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          GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY THE EIGHTH. 
          IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE BE SEATED. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TNO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SALDANA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY MAYOR NUREMBERG MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          THE TIME IS 9:11 AM ON THIS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH. 
          CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CONVENE FOR ITS A SESSION. 
          WE'LL BEGIN WITH 
          [1. Invocation]
AN INVOCATION GUEST OF COUNCILMAN JOHN, COURAGE IN DISTRICT NINE, REVEREND ARTHUR GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, REVEREND ARTHUR JAY GONZALEZ. 
          UH, PASTOR ART IS A NATIVE OF SAN ANTONIO, BORN AND RAISED, AND HE'S A GRADUATE OF CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL AND LOYOLA UNIVERSITY IN NEW ORLEANS. 
          AS A DISTINGUISHED MILITARY GRADUATE, HE RECEIVED A REGULAR ARMY COMMISSION AND HAS SERVED IN A VARIETY OF COMMANDS IN STAFF AND ADVISORY POSITIONS WORLDWIDE. 
          OVER A 20 YEAR CAREER. 
          HE RETIRED FROM ACTIVE DUTY WITH THE RANK OF MAJOR IN 1997. 
          SINCE HIS RETIREMENT FROM ACTIVE DUTY, HE'S WORKED AS SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES. 
          THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A REGIONAL CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY GROUP, AND AS THE DEAN OF STUDENTS AT ST. 
          GERARD'S HIGH SCHOOL, HE IS CURRENTLY THE DIRECTOR OF PASTORAL MINISTRIES AT CORNERSTONE CHURCH, RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL PASTORAL CARE AND SUPPORT FOR A CONGREGATION OF OVER 20,000. 
          HE'S ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE OF THE SAN ANTONIO CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP FORUM AND A VICE CHAIR OF THE SA 2020 COMMISSION COMMISSION ON FAMILY WELLBEING. 
          AND, UH, HE REPRESENTS DISTRICT NINE ON THAT COMMISSION. 
          HE'S MARRIED TO CJ MILLER AND THEY HAVE FOUR CHILDREN, ANTHONY, DANIEL, JOSEPH, AND THERESA. 
          AND THANK YOU REVEREND GONZALEZ FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. 
          HONOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MADAM MANAGER CITY STAFF. 
          ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS AND CONGREGANTS OF MY CHURCH, CORNERSTONE, I BRING YOU ALL BLESSINGS. 
          IT IS MY HONOR, NOT ONLY AS A PASTOR, BUT AS A NATIVE SON OF SAN ANTONIO TO OFFER THE INVOCATION IN THIS VERY HOLLOWED PLACE. 
          THE APOSTLE PAUL TELLS US IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS CHAPTER 13 VERSE ONE, THIS STATEMENT, LET EVERY SOUL BE SUBJECT TO THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES FOR THERE IS NO AUTHORITY EXCEPT FROM GOD AND THE AUTHORITIES THAT EXIST ARE APPOINTED BY GOD. 
          BUT THIS IN MIND, LET US PRAY, GOD, HEAR OUR PRAYER, YOU WHO SET THE HEAVENS IN MOTION. 
          YOU WHO CREATED THIS EARTH AND ALL THE RESOURCES IN IT TO YOU. 
          WE GIVE THANKS AND PRAISE THIS DAY. 
          WE ASK YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS CHAMBER AND YOUR BLESSING ON THESE, YOUR SERVANTS. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE THANK YOU FOR GRANTING US THE RESPONSIBILITY TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF YOUR RESOURCES RIGHT HERE WHERE WE LIVE. 
          HELP US TODAY, LORD, TO BE GOOD SERVANT LEADERS TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE PRAY, LORD, THAT IN THE COMING SEASON, THIS COUNCIL WILL DECIDE AND ACT FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED TO SERVE THE MEN, THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF SAN ANTONIO, WHO PLACE THEM HERE. 
          GIVE THESE YOUR ELECTED THE GRACE, MERCY, AND STRENGTH TO CHOOSE THAT NO CHILD NEED EVER BE AFRAID OR FORGOTTEN, THAT NO MOTHER NEED CRY FOR HER CHILDREN. 
          THAT NO FATHER FEEL BURDENED OR HOPELESS AS HE WORKS TO PROVIDE AND CARE FOR HIS FAMILY, THAT NO ONE, NO CITIZEN UNDER THEIR GOD-GIVEN AUTHORITY, LACK FOR ANY GOOD THING. 
          WE WILL REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE CARE FOR EVEN THE LEAST OF THESE, WE CARE FOR THEM IN YOUR NAME AS IF WE DID IT FOR YOU. 
          THEREFORE, MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 
          MAY THE LORD KEEP YOU. 
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MAY THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE TO SHINE UPON YOU. 
          BE GRACIOUS TO YOU. 
          MAY THE LORD TURN HIS FACE TO YOU AND GIVE YOU HIS PEACE THIS DAY AND EVERY DAY FORWARD. 
          MAY THE LORD GUIDE YOUR HEARTS, GIVE YOU WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT TO LEAD WELL THIS DAY. 
          MAY THE LORD BLESS THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS. 
          IT IS IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT I PRAY. 
          AMEN. 
          [2. Pledge of Allegiance]
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC. 
          IT JUST STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU REVEREND GONZALEZ. 
          WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS TIME, THE 
          [3. Approval of Minutes for the City Council Regular Meetings of
December 6 - 7, 2017 and December 13 - 14, 2017.]
FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OF DECEMBER 6TH AND SEVENTH AND DECEMBER 13TH THROUGH 14TH. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MINUTES OF 6, 7, 13, AND 14. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          I'LL ASK YOUR 
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COURTESY NOW AND HAVE A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE. 
          UM, THIS PAST AUGUST, SEVERAL TEXAS CITIES WERE IMPACTED BY HURRICANE HARVEY. 
          AND AS MANY OF YOU KNEW, THE CITY'S SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT DEPLOYED OVER 60 PIECES OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND EMPLOYEES TO HOUSTON. 
          UNDER THE VERY CAPABLE DIRECTION OF, UH, DIRECTOR DAVID MCCURY, THEY WORKED TO CLEAR VOLUMES OF DEBRIS MEASURED, MEASURING 50 FOOTBALL FIELDS 10 FEET HIGH AND TOTALING 20,000 TONS. 
          THROUGHOUT THIS SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO RECEIVE NORMAL GARBAGE RECYCLING AND ORGANIC COLLECTION SERVICES. 
          TODAY WE WELCOME HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT E REPRESENTATIVE DAVE MARTIN, WHO COMES, UH, WITH GRATITUDE ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF HOUSTON COUNCIL MEMBER MARMAR, EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN WAS INTEGRAL IN FACILITATING THE CLEANUP AND HIS RESIDENTS WERE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE ASSISTANCE. 
          SO MUCH SO THEY HAVE ARRANGED A POLICE ESCORT TO ENSURE OUR CREWS GOT ON THE ROAD HOME SAFELY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR TEAM'S TIME FOR COMING DOWN TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, WE FEEL A KINSHIP WITH ALL OF OUR GULF COAST NEIGHBORS THROUGHOUT THIS, UH, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME AND OFFERING THE GRATITUDE OF HOUSTON. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ALSO IS A NATIVE OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, AND WE HAD A, A, UH, BIT OF TIME THIS MORNING TALKING ABOUT THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO THAT EVENT AS WELL. 
          SO COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU. 
          IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME AND ADDRESS OUR COUNCIL, WE'D BE GRATEFUL. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR NIRENBERG AND THANK YOU FELLOW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          WHERE DO I BEGIN? I MEAN, TO COME HERE AND TO SHOW GRATITUDE FOR A GROUP OF GENTLEMEN AND LADIES WHO DID JUST A TREMENDOUS JOB FOR US, UH, AS A NATIVE OF NEW ORLEANS AND AS SOMEONE WHO LIVED IN HOUSTON FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS, I REPRESENT THE FURTHEST NORTH AREA IN HOUSTON CALLED KINGWOOD, AND ALSO THE FURTHEST SOUTH AREA CALLED CLEAR LAKE KINGWOOD, SURROUNDED BY A NUMBER OF LAKES AND THEN CLEAR LAKE, OF COURSE, NEAR THE GULF OF MEXICO. 
          AND ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 28TH, WE EXPERIENCED A TRAUMATIC EVENT WHERE FOLKS WENT TO BED AT NIGHT AND DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, THE SUN WAS SHINING THAT DAY AND THEY THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS GONNA BE OKAY. 
          AND THEN THE NEXT MORNING THEY STEPPED OUT OF THEIR BEDS TO TWO, THREE FEET OF WATER, OF FILTHY FLOOD WATER THAT HIT THEIR HOUSES. 
          SO THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN THE LATE SIXTIES AND EARLY SEVENTIES THAT OUR AREA HAS EVER FLOODED. 
          SO WE WERE VERY INEXPERIENCED IN HOW TO DO THE REMEDIATION. 
          AND ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, UH, OUR ANGELS, SO AS SOMEONE WHO, UH, I ALSO WENT TO LOYOLA UNIVERSITY IN NEW ORLEANS AND, UH, WAS TAUGHT BY THE JESUITS, AND I DO REALIZE THAT SAN ANTONIO AND ST. 
          ANTHONY IS THE, THE PATRON OF LOST THINGS. 
          AND WE WERE LOST. 
          AND THESE FOLKS RIGHT HERE, THE FOLKS WITH SOLID WASTE, OUR ANGELS CAME IN TO SAVE US. 
          SO IMAGINE THE 70 YEAR OLD COUPLE THAT HAD FIVE FEET OF FLOOD WATER IN THEIR HOUSE, SINGLE STORY HOUSE IN THEIR FRONT LAWN WERE THEIR WEDDING PICTURES FROM 50 YEARS AGO. 
          THEIR PICTURES OF THEIR KIDS, THEIR GRANDKIDS, EVERYTHING THAT WAS 
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IN THEIR LIFE WAS SITTING IN A 10 FOOT PILE OF TRASH SITTING ON THEIR FRONT LAWN. 
          AND THE FIRST THING THEY WANTED MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WAS TO GET THOSE THAT DEBRIS AWAY FROM THEIR FRONT LAWN SO THEY COULD BEGIN THE NEW PROCESS AND GET THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS HOUSE BACK TO SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY, WHICH WE'D NEVER SEE AGAIN. 
          SO ON THAT SUNDAY, WHEN THESE GENTLEMEN CAME IN FORCE, UM, THE THINGS THAT THEY DID, I CANNOT BEGIN TO STAND HERE AND TELL YOU HOW HONORED AND HOW PRIVILEGED I AM TO BE HERE TODAY TO REPRESENT FOLKS THAT WENT THROUGH THIS TRAUMATIC EVENT. 
          AND THESE FOLKS CAME IN AND BUSTED THEIR TAIL, WORKED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 14 HOURS A DAY, AND I WAS THERE EVERY DAY TO SEE IT. 
          DID IT WITH A SMILE ON THEIR FACE, WENT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE MOST POSITIVE SPIRIT, MOST ORGANIZED, THE MOST ORGANIZED PROCESS I HAVE EVER SEEN WORKING IN ANY CITY. 
          THEY, YOU GUYS PUT US TO SHAME. 
          WHAT, WHAT THESE GENTLEMEN WITH SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DID WAS BEYOND RECOGNITION. 
          SO IT'S MY PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO TALK ABOUT DAVE MCCARRY, DAVE NEWMAN, MY MAIN MAN, ANTHONY, WHO WAS THERE EVERY DAY. 
          ANDREW, I'M SORRY, WHO WAS THERE EVERY DAY. 
          AND JESUS, ONE OF THE LADIES, AS THEY HEARD I WAS COMING HERE TODAY, REMINDED ME OF THE STORY. 
          AND AS TWO WEEKS WENT BY AND EVERYBODY WAS CALLING ME, YOU GUYS ON AND LADIES ON CITY COUNCIL KNOW YOU DON'T GET ALL THE GOOD COMMENTS. 
          IT'S LIKE, WHEN ARE YOU COMING TO PICK UP MY TRASH? IT'S BEEN SITTING ON MY LAWN FOR THREE DAYS, FOUR DAYS, WE'RE NOT MIRACLE WORKERS, BUT THE LADY WHO CALLED ME THAT AFTERNOON AND SAID, HOW APPROPRIATE IS FOR A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF JESUS JESUS TO COME PICK UP MY TRASH AND TO BEGIN MY NEW LIFE? SO IT'S MY HONOR TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, SYLVESTER TURNER, TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION TO, TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO IF YOU'D ALLOW ME JUST TO READ A FEW WORDS. 
          ON THE WEEKEND OF AUGUST 26TH, THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA EXPERIENCED A LIFE-ALTERING NATURAL DISASTER. 
          HOUSTONIANS DEALT WITH DEVASTATING LOSSES DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE HARVEY. 
          THROUGH COMPASSIONATE CITIES WILLING TO SERVE DURING ITS DIFFICULT TIME, HOUSTON REMAINED RESILIENT IN ITS RECOVERY EFFORTS. 
          ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT CAME TO THE AID OF HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT E WHERE THE KINGWOOD COMMUNITY HAD BEEN DEVASTATED DUE TO THE EXTREME FLOODING. 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SENT NEARLY 100 MEMBERS OF THEIR SKILLED SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT, 15 GRAPPLERS, 45 DUMP TRUCKS, EVEN IN NEW TERRITORY. 
          THEY DESCENDED UPON LAKE HOUSTON IN AN EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL MANAGER MANNER. 
          I'LL TELL YOU THIS, BY THE END OF FOUR DAYS, THESE GUYS KNEW THE AREA I LIVED IN FOR 30 YEARS BETTER THAN I DID. 
          I WOULD MEET WITH THEM IN THE MORNING AND I'D SAY, OKAY, WHERE ARE WE GONNA GO? HE SAID, NO, DAVE, WE'RE GONNA GO SHELTER IN OAKS TO WILLOW TERRACE. 
          THEY KNEW THE STREETS BETTER THAN I DID. 
          IT WAS AMAZING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WITNESSED AS A CITY DURING THIS TIME. 
          THE SAN ANTONIO CREWS WERE WORKING 10 HOURS DAYS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES IN COMFORT OF HOMES. 
          WE HAD FACEBOOK POSTS FROM YOUR WIVES THAT SAID, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING OUR HUSBANDS TO DO THIS. 
          AND I WENT, MY GOD. 
          AND YOU'RE THANKING US. 
          ARE YOU KIDDING? THAT'S THE SPIRIT OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THAT'S THE SPIRIT OF WHAT YOU FOLKS SEE EVERY DAY, AND WE THANK YOU AND CONTINUE TO THANK YOU AS WE GO THROUGH THE RECOVERY EFFORTS. 
          SO ON FROM FEBRUARY 8TH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL BE HONORED FOR ITS SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT DURING HURRICANE HARVEY RECOVERY EFFORTS. 
          THE CITY OF HOUSTON COMMENDS AND APPRECIATES THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR THEIR COMPASSION DURING THIS HISTORIC DISASTER. 
          AND AS SELFLESS SELFLESSNESS IS GREATLY APPRECIATED BY MANY PEOPLE WHO BENEFITED FROM THEIR UNWAVERING GENEROSITY. 
          THEREFORE, I, SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 8TH, 2018 AS CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DAY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AS A CITY. 
          WE LEARN FROM YOU, WE'RE BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH YOU AND EVERYTHING WE DO, AND, UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. 
          OUR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, UM, NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF A RENOVATION AFTER COMING HERE, . 
          BUT, UH, MORE IMPORTANTLY THANK YOU TO THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO AND THESE FOLKS RIGHT HERE, ANDREW, DAVID, JAVIER, DAVID, I MEAN THE DAVE FORCE WE USED TO REFER TO HIM AS. 
          BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S A BLESSING AND AN HONOR TO BE HERE, MAYOR. 
          SO I PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PROCLAMATION, SO THANK YOU. 
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UH, HOLD ON FOR, FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER REAL QUICK. 
          I WANT YOU GUYS TO STAND AND TURN AROUND SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE YOU. 
          UM, YOU ALL ARE TRULY AMBASSADORS FOR THE CITY. 
          EVERYBODY IN EVERY POSITION IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A HERO, UH, FOR THOSE IN NEED. 
          AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR RISING TO THE OCCASION. 
          YOU MAKE OUR CITY PROUD. 
          AND, AND MAYOR, I HAVE, I HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THESE GUYS. 
          NOT ALONG, NOT ONLY WITH THE PROCLAMATION, BUT IT'S A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATE AND APPRECIATION FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY THAT THEY WORKED IN AND RECOGNITION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT FOR ASSISTED PROV ASSISTANCE PROVIDED POST HARVEY IN KINGWOOD, TEXAS. 
          THE CITY OF HOUSTON WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR EFFORTS KNOWS WHERE THAT LIGHT IS, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          GREAT. 
          AND THEN WE WANNA BRING IN THE REST OF THE YEAH, THE WHOLE, YEAH, COME ON, COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'LL GET ON THE OTHER SIDE. 
          COUNCILMAN, I'M GONNA GET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF DAVE. 
          I NEED TO TIPPY TOE ONCE YOU GUYS COME BIT. 
          LET'S, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. 
          ANGLE THE FRAME DOWN. 
          TINY. 
          YEAH, THAT 1, 2, 3. 
          FRED, FRED, CAN I GET, I DON'T DO ANYTHING. 
          HEY, 2, 3, 1 MORE. 
          THANKS. 
          THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME. 
          PLEASE GET OUR BEST. 
          OH, YOU KNOW IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS SPEAK TO. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO TAKE UP AND MONOPOLIZE SOME OF YOUR MEETING. 
          I KNOW HOW BUSY YOU ARE, BUT FOR THE LAST, NOT THE LAST, HOPEFULLY THE LAST TIME I'LL EVER DO THIS, I'D LIKE TO SIT HERE AND PUT ON MY JACKET THAT I WORE EACH AND EVERY DAY WHEN I WORK WITH THESE FOLKS. 
          AND, UH, AND I'M HONORED TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE. 
          UM, WE ADMIRE YOU AND, UH, AND THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU ALLOWED YOUR PEOPLE TO DO FOR US. 
          REMARKABLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, WE HAVE SOME, WE HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS STARTING WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SALANA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, COUNCILMAN MARTIN. 
          I GOTTA SAY, WE NEED TO INVITE YOU TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS. 
          YOU'VE, UH, YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THIS CHAMBER A REAL SPIRIT OF, UH, OF GRACIOUSNESS AND GRATITUDE THAT, UH, I, I DON'T THINK WE CONSIDER EVERY TIME WE COME IN TO DO THE MINUTIAE AND THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OF THIS CITY. 
          BUT WITHIN THE MINUTIAE, IN THE WEEDS OF THAT IS THE TRANSACTION OF, UH, FINDING REALLY GREAT PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE CITY. 
          AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, WHO IN MANY CASES ARE AMBASSADORS AND THE FRONT DOOR TO, UH, THE COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE WITH THEIR CITY GOVERNMENT. 
          BUT WE NEVER CONSIDERED, UH, I THINK EMERGENCIES AND, AND CRISIS DO THIS, IS THEY, THEY ALLOW US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND THAT WELCOME HAND AND, AND, AND HAND OF, UH, PROFESSIONALISM TO OUR NEIGHBORS, AND IN THIS CASE OUR NEIGHBOR, UH, IN HOUSTON AND IN KINGWOOD. 
          SO 
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WE ARE, WE NEVER MISS A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT OUR SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT. 
          I I THINK EVERY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT IT'S ONE OF OUR STRONGEST DEPARTMENTS LED WITH STRONG LEADERSHIP, UH, FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM. 
          AND I NEVER MISS A CHANCE TO, TO TALK ABOUT THE HEROIC UNSUNG HEROES BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS THE DEFINITION OF AN UNSUNG HERO. 
          FOLKS THAT TYPICALLY DON'T GET THE SONG SANG THAT YOU'VE BEEN SINGING FOR THESE FOLKS TODAY. 
          AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT BECAUSE MANY OF THE FOLKS WHO WORK AT SOLID WASTE, I COUNT AS MY CONSTITUENTS IN MY DISTRICT, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS OF MINE, FRIENDS OF MINE. 
          AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S A REAL HONOR TO HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER FROM ANOTHER CITY COME AND LAY TESTAMENT AND ENDORSE, UH, THE GREAT WORK THAT WE SEE EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          SO, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MARTIN FOR, FOR COMING HERE. 
          AND WE, WE TRULY, TRULY DO, UH, THINK WE SHOULD INVITE YOU BACK TO EVERY, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS. 
          I'LL, I'LL BE GLAD TO. 
          HEY, I FORGOT TO DO SOMETHING. 
          I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY STAFF REAL QUICK. 
          OH, PLEASE. 
          THAT JOINED ME TODAY. 
          A NUMBER OF 'EM HAVE SAN ANTONIO TIES, MY CHIEF OF STAFF, JESSICA BEAMER, GRADUATE OF U T S A UNDERGRADUATE AND MASTERS. 
          JORDAN MCGINTY, NATIVE OF SAN ANTONIO, ALAMO HEIGHTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. 
          AND CATHERINE CUNNINGHAM, WHO IS MY DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, SHE'S FROM NEW YORK, SO WE'LL FORGIVE HER FROM THAT. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR THOSE ENDEARING COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SALDANA. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY, AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO, UH, ALL THE FOLKS FROM SAN ANTONIO THAT WENT, UH, TO HOUSTON. 
          MY STEPSON LIVES IN HOUSTON, AND SENT ME A TEXT, UH, WHEN, A FEW DAYS AFTER THE HURRICANE AND SAID THANK YOU TO ALL THE FOLKS, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO WHO ARE ASSISTING WITH THE CLEANUP. 
          WE, UH, WE SEE TRUCKS THAT SAY CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, ALL OVER HOUSTON, AND WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR, FOR THAT. 
          AND HE IS, UM, AND WORKS IN UNDERWATER WELDING. 
          AND WHEN THE STORM HAPPENED, HIS ALL HIS WORK GOT REDIRECTED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          SO, UH, IT WAS REALLY MEANINGFUL TO ME PERSONALLY, UM, THAT, UH, OUR TEAM WENT OUT AND HELPED OVER THERE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY THANK, UH, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT DID THE WORK. 
          I KNEW THAT WE HAD TEAMS OVER THERE. 
          OF COURSE, WE ALL KNEW THAT WE HAD TEAMS OVER THERE, BUT WE DON'T, WE DON'T ACTUALLY SEE THE PEOPLE, THE FACES, UH, OF THE FOLKS WHO WENT AND PHYSICALLY DID THE WORK. 
          SO THANKS FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO, TO OUR CITY AND TO THE STATE, UH, AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCILMAN PALAI. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE DRIVE. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES TRAFFIC, UH, OUT OF YOUR CITY AND INTO OURS CAN BE A HASSLE. 
          I WOULD'VE CRAWLED HERE TO DO THIS . 
          UH, AND I I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, FOR ME, HARVEY WAS VERY PERSONAL. 
          I'VE GOT FAMILY IN HOUSTON WHOSE HOMES WERE SWEPT AWAY. 
          I THINK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM KNOWS A PERSON, UH, WHO GOT HIT IN THE GUT LIKE THAT. 
          WHAT I'VE BEEN KEEPING MY CLOSE EYE ON IS THE WAY THAT YOUR CITY HAS MANAGED TO ABSORB THAT KICK TO THE GUT, STAND UP, DUST ITSELF OFF, AND KEEP ON TRUCKING. 
          'CAUSE YOU STILL HAVE SERVICES, ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO DELIVER. 
          AND I, I ADMIRE THAT. 
          NOBODY OVER THERE GAVE UP. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING OVER HERE AND THANKING US, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT REALLY IS A NO BRAINER TO HELP YOU GUYS , UH, YOUR SUCCESS IS OURS. 
          UM, AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, WE'RE STILL GONNA BEAT YOU IN THE N B A FINALS AND, UH, SO SORRY, NOT SORRY. 
          I DID WATCH THE GAME AGAINST PHOENIX LAST NIGHT, SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW. 
          , THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 
          THANKS, MAN. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PELA. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE GREAT WORK THAT THE CITY, UH, HAS DONE. 
          AND CERTAINLY, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE THESE KIND OF, UH, ISSUES HAPPENING IN, IN BOTH OUR CITIES. 
          IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED, UH, BEFORE HURRICANE HARVEY. 
          WE HAD A TORNADO HIT OUR CITY, AND I CAN TELL YOU THE SAME TEAM, UH, RESPONDED, UH, WITH, WITH BRILLIANCE AND MAGNIFICENCE. 
          UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A GREAT TEAM. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M, I STILL REMEMBER A, A MOTTO THAT DAVID MCCAREY TOLD ME, UH, DURING THE RECOVERY OR THE RESPONSE. 
          AND THAT WAS, IT'S, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE EMERGENCY, IT'S ABOUT THE RESPONSE. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THESE GUYS LIVE THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR, FOR COMING TO VISIT WITH US. 
          I KNOW THAT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL GOOD NEIGHBORS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO, COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, VERY APPRECIATIVE. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE, UH, TODAY. 
          AND I, I, YOU KNOW, I DO THINK, ASIDE FROM THE ROCKETS TYPE THING, BUT I THINK IT'S AWESOME THAT, UH, UH, ON THE EIGHTH WILL BE SAN ANTONIO DAY IN HOUSTON. 
          I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CLASSIC, BUT WE'RE VERY, UH, WE'RE 
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VERY PROUD OF YOU, AND I THINK YOU MAKE ALL OF TEXAS PROUD. 
          AND, AND I KNOW THAT THE, THE CREWS WE SENT OVER THERE, I MEAN THESE, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT DAVID AND HIS TEAM IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF UNSUNG JOBS THAT WE DO IN CITY GOVERNANCE. 
          UH, AND SOLID WASTE IS LIKE ONE OF THE, THE LEADERS AT THE TOP OF THAT PACK. 
          LIKE, I WALK OUT EVERY MORNING, MY TRASH CAN'S OVERFLOWING, AND MY, MY KID DOESN'T GET IT ALL IN THERE. 
          AND THE GUY PULLS UP, HE'S GOTTA WORK AROUND CARS TO GET IN AND OUTTA NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEY'RE DOING THOSE LITTLE THINGS, UH, THAT YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT EVERY DAY. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU COME IN HERE AND YOU TELL A STORY ABOUT HOW THAT LITTLE THING SUDDENLY BECOMES EVERYTHING, UH, I THINK IT KIND OF PUT ME BACK A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE SURE I REMEMBER TO ALWAYS THANK, UH, THE GUYS AT SOLID WASTE. 
          I MEAN, AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN RUNNING AROUND CITY HALL, THEY'VE BEEN KILLING IT. 
          WHAT DID, UH, WHAT WAS THOSE COUNCILMAN SALANI CALLED HIM THE ROCKSTAR RUBBISH, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? . 
          IT WAS, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 
          WE'RE VERY PROUD OF DAVID AND THE TEAM. 
          UH, AND DON'T THANK FOR A MINUTE. 
          THE WORK YOU DO IS NOT NOTICE. 
          I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THIS, BUT YOU KNOCK IT OUT EVERY DAY FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU. 
          AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR HONORING US, UH, WITH OUR DAY TOMORROW IN YOUR CITY. 
          BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERY DAY FOR EVERY CITY, FOR EACH OTHER AS TEXANS. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND SAFE JOURNEY. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCK, HOUSE, COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND SHARING THOSE WORDS AND REMINDING US OF WHAT GREAT GIFTS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          YOU ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WONDERFUL AMBASSADORS. 
          THANK YOUR FAMILIES FOR, UM, HAVING THAT TIME OFF BECAUSE THAT WAS A SACRIFICE FOR ALL OF YOU TO DO THAT. 
          UM, MUCH SUCCESS ON THE REBUILDING EFFORTS FOR YOUR CITY AND FOR KINGWOOD AND THE ENTIRE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          AND I WANT TO, UM, THANK, PLEASE SEND OUR THANKS TO, TO MAYOR TURNER AND OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES, UM, AT THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS REALLY DOES, I THINK, HIGHLIGHT THE INDEPENDENT TEXAS SPIRIT THAT WE HAVE AND THAT WE CAN SHARE AND THIS COMRADERY. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND FOR SHARING THAT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS. 
          UH, A LOT OF MY FELLOW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE REALLY NOT HAPPY WITH ME BECAUSE AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, THEY WERE YELLING, WHEN CAN WE GET SAN ANTONIO TO COME TO OUR AREA, ? SO THEY WERE VERY MUCH IN DEMAND. 
          WELL, ONCE THEY COME OVER HERE, I THINK WE CAN, UH, HAVE THOSE NEGOTIATIONS. 
          SO THANK YOU, . 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GRO AND COUNCILMAN SHAW. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, MANNY, UH, I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN PIUS. 
          WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION IN THE BACK LATER ON ABOUT THAT, THAT GAME. 
          . 
