[1. 20-5105 Invocation]
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UH, MME. CLARK, CAN YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO? HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
UH, WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, A SESSION AGENDA.
UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED THIS MORNING, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA TO WELCOME OUR INVITATION.
I HAVE THE GREAT HONOR TO INTRODUCE DR.
PASTOR DALEY HAS BEEN PASTOR OF MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH FOR 35 YEARS.
HE'S THE CHAIRMAN OF COMMUNITY OF CHURCHES FOR SOCIAL ACTION AND IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE BAPTIST MINISTER'S UNION.
HE'S BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH THE FOLLOWING HONORS, THE C P S RECIPIENT SPIRITUAL LEADER AMAZING ENERGY AWARD, THE FIRST BLACK MODERATOR OF THE SAN ANTONIO BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, 2015 INDUCTEE TO THE SAN ANTONIO BLACK CLERGY HALL OF FAME, THE 2011 MOREHOUSE COLLEGE.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF PREACHERS.
HE'S A MEMBER OF KAPPA ALPHA SAI FRATERNITY AND IS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE NAACP.
PASTOR DAYLER HAS, DALEY HAS BEEN MARRIED TO FORMER JANICE MARIE POLAND FOR 43 YEARS, AND HAS THREE DAUGHTERS AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING PASTOR DALEY AT A POLLING SITE A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHERE WE, WE HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF SAN ANTONIO.
I'VE SINCE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND HIS CHURCH AND WAS INSPIRED BY HIS SERMONS AND HIS CONGREGATION.
I KNOW MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS ATTEND HIS CHURCH REGULARLY AND REALLY LOVE AND RESPECT HIM, AS DO I.
WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE HIM WITH US TODAY.
THIS THE FLOOR IS YOURS, PASTOR DALEY.
YOU OUGHT TO COME AND INTRODUCE ME AT MY CHURCH AGAIN,
AND, UH, ALL THE COUNCILPERSONS AS WELL AS COUNCILPERSON JADA ANDREW SULLIVAN.
GOD, OUR FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO BE ASSEMBLED TOGETHER, THOSE SEPARATED BY DISTANCE, WE'RE NOT SEPARATED BY YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY.
OH GOD, I ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO BLESS THE MAYOR, ALL OF OUR COUNCIL PERSONS AS THEY SEEK TO DO THOSE THINGS THAT WILL MAKE AN IMPACT FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY.
I PRAY, OH GOD, THAT IN THIS SESSION TODAY, AS THEY DELIBERATE, THAT THEY WILL DELIBERATE NOT SIMPLY FROM THEIR HEAD, BUT THAT THEY WOULD ALSO DELIBERATE FROM THEIR HEART.
I PRAY GOD, THAT THEY WILL SEEK JUSTICE TO WALK HUMBLY
[2. 20-5106 Pledge of Allegiance]
BEFORE GOD.UH, THIS NATION IS DIVIDED AND YES, EVEN OUR CITY IS DIVIDED, BUT THOSE OF US THAT ARE CONNECTED BY A CORD OF LOVE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WE PRAY FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR CITY, THAT
[3. 20-5107 Approval of Minutes from the City Council Meetings of May 28, 2020 and June 3, 2020]
IT WOULD DEMONSTRATE A SPIRIT OF HUMILITY AND LOVE, THAT THEY WOULD LEAD BY SERVING, STRENGTHEN THEM OF GOD.HOLD THEM IN THE PALM OF THEIR HAND, FOR WE ASK THESE
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BLESSINGS.THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR DALEY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
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OKAY, OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 28TH AND JUNE 3RD, 2020.I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES.
I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, UH, SECOND, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, I BELIEVE, UH, ANY DISCUSSION, AND AGAIN, PLEASE USE YOUR, UH, RAISE HAND BUTTON ON THE WEBEX.
UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO JUMP IN ON A DISCUSSION, UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, UH, SAY AYE.
UM, BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR, UH, THE MEAT OF OUR AGENDA TODAY, UM, I DO WANT TO TAKE A A MOMENT.
IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE, UH, TO WELCOME OFFICIALLY TO OUR CITY, UH, AND THROUGH OUR CITY COUNCIL CONSUL GENERAL OF MEXICO IN SAN ANTONIO, RUBEN UTI INTA TO AND WELCOME RUMA.
I'M THE COUNCIL GENERAL, UH, ARRIVED TO OUR, HIS POST EARLIER THIS YEAR AND HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK REPRESENTING HIS COUNTRYMEN AND WOMEN, AND COLLABORATING CLOSELY WITH MANY OF US HERE, AS WELL AS AT THE, WITH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
OUR COMMUNITY HAD A WELCOME RECEPTION PREPARED FOR HIM TO CELEBRATE HIS ARRIVAL JUST AS THE PANDEMIC JETTISONED US INTO A VIRTUAL SPACE.
ALTHOUGH THE COMMUNITY WELCOME WILL HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER, WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE HIM WITH US THIS MORNING.
AND ALTHOUGH, UH, SOMETHING CAN'T SEE HIM, I THINK, UH, THE COUNCIL CAN.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THE HARDWORKING TEAM AT THE MEXICAN CONSULATE IS ALSO WATCHING TODAY.
MANUTA HAS MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS TO TEXAS, AS HE RECEIVED HIS LAW DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.
HE ALSO HOLDS A PHD FROM THE NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO.
UNAM, WHICH IS WE ALL KNOW, IS, HAS AN EXTENSION CAMPUS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AT HEMISPHERE.
THE CONSUL GENERAL HAS HAD A DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS AN ACADEMIC IN MEXICO, IN CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, AND HAS AUTHORED SEVERAL WORKS IN THE FIELD AND ADVISED PARLIAMENTARY GROUPS AND COMMITTEES OF THE MEXICAN CONGRESS.
ADDITIONALLY, FOR OVER 15 YEARS, HE SERVED AS A MAGISTRATE AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT OF MEXICO CITY.
WE WERE VERY GLAD TO HAVE HIM REPRESENTING MEXICO AT THE CONSULATE, ESPECIALLY AT SAN ANTONIO SHARES THIS LONGSTANDING CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL TIES WITH MEXICO DATING BACK MANY, MANY YEARS.
TODAY, WE HAVE THE RENEWAL LEASE FOR THE MEXICAN CONSUL, EXCUSE ME, MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REITERATE HOW IMPORTANT THIS INSTITUTE HAS BEEN IN THE CULTURAL LIFE OF OUR CITY SINCE IT STARTED ITS OPERATIONS.
IN 1968, AFTER THE WORLD FAIR ENDED, THE MEXICO PAVILION WENT ON TO BECOME THE NEW HOME OF THE MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE, WHICH IS OPERATED IN THAT LOCATION CONTINUOUSLY FOR 52 YEARS.
DECADES OF THE HIGHEST REPRESENTATION OF MEXICAN ART AND CULTURE HAVE ENRICHED OUR CITY AND BENEFITED OUR RESIDENTS.
AND WE'RE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE ARE HOME TO THE OLDEST CULTURAL INSTITUTE OF MEXICO OVERSEAS.
THIS STRONG RELATIONSHIP WE ENJOY WITH MEXICO IS UNIQUE TO SAN ANTONIO.
I ENCOURAGE OUR MANY LOCAL CIVIC BUSINESS AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERS HERE TODAY TO CONTINUE ENGAGING WITH OUR MEXICAN FRIENDS AS WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, AND HOW WE CAN BUILD UPON OUR EXISTING RELATIONSHIP AND MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF ALL.
THIS IS THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, AND MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE FAMILIAR WITH
THIS YEAR WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT GIVEN THE PANDEMIC, BUT I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TUNE IN FOR THE CONSULATE'S VIRTUAL
AND AS A MARK OF OUR THEME, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT, UH, ALBEIT VIRTUALLY OUR OFFICIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CONSUL GENERAL OF MEXICO, HEREBY
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PRESENTED TO REUBEN MINTA IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR APPOINTMENT AS CONS, GENERAL OF MEXICO AND SAN ANTONIO.DURING YOUR CAREER, YOU HAVE SERVED AS A MAGISTRATE AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT OF MEXICO CITY AND ADVISE DIFFERENT PARLIAMENTARY GROUPS AND COMMITTEES OF THE MEXICAN CONGRESS AS WELL AS OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOUR DEDICATION TO EMPOWER MEXICAN COMMUNITIES, PROMOTE AND STRENGTHEN THE IMAGE OF MEXICO, AND TO IDENTIFY AND CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BENEFIT ALL MEXICANS IS TRULY WORTHY OF COMMENDATION.
THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO EXTEND THEIR SINCERE APPRECIATION ON THIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND OFFER BEST WISHES FOR YOUR SUCCESS.
CONGRATULATIONS AND PRESENT IT TODAY, UH, IN LIEU OF OUR IN-PERSON CEREMONY, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY.
AND REUBEN, UH, IT IS BEEN A GREAT PLEASURE TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND THE TIME THAT WE HAVE HAD THAT WASN'T VIRTUAL.
AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, REUBEN, I DON'T SEE YOU ON THE SCREEN, UH, BUT I'D LIKE TO OFFER YOU THE FLOOR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND, AND, UH, ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
[4. 20-5088 Ordinance confirming the appointment of Tina Flores as City Clerk for the City of San Antonio. [Ben Gorzell, Chief Financial Officer; Lori Steward, Director, Human Resources] (Part 1 of 2)]
I MAY BE FAULTY AT THIS POINT.RUBEN, UH, I THINK WE HAVE YOU ON MUTE, BUT I THINK YOU MIGHT BE HAVING SOME CONNECTION ISSUES.
IF WE GET YOU CONNECTED, RUBEN.
UH, WE'LL, I'LL HAVE YOU, UH, BREAK IN AT ANY POINT IN THE MEETING.
UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY A LITTLE BIT LATER.
UH, WELCOME AGAIN, CONSUL GENERAL.
WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO, TO, TO YOUR SERVICE.
UM, AT THIS POINT WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO, UH, THE OTHER PARTS OF OUR AGENDA, AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
AND I'M GONNA ASK, UH, JOHN PETRICK TO READ ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
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CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF TINA FLORES AS CITY CLERK FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.ALRIGHT, UM, ARE YOU COMING NOW? LEMME SUMMARIZE THIS ITEM.
IN, IN FEBRUARY OF 2020, I APPOINTED AN AD HOC CITY CLERK SEARCH COMMITTEE TO FILL THE CITY CLERK VACANCY LEFT BY LETICIA BASS, WHO RETIRED AFTER 16 YEARS OF SERVICE AS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CITY CLERK.
THE AD HOC COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF CHAIRWOMAN JADA, ANDREW SULLIVAN, DR.
A ADRIANA GROSS GARCIA, ANNA SANDOVAL, AND JOHN COURAGE.
THE COMMITTEE MET ON MARCH 6TH TO REVIEW THE RECRUITMENT TIMELINE AND OUTREACH PLAN, AND THE SEARCH FOR THE CITY CLERK OFFICIALLY CLICKED, KICKED OFF ON MARCH 18TH, WHICH BY THE WAY, WAS BASICALLY THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC WHEN THE POSITION WAS POSTED AND OP AND OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS.
UH, AND I'M GONNA JUST ASK COURTESY OF EVERYONE WATCHING, INCLUDING MY COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE I DO SEE THAT, UH, COUNCIL GENERAL MUTI NOT THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT.
LET ME, UM, BRIEFLY RESET THIS ITEM AND ASK, UH, PROVEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THE FLOOR? ARE YOU ABLE TO CONNECT NOW? YES.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR BERG AND HONORABLE, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER, MR. ERIC WALSH.
THANK YOU MAYOR FOR YOUR KIND PRESENTATION.
I AM VERY HONORED TO JOIN THIS MEETING AND TO BE ABLE TO FINALLY MEET ALL COUNCILWOMEN AND COUNCILMEN, EVEN IF IT IS ONLY VIRTUALLY.
AS YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW, I ARRIVED IN SAN ANTONIO THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR JUST BEFORE THE PANDEMIC STARTED.
THESE DIFFICULT TIMES FOR ALL OF US ARE TESTING OUR RESILIENCE AS A COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS OUR ADAPTABILITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE EXTRAORDINARY RESPONSE FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AUTHORITIES TO THE CRISIS.
YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR DAY-TO-DAY DECISIONS HAVE BEEN CRUCIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
IT IS A TRUE PRIVILEGE TO SERVICE CONSUL GENERAL OF MEXICO IN THIS CITY.
BE CERTAIN THAT MY TEAM AND I WILL WORK TIRELESSLY TO CONSOLIDATE AND DEEPEN THE FRIENDSHIP AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN OUR SOCIETIES.
OUR GOAL IS TO PROMOTE POLITICAL DIALOGUE AND TO BOOST COOPERATION BETWEEN MEXICO AND SAN ANTONIO FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A VERY FRUITFUL AND PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
FINALLY, ALLOW ME TO SAY THAT I AM VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL OVERCOME THIS CRISIS EVEN STRONGER, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET PERSONALLY VERY SOON.
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GENEROSITY AND YOUR CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE.I WANNA BE, UH, VERY, UH, BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, AND I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THIS INVITATION.
IT, IT MEANS A LOT TO, UH, PLEASE TRANSLATE TO MEXICO AND TO ME PERSONALLY.
AND, UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, MANY COLLEAGUES WHO WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THEIR BEST WISHES AS WELL.
LET ME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.
I AM, I'M JUST GONNA SAY IN ENGLISH, BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS THE CONS, GENERAL'S ENGLISH IS FAR SUPERIOR, UH, TO MY SPANISH, AS IS HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE US CONSTITUTION.
UH, SOME OF YOU, UH, MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT THE, UH, BUT THE CONS HAS ACTUALLY PRODUCED A TRANSLATION OF THE US CONSTITUTION INTO SPANISH.
SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S IN THAT DOCUMENT, IN ADDITION TO ASKING ANDY, YOU CAN ALSO ASK, UH, THE CONSUL GENERAL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT LOVELY, UH, GIFT DR.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO, UH, SAY THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING.
I KNOW WE HAD GREAT PLANS AND GREAT VISIONS, UH, AND AS ALWAYS, UH, AS WE'VE HEARD, UH, SOMETHING GOT IN THE WAY, UH, THIS YEAR.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK CITY STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK, UH, IN PROCESSING THIS LEASE FOR THE MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE, UH, SHERRY, UH, IN PARTICULAR FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.
