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          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          WELCOME TO 2018, JANUARY 10TH, B SESSION COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GRAND HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SALANA HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR NUREMBERG HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. 
          WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          UM, WELCOME BACK TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION AND TIME RIGHT NOW IS 2:12 PM AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANT TO TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND WELCOME TO OUR, UH, CHAMBERS, UH, TWO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ONE NEW ONE, NOT SO NEW, UH, BUT LONGSTANDING MEMBERS OF OUR CORPORATE COMMUNITY, UH, AND TACO CABANA. 
          I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE EVERYONE TO THE NEW C E O OF TACO CABANA, CHUCK LOCKE, UM, AS WELL AS REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS. 
          MICHAEL VELO, WHO IS A LONGTIME SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU GUYS, AND SAID, I'M DOING ROLE. 
          RON AND I MET IN HIS OFFICE A LITTLE BIT TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND TACO STARTED HERE, AS YOU KNOW, 40 YEARS AGO. 
          AND WE HAVE A BIG YEAR FOR US. 
          SEPTEMBER 21ST IS OUR FOUR YEAR ANNIVERSARY, SO WE GOT A LOT OF CELEBRATION WITH THE 300 AND THE 40. 
          SO, UM, A LOT OF HISTORY, A LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS OF THEIR KIDS, THEIR GRANDKIDS, AND I'VE ENJOYED THE BRAND AND WE'RE EXCITED. 
          UM, A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS GOING ON WITH THE NEW LEADERSHIP HERE ON THE QUALITY AND EXECUTING AT A HIGH LEVEL, AS YOU GUYS SAW IT TODAY, WE HAVE THE, UH, ALL DAY BREAKFAST TACOS, WHICH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR, FOR YEARS, UM, ARE DOING, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A TEST, BUT IT'S BEEN SO REVERED SO QUICKLY. 
          THE TEST IS DONE, THE TEST IS OVER, PEOPLE LOVE IT, LET'S GO WITH IT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE DO LISTEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S THIS, THIS INDUSTRY'S TOUGH. 
          IT'S TOUGH. 
          A LOT OF COMPETITION, STAFF, EMPLOYEES, UM, BUT WE LOVE IT AND I LOVE THE BUSINESS. 
          AND, UH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE BRISKET, A UNBELIEVABLE BRISKET THAT I TASTED IN THE TEST KITCHEN JUST YESTERDAY, BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT ONE CAME ON. 
          THE BRAND WAS LIKE, WHERE'S YOUR BRISKET? WHERE'S YOUR BRISKET? IT'S TEXAS. 
          SO WE DO LISTEN, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO KEEP IT FRESH AND NEW. 
          UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL. 
          I KNOW YOU ALL GOT THE FIESTA MEDALS TODAY, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE INVOLVED WITH THAT FOR YOU GUYS AND TRY CENTENNIALS. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOY. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          AND, AND AT YOUR PLACE, UH, SHOULD BE THE FIRST FIESTA MEDAL OF THE SEASON AS WELL, THE FIESTA TACO CABANA, UM, FOR ALL THOSE WATCHING. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU, UH, FOR JOINING US AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND KICK OFF. 
          WE'VE GOT TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, CHERYL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. 
          AND WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE B SESSION AGENDA THIS AFTERNOON. 
          THE FIRST IS A BRIEFING BY OUR SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN HEALTH DISTRICT ON AIR QUALITY. 
          AND THE SECOND ITEM IS A BRIEFING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ESSAY TOMORROW, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE PLANNING EFFORT THAT'S UNDERWAY WITH THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE, AS WELL AS WHAT IS UPCOMING FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2018. 
          BUT FIRST, 
          [1. A Briefing by the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District on Air
Quality and Public Health Impacts. [Erik Walsh, Deputy City Manager;
Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD, Director, Health]]
UH, ON THE AGENDA IS THE PRESENTATION BY DR. 
          COLLEEN BRIDGER, OUR DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON AIR QUALITY AND ITS IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          YOU MAY RECALL, UH, THAT, UH, BACK IN SEPTEMBER, METRO HEALTH PRESENTED AN OVERVIEW AS TO THE PUBLIC EFFECTS OF CHANGING OZONE LEVELS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE REGION. 
          AND, UH, SOME OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND, UH, IMPLICATIONS OF THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE AT THAT TIME. 
          UH, DURING THE PRESENTATION, SHE ALSO, ME, UH, MENTIONED THAT AIR QUALITY IS MEASURED BY MORE THAN OZONE IMPACT. 
          AND SO THIS AFTERNOON, UH, SHE IS GOING TO DISCUSS THE BROADER PERSPECTIVE OF AIR QUALITY. 
          IN FACT, UH, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS RECOMMENDED THAT SHE PROVIDE A, A BRIEFING IN THE BROADER CONTEXT OF AIR QUALITY WITHIN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER JOINS US THIS AFTERNOON TO PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE PRINCIPAL AIR POLLUTANTS, THEIR CAUSES, UH, AND HOW STAFF MONITORS AIR QUALITY, UH, WITHIN THE REGION. 
          SO WE'LL ALSO GI HAVE A CONVERSATION THIS AFTERNOON ON HOW WE CAN RE REDUCE, UH, POLLUTION, UH, HERE LOCALLY. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. 
          COLLEEN BRIDGER, OUR DIRECTOR OF THE METROPOLITAN HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          COLLEEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY. 
          IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. 
          UM, 
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SO REALLY QUICKLY, WHAT I'M GONNA BE COVERING IN THIS PRESENTATION ARE, UM, THE EPA A'S SIX PRINCIPAL AIR POLLUTANTS. 
          UM, DO A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THOSE POLLUTANTS AND THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF THOSE POLLUTANTS. 
          UM, LOOK AT SOME ASTHMA MAPS AND THEN LOOK AT WHERE METRO HEALTH'S AIR MONITORS ARE. 
          AND, UM, AS, UH, THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, CLOSE WITH A COUPLE OF SLIDES ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY. 
          SO THE GOOD NEWS IS OUR AIR QUALITY HAS BEEN GETTING BETTER, UM, SINCE THE 1990S. 
          BUT, UH, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IS, UM, ONE OF OUR GREATEST ADVANTAGES, WHICH IS THAT WE'RE GROWING REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY. 
          AND THE MORE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE IN THE SAME SPACE CAN LEAD TO, UM, MORE POLLUTION IN THE AIR. 
          AND OF COURSE, AS YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR, UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE OF, UM, AIR QUALITY AND THE FACT THAT IN GENERAL, UH, POOR AIR QUALITY EXACERBATES RESPIRATORY ILLNESS, UH, IT'S HARMFUL TO HEART HEALTH AND ESPECIALLY OUR, UM, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE. 
          SO PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA, UM, CHRONIC BRONCHI BRONCHITIS, HEART DISEASE, C O P D, FOR EXAMPLE, SUFFER MORE WHEN OUR AIR QUALITY IS LOW. 
          SO BACK IN THE SEVENTIES, THE, UM, CLEAN AIR ACT PASSED, AND IT WAS DESIGNED TO CONTROL AIR POLLUTION ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. 
          UH, AND IT REQUIRED THE E P A TO SET STANDARDS FOR POLLUTANTS THAT THEY CONSIDERED HARMFUL FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO THE SIX PRINCIPLE AIR POLLUTANTS THAT THE E P A IDENTIFIED, UH, WERE NITROGEN DIOXIDE, OZONE, PARTICULATE MATTER, SULFUR DIOXIDE, CARBON MONOXIDE, AND LEAD. 
          SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THOSE AND JUST COVER AGAIN, AT A REALLY HIGH LEVEL WHY THEY MADE THE LIST AND WHAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT. 
          SO STARTING WITH NITROGEN DIOXIDE, UM, IT'S ONE OF THE, UM, MANY NITROGEN OXIDE GASES THAT YOU OFTEN WILL HEAR US TALK ABOUT. 
          NOX. 
          UM, NITROGEN DIOXIDE IS ONE OF THOSE. 
          IT'S PRIMARILY FORMED FROM EMISSIONS, UM, AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE FORMATION OF, UM, GROUND LEVEL OR THE BAD OZONE THAT WE TALK. 
          WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, UM, IT ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO FINE PARTICLE POLLUTION. 
          SO FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, PERSPECTIVE, THE THING THAT WE WORRY ABOUT WITH NITROGEN DIOXIDE IS, UM, THE INTERACTION WITH NITROGEN DIOXIDE IN OTHER NOXS WITH WATER, OXYGEN AND CHEMICALS BECAUSE IT CAN FORM ACID RAIN. 
          AND I KNOW, UM, A DECADE AGO OR SO, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT ACID RAIN AND ITS EFFECTS ON OUR FORESTS AND TREE CANOPIES. 
          UM, AND THAT HAS IMPROVED, UM, BUT IT IS STILL AN AREA OF CONCERN FROM A HEALTH EFFECT PERSPECTIVE. 
          UM, THE THING THAT WE WORRY ABOUT WITH NITROGEN DIOXIDE IS BREATHING. 
          SO PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS, UH, CAN HAVE DIFFICULTY BREATHING WHEN THERE ARE HIGH CONCENTRATIONS, UM, AND LONG AND SHORT TERM EXPOSURE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO, UM, RESP DEVELOPING RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES. 
          NEXT, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE THING THAT Y'ALL KNOW MOST ABOUT, WHICH IS OZONE. 
          UM, AGAIN, JUST TO, TO HIT THE, THE HIGH HIGH POINTS, UM, OZONE, UM, OZONE, THE GROUND LEVEL OZONE IS CREATED WITH A CHEMICAL REACTION BETWEEN NOX AND VOCS IN THE PRESENCE OF SUNLIGHT. 
          SO BASICALLY, SUNLIGHT AND HEAT SPEEDS UP THIS REACTION, WHICH IS WHY THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR HIGH ZONE, HIGH OZONE ALERT DAYS HAPPEN DURING THOSE REALLY HOT SUMMER MONTHS. 
          UM, SO FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, OZONE IS BAD FOR BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT BREATHES. 
          UM, AND PLANTS BREATHES BREATHE AND, AND ANIMALS BREATHE AND HUMANS BREATHE. 
          SO, OZONE, UM, MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT NEED TO BREATHE FROM A A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE MORE SPECIFICALLY, UM, IT'S, IT AGAIN, IT'S REALLY, UM, AFFECTS THE, THE LUNG CAPACITY, THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO BREATHE. 
          UM, AND IT CAN ALSO, UM, AGGRAVATE EXISTING LUNG DISEASES SUCH AS ASTHMA, EMPHYSEMA, AND CHRONIC BRONCHITIS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, AGAIN, I THINK YOU'VE ALL HEARD ME SAY IT, BUT, UM, 
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HUMAN EXPOSURE TO OZONE, UH, ON THE LUNGS IS A BIT LIKE WHEN WE GET A SUNBURN ON OUR SKIN. 
          UM, AND SO SHORT TERM IT'S BAD, BUT LONG TERM IS WHEN YOU REALLY WORRY ABOUT THE ACCUMULATION OF THOSE EFFECTS ON THE HUMAN BODY. 
          NEXT, I WANNA TALK ABOUT PARTICULATE MATTER. 
          UM, SO PARTICULATE MATTER IS BASICALLY THAT IT'S, UM, SMALL PARTICLES AND LIQUID DROPLETS. 
          IT CAN BE MADE UP OF A VARIETY OF THINGS, INCLUDING ACIDS AND ORGANIC, ORGANIC CHEMICALS. 
          IT CAN BE METAL, IT CAN BE DUST, IT CAN BE SOIL. 
          UM, WE TEND TO LOOK AT PARTICULATE MATTER, UM, AS THE SMALLER IT IS, THE MORE DANGEROUS IT IS. 
          SO, UM, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE HEARING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PARTICULATE MATTER AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REALLY, REALLY SMALL STUFF, YOU MIGHT TEND TO THINK, OH, WELL, IF IT'S SMALL, IT'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. 
          BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE SMALLEST PARTICULATE MATTER THAT IS MOST, UM, WORRISOME FROM A, A HEALTH PERSPECTIVE. 
          SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS, UM, IT'S BASICALLY A GRIME. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, THIS, THIS GRIME CAN SETTLE ON, UM, THE ECOSYSTEMS, THE, THE TREES AND THE PLANTS, AND IT CAN IMPEDE THE PROCESS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS, WHICH THEN IMPEDES THAT GROWTH PROCESS. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT FROM A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, UM, THERE ARE LOTS OF CHALLENGES, HEALTH CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO PARTICULATE MATTER, UM, INCLUDING PROBLEMS WITH YOUR HEART WITH ASTHMA. 
          UM, AND WE, THERE HAS, THERE HAVE BEEN STUDIES THAT HAVE SHOWN, UM, IN CORRELATION BETWEEN EXPOSURE TO PARTICULATE MATTER AND HEART ATTACKS, UM, AND ALSO PREMATURE DEATH IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXISTING LUNG OR HEART PROBLEMS. UM, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH, UM, ONE OF OUR MEDICAL JOURNALS JUST YESTERDAY, AND THERE WAS A STUDY THAT CAME OUT YESTERDAY THAT SHOWED, UM, A CORRELATION BETWEEN EXPOSURE TO PARTICULATE MATTER AND PRETERM DELIVERIES. 
          UM, AND WE KNOW PRETERM DELIVERIES IS ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS, MAJOR CAUSES OF INFANT MORTALITY. 
          SO THAT IS ANOTHER ITEM THAT IS GOING TO BE ADDED TO THIS LIST AS WE CAN GET MORE RESEARCH IN. 
          BUT THE RESEARCH DOES SEEM TO BE PRETTY COMPELLING. 
          UH, THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IS SULFUR DIOXIDE. 
          SO SULFUR DIOXIDE, UM, IS AGAIN, ONE OF THE SULFUR OXIDES, AND THE LARGEST SOURCE IS, UH, FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION AT POWER PLANTS AND OTHER INDUSTRIES. 
          SO FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, WE WORRY ABOUT, UM, THE HARM THAT IT CAN DO TO TREES AND PLANTS, AND, UM, IT CAN ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO ACID RAIN. 
          AND WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH, UM, WHAT ACID RAIN CAN DO TO THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          FROM A, UH, A HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, IT'S RESPIRATORY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE, UM, ESPECIALLY FOLKS WHO HAVE ASTHMA ARE, UM, MUCH MORE SENSITIVE TO, TO THE EFFECTS. 
          UM, IT CAN ALSO REACT WITH OTHER COMPOUNDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND FORM SMALL PARTICLES OF PARTICULATE MATTER. 
          SO IT, IT, UM, EXACERBATES SOME OF THE PARTICULATE MATTER CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE. 
          NEXT, I WANNA TALK ABOUT CARBON MONOXIDE. 
          UM, SO EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH CARBON MONOXIDE AS AN INDOOR AIR QUALITY CONCERN. 
          UM, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN IT GETS COLD OUTSIDE AND YOU SEE THE PRESS RELEASES ABOUT NOT TURNING ON YOUR, YOU KNOW, GAS STOVE TO STAY WARM BECAUSE THAT CAN CREATE CARBON MONOXIDE. 
          AND, UM, THE CHALLENGE WITH CARBON MONOXIDE IS IT'S COLORLESS AND ODORLESS AND, UM, PEOPLE CAN GET CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING AND NOT KNOW IT. 
          AND SO THEN IT'S EASY TO JUST, UM, HAVE PEOPLE DIE FROM IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THEY'RE BEING EXPOSED. 
          IT'S AN ISSUE IN THE OUTDOOR AIR AS WELL, BUT MUCH LESS DEADLY THAN WHEN IT'S, UM, PRESENT IN THE INDOOR AIR. 
          UM, THE GREATEST SOURCES ARE VEHICLES OR MACHINERY THAT BURN FOSSIL FUELS. 
          BUT BASICALLY, ANYTIME SOMETHING IS BURNED, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS RELEASED IS CARBON MONOXIDE . 
          SO FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE, UM, CARBON MONOXIDE CONTRIBUTES INDIRECTLY TO C CLIMATE CHANGE, UM, BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE CHEMICAL REACTION THAT PRODUCES OZONE. 
          UM, AND WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH OZONES EFFECT ON CLIMATE. 
          UH, REDUCING CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONS 
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IS ONE OF THE STRATEGIES IN MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          AGAIN, FROM A A HUMAN HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, CARBON MONOXIDE CAN CAUSE HEADACHE, NAUSEA, DIZZINESS, BREATHLESSNESS, COLLAPSE, LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, AND EVEN DEATH. 
          UM, THAT'S TYPICALLY INDOORS, UM, MUCH LESS SERIOUS, UM, WHEN IT'S FROM THE, THE OUTDOOR EAR PERSPECTIVE. 
          SO LEAD, UH, LEAD IS, UM, SOMETHING WE DON'T OFTEN THINK ABOUT ANYMORE NOW THAT WE HAVE UNLEADED GAS IN THE AIR. 
          UM, WE TEND TO THINK OF IT MORE IN, IN PAINTS AND, UM, PLUMBING, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          UM, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE AIR POLLUTANTS THAT THE E P A MONITORS AND, UM, TYPICALLY IT'S PRODUCED, UM, THROUGH LEAD SMELTING, UH, WASTE INCINERATORS, UTILITIES, AND THEN, UM, SOME BATTERIES THAT USE LEAD THE MANUFACTURER AND RECYCLING OF THOSE. 
          FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE, UM, WE WORRY ABOUT LEAD BECAUSE IT CAN LEAD TO THE DECREASE IN GROWTH IN HEALTH IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS, AND ESPECIALLY IN ANIMALS. 
          SOME OF THE SAME NEUROLOGICAL EFFECTS THAT WE SEE IN HUMANS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE, UM, IN ANIMALS. 
          SO IF THEY ARE EXPOSED TO HIGH QUANTITIES OF LEAD IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT, UM, IT CAN MESS WITH THEIR REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE, UM, AND, UH, HAVE ALL SORTS OF NEUROLOGICAL CONCERNS FROM A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE. 
          UM, WHAT YOU WORRY ABOUT WITH LEAD POISONING IS, UM, NEUROLOGICAL EFFECTS FOR KIDS, AND THEN CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS FOR ADULTS. 
          UM, CHILDREN ARE THE MOST SENSITIVE POPULATION WHEN IT COMES TO LEAD AND, UM, LEAD POISONING CAN CONTRIBUTE TO BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS, LEARNING DEFICITS, AND EVEN LOWER IQ. 
          UH, I DO WANNA SAY THAT THE MOST COMMON SOURCE OF CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING IS NOT THROUGH THE AIR, IT IS THROUGH PAINT. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WE DO CHECK CHILDREN FOR LEAD POISONING IS PART OF THEIR ROUTINE HEALTH VISITS. 
          AND, UM, IF THEY ARE FOUND TO HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD IN THEIR BLOOD, AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IS DONE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THAT EXPOSURE OCCURS. 
          AND MOST OFTEN IT OCCURS FROM LEAD-BASED PAINT . 
          UH, WE DO NOT IN SAN ANTONIO MONITOR THE AIR FOR LEAD. 
          UM, WE STOPPED IT WHEN THE LEVELS FELL CONSISTENTLY YEAR AFTER YEAR TO WELL BELOW, UM, LEVELS THAT WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT. 
          IN FACT, THERE ARE ONLY SIX COUNTIES IN TEXAS THAT HAVE ACTIVE LEAD AIR MONITORS AND THERE THEY ARE. 
          UM, SO WHILE IT IS ON THE E P A LIST, IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE DOING ACTIVE MONITORING IN THE AIR. 
          WE MONITOR IT IN CHILDREN, BUT WE DON'T MONITOR IT IN THE AIR. 
          SO NEXT I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ASTHMA AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 
          SO THERE ARE THREE MAPS THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU. 
          UM, ONE IS ON PEDIATRIC ASTHMA, ONE IS ON ADULT ASTHMA, AND ONE IS ON SENIOR ASTHMA. 
          AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PEDIATRIC ASTHMA, YOU CAN SEE BY ZIP CODE THE AREAS THAT HAVE THE HIGHER, UM, RATES OF ASTHMA COMPARED TO THE OVERALL RATE, WHICH IS 13.9. 
          UM, THERE ARE SOME ZIP CODES WHERE IT IS, UM, DOUBLE THAT OR MORE. 
          AND SO THOSE, UM, ARE AREAS THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE, UM, HAVING HIGHER RATES OF ABSENCES FROM SCHOOL BECAUSE OF ASTHMA AND ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A LOT OF THE CHILDHOOD ACTIVITIES BECAUSE IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO BREATHE. 
          SO IT'S DEFINITELY A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN AND TRYING TO GET A, A HANDLE ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO REALLY HELP PREVENT THE ONSET OF ASTHMA AND THEN HELP MANAGE IT SO THAT WE CAN PREVENT KIDS HAVING TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH, UM, AN ASTHMA ATTACK. 
          UM, I DID WANNA MENTION THAT. 
          SO OUR OVERALL RATE IS 13.9 PER 10,000 POPULATION OF CHILDREN. 
          UM, AND THAT IN TEXAS, THE RATE IS 8.1. 
          SO WE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN, UM, SAN ANTONIO THAN THE REST OF THE STATE WHEN IT COMES TO ASTHMA. 
          SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ADULT ASTHMA, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE, UM, OUR OVERALL RATE 
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IS 3.7, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF VARIABILITY BY ZIP CODE. 
          AND, UM, INTERESTINGLY, THE TEXAS RATE FOR ADULT ASTHMA IS 3.9. 
          SO WHERE WE'VE GOT MUCH HIGHER RATES OF ASTHMA AMONG CHILDREN, WE DO NOT HAVE MUCH HIGHER RATES OF ASTHMA AMONG ADULTS. 
          UM, AND BEFORE YOU ASK ME WHY THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW, UM, SOMETHING WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO STUDY AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UM, SENIORS ARE DEFINITELY ONE OF THE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THAT WE WORRY ABOUT. 
          SO WE LOOKED AT, UM, THEIR ASTHMA DATA FOUND OVERALL, UM, OUR RATE IS 8.6 PER 10,000, AND FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS IT IS 10.5. 
          UM, SO IF I WERE TO GUESS, I WOULD SAY SOME OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IS, UM, MORE RECOGNITION ON MEDICAL PROVIDERS OF ASTHMA AND CHILDREN AND LESS RECOGNITION IN ADULTS AND THE EL ELDERLY. 
          UM, BUT THAT WOULD JUST BE A GUESS UNTIL WE CAN DO SOME MORE STUDIES. 
          NEXT, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHERE OUR AIR QUALITY MONITORS ARE. 
          UH, WE HAVE 29 DIFFERENT AIR MONITORS, UM, THAT ARE CHECKED BY METRO HEALTH STAFF, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AND, UM, WHAT THEY'RE MONITORING. 
          SO WE'VE GOT MONITORS THAT ARE MONITORING FIVE OF THE E P A ITEMS. WE ALSO HAVE MONITORS THAT, UM, ARE PART OF A PROGRAM CALLED BIO BIOWATCH, WHICH, UM, MONITORS FOR POTENTIAL, BLESS YOU, POTENTIAL BIOTERRORISM, UM, UH, AGENTS AND, UM, SNEEZING IS NOT A, UH, SYMPTOM, SO WE'RE GOOD. 
