* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] THIS IS A HARD MOVEMENT TRICKLE TO WOMEN OF COLOR, BUT IT SHOULDN'T SILENCE ANY DAUGHTERS OR MOTHERS, WOMEN OF ANY NATIONALITY. AGREED. OUR IDENTITIES AND OUR RIGHTS SHOULD BE RESPECTED EQUALLY HARD WON. ALL RIGHT, HANG ON ONE SECOND. OKAY. ADAM CLARK, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND READ THE READ THE ROLL. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBER TNO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VIA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROTO GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. PRESENT GREAT MUSIC SELECTION. . COUNCIL MEMBER CAB RDA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. AND MAYOR NURNBERG. HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. THE TIME IS 9:10 AM AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE ENJOYING THE MUSIC, THAT WAS OUR SAN ANTONIO'S VERY OWN PO POET LAUREATE, UH, ANDREA VOCAB SANDERSON WITH HER, UH, COMPOSITION HARD WON. EXCELLENT [1. 20-5326 Invocation] SELECTION. UM, TO BEGIN, UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHN COURAGE TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M PLEASED TODAY TO PRESENT DR. ED NEWTON, WHO'S THE LEAD PASTOR OF COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH IN SAN ANTONIO. IT'S A MULTIPLE CAMPUS MISSIONARY COMMUNITY OF MULTI-GENERATIONAL MULTICULTURAL DISCIPLE MAKERS WHO SEEK TO INITIATE AND CELEBRATE LIFE'S CHANGE. IN JESUS' NAME, PASTOR ED AND HIS WIFE STEPHANIE, HAVE FOUR CHILDREN. INTERESTING. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, ALL FOUR OF THE CHILDREN'S NAMES BEGIN WITH L UH, THAT'S LONDON, LOLA LIVE AND LAWSON. TOGETHER, THEY SEEK TO LEAD A GENERATION OF PEOPLE TO HEAR GOD'S VOICE AND RESPOND IN EXTREME FAITH IN OBEDIENCE. DR. NEWTON IS AN AUTHOR, A SPEAKER, AND A LEADER WITH AN INTENTIONAL BURDEN TO SPEAK INTO THE CAPITAL C CHURCH TOWARDS REVIVAL, LEADERSHIP, EVANGELISM, DISCIPLINE, LEADERSHIP, MISSIONAL LIVING, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION TO BECOME A NOW GENERATION. DR. ED NEWTON RECEIVED HIS FORMAL TRAINING FROM SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS EARNING A BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE AND CHURCH MINISTRIES FROM CLEARWATER CHRISTIAN COLLEGE IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, A MASTER'S IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FROM MIDAMERICA BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, A MASTER'S IN DIVINITY AND DOCTORATE OF MINISTRY AND PULPIT COMMUNICATION FROM TRINITY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN NEWBURGH, INDIANA. I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE WONDERFUL MINISTRY COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH HAS, UH, EVERY MONTH THEY DO A LUNCH FOR ALL OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS. I'VE HAD AN HONOR TO GO AND ATTEND AND PRAY WITH THEM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. UH, DR. NEWTON WELCOME FLOOR IS YOURS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY IN THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES. MR. MAYER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, SIR, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND AND A BROTHER AND KNOW THAT ON BEHALF OF OUR CHURCH, THE CHURCHES OF SAN ANTONIO, WE PRAY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ALSO TO THE COUNCIL'S LEADERSHIP AS WELL. SO LET ME PRAY FOR US TODAY. SO, JESUS, THANK YOU FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SIT IN THE SEAT OF WISDOM AND COUNSEL WITH DIRECTION AND LEADERSHIP FOR OUR CITY. WE ASK IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM LIKE SOLOMON, COURAGE LIKE DAVID AND I PRAY THAT YOU GIVE THEM VISION LIKE ISAIAH TO SEE THE THINGS TO ACT ON THE THINGS [00:05:01] THAT ARE FOR THE GREATER DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY. I PRAY YOU GIVE THEM STRENGTH AND COURAGE. I PRAY THAT YOU ALLOW THEM TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE CHEERED FOR AND PRAYED FOR, AND THAT THEY, THEY DO NOT WALK ALONE. AND OUR CITY IS THANKFUL FOR THEIR SACRIFICIAL LEADERSHIP AS THEY SIT IN THE SEAT IN WHICH THEY HOLD. SO GOD, I PRAY TODAY YOU GIVE THEM WISDOM AND COUNSEL ONCE MORE. I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY AND I PRAY TODAY AS THEY SEEK TO MOVE THE MISSION OF WHAT YOU HAVE INTENDED, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. GOD, GIVE THEM INGENUITY AND INNOVATION. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN. [2. 20-5327 Pledge of Allegiance] I 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 FOR ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR ED. OKAY. UM, [3. 20-5328 Approval of Minutes from the City Council Meetings of June 4, 2020 and June 10, 2020] THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEET, UH, MEETINGS OF JUNE 4TH AND JUNE 10TH. I WANNA REMIND FOLKS IF YOU'D LIKE TO QUEUE TO SPEAK AT ANY POINT, UM, GO AHEAD AND USE YOUR RAISE HAND BUTTON ON THE WEBEX. UH, WHEN YOU'RE DONE SPEAKING, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE REMOVE YOUR HAND FROM THAT SO WE CAN MAKE SURE TO GET THE QUEUE IN ORDER. UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BA FOR THOSE MINUTES. UM, JUNE 4TH AND JUNE 10TH. APPROVED. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. THERE WAS A MOTION, UH, I THINK BY COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN AND A SECOND WHO HAD THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER KURT, COURAGE. OKAY. GOT IT. ALRIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ FOR HIGHLIGHT, SIR. OH, FULL. OKAY. IT'S OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, HEARING NO DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, UH, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. UM, [4. 20-5075 Second Public Hearings on the City's 2020 Ad Valorem Tax Rate for the FY 2021 Proposed Budget. [Erik Walsh, City Manager; Scott Huizenga, Director, Management & Budget]] WE DO HAVE A, A STAFF BRIEFING BEFORE WE GET TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. UH, SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND MOVE OVER TO, UH, ERIC WALSH FOR OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AD VALOR TAX RATE FOR FFY 21. MAYOR, THERE'S NO PRESENTATION. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ALRIGHT, THE, UM, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, THEN THE GO AHEAD. THE CAPTION MAYOR MADAM CLERK? YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CITY'S 2020 AVALARA TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET. ALRIGHT, THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2020 ADIR TAX RATE FOR F Y 21 IS HEREBY OPEN. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM MAY DO SO. UM, UH, THOSE WHO ARE SPEAKING ON SOMETHING ELSE WILL, UM, HAVE THE FLOOR TAKEN FROM THEM. UH, SO PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO, UH, THE ITEM, WHICH IS THE ADD FORUM TAX RATE. WE HAVE A FEW FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, WHO I BELIEVE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS, UH, ARE, UH, CONNECTED WITH US ALREADY. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE FIRST NAME TO SPEAK. I'LL CALL THE NEXT NAME IN ORDER IF YOU CAN BE READY TO, UH, TAKE YOUR TIME. WE'LL START WITH MORRIS LEWIS, FOLLOWED BY TODD HIRSCH. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR. WE HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD. UM, OKAY. MINE IS, UH, UH, RELEVANT TO, UM, UH, UH, THE, THE, THE, UH, UH, UH, PROJECTS THAT WERE BEING SLATED FOR THE J O C CONTRACT. IS THIS A APPROPRIATE TIME TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT OR DO I WAIT, UH, GO AHEAD. UH, MR. LEWIS, IF YOUR COMMENTS ARE ON THE, THE TAX RATE, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? NO, MY COMMENTS ARE NOT RELEVANT TO THE TAX RATE. MY COMMENTS ARE RELEVANT TO, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING ISSUED UNDER THE CITY'S JOCK AWARD. OKAY. UH, WHAT ITEM IS THAT MR. LEWIS? UH, UH, I GOT, SIR, I'VE GOT IT HERE. ONE SECOND. WE'LL, WE'LL CALL YOU UP, UH, WHEN THAT SEVEN AND EIGHT. OKAY. MR. HIRSH AND MR. LEWIS ARE SIGNED UP FOR SEVEN AND EIGHT. OKAY. I THINK BOTH OF YOU PLEASE SIGNED UP FOR ITEM FOUR. GOT IT. OKAY. MR. LEWIS AND MR. HIRSH, I BELIEVE YOU, YOU ARE SIGNED UP FOR ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT INSTEAD OF THE TAX RATE HEARING. SO LET ME CALL YOU UP WHEN THOSE ITEMS ARE BEING HEARD. UM, THANK YOU. SO LEMME GO INSTEAD. [00:10:01] YEAH, THANK YOU. AND LET ME GO TO ANTONIO DIAZ, FOLLOWED BY DEGAS. WE HEAR YOU MR. DIAZ. GO AHEAD. OKAY. SO INCREASING PROPERTY AT THIS POINT, I SOMETHING THAT, THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. IT HAS BEEN GIVEN CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME, IT HAS BROUGHT UP AND THERE ARE, PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT BEFORE, SO