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COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIGRAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CODA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR NURNBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. 
          THE TIME IS 9:18 AM WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND ALSO OBSERVING OUR PHYSICAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES TO MAINTAIN THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THIS FACILITY. 
          I DO WANNA START, UH, AS WE HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, AND DRAWING ATTENTION TO THE FRONTLINE WORKERS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS WHO'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD IN OUR CITY AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, TO MAINTAIN THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR LOVED ONES. 
          AND WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THE BATTLE TO C OVID 19 HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, OF WHICH THERE HAVE BEEN 58. 
          WE KNOW MANY PEOPLE ARE RESIDING RIGHT NOW IN THE HOSPITAL. 
          THEY'RE STRUGGLING FOR THEIR LIVES, AND WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO WORK TO OBSERVE THIS MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR US IN THEIR HONOR. 
          DURING THIS TIME, YOU WILL HEAR THE BELLS OF THE SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL RINGING. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THE COOPERATION, UH, IN SUPPORT OF CHURCHES THROUGHOUT THIS CITY, UH, MOST NOTABLY THE MISSIONS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, SAN JUAN, SAN JOSE, AND MISSION CONCE. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING SO VERY HARD DURING THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          AT THIS TIME TO START, UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT 10 COUNCIL MEMBER CLAYTON PERRY TO INTRODUCE OUR INDICATOR. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          AND THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, I HAVE THE PLEASURE THIS MORNING OF INTRODUCING OUR INDICATOR. 
          IT'S PASTOR LAPA PONTO STEWART. 
          UH, MA'AM, COME ON UP. 
          AND, UH, UM, WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS HERE. 
          UM, SHE'S FROM MEXICO. 
          SHE'S A MEXICAN. 
          AND NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, I'M USED TO HEARING ABOUT THE MISSION FIELD AND THE, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT, SENDING MISSIONARIES FROM THE UNITED STATES. 
          WELL, GUESS WHAT? SHE'S A MISSIONARY FROM MEXICO COMING TO THE UNITED STATES, SO, WOW. 
          I THINK THAT'S JUST AWESOME. 
          AND, UM, UH, I, I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT, UH, I, I'M HAPPY THAT 
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YOU ARE THE HEAD PASTOR THERE AT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. 
          YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SATELLITE CHURCHES AS WELL. 
          YOUR MEMBERSHIP IS GROWING AND IT'S PROUD TO HAVE YOU. 
          I'M PROUD TO HAVE YOU HERE IN DISTRICT 10. 
          UH, PRIOR TO COMING TO HERE, SHE SERVED IN KENTUCKY AND OHIO, AND AGAIN, AS A MISSIONARY, WHICH WAS GREAT. 
          UH, SHE'S A HEAD PASTOR THERE AT THE NORTHERN HILLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. 
          AND HER MAIN GOAL IN LIFE IS ALL ABOUT THE MISSION FIELD AND GOING OUT AND PREACHING THE, UH, GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST AND TEACHING AND TRAINING BELIEVERS TO LIVE AS FOLLOWERS OF JESUS CHRIST IN, IN OUR DAILY LIVES AND LOVING THE WORLD WHICH CHRIST DIED, ALL FOR THE GLORY OF GOD. 
          AND, UM, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING IN HERE TODAY. 
          THE TRAFFIC WASN'T VERY BAD COMING DOWN TODAY, SO, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR GIVING US OUR INVOCATION TODAY. 
          WELCOME. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          MAY THE LORD, UH, THE LORD OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, BE WITH ALL OF YOU. 
          LET US PRAY. 
          OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOUR PRESENCE AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THIS DAY. 
          WE HAVE LEARNED THROUGH THIS SEASON, GOD, NOT TO TAKE ONE DAY FOR GRANTED. 
          EVERY DAY IS A BLESSING FROM YOU. 
          AND WE PRAISE YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND WE GIVE YOU THANKS BECAUSE WE CAN SEE, WE CAN SMELL, WE CAN FEEL. 
          AND THROUGH THAT WE REMEMBER GOD, THAT WE HAVE BEEN CREATED IN YOUR IMAGE. 
          AND THROUGH THAT GOD, YOU ARE SHOWING TO THE WORLD THAT THERE IS HOPE RIGHT NOW. 
          GOD, WE ARE GOING THROUGH A SITUATION THAT IS DIFFICULT FOR ALL OF US AS HUMAN BEINGS TO LIVE. 
          AND WE CONFESS THAT SOMETIMES WE DEAL WITH THAT, WITH FEAR AND CONCERNS. 
          BUT WE REMEMBER GOD, THAT YOU HAVE TOLD US THAT YES, WE WILL HAVE TROUBLE IN THIS WORLD. 
          BUT YOU HAVE CONQUERED THE WORLD ALREADY. 
          YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH THINGS LIKE THIS BEFORE, AND YOU HAVE SHOWN US BY YOUR WORD AND BY YOUR LOVE, THAT YOU WANT TO BRING RESTORATION TO THE LAND AND TO PEOPLE. 
          AND LORD, RIGHT NOW, WE COME TOGETHER AS PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO AND WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY. 
          AND GOD TOGETHER WE AGREE TO SUBMIT OURSELVES TO YOU, TO GIVE YOU OUR LIVES AND TO ASK YOU TO DO NOT OUR WILL, BUT YOUR PERFECT WILL AMONG US. 
          LORD, YOU HAVE ALSO ASKED US TO STAND IN THE GAP AND PRAY FOR THOSE THAT RIGHT NOW ARE STRUGGLING. 
          WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO RIGHT NOW ARE IN THE HOSPITAL AND STRUGGLING WITH THEIR HEALTH. 
          AND IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WE PRAY THAT YOUR MIGHTY HOLY AND TOUCHING FEELING WILL BE UPON THEM. 
          WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL COME UPON DOCTORS AND NURSES AND YOU WILL PROTECT THEM DURING THIS TIME. 
          WE PRAY FOR THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF THIS COUNTRY. 
          FOR OUR LEADERS, WE ASK THAT THEY RECEIVE FROM YOU WISDOM. 
          AND WE PRAY, LORD, THAT IN EVERYTHING THEY DO, YOU WILL SHOW THEM THE LIGHT TO GO TO THE RIGHT PLACE. 
          LORD, WE ARE AWARE THAT WE CAN COME WITH DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW, BUT WE PRAY THAT TOGETHER WE CAN FOCUS OUR EYES IN YOU. 
          AND THROUGH THAT, FIND THE PERFECT PLACE WHERE YOU'RE CALLING US TO GLORIFY YOU. 
          WE ARE THANKFUL TO LORD, THAT IN THE MIDST OF THIS WE REMEMBER THAT WE ARE PEOPLE OF HOPE. 
          AND IT'S HOPE NOT IN EMOTIONS, BUT HOPE IN THE REALITY OF YOUR ETERNAL LIFE. 
          AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE GIFT THAT YOU PROVIDE TO ALL OF US. 
          WE PRAY ALL OF THIS IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 
          AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          GOD, LIBERTY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH REVEREND. 
          OKAY. 
          THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL 2ND. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE MINUTES IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          MINUTES OF APRIL 2ND, PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE AYE. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION CARRIES, UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR GUESTS TODAY AND ANY OF THOSE WATCHING, WE DO HAVE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHO ARE REMOTING IN. 
          UH, AND THAT IS FOR THE PURPOSES OF MAINTAINING OUR PHYSICAL DISTANCING UP HERE ON THE DAIS. 
          SO WE APPRECIATE THAT, BUT THEY ARE FULLY PARTICIPATING IN THIS MEETING TODAY. 
          AT, AT THIS TIME, UH, WE DO HAVE A FULL, UH, COUNSEL AGENDA, INCLUDING A CONSENT AGENDA. 
          I DO WANT TO, UH, ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          THERE IS ONE ITEM ALREADY LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, THAT'S ITEM FOUR, ITEM NINE, 
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I'M SORRY, ITEM FIVE IS ALSO LISTED INDIVIDUALLY. 
          WE DID, I HAVE ITEMS FOUR, FIVE, AND NINE FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          IF THERE ARE NO OTHERS, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ALL ITEMS SAY FOR FOUR, FIVE, AND NINE. 
          WE WILL HOLD THAT NOW. 
          AND WE WERE GOING TO, UH, INTRODUCE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST, UH, TO OUR CHAMBERS TODAY. 
          AND IT GIVES ME A GREAT HONOR TO INVITE UP TO, UH, OUR MICROPHONE. 
          UH, LIEUTENANT GENERAL LAURA J. RICHARDSON, WHO GREW UP IN COLORADO AND WAS COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT OF AVIATION UPON GRADUATION FROM METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE IN DENVER. 
          HER FIRST ASSIGNMENT AFTER FLIGHT SCHOOL WAS IN KOREA WITH THE 17TH AVIATION BRIGADE, WHERE SHE SERVED AS A PLATOON LEADER COM COMPANY, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BRIGADE STAFF OFFICER, AND COMPANY COMMANDER. 
          SHE NEXT SERVED AT FORT HOOD, TEXAS ON THE, ON THE THREE CORE STAFF AND THE SIXTH CAVALRY BRIGADE AS A COMPANY COMMANDER AND BRIGADE EANT. 
          UPON LEAVING TEXAS, SHE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE BATTLE COMMAND TRAINING PROGRAM AT FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS AS AN OBSERVER TRAINER, AND LATER ATTENDED THE UNITED STATES ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE. 
          SHE NEXT SERVED AT FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY AS A ASSAULT HELICOPTER BATTALION OPERATIONS OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER WITH THE NINTH BATTALION 101ST AVIATION REGIMENT 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION. 
          LIEUTENANT GENERAL RICHARDSON WAS SELECTED TO SERVE AS THE MILITARY AID TO THE VICE PRESIDENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON DC. 
          SHE RETURNED TO FORT CAMPBELL TO SERVE AS THE DIVISION DEPUTY G THREE OF THE HUNDRED FIRST AIRBORNE DIVISION AND LATER COM COMMAND COMMANDED THE FIFTH BATTALION 101ST AVIATION REGIMENT AND DEPLOYED TO IRAQ IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. 
          FOLLOWING A BATTALION COMMAND, SHE WASI ASSIGNED TO THE ARMY G 3 57 IN THE PENTAGON, WHERE SHE SERVED AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR, THEN DIRECTOR FOR THE ARMY'S TRANSFORMATION OFFICE. 
          AFTER HER PENTAGON TOUR, SHE ATTENDED THE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE OF THE ARMED FORCES AT FORT MCNAIR IN WASHINGTON, DC AND THEN SERVED AS THE 100TH GARRISON COMMANDER OF FORT MEYER AND FORT MCNAIR AND FIRST JOINT BASE COMMANDER OF MEYER HENDERSON HALL. 
          FOLLOWING COMMAND, SHE SERVED AS THE ARMY'S LIAISON OFFICER TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE. 
          HER ASSIGNMENTS AS GENERAL OFFICER INCLUDE COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE US ARMY OPERATIONAL TEST COMMAND, DEPUTY COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION AT FORT HOOD TEXAS, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR COMMUNICATIONS WITH HEADQUARTERS INTERNATIONAL AND SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AFGHANISTAN, CHIEF ARMY LEGISLATIVE LIAISON, AND MOST RECENTLY AS THE DEPUTY COMMANDING GENERAL US FORCES COMMAND. 
          SHE'S MARRIED TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL JIM RICHARDSON, AND THEY HAVE ONE DAUGHTER AND A GRANDCHILD, AND WE ARE SO HAPPY AND HONORED TO HAVE HER WITH US TODAY. 
          GENERAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY, AND THANK YOU MAYOR NUREMBERG AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY TO SHARE WITH YOU, UH, WHAT ARMY NORTH DOES AND HAS BEEN DOING IN RESPONSE TO THE NATIONAL C OVID 19 RESPONSE RIGHT HERE IN MILITARY CITY U S A. 
          AND SO, UM, I DO HAVE A VERY SHORT VIDEO THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW BECAUSE, UH, PICTURES ALWAYS SHOW A A MILLION WORDS. 
          AND SO, UM, IF WE COULD GO AHEAD AND ROLL THE VIDEO REAL QUICK, UH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          THE GEAR THAT WE WEAR, UH, MUCH LIKE IF WE WERE IN A CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT, WE HAVE A SUIT, WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A MASK AND WE HAVE BOOTIES, AND WE DO HAVE ALL KINDS OF, OF WHAT WE CALL KIT RIGHT, TO PROTECT YOURSELF. 
          SO THAT'S THE P P E IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE. 
          AND SO, UH, IT, IT'S ACTUALLY VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO EVERYTHING THAT WE TRAIN FOR. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL SERVICE MEMBERS, ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES, FEMA AND ALL PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT HAVE SUPPORTED US AND OUR NATION TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESSFUL. 
          UH, 
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I AM SO PROUD OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, THE DOCTORS, THE NURSES, THE RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS, THE MEDICS. 
          UH, IT IS JUST TREMENDOUS TO SEE THEM. 
          AND I GET TO GO AND, UH, VISIT THEM AND SEE THEM ON THE FRONT LINES AND SEE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING PATIENTS, UH, AND THE MUCH NEEDED SUPPORT. 
          I THINK IT'S A GOOD NEWS STORY ABOUT A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE RECOVERING FROM CORONAVIRUS. 
          UH, AND THAT IS, UM, THAT'S THE UNTOLD STORY. 
          WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT ARMY NORTH HAS BEEN DOING FOR THE COVID RESPONSE. 
          AND THEN I'M, UH, VERY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, AND WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          'CAUSE I DO HAVE SOME PICTURES. 
          AND AGAIN, I, I THINK THE PICTURES ALWAYS SAY A MILLION WORDS, BUT ARMY NORTH IS THE ARMY COMPONENT OF THE US NORTHERN COMMAND, AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE LAND-BASED MISSIONS, UH, OF NORTHCOM AND FOR THE NATION. 
          WE HAVE THREE MAIN PARTS OF THE MISSION. 
          HOMELAND DEFENSE, DEFENSE SUPPORT OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND THEATER SECURITY COOPERATION WITH MEXICO AND CANADA. 
          AND I'M ALSO THE SENIOR COMMANDER FOR ALL ARMY SOLDIERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          SINCE I TOOK COMMAND LAST JULY, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON OUR DEFENSE SUPPORTIVE CIVIL AUTHORITY MISSIONS, THE WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE IN WEST VIRGINIA, THE HURRICANE DORIAN RESPONSE, WHICH TURNED INTO THE FOREIGN DISASTER RESPONSE IN THE BAHAMAS, THE SOUTHWEST BORDER MISSION, THE NATIONAL, UH, SPECIAL SECURITY EVENTS LIKE THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE STATE OF THE UNION, THE SUPER BOWL, AND UPCOMING DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTIONS, AS WELL AS THE ONGOING C OVID 19 RESPONSE MISSION. 
          AND WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          ARMY NORTH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED WHAT WE CALL A J F FLICK, AND THAT IS A JOINT FORCE LAND COMPONENT COMMAND AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS ROLE TO SUPPORT FEMA BY MATCHING FEDERAL MILITARY CAPABILITY AND CAPACITY TO FEMA'S REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNOR'S, STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. 
          AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT ALL OF THE FEDERAL GROUND FORCES IN THIS RESPONSE WORK, UH, WORK FOR THIS COMMAND IN ARMY NORTH. 
          AND AS THE JFL COMMANDER AND PART OF THE OVERALL US NORTHERN COMMAND CAMPAIGN PLAN, USUALLY THE JFL ONLY HAS ARMY OF MARINES THAT WORK THAT ARE WORKING FOR IT. 
          BUT THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED RESPONSE. 
          AND SO I'D NEVER THOUGHT I'D HAVE NAVY SAILORS WORKING FOR ME IN THE, IN THE LAND COMPONENT, BUT I DO. 
          AND YOU SAW SOME OF THEM ON THE VIDEO. 
          AND ALSO, UH, AIR FORCE MEDICAL PERSONNEL, UH, THAT ARE WORKING PART OF THIS COMMAND TOO. 
          WE HAVE FORMED FIVE REGIONAL TASK FORCES LED BY TWO STAR GENERAL COMMANDERS, UH, TO EMPLOY THE UNIQUE MILITARY CAPABILITIES IN SUPPORT OF FEMA. 
          AND THESE TASK FORCES PROVIDE THE COMMAND AND CONTROL FRAMEWORK LOGISTICS AND COORDINATION RESPONSIBILITIES TO ALLOW US TO INTEGRATE THE WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH, UH, IN THE NATION'S RESPONSE. 
          THESE TASK FORCES WERE IN THE WEST, THE CENTER, THE NORTHEAST, UH, SPECIFICALLY NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY AS WELL, AND THE SOUTHEAST AND THE SOUTHEAST TO COVER THE ENTIRE NATION. 
          LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          OUR 10 DEFENSE COORDINATING OFFICERS AND ELEMENTS DEPLOYED TO EACH OF THE 10 FEMA REGIONS HAVE BEEN WORKING NONSTOP IN SUPPORT OF FEDERAL PARTNERS SINCE ACTUALLY LATE JANUARY WHEN THE DE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STARTED PROVIDING HOUSING SUPPORT TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS RETURNING FROM CHINA AND ALSO FROM THE CRUISE SHIPS. 
          THESE DEFENSE COORDINATING OFFICERS LEAD SPECIALIZED 10 PERSON PLANNING TEAMS, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY CO-LOCATED WITH EACH OF 
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THE 10 FEMA REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS AND INTEGRATE D O D CAPABILITIES WITH FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE CONSISTENTLY TRAIN WITH ALL OF THESE AGENCIES. 
          SO WHEN A REAL WORLD EVENT HAPPENS, WE CAN RESPOND QUICKLY FOR REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELATIONSHIPS, OF COURSE, ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS LINE OF WORK. 
          AND I'M VERY HONORED TO SUPPORT THE NATION WITH MEDICAL AND LOGISTICS CAPABILITIES. 
          LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, AT THE PEAK OF THE OPERATION, WE HAD ALMOST 9,000 SERVICE MEMBERS DEPLOYED TO 14 CITIES IN NINE STATES. 
          RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE ABOUT 6,400 SERVICE MEMBERS STILL IN THE JFL. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S A JOINT FORCE AND WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE ACTIVE COMPONENT, THE RESERVES, AND THE NATIONAL GUARD THAT HAVE BEEN MOBILIZED. 
          WE'RE CURRENTLY PROVIDING SUPPORT IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW JERSEY, CONNECTICUT, MASSACHUSETTS, PHILADELPHIA, AND BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA IN NEW YORK. 
          THE JFL HAS FULLY INTEGRATED APPROXIMATELY 800 ARMY, NAVY, AND AIR FORCE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS INTO THE 10 NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC HOSPITALS TO AUGMENT STAFF THERE. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE MORE THAN 70 SOLDIERS PROVIDING, UH, THE VERY SACRED MISSION OF MORTUARY AFFAIRS TO SUPPORT THE NEW YORK CITY OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER. 
          WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          OUR MAIN EFFORT IN NEW YORK CITY WAS TRANSFORMING THE JACOB JAVIT CENTER IN JUST ONE WEEK FROM AN EMPTY CONVENTION CENTER INTO A 3000 BED FIELD HOSPITAL CAPABLE OF TREATING COVID POSITIVE PATIENTS. 
          WE HAD ABOUT 800 MEDICAL PERSONNEL WHO RAN THE JAVIT CENTER AS AN ALTERNATE CARE FACILITY AND ALSO EMPLOYED ARMY, NAVY, AND AIR FORCE, AS I'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, IN SUPPORT OF NEW YORK TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE BURDEN, THE HUGE BURDEN ON THE LOCAL HOSPITALS. 
          WE TREATED ABOUT, UH, WE TREATED 1095 PATIENTS THERE IN 30 DAYS. 
          AND ON THE VIDEO YOU SAW THE, THE GOLF CART WITH THE NUMBER 1095. 
          THAT WAS THE VERY LAST PATIENT THAT WAS DISCHARGED TO GO HOME FROM THE JAVIT CENTER. 
          THE JAVIT CENTER WAS ALSO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE LEARNED A LOT FROM TRANSFORMING, FROM TREATING NON COVID TO TREATING COVID PATIENTS. 
          THINGS LIKE NEEDING LIQUID OX OXYGEN PIPE TO EACH BED, MEDICAL GRADE LAUNDRY CON CONTRACTS, UH, P P E PROCEDURES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE IN ALL OF THE ALTERNATE CARE FACILITIES THAT THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS BUILT AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
          WE FOUND THAT VERY STRICT DAWNING AND DOFFING PROCEDURES FOR THE P P E KEPT OUR MEDICAL PERSONNEL FROM ACTUALLY CATCHING THE VIRUS THEMSELVES AS THEY WERE WORKING 24 7, 12 HOUR SHIFTS, UH, CONSTANTLY DAY IN AND DAY OUT, IT ACTUALLY REALLY PROTECTED THEM. 
          AND WE'VE HAD A VERY, VERY LOW, UH, PERCENTAGE OF CONTRACTING THE DISEASE. 
          THE US ARMY RESERVES DEVELOPED A NEW TYPE OF TASK FORCE FOR THIS RESPONSE MISSION CALLED THE URBAN AUGMENTATION MEDICAL TASK FORCE. 
          THESE ARE DOCTORS, NURSES, RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, MEDICS, PATIENT ADMIN, ABOUT 85 PERSONNEL PER TASK FORCE. 
          WE HAD 14 OF THESE U A MTFS WORKING IN 10 DIFFERENT CITIES. 
          FOUR OF THEM WERE EMPLOYED IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE PUBLIC HOSPITALS, TWO IN THE JAVITS CENTER, ONE EMPLOYED IN MASSACHUSETTS AT THE TEWKESBURY HOSPITAL, AND ONE AT THE BOSTON CONVENTION CENTER. 
          UH, ONE WAS EMPLOYED IN STANFORD, CONNECTICUT AT THE BENNETT BENNETT MEDICAL HEALTH CENTER. 
          AND WE HAVE AIR FORCE AND NAVY PERSONNEL WORKING THERE TOO. 
          ONE WAS EMPLOYED IN EDISON, NEW JERSEY AT THE CONVENTION CENTER THERE, ANOTHER EMPLOYED IN NEW YORK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, AND THEN A THIRD THAT'S WORKING IN THE, UH, ATLANTIC CITY CONVENTION CENTER AND ALSO IN THE SALEM HOSPITAL. 
          ONE IS ALSO EMPLOYED IN PHILADELPHIA AND SEVERAL LOCAL HOSPITALS AND ALSO TEMPLE UNIVERSITY AT THE ALTERNATE CARE FACILITY THERE. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAD ONE U A M T F THAT WAS IN THE DETROIT TWIN CITIES FEDERAL CENTER. 
          AND THEN A NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDICAL FORCE IS STILL WORKING IN BATON ROUGE AT THE MID-CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL TO AUGMENT THE STAFF THERE. 
          AS THE CITIES HAVE HAD SUCCESS IN FLATTENING THE CURVE AND NO LONGER NEEDED OUR SUPPORT, WE ARE DEPLOYING, UH, OUR FORCES SO FAR. 
          WE'VE RAMPED DOWN SUPPORT IN THE JAVIT CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY AND THE ALTERNATE CARE FACILITIES IN BOSTON AND DETROIT. 
          SO THAT'S A VERY GOOD THING. 
          YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE ALSO SET UP A FIELD HOSPITAL IN SEATTLE, THANKS TO THE HARD WORK OF EVERYONE IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO FLATTEN THE CURVE. 
          THEY ENDED UP NOT NEEDING THE HOSPITAL AFTER ALL. 
          AND THAT IS GREAT NEWS. 
          WE WANNA BE THERE AHEAD OF NEED, READY TO GO, AND IT'S OKAY IF WE'RE NOT NEEDED AT THE END. 
          WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A TOUGH MISSION FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED, NOT 
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JUST OUR MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS, BUT ALSO THE CIVILIAN MEDICAL STAFF WE ARE WORKING ALONGSIDE. 
          SO WE'VE DEPLOYED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS AND MILITARY CHAPLAINS TO SUPPORT OUR SERVICE MEMBERS TO ENSURE THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR CRUCIAL WORK IN THE C OVID 19 RESPONSE. 
          WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE NEW YORK CITY MAYOR'S OFFICE TO SHARE THAT OUR BEST PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNED TO HELP NEW YORK CITY AS THEY DEVELOP THEIR OWN RESILIENCY PROGRAM. 
          THROUGHOUT THIS MISSION, WE'VE WORKED DAY AND NIGHT WITH NATIONAL GUARD DUAL STATUS COMMANDERS, THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS TO REFINE OUR PLANNING EFFORTS AND OPERATIONS IN SUPPORT OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES TO RAPIDLY MEET OUR NATION'S NEEDS AND SAVE LIVES. 
          AND IT'S BEEN TRULY AN HONOR TO DO THIS WORK, ALL TOLD ACROSS THE J F FLICK, WE HAVE 128 REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE FROM FEMA, AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WORKING IN 24 CIVILIAN HOSPITALS, SEVEN ALTERNATE CARE FACILITIES IN 14 CITIES ACROSS NINE STATES WITH ABOUT 3,100 MEDICAL PERSONNEL. 
          THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION THAT OUR NATION IS FACING. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN ARMY NORTH AND ARE HIGHLY TRAINED AND DEFENSE SUPPORTIVE CIVIL AUTHORITIES MISSIONS, AND WE ARE BRINGING ALL OF THAT EXPERIENCE TO BEAR TO SUPPORT AND WIN THIS WAR ON C OVID 19. 
          AS WE SEE THE NEED FOR FEDERAL MILITARY FORCES DECREASING IN AREAS, WE ARE WORKING HARD TO PLAN FOR WHAT IS COMING NEXT, WHETHER THAT IS C OVID, WADE, TWO HURRICANES, FOREST FIRES, EARTHQUAKES, WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT WE'LL GET HURRICANES, AND WE'RE LOOKING HARD AT HOW WE PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN A COVID ENVIRONMENT. 
          THIS PANDEMIC IS IMPACTING EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN, AND WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY WORKING WITH FEMA ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY TO DETERMINE WHAT OTHER MILITARY CAPABILITIES MAY BE NEEDED TO ASSIST IN THIS FIGHT. 
          SO IF THEY ASK, WE'RE READY. 
          AT ARMY NORTH, OUR STRENGTH, OUR MOTTO IS STRENGTH OF THE NATION. 
          AND WE'RE WORKING NONSTOP DAY AND NIGHT TO SUPPORT OUR FELLOW AMERICANS. 
          IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY AT HOME, IN A TIME OF CRISIS. 
          AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT WE RECEIVE FROM THE GREAT PEOPLE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          YOUR SUPPORT OF THE MILITARY STRETCHES FAR BEYOND THOSE CITY LIMITS. 
          IT HELPS PEOPLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE NATION AND THE ENTIRE WORLD. 
          THANK YOU, AND I'M READY FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH GENERAL, AND, UM, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE ALREADY, BUT, UH, FIRST TIME REALLY TO BE INTRODUCED IN THESE CHAMBERS FORMALLY. 
          SO ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL CITY AND A GRATEFUL NATION, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          THE FOLKS AT ARMY NORTH ARE KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, INCLUDING OUR CIVILIAN COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, I'M GONNA TURN NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER CLAYTON PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          AND THANK YOU MA'AM FOR COMING HERE TODAY. 
          IT'S A PLEASURE. 
          AS I SAID BEFORE, IT'S GREAT TO O S C UNIFORMS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, WE'RE PROUD OF YOU. 
          WE'RE PROUD OF ALL OF YOUR, UH, PERSONNEL, BOTH CIVILIAN AND MILITARY THAT DO SUPPORT YOUR MISSION. 
          AND IT'S GREAT THAT WE HERE HAVE YOU HERE AS THE HUB OF THIS WHOLE OPERATION. 
          AND, AND IT'S, IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE, UM, HOW YOU'VE SUPPORTED THIS WHOLE MISSION. 
          AND, UH, I I WOULD SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S LONG, HARD HOURS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLACES, THAT THERE'S A PERSONAL SATISFACTION AND IT GETS 'EM OUT OF THE BUILDING HERE, RIGHT? IT, IT, THEY GET TO ACTUALLY GO OUT THERE AND DO WHAT THEY'RE TRAINED TO DO. 
          AND I, I AM VERY, VERY PROUD OF THAT FACT AND, AND OF ALL OF YOU ON HOW YOU'VE RESPONDED. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH MA'AM FOR COMING TODAY. 
          THANK TODAY, SIR. 
          VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU GENERAL. 
          I WANTED TO SAY, UM, THAT YOU ALL THE BRAVE WOMEN AND MEN THAT ARE TRAINED, UH, TO BE ON THE FRONT LINES, UH, DO NOT GO UNDERAPPRECIATED HERE IN MILITARY CITY U S A. 
          UM, I AM, AM VERY PROUD, UH, TO LIVE IN THIS GREAT CITY THAT SUPPORTS YOU ALL. 
          UM, UH, A FEW MONTHS AGO I HAD SOME RESIDENTS THAT WERE, UH, REALLY CONCERNED, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DOING EVERY, EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT, UM, AND TAKE CARE OF OUR MILITARY. 
          AND I'M VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH, WHICH HAS, UH, JOINT BASE SA UH, LACKLAND. 
          AND, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND, UM, I WILL ALWAYS APPRECIATE OUR MILITARY AND WHAT IT DOES, NOT JUST FOR THIS COMMUNITY, BUT FOR OUR ENTIRE NATION. 
          SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU GENERAL, UM, AS AN ARMY VETERAN. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          UM, WITH JOINT BASE FORT SAM SITTING HERE 
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IN DISTRICT TWO, WE KNOW THAT THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED. 
          AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP, SERVING THE COUNTRY AND REALLY TAKING THE OATH TO SERVE EACH AND EVERY AMERICAN IS WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 
          AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 
          GOD BLESS YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GENERAL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, IT IS AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU, UH, WHEN THINGS ARE CALM, BUT IT CERTAINLY, UH, IS A BLESSING TO WORK WITH YOU WHEN WE ARE IN TIMES OF CRISIS. 
          SO KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND OUR BEST TO YOUR WHOLE TEAM. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          HAVE A GREAT DAY. 
          YOU TOO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR BUSINESS AGENDA TODAY. 
          WE DO HAVE THE, UH, MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ERIC, GO ONE SECOND. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          AYE, SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT WAS, UM, OUR PRESENTATION, UH, FROM OUR JOINT BASE FOLKS, ARMY NORTH. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          WE HAVE PULLED ITEMS FOUR, FIVE, AND NINE. 
          THE PRESENTATION YOU JUST HEARD WAS ITEM FOUR. 
          SO I WILL CALL FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS FOUR AS WELL AS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS. AND SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE PEOPLE IN ORDER OF THEIR SIGN UP. 
          UH, PEOPLE COMING TO THE PODIUM, EXCUSE ME, COMING TO THE MICROPHONE. 
          UH, THERE IS A MICROPHONE ON THE STAND. 
          YOU DO NOT NEED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH IT. 
          WE WILL SANITIZE IT IN BETWEEN SPEAKERS. 
          EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK, AND I'LL CALL THE SECOND NAME UP ON THE ORDER IF YOU CAN BE PREPARED TO COME FORWARD. 
          SO WE'LL GO IN ORDER OF SIGN UP, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH BRANDON BURKHART. 
          MR. BURKHART, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY RICK BRISCOE. 
          YOU'RE SIGNED UP FOR CONSENT. 
          AGENDA ITEMS, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          GO AHEAD, BRANDON. 
          AND AFTER MR. BURKHART, UH, MR. RICK BRISCOE IS NEXT SO HE CAN BE PREPARED TO COME FORWARD TO THE MICROPHONE. 
          THREE, I HAD SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON 20 DASH 27 0 2 SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS ANOTHER WASTE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS, WHICH COUNCIL SEEMS PRETTY, UH, GOOD AT DOING. 
          BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT YOUR UNCONSTITUTIONAL CITY ORDINANCE THAT YOU PUT INTO EFFECT LAST WEEK, SAYING THAT THE WORD CHINESE VIRUS IS HATE SPEECH. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF YOU UNDERSTAND MR. MAYOR, BUT EVEN HATE SPEECH IS PROTECTED BY THE US CONSTITUTION, THE FIRST AMENDMENT. 
          AND I DON'T, I WENT BACK AND I CHECKED SS A P D AND I ALSO PULLED A, A, UH, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYBODY THAT HAD BEEN DISCRIMINATED UPON SAYING, USING THAT WORD. 
          NOT ONE CASE COULD I FIND. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY YOU'RE WASTING OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS, WHY YOU'RE WASTING OUR TIME PUTTING FORTH AGENDAS SUCH AS THAT, AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL AGENDA. 
          AND THEN SO, BUT YOU, YOU, YOU BASICALLY TELL ALL THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE ARE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF. 
          BUT YET, THREE WEEKS AGO WE WERE AT THE SYNAP AND YOU CALLED US A BUNCH OF K K K MEMBERS OUT THERE. 
          YEAH, DON'T, DON'T SAY THAT. 
          TREY WARE SPENT A WHOLE DAY TALKING ABOUT YOUR STUPID COMMENT. 
          WHEN LIEUTENANT, I MEAN, LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALAN WEST WAS PRESENT. 
          WE HAD EVERY WALK OF LIFE, WHETHER IT BE AFRICAN AMERICAN, HISPANIC, TEJANO, WE EVEN HAD ASIAN AND CAUCASIANS OUT THERE. 
          BUT YET YOUR COMMENT TO CALL US K K K MEMBERS, IT'S FUNNY HOW WHEN SOMEBODY DOESN'T AGREE WITH YOU, THEN YOU CAN EASILY CALL 'EM WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANT TO CALL 'EM. 
          BUT THEN WHENEVER SOMEBODY TURNS AROUND AND SAYS SOMETHING LIKE CHINESE VIRUS, WELL THEN, OH MY GOD, LET'S DON'T DO THAT. 
          THE WHOLE N D O, WHICH I KNOW YOU WEREN'T NECESSARILY THE 
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ONE THAT PUSHED THAT THROUGH, THAT WAS CASTRO'S DUMB ASS DOINGS. 
          BUT THAT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND IT SHOULD NOT STAND HERE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BURKHART. 
          MR. BRISCOE HERE, RICK BRISCOE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANGIE, UH, GIRE. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          MR. MAYOR. 
          COUNSEL MEMBERS, UH, I AM ADDRESSING THIS SPECIFIC PROPOSAL, BUT MY REMARKS REALLY ARE MORE GENERAL IN NATURE. 
          UH, IT'S PLAINLY OBVIOUS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUDGET SHORTFALL BOTH AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND THE STATE LEVEL. 
          AND I'M CONCERNED THAT THESE CONTRACTS HAVE NOT BEEN REVIEWED IN LIGHT OF THAT PROBLEM THAT WE NOT ONLY MAY HAVE TO TIGHTEN OUR BELTS, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO DEFER SOME ACTIONS. 
          WE'D REALLY RATHER NOT DEFER. 
          AND IN THAT LIGHT, I URGE THE COUNCIL NOT TO ACT ON THIS UNTIL THERE'S BEEN A COMPREHENSIVE BUDGET REVIEW. 
          I'M SPEAKING ON THE PROPOSAL RATHER THAN FOR OR AGAINST, SIMPLY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE A GREATER DETAILED FISCAL ANALYSIS OF ALL EXPENDITURES, WHICH THE CITY PLANS TO MAKE IN THE COMING FISCAL, IN THE PRESENT FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND, UH, IF I MIGHT MAKE A VERY BRIEF COMMENT ABOUT THE OTHER ITEM I SIGNED UP FOR IN THE INTEREST OF SAVING TIME, I SUPPORT THE POSITION OF THE BRACKENRIDGE CONSERVANCY TO HAVE A SIMPLE SIGN PUT ON THE PARKING GARAGE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT PARKING IS FOR THEM TO, IT REALLY SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO TAKE THIS DEGREE OF, OF WORK ON THEIR PART FOR A SIMPLE SIGN. 
          UH, THE ZOO SITS ON PART OF BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM FOR A SIMPLE SIGNAGE BY BOTH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU MR. BRISCOE. 
          ANGIE AGUIRE, MS. AGUIRE, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY RAMON GARZA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, I HAVE A, MY MASK HERE. 
          IT'S VERY PATRIOTIC, AND IT SAYS, I'M VERY PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN FROM TEXAS. 
          UM, I AM WAS HERE TO SPEAK ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, SPEND THAT MONEY INSTEAD ON FIXING THE, THE STREETS. 
          LAST NIGHT I SAW PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 2020 CAMPAIGN AD. 
          HE PROBABLY MENTIONS THAT THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE TEXAS PATRIOTS MADE THEIR LAST STAND AT THE ALAMO. 
          I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS AND A SENSE OF PRIDE. 
          SAME WAY I FELT WHEN I RECENTLY ATTENDED A RALLY AT THE SENATE TAF ORGANIZED BY THIS IS TEXAS FREEDOM FORCE. 
          YES, I WAS THERE WEARING THIS MASK AND NOT A WHITE MASK LIKE YOU IMPLIED DURING YOUR DAILY BRIEFINGS ON TV. 
          T I T F F PROVIDED MASKS AND SANITIZERS FREE TO ANYONE THAT WANTED ONE. 
          BUT IT, SOME CHOSE NOT TO WEAR ONE, BUT IT WAS THEIR CHOICE BECAUSE WE ARE FREE IN THE U SS A TO MAKE OUR OWN CHOICE. 
          MAYOR, MAYOR, I, I TAKE OFFENSE ON YOU ANNOUNCING PUBLICLY, IMPLYING THOSE GUYS ARE USED TO WEARING MASKS. 
          THEY CHOSE A HELL OF A TIME TO TAKE 'EM OFF. 
          MAYOR, YOU MUST BE REFERRING TO ANTIFA, THE FASCIST ORGANIZATION ALWAYS HIDING BEHIND A MASK AT THEIR RALLIES AND PROTESTS. 
          THERE ARE COWARDS AND A PAIN IN THE ASS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          THIS IS TEXAS FREEDOM FORCE, NOT COWARDS, NOR WE BE, NOR WE HIDE BEHIND A MASK. 
          YOU MAYOR OWE ALWAYS AN APOLOGY. 
          SAN ANTONIO'S ECONOMY DEPENDS ON TOURISM. 
          PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. 
          COME TO SAN ANTONIO TO SEE THE ALAMO IN OUR BEAUTIFUL SAN AND YOU WANNA DESTROY IT. 
          YOU WANT TO ERASE HISTORY. 
          WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANNA DESTROY? IF YOU CONTINUE WITH THIS NONSENSE, YOU WILL HAVE CAUSED TOURISM TO SUFFER AND SAN ANTONIO WILL CRASH. 
          BUT WHAT DO YOU CARE WHEN YOUR TERM IS MAYOR ENDS? YOU'LL BE MOVING BACK HOME TO BOSTON. 
          OR ARE YOU DOING ALL THIS TO IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS IN DC? WELL, I HOPE YOU GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. 
          YOU HAVE MADE SAN ANTONIO JOKE STARTING WITH CHICK-FIL-A COMMENTS, NO WAFFLE PRICES SUNDAY. 
          THANK YOU MR. SUNDAYS TO SOCIAL DISTANCES IS TACOS, RAM GARZA, RAMON GARZA, MR. GARZA, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY LUPE RIVERA. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          WELL, AS IS, UH, BRANDON SAID EARLIER, WE'RE TALKED ABOUT CERTAIN, UH, UH, NUMBER EIGHT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW WHERE OUR FEELINGS ARE AT APRIL 25TH. 
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WE WERE AT THE RALLY AND WE DID FOLLOW YOUR INSTRUCTIONS, MR. MAYOR, ON YOUR ORDIN ORDINANCE. 
          NOT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO, BUT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO PLAY YOUR GAME. 
          YOU MADE THAT COMMENT LIKE MS. ANGIE SAID, YOU KNOW, COMPARING US TO A GROUP THAT COVERS THEIR FACES. 
          'CAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA BE RECOGNIZED. 
          YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT. 
          THIS IS TEXAS. 
          FREEDOM FORCE HAS NOTHING TO HIDE. 
          WE'VE NEVER HID OUR FACES FROM NOBODY. 
          AND YOU KNOW THAT FOR A FACT. 
          EVERYBODY SITTING IN FRONT OF ME KNOWS THAT ANYBODY IN OUR ORGANIZATION, EVERYBODY ACROSS TEXAS KNOWS WHEN THIS IS TEXAS FREEDOM FORCES AROUND, WE'D HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. 
          SO THAT MEANS YOUR COMMENTS WERE TAKEN VERY PERSONAL WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. 
          WE DID HIDE. 
          WE DID NOT HIDE. 
          WE COVERED OUR PHS BECAUSE THAT WAS YOUR ORDINANCE. 
          POLICE CHIEF WAS OUT THERE AND AND HE SAW IT. 
          THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ANYTHING WE DID. 
          THERE'S MANY PEOPLE THAT TALKED, LIKE BRANDON SAID, WE HAD MANY PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. 
          AND THAT'S THE THING, IT'S AN INSULT TO US. 
          IT, MY THING WAS THIS, YOUR TRUE COLORS HAVE COME OUT AND MANY SAN ANTONIOS ARE FINALLY LEARNING THAT. 
          THE OTHER SUBJECT I WANT TO TOUCH WAS, WAS MR. MANNING, BUT HE'S NOT HERE. 
          BUT THIS, THIS MESSAGE THAT HE COMPARED US TO A BUNCH OF CLOWNS. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT? HE KNOWS US AS WELL AS YOU DO. 
          WE ARE OUT HERE DOING A SERVICE TO TEXAS AND Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO TAKE IT AWAY. 
          ALL I CAN SAY IS KEEP ON TRYING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT STOPPING WHAT, WHAT WE STARTED OUT TO DO. 
          DON'T INSULT US AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          FOLLOWED BY FRANK GARCIA. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE UP HERE. 
          UH, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO TALK ON 20 DASH 27 0 2, BUT IT WAS CHANGED. 
          SO I'LL GO TO THIS HERE. 
          UM, I WANNA READ THIS TO YOU. 
          UH, THE WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT ON WINSTON RULED AGAINST GOVERNOR TONY EVERS, A DEMOCRAT STAY-AT-HOME ORDER SAYING HE DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ACT WITHOUT CONSULTING THE STATE LEGISLATURE. 
          THE COURT RULED FOUR TO THREE, MEANING THE REPUBLICAN LED LEGISLATURE, THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR AND THE STATE HEALTHCARE OFFICIALS MUST COME TOGETHER TO DETERMINE HOW THE STATE WILL REOPEN AND ON WHAT TIMELINE. 
          AND THAT BEING SAID, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH. 
          AND AGAIN, I ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO ME RIGHT NOW, I RESENT WHAT YOU CALLED THIS AS BEING KKU KLOS COLLECT MEMBERS. 
          DO I LOOK LIKE, UH, SOMEBODY THAT WOULD BELONG TO THE KKU KLAS CLAN? I DON'T THINK SO. 
          MR. RIVERA, UH, AND SIR, FOLKS ON THE LIST, SIR. 
          UM, I HAVE TO REMIND YOU TO STICK TO THE ITEM YOU SIGNED UP FOR. 
          WELL, I TRIED, BUT YOU CHANGED AGENDA. 
          YOUR COMMENTS ARE, ARE PERTAINING GERMANE TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE. 
          IT'S DICTATED. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, YOU, YOU, YOU CHANGED THE AGENDA, SO I FIGURED I COULD CHANGE IT AS WELL. 
          BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. 
          THANK YOU, MR. RIVERA. 
          FRANK GARCIA. 
          MR. GARCIA, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY LAMAR HENRY. 
          MR. MR. GARCIA, YOU WERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. 
          I DID SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM EIGHT. 