          UM, BUT ANYWAY, SO WE DO HAVE THE BIO WATCH WATCH PROGRAM, WHICH IS A HIGHLY SENSITIVE MONITORING PROGRAM. 
          THOSE MONITORS ARE NOT ON THE MAP. 
          THOSE, UM, THE LOCATIONS ARE NOT, UM, PUBLIC INFORMATION. 
          UM, SO ONE MORE SLIDE ABOUT AIR MONITORING. 
          UH, AGAIN, I MENTIONED THERE'S 29 MONITORS IN 15 DIFFERENT SITES. 
          WE DO HAVE A COUPLE IN SOME OTHER COUNTIES. 
          WE'VE BEEN CONTRACTED BY THE STATE TO, UM, TO CHECK AND REPORT ON THOSE MONITORS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE, THE AMAZING PROGRAM THAT KYLE AND HER STAFF RUN OUT OF OUR, UM, AIR QUALITY PROGRAM. 
          SO, UH, I'M HERE, I'VE, I'VE SHARED WITH YOU, HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AIR QUALITY, AIR POLLUTION. 
          I, I, I WOULD FEEL BAD IF I LEFT YOU THERE. 
          UM, SO I AM GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH, HERE'S SOME THINGS WE CAN DO. 
          UM, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF, UM, WHAT INDIVIDUALS CAN DO, IT'S STUFF YOU'VE HEARD, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S ALL OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THROUGH THE BREATHE ESSAY, I'M SORRY, BREATHE TODAY, ESSAY, TOMORROW CAMPAIGN, UM, CARPOOLING, WALKING, RIDING YOUR BIKE, UM, MAINTAINING YARD EQUIPMENT, MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, MOWING AT NOON ON OHIO ZONE DAY. 
          UM, COMPOSTING MULCHING, NOT BURNING YOUR, YOUR LEAVES AND YOUR YARD WASTE. 
          UM, MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S COLD OUTSIDE, YOU DON'T PUT YOUR THERMOSTAT THE HOTTEST IT GOES, AND VICE VERSA WHEN IT'S HOT OUTSIDE. 
          UM, SO THOSE ARE, ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE TO, UM, THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY CAN DO THEIR PART. 
          UM, AND ARE EXCITED TO HAVE ANOTHER YEAR WITH THE BREATHE TODAY ESSAY TOMORROW CAMPAIGN TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE HOME THOSE MESSAGES. 
          UM, FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE, UH, AGAIN, YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF THIS, BUT IT BEARS REPEATING, UM, ENCOURAGE THE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND CARPOOLING, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, ALTERNATE FUEL SOURCES. 
          SO NOT RELYING ON FOSSIL FUELS. 
          UM, FOR OUR, OUR VEHICLES AND, AND OTHER ENGINES, UH, GREEN SPACES ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO IMPROVING AIR QUALITY AND THEN NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN HAVE EVERYTHING EVERYBODY NEEDS AS CLOSE TO THEM AS POSSIBLE, THAT AVOIDS THE, UM, LONG COMMUTES TO WORK OR TO, UM, THE MOVIES OR THE GROCERY STORE. 
          AND THE LESS WE'RE IN OUR CARS, THE BETTER IT IS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO WITH THAT, I WILL, UM, CLOSE AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR STEADY WORK AND BRINGING, UM, YOU KNOW, ISSUES 
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TO, UH, THE COMMITTEE THAT COUNCILMAN SAND OF ALL CHAIRS, BUT ALSO TO THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE FOR US TO, TO CONSIDER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IS NOT EASY POLICY MAKING, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY IMPORTANT IF WE WANT TO HAVE A HEALTHY COMMITTEE, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE CHARGED TO DO. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT WORK. 
          UM, I DON'T HAVE TOO MANY QUESTIONS. 
          I KNOW THAT OUR AIR QUALITY STANDARDS ARE STILL A LITTLE BIT IN THE BALANCE BECAUSE WE'VE NOT BEEN CLASSIFIED, UH, YET. 
          AND I DID SPEAK WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE YESTERDAY AND HE SAID HE'S CONTINUING TO SEEK A NON CLASSIFICATION. 
          I AND I, JUDGE WOLF AND I, UH, WERE ON THE CALL AND SAID THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN PROACTIVELY, REGARDLESS OF A DESIGNATION, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IMPROVING OUR AIR QUALITY. 
          BECAUSE FOR US, IT'S A COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUE. 
          UH, AND WHILE THE WE, UH, CERTAINLY DON'T WANT A REGULATORY BURDEN, UH, WE DON'T NEED A, A, A REGULATORY REASON TO, TO IMPROVE OUR AIR QUALITY. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO KEEP THIS TOP OF MIND FOR US. 
          THE ONLY QUESTION I REALLY HAD, KNOWING ALL THAT, AND, AND BEYOND THE WORK THAT COUNCILWOMAN HER COMMITTEE ARE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING PROACTIVE WITH THE, UM, PROGRAMS, IS THE ISSUE OF ASTHMA AND WHY IT'S SO OUT OF LINE WITH THE STATE WITH REGARD TO CHILDREN'S ASTHMA. 
          UM, AND I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DON'T HAVE A REASON, BUT I'M, I'M CURIOUS 'CAUSE I I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. 
          WHAT, WHAT ARE THE OTHER, UM, WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF ASTHMA, UH, PREVALENT CAUSES OF ASTHMA AMONG CHILDREN? UM, SINCE WE KNOW THAT AIR QUALITY EX EXACERBATES THE ISSUE, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE KNOWN CAUSES? SO, UM, THE TWO PRIMARY ARE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY. 
          AND A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE FIND WITH KIDS WITH ASTHMA WHEN WE GO TO THEIR HOMES TO DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY ISSUES THAT ARE EXACERBATING THE ASTHMA. 
          UM, SO, AND AGAIN, TO CLARIFY THIS DATA IS HOSPITAL DISCHARGES FOR ASTHMA. 
          SO WHAT THAT SAYS IS, WE HAVE MORE KIDS GOING TO THE HOSPITAL FOR ASTHMA THAN THE REST OF THE STATE. 
          UM, SO WE, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF HELPING PARENTS UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS LIKE SLEEPING WITH THE DOG OR THE CAT CAN BE BAD FOR A CHILD WHO HAS ASTHMA, UM, AIR FRESHENERS. 
          SO EVERYBODY LIKES TO WALK IN AND HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, CHRISTMAS SMELL. 
          UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY REALLY BAD FOR KIDS WITH ASTHMA. 
          UM, CLEANING PRODUCTS WITH HIGH LEVELS OF VOCS OR CHEMICALS IN THEM, UM, CAN BE BAD FOR KIDS WITH ASTHMA AND NOT USING A VACUUM CLEANER THAT HAS A HIP, A HEPA FILTER, UM, CAN ALSO EXACERBATE ASTHMA. 
          UH, SO YOU'VE GOT THAT KIND OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY EDUCATION THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP PARENTS. 
          UM, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT MEDICATION ADHERENCE. 
          AND SO, UM, SOME OF WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH IS KIDS GET DIAGNOSED WITH ASTHMA, BUT THEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT MEDICATION. 
          THE PARENTS DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THE EDGE, THE MEDICATION BECAUSE IT WAS GONE THROUGH SO QUICKLY AND IT CAN BE COMPLICATED. 
          SO AGAIN, PROVIDING THAT EXTRA LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR PARENTS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THE MEDICATION APPROPRIATELY TO AVOID THE HOSPITALIZATION IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, AND I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT. 
          I MEAN, WE, OBVIOUSLY THE CAUSES CAN BE MANY, AND I DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, UH, IMPACT, BUT THE REASON WHY WE'RE SEEING MORE HOSPITALIZATION OF CHILDREN IS BECAUSE THERE ARE FACTORS OUTSIDE IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO HOSPITALIZATION AS OPPOSED TO THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ASTHMA. 
          YES. 
          WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ASTHMA. 
          THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE STATE TRACKS. 
          UM, SO WE USE THIS AS A PROXY, BUT IT, IT CAN ALSO REPRESENT POOR MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA. 
          WHAT IS YOUR LEVEL OF INTERACTION, UH, WITH OUR OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY ON THESE ISSUES? DOUG AND I TALK REGULARLY. 
          WE ARE, WE, I, I TALK MORE TO HIM THAN ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEAD. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          SO WE'RE VERY CLOSE. 
          GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE'RE LIKE THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU DR. 
          BRIDGER FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO, I THINK THAT LAST YEAR, FOR WHICH WE HAD DATA IN 2012, BEXAR COUNTY HAD THE HIGHEST HOSPITALIZATION RATE, UH, FOR PEDIATRIC, UH, HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR ASTHMA, I THINK BEHIND A VERY RURAL COUNTY WITH A SMALL NUMBER OF OF PEOPLE, BUT I DON'T, WE'RE STILL PRETTY HIGH HIGH UP THERE. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO, TO OUR ATTENTION. 
          UM, THERE WAS, UH, THERE WAS A PROGRAM WE HAD IN THE AIR DISTRICT WHERE I USED TO WORK CALLED, UH, THE BREATH MOBILE, AND IT WAS BASICALLY 
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A MOBILE ASTHMA CLINIC. 
          AND IT, UH, IT SEEMED TO WORK A LOT BETTER BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT FEWER BARRIERS FOR A PARENT TO GET THAT MEDICAL CARE AND THE MANAGEMENT. 
          SO I KNOW IT REQUIRES A LOT OF MONEY TO, TO OPERATE ONE OF THESE, BUT I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EXPLORE. 
          UM, I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER PROBABLY CHALLENGES WE FACE WITH THE, WITH CHILDREN IS THAT WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT AREN'T INSURED IN, UH, IN OUR AREA. 
          AND THAT MEANS YOU'RE NOT GETTING ACCESS TO PREVENTATIVE, UM, MEDICINE AND, AND CARE. 
          UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE MONITORING NETWORK ITSELF. 
          UM, AND THIS HAS ALWAYS STRUCK ME, UH, IS THAT WE ONLY HAVE ONE OZONE MONITOR INSIDE LOOP FOUR 10, AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR DENSE POPULATION. 
          UM, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW ACTIVE A ROLE WE'VE TAKEN IN THE PAST WITH THE AIR MONITORING PLAN THAT T C E Q, UH, DRAFTS AND PUTS OUT. 
          UH, BUT I, I GUESS I'D LIKE FOR US TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN ADVOCATING FOR MORE MONITORING WHERE WE HAVE MORE DENSE POPULATIONS, IF THAT'S, THAT IS DEFINITELY ON THE RADAR SCREEN. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP YOU ON EITHER HERE OR AT, AT THE COMMITTEE WHEN IT COMES TO, TO THAT. 
          UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH, UM, WITH THE STATE. 
          UH, WE TALKED ABOUT AIR POLLUTANTS RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT WHERE THOSE AIR POLLUTANTS COME FROM. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THERE'S DIFFERENT, UH, SOURCES. 
          UH, SOME OF THEM INDUSTRIAL VEHICULAR AND SOME OF THAT'S REGULATED FEDERALLY, UH, STATEWIDE. 
          AND WHAT IS IT THAT WE CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON LOCALLY? LIKE, WELL, UM, THAT SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY. 
          WAIT, . 
          UM, SO FOR, YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S A, THAT'S, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT, UM, TOPIC FOR A JOINT PRESENTATION PERHAPS BETWEEN THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE, THE, THE MONITORING PROGRAM, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY HAS A LOT OF PREVENTION PROGRAMS. UM, SO WE COULD PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR YOU. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND WHAT'S OUR RELATIONSHIP, OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH T C E Q? THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE, UH, EMISSIONS PERMITS IN, IN THE STATE. 
          UM, DO WE, UH, DO WE HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT WHEN THEY DO INSPECTIONS OR, YOU KNOW, WHO'S IN COMPLIANCE, WHO'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE? IS THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE A PULSE OF? SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH T C E Q. 
          SOME ARE MORE FRUSTRATING THAN OTHERS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I REMEMBER ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WHEN I GOT HERE WAS THE OSIS, UM, ISSUE. 
          AND, UH, T C E Q WAS THE POINT ON THAT. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE KEPT PULLING FOLKS TOGETHER AND TALKING ABOUT WHERE ARE WE, WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHERE ARE WE, WHAT'S HAPPENING? UM, SO THEY, WITH, GIVEN THE, THE, UM, CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE, THEY DO AN INCREDIBLY GOOD JOB WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE. 
          UM, IS IT IDEAL? NO. 
          DO WE HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP? I WOULD SAY YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, GREAT. 
          AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANNA SAY IS I JUST WANNA THANK THE MAYOR FOR, FOR MAKING THE POINT THAT THIS IS A, A HEALTH ISSUE WHEN, YOU KNOW, OFTEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS A REGULATORY BURDEN AND WE FORGET THAT, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT BE IN NON-ATTAINMENT OFFICIALLY RIGHT NOW, THAT DOESN'T, THAT DOESN'T MAGICALLY MAKE THE AIR CLEANER RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          THAN THE NUMBERS ARE WHAT THEY ARE. 
          AND OUR LUNGS ARE STILL HERE. 
          THEY'RE NOT  AND THEY'RE NOT SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          SO I THINK WITH THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED, WE'RE, WE'RE ON THE ROAD TO, TO MAKING THE AIR HEALTHIER FOR EVERYBODY. 
          SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCILMAN ELAS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, GOOD JOB, DOC. 
          NICE TO SEE YOU. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
          UM, I, WE JUST PASSED, UH, A AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A COMPANY CALLED IKE, UH, FOR THESE, UH, KIOSKS AROUND DOWNTOWN. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY'RE MODULAR AND THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO COLLECT AIR SAMPLES, UH, AND DO TESTING. 
          I'M LOOKING AT DOUG TO SEE IF HE'S GONNA NOT RIGHT. 
          DOUG, IT'S FROM, IT'S OUR ACTUALLY, THEREFORE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, UM, MARIA AND THE INNOVATION OFFICE ARE WORKING ON THAT. 
          I THINK WE JUST DID DO A PRESENTATION, BUT WE CAN, YOUR QUESTION IS DO THEY MONITOR ERROR? NO, THEY DO. 
          I I, I MET WITH 'EM AND THAT'S, THIS IS ONE OF THE CAPABILITIES THAT WAS, THAT WON THEM THE R F P. 
          AND SO MY REQUEST, IT'S A REQUEST. 
          RIGHT. 
          PLEASE GET WITH THEM AND, 'CAUSE I THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ADD TO YOUR PORTFOLIO OF TESTING SITES. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU USE THOSE, THOSE MACHINES THAT WE JUST BOUGHT. 
          RIGHT. 
          WILL DO. 
          WE'RE ON IT. 
          THE SECOND THING IS, UM, THE EXISTING AIR MONITOR, 
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UH, DEVICES THAT WE'VE GOT ARE LIKE, ARE THOSE BIG, ARE THOSE EXPENSIVE? DOES IT TAKE A LOT TO UPKEEP? DOES IT TAKE A LOT TO MONITOR? WHO DOES THAT? SO, UM, I WILL DO THE HIGH LEVEL ANSWER AND THEN KYLE'S, KYLE'S HERE BECAUSE SHE AND HER STAFF ACTUALLY DO THE MONITOR CHECKING. 
          UM, SO WE SPEND A LITTLE UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR ON AIR QUALITY. 
          UH, ABOUT 795,000 OF THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE AIR QUALITY MONITORING. 
          SO IT'S THE CHECKING AND MAINTENANCE AND CALIBRATION OF THE DIFFERENT AIR MONITORS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND IN A COUPLE OTHER COUNTIES. 
          THAT'S A LOT. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT I MEAN, IT'S 26 AIR MONITORS. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A LOT OF MONITORS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS ANOTHER REQUEST. 
          UH, THERE'S A COMPANY HERE LOCALLY THAT I KNOW THE MAYOR'S STAFF AND, AND I HAVE MET WITH, UH, RUN BY A GUY NAMED ED NIELSEN FLEISCHMAN. 
          THEY'VE DEVELOPED A SMALL PORTABLE MONITOR THAT'S LIKE ULTRA CHEAP, AND I THINK THEY'VE DEPLOYED A PILOT PROGRAM OUT IN DC. 
          UM, AND IT'S LIKE REALLY EASY TO MONITOR AND VERY EASY TO MAINTAIN AND, UH, KIND OF A MONITOR FOR DUMMIES CONCEPT. 
          UM, AND SO MY REQUEST IS THAT IF, IF YOU'D MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE OR SOMEBODY WOULD ON TALKING TO THESE GUYS, 'CAUSE I THINK THAT THERE MAY BE A CHEAPER WAY TO MONITOR THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND THE THIRD THING IS, IS I REMEMBER LOUISVILLE, UM, IN LAST YEAR OR YEAR BEFORE LAST, KICKED OFF A PROGRAM WHERE ASTHMA INHALERS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE BRONCHIAL DILATORS WERE EQUIPPED WITH AND COME EQUIPPED THESE DAYS WITH BLUETOOTH MONITORS. 
          UM, AND I THINK THEY HAD SOMETHING LIKE 1,500 ENROLLEES IN THIS PROGRAM WHERE THE OWNER ENROLLEES AGREED TO BE ABLE TO SEND DATA TO THE CITY, RIGHT. 
          SO THAT THE CITY COULD MONITOR WHERE THOSE ASTHMA INHALERS WERE USED SO THEY CAN COLLECT DATA POINTS GEOGRAPHICALLY. 
          MM-HMM. 
           ON, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS IT THAT PEOPLE WERE USING THOSE MORE OFTEN WHERE THEY WERE BEING INFLAMED. 
          RIGHT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND HAVING THEIR CHEST PRESSED OR WHATEVER. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          UM, I THINK THEY COLLECTED A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DATA POINTS IN ONE YEAR THAT'S HELPING GUIDE THEIR EFFORTS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND MY REQUEST IS THAT WE LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S A DIFFERENT WAY OF BACKING INTO THIS DATA MM-HMM. 
          , RIGHT. 
          AND HAVING THE ACTUAL PATIENT TELL US WHERE THIS MONITORING MIGHT NEED TO HAPPEN MORE ROBUSTLY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS DOC. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PLI. 
          COUNCILMAN VERAN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, JUST QUICKLY, I THINK A FOLLOW UP TO WHAT THE MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE ASTHMA, UM, ITEM. 
          YOU, YOU ALSO SAID THAT WHAT IS THE REASON YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE REASON IS WITH THE, THE, THE DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE CHILD AND THE ADULTS? UM, IF I COULD, I WANNA DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU BECAUSE YOU, THE METRO HEALTH DISTRICT SHOULD HAVE THAT DATA. 
          YOU ALL SHOULD BE THE ONES TO GET THE DATA AND GATHER THAT DATA. 
          SO I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU, AND I KNOW IT MAY TAKE TIME, AND WE MAY NOT DO THIS IN A VERY, UH, FAST ACTION OR FAST TIME PERIOD, BUT WE NEED THAT DATA. 
          WE NEED TO WORK WITH ALL OF THE PARTNERS. 
          I MEAN, I KNOW OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT'S WORKING HARD WITH THE M I H, THE MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH AND WITH OTHER, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL TO SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS HERE. 
          BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU HAVE THE DATA, YOU HAVE ACCESS, AND YOU HAVE DEFINITELY THE SMARTS IN YOUR, IN YOUR STAFF AND IN YOUR TEAM THAT WE CAN TAKE THE TIME NEEDED TO GET THE DATA SO WE CAN REALLY HAVE THAT, UM, THAT RESOURCE FOR US TO KNOW AND THAT KNOWLEDGE. 
          SO, UM, THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE, THE COMMENTS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE. 
          MAYOR, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'D JUST LIKE TO KIND OF ASK A, A TOUGH QUESTION, AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT, UH, HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO RESEARCH, UH, THE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DIE IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY, UH, RELATED TO ISSUES REGARDING BREATHING, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE, UH, ASTHMA OR SOME OTHER SERIOUS DISEASE THAT CAN BE TIED TO AIR POLLUTION, AIR QUALITY? DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW MANY OF THOSE DEATHS OCCUR EVERY YEAR IN SAN ANTONIO? WE DO NOT. 
          AND, AND PART OF THAT IS A REPORTING PROBLEM. 
          UM, SOMEBODY WHO DIES OF A HEART ATTACK, FOR EXAMPLE, IS GOING TO BE CODED AS DYING FROM A HEART ATTACK. 
          WHAT LED TO THE HEART ATTACK IS NOT GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S CODED ON THE DEATH CERTIFICATE. 
          SO THAT'S WHY WE RELY ON THESE POPULATION STUDIES TO HELP US COME UP WITH ESTIMATES. 
          BUT IT WOULD BE, IT 
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WOULD BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BE ABLE TO SAY ONE FOR ONE, THESE DEATHS WERE ATTRIBUTABLE TO AIR POLLUTION. 
          I'M SO SORRY. 
          NO, THAT'S OKAY. 
          IS IT, IS IT A, A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN A LOT OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES? IT IS. 
          IT ABSOLUTELY IS. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          DR. 
          BRIDGER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, 
          [2. A Briefing on the implementation of the SA Tomorrow Comprehensive
Plan. [Peter Zanoni, Deputy City Manager; Bridgett White, Director,
Planning]]
CHERYL. 
          WE GAVE A SECOND ITEM. 
          YES. 
          WE HAVE A SECOND ITEM ON THIS AFTERNOON, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR NOW FROM OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, BRIDGETTE WHITE, WHO'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THE PROGRESS TO DATE ON OUR ESSAY TOMORROW. 
          PLANS, UH, SINCE YOU WERE LAST BRIEFED, UM, ON THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING, UH, THE LAND USE PLANS FOR SIX AREAS, UM, IN THE CITY, WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR PLAN TO ACCOMPLISH THE PLANS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN, UH, 2016. 
          SO WE BEGAN THE FIRST STAGE OF IMPLEMENTATION ONE YEAR AGO BY WORKING ON FIVE REGIONAL CENTER PLANS, AND THOSE INCLUDE U T S A, THE MEDICAL CENTER, THE WEST SIDE MIDTOWN, DOWNTOWN IN BROOK CITY BASE. 
          AND BRIDGET'S GOING TO DISCUSS THE PROGRESS, UM, ON EACH OF THOSE PLANS AS WELL AS THE NEXT GROUP OF COMMUNITY PLANS THAT WE WILL INITIATE THAT, UH, UNDERTAKING, UH, IN JUST A MOMENT AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. 
          WE KNOW THAT, UM, UNLESS PERHAPS THERE'S SOME CONTROVERSY OR DIRECT IMPACT, IT'S SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO GET TO GET RESIDENTS TO COME OUT AND ATTEND THESE KINDS OF PLANNING MEETINGS. 
          BUT, UH, THIS IS WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD IN THE SENSE THAT THESE ARE THE ACTUAL SPECIFIC PLANS TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE GOALS FROM THE SA TOMORROW PLAN, MATCHING LAND USE AND ZONING AND TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS AND WHAT WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO BE, UH, IN THE YEAR 2020 AND BEYOND. 