I WOULD BE INCREASES, BUT, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS TAKE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. DIAZ. UH, DIANNA OR WHERE ARE YOU? UH, I'M, UH, I'M, I'M ALSO AGAINST THE, I AM A HOMEOWNER AND I DO, UH, PAY A LOT OF TAXES ON MY OWN, UH, BUT I'M AGAINST, UM, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MS. IGAS. UH, THAT IS EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE A VALOREM TAX RATE, THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CITY'S 2020 A VALOREM TAX RATE FOR THE FY 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET IS NOW CLOSED. UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW TO, UM, THE REST OF OUR AGENDA. AND AT THIS POINT WE HAVE NO ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW BY, UH, QUEUING IN. I DO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER , UH, QUEUED UP FOR, UH, COMMENTS DURING THE CONSENT AGENDA, IF THAT'S CORRECT, VIA, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. MAYOR, I HAD A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE, JUST REMINDER. OKAY. UM, I WAS TOLD BY STAFF THAT IT WAS FOR AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO IF IT'S DIFFERENT THEN I'LL CALL YOU BEFORE WE GET THE CONSENT. GO. GO AHEAD COUNCIL MEMBER ME? YEAH, GO AHEAD FOR MY PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON CONSENT. YEAH, GO AHEAD. IF IT'S NOT ON THE, IF IT'S NOT FOR THE AGENDA, TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE RIGHT NOW. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT RIGHT NOW, THE FIFTH ANNUAL WORLD HERITAGE FESTIVAL IS TAKING PLACE. UH, IT STARTED ON SEPTEMBER 8TH AND IT WILL END ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH. UM, THIS PAST JULY 5TH, WE CELEBRATED FIVE YEARS OF OUR WORLD HERITAGE INSCRIPTION HERE FOR, UM, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND WE ARE STILL THE ONLY WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, MANY WORLDS HERITAGE FESTIVAL EVENTS WILL TRANSITION TO VIRTUAL EVENTS FOR THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. I WANNA THANK OUR WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE, COLLEEN SWAIN, BLANCHE MENDOZA, AND THEIR WONDERFUL TEAM WHO WORKS SO VERY HARD ON EVERYTHING WITH OUR, OUR WONDERFUL WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE AND THE CITY OF GASTRONOMY. I ALSO WANNA THANK MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AS WE ALL KNOW THIS, UH, THIS YEAR, MISSION SAN JOSE IS CELEBRATING 300 YEARS, AND I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF EVENTS TONIGHT. SEPTEMBER 10TH AT SEVEN 30, WE WILL HAVE A VIRTUAL SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS TRIVIA NIGHT [00:15:01] YOU CAN REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE. UM, FRIDAY, TOMORROW THERE IS GOING TO BE A VIRTUAL CLASSICAL CONCERT CELEBRATING MISSION SAN JOSE AT 7:00 PM AND YOU CAN WATCH ON A WORLD HERITAGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL OR ON THE FACEBOOK CHANNEL. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UH, IT WILL BE HELD INSIDE MISSION SAN JOSE CHURCH. AND THEN SUNDAY, UH, SEPTEMBER 13TH, IT'S THE EL CAMINO DE SAN ANTONIO IS CARING FOR CREATION OUTDOOR MASS AT 8:00 AM AT MISSION SAN JOSE. OUR ARCHBISHOP GUSTAVO GARCIA WILL BE, UH, PRESIDING OVER THAT MASS. AND ONE THING THAT IS ALSO HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, IT'S A VIRTUAL BIKE, UH, TOUR. SO I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. IF YOU HAVE A BIKE TO IT'S BEAUTIFUL WEATHER OUTSIDE, PLEASE GRAB YOUR BIKE, GO BY ON OUR TRAILS, AND, UH, GO AND BIKE BY ONE OF OUR MISSIONS OR ALL OF OUR MISSIONS. WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL TRAILS, UH, THAT ARE OUT THERE. SO PLEASE, UM, I WANNA CHALLENGE YOU ALL TO DO THAT. I STARTED THIS PAST SUNDAY, SO I'M GONNA CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEKEND. AND JUST TO, UH, PUT ONE FINE BOW ON IT, WHAT WE CELEBRATE IN OUR WORLD'S HERITAGE, IT'S THE STORY OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IT'S THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY. WE DO NOT SHY AWAY FROM THE PAST, BUT WE CELEBRATE THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE AND WHAT WORLD HERITAGE MEANS TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT KEPT, THAT BUILT THE MISSIONS AND THAT KEEP THE COMMUNITY ALIVE. SO I WANNA INVITE ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO REACH OUT TO THE DISTRICT TWO IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. WITHIN THE LAST MONTH, WE'VE LOST FOUR YOUTH WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. FROM THE AGES OF 12 TO THE AGES OF 19, WE ARE CALLING ON A 30 DAY OF PEACE. WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU LIGHT YOUR HOME WITH A YELLOW LIGHT TO REPRESENT PEACE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. AS WE STRIVE TO DO A COMMUNITY UNITY, WE'RE ASKING THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SHINES THEIR LIGHT SO THAT OUR YOUTH KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A WAY AND A PATH TO REACH OUT TO ANYONE WITH THAT YELLOW LIGHT ON TO SAY THAT THEY NEED HELP. WE ARE ASKING THAT THE COMMUNITY JOINS IN THIS DAY OF PEACE WITH THE DISTRICT TWO COMMUNITY. WE ALSO, ON THE 19TH, WILL BE HAVING A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND A VIGIL WITH THE MOTHERS OF THE DISTRICT WHO HAVE LOST YOUNG LIVES TO SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE. WE ASK AND WE STEP UP AS A COMMUNITY TO SAY, OUR YOUTH WILL HAVE A FUTURE AT THIS TIME. THE 30 DAYS OF PEACE WILL START WITH THE YELLOW LIGHT. THERE WILL BE MORE PROGRAMS TO COME. SO PLEASE STAY TUNED AS WE CONTINUE TO BRING OUR YOUTH INTO THEIR LIGHT AS WE SHINE. OUR LIGHTS BRIGHT. SO, THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. ALRIGHT, UM, [Consent Agenda] WE ARE GOING TO GO NOW TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, UM, ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO GO AHEAD AND LET ME KNOW. NOW, IF THERE ARE NONE, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA SECOND. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. UM, AND THAT IS, UH, ALL ITEMS FOR, UH, FIVE THROUGH 20. WE DO HAVE A BRIEF CITY MANAGER'S REPORT AND WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY. UM, NO ONE IS QUEUED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT, BUT WE DO HAVE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. UH, SO AS WE'RE LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT, AGAIN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON CONSENT, PLEASE USE YOUR RAISE HAND BUTTON. UH, LET ME FIRST GO TO, UH, MORRIS HIRSCH, EXCUSE ME, MORRIS LEWIS, FOLLOWED BY TODD HURST. HE'LL BE SPEAKING ON ITEMS SEVEN AND EIGHT. SO TELL ME WHEN YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO SPEAK. YEAH, GO AHEAD, MR. LEWIS. OKAY. UM, MY NAME IS MO LEWIS. MY FIRM IS BUILT, BUILT CONTRACTING. UH, WE ARE ONE OF 10 FIRMS IN THE CITY JOCK CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE. UM, AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU OUR STORY. UM, THERE'S BEEN AN ONGOING CAMPAIGN TO DISPARAGE OUR FIRM. UM, THE HARDEST PART ABOUT THESE COMMENTS IS WHAT, WHERE DO I START? [00:20:01] UM, BUT WHAT'S CRAZY IS IN A CITY WHERE AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRMS AREN'T GETTING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THE WORK, WE HAVE WHAT AMOUNTS TO BLACK OWNED BLACK CRIME, WHERE AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN INDIVIDUAL, AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRM AND A MINORITY ADVOCACY GROUP HAVE BEEN DISPARAGING, DISCREDITING, AND SLANDERING. OUR FIRM, THE ONLY AFRICAN AMERICAN CONTRACTOR IN THE CITY, JOCK AWARD OUT OF 10. WE'VE BEEN IN SAN ANTONIO SINCE 2015, AT WHICH POINT WE ESTABLISHED A FEDERAL SS B A APPROVED BONAFIDE OFFICE HERE. UM, UH, BECAUSE THE NATURE OF THE 95% OF OUR WORK IS, IS FEDERAL. UM, WE WERE SERIOUS ENOUGH ABOUT GROWING OUR BUSINESS HERE THAT WE BOUGHT A LOT ON THE EAST SIDE. UM, AT SEVEN 19 MONTANA WHERE WE INTENDED TO RELOCATE OUR SAN ANTONIO OFFICE. WE USED A LOCAL AFRICAN AMERICAN SITE CONTRACTOR, JARVIS MOORE, TO CLEAN AND GRADE OUR LOT. HE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB, AND WE INTEND TO USE MR. MOORE AND OTHER MINORITY CONTRACTORS WHERE AND WHEN WE CAN FIND AN APPROPRIATE FIT. THIS ENTIRE EPISODE WITH THOSE THAT HAVE SOUGHT TO DISCREDIT US, HAS DAMPENED OUR SPIRITS AND CAUSED US TO SLOW DOWN SOME OF OUR PLANS IN SAN ANTONIO FROM THE BEGINNING, QUESTIONING, QUESTIONING OUR BEING AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FIRM, ACCUSING US OF BEING A FRONT FOR A LOCAL LATIN AMERICAN CONTRACTOR. WE HAVE A JV WITH A LOCAL, LOCAL LATIN AMERICAN CONTRACTOR, BUT IF THEY DID A LITTLE HOMEWORK BEFORE LAUNCHING ACTIVE, THEY FIND THAT THAT'S FOR WORK WITH THE US MILITARY. UH, AND, AND, UH, THAT ACTUALLY OUR COMPANY IS FIVE TIMES THE SIZE OF FED