City Council - Regular Meeting

Good morning, the time is now 9.07 a.m. and this meeting is called to order. Madam Clerk, please call roll.

Here. Mayor, we have quorum. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Councilmember Mesa-Gonzalez is recognized to introduce today's invocateur.

Sorry about that. Thank you so much, Mayor. It is my privilege to introduce Pastor Terry Simplasky, pastor of worship at University Baptist Church, where he has served since 2011. Pastor Simplasky has dedicated more than four decades to ministry, serving congregations in Texas and Alabama. He has also shared his musical gifts as a vocalist with the contemporary gospel group Eternity. He holds a Doctor of Ministry and a Master of Arts from Logos Graduate School, as well as a Bachelor of Music from Hardin-Simmons University. For more than a decade, Pastor Semplaski has been a part of the San Ant

Thank you, Pastor. Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Okay. Item three is approval of the minutes for the city council meetings of August 17th, 19th, 20th, 25th, and 26. Are there any corrections or edits to the meetings to the minutes rather? Okay. Hearing none. Is there a motion for approval of the minutes? Okay. There's a motion and a second to approve. Please vote. Is it working? The motion carries, thank you. With the start of Hispanic Heritage Month before us, I'm proud to read a proclamation on behalf of the city. The city of San Antonio recognizes Hispanic Heritage Month as a time to honor the cultural traditions, historical milestones, a

Great, thank you. See if any of my colleagues would like to say comments. Councilman Villagran.

I just want to thank you for the work. I know last year I was a lot more involved because I had one of the residents as the chair, but Gabriel's always there and he's a resident. So he keeps me posted on what you're doing. Just in this time, and I was reminded last night as Ambassador Ken Salazar was here, is how we tell our stories and how we use our voices. and how that resonates with the community. So I'm just hoping that in terms of the celebrations that new stories are created with the community and that the parade goes well and the weather is fine. But thank y'all so much for your effort

Thank you, Mary, and thank you all for being here today. Of course, I want to thank Richard Gonzalez for all the hard work you do. I know we had a great conversation the other night when we were celebrating and kicking off this work that you all are doing and kicking off the celebration that's coming up very, very soon. Very excited. I want to invite folks out to go celebrate with you all at the Market Square this Saturday. I just want to say this is an incredible time in our year when we talk about the celebrations that we have here commemorating many of the cultures and lives and histories o

Thank you. Thank you again. This month is also National Recovery Month, and I'm proud to read a proclamation on behalf of the city celebrating that. Whereas the city of San Antonio together with Senate core foundation and unit unity recovery, San Antonio recognizes national recovery month. And as, as an observance dedicated to increasing awareness of substance abuse and mental health conditions, along with the many individuals, families, and communities working toward recovery. And whereas established in 1989 national recovery month highlights evidence-based treatment and recovery practices an

Would any of my colleagues like to say a few words? Yep. Councilman Castillo, please.

Thank you. I want to thank each and every one of you all for the work that you all do in connecting residents to services. In 2024, the city of San Antonio declared overdose a public health crisis, committing the city of San Antonio to investing in recovery and destigmatizing addiction. So I want to thank you all for continuing to remind us the importance of the work. and that recovery looks different for everyone. But I would be remiss if I didn't highlight the work of the San Antonio Fire Department and the Mobile Integrated Health Unit in connecting individuals to resources and recovery, an

Okay, thank you. Oh, Councilwoman Villagran, go ahead.

I just want to thank you. As we talk about stories, this is a story that a lot of people have, and I want to thank you for being out in the community and offering just the opportunity for people to go. So I do want to state it's September 19th at East South Cross. Okay, yes, I got the email, but I want to make sure that everybody hears it. is come on out if you have questions if you have a loved one or maybe you want to ask some questions we'll be there and it'll be september 19th so thank you so much for that and the invitation but i want to make sure the community heard thank you thank you v

Thank you, Mary. Just really briefly, I want to say thank you all for the work that you do and for all the partners that you also work with to make sure that we're addressing this issue as much as possible. This is something that's near and dear to my heart with folks in my life who have struggled with different forms of all kinds of different issues, right? And it's something that is difficult when folks read it on a report or look at it in a news article or think about it in terms of what it could mean for someone who's suffering on the street. I mean, this is someone's life, right? This is

Yes, really quickly. Just also wanted to thank you all for y'all's efforts. We know that at times it can be trying, but we really appreciate y'all pulling together to offer this, the resources and the help that you'll all do for our community who needs it the most. Just want to say thank you. Thanks.