THIS IS ITEM SEVEN THAT WE WILL BE APPROVING TODAY.
UH, IT CAME AS A SURPRISE TO, TO ME, WHEN THE PREVIOUS, UH, COUNCIL AND WHEN AMBASSADOR ZENES IN, UH, IN WASHINGTON DC ASKED SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HELP HER, UH, KEEP THE MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE IN SAN ANTONIO.
WE, WE HAD NO IDEA THAT, THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS AT RISK.
UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, PUTTING THAT, UH, THAT FEAR TO BED.
AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO APPROVING THAT ITEM TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WELCOME TO, UH, TO SAN ANTONIO.
UM, UH, MANTI, UH, I KNOW THIS WELCOME IS SLIGHTLY DELAYED, UH, BUT I ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE ELATED TO SHARE GREETINGS WITH YOU.
UM, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY SUPPORTED A TWO YEAR 500,000 PLANNING GRANT FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY OF CIVIL OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
IT WOULD BE A NATURAL PARTNERSHIP IF THEY COULD WORK WITH YOUR CULTURAL INSTITUTE.
SPEAKING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE VOTING ON THE RENEWAL OF THE, THE MEXICAN AMERICAN, MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE, UH, AT LEAST LATER THIS MORNING.
AND I'M PROUD, VERY PROUD THAT DISTRICT ONE IS THE HOME OF THE CULTURAL INSTITUTE, AS IT ADDS SO MUCH VIBRANCY, CULTURE, AND VALUE TO OUR CENTER, CITY AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU AND TALKING TO YOU ABOUT MANY ASPECTS OF OUR CITY'S HISTORY.
A A MEXICAN HISTORY, A HISTORY THAT IS ALWAYS WELCOME HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL GENERAL AND WELCOME.
MEMBER TREVINO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
UH, I WANNA EXTEND MY WELCOME TO SAN ANTONIO.
UH, AND OF COURSE, UH, YOU'RE NO STRANGER TO OUR COUNTRY AND TO THE WORK THAT YOU'LL BE DOING.
UH, I WANNA SAY, UH, YOUR PREDECESSOR, UH, THE CONS, RENA TORRES MANDEVILLE, UH, WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED IN THIS CITY AND, AND, UH, REALLY DID A, A VERY GREAT JOB REPRESENTING YOUR COUNTRY.
AND THE PEOPLE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO WHO NEED YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT, I'M SURE YOU'LL BE DOING THE SAME.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, PERSONALLY VISITING WITH YOU AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME.
UH, CONSUL IS SO NICE TO, UH, MEET YOU VIRTUALLY.
UM, I, UH, YOU HAVE VERY BIG SHOES TO FILL HERE.
UH, THERE, UH, COUNCILOR REINA, UM, HAD ESTABLISHED A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP, UH, WITH US HERE IN THE DISTRICT.
AND SHE, UH, AND, AND MY TEAM TALKED VERY MUCH ABOUT THE CHILDREN.
UH, 90 CENT, 7% OF MY DISTRICT IS OF MEXICAN DESCENT.
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UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND BRINGING BACK SOME OF OUR CULTURAL, UH, UM, CELEBRATIONS LIKE BOVA, UM, AND SOME OTHERS.SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING, UM, THAT, UH, DIALOGUE WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UM, I'M SURE THAT YOU ALSO HAVE A WONDERFUL TEAM OF PEOPLE.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU BRING IN YOUR OWN TEAM OR IF SOME OF THE OTHERS, UH, WERE HERE, UM, UH, ARE HERE WITH YOU.
UH, BUT WE, UM, WE HAD A, A LOT OF FUN, UM, WITH, UH,
SO, UH, WELCOME TO SAN ANTONIO.
AND, UH, I HOPE THAT, UM, YOU'RE, YOU FEEL WELCOME HERE.
UM, I REPRESENT DISTRICT FOUR IN, IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I'M A FELLOW LONGHORN WITH YOU.
SO I WAS EXCITED WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT YOU WERE A LONGHORN.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW POST.
UM, I ALSO WANNA APOLOGIZE THAT I MISSED YOUR FOOD FOR THOUGHT SESSION THAT YOU, UM, CO-HOSTED AT U T S A.
I WAS LOOKING FORWARD, UH, TO LEARNING ABOUT THE, THE URA, AND I WANTED TO, I WAS REALLY INTERESTED TO, TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY, AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO AND, AND FIND IT.
IT JUST REMINDED ME THAT I, I HADN'T GONE TO GO LOOK FOR IT.
I'M SURE IT'S ARCHIVED SOMEWHERE.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, WORKING WITH YOU AND YOUR OFFICE.
I'M, UH, EXCITED ABOUT MAYBE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EVEN A VIRTUAL ASPECT OF, UH, THE A LOS MU, WHICH WE STARTED, UH, A BIG CELEBRATION FOR LAST YEAR.
AND SO, UM, I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOUR, UH, UH, OFFICE.
AND JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.
WELL WELCOME HERE TO SAN ANTONIO.
AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU VIRTUALLY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU PERSONALLY AND, UH, UH, HEARING WHAT YOUR VISION IS AND WHAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH HERE WHILE YOU'RE, WHILE YOU'RE ASSIGNED TO THIS POSITION, AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO TO OFFER, AND I'M SURE YOU KNOW THAT, UM, YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR, FOR A WHILE ALREADY.
IT'S JUST GREAT TO SIT DOWN AND, AND AT LEAST SEE YOU VIRTUALLY AT THIS POINT.
AND AGAIN, LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU PERSONALLY.
[4. 20-5088 Ordinance confirming the appointment of Tina Flores as City Clerk for the City of San Antonio. [Ben Gorzell, Chief Financial Officer; Lori Steward, Director, Human Resources] (Part 2 of 2)]
WELCOME.AND, UH, WE'LL SEE YOU SOON, I'M SURE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.
AND ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL GENERAL, WE ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO, UH, YOUR SERVICE AND TO WORKING WELL WITH YOU.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO MEET YOU VIRTUALLY AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT SESSION IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT CITY AND COUNCIL.
AND I'M READY AND I'M ALWAYS WISHFUL TO WORK TOGETHER IN ANYTHING WE CAN DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, NOW WE'LL, UH, MOVE ON TO THE, UM, AGENDA.
WE WERE ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, AND I WAS SUMMARIZING, UM, OUR ITEM HERE.
SO LET ME, LET ME CONTINUE ON.
UH, THE SEARCH FOR THE CITY CLERK, WHICH OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF ON MARCH 18TH.
ON MAY 18TH, UH, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE MET TO REVIEW RESUMES AND REQUESTED THE CITY CLERK POSITION BE REPOSTED ON JOB BOARDS TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL CANDIDATES TO APPLY WHO MAY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY C 19.
A TOTAL OF 32 QUALIFIED CANDIDATES APPLIED FOR THE CITY CLERK POSITION BY THE END OF THE SECOND REVIEW PERIOD.
THE AD HOC COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, MET ON JUNE 22ND TO REVIEW CANDIDATE APPLICATIONS AND DETERMINED THAT A FIRST ROUND OF INTERVIEWS FOR TOP CANDIDATES WOULD BE HELD ON JULY SIX.
CANDIDATES PARTICIPATED IN INTERVIEWS WITH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THOSE SIX CANDIDATES, A FINAL THREE WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN A MORE EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE FULL CITY COUNCIL DURING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON AUGUST 14TH.
AND SO, UH, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE, UH, TO, UH, ASK OUR NEW, UH, CITY CLERK, UH, WHO HAS BEEN SERVING IN THE ROLE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND, AND WHOM HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED IN A COUPLE NOTES I JUST RECEIVED BY HER PREDECESSOR, LETICIA VASIC AS A EXTREMELY QUALIFIED AND, UM, UH, AMAZING CITY
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CLERK.UH, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO ASK, UH, TINA FLORES TO, TO COME FORWARD VIRTUALLY, UH, FOR HER SWEARING IN.
AND LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT TINA, BECAUSE TINA FLORES HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR ALMOST 19 YEARS.
MOST IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK IN A VARIETY OF LEADERSHIP ROLES.
SHE STARTED HER TENURE WITH THE CITY AS AN OFFICE ASSISTANT AND WITH CONVENTION FACILITIES IN 2001, AND JOINED THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK IN 2004.
SHE ALSO SPENT APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS WITH THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, AND WAS APPOINTED AS DEPUTY CITY CLERK IN JANUARY OF 2020.
MOST RECENTLY, SHE HAS BEEN SERVING AS THE INTERIM CITY CLERK SINCE MARCH.
MS. FLORES HAS A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD, A MASTER'S OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD, AND A MASTER OF JURISPRUDENCE FROM THE ST.
MARY'S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW.
UM, AND SO, UH, TINA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK DURING A VERY DIFFICULT PERIOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE KNOW, UH, JUST HOW MUCH, UH, HEART AND SOUL YOU PUT INTO THE CITY, AND I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING YOU OFFICIALLY OUR CITY CLERK WITHOUT ANY ASTERISK OR PREFIX.
UH, BUT BEFORE I CAN DO THAT, I AM GONNA ASK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN TO, UH, MAKE SOME COMMENTS, UH, ABOUT THE PROCESS, AND THEN ALSO OFFER A MOTION, UH, SO WE CAN MAKE THE VOTE OFFICIAL COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
UM, THANK YOU MAYOR, UH, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO SERVE WHITNEY IN THIS PROCESS.
UM, THE PROCESS, WE WANTED TO MAKE IT TRUE AND FAIR TO ALL.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF A UNKNOWN, UH, CERTAINTY WITH THIS PANDEMIC, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD THE MOST QUALIFIED APPLICANTS COME FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE NEW TIME THAT WE'RE IN DEALING WITH THE VIRTUAL WORLD, DEALING WITH OUR NEW SYSTEM OF VOTING.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A PERSON THAT UNDERSTOOD OUR CITY, UNDERSTOOD OUR CITY MAKEUP, UNDERSTOOD HOW TO WORK WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, BUT MOST DEFINITELY HOW TO WORK WITH US AS A CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO WE WENT OUT ON THIS SEARCH, AND WE HAD SOME GREAT, UM, APPLICANTS THAT CAME IN, BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR HR DEPARTMENT HAD THE RIGHT CRITERIA OF WHAT WE AS A COUNCIL NEED WITHIN OUR CITY CLERK.
AND WE WENT FORWARD WITH THE FIRST PROCESS, WHICH WAS KIND OF HELD UP BECAUSE OF COVID.
AND THEN WE WENT BACK OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD EVERYONE THAT WAS LOOKING TO WANT TO APPLY, UH, BE ABLE TO DO SO.
AND IN THAT PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOW TO WORK WITH OUR CITY, WITH OUR CITY STRUCTURE, WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR CITY COUNCIL.
AND IN THE MIDST OF IT ALL, WE CAME UP WITH THE ONE PERSON WHO HAS ALREADY BEEN DOING THE JOB AND DOING IT WITH HER WHOLE HEART AND DOING IT WITH UNWAVERING, UM, CONFIDENCE.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT APPLICANTS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS.
HOWEVER, HAVING SOMEONE UNDERSTAND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF IT ALL.
SO, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, MS. TINA FLOODS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
THERE'S A MOTION, UH, AND A SECOND.
UH, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, MY COLLEAGUES, UH, JUST FOR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO QUEUE IN AT ANY POINT DURING THE DAY, UH, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND BUTTON ON YOUR WEBEX.
AFTER YOU'VE SPOKEN THOUGH, PLEASE REMOVE YOUR HAND SO WE CAN SEE WHO'S, UH, WANTED TO JUMP IN ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
SO, UH, I SEE A FEW HANDS RAISED, BUT IT WAS FOR THE PREVIOUS ITEM.
SO IF YOU CAN REMOVE THAT, UH, DON'T MEAN TO SINGLE YOU OUT, JOHN, ADRIANA AND ROBERTO.
UM, UNLESS YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, UH, PLEASE BRING YOUR HAND DOWN.
UH, LET ME GO FIRST TO COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO WERE PART OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE, THEY DID.
THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATIONS AND THE INTERVIEWS.
UM, VERY THOROUGH, VERY DETAILED.
AND TINA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITY TEAM, TO YOUR, UH, COMMUNITY, AND TO THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, AND TO US, THE COUNCIL
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AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.BUT THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO YOURSELF AND HOW YOU'VE PERSEVERED AND HOW YOU CONTINUE TO, UM, INSPIRE AND BE A ROLE MODEL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A LOT OF GREAT AND INNOVATIVE THINGS.
WE WANT YOU TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK OUT, UM, TO US, UH, VERY, UH, BLUNTLY WHEN YOU NEED TO.
AND IT MAKES, BECAUSE, BECAUSE IT MAKES, IT'S GOING TO MAKE ALL OF OUR, UM, ALL OF US BETTER AND OUR ORGANIZATION BETTER.
SO THANK YOU, TINA, AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS.
I'M, I'M SO EXCITED, UM, TODAY.
AND SO I'VE WORKED, UH, WITH TINA, UM, BEFORE MANY YEARS.
AND IN MY CAPACITY AS, UH, CHAIR OF THE ETHICS REVIEW BOARD, I GOT TO SEE FIRSTHAND HER COMMITMENT TO THE CITY.
AND SHE WAS, UM, AND IS SMART AND STRONG AND COMPASSIONATE, AND SHE, UH, IS VERY RESILIENT, UM, MUCH LIKE, UH, MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THE RESIDENTS THAT WE REPRESENT.
AND I WANNA, UM, TELL YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT, UM, WHAT I THOUGHT IDENTIFIED TINA AS, AS ONE OF THESE, UM, BEST CANDIDATES AND EVENTUALLY THE CANDIDATE THAT WE WANTED, UM, TO SELECT.
AND IT WAS HER ATTENTION TO FOLKS THAT NEEDED HELP.
AND SO SHE'S SO CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.
SHE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING THE PASSPORT OFFICE A D A ACCESSIBLE.
SHE HAS ALSO BEEN, UH, VERY SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF BORDER FAMILIES THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE NO PLACE ELSE TO GO.
BUT OUR PASSPORT OFFICE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, I THINK SHE UNDERSTANDS THE NEED FOR SOME OF OUR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, AND I THINK THAT SHE'S AN EXCELLENT REPRESENTATION AND, AND EXTENSION OF OUR CITY.
