YOU'VE DESCRIBED, WORRY ABOUT GAPS IN COVERAGE. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THIS FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE THAT IS, IS GETTING INTO THE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE AND, AND ANSWERING THE QUESTION AS TO WHY THEY SHOULD CARE ABOUT HAVING SUCH A WORLD RENOWNED SERVICE IN THEIR BACKYARD THAT WE GET TO BENEFIT FROM, BUT ALSO THE FOLKS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THEIR ROTATIONS BENEFIT FROM, AND LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING, UH, WHAT IT'S LIKE TO DEAL WITH THOSE PATIENTS. 
          SO, UH, WE BENEFIT IN MULTIPLE WAYS, UH, ON THIS COUNCILMAN PERRY, AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT IT FORWARD, UH, BROUGHT IT FORWARD TO US. 
          LIKE I SAID, THIS IS, UH, NEW IN THE, IN TERMS OF MY UNDERSTANDING OF, OF HOW OUR RESOLUTION IS GONNA HELP PREPARE THAT. 
          BUT I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THIS MORNING, UH, COMMANDER JOHNSON AND A FEW OTHERS HAVE EXPLAINED, UH, THE IMPORTANCE, THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS. 
          THIS CAN HAVE LONG TERM, BUT IT ALSO PAYS RESPECT TO THE FACT THAT THIS WAS AN INSTITUTION WITH THE MILITARY PARTNERSHIP THAT WAS HERE BEFORE, UH, MANY OF THE PRIVATE FOLKS, UH, CAME IN TO START OFFERING THE CARE. 
          AND I THINK IT'S A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU CAN GET THE WORLD'S BEST CARE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, IN SOUTH TEXAS. 
          UH, AND, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO'S WALKING THROUGH THE DOOR, WHETHER YOU'RE THE GOVERNOR OR, UH, YOU'RE AN INDIGENT PERSON WHO LIVES IN MY COMMUNITY. 
          SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THIS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN SALANA. 
          UM, THAT IS ALL, UH, THE COUNCIL COMMENT. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 34. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN, GENERALS, UH, AND ALL THOSE FOLKS WHO CAME OUT AND SPOKE ON THIS I PARTICULAR ITEM, AND THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NOW IN ORDER, UH, OF OUR ITEMS, 
          [5. An Ordinance authorizing acceptance of a proposal from Bruel & Kjaer
EMS, Inc. to provide the San Antonio International Airport with a
Noise Operations and Monitoring System for a total cumulative amount
of $1,847,826.00, funded from Airport Operating and Maintenance
Funds. [Ben Gorzell, Chief Financial Officer; Troy Elliott, Deputy
Chief Financial Officer, Finance]]
AND WE WILL START AGAIN WITH ITEM NUMBER FIVE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF A PROPOSAL FROM RURAL AND KJ OR E M S INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH A NOISE OPERATION AND MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A TOTAL CUMULATIVE AMOUNT OF $1,847,826 FUNDED FROM THE AIRPORT OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE FUNDS. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING. 
          THERE IT IS. 
          UH, I COME TO YOU TODAY TO REQUEST APPROVAL OF A PROPOSAL FROM BRULE AND CARE, UH, TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE OUR NOISE OPERATIONS MONITORING SYSTEM, UH, FOR A LEASE PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, UH, WITH TWO ONE YEAR EXTENSION OPTIONS. 
          AND I'M READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. 
          RUSS, UH, I'VE HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE AROUND THE AIRPORT. 
          I KNOW, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY HAS HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN DISTRICT 10 FROM AROUND THE AIRPORT. 
          UH, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING CONCERN ABOUT NOISE AROUND THE AIRPORT. 
          I RECOGNIZE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS UPDATING SOFTWARE AND, UH, HELPING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TRACK THIS INFORMATION. 
          I'VE ASKED IF YOU COULD PUT TOGETHER A DETAILED REPORT. 
          I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT TO BE FOR BOTH, UH, DISTRICT NINE AND 10, UH, WHAT THE RECORD IS FOR THE NOISE LEVELS. 
          WE'RE FLYING MORE FLIGHTS. 
          UH, THERE'S A LOT MORE COMMERCIAL NON PASSENGER FLIGHTS LEAVING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY THAN THEY LEFT 10 OR 20 YEARS AGO WITH THE INCREASE IN, IN SO MUCH OF THE BUSINESS COMING TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A RECORD THAT WE CAN LOOK AT ON, UH, WHAT THE NOISE PROBLEMS ARE, IF THEY'RE GROWING, IF THEY'RE TARGETING DIFFERENT AREAS, IF THERE'S DIFFERENT HOTSPOTS. 
          SO THAT I UNDERSTAND IN 2019, THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR RELIEF. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THIS AT THIS TIME SINCE IT'S BROUGHT UP. 
          AND SO I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OTHER THAN ASKING THAT THOSE REPORTS COME FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
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YES, COUNCILMAN AND, AND, UH, THE PRODUCT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR YOU NOW, UH, WILL MAKE A COMPARISON OF THE REAL TIME DATA THAT WE GET FROM OUR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM TO THE FA A'S NOISE EXPOSURE MAP, WHICH IS WHAT THAT, UH, ACOUSTICAL TREATMENT PROGRAM FUNDING IS BASED UPON. 
          AND YOU'RE CORRECT, UH, THE, WE DO ONE OF THOSE MAPS EVERY FIVE YEARS. 
          IT'S UP FOR RENEWAL IN 2019. 
          AND SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS NOW OF PUTTING THAT, UH, TOGETHER. 
          AND SO, WE'LL, IN, IN ADVANCE OF THAT MAP, YOU'LL HAVE THE, THE DATA THAT WE CAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, SO THAT WE GO IN FULLY INFORMED. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP, I MOVE PASSAGE OF, UH, THIS ITEM. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AT COUNCILMAN TRINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT DISTRICT ONE IS, SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT STUDY AS WELL IN THAT REPORT. 
          UH, BUT I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT, UH, THAT, THAT WITH, UH, INCREASED, UH, TECHNOLOGY, UH, FOR, FOR THE, UH, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM THAT, THAT MOST AIRPORTS ARE, ARE, ARE TURNING TO. 
          I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND WHAT NEXTGEN MEANS FOR, FOR AIRPORTS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR NOISE MITIGATION, UM, FOR THE ACCURATE TRACKING OF, OF AIR TRAFFIC WITHIN OUR CITY. 
          IT IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT MY DISTRICT AS WELL AS DISTRICTS NINE AND AND 10 ARE SEEN. 
          BUT I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT OUT SOMETHING THAT EXPLAINS EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE, THE AIR TRAFFIC SYSTEM, UH, AND WHERE, HOW THAT'S BEING, UH, UH, TIGHTENED UP A BIT. 
          SO I, YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA COMMENT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? YES, COUNCILMAN, IT'S PERFECT TIMING. 
          I'M ACTUALLY MEETING WITH THE F A A TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          AND, UH, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, UM, WE'RE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM TO TALK ABOUT PERFORMANCE BASED NAVIGATION, WHICH IS A NEW G P S, UH, BASED NAVIGATION SYSTEM, WHICH COULD WELL ALTER THE FLIGHT PASS, BOTH IN THE VERTICAL AND THE HORIZONTAL FOR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. 
          IT PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO BOTH, UM, MAKE OUR FLIGHT PASS MORE EFFICIENT, BUT ALSO TO CAPTURE, UH, THE IMPACT OF THE COMMUNITIES AND POTENTIALLY HAVE A, A SIDE BENEFIT OF, OF IMPROVING OUR NOISE. 
          UH, AND THE NOISE EXPOSURE MAP TIMING WILL BE SYNCHRONIZED AROUND THAT. 
          IT WOULD BE, UH, MOST INTELLIGENT TO, TO DO THAT AFTER WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THOSE NEW FLIGHT PATHS WILL BE SO THAT WE'RE CAPTURING THE DATA FOR THE FUTURE. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT, IT ENDED UP SCORING SO HIGH IN THE EVALUATION IS IT DOES OFFER SOME NEW TECHNOLOGIES. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A WEB-BASED SYSTEM THAT WE CAN EXAMINE THAT COMBINES FLIGHT PATH AND REAL TIME, UH, NOISE DATA FROM OUR MICROPHONES. 
          WE HAVE 12 OF THEM AROUND THE, UH, THE AREA, UH, THIS SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE THAT, BUT IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A, A USER, UH, INTERNET ACCESS. 
          SO, UH, THE COMMUNITY CAN GET ON THE INTERNET AND WITH A PHONE APP, UH, AND BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          AND ACTUALLY, IF THEY WISH THEY CAN, THEY CAN RAISE A COMPLAINT OR A CONCERN ABOUT NOISE RIGHT ON THE PHONE APP. 
          OR THEY CAN STILL PICK UP THE PHONE AND TALK TO OUR, UH, OUR NOISE, UH, FOLKS AS WELL. 
          SO IT PROVIDES AN INCREASED COMMUNITY INTERACTION ABILITY. 
          THANK YOU, RUSS. 
          I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE VERY HELPFUL INFORMATION. 
          AS I POINTED OUT, I, THE OTHER, THE OTHER CRITICAL PART ABOUT MOVING SOME OF THIS AIR TRAFFIC IS THAT IT IS GONNA, UH, CREATE NEW PATTERNS WITH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          SO I, I THINK AS YOU, AS YOU START TO ROLL THOSE OUT, THOSE DISTRICTS ALSO NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS SO THEY CAN INFORM, UH, THEIR CONSTITUENTS. 
          YOU BET. 
          WE WILL DEFINITELY REACH OUT COMMUNITY WIDE. 
          AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THE F A A IS INTERESTED IN BEING THERE WITH US. 
          AND SO IT WON'T, IT WON'T BE A ONE WAY TRANSMISSION. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE AN INTERACTION. 
          WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE COMMENT AND AS WE BUILD THE P B N PLAN, UH, WE'LL BE THERE TOGETHER. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          GLAD TO GET THE HELP OF THE F A A. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS ITEM. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          LET'S GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. 
          [8. An Ordinance authorizing acceptance of a proposal from Parking
Panda Corporation to provide the Convention & Sports Facilities
Department with parking lot point-of-sale services for the Alamodome
for a total contract value of $344,875.00, funded from the FY 2018
Community & Visitor Facilities Fund. [Ben Gorzell, Chief Financial
Officer; Troy Elliott, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Finance]]
THANK YOU. 
          ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF A PROPOSAL FROM PARKING PANDA CORPORATION TO PROVIDE THE CONVENTION AND SPORTS FACILITIES DEPARTMENT WITH PARKING LOT POINT OF SALE SERVICES FOR THE ALAMO DOME FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE OF $344,875 FUNDED FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2018 COMMUNITY AND VISITOR FACILITIES FUND. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THIS CAME TO MY ATTENTION AS SOMETHING TO ASK YOU ABOUT BECAUSE I READ ABOUT SOME KIND OF, UH, CORRUPTION OR THEFT OF PARKING FUNDS THAT'S, UH, JUST BEEN REPORTED. 
          AND SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CONTRACT IN THAT AREA, I'D LIKE SOME KIND OF, UH, FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. 
          CERTAINLY. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. 
          THIS. 
          THIS IS A, A, AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A PARKING SYSTEM FOR A POINT OF SALE SYSTEM IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE ALAMO 
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DO TODAY. 
          UH, WE ARE ON THE CASH SYSTEM, SO PEOPLE PULL INTO THE ALAMO DO PARKING LOT, AND THEY HAVE CASH TO PAY FOR, UH, PARKING THERE. 
          THEN, UH, STAFF HAS TICKETS THAT THEY'RE ASSIGNED, AND WE RECONCILE THAT TO THE CASH AT THE END OF A SHIFT. 
          HOWEVER, UH, SOME HAVE, UH, BEEN, UH, TAKING CASH INSTEAD OF ISSUING THE TICKETS, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE ON THAT CASH SYSTEM. 
          SO THIS IS A VERY TIMELY CONTRACT IN THAT IT PUTS US OUT OF THE CASH BUSINESS, TOTALLY RELIANT ON THE CASH BUSINESS. 
          MOVES US MORE TOWARD A CREDIT CARD SYSTEM WHERE THERE ARE TIGHTER CONTROLS AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO RECONCILE TO REPORTS IN A, IN A TIGHTER FASHION THAN JUST A STRICTLY CASH SYSTEM. 
          WILL WE CONTINUE ACCEPTING CASH AND THESE CREDIT CARDS? WE WILL. 
          UH, BUT THIS IS A THREE YEAR CONTRACT. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL EVOLVE AND SEE OVER TIME WHAT THE EFFECT OF A MORE RELIANT CREDIT CARD SYSTEM IS. 
          WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO, TO EVENTUALLY BE, UH, OFF THE CASH SYSTEM IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. 
          BUT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AND SEE HOW BEING ON THIS SYSTEM PROMOTES PARKING. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE HAVING THE ABILITY TO TAKE CREDIT CARDS IN THE PARKING LOT WILL ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO PARK THERE. 
          'CAUSE THOSE WHO MAY NOT CARRY A LOT OF CASH WILL BE MORE ENCOURAGED TO PARK AT THE DOME AND BE ABLE TO USE THEIR CREDIT CARDS. 
          HOW IS THIS ALLEGED, UH, THEFT INCIDENT BEING HANDLED AT THIS TIME? IS IT ADMINISTRATIVE OR IS IT CRIMINAL SO FAR? I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN. 
          IS THIS BEING HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY OR IS A CRIMINAL ACTIVITY SO FAR WITH THE, THE LOSS OF THEFT OF MONEY OR SOMETHING? RIGHT. 
          UH, AT THIS POINT, IT IS A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ACCUSATIONS AGAINST STAFF AND, UH, THERE'S BEEN ONE ARREST AND OTHERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED, SO WE HAVEN'T CONCLUDED THAT, BUT IT IS SS A P D IS INVOLVED IN IT. 
          COUNCILMAN ENCOURAGED. 
          CHERYL WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME INPUT. 
          PARDON? YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT IT IS A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND THE PERSON WHO WAS ARRESTED FOR MISDEMEANOR THEFT UNDER $100, SO ACTUALLY IN THIS SITUATION, UH, SHE WAS TAKING CASH FOR PEOPLE WHO FORGOT THEIR TICKETS FOR U T S A FOOTBALL GAMES. 
          WHEN THEY SELL THEIR TICKETS, YOU GET A PARKING PASS WITH IT AND PEOPLE WOULD COME TO THE PARKING LOT AND SAY, OH, I FORGOT MY PARKING PASS, AND CAN I JUST PAY YOU TO COME IN? WHICH SHE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO DO. 
          THIS WAS A PART-TIME TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE. 
          AND SO, UH, SHE WOULD TAKE AND POCKET THE MONEY. 
          ACTUALLY, WE KNOW ABOUT THIS BECAUSE ANOTHER FORMER EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED US. 
          WE DID AN INVESTIGATION AND AS SOON AS WE SAW THAT IT WAS POTENTIALLY A CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, WE TURNED IT OVER TO SS A P D. 
          THEY CONDUCTED THE INVESTIGATION AND ARRESTED, UH, THAT PART-TIMER THIS WEEK. 
          SO IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE SYSTEMIC WITHIN THIS COMPANY, IT SEEMS TO BE MORE OF AN INDIVIDUAL ACT COMPANY. 
          NO, THIS WAS A PART-TIME CITY EMPLOYEE. 
          OH, A CITY. 
          IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS COMPANY OR THE CONTRACT THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THIS MORNING. 
          UH, IT'S SOMETHING SEPARATE, BUT I WILL SAY, UH, TO THE COUNCIL, OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE TRIED TO CONTINUE TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF CASH HANDLING. 
          THERE ARE SOME OPERATIONS WHERE WE MUST ACCEPT CASH MM-HMM. 
          , AND WE HAVE PROCEDURES IN PLACE, UH, NONETHELESS. 
          UH, UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO STEAL AND WE FOUND THIS ONE AND HAVE TAKEN ACTION. 
          UH, WE'RE CONTINUING THE INVESTIGATION TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF, OF THIS ITEM. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON 
          [13. An Ordinance authorizing an amendment to the prior approved
Design-Build Services Agreement with SpawGlass Contractors Inc. to
provide for additional facility construction to accommodate City
operations within the Southeast Service Center and the Leslie Road
Service Center Projects in Council Districts 2 and 6 respectively in the
increased amount of $2,450,448.00 funded from Certificates of
Obligation included in the FY 2018 Capital Budget for a total contract
value not to exceed $58,210,448.00. [Peter Zanoni, Deputy City
Manager; Mike Frisbie, Director, Transportation & Capital
Improvements]]
TO ITEM NUMBER 13. 
          ITEM NUMBER 13 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PRIOR APPROVED DESIGN BILL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SPA GLASS CONTRACTORS INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL FACILITY CONSTRUCTION TO ACCOMMODATE CITY OPERATIONS WITHIN SOUTHEAST SERVICE CENTER AND THE LESLIE ROAD SERVICE CENTER PROJECTS IN COUNCIL DISTRICTS TWO AND SIX RESPECTIVELY IN THE INCREASED AMOUNT OF $2,450,448 FUNDED FROM THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2018 CAPITAL BUDGET FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE NOT TO EXCEED 58,210,448. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I I WANTED TO FIND OUT, IS THIS SIMPLY SOMETHING THAT RAN OVER BUDGET AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO COVER THE ORIGINAL, UH, UH, PROJECT? NO, NO, SIR. 
          WE HAD A PROJECT BUDGET COVERS THE ENTIRE PROJECT. 
          DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS, WE REALIZED OUR COST ESTIMATE BY OVER OUR BUDGET. 
          WE DECIDED TO HAVE TWO ADDITIVE ALTERNATIVE 
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WHEN WE GET THE FINAL BID. 
          IF IT'S OVER BUDGET, THEN WE MAY NOT DO THOSE TWO BID EDIT ALTERNATIVE. 
          AFTER WE GOT THE GUARANTEE MAXIMUM PRICE FOR OUR DESIGN TEAM, WE REALLY, WE REALIZED WE COULD DO ALL OF THE EDIT OF ALTERNATIVE. 
          WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THIS, THIS ACTION. 
          WE ARE MOVING THE MONEY FROM THE PROJECT FUND TO INCREASE THE CONTRACTOR CONTRACT TO BE ABLE TO THIS PROJECT, THIS PROJECT WITHIN BUDGET AND ON TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WAS MY QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN SHAW. 
          COUNCILMAN SHAW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR PROTE. 
          I JUST WANT ROZI. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS PRIOR TO TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. 
          YOU GAVE US OUR ONE PAGER, SO ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          [15. An Ordinance authorizing the execution of an Interlocal Agreement
with the San Antonio River Authority in an amount not to exceed
$19,500,000.00 for the design and construction of Phase 1 and Phase
2 of the San Pedro Creek Improvement Project, a 2017 Bond funded
project, located in Council District 1. [Peter Zanoni, Deputy City
Manager; Mike Frisbie, Director, Transportation & Capital
Improvements]]
LET'S GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER 1514. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA SKIP, UH, 14 AND WAIT FOR COUNCILMAN PERRY TO COME BACK. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'LL GO TO ITEM 15. 
          ITEM 15 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $19,500,000 FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO OF THE SAN PEDRO CREEK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. 
          A 2017 BOND FUNDED PROJECT LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER ONE. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I'VE HAD SOME INDIVIDUALS COME TO ME WHO LIVE ALONG THE SAN PEDRO CREEK DEVELOPMENT AREA, AND THEIR CONCERNS ARE THAT, UH, PEOPLE ARE BEING DISPLACED BECAUSE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS, UH, ENABLING OR ENCOURAGING PEOPLE WHO OWN, UH, MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS ALONG THE AREA TO START RAISING THEIR RENTS. 
          UH, LITERALLY DRIVING PEOPLE OUT WHO ARE LIVING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW WITH THE HOPES THAT THESE, UH, OPERATIONS CAN RAISE THEIR RENTS AND ATTRACT HIGHER PAY, HIGHER PAYING, UH, YOU KNOW, CUSTOMERS. 
          AND, AND I THINK THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM BECAUSE ALONG THAT AREA FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, IT WAS A VERY AFFORDABLE LIVING AREA. 
          AND NOW I, I RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPMENT, BUT HOW IS IT AFFECTING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN LIVING THERE AND WANT TO CONTINUE LIVING THERE IF THEY'RE LITERALLY BEING FORCED OUT BECAUSE OF THE PROJECTED, UH, IMPROVEMENT AND VALUES IN THAT AREA. 
          WHAT CAN THE CITY DO TO HELP PEOPLE IN THIS SITUATION OR TO, UH, WORK WITH THESE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, STARTING TO GOUGE THEIR TENANTS? COUNCILMAN, LET, MAYBE I CAN TOUCH ON THAT AND, AND MAYBE LAURA HOUSTON COULD, COULD JOIN IN AS WELL. 
          BUT, UH, FOR THIS, UH, PROJECT, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A, THE FOOTPRINT OF THE PROJECT ITSELF, UH, JUST LIKE ANY PROJECT, SO THAT'S THAT COORDINATION WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY. 
          AND THIS IS, UH, OF COURSE, UH, PREDOMINANTLY COUNTY FUNDED PROJECT, BUT THE CITY HAS SIGNIFICANT FUNDS IN IT AS WELL THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY IS MANAGING THE PROJECT. 
          SO THAT'S THAT COORDINATION OF, OKAY, THIS MUCH PROPERTY'S NEEDED FOR THE PROJECT, AND LET'S DO THAT NEGOTIATION PROCESS. 
          THAT IS, OF COURSE, TAKING PLACE AHEAD OF CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND THAT'S A PROCESS OF FAIR MARKET VALUE AND SO FORTH. 
          UM, AND THEN THE, YOU KNOW, THE LAND USES AROUND IT, UH, A LOT OF TIMES THOSE PERSPECTIVE, THOSE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND FUTURE PROPERTY OWNERS LOOK AT THAT AND THEY LOOK AT THE PROJECT TO SEE, OKAY, THIS IS GONNA TRANSFORM THE AREA. 
          AND THERE CAN BE SOME CHANGE IN THE LAND USES, OBVIOUSLY, UH, BASED ON THAT PROJECT COMING. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S A PRIVATE ACTIVITY BETWEEN PROPERTY OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS THAT HAPPEN. 
          I DUNNO, LORI, IF, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT, I'M JUST CONCERNED, IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO AS A COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING DISPLACED, UH, IN THESE AREAS? YOU KNOW, YOU'RE REPLACING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH, FOR MANY PEOPLE, UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          COUNCIL ENCOURAGE, WOULD YOU, UH, ALLOW COUNCILMAN TREVINO? HE WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT? OH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT, UH, I, I RECENTLY MET WITH THOSE FOLKS. 
          YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, WE ARE WORKING, UH, WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT ON SOME OF THE ISSUES REGARDING, UH, THE, THE, UH, CHANGE IN THE CONDITIONS AT, AT THESE, UH, APARTMENTS. 