Thank you so much. We have a couple of points of privilege. Councilman McKee-Rodriguez is recognized for a point of personal privilege.

Good morning, everyone. Good morning, everyone. I brought some guests with me. If the seniors wouldn't mind standing up and making their way to the podium. Please, everyone, welcome our District 2 seniors. Applause Yeah, everybody come up. Everybody come up. So September is National Senior Center Month, and we are super excited to take a moment to celebrate what our seniors mean to our city. You've heard me say it before that senior centers aren't just a place to pass the time. They're places where our seniors build friendships, stay active, find support, share a meal, learn something new, and

We love you, too. Thank you all so much for being here.

Again, thank you all so much for being here. I'll let you all know in just a little bit when the vote is going to be had, and you'll know to applaud and that the work is done, at least on this end. But thank you all again for being here. Thank you, Mayor.

Yes, thank you. Councilwoman Villagran is recognized for her point of personal privilege.

Thank you, Mayor. Can we roll the video?

All right. Okay, we can... Because y'all don't want to make me cry. Last week, the whole city celebrated big with the owners of 2M Smokehouse, husband and wife duo, Crescia and Isaiol Ramos. Today, we get the opportunity to have the team join us and... as a point of personal privilege, which, you know, we all know they're few and far between. So, because Team Ramos were crowned winners of the first season of Food Network's Pitmaster competition and took home the $30,000 grand prize. I was there, and your win clearly states that 2M is the best barbecue in the country. Take that, Kansas City. Bu

Yeah, thank you, Councilwoman. And congratulations. Thank you so much for the invitation to be there. And look, what an amazing accomplishment, right? It started in 2016. Texas Monthly, I think, named y'all one of the best 50 barbecue restaurants in the state. And what a finale it was. I was hungry watching it. what was it, the grilled oysters with chili butter and chorizo that you started with, the ribeye redemption. It was really something to see. So we're proud that you're here in San Antonio, of course. Congratulations and can't wait to see all the other great things that you do moving for

And I know Marina is watching too, so she wants to say a few words also.

Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman Villagran, for recognizing them. I've been on the 2M bandwagon for years, so this was so exciting. And I just have to say this. I'm a runner, and the last full marathon I completed, after that, I went to 2M. I mean, after running a marathon, you're hungry. And so thank you all so much. It was so exciting to see. We're all extremely proud. Thanks.

And I think Suk was there with me when we got the news. Councilman, thank you, Councilman. No, I'm going to continue. It's my point of personal privilege. Thank you, Mayor. I know, but ma'am.

Okay, go ahead, Suk. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Yes, go ahead, Councilman. Thank you, Councilman. Congratulations. I was so excited to be there with Councilman Villagran and actually be among so many amazing chefs that came to support you. And that's what I wanted to highlight today, is that the community that you all get to be a part of that is a result of our World Heritage Office and City of Gastronomy is a really important community and you guys are getting to lead that and show everyone across the nation how amazing San Antonio really is and my favorite part about it was that you really

Thank you. So located in District three on southeast side at 2731 South W.W. White Road. I invite you all to come visit. They are Michelin Guide recommended James Beard Award semifinalists designated UNESCO City of Gastronomy designation by fusing classic Central Texas smoking techniques with distinct South Texas and Mexican flavors. So if you're at the Tour de las Misiones this weekend, make sure you go visit 2M. Texas Monthly Top 50 Barbecue Joints, featured by the New York Times, recognized by national and regional food publications, And so many honors. So at this time, I'd like you guys to