          UM, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HOUSTON ON THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          I WENT TO SHARPSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I WENT TO TEXAS SOUTHERN, AND I GRADUATED TEXAS SOUTHERN LAW SCHOOL. 
          UM, SO I'VE BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL HURRICANES. 
          I REMEMBER IKE, I REMEMBER ALLISON. 
          I REMEMBER AS A KID THE WATER GETTING SO HIGH THAT WE USED TO JUMP OFF OUR ROOF INTO THE WATER AND THOUGHT IT WAS, IT WAS FUN. 
          IT WAS A POOL. 
          AND THEN WE ALL GO TAKE A BATH IN CANDLELIGHTS. 
          UM, HARVEY REALLY HIT 'EM, MY FAMILY VERY HARD. 
          AND SO I'VE SAT DOWN AND TALKED TO THE, UM, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. 
          AND, UM, I, I, I DAMN NEAR CRIED BECAUSE THE, THE WORK THAT THEY DID FOR THE HOUSTON AREA, IT'S VERY TOUCHING, IT'S VERY SUPPORTIVE. 
          UM, EVEN TO THIS DAY, WE STILL HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT MADE WHOLE AGAIN, BUT WITH THE SUPPORT OF, OF THE CITY OF, OF HOUSTON, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THEY'RE GETTING THERE. 
          AND I THINK WHAT IT SHOWS MOST IMPORTANTLY, REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, RELIGION, WE ALL CAME TOGETHER AS ONE CITY, ONE TEXAS, TO, TO HELP THOSE WHO COULDN'T HELP THEMSELVES DUE TO NO FAULT, DUE TO NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. 
          BUT WE'RE ONE TEXAS. 
          AND I, I'M SO PROUD OF, OF SOLID WASTE. 
          I'M SO PROUD OF OUR TEAM, AND I'M SO PROUD OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON STEPPING UP AND NOT ONLY OVERCOMING THAT TRAGEDY, BUT ALSO WINNING THE WORLD SERIES. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SHAW, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN AND TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR TAKING THE TIME TO, TO VISIT WITH US. 
          AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE THE THANKS IS NOT DUE TO US, IS, IS OWED TO US, BUT REALLY TO OUR WORKERS, UH, IN SOLID WASTE. 
          AND MR. MCCAREY FOR, FOR TAKING THE LEADERSHIP TO TAKE EVERYONE DOWN THERE. 
          I JUST, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES KNOW THAT WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          LIKE THE COUNCILWOMAN SAID, IT WAS, IT WAS A SACRIFICE. 
          UM, SOMEONE ON, ON MY STAFF HAD A SPOUSE WHO WAS, UH, THERE FOR, FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, SO I KEPT GETTING UPDATES ABOUT HOW IT WAS GOING. 
          AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, TO ALL THOSE MEN WHO, WHO WERE OUT THERE. 
          WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOU MAKING US LOOK GOOD, BUT ALSO HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE, IN THE REBUILDING EFFORT. 
          SO BEST OF LUCK TO YOUR COMMUNITY, THANK YOU, AS THEY MOVE FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AFTER THIS, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          I TOO HAVE FAMILY DOWN AROUND THAT AREA AND, UH, IT WAS DEVASTATING AND, UH, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LONG TIME TO RECOVER, BUT, UH, 
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WITH OUR CREWS GOING DOWN THERE, THAT, THAT JUST SHOWS YOU THE, HOW WE AS TEXANS NEED TO WORK TOGETHER BETWEEN THE CITIES AND OFFERING A HAND OF HELP WHENEVER THE NEED IS OUT THERE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT CITIES HERE IN TEXAS. 
          SO IT MAKES ME PROUD TO BE A PART OF SAN ANTONIO AND OUR CREWS THAT HAVE GONE DOWN THERE, UH, TO HELP OUT WITH THAT SITUATION. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, GOD BLESS TEXAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          UH, DAVE, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HEARD THE MESSAGE THAT WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME TO COME HERE, AND YOU DO SEND OUR BEST WISHES BACK TO YOUR RESIDENTS AND, AND TO YOUR COUNCIL AND TO MAYOR TURNER. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO'S CELEBRATING ITS MILESTONE THIS YEAR. 
          IT'S TRICENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY, AND WE LIKE TO THINK THAT PART OF THAT IS A REFLECTION ON WHO WE HAVE BECOME AS A CITY. 
          AND THERE ARE CRITICAL MOMENTS IN OUR, IN OUR, IN OUR LIFE HERE AS SAN ANTONIANS. 
          ONE OF THEM CERTAINLY WAS THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO KATRINA. 
          UH, BUT YOU'VE REMINDED US ALSO THAT IN THOSE BLUE SHIRTS OVER THERE IS, IS THE RESPONSE TO THIS EVENT AS WELL. 
          WE LIVE TOGETHER AS NEIGHBORS, UH, AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO REMEMBER THAT AS PART OF OUR, UH, DEEP AND IMPORTANT HERITAGE. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE A, A PEN WE'D LIKE TO TAKE, UH, SEND YOU BACK WITH, UH, THAT COMMEMORATES THAT. 
          AND PLEASE KNOW THAT ANYTIME YOU OR YOUR COLLEAGUES WANT TO COME HERE, UH, THIS IS YOUR HOUSE TOO. 
          THANK YOU, DAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND MAYOR, AND, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          IT'S, UH, ALL I CAN SAY IS GOD BLESS YOU. 
          GOD BLESS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT WAS, UM, IT STILL IS DEVASTATING FOR US TO SEE THIS AND GO THROUGH IT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT BACK IN THEIR HOMES. 
          UH, WE HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL THAT HOUSES 5,000 PEOPLE THAT IS STILL CLOSED AND WE'RE BUSING THESE KIDS 20 MILES AWAY. 
          SO A LOT OF CHANGES AND UH, AND A LOT OF THINGS MORE TO COME. 
          AND I THINK BEING HERE TODAY, I THINK THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT CAN TAKE A GOOD EXAMPLE FROM THIS BODY THAT I'M PRESENT IN TODAY AND ALSO FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON AS WE WORK TOGETHER AND SHOW YOU WHAT TRUE COLLABORATION AND TRUE COOPERATION AND TRUE LOVE OF OUR FELLOW MAN IS ALL ABOUT. 
          SO MY LAST TWO WORDS WOULD BE, GOD BLESS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AT THIS TIME 
          [Consent Agenda]
I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS, UH, THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA SO FAR. 
          WE HAVE ONE ITEM FOR ACTION ON STAFF BRIEFING ITEM NUMBER FOUR, AND THEN FIVE THROUGH SEVEN. 
          UH, BEGIN THE ITEMS ON CONSENT. 
          ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED? 20 J AND K. 
          OKAY. 
          20. 
          20 J AND K. 
          OKAY. 
          OH, COUNCILMAN SINE. 
          ITEM NUMBER 16. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN GRO. 
          ITEM 17 AND 20 D AND 20 F. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          I HAD A QUESTION, MAYOR, WERE THERE A FEW OF THE ITEMS UNDER 20 THAT WERE ACTUALLY PULLED FROM THE AGENDA? COULD YOU READ WHAT THOSE WERE, PLEASE? YES. 
          ITEMS 20 G, 20 N, 20 OH AND 20 Q HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN AND WILL NOT BE ADDRESSED TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO? UH, DO WE HAVE FOUR POOL ALREADY? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          THANKS. 
          OKAY, SO I HAVE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS NUMBER 4, 16, 17, 20 D, 20 J, AND 20 K, 20 F, AND 20 F. 
          ALRIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS, UH, FOR WHICH FOLKS HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THAT ARE STILL ON CONSENT, SO WE'LL TAKE THOSE NOW. 
          UH, CLERK, IF YOU COULD HELP ME, UH, WE'LL START WITH JACK M FINGER. 
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IS JACK FINGER HERE? OKAY. 
          MOVE ON TO LORRAINE ROBLES. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I'M LORRAINE ROBLES. 
          I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION FOR THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY. 
          AND ON BEHALF OF SAHA AND OUR PARTNER DEVELOPER, N R P, WE WANNA THANK STAFF FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION IN SUPPORT OF AON LOFTS. 
          AON LOFTS IS PROPOSED AS A 85 UNIT MULTIFAMILY MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENT, UH, ON THE WEST SIDE. 
          UH, IT WILL BE LOCATED ALONG COLORADO AND EL PASO. 
          IT CONSISTS OF 18 PARCELS. 
          UH, CURRENTLY UNDER ACQUISITION BY THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY. 
          IT'S A $17 MILLION DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND AS I MENTIONED, IT'S A MULTI-FAMILY MIXED INCOME. 
          SO WE'LL PROVIDE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, NEW HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR OUR RESIDENTS ON THE WEST SIDE WHOSE INCOMES RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 30% OF MEDIAN INCOME UP TO MARKET RATE. 
          UM, AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF SAHA AND N R P, WE WANNA THANK, UH, STAFF SUPPORT AND WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL. 
          AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU MS. ROBLES. 
          THANK YOU, TRACY. 
          FINE. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM 20 L FOR NATIONAL CHURCH RESIDENCES OF BLANCO ROW. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU, MS. VINE. 
          RYAN WILSON. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS RYAN WILSON. 
          I'M WITH FRANKLIN DEVELOPMENT HERE IN TOWN, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON, UH, SUPPORT OF TWO DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BEING, UM, CONSIDERED TODAY FOR SUPPORT. 
          UH, JUST WANT TO SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE, ARE, UH, WILL JOIN ME IN THANKING YOUR STAFFS AS WELL AS CITY STAFF. 
          THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMPLEX, UH, IN NATURE AND TO SAY THEY ARE SOMETIMES EMOTIONALLY CHARGED IS PROBABLY AN UNDERSTATEMENT. 
          SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF AS WELL AS CITY STAFF FOR, UH, WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          IT'S DIFFICULT AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, UH, CLARIFICATION THOUGH, UH, MR. MAYOR, I HEARD YOU SAY EARLIER, WERE CERTAIN ITEMS PULLED FROM THE AGENDA? WHICH ONES WERE THOSE? CAN YOU REPEAT THOSE AGAIN? SURE, YEAH. 
          ITEMS 20 G, 20 N, 20 O AND 20 Q HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR, DID YOU SAY N OR M? N AS IN NANCY. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO REAL QUICK, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU REALIZE THAT THE WORK THAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE DOING ON THE GROUND AND GETTING SUPPORT FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          UM, OUR FIRST PROJECT I WANNA, UH, RELAY OUR SUPPORT FOR IS CALLED THE VILLAGES OF OVERLOOK. 
          IT'S A SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND, AND COUNCILMAN COURAGES, UM, DISTRICT. 
          WE HAVE SUPPORT OF THE, UH, UH, NEIGHBORING H O A IN SUMMER GLEN. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER ONE I WANT TO, UM, BE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON OR SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR IS ARTISAN AT RUIZ. 
          WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IN THAT DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT'S IN ACTUALLY DISTRICT ONE. 
          UM, UH, WHERE IS DISTRICT ONE HERE? UH, MR. TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, BUT IT'S ALSO REALLY CLOSE TO DISTRICT FIVE AS WELL. 
          UH, IT'S RIGHT ALMOST ON THE BORDER AND THE TWO NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS WE'RE WORKING WITH IN, IN PROSPECT HILL AND WEST SIDE, UM, HOPE AND ACTION ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WE, YOU HAVE OUR COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH BOTH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE SURE WE, UH, WE HAVE A PRODUCT THAT THE COMMUNITY LOVES AND, AND LIKES. 
          SO I THINK IF WE CAN SUPPORT THAT, IT'LL BE A BIG WIN FOR BOTH THOSE DISTRICTS. 
          AND I'M OBVIOUSLY HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. WILSON. 
          TIM ALCOTT. 
          HI, I AM TIM MALCO. 
          I'M THE DEVELOPMENT OF OFFICER FOR THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY. 
          I WANT TO ECHO RYAN'S COMMENTS. 
          THERE'S A TREMENDOUS NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          BOTH OF OUR DEVELOPMENTS BEFORE YOU AL AMAZON AND AR AND RUIZ IS GONNA PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. ALCOTT, JENNIFER GONZALEZ, JENNIFER GONZALEZ, BRAD MCMURRAY, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS BRAD MCMURRAY AND I'M WITH PROSPERA HOUSING COMMUNITY SERVICES. 
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I'M THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND WE ARE HERE TODAY JUST TO VOICE OUR SUPPORT FOR OUR PROJECT TO THE VILLAGE AT ROOSEVELT ON 57, UH, 1507 ROOSEVELT. 
          AND WE'RE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. MURRAY. 
          THAT IS EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP FOR ITEMS STILL ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          MOVE 
          [4. Ordinance approving a professional services agreement with Alderson & Associates, Inc. to perform a lighting study and develop a Downtown Lighting Master Plan for a total amount not to exceed $500,000.00 with the costs to be paid equally by the City and CPS Energy. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager]]
NOW TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          YES SIR. 
          ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ALDERSON AND ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED TO PERFORM A LIGHTING STUDY AND DEVELOP A DOWNTOWN LIGHTING MASTER PLAN FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 500,000 WITH THE COST TO BE PAID EQUALLY BY THE CITY AND C P S ENERGY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, AS EVERYONE EXITS THE UH, CHAMBER, IF YOU COULD PLEASE KEEP IT DOWN. 
          WE'VE GOT A PRESENTATION GOING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, GOOD MORNING. 
          THIS ITEM AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT WITH ALDERSON AND ASSOCIATES FOR A DOWNTOWN LIGHTING PLAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000. 
          THE NEED FOR A DOWNTOWN LIGHTING PLAN CAME OUT OF A PANEL DISCUSSION THAT COUNCILMAN ROBERTO TREVINO HELPED ORGANIZE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTRO SAN ANTONIO AND AO A I A SAN ANTONIO. 
          HISTORICALLY, DOWNTOWN LIGHTING HAS BEEN DONE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS OR A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS WITHOUT THE COHESION THAT IS NECESSARY FOR A DENSE URBAN ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS MULTIPLE USERS AND MULTIPLE BUILDING TYPES. 
          A LIGHTING PLAN LIKE THE ONE WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO MAXIMIZE THE BENEFITS OF A WELL-DESIGNED OF WELL-DESIGNED LIGHTING THAT CON CONSIDERS THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF USERS, THE VARIOUS LAYERS OF OUR DOWNTOWN, THE CHARACTER OF OUR DOWNTOWN, AND A CHARACTER THAT IS DOMINATED BY BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS AND A HISTORIC NATURE. 
          SO A DOWNTOWN LIGHTING PLAN IS GOING TO LOOK AT ALL OF THESE FACTORS. 
          SO WE HAVE A COHESIVE PLAN AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR DOWNTOWN AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR LIGHTING PLAN. 
          I MEAN, BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE SCOPE OF OUR DOWNTOWN LIGHTING PLAN, I DO WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY LIGHTING IS IMPORTANT. 
          AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT INCREASES SAFETY, BUT IT ALSO AIDS IN GEOGRAPHIC ORIENTATION, WHICH IS NECESSARY AND IMPORTANT TO OUR DOWNTOWN. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, OFTENTIMES IF I'M ON COMMERCE STREET AND PEOPLE, IT'S ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN O'CLOCK AND PEOPLE ASK ME, WHERE'S THE ALAMO? MY RESPONSE IS, HEAD EAST ON COMMERCE STREET, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A BEAUTIFUL TORTURE FRIENDSHIP. 
          IT'S WELL LIT, TAKE A LEFT, I PROMISE YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE ALAMO. 
          BUT THAT IS THE FOCAL POINT AND IT'S WELL LIT AND A WELL, WELL-DESIGNED LIGHTING PLAN CONSIDERS ALL OF THAT AND CONSIDERS ALL OF OUR USERS. 
          IT ALSO WILL HELP IDENTIFY AND HIGHLIGHT THE SPECIFIC CHARACTER OF A HISTORIC AREA. 
          SO WE HAVE SEVERAL HISTORIC AREAS IN OUR DOWNTOWN, WHETHER IT BE THE KING WILLIAM NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE ZONE OF CULTURAL OR A CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. 
          AND IT CAN REALLY HELP CREATE A SENSE OF PLACE AS YOU CROSS OVER FROM ONE BOUNDARY TO THE OTHER AND CREATE THAT DIFFERENT IDENTITY THAT YOU WANT TO FILL IN THOSE DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR TOWN. 
          BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, LIGHTING MUST BE DELIBERATE. 
          IT'S MORE THAN THE WATTAGE, IT'S MORE THAN THE SECURITY NEED, AND IT'S MORE THAN THE DESIGN. 
          THE TYPE OF LIGHT ITS PLACEMENT AND ITS WATTAGE REALLY AFFECT HOW THE USER PERCEIVES A STREET AND HOW A STREET IS USED. 
          AND SOMETIMES, NOT ALL THE TIME, BUT SOMETIMES TOO MUCH LIGHTING CAN BE JUST AS BAD AS TOO LITTLE LIGHTING. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A COMPREHENSIVE AND COHESIVE PLAN THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT OUR PEOPLE, THE PLACE AND OTHER FACTORS THAT YOU SEE IN A DENSE URBAN ENVIRONMENT LIKE DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SO WHAT ARE THOSE FACTORS? FIRST IS MULTIPLE USERS. 
          WE DON'T JUST HAVE RESIDENTS IN OUR DOWNTOWN. 
          WE HAVE TOURISTS, WE HAVE EMPLOYEES AND THEN WE ASK, WE ALSO HAVE PEDESTRIANS, WE HAVE CARS, WE HAVE BICYCLES, AND WE HAVE BUSES. 
          THE LIGHTING PLAN MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THOSE FACTORS. 
          WE HAVE DIFFERENT STREET CHARACTER. 
          SO HOUSTON STREET IS A RETAIL STREET. 
          THAT LIGHTING SHOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN A CONNECTOR STREET LIKE MARKET STREET THAT IS PRIMARILY USED TO CARRY PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF DOWNTOWN. 
          THE ARCHITECTURE MUST BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF A LIGHTING PLAN. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN THAT HAVE DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURE REPRESENTING DIFFERENT PERIODS OF TIME, AND THAT MUST BE CONSIDERED IN THIS LIGHTING PLAN. 
          PUBLIC SAFETY LOOK AT CERTAIN AREAS THAT ARE PERCEIVED NOT TO BE SAFE. 
          SO 
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HOW CAN LIGHTING HELP US WITH THAT? AND THEN THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. 
          SO SIDEWALKS, IT'S NOT CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT OUR DOWNTOWN. 
          SO EXAMPLE, FLORA STREET HAS MUCH, YOU KNOW, THINNER SIDEWALKS THAN YOU WOULD SEE ON HOUSTON STREET. 
          UM, DIFFERENT HEIGHTS OF BUILDINGS, DIFFERENT PAVED SURFACES ON HOUSTON STREET, IT HAS BRICK PAVERS ON MARKING STREET. 
          IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MATERIAL. 
          AND THEN THE LENGTH OF THE BLOCK. 
          AND THEN ALSO SOMETHING THAT EVERY DOWNTOWN IS JEALOUS OF SAN ANTONIO IS WE HAVE A RIVER THAT FLOWS THROUGH OUR DOWNTOWN, WHICH ADDS A DIFFERENT LAYER THAT MUST BE CONSIDERED IN OUR LIGHTING. 
          SO WE HAVE THE RIVER LEVEL, WE HAVE THE STREET LEVEL, AND WE HAVE THE BUILDING LEVEL AND THE LIGHTING MUST CONSIDER ALL OF THOSE FACTORS. 
          AND THEN THERE'S SOMETIMES SECONDARY FUNCTIONS THAT LIGHT POLES CAN SERVE AND THEY'RE NOT THE SAME ON A RETAIL STREET THAN A CONNECTOR STREET THAT'S USED FOR TRAFFIC. 
          SO SOME CAN HOLD BANNERS AND THAT BANNER HEIGHT WOULD BE DIFFERENT FOR A PEDESTRIAN STREET THAT'S DOMINATED BY RETAIL THAN A STREET THAT'S DOMINATED BY CARS GETTING OUTTA DOWNTOWN PLANTERS AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL CAPACITY THAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT FOR STREETS LIKE HOUSTON STREET OR PARKS THAT DO A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN A LOT OF EVENTS. 
          SO OUR DOWNTOWN LIGHTING PLAN, IT LOOKS AT THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, THE NORTH OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. 
          AND IT LOOKS AT ABOUT 17 DIFFERENT PUBLIC PARKS AND PLAZAS. 
          AND THAT LIST WILL GROW AS WE GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS. 
          BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EACH OF THESE PUBLIC PARKS AND PLAZAS. 
          SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT LIGHTING PLAN FOR VETERANS MEMORIAL PLAZA. 
          YOU WANT THAT LIGHT TO CREATE THAT SENSE OF PLACE AND THAT SENSE OF REMEMBRANCE THAN YOU WOULD HAVE AT MARKET SQUARE BECAUSE MARKET SQUARE IS WHERE YOU WOULD SHOP, HAVE MORE ACTIVITY AND THERE'S THAT CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE THAT YOU SEE IN MARKET SQUARE. 
          SO IT'S LOOKING AT THESE DIFFERENTLY, BUT CREATING THAT COMPREHENSIVE AND COHESIVE PLAN THAT'S NECESSARY FOR DOWNTOWN AND IT TIES IT ALL TOGETHER. 
          THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE PROPOSED LIGHTING PLAN INCLUDES AN INVENTORY AND AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE EXISTING LIGHTS. 
          WHERE ARE THEY AND HOW ARE THEY WORKING AND WHAT IS THEIR CAPABILITY? WE WANNA GATHER STAKEHOLDER INPUT FROM THE MULTIPLE USERS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DOWNTOWN. 
          WE WANNA SURVEY THE PARKS AND PLAZAS AND THE LIGHTING THAT WE HAVE AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES AND USERS FOR EACH OF THOSE SPACES. 
          AND THEN CREATE A VISION AND MASTER PLAN WITH GUIDELINES USING DIFFERENT LIGHTING TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES ON BUILDINGS. 
          TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STAKEHOLDER INPUT, BUT I WANNA EMPHASIZE IT'S A PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. 
          SO WE HAVE PUBLIC PARKS THAT WE WANNA ENGAGE OUR PUBLIC PARTNERS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT USES THOSE PARKS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BUILDINGS, SO WE WANNA ENGAGE PROPERTY OWNERS, WE WANNA ENGAGE STOREFRONT OPERATORS. 
          SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE A PROPERTY OWNER THAT OWNS A BUILDING, WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE LIGHT THAT BUILDING. 
          BUT THEN YOU HAVE A STOREFRONT OPERATOR, YOU WANNA SEE HOW YOU CAN HELP LIGHT THAT SPACE TO MAKE IT MORE SAFE AND WELCOMING. 
          WE WANNA ENGAGE THE DIFFERENT USERS, AS I MENTIONED, RESIDENTS, TOURISTS, EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLIST, SOMEONE WHO DRIVES THEIR CAR OR TAKES THE BUS. 
          AND THEN ENGAGE PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE A I A SAN ANTONIO CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO, POEO DO RIO PARKS FOUNDATION AND THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY. 
          WE WANT THEM TO HELP US IDENTIFY THESE AREAS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON. 
          SO WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE CAN USE IN THE FUTURE AS WE DO OUR DOWNTOWN BOND PROGRAM, AS WE DO DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A PLAN THAT WE REFER TO. 
          SO INSTEAD OF DOING A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS, WE GO TO THIS PLAN THAT SERVES AS A TOOL AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND THAT PLAN IS COHESIVE. 
          NOW WHAT IS THE DELIVERABLE? WE WILL HAVE A LIGHTING MASTER PLAN THAT HAS COST ESTIMATES BASED ON A VETTED VISION THAT IS VETTED BY THE COMMUNITY. 
          NOW THE PRIMARY COMPONENTS OF THAT PLAN ARE WE'LL HAVE A CATALOG OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT'LL SHOW US THE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, THE TYPE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF STREETS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLAZAS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARKS, AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF CULTURAL DESTINATIONS. 
          UM, WE'LL HAVE AN APPLICATION OF LIGHTING CATEGORIES FOR SPECIFIC SITUATIONS THAT HELP US LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO LIGHT AN AREA THAT HAS A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, STREET VOLUMES. 
          SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS AS WE DO OUR PROJECTS THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN AND USE IT AS A TOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT ONCE AGAIN GO BACK TO THAT COHESIVENESS THAT WE NEED. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, IT'S GONNA IDENTIFY AND DOCUMENT ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT COHESIVE LIGHTING PLAN. 
          BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT CONSIDERS ALL THOSE FACTORS I TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU SEE IN A DENSE URBAN ENVIRONMENT LIKE DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND IT ADDRESSES THE DIFFERENT LAYERS 
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THAT YOU SEE THAT YOU DON'T SEE IN OTHER PARTS OF DOWNTOWN. 
          LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RIVER LEVEL, THE STREET LEVEL, AND THE BUILDING LEVEL. 
          SO IT'S VERY COMPREHENSIVE IN LOOKING AT THOSE FACTORS AND IT IS COHESIVE. 
          WE DID HAVE, UM, AN R F Q PROCESS. 
          WE ISSUED THAT IN DECEMBER OF 2016. 
          WE HAD FOUR RESPONSES. 
          ALDERSON AND ASSOCIATES SCORED THE HIGHEST AND THEY PARTNERED WITH RANDY BRIQUETTE DESIGN AND RANDY BRIQUETTE IS NATIONALLY KNOWN DESIGN CONSULTANT. 
          HE HAS DONE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE US IN SOME IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THE R F Q RESULTS WERE PRESENTED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IN MAY OF 2017. 
          NOW, ALDERSON AND ASSOCIATES, THEY ARE A LOCAL ENGINEERING FIRM. 
          THEY HAVE DONE PROJECTS LIKE THE RIVERWALK LIGHTING MASTER PLAN, UM, HANGER NINE AS WELL AS MIRA FLORES PARK AND THEN RANDY BURQUETTE. 
          HE HAS DONE PROJECTS LIKE THE GATEWAY ARCH IN ST. 
          LOUIS THAT SPEAKS TO SOMETHING THAT'S SIGNIFICANT IN A CITY. 
          IT'S A WORLD HERITAGE OPPORTUNITY, SO HE'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE COMPONENTS IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO. 
          HE DID THE M L K JUNIOR MEMORIAL, WHICH WE HAVE TONS OF MEMORIALS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMORIALS IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO AND THEN THE HIPPOLYTA FEDERAL BUILDING IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO HE HAS NATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE FACTORS THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER AND LOCAL EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH SAN ANTONIO. 
          OUR SCHEDULE IS, UM, COUNCIL CONSIDERATION TODAY. 
          WE'LL IMMEDIATELY START THE STAKEHOLDER INPUT PROCESS. 
          WE'LL HAVE A DRAFT PLAN THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND, UM, CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL IN AUGUST OF 2018. 
          AND THEN WE CAN START IMPLEMENTATION. 
          AND THAT IMPLEMENTATION, THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE FOR THE STUDY DOES NOT COVER IMPLEMENTATION. 
          WE HAVE ABOUT $500,000. 
          250 IS COMING FROM THE DOWNTOWN LIGHTING PROJECT SAVINGS AND THE $250,000 IS COMING FROM OUR PARTNERS AT C P S ENERGY. 
          AND WHAT THIS PLAN WILL DO IS PROVIDE US A PLAN THAT WE CAN USE IN THE FUTURE AS WE HAVE PROJECTS COME ONLINE IN DOWNTOWN AND AS WE'RE IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THESE LIGHTING COMPONENTS. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, I MENTIONED OUR DOWNTOWN BOND PROJECTS. 
          INSTEAD OF HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL LIGHTING PLAN FOR THAT PROJECT, THEY HAVE A TOOL TO USE TO HELP AND DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF LIGHTING WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT IN THAT BOND PROJECT. 
          SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS PROCESS. 
          WE FEEL THAT A DOWNTOWN LIGHTING PLAN WILL PROVIDE US THE COHESIVENESS THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD IN THE PAST. 
          IT'S VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND IT CONSIDERS ALL THE FACTORS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE DOWNTOWN FACES, SUCH AS THE MULTIPLE USERS, THE MULTIPLE STREET TYPES, THE STREET CHARACTERS THAT ARE DIFFERENT AS WELL AS THE ARCHITECTURE AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION LORI. 
          WE HAVE A FEW CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. 
          UH, SO WE'LL TAKE THEM FIRST AND THEN GET INTO COUNCIL, UH, COMMENTARY. 
          WE'LL START WITH JASON PCIO. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER. 
          MY NAME IS JASON PAU. 
          I'M A LICENSED ARCHITECT. 
          I'M ALSO THE 2018 CHAPTER PRESIDENT FOR A I A SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE ARE THE FOURTH LARGEST CHAPTER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS REPRESENTING OVER 600 REGISTERED ARCHITECTS. 
          I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE WHETHER IN A LARGE FIRM OR IN A A SOLE PRACTITIONER, ARCHITECTS RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF DOWNTOWN LIGHTING. 