          WE'RE ALSO WORKING, UH, TO SET UP A MEETING WITH OUR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES MM-HMM. 
           TO, TO, TO HELP OUT AND FIND WAYS TO HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THESE FOLKS THAT, THAT ARE DEALING WITH THIS. 
          SO, UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND WORK WITH YOU, UH, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON ON THOSE SPECIFIC ISSUES. 
          I, I THINK, UH, WITH REGARDS TO T C I, THERE'S THEIR FOCUS IS ON THAT SCOPE. 
          AND I, I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO EXPAND THROUGH OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, LIKE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO TRY TO HELP OUT THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY'RE 
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BRINGING UP, UH, AS WELL AS THE, THE, UM, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES THAT, THAT WE SEE WE ARE SEEING AND WANT TO TACKLE. 
          SO WE WELCOME YOU TO JOIN US IN THAT MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? NO, SIR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO, UH, SUZANNE SCOTT, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY. 
          I JUST WAS GOING TO ECHO WHAT THE COUNCILMAN IS SAYING. 
          WE'VE BEEN IN, UH, DIRECT CONTACT WITH THOSE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          THEY, THERE HAS BEEN APARTMENTS HAVE BEEN BOUGHT BY OTHERS AND THEY'RE COMING IN AND DOING SOME REFURBISHMENT OF THOSE APARTMENTS. 
          UM, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BUT I'LL BE GLAD TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH Y'ALL MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE CAN DO IN THAT REGARD. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I'LL MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE ITEM. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM NUMBER 
          [17. An Ordinance accepting the lowest responsive bid and awarding a
construction contract in the amount of $13,093,369.78 authorized
payable to Curran Contracting Company; of which, funds in the
amount not-to-exceed $10,680,090.28 will be funded by the City,
funds in the amount not-to-exceed $1,700,586.50 will be reimbursed
by the San Antonio Water System, and funds in the amount
not-to-exceed $712,693.00 will be reimbursed by CPS Energy.]
17. 
          ITEM NUMBER 17 IS CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING. 
          TWO ITEMS RELATED TO THE DES VALLA ROAD I H 10 TO LOCKHILL SELMA A 2017 THROUGH 2022 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUNDED PROJECT LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          ITEM A IS THE ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BID AND AWARDING THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $13,093,369 AND 78 CENTS. 
          AUTHORIZE PAYABLE TO CURRENT CONTRACTING COMPANY OF WHICH FUNDS IN NOT TO EXCEED OF 10,680,000. 
          $90 AND 28 CENTS WILL BE FUNDED BY THE CITY FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,700,586 AND 50 CENTS WILL BE REIMBURSED BY THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM AND FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED. 
          $712,693 WILL BE REIMBURSED BY C P S ENERGY. 
          ITEM 17 B IS THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $578,028 FOR CONSTRUCTION REQUIRED NEAR THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY AS PART OF THE DEVAL ROAD. 
          I H 10 TO LOCKHILL SELMA PROJECT. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I THINK THIS BASICALLY LOOKS LIKE A GOOD DEAL AS FAR AS A PROJECT GOES. 
          THERE WAS 15 AND A HALF MILLION ALLOCATED IN THE BOND AND UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE CITY'S PART OF THIS IS GONNA BE ABOUT ALMOST 5 BILLION. 
          I MEAN $5 MILLION LESS, $4.8 MILLION LESS. 
          IS THAT PRETTY ACCURATE THAT IT CAME IN THAT MUCH BELOW FOR THE CITY'S OBLIGATION? ALSO, WE HAVE THE DESIGN COST ON THIS PROJECT WHEN IT GOES CONSTRUCTION FOR MATERIAL TESTING AND ALSO WE DO ENVIRONMENTAL COST ALSO. 
          AND ANY PROJECT END UP BEING HAVING SAVING IT GOES BACK TO THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          YEAH, THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION. 
          IF WE DID HAVE SAVINGS. 
          'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M NEW, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT. 
          SO ANY SAVINGS THAT, UH, HAPPENS GOES BACK TO THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          HOW DOES THAT GET REALLOCATED? USUALLY COUNCILMAN, WE HAVE FIVE YEARS TO DESIGN AND BUILD THIS PROJECT. 
          MM-HMM. 
           ON EACH PROPOSITION. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS TIME WE HAVE SIX PROPOSITION. 
          EACH OF THOSE STAND BY ITSELF. 
          YOU HAVE TO REALLY, WE HAVE TO FINISH EACH PROPOSITION PRETTY CLOSE TO A HUNDRED PERCENT TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS. 
          THAT TIME SAVING IS REALLY TRUE SAVING. 
          WE REALLY CANNOT USE THE SAVING UNTIL WE FINISHED ALL OF THOSE PROJECT. 
          AND IF THERE IS A SAVING, WE COME TO COUNCIL AND COUNCILS MAKES THE DECISION WHAT TO DO WITH THE SAVING. 
          SOMETIME THEY DECIDE TO DO ADDITIONAL PROJECT OR FUND THE DESIGN FOR THE PROJECT TO BE, TO MAKE THEM SHOVEL READY FOR FUTURE BOND. 
          BUT IT COMES BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR REDISTRIBUTION, SO TO SPEAK. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WELL THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          MAY I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 17 AND A AND B? OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 17 A AND B. 
          CHERYL, DO YOU HAVE SOME CLARIFICATIONS ONLY TO ADD? UH, BASED ON THE COUNCILMAN'S QUESTION THAT IN 2007 WE SAVED, UH, $47 MILLION IN THE BOND PROGRAM THAT THE CITY COUNCIL THEN REALLOCATED TO ADDITIONAL STREET AND SIDEWALK PROJECTS. 
          UH, IN 2012, WE ALSO HAD SAVINGS AND WE USED THOSE THIS YEAR TO HELP US WITH THE EQUITY APPROPRIATION FOR ADDITIONAL 
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STREET AND SIDEWALK WORK IN THOSE DISTRICTS. 
          UH, 1, 2, 3, 5, AND 10, UH, THAT WERE UNDERFUNDED IN YEARS PAST. 
          SO THOSE DOLLARS BY COUNCIL ACTION ARE ABLE TO BE ALLOCATED IN THE CATEGORIES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN VOTED UPON BY THE ELECTORATE. 
          AND WE'LL BE DOING THE SAME WITH THE 2017 PROGRAM AT ITS CONCLUSION OR NEAR CONCLUSION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHERYL. 
          THERE THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS 17 A AND B. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER 21. 
          [21. An Ordinance authorizing a Lease Agreement with Grupo La Gloria for
the construction of three restaurant concepts in connection with a
redevelopment of Maverick Plaza in La Villita. [Lori Houston,
Assistant City Manager]]
ITEM NUMBER 21 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH GRUPO LAIA FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE RESTAURANT CONCEPTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF MAVERICK PLAZA AND LATA. 
          COUNCILMAN VINEO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A, A PRESENTATION? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND LET'S, UH, LET'S HEAR THE PRESENTATION AND THEN WE HAVE SOME CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          THIS ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF A MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT WITH GROUP OF LA GLORIA FOR THAT WILL FACILITATE THE INVESTMENT OF 7.6 MILLION INTO LOBBY VITA MAVERICK PLAZA, WHICH WILL RESULT IN THREE NEW RESTAURANT CONCEPTS AND FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND ENHANCED PROGRAMMING IN LA VITA. 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEIR PARTNERS ON THIS PROJECT FOR OVER TWO YEARS NOW. 
          STARTING, UM, IN FEBRUARY, 2016 WHERE WE ISSUED A REQUEST FOR INTEREST, WE AT THAT TIME RECEIVED TWO PROPOSALS AND ULTIMATELY SELECTED GROUP OF LA GLORIA, WHICH IS REPRESENTED BY CHEF JOHNNY HERNANDEZ TO PROCEED TO DEVELOP A CONCEPT. 
          WE MADE A PRESENTATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN LIVABILITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER OF 2016. 
          AND AT THAT MEETING WE WERE DIRECTED TO MOVE FORWARD TO DO MORE DUE DILIGENCE AND COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE AND ULTIMATELY FULL COUNSEL WITH A CONCEPT PLAN AND A MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT. 
          AND TODAY WE'RE PRESENTING THAT CONCEPT TO YOU FOR ULTIMATE APPROVAL. 
          THE CULINARY CONCEPT PRESENTED BY CHEF JOHNNY HERNANDEZ INCLUDES THREE UNIQUE RESTAURANTS. 
          THE FIRST, UM, A GERMAN BEER, UM, GERMAN BREWERY AND BEER GARDEN BY CHEF STEVE CHU OF CURED, A SIGNATURE MEXICAN FOOD RESTAURANT BY CHEF JOHNNY HERNANDEZ AND A NATIVE TEXAS AND SPANISH RESTAURANT BY CHEF ELIZABETH JOHNSON. 
          THE THREE OF THESE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE CITY AND OUR PARTNERS TO INCLUDE THE LAVA DE TENANTS ASSOCIATION, VISIT SAN ANTONIO, THE SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY AND OSA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A QUALITY PARTNERSHIP SO WHERE EVERYONE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AND REALLY ENLIVEN AND ACTIVATE LA VITA. 
          YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP HERE, THIS IS A MAP OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS IN MAVERICK PLAZA. 
          AND THE TWO BLOCKS IN GREEN REPRESENT THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE MEXICAN FOOD RESTAURANT WILL GO, WHICH WILL BE OPERATED BY CHEF JOHNNY HERNANDEZ. 
          THOSE TWO BLOCKS REPRESENT A CONCESSION BUILDING AND A RESTAURANT BUILDING THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1982. 
          THOSE ITEMS WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND THAT WILL BE A NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDING OF A RESTAURANT. 
          THE BLOCK, UM, BEHIND THAT IS A BUILDING THAT CURRENTLY USE AS A POP-UP SHOP. 
          IT'S A HISTORIC HOME THAT WILL BE RESTORED AND ADDED ON. 
          AND THAT'LL BE THE LOCATION OF CHEF STEVEN CHU'S GERMAN RESTAURANT. 
          AND THEN THE BLOCK ACROSS MAVERICK PLAZA ALSO IS A HISTORIC BUILDING THAT WILL BE RESTORED AND EXPANDED AND BE THE LOCATION OF ELIZABETH JOHNSON'S, UM, NATIVE SPANISH TEXAS RESTAURANT IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE $7.6 MILLION IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT. 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS RECOMMENDING FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT THAT WILL HELP ACTIVATE MAVERICK PLAZA FOR ALL OF OUR EVENTS THAT WE DO THERE WE ARE PROPOSING TO REPAVE VITA KING WILLIAM, I'M SORRY, KING PHILIP AND OLD ALAMO STREETS. 
          THESE ARE THE INTERNAL STREETS AND LA VITA CONSTRUCT KIOSKS AND DEMONSTRATION KITCHENS. 
          IMPROVE THE UTILITIES IN MAVERICK PLAZA SO WE CAN DO MORE EVENTS. 
          REPAVE MAVERICK PLAZA, REMOVE THE RESTROOM FACILITIES AND CONCESSION BUILDING, AND THEN IMPROVE NUEVA STREET AND ADD METERED PARKING. 
          AND THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN FOR THOSE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND THEY WILL BE COORDINATED WITH THE SOUTH ALAMO COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT THAT WAS PART OF THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM. 
          NOW, IN ADDITION 
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TO THE IMPROVEMENTS TO MAVERICK PLAZA AND THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT, WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO ENHANCE THE PROGRAMMING IN MAVERICK PLAZA. 
          AND THE CITY AND CHEF JOHNNY HERNANDEZ WILL PARTNER TOGETHER TO DO MORE PROGRAMMING, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE DEMONSTRATIONS WITH ROTATING CHEFS, MOBILE VENDORS, MONTHLY HARVEST MARKETS AND CULTURAL EVENTS, AND OTHER SIGN SIGNATURE EVENTS THAT WE WILL BE CREATING AND CULTIVATING OVER THE NEXT YEAR. 
          I WANNA STRESS THAT MAVERICK PLAZA WILL ALWAYS BE A PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC AND THAT NSA IS A MAJOR PARTNER IN THIS BECAUSE NSA TAKES PLACE IN MAVERICK PLAZA DURING FIESTA, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COORDINATING OUR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS WITH THEM AS WELL AS OUR CONSTRUCTION SO THEY CAN REMAIN TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND ACTUALLY BE MORE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE ADDITION OF THESE UTILITIES THAT WILL HELP WITH THEIR EVENTS AND ACTUALLY WANT THEM TO BE PART OF THE DESIGN OF THOSE SO WE CAN SEE HOW WE CAN ENHANCE THEIR EVENT AS WELL. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE DOING COMMUNITY OUTREACH THROUGHOUT 2018 AND TESTING OUT SOME SMALLER EVENTS SO WE CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE IN LATA. 
          THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU TODAY, UM, IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH GROUP OF LA GLORIA, WHERE CHEF JOHNNY HERNANDEZ WILL INVEST 7.6 MILLION IN THREE RESTAURANTS. 
          IN RETURN, WE WILL LEASE TO HIM THE LAND FOR THOSE THREE RESTAURANTS, AN AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND PER YEAR THAT WILL GO BACK INTO THE PROGRAMMING OF LA VITA. 
          THE LEASE WILL BE FOR 49 YEARS AND THEN IN EXCHANGE, A CITY WILL INVEST $4.4 MILLION IN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS AN ADDITIONAL $600,000 OVER SEVEN YEARS TO ENHANCE THE PROGRAMMING. 
          NOW THE SCHEDULE FOR THIS, UM, WILL TAKE PLACE OVER THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR YEARS. 
          I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT ON OCTOBER 31ST, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WAS DESIGNATED AS A CITY OF GASTRONOMY AND THIS CULINARY CONCEPT WAS PART OF THAT APPLICATION PROCESS. 
          THIS ITEM WAS APPROVED BY THE INNER CITY TOURS BOARD ON DECEMBER 8TH, AND IT'S THE INNER CITY TOURS FUNDING THAT WILL SUPPORT THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          TODAY WE'RE HERE FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN THE DESIGN AND MORE COMMUNITY DIALOGUE BETWEEN JANUARY, 2018 AND DECEMBER, 2018. 
          CONSTRUCTION WILL OCCUR OVER TWO YEARS, JANUARY, 2019 TO JANUARY, 2021, AND IT WILL BE COORDINATED WITH THE SOUTH ALAMO COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT AND WE WILL COORDINATE WITH OUR TENANTS VISIT SAN ANTONIO AND THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE CAN STAY OPEN, THAT WE MINIMIZE DISRUPTION, AND THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND THIS PROJECT BENEFITS EVERYONE. 
          THE FISCAL IMPACT FOR THIS PROJECT, THE $4.4 MILLION IN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS COMING FROM THE INNER CITY TOURS THAT TOURS BOARD APPROVED THESE FUNDS AT THEIR DECEMBER 8TH BOARD MEETING. 
          THEY ALSO APPROVE $600,000 THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED OVER A SEVEN YEAR PERIOD. 
          AND THAT SEVEN YEAR PERIOD WILL ALSO INCLUDE OTHER SIGNATURE EVENTS TO ENHAN ENHANCE THE AREA. 
          WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO TO SEE HOW WE CAN ADD MORE EVENTS AND THEY CAN USE THE PLAZA TO ATTRACT BUSINESS. 
          AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE LEASE AGREEMENT. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN WOR I WANNA STRESS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS AT VISIT SAN ANTONIO, THE TENANTS ASSOCIATION AND OSA, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE THREE CHEFS THAT HAVE REALLY MADE THIS PROJECT THE REALITY. 
          AND THAT'S CHEF JOHNNY HERNANDEZ, CHEF ELIZABETH JOHNSON AND CHEF STEVEN MCCUE. 
          THEY ARE HERE TODAY AND THEY CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          AND ALSO ANOTHER WONDERFUL THING ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS CHEF JOHNNY HERNANDEZ IS THE BOARD CHAIR OF THE ST. 
          PHILIPS CULINARY ADVISORY BOARD, AND HE'S GONNA BE PARTNERING WITH ST. 
          PHILIPS TO ALLOW THIS CULINARY CONCEPT TO PROVIDE INTERNSHIPS AND APPRENTICESHIPS TO ST. 
          PHILIPS STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THEIR CULINARY PROGRAM SO WE CAN HAVE A STRONG PARTNERSHIP AND PROVIDE JOBS TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, LORI. 
          WE WILL TAKE NOW, UH, CITIZENS WHO HAVE ASKED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. 
          WE'LL BEGIN WITH SUSAN BEVIN. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 
          THE SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY HAS BEEN BRIEFED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR REGARDING THE CITY'S PROPOSED CULINARY CONCEPT REDEVELOPMENT OF MAVERICK PLAZA. 
          WE HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROJECT'S IMPACT ON THE SOCIETY'S 
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ANNUAL NIGHT IN OLD SAN ANTONIO OSA, WHICH PROVIDES OVER $500,000 ANNUALLY FOR THE CITY, INCLUDING 200,000 GIVEN TO THE LOBBY TO FUND EACH YEAR. 
          FROM 2007 TO 2017, NSA HAS GENERATED OVER $5 MILLION TO THE CITY, INCLUDING 2.3 MILLION TO THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND 1.8 MILLION TO THE LATA FUND. 
          THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE MONEY PAID TO LOCAL VENDORS NOR THE FUNDS. 
          AS SOCIETY POURS BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LORI HOUSTON HAS PROVIDED TIMELY RESPONSES TO EACH OF OUR CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY IN RECENT WEEKS. 
          THESE ARE DETAILED IN THE DOCUMENTS YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. 
          IT IS OUR WISH THAT WE MOVE FORWARD IN GOOD FAITH WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE OF OUR CONCERNS AND FULL INVOLVEMENT OF THE SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY AS A PARTNER THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN PROCESS. 
          WE ARE ALL DEDICATED TO THE ONGOING SUCCESS OF A NIGHT AND OLD SAN ANTONIO, WHICH HAS ITSELF BECOME A MAJOR CIVIC EVENT, SUPPORTS THE UNITED, THE UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT OF LATA AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MS. BEVIN. 
          RAMIRO CSOS, THANK MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, WE ARE HERE, UH, REPRESENTING THE SAN ANTONIO HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OUR GREAT MEMBERS WHO ARE AFFILIATED WITH THIS LEASE AGREEMENT. 
          UH, ON BEHALF OF OUR CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, DR. 
          LOPEZ AND OUR 1200 MEMBERS, THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE AN ENHANCEMENT OF WHAT WE HAVE THERE AT LA VITA. 
          SO WE AGREE WITH THE USE OF THESE, UH, TOURIST DOLLARS. 
          THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE INTENDED TO BE USED FOR. 
          AND, UH, WE HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH, UH, THESE CHEFS, ESPECIALLY I KNOW STEVE AND, AND JOHNNY, AND ACTUALLY WORK TOGETHER ON OUR ANNUAL PA EVENT THAT'S BEEN HELD AT PEARL NOW FOR CLOSE TO 10 YEARS AND AT MISSION COUNTY PARK. 
          SO I WANT TO, UH, THANK THE STAFF FOR WORKING ON THIS AGREEMENT. 
          IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE TYPE OF, UH, ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HELD THERE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL COME OF THIS. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND, AND MAYOR, I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR HIS LOVELY JACKET THIS MORNING. 
          THANK YOU MR. CAVASSO. 
          STEVE DELA HAYA. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING MAYOR. 
          AND CONS. 
          UM, MY NAME IS STEVE DEYA. 
          I AM THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, ON BEHALF OF VISIT SAN ANTONIO, UM, IT'S, UH, MY PLEASURE TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM. 
          UM, WE ARE DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF THE CULINARY CONCEPT PROGRAM PLAN OVERALL FOR LATA AND MAR AND MAVERICK PLAZA. 
          UM, LA VITA'S BEEN A GREAT ASSET FOR OUR CITY FOR NOT JUST OUR SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS, BUT FOR OUR LEISURE VISITORS AND CONVENTION CUSTOMERS WHO FREQUENTLY USE THE PLAZA, UM, AS A VENUE. 
          UM, LA VITA OFFERS THE ENTIRE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THE CULTURE AND ART OF OUR CITY. 
          UH, NOW WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE AN EVEN MORE AUTHENTIC SAN ANTONIO FOOD AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCE. 
          THE IMPROVEMENTS AT LA VITA WILL ENABLE OUR CITY TO PLACE OUR CULINARY HERITAGE FRONT AND CENTER, AND IT'LL BE ANOTHER CATALYST FOR US AT VISIT SAN ANTONIO TO PROMOTE AND MARKET OUR DESTINATION. 
          UM, SO THESE TYPE OF OF IMPROVEMENTS ARE EXCITING FOR US. 
          UH, THEY ARE ESSENTIAL FOR OUR DESTINATION, UH, TO GROW AND WE URGE YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS INITIATIVE. 
          AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. DELE HAY, DEBORAH SIBLEY. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS DEBORAH SIBLEY. 
          I AM PRESIDENT OF THE LOBBY TO TENANTS ASSOCIATION. 
          LATA HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF OUR CITY'S ROBUST HISTORY. 
          ITS RICH CULTURE AND ITS LIVELY SPIRIT. 
          OUR LITTLE VILLAGE HAS STOOD NOT ON THE FRINGE OF HISTORIC EVENTS, BUT OFTEN WITHIN THEIR DRAMATIC CENTER. 
          AND IT'S INSEPARABLY LINKED TO THE ALAMO. 
          OUR CITY HAS NOT SIMPLY GROWN AROUND LA VITA, BUT FROM WITHIN IT, THE EARLIEST WRITINGS OF THIS COMMUNAL SETTLEMENT DATE BACK 
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TO 1536, WHEN THE SPANISH EXPLORERS FOUND THE RICH ABUNDANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, THE HERDS OF BUFFALO AND DEER. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S EVIDENT THAT LATA HAS BEEN AT THE EXPRESSION OF OUR RICH CULINARY DIVERSITY FOR ALMOST 500 YEARS. 
          AND IT HAS EVOLVED THROUGH GENERATIONS OF SETTLERS WHO HAVE BEEN DRAWN TO OUR CITY'S CENTER. 
          SO IT SEEMS FITTING THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY TO WRITE A NEW CHAPTER IN OUR CULINARY HISTORY AND FURTHER OUR EVOLUTION AS A VILLAGE IN THE CENTER OF A CREATIVE CITY OF GASTRONOMY. 
          THE TENANTS OF LATA SUPPORT THE CULINARY CONCEPTS YOU ARE CONSIDERING TODAY AND APPRECIATE THE PLANNING AND THE RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVOTED AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE DEVOTED TO THIS PROJECT. 
          WE APPLAUD THE CREATIVE VISION THAT CHEF JOHNNY HERNANDEZ AND HIS GROUP OF SAN ANTONIO, OUR GROUP OF LAG TEAM, HAVE GIVEN TO SAN ANTONIO AND OUR REGIONAL CUISINE. 
          WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE PAINSTAKING DETAIL THAT THE ARCHITECTURAL TEAM OF FISHER HECK WILL BRING TO THE STRUCTURES AS THEY ARE BEING DESIGNED. 
          AND WE MOST APPRECIATE THE CITY'S COMMITMENT OF RESOURCES TO ENSURE VISITORS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE WILL BE APPRECIATIVE AND WILL BE DRAWN TO LATA. 
          WITH OVER 20 SHOPS, GALLERIES, AND RESTAURANTS CURRENTLY RESIDING IN THE VILLAGE, IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS CONCERNS THAT WILL BE APPARENT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE A DEFINITE DISRUPTION IN OUR BUSINESS AS CHANGES IN MAVERICK PLAZA TAKE PLACE, BUT WE'RE ALSO AWARE THAT MAJOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ON ALAMO AND NEVA STREETS WILL ALSO MAKE FAMILIAR ENTRY POINTS TO LA VITA INACCESSIBLE OR VISIBLY UNAPPROACHABLE. 
          SO WE'RE EAGER TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND GROUP OF LA GLORIA TO HIGHLIGHT LA VITA'S RIVER WALK POINT OF ENTRY, AND THAT'S AT THE ARNESON THEATER. 
          PART OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT YOU MUST CONSIDER FOR THE VILLAGE HAS TO INCLUDE A VIABLE POINT OF INFORMATION AND DISTINCT WAVE FINDING DIRECTION AT THE RIVER WALK LEVEL. 
          UM, I WON'T CONTINUE UNLESS GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO . 
          UM, Y'ALL HAVE A, A GROUP. 
          OH, GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR COMMENTS, STEVE. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S ALSO OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO ENSURE THE SURVIVAL OF THE ARTISANS AND MERCHANTS IN LATA DURING THE PLANNED PROJECT. 
          AN INFORMATION STATION MAN BY A DOCENT OR AMBASSADOR COULD GIVE CONTEXT TO LA VITA'S HISTORIC ROLE AND PROVIDE VISITORS WITH DIRECTIONS TO THE VILLAGE UP ABOVE THE BANKS OF THE RIVER. 
          SO ANY PROGRAM PLAN FOR LA VITA, WE ASK THAT YOU, YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THESE BUSINESSES AND HOW THEY MAY BE REPRESENTED DURING THE PLANNING PROCESS BECAUSE WE TOO ARE STAKEHOLDERS AND WANNA SEE THE SURVIVAL AND THE THRIVING OF THIS LITTLE VILLAGE AT THE SITTER OF OUR HEART AND OUR CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MS. SIBLEY. 
          ANDREAS DUAR, MAYOR OF COUNCIL MEMBERS MANAGER CALLING THE RENOVATIONS OF LATA AND HEMISPHERE WILL POSITIVELY AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY FOR GENERATIONS. 
          THE TWO HISTORIC DISTRICTS LOCATED STEPS FROM EACH OTHER ON THE SHORES OF THE RIVERWALK ARE TIED AT THE HIP, AND EACH AREA'S SUCCESS WILL BENEFIT THE OTHER. 
          TODAY YOU'RE SELECTING THE RIGHT GROUP WITH THE RIGHT PLAN TO BRING BACK LATA TO A PLACE WHERE LOCALS AND VISITORS CAN PRIDEFULLY ENJOY THIS. 
          HIS HISTORIC DISTRICT, SAN ANTONIO, IS A CULINARY DESTINATION. 
          AND BRINGING CHEFS JOHNNY HERNANDEZ, ELIZABETH JOHNSON, AND STEVE CHU'S WORLD-CLASS OFFERINGS IS A DELICIOUS RECIPE FOR SUCCESS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, ARCHITECTS, ARCHITECT LEWIS FISHER'S DESIGN, EXPERTISE AND UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORIC IMPACTS COMPLETES THIS AMAZING TEAM AFTER A LONG SELECTION AND CONCEPTUALIZATION PROCESS. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO ENCOURAGE GRUPO LA GLORIA, AND THE CITY TO MAKE OF MAVERICK PLAZA AND LA GITA, THE CULINARY ARTS CULTURE AND HISTORIC DESTINATION THAT ATTRACTS LOCALS AND VISITORS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 
          THIS IS GOOD FOR LA GITA, IT IS GOOD FOR HEMISPHERE AND IT IS GOOD FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. DU HART. 
          BELINDA HARTWIG, GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS BELINDA GARZA 
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HARTWIG, AND I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          OUR PRESIDENT AND C E O RICHARD BETAS PLANNED ON BEING HERE THIS MORNING, BUT WAS PULLED OUT OF TOWN, SO ASKED ME TO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF. 
          PART OF MY PORTFOLIO INCLUDES DOWNTOWN INITIATIVES, INCLUDING THE REVITALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF IT AS A DESTINATION THAT IS WELCOMING TO BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS, AND VISITORS ALIKE. 
          WE FULLY SUPPORT THE PLAN PRESENTED TODAY FOR MAVERICK PLAZA AND LA VITA. 
          FOOD AND RESTAURANTS IN PARTICULAR ARE DRIVERS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          THIS YEAR I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH CHEFS JOHNNY HERNANDEZ AND ELIZABETH JOHNSON AS PART OF THE WORKING GROUP TO SUCCESSFULLY HAVE SAN ANTONIO DESIGNATED AS A UNESCO CREATIVE CITY OF GASTRONOMY. 
          PART OF THE SUCCESS WAS DUE TO THEIR COMMITMENT TO PRESENT WHAT MAKES SAN ANTONIO CUISINE AND CULTURE UNIQUE, AND HOW IT CAN BE CELEBRATED AND SUSTAINED FOR THE YEARS TO COME. 
          MAVERICK PLAZA IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN CONTINUE DOING JUST THAT WHILE CONTINUING TO MAKE SAN ANTONIO A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, MS. HARTWIG. 
          ANGELA COVO. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          I HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL. 
          UM, I'M HERE TODAY AS EDITOR OF EDIBLE SAN ANTONIO. 
          FOUR YEARS AGO WE STARTED A PROJECT WITH JOHNNY TO MAKE SAN ANTONIO A UNESCO CITY OF CREATIVITY FOR GASTRONOMY BECAUSE WE ALWAYS CONSIDERED IT THE EPICENTER OF FOOD. 
          AND SO WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU THAT HAVING WORKED WITH THIS TEAM, YOU HAVE A SET OF PROFESSIONALS FAR NONE THAT WILL EXECUTE THIS PROJECT IN MANNER YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. 
          UM, WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES, UM, THAT MADE IT THE FIRST TIME AROUND ON OUR APPLICATION FOR UNESCO. 
          AND THAT'S NOT IN NO SMALL PART DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE WORKED WITH JOHNNY ELIZABETH. 
          UM, STEVE WAS THERE, BUT  HE WASN'T SAYING ANYTHING. 
          UM, SO THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT YOU HAVE THE GOOD, THE RIGHT TEAM, AND IT'S TIMELY BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE WE GONNA BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME, THEY'RE GUARANTEED TO COME BECAUSE NOW WE ARE AN INTERNATIONAL CULINARY DESTINATION. 
          AND UNESCO TRAVELERS ALL OVER THE WORLD NOW HAVE US ON THEIR LIST TO EAT. 
          SO WE BETTER HAVE SOMETHING GOOD TO OFFER. 
          AND THIS PROJECT IS, AS MISS LY SAID, AN AMAZING THING BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS THE CONFLUENCE OF CULTURE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS. 
          I REALLY THINK IT'LL WORK. 
          I REALLY THINK IT'LL BE GOOD FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. COVO. 
          WILL THORNTON, I MOVE SLOW, YOUR HONOR. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN, MY NAME IS WILL THORNTON. 
          I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM, HOSPITALITY AND CULINARY ARTS AT ST. 
          PHILIP'S COLLEGE. 
          AND I'M VERY, VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          ON BEHALF OF THIS PROJECT, YOU SHOULD ALL KNOW, AND I'M SURE YOU DO. 
          ST. 
          PHILIP'S COLLEGE ORIGINALLY WAS LOCATED IN LATA. 
          SO FOR US TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT IS A COMING HOME. 
          AGAIN, COMING BACK TO OUR ROOTS. 
          OUR PRESIDENT LIKES TO SAY IT'S IN OUR D N A CHEF. 
          JOHNNY'S COMMITMENT TO CULINARY ARTS AT ST. 
          PHILIP'S COLLEGE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S A DAILY OR A MATTER OF DAYS OLD. 
          THIS IS GOING ON TWO DECADES. 
          HE'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH US. 
          HE NEVER HESITATES TO COME WHEN HE'S CALLED. 
          HE'S THERE FOR EVERY STUDENT ACTIVITY. 
          HE'S THERE FOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS. 
          AND WE HAVE WORKED NOW FOR TWO YEARS WITH CHEF JOHNNY, CHEF ELIZABETH AND CHEF STEVE DOING PRESENTATIONS IN CULINARY THAT ARE WORLD CLASS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE CITY, BRINGING ALL THE CULINARY HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO OUR COLLEGE AND OUR STUDENTS, AND HAVING THESE CHEFS COME PRESENT THEIR PASSION AND THEIR SKILLS. 
          CHEF STEVE DIDN'T BOUGHT A WHOLE LAMB AND BROKE IT DOWN THE OTHER DAY. 
          AND SO IT'S THINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS WOULD NEVER GET TO SEE WITHOUT THESE KIND OF PROFESSIONALS. 
          WHEN I HEAR JOHNNY TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT, I THINK ABOUT ELIZABETH. 
          HER GRANDPA GAVE ME MY FIRST JOB IN THE FOOD BUSINESS. 
          I WORKED FOR HIM, CHEF JOHNNY. 
          I FROM THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          HE SPEAKS WITH LATO, WITH REVERENCE. 
          HE HAS A PASSION. 
          HE'S LOCAL. 
          HE HAS AN INVESTMENT IN THIS THAT'S MORE THAN JUST DOLLARS AND CENTS. 
          IT'S TRUE DEVOTION. 
          AND SO I CAN'T BE MORE IN FAVOR OF WORKING WITH THIS GROUP. 
          OUR STUDENTS AT ST. 
          PHILIPS STAND READY TO WORK WITH HIM AT ANY TURN. 
          THEY LOVE HIM. 
          THEY KNOW HIM. 
          AND WE WILL BE THERE WHEN HE DOES OUTDOOR KITCHENS. 
          IF HE NEEDS CHEFS TO COME IN, OUR STUDENTS WILL COME IN. 
          WE'LL BRING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS. 
          WE ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT BEHIND THIS PROJECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
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THANK YOU MR. THORNTON. 
          THAT'S EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 31 OR 21. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND I THINK WE ALL HEARD THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          UH, SOME GREAT COMMENTS. 
          UM, AND I WANT TO ECHO A LOT OF THOSE. 
          UH, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT PROJECT WITH GREAT PEOPLE AND THE TIMING COULDN'T BE BETTER. 
          UH, JUST LIKE PRESENTING THIS BEFORE THE LUNCH HOUR, UH, , UH, YOU KNOW, I I'VE SEEN THIS, UH, PROJECT GROW AND, UH, SAW THE EARLY VISION OF THIS AND, AND THOUGHT THIS WAS, UH, A REALLY GREAT PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. 
          IT WAS EXECUTED VERY, VERY WELL. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S REAL PASSION BEHIND THIS, UH, REAL LOVE FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          THIS IS NOT JUST ANOTHER PROJECT. 
          THIS, THIS, THIS PROJECT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF OUR ARTS, OUR CULTURE, AND OUR HERITAGE. 
          AND, UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT IT'S BEEN DEMONSTRATED WHY IT'S, IT'S SO IMPORTANT. 
          UH, THE TIMELINESS OF THIS IS ALSO CRITICAL WITH ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT IN DOWNTOWN, SPECIFICALLY IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. 
          TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN RIGHT NOW IS, IS JUST BRILLIANT. 
          UM, WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, TO ALL THE FOLKS WORKING ON THIS. 
          WANNA THANK ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME AND SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY HIGHLIGHTING OUR, OUR, OUR GREAT CITY'S HISTORY, OUR CULTURE. 
          UH, IT REALLY IS MIXING UP A LOT OF OUR ARTS AND SPECIFICALLY OUR CULINARY ARTS. 
          I WANNA THANK ANGELA. 
          I WANNA THANK ANGELA COVO FOR, UH, REALLY, REALLY SPEARHEADING, UH, THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE CREATIVE CITY OF GASTRONOMY. 
          AND OF COURSE WE KNOW, UH, JOHNNY HERNANDEZ WAS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THAT. 
          AND AS LORI HOUSTON POINTED OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS CONCEPT WAS, WAS PART OF THAT. 
          AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS FITS INTO THE OVERALL, UH, BIG PICTURE IS, IS, IS REALLY DEMONSTRATED WITH ALL THE SUPPORT. 
          UM, AGAIN, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU. 
          IT WAS, IT, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THIS TYPE OF PROJECT MOVING FORWARD AND THE, THE KIND OF EXECUTION THAT, THAT, UH, WAS DEMONSTRATED. 
          UH, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE I, I'M 101% IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. 
          IT IS, UH, A GREAT PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND AS, AS WAS DEMONSTRATED, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THIS, BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL ALL WORK TOGETHER THROUGH AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS GONNA IMPROVE, UH, AND ENHANCE LA VITA. 
          UH, I WANT TO THANK THE, THE GREAT EFFORT THAT, UH, THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH TO IMPROVE THAT EXPERIENCE AT, UH, LA VITA FOR, FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW. 
          AND THEN TO HAVE THIS COME IN IS, IS REALLY, UH, AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE, UH, PROJECT TO, TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE, THE GREAT HISTORY OF LA VITA. 
          SO WITH THAT, I JUST, I MOVED TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 21 AUTHORIZING, UH, THIS LEASE AGREEMENT. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 21. 
          WE HAVE ADDITIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT. 
          COUNCILMAN GROM. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          LORI AND CHEFS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND TO, OF COURSE, OUR CONSERVATION SOCIETY, THE LATA TENANTS, UM, EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN A PART OF THIS PROJECT AND A PART OF WORKING TOGETHER. 
          BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN IT COMES TO UNESCO DESIGNATIONS HERE IN THE CITY, WE HAVE A KNACK OF WORKING TOGETHER AS COMMUNITY. 
          SO THIS IS DEMONSTRATED AGAIN. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          WE ARE, UM, THE SECOND CITY IN THE UNITED STATES DESIGNATED AS A UNESCO CREATIVE, UH, CITY OF GASTRONOMY. 
          SO I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU AND ALL OF US MAYOR FOR THIS GREAT DESIGNATION. 
          AND NOW, UM, AS WAS MENTIONED, I WILL SAY IT, THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING. 
          SO NOW WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO CREATE, UM, EVEN MORE DYNAMIC OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY GETS TO OUR ROOT CAUSE OF WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A NEW URBAN AGENDA, TO BE A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO TO HIGHLIGHT OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THIS CITY. 
          AND I THINK WITH THIS NEW PLANNING AROUND LA VITA, WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF OUR ENTIRE CITY AND OUR LINEAGE OF THE ROOTS OF OUR, OUR, UM, GASTRONOMY HERE IN THE CITY AND IN OUR, UH, IN OUR ROOTS ARAS. 
          SO I AM THANKFUL 
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AND I APPRECIATE YOU, LORI, FOR TAKING THE COMMENTS THAT I ALSO MENTIONED AT OUR ARTS, CULTURAL AND HERITAGE COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COORDINATE WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO AND THE OTHER PARTNERS. 
          UM, SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU FOR DEMONSTRATING THAT HERE TODAY. 
          I ALSO, UM, IT IS GOING TO BE THE PLANNING AND THE TIMING IS GOING TO BE VERY CRITICAL. 
          UM, HE H PARK, HEMISPHERE PARK AND CIVIC PARK, A LOT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING IN THAT AREA AT THE SAME TIME. 
          BUT WE AT VISIT SAN ANTONIO AND THE CITY ARE GOING TO BE HAVING SOME MAJOR CONFERENCES AND CONVENTIONS COMING THROUGH THE CITY AT THAT TIME. 
          SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT COORDINATION. 
          UM, ONE OTHER THING I DO WANT TO PUT OUT THERE, AS YOU'RE DOING THE PLANNING AND BECAUSE CULTURAL HERITAGE IS SO IMPORTANT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, WORLD HERITAGE, OUR WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN COORDINATE WITH THE WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT PLANNING AND DESIGNATED DAYS FOR, UM, NASSA LA VITA, FOR VISIT SAN ANTONIO AND WORLD HERITAGE, IF WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UM, OUR, OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE AS WELL. 
          SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE COORDINATION AND ALL YOUR WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VERAN, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND, UH, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING, UM, PROGRAMMING AND AND ACTIVITY HAPPENING HERE AT, AT MAVERICK PLAZA PLACE THAT'S BEEN GREATLY UNDERUTILIZED. 
          SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS COMING ABOUT. 
          UM, I DO SHOW HERE FEBRUARY, 2016 WAS WHEN YOU ISSUED THE REQUEST FOR INTEREST. 
          UH, BUT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON QUITE SOME TIME. 
          LORI, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, DID YOU MENTION THAT IN YOUR PRESENTATION? HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING ON THIS? YES. 
          WE ACTUALLY STARTED WORKING ON THIS IN LATE 2015. 
          UM, STARTED WORKING WITH SOME STAKEHOLDERS THAT ACTUALLY DATING BACK TO BRUCE MCDOUGALL WITH THE SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY, LOOKING AT HOW WE COULD COME UP WITH A CONCEPT IN SOMETHING DIFFERENT AT LATA. 
          THAT'S, WE DECIDED TO ISSUE REQUESTS FOR INTEREST. 
          WE ISSUED THE REQUEST FOR INTEREST IN FEBRUARY OF 2016, AND ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN THE PROPOSAL WE RECEIVED FROM CHEF JOHNNY HERNANDEZ. 
          BUT WHAT'S WONDERFUL ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS WE WANTED TO DO IT RIGHT. 
          AND SO THE CHEFS CHEF JOHNNY IN THE CITY SPLIT IN THE COST TO DO A DUE DILIGENCE REPORT AND MASTER PLANNING, LOOKED TO SEE HOW WE CAN MASTER PLAN THE CULINARY CONCEPT. 
          WE ACTUALLY INCORP INCORPORATED A STUDENT COMPONENT AND WORKED WITH, UM, THE STUDENT, A I A CHAPTER TO SEE HOW THEY CAN HELP US WITH THIS AND HAD SOME STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND CAME BACK WITH THIS WONDERFUL CULINARY CONCEPT THAT'S BEEN VETTED WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE VETTED BECAUSE WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO OWN THIS PROJECT. 
          UM, SO STARTING BACK TO LATE 2015, UM, HERE TODAY. 
          BUT THE DIALOGUE WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. 
          AS I MENTIONED IN MY PRESENTATION, 2018 IS THE YEAR THAT WE WANNA TEST OUT SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS AND WORK WITH THE DOWNTOWN STAKEHOLDERS AND STAKEHOLDERS OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN LAVATA AND WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET THEM TO COME DOWNTOWN. 
          AND SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING HERE I UNDERSTAND IS COMING FROM THE TOURS, BUT THERE'S 600,000 IN PROGRAMMING. 
          IS THAT FOR THE YEAR OR FOR THE, THAT'S FOR THE YEAR PERIOD THAT THE CITY WILL CONTRIBUTE. 
          UM, SO WE'LL CONTRIBUTE, UM, $50,000 FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS AND THEN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, THE, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, A A HUNDRED THOUSAND SIX YEARS, I'M SORRY, EVERY YEAR 50,000 FOR YEAR 2019 AND 2020, AND THEN A HUNDRED THOUSAND ANNUALLY THROUGH 2024. 
          OH. 
          AND SO WHY NOT THE HIGHER NUMBERS IN THE BEGINNING? BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY. 
          AND SO WE'LL BE DOING SOME MORE OF THAT SMALLER TESTING OF THE CONCEPTS, AND THEN IT'LL INCREASE ONCE THE PROJECT IS OPEN IN 2021. 
          AND HOW WILL, WHO WILL DECIDE THE PROGRAMMING? THAT'S, THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO CONTROL THE PROGRAMMING AND WE'LL WORK WITH CHEF JOHNNY HERNANDEZ AND OUR OTHER PARTNERS LIKE NSA, THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY VISITS SAN ANTONIO, AND SOME OF THE MAJOR EVENTS THAT CONTINUE TO, UM, OCCUR IN LATA. 
          AND WE'LL WORK ON A ROBUST PROGRAMMING PLAN. 
          IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR INDEPENDENT PEOPLE TO COME IN AND SUBMIT REQUESTS OR IDEAS OR PERHAPS SOMETHING NEW? YES, AND THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO DO THIS PROGRAMMING TESTING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO REALLY SEE WHAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE PLAZA. 
          AND WE WELCOME THAT INPUT FROM SMALL BUSINESSES TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THERE AS WELL. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, SO YOU MENTIONED THAT THE SIX POINT, THE 4.4 MILLION FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, UM, AND THAT'S 
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JUST STREETS, SIDEWALKS, NO PHYSICAL STRUCTURES. 
          THE, THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURES WILL BE CONSTRUCTED BY, UM, GROUP OF LA GLORIA THAT'S 7.6 MILLION. 
          THEY'RE FUNDING THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT. 
          OUR 4.4 IS GOING TOWARDS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTERNAL STREETS, THE UTILITIES TO BUILD A DEMONSTRATION KITCHEN AND OTHER PROGRAMMING ENHANCEMENTS. 
          SO YOU CAN PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE THE PLAZA. 
          AND, AND FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE STAFF THAT JOHNNY WOULD BE BUILDING OR WHOMEVER, THERE'S, THOSE ARE NEW STRUCTURES. 
          THEY'RE NOT ENHANCING THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES. 
          TWO OF THE CONCEPTS, UM, CHEF STEVE MCCUES AND CHEF ELIZABETH JOHNSON, THEY ARE RESTORING A HISTORIC HOME AND THEN ADDING ON, AND THAT WILL BE COORDINATED WITH OUR OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND REVIEWED BY H D R C. 
          AND IN FACT, LOUIS FISHER, WHO IS RENOWNED FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION WILL BE WORKING ON THOSE PROJECTS. 
          AND SO I GUESS I JUST, I'M, I'M ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE IF ONE HASN'T DONE HISTORIC BUILDING BEFORE, UH, IT COULD TAKE MUCH LONGER THAN IT WOULD PROJECT IF YOU HAD A NEW STRUCTURE. 
          SO IS THAT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE BUSINESS MODEL THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN A YEAR, PERHAPS TWO YEARS TO, WE HAVE TWO YEAR SCHEDULE FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          WE FILL THAT AS AMPLE TIME TO COORDINATE AROUND OSA AND OTHER EVENTS AND STILL BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT AND OPEN IN 2021. 