I want to congratulate you. Um, you, the news of your, um, uh, victory, uh, came unfortunately on the heels of the storm. And so I know many of us would have liked to have been there and celebrate alongside with you, but we were, we're tending to, to the, to the storm and the recovery, but certainly we were. celebrating your victory and certainly as you point out what it means to put our city on the map in that way, which is as we go through the budget season and we are trying to find resources to ensure that we save programs like the gastronomy program of which you all are now a part. So than

From barbecue to neighborhood. Happy 100th anniversary to Oakland Estates. If the residents from Oakland Estates can please stand up. 100 years ago in 1926, Oakland Estates became the first platted subdivision in Bexar County to reach its centennial mark. That alone is an incredible milestone. But the story of this community goes back even further. This land was once part of a grant awarded to Jose Alameda for his participation in the Battle of Bear in 1835 connecting Oakland Estates to the early history of San Antonio. What makes Oakland Estates truly remarkable is what happened over the last

Thank you so much mayor You're here if you'd like to say a few words you're more than welcome Okay, welcome good come on up

Thank you, sir. Next item is the city manager's report Eric over to you There no report this morning Thank you Staff has withdrawn item number eight and so there will be no public discussion on that one this afternoon this morning Okay, is there any objection to taking the consent agenda before the individual items to clear most of the business I Okay, great. Items 10 through 26 are on the consent agenda. That means they will be considered as a group. There will not be a staff presentation unless pulled for individual consideration. Are there any items council members would like to pull from t

Okay, any further items that need to be pulled from the agenda?

Okay. On the balance of the consent agenda, we have several individuals that have signed up to speak from the public. I'll call those individuals up in the order that they signed up. The first person is Gregory Okafson. Gregory O. Cavson. OK. Alexander Testa. Alexander Testa. There we go. OK. Sir, you have three minutes.

Sorry? Okay. Ken Brown? Okay. Those were all the individuals that signed up to speak on the consent agenda.

Is there a motion to approve the balance of the consent agenda, which is items 10 through 26 minus items 20, 21, and 22?

Are there any highlights from my colleagues or questions? Councilwoman Castillo.

Thank you. This morning I'm excited to highlight item number 19, which is funding earmarked for a diversion center pilot program. On October 6, 2025, our office submitted a council consideration request for the creation of a joint city ad hoc committee to establish a centralized system for diversion and recovery. The city county ad hoc committee has convened several times, featuring presentations from various stakeholders, collaborative discussions, and joint decision-making on diversion and recovery strategies in San Antonio and Bexar County. Now, there are a large number of individuals to hi

Thank you. Are there any other highlights or questions based on the consent agenda? Councilman Wang.

Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to highlight item 12. This item traces back to a council consideration request that I filed this past March. I appreciate my colleague, Councilwoman Spears, and the others who signed it. It was actually Councilwoman Spears and I that began talking about this request. six or so months ago, more than that, about how we have all of these boards and commissions, and so many of them either don't meet or their mission is outdated and things like that. And so we needed a way to sunset the ones that aren't working, preserve those resources, and really just focus on the board

I could also mention and The clerk's office Debbie, thank you for for your work on this as well that Debbie's really gonna gonna lead this new Commission new new I guess group that we have Councilman McKee Rodriguez and Councilwoman messa Gonzales and I are gonna sit on that committee and and really go through and review the boards and commissions But it wouldn't be possible without the works of the work of the clerk's office. Thanks

Thank You councilman core please thank you I wanted to highlight number 15 which is an ordinance approving the re amendments for La Vita tenants La Vita is in a really important area for our community they finally have a space without construction in front of their businesses I'm hopeful that we can continue to do more for the tenants because I know they've been asking for additional supports there so hoping that the downtown team will continue to work diligently on how we can support those tenants in being successful with their small businesses and just wanted to give a little shout out to Co

Thank you. There being no further discussion, there's a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda item minus items 20, 21, and 22. Please vote. The motion carries. Thank you. Item five is the public hearing. The time is now 9.53 a.m. and the public hearing is now open. Madam Clerk, please read the caption.