          WE COMMEND COUNCILMAN ROBERTO TREVINO, A I A FOR HIS ADVOCACY OF THIS ISSUE. 
          AND WE ARE HERE TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR THE APPROVAL OF A LIGHTING STUDY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MASTER PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN LIGHTING. 
          OUR CHAPTER'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE ARCHITECTURE AS A PROFESSIONAL CRAFT AND SHAPE A MORE LIVABLE AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. 
          THIS GOES RIGHT TO THE HEART OF THE CITY'S INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN LIGHTING MASTER PLAN. 
          IT IS AN IMPORTANT INVESTMENT IN A LIVABLE AND SUSTAINABLE CITY NOW AND FOR THE FUTURE. 
          WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT THE NEW L E D LIGHTS LAST LONGER. 
          THEY OPERATE MORE EFFICIENTLY, UM, THAN THE SYSTEMS THAT THEY WILL REPLACE. 
          THE TECHNOLOGY IS HERE, BUT THE DECISION IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST REPLACEMENT. 
          HOW OUR CITY HARNESSES LIGHT QUALITY IS CRITICAL. 
          YES, WE NEED LIGHTING FOR SAFETY WAYFINDING AND SHOWCASING SAN ANTONIO'S TREASURES. 
          THE CHALLENGE IS NOT THAT IT'S IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL SOLUTION. 
          WE'D NEED A MASTER PLAN THAT WILL GUIDE US THOUGHTFULLY ABOUT HOW TO LIGHT DOWNTOWN. 
          THE BEST MASTER PLANS ARE THOSE THAT ARE DEVELOPED COLLABORATIVELY. 
          WE MUST WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES TO INTEGRATE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIGHTING. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER A I A SAN ANTONIO STANDS READY TO BE YOUR PARTNER IN THIS ENDEAVOR. 
          TOGETHER WITH OUR FRIENDS AT CENTRAL AND WE CAN FACILITATE A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR 
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CITY, THEN AND ONLY THEN WILL WE ACHIEVE THE PRACTICAL GOAL OF SAFETY AND THE ASPIRATIONAL GOAL OF WHAT COUNCILMAN TREVINO CALLS A CITY BY DESIGN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU MR. PEO. 
          SANDRA ALBO. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS SANDRA ALBO AND I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF A I A SAN ANTONIO AND AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT SAN ANTONIO IN SUPPORT OF THE DOWNTOWN MASTER LIGHTING PLAN AND FOR THE APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND ALDERSON AND ASSOCIATES INC. 
          OUR CURRENT ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING SYSTEM IN THE CITY IS WASTEFUL. 
          IT IS RELENTLESS AND IT IS DISRUPTIVE TO OUR DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY. 
          LIGHT POLLUTION HAS BEEN PROVEN TO HAVE ADVERSE HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS ON HUMAN AND ANIMAL POPULATIONS. 
          CONTROLLED LABORATORY STUDIES SHOW THAT INCREASED LIGHT EXPOSURE AT NIGHT CAN DISRUPT OUR CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS. DISRUPTION OF THE CIRCADIAN CLOCK HAS BEEN LINKED TO SEVERAL MEDICAL DISORDERS INCLUDING DEPRESSION, INSOMNIA, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND CANCER. 
          AND THERE IS ALSO COMPELLING AMOUNT OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT THERE IS ALSO AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN EXPOSURE TO ARTIFICIAL NIGHTTIME LIGHT AND HEALTH PROBLEMS SUCH AS BREAST CANCER, DIABETES, AND OBESITY. 
          NOT TO MENTION THE DISRUPTION OF THE MIGRATION OF OVER 200 BIRDS SPECIES THAT MIGRATE ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AND THE DISRUPTION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS NEEDED FOR DECIDUOUS TREES. 
          MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES HAVE TAKEN MEASUREMENTS TO REDUCE LIGHT POLLUTION. 
          AUSTIN HAS INVESTED $15 MILLION TO REPLACE BULBS AND BERNIE ALSO HAS A LIGHT POLLUTION ORDINANCE IN PLACE, AS DOES GRAY FOREST NEAR HE LOTUS AND NEW BRAUNFELS IS IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THEIR OWN. 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S CURRENT DARK SKY ORDINANCE ONLY APPLIES TO AREAS AROUND MILITARY BASES. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT THIS DOWNTOWN MASTER LIGHTING PLAN IS A HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          WE URGE THAT CAREFUL CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO DETERMINE THE BEST L E D COLOR LIGHTING LEVELS AND LIGHTING FIXTURES, WHICH ALL HAVE DIRECT IMPACT ON THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THE DOWNTOWN MASTER LIGHTING PLAN IS NOT A QUALITY OF LIGHT ISSUE, IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE, AND WE ARE EAGER TO SEE HOW THE DOWNTOWN MASTER LIGHTING PLAN WILL IMPACT OUR CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MS. MONTALVO. 
          IRBY. 
          HIGHTOWER. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS DARBY HIGHTOWER. 
          I TOO AM HERE REPRESENTING, UH, THE A I A. 
          UM, I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING THIS. 
          I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IMPROVEMENT FOR DOWNTOWN. 
          I'VE HAD THE REAL PLEASURE TO GET, HAVE SOME GREAT CLIENTS AND TO ALSO WORK WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE NATIONAL TRUST MAIN STREET ALLIANCE. 
          AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO REALLY TAUGHT ME ABOUT LIGHTING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF LIGHTING, WHAT GOOD LIGHTING REALLY MEANS. 
          IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT THE NUMBER OF FOOT CANDLES THAT HIT A SURFACE IN A LOT OF WAYS. 
          IT'S KIND OF THE OPPOSITE OF THAT. 
          IT'S ABOUT THE SORT OF RATIO OF WHERE YOU ARE TO THE LIGHTING AND THE DISTANCE. 
          AND THE GOOD LIGHTING PLAN IS REALLY ABOUT MAKING SOMEBODY FEEL COMFORTABLE WHERE THEY ARE, BUT LOOKING IN THE DISTANCE AND SEEING SOMETHING THAT'S INTERESTING THAT MAKES YOU WANNA MOVE THAT WAY, THAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO GO TO. 
          I THINK WE'VE ALL MAYBE SEEN EXAMPLES OF PARKING LOTS THAT ARE WELL LIT AND THEN THE NEIGHBORING BUSINESS COMES IN AND TRIPLES THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT ON THEIR PARKING LOT AND THE ORIGINAL PARKING LOT THAT WAS NICE NOW LOOKS SORT OF DARK AND FOREBODING. 
          THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN IS TO COME UP WITH A COORDINATED EFFORT THAT'LL LOOK THROUGH ALL OF DOWNTOWN AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE MAKE EACH, EACH PLACE THAT WE HAVE. 
          WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL PARKS AND PLAZAS, HOW TO MAKE THOSE SPECIAL AND UNIQUE AND THEN TO MAKE THE STREETS CONNECTING THEM A GREAT PLACE TO BE AND A GREAT PLACE TO WALK. 
          THE SORT OF NEXT LEVEL OF THAT IS REALLY WHEN YOU'RE WALKING, WALKING ALONG THE STREET, HOW DO YOU LOOK AT THE THINGS BESIDE YOU? HOW DO YOU LOOK INTO NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES STOREFRONTS? HOW DO THOSE ALSO LOOK SORT OF WARM AND INVITING SO THAT WE SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN? UH, I THINK WE'VE GOT SORT OF A GREAT EXAMPLE RIGHT HERE ON MAIN PLAZA. 
          IF YOU WALK OUTSIDE AT NIGHT AND THINK HOW MAIN PLAZA USED TO BE LIT, UH, THE SORT OF SAME KIND OF LIGHT THAT MAKES THE CATHEDRAL IN THIS BUILDING LOOK WARM AND INVITING WHEN YOU'RE SHINING IT ON THE COURTHOUSE BECAUSE IT'S RED, MAKES IT LOOK GRAY AND DULL AND UNINTERESTING. 
          AND WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF KIND OF CHANGING THE LIGHT SOURCES AROUND HERE TO DO THAT. 
          I THINK THIS WILL BE A GREAT EXAM, A GREAT TIME TO LOOK ALL OVER DOWNTOWN AND 
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COME UP WITH A GREAT TOOLKIT THAT WE CAN USE FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. 
          FINALLY, YOU KNOW, LIGHTING REALLY ALLOWS YOU TO EDIT WHAT YOU SEE AT NIGHT. 
          YOU CAN TAKE SOME LITTLE DETAIL AND HIGHLIGHT IT ON ANOTHER WAY, A BUILDING THAT'S MAYBE NOT SO GREAT OTHERWISE AT NIGHT IT LOOKS GREAT BECAUSE OF THAT SORT OF WAY OF HIGHLIGHTING IT. 
          IT'S ALSO A WAY OF MAKING PEOPLE LOOK GOOD. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED FROM OUR RESTAURANT CLIENTS WAS THAT NO ONE LIKES TO SIT AT A TABLE AND LOOK ACROSS AT SOMEONE THAT LOOKS GHASTLY BECAUSE OF THE LIGHT THAT'S ON THEM, THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW EVERYTHING LOOKS IN PROPER LIGHTING. 
          I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, UH, MOVE FORWARD FOR DOWNTOWN AND I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL PASS THIS MEASURE 'CAUSE I THINK IT IS ANOTHER WAY OF MAKING DOWNTOWN. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. HIGHTOWER. 
          MARIA NELSON. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER. 
          MY NAME IS MARIA NELSON. 
          I'M THE MANAGER OF URBAN PLANNING WITH CENTRO SAN ANTONIO. 
          I'M HERE TO SHOW MY SUPPORT IN FAVOR OF COUNCILMAN THEOS CITYWIDE LIGHTING PLAN INITIATIVE AND ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE DOWNTOWN LIGHTING MASTER PLAN CONTRACT. 
          ALTHOUGH CENTRO SAN ANTONIO'S FOCUS IS ON THE URBAN CORE, WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR ENTIRE CITY AND BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT A LIGHTING PLAN IS CRITICAL TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CAN SET AN EXAMPLE OF HOW AN INVESTMENT INTO PUBLIC LIGHTING WILL NOT ONLY CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO PROVIDE A MORE INVITING 24 7 DOWNTOWN EXPERIENCE AND INCREASE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT DOWNTOWN GENERATES. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, CENTRO SAN ANTONIO, A I A AND U L I RECENTLY HOSTED A COMMUNITY CHARETTE, UH, FOCUSED ON HOW TO BEST ACTIVATE HOUSTON STREET. 
          THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD AND CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS ALIGNS WITH THE DOWNTOWN LIGHTING MASTER PLANS OVERALL OBJECTIVES TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE, TO CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT AND TO ATTRACT MORE BUSINESSES AND PATRONS. 
          I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK C P S FOR PARTNERING WITH THE CITY ON THIS IMPORTANT INITIATIVE. 
          WITH THEIR HELP, THE LAVACCA AND KING WILLIAM NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE MASTER PLAN, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE FOR APPROPRIATE NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHTING ACROSS OUR CITY. 
          I RESPECTFULLY URGE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR A LIGHTING STUDY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DOWNTOWN LIGHTING MASTER PLAN. 
          TODAY TOGETHER THE CITY AND C P S WILL CREATE A PLAN THAT WILL HELP THE ENTIRE CITY SET AN EXAMPLE OF HOW LIGHTING SHOULD BE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MS. NELSON. 
          DAVID DELMAN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          CITY COUNCILMAN, STAFF. 
          UM, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN ARTICULATED AS TO WHY, UH, TO SUPPORT IT. 
          IT'S BEEN WELL ARTICULATED. 
          I THOUGHT LORI DID A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING ALL THE WHY I WANT TO COMMEND THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING, UM, THIS IDEA OF, OF A HIGHER LEVEL OF DESIGN. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY ALL THE REASONS WHY I THINK WE'RE WERE APPROPRIATE FOR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLAZAS, BUILDINGS, ET CETERA. 
          AND SO ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER COMMUNITY DOWNTOWN AND AND AROUND THE, THE CITY, UM, WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROCESS. 
          AND I THINK THAT, UM, OFTENTIMES RUNNING A CITY THIS LARGE, YOUR, YOUR TENDENCY AND, AND SORT OF THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO MAYBE APPLY SOME CITYWIDE STANDARDS AND THAT TYPE OF THING. 
          AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU HAVE A UNIQUE SET OF BUILDINGS, PLAZAS, STREETS, UH, PEDESTRIAN SCALE. 
          AND SO, UH, GOING THROUGH THIS, THIS EARLY STEP OF PROPER DESIGN IS GONNA BE VERY WELL RECEIVED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, OF WHICH I CHAIR THE BOARD, UM, WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS LEVEL OF, OF STUDY AND PLANNING. 
          'CAUSE I THINK IT WILL, UH, ULTIMATELY RESULT IN A BETTER OUTCOME. 
          AND, AND I COMMEND, UH, CITY COUNCILMAN FOR, FOR PRESSING HEART ON THIS, AND FOR STAFF FOR BEING RECEPTIVE. 
          I THINK WE HAVE A, A GREAT COLLABORATION GOING IN THE CITY AND, AND AS PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS WE'RE SUPER SUPPORTIVE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU MR. DELMAN. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU ALL. 
          WHO, UH, CAME AND SPOKE, UH, AS, AS WAS MENTIONED, THE CASE OF WHY HAS CERTAINLY BEEN LAID OUT VERY WELL. 
          I WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU. 
          UH, AS YOU HEARD ALSO, IT'S, IT'S, THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE, UH, 2016, UH, AFTER WE HOSTED A, A LUNCH CO-HOSTED AT LUNCH WITH, WITH CENTRO. 
          AND, UH, WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT LIGHTING. 
          UH, IN AUGUST OF 2016, WE HAD A PANEL OF PAULA GOLD WILLIAMS, BILL FITZGIBBONS, JOE KAPLAN, WHO WAS A LIGHTING DESIGNER, UH, KEN STAPLETON, WHO'S AN URBAN SAFETY AND SECURITY CONSULTANT. 
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AND WE LEARNED QUITE A BIT. 
          IT WAS A GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT LIGHTING MEANS TO A CITY, WHAT LIGHTING MEANS TO THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          AND, UM, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, C P S ENERGY IS, IS A REAL PARTNER IN THIS. 
          UH, FIRST WANNA THANK, UH, JOHN LEAL FOR, FOR HELPING TO PUSH THIS, UH, PAULA GOLD WILLIAMS, UM, AND HER STAFF, UH, AT C P S, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, PUTTING UP HALF THE RESOURCES TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AS, AS, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THEY BELIEVE IN, IN THIS EFFORT. 
          UH, SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, FOR, FOR STEPPING UP AND CONTRIBUTING TO THIS PLAN. 
          I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A, A, A GREAT PLAN AND INITIATIVE THAT WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM. 
          UH, I WANT TO THANK LORI HOUSTON AND CHERYL, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, THEIR EFFORTS AND FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THIS PLAN. 
          THIS IS, AS I'VE MENTIONED, THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING. 
          UH, THERE'S, THERE'S, THIS IS SO CRITICAL, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME. 
          UH, THEY, HERE WE ARE IN OUR TRICENTENNIAL YEAR. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO DO THINGS THAT I THINK ARE SMART, THEY'RE THOUGHTFUL, AND CAN HELP PR, UH, PROPEL US INTO THE NEXT 300 YEARS WITH VERY THOUGHTFUL STRATEGIES FOR OUR CITY. 
          I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE. 
          UM, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE STUDY WAS ABLE TO INCLUDE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS, KING WILLIAM AND LA VACA. 
          UH, THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, ARE GONNA HELP US TO DEVELOP SOME BEST PRACTICES AND, AND STRATEGIES TO IMPLEMENT ON A CITYWIDE BASIS. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE THINK IS GONNA REALLY HELP US, UH, NOT JUST IN THE IMMEDIATE DOWNTOWN AREA, BUT THE FACT THAT THIS COULD POTENTIALLY PLANT A SEED FOR, FOR THE REST OF THE CITY. 
          UM, AGAIN, UH, WANT TO THANK THE A I A I WANT TO THANK, UH, CENTRO DAVID DELMAN, UH, FOR, FOR COMING IN TODAY TO, TO, TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF, OF THIS PROJECT. 
          UH, THIS DOWNTOWN LIGHTING MASTER PLAN IS REALLY ABOUT INFORMING ALL OF US ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT, UH, GOOD, THOUGHTFUL DESIGN CAN BRING TO THIS CITY, ESPECIALLY HERE IN OUR URBAN CORE. 
          UH, THIS, THIS URBAN CORE HAS SOME UNIQUE AND, UH, AMAZING HISTORY. 
          IT'S, IT IS, UH, PEPPERED WITH AMAZING SPACES, UH, AMAZING ENVIRONMENTS AND LIGHTING IS GONNA HELP ENHANCE ALL THAT LIGHTING IS GONNA HELP IN SO MANY WAYS. 
          UH, AND REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE HERE AT THIS POINT TO HELP PROPEL THIS FORWARD. 
          I THINK IT'S, IT'S GONNA SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AS WELL, ABOUT HOW THIS CITY'S THINKING ABOUT, ITS ITS ENVIRONMENT, IT'S THINKING ABOUT ITS CITY. 
          UM, IT WAS MENTIONED, THE DARK SKIES ORDINANCE, DARK SKIES ORDINANCE, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO BE, UM, PAYING, UH, MUCH ATTENTION TO. 
          I THINK THIS PLAN IS GONNA HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT POLLUTION WHILE, UH, IMPROVING THE LIGHT QUALITY IN DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          AND I THINK THAT THIS PLANT IS, IS DEFINITELY GONNA DO THAT. 
          SO, UH, AS WAS SAID, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I, I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE CREATING A CITY BY DESIGN THAT WE CAN ALL BE VERY PROUD OF. 
          AND CERTAINLY, UH, I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE EFFORTS OF ALL OUR PARTNERS. 
          SO THEREFORE, I MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, APPROVING THE PROFESS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN VINEO. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THIS, UM, THIS LIGHTING PROJECT. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT LIGHTING IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS ASK FOR, UH, PRIMARILY IN REGARDS TO SAFETY. 
          UH, I, I HAD A STAFF MEMBER ATTEND A, A, A CONFERENCE IN DENVER THAT WAS HOSTED BY CENTRO. 
          AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT CAME BACK FROM THAT, THAT SUMMIT, WAS THAT WHAT PEOPLE MOSTLY NEEDED TO FEEL SAFE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WAS LIGHTING, UH, CLEANLINESS AND VISIBLE PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          SO VISIBLE OFFICERS, VISIBLE SECURITY. 
          AND WE, WE'VE GOT SOME OF THAT IN OUR DOWNTOWN, UH, AND, UM, HOPE THAT THAT EXTENDS TO OTHER AREAS. 
          BUT I, I'M, THE ONE THING THAT GIVES ME PAUSE ABOUT THIS, THIS PROJECT IS JUST THE COST OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A VERY SMALL BOUNDARY. 
          UH, I HAD, WAS VISITED PUEBLA A COUPLE OF, UH, MAYBE ABOUT A YEAR AGO. 
          AND I HAD LIVED IN PUEBLA AS A, IN MY TWENTIES. 
          AND SO THE CITY WAS TRANSFORMED, UH, BY THEIR LIGHTING PROGRAM. 
          AND THEY LIT UP EVERY PART OF THEIR CITY, NOT JUST DOWNTOWN. 
          AND ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, UH, IN PUEBLA THAT THEY TOURED US WHEN WE WENT TO SEE SOME OF THE LIGHTING, WAS HOW THEY 
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HAD IMPROVED, UH, WHAT HAD BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD WITH LIGHTING AND HAD DONE IT NOT JUST TO IMPROVE THE VISIBLE, UH, CORNERS, BUT ALSO THEY PUT DECORATIVE LIGHTING IN AREAS, UH, WHERE THERE WERE MURALS OR WHERE THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT FEATURES. 
          SO, I, I KNOW THAT I'M SUPPORTIVE OF DOING A LIGHTING PROJECT, BUT I JUST, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXPENSIVE COST OF WHAT IS A SMALL FOOTPRINT. 
          SO, COULD YOU, UM, LORI, JUST WHAT ARE THE BOUNDARIES OF THIS PROJECT? SO WE DO HAVE A SLIDE THAT HAS THE BOUNDARIES OF THIS PROJECT, BUT IT INCLUDES PRIMARILY THE, THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND THEN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES THE MUSEUM REACH. 
          UM, THE TOBIN CENTER, THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART, AND THEN THE LA VACA AND KING WILLIAM NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO IT'S HARD TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SHOW THE, THE MAP, IT LOOKS LARGE, BUT WE KNOW THAT IN FACT, IT'S KIND OF SMALL. 
          DO YOU HAVE LIKE A SQUARE FOOTAGE? WHAT IS THE BOUNDARY? LIKE HOW MANY SQUARE FEET IS THIS AREA COVERING? I'LL GET THE EXACT SQUARE FEET, BUT THIS, THIS IS GONNA BE A TOOL FOR OTHER AREAS. 
          AND THEN ULTIMATELY, THE COST MAY BE HIGH TO DO A PLAN, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A SAVINGS OVER TIME, BECAUSE WE NO LONGER NEED TO DO A LIGHTING PLAN OR A COMPREHENSIVE LIGHTING PLAN FOR EACH PROJECT. 
          SO I MENTIONED THE DOWNTOWN. 
          DO WE DO, WE DO A COMPREHENSIVE LIGHTING PLAN FOR EACH PROJECT WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR DOWNTOWN BOND PROJECTS, IF IT'S A STREET PROJECT, AND WE DO HAVE A LIGHTING COMPONENT IN THERE. 
          SO NOW WE HAVE A RESOURCE THAT WILL HELP US, WE'LL USE THAT AS A GUIDE TO HELP US WITH THAT LIGHTING. 
          AND THEN AS, AS WE ARE LIGHTING NEIGHBORHOODS, THE GREAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GREAT BECAUSE WE'RE DOING IT FOR DOWNTOWN, AND IT HAS ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, LEVELS THAT YOU SEE IN, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, WHETHER IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL OR IF THERE'S A RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT, IF THERE'S A HISTORIC COMPONENT. 
          SO THIS COVERS ALL OF THAT. 
          SO IF WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A LIGHTING PLAN FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN, BUT MAYBE IT'S HISTORIC AND IT HAS PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY, THEN WE CAN POINT TO THIS AND LEARN FROM IT. 
          AND THAT'LL HELP US INFORM THE LIGHTING THAT WE NEED FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          BUT WHAT ABOUT, BECAUSE WHAT PEOPLE HAVE, HAVE REQUESTED OF ME IS THAT WHAT THEY WANT IS LIGHTING FOR SAFETY MM-HMM. 
          , WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME THING AS LIGHTING FOR ENHANCING THE EXPERIENCE. 
          SO WHAT IF THE PLAN CALLS FOR SOMETHING DECORATIVE AND INTERESTING? BUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS IS LIGHTING FOR SAFETY. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S A MAJOR, UM, COMMUNITY COMPONENT IN THIS. 
          BUT SAFETY IS IMPORTANT. 
          SAFETY IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THIS PLAN, BUT THEY LOOK VERY DIFFERENT. 
          YOU ARE, YOU, YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE BRIGHT LIGHTING AND MORE LIGHTING TO CREATE A SENSE OF SAFETY. 
          AND SO WE CAN HAVE LIGHTING THAT LIGHTS THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, BUS STOPS. 
          YOU CAN HAVE LIGHTING THAT LIGHTS, DOORWAYS. 
          YOU CAN HAVE LIGHTING THAT ALIGNS THE STREET. 
          AND THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS THAT YOU WOULD SEE IN A PARKING LOT, BUT IT CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT SAFETY COMPONENTS. 
          WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS DOWNTOWN, YES, SAFETY NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THAT PLAN, BUT HOW YOU APPLY THAT IS DIFFERENT ON DIFFERENT STREETS, DIFFERENT PLAZAS, DIFFERENT PARKS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE, UM, IS, UH, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR OUTAGES IN THIS TYPE OF PLAN BE? SO, YOU KNOW, I, I WAS, MY HUSBAND IS AN AVID CYCLIST. 
          HE RIDES BIKES. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, COMMUTING YESTERDAY THIS MORNING, HE REPORTED TO ME THAT ALMOST LIKE 30% OF THE LIGHTS ARE OUT ON SARA SAMMO. 
          SO I CALLED IT IN ALREADY TO C P S, BUT IT'S A VERY LONG STRETCH OF LIGHTING. 
          MM-HMM. 
          AND SO, PERHAPS ONE OF THE REASONS THEY DON'T GET CALLED IN IS BECAUSE NOBODY KNOWS WHO'S RESPONSIBLE. 
          SO WHEN WE DO A DOWNTOWN LIGHTING PROJECT LIKE THIS, AND IT'S, IT'S AN EXPENSIVE ENDEAVOR, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS NOT NECESSARILY, DOESN'T FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNTOWN MM-HMM. 
          , THEY COME TO ENJOY AND TO EXPERIENCE. 
          SO WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING WHETHER OR NOT THE LIGHTING IS, IS ON AND ACTIVE AND DOING WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO? WELL, IT DEPENDS ON THE LIGHTING, BUT MOST TIMES IT IS C P S. 
          HOWEVER, IF IT'S LIGHTING, THAT'S PART OF A, A BUILDING THAT A PROPERTY OWNS, OF COURSE WE WOULD WORK WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNER TO REPLACE THEIR LIGHTING. 
          BUT WHEN YOU SEE A STREETLIGHT OUT, MOST TIMES IT BELONGS TO C P S AND THEY WILL BE DOING THE REPLACEMENT, THEY REPLACE IT. 
          BUT WHO CALLS IT IN? WHO'S THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY FOR SAYING THESE, THESE LIGHTS ARE OUT? WELL, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY. 
          SO C P S IS LOOKING AT THAT. 
          HOWEVER, SOMETIMES A LIGHT MIGHT BE GO OUT, MIGHT GO OUT THAT WE DON'T KNOW. 
          SO THE COMMUNITY PROCESS IS TO CALL 3 1 1 AND HELP US COMMUNICATE THAT TO C P S. 
          AND SO WE WORK WITH C P S, THEY ARE PROACTIVE, BUT SOMETIMES A LIGHT GOES OUT, WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, AND WE DO DEPEND ON THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE US THAT INFORMATION. 
          SO THAT WOULD JUST BE A, YOU KNOW, HOPE THAT THAT CAN BE WORKED OUT BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION. 
          WE KNOW THAT IT'S, UM, IT'S GOING TO, PERHAPS, WE KNOW THAT 
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WITH STREET LIGHTINGS WHEN WE PUT MORE EFFICIENT LIGHTS, UH, IT LOWERS THE COST. 
          I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE THAT THE DECORATIVE LIGHTING THAT WE DO ON SOME OF OUR BUILDING IS LESS EXPENSIVE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION, OR PERHAPS IT DEPENDS ON THE DESIGN AND THE, UM, FEATURES. 
          UH, WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEAUTIFUL ARTISTIC LIGHTING ALL OVER DOWNTOWN, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S CHEAPER OR MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IF YOU JUST LIT IT FOR SAFETY. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT WITH C P S ON, ON THE SMART, UH, CITY INITIATIVES. 
          MM-HMM. 
           IS REALLY LOOKING AT ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY FEATURES TO, UH, THE LIGHTING. 
          ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE'RE EXPLORING WITH C P S IS THE ABILITY TO MONITOR OUTAGE. 
          UM, SO THAT FROM C P S'S CONTROL CENTER, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL WHETHER THE LIGHT IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, WHETHER IT'S OUT OR NOT, AND THEN THEY COULD DISPATCH CREWS. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE EVALUATING FROM A COST BENEFIT PERSPECTIVE AND BRINGING BACK, UM, PROBABLY TO THE, UM, UH, THE NEW COMMITTEE, UH, TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE TO HAVE SOME MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT. 
          BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE EXPLORING. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A CITYWIDE INITIATIVE ON ALL STREET LIGHTS AND ALL. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE DON'T CALL IN WHEN THEY SEE LIGHTS ARE OUT IS THAT, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S NOT IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS WHO THEY CALL. 
          UH, BUT ALSO THEY DON'T KNOW WHO'S RESPONSIBLE. 
          EVERYBODY THINKS SOMEBODY ELSE IS GONNA DO IT. 
          UM, SO IF YOU'RE JUST DRIVING BY AND YOU SEE LIGHTS OUT, YOU'RE NOT INCLINED TO CALL VERSUS IF IT'S IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME. 
          SO WHEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, CITYWIDE LIGHTING PROJECT, UM, OR, OR A, A DOWNTOWN ONE OR SPECIFIC ONE, I DON'T, UH, THEN WHO THEN IS A RESPONSIBLE PARTY? I, I THINK THAT'S A COMMUNICATION THING THAT NEEDS TO GET BETTER, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR CITY IF WE DON'T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AVENUES THAT, THAT, UM, CITIZENS CAN USE FOR THAT TODAY. 