          I WAS GOING TO COVER SORT OF THE SAME THING THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, BUT, UH, YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT IT? I'LL TALK ABOUT UNNECESSARY SPENDING THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH. 
          IT IS SENSELESS, IT IS IDIOTIC THAT THERE IS NO MONEY TO FIX THE STREETS OUT IN, OUT, OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          BUT EXCUSES ARE COMING DOWN A DOZEN. 
          I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU GUYS WANNA, WANNA COMMIT SO MUCH MONEY, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR, UH, HEAVY EQUIPMENT OR, OR ANY, ANY, ANYTHING AS SUCH WHEN YOU GUYS KEEP CRYING ABOUT HOW SHORTFALL THE MONEY IS COMING. 
          I, THIS MORNING, FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS COMING DOWN 35, AN OFFICER IN A MARK UNIT SS A P D UNIT COMING FROM NATALIA A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR DOWN THE HIGHWAY. 
          I STOPPED HIM AND I CHALLENGED HIM. 
          WHY WAS HE GOING SO FAST? HE SAID HE WAS A SWAT OFFICER AND HE WAS A CANINE. 
          WHAT THE HELL IS A COP TAKING A CAR FOR IN NATALIA? THAT'S WHY THE STATE OR THE CITY IS SO MESSED UP. 
          THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS WITH, WITH THIS CITY SPENDING. 
          WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          WE VOTED ON, ON THE, ON THE PROPOSAL AND A PROJECT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GOING THROUGH THE CITIZENS. 
          NOT ONE ITEM HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO 
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THE CITIZEN, BUT THE SPENDING IS OUTRAGEOUS. 
          BEFORE REAL QUIT SPENDING OUR TAX DOLLARS. 
          YOU MIGHT NOT CARE, MR. TIO MIGHT NOT CARE, BUT BE HONEST AND TELL THE PEOPLE WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING. 
          FOR THAT ALAMO PROJECT, YOU KNOW VERY WELL THAT IT'S GOING TO BE COMING SOONER OR LATER TO THE PUBLIC, TO THE CITIZENS, THE TAXPAYERS, THE HOMEOWNERS. 
          YOU MAY NOT CARE. 
          WE CARE. 
          WE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          I LEFT SAN ANTONIO FOR A PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL I RETIRED FROM THE SERVICE, AND I'M PROUD OF IT. 
          THANK YOU MR. GARCIA. 
          LAMAR HENRY, MR. HENRY, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER PASS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALMOST THREE YEARS OF WATCHING FOLLOWING THIS CITY HALL TO BECOME CONVINCED THAT SAN ANTONIO IS ILL SERVED BY THIS COUNCIL AND ITS CENTERPIECE, THE MAYOR. 
          WHEN I FIRST BEGAN SPEAKING HERE, I EXPECTED I'D BE ADDRESSING A GROUP OF COMMON SENSE OFFICIALS WHO HAD BEEN CONNED INTO THE DISHONORABLE TRAVIS PARK FIASCO BY A NUMBER OF WORTHLESS BIGOTS. 
          BUT AFTER THAT DISGRACEFUL ACTION, I BEGAN TO HAVE MY DOUBTS. 
          AS I SAW THE ALAMO CORPORATE LAND GRAB REINVENTION PLAN LITERALLY DECREED INTO EXISTENCE. 
          I KNEW PRINCIPLE AND CREDIBILITY WAS DISAPPEARING. 
          NOTHING SINCE THEN HAS CHANGED MY MIND. 
          THIS CITY COUNCIL ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN. 
          YOUR HANDS ARE NOT CLEAN HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS, AFTER OUR SAY THE SENATE RALLY ON APRIL THE 25TH AND EXERCISING OUR FIRST AND SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS, SNIDE REMARKS WERE MADE IMPLYING THAT OUR MEMBERS WERE USED, USED TO WEARING MASKS BECAUSE FOR WHAT? ANTIFA ROBBERS ARE RACIST LIKE THE K K K OR BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
          OF COURSE, WE ARE NOTHING OF THE KIND AND WE DESERVE A PUBLIC APOLOGY FOR THAT. 
          WE EXPECT THAT THE WORST CASE OF LIBERAL POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. 
          HOWEVER, IT'S TELLING CITIZENS THAT THE WORDS CHINESE A WUHAN VIRUS IS RACIST OR HATE SPEECH. 
          NONE OF YOU CHAIR WARMERS HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THAT CALL. 
          THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH REFERRING TO A PLACE OF ORIGIN WHEN NAMING SOMETHING LIKE THE SPANISH FLU IRISH WHISKEY SAN ANTONIO CITY HALL OR BOSTON TEA PARTY. 
          THIS IS NOT HATE SPEECH. 
          IT'S NOT EVEN HATEFUL SPEECH. 
          IF A FEW GET THEIR DRAWERS IN A WATER OVER THAT. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T CARE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. HENRY. 
          EVEN IF THIS WERE REALLY HATE SPEECH, AND IF NOT, JENNIFER, PAUSE, IT WOULD NOT IF A REALLY A LOW POINT FOR THIS SAUDI COUNCIL PARTY. 
          JENNIFER POZ OBJECTIONS ARE BEGINNING TO MS. POZ, COME FORWARD AT THE PODIUM OR YOU'LL FORFEIT YOUR TIME IN NATURE. 
          THIS COUNSEL, MR. HENRY, IT SHOWS YOUR TIME IS UP. 
          MR. HENRY. 
          YOU, MS. PAZ, IF YOU'D LIKE YOUR TIME, YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT NOW. 
          OTHERWISE, I'M GONNA MOVE TO THE NEXT PERSON WAY. 
          DON'T MOVE THE SENATE TASK. 
          MR. HENRY. 
          YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LEAVE THE PODIUM. 
          MS. PAZ, PLEASE. 
          MS. PAZ, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MONIQUE DOOLITTLE. 
          MS. ADAMS, YOU OPPOSE 20 DASH 27 0 2. 
          I ALSO CAME HERE TO TODAY TO REMIND YOU THAT ENFORCING ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN OR CANNOT SAY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. 
          ACCORDING TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT, WHICH READS, UM, IT PROHIBITS THE GOVERNMENT FROM MAKING LAWS WHICH REGULATES ANY ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, PROHIBITS THE FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION OR A BRIDGE, THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, THE FREEDOM OF PRESS, THE RIGHT TO PEACEFULLY ASSEMBLE, OR THE RIGHT TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR REDRESS OF NCES. 
          OUR RIGHTS DON'T EXPIRE BASED ON Y'ALL'S BELIEFS OR ANY PERSONAL FEELINGS THAT YOU HAVE OR AN AGENDA. 
          THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT OUR MOTHER. 
          OUR DUTY AS CITIZENS IS TO STAND UP TO A TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT AND UNJUST LAWS. 
          THOMAS JEFFERSON SAID, WHEN THE GOVERNMENT FEARS THE PEOPLE, THERE IS LIBERTY. 
          WHEN THE PEOPLE FEAR THE GOVERNMENT, THERE IS TYRANNY. 
          YOU HAVE BEEN PUT ON NOTICE. 
          THANK YOU MS. BOZ. 
          MAY. 
          MAYOR, MAYOR, IF I MAY GO AHEAD. 
          UM, UH, YOU DID MAKE THE POINT EARLIER THAT, UM, THE, UH, CITIZENS THAT ARE HERE TO SPEAK SHOULD SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS MERELY CITIZENS AGAIN. 
          HUH? MERELY MENTIONING, MERELY MENTIONING AN ORDINANCE. 
          TWO MINUTES. 
          AND YOU TELL WHAT TO SAY TOO. 
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AND THEN NOT SPEAKING AT ALL ABOUT IT. 
          MAYOR DOES NOT, DOES NOT, UH, COMPLY WITH THAT REQUIREMENT. 
          OKAY? THANK YOU CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. 
          MONIQUE DOOLITTLE. 
          MONIQUE DO. 
          BRANDON, WE'RE GONNA TAKE, WE'RE GONNA MAINTAIN ORDER IN THIS, IN THIS ROOM SO WE CAN HEAR FROM THE CITIZENS. 
          OKAY? IF YOU CAN'T MAINTAIN ORDER, I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU TO LEAVE MONIQUE DOOLITTLE. 
          MS. DOOLITTLE, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL DOOLITTLE AND MS. DOOLITTLE, YOU ARE SPE YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. 
          OKAY? I AM HERE. 
          I SIGNED UP FOR THAT AND I DO OPPOSE EIGHT. 
          'CAUSE WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME, MAKE A LITTLE MORE SENSE WHAT WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY ON. 
          BUT I'M ALSO HERE TO EXERCISE MY RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. 
          I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE YOU HAVE BROUGHT NATIONAL ATTENTION TO OUR AMAZING CITY. 
          NOT FOR ITS BEAUTY OR ITS DIVERSITY. 
          PREFER HAVING LEADERSHIP THAT IS MAKING UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAWS THAT SOD VIOLATIONS TO THE CONSTITUTION CANNOT GO UNCHALLENGED. 
          WHEN OUR GOVERNMENT BECOMES TYRANNICAL. 
          IT IS OUR DUTY TO GOD AND TO COUNTRY TO RESIST SUCH OVERREACH. 
          YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION, BUT LATELY YOU HAVE NOT JUST IGNORED YOUR OATH, BUT YOU HAVE ACTUALLY VIOLATED THAT OATH. 
          FOR THIS, YOU MUST BE FACED WITH OPPOSITION. 
          THIS CITY DESERVES LEADERSHIP THAT WILL UPHOLD THEIR OATH TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. 
          NOT JUST NOT THOSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY WILLING TO FIGHT AGAINST THOSE THINGS. 
          THANK YOU MS. DOOLITTLE. 
          MICHAEL DOOLITTLE. 
          MICHAEL DOOLITTLE, CATHERINE STARR. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          OWEN SCHROER. 
          MIKE, CAN YOU HOLD THIS? I DON'T WANT TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL 'CAUSE THIS CITY COUNCIL IS A JOKE. 
          THIS CITY COUNCIL IS A JOKE. 
          THEY'RE UP PLAYING. 
          MR. SCHROER, YOUR TIME'S NOT UP YET. 
          THEY'RE UP HERE PLAYING KINDERGARTEN, TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK AND THEY TELL YOU WHAT TO SAY. 
          NO DESERVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. CORONAVIRUS IS DEADLIEST THE FLU, AND YET WE HAVE TO CLOSE OUR LIVES. 
          OH, WHY NOT? HE'S PLAYING. 
          WHY NOT HE PLAYING? STEVE, MS. STAR, STAR MS. STAR IS MS. STARR HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          JESUS RODRIGUEZ. 
          MICHAEL DOOLITTLE. 
          I NEED TO GET A CHANCE. 
          MS. DOOLITTLE. 
          MR. DOOLITTLE. 
          MR. DOOLITTLE. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, MR. DOOLITTLE. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          UH, I DON'T HAVE A BETTER PREPARED SPEECH. 
          I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING ON THE, THIS AGENDA ITEM, UH, ABOUT THE VACCINATION MONEY BEING SPENT TOWARDS VACCINATION TRACKING AND, UM, I AM A FATHER OF A VACCINE INJURED CHILD. 
          THINGS I WISH I WOULD'VE KNOWN THAT IN 1983, UH, A BAD D P T VACCINE CAUSED $3.8 BILLION IN INJURIES TO US CHILDREN. 
          THE RESULT OF THAT WAS THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES PUTTING THEIR HANDS UP TELLING CONGRESS, WE ARE NOT GONNA MAKE VACCINES UNLESS WE GET FULL AND UTTER IMMUNITY. 
          THIS LED TO THE NATIONAL VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION ACT OF 1986, REMOVING ALL LIABILITY FROM VACCINE MANUFACTURERS, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND DOCTORS. 
          I WISH I'VE KNOWN THAT IN THIS DAY AND AGE WE HAVE GENETICS THAT COULD HAVE TOLD ME THAT MY SON IS ACCEPTABLE TO VACCINE INJURY. 
          I KNOW YOUR CHILD IS PERFECTLY SAFE AND HAD ALL THEIR VACCINES. 
          MY SON HAS SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS, CTLA FOUR TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, AND, UH, INTERLEUKIN 13, WHICH ARE GENETIC DEFECTS, WHICH DO NOT ALLOW HIS IMMUNE SYSTEM TO SHUT OFF. 
          I WISH THAT I WOULD'VE KNOWN THAT THE D T P VACCINE THAT 
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WAS TAKEN OFF THE MARKET IN 1986 WAS NOT REPLACED WITH A VACCINE THAT WENT THROUGH A DOUBLE-BLIND SAFETY PLACEBO TEST. 
          THAT NO VACCINE ON THE MARKET HAS EVER GONE THROUGH THAT. 
          AND SINCE THE VACCINE MANUFACTURERS NOW HAVE COMPLETE AND UTTER LIABILITY, THE CHILDHOOD VACCINE SCHEDULE HAS GONE FROM 13 VACCINES WHEN YOU AND I WERE A CHILD TO 72 DOSES BY THE AGE OF VAC. 
          UH, 18. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PERSONAL CONVERSATION WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS IF YOU WOULD PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND WE COULD SCHEDULE SOMETHING AFTER THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. RODRIGUEZ. 
          OKAY, THAT IS EVERYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          UH, ARE THERE ANY COLLEAGUES WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AT THIS TIME? ALRIGHT, IF THERE ARE NONE, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THAT MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS TO SAVE FOR FOUR, FIVE, AND NINE POINT ORDER. 
          OH, I'M SORRY, JACK, YOU GOT BURIED IN HERE. 
          OKAY, JACK, YOU'RE UP. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT, JACK, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ON ITEM. 
          WHAT SIGN WHAT ITEM DID YOU SIGN UP FOR JACK ITEM SEVERAL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, SIR. 
          ITEM 14, 15, 17, AND 18. 
          HOLD ON ONE SECOND, JACK, LET ME MAKE SURE YOU'RE SIGNED UP. 
          JACK, YOU'RE NOT SIGNED UP ON CONSENT TO AGENDA ITEMS. I HAVE YOU LISTED AS ITEMS FOUR AND ITEMS FIVE. 
          I'M SORRY THAT YOUR STAFFER DIDN'T RELAY THE INFORMATION, BUT I DID. 
          YOU CAN CHECK WITH YOUR CITY CLERK THERE, SIR. 
          I DID SIGN UP ON JACK. 
          YOU'RE HERE ALL THE TIME. 
          I'M NOT GONNA DOUBT YOU. 
          SO GO AHEAD. 
          DO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD. 
          MY NAME IS JACK, THE NOTORIOUS JACK M FINGER. 
          YES, MR. MAYOR, I, SPEAKING OF NOTORIOUS, I NOTICE THAT, UH, YOU, WE NORMALLY ARE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          YOU'VE ONLY, YOU'VE CUT OUR TIME DOWN TO ABOUT A THIRD THERE. 
          UM HMM. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, UH, YES. 
          UH, JUST FOR ANYONE'S INFORMATION, UH, MR. NUREMBERG WAS AROUND TO VOTE FOR THAT DISCRIMINATORY NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE SOME YEARS AGO. 
          YES. 
          WELL, MR. MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I WISH TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION. 
          A FEW ITEMS ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA. 
          UH, SOME VERY LIBERAL GIVEAWAYS THAT Y'ALL HAVE ALWAYS SEEMED TO DO WEEK AFTER WEEK NUMBER 1415 ARE SO-CALLED APPROVAL OF THE, OF SOME BONDS THAT, UM, THE LAS VADOS PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION IS GONNA TAKE, UH, GOING TO HAVE FOR THEIR WELFARE HOUSING. 
          WELFARE HOUSING ON, ON THE AREA OF, UH, KALA CALIBRA ROAD AND CALLAHAN ROAD. 
          ANYONE LIVING THAT AREA MAY WANNA TALK WITH MS. GONZALEZ, WHO IS NOT IN HER SEAT AT THIS TIME. 
          YES. 
          UH, THAT'S GOING, THAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE THERE. 
          AND THEN ELSEWHERE, THERE'S GOING TO BE ITEM NUMBER 17 AND 18. 
          YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION. 
          NO OBJECTION TO THE FACT THAT THERE'S GONNA BE WELFARE HOUSING ON THE, UH, AREA AND YES, MS. UH, UM, LET'S SEE. 
          MS. ILLA, GRAND DISTRICT, DISTRICT FOUR. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THE, THE, UH, OLD PURO ROAD AND LUKE FOUR 10 AREA. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GIVING YOUR, YOUR BLESSING TO THE WELFARE HOUSING OVER THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, MR. VIS, MA'AM, IF YOU WOULD, UH, PUT UP, UM, UH, THAT, UH, THAT ONE THAT SHOWS THAT LIST? YEAH, THAT WAS FOR, FOR THE EARLIER ONE. 
          AND THIS IS ONE, ONE THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          NOW, YOU CAN JUST SEE IF YOU CAN BLOW THAT, THAT LIST THERE. 
          YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          UM, A A, THIS WELFARE HOUSING FOUR UNITS AT 30% AND BELOW THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, UH, FOR NUMBER OF UNITS THAT, UH, WHAT IS IT, 10% BELOW THE, AND BELOW THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, ON AND ON AND ON. 
          YES. 
          SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY FOR THAT. 
          AND GUESS WHO YOU, THE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO IT THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. 
          OKAY. 
          WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 4, 4, 5, AND NINE. 
          SHE'S ON FOUR. 
          OKAY. 
          MS. WATTS, UH, YOUR ITEM IS BEING HEARD INDIVID. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          IT'S OKAY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          UH, MS. DAVIS. 
          THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          ITEM FOUR IS OUR, THE PRESENTATION ALREADY OCCURRED SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT THREW ME OFF. 
          SO GO AHEAD, MS. DAVIS. 
          WELL, GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF YOU. 
          ALL WE WANT, I ACTUALLY AM BRINGING GOOD NEWS AND WE REALLY WANNA RECOGNIZE THIS MORNING WE RECOGNIZED UNDER ITEM FOUR 
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THERE ARE HEALTH WORKERS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER SET OF FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZING. 
          THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WEEK. 
          AND WE WANTED TO JUST REALLY BE ABLE TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS YESTERDAY, OUR MEMBERS IN THE EAST SIDE COMMUNITY, WEST CARE, CENTENNIAL, FIGHTING BACK, NEIGHBORHOOD FIRST ALLIANCE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS, UM, AND L AUSTIN COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          WE GATHERED AT THE EAST SUBSTATION TO ACTUALLY AWARD, UM, TO ACTUALLY EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION. 
          WE PUT UP A BANNER, BUT WE ALSO GAVE ALL OF OUR OFFICERS HAND SANITIZERS AND GIVE CARDS SO THAT WE COULD, THEY COULD ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING FOR THEMSELVES. 
          SO WE JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THEM PUBLICLY AND THAT THE WHOLE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RECOGNIZES. 
          I HAVE A 30 YEAR HISTORY WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I CAN TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, TRULY FIRSTHAND THAT THEY WERE THERE. 
          WHEN WE USHERED IN COMMUNITY POLICING, I ACTUALLY WORKED ON THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION UNDER ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT AND ATTORNEY GENERAL RENO. 
          WE ACTUALLY, SAN ANTONIO WAS AWARDED THAT. 
          SO FOR 10 YEARS WE WORKED ON CRIME PREVENTION. 
          THEY WERE THERE WHEN WE DID THE INNER CITY GAMES AND SERVED 8,000 PEOPLE, 8,000 YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THIS CITY. 
          THEY WERE THERE HAVE TO ISSUE AND SELL YOU ON PATROL. 
          AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT. 
          LOTS OF TIMES YOU'LL HEAR NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT THE EAST SIDE, BUT WE'RE ON A CRUSADE TO TALK ABOUT THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT HAPPEN ON THE EAST SIDE. 
          AND ONE OF THEM IS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS. 
          WE WANTED TO JUST THANK THEM. 
          AND CHIEF, YOU HAVE A CARD. 
          YOU'VE GOT YOURS OVER THERE TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THAT WAS IT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, MS. DAVIS, AND APOLOGIZE FOR THAT CONFUSION. 
          UH, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES, I WILL ASK THAT CONSENT. 
          UH, THE CONSENT TO VOTE INCLUDE ITEM FOUR BECAUSE THE PRESENTATION WAS ALREADY MADE. 
          UH, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THE CONSENT, UH, MOTION WILL INCLUDE ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR FOUR, EXCUSE ME, ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR FIVE AND NINE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR FIVE AND NINE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM FIVE, WILL, ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING RESIDENTIAL LANDLORDS TO PROVIDE A NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION PRIOR TO A NOTICE TO VACATE A RESIDENTIAL TENANCY AS A RESULT OF C, THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC. 
          ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. 
          UM, I  THIS MORNING. 
          UH, I DO WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS NOT A STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 
          UH, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT'S COMING FROM, UH, UH, THE, UH, CERTAIN, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          UH, BUT I DID WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE ORDINANCE IS AND A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND IN TERMS OF WHAT'S, UH, OUT THERE IN TERMS OF EVICTION RELIEF, IN TERMS OF, UH, MORATORIUMS ON THE EVICTION PROCESS. 
          AND SO, WE'LL, WE'LL DO THAT FIRST SLIDE PLEASE. 
          AGAIN, A RECAP OF WHAT TEXAS LAW ESTABLISHES AS THE LEGAL PROCESS FOR EVICTIONS. 
          UH, THERE'S CERTAIN REASONS THAT A TENANT CAN BE EVICTED FROM THEIR PREMISES. 
          UH, THE ORDINANCE FOCUSES ON THAT FIRST ONE, WHICH IS FAILURE TO PAY RENT. 
          UM, AND THE OTHER ONES I ARE NOT IMPACTED BY, UH, THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED. 
          THE FIRST STEP IN THE, UH, EVICTION PROCESS THAT'S LAID OUT UNDER STATE LAW IS THAT IF THERE IS A FAILURE TO PAY, THE TENANT IS PROVIDED A THREE DAY NOTICE TO VACATE OR QUIT. 
          UH, SO THAT'S REALLY THE FIRST LEGAL STEP, UH, IN THE STATE LAW. 
          UH, THE NEXT THING THAT HAPPENS IS THAT THERE'S AN ACTUAL, UH, PROCEEDING FILED, UH, WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THAT, UM, NOTICE TO VACATE BEING ISSUED BY THE LANDLORD. 
          UH, AND THOSE ARE FILED IN JP COURT, THE COUNTY JP COURTS. 
          UH, AFTER THAT, THERE IS AN EVICTION HEARING, UH, THAT'S CONDUCTED IN JP COURT. 
          UH, SO WHEN I TALK LATER ON ABOUT PROCEEDINGS, THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THIS STEP NUMBER THREE. 
          UM, AND THEN AFTER THERE'S AN E EVICTION HEARING IN FRONT OF THE JP COURT, IF THE, UH, JP COURT FINDS IN FAVOR OF THE LANDLORD, UH, THEN THE, UH, TENANT HAS A FIVE DAY, UH, PERIOD WHERE HE CAN APPEAL THAT. 
          UH, IF THERE IS NO APPEAL, THEN THE LANDLORD CAN GO AND GET A WR OF POSSESSION. 
          AND IT'S AT THAT POINT AND STEP NUMBER FIVE, UH, THAT THE TENANT CAN BE FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES. 
          UM, SO I WANT TO, UH, I WANT THE, UH, COUNSEL TO KEY ON TWO ITEMS. NUMBER TWO IS WHERE THE PROPOSED, UH, THE PROPOSED NOTICE OF POSSIBLE EVICTION. 
          IT'LL COME BEFORE STEP NUMBER TWO. 
          UM, AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROCEEDINGS LATER ON IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE MORTOR, THE MORATORIUMS, THAT REALLY APPLIES TO STEP NUMBER THREE. 
          UH, SO WITH THAT BACKGROUND, I'LL GO INTO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
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THERE ARE CURRENT, UH, CURRENT, UH, ORDERS ON THE EVICTIONS. 
          THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT, UH, AND BAIRD COUNTY HAVE SUSPENDED EVICTION PROCEEDINGS. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS THE HEARING BEFORE THE JP COURT UNTIL MAY 18TH. 
          THE JP COURTS THEMSELVES HAS SUSPENDED, UH, ANY EVICTION PROCEEDINGS UNTIL JUNE ONE. 
          UM, AND SO ANY OF THE PREVIOUS STEPS, INCLUDING, UH, THE ABILITY TO FILE A NOTICE TO VACATE THOSE CAN TAKE PLACE. 
          UH, 'CAUSE THAT COMES BEFORE THE ACTUAL EVICTION PROCEEDING OR THE EVICTION HEARING. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE THE CARESS ACT MORATORIUM ON EVICTION FILINGS. 
          SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED FILINGS BECAUSE THAT'S EVEN A STEP PROCEEDING, I'M SORRY, A STEP BEFORE THE EVICTION PROCEEDING OR THE HEARING IN JP COURT. 
          AND, UH, I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, DETAIL ABOUT THE CARESS ACT MORATORIUM, UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, THE, UH, CARESS ACT, MOR MORATORIUM, UH, IT PROHIBITS NEW FILINGS. 
          SO YOU CAN'T EVEN FILE, UH, AN EVICTION HEARING WITH THE COURT UNTIL JULY 24TH, 2020. 
          UH, BUT THIS CARES ACT MORATORIUM ONLY APPLIES, UH, TO THOSE UNITS THAT HAVE SOME, UH, FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, OR FEDERAL GRANT APPLIED TO IT, SUCH AS HUD, FANNIE MAE, FREDDIE MAC, RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM, OR THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ESTIMATING THANKS TO LORI HOUSTON AND HER TEAM. 
          WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT ABOUT 50% OF SAN ANTONIO UNITS ARE COVERED BY THIS CARESS ACT MORATORIUM. 
          UH, A KEY FEATURE OF THIS MORATORIUM IS THAT LANDLORDS ARE PROHIBITED FROM CHARGING LATE FEES OR PENALTIES. 
          ALSO UNDER THIS CARESS ACT MORATORIUM, UM, LANDLORDS ALSO CANNOT EVICT A TENANT AFTER THE MORATORIUM IS LIFTED UNTIL THEY HAVE PROVIDED 30 DAYS NOTICE ABOUT AN EVICTION. 
          SO, EVEN AFTER THE MORATORIUM IS LIFTED, YOU STILL HAVE TO PROVIDE THE TENANT 30 DAYS NOTICE UNDER THE CARES ACT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE GUIDANCE. 
          THIS IS NOT AN ACTUAL, UH, MORATORIUM AT ALL OR AN ORDER, BUT IT'S AN INITIATIVE BY THE TEXAS REALTORS ASSOCIATION ASKING ESSENTIALLY THEIR LANDLORDS TO WORK WITH THEIR TENANTS WHO ARE HAVING TROUBLE PAYING RENT. 
          BECAUSE OF C O V I D, IT ENCOURAGES LANDLORDS TO ACT EARLY IN MAKING ACCOMMODATIONS WITH TENANTS, UH, WHO WILL BE FACING FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS BECAUSE OF C OVID 19. 
          AND IT ENCOURAGES 'EM, IT ENCOURAGES THEM TO COME UP WITH A LEASE PAYMENT PLAN, UH, SO THAT THE UH, TENANT DOES NOT FEEL THE PRESSURE OF HAVING TO HAVE PAYMENTS EVERY MONTH IF THEY ARE, AGAIN, UNDER SOME FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TODAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, IS BASED ON A COUPLE OF CURRENT ORDINANCES THAT ARE IN PLACE BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          UH, LIKE THIS ORDINANCE THAT'S BEFORE YOU, IT CALLS FOR A 60 DAY PRE NOTICE BEFORE YOU ISSUE A NOTICE TO VACATE, UH, SOME KEY DIFFERENCES. 
          THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, IT APPLIES TO RESIDENTIAL UNITS ONLY. 
          UH, AND THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THE CITY OF AUSTIN COVERS BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. 
          UM, THE OTHER KEY DIFFERENCE IS THAT, UM, ONE ENDS AT THE END OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER. 
          UH, THE ONE IN AUSTIN ENDS 61 DAYS AFTER THE EMERGENCY ORDER. 
          THEY BOTH CALL FOR FINES UP TO $500. 
          UM, AND A KEY TO BOTH OF 'EM IS THERE IS NO WAIVER OR FOR FORGIVENESS OF RENTAL OBLIGATIONS UNDER BOTH ORDINANCES. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO NOW TURNING SPECIFICALLY TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, UH, LANDLORDS WILL BE REQUIRED, THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION DE TENANTS BEFORE THEY ISSUE THAT NOTICE TO VACATE. 
          SO IN OTHER WORDS, BEFORE THAT FIRST STEP THAT'S OUTLINED UNDER LANDLORD TENANT LAW, THE LANDLORD WILL, WOULD HAVE TO ISSUE A PROPOSED NOTICE OF EVICTION 60 DAYS BEFORE THEY, UH, PROVIDE A NOTICE TO VACATE IF THE, UH, LANDLORD AND TENANT, UH, THEN DURING THAT PERIOD HAVE THE ABILITY TO REACH A PAYMENT AGREEMENT, UH, OR REACH AN ACCOMMODATION IN TERMS OF PAYMENT SCHEDULE. 
          BUT IF THAT'S NOT REACHED AFTER THAT 60 DAY PERIOD, THEN ONLY AND ONLY THEN CAN THE LANDLORD ISSUE THE THREE DAY NOTICE TO VACATE, AND THEN THE SAME PROCESS AS OUTLINED BEFORE, UH, WOULD BE FOLLOWED IN TERMS OF AN EVICTION. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, THE, UH, 60 DAY NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION WILL BE REQUIRED, UH, ONCE, UH, THE ORDINANCE BECOMES EFFECTIVE. 
          UH, IF IT PASSES WITH EIGHT VOTES, IT'LL BE EFFECTIVE TODAY. 
          UH, IF IT PASSES WITH LESS THAN EIGHT VOTES, IT'LL BE EFFECTIVE 10 DAYS FROM NOW. 
          UH, THE REQUIREMENT 
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TO ISSUE THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION, UH, PRIOR TO ISSUING THE NOTICE OF VA VACATE UNDER THIS ORDINANCE WILL EXTEND UNTIL SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2020. 
          FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCE IS A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR, UH, PUNISHABLE BY A FINE UP TO $500. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          AGAIN, FOCUSING ON THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEFORE COUNCIL. 
          IT APPLIES TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ONLY. 
          UH, IT DOES NOT REQUIRE DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW NON-PAYMENT RELATED TO C OVID 19. 
          UH, ONE OF THE OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS DOES REQUIRE THAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT REQUIRE IT. 
          UH, AND SIMILAR TO THE, UH, ORDINANCES IN DALLAS AND IN AUSTIN, IT DOES NOT WAVE OR FORGIVE ANY ACCUMULATED RENT FEES OR PENALTIES. 
          AND IMPORTANTLY, IT'LL BE THE JP COURTS THAT'LL DETERMINE WHETHER FAILURE TO PROVIDE THIS, UH, NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION WILL INDEED HALT, STOP OR DELAY IN ACTUAL EVICTION PROCEEDING. 
          THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ANY INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY TO INTERJECT THEMSELVES INTO THE EVICTION PROCESS. 
          SO IT'LL BE UP TO THE JP COURTS, UH, TO DETERMINE WHETHER FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE NOTICE WILL INDEED STOP AN EVICTION PROCEEDING. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR, UH, THE OVERVIEW OF THE ORDINANCE, AND, UH, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, ANDY. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE MANY CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE. 
          UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE EVERYONE IN ORDER, JUST AS WE DID BEFORE. 
          UH, EVERYONE WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          I'LL CALL THE SECOND NAME UP IF YOU CAN BEGIN TO MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM, AND WE WILL SANITIZE IN BETWEEN, UH, EACH OF THE SPEAKERS. 
          UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE A MICROPHONE ON THE STAND SO YOU DON'T NEED TO, UM, MAKE ANY CONTACT WITH IT. 
          WE'LL START WITH ELIZABETH PATA, FOLLOWED BY MOLLY. 
          MS. PATA, ARE YOU HERE? OKAY, MOLLY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE UP. 
          MOLLY, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY GREG GIBSON. 
          HI. 
          WHAT A DAY, . 
          UM, 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE. 
          I'M TRYING, I LIMITED MY SPEECH. 
          20 YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING A MINIMUM WAGE JOB WHERE I BECAME INTIMATELY AWARE OF CORPORATE APARTMENT COMPLEXES HAVING ZERO MERCY FOR RENTERS. 
          I BECAME AWARE OF HOW PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES SEEK PROFIT OVER LOSSES TO SUCH EXTREME MEASURES, EVEN IF IT MEANS CUTTHROAT IN A PERSON'S SAFETY TO HOUSING. 
          YOU ARE ABOUT TO WITNESS THE LARGEST EVICTION OF RENT ROLLS NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          HOMELESSNESS OF PEOPLE WILL BE YOUR LARGEST SEGMENT OF SOCIETY THAT YOU CURRENTLY, UNFORTUNATELY, ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE SAFETY AT THIS TIME. 
          N H SS D EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS ALREADY TWO TO THREE MONTHS BEHIND. 
          SOME PEOPLE FURLOUGHED WILL NOT REGAIN THEIR JOBS. 
          SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR STIMULUS OR CAN'T EVEN GET UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. 
          SOME PEOPLE NEED THE 60 DAY EXTENSION. 
          PLEASE HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART. 
          SOME PEOPLE NEED THE 60 DAY TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT. 
          AND SO IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA COME UP WITH A VERY LARGE SAFE PARKING LOT PROGRAM, THEN PLEASE VOTE YES ON THE RIGHT TO CARE ORDINANCE TODAY. 
          GIVE RENTERS A FIGHTING CHANCE TO HOUSING. 
          HOUSING IS A RIGHT OF EVERY PERSON. 
          IT IS A RIGHT TO BE HOUSED. 
          STOP THE ABUSIVENESS OF THE, OF THE CORPORATE APARTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPLEXES AND OTHER LANDLORDS. 
          THE UNFORTUNATE REALITY IN THIS CITY IS THAT CORPORATE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND OTHER LANDLORDS, I DETERMINE NOT TO SUFFER BUSINESS LOSSES AS OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE. 
          EVEN IF IT MEANS, AGAIN, CUTTHROAT IN PEOPLE'S SAFETY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          ALL THEY ARE CONCERNED WITH IS PROFIT NOT LOST. 
          THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. 
          20 YEARS A DRAW DROPPING STORY AFTER STORY DESCRIBING A HEARTLESS INDUSTRY OF TAKEOVERS. 
          THANK YOU, MOLLY. 
          AND THE SHAMEFUL LOCATIONS. 
          VOTE YES, PLEASE, GREG GIBSON. 
          MR. GIBSON, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY KIM BRAGMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS GREG GIBSON. 
          I'M THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THE REX OF LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE PROPOSED 60 DAY EVICTION NOTICE ORDINANCE ON BEHALF OF OUR 1200 MEMBERS. 
          WE FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THIS 
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PROPOSED ORDINANCE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THAT A DRAFT OF THE ORDINANCE WAS NOT MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL EARLIER THIS WEEK. 
          WHILE WE APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF AN EXTREMELY UNUSUAL TIME WITH THE PANDEMIC, AN ORDINANCE SUCH AS THIS WILL HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE EFFECT ON THE SMALL PROPERTY OWNERS WHO SHOULD HAVE HAD SOME INPUT AND VETTING THROUGH A PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS. 
          IN THE LAST FEW DAYS SINCE WE LEARNED ABOUT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF EXPRESSING OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT THESE PROPOSED POLICIES WOULD HAVE, BOTH ON BOTH SMALL AND LARGE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          WHILE REX HAD GREATLY VALUES ITS WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY STAFF, I MUST SAY WE'RE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE COMPLETE ABSENCE OF TRANSPARENCY AND PROCESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPOSED POLICY. 
          THE I ILLEGALITY OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS ALSO VERY CONCERNING, BUT I'M SURE OTHERS WILL DISCUSS THAT MORE LATER TODAY. 
          SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO ON THE PROPOSED 60 DAY EVICTION NOTICE ORDINANCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. GIBSON. 
          KIM BRAGMAN, MS. BRAGMAN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MARTY HUTCHINSON. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M KIM BRAGMAN, THE 2020 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF REALTORS, UH, FOR THE SAN ANTONIO BOARD OF REALTORS. 
          ON BEHALF OF OUR MORE THAN 12,000 SAN ANTONIO AIR REALTORS, WE WANNA THANK THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP DURING THIS, UM, UNPRECEDENTED TIME. 
          IN LIGHT OF THE 60 DAY RIGHT TO CURE ORDINANCE, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO FULLY EXPLORE AND CAREFULLY WEIGH THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF SUCH MEASURES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          NEARLY ONE IN FOUR RENTER HOUSEHOLDS IN BEXAR COUNTY LIVE IN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AND MANY OF THOSE RENTAL HOMES ARE OWNED BY RESIDENTS OF THE CITY WHO ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING THE SAME FINANCIAL CHALLENGES RELATED TO THE C OVID 19 CRISIS. 
          THIS IS SIGNIFICANT. 
          AS MANY SAN ANTONIO LANDLORDS DO NOT QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL MORTGAGE FORBEARANCE AS THEY DO NOT HAVE MORTGAGES BACKED BY FANNIE MAE, FREDDIE MAC, OR ANOTHER FEDERAL AGENCY. 
          AND EVEN THOSE PROPERTIES WHO DO QUALIFY UNDER THE CARES ACT, THERE'S NO FORBEARANCE FOR PROPERTY TAXES, LIENS, AND A GROWING FINANCIAL BURDEN TO MAKE PAYMENTS IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT EXTEND THE SAME 60 DAY PROTECTION TO OWNERS FROM FORECLOSURE NOR PROHIBIT ACTIONS TAKEN BY BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO COLLECT MONIES. 
          OWED TENANTS HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO PAY RENT, AND LANDLORDS HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE QUALITY HOUSING. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THIS ORDINANCE ENCOURAGES RENTERS TO WITHHOLD OR POSTPONE RENT, RISKING BIGGER DEBT ON THEIR CREDIT SCORE AND POSSIBLE EVICTION AT A LATER DATE. 
          WE URGE THE COUNSEL TO CONSIDER IF IT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE SUCH AN ORDINANCE. 
          FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER ACTIONS ARE GOVERNED BY THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE. 
          SUCH CASES ARE HEARD BY THE JUSTICE AND COUNTY COURTS, WHICH IN SAN ANTONIO'S CASE, FALL UNDER THE PURVIEW OF BEXAR COUNTY. 
          SUCH ACTIONS TO THE CITY COULD BE CHALLENGED AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND UNDER AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL UNDER THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION. 
          WE URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS PROPOSITION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. BRAGMAN, MARTY HUTCHINSON. 
          MR. HUTCHINSON, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY PRISCILLA ORTIZ IS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          BACK IN 2008, 2009, WE FACED A VERY SERIOUS DEPRESSION INSIDE THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE OF THE FORECLOSURES THAT WERE CURRENT. 
          AT THAT TIME, I WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AT THE CENTRAL WARD REALTORS, AND ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE NORFOLK ASSOCIATION, OR NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MANAGERS. 
          NOW, THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE I SEE THIS AS A REPETITIVE TYPE SITUATION, BECAUSE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS THAT AS A STONE IS CAST INTO A POND, WE HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT. 
          AND SO THIS RIPPLE EFFECT IS GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND AFFECT EVERYONE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA AFFECT THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT IT'S GONNA BE PAID IN BECAUSE IF THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY CANNOT PAY THEIR OR GET THE RENTS IN, THEY CANNOT PAY THE PROPERTY TAXES. 
          SO IT'S GONNA BE AN ESCALATING TYPE EFFECT. 
          I HAD A INVESTOR OF MINE WRITE UP A SMALL THING, WHICH I'M GONNA READ AT THIS TIME. 
          TO BE HONEST, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE REASONS I'M CONSIDERING SELLING MY PROPERTY. 
          THEY TRIED TO TRIP A ASSET VALUE AFTER WE CLOSED IN 2016. 
          THIS IS WHY I'M NOT INTERESTED IN DOING ANY FURTHER RENOVATIONS. 
          THE CITY IS NOT MOTIVATED INVESTORS TO COME AND SPEND MONEY. 
          I'M ALL ABOUT GIVING BACK TO COMMUNITY, BUT THESE CHANGES OF FAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES WILL PUT A FULL STOP ON NEW INVESTING IN THE AREA. 
          I KNOW A LOT OF THE INVESTORS THAT COME TO BUILD GROUND UP IN SAN ANTONIO GUIDE RE RUDE AWAKENING WHEN THEY SAW THE AGGRESSIVE PROPERTY TAX INCREASES. 
          THE CITY'S TRYING TO JUMP US FROM 2.5 MILLION 
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TO 3 MILLION A YEAR. 
          I HAVE TO, AGAIN, SPEND MORE MONEY ON ATTORNEYS TO FIGHT THIS GRIFF THING. 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS DONE SUCH A GOOD, PHENOMENAL JOB OF PROMOTING CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WITH THE SPURS, THE TOP OF COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL EVENTS THAT COME TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          I ASK YOU TO VOTE FOR, UH, AS YOUR WORD, EXCUSE ME, ASK YOU TO VOTE AGAINST NUMBER FIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. HUTCHINSON. 
          PRISCILLA ORTIZ, MS. ORTIZ, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ROBERT HALE. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I'VE COME HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING. 
          UM, I'M A PROPERTY MANAGER AND WE'VE HAVE, HAVE HAD MANY CHALLENGES SINCE THIS EVICTION HOLD OFF HAS COME INTO PLACE. 
          UM, THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE AREN'T TALKING ABOUT. 
          THIS IS IN, IN PLACE OBVIOUSLY TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE C OVID 19. 
          BUT I HAVE MADE, I'VE BEEN A VERY COMPASSIONATE, UH, PROPERTY MANAGER. 
          I HAVE MADE CONTACT WITH EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF MY, UH, EACH AND EVERY RESIDENT THAT I HAVE AT MY PROPERTY. 
          AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, TALKING WITH EVERYBODY, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING ISSUES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE WORKING WITH US. 
          THEY'RE PROVIDING US WITH DOCUMENTATION. 
          AND WE HAVE DONE THINGS LIKE, UM, RENT CONCESSIONS, WAIVING LATE FEES, MAKING EXTENDED, UH, PAYMENT PLANS, PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR ASSISTANCE, PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR PLACES THAT ARE HIRING. 
          SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO HELP THEM. 
          BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE, WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION. 
          I HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAD COURT DATES BEFORE ANY OF THIS WAS SET IN PLACE, AND THEY HAVE LITERALLY BEEN AT MY PROPERTY SINCE JANUARY LIVING FOR FREE. 
          THEY HAVE, UH, LEASES THAT HAVE ENDED AND THEY CONTINUE TO STAY AT THE PROPERTY. 
          I HAD TO CANCEL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD LEASED THE APARTMENT OUT TO ANOTHER PERSON. 
          WE HAD TO CANCEL THOSE LEASES BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT LEAVE KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CANNOT BE EVICTED ANYMORE. 
          THEY KNOW THAT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN VERY PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT NOBODY CAN BE EVICTED AT THIS POINT IN TIME. 
          SO THIS 60 DAY EXTENSION IS REALLY GONNA HURT US, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PEOPLE WHO YOU KNOW, ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION. 
          I JUST WANT TO PROPOSE THAT WE MAY BE CONSIDER ANOTHER OPTION TO WHERE WE, UM, EVALUATE THESE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AT THE JP COURTS. 
          LET THEM MAKE THE, BE THE, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE DECISION. 
          LET US, YOU KNOW, TRUST US TO BE, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION ABOUT WHO WE'RE FILING EVICTIONS AGAINST AND ALSO TRUST THE, UH, THE JUDGES TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ONCE, ONCE WE PRESENT THE CASE. 