Thank you, Freddie. And thank you for the clarification on the votes required on the M&O piece. And just for the public's edification, if seven votes are not reached, the next step would be if you do not have seven votes for the public's benefit.

Thank you. Okay, we'll move on to those that have signed up to speak on this item. Gregory O'Kavison. Gregory O'Kavison. Okay. Ana Acevedo. Ana Acevedo. Followed by Kat Delgado and Linda Moro. You have three minutes, ma'am. Thank you.

Kat Degavio. For 20, OK, thank you. Linda Mora. Linda Mora. Paul Rodriguez. Paul Rodriguez. Followed by Erica Alvarado and Cheyenne Rendon. Please make your way to the aisle.

Erica Alvarado, followed by Cheyenne Rendon, and then Christian Ramos, please.

Cheyenne Rendon. followed by Christian Ramos and then Marvin Hasania.

Thank you, Christian Ramos. Christian Ramos. followed by Marvin Hassania and then Jack Finger.

Thank you. Marvin Hasania, followed by Jack Finger, and then our final speaker, Mary Cabral.

Thank you. Jack Finger and then Mary Cabral, please make your way to the center. Thank you. Okay. Thank you.

Thank you. Okay. Having heard all comments from persons wishing to speak on this item, the public hearing is now closed. The time is now 10 18 AM. The city council is scheduled to adopt the 2026 ad valorem tax rate and FY 27 proposed budget next Thursday, September 17th, 2026. We'll move on to item six.

Thank you. We have one member of the public signed up to speak on this item. Mario Leal? Mario Leal? Okay. Is there a motion to approve item six so we may begin council discussion I make a second Okay There's a motion and a second to approve we'll move on to council discussion Chief Salome Acting chief at this point Thank you for your many years of service to our city. And I know there's got to be a personal point of pride in the department to see somebody that has come through the ranks this far and is now on the precipice of being confirmed. I thank you for the time that we had to do my due

Great. Thank you. During the earlier in the budget season, Dr. Claude Jacob, the chair of the Metro Health Department, anticipated as part of his budget ask seeing a 20%, 25% increase in domestic violence in our community over the next year. I'd welcome your initial thoughts on what you think that might mean for the department.

I appreciate that. Of course, the immigration enforcement activities in our community are top of mind. Can you speak to your thoughts on how those are going and just in general thoughts? It's not meant to be a gotcha question, but I think the community is interested to hear how their next chief of police is thinking through the state of the immigration enforcement activities now and what it means for the department.

Thank you. One of the points I appreciated in our convo... One of the points I also appreciated in our conversation were your thoughts on approaching or addressing accountability issues. I'd welcome if you'd share with the public your thoughts on that.

You spent time, there are certainly obviously pockets within our community that feel less safe than others just in light of what's happening, federal changes, et cetera. And you spent time as the LGBTQ liaison officer. I'd like for you to explain how that experience, one, your lessons learned from that experience and how that will shape your leadership.

Thank you again for sharing that. Again, I think it's important that the community hears directly from you on some of the things that are top of mind from a public safety standpoint and just given your lived experience and your service to our community. And I look forward to supporting your confirmation here.

Thank you. Today is an exciting day. I mean, it is great that we're seeing someone who was born and raised here in San Antonio come and, as Eric mentioned, take one of the top spots in the city. I won't hold it against you that you went to Edison, but... No, but in all seriousness, it is always nice to see someone who kind of went through the ranks. And as you just talked about, having that shared perspective and having that perspective through all of your years of experience is so invaluable as you will take the chief spot. I think also too, I mean, one of the things that I noted and I know I

Thank you, man. Thank you to Salome for the all the work that you've done here for the city and all of the the conversation we've had up to this moment. I want to think also, of course, the manager's team, Maria, Eric and everybody who conducted a thorough search for a new police chief, along with the district six residents, Lisa Connect and Ron Long, who gave an important resident perspective in the selection process. Having folks in District six from both the inside the Loop 410 as well as outside Loop 1604 was really helpful to kind of shape, you know, what experiences we we have in our com

Great. Thank you. Council Member White, please.

