* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:01:31] COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CA HDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. AND MAYOR NUREMBERG. HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, A SESSION AGENDA. IF YOU ENJOYED THE MUSIC THAT WAS KING PELICAN OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, A UH, GROUP OF THREE GREAT INSTRUMENTALISTS, THREE PURVEYORS OF THE SURF SOUND OF THE SIXTIES, WHO ARE REIMAGINING THE SONIC PALETTE OF THE MID-CENTURY IN A NEW, MODERN WAY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. THAT WAS ERNEST HERNANDEZ ON GUITAR, DARREN COOPER ON DRUMS, AND LLOYD WALSH ON THE BASS. AS WE BEGIN [Additional Item] OUR A SESSION AGENDA AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST MONTH, AND RECOGNITION OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE, UH, WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO C OVID 19 HERE IN OUR CITY AND ACROSS THE WORLD, ALONG WITH THOSE ON THE FRONT LINES OF THIS BATTLE, THOSE WHO ARE AT HOME WAITING FOR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND AND EVERYONE WHO HAS PULLED TOGETHER IN OUR COMMUNITY TO FIGHT THIS DEADLY DISEASE. WE'VE BEEN STARTING OUR CITY COUNCIL SESSIONS WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE EVERY THURSDAY FOR A FULL MINUTE. DURING THAT TIME, YOU'LL HEAR THE BELLS OF THE SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL RINGING AND RECOGNITION OF OUR FIGHT AND THE FIGHT ACROSS THE WORLD. AND WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY MANY CHURCHES AROUND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, INCLUDING THE MISSIONS OF SAN JUAN, SAN JOSE AND MISSION CONCE. SO LET'S PLEASE JOIN TOGETHER FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. OKAY. AT [1. Invocation] THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, JESSE CARIN ROSHI IS A LEI BUDDHIST PRIEST AND SENIOR TEACHER IN THE PACIFIC ZEN SCHOOL. HE HAS BEEN TRAINED PRACTICING ZEN COHEN MEDITATION SINCE 2006 AND WAS ASKED TO BEGIN TEACHING BY JOHN TARREN ROI IN 2014. JESSE LEADS THE SAN ANTONIO BASED ZEN COHEN MEDITATION COMMUNITY. IT'S A LIVE ZEN BASED ON THE FIRST UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST IN THE BELLEVUE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT IS ALSO AND IS ALSO A MUSICIAN AND IN PRIVATE PRACTICE. HE RECEIVED SCIENCE [00:05:01] AND SOCIAL WORK DEGREE FROM UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, BOTH PATIENT AND OUTPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT PROGRAM IN VIRGINIA, TEXAS. HE'S PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN ZEN PRACTICE AND MODERN PSYCHOTHERAPY AND HOW THEY CAN PROVIDE A VESSEL FOR DISCOVERY AND INNER TRANSFORMATION IN UNCERTAIN TIMES. JESSE LIVES IN SAN ANTONIO WITH HIS WIFE LISA AND THEIR TWO CATS, MARTY AND GRAY PAL, AND IS EXCITED TO BECOME A FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS JULY. WELCOME MR. CARTON. GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. I WISH I COULD SEE ALL YOUR FACES, BUT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH JUST LOOKING AT MY OWN FACE FOR NOW. SO THANK YOU COUNCILMAN VENU FOR INVITING ME TO BE HERE. AND THANK YOU EVERYONE ELSE FOR TOLERATING ME, BEING HERE, . IT'S REALLY AN HONOR, HONOR TO GET TO DO THIS WITH YOU. UM, SO THIS MORNING I, I'D LIKE TO DO THIS INVITATION WITH YOU AND I'D LIKE TO SORT OF EASE US INTO IT BY WAY OF A VERY BRIEF MEDITATION. UM, IN ZEN, WE PRACTICE MEDITATION BECAUSE IT HELPS US TO, UH, MOVE MORE CLOSELY WITH THE RHYTHM OF THE WORLD. UH, WE FIND THAT WHEN WE MOVE WITH THE WORLD RATHER THAN AGAINST IT, THE IMPOSSIBLE BECOMES ORDINARY BARRIERS TURN TO GATEWAYS, AND THERE'S A BLESSING ON OUR ACTION. SO IF YOU TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST SET ASIDE WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING, CLOSE YOUR EYES IF YOU'D LIKE, AND JUST ALLOW YOUR BODY TO COME TO REST. HOWEVER IT'S MOST COMFORTABLE, NO DOUBT WE ALL HAVE ANY IMPORTANT THINGS ON OUR MINDS THIS MORNING. I ASK YOU TO ATTEND TO SOMETHING ELSE RIGHT NOW THAT IS JUST YOUR OWN LIVE SENSE OF BEING IN THIS MOMENT. AND SO JUST NOTICING THE NATURAL RHYTHM OF THE BREATH, UH, LOYAL SERVANT OF THE BODY COMING AND GOING WITH THE BODY ITSELF, SPEAKING TO US IN VOICES OF SENSATION, BOLD AS WELL AS SUBTLE, AN ITCH, A RELEASE OF TENSION, PERHAPS A FLICKER OR FLASH OF EMOTION. AND THEN THE ENDLESS GENEROSITY OF OUR WORLD GIVING ITSELF TO US WITHOUT EFFORT, WITHOUT EXPECTATION. IT SOUNDS, SMELLS, TASTES, BLENDING, TEXTURE, AND COLOR TO THIS MYSTERIOUS LIFE. OF COURSE. SO NOW TO BEGIN, THE BLACK TARA, MOTHER OF THE BUDDHAS, THE ANCIENT SEVEN BUDDHAS EARTH THAT TAKES US IN WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE AND GIVES BACK TREES AND FLOWERS, WATER, UNIVERSAL SALTON FIRE THAT THE HEART AND GIVES US LIGHT AIR THAT NEWS. BIRDS SHAYA MOONI, A FRIEND OF MINE AMONG JUICERY AND HIS EMPTY PALACE, GUIAN SOUTH AND HANDS AND EYES CONSOLE, THE WORLD RA LEADER OF TASKS, ASHITA GARBA, PROTECTOR OF CHILDREN GUIDE THROUGH THE UNDERWORLD, THE HIDDEN BUDDHA, UM, YOU GODS DRIFT IN SPLENDOR AND YOU GODS OF WAR AND STRIFE. ALL GRANDMOTHER GRANDFATHERS THE SPIRITS OF THIS PLACE LIVE OAK AND BLUE BONNET UNDER THE GOLDEN SUN ARMADILLO, SETTLING THROUGH THE HILL [00:10:01] COUNTRY HUMMINGBIRD WITH BEETS AND FLOWERS, POSSUM ON HER EVENING WALK AND RINGTAIL CAT RARELY SEEN ALL YOU GHOSTS WHO NEVER CAN BE SATISFIED. DEMONS IN THE DEEPEST DARK, WHO SEE OUR GREEN SWEET WORLD AS THESE PARTS MAKE UP A WOMAN OR A MAN, YOU ALL ARE WELCOME. ATTEND US NOW AND BLESS THE MEETINGS. THE HUMANS ARE A COUNCIL TODAY. MAY ALL WHO PARTICIPATE HERE TODAY ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE GUIDED BY THAT NOURISHING RIVER, THOSE GENTLY BENEATH THE UNIVERSE. MAY THE COOL DEPTHS OF THIS WATERS BLESS THEIR ACTIONS RIPPLING FAR BEYOND THESE WALLS TO BRING BENEFIT TO WELL BEINGS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [2. Pledge of Allegiance] UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU ROSHI CARDIN. ALRIGHT, AT THIS TIME, UH, WE HAVE, UH, A FULL AGENDA TODAY. I DO WANNA REMIND, UH, FOLKS WHO ARE TUNED IN OR HERE IN THE CHAMBERS WITH US. THE CITY COUNCIL IS PRACTICING PHYSICAL DISTANCING. UH, SO WE ARE SPACED OUT AND WE DO HAVE FOUR MEMBERS WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO REMOTE IN IN ORDER TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT. UH, WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA HERE TODAY. UH, FAIRLY BRIEF ONE. UH, WE HAVE THE FIRST [3. Approval of Minutes from the City Council Meeting of April 7, 2020.] ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL 7TH. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE IF THERE ARE NO ADJUSTMENTS. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MINUTES OF APRIL 7TH, PLEASE VOTE. AYE AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. UH, WE HAVE [Consent Agenda] ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UH, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION TODAY. ITEM FOUR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRANT HAS PULLED ITEM 11 ALSO FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ON INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR FOUR AND 11. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF, OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR FOUR AND 11. WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. UH, JACK FINGER? YES. UH, MAYOR NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. YES, MR. MAYOR, THE NEXT TIME YOU HAVE A A, A BUDDHIST, UH, NEW AGE, UH, INDICATOR, PLEASE. OH, REMIND US. WE DON'T HAVE TO STAND FOR THAT THERE. THE, UH, REGARDING THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA, ONE ITEM I DO WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, THE, UH, ONE ITEM NUMBER 15, ORANGE APPROVING AND SETTLEMENT WITH LAWSUIT STYLE, TANYA WALKER VERSUS CITY SAN ANTONIO FOR A AMOUNT OF ABOUT $67,000 AND CHANGE. WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT IS THAT, UH, A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WAS A, UH, A, AN EMPLOYEE WITH THE METROPOLITAN HEALTH DEPARTMENT. YES, IT WAS. THAT PERSON WAS DRIVING A VEHICLE AND THEN THE VEHICLE WAS A PASSENGER, A CIVILIAN, CIVILIAN PASSENGER. YES. AND THIS VEHICLE HAD AN ACCIDENT, HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH, WITH, UH, SOME OTHER VEHICLE APPARENTLY ON THE ROAD. AND THE PASSENGER IN THIS CITY OWNED, VEHICLE DRIVEN BY THE CITY EMPLOYEE, GOT INJURED TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $67,000 THERE. SO THE IDEA IS THAT IF WE ARE SETTLING OUT OF THIS, WE, UH, YOU MAY SAY THAT WE'RE NOT ADMITTING GUILT, GUILT, BUT, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, WELL, WHAT, WHAT ELSE IS ANYONE TO, TO, TO ASSUME HERE? SO, AND THAT'S FINE. I MEAN, ACCIDENTS DO HAPPEN, BUT, BUT [00:15:01] THEN THE, THE QUESTION IS, WAS THE DRIVER ACTUALLY AN A CITY EMPLOYEE ACTUALLY, UM, OH, DELICT IN THEIR DUTIES NEGLIGENT, AND THAT IN DOING SO, WHICH ALLOWED THE, THIS THING TO HAPPEN? OR WERE THEY, UH, ARE OR WERE OR WAS IT OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES? IF THE, IF IT'S THE FORMER, I'D LIKE TO KNOW, IS THIS PERSON GONNA GET SPANKED TO THE TUNE OF $67,000 SO WE, THE TAXPAYERS DON'T HAVE TO SHELL IT OUT? IT'S A QUESTION THAT, UH, A LOT OF US WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE AN ANSWER FOR. 