AND I'M HAPPY THAT HER OFFICE, UH, UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, UM, WILL CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
AND I'M JUST SUPER EXCITED THAT A STRONG WOMAN IS GOING TO, UM, TAKE THIS AFTER, AFTER ANOTHER STRONG WOMAN THAT, THAT WE HAD, UM, LEFT.
AND I'M, UH, I, I HAVE NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, THE, UH, OFFICIAL CITY CLERK TITLE BEING A BESTOWED FONTINA.
SO, CONGRATULATIONS, TINA, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO.
UM, TINA, UH, CONGRATULATIONS.
UH, I WANNA START OFF BY, UH, THANKING YOU FOR, FOR WHAT I WANNA SAY WAS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE INTERVIEW I'VE EVER SEEN.
AND I'VE BEEN PART A LOT OF INTERVIEWS.
UH, WE'VE INTERVIEWED SO MANY FOLKS, AND, UH, YOUR, YOUR ENTHUSIASM, YOUR STRENGTH AND YOUR COMPASSION REALLY, REALLY, UH, SHOWED THROUGH IN IN THAT INTERVIEW.
AND I WANNA TELL YOU THAT I, I'M, I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, AND I WANT FOLKS TO GET TO KNOW YOU.
I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHO WE SELECTED, WHO, WHO THE PERSON IS.
I ALSO WANT FOLKS TO KNOW THAT, UH, WHEN, WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ID RECOVERY PROGRAM AND, UH, SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT IT, UM, NOT ONLY WERE YOU RECEPTIVE, BUT YOU, YOU WORKED WITH MY STAFF AND SENT US DATA AND ARTICLES ON BEST PRACTICES AND OTHER RELATED INITIATIVES.
AND AS WAS MENTIONED, UH, YOUR HARD WORK AT THE PASSPORT OFFICE, IT JUST SHOWS THAT WE HAVE SOME GREAT PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT RESOURCES, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, CREATING, UH, MORE RESOURCES AND, AND, UH, HELPING OUR COMMUNITY, UH, IN, IN, IN THE BEST WAY WE CAN WITH, WITH SOME, UH, OF, OF THE GREAT, GREAT WORK WITH SOME OF THE GREAT WORK THAT, THAT, UH, YOU'VE ALREADY EXEMPLIFIED.
YOU AND YOUR STAFF, I THINK ARE JUST TREMENDOUS.
AND I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT YOUR APPOINTMENT AS OUR CITY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER T, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS, TINA.
UH, I REALLY ARE SO PROUD OF, I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.
AND, AND, UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE INTERVIEW AND, AND, UM, I'M SO GLAD TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE ON THE COUNCIL TO, UH, POINT YOU, UH, TO THIS POSITION.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, PEOPLE, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, AND MAYBE EVEN, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES SOME OF US ON THE COUNCIL A LONG TIME TO REALIZE, LIKE ALL THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE DOES.
SO WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, POPULARITY WITH, UM, DOCUMENTS AND PASSPORTS.
UM, BUT ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE ARCHIVED IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY ARE DONE BY THE CITY CLERK.
UM, ALL OF THE RECORDS, UH, OUR
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COMMUNITY CAN GO BACK FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED PLUS YEARS.AND HERE RECORDINGS OF MEETINGS THAT HAPPENED, UH, AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
THAT'S ALL DONE BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK.
UH, WHEN LETICIA WAS HERE, I, UH, HAD A PODCAST AND I INTERVIEWED HER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE LIFE OF A CITY CLERK.
AND SHE TOLD ME THINGS THAT I HAD, I REALLY HAD NO IDEA, UM, ALL OF THE WORK THAT GETS DONE BEHIND THE SCENES.
AND SO IT REALLY MAKES OUR LIVES SO EASY.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, GET TO SIT UP HERE AND PRESENT, AND EVERYTHING'S ORGANIZED, AND ALL OF THE MINUTES ARE RECORDED, AND ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS ARE RECORDED.
UH, AND IT JUST MAKES OUR LIVES SO SIMPLE.
WE CAN, WE CAN JUST SIMPLY SAY, I WANNA DISCUSS ITEM NUMBER 27, AND THERE IT APPEARS.
UH, AND SO IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU ALL USE, BUT ON, UH, THE METICULOUS WORK THAT YOU DO TO PRESENT THE ITEMS EXACTLY ACCORDING TO PLAN.
UH, AND THAT'S A SPECIAL SKILL, UM, THAT, UH, IS, CAN ONLY BE DONE BY A PERSON LIKE YOU, TINA.
SO, CONGRATULATIONS AND I, I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER ELA.
UM, TINA, I, I, I, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I ADMIRE YOU.
I'VE TOLD YOU THAT IN THE PAST.
I THINK YOU'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB, AND THIS IS A NO-BRAINER FOR ME, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING I, I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC AND CITY STAFF TO KNOW.
AND THAT IS, TINA'S GOT A STORY TO TELL, UH, ABOUT HER, UH, HER, HER JOURNEY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT BROUGHT HER TO THIS POINT.
THAT STORY IS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND I, I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE NEEDS TO BE A, A TELLING OF THAT STORY, TINA.
AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT STORY HAS BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, PUNCTUATED BY MOMENTS OF DIFFICULTY AND, UH, AND CHALLENGE AND REQUIRING YOU TO REALLY FACE A LOT OF, UH, DIFFICULT MOMENTS AND HAVING TO PROBABLY WORK HARDER THAN MOST OTHER HUMAN BEINGS JUST TO DO, YOU KNOW, JUST TO ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ALL OF US TAKE FOR GRANTED.
AND SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I CAME AWAY FROM THE INTERVIEWS WAS KNOWING FULL WELL THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THIS JOB.
THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S NO DEBATE ABOUT THAT.
BUT SECOND, UM, IS THAT I THINK ALL OF US AGREED THAT WE WANT TO BE PART OF THAT SUCCESS STORY TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT COMES NEXT IN, IN TINA'S CHAPTER, UH, OF, OF THE, OF THE TINA BOOK.
UH, AND, AND I'M PROUD TO BE A TINY FOOTNOTE IN THAT, IN THAT BOOK ON, YOU KNOW, UH, AND IT'S A, IT'S AN HONOR TO SUPPORT YOU TODAY, TINA.
UM, AND I, I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IN LARGE PART, YOU INHERIT A, A DEPARTMENT THAT WAS BUILT, UH, BY SOMEBODY ELSE WHO I ADMIRE VERY MUCH, UH, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, LETICIA EK, UH, WHO IS PROBABLY THE MOST ENTREPRENEURIAL CITY CLERK THAT EVER HAS, EVER HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, WORN THE TITLE OF, OF, UH, OF CITY CLERK.
AND, UH, YOU STAND IN, IN, IN THE, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE SHOULDERS OF SOME OF A PRETTY SMART LADY.
UM, AND ONE OF MY GREAT HONORS, UH, OF MY CAREER WAS BEING ABLE TO SERVE AS LETICIA'S, UH, MENTOR.
SHE'S WATCHING THIS MEETING, SO I GET TO SAY THAT.
UH, ALL RIGHT, GUYS, THANK YOU.
UH, TINA, LET ME SEE YOUR, YOUR FACE HERE.
UM, YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB, UH, IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
YOU BLEW EVERYBODY'S SOCKS OFF.
UM, YOU CAME IN WITH SUCH, UH, CONFIDENCE AND DETERMINATION, AND I DIDN'T THINK THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU KNEW YOUR STUFF AND WHATEVER.
AND, AND WHAT WAS ALSO REALLY EVIDENT IS ALL THE HUNGER YOU HAVE TO, UH, TO, TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES OF, YOU KNOW, THAT MAYBE YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS, HAS FACED IN THE PAST, IN THE PAST, AND, AND YOU'RE NOT SCARED TO DO IT.
SO, I AM, I'M GONNA BE REALLY EXCITED TO WATCH YOU, AND I AM GOING TO BE EVEN MORE HONORED TO HELP SUPPORT YOU, UH, DO THAT.
AND I, I WANNA SAY, I AM PERSONALLY VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR TAKING ALL OF MY REQUESTS, UH, VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY.
I'M, I MEAN, I THINK EVERYONE'S HEARD ME CRY ABOUT OR WHINE ABOUT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND, AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, AND NO, BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I MEAN, THAT'S A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
AND YOU AS A CLERK ARE, AS THE CLERK ARE REALLY, UH, UM, THE CONDUIT FOR, FOR ALL OF THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'RE READING ALOUD,
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PUBLIC COMMENTS,LIKE THE, THE PARTICIPATION OF THE PUBLIC TO GREAT EXTENT RATE RESTS IN YOUR HANDS.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG RESPONSIBILITY.
UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO WORKING WITH YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.
AND LET'S NOT MAKE HER CRY TOO MUCH.
SHE HAS TO GET THROUGH THE WHOLE MEETING.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
WELL, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, I'M NOT GONNA BE THE BAD GUY.
SAY SOME NICE THINGS ABOUT HER, TOO.
YEAH, TINA HAS DONE A, A VERY GOOD JOB, UH, AS THE INTERIM AND AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE WHO REVIEWED ALL OF THE CANDIDATES AND WHO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN AND VISIT WITH, UH, ALL OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY, THE TOP CANDIDATES, UH, TINA, YOU ROSE TO THE TOP.
NOW YOU'RE TAKING ON A BIG RESPONSIBILITY.
THIS DEPARTMENT, UH, IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND FOR THE ENTIRE CITY AND CITY GOVERNMENT.
AND SO, UH, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE REALLY UP TO IT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT YOUR ABILITIES ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT DEPARTMENT CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AT A HIGH LEVEL FOR ALL OF US IN THE CITY.
AND, UH, AGAIN, I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
I'M SURE YOU'RE DOING GONNA DO A GREAT JOB.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS, TINA, WELL DESERVED.
I, TOO WAS INSPIRED BY YOUR STORY OF INDEPENDENCE, DETERMINATION, AND FAITH.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU AND WATCH YOU AND THE DEPARTMENT GROW.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED THAT YOU'LL BE IN THIS POSITION AND, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO ALSO WHEN WE CAN ALL BE IN PERSON.
AND I JUST WANNA, UH, REALLY BE A PART OF PUTTING YOU IN THIS POSITION AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND, AND FOR YOU AS WELL.
'CAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING EACH OTHER AND SUPPORTING THE, THE REST OF THE CITY.
I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT, UH, YOU HAVE A GREAT TEAM WORKING FOR YOU AND WITH YOU ON A DAILY BASIS.
I KNOW I, I PERSONALLY HAVE, UM, HAD A LOT OF HELP FROM DENISE LUCKY, WHO'S REALLY BEEN A, A BLESSING TO MY OFFICE IN THE THINGS THAT SHE'S DONE FOR US.
UH, LENA, FERNANDO, MELINDA, AND ALSO OVER THERE IN RECORDS MANAGEMENT IN THE PASSPORT AREA.
YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA REALLY DEPEND ON YOU.
AND I'M, I'M, I'M SURE YOU'LL BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT.
AND, UH, KEEP THAT TEAM GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND LOOKING, LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU'RE GONNA ACCOMPLISH OVER THE NEXT, NEXT, HOWEVER MANY YEARS YOU'RE GONNA WANNA DO THIS.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, AND MY FAVORITE PART IS YOU GOT A COOL CAR, TOO.
SO, UH, ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS, TINA.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY AND OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH.
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.
UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE TINA, UM, AS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TALKED ABOUT THE, THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
I, I KNOW, UH, WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH WITH THE OTHER CANDIDATES AND, AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND, AND PREPARATION.
UM, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK FOR, UH, WITH YOU AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE, UH, THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO DO, UM, THAT YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL AT.
AND, UM, UH, I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
UH, IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT OVER THE LAST SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS, BUT WE'VE ALL ADJUSTED AND, AND YOU'VE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
UH, AND, AND TINA, UM, AFTER WE DO THE SWEARING IN, I, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY CLERK SPENDS MOST OF THE DAY WITH HER BACK FACING THE AUDIENCE, BUT, UH, RARE, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO DIRECT, DIRECT SOME COMMENTS AND TALK DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC.
AND SO I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO DO THAT AFTER WE GET ON, ON WITH THE SWEARING IN AND THE VOTING.
UH, BUT I DO WANNA JUST ECHO, UH, SOME COMMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS, UH, ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN WATCHING CITY GOVERNMENT OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS KNOWS THAT THE CITY CLERK POSITION, UH, IS AN EXTRAORDINARY AND HISTORIC ONE
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HERE IN THE CITY.AND, UH, WE'VE GOT BUILDINGS NAMED AFTER CITY CLERKS HERE.
UH, SO YOU FOLLOW A, A VERY STRONG LEGACY OF STRONG WOMEN LEADERS IN THAT POSITION.
UH, NORMA, UH, LETICIA, AND NOW TINA.
SO, UM, CONGRATULATIONS, TINA.
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
AND SO, UH, AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE VOTE.
ALRIGHT, TINA, IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME AND THE NAME, AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MUTED.
AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I, TINA J FLORES, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY, OF THE OFFICE OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY CLERK OF THE OFFICE OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY CLERK OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND COUNCIL, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE YOU MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU.
UM, I WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PERTURB, PROTECT THE RECORDS OF THE CITY.
UM, WE WILL DIGITIZE THEM AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE TO YOU AT THE, YOUR FINGERTIPS SO YOU CAN SEARCH FROM HOME.
WE'LL ALSO MAKE THEM AVAILABLE IN OUR OFFICE FOR INSPECTION.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, WE WILL DO OUR BEST HERE TO ENHANCE THE PASSPORT OFFICE AND THE BOTTLE RECORDS OFFICE.
ENHANCE THE, UM, INITIATIVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO FOR THE ID, UH, RECOVERY PROGRAM.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE IDENTIFICATION FOR BASIC SERVICES, SUCH AS HOUSING, FOOD STAMPS, UH, HOMELESS SERVICES AND, AND OTHER THINGS.
YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE TO GET INTO SCHOOL, TO PARTICIPATE, TO EVEN BE HIRED FOR A JOB.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE EXPAND THIS INITIATIVE.
AND, UM, THERE IS A HOUSE BILL THAT ALLOWS FOR FREE BIRTH CERTIFICATES FOR YOUTH, UM, THAT ARE HOMELESS AND, UM, UNACCOMPANIED, UH, MINORS AND, AND CHILDREN, UM, AND FOSTER CARE.
BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE EXPAND THIS PROGRAM TO ALL HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS SO ALL OF THEM CAN HAVE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE SO THEY CAN ALL GET IDENTIFICATION.