Thanks, Mayor Chief. Congratulations. This is a really, really momentous day. It's a big day, of course, for you, but really also for our San Antonio Police Department and our city as a whole, because in you, I believe we are getting a leader who is honest, transparent, accountable, and somebody who really exemplifies what it is to be a leader. And you've shown that throughout your career with the police department, and I know you're going to show that as the chief of police. And to be the chief of police in the sixth largest city in America, what an amazing accomplishment. I know all of us ar

congratulations Thank You councilmember core please Thank You mayor chief I'm really excited that you were able to be standing in front of us and that we get to vote to preview as the next chief of police for SAPD you absolutely deserve it I actually think the process was already community oriented we all got to appoint two members so I think the community already got to hear from you and I heard from my two appointees that it was a tough process. So you didn't just walk right in into this role without competition. There were some really excellent candidates from across the country that interv

Thank you. Council Member Castillo, please. Thank you and congratulations, Chief Salome, for your work and leadership. Similar to the search for the fire department's chief, I believe that the city of San Antonio has the most top tier public safety departments in this country. And it makes no sense that as we identify and search who's going to be our next police chief, that it was someone within the department of the San Antonio Police Department. So I'd like to commend Eric and Maria for their search, as well as Stephanie and Matthew, who represented District 5. Stephanie oversees the Brady G

I'm thrilled. I think we all are. This is an easy choice. And we are very proud of you. And all the officers that I've spoken with, everyone is really excited. And that is a testament to how much effort and work you've put in over the years. And it's a lot of sacrifice. and I know that. But because you're homegrown, you understand our culture, there's institutional knowledge, you have support from our police force and understand our officers in a different way and the department needs and I think you're forward thinking and very accessible and compassionate. I know in dealing with me, you've b

Thank you. And that plaque was from all of us, Chief. Just wanted to let you know. I was wondering. Congratulations, first of all. And as has been said, you know, I thank you to Mr. Cartesales and Mr. Blanco from D4 who were part of the process. And what I heard from them and a lot of folks was they really wanted somebody who was from San Antonio. And they said, please, please, just get somebody from here. And luckily we had some great talent here, and that was you. And again, I just think it's fantastic. I'll highlight again that you're from Edison, right? I think even though you weren't from

Thank you. So many of my colleagues have said so much that I wanted to bring up but I this is about you today Chief Salome Congratulations, I want to thank the family because you are Sharing your brother your husband your dad with the city of San Antonio and You know, after being here with Chief McManus, watching in terms of the relationship, this is not an easy job, and it's going to be lonely, and it's going to be tough. But you have stepped up and said yes, and I'm very excited about that. Similar to what a lot of my colleagues have said is that this is because when I talk about the San Ant

Thank you, Mayor. Congratulations. I'm proud to support your appointment today as chief, and I know that you have devoted your career to serving this community through the various roles you've had with SAPD. I'm glad you're born and raised here, as am I. I know your city is proud of you today, and Edison is proud of you today, so I hope you're wearing a Go Bears shirt under that. But again, thank you so much to the family that's here because it really takes everybody. Public service is the service of ourselves and then the service that the family gives as we are providing this service. So than

Thank you for that Again, thank you. I look forward to supporting your appointment and congratulations. Thank you Thank You councilmember McKee Rodriguez

Thank you, Mayor. Congratulations. I've said it a few times before that as a teacher, you know, people think your number one priority is academic results or test scores. And your number one priority as a teacher is to ensure that all the students in your class are safe. And that's the way that I approach my role as a council member is how do I ensure that every resident within my district is safe and that all their needs are met? And we had a great conversation on Tuesday. We've had many great conversations before. I appreciate your approach to public safety is holistic and it's data-driven an

Councilman, Mesa Gonzalez has an alibi. Sorry, I just wanted to quickly recognize my District 8 representatives, Howard Feinberg and Art Saldana, who served on the community stakeholder roundtable. Thank you so much.