          AND IF WE CAN SHOW PROOF THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO AND IT'S NOT RELATED TO THE C OVID 19, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING TO WAIT UNTIL AUGUST TO GET THESE PEOPLE OUT OF OUR PROPERTIES. 
          THANK YOU, MS. ORTIZ. 
          ROBERT HALE. 
          MR. HALE, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY KELLY SIMMONS. 
          GOOD MORNING, FELLOW CITIZENS AND CITY COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN AND HONORABLE MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A BRIEF OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY OPINION, UH, ON THE EXTENSION OF AN EVICTION MORATORIUM. 
          I BELIEVE THIS EXTENSION WILL CAUSE UNINTENDED NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT I SERVE AS A SMALL BUSINESS HOUSING OWNER, THE COMMUNITY I SERVICE ON THE EAST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT'S A SMALL COMMUNITY OF 48 FAMILIES. 
          WE PROVIDE VERY NICE HOUSING AT AFFORDABLE PRICES FOR THE AREA THAT WE OPERATE. 
          WE CONTINUOUSLY WORK TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH QUALITY, TIMELY MAINTENANCE, INTERIOR, INTERIOR, EX INTERIOR, AND EXTERIOR UPGRADES AND DILIGENT WORKING TO IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          WE SERVE A RESIDENT BASE THAT MOST COMMONLY ALREADY HAS A STRESS CREDIT HISTORY. 
          IT IS TYPICAL FOR US TO HEAR FROM OUR PROSPECTS THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET INTO ANOTHER COMMUNITY DUE TO, UH, CREDIT ISSUES. 
          AND THEY WANNA KNOW IF, IF WE CAN WORK WITH DAMAGED CREDIT. 
          OUR ANSWER IS YES, AS LONG AS YOU MEET OUR LEASING REQUIREMENTS AND DO NOT HAVE AN EVICTION WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          SOMETIMES A PORTION OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PAY AFTER THEY RECEIVE A NOTICE TO VACATE, WHICH STARTS THE EVICTION PROCESS. 
          WE TYPICALLY DO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, DRAFT A PAYMENT PLAN TO THAT TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS, UH, MEET THEIR RENTAL OBLIGATIONS. 
          WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE EVICTION MORATORIUM, I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, MORE RESIDENTS POSTPONING THEIR RENT PAYMENTS, EVEN IF THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY. 
          AND THE POSTPONEMENT CAN RESULT IN RESIDENT FUNDING OVER TIME. 
          THEY'VE ACCUMULATED AT A DEBT THAT IS MORE THAN THEY CAN, UH, BURDEN, UH, AND IT CAN SEEM OVERBEARING. 
          THIS LEAVES THE TENANT WITH A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF, OF BEING EVICTED OR HAVING A BROKEN LEASE AND FURTHER DAMAGING THEIR CREDIT. 
          AND IN THIS SCENARIO, THE FAMILY MAY FIND THAT THEY'RE UNABLE TO RENT IN A COMMUNITY LIKE OURS WITH OWNERS AND STAFF THAT ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THEIR HOUSING, THEY MAY BE LEFT WITH LESS SAFE, LESS COMFORTABLE OPTIONS DUE TO UNINTENTIONALLY ALLOWING THEIR DEBTS TO MOUNT TO A POINT, UH, THAT THEY CANNOT OVERCOME AS A BUSINESS OWNER. 
          THE PROPERTY THAT WE OPERATE IS A 
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LOW MARGIN PROPERTY. 
          WE HAVE A VERY HEAVY TAX BURDEN. 
          I ASK YOU TO PLEASE VOTE NO. 
          THANK YOU, MR. HALE, KELLY SIMMONS. 
          MS. SIMMONS, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY LEO LOAM LOAN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS KELLY SIMMONS AND I AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. 
          I HAVE ACTUALLY GOTTEN INVESTORS TO INVEST WITH ME TO PURCHASE TWO APARTMENT COMPLEXES HERE IN THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THEY ARE ENTRUSTING ME WITH THEIR RETIREMENT TO TAKE THIS TO THE NEXT LEVEL. 
          I LIKE TO FOCUS ON MISMANAGED PROPERTIES BECAUSE IT ANGERS ME WHEN PEOPLE DO NOT TAKE CARE OF THEIR RESIDENTS. 
          AND I AM ONE THAT MAKES SURE THAT WE GO IN AND WE TAKE CARE OF THEM. 
          RECENTLY, I JUST PURCHASED A PROPERTY MID-FEBRUARY WHEN WE WENT IN THERE, WE STARTED CLEANING UP THE PROPERTY. 
          WE STARTED ADDRESSING SOME NEEDS. 
          PEOPLE WERE THANKING US FOR FIXING THEIR AC THAT'S BEEN OUT FOR THREE WEEKS, OR THEIR WATER HEATER THAT THEY HAVEN'T HAD FOR FOUR WEEKS. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GOOD OWNER AND OPERATORS. 
          BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS, IS WHEN WE SPOKE WITH SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS, THEY WERE ECSTATIC AND THEY WERE SO THANKFUL, AND I AM PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT, TO HELP WITH THIS CITY. 
          BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IS, IS THAT WE HAD SOME 15 RESIDENTS THAT HADN'T BEEN PAYING FROM JANUARY 1ST, AND WE WORKED WITH THEM. 
          WE SAID, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU? WHEN THEY DIDN'T PAY MARCH RENT, WE KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM. 
          AND WE DID FILE EVICTIONS. 
          I'VE GOT 15 PENDING RIGHT NOW IN JP COURT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE CANNOT TAKE THEM, UM, FURTHER TO MOVE THEM OUT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA MENTION IS WITH OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS IS THAT WE'VE BEEN HANDING OUT FLYERS ON LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE WILLING TO, UH, THAT NEED, THAT HAVE OPEN POSITIONS. 
          WE'VE HELPED THEM WITH RE RESIDENT ASSISTANCE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PROVIDING. 
          IF THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, WHY ARE THEY NOT TAKING IT? HELP ME BUILD A BETTER COMMUNITY. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S OUR MOTTO. 
          THANK YOU, MS. SIMMONS. 
          LEO LOAM. 
          MR. LOAM. 
          YOU'D BE FOLLOWED BY COURTNEY ROSEN. 
          MY NAME IS LEO LOW. 
          I OPERATE SMALL BUSINESS MANAGING 200 APARTMENTS IN THREE COMMUNITIES, PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL HOUSING. 
          OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMPRISES A STAFF OF SIX, INCLUDING MYSELF. 
          THE WORK THAT WE DO FOR OUR COMMUNITIES ENSURES THAT THE, THE EMPLOYMENT OF MANY CONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS WHEN CARES WAS ENACTED. 
          ON MARCH 27TH, WE STARTED LEARNING THE DETAILS IN REGARD TO THE ADDITIONAL GROUPS OF WORKERS THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT AND IMMEDIATELY START CONTACTING RESIDENTS THAT WE KNEW WOULD BE IMPACTED. 
          WE EXPLAINED HOW TO GO ABOUT APPLYING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT, GUIDED THOSE THAT DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, AND FOR THOSE WITHOUT COMPUTER ACCESS, WE OPENED OUR OFFICE TO THEM, ALLOWING THEM TO USE OUR COMPUTERS. 
          WE'VE BEEN DIRECTING CITY RESIDENTS TO THE CITY EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SINCE ITS INCEPTION, AND WE HAVE NUMEROUS RESIDENTS COMPLETE THAT HAVE COMPLETED AN APPLICATION AND FILED THE DOCUMENTATION. 
          THE CARES ACT ALREADY PLACES RESTRICTIONS ON OUR, OUR ABILITY TO EVICT. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US. 
          YET THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE NOT IMPACTED BY C OVID 19 REMAIN FULLY EMPLOYED AND ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE MORATORIUM AS AN EXCUSE NOT TO PAY. 
          THE POTENTIAL WRITE-OFFS THAT I'M FACING WILL BE IN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR EACH COMMUNITY THAT WE MANAGE. 
          PLACING ADDITIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON US WILL ONLY FURTHER INCREASE OUR RISK OF FAILURE, WHICH WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          I DON'T WANT THAT. 
          YOU DON'T WANT THAT EITHER. 
          YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP THE RESIDENTS. 
          SO ARE WE. 
          I'VE WORKED VERY HARD OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS TO BILL WHAT I HAVE. 
          I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO ON THIS PROPOSAL. 
          OUR RESIDENTS, MY STAFF, AND THE STABILITY OF ALL COMMUNITIES WOULD BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY ITS PASSAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. LOAM. 
          COURTNEY ROSEN. 
          MS. ROSEN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY LORENA BIRDIE. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS COURTNEY ROSEN. 
          I'M A PAST RENTER, A HOMEOWNER AND INVESTOR, A REALTOR AND A PROPERTY MANAGER. 
          WHEN I READ THE ORDINANCE, IT SEEMS THE COUNCILMAN TRAVINO FORGOT THAT LANDLORDS OR PEOPLE TOO, US ACTING GENERAL DEPUTY, UM, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT SAYS THAT HALF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME RENTALS ARE PROVIDED BY MIDDLE CLASS CITIZENS OF ALL THAT ONLY HAVE ONE OR TWO INVESTMENT HOMES. 
          UM, OF THE 190 HOMES I MANAGE, OVER 90% OF THEIR RENTALS ARE PROVIDED BY MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS WITH ONE OR TWO HOMES. 
          THESE ARE PEOPLE, THESE LANDLORDS THAT ARE WILLING TO TAKE A HOUSE, OFTEN THEIR FORMER PERSONAL HOME, FILLED WITH MEMORIES OF THEIR CHILDREN GROWING 
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UP IN PRECIOUS MOMENTS WITH LAND, UM, WITH THEIR LOVED ONES AND TAKE A RISK OF THEIR LIFE SAVINGS. 
          THE BULK OF THEIR, UM, RETI THEIR INVESTMENTS AND THEIR RETIREMENT SAVINGS FOR STRANGERS AND MILITARY CITY U S A MANY OF THEM ARE ARMED FORCES, OR THEY'RE ALSO DOCTORS AND FRONT LINERS. 
          UM, THERE ARE COMMON PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST GOTTEN READY AND MOVED TO A DIFFERENT CITY OR DIFFERENT PLACE AND DECIDED TO TAKE A RISK AND PROVIDE HOUSING, MUCH NEEDED HOUSING FOR OUR FELLOW CITIZENS. 
          AND THESE LANDLORDS ARE PEOPLE TOO. 
          AND THESE PEOPLE ARE ALSO WORRIED ABOUT THEIR JOBS AND ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY THEIR MORTGAGE AND ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR BILLS. 
          LANDLORDS DEPEND ARE PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON THE RENT IN ORDER TO PAY THE MORTGAGE. 
          AND IF THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR MORTGAGE, THAT HOUSE IS GONNA BE FORECLOSED ON. 
          AND YOUR RENTER THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO PROTECT WILL ALSO BE OUT ON THE STREET AND EVERYONE WILL LOSE. 
          EVEN IN THESE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES, LANDLORDS ARE STRETCHING THEIR BUDGETS EVEN THINNER AND DRAWING ON SAVINGS TO DISCOUNT RENTS FOR THEIR TENANTS, THE RENT THEY DEPEND ON TO COVER THE MORTGAGE AND TO HELP THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN LIKE SLIGHTLY LUCKIER THAN SOME OF THEIR TENANTS. 
          BUT WHY, WHY WOULD LANDLORDS THAT HAVE OFTEN NEVER MET THEIR TENANTS PERFECT STRANGERS JUST BE LENDING THEM MONEY AND JUST GIVING IT TO THEM FOR FREE? BECAUSE LANDLORDS ARE PEOPLE TOO, AND THEY CARE AND THEY STEP UP. 
          AND AS ANY LANDLORD WOULD TELL YOU, A TENANT THAT TAKES CARE OF THEIR HOME AND RESPECTS A LEASE IS WORTH INVESTING IN. 
          HOWEVER, SOMETIMES TENANTS CAN'T OR WON'T PAY, AND THE LANDLORD CANNOT COVER THE MORTGAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MS. ROSEN. 
          LORENA BIRDIE. 
          MS. BIRDIE, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY GREG BIRDIE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I STAND BEFORE YOU AS AN ADVOCATE, NOT ONLY FOR LANDLORDS, BUT TENANTS AS WELL. 
          I WANNA START OFF BY THANKING YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND CONFESSING TO EACH OF YOU IN FRONT OF MY PEERS. 
          UH, THE THE LACK OF INVOLVEMENT I PERSONALLY HAVE HAD IN THE COMMUNITY UP UNTIL THE LAST SIX MONTHS. 
          SURE, I'M KNOWN TO VOLUNTEER IN MY COMMUNITY BY VOLUNTEERING AT SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THIS STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU IS NOT SOMETHING I HAVE DONE BEFORE. 
          YOU SEE, I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT I HAD NO PLACE TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND BORE YOU WITH MY STANCE ON THINGS. 
          MY THOUGHT WAS THIS, THIS WAS THE PLACE FOR LAWYERS KNOWN LEADERS AND THE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTORS TO THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO I AM INVOLVED WITH. 
          THEY WERE TO BE MY VOICE. 
          THAT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. 
          THIS IS THEIR PLACE. 
          I APPLAUD THESE TENANTS WHO STAND BEFORE YOU AND TAKE THEIR STANCE WITH YOU BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO FEAR. 
          THEY COME TO YOU WITH NO DOUBT THAT THEY BELONG IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          I TELL YOU TODAY, MY EYES ARE WIDE OPEN AND THAT THE THOUGHT I HAD EMBEDDED FOR SO LONG OF NOT HAVING A PLACE HERE IS NO MORE. 
          FROM NOW ON, I'M HERE. 
          I'M AWARE AND I'M READY TO ADVOCATE FOR NOT ONLY MY OWNERS, BUT TENANTS AS WELL, WHOM WE FEARLESSLY FIGHT FOR DAY IN AND DAY OUT BEHIND THE SCENES. 
          AND THE WAY THAT MAY BE SHOWN RIGHT NOW IS BY HAVING OPEN DIALOGUE WITH OUR TENANTS AND OUR OWNERS, PROVIDING OUR TENANTS WITH RESOURCES, PROVIDING PROVIDED BY THE CITY, ALONG WITH MAKING PAYMENT PLANS AND HAVING A MULTITUDE OF PAYMENT OPTIONS FOR TENANTS TO UTILIZE, WHICH DON'T ONLY CONSIST OF WIRING FUNDS OR NEED INTERNET AS WE ARE SENSITIVE AND UNDERSTAND THAT NOT ALL TENANTS HAVE THE LUXURY TO HAVE INTERNET ACCESS OR EVEN COMPUTERS. 
          WE MANAGE OVER 1500 PROPERTIES AND ONLY LESS THAN A HANDFUL RESIDENTS HAVE NOT REACHED OUT TO US OR MADE AN EFFORT TO MAKE SOME SORT OF PAYMENT PLAN WITH US. 
          IT COMES TO PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE AND THROUGH THE TROUBLING TIMES, I HAVE HAD CALLS FROM MANY OWNERS CALLING ME TO SAY THEY WOULD LIKE TO WAIVE PAYMENT PAYMENTS DURING THIS TIME. 
          AND OWNERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING THEMSELVES TO MAKE ENDS MEET, WHO CALL AND SAY, HOWEVER I CAN HELP, I'LL BE THERE. 
          SEE IT'S OWNERS AND TENANTS WORKING TOGETHER AND HOLDING EACH OTHER UP BECAUSE ULTIMATELY NO ONE EVER REALLY WANTS TO EVICT ANYONE, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          I URGE YOU TO REALLY CONSIDER ALL THE INDIVIDUALS YOU WILL IMPACT IF YOU CHOOSE TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE. 
          THANK YOU, MS. FERRY. 
          I ASSURE YOU I HAVE A LOT OF TIME FROM AM OGO, UH, UH, WHO IS THAT? AMERICA. 
          YEAH. 
          AMERICA. 
          UM, MR. MR. VEGO, IS IT YOU HERE? OKAY. 
          YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, MS. FER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I ASSURE YOU IT WILL NOT HAVE THE OUTCOME YOU MAY THINK IT WILL HAVE. 
          IF YOUR AGENDA IS TO TRULY HELP THESE TENANTS OF OURS, THEN PLEASE RECONSIDER PASSING THIS ORDINANCE, WHICH WILL ONLY CAUSE A WAVE OF CLOSURES IN OUR CITY. 
          COMMUNICATION AND GUIDANCE FROM THESE ORGANIZATIONS YOU SEE HERE BEFORE, YOU ARE WHAT YOU NEED TO HELP THE, TO COME UP WITH A BETTER SOLUTION TO BETTER THE CITY AS A COMMUNITY. 
          BECAUSE THE, THIS CITY DOES NOT ONLY CONSIST OF TENANTS, IT CONSISTS OF TENANTS AND LANDLORDS. 
          AND YOU CANNOT HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER. 
          I'M SAYING IT NOW. 
          IF YOU PASS THIS, YOU'LL BE PASSING SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL HURT THE VERY PEOPLE YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP, PLUS MANY OF THOSE YOU CURRENTLY MAY NOT HAVE HAD IN MIND WHEN, WHEN PROPOSING THIS ORDINANCE. 
          I KNOW YOU ALL TRULY CARE ABOUT THE CITY. 
          SO PLEASE TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION AS YOU MOVE FORWARD TO VOTE AS I ASK YOU TO PLEASE TO VOTE NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. BIRDIE. 
          GREG BIRDIE. 
          GREG BIRDIE. 
          MR. BIRDIE, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY LISA SMITH. 
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THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE MORE WITH MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE'S MESSAGE THAT SHE SPOKE AND EVERYBODY ELSE BEFORE THEM. 
          UM, MY GRANDFATHER STARTED OUR FAMILY BUSINESS 40 YEARS AGO AS HE WAS RETIRING CHIEF FROM RANDOLPH. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME, PRETTY MUCH MY ENTIRE LIFE. 
          'CAUSE I'M NOT EVEN 40. 
          SO, UM, THE BIGGEST THING THAT I KNOW THAT WITH THIS 60 DAY ALLOWANCE TIME IS DEFINITELY NOT THE ANSWER TO SOLVING THE PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES UP TO EVICTION. 
          WORKING OUT SCENARIOS THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IS, IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PIECES. 
          PAYMENT PLANS, ASSISTANCE, HELPING THROUGH ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          WONDERFUL CAM, EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HELPS WITH THOSE ARE THE KEY. 
          TIME IS ALWAYS THE LAST THING THAT'S GONNA HELP. 
          IT JUST BUILDS THINGS UP AND MAKES THINGS WORSE. 
          SO ACTION AND QUICK DECISION AND, AND ASSISTANCE AND CARING IS DEFINITELY THE THING THAT WE NEED TO WORK TOWARDS. 
          SO PLEASE VOTE NO, UH, ON THE 60 DAYS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BIRDIE. 
          LISA SMITH. 
          MS. SMITH, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY PAMELA FLYNN. 
          HELLO, I'M LISA SMITH. 
          I'M IN DISTRICT ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SORRY FOR HEARING MY VOICE TODAY. 
          YOU ALL HAVE TRULY TAKEN CARE OF THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          I TRULY HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHY I'M OPPOSING THE 60 DAY EVICTION ORDINANCE. 
          ORDINANCE. 
          WE NEED YOU TO VOTE NO FOR THIS ORDINANCE. 
          I, WE NEED YOUR HELP TO PROTECT THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. 
          THIS WILL AFFECT ME, AFFECT MY FAMILY, STAFF, CONTRACTORS, AND OUR RESIDENTS. 
          I'M A WIFE, A MOTHER, A FUTURE OF TWO FUTURE REAL ESTATE OWNERS. 
          I HAVE TAUGHT IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AS WELL AS PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR OVER 20 YEARS IN ORDER TO BECOME A SMALL PROPERTY OWNER IN DISTRICT ONE. 
          MY FAMILY DID SACRIFICE. 
          WE ACTUALLY SAVED MY INCOME FOR OVER TWO YEARS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          THIS IS MY KIDS' COLLEGE TUITION. 
          THIS IS MY RETIREMENT. 
          THIS IS MY FAMILY'S FUTURE AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS. 
          I MANAGE A SMALL 24 UNIT PROPERTY. 
          WE PURCHASED A CLASS D PROPERTY IN LESS THAN 14 MONTHS THROUGH REHAB, EMPLOYING CONTRACTORS AND OUR STAFF AND HARD WORK BROUGHT THIS D CLASS PROPERTY TO A B BETTERING THE LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS, THE SAN ANTONIO CITY. 
          WE HAVE PROVIDED JOBS TO MANY AND TURNED OUR PROPERTY IN PLACE. 
          CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO DESIRE TO CALL THEIR HOME. 
          WE ARE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES RIGHT NOW, BUT I NEED YOU TO PROTECT MY SMALL BUSINESS. 
          IF THIS PASSES EVERYTHING MY FAMILY AND OTHERS HAVE WORKED FOR WILL SUFFER OUR PROPERTY FUNCTIONS DAILY ON RENTAL INCOME. 
          THAT'S HOW I PAY MY BILLS, MY MAINTENANCE STAFF, AND THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. 
          MY COMMUNITY IS A WELCOME COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE VERY PROUD TO CALL IT HOME. 
          JUST LAST WEEK WE BOUGHT ALL OUR RESIDENTS PIECES, SAY THANK YOU. 
          WE CARE ABOUT YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR HOME. 
          I'VE TAKEN THEM FOOD FROM MY OWN PANTRY TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER. 
          THROUGH THIS, WE HAVE WAIVE LATE FEES, EVERYTHING WE HAVE DONE TO HELP THEM PROVIDE RESOURCES. 
          PLEASE VOTE NOW. 
          THANK YOU MS. MS. FLYNN, PAMELA FLYNN. 
          MS. FLYNN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MAURICIO RAMOS. 
          GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 
          I'M PAMELA FLYNN, A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, A COMBAT VETERAN, A LANDLORD, AND JUST A REGULAR PERSON. 
          FIRST, I'D LIKE YOU TO REALIZE THAT THIS ORDINANCE NOT ONLY ENABLES PEOPLE TO NOT HELP THEMSELVES, BUT THERE ARE SOME WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION AND NOT PAY RENT EVEN WHEN THEY CAN. 
          I CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE RESIDENTS WHO ARE STILL EMPLOYED, BUT REFUSE TO PAY RENT BECAUSE THEY KNOW I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 
          I HAVE TWO RESIDENTS THAT WALKED AWAY FROM THEIR JOBS THE DAY AFTER THE CARESS ACT WAS PASSED, AND ANOTHER EIGHT WHO AREN'T DOING ANYTHING TO HELP THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE CITY WILL PAY THEIR RENT. 
          THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT THESE 15 PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE EVICTION MORATORIUM. 
          A 60 DAY CURE PERIOD WILL GIVE THEM FREE RENT EVEN LONGER. 
          I GUARANTEE YOU THEIR PLAN IS TO LIVE FOR FREE AS LONG AS THEY CAN, AND THEN MOVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. 
          I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO RECOVER THIS LOSS. 
          I DO HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS WHO TRY HARD TO DO THE RIGHT THING, AND I WORK WITH THEM BECAUSE IT WOULD BE NOT ONLY THE WRONG THING NOT TO, BUT ALSO A BAD BUSINESS DECISION TO EVICT THEM BECAUSE THEY WILL EVENTUALLY CATCH UP. 
          I CARE ABOUT MY RESIDENTS AND ABOUT DOING THE RIGHT THING, AND NO RULE IS GOING TO CHANGE THAT. 
          I ALSO WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS NO MORATORIUM OR CURE ORDINANCE ON THE $52,000 OF EXPENSES I INCUR EVERY MONTH TO PAY 
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MY EMPLOYEES TO PAY MY VENDORS TO PAY MY SUPPLIERS, MY INSURANCE COMPANY, MY MORTGAGE, THE TAX MAN, MY TAXES WENT UP. 
          BY THE WAY, IT'S A TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT IF I CAN'T PAY MY BILLS BECAUSE RESIDENTS AREN'T PAYING THEIR RENT. 
          OTHER PEOPLE AND OTHER BUSINESSES ARE NOW GOING TO HURT. 
          SO PERHAPS SOMEONE GETS AN EXTRA 60 DAYS TO CURE THEIR RENT BILL, BUT IN REALITY, IT WILL HURT JUST AS MANY PEOPLE AS IT WILL HELP. 
          YOUR DESIRE TO PRESENT, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS IS ADMIRABLE, BUT YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY ROBBING PETER TO PAY. 
          PAUL, PLEASE DO NOT TIE MY HANDS SO THAT I CAN'T RUN MY OWN BUSINESS. 
          PLEASE DO NOT PASS THE 60 DAY CURE ORDINANCE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU, MS. FLYNN. 
          MAURICIO RAMOS. 
          MR. RAMOS, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY KAY FISHER. 
          GOOD, GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS MAURICIO RAMOS FIRST, AND FOR FOREMOST, I'M A FOLLOWER OF JESUS CHRIST, MANAGING MEMBER OF THE MEDICI GROUP, THE SAN ANTONIO SMALL, UM, BUSINESS FIRM HERE IN, UH, IN TOWN. 
          I'M BLESSED TO OWN PROPERTY IN DISTRICTS FIVE AND SIX. 
          UH, THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME THIS MORNING TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS 60 DAY, UH, RIGHT TO CURE ORDINANCE. 
          SO WE AS BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE BEEN AMAZED WITH THE CITY AND OTHER CHARITIES RESPONSE TO THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES THAT THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC HAS PRESENTED RESPONSES SUCH AS RENT PAYMENT ASSISTANCE. 
          THIS HAS BEEN A VERY HARD SITUATION ON EVERYONE, INCLUDING MYSELF. 
          NEVERTHELESS, RENT IS AND SHOULD ALWAYS BE A PRIORITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          OUR MORTGAGE PAYMENTS ARE NOW DUE AND WE'RE OPERATING AT A DEFICIT BECAUSE THERE'S NO RECOURSE. 
          HAS 60 DAY NOTICE PRIOR TO EVICT WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT MY OPERATIONS AND MY ABILITY TO PAY AND MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY. 
          NOT TO MENTION PAYING PROPERTY TAXES. 
          FOR INSTANCE, DURING APRIL, ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS EMPHATICALLY AFFIRMED THAT SHE DID NOT INTEND TO PAY THE RENT BECAUSE SHE KNEW THE EVICTION WOULDN'T GO THROUGH ANYTIME SOON, AND SHE DID NOT INTEND TO LEAVE NEITHER. 
          WE WITNESSED HOW THE RESIDENT AND HER HUSBAND MADE ZERO EFFORT TO FIND ANOTHER JOB OR ANOTHER SOURCE OF INCOME, AND THEY WERE JUST WAITING ON THE STIMULUS CHECK TO HIT THE MAIL, THE MAILBOX, AND TO MOVE TO ANOTHER PROPERTY AND NOT PAY US. 
          AND SO THEY DID. 
          GIVEN OUR, THE DELINQUENT RESIDENTS 60 DAYS ON TOP OF THE EVICTION PROCESS LENGTH IS IN EFFECT GIVING THEM 90 DAYS OF FREE RENT FOR THEM TO FIGURE OUT THEIR NEXT MOVE, ALLOWING THEM TO LEAVE WITHOUT PAYING NEARLY THREE MONTHS OF RENT BEFORE THIS HITS THEIR COLLECTION OR CREDIT REPORT, AND THE NEXT LANDLORD CAN BE MADE AWARE. 
          SO HOW SUSTAINABLE CAN THIS TOXIC ENVIRONMENT BE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES? IN LAYMAN TERMS, THIS WOULD KILL MY BUSINESS. 
          MY BUSINESS FEEDS FOR MY FAMILY AND MY INVESTORS' FAMILIES. 
          MY BUSINESS RELIES ABOUT 85% ON PLEASE VOTE NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. RAMOS. 
          KAY FISHER. 
          MS. FISHER, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY PHYLLIS NEWMAN. 
          MORNING Y'ALL. 
          I'M KAREN FISHER. 
          I AM CUBAN KOREAN SMALL BUSINESS RENTAL OWNER. 
          I'M A DISABLED VETERAN. 
          HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING MY COUNTRY AS A REGISTERED NURSE IN THE AIR FORCE AND THEN AGAIN AT OTIE MURPHY. 
          JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BEFORE LAST WEEK, I WAS NEVER INVOLVED IN POLITICS, BUT Y'ALL WOKE UP THE BEAR. 
          Y'ALL WOKE UP MAMA BEAR. 
          AND WITH THE STROKE OF A PEN, YOU WILL MAKE ME BANKRUPT. 
          LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          A SINGLE SIMPLE SIM, A SIMPLE SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY. 
          THE RENT IS A THOUSAND DOLLARS AFTER YOUR EXPENSES. 
          MORTGAGE, TAXES, INSURANCE, IT'S $800. 
          WHAT REMAINS IS $200 A MONTH. 
          THAT'S $50 A WEEK FOR ME TO PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY. 
          THAT IS MY SOLE INCOME. 
          YOU ARE GONNA CREATE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR ME. 
          BUT NOT ONLY DOES IT AFFECT ME, IT ALSO AFFECTS MY FELLOW VETERANS. 
          WE HAVE ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED HERE. 
          THEY'VE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THIS GREAT CITY AS I DID. 
          THEY KNOW THEY'RE GONNA COME AND RETIRE. 
          SO THEY BUY THEIR DREAM HOMES AND ONCE THEY'RE ASSIGNED, THEY RENT OUT THEIR RETIREMENT HOME WHILE THEY'RE SERVING OVERSEAS OR ELSEWHERE. 
          BUT THEN WITH THIS ORDINANCE, THOSE RENTERS ARE NOT GONNA PAY THEIR RENT. 
          HOW ARE THEY GOING TO PAY THEIR MORTGAGES? YOU'LL END UP BANKRUPTING US. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO END UP FORECLOSING THOSE PROPERTIES AND THOSE RENT RESIDENTS WILL BECOME HOMELESS. 
          THIS IS MILITARY CITY U S A AND TO ME, THIS IS SHOWING THAT YOU ARE NOT SUPPORTING OUR FELLOW VETERANS. 
          WE'RE HERE TO JUST FOLLOW THE DREAM SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY. 
          AND YOU'RE, IT'S NOT LETTING IT HAPPEN. 
          AND I, I APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND 
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YOUR COMPASSION TOWARDS YOUR CONSTITUENTS, BUT IF YOU PASS THIS 60 DAY NOTICE TO CURE THE VERY THING THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO AVOID, YOU WILL ALL CREATE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. FISHER, PHYLLIS NEWMAN, MS. NEWMAN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY RUSS RAMIREZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M PHYLLIS NEWMAN AND I'M IN, UH, DISTRICT TWO. 
          AND I TRIED TO GET MY LETTER AND STUFF TO JADA VERY, VERY LATE. 
          BUT, UH, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THESE REAL QUICK. 
          I TRIED TO GIVE EVERYONE A COPY OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO, UH, TRY TO, UH, ENTAIL. 
          AND FIRST OF ALL, I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN. 
          THIS IS VERY JARRING TO BE IN THIS CROWD. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THAT, UH, I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO SUPPORT THE C C R BECAUSE IT'S GONNA ENABLE, UH, NON-PAYMENT OF RENT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE HABITUAL OFFENDERS. 
          UH, ANYTIME YOU HAVE A MORTGAGE, THERE'S ONLY A 15 DAY GRACE PERIOD BEFORE THEY START THE DEFAULT AND YOU EVENTUALLY WIND UP IN FORECLOSURE, UH, WHEN RENT IS DUE. 
          UH, IT'S THE, THE TENANT SHOULD NOTIFY, UH, THE LANDLORD WAY BEFORE TIME BECAUSE WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET A CHECK, IT ISN'T THE DAY RENT'S DUE, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE WEEKS BEFORE TIME, THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME TO WORK OUT AN ARRANGEMENT. 
          SO IF YOU GIVE THE, UH, TENANT 60 DAYS, THAT'S TIME TO ACTUALLY DO WHAT. 
          UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, A STUDY, IF THERE WERE ANY TYPE OF STUDY THAT YOU REALLY WANTED TO GET DOWN TO, WHAT COULD BE A SOLUTION, WHY NOT? UH, GO TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE INDEED BEEN EVICTED? WHY NOT FIND OUT, UH, IF THREE DAYS OR MORE WOULD'VE ACTUALLY HAVE HELPED THEM? WHY NOT ASK THE ONES THAT HAVE HAD AN JUDGMENT AGAINST HIM IF, AND THEY ACCORD THIS, UH, DEBT IN COURT, ASK THEM WHAT THEY PAID TOWARD THAT DEBT SINCE OCCURRING THE DEBT IN COURT. 
          DID THEY JUST WALK AWAY FROM THE DEBT AND JUST SAY, WELL, I GOT SO MANY MONTHS FREE RENT. 
          UM, ALSO I WANTED TO SAY THE DURATION OF THIS. 
          YOU SAID IT'S FOR DURING THE C OVID 19. 
          THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT NO ONE IN HERE KNOWS HOW LONG THIS PANDEMIC IS GONNA LAST. 
          AND THIS COULD BE FOREVER. 
          DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE GONNA JUST LET THE LANDLORDS NOT GET RENT FOREVER? UM, ALSO, UH, I SUPPORT EDUCATION OF TENANTS. 
          THERE ARE SO MANY ADVOCATES HERE THAT, UH, AND ONLINE TO WHERE THE TENANTS CAN EDUCATE THEMSELVES. 
          THANK YOU, MS. NEWMAN. 
          I'M ASKING YOU, PLEASE DON'T SUPPORT THIS C C R. 
          THANK YOU RU RUSS RAMIREZ. 
          RUSS RAMIREZ. 
          MAYOR MS. MOYA, UH, I'LL CALL YOU UP WHEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN THE ORDER, MS. MOYA. 
          UH, BUT YOU'LL HAVE, UH, MR. RAMIREZ'S TIMES CORY PALMER. 
          MR. PALMER, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY LILY GUDO. 
          UH, THANK YOU MR. RAM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT SO GREATLY IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITY. 
          MY NAME IS CORY PALMER, AND I'M A SENIOR BUSINESS MANAGER WITH LINCOLN PROPERTY COMPANY. 
          WE ARE A PROVEN LEADER IN THE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING INDUSTRY AND THE SECOND LARGEST IN THE NATION. 
          WE'VE BEEN PIONEERS IN THE FIELD SINCE OUR INCEPTION IN 1965. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE DILIGENT WORK YOU HAVE COMPLETED TO MAKE RENT RELIEF A REALITY FOR OUR RENTERS. 
          LINCOLN PROPERTY COMPANY. 
          AND MOST OF OUR APARTMENT ASSOCIATION'S MEMBERS HAVE BEEN PROACTIVE IN ALTERING OUR POLICIES TO EXERCISE OUR COMMITMENT TO COMPASSION FOR OUR RESIDENTS BY WAIVING FEES AND CREATING PAYMENT PLANS THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE AND OFFER OUR RESIDENTS RELIEF. 
          THESE MEASURES STARTED BEFORE THE MUNICIPAL COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS BEGAN MANDATING PORTIONS OF THESE MEASURES. 
          WE HAVE MADE CHANGES TO OUR BUSINESS MODELS TO SUPPORT THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE WE PROVIDE, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING FOR THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF OUR EMPLOYEES, RESIDENTS, AND VENDORS. 
          WE ARE, AS INDIVIDUAL ENTITIES, SINKING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO THE EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT WE KEEP THE SAFETY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN MIND. 
          AS WE REOPEN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUT THE WELLBEING OF OUR RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES FIRST AND BEAR WHATEVER COSTS WE MUST INCUR TO DO SO. 
          BUT THAT BURDEN COULD THREATEN TO BREAK US AND LEAVE OUR OPERATIONS INSOLVENT. 
          IT IS NOT IN ANY OF OUR BUSINESS INTEREST TO MOVE TO EVICT HALF OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND, AND INCUR FURTHER INSOLVENCY. 
          WHILE OUR COUNCIL IS COMPRISED OF COMPETENT LEADERS THAT EACH DISTRICT SHOULD BE PROUD OF, IT IS LIKELY THAT NONE OF YOU ARE EXPERTS IN THE MULTIFAMILY INDUSTRY. 
          I URGE YOU TO TAKE THE COUNCIL OF THE LEADERS IN OUR INDUSTRY WHO KNOW OUR BUSINESS INSIDE AND OUT, AND ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO MAKE DECISIONS, THE RESULTS OF WHICH MEET BOTH THE CITIES AND OUR SHARED GOAL TO MITIGATE THE LOSS OF HOUSING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AS A RESULT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          I BELIEVE COUNCIL SHOULD PURSUE A LEGAL APPROACH SUCH AS THE ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL BEING ASSEMBLED BY THE CITY MANAGER. 
          IF WE CANNOT PAY MORTGAGES, TAXES, INSURANCE, PAYROLL, OR MANAGE THE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR COMMUNITIES, 
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NO ONE WINS THE IMPACT OF YOUR DECISION ON THE NOTE OF SECURE RES RESOLUTION EXTENDS PAST JUST THE OWNER'S, MANAGERS, AND RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITIES, THE VERY PEOPLE YOU'RE TRYING TO PROTECT. 
          THIS DECISION ALSO IMPACTS THE NUMERABLE VENDOR PARTNERS WHO MAKE WHAT WE DO POSSIBLE. 
          WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF VENDOR PARTNERS WHOSE SERVICES WE RELY ON TO MAKE OUR OPERATION POSSIBLE AND WHO RELY ON US TO REMAIN IN BUSINESS. 
          THE LONG LASTING IMPACT OF THE RESULTS OF THIS DECISION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED HEAVILY. 
          I URGE YOU TO PLEASE VOTE NO. 
          THANK YOU, MR. PALMER. 
          UH, MS. GAIA, BEFORE YOU START, UH, MR. RAMIREZ, YOU, UH, WERE SEATING YOUR TIME TO SOMEONE WHO'S NOT ON THE LIST. 
          YOU HAVE TO BE PRESENT IN ORDER TO SPEAK. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE YOUR TIME TO SPEAK MR. RAMIREZ? I DON'T HAVE A MS. MOYA. 
          I I DON'T HAVE YOU ON OUR LIST. 
          I DID SIGN UP DOWN BEFORE. 
          MY NAME WAS ACTUALLY EIGHT THREE. 
          MY NAME. 
          OKAY. 
          COULD YOU SEE THE, COULD YOU SEE THE CLERK? AND, AND WE'LL TRY TO GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          MS. GUDO. 
          MS. GUDO, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY SELENA LAINE. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNSEL. 
          MY NAME IS LILY GALLO. 
          I AM FROM DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN. 
          I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY COMPANY PERFORMANCE PLUMBING, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I AM REPRESENTING THE 10 EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS THAT I EMPLOY. 
          IN ADDITION, I'M ALSO REPRESENTING THEIR CHILDREN AND EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS WHO RELY ON MY EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE FOR THEM. 
          I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON MY OPPOSITION TO THE 60 DAY RIGHT TO CURE ORDINANCE. 
          MY PLUMBING COMPANY RELIES ON THE REVENUE THAT THE, THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS RECEIVE. 
          WE SERVICE MAINLY APARTMENTS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE ARE AN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS PROVIDING RUNNING HOT AND COLD WATER. 
          WE ASSURE GAS IS PROVIDED SAFELY BY REPAIRING AND OR REPLACING LEAKING GAS LINES. 
          WE KEEP SEWERS PROPERLY FLOWING AND PREVENT SEWER BACKUPS. 
          SHOULD CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE 60 DAY RIGHT TO CURE ORDINANCE? YOU ALL WILL NOT ONLY IMPACT MY BUSINESS FINANCIALLY, BUT YOU WILL BE IMPACTING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS OF THESE PROPERTIES. 
          THE LOSS OF REVENUE TO PROPERTY OWNERS WILL IN TURN KEEP THEM FROM CALLING MY COMPANY PERFORMANCE PLUMBING AND KEEP US FROM PROVIDING NECESSARY REPAIRS, SERVICING, AND MAINTAINING THEIR PROPERTIES. 
          THIS MEANS THAT THE LEAKING FAUCET WILL CONTINUE TO LEAK. 
          THE CLOGGED TOILET WILL CONTINUE TO BE CLOGGED. 
          THE HOT WATER FROM THE INOPERABLE BOILER MIGHT NOT GET SERVED SERVICED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE TO THESE PROPERTIES ARE DEPENDENT ON THE CREDIT HISTORY AND THE PAYMENT HISTORY OF THE OWNERS. 
          IF THEY DON'T HAVE INCOME TO PAY US, WE DON'T SERVICE THEIR PROPERTIES. 
          WE ARE A SMALL PLUMBING COMPANY AND CAN ONLY FINANCE A NUMBER OF REPAIR SERVICES. 
          WE RELY ON THE PROPERTY OWNERS, WHICH ARE OUR CUSTOMERS, TO SUSTAIN OUR BUSINESS. 
          WE SHOULD THIS ORDINANCE PASS, WE WOULD ALL BE DRASTICALLY IMPACTED IN THE LAST MONTH. 
          WE HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN OUR SALES COMPARED TO THIS, TO LAST YEAR. 
          THIS TIME WE DROPPED BY ALMOST 50%. 
          THANK YOU, MS. GUDO. 
          I ASKED FOR YOU NOT TO VOTE FOR THIS ORDINANCE. 
          THANK YOU, MS. GUDO. 
          SELENA. 
          SELENA LAZARRE, FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR NUREMBERG AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS SELENA AZARIN AND I SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING 931 MEMBER COMPANIES WHO PROVIDE RENTAL HOUSING AND THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES REQUIRED TO OPERATE RENTAL HOUSING. 
          TOGETHER WE PROVIDE 211,000 RENTAL HOMES, MOST OF WHICH ARE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          BECAUSE OF ITS MANY UNINTENDED AND UNEX UNEXPLORED EFFECTS, WE STRONGLY OPPOSE THE 60 DAY NOTICE TO CURE ORDINANCE ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA TODAY. 
          YOUR APPROVAL OF THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE $25 MILLION IN FUNDING SHOULD TRUE LEADERSHIP WITH COMMITTED ACTION. 
          THESE FUNDS ARE HELPING BOTH RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS AND ULTIMATELY THE CITY. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU ALSO REALIZE IT IS VERY LIKELY NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH, GIVEN THAT MORE THAN 40% OF THAT BUDGET WAS ALREADY DEPLETED BEFORE A SINGLE DOLLAR WAS RELEASED TO ASSIST RESIDENTS WITH MAY RENTS. 
          I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT I TOO WAS DISTURBED, AS I KNOW YOU ALL WERE BY THE 50 RESIDENT LOCKOUT RECENTLY REPORTED IN THE NEWS. 
          THE ACTIONS OF THIS NON ASSOCIATION MEMBER UNDERMINED THE REPUTATIONS OF HUNDREDS OF S A A A MEMBER PROPERTY OWNERS WHO HAVE GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS AND EXPENSE TO HELP RESIDENTS AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE. 
          I IMPLORE YOU TODAY, PLEASE DO NOT PENALIZE ALL HARDWORKING 
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MEMBERS AS A MEANS TO HOLD TO ACCOUNT A SINGLE PROPERTY OWNER WHOSE ACTIONS BLEMISH OUR CITY'S GOOD NAME, THOUGH UNRECOGNIZED, OUR MEMBERS HAVE INCURRED EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSE TO HELP PREVENT THE, TO HELP PREVENT CONTAGION OF THIS HORRIFIC VIRUS AND TO WAIVE LATE FEES, PROVIDE DISCOUNTS, ARRANGE PAYMENT PLANS, AND RESTRUCTURE LEASES. 