'CAUSE OTHERWISE, EMPLOYEES CAN CONTINUE TO, UH, INFLICT INJURY UPON CIVILIANS. AND YES, I THOUGHT WHAT WAS INTERESTING IS THAT THIS IS A, A, AN ACCIDENT, BUT PEOPLE GOT HURT FOR IN A VEHICLE OWNED BY THE METROPOLITAN HEALTH DISTRICT. , THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. UM, THERE IS A MOTION, A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THIS, OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAY FOR FOUR AND 11. I DO WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF ITEM 18 AND THANK, UH, THE CITY ORGANIZATION ALONG WITH C P S ENERGY, MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD THERE, UH, FOR THEIR CONTINUED COMPASSIONATE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS, UH, SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN, IN THE WAIVER OF THE LATE FEES FOR ALL FOLKS WHO ARE ON PAYMENT PLANS NOW AS A RESULT OF, UH, THIS C OVID 19 CRISIS. UM, THANK YOU AGAIN TO C P S OUR COMMUNITY, UH, AND OF COURSE, CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS MEASURE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I ECHO YOUR SENTIMENTS REGARDING ITEM, UH, 17. APPRECIATE THAT. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SAS IS ALSO WAIVING, UH, LATE FEES AT THIS POINT IN TIME FOR, UM, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ON PAYMENT PLANS. SO THANK YOU TO, TO THEM. UM, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT EXCITING IN A TIME OF C O V I D UNLESS YOU ARE, UH, SOMEONE WHO HAS DRAINAGE PROBLEMS, UH, IN YOUR ALLEY COMING ONTO YOUR LAWN, AND THOSE OF YOU WITH, UH, WITH DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN YOUR DISTRICT MIGHT UNDERSTAND. I REALLY WANNA THANK STAFF, UH, FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON THAT. UM, ROD SANCHEZ SENT ME A REMINDER OF IT, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ROD, TO YOU AND RAZZIE AND, UH, NEPHI FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS. THERE ARE GOING TO BE MANY, MANY DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENTS, UH, WHO WILL BE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL, UH, FOR THE IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE INC IMPROVED, UH, PROPERTY VALUE THAT, THAT THIS WILL BRING THEM. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE, OF THE CONSENT TO AGENDA. ALL ITEMS SAFE FOR FOUR AND 11. PLEASE VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. UH, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO ITEM [4. Briefing on the City's response and preparedness on COVID 19] FOUR. ITEM FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE CURRENT DECLARATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ISSUED BY MAYOR RON NUREMBERG TO CONTINUE ACTIVE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE FOR C OVID 19 CONTINGENCIES. ANNIE, I THINK YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION. UH, YES, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK PRESENTATION BOTH ON THE LOCAL ORDERS THAT WERE PASSED BY THE MAYOR AND JUDGE ON TUESDAY AND ON THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER THAT WAS PASSED, UH, THAT HE ISSUED, I'M SORRY, ON MONDAY. UH, SO WE'LL GET INTO THAT NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, THE SEVENTH DECLARATION AGAIN FROM THE, UH, MAYOR WAS ISSUED ON TUESDAY. UH, AND THE COUNTY ALSO ISSUED, UH, THEIR NEW ORDER ON TUESDAY. AGAIN, UH, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IT FOLLOWS THE SAME FRAMEWORK THAT WE'VE SEEN BOTH IN THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS AND IN OUR LOCAL ORDERS, WHICH IS ASKING PEOPLE TO STAY AT HOME UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO DELIVER OR, UH, HAVE THE BENEFIT OF COVERAGE SERVICES. AND I'LL GET INTO WHAT COVERAGE SERVICES ARE HERE IN A MINUTE. AGAIN, THEY'RE TRYING TO, WE'RE ASKING AGAIN, BOTH THE STATE AND LOCAL ORDERS, ASKING PEOPLE TO LIMIT GATHERINGS TO ONLY THOSE MEMBERS OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD. AND AGAIN, BOTH FRAMEWORKS CALL FOR ENFORCEMENT WITH UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS FINE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SOME OF THE CARRYOVER ITEMS THAT WE'VE SEEN FROM THE PREVIOUS ORDERS ARE, AGAIN, THE PROHIBITION FROM PEOPLE VISITING LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, UNLESS THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE SERVICES. UH, WE HAVE ALSO THE REQUIREMENTS STILL IN OUR LOCAL ORDER THAT ALL COVID TESTING BE REPORTED TO METRO HEALTH. UH, WE ALSO INCLUDE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ORDER, UH, LANGUAGE THAT SUPPORTS THE BEXAR COUNTY ORDER ON EVICTIONS AND FORECLOSURES. UH, WE ALSO HAVE CONTINUING LANGUAGE ALERTING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT C OVID 19 ANTIBODY TESTING, AND AGAIN, URGING THEM TO, UH, TAKE ONLY F D A APPROVED TESTS AND WARNING THEM OF SOME FRAUDULENT [00:20:01] ACTIVITY OUT THERE IN TERMS OF ANTIBODY TESTING. UH, THE ENFORCEMENT TOOLS STAY IN PLACE. UH, THE ONE ADJUSTMENT WE MADE IS THAT THE LOCAL ORDER HAD UP TO 2000, AND NOW WE'VE LOWERED THAT TO UP TO 1000 PER INCIDENT. UH, AND AGAIN, HERE I WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EMPHASIZE THAT AT NO TIME DID ANY OF THE LOCAL ORDERS, UH, ISSUED BY EITHER THE COUNTY OR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. NONE OF THEM EVER ENTAILED ANY SORT OF JAIL TIME, UH, FOR, UH, VIOLATIONS OF THE ORDER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. A LOT HAS BEEN MADE OF FACE COVERINGS. UH, THE LOCAL ORDER NOW STRONGLY ENCOURAGES ALL PEOPLE TENURES OR OLDER TO WEAR CLOTH FACE COVERINGS WHEN SOCIAL DISTANCING CANNOT BE MAINTAINED. EMPLOYERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE THESE FACIAL COVERINGS, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE ACTIVITIES THAT, UH, YOU CANNOT MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE WORKING IN SMALL AIRCRAFT REPAIR OR MAINTENANCE, SOME OF THOSE ACTIVITIES REQUIRE SHOULDER TO SHOULDER ACTIVITIES WITH YOUR COWORKERS. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING EMPLOYERS TO DO IN THOSE SITUATIONS IS TO PROVIDE THOSE EMPLOYEES MASKS, UH, CONSISTENT WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER. THERE IS NO CIVIL OR CRIMINAL PENALTY. AND, UH, AGAIN, IN THE GOVERNOR'S NEW ORDER, GA 23, IT HAS THE EXACT SAME LANGUAGE IN THE PREVIOUS ORDER, WHICH ONLY LIMITED CITIES FROM ISSUING FINES OR CIVIL PENALTIES. AND SO, AGAIN, UH, THE CONSISTENCY'S THERE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, GATHERINGS ARE STILL LIMITED TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD, AND WE WE'RE ASKING, UH, PEOPLE TO STAY IN HOME UNLESS AGAIN, THEY'RE DELIVERING OR RECEIVING COVERAGE SERVICES. SO NOW COVERAGE SERVICES IS A NEW TERM UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER. AND WHAT, WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS, UH, THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER THE THREE CATEGORIES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN SOME OTHER ORDERS, WHICH IS THE CISA ESSENTIAL, UH, SERVICES, UH, OUTLINE THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN FOLLOWING IN TERMS OF WHAT'S AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE AND WHAT IS NOT. UH, COVERAGE SERVICES ALSO INCLUDE RELIGIOUS SERVICES, HOUSES OF WORSHIP, UH, AND THE FINAL CATEGORY IS THESE CADENCED OPENINGS OF ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES LIKE RETAIL, ET CETERA, THAT HAVE BEEN OUTLINED IN THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER, IN OUR LOCAL ORDER WITH SPECIFIC DATES AND SPECIFIC, UH, LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON OPERATIONS. SO ALL THOSE NOW COME UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF COVERAGE SERVICES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WHAT WAS CARRIED OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS ORDER IN TERMS OF WHAT'S RIGHT NOW OPEN ARE GOLF COURSES, UH, HAIR SALONS, BARBERSHOPS, ET CETERA. UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL TRY TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE PRESENTATION ARE THOSE, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT TRULY ARE REQUIREMENTS. IN OTHER WORDS, IT SEEMS FROM THE LANGUAGE IN THE ORDER THAT SOME THINGS ARE, ARE, ARE A MUST. AND ONE OF THE MUST IN THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER IS, UH, THESE, UH, SERVICES IN TERMS OF HAIR SALONS, BARBERSHOPS, THEY MUST MAINTAIN SIX FEET BETWEEN WORKSTATIONS, UH, UNDER THE PREVIOUS ORDER. AGAIN, WELL, THE BUSINESSES THAT WERE ALLOWED TO OPEN, BUT WITH 25% OCCUPANCY WERE RESTAURANTS, RETAIL STORES, MOVIE THEATERS, SHOPPING MALLS, UH, SWIMMING POOLS, UH, GYMS, AND NON CSUN MANUFACTURING FACILITIES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, WHAT WAS NEW IN THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER THAT WAS ISSUED MONDAY AND AGAIN, IS ALSO INCLUDED IN OUR ORDER, WAS EFFECTIVE THAT MONDAY, MAY 10TH, UH, PERSONAL CARE SERVICES. THAT INCLUDES, UH, TATTOO STUDIOS, MASSAGE PARLORS, UH, HAIR REMOVAL SERVICES. THOSE BECAME IMMEDIATELY OPEN. BUT AGAIN, WITH