Great, are there any further comments on this item?

Thank you. There being no further discussion, it's moved. Would you like to make a few comments? Sure. Just relax. Please, please, Chief. Thank you.

There being no further discussion, it is moved and seconded. Approve item number six, please vote. The motion carries. The city clerk will now swear you in.

Chief will join you for a picture. Please stay. We'll join you for a picture.

You would yell at him every public safety meeting.

With us in the background, hanging out, peering over his head. It's fun. Madam Clerk, please read the caption for item seven.

Thank you, Eric We don't have any members of the public that have signed up to speak on this item Is there a motion to approve item 7 so we may begin council discussion? We'll move on to council discussion Eric as a point of clarification earlier We talked about in the instance that there the variable rate the M&O rate is not approved as part of the budget you'd have to come back with a different solution and So this proposal, though, is built into based on your proposed budget, which assumes the rate increase, correct?

Thank you for the clarification the M&O piece though that Justina just discussed the Please clarify, you know if there isn't seven on that on the 17th How does it is in how does this impact this as part of the budget if there's a wet mayor? If there is not seven votes, if there's not 60% on the M&O rate, as was discussed earlier, then how does that impact what is discussed here? To clarify, yeah.

Thanks, Mayor. I want to just thank our negotiating team, Maria, Liz, for all the hard work and everybody else that assisted you all. Johnny, your team, I think everybody entered the negotiations in good faith, worked hard, and we came to a resolution here, which I think is good for all parties but most importantly recognizes that we do have the best police department in the country and and they deserve to be paid and paid well for for all the work that they do for our citizens so thank you to both of the negotiating teams thank you to our san antonio police department and look forward to appr

Thank you, Mayor. I just want to thank Maria and certainly the team from Sapola for getting together on the negotiating side. I think both parties went into it with good faith in each other and trying to work out a solution, and I think it accomplishes certainly our fiduciary concerns and things we were considering as an accountability as well as Growth and competitiveness for the police department that they were seeking. So I'm glad that the officers approved that And so I do look forward to approving it today and moving on and getting getting this done.

So, thank you Councilmember mr. Gonzalez, please

Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to thank Maria and her team for getting us here, and thank you to SAPOA and your team for going into these negotiations. As it was stated, in good faith for the benefit of our residents that we all work hard to support, and thank you all for your effort in doing that.

Oh, I didn't realize I was signed up, but fully supportive. Yes, we have the best police force in the country, and I'm excited to get this going. Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor. First, I just want to thank city staff, Maria and Liz, for all the work you did on this, as well as, of course, Johnny and the folks with the union for bringing a tentative agreement to us today. These negotiations are never easy, but they're necessary, of course. Our officers do a lot of difficult and important work here in our city to help keep our neighborhoods safe, and that work warrants fair compensation. I think that's true for all employees. That's exactly what a union's meant to do and meant to fight for, and I hope this conversation inspires workers across the city

Thanks, Mayor. I want to shout out Maria and Liz and the amazing negotiating team for getting us here at one point. I did not think it was going to happen. So I am grateful that we were able to make that happen. And I want to shout out the SIPOA team and my colleague on the Pension Fund Board, Officer Ryan Reynolds, who couldn't be here today. I know he wants to, but he's appointed the new treasurer. And I've learned so much from the collaboration working with SAPOA. And what I actually really am super proud is there is, I'm not gonna go into the details of it, but I've heard about some situat

Thanks, Mayor. Yes, Maria and Liz, thank you so much for your hard work and late nights. I know this was a lot to do, and I really am grateful to Sepola and Johnny for your leadership here, and I know you had a lot of late nights as well, and that y'all were able to come together and come with this agreement. And I think it's important we acknowledge that this was approved by 61% of the officers who voted, and that's significant and important to note. And this directly affects them in such a great way, and I'm happy that they're so supportive. It's also an agreement that gives us some importan