          I HAVE SOMEBODY WILLING TO YIELD THEIR TIME. 
          WHO IS THAT? TERRY BILBY. 
          MS. BILBY, ARE YOU HERE? OKAY. 
          UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SEATING TIME TO SOMEONE ELSE, IF YOU CAN TELL ME BEFORE YOU START THAT WAY, I DON'T HAVE TO INTERRUPT YOU. 
          UM, GO AHEAD, MS. RIE AND YOU HAVE TWO MORE MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND TO WAIVE LATE FEES, PROVIDE DISCOUNTS, ARRANGE PAYMENT PLANS, AND RESTRUCTURE LEASES. 
          THEY HAVE HELD OFF ON FILING EVICTIONS FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE COMMUNICATING AND WORKING WITH THEM. 
          MOST OF OUR MEMBERS ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND IN YOUR DISTRICTS, AND MANY OF THEM ARE NO LONGER EVEN ABLE TO TAKE A SALARY FOR THEMSELVES. 
          DESPITE THE HEAVY WORKLOAD, PROPERTY STAFF HAVE BEEN HELPING THEIR RESIDENTS IN A MULTITUDE OF WAYS, SUCH AS ASSISTING THEM IN FILING UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, APPLYING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, CREATING FOOD PANTRIES TO HELP FEED THEIR FAMILIES AND MUCH MORE. 
          THESE GOOD-HEARTED MANAGEMENT TEAMS SIMPLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEIR MANY ACTS OF GENEROSITY CONTINUE TO GO UNREPORTED WHEN THEIR VERY OWN CHILDREN ARE AT HOME, WHILE THEIR PARENT IS TAKE TAKING CARE OF OTHER FAMILIES. 
          THEY FEEL WORN OUT, UNDERAPPRECIATED, AND YET THEY CONTINUE TO GENER GENERATE POSITIVE, INSPIRING GESTURES OF HUMANITY FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          THEY DESERVE MUCH BETTER. 
          OUR MEMBERS QUITE RIGHTLY, QUESTION LOCAL ORDINANCES THAT HARM THEIR LIVELIHOODS. 
          WHILE OTHER SAN ANTONIO ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE NOT BEING REQUIRED TO MAKE THE SAME SACRIFICES, SUCH AS PROVIDE FREE GOODS AND SERVICES. 
          RIGHT NOW, PROPERTY MANAGERS ACROSS THE CITY REPORT INCREDIBLE STORIES ABOUT RESIDENTS WITH JOBS AND INCOME WHO TOP PROPERTY OWNERS SAYING, THE CITY SAYS, YOU CAN'T MAKE ME PAY RENT AND YOU CAN'T EVICT ME EITHER. 
          THIS IS JUST ONE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF REGULATORY ACTION THAT IS CLEARLY DISCRIMINATORY AND DAMAGING TO A SINGLE GROUP OF PRIVATE CITIZEN BUSINESS OWNERS AND TAXPAYERS. 
          MORE FRIGHTENING TO ME IS THE TALK FROM DEVELOPERS ABOUT RE ABOUT RECONSIDERING INVESTMENT IN NEW HOUSING IN OUR CITY. 
          UNCERTAINTY AND DAMAGING POLICIES THAT THREATEN AN OWNER'S ABILITY TO PAY ITS OBLIGATIONS PRODUCE RISK, WHICH INVESTORS SHUN THAT SOMEBODY WILLING TO YIELD THEIR TIME. 
          I'M SORRY, I HAVE ANOTHER PERSON WILLING TO YIELD THEIR TIME. 
          WHO IS THAT? ALLISON COHEN. 
          OKAY. 
          AGAIN, PLEASE LET ME KNOW BEFORE YOU COME UP, WHO'S THE SEATING TIME? YOU HAVE A MAXIMUM OF TWO PEOPLE WHO CAN SEE TIME, SO THIS WILL BE YOUR LAST TWO MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU MS. LUTHER. 
          I DO  IN THIS. 
          IS THIS REALLY THE MESSAGE, THE INTENDED MESSAGE YOU WANT TO COMMUNICATE TO COMMERCIAL REAL, THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY THAT SAN ANTONIO DOESN'T WANT THEIR INVESTMENT OR THEIR HELP WITH OUR, OUR SHORTAGE OF HOUSING BECAUSE THAT IS THE MESSAGE THEY ARE HEARING LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          A 60 DAY NOTICE TO CURE ORDINANCE WILL HAVE MANY UN UNINTENDED SHORTED, UH, SHORT AND LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES ON SA SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS CITY TAX COLLECTIONS AND OUR CITY'S HOUSING SUPPLY. 
          THIS ORDINANCE WILL FORCE OWNERS INTO THE VERY POSITION THEY AND CITY LEADERSHIP HAVE BEEN WORKING SO HARD TO AVOID. 
          OWNERS NOW WORRY. 
          THEY MUST RUSH TO FILE EVICTIONS BEFORE THE ORDINANCE GOES INTO EFFECT. 
          THEY WILL FEEL COMPELLED TO DO SO TO DO THE VERY THING SUPPORTERS OF THIS ORDINANCE PROFESS THEY WANT TO AVOID SIMPLY OUTTA SHEER NECESSITY IN FEARING THE COURT BACKLOGS AFTER SIX 60 DAY NOTICE TO CURE EXPIRES, THEY WILL BE COMPETING FOR TO BE FIRST IN LINE AT THE JP COURTS IN AN EFFORT TO STABILIZE THEIR BUSINESSES. 
          ONLY ABOUT HALF OF SAN ANTONIO RENTAL HOUSE HOMES ARE COVERED UNDER THE CARESS ACT AND NOT ALLOWED TO FILE EVICTIONS. 
          FOR NOW. 
          RENTAL HOUSING PROVIDERS WHO HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO SO HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO FILE EVICTIONS FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT. 
          AS OF THE FOURTH WEEK OF APRIL, THERE WERE ONLY 4 84 EVICTIONS FILED IN BEXAR COUNTY COMPARED TO 6 65 IN MARCH. 
          DURING THE SAME WEEK, OWNERS CONTINUE TO GIVE CONSIDERATION WHEN VERY LITTLE HAS BEEN SHOWN TO THEM. 
          FRANKLY, I'M FINDING IT VERY DIFFICULT AS THE LEADER OF THIS ASSOCIATION TO FIND WAYS TO INSPIRE THEM TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. 
          THEY FEEL WHEN, SINCE THEY FEEL NONE OF THE GOOD THEY'RE DOING, UH, IN THE MOST DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, 
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RESULTS IN ANY ANYTHING BUT FURTHER DISTRESS AND TO THEIR BUSINESS. 
          EVICTION IS A LAST RESORT AND WE URGE YOU, PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS ORDINANCE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU MR. LAZARRE. 
          JACK FINGER, WELL, MAYOR NURENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. 
          FINGER. 
          YES, MR. MAYOR, I, I NOTICE THAT ONCE AGAIN, YOU'RE PLAYING PRETTY HARD AND FAST WITH THE RULES. 
          UH, WE ARE NORMALLY AS SPEAKERS GIVEN AS MUCH AS THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          I THINK THAT'S EVEN BY ORDINANCE. 
          UH, BUT, UH, I NOTICE YOU HAVE DECIDED TO CUT DOWN OUR TIME BY AS MUCH AS A THIRD. 
          AND I MUST SAY THAT IF ONE MINUTE PER SPEAKER IS WAY TOO MUCH FOR ANY OF YOU TO WITHSTAND, QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK Y'ALL SHOULDN'T HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THIS JOB. 
          WE GO THIS ORDINANCE. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE TRYING TO CAPITALIZE ON THE IDEA THAT LANDLORDS ARE BIG, BAD ONEROUS INDIVIDUALS THAT, UH, ARE JUST LOUNGE AROUND EATING BOND BONDS AND SMOKING CIGARS ALL THE TIME. 
          WELL, I'M SORRY. 
          THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOMS AND POPS. 
          THEY ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. 
          THEY HAVE SAVED UP TO, TO BUY PROPERTIES FOR THE MORTGAGES AND SO FORTH. 
          AND WHAT I WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WELL, THIS THING IS COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY, YOUR COMPASSION IS COMPLETELY MISPLACED AT BEST AND AT WORST, YOU'RE ACTING LIKE TYRANTS IS, I NOTICE THAT. 
          WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO DO FOR 60 DAYS? HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO MAKE ANY MONEY? HUH? I MEAN, I, I MEAN, YES, FINE, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THESE PEOPLE TENANTS A, AN EXTRA 60 DAYS, FINE, BUT DO IT ON YOUR OWN TIME. 
          WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO DO? YOU KNOW, AT THE VERY LEAST YOU COULD DO IS MAYBE GIVE 'EM A TAX BREAK EQUIVALENT TO WHAT THEY THEY'RE HAVING TO SHELL OUT HERE. 
          I NOTICE THAT ALL THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES YOU GET TO PICK AND CHOOSE, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO TAXES, NO. 
          EVERYBODY IS ESSENTIAL. 
          YOU'VE GOTTA PAY YOUR TAXES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. FINGER. 
          JALYN BELL. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          TONY SOUSA. 
          TONY SOUSA. 
          TEDDY MARTIN. 
          TEDDY MARTIN. 
          TONY, YOU'RE TEDDY MARTIN. 
          HI, TEDDY. 
          I'M TONY SUSA. 
          OH, YOU'RE TONY SUSA. 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD, MR. SUSA. 
          TEDDY MARTIN, YOU'RE NEXT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANKS. 
          UH, THANKS, MR. MAYOR AND, AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, APPRECIATE BEING HERE. 
          THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          I'M ACTUALLY A, A TRANSPLANT FROM, UH, FROM CALIFORNIA MYSELF. 
          SO, UH, I LOVE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS, AND I WANNA THANK EACH ONE OF YOU AS I'VE, UH, BEEN HERE FOR THE LAST 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR AND JUST REALLY YOUR ATTENTIVENESS AND YOUR BODY LANGUAGE AND REALLY LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE SPEAKING. 
          WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, WHY I'M HERE. 
          I'M A, I'M A REGIONAL MANAGER FOR A MANAGEMENT COMPANY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          EMBRY MANAGEMENT IS THE NAME OF OUR COMPANY. 
          UM, AND, UM, I STAND WITH MANY OTHER PEOPLE HERE TODAY AND OPPOSE THE C C R IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY AND ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO ON THAT C C R. 
          UM, I HAD A SCRIPT AND, UM, AND I THOUGHT IT'D BE BETTER, UH, THAT I SPEAK FROM THE HEART, FROM MY OBSERVATION AND WORKING WITH PROPERTY MANAGERS. 
          I PERSONALLY HAVE STARTED IN THIS BUSINESS, UH, ON THE GROUND FLOOR, UH, AS A SALES CONSULTANT, A LEASING CONSULTANT. 
          SO I KNOW EVERY FACET OF OUR BUSINESS. 
          AND, UH, I WANNA ASSURE YOU, UH, SINCE THE BEGINNING, UH, LET'S SAY MARCH, UH, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN, UH, TO BE IN LOCKSTEP WITH THE CITY'S, UH, ORDINANCES, GUIDANCE AND FEEDBACK TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY RESIDENTS ARE SAFE, UH, BUT OF COURSE OUR STAFF. 
          AND, UM, AND SO WE, WE'VE MADE EVERY EFFORT TO DO THAT. 
          UH, IN ADDITION, WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HAVING TROUBLE. 
          UM, BOTH, UH, ANY HEALTH ISSUES OR ANY FINANCIAL ISSUES, MAYBE DUE TO, UH, JOB LOSS OR ANYTHING ELSE. 
          AND WE'VE GONE OUT OF OUR WAY AS I THINK MANY HAVE REITERATED TODAY, TO TRY TO WORK WITH EVERY RESIDENT, UH, IN THE BEST WAY THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN. 
          UM, OUR GOAL IS TO HELP THEM KEEP A HOME. 
          WE'RE IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS. 
          WE'RE IN THE MULTI, UM, MULTI-HOUSING BUSINESS. 
          AND OUR JOB IS TO HELP PEOPLE KEEP A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD. 
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AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO DO THAT. 
          UH, THIS ORDINANCE, I DON'T THINK HELPS IN ANY WAY. 
          AND I THINK IT PROLONGS THE PROCESS. 
          AND MANY OF THOSE THAT ARE FACING EVICTION TODAY, UH, HAVE STARTED THE EVICTION PROCESS PRIOR TO COVID. 
          AND OFTENTIMES IT HASN'T BEEN RELATED TO ANYTHING COVID RELATED. 
          UH, FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T COVID RELATED, WE'VE PROVIDED, THEY'VE PROVIDED DOCUMENTATION AND WE'VE TRIED TO WORK WITH THEM ALONG THE WAY. 
          THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SOSA. 
          TEDDY MARTIN, MS. MARTIN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JACELYN BELL. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          UM, MY NAME IS TEDDY MARTIN. 
          I'M AN ASSISTANT PROPERTY MANAGER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU. 
          YOU ACTUALLY SPOKE AT MY GRADUATION. 
          UM, YOU TOLD US TO STAND UP FOR THE THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE IN. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY. 
          UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO VOTE OR TO URGE ALL OF YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THIS BILL. 
          UM, IT'S NOT GONNA DO AS MUCH GOOD AS WHAT YOU THINK IT IS. 
          UH, AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAID BEFORE, IT IS KIND OF GONNA PROLONG THE INEVITABLE. 
          UM, IT'S GOING TO PUT PEOPLE IN A SITUATION THAT THEY CAN'T RECOVER FROM. 
          IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP THEM FROM HAVING TO PAY THEIR BILLS. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA STOP US FROM HAVING TO PAY OUR BILLS. 
          IT'S KIND OF JUST GONNA KEEP MAKING THIS PROBLEM GET BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER, AND PUT PEOPLE IN A POSITION THAT THEY, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO RECOVER FROM. 
          SO I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST THAT YOU CAN TO PROVIDE FOR THE CITIZENS HERE, AND WE ALL THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CREATE LAWS AND, UM, TRY AND DO THE BEST FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE ON EITHER SIDE. 
          UM, WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ASSIST US AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE PROVIDE FOR, BECAUSE EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT, WE ARE STILL GONNA HAVE TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THEM. 
          UM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PROVIDE THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES. 
          UM, FIX THE THINGS IN THEIR APARTMENT HOME THAT ARE NOT WORKING AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THAT COMMUNITY. 
          UH, SO WE URGE YOU TO VOTE NO, UM, AND TO ASSIST US DOING WHAT WE CAN TO HELP THESE PEOPLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. MARTIN. 
          JOCELYN BELL. 
          MS. BELL, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY NICK AND SADA. 
          HI. 
          FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU IN RESPONDING TO THE PANDEMIC AND TAKING THE MEASURES TO KEEP THE CITIZENS SAFE AND HEALTHY. 
          MY NAME IS JACQUELINE BELL. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT AND I OVERSEE APPROXIMATELY 2,500 MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL HOUSING UNITS IN DISTRICTS ONE, SEVEN AND EIGHT AS A CHILD. 
          AFTER MY PARENTS' DIVORCE, MY MOTHER LANDED AT A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY AS A RECEPTIONIST. 
          SHE WAS QUICKLY PROMOTED TO COMMUNITY MANAGER, WHICH AT THAT TIME PAID HER A MINIMAL SALARY AND A FREE APARTMENT. 
          IT WAS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR HER, MY LATE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED SISTER AND I, BECAUSE WE WERE LITERALLY PROVIDED A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS. 
          DURING THIS NEW NORMAL, I DIDN'T NECESSARILY SEE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AS MY CAREER PATH, BUT GROWING UP IN THE INDUSTRY, I REALIZED IT WAS MY PASSION. 
          I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT THOSE OF US IN THE INDUSTRY ARE IN IT BECAUSE WE TRULY LOVE HELPING OTHERS WITH ONE OF THEIR MOST ESSENTIAL NEEDS AT HOME. 
          IN NON PANDEMIC TIMES, WE DON'T WANNA SEE ANYONE LOSE THEIR HOME, PERIOD. 
          IT'S NOT WHY WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS DURING PANDEMIC TIMES. 
          THE LEVEL OF EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING FROM NOT ONLY PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT MANAGEMENT COMPANIES AND EVERYONE INVOLVED ONSITE IS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL I'VE SEEN. 
          WE ARE WAIVING LATE FEES, MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR RESIDENTS IN REGARDS TO WHERE THEY CAN APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE DELAYING APRIL AND MAY RENT PAYMENTS WHEN NEEDED. 
          THE 60 DAY NOTICE TO CURE PRIOR TO THE THREE DAY WILL HAVE A DOMINO EFFECT ON ALL PARTIES INVOLVED. 
          THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE WE WILL POTENTIALLY LOSE WILL KEEP US FROM SPENDING DOLLARS IN REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO LAY OFF TEAM MEMBERS AS WE'LL, NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD PAYROLL. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO PUT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS ON HOLD AND THIS WILL TRICKLE DOWN TO ALL OF OUR SUPPLIER PARTNERS. 
          THE LIST OF SUPPLIER PARTNERS IN OUR INDUSTRY KEEPS, HELPS, KEEPS EMPLOYED AT ANY GIVEN SITE IS EXTENSIVE. 
          THE PASSING OF THE 60 DAY NOTICES TO CURE WILL HAVE A MUCH BIGGER FINANCIAL DETRIMENT TO THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING THE RENTAL HOUSING INDUSTRY THAN THE HANDFUL OF TENANTS. 
          YOU'RE UNNECESSARILY SEEKING TO PROTECT, AND WE ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU, MS. BELL. 
          NICK ENCHILADA. 
          MR. ENCHILADA, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY LACEY HEN. 
          HI, UH, I'M NICK INS. 
          I'M A REAL ESTATE AGENT WITH, UH, JP AND ASSOCIATES, REALTORS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, SO I, I THINK IT'S BEEN MADE CLEAR AS IT'S BEEN STATED BY SOME OF SAN ANTONIO'S MOST COMPETENT REAL ESTATE MINDS AND PEOPLE MOST INTEGRATED IN THE INDUSTRY. 
          UH, THAT LANDLORDS GOING WITHOUT PAY FOR EIGHT MONTHS OR SO MEANS FORECLOSURES LOOM. 
          IF THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED, UH, TENANTS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND SUCH. 
          SO, UM, I'LL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ON PERSONAL SITUATIONS, UH, THAT I'VE SEEN THAT RELATE TO THIS ISSUE. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW, LANDLORDS ARE NOT ALL, 
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UH, DEEP POCKET HEDGE FUNDS AND LARGE SCALE INVESTORS. 
          UH, TO ME, LANDLORDS ARE, UH, THE PERSON WHO'S, WHO IS SO UPSIDE DOWN IN THEIR MORTGAGE. 
          MY BUYER CLIENTS, THE STARKS COULDN'T BUY THEIR HOUSE, UH, BECAUSE THE SELLER HAD NO CHOICE TO EITHER SELL. 
          UH, THEY HAD TO EITHER SELL, UH, FOR WELL ABOVE MARKET VALUE OR RENT IT OUT, WHICH THEY EVENTUALLY DID. 
          UM, SMALL INVESTORS OF ONE OR TWO PROPERTIES OR SO, UH, THAT WANTED TO USE REAL ESTATE TO DIVERSIFY FOR THEIR RETIREMENT. 
          UH, MY CLIENTS, THE BLAKES AND THE WILLIAMS COME TO MIND. 
          UM, IT'S MID STAGE AND MEGAN PELLEY, WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY, UM, WHO USE INCOME FROM THEIR RENTAL PROPERTIES TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. 
          UM, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, UH, LANDLORDS DO NOT HAVE TO RENT THEIR PROPERTIES OUT AND PROBABLY WON'T IF THIS IS PASSED. 
          UH, THIS WILL SHRINK INVENTORY FOR RENTERS, INCREASED RENT RATES, UH, AND ALLOW LANDLORDS TO BE MORE SELECTIVE. 
          UM, AS SOMEONE WHO WILL INEVITABLY INVEST IN REAL ESTATE, UH, THE MISTRUST I NOW HAVE WITH THE CITY UNEQUIVOCALLY MEANS I WON'T BE INVESTING IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AND I EXPECT OTHERS FOLLOW. 
          UH, THIS DOESN'T SOLVE ONE PROBLEM. 
          IT ONLY CREATES TWO, UH, EVICTIONS, UH, ARE INEVITABLE. 
          UM, IT JUST IS, UH, ADDING FORECLOSURES TO THE MIX JUST MAKES EVERYTHING WORSE FOR EVERYONE. 
          UH, SO THIS CAN ALSO BE DAMAGING TO TENANTS. 
          UH, MOST DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND LENGTHY ORDINANCES. 
          THEY HEAR FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY, UH, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY RENT, AND THEY TAKE THAT AND RUN WITH IT AND JUST, OH, NO. 
          THANK YOU, MR. ENCHILADA. 
          LACEY HENS, SIX MS. HENS. 
          SIX. 
          YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY PDA GIBSON. 
          HELLO, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS LACEY HENDRICKS OF HENDRICKS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. 
          WE MANAGE ROUGHLY 650 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, DUPLEXES OR SMALL MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES ALL OVER SAN ANTONIO, OWNED BY 400 DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS. 
          WE HAVE PROVIDED OUR TENANTS WITH EVERY RESOURCE THAT WE KNOW OF, FROM CITY TO FEDERAL LEVEL SUPPORT, WE HAVE OFFERED PAYMENT PLANS TO ALL OF OUR TENANTS. 
          OUT OF THE 650 UNITS WE MANAGE, WE HAVE SET UP 32 PAYMENT PLANS, WHICH IS THE SAME NUMBER OF TENANTS WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO US ASKING FOR HELP. 
          WE MANAGE UNITS RANGING FROM 400 TO 4,000 A MONTH WITH OUR AVERAGE RENT BEING $880. 
          SO WE HAVE QUITE A FEW CLIENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING MARKET IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE ALSO MANAGE PROPERTIES WITH TENANTS THAT USE SECTION EIGHT AND VASH HOUSING VOUCHERS. 
          WE DO NOT WANT TO EVICT PEOPLE. 
          WE HAVE SENT MULTIPLE NOTICES TO OUR TENANTS THAT WE ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM IF THEY NEED HELP, PLUS ADDED AN ONLINE FORM TO MAKE THE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE EASILY ACCESSIBLE. 
          WE ARE ALWAYS REACHABLE BY PHONE IN CASES OF INABILITY TO ACCESS THE INTERNET AND HAVE ONE PERSON WORKING IN OUR OFFICE IF A TENANT NEEDS TO SPEAK TO US FACE-TO-FACE. 
          BECAUSE EVEN DURING THE TIMES OF A PANDEMIC, WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED OF ACCESSIBILITY TO ALL. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO EVICT PEOPLE. 
          OUR CLIENTS NEED PAYING TENANTS AND WOULD PREFER LATE OR PARTIAL PAY VERSUS NO PAY AT ALL. 
          PLUS THE CO COURT COST OF EVICTION. 
          WE HAVE WAIVED ALL LATE FEES REGARDLESS OF MORTGAGE TYPE. 
          WE HAVE OWNERS THAT HAVE OFFERED DISCOUNTED RENT OR TO SEND EVEN H E B GIFT CARDS AS A GUEST SHOW OF GOOD FAITH. 
          WE ARE ALL TRYING OUR HARDEST TO MAKE THIS WORK FOR EVERYONE. 
          ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAY STAY ONLY PERPETUATES THE SITUATION AT HAND. 
          THE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE HOLDING ON BY A THREAD RIGHT NOW ARE IN DANGER OF BEING FORECLOSED ON BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PROTECTED BY THE CARES ACT. 
          THE HOMEOWNER WILL LOSE THEIR PROPERTY TO THE BANK, WHICH REMOVES THE PROPERTY FROM THE TOTAL AVAILABLE HOUSING COUNT AND A MARKET THAT IS ALREADY SHORT ON HOUSING TO BEGIN WITH, AND RESULTS IN THE SAME SITUATION FOR THE TENANT. 
          ONCE THE BANK OWNS THE PROPERTIES, THE TENANTS WILL BE FORCED TO LEAVE. 
          EXTENDING THE EVICTION MORATORIUM ON FACE VALUE SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD AND EASY SOLUTION, BUT IT HAS MANY UNATTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT WILL BEGIN AS SOON AS THE FIRST FORECLOSURE HAPPENS. 
          PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT THE OVERALL EFFECT OF THIS POLICY WILL DO TO THE BIGGER PICTURE OF HOUSING IN SAN ANTONIO WHEN YOU VOTE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. HENDRICKS, PDA GIBSON. 
          MS. GIBSON, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY BRIAN BIRDIE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL PEOPLE FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU ARE PUTTING INTO THE CITY. 
          WE DO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I CURRENTLY MANAGE A COMMUNITY OF 198 APARTMENT HOMES IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT MY OWNERSHIP HAS ANOTHER COMMUNITY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM MINE WITH 136 APARTMENT HOMES. 
          MY RESIDENT PROFILE CONSISTS OF MANY WHO ARE IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRIES. 
          NOW, DESPITE THE CHALLENGE WITH C O I D HAS BROUGHT MANY OF THEM STILL COMMUNICATE WITH THE OFFICE STAFF AND HAVE MADE PUTTING A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS A PRIORITY. 
          THERE'S JUST A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT REFUSE TO COMMUNICATE. 
          WE ARE WAIVING LATE FEES AND ARE CONSTANTLY POSTING ON OUR RESIDENT PORTAL FOR ANY ASSISTANT THAT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CITY. 
          AND YES, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH OTHER INDIVIDUAL, 
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UH, COMPANIES AS WELL AS BEXAR COUNTY AS FAR AS, UM, ALSO ALL THE OTHER COMMUNICATIONS FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS, WE ARE PRINTING AND HIGHLIGHTING, PUTTING PHONE NUMBERS, CONTACT INFORMATION, GUIDING THEM STEP BY STEP. 
          I URGE YOU TO VOTE. 
          NOTE TO PROPOSITION 60 DAY NOTICE TO CURE ORDINANCE. 
          THIS CAN DRAMATICALLY IMPACT THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          INCOME IS NEEDED TO PAY THE MORTGAGE UTILITIES SERVICE CONTRACT EMPLOYEE PAYROLL VENDORS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES AND SUPPLIERS FROM MAINTAINING RESIDENT HOMES. 
          THIS WILL HAVE A DIRECT NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTS. 
          THEY WILL BE UNHAPPY THAT THIS COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD FOR MORE MOVE OUTS, NOT ENOUGH FUNDS TO TURN UNITS, NOT ENOUGH SUPPLIES TO SERVICE THOSE RESIDENTS THAT ARE STILL WITH US. 
          THE 60 DAY NOTICE TO SECURE ORDINANCE WILL ALSO GIVE A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY TO THOSE WHO ARE AWAITING FOR FREE RENT. 
          BY THE TIME THEY REALIZE THEY ARE STILL LIABLE TO PAY THE RENT, THERE WILL BE NO MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE BECAUSE THOSE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE MADE THEIR HOME A PRIORITY HAVE ALREADY PAID VOTE NO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. GIBSON. 
          BRIAN BIRDIE. 
          MR. BIRDIE, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MIKE RUST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M BRIAN BIRDIE, UH, OWNER OF BIRDIE PROPERTIES. 
          WE HAVE BEEN SPECIALIZING IN SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FOR 40 YEARS. 
          25 YEARS AGO, UH, AFTER GETTING OUTTA THE AIR FORCE, 15 YEARS OF SERVICE THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. 
          I GOT INTO THIS BUSINESS, AND I REMEMBER GOING TO EVICTION COURT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. 
          IT WAS PAINFUL TO KICK SOMEONE OUT OF THEIR HOUSE. 
          I REMEMBER GOING TO MY PASTOR AND SAY, HOW AM I GOING TO DO THIS BUSINESS WHEN I HAVE TO REMOVE PEOPLE IF THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES AND PAY THEIR RENT? AND HE SAID, IT IS NOT YOUR PLACE TO CONTINUE TO FOSTER THEIR BAD ACTIONS. 
          THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AND YOU NEED TO HOLD THEM RESPONSIBLE TO WHAT IS WRITTEN. 
          PLUS YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO YOUR OWNERS. 
          SO I JUST FIGURED TODAY YOU HAVE HEARD THE SAME THING MENTIONED A MILLION TIMES. 
          SO LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT TWO SIMPLE THINGS THAT YOU HAVEN'T HEARD. 
          NUMBER ONE, A TENANT WHO DOES NOT PAY THEIR RENT AND THE MONTH WITH THAT YOU DO IS DOOMED FOR EVICTION, EXTENDING THE TIME FOR THEM. 
          YOU ARE CREATING AND DAMAGING THEIR ABILITY TO SURVIVE IN THE HOUSEHOLD THAT THEY'RE LIVING IN. 
          WE HAVE FOUR 40 YEARS WAIVED LATE FEES SET UP PAYMENT PLANS FOUND A WAY FOR THEM TO MAKE SOME PAYMENT IN THE MONTH IN WHICH IT WAS DUE, BECAUSE IF THEY GET TO THE END OF THAT MONTH, HOW ARE THEY GONNA CREATE TWO TIMES THEIR RENT NEXT MONTH, THREE TIMES THEIR RENT, 60 DAYS LATER? IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OWNERS OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          LANDLORDS OF SINGLE FAMILY OWNED HOMES OWN ONE HOME. 
          MANY OF THEM ARE MILITARY. 
          THEY NEED THAT TO, THAT RENT MONEY TO SURVIVE AND NOT BE FORECLOSED ON MANY OF THEM. 
          I HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW WHO HAS NOT BEEN PAID IN TWO MONTHS. 
          HE IS SERVING OVERSEAS IN EUROPE. 
          HE HAS A SECURITY CLEARANCE. 
          HE HAS TO MAKE SURE HIS MORTGAGE PAYMENT IS PAID OR HE MIGHT LOSE THAT CLEARANCE AND HIS JOB. 
          AND THAT IS BASED ON THE RENT COMING IN AND TENANTS BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE. 
          PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS ORDINANCE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BIRDIE. 
          MIKE RUST. 
          MR. RUST, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY HECTOR MORALES. 
          MR. MAYOR HECTOR HAS, UH, GRACIOUSLY SEATED HIS TIME IN CASE I GO OVER. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES, MIKE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
          UH, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH MANY OF YOU IN THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AGAIN, UH, THIS TIME. 
          AS, AS A, AS A BUSINESS MANAGER. 
          UH, THE COMPANY I WORK FOR HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS IN SAN ANTONIO FOR OVER 25 YEARS. 
          UH, WE OWN AND MANAGE ALL LOW INCOME UNSUBSIDIZED, UH, RENTAL HOUSING HERE IN TOWN. 
          UH, WE EMPLOY A HUNDRED PLUS PEOPLE, COUNTLESS OTHER VENDORS, UH, CONTRACTORS, DELIVERY PEOPLE THAT BRING US SUPPLIES. 
          UH, WE HAVE VERY LOW RENTS. 
          ALL OUR APARTMENTS ARE EITHER ALL BILLS PAID OR AT LEAST THE WATER IS PAID. 
          UH, WE HAVE NO OR, OR VERY LOW FEE STRUCTURE. 
          AND WE PROVIDE A HUNDRED MEGABYTE DOWNLOAD SPEED, WIFI FREE OF CHARGE TO EVERY RESIDENT WE HAVE. 
          UM, WE'RE NOT SUBJECT TO THE CARESS ACT BECAUSE WE DON'T BENEFIT FROM ANY FEDERAL SUBSIDIES. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT, UH, AN IMPORTANT POINT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND. 
          UM, WHEN THE PANDEMIC STARTED, UH, LIKE MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE INDUSTRY, UH, WITHOUT BEING PRODDED BY ANY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY, WE WAIVED 10% OF OUR RENT OFF THE TOP FOR EVERYBODY. 
          WE WAIVED ALL LATE FEES. 
          WE SUS SUSPENDED, UH, PRE-PROGRAMMED RENT INCREASES. 
          UM, AND THIS IS GONNA SOUND LIKE A SMALL THING, BUT I, I ASSURE YOU, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR, TO OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE, WHO ARE LOW INCOME, UH, CITIZENS OF THE CITY. 
          SO 
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WE GAVE AWAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF FREE LAUNDRY IN OUR LAUNDRY CENTERS. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT SEEMS LIKE NOT A LOT, BUT THAT IT'S VERY MEANINGFUL TO OUR, TO OUR PEOPLE. 
          UM, AND SO I SAY ALL THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE YOUNG LADY THAT SPOKE AT THE BEGINNING OF, UH, OF, OF THIS, UH, ITEM. 
          UM, I DON'T WANT YOU TO, UH, GET THE IMPRESSION THAT LANDLORDS ARE OUT FOR BLOOD AND THAT WE PLACE PROFIT OVER THE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S THE FURTHEST THING FROM THE TRUTH. 
          AND I THINK YOU'VE HEARD THAT FROM A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE SPOKEN SO FAR TODAY, AND I WANT YOU TO HEAR IT AGAIN FROM ME. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE MESSAGE THAT THIS ORDINANCE SENDS, YOU KNOW, THIS ADDITIONAL GRACE PERIOD BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO STEP ONE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, SPOKE ABOUT EARLY ON. 
          YOU KNOW, THE, THAT ADDITIONAL, IF IT'S 60 DAYS, 30 DAYS, WHATEVER IT IS, BUILDING TIME INTO THE PROCESS DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT THAT WE HAVE WHO'S BEHIND ON THE RENT. 
          WE SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS TRYING TO FIND, EXCUSE ME, FIND WHO'S BEEN AFFECTED BY COVID AND CONNECT THEM WITH THE RESOURCES, UH, THAT YOU'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB PRO PROVIDING, UH, ALSO PRIVATE RESOURCES. 
          SAM'S MINISTRIES, ST. 
          VINCENT DE PAUL, ALL THESE, ALL THESE, UH, AGENCIES. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO CONNECT OUR PEOPLE WITH IT. 
          AND THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT THIS ORDINANCE WILL BENEFIT ARE THE ONES THAT REFUSE TO BE HELPED, THAT REFUSE TO COURT TO, TO COOPERATE WITH OUR ABILITY TO TRY AND HELP THEM. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A SHAME THAT WHAT THAT WILL DO IS CREATE, BASICALLY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CREATING A, A MESSAGE THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE TO SEEK HELP. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE RENT. 
          AND IT WILL AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS. 
          A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE STARTED A PROJECT WITH, UH, THE THROUGH PROJECT, WHICH PROVIDES, UH, HOUSING FOR, UH, FOSTER CHILDREN THAT ARE AGING OUT OF CARE. 
          UM, DURING THIS PANDEMIC, THEIR MISSION HAS NOT STOPPED AND WE HAVE NOT STOPPED HELPING THEM. 
          AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, OUR COMPANY IS FORTUNATE TO NOT BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE TO PAY MORTGAGES. 
          BUT WHAT  WHAT I'M AFRAID OF IS THAT WE'LL BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN'T PROVIDE THE SERVICES, CAN'T PROVIDE THE HELP THAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE, AND THAT OUR CUSTOMERS, THE LOW INCOME RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, UH, DESERVE TO HAVE FROM US. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU, MR. RUST. 
          ERICA HEISEL. 
          MS. HEISEL, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY CRYSTAL MOYA. 
          I HAVE SOMEONE GIVING UP THIS TIME. 
          MR. RAMIREZ GAVE TIME TO MS. MOYA. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          SORRY. 
          NO WORRIES. 
          I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT MS. MOYA WAS APPROVED TO SPEAK. 
          SHE, SHE'S ON, SHE'S ON THE LIST. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, GO AHEAD, MS. HEISEL. 
          MY NAME IS ERICA HEISEL. 
          I APPRECIATE BEING HERE TODAY. 
          I DO VOTE IN DISTRICT NINE AND I AM A RESPONSIBLE PROPERTY TAXPAYER IN DISTRICT TWO, DISTRICT THREE AND DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AND I, UH, JUST KIND OF ASK COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT FACTS AND NOT POLITICS. 
          I THINK, UH, THE MAYOR HAS BEEN A GOOD LEADER IN THIS WITH OUR C OVID 19 RESPONSE. 
          I SEE NO FACTS IN THIS ORDINANCE, JUST IDEOLOGY AND POLITICS BY ONE ROGUE POLITICIAN. 
          THE FACTS ARE THAT 50% OF RENTALS ARE OWNED BY INDIVIDUALS WITH LESS THAN 10 UNITS. 
          FACT, I OWN LESS. 
          I OWN EIGHT UNITS. 
          I ALSO PICK UP PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT TO CODE AND BRING 'EM BACK TO CODE. 
          I PAID 43% OF MY GROSS RENTAL INCOME IN 2019 TO PROPERTY TAXES ALONE. 
          IT DOES NOT INCLUDE INSURANCE, DOES NOT INCLUDE MORTGAGES, DOES NOT INCLUDE MAINTENANCE PROPERTY OWNERS OR THE BACKBONE OF TEXAS. 
          THEY'RE THE BACKBONE OF TEXAS SCHOOLS, COUNTY HOSPITALS, AND IN OUR TOWN, THE SAN SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY. 
          WHERE IS PROPERTY TAX OWNERS 60 DAYS EXTENSION ON PROPERTY TAXES. 
          AND JUST TO KIND OF CLARIFY, I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE OF THE NEWLY FORMED PROPERTY OWNERS ALLIANCE. 
          THIS GROUP IS COMPRISED OF PROPERTY OWNERS WHO RUN SMALL BUSINESSES WHO OWN AND MANAGE THEIR OWN RENTALS AS LANDLORDS, WHICH JUST MEANS THAT THEY DON'T HIRE AN OUTSIDE AGENT. 
          UM, EVICTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUSPENDED FROM MARCH 16TH TO JUNE 1ST. 
          RENTERS HAVE HAD, AND I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH FACTS FACT, EVICTIONS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FOR MORE THAN 60 DAYS. 
          FACT, RENTERS HAVE NO ACCOUNTABILITY TO NOT EVEN READ THEIR LEASE IN THIS ORDINANCE. 
          THIS, THIS IS TO THE POINT OF RIDICULOUSNESS. 
          SHOULD WE START PUTTING, UM, NOTICES ON SMALL BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT CONSUMERS READ EVERYTHING THAT THEY SEE WHEN THEY GO IN TO BUY SOMETHING FROM A SHOP? NO, RENTERS HAVE HAD MORE THAN 60 DAYS TO CURE THEIR PAYMENTS. 
          AND THE FACT IS THERE'S NO RESPONSIBILITY. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          NO. 
          THANK YOU, MS. HEISEL. 
          CRYSTAL MOYA. 
          MS. MOYA, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL WHEELER. 
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UH, MAYOR RUSS RAMIREZ HAS ALLOTTED ME HIS TIME, SO I'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS CRYSTAL MOYA. 
          I REPRESENT SEVERAL COMMUNITIES LOCATED THROUGHOUT DISTRICT THREE, FOUR, AND SIX, WHERE WE PROVIDE QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR MORE THAN 1200 SAN ANTONIO FAMILIES. 
          THIS GOES WITHOUT SAYING WE ARE FACING UNPRECEDENTED TIMES AND THERE'S NO DENYING THAT WE ARE IN A LARGE ROOM OF VARYING OPINIONS TODAY. 
          ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN, NO ONE WOULD BE HERE TODAY IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU, OUR VALUED LEADERS FOR CONTINUING TO AFFORD US THESE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          IN SAYING THAT, I'D LIKE TO START BY THANKING YOU, MAYOR NUREMBERG AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND YOUR DUTIES AS VALUED LEADERS OF SAN ANTONIO TO ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS. 
          BUT TODAY, I RESPECTFULLY AND FIRMLY ASK THAT THE BOARD AND COUNCIL REMAIN MINDFUL OF SAN ANTONIO'S MISSION TO PRESERVE THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF OUR GREAT CITY. 
          I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO TO THE 60 DAY RIGHT TO CURE ORDINANCE. 
          THIS ORDINANCE WILL FORCE COMPASSIONATE LANDLORDS LIKE MYSELF TO NO, NO LONGER AFFORD TO EXTEND A HELPING HAND TO OUR RESIDENTS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, MY COMMUNITIES UNDER THE SLOGAN, HELP US HELP YOU HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED REVENUE LOSSES OF APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION DUE TO THIS PANDEMIC AND OUR EFFORTS TO HELP KEEP RESIDENTS HOUSED. 
          SOME OF THESE OFFERINGS HAVE BEEN OFFERING A 10% DISCOUNT ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL OF OUR 4,000 PLUS RESIDENT HOUSE HOUSEHOLDS FOR BOTH APRIL AND MAY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT MANDATED. 
          WAIVER OF LATE FEES. 
          WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE DAILY LUNCH MEALS FOR OUR CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          WE HAVE PERSONALLY REACHED OUT TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR RESIDENT HOUSEHOLDS TO TRACK FINANCIAL IMPACT AND OFFERING RESOURCES AND ACTING AS LIAISONS BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR RESIDENTS. 
          WE HAVE ALSO OFFERED RENT DEFERRAL PLANS AS NEEDED. 
          IN THE MIDST OF THIS PANDEMIC, WE CONTINUE TO EMPLOY THE FORGOTTEN ESSENTIAL WORKERS, UM, THAT WORKED TIRELESSLY TO PROVIDE SAFE AND QUALITY HOUSING, SUCH AS OUR COMMUNITY MANAGERS AND MAINTENANCE TEAMS. AS A YOUNG LADY THAT SPOKE TOWARDS THE BEGINNING SAID, HOUSING IS AN ESSENTIAL NECESSITY. 
          BUT WHAT IS ALSO ESSENTIAL IS THE FACT THAT WE MUST ALSO PRESERVE THE OWNER'S FINANCIAL CAPACITY TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THIS ESSENTIAL NEED. 
          NOT DOING SO CAN HAVE A LONG-TERM DETRIMENTAL EFFECT. 
          MY SISTERS AND I WERE RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          I USED TO BE A TENANT AND NOW I AM A LANDLORD. 
          A LANDLORD THAT UNDERSTANDS THE ADVERSITIES FACED BY MY RESIDENTS, WHICH ARE ALMOST ALWAYS SIMILAR TO MINE. 
          I WAS NOT EXPECTED TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL, MUCH LESS RECEIVE MY FOUR YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE, WHICH I DID. 
          AND I AM NOW AND FOREVER A PROUD ROADRUNNER BECAUSE OF LANDLORDS SUCH AS MYSELF. 
          I HAD A PLACE TO CALL HOME LANDLORDS THAT WERE COMPASSIONATE AND FOLLOWED THROUGH ON THEIR MISSION TO HOUSE RESIDENTS. 
          AND THEY WERE ABLE TO AFFORD THIS BECAUSE THEY HAD THE FREEDOM TO ENFORCE RULES AND POLICIES FAIRLY AND FIRMLY. 
          ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I LOVE MY JOB IS BECAUSE I'M ABLE TO HELP THOSE STRUGGLING AS I DID BY PROVIDING MY RESIDENTS A PLACE TO CALL HOME. 
          AND ALSO SHARING WITH THEM MY STORY AND AN EFFORT TO MOTIVATE OUR YOUNG RESIDENTS TO NEVER GIVE UP AND BREAK THOSE GENERATIONAL CURSES THAT HAVE HELD THEM DOWN. 
          I KNOW THE ADVERSITIES FACED BY MANY OF THE CITIZENS WE SERVE AND THEREFORE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVISION OF HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. 
          AS I DESCRIBE MY COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO PROVIDE, I AM COGNIZANT AS WELL OF THE BURDEN THAT HAS BEEN PLACED UPON YOU TODAY. 
          BUT IF YOU THINK THIS THROUGH, YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS ORDINANCE WILL ALSO HAVE A HUGE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR RENTERS, LANDLORDS, SUPPLIERS, AND ALL THOSE WE EMPLOY. 