THE RESTRICTIONS, UH, AS OUTLINED IN THE HEALTHCARE PROTOCOLS, UH, PROBABLY, UH, MORE IMPORTANTLY, CHILDCARE SERVICES, WHICH UNDER PREVIOUS ORDERS, UH, OR AT LEAST PREVIOUS GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE, WERE ONLY OPEN TO ESSENTIAL WORKERS. NOW, ALL THOSE CHILDCARE SERVICES ARE OPEN AND THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. SO NO LONGER ARE THEY LIMITED TO ONLY, UH, ESSENTIAL WORKERS. SO I THINK THAT'S A, A MAJOR MOVE IN TERMS OF THE NEW ORDER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. STARTING TOMORROW, UH, DINE-IN RESTAURANTS THAT WE'RE NOT, UH, CURRENTLY OPERATING AT 25% CAPACITY CAN NOW MOVE UP TO 50% TOTAL OCCUPANCY. UH, AND ALSO STARTING FRIDAY, UH, BARS WILL BE OPEN AS WELL AS AQUARIUMS, NATURAL CAVERNS, BOWLING ALLEYS, BINGO HALLS, UM, AND, UH, RODEO AND EQUESTRIAN EVENTS. THE, UH, ORDER ALSO ALLOWED FOR DRIVE-IN CONCERTS WHERE PEOPLE, UH, DRIVE IN IN THEIR CARS AND STAY IN THE CAR IN THEIR IMMEDIATE AREA, WHETHER WITHIN THE CAR IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA, AND THERE'S A STAGE AND THEY CAN HEAR MUSIC. SO THAT'S NOW ALLOWED UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER. A KEY THING IN TERMS OF INTERPRETATION IS THAT IF THAT'S ALLOWED, UH, ALMOST, UH, BY DEFINITION THEN CONCERTS, [00:25:01] WHERE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO A CONCERT VENUE AND LISTENING TO A COUNSELOR, A CONCERT THAT IS NOT ALLOWED BECAUSE UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER ONLY DRIVING CONCERTS CAN, CAN HAPPEN STARTING MAY 22ND. ALSO, THAT CAN START ON MAY 22ND, AMATEUR SPORTING EVENTS. AND THE FOLLOWING WEEK, WEEK ON MAY 29TH, THE OUTDOOR AREAS OF ZOOS MAY OPERATE AT 25% NORMAL CAPACITY. SO STARTING NEXT FRIDAY, UH, ZOOS CAN BE OPEN. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. STARTING ON MAY 31ST. UH, PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, UH, WITH NO SPECTATORS, UH, BUT OBVIOUSLY WHEN IT COMES TO PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, UH, THOSE START DATES AND THE PROTOCOLS FOR THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT'LL BE WORKED OUT BETWEEN THE LEAGUES AND THE STATE. UH, IMPORTANTLY, AGAIN, FOR MANY PARENTS, YOUTH CAMPS, INCLUDING ALL SUMMER CAMPS, DAYTIME AND OVERNIGHT CAMPS CAN START OPERATIONS MAY 31ST. UH, AND ALSO IMPORTANT TO, UH, MANY PARENTS OUT THERE. YOUTH SPORTS PRACTICES CAN BEGIN MAY 31ST, UH, BUT NO GAMES AND COMPETITIONS UNTIL JUNE 15TH. AND THE PROTOCOLS IN TERMS OF HOW THE MANY OF THESE NEW COVERAGE SERVICES CAN START, ARE INCLUDED IN THE, UH, UH, GOVERNOR'S REOPENING TEXAS PAMPHLET. UM, AND, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, ON YOUTH SPORTS, IT HAS SOME PRETTY SPECIFICS ON SPECTATORS AND WHAT THE, UH, PARTICIPANTS HAVE TO DO IN TERMS OF, OF BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THERE ARE CERTAIN THEMES THAT RUN ACROSS ALL COVERED SERVICES IN TERMS OF THEIR OPERATIONS. UH, ONE IS WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE COVERED SERVICES THAT ARE LIMITED BY, UH, CAPACITY, STAFF MEMBERS ARE NOT INCLUDED WHEN WE'RE COUNTING THAT NUMBER. UH, OCCUPANCY LIMITS DO NOT APPLY TO OUTDOOR AREAS. SO THEREFORE, RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE OUTDOOR AREAS, UH, THEY DON'T LOOK AT OCCUPANCY. WHAT THEY NEED TO LOOK AT THOUGH, IS, UH, SEPARATION BETWEEN TABLES AND SEPARATION BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND THOSE OTHER HYGIENE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN THE, UH, GOVERNOR'S OR, UH, UH, HEALTH PROTOCOLS. VALET SERVICES ARE NOT ALLOWED UNLESS WE'RE, UH, HELPING DISABLED WITH PARKING. NOW, A LOT HAS BEEN, UH, SAID OR, OR MISUNDERSTOOD ABOUT COMPLIANCE STANDARDS, UH, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THE DEPARTMENT, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROTOCOLS THAT, AGAIN, WERE ISSUED IN THAT PAMPHLET. UH, WHAT IS CLEAR NOW FROM THE GOVERNOR'S NEW ORDER IS THAT THE MINIMAL EXPECTATION IS THAT BUSINESSES HAVE GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO FOLLOW THAT, THAT THEY USE THEIR AVAILABLE RESOURCES, UH, TO COMPLY. AND THAT MINIMUM STANDARD SHOULD BE OR IS SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE HEALTH PROTOCOLS. UH, SO THAT'S NEW LANGUAGE, OR AT LEAST LANGUAGE THAT HAS CLARIFIED, UH, SOME OF THE COMPLIANCE STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO THE HEALTH PROTOCOLS. ANOTHER KEY THING THAT'S STILL IN THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER THAT'S A CARRYOVER FROM THE PREVIOUS ORDER IS BUSINESSES MAY REQUIRE CUSTOMERS TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL MEASURES SUCH AS WEARING A FACE COVERING. SO, AGAIN, CONSISTENT WITH AND ALLOWED UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER, UH, GROCERY STORES, RETAIL OUTLETS, RESTAURANTS MAY REQUIRE BEFORE A CUSTOMER ENTERS THAT ESTABLISHMENT FOR THEM TO BE WEARING A FACE COVERING. UH, AND AGAIN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER. 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OUT THERE THAT SAYS THAT'S A LOCAL REQUIREMENT. THAT IS NOT A LOCAL REQUIREMENT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S FOUND IN THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S FOUND IN OUR ORDER AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT, UH, ARE REMAINING CLOSED CLEARLY UNDER THE ORDER. UH, VIDEO ARCADES, AMUSEMENT PARKS, WATER PARKS, AND THERE ARE CERTAIN EVEN THINGS, UH, THAT ARE COVERED UNDER COVERED SERVICES THAT ARE ALLOWED TO OPEN. BUT THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS OR AREAS THAT ARE STILL REMAINING CLOSED. FOR EXAMPLE, CHILD PLAY AREAS, ANY INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS OR DISPLAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, AT MUSEUMS, MALL, FOOD COURTS, UH, GYM, LOCKER ROOMS, AND SHOWER FACILITIES, THOSE STILL REMAIN CLOSED EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE COVERED SERVICES. THE OTHER THING THAT IS CLEAR FROM THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER IS IF YOU HAVE A, A COVERAGE SERVICE IN WORDS, IF YOU'RE AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT DELIVERS COVERAGE SERVICES, THAT DOESN'T MEAN SOME OF THESE OTHER AREAS OR OTHER PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES ARE THEN ALLOWED. SO, UM, THAT'S A KEY POINT THAT YOU CAN'T BOOTSTRAP HAVING COVERED SERVICES THAT THEN ALLOWS YOU TO OPEN OTHER THINGS THAT ARE CLEARLY NOT ALLOWED UNDER THE ORDERS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER, THERE IS A, UH, PROTOCOL, THERE'S A PROCESS TO ADDRESS, UH, AREAS IN THE STATE THAT HAVE SPIKES. AND IN FACT, UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER, THERE'S DIFFERENT TIMELINES FOR OPENING OF COVERED SERVICES FOR COUNTIES AROUND AMARILLO AND EL PASO. UM, BEGINNING JUNE ONE, PUBLIC SCHOOLS [00:30:01] MAY OFFER IN-PERSON CLASSROOM. UH, SO THAT'S ANOTHER KEY MOVEMENT. UH, IN TERMS OF THE, UH, GOVERNOR'S ORDER, THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER EXTENDS TO JUNE 23RD, 2020. UH, WHAT THE COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING TODAY IS EXTENSION OF THE MAYOR'S ORDER UNTIL JUNE 4TH, 2020. AND THAT ENDS THE, UH, SUBSTANTIVE PART OF MY PRESENTATION, MAYOR. BUT I DID HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE I WANTED TO SHOW YOU IN THE COUNCIL. SO, UH, A COUPLE OF SESSIONS AGO, MAYOR, YOU DECLARED THAT I HAD, UH, SET THE RECORD FOR A SENTENCE. APPARENTLY, UH, SOMEBODY AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TOOK THAT AS A CHALLENGE. AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU SUBSTAN SUBSTANTIVELY, I THINK WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT PROFESSIONAL SPORTS HAVE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN AND RUN IT BY THE STATE. BUT, UH, AS YOU LOOK AT THAT, YES, INDEED, THERE'S ONLY ONE PERIOD THERE. AND SO, UH, NOW, UH, I'LL END THE PRESENTATION WITH A TWO WORD SENTENCE RECORD BROKEN. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ERIC . I'M NOT SURE I CAN TOP THAT ONE. ANDY , UH, THAT'S THE PRESENTATION THERE FOR THIS MORNING, MAYOR. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. UH, ERIC, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, ANDY. UM, BUT FOR THE MINUTES, I WAS REFERRING TO A RECORD SET IN THESE CHAMBERS, SO WE NEED TO GET SOMEBODY FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE DOWN HERE TO READ THAT TO US. SO I STILL HAVE THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YEAH. ALRIGHT. WE DO HAVE, UM, UH, ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM. UM, IS THIS ITEM FOUR? ITEM FOUR, JACK FINGER? GO AHEAD, JACK. I'M LETTING ONE OF OUR STAFFERS TO DISTRIBUTE, UH, SOME ITEMS TO EACH OF YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE REGARDING, UH, SOMETHING DEALING WITH OUR, OUR, THE LAWS THAT OUR NATION IS GUIDED BY A COPY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND ACTUALLY A PETITION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU SIGN COURTESY OF THE SAN ANTONIO FAMILY ASSOCIATION. YES. UM, WELL, MR. MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ONCE AGAIN, JACK M. FINGER AND YES, MR. MAYOR. UM, AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, TYRANTS, YES, TYRANTS LIKE TO MAKE USE OF ANY, UH, CRISIS THAT COMES ALONG THE WAY. TOTE ESSENTIALLY STEAL OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES AND WELL, AND YES, THIS WOULD, THIS CRISIS IS REALLY NO DIFFERENT. WE, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE, WE SAW A DISEASE COMING AND YOU WANTED TO TAKE CURTAIL A FEW OF OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND WE WENT ALONG WITH IT, MR. MAYOR, WE DID IT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO REMAIN FREE OF THE, UM, UH, THE, THE VIRUS THAT WAS GOING AROUND. BUT AFTER A WHILE, REASONABLE PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT THIS THING WAS, THE CURVE WAS NOT ONLY FLATTENED, LIKE YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO FOR US, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE DOWNSWING. IT STILL, YOU AS TODAY, YOU WANT TO EXTEND THE CURTAILMENT OF OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES. WE DON'T LIKE THAT. WE DON'T. AND, UH, CONSEQUENTLY, AND AMONG THE CIVIL LIBERTIES THAT YOU CURTAILED WAS A, A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE. THE, UH, PUT THAT AFTER STRAW VISUAL MAN WAS, WAS, WAS CURTAILING OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH, CLAIMING THE, WHEN WE SAY THAT, THAT A CHINA VIRUS IS THE CHINA VIRUS, YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S HATE SPEECH. WELL, MR. VIS MAN BLEW UP THAT, THAT LITTLE PART THERE WHERE IT'S CIRCLE THERE. YEAH, THAT'S, IT SAYS, UM, TH THIS, THIS CASE DEALING WITH HATE SPEECH WAS ULTIMATELY ENDED UP BEFORE THE US SUPREME COURT AND A CASE CALLED MATTEL VERSUS TAM. YES. RE REMOVE THAT IF YOU WOULD, MR. BUMAN. AND, YOU KNOW, HERE I TAKE ISSUE WITH THE, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, MR. SEGOVIA. YOU KNOW, MR. SCHO RE YOU REALLY SHOULD HAVE INFORMED THE CITY COUNCIL A, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT WHAT THEY WERE DOING WAS QUITE FRANKLY, ILLEGAL. YEAH. WE HAVE A RIGHT, WE HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY THINGS, EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE WITH IT, EVEN IF YOU CONSIDER IT HATE SPEECH. AND YES. UH, WELL, HERE, MR. OTBI, MAY I PUT THAT UP THERE? YEAH. JUST TO THE, TO THE YELLOW PIECE THERE. WE WANT YOU TO NOT ONLY KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT THE CONSTITUTION SAYS, UH, THAT YES, WE HAVE, UH, FREE SPEECH. OPEN [00:35:01] IT UP TO THAT YELLOW PART THERE, MR. VISEL, MAN. YEAH, YEAH. THE UNDERLINED THERE. WHAT'S THIS SAYING? YEAH. WELL, AND WE ALSO WANT YOU TO SIGN THE, UH, THE, THE, THE PETITION. THANK YOU MR. FINGER PETITION BY THE SANTINA FAMILY ASSOCIATION ALSO. ALL RIGHT. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GRA THANK YOU. UM, ANDY, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UH, SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU MENTIONED ON HERE ABOUT ANTIBODY TESTING IS SOMEBODY YES. IS SOMEBODY HERE WHO CAN TALK ABOUT THE ANTIBODY TESTING AND THE COMMUNITY CONCERN THAT WE HAVE OVER IT? ERIC? I DON'T SEE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, I, I DON'T SEE, UH, DR. BRIDGER IN THE, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE. BUT I THINK THE ISSUE PLAINLY, UH, SAID IS THAT, UM, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PRODUCTS AND, UM, UM, TESTS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT ONTO THE MARKET THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. AND THE POINT OF THAT PORTION OF THE ARTICLE, OR THE, UH, EMERGENCY ORDER IS TO WARN AGAINST, UH, THESE UNPROVEN UNTESTED ANTIBODY TESTS THAT POTENTIALLY COME OUTTA THE MARKET AND REQUIRE THEM TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CONTACTED WITH METRO HEALTH. SO WHAT WE WANT OUR, OUR COMMUNITY TO DO IS DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE IF THEY'RE GOING, IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO AN ANTIBODY TEST, THAT IT HAS THE CORRECT, UM, REVIEW, I GUESS FROM THE F FDA YEAH, THE FDA REVIEW. I MEAN, AND THE F FDA'S GOING THROUGH A WHOLE SERIES OF REVIEWS AND EXPEDITED REVIEWS, BUT, BUT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST MONTH, UM, UM, ALL KINDS OF PRODUCTS COME ONTO THE MARKET. SO IT'S AN, IT'S A, IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, ANDY, ON SLIDE NUMBER, I THINK IT'S SLIDE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SLIDE NUMBER IT IS. UH, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COVERED SERVICES YES. PREVIOUSLY REOPENED, PREVIOUS P PERMITTED, AND, UM, WELL, LET'S GO TO THE DRIVE-IN CONCERTS. YES. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE COVERED SERVICES, RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES, UM, WEDDINGS. SO WHAT IS THE NUMBER, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MASS GATHERINGS AND IT'S OUTDOORS, WHAT IS THE, AND IT'S, YOU PUT IN THERE ABOUT HOUSEHOLDS. I THINK THAT'S BEEN A QUESTION OF CONFUSION. GATHERINGS STILL LIMITED TO HOUSEHOLDS. SO DO WE, PEOPLE WANNA KNOW, IS IT A NUMBER OF 20, IS IT A NUMBER OF 50, OR DO WE NOT HAVE THAT? WE, UH, IT DEPENDS ON THE COVERED SERVICES. SO LET, LET ME GO BACK TO YEAH. THE HOUSEHOLD MM-HMM. , BOTH ORDERS ARE ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO LIMIT SOCIAL GATHERINGS TO THOSE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD, UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE OR DELIVER IN ONE OF THE COVERED SERVICES. AND SO, UNDER SOME OF THE COVERED SERVICES AND IN SOME OF THE HEALTH PROTOCOLS, SO UNFORTUNATELY YOU HAVE TO GO TO LIKE TWO LAYERS DOWN. SOMETIMES, LIKE, LET'S TAKE THE YOUTH SPORTS, FOR EXAMPLE. THEY WANNA LIMIT GROUPS ATTENDING SOME OF THE YOUTH SPORTS TO 10 PEOPLE OR MORE. SO SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GO DEEP INTO THE, UH, PROTOCOLS THAT ADDRESS A SPECIFIC COVERED SERVICES TO FIND A NUMBER. BUT, UH, MOST OF THE TIME, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT COVERED SERVICES, YOU'RE NOT COUNTING, UH, PEOPLE UNLESS YOU'RE LOOKING AT CAPACITY, LIKE 25%, 50%. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR EXAMPLE, AT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, THOSE ARE USUALLY AS LONG AS YOU MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING, YOU KNOW, TABLES APART, ET CETERA. SO I, I, I GRANT THAT IT'S, UH, SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO FIND OUT EXACTLY A NUMBER MM-HMM. . UH, BUT A GOOD RULE OF THUMB IS LIMIT YOUR INTERACTIONS TO PEOPLE WITHIN YOUR HOUSEHOLD UNLESS YOU'RE GONNA ENGAGE IN ONE OF THESE COVERED SERVICES. OKAY. AND ERIC, MANY OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAMS HOMES ARE AT CITY PARKS AND CITY FACILITIES. SO CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT OUR PROTOCOLS ARE GOING TO BE? SO, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH THOSE LEAGUES RIGHT NOW TO ENSURE THAT WE, UH, THAT THE OPENINGS OF THOSE LEAGUES ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE, THE SIGNAGE AND THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER. AND THAT WORK IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW. OKAY. AND YOU'LL SHARE THAT WITH OUR OFFICES AND WITH THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES AVAILABLE, SO WE CAN SPREAD IT OUT, MA'AM? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND ANDY, I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE DRIVE-IN CONCERTS BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, THERE'S SOMEBODY LOOKING AT DOING ONE IN OUR DISTRICT. SO I DO WANT TO KNOW THAT IS, IS IT ALLOWED FOR PEOPLE, BECAUSE IT'S A DRIVE-IN CONCERT, IS IT ALLOWED FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES, UM, DURING THESE CONCERTS? YES, AS LONG AS THEY STAY IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE VEHICLE. OKAY. LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE A DRIVE-IN, UH, IF YOU GO IN, UH, TO ONE OF THESE DRIVING, HAVE THEY STAY, THEY HAVE TO STAY CLOSE TO THEIR OWN VEHICLE, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT. SO IF YOU HAVE A PICKUP, YOU CAN GET OUT AND SIT IN THE BED OF THE PICKUP. [00:40:01] OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND, UM, ONE OTHER, MY LAST QUESTION THEN IS BECAUSE THE MUCH OF THE STUFF THAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IS COVERED WITHIN THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER, UM, IF WE CHOOSE NOT TO EXTEND THIS DECLARATION, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO, IF JUNE 4TH COMES AROUND AND OR JUNE 3RD COMES AROUND, THE GOVERNOR DOESN'T EXPAND HIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION, BUT WE SEE THE NEED TO CA, COULD WE THEN, COULD THE MAYOR THEN, UH, DO AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION IF WE SEE OUR NUMBER SPIKING OR CHANGE IT? IT, UH, A LOT OF THAT WOULD DEPEND COUNCILWOMAN ON WHAT THE GOVERNOR DOES AT THE END OF HIS ORDER, WHETHER HE EXTENDS IT, UH, AND IF HE DOESN'T EXTEND IT, WHAT DIRECTION, IF ANY, HE GIVES TO LOCAL ENTITIES AND WHAT FLEXIBILITY HE GIVES TO LOCAL ENTITIES. SO, UM, SO MUCH OF WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS IN A, IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE GOVERNOR IS DOING. CORRECT. MOST OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS IN ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S DOING. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO AND, AND ALSO TO, UH, CARRY ON WITH THE POINT. UM, TO THIS POINT, THE CITIES OF, OF TEXAS, THE MAJOR METROS HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING, UH, ON OUR ORDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME DEGREE OF UNIFORMITY, UH, IN THE, IN THE SOCIAL DISTANCING RESTRICTIONS AND, AND THE MEASURES THAT WE'RE TAKING. UM, AND WE HAVE HAD A DEGREE OF COOPERATION FROM THE STATE AS WELL. UH, THINGS SEEM TO BE GOING VERY WELL FOR US, UM, ONE DEGREE OR ANOTHER IN THE METRO AREAS. AND, UH, THAT HAS BEEN IN ACCORD WITH THE STATE. WE DON'T WANT TO GET OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH THE STATE, BUT ALL OF US ARE BEING PUT IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE TO WATCH THE DATA AND MAKE SURE THAT THE SUCCESSIVE MEASURES OF OPENING THE ECONOMY ARE NOT, UH, HAVING THE OPPOSITE, UH, INTENDED EFFECT, WHICH WOULD BE AT THE, UH, AT THE DETRIMENT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND ULTIMATELY TO THE ECONOMY. SO I THINK WE'RE IN A POSITION OF WATCHING THE DATA AND, UH, IN THE EVENT THINGS GO, UH, IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SOME SERIOUS DISCUSSIONS UP HERE, UH, AS WELL AS WITH OUR, UH, SISTER CITIES IN TEXAS AND WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ABOUT HOW WE CAN CONTROL THOSE INFECTIONS. BUT SO FAR, SO GOOD. UM, AND, AND WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT WE CAN TO STAY IN ALIGNMENT WITH EVERYONE. GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. THANK YOU. UM, ANDY, I, YOU JUST WENT THROUGH VERY, SO THE PROBLEM WHEN LAWYERS EXPERIENCE STUFF IS THAT, UH, WE, WE BILL BY THE WORD, AND SO, UH, UH, WE BY THE WORD, AND SO WE HAVE TO, UH, SOMETIMES, UM, SO I'VE GONE THROUGH THE ORDER AND I THINK I READ FOUR PARTS TO IT. AND SO JUST LEMME KNOW IF I GET IT WRONG. PART ONE SAYS, WE'RE STILL OPERATING UNDER A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. ALL ED, THIS REPLACES ANY OTHER PURPOSE. PART THREE, SAN ANTONIO WILL FOLLOW THE RULES AND GUIDELINES SET OUT BY THE GOVERNOR AND RECOMMENDED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES IN PART FOUR. AND THIS ONE DOESN'T NEED SUMMARY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S PRETTY PLAIN ENGLISH. TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, THIS DECLARATION SHOULD BE READ AS CONSISTENT WITH ANY EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED BY THE GOVERNOR. AND THAT'S IT. I MEAN, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I MISSED? NO, I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD SYNOPSIS. COUNCILMAN. OKAY. I, I'M READING THIS AND IN THE ORDER THAT SAYS THINGS ARE KIND OF BAD, WE'RE GONNA UNDER PROTOCOLS. AND WHAT WE'VE DECIDED, WHAT WE'RE DECIDED TO DO IS UNDER THE RULES OF THE GOVERNMENT, I DUNNO HOW THAT COULD POSSIBLY SENSIBILITIES, IT, IT STILL BOG MIND HOW SOMEBODY CAN LOOK AT THESE AND LISTEN TO A CITY COUNCIL VOTE UNANIMOUSLY SAYING, WE STATE LAW SO CONSTITUTION, WE THE PEOPLE IN ORDER TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION, ESTABLISH JUSTICE AND ENSURE DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY AND PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE, [00:45:01] ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. SO ANDY, OF THESE FOUR THINGS THAT I'VE READ, DOES DECLARING OUT LOUD, FULL THROATED ACQUIESCENCE TO FOLLOWING STATE LAW, DOES THAT VIOLATE ANYBODY'S FREE SPEECH RIGHTS? NOT IN MY OPINION, COUNCILMAN. NO. IT'S, IT DOES NOT. DO WE SOMEHOW I INTERFERE AND TRAMPLE ON ANYBODY'S RIGHT TO SET UP AND WELL REGULATE A MILITIA OR CARRY GUNS? NO, NO, IT DOES NOT. COUNCILMAN HAVE WE SOMEHOW BY AGREEING TO FOLLOW THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS, TRAMPLED ON PEOPLE'S RIGHTS TO BE FREE OF UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES OR THEIR RIGHT TO A JURY OR A SPEEDY TRIAL? NO, WE DO NOT. YEAH. AND I'M GOING THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS. THIS DOESN'T STRIP ANYBODY OF THEIR CITIZENSHIP. IT DOESN'T STRIP ANYBODY OF THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE. UM, NOW ONE RIGHT THAT EVERYBODY HAS IS TO NOT READ THE CONSTITUTION. AND THE OTHER RIGHT THAT EVERYBODY HAS IS TO ALLOW THEIR IMAGINATION TO TAKE THEM TO PLACES THAT DON'T EXIST. UM, AND ONE THING THAT DOES NOT EXIST TODAY IS TYRANNY ON THIS COUNCIL. AND, UM, I'VE ALSO HEARD, YOU KNOW, THE ACCUSATION THAT SOMEHOW COUNCILWOMAN HDA OR COUNCILWOMAN, YOU KNOW, UH, VERAN OR MYSELF OR THE MAYOR OUT THERE REALLY DOING THIS TO CONTROL EVERYBODY'S LIVES. AND, UM, MY WIFE WILL TELL YOU, THERE AIN'T NOBODY WHO'S GONNA BE ALLOWED TO CONTROL HER LIFE, UH, MUCH LESS ME. AND I'VE MET, UH, ERICA PROSPER BEFORE, AND MAYOR, AS POWERFUL AS YOU THINK YOU ARE, YOU AREN'T CONTROLLING ANYBODY, UH, AT HOME. AND, UM, UH, AND QUITE HONESTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, UM, WE KEPT OUR KIDS HOME. I'VE KEPT MY KIDS AND, AND COUNCILWOMAN CAVEO HDA, I KNOW YOU'VE KEPT YOUR KIDS AWAY FROM THEIR FRIENDS AND AWAY FROM SCHOOL, RIGHT? I MEAN, FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO BE TYRANNICAL, WE SURE ARE DOING KIND OF A BAD JOB AT IT. SO, UM, MAYOR WITH THAT SAID, I, I DO MOVE, UH, THAT WE ACCEPT THIS DECLARATION AND APPROVE IT TODAY. UM, BUT I I DO HAVE A QUESTION. ANDY FIESTA, TEXAS, WE, IT'S IN MY DISTRICT, AND WE CONTINUE TO GET QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S OPEN. CAN THEY BE OPEN UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S RULES AND UNDER, UNDER THE, THE GOVERNOR'S RU RULES? AGAIN, I, I, I LOOK FIRST FOR THE PLAIN MEANING OF THE WORD. I WOULD SAY IF I'M GOING TO FIESTA TEXAS, I'M GOING TO AN AMUSEMENT PARK. SO I WOULD SAY THEY'RE CLOSED. OKAY. ALL, UM, LASTLY, I I, I WILL MENTION MAYOR, IS THAT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY UP HERE IN THIS DIOCESE IS INSENSITIVE OR OR DEAF TO THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE WE'RE HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC. AND THAT IS, UM, THAT WE'RE, UM, THAT WE'RE CONFUSING FOLKS. AND BY WE, I MEAN GOVERNMENT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ON ALL ON, ON THE WAY, YOU KNOW, FROM THE STATE TO THE COUNTY AND THE, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IN WHEN YOU READ THE NEWS AND THAT'S THE ONLY SOURCE, OR WHEN YOU LOOK AT FACEBOOK AND THAT'S THE ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION YOU'RE GETTING, THAT YOU'RE HEARING MIXED MESSAGES, THAT YOU'RE HEARING, YOU KNOW, CONFLICTING INFORMATION. UM, FOLKS, EVEN I GET CONFUSED WHEN I HEAR THE MESSAGING FROM WASHINGTON AND AUSTIN AND PEOPLE SPEAKING OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF THEIR MOUTHS AND TRYING TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS AND TRYING NOT TO OFFEND THE FOLKS WHO ARE FLYING FLAGS OUTSIDE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO STAND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WHATEVER DEBATE IS HAPPENING OUT THERE. UM, WE HAVE, UH, I GET IT. AND IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CLEAR THINGS UP. AND SO, MAYOR, WHAT I'M MOVING FOR, JUST TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE SIMPLE, IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNDER EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS AND GIVE ERIC AND HIS STAFF THE CONTINUED AUTHORITY TO OPERATE UNDER THOSE PROTOCOLS AND DO WHATEVER'S NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY. NUMBER TWO, THAT WE SUPERSEDE, UH, ALL PREVIOUS ORDERS. NUMBER THREE, MAYOR, THAT WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS LIKE WE HAVE FROM THE VERY OUTSET. AND NUMBER FOUR, THAT TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, IF ANYBODY IS CONFUSED ABOUT IT, THAT WE EXPLAIN TO FOLKS THAT NOTHING IN OUR ORDER SHOULD EVER CONTRADICT WHAT STATE LAW SAYS. UM, AND SO WITH THAT, MAYOR, I THINK, UH, WE ARE, UH, WHAT I'M MOVING FOR IS THAT WE EXTEND YOUR, OR YOUR ORDER AND NOW OUR DECLARATION UNTIL JUNE 4TH, 2020. THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS, I, I HEARD A MOTION, WAS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR THAT IS AN EXTENSION OF THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION UNTIL JUNE 4TH. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, THANK YOU. AND I JUST LISTENED TO THIS BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS. THAT'S CORRECT. BUT YOU, YOU MADE A STATEMENT A WHILE AGO THAT MY EARS PERKED UP A LITTLE BIT. YOU SAID WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH MOST OF THE STATE. WHAT, WHAT ARE WE NOT ALIGNED WITH? I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT. 'CAUSE WHEN I MEANT WHAT, WHAT [00:50:01] I MEANT WAS ALIGNED, I MEANT LITERALLY MOST OF IT IS CUT AND PASTE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S, UH, ORDER. SO MOST OF WHAT IS IN OUR ORDER IS A LITERAL COUNCILMAN CUT AND PASTE FROM WHAT'S IN THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER, THE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE HAVE, LIKE REQUIREMENTS OF TESTING THE, THE, UH, LANGUAGE, UH, ALERTING PEOPLE ABOUT THE ANTIBODY TESTING. THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, GOVERNOR'S. BUT IN TERMS OF CONSISTENCY, OUR ORDER'S COMPLETELY CONSISTENT WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER. IT'S SUPPLEMENTED BY ADDITIONAL ITEMS. OKAY. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. SEVERAL. OKAY. THANK YOU ANDY. UM, I DO HAVE COUPLE, UM, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THIS. ONE OF THE LINE ITEMS ON YOUR BRIEFING, ANDY, WAS ABOUT THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS OPENING UP A LIBRARIES FIELD. AND, UH, AS FAR AS I KNOW, OUR LIBRARIES ARE NOT OPEN. MAYBE THIS IS FOR YOU, ERIC, WHAT, WHAT IS OUR PLAN FOR LIBRARIES? I'VE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS REACHING OUT SAYING, WE NEED TO GET THE LIBRARY ALLY TO LIBRARY. WE NEED ACCESS TO BOOKS, TUTORS, THAT KIND OF THING. AND YET OUR LIBRARIES ARE STILL CLOSED. YES, SIR. UH, YEP. UM, WE ARE WORKING ON A, UM, ON A FACILITY AND OPERATIONS PLAN TO REOPEN, UM, OUR LIBRARIES AND ALL OF OUR FACILITIES. IT WILL BE A STAGED REOPENING. UM, AND, UH, THAT WORK IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. AND, AND I THINK, UM, UH, MANY OF OUR CONTACTLESS, UM, UM, UH, FEATURES OF OUR OFFICES, WHETHER THEY'RE, WHETHER THEY'RE COUNTERS OR, OR, UM, THOSE PUBLIC FACING, UM, UM, AREAS OF OUR ORGANIZATION, UM, WE'LL OPEN IN A PHASE PLAN AND I'M HOPING TO FINALIZE THAT HERE IN THE NEXT, UH, TWO DAYS OR SO. OKAY. SO YOU SAID A PHASE THREE, BUT A PHASED, SO RIGHT, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, RIGHT NOW MOST OF THOSE FACILITIES, TO YOUR POINT, ARE CLOSED. UM, WE'RE WORKING ON, WE'RE DEVELOPING A PLAN TO PHASE THE REOPENING OF THOSE, UM, UM, SERVICES. EVERYTHING FROM THE CITY CLERKS, UM, PASSPORT OFFICE TO LIBRARIES, UM, AND, AND THE SORT, WHAT CAN I TELL MY NEIGHBORS IN DISTRICT 10 ABOUT WHEN CAN THEY EXPECT THE LIBRARIES TO START TO OPEN? I WILL LAY OUT A PLAN NEXT WEEK FOR THAT. OKAY. SO WE CAN DO THAT. ALRIGHT, GREAT. THANK YOU, ERIC. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S CAUSING A LOT OF CONFUSION, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY CALLING THIS THING, UH, IN FACT, I GOT A COUPLE OF, UM, TEXT MESSAGES ALREADY SAYING, WHY ARE WE EXTENDING THIS STAY AT HOME, UH, ORDER? AND IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR BUSINESSES OPEN, THE GOVERNOR'S TRYING TO OPEN THE, UH, TEXAS, AND WE'RE STILL HANGING ONTO THIS STAY AT HOME ORDER. AND I THINK THAT'S CREATING SOME CONFUSION OUT THERE. WE'RE, WE'RE OPENING UP RESTAURANTS, CHILDCARE CENTERS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, BUSINESSES HERE IN TOWN, UH, THAT CAN OPEN AND ARE OPENING. SO I THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE THE TITLE ON THIS DOCUMENT INSTEAD OF A STAY AT HOME, UH, GO TO SOMETHING LIKE WHAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP BY THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM, UH, GREATER SAFER TOGETHER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. INSTEAD OF A STAY AT HOME, STAY AT HOME STAY SAFE ORDER BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE STILL TAKING IT, THAT THEY CAN'T GO OUTSIDE THE HOME, WHEREAS YET THEY CAN GO OUT TO RESTAURANTS, THEY CAN GO SHOPPING, THEY CAN GO TO BUSINESSES THAT ARE, THAT ARE OPEN. AND, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION AS WELL. AND I THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT TITLE SO THAT IT IS NOT CREATING THAT CONFUSION OUT THERE. SO I'D, I'D LIKE TO SEE US CHANGE THIS TITLE. I DON'T, ANDY, IS THAT SOMETHING, UH, Y'ALL CAN TAKE A LOOK AT? AND IT'S, IT'S SOME, IT'S SOMETHING CERTAINLY COUNCILMAN THAT THE MAYOR CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IN TERMS OF CHANGING THE TITLE. UH, I WILL SAY THOUGH, THAT THE OPERATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER HAS BEEN THE SAME OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF ORDERS. AND I'LL READ IT, IT SAYS, EVERY PERSON IN TEXAS SHALL ACCEPT WHERE NECESSARY TO PROVIDE OR OBTAIN COVERAGE SERVICES, MINIMIZE SOCIAL GATHERINGS AND MINIMIZE IN-PERSON CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD. SO, UH, AND THE OPERATIVE LANGUAGE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S ASKING PEOPLE TO DO IN TERMS OF STAY AT HOME, THAT HAS STAYED THE SAME AND DID NOT CHANGE THIS MONDAY. BUT I SEE YOUR POINT IN TERMS OF COVERAGE SERVICES NOW BEING EXPANDED TO THE POINT WHERE, UH, MAYBE A, A TITLE [00:55:01] CHANGE MAY BE APPROPRIATE, BUT I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UH, UP TO THE MAYOR IN TERMS OF, WELL, I CERTAINLY RECOMMEND THAT BECAUSE IT, LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE NOW HAVING A LOT OF COVERAGE SERVICES ADDED TO THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS THAT IS OPENING UP TEXAS, AND PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED, STAY AT HOME ORDER VERSUS OPEN TEXAS AND WHAT'S BEING ADDED TO THE OPENING UP OF TEXAS AS FAR AS BUSINESSES AND PLACES TO GO, THAT KIND OF THING. SO I WOULD REALLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT WE, WE MAKE A CHANGE TO THAT AND, AND, UM, MAKE IT SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN A STAY AT HOME. I THINK, I THINK THAT WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE NEWSPAPER IF I, UM, JUST TODAY OR MAYBE YESTERDAY, THAT IT'S A STAY AT HOME ORDER AND I, I, WE'RE NOT SENDING THE CLEAR MESSAGE OR IT'S NOT VERY CLEAR TO OUR RESIDENTS HERE WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT THE GOVERNOR IS TRYING TO DO IN OPENING UP TEXAS. SO WITH THAT, I'D, UH, REALLY MAYOR ASK YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE ABOUT CHANGING THAT TO, UH, SOMETHING IN THE LINES OF GREATER SAFER TOGETHER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO GET THAT, UH, CONFUSION OFF THE TABLE ON THIS ORDER. WOULD APPRECIATE IT, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. AND, AND, AND, UH, IT'S A FAIR POINT COUNCIL MEMBER, KZ AND I WERE DISCUSSING THIS BEFORE THE SESSION AS WELL, AND IT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE NOMENCLATURE RELATED TO EMERGENCY ORDERS IN GENERAL. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE REFERRING TO THESE ORDERS AS SHELTER IN PLACE, UH, AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT SHELTER, SHELTER-IN-PLACE. THESE ARE NOT SHELTER-IN-PLACE ORDERS. THOSE ARE FOR EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, ACTIVE SHOOTERS WHERE YOU LITERALLY CANNOT MOVE FROM YOUR HOME. SO WORKING WITH THE OTHER CITIES, WE DECIDED TO CALL IT STAY HOME, WORK SAFE, KNOWING THAT NOT EVERYBODY IS REQUIRED TO STAY HOME IF THEY'RE ENGAGED IN AN ESSENTIAL ACTIVITY, OR IN THIS CASE IN THE GOVERNOR'S LANGUAGE. NOW A COVERED SERVICE. SO FROM THE VERY START OF THIS, THERE WAS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THE GOVERNOR AND FROM THE CITIES THAT, UH, THIS IS NOT A QUOTE UNQUOTE SHELTER IN PLACE BECAUSE THERE ARE ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE TO OCCUR, UH, GIVEN THE DURATION OF THESE ORDERS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND THAT FRAMEWORK CONTINUES. BUT IT IS A FAIR POINT BECAUSE WITH SO MANY ACTIVITIES NOW PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW, UH, PEOPLE ARE GETTING CONFUSED ABOUT, ABOUT THE, UH, NOMENCLATURE STAY HOME, WORK SAFE. AND WE CERTAINLY WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. AND I, AND I'LL, AND I'LL VISIT WITH YOU ABOUT, UH, WHAT YOU THINK ON THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE THE LEGAL FROM OUR, OUR LEGAL STAFF AND ON COUNCIL. UH, I THINK MANNY, YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF HELPING PEOPLE, UH, UNDERSTAND THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF HOW CITY GOVERNMENT IS WORKING ON THIS. AND, UH, IT'S NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL. IT'S VERY CONSTITUTIONAL. I I HOPE PEOPLE REALIZE THAT TOO OFTEN. I THINK I'VE FOUND THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE TALKED WITH ME ABOUT THE ACTIONS OF THE COUNCIL HAVEN'T REALLY READ IN DETAIL, UH, WHAT THOSE ACTIONS HAVE BEEN. UH, I'M AFRAID THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO READ A HEADLINE OR HEAR SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN MISINTERPRETED FROM SOMEBODY ELSE, AND THEY, THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT, UH, WE'RE STEPPING ON PEOPLE'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. AND I'VE NEVER FELT THAT WAY. I DON'T FEEL THAT WAY NOW. UH, I TAUGHT ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, UH, WHEN I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, I SHOULD SAY. SO I RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF, OF WHAT WE'RE CALLED UPON TO DO IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY. UH, AND SO I THINK THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BUT I, I'LL REITERATE WHAT YOU'VE ALSO HEARD IS THAT THERE ARE CONFUSIONS, UH, AS WE LOOK AT WHAT THE GOVERNOR AND HIS ORDER HAS AND HOW AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE TRYING TO OPEN UP MORE OF THE ECONOMY TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD. AND SO IT'S, IT'S A DIFFICULT PATH TO FOLLOW. UH, BUT I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE CONTINUATION OF, OF THE ORDER. BUT I WILL SAY, BECAUSE IT, IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP IN DISCUSSION HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE ARE TOLD TO STAY IS