          2021. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHAT ABOUT, UM, THERE WAS, UH, I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION, UH, ABOUT, UM, I'M SORRY, I, I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. 
          OH, HERE, ABOUT THE 45 YEAR GROUND LEASE MM-HMM. 
           FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND PER YEAR TO SUPPORT MAINTENANCE AND PROGRAMMING. 
          IS THAT THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND THAT YOU, SO THE CITY IS GONNA BE CONTRIBUTING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE INNER CITY TOURS, AND THEN CHEF JOHNNY'S LEASE PAYMENTS FOR THE GROUND FOR THOSE THREE RESTAURANTS, HE'LL CONTRIBUTE A HUNDRED THOUSAND TOWARDS PROGRAMMING. 
          AND SO THAT WILL ALL GO INTO A PROGRAMMING FUND THAT WILL BE USED IN MAVERICK PLAZA. 
          SO IT'S IN ADDITION TO THE CITY'S 100,000 EVERY YEAR FOR 49 YEARS. 
          YES. 
          UH, AND THEN THERE, THERE ARE INCREASES OF 2% OVER THE YEAR, EVERY YEAR. 
          YES. 
          BEGINNING, YES. 
          IN 2021, ONCE HE OPENS IN 2021, THAT'S WHEN THE LEASE PAYMENTS START, AND THEN IT INCREASES BY 2% EVERY YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO I KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO SOMETIMES TO FINANCE SOME OF THESE THINGS, WE NEED A REALLY LONG-TERM LEASE MM-HMM. 
          , BUT 49 YEARS IS A REALLY LONG TIME. 
          SO I IMAGINE THERE'S SOME CONTINGENCIES IF THEY WANT TO TURN IT OVER OR WHAT. 
          SO THE CITY WILL OWN THE BUILDINGS. 
          WE, IN THE EVENT THAT UNFORTUNATELY THE DEALS DON'T WORK OUT, BUT WE WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO, UM, OWN THE ASSET. 
          YES. 
          IT COULD BE LEASED TO SOMEONE ELSE IN THE EVENT THAT ONE HOPES THAT ONE JUST MAYBE IS READY TO MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE. 
          UM, SO, UH, OKAY. 
          WELL THIS IS VERY EXCITING AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD, UM, SEE THE, THE RESULTS OF THIS. 
          WE KNOW THAT, UH, OH, I KNOW ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAD. 
          SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A UNESCO CITY DESIGNATION OF GASTRONOMY? SO UNESCO HAS, UM, CERTAIN DESIGNATIONS THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE IF YOU, IF YOUR CULTURE OF YOUR CITY REFLECTS A CERTAIN CRAFT. 
          AND SO KANSAS CITY IS A UNESCO CITY OF MUSIC AND WE SUBMITTED AS A CITY OF GASTRONOMY. 
          SO THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO MARKETING AND, UM, CREATING A CULTURE OF FOOD IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND ARE WE, UM, IS THERE ANY FUNDING FOR THAT? THERE IS NOT, BUT IT IS AN, A DESIGNATION TO BE PROUD OF AND THAT WE CAN MARKET. 
          THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER CITY IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT IS TUCSON, ARIZONA THAT HAS THIS, UM, DESIGNATION. 
          BUT WORLDWIDE, THERE ARE SEVERAL, UM, IN ADDITION TO SAN ANTONIO, UM, A CITY IN ITALY WAS ALSO DESIGNATED AS A CITY OF GASTRONOMY. 
          AND SO WE ARE PART OF A NETWORK WHERE WE CAN SHARE FOOD IDEAS, UM, TRADE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, SEND CHEFS OVER TO DIFFERENT CITIES. 
          AND SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MARKET AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. 
          WELL, THAT'S VERY EXCITING. 
          I KNOW WHEN I'VE TRAVELED, UH, TO OTHER CITIES AND PEOPLE WANNA COME TO SAN ANTONIO, THEY WANNA COME FOR THE FOOD. 
          UH, AND SO I THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF PROMOTING THAT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 
          UH, AND UM, I KNOW IT'S, THANKS TO JOHNNY AND A LOT OF THE WORK HE'S BEEN DOING. 
          I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO BURGER TECA LAST WEEKEND. 
          I GOT TO SEE JOHNNY THERE, SO HE'S STILL WORKING IN HIS RESTAURANTS TOO. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW HE HAS TIME FOR ALL THAT. 
          UH, BUT HE WAS THERE AND I HAD A DELICIOUS, UM, FISH BURGER THAT I HIGHLY RECOMMEND. 
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I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WAS REALLY DELICIOUS. 
          SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT. 
          AND THE MOOLA FRIES. 
          UH, SO, UM, HOPEFULLY Y'ALL WILL GO CHECK THAT OUT. 
          THAT'S HIS NEWEST, I THINK THE NEWEST ADDITION TO HIS RESTAURANT, UH, BUSINESSES. 
          SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS AND, UM, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCILMAN ELA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LORI, IS THERE A WAGE COMPONENT TO THIS? NO, WE HAVE NOT INCORPORATED A WAGE COMPONENT IN THIS. 
          UM, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH CHEF JOHNNY AND THE OTHER CHEFS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, BUT WE DID HAVE NOT INCORPORATED A WAGE COMPONENT. 
          ALL THE EMPLOYEES WILL BE TIPPED THOUGH. 
          OKAY. 
          IS, IS THAT, I MEAN, YOU HAVEN'T INCORPORATED IT YET 'CAUSE THERE'S NO LEASE NEGOTIATED YET. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING? NO, THERE'S A LEASE NEGOTIATED, BUT IT HAS NOT, IT HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED AND WE HAVE NOT INCLUDED A WAGE COMPONENT IN THIS STATE. 
          WHY NOT? UM, BECAUSE WE'VE WORKED WITH 'EM CLOSELY ON THE PARTNERSHIPS AND PROVIDING APPRENTICESHIPS AND INTERNSHIPS WITH ST. 
          PHILIPS, AND THOSE ARE THOSE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND THESE EMPLOYEES WILL BE TIPPED. 
          AND IN LOOKING AT HIS ORGANIZATION ACROSS, UM, HE HAS A GREAT RETENTION RATE. 
          AND SO WE FELT THAT THIS WAS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP TO INCORPORATE THE ST. 
          PHILIP'S PARTNERSHIP. 
          PERFECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS, JOHNNY. 
          DO, DO YOU MIND ANSWERING A QUESTION OR TWO? THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANKS LORI. 
          UM, JOHNNY, ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, I KEEP HEARING IS THAT WE'RE A CITY OF GASTRO, YOU KNOW, GASTRONOMIC EXCELLENCE OR AWESOMENESS OR WHATEVER. 
          I THINK THAT'S GREAT. 
          I I AGREE. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO A COMPASSIONATE CITY AND A CITY OF EQUITY, RIGHT. 
          AT WHICH YOU'VE BEEN HEARING A WHOLE BUNCH COMING FROM US. 
          AND SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DO IS TO REMEMBER THAT LAST YEAR, UM, I THINK COUNCILMAN SALDANA LED AN EFFORT TO, UM, CONVINCE THE CITY TO BAN THE BOX. 
          RIGHT? UM, AND I'VE BEEN READING MORE AND MORE LATELY ABOUT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 
          THEY'VE GOT A, THEY'VE GOT A CULINARY PROGRAM ALSO, UM, IN THERE. 
          AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO CONSIDER FOR THIS PROJECT AND, AND BOTH OF THE CHEFS TO CONSIDER FOR THIS PROJECT AND ALL FUTURE PROJECTS, RIGHT? TO REMEMBER THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE WHO'VE, WHO'VE GOT CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS, WHO'VE ALREADY PAID THEIR DEBT TO SOCIETY. 
          UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO, BECAUSE OF THAT BACKGROUND AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO CHECK THAT BOX, ARE SOMETIMES DENIED, YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, THEY, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE REFORMED AND HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED. 
          AND I WAS ALSO READING THAT LIKE ONE IN THREE ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE HAD SOME KIND OF SCRAPE WITH THE LAW. 
          AND SO, PLEASE, UH, I'M, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO, I'M NOT PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT TODAY OR ASKING YOU TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE A HARD COMMITMENT THAT YOU'LL BAN THE BOX, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, PLEASE PROMISE ME THAT YOU'LL THINK ABOUT IT. 
          YES, OF COURSE, KELMAN. 
          BUT FIRST OF ALL, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO, TO OUR MAYOR, COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER FOR, FOR, FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR AT LEAST FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP. 
          BUT TO, TO TALK, TO, SPEAK DIRECTLY TO YOUR COMMENT, UH, I HELPED CREATE THE CULINARY PROGRAM AT THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT BROUGHT IN INMATES, UH, TO TEACH THEM A CAREER PATH AND GIVE THEM SKILLS TO REENTER THE WORKFORCE. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, A YOUNG MAN OR GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF MILAS WILLIAMS, WHO WAS A GRADUATE OF THE, SENT THE, THE FOOD BANK PROGRAM WHO THEN WENT TO ST. 
          PHILLIPS. 
          UH, WHO IS, UH, ACTUALLY WE, WHO HAS BEEN IN OUR COMPANY, STARTED OFF AS A DISHWASHER, AND HE IS, UH, JUST PROMOTED TO BE THE CHEF OF RIA, ONE OF OUR RESTAURANTS. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, WITH, UH, INMATES FOR THE LAST MAYBE 10 YEARS. 
          AND OF COURSE, CULINARY STUDENTS, UH, LONG BEFORE THAT. 
          SO WE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, OUR INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO BE CHALLENGED. 
          UH, THERE'S, WE HAVE A ROBUST CULINARY, UH, DESTINATION, SO WE HAVE TO USE ALL OUR RESOURCES. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, UH, DEFINITELY, UH, WE GET CREATIVE. 
          I MEAN, WE, WE INTEGRATE ALL THE YOUTH OF THE CITY HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL THROUGH THE CULINARY PROGRAMS. BUT THE, THE, THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK HAS BEEN DOING, UH, THE CULINARY EDUCATION FOR INMATES FOR PROBABLY AT LEAST EIGHT YEARS. 
          EIGHT, EIGHT, MAYBE 10 YEARS NOW, SO, RIGHT. 
          YES SIR. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , JOHNNY, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING TOO, AND THIS, MY SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM RIDES ON YOUR ANSWER TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTION. 
          AND OF ALL THE PAELLA CHEFS AT YOUR PAELLA FESTIVAL, WHICH ONE IS THE BEST  JOHNNY? WELL, UH, WE HAVE ONE OF THE WINNERS HERE. 
          CHEF STEVE WON ONE YEAR, AND HE . 
          I JUST, I WOULD LOVE FOR EVERYBODY TO COME OUT AND TRY PAELLA AND SUPPORT THE CAUSE. 
          'CAUSE EVERYTHING WE MAKE AT PAELLA, WE GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE'VE RAISED OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS FOR CULINARY YOUTH HERE IN SAN ANTONIO OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS. 
          SO IT'S, UH, THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH. 
          SO PLEASE, I INVITE EVERYBODY 
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TO COME OUT. 
          SO, SO JOHNNY, THAT'S A GREAT WAY OF NOT ANSWERING MY QUESTION, . 
          UH, AND, AND I ASSUME IT'S BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO OFFEND STEVE. 
          UH, CHEF STEVE. 
          IT'S MY MOM, ISN'T IT? ISN'T SHE WASN'T SHE ONE OF THE CHEFS THIS YEAR FOR THE HISPANIC CHAMBER? SHE'S GONNA KILL YOU. 
          OH, YOU'RE ALRIGHT. 
          I THINK YOUR MOM HAS MADE A PIE BEFORE ALSO. 
          THAT WAS DELICIOUS LAST YEAR. 
          THANKS JOHNNY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PLY. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THANK YOU JOHNNY FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. 
          UM, I'VE HAD THE, THE PLEASURE OF GETTING TO KNOW YOU OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND IT'S, IT'S MY, OH, YOU CAN SIT DOWN. 
          IT'S MY, UH, MY FEELING THAT YOU DO SOME GREAT WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, OF COURSE IN YOUR LINE OF PROFESSIONAL WORK. 
          UM, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR LORI. 
          THANK YOU LORI, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          UM, SO UP UNTIL NOW, THE, THE MAVERICK PLAZA HAS BEEN USED FOR FUNCTIONS AND WEDDINGS AND SUCH. 
          SO, UH, MY CHILDHOOD BEST FRIEND WAS MARRIED THERE. 
          UM, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT DEAL. 
          YOU CAN'T FIND SUCH A BEAUTIFUL LOCATION ANYWHERE ELSE, UH, FOR THAT PRICE. 
          AND IT'S THAT PRICE BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC FACILITY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO ABOUT HOW MANY FUNCTIONS DO WE SEE THERE ANNUALLY? AND DOES THIS MEAN THEY WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO OCCUR? NO, YOU WILL STILL BE ABLE TO LEASE LATO OR MAVERICK PLAZA FOR A FUNCTION AND, UM, WE ARE PLANNING TO ONLY, UM, IN OUR CONTRACT, WE'RE ALLOWING CHEF JOHNNY TO HAVE EIGHT SIGNATURE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WE'LL WORK CLOSELY WITH HIM. 
          SOME OF THOSE WILL BE DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO, BUT WE ARE HOPING THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL WANT TO COME AND LEASE LATA AND WE EXPECT MORE PEOPLE TO WANT TO DO THAT ONCE WE'VE MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND I'LL GET YOU THE NUMBERS OF HOW MANY EVENTS OCCUR ANNUALLY, BUT WE HAVE SOME LARGE, WONDERFUL EVENTS. 
          WE HAVE THE, THE COFFEE FESTIVAL THAT OCCURS THERE. 
          WE HAVE THE MUSIC FESTIVAL THAT'S BEEN THERE AND WE HAVE NSA AND WE ALSO HAVE THE DAY OF THE DEAD FESTIVAL. 
          AND WE WANNA WORK WITH ALL OF THOSE PARTNERS TO SEE HOW THEY CAN ALSO CONTINUE TO BE IN LOBBY TO AND GROW. 
          HAVE THEY BEEN ENGAGED UNTIL NOW? THOSE PARTICULAR PARTNERS? YES. 
          YOU MENTIONED THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY. 
          YES. 
          AND UM, WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE? VISIT SAN ANTONIO. 
          BUT YES, WE HAVE, WE HAVE MET WITH THE ORGAN ORGANIZERS OF THOSE EVENTS AS WELL. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, COULD YOU PLEASE WALK ME THROUGH WHAT, UM, HOW THIS WORKS? SO, WE'LL TAKE OUT CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $4.4 MILLION TO DO THE WORK, BUT IT SAYS WE'LL BE FINANCED BY THE INNER CITY TOURS. 
          HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL ISSUE DEBT IN THE AMOUNT OF 4.4 MILLION, BUT THE INNER CITY TOURS WILL PAY THE DEBT SERVICE ON THAT 4.4 MILLION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          AND THAT DEBT SERVICE WILL BE ABOUT $400,000 ANNUALLY. 
          SO THE CITY ISSUES THE DEBT USING OUR CREDIT RATING, BUT THE INNER CITY TOUR PAYS THAT SERVICE, THAT DEBT SERVICE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THAT TOURS IS SET TO EXPIRE. 
          UH, IT, IT'LL EXPIRE IN, I BELIEVE, 2029 AND IF IT'S NOT EXTENDED, THEN WE'LL LOOK FOR ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT DEBT TO COME BACK. 
          BUT WE WON'T BE HERE THEN. 
          SO, BUT WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY ON THAT AND WE FEEL THAT, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT IT DOES NOT GET EXTENDED MM-HMM. 
          , WE'LL LOOK, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE TO PULL FROM. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO, UH, THERE'LL BE THREE RESTAURANTS THERE AND, UM, THE IN EXCHANGE, THE CITY GETS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR FOR PROGRAMMING. 
          UM, COULD YOU TELL ME HOW DOES THAT RATE COMPARE TO, LIKE, SAY, A MARKET RATE RENTAL FOR ANOTHER RESTAURANT SOMEWHERE IN THAT VICINITY? I KNOW THERE'S NOT AN EXACT COMP BECAUSE THIS IS IN LATA, BUT COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT PLEASE? SO THERE IS A COMP THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, AND THAT'S A COMP FOR A GROUND LEASE IN HEMISPHERE. 
          SO IT'S A HOUSING PROJECT THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED BY DAVID, ADAM AND ASSIA LOFTS. 
          AND IT'S, UM, $152,000 ANNUALLY I BELIEVE. 
          AND THIS IS ABOUT HALF THE ACREAGE OF THAT. 
          SO A HUNDRED THOUSAND IS IN LINE WITH THE MARKET. 
          SO THERE IS ONLY ONE OTHER, UH, COMP, ONE OTHER GROUND LEASE IN THE AREA THAT WE PULLED FROM. 
          BUT THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE MARKET 'CAUSE WE'RE ONLY LEASING THE GROUND. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, THEY'RE GONNA BUILD THE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          WE'RE GONNA OWN THE IMPROVEMENTS MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, AND SO IT'LL BE PART OF OUR, IT'LL BE AN ASSET THAT THE CITY OWNS, SO THEY'RE ONLY LEASING THE GROUND. 
          THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ON. 
          OKAY. 
          SO SAY FOR INSTANCE, UH, ONE OF THE, HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO, UM, LIKE THE RESTAURANTS ON THE RIVERWALK THAT PAY US TO USE THE, THE PATIO AREA? UM, THIS, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY CHEF JOHNNY AND THE GROUP, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PAY A CAM FOR THAT COMMON AREA. 
          SO THEY WILL ALSO PAY THOSE LEASES AS WELL. 
          BUT THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND IS ONLY FOR THE GROUND. 
          OKAY. 
          WAIT, SO WHAT ARE THE OTHER LEASES? SO THEY'LL PAY A COMMON AREA MAINTENANCE FEE, AND THEN WE WILL LOOK AT THE PATIO LEASES THAT THEY'LL HAVE ON THE MAVERICK PLAZA AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THE REVENUE FROM THAT IS GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY? WE'LL, WE'LL KNOW THAT FOR THE DESIGN PHASE. 
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UM, SO NO IDEA RIGHT NOW? NO. 
          COULD YOU TALK TO ME, UH, AND MAYBE THIS IS FOR, FOR THE CHEF, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE WORKING AND THE LABOR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS. 
          SO IS IT GOING TO ALL BE STUDENTS FROM NO. 
          THE COLLEGE? I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT PART. 
          WELL, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I DO TODAY. 
          'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH, UM, A PROCESS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE BUSINESS MODEL AS WE, YOU KNOW, IMAGINE WHAT THESE RESTAURANTS LOOK LIKE. 
          YOU KNOW, TODAY IN OUR INDUSTRY, I THINK THERE IS A, UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY UPWARD MOTION OF WAGES FOR THE CULINARY INDUSTRY. 
          I THINK WE'VE BEEN ONE THAT HAS BEEN UNDERPAID FOR MANY YEARS. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS EXISTED, YOU KNOW, LONG BEFORE. 
          I THINK I WAS EVEN IN THE INDUSTRY, YOU KNOW, AS A COMPANY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, UH, YOU KNOW, I TELL MY TEAM EVERY DAY, WE HAVE TO BE THE BEST AT RESTAURANT OPERATORS IN OUR CITY BECAUSE WE WANNA PAY THE BEST WAGES IN OUR CITY. 
          AND TO ME THAT DRIVES RETENTION AND IT DRIVES THE, THE SUCCESS OF OUR BUSINESS. 
          SO I THINK, I MEAN, THAT'S MY BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY. 
          I KNOW THAT ONE THING THAT WE ARE CHALLENGED WITH AS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, BUT ALSO AS CHEF OWNERS. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THAT EVERYBODY OR DEVELOPERS AND, UH, AND EVEN THIS COUNCIL AT TIME, YOU, YOU, YOU MAY WANT AND SAY, WELL, WE WANT CHEF OWNED RESTAURANTS HERE. 
          WE WANT CREATIVE CONCEPTS IN THIS DEVELOPMENT. 
          WHAT'S DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND AND BALANCE IS THAT A CHEF RESTAURANT AND THE, THE MODEL OF OUR BUSINESS MODEL OPERATES ON A VERY SMALL MARGIN. 
          AND IT, WHEN WE OPERATE ON A VERY HIGH COST, BUILD OUT NON-TRADITIONAL CHAINS, YOU KNOW, MOST CHAIN RESTAURANTS HAVE A LOT OF, UH, I GUESS LEARNINGS AND, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMMERCIAL, RIGHT? THEY'RE MULTI-UNIT OPERATORS. 
          SO THEY'RE VERY SOPHISTICATED, BUT A SMALL RESTAURANT OPERATOR, A CHEF PHONE CONCEPT TO ME BY DESIGN AND JUST THE INHERENT COST OF HOW WE INNOVATE OR HOW WE CREATE, WE OPERATE ON, ON SMALL MARGINS. 
          SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SOME, THAT'S ALWAYS A, A, UM, A MISUNDERSTANDING. 
          IF YOU, IF YOU TAKE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PEARL MODEL, YOU KNOW, THE REASON WHY PEARL IS SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE THE OWNERS OF PEARL HAVE PUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE CHEF COMMUNITY. 
          THEY'VE PUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO BRINGING CHEFS THERE AND SUPPORTING THEM AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CHARGE THE RENT OF LAC CANTERRA OR OF OTHER PLACES IN SAN ANTONIO THAT CATER TO CHAIN RESTAURANTS. 
          BUT IF YOU TRULY WANT SOMETHING UNIQUE, YOU WANT SOMETHING SPECIAL, YOU WANT A A RESTAURANT OWNED BY SOMEBODY LOCAL, THERE'S YOU THERE. 
          YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE OPERATE ON A VERY DIFFERENT BUSINESS MODEL THAN A NATIONAL CHAIN. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE, WE TRY TO BALANCE EVERY DAY IN OUR BUSINESS, RIGHT? HOW DO WE STAY COMPETITIVE? HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE PAY HIGH WAGES? HOW DO WE OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS? HOW DO WE OFFER HEALTHCARE INSURANCE? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERY DAY THAT WE, UH, WE WORK HARD AT FIGURING OUT. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I I THINK THAT I'LL SPEAK FOR, AND I WON'T SPEAK FOR, FOR CHEFS, UH, STEVE AND ELIZABETH, BUT CERTAINLY ARE, THEY OPERATE WITH, UH, THE SAME ETHICAL CHARACTER THAT, THAT I DO. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE SAME MENTORS THAT, UH, AND, UH, THE SAME, THEY HAVE THE SAME WORK ETHIC AND PHILOSOPHY THAT I HAVE IN, IN THE INDUSTRY. 