          WE ARE THE ONLY INDUSTRY BEING ASKED TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR FREE. 
          THIS IS UNREASONABLE AND UNSUSTAINABLE. 
          A SMALL INDEPENDENT OWNER CAN POTENTIALLY BE FORCED INTO FORECLOSURE OR BANKRUPTCY. 
          IF THIS ORDINANCE PASSES, I BEG YOU, I BEG YOU TO BE IMPARTIAL AND CONSIDER THE BURDEN BEING PLACED UPON US AS WELL. 
          AS COMPLICATED AS THIS IS, THIS IS TEXAS, A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HOUSING EXPERTS. 
          THANK YOU MS. MOYA. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          PLEASE VOTE NO. 
          MICHAEL WHEELER. 
          HI, UH, ANNABELLE WHEELER IS, UM, IS WILLING TO SEED TIME TO ME IF I NEED IT. 
          I DON'T THINK I WILL, BUT JUST TO, YEAH, AND I DON'T HAVE ANNABEL ON THE LIST, MIKE, SO YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES. 
          WELL, SHE SIGNED UP RIGHT AFTER ME. 
          THERE WAS A, UH, MS. MOYA AND YOU SIR, UH, CAME IN AFTER, SO THAT'S WHY. 
          NO, WE, I HAD YOU SEE THE CLERK 'CAUSE YOU WEREN'T ON THE ORIGINAL LIST, BUT GO AHEAD, MIKE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY. 
          AS MANY OF OUR WAYS OF LIVES ARE AT RISK, NOT ONLY 
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FROM C OVID 19, BUT ALSO FROM REGULATIONS THAT ARE PUT FORTH THAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM OUR SOURCE OF INCOME. 
          MY WIFE AND I OWN 37 UNITS IN DISTRICT SIX AND ARE PROUD TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR OVER A HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING FAMILIES AND SINGLE MOTHERS. 
          WE HAVE BOUGHT APARTMENTS, FIX THEM UP AND PROVIDE AFFORDABLE, CLEAN, AND SAFE ENVIRONMENTS. 
          THAT STRATEGY, STRATEGY WILL CEASE NOT A RE RESULT OF C OVID 19, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF GOVERNMENT ORDINANCES SUCH AS THIS FOR REPO FOR RESPONSIBLE TENANTS. 
          THE CURRENT SYSTEM WORKS. 
          RESPONSIBLE TENANTS ARE WORKING WITH LANDLORDS TO PAY WHEN THEY CAN, A HUNDRED DOLLARS ONE WEEK, $50 NEXT $200 A WEEK AFTER TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT, HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES TO GET OUR, TO GET THE RENT. 
          IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE TENANTS. 
          THAT IS, THAT THIS ORDINANCE HELPS. 
          THE RIGHT TO CURE WOULD BE DEVASTATING FOR LANDLORDS AND RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIBLE TENANTS ALIKE. 
          FROM OUR EXPERIENCE, THE MAJORITY OF TENANTS ALLOWED 60 DAYS BEFORE RECEIVING TERMINATION OF OCCUPANCY WOULD USE THIS TIME TO LIVE FOR FREE AND MOVE OUT JUST PRIOR TO THE EVICTION COURT DATE. 
          THIS NORMALLY DEPRIVES US LANDLORDS OF WHAT WE ARE OWED, BUT ALSO RENT WE COULD HAVE RECEIVED DURING THESE TWO TO THREE MONTHS. 
          THIS IS AT A TIME WHEN MY PROPERTY TAX, I JUST FOUND OUT, WENT UP 70% AT AN ADDITIONAL NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCE WOULD BE THE RISE IN PEOPLE ON THE STREETS LOOKING FOR HOUSING. 
          WE CURRENTLY ARE VERY EMPATHETIC TO THOSE PEOPLE NEEDING SECOND CHANCES. 
          WE WORK WITH PRIOR FELONS, EVICTIONS AND ET CETERA. 
          BUT IF THIS WERE TO PASS, THEN WE WOULD BE FORCED TO CUT OUT ALL SECOND CHANCES. 
          WE COULD NOT TAKE A RISK ON A FRINGE INDIVIDUAL QUALIFICATION WOULD BECOME MUCH STRICTER. 
          I HAVE A SOLUTION NOW, IF THE PURPOSE IS TO HELP PEOPLE PAY BACK RENT, AND THE COUNCIL TRULY BELIEVES THAT WE WILL BE PAID, THAT WE, WE LANDLORDS WILL BE PAID THEN THE CITY PAID LANDLORDS MONEY OWED. 
          IF WHAT I THINK WILL HAPPEN HAPPENS. 
          IF NOT, WHY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. I IMPLORE YOU. 
          I'M JUST USING MY WIFE'S TIME. 
          PLEASE. 
          I IMPLORE YOU TO NOT TAKE US DOWN THE ROAD OF CALIFORNIA OR NEW YORK TO FINANCIAL DISASTER. 
          THIS ORDINANCE IS BEING RUSHED THROUGH CLEARLY. 
          THERE WOULD BE MORE TIME. 
          THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE TIME TO RESEARCH ITS IMPACT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE, LORD. 
          NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          THAT'S EVERYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE. 
          SO NOW WE'LL TURN TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA. 
          UH, THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UH, WHO, UH, ARE SUPPORTIVE, UH, AND, UH, HAVE, HAVE, HAVE HELPED ME KIND OF TRY TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THIS. 
          I WANT TO THANK TEXAS HOUSERS, UH, TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT, TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID, UH, STATE AND LOCAL, UH, TENANT ADVOCATES. 
          UH, THERE'S ALSO OTHER CITIES THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M IN, IN A DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR SPEAKING TO US ABOUT RIGHT TO CURE AND HAVE, UH, REALLY TAUGHT US A LOT ABOUT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. 
          UH, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CASTRO FAMILY FOR, FOR BEING, UH, SUPPORTIVE AND HELPING OUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE. 
          UH, LAST WEEK WE WERE PRESENTED WITH CITY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF TENANT RIGHTS. 
          I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE TENANT RIGHTS PRIOR OF TENANT RIGHTS PRIOR TO US BEING IMPACTED BY C OVID 19. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THE INFORMATION AND ACTION ITEMS OUTLINED IN TENANT'S RIGHTS ARE CRITICAL TO THE REMEDIATION PROCESS THAT WE ARE PREPARING FOR NOW. 
          HOWEVER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH TENANT'S RIGHTS, THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR AN ADDITIONAL SOCIAL SAFETY NET TO BE PUT IN PLACE. 
          THE RIGHT TO CURE POLICY IS NOT A FREE PASS FOR TENANTS TO PAY THE RENT THAT IS OWED. 
          DATA PROVIDED TO US EARLIER THIS YEAR BY TEXAS HOUSERS SHOWED THAT IN 20 18, 270 5,800 RENTERS IN SAN ANTONIO WERE WORKING PEOPLE, WORKING PEOPLE WHO INCLUDE THE SERVICE SECTOR, A SECTOR THAT WAS DEFINED BY THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE IN AUGUST OF 2018. 
          AS WAGE STAFF HOSTS, PERSONAL CARE AIDES, COOKS, CASHIERS CLEANERS, CHILDCARE WORKERS, HOTEL STAFF, CONCIERGES, HAIRDRESSERS, BARBERS, BAKERS, TAXI DRIVERS, FLORAL DESIGNERS, ARTISTS, SECURITY GUARDS, GROUNDSKEEPERS AND MECHANICS. 
          THE SAME SECTOR OF EMPLOYMENT 
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THAT HAS SHARPLY AND EXTENSIVELY BEEN IMPACTED BY THE EFFECTS OF THIS PANDEMIC. 
          THEY HAVE ACCEPTED THE STAY HOME ORDER AND HAVE EXERCISED SAFE SOCIAL DISTANCING IN SUPPORT OF REDUCING THE SPREAD OF THE C OVID 19 VIRUS. 
          HOWEVER, THIS IS ALSO MEANT THAT OUR SERVICE COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY WHO IS DEPENDENT ON WAGES, EARN FROM TIPS AND OUTDATED MINIMUM WAGES AS THEIR MEANS OF STABLE LIVING. 
          THEY'VE BEEN HELD FROM OPPORTUNITIES OF EARNING AN INCOME TO PAY FOR BASIC NECESSITIES THAT WOULD ENSURE THEY LIVE SAFELY IN A TIME WHEN SAFETY HAS BEEN THE MOST EMPHASIZED, AND STAYING HOME HAS BEEN VITAL TO FLATTENING OF THE C OVID 19 CURVE IN OUR CITY. 
          THEY HAVE DONE SO AND ARE NOW AT RISK OF NEGATIVE REPERCUSSIONS TO AN ORDER WE ASK THEM TO ABIDE BY. 
          WE ARE SUCCESSFULLY FLATTENING THE CURVE, BUT THE COST OF THAT HAS BEEN A PEAK TO OTHER CURVES. 
          UNEMPLOYMENT, HOMELESSNESS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THE NEED FOR FOOD SUPPLIES, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER MISFORTUNES, ALL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WERE NOT CREATED BY THIS PANDEMIC, BUT RATHER BROUGHT TO LIGHT BECAUSE OF IT. 
          THIS WEEK, I FOUND INFORMATION ON WEB, THE WEBSITES OF 13 DIFFERENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT OUTLINED THEIR PLANS TO SUPPORT THEIR CUSTOMERS WITH MORTGAGES AND SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          PROPERTY OWNERS, INCLUDING THOSE OF INVESTMENT PROPERTIES, ARE OFFERED ASSISTANCE SIMILAR TO THAT, WHICH I AM REQUESTING. 
          WE CONSIDER TODAY, IN FACT, BANKS OFFERED ANYWHERE FROM 90 TO 180 DAYS OF ASSISTANCE IN FORMS OF FORBEARANCE, SUSPENSIONS AND DEFERRALS TO THEIR LOAN PAYMENTS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE CUSTOMERS TO THESE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ARE EVEN MORE LIKELY TO HAVE ACCESS TO AN ASSIGNED PERSONAL BANKER THAT COULD ASSIST THEM IN APPLYING FOR THIS ASSISTANCE WITH LITTLE TO NO PROOF OF IMPACT DOCUMENTATION. 
          IF A BANK OR CREDIT UNION, BOTH FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS CAN OFFER PROPERTY AND BUSINESS OWNERS ASSISTANCE DURING THEIR TIME OF NEED AND EVEN INCLUDE COMMUNICATION SPECIFIC TO RENTER'S INABILITY TO MAKE PAYMENT. 
          THEN HOW IS A POLICY WITH A SIMILAR REQUEST AT A SHORTER RELIEF PERIOD BEING LOOKED AT WITH THIS MUCH HESITANCY? I'M NOT SAYING THAT ALL LANDLORDS ARE BAD. 
          AGAIN, I WILL REITERATE WHAT I SAID LAST WEEK. 
          I'VE HEARD SOME GREAT STORIES MADE BY LANDLORDS OF HOW THEY'VE SUPPORTED THEIR TENANTS. 
          LANDLORDS WHO'VE BEEN CONSIDERATE AND ARE AWARE THAT THE STRUGGLE IS NOT JUST BEING FACED ON ONE SIDE OF THE AISLE. 
          HOWEVER, THE OPTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE TO ASSIST BOTH PARTIES IS WEIGHTED IN SUPPORT OF ONE SIDE OF THAT AISLE. 
          THIS POLICY IS NOT MEANT TO ILLUSTRATE THIS PICTURE OF LANDLORDS AGAINST RENTERS, BUT TO OFFER A LIFELINE OF SUPPORT TO RENTERS LIKE THOSE OFFERED TO PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO COME OUT OF THIS STRONGER IS TO AGREE TO WORK TOGETHER AND PROVIDE AS MANY RESOURCES AS WE CAN FOR ALL, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THERE SHOULD BE INCLUSIVE MEANS OF SUPPORT. 
          IF THE GOAL IS TO RISE FROM THIS STRONGER AND MORE FRUITFUL, A PROPERTY OWNER CAN DELAY PAYMENTS WITH THEIR BANK AND THE BANK WILL CONTINUE TO REPORT THAT THEY ARE IN GOOD STANDING, A RENTER, AN EVICTION, THE DELAY OF MAKING PAYMENT. 
          THIS GOES ON THEIR RENTER'S HISTORY AND CAN IMPACT THEM IN LIMITING THEIR ABILITIES TO GET INTO AN APARTMENT WITH YET A ANOTHER BARRIER FOR THEM TO GET THROUGH. 
          I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FIVE. 
          GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER 
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GONZALEZ. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THE COUNCIL MEMBER STARTED HIS COMMENTS BY THANKING ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP HIM DRAFT THIS ORDINANCE. 
          UH, AND MANY OF THEM ARE POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
          IT'S IN THEIR MISSION STATEMENT THAT THEY HAVE A POLITICAL AGENDA. 
          UM, AND, UH, ONE THING THAT I CAN SAY VERY HUMBLY AND HONESTLY HAVING REPRESENTED A VERY POOR COMMUNITY ALL THESE YEARS IS THAT NEVER HAVE A CONSTITUENT COME TO ME AND SAID, I NEED MY RENT TO BE CURED FOR 60 DAYS. 
          THEY HAVE OFTEN COME SAYING, I NEED HELP WITH FOOD. 
          I NEED HELP WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          I'M IN A BAD SITUATION AND THERE'S A LOT OF VIOLENCE IN MY HOME. 
          CAN YOU HELP ME? CAN YOU HELP ME WORK WITH MY LANDLORD? CAN YOU HELP ME WITH LEASE AGREEMENTS? ALL THE THINGS THAT LORI PRESENTED IN THE PRESENTATION ABOUT A WEEK AGO. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT ALTERNATIVE. 
          WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AND WE'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE IT. 
          AND IT WAS, I BELIEVED A REALLY GREAT COMING TOGETHER OF, OF, UH, THE, UH, APARTMENT ASSOCIATION. 
          SOME INPUT FROM, UH, THE COUNCIL, UM, GIVEN REALLY GOOD SOLID ADVICE FROM OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, AND SO ALL OF THESE THINGS I THOUGHT WERE REALLY GREAT AND I WAS REALLY HOPEFUL THAT WE COULD, UM, SUPPORT THAT AND, AND MOVE ON THAT ITEM. 
          UM, RATHER THAN THIS ORDINANCE, WHICH HAS NEVER GONE THROUGH A COMMITTEE, UH, IT'S NEVER BEEN VETTED. 
          UM, NOT TO SAY THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD TRANSPARENT PROCESS. 
          WE'VE BEEN, BEEN BRIEFED MANY TIMES IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          AND THE REASON THOSE WERE ALL DONE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IS BECAUSE THIS ACTION IS PREEMPTED BY STATE LAW. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PUSH THIS ON LANDLORDS. 
          WE DON'T HELP OUR TENANTS, BUT THE COUNTY JUDGE DOES. 
          UH, AND WE CAN ASK OUR COUNTY JUDGE AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE ROOM TO ASK THAT WE, THEY STAY EVICTIONS FOR LONGER THAN MAY 18TH. 
          I THINK THERE'S SUPPORT FOR THAT ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION. 
          I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR OUR PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER OR THE JUDGE, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME SUPPORT TO EXTEND THE STATE OF EVICTIONS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS ITEM. 
          AND THEN THIS COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE TO TAKE YET ANOTHER ACTION THAT WE KNOW IS PRESUMPTIVE BY STATE LAW. 
          NOTHING GOOD COMES FROM THAT. 
          AND SOMEBODY ELSE MENTIONED IN HER REMARKS, EVERYONE WILL LOSE. 
          AND I AGREE, EVERYBODY WILL LOSE. 
          IF WE TAKE THIS ACTION TODAY, THE TENANTS WILL LOSE BECAUSE THEY'LL NEVER HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. 
          UM, THROUGH THE ACTION THAT LORI RECOMMENDED, THEY COULD WORK THROUGH GUADALUPE COMMUNITY CENTER WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES, A LONGSTANDING ORGANIZATION IN OUR COMMUNITY, A NON-PROFIT THAT'S BEEN VERY ACTIVE, AT LEAST IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THE GUADALUPE COMMUNITY CENTER HAS BEEN SERVING THE PEOPLE IN DISTRICT FIVE SINCE 1944, A VERY TRUSTED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. 
          WE CAN WORK THROUGH THOSE EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY HELP OUR COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WHAT WE ALSO KNOW IS THAT IF PEOPLE NEED HELP WITH RENT, THEY NEED HELP WITH A LOT OF OTHER THINGS TOO. 
          AND THEY'RE GONNA NEED HELP WITH FOOD ASSISTANCE, THEY'RE GONNA NEED HELP, UH, PERHAPS WITH MEDICAL NEEDS. 
          PERHAPS WE CAN HELP THEM WITH, UM, CONNECTION TO CHILDCARE AND ALL THE OTHER WONDERFUL SERVICES THAT WE DO AS THIS CITY. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY PROUD OF US AS A CITY, AS A COUNCIL FOR REALLY TAKING ACTION TO HELP PEOPLE. 
          I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART THAT WE HAVE DONE IT THE BEST AT ANY CITY IN THE COUNTRY, UM, THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED BY OFFERING, UM, THAT ADDITIONAL $25 MILLION FOR A RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          AND IF I COULD JUST TAKE ONE MINUTE TO ASK LORI OR MARIA, OR I'M NOT SURE WHO'S CAN ANSWER MY QUESTION ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY IS CURRENTLY LEFT IN THE MITIGATION FUND. 
          LAST WE HEARD THERE WAS ABOUT 15 MILLION STILL LEFT. 
          SO COUNCILMAN, WE HAVE ABOUT 7,000 APPLICATIONS WE'VE RECEIVED. 
          THEY REPRESENT ABOUT $12 MILLION OF THE OVERALL 25 MILLION. 
          NOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THOSE APPLICATIONS, UM, THERE MIGHT BE SOME THAT MIGHT BE INELIGIBLE, UM, BUT THE MAJORITY WE'VE LOOKED AT, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM. 
          BUT WE'RE SAYING 12 MILLION OF THE 25 IS STILL AVAILABLE. 
          OH, ACTUALLY 13 MILLION OF THE, OF THE 25 IS STILL AVAILABLE, STILL AVAILABLE. 
          AND SO IF WE, IF WE TAKE THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU PRESENTED LAST WEEK, WE CAN STILL CONNECT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO ALL THOSE SERVICES. 
          SO NOT ONLY DOES IT ALLOW THEM TO APPLY FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, BUT ONCE THEY HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH OUR CITY DEPARTMENT, WE CAN THEN DIRECT THEM TO ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. 
          SO WE KNOW THAT MOST OF THEM, IN FACT, WERE FAMILIES THAT WERE QUITE IN DESPERATE SITUATIONS. 
          MM-HMM. 
           WAS THAT? YES. 
          AND SO THE ORDINANCE THAT STAFF PROPOSED LAST WEEK WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE LANDLORD PUT A NOTICE OF TENANT'S RIGHTS, UM, IN POSTING ALONG WITH THE NOTICE TO VACATE. 
          AND THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT THAT NOTICE GETS TO THE MOST VULNERABLE AND IT WOULD HAVE RESOURCES LISTED ON THERE TO WHERE TO CALL IF THEY NEEDED HELP WITH THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
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UH, THANK YOU LORI, UM, VERY MUCH FOR THAT. 
          SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL MONEY LEFT. 
          UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S FEDERAL STIMULUS MONEY THAT'S COMING. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IF, UH, ERIC OR, UH, I THINK ERIC HAS, UM, OH, HERE HE IS. 
          UM, IS SOME OF THE MONEY, THE FEDERAL STIMULUS MONEY THAT WE KNOW IS, UH, THE 70,000,270 MILLION THAT'S PROPOSED, IS THAT ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE MAYBE NEEDING SOME ASSISTANCE? YES, MA'AM. 
          LAST WEEK'S PRESENTATION WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE TWO 70 HOUSING ASSISTANCE IS AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          AND AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS DURING THE REST OF THE MONTH, UM, WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK, UH, A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COUNCIL. 
          SO WE STILL HAVE, THIS COUNCIL STILL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST MORE IF WE FIND THAT WE NEED IT. 
          UH, AND SO THESE ARE ALL ACTIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE AS A CITY THAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE. 
          SO THIS ORDINANCE DOESN'T HELP ANYONE. 
          IT SHUTS THE DOOR TO ANY CITY SERVICES. 
          IT DOESN'T ALLOW THE TENANT TO WORK TOGETHER, UH, WITH THE RENTER. 
          UH, IT KEEPS US OUT OF LEGAL TROUBLE. 
          SO THE MAIN REASON THAT I DON'T SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT'S PREEM PREEMPTED. 
          IT'S NOT LEGAL ACTION THAT WE CAN TAKE. 
          WE HAVE ZERO AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE IT. 
          IT'S REALLY DONE AT THE COUNTY, AT THE STATE, UM, LEVELS. 
          UH, AND WE HAVE GONE DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE. 
          I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL NOW FOR, UH, SEVEN YEARS AND ONE OF THE LONGEST TERMED TENURED COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT GOING DOWN AN ACTION OR A ROAD THAT'S PREEMPTED BY STATE LAW WILL IMMEDIATELY TRIGGER, UH, A LAWSUIT AND, UM, WHETHER IT'S A LAWSUIT BY THE STATE. 
          BUT, UH, I ALSO UNDERSTAND IN, UH, HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM THAT THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR SOME TORT INTERFERENCE. 
          AND ANDY, COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT WHAT THAT MEANS SO THAT, UM, WE'RE JUST ALL FULLY CLEAR OF WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY. 
          JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TORT. 
          I'M NOT A LAWYER, SO I HAD TO HEAR THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES. 
          A A AS YOU, UH, AS YOU MENTIONED COUNCILWOMAN, UH, WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION THE VARIETY OF POTENTIAL CLAIMS THAT COULD ARISE, UH, FROM THE ORDINANCE. 
          I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OR THE MERITS OF THOSE, BUT WHAT HAS BEEN PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE IS THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL CHALLENGES. 
          ONE OF 'EM IS STATE PREEMPTION, UH, THAT WOULD, THAT IF, IF THE, UH, PLAINTIFFS WOULD PREVAIL, WOULD, WOULD DECLARE THE ORDINANCE INVALID. 
          THERE'S ALSO THOUGH SOME ACTIONS THAT WOULD ENTAIL IF, AGAIN, THE PLAINTIFF PREVAILS MONETARY DAMAGES AGAINST THE CITY. 
          ONE OF THOSE BEING, UH, A TORT, POSSIBLE TORT ACTION OF INTERFERENCE WITH CONTRACT. 
          SO LOTS OF LEGAL ISSUES IF WE GO DOWN THIS ROAD, UM, IT DOES NOT END WELL FOR US WHEN WE START TAKING THESE ACTIONS. 
          AND I, I KNOW I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TIME HERE, BUT, UM, TERRY, UH, ARE YOU STILL HERE? TERRY BIBY FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE, COULD YOU COME UP PLEASE? I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          REGARDING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE NEGOTIATED WITH, WITH LORI EARLY ON ABOUT HELPING TENANTS WITH THE 50, UH, 25% RENT RECOVERY. 
          ARE ANY OF THOSE THINGS STILL ON THE TABLE? DO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, UH, TO HELP PEOPLE IN THE EVENT THAT THEY, UM, ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE? YES, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ WE'RE COMMITTED TO HELPING KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. 
          UM, WE DID COME FORWARD AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS, AND WE, WE CAME UP WITH AN IDEA TO ENCOURAGE LANDLORDS TO FORGIVE 25% OF THEIR RENT, UH, TO RESIDENTS WHO APPLY TO THE CITY'S RISK MITIGATION FUND. 
          WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO WAIVE LATE FEES. 
          WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME UP WITH PAYMENT PLANS. 
          AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, LANDLORDS HAVE LEANED IN BIG, YOU HEARD IT TODAY. 
          THEY'RE DOING ALL KINDS OF THINGS, ALL KINDS OF CREATIVE WAYS TO HELP KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. 
          SO YES, WE'RE COMMITTED TO, TO FINDING OTHER WAYS TO DO THIS, TO HELP EVERYONE GET THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, UM, UH, TERRY, FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO HELPING OUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          AND I JUST, UH, WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO NOT SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE. 
          WE HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THIS ORDINANCE JUST CLOSES THE DOOR TO ALL OF THAT. 
          AND ULTIMATELY, WE CAN'T HELP ANYONE BECAUSE WE CANNOT LEGALLY ENFORCE A 60 DAY, UH, NOTICE TO CURE ANYWAY. 
          BUT, UH, BY KEEPING THE OPTION THAT LORI PRESENTED, WE CAN HELP SO MANY PEOPLE. 
          AND, UH, I BELIEVE THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB, UH, IN HELPING PEOPLE. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND NOT CREATE DIVIDES, UH, BY FORCING ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT TO US BY, UH, POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT REALLY DON'T KNOW OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS WE DO. 
          WE'RE ELECTED TO MAKE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, NOT TO BE PUSHED INTO AND FORCED INTO ORDINANCES, UH, THAT REALLY ARE NOT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AVERAGE 
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CONSTITUENT, BUT TO THE BENEFIT OF THEIR OWN ORGANIZATION. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I, I WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, THIS ACTION IS SIMILAR TO ACTION THAT'S BEEN TAKEN IN DALLAS AND AUSTIN. 
          UH, EVEN SAN MARCO. 
          NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN SUED. 
          SO I QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW. 
          OBVIOUSLY, PEOPLE WOULD'VE SUED THEM RIGHT AWAY IF IT WAS, IF IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THAT WAY. 
          HOWEVER, UH, THERE ARE SOME THINGS I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER AS, AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS FURTHER. 
          MY BIGGEST CONSIDERATION, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT, UH, THERE ARE ABOUT 280 SOMETHING THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN RENTAL PROPERTIES IN THE CITY. 
          HALF OF THOSE ARE, HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF, UH, PROTECTION OR REGULATION, REGULATION UNDER THE CARESS ACT. 
          SO THAT'S MAYBE 140 TO 150,000 UNITS. 
          BUT THERE'S ANOTHER 130 TO 140,000 UNITS THAT DON'T, DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF PROTECTION FROM A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGAINST EVICTION. 
          WE HAVE 20% OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY, OR 300,000 WHO ARE LIVING AT OR BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. 
          AND I WOULD IMAGINE MAYBE HALF OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN A LOT OF THESE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE INCOME. 
          THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE LOST THEIR JOBS. 
          UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S 50 OR 60,000 PEOPLE LIKE THAT, BUT WE'VE HAD 7,000 COME FORWARD TO ASK FOR HELP. 
          THAT MEANS THERE'S 40,000 OR MORE OUT THERE WHO EITHER HAVEN'T ASKED FOR HELP OR DON'T UNDERSTAND, THEY COULD ASK FOR HELP. 
          THEIR PROPERTY OWNERS DON'T UNDERSTAND THE HELP'S OUT THERE. 
          WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO JUNE 2ND IF 5,000 OR 10,000 PROPERTY OWNERS DECIDE, LOOK, THESE PEOPLE ARE BEHIND TWO OR THREE MONTHS RENT. 
          I'M JUST GONNA EVICT THEM. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 
          ARE WE GONNA HAVE TWO OR 3000 FAMILIES OR 4,000 FAMILIES OR 5,000 FAMILIES OVER THE MONTH OF JUNE GET EVICTED? AND IF THEY ARE EVICTED, WHERE ARE THEY GONNA GO? IS SOMEONE WHO EVICTED, SOMEBODY GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE IN WHO JUST GOT EVICTED, WHO DOESN'T HAVE A JOB? YOU KNOW, MOST PROPERTY MANAGERS, UH, AND AND LANDLORDS ARE PRETTY SMART, AND THEY CHECK ON THE POTENTIAL OF THEIR, UH, OF THEIR RENTERS BEFORE THEY BRING 'EM IN, AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE EITHER QUALIFIED OR THEY'VE GOT A JOB OR THAT THEY HAVE A PRETTY DECENT HISTORY. 
          WHICH KIND OF SURPRISES ME WHEN I HEAR FROM SO MANY PROPERTY MANAGERS OR PROPERTY OWNERS HERE TODAY, TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY'VE GOT SO MANY TENANTS WHO JUST AREN'T PAYING THEIR BILL, WHO JUST HAVE THE MONEY AND DON'T WANT TO PAY. 
          WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GOT RENTED TO, TO BEGIN WITH, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT ONCE THEY'RE EVICTED, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PAYING, NO ONE ELSE IS GONNA WANT TO TAKE 'EM IN. 
          SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? I THINK THAT THIS OFFERS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE PROPERTY OWNERS AND TENANTS WORKING TOGETHER. 
          YOU HEARD THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE $13 MILLION IN OUR C OVID 19 EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND THAT WE CAN PUT MORE IN THERE. 
          THAT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS JUST AS MUCH AS IT IS FOR TENANTS, AND IT'S UP TO TENANTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO WORK TOGETHER AND ASK FOR THAT ASSISTANCE TO MAKE UP THOSE BACK RENTAL PAYMENTS. 
          YOU KNOW, THE INTENT OF THIS, I THINK, IS ADMIRABLE. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT A NEW CONCEPT. 
          HOWEVER, UH, THE NEED IS EXACERBATED BY THE CURRENT CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN. 
          PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. 
          YES, THERE ARE SOME WHO HAVE AND WHO REFUSE TO PAY. 
          THEY WILL NOT BE COVERED IN THIS. 
          THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO, IF, IF I'VE GOT AN AMENDMENT OR TWO TO MAKE THAT WOULD EXCLUDE THOSE SCOFF LAWS FROM BEING ABLE TO STAY AND BLEED YOU DRY. 
          UM, IT'S NOT THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE TO PASS THE BURDEN ON TO LANDLORDS. 
          RATHER, IT'S THE INTENT TO GIVE A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR TENANTS AND LANDLORDS TO SEEK THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE THAT'S OUT THERE. 
          THE AMENDMENT, I THINK, UH, SHOULD HELP CALM THE FEAR OF LANDLORDS THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA LEFT, GET LEFT HOLDING THE BAG, GIVEN THE COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO FUNDING MORE MONEY INTO THIS EMERGENCY HOUSING FUND. 
          AND THE ASSURANCE, UH, THAT THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND HAS $270 MILLION, THERE A GOOD AMOUNT THAT WE COULD PUT 
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INTO THIS THAT SHOULD ASSURE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT IF THEY WORK WITH THEIR TENANT AND APPLY, THEY WILL RECEIVE MUCH OF THAT MONEY THAT THEY WOULDN'T RECEIVE AT ALL IF THE EVICTION PROCESS JUST GOES FORWARD THE WAY IT IS TODAY. 
          AGAIN, UH, THE, THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE IS TO ALLOW REASONABLE TIME FOR TENANTS AND LANDLORDS TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, UM, AN AMENDMENT TO THE CURRENT, UM, UH, ORDINANCE BEFORE US. 
          I WANNA MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION FOUR OF THE ORDINANCE REGARDING APPLICABILITY. 
          AND THIS IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST, THAT AT THE END OF, UH, SECTION FOUR, THE FOLLOWING WORDS BE ADDED, THIS ORDINANCE SHALL ONLY BE ENFORCEABLE AS LONG AS THERE IS ADEQUATE FUNDING. 
          AND THE RISK MITIGATION C OVID 19 EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE ORDINANCE IS ENFORCEABLE ONLY IN THE EVENT THE TENANT, LANDLORD, OR AUTHORIZED AGENT HAS APPLIED FOR THE NASH FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT FUNDING AND IS NOT DEEMED INELIGIBLE FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          BUT THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO TENANTS GOVERNED BY EVICTION PROVISIONS IN THE CARES ACT. 
          SO WHAT THESE ARE SAYING IS THAT AS LONG AS THERE'S MONEY THERE, AND YOU CAN APPLY FOR THAT MONEY, YOU SHOULDN'T BE EVICTING ANYBODY. 
          YOU SHOULD BE WORKING TO GET YOUR MONEY AND KEEPING TENANTS IN THEIR HOMES. 
          IF THERE IS NO MONEY, THEN THE, UH, THE AMENDMENT, OR EXCUSE ME, UH, THE ORDINANCE WOULD NO LONGER APPLY. 
          IF THERE'S NO MONEY THERE, YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH EVICTION. 
          THE SAME THING ABOUT THE SECOND PART, WHICH SAYS THE TENANT LANDLORD AUTHORIZED AGENTS GONNA APPLY FOR THE FUNDING IF THEY'RE DEEMED INELIGIBLE FOR THE FUNDING, MAYBE BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T LOST THEIR JOB, THEY'VE GOT MONEY, THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO PAY THEIR RENT, THEY WILL NOT BE COVERED BY THIS PROTECTION OF 60 DAYS. 
          YOU COULD, YOU COULD GET 'EM OUT. 
          I THINK THESE ADD STABILITY AND, UH, SURETY TO MORE AND MORE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS CITY WHILE STILL SETTING A PERIOD OF TIME FOR PEOPLE TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          SO, UH, THAT IS THE MOTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD TO AMEND, UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, SECTION FOUR APPLICABILITY, UH, WITH WHAT I'VE PRESENTED. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU MADE THE MOTION FOR THE LANGUAGE OF THE AMENDMENT, UH, AS, AS YOU HEARD, AS AS COUNCIL MEMBER STATED. 
          IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT AMENDMENT MOTION? UH, MAYOR, I THINK HE'S ASKING FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS, UH, QUESTION, BECAUSE I, I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT, UH, AS WE POINTED OUT THAT YES, YOU KNOW, THE PART OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IS TO HELP ESTABLISH, UH, RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE, UH, IN THIS INCREDIBLE TIME OF NEED. 
          AND THIS WOULD HELP TO ADD SOME TIME SO THAT THOSE RESOURCES CAN BE APPLIED WHERE THE NEED, UH, UH, IS, UH, IS APPLICABLE. 
          SO, UM, TO YOUR POINT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, IF, IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, YOU SAID THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY COVERED THROUGH THE CARES ACT, UH, DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THIS, THIS LEVEL OF PROTECTION BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY COVERED. 
          AND WE HEARD, WE'VE ALREADY HEARD MANY TIMES THAT THE, UH, THE CARES ACT PROTECTS ABOUT 50% OF OUR RENTERS IN, IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THIS, THE HOPE IS TO SORT OF COVER THAT GAP. 
          SECONDLY, UH, I JUST, I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR COMMITMENT AND, AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS' COMMITMENTS TO, TO SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA ADD MORE DOLLARS TO THE RISK MITIGATION FUND SO THAT IT IS GONNA ACTUALLY ADD MORE TIME. 
          BECAUSE THE, AT THIS CURRENT RATE, IT'S, UH, THE, THE FUNDING IS, IS IS BEING DEPLETED QUITE RAPIDLY. 
          AND SO, UM, I I, I WILL ACCEPT IT. 
          UH, BUT YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO REPLENISH THOSE RISK MITIGATION FUNDS MOVING FORWARD. 
          COULD I, MAY I ASK THE CITY MANAGER IF HE FEELS THAT'S IN LINE WITH WHAT THEY'RE PROJECTING? WELL, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA BOUNCE THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          I MEAN, I, I, LAST WEEK I HEARD CLEARLY AS PART OF THE $270 MILLION CORONA RELIEF FUNDS, THAT THERE ARE FOUR AREAS THAT WERE PRIORITIES. 
          HOUSING ASSISTANCE WAS ONE OF THEM. 
          AND JUST LET ME RECAP SO THAT ALL THE, EVERYBODY HEARS WHAT THE OTHER THREE WERE THAT I HEARD LAST WEEK. 
          IT WAS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING ASSISTANCE, SMALL BUSINESS, AND, UM, UH, AN ATTEMPT TO, UH, IMPROVE THE DISTANCE LEARNING CAPABILITY FOR PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THOSE WERE THE FOUR TAKEAWAYS THAT 
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WE HEARD LAST WEEK THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, UM, TO BRING BACK TO COUNCIL, IF I MAY, MAYOR, UM, CERTAINLY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN EXPRESS THEIR OPINION AS TO WHETHER, UH, MORE MONEY SHOULD GO INTO THE HOUSING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT, THE COUNCIL'S NOT VOTING ON ANY SORT OF COMMITMENT OR OBLIGATION TO DO SO. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, I, I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT, THAT WE NEED, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THE, THE CURRENT RISK MITIGATION FUND IS, IS, IS BEING DEPLETED. 
          IT'S, IT'S, WE STARTED AT 25 MILLION. 
          WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE, UH, HALFWAY THROUGH IT NOW. 
          AND, UH, THAT, THAT I, AS, AS WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, GET SUPPORT FOR THIS, UH, WILL, WILL ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT KNOWING THAT IT'S GONNA REQUIRE US TO, TO BE COMMITTED TO FINDING MORE DOLLARS FOR THE RISK MITIGATION FUND, UH, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY. 
          SO, UH, I THINK, UH, THAT AT LEAST HELPS TO COVER WHAT I'M, WHAT I'D LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER. 
          ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT, UH, AS YOU POINTED OUT, THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE, HEY, YOUR PART OF ORDER, I THINK THERE'S MOTION, MOTION ON THE FLOOR, AN AMENDMENT RIGHT. 
          UH, MEMBER TREVINO HAS THE FLOOR, UH, TO CLARIFY HIS ACCEPTANCE OF THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 
          SO GO AHEAD AND FINISH UP COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, AND JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE, THERE ARE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE THOSE WHO FALL BETWEEN THOSE GAPS. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE A REPORT FROM THE, UH, FROM STAFF. 
          DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TODAY, BUT FROM STAFF TO, TO HELP US MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY'S FOLLOWING BETWEEN THOSE CRACKS. 
          UH, BUT WE WILL ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          THE, UM, MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED. 
          I'LL CHECK WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HVAR TO, UH, ARE YOU IN CONCURRENCE? YOU SECONDED THE MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ANDY, WILL YOU NOW READ THE MOTION AS IT'S ON THE FLOOR WITH THE AMENDMENT, PLEASE? THE, UH, THE LANGUAGE THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE AMENDED IS THE, UH, AMENDING THE ORDINANCE SO THAT IT IS ONLY ENFORCEABLE SO LONG AS THERE IS ADEQUATE FUNDING IN THE RISK MITIGATION C OVID 19 EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND THAT THE ORDINANCE IS ENFORCEABLE. 
          ONLY IN THE EVENT THAT TENANT LANDLORD OR AUTHORIZED AGENT HAS COM HAS APPLIED THROUGH N H SS D AND NOT DEEMED INELIGIBLE FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND DOES NOT APPLY TO TENANTS COVERED BY THE EVICTION PROVISIONS IN THE CARES ACT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU ANDY. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, ARE YOU, UH, GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP, OR YOU, YOU YIELD THE FLOOR? YES, I YIELD THE FLOOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KIO HDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'VE HAD SEVERAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE, THIS PROPOSAL. 
          I'VE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL THIS HELP? HOW MANY LANDLORDS WILL THIS CAUSE TO TAKE AN ECONOMIC HIT? I ALSO HAVE LEGAL CONCERNS, BUT WHILE I'VE SPENT MUCH TIME TALKING, TAKING ALL THESE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION AND TALKING WITH THE PEOPLE I REPRESENT, ULTIMATELY I HEAR MY CONSTITUENTS ASKING US TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT FAMILIES IN NEED DURING THIS UNPRECEDENTED HEALTH AND ECONOMIC DISASTER. 
          AND I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          WE MUST PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE POSSIBLE TO THOSE WHO NOW FIND THEMSELVES UNABLE TO MEET ALL THEIR OBLIGATIONS. 
          IMPLEMENTING A 60 DAY OR EVEN A 30 DAY WAITING PERIOD BEFORE A LANDLORD CAN FILE IN COURT FOR EVICTION COULD MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING DURING THIS FINANCIAL CRISIS. 
          FURTHER, CONSIDERING INCIDENT STA STABILIZATION, STABILIZATION MEASURES IN THIS PANDEMIC, I CANNOT ADD TO THE CONCENTRATION OF THE HUMAN TRANSMISSION OF THE CORONAVIRUS BY ALLOWING UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF EVICTIONS TO TRANSPIRE AND ADDING SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS TO OUR VULNERABLE HOMELESS POPULATION WHERE THEY HOMELESS POPULATION WHERE THEY WILL BE UNPROTECTED. 
          I'M HERE TO REPRESENT DISTRICT SIX, MY CITY, AND TO SECURE THE SAFETY OF ALL OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY OUR MOST VULNERABLE, AND THEREFORE WILL NOT ADD TO THIS CATASTROPHE AS I VOTE TO SUPPORT KEEPING PEOPLE IN HOMES AS THEY SHELTER, QUARANTINE, OR ISOLATE FOR THE SAKE OF US ALL, IT'S TIME FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN A CRITICAL TIME OF NEED. 
          I WANT PEOPLE TO GET BACK TO WORK SAFELY. 
          HOPEFULLY THEY WILL, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PAY THE BACK RENT. 
          UM, WITH THAT, I, I'M GONNA MAKE ANOTHER AMENDMENT. 
          I MOVE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE SO THAT THE 60 DAY NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION INSTEAD BE A 30 DAY NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION. 
          OKAY, THERE. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA. 
          THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND ON AN AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION, UH, LIMITING THE ORDINANCE TO 30 DAYS. 
          I GET THAT RIGHT, ANDY? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT IT WILL NOW BE A PRIMARY MOTION ON THE FLOOR, CORRECT. 
          BEFORE WE TAKE UP THE MAIN MOTION? THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER CAB VERDA, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER 
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SANDOVAL. 
          WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND ANDY, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          I'LL START OFF WITH YOU RIGHT AWAY. 
          UM, WELL ACTUALLY FIRST LET ME THANK THE FOLKS THAT CAME TODAY TO SPEAK. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU ALL, UH, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN WORKING HARD. 
          AND, UM, ANDY, NOW I'LL GO TO YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT I DO WANNA THANK YOU BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM WORKED WITH THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND WITH COPS METRO. 
          UH, AND AS I UNDERSTAND, UM, WE ALSO, OUR, OUR TEAM THROUGH LORI HOUSTON, WORKED WITH SA STAND AS WELL TO, UH, TO TRY TO HELP OUR FOLKS. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE'S FOLKS IN NEED. 
          UM, I WANT TO THANK THE TENANTS FOR THE VOLUNTARY FORGIVENESS PROGRAM. 
          IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE 25% FORGIVENESS OF OUTSTANDING RENT AND NO PENALTIES AND NO PAYMENT OF RENT HAS RESULTED IN APPROXIMATELY $125,000 AND RENT AND FORGIVENESS. 
          AND, AND FOR THIS, I THANK YOU LANDLORDS FOR DOING THAT, FOR WORKING WITH US IN A LITTLE BIT. 
          I'D LIKE TO ASK LORI HOUSTON, HOW MANY FAMILIES ON AVERAGE HAVE BENEFITED FROM THAT $125,000 IN ADDITIONAL FUNDS? BUT I WANNA START AGAIN WITH ANDY AND, UM, ANDY FIRST, HOW DOES THE CITY CURRENTLY ENSURE RIGHTS ARE BEING PROTECTED? AND WHAT ACTIONS DOES THE CITY CURRENTLY TAKE IN TERMS OF LANDLORD TENANT? YES. 
          YES, SIR. 
          WELL, UH, UH, AGAIN, COUNCILWOMAN, THAT'S, UH, ONE WHERE WE, WE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT USUALLY PART OF THAT PREP PROCESS, WE BEING THE CITY, UH, WE USUALLY DON'T INTERJECT OURSELVES IN LANDLORD TENANT PROCEEDINGS BECAUSE THOSE ARE USUALLY PROCEEDINGS THAT ARE CONDUCTED BY THE JP COURTS AND IN AND CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WHAT IS THE ROLE IN, IN GENERAL THEN, OF THE COUNTY AND THE EVICTION PROCESS? IT'S, SO IT'S THROUGH THE JPS, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          THE, UH, THE EVICTION PROCEEDINGS ARE HELD BEFORE JP COURTS, AND THOSE COME UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COUNTY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS POLICY, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AIMS AT CREATING, UH, SOME LEGAL PRESIDENTS, UM, WHICH COURT WOULD ULTIMATELY DECIDE ITS LEGALITY OF IF IT'S THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS. 