          SO PEOPLE CAN CALL 3 1 1 AND WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION OVER TO C P S AND, AND GET THE OUTAGE IN THAT WAY. 
          UM, THE C P S CRUISES, THEY'RE OUT DOING WORK. 
          IF THEY NOTE THAT LIGHTS ARE OUT, THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IT AS WELL. 
          SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION AVENUES THAT THAT CAN BE USED. 
          UM, THERE'S AN, THERE'S A, UH, I BELIEVE A LINK ON THE C P SS ENERGY WEBSITE ALSO. 
          SO IF YOU DON'T WANNA CALL IT IN, PEOPLE CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE AND PUT THAT INFORMATION THERE AS WELL. 
          BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE THAT WORKING WITH C P S TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT INFORMATION IS OUT THERE IN TERMS OF HOW YOU REPORT AN OUTAGE, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THAT TECHNOLOGY OPTION AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I HOPE THAT THAT GETS RESOLVED AS WE'RE SORT OF GOING THROUGH THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, CHANGING OUR, OUR LIGHTING. 
          I, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          I JUST AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST OF THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT WE WERE BRIEFED ON THIS, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT $500,000 PRICE TAG BECAUSE, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE TO IMPROVE OUR LIGHTS. 
          UM, OR MAYBE I CAN JUST ASK, HOW MANY STREETLIGHTS COULD WE DO WITH $500,000 NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHTS? SO THIS, THIS, UM, THIS CONTRACT WOULD BE TO ACTUALLY DO THE, THE MASTER PLAN. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, YEAH. 
          SO NO LIGHTS ARE HERE. 
          THIS IS STRICTLY A MASTER PLAN, RIGHT? THIS IS JUST MASTER PLAN. 
          THIS IS NOT A, WHICH, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY HIGH NUMBER FOR A SMALL FOOTPRINT, UH, IN AREAS THAT LOTS OF AREAS ALREADY HAVE REALLY GOOD LIGHTING, UH, OR APPROPRIATE LIGHTING SINCE THERE'S BEEN SOMEONE OFF, UM, EXAMPLES LIKE THE RIVERWALK OR LIKE THE RE WHEN WE RECENTLY REDID, UM, UH, A CERTAIN, THE MAIN PLAZA. 
          SO I GUESS THAT'S A, MY CONCERN IS THAT WHY IS IT SO EXPENSIVE JUST TO DO, I MEAN, THERE'S NO LIGHTS BEING INSTALLED HERE. 
          THERE'S NO, UM, NOTHING PHYSICAL HAPPENING. 
          IT'S JUST A MASTER PLAN FOR A VERY SMALL FOOTPRINT. 
          WELL, THIS IS, THIS MASTER PLAN WILL HELP US WITH LIGHTING IN DOWNTOWN IN THE FUTURE AND HELP US PLAN FOR THAT. 
          AND SO THE SCOPE INCLUDES LOOKING AT THE EXISTING CONDITION, AND SO WHERE ARE THE LIGHTS NOW? UM, HOW ARE THEY WORKING, HOW THEY CAN BE IMPROVED, AND WHERE DO WE NEED TO ADD THE LIGHTS? WE'RE GONNA GATHER STAKEHOLDER INPUT IN THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AREAS. 
          SO YOU HAVE PARKS, YOU HAVE PLAZAS, YOU HAVE STREETS, UM, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW WE NEED TO BETTER LIGHT THOSE AREAS. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SURVEY THE PARKS AND PLAZAS AND GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, DO WE NEED TO ADD LIGHTING? DO WE NEED TO ADD KIND OF MOOD LIGHTING TO BRING THE LIGHTING DOWN TO HELP CREATE THAT SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, REMEMBRANCE THAT I TALKED ABOUT IN THE VETERAN'S MEMORIAL PLAZA. 
          UM, AND THEN CREATE THAT VISION AND MASTER PLAN THAT CAN BE USED FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. 
          AND SO THIS IS A PLAN THAT'LL HELP US IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE START INSTALLING LIGHTING. 
          AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE, THERE SHOULD BE A COST SAVINGS, BECAUSE WE'RE CHANGING, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TYPES OF LIGHTING. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT L E D, DIFFERENT TYPES. 
          WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE BOND PROJECTS. 
          SO AS I MENTIONED, YOU DO LIGHTING IN CERTAIN PROJECTS. 
          WELL, THIS WILL BE A GUIDE THAT WE CAN USE. 
          AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AS MUCH LIGHTING CONSULTING ON A SPECIFIC PROJECT. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS GUIDE TO HELP US WITH THAT. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW, BEN, BACK TO MY 
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ORIGINAL QUESTION, HOW MANY STREET LIGHTS COULD WE DO? I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH THIS EXERCISE WHEN WE WERE DOING THE LIGHTS IN DISTRICT FIVE, UM, LIKE 1200. 
          IT, IT DEPENDS ON, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          BUT IF WE'RE JUST, UH, ADDING A LIGHT FIXTURE TO A, A POLE, A DISTRIBUTION POLE THAT IS ALREADY THERE, UM, WHICH IS A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DID IN DISTRICT FIVE, I THINK THAT WAS RUNNING SIX TO 700, ABOUT $700 A LIGHTS. 
          SO YOU'D BE TALKING ABOUT, UM, 700 LIGHTS OR SO, UM, 600 LIGHTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          WELL, UM, THANK YOU. 
          UH, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. 
          I'M SUPPORTIVE. 
          AND I, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE LIGHTING OF OUR CITY. 
          I THINK IT COULD COMPLETELY TRANSFORM OUR CITY, UH, IF WE HAD REALLY GOOD LIGHTING ALL OVER OF SAFETY WHERE WE NEEDED IT, THE DECORATIVE PARTS WHERE WE NEEDED IT. 
          I HOPE THAT THIS MASTER PLAN GETS THAT. 
          I JUST, I FEEL THAT I NEED TO QUESTION THE VERY HIGH PRICE TAG FOR A STUDY THAT IS A, A VERY SMALL FOOTPRINT. 
          SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I WAS, UH, I'M GONNA JOIN COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ'S CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, THE PRICE TAG ON THIS. 
          UH, I MEAN, I'M, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT. 
          I BELIEVE, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE, THE DOWNTOWN LIGHTING ASPECT, HAVING, YOU KNOW, SPENDING MORE TIME DOWN HERE. 
          AND I, I SEE THE ISSUE WHETHER YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT IT, AND I, I FELT COMFORTABLE THAT, UH, THERE'S AN OBVIOUS NEED. 
          UH, I, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT YOUR STAKEHOLDER INPUT, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE INCLUDE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT. 
          SO WE INCLUDE SAN, THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THAT, TO THE COUNCILMAN'S POINT. 
          SHE BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT OF IT. 
          WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THE ARCHITECTS AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE A I A AND THE PES, THE PARKS FOUNDATION, THESE GROUPS. 
          BUT, UH, THERE IS, THERE'S VALIDITY THAT THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN FOR ANY TAXPAYERS PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          SO IF WE COULD JUST INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, POLICE OFFICERS, UH, SOME, SOME PORTION OF THAT I THINK WOULD BE, WOULD BE EXCELLENT, UH, JUST TO ENHANCE THAT. 
          SO THE LEAST THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE OF US 'CAUSE IT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF ALL OF OUR MONEY GOING INTO THE TOP POT TO DO THIS. 
          SO I THINK I'D FEEL COMFORTABLE KNOWING THAT THAT WAS A PART OF IT. 
          AND WE DISCUSSED THAT A LITTLE BIT TOO. 
          BUT I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE PROJECT. 
          I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT. 
          COST IS A CONCERN, WHICH LEADS ME TO MY SECOND POINT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE DO THESE THINGS? AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH STAFF PERSON WOULD HANDLE THIS. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A LIGHTING PLAN FOR EVERY DISTRICT. 
          SO I I, I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT WE'RE DOING IT FOR DOWNTOWN. 
          I, THAT'S A VERY SMALL FOOTPRINT. 
          BUT I KNOW I'D LIKE TO ENGAGE A STAFF TO MAKE SURE EACH OF US HAS A MASTER LIGHTING PLAN FOR THEIR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS. 
          THERE'S THE NUMBER. 
          ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS I GET IS THAT LIGHTS ARE OUT. 
          AND I THINK THE COUNCILMAN HAD A PROJECT SHE DID IN DISTRICT FIVE WHERE SHE WENT THROUGH IT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ENHANCED THE LIGHTING ACROSS PARKS, STREETS, SIDEWALKS, EVERYWHERE. 
          UH, BUT I, I SURE THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL HAVE. 
          UH, AND IT'S NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT TOO HARD. 
          AT LEAST PUT TOGETHER WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE. 
          I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT C P SS ENERGY'S JOINING, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, REDUCING THE COSTS ON THIS FOR THE TAXPAYER. 
          BUT, UH, I SURE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. 
          SO WHO, WHO HANDLES THAT? IF WE WANTED TO INITIATE JUST TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT A MASTER PLAN FOR EVERY DISTRICT WOULD, HOW WOULD THAT KIND OF PROCESS MOVE FOR THE STAFF? UM, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE HAD, WE HAVE LOOKED AT. 
          UM, WE HAD HOPED THAT AS WE DO THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, UM, THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT. 
          SO THAT IF WE WERE TO DO LIGHTING PLANS SPECIFIC FOR AREAS OR OR OTHER DISTRICTS, THE SCOPE WOULD BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. 
          'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE LEARNED A LOT COMING FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THEN WE COULD THEN TAILOR THOSE TO SPECIFIC OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE CITY. 
          UH, WE OF COURSE, WOULD WORK WITH C P S. 
          UM, WE'VE GOT THE PROJECT TO GO OUT AND DO RETROFITS IN ALL, ALL, UM, 30,000 RESIDENTIAL STREETLIGHTS. 
          SO AS WE DO THAT, WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS AS WELL. 
          YEAH, I MEAN, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT, I MEAN, THIS DOWNTOWN FOOTPRINT'S JUST DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT THAN EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY. 
          SO I, I'LL GIVE IT THE CREDIT IT DESERVES. 
          AND IT, IT CALLS FOR A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THIS. 
          'CAUSE IT IS ARCHITECTURAL, IT'S DESIGN, IT'S TOURIST. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT. 
          AND WE ALL, WE ALL OWN A LITTLE PIECE OF THAT. 
          AND I, AND I CAN ACCEPT THAT, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WAITING TO DO LIGHTING PLANS FOR EVERY DISTRICT IS SOMETHING THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD COMMENCE THAT IMMEDIATELY. 
          I'M NOT SAYING SPEND MONEY ON IT RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST SAYING LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR EACH DISTRICT TO HAVE A MASTER LIGHTING PLAN THAT STARTS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, BRINGS IN STAKEHOLDERS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, UH, SS A P D. 
          SO THAT, I MEAN, I CAN NAME 15 PLACES OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT ARE MISSING LIGHTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE DARK, THAT ARE DRUG CORNERS IN, IN, IN, IN THE WEST SIDE OF MY DISTRICT, UH, STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN THERE ARE LINEAR CREEKS THAT AREN'T WELL-LIGHTED. 
          OUR BIKE TRAILS HAVE PROBLEMS. AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T JUST SIT IDLY BY. 
          SO I'M, I'M SUPPORTIVE 'CAUSE IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO DO A LIGHTING PLAN. 
          I'M JUST ASKING FOR, UH, LET'S AT LEAST START THINKING ABOUT AND DELIVERING A PLAN. 
          PUT THE COST OF WHAT THIS IS GONNA LOOK LIKE TO DO THIS FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS, UH, GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND I, I 
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DON'T THINK IT CAN WAIT UNTIL THIS IS FINISHED AND GOES THROUGH DESIGN AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. 
          WE LEARN, EACH ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS HAS SOMETHING INDIVIDUAL THAT WE COULD SPEAK TO. 
          IT'S JUST, SO, IT'S NOT, MAYBE NOT A $500,000 MASTER LIGHTING PLAN, BUT IT, IT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT'S GEARED TOWARDS WHAT WE NEED AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SUPPORT. 
          THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN IN OUR DISTRICT IS PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          AND WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT AND BRING THAT BACK FOR MORE, UH, CONVERSATION. 
          UH, WE'LL, WE'LL START TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          THE OTHER PART THAT, UM, WE MENTIONED DURING THE B SESSION WAS WE'RE DOING THAT PILOT PROJECT WITH C P SS MM-HMM. 
           LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS. 
          SO WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA BE BRINGING THAT BACK IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          SO THAT COULD BE AN ELEMENT OF THE OVERALL PLAN. 
          WHICH OF THOSE TECHNOLOGY COMPONENTS DO WE WANT TO DEPLOY IN CERTAIN AREAS OR CITYWIDE, WHAT, WHERE DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO DO THAT? EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT, UH, DEMMING CAPABILITIES, OUTAGE NOTIFICATIONS, ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS COULD BE PART OF THAT AS WELL. 
          THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          AND MAYBE IT'S, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT IS A B SESSION DISCUSSION IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE GO OVER, UH, THE APPLICABILITY OF LIGHTING PLANS AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO EACH INDIVIDUAL, INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT. 
          I THINK IT'S A WORTHY CAUSE. 
          I THINK THIS PROJECT'S BROUGHT THAT UP TO ME WHEN I SAT WITH LORI AND, AND WENT THROUGH IT. 
          IT'S WELL THOUGHT OUT. 
          IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS BECOMES A CONVERSATION OF, WELL, NOW I WANT THE SAME THING, RIGHT. 
          FOR DISTRICT SIX, AS I'M SURE EVERY DISTRICT WOULD WANT TO SEE, UH, LIGHTING AS, YOU KNOW, WELL ORGANIZED AND THOUGHT OUT AS THIS IS GONNA BE FOR THEIR INDIVIDUAL AREAS. 
          AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU, LORI. 
          AND AGAIN, I'LL BE YES, SIR, SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCK, HOUSE. 
          COUNCILMAN PALAI. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          I NO QUESTIONS, LORI, JUST, AND, OR BEN, THANK, THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS IN FRONT OF US. 
          UM, I, I GOTTA BE FRANK WITH YOU, THE FIRST TIME I GOT TO MEET WITH COUNCILMAN TREVINO ABOUT THIS ISSUE, UM, I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS JUST A WONKY ARCHITECT, YOU KNOW, LEGACY WISHLIST THING. 
          AND, UM, I REALLY DIDN'T TAKE IT THAT SERIOUSLY. 
          AND I STARTED LOOKING INTO IT, AND I STARTED READING, AND NOW I CAN'T STOP READING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. 
          AND I, NOW THAT I UNDERSTAND IT MORE, UH, AND BELIEVE THAT WE NEED IT WITH A CERTAIN DEGREE OF URGENCY, I'M, I'M REMINDED, UM, BACK IN 2003, I WAS HIRED BY TOYOTA AND I GOT TO HELP ACQUIRE THAT PROPERTY OUT THERE, THAT 2,600 ACRES. 
          AND I WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT WAS ON THEIR, UH, PAYROLL AT THE TIME. 
          AND I GOT A CALL ONE NIGHT FROM SOMEBODY WHO WAS, UH, HELPING US, YOU KNOW, CLEAR LAND OUT THERE, AND THEY SAID, HEY, UH, MR. PIAS, WE FOUND A DEAD BODY. 
          UH, THERE'S A CADAVER OUT HERE. 
          UH, SOMEBODY TOSSED THE CADAVER ONTO OUR PROPERTY. 
          AND I SAID, OH MY GOSH. 
          YOU KNOW, WAS IT LIKE FROM A GRAVE SITE? YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THERE'S SOME ARCHEOLOGICAL FEATURES. 
          AND THEY SAID, NO, NO, NO, NO. 
          THIS ONE'S A RECENTLY DECEASED PERSON WHO'S JUST BEEN LEFT HERE. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH A SHERIFF AND, UH, THEY'RE INVESTIGATING. 
          AND IT TURNS OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE, UM, HORRIBLE THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          AND THE SHERIFF WAS, UM, REPORTED THE NEXT DAY IN THE EXPRESS NEWS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT ONCE TOYOTA SHOWS UP AND STARTS OPERATING, AND THERE'S LOTS OF LIGHTS AND ACTIVITY OUT THERE, YOU SHOULD EXPECT FEWER CADAVERS, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THAT AREA. 
          SO TOYOTA BRINGS MORE THAN JUST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          THEY, THEY BRING FEWER CADAVERS. 
          BUT, UH, THAT SAID, LIGHTING IS, UH, IS ESSENTIAL, RIGHT? AND, UH, THAT BEING ONE EXTREME EXAMPLE. 
          THE OTHER THING TOO IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING, HAVING WORKED WITH, UH, FOLKS LIKE THE RAPE CRISIS CENTER AND, UM, UNIVERSITIES, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU FREQUENTLY HEAR IS, YOU KNOW, DON'T WALK DOWN POORLY LIT AREAS. 
          AND THEY TELL THAT TO YOUNG WOMEN AT UNIVERSITIES, UM, AND UNIVERSITIES HAVE FIGURED OUT THAT LIGHTING PLANS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THEIR, UM, TO THEIR SAFETY, RIGHT? AND ALL OF US HAVE HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEEN PRESENTED WITH A FORK IN THE ROAD AT SOME POINT IN THE CITY AND SAID, YOU KNOW, FIGURED, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I OUGHT NOT TO GO DOWN THAT ONE BECAUSE IT'S POORLY LIT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S THAT LIZARD PART OF OUR BRAIN IN THE BACK SAYING, YOU KNOW, DANGER LIES THAT WAY. 
          AND SO LIGHTING IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT TO MAKING SURE THAT WE STAY ALIVE. 
          BUT ALSO, I DO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE'RE NOT THE ONLY CITY THAT IS THINKING ABOUT THIS. 
          AND, UM, I WISH COUNCILMAN TREVINO, I CAN CALL YOU, YOU KNOW, INNOVATIVE IN THIS SPACE, BUT YOU'RE NOT, UM, IN FACT, A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER CITIES HAVE COME BEFORE YOU TO DO THIS. 
          AND SO, JUST AS A REMINDER, UH, COLUMBUS, OHIO HAS ONE OF THE MOST, YOU KNOW, FORWARD-THINKING LIGHTING PLANS. 
          UM, CHICAGO, LONDON, BARCELONA, ALSO, UH, CHATTANOOGA HAS ONE KARTA HANA. 
          AND THEN I JUST FOUND IN IRAN, TEHRAN HAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, UH, LIGHTING PLANS IN THE, UH, IN THE WORLD THAT IS BEING BENCHMARKED. 
          UM, AND SO I, I, I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE, LORI, THAT WHEN, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT WHATEVER WE DO, WE, WE DO FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, 
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THAT WE'RE GENERATING COST SAVINGS FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          'CAUSE EVERYTHING THAT I READ ABOUT THESE PLANS IS THAT IF DONE RIGHT, NOT ONLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO ENHANCE SAFETY, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GENERATE COST SAVINGS FOR US AND FOR THE PUBLIC, AND THEN SHIFT THOSE COST SAVINGS OVER TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SMART CITY SOLUTIONS THAT HELP US KEEP A SAFER CITY, AND THEN SHIFT THOSE COST SAVINGS OVER TO MORE POLICE OFFICERS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS WHERE WE REALLY COULD USE THAT MONEY. 
          SO YOU GET MY SUPPORT ON THIS, LORI AND, AND, AND BEN, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO US, AND THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          YOU, YOU, YOU GET ALL THE CREDIT ON THIS ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PAL. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I ALSO WANT TO, UH, GIVE THE CREDIT TO COUNCILMAN TREVINO FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, UM, EXTREMELY NECESSARY. 
          UM, AND I WANNA THANK C P S AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO, WHO ARE ASSISTING WITH THIS EFFORT AS WELL. 
          AND WE HOPE TO GET YOUR SUPPORT ALSO WHEN WE SPREAD THIS, UH, CITYWIDE, WHICH IS, IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, WE'RE GOING, AND THAT SHOULD ONLY BE A COMPLIMENT TO YOU, COUNCILMAN, THAT WE ALL WANNA COPY WHAT, WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN, IN D ONE. 
          UM, I AM, UH, WONDERING, I, I DO SUPPORT THE IDEA OF DOING IT DOWNTOWN FIRST OR IN ONE AREA FIRST AS A PILOT, AND THEN WE LEARN FROM THAT AND, AND SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF THE CITY. 
          BUT DOWNTOWN IS SO DIFFERENT FROM, UH, OUR MANY OTHER AREAS. 
          SO CAN YOU JUST TELL ME A LITTLE BIT HOW YOU, WHAT LESSONS DO YOU THINK WE CAN DRAW FROM THE DOWNTOWN STUDY TO, TO SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS? SO A GREAT EXAMPLE WOULD BE PARKS. 
          AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO LIGHT A PARK WITH THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIGHTING, THERE ARE PARKS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          SO WE COULD LOOK AT THAT CATEGORY IN OUR MASTER PLAN AND LEARN FROM THAT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT LIGHTING A PARK, UM, IN DISTRICT SEVEN LINEAR PARKS. 
          UM, THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER IS A LINEAR PARK. 
          WE COULD LOOK AT THAT AS WE'RE LIGHTING OUR BIKE TRAILS AND OUR LINEAR PARKS. 
          SO THERE, THERE ARE GREAT EXAMPLES THAT WE CAN PULL, PULL FROM. 
          UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT RETAIL STREETS VERSUS STREETS, WHOSE PRIMARY USE IS TO GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF A CERTAIN AREA. 
          SO THERE ARE GONNA BE CATEGORIES THAT NOT EVERY DISTRICT IS GOING TO HAVE THAT CATEGORY IN THEIR DISTRICT, BUT WE CAN PULL FROM AND LEARN FROM. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, SO I'D ALSO BE, OF COURSE I SUPPORT, UH, THIS PROJECT, BUT I, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF VISITING THE IDEA OF DOING THIS CITYWIDE. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT TO DO IT DISTRICT BY DISTRICT MM-HMM. 
           OR IF, UH, IF WE DO SOMETHING, UH, CITYWIDE. 
          BUT NONETHELESS, I'D LIKE TO REVISIT THAT IN THE FUTURE, UH, BEFORE THE NEXT, UH, BUDGET CYCLE OR AS WE PREPARE FOR THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS, LORI. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCILMAN SALDANA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, JUST SORT OF SPEAKING OUT LOUD, I THINK ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF, OF, UH, BEING ON THE COUNCIL FOR CONSECUTIVE YEARS IS THAT SOMETIMES AN ITEM WILL REMIND YOU ABOUT SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT OR SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT YOU NEED TO CHECK UP ON. 
          AND THIS ALSO PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GET TO CALL PEOPLE OUT IF IT DIDN'T GET DONE. 
          SO JOHN AL HERE IS REPRESENTING C P S AND JOHN AL AS YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE RISES, DO NOT COME UP TO THE PODIUM. 
          BUT I AM GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH TWO PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LIGHTING THE DOWNTOWN, IT, IT IS A QUESTION OF, UM, WORK THAT HAS YET TO BE DONE. 
          BUT IN EACH OF OUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE'VE SAID, HEY, THIS IS AN AREA OF, YOU KNOW, HIGH CRIME. 
          IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'M SAYING IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE DATA HAS TOLD ME. 
          AND WE, AS REPRESENTATIVES CAN TELL C P SS, LOOK, WE NEED TO GO AND ADD LIGHTS THERE. 
          AND THEY SUBSEQUENTLY FOLLOW UP WITH US AND SAY, UH, WE'LL DO A LIGHT STUDY AND AN ASSESSMENT TO SEE IF WE CAN ADD THOSE LIGHTS. 
          SO, UH, JOHN, I'M GONNA WORK WITH YOU AND C P S OFFLINE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FOLLOWED UP IN THOSE TWO PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, TO DO THAT. 
          BECAUSE I THINK WE ACTUALLY ARE ABLE TO EXECUTE AS LONG AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS PERSISTENT. 
          AND WE'RE FOLLOWING UP, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, GET THE ATTENTION THAT THEY NEED. 
          AND IN THIS, IN THIS CASE, THE LIGHTING THAT THEY NEED. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S THE ONLY QUICK, UH, ITEM I WAS GOING TO CHAT ABOUT. 
          AND THEN I HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION ON THE MATRIX. 
          'CAUSE UH, I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PRICE TAG, SOME OF US PROBABLY ASSUME THAT IF, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE LIGHTING MASTER STUDY, STUDY MASTER PLAN, UM, IT WASN'T JUST ONE RESPONDENT, UH, THAT WE LOOKED OUT HERE. 
          SO WE WENT THROUGH AN R F P, WE TRIED TO GET THE BEST VALUE HERE. 
          YES. 
          AND I THINK I, I WAS GOING THROUGH THE SLIDES AND THERE WAS AT LEAST FOUR. 
          YES. 
          UM, SO IT WASN'T JUST, LET'S GO WITH THE CHEAPEST. 
          IT'S LET'S GO WITH THE MOST QUALIFIED WE THROUGH AN R FQ PROCESS, OR THE MOST, MOST EXPENSIVE. 
          WE INTERVIEWED ALL FOUR, AND THEN WES WE SELECTED THROUGH THE SCORING SYSTEM, ALDER AND ASSOCIATES, AND THEN WE STARTED NEGOTIATING ON PRICE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND WAS THERE A SORT OF A LEVEL FIELD AS TO WHERE THE PRICE RANGE WAS AS THESE CAME IN? 'CAUSE I, I WILL PAY FOR A PROJECT DONE WELL, MORE IN TERMS OF A, A STUDY OR EVEN INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UM, WHAT DID THOSE LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU COMPARED PRICING? SO 
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OUR, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PRICING FROM ALL FOUR BECAUSE WE WERE SELECTING BASED ON QUALITY AND PRICING ISN'T A CONSIDERATION AS PART OF THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO WE SELECTED THE BEST THAT WE FELT THAT COULD DO THIS PLAN, AND THEN WE STARTED NEGOTIATING PRICE FROM THERE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO, WE HAD $250,000 BUDGETED. 
          AND AFTER LOOKING AT THE SCOPE AND HOW COMPREHENSIVE IT REALLY NEEDED TO BE, WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH C P S TO COME IN WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SOME OF THESE THINGS YOU'VE SHOWN US THE EXAMPLES OF THE M L K STATUTE WHERE ST. 
          LOUIS'S ARCHES, UM, YOU WOULD THINK THAT SOME FOLKS, UH, YOU KNOW, CONFIGURE THESE THINGS OUT ON THEIR OWN, BUT REALLY THERE'S AN ENTIRE, UH, YOU KNOW, PROFESSION, A GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS WITHIN THE INDUSTRY WHO DO THIS AND DO IT REALLY WELL. 
          SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT, WHAT THEY COME BACK WITH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SALDANA. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT A LIGHTING PLAN, IT'S NOT JUST STREETLIGHTS, I GOTTA REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT THAT. 
          IT'S, IT'S, UH, INDIRECT LIGHTING, IT'S, UH, FACILITY LIGHTING. 
          IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, GROUND LIGHTING. 
          IT'S NOT JUST STREET LIGHTING. 
          AND, AND, UM, I, I, I THINK THIS IS NEEDED. 
          UH, I TOO AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST OVERALL, BUT IF WE CAN USE THIS TO, UH, USE AS AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING. 
          AND I, I JUST WANNA REMIND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO, UH, KEEP THE MILITARY ENGAGED IN THIS, UH, PROCESS BECAUSE WHAT WE DO IN LIGHTING, UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO KEEP THE MILITARY INVOLVED AND IN MIND ON, ON HOW IT COULD IMPACT THEM AS FAR AS, UH, BRIGHTNESS IS CONCERNED AND, AND, UM, IMPEDING OR IMPACTING THEIR TRAINING MISSIONS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THEY, THEY NEED TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS. 
          AND I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND GETTING, UM, OUR OTHER ASSOCIATIONS LIKE THE BUILDING ASSOCIATION, UH, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS ALSO, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS, THIS WILL IMPACT, UH, UH, PRICING AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION, IT COULD IMPACT, UH, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES AND, AND GOING BACK AND RETROFITTING LIGHTING INSTRUMENTS. 
          AND, AND SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS AND WE'RE NOT EXCLUDING ANYONE. 
          AND MY, MY CONCERN AGAIN, NUMBER ONE, IS THE MILITARY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THEM INVOLVED IN THIS TO KEEP FROM IMPACTING THEIR TRAINING MISSIONS. 
          BUT YES, I, I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. 
          AND, UH, JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT IT'S NOT JUST STREET LIGHTING, IT'S OTHER LIGHTING, UM, FIXTURES AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, YES, GREAT JOB. 
          AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OF THE, UH, RESULTS OF THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          I JUST REMEMBERED ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          UH, LORI. 
          ARE, ARE PRIVATE BUILDINGS AND PRIVATE FACILITIES GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN HOW THE LIGHTING PROGRAM WOULD WORK? YES. 
          AND SO, AND, AND IF SO, WHAT IS THE REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN? AND SO WE WILL, WE WILL LOOK AT, WE WILL ENGAGE THE PRIVATE BUILDING OWNERS IN THIS PROCESS. 