SO I REALLY SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE, AND I WANNA JUST THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UM, FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE MEMBERS OF, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SERVE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UM, AT THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEART FOR NO COMPENSATION.
UM, THERE ARE MANY BARRIERS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO, UH, HAVING MORE, UH, MINORITIES AND, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR SERVE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
GARCIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT WITH THE ETHICS REVIEW BOARD AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE, AND, UH, JUST EVERYTHING YOU HAVE ALWAYS DONE AND SUPPORT OF, UH, TRANSPARENCY AND OPEN GOVERNMENT.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT.
AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VIE, I WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PASSION FOR THE SOUTH SIDE AND YOUR REPRESENTATION FOR BOARD MEMBERS SERVING THAT REPRESENT YOUR DISTRICT.
UM, AND, AND JUST YOUR COMMITMENT TO THAT, TO THE SOUTH SIDE.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES IT, IT SEEMED THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE SOUTH SIDE OR OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY DON'T GET THAT MUCH, UH, ATTENTION, BUT YOU ARE REALLY COMMITTED, UM, TO YOUR DISTRICT THREE.
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UM, COMMENDABLE OF YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, SAME FOR YOU.YOUR COMMITMENT TO DISTRICT FIVE AND YOUR PASSION IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
AND I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE AND PERRY, AS WELL AS, UM, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER PALS FOR THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT.
YOU'RE ALWAYS SENDING ME THE FUNNIEST TEXT MESSAGES, AND WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE LONG AND YOU NEED TO, WHEN NEED A SMILE OR SOMETHING, YOU JUST ALWAYS, UH, JUST REALLY SUPPORT ME AND HELP ME GET THROUGH.
UM, IT'S REALLY HARD TO GO THROUGH LONG MEETINGS WITHOUT A BREAK.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU, UM, ERIC, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, BELIEVING IN ME AND APPOINTING ME AS THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, RECOGNIZING, UM, ME AND MY COMMITMENT TO THE OFFICE AND TO THE CITY.
AND, UM, JOHN PATRIK THAT GOES TO YOU TOO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
EVERY TIME I NEED A SHOULDER OR, UH, ADVICE, YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME, UM, AS WELL AS MANY MEMBERS OF THE E L T.
AND, UM, I JUST THANK YOU AND I'M HAPPY TO SERVE YOU ALL.
UM, I WILL PROMISE TO ALWAYS LISTEN TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU ASK THE FIRST ANSWER.
WE SHOULD ALWAYS JUST EXPLORE ALL OPPORTUNITIES.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT MIGHT BE NO, BUT AT LEAST WE GAVE A, A AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT ALL SIDES.
AND THAT IS ME, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ABOUT AND THAT'S WHAT I BRING TO THE KIRK'S OFFICE.
AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, UM, YOUR SUPPORT.
UH, AND WE ARE EXCITED AND PROUD OF YOU AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, UM, WE HAVE NO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
[Consent Agenda]
ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.UM, I WILL NOTE THERE ARE, UH, THREE ITEMS ON THE ZONING AGENDA THAT WILL BE HEARD IN INDIVIDUALLY, HOWEVER, Z Z THREE, Z SIX, AND THEN Z 11 AND P FOUR.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING ELSE IS ON CONSENT.
SO, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO PULL ANYTHING, UH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND I'LL CALL ON YOU.
UH, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS, UH, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 13 Z THREE Z, SIX Z, 11, AND P FOUR.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION, UM, SECOND BY COURAGE.
WHO, WHO HAD THE SECOND GOLIA? S OKAY.
AND SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE DO HAVE, UM, SOME CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT.
SO, UH, LET ME FIRST CALL ON ANTONIO DIAZ.
UH, MR. DIAZ, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY GAVIN ROGERS.
ANTONIO, UH, WE HAVE YOU CONNECTED.
UH, YES, THIS, AGAIN, I HAVE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH SPECIFIC CLERK'S OFFICE IS VERY HELPFUL, TRYING TO BE AN IN PERSON MEETING.
AGAIN, TROUBLESOME, I FOR ALL PEOPLE, I DUNNO WHAT THEY'RE TALKING THIS BARELY.
I, UH, I WANTED TO SAY THAT THROUGH GRANTS AND AND BONDS, WE HAVE SO MANY ITEMS BEFORE OUR CITY, BUT MOST, MOST OF OUR PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS, UH, HAPPENING AND HOW IT IMPACTS THEIR COMMUNITY OR, OR THEM PERSONALLY.
BUT ONE, ONE SUCH THING HAS BEEN FOR ME AS AN INDIGENOUS PERSON, THE, UH, CONTINUED DISSIPATION OF BURIAL
WE HAVE ONE SUCH, UH, ISSUE WITH THE 2017 BOND, THE
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IMPROVEMENTS AROUND MYAM PARK.AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HEAR THESE TALKS BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S SO MUCH THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED.
AND SO I I, I WAS THERE THIS MONDAY AND IT IS JUST NOT RIGHT WHAT'S GOING ON? AND AGAIN, IN VIOLATION OF TEXAS, UH, CEMETERY PROTECTION ACT OF 2010, AS I STATED BACK IN 2010.
AND I WAS CALLING FOR MY PARK, AT LEAST THE PLAYGROUND AREA TO BE RECOGNIZED AS WHAT IT IS A CEMETERY.
BUT THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT IMPACT US AND ARE JUST THIS, DESPITE IT, AND NOT GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE, UH, INCLUDING HAVING THESE MEETINGS WITH OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES, OUR LOCAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES.
SO THERE, I KNOW THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A PANDEMIC, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, IF TRACKING WAS USED, I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE THAT ATTENDED THE MEETINGS, BE IT CITY COUNSELOR STAFF OR PUBLIC, COULD BE TRACKED DOWN AS HAVING CONTRACTED, UH, COVID 19.
SO I KEEP PUSHING THAT THERE IS A VIOLATION OF TEXAS OPEN NEWS ACT AND WE SHOULD HAVE MORE ACCESS TO OUR CITY.
ALRIGHT, GAVIN ROGERS ON ITEM 16, FOLLOWED BY THE ROMERO.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, NUMBER 16, THE FUNDING SUPPORT FOR CENTRO.
UH, BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING DISCUSSED, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S GOOD NEWS, BUT I'M IS HERE, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THEM AND ABOUT THE GOOD WORK THEY DO AND THE GOOD WORK, YOU KNOW, THEY DO IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW THEM IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO, WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY, UH, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME OF COVID 19, WHEN THE AMBASSADORS HAVE, UM, WHEN THE AMBASSADORS HAVE, UH, BEEN DOWN WORKING AT THE C OVID 19 HUB, WHERE WE SERVE MEALS EVERY SINGLE DAY, THEY'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW THE HOMELESS IN SO MANY WAYS.
NOT ONLY AT THE HUB, BUT ALSO WALKING AROUND DOWNTOWN, LIKE THE AMBASSADORS DO EACH AND EVERY DAY.
THEY HAVE A HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM THAT GETS TO GO AROUND AND GET TO KNOW ALL THE NAMES OF THE HOMELESS.
I EVEN WROTE ABOUT THIS IN A SAN ANTONIO REPORT ARTICLE, HOW POWERFUL IT IS FOR AMBASSADORS TO GO AROUND AND GET TO KNOW THE NAMES OF THE HOMELESS.
SO REAL TRANSFORMATION CAN HAPPEN.
I THINK KNOWING A NAME, KNOWING A FACE IS THE BEST WAY TO, UH, OFFER CARE AND LOVE, AND THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB OF THAT.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER AMBASSADORS THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING TO FUND, AND THAT'S ALSO A GREAT IDEA.
AND I THINK VIRTUAL VINNO AND ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS LOOKING INTO THAT IDEA AS WELL.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO CENTRO, THEY'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB, UH, AND SINCE I'VE KNOWN THEM WORKING IN DOWNTOWN, AND ALL I CAN SAY IS GOOD THINGS ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.
AND SO I HOPE CONTINUED FUNDING COMES THEIR WAY, UH, SO THEY CAN GET OUT THERE AND, UH, BE THE MAIN CONNECTION FOR ALL THINGS DOWNTOWN.
BUT FOR ME, I LOVE THE WORK THEY DO WITH THE HOMELESS AND BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNER AT THE DOWNTOWN TUB WITH CORTISONE MINISTRIES AND TRAVIS PARK CHURCH AND, UM, AND CENTRO AND D H SS.
SO, UH, IT'S BEEN GREAT TO KNOW THEM AND, UM, I WISH THEM THE BEST.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, CITY STAFF, AND YAY, TINA.
WHAT A, WHAT A MOMENT TO LEAVE.
UH, MY NAME IS EDDIE ROMEO, VICE PRESIDENT OF PUB OF, UH, THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UH, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH CENTRAL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP AT ATONE MINISTRIES.
UH, TODAY, MAYOR, I WANNA USE MY TIME TO HIGHLIGHT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PARTNERS THAT SUBMITTED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR OUR WORK IN THE PIT.
THANK YOU TO CHRISTIAN ASSISTANT MINISTRIES.
THANK YOU TO THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF SAN ANTONIO AND LUMINARIA, THANK YOU TO THE FARMER'S MARKET AND EL MECADO TENANT ASSOCIATIONS.
THANK YOU TO THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, THE SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS.
THANK YOU TO STREET MEDICINE SAN ANTONIO.
VISIT SAN ANTONIO ZURICH INTERNATIONAL PROPERTIES AND THANK YOU TO SONYA MASON, FORMER AMBASSADOR.
THE LETTERS WE SIT SUBMIT TO YOU TODAY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE IN SUPPORT OF OUR SERVICES THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, LIKE CLEANING DOWNTOWN, POWER WASHING, GRAFFITI REMOVAL,
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HOMELESS OUTREACH AND PROGRAMMING LIKE LIGHTING UP DOWNTOWN.THE LETTERS ALSO SUPPORT NEW PROGRAMS DEDICATED TO DISINFECTING DOWNTOWN, DEDICATED TO MAIN STREET BUSINESS SURVIVAL AND THE LOCAL ARTS INDUSTRY.
BUT THE LETTER FROM SONYA MASON CAME AFTER SHE RESIGNED AS AN AMBASSADOR.
IN THE LETTER, SHE SEE SHE SPEAKS ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, GIVING HER PURPOSE AT A DIFFICULT TIME IN HER LIFE.
SHE TALKS ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR LEADERSHIP TEAM BEING SUPPORTIVE AND PROVIDING HER SPACE IN HER EDUCATION, ULTIMATELY RENEWING HER RN LICENSE, AND NOW SHE'S WORKING AT METHODIST HOSPITAL MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THERE'S A LOT OF AWESOME WORK GOING ON AT CENTRO.
THINGS THAT WE SEE EVERY DAY, AND SOME THINGS WE DO NOT, BUT NONE OF IT HAPPENS WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF PROPERTY OWNERS, THE COMMUNITY, AND YOUR SUPPORT.
SO, THANK YOU TO EACH OF YOU FOR THE TIME YOU TAKE TO SHARE WITH US WHAT DOWNTOWN MEANS TO YOU AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIVING IN THE DISTRICTS YOU SERVE.
SPECIAL SHOUT OUT AND GRATITUDE TO OUR DISTRICT ONE COUNCILMAN, AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM AT C C D O.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR WORK IN THE DOWNTOWN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME ITEMS AND YES, I AGREE.
UH, THE TEAM AT CENTRO HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY DYNAMIC AND, UH, CREATIVE AND DURING THIS ENTIRE TIME, SO I DO WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK AND THEIR, THEIR FOCUS AND THEIR CREATIVITY.
UM, THOSE WORDS AROUND TRAVIS PARK ARE SENT BY VOCAB ARE SIMPLY, UH, STUNNING.
I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF ITEMS. UM, I KNOW ONE OF 'EM IS IN DISTRICT FIVE, BUT I DO HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT IT.
AND IT IS THE, UM, THE ITEM 10 AND THE UNDERPASS ART INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT FOR THE WORLD HERITAGE TRAIL.
THE GRANT THAT THE A A R P COMMUNITY CHALLENGE GRANT IS, UM, GIVING US THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR THE PHENOMENAL, UH, WORK THAT IS BEING DONE UNDER US HIGHWAY 90.
UM, IT IS PART OF A LARGER PROJECT, THE PUBLIC ART PROJECT WITHIN THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED, THANK YOU TO A A R P, THANK YOU TO THE TEAM, UM, WHO'VE ALL BEEN PART OF THIS.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO BEAUTIFY UNDER THE UNDERPASS TO HAVE THAT CONNECTIVITY FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL, UM, MORE CONNECTED AND NOT HAVE THAT DISCONNECTION FROM THE UNDERPASS.
SO, CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, AND TO ALL OF US.
AND THEN I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, ONE OF MY ZONING CASES THAT IS ON CONSENT Z FIVE.
IT'S A ZONING CASE THAT WE HAVE BEEN.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, WE CONTINUED FOR TWO WEEKS, BUT, UH, THANK YOU TO, UM, THE WORK OF THE, UM, HIGHLAND HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS THE, UM, THE WORK OF THE DEVELOPER AND COMING TO AN AGREEMENT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRA AND COUNCIL MEMBER TNO.
AND I, I TOO JUST WANNA THANK, UH, THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE, THE GREAT WORK OVER AT CENTRO.
UM, AND THANK YOU GAVIN FOR, FOR SPEAKING, UH, ON SOME OF THE GREAT WORK.
I WANNA THANK MATT BROWN AND THE ENTIRE STAFF AT CENTRO.
WE MEET, UH, REGULARLY AND, UH, VERY PRETTY PROUD OF, OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE, UH, CENTERED AROUND, UH, REALLY CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO MORE WORK IN THE FUTURE AS WE EXPAND OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM.
UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT PARTNERSHIP CENTRAL.
UH, I THINK THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES ALL APPRECIATE THE GREAT WORK OF ALL OUR AMBASSADORS AND, UH, THE GREAT WORK OF, OF CENTRO AS A WHOLE.
UM, AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M VERY, VERY PROUD TO HAVE, UM, A PARTNER LIKE CENTRO IN DISTRICT ONE.
UM, ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S NEXT WEEK THAT WE FINALLY GET OUR, OUR, UH, SHOWER TRAILER, MOBILE SHOWER TRAILER.
AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT.