          WHAT EXAMPLES CAN YOU GIVE ME WHERE THE DECISION, UM, OR WHERE THEY DECIDED THAT THE CITY WOULD PARTICIPATE BY ADDING A REQUIREMENT ON AN OTHERWISE STATE PRESCRIBED PROCESS? UM, AGAIN, COUNCILMAN, WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE VARIOUS LEGAL ISSUES AND CONSIDERATIONS, UH, IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          SO I'LL, I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEORETICALLY, UH, IF A LAW IS, UH, FOUND TO BE PREEMPTED BY STATE LAW, YES, THAT CAN BE FIRST GOES TO A DISTRICT COURT, THEN DO AN APPEALS COURT, AND ULTIMATELY TO THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT. 
          UH, AND, UM, AND THOSE ARE THE COURTS THAT WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT A SPECIFIC ORDINANCES PREEMPTED OR NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EASIER, UH, OR, OR ONE OF THE ONE THAT YOU CAN ANSWER HERE IN PUBLIC. 
          THE RIGHT TO CURE WOULD BE A CITY ORDINANCE. 
          RIGHT. 
          NOW, WHERE DO FOLKS CURRENTLY GO WHEN THEY BREAK AN ORDINANCE? UM, DOES THE PEOPLE ASK, UH, OR DOES THE CITY ASK PEOPLE TO REPORT ONCE A VIOLATION HAS BY BEEN IDENTIFIED IN? JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS. 
          YES. 
          PART OF ANY CITY ORDINANCE THAT INCLUDES, UH, WHICH THIS ONE INCLUDES, FOR EXAMPLE, A FINE, IF THERE'S NO COMPLIANCE, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SELF-REPORTING IS ONE OF THE, UH, MOST IMPORTANT. 
          WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THE ONE, THE PERSON WOULD BE AGGRIEVED BY NON-COMPLIANCE, AND THIS CASE IT WOULD BE THE TENANT. 
          UM, OR, UH, THERE WOULD BE OTHERS WHO MIGHT BE AWARE OF THAT. 
          AND SO, UH, THEY WOULD CALL, YOU KNOW, THE CITY AND, AND THEY WOULD, UH, WE WOULD INVESTIGATE THAT. 
          UH, AND IF THERE IS INDEED NON-COMPLIANCE, YES, THERE WOULD BE A CITATION AND A FINE ISSUED. 
          UM, BUT A LOT OF THAT WOULD DEPEND AGAIN, ON THE, UH, HOW EFFECTIVE WE ARE IN, IN COMMUNICATING THE REQUIREMENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, UH, ALSO, AND, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT MY NEXT QUESTION IS, UH, HOW WOULD WE, UH, ARTICULATE OR, UH, OR TO LANDLORDS OR, OR TO FOLKS IN GENERAL, UM, THAT, THAT THIS MIGHT BE IN ORDER? CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCESS. 
          HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE? THAT MIGHT BE A LORI QUESTION ACTUALLY. 
          I'M SORRY, COUNCILWOMAN, CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION? SURE. 
          WHAT'S THE PLAN BASICALLY TO EDUCATE FOLKS ON THIS NEW REQUIREMENT? WE, WE, WE, WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN YET. 
          WE WOULD PLAN ON, IF APPROVED, WE WOULD FOLLOW THE SAME EDUCATION PLAN THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE WITH REGARDS TO TENANT'S RIGHTS. 
          AND WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK, 
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UM, ON HOW WE CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OUTREACH, EITHER THROUGH A LETTER CAMPAIGN OR WORKING WITH OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, LORI. 
          AND I THINK I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ERIC. 
          UM, SO I'M, I'M ASKING ABOUT ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE. 
          SHOULD IT PASS IF CODE COMPLIANCE OR S A P D WOULD BE THE ONES TO ENFORCE IT? HOW, OR HAVE WE ALREADY RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM THOSE DEPARTMENTS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ENFORCE THIS WHEN THEY'RE ALSO ENFORCING COVID COMPLIANCES, ET CETERA? UH, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, I THINK, I THINK WE WOULD, AS, AS LORI JUST STATED, WE WOULD NEED TO DEVELOP AN ENFORCEMENT PLAN THAT WOULD INCLUDE AN ELEMENT OF EDUCATION. 
          UM, IT, IT, IT MIGHT BE BETTER SUITED WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND A NUMBER WHERE INDIVIDUALS COULD CALL. 
          BUT WE WOULD NEED TO DEVELOP THAT PLAN, UH, IF THE, UH, ORDINANCE AND THE AMENDMENT ARE, ARE APPROVED. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ERIC, A FOLLOW UP ALSO, OR, OR THIS MIGHT BE ACTUALLY BRANDY AGAIN. 
          UM, CAN A JP RULE IN FAVOR OF A LANDLORD WHO HAS NOT ABIDED BY THIS ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT? THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES, THEY CAN. 
          IT'S UP TO THE JP COURT TO DETERMINE, UH, THE EXTENT TO WHETHER THIS ORDINANCE WOULD STOP OR DELAY AN EVICTION PROCEEDING. 
          SO WHAT ACTIONS CAN WE TAKE IF THE LANDLORD VIOLATES THIS ORDINANCE? WE, UH, AGAIN, COUNCILWOMAN UNDER THE ORDINANCE, WE CAN SIMPLY FINE 'EM UP TO $500. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          I, UM, THERE ARE SOME CASES THAT WERE CITED, UM, THAT WERE DEEMED UNCONSTITUTIONALLY RETROACTIVE THAT WERE DERIVED FROM STATE POLICE POWERS, NOT BY A MUNICIPALITY, AS I RECALL. 
          UM, AND SO CAN YOU HELP ME OR PROVIDE ME AN EXAMPLE OF, OF SUCH LAWS, OR MAYBE JUST, UH, JUST A RECAP. 
          I JUST WANNA, UH, UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE POLICING POWERS, BASICALLY. 
          YES. 
          UM, I, I, HOPEFULLY I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          THERE ARE CERTAIN POLICE POWERS THAT ARE GIVEN, UH, TO LOCALITIES, PARTICULARLY IN A EMERGENCY SITUATION. 
          HOWEVER, STILL THERE ARE CONSTRAINTS ON THOSE POWERS ESTABLISHED BY EITHER THE, UH, STATUTE THAT PROVIDES THE POWERS TO THE LOCAL ENTITIES OR BY CONSTITUTIONAL PARAMETERS AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ANDY, WILL PEOPLE BE, UM, TOSSED OUT OF THEIR HOMES ON JUNE 2ND? UM, IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUE QUESTION CORRECT, WILL, WILL THERE BE EVICTIONS ON, ON JUNE 2ND? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, COUNCILWOMAN? YES. 
          UM, NO, RIGHT NOW THERE'S, UM, WELL, IT, THERE'S RIGHT NOW MORATORIUMS, DEPENDING ON WHETHER THEY'RE COVERED BY THE CARESS ACT OR NOT, BUT, UM, IT, IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE UNIT AND, AND WHETHER IT COMES UNDER THE CARESS ACT OR NOT. 
          AND IT ALSO DEPENDS ON WHETHER THE SUPREME COURT EXTENDS THEIR CURRENT MORATORIUM AS WELL. 
          GOT IT. 
          WHICH IS THE MORATORIUMS TILL JULY 24TH, I BELIEVE. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO, CAN YOU ANSWER ME WHY, WHY YOU THINK, IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN LAWSUITS YET IN AUSTIN AND DALLAS? WELL, A A, AGAIN, WE, WE COVERED THAT COUNCILWOMAN IN EXEC SESSION. 
          I'D RATHER NOT GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          BUT I, BUT I WILL SAY THERE'S STILL THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, I MEAN, THAT, THAT OPPORTUNITY HAS NOT BEEN FORECLOSED. 
          THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THERE TO BE LITIGATION IN THOSE CITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ANDY, HOW MUCH HAVE WE SPENT IN LEGAL FEES THIS YEAR? ? WELL, WE, WE'VE, UH, SPENT, UH, QUITE A BIT IN LEGAL FEES ON ALL SORTS OF AREAS. 
          BUT IF, IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, ACTIONS TAKEN BY COUNSEL, AND I WON'T BE SPECIFIC ABOUT 'EM. 
          UH, WE'VE SPENT, UH, UH, WELL OVER 300,000 ON, ON ITEMS IN WHICH WE'VE HAD TO DEFEND THINGS. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, ANDY. 
          AND I TOO. 
          LIKE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES BELIEVE THAT WE COULD BETTER SPEND OUR MONEY ELSEWHERE, AND I APPRECIATE THE TEAM, UM, FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND I DO WANNA STATE THAT WE CRITICIZE, WE OFTEN CRITICIZE OTHERS IN OFFICE FOR NOT FOLLOWING EXPERT ADVICE, AND I CAN'T BE HYPOCRITICAL. 
          SO TODAY I CHOOSE THE EXPERT ADVICE IN HOPE OF NOT COSTING MY CITY MORE MONEY. 
          I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP FOLKS WHO ACTUALLY NEED IT, INSTEAD OF PAYING FOR LEGAL FEES THAT JUST MAKE RICH PEOPLE RICHER. 
          SO TODAY, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          WELL, HERE WE GO AGAIN. 
          UM, NUMBER ONE, I'M DISAPPOINTED AGAIN THAT WE'RE TAKING SOMETHING 
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THAT HAS SUCH A HUGE IMPACT AND NOT TAKING ENOUGH TIME TO GET IT COORDINATED, GET IT THROUGH THE SYSTEM TO WHERE WE CAN WORK IT WITH BOTH PARTIES. 
          THE CITY TOOK DIRECTION. 
          AND LORI, I GOT GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU HERE. 
          WHAT WAS YOUR ORIGINAL DIRECTION ON, ON THIS, THIS ISSUE? WHAT WAS YOUR ORIGINAL DIRECTION? I'M GONNA ASK MY CITY ATTORNEY TO RESPOND TO THAT, PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I, I CAN SAY THAT, UM, WE EMBARKED ON A ENDEAVOR, COUNCILMAN TO WORK OUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION TO, UH, WHAT THE ORDINANCE IS BEFORE YOU, AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS PRESENTED AT COUNCIL MEETING LAST WEEK. 
          OKAY. 
          AND HOW, HOW LONG DID YOU TAKE TO DO THIS NEGOTIATION WITH WHICH ORGANIZATIONS? UM, IT WAS WITH A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS. 
          IT WAS WITH THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, UH, I BELIEVE SABRE WAS INVOLVED. 
          AND, UH, WE ALSO WORK WITH, UH, COPS METRO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT, THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL CITY RECOMMENDATION, THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY STAFF MADE AT THE LAST MEETING? CORRECT. 
          COUNSEL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO HOW DID WE GET HERE WITH THIS ONE? BEFORE THE RECOMMENDATION? MAYOR, MAYOR, THERE WERE, THERE WERE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WANTED TO, TO, UH, PROPOSE THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, AND IT WAS PLACED ON THE AGENDA. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          I KNOW WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT, AND I KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD SAY IF I ASK YOU THAT. 
          UM, LIKE, WAS THERE CONSENSUS? I, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA ANSWER THAT, BUT ANYWAY, UM, HERE WE ARE AT ANOTHER JUNCTURE THAT WE, AS COUNCILWOMAN GARCIA JUST STATED, WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER LAWSUIT. 
          WE GOT $200 MILLION THAT WE'RE SHORT RIGHT NOW IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, AND HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING ELSE. 
          WELL, LET'S TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY AND PUT IT TO DEFENDING A LAWSUIT. 
          YOU KNOW, I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE UP HERE, IF THAT HAD TO COME OUTTA THEIR PERSONAL ACCOUNTS, WOULD TAKE THAT KIND OF RISK TO TAKE THIS KIND OF JUNCTURE TO FIGHT A LAWSUIT, KNOWING THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA LOSE. 
          WOULD YOU DO THAT WITH YOUR OWN PERSONAL MONEY? I WOULDN'T. 
          NO WAY. 
          UM, WE'VE GOT GUIDANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENT, THE COUNTY THAT'S PROTECTING RENTERS RIGHT NOW. 
          WE TOOK $15 MILLION OVER $15 MILLION FROM OUR FEDERAL GRANTS AND REARRANGED IT FOR THIS HOUSING RISK MITIGATION FUND. 
          WE THEN ADDED OVER $9 MILLION FROM LOCAL RESOURCES FROM THE CITY. 
          I DIDN'T SUPPORT THAT, AND I STILL DON'T, YOU KNOW, WHY IS BECAUSE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE DATA YET. 
          WE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CERTAIN MEMBERS ON THIS COUNCIL THAT SAYS, WE'RE A DATA-DRIVEN COUNCIL. 
          WE'RE GONNA MAKE OUR DECISIONS BASED ON DATA. 
          WELL ASK ANYBODY, WELL, WHAT'S THE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS HOUSING RISK MITIGATION FUND? NOBODY CAN TELL YOU, WE JUST HEARD THAT WE'VE USED ABOUT $12 MILLION SO FAR OUTTA THAT 25. 
          WELL, HOW MUCH IS STILL OUT THERE? WHAT'S THE REQUIREMENT? STILL DON'T KNOW. 
          AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU KNOW, I BET WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO PUT THAT $9 MILLION OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND TOWARDS THAT, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT $270 MILLION SITTING IN THE BANK RIGHT NOW THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO THE CITY. 
          AND WE COULD USE THAT INSTEAD OF OUR GENERAL FUND MONEY. 
          THAT SHOULD BE GOING TO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE EXPECT OUR TAXPAYERS EXPECT. 
          BUT HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, UH, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES PUT A, PUT AN AMENDMENT OUT THERE, UM, TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THIS ORDINANCE. 
          UM, IS MS. BILBY STILL HERE? YEAH. 
          COULD YOU COME UP? I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          YES, COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, HAS ANYBODY SHOWN YOU THIS AMENDMENT MAKING THESE CHANGES? OR HAS ANYBODY TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE OTHER AMENDMENT TO REDUCE IT TO 30 DAYS? WE DID SPEAK WITH COUNCILMAN COURAGE YESTERDAY, AND HE LET US KNOW THAT HE WAS LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE AMENDMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHAT, WHAT WERE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT? WE FELT LIKE, UH, WORKING AROUND THE EDGES OF AN ORDINANCE THAT'S ALREADY UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN OUR OPINION, WASN'T WORTH THE TIME. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO 
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YOU NON CONCURRED WITH THAT AMENDMENT? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO YOU NON CONCUR WITH ORDINANCE TO BEGIN WITH. 
          YOU NON CONCUR WITH THE AMENDMENT. 
          WHAT ABOUT THE 30 DAY ISSUE? IS THAT SOMETHING Y'ALL WOULD BE HAPPY WITH? NO, WE, WE BELIEVE, WE STILL BELIEVE IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL. 
          OKAY. 
          HAS ANYBODY REACHED OUT TO YOU ABOUT GOING TO 30 DAYS VERSUS 60? NOT FORMALLY, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT HAPPENING. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, BUT THAT WAS NOT CONFIRMED UNTIL TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND YOUR REACTION TO THAT IS, IS IS IT THE SAME? WE DO NOT SUPPORT ANY AMENDMENT TO THIS ORDINANCE OR THIS ORDINANCE IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM, YOU KNOW? UM, WELL, THANK YOU, MS. BILLY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, HERE AGAIN, THE GOVERNMENT IS GETTING INVOLVED IN SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT AUTHORITY, AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. 
          WE HAD NUMEROUS PEOPLE GET UP AND TELL US THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING TO WORK WITH THE TENANTS TO DEFER PAYMENTS, REDUCE PAYMENTS, REDUCE LATE FEES, OR ELIMINATE LATE FEES. 
          ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY TAKING PLACE. 
          WHAT ARE WE REALLY GONNA GET OUTTA THIS ORDINANCE? WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S GONNA BE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. 
          AND WE HEARD A LOT OF THAT TODAY. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I PARTICULARLY, AND THIS IS NOT TAKING AWAY FROM ALL THE PEOPLE THAT TALK, BUT MS. FLYNN FISHER, NEWMAN, HEISEL, THOSE WERE PERSONAL STORIES. 
          THESE WEREN'T AT THE CORPORATE LEVEL, AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL. 
          THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS AND ISSUES THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          I TOOK THAT TO HEART, AND I HOPE THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL ALSO, BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH THE LIVELIHOODS OF OUR BUSINESSES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, I CAN NAME OFF SEVERAL OTHER, I CAN NAME OFF SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS PASSED. 
          I CAN TELL YOU I WAS AGAINST EACH ONE OF THEM WHERE WE CONTINUALLY HAMMER OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, CONTINUALLY. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE THINK, WHERE OR MY COLLEAGUES THINK THAT THERE'S DEEP POCKETS OUT THERE, THAT THE BUSINESSES CAN AFFORD EVERYTHING HERE, LEMME TELL YOU, IT'S NOT. 
          THAT IS NOT THE CASE. 
          WE ACTUALLY HEARD A COMMENT SAYING, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES AREN'T GONNA COME TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR OVER THREE YEARS NOW, OF THESE ANTI-BUSINESS ISSUES THAT COME UP. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA BE KNOWN AS MILITARY CITY U S A ANYMORE. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE BUSINESS UNFRIENDLY CITY U SS A HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THIS WILL NOT GO UNRECOGNIZED. 
          AND WE HAVE A LACK OF LARGE CORPORATE ENTITIES COMING HERE TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          NOW, DO YOU THINK WE'RE GONNA REALLY ENCOURAGE LARGE CORPORATIONS THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WHY WE ARE SUCH A POOR CITY? BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT. 
          UH, WE GOT A HANDFUL NOW, BUT WE CAN'T SEEM TO GET OVER THAT HUMP. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY WE CAN'T. 
          SO I AM DEFINITELY AGAINST THIS. 
          UM, THIS TO ME, IS A MYOPIC, RUSHED ORDINANCE THAT HAS NOT BEEN CLEARED. 
          THE CITY STAFF ALREADY CAME UP WITH A GREAT RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE IGNORING, WE ARE IGNORING HERE ON THIS CITY COUNCIL AND PUTTING THIS OTHER ONE IN FRONT THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN ISSUE WITH. 
          WELL, I DON'T WANNA SAY EVERYBODY, BUT CERTAINLY THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE'VE HEARD THOSE CONSEQUENCES. 
          AND WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS ORDINANCE? SO I AM DEFINITELY AGAINST THIS. 
          YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL I'M, UH, MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND, UH, I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THIS, AS IS THE PEOPLE, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP HERE TO SPEAK TO US TODAY. 
          SO I WOULD HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES AROUND THIS TABLE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS. 
          I COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, I GOTTA HAND IT TO YOU. 
          YOU MUST'VE GOTTEN MY NOTES AHEAD OF TIME, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT ON TARGET ON THIS THING. 
          I'M IN TOTALLY LOCKSTEP WITH YOU ON THIS. 
          SO THANK YOU, YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT. 
          WITH THAT, SIR, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS OF LEGALITY 
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WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ORDINANCE, AND I'M WONDERING AT THIS TIME, WHAT ARE WE TRULY DOING IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THAT WILL HELP THE RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO SERVE? IF WE ARE PUTTING FORTH AN ORDINANCE THAT WE KNOW WILL BRING FORTH THE LAWSUIT, HOW DO WE TRULY SAY WE'RE REALLY SUPPORTING THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO? WE KNOW THAT THIS ORDINANCE WILL TRULY LEAD TO AN ECONOMIC AND HOUSING CRISIS. 
          IT WILL NOT DO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO TO TRULY STEP UP AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ASSIST OUR RESIDENTS. 
          THE QUESTIONS I HAVE ARE, HOW DO WE HELP ALL, HOW WOULD HE HELP THE LANDLORDS, THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, THE VETERANS THAT ARE LOOKING TO CONTINUE TO SERVE MILITARY CITY, U S A, HOW DO WE DO THIS? HOW DO WE BE MORE TRANSPARENT WITH USING THE CARES ACT MONEY AS WE GO FORWARD WITH FUNDING THE CITY? DO WE TAKE THE STEPS TO LOSE EVEN MORE SMALL BUSINESSES AND LOSE MORE VETERANS AS WE PUSH FORTH A AGENDA THAT MAY NOT BE EVEN LEGAL? SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I'M TRULY CONCERNED WITH. 
          I CANNOT SAY IN WHOLEHEARTEDNESS THAT I CAN SUPPORT THIS IN GOOD CONSCIENCE. 
          THERE ARE TOO MANY QUESTIONS. 
          AND WITH THE LEGALITY SHOWING THAT WE COULD BE POTENTIALLY SUED, TAKING EVEN MORE OF OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND PUTTING THEM TOWARDS A COURT SYSTEM IS NOT GONNA BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO I DO NOT SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT. 
          I DO NOT SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE WHEN I SET ON THE, UH, COUNTY AND CITY HOUSING AND SHELTER TASK FORCE, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER STEPS THAT WE CAN TAKE TO ENSURE THAT HOUSING IS SUFFICIENT FOR EACH AND EVERY RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE MUST DO ON TODAY. 
          I ASK THAT MY COLLEAGUES TRULY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, DO WE WANT TO SEE ANOTHER LAWSUIT THAT TAKES OUR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS AND PUTS THEM INTO A COURT SYSTEM THAT TRULY DOES NOT BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? IF WE CONTINUE TO PUSH FORTH AN AGENDA THAT IS NOT BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE ARE NOT DOING WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO DO. 
          I STAND IN SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUE AS WE LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVES. 
          WHEN I ASK PRIOR, IF WE CAN USE THAT 270 MILLION FROM THE CARES FUND RELIEF TO GO TOWARDS THE RISK MITIGATION, THE ANSWER WAS CLEAR, YES, WE CAN. 
          WE MUST CONTINUE TO PUSH FORTH THAT. 
          AND THAT IS THE MISSION THAT WE ARE ELECTED TO DO, NOT, TO CONTINUE TO WASTE TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON LEGAL RECOURSE BY DOING SOMETHING WE KNOW. 
          AND GOOD CONSCIENCE IS NOT GONNA WORK. 
          A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION AS ANY SMALL BUSINESS OWNER KNOWS, IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT OVERWRITTEN BY PUBLIC GOVERNMENT. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO PUSHING FORTH THE AGENDA OF TRULY HELPING THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT THIS ORDINANCE IS NOT THE ONE TO DO IT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER PALAIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'LL PREFACE MY COMMENTS BY, UM, REMINDING EVERYBODY, THERE'S NOTHING TO CELEBRATE TODAY. 
          UM, AND THIS IS NOT, UM, A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, THE BLUE TEAM AND THE RED TEAM. 
          UH, THE REALITIES BEING FACED IN EVERY CITY IN THE UNITED STATES IS THAT TENANTS ARE HURTING AND THEY'RE SCARED AND THEY'RE LOOKING DOWN THE BARREL OF A GUN. 
          AND THAT'S WHY COUNCILMAN TREVINO, UM, HAS BEEN, UM, WORKING SO HARD AT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HELP HERE. 
          UM, AND SO I DON'T, I DON'T QUESTION HIS INTENTIONS. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, ALL I SEE IS A PERSON WHO'S WORKING REALLY HARD FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE OF PEOPLE, BUT ADDING TO, UH, THAT LIST OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE ARE LANDLORDS AND LIKE TENANTS, LANDLORDS ARE HURTING AND THEY'RE SCARED, AND THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING DOWN THE BARREL OF A GUN. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, MORE TENANTS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE MISSING RENT PAYMENTS, AND IT'S JUST GONNA HAPPEN. 
          AND MORE UNPAID RENTS WILL PILE UP. 
          AND THAT'S A TICKING TIME BOMB, UH, ON TRACK TO RUIN, UH, BOTH RENTERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          AND, UM, THIS, THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS VERY WELL INTENTIONED AND VERY THOUGHTFUL, AND YOU CAN TELL THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE, HAVE WORKED ON THIS WITH THE BEST INTEREST OF TENANTS IN MIND. 
          BUT WHILE IT MAY SERVE TO KEEP RESIDENTIAL TENANTS IN THEIR HOMES FOR A LITTLE WHILE, IT WON'T HELP PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE STARING DOWN THEIR BANKS. 
          UM, AND, AND AGAIN, I GO BACK TO TO SAYING WHAT I'VE SAID ALL ALONG, WE'RE ALL IN 
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THIS TOGETHER. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT EXTENDS TO LANDLORDS AND TENANTS WHO, YOU KNOW, ARE, HAVE A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP. 
          LANDLORDS NEED THEIR TENANTS AS MUCH AS TENANTS NEED THOSE APARTMENTS. 
          AND SO, UM, GRANTED, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE STARING DOWN THEIR BANKS, IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE NATURE OF, OF THE MORTGAGE AND THE COVENANTS CONTAINED IN THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR LOAN CONTRACT. 
          BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, RENTERS AND WORKERS TO RECEIVE THEIR STIMULUS CHECKS AND THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, LANDLORDS ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM THEIR BANKS. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THEIR BILLS ARE ALL DUE IN THE MEANTIME. 
          EVERYBODY GOT THEIR LOVE LETTER FROM THE BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT RECENTLY. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE HEARD FROM THE GOVERNOR, HE HAS NO INTENTION OF, YOU KNOW, ALLEVIATING TAX BILLS ANYTIME SOON. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO COMPOUND THAT MOST BANKS AREN'T LETTING UP ON LANDLORDS AND THEY'RE INSISTING ON, YOU KNOW, RESTRUCTURING PAYMENT PLANS AND PUT, THEY'RE PUTTING PEOPLE ON NOTICE THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO FORECLOSURES RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE COMING. 
          AND I'LL TELL YOU, IN, IN OUR INDUSTRY, YOU KNOW, HERE IN, YOU KNOW, THE LEGAL INDUSTRY, BANKRUPTCY LAWYERS ARE KILLING IT RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'RE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE AN UPTICK IN, IN BUSINESS. 
          SO, UM, I WAS ASKED A, A REALLY LEGITIMATE QUESTION, AND NOW IT'S, IT'S MY QUESTION TOO. 
          AND THAT IS, I, I HAVE YET TO HEAR AN ANSWER OF WHY A LANDLORD IS IN A BETTER POSITION TO BEAR A BURDEN THAN OTHERS. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M REMINDED BY THE FOLKS WHO CAME TO THE PODIUM TODAY THAT LANDLORDS COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES. 
          AND FOR THEM, IT'S VERY PERSONAL. 
          YOU SAW A LADY IN TEARS TODAY TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW THIS IS HER FAMILY LEGACY. 
          UM, AND IF HOUSING IS A NECESSITY, WELL THEN HOW IS FOOD AND GASOLINE NOT JUST AS NECESSARY? AND, AND I'LL POINT OUT THAT NOT ONCE HAVE WE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED GASOLINE, UM, AND YOU'RE HAVING AN UNEMPLOYMENT ISSUE THAT YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY GASOLINE, JUST GO TO VALERO, FILL UP YOUR CAR, AND YOU CAN PAY WITH AN I O U AND TELL 'EM, HEY, YOU KNOW, UH, I'M, I'LL PAY YOU WHEN I GET MY MONEY IN TWO MONTHS. 
          LET'S SETTLE UP. 
          WE'RE NOT DOING THAT, BUT, BUT WE'RE PROPOSING DOING THAT TO LANDLORDS. 
          AND SO I'VE ALSO HEARD THE ARGUMENT, WELL, IF YOU DON'T DO THIS, UM, THEN YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR TENANTS, AND WHY DON'T YOU WANT TO HELP TENANTS? AND TO THAT, I, I SAY THAT'S A FALLACY, THAT'S A FALLACIOUS ARGUMENT. 
          AND WE HAVE DONE FOR TENANTS, UM, LET'S NOT FORGET, WE SET ASIDE MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HELP TENANTS DEFRAY THE COSTS OF, UH, OF RENT AND UTILITY. 
          AND, UM, THAT FUND IS STILL THERE. 
          IT'S NOT A PANACEA. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA FUND EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S NOT NOTHING. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S THE CRUX OF THE PROBLEM THAT FACES US, RIGHT? UM, YOU KNOW, UH, IS SHOULD WE DO THIS, BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN SHOULD WE, IS, ARE WE ALLOWED TO? CAN WE, AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN. 
          UM, IT'S, I'VE LOOKED AT THE STATE LAW A NUMBER OF TIMES, I'VE TRIED TO WIGGLE, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF GOOD ARGUMENT IN THERE TO, YOU KNOW, SEE IF I COULD, YOU KNOW, GET ME TO VOTE, YOU KNOW, GET ME TO A PLACE WHERE I CAN VOTE FOR YES. 
          AND QUITE SIMPLY, STATE LAW PREEMPTS US FROM DOING THIS, WHETHER IT'S FOR 60 DAYS OR 30 DAYS. 
          UM, AND SO THEN THAT USUALLY SAYS, WELL, THEN OTHER CITIES HAVEN'T BEEN SUED. 
          WHY HAVE OTHER CITIES HAVEN'T BEEN SUED? AND THAT'S ALSO A FALLACIOUS ARGUMENT. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S A FALLACY BECAUSE NO HARM HAS COME TO A LANDLORD YET, BECAUSE NOT A SINGLE LANDLORD HAS BEEN PREEMPTED FROM EVICTING ANYBODY BY A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, WHEN THAT JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IS INVOKED THE ORDINANCE. 
          AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A MORATORIUM STATEWIDE ON EVICTIONS. 
          AND SO THERE IS NO REASON TO FILE SUIT YET, BUT THE FIRST TIME SOMEBODY FILES SUIT, UH, TO EVICT A TENANT, AND A JP SAYS, SORRY, YOU HAVEN'T COMPLIED WITH A MUNICIPAL, YOU KNOW, UH, ORDINANCE, WE'RE GONNA GET SUED. 
          DALLAS IS GONNA GET SUED, AUSTIN'S GONNA GET SUED, SAN ANTONIO'S GONNA GET SUED, AND WE'RE GONNA LOSE. 
          UM, I'D RATHER WIN. 
          AND SO, UM, I, I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN MINO, IT BREAKS MY HEART TO HAVE TO TELL YOU NO ON THIS ONE, BUT I, I'M GONNA HAVE TO TELL YOU NO. 
          AND, AND, AND AGAIN, I'D, I'D ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, DON'T CLAP AT THIS. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS NOTHING TO CELEBRATE. 
          UM, EVERYBODY'S HURTING HERE. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL IS IN THIS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT POSITION OF HAVING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, UM, HOW TO, HOW TO, YOU KNOW, UM, HELP PEOPLE. 
          AND, UM, THAT'S OUR JOB. 
          AND, AND IT'S A DIFFICULT ONE. 
          AND, UH, I, I WOULDN'T, UM, I, I HOPE THAT NOBODY, UH, CAN ENOUGH. 
          'CAUSE I'VE SEEN IT ONLINE AND I'VE SEEN THE TEXTS AND EMAILS THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING, CASTING ASPERSIONS AND CASTING ASPERSIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE INTENT BEHIND THIS THING, THAT'S NOT FAIR, AND THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 
          UM, EVERYBODY UP ON THIS DICE, YOU KNOW, IS TRYING THEIR BEST. 
          AND EVERYBODY UP HERE, YOU KNOW, LOVES SAN ANTONIO UNCONDITIONALLY. 
          AND SO, UM, ANYWAY, MAYOR, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
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THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA REPEAT WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN, UH, SAID EARLIER IS THAT THERE ARE NO WINNERS, UH, WITH C OVID 19. 
          THERE'S NOTHING TO CELEBRATE TODAY, NO MATTER WHICH WAY THIS VOTE GOES. 
          UM, AND, UH, SECONDLY, UH, ON A LIGHTER NOTE, I DO WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO'S COME, UH, TODAY, WHO'S TAKEN TIME OUT OF THEIR SCHEDULES. 
          UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T HOME BOUND  RIGHT NOW, UH, IT, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, YOU COME AND SAY, IT KIND OF THRILLS MY SPIRIT TO SEE, UH, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ALWAYS, UH, RAINBOWS AND AND ROSES, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE CIVIC PROCESS. 
          UM, I KNOW, AND I'VE HEARD, UH, FROM TODAY'S TESTIMONY THAT THERE ARE MANY RESPONSIBLE AND COMPASSIONATE LANDLORDS WHO'VE HELPED TENANTS DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. 
          I WANNA THANK YOU FOR, FOR DOING THAT. 
          UM, IT'S VERY NECESSARY. 
          UM, BUT I AM, UH, LIKE COUNCILWOMAN GHA HAS SAID, STILL VERY CONCERNED THAT AMONG THOSE WHO ARE NOT LIKE YOU, UH, THAT WE MAY BE, UH, SEEING A HOMELESSNESS CRISIS IN A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS WHEN THE MORATORIUM IS OVER. 
          I DO RECOGNIZE THAT MOVING FROM A THREE DAY NOTICE TO A 60 DAY NOTICE IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE PROCESS, AND PROBABLY WHAT, UH, HOW YOU RUN YOUR BUSINESS. 
          UM, SO I HAVE, UH, SUPPORTED THE CHANGE TO A 30 DAY, UH, NOTICE. 
          I'VE ALSO SUPPORTED, UH, $25 MILLION IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR, UH, SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS. 
          AND I WILL SUPPORT AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR TENANTS, UM, WITH THE S MONEY THAT IS COMING FORWARD. 
          I WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN COURAGE FOR, UH, HIS AMENDMENT, AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING THAT AS, AS WELL. 
          UH, OF COURSE, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE THAT NO TENANTS, UH, FALL BEHIND FURTHER ON THEIR BILLS, AND THAT IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO PUT, UH, SOME OF THAT MONEY WHERE OUR INTENTIONS ARE, UH, SO THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNFUNDED MANDATE ON YOU. 
          UM, THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT PROCESS AND INPUT, AND PLEASE, UH, I, I'VE BEEN A CHAMPION FOR, FOR PROCESS AND PART IN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          AND PLEASE BE AWARE THAT I SEE THIS MEASURE AS AN EMERGENCY. 
          THAT'S WHY I THINK 30 DAYS IS MORE APPROPRIATE THAN 60 DAYS. 
          IF I'D HAD MY DRUTHERS AND WE WEREN'T GOING THROUGH THIS, UH, EPISODE RIGHT NOW, I WOULD'VE SAID, LET'S PUT A COMMITTEE TOGETHER. 
          LET'S GET SOME LANDLORDS ON THERE. 
          LET'S GET SOME TENANTS ON THERE. 
          LET'S COME UP WITH SOMETHING. 
          LET'S PUT IT OUT FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION. 
          UH, THERE'S SIMPLY NOT THE TIME, UH, TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, IN ADDITION, UH, DO I THINK THIS WOULD BE EASIER IF THE COUNTY HAD TAKEN IT UP? UH, LIKE MY, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID EARLIER, ABSOLUTELY. 
          HAVE THEY? NO, THEY HAVEN'T. 
          UM, SO I, I FEEL A RESPONSIBILITY TO ACT, TO KEEP, UH, PEOPLE IN THEIR HOME AS EVERYONE OR YOU MAY KNOW. 
          UH, WE'VE HAD AN EVICTION CRISIS IN THIS CITY BEFORE C OVID, 1933 PEOPLE WERE BEING EVICTED, 33 FAMILIES WERE BEING EVICTED EVERY DAY IN SAN ANTONIO IN 2018. 
          WE'RE ALSO THE POOREST BIG CITY IN THE NATION. 
          UM, AND I, I WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN TREVINO, UM, BY PUTTING FORTH NOT JUST TODAY, BUT PREVIOUSLY, UH, SOME LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE ISSUES, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THIS, WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY IS A LONG-TERM SOLUTION FOR THAT ISSUE. 
          I THINK IT'S JUST AN EMERGENCY MEASURE. 
          UM, HE'S PUT FORWARD THE RISK MITIGATION FUND ORIGINALLY, AND THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL. 
          SO MANY OF YOU WHO ARE HERE TODAY, YOU KNOW, THE LAW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UH, GIVING US A LESSON ON IT AT TIMES. 
          THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE FOR TENANTS. 
          AND, UM, HE ALSO PROPOSED A, A RENTER'S COMMISSION, AND I, I THINK IT'S REALLY TOO BAD THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO CONSULT WITH THE RENTER'S COMMISSION, UH, FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. 
          AND, UH, WHEN ALL THIS IS OVER, I HOPE TO SEE THAT GO FORWARD. 
          AND, UH, I, I HOPE THAT WE WON'T CONTINUE TO GET PUSHBACK, UH, FROM SOME OF YOUR ORGANIZATIONS ON PUTTING TOGETHER A RENTER'S COMMISSION. 
          THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE, AND WE HAVE A RIGHT TO MEET WITH THEM. 
          AND IF ANY ORGANIZATIONS OUT HERE HAVE BEEN VILIFIED AS LANDLORDS, I WILL TELL YOU THAT IS, THAT IS IS PROBABLY A REASON WHY, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN, I'M NOT POINTING AT EVERYBODY, IT'S, IT'S REALLY JUST ONE ORGANIZATION. 
          UH, THIS ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN OPPOSED TO THE CITY CONVENING A GROUP OF RENTERS TO GIVE US THEIR INPUT. 
          AND I DON'T SEE HOW THAT CAN BE DAMAGING. 
          AND IT, I WOULD SAY IT DOES MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE A BAD GUY,  TO, TO DO THAT. 
          UM, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR, UH, FOR 
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STAFF AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND POSSIBLY ACTUALLY FOR, FOR SOME OF THE TENANTS. 
          SO FIRST OF ALL, FOR LORI, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS HAVE WE HELPED SO FAR WITH THE RISK MITIGATION FUND? I CAN SPEAK TO THE APPLICATIONS, UM, AND THOSE ARE APPROXIMATELY 7,000. 
          IT, AND YOU INTEND TO SEE THOSE APPROVED? YES, WE ANTICIPATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND HOW MANY OF THOSE 7,000 WILL BE RECEIVING THE 25% DISCOUNT? UM, WE HAD, WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT IS THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION MEMBERS ARE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THEIR TENANTS, AND THEY SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR THEIR TENANTS TO THE CITY. 
          AND SO THERE'S BEEN ANYWHERE FROM TWO, ABOUT 300 APPLICATIONS, AND THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT $125,000 IN VALUE. 
          SO 300 FAMILIES, WE ARE WORKING ON MORE EDUCATION TO WORK WITH THE LANDLORDS, UM, ON HOW WE CAN INCREASE THAT NUMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THAT WAS THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION THAT BROUGHT THAT PROGRAM FORWARD? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEY HAVE MANAGED TO GET 300 OF THEIR 300 TENANTS ARE CURRENTLY BENEFITING FROM THAT PROGRAM? SORRY, 300 TENANTS? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I SPOKE WITH THEM YESTERDAY. 
          THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY, THAT THEIR MEMBERSHIP WAS ABOUT 84% OF ALL THE RENTAL UNITS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO I'M SURPRISED THAT THERE ARE ONLY 300 COMING FORWARD FOR THAT. 
          AND, AND THERE COULD BE, THOSE NUMBERS COULD GO UP AS WE START PROCESSING MORE PAYMENTS. 
          WE'LL SEE THAT, BUT RIGHT NOW WE CAN CONFIRM. 
          MM-HMM. 
           ABOUT 300. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COUNCILMAN COURAGES, UH, AMENDMENT. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, SO I, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE, HOW WE DO THIS. 
          IF I ASK THE COUNCILMAN OR IF I ASK THE STAFF, BUT WHEN YOU SAY ADEQUATE FUNDING IN THE, UM, RISK MITIGATION FUND, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? MAYOR, MAY I RESPOND? YEAH, IT, IT JUST MEANS THAT THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE AT THE TIME THAT SOMEONE WOULD ASK, CAN I AND MY TENANT APPLY? AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL 'EM, YES, THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE ADEQUATE. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW, HOW MUCH NEEDS TO BE PUT INTO THAT TO MAINTAIN AN ADEQUACY, YOU KNOW, IS SOMETHING THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO APPROVE. 
          BUT I WOULD GUESS AT LEAST 25 MILLION MORE DOLLARS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, I, I HAD A CONVERSATION YESTERDAY WITH THE BOARD OF REALTORS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR INPUT. 
          AND I, I BELIEVE THAT THE PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD BY COUNCILMAN COURAGE ADDRESSES SOME OF THE CONCERNS, IF NOT ALL OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY. 
          UH, AND THAT WAS HOW DO YOU TIE THE ORDINANCE TO, UM, THE RISK MEDIC, THE FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR ASSISTANCE? AND THIS CREATES A CLEAR LINK. 
          THE MOMENT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO HELP PEOPLE, WE WILL NOT BE HOLDING LANDLORDS TO THIS ORDINANCE. 
          UM, I ALSO SPOKE WITH THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION YESTERDAY. 
          THERE WERE MANY OF YOU ON THE CALL, UM, AND YOU BROUGHT FORWARD SOME VERY LEGITIMATE CONCERNS THAT I HAD NOT CONSIDERED. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. 
          IT WAS AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. 
          I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE PROPOSAL THAT THE COUNCILMAN IS PUTTING FORWARD ADDRESSES THOSE CONCERNS AS WELL. 
          UM, I'LL GO THROUGH THEM. 
          ONE OF THEM HAD TO DO WITH PEOPLE WHO, UH, ARE CHOOSING NOT TO PAY. 
          AND THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS ADDRESSED IN YOUR AMENDMENT. 
          THE OTHER ONE HAD TO DO WITH TENANTS WHO ARE NOT COOPERATING BY, UH, ASSISTING IN FILLING OUT THE PAPERWORK OR SUBMITTING THE DOCUMENTS THAT THEY NEED, THAT IS ADDRESSED BY YOUR AMENDMENT. 
          AND, UH, THE OTHER ONE HAD TO DO WITH, UH, SIMPLY PUTTING, UH, SORRY, UH, THE LOSS OF REVENUE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO RUN YOUR BUSINESS. 
          UH, OF COURSE, VERY CONCERNING. 
          AND THAT IS ALSO ADDRESSED BY THIS, UH, BY THIS WORD AMENDMENT. 
          AND I SEE SOMEONE SHAKING THEIR HEAD, NO, , UM, DO YOU WANNA COME UP AND TELL ME WHAT, WHAT IS STILL OUTSTANDING? THE AMENDMENT DOES NOT ADDRESS IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T GO TO APPLY. 
          SO IT SAYS THAT IF THEY APPLY AND THEY DO NOT QUALIFY, THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH AN EVICTION. 
          BUT I HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT WON'T EVEN COMMUNICATE WITH US, SO THEY WON'T EVEN GO, I CAN'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, TELL THEM AND EXPLAIN TO THEM THE HELP THAT IS OUT THERE FOR THEM. 
          SO WHAT OPTIONS DO WE HAVE WITH THAT? IF WE CAN PUT SOMETHING IN AN AMENDMENT ABOUT THAT, THEN THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, THE WAY I READ YOUR AMENDMENT, IT, IT ALLOWS 
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FOR THAT. 
          AND I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THIS IS ON THE RECORD, SO I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS SO THAT THE DAY IS THAT MY, UM, I'M TAPPING BACK IN FOR ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO . 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE HEAR YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR, UH, COMING FORWARD TODAY FOR THIS, UM, ITEM. 