          THEY WILL HELP US WITH THE, THE PLAN. 
          BUT FOR PRIVATE BUILDINGS THEMSELF, WE'D LIKE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOUR BUILDING'S VACANT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TYPE OF LIGHTING THAT WE WANT TO PLACE ON THAT STOREFRONT. 
          UM, THEY NEED LIGHTING AS PART OF THE CODE. 
          AND SO WE WOULD HAVE A PLAN THAT THEY CAN REFER TO AS THEY'RE DEVELOPING AS WELL. 
          UH, BUT IS IT WOULD BE MANDATORY THAT THEY COMPLY LIKE HISTORIC. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          BUT WE, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BUILDING CODES THAT REQUIRES CERTAIN LIGHTING, AND WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT TO SEE IF THERE'S A, A MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. 
          UM, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, I'M GONNA USE THE VACANT BUILDING ORDINANCE. 
          UH, WE WOULD LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, VACANT BUILDINGS AND WE'D WANT THEM TO HAVE LIGHTING, UM, IF THEY ARE VACANT. 
          AND SO THAT MIGHT BE A CODE REQUIREMENT OR A CODE CHANGE THAT WE WOULD MAKE TO MAKE THAT A REQUIREMENT, BECAUSE THAT HELPS WITH THE SAFETY COMPONENT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND, AND SO RIGHT NOW IF A BUILDING IS VACANT, IS IT REQUIRED TO HAVE LIGHTING? THERE IS NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT THERE BE A STORE FRI STOREFRONT THAT IS LIT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT MOST WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT THROUGH WORKING WITH A BUILDING OWNER TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          BUT IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          SO IT'LL BE MORE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AS OUR DOWNTOWN EVOLVES, THEY COULD IMPLEMENT WHAT'S RECOMMENDED HERE. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. 
          UM, AND I'LL JUST CLOSE BY SAYING THAT, UH, I ALSO WAS A LITTLE SKEPTICAL OF US SLOWING DOWN A PROCESS THAT HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR SUCH A LONG TIME WITH REGARD TO RETROFITTING AND, AND, UH, UPGRADING FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY, OUR LIGHTING SYSTEM. 
          AND WHEN I GIVE COUNCILMAN, UH, TREVINO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CREDIT FOR HELPING CONVINCE ALL OF US THAT DESIGN MATTERS, AND IT MATTERS A LOT. 
          UH, AND SO TO MY 
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COLLEAGUE TO THE A I A AND TO THE CITY STAFF WHO WORK DILIGENTLY TO GET THIS DONE, UM, WE ARE GRATEFUL. 
          UH, I AM REMINDED THOUGH THAT, UH, THIS IS TWO NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          IT'S NOT JUST A SINGLE PLACE IN DOWNTOWN THAT WILL BE LOOKED AT. 
          UH, SO I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY LIKE THIS WILL GIVE US THE DATA NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT IN UNIQUE AREAS AROUND THE CITY IN ALL DISTRICTS. 
          SO, LOOK FORWARD TO THE RESULTS, AND, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM NUMBER 16. 
          [16. Ordinance creating the City of San Antonio Higher Education Student Advisory Board. [María Villagómez, Assistant City Manager; Melody Woosley, Director, Human Services]]
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD. 
          COUNCILMAN SAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, THIS MAY NOT BE A, A LONG ITEM. 
          WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT AND, AND CLARIFY ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY HAVE HAD ABOUT THE, UM, THE NEW CREATION OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION BOARD. 
          AND THE, THE THEORY BEHIND IT. 
          THE WORKING THEORY IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES WHERE STUDENTS COME TO SAN ANTONIO, EITHER BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE FOR, UH, A FEW YEARS THROUGH UNIVERSITY OR THROUGH COLLEGE, BUT IN SOME CASES WE'RE STILL LIVING IN A COMMUNITY WHERE, UH, WE COMPETE WITH OTHERS, OTHER CITIES, OTHER STATES, UH, TO TRY TO KEEP AND RETAIN OUR TALENT. 
          AND WE NEED TO LEARN FROM THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THAT DECISION MAKING. 
          SO THAT WAS THE, THE WORKING THEORY AND THE THEORY OF ACTION WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE IDEA. 
          UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY COLLEGE, UH, INTERNS, WHOSE NAME IS MATTHEW BIZA, HE'S A, HE'S A SENIOR AT STANFORD THIS YEAR, CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF TRYING TO MAKE THIS A FORMALIZED, UH, FEEDBACK LOOP BETWEEN SOME OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND SO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION BOARD THAT WOULD HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES LIKE A COMMISSION, BUT BE A LITTLE MORE FORMAL IN NATURE IN THAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE A, A LEADERSHIP SAN ANTONIO THAT WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH, BUT, UH, BE FOCUSED ON COLLEGE STUDENT AND COLLEGE AGE STUDENTS TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK IN MANY CASES, UH, FIND OUT WHAT PLANS AND, AND, AND WHAT PROBLEMS THE CITIES ARE DEALING WITH THAT WE CAN ALSO, UH, GET THEIR VOICE INTO THE DISCUSSION FOR. 
          SO, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT DURING A GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, DURING SOME COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND I KNOW SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SOME, SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, SOME IMPORTANT FEEDBACK. 
          THIS IS NOT CONCRETE. 
          THIS IS STILL, UM, I THINK IT IS FORMING STAGES SO WE CAN OFFER SOME FEEDBACK AND CHANGES. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT UP AS THE BEGINNING. 
          AND, UM, I THINK MOST FOLK COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW ABOUT IT. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, SO I'LL JUST YIELD THE FLOOR. 
          I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SALANA. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GRO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN SALANA. 
          I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 
          UH, ITEM ON, UH, THE AGENDA AND MOVING FORWARD FROM THE C C R TO THIS POINT RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, I THINK WE HAVE, UH, THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO ALSO REMIND ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE HAVE OUR SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION AND THEIR APPOINTEES TO, UH, FROM ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS. 
          AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE ENGAGE WITH YOUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THERE, BECAUSE MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN THE C C R ARE THINGS THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON, ON THEIR AGENDA RIGHT NOW THIS YEAR. 
          SO, MELODY, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UM, WHERE DO WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL LIAISON FROM THE CITY WITH OUR, I KNOW WE'RE, YOU'RE, WE'RE IDENTIFYING IF YOU HAVE A SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW THIS IS GONNA CONNECT, CONNECT TO THE CITY AND TO THIS HIGHER ED ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
          CAN YOU PLEASE PUT THAT SLIDE UP? SURE. 
          BECAUSE, SO I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE THAT SPEAKS, UM, ENTIRELY TO THAT, BUT I CAN RUN THROUGH REAL QUICK. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO I THINK COUNCILMAN SALANI DID A GREAT JOB OF SUMMARIZING, UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE BOARD IS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE, UM, THEIR, THAT THEIR VOICE IS HEARD IN, IN PRIORITY AREAS OF CONCERN FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND ALSO THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS ON, UM, HOW TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS IN THE CITY, UH, AS FAR AS RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AND ENSURING EQUITY AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, LONG-TERM RESIDENCY AND COLLEGE TO WORKFORCE TRANSITION. 
          WE ALSO WANT TO, UM, ENCOURAGE THEM TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SHARE THEIR FEEDBACK ON, UM, THESE PRIORITY AREAS OF TRANSPORTATION, ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH, HOUSING, PUBLIC SAFETY, ARTS AND CULTURE AND JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND ONE OF THE WAYS WE'LL DO THAT, UM, IS BY STAFFING THE COMMISSION, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES WILL MANAGE IT. 
          AND, AND REBECCA FLORES, WHO IS OUR EDUCATION PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR, WILL STAFF THE COMMISSION AND SHE WILL ENSURE THAT IT'S COORDINATED WITH BOTH THE YOUTH COMMISSION AND OUR, UH, SA 2020 COMMISSION ON EDUCATION. 
          AND WE'LL DO THAT THROUGH MAYBE SOME COMBINED STRATEGIC PLANNING, UM, BETWEEN THOSE COMMISSIONS 
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AND TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING EFFORTS AND THAT, UM, THAT THE, THE, THEIR VOICE IS HEARD ALONG WITH THE VOICE OF THE YOUTH COMMISSION. 
          AND SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          PART OF WHAT WE WANNA IMPLEMENT IS A, A A A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM MODELED AFTER LEADERSHIP SAN ANTONIO, UH, SO THAT WE ENCOURAGING CIVIC PARTICIPATION BEYOND, UH, GRADUATION AND ENCOURAGING THEM, REALLY PREPARING THEM TO SERVE AS, UH, FUTURE BOARD MEMBERS ON, ON OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND, UM, JUST TO MOVE FORWARD IS, YOU KNOW, THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION, THEY ARE COMING IN WITH A NEW AGENDA, AND IT'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT VALUES OF SERVICE ADVOCACY, CONNECTING WITH THE YOUTH AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 
          THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON ACTIONABLE POLICY AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEY WANT TO DEVELOP STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEIR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. 
          SO I KNOW THAT THEY ALSO WANT TO PRESENT TO A COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE 'CAUSE THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTING THEM, LIKE TOBACCO 21 AND OTHER POLICIES THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH, THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE AN INPUT AND AN INPUT INTO THIS AS THEY MOVE FORWARD. 
          ANOTHER REASON WHY I AM THIS, COUPLE REASONS, YOU KNOW, THIS PAST WEEK WE HAD OUR ECONOMIC WORKFORCE AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING, AND IT WAS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND ABOUT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST. 
          AND ONE OF THE, THE ITEMS THAT, UM, TECH BLOCK DAVID, UH, CAME AND SHARED WAS THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE FROM AUSTIN, PEOPLE FROM SAN ANTONIO WHO GRADUATE FROM UT AUSTIN, WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE TECH INDUSTRY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO TO RECRUIT THEM TO COME BACK TO SAN ANTONIO, WE WANT TO DO THAT. 
          AND, UH, ANOTHER, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME OF MY DISTRICT THREE LEGACY LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW IN DISTRICT THREE WITH OUR GRAD, WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. 
          AND IT IS, UM, IT'S A MONTHLY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT WE CONNECT THEM WITH, UH, UM, DIFFERENT COMMUNITY LEADERS. 
          I KNOW THE MAYOR, UM, MA, THE FORMER MAYORS WENT, CHERYL HAS BEEN THERE, DARYL BIRD AND OTHERS MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND WE HIGHLIGHT THE ASSETS OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND MY FIR OUR INAUGURAL CLASS, ONE OF MY STUDENTS IS NOW GONNA BE GRADUATING FROM CORNELL THIS COMING SPRING. 
          SO I'M VERY, UH, ONE OF THEM. 
          SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THEM GROWING AND CONTINUING TO COME BACK TO SAN ANTONIO AND LEAD. 
          UM, SO WHEREVER WE CAN CONNECT, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN VIRON. 
          CHERYL, YOU HAD SOMETHING TO ADD? UH, JUST BRIEFLY AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          SO THE YOUTH COMMISSION IS CURRENTLY STAFFED BY SOMEONE FROM THE P 16 PLUS COUNCIL, AND WE'RE WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH THEM ON HOW THE CITY CAN ALSO HELP IN THAT REGARD. 
          AND THIS HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE WILL BE STAFFED BY REBECCA FLORES, UH, WHO IS OUR EDUCATION COORDINATOR, AND SHE IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. 
          SOME OF YOU RECALL THAT SHE WAS, UH, AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS PLAN FOR PRE-K FOR ESSAY, AND HELPED US IN LAUNCHING THAT PROGRAM FIVE YEARS AGO. 
          SHE LEFT, UH, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, BUT COULDN'T WAIT TO GET BACK TO SAN ANTONIO AND HAS REJOINED OUR CITY TEAM, UH, WORKING WITH MELODY AND MARIA. 
          UH, SO SHE'LL BE STAFFING THIS HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL, AND OF COURSE, AS WELL VERSED ON EDUCATION. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE, UH, REBECCA, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND ALSO THANK YOU, UH, TO COUNCILMAN SALDANA AND TO MATTHEW TOO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN GRO. 
          COUNCILMAN PALAI. 
          THANK YOU, MELODY. 
          UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT YOU'RE, UH, INCORPORATING LEADERSHIP SAN ANTONIO LESSONS LEARNED, UM, AND SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF THAT PROGRAM. 
          MY REQUEST IS THAT WE DO WHAT LEADERSHIP SAN ANTONIO DOES AFTER THESE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GRADUATE FROM THAT PROGRAM MM-HMM. 
          , AND THAT IS CONTINUE TO TOUCH THE ALUM, RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          AND CONTINUE TO REMIND THE ALUM THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO US THERE IS, UM, AND TRACK THEM AS TO, YOU KNOW, DO THEY STAY IN SAN ANTONIO? AND IF THEY DON'T, WHERE DO THEY GO? UM, AND THEN CONTINUE TO REMIND THEM BY SOME WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE 'EM AND WE'D LOVE FOR THEM TO CONTINUE COMING BACK. 
          AND, UM, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING WAY OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TAPPING INTO THOSE VERY BIG BRAINS. 
          FOR ALL I KNOW, THESE ARE GONNA BE FUTURE CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TREAT THEM THAT WAY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND SO I'M GONNA BEG MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PLEASE THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT WHO YOU'RE GONNA PUT ON THIS COMMITTEE, BECAUSE THESE ARE, THIS IS MAYBE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMITTEES THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT TOGETHER. 
          UM, AND THAT INVOLVEMENT IS SOMETHING WE DON'T USUALLY GET. 
          UH, THE, THE, THEIR VOTING NUMBERS ARE ABYSMALLY LOW. 
          UM, AND IF WE CAN FIND PEOPLE WHO WANT TO STAY, YOU 
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KNOW, BE INVOLVED, WE NEED TO REALLY BLOCK AND TACKLE AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GIVE THEM ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ENGAGED. 
          LASTLY, I'LL TELL YOU, UM, I I, I'D LIKE TO SEE ALSO, UM, INVOLVEMENT IN, UH, R O T C PROGRAMS, UM, OKAY. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF RICH, UM, SMART PEOPLE IN THOSE PROGRAMS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE MILITARY CITY AFTER ALL. 
          AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN KEEP, YOU KNOW, THOSE BIG BRAINS ALSO ENGAGED AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE SKIP OVER THEM, UH, WHEN WE SHOULDN'T. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT, GOOD. 
          THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PELA. 
          COUNCILMAN NU THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'LL JUST BE BRIEF. 
          I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE COUNCILMAN SYA FOR BRINGING THIS. 
          I THINK IT'S AN, AN INCREDIBLE IDEA, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FINDING JUST THE RIGHT PERSON TO PUT APPOINT TO THIS COMMISSION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          AND I'M, I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED. 
          WE'VE HEARD THIS IN, IN GOVERNANCE A COUPLE TIMES NOW, AND SO IT'S BRILLIANT. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN SALDANA FOR MOVING IT FORWARD. 
          UH, THERE WAS ALSO GOOD GUIDANCE FROM THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE ON, ON THINGS SUCH AS HOW THE NOMINATIONS WOULD WORK AND SO FORTH THAT, UH, I WANT YOU TO REFER BACK TO MELODY AS THIS COMES TOGETHER. 
          UM, WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT MOST THOUGH, IS THAT, UH, HERE WE HAVE A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE OF VOTING AGE, WHO ALSO BELONG TO THE LOWEST VOTING BRACKET IN THE CITY, BUT THEY HAVE THE MOST TO LOSE, UH, BY THE DECISIONS MADE UP HERE. 
          SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS GROUP, UH, THIS BOARD CAN MAKE CITY GOVERNMENT RELEVANT TO THEM AND THEIR PEERS, I THINK IS AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES AND COUNCILMAN SALANA, UH, FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MELODY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 16. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM NUMBER 
          [17. Ordinance establishing the World Heritage Area Legacy Business Grant Pilot Program for eligible businesses within the World Heritage Buffer Zone, or within a two mile radius of Missions Concepcion, San Jose, San Juan, or Espada, which will be funded out of the Inner City Incentive Fund, and authorizing the execution of any and all documents and contracts necessary to administer the grant pilot program. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Colleen Swain, Director, World]
17. 
          ITEM NUMBER 17 IS AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE WORLD HERITAGE AREA, LEGACY BUSINESS GRANT PILOT PROGRAM FOR ELIGIBLE BUSINESSES WITHIN THE WORLD HERITAGE BUFFER ZONE, OR WITHIN A TWO MILE RADIUS OF MISSIONS CONCEPTION, SAN JOSE, SAN JUAN, OR ESPADA, WHICH WILL BE FUNDED OUT OF THE INNER CITY INCENTIVE FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER THE GRANT PILOT PROGRAM. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I WANTED TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A PRESENTATION SO WE CAN KNOW ABOUT THIS VERY EXCITING PROGRAM THAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, WELL GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          I'M COLLEEN. 
          I AM THE, UH, COLLEEN SWAIN, THE WORLD HERITAGE, UH, OFFICE DIRECTOR, AND I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT, UH, INFORMATION ON THIS PROGRAM TODAY. 
          SO A LITTLE BACKGROUND, UM, LOCAL AUTHENTIC, SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND THE PRESERVATION OF EXISTING LONG-TERM BUSINESSES HAS BEEN A DISCUSSION CITYWIDE. 
          AND IT WAS PREVALENT DURING OUR WORLD HERITAGE SYMPOSIUM THAT WAS HOSTED BY, UH, DISTRICT THREE COUNCILWOMAN REBECCA VIA GRANDE BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2015. 
          AND SO AS A RESULT, UM, THE PRESERVATION OF LEGACY BUSINESSES WAS ALSO A COMPONENT OF THE LIVING HERITAGE SYMPOSIUM THAT WAS HOSTED BY OUR OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SHANNON MILLER, WHO IS HERE, AND TO THANK HER FOR AND HER STAFF, UH, FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND WORK ON THIS EFFORT. 
          UM, THEY HAVE A PROGRAM THAT'S CALLED, UH, SCOUT SA, AND THIS INITIATIVE SEEKS TO EXPLORE, DISCOVER, AND CELEBRATE WHAT MAKES SAN ANTONIO UNIQUE IN TERMS OF HERITAGE CULTURE AND THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE PROGRAM AND KNOWLEDGES THAT LONG LIVE SAN ANTONIO BUSINESSES ARE IMPORTANT HISTORIC ASSET TO OUR CITY AND RECOGNIZES BUSINESSES WHOSE ANTIQUITY, ARCHITECTURE, HISTORICAL OR CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE MAKE THEM A NOTABLE PART OF SAN ANTONIO'S CULTURAL LANDSCAPE. 
          AND THEY JUST LAUNCHED THEIR PROGRAM AT DELL BRAVO RECORDS, UM, UH, IN COORDINATION WITH DISTRICT SIX, COUNCILMAN GREG BROCK HOUSE. 
          SO, UM, VERY EXCITING ABOUT THAT. 
          SO THE PROGRAM, THE REGISTRY PROGRAM THAT THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION WILL MANAGE IN ORDER TO BE, UH, QUALIFIED, YOU HAVE TO BE A BUSINESS THAT'S 20 YEARS OR OLDER AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE HISTORY, CULTURE, AND AUTHENTIC IDENTITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, THESE BUSINESSES CAN BE OWNED BY SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS OF THE SAME, UH, FAMILY. 
          THEY PERPETUATE SAN ANTONIO'S AUTHENTICITY THROUGH ITS GOODS OR SERVICE. 
          UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL, UH, EXAMPLES OF THESE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          UM, WE HAVE BOOT MAKERS, UH, BAKERIES. 
          UH, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO BOTANICAS FOLK DANCE INSTRUCTORS AND SONG INSTRUCTION. 
          UM, IT CAN BE LOCATED IN A DESIGNATED SAN ANTONIO LANDMARK HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND THE PROPERTY CAN BE ELIGIBLE TO BE DESIGNATED AND, UH, THEY SHOULD HAVE THE WILLINGNESS TO LANDMARK THAT PROPERTY. 
          IN RETURN FOR BEING 
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ON THIS REGISTRY. 
          UM, THE BUSINESSES WILL AGREE TO PERPETUATE THE BUSINESS, ITS HISTORIC NAME AND ITS SERVICE, UM, AND THEY WILL DO MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE BUSINESSES. 
          BUT AS A BONUS, IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WORLD HERITAGE BUFFER AREA OR WITHIN A TWO MILE RADIUS OF MISSIONS, CONCEPCION, SAN JOSE, SAN JUAN, OR ASADA, THEN YOU QUALIFY FOR THE WORLD HERITAGE AREA, UH, PILOT PROGRAM. 
          AND WE ENVISION THAT YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE A LOGO, ESPECIALLY FOR WORLD HERITAGE, AREA LEGACY BUSINESSES. 
          AND HERE IS A MAP OF THAT AREA. 
          THE BLACK OUTLINE THAT YOU SEE IS THE WORLD HERITAGE BUFFER AREA. 
          IT'S QUITE A LARGE AREA. 
          IT'S ALMOST 5,800 ACRES. 
          UM, BUT IN ADDITION, UM, THE YELLOW, PINK AND BLUE DESIGNATE A HALF MILE, A MILE AND A TWO MILE RADIUS. 
          SO, UM, THIS PILOT WILL ACTUALLY EXTEND NOT ONLY INTO DISTRICTS ONE, THREE, AND FIVE, BUT ALSO A PORTION OF TWO. 
          AND WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED, UH, ABOUT 200 POSSIBLE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. 
          ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA CONNECT VISITORS, UH, AND BY VISITORS I MEAN THE LOCALS AND RESIDENTS THAT WILL COME TO OUR ICONIC MISSIONS, UH, TO, UH, TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          SO WE HAVE DEVELOPED A MOBILE RESPONSIVE WEBSITE. 
          IT'S WORLD HERITAGE SA.COM, AND IT CONNECTS THESE VISITORS TO AREA, RESTAURANTS, LODGING, SHOPPING AND TRANSPORTATION, AND TRAILS AND TOURS IN THE AREA. 
          IN ADDITION, UH, WE WILL COME FORWARD WITH AN ITEM TO INSTALL FREE WIFI AT THE MISSIONS. 
          UM, AND WE'RE COORDINATING WITH OUR SMART CITIES KIOSK INITIATIVE TO HAVE THIS MOBILE RESPONSIVE WEBSITE ON THOSE KIOSKS. 
          AND THIS WEBSITE HAS A MAPPING TOOL WHERE IF YOU'RE AT ONE OF THE MISSIONS AND YOU DECIDE YOU WANNA GET A BITE TO EAT, THEN YOU CAN, I IMMEDIATELY LOOK UP, UH, WITHIN A HALF MILE, A MILE OR TWO MILE RADIUS, A RESTAURANT OR A PLACE TO SHOP, AND THEN IT HAS A TRIPADVISOR RATING. 
          AND IN THE FUTURE, IT WOULD ALSO HAVE A WORLD HERITAGE, LEGACY BUSINESS, UH, ICON AS WELL. 
          SO THE PROGRAM, UH, COMPONENTS INCLUDE, UH, UH, MATCHING GRANTS. 
          THERE IS A FACADE MATCHING GRANT OF UP TO $10,000. 
          UM, THERE ARE ALSO A MATCHING GRANTS FOR SIGNAGE, UH, PARKING LOTS AND LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, AND A BUSINESS CAN QUALIFY FOR UP TO $30,000 IN MATCHING GRANTS. 
          UM, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, LISC AND LIFT FUND TO ASSIST THE APPLICANT WITH LOANS FOR OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE SOUTH SIDE FIRST INITIATIVE, THEIR ETLA GAS PROGRAM, AND THEN LAUNCH SA TO PROVIDE CAPACITY BUILDING CLASSES. 
          UM, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THREE CLASSES, AND THIS WILL ASSIST THE REGISTERED BUSINESSES AS IN SUSTAINING THEIR LONGEVITY AND ENABLES THEM TO MAINTAIN A COMPETITIVE SKILLSET WITHIN THIS EVOLVING MARKETPLACE. 
          SO THE FIRST STEPS ARE THAT, UM, WHEN A BUSINESS IS ON THE CITYWIDE REGISTRY, THEN, AND WE DETERMINE THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM, THEN MY OFFICE WILL PROVIDE A LIAISON WHO WILL HELP THEM WITH THE APPLICATION AND MANAGE THE GRANT FUNDING. 
          UM, THE PROGRAM WILL USE EXISTING HISTORIC DESIGN GUIDELINES OR DESIGN GUIDELINES BASED ON THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS AND LOCATION OF BUSINESS. 
          UM, MANY OF THESE BUSINESSES ALREADY FALL WITHIN A HISTORIC DISTRICT. 
          UM, AND THIS PROCESS MIRRORS OTHER CITY PROGRAMS THAT REQUIRE BUILDING DESIGN GUIDANCE AND APPROVAL. 
          AND THIS WILL ALL GO THROUGH OUR OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          UM, AGAIN, ALL IMPROVEMENTS WAS COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE BUILDING STANDARDS, CITY, STATE, AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND WE HAD A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT THE, UH, A D A REQUIREMENTS, AND WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO OUR TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SUCCESS, UH, ACCESSIBILITY LIAISON, UH, DEBORAH, WHO WILL PROVIDE US SOME GUIDANCE ON THAT AS WELL, IN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL PROCESSES, UM, THAT PROVIDE FOR THAT. 
          SO THE GRANT PROCESS IS AS FOLLOWS. 
          UM, AGAIN, THEY'LL SUBMIT A GRANT, THEY'LL SUBMIT THE NORMAL HISTORIC AND DESIGN REVIEW, UH, APPLICATION TO OUR WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE. 
          WE'LL REVIEW IT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THEY HAVE PROOF OF OWNERSHIP, THEY HAVE A WORK PLAN, A DETAILED BUDGET, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO APPLY AND PROCEED. 
          THEY WILL GO THROUGH THE HISTORIC AND DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS. 
          UM, THAT COULD REQUIRE, UM, THE FULL PROCESS OR IT MAY BE JUST ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL. 
          UM, WHILE THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THEY WILL ATTEND THE EDUCATIONAL CLASSES. 
          AND AGAIN, THE GRANT FUNDS ARE ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS, SO THEY WILL SIGN AN AGREEMENT. 
          AND AGAIN, I STRESS THAT THE FUNDING TO THE RECIPIENT IS PROVIDED UPON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS. 
          WE WORK WITH THEM ON AGREED, UH, UH, AGREED UPON SCOPE OF WORK AND PROJECT BUDGET. 
          AND IF THERE ARE ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NOT COMPLETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED SCOPE AND BUDGET, THEN THEY WILL NOT BE REIMBURSABLE. 
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THE PROPERTY OWNER ALSO AGREES TO MAINTAIN THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR A FIVE-YEAR TERM, UM, AND IN THE EVENT THAT THEY DON'T, UM, THE, UH, CITY HAS, UH, THE DISCRETION TO RECOVER ALL FUNDING, UH, THAT WAS REIMBURSED TO THE APPLICANT. 
          UM, AND IT IS, IS A COVENANT THAT'S PLACED ON THE DEEDED AND PLATT RECORDS FOR THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD. 
          SO WE HAVE MODELED THIS PROGRAM AGAINST, UH, ON BEST PRACTICES. 
          THERE IS A GRANT PROGRAM THAT ALREADY OCCURS, UH, THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR, UH, AND ENHANCEMENT MANCHIN GRANT PROGRAM AND . 
          AND WE WORKED WITH HEATHER YOST, I'D LIKE TO FROM PLANNING BRIDGET AND, UH, IS THE DIRECTOR, AND THEN HEATHER YOST MANAGES THAT PROGRAM. 
          SO SHE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN, UH, HELPING US DEVELOP THIS. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO THANK HER FOR HER WORK. 
          IN ADDITION, THIS PROGRAM CAN BE LAYERED WITH OPERATION FACELIFT. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THAT VERONICA AND RICHARD KEITH ARE HERE. 
          UM, AND WOULD LIKE TO THANK RAMIRO FERNANDEZ WHO MANAGES THAT PROGRAM FOR HIS HELP AND INSIGHT. 
          UM, WE HAVE THREE IN THE PIPELINE IN THE AREA, AND THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR IN THE LAST YEAR. 
          AND I KNOW A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE, WHY WE WANT THIS TO LAYER IS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT, UM, OR THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THAT WEREN'T BEING ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THAT GRANT PROGRAM, BUT IT CAN BE LAYERED. 
          AND SO WE THINK IT'LL BE VERY IMPACTFUL. 
          AND AGAIN, THE CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE A, A PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, SOUTH SIDE FIRST AND WITH LAUNCH SA. 
          AND, UM, AGAIN, THANK HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UH, KATHY RODRIGUEZ AND CLAUDIA GARRA FOR THEIR WORK. 
          UH, AND THEN KATHLEEN DESMO IS IN MY OFFICE, AND, UH, SHE HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL. 