AS WE KNOW THAT, UH, DOWNTOWN CAMP MINISTRIES, UH, WAS HOUSING THE, THE, UH, PORTABLE SHOWER TRAILER, UM, AT THAT FACILITY.
BUT LOOK FORWARD TO THIS SHOWER TRAILER THAT WILL BE OWNED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO, TO BE A PART OF A, A MUCH BIGGER, MORE HOLISTIC STRATEGY, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, YOU MAYOR.
AND I JUST, UH, WANTED TO ALSO ADD, UM,
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MY, MY THANKS AND PUBLICLY RECOGNIZED, UH, CENTRO.UM, BECAUSE I, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED, UH, WITH THE HOMELESS OUTREACH THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING ON DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
BUT I WANTED TO THANK, UM, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE WHITE RIBBONS THAT THEY TIED, UM, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AROUND DOWNTOWN.
UH, AND SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT, AND THEY VOLUNTEERED TO DO THAT.
AND IT MADE A GREAT, MEANT A GREAT DEAL, UM, TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I WAS DOWN AT THE RIVERWALK AND WE HAD, UM, SOME TOURISTS THAT WERE ASKING WHAT ARE THE WHITE RIBBONS HAVE HAD? AND SO IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO BE ABLE TO, UH, SHARE WITH THEM WHAT THEY SIGNIFIED.
I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU BECAUSE THE DAY AFTER, UM, UH, THE, THE, THE FIRST SET OF OF PROTESTS, UM, I WENT LIKE SOME OF MY, UM, YOU KNOW, FELLOW NEIGHBORS, UH, READY TO CLEAN UP WITH BROOMS AND, YOU KNOW, GRAFFITI WIPE OUT STUFF.
AND, UM, BY THE TIME I GOT THERE, I GUESS I, I, I SLEPT A LITTLE TOO LATE BECAUSE CENTRAL FOLKS HAD ALREADY DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB AND EVERYTHING SEEMED PERFECT AND I WAS SO SURPRISED.
AND, AND I TOOK SOME PICTURES AND I WAS INCREDIBLE THANKFUL FOR THEIR WORK.
AND SO AGAIN, THEY WERE OUT THERE, UM, RIGHT AWAY.
AND, UM, AND THEN I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP TO SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, THAT ARE, THAT ARE DOWNTOWN, THAT, UH, UH, YOU ALL STEPPED UP IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAT MAYBE YOU ALL HAVEN'T, UH, HAD TO DO, BUT YOU ALL KNEW THAT THIS WAS A TIME TO HELP YOUR NEIGHBOR, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
UM, ALTHOUGH I, I REPRESENT, UH, DISTRICT FOUR I, I DO, UH, AND I AM, UH, AWARE OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO FOR EVERYONE IN GENERAL.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP.
UH, AND I'LL, I'LL ECHO THOSE STATEMENTS.
UM, MATT, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF EVOLUTIONS AT CENTRAL OVER THE YEARS.
UM, BUT I, I PROBABLY WAS THE PROUDEST OF THE ORGANIZATION, UH, THAT DAY AFTER THE PROTEST AS WELL.
UM, AND SEEING THE COMMUNITY RALLY, UH, IT IS A PEOPLE-CENTERED ORGANIZATION, AS YOU SAID, UH, AND THE MISSION HAS, HAS REINFORCED THAT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UH, BUT I WANNA MAKE A SPECIAL, UH, THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO MIGHT PROBABLY NOT BE WATCHING, AND THAT'S YOUR CENTRO AMBASSADORS, UH, DRIVING DOWNTOWN.
SEEING THE THE YELLOW SHIRTS, UH, MAKES YOU PROUD TO BE A SAN ANTONIAN THAT GIVES SO MUCH, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I LOOK FORWARD TO MOST EVERY YEAR IS, UM, AN EXCHANGE OF METALS, THE ESTA METALS WITH OUR DOWNTOWN AMBASSADORS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T GET TO DO THAT THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE APPROVING THE BUDGET, UM, VIRTUALLY, SO WE'RE NOT SEEING THE AMBASSADORS COME TO THE CHAMBERS.
BUT IF YOU WOULD, MATT, PLEASE EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, UH, TO ALL THOSE FOLKS THAT WORK TIRELESSLY TO, TO KEEP OUR DOWNTOWN LOOKING GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TOO, MATT.
UM, I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, TODAY ON A CON ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM 15, WHICH INCLUDES THE APPROVAL OF THE AIRLINE USE AND LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
THE AGREEMENT REPRESENTED MORE THAN 24 MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY AND OUR AIRLINES.
AND WE'LL SET THE BUSINESS TERMS FOR THE AIRLINE AND CARGO OPERATIONS AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIRPORT.
AND, UM, JESUS IS HERE SOMEWHERE HE WAS.
AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS HAS BEEN AN ACTION T BUT COMPLETELY VIRTUAL ORIENTATION FOR, FOR JESUS, BUT HE IS BEEN QUIETLY DOING SOME AMAZING WORK.
UH, AND THANK YOU, CARLOS, ALSO FOR, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
WE DID HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM THE AIRLINES WHO, WHO WAS GOING TO SPEAK, BUT SHE HAD A, AN APPOINTMENT, UH, THAT STARTED PROMPTLY AT 10, SO SHE JUST HAD TO, TO, TO LEAVE.
BUT THAT WAS MS. DENISE MCELROY, SENIOR MANAGER FOR AIRPORT AFFAIRS AT SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, AND HAS BEEN WITH SOUTHWEST AIRLINES SINCE JANUARY, 2006.
UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU, MS. MCELROY, UH, PUBLICLY FOR BEING HERE AND REPRESENTING OUR AIRLINES, UH, AND THE GREAT WORK COLLABORATION THAT GOES ON THROUGH SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALL FOR THE DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON IT.
SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 13 Z THREE Z SIX Z 11, AND P FOUR.
UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.
UM, THE ITEMS REMAINING FOR US, THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, UH, ARE ON ZONING.
UM, BUT WE ARE GONNA GO BRIEFLY BACK INTO ITEM 13 FIRST, SIR.
WE DO HAVE ONE THAT'S NOT ON ZONING.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE, UM, A SESSION ITEM 13, AND THEN I'M GOING TO, UH, RECONVENE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE WE GO TO OUR ZONING AGENDA.
[13. 20-4879 Ordinance reappointing Joseph Tartell and Leon Coe and appointing Brenda Wingert as Commissioners and Valerie Sprague as Alternate Commissioner to the Municipal Civil Service Commission for the remainder of unexpired terms of office to expire May 31, 2021. [Tina J. Flores, Acting City Clerk].]
GO NOW TO ITEM 13, MADAM CLERK.ITEM 13 IS AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING JOSEPH TAR
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AS CHAIR AND LEON COE, AND APPOINTING BRENDA WINGER AND COMMISSIONERS AS COMMISSIONERS.AND VALERIE SPRAGUE AS ALTERNATE COMMISSIONER TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE UNRE TERM OF OFFICE TO EXPIRE MAY 30TH, 2021.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH TINA.
UM, A A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
I, I WANNA THANK LORI FOR, UH, MAKING YOURSELF AVAILABLE TODAY AND FOR PROVIDING ME A, UH, BRIEFING, UH, EARLIER IN THIS WEEK.
UM, UH, LORI, DO YOU WANNA JUST WALK US THROUGH THE ITEM AND THEN I'LL GO INTO MY QUESTIONS? ABSOLUTELY.
THE, THE CITY CHARTER PROVIDES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION TO HEAR CLASSIFIED CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINARY APPEALS FOR SUSPENSIONS, DEMOTIONS, AND TERMINATIONS, AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER REGARDING THOSE APPEALS.
THE COMMISSION RECEIVES APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 APPEALS EACH YEAR.
UM, HEARINGS MAY LAST UP TO EIGHT HOURS.
UM, THE COMMISSION CONSISTS OF THREE REGULAR MEMBERS AND THREE ALTERNATE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY COUNSEL FOR TWO TWO YEAR TERMS. UM, TODAY WE ARE ASKING FOR, UM, TWO CURRENT MEMBERS TO BE REAPPOINTED, OUR CHAIR, JOSEPH TARTELL, AND OUR ALTERNATE COMMISSIONERS, LEON COE, TO BE APPOINTED TO ONE OF THE REGULAR SLOTS.
UM, AT THIS POINT, THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO COMMISSIONERS, UM, STILL SERVING IN A CARRIED FORWARD CAPACITY TO HEAR THE, UM, UH, APPEALS OF EMPLOYEES.
AND OF COURSE, THE PANEL SHOULD BE FREE MEMBERS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A TIE GOING TO THE CITY MANAGER.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE RUN THE RISK OF NO RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN THE MANAGER HAS TO MAKE THE DECISION.
SO THAT IS WHY WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE TWO NEW APPLICANTS, UH, WILLING TO JOIN THE COMMISSION.
UH, BRENDA ACOSTA WINGERT, WHO IS A PROFESSOR AT TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY, SAN ANTONIO, WHO TEACHES COURSES IN HUMAN RESOURCES.
AND SHE WAS PREVIOUSLY A VICE PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR TIME WARNER CABLE.
AND ALSO AS AN ALTERNATE APPOINTMENT, WE RECOMMEND VALERIE SPRAGUE, WHO IS A MANAGER, CURRENTLY A HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER AT BEXAR COUNTY JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT.
BOTH OF THESE NEW APPLICANTS ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE PRESENTING THEM TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION.
THEY WILL ALSO HELP BRING NEEDED, UM, GENDER AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY TO THE COMMISSION.
AT THIS POINT, WE WILL HAVE TWO VACANCIES STILL REMAINING.
WE ARE GEARING UP AGAIN TO TRY TO REACH OUT AND DO SOME MORE RECRUITMENT TO TRY TO FILL THOSE ADDITIONAL TWO, UH, ALTERNATE SPOTS.
UH, LORI, I UNDERSTAND, UH, THAT BECAUSE OF, UH, COVID AND, UH, POSSIBLY BECAUSE OF THE APPOINTMENTS ON THIS COMMISSION, UH, THERE IS, UH, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND ON HEARING SOME OF THE CASES IN HR.
CAN YOU TELL ME, UH, ABOUT HOW MANY CASES THAT IS? UH, YES MA'AM.
WE HAVE 11 CASES PENDING HEARING, UH, RIGHT NOW.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO, TO GEAR UP AND ADD THESE NEW, UH, MEMBERS SO THAT WE CAN START SCHEDULING HEARINGS.
UM, Y YOU MENTIONED, UH, THAT SOMETIMES MEETINGS MAY LAST ALL DAY LONG.
SO WHAT IS THE ANTICIPATED TIME COMMITMENT FOR SOMEONE WHO'S SERVED ON THIS COMMITTEE OR ON THIS COMMISSION? CORRECT.
UM, CERTAINLY IT DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT, THAT WE RECEIVE.
UM, WE, WE AVERAGE, UM, BETWEEN 10 AND 15 APPEALS EVERY YEAR.
LIKE I SAID, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN 11 CASE BACKLOG.
THE, THE COMMISSION CAN SET THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR HEARINGS.
THEY WILL TAKE A HALF DAY FOR A SUSPENSION CASE AND A FULL DAY FOR A TERMINATION CASE.
SO, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE TIMELINE OF WHEN APPEALS COME IN, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD MEET, UM, TWO OR THREE TIMES A MONTH, BUT NOT EVERY MONTH.
BUT A TERMINATION CASE CAN TAKE A FULL DAY, EIGHT HOURS.
SO IF SOMEONE HAS A FULL-TIME JOB AND DOES NOT HAVE THAT MUCH LEAVE ACCUMULATED, THIS COULD BE A, UM, A PROBLEM WITH FULFILLING THEIR DUTIES, WOULD YOU SAY? YES.
IT IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE, UM, FINDING PEOPLE THAT CAN, THAT CAN DEDICATE THE TIME AND WORKING AROUND THEIR SCHEDULES, UH, WITH THESE APPOINTMENTS.
OUR CHAIR IS, UM, RETIRED AT THIS POINT, SO HE'S VERY FLEXIBLE AND AVAILABLE.
THE OTHER THREE MEMBERS DO ALL HAVE FULL-TIME JOBS, BUT ARE COMMITTED TO TAKING SOME TIME TO DO, TO DO THE HEARINGS, AND WE WILL WORK WITH THEIR SCHEDULES.
AND WHAT IS THE COMPENSATION? UM, CURRENTLY BY ORDINANCE, IT'S $20 PER MEETING.
AND WHAT YEAR WAS THAT SET IN?
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I, I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN SET THAT WAY FOR MANY YEARS, MANY, MANY YEARS.UM, AND SO A A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU TELL ME, SO THE REASON I, I BRING THIS UP, UM, AND I I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL WAS AWARE OF IT.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UM, ARBITRATION PROCESSES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE POSSIBILITY OF APPEAL WHEN YOU'RE IN, IN UNIFORM.
AND SO THIS IS THE ANALOG, UH, PROCESS FOR WHAT HAPPENS WITH A NON-UNIFORM, UH, EMPLOYEES.
AND I, I THINK, UM, THERE'S SOMETHING TO, TO BE LEARNED, UH, HERE.
AND CAN YOU, CAN YOU TELL ME, THESE PEOPLE WILL, UH, BASICALLY REEVALUATE THE DECISIONS THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS MADE ON A, ON A DISCIPLINARY ISSUE, IS THAT THEY ACTUALLY, THEY ACTUALLY, THERE'S ACTUALLY A FULL HEARING CONDUCTED.
THEY PROVIDE EVIDENCE INTO, YOU KNOW, EXHIBITS OF EVIDENCE INTO THE HEARING, AND THE COMMISSIONERS EVALUATE ALL THE EVIDENCE, AND THEN THEY WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY MANAGER WHETHER TO UPHOLD, REVISE, OR OVERTURN THE DISCIPLINE.
AND, UM, AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE APPOINTED BY COUNCIL, RIGHT? YES.
SO, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE, WE'RE HERE.
UM, SO CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS? YES, OF COURSE.
WE GO THROUGH ALL OF THE NORMAL RECRUITMENT THAT THE CITY CLERK DOES FOR US, ALL OF THE OUTREACH THAT THE CITY CLERK DOES.
BUT IN ADDITION, WE WILL ALSO OUTREACH TO, UM, OTHER HR ORGANIZATIONS IN TOWN SUCH AS SARMA, WHICH IS A PRIVATE SECTOR, UM, HR, UM, ORGANIZATION.