          SO THOSE, UH, INITIAL SIX PLANS WILL BE COMING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CHAIRED BY COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, AND THEN TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND ACTION. 
          UM, AT A FUTURE POINT IN TIME, UM, THE FIRST ONE TO COME FORWARD TO YOU ALL WILL BE THE BROOKS CITY BASE PLAN. 
          IT'S THE FARTHEST ALONG SO FAR, SO THAT, UH, UH, WE'LL BE COMING FIRST AND THEN WE'LL CONCLUDE WITH THE DOWNTOWN PLAN WILL BE PRESENTED IN OCTOBER. 
          THE OTHER FOUR IN BETWEEN. 
          SO WE HAVE A HEAVY WORKLOAD IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, BRIDGET WHITE, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR. 
          SHE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PLANNING EFFORT. 
          UH, WE HAVE SOME MORE MEETINGS COMING UP FOR COMMUNITY INPUT AND WE WILL DISCUSS THOSE AS WELL IN THE PROGRESS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING TO OUR MEETINGS. 
          SO WITH THAT, BRIDGET, THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE ADOPTED THE ESSAY TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON AUGUST 11TH, 2016. 
          AS MS. SKELLY MENTIONED AND WITH ADOPTION OF THE PLAN WAS ALSO AN UPDATE TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROGRAM. 
          THIS OUTLINED HOW WE WOULD PROCEED WITH PLANNING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIED 13 REGIONAL CENTERS, AND ALONG WITH THOSE WE IDENTIFIED 17 COMMUNITY PLANNING AREAS. 
          THE 30 AREAS WILL ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE PLANNING FOR THE ENTIRE CITY ACROSS A SET NUMBER OF GEOGRAPHIES AND TO MORE REGULARLY UPDATE THESE IMPORTANT PLANS, WHICH ARE JUST LAND USE, MOBILITY, PARKS, OPEN SPACE HOUSING, AS WELL AS OTHER TOPICS. 
          THIS CHART FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHOWS THE HIERARCHY OF THE VARIOUS PLAN TYPES IN PARTICULAR LEVEL THREE, WHICH IS THE SUB AREA PLANS RELATES TO THE REGIONAL CENTER AND COMMUNITY PLAN AREAS. 
          AS WE CURRENTLY WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THOSE AND WE'LL CONTINUALLY REFER TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND RELEVANT PARTS OF THE FUNCTIONAL PLANS SUCH AS THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN OR THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN. 
          THE SIX SUB AREA PLANS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, OUR U T S A MEDICAL CENTER, MIDTOWN, DOWNTOWN BROOKS, AS WELL AS THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY PLANNING AREA. 
          THE PROJECT WORK PLAN INCLUDES FIVE PHASES WITH EACH FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC COMPONENTS. 
          WE'RE CURRENTLY IN PHASE THREE, THE PLAN FRAMEWORK, WHICH LOOKS AT COMPONENTS RELATED TO LAND USE, INFRASTRUCTURE, CATALYTIC SITES, AND PLACEMAKING, AS WELL AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING. 
          AS OF YESTERDAY, THE PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE. 
          WE ANTICIPATED EARLY ON THE NEED TO STAGGER ADOPTION OF THE PLANS. 
          SO THE SCHEDULE ANTICIPATES DRAFT PLANS BEING COMPLETED BEGINNING IN SPRING OF THIS YEAR. 
          THE ORDER IDENTIFIED ON THIS SLIDE IS THE ORDER WE ANTICIPATE GOING FORWARD TO COUNCIL. 
          WE'VE HAD ALL PHASE ONE MEETINGS, TWO PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS, AND ONE COMMITTEE MEETING WHICH FOCUSED ON REVIEWING EXISTING CONDITIONS, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION RELATED TO HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT DATA, IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITY AREAS AS WELL AS AREAS OF CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND DRAFT 
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VISIONING STATEMENTS BASED ON VISION THEMES THAT EMERGED. 
          AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY PROVIDE COUNSEL WITH AN OVERVIEW AND STATUS OF EACH OF THE AREA. 
          PLEASE NOTE THAT THE, THAT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'VE ONLY PROVIDED TWO SLIDES PER AREA. 
          A STAFF OF COURSE WOULD BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FOR MORE DETAILED DISCUSSIONS ON ANY OF THE AREAS. 
          SO FIRST, THE BROOKS REGIONAL CENTER. 
          THIS REGIONAL CENTER IS THE SOUTHERNMOST AREA WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON. 
          IT'S ABOUT 13 SQUARE MILES WITH A POPULATION OF ALMOST 41,000. 
          BASED ON THE DATA, THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS ACTUALLY 2% LOWER THAN THE REST OF THE CITY AND ONLY 6% OF THE RESIDENTS WORK IN THE AREA. 
          AS WITH ALL THE PLANS, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS COMPLETED WAS TO DISCUSS THE PLANNING TEAM MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, UH, VISION OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT THE AREA'S ASSETS, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BE. 
          A FEW CONCERNS AND OPPORTUNITIES IDENTIFIED IN THE BROOKS AREA INCLUDED THE INABILITY TO ATTRACT REINVESTMENT LEADING TO A FEELING OF INEQUITY WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY. 
          ALSO, ACCORDING TO RECENT METRO HEALTH REPORTS, THIS AREA HAS A 10 TO 15 YEAR LESS LIFE EXPECTANCY WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY. 
          IT ALSO HAS A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE ADULTS BY THE COUNTY AT 82% COMPARED TO THE COUNTY AVERAGE OF 68%. 
          ALSO CREATING MULTIPLE GREEN CONNECTIONS TO AND FROM THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER TO SATO CREEK TO CONNECT PEOPLE AMENITIES AND PROVIDE MULTI-GENERATIONAL RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OR OPTIONS, WAS HIGH ON THE LIST OF IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY IN THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          STAKEHOLDERS THEN PROCEEDED TO DISCUSS THEIR VISION FOR THE AREA WITH SEVERAL THEMES EMERGING BASED ON INPUT. 
          THERE'S A STRONG SENSE OF PRIDE AND HISTORY IN THE AREA THAT THE COMMUNITY WISHES TO BUILD ON. 
          STAKEHOLDERS WOULD LIKE AN AREA THAT'S INCLUSIVE AND ONE THAT PROVIDES OPTIONS IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS COMMUNITY AMENITIES. 
          THERE'S ALSO A DESIRE TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD COMMUNITY PROSPERITY WHILE ENSURING A HEALTHY AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT IN REGARDS TO FOCUS AREAS TWO NOTED WHERE THE SAN ANTONIO STATE HOSPITAL PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE BROOKS CITY BASE ITSELF, WHICH IS CURRENTLY THE AREA'S LEADING CATALYST FOR ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION, ATTRACTING A NUMBER OF LARGE EMPLOYERS AS WELL AS MUCH NEEDING DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS TO THE AREA. 
          THE SECOND AREA IS MIDTOWN LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE DOWNTOWN REGIONAL CENTER. 
          THIS AREA IS ACTUALLY THE SMALLEST OF THE SIX AT ABOUT 3.7 SQUARE MILES. 
          THE AREA'S POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD HAVE ACTUALLY OUTPACED THE CITIES OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS. 
          ALSO WITH A, UM, EMPLOYMENT BASE OF ABOUT 20 THIR 20,000 PEOPLE. 
          UM, ONLY 2% ACTUALLY WORK IN THE AREA. 
          GIVEN THE LOCATION. 
          IT WAS NOTED THAT OPPORTUNITIES EXIST TO LOCATE NEW HOUSING AND JOBS AND TRANSIT ORIENTED NODES AND CORRIDORS CLOSE TO GREAT AMENITIES. 
          HOWEVER, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THE AREA MAINTAIN ITS DIVERSE AND AFFORDABLE STOCK. 
          ALSO EXPRESSED WAS THE ABILITY TO NOW PLAN FOR AREAS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY PLANNED FOR MIDTOWN STAKEHOLDERS. 
          STRESSED PROMOTING THE AREA AS A DESTINATION, AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT THERE IS HOUSING CHOICE AND THAT THE AREA IS ABLE TO MAINTAIN ITS NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER. 
          THE FOCUS AREAS SUCH AS THE SAN PEDRO CORRIDOR AND THE AREA BETWEEN ST. 
          MARY'S AND THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER SHARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HAVING MAJOR AMENITIES AND EMPLOYMENT ANCHORS CLOSE BY ARE AREAS THAT WOULD ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE AREA. 
          IF REDEVELOPMENT OCCURS AND ARE CLOSE TO AREAS THAT VIA IS CONTEMPLATING FOR TRANSIT CORRIDOR OR STATION, THE WEST SIDE IS THE FIRST OF THE 17 COMMUNITY PLAN AREAS WE WILL COMPLETE. 
          THIS AREA IS CHARACTERIZED BY MUCH SLOWER GROWTH IN THE REST OF THE CITY. 
          67% OF THE HOUSING IN THE AREA WAS BUILT PRIOR TO 1970 WITH ONLY 1% BUILT SINCE 2010. 
          STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS HAVE EXPRESSED THE NEED TO REINVEST IN THE EXISTING COMMUNITY, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING A DIVERSE ARRAY OF HOUSING OPTIONS WHERE APPROPRIATE. 
          ALSO, A KEY CONCERN WAS CRIME AND SAFETY AS WELL AS CONNECTING RESIDENTS TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES BY NOT ONLY HAVING MORE JOBS IN THE WEST SIDE, BUT BY ALSO PROVIDING MORE FREQUENT AND RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS TO KEY EMPLOYMENT CENTERS. 
          THE WEST SIDE AREA COMMUNITIES IDENTIFIED GOLDEN GOALS AND POLICIES RELATED TO PRESERVING ITS HISTORY, MORE HOUSING CHOICES, AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS OF IMPORTANCE TOO WAS THE NEED TO OVERCOME PHYSICAL BARRIERS, SEPARATING THE AREA FROM OTHER AREAS, FOR EXAMPLE, DOWNTOWN AND THE NEED TO PROMOTE JOB GROWTH. 
          AREAS OF 
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INTEREST TO STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDE THE WEST COMMERCE AND COLORADO AREA BECAUSE OF THE ABILITY TO LEVERAGE THE 2017 BOND INVESTMENT IN THE COMMERCE STREET QUARTER SO AS TO CREATE A STRONG LINK TO DOWNTOWN AND THE POTENTIAL AS A FUTURE HIKE FREQUENCY TRANSIT STOP. 
          ANOTHER AREA IDENTIFIED WAS THE LAS PALMAS AND EDGEWOOD SHOPPING CENTERS BECAUSE OF THE ABUNDANCE OF VACANT AND UNDERLINE UNDERUTILIZED LAND AND PARKING LOTS AND THEIR GREAT POTENTIAL FOR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT TO SERVE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THE FIRST OF THE TWO AREAS TO THE NORTH IS U T SS A WITH A 2016 POPULATION OF UP JUST OVER 29,000. 
          THIS AREA HAS A HIGHER POPULATION GROWTH, HOUSEHOLD GROWTH, AND MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME WHEN COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE CITY. 
          ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF WORKERS IN THE AREA, ONLY 3% ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE AREA. 
          ASSETS, OF COURSE INCLUDE THE U T S A CAMPUS AS WELL AS CAMP BULLIS AND A DRAW OF THE AREA, THE VARIOUS SHOPPING AND ENTERTAINMENT AMENITIES THAT ALREADY EXIST. 
          THE MILITARY WAS IDENTIFIED BY STAKEHOLDERS AS AN IMPORTANT ASSET TO PROTECT AS WELL AS THE NEED TO ADDRESS THE TREE CANOPY AND GREASE GREEN SPACES IN THE AREA. 
          ALSO, THE LACK OF CONNECTIVITY TO THE AREAS ASSETS AND AMENITIES WAS A CONCERNED EXPRESSED VERY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS. 
          GIVEN THE LOCATION AND IDENTIFIED ASSETS, THE PLANNING TEAMS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS NOTED SEVERAL AREAS TO ADDRESS THE AND TO ENHANCE THE U T S A AREA. 
          THESE INCLUDED MORE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS SO AS TO INCREASE MOBILITY AND WALKABILITY, ENCOURAGING MORE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING OPTIONS, AND OVERALL IMPROVEMENT IN LIVABILITY IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          NOTED AREAS OF FOCUS INCLUDE THE BECKMAN QUARRY, A QUARRY THAT IS MORE OR LESS NEARING THE END OF ITS PRODUCTIVITY, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE A REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE NATURAL AREAS WITH NA, WITH NATURAL FEATURES FOR IMPROVED TRAIL ACCESS ALONG WITH MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS THE U T SS A AND ADVANCED ADVANCED JACKSON ROAD WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF UNDEVELOPED LAND IN THESE AREAS. 
          FUTURE DEVELOPMENT COULD PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO HAVE MIXED USING MIS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVED STREETS SCAPES TO SERVE BOTH THE RESIDENTS AND WORKERS IN THE AREA. 
          THE SECOND AREA TO THE NORTH IS THE MEDICAL CENTER, WHICH IS ABOUT 10 SQUARE MILES. 
          GIVEN THE AREA, HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE MAKE UP ALMOST 50% OF THE APPOINTMENT IN THIS PLANNING BOUNDARY, THERE IS HIGHER RENTER OCCUPIED HOUSING AT 75% COMPARED TO THE CITY AT 43%. 
          AND AS WITH OTHER AREAS, IT'S THERE'S SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO COMMUTE INTO WORK AS THE HEALTHCARE FACILITIES ARE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE AREA. 
          ONE OF THE IDENTIFIED CONCERNS WAS THE SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC AS PATIENTS, VISITORS AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS TRAVEL BETWEEN FACILITIES. 
          SAFETY WAS ALSO CONCERNED GIVEN THE 24 HOUR SERVICE NATURE OF THE MEDICAL CENTER. 
          HOWEVER, ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES IDENTIFIED WAS FOR THE MEDICAL CENTER TO BE THE EXAMPLE OF A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO BY PROVIDING MOBILITY OPTIONS AND INFORMAL OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS FOR CHILDREN, SMALL OUTDOOR GATHERING SPACES, THE AREA COULD PROVIDE POSITIVE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT FOR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          WHEN VISITING THE MEDICAL CENTER, VISIONING THEMES IDENTIFIED RELATED TO MAKING THE MEDICAL CENTER AREA VIBRANT MIXED USE AREA FOR RESIDENTS, EMPLOYEES, AND VISITORS BY PROVIDING ENHANCED OPPORTUNITIES, IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION, MORE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND OUTDOOR AMENITIES, AS WELL AS PROVIDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE FOR MORE HIGH QUALITY EMPLOYMENT. 
          SEVERAL SITES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY PLANNING STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS AREA, INCLUDING THE FOCAL CENTER OF THE MEDICAL CENTER LOCATED AT WACH BETWEEN FLOYD CURL AND MEDICAL DRIVE. 
          FEEDBACK NOTED THAT THERE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON A PUBLIC GATHERING SPACE IN THE HEART OF THE MEDICAL CENTER. 
          STAKEHOLDERS ALSO IDENTIFIED THE BOB ROSS SENIOR CENTER AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE THE SENIOR CENTER AND POSSIBLY THE FORMER FIRE STATION BUILDING TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL SENIOR CARE OR HOUSING IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND FINALLY, DOWNTOWN BETWEEN 2010 AND 2016, THE ANNUAL POPULATION GROWTH AND HOUSEHOLD GROWTH IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA WERE A BIT SLOWER THAN THE REST OF THE CITY AT 0.5 AND 1.1% RESPECTIVELY. 
          AS WITH OTHER AREAS, VERY FEW WORKERS LIVE IN THE AREA, BUT RATHER COMMUTE IN THERE CURRENTLY EXISTS GREAT TRANSIT CONNECTIVITY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH LENDS ITSELF TO TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES SO AS TO REALLY MAXIMIZE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, IT KEYNOTES WHILE PRESERVING THE LOWER DENSITY HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THERE WAS CONCERN, 
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HOWEVER, OF THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE AREA AND THAT THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF AMENITIES AND SERVICES FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. 
          EMERGING THEMES FOR DOWNTOWN INCLUDE INCREASING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MIXED USE AND HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, PRESERVING A UNIQUE CHARACTER AS WELL AS IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY. 
          WHILE POTENTIAL FOCUS AREAS INCLUDE EAST OF IOS BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED PARCELS, AS WELL AS THE CATTLEMEN SQUARE AREA. 
          GIVEN THE SIGNIFICANTLY PUBLICLY OWNED LAND, IT'S ADJACENT TO U T SS A DOWNTOWN AND RAPID TRANSIT. 
          AS I HAVE MENTIONED, A KEY COMPONENT OF THESE SUB AREA PLANS WILL BE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAPS, WHICH HELP IDENTIFY THE USES AND CHARACTER THE COMMUNITY DESIRES FOR AN AREA. 
          THE GOAL OF UPDATING THE CITY'S FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS IS TO PROVIDE A CONSISTENT SET OF CATEGORIES AND DEFINITIONS FOR USE ACROSS ALL PLANS. 
          THE END RESULT FOR THESE 30 OF THESE, THESE 30 SUB AREA PLANS WILL BE A COMPLETE LAND USE MAP FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, SOMETHING WHICH IS NOT CURRENTLY EXIST. 
          FUTURE LAND USE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPS DETERMINE WHERE PEOPLE WILL LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY IN THE CITY, AND IS THE BASIS FOR ZONING AND OTHER LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS. 
          CURRENTLY THE CITY HAS OVER 40 DIFFERENT ADOPTED LAND USE PLANS, MANY OF WHICH HAVE LAND USE CLASS CLASSIFICATIONS AND DEFINITIONS THAT ARE INCONSISTENT WITH EACH OTHER. 
          IN SOME CASES, THESE PLANS AND LAND USE MAPS HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED FOR MANY YEARS. 
          WHILE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY KNOW LAND USE MAP CURRENTLY EXISTS. 
          THE UPDATED LAND USE CLASSIFICATION WE'RE USING AS A STARTING POINT IS THE CURRENTLY ADOPTED CHAPTER 35 UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE LAND USE CATEGORIES AND DEFINITIONS. 
          THE U D C CATEGORIES AND DEFINITIONS ARE BEING UPDATED WITH SEVERAL OBJECTIVES IN MIND TO PROVIDE CATEGORIES THAT GENERALLY ALIGN WITH EXISTING LAND USE PLANS PROVIDE CATEGORIES THAT ENABLE THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INCLUDE INCLUDING BETTER DEFINED MIXED USE CATEGORIES AND CATEGORIES TO PROTECT MILITARY MISSIONS AND ALSO TO CREATE A CONSISTENT, PREDICTABLE AND WELL-DEFINED CLASSIFICATION FOR APPLICATION ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY. 
          THIS SLIDE SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF TWO PLANS WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT SHOW DIFFERING LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS AND THEN HOW THEY DIFFER WITH ZONING DISTRICTS THAT RELATE TO THE LAND USE CATEGORIES IN THE PLAN. 
          SINCE THE LATE NOVEMBER, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS HOSTED FOCUS GROUPS TO GET INPUT ON THE LAND USE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FROM A VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS. 
          THESE FOCUS GROUPS INCLUDE INTERNAL CITY DEPARTMENTS, EXTERNAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERS, THE PRIVATE SECTOR COMMUNITY AND NON-PROFIT GROUPS, AS WELL AS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND ALLIANCES. 
          COMMENTS AND INPUT RECEIVED FROM THESE STAKEHOLDERS IS BEING INTEGRATED WITH POLICY DIRECTION FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS WELL AS RESEARCH ON BEST PRACTICES FROM OTHER CITIES TO CREATE THE PROPOSED NEW CLASSIFICATION. 
          THERE IS A COMMUNITY MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 16TH AT 6:00 PM AT THE CONVENTION CENTER. 
          INFORMATION ON THE MEETING WAS SENT OUT TO THE DIFFERENT COUN TO ALL OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, SO PLEASE BE SURE TO SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT SO WE HAVE A GOOD REPRESENTATION FROM ALL AREAS OF THE CITY. 
          SO WE, IN REGARDS TO OUR ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, EACH PLAN PROCESS INCLUDES ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT ALLOWS FOR A BROAD RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GET INVOLVED AT THE LEVEL THAT'S MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THEM. 
          THE PICTURES ON THIS SLIDE INCLUDE THE PLANNING TEAM KICKOFF MEETING IN JUNE, THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY MEETING NUMBER ONE, WEST SIDE GOING GREEN AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOCUS GROUP IN BROOKS AND SEGOVIA IN MIDTOWN. 
          FUTURE ENGAGEMENT EVENTS INCLUDE CONTINUED COMMUNITY MEETINGS, PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS, FOCUS GROUPS, DIGITAL DESIGN, CHARETTES, AS WELL AS INTERCEPT EVENTS. 
          WE'LL ALSO CONTINUE OUR SCHEDULED MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH ALL COUNCIL OFFICE STAFF, SO AS TO KEEP THE COUNCIL OFFICES AWARE OF THE PLANNING PROCESS AND VARIOUS TOPICS THAT EMERGE FROM DISCUSSION WITH THE PLANNING TEAMS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE NEXT MEETING OF THIS GROUP IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW TO CONTINUE THE DECEMBER MEETING DISCUSSION ON LAND USE BEFORE NEXT WEEK'S COMMUNITY MEETING. 
          THIS SLIDE PROVIDES SOME METRICS ON OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH OVER 290 MEETINGS. 
          TO DATE, WE, WE CONTINUE TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN THE PLANNING AREAS AND THROUGH INCREASED EFFORTS WE'VE NOT ONLY ADDED TO THE NUM TO THE FOLLOWERS OF OUR VARIOUS SOCIAL PLATFORMS, BUT WE'VE ALSO INCREASED OUR DATABASE OF CONTACTS SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DIRECTLY SHARE INFORMATION ON SA TOMORROW. 
          OUR SA TOMORROW PAGE IS ALSO FOURTH IN REGARDS TO VIEWS WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER CITY AND GOVERNMENT FACEBOOK PAGES. 
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I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH VERY BRIEFLY ON THE PROCESS SO THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THE NEXT STEP. 
          AS MS. SCULLY MENTIONED, ONCE THE PLANS ARE DRAFTED, WE'LL PROVIDE THEM TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE FOR AN IN-DEPTH BRIEFING. 
          PRIOR TO THE PLANS BEING FORWARDED TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN TO CITY COUNCIL, THEY NEED TO GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION BECAUSE THERE IS A LAND USE COMPONENT PRIOR TO BEING FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          THIS PROCESS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROCESS FOLLOWED IN 2016 WITH ADOPTION OF THE THREE SA TOMORROW PLANS AND AS THE SUB AREA PLANS ARE COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN. 
          THIS IS THE PROCESS WILL FOLLOW AND WE WILL OF COURSE WORK WITH COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ, WHO AS THE CHAIR OF C P C, ON SCHEDULING THE PLANS ONCE DRAFTED. 
          AND OF COURSE WE ANTICIPATE BROOKS BEING THE FIRST OF THE SIX, THE SIX PLANS GOING FORWARD. 