KIND OF LIKE A, AN ORDER THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DISOBEY. UH, AND, YOU KNOW, I I THINK THAT THAT CAUSES A LOT OF PEOPLE'S CONCERN AND HEARTBREAK ABOUT WANTING TO GO AHEAD AND DO THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM, WHETHER IT'S GETTING HAIRCUT OR SHOPPING FOR CLOTHES BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE GOING INTO A NEW JOB OR, YOU KNOW, SO MANY THINGS. UH, AND SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO NEED TO CONSIDER. UH, AND I'LL, I'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. I THINK WE SHOULD TELL PEOPLE [01:00:02] REMAIN AT HOME OR REMAIN SAFE, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD TELL PEOPLE WE'RE TRYING TO TELL THEM TO DO. UH, REMAIN IS A REMINDER, NOT AN ORDER. UH, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING, REMINDING PEOPLE TO STAY HOME IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT AND REMINDING PEOPLE, UH, TO BE SAFE ON THE WORK, UH, AT THE WORKPLACE OR WHEREVER THEY GO. SO, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL JUST SAY LET'S, UH, REMAIN HOME. REMAIN SAFE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU FOR UPDATING THE ORDER SO, SO QUICKLY TO YOU AND TO STAFF, UH, FOR UPDATING IT SO QUICKLY BASED ON WHAT THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED. UM, I, I UNDERSTAND, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY'S POINT. I THINK HE BRINGS UP A VERY FAIR POINT, UM, REGARDING THE, THE CONFUSION. UM, BUT AFTER LISTENING TO WHAT ANDY READ OUT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER, I REALLY BELIEVE THE CONFUSION IS AT THE LEVEL OF THE STATE. AND I WOULD RECOMMEND, UH, ASKING THE GOVERNOR TO CLARIFY WHY HE'S CALLING ONE THING OPEN TEXAS AND THE OR, AND THE ORDER SAYS, STAY HOME UNLESS YOU'RE GOING OUT FOR THESE PARTICULAR ISSUES. SO I, I REALLY DO THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED OVER THERE. UH, WE KNOW THAT, UH, OUR, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO KEEP OUR POPULATION SAFE, OUR RESIDENTS SAFE. IF THERE IS ANY KIND OF RENAMING, I THINK WE NEED TO BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHAT MESSAGE THAT SENDS. UH, WE'VE SPOKEN MANY TIMES ABOUT WANTING TO AVOID A SECONDARY WAVE OR EVEN A TERTIARY WAVE. UM, SO IF THE ORDER IS SOMEHOW INCITING PEOPLE TO GO CONGREGATE IN GROUPS OF 50 OR MORE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UH, I THINK IT WILL BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AND NOT REALLY IN KEEPING WITH, UM, WHAT A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ORDER IS SUPPOSED TO DO. SO I JUST WANT US TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. AND THAT'S A, AND IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT, AND I THINK UNDERSCORES WHAT YOU SAID, ANDY, THE LANGUAGE OF THIS STATE'S ORDER STILL SAYS, IF YOU WERE NOT ENGAGED IN THESE COVERAGE SERVICES, YOU SHALL REMAIN HOME. UH, AND SO THERE'S REALLY NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT. UH, IT DID TAKE, UH, SOME TIME FOR THOSE WORDS STAY HOME TO BE EXTRACTED FROM ONE OF THE STATE PRESS CONFERENCES. WE'RE STILL IN THE SAME SITUATION WE WERE, UH, AT THAT POINT. SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE GREAT DISCUSSION, UM, AROUND THE DIOCESE. AND WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR EXTENDED TO JUNE 4TH. PLEASE VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER 11. [11. Ordinance, on behalf of SAWS, authorizing the acquisition through negotiation or condemnation, for project purpose of privately-owned real property located in County Block 4006 and declaring the project to be a public use project and a public necessity for the acquisition to construct a water treatment facility (wetlands) related to the Mitchell Lake Wetlands Water Quality Treatment Project located south of Mitchell Lake and east of Pleasanton Road in Council District 3. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Public Works]] ITEM 11 IS AN ORDINANCE ON BEHALF OF SAS AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION THROUGH NEGOTIATION OR CONDEMNATION FOR PROJECT PURPOSE OF PRIVATELY OWNED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN COUNTY BLOCK 4 0 0 6, AND DECLARING THE PROJECT TO BE A PUBLIC USE PROJECT AND A PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION TO CONSTRUCT A WATER TREATMENT FACILITY. WETLANDS RELATED TO MITCHELL LAKE WETLANDS WATER QUALITY TREATMENT PROJECT LOCATED SOUTH OF MITCHELL LAKE AND EAST OF PLEASANTON ROAD IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS DOES NEED TO HAPPEN, BUT WE ARE STILL WORKING OUT SOME DETAILS. SO I MOTION TO CONTINUE TO JUNE 4TH. SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM NUMBER 11 TO JUNE 4TH. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, IS THERE A COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE NOT ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. PLEASE VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. UH, THAT'S ALL THE ITEMS FOR ACTION ON OUR AGENDA. TODAY'S OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. [21. City Manager's Report] WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION RIGHT AFTER THIS. YES, SIR. MAYOR. UH, AND COUNCIL, JUST, UH, REAL QUICK AND KIND OF KEEPING WITH THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, UM, A GROUP OF EMPLOYEES WHOSE, WHOSE ACTIVITIES HAS PICKED UP OVER THE LAST 10 WEEKS. UH, AND THEY, UH, FOR SOME OF YOU THAT, UH, SPEND TIME ON OUR TRAILS, UH, OUR TRAIL STEWARDS ARE OUR EXTRA SET OF EYES ON THE TRAILS, UM, THERE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, UH, BA BASIC, UH, FIRST AID, BE ABLE TO CONTACT PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, GIVE DIRECTIONS AND, AND OVERALL AMBASSADORS THERE ALONG, UH, THE TRAIL SYSTEM. THEY, UH, UM, THEY, THEY RIDE APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES PER SHIFT. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN INTERESTING FACT THAT WE HAVE 33, UH, TRAIL STEWARDS THAT COVER ALL THE MAJOR SEGMENTS [01:05:01] OF OUR TRAIL SYSTEM. UH, THEY DO A GREAT JOB AND WE HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF, UM, OF, OF, UH, VOLUNTEERS IN THERE AS WELL. UM, I DID WANT TO, UM, POINT OUT, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL, I'LL SAVE THIS FOR AFTER THE VIDEO. LET'S RUN THE VIDEO AND I'LL TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES TRAIL STEWARDS. WE'RE OUT HERE ON THE SAN ANTONIO GREENWAYS. WE BASICALLY HAVE TWO COMPONENTS. WE ARE OUT HERE FOR OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ABOUT OUR PROGRAM. AND WE'RE ALSO OUT HERE TO OBSERVE AND REPORT LIKE ANY SORT OF ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON WITH THE TRAILS. UH, I WAS ORIGINALLY STATIONED HERE WHEN I WAS IN THE MARINE CORPS. I LOVED THE CITY SO MUCH THAT I DECIDED TO, WHEN I GOT OUT TO MOVE BACK AND, UH, ENJOY THE, ENJOY THE CITY. I REALLY ENJOY WORKING WITH CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS, UH, I THINK WE WORK UNDER GREAT LEADERSHIP, UH, FROM THE PARKS DIRECTOR ON DOWN. THEY'RE JUST A, A GREAT, GREAT SET OF PEOPLE. MY COWORKERS ARE GREAT. SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED, UH, THE TRAIL USAGE HAS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY. UH, MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE USING THE TRAILS, A LOT OF FIRST TIME USERS, WHICH IS GREAT FOR THE TRAIL SYSTEM THAT, YOU KNOW, GETS OUR NAME OUT THERE. IT'S A REAL CUSTOMER SERVICE ASPECT TO IT, WHERE WE'RE OUT HERE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ABOUT TRAIL, UH, COURTESY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AS WELL AS WE CAN HAND OUT MAP TRAIL MAGNIFIED IN MORE DETAIL. SO WE'LL SHOW YOU TRAILHEAD. I ENJOY MY JOB IMMENSELY, BUT THE CITY, I THINK HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THE PARKS, THE, THE GREENWAY TRAILS. THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. NO MATTER WHICH PART OF THE CITY YOU GO, I LIKE TO SHARE THAT WITH PEOPLE SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN ENJOY WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE. WELL, EVEN BEFORE BECOMING A TRAIL STEWARD, I WAS A BIG ADVOCATE OF OUR GREENWAY TRAIL SYSTEMS. I WAS AN AVID CYCLIST, SO WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO JOIN, THANKFUL, TO BE ABLE TO BE OUT HERE TO SHARE THE PASSION AND EXCITEMENT I HAVE ABOUT THE TRAILS WITH THE OTHER PATRONS FROM SAN ANTONIO. IT'S KINDA LIKE FAMILY ON THE TRAIL, TRYING TO WATCH OUT FOR EACH OTHER. SO THAT'S A WONDERFUL ASPECT ALSO. SO I WANTED TO POINT OUT, UH, SANDRA, WHO YOU SAW IN THAT VIDEO, UH, IN LATE APRIL WAS OFF DUTY ON THE TRAIL SYSTEM WITH HER SON AND CAME ACROSS, UH, PARK POLICE AND SS A P D WHO HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR A WOMAN, UH, WHO HAD BEEN LOST. UH, A A YOUNG AUTISTIC WOMAN. UM, AND, UH, SANDRA, SHE WAS OFF, BUT KNOWING THE TRAILS BETTER THAN, UH, MOST ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY. UM, UM, TOOK THAT KNOWLEDGE, UH, WENT OUT LOOKING ON HER OWN AND ENDED UP, UH, UH, FINDING THE YOUNG WOMAN, UM, AND REUNITING HER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, AND PARK POLICE. AND, AND SANDRA WAS JUST RECENTLY RECOGNIZED, UH, THROUGH OUR CORE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, A RECOGNITION PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES. SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND SHARE THAT. UH, BUT THOSE FOLKS DO A GREAT JOB AND REALLY WANNA THANK HIM. THANKS, MAYOR. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU ERIC. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, ERIC, WONDERFUL VIDEO. I, UH, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION TO ALL THE PARKS AND REC STAFF. I CONTINUALLY GET COMPLIMENTS FROM, UH, PEOPLE WHO USE THE TRAILS AND HOW QUICKLY THE TRAILS ARE CLEARED UP AFTER A STORM. UM, SO THEY, THEY REALLY LOVE THAT. EVERY TIME I RUN INTO THIS ONE PARTICULAR CYCLIST, SHE'S, SHE TELLS ME TO PLEASE LET THOSE PEOPLE KNOW THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. SO IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE LET YOUR PEOPLE KNOW. UM, THANK YOU. AND, UH, ONE OTHER, UH, COMMENT, AND THIS IS, UH, SLIGHTLY RELATED TO OUR PREVIOUS ITEM, UH, REGARDING LIBRARIES. UM, I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THE, THE TIMING YET. BUT IF WE WERE TO HAVE A HIGH HEAT DAY OR A HEAT ADVISORY, WHERE WOULD WE SEND PEOPLE AS A COOLING CENTER? DO WE HAVE A STRATEGY RIGHT NOW IN THE INTERIM? SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE, UM, UM, WORKING THROUGH. UM, I, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE STRETCHED THIS SUMMER DEPENDING ON WHERE, UH, FACILITIES ARE GONNA BE OPEN. I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN THE PLAN, THE SENIOR NUTRITION CENTERS, WHICH, UM, ARE REALLY CRITICAL TO A LOT OF OUR, UM, RESIDENTS, UM, WILL LIKELY NOT BE OPEN UNTIL THE VERY LAST PHASE. AND THE THINKING IS, IS THAT THAT'S A VULNERABLE POPULATION THAT, THAT SOMETIMES, UH, AND YES, THE CITY MANAGER'S GONNA SAY THIS SOMETIMES, DON'T GO THERE FOR THE FOOD, THEY GO THERE FOR THE, THE SOCIALIZATION. SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE LIMITED IN SOME OF OUR FACILITIES THIS SUMMER. UM, WE HAVE MADE ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR BUDGET TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, EARLIER IN APRIL TO, TO BALANCE THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. SO WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COLORING IN ALL THE CORNERS OF [01:10:01] MAINTAINING OUR FINANCIAL WHEREWITHAL, HAVING FACILITIES, HAVING PEOPLE SAFE, PEOPLE BEING EITHER VISITORS AND EMPLOYEES AND, AND HOW WE DO THAT. SO I, I DON'T QUITE HAVE THE ANSWER RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE CREATIVE THIS SUMMER. UH, THANK YOU. I THINK, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PLAN FOR THAT ONE, PERHAPS SOONER THAN LATER. AND I UNDERSTAND IT WILL BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE NORMALLY DO. SO WHETHER THAT'S, UH, UTILIZING THE ALAMO DOME OR THE CONVENTION CENTER, OR POSSIBLY EVEN PARTNERING WITH THE, THE SHOPPING MALLS THAT ARE OPEN. OBVIOUSLY WE WANNA BE CAREFUL TO MAINTAIN PHYSICAL DISTANCING, BUT, UM, I, I AGREE WITH YOU. IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT. SO THANK YOU. JUST, JUST A REMINDER, THE ALAMO DOME AND THE CONVENTIONAL CENTER ARE NOT OPEN RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, WE'VE, WE'VE FURLOUGHED EMPLOYEES, SO WE HAVE EMPLOYEES THERE TO MAINTAIN AND SECURE THOSE FACILITIES. SO WE DO HAVE SOME BARRIERS AND, AND, BUT I DO RECOGNIZE IT'S IMPORTANT. UH, IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT THOUGH, BUT, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK ON A PLAN. WE ARE WORKING ON A PLAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? I GUESS SO. OKAY. UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, ALSO, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE WEST SIDE CREEKS, WHICH WERE VERY PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED IN YOUR PRESENTATION THIS MORNING. UM, I ALSO HAVE MADE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH SOME OF THE TRAIL STEWARDS, 'CAUSE WE DO SEE THEM OUT ON THE TRAIL VERY OFTEN. AND, UH, ALSO THOUGH, WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THEN PUBLICLY, UM, ASK SAWS TO PLEASE EXPEDITE THIS SECTION OF THE TRAIL THAT'S BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR AT LEAST FOUR YEARS NOW, MAYBE FIVE. IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG TIME. AND, UH, I SAW THE, UH, SAWS PROJECT, UH, THAT GOT, UM, DELAYED TILL NEXT MEETING. BUT, UM, WE REALLY NEED TO URGE THEM TO MOVE THAT ALONG. AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT PUENTE ABOUT DOING THAT. UH, 'CAUSE IT'S THAT ONE SECTION THAT'S RIGHT BY OUR LADY OF THE LAKE, UH, ON THE NEAR WEST SIDE THAT CONNECTS, UH, OUR WEST SIDE CREEKS TO ALL OF THE MISSION REACH, UH, WEST OR IN SOUTH ALL THE WAY TO ESTA AND THEN NORTH ALL THE WAY TO MISSION REACH. AND ACTUALLY WE'LL CONNECT TO THE ENTIRE TRAIL SYSTEM AND IT'S A GREAT NETWORK. AND THAT ONE LITTLE STRETCH REALLY PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO ACCESS ALL OF THE TRAILS. SO I KNOW THE PURPOSE WAS TO HIGHLIGHT THE TRAIL STEWARDS, UM, WHO ARE SOMETIMES, UH, REQUIRED TO ONLY MAINTAIN OR TO ONLY TRAVEL A CERTAIN PART OF THE TRAIL. UM, BUT IT DOES ACTUALLY CONNECT ALL OF THE CITY, 65 MILES, UH, OF THE RING AND THEN ALL THE TRIBUTARIES IN BETWEEN AND, UM, THE SAN PEDRO CREEK. SO IT'S A REALLY FABULOUS PART OF OUR CITY THAT I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT MORE. UH, AND AS WE TALK TO, UM, VISIT SAN ANTONIO ABOUT VISITORS, UH, COMING BACK TO SAN ANTONIO WHEN THAT TIME COMES, THAT WE HAVE A REALLY UNIQUE, UH, OPPORTUNITY IN, UH, THE WEST SIDE CREEK SYSTEM. SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR HIGHLIGHTING SO MUCH OF THE WEST SIDE CREEKS. YOU SEE ALL THE BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK. IT WAS PART OF THE 20, UH, 12 BOND PROJECT, UM, SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION FROM THE CITY, AND THEN ANOTHER SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION FROM THE COUNTY TO MAKE, UH, THAT MONDOR PARK A REALLY A SPECTACULAR PLACE. SO INSIDE CREEKS, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT OUR OTHER CREEKS BEING OVERCROWDED, OUR WEST SIDE CREEKS ARE NOT. SO, UH, PLEASE COME OUT AND ENJOY OUR CREEKS AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THEM IN YOUR PRESENTATION. COUNCILWOMAN, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH SAS, UH, REGARDING THAT, UH, PORTION OF THE TRAIL YOU'RE, YOU'RE DISCUSSING. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. ERIC, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, PASS ON TO YOU. I WAS ABLE TO, UH, VISIT WITH SOME TO DO SOME FOOD DISTRIBUTION WITH OUR SENIOR CENTERS THIS WEEK, AND THE TEAM IS DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB OUT THERE WORKING, MAKING SURE THE COMMODITIES GET TO OUR SENIORS AND THEY'RE IN THE HEAT, THEY'RE OUT THERE, BUT THEY'RE DOING ALL THAT THEY CAN AND THEY'RE, THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ALL OF OUR SENIORS THAT ARE PART OF THEIR SENIOR CENTER. SO THANK YOU. YOUR TEAM'S DOING A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF PRIDE, UH, WITH THAT, UH, WITH THAT, UH, GROUP OF EMPLOYEES. AND I'LL, AND I'LL ADD, AND I'LL, AND I'LL ADD THAT, THAT THAT FUNCTION HAS A NUMBER OF REDEPLOYED EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO IT. AND, UH, AND, AND I SEE THE PRIDE IN IN THOSE REDEPLOYED EMPLOYEES ALSO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU ERIC FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE TRAILS. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO PARTAKE IN SOME OF THEM AND THEY'RE JUST EXCELLENTLY CARED FOR, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THERE'S RECYCLE BINS AND, AND TRASH CANS, UM, AT EVERY BEND. UM, ALSO, I WANNA JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT LAST WEEK WAS PUBLIC SAFETY WEEK, AND I DON'T THINK WE GOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AT THE COUNCIL MEETING. UM, BUT I DO WANNA EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF THE, UM, OFFICERS THAT ARE OUT THERE TAKING CARE OF US ON A DAILY BASIS. UM, AND THEN THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL E M S WEEK. AND SO AGAIN, JUST, UM, TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. IT IS NOT GOING UNNOTICED. AND I [01:15:01] KNOW WE MIGHT HAVE ALL OF THIS COVID STUFF THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DO APPRECIATE YOU EACH AND EVERY DAY. AND THEN FINALLY TODAY IS NATIONAL STOP THE BLEED DAY. AND SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT STOP THE BLEED, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM, VISIT THIS QUICK TRAINING. THERE'S NO BLOOD INVOLVED REALLY, I PROMISE. UM, I WANNA APPRECIATE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO WERE ALMOST ALL TRAINED AND STOP THE BLEED. UM, AND THEN ALSO, ERIC, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TRAINING THE EMPLOYEES OR FOR AGREEING TO TRAIN THE EMPLOYEES ON STOP THE BLEED. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU ERIC. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROSA GARCIA. UM, THANK YOU EVERYONE. THIS, UH, THIS A SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED AND WE CAN. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.