          AND I, I WOULDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING LESS FROM THEM. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR SPECIFICS ON, ON THEIR HIRING PRACTICES. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, BUT, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ALL INTERNS AND STUDENTS, THAT'S WHAT  OH, NO, THAT WAS MY ORIGINAL QUESTION. 
          NO, I MEAN, I THINK THAT, UH, WE ALWAYS, UH, WE HAVE INTERN, WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERNS, WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE GRADUATES, AND WE, WE WILL ALSO EMPLOY A CROSS SECTION OF EMPLOYEES FROM, FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND, AND, AND LIKE MANNY, UH, COUNCILMAN ELIAS, UH, MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, AT, AT RISK, UH, AND MM-HMM. 
          , YOU KNOW, SO IT IS, UH, IT IS, IT IS JUST DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW IN OUR INDUSTRY. 
          I THINK WE WE'RE HIRING EVEN FROM OUTSIDE SAN ANTONIO NOW, I MEAN, WE HAVE, UH, WE, WE HAVE, UH, A FULL-TIME RECRUITMENT PERSON JUST MAKING CALLS AND TRYING TO KEEP OUR RESTAURANTS, UH, FULL OF EMPLOYEES. 
          WE NEED, UH, WE NEED MORE, UH, WE NEED A BIGGER, UH, CAMPUS AT ST. 
          PHILIP'S, WHICH WE'RE BUILDING , RIGHT? WITH THE BOND. 
          UM, NO, I HAVE NO DOUBTS, UH, THAT YOUR HEART IS ABSOLUTELY IN THE RIGHT PLACE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , I KNOW, UM, THAT THE MANY EFFORTS THAT, THAT YOU'VE TOLD ME ABOUT, I GUESS WHERE, WHERE I AM IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, RIGHT? MM-HMM. 
           SURE. 
          AND WE'RE PUTTING SOMETHING FORWARD AND, UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ALSO MAKE 
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SURE THAT THAT PRIVATE PART, UM, REALLY ADDS TO OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH, WHICH IT WILL BE WITH THE, WITH THE OFFERINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE WITH THE CULINARY OFFERINGS, BUT ALSO TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE TO, TO THE EMPLOYEES THAT WILL BE THERE. 
          SO I GUESS IN YOUR OPINION, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO IN OUR ARRANGEMENT TO MAKE SURE, TO HELP YOU PAY GOOD, YOU KNOW, PAY GOOD WAGES? RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK WE, WE HAVE TO BE SMART OPERATORS. 
          YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, UH, THE, THE PARTNERSHIP THAT'S PRESENTED TO US, YOU KNOW, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY HAVE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY. 
          WE AS PROFESSIONAL CHEFS HAVE, HAVE LOOKED AT THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          WE'VE RESEARCHED IT WHEN WE'VE THOUGHT CAREFULLY OF WHAT OUR CONCEPTS AND WHAT OUR BUSINESS MODEL IS. 
          YOU KNOW, FOR RE, YOU KNOW, FOR US IT IS, UM, OUR OCCUPANCY COSTS MM-HMM. 
           ARE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR P AND L. 
          SO OUR OCCUPANCY COSTS DIRECTLY TIED TO THE PARTNERSHIP THAT IS WITH THE CITY. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT WE'VE, WE'VE WORKED WITH LORI'S TEAM TO, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S EQUITABLE. 
          THAT, THAT WE, WE, WE ALSO ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF, OF THE, OF THE MISSION THERE AT LATA. 
          AND I THINK LA VITA SPECIFICALLY IS A VERY CHALLENGING SITE. 
          THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT IT'S GONNA REQUIRE A LOT OF HARD WORK TO MAKE THAT PLACE SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND, UH, WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING IT. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE, THE FINE DETAILS OF THE EQUITY OF, OF THE OCCUPANCY PIECE THAT IS PART OF OUR P AND L AND PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WHERE, UH, THE, THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AT A, AT A PLACE THAT WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AND THE CITY IS HAPPY WITH, WITH OUR STEWARDSHIP AND, AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE HAVE AS, AS OWNERS OF, OF THE RESTAURANTS. 
          SO, UH, WE HAVE SOME TIME, OBVIOUSLY BEFORE THIS, UH, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY START CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, LORI AND HER TEAM, UH, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S OUR STRENGTH. 
          OUR STRENGTH IS WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INTO THE DETAILS OF EVERYTHING AND THE DETAILS ARE IMPORTANT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMMITTED TO THIS PROJECT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          THANK YOU, JOHNNY. 
          AND JUST, UM, ANOTHER QUESTION. 
          UH, COULD YOU GIMME A SENSE OF WHAT'S LIKE THE LOWEST WAGE THAT MIGHT BE PAID THERE, OR THAT YOU PAY CURRENTLY IN YOUR RESTAURANT? I KNOW SOMEONE SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE TIPS FOR, FOR THE STUDENTS, BUT FOR THE ACTUAL HOURLY WORKERS MM-HMM. 
          , WHAT, WHAT COULD YOU ANTICIPATE AS A RIGHT, AS A BOTTOM EDGE? YOU KNOW, OUR INDUSTRY IS, IS ONE THAT IS CONSTANTLY CHALLENGED WITH OBVIOUSLY THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, UH, ONE OF THEM, WE WE'RE DEALING WITH A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, SEVERAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WE WORK WITH THEIR SCHEDULES. 
          SO OUR WAGES, LET'S JUST SAY UTILITIES, RIGHT? A UTILITY EMPLOYEE AT OUR RESTAURANTS START AT $10 AN HOUR. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR CHEFS OR OUR COOKS MAKE $17 AN HOUR. 
          YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR GENERAL MANAGERS WHO HAVE STARTED OFF AS DISHWASHERS WE'RE MAKING $10, AND NOW THEY'RE MAKING $80,000 A YEAR. 
          AND THEY'RE THE GENERAL MANAGER OF A RESTAURANT. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE A COMPANY THAT HAS A MANAGER IN TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          AND WE, WE LOVE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO GROW THROUGH THE COMPANY AND WE OFFER THEM OPPORTUNITIES. 
          WE OUTLINE A CAREER PATH FOR THEM IF, IF THIS IS THEIR CALLING AND THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AS, AS A, AS A HOSPITALITY EMPLOYEE. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, NOTHING GIVES ME MORE JOY THAN FOR ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE PROMOTED WITHIN OR TO LEAVE FOR A GREATER OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND THAT'S THE WAY WE RUN OUR BUSINESS. 
          IT IS, IT'LL, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY RESTAURATEUR IS GONNA BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION THAT WAY. 
          'CAUSE THIS IS A VERY CHALLENGING INDUSTRY. 
          AND, UH, IT IS ONE EITHER THAT YOU LOVE OR YOU DON'T. 
          AND, UH, WE, WE LOVE IT. 
          AND SO, UH, WE TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          SO THE RANGE OF, OF AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS A HIGH SCHOOL EMPLOYEE PART-TIME COMPARED TO OBVIOUSLY SOMEBODY WHO IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF A RESTAURANT IS QUITE DRASTIC. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          BUT IT'S ONE THAT WE, WE, WE COMMIT TO STAYING VERY COMPETITIVE AND BEING AT THE TOP OF, OF THE, OF, OF PAY FOR OUR INDUSTRY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY YOU DO SO. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOHNNY, FOR, FOR YOUR ANSWERS. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          AND THANK YOU, UH, FOR THOSE WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST CELEBRATED IN MANY WAYS DOWNTOWN WITH A NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THIS MORNING. 
          THE MOMENTUM IS REAL AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL POINT TO THE ORIGINAL, UH, THE GENESIS OF A LOT OF THAT MOMENTUM BEING, UH, THE REVITALIZATION OF THE PEARL AND THE GREAT INVESTMENT THAT KIT GOLDSBERRY MADE INTO THIS COMMUNITY A LONG TIME AGO. 
          BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE SIDE OF THAT, UM, IT'S HAPPENING AT THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA AND THE FACT THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS INVITED HIS RESIDENTS BACK TO THE URBAN CORE IN MANY WAYS BECAUSE OF THE GRADUATES AND PROFESSIONALS OF THE C I A NOW OPENING THEIR OWN BUSINESSES AND MAKING SAN ANTONIO A MORE LIVABLE PLACE, NOT JUST FOR TOURISTS, BUT FOR LOCALS THAT IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF DOWNTOWN. 
          AND SO TO SEE THIS 
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KIND OF DEVELOPMENT TAKE PLACE THAT ARE REALLY BENEFITING LOCAL FAMILIES WHO HAVE OWNED, WHO HAVE CREATED BUSINESSES THAT ARE THRIVING, THAT ARE HELPING US ENJOY WHAT HAS BECOME NOW AN INTERNATIONALLY CELEBRATED CULINARY REVOLUTION, I THINK IS SOMETHING WORTH CELEBRATING. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK, UH, OF MY COLLEAGUES AND THE STAFF AND, AND FOR THE GROUP, UH, OUR CULINARY PROFESSIONALS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          AND LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, SOME GREAT MEALS DOWN AT LA VITA. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 21. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I'M GONNA ASK FOR THE, UH, THE COURTESY OF OUR AUDIENCE. 
          WE HAVE A TIME, CERTAIN WE'RE ALREADY PAST TIME FOR A LUNCHEON OF FAMILIES WHO ARE WAITING. 
          UH, SO THE COUNCIL IS NOW GOING TO RECESS BRIEFLY AND COME BACK AT ONE 30, UH, TO RESUME THE REMAINING FIVE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. 
          UH, BUT WE WILL BE BERE, WE WILL BE RECESSING FOR LUNCH AND COME BACK AGAIN AT ONE 30. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, LORI, I NEED TO BE HERE FOR JOSE'S ITEM NUMBER 36. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          WE'D LIKE TO PICK UP BUSINESS WHERE WE LEFT OFF. 
          AND SO 
          [14. An Ordinance authorizing the execution of an Advanced Funding
Agreement between the City of San Antonio and the Texas Department
of Transportation in the amount of $500,000.00 payable to the Texas
Department of Transportation for the construction of the
1604/Bulverde Road Turnarounds, a 2017-2022 General Obligation
Bond funded Project, located in Council District 10. [Peter Zanoni,
Deputy City Manager; Mike Frisbie, Director, Transportation & Capital
Improvements]]
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS START WITH ITEM NUMBER 14. 
          ITEM NUMBER 14 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 PAYABLE TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1604 VUL VERDE ROAD TURNAROUNDS A 2017 THROUGH 2022 GENERAL OB OBLIGATION BOND FUNDED PROJECT LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS UP HERE AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE RAZZIE TO, UH, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS PROJECT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN. 
          I'M ZI HUSSAIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          COUNCILMAN, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN IT TAKES THAT REBUILT 1604, MANY YEARS AGO AT THE TIME, 1604 WAS A EXISTING TWO LANE. 
          THEY BUILT DIVIDED FOUR LANES. 
          AT THAT TIME, THERE WASN'T REALLY MUCH DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA AND THEY DID NOT BUILD TURNAROUND SINCE THAT TIME. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS AERIAL MAP, THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE IN THIS AREA SUCH AS H E B, DRUG STORE, RESTAURANT, GAS STATION BANKS, AND SOME OTHER BUSINESSES, AND ALSO APARTMENTS. 
          THEREFORE, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR TURN CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TURNAROUND UNDER 1604 AND BOULEVARD ROAD. 
          TECHSTAR HAS A PROJECT TO IMPROVE OFF RAMP AND ON RAMP FROM REDLAND ROAD TO BOULEVARD ROAD WITH BUDGETED $12 MILLION AND IT'LL BE IMPROVED THE TRAFFIC ON THE EXCESS ROAD SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          WE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEIR PROJECT, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TURNAROUND AT THIS INTERSECTION WITH PROVIDING HALF A MILLION DOLLAR FROM 2017 BOND PROGRAM. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND I, I WANNA JUST DRAW EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE AND, AND, AND, UH, ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND, AND NORTH OF 1604 AND JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM JP MORGAN CHASE BANK THERE, THERE'S ANOTHER APARTMENT COMPLEX BEING BUILT UP, UP THERE, AND THERE'S MULTIPLE HOUSING UNITS THAT'S BEING BUILT IN DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS UP, UH, UP BULL VERDE ROAD. 
          AND THAT HAS INCREASED THE PRESSURE THERE. 
          AND I WANT TO, UH, TAKE MY HAT OFF TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF BULL VERDE ITSELF, THAT IT USED TO JUST BE A LITTLE TWO-LANE ROAD GOING, GOING ALL THE WAY UP THERE WHERE IT TIES BACK INTO 2 81. 
          UM, BUT THE CITY, UM, AND DEVELOPERS ALL PITCHED IN TO UPGRADE THAT ROAD AND, UH, MAKE IT A SIX LANE HIGHWAY TO ACCEPT, ACCEPT THIS EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT UP ALONG BULL VERDE. 
          BUT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, ADDING THE TURN LANES AND, AND UH, HOPEFULLY GET SOME ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS ON ON THE, THE TRAFFIC INTERCHANGE THERE, UM, WILL GREATLY HELP THAT AREA AND ALSO TAKE OFF THE PRESSURE. 
          WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF 2 81, PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GOING OVER TOWARDS BULL VERDE AND TO 
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BLANCO TO AVOID 2 81 CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO IT MAKES THIS PROJECT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO GET THIS THING DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND I WANNA CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU AND, UH, DOT TO SEE IF WE CAN ACCELERATE THIS PROJECT IN ANY SHAPE, FORM, OR FASHION SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT, UH, HELP TAKE OFF THAT LOAD WHEN PEOPLE ARE DIVERTING OVER TO THIS ONE IN BLANCO FROM 2 81. 
          SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, SIR. 
          AND I, UM, WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THIS AND, AND MOVE IT ON. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY, LET'S 
          [22. Consideration of the following two items authorizing the acquisition of
conservation easements totaling $1,329,964.19 for 641.153 acres over
the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone: [María Villagómez, Assistant City
Manager; Xavier D. Urrutia, Director, Parks and Recreation]
22A. An Ordinance authorizing the acquisition of a conservation easement
over the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone on a 437.253 acre tract of
land known as the East Verde Creek Ranch located in Medina County,
Texas from East Verde Creek Ranch, Ltd., at a cost of $1,040,507.84.
22B. An Ordinance authorizing the acquisition of a conservation easement
over the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone on a 203.9 acre tract of land
known as the Honeycutt Ranch located in Uvalde County, Texas from
Douglas Lee Honeycutt, Neva Jean Honeycutt, Sandra Kay Ramsey,
Darla Anne Breeden, and Donna Jean Martin, at a cost of
$289,456.35.]
MOVE ON TO ITEM 22. 
          A, B, A AND B. 
          ITEM 22 A IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF A CONSERVATION EASEMENT OVER THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE ON A 4 437 0.253 ACRE TRACK OF LAND KNOWN AS THE EAST VERDE CREEK RANCH, LOCATED IN MEDINA COUNTY FROM EAST VERDE CREEK RANCH, L T D, AT A COST OF $1,040,507 AND 84 CENTS. 
          ITEM 22 B IS THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT OVER THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE ON A 203.9 ACRE TRACK OF LAND KNOWN AS THE HONEYCUTT RANCH LOCATED IN UVALDE COUNTY, TEXAS FROM DOUGLAS LEE HONEYCUTT NEEVA, JEAN HONEYCUTT, SANDRA KAY RAMSEY DARLA ANN BREEDEN, AND DONNA JEAN MARTIN AT A COST OF $289,456 AND 35 CENTS. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, XAVIER, I JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND SAY I, I APPROVE THESE PURCHASES. 
          I THINK IT'S GREAT, BUT MY CONCERN IS HOW AGGRESSIVELY ARE WE PURSUING, UH, THE REAL OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, HAVE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS INSIDE BEXAR COUNTY? AND EVEN INSIDE MY OWN COUNCIL DISTRICT, I'VE RECENTLY LOOKED AT A MAP THAT IDENTIFIED, UH, PROPERTIES THAT ARE UNDEVELOPED, UH, IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          THERE SEEMS TO STILL BE QUITE A BIT OF PROPERTY OUT THERE. 
          I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW CAN WE CONVERT THAT, UH, INTO A CONSERVATION, UH, DISTRICT RATHER THAN TO SEE IT GET FURTHER DEVELOPED, UH, WITH MORE RESIDENTIAL. 
          SO, COUNCILMAN, I, I BELIEVE THERE'S A, A COUPLE OF EFFORTS THAT WOULD ASSIST IN THAT. 
          UH, THIS IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM. 
          WE DO NOT USE EMINENT DOMAIN OR, OR CONDEMNATION AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE THESE CONSERVATION AGENTS OR THE PROPERTIES. 
          SO PART OF IT IS FINDING, UH, UH, BUYERS OR I GUESS OWNERS OF PROPERTY THEY'RE WILLING TO SELL, UH, THEIR PROPERTY. 
          THE OTHER IS, UH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE RUN ALL THE PROPERTIES THROUGH OUR MODELING TO SEE WHERE THEY RANK IN THAT MODELING. 
          SO THAT'S HOW WE PRIORITIZE. 
          BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES IF THERE'S PROPERTIES IN ANY OF THE THREE COUNTIES WHERE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO EITHER NEGOTIATE A CONSERVATION EASEMENT OR IN BEXAR COUNTY EVEN AN, AN ACQUISITION OF THE LAND. 
          UH, I THINK IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WE'VE HAD, WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH A COUPLE OF REALLY LARGE ONES. 
          WE'VE ADDED TO BOTH FRIEDRICH NATURAL AREA AND DISTRICT EIGHT, THE COSTING STUBING, UH, THAT WE PURCHASED LAST YEAR IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, LUCKILY THERE'S NOT AS MANY PROBABLY, UH, SINGLE PARCELS WITH SINGLE OWNERSHIP A LOT OF TIMES. 
          SOMETIMES ALSO THEY'RE OWNED BY CORPORATIONS OR, UH, JOINT VENTURES. 
          AND SOMETIMES THOSE ARE EVEN MORE CHALLENGING TO TRY TO WORK WITH. 
          'CAUSE IF ONE OWNER DOES NOT WISH TO PARTICIPATE, IT COULD MAKE THE WHOLE, UH, DEAL NOT WORK. 
          BUT WE ARE OPEN TO ANY EFFORTS. 
          SO ANY CONNECTIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOUR PREDECESSOR IS THE ONE WHO HELPED US HAVE THE ENTREE WITH THE FAMILY FOR THE KLAUS STOOPING. 
          SO A LOT OF TIMES IT'S BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP AND HAVING, MAKING SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS AND THE BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, IF IF ANYONE HAS A CONNECTION OR SOMETHING, WE WILL DEFINITELY EXPLORE, UM, HOW THIS PROGRAM COULD WORK WITH THAT PARCEL ON THAT PROPERTY. 
          WELL, I'M JUST HOPING THAT WE DON'T JUST SIT BACK, SO TO SPEAK AND WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO US THAT WE'RE AGGRESSIVELY REACHING OUT TO ALL OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS EVERY YEAR. 
          'CAUSE THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES CAN CHANGE. 
          UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE US PROTECT MORE OF THE AQUIFER WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          UH, AND I REALIZE AQUIFER PROTECTION OUTSIDE OF BEXAR COUNTY IS VERY BENEFICIAL TOO, DEPENDING ON THE AREA OF THE RECHARGE ZONE. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE EXPENDING ALL OF OUR ENERGY THAT WE CAN HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY TO WE'LL DO THOSE PROPERTIES WE'LL MAKE AND, AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          'CAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, SOMETIMES OWNERSHIP CHANGES 
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OR LIKE YOU SAID, CONDITIONS THAT SOMEONE MAY BE IN A FINANCIAL CONDITION NOW WHERE MAYBE THEY NO LONGER WANT TO HOLD ONTO THE PROPERTY. 
          SO THAT IS DEFINITELY, WE HAVE FOUND THAT IN THE PAST, IN SOME OF THE PARCELS THAT WE HAVE ACQUIRED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, IS WHERE THOSE SITUATIONS HAVE CHANGED. 
          CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY WE'RE COMMITTED TO TRY TO ACQUIRE AND WIN AGAIN BASED ON OUR PRIORITIES IN THE MODELING WHEN IT'S APPLICABLE IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          WE DEFINITELY, THAT IS THE PRIORITY WE'D LIKE TO SEE. 
          WELL, I'M DOING MY SHARE. 
          I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU OUT. 
          I'M TELLING ALL THE BUILDERS DON'T BUILD IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          GO BUILD SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAYBE THERE'LL BE MORE LAND AVAILABLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I MOVE THE, UH, ITEM PLEASE FOR APPROVAL. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TRAVINO, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          LET'S GO ON TO ITEM 24. 
          [24. An Ordinance authorizing the application and acceptance, if awarded,
of a Texas Department of Transportation Comprehensive Selective
Traffic Enforcement Program Grant in an amount up to $900,000.00 for the period of October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. [Erik
Walsh, Deputy City Manager; William P. McManus, Chief of Police]]
ITEM 24 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE IF AWARDED OF A TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMPREHENSIVE SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM GRANT IN AN AMOUNT OF UP TO $900,000 FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2018 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2019. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I WANTED TO CHECK WITH, UM, THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO UNDERSTAND, CAN THIS MONEY BE USED FOR OTHER, UH, PRIORITIES? FOR EXAMPLE, UH, FOCUSING IN ON SCHOOL ZONES, SPEEDING IN SCHOOL ZONES. 
          UH, MAYBE YOU CAN TELL ME ON ANY GIVEN DAY HOW MANY, UH, POLICE OFFICERS ARE ACTUALLY MONITORING THE SPEED IN SCHOOL ZONES. 
          OKAY. 
          FOR SCHOOL ZONES, UH, EXCUSE ME. 
          UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF JAMES FLAVIN, DILIN FOR CHIEF JIMENEZ, UH, SCHOOL ZONES ARE USUALLY MONITORED BY EITHER PATROL, THE SAFE OFFICERS, OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION. 
          YOU MAY SEE THE TRAFFIC CARS THEMSELVES, OR THEY MAY BE, UH, THE, UH, THE MOTORS, THE MOTORCYCLES, UH, THOSE, AS FAR AS A HARD NUMBER OF HOW MANY THAT COULD VARY DAY TO DAY, CAN THIS MONEY BE USED TO SUPPLEMENT EFFORTS IN THOSE AREAS? THIS MONEY IS, IS MOSTLY GEARED TOWARD LATE NIGHT AND DWIS. 
          UH, BUT IT MAY HAVE RESIDUAL, UH, AS FAR AS OTHER TYPE OF TICKETS MOVING, VIOLATIONS, SPEEDING, UH, AGGRESSIVE DRIVING, THOSE TYPE OF OFFENSES, UH, WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS. 