COMPANY AND IT, IT, IT'S JUST PREPOSTEROUS TO GIVE THE SLIGHTEST THOUGHT TO BELT BEING A FRONT BELT, BELT BEING A FRONT, UM, WE, WE, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THE, THE, THE, THE, THE INSINUATION WOULD BE THAT WE NEED, AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FIRM, WE NEED SOMEONE ELSE TO RUN AND GUIDE OUR FIRM. AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A TREMENDOUS INSULT. UM, WE'RE ALSO ACCUSED OF NOT ACTUALLY HAVING A REAL INSIGNIFICANT PRESENCE IN SAN ANTONIO. UH, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH MORE OF A SUBSTANTIAL PRESENCE WE SHOULD HAVE. OUR EMPLOYEES ARE HERE. WE HAVE AN OWNER HERE, WE HAVE AN OFFICE HERE. WE'VE PURCHASED PROPERTY TO HOUSE OUR NEW OFFICE HERE, AND I'M PURCHASING A HOME HERE. EVEN AS WE SPEAK, THESE SAME FOLKS EVEN ACCUSED US OF GIVING KICKBACKS. CITY OF THIS MAY BE COMMONPLACE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT IT'S NOT HOW WE DO BUSINESS. OUR FOCUS IS ON OUR BUSINESS. THANK YOU, MR. LEWIS. UH, TODD HIRSCH, FOLLOWED BY ANTONIO DI, UH, THE REMAINDER I'LL, I'LL YIELD THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME TO MR. LEWIS. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. UH, MR. LEWIS, IF YOU'RE STILL CONNECTED, GO AHEAD. YOU'LL HAVE YOU HAVE ANOTHER THREE MINUTES. I AM, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE UNRELENTING BADGER BADGERING OF BELT BILL FOR MORE INFORMATION. AS THE ONLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRM IN THIS CITY, CONTRACT VEHICLE OUT OF 10, WE'RE TIRED OF BEING SINGLED OUT. WE'RE ABSOLUTELY DONE PROVIDING ANY INFORMATION THAT IS NOT REQUIRED OF ALL CONTRACTORS IN THIS AWARD. WE ARE UBER QUALIFIED TO PERFORM THIS CONTRACT HAVING PERFORMED HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR, SIMILAR TASK ORDERS FOR THE F B I DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AND THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. THIS HASN'T BEEN A VERY WARM WALK. WELCOME TO SAN ANTONIO. TO SAN ANTONIO. SAN ANTONIO, AND PARTICULARLY THE MINORITY BUSINESS COMMUNITY. UM, WE'VE NEVER SEEN THIS SORT OF PETTY PETTINESS AND INFIGHTING. UM, BUT I, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IN, IN CONCLUSION RELATED TO ANYBODY THAT THAT HAS DISPARAGED, JUST, I CAN'T BEAT MY COMPETITORS BY DISPARAGING THEM. I ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET BETTER THAN THEM AT THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF OUR BUSINESS BY BECOMING A BETTER CONTRACTOR WITH BETTER SYSTEMS PRACTICES AND PEOPLE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, A YIELD OF BALANCE OF MY TIME. FRANK DUNN, IF HE'S ON THE PHONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. LEWIS. OKAY. UM, ANTONIO DIAZ, FOLLOWED BY DEANNA ORGA SPEAKING ON MULTIPLE ITEMS. UH, YES, I, UH, AGAIN, CON CONTINUE WITH, WITH, WITH TRYING TO REPRESENT, UH, THE INTEREST OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AS ANTONIO. I WANNA, UH, THIS [00:25:01] CONTINUED CELEBRATION OF OUR COLONIZATION IS, IS QUITE A VERY, AND IT IS. UM, I, I SAT ON THE WORKING COMMITTEE FOR THE WAR HERITAGE SITE IN 2013, AND I ONLY INSISTED ON ONE THING THAT THE WORD INDIGENOUS BE INCLUDED TO SIGNIFY THAT IT WAS INDIGENOUS FAMILIES THAT BUILT AND MAINTAINED THE MISSIONS. AND THAT WAS NOT ALLOWED BECAUSE SOMEHOW IT WOULD DIS DISPARAGE TOURISM FOR THE WORD INDIGENOUS WITHIN THE WORLD HERITAGE NOMINATION OF THE FIVE MISSIONS. TO ME, THIS IS LIKE CELEBRATING AUSCHWITZ OR ANY OTHER SLAVE PLANTATION WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THE HORRORS THAT OCCURRED WITHIN THOSE CONFINES. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO CELEBRATE THAT WE WERE SLAVES. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO CELEBRATE THAT WE LOST OUR IDENTITY TO THOSE PRIORS, TO THE SPANISH MILITARY. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPY ABOUT HAVING LOST OUR NAMES, OUR CULTURE, WE CELEBRATE 300 YEARS OF OPPRESSION, 300 YEARS, THREE, BECOMING THE OPPRESSORS OF TAKING ON THE INVADERS AND THE OCCUPIERS IDENTITY. THAT IS NOT SAID IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM. ALL I ASKED FOR, WAS IT WITHIN THE TITLE OF THE ROYAL HERITAGE DENOMINATION, BUT THE WORLD INDIGENOUS, INDIGENOUS, NOT JUST SPANISH MISSION. SO I SAY THAT TO GET, GET THAT OFF. WE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT A A, A HISPANIC OR HISPANIC COMMUNITY. WE'RE AN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY THAT'S COLONIZED BY HISPANICS. AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE, UH, TO PUSH FOR OUR IDENTITY WITHIN OUR OWN REGIONS THAT WE HAVE LIVED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, NOT 300 YEARS. WE MAY LIVE 300 YEARS AS A CALLING THAT COMMUNITY, BUT NOT THAT'S WHO WE TRULY ARE. SO, UH, EDUCATIONALLY THEY SHOULD BE TALKED TO OUR CHILDREN. IT'S NOT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HISPANICS AND SOMETHING ELSE SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPY ABOUT IT. WE'RE NOT. WE, WE, WE NEED TO TRULY GOOD EDUCATION AND, AND WITH ALL THIS CELEBRATION ABOUT OUR ENSLAVEMENT AND CONVERSATION. THANK YOU, MR. DIAZ. DI HONOR RE I'M, I'M YELLING, I'M YELLING MY TIME TO ANTONIO. OKAY. UM, GO AHEAD, ANTONIO. YOU HAVE THREE MORE MINUTES AT AT THIS, AT THIS POINT IN TIME OVER HISTORY, WE SEE SOME CHANGES, AS I SAID, AND SOME OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE STARTING TO RECOGNIZE, UH, WHAT HAS OCCURRED HISTORICALLY, NOT JUST HERE, BUT THROUGHOUT, UH, THE UNITED STATES, WHICH IS REALLY THROUGHOUT THE CONTINENT. BUT GOVERNMENT GOES, IT ONLY, IT ONLY REPRESENTS THE UNITED STATES, AND YOU ALL REPRESENT OUR LOCAL AREA. BUT, AND, AND TO ME, I, I, I SAY I'M GLAD TO SEE SOME CHANGE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S TO ANY SORT OF ENLIGHTENMENT, BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THE CHANGE. WE NEED MORE CHANGE. AND AGAIN, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, UH, WE SEE THROUGHOUT THIS NATION, MONUMENTS HAVE REPRESENTED WHITE SUPREMACY COMING DOWN, AND WE NEED MORE OF THAT CHANGE TOWARDS INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS. WE HAVE BILL HONORING OF COLUMBUS BY KEEPING HIS, THE PLAQUE WITH HIS NAME ON IT, BY KEEPING THE STREET WITH HIS NAME ON IT. AND THAT NEEDS TO COME DOWN. THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. WE HAVE OTHER NAMES WITHIN OUR CITY OVER PARKS AND AREAS THAT TO CHANGE. I HAD A FRIEND, , WHO USED TO TEACH IN THE DALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHO FOUGHT FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO CHANGE THOSE [00:30:01] NAMES OF THOSE STREETS, OF THOSE CONFEDERATE GENERALS AND OFFICERS IN THE STREETS OF OUR SOUTH SIDE. AND YET THEY STILL REMAIN. THOSE ARE THE CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO SEE ALONG WITH, AGAIN, AND I WILL HARP ON THIS, THAT THESE MISSIONS ARE CONSTANT. WERE CONCENTRATION CAMPS WHERE OUR PEOPLE WERE FORCED TO STAY AND TO BUILD UP THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT WITHIN OUR AREA. THAT IS A PART OF HISTORY, THAT IS REAL HISTORY. WE WANNA SEE THE ARCHIVES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE. YOU SEE WHERE OUR NAMES WERE CHANGED. YOU SEE WHAT TRANSPIRED AS FAR AS MARRIAGE AND DEATH, BAPTISMALS, ALL THAT. HOW OUR CULTURE WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM US, HOW WE WERE CHANGED. WHEN ARE WE GONNA GET REPARATIONS? WHEN ARE WE GONNA GET TO BECOME WHAT WE USED TO BE TO CLAIM OUR INDIGENEITY, TO RECLAIM OUR IDENTITY? THAT'S CULTURAL GENOCIDE THAT CONTINUES TO OCCUR IN CURRENT TIME TODAY. THIS IS WHAT IS GOING ON. AND CHANGE FOR ALL OTHER ETHNICITIES WON'T OCCUR UNTIL CHANGE COMES FOR US. THANK YOU, MR. DIAZ. OKAY. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TWO ITEMS, UH, ON, UM, TODAY'S AGENDA. ONE OF THEM IS ITEM NUMBER NINE. IT IS THE, UH, COMMERCE STREET BRIDGE, UH, PROJECT. UM, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS IN OUR 20 17TH BOND PROGRAM, UH, AND ONE THAT I WAS PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT. UM, $10 MILLION, UH, FROM THE BOND PROJECT, AN ADDITIONAL 2 MILLION FROM GENERAL FUND, AND THEN, UH, SOME REIMBURSEMENTS FROM SAWS AND, UH, C P SS, UM, TO REHABILITATE THE AREA. UH, UM, PART OF OUR SONAL LEADING INTO THE NEAR WEST SIDE. UM, AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING THAT PROJECT ALONG. UM, ABOUT $10 MILLION, UH, THAT WE'RE APPROVING TO THE CONTRACTOR TODAY. AND, UH, THE OTHER ONE THAT WE ARE, UM, APPROVING, UH, UH, TODAY IS A TAMPICO APARTMENTS LOFTS. UM, THOSE OF US ON THE HOUSING TRUST, UH, BOARD, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS, UH, PROJECT. UM, IT IS A REHABILITATION OF, OR, OR, UM, REDEVELOPMENT OF A SITE, AN OLD SAHA SITE THAT WAS A WAREHOUSE, UH, THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, AGAINST OUR NEW WEST SIDE CREEKWAY. UH, IT, IT'S A TRULY MIXED INCOME, UH, APARTMENTS, UM, EVERYTHING, UH, FROM SOME 30% A M I TO MARKET RATE APARTMENT. AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING RESIDENTS, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITY AND HOPEFULLY, UM, UH, MOVING SOME PEOPLE INTO THE, UH, EXISTING, UM, PROPERTY. SO PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF, UH, THE SISON APACHE HOMES THERE ON THE NEAR WEST SIDE. SO, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST WANNA TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE TWO ITEMS. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. UH, ANYONE ELSE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. UH, I DID WANNA, UM, THANK OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA FOR HER WORK ON THE COMMITTEE OF SIX. UH, WE DO HAVE AN ITEM 15 ON, UH, ON THE AGENDA TODAY. AND I DO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERYONE'S BUDGET IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, IT'S BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT YEAR AND I WANTED TO, UH, ENSURE THAT, UH, OUR WORK WITH THE AREA JUDGES AND MAYORS, UH, THAT ARE PART OF THIS NETWORK, UH, AND BODY, UH, WILL CONTINUE. AND, AND WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS COMMITTEE AS WELL. UM, WE'RE GONNA BE IN THIS TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME AND, AND WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMITTEE AND WORKFORCE IN GENERAL. SO, UM, WITH THAT, LET ME GO AHEAD AND, UH, CALL THE QUESTION. THERE IS A MOTION A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY, ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. IS THERE A [19. 20-5329 City Manager's Report] CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, SIR. MAYOR, UH, TWO ITEMS. UM, THE, THE FIRST, UM, AND I KNOW THE COUNCIL'S BEEN SEEING THIS IN THE END OF DAY REPORT, BUT I WANTED TO JUST POINT OUT AGAIN THAT, UH, AS OF YESTERDAY WE HAD 50 EMPLOYEES THAT WERE STILL OUT, UH, WITH COVID. OUR NUMBERS HAVE DRASTICALLY GONE DOWN FROM OUR, OUR HIGH POINT, UH, IN THE EARLY IN EARLY JULY. UM, THE, UM, [00:35:01] UH, MANY OF OUR LARGER DEPARTMENTS ARE THE ONES, BUT WE PROBABLY HAVE A TOTAL OF, UH, 17, 18 DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE, UH, THAT ARE IMPACTED BY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE OUT. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO MANAGE THROUGH THAT. BUT, UH, THANK YOU TO THE EMPLOYEES FOR BEING VERY CAUTIOUS, UH, IN THE WORKPLACE. UM, AND YOU SAW MY EMAIL EARLIER THIS WEEK OF THE, UM, UH, PASSING OF, UM, OF, OF, OF ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES AT PRE-K FOR SA. UM, THAT IS THE FIFTH, UH, EMPLOYEE DEATH THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, OVER THE SUMMER. AND SO, UH, AS WE GET INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, I'LL MAKE SURE I SEND IT TO THE COUNCIL. UM, SO, UH, AND THE SECOND ITEM, UH, MAYOR IS, UH, IS A, UH, A REALLY, UH, UH, A NICE, UH, VERY WELL DONE. UM, EVEN, ALMOST EVEN AS, AS GOOD AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ACTUALLY LAST WEEK, UH, BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE INTERVIEWED. BUT IT IS, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A SPOTLIGHT VIDEO ON OUR DASHBOARD TEAM. UM, AND, AND FOLKS FROM, UM, UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, DR. AGA FROM, UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, EMILY ROYAL FROM INNOVATION AND SEAN CUMMINGS, UH, FROM OUR, OUR I T S D DEPARTMENT. AND, UH, SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY DID EARLY ON TO MANAGE THROUGH THAT THEY'RE MANAGING RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUSHING OUT THE RIGHT TYPE OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AND, AND DISPLAYING IT IN THE USEFUL TERMS. SO LET'S RUN THE VIDEO. JOHN. UH, THE FIRST TRAVEL RELATED CASE OF C OVID 19 IN SAN ANTONIO WAS CONFIRMED LATE LAST NIGHT, MARCH 13TH. THAT'S WHEN WE HAD THE FIRST CASE COMMUNITY SPREAD. AND, UH, QUICKLY WE STARTED COLLECTING THE DATA ON COVID TO 19 AND REALIZING THAT WE HAVE TO BE TRANSPARENT, WE HAVE TO BE HONEST, AND WE HAVE TO PUT OUT DATA IN A WAY WHERE THE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, EVEN FROM THE FIRST DASHBOARD THAT WENT OUT, THE ONE TODAY LOOKS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. WE WERE REALLY KIND OF ACTIVELY FIGURING OUT WHAT DO WE DO NEXT? HOW DO WE PIVOT? WHAT MORE CAN WE OFFER? SO WE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE FEEDBACK, WE LOOKED AT WHAT THE PEOPLE WERE SAYING, AND