OTHER UNIVERSITIES, CERTAINLY OTHER, UM, LARGER EMPLOYERS THAT WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH, LIKE BEXAR COUNTY, LIKE SAS AND C P S.
WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM FOR ASSISTANCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, ANOTHER, UH, RECRUITMENT BROCHURE.
I KNOW YOU'VE INDICATED A WILLINGNESS TO HELP AND COUNCILWOMAN ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA ALSO HAS SOME IDEAS.
SO I'LL BE SENDING THAT OUT TO YOU.
ANY HELP WE CAN GET ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THIS COMMISSION.
AND, AND HOW MANY APPLICANTS DID WE HAVE FOR THIS APPOINTMENT, FOR THESE FOUR POSITIONS THAT WE'RE APPOINTING TODAY? WELL, AT THIS, AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOUR VACANCIES, AND WE HAVE TWO THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE, THE PROCESS TO BE INTERVIEWED AND HAVE THE, THE REQUIREMENTS WE LOOK FOR.
UM, SO WE STILL HAVE TWO VACANCIES, SO WE DON'T HAVE ONE.
SO WE HAVE AT THIS POINT, THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, REVIEWED.
AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, UM, I NOTICED, UH, WHEN I GO TO THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE COMMISSION WEBSITE THAT, UM, THAT'S ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE, IT LISTS A FORMER MEMBER, UH, MR. LELAND WINKER AS, UH, SOMEONE WHO RESIGNED, AND THEN I SAW THAT WE'RE APPOINTING, UH, UH, MS. ATA WINGERT.
AND I, UM, WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY, UM, IF THAT WAS A COINCIDENCE.
THEY ARE MARRIED, BUT OF COURSE, HER CREDENTIAL STANDALONE, SHE IS VERY WELL QUALIFIED FOR THIS APPOINTMENT, AND HE MOVED ON TO OUR FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSION.
SO, UH, I AM GOING TO, UM, TO, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE THE ITEM TODAY.
BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST, UM, MAYOR, IF WE COULD TAKE, UH, THE FUTURE, UM, A FUTURE DISCUSSION UP IN GOVERNANCE, UH, COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS BASICALLY THE OUTREACH, UH, PROCESS FOR THIS.
UM, AND I'M SORRY, I FORGOT TO ASK YOU ONE QUESTION.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW LONG MR. TARTELL HAS BEEN SERVING? THE CHAIR HAS BEEN SERVING ON THIS BOARD.
HE WAS APPOINTED IN 2005, SO ABOUT 15 YEARS.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT DISCUSSION TO TAKE UP IN GOVERNANCE.
UM, MAYOR, IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY, SO I, I MOVE TO APPROVE.
ALRIGHT, THURSDAY, A, UH, MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF 13.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.
AND, UH, IT IS REALLY JUST OFF TOPIC.
UH, I, I JUST, I WANTED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY, UM, THANK LORI STEWART FOR ALL THE WORK THAT SHE'S DONE OVER THE YEARS.
WHEN YOU GAVE YOUR PRESENTATION THE OTHER DAY, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE ALWAYS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES LIKE THE CITY CLERK.
UH, BUT LORI, I THINK YOU'RE ALWAYS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES.
YOU'VE BEEN, UM, SUCH A PROFESSIONAL OVER THE YEARS, AND I NEVER, I, I SHOULD HAVE CHIMED IN THEN.
AND, AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGED YOU
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FOR ALL THE INCREDIBLE WORK YOU'VE DONE.AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF PEOPLE YOURSELF AND I THINK BEN GOZA, WHO NEVER QUITE GET THE ATTENTION THAT YOU DESERVE, AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO DO IT, UM, TODAY AND PUBLICLY.
THANK YOU, UH, FOR EVERYTHING.
UM, JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND, AND, UH, TINA OR LORI, Y'ALL CAN, UH, CHIME IN ON THIS, BUT, UH, I, I THINK WE HAVE OVER 800, 800 POSITIONS IN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND I THINK WE HAVE SOMEWHERE NEAR CLOSE TO 300, 300 THAT ARE ACTUALLY VACANT THAT WE CAN'T FILL.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHY THE QUESTION ABOUT MR. TARTELL, UM, BEING, UM, BEING SINGLED OUT HERE.
BUT YES, HE'S BEEN ON THE, ON THIS PARTICULAR, UH, BOARD FOR A LONG TIME.
HE WAS REAPPOINTED BY CHERYL SEVEN TIMES, OR RECOMMENDED BY CHERYL, AND THE COUNSEL APPROVED, UM, THERE, LORI MADE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, HIM BEING RETIRED AND HE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY AND IS WILLING TO SERVE.
SO I THINK WE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO GO INTO, UM, ALL OF THESE BOARDS AND
I, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT WE NEED TO REVIEW AND WITH THE GOAL OF REDUCING THE NUMBER OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BECAUSE WE CAN'T FILL ALL THE POSITIONS TO BEGIN WITH.
AND, AND THAT PUTS US AT A HINDRANCE.
WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SHOW UP, AND I EXPERIENCED THIS ON THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, YOU SHOW UP TO A MEETING AND YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE EVEN SHOWING UP TO HAVE A QUORUM.
SO THE MEETING IS A BUST AND YOU GOTTA RESCHEDULE ALL THAT.
SO IT'S, UM, IT'S, THIS IS A, THIS IS AN INTERESTING TOPIC IF THIS IS GONNA BE TAKEN UP BY GOVERNANCE ABOUT, UM, LOOKING AT WHO'S WILLING TO SERVE, WHO'S NOT WILLING TO SERVE, WHO ON THE ATTENDANCE OF THESE COMMITTEES.
UM, A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THESE, BUT RIGHT OFF THE, RIGHT OFF THE BAT, I HOPE THAT WE GO BACK AND DO A BIG SCRUB ON THOSE THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE.
AND THOSE THAT CAN BE COMBINED WITH EACH OTHER, UH, TO KEEP, KEEP THE, KEEP ALL THIS WORK GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.
UH, THANK YOU YOU COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL TO, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
AND I, UH, I WILL CERTAINLY HAVE SOME, UH, FUTURE COMMENTS ON THIS AS WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA.
I KNOW YOU ANSWERED, UH, MY QUESTIONS WHEN WE MET EARLIER THIS WEEK.
AND, UH, SOME OF THEM ARE JUST, AGAIN, ON THE RECRUITMENT, UM, PROCESS.
I WAS AFRAID THAT THERE WAS, IF THERE WAS SOME VACANCIES, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE WERE MISSING, UH, SOMEONE FOR INSTANCE.
SO, UH, SORT OF ECHOING COUNCILMAN PERRY'S CONCERNS AS FAR AS ATTENDANCE.
BUT I ALSO WANNA ECHO COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL'S, UM, POINT THAT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO REVISIT AND, AND LOOK AT HOW WE CAN BE MORE ENGAGED AND HELP YOU.
AND, AND I GUESS THE REASON THAT THIS CAME UP FOR ME IS BECAUSE, UM, IN THE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD FOR POLICE, THEY SERVE SIX MONTHS.
AND I ASKED CHIEF ANA, WHY DO THEY SERVE ONLY SIX MONTHS? AND HE SAID THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF THINGS TO DO WITHIN SIX MONTHS, AND IT'S VERY TIME CONSUMING.
AND THAT SOUNDS PARALLEL TO WHAT YOU ALL, UM, ENCOUNTER IN YOUR COMMITTEE, UM, LORI.
AND SO, UM, SO I THOUGHT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE CAN DO, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING JUST AT, UH, OVERALL, UH, PROTOCOLS AND, AND BEST PRACTICES.
AND IS IT SIX MONTHS? UH, OR SHOULD IT BE, YOU KNOW, 13 YEARS OR WHERE'S THE MIDDLE GROUND? AND SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT, UH, CONVERSATION.
AND I APPRECIATE IT BEING BROUGHT UP BY, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, SANDER LAW AND, AND BY COUNCILMAN PERRY.
'CAUSE I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A, UM, A PERFECT BALANCE THAT WE COULD FIGURE OUT AND HOW TO STRIKE, UH, WITH SOME OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
I MEET ON A QUARTERLY BASIS WITH ALL OF THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT SERVE, UM, FOR D FOUR
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ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.AND IN TWO PARTICULAR COMMITTEES, I'VE HEARD THAT CONCERN, UM, THAT, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED AND THEN WE HAVE TO CANCEL IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO QUORUM.
SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND AND GET IT.
AND MAYBE THERE'S A, THERE'S A WAY TO LOOK AT, UM, ALTERNATES OR, OR MAYBE THERE'S JUST A TIMELINE THAT WE CAN, UM, IDENTIFY TO, MAY, MAY MAKE THAT PROCESS STRONGER.
SO I'M IN, IN SUPPORT OF MAYBE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT AND, UH, UH, FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, WE SEE FIT.
BUT THANK YOU BOTH, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL AND COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR BRINGING UP THIS GREAT DISCUSSION.
UH, ERIC, YOU WANNA MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS, SIR? UH, MAYOR, THANK YOU.
UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE POINTS MADE ABOUT, GENERALLY ABOUT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE ALL CRITICAL AND, AND TOPICS THAT THE COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT ON A NUMBER OF OUR BOARDS.
UM, THIS, THIS ONE, TO, TO COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL'S POINT, I MEAN, SHE POINT, I MEAN SHE, UH, DURING HER QUESTIONING, UM, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT DISCIPLINARY PROCESSES.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESSES THAT ARE GOVERNED UNDER THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
AND, AND WHAT MAKES THIS, UM, UH, PROCESS AND COMMISSION, UM, RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT IS THAT AS DISCIPLINE IS, UH, ISSUED TO EMPLOYEES BY DEPARTMENTS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HR, UM, WHETHER THEY BE SUSPENSIONS OR TERMINATIONS, UH, UM, UH, EMPLOYEES HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPEAL TO THIS COMMISSION.
AND SO IT IS CRITICAL FROM MY STANDPOINT, 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S WORKED WELL OVER, OVER AT LEAST THE LAST, UH, 15 YEARS, UH, TO HAVE HR PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE, UM, FAMILIAR WITH LARGE ORGANIZATIONS AND HR PRINCIPLES AND UNDERSTAND THE PERSPECTIVE OF BOTH THE EMPLOYEE AND THE EMPLOYER.
AND, AND, AND THEN THE COMMISSION MAKES THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE MANAGER.
AND I THINK, I THINK IN SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS, I'VE, I'VE, I'VE, UM, COMPARED THIS PROCESS TO WHAT'S GOVERNED UNDER THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
UM, IT IS, UM, UM, UH, IMPORTANT THAT, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH THE FILLING OF THESE OTHER TWO POSITIONS, THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE RELATIVE EXPERIENCE THAT WE WILL ASK THEM TO BE IN FROM A, FROM AN EMPLOYER EMPLOYEE STANDPOINT.
BECAUSE I THINK ULTIMATELY THAT SERVES THE ORGANIZATION AND THE EMPLOYEE THAT THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE, THE ACTUAL APPEAL PROCESS.
UM, BELIEVE THAT'S EVERYONE WHO, UH, WANTS TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
UM, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 13.
UH, AT THIS TIME, UH, WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
[Executive Session]
UH, 10:33 AM THIS IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2020, AND THE TIME IS NOW, UH, 10:33 AM THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN TWO WILL NOT MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AND THE DELIBERATE DISCUSS THE ITEMS POSTED ON THE SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2020 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, BUT NOT REACHED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 8 7.THE FIRST IS EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 1 0 7 2 IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION AGAINST THE CITY AND COVID 19 PREPAREDNESS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A, A SECOND LINK.
SO WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE OTHER ROOM.
AND THEN WE WILL RECONVENE FOR THE ZONING AGENDA AFTER EXEC.
THE TIME IS, OR GOOD, GOOD MORNING.
11:43 AM ON THE SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2020.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION AND NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RESUME OUR ZONING AGENDA NOW.
UH, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS, UH, TO, UH, REVIEW.
[Z-3. 20-5032 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700066 (Council District 3): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-2 AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C-2 IDZ AHOD" Commercial Infill Development Zone Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 12 and Lot 13, Block 79, NCB 3347, located at 103 Bailey Avenue and 107 Bailey Avenue. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval. (Continued from August 20, 2020.)]
START WITH ITEM Z THREE.ITEM Z THREE IS A REZONING FROM C TWO TO C TWO I D Z, LOCATED AT 1 0 3 AND 1 0 7 BAILEY AVENUE.
STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
35 NOTICES MAILED SIX IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD
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ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED.ALRIGHT, UH, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z THREE, UH, RICHARD MEIN.
MR. MEIN, ARE YOU, UH, ARE YOU THERE? WE'RE CONNECTED WITH YOU.
I GUESS WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO CONNECT WITH HIM.
UM, YES, I, I BELIEVE MR. MEIN, UH, WAS ON THE CALL.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD FOR, FOR HIS SAKE, UM, HE DOES STAND IN OPPOSITION OF THIS ZONING CASE, UH, BUT AT THE REQUEST OF THE HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THIS CASE WAS CONTINUED PREVIOUSLY TWICE TO ALLOW FOR MORE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE CONDUCTED, UH, AT LEAST TWO WEBEX MEETINGS, UM, SO EVERYONE COULD EITHER SEE OR HEAR AND WE COULD HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
I DO WANNA THANK STAFF FOR BEING THERE.
AS A RESULT OF THESE DISCUSSIONS, THE APPLICANT HAD PROVIDED A REVISED SITE PLAN THAT ALLOWS FOR PARKING SPACES TOTAL ON SITE.
AND THAT IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS.
UM, BECAUSE IT IS GOING FROM C TWO TO, IT'S, IT'S GOING WITH AN OVERLAY FOR A CHURCH IN THE AREA ON HACKBERRY.
AND THE ISSUE, THE PRIMARY ISSUE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN PARKING.
UM, THE APPLICANT HAS REACHED OUT AND OBTAINED A COOPERATIVE PARKING AGREEMENT WITH THE ADJACENT BUSINESS ON HACKBERRY THAT HAS AGREED TO LET THE CHURCH MEMBERS USE THEIR PARKING SPACES ON SUNDAYS AS NEEDED.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO AMEND THEIR REQUEST TO INCLUDE AN NA RESTRICTION, THE REQUEST FOR I D Z AS AN OVERLAY WAGE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENT ONLY.
