* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:01:28] COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VIGRAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER S IS OUT TODAY. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. AND MAYOR, MEMBER HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. TIME IS 9:19 AM UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN TODAY, AS WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, UH, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A ONE MINUTE MOMENT OF SILENCE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES, THOSE WHO ARE FIGHTING ON THEIR BEHALF, AND THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THE BATTLE TO C OVID 19 DURING THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC. DURING THAT TIME, YOU'LL HEAR THE BELLS OF THE SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL RING, ALONG WITH CHURCHES ALL AROUND THIS COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE MISSION, SAN JOSE, SAN JUAN, AND SAN, AND MISSION CONCESSION ON THE SOUTH SIDE. SO AT THIS TIME, LET US TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND REFLECTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. TO START TODAY, UH, WE HAVE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. I WANNA ASK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRAND TO INTRODUCE OUR IN VINDICATOR. OH, I'M SORRY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA WILL INTRODUCE OUR INDICATOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, AND PASTOR KEVIN BARTH, HOLD WHO YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE, UH, FROM PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS BECAUSE HE'S OUR CITY AUDITOR, CURRENTLY SERVES AS A PASTOR AT THE HILLS SHERTON, DISTRICT FOUR, SERVING ON THE PASTORAL LEADERSHIP TEAM SINCE 2012. HE CURRENTLY OVERSEES THE CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES, CHURCH, FINANCES, AND FELLOWSHIP ACTIVITIES. KEVIN WAS ORDAINED A DEACON IN 1997 AND HAS SERVED IN MANY MINISTRIES OVER THE YEARS. HE WAS CALLED TO HIS ROLE AS CURRENT PASTOR IN 2012, AND WAS ORDAINED AS A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL IN 2016. KEVIN AND HIS WIFE MELISSA, ARE NEARING THEIR 30TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. THEY HAVE FOUR GROWN DAUGHTERS, AND THEY ARE EXPECTING THEIR FIRST GRAND BABY NEXT MONTH. CONGRATULATIONS, UM, KEVIN, AND THANK YOU FOR DOING OUR VACATION. THANK YOU, AND GOOD MORNING COUNSEL. CERTAINLY GLAD TO BE HERE IN A, WITH A DIFFERENT HAT ON THIS MORNING, BUT LET US PRAY. DEAR GOD, WE DO COME BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING. FIRST OFF, JUST THANKING YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE STAY [00:05:01] THAT YOU HAVE CREATED, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT ALL THAT WE HAVE IS YOUR CREATION, FATHER, AND WE THANK YOU, AND WE PRAISE YOU FOR THAT LORD. AND AS WE COME TOGETHER, AS THIS COUNCIL COMES TOGETHER TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THIS IS JUST BUT ONE OF MANY DECISIONS OR ONE OF MANY TIMES, THAT THEY COME TOGETHER TO MAKE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY. AND LORD IS PRAYING FOR THEIR WISDOM, THEIR DISCERNMENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, FATHER. AND AS WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS, I PRAY THAT THOSE DECISIONS BE MADE WITH MERCY, WITH COMPASSION FOR EVERYONE. FATHER, JUST FOLLOWING YOUR COMMAND OF LOVE, THY NEIGHBOR, OUR NEIGHBOR, FATHERS, THAT PERSON NEXT TO US, THAT PERSON, EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM, FATHER, OUR NEIGHBOR, IS EVERYONE THAT'S IN THE CITY IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEYOND. AND FATHERS, THEY MAKE THESE DECISIONS JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WHETHER THEY BE SMALL OR BIG, EVERY DECISION HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR NEIGHBOR. AND AGAIN, FATHER, JUST PRAYING FOR THEIR WISDOM, THEIR DISCERNMENT, THEIR CLARITY OF THE COMPLICATED ITEMS, BUT ALSO NOT TO FORGET THE SEEMINGLY MUNDANE AND ROUTINE ITEMS, KNOWING THAT THEY TOO HAVE AN IMPACT, FATHER. SO AGAIN, I JUST LIFT UP THIS COUNCIL AS INDIVIDUALS, AS A COUNCIL, THANKING YOU FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AS OUR CITY, AS OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, LORD. AND JUST AGAIN, THIS MORNING, PRAYING FOR YOUR PRESENCE, YOUR GLORY BE DISPLAYED IN ALL THAT HAPPENS THIS MORNING IN THIS CHAMBERS. FATHER, FOR WE ASK THIS FROM YOU FATHER, THROUGH THE SON, YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST, AND BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN. AMEN. OH, I PLED TO JUSTICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KEVIN. ALL RIGHT. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN OUR CHAMBERS AND THOSE WHO MAY BE WATCHING, UH, AS YOU KNOW, YOU SEE FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY ON THE SCREEN. UM, AS WE'VE BEEN PRACTICING PHYSICAL DISTANCING, THREE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY ARE, UH, REMOTING IN, THEY ARE FULLY PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING. UH, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN PHYSICAL DISTANCE UP HERE ON THE DIOCESE. WE ALSO WANNA THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S OUT THERE IN THE CHAMBERS RIGHT NOW, UH, PRACTICING PHYSICAL DISTANCING. I THINK YOU'RE DOING IT ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT WAY. WE TAKE A PICTURE AND SHOW AN EXAMPLE OF THIS. UM, AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR WEARING MASKS IN OUR CHAMBERS TODAY AS WELL, IF YOU'RE WITHIN, UH, SIX FEET OF ONE ANOTHER. UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN, UH, OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MINUTES OF APRIL 21ST AND 23RD. ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES. I'LL MOVE SECOND. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE MEETING. MINUTES OF APRIL 22ND, EXCUSE ME. 21ST AND 23RD, PLEASE VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. AS WE GET INTO OUR AGENDA TODAY, I DO WANNA PAUSE FOR A MOMENT. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, POINTS OF PER PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. UM, FIRST START WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, JUST REAL QUICK, UH, UM, I WANTED TO, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, UM, RECOGNIZE, UH, CHIEF CHARLES HOOD, UM, WHO WAS NAMED, UH, THE FIRE CHIEF OF THE YEAR FOR 2020 BY THE METROPOLITAN FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION. THE, SO, THE, THE METROPOLITAN FIRE CHIEFS, UH, ASSOCIATION BRINGS TOGETHER FIRE CHIEFS FROM, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, THE WORLD. UM, AND THEY MEET REGULARLY. THEY FOCUS ON MAJOR POLICY ISSUES THAT ARE AFFECTING THE FIRE SERVICE, BOTH IN THIS COUNTRY AND ABROAD. UH, THE METRO CHIEFS IS AN ORGANIZATION, UH, OF THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS. SO, UM, UH, THIS GROUP VOTED CHARLES AS FIRE CHIEF OF THE YEAR. UH, WE HAD A SMALL CEREMONY AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LAST TU OR THIS PAST TUESDAY FOR HIM. UM, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HIM AND, AND, UH, THANK CHARLES FOR, UH, FIRST OF ALL, HIS PROFESSIONALISM IN THE FIRE SERVICE, UH, HIS PROFESSIONALISM WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, CHARLES AND I HAVE, UM, UH, WORKED TOGETHER, UM, SINCE HE ARRIVED HERE A LITTLE OVER 14 YEARS AGO. UM, AND, UM, I'VE LEARNED A LOT, UH, WORKING CLOSELY WITH CHARLES. AND I SAID IT, UH, THE OTHER DAY ON TUESDAY, AND I'LL, I'LL SAY IT HERE, UH, A LOT ABOUT BEING A GOOD LEADER AND A LOT ABOUT BEING A GOOD FATHER. AND, UH, SO HE IS BEEN A GOOD FRIEND. HE'S BEEN AN EXCELLENT, UH, EXECUTIVE FOR THIS ORGANIZATION. AND, UM, I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU, CHARLES. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU PROFESSIONALLY. UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. UM, AND, UH, I THINK THE COMMUNITY OUGHT TO, OUGHT TO ALSO, UH, BE A BENEFACTOR OF THIS RECOGNITION AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [00:10:25] UH, GOOD MORNING MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UM, ERIC MARIA. I THINK I KNOW ALMOST EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, UH, EXCEPT FOR SOME OF THE, UH, CITIZENS, BUT IT'S AN HONOR. IT, IT CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON, INCLUDING THIS INJURY HERE. AND, UM, I'M EXTREMELY HUMBLED BECAUSE THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT VOTED ME IN ARE SOME OF THE FINEST FIRE SERVICE LEADERS IN THE WORLD. AND, UH, THE METRO CHIEF IS COMPRISED OF THE LONDON FIRE SERVICE IN THE TOKYO FIRE SERVICE, AND EVERY PROVINCE IN CANADA AND AUSTRALIA AND MEXICO CITY. SO IT'S A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF LEADERS. AND SO, UM, IT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AS FAR AS COUNCIL. SOME OF YOU I BUILT RELATIONSHIPS WITH EIGHT YEARS AGO. AND, UH, SOME OF YOU LED PUBLIC SAFETY, SO YOU WERE ALL PART OF THE INNOVATIONS THAT WE WANTED TO DO. UM, COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, THEY'VE NEVER TOLD ME, NO, YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING. AND SO, UH, WHEN YOU DO THINGS, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WORK OUT THE WAY YOU WANT 'EM TO. AND IF THEY DON'T, YOU ADMIT THAT, AND YOU GO BACK AND TRY SOMETHING AGAIN. SO THIS DEPARTMENT WILL ALWAYS BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF INNOVATION. WE'LL ALWAYS BE EFFECTIVE. WE'LL ALWAYS BE, ALWAYS BE AN ALL HAZARD DEPARTMENT, WHICH YOU SEE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, WHETHER IT'S, UH, DEALING WITH COVID, UM, ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSES, WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING, HURRICANES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE DO. AND SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND I, I HUMBLY ACCEPT THIS, UH, HONOR ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT I WORK FOR. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF. I WAS HONORED TO, UM, UM, SEE YOU RECEIVE THE AWARD ON TUESDAY. AND, AND I THINK WE SEE THE VERY BEST OF YOU IN THE DEPARTMENT ANYTIME THERE'S A DISASTER, UH, AN EMERGENCY IN THIS, UH, CITY. AND C OVID 19 HAS BEEN A SPECIAL KIND OF CRISIS RESPONSE. AND I WANNA TELL YOU THAT, UH, THIS WHOLE CITY, I THINK THE NATION IS VERY PROUD OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE WAY YOU'VE LED THEM AND HOW WE'VE RESPONDED TO HELP OUR CITIZENS. BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU, THE PART THAT I NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE, AND PROBABLY WAS MOST IMPRESSED BY, WAS YOUR SPEECH AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE THE OTHER DAY. UH, LETTING YOUR GUARD DOWN, TELLING YOUR STORY, UH, SEIZING ON A MOMENT OF LEADERSHIP TO RECOGNIZE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD THAT GOES BEYOND YOUR DEPARTMENT. TO ME, THAT'S THE EPITOME OF LEADERSHIP. I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHIEF. GREAT JOB COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, I, I HAD A VESTED INTEREST BECAUSE I HAD THAT 19 YEAR OLD KID AND THAT 17 YEAR OLD KID THAT KIND OF LOOKED LIKE ME, I HAD A VESTED INTEREST TO SPEAK UP. SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU. WELL, IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE TO SET ON FATHER'S DAY, UH, AND HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. THANK YOU. AND, UM, I GOT TO READ ABOUT IT IN THE PAPER THIS MORNING, SO SOMEHOW I MISSED, UH, THAT YESTERDAY. UH, AND GOT TO HEAR ABOUT, UH, THE REMARKS THAT YOU MADE, UM, UH, REGARDING RACISM. AND WE ARE SO PROUD TO HAVE YOU AND HAVE YOU USE THAT AS A PLATFORM TO DISCUSS WHAT MANY OF US ARE THINKING. UM, BUT OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE, UH, SEEN LOTS OF CHANGES IN THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE'RE VERY PROUD OF. UH, BUT IT DOES GO BACK TO YOUR FAMILY. AND OVER THE YEARS, YOU HAVE ALWAYS PRIORITIZED YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR SONS AND TALKED ABOUT THEM, UH, AND HOW PROUD YOU WERE. AND, UH, I KNOW THAT THAT IS, I THINK YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IS THE RELATIONSHIP YOU HAVE WITH YOUR CHILDREN. AND SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US, UH, AND FOR MAKING US ALL SO PROUD. UM, ESPECIALLY DURING, UH, SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING TIMES WE'VE EVER SEEN HERE, NOT JUST IN C OVID 19, BUT HAVING LOST A FIREFIGHTER, UH, IN THE LINE OF DUTY WAS, UM, I THINK THE FIRST TIME YOU AND MANY OF US HAD EVER EXPERIENCED SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND YOU TOOK IT WITH SUCH A, A GREAT, UH, RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE THE TRANSFORMATIONS NECESSARY, UH, TO ELEVATE OUR DEPARTMENT. AND THEN, UM, HAVE YOU RECEIVE THIS AWARD. SO THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR ALL OF YOU'VE DONE FOR US IN THIS CITY. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. CHIEF, WELL DESERVED. AND IT WAS GREAT TO ATTEND YOUR, UH, CEREMONY AND, UH, LISTEN [00:15:01] TO YOUR WORDS. THEY WERE INSPIRING. UH, YOU'RE LOOKED UP TO, NOT ONLY BY YOUR DEPARTMENT, BUT AS EVIDENCED BY YOUR PEERS THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THIS, WITH THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND, UM, THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT SETS THAT EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW. WILL THERE ALWAYS BE, THERE ALWAYS BE LITTLE HICCUPS ALONG THE WAY, BUT THAT REALLY DISPLAYS YOUR LEADERSHIP ON HOW YOU RECOVER FROM THOSE HICCUPS AND PRESS FORWARD AND LEAD THE DEPARTMENT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO VARDA. CONGRATULATIONS, CHIEF HOOD. I WAS HONORED TO BE AT YOUR CEREMONY ON TUESDAY. UM, IT WAS REALLY MOVING TO HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR HISTORY AND, UM, JUST THE EXPERIENCES THAT YOU'VE HAD. I WAS MORE MOVED BY YOUR SONS AND THEIR, THE PRIDE IN THEIR EYES. SO I'M, I'M, AS A FATHER, I'M SORRY, A MOTHER OF TWO TEENAGE SONS. I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE SOMETIMES TO INSPIRE THEM. SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY A TESTAMENT TO YOUR FATHERHOOD AND YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT YOU BEING FIRE CHIEF MEANS THAT WE ALSO HAVE THE BEST FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY. SO ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT'S A SECOND AWARD THAT I WILL NOW BE OW, , BUT CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KIO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CHIEF, I JUST WANT TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS, UH, TO A JOB. TREMENDOUSLY DONE. I THINK THAT, UH, THE POLICE, I MEAN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE, UH, THE SUCCESS THAT THEY HAVE, THE, UH, DEDICATION OF THE FIREFIGHTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS A TESTAMENT TO YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND, UH, I KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, WHAT OUR PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, EMPLOYEES DO FOR US, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES, WHETHER IT'S POLICE OR FIRE, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR EXAMPLE IN LEADERSHIP, I THINK IS A CREDIT TO THIS CITY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. AND I KNOW IF ALL CITIZENS COULD BE HERE, THEY'D BE THANKING YOU TOO. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CHIEF. CONGRATULATIONS. AND I'M SORRY THAT I WASN'T, UH, THERE THE OTHER DAY, BUT I WAS, UH, WATCHING AND I WATCHED YOUR SPEECH. AND, UH, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UH, I SHARED THAT WITH MY SON. AND, UH, WHEN I GOT ELECTED TO OFFICE, HE ASKED ME, PLEASE DON'T TALK ABOUT ME WITH ANYONE. I DON'T WANT ANYONE KNOWING MY BUSINESS. UM, BUT I SHARED THIS SPEECH WITH HIM, AND HE LISTENED INTENTLY, AND HE WAS JUST SO IMPRESSED. AND HE'S LIKE, WOW, MOM, WE HAVE THE BEST CHIEF. AND I SAID, INDEED, WE DO. AND I SAID, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HE'S AN INSPIRATION TO ALL. AND I SAID, AND I THINK WHAT MAKES HIM A REALLY GOOD CHIEF IS THAT HE DOES THIS BEYOND HIS SERVICE, UH, AS THE CHIEF OF FIRE. HE ALSO GOES DOWN. HE DOES A LOT OF WORK IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK PEOPLE DON'T SEE THAT. AND I HAVE GOTTEN TO SEE YOU IN ACTION. I'VE GOTTEN TO SEE YOU AS AN INSPIRATION TO OTHERS. I SEE YOU SERVING YOUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE LITTLE TIME THAT YOU HAVE, YOU GIVE BACK. AND I WANNA SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU MAKING A DIFFERENCE. UM, I ALSO WANNA, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT WITH THE STOP THE BLEED INITIATIVE AND, AND, AND ALL OF THE INITIATIVES, THE WHOLE BLOOD INITIATIVE. YOU ARE REALLY AT THE FOREFRONT SO OF, UH, INNOVATION. AND I THINK I AM SO PROUD THAT WE, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO GET TO CALL YOU OUR FIRE CHIEF. AND I ALSO WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE TALKING STYLE WITH YOU, AND THAT YOU'RE VERY STYLISH WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR UNIFORM. AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT. UM, I'M HONORED TO WORK WITH YOU AND TO CALL YOU OUR FIRE CHIEFS. UM, THANK YOU CHIEF, AND CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS, MA'AM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, CHIEF HOOD. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN SAY ABOUT YOU, BUT YOU ARE TRULY A MAN OF GOD, AND YOU SPEAK WITH THAT AUTHORITY THAT IS WITHIN YOU. AND SO WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE THANK YOU FOR BEING VULNERABLE. WE THANK YOU FOR EXPRESSING YOUR EMOTIONS, BUT WE THANK YOU, MOST OF ALL FOR BEING AN EXAMPLE TO OUR BLACK YOUNG MEN, TO SHOW THEM THAT THEY CAN BE AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO WHEN THEY PUT THEIR MIND TO IT. I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIMES THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN TO ME, THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN LIFE INTO THIS ELECTED POSITION, AND THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN LIFE INTO THIS DISTRICT. I CAN HONESTLY SAY SEEING YOU OUTSIDE OF THAT UNIFORM AND ENJOYING YOUR LIFE AND ENJOYING YOUR FAMILY [00:20:02] IS SO UPLIFTING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING AN EXAMPLE TO YOUR SONS, BUT TO MANY THAT LOOK AT YOU AS AN INSPIRATION, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST HUMBLING TIMES TO SAY THAT WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST FIRE CHIEFS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, CHIEF, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU. UM, I ALSO WASN'T ABLE TO BE THERE. WE HAD THIS THING CALLED AN AUDIT COMMITTEE WHERE COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND I WERE, UH, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T, UH, WE DON'T APPRECIATE, UH, YOU, SO CONGRATULATIONS. AND, UM, YOU SAID THAT NO ONE HAS EVER TOLD YOU NO AROUND HERE. AND I, I DON'T THINK WE COULD TELL YOU NO IF WE TRIED, UH, BECAUSE YOUR, YOUR CONFIDENCE AND YOUR, UH, YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR FIELD HAS ALWAYS BEEN, UH, TO ME, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT'S REALLY UNIQUE AMONG ALL THE, ALL THE DIRECTORS HERE, I THINK YOU, YOU REALLY STAND OUT IN, IN THAT SENSE. SO, UM, AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR, FOR MAKING SAN ANTONIO YOUR HOME. I THINK YOU PROBABLY HAD YOUR PICK UP PLACES OF, OF WHERE YOU COULD GO. SO THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, MA'AM. APPRECIATE YOU. MM-HMM. , THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CHIEF, CONGRATULATIONS. UM, THIS AWARD IS REALLY JUST EXEMPLIFYING SOMETHING WE ALL ALREADY KNEW. UH, THIS IS, UH, AN INCREDIBLE HONOR FOR ALL OF US. AND, UH, JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, HOW, HOW PROUD I AM TO, TO KNOW YOU. UH, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PLEASURE TO, TO WORK WITH YOU AND TO SPEAK WITH YOU IF YOU JUST, YOU'VE MADE THIS, THIS, THIS JOB, THIS WORK, UH, VERY ENJOYABLE. UH, YOU'RE A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL. I WANNA SAY THANK YOU. AND MY SISTER UP IN CHICAGO PRIOR TO LADDER 13 SAYS, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN CHIEF, CONGRATULATIONS. ABSOLUTELY WELL DESERVED. WE'RE SO PROUD TO HAVE YOU HERE. I'M ALSO, UM, JUST PROUD AND GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VULNERABILITY. NOT JUST WHAT HAPPENED WAS ON DISPLAY THE OTHER DAY, BUT, UM, YOUR VULNERABILITY DURING, UH, FIREFIGHTER DIE. AND, UM, HOW YOU CARE SO MUCH ABOUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE FIREFIGHTERS THAT SERVE THIS CITY. YOU CARE SO MUCH. AND THAT IS EVIDENT TO US EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT. AND SO, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE AND THE CARE THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU FOR USING YOUR VOICE AND YOUR PLATFORM, WHICH GOD HAS POSTED YOU IN TO SPEAK TRUTH. AND WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN SAID, LIFE INTO SITUATIONS. YOU SPEAK LIFE INTO THE CHAOS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU, UM, FOR PUTTING UP WITH ALL OF OUR STUFF UP HERE AT THE COUNCIL, AND BEING SOMETIMES GENTLE, SOMETIMES NOT WHEN WE ARE WAY OFF OF BASE. AND, UM, I, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I, I THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP AND AGAIN, UH, I APPRECIATE, UM, ALL THAT YOU DO. CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE SO PROUD TO HAVE YOU HERE. AND, UM, YOU, YOU REALLY DO DEMONSTRATE TO US WHAT WE CAN DO TO BE BETTER. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO CHIEF, GREAT JOB. WE'RE PROUD OF YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. UH, ERIC, YOU GONNA GIVE HIM THE DAY OFF OR SOMETHING? ? UH, YES. SATURDAY SATURDAY. OKAY. I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU AT FOUR 30 TODAY, I THINK. RIGHT? SOUNDS GOOD. YEAH. YEAH. SIT REP, LIKE 1 0 1 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 1 0 1, YEAH. THANKS, CHIEF. CONGRATULATIONS. ALRIGHT. UM, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO, UM, SPEAK ABOUT A HOLIDAY THAT WE CELEBRATE HERE IN TEXAS AND ACROSS THE NATION. HOWEVER, IT HAS NOT BEEN DIRECTLY, UH, RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL HALLA HOLIDAY, AND THAT IS THE HOLIDAY OF JUNE TEENTH. ALTHOUGH THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WAS PUT INTO EFFECT ON THE 1ST OF JANUARY, 1863, THE STATE OF TEXAS DID NOT RECOGNIZE AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE BLACK ENSLAVED [00:25:01] PERSONS AS FREE UNTIL THE 19TH OF JUNE OF 1865, WHICH WAS TWO AND A HALF YEARS LATER IN THE 21ST CENTURY. JUNETEENTH IS CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT MANY MAJOR CITIES, BUT WHEN DO WE SEE A NATIONAL RECOGNITION? ALTHOUGH THE 13TH AMENDMENT PROHIBITED ENSLAVEMENT, IT EXEMPTED SLAVERY FROM CONVICTED AND THOSE CONVICTED OF A CRIME. BLACK HOLDS WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE MOST ECONOMICALLY DEVASTATED SOUTHERN STATE. WE ARE STILL LIVING IN THOSE TIMES AS OF TODAY, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST CELEBRATIONS, IT IS STILL NOT FORMALLY RECOGNIZED. WE MUST CHANGE THIS. NO LONGER WILL WE LIVE WITH A ENSLAVEMENT MENTALITY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE STEP UP AND RECOGNIZE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THAT JUNETEENTH WILL CONTINUE TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS INCLUSIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO, MAYOR, AT THIS TIME, I THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION THAT WE CONTINUE TO HONOR, HONOR, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT OUR VOICES FORWARD IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. I WANT TO, UH, RECOGNIZE, UH, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROCLAMATION. IT GIVES ME GREAT HONOR TO READ IT. WHEREAS ON JUNE 19TH, 2020, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL JOIN THE JUNETEENTH FREEDOM COALITION IN OBSERVANCE OF JUNETEENTH TO CELEBRATE THE OLDEST AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMEMORATION IN AMERICA. AND WHEREAS ON JUNE 19TH, 1865, MAJOR GENERAL GORDON GRANGER LANDED IN GALVESTON, TEXAS, AND, AND READ GENERAL ORDER NUMBER THREE, KNOWN IN THE UNITED STATES HISTORY AS THE GRANGER ACT, WHICH PROCLAIMED THE FREEDOM OF NEGRO SLAVES IN TEXAS. AND WHEREAS TODAY, JUNE 19TH IS CELEBRATED ANNUALLY AS JUNETEENTH IN COMMEMORATE TO COMMEMORATE PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, WHICH DECLARED AN END TO SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS THE ANNUAL OBSERVANCE PROVIDES AFRICAN AMERICANS AND ALL AMERICANS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER, TO LISTEN, TO LEARN, AND TO REFRESH THE DRIVE TO ACHIEVE, TO BETTER UTILIZE THE ENERGY WASTED ON RACISM, AND TO PRAY FOR PEACE AND LIBERTY FOR ALL. NOW THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THEREOF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 19TH, 2020 TO BE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION DAY IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH, AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE COMMUNITY WHO WILL BE OBSERVING, UH, TOMORROW. YOU ARE JOINED, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY BY EVERYONE HERE. UH, AND, AND THIS SHOULD BE AND WILL BE AN ANNUAL, UH, PROCLAMATION AND OBSERVATION. SO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. UM, BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE AGENDA, I DO WANT TO TAKE A POINT OF VERY PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, UM, AND RECOGNIZE MY SON WHO'S TURNING 12 TODAY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY . , I JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JONAH. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE HIM MUCH OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, BUT HE DID, UH, HAVE ONE WISH TODAY. UH, HE'S BEEN WATCHING THE NEWS AND HIS WISH WAS FOR EVERYONE TO TREAT THEM, TREAT EACH OTHER WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. UH, AND SO HE, UH, AND HIS FRIEND ALEJANDRA, WHO GAVE ME THIS MASK, WANTED ME TO WEAR THIS MASK IN RECOGNITION OF HIS BIRTHDAY. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SON. ALL RIGHT, . IT'S OKAY. WE'LL DO IT AT THE END. [00:30:14] THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DEANNA. ALL RIGHT. UH, WITH ALL THAT, WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A, AN AGENDA TO GET TO, I'M SORRY TO SAY, BUT, UH, WE WILL START IT NOW. WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION TODAY. SO AT THIS TIME, I'D ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, PULL ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE AGENDA TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY. FOR CON, OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA SO FAR, WE HAVE ITEMS FOUR, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ITEM 21 PULLED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, AND ITEM Z FOUR, PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? ITEMS 22 Z 11 AND Z 19 HAVE BEEN POSTPONED BY THE APPLICANT AND WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. ALRIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR, FOR FOUR D FOUR AND D ONE. SO MOVED. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. UM, ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR FOUR, D FOUR AND D ONE, OR EXCUSE ME, 4 21 AND Z FOUR. UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. SO LEMME GO AHEAD AND CALL THEM NOW. UH, JACK FINGER. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND THERE ARE, THERE IS A MICROPHONE ON THE STAND, JACK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH IT, AND WE'LL SANITIZE IT IN BETWEEN SPEAKERS. UP NEXT WILL BE ANTONIO DIAZ. YES. UH, MAYOR BERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER, UH, MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE A ZONING SESSION LATER ON TODAY. I SIGNED UP FOR A FEW ITEMS ON THAT AGENDA, UH, IN I REQUIRED TO PRESENT ALL THOSE AT THIS TIME. OR MAY I WAIT TO, WHEN YOU PRESENT AT THE ZONING SESSION LATER ON? UH, YES, JACK, THE ZONING ITEMS WILL BE HEARD IMMEDIATELY, UH, AFTER OUR AGENDA THIS MORNING. SO JUST GO AHEAD. OKAY. SO I CAN, I CAN, I CAN PRESENT THAT LATER ON THEN. NO, GO AHEAD AND PRESENT NOW. NOW. OKAY. WELL, ALL RIGHT. UH, THE, UH, I ONE, AT LEAST ONE ITEM WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. UH, THE, UH, UM, ITEM NUMBER 21, MANY TIMES THE, UH, THE CITY CONTRACTS WITH VARIOUS PRIVATE COMPANIES TO DO, DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY TO CONDUCT WITH VARIOUS SERVICES. UH, MANY TIMES THESE COMPANIES HAVE OWNERS, SHAREHOLDERS THAT, UH, GIVE CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEREBY, OR SETTING UP WHAT A, UH, AN APPARENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST IF A CITY COUNCIL BOTH VOTES FOR THAT CONTRACT. YOU WONDER IF THEY DID SO WELL, IT'S MAYORS, OR IF THEY DID SO BECAUSE OF THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONTRIBUTION. WELL, I NOTICED THAT THERE IS ONE PARTICULAR ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA THAT, THAT DEALS THAT VERY THING. UH, THIS IS A ONE DEALING WITH THE, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE DE BARRY GROUP THAT'S HEADED UP BY TRISH DEBERRY, WHO I BELIEVE IS RUNNING FOR, IS IT, UH, THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR, UH, UH, COUNTY COMMISSIONER? YEAH. UH, ANYWAY, MR. MAY PUT THAT UP THERE, IF YOU WOULD. THERE? YES. UH, THE CONTRIBUTION SHE'S GIVEN TO OUR, TO AT LEAST, UH, YEAH, BLOW THAT UP A LITTLE BIT, ESPECIALLY THE CIRCLED AREA THERE. YEAH. SHE'S GIVEN TO, TO ALMOST HALF OF YOU GUYS, UH, CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONTRIBUTIONS, INCLUDING MR. ME. SHE GAVE YOU A A A A HEF DK CONTRIBUTION, UH, A WHILE BACK, UH, EVEN AFTER SHE SAID SHE WOULD NOT GIVE TO YOU, MR. MAYOR SINCE, BECAUSE OF YOUR APPARENTLY RELIGIOUS, UH, DISCRIMINATION AGAINST CHICK-FIL-A LA LAST YEAR AT THE AIRPORT THERE. YEP. SOMEHOW SHE MANAGED TO DO THAT. YEAH. RE RETURN THE CAMERA TO THE, TO THE MICROPHONE. THANK YOU. YES. SO ANYWAY, UM, I NOTICED THAT, SHUCKS, WHAT IS IT? UH, SHUCKS. HALF OF YOU HAVE YOU GUYS, WHO IS IT? MS. MAYOR, YOU RECEIVED 950 BUCKS FROM, FROM, UH, MR. BARRY AND HER GROUP THERE, UH, MS. RIO GRANDE RECEIVED 450, UH, MS. GARCIA AND MS. HDA, Y'ALL ONLY RECEIVED A APPEALING A HUNDRED BUCKS THERE FOR, FROM EACH. AND, BUT MS. SALANI RECEIVED ABOUT 500 THERE. YEAH. UH, DOG GUN UP TO MS. UH, MS. SULLIVAN, YOU AND A FEW, MS. FEW, SOME OF Y'ALL, MR. CURRY, Y'ALL DIDN'T RECEIVE A DARN THING FOR, FROM MR. BERRY IF I WERE YOU, MS. SULLIVAN, I, I CLAIM DISCRIMINATION. YEAH, RACISM. [00:35:01] THAT MIGHT WORK THERE, YOU KNOW, SO ANYWAY, YES. UM, UH, BUT, UH, AND SO MY QUESTION IS, IF, IF ALL THIS HAPPENS, AND HOW IS THIS THING EVEN GONNA PASS IF ALL Y'ALL DO THE RIGHT THING AND, AND ABSTAIN, I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE CUTTING IT PRETTY CLOSE WITH AMIR SIX THERE, . THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. ANTONIO DIAZ, MR. DIAZ, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY DEANNA ORGA. I WAS UNSURE AS TO WHAT, WHAT ITEMS TO SIGN UP FOR WHEN I GOT HERE. I WAS IN A RUSH, SO, UH, DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THIS ONE. I WANNA, I WOULD'VE LOVED TO TALK ON ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS THE BUDGET, BUT MAINLY I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE CITY ON RECOGNIZING JUNE 19TH, AND HOPEFULLY IT WOULD, IT WILL BE DONE NATIONALLY. IT, IT MERITS, IT DESERVES IT FOR US TO FINALLY BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE ATROCITIES OF SLAVERY AND TO MOVE FORWARD AS, AS AN EQUAL SOCIETY. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO MY BLACK BROTHERS AND SISTERS ON GETTING THIS RECOGNITION FOR JUNETEENTH TI. THANK YOU, MR. DIAZ. DEANNA GUES. FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK, UH, MY FATHER IN HEAVEN, UH, ANI, AND I WANNA SAY, UH, EARLY HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL OF YOU FATHERS PRESENT HERE. AND I WANNA, UH, ALSO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THIS. YEAH, THANK YOU. UH, DAY FOR OF SLAVERY, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU JADA, UH, MAKING IT POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN, UH, SLAVE TO THIS COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, EVER SINCE COLUMBUS CAME TO THIS LAND, OUR PARENTS BACK THEN, UH, CHILDRENS WERE TAKEN AWAY AND, AND TAKEN TO OTHER COUNTRIES AS SLAVES, AND THEN BLACKS CAME OVER AND WERE TREATED AS, YOU KNOW, SOLD FOR SLAVES. SO, THANK GOD, YOU KNOW, FINALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HEARING US, AND I'M SO HAPPY, AT LEAST THIS BURN CAN BE LIFTED A LITTLE BIT. THANK GOD I KNOW ALL OF Y'ALL AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER HAD FELT, YOU KNOW, HURT ME AT WORK CALLING INDIAN, DIDN'T WANNA BE GIVEN A RECEIPT BECAUSE I WAS AN INDIAN. DIANNA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE YOUR TIME TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? BUT MY GOODNESS, THANK GOD HE'S HEARING US FOR THE PAIN, THE HURT THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH US BLACKS. AND I EVEN HEARD THAT EVEN YOU WHITES WERE EVEN SLAVES TOO AT ONE TIME. SO WHY DO YOU THINK OF THAT POOR VERSUS RICH? I SAW MAYOR HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JONAH, AND I HOPE YOU GIVE HIM A GREAT BIRTHDAY. GOD BLESS YA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DEANNA. [00:40:03] MONICA ALCANTAR. MONICA ALCANTAR. OKAY, IS, UH, GEORGE ALCANTAR HERE, MR. ALCANTAR, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ALAN SCHUMANN. GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I AM A RESIDENT AT, UH, 4 38 EAST MAGNOLIA. UH, IT'S IN, UM, DISTRICT ONE. I AM, UM, IN OPPOSITION TO, UH, NUMBER EIGHT ON, UM, ON THE ZONING. UM, I OPPOSE THE ZONING. UM, NUMBER EIGHT, MORE HOUSES WILL BRING MORE NOISE, POLLUTION, AND DESTROY THE FAMILY FRIENDLY DYNAMIC OF EAST MAGNOLIA. EAST MAGNOLIA IS A BEAUTIFUL STREET AND IS WORTH PROTECTING THE RESIDENTS OF EAST MAGNOLIA OPPOSE THE BUILDING OF ADDITIONAL DWELLINGS AND WANT TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF OUR STREET AND NEIGHBORHOOD. I HOPE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL VOTE VOTES AGAINST THIS ZONING REQUEST. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. ALCANTARA. ALAN SCHUMANN. GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL. I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE, UH, MULTI-FAMILY REZONING AT, UH, THE TWO 20,000 BLOCK OF STONE OAK PARKWAY. THE, UH, ORIGINAL DESIGN OF THE AREA RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP OF THAT HILL, UH, CONSISTED OF A PRIVATE DRIVE TO BE SHARED WITH COMMERCIAL. IT'S NOW TRYING TO BE REZONED AS MULTI-FAMILY, WHICH WILL ADD A WHOLE LOT OF ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP OF THAT HILL, AND THEN OPPOSING THAT OUR ENTRANCE IS A SINGLE FAMILY, UH, DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE ROAD. IT'S A, UH, GONNA BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC AT THE TOP OF THAT HILL, AND IT'S GONNA INCREASE THE FLOW THERE. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED FOR. ORIGINALLY. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMMERCIAL, WHICH WOULD'VE REDUCED THE TRAFFIC FLOW AS FAR AS THE MOST, UH, THE IN AND OUT AT THE TOP OF THAT HILL. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO GET Y'ALL TO SAY NO TO THAT REZONING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SCHUMANN. OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND. WE DO HAVE ONE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 10, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, ALAMO COLLEGE DISTRICT, AND ITS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PALO ALTO COLLEGE AQUATICS CENTER. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IT, UM, BECAUSE I WANNA THANK THE FOLKS OVER AT PUBLIC WORKS AND AT THE PALO ALTO COLLEGE, WHICH IS LED BY DR. UM, BOBBY GARZA FOR MAKING THE SUPPORT IN THIS INVESTMENT POSSIBLE. THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AQUATICS CENTER HAVE BEEN LONG OVERDUE, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR OUR CITY AND THE BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO SUPPORTED THIS INITIATIVE, UH, AND WHO MADE IT A REALITY. AND OF COURSE, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITH THE, WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE VOTERS WHO PASSED THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM. THE FACILITY HAS BEEN OPEN SINCE 1992 AND HAS BEEN THE SITE OF SEVERAL SWIMMING COMPETITIONS, INCLUDING THE U S OPEN, THE U S A SWIMMING JUNIOR OLYMPICS, A US OLYMPIC FESTIVAL IN SEVERAL NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE $5.3 MILLION INVESTMENT WILL HELP COVER COSTS OF NEW ROOF HEATING, VENTILATION, HVAC REPLACEMENT, INTERIOR, AND EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS. I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE LEADERSHIP OF, UH, MY FORMER COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN, UH, RAY SAGIA, WHO WORKED WITH, UH, CHANCELLOR MIKE FLORES, UH, TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THIS PROJECT. WITHOUT THEIR PUSH FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND FUNDING FOR THE LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAM, RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY. AND FOR THIS VALUABLE PROGRAM, WE ALSO HAVE RESIDENTS, MINI RESIDENTS, WHO UTILIZE, UTILIZE THIS FACILITY AS A RECREATIONAL SPACE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND DURING THE SUMMER, NOT EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT HAS ACCESS TO POOLS OR CAN AFFORD TO VISIT OUR WATER PARK. SO THIS FACILITY SERVES A VERY SPECIAL PURPOSE IN THEIR LIVES. I ALSO WANNA THANK DR. GARZA, WHO ALLOWED US TO UTILIZE THE GYMNASIUM LOCATED INSIDE THE AQUATIC CENTER. UM, THE DISTRICT FOUR, UH, EVENTS THAT WE HOST, THERE ARE SOME OF THE BEST, UM, THAT, THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOSTING SOME MORE IN THE FUTURE. AFTER COVID. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 14, WHICH IS ALSO IN DISTRICT FOUR, AND IT'S RELATING TO THE ALAMO REGIONAL SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER, THE S O, UH, LOCATED AT PORT SAN ANTONIO. THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY IN INDEED FOR DISTRICT FOUR, BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE TWO GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM THE CITY FOR, UH, EXCITING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY THAT HAS, UH, LONG FELT OVERLOOKED. AND I HOPE THAT THE RES, UH, THE RESIDENTS THAT I [00:45:01] REPRESENT SEE THE INVESTMENTS AS THE INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY CALL HOME PORTS. ANTONIO, OF COURSE YOU ALL KNOW, IS IN DISTRICT FOUR AND IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH JIM PUCK AND HIS TEAM AND THE ENTIRE PORT SA BOARD, UH, FOR DARING TO ENVISION A HUB FOR SO MANY IN LEADING, UM, AEROSPACE, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION, DEFENSE, AND CYBERSECURITY. WHEN I FIRST CAME INTO OFFICE A YEAR AGO TOMORROW, UM, BY THE WAY, , I BEGAN ADVOCATING FOR THIS ITEM. SO I CONSIDER THIS VOTE TODAY, A REMINDER THAT IT TAKES A REALLY LONG TIME TO GET WHAT YOU WANT AROUND HERE. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR HIS SUPPORT. UM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE ON THE FIRST WEEK WHEN I ASKED IF HE COULD HELP ME CONVINCE ERIC WALSH TO INVEST A FEW MILLION DOLLARS ON THIS MUCH NEEDED PROJECT, IF WE GOT COMMUNITY PARTNERS INVOLVED, UM, HE DIDN'T CHASE ME AWAY FROM HIS OFFICE. SO THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THAT. AND THEN ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK CRAIG HOPKINS FOR DOING ALL THE REST OF THE WORK. UM, I WANNA THANK ALSO THE LEADERSHIP AT C P SS ENERGY FOR THEIR $1.5 MILLION CONTRIBUTION FOR THE REC, AND FOR RECOGNIZING THE NEEDS TO PROTECT OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, AS SOMEONE WHO LOVES TO HAVE PLANS B THROUGH Z, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT THE C P S TEAM UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING RESILIENCY AND CONTINGENCY PLAN IN THIS NEW ERA OF CYBER WARFARE. AND WITH THE INCREASE IN RANSOMWARE ATTACKS, UH, THIS SHOWS OUR RESIDENTS HOW COMMITTED WE ARE TO THE NEED AND TO THE PROTECTION AND TO DELIVER CRITICAL SERVICES. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN PERRY, FOR ALWAYS BEING SO COMMITTED TO SUPPORT PORT SAN ANTONIO'S MISSION. AS WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AND INVESTMENTS LIKE THE ONE IN OC, WE NEED TO SHARE THE ORIGINS OF PORT SA AND HOW REPURPOSED AND REDEVELOPED SPACES CAN HAVE A SECOND, OR EVEN A THIRD ACT. FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, WE'VE SEEN BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR EXPAND AND PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT TO ABOUT 12,000 PEOPLE AT PORT SAN ANTONIO. CURRENTLY, 15% OF THOSE ARE EMPLOYED LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR. SO I WANNA THANK THE PORT FOR THAT. I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT I WOULDN'T TALK IT WITH AS MUCH, UH, ENTHUSIASM AS JIM SBA DOES. SO IN CONCLUSION, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE CITY STAFF, C P S ENERGY AND PORT SAN ANTONIO FOR MAKING OURSEL A REALITY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UH, SOME ZONING ITEMS THAT ARE, UH, REMAINING ON CONSENT. UH, THE PROPERTIES ON EAST MAGNOLIA. UH, WANT TO WANNA THANK, UH, ALL THE FOLKS, UH, THAT WORKED ON THIS. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT FEATURES, UH, HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF HOMES WITHIN THE TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY. THE PROPERTY HAS SEEN A CHANGE OF HANDS FROM A PREVIOUS OWNER WHO WAS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS AGREED TO ALLOW THE REZONING SO LONG AS THE LOOK AND FEEL REMAINS THE SAME THROUGH HISTORIC DESIGNATION. SO, UH, THIS IS A, A, A GREAT, A GREAT, UH, PROJECT DEMONSTRATING COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE, THE, THE NEW OWNERSHIP AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WANNA THANK ALL THOSE INVOLVED. AND, UH, YOU LOOK FORWARD TO, TO HAVING THIS PASSED. UM, ALSO, UH, HAVE A, WE HAVE A, A PROJECT AND OVER, UH, THE FEATURES THE LAUNDRY CENTER IN THE WEST END NEIGHBORHOOD. THE APPLICANT ORIGINALLY REQUESTED C TWO, WHICH WAS OF CONCERN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR AUTO USES. THE APPLICANT AGREED TO AMEND TO C TWO TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN. AGAIN, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THESE, UM, PROJECTS, UH, OR ALL THESE FOLKS, UH, WILLING TO COLLABORATE WITH, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON ANY ISSUES AND CONCERNS. SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY, UH, TO, TO, UH, HAVE THIS, THESE CON THESE ON STAY ON CONSENT AND, UH, PASS TODAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. TREVINO. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR FOUR Z ONE, OR EXCUSE ME, 21 AND Z FOUR ITEMS 22 Z 11 Z 19. WERE PULLED FROM CONSIDERATION TODAY. PLEASE VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. GO NOW TO ITEM FOUR. ITEM FOUR IS A BRIEFING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, TRIAL BUDGET, AND FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST. ERIC, ERIC FLOOR'S, YOURS. THANK YOU, MAYOR, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL THIS MORNING. UH, WE HAVE OUR FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST AND A TRIAL BUDGET PRESENTATION. UM, LET ME JUST MAKE [00:50:01] A COUPLE OPENING COMMENTS AND, AND THEN WE'RE, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO, UM, THE, THE, UH, GENTLEMAN WHO HAVE HELPED US, UM, BE INFORMED AS WE GO THROUGH THIS UNPRECEDENTED ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY. AND WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT SEVERAL TIMES IN THESE CHAMBERS, UH, OVER THE LAST THREE AND A HALF MONTHS. UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL CHALLENGES IN EACH YEAR OF OUR FORECAST. I WILL SHOW, UH, OR MARIA WILL SHOW IN THE PRESENTATION THAT, UH, A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DID IN APRIL TO REBALANCE OUR BUDGETS, UM, HAS HELPED US, UH, BE IN A BETTER POSITION. UH, IF YOU CAN SAY THAT, UM, IT WAS GOOD THAT WE REACTED QUICKLY TO REBALANCE AND PUT US IN A BETTER FOOTING GOING FORWARD. UH, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE PRESENTATION, REDUCTIONS IN SPENDING WILL BE REQUIRED. UH, AND WE WILL, UM, WE'RE STILL IN A, IN A PRETTY SEVERE FINANCIAL SITUATION WITH SOME, UH, UNCERTAINTY. THE, THE FORECAST, UH, WE HAD TWO ECONOMISTS HELP US, UH, FROM A ONE FROM A STATEWIDE PERSPECTIVE, UH, AND, UH, ONE FROM A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE. UH, JOHN HOCKEN, DR. STEVE NIVEN, YOU'LL HEAR FROM THEM, UH, HERE IN A BIT. UM, WE UTILIZED THEIR INPUT, UH, TO DETERMINE OUR, OUR OWN PROJECTIONS. AND YOU'LL SEE IN SOME CASES IN MARIA'S PRESENTATION THAT, UM, WE WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN THEY WERE, AND IN SOME CASES, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE PESSIMISTIC. UM, AND WE'LL WALK THROUGH THAT. THE PRESENTATION ALSO INCLUDES WHAT WE'RE CALLING A TRIAL BUDGET. AND I'LL SAY THAT PROBABLY IN A NORMAL YEAR, UM, THIS WOULDN'T BE A GOOD IDEA, BUT WE'VE ADDED IT THIS TIME TO HELP FRAME THE ISSUES, UH, OF OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION AND BEGIN THE CONVERSATION FOR OUR BUDGET. UM, WE DO HAVE, AS A FINANCIAL POLICY, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET OVER TWO YEARS. UM, IT IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER BEFORE THAT WE DO THAT. AND YOU'LL SEE WHY IN THE PRESENTATION. UM, WE HAVE GONE BACK AND LOOKED AT WHAT THE COUNCIL IN FISCAL YEAR 2010 DID AS WE WERE COMING OUT OF A RECESSION. UM, AND IN THAT, THAT FISCAL YEAR, UH, THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY ADOPTED, UH, CUTS TO FINANCIAL FISCAL YEAR 10 AS WELL AS, UH, FISCAL YEAR 11. UM, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AS WE GO FORWARD. THERE ARE TWO GUIDEPOSTS THAT I UTILIZED, UM, AS WE DEVELOP THE TRIAL BUDGET. UM, NUMBER ONE, UH, I, I, I DO NOT WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN SAN ANTONIO. UM, AND SO GUIDEPOST NUMBER ONE, AS WE DEVELOPED WAS THAT WE WERE GONNA AVOID LAYOFFS. UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. UH, IT WILL MEAN THAT WE WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO IN JULY. UM, WE WILL LOOK AT THINGS LIKE FURLOUGH DAYS OR POSSIBLY PAY REDUCTIONS, AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE TRADE OFF TO PRESERVE JOBS. UH, ANYTHING WE DO, UH, DURING THE MONTH OF JULY TO COME BACK, UH, TO THE COUNCIL IN AUGUST IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, WILL BE EQUITABLE AND WILL BE FROM THE TOP DOWN. UM, SO THAT'S GUIDEPOST NUMBER ONE. GUIDEPOST NUMBER TWO FOR, UM, UH, ME AND THE STAFF AS WE DEVELOPED THIS WAS THAT WE WANTED TO MAINTAIN COMMUNITY, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICES. UM, THE COMMUNITY, UH, AS YOU WELL KNOW, HAS ENDURED A PRETTY ROUGH FOUR MONTHS AND AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC, AND I THINK WE SHOULD DO, UH, ALL WE CAN AS WE GO THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME TO PRESERVE THOSE SERVICES. AND SO, UH, THOSE ARE THE TWO GUIDEPOSTS THAT WE UTILIZED ON THE TRIAL BUDGET. UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE PRESENTATION. AND I, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION BOTH TODAY, UH, AS WELL AS NEXT WEEK IN OUR COUNCIL, UH, POLICY AND BUDGET WORK SESSION THAT'LL BE SCHEDULED, THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR NEXT FRIDAY. UM, SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO, UH, JOHN H HOCKS, WHO WILL BEGIN THE PRESENTATION WITH DR. STEVE NIVAN. AND THEN, UH, WE WILL TRANSITION TO MARIA. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COUNCIL. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME. UH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE. IT WAS ACTUALLY, IT WAS GREAT TO GET UP THIS MORNING AND GET IN MY CAR AND PUT, WELL ACTUALLY FIRST PUT ON PANTS, WHICH WAS KIND OF NICE, AND DRIVE DOWN TO SAN ANTONIO. I FELT NORMAL, WHICH WAS PRETTY GREAT. SO I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT HERE. STEVE AND I ARE GONNA DO THIS TOGETHER. I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ECONOMIC CONTEXT IN WHICH WE FIND OURSELVES RIGHT NOW. TALK THEN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROJECTIONS AROUND SALES TAX AND PROPERTY TAXES. STEVE WILL THEN PICK IT UP AND TALK ABOUT AIRPORT REVENUES, HOTEL OCCUPANCY, TAXES AND ALL THAT. AND THEN WE WILL BOTH OBVIOUSLY BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. JUST TO START. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S, THAT THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION. I KNOW THAT'S NOT NEWS TO ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM. AND THERE'S A LAG FACTOR THAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN [00:55:02] ACTUAL EVENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING AND THEM SHOWING UP IN THE DATA. SO WE ARE JUST NOW BEGINNING TO SEE IN THE DATA WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO US REALLY SINCE ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF MARCH. UH, I'LL SHOW YOU A G D P CHART. IT'S DOWN 5% IN THE FIRST QUARTER. IT COULD BE CLEARLY MULTIPLES OF THAT IN THE SECOND QUARTER. A LOT OF THIS DEPENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHANGE FROM ONE QUARTER TO ANOTHER, YOU'LL SEE A MASSIVE DROP FROM THE FIRST QUARTER, A BIT OF A REBOUND IN THE SECOND QUARTER. I LIKE TO LOOK AT IT FIRST QUARTER LAST YEAR COMPARED TO FIRST QUARTER THIS YEAR. AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SAW THE HEADLINE NEWS THAT RETAIL SALES REBOUNDED NATIONALLY A LITTLE OVER 17% IN MAY. WELL, THAT WAS COMPARED TO APRIL, BUT THEY WERE STILL DOWN 6% FROM THE PREVIOUS MAY. SO WE'RE BEGINNING TO GET DATA, WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. NOWHERE HAS THAT BEEN MORE EVIDENT IN SOME SENSE IN MY MIND, THAN IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS, WHICH ERIC CERTAINLY, UH, IS OBVIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT A LOT AS WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT JOBS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. IT'S BEEN A MASSIVE JUMP IN CLAIMS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. THERE'S STILL MORE TO COME. I MEAN, WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF SEEING THE FULL EFFECT OF THAT. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RIGHT NOW IS PROBABLY MASKING WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON ON THE, IN THE LABOR MARKET. THERE WAS A GREAT ARTICLE NOT TOO LONG AGO IN THE NEW YORK TIMES TALKING ABOUT BASICALLY FOR EVERY ONE PERCENTAGE POINT IN UNEMPLOYMENT, THERE ARE PROBABLY AT LEAST ANOTHER PERSON OUT THERE, AN ADDITIONAL PERCENTAGE POINT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FURLOUGHED, OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR HOURS CUT BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION AT THEIR COMPANY, OR PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A JOB BUT CAN'T FIND ONE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, THINK THAT IT MAY BE CONSIDERABLY LARGER THAN WHAT THE OFFICIAL STATISTICS TELL YOU. AND SO THE REALTIME INDICATORS ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW US. AGAIN, THIS WAS PRESENTATION WAS MADE BEFORE WE HAD THE REBOUND. UH, OBVIOUSLY THAT MADE A MORE RECENT DATA. REALTIME INDICATORS ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW US THE PROBLEMS, SOME ISSUES ON THE HORIZON. AND THE BIGGEST ONE, AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS, WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY UNPRECEDENTED. WE'VE INJECTED AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO THE ECONOMY, ABSOLUTELY UNPRECEDENTED, ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY. IT IS CHANGING THE EQUATION IN TERMS OF CONSUMER DEMAND RIGHT NOW, CONSUMER DEMAND IS STRONGER THAN THE UNDERLYING ECONOMICS WOULD TELL US IT WOULD BE. THAT'S BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE MONEY COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE? WHERE'S THAT GONNA GO? IS THE UNEMPLOYMENT, THE FEDERAL ADDITION TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT, UH, PACKAGES GOING TO THAT IS DUE TO RUN OUT AT THE END OF JULY, GOING TO BE RENEWED? I DON'T KNOW. I SUSPECT NOT, BUT I DON'T KNOW. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ALSO HAPPENING IS RIGHT NOW CONSUMERS AREN'T FEELING TOO BAD. WE'RE SEEING THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY SPENDING MONEY. IF THE UNDERLYING ECONOMY CHANGES, WILL PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR VIEW AND BECOME MORE CONSERVATIVE? HARD TO SAY, RIGHT? UH, WHAT'S GONNA BE THE PATTERN OF RECOVERY AND REHIRING, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, ARE WE FACING ANOTHER OUTBREAK? CERTAINLY WE HAVE SEEN SOME WORRYING RECENT TRENDS AS WE HAVE OPENED THE ECONOMY UP, THE INCIDENTS OF, OF NEW FOLKS BEING TESTED, POSITIVE IS RISING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. I, I HAVE MY SUSPICION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IF WE HAVE A SECONDARY OUTBREAK, BUT I'M NOT THE GOVERNOR, SO I DON'T GET TO MAKE THAT CALL. UH, THESE ARE ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE, ARE CREATING UNCERTAINTIES. AND OF COURSE IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR A POLICY BODY BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU ALL HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE GONNA GO OVER THE NEXT YEAR IN THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES. ALRIGHT, SO A PICTURE, G D P, THERE YOU GO. DROP SUBSTANTIALLY. OBVIOUSLY IT WILL CONTINUE TO DROP, MAY BOUNCE BACK. THAT'S WHAT G D P LOOKS LIKE. THIS IS KIND OF AN INTERESTING CHART. THIS IS TEXAS WEEKLY UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS. AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST DESIGNED TO SHOW THE EXTRAORDINARY SURGE IN UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS. IT IS ABSOLUTELY UNPRECEDENTED. THIS IS ONLY THROUGH THE, UH, THE MIDDLE OF MAY. THE NUMBERS HAVE BEGUN TO COME DOWN, BUT THESE ARE WEEKLY NEW CLAIMS. SO THERE'S A CUMULATIVE EFFECT HERE THAT SHOWS WHAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE STATE. AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS I HIGHLIGHTED HERE, YOU CAN GET AT THE STATE LEVEL INCIDENTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS BY INDUSTRY. AND OF COURSE YOU SEE UP THERE AT THE TOP, A COMBINATION IN FOOD SERVICES. THAT WAS THE SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY THAT GOT HIT HARD FIRST HOSPITALITY GOT POPPED RIGHT OFF THE BAT, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT NEWS TO ANYBODY. A LOT OF OUR HOTELS ARE OBVIOUSLY AT VERY, VERY LOW OCCUPANCY LEVELS. LOTS AND LOTS OF RESTAURANTS ARE CLOSED ONLY OPEN FOR TAKEOUT. MANY OF THEM HAVE ADOPTED THE POLICY OF FURLOUGHING, THEIR HOURLY WORKERS TRYING TO MAINTAIN THEIR, THEIR SALARIED EMPLOYEES, ET CETERA. SO YOU SEE THERE'S THE FIRST IMPACT AND THEN YOU ARE GETTING BEGINNING TO SEE SOME OTHER IMPACTS ON RETAIL TRADE. ACTUALLY, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, FOR A WHILE THERE WERE FURLOUGHS GOING ON IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY BECAUSE AS WE SHUT THE ECONOMY DOWN, FOR EXAMPLE, ELECTIVE SURGERIES WERE PUT ON HOLD. AND SO THERE WAS A PERIOD ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO UP IN AUSTIN WHERE OUR HOSPITAL CAPACITY OVERALL WAS ACTUALLY ONLY AT ABOUT [01:00:01] 60% BECAUSE WE WERE IN FACT PUTTING ON HOLD A LOT OF ELECTIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES. I'M A TRUSTEE OF THE, UH, UH, THE ASCENSION SYSTEM UP THERE. THAT'S THE DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY SYSTEM SIMILAR TO CHRISTUS SANTA ROSA. WE WERE ACTUALLY FURLOUGHING PEOPLE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T BE RUNNING OUR REGULAR BUSINESS IN ANTICIPATION OF MAKING SURE WE HAD ENOUGH CAPACITY OF COVID SURGED. SO AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE PATTERN SORT OF GOING THROUGH SECTOR BY SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY HERE. AND YOU KNOW, GUESS WHAT? WHEN THE ECONOMY SLOWS DOWN, UM, THE PRICE OIL DROPS. IT'S THIS CRAZY THING CALLED SUPPLY AND DEMAND. AND WHEN PEOPLE DON'T NEED QUITE AS MUCH, UH, YOU KNOW, PRICES TEND TO FALL DOWN. I AM TOLD FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, THAT AND, AND THIS, AND OIL HAS BOUNCED BACK SOME 40 BUCKS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TEXAS IS KIND OF THE BENCHMARK ON WHERE THEY CAN AND CANNOT MAKE, MAKE MONEY. UH, 60 BUCKS IS A WHOLE LOT MORE APPEALING, BUT 40 BUCKS POTENTIALLY IS A PLACE WHERE THERE'S SOME VIABILITY. THE POINT IS AGAIN, THAT THE REDUCTION IN GLOBAL DEMAND HAS CERTAINLY REDUCED THE DEMAND FOR OIL. AND THEN THIS IS A, AN INDEX THAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK PUTS TOGETHER UP ON DALLAS, ON TEXAS OVERALL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION. IT COMBINES A WIDE VARIETY OF THINGS. THE POINT HERE AGAIN, IS SUBSTANTIAL NEGATIVITY. ALRIGHT, SO WHAT WAS INTERESTING, I WAS WRONG. NOT THE FIRST TIME WON'T BE THE LAST TIME I WAS WRONG. I THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN EXTRAORDINARILY LARGE DROP IN CERTAINLY POTENTIALLY IN MARCH WHERE WE HAD A COUPLE WEEKS WORTH OF COVID, BUT REALLY IN APRIL. AND I WOULD'VE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT TWICE AS BIG AS IT WAS. AND SO THIS IS SHOWING YOU IN A, IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES UP THERE, THE DROP ON A YEAR OVER YEAR BASIS, COMPARING MARCH OF 2020 VERSUS MARCH OF UH, 2019, WHAT YOU SAW IS THAT THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER AROUND GOVERNMENT STIMULUS, WHETHER IT IS IN THE FORM OF THE DIRECT PAYMENTS TO HOUSEHOLDS, PE COMPANIES, GETTING THE P P P LOANS, PAYCHECK PROTECTION LOANS, THE ECONOMIC INJURY, DISASTER LOANS, THE I D L, YOU CAN PUT THAT OUT OF COCKTAIL PARTIES. YOU NOW KNOW THAT ACRONYM. UH, AND THEN OF COURSE THE SUPPLEMENT TO UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENTS HELP PROP UP CONSUMER SPENDING. YOU SEE THAT SAN MARCUS NUMBER THERE? A 23% INCREASE IN MARCH. THAT'S BEST BUY. BEST BUY HAS FULFILLS ALL OF WHAT THEY DO OUT OF THEIR SAN MARCO OPERATIONS. EVERYBODY WENT HOME, GOT ONLINE AND BOUGHT TOASTER OVENS IN APRIL, IT WENT UP OVER 50% IN SAN MARCO. SAN ANTONIO IS IN A TOUGH SPOT, ONE BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A TRAVEL AND TOURISM INTENSIVE CITY. AND THAT'S TRUE NOT ONLY FOR LEISURE TRAVELERS, BUT ALSO FOR BUSINESS TRAVELERS. AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE'VE SEEN NEW BRAUNFELS IS UP THERE ABOUT TWO POINTS. IT'S ACTUALLY UP FIVE POINTS IN APRIL. AGAIN, A LOT OF FOLKS LIVE IN NEW BRAUNFELS, DROVE INTO BAYER COUNTY TO GO TO WORK, DID SOME SHOPPING WHILE THEY WERE IN AND AROUND WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO WORK. WELL NOW THEY'RE BACK HOME IN KAMAU COUNTY AND THEY'RE SHOPPING EITHER ONLINE OR LOCALLY. SO AGAIN, THIS IS MORE POSITIVE OR LESS BAD PERHAPS THAN WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT AND THIS RELATIONSHIP HOLDS IN ALMOST EVERY COMMUNITY WE OPERATE IN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT'S PRETTY LOGICAL, IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GROWTH IN JOBS OR LOSS IN JOBS AND SALES TAX REVENUE. AND SO I'VE CHARTED IT THERE GOING BACK A LITTLE OVER 10 YEARS. YOU SEE THE BIG RECESSION BACK THERE IN THE PAST AND THAT CORRELATES VERY TIGHTLY WITH WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WITH THE CITY'S SALES TAX REVENUES. SO WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS AGAIN, IN THIS SHORT RUN WE ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. WE ARE GETTING A MASKING EFFECT BECAUSE OF ALL THE EXTERNAL MONEY BEING PUMPED INTO THE ECONOMY, INTO PEOPLE'S POCKETS. WHAT WE DON'T KNOW YET IS WHEN THAT'S REMOVED, IF WE'LL GET CLOSER BACK TO THIS KIND OF A RELATIONSHIP. SO AGAIN, TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THIS AGAIN, IT'S REALLY ONLY SIX WEEKS WORTH OF ACTUAL DATA THAT WE HAVE PORTION OF MARCH AND THEN APRIL AS WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S HELPING, AGAIN, IN, IN THESE CATEGORIES OF MITIGATING FACTORS, MOST LANDLORDS ARE BEING COOL. NOT EVERYBODY IS, BUT MOST PEOPLE ARE. AND THAT'S TRUE ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDES. ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, A LOT OF BANKS HAVE GIVEN THEIR BORROWERS, PARTICULARLY ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, THREE MONTHS WORTH OF EITHER INTEREST ONLY OR JUST THREE MONTHS WORTH OF ABATED PAYMENTS. THAT'S HELPFUL. A FACTOR THAT'S ALSO HELPFUL IS HISTORIC INTEREST RATES OF COURSE HAVE HIT HIS HISTORIC LOWS. I COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED YOU COULD GET A MORTGAGE THAT STARTED WITH A TWO. THAT'S SORT OF, I WAS DUMB ENOUGH AT ONE POINT WHEN I CAN REMEMBER THINKING THAT A 6% MORTGAGE WAS A PRETTY GOOD DEAL. UM, SO MORTGAGES AS LOW AS THEY ARE NOW, PEOPLE ARE REFINANCING, SOME FOLKS ARE TAKING CASH OUT. AGAIN, THAT SUPPORTS CONSUMER SPENDING. UH, SOME BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PIVOT. UH, CERTAINLY THE ONE THAT WE ALL SEE IS HOSPITALITY FOLKS GOING TO, TO DRIVE THROUGH AND TAKE OUT. UH, WE ARE ALSO SEEING I THINK A PERMANENT SHIFT, AT LEAST FOR SOME OFFICE WORKERS, THAT THEY WILL [01:05:01] PROBABLY NEVER BE AS MANY PEOPLE IN OFFICES AS THERE WERE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE DISCOVERED IT IS POSSIBLE TO ACTUALLY WORK FROM HOME. MAYBE NOT COMPLETELY. I THINK WE'RE ALL SOCIAL CREATURES AND WE WANNA BE BACK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES, BUT TO SOME DEGREE THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE WHO WILL SAY, LOOK, LOOK AT LEAST MAYBE MONDAY, FRIDAY WE'LL STAY HOME. YOU KNOW, WE'VE CERTAINLY SEEN TWITTER AND FACEBOOK TELLING THEIR EMPLOYEES, IT'S NO PROBLEM. YOU ALL CAN STAY HOME PERMANENTLY. SO THAT'S GONNA BE AN INTERESTING THING. AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED SOME OF THAT OTHER STUFF ALREADY. SO HERE ARE OUR FORECASTS. I'LL POINT YOU TO THE BASELINE THERE. FISCAL YEAR 2020, AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF FISCAL 2020 WAS IN THE BOOKS BEFORE COVID HIT. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT NEGATIVE NUMBERS OVERALL DOWN A LITTLE BIT OVER 4% VERSUS FISCAL YEAR 2019. THAT'S ALL OBVIOUSLY CONCENTRATED HERE IN THE LATE SPRING AND INTO THE SUMMER. WE'LL SEE LOGICALLY DOUBLE DIGIT DROPS ON A YEAR OVER YEAR BASIS FOR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO REVENUES. BUT YOU ROLL IT ALL TOGETHER WITH A NUMBER OF MONTHS, STARTING WITH LAST OCTOBER, WHICH WAS PRE COVID, AND YOU END UP WITH A RELATIVELY MODEST DROP. I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S GONNA LINGER ON INTO NEXT YEAR, IN PART BECAUSE YOU ARE MEASURING AGAINST A SLIGHTLY ELEVATED BASE BECAUSE YOU HAD A NUMBER OF MONTHS THIS YEAR THAT WERE PRE COVID. AND THEN I THINK THE GROWTH IS GONNA BE RELATIVELY SLOW COMING OUT OF THIS. I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE UNTIL FISCAL 2023 ON MY SORT OF BASELINE PROJECTION HERE THAT THE CITY WILL GET BACK TO THE SAME ABSOLUTE LEVEL OF SALES TAX REVENUE THAT IT HAD IN 2020. AND SO AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF THE BASELINE. THE OPTIMISTIC AND PESSIMISTIC ARE, ARE PERMUTATIONS OF THAT. I, I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU, AND I'M MORE NEGATIVE THAN STEVE IS, AND I THINK I'M A LITTLE MORE NEGATIVE ALSO THAN, THAN YOUR, YOUR BUDGET FOLKS ARE. I THINK THE RISKS ARE MORE ON THE DOWNSIDE THAN IN THE UPSIDE. I WOULD FERVENTLY HOPE TO BE WRONG. I'D BE THRILLED IF THIS TURNED INTO A V-SHAPED RECOVERY AND WE BOUNCE BACK MORE QUICKLY THAN ANTICIPATED IN THE OPTIMISTIC SCENARIO, MAYBE EVEN WAS A LITTLE PESSIMISTIC. THAT'S THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS. BUT MY SENSE IS THE RISKS ARE MORE ON THE DOWNSIDE THAN THEY ARE ON THE UPSIDE. AND SO THEN WE LOOK AT THOSE SAME RELATIONSHIPS. THERE'S ALSO A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROPERTY VALUES AND JOB GROWTH OVER TIME. JOB GROWTH THIS YEAR IS WEIRD BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PANDEMIC HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, AND TYPICALLY WHEN PEOPLE REPORT A JOB FIGURE FOR A GIVEN YEAR, THEY REPORT THE AVERAGE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. WELL, THAT'S KIND OF WEIRD GIVEN WHERE WE ARE WITH THE TIMING OF THE PANDEMIC. AND YOU SET PROPERTY VALUES JANUARY ONE ANYWAY, SO WHAT WE DID IS WE DID FORECASTING THAT LOOKED AT YEAR END NUMBERS. IN OTHER WORDS, DECEMBER OF 19 AT THE END OF THE YEAR, DECEMBER OF 20 AND ALL THAT. AND WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING BASED ON THAT IS AN OVERALL DROP IN JOBS HERE OF ABOUT 5% AND THEN A SLOW BOUNCE BACK OVER TIME, UH, AT A RATE THAT AGAIN, REFLECTS A LOT OF THE THINGS WE KIND OF BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON ABOUT WHY WE THINK IT MAY BE SLOW TO COME BACK IN TERMS OF, OF BOTH REHIRING, BUT REALLY SLOW MORE TO THE POINT IN TERMS OF JOB CREATION. AND SO IF YOU TRANSLATE THAT THEN INTO OUR PROPERTY TAX FORECAST, AGAIN, WHAT YOU SEE IS, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE TIMING, FISCAL 21 IS, IS PRETTY WELL SET. YOU KNOW, OUR OPTIMISTIC SCENARIO AND OUR BASELINE SCENARIO ARE RELATIVELY CLOSE. UH, SOME OF THAT IS FRANKLY THAT, THAT THE COST OF MONEY IS GOING TO BE SO CHEAP GOING FORWARD THAT IT WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A SUPPORTIVE EFFECT ON PROPERTY VALUES. BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE IT'S PRETTY SLUGGISH GOING ON OUT. AND SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA TURN OVER STEVE, BUT I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS THOUGHT. THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK JUST CAME OUT WITH THEIR FORECASTS FOR THE ECONOMY COMING FORWARD HERE, 20 20, 20 21, 20 22, THEY ARE PROJECTING, UH, AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE UNITED STATES OF 9.3% FOR 2020. AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE FIRST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEAR WERE IN THE THREES AND THE LOW FOURS, THAT MEANS THEY SEE THAT THERE WILL NOT, IN THEIR VIEW, IT'S NOT A V-SHAPED RECOVERY. NEXT YEAR'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS BETTER, SIX POINT HALF PERCENT. AND THEN GOING FORWARD, THEY THINK THE TENDENCY IS AROUND FIVE POINT A HALF PERCENT. BY CONTRAST IN 2019, IT WAS AT 3.7. THAT'S THE FED'S VIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON NATIONALLY. SO I THINK IF YOU SORT OF LOOK AT THAT AND THINK ABOUT IT, I THINK IT SUGGESTS TO US THAT THE RECOVERY IS LIKELY TO BE A LITTLE SLOWER THAN WE WOULD LIKE AND PROBABLY TAKE LONGER THAN WE WOULD WISH. AND WITH THAT DR. NIVAN, NICE JOB, SIR. THANK YOU. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING. UM, AND LIKE JOHN SAID, IT WAS NICE TO GET UP AND GET DRESSED AND COME TO WORK, SO TO SPEAK. I TOOK MY DAUGHTER TO VOLLEYBALL PRACTICE THIS MORNING AND WE GOT IN THE CAR AND SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SHE GOES, DADDY, YOU'RE DRESSED FANCY TODAY. [01:10:02] I SAID, YEAH, I GOTTA GO DOWN CITY COUNCIL. SO IT FELT GOOD TO, UH, GET UP AND PUT ON THE OLD TIE AND COME TO WORK. SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE, UH, PROJECTIONS ON HOTEL OCCUPANCY, TAX REVENUES, AND AIRPORT REVENUES. AND THEN, UM, SORT OF SUMMARIZE THINGS UP AND THEN PASS THE BATON TO, TO MARIA. UM, SO JUST BRIEFLY ON, ON SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS AND GENERAL EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH, UH, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUES. UM, AGAIN, WE DID THE BASELINE PESSIMISTIC AND OPTIMISTIC, UH, SCENARIOS. WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT, I, I TALKED WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO AND, AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR THEIR INSIGHTS, AND LOOKED AT OTHER INDUSTRY FORECASTS AND DATA AS WE LOOKED AT THIS. AND, AND THE EXPECTATION IS THAT DEMAND IS GOING TO RECOVER RELATIVELY QUICKLY, BUT THE AVERAGE DAILY RATE IS GONNA TAKE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME TO RECOVER ROUGHLY ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT YEARS. UH, SO THE FOLKS IN THE INDUSTRY, UM, ARE THE THOUGHT IS THAT AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION, IT TOOK ABOUT THREE TO FOUR YEARS FOR THE HOTEL RATES TO RECOVER. AND THEY'RE THINKING IT'S GONNA TAKE ABOUT DOUBLE OF THAT. SO FOR THE OPTIMISTIC SCENARIOS, WE ASSUMED IT WOULD TAKE SIX YEARS FOR THE PESSIMISTIC, WE ASSUMED EIGHT YEARS, AND FOR THE BASELINE, WE ASSUMED IT WOULD TAKE SEVEN YEARS TO RECOVER AGAIN, DEMAND IS EXPECTED TO COME BACK QUICKLY, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE RATES TO COME BACK. AND, AND THE THOUGHT THERE IS THAT IT'S, IT'S, UM, CONSUMERS ARE, ARE GONNA GET USED TO USED OR CUSTOM TO LOWER RATES, AND IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE HOTELIERS TO BE ABLE TO INCH THOSE RATES BACK UP. AND IT'S GONNA TAKE AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF TIME. 'CAUSE OF COURSE, THESE ARE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES. DEMAND WILL BE LED OUT OF THE RECOVERY, MOST LIKELY BY LEISURE VISITORS. UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE CONVENTION BUSINESS, AT LEAST OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, HAS PRETTY MUCH SHUT DOWN. THAT IS EXPECTED TO, TO PICK UP. WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME, SOME MORE BOOKINGS, AS YOU KNOW. BUT EVEN AS THOSE CONVENTIONS START TO COME TO TOWN, IT'S EXPECTED THAT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE ATTENDING THOSE CONVENTIONS WILL PROBABLY BE DOWN AS PEOPLE ARE STILL A LITTLE UNEASY OF GOING INTO PLACES WHERE THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE CONGREGATED TO TOGETHER. UM, SO THERE'LL BE A BIT OF TIME FOR ADJUSTING FOR THAT. AS FAR AS THE, THE FORECAST GOES, UM, AGAIN, LOOKING AT, AT THE BASELINE, YOU CAN SEE HERE ACROSS ALL THESE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO, TO GET BACK TO, TO WHERE WE WERE IN FISCAL YEAR 2019. IT'S A BIG DROP IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 AS HOTEL OCCUPANCY LEVELS REALLY JUST PLUMMETED INTO TO SINGLE DIGITS AND CAUSED SOME OF THE LARGER HOTELS IN SAN ANTONIO REALLY JUST TO CEASE OPERATIONS FOR A WHILE. UM, SO WE SEE BIG DROP, UM, FROM FFY 2019 TO F Y 2020, AND THEN WE START TO SEE IT PICK UP AS DEMAND STARTS TO ACCELERATE. AND THEN THE, AGAIN, THE HOTEL RATE WILL START TO PICK UP, BUT IT'S GONNA INCH ITS WAY UP. BUT IT PROBABLY WON'T BE, AT LEAST BY THESE PROJECTIONS UNTIL ABOUT FISCAL YEAR 2025 THAT WE WANNA GET BACK TO PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS. IF THINGS RECOVER QUICKLY, THEN QUICKER THAN WE ANTICIPATE, THEN BY THE OPTIMISTIC SCENARIOS, UM, IT'LL BE MORE OF 20 23, 20 24 BEFORE WE, WE GET BACK TO, UM, PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS. IF IT'S WORSE THAN WE ACTUALLY ANTICIPATED IN THE RECOVERY, THEN IT'S GONNA TAKE EVEN LONGER NOW FOR THE AIRPORT REVENUES. UM, JUST TO BRIEFLY DESCRIBE SOME OF THE, THE METHODOLOGY AND THE PICTURES IS SOMEWHAT SIMILAR, BUT THERE'S SOME, UM, UH, I GUESS DETAILS HERE. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SAN ANTONIO MARKET, UM, THAT ARE GONNA COME INTO PLAY HERE, ESPECIALLY AS THEY COMPARE TO THE RECOVERY AND HOTEL OCCUPANCY. TAX REVENUES. THE MODEL IN THE FORECAST HERE WAS TIED TO, UM, PASSENGERS, AND THERE'S A 97% CORRELATION BETWEEN PASSENGERS AND AIRPORT REVENUES. SO WE USE THAT TO, FOR, FOR THE BASIS OF, OF THE FORECAST AND BASICALLY, UH, FORECAST OVER EACH YEAR, THE, THE AMOUNT OF PASSENGERS AND THEN ON, ON AVERAGE FOR EACH YEAR FROM 2011 THROUGH 2019, THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE PER PASSENGER IS ABOUT $11 AND 15 CENTS PER PASSENGER. SO WE ASSUMED THAT THAT AMOUNT OF REVENUE WOULD HOLD, UH, OVER THE TIME PERIOD OF THE FORECAST. [01:15:01] WE ALSO, AGAIN LOOKED AT, AT OTHER INDUSTRY FORECASTS AND, AND TRIED TO GET A SENSE OF, OF WHAT, UH, THE FOLKS IN THE INDUSTRY ARE THINKING. UH, SO WE LOOKED AT, AT PROJECTIONS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS THE INTERNATIONAL CIV CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION, WHICH WAS A RELATIVELY BRIEF PERIOD OF, OF FORECAST JUST THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF, OF 2020. UH, BUT SOME OF THE KEY POINTS THAT, THAT CAME OUT HERE THAT INFORMED OUR FORECAST IS THAT THE, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT AIR TRAVEL IS GOING TO RECOVER SLOWER THAN THE OVERALL ECONOMY. UM, NOW THIS IS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAVEL ASSOCIATION. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE FOCUSING ON INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, WHICH ABOUT ONLY ABOUT 4% OF SAN ANTONIO PASSENGERS ARE INTERNATIONAL. SO THAT COULD PLAY TO OUR ADVANTAGE. UM, DOMESTIC AIR TRAVEL, UH, IS EXPECTED TO POSSIBLY RECOVER BY 2022, BUT AGAIN, INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL MAY NOT RECOVER UNTIL 20 23, 20 24. UM, AND WITH THAT IN MIND, UM, WE, I'LL LOOK AT THE, THE FORECAST HERE ON THE AIRPORT REVENUES FOR THE BASELINE. WE SEE A DROP OF ABOUT A HUNDRED FROM 148.3 MILLION TO ABOUT 98, 95 0.2 MILLION IN FY 2020. AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY REFLECTING THE HISTORIC DROP IN, IN AIR TRAVEL. UM, AND, AND THE RECOVERY FROM THAT, THAT PLUMMET AND AIR TRAVEL IS, IS AGAIN, I THINK, GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. UM, AND YOU'LL SEE HERE, EVEN IN THE BASELINE FORECAST, WE REALLY NEVER GET BACK TO F Y 2019. NOW, GROWTH RATES THROUGH HERE ARE STRONGER IN F Y I 2021. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A A ACROSS EACH OF THESE, RANGING FROM ABOUT A 40 TO 60% DROP COMPARED TO 2019 AND 2022. IT'S STILL IN DOUBLE DIGITS BY OUR FORECAST IN ABOUT THE 10 TO 20% RANGE. AND THEN WE START TO SEE IT, UH, GET INTO MORE POSITIVE TERRITORY COMPARED TO THE PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS. BUT AT THAT POINT, WE'RE ASSUMING MORE LONG-TERM AVERAGE GROWTH. SO HOPEFULLY AIR TRAVEL PICKS UP QUICKER THAN ANTICIPATED HERE. UM, BUT THE, THE, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT SEEMS LIKELY TO US ANYWAYS, THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME FOR, FOR AIR TRAVEL TO PICK UP AND AIRPORT REVENUES TO GET BACK TO PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS. UM, ONE OF THE, THE ADVANTAGES, UH, SAN ANTONIO HAS IS WITH, ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO HOTEL OCCUPANCY, TAX REVENUES, AS YOU KNOW, IS, OR A BIG DRIVE MARKET. SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA DRIVE A LOT OF THE, THESE, THE, UM, GROWTH IN, IN HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUES COMPARED TO AIRPORT REVENUES. AND WE ALSO WENT IN AND, AND, UM, PROJECTED WHAT EFFECT THIS WILL HAVE ON ESTABLISHMENT CLOSURES. SO IN OTHER WORDS, DRIVEN OFF OF THE EMPLOYMENT, UM, PROJECTIONS, HOW MANY ESTABLISHMENTS DO WE PROJECT MINE ACTUALLY GO OUT OF BUSINESS? AND WHEN WE SAY OUT OF BUSINESS, I MEAN PERMANENTLY CLOSED. AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, BY INDUSTRY, THE, THE DIFFERENT PROJECTIONS. THESE FOLLOW VERY CLOSELY TO WHAT YOU SAW WITH THE EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS. BUT TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF, OF THE, THE LEVEL OF CLOSURES THAT WE MIGHT SEE, AND I'LL JUST PICK ON ON A COUPLE OF 'EM HERE. AS, AS JOHN ALREADY NOTED, UH, THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES YOU SEE HERE REALLY, UH, TOOK, TOOK THE BRUNT OF THE IMPACT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC, ESPECIALLY INITIALLY. AND SO BY OUR PROJECTIONS, WE'LL SEE ABOUT 14.5% OF, OF THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS PERMANENTLY GO OUT OF BUSINESS. IF YOU LOOK AT RETAIL, WHICH IS ALSO, UM, TAKEN A A, A BIG BLOW FROM THIS, IT'S ABOUT FIVE LOSE PROBABLY ABOUT 5% BY THESE PROJECTIONS. BUT YOU'LL ALSO SEE FINANCE AND INSURANCE, AS JOHN TALKED ABOUT, UH, MINING POURING IN OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION, UH, WHICH IS, HAS SORT OF THE DOUBLE WHAMMY OF THE DROP IN OIL PRICES AS WELL AS THE PANDEMIC, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU TALKED ABOUT, THOSE ARE, ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER, BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME RELATIVELY SIZABLE DROPS THERE. THE NEXT THING WE DID WAS WE WENT IN AND LOOKED AT, ALL RIGHT, WELL, HOW MANY OF THESE MIGHT BE, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES AND HOW MANY MIGHT BE MICRO BUSINESSES? LEMME TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT WE MEAN BY SMALL BUSINESSES AND MICRO BUSINESSES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. WE USE THE DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESS AS DEFINED BY THE SMALL [01:20:01] BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. AND IT'S, IT'S A RATHER ELABORATE DEFINITION THAT THAT IS, IS BASED OFF OF THE EMPLOYMENT AND REVENUES OF THE FIRMS, UM, BY, BY THE INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION. TO SUMMARIZE IT BRIEFLY, BASICALLY, FOR MANUFACTURING, THEY USE EMPLOYMENT, UH, AS THE MAJOR AND FOR, UM, SERVICES, THEY USE REVENUES. AND TO GIVE YOU, UH, AN IDEA ON, ON THE, THE EMPLOYMENT, THE, THEY DO IT BY INDUSTRY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, TO WHAT WE CALL THE SIX DIGIT NEXT LEVEL. SO IT'S A, A VERY IN-DEPTH, UH, DETAILED ANALYSIS OF, OF THE DEFINITION BY EACH INDUSTRY. UH, THE RANGES IN, IN EMPLOYMENT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 250, 500 TO A COUPLE THOUSAND. AND, UM, SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE WITH THE SMALL BUSINESSES IS WE WENT THROUGH THESE AND WE AGGREGATED IT UP TO WHAT YOU SEE HERE INTO THE, TO THE TWO DIGIT LEVEL, HIGHER LEVEL DEFINITION. UM, THAT ACROSS MOST OF THESE INDUSTRIES, ABOUT 98 TO 99%, SOMETIMES EVEN A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE, THE BUSINESSES IN THAT INDUSTRY ARE WHAT IS DEFINED AS SMALL. AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THOSE NUMBERS. SO AGAIN, GOING BACK TO A COMBINATION IN FOOD SERVICES, UH, BY THESE PROJECTIONS, WE'LL SEE 557 ESTABLISHMENTS PERMANENTLY CLOSED. 555 OF THOSE WILL BE SMALL. THE SECOND, UH, LOOK THAT WE TOOK AT THIS WAS FOR WHAT, WHAT, TRYING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF HOW MANY OF THESE BUSINESSES MIGHT BE MICRO BUSINESSES. UH, AND WE DEFINE MICRO BUSINESSES AS HAVING EMPLOYEES OF 25 OR LESS. AND THE INTERESTING THING TO ME ANYWAYS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS IS IS, AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IN THESE NUMBERS HERE, IS THAT EVEN THOUGH 98 TO 99, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE BUSINESSES ACROSS MOST OF THESE INDUSTRIES ARE SMALL, WHEN WE EVEN DEFINE THAT EVEN SMALLER INTO MICRO BUSINESSES, IT'S STILL A VERY LARGE PROPORTION OF THOSE BUSINESSES ACROSS EACH INDUSTRY. SO THE NUMBER OF MICRO BUSINESSES, AGAIN, PICKING BACK ON, ON, UH, ACCOMMODATION IN FOOD SERVICES THAT MIGHT PERMANENTLY ENC CLOSE IS, IS PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT 512 OF THE 557. OKAY? UM, IF YOU LOOK AT, AT, UH, RETAIL 353 ESTABLISHMENTS ARE EXPECTED TO CLOSE 350. THOSE WILL BE SMALL, AND 344 WILL BE MICRO BUSINESSES. SO THE, THE DIFFERENT, THERE'S JUST NOT A WHOLE LOT OF OF DIFFERENCE THERE. WE WERE ALSO ASKED TO GO IN AND, AND TRY TO ASSESS, UH, WHAT EFFECT THIS WOULD HAVE ON NONPROFITS. AND THIS WAS DIFFICULT 'CAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DATA AVAILABLE. SO YOU SEE A LOT OF NA THERE. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S NONPROFITS IN SOME OF THESE INDUSTRIES. THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE, BUT THE DATA, WE'RE JUST NOT AVAILABLE TO ALLOW US TO DO ANY PROJECTIONS. UM, BUT YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT THERE'S, UM, SOMEWHAT, I GUESS, A MINIMAL EFFECT ON, ON NONPROFITS. BUT AGAIN, GIVEN THE, THE LACK OF THE AVAILABILITY OF DATA, I WOULD, UM, TAKE THAT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT, SO TO SPEAK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LASTLY, JUST TO, TO SUMMARIZE, UM, JOHN TALKED ABOUT THE, THE FACT THAT, THAT I MAY BE A LITTLE MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN, THAN HE IS, ALTHOUGH THE, THE, THE DIFFERENCES ARE NOT HUGE . UM, BUT I, I THINK THAT'S A, A FAIR CHARACTER CHARACTERIZATION. BUT I THINK THE KEY POINT THAT THERE ARE, ONE OF THE KEY POINTS THAT COMES OUT OF OUR, OUR, OUR PROJECTIONS HERE IS THAT THE EFFECTS OF, OF THE PANDEMIC ON THE ECONOMY, AGAIN, AS JOHN TALKED TO ALREADY, ARE, ARE GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME AND ARE GOING TO HAVE, UM, EFFECTS THAT EXTEND AT LEAST INTO NEXT YEAR. OKAY. THERE'S, THERE'S STILL DISCUSSIONS, UH, AMONGST ECON, SOME ECONOMISTS ANYWAYS, OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A V-SHAPE RECESSION. ALTHOUGH THAT, THAT'S BEING, THAT THOSE WHO ARE EVEN MENTIONING THAT ARE, ARE, UH, THE NUMBER OF THOSE ECONOMISTS ARE, ARE VERY SMALL NOW. UM, BUT I, I, I DON'T, AGAIN, WHILE I MAY BE MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN JOHN, I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO LOOK AT THE FIGURES AND SAY, YEAH, WE'RE JUST GONNA BOUNCE BACK ONCE THIS ALL GOES AWAY. UM, FOR ONE THING, IT'S TAKING SOME TIME, AS Y'ALL KNOW, AS WELL AS ANYBODY FOR, UH, THE PANDEMIC'S JUST NOT GOING AWAY. UM, AND SO IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME FOR CONSUMER CONFIDENCE TO COME BACK, NOT ONLY JUST TO GO INTO THE RETAIL SHOPS AND SPEND AND TO THE RESTAURANTS AND THAT, WHICH AFFECTS SALES TAX REVENUES, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO GO BACK TO THE HOTELS TO JUMP ON THE AIRPLANES AND, AND THOSE KINDS [01:25:01] OF THINGS. SO, UM, THE EFFECTS OF THIS ARE, ARE GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME FOR, FOR THE ECONOMY TO WORK. ITS ITS WAY THROUGH. UM, AND AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AROUND THESE PROJECTIONS. HOPEFULLY IT DOES TAKE QUICKER THAN WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING HERE. UM, BUT IT IS GONNA TAKE A BIT OF TIME. THERE ARE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AS, AS I EVEN TALKED ABOUT IN MY NUMBERS HERE ABOUT THE ACCOMMODATION IN FOOD SERVICES AND RETAIL. UM, BUT THERE'S OTHER INDUSTRIES, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THAT, THAT ARE, THAT ARE GONNA BE IMPACTED. OKAY. UM, SO WITH, WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL CONCLUDE, BUT LET ME, UM, END FIRST BY, BY GIVING THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUE DR. BELINDA ROMAN, WHO WORKED WITH ME ON, ON THE PROJECTIONS, UH, AGAIN, AS WELL AS VISIT SAN ANTONIO AND, AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALMO PROVIDED SOME VERY VALUABLE DATA, UH, IN OUR EFFORTS HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M MARIA VIE GOMEZ, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER FOR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND, UM, MY PRESENTATION IS GOING TO, UM, PROVIDE TO YOU OUR FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST. AND AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED ALSO THE TRIAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 AND 2022. UM, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, THE MATERIALS THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED, UH, BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND TODAY, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU. AND WE'LL HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS MATERIALS AS WE DO OUR GOAL SETTING SESSION, UH, NEXT WEEK IN PREPARATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET. SO, UH, LET ME BEGIN JUST BY, UM, BRIEFLY GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE ARE GONNA BE PRESENTING TO YOU, WHICH IS OUR FIVE YEAR FORECAST, THE TRIAL BUDGET, AND THE NEXT STEPS IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO, UH, JUST, UH, SO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT. THE TOTAL CITY BUDGET FOR 2020 IS $2.9 BILLION. UH, THE THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS ARE RESTRICTED FUNDS, UH, 938 MILLION. AND TODAY WE ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE AIRPORT, UH, HOTEL CAPACITY, TAX AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AS THEY ARE REFLECTORS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ECONOMY. TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW WE'RE UTILIZING THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY, UM, JOHN, AND ALSO BY DR. NEVIN, OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM IS, UH, ROUGHLY 24% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET AT 715 MILLION. AND THOSE ARE CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WERE PRIMARILY APPROVED IN 2017 BY THE VOTERS, AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION. AND FINALLY, THE LARGEST OPERATING FUND OF THE CITY, THE GENERAL FUND AT ONE POINT TO 7 BILLION. AS YOU KNOW, OUR GENERAL FUND IS SUPPORTED BY FOUR, UH, REVENUE SOURCES, PRIMARILY OUR PROPERTY TAX THAT MAKE UP 30% OF THE GENERAL FUND. THE PAYMENT FROM C P S, UH, 28% SALES TAX, CLOSE TO 25%, AND OTHER RESOURCES THAT INCLUDES E M S, TRANSPORT FEES, LIQUOR BY THE DRINK. UH, RECREATIONAL FEES AND TRAFFIC FINES MAKE UP 18% OF THE BUDGET. SO LET ME BEGIN WITH A FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR THE GENERAL FUND. SO THE FINANCIAL FORECAST PROVIDES YOU AS A CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY AND EARLY FINANCIAL OUTLOOK OF THE CITY'S, UH, BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AS WE BEGIN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET. THIS IS NOT A BUDGET, BUT IS A, UH, REFLECTION OF A SET OF ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE KNOW AS OF TODAY AND HOW WE ARE MODELING THOSE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. UH, AND ALSO IT IN IT WILL INITIATE THE POLICY DISCUSSION WITH YOU AS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL IN TERMS OF THE PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AS WE ARE DEVELOPING THIS FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST. AND AS YOU HAVE HEARD, UH, THE PRESENTATION BEFORE ME, THERE IS AN UNPRECEDENTED ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND IT'S NO DIFFERENT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES EVERY SINGLE YEAR OF THE FORECAST. UH, WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THIS FORECAST THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY TODAY. UH, THERE'S SOME INCREASES DUE TO CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND ALSO ADDING THE OPERATION COST OF COMPLETED BOND PROJECTS. UH, WE ARE ALSO PRESENTING TO YOU A, A TRIAL BUDGET. AND AS A CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, THE TRIAL BUDGET IS, IS A NEW, A NEW TOOL THAT WE'RE INTRODUCING WITH THIS BUDGET CYCLE. AND WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES, AND WE WANNA PROVIDE THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY SOME IDEAS THAT WE HAVE SO FAR TO KEEP OUR BALANCE. UH, OUR, OUR BUDGET BALANCE. THE THREE PRINCIPLES THAT [01:30:01] WE USE, UH, TO DEVELOP THE TRIAL BUDGET WAS NUMBER ONE, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS NO IMPACT OR VERY MINIMUM IMPACT TO THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY. NUMBER TWO, THAT WE DON'T ADD TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE THAT WE AVOID, UH, LAYOFFS IN, IN, UH, WITHIN OUR CITY, UH, EMPLOYEES. AND NUMBER THREE, THAT WE BALANCE THE BUDGET AND WE MAINTAIN THE FISCAL DISCIPLINE THAT WE'VE HAD IN, IN PREVIOUS YEARS, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC. SO LET ME BEGIN WITH SOME OF THE REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS INCLUDED IN OUR FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST. YOU HEARD FROM THE PRESENTATION BEFORE ME THAT WE, UM, OBTAINED THREE DIFFERENT, UH, SCENARIOS THAT WERE PUT TOGETHER AN OPTIMISTIC, PESSIMISTIC, AND A BASELINE. AND YOU SEE ILLUSTRATED IN THIS CHART WHAT WE ARE USING FOR THE FORECAST. BUT LET ME TAKE A MINUTE JUST TO DEFINE WHAT EACH OF THE SCENARIOS MEAN. SO THE OPTIMISTIC, UH, SCENARIO MEANS THAT WE ARE CONTINUE TO SEE SOME LEVEL OF INCREASE OF, UM, INFECTIONS RELATED TO C OVID 19, BUT WE, UH, OUR MEDICAL SYSTEM IS ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THAT. UM, ADDITIONAL, UH, INFECTIONS THAT, UH, BUSINESSES REMAIN OPEN AND THEY CONTINUE TO OPEN, AND THAT EMPLOYEES, UH, COME BACK TO WORK. THAT IS THE OPTIMISTIC SCENARIO. THE BASELINE, UM, ASSUMES THAT THERE WILL BE SOME, UM, UH, LEVEL OF, UM, UH, INFECTIONS. THERE'S NO OVERWHELMING OF THE MEDICAL, UH, SYSTEM, UH, BUT WE DO FORESEE THAT THERE MAY BE SOME TYPE OF SLOWDOWN IN THE FUTURE, UH, AND, AND THAT IS ACCOUNTED WITH WITHIN THOSE ECONOMIC, UH, PROJECTIONS. AND FINALLY, THE PESSIMISTIC THAT WE SEE A HIGHER NUMBER OF INFECTIONS HAPPENING THAT WE, UH, UH, SEE A SUSTAINED RECESSION, THAT WE STAY LONGER IN THAT RECESSIONARY PERIOD, AND ALSO THAT EMPLOYMENT IS SLUGGISH, SO IT TAKES LONGER FOR THE WORKFORCE TO RETURN TO WORK. SO THAT, THOSE ARE THE DEFINITIONS OF THOSE SCENARIOS. SO, FOR INSTANCE, WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS THE PROPERTY TAX VALUATION. SO OUR PROPERTY TAX VALUES, TOTAL COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL, UH, FOR OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IS 121 BILLION. AND YOU SEE THAT IN 2021. THERE'S SOME, UH, GROWTH, UH, IN, IN THOSE, UH, PROJECTIONS. AND THEN YOU SEE A, A, A NEGATIVE GROWTH IN FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND 2023, TYPICALLY IN PROPERTY TAXES, A RECESSION, IN THIS CASE, A PANDEMIC OR AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN WILL TAKE LONGER TO IMPACT PROPERTY TAXES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, FOR INSTANCE. UM, THE, THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES THAT WE WILL BE COLLECTING IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, THOSE VALUATIONS WERE DONE IN JANUARY OF 2020 BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. SO THOSE, UH, VALUES AND IN CONVERSATION VERY CLOSELY BETWEEN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, OUR CHIEF, UH, FINANCIAL OFFICER, BANGOR, AS WELL AS THE BEAR APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UH, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING OR WHAT WE PRESENTING ON THE FORECAST, THOSE, UH, ARE THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT THERE WILL BE SOME GROWTH IN, UH, EXISTING VALUE AND ALSO, UM, A NEW GROWTH THAT COMES TO, TO THE PROPERTY TAX ROLE. BUT WE ALSO ANTICIPATE A LARGE, LARGE NUMBER OF APPEALS. UM, SO WHAT YOU SEE IN THE VALUES FOR 2021 REFLECT THAT. AND THEN YOU SEE A, A NEGATIVE GROWTH IN 2022 AND 2023. AND THEN WE BEGIN RECOVERING IN 2024. NOW TO WHAT THE CITY MANAGER ALLUDED EARLIER, THE ECONOMIC INFORMATION THAT, THAT, THAT FOR THE PRES FROM THE PRESENTATION EARLIER. WE INFORM OUR PROJECTIONS BASED ON THAT INFORMATION, BUT WE DEVELOP OUR OWN, BASED ON OUR PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS, AND ALSO BASED ON OUR OWN ANALYSIS OF THE CITY'S BUDGET. SO, FOR INSTANCE, HERE ON THE PROPERTY TAX VALUATION, OUR FORECAST PROJECTIONS ARE MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN EVEN THE OPTIMISTIC SCENARIO, UM, PRESENTED TO YOU EARLIER. TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, HOW WE DEVELOP THAT. THIS FOLLOWING CHART, UH, SHOWS YOU THE PROPERTY ATTACKS, THE TAXABLE VALUATION GROWTH OR CHANGE YEAR OVER YEAR FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS FROM 2010 TO 2020. AND ALSO OUR PROJECTIONS, THE, UH, PORTION OF THE CHART IN, IN ORANGE REPRESENTS A NEW DEVELOPMENT, AND THE BLUE IS OUR BASE VALUES. SO IF I CAN TAKE YOU TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE CHART IN 2010, YOU'LL SEE A NEGATIVE GROWTH ON OUR BASE AND NEW GROWTH, UH, UM, FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT ADDED TO THE ROLE THAT IS, UH, PRETTY MUCH TWO YEARS AFTER THE RECESSION OF 2008. SO THIS IS, AGAIN, [01:35:01] PROPERTY TAX, UH, VALUE AND, AND THE IMPACT OF A, A RECESSION OR A PANDEMIC LACKS ABOUT TWO YEARS. SO YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT FOR 2010, 2011 AND 2012, UM, WE SAW NEGATIVE GROWTH IN BASE VALUES, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NEW, UM, UH, PROPERTIES BEING DEVELOPED ACROSS THE CITY. AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU, YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THE PROPERTY TAX VALUATION. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT, FOR OUR PROJECTIONS, WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING IS THAT WE WILL SEE SOME GROWTH IN BASE VALUE, SOME GROWTH IN IN NEW PROPERTIES COMING TO THE ROLE FOR A TOTAL OF A 2% GROWTH IN OUR, IN OUR TAX VALUATION IN 2021. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'RE PROJECTING NEGATIVE GROWTH IN 2022 AND 2023, UH, AND THEN, UH, UH, POSITIVE GROWTH IN 24 AND 25. SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, COMPARED TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE, WHICH IS A REFLECTION OF THE 2008 RECESSION, OUR PROJECTIONS AS OF TODAY ARE MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN THE LAST RECESSION. SO, AS YOU HEARD FROM THE PRESENTATION BELOW, WE COULD SEE, UH, FURTHER DECLINES IN IN PROPERTY TAX VALUATION IF OUR PROJECTIONS ARE NOT IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE GONNA SEE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS FOR SALES TAX. THIS GRAPHIC, UH, IT ALSO REFLECTS THE THREE SCENARIOS THAT, THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU EARLIER, THE BASELINE, THE PESSIMISTIC, AND THE OPTIMISTIC. AND FOR SALES TAX, WE ARE ACTUALLY BETWEEN THE BASELINE AND THE OPTIMISTIC SCENARIO. NOW, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE DOING THIS IS WHEN WE CAME TO YOU BACK IN APRIL AND THEN, UM, IN MAY WITH A MID-YEAR, UH, BUDGET ADJUSTMENT, OR ACTUALLY TWO WEEKS AGO IN, IN, UH, UM, LATE MAY, UM, WE, UM, HAD ANTICIPATED A RE A REDUCTION OF ABOUT $40 MILLION IN SALES TAX. WE HAD NOT RECEIVED THE CHECK FOR THE APRIL, UH, SALES ACTIVITY, WHICH WE RECEIVED AFTER WE MADE THAT PRESENTATION. AND WE HAD ANTICIPATED THAT THAT CHECK COMPARED TO 2019 WAS GONNA BE ROUGHLY ABOUT 40% BELOW. HOWEVER, UH, DUE TO THE FACTORS THAT YOU ALREADY HEARD WITH THE, UM, ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, CONSUMER SPENDING WAS STRONGER, WE SAW A DECREASE OF ABOUT 17%. SO WE REVISE OUR PROJECTIONS, AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE TODAY WAS STILL BELOW, UH, THE 2019 LEVEL, BUT IT'S A BETTER PROJECTION OR A MORE OPTIMISTIC PROJECTION THAN WHAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU TWO WEEKS AGO. WITH THAT SAID, WITH THE, UM, RECENT CASES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, THINGS CAN, UH, PIVOT, UH, QUITE QUICKLY. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS, THIS CLOSELY. SO THIS CHART, UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH A PROPERTY TAX, SHOWS YOU THE, THE SALES TAX GROWTH FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, AND IT ALSO SHOWS YOU THE PROJECTIONS. SO IN 2009, WHEN WE HAD THE GREAT RECESSION, WE SAW ABOUT A 5% OR A FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT, UM, UH, DECREASE IN, IN SALES TAX REVENUE. AND THEN IN 2010, AS WE BEGAN RECOVERING, WE SAW A SLIGHT GROWTH OF ABOUT 0.7%. AND THEN FROM THERE, WE CONTINUE TO RECOVER. SO WHAT WE ARE, UH, PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY IS A NEGATIVE GROWTH OF 4.2% FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN WE BEGIN TO RECOVER IN 2021 AT A 1%, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED IN 2010. AND THEN FROM THERE, WE HAVE AN AVERAGE GROWTH YEAR OVER YEAR OF THREE AND A HALF PERCENT FOR OUR C P S PAYMENT. UH, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH C P S TO DEVELOP THE PROJECTIONS THAT YOU SEE HERE BEFORE YOU. UH, AS YOU KNOW, C P SS IS THE MOST, UH, VOLATILE, UH, REVENUE SOURCE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR, IN OUR CITY BUDGET. SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, WE'RE ANTICIPATING A, UM, DECREASE OF ABOUT 4.5% COMPARED TO THE 2019 COLLECTIONS. UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT COMPARED TO WHAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU IN THE MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENT, WE ADJUSTED THOSE PROJECTIONS AND WE'RE ABOUT $3 MILLION BETTER. UH, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE, THE IMPACT THAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED WITH C OVID 19 ON, UH, ENERGY CONSUMPTION. SO OUR FORECAST REFLECTS THAT, THAT BETTER, UM, PROJECTION. AND THEN FROM THERE, WE HAVE AN AVERAGE ABOUT 2.4% GROWTH IN, IN THE C P S PAYMENT, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE OF THE OCA, UH, EQUATION IN THE GENERAL FUND, UM, OUR FORECAST MAINTAINS A CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE TODAY. WE ARE INCLUDING INCREASES, CONTRACTUALLY INCREASES, SUCH AS OUR FIRE AND POLICE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. UH, WE'RE ALSO ADDING THE OPERATING [01:40:01] COST OF BOND PROJECTS THAT WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE FIVE YEAR WINDOW. AND YOU'LL SEE SOME EXAMPLES ON THE SCREEN. UM, AND WE ALSO REFLECTING INCREASES IN INFLATIONARY FACTORS SUCH AS, UH, MEDICAL INFLATION AND INCREASES FOR COMMODITIES. SO WHEN YOU COMBINE ALL THIS ASSUMPTIONS, REVENUE AND EXPENSE, WE HAVE, UH, THE FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST. SO THIS CHART, UH, PROVIDES YOU WITH A PROJECTED RESOURCES, UH, THAT INCLUDES OUR BEGINNING BALANCE, WHICH IS A RESERVE FOR, FOR THE PRIOR YEAR FOR A TWO YEAR BALANCE BUDGET. IT, IT ALSO, UH, INCLUDES OUR PROJECTED EXPENSES WITH ALL THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT I JUST DESCRIBED. AND THEN OUR TWO YEAR BUDGET RESERVE, UM, AS ONE OF OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES IS TO MAINTAIN A MINIMUM OF A 15% GENERAL FUND ENDING BALANCE EVERY YEAR OF THE FORECAST. SO, UH, WITH THE, WITH THOSE ASSUMPTIONS, OUR 2021 PROJECTION, UH, WE'RE PROJECTING A DEFICIT OF $20 MILLION, UH, AND IN 2022, CLOSE TO $90 MILLION. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA FOCUS ON FOR THE TRIAL BUDGET SINCE WE DO A TWO YEAR BALANCE BUDGET AND GIVE YOU SOME ALTERNATIVES OF HOW WE CAN BALANCE THE TWO YEARS FOR 2021 AND 2022. NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANNA MENTION IS THE FACT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE MID-YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT, AND WE DELAYED AND SUSPENDED SOME OF THE EXPENSES IN 2020 THAT IS HELPING TO BE ABLE TO BALANCE 2021. AS I MENTIONED, OUR PROJECTIONS FOR SALES TAX ARE BETTER, UH, FOR C P S SLIGHTLY BETTER. SO THAT PUTS US IN A BETTER POSITION FOR 2021, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE DRASTIC, UH, REDUCTIONS. SO IN THIS FOLLOWING SLIDE, THIS IS AGAIN, THE COMBINATION OF TWO YEARS, AND THIS REFLECTS OUR, OUR GENERAL, UH, FUND TRIAL BUDGET. SO WHEN WE COMBINE 21 AND 22, THE TOTAL PROJECTED DEFICIT IS $109 MILLION. NOW, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE, UM, OF THE REDUCTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE TRIAL BUDGET. AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE, THE FIRST TIME THAT, THAT YOU, YOU SEE THIS INFORMATION THAT WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS, AND WE'LL FURTHER DISCUSS THIS TRIAL BUDGET, UH, REDUCTIONS WHEN WE HAVE THE GOAL SETTING SESSION NEXT WEEK. SO I'LL BEGIN WITH POLICE OVER TIME. UH, ONE OF THE PRIORITIES OF COUNSEL FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS WAS TO FILL VACANCIES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UH, WE HAVE DONE SO, AND, UH, WE HAVE TWO ACADEMY CLASSES, UH, GOING ON RIGHT NOW. AND WITH THOSE CADETS AND, AND THE ACADEMY CLASSES, WE ARE ABOUT 50 POSITIONS OVER HIGHER. UM, SO AS WE FILL THOSE, THOSE, UH, VACANT POSITIONS, THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT WE'RE SPENDING IN OVERTIME WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE A, A REDUCTION IN OVERTIME. THE TOTAL BUDGET OF THE OVERTIME, UM, BUDGET IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT $17 MILLION. SO WITH A REDUCTION OF 3.4 MILLION IN 2021, AN ADDITIONAL 1 MILLION IN 2022 FOR A TOTAL OF 4.4 WILL BE REDUCING THAT BUDGET BY 25%. UM, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE AN IMPACT TO SERVICE DELIVERY, AGAIN, BECAUSE THOSE POSITIONS THAT WERE VACANT ARE BEING FILLED. SO OUR RESPONSE TIMES WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN AS THEY ARE TODAY. ANOTHER, UM, ITEM WE HAVE IN THE TRIAL BUDGET IS A, UH, HIRING FREEZE, UH, IN THE GENERAL FUND, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME OF THE KEY POSITIONS LIKE NINE ONE ONE CALL TAKER TAKERS, THREE ONE ONE, UH, MUNICIPAL COURT POSITIONS, FOR EXAMPLE. AND WE ARE ALSO GONNA BE LOOKING AT OUR TEMPORARY POSITIONS AS WELL. WE ARE GONNA DO AN ANALYSIS OF THOSE TEMPORARY POSITIONS THAT, UH, PERHAPS NEED TO BE CONVERTED INTO FULL-TIME CITY POSITIONS 'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN WITH US FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND THEN THOSE THAT WE CAN, UH, POTENTIALLY, UM, UH, SUSPEND SERVICES IN ORDER TO HAVE SOME SAVINGS IN THE BUDGET. SO THAT OVER TWO YEARS IS ABOUT $17 MILLION. OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, WE HAVE A BUDGET OF $6.6 MILLION. WE ARE PROPOSING TO SUSPEND FIVE AND A HALF MILLION FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS FOR A TOTAL OF $11.1 MILLION. UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS A CONTRIBUTION THAT THE CITY MAKES TO HEMISPHERE PARK. UH, WE HAVE A MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH HEMISPHERE PARK THAT, UH, CONTRIBUTION EXPIRES AT THE END OF, UH, THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO WE ARE REFLECTING THAT REDUCTION, UH, IN THE CITY'S BUDGET, UM, FOR, FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. AND THIS WILL BE A PERMANENT REDUCTION FOR, FOR THE, FOR THE CITY'S BUDGET. UM, THE OTHER AREA THAT WE, THAT WE ARE STARTED TO LOOK AT IS CONSULTING FEES WITHIN, WITHIN THE CITY'S BUDGET. AND AS YOU MAY RECALL, WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE SA TOMORROW PLAN, UH, WE ADDED ROUGHLY ABOUT $1.4 MILLION FOR CONSULTANTS [01:45:01] TO HELP OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORIGINAL, ORIGINAL PLANS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS. WHAT WE ARE THINKING IS ABOUT BRINGING THOSE SERVICES IN HOUSE AND HAVE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF DO THAT WORK. THERE WILL BE AN IMPACT TO THE TIMELINE OF COMPLETION OF THOSE PLANS, AND WE'RE STUDYING THAT, BUT WE THINK BECAUSE OF OUR CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITION, THAT THAT WOULD BE, UH, A GOOD, UM, CHANGE TO MAKE, UH, FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. THE CITY ALSO HAS WHAT WE CALL A MANAGEMENT FELLOW PROGRAM, WHERE WE RECRUIT ABOUT THREE, UH, INDIVIDUALS, UM, THAT COME AND WORK FOR THE CITY FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS. AND THEN AFTER THAT EXPOSURE, UH, WILL GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILL ONE OF THE VACANCIES WITHIN THE CITY. WE ARE, UH, SUSPENDING THAT PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. THERE'S NO IMPACT TO CITY POSITIONS. WE JUST WON'T DO THE PROGRAM, UM, NEXT YEAR. THE NEXT ITEM IS REDUCTIONS ON CONTINGENCIES. OUR GENERAL FUND, AS YOU KNOW, HAS A $1 MILLION CONTINGENCY THAT WE TYPICALLY USE DURING THE MIDYEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. WE ARE, UH, RECOMMENDING TO SUSPEND THAT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. WE ALSO MAINTAIN A, UH, A $1 MILLION FUEL CONTINGENCY IN CASE THERE ARE INCREASES IN FUEL, AND THAT TYPICALLY IMPACTS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS. SO WE'RE REDUCING THAT BY HALF. UH, SO THAT'S A $3 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS. THE NEXT ITEM IS A ONE-TIME PERSONNEL EXPENSE ADJUSTMENT. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES WITHIN THE BUDGET, POTENTIALLY AS A CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, DOING MANDATORY FURLOUGH DAYS, UM, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR. UH, AND POTENTIALLY IT COULD MEAN REDUCTIONS IN COMPENSATION FOR ALL OF OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. SO, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD GENERATE POTENTIALLY $12.8 MILLION. AGAIN, IT'S A ONE TIME, UH, UM, ADJUSTMENT. UH, WE, UM, UH, IN OUR FIVE YEAR FORECAST, UH, WE WOULD REPLENISH THAT IN THE NEXT, UH, FISCAL YEAR IN 2022. AND FINALLY, THE LAST ITEM IS OUR STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. THE FORECAST REFLECTS $110 MILLION EVERY SINGLE YEAR OF THE FORECAST. WHAT WE, UM, UH, ARE INDICATING IN THIS TRIAL BUDGET IS TO REDUCE THAT BY 27.8 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2021. SO THAT'LL BE ROUGHLY ABOUT AN $82 MILLION PROGRAM. AND IN 2022, IT WOULD BE AN 87 MILLION PROGRAM RATHER THAN THE 110. NOW, ONE THING THAT I WANNA POINT OUT, THAT THE, THE, THIS TRIAL REDUCTIONS THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU ALLOWS THE COUNCIL TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY IF THE ECONOMY RECOVERS QUICKER THAN WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING, UM, THE COUNCIL CAN REINSTATE SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. UH, THERE'S, THERE'S THIS PROGRAMS WILL HAVE A, A, UM, SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF STREET MAINTENANCE TO THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY TODAY. SO, AGAIN, THAT FLEXIBILITY FOR US WAS SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO BUILD INTO THE TRIAL BUDGET. SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA MOVE TO THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. AND JUST A QUICK, UH, UM, OVERVIEW OF THE TAX RATE, UH, IN, UH, IN THE H O T IS 16.75% FOR EVERY, UH, HOTEL ROOM NIGHT THAT IS USED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. THE CITY GETS 9% OF THAT 2% FOR, UH, PAYMENT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER DEBT, AND 7% SUPPORTS FOUR IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS. OUR CONVENTION FACILITIES, WHICH IS, AND THE CONVENTION CENTER GETS 35%, UH, 35% TO VISIT SAN ANTONIO. UH, 15% GOES TO THE ARTS, AND 15% GOES TO HISTORY AND PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES. THIS CHART, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, UH, YOU'LL SEE OUR FORECAST IS VERY CLOSE TO THE BASELINE, A SCENARIO THAT DR. NEVIN, UM, UH, DEVELOPED. AND ON THIS FOLLOWING CHART, YOU CAN SEE THE HISTORY OF THE REVENUE FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, AND THEN OUR PROJECTIONS. SO YOU'LL SEE THE SHARP DECLINE IN 2020, FROM $93 MILLION THAT WE COLLECTED IN 2019 DOWN TO 56. UH, THERE'S ROUGHLY A 40% DECREASE. AND THEN IN, IN OUR FINANCIAL FORECAST, BASED ON OUR ASSUMPTIONS, WE ARE SEEING, UH, OR ANTICIPATING A FIVE YEAR RECOVERY OF THE REVENUES. SO BY 2025, BE AT THE SAME LEVEL THAT WE WERE IN 2019. SO WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE DIFFERENT, UH, FUNCTIONS THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY THE TAX. THAT INCLUDES, AGAIN, OUR FACILITIES, THE ALAMO DOME AND THE CONVENTION CENTER VISIT SAN ANTONIO ARTS AND CULTURE AND HISTORY AND PRESERVATION. YOU'LL SEE THE 2020 ADOPTED BUDGET. THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED THE, THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN [01:50:01] YOU SEE THE 2021 PROJECTION, I'M GONNA FOCUS ON THAT. SO YOU CAN SEE THE DECREASE YEAR OVER YEAR AND THE IMPACT TO THOSE FUNCTIONS. SO LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY AND VISITORS FACILITY, THAT IS ROUGHLY ABOUT A $12 MILLION DECREASE FROM WHERE WE WERE IN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR IN 2020. AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE DID SOME, UM, MEDIA REDUCTIONS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE COMPARISON FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR TO WHERE WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE, UH, NEXT YEAR FOR VISIT SAN ANTONIO. WITH A, UH, BUDGET OF CLOSE TO $25 MILLION, THERE'S A REDUCTION OF $8.7 MILLION, AND ALSO OUR ARTS AND CULTURE, UM, FROM A BUDGET OF 11 AND A HALF, UM, WE SEE A DECREASE OF ABOUT 3.8 RIGHT NOW IN THE FORECAST. NOW YOU SEE THAT FOOTNOTE THAT WE ADDED TO, UH, THE COMMUNITY AND VISITOR FACILITIES, UH, TO OFFSET THAT $1 MILLION. WHAT THE FORECAST, UH, REFLECTS TODAY IS A TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF $6.9 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021. THIS WILL HELP US ADDRESS SOME OF THE EXPENSES AT THE FACILITIES. WE STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR ELECTRICITY. WE STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE BUILDING. UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT ARE, UH, SCHEDULED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR AS WELL AS 20 20, 20 21, EXCUSE ME. BUT AS YOU HEARD, DR. NEVIN, THE ATTENDANCE IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS. SO. THE REVENUES OF THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE ALAMODOME ARE EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED ABOUT 40% NEXT YEAR. SO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE, UH, SERVICES TO, TO, UM, FOR THOSE CONVENTIONS, WE ARE, WE ARE, UH, INCLUDING A TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND. AND ALSO ADJUSTMENTS WILL HAVE TO BE MADE IN THIS FUND. THAT WILL INCLUDE, UH, UH, ADJUSTMENTS TO PERSONNEL COSTS, LIKE WHAT I DESCRIBED IN THE GENERAL FUND. UM, AND, AND ALSO AN ADDITIONAL, UH, REDUCTIONS WITHIN THEIR BUDGET OF ABOUT, UM, IN TOTAL $5.1 MILLION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. UM, THIS IS ANOTHER FUND THAT IS BEING IMPACTED BY BY COVID 19. UM, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS CHART. SO YOU CAN SEE THE, THE PERMIT ACTIVITY FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PERMITS SINCE 2010. AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT, IT FLUCTUATES YEAR OVER YEAR, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, BASED ON WHAT OUR, UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS IN CONVERSATIONS WITH DEVELOPERS AND THE ACTIVITY THAT THEY'RE SEEING TODAY, THEY'RE ANTICIPATING A 12% DECREASE IN RESIDENTIAL PERMITS AND A 26% IN COMMERCIAL PERMITS FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. 2020 GOING INTO 2021, THE RESIDENTIAL IMPACT IS ANTICIPATED AT 21% AND COMMERCIAL 33%. SO THIS HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH PROPERTY TAXES. SO IF THERE'S NO, UM, NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING INTO THE, INTO THE CERTIFIED ROLE, THEN WE'LL SEE, UH, LESS GROWTH IN, IN OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AS WELL FROM FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT. SO IN TERMS OF REVENUES, UM, WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS CHART VERY SIMILAR TO SALES TAX. YOU SEE IN 2010, WE HAD A NEGATIVE GROWTH IN REVENUE OF 8.3% AS WE WERE IN, IN COMING OUT OF THE RECESSION. AND THEN WE STARTED TO SEE STRONG GROWTH IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ACTIVITY. ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU SEE THAT WE ARE ESTIMATING A 5% DECREASE FOR 2020, A FURTHER DECREASE IN 21 AND 2022, AND THEN WE'LL START SEEING A RECOVERY IN 2023. IN TERMS OF THE, UH, FINANCIAL FORECAST. UM, GIVEN OUR, OUR OPERATING CONTINGENCY THAT WE HAVE BUILT INTO THIS ENTERPRISE FUND THAT, UM, OPERATES AS A BUSINESS, IF THE REVENUES ARE NOT COMING IN, WE HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO EXPENSES. WE SEE, UH, ROUGHLY, UH, BETWEEN 2021 AND 2022 AND $8.4 MILLION, UH, DEFICIT IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THAT. UH, THE TRIAL BUDGET INCLUDES A PERSONAL EXPENSE ADJUSTMENTS SIMILAR TO THE GENERAL FUND, A HIRING FREEZE. UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT REDUCING SOME LINE ITEM, UM, BUDGETS ABOUT 600,000 AND USING A PORTION OF OUR OPERATING CONTINGENCY TO MAINTAIN THIS BUDGET BALANCE. AND THEN THE LAST FUND THAT I WANNA COVER WITH YOU TODAY IS THE AIRPORT. I WANNA BEGIN WITH THIS SLIDE, 'CAUSE I THINK THIS TELLS THE STORY OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE AIRPORT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ORANGE, I'M SORRY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLUE, THE LIGHT BLUE LINE THAT REPRESENTS, UH, PASSENGERS COMING TO THE AIRPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019, ROUGHLY [01:55:01] ABOUT 10 MILLION, UH, A YEAR. THE ORANGE REPRESENTS, UH, THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 2020. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE STARTED THE YEAR VERY STRONG, AND IN, UH, FEBRUARY, MARCH WE STARTED TO SEE A DECLINE. YOU SEE, OUR PROJECTIONS FROM, UM, JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER CONTINUE TO BE, UM, CONTINUE TO BE LOW. SO WHEN YOU COMPARE FISCAL YEAR 2020 TO FISCAL YEAR 2019 IS ABOUT A 49% DECREASE IN PASSENGERS COMING THROUGH OUR AIRPORT, GOING TO 2021, WHICH IS A DARK, UM, KIND OF LIKE A DARK BLUE DOTTED LINE. UH, THAT'S 2021, AND THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT AN 11% DECREASE OVER FISCAL YEAR 2020. SO, SO, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE SOME CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, ACTIVITY AT THE AIRPORT, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE SHOWN YOU IN THE OTHER CHARTS. THIS IS A FIVE YEAR PROJECTION FOR AIRPORT REVENUES. RIGHT NOW, THE, THE LINE IN ORANGE, WHICH IS OUR TRIAL BUDGET, SHOWS US SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE BASELINE AND THE OPTIMISTIC SCENARIO FOR THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE AIRPORT. THIS IS, UH, DIFFERENT THAN, THAN THE OTHER FUNDS. 'CAUSE AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE GOT CLOSE TO $40 MILLION, UH, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE CARESS ACT. SO WE ARE USING THOSE FUNDS OVER THREE YEARS TO HELP US BALANCE THE, THE BUDGET YOU'LL SEE ON THIS CHART THAT SHOWS, UH, THE REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 COMPARED TO THE PROJECTION, WE'RE USING ABOUT $13.3 MILLION OF THOSE, UH, CARES, UH, FUNDS TO, TO HELP US, UH, WITH, UH, FISCAL YEAR, UM, 2021. BUT EVEN WITH THAT, WE, WE HAVE A, A, A GAP OF ABOUT $34 MILLION TO ADDRESS THAT GAP. WE'RE LOOKING AT REDUCING SOME OF OUR OPERATING EXPENSES AT THE AIRPORT, DOING SOME, UH, PERSONNEL EXPENSE ADJUSTMENTS, ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS. UM, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO, UH, REDUCE OUR TRANSFERS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, FOR FUTURE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE IF WE HAD ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. AND ALSO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT DID, UH, COMPLETED A RESTRUCTURING, OR REFINANCING, EXCUSE ME, OF DEBT. UM, AND THAT, UH, RESULTED IN, IN SAVINGS AS WELL. SO ALL THAT COMBINED ALLOWS US TO STAY BALANCED IN THE AIRPORT FUND. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE FINANCIAL, UH, PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION. UH, JUST TO REMIND THE COUNCIL, WE ARE GOING TO BE, UM, WORKING WITH EVERY, UH, SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER BETWEEN NOW AND THE 24TH, UH, TO HOST A, UM, COMMUNITY INPUT VIRTUAL SESSIONS. WE ALSO GONNA BE POSTING A SURVEY ONLINE TO GET INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT, UM, UM, INFORMATION BY THE 25TH WHEN WE HAVE THE, I'M SORRY, BY THE 26TH WHEN WE HAVE OUR GOAL SETTING SESSION. AND, UM, THE BUDGET WILL BE, UH, PROPOSED ON AUGUST THE SIXTH WITH AN ADOPTION OF SEPTEMBER 17. AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARIA. UM, SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE'RE RELYING UPON. UM, AND, AND I THINK IT'LL BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO, UH, CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR FINANCIAL FLEXIBILITY AND OUR MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, UM, THAT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO MANEUVER THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE UNCERTAINTY, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE PROPOSED TRIAL BUDGET IN WHICH YOU SAW THERE TODAY, AND THE ASSUMPTION OF THINGS LIKE, UH, A HIRING FREEZE AND REDUCING THE USE OF TEMPORARIES AND LOOKING AT PERSONNEL EXPENSE ADJUSTMENTS. UM, IT, IT WILL ALSO TAKE, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE A DOLLAR FIGURE ATTACHED TO, BUT IT IT'LL ALSO RELY UPON SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE WORKFORCE HAS DONE A, A VERY GOOD JOB OF OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS. AND THAT'S, UM, CHANGING, UM, WHAT THEIR JOBS ARE. UM, AND, AND THE WORKFORCE HAS RESPONDED VERY WELL, AND WE CAN ALL CERTAINLY BE PROUD, AND I KNOW I AM OF, OF THE ADDITIONAL WORK OR THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF WORK THAT EVERYBODY'S HAD TO DO, UM, THAT WILL NEED TO CONTINUE INTO NEXT YEAR. THE TRADE OFF THERE, AND YOU SAW IN THE TRIAL BUDGET, THE TRADE-OFF OF ALL THOSE THINGS IS AVOIDING LAYOFFS. AND, UM, UH, THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, UH, WITH THE EMPLOYEES. WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. THE TRIAL BUDGET. UM, AGAIN, WE'VE TRIED TO, TO HIT THOSE, THOSE, UM, UH, TWO GUIDEPOSTS THAT I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING. MARIA'S THIRD ONE WAS, UH, EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT. AND, AND, AND WHAT YOU CAUGHT MARIA SAY, IS THAT IF WE MANAGE THROUGH THIS, THEN WE WILL HAVE THE LATITUDE AND THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADJUST, UH, QUICKLY, UM, UM, AND, AND, AND, UH, RESPOND, UH, APPROPRIATELY. [02:00:02] WE DO HAVE A LOT OF WORK, OBVIOUSLY AS WE GO THROUGH THE MONTH OF JULY AND THE, AND A LOT MORE, A LOT MORE DETAILED WORK. UM, AND I, I WILL SEE THAT, UM, UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL BE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THAT FLEXIBILITY. UM, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO, FOR THE COUNCIL, I THINK WE ALL NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT IT, AND, AND THE STAFF HAS STARTED, UH, KIND OF SHIFTING OUR MINDSET. UM, WE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UM, THAT IF WE START TO SEE RECOVERY HAPPENING, UM, IN ONE OF MORE, THE MORE OPTIMISTIC SCENARIOS, THE TRIAL BUDGET REDUCTIONS ARE THERE, UM, AND ARE LAID OUT SO THAT WE CAN DIAL DOWN IF WE NEED TO OVER THE TWO YEARS. AND, YOU KNOW, UM, I, I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY, UM, UH, LOOKS FORWARD TO THE, THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL UPDATES THAT WE DO. UM, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE, UH, EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 21 BECAUSE THEY ARE GONNA BE YARD MARKERS FOR US ON, ON THOSE CHARTS YOU SAW. UM, WE'VE GOT THE, THE, THE, THE PESSIMISTIC, THE OPTIMISTIC, AND THE BASELINE, AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR OWN FORECAST. WE'RE GONNA NEED TO REALLY, UM, UH, WATCH THOSE, UH, CLOSELY. THERE IS A SILVER LINING HERE. AND, AND, AND I THINK I, I THINK IT'S, UH, TO THE CREDIT OF THE COUNCIL, UM, AND THE ADOPTION OF THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. TWO OF THE MAJOR, TWO OF THE FOUR MAJOR PILLARS THAT WERE PART OF THAT PLAN ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO WHAT YOU HEARD, UH, JOHN AND, AND DR. NIVAN TALK ABOUT. ONE IS, UH, THE IMPACT THAT UNEMPLOYMENT IS GONNA HAVE ON OUR RECOVERY, WHETHER IT'S SALES TAX OR PROPERTY TAX. UM, AND, UM, THROUGH THE USE OF OUR, UH, LOCAL DOLLARS AND OUR CARESS ACT MONEY. UM, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO GETTING FOLKS BACK TO WORK ULTIMATELY, AND, AND IT IS THE LARGEST EFFORT OF OUR RECOVERY RESILIENCY PLAN. AND WE CERTAINLY GOT SOME VALIDATION, UH, THROUGH THEIR ANALYSIS THAT THAT IS THE, UM, AND AT LEAST IN THEIR OPINION, UM, THE BACKBONE OF RECOVERY. AND THE SECOND ONE IS, AND A LITTLE BIT MORE SOBERING, WAS, UH, DR. NIVEN'S PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION THAT TALKED ABOUT THE LASTING IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESSES AND MICRO BUSINESSES, UM, AND, AND WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THOSE BUSINESSES WILL RECOVER OR COME BACK. AND, UM, EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT, THAT WAS ONE OF OUR MAJOR PILLARS. BOTH OF THOSE PILLARS ARE GOING THROUGH THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE WORK THIS MONTH. AND JUST TO REMIND, UH, YOU AND THE PUBLIC, OUR INTENTION IS TO, UM, EXECUTE THOSE PLANS THE FIRST WEEK IN JULY, UH, WITH SOME URGENCY, UH, BECAUSE THEY ARE, UH, OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT TO OUR OWN LOCAL RECOVERY. AND THE SOONER WE MOVE, UH, THE BETTER OFF, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL ALL BE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERIC. UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO, UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL CITIZENS WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND CALL THEM NOW. UH, I'LL CALL THE FIRST PERSON TO SPEAK, UH, AND THEN I'LL CALL THE NEXT IN LINE. IF YOU CAN GET PREPARED. AGAIN, WE HAVE A MICROPHONE ON THE STAND. IT WILL BE SANITIZED IN BETWEEN SPEAKERS. UH, JACK, FINGER JACK, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MELANIE COFFIN. MAYOR NURNBERG, ANOTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. WELL, IF I OR ANYBODY ELSE ARE AN AVERAGE EMPLOYEE AT AN AVERAGE COMPANY HERE IN TOWN, UH, WE HAVE BEEN SUFFERING. IF WE HAVEN'T BEEN LAID OFF, WE'VE BEEN PLEADING FOR OUR JOB, WE EVEN EVEN, UH, ASK FOR A PAY CUT. JUST PLEASE, MR. BOSS, ALLOW ME TO STAY ON SO I CAN PUT FOOT IN MY, MY FAMILY'S TABLE. AND SO THEY DO. SO, AND THEY, AND YOU, MAYBE YOU'VE DODGED A BULLET THERE, AND THEN YOU THINK, WELL, VERY, THE VERY LEAST THAT MY, MY CITY FATHERS AND LEADERS CAN DO FOR ME IS GIVE ME A TAX CUT. THAT'S, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT FOR ME, AREN'T THEY? I MEAN, IN THESE DIRE TIMES, I CAN'T EXPECT THAT TO, CAN'T WE? WELL, I'VE LOOKED THROUGH ALL THIS THAT WE JUST PRESENTED HERE, AND I'M PAGING PAGE BY PAGE. I DON'T SEE ANY TAX CUT HERE. HMM. YEAH. UH, IN FACT, ALL I SEE IS A, A RISE IN VALUATIONS, MEANING A RISE IN OUR PROPERTY TAX RATES THERE, . UH HUH. YEAH. ALSO, UH, THE, UM, IF EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A STARK CONTRAST BETWEEN RUNNING A, A BUSINESS AND RUNNING A GOVERNMENT. IT'S TODAY'S [02:05:01] PRESENTATION HERE. THE CITY MANAGER TELLS US THAT, UH, HE, HE'S GONNA DO, DO EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO HARDLY LAY OFF ANYBODY. MAYBE FURLOUGH, PE PEOPLE, MEANING THAT THEY'LL COME BACK AT THEIR PAY. THEY'RE THE PROMISE TO COME BACK. BUT, BUT NO, UH, NO LAYOFFS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. YEAH. AND YOU, THE, THE EMPLOYER, YOU, YOU'RE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN TO CUT YOUR EXPENSES AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE TO CUT MAYBE AS MUCH AS 40% OF YOUR WORKFORCE, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF YOUR BUSY, BIGGEST EXPENSES. WELL, MR. UH, MR. DIVISION, MAN, GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT UP ON THE, ON THE AGENDA. THAT FIRST PAGE THERE. YES. UH, WELL, WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE CUTTING THERE? BLOW THAT UP A LITTLE BIT SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CIRCLED AREAS THERE. YEAH. WHAT ARE WE, I IN THAT BIG CIRCLE? THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT THE, THE, THE BUDGET THAT, THE REDUCTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING CUTTING. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING REGARDING A MAJOR. WELL, WHAT ARE WE CUTTING HERE? UH, PERSONNEL EXPENSE ADJUSTMENTS, THAT'S ALL TO 12.8%. THAT OUTTA THE, OUT OF THE 50, 65% THAT, THAT'S ONLY MAYBE ONE FIFTH OF ALL THE REDUCTIONS WHEN YOU THE EMPLOYER ARE CUTTING AS MUCH AS 40%. WHAT ELSE? STREET MAINTENANCE, MEANING THINK POTHOLE REPAIRS 27 MILLION. YOU'RE CUTTING OUTTA THAT 27 MILLION OUT OF, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET OUR POTHOLES RE REPAIRED. 27 MILLION. YOU'RE CUTTING OUTTA STREET MAINTENANCE. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. MELANIE COFFIN. MS. COFFIN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY NAZARITE RUBIN FLORES PEREZ. THANK YOU. SO THE RESILIENCY PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, ON MAY 20TH. AND AT WHICH TIME, COUNCILWOMAN ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA SHARED HER INPUT ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT LACK OF A, AN ADDITIONAL PILLAR THAT WAS FORGOTTEN WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT RESILIENCY. AND THAT IS TRANSPORTATION. AND TRADITIONALLY, INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ARE HISTORICALLY LEFT BEHIND AS COMMUNITIES MOVE FORWARD. AND THE SAN ANTONIO LEADERS CAN MAKE AN UNPRECEDENTED DECISION AT THIS TIME TO PUT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AT THE FOREFRONT, UM, AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE EQUITABLY INCLUDED BY ENSURING THAT ALL POPULATIONS ARE CONSIDERED AS THE CONVERSATIONS, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH COVID RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY. FUNDAMENTAL ACCESS TO INCLUSION, ENGAGEMENT, HEALTHCARE, HOUSING, FOOD, EDUCATION, SOCIALIZATION, EMPLOYMENT AND MORE, ALL DEPENDS ENTIRELY ON A PERSON'S ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE LOCATIONS THAT ARE SERVICING, UM, THESE AREAS. AND THAT MEANS TRANSPORTATION. YET IT SEEMS THAT THIS TOPIC WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE, EXCLUDED FROM THE WORK GROUPS, UM, THAT WERE FOCUSED ON MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO MOVE FORWARD FROM PANDEMIC TO DISASTER TO RESILIENCY. THE RESILIENCY PLAN FOR SAN ANTONIO FOCUSES ON IMPORTANT AREAS INCLUDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, AND HOUSING SECURITY. HOWEVER, IT LEAVES THIS FUNDAMENTAL CONSIDERATION OFF THE TABLE. TRANSPORTATION. WHILE LIMITED RESOURCES MAY BE GOING TO ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES THAT WILL PROVIDING, WILL BE PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SERVICES LIKE HEALTHCARE, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, FOOD DISTRIBUTION, THESE SERVICES BECOME USELESS TO THE PEOPLE WHO WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEM. IF OUR TRANSIT ISN'T ADDRESSED, UM, THIS IS NOT AN EQUITABLE SOLUTION TO SUSTAINING OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE NEED TO INVEST OUR TIME, OUR ATTENTION IN THE TRANSPORTATION AREA. SO WE NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE OPTIONS TO ACCESS ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT WILL MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD. EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY IS AT STAKE IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RESILIENCY PLAN IN YOUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS. COFFIN. NAZARITE, RUBEN FLORES PEREZ. UH, YES, UH, I HAVE LEARNED A LOT TODAY. AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, MY NAME IS RUBEN FLORES PEREZ. UH, AND, UH, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, I'M THE LAW HEAVEN AND THE LAW THAT LAND THE LIBERTY LAWS, AND OF COURSE ALL THE SUBJECTS IS IN CONNECTION WITH LAWS, UH, FROM HEAVEN AND THE LOS OF LAND. NOW, UM, I I, I THOUGHT I HAD PROBLEMS SINCE I, I HAVE MY DAUGHTER, [02:10:01] UH, IN ENGLAND BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS PROBLEMS THAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS INTERFERENCE. SO SHE'S STILL OVER THERE AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER TOO. BUT, UM, I SEE THAT THE, WE GOT BIG, WELL, WE, WE DO HAVE PROBLEMS. WE, WE, WE, WE JUST GOTTA FACE 'EM. AND I'M HERE TO, I'M HERE TO HELP. I HAD A DIFFERENT VIEW TODAY. I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA HAVE IT ALWAYS ONE ANOTHER AROUND HERE, BUT I GUESS NOT. BUT, BUT THEY'RE ALL DOING A GOOD JOB AND KEEPING IT UP. AND I'LL BE COMING BY TO, TO SHARE INFORMATION, BUT IT CHANGED MY VIEW COMPLETELY WHEN WHAT, WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS, THE INFORMATION. IT'S NOT THAT NEGATIVE, BUT IT'S THERE, YOU KNOW. BUT, BUT I DO THANK YOU. AND I'M, I'M, I'M WITH YOU. UH, I'M WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY. SO, UH, I'LL BE KEEPING UP. SORRY. THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ. DEANNA ORGA, I AM SORRY, DEANNA. ANTONIO'S NOT SIGNED UP ON THIS ITEM. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE YOUR TIME, HE HAS TO BE SIGNED UP ON THE ITEM THAT HE WANTS TO SPEAK OR TAKE TIME FROM SOMEONE, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UH, UH, I'M STILL UNEMPLOYED. UH, I DID, UH, GET MY TESTING AND IT CAME OUT NEGATIVE. JUST GOT MY RESULTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, BUT I'M STILL LOOKING FOR WORK AND, UH, I'M NOT RECEIVING NO UNEMPLOYMENT AND I'M NOT RECEIVING ANY FOOD STAMPS. AND I, UH, DUNNO HOW I'M GONNA PAY MY BILLS. LIGHT AND WATER. UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE THE SAME AS ME. THEY GOT RENT TO PAY. SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PAY OUR, OUR BILLS. SIR. UH, I'M, I'M COMING OVER HERE TO SEE IF YOU WERE STILL GONNA HELP US OUT WITH THAT INSTEAD OF, UH, GIVING ALL THE MONEY TO ALL THESE CORPORATIONS AND STUFF, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK YOU SHOULD BAIL US OUT, THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW, AND NOT THE BANKS. 'CAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF HOUSES WERE BUILT AND PEOPLE WENT AND BOUGHT 'EM, BUT NOW THEY GOT THAT PAYMENT TO PAY WITHOUT A JOB. THEY CAN'T PAY IT, AND THEY HAVE TO ASK FOR LOANS, YOU KNOW? AND I MEAN, COME ON, SIR. WE ALL GOT KIDS, YOU KNOW, TO FEED TOO. AND, YOU KNOW, WE, LIKE JACK FINGER SAID OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, HE WANTS TO PUT, PUT SOME FOOD ON HIS TABLE, BUT HE LOOKS RICHER THAN ME. YOU KNOW, I'M POOR. WHAT CAN I SAY? I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR WORK AND I STILL CAN'T GET A JOB. CAN YOU GIMME A JOB? I ASKED ALI TOO, WHEN HE, SHE WAS CITY MANAGER AND SHE DIDN'T GIMME A JOB. HOW ABOUT YOU, ERIC WALSH? WOULD YOU GIMME A JOB? ANYBODY? GIMME A JOB. HELP ME OUT, MAN. HELP THESE PEOPLE OUT. WE'RE ALL GONNA BE OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, SOME OF 'EM GOT LAID OFF. I GOT MY DAUGHTER LAID OFF TOO, YOU KNOW, FROM HER JOB, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING OUT HERE, YOU KNOW, AND TRYING TO FIND A WORK. AND, AND LIKE ME, I HAD TO GET TESTED, YOU KNOW? BUT ALL THESE OTHER COMPANIES ARE, ARE PROBABLY ASKING THE SAME THING TOO, TO GET TESTED BEFORE THEY GIVE 'EM A JOB, YOU KNOW? AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF GETTING TESTED. THANK YOU. OR IGAS JUSTICE. LOVIN. [02:15:06] THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, COOL. SO, FIRST SUGGESTION, Y'ALL SHOULD LIKE STAND UP AND STRETCH SOMETIMES. THIS IS EXHAUSTING AND INHUMAN, AND Y'ALL ALL SIGNED UP FOR THIS VOLUNTARILY THAT MAKES YOUR LIKE JUDGMENT PRETTY SUSPECT, IN MY VIEW. UH, BUT SECOND, YOU SHOULD DEFUND THE POLICE. UH, AND HERE'S WHY YOU SHOULD DO THAT. UM, RUTH WILSON GILMORE, THE, UH, ABOLITIONIST SCHOLAR DEFINES RACISM AS THE PRODUCTION OF GROUP DIFFERENTIATED EXPOSURE TO PREMATURE DEATH IN SAN ANTONIO. THE LIFE EXPECTANCY GAP BETWEEN THE NORTH SIDE AND THE SOUTH SIDE IS 20 YEARS, WHICH IS TO SAY THAT YOU ALL ARE THE GOVERNING BODY OF A RACIST CITY. NOT BECAUSE INDIVIDUALLY YOU HAVE PREJUDICES, BUT BECAUSE THE OUTCOME OF THE STRUCTURES THAT ARE IN PLACE ARE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DIE 20 YEARS EARLIER THAN OTHERS. AND A BIG PART OF THAT IS, UH, THE BUDGET PROCESS, BUT ALSO THE POLICE. UM, ESSENTIALLY OUTSIDE OF ALL, LIKE THE EXPLICIT RACISM, THE BAD STUFF THAT WE'RE AWARE OF, THE KILLING OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, UH, THE DISPROPORTIONATE LIKE TARGETING OF ETHNIC MINORITIES FOR LIKE TRAFFIC STOPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. UH, EVEN IF WE IGNORED ALL OF THAT, AND WE ASSUMED WE HAD A PERFECT POLICE FORCE, A POLICE FORCE THAT ONLY ARRESTED, UH, GUILTY PEOPLE, INNOCENT PEOPLE NEVER INTERACTED WITH, NO ONE WAS EVER GIVEN A FINE THAT THEY COULDN'T PAY. LIKE THIS IMPOSSIBLE, UTOPIAN, PERFECT POLICE FORCE WOULD STILL BE A RACIST INSTITUTION BECAUSE $480 MILLION WOULD BE GOING TO THE POLICE WHEN IT COULD BE GOING TO OTHER THINGS, RIGHT? UM, FOR MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS AT THIS POINT, LIKE SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT CRIME IS A RESPONSE TO SOCIAL CONDITIONS. IT'S NOT A MATTER OF INDIVIDUAL CHOICE. A PERSON DOESN'T STEAL BECAUSE THEY HAVE LIKE A PREDISPOSITION TO STEALING, AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, I'M GONNA GO STEAL SOME STUFF. THEY'RE LIKE HUNGRY OR THEY HAVE NEEDS THAT THEY CAN'T MEET. AND THOSE NEEDS, LIKE EXIST IN A STRUCTURAL WAY, RIGHT? LIKE, THE WAY THAT OUR SOCIETY IS ARRANGED IS SUCH THAT IT PRODUCES CONDITIONS WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T GET THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED. AND IN RESPONSE TO THAT, THEY ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL BEHAVIORS. WHEN YOU INVEST $480 MILLION IN THE POLICE, INSTEAD OF HOUSING, INSTEAD OF LIKE PUBLIC HEALTH INSTEAD OF JOBS PROGRAMS, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS ESSENTIALLY SAYING LIKE, OKAY, YEAH, WE HAVE THIS MONEY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU. INSTEAD, WE ARE GOING TO SAY LIKE, GO COMMIT A CRIME. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I KNOW THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WE COULD INSTEAD CHANGE THAT. UH, BUT WE HAVE A POLICE FORCE THAT IS GOING TO THEN ARREST THOSE PEOPLE. AND IN A COUNTRY THAT, UH, WE ACKNOWLEDGED THIS MORNING FOR THE MAJORITY OF ITS HISTORY USED LIKE ENSLAVED LABOR OF PEOPLE OF COLOR, SPECIFICALLY BLACK AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, AS LIKE THE CORNERSTONE OF ITS ECONOMY. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE ARE LIKE, GO SETTING OUT TO ENGAGE IN RACIST BEHAVIOR THAT THEN RESULTS IN THE, LIKE, PREMATURE DEATHS OF THESE PEOPLE. LIKE, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH INDIVIDUAL PREJUDICE, INDIVIDUAL BIASES. I'M NOT SAYING THAT ANY OF US ARE BAD PEOPLE. I AM SAYING THAT IF WE ARE TO BE GOOD PEOPLE, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR LIKE, ENGAGING SERIOUSLY IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THESE CONDITIONS, WHICH I HOPE YOU WILL DO. THANK YOU, MR. LO. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET INTO A, UM, COUNCIL DISCUSSION NOW, UH, WHICH I THINK WILL BE ILLUSTRATIVE AS WE GO INTO THE FORECASTING MEETING. I JUST WANNA FIRST, UM, START BY THANKING OUR PRESENTERS. UH, MARIA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, MR. HAOS, MR. NIVAN, THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS AND ERIC AND YOUR TEAM. UH, I KNOW HOW HARD YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, AND IT'S NOT EASY. UH, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS TO BE REMINDED THAT ALL OF THESE ARE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS. THE WORLD REALLY DID CHANGE, UH, IN A MATTER OF WEEKS AS WE GOT INTO THIS CRISIS IN, IN LITERALLY EVERY CITY IN THIS COUNTRY AND BEYOND THAT. AND SO WE'VE HAD TO REASSESS OUR PRIORITIES. I I, I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM OF THE CITY STAFF, UH, OF GETTING IN FRONT OF THIS ANALYSIS. FIRST, UH, AS YOU KNOW, AND, AND ALSO, UH, CREDIT TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR MAKING SOME TOUGH DECISIONS OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS, UH, IN WHICH WE HAVE APPROVED SOME, UH, BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS ALONG THE WAY. HAD WE NOT DONE THAT, UH, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT, UH, FINDING CUTS OF ABOUT A HUNDRED MORE MILLION DOLLARS IN OUR F Y 21 BUDGET, WHICH, UH, BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY, UH, IT WOULD BE HARD TO FATHOM HOW WE COULD DO THAT. UM, I DO THINK YOUR PRIORITIES, ERIC, IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE LIVELIHOODS OF STAFF, EVEN THROUGH SOME BELT TIGHTENING IS IMPORTANT. UM, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT OUR SERVICE DELIVERY IS NOT, UH, ABATED IN ANY WAY. UH, OF COURSE, UM, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY HAVING TO LOOK FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, WHAT ARE CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL SERVICES. AND SO TO PRIME THE PUMP A LITTLE BIT, UM, I WANT TO BRING UP A FEW AREAS THAT I THINK NEED TO BE PART OF OUR COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE 26TH. [02:20:01] UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, GOD WILLING IN PERSON, IF NOT VIRTUALLY, WE'LL BE GETTING TOGETHER FOR, UH, A GOAL SETTING SESSION WHERE WE REALLY SET THE BENCHMARKS, UH, AND EVALUATE OUR TRIAL BUDGET BASED ON OUR GOALS FOR, UH, ACHIEVING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ERIC LAID OUT IN THE COUNCIL AS ARTICULATED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. UM, THREE AREAS STAND OUT TO ME, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN, IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM THAT I THINK WE NEED TO PUT ON THE AGENDA. ERIC. UH, THE FIRST IS, UM, AS WE MOVE INTO THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PROGRAM, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT HEALTH, UH, MAINTAINS ITS PRIORITY LEVEL? UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT WITH THIS PANDEMIC AND COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, IS RIGHT TO, UM, BE CONCERNED THAT WE MAKE SURE THERE'S A PROPER EMPHASIS ON IT IN THE F Y 21 AND FORWARD BUDGETS. UM, AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A CARVE OUT OR, OR SOME TYPE OF EMPHASIS ON HEALTH, PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, HEALTHCARE ACCESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK IS IMPORTANT, UH, HOW WE DO THAT, GIVEN THE RESOURCES IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. UH, THE SECOND IS, UH, WHAT MS. COFFIN BROUGHT UP, WHICH IS THE EMPHASIS ON TRANSPORTATION. UM, WE DO NEED TO CONSIDER THAT AS PART OF OUR RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PROGRAM. AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO, AND WE'RE GONNA SIT DOWN WITH VIA TO TALK THROUGH THEIR FINANCIAL MODELS AND HOW WE CAN ENSURE THAT NO PERSON WHO DEPENDS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS LEFT OUT IN THE COLD. UH, WE DON'T WANT TO TO HAPPEN, UH, ANY MORE THAN, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO LOSE THEIR HOMES OR BE ABLE TO LOSE THEIR ABILITY TO PAY FOR FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILIES. SO WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE GONNA START TODAY WITH OUR FINANCIAL TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PLUG THOSE RESOURCES AS BEST WE CAN. UM, THE THIRD AREA IS ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT, AND I THINK DESERVES A PRETTY DEEP ANALYSIS. AND THAT IS HOW DO WE MA HOW DO WE MANAGE A BALANCED BUDGET CONSIDERING THE EXTREMELY LARGE PORTION OF OUR BUDGET THAT'S TAKEN UP BY PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENSES, UH, PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UH, I KNOW AS YOU KNOW, THAT WE ASK OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO DO A LOT MORE THAN JUST POLICE WORK. AND TAKING A LOOK AT HOW WE FIND A HEALTHY BALANCE IN THAT BUDGET, VIS-A-VIS ALL THE OTHER PRIORITIES WE HAVE AS OUR CITY AT OUR CITY, I THINK IS, IS AN IMPORTANT ONE THAT WE BEGIN IN EARNEST, UH, AT THE GOAL SETTING SESSION. SO, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. UM, AND I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS DISCUSSION TOO, 'CAUSE I THINK IT WILL INFORM, UM, THE AGENDA NEXT FRIDAY. LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SILVER LINING HERE IN THAT I KNOW JOHN AND, UH, STEVE TO BE TWO OF THE FUNNIEST PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO. SO IF YOU, IF I MAY, I'LL REPEAT ONE OF THEIR JOKES THAT HOPEFULLY WILL, UM, COLOR A LITTLE, THE SOBRIETY THAT THEY BROUGHT US TODAY, WHICH IS THAT ECONOMISTS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PREDICTED NINE OUT OF THE LAST FIVE RECESSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ANALYSIS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THAT. AND, UH, WE'LL GET INTO THE DISCUSSION NOW. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND YES, TO OUR TWO ECONOMISTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND FOR, UM, THE, UH, YOU ARE THE MESSENGER OF WHAT THE DATA SAYS. AND, UM, I THINK LOOKING AT THAT, AND MARIA LOOKING AT OUR FORECAST, I REALLY LEAN TOWARDS THE, THE BASELINE. AND I AM MORE OF THE, UH, PESSIMIST IF YOU PESSIMISTIC, UH, VIEWPOINT, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU, ERIC, THANK YOU, MARIA, BEN, AND THE ENTIRE BUDGET TEAM AND EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN A PART OF THIS, BECAUSE IT IS, IT IS CRITICAL AND IT IS PAINFUL. AND IT'S A STARK CONTRAST OF HOW I WANTED TO SPEND MY LAST BUDGET AS THE DISTRICT THREE COUNCIL MEMBER. UM, SEEING WHERE WE HAD STARTED IN 2013 TO NOW WHERE WE ARE. WE'VE HAD SUCH GREAT GAINS. BUT THANKS TO GOD, I AM HERE AND I AM PREPARED TO SET THE COURSE FOR THE NEXT TWO AND THREE YEARS FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. AND, UM, I WOULD SAY TO THOSE WHO ARE OUT HERE LISTENING, THAT THIS ISN'T THE END OF THE WORLD AND OUR CITY STAFF, UM, AND TO MYSELF, I KEEP TELLING MYSELF, THIS ISN'T THE END OF THE WORLD, BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESET, REALIGN, AND IN REVISION WHERE WE NEED TO BE WITH OUR BUDGET. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DID WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE AS I, I SHARE WITH MY THOUGHTS, UM, AND I HAVE SINCE 2013, UH, TALKING ABOUT DISMANTLING SYSTEMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND SEXISM. AND THAT POLICE, IT ISN'T JUST IN THE POLICE, BUT HOW WE LOOK AT ALL AREAS OF INSTITUTIONS THAT RUN THE CITY, THIS STATE AND THIS NATION. SO ONE OF [02:25:01] THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST, MARIA, AS WE GET IN PREPARATION WITH THE, UM, THE, THE BUDGET AND THE CONVERSATION WITH THE BUDGET, ESPECIALLY AT GOAL SETTING SESSIONS, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REQUESTING THIS LINE BY LINE ITEM OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OF THE POLICE BUDGET TO SEE, UM, DIFFERENT ITEMS. ONE THING THAT WAS IN OUR FORECAST OF THE MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENT WAS THE CHI. AND I READ IT IN OUR OTHER, UM, I READ IT IN OUR OLD, OUR F Y 2020 BUDGET BOOK. THAT'S WHY I HAVE IT HERE, IS THE CHILD SAFETY FUND. WHAT IS THE CHILD SAFETY FUND? UM, COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN, THE CHILD SAFETY FUND IS, UM, UTILIZED TO PAY FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF TRAFFIC CONTROL AT THE SCHOOLS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO HELP KIDS TO CROSS THE STREET. UM, THE REVENUES THAT ARE GENERATED COME EITHER THROUGH, UH, FEES THAT WE ASSESS THROUGH TRAFFIC FINES AT SCHOOL ZONES, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER FEE. AND I'M LOOKING AT JUSTINA, SEE IF SHE CAN HELP ME WITH THAT. THAT IS PAID ON REGISTRATIONS, UM, UH, A YEAR. SO THOSE TWO REVENUES COMBINED, GOING TO THE CHILD SAFETY FUND TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, SO IT'S WITH OUR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS. YES. ET CETERA. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. UM, CLARIFICATION. AND I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR LINE BY LINE BUDGET OF THE POLICE, I THINK IT'LL HELP US SEE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT REALIGNMENT WITH OUR POLICE, UM, BUDGET OF WHAT WE CAN DO WHEN IT COMES TO OUR, UM, OUR LINE BY LINE, WHERE THE DOLLARS ARE GOING AND WHERE CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES. I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, 'CAUSE SHE HAD A FANTASTIC, UH, FACEBOOK LIVE. AND MARIA AND ERIC, IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T SEEN IT, YOU GOTTA WATCH IT AND, UH, CHECK OUT WHAT, UM, DR. WILLIAMS SHARED YESTERDAY WHEN IT CAME TO, WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND RACISM. AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THE PERCENTAGE, 'CAUSE I WANT COUNCIL MEMBER SAND DEVAL TO SAY THE PERCENTAGE OF HOW MUCH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPENDS ON PUBLIC HEALTH PER, UM, RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES. BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT CONVERSATION WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE, UM, WITH OUR BUDGET AND OUR, UM, MORAL DOCUMENT AS WE KEEP CALLING IT. UM, ALSO, UH, I WOULD WANT TO PUT IN NOW, EVEN THOUGH WE'LL GO TO THE GOAL SETTING SESSIONS NEXT WEEK, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO MAINTAIN, UM, OUR WOMEN'S MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THAT AS WELL AS TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE. I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, AND THANK YOU, ERIC, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AND ALL OF Y'ALL THANK YOU ALL, UH, FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. 'CAUSE I THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES. 'CAUSE THERE'S NO WAY I WANNA SEE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAVE TO GET FURLOUGHED. UM, HERE, HERE, AND, UM, TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT, UM, OUR CITY COUNCIL BUDGETS AND WHAT WE HAVE FOR OUR BUDGETS. WE DO HAVE, UM, SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS IN OUR C C P F DOLLARS. I'M GOING TO, UM, ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THERE ARE, UM, CHANGES IN REDUCTIONS THAT WE CAN DO IN OUR C C P F DOLLARS FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. NUMBER ONE, UM, 2021 IS AN ELECTION YEAR. SO YOU ONLY HAVE SIX MONTHS TO KIND OF USE IT BECAUSE THERE'S SIX MONTHS WHERE YOU CAN'T USE IT. AND NUMBER TWO, UM, A LOT OF THOSE DOLLARS THAT I KNOW WE WOULD GIVE WERE TO, UM, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, UM, NONPROFITS THAT HAVE LARGE FESTIVALS OR EVENTS, UM, DIFFERENT ITEMS LIKE THAT. AND WE WILL SEE A REDUCTION IN THOSE REQUESTS, I BELIEVE. UM, SO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND REALLY, LET'S CONSIDER THAT. 'CAUSE THAT'S $50,000 PER COUNCIL DISTRICT. UM, SO IF WE CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE AND MAYBE REALLOCATE IT TO OUR RISK MITIGATION FUND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK IN, IN THAT AREA AT OUR OWN CITY COUNCIL BUDGETS AND BE READY TO, TO TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK AT OUR GOAL SETTING SESSION. AND, UM, FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES THAT YOU HAD ON HERE, MARIA. SO THOSE INCENTIVES THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE MIX FOR COMPANIES THAT ARE ALREADY COMING HERE, ARE THOSE ALREADY DEDICATED OR ARE WE SUSPENDING THOSE? WE'RE NOT SUSPENDING THOSE COUNCILMEN. THIS WOULD BE THE ALLOCATION FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. OKAY. SO THERE WERE NO COMMITMENTS MADE AGAINST THOSE ALLOCATIONS. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU STILL HAVE $1 MILLION IN THERE, OR, WE TOOK [02:30:01] IT ALL, UH, WE LEFT $1 MILLION. THERE ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE FUND OUT OF, OUT OF THAT $1 MILLION. OKAY. SO WE LEFT THAT IN THE BUDGET. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A VERY, VERY, UH, EXCITING CONVERSATION. A GOAL SETTING SESSION WITH MY, WITH MY COLLEAGUES, UM, ERIC MARIA TEAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF THE WORK. I DO HAVE TWO, WELL, LET ME JUST SAY ONE THING AND THEN I'M GONNA HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION TO OUR ECONOMIST. UM, I JUST HAVE TO SAY THIS 'CAUSE I'M SO EXCITED. ONE LAST THING IS, UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THAT THE SUPREME COURT DID BLOCK THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S BID TO END DACA, AND SO IT'S NOT OVER. UM, WE STILL HAVE DACA, SO THANK GOODNESS, I'M SO EXCITED AND THANK YOU TO THIS COUNCIL WHO'VE PUT TOGETHER RESOLUTIONS TO GO AND HELP AND HELP PRO PRO PROMOTE THAT. AND I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN GREAT, UM, THINGS MOVING FORWARD. AND MY LAST QUESTION TO THE ECONOMISTS, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE V UM, THE V RECOVERY AND WHY SOME DO BELIEVE IT AND THE MAJORITY AREN'T. SO TELL ME THE REASONS WHY SOME ECONOMISTS SAYING A V RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE. SORRY, LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN DIRECTLY, UM, YOU CAN STAND UP, PLEASE. OKAY. PLE. YEAH, I, UM, I THINK THAT THAT WHAT GIVES PEOPLE THE SENSE THAT A V RECOVERY MIGHT OCCUR IS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE STOCK MARKET. SO THAT, OKAY. I'M SORRY. WHOOP, HOLD STILL. THANK YOU. BOY, I, I ACTUALLY HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, JUST NOT UNDER THESE KIND OF CIRCUMSTANCES. SURE. AND NOW YOU'RE HAVING TO DO IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, NOT IN FRONT OF A TELEVISION. GO AHEAD. I KNOW IT'S HARDER. IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER. SO THE STOCK MARKET FELL PRECIPITOUSLY IN MARCH AND HAS LARGELY RECOVERED. AND WHAT THE GENERAL SENSE OF THAT IS, IS THAT THE MARKET IS PRICING IN A V-SHAPED RECOVERY, WHICH MEANS WE ALL GO BACK TO WORK. THERE IS NO RESURGENCE THAT AFFECTS PERHAPS FUTURE SHUTDOWNS. ALL THESE THINGS THAT, THE ANCILLARY EFFECTS OF THIS, WHICH I DON'T THINK HAVE MANIFESTED THEMSELVES YET ON THE BANKING SECTOR, ON THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SECTOR, ALL THAT WORKS OUT. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE MARKET, THAT'S WHAT THE MARKET THINKS IS GONNA HAPPEN. I DISAGREE. I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, BUT I THINK THAT'S THE BASIS UPON WHICH PEOPLE ARE SAYING, HEY, IF YOU KNOW THE MARKET COLLECTIVELY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEY THINK IT'S GONNA BE A V-SHAPED RECOVERY. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SURE. UH, AND THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AGAIN. YES, ERIC? UH, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD ONE THING, AND I'M, I'M SURE YOU'LL REMEMBER, BUT, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE, UM, THE LINE ITEM BUDGET FOR THE, FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM, OUR ENTIRE LINE ITEM BUDGET IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT OUR WEBSITE FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. SO, UM, IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN IT, WE HAVE RECEIVED A, A WHOLE BUNCH OF OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS, AND WE'RE POINTING FOLKS TO THE, TO OUR, OUR WEBSITE WHERE WE HAVE, UH, THROUGH OPENGOV. MANY OF YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT THAT ATTEMPT TO BE A LITTLE BIT, A LOT MORE TRANSPARENT IN OUR BUDGETING. ALL THAT INFORMATION IS ONLINE AT OPENGOV AT OUR WEBSITE. GREAT. AND IF YOU CAN EMAIL, EMAIL ME THAT LINK TOO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. GAN I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, ONE FOR OUR ECONOMISTS. UM, DID YOU FORMULATE, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE BASELINE INDICATORS. DID YOU FORMULATE THOSE BASED ON THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS? WAS IT YOUR OWN FORMULATION? UM, AND IF IT'S YOURS, HOW ARE YOU FORMULATING THAT BASELINE? MY TURN? I THINK IT'S, THIS IS GONNA BE A MIXTURE OF BOTH. GOOD. BUT, UM, PART OF IT WAS BASED OFF, UH, AND I'LL LET JOHN TOUCH ON THIS, BUT PART, AT LEAST ON THE EMPLOYMENT FORECAST, PART OF IT WAS BUILT OFF OF, UM, FORECAST FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE ON, BASED ON THE IMPACT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE HIGH INTER PERSONAL PERSON TO PERSON INTERACTION. AND THE EFFECTS ON THEM AS, AS A LOCKDOWN CAME INTO EFFECTS AND INTO EFFECT. AND, AND THE RESPONSE TO, TO THE PANDEMIC. UM, BEYOND THAT, UH, IT, IT, IT'S REALLY OUR, OUR OWN SENSE OF WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN INFORMED BY, UH, THE DATA THAT WE CONSISTENTLY LOOK AT OVER THE YEARS AND CONTINUE TO, TO LOOK AT, WHICH INCLUDES, AS YOU NOTED SOME OF THE, THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS DATA. UH, A LOT OF IT IS, IS JUST OUR LOCAL KNOWLEDGE OF, OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ECONOMY. AND AGAIN, BOTH OF US HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE ECONOMIES IN TEXAS FOR DECADES. I HATE TO ADMIT. SORRY, JOHN [02:35:01] . UM, YEAH. UM, SO SOME, SOME OF THAT SENSE, AGAIN, A LOT OF IT WAS INFORMED BY, UH, CONVERSATIONS AND, AND REPORTS IN THAT PUT OUT BY INDUSTRY. 'CAUSE SPECIFICALLY IN, IN THIS TIME WHEN HISTORICAL DATA IS INFORMATIVE AND HELPS, HELPS US BUILD OUR PROJECTIONS, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THIS IN THE HISTORICAL DATA TO REALLY GO LOOK AT. SO, UH, THE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE IS IN, IN THIS CASE, I THINK GIVEN THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY AROUND THESE FORECASTS IS, IS EVEN MORE VALUABLE. AND SO IT'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS. I DON'T KNOW, JOHN, IF YOU WANT TO TOUCH ANY MORE. YEAH. SO ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE DID, AND WE DO, I MEAN, THE BASELINE DATA ALWAYS COMES IN THE, FROM THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO SLICE IT. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT B L SS PRODUCES IS SOMETHING CALLED THE OCCUPATIONAL WAGE SURVEY. AND SO EVERY YEAR, USUALLY IN MAY WITH ABOUT A YEAR LAG, THEY LOOK AT HOW MUCH YOU GET PAID BASED ON YOUR OCCUPATION AS OPPOSED TO BASED ON THE INDUSTRY YOU WORK IN. AND THE ST. LOUIS FED HAD DONE SOME PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF WHO WAS LIKELY TO LOSE THEIR JOB AS A RESULT OF COVID. AND THEY TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAD TO HAVE FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE. THEY TALKED ABOUT FOLKS WHO WERE IN CUSTOMER FACING JOBS, YOU WORKING IN A RESTAURANT, WORKING IN CONSTRUCTION OR WHATEVER, AND DID SOME KIND OF PRELIMINARY STUFF. WE ACTUALLY DUG IN AND LOOKED AT 400 OCCUPATIONS AND DID A PROBABILITY ON EACH ONE ON HOW LIKELY YOU WERE TO EXPERIENCE A PERIOD OF UNEMPLOYMENT. THIS IS THE, THE DEEP GEEK STUFF HERE. UH, AND LO AND BEHOLD ROLLED IT ALL UP AND SAID WE WERE LIKELY TO LOSE ABOUT 25% OF THE JOBS IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA, AT LEAST GONNA EXPERIENCE A PERIOD OF UNEMPLOYMENT. WELL, IF YOU HARKEN BACK TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REFLECTING ABOUT HALF, IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY CLOSE. SO THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED ON THIS. BUT AGAIN, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS ALL THIS CONSUMER STIMULUS, ALL THIS EXTRA MONEY HAS MASSED THE EFFECTS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE UNDERLYING ECONOMY. I CAN GO ON ABOUT THIS FOR SEVERAL HOURS, BUT I'M GUESSING YOU'D RATHER I DON OH, I WAS GONNA ASK, IS THIS IN THE FULL REPORT? WHAT WERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW? IS THAT IN YOUR FULL REPORT? SOME OF IT, YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. I MAY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU OFFLINE. SURE. BUT I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. YOU BET. I WOULD ALSO ADD, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION AMONGST JUST THE TWO OF US AND, AND OUR COLLEAGUES AS WELL. SO THERE ARE FOUR OF US TOTAL, WHICH RESULTED IN ABOUT 12 DIFFERENT OPINIONS, . SO IT'S ALL REFLECTED IN THE BASELINE AND SCENARIO AND PESSIMISTIC 12 DIFFERENT OPINIONS OF IT. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. THANK. OKAY. AND MY NEXT QUESTION IS FOR MARIA. UM, WILL YOU PLEASE ELABORATE ON THE OUTLOOK FOR OUR I M P? OF COURSE, WE HAD A PRE PANDEMIC PLAN. UM, GOING FORWARD, HOW HAVE WE ADJUSTED THAT? I MEAN, AND, UM, YOU TALK ABOUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, THE I M P, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, THINGS THAT WE DO AS PART OF THE FINANCIAL FOR, I'M, I'M SORRY, AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS IS DEVELOP A FIVE YEAR, UM, PLAN FOR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND EVERY YEAR, UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL VISIT WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT, THERE'S SOME ADJUSTMENTS MADE. SO, UM, WHAT WE HAVE IN THE FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHAT WE COVER TODAY, IS $110 MILLION EVERY YEAR OF THE FORECAST. THE TRIAL BUDGET, UM, AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, UM, RECOMMENDS, UH, UH, DIALING BACK A PORTION OF THAT 110 TO, UH, $82 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, AND THEN 87 MILLION IN 2022. WHAT THAT MEANS TO THOSE PROJECTS, UM, THAT WERE SCHEDULED FOR 2021 AND 2022, THAT WILL BE PUSHED BACK TO A FUTURE YEAR. NOW, WE DID A MIDYEAR ADJUSTMENT OF $50 MILLION FOR THE CURRENT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN, IN PLACE. THOSE PROJECTS WILL BE THE FIRST ONES THAT WE DO IN 2021, WITHIN, WITHIN THE ALLOCATION AND THE BUDGET. I WANNA CLARIFY TOO, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, UH, STREET MAINTENANCE AS FAR AS POTHOLES AND THE REGULAR KIND OF MAINTENANCE. WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ON, I THINK IT WAS SLIDE, UM, 17 WHERE YOU, YOU MENTIONED STREET MAINTENANCE. IT'S MORE OF KIND OF LONG-TERM PROJECTS. RIGHT. UH, THE, THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM IS A COMBINATION OF, UM, SOME APPLICATIONS THAT WILL HELP US MAINTAIN THE CONDITION OF OUR STREETS, BUT ALSO INCLUDES APPLICATIONS FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND, AND, AND, UM, LONGER TERM PROJECTS. UM, WHAT WE CALL OUR POTHOLE REPAIR CREW AND OUR BASE FAILURE REPAIR, WHICH IS MORE OF WHAT YOU SEE EVERY DAY. THOSE CONTINUE IN THE BASE BUDGET. THOSE ARE NOT IMPACTED AS PART OF THE, THE S AND P PROGRAM. THANK YOU, MARIA. UH, THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. I JUST WANT TO NOTE IT'S, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY [02:40:01] Y'ALL HAVE BUILT INTO THE FORECAST AND THE TRIAL BUDGET, SO WE CAN DUCK AND WEAVE, AS IT WERE, OR, YOU KNOW, REALLY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE WATCH HOPEFULLY THE, THE PROGRESS AND RECOVERY OF OUR ECONOMY. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. UH, THANK YOU. AND, UM, SO I, I JUST, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ECONOMIC REPORT, UH, SORT OF GOING BY WHAT COUNCILWOMAN VIA GERRAN WAS ASKING ABOUT, UM, SORT OF THE V-SHAPED. AND SO CAN YOU ALSO EXPLAIN WHY DO WE THINK THAT WE'RE AT THE BOTTOM? UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE, OF THE MARKETS, BUT I MEAN, WE ARE SEEING THE HIGHEST RATES OF INFECTION WE'VE EVER SEEN IN THE LAST TWO DAYS. SO WHY DO WE PREDICT THAT IT'S, ISN'T IT VERY LIKELY THAT THE MARKET COULD ALSO REFLECT THAT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS? OKAY. SO I THINK THAT THE, I THINK WE, I THINK WE HAVE COME DOWN QUITE A BIT. I THINK WE'RE GONNA GO LIKE THIS FOR A WHILE. ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVEN'T SAID IS, I'M OF THE OPINION THAT WE WILL NOT SHUT THE ECONOMY DOWN AGAIN. I, AND SO I JUST, IS IT BECAUSE OF OUR GOVERNOR IN TEXAS? YES. OR OKAY. YES, BUT NOT, AND BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL, UM, LEADERSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES, I THINK, NOT BECAUSE NECESSARILY THE SCIENCE PREDICTS OTHERWISE, WHICH I'M NOT TRYING TO LOAD YOUR QUESTION. I I REALLY AM. WELL, I I'M TEMPTED TO PUT MY JUNIOR EPIDEMIOLOGIST HAT ON, BUT I WON'T, I I'M NOT QUALIFIED TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I WILL SAY FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT, THAT AN EXTENDED SHUTDOWN, A SECOND EXTENDED SHUTDOWN WOULD CREATE EFFECTS, OF COURSE, THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED ALREADY. IT WOULD CREATE AMPLIFIED UNPRECEDENTED EFFECTS. I BELIEVE THAT BOTH THE POLITICAL DESIRE AND ALSO I THINK PRAGMATIC CONCERNS, SAY WE WILL FIND A WAY TO KEEP THE ECONOMY QUOTE UNQUOTE OPEN EVEN AS CLEARLY INFECTIONS ARE RISING, CASES ARE RISING, AND CLEARLY INEVITABLY, THERE ARE GONNA BE MORE DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PANDEMIC. SO AN ASSUMPTION THAT I'M MAKING IS THAT IT WILL NOT BE FULLY SHUT DOWN, BUT I'M ALSO NOT THINKING IT'S GOING TO COME ROARING BACK EITHER. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF GOING SIDEWAYS THERE FOR A BIT. STEVE, DID YOU WANNA ELABORATE ON THAT? OR DR. NIVAN? I'M SORRY FOR THE INFORMATIC. I KNOW I DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER THAT WELL, BUT I, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UM, I, I, I AGREE WITH JOHN. AND, AND, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE GAVE YOU THE THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, NOT TO CREATE A LOT OF CONFUSION, BUT REALLY BUILT INTO THE PESSIMISTIC SCENARIOS IS ONE, EITHER A SHUTDOWN OR JUST A REALLY BIG SPREAD OF, OF THE VIRUS AND, UH, UH, COLLAPSE IN CONSUMER CONFIDENCE. YEAH. UM, SO WE WEREN'T NECESSARILY, WE WEREN'T ARGUING THAT WE'RE AT BOTTOMING COMING UP. 'CAUSE WE CAN ENVISION A SCENARIO WHERE IT'S, IT'S, I KNOW WE'RE GETTING IN ALL THESE SHAPES WHERE KIND LIKE WHAT JOHN WAS ALLUDING TO WHERE WE HIT BOTTOM, BUT WE SCRAPE ALONG BOTTOM FOR A WHILE, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY DO FREEZE, BUT THAT'S NOT REFLECTED IN YOUR FORECASTS. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE, I SH I SAW SHAW AN UPTICK AND NOT A LOW WELL, IT'S AN UPTICK REALLY. SEVERAL YEARS OUT. YEAH. OKAY. SO, UM, UH, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK MORE CLOSELY. RIGHT. WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE FULL REPORT. SO, UM, UH, I, I HOPE THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY READ THE FULL REPORT. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET ANOTHER BRIEFING PERHAPS A MONTH FROM NOW, ERIC, OR I MEAN, UM, AT SOME POINT, BECAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE, UM, THESE ARE CONCEPTS THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY STUDY A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND I WOULD, I WOULD, I MEAN, WHEN I SAY SCRAPE ALONG THE BOTTOM, I, I DID MEAN TO GIVE THE VISUAL THAT IT'S GONNA STAY THE SAME. IT MAY STILL BE SOME SLIGHT GROWTH FROM HERE, BUT COMPARED TO PRE PANDEMIC, WE'RE STILL VERY CLOSE TO THE, TO THE BOTTOM. YOU START HERE, GO LIKE THIS, AND THEN SLOWLY COME LIKE THIS. YOU'RE STILL BELOW HERE WHERE YOU WERE BACK HERE. AND SO I, I THINK YOU'LL, YOU'LL, WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO LOOK, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THE PESSIMISTIC SCENARIOS FOR THE MOST PART. LOOK, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THE OPTIMISTIC WILL ACTUALLY SHOW SOME GROWTH FROM PRE PANDEMIC FOR THE MOST PART. NOT ALWAYS, BUT, AND IN YOUR, UM, PRESENTATION, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PART THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, YOU SHOW A DECLINE IN CERTAIN OCCUPATIONS. DO YOU SHOW A SHIFT IN THOSE OCCUPATIONS TO SOMETHING ELSE? NO. AGAIN, WE, WE, WHAT WE FOCUSED ON, WE SHOWED THAT IN PART TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT WAS BEHIND OUR WORK, WHICH IS REALLY FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT INFORMING REVENUE PROJECTIONS FOR THE CITY. AND SO WE WERE SAYING AS PART OF CONTEXT, THIS IS HOW WE GOT WHERE WE WERE. PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS SHORT TERM IN, IN ACCOMMODATIONS, FOOD SERVICES, ALL THAT. I KNOW SAN ANTONIO [02:45:01] ACTUALLY IS MAKING A BIG EFFORT TOWARD RETRAINING. RIGHT. AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT GONNA GO, THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF MY QUESTION. YEAH. UM, GIVEN THE LARGE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE INVESTING SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM IN RETRAINING, I'VE HAD SOME CONCERN ABOUT EXACTLY WHERE THAT TRAINING SHOULD BE DIRECTED. UM, SO, UH, AND EVEN YOU, I'M A LIFELONG SAN ANTONIAN, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST INVESTED MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS YEP. IN THE REVISIONING OF THE ALAMO, UH, IN, WE'VE SPENT A DECADE INVESTING IN OUR DOWNTOWN. YEP. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, UM, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF, OF TRANSIT AND OF DENSITY. UH, AND SO THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT MAY SHIFT. UM, AND, UH, AND SO AS WE ARE TRYING TO, UH, FIND WAYS TO BRING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK, UH, UH, WE, WE, WE HAVE THE WORLD HERITAGE DESTINATION. WE'RE A CITY OF GASTRONOMY. LIKE, ALL OF OUR EFFORTS FOR THE LAST, AT LEAST ALMOST SEVEN YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL, HAVE BEEN AROUND THOSE AREAS. AND IT'S EVEN HARD FOR ME TO, TO DETERMINE WHERE WE SHOULD THEN BE INVESTING WHEN IT'S HARD FOR US TO, TO SEPARATE OURSELVES FROM THAT. AND, UH, I MEAN, I, I THINK THERE'S A LOT, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT WAGES IN YOUR PRESENTATION EARLIER. AND SO MY, MY FEELING HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT JOBS IN THE SERVICE SECTOR ARE, UH, ARE, UM, PRIORITY. THEY ARE, UM, NECESSARY. UH, AND THEY'RE, UM, WORTHY JOBS, THEY JUST DON'T PAY WELL. RIGHT. SO IF WE COULD SHIFT THE PAY AND INCREASE WAGES IN THOSE, IN THOSE SECTORS, WE SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO BE A, A, A, A CITY THAT THRIVES ON THE TOURISM INDUSTRY AND, UH, AND VISITORS. UM, BUT WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO WASTE RAGES. AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE FIT ALL THAT IN THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN TRYING TO COMPLETELY RETRAIN PEOPLE INTO A DIFFERENT SECTOR, CAN WE JUST FIND A WAY TO WASTE RAGES IN THOSE EXISTING SECTORS? MM-HMM. . SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, UM, , HOW MUCH TIME HAVE WE GOT? UH, WELL, AND, AND SO WE'LL TRY AGAIN. I'M AFRAID I'LL RUN OUTTA TIME. 'CAUSE I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, UH, THE REPORT HERE. SO PERHAPS WE CAN HAVE, WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT LATER. SO THANK YOU. IF I MAY, I JUST, HOPEFULLY QUICKLY, UM, THE, AND YOUR QUESTION AS TO WHERE TO FOCUS THE JOBS AND WHICH JOBS TO, TO, I THINK, I DON'T THINK EMBEDDED IN THE EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS IS SOME STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT ARE GOING ON IN SOME OF THESE INDUSTRIES, ESPECIALLY IN ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES AND RETAIL. AND THESE WERE STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT WERE OCCURRING BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. AND THE PANDEMIC REALLY JUST ACCELERATED THAT. AND, AND THIS ISN'T REALLY A DIRECT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, BUT AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT AS A COMMUNITY, UH, TO ME ANYWAYS, IT SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE TO LOOK AT WHERE THESE STRUCTURAL CHANGES. SO WHAT I'M, WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT PEOPLE, THAT SOME OF THE WORKERS IN ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES AND RETAIL, A LOT OF 'EM ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THEIR JOBS OR TO A JOB IN THAT INDUSTRY AS THE ECONOMY RECOVERS. BUT A LOT OF THOSE JOBS ARE GONNA BE GONE AS BUSINESS MODELS HAVE CHANGED AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO TRANSFER INTO ANOTHER INDUSTRY. SO THAT, THAT MIGHT HELP AS WE, AS THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS RIGHT. AS YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, LOOK QUICK THOUGHT, UM, WE'LL KNOW MORE WHEN THE HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF UNEMPLOYMENT IS GONE. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION, THERE'S COMPANIES ALL OVER SAN ANTONIO, AS THEY ARE ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES SAYING, WE CAN'T GET OUR WORKERS TO COME BACK TO WORK. 'CAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY MAKING MORE MONEY. 75% OF THE PEOPLE IN TEXAS WHO ARE RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION RIGHT NOW ARE MAKING MORE MONEY THAN THEY WERE MAKING WORKING. AND SO WHEN YOU COUPLE THAT WITH, HEY, I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO WORK AND I HAVE TO TAKE A CHANCE TO GETTING SICK, IT'S HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO COME BACK TO WORK. WE'LL SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IF AND WHEN THAT STIMULUS ENDS, THAT'S WHEN THINGS WILL REALLY BEGIN TO SHAKE OUT. AND KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AS A LABOR MARKET AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO, I THINK WILL BECOME CLEAR. SO I KNOW THAT THEY JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THE EXTENDED PERIOD FOR UNEMPLOYMENT, UM, RIGHT. AND 24 WEEKS, AUGUST 15TH, I THINK IS WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT CLEAR, AND MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT THE FEDERAL SUBSIDY ON TOP OF THE STATE LEVEL UNEMPLOYMENT IS GOING TO BE THERE IN THAT EXTENDED PERIOD. OKAY. AM I WRONG ABOUT THAT? I MIGHT. NO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO A FEW MORE CONVERSATIONS. AND SO I, I, I KNOW I CAN CHIME IN AGAIN, BUT, UM, JUST FOR COMMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT, UM, THE CITY STAFF HAS BEEN, HAS PRESENTED US WITH, UH, SOME OPTIONS. WE'LL HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THOSE OPTIONS ARE, BUT I, I DO. UM, I, I JUST, IN WHAT WAS INITIALLY PRESENTED, UM, THE, UH, CUTS TO THE HEMISPHERE PARK ARE A GREAT CONCERN [02:50:01] OF MINE. FIRST OF ALL, WE, WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, UM, CREATING A SPACE, UH, FOR DOWNTOWN. I DIDN'T DON'T THINK WE SHOULD ABANDON THAT. WE DIDN'T ABANDON THE ALAMO. WE'RE NOT GONNA BE HAVING VISITORS THERE. I THINK HEMISPHERE PARK REALLY WAS A PARK FOR US, FOR OUR CITY, FOR CONSTITUENTS, AND FOR IF ANYBODY, I MEAN, NOBODY, I SUSPECT ON THE DIOCESE HAS SPENT AS MUCH TIME THERE AS I HAVE. UH, AND I BELIEVE THAT IT'S, WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO INVEST IN HEMISPHERE PARK. WE DIDN'T TAKE MONEY FROM THE ALAMO. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TAKE IT FROM THE PARK. UH, AND, UM, AS WE ARE, UM, UH, THINKING ABOUT POSITIONS, UM, AND YOU KNOW, THERE, WE KNOW THAT, UM, I FEEL LIKE I COULD GO ON, BUT, SO I BETTER CHIME BACK IN. BUT I, I DO JUST WANNA EXPRESS, UM, UH, MY SUPPORT FOR, UM, OUR CITY'S, UH, DEPARTMENTS. UM, AND AS WE WERE SORT OF LOOKING TO READJUST, UM, THE BUDGET, UH, THAT ARTS, UH, ARE A PRIORITY FOR US. I MEAN, I, I STILL BELIEVE THAT SAN ANTONIO CAN BE A DESTINATION CITY. I KNOW I'M SO PROUD OF OUR CITY AND PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COME AND LOVE OUR CITY. AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD ABANDON THE, THE, THE ARTS SECTOR SECTOR, UM, HOSPITALITY IN MANY WAYS, I THINK CAN STILL BE A PRIORITY FOR US. UH, AND I THINK THE PARK AND THE HEMISPHERE IN PARTICULAR, UH, IS A PRIORITY THERE. SO, I'LL, I'LL CHIME BACK IN IN A MINUTE TO, TO, UM, GIVE MY OTHER COMMENTS. THANK YOU. UH, MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM. JUST A, JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, RESPONSES TO THAT. UH, THE FIRST IS THAT, UH, WE ARE NOT ABANDONING, UH, H PARK. SO LET ME JUST CLARIFY. EVEN, EVEN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE COVID, I, OUR AGREEMENT FOR THE OPERATING, UM, SUPPORT OF THE H PARK ORGANIZATION WOULD BE ENDING. UM, SO THAT, THAT, THAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN REGARDLESS, BECAUSE OUR AGREEMENT WITH THEM ENDS THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND WE WOULD NOT BE LENDING SUPPORT. UM, 'CAUSE THE, THE CITY HAS, THROUGH AN AGREEMENT, BEEN CONTRIBUTING THAT MONEY TOWARDS THEIR OPERATING BUDGET. THERE'S STILL, THERE'S STILL, THERE'S, THERE STILL IS A GREAT DEAL AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM OUR BOND PROGRAM THAT IS THERE TO SUPPORT THE, THE PROGRAM. AND I JUST WANT THE COUNCIL TO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN IF WE WEREN'T HAVING, EVEN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A PANDEMIC, AND THIS WAS JUST A NORMAL RUN OF THE YEAR, UH, FIVE YEAR FORECAST, IT WOULDN'T BE IN THERE BECAUSE OUR AGREEMENT IS ENDING. UM, THE SECOND, UH, ISSUE THAT I WANTED TO, TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT WHAT MARIA SAID, ARTS IS DEFINITELY A PRIORITY. AND, AND YOU SAW IN THE PRESENTATION, WE ARE ASSUMING A $7 MILLION CONTRIBUTION FROM THE GENERAL FUND INTO THE HO THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND. GUYS, GIMME SEC. UH, WE'RE, WE'RE ASSUMING A $7 MILLION CONTRIBUTION INTO THE GENERAL, FROM THE GENERAL FUND INTO THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND. THE REALITY IS, IS THAT, UM, UM, REVENUE'S GONNA BE DOWN. AND THAT IS HOW WE HAVE FUNDED IT, UM, IN THE PAST. AND THE COUNCIL HAS TALKED ABOUT NEW WAYS OF BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY FUNDING FROM A SUSTAINMENT STANDPOINT FOR ARTS. UM, EVEN ACTUALLY, THAT WAS A CONVERSATION THE COUNCIL HAD BEFORE PANDEMIC. UM, WE ARE IN THE UNFORTUNATE POSITION WHERE WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO, UM, DIG OURSELVES OUT OF A HOLE IN THE HOT FUND. UM, I WILL SHARE, I'M GONNA STEAL A LITTLE BIT OF COUNCILMAN, UH, TREVINOS THUNDER. HE HAD A VERY GOOD SUGGESTION, UH, WHEN WE, UH, TALKED TO HIM THE OTHER DAY, AND THAT WE WILL BE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT AT THE WORK SESSION. BUT WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR BOND PROGRAM TO HELP, UM, WITH, WITH PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD WITH? HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE MAYBE SOME ADDITIONAL LATITUDE TO, UH, INCORPORATE ARTISTS INTO THAT WORK? WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK ON THAT. AND WE ANTICIPATE SHARE SHARING THAT WITH THE GROUP, UH, WITH THE COUNCIL NEXT WEEK. BUT, UM, I, I, I DON'T WANT THE COUNCIL TO NOT THINK THAT THE STAFF HAS NOT HEARD YOU THE LAST FIVE TIMES. YOU'VE SAID IT, THAT ARTS ARE A PRIORITY IN THE, IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE, WE AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT. UM, IT, IT'S JUST GONNA, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT WAY TO, TO CARVE THAT APPLE UP A LITTLE BIT. UM, AND, AND WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW UP ON COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S SUGGESTION AND ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, MARIA, AND, AND TO OUR ECONOMIST. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING AT WITHIN THE, UM, PAPERWORK THAT WE HAVE IS UNDER THE BUSINESSES PERMANENTLY CLOSED BY GENDER AND ETHNICITY, UM, OF OWNERSHIP IN 2020. IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN TO ME, WITHIN THE INFO GROUP, IT SAYS IT WAS CATEGOR CATEGORIZED, UH, WITHIN 168 DIFFERENT RACE AND ETHNICITIES. UM, [02:55:01] BUT IT CANNOT BE SUMMARIZED INTO BROADER CATEGORIES LIKE WHITE, AFRICAN AMERICAN, AND ASIAN. HOWEVER HISPANIC IS, UH, PROVIDED. AND SO I WANTED TO KNOW, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THAT CAME ABOUT, AND THEN WHAT DOES THAT REALLY SPEAK TO, UM, AND THEN HOW DO WE GET THAT INFORMATION TRULY BROKEN DOWN, UM, BY OUR REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WITHIN BUSINESS OWNERSHIP? ANY FURTHER QUESTION, UM, WITH WITHIN THE, THE INFO GROUP DATA, WHICH IS A DATABASE, UM, THAT IT'S A PRIVATE DATABASE OF, UM, THEORETICALLY ANYWAYS, ALL BUSINESSES IN, IN SAN ANTONIO. AND THEY HAVE A CATEGORY OF, OF, UM, CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THE TITLE IS, BUT OF THE ETHNICITY OF, OF THE CONTACT THE OWNER OR OR MANAGER THERE. UM, AND LIKE, LIKE, SO THERE'S LIKE 168 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. AND SO IT'LL BE JUST AS EXAMPLE, UH, FIVE DIFFERENT DESIGNATIONS OF, OF AFRICAN AMERICAN. UM, THERE'LL BE, UH, SCOTTISH, IRISH, FRENCH, UM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY FOR THE, THE, THE, THE, THE COUNTRIES FROM, FROM WHICH THEY ASSESS THE, THE PEOPLE, UM, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR HERITAGE. UM, WE WEREN'T COMFORTABLE GOING IN AND SAYING, WELL, ALL FRENCH PEOPLE ARE WHITE. 