* 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. [00:00:05] OKAY. CHAIR, WE'RE LIVE. GO AHEAD, SIR. WE'RE LIVE. OKAY. EVERYBODY READY? STAFF READY? COMMISSIONER'S READY? WE'RE READY. GOOD. ALRIGHT. [Call to Order ] GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER CARLOS GARCIA, AND I AM CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICED MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PLANNING COMMISSION INTO SESSION. IT'S 2:00 PM TODAY WE HAVE GREAT PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION. WE HAVE VARIANCES, TIME, EXTENSIONS, PLANS, PLAN AMENDMENTS, PLA, AND OF COURSE OUR FAVORITE CITY BUDGET WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS. STAFF, CAN WE HAVE THE SPANISH INTERPRETERS, UH, DELIVER THEIR MESSAGE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF STAFF CAN PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER JACKSON PRESENT. COMMISSIONER CARRIO. HERE. COMMISSIONER PROFIT? HERE. COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA. HERE. COMMISSIONER PECK? HERE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ HERE AND CHAIR GARCIA HERE. A QUORUM IS PRESENT, SIR. THANK YOU. PRIOR TO STARTING OUR ITEMS, WE WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW, UH, THE MEETING FORMAT. STAFF. PLEASE PROCEED TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC AND LIMIT THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF C OVID 19. THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS HOLDING MEETINGS VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE. TODAY'S MEETING STANDARDS ARE BASED UPON THE VARIOUS SUSPENDED PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT ISSUED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNOR IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID 19 CRISIS AND ARE IN PLACE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN WATCH AND LISTEN TO THIS MEETING BY VISITING WWW DOT SAN ANTONIO. DO GOV SLASH DSV I BY CALLING IN FOR AUDIO ONLY AT 2 1 0 2 0 6 5 4 8 3 TO INCORPORATE PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE ARE FOUR OPPORTUNITIES AND THESE INCLUDE EMAIL OR MAIL OF COMMENTS, DROPPING OFF COMMENTS, LEAVING VOICEMAIL, OR BE ASKED OR ASKING TO BE CALLED DURING THE MEETING. STATEMENTS OR COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES AND FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT, STAFF WILL READ IT TO THE RECORD. ANY EMAILS OR LETTERS RECEIVED. STAFF WILL ALSO PLAY ANY MESSAGES RECEIVED BY VOICEMAIL. LASTLY, FOR THOSE THAT SIGN UP TO RECEIVE A CALLBACK, WE WILL CALL 'EM TO STATE THEIR TWO MINUTE COMMENTS. SPANISH INTERPRETERS ARE ON STANDBY AS NEEDED. THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL WITH A TWO MINUTE TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SUBMISSION. QUESTIONS CHAIR. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT WE'LL REVIEW [Consent Agenda ] THE CURRENT LIST OF, UH, CONSENT INDIVIDUAL IN ANY RECUSALS OR POSTPONED OR WITHDRAWAL ITEMS. I BELIEVE EVERYTHING, UH, WILL BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CITY BUDGET, WHICH WILL BE THE FULL PRESENTATION AND MOTION ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN. IS THAT CORRECT? OH, YES SIR. AND IF I COULD, UH, FOR ITEM NUMBER 14, WHEN YOU'RE READY, I CAN READ, UH, INTO THE RECORD THE COMMENTS RECEIVED AND WE CAN PLAY THE VOICEMAIL. OKAY. AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE'LL HAVE THE, UM, ASSISTANCE TO BE HEARD PORTION REGARDING, UH, ANY CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA PLAY THE VOICEMAIL FIRST. HI, MY NAME IS ALICIA ALVAREZ. ADDRESS IS 5 0 3 CRESTWELL DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO TWO ZERO. MY PHONE NUMBER'S (210) 300-9810. I'M CALLING REGARDING THE CASE NUMBER ENDING IN 0 5 0 FOR THE ZONING CHANGE FOR THE FROM LOW DENSITY TO HIGH RESIDENTIAL RATE, OR HIGH RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL FOR EASTERN TRIANGLE COMMUNITY PLAN. AND I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE. UM, AND MY REASON BEING THAT IT'S RIGHT BEHIND RESIDENTIAL AREA. WE HAVE A MULTI-FAMILY UNIT UNIT THAT WAS BUILT THE STELLA APARTMENTS THAT WAS BUILT NOT EVEN A MILE AWAY FROM HERE. SO MY CONCERN IS THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GONNA BE COMING TO AND FROM INTO OUR STREET ON CRESTWELL DRIVE AND THE FACT [00:05:01] THAT I HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE LIVING, AND THIS IS GONNA BE RIGHT IN MY BACKYARD. SO I OPPOSE THE ZONING FROM LOW DENSITY, LOW DENSITY, AND TO HIGH RESIDENCE, HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE. UH, FOR THAT REASON, MY PHONE NUMBER AGAIN IS (210) 300-9810. HI. ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, READ IN THE COMMENTS RECEIVED. UH, SO FROM RICHARD CABRERA, I'M OPPOSED TO THE ZONING CHANGE. MY PROPERTY IS BORDERED ON TWO SIDES BY THE PLOT. UNDER CONSIDERATION, IT HAS BEEN REVEALED THAT A 300 PLUS UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX IS PLANNED FOR THIS AREA. SUCH A COMPLEX WOULD ADD TO TRAFFIC CONGESTION, ADDITIONAL LIGHTS, NOISE, POLLUTION, AND POSSIBLY CRIME. THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING ADDS A PRIVACY CONCERN. AS A CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF MY ELDERLY MOTHER, I QUESTION THE GREATER NEED FOR THE COMPLEX. AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOES NOT SEEM TO ATTRACT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS OR FAMILIES, THE FACT THAT IT'LL BE LOCATED SO CLOSE TO AN INTERSTATE FREEWAY WITH AN INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR DOES NOT ADD TO THAT ATTRACTIVENESS. ALSO, AFTER AN INTERNET SEARCH, THE REVIEWS REGARDING THE N R P GROUP DO NOT REFLECT WELL AS FAR AS PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT IN THE FUTURE. IT DOES NOT PLAY WELL IN THE, IN IN THE PLAN TO ELEVATE THE EAST SIDE. IT APPEARS TO ME THE ORGANIZATION'S LANDLORDS, SUCH AS THESE ARE GIVEN TAX BREAKS AND LAND GRANTS IN THE NAME OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND LOCATES SUCH HOUSING IN LESS DESIRABLE NEIGHBORHOODS ONLY TO HAVE THESE COMPLEX, COMPLEX COMPROMISE EXISTING PROPERTY VALUES AND FURTHER DEPRESSED THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I AWAIT YOUR EXPLANATION. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ONE IS FROM JAVIER CERVANTES. THIS FEMALE IS, UH, IS ON BEHALF OF ALIO A CERVANTES AT 3 27 CRESTWELL DRIVE. THIS HAS BEEN HIS RESIDENCE FOR 53 YEARS. I'M HIS SON JAVIER CERVANTES, AND I AM, AND HE IS IN OPPOSITION DUE TO ONE MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. IF THE SAFETY CONCERN GETS RESOLVED, YOU'LL BE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED SITE. SAFETY CONCERN IS ABOUT THE OIL GAS REFINERY STORAGE TANK LOCATED AT 4 9 8 POP STREET. THESE STORAGE TANKS ARE LESS THAN HALF A MILE TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPOSED SITE FOR THE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LIVING. IF AN EXPLOSIVE ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR WITH THE REFINERY STORAGE TANKS, THE RESIDENTS IN THE PROPOSED SITE, ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT PLAN, WOULD HAVE ONLY ONE EXIT LEADING OUT TO LOOP FOUR 10 FOR THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS. TWO OR MORE EXITS LEADING AWAY SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FROM THE REFINERY STORAGE TANKS ARE NEEDED. HAVING EXITS THAT CONNECT TO WAY CROSS CRESTWOOD DRIVE WOULD NOT BE A SOLUTION BECAUSE RESIDENTS IN THE PROPOSED SITE WOULD BE TRAVELING NORTH TOWARDS THE REFINERY