          BUT THE FOCUS IS THAT D FOR DWIS AT NIGHT, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF REPORT ON THE, UH, HISTORY OF, UH, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING OUR SCHOOL ZONES. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, IF THEY'RE OUT THERE WRITING TICKETS IN THAT AREA, WHAT'S BEEN THE TREND? WHAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL ZONES HAVE BEEN TARGETED OR HAVEN'T BEEN TARGETED OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO? UH, SO IF THERE'S A WAY OF DEVELOPING THAT KIND OF INFORMATION, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT. 
          WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. 
          I MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN COURAGE FOR PULLING THIS ITEM. 
          I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON IT TOO. 
          VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF, UH, OF ENFORCEMENT WITH THE GRANT. 
          SHOULD THE GRANT NOT COME THROUGH, WHAT KIND OF ENFORCEMENT CAN WE EXPECT? THE, THE UHFOR ENFORCEMENT WOULD CONTINUE, BUT IT WOULD BE WITH, UH, OUR ON-DUTY RESOURCES. 
          THIS, THIS PARTICULAR GRANT FUNDS, THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF IT FUNDS, IT'S FUNDED, UH, OR, OR WILL FUND, UH, OVER TIME OFFICER OVERTIME. 
          IT ALSO HAS EDUCATIONAL, AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE TO IT, WHICH IS A MIX BETWEEN OVERTIME AND ON-DUTY RESOURCES. 
          UM, SO IN TERMS OF THE OVERTIME ENFORCEMENT, HOW MANY HOURS OF ENFORCEMENT CAN WE, CAN WE ESTIMATE THE OVERTIME, THE HOURS OF OVERTIME ENFORCEMENT? I AM, I DON'T HAVE THAT. 
          I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU. 
          I DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT IT'S, IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY, UH, DEPENDS ON OFFICER'S SALARY AND THAT SORT OF THING, BUT WE, WE, UH, DO HAVE NUMBERS FOR, IF YOU NEED NUMBERS FROM LAST, UH, FISCAL YEAR, I CAN GET THAT AS WELL. 
          NO, I JUST WANNA GET A SENSE OF, UH, IS IT LIKE BRINGING, YOU KNOW, THREE MORE OFFICERS ON, OR FIVE MORE OFFICERS ON WHAT IT'S, AND IT'S OVERTIME? I KNOW. 
          SO YEAH, IT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF, IT'S SEVERAL PER NIGHT, PER NIGHT ON DURING THE, DURING THE ENFORCEMENT. 
          UH, THE, THE, USUALLY IT'S A, A PERIOD OF, DURING THE WEEK FROM WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY MORNING IS WHEN WE, WE, UH, USUALLY CONDUCT THOSE ENFORCEMENT. 
          THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE THE MOST PEOPLE OR THE MOST RISK FOR D W I TYPE OFFENSES DURING THE WEEKEND? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          LATE, LATE WEEK, MID TO LATE WEEK. 
          UH, AND, AND DURING THE WEEKEND AS WELL. 
          BUT THAT CAN VARY. 
          IF, IF, UH, IF WE HAVE AN, UH, AN INSTANCE WHERE WE HAVE A HOLIDAY, A HIGH, HIGH PROFILE HOLIDAY THAT FALLS ON A, SAY A MONDAY, WE'RE GONNA WORK THAT NIGHT AS WELL. 
          SO IF WE DON'T GET THE GRANT, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO PRIORITIZE THAT WE'RE STILL GONNA BE OUT THERE. 
          THIS JUST ENHANCES OUR ABILITY TO, TO ENFORCE THOSE, THOSE OFFICE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND YOU, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PRIORITY AREAS LISTED IN THE, IN THE MEMO AND THE PRESENTATION. 
          HOW WILL YOU CHOOSE WHICH 
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ONES TO DO FIRST AND WHERE, KIND OF, WHAT'S YOUR STRATEGY FOR THAT? AS FAR AS THE DWIS, THAT, THAT IS OUR PRIORITY. 
          UH, WE ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THAT'S A, THAT'S HAS MOST IMPACT OR A VERY LARGE IMPACT ON, ON THE SISTERS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, THE WHERE THAT HAPPENS VARIES, UH, WE CAN FOLLOW IT UP WITH DATA. 
          IT COULD BE ON THE HIGHWAYS, IT COULD BE ON SOME OF THE SURFACE STREETS AS WELL. 
          BUT THE, THE, THE PRIORITIZE, THE WAY WE PRIORITIZE THAT IS USUALLY THROUGH FOLLOWING THE DATA WHERE WE'RE HAVING MOST PROBLEMS OR WHERE OR WHERE, UH, AS FAR AS ACCIDENTS, THAT SORT OF THING. 
          OKAY. 
          FOR D W I. 
          YES. 
          AND, UM, SO JUST ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS, UH, IT'S JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY SOMEONE IN DISTRICT SEVEN TELLS ME THAT PEOPLE ARE DRIVING TOO FAST ON THEIR STREET OR WHEREVER IT IS. 
          SO ANY ENFORCEMENT ON SPEEDING, UM, WOULD BE, WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU CHIEF FLAVIN. 
          WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          IT'S 
          [31. An Ordinance authorizing a Professional Services Agreement with
Safety Services Inc., d/b/a U.S. Safety Services, to provide emergency
medical treatment and other emergency care services for events held at
the Alamodome on an as-needed basis, for a five-year term,
commencing January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2022, with two
additional two-year extensions, for an estimated annual amount of
$90,000.00. [Carlos J. Contreras, Assistant City Manager; Michael J.
Sawaya, Director, Convention & Sports Facilities]]
CALLED TO ITEM NUMBER 31. 
          ITEM 31 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SAFETY SERVICES INCORPORATED DURING BUSINESS AS US SAFETY SERVICES TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AND OTHER EMERGENCY CARE SERVICES FOR EVENTS HELD AT THE ALAMO DOME ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS FOR A FIVE YEAR TERM, COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2018 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2022, WITH TWO ADDITIONAL TWO YEAR EXTENSIONS FOR AN ESTIMATED ANNUAL AMOUNT OF $90,000. 
          WE HAVE THREE CITIZENS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. 
          SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THEM FIRST, STARTING WITH STEVE DRE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR PROTI TO COUNCIL STAFF. 
          APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. 
          UH, MY NAME IS STEVE DARLEY. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          I WORK FOR AMERICA MEDICAL RESPONSES. 
          SAN ANTONIO HEADQUARTERS IS ALSO LOCATED IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          WE WERE A BIDDER FOR THIS CONTRACT. 
          AND WHILE, UM, I, I SPOKE LAST NIGHT IN MORE DETAIL ABOUT IT, THE, UM, R F P REQUESTED AN ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT PROVIDER, MEANING A PROVIDER THAT CAN PROVIDE ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT MEDICATIONS. 
          THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT IS EQUIPPED AS IS WITH STAFFED WITH PARAMEDICS AND LICENSED AS A PARAMEDIC PROGRAM. 
          UM, DURING THE REVIEW OF THE NOTES THAT YOU HAVE ON YOURS PACKET FOR APPROVAL, THE SCORING WILL INDICATE THAT THE SELECTED VENDOR HAS A NEAR PERFECT SCORE ON BACKGROUND, HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE. 
          YET IF YOU LOOK ON THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES LICENSING WEBSITE, THEY'RE LICENSED AS A BASIC LIFE SUPPORT FIRST RESPONDER. 
          THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CARRY CARDIAC MEDICATIONS. 
          THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ADMINISTER DEFIBRILLATIONS EXCEPT THROUGH AEDS. 
          THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PRACTICE AT THE LEVEL IDENTIFIED IN THE R F P AND NEVER HAVE BEEN. 
          SO THEY HAVE ZERO EXPERIENCE AT THAT. 
          UM, LIKEWISE, THE AMBULANCE PROVIDER THAT THEY LIST AS THEIR SUBCONTRACTOR IS NOT LICENSED TO PROVIDE PARAMEDIC LEVEL CARE, NOR ARE THEY EVER BEEN LICENSED TO PROVIDE PARAMEDIC LEVEL CARE. 
          SO THEY HAVE NO EXPERIENCE AT THAT LEVEL EITHER. 
          BOTH OF THE OTHER COMPETING VENDORS HAVE MORE THAN 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE AT THE M I C U LEVEL OF PROVIDING CARE, MY COMPANY IN PARTICULAR HAS MORE THAN 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE. 
          ON TOP OF THAT, AT THE PRE-BID MEETING, THEY TALKED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. 
          TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE SELECTED VENDOR HAS NEVER BEEN HEAVILY ENGAGED IN DISASTER RESPONSE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          MY COMPANY, AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE, IS THE CONTRACTED FEMA PROVIDER OF AMBULANCES FOR NATIONAL DISASTERS ACROSS THE 48 CONTIGUOUS US STATES. 
          WE PROVIDED MORE THAN 20,000 DISASTER TRANSPORTS THIS YEAR ALONE FROM AUGUST TO OCTOBER, INCLUDING THE MORE THAN 650 CA UM, CASUALTIES AT THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTING AT AN OUTDOOR CONCERT. 
          UM, THERE'S NO WAY THAT IN LIGHT OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE SELECTED PROVIDER AS A B L S FIRST RESPONDER ORGANIZATION FOCUSED IN CENTRAL TEXAS HAS NEAR PERFECT EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND AND, AND, AND, UM, EXPERTISE COMPARED TO COMPANIES LIKE MYSELF AND THE OTHER COMPETITORS. 
          SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO EVALUATE THE CHOICES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE SELECTION COMMITTEE. 
          AND I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER HAVING PRESENTATIONS BY THE VENDORS TO THE COUNCIL SO YOU CAN MAKE THE BEST DECISION. 
          THIS IS A ALMOST A 10 YEAR CONTRACT TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO YOUR PREMIER EVENT CENTER. 
          UM, AND YOU'D BE LOCKED IN FOR A LONG TIME TO WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE INFERIOR PROVIDER WHO DOESN'T EVEN MEET THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OF THE R F P. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. DALEY. 
          NEXT WE HAVE EDWARD REYES. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSEL. 
          MY NAME IS ED EDWARD REYES. 
          I'M HONOR OF FIRST MEDICAL RESPONSE, ALSO WITH ONE OF THE BIDDERS IN THE R F P FOR THE EVENTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THE ALMA. 
          DO. 
          UM, AS MR. UH, ROWLEY, UH, EXPLAINED, UM, I'M HERE FOR THE SAME REASON. 
          I, I'M OPPOSED TO THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS OF US SAFETY SERVICES IN, 
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IN THE REGARDS THAT THEY DON'T MEET, THEY DIDN'T EVEN MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE R F P PROPOSED R F P. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE R F P PAGE FOUR, UNDER THE SCOPE OF SERVICES, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT STATES THAT AN AMBULANCE SERVICE WILL BE REQUIRED IN ADVANCE. 
          ANY AMBULANCE PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR SHOULD CONTAIN ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT AND BASIC LIFE SUPPORT MEDICATIONS AND EQUIPMENT. 
          US SAFETY SERVICES DOES NOT HAVE THAT CAPABILITY, NOR DOES THE ACTUAL, UH, AMBULANCE SUBCONTRACT PROVIDED THAT THEY PROVIDED IN THEIR R F P. 
          ALSO, IF YOU LOOK, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS AN ERROR IN THE EXECUTED AGREEMENT. 
          THE THAT IS WAS SIGNED BY THE OWNER OF, UH, US SAFETY SERVICES. 
          THE WORDING WAS CHANGED, UH, UNDER THE SCOPE OF PRACTICES. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SIGNED AGREEMENT BY, UM, US SAFETY SERVICES IS THE ONE YOU GUYS ARE ASKED TO BE, TO APPROVE TODAY. 
          IT STATES THAT, UH, SECTION 17, WHICH STATES ABOUT ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT IN THE R F P HAS BEEN OMITTED AND REMOVED FROM THAT CONTRACT. 
          AND THE ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF, OFF THAT AGREEMENT THAT, THAT THAT IS ASKED OF YOU GUYS TO APPROVE. 
          SO IT DOESN'T MATCH THE R F P REQUIREMENTS. 
          UM, I HAD INQUIRED WITH THE FINANCING OFFICE AND THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT IN REFERENCE TO THAT. 
          I RECEIVED A, UH, EMAIL LATE LAST NIGHT FROM, UH, MS. ESPARZA, UM, UH, STATING THAT, UH, THEY HAVE REVIEWED AND THEY ADVISED THAT, UH, US SAFETY SERVICES, UH, IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED TO BE AN F R O AS AT THE B L S SERVICE. 
          HOWEVER, US SAFETY SERVICES HAS A L S CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES ON THEIR TEAM THAT CAN PERFORM A L S SERVICES. 
          AND IN REALITY AND ETHICALLY, THAT IS NOT CORRECT, IT'S IT A STATE, STATE HEALTH SERVICES VIOLATION FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE. 
          THEY COULD PROVIDE 10 PARAMEDICS AS THEY WANT, BUT THOSE 10 PARAMEDICS ARE ONLY CAPABLE OF PROVIDING THIS UP TO THE LEVEL OF CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE THAT THEY'RE LICENSED AS, WHICH IS BASIC LIFE SUPPORT. 
          I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          2018, YOU HAVE THE NCAA UH, CHAMPIONSHIP COMING TO THE ALAMODOME. 
          YOU HAVE A BASKETBALL PLAYER THAT GOES DOWN. 
          US SAFETY SERVICES HAS FIVE PARAMEDICS IN ONE AMBULANCE. 
          THAT PLAYER GOES DOWN IN CARDIAC ARREST, THE HEART STOPS. 
          THOSE MEDICS CANNOT DO ANYTHING MORE THAN DO C P R INTUBATE, PUT AN AIRWAY, ADVANCED AIRWAY IN THAT PATIENT AND START AN IV. 
          THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PERFORM ANY LIFESAVING MEDICATION, UH, ADMINISTER ANY LIFESAVING MEDICATIONS FOR THAT PATIENT. 
          AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE, THE CAPABILITIES AND THE LICENSE TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE RHYTHM IS AND BE ABLE TO SAVE THAT PERSON'S LIFE. 
          IF, IF IT COMES DOWN TO IT, THE ONLY END RESULT'S GONNA BE IS GONNA BE THEM HAVING TO CALL 9 1 1, BECAUSE ETHICALLY AND LEGALLY THEY SHOULDN'T BE TRANSPORTING THAT PATIENT BECAUSE THE AMBULANCE AMBULANCES DOES NOT MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. 
          THANK YOU MR. REYES. 
          NEXT WE HAVE DANIEL PONT. 
          HE'S GONNA BE WAIVING HIS TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COULD WE HAVE STAFF COME BACK UP? DOES US SAFETY SERVICES MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR, OUR ORIGINAL R F P PROPOSAL? THEY DO. 
          COUNCILMAN, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE QUESTIONS WERE BROUGHT UP TO US, UH, AFTER THE PROCESS, UH, WAS COMPLETED. 
          AND, UH, I ALSO HAVE, UH, CAPTAIN, UH, KELLY TUR, WHO'S HERE FROM, UH, SA FIRE DEPARTMENT, E M SS, WHO WAS ON THE COMMITTEE. 
          SO HE WAS THE ONE THAT DETERMINED THAT ALL THE CERTIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO PERFORM THIS CONTRACT WERE MET. 
          AND HE'S CERTAINLY HERE TO ASK, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHERE THE APPROVED, UH, ORGANIZATION MEETS ALL OF THE ORIGINAL R F P REQUIREMENTS WE PUT OUT THERE, BECAUSE THEY, THEY MENTIONED THEY'RE NOT LISTED ON SOME STATE CERTIFICATIONS. 
          HAVE WE VERIFIED? UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT, WE HAVE, AND IF I COULD ASK, UH, CAPTAIN TURNER TO COME UP AND, OR CAPTAIN WHEAT AS WELL TO, TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD, THEY MEET ALL OF THOSE CERTIFICATIONS. 
          THEY'RE LICENSED ABOVE A STATE, HAS A FIRST RESPONDER REFORM, B L S BASIC, UH, SERVICES, AND HAS 18 CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES ON THEIR TEAM. 
          BUT HE CAN GO INTO THAT FURTHER. 
          WE ONLY ASKED FOR BASIC, THOUGH WE DIDN'T ASK FOR ADVANCE. 
          CORRECT AND ADVANCE AS WELL, IF THEY CAN ADDRESS THAT, PLEASE. 
          SO, COUNCILMAN, I BELIEVE THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH THE PROCESS, UH, CAPTAIN TURNER SAT ON THE REVIEW PANEL AS WELL. 
          AND, AND HE'S INDICATED THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED THE INFORMATION THAT EVERY COMPANY PROVIDED, UH, IN TERMS OF THEIR CERTIFICATION. 
          UM, AND CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE LEVEL OF TRAINING, UM, TO BE CERTIFIED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AND OPERATE UNDER A MEDICAL DIRECTOR, WHICH I'M OF THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IS IN THIS R F P, UM, THAT IS ACCEPTABLE. 
          SO WE DID VERIFY FROM THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, VERIFIED THAT THEY WERE, IN FACT, UH, NOW LET ME ASK, IN THE CASE OF, UH, THE, UM, FINAL FOUR THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE NEXT YEAR, WILL S A P D HAVE, UH, EMERGENCY SERVICES ALSO STANDING BY IN THE VICINITY? THOSE ARE MUCH LARGER 
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EVENTS. 
          SO, UH, BETWEEN THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A MUCH GREATER PRESENCE AT THOSE KINDS OF, UH, UH, EVENTS BECAUSE OF THE ATTENTION THAT THEY DRAW ON THE POSSIBILITIES FOR ISSUES THERE AS WELL TOO. 
          SO IN ADDITION TO WHATEVER ELSE THEY MAY HAVE, WE WILL DEDICATE, UM, UH, BOTH, UH, MEDICAL AND FIRE, UH, AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL POLICE, UH, RESOURCES THAT WE NEED FOR AN EVENT LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, YOU'VE ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS AND I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 31. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WE STILL HAVE SOME DISCUSSION. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCKO BCOS, UH, THANK YOU, SIR. 
          I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE SUCH A DRASTIC DIFFERENCE AND I GET, IT'S AN R F P PROCESS AND YOU KNOW, ONLY ONE PERSON WINS. 
          UH, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE IS OBVIOUSLY DISAPPOINTMENT ON THOSE WHO DIDN'T, BUT BOTH OF THE GENTLEMEN WHO CAME UP AND SPOKE, IT WAS JUST LIKE A DRASTICALLY OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING. 
          SO HAS ANYBODY MET WITH THEM TO WALK THEM THROUGH THAT, OR HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO THEM OR HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM TO, TO SHOW THE, UH, MEDICAL CERTIFICATIONS? BECAUSE THAT'S A PRETTY BLACK AND WHITE PIECE, RIGHT? THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE NOT REGISTERED ON THE STATE, YOU'RE SAYING THEY ARE. 
          HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S, THEY, UH, THEY DID ENGAGE FOR PERSON, STAFF TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. 
          THEY SUBMITTED THOSE TO US IN WRITING, AND THEN WE VERIFIED BACK TO THEM THAT THEY HAD MET THOSE CERTIFICATIONS. 
          SO, OH, NO, NO. 
          I'M, I'M REFERRING YOU, I'M REFERRING TO THE TWO GENTLEMEN THAT CAME OUT AND SPOKE FROM THE TWO OTHER COMPANIES. 
          HAVE, HAVE WE SHOWN, DID WE HAVE ANY INTERACTION WITH THEM AFTER THE FACT THAT TO SHOW THAT THESE COMP, THIS COMPANY, THE, THE BID AWARD, THE AWARDEE WAS NO, SIR, WE HAVE NOT. 
          WE'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO DO, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE CAN DO THAT AFTER THE FACT, BUT OUR NORMAL COURSE OF PROCEDURE IS THAT WE DON'T BEFOREHAND. 
          WE, WE, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS BASED ON THE MERITS OF THE PROCESS AND ON THE, THE, THE, UH, VENDOR THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, THERE WEREN'T ANYTHING, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT CAME UP IN THEIR QUESTIONS THAT CONVINCED US THAT THERE WAS A, A PROBLEM WITH WHAT, UH, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. 
          AND CAPTAIN TURNER THAT'S HERE EVERY, I JUST GOT A QUESTION FOR THE CAPTAIN TURNER AND THEN, UM, OR I JUST CAR ON, I DON'T KNOW, I JUST KNOW WAS CAR, WHAT WAS DESCRIBED BY THE TWO PREVIOUS SPEAKERS, IS THAT ACCURATE? UM, LIKE I SAID, CAPTAIN TURNER WAS INVOLVED IN THE, IN THE PANEL ITSELF AND, UH, DID THE VERIFICATION. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, LEVEL OF TRAINING IS IMPORTANT. 
          THE I, THE, THE FACT THAT YOU'RE OPERATING UNDER A MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND THAT THE AGENCY ITSELF BE, UM, REGISTERED WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS OR CERTIFIED WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR THAT. 
          SO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED WAS VERIFIED BY, UH, CAPTAIN TURNER AS WELL DURING THAT PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT, BUT MY, MY, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          BUT MY, MY QUESTION WAS, WAS WHAT HE DESCRIBED ACCURATE, IF, IF THAT CIRCUMSTANCE OCCURRED, WOULD LIKE A, A BALL PLAYER COLLAPSING, WOULD THEY HAVE TO CEASE SERVICE AND CALL ON NINE ONE ONE BECAUSE THEY OVERREACHED THEIR ETHICAL AND LEGAL BOUNDARIES OF NO, SHOULD NOT. 
          AS LONG AS THEY'RE OPERATING UNDER A MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND THEY HAVE THE LEVEL, THE, THE A L S LEVEL, UH, OF, UH, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION, THEN THEY SHOULD BE OKAY. 
          YEAH, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT. 
          I'M, I'M WAITING INTO, INTO TERMINOLOGY I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT RIGHT NOW. 
          SO IT'S KIND OF, I, I'M, I'M RIGHT. 
          SO IT, IT'S THE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT. 
          WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU GO INTO THAT, ALL OF OUR PERSONNEL IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE AT LEAST AT THE, WHAT WE CALL THE BASIC E M T LEVEL. 
          UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO BASIC LIFE SUPPORT. 
          SO WHEN SOMEBODY HAS A CARDIAC ARREST, THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, C P R, UM, UH, OXYGEN ADMINISTRATION. 
          UH, THE NEXT LEVEL IS THE A L S LEVEL, THAT'S OUR PARAMEDICS. 
          AND THEY'RE ABLE TO DO MORE TO INTUBATE, TO, UH, PROVIDE DRUGS AND TO DO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AS WELL TOO. 
          AND THIS PROVIDER CAN DO THAT. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY CAN DO BOTH. 
          WITHIN THIS, YOU CAN OFFER EITHER THE, THE A L SS OR B L S SERVICE, UH, WITHIN THIS CONTRACT. 