'CAUSE THEY'RE CLEARLY NOT. AND SO IN ORDER TO TRY TO, TO BREAK THAT DOWN INTO A, A CLEAR RACE ETHNICITY AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BRING IT UP INTO, TO BROADER CATEGORIES WITHOUT PRESENTING 168 DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, CATEGORIES THERE, IT, IT, IT WAS TO US IT WAS GONNA BE MISLEADING THAN TO JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, THE DATA JUST AREN'T CLEAN ENOUGH THAT WE HAVE TO, TO DO THAT. THE ONE PIECE IN THERE THAT, THAT I, AND I, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT, BUT THEY DO HAVE ONE DESIGNATION ONLY FOR HISPANIC. AND SO THAT'S WHY HISPANIC WAS IN, WAS, WAS INCLUDED IN THERE AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE WAS PUT UNDER OTHER, IN THAT ONE TABLE. AND THIS IS FROM THE REPORT. THIS WASN'T PRESENTED TODAY. UM, SO, UH, DOES THAT THAT MAKE SENSE ON, ON THE DATA PIECE? SOMEWHAT, NOT REALLY. . WHAT ABOUT SPECIFICALLY, UM, , UM, WITHIN THE, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LARGE POPULATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESSES, BUT IF I LOOK AT THIS REPORT, HOW DO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THOSE INDUSTRIES WERE, WHAT THOSE BUSINESSES WERE THAT CLOSED, AND HOW DO WE BRING THOSE INDUSTRIES OR THOSE BUSINESSES BACK ONLINE? SO THAT'S WHERE MY MAIN CONCERN IS AT THIS TIME. SO IS THERE WITHIN THE REPORT A WAY TO, UM, KIND OF SEE WHERE WE LOST OUR COMMUNITY-BASED BUSINESSES? UH, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT, IT, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND DATA YET THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN COME FROM. I MEAN, THERE'S DATA AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL THAT WE CAN GET, SAY, ON THE PROPORTION OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE AMERICAN OWNED THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO APPLY TO SAN ANTONIO. AND WE'D HAVE TO MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION THAT THAT AT THE US LEVEL APPLIES TO THE SAN ANTONIO AREA. UM, THAT WOULD GIVE US A LOOK. UM, BUT IT, IT, FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND, THAT'S, THAT'S THE BEST WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO. AND, AND WE DID NOT PUT THAT IN, IN THE REPORT BECAUSE OF THAT. OKAY. UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT WE CAN, AND WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT ASSESSMENT. WE JUST BEEN, BEEN ABLE TO GET THE DATA THAT'S, THAT'S CLEAN ENOUGH FOR OUR COMFORT TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU A A A A LOOK. THAT'S, THAT'S INFORMATIVE ENOUGH. COUNCILWOMAN, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, WHILE COUNCILMAN GRO IS GOING TO HER CHAIR, I THINK I, I THINK THAT INFORMATION IS REALLY USEFUL AS THE, THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE WORKS ON THE EXECUTION PLAN OF THE SMALL BUSINESS AND MICRO BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM AND, AND USING THAT EQUITY LENS TO HELP GUIDE WHERE THOSE GRANTS NEED TO GO. UM, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A TOOL NOW THAT WE CAN USE. I KNOW THAT THAT WORK IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU, ERIC. UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS REPORT ALSO, AND I KNOW THAT SAN ANTONIO IS SUCH A TOURISTIC CITY, [03:00:01] UM, HAVE WE LOOKED WITHIN THIS REPORT, HOW DO WE, UM, KIND OF DIVERSIFY OUR REVENUE STREAM, UM, TO NOT JUST DEPEND ON THE HOT TAX, UM, FUND OR THE SALES TAX? HAVE WE LOOKED WITHIN THIS REPORT WHERE WE COULD START DIVER DIVERSIFYING THE REVENUE THAT WE HAVE COMING BACK INTO THE CITY? COUNCILWOMAN? UM, NO. THE, THE, THE FORECAST ASSUMES NO CREATION OF NEW REVENUE SOURCES OR, UH, CHANGES TO FEES. UM, AND, AND WE DID GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT GOING INTO THE FORECAST. UH, BUT GIVEN, GIVEN THE, THE INFORMATION AND WHERE WE'RE AT FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT, UH, WE WEREN'T RECOMMENDING ANY OF THAT AT THIS POINT. IT COULD BE A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AT THE WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK. AND, YOU KNOW, UM, THE, THE, THE MOST CONSISTENT SLIDE YOU SAW IN THE PRESENTATION WAS C P S REVENUE FROM A PROJECTION GOING FORWARD. AND, AND, AND I KNOW WE'VE ALL SAT IN THIS CHAMBER BEFORE AND TOLD YOU THAT'S THE, OUR MOST UNPREDICTABLE. SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT PUTS IN PERSPECTIVE WHERE WE'RE AT WHEN C P S REVENUE, UH, BECOMES SOMETHING WE CAN RELY UPON. WE DO HAVE A DIVERSIFIED REVENUE SOURCE. MOST CITIES DO. MOST, MOST CITIES OUR SIZE RELY UPON SALES TAX AND PROPERTY TAX. AND, AND WE HAVE THAT, UH, ADDITIONAL THIRD SLICE, WHICH IS OUR RETURN ON OWNERSHIP FROM C P S. OKAY. APPRECIATE THAT, ERIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN VAN GRANT WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT COUNCIL BUDGETS. I KNOW I SPOKE WITH, UM, ERIC AND BEN AND MARIA, UM, WHEN WE WERE HAVING OUR BRIEFING ABOUT THIS SESSION. AND, UM, DEFINITELY TAKING A LOOK AT OUR COUNCIL BUDGETS TO SEE WHERE WE CAN, UM, UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS TO HELP OUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, WHEN IT RELATES TO, UM, SOME OF THE LINE ITEMS WITHIN THE POLICE BUDGET. AND I REALLY WANNA FIND OUT CLARIFICATION ABOUT THE ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS AND HOW THOSE FUNDS CAN BE TRULY PUT BACK INTO COMMUNITY NONPROFITS THAT ASSIST OUR YOUTH, OUR HELPING OUR YOUTH WITH, UM, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT NONPROFITS ARE REALLY, UM, LOOKING FOR FINANCIAL, UM, HELP TO CONTINUE THOSE PROGRAMS FOR OUR YOUTH. UM, ERIC OR, UH, MARIA, COULD YOU SPEAK TO HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE, UM, THOSE FUNDS, UM, GOING FORWARD? YES. COUNCILWOMAN, SO, SO THOSE, UH, FUNDS THAT COME INTO THE, UM, UH, ASSET SEIZURE FUND FOR POLICE, THERE, THERE ARE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE FROM THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON HOW TO UTILIZE THEM, UM, SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR POINT, HOW WE CAN USE THEM, UH, FOR COMMUNITY WORK AND PERHAPS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NONPROFITS. THIS YEAR'S BUDGET ADDED, UM, ABOUT $150,000 TO DO A CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM. WE HAVE THE RFPS OUT ON THE STREET. WE SHOULD BE GETTING THOSE BACK SOON TO BRING SOME, UH, A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL ON HOW TO USE THOSE FUNDS PROBABLY IN AUGUST. UM, SO THE ANSWER, THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES, IT CAN BE UTILIZED TO, UH, FOR COMMUNITY EFFORTS AS LONG AS WE STAY WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE, OF THE FUND, WHICH IS TO PREVENT CRIME IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR FUND. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARIA. UM, AS WE GO FORWARD, ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE ARE THE, THE FEES THAT WE HAVE ON URBAN FARMING AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN ASSIST OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE DOING, UH, COM, UH, FARMING SUCH AS OPIA AND THE GARCIA, UH, STREET FORM. AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN ASSIST THOSE WITH HELPING WITH OUR FOOD SECURITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES IS ANOTHER AREA THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, FOR US TO LOOK AT AND MAYBE EVEN PARTNER WITH THESE COMMUNITY GARDENS TO WHERE WE CAN START BRINGING A HIGHER QUALITY OF FRESH FOOD AND PRODUCE TO OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WE AS A CITY CAN COLLABORATE WITHIN HAVING COMMUNITY GARDENS. UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS I HAVE AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET. I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF MORE, UM, DISCUSSIONS AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS BUDGET, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB AND SHOWING US WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AS WE PROGRESS. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST WANNA THANK, UH, MY COLLEAGUES, UH, COUNCILMAN GONZALES FOR BRINGING UP THE ARTS. UM, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE, THE GREAT SUPPORT AND, AND, AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT, UH, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT PROVIDING, UH, [03:05:01] A REAL LIFELINE FOR THE ARTS. SO, SO THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE, UM, THE FACT THAT WE KNOW THAT THIS IS TRULY UNIQUE AND DIFFICULT TIME FOR, FOR ALL OF US AND ERIC, UM, YOU KNOW, BIG THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF. UM, I, I THINK WE CAN ALL SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UH, OR Y'ALL ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING LONG, LONG HOURS. UM, LIKE MANY OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UH, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE ALL TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO, TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY. AND, UM, AND SO THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION TODAY. YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY PREFER TO SAY I, I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO THE WORK SESSION. UH, I'M SURE I'LL HAVE MORE, MORE, UH, THOUGHTS, BUT I, I JUST WANT TO BASICALLY HIT ON ONE KEY, MAJOR POINT, AND THAT TO ME IS ABOUT, UH, REALLY DEMONSTRATING THAT THIS PARTICULAR CITY, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR CRISIS, UH, IS DEMONSTRATING A REAL NEED FOR A TRUE SOCIAL SAFETY NET. AND, UM, WHAT, WHAT I THINK IS CRITICAL IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF UNIQUE DATA THAT I THINK SAN ANTONIO IS STILL NEEDING TO SHOW. AND I'LL, UM, I WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, POINT OUT AS AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, OF HOW, YOU KNOW, IN THIS ECONOMIC PRESENTATION, IN WHICH BY THE WAY, THANK YOU, UH, TO, UH, JOHN HOCKS AND, AND STEVE NIVAN FOR, FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I, I BELIEVE YOU GUYS NEED, SHOULD BE COMING TO CITY COUNCIL REGULARLY TO EDUCATE US ABOUT ECONOMICS IN GENERAL AND, AND THE IMPACT IT HAS ON A CITY, AND HOW, HOW WE SHOULD BE UNDERSTANDING WHAT ECONOMICS MEANS, ESPECIALLY AS IT, AS IT, AS IT RELATES TO A CITY THAT THAT IS, UM, THAT, THAT CAN SEE MANY DIFFERENT, UH, FORMS OF, OF, OF, UH, DIVISION OR SEGREGATION. UH, THE, TO BE, TO BE ECONOMICALLY SEGREGATED THE WAY WE ARE IS, IS A BIG DEAL. UM, AND I DIDN'T HEAR MUCH OF THAT. AND I, AND, AND I WANNA POINT OUT AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, THAT WE REALLY NEED TO, UH, GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND THE PLIGHT OF THE UNDOCUMENTED POPULATION IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE SIMPLY CAN'T IGNORE WHAT THE POTENTIAL NEEDS, UH, WILL BE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS ABOUT REALLY DIVING DEEP INTO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, AS AN EXAMPLE, SORT OF THE, THE, THE, THE INCOME ELASTICITY THAT IMPACTS DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE SAW IT IN THOSE PICTURES OF THE FOOD BANK, WHERE, WHERE, WHERE FOLKS ARE LINED UP, RIGHT? FOR JUST BASIC, BASIC NEEDS. UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOME OF THE STATISTICS BACK ON THE EMERGENCY FUNDING, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT DEMONSTRATED HOW EVERYTHING IS SO INTERCONNECTED, UH, WITH RACE, WITH HOUSING, WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I FORGET THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT IT WAS MORE THAN HALF FOR SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE MAKING LESS THAN 10% OF THE A M I. AND YOU KNOW, I WANNA KNOW, WE NEED TO KNOW AS A COUNCIL IS WHERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE? WE CANNOT, WE CAN'T IGNORE THAT. THAT'S A, A LARGE POPULATION IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND AS WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP THESE PRIORITIES, UH, AS, AS IS BEING ASKED OF US, THAT, THAT WE'RE, UH, ADDRESSING, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, THIS DATA, RIGHT, THIS CONCERN, BECAUSE THIS DATA REALLY AMOUNTS TO REAL PEOPLE, REAL PEOPLE IN NEED. AND, YOU KNOW, SO, SO THE THE THINGS THAT THAT THAT CONCERN ME THE MOST, UH, ARE CENTERED AROUND, THAT ARE CENTERED AROUND THE, THIS IDEA THAT, THAT A A SOMEBODY IS, IS ON THIS RAZOR'S EDGE OF, OF HOMELESSNESS ON THIS RAS RAZOR'S EDGE OF HUNGER, UM, THAT, THAT WE, UH, REALLY NEED TO TAKE A, A DEEPER DIVE. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S MY, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST MY, MY 2 CENTS. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'LL, WE'LL BE DOING MORE. UM, IF, IF Y'ALL WANNA SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT I BROUGHT UP, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL IN SAN ANTONIO. UH, WE SIMPLY CAN'T IGNORE, UH, THE INCREDIBLE, UH, UH, POVERTY THAT WE HAVE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE FOLKS THAT ARE UNFORTUNATELY LIVING IN THE SHADOWS THAT, UH, REALLY NEED, UH, OUR HELP [03:10:01] THE MOST, RIGHT? NOW, I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS A, A, A TRUE HUMAN HUMANITY, UH, ISSUE. THIS IS A HUMAN CRISIS. AND, AND I WANT US TO BE, UH, ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE. EYES WIDE OPEN. Y'ALL WANT TO, Y'ALL WANNA ANSWER ANY OF THAT, MR. HAWKINS OR STEVE NIVAN? I, I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT WITH WHAT YOU SAID TODAY. WE WERE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE, WHAT WE WERE ASKED TO DO IN SERVICE OF THIS WAS REALLY, AGAIN, ABOUT REVENUE FORECASTING FOR THE CITY. AND SO WE FOCUSED ON THAT. WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP YOU GUYS IN ANY WAY WE CAN BE USEFUL, THINK ABOUT THESE DEEPER STRUCTURAL ISSUES, WHICH YOU'VE JUST TOUCHED ON. UH, AND WE WOULD DO THAT OBVIOUSLY AT COUNCIL'S PLEASURE AND BE BE PLEASED TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS. IT JUST WASN'T PART OF OUR TASK FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WERE GIVEN TO DO AT THIS, AT THIS POINT IN TIME. OKAY. WELL, THIS IS GOOD TO KNOW. YEAH, BECAUSE I MEAN, I THINK THAT THIS IS TO CONSIDER THIS MY REQUEST, BECAUSE IF WE'RE, IF WE ARE GONNA TRY TO ADDRESS THESE STRUCTURAL ISSUES, THEN WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF IT, ALL OF THE ISSUES. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS THE, THE THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE WHEN WE, WHEN WE TAKE AVERAGES, WHEN WE TAKE, UH, OR MEANS THEY DON'T SPEAK TO THE EXTREMES AND, AND THE, AND THE, THE DIFFERENT, UH, STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT HAVE KEPT OUR CITY, UH, IN, IN SUCH A, SUCH A, UH, WELL ON THE WORST LISTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, RIGHT? UH, THE MOST ECONOMICALLY SEGREGATED CITY IN THE COUNTRY. UH, THE POVERTY REPORT SPOKE A LOT ABOUT THIS. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WHO'S, WHO'S GONNA, WHO'S GONNA KNOW THESE THINGS IF WE DON'T DIG FOR THAT INFORMATION? AND, UM, I MEAN, I, I, I HOPE THAT WE CAN, THAT WE CAN, UH, THAT ASK YOU TO, UM, IN FACT, IT'S ERIC, I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS THE INFORMATION I'M REQUESTING. I WE NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT, UH, THE, THE, THOSE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I WANNA KNOW THE ECONOMICS BEHIND ALL OF THAT. I WANNA KNOW THE ECONOMICS OF THAT STRUGGLE. I WANNA KNOW THE ECONOMICS OF, OF, OF PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, WHO HAVE TAKEN, HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE RISK MITIGATION FUND, UH, THAT SADLY ARE AT LESS THAN 10% OF THE A M I, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO TRULY UNDERSTAND AND HELP, UH, UH, THOSE PEOPLE IN THAT SITUATION? THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY. IN FACT, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. AND AS WE ESTABLISH THOSE PILLARS OF SUPPORT WITHIN OUR, WITHIN OUR, UH, BUDGETS, UH, UNDERSTANDING THE ECONOMICS OF THIS, I THINK CAN HELP AT LEAST EASE THAT BURDEN OR MAYBE EVEN PROVIDE SOME, SOME SENSE OF A ROADMAP FOR, UH, FOR A SOLUTION. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING, THAT'S MY YEAH, COUNCILMAN. SO, YOU KNOW, I, I, THOSE ARE ALL REALLY VALID POINTS. AND, AND, AND, AND THE COUNCIL'S TALKED ABOUT THAT IN RELATION TO OUR RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PROGRAM. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WORK IS GONNA BE ONGOING. WE TALKED ABOUT DOING, UM, MONTHLY FINANCIAL AND PROGRESS UPDATES IN EACH OF THOSE PILLARS. UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT WORK IS GONNA PROBABLY TAKE SOME TIME TO DEVELOP. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST KIND OF THINKING THROUGH THE, THE ANSWERS THAT, UH, STEVE AND AND JOHN ARE GIVING. WE MIGHT WANT TO EMPLOY THEM OR, OR OTHERS TO HELP INFORM US OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 'CAUSE, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT SURE WE REALLY HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON IT. I THINK THERE'S, TO YOUR POINT, THERE'S, THERE'S AN UNDERCURRENT OR A POTENTIAL UN, UN UNSEEN ELEMENT, UH, BEYOND THE, THE GOOD WORK THAT THE, THAT THESE TWO GENTLEMEN DID FOR THE, FOR THE CITY. UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A WORK IN PROGRESS. WE'LL NEED TO, WE'LL NEED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH YOUR COMMITTEE AND THE OTHER COUNCIL COMMITTEES TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT REMAINS A, A CORNERSTONE OF, OF, OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. THANK YOU, ERIC. UH, CER CERTAINLY I SUPPORT, UH, WORKING, UH, MORE CLOSELY, UH, WITH, WITH, WITH THESE TWO ECONOMISTS TO, TO HELP US UNDERSTAND, UH, MORE DEEPLY, UH, THE, THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES, THE, THE ECONOMICS, UH, BEHIND, UH, THESE PROBLEMS I THINK, I THINK WE COULD ALL, UH, BENEFIT FROM, FROM THEIR WORK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. COUNCIL MEMBER ROTO GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PRESENTED TODAY. UH, I WAS VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT YOU ALL HAD TO SAY, AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, LOOK A LITTLE BIT AND, UH, AND ASK SOME, SOME, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TO [03:15:01] ASK. MOST OF MY QUESTIONS WILL BE RESERVED, ERIC, FOR, UM, FRIDAY SESSION. UM, AND I'LL, I'LL PROBABLY GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. 'CAUSE IF WE'RE TIMED, AGAIN, I MIGHT NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. UM, THEN, BUT, UH, I, I HAVE ONE START OFF QUESTION, ERIC. UH, A FEW MONTHS AGO, WELL, MAYBE IT WAS, UH, WELL, YEAH, MORE THAN EIGHT MONTHS AGO, I ASKED ABOUT A BUDGET OR THE BUDGET FOR THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT TYPE OF PROGRAMS AND IF WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, LOOKING AT THAT. AT THE TIME, I HAD ASKED FOR SOME INFORMATION AND THE FOLKS THAT WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WERE CSA EMPLOYEES, WERE SOME, UH, THAT WERE VERY HIGH PAID. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, REVISIT OR, OR MAYBE, UM, EVEN USE SOME OF THAT BUDGET. SO THAT, THAT'S, I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE BUDGET IS GOING TO BE FOR THIS NEXT COMING YEAR, 20 OR SO? COUNCILWOMAN? IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOVE $200,000, BUT IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT, UM, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT, UH, EMPLOYEE OR PERSONNEL, UM, EXPENSE ADJUSTMENT THAT WE'LL RE-LOOK AT. I DO THINK IT'S A BALANCE, THOUGH, BECAUSE THE PART OF THAT PROGRAM IS ALSO DESIGNED TO INCENTIVIZING, UH, OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS TO LIVE WITHIN THE CITY, WHICH, UM, WHICH HAS A WHOLE LOT MORE MEANING IN MAKING SURE THERE'S A CONTINUED CONNECTION WITH, WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL. BUT, BUT YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, VERY QUICKLY, THE MONTH OF JULY, WE WILL BE REVIEWING THAT PROGRAM AS WELL. OKAY, WONDERFUL. BECAUSE I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT WE'LL BE REVIEWING THE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT AND, UH, I ASSUME THAT MORE FOLKS TOOK, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REVIEWING EVERY PROGRAM, AND THEN ALSO AS WE'RE LOOKING TO CUT AND MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS, ARE YOU ALSO, UM, CONSIDERING FOR BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT SERVICES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THESE, UM, COVID COEXISTENCE REALLY ACCOMMODATIONS ACROSS OUR FACILITIES? AND, UH, ARE, ARE YOU PROPERLY BUDGETING FOR THAT SOMEWHERE? I, I'M, I'M ASSUMING YOU ARE, BUT I JUST HAVEN'T HEARD IT. YES, MA'AM. WE WILL BE DOING THAT AND THAT DETAILED WORK IN JULY. OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN ALSO, UM, THE STEP PLAY PLAN I REMEMBER FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REVISITED, UH, THIS YEAR. WHAT HAPPENS NOW? THE WHAT PROGRAM? COUNCILWOMAN THE STEP PAY. THE PLAN FOR EMPLOYEE STEP. OH, THE STEP PLAY. UM, YEAH. YES, MA'AM. SO, UM, O OBVIOUSLY IN THE FORECAST THAT WE JUST PRESENTED TO YOU AND IN THE TRIAL BUDGET, UM, THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE HAD MADE CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS FOR, UH, ANNUAL COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS PERFORMANCE PAY, NONE OF THAT. UH, AND, AND, AND THIRDLY, UH, THE, UH, STEP PAY PLAN, NONE OF THAT IS IN THE FORECAST THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY. UM, REMEMBER, UH, WHAT WE, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WHAT I TALKED ABOUT LAST, UH, AT THE END OF LAST, UM, UH, SUMMER AS WE WERE GOING INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR, WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO WORK ON, UH, STEP PAY PLAN 2.0. UM, THAT WORK WAS SUPPOSED TO OCCUR IN THE SPRING, UM, AND IS ALL ON HOLD, UH, UNTIL WE, UH, RECOVER. UM, AND, AND, UM, SO IT'S NOT INCLUDED AND, UH, WE WILL NOT BE INCLUDING AT THIS POINT. I DON'T, I DON'T FRANKLY SEE HOW WE CAN, UH, MAKE THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF ADJUSTMENTS, UH, WITHOUT MAKING, UH, SERVICE CUTS. OKAY. AND THEN SIMILARLY RELATED TO THAT, ERIC ALSO IS, UM, THE HOME IS STRATEGIC PLAN. I THINK WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET A, AN UPDATE ON IT. I'M, UH, I'M ALSO ASSUMING THAT THERE WILL HAVE TO BE RECONSIDERATION FOR, UH, COVID IMPACT, AND SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, FOLKS THAT ARE IMPACTED. AND SO IS THAT BEING LOOKED AT AS WELL TO BE REVISITED? YES, MA'AM. BUT ALSO REMEMBER THAT THAT'S A BIG, UH, PIECE OF THE, UM, HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED IN OUR RECOVERY PROGRAM. SO WE'LL BE UTILIZING THOSE DOLLARS. UM, THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, I THINK, AT THE END OF MARCH. AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE DIDN'T DO THAT. UM, AND WE'RE HAVING TO ADJUST HOW WE DEAL WITH HOMELESSNESS AND FRANKLY, REPRIORITIZE THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUES, UM, THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, WITH OUR PARTNERS. OKAY, GREAT. UM, AND IN MY DISTRICT, THE TOP CONSTITUENT CALLS, UM, COME, UH, AND THEY'RE MOSTLY UTILITY ASSISTANCE, SOME RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, A LOT OF CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUES, UH, SS A P D, UM, A C S, UH, AND PUBLIC WORKS. AND SO ONE OF THE AREAS IS HOMELESSNESS. THAT'S WHY I, I, I ASK PARTICULARLY ABOUT THAT. UM, TRANSPORTATION IS, IS A HUGE ONE FOR MY, UH, RESIDENTS, AND I WANNA THANK MELODY CO. UH, KAIN, WHO WAS THERE EARLIER TODAY WITH, UM, DISABILITY ESSAY. UM, BECAUSE I, I SEE A LOT OF MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY VETERANS, UH, THAT ARE DISABLED, THAT, YOU KNOW, [03:20:01] TAKE THEIR, UH, UM, THE SIDEWALKS AND SOMETIMES NOT SIDEWALKS, THEY, THEY GET ON THE STREET. AND SO, UM, TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY IN GENERAL IS HUGE FOR D FOUR. I, I ONLY NEED TO, UM, UH, REMIND YOU ALL, BUT THEN, UH, ALSO THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. SO, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATIONS, AND THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR ADDING THAT AS, AS A FOLLOW UP, BECAUSE I'VE, UM, BEEN WORRIED ABOUT THE, THE, THE FOLKS WHO ARE IN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY. AND I, I DO WANNA THANK ALSO, UM, VIA TRUSTEE ATHLETE MALONE, WHO ALWAYS, UM, IS A STRONG VOICE, UM, IN, IN THIS AREA. UM, I WANNA LOOK AT THE WOMEN, UH, UH, AREA OF THE REPORT RIGHT NOW. UM, SOMEONE YESTERDAY REMINDED ME THAT, UH, DIVERSITY IS NOT ALL ABOUT WOMEN BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT I TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT WOMEN. UM, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR REPORT, IT REMINDS US THAT 54% OF WOMEN WERE IMPACTED. UM, AND PAGE 59, AS A MATTER FACT, SAYS THAT ACROSS ALL INDUSTRIES, WOMEN WERE AFFECTED WORSE THAN MEN. AND SO I FEEL THE NEED TO, UH, REMIND, UH, REMIND FOLKS THAT, UM, WE SHOULD PROBABLY FOCUS ON, UH, PROGRAMS THAT LOOK AT HOW WE CAN HELP WOMEN SUCCEED. AND SO, UM, I'M ALSO THINKING THAT, AND, AND I'M HAPPY THAT TOMORROW WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR WORKFORCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING. AND, AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR PUTTING ME ON THAT COMMITTEE. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MY CHAIR, UM, UH, WORKING TOGETHER WITH US, UH, ON THE JOB TRAINING. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL. I THINK A COMPONENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE THAT ON THE JOB TRAINING. I'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WITH SMALL BUSINESSES WHO, WHO, UH, SAY THAT THEY NEED A LOT OF HELP. AND SO THEY'RE DOING ON THE JOB TRAINING. SO IT IS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. UM, STEVE NEVIN TODAY MENTIONED STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT WILL BE CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE, AND, UH, SOME PEOPLE WILL BE TRANSFERRING TO OTHER INDUSTRIES AS WELL. SO I, I DO BELIEVE THAT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS CRITICAL OPPONENT. I DO WANNA, UM, REMIND, UH, MY COLLEAGUES THAT, UM, MAYBE WE SHOULD ALSO CONSULT A LITTLE BIT MORE INVESTMENT IN, IN ON THE JOB TRAINING. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION. THEN I WANNA CLOSE BY, UM, AGAIN, UH, JUST REMINDING FOLKS ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT SOME ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS, UM, WITHIN PD. AND SO MARIA AND ERIC, I SENT YOU ALL, AND YOU ALL PROBABLY ARE AWARE ABOUT THE HOOT CAHOOTS PROGRAM IN HOUSTON. AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP AGAIN IN, IN A CONVERSATION THIS WEEK WITH, UM, MOVE TEXAS THAT I HAD. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I, I SHARED THAT WITH YOU, AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE SUCCESSFULLY WORKING IN OTHER PARTS OF OUR, UM, OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY, UH, THANKING STEVE AND JOHN FOR THE WORK THAT, UH, YOU BOTH DID ON OUR ECONOMIC OUTLOOK. I HAVE TO SAY THAT, UH, I READ IT LAST NIGHT, AND IT DIDN'T PUT ME TO SLEEP ACTUALLY. IT, IT, IT WORRIED ME, MADE IT HARD FOR ME TO GO TO SLEEP AFTER READING IT. UM, AND I THINK WHAT, WHAT I GOT, PART OF WHAT I GOT OUT OF IT WAS THE BASELINE THAT YOU PREDICT IS REALLY YOUR BEST GUESS AT WHAT IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR. UH, BUT I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT IT OPTIMISTICALLY AND PESSIMISTICALLY. AND I BELIEVE THAT AS, UH, ERIC SAID, WE NEED TO FOLLOW THIS QUARTERLY. WE NEED TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL OF THE INDICATORS, PARTICULARLY THE, UH, INDICATORS THAT TALK ABOUT REVENUE COMING IN OR, UM, THE, THE EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BECAUSE IF PEOPLE DO GET BACK TO WORK AND THEY START EARNING A LIVING, THEY START SPENDING MONEY, THEN THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HELP KEEP US AFLOAT AS A CITY. UH, BUT ANYWAY, I WANTED TO THANK, THANK THE BOTH OF YOU ON THAT. UH, I WANTED TO ASK, UH, ERIC, JUST TO CLARIFY SOMETHING IN YOUR TRIAL BUDGET TODAY, OR MARIA, YOU CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THIS. UM, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT REDUCING SERVICES OR REDUCING FUNDING TO PARKS AND RECREATION, OR TO THE LIBRARIES OR TO A C S OR TO METRO HEALTH, OR TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT, OR TO DELEGATE AGENCIES, OR TO PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, OR TO EVEN VIA, UH, WE, WE'VE BEEN GIVEN 10 MILLION. DID I MISS THAT OR HAVE YOU NOT RECOMMENDED IN THIS, UM, TRIAL BUDGET, UH, CUTS IN ANY OF THOSE THAT I'VE JUST MENTIONED, THERE'S NO REDUCTIONS TO SERVICES IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS. WE ARE INCLUDING THE TRIAL BUDGET, A REDUCTION TO THE POLICE OVERTIME, UH, BUDGET. WE SEE THAT MORE AS A RESULT, AGAIN, OF FILLING THOSE VACANCIES. SO THERE'S NO IMPACT TO SERVICE DELIVERY. UM, BUT THERE'S ONE OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES WAS TO [03:25:01] TRY TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT TO SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO, NO, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS NO. WELL, THAT'S GOOD. AND THAT'S WHAT I HAD HOPED THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT ALL OF US EXPECT, UH, THE SERVICES OF THE CITY TO CONTINUE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING CUTS IN ANY OF THOSE SERVICES. NOW, LET ME BE MORE SPECIFIC. DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE NOT GONNA CUT BACK HOURS TO THE LIBRARIES OR DAYS THAT THE LIBRARY WILL BE OPEN? AT THIS POINT? THAT IS NOT PART OF OUR FORECAST OR THE TRIAL BUDGET. HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE ECONOMY AND IN TERMS OF, UM, WITH NEW CASES, UM, MORE CASES OF COVID TO 19. SO WHEN WE COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AS PART OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THINGS MAY LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT AS OF THIS POINT, WE'RE NOT, UH, MAKING ANY OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. OKAY. AND I WON'T GO THROUGH THE WHOLE LIST, BUT BASICALLY YOU'RE SAYING, IF WE WERE SAYING TODAY THIS IS OUR BUDGET, WE'RE NOT MAKING SERVICE CUTS IN THOSE AREAS? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. UM, I DID NOTICE ONE THING IN SLIDE 23, AND THAT WAS THAT HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUNDING WAS NOT SHOWN IN THAT SLIDE AS PART OF OUR HOT TAX. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? UH, SURE. COUNCILMAN, LET ME GET TO THAT SLIDE. SO THE REASON WHY I, WE DID NOT INCLUDE HISTORY AND PRESERVATION IN THAT PARTICULAR SLIDE IS BECAUSE WE ARE, UM, UTILIZING THE $6.9 MILLION YOU SEE ON THE FOOTNOTE, WHICH IS A TRANSFER THAT GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR HISTORY AND PRESERVATION. WE'RE TRANSFERRING THAT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND VISITOR FACILITIES FUND TO OFFSET SOME OF THE, THE DEFICIT THAT IS ANTICIPATED. SO THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT ARE PAID WITH THE HOTEL ANCY TAX WILL CONTINUE. THOSE ARE NOT BEING IMPACTED, BUT THEY, THEY WILL BE PAID WITH GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. OKAY. BUT THAT'S STILL CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN WHAT THEY WERE GETTING, CORRECT? CORRECT. WE WERE GETTING A HISTORY AND PRESERVATION ABOUT CLOSE TO $11 MILLION, AND NOW IT'S GOING DOWN TO 6.9. YES. YOU KNOW, I, I NOTICED THOUGH, EVEN IN THE BUDGET FOR 2020, WE SAY WE DIVIDE THE HOTEL TAX, 35, 35, 15, AND 15, BUT THOSE NUMBERS DIDN'T SEEM TO JIVE IN, UH, IN THE 20 19, 20 20 BUDGETS. IT LOOKED LIKE WE HAD A LOT MORE GOING INTO COMMUNITY AND VISITOR, AND EVEN LESS GOING INTO THE OTHERS AS PERCENTAGES. WERE THOSE SOME THINGS THAT WERE ADJUSTED DURING 2020 BECAUSE OF COVID? UM, SO FOR INSTANCE, UH, IN THE CONVENTION OF VISITORS, UH, FACILITIES, THOSE THAT PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT COLLECTS FUNDS FROM THE ALAMO DOME REVENUES AND THE CONVENTION CENTER. SO THOSE REVENUES ARE HIGHER THAN WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET. THE TRANSFER FROM THE HOTEL, ANCY TAX IS LESS. SO YOU'LL SEE A DIFFERENCE, UH, BETWEEN BUDGET ADOPTION AND THE ACTUALS FOR 2019, WHICH IS PERHAPS WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT. AND IT WAS PROBABLY A DIFFERENT PERCENTAGE. UH, THE, THE TRANSFERS TO HISTORY AND PRESERVATION AND ARTS, THAT 15% IS THE SAME AMOUNT THAT WE BUDGET. WE DON'T DEVIATE FROM THAT. AND SAME THING WITH VISIT IS SAVED. THE AMOUNT THAT IS SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IS THE AMOUNT, UM, UH, THAT, THAT THEY WOULD GET UNLESS THERE'S A PANDEMIC LIKE THIS YEAR THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME REDUCTIONS. BUT GOING FORWARD, WE SHOULDN'T EXPECT 35%, 35%, 15, AND 15, UH, BECAUSE WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY COMING IN, AND WE HAVE GREATER FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO OUR FACILITIES. SO, SO THE, THAT WOULD BE A DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL, UH, WHAT YOU SEE IN THE FORECAST, THE FORMULA DOESN'T CHANGE, BUT THE AMOUNTS ARE LOWER BECAUSE THERE'S A LOWER, UM, REVENUE FROM THE H O T. BUT IS, THAT'S DEFINITELY A POLICY DISCUSSION FOR THE COUNCIL, SHOULD DOSE PERCENTAGES, UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THOSE PERCENTAGES. OKAY. ALSO, I DIDN'T SEE ANY, UM, DISCUSSION ON OUR 15% RESERVE $180 MILLION RESERVE THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. HAS THAT BEEN TOUCHED OR CHANGED, OR WILL IT BE IN, IN THE TRIAL BUDGET GOING FORWARD? WE HAVE NOT TOUCHED THAT COUNCILMAN AND THE FORECAST MAINTAINS THAT 15% OF THE GENERAL FUND ENDING BALANCE. AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT, AND WE SHOULD HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THAT, BUT THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENT THAT WE PROVIDED TODAY. WE MAINTAIN THAT 15%. OKAY. AND SO IT'LL BE 15% OF WHATEVER THE GENERAL BUDGET IS GOING TO BE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THE, THE 15% IS, IS CALCULATED ON TOTAL RESOURCES, RIGHT? OR I'M SORRY, UH, TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES. [03:30:01] OKAY. SO IT'S 15% OF OPERATING REVENUES, BUT SINCE OUR OPERATING REVENUES ARE GOING DOWN, IT WILL FLUCTUATE. YES. IT'LL PROBABLY GO DOWN TO, YEAH. BUT IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH WAS IN THAT BUDGET AS OF THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THERE WAS $180 MILLION SET ASIDE. IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? YES. OKAY. YES. UM, THE BIGGEST CONCERN I HAVE, I THINK THAT THE STAFF DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER AND ANALYZING IT. AND I APPRECIATE A MORE OPTIMISTIC LOOK ON SOME OF THESE AREAS, UH, THAN MAYBE THE ECONOMISTS HAD. UH, AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS TENDED TO BE PRETTY CONSERVATIVE WHEN IT LOOKED AT THINGS. SO I FEEL LIKE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR FISCAL YEAR 21 AND 22, UH, THE ABOUT $90 MILLION IN DEFICIT INCOME THAT WE'RE PROJECTING AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO, UH, ADDRESS THAT $20 MILLION, UH, ONE YEAR, 89 MILLION THE NEXT, AND KIND OF DIVIDING IT UP INTO TWO PIECES SAYING, WE'VE GOTTA SAVE 65 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS IN 2021 AND 43 MILLION IN 2022. THAT IT SOUNDS PERFECTLY REASONABLE AND RATIONAL ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT. AND I KNOW THE DETAILS ARE GONNA HELP US UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW WE DO THAT. MY BIGGEST CONCERN, THOUGH, IS EVEN LOOKING AT THE YEARS BEYOND THAT MM-HMM. , BECAUSE IF WE CUT 65 MILLION SPENDING FOR 2021, AND WE CUT 43 MILLION IN SPENDING FOR 2022, IF WE LOOK AT THE FORECAST FOR 2023, WE'RE LOOKING AT $97 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL, UH, DECLINE IN REVENUE. AND IF WE'RE ONLY CUTTING 43 MILLION FOR 2022, THEN WE WOULD LOOK AT A TWO YEAR BUDGET FOR 22 AND 23. WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT 109 MILLION SHORTCOMING. WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE LIKE, UH, $150 MILLION SHORTCOMING. AND HOW DO YOU DIVIDE THAT OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD? YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CUT 75 MILLION A YEAR THEN TO TRY AND EVEN THAT OUT OVER TWO YEARS. SO, UH, I JUST HOPE MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS REALIZE, UNLESS THINGS REALLY PICK UP, IT'S NOT JUST THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR, WHICH I THINK WE'RE GONNA MANAGE, BUT IT'S THE TWO YEARS AFTER THAT THAT ARE GONNA REALLY HIT US HARD, UH, AND, AND COULD CAUSE US TO HAVE TO MAKE EVEN MORE SERIOUS REDUCTIONS UNLESS WE COME UP WITH ADDITIONAL INCOME. AND HOPEFULLY THE ECONOMY WILL, WILL BE GOOD TO US. BUT I JUST THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO LOOK BEYOND THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS BUDGET. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AS ALWAYS. VERY WELL, UH, VERY WELL DONE. AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, UH, EXCEPT FOR THE REVENUES PART, I REALLY DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU BROUGHT US, MARIA, BUT, UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE BRIEFING IN, IN ADVANCE AND TO OUR, UH, ECONOMIST, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. UM, JUST ONE, UH, QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ANALYSIS THAT YOU DID WITH REGARDS TO, UM, THE INFORMAL ECONOMY. IS ANY OF THAT CAPTURED IN THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT US? NO. IT, IT DOES NOT CAPTURE THE, THE INFORMAL ECONOMY. UM, I, I, I'M TRYING TO THINK BACK TO, TO A STUDY I DID ON THE INFORMAL ECONOMY AROUND THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. UM, AND THE NUMBERS I CAME UP THERE, I THINK IT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS IN THE WEST SIDE. UM, WHEN I SAY WEST SIDE, I MEAN THE, THE, BASICALLY THE AREA AROUND ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AREA, UM, OR THE, I SHOULD BE MORE SPECIFIC TO WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT AREA. UM, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK THAT NUMBERS TO GET YOU THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS, BUT IT'S A PRETTY SIZEABLE, NOW THAT'LL VARY DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LOCATION WITH WITHIN THE CITY, AND CERTAINLY VARY FOR THE, FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE, IT'LL BE SMALLER. OKAY. UM, SO I DON'T THINK, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO AFFECT OUR REVENUES VERY MUCH. RIGHT. BECAUSE IT'S IN INFORMAL. SO IN TERMS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, SALES TAXES, RIGHT? OR HOW WILL IT INFLUENCE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY? YEAH. UM, THAT ACTIVITY WILL, WILL HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, TO USE YOUR EXAMPLE, SALES TAXES WOULD COST SALES TAXES TO BE HIGHER THAN WHAT'S [03:35:01] IN OUR PROJECTIONS. BUT I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE MINIMAL. UM, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, UH, THE INFORMAL ECONOMY ON AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, UH, IT'S THE MEASUREMENTS THAT I RECALL SEEING ROUGHLY AROUND 6% OF ALL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE US IS IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY IN SOME COUNTRIES, MAINLY THE LESSER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. AND, AND THAT IT CAN GET AS HIGH AS 60, 70, 80%. SO, YOU KNOW, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEIR ECONOMIC, THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN, IN THE US. SO WHILE I CITED, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE, THE ACTIVITY AND THAT LITTLE GEOGRAPHY THAT, THAT I STUDIED YEARS AGO, MY GUESS IS THAT FOR SAN ANTONIO, IT'S PROBABLY CLOSER TO THE 6% NUMBER THAN THE 25% NUMBER. SO IT MIGHT CAUSE A BIT OF AN IN, IT WOULD CAUSE A BIT OF AN INCREASE IN THE SALES TAX, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE HUGE. BUT HOPEFULLY IT MEANS THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER OR HOW, HOW, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DEDUCE OR WHAT CAN WE CONCLUDE, CONCLUDE ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR? UM, WELL, IF THEY'RE NOT FILING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT, THEN, THEN, THEN, UM, ONE, EITHER THEY'RE EMPLOYED OR WE DON'T KNOW. AND, AND IF, IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IF THEY'RE EMPLOYED AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT THEN TO CAUSE THE NUMBER TO GO OUT IF THEY'RE NOT, IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED, THAT'S A BIG ISSUE RIGHT NOW. UM, AND THAT'S ALSO PART OF WHAT GOES ON IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY TOO. THAT'S WHAT DRIVES THEM TO THAT. UM, SO IT, IT'S REALLY HARD. IT, IT'S HARD TO SAY, AND I, I THINK JOHN TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS RIGHT NOW ARE HISTORICALLY ODD . UH, I MEAN, AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, IF I, I, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THIS FOR YEARS AND, AND AS A NERD, ACTUALLY GO PULL DOWN THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS UNEMPLOYMENT REPORT AND, AND, AND READ IT AND LOOK THROUGH IT. AND I DON'T EVER RECALL. AND THEY HAVE A, AN ENTIRE PAGE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY THEY'RE HAVING IN DOING THE ESTIMATES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND THE FACT THAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS, SHOULD HAVE BEEN, I THINK IN APRIL 5% HIGHER AND IN MAY 3% HIGHER BY THEIR JUDGMENT BASED ON THESE ISSUES. UM, SO IT, IT IS DIFFICULT. IT IS DIFFICULT. IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH, WITH UNEMPLOYMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ALWAYS STRESSED, AND AGAIN, GOING BACK TO WHAT JOHN SAID EARLIER, ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF, OF RECESSION, THE, UM, YOU HAVE THE OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE, HAVE DROPPED OUTTA LABOR FORCE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, OR THAT ARE UNEMPLOYED. AND SO YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE RIGHT NOW, YOU, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD GO FROM, YOU KNOW, AN OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF ABOUT 13.7%. IF YOU ADDED 3% FOR THE MISMEASUREMENT ACCORDING TO THE B L S OR THE DATA DIFFICULTIES, YOU'RE AT 16.7. IF YOU ADD IN THE, THE FOLKS WHO'VE DROPPED OUT OR UNEMPLOYED, YOU'RE CLOSER TO 20%. SO YOU'VE GOT A BIG GAP THERE. SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY HARD, SAM, I'VE ALWAYS STRESSED THAT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF RECESSION, YOU CAN'T JUST LOOK AT THE OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH MORE BEHIND THE STORY. THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH. UM, SO YEAH, I THINK JUST THE, WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS, YOU KNOW, HOW WILL THAT INFLUENCE, HOW SHOULD THAT INFLUENCE THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE? SO IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT IT OFFLINE, YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THIS TIME LIMIT THING NOW, SO I CAN IT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, BUT ONE, UM, I, I DID WANNA, UH, ASK ABOUT AN ASSUMPTION. UH, I'M, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA ASK MARIA ABOUT THIS. SO I BELIEVE AN ASSUMPTION IN THEIR BASELINE WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE A SECOND WAVE OF CORONAVIRUS CASES THAT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY CAUSE A SHUTDOWN, UM, BUT IT WOULD INFLUENCE, UM, THE TRAVEL OR THE ACTIVITY WE SEE. BUT A SECOND WAVE IN SAN ANTONIO WOULD ALSO, I BELIEVE, UH, UH, REQUIRE ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE ON OUR, ON OUR BEHALF. SO I, I DON'T SEE THAT COVERED HERE YET. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT REDUCTIONS, BUT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT GROWTH IN ANY OF THE BUDGET PORTIONS. SO COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE? UM, SURE. COUNCILWOMAN, SO WHAT WE, UM, HAVE THROUGH THE CARES ACT FUNDING, AND GRANTED, WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT EITHER'S A SECOND WAVE AND THE MAGNITUDE OF THAT WAVE, BUT WE HAVE SOME RESOURCES RIGHT NOW FOR TESTING, UH, CONTACT TRACING FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LEVEL OF RESPONSE. UH, WE'RE ALSO, UM, ACQUIRING MORE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONDERS [03:40:01] THROUGH THE CARESS ACT FUNDING. UM, I, I DON'T KNOW, AND I COULDN'T TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, OUR, OUR EARLY ESTIMATES WAS THAT THAT WOULD GET US PROBABLY THROUGH DECEMBER. UM, HOWEVER, DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS CONTINUE, AND, AND THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGING QUITE RAPIDLY OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO STUDY THAT TO GIVE YOU A BETTER RESPONSE. THANK YOU. I THINK WHEN WE, UH, RECONVENE, IT WOULD BE, UH, GOOD TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE APPROVED THE BUDGETING FOR THE CARESS ACT FUNDING, WE DID NOT SET ASIDE CONTINGENCIES, RIGHT. WHAT, WHAT WE DID WAS SAY, OKAY, IF SOMETHING CHANGES, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AND MOVE THINGS AROUND. BUT, UM, I AM CONCERNED THAT WE DON'T HAVE A CONTINGENCY ABOUT THAT. SO I'D JUST LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THAT. THANK YOU. UM, I HAVE A, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, I WILL, UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY, UH, TAX FUND. AND I, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID BY SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT, UH, FUNDING FOR THE ARTS. UM, I, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THE ARTS AND THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN SAN ANTONIO ARE SOMETHING THAT DEFINES THE COMMUNITY. IT'S, UH, WHEN YOU GO TO OTHER PLACES, THEY DON'T HAVE SOME OF THOSE SAME THINGS, OR THEY'LL SAY, OH, SAN ANTONIO'S KNOWN FOR, FOR, FOR THIS AND FOR THAT. SO I, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT ONLY FUNDING THEM THROUGH H O T. AND, UH, AT A TIME WHEN WE HAVE RECORD LOW REVENUES, WE SHOULD PROBABLY, IT. I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECONSIDER THAT FUNDING STRUCTURE, UH, FOR THAT. I THINK, I THINK IT'S BASED ON THE, ON A STATEWIDE, ON A STATE REGULATION, RIGHT? WHAT THAT CAP IS. BUT, AND SO IF, IF OUR ECONOMIC ACTIVITY DRIVES WHAT GOES INTO THAT, THEN IT'S NOT REALLY US, OUR PRIORITY, UH, THAT WE'RE SETTING. WHEN WE SET THAT BUDGET, WE'RE LETTING THE ECONOMY DETERMINE HOW MUCH SHOULD GO INTO ARTS, UH, AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE MAKING A CONSCIENTIOUS DECISION ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY SHOULD GO INTO THAT. SO I, I'D LIKE TO PUT THAT BACK, UH, UP FOR CONSIDERATION. AND I'D ALSO, UH, LIKE TO KNOW IN THE NEAR FUTURE IF THERE IS ANY FLEXIBILITY WITH THE FUNDS, UM, FOR THE CONVENTION VISITORS, SORRY, THE FACILITIES LIST THAT YOU HAVE. FOR INSTANCE, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE TO THE ALAMO DOME, UM, AND SOME OF THEM ARE IN ANTICIPATION OF THE FINAL FOUR THAT'S COMING AGAIN. AND IF THERE'S ANY FLEXIBILITY WITH THOSE, I, I HAVE A HARD TIME SWALLOWING, UM, YOU KNOW, DRESSING UP THE ALAMO DOME WHEN WE ARE, MAY NOT EVEN HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES IN, IN 2022. AND TO SAY VERY QUICKLY THAT WE MOVE SOME OF THE CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION INTO THE PROPERTY TAX DEBT, UM, FUND. SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE, UH, SOME OF THAT WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING RIGHT NOW WITHIN THE FORECAST ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AT THIS POINT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARIA. AND I'LL COME BACK IN IN A FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. WELL, I JUST WANNA SAY I'M WEARING THE FLAG BECAUSE SUNDAY, THE BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK, IT WAS FLAG DAY, AND I'M PROUD TO WEAR THIS FLAG, UH, TODAY TO RECOGNIZE THAT ON SUNDAY. UM, REALLY TOUGH DISCUSSIONS TODAY. AND, UH, I DO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. UM, I, I'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS THAT, UH, THE MAJORITY OF OUR FORECASTS ON THOSE SLIDES WERE, UH, ABOVE THE BASELINE, WHICH IS THE BEST GUESS RIGHT NOW. BUT AS LONG AS WE CAN STAY NIMBLE ON OUR FEET TO RESPOND TO THOSE, I THINK, UH, WE'LL BE OKAY. IT'S HOW WE RESPOND TO IT. IT IS WHERE I HAVE CONCERNS. UM, AND I HEARD SOME COMMENTS, UM, ON SOME PEOPLE BEING, I GUESS, CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, SMALL BUSINESS IMPACTS ON THE NUMBER OF CLOSURES AND MINORITY BUSINESSES AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES. THAT, UM, THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A SURPRISE AT ALL, BECAUSE WE DISCUSSED THIS TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN THIS COUNCIL PASSED THE CARES ACT FUNDING, WHICH PUT THE MAJORITY, WHICH I THINK SHOULD HAVE GONE TO SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, PUT A LOT INTO WORKFORCE TRAINING, AND TO, UM, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, WHICH TO ME IS MORE OF LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS, INSTEAD OF GIVING THAT SHOT IN THE ARM TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, WHICH WOULD'VE HELPED OUR SMALL BUSINESSES GETTING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK. THAT'S WHAT THIS, AGAIN, I SAID IT THEN I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. THAT'S WHAT THIS MONEY WAS, UH, EARMARKED FOR. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT ABOUT THAT, THAT THERE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY SURPRISES ABOUT, UM, THOSE BUSINESSES GOING OUTTA BUSINESS AND, AND, UH, THE IMPACTS THAT HAD HAS MADE TO THIS COMMUNITY. UM, UH, MARIA, JUST A QUICK NOTE, IF YOU [03:45:01] COULD GET BACK TO ME ON SLIDE NUMBER FOUR, UH, I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE WHAT THOSE, THOSE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, 292.1 MILLION, IF YOU CAN PUT THE AMOUNTS BEHIND EACH ONE OF THOSE LINE ITEMS AND HAVE THE SAME BREAKOUT UNDER THE, UNDER THE REVENUE SIDE WHERE IT SAYS OTHER RESOURCES, THE 230 MILLION, WHAT ARE THOSE? AND WITH THE BREAKOUT TO EACH ONE, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, MIGHT HAVE TO REARRANGE A SLIDE A LITTLE BIT, BUT PUT THOSE, PUT THAT INFORMATION IN THERE ALSO. UM, YEAH, LET'S GET TO SLIDE NUMBER 17 HERE. UM, YOU MADE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT WE'RE 50 OVER, UH, THE AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF POLICE, UM, POSITIONS. AND, UM, THIS IS A POINT OF CONTENTION THAT I'VE HAD SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. DOES THAT INCLUDE OUR CADETS OUT IN THE FIELD? YES, SIR. OKAY. SO IF YOU TAKE THE CADETS OUT, WHICH THEY'RE NOT OUT IN THE FIELD, THEY'RE STILL IN TRAINING, THEY'RE DOING RIDE ALONGS AND TRAINING OUT IN THE FIELD FOR, I THINK IT'S SIX MONTHS, RIGHT? SO WE, THE TWO CLASSES THAT I, UH, REFER TO, UH, WHICH IS ROUGHLY A HUNDRED AND AND 16 CADETS, THOSE, UM, HAVEN'T GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY YET, SO THEY'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE TRAINING. UM, I'M TALKING ABOUT THOSE THAT HAVE GRADUATED FROM CLASS AND ARE OUT IN THE FIELD. RIGHT. HOW MANY ARE THEY? THAT, THAT, I DON'T KNOW, COUNSEL, AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU. OKAY. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR FTOS, OUR, OUR FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS AND, AND THOSE TRAINEES WITH, WITH THEM, RIGHT. WELL, I, I STILL DON'T BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE COUNTING THOSE AS FILLING AUTHORIZED POSITIONS. AND, UM, YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE 50 OVER, I'M STILL SAYING WE'RE SHORT. AND I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING ON THAT IS, ARE WE PLANNING ON REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CLASSES OR THE CLASS SIZES IN THE FUTURE TO, UH, HELP MAKE UP THAT, UH, THAT REDUCTION ON, ON THE POLICE SIDE? SO, UM, THE, I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REDUCTION IN OVERTIME, COUNCILMAN? YES. SO THE TWO CLASSES THAT WE HAVE, UH, WE'LL BE GRADUATING, UM, THOSE BY DECEMBER, THERE'S ONE THAT COMES A LITTLE SOONER. SO IN OUR PROJECTIONS, WE ANTICIPATE WITH THOSE POSITIONS BEING FILLED, WE CAN REDUCE THE OVERTIME COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IN THE FORECAST. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY AN ADDITIONAL TWO CLASSES IN FISCAL YEAR 2021 TO CONTINUE TO, TO KEEP UP WITH ATTRITION AS OUR POLICE OFFICERS RETIRE, AND WE HAVE TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES. OKAY. AND OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE, WE'VE HELD FIVE CLASSES OVER ONE CYCLE, UH, TYPICALLY FOUR COUNSELING. I THOUGHT WE ADDED ANOTHER CLASS IN THERE TO MAKE A FIVE. THERE WAS ONE YEAR, UH, WE HAD FIVE. YES, SIR. YEP. YEP. SO WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING TO JUST DO FOUR THEN? NO, SIR. WE'RE WHAT MARIA JUST SAID, AT THE FISCAL YEAR 21, BASED ON WHERE WE'RE AT ON A POSITION COUNT, THE BASE, THE, THE FORECAST ASSUMES PROBABLY ONLY TWO CLASSES NEXT YEAR RIGHT NOW. OKAY. WELL, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE, UH, A LOT OF FACTORS AS FAR AS ATTRITION, RETIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'VE GOT AN OLDER WORKFORCE OUT THERE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I SIT ON THE FIRE AND POLICE PENSION FUND, AND WE'RE SEEING AN ACTUAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ARE COMING UP FOR RETIREMENT. UH, SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, ABOUT NOT HAVING, YOU KNOW, ALL FOUR, UM, THIS NEXT YEAR, ALL FOUR CLASSES. SO JUST WANT TO, JUST WANT TO PUT A MARKER DOWN ON THAT, THAT, UH, I DON'T WANNA FALL BEHIND OF WHAT WE'VE WORKED SO HARD OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS TO MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE OF NOT HAVING THOSE POSITIONS FILLED. AND, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY, IT'S CERTAINLY IMPORTANT FOR MY DISTRICT, AND IMPORTANT FOR THE MORALE OF THE, OF THE, UH, POLICEMEN OUT THERE TO HAVE THEIR FULL COMPLIMENT OF OFFICERS OUT ON THE STREET. SO, UM, JUST WANNA, JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT. ANOTHER ONE I WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UM, WHAT I LOOK AT AS A CASH COW, THE CASH COW, THIS YEAR WITH STREET MAINTENANCE, WE PULLED OUT $50 MILLION OUT OF THIS YEAR'S, OUT OF THE 2020 BUDGET TO HELP MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE, TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET. $50 MILLION OUT OF $110 MILLION, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT. SO OVER HALF OF THE PROGRAM, WE DEFERRED, UM, ACCORDING TO THE CHARTS, UH, FOR 21, ANOTHER 27.8 MILLION FOR 22, 22 0.5 MILLION. SO OVER THREE YEARS, WE'RE BASICALLY, UH, WE'RE OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, A HUNDRED $0.3 MILLION OVER A THREE YEAR TOTAL. AND AGAIN, WE MADE GREAT STRIDES. AND SOME WILL SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DOWN AT, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN [03:50:01] $60 MILLION A YEAR FOR MAINTENANCE. AND WE, YOU KNOW, DOUBLED, TRIPLED THAT, UH, AMOUNT, WHICH IS GREAT. AND THE CURVE ON OUR P C I SCORES AGGREGATE STARTED TO IMPROVE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. AND IT DID IMPROVE. I'M, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, THAT, THAT THAT LINE IS GONNA GO IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. AND AGAIN, STREETS AND DRAINAGE, THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES ARE ALWAYS REALLY HIGH ON THE LIST OF REQUIREMENTS, WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THAT THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING TOWARDS. UM, SO I'M REALLY, REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. AND I HOPE Y'ALL, UM, HAVE PUBLIC WORKS COME OUT WITH THEIR P C I SCORES AND WHAT THE OUTLOOK IS GONNA BE ON THESE REDUCTIONS OUT OF THE, OUT OF OUR I M P. SO I'M REALLY, REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. UM, ALONG WITH THAT, I'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A DEEP DIVE ON THIS AND SHOWING REDUCTIONS ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT WE'RE NOT, UH, I, I HAVE TO, UM, KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN COURAGE ABOUT WHAT ABOUT THESE OTHER AGENCIES. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF OTHER AGENCIES HERE THAT ARE, WE'RE GONNA KEEP THE SAME AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE'VE HAD, IF, IF NOT THE SAME, BUT INCREASED AMOUNTS FOR THIS NEXT YEAR AND THE NEXT YEAR AND THE NEXT YEAR. WELL, I THINK SOME OF THESE OTHER AGENCIES, LIKE DELEGATE AGENCIES SHOULD BE A PART OF THIS OVERALL REDUCTION EXERCISE AND NOT JUST RELY ON, AGAIN, MY TERM CASH COW OF STREET MAINTENANCE. YES, I, I AGREE, STREET MAINTENANCE SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THAT DEFICIT, BUT TO BE RELYING ON THAT AS THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR ISSUE OF LACK OF FUNDS FOR THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR, I THINK IS VERY UNFAIR TO OUR TAXPAYERS THAT DON'T, THAT ARE NOT GONNA SEE THEIR STREETS. ESPECIALLY WE'VE, AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, OUR F STREETS, OUR FAILED STREETS. I, I KNOW WE WON'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO GET IN THERE AGAIN TO TAKE CARE OF OUR FAILED STREETS, WHICH ISN'T JUST IN DISTRICT 10. THIS IS AROUND THE WHOLE CITY. WE'VE GOT THE DATA ANALYSIS TO SHOW THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT. SO I'M REALLY, REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ARTS AND GARDENS AND EVERYTHING ELSE HERE IN THE CITY, BUT MY GOODNESS, UM, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER AND A LITTLE BIT DEEPER THAN, IN MY OPINION, JUST RELYING AGAIN ON OUR STREETS TO PULL US THROUGH ON THESE ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING TODAY AND NEXT YEAR AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SO WITH THAT, SIR, THAT'S, THAT'S MY COMMENTS. I MAY TIME BACK HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I, I JUST HAD ONE CONCERN, UM, WITHIN THE BUDGET AND ALL OF OUR DISCUSSIONS, UM, THE ELEMENT OR THE ENTITY THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN OR HEARD US SPEAK ABOUT MUCH WAS THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM. UM, I KNOW THAT WE INCREASED THE TRANSFER, UH, TO THE CITY DURING THE LAST BUDGET SESSION, UM, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY KIND OF UPDATE OR WHAT THE IMPACT, UM, OF COVID OR THE BUDGET HAS HAD ON THAT PARTICULAR, UM, STREAM. AND SO, ERIC, IF WE COULD, UH, GET AN UPDATE ON THAT, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IT. PLEASE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS PART OF, UM, ONE OF THE UPDATES THAT WE PROVIDED BACK IN APRIL, WE, UM, HAD CALCULATED THE IMPACT OF C OVID 19 AND IS, IS REALLY MINIMAL, MINIMAL, EXCUSE ME, ON THE, ON THE SAUCE, UH, REVENUE LINE ITEM, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT. I THINK IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT $600,000 THAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING FOR THE YEAR. THANK YOU, MARIA, WITH ALL THAT'S BEEN GOING ON, APRIL'S BEEN A LONG TIME AGO, , BUT WE APPRECIATE THAT UPDATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCILMEMBER, TREVINO VINEYARD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, ANOTHER, ANOTHER IDEA REGARDS TO ARTS FUNDING. UM, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER BEING IN A, IN A FULL DEBATE WITH A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER IN DISTRICT NINE, UH, A GOOD FRIEND [03:55:01] JOE CRIER, REGARDING THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE ALLOCATE ON PROJECTS, AND, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE CURRENTLY PERCENT, SO WE COULD, WE COULD REALLY HAVE A GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT TAKING THAT 2%, LIKE MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES, UH, HAVE A HUGE IMPACT. SO, UH, I'LL LEAVE THAT RIGHT THERE. I, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO TALK ABOUT, ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. UM, MY ONLY QUESTION ACTUALLY IS AROUND THE RISK MITIGATION FUND. HAS STAFF PROVIDED A RECOMMENDATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 21 AROUND HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, LOOKING AT, UM, ALLOCATING FOR THE RISK MITIGATION FUND? COUNCILMAN THE FORECAST ASSUMES THE SAME LEVEL OF FUNDING AS THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR 2020, UH, WHATEVER AMOUNT WE HAD FOR RISK MITIGATION, I DON'T RECALL THE SPECIFIC AMOUNT. 1 MILLION IS THE SAME AMOUNT THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE FORECAST. THAT'S IF I'M CORRECT, IT'S A MILLION. I AM, I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN. I, YOU, YOU BROKE UP A LITTLE BIT. WE ALLOCATED LA YEAH, I KNOW. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. UH, BUT WHAT WE ALLOCATED LA AS A MILLION DOLLARS BUDGET, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? LAURA? CASIE 21? YEAH, SO THAT IS THE SAME AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD FOR EVERY YEAR OF THE FORECAST. SO IN, IN TOTAL, ROUGHLY THERE'S ABOUT NINE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET. AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE IN THE FINANCIAL FORECAST AT THIS POINT FOR EVERY YEAR. AND, AND AS YOU RECALL, WE AUGMENT THAT WITH OUR ALLOCATIONS FOR C D B G FUNDING AS WELL. SO AS WE GET THOSE AWARDS, UM, THAT IS WHAT THE FORECAST ASSUMES. OKAY. WELL, I, I'D LIKE TO PUT A BOOKMARK ON THAT, UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, UH, ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS WE, WE REALLY HAVE TO SERIOUSLY AUGMENT 'CAUSE OF THIS CRISIS. SO, UM, AGAIN, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT SOME MORE REGARDING THE BUDGET. 'CAUSE I, I DO THINK THAT, UM, ALLOCATING ONLY A MILLION DOLLARS IN, IN FISCAL YEAR 21 IS, IS, UH, SEVERELY LOW FOR, FOR WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND I MEAN, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO CONNECT WITH, UH, ALL THE OTHER, UH, DATA AND INFORMATION THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU, MARIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I KNOW THIS IS GONNA SOUND ODD, BUT I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY, UH, TO, TO SOME EXTENT THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS WILL, UH, BE CONTACTING US ABOUT STREETS. THAT'S WHAT WE HEAR ABOUT MOST OFTEN, STREETS AND, AND SIDEWALKS. UM, SO I THINK THIS, THIS IS GOING TO BE A, A BIG HIT TO THAT. UM, I DO WANNA ASK, WHAT DOES THE BUDGET ASSUME? WHAT DOES YOUR TRIAL BUDGET ASSUME ABOUT THE ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT REVENUE STREAM? SO, COUNCILWOMAN IS ROUGHLY ABOUT $17 MILLION 'CAUSE OF THE IMPACT OF C OVID 19. UM, THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR 2020 WAS 18. UH, SO FOR 2021, IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 17 MILLION. SO IT'S NOT ASSUMING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAND THAT BACK TO VIA AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THAT WOULD BE A POLICY DISCUSSION FOR THE COUNCIL. THE, THE BUDGET ASSUMES THAT $10 MILLION THAT WE, THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. ALL RIGHT. SO IF WE WENT IN THAT POLICY DIRECTION, WE WOULD NEED TO FIND ANOTHER $18 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS, AND IT WOULD LIKELY BE FROM INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT? UM, IF YOU, IF YOU, IF YOU THINK BACK TO SOME OF THE EARLY, UH, AND LIKE COUNCILWOMAN SULLIVAN'S SAID, IT FEELS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO, BUT BACK WHEN, WHEN, WHEN YOU WERE HEARING THE CONNECT SA REIMAGINED VIA PRESENTATIONS, UM, AND THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, THAT $18 MILLION FROM A T D GOING TO VIA, UM, PART OF THAT WAS THAT $10 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND WOULD COME BACK TO THE CITY. SO THE NET IMPACT TO THE CITY WOULD BE $8 MILLION, UH, $8 MILLION AT A LOSS. UM, AND SO, UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE COUNCIL DISCUSSES, AND THEN WE'LL, AS THE MAYOR NOTED, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S PART OF NEXT WEEK'S CONVERSATION, THE WORK SESSION. UM, IF THAT HAPPENS, IT'S NOT AN $18 MILLION IMPACT. IT'S A, A NEGATIVE $8 MILLION IMPACT AS LONG AS BOTH SIDES ARE CONNECTED. THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER. I FORGOT, UH, ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU, UH, MARIA. AND, UM, I, I ALSO WANNA THANK MELANIE COUGHIN FOR, FOR BEING HERE. SHE HEADS DISABILITY SAN ANTONIO. SHE'S A DISTRICT SEVEN, UH, RESIDENT. AND I, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE HER POINT ABOUT THE, THE NEED FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. AND, AND THE TRUTH IS, SOME PEOPLE NEED IT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU [04:00:01] MAY NOT NEED IT RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU MAY NEED IT IN THE, IN THE FUTURE. UM, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT SOME OF US MAY LOSE THE ABILITY TO DRIVE OR MOBILITY, OR OUR CAR MAY BE, UM, IN THE, IN THE SHOP, OR WE MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH, UH, MONEY FOR GAS. UM, SO I, I, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD LIMIT OURSELVES TO THINKING ABOUT JUST WHO NEEDS IT RIGHT, RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT OPTIONS WE, UM, WE SHOULD REALLY FEEL OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE OUR, OUR RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE WHO NEED TO MOVE AROUND. UM, I WANTED TO, UM, TO BRING UP SOMETHING THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ BROUGHT UP AT A COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, RECENTLY, UH, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE MEETING ABOUT A LOT OF THE TEMPS THAT WERE, UH, THAT WE'RE HIRING AT LEAST FOR THE, FOR THE HEALTH PORTION OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE, IF THERE WAS ANY WAY TO MARRY THAT WITH A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO GET SOME SORT OF CREDIT AND PAY FOR, UH, FOR WORKING FOR THE CITY. SO, UM, SO THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN THEY'RE DONE WITH US, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN A BETTER SITUATION AND HAVE SOME LEVEL OF CERTIFICATION. SO, UM, I, I THINK THAT'S A BLEND WITH THE PILLARS. UH, BUT IT COULD ALSO, UM, THERE MAY BE SOME, UH, COST SAVINGS THERE, BUT, BUT NONETHELESS, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, UH, WORTH DEFINITELY LOOK LOOKING INTO. UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE, UH, FURLOUGHED, UM, THOSE ARE ONLY H O T EMPLOYEES SO FAR, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND ARE ANY OF THEM, UM, ARE WE ASSUMING ANY OF THEM ARE COMING BACK NEXT YEAR? SO, YES, MA'AM. UM, AND AS MARIA MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, WE HAVE, UH, AS EARLY AS BEGINNING NEXT MONTH IN JULY, WE HAVE FIVE MEETINGS, UH, THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO OCCUR AT THE CONVENTION CENTER. UH, PATRICIA AND CARLOS AND HR AND OUR FINANCE TEAM WORKED ON A TRANSITION PLAN TO START BRINGING EMPLOYEES BACK SO WE CAN SERVICE CLIENTS. UM, AND, UM, I APPROVED THAT PLAN ON FRIDAY, AND SOME EMPLOYEES STARTED COMING BACK THIS WEEK. IT IS, UH, NOT ALL 266 OBVIOUSLY, 'CAUSE WE'VE GOTTA LINE IT UP WITH OUR, OUR PROGRAMMING, UH, AND EVENT SCHEDULE. UM, I WILL SAY THOUGH, THAT, UM, IF WE CONTINUE TO SEE AN UPTICK, UM, AND, AND, UM, IF WE HAVE EVENTS THAT CHANGE THEIR MIND, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A PLAN IN PLACE TO BRING, UH, EMPLOYEES BACK. IT, IT IS, IT IS VERY TENTATIVE IN THAT IT, IT DEPENDS ON, ON BUSINESS OCCURRING IN THE BUILDINGS. AND, UM, UH, THE PLAN RUNS THROUGH, UH, 2021. UM, AND WE'LL JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT. UH, A WEEK AGO, UH, WHEN I SAW THE PLAN, UM, WE WERE, UH, NOT IN THE SPIKE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY, SO WHERE WE'LL BE IN TWO WEEKS, I DON'T KNOW. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, I JUST HAD ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY BROUGHT UP, UH, THE POLICE FORCE, AND, UH, MARIA, YOU AND I HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION ABOUT A GRANT THAT THE CITY IS, UM, HAS BEEN OFFERED OR, OR RECEIVED. COULD, COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THAT? THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, SURE. COUNCILWOMAN. SO, UM, IN MARCH OF, UH, THIS 2020 CALENDAR YEAR, WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT TO D O J FOR 25 POLICE OFFICERS, UH, TO BE DEDICATED TO HELP WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EFFORTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RECEIVED THAT GRANT. UH, AND SO ONE OF THE POLICY DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'LL BE HAVING WITH, WITH THE COUNCIL NEXT WEEK IS, UM, THE ACCEPTANCE OF THAT GRANT. THIS IS A THREE YEAR GRANT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDES A CERTAIN FUNDING TO, UM, TO THE CITY, AND THEN THE CITY HAS TO MATCH A DOLLAR AMOUNT. THE IMPLICATION FOR THE CITY OVER THE FOUR YEARS OF, OF THE GRANT IS ABOUT $9 MILLION, CLOSE TO 10 FOR FISCAL YEAR. 2021 IS $1.6 MILLION. SO THAT IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WILL GET YOUR DIRECTION, UH, NEXT WEEK IN TERMS OF ACCEPTING THAT GRANT COUNCILWOMAN, LET ME JUST ADD THAT, THAT I, I REMEMBER WHEN WE TOOK, WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS ITEM TO APPLY TO THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, UM, RAISED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, IS THAT IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT TYPE OF INVESTMENT IN, IN THIS CASE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, IS THAT, IS THAT THE BEST USE OF THE MONEY? UM, AND AND I SUSPECT THAT'LL BE A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION NEXT WEEK, THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ ASKED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. UM, AND, AND WE'VE HAD SOME INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS, UH, WITH OUR, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH AND DR. BRIDGER AND THE WORK WITH ON THE, ON THE, ON THE, UH, COLLABORATIVE COMMITTEE, OUR [04:05:01] COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. UM, AND SO WE'LL BE PREPARED TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH THAT WITH THE COUNCIL NEXT WEEK. IT, IT IS THE EPITOME OF, OF WHAT THE, UH, DEFUND THE POLICE ISSUE IS RAISING RIGHT NOW, SO THAT THOSE ARE THE SAME ISSUES THAT COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ ASKED WHEN, WHEN YOU CONSIDERED THAT ITEM. AND, UH, WE'LL BE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK AND GET SOME DIRECTION. THANK YOU, ERIC. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, GOOD JOB TO THE CITY STAFF. JUSTINE, I SEE YOU BACK THERE AS WELL. YOU CAN'T HIDE. UM, AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF ARTS. I'M IN SUPPORT OF GARDENS, ESPECIALLY URBAN GARDENS, AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF STREETS AND TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, SO HANG IN THERE. ANTE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION, ERIC, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT. UH, HOW ARE WE GONNA GET COMMUNITY INPUT ON THIS, THIS BUDGET CYCLE? COUNCILMAN? SO, UH, ACTUALLY BEGINNING TONIGHT IN D TWO, UM, AND IN ALL YOUR DISTRICTS, BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT WEEK, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A NUMBER OF, UM, EVENTS WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND THEN, UM, ADDITIONALLY, UH, I DON'T KNOW, DID YOU CATCH WHAT MARIA SAID THERE AT THE, ON THE LAST SLIDE, COUNCILMAN? ABOUT COMMUNITY INPUT? UH, I, I, I DIDN'T CATCH THAT ABOUT, WELL, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE T V S A? NO, SIR. WE, WE, UH, BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD EARLIER THIS WEEK, OKAY. UH, WE WILL BE DOING A COMMUNITY SURVEY, AND THAT WAS THE PART THAT THE MARIA, UH, TALKED ABOUT ON HER LAST SLIDE, UH, THAT SURVEY, UH, WE'LL BE GOING OUT SHORTLY. UM, AND THAT WILL WE BE ABLE TO COLLECT THOSE, THAT INFORMATION AND BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL NEXT WEEK. SO GREAT, GREAT. WE TOOK THE SUGGESTION THAT THE CONVERSATION WE HAD THE OTHER DAY AND, AND, UH, WE ACTED UPON IT. FANTASTIC. WE'RE GETTING READY TO ACT UPON IT. GREAT. WELL, I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, TV SERIES THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING ACROSS EACH DISTRICT. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND, UH, ARE WE CALLING IT THE ESSAY SPEAK UP, OR ARE WE CALLING IT SOMETHING ELSE? IS THAT WHAT IT IS? YES, SIR. OKAY, GREAT. WELL, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND HOW THAT'S GONNA BE FORMATTED AND, AND, UH, HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GET THAT INPUT IN BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SIT DOWN AND START DOING OUR, OUR, UH, GOAL SETTING, GOAL SETTING, UH, MEETINGS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INCORPORATING THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU. AND THANKS AGAIN TO THE CITY STAFF. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. UH, AND I'LL REITERATE THAT. GREAT JOB, EVERYBODY. WE GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US, BUT, UM, GREAT START. OKAY. UM, THAT'S ITEM NUMBER FOUR. WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 21. ITEM 21 IS AN ORDINANCE PROVEN AND AMENDMENT AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE DEBERRY GROUP FOR 2020 CENSUS SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTING, EXTENDING THE INITIAL TERM OF THE AGREEMENT TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020 FOR A AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED. $75,900 FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS FISCAL YEAR 2020. GENERAL FUND BUDGET COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. OH, I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER. WE HAVE, UM, ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS, UM, JACK FINGER, WHY ON THIS? OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND YES, I, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. AND JEFF, I KNOW YOU ANSWERED, UM, SOME OF MY QUESTIONS ALREADY, BUT CAN YOU, UH, HELP ME UNDERSTAND AGAIN, WHERE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE CONCENTRATED ON, WHAT EFFORTS? SURE. UM, SO THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF A RELATIVELY SMALL CONTRACT THAT WAS PART OF THE, UH, SOC UH, PART OF THE CENSUS EFFORT THAT BERTA PRESENTED ON YESTERDAY. UM, UH, EFFECTIVELY, UH, WE, UH, SELECTED A FIRM TO ASSIST US, UH, EARLIER IN THE YEAR ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPONENT OF THIS, TO DEVELOP A CAMPAIGN TO USE DATA TO GEOTARGET, UH, AND TARGET DEMOGRAPHICS AND PSYCHOGRAPHICS, MEANING, INTERESTS AND BEHAVIORS OF THE PEOPLE WE'RE TRYING TO REACH. UH, AND BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSION OF THE, UH, CENSUS COLLECTION PERIOD, UH, WE'RE REQUESTING AN EXTENSION OF THEIR WORK OVER THESE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO THE ORIGINAL, UM, CONTRACT WE AGREED TO WAS ABOUT $49,000. UM, AND THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF $26,000. OF THE 26 15 OF THAT IS [04:10:01] GOING INTO THE ACTUAL SOCIAL MEDIA BUY, WITH THE REMAINING BUDGET BEING SPENT ON DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL CREATIVE CONTENT AND MANAGING THE CAMPAIGN FOR US. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, JEFF, I ALSO, UH, AFTER YESTERDAY'S CONVERSATION, I, I, I STILL THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME, UM, RECONSIDERATION OF HOW MUCH OF THAT $15,000 IS GOING SPECIFICALLY TO MEDIA BUYS AND MAYBE SOME CONSIDERATION FOR, FOR OTHER METHODS OF COMMUNICATION. BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO YESTERDAY, DURING THE PRESENTATION, AND, UH, THIS IS WHAT, WHAT, UH, MADE ME WANT TO PULL THE ITEM TODAY AS WELL. YOU ALL MENTIONED THAT THERE IS A SAVINGS OF, UH, BETWEEN 40 TO $50,000 BY KEEPING THE MEDIA BUYS IN HOUSE, UH, WILL WE BE DOING THAT? IS THERE ANY MEDIA BUYING COMPONENT THAT THE, THE DEBERRY AGENCY WILL BE HANDLING, OR IS THAT STILL BEING HANDLED IN-HOUSE? THIS IS PURELY A SOCIAL MEDIA BUY. UH, WHEN WE TYPICALLY TALK ABOUT MEDIA BUYING, WHAT, AND WHEN YOU HIRE AN AGENCY TO DO IT, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS LOOKING ACROSS ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF, OF MEDIUMS, TV, RADIO, PRINT, ET CETERA, DIGITAL AND, UH, AND PACKAGING UP A, A BUY THAT THEN THE COMMISSION, UH, THE AGENCY TAKES A COMMISSION FOR, AND, AND GENERALLY AGENCIES CAN NEGOTIATE, UH, UH, EXTRAS THROWN IN BY THE, BY THE MEDIUMS THEY'RE USING AND, AND DEVELOP A, A, A REAL COST EFFECTIVE PACKAGE FOR YOU. MM-HMM. , UH, BERTA WAS BEING, UH, MODEST YESTERDAY, UH, BECAUSE THE REASON WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE MEDIA BUYING, UH, IN-HOUSE IS BECAUSE SHE'S PART OF OUR TEAM. SHE CAME FROM A LARGE AGENCY, HAS DONE MEDIA BUYING OVER MANY YEARS, AND WE DECIDED TO MAKE THAT DECISION TO HAVE HER PUT TOGETHER THE PIT MIX OF, OF MEDIUMS THAT YOU SAW IN HER PRESENTATION YESTERDAY. THIS IS A SOCIAL MEDIA BUY. IT'S QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT. THERE'S NOT A, UM, A BIG PACKAGE OF, OF DIFFERENT MEDIUMS TO, TO PUT TOGETHER. UH, SO THERE'S REALLY NOT AN AGENCY COMMISSION FOR THE MEDIA BUYING PART, I DON'T BELIEVE. UM, NO, THERE'S NOT. OUR, OUR TEAM IS TELLING ME HERE, THERE, THERE IS, UM, AN AGENCY FEE FOR MANAGING, FOR MONITORING THE METRICS, FOR MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AS WE GO. BUT, BUT THERE'S NOT A, UH, A BUYING COMMISSION BUILT INTO THIS. SURE. SO THEN THE 11,000 ADDITIONAL, WHICH MAKES UP THE 26,000, THAT'S ABOUT THE, THE GENERAL, IF YOU WILL, UM, RETAINING, UH, RETAINER FEE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. IN FACT, THE AGENCY FEES THAT WERE PROPOSED BY THIS FIRM WERE LOWER THAN A NUMBER OF THE OTHER, UH, FIRMS WHEN WE DID THE ORIGINAL, UH, PROCESS FOR THIS. UH, AND SOME OF THAT IS, UH, IS NOT, UM, JUST AGENCY FEES. SOME OF IT IS FOR DESIGNING CREATIVE, UH, WITH THE PIVOTING THAT BYRD HAD TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY. WE HAVE SOME NEW, UH, CREATIVE THAT WE'D LIKE TO DEVELOP IN THIS NEXT PHASE, UH, TO REFLECT SORT OF WHERE WE ARE. SO THAT WOULD MEAN GRAPHICS DESIGNERS GOING BACK TO THE, TO THE DRAWING TABLE AND COMING UP WITH SOME NEW MESSAGING OR CONTENT, THAT SORT OF THING. SO THAT'S PART OF IT. AND THEN, AND THEN THE AGENCY MANAGEMENT FEE IS, IS THE REST OF THEIR PART, SO, YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. JEFF. AND I KNOW THAT MARIA MENTIONED THAT WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT CONSULTING FEES AND SAVING SOME ADDITIONAL AMOUNT BY BRINGING, UM, SOME OF THESE ITEMS IN HOUSE. IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION, DO WE HAVE THE STAFF CAPABLE IN OUR G P A OR IN ANY OF THE OTHER OFFICES TO BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT THE DESIGN WORK OR, UM, ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORK IN-HOUSE? UH, WE DO HAVE THE STAFF TO DO IT, UH, WHO, WHO DO A LOT OF IN-HOUSE DESIGN WORK. UH, WE ALREADY HAVE A CAMPAIGN THAT'S BEEN DESIGNED, UM, AND, AND SO THERE'S BENEFIT TO HAVING THE SAME FIRM CONTINUING TO WORK ON IT, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO RECREATE A LOT OF THAT. UM, IT'S, IT'S A JUDGMENT CALL ON A LOT OF THESE THINGS. UH, WE, THERE WERE SO MANY EFFORTS INVOLVED WITH THE CENSUS. UM, THE DECISION WAS MADE EARLY ON THAT THIS WAS AN AREA THAT WE COULD USE SOME OUTSIDE HELP WITH MM-HMM. . UM, AND, AND IT HAS PROVEN TO BE BENEFICIAL, HENCE THE REQUEST TO EXTEND IT SLIGHTLY. BUT, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, GREAT GRAPHICS DESIGNERS IN-HOUSE, AND WE DO DO SOCIAL MEDIA BUYING, UH, ON SMALLER ONE-OFF CAMPAIGNS. THIS WAS A, A LARGER, UM, CAMPAIGN IN TERMS OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA REALM, AND SO IT MADE SENSE TO, TO PACKAGE IT ALL EFFICIENTLY. SURE. UM, SO JEFF, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS ITEM TODAY? I'M SORRY, I MISSED THE LAST QUESTION. WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T APPROVE THE ITEM TODAY? IF YOU DON'T APPROVE THE ITEM? WE'LL, WE WILL GO BACK TO, UH, TO OUR STAFF AND, AND, AND, UH, AND, AND TAKE OVER MANAGEMENT OF IT OURSELVES. UH, AND, AND WE'RE CAPABLE OF DOING THAT, OR, OR WE COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK AT, UH, ANOTHER FIRM, UM, UH, E EITHER IS AN OPTION, BUT, UH, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, UH, A LARGE PART OF THE WAY THROUGH THE CENSUS EFFORT AND, UH, AND WE'VE GOT THIS LAST FEW MONTH PUSH THAT BERTHA TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY. AND SO [04:15:01] WE FELT IT WAS A WISE MOVE TO EXTEND THAT CONTRACT AND, AND KEEP THINGS GOING. OKAY. NOW I'M, AND I'M JUST, UH, DOUBLE CHECKING. SO WE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE WORKING FILES THAT WOULD ALLOW OUR IN-HOUSE GRAPHIC ARTIST ACCESS, OR, OR WOULD, WOULD WE STILL HAVE TO PAY SOME ADDITIONAL FEES TO THE DEBARY GROUP TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE USE OF THE LOGO THAT THEY CREATED FOR US? NO, THE, THE, WE TYPICALLY HAVE THE, UH, CREATIVE RIGHTS TO THAT, TO THAT, UH, MATERIAL ONCE IT'S BEEN DESIGNED FOR US AS THE CLIENT OF THE, OF THE FIRM. SO YES, WE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. OKAY, GREAT. I BELIEVE THANK OKAY. THANK YOU JEFF. AND, UH, THANK YOU ALSO TO CARLOS AND TRACY AND, AND ASHLEY AND, UM, AND, AND LAURA ALSO FOR, UH, FOR DILIGENTLY WORKING ON AND ANTA FOR THE PRESENTATION YESTERDAY. UM, MAYOR, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT SOME OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. UM, THANK YOU. AND SO, JUST ALSO FOR CLARITY, I KNOW THAT WE HAD A VERY LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY, BUT, UM, DID YOU, I THINK MAYBE EVEN COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL MENTIONED WHEN YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS SOCIAL MEDIA BUY GOES TO PEOPLE'S SOCIAL FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS MM-HMM. , TWITTER'S OR WHATEVER, AND YOU CAN CLICK RIGHT FROM THAT SOURCE AND FILL OUT THE CENSUS. I'LL, I'LL LET, UH, BERT ANSWER IT. I BELIEVE YOU CAN CLICK RIGHT FROM THAT SOURCE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE, AND THEN THROUGH OUR SITE WE HAVE A, A LINK TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE BUREAU. IS THAT CORRECT? SO, COUNSEL COUNCILWOMAN, WE MADE AN INTENTIONAL DECISION TO REDIRECT OUR CLICK THROUGHS TO OUR WEBSITE BECAUSE WE KNEW THERE WOULD BE SOME EDUCATION THAT WOULD STILL BE INVOLVED BEFORE SOMEONE DECIDED TO FILL OUT THE QUESTIONNAIRE. SO OUR DIRECT LINK CLICK THROUGH IS TO THE ESSAY BEAR COUNT ME IN. BUT IN ALL OF OUR POST CONTENT, WE HAVE THE, MY CENSUS 20 TWENTY.GOV ADDRESS THAT PEOPLE CAN THEN SEARCH FURTHER AND THEN FILL OUT THE QUESTIONNAIRE. BUT IT WAS A VERY INTENTIONAL DECISION TO DRIVE TRAFFIC THROUGH OUR WEBSITE TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH EDUCATION AROUND, UH, THE CENSUS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. SO JUST BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT I FELT LIKE I DIDN'T GET CLARITY ON YESTERDAY SURE. WHEN WE WERE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION. SO THEN CAN'T YOU MAKE A DIRECT, UH, UH, I, I GUESS, UM, DIRECT, UH, TARGET FROM WHOMEVER THEY CONTACTED TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY FILLED OUT THE CENSUS? OKAY. I MEAN, THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM, I MEAN, IN, YOU KNOW, IN ADVERTISING, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT SMALL BUSINESS, WE ALWAYS WERE WANTING OUR INFORMATION TO BE TARGETED SO THAT WE KNOW IF IT WORKED OR NOT. SO WE COULD MEASURE THE CLICK-THROUGHS TO OUR SITE. WE CAN MEASURE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT CLICKED FROM OUR SITE TO THE CENSUS, BUT WE CANNOT MEASURE WHO ACTUALLY FILLED OUT THE QUESTIONNAIRE ONCE THEY'RE ON THE BUREAU'S SITE. SO YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GOT THERE, YOU JUST KNOW THAT IT CAME FROM SOME TYPE OF SOCIAL MEDIA INTERACTION, WHETHER IT WAS FROM THIS CONTRACT OR WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE THAT IS CORRECT. AND AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, THE GOAL OF THE CAMPAIGN OVERALL WAS TO CREATE A LEVEL OF AWARENESS, A LEVEL OF EDUCATION, AND ENOUGH TOUCH POINTS WITH EVERY ONE OF OUR MEDIUMS TO EVENTUALLY CREATE A CALL TO ACTION. HOWEVER, WHAT WE USE AS METRICS PER MEDIUM IS BASED ON THE BUY THAT WE MAKE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE BUY THAT WE MAKE FOR THE GAS PUMP ADS, THE METRIC WE USED, WHETHER IT WAS SUCCESSFUL, WAS THE LEVEL OF IMPRESSIONS THEY SAID THEY WOULD DELIVER TO US. WE COUPLE THAT WITH THE IMPRESSIONS THAT WE CAN DELIVER THROUGH THE CASH REGISTER RECEIPTS, THROUGH THE SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ACROSS ALL OF THOSE MEDIUMS. THE HOPE IS THAT THEY, THE RESIDENTS RECEIVE ENOUGH TOUCH POINTS AND COMMUNICATING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CENSUS THAT THEY WOULD BE TAKEN IN ACTION TO FILL IT OUT. BUT THE DIRECT CORRELATION TO ANY OF THE CAMPAIGNS TO WHETHER A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS FILLED OUT IS UNTRACKABLE FOR US, BECAUSE THAT'S ON THE BUREAU'S SIDE. OKAY. AND SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE MEASUREMENT OF RESPONSE RATES, WHICH AS, AS, AS WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY, IS ALSO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TRACKING AT THE SAME DAILY RATE AS THE NATIONAL AND STATE RATES. AND SO WE AGAIN, USE THAT AS A METRIC TO SAY, IF WE HAD NOT BEEN IN THE MARKET, WOULD WE BE TRACKING OR WE WOULD, OR WE WOULD, OR WOULD WE HAVE FALLEN BEHIND, WHICH WE SEE A LOT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY NOT ON TRACK WITH THOSE, UH, RATES. OKAY. AND HOW MANY OUTSIDE SOURCES HAVE WE HIRED OUTSIDE? UM, THIS IS THE ONLY OUTSIDE, UH, SOURCE THAT WE HAVE HIRED. EVERYTHING ELSE, AS JEFF MENTIONED, HAS BEEN MANAGED IN-HOUSE. AND I'VE [04:20:01] DIRECTED, UH, THAT MANAGEMENT, THE SELECTION OF IT, THE, THE NEGOTIATION, THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT, AS JEFF MENTIONED, WE AIM TO GET ADDED VALUE MEDIA. I CAN SHARE IF YOU'D LIKE THOSE ADDED VALUE, UH, COMPONENTS TO EACH OF THE CAMPAIGNS. NO, I, I GUESS THE REASON, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M ASKING THE QUESTION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW, I GUESS WITH THE, THE POINT IS, IS THAT IF WE ONLY HIRED ONE OUTSIDE FIRM, AND IT WAS EXCLUSIVELY SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THE UNDER COUNT, UM, IS PRIMARILY IN AREAS THAT ARE, UM, NOT, UH, PERHAPS INVOLVED IN SOCIAL MEDIA OR PERHAPS ARE IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE, UM, THEN WHY WAS ONLY ONE OUTSIDE FIRM USED TO DO THAT CONTACT INFORMATION? SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHY IF AN OUTSIDE FIRM WAS USED, WAS IT ONLY SOCIAL MEDIA? AND SO THE PURPOSE, THE, THE, THE RATIONALE BEHIND A SOCIAL MEDIA VENDOR WAS THAT THE MANAGEMENT AND THE TIME THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO MANAGE ENOUGH SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE MARKET THROUGH PAID MEDIA WOULD NOT BE MANAGEABLE IN-HOUSE. AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER, AND, AND SHE WAS PART OF THIS DECISION MAKING PROCESS WHEN WE ACTUALLY MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO OUR LEADERSHIP TO GO OUTSIDE OF OUR CURRENT, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT. UM, THE OTHER, THE OTHER REASON THAT IT'S JUST SOCIAL MEDIA, IT. SO THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THAT. UM, THE OTHER CAMPAIGNS, UH, AGAIN, UH, WE FELT STRONGLY THAT WE COULD SELECT AND CREATE AN OVERALL, UM, MARKET MARKETING PLAN, IF YOU WILL, WHERE SOCIAL MEDIA WAS JUST ONE COMPONENT OF THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND I THINK YOU ALLUDED TO THIS, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ASKED SOMETHING SIMILAR, BUT I'M NOT SURE I QUITE UNDERSTOOD THE, THE ANSWER. UM, SINCE WE DO HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING AND THEN WE DO HAVE REDIRECTION TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE, WE WOULD AT LEAST BE ABLE TO MEASURE CLICK-THROUGHS, RIGHT? AND THEN ACTIVITY THAT CLICKS THROUGH TO THE CENSUS SITE. SO, UM, IT'D BE GREAT JUST TO, IF YOU COULD GIVE US A SENSE OF, OF WHAT THAT'S BEEN WORKING LIKE YOU SAID IT WORKED, IT WAS WORKING WELL, UH, YESTERDAY. SO WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT IS WELL, SO OUR, AND, UH, WE MEASURE IMPRESSIONS, WE MEASURE ENGAGEMENTS, AND WE MEASURE CLICKTHROUGHS. AND IF I'M CORRECT, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 9,700 CLICKTHROUGHS SINCE THE CAMPAIGN STARTED. IT'S PAID ADVERTISEMENT. UM, WE HAVE CLOSE TO 5 MILLION IMPRESSIONS AND, UH, ABOUT 17,000, UH, ENGAGEMENTS. BUT I CAN PROVIDE THAT SO THAT WE CAN ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE AS, AS TO THOSE NUMBERS. NO, THAT'S GREAT. AND THEN, UM, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE COUNTY ON? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY WHO IS ON WIFI IN SAN ANTONIO LIVES IN SAN ANTONIO. YES. THIS IS IN COMPLETE COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY. THEY SIT ON OUR MEETINGS. WE, UH, HAD FROM THE VERY BEGINNING HAD THEM PART OF THE PROCESS. UH, SO YES, WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH THE COUNTY. THIS CAMPAIGN DOES NOT GEO-FENCE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. WHAT THIS CAMPAIGN DOES IS IT GEOFENCES, IF YOU WILL, THE, THE RES THE TRACKS THAT ARE STILL LOW RESPONDING. AND SO IF IT'S OUTSIDE, IF IT'S IN, IN A SUBURBAN CITY, IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR METRO AREA, WE HAVE A COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND THE COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE TO ENSURE ACCOUNT OF ALL OUR RESIDENTS. BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE A FOCUS ON OUR TARGET POPULATIONS. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR, YOUR QUESTION. UM, AND TWO FOLLOW UPS. UM, SO WAIT, ARE YOU ACTUALLY GEO-FENCING THE ONES WITH LOW RESPONSE RATE? SO, SO I USE THE TERM GEO-FENCE, AND THAT'S PROBABLY TECHNICALLY INCORRECT. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WHEN WE, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CAMPAIGNS, WE ARE USING OUR LOW SELF RESPONSE RATE CENSUS TRACKS TO GUIDE WHERE, SO WHEN YOU GO THROUGH AND YOU CLICK WHICH ZIP CODES DO I WANNA ADVERTISE IN, OR WHICH RADIUS I WANT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT MAP. SO'S A, IT'S A VISUAL. UM, OKAY. AND THEN, AND, AND I WOULD JUST ADD, THAT'S THE MANAGEMENT PIECE THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE THE OUTSIDE SOURCE. WE, WE DO TO THE ORIGINAL COUNCILMAN'S QUESTION, HAVE A GREAT SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM WHO'S CAPABLE OF THIS SORT OF THING, BUT IT'S A HIGH LEVEL OF MANAGEMENT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON. THAT'S BEEN BENEFICIAL TO US TO HAVE THEM TRACKING THAT AND MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS ON A REGULAR BASIS. OKAY. AND SO I, I GUESS WHAT I MEANT BY COLLABORATING IS ARE THEY PITCHING IN ANY MONEY FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK IN TERMS OF THE COUNTY, I BELIEVE THE COUNTY PUT, WE PUT IN, UM, THE CITY INVESTED JUST UNDER $400,000 IN THE EFFORT. I [04:25:01] BELIEVE THE COUNTY INVESTED 100,000, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, UNTIL 70, YEAH, THAT'S JUST UNDER 107 IN THE RANGE OF $70,000. UM, DWAYNE ROBINSON IS BERTHA'S COUNTERPART AT THE COUNTY. UH, A BIG PART OF HIS ROLE IS COMMUNICATING WITH ALL THE SUBURBAN CITIES THAT AREN'T IN SAN ANTONIO, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE ALL HAVE THEIR OWN COMPLETE COUNT EFFORTS, UH, GOING AS WELL. SO, UH, IT HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD WORKING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY. BUT, UH, OVERALL IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT A, UH, $187 MILLION FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THIS IS A, A LOCAL EFFORT THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE BUDGET WE HAVE. AND, UM, REMIND ME, WHEN WE APPROVED THE BUDGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE DID SET ASIDE MONEY FOR, UH, CENSUS OUTREACH. WAS THIS ADDITIONAL 75,000 PART OF IT, OR WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM? OH, YEAH, I'M SORRY. YES. THIS, UH, THIS FUNDING IS FROM OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET. IT'S ADJUSTING LINE ITEMS IN THE BUDGET. UH, BUT BECAUSE IT'S AN EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT THAT HAS GROWN THE CONTRACT BEYOND THE THRESHOLD, UH, TO BRING TO COUNCIL, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL, UM, AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND IT, BUT IT'S NOT ANY ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION OF MONEY. IT'S, IT'S ALL WITHIN THE BUDGET WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH. THANK YOU. IS THAT WHAT YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, I, I FORGOT TO ASK, UH, JEFF OR BERTHA, WHOEVER WANTS TO ANSWER ME THIS, UM, WHAT IS THE ADDITIONAL MEDIA, UH, SUPPORT THAT WILL BE ADDED FROM, FROM OUR SIDE, UH, NOT WHAT THE DEBATE GROUP IS HANDLING, BUT, UM, THE ADDITIONAL ADVICE? CAN YOU REMIND ME, UH, OR MAYBE I DIDN'T ASK THIS QUESTION IN YESTERDAY'S SESSION, BUT SPECIFIC, UM, MEDIA ADVICE, LIKE, ARE WE, ARE WE INVESTING IN RADIO, WHAT RADIO STATIONS, OR CAN YOU HELP ME A LITTLE UNDERSTAND THAT? SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, COUNCILWOMAN. IT NEEDS AN ADJUSTMENT ON THIS. I CAN'T, SO OUR OVERALL BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE BROADCAST. WE, UH, DECIDED AFTER WE ANALYZED THE Y N R MEDIA BY THAT THE BUREAU WOULD BE MAKING IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAD COVERED, UH, RADIO AND TV TO THE EXTENT THAT WE COULD NEVER DO. UM, AND SO THE DECISION WAS TO LOOK AT OTHER MEDIUMS THAT THEY HAD NOT INVESTED IN. AND AFTER THAT ANALYSIS WAS COMPLETED, WE CHOSE THE MEDIUMS THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU YESTERDAY, PRINT, UM, OVER THE STREET BANNERS, THE TEXTING STRATEGY, CASH REGISTER RECEIPTS, ET CETERA. UH, SO OUR BUYS DO NOT INCLUDE BROADCAST. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I, AND I DO REMEMBER YOU SAYING THAT NOW, BERTHA, THAT IT WAS THE, THE NATIONAL THAT, THAT HAD INVESTED. AND THEN JUST, UM, FOR PEACE OF MIND, JEFF, IN YOUR OFFICE, YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY FURLOUGHS OR LAYOFFS, CORRECT? UH, NO, WE HAVE NOT. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. OKAY, SO THIS ITEM WAS ON, UH, THE AGENDA FOR ACTION. I HAVE NO HEARD, NO MOTION. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM. IF NOT THE ITEM IS TABLED. I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MOTION, I MEAN APPROVAL. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 21. PLEASE VOTE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM Z FOUR. ITEM Z FOUR IS FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE LOCATED AT 1 1 6 ANNIE STREET. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ZONING, COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO AUGUST 6TH. UM, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. I DON'T THINK SHE'S HERE STILL. DEANNA ORGA. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND, UH, MONTE IS CURRENTLY OPPOSED TO THIS PROJECT, WHICH FEATURES TURNING A SINGLE FAMILY HOME TO A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE FOR, UH, TITO'S BUSINESS. THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS COMMITTED TO THE IDEA OF MAINTAINING THEIR CURRENT HOUSING STOCK THAT WILL NOT LIKELY MOVE ON THEIR POSITION. UM, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED [04:30:01] IT CONTINUES TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS. SO I MOTION TO CONTINUE THE, TO THE AUGUST 6TH COUNCIL MEETING. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION IS SECOND FOR, UH, POSTPONEMENT OF ITEM Z FOUR TO AUGUST 6TH. THAT'S CORRECT. AUGUST 6TH CONTINUANCE. OKAY. PLEASE VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. UH, THAT'S ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. WE DO HAVE A, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I KNOW THAT IN THE CHAMBERS. WE WILL ALSO HAVE A LISTENING SESSION AT THREE O'CLOCK. SO, UH, ERIC, IS THERE A CITY MANAGER? UH, YES, SIR. UH, JUST TWO QUICK ITEMS. UM, ONE, UM, THE, UH, ONE TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW AND TINA'S DILIGENTLY WORKING THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BULLPEN THERE. BUT THE, UM, TEXAS MUNICIPAL CLERK'S, UH, ACHIEVEMENT, UH, OF EXCELLENCE AWARD WAS, UM, BESTOWED UPON OUR OWN, UH, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. THEY WERE, UH, ONE OF 18, UM, CITY CLERK OFFICES THAT WERE RECOGNIZED OUT OF A TOTAL OF 595. UH, IT ORGANI, IT, IT RECOGNIZES, UH, MUNICIPAL CLERK OFFICES FOR THEIR COMPLIANCE, UH, NOT ONLY, UH, WITH FEDERAL AND STATE, BUT ALSO OUR LOCAL STATUTES, UM, AND, UH, SPECIFIC STANDARDS OF, UH, WITHIN THE OFFICE ITSELF. SO I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE CLERK'S OFFICE FOR THAT, UH, THAT AWARD, UH, THAT THEY RECEIVED. GREAT. THANK YOU ERIC. AND WE ALSO HAVE A, AN AWARD, THE ACTUAL AWARD. OH, RIGHT HERE. YOU TEXTED ME THE CLERK. SPEECH, SPEECH, SPEECH, SPEECH, TINA SPEECH, AS WELL AS A CITATION, UM, FOR THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, AND RECOGNITION OF RECEIVING THE INAUGURAL 2020 ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE AWARD BY THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURTS CLERKS ASSOCIATION. THIS HONOR IS A TESTAMENT OF THE COMPLI OF YOUR COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL STATUTES THAT GOVERN STANDARDS NECESSARY TO FULFILL THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OFFICE. YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE REQUIREMENTS AND DEMANDS OF FOR THE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES FOR PROPER GOVERNANCE BY A MUNICIPAL CLERK'S OFFICE IS TRULY WORTHY OF COMMENDATION. NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, PROUDLY EXTENDS SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE OFFICE OF CITY CLERK FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND OFFER BEST WISHES AND MORE AWARDS TO COME. CONGRATULATIONS STEVEN. WE, AND WE CAN DO SOME PICTURES AS SOON AS WE STEP OFF. YOU GOT ONE MORE ITEM, ERIC? YEAH, I DO. MAYOR, JUST REAL QUICK. UM, SO, UH, ON A DAILY BASIS, UH, ESPECIALLY HERE AT THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, UM, WE HAVE, UH, UM, I THINK MY JOB IS KIND OF IMPORTANT. UH, UH, WE HAVE CHIEF HOOD, UH, WHO HAS A VERY, UH, IMPORTANT JOB. UH, OBVIOUSLY MARIA VILLAGOMEZ HAS A VERY IMPORTANT JOB, BUT, UH, TODAY'S EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT, UH, RECOGNIZES THE INDIVIDUAL WHO ENSURES THAT THE PUBLIC IS SAFE AS THEY GO UP TO THAT MICROPHONE. AND AS WE HAVE, UH, IN A NUMBER OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SOLID WITH DAVID, DON'T GO ANYWHERE. DAVID DON'T GO ANYWHERE. DAVID. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IN A LOT OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, UM, WE HAVE, UM, GENERATIONS OF, OF EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE HAD PARENTS OR EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WORK, UH, FOR THE CITY IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS. AND, UH, TODAY'S EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT HIGHLIGHTS THE WORK OF, UH, MR. TORRES, WHO IS OVER MY LEFT SHOULDER AND ENSURES THAT, UH, FOLKS, AS THEY GO UP TO THE, TO THE SCREEN, TO THE MICROPHONE, UH, DON'T AFFECT EACH OTHER. SO, UH, ACTUALLY DAVID'S GOT THE, UH, MOST IMPORTANT JOB IN THE CHAMBERS ON A, ESPECIALLY SINCE, UH, UH, THE END OF MARCH. SO LET'S RUN THE EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT. I AM A MAINTENANCE WORKER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BUILDING EQUIPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 13 YEARS. MY FAMILY'S BEEN SERVING THE PUBLIC AND WORKING FOR THE CITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME. MY FATHER STARTED, HE RETIRED FROM THE CITY 25 YEARS. AND THEN MY MOM, SHE DOES SOLID WASTE FOR 18 YEARS, A DRIVER. AND THEN, UM, ARMANDO TORRES, UH, SOLID WASTE FIVE YEARS. AND THEN MICHAEL TORRES, FIVE YEARS PARKS AND REC. SO WE ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY AND WE ALL ENJOY OUR JOBS AND WE, WE LIKE DOING IT. OUR DAILY DUTIES IS JUST TO MAINTAIN THE BUILDINGS. ANY BUILDINGS WE GET ASSIGNED TO OR WE GET CALLED OUT TO. JUST THAT COULD, THAT COULD GO FROM CARPETS, FLOORS, UH, [04:35:01] MAINTAINING RESTROOMS AND MOVING SETUPS AND JUST DAY-TO-DAY TASKS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF EVERY DAY TO MAINTAIN THE BUILDINGS. THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHANGED SO FAR, THE PAST TWO MONTHS WAS, UH, BEING IN CHAMBERS EVERY THURSDAY FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING, HAVING IT WIPED DOWN THE MICROPHONE. YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT IT'S SAFE TO COME IN AND SPEAK, AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING OUR JOB IN MAINTAINING THE BEST CLEAN ATMOSPHERE AND ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM. REMEMBER, WE GOT 20 OF THESE OUT OF THE FOUR CORE VALUES, THE ONES THAT APPLY THE MOST WILL BE TEAMWORK AND PROFESSIONALISM. 'CAUSE THE TEAMWORK, WE GOTTA WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO GET THE JOB DONE AND PROFESSIONALISM. 'CAUSE WE'RE AROUND THE PUBLIC AND PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE DAY. AND WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE STAY PROFESSIONAL AROUND EVERYBODY. I LIKE MY JOB 'CAUSE I LIKE TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE AND MEET NEW PEOPLE EVERY DAY AND JUST, AND IF SOMEBODY NEEDS SOMETHING, I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BE THE ONE TO HELP 'EM OUT IF THEY NEED SOMETHING DONE. ALL RIGHT, THANKS DAVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU DAVE, FOR WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING GOING FORWARD FOR US. UH, SO MAYOR, THAT'S IT. GREAT. THANK YOU ERIC. AND CONGRATULATIONS DAVID, AND THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILY AS WELL AND ALL SERVE ON THE CITY TEAM. UH, DO YOU HAVE A COUPLE C COLLEAGUES WHO WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. I GUESS HE'S NOT THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE TINA AND THE ENTIRE, UH, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. OH, THANK YOU. OH, GOOD TO SEE YOU, NANCY. I THINK THAT'S YOU. YEAH. UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON, ON YOUR AWARD AND ALL OF YOUR WORK AND, UH, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. UM, SAME. WHERE'S DAVID ? OKAY. AND CAN DAVID PLEASE REPORT TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS? DAVID, PLEASE REPORT TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS. UM, AND DAVID IS DOING A . DAVID, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WHEREVER YOU ARE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE, YOU KNOW, UM, ERIC, WE JUST KEEP WINNING IN SAN ANTONIO. WE HAVE CHIEF HOOD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, TINA AND THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT THE END. SO IN EXCELLENT TEAM THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR ORGANIZATION. AND, UH, THANK YOU DAVID, SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND THE WORK OF YOUR FAMILY AND ALL YOUR FAMILY. AND ERIC, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I FIGHT SO HARD ALL THE TIME FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. AND THANK YOU, DAVID, SO MUCH FOR DEALING WITH MY REQUESTS HERE ON MY, UH, SEAT AS WELL. SO THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. OKAY, WE DO HAVE, UH, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO GET THROUGH AND THEN I KNOW A NUMBER OF US HAVE TO COME BACK HERE FOR THE HEARING. UH, SO LET'S GO INTO THAT NOW. THE TIME IS NOW, UH, TWO, EXCUSE ME, 1:55 PM ON THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 18TH, 2020. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AND DELIBERATE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXT SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2 IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION AGAINST THE CITY. THE COVID 19 PREPAREDNESS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.