          AND TO CLOSE MY PRESENTATION, I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE COUNCIL AND SOME OTHER SA TOMORROW RELATED ACTIVITIES. 
          SO REGARDING SA CORRIDORS, AFTER THE OCTOBER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING, STAFF INVITED RESIDENTS TO TWO ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN MID-DECEMBER. 
          WE ARE SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO C P C ON JANUARY 25TH, FOLLOWED BY CITY COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY. 
          WE'RE ALSO MOVING FORWARD WITH OBTAINING A CONSULTANT FOR THE YEAR TWO SUB AREA PLANS. 
          AN R F Q WAS ISSUED LAST MONTH WITH PROPOSALS DUE THIS FRIDAY. 
          AFTER GOING THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WE ANTICIPATE COMING TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF A CONTRACT IN MARCH. 
          THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRIDGET. 
          UM, THIS IS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK, UH, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND I WANNA THANK COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ AND HER COMMITTEE FOR KEEPING, UH, KEEPING TWO EYES ON IT. 
          UM, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT THOUGH, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE. 
          AND SO JUST TO START, I WANT, I WANT YOU TO CLEARLY ARTICULATE, UM, OR, OR CLEARLY ALLAY FEARS THAT EVERYONE HAS WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT A MASSIVE LAND USE MAP. 
          UM, THAT THIS DOCUMENT THAT'S BEING CREATED WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT SUB AREA PLANS AND SO FORTH IS NOT PRESCRIBING CHANGES, UH, TO ANYONE'S NEIGHBORHOOD OR TO ANYONE'S COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S OFFERING POLICY GUIDANCE FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. 
          YES, THOSE ARE, I CAN ANSWER THAT IN TWO, TWO DIFFERENT WAYS, PLEASE. 
          THE FIRST PART IS WITH DEVELOPMENT OF A SUB AREA PLAN. 
          AS PART OF THE PLAN, EACH PLAN WILL INCLUDE WHAT WE'RE CALLING THAT PLAN FRAMEWORK. 
          SO LOOKING AT THE VISION FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS, LOOKING AT THE TOPICS RELATED TO, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING, CATALYTIC SITES, WHAT HAVE YOU, AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE PLANNING TEAMS AND THE COMMUNITY FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 
          IN EACH PLAN, WE WILL HAVE AN AREA THAT'S FOCUSED ON NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION STRATEGIES. 
          SO EACH SUB AREA PLAN WILL CONTAIN AN AREA SPECIFIC FOR A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO IN THE END, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS THAT EXIST IN A SUB AREA WILL BE SUPERSEDED BY THAT SUB AREA. 
          THE SECOND PIECE OF THAT IS THE LAND USE. 
          UM, ON SLIDE 19, I BELIEVE I SHOWED THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TWO NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS AND THE DIFFERENCES IN LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS OR CATEGORIES IN THE ZONING DISTRICTS. 
          SO PART OF THE LAND USE, UM, COMPONENT OF THE SUB AREA PLANS IS TO HAVE A MORE STREAMLINED, CONSISTENT, UH, LAND USE, UM, UH, TEMPLATE OR CATEGORIES THAT WE'LL USE ACROSS ALL 30 PLANTS. 
          YEAH. 
          NOW, BUT EVERYTHING THAT IS BROUGHT FORWARD WOULD BE WHAT COUNTS WOULD CONSIDER FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, AND, AND COUNCILMAN TNO WILL BE SPEAKING LATER, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HE, HE'S INDICATED RIGHTFULLY SO THAT EVEN THE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR PEOPLE'S COST OF LIVING AND QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          SO THERE, THIS OVERLAPS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          MM-HMM. 
           AND I GUESS THAT'S WHERE, UM, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE A CHALLENGE, UM, TALKING ABOUT THIS PLANNING ACTIVITY IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE FOR EVERYONE. 
          UM, WHICH IS WHY THAT I'VE ALWAYS BRISTLED AT THE NOTION THAT WE'RE ALREADY INTO IMPLEMENTATION. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY NOT. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE STILL ESTABLISHING FRAMEWORK. 
          THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN, UH, IS IN EVERY SINGLE ZONING CASE AND ACTION THAT THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE FROM HERE ON. 
          AND WE'RE ALREADY IMPLEMENTING, EXCEPT WE DON'T HAVE ANY RUDDERS ON THE, ON THE SHIP YET. 
          SO, UM, I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED AT THE, THE, THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEING TAKING PLACE. 
          AND SO THE, IT'S NOT A CONCERN, BUT IT'S A CAUTIONARY ADVICE, IS THAT MM-HMM. 
          , UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG AND AS LAYERS CONTINUE TO GET ADDED TO THE PLAN, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, ARE WE 
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NOT JUST GETTING ENOUGH FEEDBACK, BUT ARE WE, ARE WE PROVIDING FOR A TWO-WAY DIALOGUE? SO, IT'S GREAT FEEDBACK THAT I SEE HERE ABOUT, UM, EACH OF THESE SUBAR PLANS AND WHAT'S BEEN SURFACING AS A CONCERN. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS LOUD AND CLEAR TO ME IN THE MEDICAL, MEDICAL CENTER FOR, FOR INSTANCE, IS THE SENIOR SERVICES. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT TO GREEN SPACE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND SO FORTH, BUT ALWAYS BEING COGNIZANT THAT WE'RE GOING BACK, UH, AND ONCE DOCUMENTS ARE WRITTEN, WE'RE GOING BACK AND VERIFYING IS THIS, WHAT IS THIS WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO SEE? UH, BECAUSE IN THE PREAMBLE OF SA TOMORROW, UM, FROM THE VERY START, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE SAID THAT THIS IS AN EFFORT TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING. 
          WHICH, AND AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA DOUBLE IN POPULATION, BUT IT'S ALSO TO, UM, GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE IN HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT GROWTH MORE EFFICIENT FOR US TO, TO MAINTAIN AND SERVICE, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENHANCING PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          SO, FOR INSTANCE, UM, A COMMUNITY IN THE WEST SIDE, UH, WHO HAS, UH, SEEN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD GROW FOR 50 YEARS, WE WANT TO ENHANCE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, TOO. 
          SO WITH REGARD TO GROWTH IN THE AREA, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT GROWTH IS COORDINATED AND THAT DOESN'T NEGATIVELY IMPACT THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THAT'S MY ONLY, UM, UH, BIT OF COMMENTARY TO IT. 
          AGAIN, I, I THINK IT'S REALLY EXTRAORDINARY WORK AND, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SEE IT UNFOLD. 
          UM, LAST QUESTION THOUGH IS, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS, BUT OTHER, YOU KNOW, U D C TYPES, ISSUE TYPES OF ISSUES, UM, THAT OVERLAP WITH OTHER AREAS, NOT JUST THE PLANNING AREAS. 
          UH, WHEN WILL WE SEE THOSE AND IN WHAT FORM? IN COUNCIL? WHEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS ADOPTED, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY AMENDMENT TO THE U D C UM, ACCURATELY REFLECTED WHAT WAS COMING OUT OF THE PLANNING PROCESS. 
          ONCE THE FIRST SET OF PLANS ARE DONE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, AS PART OF KIND OF THAT FIVE YEAR UPDATE, THINGS THAT WE SEE IN THE U D C THAT COULD BE TWEAKED MM-HMM. 
          , WE ARE MORE OR LESS AT THE TAIL END OF THE SA CORRIDORS PROJECT AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME THINGS IN THE U D C THAT COULD BE CHANGED. 
          SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD. 
          UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A VERY TRANSPARENT PROCESS, AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO LAY OUT WHAT THINGS CAN BE CHANGED IN THE U D C. 
          UM, AND IN TERMS OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE REALIZE, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THIS IN SPEAKING TO ONE OF YOUR, YOUR, YOUR POINTS ON SLIDE 22, WE HAVE COMPLETION OF, OR ADOPTION OF THE PLAN, AND THEN THE ARROW TALKS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION. 
          THAT'S WHERE THE ZONING PIECE IS. 
          SO ON THE PLANNING SIDE, WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO THINK ABOUT WHO ON STAFF CAN KIND OF TAKE ON THAT ZONING PIECE TO MAKE SURE THAT ONCE THE PLANS ARE ADOPTED, THERE'S A SEAMLESS TRANSITION AND THERE'S NOT THIS DELAY. 
          UM, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, MAYOR, IS THAT IN TERMS OF THE LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS AND THE IMPACT ON, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS OR LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS THAT EXIST NOW, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOTICED IN DOING OUR RESEARCH, WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS THAT HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS. 
          THEN THE SECTOR PLANS, SECTOR PLANS, THEY ADDED ANOTHER LAYER OF CLASSIFICATIONS. 
          AND THEN THE U D C HAS A SET OF CLASSIFICATIONS, SO WE DIDN'T WANNA COMPLETELY START FROM SCRATCH. 
          SO, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE USING THE U D C AS A STARTING POINT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE KNOWS, RIGHT? SO THE DRAFT OF, UM, POTENTIAL OR POSSIBLE LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THE MEETING NEXT TUESDAY USES THOSE. 
          AND SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THE TRACK CHANGES. 
          SO WE HAVE, SAY, MIXED USE, BUT IN LOOKING AT THE CITY NOW AND HOW IT'S DEVELOPED, DO WE NEED TO MAYBE EXPAND THAT MIXED USE? SO WE LOOK AT MAYBE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE. 
          SO IF THERE'S MIXED USE, HOW DOES IT COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD? GREAT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND TO UNDERSCORE, UM, THAT POINT, AGAIN, I THINK THAT, UM, WELL, I, I, YOU'VE ALREADY SAID IT VERY WELL. 
          LAST POINT THOUGH, OR LAST QUESTION IS TO WHAT DEGREE? I KNOW VIA IS PERFECTLY COORDINATED BECAUSE THE SA TOMORROW OR SA CORRIDORS PLAN, UM, UNDERGIRDS SO MUCH OF THIS. 
          UM, BUT SAWS AND C P S ALSO HAVE HUGE IMPLICATIONS, AND WE WANT SA TOMORROW TO BE GUIDING THEIR GROWTH AS OPPOSED TO THE OTHER WAY AROUND. 
          UH, HOW CLOSELY, UM, TIED TO THIS, ARE THEY, THEY'RE VERY CLOSELY TIED. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP, UH, VIA SAWS. 
          C P S, SARAH ARE ON THAT TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP, AND WE MEET MONTHLY. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH C P S. 
          UH, LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE, YES, LAST YEAR, UM, THE CITY MANAGERS STARTED DISCUSSIONS WITH C P S SAWS, SARAH, TO REALLY HAVE A TRUE DISCUSSION ABOUT IF WE'RE GROWING, CAN THEY ACCOMMODATE THAT GROWTH. 
          SO, UM, THAT DISCUSSION WAS STARTED. 
          WE CONTINUED 
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THAT DISCUSSION TO HAVE AN EVEN MORE HONEST DISCUSSION OF, CAN YOU TRULY ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH? AS PART OF OUR PROCESS WITH THE REGIONAL CENTERS, OUR CONSULTANT IS LOOKING AT GROWTH ALLOCATIONS FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          SO IN MOVING FORWARD, WE SHARE THAT WITH THE PLANNING TEAMS, AND WE ALSO SHARE THAT WITH THOSE ENTITIES AS WELL. 
          BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY AND ALSO MEET WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY NO GROWTH PLANS FOR THE AGENCIES THAT DON'T CONSIDER THE CITY'S GROWTH. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE, AGAIN, EMPHASIZED THAT WHO'S DRIVING THE BUS HERE IS THE CITY. 
          AND OUR GROWTH, UH, GOALS AS WE TALK ABOUT AROUND THE TABLE, UM, BECAUSE IT'S COMING. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, JUST YESTERDAY WE ADDED ANOTHER 150 CARS TO THE ROADS, ALL THAT CHANGE IS GONNA OCCUR TO OUR RESIDENTS, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT. 
          WE CAN CHOOSE TO BE MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT HOW WE COORDINATE THAT GROWTH. 
          SO IT'S BENEFICIAL TO PEOPLE, AND THAT'S THE POINT. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE GREAT WORK. 
          UH, BRIDGET COUNCILWOMAN GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU BRIDGET, SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. 
          AND I'M GONNA CONTINUE ON THE SAME LINE OF, OF CONVERSATION THAT THE MAYOR STARTED WITH THE, THE COORDINATION. 
          AND I'LL JUST, UH, STAY THERE WITH THE, UM, THE REVIEW OF THE U D C AND WHAT, AND THE LAND USE AND THE RELATED ZONING DISTRICTS. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT EVEN BEFORE SA TOMORROW WAS EVEN VOTED ON AS COUNCIL, WE HAVE ALREADY, UM, IN MY DISTRICT, WE ALREADY HAD TO DEAL WITH THREE DIFFERENT, UM, MISCLASSIFIED PIECES OF SWATHS OF LAND. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, EVERYONE EVERYWHERE FROM EASTERN TRIANGLE AND TWO DIFFERENT PARCELS INTO EASTERN TRIANGLE ALONG AND ALL AROUND, UM, HOT WELLS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND THEN NOW LOOKING AT EVEN FLORES AND MILITARY, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES, UM, ACRES AND ACRES OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING THAT IS LATE. 
          THAT WAS, UH, BEFORE THAT WAS, UM, ZONED MULTI-FAMILY. 
          AND YOU'RE SAYING IN THIS WHOLE REVIEW PROCESS, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE, UM, DISCREPANCIES AND BRING THEM INTO THE CORRECT ZONING CLASSIFICATION THAT WE NEED? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          THE FIRST STEP WILL BE HAVING A CONSISTENT LAND USE TEMPLATE. 
          THE SECOND STEP WILL BE FOR THE PLANNING TEAMS, WORKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO LOOK AT HOW THE, THE LAND USE WOULD BE APPLIED, UM, IN THOSE, IN EACH OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          AND THEN ONCE THE PLANS ARE ADOPTED TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN THEN ALIGN THE ZONING WITH THOSE LAND USES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BECAUSE I KNOW AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL WILL MAKE SURE, UH, I KNOW YOUR, YOUR COORDINATION, YOU'RE ACUTELY AWARE OF THE COORDINATION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE ALL THROUGHOUT, UM, OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS WORLD HERITAGE, AND I KNOW Y'ALL ARE VERY INVOLVED WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE, IN THE WORK PLAN AND, AND THE LAND USE AMENDMENTS AND THE LAND USE, AND THE ZONING THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW IN THAT AREA. 
          UM, SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR COORDINATION WITH, WITH THAT. 
          UM, ALSO, I HAVE TO GIVE A LOT OF, UM, CREDIT AND ACCOLADES FOR WHOEVER PUT THIS, UH, PRESENTATION TOGETHER ON SLIDE SEVEN FOR THE VISIONING TEAM, THEMES FOR THE BROOKS AREA, THE ALLITERATION IS WONDERFUL. 
          BELONGING, BONDING, AND BALANCE REINVESTMENT, RETENTION AND RESPONSIBILITY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KNEW HOW MUCH I LOVE THAT, BUT I, I, I DO. 
          SO CREDIT IS TO THE PROJECT MANAGER. 
          I KNOW. 
          GOOD JOB. 
          YOU HEARD ME SAY THAT ONCE AND YOU KEPT IT GOING. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, BECAUSE IT IS WHAT I HEARD IN SOME OF THE MEETINGS THAT I WENT TO, AND YOU ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OUT THERE MEETING WITH THE, THE INDIVIDUALS AND KEEPING THAT AUTHENTICITY THAT WE WANT IN THE AREA. 
          AND MAYOR, TO EVEN SHOW THAT THIS WHAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR IN THE FUTURE IS ALREADY HAPPENING. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT IT WAS JUST RELEASED WHAT LAST WEEK, THAT 7 8 2 3 5 IS THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING ZIP CODE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND THAT IS IN BROOKS CITY BASE RIGHT THERE. 
          SO, UM, WE ALREADY KNOW THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS GOING TO BE PAYING, UH, FOR, IS A GREAT INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. 
          SO I'M VERY, UM, HAPPY THAT WE ARE DOING THIS. 
          UM, AND WHEN IT COMES TO PRIORITIZING PARKS, ET CETERA, UM, SOME THINGS THAT I DO HAVE TO JUST SHARE IS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACCESS AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND PRESERVATION OF GREEN SPACE, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE HEARD A LOT AND IN THAT AREA, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT OUR AREA, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT FOUR 10 AND ROOSEVELT AND TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, IS THERE IS NO GROCERY STORE IN THAT AREA. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , MY, I HAVE MY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, I HAVE MY CHAMBERS. 
          WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE ASKING FOR GROCERY STORES IN THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR. 
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SO THAT IS ONE OF THE, THE, UM, THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AND PUSHING FOR BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE, UM, THE FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES OUT IN THE AREA FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY WELLNESS. 
          AND I, I WILL HAVE TO ALSO INVITE ALL OF YOU NEXT WEEK, BROOKS IS HAVING THEIR UNVEILING OF THEIR PUBLIC ART ON THE NEW GREEN LINE LINEAR PARK, RUNNING WITH THE MOON. 
          SO THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO OUR MISSION REACH IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. 
          UM, SO IT'S, WE'RE ALREADY PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER AND THE COORDINATION IS THERE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE, UM, I'M VERY EXCITED BECAUSE WE ARE ALSO GETTING A LOT OF NEW MEMBERS IN THIS PUBLIC OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT THAT'S HAPPENING. 
          I'VE ALSO SEEN A LOT OF NEW MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO'S COMING OUT. 
          MAYBE THEY'RE NOT A PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OR THE, THE USUAL SUSPECTS, IF YOU WILL, BUT WE HAVE THOSE NEW MEMBERS COMING OUT, UM, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND THEY'RE ENGAGED AND THEY'RE PART OF THIS PROCESS, AND THAT'S WONDERFUL. 
          AND I WANNA KEEP THAT MOMENTUM MOVING. 
          SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO IN ORDER TO, TO CAPTURE THAT AUDIENCE AND USE IT AND ENGAGE IT FOR FUTURE USE OR FUTURE, UM, COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY, LET'S TRY AND DO THAT COORDINATION AND GATHER THAT DATA SO WE CAN KEEP THEM ENGAGED NOW AND EVEN BEYOND THEN. 
          UM, BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT TOO, IS WE ALSO NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE PARTICIPANTS AND THE FOCUS GROUPS ARE CURRENT AND ACTIVE ASSOCIATIONS. 
          BECAUSE I'D SEEN A LIST THAT INCLUDED SOME NON-ACTIVE ASSOCIATIONS THAT WERE PART OF SOME OF THESE, UM, GROUPS THAT DO NOT HOLD MONTHLY OR EVEN QUARTERLY MEETINGS. 
          SO IF WE CAN SEE A LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE ATTENDED THESE FOCUS GROUPS, LIKE THE, THE SIGN IN SHEET, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BUT, UH, ALL IN ALL, I'M SO EXCITED THAT WE'RE EVEN AT THIS POINT, MAYOR, I MEAN, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND TO SEE THE SUB, UH, THE PHASE TWO, THE AREA TWO IMPLEMENTATION, THE TIMING IS RIGHT. 
          AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. 
          AND I WANNA ALSO THANK THE CITIZENS WHO ARE ENGAGED AND KEEPING US ACCOUNTABLE, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          THANK YOU, UH, BRIDGET, FOR SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WAY THAT YOU PRESENTED, BUT THE DATA HERE, SO I'M JUST GONNA GIVE THIS EXAMPLE, UM, ON THE BROOKS AREA, YOU HAVE HERE OVER 40,000 WORK IN THE BROOKS AREA, BUT ONLY 6% OF THESE WORKERS LIVE THERE. 
          BUT THEN WHEN WE GO, FOR EXAMPLE, TO THE WEST SIDE, YOU SAY 90, 92% OF RESIDENTS COMMUTE OUTSIDE THEIR AREA FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO DOES THAT MEAN 8% OF THE PEOPLE WORK IN THE AREA LIVE THERE? SO FOR, I MEAN, IS IT, YOU KNOW, UM, SO THE BROOKS AREA, WE'RE SAYING 6% OF WORK IS ACTUALLY LIVING IN, IN THE AREA, UHHUH. 
          SO 94% WOULD COMMUTE IN. 
          SO IS THAT THEN, THEN ALSO TRUE OF THE WEST SIDE, THAT 92% LIVE THERE AND 8%, I MEAN, RATHER 8%. 
          NOW, IN THIS CASE, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 
          THIS IS JUST LOOKING AT, I USED A DIFFERENT DATA SOURCE, A DIFFERENT DATA POINT, I SHOULD SAY. 
          THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE WHO COMMUTE OUT. 
          SO I HAVEN'T LOOKED, IT'S NOT THE SAME AS WHAT I DID FOR BROOKS. 
          SO FOR EACH AREA, I DID SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA GIVE A PRESENTATION WHERE IT WAS LITERALLY A, B, C, A, B, C, A, B, C. 
          SO I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A VARIETY FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          SO THIS IS SAYING, LEMME UM, JUST INTERRUPT YOU FOR ONE SECOND BECAUSE WHAT I, WHAT I GOT FROM THE PRESENTATION WAS THAT BASICALLY NOBODY LIVES IN THE AREA WHERE THEY WORK, UM, LESS THAN. 
          I MEAN, IF, IF, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SO I GUESS THAT'S A, OR MAYBE YOU CAN CORRECT ME BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M READING HERE, IS THAT NOBODY REALLY LIVES IN THERE. 
          WELL, THE, EVEN IN THE MED CENTER WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF POPULATION, OR U T S A, LIKE, I WAS SURPRISED BY THAT AS WELL, THAT NOBODY LIVES IN THERE. 
          AND YOU HAVE, UH, IN THAT U T S A 39,000 WORKERS IN THE AREA, BUT ONLY 3% LIVE THERE. 
          YES. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE REGIONAL CENTERS WERE CHOSEN BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF WORKERS. 
          AND THE REGIONAL CENTERS REALLY ONLY TAKE UP A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          THE CITY IS ACTUALLY 514 SQUARE MILES. 
          AND THE LARGEST AREA THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS I BELIEVE U T S A IS ABOUT 15, ACTUALLY WEST SIDE IS 17.3 SQUARE MILES. 
          AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY COMMUTE INTO THESE PARTICULAR AREAS, . 
          AND SO PART OF THE REASON THAT WE WANNA PLAN FOR THESE REGIONAL CENTERS 
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THAT YOU ARE, YOU HAVE, THAT YOU HAVE THE JOBS, YOU DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE THAT HOUSING. 
          SO YOU HAVE THE LIVE, WORK AND PLAY ALL IN ONE AREA. 
          UM, WELL, IT, I I, IT'S CONFUSING TO ME WHAT WHAT YOU'RE PRESENT. 
          YOU KNOW, HOW THAT CON BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE THE CONTEXT, CONTEXT IS OR HOW WE THEN ARE GOING TO ENCOURAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, A CONCERN THAT I HAVE FOR MY COMMUNITY IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE JOBS MM-HMM. 
          , UH, SO, BUT THIS, THIS INFORMATION IMPLIES THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING OUTSIDE, RIGHT? FOR 92% OF RESIDENTS COMMUTE OUTSIDE THE AREA FOR EMPLOYMENT, RIGHT. 