          AND CAPTAIN TURNER, YOU, YOU WERE ON THE COMMITTEE VERIFIED THAT YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEY CAN OFFER BOTH LEVELS OF SERVICE AND THEY CAN MEET THE FULL, AND THEN IN, IN WHICH CASE, THEY'LL, IF THERE ANYTHING MOVES OUT PAST THAT, THEY'RE CONTACTING, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CALLING 9 1 1, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THAT, THAT, THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 36. 
          [36. An Ordinance authorizing the execution of a professional services
agreement for an initial five-year term with IKE Smart City, LLC to
install, operate and maintain 25 digital community kiosks at no cost to
the City with an agreement that IKE Smart City, LLC will pay the City
the greater of 21.5% of net advertising revenue generated from each
IKE kiosk or a minimum annual guarantee of $150,000.00 for the first
year prorated to coincide with the operational date of the kiosks and a
total of $787,080.00 for the following four years of the initial term,
with the City's option to renew for up to four additional one-year
periods; and authorizes IKE Smart City, LLC to advertise off premises
in accordance with Chapter 28, Section 28-10 of the City’s Municipal
Code. [María Villagómez, Assistant City Manager; Jose de la Cruz,
Director, Innovation]]
ITEM 36 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR AN INITIAL FIVE YEAR TERM WITH I K A E SMART CITY L L C TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN 25 
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DIGITAL COMMUNITY KIOSK AT NO COST TO THE CITY WITH AN AGREEMENT THAT I K E SMART CITY L L C WILL PAY THE CITY THE GREATER OF 21.5% OF THE NET ADVERTISING REVENUE GENERATED FROM EACH KIOSK. 
          OR A MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE OF $150,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR PRORATED TO COINCIDE WITH THE OPERATIONAL DATE OF THE KIOSK, AND A TOTAL OF $787,080 FOR THE FOLLOWING FOUR YEARS OF THE INITIAL TERM WITH THE CITY'S OPTION TO RENEW FOR UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIODS. 
          AND AUTHORIZES I K E SMART CITY L L C TO ADVERTISE OFF-PREMISES IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 28, SECTION 28 DASH 10 OF THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE. 
          COUNCILMAN TORCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I'M REALLY EXCITED, UH, ABOUT THIS, UH, PROJECT. 
          I THINK THESE KIOSKS ARE GREAT. 
          I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT THE CITY HAS, UH, FOUND A VERY ECONOMICAL WAY OF PROVIDING THESE, UH, I THINK MOST OF US ON THE COUNCIL HAS PROBABLY HEARD, UH, ABOUT WHAT THE, THE RESOURCES ARE THAT THESE KIOSKS PROVIDE. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THESE PARTICULARLY, UH, SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE IN OUR PARK AREAS BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL PARKS THAT ARE VERY BIG EXPANSIVE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF SECLUDED AREAS. 
          I THINK THE ADDITION OF THESE KINDS OF KIOSKS FOR SAFETY AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ARE CRITICAL IN DEVELOPING AND CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OUR, OUR PARK SERVICES. 
          UH, AND I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE USED DOWNTOWN FOR TOURISM, AND, UH, IT'S A, IT, IT APPEARS TO BE A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR US. 
          I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR WHAT YOU'VE DEVELOPED. 
          I THINK THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD AMENITIES TO 'EM, AND I'D SURE LIKE TO SEE US CONTINUE TO ADD MORE IN THE FUTURE. 
          UH, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          I WANNA TAKE A ONE, ONE CITIZEN WHO DID SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AND THE SAYS, DAVID GARCIA. 
          DAVID GARCIA MIGHT HAVE LEFT. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN PALICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO US, MARIA, THANK YOU FOR, FOR, UM, REALLY TAKING IT VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          I, I WAS A THORN IN YOUR SIDE, UH, WITH REGARDS TO THIS R F P A WHILE BACK. 
          I, I SAW THE R F P I READ IT, I HATED IT. 
          UM, AND I SENT YOU A LONG EMAIL SAYING, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT STINKS AND WE CAN DO BETTER AND LET'S PULL IT. 
          LET'S GO BACK. 
          AND MARIA CALLED ME AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WHOA, COWBOY, HOLD ON. 
          WE, WE'VE GOT ACTUALLY A RESULT THAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT ANY OF US EXPECTED, WHICH IF WE DID REDO THE R F P AND ADD ALL THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK THESE KIOSKS SHOULD DO, THE RESPONSE WE GOT FROM IKE IS WHAT YOU WOULD'VE BEEN ASKING FOR TO BEGIN WITH. 
          AND SO I LOOKED AND YEAH, I I, I WAS, I WAS BLOWN AWAY. 
          UM, SO FOR MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, I'M, I'M, I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE CAPABILITIES THAT THESE KIOSKS OFFER BECAUSE OF WHAT SMART CITY REALLY IS. 
          AND THAT'S LESS ABOUT GADGETS, RIGHT? BECAUSE GADGETS ISN'T SMART. 
          UM, WIFI IN THE PARK AND SOLAR BENCHES ARE CUTE, BUT THOSE ARE GADGETS, RIGHT? BUT, YOU KNOW, INTEROPERABLE SYSTEMS WITH INTERCONNECTIVITY AND THEN BIG DATA COLLECTION OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEN ACTUALLY OFFERING TECH INFRASTRUCTURE THAT TALKS TO YOUR CITIZENS AND THEN TALKS BACK TO THE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP IN A DIFFERENT WAY, UM, IS THIS IS A REALLY GOOD START, RIGHT? AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS, WE HAVE INNOVATION AS THE THIRD WORD ON THE BACK OF THESE CARDS, RIGHT? IT'S OUR PILLARS OF, UH, WHAT MAKES SAN ANTONIO OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR CORE VALUES. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU, YOU KNOCKED IT OUTTA THE PARK WITH THIS ONE. 
          I, SO MY CHALLENGE TO YOU IS PLEASE, RIGHT. 
          CONTINUE TO INNOVATE LIKE THIS, UM, AND THEN BRING BACK TO US, UM, SOME IDEA OF WHAT THE LIMITS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY ARE, RIGHT? BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE US PUSH THOSE LIMITS TO NOT JUST BE WAYFINDING KIOSKS, BECAUSE QUITE HONESTLY, THOSE ARE LAME, RIGHT? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT MY, YOU KNOW, AND I LOVE MY COUNTY, MY FRIENDS OVER AT THE COUNTY, BUT THEY'RE CIVIC Q KIOSKS. 
          THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, INTERESTING PIECES OF ART, BUT THEY'RE USELESS. 
          I MEAN, A WAY FINDING KIOSK WITH A DIGITAL MAP, I'M, I CARRY A DIGITAL MAP IN MY POCKET. 
          I DON'T NEED A KIOSK LIKE THAT. 
          BUT 
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IF YOURS HAS AIR QUALITY SENSORS, IF YOURS IS ABLE TO COUNT, UM, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC COUNT PEOPLE, UM, AND THEN HELP US DO CROWD MANAGEMENT, RIGHT? AND THEN ALSO PRODUCE VALUABLE DATA, UM, MAN, THAT'S WORTH EVERY PENNY, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE'RE GENERATING, YOU KNOW, SOME REALLY VALUABLE STUFF THAT'S GONNA HELP US PLAN, BUDGET AND, UM, STRATEGIZE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          AND SO, UM, HIGH FIVE FROM THE DICE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PALICE. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT, UH, BEYOND THE SCIENCE, I WOULD, I, I, I ALWAYS LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT SCIENCE AND ART. 
          AND SO, UH, THANK YOU MARIA FOR, FOR MEETING ME, MEETING WITH ME ON THIS VERY ISSUE, THE FACT THAT WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          WE KNOW THAT DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE, ARE, UH, BRINGING ART TO, TO THEIR PART OF THE CITY. 
          UH, PEOPLE, PEOPLE WANT TO BE CLOSER TO ART, ART THAT SPEAKS ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY ART THAT CAN, UH, REALLY HELP TO, TO IDENTIFY CERTAIN AREAS. 
          AND, AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT VEHICLE FOR THAT. 
          UM, SO I, I'M CERTAINLY VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ALL THE GREAT THINGS AS THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THIS BRINGS. 
          BUT LET'S, I THINK THE, THE, THE BEAUTY OF THIS PRODUCT IS THAT IT, IT ALLOWS FOR THE INCLUSION OF OUR LOCAL ARTISTS AND THE ABILITY TO, TO HAVE VERY UNIQUE KIOSKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UH, LET'S NOT HAVE ANY TOO ALIKE. 
          LET'S REALLY MARK THE CITY WITH SOME BEAUTIFUL ARTISTIC TECHNOLOGY CENTRIC KIOSKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, LET'S GO ON TO THE LAST ITEM HERE. 
          ITEM NUMBER 
          [37. An Ordinance adopting a policy for the issuance of Resolutions of
Support or No Objection for applicants seeking competitive (9%) and
non-competitive (4%) Low Income Housing Tax Credits from the
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. [Peter Zanoni,
Deputy City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood &
Housing Services]]
37. 
          YES, MAYOR. 
          AND JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR THE PREVIOUS ITEM, WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER IN FAVOR FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION CHAIR THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE RECORDS. 
          UH, ITEM 37 IS AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A POLICY FOR THE ISSUANCE OF RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT, OR NO OBJECTION FOR APPLICANT SEEKING COMPETITIVE 9% AND NON-COMPETITIVE 4% LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, LIKE TO ASK MS. SO TODA, COME ON UP FOR A MOMENT. 
          AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I, I BROUGHT THIS UP NOT BECAUSE I HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO IT ON THE, UH, JUST THE OPPOSITE. 
          I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE, UH, OF THIS, UH, ORDINANCE. 
          BUT I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS REALLY SHOWS KIND OF THE LIMIT THE EXTENT OF WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ABLE TO DO TO HELP AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND I, I WANNA JUST ENCOURAGE, UM, MS. SOTO AND HER DEPARTMENT TO REACH OUT BEYOND THIS TYPE OF FINANCING AND TO EXPLORE ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF FINANCING AVAILABLE TO DEVELOP MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WE'RE LIMITED BY THESE PROGRAMS. WE'RE LIMITED, UH, BY THE HOUSING TRUST FUND PROGRAM, BUT WE ALL HAVE UNDERSTOOD, WE HAVE 150,000 HOMES THAT, UH, WE NEED TO PROVIDE BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS, MORE AFFORDABLE LIVING CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND AS GOOD AS THIS PROGRAM IS, AND SEVERAL OTHERS, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOUR STAFF AND YOUR DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT AND FIND OTHER AVENUES FOR CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND, UH, SO I'D APPRECIATE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I WOULD MOVE TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK VERONICA AND PETER AND CHRIS, ALL THE TEAM, AND AS WELL AS MY COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN CRAFTING WHAT I THINK IS A VERY STRONG POLICY THIS TIME AROUND. 
          WE HAD SOME CHANGES FROM, FROM THE LAST CYCLE OF APPLICATIONS THAT WE GOT, AND WE RETOOLED. 
          AND I THINK WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED TODAY IS, IS A STRONGER, A STRONGER PROPOSAL. 
          UM, IT REALLY DOES HELP US COORDINATE RESIDENTS, STAKEHOLDERS, UH, DEVELOPERS, PROPERTY OWNERS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UM, AND I THINK IT ALSO SPEAKS TO INFORMING THE RESIDENTS ABOUT 
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WHAT MAY BE HAPPENING IN THEIR BACKYARD AND ABOUT THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROCESS. 
          NONE OF THESE PROJECTS ARE FOR CERTAIN, AND I THINK THAT'S A MISINFORMATION THAT WAS OUT THERE. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CLARIFY THAT WITH, WITH THE RESIDENTS. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT SAID, I, I JUST WANNA EXPRESS MY SUPPORT AND MY THANKS TO, TO MY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY? YES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS. SOTO. 
          I, UH, IF YOU COULD STAY UP THERE FOR A SECOND. 
          WHEN, WHEN THIS WAS, UH, WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT AND, UH, UM, WAS KIND OF FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF COUNCILWOMAN SOUND OF ALL ON THAT, ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT AND BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR, UH, WHEREVER THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE BEING PROPOSED. 
          AND WE TALKED ABOUT INCREASING THAT SCORE, AND I SEE THAT IT HADN'T INCREASED AT ALL HERE ON THIS, THIS NEW, UH, UH, LAYOUT HERE. 
          AND I WAS JUST WANTING TO GET YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT. 
          SURE. 
          UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, VERONICA SOTO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS COMING WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE THAT MET THIS WEEK. 
          AND WITH REGARDS TO THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, THE POINTS ARE STILL 10 POINTS. 
          UH, THE VARIATION IS THAT NOW FIVE POINTS CAN BE EARNED BY A DEVELOPMENT IF THEY DO SEND PUBLIC INFORMATION LETTERS AS SPECIFIED IN THE POLICY. 
          UM, SO THAT THEY DO INFORM AND ARE GOOD NEIGHBORS TO HAVE THAT, UH, INFORMATION SHARED. 
          IN ADDITION, NOW THE BREAKOUT HAS THAT THEY CAN EARN AN ADDITIONAL FIVE POINTS FOR HOSTING THE PUBLIC MEETING WITH A SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC ITEMS, UM, AND OUTREACH, UH, LISTED AS WELL. 
          SO THAT CAME FROM GOVERNANCE SO THAT IT'S NOT AN ALL OR NOTHING KIND OF APPROACH, BUT FIVE POINTS OR 10 POINTS, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, WELL, I GUESS I'M STILL GONNA STATE MY CONCERNS ON THIS IN THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THE, THE DEVELOPER THINKS HE HAS, HAS A GOOD SHOT AT THIS, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO ANY ENGAGEMENT AT ALL AND STILL PASS THE MINIMUM OF 70 ON THIS. 
          SO I, I WILL, I WILL SUPPORT THIS WITH CONCERNS THAT, UH, I HOPE THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS, THAT, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PROPOSING THESE PROJECTS DO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH AND MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO, UH, GET POINTS IN BOTH OF THOSE AREAS TO MAXIMIZE THOSE POINTS BECAUSE, UH, UH, I CAN STILL SEE A PROBLEM WHERE THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, SCORE GREAT ON ALL THESE OTHER AREAS, AND IF THEY FEEL THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, THEY DON'T HAVE TO AND STILL MEET THAT MINIMUM SCORE. 
          SO THAT'S MY CONCERN, AND I'LL STATE IT HERE. 
          I'LL, I'LL LET, UH, AGAIN, I'LL SUPPORT THIS WITH THOSE RESERVATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, IF THAT GETS, IF, UH, IF THAT IS A PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE, I WILL CERTAINLY BRING THAT UP IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE SOME, UH, ADJUSTMENTS TO THIS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ? VERO, DID YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? UM, NOT REALLY. 
          I HAVE JUST THE, PARDON, THE THREE POINTS FROM GOVERNANCE, ONE OF WHICH WAS ADDRESSED EARLIER. 
          CAN YOU PLEASE PUT IT ON THE, UM, SURE. 
          IT WAS JUST THE, UH, SUMMARIZING WHAT GOVERNANCE APPROVED. 
          UM, SO THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE POLICY, SO I MENTIONED ALREADY HOW THE POINTS FOR THE PUBLIC MEETING ARE TO BE AWARDED. 
          UM, THE OTHER ITEM IS THAT BESIDES A NON-PROFIT, BOTH THE STATE CERTIFIED HUBS AND THE CITIES' SUB BETA FIRMS CAN GET FIVE POINTS IN THE SCORING AND THE LAST ITEM IS THAT THERE ARE NO, UH, PROJECTS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE CITY'S E T J, THE EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. 
          THAT WAS JUST A SUMMARY OF THE ITEMS THAT WENT AND WERE APPROVED BY GOVERNANCE THIS LAST TUESDAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M, I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THIS TOPIC. 
          WE'VE DISCUSSED IT MANY TIMES AND I WAS BRIEFED ON IT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE GENERAL COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AND THAT WE SEE WHAT THE CHANGES WERE MADE, UM, SIDE BY SIDE. 
          UM, I, I, I'M LIKE THE COUNCILMAN RELUCTANTLY SUPPORTING FOR AN OPPOSITE REASON. 
          MOSTLY BECAUSE ONLY AFFORDABLE PROJECTS ARE GONNA BE REQUIRED FOR THIS STANDARD. 
          SO IF IT WAS A LUXURY APARTMENT COMPLEX OR LUXURY HOUSING, IT WOULDN'T, THERE 
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WOULD BE NO REQUIREMENT IF IT WERE A BIG CHAIN DEVELOPMENT LIKE A WALMART OR A TARGET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT IF THERE'S NO ZONING CHANGE, UM, IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER TYPE, IF IT WERE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, IT WOULDN'T REQUIRE NOTICES, UH, AND THERE WOULDN'T BE A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 
          SO IT'S ONLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH I FIND TO BE DISCRIMINATORY. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN VETTED BY MY COLLEAGUES, AND WE CAME TO AN UNDERSTANDING, UH, I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT DO THESE KIND OF PROJECTS. 
          THEY'RE ACCUSTOMED TO DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SO IT'S NOT AN UNUSUAL REQUEST. 
          UH, HOWEVER, IT DOES DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AFFORDABLE PROJECTS BECAUSE IT REQUIRES AN EXTRA LAYER THAT LUXURY APARTMENT COMPLEXES OR HOUSING OR RETAIL OR ANY OTHER KIND OF DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT REQUIRE. 
          UH, AND SO I, UM, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING, UM, ACCOMMODATIONS AND THAT WE'RE MAKING COMPROMISES. 
          UM, BUT I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEEN IT IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          WHAT WAS, WHAT CHANGES WERE MADE. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S CLEAR HERE, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S ENTIRELY CLEAR WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON, UH, OTHER THAN THOSE OF US WHO ARE INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, THIS, THIS PRODUCT. 
          AND ALSO, SO, UM, WE KNOW THAT THE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE, UH, ON THE 8TH OF JANUARY FOR, UM, PROJECTS BEING SUBMITTED FOR THE 9% OR THE 4%. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT AT THE STATE LEVEL, THE PRE-APPLICATION? YES. 
          THAT ARE DUE, YES. 
          UM, I BELIEVE IT'S THE 9TH OF JANUARY, UH, FOR OUR PURPOSES, UM, WELL, I HAVE TO VERIFY THAT FOR, FOR OUR PURPOSES, WE DID CHANGE IT FROM THE FIFTH TO THE 10TH TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. 
          THE FIFTH OF THE 10TH OF JANUARY, YES. 
          FOR, UH, THE CITY'S PROCESS ITSELF. 
          BUT AT THE STATE LEVEL, IT'S THAT FIRST WEEK, UM, IN JANUARY THAT THEY'RE DUE. 
          AND SO FOR THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN QUEUE, THANK YOU. 
          UM, DOES THAT GIVE THEM TIME TO DO THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PART AND SEND NOTICES AND HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS? UH, WE WOULD RELEASE THE R F A SHOULD THIS ITEM PASS TODAY, TOMORROW. 
          UM, AND SO THERE WOULD BE SUFFICIENT NOTICE TO INDIVIDUALS THAT THERE'S A PUBLIC MEETING THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED. 
          UH, WE WOULD ASK THAT THAT PUBLIC MEETING BE HOSTED PRIOR TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE, UH, MEETING. 
          UM, THE CURRENT SCHEDULE, UH, DOES SHOW, UM, JANUARY 17TH, BUT WE'RE ASKING THAT WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE ON THE 31ST OF JANUARY TO ALLOW THE ADDITIONAL TWO WEEKS FOR A POTENTIAL PUBLIC MEETING. 
          SO THAT MEANS THAT THE, THE DEVELOPER HAS TO HAVE THEIR APPLICATION AND THEN HAVE THE MAIL OUTS MAILED OUT. 
          THEY HAVE TO FIND A, A LOCATION AND HAVE IT ALL DONE BEFORE THE 17TH OF JANUARY. 
          I'M SORRY, RATHER THE 31ST OF JANUARY? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, WE KNOW THAT BASICALLY NOTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER. 
          PROBABLY NOTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 1ST, PROBABLY NOT TILL THE SECOND. 
          SO THAT REALLY JUST GIVES FROM JANUARY 2ND TO THE 31ST TO MAIL OUT AND PLAN AND HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING. 
          AND IS THAT SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF TIME? I MEAN, IT SEEMS, YOU KNOW, JUST EVEN TO GIVE THE SEVEN DAYS THAT REQUIRED NOTICE, UM, DON'T THEY HAVE TO GIVE SEVEN DAYS BEFORE? YES. 
          UH, SO THEN THAT'S, SO WITHIN TWO WEEKS OR SO, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING AND GET ALL THE INFORMATION OUT AND HAVE A PRESENTATION, AND THEN, THEN AT SOME POINT IT HAS TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. 
          BY THE 31ST IT WOULD COME. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          IT IS A SHORTENED TIMEFRAME. 
          IT WOULD COME BEFORE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE ON THE 31ST SO THAT WE COULD TAKE IT TO FULL COUNSEL IN FEBRUARY, BECAUSE THE STATE DEADLINE IS MARCH 1ST. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THAT'S A QUICK TURNAROUND, BUT I KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THESE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LONG TIME. 
          IT'S JUST ENOUGH TO GET THE COMMUNITY NOTICE BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY ACT. 
          PRETTY MUCH NOTHING WILL HAPPEN, UH, FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE UNTIL AFTER JANUARY 2ND. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL MOVE IT ALONG, BUT, UM, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT I FIND THIS TO BE DISCRIMINATORY IN NATURE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GERRAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I FIRST WANT TO THANK, UM, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL FOR PULLING THIS, UH, FOR REALLY BRINGING THIS CONVERSATION UP TO LIGHT LAST WEEK, AND THANK YOU FOR MOVING IT TO GOVERNANCE SO WE CAN HAVE MORE OF A DIALOGUE ABOUT THAT. 
          AND, UM, I THINK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ, FOR HER CONCERNS IN HER NOTE, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, I DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS LAST WEEK 
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AS WELL AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, LOOKING AT ONE, WHAT KIND OF AN ATMOSPHERE WOULD WE CREATE HERE WITH THIS, UM, WITH THESE CHANGES? WOULD WE BE PUTTING MORE BARRIERS UP? SO, UM, THAT IS WHY I WAS, I WAS VERY, UM, RELUCTANT LAST WEEK. 
          I'M GLAD WE'VE BEEN HAVING MORE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE AT THE, AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF EVERYTHING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A HUGE ISSUE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT IN EVERY LARGE CITY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
          AND IT'S OBVIOUS, ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES OF AN ISSUE. 
          THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OUR MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE. 
          AND AT THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, I ALSO ASK THE QUESTION, UM, HOW WILL THIS FOLD INTO THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND DIFFERENT FRAMEWORKS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING? WE NEED TO SEE HOW THESE CHANGES THAT, UM, WE CAN POSSIBLY MAKE RIGHT NOW FOLD INTO THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE. 
          AND IT WILL BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS FOR ONE YEAR. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? SO THIS IS FOR THE ONE APP, ONE YEAR APPLICATION FEE. 