          SHE STARTED OUT AS AN INTERN, UM, AND SHE HAS BEEN HELPING US WITH THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND SHE HAS, UH, AND SHE'LL HELP US MANAGE IT. 
          AND, UM, E D D ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE DOING OUR FIRST VENDOR REGISTRATION ON THE SOUTH SIDE, UM, ON MARCH 6TH, WHERE WE WILL, UH, REACH OUT TO BUSINESSES TO GET THEM REGISTERED AS A CITY VENDOR. 
          AND SO THANKFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP OF ALL MY CITY, UH, COLLEAGUES IN HELPING US, UH, UH, DO ALL THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD HERITAGE AREA. 
          SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM, UM, TO ENSURE THAT OUR SMALL, UH, LOCAL LEGACY BUSINESSES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO BE COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE. 
          AND HOPEFULLY THIS PROGRAM WILL SET A PRECEDENT FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM TO BE EXPANDED, UH, CITYWIDE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COLLEEN. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT, UH, VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION, AND I'M GLAD IT EVEN ANSWERED SOME OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES QUESTIONS, UM, RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT I, I WANT TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT BECAUSE THIS PRI PILOT PROGRAM AND THE HOPES THAT WE CAN EXPAND THIS THROUGHOUT CITY CITYWIDE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE, UM, AND MAINTAINING AND PRESERVING OUR GENERATIONAL AND OUR, OUR LEGACY HOMEOWNERS. 
          AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. 
          WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR LEGACY BUSINESSES WHO ALSO HAVE HELPED CREATE THE CHARACTER OF NEIGHBORHOODS CAN BE, AS YOU MENTIONED, A COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE. 
          AND THIS IS ONE STEP THAT WE CAN DO IT. 
          AND IT'S A PRACTICE THAT IS HAPPENING IN ALL, IN ALL WORLD CLASS CITIES TOO. 
          AND SO THIS IS A, A MATTER OF TIME ONLY A MATTER OF TIME THAT WE WOULD BE TAKING THE STEP FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SHANNON AND COLLEEN FOR THE WORK. 
          I LOVED HEARING THE CONVERSATION AT THE LIVING HERITAGE SYMPOSIUM. 
          THIS IS GOING TO BE A GAME CHANGER FOR OUR ENTIRE CITY, BUT SPECIFICALLY IN THE WORLD HERITAGE AREA RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IT WILL BE TRANSFORMATIONAL, AND WE AS A COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO REALIZE JUST HOW MANY PHENOMENAL ASSETS THAT WE ALL HAVE IN EACH ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS. 
          UM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THAT TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THE REGISTRY, BUT THEN EVEN FURTHER ON BECAUSE OF THE PILOT PROGRAM. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVEN REACHING OUT WITH THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY, UM, ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE GOING TO HELP BUILD THAT CAPACITY THAT WE NEED TO. 
          SO WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 17. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, ONE THING I DIDN'T HEAR IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS ALLOCATED FOR THE PROGRAM IN THE, IN THE PERIOD OF TIME THIS PILOT'S IN PLACE. 
          CURRENTLY THERE IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN OUR INNER CITY INCENTIVE FUND. 
          AND, UM, THE GOAL IS TO, UH, PROVE THAT, UM, WE WILL SPEND THAT MONEY VERY QUICKLY. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          COURAGE, COUNCILMAN BROADCAST. 
          UH, JUST REAL QUICK, I WANTED TO, ON THE LEGACY BUSINESS PROGRAM, JUST TO, UH, SAY HOW PHENOMENAL THAT IS. 
          IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, IDENTIFY A COUPLE OF THEM IN YOUR DISTRICTS. 
          WE, WE DID IT FOR DELL BRAVO RECORDS, THE FIRST ONE IN THE CITY. 
          UH, AND THEY CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          LIKE I STILL GET TEXT MESSAGES FROM 'EM. 
          THEY'RE, THEY WANT THE STICKER, THEY WANNA PUT IT ON THEIR BUSINESS CARD. 
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UH, IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CLOUDS PARTED AND THE, THE C OPENED UP FOR THEM. 
          LIKE THE, THE RECOGNITION WAS OFF THE CHART. 
          SO THE BEAUTY OF IT IS, I THINK WITH THIS IS JUST THE SMALL BUSINESS RECOGNITION OF PEOPLE BEEN CUTTING THEIR TEETH AND CUTTING PAYROLL FOR 40 YEARS WITH NO RECOGNITION IN THEIR BUSINESSES, THEIR LIFE. 
          I DIDN'T, I GUESS I DIDN'T REALLY GET IT TO THAT EXTENT WHEN I, UNTIL I SAW THAT HIS GRANDMOTHER, THE WHOLE FAMILY WAS THERE. 
          AND IT WAS SUCH A MOMENT OF PRIDE. 
          SO, I MEAN, I ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT THIS, AND IT'S FANTASTIC FOR THE WORLD HERITAGE, UH, LOCATION. 
          AND, AND OBVIOUSLY DISTRICT THREE'S GOT THE EXACT SETUP FOR IT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S IN DISTRICT SIX TWO, IT'S IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          IT, I MEAN, THESE, THESE BUSINESSES ARE BURIED. 
          YOU WOULDN'T EVEN NOTICE IT. 
          SO JUST THE SHEER RECOGNITION. 
          I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT WORK OF THE STAFF TO COME UP WITH THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM AND THE THINGS THAT THIS IS GONNA DO FOR MOM AND POP SHOPS AND PEOPLE REALLY THAT ARE THE BACKBONE OF, OF BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SOCIETIES. 
          I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S PERFECT. 
          AND, AND, AND THANK YOU. 
          FANTASTIC JOB. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BHA. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND SO, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILWOMAN FOR BRINGING THIS, UH, FORWARD. 
          I JUST, I WANTED A FEW CLARIFYING, UM, POINTS, OR THERE'S TWO SEPARATE PROGRAMS. ONE THAT'S A BUSINESS LEGACY AND ONE THAT'S A FACADE IMPROVEMENT TYPE OF PROGRAM. 
          THERE IS A CITYWIDE, UM, LEGACY BUSINESS REGISTRY PROGRAM. 
          THE, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION MANAGERS. 
          SO ANYONE, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT COUNCIL DISTRICT THEY'RE IN, CAN QUALIFY FOR THAT PROGRAM. 
          AND, UH, AND HOW ARE YOU ALL SEARCHING THOSE? OR DO WE NEED TO BRING, BRINGING THOSE FORWARD? 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THAT I CAN THINK OF, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUTREACH HAS BEEN LIKE. 
          I, I KNOW THAT SHANNON'S STAFF HAS DEVELOPED A LIST OF POTENTIAL BUSINESSES, BUT THERE'RE ALSO IS A COMMUNITY, UH, INPUT ASPECT. 
          UM, COUNCILWOMAN, WE ARE ACTIVELY, UH, LOOKING FOR, UM, SUGGESTIONS FOR THESE BUSINESSES. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE ANY IN MIND, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE ACTUALLY ARE PLANNING AN ANNOUNCEMENT NEXT WEDNESDAY, UM, VALENTINE'S DAY. 
          WE'RE GONNA HEART BOMB SOME, UH, UH, LEGACY BUSINESSES, ONE IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          AND SO WE'VE, MY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH EACH OF YOUR OFFICES TO IDENTIFY THAT FIRST, UM, LEGACY BUSINESS IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE ALREADY ANNOUNCED EL BRAVO, BUT, UM, THERE'LL BE ONE IN, IN ALL OF THE OTHER COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT'LL BE ANNOUNCED NEXT WEDNESDAY. 
          AND THAT'LL KIND OF KICK OFF THE, WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE A FLOOD OF NOMINATIONS OF BUSINESSES, UM, WANTING TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A LEGACY BUSINESS. 
          AND THEY'LL, IT'LL BE VERY CLEAR THAT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO ANYTHING TO PARTICIPATE. 
          'CAUSE I THINK YOU KNOW THIS, SOME BUSINESSES GET NERVOUS WHEN THE CITY COMES AND SAYS, WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT YOU. 
          THEY MAY THINK THAT THERE'S A FEE INVOLVED. 
          UM, CORRECT. 
          IT IS, THERE IS A, A COMMITMENT ON THE PART OF THE BUSINESS THAT THEY PLAN TO PERPETUATE WHATEVER IT IS THAT IS, THAT THEY'RE BEING RECOGNIZED FOR, SO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WHATEVER THAT, THAT LEGACY BUSINESS IS. 
          UM, BUT THEY AREN'T REQUIRED TO, TO DO ANYTHING ELSE, LIKE SPEND MONEY OR ANYTHING. 
          UM, AND, AND OBVIOUSLY THE, THE CITYWIDE PROGRAM DOES NOT, ALSO, DOESN'T HAVE CURRENTLY A GRANT PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 
          THE ONLY GRANT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN THE PILOT AREA. 
          BUT OF COURSE, ASSUMING THAT THE PILOT IS SUCCESSFUL, UM, WE, WE HOPE THAT THAT WILL BE EXPANDED AT SOME POINT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          SURE. 
          UH, AND THEN, SO THERE WAS THE LEGACY BUSINESS, AND THEN THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT IS FOR THE WORLD HERITAGE. 
          IT, IT'S, IT'S MULTI-LAYERED. 
          THERE ARE, THERE ARE MATCHING GRANTS FOR FACADES, LANDSCAPING, SIGNAGE, AND PARKING. 
          UM, SO $10,000 EACH, A BUSINESS CAN QUALIFY FOR UP TO $30,000. 
          SO THEY COULD GET A FACADE, A PARKING AND SIGNAGE GRANT, OR ANY COMBINATION OF THOSE. 
          IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH LISC AND LIFTFUND, UM, SO THAT IF THERE ARE OTHER NEEDS, WE CAN WORK WITH THEM TO DETERMINE IF A LOAN IS SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP 'EM WITH THOSE OTHER NEEDS. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, THERE'S THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT. 
          WHAT WE FOUND WITH DOING OUR MOBILE RESPONSIVE WEBSITE IS OFTENTIMES, UH, BUSINESSES, UM, DON'T HAVE A TRIPADVISOR RATING, OR THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THEIR BUSINESS, UH, LISTED AS THE TOP BUSINESS ON GOOGLE. 
          AND SO WE WANNA PROVIDE THAT TECHNOLOGY, THAT INFORMATION TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN BE COMPETITIVE AND THAT WE CAN LIST THEM IN THIS EVER, UH, GROWING DIGITAL WORLD IN OUR, IN OUR MOBILE RESPONSIVE WEBSITE. 
          AND THAT THE UP TO 30,000 IS A MATCHING GRANT, OR THAT'S, UM, JUST A GRANT. 
          IT'S A MATCHING GRANT, SO THEY HAVE TO MATCH IT DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THOSE. 
          I KNOW THE SMALL BUSINESSES REALLY NEED, UH, SOME HELP AND IT'S, UH, IT'S VERY EXCITING, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU HAVE, UH, TO PRESENT ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE DISTRICT FIVE BUSINESSES. 
          BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY, UH, MANY BUSINESSES THAT ARE MULTI-GENERATIONAL, UH, INCLUDING MY OWN. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, 
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SIR. 
          UM, GREAT PROGRAM. 
          AND, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR, WHICH TAKES UP A LARGE PORTION OF PERINATAL AND NACODOCHES HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL O OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, AND IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GRO, IT'S, UH, I JUST SAT THROUGH THE, UH, THIS YEAR'S PRESENTATION AND THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, AND IT'S DIFFICULT, UH, HATS OFF TO HEATHER YOST ON, ON BRINGING THAT ALL TOGETHER AND PRESENTING THAT TO OUR COUNCIL, UH, OF FOLKS TO ACTUALLY PICK THE ONES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SELECTING AND, AND MOVING FORWARD WITH ON GRANT, UH, THE GRANT PROGRAM AND, AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO MAKE ALONG THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR. 
          VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. 
          AND, UH, UH, I'M ALL FOR IT. 
          AND JUST THANK, UH, HEATHER AND HER FOLKS FOR PULLING IT TOGETHER AND HELPING US THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          SO, UH, ABSOLUTELY GREAT PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 17. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COLLEEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, ITEM 
          [20D. Piedmont Lofts, located at 826 E Highland Blvd in Council District 3
20F. San Juan Mission Villas, located at 9159 S Presa St in Council District 3]
NUMBER 20 D MAYOR. 
          ITEMS 20 D F, J, AND K ARE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT FOR THE MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS BY APPLICANT SEEKING COMPETITIVE 9% HOUSING TAX CREDITS WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. 
          20 D IS FOR PIEDMONT LOTS, LOCATED AT 8 26 EAST HIGHLAND BOULEVARD IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, VERO. 
          THERE'S, UH, SEVERAL CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IF YOU WANT TO, UH, DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION OR? I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT HOWEVER YOU WISH TO TAKE. 
          OKAY. 
          WHY DON'T WE DO THAT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL TAKE DECISION AND SIGN UP. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          VERONICA SOTO WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          I'M GOING TO JUST, UH, GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION QUICKLY TO GIVE IT SOME CONTEXT. 
          SO THE ITEMS ARE RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT FOR MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL HOUSING THAT ARE SEEKING THE 9% HOUSING TAX CREDIT FROM THE STATE. 
          UH, SO THIS IS THE ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          UM, THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF TAX CREDITS, BUT WE ARE ONLY DEALING WITH THOSE SEEKING 9% TAX CREDITS. 
          TO PUT THIS IN CONTEXT, THERE'S A PRO, APPROXIMATELY $4.7 MILLION THAT ARE GOING TO BE AWARDED BY THE STATE FOR 2018. 
          THERE'S A SET TIMELINE BY WHICH THE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE TO THE STATE, AND THE CITY HAS A ROLE BECAUSE IF A CITY ISSUES A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT OR NO OBJECTION, IT IMPACTS THE POINTS, THE TOTAL POINTS THAT AN APPLICANT CAN RECEIVE AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          SO THIS IS A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE PROCESS, WHICH IS WHY YOU SAW MANY APPLICANTS COMING IN AND NO MORE THAN TWO OR FOUR, UH, TWO TO FOUR APPLICATIONS WILL BE AWARDED FOR A REFERENCE. 
          LAST YEAR, ONLY THREE DEVELOPMENTS RECEIVED THE, UH, CREDITS, THE TIMELINE, UM, AFTER TODAY STILL AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT IT TYPICALLY TAKES BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS TO SEE SOMETHING IN THE GROUND. 
          AND, UM, THERE HAS BEEN SOME MISINFORMATION. 
          SO I JUST WANNA, AGAIN, GIVE SOME CONTEXT. 
          FOR THE MOST PART, THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT APPLY FOR TAX CREDITS ARE TAX, UH, PAYING PROPERTY TAXES, UH, UNLESS THERE'S A DIFFERENT FINANCING STRUCTURE. 
          AND I KNOW THAT HAS COME UP IN SOME OF THE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT HAVE COME UP FOR OUR LOCAL PROCESS. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE A REQUEST FOR APPLICATION PROCESS THAT BEGAN LAST YEAR IN DECEMBER. 
          WE CLOSED THAT ON JANUARY 10TH. 
          WE, UH, DETERMINED SEVERAL CRITERIA, AND ANYONE WHO RECEIVED MORE THAN 70 POINTS WAS RECOMMENDED TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE FOR RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT. 
          WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL APPLICATION WITH RON, UH, ONE EVEN THIS MORNING. 
          SO THIS NUMBER IS NOW SLIGHTLY OFF FROM WHAT I HAVE IN THE SLIDE. 
          UM, BUT WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE, YOU ARE A SERIES OF RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT. 
          UM, THERE'LL BE AN ADDITIONAL ITEM THAT COMES FORWARD FOR A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT NEXT WEEK AS WELL. 
          AND THAT WAS, UH, AT A REQUEST AND AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER. 
          UM, THESE ARE THE POINTS THAT LOCALLY YOU ADOPTED BACK IN DECEMBER AND WHAT OUR STAFF USED TO EVALUATE THOSE APPLICATIONS. 
          AND AGAIN, UH, WHAT MATTERS IS THAT THEY RECEIVED 70 POINTS. 
          WHAT THEY'RE GEARING FOR IS THE COMPETITION AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT AS TO WHERE THOSE POTENTIAL 17 POINTS PLAY A ROLE IN THE TOTAL SCORING AT THE STATE LEVEL, THE 17 POINTS THAT A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT GARDENERS FALL UNDER THE CRITERIA PROMOTING COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT. 
          SO THAT'S 17 OF THE TOTAL MAXIMUM OF 186 POINTS. 
          AND AGAIN, ALL THE APPLICANTS ARE COMPETING FOR THE STATE, AND 
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SO THEY'RE LOOKING TO GET AS MANY POINTS AS THEY CAN AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DIFFERENT, UH, THIS YEAR FROM LAST YEAR WAS THAT WE HAD OPTIONAL PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT A DEVELOPER COULD HOLD, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE IS, UM, INFORMATION OUT THERE AND THERE ARE POINTS AWARDED IF THEY HELD THAT MEETING OR IF THEY SEND NOTIFICATION, UM, TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. 
          JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS YEAR'S PROCESS WAS DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR'S. 
          UM, AGAIN, THE MAP IS NOT UPDATED BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD AN ADDITIONAL APPLICATION WITHDRAWN. 
          BUT YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATIONS OF ALL THESE, UM, IN THOSE DOTS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, MOST OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS DID RECEIVE AT LEAST ONE APPLICATION, A COUPLE COUNCIL DISTRICTS. 
          THERE WERE NONE. 
          UM, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A PICTURE THAT THESE CAN BE LOCATED, UM, ALMOST ANYWHERE IN OUR CITY. 
          UM, ONCE AGAIN, 70 POINTS IS WHAT WE USE TO BRING IT FORWARD, UM, TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE. 
          AND, AND NOW TO COUNCIL. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE WITHDRAWN. 
          SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS FOR THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE FOR SENIOR DEVELOPMENTS. 
          UM, AND WE DID A QUICK ANALYSIS JUST ON THE LOCATION. 
          AND IF YOU REFER BACK TO THE MAC, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, NINE OF THE APPLICATIONS WERE INSIDE FOUR TEN NINE, BETWEEN FOUR 10 AND 1604 AND THREE APPLICATIONS BEYOND THAT. 
          AND I THINK THE MAP HELPS ILLUSTRATE THAT. 
          I JUST HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE APPLICATIONS THAT SUBMITTED. 
          WE DID STRIKE OUT HERE, THE ONES THAT WE KNEW HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN. 
          UM, AND SO THAT REALLY CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION, UH, UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU, VERO. 
          UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 20 D, AND I'LL BEGIN TO CALL THEM NOW. 
          HENRY PETERSON. 
          OKAY. 
          MY NAME'S HENRY PETERSON. 
          UH, BORN AND RAISED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          I'M 75 YEARS OLD. 
          I WENT TO SCHOOL HERE IN THE SOUTH SIDE AT HARLANDALE. 
          I'M A MEMBER OF THIS LODGE, 7 44 THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SELL. 
          I'M APPROVAL FOR THIS. 
          I'M THE PAST GOVERNOR THIS YEAR. 
          I'VE BEEN GOVERNOR QUITE A FEW TIMES. 
          I'M ALSO THE STATE DEPUTY SUPREME GOVERNOR FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS, OVER 17 OTHER LODGES OF THE STATE. 
          WE, UH, A FAMILY ORGANIZATION THAT BELIEVES IN FAMILY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WE SUPPORT OUR PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR OVER 50 YEARS. 
          WHEN WE BOUGHT THIS BUILDING, I'M THE LAST OF THE OLDER MEMBERS THAT HAD BUILT THAT BUILDING. 
          'CAUSE WE USED TO BE ON JOSEPHINE ON THE NORTH SIDE. 
          WE CAME TO SOUTH SIDE, BOUGHT THE BUILDING AND DESIGNED IT AND BUILT IT. 
          BUT IT'S PAST OUR NEEDS. 
          AND THE BUILDING IS OLD. 
          IT'S OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD, I BELIEVE. 
          AND ITS FOUNDATION'S GETTING A LITTLE WEAK ON US. 
          WE WANNA MODERNIZE, BUT WE NEED MORE LAND. 
          WE'RE LOOKING FOR ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE ACRES OURSELF TO IMPROVE BECAUSE WE WANNA BUILD FOR OUR KIDS. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE A FAMILY ORGANIZATION, TENNIS COURT, BASKETBALL COURT, AND SOME OTHER GAMES THAT WE NEED FOR OUR FAMILIES. 
          WE, UH, IT WAS MY JOB 'CAUSE THE MEMBERS SELECTED ME SINCE I'M THE OLDEST AND MORE, TO GET THE BEST BUY FOR OUR PROPERTY AND TO REPRESENT OUR VALUES. 
          SO, UH, I HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WANTING TO BUY THE PROPERTY, BUT WE SELECTED THE N R P BECAUSE THEY WAS WILLING TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND THEY MET OUR VALUES AND WE GAVE THEM PERMISSION TO USE THE HALL THE FIRST TIME TO GET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SPEAK TO 'EM AND SEE WHAT THEY WANTED. 
          AND THEY LISTENED. 
          AND WE WAS PLANNING FOR ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE. 
          WE ENDED UP WITH OVER 300 PEOPLE THERE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND THEN PEOPLE DID LISTEN TO 'EM. 
          AND, UH, FROM A THREE STORY STRUCTURE, THEY BOUGHT IT DOWN TO A TWO STORY TO, TO SATISFY THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THEY TALKED ABOUT CRIMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WELL, THOSE CRIMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE THERE, THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY THOUGHT THEY WAS GONNA BRING IN DRUG ADDICTS AND THINGS. 
          WELL, THEY'RE THERE, THERE, THERE'S TWO OR THREE DRUG HOUSES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM US JUST ABOUT I KNOW OF. 
          I GOT A GRANDDAUGHTER THAT BUSINESS WANTS IN WHILE I GET MAD ABOUT IT. 
          SO THAT, THAT AIN'T THE PROBLEM. 
          THE GANGS ARE THERE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BRING ANYMORE. 
          BUT WE'RE, OUR 238 MEMBERS THAT SELECTED ME ARE ALL FOR THIS NA THIS PROJECT. 
          AND WE WISH Y'ALL THE VOTED TO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. PETERSON. 
          DEBORAH GUERRERO, 
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. 
          UH, MY NAME IS JABBER GUERRERO AND I ACTUALLY, UM, HAVE THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AND, AND BENEFIT OF NOT ONLY, UM, BEING A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF HIGHLAND HILLS, HIGHLAND PARK, SUNNY SLOPE, THE ENTIRE AREA OVER THERE, BUT ALSO BEING THE DEVELOPER IN THIS PARTICULAR, UM, APPLICATION. 
          AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, I I, I'VE DEVOTED MY LIFE TO SERVING MY COMMUNITY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EDUCATION ARE THE PRIORITIES. 
          AND SO I, I JUST FELT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PIEDMONT APPLICATION AND JUST THE PROCESS ITSELF. 
          UM, AS I SIT ON THE MAYOR'S, UH, THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE ON THE HOUSING COMMISSION, AND JUST BEING INVOLVED WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ON HOUSING ISSUES IN GENERAL, RIGHT NOW, YOU ALL HAVE IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO MEET THE DEMAND OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 153,000 UNIT DEFICIT IN THE CITY. 
          AND MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THAT INITIATIVE AND REALLY BRINGING IT TO THE FOREFRONT OF, OF WHAT THE PRIORITIES NEED TO BE FOR THE CITY. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO POINT OUT THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE, LEVERAGE THE CITY, THEIR POL, YOUR POLICIES, YOUR, UM, SOFT MONEY, YOUR FUNDING AND YOUR PROGRAMS TO REALLY LEVERAGE WITH A STATE, UM, A STATE PROGRAM THAT EXISTS OUT THERE. 
          IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, AND YOU HEAR IT AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS ALL OVER THE CITY, THERE'S ALWAYS CONCERN ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TRAFFIC, TAXES GOING UP, TAXES GOING DOWN, SOMETHING THAT'S TOO TALL, WE WANNA PARK. 
          AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE IS WE LOVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, JUST NOT IN MY BACKYARD. 
          AND I HEARD THAT AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR TIMES IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD THIS TIME. 
          AND SO I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT THE UNSAID FEAR IS, WHICH IS CHANGE AND, AND A LOT OF TIMES. 
          BUT, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN TRUTHS. 
          I MEAN, CHANGE IS FEARFUL, BUT THERE'S CERTAIN TRUTHS. 
          NOT ONLY THE 153,000 UNIT DEMAND. 
          THE FACT IS THAT THERE ARE LAND USES THAT ARE COMPATIBLE FOR MULTIFAMILY. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THEM. 
          WE ALSO KNOW THAT ONE OUTTA FOUR PEOPLE LIVE IN POVERTY. 
          SO THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND BEING COST BURDENED REALLY DOES EXIST. 
          AND HOUSING IS NEEDED ALL OVER OUR CITY, NOT JUST IN ONE DISTRICT. 
          THERE ALWAYS IS A FEAR OF A CONCENTRATION, BUT YOU ALL THROUGH YOUR POLICIES CAN ENSURE THAT, THAT THAT DOES NOT OCCUR. 
          UM, THE FACT IS THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN INVESTMENT OF $12 MILLION IN AN AREA. 
          WE'RE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. 
          WE HAVE THREE BOARDED HOMES, AND WE HAVE A, A, UM, A ROOF THAT IS FALLING. 
          UH, JASON REGA HAS, UM, HAS KINDLY GIVEN ME HIS TIME, SO I'LL JUST FINISH UP VERY QUICKLY, IS THAT THERE ARE CHALLENGES. 
          THERE'S CHALLENGES AND INTEREST RATES GOING UP, THERE'S CHALLENGES FOR THE PRIVATE MARKET TO PUT MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE GROUND. 
          AND WORKING TOGETHER IS, IS WHAT WE CAN DO, CREATING MORE OF THESE PUBLIC PRIVATE OPPORTUNITIES AND PARTNERSHIPS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GET MORE UNITS ON THE GROUND. 
          IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY. 
          IT, IT TRULY IS AS LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THOSE THAT CAN'T NECESSARILY ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES. 
          AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE TRULY IN NEED OF GREAT QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND I REPEAT ALL OVER THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, NOT JUST ON THE SOUTH SIDE, BUT IT'S GONNA REQUIRE BOLDNESS. 
          YOU'VE ALREADY BEGUN. 
          AND IN THE FACE OF THESE CHALLENGES AND THESE FEARS, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING, CONTINUING TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND AS VERO, MISS SOTA JUST MENTIONED, THERE'LL PROBABLY BE THREE DEVELOPMENTS THAT GET FUNDED IN THIS PROCESS. 
          AND THE FACT IS, THAT'S ONLY ABOUT 270 UNITS, TWO 70, THAT'S NOT EVEN A DROP IN THE BUCKET. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU, TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE JOB DONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. GUERRERO. 
          ROSEA, KINES. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS ROSALA KINES AND I'VE LIVED IN HIGHLAND PARK FOR OVER 40 YEARS. 
          AND I AM, RIGHT NOW, I AM IN TOTAL SUPPORT OF THE, THE PROJECT THAT'S COMING FOR BEFORE YOU. 
          AND I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING MORE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. CONEZ. 
          MARIA GUTIERREZ. 
          [02:25:03]
GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS MARIA GUTIERREZ AND I LIVE AT THE COSTA MEDINA APARTMENTS. 
          I'M A RESIDENCE. 
          I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 11 YEARS. 
          THAT'S A LONG TIME . 
          AND, UH, I JUST WANNA SPEAK AND SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT THOSE APARTMENTS HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE CHILDREN. 
          THEY KEEP 'EM OUT OF THE STREETS. 
          I'VE BEEN THERE SO LONG THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, PARTIES THERE. 
          WE HAVE GARAGE SALES. 
          WE GET TO KNOW ALL THE RESIDENTS TOGETHER. 
          WE WORK TOGETHER. 
          THE, THE OFFICE IS SO, UH, WITH US INVOLVED. 
          THEY DO FOR US. 
          IF ANYTHING HAPPENS IN THE APARTMENT, IT'S FIXED THE NEXT DAY. 
          THEY PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT WE GO AND COMPLAIN ABOUT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS NOWADAYS. 
          THE KIDS ARE OUT IN THE STREETS DOING THINGS AT THESE APARTMENTS WHERE I'VE BEEN AT 11 YEARS. 
          THEY HAVE ACTIVITIES. 
          THEY HAVE, UH, AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS IN THE SUMMER. 
          THEY HAVE THAT PROGRAM WHERE THEY GET FREE LUNCH, THE KIDS GET BUSY, THEY HAVE ARTS AND CRAFTS, AND WE HAVE THE SWIMMING POOL. 
          THEY BARBECUE FOR THE CHILDREN. 
          THEY MAKE HOT DOGS AND HAMBURGERS. 
          AND I SEE ALL THE CHILDREN ALL TOGETHER. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN HOUSING THAT ARE IN THOSE APARTMENTS. 