SO, UM, I DO, I ENCOURAGE THE, MY OFFICE DID REACH OUT TO THE CITY'S PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND FOUND THAT THE, OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS, THE ENFORCEMENT DATA SHOWS THAT THERE IS NO MAJOR CORRELATION BETWEEN THE ZONING OVERLAY AND ANY EXTENSIVE OR CONSTANT PARKING VIOLATIONS THAT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO A SINGLE ESTABLISHMENT OFFICE OR HOUSE OF WORSHIP.
SO I ENCOURAGE THEM TO PLEASE WELCOME THIS NEW CHURCH INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, WITH THEIR DIALOGUE TO CONTINUE THAT DIALOGUE.
AND SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE A C TWO NA I DZ.
SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z THREE.
[Z-6. 20-5080 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700148 (Council District 3): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-2 AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District and "C-3 AHOD" General Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District to "R-4 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District on 27.75 acres out of NCB 11166, located at 12100 South US Highway 281. Staff recommends Denial. Zoning Commission recommends Approval. ]
GO TO ITEM Z SIX Z SIX REZONING FROM C TWO AND C THREE TO R FOUR, LOCATED AT 12 100 SOUTH US HIGHWAY 2 81.STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL ZONING.
COMMISSIONER RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
82 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z SIX.
CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
HEY, YES, I'M, I'M JUST HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
I HAVE, UH, DANIEL ORTIZ AND PAUL BUSSEL.
DO WITH ME, UH, WE ARE JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, UM, TO MY COLLEAGUES.
AND THIS PROPERTY IS JUST SOUTH OF LOOP FOUR 10 IN THE, UH, ADJACENT TO THE MISSION DE LAGO HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE, UH, MISSION DE LAGO, H O A HAS, UH, IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REZONING, AND IT IS CLOSE TO THE T J X DISTRIBUTION FACILITY ON ROOSEVELT'S HIGHWAY, UM, OR 2 81.
AND AS MORE AS THESE LARGE EMPLOYERS ARE IN THIS AREA, THIS, UM, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING IS IN ACCORDANCE TO MANY OF OUR, UH, HOUSING POLICIES THAT WE'RE WANTING TO HAVE, UM, PEOPLE LIVE CLOSE TO WHERE THEY WORK.
AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOTION TO APPROVE AS PER ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z SIX.
[Items Z11 & P4]
Z 11 AND P FOUR[01:35:02]
Z 11 P FOUR AMENDING THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN FROM SUBURBAN TIER TO GENERAL URBAN TIER FROM R SIX TO M X D AND ALLOWING A FENCE UP TO EIGHT FEET IN HEIGHTS, LOCATED AT 12 400 SOUTH HOUSMAN ROAD.STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
33 NOTICES MAILED TWO IN FAVOR.
12 OPPOSED? FIELDSTONE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION IS NOT OPPOSED TO THE REZONING.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A COUPLE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
UH, JAMES MCKNIGHT, FOLLOWED BY DALE MEN, WHO I BELIEVE WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE CONNECTING TO.
THIS IS JAMES MCKNIGHT, 1 1 2 EAST PECAN, REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPER.
UM, I'M GENERALLY HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY WE HAVE WORKED LONG AND HARD TO, TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO COME UP WITH A SET OF COVENANTS THAT HAVE BEEN SIGNED, UM, TO, TO GET THE SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'VE MADE A LOT OF CONCESSIONS AND WE BELIEVE, UH, WE HAVE A GOOD DEVELOPMENT THAT THAT CAN SATISFY EVERYONE IN THE AREA.
BUT I, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
UH, DALE MEN WHO I BELIEVE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL RECONNECTING TO MR. MEN.
UM, THIS IS, IT'S BEEN A UNIQUE CASE, UH, A CHALLENGING ONE FOR, FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED, INCLUDING MY OFFICE.
UH, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WE HEARD OPPOSITION FROM A LOT OF NEIGHBORS, UH, REGARDING THEIR, UH, DISCOMFORT WITH HAVING A FOUR STORY APARTMENT COMPLEX NEXT TO THEIR BARE BACKYARD.
WE ALSO HEARD, UH, CONCERNS REGARDING, UM, YOU KNOW, EXTRA TRAFFIC, UH, THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY, UH, A LARGE DENSE PROJECT, UM, ALONG HAUSMAN ROAD.
UM, AT PLANNING COMMISSION, WE OBSERVED HOW, UH, BOTH CITY STAFF AND THE COMMISSIONERS RECOMMENDED THIS AREA TO BE AMENDED TO A GENERAL URBAN TIER, UH, BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE HIGHWAY AND THE N I S D FOOTBALL STADIUM AND THE N I S D NATATORIUM.
UH, WE ALSO OBSERVED THE ZONING COMMISSION.
UM, THE BUILDER AGREED TO AMEND HIS ORIGINAL REQUEST OF MF 25, UH, AND BRING THE DENSITY DOWN.
UM, AND I'M SATISFIED THAT THEY BROUGHT THE DENSITY DOWN, UH, TO AN ADEQUATE LEVEL.
UM, WE'VE SPOKEN TO THE H O A, UH, THE H O A BOARD, UM, ALSO ARTICULATED THAT THEY'RE, UH, SATISFIED WITH THE, UH, DENSITY BEING BROUGHT DOWN.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, UH, THE H O A HAS EXECUTED COVENANTS, BINDING COVENANTS, UM, AND NOT EVERY NEIGHBOR IS GONNA LIKE THAT.
UM, OTHERS, I, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD ARE SATISFIED THAT A GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATION AND BOTH SIDES GAVE UP, UH, SOME GROUND TO REACH THAT NEGOTIATION.
UH, THERE WERE SOME DISCUSSIONS AT THE LAST MINUTE ABOUT CONCERNS REGARDING THE PLAN AMENDMENT.
I'M ALSO SATISFIED THAT THERE'S ENOUGH PROTECTIONS IN THE COVENANTS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED FOR THE H O A.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION, A MOTION TO APPROVE P FOUR AND Z 11 WITH THE ALLOWANCE, UH, FOR UP TO AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE.
AND ALSO, UM, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S COVENANTS IN PLACE.
AND LASTLY, I WANNA THANK THE, UH, H O A BOARD MEMBERS.
AND I WANNA THANK THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE FOR ENGAGING US.
THIS IS REALLY, REALLY AN IMPORTANT, UH, THING THAT THEY DID.
AND, UH, I CONGRATULATE THEM FOR, UH, FOR ACCOMPLISHING WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED.
UH, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
THERE WAS A, A MOTION, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z 11 AND P FOUR.
UH, WHO IS THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, ANDREW SULLIVAN WITH THE SECOND.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? UM, ALRIGHT.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED THAT THE BALANCE OF OUR BUSINESS AGENDA TODAY.
[25. 20-5108 City Manager's Report]
A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, SIR.THE, THE FIRST IS, UM, UM, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL.
UM, ALL OF YOU WILL GET DELIVERED, OR IT'S MAYBE IN TRANSIT RIGHT NOW.
UM, UM, THE, UH, 2019 ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THE CHIEF, UH, DOES THIS RIGHT AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR, SO IT IT'LL BE SENT TO YOU AND, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA SHOW A SHORT VIDEO.
UH, I, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS YEAR'S, UH, ANNUAL
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REPORT, UM, REALLY HIGHLIGHTS A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF HOOD HAVE, HAVE, UH, REALLY, UH, ACCOMPLISHED.UM, THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE ACCREDITATION FOR THE COMMISSION ON, UH, FIRE ACCREDITATION.
UH, THEY, UH, ACCREDITED AGENCIES ARE, ARE DESCRIBED AS BEING COMMUNITY FOCUSED AND, AND, UH, VERY WELL ORGANIZED AND PROPERLY STAFFED AND TRAINED.
AND, AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE THAT AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF FOUR, UH, TOP CITIES IN THE, IN, IN THE, IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN CANADA THAT IS ACCREDITED AND HOLDS AN INSURANCE SERVICE RATING OF ONE.
UH, THE OTHER THREE LARGE DEPARTMENTS ARE HOUSTON, CHARLOTTE, AND THE CITY OF VANCOUVER, CANADA.
UM, WE, UH, OUR HERO, LIKE HER, UH, PROGRAM WAS, UH, AN AWARD-WINNING PROGRAM AND, AND RECEIVED A LOT OF NOTORIETY AND HAS GROWN THIS YEAR.
AND, AND, UM, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO, TO, TO, UM, PURSUE THAT NEXT YEAR.
OUR, OUR WHOLE BLOOD INITIATIVE IN THE E M S DIVISION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, WAS THE RECIPIENT OF, UH, SEVERAL AWARDS THIS YEAR.
AND THEN, UH, CHIEF HOOD WAS, UH, RECOGNIZED AS THE, UH, METRO FIRE CHIEF OF THE YEAR.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN OVER THE VIDEO, BUT ALL OF YOU WILL BE GETTING THIS, THIS, UH, ANNUAL REPORT.
IT'S A GOOD, UH, IT'S A GOOD RESOURCE GUIDE, UH, FOR, UH, ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND, AND ALL THE THINGS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES.
JOHN MAYOR, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN, UH, CRITICAL TO, UH, THE COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO COVID AND HAS BEEN, UH, PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE TESTING THAT'S HAPPENED AT, AT, UH, UH, SENIOR HOMES AND CONGREGATE LIVING.
UH, AND THEY'VE ALSO OPERATED OUR, OUR THREE, UH, TESTING, COMMUNITY TESTING AREAS.
SO CHIEF AND HIS TEAM HAVE GOT A GREAT TEAM AND, UH, I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THE, THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.
AND, AND, UH, WE SHOULD, UH, WE SHOULD, UM, I WANNA, I WANNA THANK THEIR, THEIR, UM, THEIR DISTINCTION BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE FORTUNATE, UH, UH, OF THE, THE TYPE OF DEPARTMENT WE HAVE AND THE, THE CAPABILITIES THEY HAVE.
THE SECOND ITEM, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, IS THAT I WANTED ANDY TO HIGH LEVEL.
HE SHARED AN EMAIL WITH THE COUNCIL ON THE RECENT AND C D C ANNOUNCEMENT ON EVICTIONS.
AND, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER TODAY.
SO, ANDY, YOU WANT A HIGH LEVEL KIND OF BRIEF, UH, THE, THE COUNCIL ON THE ISSUE? YES.
AND WE DID, YOU NOTED, WE DID SEND A, UH, CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? HEY, UH, YOU GUYS WANNA STARTED OVER HERE? I'M STILL GONNA HAVE TO RESPOND TO THEM OVER THERE.
HOW YOU DOING? I THINK CHIEF HOOD, UH, NEEDS TO GO ON MUTE.
I THINK I HEAR CHIEF HOOD AND, AND BY THE WAY, CHIEF, BY THE WAY, CHIEF NEXT TIME, UH, I'LL ASK YOU NOT TO USE THE SAME BACKGROUND MUSIC THAT THOMAS ST.
HENRY USES FOR HIS COMMERCIAL.
UM, YEAH, THAT WAS GREAT, ERIC.
UM, AND I'M SURE THERE'S GONNA BE LOTS OF COMMENTS ABOUT IT.
UM, BUT IF WE WANTED TO SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE COULD STOP HIRING MICHAEL
[01:45:01]
BAY TO DO YOUR VIDEO PRODUCTION.UM, SO WHAT WE WANTED, AS ERIC SAID, WE SENT A NOTE TO COUNCIL SUMMARIZING THE, UH, C D C C D C ORDER THAT RECENTLY CAME OUT.
UH, BUT WE THOUGHT IT MERITED SOME, UH, PUBLIC OVERVIEW, UH, AT THE COUNCIL SESSION, THAT IT IS AN IMPORTANT MOVE BY THE C D C THAT IMPACTS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO, WITH THAT, I'LL ASK, UH, THE FIRST SLIDE TO COME UP ON THE, UH, OVERVIEW.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA GO OVER, UH, JUST JUST AS BACKGROUND, THE CARESS ACT EXPIRED, UH, IN, UH, JULY 24TH.
AND UNDER THE CARESS ACT, THERE WAS A MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS, BUT THAT MORATORIUM ONLY APPLIED TO PROPERTIES RECEIVING, UH, FEDERAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE OR, OR IN SOME WAY FINANCED, UH, THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WHILE THAT APPLIED TO A NUMBER OF, UH, PROPERTIES ACROSS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY, UH, THERE WERE SOME PROPERTIES THAT OBVIOUSLY DON'T RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING OR AREN'T RELATED TO ANY FEDERAL FUNDING FINANCING.
UH, ON AUGUST 8TH, THE PRESIDENT, UH, ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, UH, DIRECTING THE C D C TO CONSIDER MEASURES THAT WOULD TEMPORARILY HALT RESIDENTIAL, UH, EVICTIONS, RESIDENTIAL EVICTIONS, UH, AS A WAY TO, UH, PREVENT FURTHER SPREAD OF C OVID 19.
AND SO WITH THAT, UH, UH, THIS PAST, UM, UH, WEEK, UH, THE C D C DID ISSUE AN ORDER.
AND WE'LL GO OVER THAT REAL QUICKLY.
UH, IT GOES INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER 4TH AND WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER 4TH OF THIS YEAR THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR, DECEMBER 31.
THE ORDER IS APPLICABLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING TEXAS.
BUT WHAT, WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS, UH, IN TERMS OF THERE BEING ACTUAL EVICTIONS OR OTHER, UH, REQUIREMENTS, UH, THOSE ARE STILL IN PLACE.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, UH, THERE'S MAY A STATE LAW THAT SOMEHOW WOULD PROHIBIT THE MORATORIUM FROM GOING INTO PLACE.
UH, SO I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
UH, AS I NOTED, UH, WHEREAS THE PREVIOUS MORATORIUM UNDER THE CARESS ACT APPLIED ONLY TO FEDERALLY FINANCED OR FEDERALLY RELATED PROPERTIES, THIS APPLIES TO ALL LANDLORDS, ALL PROPERTIES, UH, THAT HAVE A, OR ANYONE WHO HAS A LEGAL RIGHT TO EVICT.
UH, IT APPLIES TO RESIDENTIAL, THOUGH NOT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
UH, RESIDENTIAL WOULD INCLUDE A HOUSE, ANY HOUSE, UH, ANY MOBILE HOME, UH, OR LAND ON A MOBILE PARK OR ANY SIMILAR DWELLING.
UH, OF NOTE, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE, UH, HOTELS, MOTELS, OR OTHER GUEST HOUSE UH, FACILITIES.