          SO WHAT WE CAN DO OR APPLICATION PROCESS, WHAT WE CAN DO IS SEE HOW THIS CAN WORK OR NOT WORK WITHIN THE, THE FRAMEWORK OF OUR MARE HOUSING TASK FORCE. 
          SEE WHERE THE PROS AND CONS ARE ABOUT THIS. 
          AND PART OF THE OTHER CHANGES APPROVED WERE, UM, THE REASONS TO PUT E T J IN THERE IS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO ENTICE OR ENCOURAGE ANY SPRAWL TO PUT ANYTHING OUT IN THE E T J THAT WE WOULD BE ENCOURAGING SPRAWL AND ALSO THE FIVE AND FIVE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE THIS AS A BARRIER TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND WE ALSO WANT TO STOP ANY CONVERSATIONS OR, UM, ANY OF THE DIALOGUE OF NIMBYISM, NOT IN MY BACKYARD, ANYBODY ELSE, BUT NOT HERE. 
          UM, SO THAT IS ONE OF OUR CONCERNS. 
          'CAUSE HAVING BEEN UP ON THIS DAIS TO SEE, UM, THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THAT CONVERSATION WHEN PEOPLE SAID, NO, WE DON'T WANT IT HERE, WE DON'T WANT IT HERE, BUT EVERY PART OF THE CITY NEEDS SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SO WE NEED TO MAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE ALL OVER. 
          WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE A VIOLATION OF OUR FAIR HOUSING NEITHER. 
          AND I THINK WE HAVE THE BALANCE HERE. 
          IS THAT RIGHT, ANDY? THAT'S, UH, CORRECT. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, UH, UH, WE WORK CLOSELY IN TERMS OF COMING UP WITH A POLICY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAYED IN THE SAFE HARBOR IN TERMS OF BEING WITHIN THE LAW AND, UH, SO THAT IT WOULD NOT BE DISCRIMINATORY. 
          AND I THINK WE'RE THERE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND TWO, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SANDOVAL'S, UM, CREDIT TO, ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE WANNA DO ABOUT THIS IS ABOUT EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TO THE CONSTITUENTS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          UM, AND WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE THOSE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE'VE HAD TOUGH CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST AND WE'LL CONTINUING TO DO THAT, BUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS SOMETHING WORTH FIGHTING FOR AND WORTH UNDERSTANDING FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VIRON. 
          COUNCILMAN VINNO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO STATE, UH, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, ABOUT THIS. 
          UH, WE DID DISCUSS IT, UH, DURING GOVERNANCE. 
          AND I, I I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, SOMETIMES WE CAN PUT UP SOME UNINTENDED, UM, SITUATIONS THAT THAT CAN OCCUR, UH, BECAUSE AS, AS COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ POINTED OUT, UH, OTHER, OTHER DEVELOPMENTS ARE NOT REQUIRED, THESE KIND OF, THESE KIND OF TREATMENTS. 
          AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT, THAT WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS HAVING SOME KIND OF A LIFESPAN AND THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO REPORT BACK TO US ON A REGULAR BASIS HOW IT IS GOING SO THAT WE CAN, UH, ADJUST OUR PROCESS AS WE NEED TO. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S THE A, UH, A RESPONSIBLE APPROACH, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE KIND OF DOING SOMETHING NEW HERE AND CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT TO, UH, ADVERSELY IMPACT THIS PROGRAM. 
          UH, WE'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY AND NOT CREATE BARRIERS OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO, TO, TO PUT UP ROADBLOCKS FOR, FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO I, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY, BUT, UH, JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT OUR, OUR CAVEAT ON GOVERNANCE WAS THAT WE WOULD HAVE REGULAR REPORTING ON THIS AND THAT THIS TOO HAS A LIFESPAN SO THAT WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND IF IT ACTUALLY MADE A, A, A POSITIVE IMPACT OR NOT. 
          CERTAINLY WE WANT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON, ON THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF OUR PROGRAMS AND WHY, WHY WE WANT THEM TO WORK. 
          UM, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE, UH, SITUATIONS OR LOOPHOLES THAT, THAT PEOPLE CAN USE AGAINST THESE PROGRAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          UH, NO MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND 
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PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'VE GOT A 
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CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. 
          YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, A COUPLE OF QUICK ITEMS AND THEN THE YEAR END FINANCIAL REPORT, UH, FOR A CITY BUDGET. 
          SO VERY QUICKLY, FIRST I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IN NOVEMBER, THE ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS PRESENTED ANIMAL CARE SERVICES WITH THE ANNUAL AMAZING MARKETING GROUP AWARD, UH, THEIR CLARION AWARD FOR A C S WORK ON THE CITYWIDE PET ADOPTION CAMPAIGN AND ENTITLED PETS ARE SUPERHEROES JUST IN DISGUISE THAT TOOK PLACE, UH, THIS PAST, UH, SUMMER, THE 2017 COMPETITION AND ATTRACTED ENTRIES FROM 19 STATES AND TWO COUNTRIES USING THE TAGLINE, REAL, LIKE REAL SUPERHEROES ONLY FURRIER. 
          THE THEME WAS CREATED TO ILLUSTRATE THE SPECIAL POWERS OUR PETS HAVE. 
          AND THE CAMPAIGN WAS USED TO PROMOTE PET ADOPTION FEATURING A C S AND OUR LOCAL SHELTER PARTNERS ARE OF COURSE, THE ANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE, SAN ANTONIO PETS ALIVE AND THE SAN ANTONIO HUMANE SOCIETY IN 2017. 
          OF THE 30,000 PETS IMPOUNDED, 91% OF THOSE WERE ADOPTED, RESCUED, OR RETURNED TO OWNER. 
          UH, SECONDLY, UH, THE CITY'S OFFICE OF INNOVATION AND GEEKDOM LED BY LORENZO GOMEZ AND DAX MORENO HAVE PARTNERED TO LAUNCH CIV TECH SA, A CIVIC INNOVATION PROGRAM, CONNECTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITH TECH AND ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES TO COLLABORATIVELY SOLVE CITY CHALLENGES AND FACILITATE THE GROWTH OF OUR LOCAL STARTUP ECOSYSTEM. 
          THE PROGRAM WILL ENGAGE STARTUPS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND TECH WORKFORCE, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY AS WELL AS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. 
          THIS PROGRAM IS UNIQUE, UH, WHILE OTHER CITIES HAVE COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM, NONE HAVE BEEN TIED TOGETHER TO CREATE A TALENT PIPELINE AND GROW CIVICALLY MINDED STARTUPS LIKE THE ONE THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, GEEK THEM ON. 
          UH, STUDENT AND STARTUP PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM WILL BE INTRODUCED TO THE CITY'S CHALLENGES WITH VARYING DEGREES OF COMPLEXITY THROUGH EVENTS THAT ARE TAILORED TO THEIR SPECIFIC GROUP THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. 
          OUR GOAL THROUGH THESE EVENTS, UM, AND INCREASED ACTIVITY BETWEEN COMMUNITIES, CIV TECH, UH, IS TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY BY HELPING TO COMBAT, COMBAT, BRAIN DRAIN, PROMOTING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND INSPIRING ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT, UH, IN OUR CITY GOVERNMENT. 
          SO IN JANUARY, THE CITY WILL HOST A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TARGETED TO STARTUPS FOR TECHNOLOGY-BASED SOLUTIONS TO SEVEN CIVIC CHALLENGES, AND THE RESIDENTS WILL BEGIN, UH, IN APRIL AND CONTINUE, UH, THROUGH JULY. 
          THE STARTUPS, UH, WILL EMBED WITH CITY DEPARTMENT STAFF IN APRIL OVER A 16 WEEK PERIOD TO REVIEW AND DEVELOP SOLUTIONS TO CIVIC CHALLENGES. 
          AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WE WILL PRESENT, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL BY SEPTEMBER OF 2018. 
          WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP AND MY COMPLIMENTS TO JOSE DE LA CRUZ, UH, MARIA VILLA GOMEZ, LORENZO AND DAX FOR PARTNERING TO PULL THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER. 
          WE'RE EXCITED. 
          UH, NEXT ITEM I WANNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR FISCAL YEAR 18 EQUITY STRATEGY. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY EQUITY STRATEGY MAXIMIZES THE IMPACT OF CITY SERVICES TOWARD THE VISION OF PROSPERITY. 
          DOCUMENTED IN OUR MISSION STATEMENT, WE DELIVER QUALITY CITY SERVICES AND COMMIT TO ACHIEVE SAN ANTONIO'S VISION OF PROSPERITY FOR OUR DIVERSE, VIBRANT, AND HISTORIC COMMUNITY. 
          TO THIS END, EIGHT DEPARTMENTS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT TO SIX HIGH IMPACT INITIATIVES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING, SA SPEAK UP NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT SMART CITIES AND THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM DEPARTMENTS ARE NOW DOCUMENTING SHORT, INTERMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM OUTCOMES FOR EACH INITIATIVE. 
          AND THESE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR THE HIGH IMPACT INITIATIVES WILL BE COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY, 2018. 
          AND WE LOOK FORWARD, UH, TO SHARING THE RESULTS WITH YOU. 
          UH, NEXT, UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS PROVIDE YOU WITH A PRELIMINARY STATUS OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL POSITION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 THAT ENDED ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. 
          AS YOU KNOW, I MEET MONTHLY WITH OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND BUDGET DIRECTOR, UH, TO REVIEW THE CITY'S FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE ON ALL THE CITY'S FUNDS. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, WE PRESENT QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE FISCAL YEAR 2018 BUDGET THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN PART USING ESTIMATED REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE REMAINING MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2017 AS WE PRESENT THAT BUDGET AND PREPARE IT, UH, IN JULY AND AUGUST. 
          AND SO WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE YEAR END INFORMATION 
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AT THE TIME IT'S PRESENTED OR ADOPTED. 
          TODAY'S REPORT IS AN UPDATE SINCE BUDGET ADOPTION AND FIGURES ARE PRELIMINARY AND UNAUDITED. 
          SO WE, UH, JUST ARE LAUNCHING OUR AUDIT PROCESS, THE EXTERNAL AUDIT, UH, THAT WILL BE COMPLETED IN MARCH. 
          UH, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A PRELIMINARY LOOK TODAY AT THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL AS, UM, THE, A FEW OF THE RESTRICTED FUNDS. 
          SO THIS MONTH, THE CITY'S EXTERNAL AUDIT FIRM GRANT THORNTON WILL BEGIN THE YEAR END AUDIT OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT. 
          AND THIS REPORT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AUDIT COMMITTEE IN MARCH. 
          UM, ON THE GENERAL FUND, LET ME SAY THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017, UM, WHICH IS $1.14 BILLION, AND BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS, THE GENERAL FUND ENDS FISCAL YEAR 20 17, 7 0.6 MILLION BETTER THAN PROJECTED, UH, 6.1 MILLION MORE IN REVENUE AND LESS EXPENSE, AND 1.5 MILLION IN HURRICANE HARVEY REIMBURSEMENTS, PRELIMINARILY FOR FIRE AND, UH, POLICE PERSONNEL, UH, THAT DID PARTICIPATE IN THOSE RESCUE EFFORTS IN ASSISTANCE OF NODE IS THAT OF THE 6.1 MILLION IN MORE REVENUE AND LESS SPENDING, 1.1 MILLION IS ACTUALLY MORE REVENUE AND 5 MILLION IS IN LESS SPENDING ACROSS ALL OF OUR GENERAL FUND, UH, DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, THAT REPRESENTS, UH, LESS THAN UH, 1% OF OUR OVERALL GENERAL FUND BUDGET IN THE RESTRICTED FUND AREAS. 
          IN THE HOT ALLOCATION HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, UH, THAT RATE IS 16.75%. 
          IT'S LEVIED ON EVERY HOTEL ROOM NIGHT IN THE CITY. 
          THE CITY RECEIVES 9% OF THE TOTAL RATE OF WHICH 7% SUPPORTS THE CONVENTION AND SPORTS FACILITIES. 
          OUR CONVENTION CENTER IN ALAMO DOME ALSO SUPPORTS VISIT SAN ANTONIO ARTS AND CULTURE AND HISTORY AND PRESERVATION. 
          THE REMAINING 2% IS RES, IS A RESTRICTED SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER DEBT SERVICE, AS WELL AS ANY FUTURE CONVENTION CENTER RENOVATIONS. 
          THE 7% OF THE HOT TAX GENERATED IN FISCAL YEAR 2017, WHICH IS 66.4 MILLION, UH, IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTIMATE FOR THE YEAR. 
          AND THE DEPARTMENT FUNDED BY THE HOT TAX CAME IN SLIGHTLY BELOW BUDGET. 
          SO WE'RE IN A POSITIVE FINANCIAL POSITION THERE. 
          DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WHICH IS ALSO A RESTRICTED FUND, UM, AND ENTERPRISE OPERATION WHERE REVENUES COVER THE EXPENSE FOR THE OPERATION. 
          UH, THIS IS A $32 MILLION FUND THAT IS SUPPORTED BY THE FEES PAID BY DEVELOPERS FOR PLAN REVIEWS AS WELL AS INSPECTIONS OF PROPERTIES. 
          I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE DEVELOPMENT FEE REVENUES COLLECTED ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTIMATE AND DEPARTMENT SPENDING IS ALSO AT PROJECTED AMOUNTS. 
          BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PERMIT ACTIVITY REMAINED STRONG IN 2017 IN SOLID WASTE. 
          UH, OUR ENTERPRISE SOLID WASTE FUND ACCOUNTS FOR REVENUES AND EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATION OF OUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE COLLECTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE PROGRAMS. THE OPERATING BUDGET OF THIS FUND IS 113 MILLION. 
          THE REVENUES REFLECTED IN THIS FUND INCLUDE THE MONTHLY FEES CAN COLLECTED FOR SOLID WASTE AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL FEE AND REVENUE FROM THE SALE OF OUR RECYCLABLE. 
          SO THOSE THAT WE COLLECT, WE THEN SELL AS COMMODITIES IN THE MARKET. 
          THE EXPENSES PAID BY FEES COLLECTED IN THIS FUND INCLUDE GARBAGE COLLECTION FOR OUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, RECYCLING AND ORGANICS PROGRAM, RESIDENTIAL HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION, BRUSH AND BULKY WASTE COLLECTION, AND THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR CLOSED LANDFILLS BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN THOSE OVERALL. 
          THE SOLID WASTE FUND ENDS FISCAL YEAR 2017, 3 MILLION BETTER THAN PROJECTED REVENUES WERE COLLECTED. 
          UH, REVENUES COLLECTED WERE 2 MILLION OR 1.6% HIGHER THAN BUDGET DUE TO MORE REVENUE FROM OUR COMMODITIES THAT WE SELL BACK THROUGH THE RECYCLING PROGRAM. 
          AND SOLID WASTE FEES PAID BY CUSTOMERS CHOOSING TO RETAIN THE LARGER GARBAGE CANS. 
          YOU RECALL THAT IF YOU OBTAIN A SMALLER BROWN CAN THAN YOU PAY LESS. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION PORTION OF THAT PROGRAM. 
          UH, EXPENDITURES ARE 1 MILLION LESS THAN PROJECTED OR LESS THAN 1% BELOW BUDGET ON OUR GENERAL FUND, UH, REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU A PRELIMINARY LOOK AT THIS, UM, I WANTED TO, UH, SHARE THIS WITH YOU BEFORE I CONCLUDE MY REPORT. 
          UM, THIS IS AN UPDATE ON GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND OUR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE JUST FOR THE FIRST 
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TWO MONTHS OF OUR FISCAL YEAR THAT BEGAN OCTOBER 1ST. 
          OVERALL REVENUES ARE SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF BUDGET. 
          WE, WE RECEIVED OUR 2018 PAYMENT FROM THE STATE, UH, FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM EARLY THIS YEAR, WHICH DID IMPACT THE REVENUE. 
          THE TOTAL PAYMENT RECEIVED WAS FOR 10.5 MILLION OR 4.6 MILLION MORE THAN BUDGETED. 
          AND AS A WAY OF BACKGROUND BACK IN 2010, SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL THAT THE STATE ANNOUNCED THAT THE AMBULANCE SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT PROGRAM WAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
          PREVIOUSLY THE PROGRAM WAS AVAILABLE TO HOSPITALS ONLY. 
          SO THE EXPANSION HAS BEEN FUNDED BY THE 1115 WAIVER PROGRAM AND UNDER THE EXPANDED PROGRAM, THE STATE BEGAN MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS TO US IN 2014, AT WHICH TIME THE CITY RECEIVED ITS ITS FIRST PAYMENT. 
          SO THE PAYMENT PROGRAM FOR, UH, THE 1115 PROGRAM FOR E M S IS A PASS THROUGH PROGRAM AND IT REALLY COMES, UH, FROM AND TO E M S PROVIDERS THAT SERVE MEDICAID PATIENTS AND PROVIDE THE SERVICE WITH GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. 
          SO PAYMENT HEALTH HELPS OFFSET THE UNCOMPENSATED CARE COSTS, NOT PREVIOUSLY COVERED BY NORMAL FEE FOR SERVICE FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE ALLOCATED TO MEDICAID AND UNINSURED PATIENTS. 
          UH, IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAM, A TOTAL OF SEVEN ENTITIES PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM AND TODAY THERE ARE OVER 70 AGENCIES PARTICIPATING. 
          DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE 1115 WAIVER PROGRAM. 
          THE BUDGET FOR 2018 WAS SET AT 5.9 MILLION, WHICH IS THE SAME AMOUNT THE CITY RECEIVED IN 2014. 
          SO THE PAYMENT RECEIVED FROM THE STATE IS 1.4 MILLION HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR, AND 4.5 MILLION MORE THAN, UH, THE BUDGET. 
          IN ADDITION TO THIS PAYMENT IN THE OTHER CATEGORIES OF REVENUES IN THE GENERAL FUND, C P S REVENUE IS SLIGHTLY BELOW, UH, BUDGET FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AND SALES TAX IS DOWN BY $430,000 FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. 
          SALES TAX REVENUES ARE UP COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, BUT BELOW WHERE WE THOUGHT WE'D BE IN BUDGET. 
          SO, UH, WE ESTIMATE AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE AND, UH, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND, AND REPORT TO COUNSEL. 
          AND OF COURSE I'LL BE GIVING YOU THE FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT, UM, IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. 
          SO IN SUMMARY, UM, THE CITY'S 2017 GENERAL FUND ENDS 7.6 MILLION BETTER THAN PROJECTED. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT'S AN UNAUDITED, UH, FINANCIAL ESTIMATE AT THIS TIME TO BE CONFIRMED THROUGH OUR EXTERNAL AUDIT REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018, OUR AHEAD OF BUDGET FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND IN, IN CLOSING, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT OUR BALANCE IS, IS BETTER, BUT I DO RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL THAT WE RESERVE THIS BETTER ENDING BALANCE AT THIS TIME AND WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THAT MORE IN 2018, BUT TO RESERVE THAT IN THE GENERAL FUND AND ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUES RECEIVED IN 2018 SO THAT WE HAVE THOSE DOLLARS AVAILABLE AS WE PREPARE FOR THE 2019 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE USED ONE TIME SAVINGS FROM THE 2007 AND 2012 BOND PROGRAMS TO FUND THE ADDITIONAL 35 MILLION OF STREET MAINTENANCE FOR THAT TWO YEAR PROGRAM, UH, TO GET ALL OF OUR STREETS THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO UP TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          THOSE WERE THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT WE DID FOR DISTRICTS 1, 2, 3, 5, AND 10. 
          AND ALSO, UH, WE USED ONE TIME DOLLARS IN OUR TWO YEAR PLAN TO PROVIDE VIA A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $10 MILLION OVER, UH, TO GET TO THAT POINT OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD. 
          SO, UH, THE CURRENT BUDGET, UH, INCLUDES 4.3 MILLION. 
          SO NEXT YEAR WE'LL NEED TO BUDGET A LITTLE MORE THAN A HALF, UM, OR FIVE, A LITTLE MORE THAN 5 MILLION MORE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT 10 MILLION MARK FOR VIA. 
          SO WE NEED THE SAVINGS AND ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO ADDRESS THESE COUNCIL PRIORITIES IN FISCAL YEAR 19 BUDGET. 
          AND YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN FURTHER DETAIL, OF COURSE, WHEN WE DISCUSS THE MID-YEAR BUDGET REVIEW, WHICH WILL HAPPEN IN LATE APRIL OR EARLY MAY, UM, OF 2018. 
          SO THAT'S A PRELIMINARY LOOK AT WHERE WE STAND FINANCIALLY. 
          IT'S, UM, A GOOD NEWS STORY AND WE'LL REPORT MORE TO YOU IN OUR FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT IN 2018, AND THEN OF COURSE DURING THE MID-YEAR BUDGET REVIEW IN MAY. 
          AND THAT'S ALL TO REPORT TODAY. 
          MAYOR, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR THAT THOROUGH REPORT. 
          AND, UH, AS THIS IS THE LAST MEETING WE 
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HAVE BEFORE THE END OF THE BREAK, UM, ACTUALLY WE, BEFORE WE DO HAVE A, JUST A QUICK, UM, I GUESS SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, A QUICK PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I THINK THE, UH, AUDIO FOLKS HAVE PUT UP FOR US. 
          WHAT IS THAT? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR SHARING THAT IMPORTANT MESSAGE. 
          HEY, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE, MORE PEOPLE ABOUT THIS HOLIDAY SINCE YEAH, FOLKS, WE'VE GOT A BIG PROBLEM AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AND THEY'RE BACK. 
          AARON, IT'S THE LASER CATS, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY EAT ALL THE PIZZA AND YOUR TACOS AND THE TACOS FOLKS, LASER CATS ARE UNACCEPTABLE. 
          PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT IF YOU SEE ANY, LET US KNOW. 
          YES, PLEASE CALL OUR OFFICE. 
          WELL, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. 
          THANKS AARON SO MUCH. 
          THIS WAS FUN. 
          WE HAD A LOT OF FUN AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 
          WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME HERE AT UPDATES. 
          NATE WITH COUNCILMAN MANNY EZ. 
          WELL, JUST BEFORE WE TAKE IT OFF FOR BREAK, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GOT THEIR, NOT ONLY THEIR PETS SPADE AND NEUTERED, BUT THEIR CATS. 
          WE HAVE A TRAP NEUTER RELEASE PROGRAM FOR LASER CATS. 
          SPECIFICALLY, I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN PEL IS TAKING UP THE EFFORT OUT OF DISTRICT EIGHT, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU COVERING ALL OUR BASES. 
          COUNCILMAN LADIES,  LADIES. 
          MY GOODNESS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          OUR NEXT, OUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING WILL BE JANUARY 11TH, 2018, TO EVERYBODY FOR THE CHRISTMAS BREAK. 
          HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          WE'LL SEE YOU IN 2018.
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