          FOR THE WEST SIDE. 
          SO FOR THE WEST SIDE. 
          UM, BUT THEN DOES THAT IMPLY THAT 8% WOULD BE WITHIN, WITHIN THAT AREA, WORK IN THE AREA? WHICH IS WHY IN LOOKING AT THE DATA AND LOOKING AT THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP, THEY WANT TO HAVE THE WEST SIDE AREA, THE PLANNING TEAM MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY WANT TO HAVE MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT AREA. 
          RIGHT? BUT IT'S ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER PLACE. 
          ACCORDING TO THIS DATA, 8% IS MORE THAN THE OTHERS. 
          AND I COULD LOOK AND DO A COMPARISON, RIGHT? IT MEANS MORE THAN U T S A, WHICH YOU WERE SHOWING 3%, OR, AND DOWNTOWN, WHICH YOU'RE SHOWING 2%. 
          AND I CAN LOOK AT THE DATA TO ACTUALLY COMPARE, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WITH MIDTOWN OR WITH BROOKS, WHAT WE DID WAS THOSE WHO, UH, COMMUTE INTO THE AREA, THIS IS JUST SHOWING A DIFFERENT DATA OF THOSE WHO COMMUTE OUT. 
          SEE? SO THIS IS NOT SAYING THOSE WHO COMMUTE IN. 
          SO WE CAN ACTUALLY DO A COMPARISON OF THAT SPECIFIC, UH, DATA TO SEE HOW IT COMPARES ACROSS, ACROSS, WELL, I GUESS WHAT, WHEN, UM, YOU KNOW, SEEMS TO ME LIKE AN IMPORTANT DATA POINT WOULD BE EXACTLY THAT. 
          HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE, UM, LIVE AND WORK IN THE AREA. 
          I MEAN, IT'S A, I MEAN, WHICH THEN HELPS WITH THE HOUSING, THE POTENTIAL HOUSING, UM, PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE MM-HMM. 
           OR HOUSING STOCK, DO THEY NEED MORE HOUSING IF PEOPLE ARE, UM, IF THERE ARE A LOT OF JOBS IN THE AREA, OR DO THEY NEED, YOU KNOW, SO IT, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO SEE HOW, UM, THE DATA REFLECTS THE OTHER AREAS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT WITH HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE ALL THAT DATA, UM, IN ORDER TO PRE, WHEN WE PRESENT IT TO THE PLANNING TEAMS, WE ACTUALLY PROVIDED A VERY DETAILED, UM, UH, PRESENTATION ON EXISTING CONDITIONS. 
          BUT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS MEETING, I WANTED TO CONDENSE IT, BUT WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU, WHAT WE SHARED TO THE PLANNING TEAMS IN TERMS OF THE DETAILED, UM, UH, EXISTING CONDITIONS FOR EACH OF THE DAY, UH, EACH OF THE AREAS, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, COMMUTE, THAT TYPE OF THING. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          , WELL, I, YOU KNOW, I, I AM, I USUALLY HAVE A PRETTY THOROUGH PRESENTATION OF ALL OF THESE, BUT I, I FIND THE DATA TO BE OFTEN SORT OF CONFUSING. 
          I, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING, BUT I STILL HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT HOW IT'S GOING TO APPLY TO THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON NOW, OR THAT THE, UH, THE WORK THAT WE HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS CONSISTENT IN THE BOND AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS. 
          SO WE KNOW MANY OF US KNOW WHAT THE ASSETS ARE, BUT WE'RE NOT ALWAYS DEDICATING FUNDING TO THE AREAS WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE. 
          THAT, THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD POINT. 
          AND AS PART OF THE PROCESS, WE HAVE DELIBERATELY LAID OUT A FIVE-YEAR SCHEDULE. 
          UM, AND THE REASON FOR THAT WAS THAT IT WAS THAT, SO WE COULD HAVE THE PLANS DEVELOPED BY THE TIME THE 2022 BOND COMES AROUND, SO THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, UM, THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UH, THAT WOULD GIVE COUNCIL KIND OF A, A TEMP, A MENU OF THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE WEST SIDE, UM, STAKEHOLDERS DID IDENTIFY WAS A FOCUS AREA AROUND WEST COMMERCE AND COLORADO TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A 2017, UM, BOND INVESTMENT ALONG COMMERCE STREET. 
          SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT THE CITY'S DOING IN TERMS OF OTHER PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE LEVERAGING WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THINGS. 
          SO WE ARE KIND OF BUILDING OFF OF WHAT WE HAVE NOW, BUT THAT WAS ACTUALLY DISCUSSED WITHIN THAT PLANNING TEAM OF SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, THERE'S MONEY THAT'S PUT TOWARDS THE BOND, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO IN TERMS OF AN AREA TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND TO LEVERAGE THAT. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          SO AGAIN, ANOTHER CONCERN THAT, UH, I HAVE. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, YOU'RE TALKING THAT THIS, THESE ARE NOT LAND USE. 
          UM, THIS DOESN'T IMPACT LAND USE AT ALL. 
          THIS, THESE WILL IMPACT LAND USE 
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WHEN WE DO THE UPDATED U D C IN FIVE YEARS, OR, UH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE U D C HAS TO BE DONE SOONER IF IT'S GOING TO, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CONSISTENCY WITH WHEN THESE PLANS ROLL OUT AND, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT LARGE BUDGETING CYCLE OR THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE DELIBERATELY STARTING OFF WITH THE LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS THAT EXIST IN THE U D C. 
          SO WITH THE UPDATE TO THE U D C I BELIEVE IN 2020, WHICH MEANS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO START PUTTING TOGETHER INFORMATION AND WHAT WE NEED TO CHANGE IN THE U D C, BASICALLY THE END OF THIS YEAR INTO NEXT YEAR, THESE PLANS WILL BE ADOPTED STARTING THE FALL OF THIS YEAR. 
          SO THE TIMING VERY CLOSE IN TERMS OF ADOPTION, LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS, WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE IN THE U D C WITH THE U D C, BECAUSE THERE ARE LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS IN ZONING THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING USED. 
          PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE STARTING POINT. 
          WE'RE USING THAT. 
          IN TERMS OF THE LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS, WE HAVE TO BE VERY MINDFUL. 
          SINCE THE U D C WAS DONE AND YOU HAD THESE, UH, AMENDMENT OR LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS CREATED WITH ZONING DISTRICTS, THE CITY HAS GROWN, THE MARKET HAS CHANGED. 
          SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP, WE, WE KEEP ON PACE WITH THAT. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, MIXED USE, WE HAVE ONE MIXED USE LAND, LAND USE CATEGORY IN THE, IN THE U D C. 
          BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, MIXED USE CAN BE APPROPRIATE, BUT THE TYPE OF MIXED USE WOULD BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 
          SO I MENTIONED LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE, MAYBE WITHIN THE REGIONAL CENTER STATE, DOWNTOWN WHERE IT'S A BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, MORE DENSITY, MORE, THERE'S A, A REGIONAL MIXED USE BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MIXED USE GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD IN TERMS OF THE PLANS AND UPDATING THE LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS, UH, UPDATING THE LAND USE MAP FOR THE CITY, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE, WE UPDATE ALL THE LAND USE PLANS, SOME OF WHICH HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE PROBABLY 2004 OR EVEN EARLIER, THAT WE BRING ALL OF THOSE UP TO A CONSISTENT LAND USE TEMPLATE. 
          WE MAKE SURE THAT THEN THAT THE U D C ITSELF, UM, REFLECTS THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UH, SO I KNOW WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO WITH THESE PLANS AND, AND GET, AND WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          SO YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH, UM, THE, THOSE, UM, COMMUNITY MEETINGS? YES. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE, I BELIEVE IT'S ON SLIDE FIVE, SHOWS THE STATUS OF, UM, THE PROJECT TODAY. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, COMMUNITY MEETING NUMBER TWO FOR U T S A MEDICAL AND DOWNTOWN SCHEDULED LATER ON THIS MONTH. 
          THE FIRST THREE PLANS ALREADY HAVE HAD THEIR PLANNING MEETING FIVE. 
          AND SO THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO HAVING PLANNING MEETING NUMBER FIVE FOR U T S A MEDICAL IN DOWNTOWN. 
          WE'D HAVE A PLANNING MEETING. 
          NUMBER SIX, A PLANNING MEETING, NUMBER SEVEN. 
          UM, IN REGARDS TO THE LAND USE COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WE HAVE ON TUESDAY, GIVEN THE INTEREST IN LAND USE, SINCE IT RELATES TO ZONING, THE MEETING FOR TUESDAY WAS ACTUALLY ADDED. 
          I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE ADD A MEETING TO TALK ABOUT LAND USE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          AND SO THAT THE FOCUS GROUPS, WE COULD GET INPUT. 
          SO WE'VE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC TOPIC. 
          BUT YES, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF MEETINGS, UM, TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN NOW AND, AND THE TIME WE DRAFT EACH PLAN. 
          AND I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION THAT I JUST ESCAPED ME RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT, UM, IF I THINK OF IT, I'LL, I'LL CHIME BACK IN, UH, HERE, MAYOR, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER. 
          SO I, I'LL I'LL CHIME BACK IN IF I CAN REMEMBER. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          I'LL TURN IT OVER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCILMAN TRAVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU BRIDGET. 
          UH, RUDY, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK. 
          UH, WANNA THANK YOU. 
          WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE EFFORT. 
          IT'S COMPLEX. 
          UM, AND, UH, SPECIFICALLY WANNA THANK GARRETT PHILLIPS, UH, FOR ALL THIS HARD WORK. 
          UM, YOU GUYS HAVE, HAVE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF GREAT COMPLIMENTS, UH, AND WE CERTAINLY SUPPORT UPDATING THE CATEGORIES, AS HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, UM, WITH, WITH THE, WITH THE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS. 
          BUT WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO, TO SEE THEM PRESENTED BEFORE US. 
          I, I THINK IT'S, AS YOU, AS YOU'VE POINTED OUT, IT'S, IT'S, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY COMPLEX. 
          I THINK, UH, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, WE'RE ALL SEEING IN THIS PRESENTATION IS WE HAVE A VERY ENGAGED COMMUNITY THAT, THAT, UH, WE'RE GETTING SOME GREAT FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS. 
          AND, AND SO I, YOU KNOW, WE'VE REQUESTED THAT THIS GO BEFORE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THE 
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PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL. 
          UH, BECAUSE BEFORE WE, WE, WE USE THESE DESIGNATIONS, WE CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE ONE A, A, A BROADER DISCUSSION FOR SOME INPUT. 
          SO I JUST, I WANNA PUT THAT, UM, SUGGESTION OUT THERE. 
          AND IF, IF THERE'S, IS THERE AN ISSUE WITH, WITH SHARING SOME OF THOSE DESIGNATIONS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE DRAFT LAND USE CATEGORIES ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, . 
          UM, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUT THERE, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF, UM, THE DIRECTION THAT WE COULD GO IN THE MEETING ON TUESDAY IS TO GET FEEDBACK ON THAT. 
          AND THEN ON, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING A COMBINED PLANNING TEAM MEETING, I BELIEVE IN EARLY FEBRUARY TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION IN TERMS OF, OKAY, THIS IS MORE OR LESS THE LAND USE TEMPLATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          SO WE HAD, WE HAVE GOTTEN INPUT OR FEEDBACK ON THE CALCIFICATIONS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. 
          LIKE I SAID, WE HAD, WE HAD FIVE, UH, FOCUS GROUPS. 
          SO BEFORE WE EVEN LOOKED AT WHAT WE COULD CHANGE, WE SAID, HEY, LET'S TALK TO THOSE WHO HAVE INPUT OR IMPACTED BY THE LAND USE THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS. 
          NOW WHAT DO THEY FEEL ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE CHALLENGES? ONCE THE, WE HAVE THE MEETING NEXT TUESDAY, WE CAN COMPILE WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT AND BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT COULD BE THE POSSIBLE, UH, TEMPLATE FOR LAND USE. 
          NOT A PROBLEM. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE GOT AN, OUR UPCOMING COMPREHENSIVE COMMITTEE, UH, MEETING. 
          AND, UH, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR THIS. 
          OUR, MY OFFICE IS, IS ASKING FOR THIS, UM, COULD BE BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          I'D LIKE TO HAVE A BROADER DISCUSSION AND A FORMAL PRESENTATION REGARDING THESE LAND USE CATE CATEGORIES. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UH, AND SECONDLY, I MEAN, AS YOU POINTED OUT, WE, WE SHOWED, WE DID SHOW AN EXAMPLE ON ONE OF YOUR SLIDES, AND I'M NOT ON IT, I APOLOGIZE. 
          BUT IT, UH, UH, 19, SLIDE 19. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SEE ALSO THE, THE, THE CORRELATIONS FOR THE ZONING? UH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR A LOT OF US. 
          AND WHILE I KNOW THAT THAT'S STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CREATING A LOT OF LAND USE CATEGORIES. 
          UH, WE, WE'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE THAT'S HEADED IN TERMS OF ZONING. 
          THAT IS, THAT IS CRITICAL, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN MY DISTRICT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I WANNA POINT OUT AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, WE'RE DOING, UM, A HIGH DENS DENSITY DESIGNATION. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE REQUESTED THAT WE CHANGE THAT SPECIFICALLY ASKING THAT, THAT THAT DESIGNATION WOULD BE BASED ON, ON ACREAGE AND NOT, UH, OR I SHOULD SAY THE PROPERTY SIZE AND NOT ON UNITS. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE THINK THAT'S GONNA AFFECT FIVE POINTS AND MONTE VISTA BECAUSE OF THE WAY, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT PART OF THE CITY HAS, HAS, HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY BUILT. 
          UH, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT ALL THESE NUANCES AND, AND IF, IF, IF I'M TO, UH, BE MINDFUL OF, OF THE, THE GROWTH PATTERNS IN MY DISTRICT, UM, I CERTAINLY, UH, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY, UH, DEFINING DISTRICT ONE WELL ENOUGH. 
          SO I'M, I'M GONNA MAKE THAT REQUEST, UM, HERE TODAY. 
          UH, ALSO WE REQUESTED THAT THE URBAN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL CATEGORY BE EXPANDED TO SPECIFY WHAT USES AND SERVICES OTHER THAN RESIDENTIAL WOULD BE PERMITTED. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT, UH, WE ADDED THAT ONE, SO WE CAN EXPAND ON IT. 
          . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          SO WE'RE ON A ROLL. 
          UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I ALSO JUST WANNA POINT OUT, UH, WHAT, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH ARE WE WORKING WITH, UH, OUR BORDERING MUNICIPALITIES? WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THEM QUITE A BA UH, QUITE A BIT. 
          IN FACT, LAST WEEK WE MET WITH BALCONES HEIGHTS AND LEON VALLEY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , BALCONES HEIGHTS IS WORKING ON THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OR JUST ABOUT TO START. 
          AND SO THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN OUR ON PRINCE OF PLAN. 
          SO WE SAT DOWN AND SPOKE WITH THEM. 
          WE'VE MET WITH, UH, ALAMO HEIGHTS TO TALK ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS. 
          SO WE HAVE MADE AN EFFORT TO, TO HAVE MORE OF A, UH, REGIONAL DISCUSSION ABOUT PLANNING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE ARE ONE OF MANY CITIES IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          SO JUST LAST WEEK WE, WE DID MEET WITH THOSE TWO CITIES. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, CAN WE HAVE A, A FORMAL PRESENTATION OF, OF, OF YOUR EFFORTS AND WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT'S MEANING? I THINK THAT CERTAINLY WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, OUR EFFORTS ARE, ARE GONNA REFLECT A LOT ON, 
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ON HOW THEIR PLANNING EFFORTS ARE, ARE GOING AND, AND, AND VICE VERSA. 
          YEAH. 
          THEY ACTUALLY HAVEN'T, LIKE, THEY'RE JUST ABOUT TO START. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YEAH, THEY WANTED TO SEE, WELL, WHAT DOES YOUR PLAN ENTAIL? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT DO YOU SEE? FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FOCUS AREAS IN MEDICAL CENTERS, SAY WE IDENTIFY GATEWAYS, WOULD THEY CONSIDER THAT A, A GATEWAY INTO THEIR CITY TYPE OF THING? SO THEY WANTED TO SEE WHAT WE'D DONE, WHERE WE WERE, AND SO THEY COULD START THEIR PROCESS. 
          YEAH. 
          I, I THINK THAT, I THINK IT'S, THEN IT'S GREAT, GREAT TIMING. 
          UH, BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT AND SEE THAT IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN START DOCUMENTING HOW WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR, OUR, UH, NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UH, BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, WE'VE SEEN MANY EXAMPLES WHERE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PLAYS, UH, A MAJOR ROLE IN SUPPORT FOR A LOT OF THESE MUNICIPALITIES, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN OUR, IN, IN OUR CITY SERVICES. 
          UM, AND I, I THINK THAT, THAT, UH, UNDERSTANDING HOW, HOW OUR PLANNING AND THEIR PLANNING CAN COINCIDE, UM, TO, TO BENEFIT, UH, BOTH COMMUNITIES. 
          I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE CRITICAL AND QUITE IMPORTANT. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE FOLLOWING THIS CLOSELY BECAUSE I, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MIDTOWN PLAN IS ONE OF THE FIRST DOWNTOWN AS WELL, AND I, WHAT WE HOPE WE GET, GET OUT OF THIS IS, IS SOME, SOME CLEAR, UM, UH, IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE'D LIKE TO SEE OUR CITY'S PATH FORWARD. 
          AS THE MAYOR SAID, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GONNA BE THE ACTUAL POLICY, BUT RATHER, UH, PROVIDE US SOME INSIGHT ABOUT WHERE OUR POLICIES SHOULD GO. 
          SO, THANK YOU, BRIDGET. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, LAST NIGHT I HAPPENED TO SIT IN ON, UH, THE DISCUSSION OF THE HOUSING TASK FORCE. 
          AND I ALSO WENT TO, UH, A WORKSHOP THAT THEY HAD A FEW WEEKS AGO. 
          AND, UH, THERE WERE A LOT OF, UH, QUESTIONS, A LOT OF COMMENTS, A LOT OF POINTS THAT WERE MADE ABOUT HOUSING AND THE TYPES OF HOUSING THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES ABOUT UPGRADING THE HOUSING, UH, ABOUT HAVING MORE DENSITY OR LESS DENSITY IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE AREAS, UH, WHERE PEOPLE CAME AND SPOKE ABOUT HOUSING. 
          UH, THERE WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT TAX VALUES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING WITH THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES. 
          AND SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOUR OFFICE HAS BEEN ATTENDING AND KIND OF TAKING NOTES ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT HOUSING TASK FORCE. 
          ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS, OUR, OUR PLANNING COORDINATOR, MICAH DIAZ, IS ACTUALLY ON THE STAFF SUPPORT TEAM. 
          SO SHE'S AT ALL THE MEETINGS. 
          IN FACT, SHE WAS, UM, REQUESTED TO ATTEND SO THAT THEY WOULD BE AWARE OF SA TOMORROW AND WHERE THEY ARE AND WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF THAT PROCESS. 
          SO SHE'S AWARE, AND THEN WE SHARE INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH. 
          WELL, THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT LAND USE, WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAY HAVE VACANT LAND, OR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE PROPERTY THAT MIGHT BE IDEAL FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND WHEN WE START, UH, DECIDING WHAT THAT LAND USE, UH, MAP'S GONNA LOOK LIKE IN THE COMMUNITY, I THINK HAVING THAT INPUT AND THAT UNDERSTANDING FROM PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IS, IS GONNA BE VERY VALUABLE IN MAKING THOSE FINAL DETERMINATIONS ABOUT, UH, WHAT KIND OF LAND USE WE'RE GONNA HAVE AND WHAT KIND OF CHANGES WE'RE GONNA MAKE TO THE U D C CODE, UH, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          UH, DO WE ALSO HAVE, UM, UH, A LOT OF PARTICIPANTS WHO WORK WITH YOUR COMMITTEE FROM THE COMMERCIAL OR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY? YES. 
          ACTUALLY, IN FACT, WE PRESENT EVERY OTHER MONTH TO D P T F, THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, TASK FORCE COMMITTEE. 
          UM, THEY'RE ALSO, UM, ATTENDEES ON OUR TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP, WHICH MEETS MONTHLY. 
          AND WE ALSO THEN GO OUT TO DIFFERENT, UM, AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS. 
          IN FACT, I'LL BE GOING OUT NEXT MONTH TO TALK TO THE NORTH CHAMBER INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE ON SA TOMORROW. 
          SO ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO GET OUT THERE AND TALK ABOUT SA TOMORROW, WE DO THAT. 
          BUT WE ALSO BUILT THEM INTO THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF MEETING MONTHLY, BECAUSE EVERY AREA IS DIFFERENT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED HOUSING, WE REALIZED THAT YES, THERE'S A NEED FOR HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, HOWEVER, DEPENDING UPON THE AREA, THE NEED MAY BE DIFFERENT. 
          SURE. 
          SO, UM, THE WEST SIDE IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN BROOKS, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN U T S A. 
          UM, AND SO IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE PLANNING TEAMS THAT WE HAVE FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT SUB AREAS ARE SPECIFIC TO THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT AREA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'VE DONE A, A REALLY GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING TO YOUR, UH, DISCUSSION GROUPS ABOUT WHAT THEY'D LIKE IN 
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THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HAS SAID THAT THEY WANT. 
          WE'RE HEARING WHAT THE RESIDENTIAL PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY WANT. 
          WHY AREN'T YOU TELLING US ABOUT WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IS SAYING THEY WANT AS PART OF THIS OVERALL PROCESS? ONE OF THE FOCUS GROUPS THAT WE HAD WAS THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. 
          THEY'RE IMPACTED, THEY'RE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY THE U D C BECAUSE THEY PUT THINGS ON THE GROUND. 
          UM, AND SO WE REACHED OUT TO THEM TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES THAT THEY ARE SEEING WITH THE CURRENT U D C, AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, MEET WITH THEM. 
          UH, WE FACT, IN FACT, WE REACHED OUT TO THEM AGAIN, AND THEY ACTUALLY MET AMONGST THEMSELVES TO TALK ABOUT, UM, WHAT THEY SEE AS OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES WHEN ABLE, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE US INFORMATION. 
          SO IN TERMS OF, UM, GETTING INFORMATION FROM THEM, LIKE I SAID, I ALSO PRESENT EVERY, LITERALLY EVERY OTHER MONTH TO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TASK FORCE. 
          SO I AM TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE PROCESS AND ALSO GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK AND INPUT MM-HMM. 
           SO THEY'RE AWARE BECAUSE THERE NEEDS TO BE A BALANCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT. 