STORAGE TANK. ADDITIONALLY, RESIDENTS CURRENTLY LIVING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD USE WAY, WAY CROSS CRESTWOOD DRIVE AS THEIR EVACUATION ROUTE AND WOULD WANT TO AVOID GETTING INTO A TRAFFIC JAM WITH A NEW RESIDENCE AT THE PROPOSED SITE. IN SUMMARY, MR. CERVANTES IS OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED IDENTITY RESIDENTIAL LIVING AREA DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A MAJOR SAFETY RISK. AND IF THIS ISSUE IS RESOLVED BY PROVIDING TWO OR MORE EXITS TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF THE PROPOSED SITES, HE WOULD, UH, SHE WOULD BE ALLEVIATED OF THE SAFETY CONCERN AND WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED SITE. AND THEN WE RECEIVED, UH, OH, THAT WAS IT, THOSE TWO, UH, COMMENTS. THE OTHER ONE IS FROM THE, UH, THE REPRESENTATIVE. OKAY. CHAIR BACK TO YOU. OKAY. UM, SO THE COMMENTS REGARD. WHAT IS, UH, THE, THE ISSUES OF BUILDING HEIGHTS AND, UH, LIGHTING, ANY LIGHTING ISSUES, EXTERIOR LIGHTING ISSUES, WHERE DOES ALL THAT GET ADDRESSED? IS THAT LATER IN THE PERMIT PROCESS? SO, UM, THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS MF 25, UH, WHICH, UH, WE'LL HAVE A, A HEIGHT LIMITATION OF THREE BY FEET, I BELIEVE IT IS. UM, SO CURRENTLY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ALSO HAS A HEIGHT LIMITATION OF 35 FEET, TWO AND A HALF STORIES. SO IT WOULD BE SIMILAR IN HEIGHT TO, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HEALTH, UH, THE SETBACKS AND AS WELL AS, UM, DOWNWARD LIGHTING ARE ALL ADDRESSED DURING THE BUILDING PERMIT PHASE. OKAY. AND THE, THE ISSUE THAT, THAT SOMEBODY RAISED ABOUT THE STORAGE TANKS, I GUESS THAT ALSO GETS LOOKED AT DURING THE, UM, PERMITTING PROCESS, OR IS THAT SOMETHING WHERE THAT INVOLVES THE STORAGE TANKS AND THEIR PERMITS? SO ACCESS, UH, FROM THE SITE WOULD BE LOOKED AT DURING THE PLAT PROCESS TO DETERMINE IF THERE NEEDS TO BE, UH, OKAY. EXTRA ROUTES, UH, FOR, UM, EXIT OR ENTRANCES. OKAY. AND THEN OF COURSE, DURING THE BUILDING PERMIT, UH, UH, PROCESS AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE LOOKED AT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS GOT ADDRESSED. IF NOBODY HAS ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM, THEN WE, OR ANY ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. THE COMMISSIONER P MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND COMMISSIONER PROFIT. [00:10:01] WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PECK AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PROFIT. CAN I PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER JACKSON? YES. COMMISSIONER CARILLO? YES. COMMISSIONER PROFIT? YES. COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? YES. COMMISSIONER PECK? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. AND CHAIR GARCIA? YES. MOTION PASSES. SEVEN TO ZERO. THANK [1. 20-5017 Public hearing, briefing and consideration of the City of San Antonio’s FY 2021 Proposed Annual Operating and Capital Budget. (Presented by Zachary Kuentz, Assistant Director for the Office of Management and Budget and Razi Hosseini, Director of Public Works.) ] YOU. I BELIEVE NEXT I, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WILL BE, UM, THE PRESENTATION OF THE CITY BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN. OKAY. WE'RE PULLING UP THE PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL HAND IT OVER TO YOU, ZACH. OKAY. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, AND, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. UH, MY NAME IS ZACHARY KUNTZ AND I AM THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. UH, THIS AFTERNOON I'LL PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PROPOSED FY 2021 BUDGET, UM, AND THEN I'LL HAND IT OVER TO RAZZIE TO COVER THE PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. UM, LOOKING AT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2021 BUDGET, UH, WE DO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET, UH, DESPITE THE UNPRECEDENTED ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY THAT HAS BEEN CAUSED BY THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC. UM, AS COMPARED TO OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET, UH, THE 2021 BUDGET IS LOWER BY ABOUT $7.7 MILLION. UM, THE OVERARCHING THEME WITHIN THE BUDGET IS THE CONTINUED RESPONSE TO THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC, AS WELL AS TO POSITION THE COMMUNITY FOR THE RECOVERY, UH, COMING OUT OF, OF THE CURRENT PANDEMIC SITUATION. UM, TO THAT END, THE BUDGET DOES MAKE EX STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, HOMELESS HOUSING AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. UM, WE DO CONTINUE THE HISTORIC LEVEL OF INVESTMENT IN OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AS THE BUDGET, AGAIN, INVEST MORE THAN $100 MILLION IN STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. AND, UH, THE EARLY ON THE CITY MANAGER OUTLINED TWO GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT HE WANTED TO SEE IN THE BUDGET, UH, BOTH TO MAINTAIN CITY SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS TO AVOID ADDING TO THE EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY BY AVOIDING CITY LAYOFFS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, KAT. UM, LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AS A WHOLE, THE 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET TOTALS $2.9 BILLION, AND THAT IS COMPOSED OF THREE MAIN PIECES. THE FIRST IS OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS AT JUST UNDER $1 BILLION OR 34% OF THE TOTAL. UM, THIS INCLUDES FUNDS THAT ARE GOVERNED BY FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAWS OF REGARDING HOW THEIR REVENUES ARE USED. UM, THIS INCLUDES THE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, WHICH SUPPORTS OUR CONVENTION IN TOURISM INDUSTRY, OUR SOLID WASTE FUND, OUR STORMWATER FUND, AND FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, SUCH AS THE CARES ACT FUNDS, WHICH CONGRESS PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE NEXT PORTION IS OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, WHICH REPRESENTS OUR LONG-TERM INVESTMENT INTO OUR COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE AT $641 MILLION OR 22%, WHICH INCLUDES PROJECTS THAT ROSIO TOUCH ON AND SUCH AS OUR 2017 BOND AND OUR PROJECTS OUT AT THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE LARGEST PIECE OF OUR BUDGET IS THE GENERAL FUND AT $1.28 BILLION OR 44%. AND THIS SUPPORTS THE BASIC CITY SERVICES THAT MOST PEOPLE THINK OF, INCLUDING POLICE, FIRE, STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, LOOKING AT WHERE THE, THE BUDGET ALLOCATES RESOURCES, UM, $342 MILLION OF OUR BUDGET IS IN, IN FOR COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PUBLIC HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION SERVICES. UM, OUR CONTINUED WORK WITH THE YOUTH, CHILDCARE SENIORS AND HOMELESSNESS AND HELP, THIS 291 MILLION IS SUPPORTED THE FEDERAL GRANTS SUCH AS THE CARES ACT, WHICH IS FUNDING THE RECOVERY AND RE RESILIENCY PLAN, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL BACK IN JUNE, AS WELL AS OUR HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND SUPPORT FOR CHILDCARE SERVICES, OUR SENIORS, AND MENTAL HEALTH OUTREACH. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE C OVID 19 RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL BACK IN JUNE. THE TOTALS JUST UNDER $191 MILLION AND IT HAS FOUR KEY PILLARS THAT WERE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE OBTAIN JOB TRAINING TO HELP THEM, UH, BE ABLE TO GO AFTER HIGHER WAGE JOBS AS WE ENTER THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY. UM, HOUSING SECURITY TO HELP WITH PEOPLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND AVOID EVICTION AND SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT TO PROVIDE THINGS LIKE MICRO GRANTS TOWARDS SMALL BUSINESSES AND DIGITAL INCLUSION TO HELP PROVIDE BROADBAND ACCESS TO COMMUNITIES THAT NEED IT IN ORDER TO SUPPORT DISTANCE LEARNING [00:15:01] FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, CITY SERVICES HAVE BEEN DRAMATICALLY AFFECTED DUE TO THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC. AS YOU MAY RECALL, IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, IN RESPONSE TO MAYOR BERG'S ORDER TO, UH, STAY HOME AND WORK SAFE, MOST OF THE CITY FACILITIES CLOSED AND HAVE NOT REOPENED TO, UH, WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER NORMAL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, WE DID WANNA TOUCH ON HOW OUR SERVICES HAVE EVOLVED DURING THE PANDEMIC. UH, CURRENTLY OUR LIBRARIES ARE PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH DIGITAL RESOURCES AND ONLINE CONTENT. THEY'RE ALSO PROVIDING A CONTACT FREE PICKUP OF BOOKS AND MATERIALS AND NINE BRANCH LIBRARIES ARE ALSO OFFERING, UH, LIMITED ACCESS TO THE, UH, PUBLIC COMPUTERS, UH, AND AT THE BRANCH LIBRARIES THROUGH APPOINTMENTS. UM, OUR SENIOR SERVICES, UH, WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SENIORS WITH NUTRITIOUS MEALS, UH, THROUGH OUR SENIOR SERVICES NETWORK, UM, WHILE REMAINING CLOSED. UM, WE'RE DOING THAT THROUGH, UM, SOME OF THE REDISTRIBUTION OF SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHILE OUR FACILITIES ARE CLOSED. UM, MOST OF OUR PARK FACILITIES REMAIN CLOSED AND AMENITIES AS WELL OVER THE PARK TRAIL SYSTEM, SUCH AS THE SATO AND LEON CREEK WASTES REMAIN OPEN. AND DURING THE SUMMER, WE DID HAVE OUR CONTINUED SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM FOR KIDS THROUGH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND WE ALSO HELD EIGHT SUMMER CAMPS DURING JUNE, WHICH ENDED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ON AUGUST 14TH. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, LOOKING AT OVERALL AT THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH TOTALS $1.28 BILLION FOR FY 2021, THE GENERAL FUND IS SUPPORTED BY FOUR MAJOR AREAS. NUMBER ONE IS OUR PROPERTY TAX AT $398 MILLION OR 31%. THIS IS BASED ON APPRAISAL VALUES AS CERTIFIED BY THE BEAR APPRAISAL DISTRICT. OUR NEXT LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE IS OUR C P S PAYMENT. WE RECEIVE 14% OF GROSS GAS AND ELECTRIC SALES FROM C P S ENERGY AS A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES, AS WELL AS A RETURN ON OWNER'S EQUITY TO YOU, THE SHAREHOLDERS OF C P S ENERGY. OUR NEXT THREE, OUR NEXT, UH, FUNDING SOURCE IS SALES TAX. WE'RE AT $295 MILLION OR 23%, AND THIS HAS TAKEN ONE OF THE LARGER HITS, UM, AS A RESULT OF THE DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. AND THEN LASTLY, OUR BUDGET IS SUPPORTED BY WHAT WE CALL OTHER RESOURCES AT $239 MILLION OR 19%. AND THIS INCLUDES THINGS LIKE LICENSES AND PERMITS AND CHARGES FOR SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY, SUCH AS E M S TRANSPORT FEES WITHIN THE CIRCLE IS HOW WE ALLOCATE THOSE REVENUES AND PRIMARILY OUR LARGEST, UH, SOURCE OF EXPENSES IN THE GENERAL FUND IS IN PUBLIC SAFETY WHERE POLICE AND FIRE CONSUME JUST UNDER $828 MILLION OR 64.5% AFTER PUBLIC SAFETY STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE NEXT LARGEST DEPARTMENT AT AROUND A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. THEN PARKS OF BRACKET, $50 MILLION. AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF DEPARTMENTS, WHICH IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, UH, OF THE SLIDE, WHICH TOTALED $306 MILLION. THINGS LIKE LIBRARIES, HUMAN SERVICES, ANIMAL CARE, AND CODE ENFORCEMENT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO BACK IN JUNE, UH, CITY MANAGER WALSH PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL WHAT WE CALL A TRIAL BUDGET, WHICH WAS LOOKING AT OUR FORECASTED SHORTFALL IN THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL AS PROVIDING A PLAN WITH WHICH TO ACHIEVE A BALANCED BUDGET. UM, AT THAT TIME, WE FORECASTED THAT ABOUT $109 MILLION IN BUDGET REDUCTIONS WOULD BE NEEDED OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A BALANCED BUDGET, UM, DUE TO SOME CHANGES IN OUR FINANCIAL POSITION SINCE THEN, UM, WE, WE WILL NOT REQUIRE AS MANY PRODUCTIONS NOW LOOKING AT AROUND $87 MILLION IN PRODUCTIONS. HOWEVER, THAT IS STILL ONE OF THE LARGEST, UM, REDUCTIONS THAT THE CITY HAS EVER HAD TO MAKE IN ITS GENERAL FUND. UM, THE, THIS TABLE HERE ON SLIDE EIGHT SHOWS A A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF WHAT THOSE REDUCTIONS ARE, UM, INCLUDING, UH, THE ELIMINATION OF ANY PAY INCREASES FOR OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND THE CONTINUATION OF A HIRING FREEZE FOR ALL CIVILIAN POSITIONS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE NEEDED FOR THE PANDEMIC. UM, SUCH AS NINE ONE ONE CALL TAKERS, THREE ONE ONE CALL TAKERS RELATED POSITIONS. THE BUDGET DOES REMOVE ABOUT $8 MILLION FROM OUR STREET MAINTENANCE BUDGET, BUT IT STILL MAINTAINS OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FOR STREET MAINTENANCE IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, AS CHIEF MCMANUS HAS FILLED VACANT OFFICER POSITIONS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME NEEDED TO SUSTAIN POLICE OPERATIONS WE'LL DECREASE. AND SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING A $3.4 MILLION REDUCTION IN OVERTIME IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT SUSPENDING OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAMS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE OUR, UH, FEE WAIVERS AND, UM, INNER CITY INCENTIVES FOR THINGS LIKE, UH, HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE COURT, IN THE CITY [00:20:01] CENTER. UM, IN ADDITION, AS A RESULT OF THE CARES ACT, UH, FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES SUCH AS PROJECT QUEST, ARE BEING SUPPORTED, UH, THROUGH THOSE FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS TO DO MOST OF THEIR WORK FOR 2021, WHICH IS PROVIDING A ONE-TIME SAVINGS OF $2.2 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND AS THOSE, AS THOSE AGENCIES ARE BEING SUPPORTED THROUGH THE GRANT FUNDS RATHER THAN OUR GENERAL FUND FOR FY 2021. SO A TOTAL OF $87 MILLION IS RECOMMENDED IN REDUCTIONS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. MOVING INTO OUR PROGRAM, UH, PORTION OF THE BUDGET OF POLICE SERVICES HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A, A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, UM, IN THE WAKE OF THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD. UM, AND SO THE CITY MANAGER HAS OUTLINED A, UH, FOUR POINT PLAN IN ORDER TO LOOK AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN DEPTH IN ORDER TO FORM A PLAN FOR WHAT WE ENVISION THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE IN THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF OFFICER ACCOUNTABILITY, UM, DISCIPLINE, HIRING, UM, TRANSPARENCY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UM, COMMUNITY CHANGING THE WAY WE, UH, WE DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT HOW WE RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SERVICE. UM, THE KEY AREAS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR ARE THINGS LIKE VIOLENCE PREVENTION, HOMELESSNESS, OUTREACH, AND MENTAL HEALTH. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE WILL WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OUR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS IN TERMS OF CAN OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS HELP RESPOND TO SOME OF THOSE CALLS THAT MAY NOT REQUIRE A UNIFORMED OFFICER TO RESPOND TO, OR WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS BUSINESS GROUPS AND OUR EDUCATIONAL, UM, INSTITUTIONS TO FORMULATE A PLAN THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL IN APRIL OF NEXT YEAR. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UH, VIOLENCE PREVENTION IS ONE OF THE KEY INITIATIVES INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET. UM, THIS INCLUDES ADDRESSING THINGS LIKE GUN VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND CHILDREN AND YOUTH VIOLENCE. AND SO IT'S COMBINING A NUMBER OF RESOURCES, UM, WITHIN, UH, DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY, NOT JUST METRO HEALTH, BUT ALSO TRANSITIONING OUR CRISIS RESPONSE UNIT, UM, FROM THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT INTO METRO HEALTH SO THAT WE UNIFY ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS UNDER ONE BANNER IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THINGS LIKE, UM, UH, HOSPITAL-BASED VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION, UH, ADDRESSING THINGS LIKE, UM, ADVERSE CHILDHOOD TRAUMA THROUGH, UM, OUR TRIPLE P PARENTING AND OUR TWO GOOD FOR VIOLENCE PROGRAM, WHICH WE ROLLED OUT THIS YEAR IN THE SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. AS WELL AS, UH, EXPANDING CHILDHOOD ABUSE PREVENTION AND SOME OF OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS SUCH AS STANDUP ESSAY, UM, OVER TO THE WEST SIDE. AND THE BUDGET ADDS $1.3 MILLION IN NEW FUNDING AND 16 NEW POSITIONS TO HELP, UM, ESTABLISH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RISK TEAM AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR, UM, THINGS LIKE THINGS LIKE RESPONDING AND CASE MANAGEMENT WITHIN, UM, INCIDENCES THAT WE FIND IN THE COMMUNITY. AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, WITHIN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE BUDGET HAS INVESTED $6 MILLION OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND SO THIS IS, UH, PROVIDES RESOURCES TO SUPPORT, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG TREATMENT SERVICES, BOTH LOOKING AT OUR PARTNERS SUCH AS HAVEN FOR HOPE AND THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES THAT IS AT THE, THE HAVEN CAMPUS, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING OUR, THE MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS THAT WORK WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS WHEN THEY RESPOND TO CALLS THEN AND, AND FIND A, A RESIDENT OR A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY THAT IS HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH IN, UH, ISSUE AND NEEDS THAT SUPPORT AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE, UH, RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM WITHIN OUR, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, UM, AND AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. THE BUDGET DOES ADD HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR HOME, FOR MENTAL HEALTH, EXCUSE ME, UH, TO PROVIDE, UH, TO INVESTIGATE AN ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE OPTION, WHICH WE WILL VET DURING THE COURSE OF 2021 AND BRING THAT FORWARD FOR CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, SO IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, A TOTAL OF $30 MILLION WILL BE INVESTED, UM, IN THAT AREA DURING FY 2021, UM, IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR WHEN, UH, HUMAN SERVICES THAT THEIR POINT IN TIME COUNT, THEY COUNTED, UH, OVER JUST UNDER 1,300 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH DID REPRESENT A 7% INCREASE OVER THE SAME TIME IN 2019. AND SO THE BUDGET DOES INCLUDE, UM, ADDING AN ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO EXPAND THE HOMELESS [00:25:01] OUTREACH TEAM TO INCLUDE ONE, ONE POSITION IN EACH DISTRICT AND A SPECIAL POSITION FOR DOWNTOWN. AND THIS IS DESIGNED TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS WHEN WE IDENTIFY THEM IN ORDER TO REDUCE CHRONIC AND, UH, UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS BY BUILDING TRUST. UH, AS WE FOUND THAT SOME PEOPLE, UM, SIMPLY DO NOT TRUST, UM, CITY INDIVIDUALS WHEN WE MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM. AND SO THROUGH REPEATING ENCOUNTERS, WE HOPE TO BUILD A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP SO THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS OVER TIME MAY TRANSITION TO PERMANENT HOUSING AND IN ORDER. AND FROM THAT POINT, WE CAN PROVIDE LONG-TERM CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO, UM, HELP MAKE SURE THAT HOMELESSNESS IS NOT A CONTINUING ITEM FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS. AND, UH, THIS WOULD ADD FIVE POSITIONS TO SUPPORT, UH, SIX POSITIONS THAT WERE ADDED THROUGH THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN BACK IN JUNE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE BUDGET DOES CONTINUE TO INVEST, UH, $25 MILLION IN HOUSING THROUGH A COMBINATION OF FUNDS WE RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE GENERAL FUND. UM, IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, OUR INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING HAVE BEEN TO PRODUCE HOUSING UNITS, BOTH MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY UNITS. HOWEVER, GIVEN THE CHALLENGES OF THE ECONOMY AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE UM, IN, ARE HOUSING INSECURE AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC, UH, WE ARE SHIFTING THE FOCUS FROM PRODUCTION TO DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION AND HOUSING STABILIZATION IN ORDER TO HELP PEOPLE, UM, STAY IN THEIR HOMES. AND ONE OF THE BIG INITIATIVES IS ADDING AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND, UH, TO OUR RISK MITIGATION PROGRAM TO HELP PEOPLE WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND, UH, ADVICE OF COUNSEL IF THEY ARE FACING EVICTION PROCEEDINGS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, IN TERMS OF STREET AND INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE WE CONTINUE TO INVEST OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN STREETS, UH, PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY, A TOTAL OF 1,268 PROJECTS AND 371 CENTER LINE MILES ARE SLATED FOR REPAIR DURING 2021, AS WELL AS $18 MILLION INVESTING IN SIDEWALKS OF WHICH WILL PRODUCE NEARLY 67,000,067 MILES, EXCUSE ME, USABLE SIDEWALKS AROUND THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I JUST WANNA BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE SOLID WASTE FUND. UH, THERE IS NO RATE CHANGE PROPOSED TO THE SOLID WASTE FEE FOR F Y 2021. AND JUST TO NOTE, UM, IF, IF BY CHANCE WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR BROWN CART DOWN TO YOUR CURB FOR YOUR PICKUP DAY AND IT'S NOT FULL, YOU MIGHT WANNA CONSIDER DOWNSIZING. IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE 48 GALLON CAN, THAT'LL SAVE YOU OVER $140 PER YEAR BY GOING FROM LARGE TO SMALL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. EXCUSE ME. SO CURRENTLY WE ARE STILL IN OUR, UM, EXCUSE ME, COMMUNITY INPUT PHASE OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET. UM, WE ARE STILL CONTINUING OUR WORK SESSIONS WITH THE COUNCIL, WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 16TH. WE HAVE THE FIRST OF OUR TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, A WEEK FROM TODAY, WHICH WILL ALSO BE A VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL. AND THEN THE BUDGET IS SLATED FOR ADOPTION ON SEPTEMBER 17TH. SO MOVING TO THE, MY LAST SLIDE, IN SUMMARY, A GREAT AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY REMAINS, UM, THE PROSPECTS FOR THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY INTO 2021 REMAIN UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT. HOWEVER, THE BUDGET DOES CONTINUE TO REFLECT OUR CONTINUED STRONG FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. UM, WE TOOK ACTION IN EARLY APRIL WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TO REDUCE QUITE A, QUITE A BIT FROM OUR 2020 BUDGET IN ORDER TO HELP BRACE OUR FALL, UM, HEADED INTO 2021 AND THAT WAS RECENTLY REAFFIRMED IN MAINTAINING OUR AAA RATINGS, UM, WITH MOODY'S STANDARD AND PORES FOR OUR CREDIT RATING. UM, THE BUDGET CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON THE RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PROGRAMS TO RESPOND TO THE PANDEMIC AND JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE CITY TEAM DOES REMAIN CONTINUED, UH, COMMITTED TO CONTINUING SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND WITH THAT I WILL HAND IT OVER TO MR. RAZZI TO TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL BUDGET. THANK YOU. ZACH. CAN YOU HEAR ME? HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. SIR. GO AHEAD. GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER MEMBER. I AM DIRECTOR, CITY ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU FOR OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR PROPOSED 2021 CAPITAL BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE CITY'S ANNUAL FUNDING AND CITYWIDE AVERAGE P C I P C I STAND PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX. WE USUALLY MEASURE [00:30:01] OUR PAYMENT HOW GOOD SHAPE THEY ARE. BRAND NEW ROADWAY GETS HUNDRED AND WE CALL THAT ONE GRADE A AND THEN IT GOES GRADE B, WHICH IS GOES LOWER THAN THE 71 TO 85 AND GRADE C, WHICH IS A FAIR CONDITION T C I OF 61 AND 70 AND SO ON. OUR GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN HIS ROADWAY PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX AT 76 OR ABOVE, WHICH IS WE ARE TODAY FOR A 5 20 21. OUR SS AND P BUDGET IS 102 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES 1,268 PROJECT TOTAL AND 370 MILE CENTER MILES. 43 MILLION OF THE PROJECT WAS DEFERRED FROM LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID EFFECT. IF YOU RECALL, OUR SALES TAX REVENUE SIGNIFICANTLY WENT DOWN. WE HAD TO DO SOME SIGNIFICANT COST. WE CUT 50 MILLION FROM STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, 43 MILLION WAT REAL PROJECT COST AND THIS PROJECT, WE ARE GOING TO START DELIVERING THOSE OR BUILDING THOSE EARLY NEXT YEAR. THE REMAINING 59 MILLION WAS DISTRIBUTED BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICT NETWORK AND CONDITION OF THE DISTRICT NETWORK, BUT THAT MEANS ANY KIND OF DISTRICT HAD MORE ROADWAY TO MAINTAIN. THEY GOT ALSO MORE MONEY AND ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAD THEIR PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX WAS POOR. THEY GOT ALSO MORE MONEY BECAUSE THEY NEED MORE MONEY TO SPEND TO BRING THEM UP TO ACCEPTABLE LEVEL. WE BELIEVE WE ARE MOVING IN RIGHT DIRECTION, IMPROVING THE CITY NETWORK. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE KEY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WILL BE REMAINING WITH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. IF YOU, MANY OF YOU MADE A CALL EARLY THIS YEAR. CITY MANAGER FROM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FROM T C I DEPARTMENT CREATED A NEW DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS CALLED TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. AND THE REMAINING PART, WHICH BIG PART WAS PUBLIC WORKS. PUBLIC WORK WILL STILL CONTINUE TO OVERSEEING 1 MILLION, $1 MILLION ANNUAL PET SAFETY PROGRAM MAINTAINING THE SCHOOL ZONE INFRASTRUCTURE, 5.6 MILLION PAYMENT MARKINGS, 1 MILLION NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC COMMON PROGRAM COORDINATING WITH THE RESIDENTS AND COUNCIL DISTRICT ON CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECT THAT COMES SPEEDING TRAFFIC SUCH AS FLASHING BEACONS, , PEDESTRIAN REFUGE ISLAND, AND SO ON. NEXT ITEM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SIDEWALK PROJECT, THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR SIDEWALK IS 18 MILLION. 13 MILLION IS COMING FROM 2017 POUND PROGRAM AND 5 MILLION FROM FUNDED FROM A D T ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT. PUBLIC WORKS SIDEWALK REPAIR CREW WILL BE REPAIRING TWO MILE OF THE DETERIORATED SIDEWALK COUNCIL LAST YEAR PROVIDE US THE BUDGET TO HIRE SEVEN MAN CREW TO HELP US THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ANY PLACE THE SIDEWALK IS DETERIORATED AND THEY ARE REALLY SAFETY ISSUE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REBUILD THOSE FOR 5 MILLION. PROGRAM UNDER I M P EQUITY WAS THE CREATED CRITERIA USED IN ALLOCATING OF THE FUNDS. 50% OF THE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED BASED ON EQUITY ATLA AND THE REMAINING 50% FUND WAS BASED ON USER MILE OF THE GAP. BUT THAT MEANS ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAD MORE MISSING SIDEWALK, THEY GOT MORE MONEY AND ALSO ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAD LOW INCOME. THEY GOT THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE BASED ON RACE AND LOW INCOME. THEY GOT MORE MONEY ALSO. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. STORMWATER OPERATION. THIS SLIDE PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION OF STORMWATER ENGINEERING SERVICES. WE HAVE A STORMWATER ENGINEERING AT D S D, WHICH MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW FOCUSES ON THE FLOOD PLAN MANAGEMENT. THAT INCLUDES REVIEWS OF THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND PERMIT, AS WELL AS CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. WE ALSO HAVE A STORMWATER ENGINEERING TEAM FOCUSED ON IDENTIFYING, MEDICATING AND REGULATING THE STORMWATER ISSUE THROUGH THE PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF CAPITAL DRAINAGE PROJECT. THERE IS ALSO THREE [00:35:01] PROPOSED NEW PROJECT TO BE FUNDED AS PART OF STORMWATER REGIONAL FUND IN 2021. THEY ARE SOUTH FOSTER ROAD, EXCUSE ME, 1.2 MILLION REGIONAL DRAINAGE PROJECT PLANNING HALF A MILLION AND WOODLAWN LAKE DAM STUDY $350,000. MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW WOODLAWN LAKE WAS BUILT MANY YEARS AGO. WE DON'T BELIEVE TODAY IS MISSED. THE TODAY'S REQUIREMENT. WE ARE LOOKING TO ANALYZE THE EXISTING SPILLWAY AND MAYBE DO SOME MODIFICATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. LET'S GO TO ANOTHER ONE IS 641,000,383 PROJECT CONSISTS OF EIGHT PROGRAMS, WHICH IS STILL GOING TO BE EIGHT STREETS. BIG PART OF THIS PROGRAM, PUBLIC WORKS CENTER. WE DON'T HANDLE ALL OF IT, BUT BIG PART OF THIS PROGRAM HANDLED BY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE ALSO HAVE A 29 PROPOSED PROJECT AT VALUE OF 39 MILLION FOR 2020 AS PART OF 2021 BUDGET, 13.4 MILLION FOR STREETS BRIDGE ALLEY AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL, 11 MILLION FOR THE ENERGY IMPROVEMENT, 4.5 MILLION FOR LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT, 4.8 FOR PARKS AND 5.4 MILLION FOR FACILITY. NEXT SLIDE IS THAT THIS IS AN UPDATE ON OUR 2017 BOND PROGRAM. 