Thank you. Council Member Castillo, please. Thank you, Maria, for the presentation to the negotiation team, Liz, and so many others on the city staff for going in there and ensuring that you all did well in negotiating a deal that, of course, that is reflected of the value of our police officers, but ensuring that you're mindful of our budget conversations. I'd also like to extend my gratitude to the CIPOA President and Johnny for your work and leadership I think Sapola has a really important leader with leadership skills that are invaluable. And I say that because I think about the relationsh

Thank you, Mayor. I'm confident this collective bargaining agreement will assist and benefit our officers, and I want to thank specifically all the patrol officers out of Central, South, and East Patrol because they all cover a portion of my district, District 3, and all of those who went and voted in favor of this. I think this is a good agreement. I do, if you could pull up slide 8, the competitive wages in health care. I think it's important that as we look at healthcare because the department has a high stress job that we need to look at them as an example about how that they can become an

Would anyone else like to speak on this item? Okay. Maria, for the public's benefit, because you touched on it, but I think there's great interest in wanting to just elaborate further on the discipline change, if you would, please, and why that's so significant for your purposes and the community's trust. Yes, Mayor.

Okay. Thank you, Liz. I think folks just want to also, if you'd bring up slide eight, please, on the healthcare piece that so many of my colleagues have also touched upon. And just for clarity for the public listening, when we talk about excludes from coverage, non-emergent services provided at freestanding emergency rooms, this is the prestige issue. Correct. Okay. Thank you. Which was the $40 million or however you want to characterize the issue as a result of not having that provision currently, i.e. why this provision is so important from a cost savings perspective.

And the final question, Maria, we've often talked about our main competitor in this area being Austin. So can you talk to specifically how the contract helps us be competitive when it comes to, again, our competition for talent with Austin?

Thank you, Maria. I think it's really important when we speak to that that we can show the numbers that illustrate the point. Thank you. Okay. Are there any other folks that would like to speak on this item? Okay. Okay. There'll be no further discussion. It is moved and seconded to approve item number seven. Please vote. Oh. Councilwoman Alderete-Gavita, we need a voice vote, please. Aye. Thank you. It didn't. It didn't. Hold on. No, do that again, please. I'm not sure what's wrong with your system. We'll do a voice vote, please. Me? No, no, sorry. Yeah, aye. So, Councilwoman Alteta-Gavitos, a

The motion passes. Reminder, item 8 was withdrawn by staff. Madam Clerk, please read the caption for item 9.

Mayor, since Item 9 is just a briefing, can we take Item 21 and 22 first?

Yeah, that's fair. Yeah, hearing no objection.

Objection. I'd want to hear 20, 21, and 22. Order of the day, then.

Okay, all right. We'll actually do we'll take a 10 minute recess. Okay, we'll reconvene. Madam Clerk, please read the caption.

Over to you for the presentation. Thank you.

Great. Thank you, sir. Is there any council discussion on this item? Councilman Villagran, please.

Thank you. Thank you, Adrienne, for the presentation. Councilmember Kaur and I have been working on Committee of Six, and I know others have served on the Committee of Six also. I wanted to bring this to the attention because the mayor and I had discussed it, and the other aspect of this that's very important is the child care aspect. And I know we've all been talking about where are these... Employees that we have people looking for careers where are they going to find the child care who is providing so I wanted to give Have Adrian come up and do this because he we did talk about it extensive

Thank you. Council Member Cora, please. Thanks, Mayor. Thank you for the briefing, Adrian. It's been really interesting to be on the committee of six and appreciate Mike Ramsey and all of the team's leadership for their support for us as well. I wanted to just highlight a couple of the things that I've been talking a lot about and one that is making sure we are As best as we can advising families on what the rating of the child care facilities that they are using we've been doing a lot as a city as a whole to ensure we have higher rated child care facilities and we want to make sure that that

Got it. So we're not going to be able to know that before we vote on it next week, right? Okay. Well, I'm hopeful that we come to a good solution there that allows us to provide a little bit more funding for services because that is the number one priority that we have for you all. So I look forward to continue to serve on Committee of Six, and thank you for always answering all of my questions. Thanks, Mayor.