          WELL, AS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THAT FEEDBACK IS, OR THOSE COMMENTS ARE, AND I'LL TELL YOU FRANKLY, IT'S BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THAT IN THE PAST, THE BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HAS A LOT, HAD A LOT TO SAY, AND HAS KIND OF DRIVEN SOME OF THE CHANGES TO THE U D C OR HAS KIND OF SAID, WELL, WE DON'T WANT CERTAIN THINGS DONE, UH, TO THE U D C MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THEIR FEELINGS AND, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A TOTAL COMMUNITY LED PROCESS AND NOT THAT ONE PART MAY HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFLUENCE, UH, OVER THE WHOLE PROCESS THAN ANOTHER PART WE COULD. 
          SO I APPRECIATE IF YOU'D SHARE THEIR COMMENTS, THEIR IDEAS, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT THIS AS WELL. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE COMMENTS FROM ALL FIVE FOCUS GROUPS ON OUR WEBSITE, SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU AFTER THIS MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD. 
          UM, NOW YOU SAID, UH, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THE CITY IS BEING REVIEWED THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          I, I NOTICED YOU SAID THE WEST SIDE WAS 17 MILES AND ANOTHER AREA WAS A 10 MILE BLOCK OR SOMETHING. 
          OH, YEAH. 
          UH, HOW MUCH OF THE CITY IS ACTUALLY, UM, HAVE BEING REVIEWED AND PLANS DEVELOPED UNDER THE SA TOMORROW FRAMEWORK THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT? WELL, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SIX AREAS, FIVE OF WHICH ARE REGIONAL CENTERS AND ONE COMMUNITY AREA OF VARYING SIZES. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WE HAVE IN TOTAL 30 SUB AREA PLANS. 
          SO THE ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE'VE DIVIDED THAT INTO 30 AREAS COMPARED TO THE 40 PLUS THAT WE HAVE NOW. 
          AND SO, BECAUSE IT IS A PLANNING PROCESS AND YOU, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S AN EFFICIENT PLANNING PROCESS, WE'RE DOING A CERTAIN NUMBER EVERY YEAR. 
          SO THIS YEAR IS THE FIRST SIX. 
          NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE LOOKING AT FOUR REGIONAL CENTERS AND TWO COMMUNITY PLANNING AREAS. 
          THE FOLLOWING YEAR, ANOTHER FOUR REGIONAL CENTERS, TWO COMMUNITY PLANNING AREAS, FINISHING OFF WITH SIX AND SIX. 
          SO THAT AT THE END OF THAT FIVE YEAR PROCESS, WE WOULD HAVE A SUB AREA PLAN FOR AN AREA OF THE CITY, WHETHER IT BE A REGIONAL CENTER AREA OR A COMMUNITY PLANNING AREA. 
          SO THE ENTIRE 500 MILES OF FIVE 14 SQUARE MILES WOULD BE COVERED. 
          YES. 
          WOULD ALL BE UNDER THIS PROCESS? YES. 
          AND, AND THE REASON WHY I'M SAYING THAT IS I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE AS WE DE DEVELOP LAND USE PLANS, WE'RE DEVELOPING THEM NOT BECAUSE OF SNAPSHOTS OF CERTAIN AREAS, BUT BECAUSE OF A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK OF EVERYWHERE. 
          AND, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU'RE GONNA DO. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          COUNCILMAN, COURAGE. 
          COUNCILMAN . 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, BRIDGET, YOU'RE REALLY GOOD AT THIS. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AS FAR AS THE ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU'RE GETTING, ARE YOU BREAKING IT DOWN BY AGE AND, YOU KNOW, GEOGRAPHIC REGION AND, UM, YOU'RE NODDING YES. 
          AND SO, AND I'M NOT SURPRISED YOU ARE BECAUSE, UH, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD ALSO BE VERY THOROUGH OF YOU, . 
          YES. 
          UM, ACTUALLY ON SLIDE 21, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE SHOW THE ONLINE FOLLOWERS, UH, BY INSTAGRAM. 
          I HATE SAY, WE KNOW THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE 25 TO TH 25 TO 34 YEARS OLD. 
          SO WE'RE BREAKING THAT OUT IN TERMS OF, UM, THE TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT. 
          I WILL SAY THAT YOU CAN HAVE A MEETING, YOU CAN INVITE PEOPLE, BUT SOMETIMES THEY MAY NOT SHOW. 
          BUT WE CONTINUE TO, IF WE'RE FINDING THAT THERE'S A MISSING GROUP, WE TRY TO LOOK AT OTHER AVENUES OF ENGAGING PEOPLE. 
          THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS ARE YOU FINDING THAT YOU'RE MISSING A GROUP? WE ACTUALLY STARTED OFF WITH SAYING NEXTDOOR THIS YEAR, AND WE REALIZED THAT BY EMAILING DIRECTLY TO RESIDENTS ON NEXTDOOR, AS OPPOSED TO JUST SAY, EMAILING TO SAY A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WHERE YOU EMAIL THE PRESIDENT, THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT. 
          WE'RE FINDING THAT THAT HAS INCREASED QUITE A BIT. 
          UM, AND SO WE TEND TO HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS WHO ATTEND OUR MEETINGS. 
          UM, MILLENNIALS TEND TO BE MORE ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA AS YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF IT. 
          UM, AND SO WE ARE JUST LOOKING TO SEE HOW WE CAN 
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HAVE A BALANCE IN TERMS OF ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          YEAH. 
          WE KNOW THAT SOME ARE MORE INVOLVED THAN OTHERS. 
          SOME WE MAY, MAY HAVE MORE TIME THAN OTHERS. 
          UH, WE HAVE MEETINGS OF OUR PLANNING TEAMS. IN FACT, SOME OF THEM ARE DURING THE DAY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I I, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU'RE CAPTURING A LOT OF SENIORS, UH, AT THE IN-PERSON MEETINGS AND THAT YOU'RE CAPTURING A LOT OF MILLENNIALS ONLINE. 
          IT'S EVERYBODY IN BETWEEN. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THIS IS THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE WITH PRETTY MUCH A LOT OF OUR DIFFERENT INITIATIVES MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS IS NOTHING NEW, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE REASON THEY'RE NOT COMING TO OUR MEETINGS IS BECAUSE THEY'RE AT P T A MEETINGS. 
          RIGHT. 
          OR THEY GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAYS AS OPPOSED TO A, YOU KNOW MM-HMM. 
           AND I SAY TOMORROW MEETING. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, MY, MY REQUEST IS, IS THAT THIS IS SO IMPORTANT THAT MAYBE WE OUGHT TO BE PRESENTING AT P T A MEETINGS. 
          WELL, THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT. 
          OR WORKING WITH THE CHURCHES. 
          AND SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? I THINK IT'S GREAT, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE INTERCEPT EVENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO TYPICALLY WHEN YOU SAY THAT, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT REALLY MEANS WE GO TO THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHEN WE HAVE, UM, PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS, WE WILL REQUEST OF THE PLANNING TEAM MEMBERS THAT IF THEY KNOW OF A MEETING THAT'S COMING UP, WHETHER IT BE AT A CHURCH, A CHURCH FUNCTION MM-HMM. 
          , UM, LET US KNOW SO WE CAN GO THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          IN FACT, UM, GARRETT, WHO IS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR MIDTOWN, WENT TO, UM, WHEN STUDENTS WERE MOVING INTO CAMPUS AT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CATCH THEM WHERE THEY ARE. 
          UM, BUT ENGAGEMENT, WE WILL CONTINUE JUST THE FACT THAT WE'VE INCREASED FROM WHERE WE WERE. 
          RIGHT. 
          JUST A YEAR AGO. 
          WE CAN, WE HAVE GREAT STAFF, WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON ENGAGEMENT. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND IF THERE ARE ANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU KNOW OF, WHETHER IT BE THE CHURCH, YOU GO TO, THE ROTARY CLUB, UM, LET US KNOW. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING TOO IS I IMAGINE THAT ONCE WE SEE ALL OF THIS PLAYED OUT, RIGHT, AND SAY, TOMORROW IS NOW A THING ON THE GROUND GROUND AND IT'S WORKING AND IT'S DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT IT TO DO, UM, THAT THIS IS GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT ON TAX APPRAISALS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , RIGHT? I MEAN, AND I'M, I HAVE A FEELING THAT IT'S GONNA BE AN UPWARD IMPACT. 
          UM, RIGHT. 
          I MEAN, HOUSES THAT ARE, OR PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THESE REGIONAL CENTERS ARE GONNA FIND THAT BECAUSE OF ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WE DID, THERE'S PROPERTIES ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE MORE VALUABLE. 
          ARE WE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION IN, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR GROUP WITH THESE PEOPLE ABOUT PLANTING THE SEED AND MANAGING EXPECTATIONS GOING FORWARD? THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALSO ONE OF THE CONSEQUENCES, RIGHT? I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE GONNA PAY MORE IN TAXES IF THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN THESE AREAS, UNLESS OF COURSE SOMETHING ELSE CHANGES. 
          WELL, IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THE AREAS, TWO THINGS. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE, WE REALIZE THAT NOT EVERY PIECE OF PROPERTY IN AN AREA WILL CHANGE. 
          IT WON'T. 
          RIGHT. 
          THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS THAT WILL, SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT, SAY, AREAS OF STABILITY. 
          THERE MIGHT BE A COMPLETE SECTOR OF, OF, OF SUB AREA PLANNING AREA THAT WILL REMAIN THE SAME. 
          MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY LIKE IT THE WAY IT'S, UM, AND AS PART OF OUR SCOPE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE BUILT INTO THE SCOPE WAS TO HAVE OUR CONSULTANT LOOK AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL KIND OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS. 
          YEAH. 
          IN TERMS OF, IF WE GO FROM HERE TO HERE, WHAT COULD THAT IMPACT BE? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO LOOK AT. 
          UM, VERY, VERY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS, I REMEMBER ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID, WELL, WHAT ABOUT KINDA THAT FINANCE, THAT FISCAL IMPACT? SO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT, SAY, IF WE CHANGE LAND USE FROM THIS TO THIS, OR WHAT THE ZONING, IF THE ZONING COULD CHANGE, OR IF A CATALYTIC, UM, SITE IS IDENTIFIED THAT'S VACANT NOW AND IT TURNS TO MIXED USE, WHAT COULD THE IMPACT BE? WE'RE WE'RE BUILDING THAT INTO KIND OF MORE OF THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS PIECE OF THE PROJECT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, AND YOU GET WHERE I'M GOING. 
          RIGHT? I MEAN, THE LAST THING I WANTED FOR PEOPLE TO SAY, WHOA, YOU SOLD ME ON THIS ESSAY TOMORROW THING, AND ALL I ENDED UP GETTING WAS A HUGE TAX BILL. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THAT IS WHY ALL THE PLANNING TEAM MEMBERS ARE SPECIFIC TO THAT AREA. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE COMMUNITY TEAMS ARE SPECIFIC TO THAT AREA. 
          SO BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO THE C P C, WE WOULD HAVE A DRAFT PLAN THAT WE SHARE BACK WITH THE COMMUNITY OF, THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TOLD US IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU ENVISION THE AREA TO BE. 
          THIS IS THE CHANGE THAT COULD OCCUR. 
          GRANTED, EACH PLAN IS ABOUT 10 YEARS, SO THINGS WON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF PLAYERS FOR THINGS THAT, THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN. 
          BUT THERE COULD BE CHANGE AND THERE, THERE COULD BE AN IMPACT. 
          SO, UM, LOOKING TO SEE WHAT, HOW THAT WILL IMPACT THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE'LL LET THEM KNOW VERY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS. 
          WHICH LEADS ME TO MY, MY ALMOST FINAL COMMENT, WHICH IS, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO FOR THE TAXING AUTHORITIES THAT WORK UNDER B AD MM-HMM. 
           TO MAYBE INTERFACE WITH SA TOMORROW AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION OF LIKE, WHAT IS THE IMPACT THAT B C AD HAS TO BE AWARE OF OVER THE 
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NEXT, YOU KNOW, UMPTEEN YEARS IN ORDER TO GET US HERE? BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL BE MALPRACTICING IF WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT RIGHT. 
          IN THE LONG TERM. 
          WELL, LET, CAN I, IF I CAN ANSWER JUST BRIEFLY, UM, COUPLE THINGS KNOW THAT WE'VE ADDED THE ZONING, UH, LA ZONING LAYER THAT IS, THAT IS TAKING DATA FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OVER TO THE B C AD WEBSITE. 
          SO WE'VE ADDED THAT TO B C AD. 
          UH, SECOND PIECE OF THAT IS, UH, AS YOU KNOW, OUR C C R OF THE WHITE AREA REZONING, TO YOUR POINT, UM, THE ISSUE IS, IS THE ZONING MATCHING THE CURRENT USE. 
          AND IN A LOT OF CASES, UH, THE TAXES CAN ALSO GO DOWN BECAUSE THE, THE, THE CATEGORY WELL, IN, IN MY DISTRICT . 
          OKAY. 
          MAYBE. 
          SO I JUST, I WOULD POINT OUT THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT IT, IT, THE ANSWER IS REALLY, IT DEPENDS ON THE LOCATIONS. 
          UH, BUT ABSOLUTELY WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH CHIEF AQUITA IN MANY WAYS. 
          AND WE, WE KNOW WE'RE PLANNING A B SESSION PRESENTATION HERE VERY NEXT WEEK. 
          NEXT WEEK. 
          SO THERE IT'S OKAY. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THIS AND CAN, CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, CHIEF AQUITA HAS BEEN VERY PROACTIVE IN, IN MEETING WITH US. 
          HE WAS AT LAST NIGHT'S, UH, MAYOR'S TASK FORCE MEETING ALONGSIDE, UH, UH, WITH ME, UH, TO PRESENT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE FINDING AND HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY, EVERY BIT OF OUR CITY AND TRY TO FIND A WAY TO, UH, TO ADDRESS CONCERNS OVER PROPERTY VALUATION. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          AND THEN MY LAST COMMENT, DID I MENTION YOU'RE REALLY GOOD AT THIS? AH, THANK YOU, . 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PELA. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU BRIDGET, VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND THANKS TO YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE DOING ON THIS. 
          UM, BRIDGET, I DON'T ENVY YOUR JOB. 
          YOU PROBABLY DON'T ENVY OUR  EITHER. 
          UM, BUT THERE IS, UH, YOU'RE BASICALLY PLANNING OUT THE WHOLE CITY. 
          IT'S A HUGE PROCESS. 
          THAT'S WHY IT'S FIVE YEARS LONG. 
          UH, WE COULD PROBABLY TAKE 10 YEARS TO DO IT. 
          UM, BUT I, UH, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR STANDING UP THERE AND TAKING ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR COMMENTS. 
          SO, UH, FIRST I DO WANNA ECHO AND SUPPORT SOME OF THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT WERE MADE. 
          I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE I STAND ON THEM AS WELL. 
          UM, I DO WANNA HEAR ABOUT OUR WORK WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, OR EVEN IF THAT JUST GOES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE, AT LEAST THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MY STAFF CAN, CAN ATTEND AND HEAR ABOUT. 
          UH, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK VERY CLOSELY ALSO WITH THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY. 
          'CAUSE IT SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF, OF DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, IN TERMS OF UPDATING THE LAND USE CATEGORIES, UH, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT STEP. 
          UM, BUT LIKE CHERYL SAID, UNLESS SOMETHING IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND IT'S CRITICAL, IT'S SO HARD TO GET PEOPLE ENGAGED THAT WE ALL HAVE THAT PROBLEM. 
          SO, UM, TO ECHO COUNCILMAN BALA'S COMMENTS IS IT'S A, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          SO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, HAVING MORE OF THESE INTERCEPT EVENTS MM-HMM. 
          , UM, IT, IT WOULD BE ALSO, UM, I IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW, AT LEAST FOR ME TO KNOW, HOW MANY OF THOSE EVENTS HAVE WE SEEN IN DISTRICT SEVEN? RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO PLANNING GOING ON IN DISTRICT SEVEN AS FAR AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS CONCERNED. 
          RIGHT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A REGIONAL CENTER. 
          WELL, THE EDGE OF THE MEDICAL CENTER. 
          EDGE OF MEDICAL CENTER, BUT NO ONE REGIONAL EXACTLY. 
          THE COMMUNITY PLAN FOR, FOR DISTRICT SEVEN'S NOT OCCURRING RIGHT NOW. 
          SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE D SEVEN RESIDENTS. 
          MM-HMM. 
           OR BUSINESS OWNERS BEING LEFT OUT OF THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, SO, SO HAVING INTERCEPT EVENTS IN DISTRICT SEVEN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TOWN HALL ON JANUARY 23RD AND JANUARY 30TH. 
          30TH, YES. 
          UH, PLEASE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO, TO ATTEND THOSE AND, AND EVEN SPEAK, UH, ON THEM IF, IF YOU WISH. 
          I THINK THAT COULD BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          OH, WE, WE GOT THE, THE INVITE. 
          SO WE WILL BE THERE. 
          WE'LL BE HAVING A LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS. 
          THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ABOUT HOW MANY D SEVEN RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TOUCHED. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING THAT, THAT I HAVE FOUND IN, IN MY PAST, UH, JOB EXPERIENCES HELPFUL IN TERMS OF ENGAGING FOLKS IS IF WE TAP INTO PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOMEHOW ALREADY BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS MM-HMM. 
           IN THE PAST, EVEN IF IT'S A DIFFERENT ITERATION OF IT. 
          SO YOU MENTIONED WE CURRENTLY HAVE 40 PLAN AREAS, OR 40 PLANS. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? WELL, WE'VE IDENTIFIED 30 SUB AREAS FOR THIS PLAN. 
          OH. 
          THE, BUT, BUT PRIOR MM-HMM. 
          , THE CURRENT, THE ADOPTED LAND USE PLANS THAT EXIST, WE HAVE ABOUT 40. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I IMAGINE WE HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN EACH OF THOSE, AND THEY WILL ALL BE AFFECTED BY, BY THE CHANGE, RIGHT? MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO I, ARE THOSE STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY INVOLVED RIGHT NOW IN THIS PROCESS? IT DEPENDS UPON, OR HAVE THEY BEEN INVITED? THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, ASSOCIATION OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT EXISTS WITHIN A, A SUB AREA. 
          SO IF WE ARE WORKING ON, SAY, THE MIDTOWN AREA, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS ACTUALLY ON THE PLANNING TEAM. 
          SO THEY ARE ACT, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE IN DEVELOPING THE SUB AREA PLAN. 
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AS PART OF OUR PROCESS, WE EMAIL IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT OUR DATABASE, IN FACT, WE'VE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF EMAILS THAT WE HAVE AND CONTACTS. 
          UH, WE USE THE BUDGET OPEN HOUSES AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET PEOPLE. 
          UM, ONE THING THAT WE FOUND WITH THOSE PLANS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY DONE, IN SOME CASES, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE HAVE MOVED AWAY OR, OR PASSED AWAY. 
          UM, AND SO THE LIST OF MAYBE WHAT WAS 20 OR 30, MAYBE ONE OR TWO. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE MADE AN EFFORT OF DOING MORE OF A, I HATE TO SAY GRASSROOTS APPROACH, BUT INSTEAD OF, HEY, NOTHING WRONG WITH RIGHT ROOTS, , BRIDGET, UM, BUT TO REALLY GETTING AT, EVEN IF THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, DO THEY WANNA FORM ONE? IN FACT, THROUGH OUR PLANNING PROCESS, WE'VE HAD SOME NEIGHBORHOODS ACTUALLY REGISTER, UM, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF OUR PLANNING PROCESS. 
          . 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          YEAH. 
          WE JUST GOT, I THINK THREE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS  IN, IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT. 
          SO I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO REACH OUT TO THOSE IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALSO, INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME WAY OR OTHER IN A ZONING PROCESS. 
          RIGHT. 
          HAVE THEY APPLIED FOR A ZONING CHANGE OR HAVE THEY COME TO TESTIFY AGAINST ONE OR SENTENCE? GOOD IDEA. 
          SOMETHING AGAINST 'EM IDEA. 
          THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, WHO COME TO PLANNING, COMMISSION, ZONING, COMMISSION, OR, OR EVEN IF IT WAS ONLY ONE CASE, BUT IT REALLY RILED THEM UP. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UM, THEY'RE KIND OF PRIME RIGHT FOR, FOR THIS PROCESS. 
          SO I'D RECOMMEND REACHING OUT TO, TO THEM. 
          UM, I'M GLAD YOU ANSWERED ABOUT THE AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, SO YES, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A WAY OF REACHING, OF REACHING OUT TO THEM, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          THEY DON'T WANNA WAKE UP FIVE YEARS FROM NOW AND FIND OUT THAT THEY MISSED THAT OPPORTUNITY, SOMETHING HAPPENED. 
          UM, I DO ALSO WANNA ECHO WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE SAID ABOUT, UH, HEARING OUT IN THE OPEN. 
          JUST THE SAME WAY WE'VE HEARD OUT IN THE OPEN ABOUT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS OR COMMUNITY COMMENTS, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES COMMENTS. 
          'CAUSE THAT WAY WE CAN WEIGH, YOU KNOW, WHAT DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS ARE SAYING. 
          SO I, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE COLLECTED THEM, AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THEM IN AN OPEN DISCUSSION AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THAT'S ENOUGH ECHOING. 
          UH, NOW , NOW I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU WHAT, WHAT I, OH, ONE LAST ECHO APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON. 
          LIKE COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ SAID, IT IS VERY HARD TO, TO KIND OF GAUGE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THE COMMUNITY AREAS AGAINST THE COMMUNITY AREAS, AND THEN THE REGIONAL PLANS AGAINST THE REGIONAL PLANS. 
          WELL, WELL ACTUALLY THE DATA THAT WE LOOK AT, EVEN THOUGH IT, WE HAVE A REGIONAL CENTER VERSUS A COMMUNITY PLANNING AREA, THE SCOPE IS THE SAME. 
          SO I CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE YOU ALL THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO THE PLANNING TEAMS. SO THE DATA PRESENTED WAS THE SAME IN TERMS OF HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , COMMUTE TIMES, HOUSING, TENURE, WE HAVE ALL THAT. 
          AND THAT'S THE SAME FOR EACH OF THE AREAS. 
          IT WAS JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION, WHY I JUST GAVE COUNCIL A SNIPPET OF WHAT WE'RE FINDING IN EACH OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO FOR FUTURE PRESENTATIONS, I THINK THAT'S JUST, I COULD KEEP THEM CONSISTENT. 
          THAT'S JUST FEEDBACK. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UHHUH, . 
          UH, OKAY. 
          SO HERE'S, UH, ONE OF SOMETHING I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING. 
          UH, WHEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS ADOPTED, IT WAS A TRIP. 
          THERE WAS A THREE PART PLAN. 
          THERE WAS A LAND USE, THERE WAS A TRANSPORTATION, AND THERE WAS A SUSTAINABILITY, UM, CONFERENCE PLAN. 
          YES. 
          AND MY UNDERSTANDING, I WAS NOT ON COUNCIL AT THE TIME, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS BECAUSE THOSE THREE THINGS ARE VERY INTRICATELY LINKED, ONE INFLUENCE IS THE OTHER. 
          MY CONCERN IS THAT I'M NOT REALLY SEEING THAT ON, ON THESE SLIDES UNLESS YOU SAID IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP BY THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO I THINK THERE WAS ONE COMMUNITY, UH, ONE OF THOSE AREA PLANS THAT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, CONNECTIVITY AND TRANSPORTATION. 