          FIRST, I DO WANT TO THANK, UM, ANDY AND FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, ALSO TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU THAT, UM, YOU BROUGHT THIS FORWARD AND THAT YOU MADE IT CLEAR THAT THIS WAS NOT A STAFF RECOMMENDATION, BUT THAT THIS WAS, UM, THE WORK THAT YOU'VE HAD TO DO BECAUSE OF THE ORDINANCE THAT THE POLITICAL ORGANIZATION GAVE TO YOU. 
          UM, BUT I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH OUR, WITH THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND COPS METRO, UM, TO PUT SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE THERE WAS CONSENSUS FOR, TO BRING UP TO COUNCIL. 
          AND I ALSO AM AWARE THAT, UM, YOU WORKED IN GOOD FAITH ON THAT. 
          SO I HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE. 
          I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WITH THE NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT HAS BEEN PUT UPON ON THIS DAIS, IT DEMONSTRATES THAT THIS ORDINANCE WAS NOT PREPARED TO COME UP TO THE AGENDA TODAY. 
          UM, AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THAT FURTHER DEMONSTRATES THAT THERE STILL IS SIGNIFICANT, UM, LEGAL CONCEPT IS FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          I WANT TO THANK, UM, ALL OF THOSE, UH, PREDOMINANTLY WOMEN WHO CAME UP AND SPOKE TODAY, THANK YOU TO MRS. MO MOYA, MRS. BIRDIE, MS. MARTIN, AND EVERYONE WHO CAME UP. 
          UM, PLEASE KNOW THAT IT IS YOUR ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO COME AND SPEAK WITH US, TO SEND THOSE EMAILS, TO SEND THOSE LETTERS, JUST LIKE WE ENCOURAGE ALL GROUPS TO DO IT. 
          THAT IS YOUR JOB AS WELL AS CITIZENS AND AS SAN ANTONIOS, AND I DO NOT BELIEVE, UM, AND, AND ALSO, ERIC, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT LAST WEEK IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF NOT ALL OF US, WANTED TO SEE A PORTION, A GOOD CHUNK OF THAT PORTION OF $270 MILLION TO GO TO HOUSING. 
          THAT WAS NEVER IN QUESTION. 
          WE ALL WANTED SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO TO SAY THAT, OH, LET'S MAKE IT, LET'S PUT SOMETHING IN THERE THAT CONFIRMS IT. 
          WELL, OF COURSE, WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT LAST WEEK. 
          ALSO, I'D LIKE TO THAT, YOU KNOW, I DO NOT WANT ANOTHER LAWSUIT BECAUSE THE CITY CANNOT AFFORD ONE, BOTH LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY. 
          SO WITH THAT, UM, WE ALL, I BELIEVE WE ALL ARE WORKING VERY HARD FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS DURING THIS TIME, AND I WANT TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO HELP EVERYONE IN THE PROCESS. 
          WE KNOW THAT OUR HOUSING CRISIS IS NOT, AS WAS MENTIONED, OUR HOUSING CRISIS IS NOT GOING TO BE SOLVED THROUGH THIS ORDER THROUGH OUR COUNCIL. 
          UM, NOT NECESSARILY THROUGH ANY COMMISSIONS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE THOSE CHANGES THAT WE NEED, BECAUSE PRE C O V I D AS WAS MENTIONED, AND POST COVID O A LOT OF WORK TO DO. 
          UM, BUT WITH THAT, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, SO, UH, GOING BACK TO THE QUESTION, UH, COUNCILMAN, IF A LAND, IF A TENANT IS NOT COOPERATING WITH A LANDLORD IN TERMS OF SUBMITTING THEIR DOCUMENTATION NEEDED FOR, UH, ACCESSING THOSE ASSISTANCE FUNDS, WOULD THE LANDLORD BE EXEMPT FROM THIS ORDINANCE? MAY I RESPOND, MAYOR? YES. 
          THE, UH, THE AMENDMENT SAYS THE ORDINANCE IS ENFORCEABLE. 
          THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN REQUIRE PROPERTY OWNERS NOT TO ENTER INTO EVICTION ONLY IN THE EVENT THAT THE TENANT, LANDLORD OR AUTHORIZED AGENTS HAS APPLIED. 
          THAT MEANS IF THE TENANT REFUSES TO APPLY, THEN THE LANDLORD IS FREE TO GO AHEAD AND PURSUE EVICTION. 
          SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A SYMBIOTIC COOPERATIVE NATURE BETWEEN TENANTS AND LANDLORDS FOR THE LANDLORDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND DELAYING THEIR EVICTION. 
          IF THAT DOESN'T EXIST, IF PEOPLE HAVE MONEY, THEY'RE WORKING, THEY DON'T WANNA PAY THEIR RENT, THE LANDLORD WILL BE TOTALLY FREE TO EVICT THEM UNDER 
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THIS ORDINANCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THAT SAID, I, I AM SUPPORTING THE ORDINANCE WITH THE AMENDMENTS. 
          I, I'VE DONE THE MATH. 
          I REALIZE WE DO NOT HAVE THE VOTES, BUT, UH, FOR THE RECORD, I DO WANT TO STATE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE EVERY ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN, UH, VOCALIZED, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, HAS BEEN ADDRESSED WITH THE ORDINANCE, AND WE'RE WILLING TO FUND IT AND NOT MAKE IT AN UNFUNDED MANDATE. 
          THE IDEA IS JUST TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. 
          IF FOR SOME REASON THERE ARE LANDLORDS WHO CANNOT, UH, WORK WITH THEM AND AREN'T DOING ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU ARE DOING. 
          UM, SECONDLY, I DO WANNA THANK THOSE WHO WORKED ON THE OTHER ALTERNATE ORDINANCE, UM, REGARDING NOTIFICATION OF TENANT'S RIGHTS. 
          I DO HOPE THAT WE WILL CONSIDER THAT IN THE FUTURE. 
          I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S A GREAT ADDITION. 
          I AM SORRY THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ADD IT, UH, TO TODAY'S DISCUSSION. 
          AND, UM, AND I, I DO WANNA SAY THAT, UM, I'M NOT GOING TO ADDRESS THE CONSTITUTIONALITY ISSUES OR THE LEGAL ISSUES. 
          I DO SEE THIS AS AN EMERGENCY, AND I WANT TO, UH, CAST MY VOTE TO PROTECT THOSE TENANTS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE MADE THE, THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS. 
          UM, I CANNOT ALWAYS POINT TO THE STATE AND HOW IT, UM, HOW IT FUNCTIONS AS, UH, AS A MODEL TO FOLLOW FOR ME, BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LAWSUITS. 
          WE JUST LOST A LAWSUIT, UH, A FEW DAYS AGO, AND IT WAS A LAWSUIT AGAINST, UH, UH, WHAT DO YOU BOOKING COMPANIES, BOOKING COMPANIES THAT DIDN'T PAY THEIR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX THAT WAS DUE TO THE CITY. 
          UM, THEY COLLECTED IT AND THEY DIDN'T GIVE IT TO THE CITY. 
          YOU WOULD THINK THAT'S BLACK AND WHITE. 
          GUESS WHAT? WE LOST THAT CASE. 
          UH, SO DO I THINK WE'RE GONNA WIN OTHER CASES? I, I THINK OUR CHANCES ARE NIL, BUT IS IT, UH, I WOULD SAY THE STATE WAS WRONG IN, IN ITS DECISION TO DO THAT. 
          THAT WAS TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO OUR ARTS AND TOURISM HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND BECAUSE OF THE STATE'S DECISION, IT'S NOT. 
          SO I'M NOT GONNA HOLD MYSELF TO THAT AS THE, AS BASICALLY THE, THE GOSPEL OF WHAT WE SHOULD DO AS ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I LIKE YOU COUNCILWOMAN KEN COUNT, UH, I UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS, BUT I HAVE TO SAY, MY MAIN REASON TO SPEAK WITH, UH, SABOR, TO SPEAK WITH THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION TO BRING THIS FORWARD INTO, UH, THE ORDINANCE WAS TO REMIND, AND, AND SURE, EVERY PROPERTY OWNER WHO HAS TENANTS, THAT WE ARE THERE TO STAND WITH YOU BY PROVIDING FUNDING TO HELP YOU WHEN PEOPLE ARE IMPOVERISHED BECAUSE OF THIS COVID VIRUS AND CANNOT PAY THEIR RENT. 
          SO PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. 
          DON'T GO HOME AND SAY, OH, WOE IS ME, OR HOORAY. 
          WE CAN GO AHEAD AND FORECLOSE ON JUNE 2ND. 
          PLEASE WORK WITH OUR CITY DEPARTMENT, WORK WITH YOUR TENANTS, GET WHAT'S, DO YOU HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES? AND I JUST HOPE THAT WE DON'T SEE A FLOOD OF TENANTS BEING EVICTED AND A FLOOD OF HOMELESSNESS IN JUNE. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST, UH, WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING THAT I FAILED TO, UH, ADDRESS EARLIER. 
          THERE WERE SOME OF YOU ALL THAT SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT MISTRUST IN YOUR COUNCIL. 
          AND I WANT TO REASSURE YOU, AND I THINK YOU'VE CLEARLY SEEN TODAY, THAT YOUR COUNCIL IS HERE TO LISTEN TO BOTH SIDES. 
          AND, AND WE CLEARLY MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON LISTENING TO BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY. 
          UM, YOU SEE, AND, AND, AND, AND I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT THAT I'M NOT GONNA BE BULLIED BY ANYONE ON THIS COUNCIL OR ANYONE, UH, OF THE ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE INTO A POSITION THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE IN AND SUPPORT. 
          AND I THINK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE HELD UP THE SAME TODAY, AND I RESPECT EVERYBODY'S OPINIONS. 
          AND I JUST WANNA SAY AGAIN, UM, THAT ALTHOUGH YOU ALL SPOKE TO SOME MISTRUST TODAY, HOPEFULLY THIS STARTS THE PATH TO A BRIDGE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GAIN YOUR TRUST BACK AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WITH THAT SAID, MAYOR, THOSE ARE MY FINAL COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER GRA I FORGOT TO MENTION MAYOR. 
          UM, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, THE STATE, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH CONTINUED, UM, ADDRESSING OF OUR 
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EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, VIGRAN, UH, THAT IS ALL OF OUR COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          LET LET ME CLOSE BY SAYING, UH, A FEW THINGS. 
          ONE IS THAT THIS WHOLE SITUATION, WHICH IS EXTRAORDINARY FOR EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE AND DEALING WITH THIS CRISIS, IS AN EXTRAORDINARY ONE. 
          AND IT'S DIFFICULT, IT'S CHALLENGING, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED FROM THE VERY START, UH, AS WE WERE LOOKING INTO THE DARK PART OF THE TUNNEL, IS THAT WE WOULDN'T TURN OUR BACKS ON ANY OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          THAT WE WOULD ENSURE THAT THE MOST VULNERABLE, ESPECIALLY AMONG US, WERE TAKEN CARE OF. 
          AND THAT NO ONE WAS FORCED OUT ON THE STREETS, NO ONE WENT HUNGRY, NO ONE'S LIVELIHOODS WERE DECIMATED. 
          I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, WHO HAS BEEN A VERY CLEAR VOICE FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE AMONG THOSE MOST VULNERABLE, AND NOT JUST DURING THE PANDEMIC, BUT ALSO WHEN WE WEREN'T IN A PANDEMIC. 
          HE HAS BEEN THAT VOICE FOR THIS COUNCIL, AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT'S A VOICE THAT WE NEED. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION. 
          IF NOT FOR THE COLLABORATIVE WORK OF THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND THE LANDLORD COMMUNITY OF THE CITY, WE WOULDN'T BE THE GOLD STANDARD FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE DURING A COVID CRISIS. 
          WE HAVE $26 MILLION, ACTUALLY $30 MILLION, INCLUDING THE COUNTY PLUS ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT THEY ALLOCATED, UH, AS PART OF THEIR CARES ACT. 
          WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT ARE DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE LIVE UP TO THAT PROMISE THAT WE MADE AT THE VERY ONSET. 
          SO WE ARE NOW STARING, I THINK, TO A LIGHTER PART OF THE TUNNEL. 
          AND SOME OF US CAN SEE THAT LIGHT BEGINNING TO POKE THROUGH WHEN THE HEALTH CRISIS IS OVER. 
          THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IS ONLY BEGINNING. 
          AND WHAT THIS COUNCIL, ALTHOUGH, UH, DIVIDED ON SOME MEASURES HAS BEEN CLEAR ABOUT IS THAT WE ARE UNITED ON PURPOSE. 
          THAT WE WILL NOT TURN OUR BACKS ON FOLKS THAT ARE STRUGGLING, THAT ARE VULNERABLE, THAT WHOSE LIVES ARE CONTINUING TO BE IMPACTED, EVEN AS WE GET OUT INTO THE LIGHTER PART OF THE TUNNEL AND OUT OF IT. 
          BUT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM AND IT'S GONNA TAKE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TEAMWORK. 
          THE TEAMWORK THAT WE'VE ALREADY SEEN TO THIS POINT FROM THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, FROM OUR COUNCIL, EVEN FROM OUR COUNTY AND CITY COLLABORATION. 
          EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES ARE CALLED FOR DURING EXTRAORDINARY TIMES. 
          JUST TODAY, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THAT ONE OF OUR MOST URGENT CRISES COMING FORWARD IS ACCESS TO THE BALLOT BOX. 
          AND WE NEED TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN VOTE, ESPECIALLY DURING A CRISIS. 
          THOSE ARE EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES. 
          AND SO, UM, WE ARE CLEARLY DIVIDED ON ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL TO POTENTIALLY PROTECT PEOPLE. 
          BUT LET ME REMIND US ALL THAT, THAT'S JUST ONE TOOL. 
          THERE IS NO PANACEAS COUNCIL MEMBER PAL SAID, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT EVERY WAY COLLABORATIVELY THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH OUR MAIN MISSION. 
          AND SO AS WE GO FORWARD PAST THIS VOTE, I WANNA REMIND US THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO BE A TEAM THAT WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS, BUT IT'S GONNA BE GETTING THROUGH THIS TOGETHER, AND THAT WE REMAIN UNITED IN THAT PURPOSE, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AFTER EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, EVEN THOSE WHO CANNOT MAKE IT TO THIS COUNCIL SESSION. 
          SO I WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN OUT TODAY. 
          UH, IT'S BEEN OBVIOUSLY A DIFFICULT DEBATE, UM, BUT ONE THAT SHOULD REMIND US ALL THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIND THE BEST WAYS POSSIBLE TO PROTECT OUR FOLKS, EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A, A COUPLE OF MOTIONS MADE ON THE FLOOR. 
          THE FIRST MOTION THAT IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH WAS A 30 DAY LIMIT TO THE MAIN MOTION. 
          AND SO WE'LL TAKE THAT FROM FIRST IN. 
          THAT'S CORRECT, MARY. 
          THE, THE, UH, THE FIRST AMENDMENT THAT THE COUNCILOR SHOULD TAKE UP IS THE AMENDMENT BY COUNCILWOMAN HVAR AT, TO MAKE IT A 30 DAY VERSUS A 60 DAY NOTICE. 
          OKAY, SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE OR THE, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO 30 DAYS. 
          PLEASE VOTE NAY, NAY, NAY. 
          NO MOTION FAILS. 
          WE'LL TAKE UP THE MAIN MOTION NOW. 
          AND THAT IS, 
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UH, THE MOTION IS READ BY COUNCIL MEMBER TINO WITH THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT MADE BY COUNCILMAN CURD. 
          DO WE NEED TO READ THAT AGAIN? ANDY, ARE WE GOOD? NO, I THINK WE'RE GOOD, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          PLEASE VOTE NAYYY. 
          NAY, NAY, NO MOTION FAILS. 
          OKAY, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, OR EXCUSE ME, ITEM NUMBER NINE. 
          ITEM NUMBER NINE IS AN ORDINANCE OF APPRO, AN AMENDMENT TO THE INCREASED AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $800,000 TO THE $10,800,000 DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT WITH G***O CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. 
          FOR THE DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND INSTALLATION OF EXER EXTERIOR SIGNAGE FOR THE ZOO PARKING GARAGE, A 2017 BOND AND FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
          PARKING, OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE FUNDED PROJECT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FROM 2017, GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND AND FISCAL YEAR 2020, PARKING, OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE FUNDS, AND ARE INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          AS FOLKS, UH, ARE EXITING THE CHAMBER, I'M GONNA JUST ASK YOU TO KEEP THE VOLUME DOWN SO WE CAN MOVE ON WITH THE REST OF OUR MEETING. 
          AND SOCIAL DISTANCE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SOCIAL DISTANCING AS WELL, PLEASE, FOLKS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, RAZZY AT WHO HAS THE PRESENTATION? HI. 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD, RAZZI. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, COUNSEL. 
          I AM REZI JOSE, E DIRECTOR, CITY ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          PROJECT BACKGROUND, NEW PARKING GARAGE FACILITY CONSISTING OF FIVE PARKING LEVELS, 617 PARKING SPACES, ELECTRICAL VEHICLE, AND BICYCLE PARKING SPACES, SIDEWALK EXTENSION FROM PARKING GARAGE TO SAN ANTONIO ZOO. 
          SECOND SLIDE PLEASE. 
          TIMELINE, IN JUNE OF 2018, DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT WITH G***O CONSTRUCTION, INC. 
          AWARDED IN JANUARY, 2019, CERTIFICATE OF  WAS ISSUED FOR THE GARAGE DESIGN BY HISTORIC DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSIONER OR H D R C. 
          OCTOBER, 2019, CONSTRUCTION OF GARAGE COMPLETED AND OPENED FOR PUBLIC TO USE MAY 5TH, 2020. 
          PROPOSED GARAGE SIGNAGE REVIEWED BY H D R C SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          TODAY'S ACTION IS FOR AMENDING DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION EFFECT EFFECT SO FAR. 
          IN MAY 14TH, 2019, EXACTLY A YEAR AGO, BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY REQUEST SIGNAGE CHANGE. 
          SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2019, PARKS, SAN ANTONIO ZOO, BRACKISH PARK CONSERVANCY, MADE TO REVIEW PROPOSED SIGNAGE. 
          NOVEMBER 4TH, 2019, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, PARKS DESIGN BUILD TEAM, AND SAN ANTONIO ZOO. 
          MET WITH BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY TO REVIEW REFINED CONCEPT SIGNAGE DESIGN. 
          JANUARY 24TH, 2020. 
          PARKS MET WITH THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY DURING REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING. 
          APRIL 30TH, 2020. 
          PRIOR TO H D R SUBCOMMITTEE REVIEW PARKS PROVIDE DRAFT DESIGN SIGNAGE TO BRECKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          HISTORIC AND DESIGN REVIEW. 
          COMMISSIONER, WHY IT HAD TO GO TO H D R PURPOSE REVIEW. 
          REVIEW IS INTENDED TO ENSURE QUALITY, URBAN DESIGN, STANDARD OF PUBLIC FACILITY PROCESS PER U D C, ARTICLE SIX, DIVISION FOUR PUBLIC'S PROPERTY, ALL PUBLIC PROJECTS INCLUDING NEW CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, SIGNAGE, PARKS, AND RIGHT OF WAY DESIGN REQUIRE H D R C REVIEW. 
          H D R C PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THE DESIGN FOR THE GARAGE WITH CONDITION TO REVIEW THE SIGNED DESIGN AT LATER DAY, NEXT DAY. 
          SLIDE PLEASE. 
          TODAY'S RECOMMENDATION IS ACTION FOR CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH GUI, THE CONSTRUCTION FOR $800,000 FOR SIGNED DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND INSTALLATION. 
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NEXT SLIDE. 
          NEXT STEP SCHEDULE IS H D R. 
          REVIEW IS NEXT WEEK, MAY 20TH, 2020. 
          SIGN FABRICATION WILL BE SUMMER OF THIS YEAR, AND INSTALLATION WILL BE FINALIZED EARLY NEXT YEAR, FEBRUARY, 2021. 
          THAT'S IN THE, MY PRESENTATION. 
          I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAS. 
          THANK YOU ZY, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          WE DO HAVE, UM, MANY CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. 
          UH, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THOSE NOW. 
          UM, AGAIN, SAME THING AS USUAL, WE'VE BEEN HERE A WHILE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          UH, WE'LL START WITH NICK HOLLIS. 
          MR. HOLLIS BE FOLLOWED BY LYNN BOBBITT. 
          UH, I HAVE, UH, JOE SPEAK PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, JOE, IS ANYBODY ELSE GIVING YOU TIME? LYNN IS, UH, LYNN, YOU'RE GIVING JOE TIME TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          GO AHEAD AND YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES. 
          GO AHEAD AND, OKAY. 
          FOUR, I'M SORRY, LYNN, WHO ARE YOU GIVING YOUR TIME TO? JOE. 
          SO NICK, YOU DID AS WELL? NO, NO, JUST I'LL SPEAK . 
          IT'S A SEQUENCE, SIR. 
          OKAY, SO YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES, JOE, AND THEN NICK, YOU'RE NEXT. 
          YES, THANK YOU. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, PEOPLE, GOOD MORNING, UH, OR GOOD AFTERNOON, RATHER, UH, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE, UH, ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING, UH, FOR OUR CITY DURING THIS TIME. 
          UM, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS, UH, ITEM NINE. 
          UH, TO SPEAK ON IT. 
          WE ARE NOT SPEAKING AGAINST IT. 
          WE SUPPORT FUNDING FOR THE ZOO GARAGE. 
          UH, WE DO NOT OBJECT TO THE ZOO SIGNAGE AS IT IS. 
          WHAT WE OBJECT TO IS THAT THERE IS NO EQUITABLE SIGNAGE FOR BRACKENRIDGE PARK, AND THIS GARAGE WAS BUILT TO SERVE BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          UH, IT IS HIGHLY VISIBLE ON 2 81 AND DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS OVER THE PAST YEAR IN WORKING THROUGH CITY STAFF, UM, WE HAVE BEEN JUST REBUFFED TIME AND TIME AGAIN ON GETTING THAT EQUI EQUITABLE SIGNAGE. 
          IF YOU'LL, UH, INDULGE ME WHILE I READ A FEW THINGS. 
          THIS IS A TIMELINE. 
          I'M NO LONGER ABLE TO HOLD A LOT OF DATES IN MY HEAD. 
          UM, THE CONSERVANCY IS ENDEAVORED TO WORK OUT AN ARRANGEMENT WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE ZOO FOR OVER A YEAR. 
          THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK NAME WAS OMITTED FROM THE RENDERINGS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE HISTORIC DESIGN AND REVIEW COMMISSION. 
          ON OCTOBER 3RD, 2018. 
          CONVERSATIONS BEGAN WITH FORMER PARKS DIRECTOR XAVIER UDIA AS AN EX OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE P B C BOARD. 
          HE ATTENDED THE MAY 2ND, 2019 BOARD MEETING AT WHICH TIME MR. REDA STATED THERE WAS NOT FUNDING TO INCLUDE THE NAME. 
          THE CONSERVANCY STATED ITS OBJECTION AND DISCUSSIONS CONTINUED. 
          ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2019, A MEETING WAS CONVENED BY INTERIM PARKS DIRECTOR HOMER GARCIA, THE ZOO ALA MARKET ARCHITECT, AND B P C. 
          AT THAT TIME, A MOCK-UP WAS SHOWN WITH THREE FOOT HIGH LETTERS OF BRACKENRIDGE PARK ON THE FACADE PARKS', STAFF AND ZOO, C E O TIM MORROW INFORMED US THAT A SMALL SIGN WOULD BE LOCATED ON THE RETAINING WALL OF THE SOUTH FACADE, WHICH FRANKLY IS A WASTE OF MONEY BECAUSE IT'S NOT VISIBLE. 
          THE CONSERVANCY OBJECTED ONCE AGAIN THAT THE SIGNAGE WAS NOT EQUITABLE AND THE GARAGE FACILITY HAD BECOME AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE ZOO AND THAT THE PARK NAME MUST BE MORE PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED. 
          THE MAYOR AND THE STAFF WERE CONTACTED IN DECEMBER, 2019 AND AGAIN IN JANUARY, 2020, AND INFORMED THAT THE ISSUE REMAINED UNRESOLVED. 
          LAST WEEK, I SPOKE WITH ZOO BOARD DIRECTOR FRANK RUTTENBERG, AND SUGGESTED THAT A MEETING BETWEEN THE BOARDS OF THE ZOO AND THE CONSERVANCY TAKE PLACE TO TRY AND RESOLVE THIS, AND HE DECLINED. 
          THE B P C BOARD IS REALLY AT A TOTAL LOSS TO UNDERSTAND THE OBJECTION TO HAVING THE PARK NAME ON THE TOWER, WHICH FACES 2 81 TO MITIGATE THE STATED LACK OF FUNDS. 
          B P C INFORMED THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION THAT WE WOULD DONATE FUNDS FOR THE SIGNAGE AND ASK FOR AN ESTIMATE. 
          THE ZOO STATED THE NAME BRACKENRIDGE PARK WAS NOT PART OF THEIR LOGO, AND IT OPPOSED A SIGNAGE ON THE TOWER. 
          MR. GARCIA DECLINED THE DONATION OFFER. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EQUITABLE SIGNAGE, WHAT DO WE MEAN? THIS IS HISTORIC DESIGN AND REVIEW COMMISSION FOR NEXT WEEK. 
          BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY HAS A TOTAL OF 160 SQUARE FEET OF SIGNAGE ON THE TOWER. 
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THE ZOO HAS 580 SQUARE FEET OF SIGNAGE ON THE TOWER IN LETTERS 14 FEET TALL. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY HAVE A WHOLE MENAGERIE THAT IS OF NON-NATIVE ANIMALS THAT ARE ON THE TOWER AS PUBLIC ART, WHICH EASILY TAKE UP ANOTHER SIX TO 8,000 SQUARE FEET. 
          SO THE CONSERVANCY, NO, THE RACK AND RIDGE PARK HAS 160 SQUARE FEET OF SIGNAGE, AND THE ZOO AND ITS ART HAS SEVEN TO 8,000 SQUARE FEET OF SIGNAGE. 
          THAT IS NOT EQUITABLE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. COGER. 
          NICK HOLLIS. 
          UM, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL. 
          THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 
          UH, AGAIN, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, BRACKENRIDGE CONSERVANCY HERE. 
          THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE AND, AND GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, I'VE SPENT ALMOST 30 YEARS, UM, VOLUNTEERING IN THIS COMMUNITY AND HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL SORTS OF, UH, ISSUES, UM, ESPECIALLY DURING THE RIVER. 
          THAT WAS NOT AN EASY PROJECT OVER A PERIOD OF SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS, BUT WE MANAGED TO GET IT DONE. 
          AND IN EVERY CASE THERE WAS A COMPROMISE. 
          IT WAS A PROCESS THAT WAS DONE BETWEEN THE CITY, BETWEEN THE COUNTY, BETWEEN THE FOUNDATION, UH, BETWEEN SARAH, UH, BETWEEN THE LANDOWNERS, BETWEEN ALL THE PEOPLE. 
          AND WE ALWAYS MANAGED TO GET SOMETHING TAKEN CARE OF IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF EVERYBODY INVOLVED. 
          I HAVE NOT SEEN A PROCESS LIKE THIS THAT HAS TAKEN OVER 18 MONTHS, WHERE A SIMPLE COMPROMISE OF PUTTING A, WHAT, 16 LETTERS ON THE TOWER OF THE BRACKENRIDGE, UH, PARK AND ZOO PARKING GARAGE HAS CAUSED SUCH ANGST. 
          IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE WHATSOEVER. 
          WE'VE GOT GOOD QUALITY PEOPLE INVOLVED HERE, BUT THEY ALL SEEM TO BE AT LOG AHEAD AND EVERYBODY IS, UH, STUCK IN A POSITION I'M ASKING NOW. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE, WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU, WE'RE BRINGING IT TO THE COUNCIL AT A TIME WHEN THERE ARE FAR MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO BE, UH, DISCUSSED, BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP TO BE THE TIEBREAKERS HERE TO HELP US. 
          AND I WANNA MAKE ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE ACTUAL FUNDING OF THE GARAGE. 
          IT WAS THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO WHO PAID FOR THIS GARAGE AND IS THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO, WHO ARE ALSO GONNA BE CONTRIBUTING IN THE NEXT $800,000 TO PUT BASICALLY MARKETING ON THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE FOR ON BEHALF OF THE ZOO, WHICH WE DON'T OBJECT TO. 
          ALL WE WANT IS EQUAL BILLING OR SIMILAR BILLING ON THE TOWER, FOREIGN ON BEHALF OF THE SAN ANTONIO, UH, VOTERS WHO ACTUALLY, WITH PEOPLE THAT PAID FOR THIS. 
          IN THE SAME WAY THAT TOBIN IS RECOGNIZED THAT THE TOBIN CENTER WITTY IS REP RECOGNIZED AT THE WITTY, THE, UH, PEOPLE AT THE, UM, UH, HERE WE ARE, THE BRISCOE. 
          THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT GAVE THE MONEY, THEY SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED. 
          AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BRACKENRIDGE PARK SHOULD BE ON THAT TOWER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. HOLLIS. 
          I DON'T SEE HIM HERE, BUT IS LUKE AND OH, YOU'RE NEXT. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          IS, IS LUKE AND GILLAND HERE? HE'S NOT HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          MARY ALICE CISNEROS MAYOR. 
          UM, YEAH, ALL WE WANT BRACKENRIDGE THE GREATEST BRACKEN BRIDGE PARK AND ZOO AND THE JAPANESE GARDEN AND THE PICNIC AREAS. 
          AND, AND SO TODAY WE ARE HERE BECAUSE IT'S ON THE AGENDA AND YOU HAVE THE LAST WORD. 
          AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN ROBERTO TREVINO FOR, UM, DOING THIS FOR US TODAY SO WE COULD DISCUSS IT BECAUSE THE CITY STAFF CANCELED THE MEETING. 
          THE ZOO DOESN'T WANNA MEET WITH US, AND WE ARE AT YOUR BEGGING HERE TO HAVE EQUAL ON THE TOWER VISIBLE TO 2 81, AND FOLKS VISITING SAN ANTONIO THAT COME TO THE ZOO AND COME TO THE PARK. 
          AND SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS THAT SAN ANTONIO IS KNOWN FOR THE WORLD HERITAGE. 
          AT THIS POINT, I WANNA YIELD TO MY MINUTE AND 13 SECONDS TO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LYNN BOBBIT QUICKLY. 
          UM, MARY ALICE LYNN'S LYNN YIELDED HER TIME. 
          YOU CAN EITHER YIELD TIME OR TAKE TIME. 
          SO DO YOU WANT TO USE THE REST OF YOUR TIME? MARY ALICE USE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL USE IT. 
          I'VE, WE'VE JUST GOTTEN WORD FROM JOE CALBERT, OUR PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, THAT WE WILL PAY FOR THAT SIGNAGE. 
          IF THIS, THE ISSUE IS THE COST. 
          IT'S THE BOND PROGRAM OF 2017, AND IT'S FITTED IN THERE WITH THE G***O, UH, CONSTRUCTION FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THE PROJECT. 
          WE HAVE JUST NOT HAD A WORD WITH EITHER ONE. 
          SO YES, WE FOLLOWED IT. 
          YES, IT'S ON THE AGENDA TODAY. 
          AND WE HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE. 
          ALL WE WANT IS PUT BRACKENRIDGE NAME ON THE TOWER. 
          THAT'S 
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ALL WE WANT. 
          WE DON'T OBJECT IT TO MOVING FORWARD. 
          WE DON'T OBJECT IT TO THE GIRAFFE AND THE WONDERFUL TIGER THAT YOU WILL SEE IN A MINUTE AS THIS PRESENTATION SHOULD HAVE GIVEN US THE, UM, PERHAPS IT CAN BE PUT, IT STILL PUT ON THERE IN THE NEXT 10 SECONDS THAT I HAVE. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, ALL WE WANT IS TO CONTINUE TO MOVE IT FORWARD IF THAT'S POSSIBLE TO TODAY. 
          IF NOT, GIVE US TIME TO GO BACK TO THE HISTORIC DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION. 
          THANK YOU, MR. ROS. 
          TONY CANTU. 
          HE HAD TO LEAVE. 
          HE, HE'S NOT HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND I, AND I PULL THIS ITEM AS YOU HEARD. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, HE PULLED THE ITEM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, THE, THE, THE KEY TERM USED HERE IN THE COMMENTS WAS E EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION. 
          AND THAT MAKES A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE TO ME. 
          UM, I WANT TO GO BACK A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN THE, WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS GARAGE, UH, AND FOR THE 2017 BOND, I DON'T SEE MARIA VILLA GOMEZ HERE, BUT SHE, I KNOW SHE'S SOMEWHERE HERE SOMEWHERE. 
          UM, AND SOMETIMES THERE'S ALL THIS CONTINUITY THAT THAT'S, I GUESS, SEEMS TO BE MISSING. 
          BUT I WAS THERE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONLY DISCUSSING THIS ITEM TODAY BECAUSE STAFF SIMPLY REFUSE TO PULL THIS ITEM AND, AND, AND JUST DELAY THIS VOTE. 
          I, I THINK THEY'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT RIGHT. 
          AND, AND, AND ASSERTING THAT WE'VE, WE REALLY HAVE MORE PRESSING ISSUES GOING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, BUT THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE ISSUE TO ME IN TERMS OF EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION. 
          WHEN WE WENT FOR THIS VOTE FOR THE BOND, UH, THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY PUSHED VERY, VERY HARD FOR THIS GARAGE AS WELL, ALONG WITH THE ZOO. 
          NOT ONLY THAT, AROUND THAT TIMEFRAME, BEFORE WE GOT TO THAT POINT, WE HAD A LOT OF HISTORY REGARDING THE MASTER PLAN OF BRACKENRIDGE PARK AND HOW MANY PEOPLE SPOKE UP ABOUT HOW BRACKENRIDGE PARK IS A CITY PARK, A TREASURED CITY PARK, WITH LOTS OF HISTORY AND, AND WHY THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO US. 
          WE ALSO INVESTED IN A CULTURAL LANDSCAPE REPORT THAT COST US $300,000 TO, TO, UH, TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE PARK. 
          UH, IN THAT REPORT, IT TALKS ABOUT HOW THE PARK IS IN DECLINE AND NEEDS HELP. 
          UM, IT, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE ASSERTION THAT THE, THE PAR THE GARAGE AND IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT IS TO BE SHARED AND ENJOYED BY, UH, BOTH THE ZOO AND BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY. 
          WHILE WE ARE NOT UP HERE TO DISCUSS THE SMALL DESIGN DETAILS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE SHOULD BE DISCUSSING IS HOW INEQUITABLE THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN. 
          UM, LIKE WAS MENTIONED, I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, WE HAD A MEETING, UH, SCHEDULED FOR YESTERDAY THAT WAS CANCELED AT THE LAST MINUTE, UH, WITH NO EXPLANATION THAT, UH, I THINK SPITS IN THE FACE OF PROCESS. 
          AND, UH, WHEN ASKED WHY WE, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? NOBODY CAN GIVE ME A CLEAR ANSWER. 
          WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT WE'RE ALSO ASKING THAT THE, THAT THE GARAGE BE MANAGED BY THE PARK ZOO, UH, OR BY THE ZOO. 
          AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS THE ASSERTION THAT SOMEHOW THE ZOO IS TAKING ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING, GETTING TO, TO, UH, TO SAY HOW THEY'D LIKE TO SEE THE DESIGN ON THIS BUILDING. 
          THE, THE REASON THAT'S AGAIN, JUST NOT EQUITABLE IS THAT AS THIS WILL GO TO H D R C FOR REVIEW, THEY CAN'T REVIEW SOMETHING THAT JUST ISN'T THERE. 
          AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR TO THE CONSERVANCY. 
          IT'S CERTAINLY NOT FAIR TO ALL OUR CITIZENS THAT MADE SUCH A BIG POINT ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS PARK IS TO THE CITY. 
          HOW MANY PEOPLE, UH, UTILIZE THIS PARK FOR, FOR SO MANY GREAT CULTURAL EVENTS IN, IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND I, I THINK WHAT, WHAT THIS CONSERVANCY IS SIMPLY ASKING FOR IS, IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO, TO MAKE THIS, UH, BENEFICIAL FOR ALL. 
          IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO ME. 
          AND BECAUSE WE'RE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, I THINK REALLY, UH, I WOULD ASK THAT WE DELAY THIS. 
          UH, AND, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO KICK UP OUR COUNCIL COMMITTEES, AND THAT SEEMS THE MOST APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THIS TO GO TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE CONSERVANCY AND, AND THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS ARE, ARE ALL GETTING 
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TO EXPRESS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS GARAGE MEANS IN TERMS OF, OF THE IMPACT TO THE PARK. 
          UH, IT IS A BOND PROJECT. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO HONOR THAT AS A CITY PARK. 
          WE NEED TO ALSO KNOW THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THE THE CONSERVANCY, UH, PUSHED SO HARD FOR THAT GARAGE WAS HOW MUCH IT WOULD BENEFIT, UH, THE PARK AND HOW IT COULD PROVIDE SOME WAY FINDING AS WELL. 
          AND THAT'S ALL VERY IMPORTANT. 
          UH, BUT WE, WE NEED TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SETTING THE TABLE AND MAKING PLACE FOR ALL OF THAT. 
          UM, YEAH, I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT, THAT, UH, THERE SEEMS TO BE A, A RIFT OR A DISAGREEMENT, UH, BETWEEN THESE TWO ENTITIES. 
          THESE ARE TWO INCREDIBLE CITY TREASURES AND ASSETS THAT WE NEED TO ALWAYS SUPPORT AND PROTECT. 
          AND, UH, HERE'S THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THE, THE BRACKEN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY, SIMPLY ASKING FOR THAT SUPPORT AND, AND ALLOWED TO BE GIVEN A VOICE. 
          WE ALSO RECEIVED EMAILS FROM, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE PARK THAT EXPRESSED CONCERN AS WELL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY INVOLVED WITH THE, THE, THE CARE OF, OF THIS PARK AND HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO OUR CITY, UH, LIKEWISE WITH THE ZOO. 
          AND SO THERE'S SO MANY, UH, INCREDIBLE THINGS HAPPENING, UH, IN OUR CITY. 
          AND ONE OF THE, I THINK, UH, UH, HOPEFULLY THE, THE BIG STEPS THAT WE MAKE AS WE GET OUTTA THIS CRISIS IS TO, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE, THE GREAT THINGS WE DO HAVE IN OUR CITY, THE CULTURAL ASSETS THAT WE NEED TO PROTECT RIGHT NOW. 
          AND DON'T, DON'T, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, GET LOST IN, IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS CRISIS. 
          SO, UH, GIVEN THE DISPARITY OF OPINION BETWEEN THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY, AND THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO ON THIS ITEM, I MOVE TO SEND THIS ITEM TO THE CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COUNCIL COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW AND DISCUSSION ON THE FIRST AGENDA ON THE RECONVENE COMMITTEE. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO MOVE THIS ITEM, UH, TO THE CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE. 
          UH, AND THE COMMITTEES WILL RECONVENE, UH, BEGINNING JUNE ONE. 
          UM, ERIC, DID YOU WANT TO? YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SO, LET ME JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT, 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT THE IMPRESSION TO BE THAT, UM, UM, THAT THIS HAS NOT THAT THIS HAS BEEN A RUSHED PROCESS. 
          THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME, AS, AS RAZZI OUTLINED IN HIS, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          AND LET, AND LET ME SAY IT, AND COUNCILMAN TREVINO HIGHLIGHTED IT, THAT, THAT THE CITY AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IN PARTICULAR VALUE THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH, UM, BOTH BIG STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE IN THE CHAMBERS TODAY. 
          UM, UH, WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER WITH THEM, UH, IN THE PAST. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE, UH, ON ISSUES SUCH AS THE MASTER PLAN, SUNKEN GARDENS IS PROBABLY IN THE FUTURE, UH, AND KITTY PARK, AND, AND ALWAYS LOOKING TO, UH, ENSURE THAT BRACKENRIDGE REMAINS, THAT THAT PREMIER COMMUNITY ASSET THAT FORMER COUNCILWOMAN, UH, CISNEROS MENTIONED. 
          BOTH SIDES HAVE HAD THE COMPROMISE IN THIS PROCESS. 
          UM, THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR. 
          UM, AS I WAS LOOKING AT DATES, UH, LAST NIGHT, UH, GOING BACK TO EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, WHEN, UH, THE, UH, CONSERVANCY REQUESTED CHANGES AS, AS EVERYBODY'S POINTED OUT, THIS IS A PUBLICLY FUNDED PROJECT THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM, UM, AND, UH, BENEFITS THE PARK, THE ADOPTION CENTER DOWN THE STREET, THE ZOO, EVERYBODY IN THAT AREA. 
          UM, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA TODAY. 
          UM, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE WORK THAT, UH, THE PARK STAFF AND DR. 
          BRIDGER HAVE DONE, UM, OVER TIME TO, UH, WORK ON A COMPROMISE. 
          UM, AND, AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS THAT THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THE PARTIES THAT, THAT, UH, STILL WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL CHANGES. 
          UM, AND, UM, I DON'T WANT THE COUNCIL TO THINK THAT, THAT, UH, THE CITY HAS, OR THE STAFF HAS BEEN, UH, CITING ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. 
          EVERYBODY'S HAD THE COMPROMISE AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT, THAT THAT PROCESS AND DR. 
          BRIDGER AND HOMEWORK CAN EXPLAIN WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER TIME, UM, IF YOU SO CHOOSE. 
          UM, I AM ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THE H D R C PROCESS, BECAUSE THAT'S THE SECOND SET OF EYES THAT IS, I THINK, THE GROUP THAT'LL BE AUTHORIZED TO, UM, REVIEW THE PROJECT FOR COMPATIBILITY, UH, DESIGN EXTERIOR. 
          UM, AND AS RAZZI NOTED, UM, THEY ASKED FOR THIS ADDITIONAL REVIEW, UM, TO BE PROVIDED ONCE WE'VE GOTTEN TO THAT, TO THIS POINT. 
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SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL KNOWS THAT WE DIDN'T RUSH THIS. 
          UM, THERE ISN'T, UM, UM, THIS DIDN'T JUST START, WE DIDN'T START WORKING ON IT LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          THIS HAS BEEN A VERY DILIGENT EFFORT BY THE PARK STAFF STAFF, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO, UM, RECOGNIZE THE CITY STAFF, UM, AND COUNCILMAN TREVINO AS THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN PUSHED FORWARD, UM, FOR A WHILE NOW. 
          AND I'M, I'M NEW TO THIS, BUT I DO SEE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TRULY CONCERNED WITH WAS THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THE 2017 BOND PROJECT WITHIN, UH, THE AREAS HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED. 
          UM, I DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM MR. MORROW FROM THE ZOO. 
          I KNOW HE WAS IN THE CHAMBERS. 
          UM, IS HE AVAILABLE TO SPEAK? HE IS COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          HE IS COMING FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST YIELD A FEW MOMENTS OF MY TIME TO MR. MORROW SO THAT WE CAN HEAR THE FULL STORY. 
          UM, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO MEET WITH THE CONSERVATORY. 
          I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO MEET WITH MR. MORROW. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS, AND THEN I'VE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK WITH CITY STAFF. 
          SO I JUST WANNA YIELD A FEW MOMENTS TO MR. MORROW. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE TIME I SIGNED UP. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED. 
          I WAS, UM, BEHIND NICK IN LINE, BUT, UH, I'M, UH, HAPPY TO BE UP HERE NOW. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, UM, CITY MANAGER. 
          I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING LIVES AND LIVELIHOOD RIGHT NOW, SO I DON'T WANNA TAKE A LOT OF THE TIME. 
          MY NAME IS TIM. 
          I'M THE C E O OF SAN ANTONIO ZOO, LOCATED IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE AGENDA ITEM TO AUTHORIZE FUNDING FOR THE SIGNAGE PACKAGE FOR THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED GARAGE. 