38 PROJECT OR 21% IS DONE. 68 PROJECT OR 36% IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 74 PROJECT IS UNDER DESIGN, WHICH 41% AND FOUR PROJECT UNDER PRE-DESIGNED OVERALL 57 PROJECT IS IN DESIGN OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE ARE LOOKING FOR ADVERTISING GOOD NUMBER OF OUR 2007 PROJECT COMING NEXT YEAR IN FY 2021. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE 43 PROJECTS AT THE VALUE OF 256 MILLION OVER QUARTER BILLION WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE PROJECT IS ON THE LEFT SIDE IS HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS. NOT ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS, THEY ARE ALL TOGETHER 43 PROJECTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. IN OUR DEPARTMENT ALSO THEY NEED DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO HANDLE VISION ZERO AND BIKE. RIGHT NOW THEY ARE UNDER PUBLIC WORKS BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING TO HIRE A DIRECTOR TO OVERSEE THIS DEPARTMENT. BUT HOPEFULLY NEXT FEW MONTHS WE HAVE THE DIRECTOR, HIS, HIM AND HIS OR HER AND DEPARTMENT WILL OVERSEE THIS PROGRAM. 1 MILLION FOR BIKE. WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE A FIVE PROJECT DEVELOPED AND LOOK FOR THE CRASH DATA ANALYSIS, EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH. AND THIS YEAR WE DID TWO PILOT PROGRAM IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE AND SIX AND SEVEN CALLED SHARE DISTRICT. WHAT WE DID, WE DID, WE END UP CLOSING THE ROADWAY FOR THROUGH TRAFFIC TO ALLOW PEOPLE BIKE AND HIKE BASICALLY GET OUT OF HOUSE AND TO BE ACTIVE. AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE HAVE DONE ONLINE, ONLINE SURVEYING TO SEE WHAT THEY LIKE AND WHAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE. WE ARE LOOKING TO CREATE A PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE. COMMUNITY CAN REQUEST FROM US AND WE CAN IMPLEMENT IN THIS DIFFERENT PART OF TOWN WE ONLY DID AT TWO LOCATION IN A FEW MONTHS AGO WAS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE AND SEVEN. THE DURATION WAS FOUR WEEKS. THE OTHER PROGRAM IS A BIKE UPGRADING MICRO MOBILITY MASTER PLAN, UPDATE, BIKE LANE STRIPING AND ENHANCEMENT. AND OF COURSE IT'S A BIKE EDUCATION AND RIDGE. WE ALSO HAVE THREE PROTECTED BIKE PROJECT. TWO OF THEM IS HAPPEN TO BE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE AND ONE IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. FOR NOW VISTA IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE OSA MARKET IN DOWNTOWN IN COUNCIL. DISTRICT ONE RAISED TO TRAILS IS HAPPEN TO BE ALSO IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. THIS IS IN THE MY PRESENTATION . I AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE. [00:40:07] THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. THAT WAS A LOT OF NUMBERS. UH, WE WILL BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS AND LET'S START WITH COMMISSIONER JACKSON. UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, ON THE PRESENTATION? NO, SIR. YOU'RE ON MUTE. YOU CAN GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER JACKSON. COMMISSIONER JACKSON. CAN YOU HEAR US? I CAN NOW. UH, I I DON'T HAVE ANY UH, UH, PARTICULAR QUESTIONS. I HAVE ONE GENERAL QUESTION THAT, UH, THAT CAME TO MIND AND THAT, UM, I DEALT WITH THE, UM, WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE INITIATIVES IN THE BUDGET TO EXPAND BROADBAND ACCESS FOR, UH, UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY, UH, IN LIGHT OF WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING WITH THIS CURRENT PANDEMIC BEYOND WHAT I SAW ON, I BELIEVE SLIDE SIX THAT SHOW THE, UH, SOME OF THE EXPANDED, UH, LIBRARY ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES. THAT'S CORRECT. UM, WE DO OFFER, UH, LIMITED ACCESS THROUGH APPOINTMENT TO THE COMPUTER LIVES AT THE BRANCH LIBRARIES. WE ALSO RECEIVED, UH, $27 MILLION THROUGH THE CARES ACT THAT IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT, UH, ROLLING OUT, UH, WIFI HOTSPOTS, UH, TWO, UH, TWO CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, UH, THROUGH WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, IN ORDER TO, UH, HAVE THEM HAVE INTERNET AT THE HOME SO THAT THEY CAN DO DISTANCE LEARNING WHILE SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS STILL DO NOT HAVE IN-PERSON LEARNING YET. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CARILLO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, NO QUESTIONS. JUST WANNA THANK ZACH AND OZZIE FOR, UH, A VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER JACKSON FOR THAT QUESTION. UH, I WAS THINKING SAME THING. WASN'T QUITE SURE HOW TO FRAME THAT QUESTION, BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER PROFITS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? NO, JUST TO APPRECIATE, UH, OZZY AND ZACH ON A PRESENTATION AND, UH, ALL THE RESPECTIVE STAFFS FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY TAKING A LOOK AT THE, THE CHALLENGES THAT FACE THE CITY BUDGET. NOT EASY TO DO WHEN YOU'RE, I MEAN, A SHORTFALL, BUT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S STILL A COMMITMENT TO KEEP UP WITH THE, UH, COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP THE QUALITY OF THE STREETS AND KEEP IMPROVEMENT THERE. SO, UH, JUST CONGRATULATIONS, APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. ACTUALLY, WHAT WE ARE DOING, WE KNOW PEOPLE NEED BOARD. WE ARE REALLY DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PUSH OUR PROJECT OUT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. AND NEXT FEW MONTHS WE WILL BE ADVERTISING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK. WE REALLY WANT TO CREATE A WORK EVEN THERE'S NOT MUCH IS GOING ON. WE USED TO HAVE, WE ADVERTISED FIVE STATION TWO WEEKS AGO. WE USED TO GET FIVE OR SIX BIDS, WE GOT 13. THAT SHOWS YOU MARKET IS REALLY GETTING PRETTY TIGHT AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE PUT ENOUGH PROJECT, KEEP PEOPLE IS WORKING. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. THANKS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER PROFIT, UH, COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I CAN GO AHEAD SIR. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, I, I APPRECIATE THE STAFF AND THE WORK THEY DO BECAUSE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH DEVELOPMENT IN THIS CITY AS I TOUR THE OUTLYING AREAS, VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP UP WITH THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH THE INNER CITY AND THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT'S QUITE A CHALLENGE. SO I CONGRATULATE YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS, THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. [00:45:04] THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER PECK? UH, YEAH, UH, REAL QUICK, UH, ZI AND, AND EVERYONE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I THINK ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A, A REALLY WELL BALANCED, UH, BUDGET FOR THE YEAR AND, UM, UM, IT LOOKS GOOD AS ALWAYS. UM, ONE QUESTION, IT'S NOT REALLY RELATED TO, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT STUFF, BUT IT WAS JUST SOMETHING I WAS MULLING OVER AFTER READING THE NEWS THE PAST FEW MONTHS. UM, IS THERE ANYTHING, AND MAYBE I MISSED IT, I KIND OF FLIPPED THROUGH THE BUDGET, UM, I READ PARTS OF IT AND SKIMMED THROUGH OTHER PARTS OF IT AND I JUST DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR ON THE NEWS AND YOU READ STUFF THAT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE ZOO AND THE MUSEUMS ARE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY BECAUSE OF THE COVID CRISIS. IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE BUDGET WHICH, YOU KNOW, COULD BE CONSIDERED AID TO THOSE ENTITIES IF THIS CONTINUES ON AND THEY CAN'T GET BACK TO THEIR NORMAL WAY OF OPERATING? I KNOW IN THE, THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN, WE DID INCLUDE MONEY, UM, FOR OUR TO SUPPORT THE ARTS AGENCIES ABOUT $2.6 MILLION BECAUSE THOSE AGENCIES DID TAKE A, A PRETTY MASSIVE HIT. UM, I KNOW ONCE BECAUSE THE, THE HOT TAX VIRTUALLY DRIED UP, UH, STARTING IN APRIL. AND SO SOME OF THOSE AGENCIES SAW THEIR CONTRACTS CANCELED FOR THE REMAINDER OF FFY 2020. SO WE DID PUT MONEY ASIDE FROM OUR CARES ACT MONEY TO SUPPORT THOSE AGENCIES. WE'RE ALSO USING OVER A MILLION DOLLARS FROM OUR GENERAL FUND, UH, TO HELP BACKSTOP SOME OF THE ARTS AGENCIES AS WELL. UM, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY WOULD, WE DIDN'T WANT THEM TO NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO TAKE A PUNCH, UH, TWO YEARS IN A ROW. SO WE ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT THOSE AGENCIES. COMMISSIONER. OKAY. YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. YOU KNOW, AFTER, YOU KNOW, HEARING EVERYTHING AND THEN KIND OF SEEING, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH THE HOT TAX ACTUALLY FINANCED AND I WAS LIKE, WHOA, I WONDER WHERE, I WONDER KNOW WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM NOW. SO I APPRECIATE THE, UH, I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. SURE. I I SHARE THE SENTIMENT. UM, GREAT JOB STAFF. UM, I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL NEEDS, UM, IN THE CITY AND IN AND WITHIN THESE BUDGETS THAT WE HAD PLANNED, UH, IN YEARS PAST AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTING IN 2021. AND, AND NOW THAT KIND OF HAVE, HAS BEEN, UH, POSTPONED, UM, DUE TO COVID, BUT KUDOS ON Y'ALL BEING ABLE TO ADJUST VERY QUICKLY AND, AND STILL BE ABLE TO, UM, PRESENT A BALANCED BUDGET. UM, A A COUPLE QUESTIONS REALLY JUST FOR MY OWN KNOWLEDGE, UM, ON THE HOMELESS SLIDE. UH, ZACH, YOU SAID, UM, THERE'S $30 MILLION. DO YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN BY DISTRICT? I KNOW THAT THERE WAS ONE PERSON PER DISTRICT WITH TWO FOR DOWNTOWN, UM, BUT MONITORING, BUT HOW IS THE, HOW IS THE MONEY BEING ALLOCATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT? UM, NOT NECESSARILY BY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER. UM, WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT'S OUR ALL IN BUDGET TO SUPPORT HOMELESS. SO IT DOES INCLUDE THINGS LIKE EMERGENCY, ABOUT $20 MILLION OF THAT IS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE. UM, THINGS LIKE, UH, POLICE AND FIRE RESPONSE WHEN WE FIND, UM, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT. UH, DY AND HIS TEAM WORKS WHEN WE NEED ASSISTANCE FROM PUBLIC WORKS TO HELP WITH CLEAN UP. UM, THEN WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT $7 MILLION THAT SUPPORTS OUR HAVEN FOR HOPE CAMPUS AND ALL THE PARTNER AGENCIES THAT WORK OUT AT HAVEN. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER PROVIDERS THAT WORK IN AND AROUND, UM, THAT PROVIDE FOOD LIKE ST. VINCENT DEPAUL, THE FOOD BANK, SAM, UH, SARAH, THAT ALL, ALL THESE PARTNER AGENCIES THAT HELP US SUPPORT WHOLISTICALLY MAKE UP THAT 30% COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. UH, AND IN QUESTION FOR RAZZIE, UM, YOU SAID THAT UH, WE HAD TO DEFER ABOUT $43 MILLION OF THE STREETS. ARE THERE, UM, TWO OR THREE SIGNIFICANT STREETS THAT YOU CAN KIND OF, UM, CALL OUT AND THEN, AND WHAT'S THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD TO KIND OF GET THOSE BACK ON TRACK AS BEST WE CAN? UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE THE NAME IN FRONT OF ME, BUT WE DEFER $43 MILLION OF VALUE. 282 PROJECT IN HAPPEN TO BE ON EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT. SOME CONCEPT DISTRICT HAD MORE THAN OTHER BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE PROJECT. OUR PLAN FOR THOSE PROJECTS TO BE DONE SHORTLY AFTER BUDGET PROVES IN ANOTHER OCTOBER COMES, WE ARE GOING TO START TO BUILDING THOSE PROJECT FOR NEXT YEAR. OKAY. AND, AND RAZZI, WERE ANY SIDEWALKS ALSO DEFERRED? NO SIDEWALK BECAUSE SIDEWALK HAD DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE ONLY STREET WAS DEFERRED BECAUSE WAS GENERAL FUND. OKAY. UH, AND THEN ONE MORE [00:50:01] TECHNICAL QUESTION IF I MAY. ON THE BOND PROJECTS, YOU SAID THAT WE WERE AT 20 FOR 21% COMPLETE. UM, IS THAT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE? IS THAT BEHIND SCHEDULE A FIRST GLANCE? IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE BEHIND, ESPECIALLY AS WE PREPARE WITH THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO GO OUT FOR ANOTHER BOND PROGRAM. NO, 38 PROJECT IS DONE. I THINK MOST OF THEM IS ON A SCHEDULE. WE HAD SOME UTILITY ISSUE, SOME PARTNERING AGREEMENT BECAUSE CERTAIN PROJECT WE HAD A PARTNER WITH TEXT OUT OR OTHER AGENCY, WE HAD SOME DELAY, BUT OVERALL WE ARE WITHIN THE SCHEDULE 21% OR 38% COMPLETELY DONE. WE HAVE THE FOUR PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR 36% OVERALL. WE ARE ABOVE 50%, 57% EITHER THAN DESIGN OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION. OVERALL, WE ARE DOING GOOD AND WE ARE GOING TO START HOPEFULLY PREPARING FOR 2022 BOND. WHEN WE GET SIGNAL FROM COUNCIL REGARDING TWO, 2022 BOND, WE CAN PROCEED. THANK YOU. UH, AND AND LAST QUESTION AGAIN. YOU, YOU ALL CALLED OUT IN BOTH OF YOUR PRESENTATIONS, UM, SOME OF THE FUTURE PLANS AND WHAT WILL BE INCLUDED, WHETHER IT'S, UM, NEXT YEAR OR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AND SO, UM, YOU ALL DID THAT, UM, THIS PAST YEAR AND YEARS PRIOR AND THEN DUE TO COVID I'M SURE YOU HAD TO ADJUST. AND SO, UH, WHAT, UM, INCREASES OR OR PLANS DID YOU ALL HAVE UH, WHEN YOU ALL PRESENTED THE BUDGET LAST YEAR THAT HAD TO KIND OF TAKE A BIT OF A HIT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, UM, SO THAT YOU ALL CAN REALLOCATE, UM, TO, TO DIFFERENT COVID RESOURCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT? I THINK FROM A PUBLIC WORK SIDE, THE BIGGEST HIT WAS OUR STREET MENAGE. WE HAD 110 MILLION AND WE HAD TO DEFER 50 MILLION. FROM 50 MILLION. WE HAD 7 MILLION SAVING BECAUSE CERTAIN FEES CAME LOWER THAN WE ANTICIPATED AND WE DEFERRED 43 MILLION REAL PROJECT. THAT'S THE ONE THAT BIGGEST HIT. THE SECOND ONE WAS BASICALLY THE POSITION. WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT VACANCY. WE, THEY, WE END UP NOT HIRING PEOPLE STARTING FEBRUARY, MARCH. WE HAVE PEOPLE RETIRED, PEOPLE MOVED ON. THEREFORE WE HAVE AT LEAST IN MY DEPARTMENT, 10% OR SO VACANCY. THANK YOU RAZZIE. UM, THANK Y'ALL BOTH AGAIN. UM, AND, AND WE FULLY RECOGNIZE AGAIN THAT IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT TIME. Y'ALL ARE HAVING TO ADJUST VERY QUICKLY. UM, RAZZIE LIKE YOU MENTIONED, YOU'RE SHORT STAFFED AND I'M SURE YOU ARE WORKING VERY LONG HOURS AND SO THANK Y'ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, UM, WE HEARD A LOT OF NUMBERS. CAN YOU PLEASE JUST GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH WAS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM REDUCED 'CAUSE OF, UH, THE CURRENT SITUATION? IT WAS, UH, 58, 50 MILLION JUST FROM STREET I BELIEVE. ZACH, WE ALSO CUT FROM SOME AVIATION PROJECT. I, ZACH, DO YOU RECALL HOW MUCH WE CUT FROM AVIATION? I DUNNO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT, UM, AVIATION, A LOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE AIRPORT COMMISSIONERS IS IN FLUXX RIGHT NOW. UM, THEY WERE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR NEW MASTER PLANNING EFFORT WHEN THE PANDEMIC STRUCK. AND SO NOW THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HAVE ANY PUBLIC MEETINGS, UM, OUR NEW AVIATION DIRECTOR, JESUS HAS KIND OF PUT THAT MASTER PLAN RIGHT NOW ON ICE. UM, AND SO THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THEM, UM, REALLY IS DESIGNED TO FLOW FROM THAT MASTER PLAN IS IF WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN IN PLACE, WE CAN PROBABLY GET THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION TO HELP FUND SOME OF THAT. AND SO SINCE THAT PLAN HASN'T BEEN COMPLETED AND ADOPTED YET, UM, WE CAN'T REALLY GO TO THE FEDS AND ASK THEM FOR, FOR ASSISTANCE. BUT UH, RIGHT NOW I THINK THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KEEP THE AIRPORT IN, IN OPERATIONAL AND AND AS FUNCTIONAL AS POSSIBLE UNTIL THEY CAN COMPLETE THAT MASTER PLAN TO REALLY GET A GOOD FULL-FLEDGED UH, CAPITAL PLAN IN PLACE. COMMISSIONER, THE CHALLENGE WE HAD, OR STILL WE HAVE IT NOT WAS OF THE, JUST ONLY BECAUSE OF REDUCING FUNDING WHAT WE DO, WE DEAL WITH PUBLIC, WE HAVE PUBLIC MEETING, WE HAVE REVIEW MEETING, WE HAVE MEETING. WHEN THIS HAPPENED IN MARCH, APRIL, WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT OR HOW TO HANDLE IT. NOW WE ARE GETTING MUCH, MUCH BETTER. WE REALLY, THERE WAS A TWO, THREE MONTHS WE COULDN'T DO MUCH BECAUSE OF JUST NOT BEING MAKE A CONTACT PUBLIC. NOW WE HAVE CREATED A GOOD SYSTEM LIKE THIS. WE ARE REALLY DOING BUSINESS. WHAT WE USED TO DO LAST [00:55:01] YEAR, JUST BEING ONLINE ACTUALLY A CERTAIN TIME IS VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE. WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND TIME ON DRIVE. WELL, I'M GLAD YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO ADAPT AND THAT ACTUALLY, I ANSWERED ONE, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS 'CAUSE I WAS WONDERING WHAT WITH THE PUBLIC INPUT PROCESSES, BUT YOU DESCRIBED THAT UH, PRETTY WELL. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT WAS THE PROCESS USED TO DETERMINE WHICH PROJECTS GOT DELAYED 'CAUSE OF THE REDUCTIONS IN BUDGET? I THINK THE PROCESS WAS VERY SIMPLE. REALLY ANY PROJECT CONSTRUCTION HAD NOTHING TO START. THAT WAS VERY EASY TO MAKE A DECISION. IT'S NOT TO START, WE ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO CONTRACTOR. WE HAVEN'T CO WE HAVEN'T GONE TO DISTURB THE CO THE COMMUNITY. WE STOP. ANY PROJECT HAS NOT START THE CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. UM, AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER QUESTION. ARE ANY OF THE BOND PROJECTS AFFECTED BY THE, UH, CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION? DOES THAT AFFECT BOND PROJECTS AT ALL? ACTUALLY WE ARE, WE ARE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ONE OF THE ONLY BENEFIT, WE HAD THIS FROM COVID, THE TRAFFIC WAS VERY LOW. WE END UP BUILDING THOSE ROADWAY PROJECTS FASTER THAN WE EVER COULD DO. AND ALSO WE ARE GETTING AT A LOW PRICE. ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO BOND HAS NOT AFFECTED BECAUSE IT DIDN'T AFFECT OUR FUNDING. OKAY. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT DIDN'T AFFECT FUNDING. OKAY. UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE BUDGET? I DO NOT SEE ANY. WELL, I JUST WANNA COMMEND STAFF ON THEIR ABILITY, UH, TO PREPARE A BALANCED BUDGET AND TO ACCOMMODATE THE REDUCTIONS OF REVENUE DUE TO THE INABILITY OF THE EXECUTIVE FEDERAL AND STATE BRANCHES TO HANDLE THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC, UH, WHICH HAS LED TO LOTS OF UNNECESSARY LIFE, INCLUDING MY DAD, CARLOS GARCIA. UM, OUR PURVIEW TODAY AS PLANNING COMMISSIONERS IS THE CAPITAL IMPLEMENTS PLAN. UM, BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE ON THE OTHER BUDGET AS A WHOLE IS THAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS VARIOUS ISSUES OF, UH, EQUITY INEQUALITY AND AS A PRODUCT TO THE EDGEWOOD AREA, I'VE SEEN THE RESULTS OF THOSE HISTORICAL INEQUITIES. UM, OUR COMMUNITY HAS ALSO CALLED FOR AN EXAMINATION OF HOW WE ALLOCATE RESOURCES ON VARIOUS SOCIETAL ISSUES. I SEE THIS BUDGET LOOKING AT THAT, UH, INCLUDING THE BALANCE BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT PREVENTATIVE MEASURES AND WHAT THOSE PREVENTS PREVENTATIVE MEASURES LOOK LIKE. HOPEFULLY THIS IN FUTURE BUDGETS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT TO ADJUST THOSE ASPECTS OF THE INEQUALITY CAUSED BY VARIOUS PAST POLICIES, SOME OF WHICH WERE ACTUALLY ROOTED IN RACISM, WHICH IS PRETTY SAD. BUT OVERALL, I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT OUR BUDGET FURTHER REFLECTS AND ACKNOWLEDGES THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF SO MANY ITEMS RANGING FROM HUMAN SERVICES SERVICES TO, UH, FORMAL HOUSING. THAT AS WE GROW AS A SITTING AND SOCIETY, WE ARE ABLE TO REMEMBER AND HONOR OUR NAMES LIKE GEORGE FLOYD AND BREONNA TAYLOR AND MANY OTHERS, BUT ALSO NOT ADD TO THAT LIST. SO I BELIEVE THIS BUDGET IS MOVING FORWARD IN THE PROPER DIRECTION SO I CAN SUPPORT A MOTION, UH, FOR THIS BUDGET. WITH NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS BUDGET COMMISSIONER PROFIT. MOVED TO APPROVE COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. SECONDS. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PROFIT AND COMMISSIONER, UH, GONZALEZ STAFF SEAT OF THE ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER JACKSON? YES. COMMISSIONER CARILLO? YES. COMMISSIONER PROFIT? YES. COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA. YES. COMMISSIONER PECK? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. AND CHAIR GARCIA? YES. MOTION PASSES. SEVEN TO ZERO. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE [15. 20-4956 Consideration and Action on the Minutes from August 12, 2020. ] THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FOR THE PAST MEETING. DO WE HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS ON THE MEETING MINUTES? MOTION CHAIR APPROVE. UH, MEETING MINUTES. MEETING MINUTES. EXCUSE ME. SECOND. THAT'S OKAY. WE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I BELIEVE THAT WAS COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AND COMMISSIONER PROFIT STAFF. CAN WE DO THE ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER JACKSON? YES. COMMISSIONER CARILLO? YES. COMMISSIONER PROFIT? YES. COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA. OKAY, WE CAN, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. SIR. GO AHEAD. YES. COMMISSIONER PECK? YES. COMM COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. AND CHAIR GARCIA? YES. MOTION PASSES. SEVEN TO ZERO. THANK [01:00:01] YOU. DO WE HAVE [Additional Item ] ANY DIRECTOR'S REPORTS OR OTHER STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS OR NOTIFICATIONS? UH, NO SIR. JUST AS MENTIONED IN THE WORK SESSION, THE, UH, VACANCIES, UM, AND TERMS ARE, UH, ADVERTISED UNTIL THE 31ST. SO, UH, FOR THOSE WHOSE TERMS ARE UP FOR OR ARE EXPIRING, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE REAPPLIED IF YOU, UH, STILL WISH TO DO SO. AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, OUR GOAL IS TO GET TO, UH, COUNSEL FOR THESE APPOINTMENTS BY OCTOBER. THANK YOU. SO FOR ANYBODY, UH, WATCHING OR LISTENING INTO OUR CURRENT MEMBERS, PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO REAPPLY AND LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, ANY NEW MEMBERS TO JOIN US FOR OUR GREAT PLANNING COMMISSION. AND IF YOU FIND THIS EXCITING AND TUNE IN NEXT WEEK OR NEXT IN THE NEXT, TUNE IN NEXT TIME FOR SOME MORE GREAT PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION. AND IT IS 3 0 1 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. * 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.