          I WAS HOPING THAT WE WOULD SEE THAT ON ALL OF THEM. 
          SO I GUESS, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW YOU'RE INTEGRATING THAT AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH EACH PLANNING AREA? HOW WILL EACH AREA BE MORE SUSTAINABLE OR BE MORE TRANSPORTATION FRIENDLY? SO IF YOU LOOK AT SLIDE THREE, WHICH SHOWS THE PLANNING HIERARCHY, WE HAVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS MORE OR LESS THE UMBRELLA FOR, UM, THE PLANNING. 
          UH, WE HAVE THE, THOSE, THE MULTIMODAL, UH, TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, OR WHAT WE CALL THE, THE FUNCTIONAL PLANS, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE PART OF THE SA TOMORROW UMBRELLA. 
          THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. 
          ALL PLANS IMPLEMENT THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          SO THOSE TWO PLANS IMPLEMENT SA, IMPLEMENT THE SA TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR SUB AREA PLANS, DEPENDING UPON THE AREA SO WE WERE VERY DELIBERATE IN HEARING WHAT THE NEEDS AND THE PRIORITIES WERE FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, WITH BROOKS, THERE IS A, A STRONG FOCUS ON LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, UM, LOOKING AT WHAT SARAH CAN DO IN TERMS OF USING THAT AREA AS MAYBE LIKE A PILOT PROJECT IN TERMS OF LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT. 
          BUT THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE SAME FOR SAY, UM, 
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WEST SIDE, WHERE THEY HAVE EXPRESSED TO US TRANSPORTATION CONNECTIVITY, ACCESSIBILITY, INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO ON OUR TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP, WE DO HAVE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY TRANSPORTATION, SO THAT AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT PLANNING AREAS, THEY'RE HEARING WHAT EACH OF THE DIFFERENT PLANNING AREAS, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. 
          AND THEN ALSO WE MEET REGULARLY TOO WITH T C I TO SAY THIS IS WHAT HAS COME UP IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, FOR A PARTICULAR AREA. 
          SO WE'LL GO, GO THROUGH EACH PLANNING AREA WITH TRANSPORTATION OR WITH THE T C I DEPARTMENT, SO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING RELATES TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE TELLING US AND WHAT THEY LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, ACCESSIBILITY, MOBILITY IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 
          SO WHAT IF YOU GO TO AN AREA AND THEY DON'T BRING UP THE TRANSPORTATION STUFF AND WE, AND WE, SO WE DON'T WORK ON IT. 
          WELL, ACTUALLY THAT'S ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE FRAMEWORK, SO WE DO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT. 
          THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT SLIDE FOUR UNDER, UM, PLAN FRAMEWORK, MOBILITY AND ACCESS IS JUST A COMPONENT. 
          LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION GO TOGETHER. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO TALK ABOUT, BUT A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE'RE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GO WITH NOT A, A SET IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE TELLING US WHAT THEY SEE IS THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES OF WHERE THEY LIVE AND WHAT THEY SEE IN TERMS OF CRIME AND SAFETY. 
          CRIME AND SAFETY IS NOT UNNEC NECESSARILY IN THAT PLANNED FRAMEWORK, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ADDRESS IT. 
          SO IS IT IN TERMS OF CRIME AND SAFETY, LOOKING AT THE STREETS AND LIGHTING ON THE STREET, THAT'S A TRANSPORTATION THING, BUT IT'S CRIME AND SAFETY. 
          UM, SO WE LISTEN TO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. 
          WE HAVE A FRAMEWORK. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO TOUCH ALL OF THESE COMPONENTS OF THE FRAMEWORK, BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HEARING WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AND BRINGING THAT FORWARD SO THAT ANY DECISION THAT COUNCIL MAKES IN THE FUTURE IS BASED OFF OF WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US AS OPPOSED TO, WE HAVE THESE COMPONENTS AND WE NEED TO CHECK THE BOX, BUT WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH SUSTAINABILITY. 
          AND T C I, THEY ARE IN OUR TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP. 
          WE DO MEET WITH THEM, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE HEARING AND THE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT ARE COMING UP. 
          IN FACT, AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, SOMEONE BROUGHT UP SPEED BUMPS, AND SO I MADE SURE TO SHARE THAT WITH T C I, UM, TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT I'M HEARING IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THEY HAD A QUESTION, HOW DO THEY ADDRESS IT? AND THEY WERE ABLE TO, TO CIRCLE BACK WITH THAT RESIDENT. 
          OKAY. 
          I THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE. 
          UM, BUT I DO THINK WE MADE A COMMITMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY WERE PRIORITIES TOO. 
          SO I JUST HOPE THAT AT THE END OF ALL THIS, THOSE ARE REFLECTED. 
          YEAH, THAT'S REFLECTED IN, IN, IN WHAT, WHAT IS ULTIMATELY ADOPTED. 
          YES. 
          UM, SORRY. 
          AND, AND I GUESS MY, UH, MY LAST QUESTION JUST GOES BACK TO THIS LAND USE BRIEFING THAT COUNCILMAN TRIVIO MENTIONED. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, MY STAFF AND I, AND, AND SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND IT'S, IT'S SUCH A CHALLENGE BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY TO UNDERSTAND. 
          HMM. 
          YOU ALMOST HAVE TO, UM, TRAIN YOURSELF, LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ZONING AND LAND USE BEFORE YOU'RE EQUIPPED ENOUGH TO MAKE A, A COMMENT THAT'S MEANINGFUL. 
          UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT TO ASK OF PEOPLE IN ONE MEETING. 
          UH, I THINK SO. 
          I, I GUESS I WOULD, UM, LET'S SEE HOW THIS ONE GOES. 
          BUT, BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, MANNY AND, AND ROBERTO SAID, YOU KNOW, SORRY, COUNCILMAN'S SAID , IT, UH, IT'S GONNA INFLUENCE PEOPLE FOR, FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. 
          SO IT MIGHT BE, I JUST MIGHT FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IT IF WE DO, UH, TAKE JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND, AND ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLICIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, INSTRUCTING PEOPLE, WHAT IT IS YOU'RE COMMENTING ON BEFORE THEY, THEY COMMENT. 
          IT'S, IT'S REALLY HARD TO, TO CHIME IN WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE TO TEACH YOURSELF WHAT THE PROCESS IS FIRST. 
          AND, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, LAND USE, WHEN SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT LAND USE, THEY MOVE RIGHT INTO THE ZONING. 
          UM, AND LAND USE IS VERY MUCH, IT'S, IT'S VERY SIMPLE. 
          YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL, BUT THEN IT'S THAT SECOND LAYER OF THE TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          UM, THE TYPE OF COMMERCIAL, THE TYPE, THE TYPES, AND WHAT EXACTLY, EXACTLY IS BUILT ON THE GROUND. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, AS I MENTIONED, BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT LAND USE IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC. 
          THE, THIS MEETING FOR TUESDAY WAS ADDED ALSO. 
          WE ADDED AND REACHED OUT TO THOSE FOCUS GROUPS TO GET, UM, THEIR THOUGHTS 
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ON OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES. 
          UM, WE COULD HAVE JUST TAKEN THE LAND USE AND JUST MADE SOME CHANGES AND SAID, THIS IS THE TEMPLATE, BUT WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT. 
          NO, WE WOULDN'T HAVE APPROVED THAT. 
          EXACTLY. 
          . 
          SO KNOWING THAT WE SAID IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT'S THERE NOW, UM, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE ISSUES, UH, PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE THE U D C ARE HAVING, AND WHERE DO THEY SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES? UM, ONE OF THE, THE THINGS THAT CAME UP QUITE A BIT WAS MIXED USE AND THE ABILITY TO, TO DO MIXED USE. 
          AND WE HAVE ONE MIXED USE CATEGORY NOW, AND LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF OTHERS. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD AT A, A CONFERENCE THAT I WENT TO THAT ANOTHER CITY HAS, IS A LAND USE RELATED TO INNOVATION DISTRICTS. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUR OFFICE PARK, WHICH IS LIKE THIS HUGE AREA, BUT MAYBE THERE'S AN AREA JUST FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON A DISTRICT THAT LOOKS AT, UM, KIND OF TECH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE, HOW WE CAN ENHANCE IT, AND HOW WE CAN KINDA GET TO THAT NEXT LEVEL. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY ADDED TIME TO THE SCHEDULE BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED THAT AT THE END THERE WOULD BE, WELL, WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THIS, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY ADDED TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE LAND USE. 
          SEE, THAT WAS TOTALLY APPROPRIATE ON YOUR PART. 
          REALLY GREAT INSTINCT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR PUTTING THAT IN. 
          AND, UH, AND WE'LL SUPPORT YOU IF YOU SLOW IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRIDGET, OR AT LEAST I WILL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. 
          UM, AND FROM OUR MAN IN THE ASSESSMENT INDUSTRY, UH, HE WANTED ME TO REMIND YOU THAT YOUR TAX PROTEST DEADLINE IS NOW MAY 15TH, NOT MAY 31ST THIS YEAR. 
          SO IF ANYBODY IS LISTENING, YOU HAVE TOO FEW, TOO FEWER WEEKS TO FILE A PROTEST, WHICH IS USEFUL INFORMATION. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          AT THIS TIME, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, BRIDGET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THE 
          [Executive Session]
TIME RIGHT NOW IS FOUR 17, AND CITY COUNCIL WILL BEGIN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THIS 10TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2018. 
          THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION DELIBERATION IS AS FOLLOWS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY, OR REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072, REAL PROPERTY AND LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO STATE STATUTES ADDRESSING SS A P D FIELD RECORDING DEVICES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. 
          CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY, WITH ATTORNEY HISTORY, RIGHT 
          [Ceremonial Recognitions]
IN 2017, 2018 HAS BEEN A REALLY DISTURBING YEAR. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFETIME, I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE IT. 
          I ONLY READ ABOUT IT IN HISTORY BOOKS. 
          I'M SEEING NEO-NAZIS MARCHING STREETS, RIGHT? I'M SEEING GROWN MEN IN DOING COSPLAY AND MILITARY COSTUMES AND MACHINE GUNS SCREAMING RACIAL EPITHETS ON STREETS AND PARKS. 
          I'M SEEING PEOPLE RUNNING OVER OTHER HUMAN BEINGS, UH, IN THEIR VEHICLES BECAUSE THEY DISAGREE WITH THEIR POLITICAL OPINIONS. 
          UM, AND I, MY KIDS LIVE IN THIS WORLD. 
          AND SO TO SEE ALL OF YOU STANDING UP HERE AND DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND KNOWING THAT TOMORROW YOU'RE GONNA, I'M SORRY THAT THIS WEEK YOU'RE GONNA BE, UH, MAKING A BIG STATEMENT, WHICH, AND THAT STATEMENT IS, THAT'S NOT OKAY, RIGHT? UM, IS, GOSH, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          MY MAX AND SOPHIA ARE MY KIDS, AND YOU'LL SEE THEM, UH, OUT, YOU KNOW, WALK IN AND, UH, ASKING ME OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          IS IT OVER YET? RIGHT? BUT, UM, I, BUT I HOPE THAT, I THINK WE SAID TOO. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT I HOPE, I HOPE THEY'LL, I, I, I DO KNOW THAT THEY'LL LOOK BACK ON THIS PART OF HISTORY, AND I THINK THEY'LL BE GLAD TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING ON. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PICE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VIGODA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I TOO WANT TO SHARE MY THANKS. 
          GIVE MY THANKS TO YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          UM, BECAUSE AS WAS MENTIONED, I THINK THIS YEAR NOW, MORE THAN EVER, WE IN SAN ANTONIO ARE GOING TO DEMONSTRATE AND DISPLAY WHAT IT TAKES, WHAT IT IS WHEN COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER, WHEN WE MARCH TOGETHER, WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER, WHEN WE LIVE IN UNITY TOGETHER. 
          AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS, AS WAS MENTIONED BY COUNCILMAN SHAW, WE DON'T AGREE ALL THE TIME, BUT WE LOOK TOGETHER TOWARDS SOLUTIONS. 
          AND FOR THE BEST OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND YOU ALL REPRESENT THE BEST OF SAN ANTONIO AS WELL. 
          I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR FIGHT. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, UH, FOR DECADES AND FOR YOUR FAMILIES AND FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOUR, 
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YOUR HEART THAT YOU HAVE FOR OUR CITY TO KNOWING THAT THE BEST DAYS ARE STILL TO GET TO COME IN SAN ANTONIO, BECAUSE OUR MARCH FOR JUSTICE CONTINUES. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN VERAN. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCKO, REAL QUICK. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR COMING DOWN HERE. 
          I'M, I'M, I THINK IT'S GREAT YOU'RE GONNA GET THIS RECOGNITION HERE TODAY, BUT THE REAL RECOGNITION IS, IS GONNA COME, UH, WHEN YOU COME TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY AND YOU SPEND YOUR TIME, UH, BEING THANKFUL FOR THE PAST AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE. 
          UH, I'M TAKING MY SON AS WELL WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME HE'S EVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS. 
          HE'S EIGHT YEARS OLD, AND IF I COULD GET HIM TO LEAVE THE SWITCH AND, AND NINTENDO AT HOME, I'VE SUCCEEDED. 
          UH, IF HE DOES HAVE IT, SHAME ON THAT PARENTING TECHNIQUE, I APOLOGIZE. 
          BUT, UH, I'M, I'M GOING TO MAKE HIM LEAVE IT IN THE CAR. 
          BUT, UH, I'M, I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 
          I HAVEN'T DONE ONE IN SEVERAL YEARS, ACTUALLY, AND SHAME ON ME. 
          SO I, I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND WITH YOU AND THE COMMUNITY AND MY PEERS, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO THIS TOGETHER AND AS A FAMILY, AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC THE WORK YOU PUT INTO IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THIS WORK UP. 
          HERE'S TEMP WORK. 
          YOURS IS LASTING, GENERATIONAL CHANGE AND REMEMBRANCE OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE FUTURE TO PUT US WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AND, AND YOUR MUCH EARNED AND WELL EARNED APPRECIATION, UH, THIS EVENING FOR MYSELF AND THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT SIX. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BHA. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          YES, THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND DISTRICT 10, AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT WALK. 
          I GOT MY TENNIS SHOES READY AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, HOPEFULLY FOR SOME GREAT WEATHER AS WELL. 
          BUT, UH, MORE THAN THAT, IT'S, UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY AGAIN, AS WAS SAID ALREADY, TO BRING THE, THE, UH, COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND TO SHOW HOW WE ARE A COMMUNITY, ONE COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE NOT SEPARATE COMMUNITIES ACROSS SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, WE ARE ONE. 
          AND THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO SHOW THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING OUT TODAY. 
          LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          COUNCILMAN TRIBU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, LAST YEAR I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF, OF VISITING THE NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM IN, IN MEMPHIS. 
          AND IT WAS, UH, QUITE AMAZING, UH, TO VISIT AND TO THINK ABOUT THE HISTORY, UM, AND THE LEGACY OF DR. 
          MARTIN LUTHER KING. 
          AND IT GAVE ME A REAL SENSE OF PRIDE, KNOWING THAT WE HAD THE LARGEST MARCH THAT REALLY, REALLY UNDERLINES THE, THE GREAT, GREAT CITY THAT WE ARE. 
          AND, UM, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING THERE AND MARCHING ALONGSIDE WITH YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO THE MARCH AGAIN THIS YEAR AND PRAYING FOR GOOD WEATHER. 
          I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MARCH WITH YOU ALL FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, AND I THINK, UH, EVERY YEAR I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED BY THE CROWDS, BY THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME OUT, UH, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE. 
          UH, AND IT'S A, IT'S TIMELY THAT IT'S AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. 
          IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER, UH, TO CELEBRATE ONE MISSION, AND WE HOPE THAT THAT LASTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO COME. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS. 
          LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL ON MONDAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE, FOR TAKING THE TIME. 
          BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          UH, LIKE MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE MARCH IS A POINT OF GRADE PRIDE FOR, FOR ME, AS A RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO, I LIVED AWAY MANY YEARS, AND WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT SAN ANTONIO WAS LIKE, OR THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO ASK, I WOULD JUST TELL THEM THAT IT WAS THE HOME OF THE SPURS OF THE ALAMO AND OF THE LARGEST M L K JUNIOR MARCH IN THE, IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR GIVING US THAT POINT OF PRIDE IN OUR CITY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON MONDAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          AND DON'T WORRY, I'M THE LAST ONE, UH, SUCH BEAUTIFUL AND FAMILIAR FACES THAT I COULD SEE AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, SOME OF YOU, UH, SEVERAL YEARS ON THIS COMMISSION. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS CONSISTENTLY EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND GROWING IT STRONGER. 
          IT'S EVERY YEAR I GET A YEAR OLDER, BUT THIS, THIS MARCH GETS AN, UH, UH, GETS EVEN BETTER AND BETTER, UH, WITH EVERY YEAR CONSISTENTLY. 
          AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          'CAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF DEDICATION AND, AND TERMINATION. 
          BUT ONE OF THE BEST PARTS ABOUT THE MARCH FOR ME IS GETTING TO GETTING TO REACH OUR MOUNTAINTOP, WHICH IS RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE RAILROAD BRIDGE, AND YOU, AT THAT POINT, YOU GET TO TURN AROUND AND SEE THE ENTIRE CROWD OF FACES, ALL DIFFERENT COLORS, ALL DIFFERENT AGES, ABLE BODY, DISABLED, UH, FOLKS WHO ARE BLUE COLLAR, WHITE COLLAR LAW ENFORCEMENT FOLKS FROM ALL DIFFERENT STRATA. 
          THE COMMUNITY ARE MAKING IT OUT THERE, AND THEY HAVE TO, IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE UP, UH, 300,000 PEOPLE. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE IN A BEAUTIFUL, UH, METAPHOR FOR THAT MARCH THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET TO THAT MOUNTAINTOP AT SOME POINT. 
          WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA GET THERE, BUT WE KNOW WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          AND I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN LEADING US IN THAT RIGHT DIRECTION FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND IF I CAN JUST CLOSE BY SAYING, NATE, INTO THE COMMISSION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR STEADFAST 
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WORK. 
          IT'S BEEN ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE IF YOU GOOGLE SEARCH SAN ANTONIO? AND I THINK THE COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL SAID IT, RIGHT? WE WANNA SEE THE M L K MARCH. 
          IT'S SUCH A GREAT DEMONSTRATION OF WHO WE ARE AS A PEOPLE, UH, AND WHAT OUR CITY HAS BECOME AS ONE OF THE FOUNDING POINTS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS, UH, MOVEMENT. 
          AND THE MARCH FOR EQUAL JUSTICE. 
          AS, AS COUNCILWOMAN VI VERAN SAYS, CONTINUES TO THIS VERY DAY. 
          UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MARCH. 
          UM, UNFORTUNATELY, IT WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR OF MY LIFE HAVING MY SON THERE, NOT ON MY SHOULDERS. 
          HE'S GETTING A LITTLE BIT TOO BIG . 
          UH, SO THAT WILL BE AN INTERESTING OCCASION FOR HIM BECAUSE HE'S GONNA BE FORCED TO WALK THOUGH ENTIRE DISTANCE. 
          UH, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT. 
          AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          I'LL ASK, UH, COUNCILMAN SHAW NOW TO COME AND, UH, DEDICATE THE, UH, PROCLAMATIONS TO YOU. 
          SURE, YEAH. 
          AND, AND THIS, AGAIN, WE'RE PRESENTING A PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS THOUSANDS OF SAN ANTONIO'S WILL COME TOGETHER ON JANUARY 18TH, 2018 FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY. 
          MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 
          MARCH TO CELEBRATE THE LEGACY OF ONE OF THISS NATION'S GREATEST CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, DR. 
          MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 
          AND, UH, A FEW OTHER WHEREASES. 
          BUT NOW THEREFORE, IRAN NUREMBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THEREOF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MONDAY, JANUARY 15TH, 2018 TO BE DR. 
          MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 
          MARCH AND COMMEMORATION DAY. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU FAMILY. 
          IN, I GOT A ANGLE TWO, THREE, WE GO. 
          THOSE CUPS ARE NICE. 
          I KNOW, REALLY, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          I'M SEE Y'ALL ON MONDAY, AND I HAVE YOU ON THE MORNING STAGE TO SPEAK. 
          ALWAYS. 
          THE MAYOR'S ALWAYS. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I LOOK FORWARD. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL, WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH, UH, OUR CEREMONIAL ITEMS. THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS THE MAYOR'S LIGHTUP DOWNTOWN AWARDS. 
          THE MAYOR'S SEVENTH ANNUAL LIGHTUP DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY LIGHTS CONTEST WINNERS WILL BE RECOGNIZED. 
          AND DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, BUSINESSES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA COMPETED FOR THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST HOLIDAY LIGHTS DISPLAY. 
          THE GOAL OF THE CONTEST WAS TO CREATE AN ILLUMINATED VIEW OF THE DOWNTOWN SKYLINE AND SHOWCASE THE HEART OF THE CITY TO LOCALS AND VISITORS FOR A UNIQUE HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD KELLY SAUNDERS FOR THEIR PRESENTATION RIGHT HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          EVERYONE WHO VOTED IN THIS YEAR'S MAYOR NIRENBERG'S LIGHT UP DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY LIGHTING CONTEST. 
          WE HAD 85 BUSINESSES WHO PARTICIPATED THIS YEAR IN OVER 6,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS VOTED IN THE CONTEST. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO NOW CALL UP EACH WINNER INDIVIDUALLY TO ACCEPT THEIR AWARD FOR MAYOR NUREMBERG, FOR THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS FOR BEST USE OF SPACE, TRAVIS PARK. 
          OKAY. 
          FOR THE BEST LIGHTING DISPLAY OF BUILDING, BUILDING HILTON PALACIO DEL RIO, THEY'RE UNABLE TO 
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BE HERE TONIGHT. 
          UM, FOR THE BEST LIGHTING DISPLAY OF A STOREFRONT CORPORATE WHATABURGER. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          SHOULD I, SINCE WE'RE NOT HERE OKAY. 
          JUST LIKE I DID BEFORE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          RUBBING IS OKAY FOR BEST LIGHTING DISPLAY OF A STOREFRONT SMALL BUSINESS UPTOWN FLOWERS, WHO IS ALSO UNABLE TO MAKE IT. 
          TONIGHT. 
          FOR BEST POPUP SHOP, BLINK THE DIAPER BANK FOR BEST NON-PROFIT, TEXAS DIAPER BANK FOR MAYOR RON NIRENBERG'S AWARD FOR BEST LIGHTING DISPLAY OF A BUILDING, HILTON PALACIO DEL RIO, WHO ALSO COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT FOR MAYOR BERG'S AWARD FOR BEST LIGHTING DISPLAY OF A STOREFRONT OFFICE SOURCE, L T D TRAVIS PARK FOR MAYOR BERG'S AWARD FOR BEST OVERALL DISPLAY, TRAVIS PARK DUNNO, FOR THE C P S ENERGY AWARD, FOR THE GREENEST LIGHTING DISPLAY, SAN ANTONIO ZOO. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE BUSINESSES AND ENTRANCES IN THE, UH, IN THE AWARD. 