THE TENANT TO, UH, RECEIVE THE, UH, MORATORIUM MUST SUBMIT A DECLARATION, UH, TO THEIR LANDLORD SAYING THAT THEY COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE MORATORIUM.
AND I'LL GO OVER THOSE FAIRLY QUICKLY.
THERE'S AN INCOME REQUIREMENT, UH, AND THE INCOME REQUIREMENT IS ONE OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING.
THREE, EITHER THE INDIVIDUAL EARNS OR EX EXPECTED TO EARN 99,000 OR LESS, 99,000 OR LESS IN ANNUAL INCOME, OR IF THEY FILE JOINTLY WITH SOMEBODY ELSE, UH, THEY EXPECT TO EARN 198,000 OR LESS IF THEY'RE FILING A JOINT TAX RETURN OR IF THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO REPORT INCOME UNDER THE, OUR, UH, INCOME TAX LAWS.
AND THE THIRD ONE IS IF THEY RECEIVED A STIMULUS PACKAGE, I'M SORRY, A STIMULUS CHECK UNDER THE PREVIOUS CARESS ACT.
SO IF THEY MEET ANY OF THOSE THREE INCOME REQUIREMENTS, THEY ARE, UH, ELIGIBLE.
UH, THERE'S ALSO AN INABILITY TO PAY REQUIREMENT, AND THEY HAVE TO DECLARE THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO PAY THEIR FULL RENT OR MAKE A HOUSING PAYMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL LOSS IN HOUSEHOLD INCOME, OR THEY LOST HOURS OR THEY LOST THEIR JOB OR ANY, UH, EXTRAORDINARY MEDICAL EXPENSES.
UH, SO THOSE ARE, THE FIRST ONE, AGAIN, IS INCOME.
THE SECOND REQUIREMENT IS INABILITY TO PAY.
THE THIRD REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN USING BEST EFFORTS, UH, TO MAKE AT LEAST TIMELY PAYMENTS, UH, ON THEIR RENT.
UH, AND SO THEY'LL HAVE TO DECLARE TO THAT.
UH, AND FINALLY, THE FOURTH REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAS TO DECLARE THAT IF THEY ARE EVICTED, THEY WILL EITHER BE HOMELESS OR NEED TO BE PUT IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY WILL BE IN A CONGREGATE SETTING, UH, WITH, UH, UH, A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE.
UH, SO THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT INCREASES THE RISK OF SPREAD OF C OVID 19.
UH, SO THOSE ARE THE FOUR REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO DECLARE.
VERY IMPORTANTLY IS THE, UH, C D C DID ISSUE A FORM IN WHICH THEY DO ALL THIS.
AND SO, UH, PART OF OUR, UH, EDUCATIONAL, UH, INITIATIVE WILL BE TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT IF THEY'RE GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MORATORIUM, THEY NEED TO FILL OUT THE FORM THAT HAS BEEN PROMULGATED BY THE C D C.
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SO THOSE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS.IT DOES NOT RELIEVE THE TENANT OF PLA THE OBLIGATION TO PAY OR COMPLY WITH OTHER LEASE OBLIGATIONS.
SOME EVICTIONS ARE ALLOWED, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR IF THERE'S A TENANT THAT'S DESTROYING PROPERTY, UH, THOSE EVICTIONS ARE ALLOWED TO GO FORWARD.
AND IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT, THE D O J HAS IMPOSED CRIMINAL LIABILITIES, UH, FOR ANYBODY VIOLATING THE C D C MORATORIUM.
UH, THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE C D C ORDER THAT SAYS THAT THEY WILL COORDINATE WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON ENFORCEMENT.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN AUGMENT OR SUPPLEMENT OR ENFORCEMENT LOCALLY.
AND, UH, SO WE'LL BE COMMUNICATING THAT AS WE, UH, COME UP WITH SOME REAL, UH, ROBUST OPTIONS OF WHAT WE CAN DO IN TERMS OF, UH, UH, SUPPLEMENTING ENFORCEMENT.
AND THAT'S THE END OF THE OVERVIEW.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, YOU CAN EVEN TAKE 'EM NOW.
I KNOW LORI'S ON STANDBY TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS. UH, OR YOU CAN JUST COMMUNICATE WITH ME, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE, ON THE MORATORIUM.
UH, WE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS, UH, FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
SO, UH, LET'S GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR, THIS IS A, A LESSON LEARNED AS TO WHY I NEED TO PRESS THE BUTTON TO REMOVE MY RAISED HAND.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA MAYOR, AND YES, I WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
UH, CHIEF PUT, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST VIDEO, SO, UM, YOUR, YOUR MARKETING TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB OVER THERE.
UM, SO I ALSO WANTED TO, UH, PUBLICLY THANK, UH, 30 OF YOUR FIREFIGHTERS WERE OUT WITH ME ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.
MONDAY WAS THE HOTTEST DAY OF SUMMER, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING LONG HOURS BECAUSE OF COVID, AND THEY STILL WENT OUT AND, UH, VOLUNTEERED WITH ME, UM, TO DELIVER SOME, UH, FOOD FROM SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO WE PICKED, UH, ONE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD WHO, UH, THAT IS VERY MUCH IN NEED.
AND SO THEY LITERALLY WENT DOOR TO DOOR WITH ME AND KNOCKED ON THE DOORS AND ASKED, UH, THE NEIGHBORS IF THEY COULD USE A BOX OF FOOD.
AND SO I WAS REALLY PROUD, UH, THAT, THAT THEY CAME OUT AND, AND AGAIN, THERE WAS ABOUT 30 OF THEM, AND I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THERE WAS GONNA BE MAYBE FOUR OR SIX OF THEM.
AND, AND THERE WAS A WHOLE LOT OF THEM, AND SOME, UM, BROUGHT, UH, BROUGHT EVEN THEIR, THEIR KIDS.
AND I WAS REALLY, UM, EXCITED TO SEE THAT, UH, THEY'RE, UM, EMBEDDING THAT ELEMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE INTO THEIR CHILDREN AS WELL.
AND ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 11TH, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY VERY MEANINGFUL, UM, TO EVERYONE.
THEY HAVE SIGNED UP TO HELP DISTRI DISTRIBUTE SOME MORE FOOD, UH, TO MORE NEIGHBORS IN NEED WITH THE HELP OF THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK.
AND SO I WANTED TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE AND THANK THEM BECAUSE BEYOND WHAT THEY DO, UM, IN THE VIDEO, WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR, UH, DURING THIS TIME OF COVID, UM, THEY'RE STILL VOLUNTEERING.
AND SO THEY'RE STILL SHOWING THEIR LOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST, UM, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT FOLKS RECOGNIZE THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT ON THEIR DAY OFF, AND THEY'RE STILL DOING THAT.
UM, I DO HAVE TO SHARE SOMETHING REALLY FUNNY.
MY MOM WAS WORRIED THAT I WAS GONNA BE OUT THERE AND IT WAS GONNA BE SO HOT.
AND I WAS LIKE, MOM, THERE'S GONNA BE A WHOLE BUNCH OF FIREFIGHTERS AND E M S PEOPLE AROUND.
I THINK I'M COVERED IF I PAGE RIGHT.
AND SO, UM, BUT I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO, UH, TO WORK WITH THEM.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER THE 11TH.
AND, UM, I DO HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU ALSO TO THE WOMEN FIREFIGHTERS.
UH, I KNOW THAT THEY HAD PUT TOGETHER A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM FOR CAMP HERO LIKE HER THAT WE WERE HAVE, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE DURING THE GIRLS EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT.
THEY HAD FUNDRAISED, THEY HAD DONE A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT SO THAT THEY COULD BE READY FOR THE OCCASION.
THEY HAD REALLY STEPPED UP AND THEN IT GOT CANCELED BECAUSE OF COVID.
SO I DO WANNA TELL THEM THAT IT, THEIR, THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED.
AND, AND THEY, THEY REALLY ARE ROLE MODELS FOR SOME OF OUR YOUNG GIRLS.
SO THANK YOU CHIEF FOR ALL THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES AND, AND THANK YOU TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM.
COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
ANDY, I, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOUR INTERPRETATION, AND, AND I GUESS THAT'S ALL IT IS RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, WOULD THE CDC D'S REQUIREMENT, UH, STOP ANY, UH, EVICTIONS THAT ARE IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW? AND WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE RECEIVED, UH, A JUDGMENT AGAINST THEM FOR EVICTION, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN MOVED OUT OF THEIR HOME YET, DO YOU THINK, UH, THIS C D C REQUIREMENT WOULD IMPACT PEOPLE IN THAT SITUATION AS WELL? UM, IT, IT, IT IS NOT RETROACTIVE COUNCILMAN.
UM, SO REALLY IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THE EVICTION
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PROCEEDINGS.UH, CLEARLY I THINK IF IT IS NOT, IF IT HASN'T GONE TO A HEARING YET, AND THERE'S NO EVICTION ORDER THAT HASN'T BEEN ISSUED BY THE JUDGE, UM, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WOULD APPLY TO THOSE.
BUT I, I WOULD NEED TO CONFIRM THAT.
WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU ON, ON THOSE SPECIFICS, BUT, UH, IT WON'T BE RETROACTIVE.
I KNOW ON ANY EVICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, ORDERED AND EXECUTED, UH, AS OF TODAY.
UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CURTIS.
ANDY, UH, REGARDING THE, THE DECLARATION, UH, THAT MUST BE PROVIDED AND, AND AND SIGNED, UM, WITH THE AFFIRMATION, UM, IS, IS IT, IS, IS THE AFFIRMATION, UM, IN SPANISH, IS THAT, IS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PROVIDED? AND IS THAT, DOES THAT FALL WITHIN THE, UM, LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE THAT ARE ONLY SPANISH SPEAKING IN OUR COMMUNITY? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, COUNCILMAN.
RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE THE ACTUAL, IT'S THE FORM THAT WAS, UH, THE DECLARATION FORM THAT WAS ISSUED BY THE C D C, I DON'T BELIEVE HAS A SPANISH TRANSLATION TO IT.
UH, WE CERTAINLY CAN, UH, DEVELOP ONE THAT MATCHES WHAT THE C D C DECLARATION IS, AND OBVIOUSLY THE ARGUMENT WOULD BE THAT, UH, IF THE CONTENT IS THE SAME, THAT IT SHOULD HAVE THE SAME LEGAL APPLICATION AS THE ONE IN ENGLISH.
WELL, LET'S, LET'S WORK ON THAT.
YEAH, LET'S, LET'S WORK ON THAT.
UH, 'CAUSE I, I THINK THAT, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL AND USEFUL.
AND CAN WE ALSO CONSULT WITH OUR, UH, OUR, OUR RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP AS, AS, UH, I THINK THIS, THIS WOULD PROBABLY FALL UNDER, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UNDER THEIR PURVIEW IN MANY WAYS, DO YOU THINK? YES, THEY CAN AND IN TERMS OF, UH, UH, CONSULTING WITH THEIR CLIENTS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO, UH, POTENTIAL EVICTION.
UH, AND THAT'S WHY AS, AS WE WORK, AS LORI'S TEAM WORKS WITH, UM, WITH OUR CUSTOMERS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, EVICTION PROCEEDINGS AND HOUSING PROGRAMS, WE CERTAINLY WILL HAVE THE INFORMATIONAL PACKAGE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE MORATORIUM DOES AND PARTICULARLY THE DECLARATION FORM AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING ANOTHER MAIL OUT AND OUTREACH EFFORT WHERE WE MAIL, UM, LANDLORDS, TENANTS, AND SPECIFICALLY THOSE TENANTS THAT ARE IN AREAS THAT EX HAVE HIGH EVICTION RATINGS, THIS NEW INFORMATION, SO THEY KNOW THEIR RIGHTS.
AND WE'RE DEFINITELY WORKING WITH T R L A AND THE SAN ANTONIO LEGAL SERVICE ADVISORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THIS AND THEY'RE HELPING, THEY'RE EDUCATING US AS WELL ON, UM, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.
PLEASE KEEP MY OFFICE IN THE LOOP OF ALL THAT.
UM, I THINK THIS IS JUST ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF, OF THE, THE NEED FOR THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM AND HOW I THINK THEY COULD BE HELPFUL AS MANY QUESTIONS ARE GONNA COME UP.
UH, SPECIFICALLY SIMPLE ONES LIKE, LIKE THE SPANISH TRANSLATION.
UM, AND JUST WANT TO ALSO, UH, THANK, THANK OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, THANK OUR CHIEF.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T, CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH AND, UH, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT THEY DO.
UH, CHIEF, UM, YOUR, YOUR PRODUCTION VALUE IS, IS, UH, IS OUTSTANDING.
AND, UH, I I I THINK WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, MORE VIDEOS.
UM, IT IS 1212 Y'ALL, AND IT'S, UM, THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
YEAH, I THINK CHIEF HOOD'S ON THE LINE.
HE'S NORMAL
OH, CHIEF, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UM, ACCEPT YOUR OSCAR? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, OUR VIDEOGRAPHER, ALBERT PEDROZA.
HE IS A, UH, A COMBAT PHOTOGRAPHER, VIDEOGRAPHER, SO HE IS BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND SHOT A LOT OF STUFF, SO HE IS SO TALENTED.
SO IT'S JUST ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE, UH, REACH OUR FOLKS AND, UM, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO KNOW THAT WE ARE OUT CONTINUING TO VOLUNTEER.
WE ARE EMPOWERED TO GO OUT AND DO THINGS THOUGH.
SO WHEN I DON'T KNOW ABOUT 'EM AND I HEAR ABOUT 'EM, THEY'RE GOOD.
THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'RE EXTREMELY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
AND SO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE GRADUATING CLASS TONIGHT, UH, APPROXIMATELY 30 OR SO.
UM, DON'T JUDGE ME ON MY NUMBERS, BUT GREAT KIDS THAT ARE COMING INTO THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT.
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THIS IS GONNA BE OUR FIRST PANDEMIC, GRADUATION AND FAMILY NIGHT.AND, UM, THESE KIDS WILL BE OUT SERVING THE PUBLIC, UM, STARTING TOMORROW.
SO AGAIN, I WANNA THANK ERIC, UM, MAYOR AND THANK THE ACCOUNTS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP, UM, IS BECAUSE OF YOU THAT WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE VIDEO, BUT THE VIDEO DID HAVE CONTENT IN IT THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE EXTRAORDINARY WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT.
SO, UH, THANKS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY.
ALRIGHT, UH, IT'S 1214 AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.