WE KEPT ADJUSTING THE DASHBOARD AND THE DATA AND WHAT WE PUT OUT ACCORDINGLY. A LOT OF LATE, SUPER LATE NIGHTS, SUPER EARLY MORNINGS, LONG WEEKENDS, TRIAL AND ERROR. WHAT LOOKS BEST FOR OUR FIRST DASHBOARD, I THINK IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS WE HAD 3 MILLION HITS ON IT. SO THAT SHOWS YOU HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MAKE DATA OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE. THE CHALLENGING PART OF ALL THIS HAS BEEN THE PACE AT WHICH THE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO IN A NORMAL SETTING, WHEN YOU COLLECT SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT OF DATA IS USUALLY A ONE TO TWO YEAR PROCESS. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT BIG, BIG AMOUNTS OF DATA COMING FROM GOVERNMENT OR PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS. AND IN C OVID 19 BECAUSE OF THE URGENCY OF IT, WE'VE HAD TO HAVE ALMOST A DAILY AND A WEEKLY TURNAROUND. WHEN TALKING WITH METRO HEALTH PEOPLE, THEY'RE STILL WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, THEY'RE WORKING 12 HOUR DAYS AT LEAST. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, UM, I GOT, I GOT AN EMAIL AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, DR. A GUY YESTERDAY. CENTRAL CHALLENGE OF THIS PROJECT WAS NOT OVERWHELMING OR OVERBURDENING METRO HEALTH IN A TIME OF CRISIS WITH HAVING TO ENTER DATA INTO MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PLACES. HOWEVER, WE CAN BE EFFICIENT. THAT'S ONE THING WE'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO THINK ABOUT THIS ENTIRE TIME. AND THAT'S, AND WE'RE STILL DOING IT. WE'RE STILL ADAPTING AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS AN ORGANIZATION WE LOOK AT DATA HOLISTICALLY AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO BUILD THAT SORT OF DATA CENTRIC FUTURE FOR, UH, OUR GOVERNMENT. THANKS, MAYOR. THAT, UH, THOSE FOLKS HAVE DONE, THEY CONTINUE TO DO, UH, A GREAT JOB. UM, AND IT IS, UM, AS DR. AUGUST SAID, UH, IT IS A DAILY EFFORT TO CONTINUE TO ADJUST AND MY HAT'S OFF TO THEM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK, UH, THAT THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE LAST SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS. THAT'S IT, MAYOR. THANK YOU ERIC. UH, AND THANKS FOR HIGHLIGHTING METRO HEALTH TOO, AND I THINK WE CAN ALL ADD IN OUR, OUR VOICE OF THANKS, UM, TO THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE STAFF, UM, CERTAINLY OF METRO HEALTH FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THEY'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. UM, YOU'VE MADE OUR COMMUNITY VERY PROUD, UH, AND YOU'VE PROTECT OUR LIVES AND SAFETY AND WE ARE FOREVER IN YOUR DEBT. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. UM, BEFORE WE GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, I WAS JUST INFORMED THAT OUR NEW CLERK HAS A BIRTHDAY TODAY, SO LET'S ALL WISH TINA A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO AS WE DO EVERYBODY ON MUTE PLEASE, SO I'M NOT ALONE IN THIS . SEE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU MANY MORE. [00:40:01] LOOK, YOU CAN SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THAT WAS OUR FREE JAZZ VERSION OF HAPPY BIRTHDAY TINA. WE NEED TO COORDINATE THESE THINGS BETTER. YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT. MAYBE THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN SYNC, UH, VIRTUALLY. ALRIGHT, UH, WE DO HAVE [Executive Session] A, A KIND OF A BIG, UM, AGENDA FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO THE TIME IS NOW 9:48 AM ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2020. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO DEXA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, AND TO DELIBERATE TO DISCUSS THE ITEMS THAT WERE POSTED ON THE SEPTEMBER NINE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, BUT NOT REACHED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 REAL PROPERTY AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS. UM, WE'LL MEET YOU ALL ON THE SECOND LINK THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED FROM JOHN. THANKS EVERYBODY. GREAT. UH, TIME IS 11:49 AM ON THIS 10TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2020. CITY COUNCIL'S RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN AND OUR MORNING MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. SEE YOU BACK AT ONE. THANKS Y'ALL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.