          AND I NOTICED THAT IT'S, WE HAVE PRIVATE GATES TO GO IN, NOT JUST ANYBODY GOES IN. 
          WE HAVE A SECURITY. 
          YOU DON'T SEE THE CHILDREN ROAMING AROUND OR ANYTHING. 
          AND I MEAN, I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THOSE APARTMENTS. 
          WE NEED A LOT OF PLACES. 
          AND I'VE BEEN THERE BECAUSE I'VE LOOKED FOR OTHER APARTMENTS TO TRY TO GET OUTTA THERE. 
          I WON'T LEAVE FOR ONE REASON. 
          I CAN'T AFFORD IT. 
          I'VE GONE TO OTHER APARTMENTS. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE WHAT COSTA MEDINAS DOES FOR THESE CHILDREN AND FOR US. 
          THEY HAVE MOTHER'S DAY FOR US. 
          THEY GIVE US CHRISTMAS, THEY GIVE US THANKSGIVING JUST SO WE CAN BE A RESIDENT FRIENDLY RESIDENCE TOGETHER. 
          AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T FIND US IN OTHER APARTMENTS. 
          I'VE HAD MY FAMILY LIVING IN OTHER APARTMENTS. 
          IT'S JUST MOVE IN. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          AND THESE APARTMENTS, I HAVE FAMILY OF MINE LIVING THERE. 
          THEY LIVE THERE AND THEY LIKE IT THERE. 
          AND IT'S REALLY, I MEAN, I LIKE LIVING THERE. 
          11 YEARS IS A LONG TIME. 
          I PLAN TO STAY THERE UNTIL I GO TO THE NURSING HOME, . 
          BUT THIS IS ALL I CAME TO SAY THAT WE NEED MORE, YOU KNOW, HOMES LIKE THAT, COSTA MEDINA, AND THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU MS. GUTIERREZ. 
          TANYA VARGAS. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THAT I HOPE THAT WE HAVE YOUR SUPPORT IN REGARDS TO THESE DEVELOPMENTS. 
          UM, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THESE, UH, BUSINESSES AND DEVELOPMENTS DO EXPAND THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO AS SHE WAS SPEAKING. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO REALIZE HOW MANY PEOPLE SPEND MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME FOR HOUSING AND ARE BURDENED AND MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY. 
          AND HAVING NECESSITIES SUCH AS FOOD, TRANSPORTATION, CLOTHING, AND MEDICAL CARE. 
          ESPECIALLY, IT'S AN ESTIMATED 12 MILLION PEOPLE AND HOMEOWNERS AND HOUSEHOLDS THAT NOW SPEND MORE THAN 50% OF, OF THEIR ANNUAL INCOMES FOR HOUSING. 
          SO A FAMILY WITH ONE PERSON WORKING FULL-TIME AT A MINIMUM WAGE CANNOT AFFORD LOCAL LOCAL MARKET RATE VALUE. 
          SO I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL SUPPORT AND, YOU KNOW, GET TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO ENCOURAGE THESE DEVELOPMENTS TO EXPAND AND US SERVE OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. VARGAS. 
          JOSE MARTINEZ. 
          HE GAVE HIS TIME. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          THANK YOU, UH, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF FOR ENABLING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 
          I'M JOSE MARTINEZ. 
          UH, I OWN A HOUSE IN THE HOT END PARK, UH, AREA, AND MOVED THERE SIX YEARS AGO, UH, WITH MY FAMILY. 
          I'M AN NATIVE OF SAN ANTONIAN AND, UM, WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE CENTER CITY NEAR WEST SIDE AND NEAR NORTH SIDE. 
          UH, I CONSIDER HIGHLAND PARK TO BE THE NEAR SOUTHEAST SIDE. 
          I COULD TELL YOU FIRSTHAND OF THE MANY BENEFITS, UM, AND GREAT REASONS TO LIVE AND WORK IN THE HEART OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT YOU GUYS ALL KNOW THEM. 
          IN MY SHORT 48 AND A HALF YEAR LIFE, I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE NEED FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE, THIS GREAT CITY. 
          MY MOTHER'S PARENTS, MY WONDERFUL GRANDMOTHER, AUREL AND GRANDDADDY LOUIS HEON WERE TEACHERS AT JT BRACKENRIDGE, 
          [02:30:01]
UH, ELEMENTARY ON THE NEAR WEST SIDE, WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS THE LARGEST ELEMENTARY IN THE NATION. 
          UH, DUE TO THE CONCENTRATION AND AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, IN THE AREA, THEY WORKED HARD ALL OF THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I COULD TALK ABOUT THEM FOR HOURS. 
          MY FATHER'S FATHER, MY PAO IGNACIO IGNACIO MARTINEZ SPENT HIS LIFE IN SERVICE OF THE FOLKS IN HIS COMMUNITY, UH, IN LAA AS FATHER DAVID GARCIA WOULD SAY IT AT IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH. 
          UM, HE WOULD HELP FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF HELPING HIM AS WELL. 
          UH, AND I COULD SPEAK FOR HOURS ABOUT HIM AND MY GRANNY CATALINA. 
          UH, ALL OF THIS IS TO SAY THE NEEDS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, AND FOR THE CITIZENS WHO NEED THEM ARE MANY AND IMPORTANT. 
          UH, WHAT DIRECTOR SOTO AND HER HIGHLY COMPETENT STAFF ARE DOING IS CRITICAL AND NEEDED. 
          THIS IS THE RIGHT MISSION THAT IS NOBLE OF HIGH CONCERN WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL. 
          PIEDMONT LOSS ON HISTORIC HIGHLAND BOULEVARD ARE CONCERNS FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, FOR THE FUTURE RESIDENTS OF HIGHLAND PARK. 
          THE SITE ITSELF IS LONG AND NARROW AND NOT SUITABLE FOR, UM, ANYTHING CLOSE TO 58 FAMILY UNITS. 
          THE INGRESS AND INGRESS WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC TIE-UPS AT KEY TIMES OF THE DAY, AND FRANKLY FEELS, UH, LIKE AN ATTEMPT TO CRAM AS MANY UNITS AS POSSIBLE AND COVER THE REST WITH CONCRETE. 
          FOR MORE SURFACE PARKING, THE DENSITY OF IT IS ZONED TODAY WOULD REALLY ONLY SUPPORT AND NO MORE THAN 20 UNITS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, SAY FOR THE HISTORIC WAIVER FOR THE CONVERSION. 
          UM, AND I THINK, UH, THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS, IS ESSENTIALLY ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES AND DUPLEXES. 
          UM, AND THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE OUT OF PLACE ON THAT SITE. 
          UM, ON THE HUMAN SIDE FOR OUR FELLOW FUTURE RESIDENTS, UH, THE BUS LINE IS TWO BLOCKS AWAY. 
          UH, H E B IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE EASILY, UH, WITH A CAR. 
          UM, IT'S 1.6 MILES, SO IT'D BE A 33 MINUTE WALK. 
          UH, THE PARK IS A 15 MINUTE WALK. 
          THE CLOSEST RESTAURANT IS TWO BLOCKS AWAY. 
          ATILLA, THAT'S GOOD. 
          THE NEXT TWO CLOSEST ARE A PIZZA HUTT AND A MCDONALD'S. 
          THANK YOU, MR. THERE ARE NO OTHER, UM, GREAT AMENITIES OR GROCERY STORES NEARBY. 
          SO THANK YOU MR. MARTINEZ. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          JACK FINGER, MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. 
          FINGER, FIRST OF ALL, JUST A HALF SECOND OF, UH, LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING. 
          JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, I NOTICED THAT THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN THE NUMERICAL FASHION OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, ANYONE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS AND WANTED TO SPEAK ON IT, WOULD'VE SIGNED UP ON THE WRONG ITEM TO SPEAK ON HERE. 
          BUT FORTUNATELY, I IRONICALLY, I DID SIGN UP ON THIS ONE AND EVEN THE ADJUSTED VERSION. 
          SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, LET YOU KNOW MY, UH, SENTIMENTS ON IT. 
          DO YOU REALIZE WHAT ALL OF YOU ARE VOTING ON TODAY? ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WHO MAYBE COME FROM MORE CONSERVATIVE DISTRICTS THERE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          DO YOU REALLY REALIZE WHAT THAT STANDS FOR? WELL, I'M, I, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T, I'LL GIVE YOU A, UH, A LITTLE, UH, LESSON FREE OF CHARGE. 
          LOOK AT IT AT, AT THE SAME PHRASE AS WELFARE, HOUSING, HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO SUPPOSEDLY CAN'T AFFORD IT. 
          OKAY? IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT, YOU NEED TO SET YOUR SIGHTS A LITTLE BIT LOWER, PERHAPS. 
          AND AS TIME GOES BY AND YOUR FAMILY GET, GETS BETTER AND RICHER, YOU CAN MOVE UP, MOVE ON UP TO THE EAST SIDE, AS THEY SAY IN THE OLD SEA SITCOM. 
          BUT NO, UM, BUT WHAT DOESN'T WORK HERE IS THAT WE WILL NEVER, EVER GET OUT OF THIS MENTALITY. 
          GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZING HOUSING, WHO GOES INTO THE SUBSIDIZED HOUSING? POOR PEOPLE. 
          OKAY, FINE. 
          BUT THEY AREN'T YOUR AVERAGE. 
          WELL, TO WELL-MEANING, HONEST, HARDWORKING, POOR PEOPLE. 
          THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, AS ONE PERSON MENTIONED ON WHAT, ON DRUG INFESTED HABITS, UM, HAVE BAD CRIMINAL RECORDS, UH, THE, THE KIND OF PEOPLE YOU REALLY DON'T WANNA LIVE NEXT TO. 
          AND YET YOU, THE AVERAGE CITIZEN, YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING TO THIS STUFF. 
          NO, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. 
          THAT, 
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AND THIS IS ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          EVEN DISTRICTS EIGHT, NINE, AND 10, Y'ALL ARE ACCEPTING THIS. 
          WHY DOG GUN IT. 
          I MEAN, WELL, YOU SAY, JACK IS NO SKIN OFF OUR NOSES. 
          THIS IS JUST A, A, A, UM, RECOMMENDATION TO THE STATE. 
          WELL, GUESS WHAT? WE LIVE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THIS IS WHERE OUR STATE TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING AS WELL. 
          WE DON'T LIKE THAT. 
          WE WANT THE FREE MARKET TO HAVE A BIGGER HAND IN THIS STUFF, NOT GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED HOUSING. 
          THAT'S HOW IT WORKS, SADLY. 
          THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, JACK COUNCILMAN GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          MAYOR. 
          JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, CAN I SPEAK ON BOTH THE ITEMS THAT I PULLED, UH, 20 D AND 20 F? IS THAT ALL RIGHT? YEAH, I'LL JUST COUNCIL ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, 20 F IS FOR THE PROJECT LOCATED AT SAN JUAN. 
          MISSION VIA IS LOCATED 91 59 SOUTH PREST STREET IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE CHRISTMAS, CITY COUNCIL ENACTED A POLICY TO NOTIFY RESIDENTS WHENEVER AN APPLICATION FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS IS MADE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THOUGH COUNCIL IS MADE AWARE OF THE APPLICATIONS AND IS VOTING TO MOVE THEM FORWARD, THE STATE OF TEXAS IS THE ONE THAT DECIDES WHICH PROPOSALS CAN MOVE FORWARD. 
          IN THE PAST, COMMUNITY OUTREACH STARTED AFTER THE LIST WAS COMPILED BY THE STATE DISTRICT THREE STARTED TO GET APPLICATIONS INFORMATIONS FROM THE SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY. 
          AND AT THE SI SAME TIME, THE PROPOSALS HAD BEEN DISCUSSED. 
          UM, JANUARY, THE HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING IN A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THE PIEDMONT PROPOSAL WAS ORGANIZED FOR JANUARY 24TH. 
          AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN CORRESPONDING WITH A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE ACCURATE UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THEM FOR REACHING OUT TO MY OFFICE FOR CALLING, FOR EMAILING, FOR COMING HERE TODAY, FOR SPEAKING UP AT OTHER LOCATIONS, FOR HAVING OTHER MEETINGS. 
          AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY, UM, NECESSARY. 
          BUT COUNCIL WAS GIVEN TODAY AS THE DEADLINE TO SEND THE APPLICATIONS TO THE STATE. 
          AND TO BE CLEAR, WHAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH WITH THESE APPLICATIONS IS ALL OF THE DEVELOPERS GETTING EVERYTHING PREPARED TO JUST GET TO THE START LINE, TO THE STATE. 
          THIS IS WHERE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO. 
          I THINK WHAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT IS TO NOTE THAT, UM, WE, AS WAS MENTIONED, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS A CRITICAL ISSUE. 
          IT'S VERIFIED BY WHAT MAYOR YOU'VE TAKEN UP AS THE HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE, AS WELL AS THE REPORT THAT WE JUST RECEIVED FROM NCA, THE ANALYSIS OF HOUSING VULNERABILITY IN SAN ANTONIO, AND ACTUALLY HOW HIGHLAND PARK IS ONE OF THOSE, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT IS LOOKED AT AS HOUSING VULNERABILITY IN A SCORE SCORES THREE. 
          AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WAS, AND EVEN LOOKING AT THIS, THIS IS 56 UNITS, AND ALREADY I KNOW THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS BEEN TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORS AND TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ASKING FOR, UM, WHAT THE STYLE, THERE'S A CRAFTSMAN STYLE HOUSING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT CAN CONNECT WITH THE HOUSING TO ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, THE DENSITY AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT INVITING AND IT FLOWS INTO THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND TO BE CLEAR, UM, THIS IS NOT ABOUT KEEPING PEOPLE OUT AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE, THE LEGACY BUSINESS HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVE THERE CAN STAY OR HAVE THEIR FAMILY MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA SOMEWHERE AFFORDABLE. 
          THE CENSUS TRACKED IN THE PIEDMONT AREA IS $37,000, $37,552. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT TODAY THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE THE INFORMATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND WE, I'M VERY PROUD, AS IN DISTRICT THREE WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WE HAVE INVESTED OVER $4 MILLION IN STREET MAINTENANCE, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS PARK IMPROVEMENTS IN THE HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND THIS IS AN AMENITY THAT ANYBODY WHO HAS THAT, WHO LIVES WITHIN WHO CAN SEE THIS AFFORDABLE, CAN LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THRIVE. 
          I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE GONNA BE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE MOOSE LODGE AND WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND YOU'RE ALREADY HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
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AND THIS IS A COMPETITIVE PROCESS, AND IT IS DISHEARTENING WHEN SOME OF THOSE, AND I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE OF MISINFORMATION OR JUST FEAR AND CHANGE, THAT WE WERE RECEIVING EMAILS, UM, INTO MY OFFICE TALKING ABOUT USING RHETORIC IN WORDS ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE FROM CERTAIN S WHOLE NATIONS COME TO OUR PART OF TOWN. 
          THAT IS NOT WHO WE ARE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS IS. 
          AND WE NEED TO PROVIDE AREAS, UM, FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE. 
          AND AGAIN, I WANNA, I WANT TO CONCUR THAT IT HAS TO BE IN ALL PARTS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, SO I AM GOING TO, TO, TO MOVE, BUT I, I MAKE MY MOTION, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE SAN JUAN MISSION. 
          VIAS THAT ARE 20 F CLOSER TO FOUR 10. 
          THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ONE BECAUSE IN DISTRICT THREE AND IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO, WE NEED AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING FOR OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS OUR, UM, SENIORS ARE CONTINUING TO GROW OLDER, THAT THEY CAN STAY AND LIVE, DOWNSIZE OR RIGHT SIZE, BUT STAY IN THE ONLY COMMUNITY THAT THINK THEY'VE EVER KNOWN. 
          SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DEVELOPERS OR OTHERS WHO ARE LOOKING CAN PLEASE FOCUS ON SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL IN DISTRICT THREE AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          SO WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT FOR 20 D AND 20 F. 
          YEAH, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS 25, 20 D, AND 20 F. 
          COUNCILMAN, UH, S THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I, I KEEP HEARING FROM FOLKS WHO CALL OUR OFFICE. 
          AND THIS LAST EXAMPLE WAS, UM, SOME OF THE FOOLISHNESS THAT WE GET. 
          UH, OFTEN WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, UM, LOW INCOME HOUSING, THOSE PEOPLE ARE NURSES, THEY'RE VETERANS, THEY'RE THE DISABLED, THEY ARE GRANDPARENTS LIVING ON SINGLE INCOMES, USUALLY FROM SOCIAL SECURITY. 
          THEY'RE TEACHERS, THEY'RE STUDENTS, THEY'RE THE DISABLED AND THEY'RE THE PEOPLE WHO WATCH OUR KIDS. 
          AND THEY'RE THE PEOPLE WHO COOK OUR FOODS AND THE PEOPLE WHO MOW OUR LAWNS. 
          AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE THE PEOPLE WHO DRIVE OUR BUSES. 
          AND, UM, I LIKE TO THINK THAT WE LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT CHERISHES AND LOOKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE SENIORS CAN LIVE NEXT TO THEIR CHILDREN WHEN THEY REACH THAT AGE. 
          THE THOUGHT THAT SOMEHOW IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO RELEGATE THESE PEOPLE, THOSE PEOPLE, TO LIVING FAR AWAY FROM THEIR KIDS BECAUSE OF THIS REALLY HATEFUL AND BIGOTED MYTH THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE ALL ROBBERS RAPISTS AND METH ADDICTS DOES NOTHING. 
          AND THAT'S NOT THE SAN ANTONIO WE LIVE IN. 
          SO, UM, YOU GOT MY SUPPORT ON THIS ONE, AND YOU'LL HAVE MY SUPPORT ON THIS ONE EVERY SINGLE TIME. 
          UM, I, I WILL TELL YOU THAT ONE OF THESE DAYS, ALL OF US WILL BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO'RE GONNA BE RELYING ON SOCIAL SECURITY, AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO LIVE NEXT TO OUR KIDS. 
          AND I HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON CITY COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE AS CONSCIOUS OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS WE ARE TODAY. 
          SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PLIE. 
          COUNCILMAN SHAW. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND I WANT TO INCLUDE ON THAT LIST OUR ATTORNEYS AND DOCTORS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, FELLOW PRACTITIONERS WHO ARE JUST STARTING OFF. 
          THEY NEED THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO IT'S A MASSIVE ARRAY OF INDIVIDUALS. 
          BUT I JUST WANNA CLARIFY SEVERAL THINGS. 
          'CAUSE RIGHT NOW I BELIEVE IN THIS CITY AS WELL AS NATIONWIDE, WE'RE HAVING THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING SCARE. 
          'CAUSE UH, IT'S, IT'S A MYTH OF WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS. 
          HEARING SOME TODAY FROM MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS SOME PEOPLE SPEAKING ON THE AUDIENCE. 
          SO MS. SOFA, CAN I ASK YOU JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS? SOMETIMES I'M JUST GONNA WALK YOU DOWN A PATH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHO DEFINES WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS? THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. 
          UM, FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, THERE ARE, IT'S A STATE, UH, PROGRAM THAT IS DEFINED BY THE I R S. 
          AND SO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ALL HAVE TO EARN 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN 
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INCOME. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, THAT MEANS THE AVERAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR IS 63,500 AT 60%, A FAMILY OF FOUR EARNS $38,100, UM, PER YEAR. 
          AND SO THAT'S THEIR INCOME. 
          UH, IF IT'S A ONE EARNER OR A TWO EARNER HOUSEHOLD AND A FAMILY WHO EARNS THAT OR BELOW CAN LIVE IN THIS TYPE OF HOUSING, THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, PERCENT OF A M I BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAMILIES MAKING 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          WHEN YOU DO A LITTLE BIT OF THE MATH, IT MEANS THAT THE RENT WOULD BE ABOUT $950 A MONTH FOR THAT FAMILY. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS FOR. 
          FEDERAL PROGRAMS, IT'S USUALLY 80% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE MAKING BELOW THE AVERAGE INCOME IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THOSE, YOU KNOW, YOU START THINKING AFFORDABLE WHEN YOU THINK WHO MAKES BELOW 63,500 IN A FAMILY OF FOUR. 
          UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT A VERY EASY QUESTION TO ANSWER. 
          I KNOW WE'RE, UM, DEALING WITH THAT AS WELL IN THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE. 
          SO JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING, IT'S NOT A GOVERNMENT HANDOUT OR FREE RENT FOR INDIVIDUALS? NO, SIR. 
          THEY'RE INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK, UM, WHO MAKE DECENT LIVINGS BUT CAN'T AFFORD THE HOUSING MARKET AT THAT TIME. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF THE A M I, ARE THERE CERTAIN CATEGORIES THAT ARE USED? I E 80%, 60%, 20%? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT JUST FOR THOSE, JUST TO EDUCATE SOME INDIVIDUALS IN REGARD TO THAT? SURE. 
          UM, SO THE WAY THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME WORKS, WE TAKE THE AVERAGE, IT'S SOMETHING DONE BY THE US CENSUS, AND WE SAY, WHAT'S THE, THE AVERAGE A FAMILY IN THIS COMMUNITY EARNS. 
          UM, AND SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT SERVE THE DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS. 
          UM, TYPICALLY FOR PROGRAMS THAT ARE DEPARTMENT ADMINISTERS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          UM, AND SO AGAIN, I'M GONNA USE THE TYPICAL FAMILY OF, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT PRACTITIONERS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING USE ALL THE TIME, UM, IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND IT VARIES BY EVERY COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND IT DOES CHANGE OVER TIME, BUT FOR THIS YEAR IT'S $63,500. 
          UM, THAT'S THE, THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OUT OF 80% RANGE. 
          YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A FAMILY EARNING $50,800. 
          WHEN YOU TALK 60%, YOU'RE TALKING 38,100. 
          UM, AND SO FOR THIS ONE, PEOPLE STILL HAVE TO PAY THE RENT. 
          IT'S NOT, THERE'S MISINFORMATION, AS WAS ALLUDED TO EARLIER, UH, THAT THIS IS PUBLIC HOUSING. 
          THIS IS NOT PUBLIC HOUSING FOR THE MOST PART. 
          THESE ARE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS WHO, UH, ARE ENTICED BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL TAX REGULATIONS TO INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          YES, THEY GET AN INCENTIVE TO DO SO, BUT IT IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHO'S STEPPING INTO THAT, UM, GAP OF FULFILLING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PUBLIC HOUSING, THOSE ARE, UH, TYPICALLY FAMILIES WHO ARE MAKING 30% OF THE AREA MEDIUM INCOME OR BELOW. 
          AND THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE ON SOCIAL SECURITY, S S I, WHO HAVE A FIXED INCOME AND MAY NOT HAVE AN ABILITY TO EARN ADDITIONAL INCOME. 
          AND SO THEY'RE LIMITED, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE DISABLED, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE POPULATION THAT TYPICALLY, UH, IS SERVED BY PUBLIC HOUSING OR SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS, UH, AS WELL. 
          BUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE ARE, UH, FOR THE MOST PART, PRIVATE SECTOR, UM, DEVELOPERS WHO, BECAUSE OF THE TAX CREDITS, GET THE INCENTIVE TO INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED, MOST OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS, UM, ARE PAYING PROPERTY TAXES. 
          UM, AND THEY DO TAKE THE SIGN CONSIDERATIONS, AS YOU HEARD, INTO, UM, INTO, UH, THERE'RE THESE SIGNS. 
          UM, THEY DO LOOK AT NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UM, THEY ARE TALKING TO NEIGHBORHOODS TO MAKE SURE IT FITS AS WELL, UH, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY WANT TO ATTRACT TENANTS AND THEY WANT TO, UH, BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AS WELL. 
          FOR THE MOST PART. 
          UM, IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS, AND WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT THIS. 
          THERE IS A GREAT NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THIS IS ONE WAY, ONE OF THE LARGEST WAYS THROUGHOUT THE NATION THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN ADDRESS IT. 
          UM, AND THERE ARE MANY MORE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE EXPLORING. 
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UM, AND YOU'LL BE HEARING A LOT ABOUT VERY SOON. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR? YES, MA'AM. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THE REASON WHY I ASK THOSE QUESTIONS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DESTROY THESE MYTHS ON WHAT ACTUALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS. 
          WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THE MAYOR WORKING ON THAT THROUGH HIS TASK FORCE. 
          BUT WE NEED TO EDUCATE FOLKS TOO, BECAUSE WE'RE SENDING HAD THAT SENSE OF NOT IN MY BACKYARD, IT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT DON'T PUT IT NEXT TO MY HOUSE, WHICH IS NOT THE SAN ANTONIO THAT WE KNOW AND COME TO LOVE. 
          AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A VERY NECESSARY TOOL THAT CREATES A POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE FOR OUR SENIORS, FOR OUR PROFESSIONALS, AND FOR OUR CHILDREN. 
          SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF, OF THIS PROJECT AND FOR THIS LETTER OF SUPPORT, BUT I THINK AS A A CITY, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT POSITIVE MESSAGE ON WHY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NECESSARY AND NEEDED IN THE CITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SHAW, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          UM, VERO, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU AND YOUR, OH, YOU CAN SIT DOWN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT IN ON THESE APPLICATIONS. 
          I KNOW IT WAS NOT AN EASY PROCESS AND, UH, AND WE STARTED A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN YOU HAD ANTICIPATED, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR WORKING WITH THE APPLICANTS, WITH THE COMMUNITIES AND WITH THE COUNCIL. 
          YOU HAVE A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS TO, TO MANAGE. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK THE, THE COUNCIL FOR, UH, BACK IN DECEMBER APPROVING THE GUIDELINES THAT, THAT VETO PUT FORTH THAT RECOMMENDED OR, OR ENCOURAGED DEVELOPERS TO INCLUDE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN, IN THIS PROCESS. 
          AND, AND HATS OFF TO THE DEVELOPERS WHO, WHO TOOK THAT STEP AND TRIED IT OUT. 
          I'M SURE IT WASN'T NECESSARILY EASY, BUT IT OPENED A DIALOGUE THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE, UH, THAT, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE. 
          AND IT'S SIMILAR ALL OVER SAN ANTONIO, WHETHER YOU'RE ON THE NORTH SIDE OR OR THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          THERE ARE CONCERNS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR WORKFORCE HOUSING IS. 
          AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU HAVE CLARIFIED THAT HERE TODAY. 
          UH, I DO, UH, WANT, UH, WANT US TO CONSIDER GOING FORWARD HAVING SORT OF A, AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ABOUT WHAT IS WORKFORCE HOUSING AND WHY WE HAVE A NEED FOR THAT. 
          UM, I THINK WHAT WE, WHAT I LEARNED TODAY FROM LISTENING TO THIS PARTICULAR, THE HIGHLAND PROJECT, IS THAT THE MEETING ACTUALLY IS MAKING THE PROJECT BETTER BECAUSE IT'S INTEGRATING SOME OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE. 
          SO I THINK THAT THAT SPEAKS AGAIN, TO, TO THE BENEFITS OF HAVING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EARLY IN THE PROCESS BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. 
          AND COUNCILWOMAN, I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT THE DESIGN AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. 
          WHEN I SAW THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT THEY PRESENTED IN TODAY'S, TODAY'S POWERPOINT, I COULD SEE WHERE, OR YOU MIGHT NOT WANNA LOSE THAT GREEN SPACE OR, OR THE LOOK OF THE MOOSE LODGE AS OLD AS IT IS, UH, I THINK IS, IS UNIQUE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT AND UH, I I SUPPORT YOUR, YOUR MOTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO, TO HEAR THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION VOCALIZED IN THIS, THIS STAGE, THIS AREA, BUT ALSO IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT, AS YOU SAID, THOSE PEOPLE WHO, UH, NOW MAY WANNA LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, I WANNA SPEAK ABOUT A PARTICULAR CATEGORY OF THOSE PEOPLE. 
          I WAS A TEACHER FOR 27 YEARS, AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT ABOUT 75 TO 80% OF THE TEACHERS IN SAN ANTONIO WORK FOR A SINGLE RETIREMENT PAYCHECK THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE THEM 20, 25, 30 YEARS TO EARN. 
          THEY DON'T PAY SOCIAL SECURITY THROUGH THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          SO THE ONLY THING THEY'LL BE LIVING ON IS THAT RETIREMENT CHECK, UNLESS FOR SOME REASON THEY WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH FOR OTHER THINGS TO COME ALONG, BUT THEY WORKED FOR THAT MANY OF THEM FOR 20, 30 YEARS. 
          AND I KNOW THOSE CHECKS ARE, IN SOME CASES, IF THEY RETIRED FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WERE 60, 65, 70, THOSE PAYCHECKS ARE WORTH 13, 14, $1,500 A MONTH. 
          BUT THOSE ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEN TO CATEGORIZE THEM AS THOSE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE UNDESERVING OR MAY HAVE A CRIMINAL ELEMENT OR MAY NOT LIVE UP TO THE STANDARDS OF OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, I THINK IS DISGUSTING. 