          THE ZOO PARKING GARAGE IS A PUBLIC GARAGE THAT IS LOCATED ON THE ZOO'S LEASE FROM THE CITY. 
          THIS HAS BEEN A SIX YEAR PROJECT. 
          THE ZOO HAS CONTINUOUSLY FOLLOWED ALL RULES, REGULATIONS, AND STAFF INSTRUCTION AS DIRECTED BY OUR LEASE AGREEMENT AND OUR BOND COMMITMENT. 
          WE HAVE WORKED COLLABORATIVELY WITH PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF, T C I, STAFF, GENERAL CONTRACTORS, ARCHITECTS, AND THE BRACKRIDGE CONSERVANCY FOR OVER ONE YEAR NOW ON THE GARAGE ENHANCEMENT AND SIGNAGE THROUGH DOZENS OF MEETINGS, CALLS AND EMAILS SINCE OPENING THE GARAGE HAS PROVIDED PARKING FOR VISITORS FROM ALAMO STADIUM, THE SS A I S D CONVOCATION CENTER, THE ZOO, THE PARK, AND OTHER ENTITIES WITHIN THE PARK. 
          JUST YESTERDAY, MANY PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE COMMUNITY, SOME AS FAR AWAY AS BERNIE, CAME TO WATCH THE AIR FORCE THUNDERBIRDS FLY OVER SAN ANTONIO. 
          THE ZOO PAYS FOR ALL COSTS TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE GARAGE FOR THE PUBLIC USE AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $220,000 A YEAR, AND OVER $400,000 EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS. 
          TO REFRESH THE SIGNAGE, THE ZOO HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE BRACKRIDGE CONSERVANCY TO INCORPORATE FIRST ONE, THEN A SECOND ADDITIONAL SIGN, AND THEN AN INCREASED SIZE SIGN TO THE GARAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF BRACKRIDGE PARK. 
          THE CONSERVANCY WAS IN AGREEMENT ON TWO ADDITIONAL SIGNS, AND THEN PROPOSED, AND THEN PROPOSED DESIGN WAS PRELIMINARY, APPROVED BY H D R C EARLIER. 
          THIS MONTH IS VERY DISAPPOINTING TO US THAT THE CONSERVANCY AFTER YEAR OF CONSULTATION NOW AT THE FINAL HOUR, IS TAKING THE POSITION THAT THEY WANT A THIRD SIGN ON THE GARAGE. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY STAFF WHO HAS BEEN COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT, FAIR, AND OPERATED WITH OPENNESS AND INTEGRITY THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS. 
          WE 100% CONCUR WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR THE ZOO PARKING GARAGE SIGNAGE, AND ASK THAT YOU PLEASE VOTE TO APPROVE. 
          THIS WILL ENSURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE ZOO PARKING GARAGE AFTER A YEAR OF DELAYS ON THE SIGNAGE ISSUE. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK, UM, DAVID TORRES, WHO'S BEEN WIPING DOWN THE MICROPHONE TODAY. 
          , HE'S THE UNSUNG HERO OF THE, UH, COUNCIL MEETING. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO HIM FOR DOING THAT FOR US TODAY. 
           BEHIND ME IS THE STAFF, I'M SORRY. 
          BEHIND ME IS THE STAFF THAT OPERATES THE ZOO AND HAS REALLY BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY LATELY TO REALLY, UM, KEEP US VIABLE THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, TIM. 
          UM, MAYOR, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE THE MOTION FOR, UH, THIS ITEM TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, ACCORDING TO STAFF'S, UH, RECOMMENDATION. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER NINE. 
          UH, AND SO THE WAY IT WOULD WORK IS WE WOULD TAKE COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINOS FIRST AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER AND SULLIVAN, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          MAYOR, THE MOTION TO, UH, POSTPONE OR DELAY IS THE FIRST ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, AND DID WE, UH, DID WE HEAR THE SECOND ON THE MOTION? WAS THAT ROCHA GARCIA? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WAS ME, SIR. 
          CLERK NEEDED THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UM, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, SO CAN WE JUST REVIEW AGAIN THE FUNDING? SO I'M, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY CAME FROM THE BOND, BUT THEN THERE WAS ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR SIGNAGE. 
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AND WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? COUNCILWOMAN THE, THE DIFFERENCE $600,000 LAST YEAR. 
          WE ASKED THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND COUNCIL PROOF COMING FROM PARKING PARKS, PARKING FUND. 
          OH. 
          CAME FROM OUR PARKING, FIND PARKING, FIND THE DEDICATED FIND. 
          CORRECT. 
          BECAUSE WE ARE ALSO EXTENDING THE SIDEWALK FROM THE BUILDING TO THE ZOO BECAUSE THERE IS SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PARKING GARAGE AND ZOO. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN PARK AND SAFELY WALK FROM THE GARAGE TO THE ZOO. 
          SO, UH, HOW MUCH OF THE FUNDING WAS JUST THE SIGN? $770,000 IS THE FUND FOR THE SIGN. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO THEN THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL 600, ADDITIONAL 600 PAYING FOR THE SIDEWALK. 
          AND ALSO WE ADD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ELECTRICAL PARKING SPACE. 
          SO WAS IT LIKE A TOTAL OF 1.5 MILLION? NO, JUST 600,000. 
          WE ARE, WE ASKED MORE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS LAST YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND, UH, AND THAT WAS, I GUESS, APPROVED ON CONSENT. 
          SO WE, THERE WAS NOT A LOTTED PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT IT WAS APPROVED THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS IS CORRECT. 
          IT WAS THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AS WE WERE TRYING TO, I MEAN, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE LOOKED AT THE PARKING FUND WAS BECAUSE, UM, YOU'LL RECALL THERE WERE A, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT UTILIZING OTHER FUNDS FOR PROJECTS. 
          AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO TIE THE PARKING FUND INTO, UH, THE, THE FUNDING OF THIS ENHANCEMENT. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN 600,000 PAID FOR THE SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ELECTRICAL CHARGING VEHICLE, AND ALSO PART OF THE SIGN, WE HAD SOME MONEY FOR SIGN. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH. 
          SO WHO PAID FOR THE REST OF THE SIGN? THE ZOO, MAKE SURE NO, WE ARE PAYING THE PROJECT'S. 
          PAYING A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ALL OF THE SIGNAGE, CORRECT. 
          CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, RAZZIE, THAT, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. 
          AND I GUESS ALSO JUST PROCEDURALLY, UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MAKING MOTION FOR IT, GO TO GO TO COMMITTEE FOR ANOTHER VETTING AND THEN IT WOULD COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL? NO. 
          UM, IS THAT, IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? OR WHO C WHO CAN TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT PROCEDURALLY? SO THE, THE, THE MOTION WAS TO POSTPONE TODAY'S ITEM AND SEND THE ISSUE TO THE COMMITTEE. 
          TODAY'S ITEM IS THE, UH, THE DE THE DESIGN BUILD AMENDMENT CO TO THE CONTRACT. 
          UM, SO, BUT I THINK THE, I THINK THE COUNCILMAN'S MOTION WAS THE ISSUE, NOT THE CONTRACT. 
          IF YOU WANNA CLARIFY THAT, COUNCILMAN? YEAH. 
          SO LET ME CLARIFY. 
          THE, THE POINT IS, IS THAT WE'RE APPROVING THIS, WHICH ADDRESSES THE SIGNAGE. 
          AND SINCE THERE ISN'T AN AGREEMENT, UH, AN EQUITABLE AGREEMENT, I'M SAYING LET IT GO TO A COUNCIL COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER TO ACTUALLY DISCUSS THIS, AND, AND THEN WE BRING IT BACK FOR, FOR THAT VOTE. 
          I DON'T SEE A RUSH TO HAVE TO APPROVE THIS. 
          IT, IT ALSO IS SEEING H D R C NEXT WEEK. 
          BUT THIS IS THE ISSUE IS THAT, UH, I THINK WE NEED MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS. 
          I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT IT ABOUT THIS DAYS AGO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I'M JUST TRYING TO ASK IT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I GUESS THEN THERE'S SOME DECISION WOULD BE MADE AT COMMITTEE. 
          THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE A RECOMMENDATION. 
          TYPICALLY, THAT'S HOW IT GETS DONE. 
          SO THIS GOES BACK TO COMMITTEE, A RECOMMENDATION IS MADE, IT COMES BACK TO THE COUNCIL, AND THEN THE COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE IT BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR GUEST PROVE THE FUNDING. 
          UM, THEN FOR WHAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE THE SIGNAGE THAT'S BEING REQUESTED, AND I GUESS THERE'S ALREADY DOLLARS APPROVED FOR THE EXISTING SIGN. 
          SO WHATEVER CHANGES WERE MADE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE EXISTING FUNDS. 
          ALTHOUGH I DO, I GUESS YOU JUST SAID YOU WOULD, YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SIGNAGE, WHICH IS, UM, SIGNS ARE REALLY EXPENSIVE. 
          I KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND AT LEAST. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          UM, SO, UH, ERIC, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? WELL, I, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT, THAT I, I GUESS I'D, I'D WANT SOME CLARITY ON WHAT THE MOTION IS BECAUSE THE DESIGN OR THE, OR THE, UM, THE, THE, THE SIGNAGE, UM, WE FEEL LIKE THE STAFF FEELS LIKE, UH, THERE HAS BEEN COMPROMISE. 
          UM, IT, IT'S, WE STILL OBVIOUSLY HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PARTY WHO WANTS ADDITIONAL CHANGES. 
          SO I'M, I GUESS I'D LIKE SOME CLARITY ON WHAT EXACTLY WOULD BE DISCUSSED AT COMMITTEE IF IT WAS TAKEN BACK AND, AND HOW THAT IMPACTS THE, UH, AGENDA ITEM THAT'S ON TODAY'S AGENDA. 
          WELL, I, BECAUSE YOU RAISED A GOOD QUESTION, COUNSEL. 
          I MEAN, AND, AND SO, AND THE REASON I RAISE THE QUESTION, UM, IT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH, SO C I I, I KNOW, UM, I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS, THIS IS NOT A GOOD, THERE IS NO WIN SITUATION FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          IT'S LIKE ASKING WHICH OF YOUR CHILDREN YOU LOVE BEST. 
          DO YOU LOVE THE, 
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THE CONSERVANCY IN THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK, OR DO YOU LOVE THE ZOO? AND THAT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE, UM, A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR US. 
          UM, I HAVE THREE CHILDREN AT THE ZOO SCHOOL. 
          I ASKED ANDY IF THAT WOULD EXEMPT ME FROM VOTING TODAY, AND IT DOESN'T. 
          UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HATE BEING PUT IN THIS SITUATION WHEN WE ARE. 
          I MEAN, THEY'RE BOTH, UM, PLACES THAT WE LOVE. 
          AND EVERY DAY I GO THROUGH BRACKENRIDGE PARK, WHEN I TAKE MY KIDS TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY, WE PLAY IN THE PARK AFTER SCHOOL, AND EVERY DAY MY KIDS ARE, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE SUPERVISION AND CARE OF THE PEOPLE AT THE ZOO SCHOOL. 
          SO, UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, I KNOW THAT THE PARKING GARAGE IS VERY WELL USED. 
          UH, IT'S REALLY WELL DONE. 
          I LIKE THE SIGNAGE THAT WAS PRESENTED. 
          I, SO, UH, I GUESS THAT'S WHY I'M, I, I, AND WHEN I THINK WHEN, WHEN WE'RE IN THESE SITUATIONS THAT WE, WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO, UH, MAKE A REAL DECISION. 
          WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF PUTTING IT BACK ON THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND WHOSE DISTRICT SITS IN. 
          UH, SO IN THIS CASE, I JUST THINK I WOULD FOLLOW COUNCIL, UH, WOMEN, UM, JADA SULLIVAN'S, UM, REQUEST TO PROCEED. 
          UH, SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. 
          I GUESS I, I, AND THAT'S WHY, SORT OF LEADING UP TO SOME OF MY QUESTIONS, I DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS A NO-WIN SITUATION FOR, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL, UM, UM, PARKING GARAGE IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          I, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THEY WERE BOTH IN DISTRICT TWO GARAGES. 
          IN DISTRICT ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT? UH, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THEY WERE BOTH IN DISTRICT, THE ZEUS IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          YES. 
          BUT THE, IT'S ON PIECE OF PROPERTY. 
          RIGHT. 
          I KNOW FOR SURE THE ZOO'S IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          YOU, YOU'RE MICD UP, SO, OKAY, YOU GONNA, ZOO IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO COUNCILWOMAN AND THE PARKING GARAGE PARKING GARAGE HAPPENED TO BE IN DISTRICT ONE, CORRECT. 
          SO THE, THE, THE, BUT THE ADDRESS IS ADDRESS FOR PARKING GARAGE IN THE DISTRICT TWO. 
          YES. 
          AND SO, ADDRESS, UH, HOMER GARCIA, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, AND, AND TO CLARIFY, AND THAT'S THE NUANCE OF THIS 2 81, UM, SEPARATES EFFECTIVELY, IF YOU THINK OF THE ZOO LEASE PREMISES, DISTRICT ONE AND TWO, SO THE ZOO, THEIR ADDRESS SITS IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          MAJORITY OF IT'S IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          THE PHYSICAL AIRSPACE THAT THIS GARAGE SITS IN IS ON WEST OF 2 81. 
          SO IT'S IN ONE. 
          SO THAT'S THE NUANCE TO THIS. 
          UH, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, BACK TO, UM, THE GARAGE IS TIED TO THE ADDRESS OF THE ZOO, WHICH IS ON NORTH ST. 
          MARY'S. 
          AND SO THAT IS A DISTRICT TWO ADDRESS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THAT DIDN'T HELP ME AT ALL. 
          HOMER. 
          THANKS, . 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          I BETTER JUST YIELD, YIELD, YIELD THE FLOOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          AND, AND, AND JUST FOR EVERYONE'S CLARIFICATION, BOTH PROPERTIES ARE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, I, I APPRECIATE THIS, UH, RAVI, YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ON THE TIMELINE. 
          YOU SHOWED ALREADY H D R C, IT CAME TO H D R C, APRIL THE 30TH, 2020. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME IF THAT WAS A UNANIMOUS APPROVAL? THE BUILDING ITSELF? YES. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ROSIE AT THESE H D R C MEETINGS OR AT ANY OF THE OTHER MEETINGS THAT YOU HAVE LISTED ON SLIDE, UM, FOUR, WOULD THERE HAVE BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CONSERVANCY MEMBERS TO COME AND SPEAK ABOUT THIS? OR IS THIS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY THEY'VE HAD? COUNCILWOMAN? I DO NOT RECALL THAT, BUT ORIGINAL CONCEPT DESIGN, WHEN WE SUBMIT TO H D R C APPROVAL EARLY LAST YEAR, DID NOT HAVE CONSERVANCY SIGN ON IT MAY OF LAST YEAR, EXACTLY YEAR AGO, THEY ASKED US TO INCLUDE THEIR NAME AND IT MAKES GOOD SENSE. 
          WE END UP HAVING TWO PLACES, AND THEY ARE THREE FOOT TALL IN ONE PLACES, 20 INCH TALL AT THE ENTRANCE. 
          2 81 WRAPS AROUND THE BUILDING. 
          SUCH THE SIGN FOR BRACKENRIDGE PARK HAPPENED TO BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING ON 2 81 NORTH. 
          I WAS PAYING VERY GOOD ATTENTION YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS GOING HOME BECAUSE OF THE ITEM TODAY, I REALIZED YOU HAVE REALLY A LONG VIEW OF THAT PART OF THE GARAGE. 
          WHEN YOU GET THE TOWER OR STAIRWAY, YOU HAVE VERY SHORT VIEW BECAUSE OF 2 81 IS WRAPPING AROUND THE BUILDING. 
          YOU PASS THAT ONE VERY FAST. 
          ACTUALLY, IF ANY PLACE YOU WANNA REALLY HAVE YOUR SIGN IS THAT SOUTH SIDE, BECAUSE THE BIG PLACE AND PEOPLE HAS A LONGER DISTANCE TO SEE THAT SIGNAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ZI. 
          I THINK MY QUESTION WAS MORE ABOUT PARTICIPATION. 
          HAS THE CONSERVANCY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY 
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TO WEIGH IN ON THIS BEFORE? I'M, I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT THEY CAN ATTEND PUBLIC MEETINGS, BUT I JUST WANNA VERIFICATION THAT THEY'VE ATTENDED AND, AND BEEN IN, UM, IN, IN DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU ALL. 
          SO, UM, I, I CAN ADDRESS PART FOR THAT. 
          FROM A PARTICIPATION STANDPOINT. 
          WE HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH THE BRECKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY OVER THIS FOR THE TIME THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, LISTED HERE, WHICH ACTUALLY GOES BACK A LITTLE BIT LONGER. 
          YOU KNOW, UM, JOE TALKED ABOUT, I GUESS ORIGINALLY WHEN THIS WENT TO H D R C IN OCTOBER, 2018, THAT THERE WAS NO REFERENCE TO THE PARK NAME. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE FAST FORWARD A LITTLE BIT AND WE GET TO A POINT WHERE, UH, AND HE SHARED THAT THERE WAS A BOARD MEETING AND, UH, MY PREDECESSOR CLARIFIED NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO KIND OF DO THAT WRAP, IF YOU WILL, OR WHAT I REFER TO AS A DESIGN ENHANCEMENT FOR THE GARAGE. 
          SUBSEQUENT TO THAT. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, I THINK CRITICAL, UM, THERE WAS CONTACT BY THE CONSERVANCY APPROPRIATELY ADVOCATING FOR THE PARK, AS THEY SHOULD, SAYING WE NEED THE PARK NAME ON THERE. 
          AND SO FROM THAT POINT, WE WORKED WITH PARKS, WORKED WITH CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO IDENTIFY FUNDS IN THE PROPOSED CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. 
          SO THIS IS LAST SUMMER, WHICH THEN IN THE JULY BOARD MEETING, WE DID COMMUNICATE, UM, THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE FUNDING ALLOCATED IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT DESIGN ENHANCEMENT, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE SIGNAGE FOR BOTH THE ZOO AND THE PARK. 
          SO WE WENT FROM NO PARK NAME TO WORKING IDENTIFY FUNDS TO FIT THE PARK IN THERE. 
          AND ORIGINALLY IT WAS GONNA BE ONE LOCATION. 
          UM, THE CONSERVANCY WANTED A SECOND LOCATION, AND I THINK THAT WAS VERY APPROPRIATE AS WELL. 
          AND SO, BUT BECAUSE WE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE BUDGETS TO, TO WORK WITHIN, UM, WE WERE STILL HAVING TO WORK TO REFINE THAT, IF YOU WILL. 
          AND SO, UM, IN NOVEMBER WHEN I MET WITH LYNN BOBBIT, ALAMO ARCHITECTS, THE CONSERVANCY, WE SHARED WHAT EFFECTIVELY THE CONCEPT RENDERING WOULD LOOK LIKE, JUST CONCEPTS. 
          AND IT WAS THE PARK NAME AT TWO LOCATIONS. 
          AND AT THAT POINT, THAT WAS WHERE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRESSION OF HOW WE'VE WORKED TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS, UM, THE PARK NAME ON THE GARAGE. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FOR ME AS DIRECTOR, MY RECOMMENDATION WAS WHERE IT EXISTS AT THAT TIME, WHICH IS STILL LARGELY TODAY, UH, COMING UP ALONG TO LETTA AS YOU'RE APPROACHING THE GARAGE, AND THEN UP ON 2 81 VERY HIGH TRAFFIC VISIBLE AREAS, WHETHER YOU'RE IN A VEHICLE OR YOU'RE WALKING. 
          AND SO THAT'S JUST A PROGRESSION OF THINGS. 
          AND MAYBE THAT GIVES YOU SOME INSIGHTS INTO THE COLLABORATION AND INPUT FROM THE CONSERVANCY. 
          NO, ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU FOR HOMEWORK, FOR CLARIFYING THAT. 
          IT SEEMS TO BE NOW JUST A MATTER OF PREFERENCE, LIKE SOME PEOPLE LIKE THIS AND, AND OTHERS LIKE THIS. 
          BUT THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION. 
          I MEAN, IF THEY WOULD'VE ASKED ME, I WOULD'VE WANTED TIMOTHY THE HIPPO ON THE SIDE INSTEAD OF WRITING THE GIRAFFE. 
          UM, OR I WOULD'VE LIKED INCLUDED THE WORD SAN ANTONIO INSTEAD ABOVE ZOO. 
          UM, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION BY, BY STAFF TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE VISIBILITY OF BRACKENRIDGE PARK ON THE LETTERING SPECIFICALLY. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I JUST, I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION ON THAT, THAT SOMEBODY TOOK THE TIME TO GO AND LOOK FOR BRANDING AND VISIBILITY PURPOSES. 
          YES. 
          THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE VIEWABLE. 
          ABSOLUTELY, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          UM, THANK YOU, PALMER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          I, I SEE LIAS. 
          I SEE AYAS, BUT NOT ON THE LIST. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          , IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, . 
          ALRIGHT, I'LL, I'LL TAKE YOU NEXT. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER. 
          I, I DON'T SEE YOU ON THE LIST THOUGH, UNFORTUNATELY. 
          I, OKAY, THANKS. 
          UM, OKAY, FINE. 
          I'LL GO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LONG DAY HERE AT COUNCIL, AND IT IS NOT OVER YET. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WONDERFUL DISCUSSION. 
          AND I KNOW THAT, UH, SOMETIMES, UH, WE'RE KIND OF IN A GOOD MOOD UP HERE. 
          IT'S JUST A LONG, UM, SOMETIMES STAFF WOULD RATHER THAT WE DON'T PULL ITEMS. THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, WANNA BE ABLE TO, TO DO THEIR WORK. 
          AND THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE ONE OF THOSE DAYS, HOMER, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN YOU PULL THE ITEM, RIGHT? YOU COULD GET A WILD CARD COUNCIL MEMBER THAT SUDDENLY REALIZES WHAT WE APPROVED, HOW MUCH FROM THE PARKING FUND FOR THIS, AND WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN. 
          SO THAT'S MY QUESTION. 
          SO, UM, DURING THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORK SESSIONS, I GUESS IN THE SUMMER, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE, BUT, UH, AS PART OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET PRESENTATION, THERE WAS AN ALLOCATION FOR FUNDING FROM THE PARK OPERATING FUND, I BELIEVE IS OFFICIAL TITLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT. 
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AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PRESENTATION, I'M SURE IT WAS. 
          AND WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AT THE TIME ABOUT HOW ARE WE GONNA USE THE PARKING FUND FOR THIS OR FOR THAT. 
          AND SOMEHOW THAT, UH, THAT SLIPPED BY ME. 
          SO, UM, I, I AM VERY SORRY, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO USING ABOUT, WHAT IS IT, $12 MILLION TO BUILD A PARKING GARAGE WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE FREE PARKING, UM, AND WE JUST TALKED ABOUT $25 MILLION BEING SPENT ON, UH, HELPING PEOPLE WHO NEED RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          THAT'S HALF OF OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS. 
          SO, UM, REALLY, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I, UM, MY POSITION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT I DON'T REALLY LIKE USING PUBLIC FUNDS TO BUILD, YOU KNOW, HOUSES FOR CARS. 
          UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S, UH, THE BEST USE OF OUR FUND. 
          AND FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE EARLIER TALKING ABOUT ITEM EIGHT, THEY REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOT TALKING ABOUT ITEM NINE. 
          UM, ANYWAY, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION NONETHELESS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND SORRY YOU WERE DELETED FROM THE LIST. 
          YOU ACTUALLY WERE ON THE LIST, BUT YOU WERE DELETED. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          GO AHEAD, MAYOR. 
          NO, NO OFFENSE TAKEN. 
          'CAUSE NO OFFENSE COMPREHENDED. 
          SO, UH, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA COME ACROSS AS BEING THICK TODAY. 
          I, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS YOU'RE ASKING US TO APPROVE GUYS. 
          UM, IS IT JUST APPROVING THE MONEY OR, BECAUSE I'M, I'M GETTING LOST NOW IN THIS DISCUSSION OF SIGNS AND PLACEMENT OF SIGNS. 
          COUNCILMAN, UM, YOU ARE, THE ITEM WILL BE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS, UH, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE, TO THE DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT WITH G***O, WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL, UH, WHO IS THE CONSTRUCTOR, UH, OF THE, UH, ACTUAL GARAGE. 
          WE'RE AMENDING THAT CONTRACT FOR $800,000, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, DESIGN, FABRICATE, AND INSTALL ALL THE EXTERIOR, UH, SIGNAGE. 
          THAT'S THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          TH THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PEL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO ACTUALLY, I JUST HAVE COMMENTS, UH, FIRST, UH, TO THE BRACKENRIDGE CONSERVANCY, YOU KNOW, THIS PAST SUNDAY, I TOOK MY MOM FOR A SAFE DRIVE THROUGH THE PARK, AND IT WAS LOVELY. 
          AND THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THERE WITH THEIR FAMILY, SOME SOCIAL DISTANCING, SOME NOT. 
          UM, WE HAD OUR MASKS ON IN THE CAR, BUT IT WAS LOVELY. 
          AND SO, UH, THE PARK IS LOVELY AND THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THERE. 
          AND THEN TO THE ZOO, THE ZOO TEAM, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM ON YOUR CREATIVITY AND YOUR PIVOT DURING THIS QUARANTINE. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS TO BE COMMENDED, AND THANK YOU FOR CITY STAFF AND EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN A PART OF THE CONVERSATION WITH, UM, THE SIGNAGE. 
          I LOVE THE RENDERINGS THAT I'VE SEEN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE GREENERY ON IT. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVEN MORE GREENERY IF POSSIBLE, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A LOT OF CONCRETE IN ROCK OVER THERE. 
          UM, BUT WITH THAT, THAT, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          AND GO TEAM PANDA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, VERON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, I'M GLAD YOU ANSWERED THAT LAST QUESTION, ERIC, BECAUSE I WAS GONNA ASK THE SAME THING AS FAR AS I UNDERSTOOD. 
          THIS IS ONLY TO APPROVE THE FUNDING AND NOT THE DESIGN THAT STILL HAS TO GO BE COMPLETED AND THEN GO TO THE H D R C, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. 
          AND IT HAS TO GO TO H D R C BECAUSE IT'S A CITY FACILITY. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          GREAT. 
          AND THEN ONCE THE H D R C APPROVES, IS THERE STILL, UM, AN AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT WILL GO THROUGH BEFORE IT'S ACTUALLY AWARDED AND STARTED? UH, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE TIMELINE THAT, UH, RAZZY SHOWED THERE AT THE END OF HIS PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          IF HE'S ALREADY SHOWN THAT, THAT'S FINE, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE CHANGES, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WELL, THE, DEPENDING ON WHAT H D R C DOES, I MEAN, H D R C COULD COME BACK AND, UM, UH, RECOMMEND DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, UM, OF COMPATIBILITY OR EXTERIOR. 
          ONCE THEY DECIDE, UH, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON FINAL DESIGN, UH, FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT WAS PART OF MY QUESTION. 
          THIS ISN'T JUST PAINT ON A BUILDING, RIGHT? WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? RAZZY, IT IS GOING TO BE A POWDER COATED ALUMINUM. 
          IT'LL BE LESS, ROUGHLY FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS LIFETIME, DEPEND ON THE WEATHERING. 
          SOME WILL LESS LONGER THAN THAT, SOME MAYBE AS MUCH AS, UH, 10 YEARS. 
          BUT ZOO WILL BE MAINTAINING THEM FOR PAINTING IF THERE 
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IS A NEED TO. 
          OKAY. 
          REPAINT THOSE. 
          AND JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, LET ME GET IT HERE. 
          I, I WENT BACK TO GET THE EXACT LANGUAGE ON THE BOND. 
          LET ME, LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THIS RIGHT HERE. 
          IT SAYS ZOO PARKING GARAGE, LF, I DON'T KNOW WHAT LF STANDS FOR, BUT $11,750,000. 
          HERE'S A DESCRIPTION. 
          THAT'S THE TITLE. 
          HERE'S A DESCRIPTION DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW PARKING GARAGE FACILITY TO SERVICE BRACKENRIDGE PARK AND SAN ANTONIO ZOO PATRONS. 
          SO, UM, I, I'M STILL, I'M A PROCESS TYPE OF GUY, AND I'M STILL CONFUSED ABOUT, UM, MR. CALVERT SAID THAT A COUPLE LETTERS WERE SENT IN SAYING THAT IT WAS, WAS THEY, THEY HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE DESIGN. 
          WHERE DID THOSE LETTERS GO? DID YOU EVER GET THOSE LETTERS? RAZZIE? NOT, NOT MYSELF. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          OKAY, JOE, WHO, WHO DID YOU SAY YOU SENT THE LETTERS TO? THE LETTERS? UH, WELL, WE SENT A LETTER TO CITY COUNCIL, WHICH Y'ALL GOT LAST WEEK. 
          OH, NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ONES BACK IN, YOU SAID I THINK DECEMBER AND WATCH THE LEG . 
          NO, I, I I THINK I CAN, I THINK I CAN DO THAT. 
          NO, THE, UM, UH, LYNN CONTACTED THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BACK IN DECEMBER AND IN JANUARY JUST TO LET HIM KNOW THAT, UH, THE ISSUE WAS STILL UNRESOLVED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I I, I THINK THE POINT THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE ON THIS IS THAT, UH, YES, THIS, THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON A LONG TIME, BUT OUR VOICE JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE BEEN HEARD VERY MUCH. 
          AND, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, WHAT THE CONSERVANCY HAS BEEN, UM, GIVEN BY THE ZOO, BY STAFF AND BY THE ZOO, IN TERMS OF, ITS THE ACTUAL SIGNAGE, IT'S JUST, I MEAN, YOU CAN HARDLY TELL IF THAT IT'S THERE. 
          I MEAN, THE, YOU KNOW, OUR LARGE BRACKENRIDGE PARK SIGN IS IN LETTERS ONLY THREE FEET TALL. 
          OKAY. 
          THE ZOO SIGN IS 14 FEET TALL, AND THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK SIGN ON THE SOUTH FACADE IS DIRECTLY ABOVE THE REAR END OF THAT GIANT TIGER, WHICH, WHICH TO ME IS A METAPHOR FOR THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST COMING IN. 
          WE'RE COMING IN ON THE HIND END. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND THAT'S PART OF MY PROBLEM. 
          AND AGAIN, I'M A PROCESS TYPE GUY. 
          I, YOU KNOW, THE CITY STAFF IS SAYING THEY WENT THROUGH ALL THE PROCESS. 
          I'M, I'M DISTURBED THAT YOU'RE FEELING THAT YOUR VOICE WAS NOT HEARD DURING THAT TIME. 
          AND, UM, HERE WE ARE AGAIN AT THE LAST MINUTE WHERE YOU'RE ASKING TO DELAY THE ACTUAL FUNDING FOR THIS. 
          WHERE, IS THERE STILL TIME FOR THE DESIGN ON THIS THING? NO, I, I MEAN, I, I SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF MY, OF MY, UH, UH, PRESENTATION THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE SUPPORT THE FUNDING. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND WE SUPPORT THE GARAGE. 
          WELL, THERE'S A, AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE OFFERED TO PAY. 
          I GOT YOU. 
          I GOT YOU. 
          FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE, OKAY. 
          FOR THESE ADDITIONS, IT'S NOT GONNA COST THE CITY ANY MONEY. 
          I, I THINK THAT, AND, AND WHAT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS, IS WHAT IS THE ZOO'S OBJECTION? OKAY. 
          WELL, LET'S, LET'S, UH, LET'S, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CALVERT. 
          UM, I THINK THERE'S AN AMENDMENT, OR THERE'S DISCUSSION ABOUT DELAYING THIS THING, AND I'M AGAINST DELAYING IT. 
          I THINK WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO DISCUSS THIS THING, THE DESIGN REVIEWS, UM, IF, IF THERE WAS A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OR LACK OF, UH, INTERPRETATION OR A LACK OF, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING THIS ALL OUT IN THE OPEN. 
          UM, I, I, I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT. 
          ALTHOUGH THE STAFF IS SAYING THAT THEY, THEY DID WHAT THEY NORMALLY DO TO GET A PROJECT THROUGH THE SYSTEM. 
          SO I, I, I HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH THE, THE, THE PROCESS AND WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE UP TO THIS POINT. 
          UM, BUT THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BEFORE IT GOES TO THE H D R C AND GET THOSE, THOSE COMMENTS IN. 
          SO AT THIS POINT, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS, THIS, UH, ORDINANCE TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE FUNDING AND KEEP THIS PROJECT ON TRACK. 
          AND LEMME TELL YOU THIS, I, I REALLY LIKE THE WAY, UH, COUNCILMAN GARCIA MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WHO DO YOU LIKE BETTER? AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY TOUGH TO PUT US IN THAT POSITION. 
          BUT AGAIN, THIS IS JUST TO VOTE TO APPROVE THE FUNDING. 
          THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK OUT ANY LOOSE ENDS OR 
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SOME PROBLEMS WITH THAT AREA. 
          AND I, I WOULD SAY THAT'S WHERE Y'ALL NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND WORK WITH THE CITY STAFF AND THE H D R C FOLKS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, HOMER, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN GET THE TIMELINE OF, OF WHEN, UM, AGREEMENT OR CONVERSATION WAS HAD WITH A CONSERVATORY ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE OR WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE AGREED ON TO SEE? IS THERE A WAY TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, COLLEAGUE? YES. 
          WE CAN GO BACK THROUGH OUR FILES AND PUT THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER AND SHARE IT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          YES. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, YOU, IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THIS GARAGE IN DISTRICT ONE, UM, SAYING THE ADDRESSES IN DISTRICT TWO IS JUST MIND BOGGLING. 
          UM, YOU, WHEN HE WAS IN THE BOND, HOW WAS IT REPRESENTED? DISTRICT ONE CITYWIDE. 
          I KNOW, BUT IT WAS DISTRICT ONE. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND AT THE TIME, WE DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHO IT IS GOING TO BE. 
          ACTUALLY, ORIGINAL THOUGHT PROCESS WAS TO BE IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          WE WERE LOOKING TO GET THERE IS AVAILABLE, I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY THREE TO FIVE ACRE. 
          THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A PROPERTY ON THE OPPOSITE DIAGONAL FROM WHERE WE BUILD, BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO WORK A DEAL WITH THEM FROM KIND OF, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE. 
          WE END UP MOVING FOR DISTRICT ONE. 
          OUR OVERALL INTENTION WAS TO BE MUCH, MUCH CLOSER TO REALLY A ZOO THAN REALLY WHO IT IS NOW. 
          IF WE HAD BUILT IT THERE, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO ALSO BUILD ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK. 
          YEAH. 
          WHICH WE HAVE TO, I GUESS THE CONFUSION IS REALLY JUST AGAIN, I MEAN, JUST LAST FRIDAY WAS THE FIRST MEETING WE HAD ABOUT THIS RIGHT? WITH ME. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I'M, WHAT THE POINT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE HERE TODAY WAS JUST THAT, UH, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH, WITH THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY. 
          UH, IT, IT IS BEING RUSHED, AND I'M SAYING THIS AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER IN WHICH THE GARAGE IS, IS SITTING, UH, THAT, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BEING LEFT OUT. 
          AND I, I DON'T GET IT. 
          I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE PROCESS ALL ALONG FROM THE BOND WAS ALWAYS FOR IT TO BE A SHARED GARAGE. 
          UH, I'D LIKE FOR US TO, TO ARRIVE TO AN EQUITABLE SOLUTION. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE IN FACT, AT THAT FIRST MEETING LAST FRIDAY, I WAS VERY CLEAR ABOUT HOW ALL THIS SOUNDED. 
          IT JUST, IT, IT, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT, LOTS OF DISAGREEMENT. 
          AND, UH, AND PUTTING IT ON, ON THIS AGENDA HAS ONLY CREATED, UH, FURTHER CONFUSION. 
          AND I JUST, I JUST WISH THAT WE COULD JUST SIMPLY PUT IT TO, UH, THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES THAT ARE ABOUT TO BE REFORMED SO THAT THERE CAN BE AMPLE TIME TO HAVE THAT EQUITABLE DISCUSSION. 
          THERE. 
          IS THERE, THERE ARE GONNA BE ISSUES ALWAYS ABOUT SIZE AND SIGN DESIGN. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS ABOUT A GROUP FEELING THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING REPRESENTED ON AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND AN IMPORTANT PROJECT THAT WE'VE SPENT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON. 
          UM, THAT'S MY POSITION ON IT. 
          I HOPE WE CAN SIMPLY, UH, UH, DELAY AND, AND, AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION SO THAT, SO THAT IT COULD BE DONE, UH, MORE FULLY, MORE TRANSPARENTLY AND, AND MORE INCLUSIVE OF, OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO POINT OUT SOMETHING FOR A PARK THAT IS A, A TRUE TREASURE. 
          AND IT'S, I THINK IT'LL BE A SHAME IF WE JUST SIMPLY DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT, THAT THAT GARAGE IS, IS MEANT TO, TO HELP, UM, THE, THE PARK AND THE ZOO, UH, SIMULTANEOUSLY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HOPE TO, HOPE TO GET YOUR SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT BRINGS OUR DISCUSSION TO A CONCLUSION. 
          WE DO HAVE TWO, UH, COMPETING MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR. 
          SO AS THE CITY ATTORNEY INDICATED, WE WILL TAKE THE MOTION TO DELAY FIRST. 
          UH, AND THEN IF THAT MOTION DOES NOT PASS, UH, WE WILL TAKE UP THE SUBSEQUENT MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER NINE. 
          SO, UH, THIS IS THE MOTION TO DELAY, UH, AND MOVE THE ITEM TO, UH, THE CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, UH, COMMITTEE AT FIRST AVAILABLE AGENDA. 
          UH, A YES VOTE IS TO MOVE IT. 
          A NAY VOTE IS TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SECOND, UM, MOTION THAT'S NOT WHAT'S ON. 
          OKAY. 
          WE DON'T NEED THAT. 
          WE NEED THE 
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OPPOSITE. 
          WE NEED THE FIRST MOTION, WHICH WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, WHICH WAS A MOTION TO SEND THIS ITEM TO COLTER NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. 
          GOTCHA. 
          OKAY. 
          THE CLERK'S READOUT WAS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE GETTING HERE, SO, YEAH, NO, THE FIRST ONE IS THE, THE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CORRECT, MAYOR. 
          THE FIRST ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON IS THE MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          BY COUNCILMAN ZINO TO MOVE TO COMMIT. 
          THERE'S NOT GOING WELL HERE WITH OUR VOTING SYSTEM. 
          SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR A VOICE VOTE, UH, ONE AFTER THE OTHER. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS DOWN THE OLD FASHIONED WAY. 
          SO THE FIRST VOTE, WHICH IS A MOTION TO MOVE THE ITEM TO CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. 
          UM, ALL THOSE IN. 
          SO THE FIRST, THE FIRST IS THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KURZ, TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. 
          UH, IF THAT VOTE FAILS, THEN WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN MOTION. 
          SO THE VOTE TO THE MOTION IS TO MOVE TO CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          OR DO WE NEED A, A ROLL CALL VOTE? IT PROBABLY WOULD BE BETTER, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, GO AHEAD, CLERK. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN NAYYY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN NAYYY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA NAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ NAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VEDA NAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL NA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAL, NO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY NAY AND MAYOR NUREMBERG NAY. 
          MOTION FAILS. 
          OKAY, NOW WE WILL TAKE UP THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UH, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BAR ROCHE GARCIA FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER NINE, MADAM CLERK, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GERRAN? YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA. 
          YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ? YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CODA? YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PYE? YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY? YES. 
          AND MAYOR MEMBER? AYE. 
          MAYOR. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          SO ITEM NINE WILL NOW, UH, AS APPROVED. 
          WE'LL, THAT'S THE END OF OUR AGENDA. 
          ERIC, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? JUST A REAL QUICK ONE, MAYOR. 
          UM, JUST IN KEEPING WITH THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, I, I REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, UH, TWO EMPLOYEES AND A SERVICE THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING NONSTOP, UM, UH, 24 HOURS A DAY. 
          UM, EVEN BE BEYOND THE, THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE. 
          UM, I'M STRUCK BY OUR SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND THEIR PERSONNEL. 
          WE HAVE, WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SPENT CAREERS WITH THE CITY AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY PROUD, UH, WORKFORCE. 
          AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A QUICK VIDEO, UH, THAT SHOWED THE WORK OF TWO OF OUR, UH, INDIVIDUALS, UM, THAT, UM, ARE CERTAINLY PROUD EMPLOYEES AND HAVE CONTINUED TO DO THEIR JOB, UM, AS THE COMMUNITY EXPECTS, UH, DURING THIS TIME. 
          MY NAME IS ALEXANDER HERNANDEZ. 
          I WORK FOR THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT. 
          I'M A SIDE LOADER OPERATOR. 
          POWER ON SAFETY IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE TOP, UM, PRIORITY THINGS HERE IN SAN CITY. 
          SAN ANTONIO, SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SO NOW WE HAVE TO WEAR MASK, GLOVES. 
          SANITIZED CITY MANAGEMENT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN HAVING US SAFE AND SECURE IN WHAT WE DO. 
          WE SANITIZE THE DOORS, UM, OR THE STEERING WHEEL, THE DRIVE AND NEUTRAL BREAKS BEING OUT THERE. 
          CITIZENS COME OUT AND THEY ASK FOR INFORMATION. 
          SOMETIMES I'LL HAVE PAMPHLETS OR INFORMATION THAT I COULD GIVE ALL THAT INFORMATION THAT I HAVE, YOU KNOW, I LOVE TO SHARE. 
          WHAT I LOVE THE MOST IS WHEN THEY BRING OUT THE GRANDKIDS, THEY'RE OUT THERE WAVING AT US. 
          THEY JUST DO THIS NUMBER, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT US, THEY WANT TO HEAR THE HORN. 
          ALBERTO, I WORK WITH THE BRUSH COLLECTION, SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT WORKING WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A JOB. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I, I NEVER WAKE UP AND, AND THINK, OH, I GOTTA GO TO WORK 14 YEARS. 
          I HAVE YET TO, TO THINK THAT IN HURRICANE HARVEY, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WENT OUT THERE FOR ABOUT A MONTH TO HELP OUT THE PEOPLE THAT THAT LOST THEIR HOMES AND, AND LOST EVERYTHING THEY HAD. 
          BASICALLY I WROTE, UM, A FACEBOOK POST. 
          THAT THING JUST WENT VIRAL. 
          AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I POINTED OUT. 
          I WAS LIKE, IT DIDN'T EVEN FEEL LIKE A JOB BEING OUT 
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HERE. 
          I HATE TO LEAVE Y'ALL KNOWING THAT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF, UH, WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A JOB THAT WE HAVE TO DO HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO WE HAD TO LEAVE, UNFORTUNATELY UNTIL TO THIS DAY. 
          I COMMUNICATE WITH A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS THERE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE THAT WE DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
          14 YEARS LATER, I'M STILL HERE. 
          SO I LOVE IT. 
          I MEAN, IT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST LIKE A SECOND FAMILY TO ME, ZA MAYOR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN TIMES OF FOCUSING ON FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHO ARE ALL, ALL DOING GREAT WORK, UM, THE, THE, THIS IS A GOOD REMINDER THAT, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE DOING, UH, REALLY GREAT WORK, UM, EVERY DAY, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERIC. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM THAT WE NEED TO DO IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT NOW. 
          THE TIME IS 2:22 PM ON THURSDAY, MAY 14TH, 2020. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WILL NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AND TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO, TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 8 7, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2 AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION AGAINST THE CITY IN C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.
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