          YOU REALLY HAVE MADE, UH, DOWNTOWN A DESTINATION DURING THE HOLIDAYS, AND PEOPLE CONTINUE TO RAVE ABOUT IT AND LOTS OF CREATIVITY AS WELL THAT WE SAW THIS YEAR, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO THE TRICENTENNIAL. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. 
          OUR NEXT CEREMONIAL ITEM IS THE SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS. 
          THE WINNERS OF THE THIRD ANNUAL SA TOMORROW SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS WILL BE RECOGNIZED AND THE AWARD HONORS LOCAL PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND BUILDING STRUCTURES THAT PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY AND ENGAGEMENT WITH SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS WITHIN THEIR SURROUNDINGS. 
          EACH CATEGORY SUPPORTS THE GOALS OF THE SA TOMORROW PLAN IN THE AREAS OF ENERGY FOOD SYSTEMS, GREEN, GREEN BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, LAND USE AND LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION, NATURAL RESOURCES, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND SOLID RACE, SOLID WASTE RESOURCES. 
          I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD DOUG MELNICK FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL. 
          UM, THE FIRST THING I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO DO, I SAID I WASN'T GOING TO THOUGH, BUT I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD. 
          UM, UH, LIZA MEYER, WHO'S BEEN, UH, IN WITH THE CITY FOR 16 YEARS, UM, IS MOVING, UH, ALONG, UH, TO U SS A A AS THEIR SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR, AND TOMORROW IS HER LAST DAY. 
          BUT I'D LIKE TO THANK HER, UM, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT 
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SHE'S, SHE'S DONE OVER THE YEARS AND REALLY, UH, PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY NOT ONLY IN THE MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION BUT CITYWIDE. 
          SO, THANK YOU, LIZA. 
          AND SHE DID MENTION SHE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS WHILE SHE'S AT U S A A. 
          UM, BUT, UM, THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE THIRD ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS. 
          UH, THESE WERE ORIGINALLY, UH, PRIMARILY GREEN BUILDING AWARDS. 
          UM, BUT AFTER WE, UH, UH, COMPLETED, UH, THE, THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, AND IT WAS ADOPTED BY, BY COUNCIL, AND, UH, WE REALIZED SUSTAINABILITY'S BROADER THAN JUST GREEN BUILDINGS. 
          AND, AND AS THE MAYOR HAD, UM, MENTIONED, WE BASICALLY DIVERSIFIED IT AND WE WILL, UM, RUN THROUGH SOME VERY SHORT, UM, VIDEOS HIGHLIGHTING THESE PROJECTS. 
          YOU'LL SEE THEY'RE VERY DIVERSE, UM, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN HOPING FOR. 
          UM, THESE ARE, ARE OUR PROJECTS, PROGRAMS, AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY, OUR ENVIRONMENTS, AND HAVE DEMONSTRATED NOT ONLY SUSTAINABILITY, BUT REAL WORLD IMPLEMENTATION. 
          SO, UH, TO ALL THE, THE, UM, AWARD RECIPIENTS, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK. 
          UM, WE'LL ROLL THE VIDEOS NOW. 
          UM, YOU'LL SEE A SMALL SEGMENTS, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A, A BREAK, HAVE THE, UH, RECIPIENTS, UM, COME UP FOR, UM, A PICTURE AND TO RECEIVE THE, THE AWARD. 
          AND I'LL ALSO ASK, UM, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO COME AND, AND TAKE A, A, A PICTURE AS WELL. 
          UM, BECAUSE ALMOST ALL OF YOU ARE REPRESENTED WITH THE AWARDS AND THOSE THAT AREN'T WILL HAVE TO, UM, STEP IT UP NEXT, NEXT YEAR. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET STARTED WITH THE AWARDS. 
          THE 2017 COMMERCIAL NEW CONSTRUCTION AWARD GOES TO MOHER ARTES COMPRESSED BLOCK BUILDING. 
          THIS 2000 SQUARE FOOT COMPRESSED EARTH BLOCK STUDIO SPACE INCLUDES A LARGE WORK AREA, STORAGE AREA, KILN ROOM, AND BATHROOMS. IT IS THE FIRST COMMERCIAL BUILDING PERMITTED FOR ADOBE CONSTRUCTION IN SAN ANTONIO IN OVER 100 YEARS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          UM, ONE MOMENT. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          THIS NEW. 
          OKAY. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO, UH, SAY MY NAME IS GINA SOBRANO. 
          I'M A PART OF MUES, AND MUES IS A 23 YEAR OLD PROJECT OF THE ESPERANZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER. 
          WE ARE WOMEN FROM THE WEST SIDE, AND NOT ONLY ARE WE UTILIZING OUR SUSTAINABLE BUILDING, OUR EARTH AND BUILDING, UH, IT'S A LIVING ENTITY WITHIN ITSELF. 
          IT GIVES US FROM ES THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE OUR ARTWORK WITH SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE BUILDING. 
          IT'S THE FIRST, UH, ADOBE BUILDING. 
          IT'S WORTH THE TRIP TO THE WEST SIDE. 
          I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT. 
          UM, WE NOT, MAYBE WE MAY NOT BE WEALTHY AND HAVE TOP OF THE LINE TOOLS TO CREATE OUR ART, BUT WHAT WE LACK IN MONEY, WE ARE WEALTHY IN CREATIVITY. 
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SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE MAYOR AND EVERY EVERYONE HERE BEFORE ME TO PLEASE PENCIL US IN ON YOUR AGENDAS. 
          COME VISIT US, COME SEE, UH, HOW WE'RE GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND HOW OUR SUSTAINABLE, UH, ENERGY BUILDING IS A LIVING, BREATHING ENTITY ON ITS OWN. 
          AND HOPE TO SEE VERY MANY MORE BUILDINGS LIKE THAT IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS YEAR'S WINNER FOR COMMERCIAL RETROFIT IS THE PROTRAN CO BRANCH LIBRARY AT Y M C A. 
          REUSING A BUILDING SITTING VACANT FOR 12 YEARS IN THE AREA OF SAN ANTONIO, UNDERGOING A SUBSTANTIAL SHIFT IN POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE MAINE FAMILY, Y M C A AT PETRANKO ESTABLISHED A BROAD-BASED COMMUNITY CENTER INCLUSIVE OF A SAN ANTONIO BRANCH, PUBLIC LIBRARY AND OUTDOOR PLAY FIELDS, COMMERCIAL RETROFIT'S, HONORABLE MENTION GOES TO THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY FOR THEIR GUNTHER AND EUCLID RETROFIT PROJECTS. 
          THIS YEAR'S RESIDENTIAL NEW CONSTRUCTION AWARD GOES TO C V F HOMES FOR 4 22 HAYES STREET. 
          THIS HOME IS LOCATED IN THE DIGNITY HILL HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE AREA. 
          THIS WAS THE FIRST PROJECT IN SAN ANTONIO TO USE I OSS STRUCTURAL INSULATED PANELS. 
          THE 2017 WILLIAM ARS SINKIN SOLAR AWARD GOES TO NEW NURSE CONVENIENCE STORES. 
          TO DATE, NONER HAS INSTALLED 1.275 KILOWATTS OF SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS, WHICH MAKES NEW NURSE HOLDINGS ONE OF THE LARGEST OWNERS OF NET METERED SOLAR ENERGY IN SAN ANTONIO. 
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THANK YOU. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THE HONORABLE MENTION IN THIS CATEGORY GOES TO LOCAL SPROUT FOOD HUB WITH THEIR 38 KW SOLAR SYSTEM. 
          THE INDUSTRY LEADERS AWARD IS AWARDED TO ALAMO COLLEGES, WHICH IS COMMITTED TO CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2050, AND HAS DEVELOPED A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TO PURSUE ITS SUSTAINABILITY MISSION OF MINIMIZING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ITS DAILY OPERATIONS, WHILE EMPOWERING ITS STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES TO REDUCE THEIR INDIVIDUAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. 
          THE SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS AWARD GOES TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITIES WRECKING CREW, AN ONGOING PROGRAM TO SALVAGE ITEMS FROM MAJOR RENOVATION PROJECTS AND KEEP THEM OUT OF LANDFILLS. 
          THEY OFFER FREE DECONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR LOCAL REMODELING PROJECTS. 
          THEY TAKE THESE MATERIALS TO THEIR HOME CENTERS, WHICH HELPS PROVIDE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. 
          MUCH NEEDED FUNDING. 
          THIS IS B FOUR SIX. 
          THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. 
          I'LL, HE'S GOOD. 
          WE GOT ONE BEHIND US TOO. 
           2 3 1 2. 
          ALRIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK, HONORABLE MENTION GOES TO THE MANKEY PARK COMMUNITY GARDEN AND FOOD FOREST, WHICH IS A PROGRESSIVE URBAN FOOD PRODUCTION POINT. 
          NOBODY, HEY, YOU GUYS WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, YOU SAID HONORABLE MENTION WHAT HAPPENED. 
          I DO NOT HAVE YOUR, I I WAS TOLD THAT YOU WEREN'T BE WANNA BE ATTENDING. 
          YOU WERE HERE NOW, BUT WE'LL TAKE THE PICTURE AND WE'LL ABSOLUTELY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU GUYS. 
          THANKS, DOUG. 
          YOU GUYS HOLD ME. 
          COME OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT. 
          OH, THE BIG CURVEBALL. 
          . 
          AH, IT'S OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          1, 2, 3. 
          AND AGAIN, ONE MORE TIME. 
          ONE, TWO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS FULL OF SURPRISING. 
          YEAH. 
          THANKS GUYS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          TAKE CARE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO THAT'S ALL WE GOT. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE, UM, UH, EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING AND ALL OF THE RECIPIENTS AND, AND COUNSEL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT ON ALL OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY 
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EFFORTS. 
          THERE'S A LOT, UH, OF WORK TO DO, UM, A LOT OF WORK. 
          AND THIS WILL BE A BUSY YEAR. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. 
          UM, HAVE A GOOD EVENING. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, UH, TO ALL THE RECIPIENTS, UH, AND AWARD EASE. 
          AND, UH, TO E LIZA MEYER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE SERVICE TO THE CITY FOR SO MANY YEARS. 
          YOU'VE REALLY BEEN A, A TRUE NORTH FOR US WITH REGARD TO AIR QUALITY. 
          WE JUST HAD THE PRESENTATION TODAY AND WE'VE MADE SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS UNDER YOUR WATCH. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR CITY. 
          ALRIGHT, OUR LAST PROCLAMATION, I'M GONNA ATTEMPT TO SLOW ROLL THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE DID WE FIND IT? I THOUGHT I HAD GIVEN YOUR PROCLAMATION TO THE M L K COMMISSION. 
          I'M GLAD IT'S RIGHT HERE THOUGH. 
          UH, AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE WILL NOW, UH, CEREMONIOUSLY RECOGNIZE THE 69TH ANNUAL SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND STOCK SHOW AND RODEO, WHICH WILL BE HELD FEBRUARY 8TH THROUGH THE 25TH 2018 TEAM AT THE AT AND T CENTER IN FREEMAN COLISEUM GROUNDS, THE SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXHIBITION, S A L E INC, SPONSORS THE ANNUAL EVENT AND THE STOCK SHOW AND RODEO HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS THE LARGE INDOOR RODEO OF THE YEAR BY THE PROFESSIONAL RODEO COWBOYS ASSOCIATION FOR 13 CONSECUTIVE YEARS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL, AND I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD CINDY TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION. 
          AND IT SAYS HERE, WHEREAS THE 69TH ANNUAL SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO, ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST PRESTIGIOUS EVENTS IN THE ALAMO CITY WILL BE HELD FEBRUARY 8TH THROUGH THE 25TH AT THE AT T CENTER IN FREEMAN COLISEUM. 
          WHEREAS THE SAN SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXHIBITION SPONSORS THE EVENT AND HAS CONTRIBUTED OVER $186 MILLION THROUGH GRANTS, AUCTIONS, SCHOLARSHIPS, ENDOWMENTS, SHOW PREMIUMS, AND OTHER PROGRAMS. WHEREAS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE ORGANIZATION IS THE NEARLY 6,000 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, CORPORATE PARTNERS AND PATRONS WHO SUPPORT SALES MISSION OF EMPHASIZING AGRICULTURE AND EDUCATION TO DEVELOP THE YOUTH OF TEXAS. 
          AND WHEREAS OTHER EXCITING ACTIVITIES ARE OFFERED IN ADDITION TO THE RODEO, INCLUDING A NIGHTLY CARNIVAL MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, EDUCATIONAL AND ANIMAL EXHIBITS, LIVESTOCK AND HORSE SHOWS, MUTTON BUSTING, CAL CALF SCRAMBLE, AND EXTREME BULLS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY TO ENJOY. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THEREOF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 8TH THROUGH THE 25TH, 2018 TO BE OFFICIAL RODEO SEASON. 
          OKAY? I DIDN'T BRING ALL OF THE 6,000 VOLUNTEERS THEY WANTED TO COME, BUT I JUST BROUGHT A SMALL GROUP. 
          UH, WE ARE THE AMBASSADOR COMMITTEE OF THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO, SOME OF THE MORE, MORE THAN 40 PLUS COMMITTEES DOWN THERE. 
          AND ON BEHALF OF THESE 6,000 VOLUNTEERS, OUR STAFF, OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S BECAUSE OF THOSE VOLUNTEERS AND OUR, OUR RODEO PATRONS AND OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS THAT WE, WHO ACTUALLY, THEY ALL REALLY DO BELIEVE IN OUR MISSION AND OUR VISION THAT WE HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL IN AWARDING EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO DATE, WHICH IS $186 MILLION TO THE YOUTH OF TEXAS. 
          NOW, HE DID MENTION THAT WE ARE A FAMILY EVENT, GOT A LOT OF CARNIVAL RIDES, WE'VE GOT PIG RACES, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. 
          ANYTHING YOU WANNA EAT ON A STICK, COME ON DOWN. 
          WE'VE GOT, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF YOU. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU THERE. 
          AND DON'T FORGET THAT AWARD-WINNING RODEO THAT WE HAVE WITH THE TOP COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS COMPETING. 
          BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE THE TIME IS TO VISIT OUR JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE NATION. 
          UH, THEY'RE OUT THERE ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON, WHETHER IT'S PIG, SHEEP, GOATS, CALVES, UH, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THEM, AND THEY WOULD REALLY LOVE TO, TO SIT AND TALK WITH YOU. 
          AND I'VE GOT A LITTLE SURPRISE FOR YOU. 
          I INVITED A COUPLE OF OUR EXHIBITORS FROM LAST YEAR TO COME AND SAY A FEW WORDS. 
          AND I'VE GOT THE MEYER FAMILY HERE. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT'S, IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH YOU GUYS DIRECTLY AND ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY AND ALL THE OTHER LIVESTOCK EXHIBITORS, TO BE ABLE TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND ALSO THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO. 
          UH, AS SHE MENTIONED, THEY GIVE AWAY THOUSANDS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF SCHOLARSHIP MONEY. 
          AND, AND MY FAMILY HAS BEEN BLESSED TO WIN TWO OF THOSE $10,000 SCHOLARSHIPS. 
          SO NOT ONLY DO WE BELIEVE THAT, THAT WHAT WE DO IS, IS, UM, IS FOR OUR FUTURE. 
          MY WIFE AND I BELIEVE 
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THAT WE DON'T USE OUR CHILDREN TO RAISE LIVESTOCK. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY USING THE LIVESTOCK TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN. 
          AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED AND THAT THEY'VE LEARNED AND THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE, AND THE JOY AND THE COMPANIONSHIP AND THE STRIFE THAT THEY'VE HAD DURING THAT TIME IS, IS MAKING THEM BETTER PEOPLE. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT A TEXTBOOK, A CLASS, AN XBOX GAME THAT'S GONNA TEACH SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE LEARNED, UM, DOING THIS. 
          AND SO WE JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY SAY THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS AND TO THE STOCK SHOW AND RODEO FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR, OF OUR YOUTH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT. 
          UH, AND I ALSO WANNA SAY HOW PROUD WE ARE TO BE AN OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DURING THIS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
          UH, WE HAVE USED A FEW OF YOUR, YOUR THINGS ON SOME OF OUR IMMEDIATE, UH, POSTS THAT WE HAVE, OUR VOLUNTEER BADGES EVEN HAVE THE NUMBER 300 ON 'EM. 
          SO, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE WITH THAT. 
          SO, DAILY SCHEDULES, SA RODEO.COM, DOWNLOAD OUR APP AND MARK IT ON YOUR CALENDAR FEBRUARY THE EIGHTH THROUGH THE 25TH. 
          AND AS WE LIKE TO SAY, LET'S RODEO SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE, WE HAVE A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT'D LIKE TO CHIME IN. 
          WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON THE CHAMBERS. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GRO, I DO, UH, WANNA JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE AND FOR ALL OF THE WORK AND THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL OF YOUR 6,000 VOLUNTEERS, WHICH YOU ARE REPRESENTING HERE TODAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU TO THE MEYER FAMILY FOR BEING HERE, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WORK. 
          UM, WE JUST HAD THE SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS AND WHAT IS A BETTER PICTURE OF SUSTAINABILITY THAN WHAT WE ARE TEACHING HERE WITH OUR SAN ANTONIO STOCK, UH, LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO. 
          AND, UH, IT'S ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, IT'S ABOUT AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY AS WELL. 
          SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE INSTILLING IN YOUR FAMILY AND THE LEGACY THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE WITH YOUR FAMILY. 
          BUT WHAT THE LEGACY THAT YOU ALL YOU AMBASSADORS ARE PROMOTING HERE IN OUR CITY, UM, $186 MILLION FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. 
          CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. 
          AND IT DOES IMPACT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS AND OUR COUNTY AND OUR WHOLE ENTIRE REGION AND COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          UM, AND I HAVE TO SAY, THERE ARE THREE PHRASES THAT EVERY SAN ANTONIAN, UH, GOOD SAN ANTONIO KNOWS, THAT'S GHOST SPURS, GO VIVA FIESTA, AND LET'S RODEO SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
           COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, I HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE RODEO. 
          I ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS IN THE, UH, BARBECUE COOKOFF AWESOME. 
          AND, UH, I NEVER WON, NEVER WON AT 300 TEAMS. BUT, UH, UH, THAT'S JUST ONE PART OF THE RODEO. 
          AND, AND THE OVERALL, UH, FAMILY ATMOSPHERE AND THE FUN THAT FOLKS HAVE OUT THERE IS JUST FANTASTIC. 
          AND, AND MY HAT'S OFF TO THE FOLKS THAT PUT THIS THING ON AND WORK, UH, ALL YEAR LONG TO, UH, MAKE THIS A SPECIAL AND SUCCESSFUL EVENT. 
          SO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH AND, UH, GOOD LUCK AND LET'S RODEO. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY FEBRUARY'S SUCH A WONDERFUL TIME BECAUSE OF RODEO HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE, UH, THE MEYER FAMILY TO SPEAK TO WHAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, WHICH WE, WHEN WE'RE ON THE DIOCESE, AND WE'RE CONGRATULATING YOU ALL ONCE A YEAR, WHICH IS, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE MONEY YOU RAISED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT, UH, SINCE THE YEARS, YEARS THAT HAVEVE BEEN ON COUNCIL, THAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO MEET SOME OF THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE BENEFITED FROM THAT. 
          UH, ALTHOUGH MR. MYERS LOOKS LIKE HE'S A LITTLE BIG FOR THE MUTTON BUSTING COMPETITION, , SO I'M , I'M SURE, I'M SURE THAT THERE WAS, UH, THE LIVE EXPOSITION THAT REALLY PUT HIM OVER THE EDGE. 
          BUT THANK YOU ALL AGAIN, UH, FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT. 
          WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE YOU IN THE CHAMBERS, BUT MOST HONORED. 
          YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY THE CHAMBERS ARE FILLED WITH A BUNCH OF CLOWNS. 
          UH, BUT TODAY WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE PROFESSIONAL CLOWN  AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM HERE IN THE CHAMBER. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR SUCH A RICH AND WELCOMING TRADITION THAT WE'VE ALL ENJOYED OVER THE YEARS. 
          THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY AND THERE'S NOT MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN TRULY SAY WITHOUT A DOUBT EMPIRICALLY THAT SAN ANTONIO IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST AT. 
          BUT FOR 13 IN A YEARS IN A ROW, DESPITE ALL THE RODEOS ACROSS AMERICA, SAN ANTONIO IS TRULY THE BEST. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          TURN AROUND THE MAYOR. 
          COME 
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MAYOR'S. 
          THE MAYOR'S GOTTA HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          MUCH SO MUCH FOR COMING. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR, VERY MUCH. 
          NICE TO MEET YOU COUNCILWOMAN. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL IS GONNA MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AS I SEE SOME OF THE FOLKS FROM MUES WHO ARE ON THEIR WAY OUT. 
          WE JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          SURE, THANK YOU. 
          I WANTED TO BEGIN, UH, WE DIDN'T SET ASIDE SOME TIME FOR, WE SKIPPED OVER THE SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS AND WE DID WANT TO, WE WERE GOING TO GROUP ALL OUR COMMENTS TOGETHER. 
          SO I APOLOGIZE THAT WE, YOU HAD TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT. 
          I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE WINNERS, UH, THE ONES THAT ARE HERE AND NOT HERE WITH US TODAY, BUT ESPECIALLY, UH, MUES. 
          THAT BUILDING IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. 
          I'VE SEEN YOUR WORK AT, UM, AT THE PEACE MARKET, UH, JUST THIS PAST, UH, CHRISTMAS, VERY INSPIRED BY IT. 
          AND I, I IMAGINE HAVING A ROOM AND A SPACE LIKE THAT REALLY HELPS YOU IN, IN YOUR WORK. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING A, FOR WHAT YOU DO, UH, BUT FOR B, TAKING THE LEADERSHIP IN MAKING THAT BUILDING WHAT IT IS TODAY, IT'S A MODEL FOR, FOR FUTURE BUILDINGS. 
          AND I ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE THAT DOUG MELNICK IS GON, UH, GAVE US IN TERMS OF DOING THINGS LIKE THAT IN OUR OWN DISTRICT. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO ALSO LIKE TO MAKE SOME HELP. 
          YEAH, I, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU. 
          I GOT TO SEE THE PROGRESS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT BUILDING. 
          UH, QUITE, QUITE IMPRESSIVE. 
          UH, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, KNOWING, UH, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT PUT THAT TOGETHER WITH, WITH LOVE AND, AND AND, AND THE SPIRIT, UH, IN WHICH THAT CAME TOGETHER IS JUST TREMENDOUS. 
          JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU. 
          IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR, FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SO, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT GIFT TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          OH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          I GOT TO SEE IT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION. 
          BY FAR THE ADOBE WAS MY FAVORITE OF THE AWARDS TONIGHT. 
          GREAT JOB. 
          THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE, UH, BEGINNING OF OUR CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. 
          IT IS.
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