          AND SO FOR ALL MY FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES WHO TAUGHT FOR SO MANY YEARS, I WANT YOU TO KNOW IF THE PROJECTS IN MY AREA ARE ARE APPROVED, I WILL WELCOME YOU WITH OPEN ARMS TO ASK TO LIVE 
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IN THOSE PROJECTS AND LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND, AND I'LL CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS AND, AND ALSO SAY THAT, UH, A CITY THAT CAN SAFELY AND AFFORDABLY HOUSE ITS RESIDENTS IS AT THE HEART OF PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          UH, SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF CERTAIN HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS TO PARTICULAR PARTS OF TOWN, WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AFFORDABLY AND SAFELY, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, FOR US TO ALL THRIVE. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THE, THE WORK VETO THAT YOU AND YOUR OFFICE HAVE DONE, COUNCILMAN, AND ENSURING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AESTHETIC AND AND OTHER ISSUES ARE, ARE HANDLED APPROPRIATELY. 
          UH, BUT I AM IN SUPPORT, UH, WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS. 
          SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR ITEMS NUMBER D AND F 20 D AND 20 F PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          20 
          [20J. Residences at Leon Creek, located at the 7300 block of Joe Newton St in Council District 6]
J. 
          20 J IS FOR THE, UH, PROJECT LOCATED AT THE RESIDENCES AT LE UH, LEON CREEK, LOCATED AT THE 7,300 BLOCK OF JOE NEWTON STREET IN COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE, UH, ONE PERSON CITED TO SPEAK ON IT. 
          IS IT LYDIA EVANS IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON 20 J. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, LYDIA EVANS. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? AM I ENUNCIATING? SO YOU CAN HEAR ME. 
          IT'S REAL HARD TO HEAR BACK THERE. 
          I, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          IT IS AFTERNOON , AND I APPRECIATE THE HARD JOB THAT YOU ARE DOING. 
          UM, MY NAME IS LYDIA EVANS. 
          I WAS BORN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IN 1949. 
          I LIVED HERE AND I MOVED AWAY, BUT I RETURNED. 
          I AM ALSO THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF PIPER'S MEADOW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          AND, UM, ON WEDNESDAY, ON THE PAPER, I JUST TYPED THIS OUT LAST NIGHT BECAUSE I HAD VERY LITTLE TIME TO PREPARE MY THOUGHTS. 
          ACTUALLY, YESTERDAY, WEDNESDAY, UH, FEBRUARY 7TH, I WAS TOLD BY MY COUNCILMAN'S STAFF MEMBER THAT BROWNSTONE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS PROPOSED A DEVELOPMENT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT 7 3 0 0 BLOCK OF JOE NEWTON STREET AND JOE NEWTON STREET RUNS ALONG THE, UH, ONE SIDE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WILL BE CALLED THE RESIDENCES AT LEON CREEK IN DISTRICT SIX, SAN ANTONIO. 
          I AM THE PRESIDENT OF PIPER'S MEADOW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          ON HEARING OF THESE PLANS, I CONTACTED RUSS MICHAELS AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THE PROPOSED PROJECT, WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IT DOESN'T TOUCH THE BORDER, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY CLOSE. 
          AFTER THAT, I CONTACTED OUR ASSOCIATION BOARD MEMBERS TO SEE WHAT THEIR OPINIONS WERE BY PHONE LAST NIGHT, VERY LATE, THEY WERE ALL AGAINST BUILDING 120 APARTMENTS AT THAT LOCATION. 
          UH, THERE WAS ONLY ONE BOARD MEMBER I COULD NOT, WELL, I DID NOT TALK TO. 
          SHE, UH, DID NOT RETURN MY CALL. 
          NOW THE REASONS GIVEN WERE THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT. 
          THE IMPACT ON THE TWO LANE ROAD, MAE ROAD, WHICH WAS JUST REPAID AND NICE SIDEWALKS PUT ON BOTH SIDES AND OUR TAX DOLLARS WENT FOR THAT. 
          AND IT'S VERY NICE. 
          BUT IT'S ONLY TWO LANES WE USE THAT WE USE MAY ROAD TO GET IN AND OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WE'RE 720 HOMES AND MY SIDE, WE ALL GO OUT THAT WAY. 
          AND IT'S VERY, THE TRAFFIC IS VERY HEAVY IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING, RUSH HOUR WITH THE PROPOSED APARTMENTS, THERE WILL BE AN ENTRANCE AND EXIT FROM THE APARTMENTS OPENING ONTO MAE. 
          'CAUSE I TALKED WITH MR. MICHAELS AND THAT'S THE PROPOSED PROPOSAL. 
          IF THIS IS DONE, IT WILL CAUSE AN INCREASE IN CONGESTION AND A DANGEROUS SITUATION. 
          I REALLY BELIEVE THIS A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO GO IN AND OUT OF THE APARTMENTS AS WELL AS US TRYING TO LEAVE AND COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I BELIEVE THIS WILL LEAD TO A BOTTLENECK SITUATION ON MAE. 
          IT WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET IN AND OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. 
          ANOTHER CONCERN THAT WAS VOICED TO ME WAS THAT THE AIR QUALITY FOR THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC SURROUNDING OUR HOMES. 
          THANK YOU, MS. EVANS. 
          WE HAVE A, A COPY OF YOUR LETTER THAT'S 
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BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCIL. 
          YOU CAN, AND JUST ONE MORE THING, CAN I SAY, 'CAUSE I DID NOT PUT THIS ON HERE AND I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO REPAIR. 
          TAKE A FEW SECONDS. 
          UM, ONE MORE THING IS THE GREEN SPACE. 
          WE GOT SOME MONEY FROM THE BOND TO HAVE A PARK SOMEWHERE IN THAT AREA. 
          AND, UM, THE DEER, WHEN IT FLOODS THERE, IT REALLY FLOODS THE DEER AND THE WILDLIFE. 
          THEY COME UP INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SPACE WHERE, UH, THESE APARTMENTS ARE GONNA BE BUILT. 
          THE DEER HAVE NO PLACE TO GO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU LYDIA. 
          UM, BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THIS PIECE, UH, I JUST WANNA ADDRESS, UH, I DIDN'T CHIME IN ON COUNCILWOMAN, UH, VIE GRAND'S ISSUE 'CAUSE I KNEW MINE WAS COMING UP NEXT. 
          SO I JUST WAITED TO, UH, SAY A COUPLE THINGS. 
          I DON'T NORMALLY MAKE ANY COMMENT OR FOLLOW UP TO, UH, PEOPLE WHO WALK UP HERE AND SPEAK. 
          UH, BUT AT THIS TIME, I, I KIND OF THINK IT DESERVES IT AT AT LEAST. 
          SO IT'S HEARD FROM SOMEBODY WHO CONSIDERS HIMSELF A, A FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE KIND OF GUY. 
          SO, SOMEBODY WALKED UP HERE A FEW MINUTES AGO, USED THE WORD THAT A CONSERVATIVE PEOPLE FROM CONSERVATIVE DISTRICTS AND THEN PROCEEDED TO, UM, DELEGITIMIZE SOMEONE ELSE'S STRUGGLE. 
          SO, UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS WORTHY, AT LEAST TO ME AT THIS POINT, SAYING, UM, AND 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, COINCIDENTALLY, MY WIFE SENT ME A MESSAGE 'CAUSE THEY'RE WATCHING. 
          AND SO IT MADE ME THINK, WELL, FROM TIME TO TIME SHE TEACHES AT WONKY ELEMENTARY SCOPE OFF OF BANDERA ROAD AND THEY WATCH, I MEAN, THEY, THEY SOMETIMES THEY TURN A TV ON AND WATCH WHAT WE'RE DOING OR THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT. 
          SO, I'M NOT GONNA STAND BY AND, AND LET SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW THE RIDICULOUSNESS OF THAT COMMENT, OR THAT AT LEAST HOW THAT IS PRESENTED TO US EVERY WEEK. 
          I'M NOT GONNA LET SOMEBODY WHO MAY TURN ON THE TELEVISION AND SEE THAT, OR CHILDREN IN A SCHOOL TURN IT ON AND, AND HEAR THAT THEY MAY BE CALLING SOMEBODY'S PARENTS A DRUG ADDICT, UH, UNWORTHY. 
          AND THEN TO TRY TO WRAP PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'RE A CONSERVATIVE OR NOT. 
          I'M, I'M GONNA, MY ONLY COMMENT TO THAT PERSON IS, UH, CARING AND CONSERVATISM, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT. 
          THEY'RE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. 
          LIKE I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE MONEY, WHEN THE THINGS WE DEAL WITH, UH, THAT MONEY NEEDS TO BE PUT WHERE IT MATTERS MOST. 
          THAT'S WHAT BEING A, A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE IS. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, IF YOU'RE GONNA WRAP YOURSELF AROUND THE BIBLE AND THE CLOTH AND ALL THESE THINGS, YOU'RE GONNA COME UP HERE AND TALK AND TRASH PEOPLE. 
          YOU'RE DOING THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT, UH, THE BIBLE INTENDS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS A CONSERVATIVE. 
          IF WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THE MONEY IN THE RIGHT PLACE. 
          THE RIGHT PLACE IS A ROOFTOP. 
          UH, DO I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE? YES, I DO. 
          AM I GONNA SUPPORT COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRANT'S PEACE? YES. 
          I, I DID. 
          THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME SOMEBODY WHO'S GIVING AWAY MONEY OR IT JUST GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. 
          SO, UH, IT'S NOT SO MUCH DIRECTED AT THE PERSON WHO CAME UP HERE AND SAID THOSE WORDS. 
          IT'S DIRECTED TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING THAT. 
          THAT'S NOT HOW WE OPERATE. 
          AND IF WE HAVE A FEW BUCKS, IT'S OKAY TO TRY TO HELP SOMEBODY IN AN EXTENT TO GET THEMSELVES JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER LIFE. 
          'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, A CONSERVATIVE CARES ABOUT PUTTING THE MONEY WHERE MATTERS MOST, PROTECTING THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENSURING THAT EVERY DOLLAR WE SPEND IS PUT TO THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE, AND THERE'S NO HIGHEST AND BEST USE. 
          AND MAKING SURE SOMEBODY HAS A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD AND THEY'RE NOT DYING IN THE STREETS SOMEWHERE. 
          OR IF THEY ARE ADDICTED TO DRUGS OR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOING WELL IN THEIR LIFE, WE HELP THEM BECOME A BETTER FUNCTIONING MEMBER OF SOCIETY. 
          SO I HAVE TO CALL THAT RIDICULOUSNESS WHAT IT IS TODAY. 
          AND I, AND MAYBE IT'S TAKEN ME SEVEN MONTHS AND I'M SORRY FOR THAT. 
          UH, BUT I CAN'T STAND FOR IT ANY FURTHER. 
          UM, HOUSING MATTERS, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE. 
          AND, AND LYDIA HAS COME UP HERE AND SPOKE ABOUT HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEELS ABOUT IT. 
          UH, WE, I, I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THE, WITH THE DEVELOPER ON THIS, AND HE, HE UNDERSTANDS THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE INGRESS AND EGRESS WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE TRAFFIC, UH, HE'S ON BOARD TODAY WITH UNDERSTANDING THIS IS, UH, PROBABLY SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DENIAL ON. 
          SO I'M GONNA ASK TODAY THAT WE GO AHEAD AND DENY, DENY THE LETTER OF APPROVAL ON THIS ONE. 
          UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS WE ARE LOOKING AT TO DO AND, AND PARTNER WITH ON THIS. 
          UH, IT DID END UP KIND OF A, UH, YOU KNOW, A, A A PUSH HERE AT THE END, I THINK. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GETTING INVOLVED AND WE HAVE FEEDBACK AND WHAT THE, WE SHOULD ALSO NOTICE, NEVER ONCE WAS THAT ANYTHING MENTIONED ABOUT PEOPLE OR CRIME OR DRUGS COME UP HERE AND MADE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD FLOWS, THE TRAFFIC, THE LOCATION, WHAT WE'RE BUILDING OUT IN THAT AREA. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER, ANOTHER ONE HERE IN ITEM K THAT'S A COUPLE OF MILES FROM IT THAT WE'RE GONNA, THAT I WANNA WORK WITH AND TRY TO HELP FIGURE OUT. 
          SO, UH, I'M NOT, THIS ONE IS NOT AN ANTI, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PIECE. 
          I THINK THIS IS A, IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD FIT RIGHT NOW. 
          THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S VOICE THEIR CONCERNS. 
          I HEAR THAT LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          UH, BUT THE DEVELOPER IS ON BOARD WITH UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE SUPPORTIVE OF AT THIS TIME, BUT THAT WE HAVE FUTURE AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES 
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IN THE DISTRICT, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK FOR AND, AND, AND TRY TO DO AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, UH, 20 J I AM GONNA CALL FOR, UH, DENIAL OF THE LETTER OF SUPPORT. 
          UM, AND, UH, THAT, THAT'D BE IT. 
          SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCKO. 
          MOTION. 
          MOTION FOR MOTION. 
          I MOTION FELLOW. 
          I DON'T, I'M, IT IS THE ALLERGIES, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I GOT THIS MASSIVE, I FEEL LIKE I'M BEEN SWIMMING. 
          MY EARS ARE FLAGGED UP, BUT I MOTION TO DENY THE LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR ITEM, UH, 20 J. 
          OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEM 20 J. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM 20 
          [20K. Culebra Place Apartments, located at 7796 Culebra Rd in Council District 6]
K 20 K IS FOR THE PROJECT LOCATED AT KBRA PLACE APARTMENTS LOCATED AT 77 96 CULEBRA ROAD IN COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE, OR AS I MENTIONED A SECOND AGO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THIS ONE, UH, WE WERE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO A YES ON THIS ONE. 
          SO I DID TALK TO VETO AND ASK FOR, UH, ONE MORE WEEK, UH, TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO BRING, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG, TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ISSUES. 
          SO THIS ONE'S RIGHT ON COLLIBRA AT A VERY DIFFICULT SPOT FROM A TRAFFIC PERSPECTIVE. 
          WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GROWTH ON PETRANKO. 
          SO THERE'S STILL A FEW MORE QUESTIONS, UH, WE'RE LOOKING INTO, BUT WE'RE WORKING HARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO TRY TO FIND A WAY, UH, TO GET TO A YES AND UNDERSTAND. 
          SO THE NEIGHBORS, NO, WE JUST NEED A FEW MORE DAYS. 
          THEY'VE HELD A COMMUNITY MEETING. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS A A, A, A SOLID MEETING, BUT THERE WAS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY FOR US ON AROUND TRAFFIC, UH, HOW MANY UNITS WE'RE GONNA BE IN THERE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE A PUSH OVER THE NEXT, UH, TWO TO THREE DAYS JUST TO KIND OF SOLIDIFY THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND THEN MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE PROJECT LOOKS LIKE AND THEN MAKE A FINAL DECISION NEXT WEEK WITH THE DEVELOPER. 
          BUT I'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH THE, THE DEVELOPER OUTREACH ON THIS. 
          I THINK THEY'RE WORKING HARD TO PUT UP SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, I'M JUST TRYING MY BEST TO GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD WITH IT AND WORK FOR IT. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT VETO NEEDS TO, IF I HAVE TO MOTION TO POSTPONE IT TO NEXT WEEK. 
          IS THAT THE APPROPRIATE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, WELL, I THEN I'LL MOTION TO POSTPONE 20 K, UH, TO NEXT THURSDAY. 
          THE, WHAT IS IT? THE, UH, THE 14TH SECOND. 
          15TH. 
          15TH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ALLERGIES. 
          I'M SORRY, CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 20 K TO FEBRUARY 15TH. 
          COUNCILMAN SALANA? YEAH, MAYOR, JUST A QUICK QUESTION, WHICH WAS THIS? THE COLLIBRA PLACE APARTMENTS? THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S GONNA GET POSTPONED TO NEXT WEEK. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, JUST, UH, REALLY QUICKLY, I WANT TO, I, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO WHAT I'M HEARING FROM A LOT OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE THERE'S A, YOU COULD PROBABLY COUNT ON ONE HAND THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CHALLENGES THAT A CITY LIKE SAN ANTONIO IS DEALING WITH AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOUSING CRISIS IS AMONG THE TOP THREE, I WOULD SAY. 
          AND, UH, AND WE HAVE A VERY CAPABLE PERSON IN VETO IN HELPING US NAVIGATE THIS SPACE. 
          BUT, UH, VETO FOR ONE LAST OPPORTUNITY. 
          CAN I JUST ASK YOU, IT WON'T TAKE MORE THAN MAYBE TWO OR THREE MINUTES, UH, JUST WANTED TO GET, TO GET USED TO THE NEW NORMAL I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE EXPERIENCING WHEN THESE CASES BEFORE, LIKE A YEAR AGO, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS KIND OF LEVEL OF, UH, COUNCIL INVENTORY. 
          'CAUSE WE SEE A COUNCIL, UM, PACKAGE THAT INCLUDES MAYBE LIKE 15 OR 20 OF THESE. 
          I IS THAT SORT OF SOMETHING, WE'LL, WE'LL START SEEING MORE OFTEN ONCE A QUARTER EVERY THURSDAY. 
          HOW DOES THAT LOOK? YES. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          SO WHAT DID WE DID PROVIDE WAS THE LIST OF ALL THE APPLICATIONS THAT CAME IN. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNICATION BECAUSE WE KNEW THERE WAS INTEREST IN THIS, AND WE WANTED YOU TO HAVE THE INFORMATION. 
          SO WHEN THE DEADLINE FOR THE APPLICATION CAME IN, WE GAVE YOU THE LIST OF EACH AND EVERY APPLICATION. 
          UH, WE GAVE YOU HOW MANY UNITS WERE BEING PROPOSED BEFORE THE END OF THAT WEEK. 
          WE ALSO GAVE YOU A MAP SO YOU WOULD HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT AREAS OF THE CITY. 
          UH, AND SO OUR COMMITMENT IS TO KEEP THAT COMMUNICATION GOING BECAUSE WE KNEW WE ADDED SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS TIME AROUND. 
          AND BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE CONVERSATION ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS TO CONTINUE AS WELL, UH, WE HAVE FOLDED INTO OUR PROCESS A SURVEY SO THAT WE GET FEEDBACK ON HOW DID WE DO THIS TIME? UH, WAS IT A CHALLENGE TO MEET THE COMMUNITY MEETING? NOT EVERYONE HOSTED A COMMUNITY MEETING, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED IN IN COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX. 
          THERE WAS, IT WAS OPTIONAL. 
          UH, SO WE'RE GONNA GET THAT FEEDBACK, BUT OUR COMMUNICATION WITH YOU, WITH YOU WILL CONTINUE, UH, SO THAT EVERY TIME WE MAKE THIS, UM, A BETTER PROCESS, WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK FOR US TO DO. 
          I HAD ALREADY ASKED MR. MARTINEZ TO, UM, ALLOW US TO COME AND TALK TO THE HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ABOUT WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS. 
          AND SO THAT'S PART OF OUR WORK, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          SO ALL OF THAT COMMUNICATION WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN, BUT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO GET INFORMATION, UH, FROM OUR DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT IS IN OUR QUEUE WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND WE WILL WORK TO 
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IMPROVE THIS PROCESS WITH YOUR FEEDBACK, WITH THE FEEDBACK OF THE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IMPACTED, BUT ALSO WITH THE FEEDBACK FROM THE DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS WHO, UH, FOLLOW THIS PROCESS THIS YEAR AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WOULD, IN TERMS OF THE, THE PACE AT WHICH WE'LL SEE THESE, WILL WE SEE A A SAME LEVEL EVERY WEEK OR AT ONCE A QUARTER? HOW DOES THIS ONCE A YEAR? THIS IS ONCE A YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, AND THE, IT'S A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE, AND I KNOW THERE'S ISSUES WITH THAT AS WELL. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THE 2018 CYCLE. 
          SO WE HAVE THE SCHEDULE FROM THE STATE, SO AS WE KNOW WHICH ONES ARE PROCEEDING TO THE STATE FOR CONSIDERATION, WE'LL SHARE THAT INFORMATION BACK AGAIN TO COUNCIL. 
          ONCE WE KNOW THAT THE STATE BOARD, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS IS GOING TO VOTE ON THESE, WE'LL SHARE THAT INFORMATION BACK AGAIN. 
          AND ONCE THEY DO AWARD, UH, CREDITS, AGAIN, WE'LL SHARE THAT INFORMATION SO YOU KNOW, WHICH THREE OR WHICH FOUR OR WHICH TWO ARE THE ONES THAT GOT AWARDED. 
          UH, AND ALL OF THAT WILL SHAPE OUR PROCESS FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          BUT THIS IS A, A VERY REGIMENTED TIMELINE ORIENTED PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND IT'S ALWAYS AROUND DECEMBER TO MARCH, UM, UNLESS WE CHANGE THE STATE LAW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR THIS VERO AND FOR WRAPPING THIS IN THE BIGGER DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN A PART OF HERE ON THE DAAS, BECAUSE, UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, IS THE LIGHT OF DAY. 
          THE LIGHT OF DAY HAS TO BE SHOWN ON ALL OF THE TRANSACTIONS THAT WE DECIDE ON HERE, UH, AT THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO I I, I WILL NEVER GET INTO THE HA I WON'T GET INTO THE HABIT OF, OF DENYING PROJECTS, BUT, UH, THE QUESTION OF MAKING SURE THAT E THEY GET THE LIGHT OF DAY FROM THE COMMUNITY, THEY GET THE VETTING FROM MEMBERS WHO WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE PROJECT WHO, YOU KNOW, IN SOME CASES MIGHT HAVE SOME LEGITIMATE CONCERNS. 
          BUT WHAT WE'VE HEARD IN MANY CASES IS THE FEAR THAT ONE HAS WHEN SOMETHING NEW IS COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY CAN'T IDENTIFY. 
          AND SO IN, IN, IN THE GRASPING FOR THAT, THEY, THEY REACH FOR THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR, WHICH IS AN EASY WAY TO KILL A PROJECT, WHICH IS TO TRY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, VILLAINIZE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE NEW TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMAN PELLY SAID, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I, I, I THINK HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE ANY ONE OF US THAT ENDS UP IN A CATEGORY OF AN UNDESIRABLE OR, OR A PERSON WHO I WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE IN MY COMMUNITY. 
          AND I THINK ABOUT A CALL I RECEIVED, UH, LAST NIGHT FROM A WOMAN WHO WAS TRYING TO HELP HER NEIGHBOR, UH, THE PERSON IN HER, THIS IS THE PERSON WHO LIVES IN OUR DISTRICT, WHO SHE IDENTIFIED AS SOMEBODY WHO IS STRUGGLING TO STAY IN HIS HOME. 
          AND I ASKED HER, HOW DID YOU FIND OUT, OR HOW DID YOU KNOW? AND SHE SAID, WELL, HE'S LIVED HERE SINCE THE SEVENTIES AND WE SEE HIM ALL THE TIME. 
          BUT WE NOTICED THAT WHEN IT GOT COLD, HE WAS SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN HIS TRUCK BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT HAD A HEATER. 
          AND HE WOULD SLEEP IN HIS TRUCK AND HE'D BEEN DOING THIS CONSISTENTLY. 
          AND THIS IS A GENTLEMAN WHO YOU'VE, IF YOU READ HIS PROFILE, HE'S THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT WHEN HE BOUGHT HIS HOME, UH, FROM HB ZACHARY IN THE SEVENTIES, UH, WAS WORKING HARD AT THIS POINT IN HIS LIFE, HE'S 85, HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIVING RESIDENCE. 
          HE LIVES ON SOCIAL SECURITY. 
          SO HE MAKES ABOUT 800 A MONTH. 
          HE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO LIVE WITHIN THAT HOME, BUT WITH HIS PROFILE, HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UH, MOVE INTO MORE COMFORTABLY A HOME OR A, A PROJECT THAT WE MIGHT SUPPORT. 
          AND THAT COULD LEGITIMATELY BE ANY ONE OF US WHO RUNS INTO THE BAD LUCK OF LIFE AND, AND THE LOTTERY OF LIFE. 
          AND WE NEVER KNOW WHAT HANDS WILL BE DEALT. 
          AND SO IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE TAKE VERY SERIOUS WHEN WE VOTE TO SUPPORT PROJECTS LIKE THIS. 
          AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT THE HOUSING CRISIS, UH, THAT INCLUDES MORE THAN JUST A SUBGROUP OF PEOPLE, UH, THAT WE CAN PIN DOWN AS, AS OTHERS, AND WE COULD LEGITIMATELY FIND OURSELVES IN THAT CATEGORY OF OTHER. 
          AND WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHEN WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON EVERYBODY IN THE CITY. 
          SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE WHAT WE WANNA DO IS TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE LIGHT OF DAY. 
          WE'RE NOT TRYING TO HIDE THINGS. 
          AND SOMETIMES THESE PROJECTS DO GO PRETTY QUICKLY. 
          UM, AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL HAS BEEN PRETTY, UM, YOU KNOW, LEADING EDGE ON MAKING SURE THAT WE SLOW THE PROCESS DOWN, INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK EVEN WHEN YOU INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY, THEY'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE SAYING AND THAT THESE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS, AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE IN HARD TIMES AND THEY CAN CLIMB OUT OF IT. 
          AND SOMETIMES WE JUST NEED TO SUPPORT, UM, OUR FELLOW PERSON. 
          SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SALDANA. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VERAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, TO TO THAT POINT, I ALSO WANTED TO AGREE WITH, WE, WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THESE APPLICATIONS OR THESE, UH, CAN SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY. 
          BECAUSE AS WE MENTIONED, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT BE IN CERTAIN AREAS. 
          UM, AND JUST NEEDING THAT AFFORD AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT. 
          SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN EVERY PART OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WITH THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR. 
          UM, THIS IS, OKAY, SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AND I'M EX THE DEVELOPER'S ASSESSOR CHAVEZ FOUNDATION, SO I KNOW THEY'VE DONE GREAT WORK. 
          SO I'M REALLY HOPING THAT YOU GET TO THAT, THAT POINT WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, BUT SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE POINT SYSTEM. 
          SO IF, IF THIS IS CONTINUED, ARE THEY STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO THEN GET THE POINTS THAT 
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NEEDED TO GO FORWARD WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS OR TO THE STATE? ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE POINT SYSTEMS AT THE STATE? STATE LEVEL? THE NO, AT OURS. 
          AT OURS, YES. 
          UM, SO IF THEY HAD ANOTHER, FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE, IF THEY HAD ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEETING, IT WOULD NOT COUNT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, FOR, FOR OUR PURPOSES, BECAUSE WE HAD A DEADLINE FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO IT WOULD NOT IMPACT, I WAS CURIOUS. 
          I WAS JUST CURIOUS. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          WITHOUT THE PUBLIC MEETING, THEY STILL MET AT LEAST THE 70 POINTS TO BRING 'EM FORWARD, TO MOVE, TO BRING 'EM FORWARD HERE. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          THOSE WERE MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          . 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN GRO, COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. 
          UH, JUST REAL QUICK, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A LEVEL OF COMFORTABILITY THAT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TO A YES ON IT. 
          UH, AND THEN IF THIS DOESN'T WORK, THERE ARE OTHER FINANCING MECHANISMS. UH, THE CESAR CHAVEZ FOUNDATION, WHICH I DIDN'T MENTION THAT, THAT THAT'S WHO IT WAS, UH, HAS DONE THIS KIND OF WORK ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          UH, BUT ALSO, I MEAN, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, UH, WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN, IN THESE THINGS TO HELP THEM, UH, OBTAIN THIS. 
          BUT THERE'S ALSO A FALLBACK STRATEGY. 
          THEY ACTUALLY OWN THE PROPERTY, SO THEY, THEY OWN THE DIRT ALREADY. 
          SO THERE'S A VESTED INTEREST TO DO GOOD WORK, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TOWARDS IT. 
          BUT THIS ISN'T THE END OF IT, EVEN ON THIS ONE. 
          BUT WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT THAT WE HAVE A FEW DAYS TO GET THERE. 
          AND, AND THAT'S MY, THE TEAM, MY TEAM'S GAME PLAN IS TO SOLIDIFY THAT. 
          I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR VOTE ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM, UM, 20 K. 
          OKAY. 
          UNTIL FEBRUARY 15TH, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          UM, SO FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT WHEN WE RECONVENE FOR THE UTILITY BRIEFING AT 1:00 PM HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL WILL RECESS NOW INTO AND RESUME ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT BECAUSE OUR VERY OWN COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS, IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, AND WE'LL CELEBRATE WITH CAKE IN THE ROOM. 
          UH, BUT AS WE DO, WE WILL SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 
          I'M, UH, ONE YEAR CLOSER TO THE DISCOUNTS AT LUBIES. 
          AND SO , HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MORNING. 
          YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, . 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THE, THE TIME NOW 
          [Executive Session]
IS 12:28 PM ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2018. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW RESUME AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, AND DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS ITEMS POSTED BUT NOT COMPLETED OR REACHED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION YESTERDAY.
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