Thank you. Any other discussion? Councilman Castillo, please.

Thank you Mike and Adrian for the presentation I wanted to highlight and thank Adrian for his leadership And then of course briefing my team in terms of your work and initiatives with hiring and training justice involved individuals I'm grateful for the work of Mike Ramsey Joel and of course you in the county for the second chance job initiative that the county often hosts co-hosts with the city and but there's just a lot of great policy and recommendations. And as we had in our conversation, as we know that individuals without a record are having difficulty getting hired, So the barriers are

Thank you so much and appreciate your work and leadership of you and your team. I think too often, I'm thinking about the economic strategic framework briefing that we're going to receive. Economic development and workforce training are often discussed as separate, but without the workforce training and development, you do not have the economic development and or the talent pool to tap into. I think there's just so much value when we discuss them together versus separate. So again, I always see the two separate pillars and I understand why. But again, just this and thanks to you and Mike and t

Thank you. Any of my other colleagues like to speak on this item? Okay. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you, sir. Okay. We'll move on to the individual items. I'm sorry. On this item, sir? Workforce solutions? Sure, please, go ahead.

Is it possible to take item 21 and 22 and then go to 20 or can we request that all of our council colleagues come back so they can hear all of the public comment for 20? I know it's important to Council Member Villagran.

Okay, so repeat the first part of that again.

So either we move to 21 and 22 because there's no public comment associated with it, or we do item 20 and bring back council members White and council members Villagran.

Well, I mean, I expect people to be here for public comment, period. So it'd be helpful if our colleagues were here, but I mean, We're not here to babysit folks. So we're on item 20. We're on item 20. I would hope my colleagues would consider enough the folks that have signed up to speak to want to listen to them. I certainly hope so. We can hope. We can hope. Please, with the presentation, thank you.

Sure. Okay. Veronica, please. Thank you.

Thank you, Veronica. In case it's helpful, though, to any of my colleagues as well as for public comment, can you, for context, bring up the slides that speak to the finance plan? The slides that were presented at the board meeting.

Okay. I want to make sure, because we're connecting the conversation that we had, just again for clarification before we move on. Eric, last we spoke on this item, if this was not extended, it would be tight. However, there are sufficient resources in the Midtown TURs to cover the purchase of the ITC, correct?

I want to be clear. The question that I asked in the last meeting was, if this was not extended, would there be sufficient resources in the TERS to cover just the ITC purchase, absent the projects, absent the three projects identified? And you said it would be tight. There's money in there. It would be tight. It'd be tens of thousands of dollars as a buffer, and therefore you wouldn't issue debt based on it. Sounds like you get your answer, Mayor. Well, I just wanted to confirm it. So I just want to confirm that nothing has changed, though, since that meeting.

So we're all clear. The question is, if the Midtown TERS is not extended, are there sufficient resources in the TERS between now and 2041 just to pay for the ITC? The other projects, the zoo, the other things, is there money just in the TERS just to cover the arena?

Okay. Thank you. Can we go also, so thank you for confirming that we don't have to extend this and we can still cover the arena. Can we also go to the other slide though, just as we are look for those that are really interested in the other projects, Veronica, I thought the slide on how the finance plan is impacted by those projects is really important because we're not just talking about 10 million, right? When you factor in all the costs. So can you please bring up that slide?

So there's the slide that was presented at the Midtown Tours board briefing that talks about if you included those projects, right? So for example, the botanical, the zoo, the botanical gardens and the Breckenridge, if you extended it, the cost of those things is actually not 10 million. Once you include the other cost, it's 16 million. Sure. Is that right? Yes, that sounds right.

And you don't have that slide here. You've got that slide. We have a hard copy of the slide.

Okay. If you'd talk us through that, please. Thank you, Troy.

Okay. Thank you, Troy. I appreciate that. And for clarity, Veronica, should we understand that any expense out of the TERS for these three areas, how does that build upon the money that each of those entities received in the 2022 bond? or previous TERS investments?

So for clarity, it's either $10 million from the TERS or $10 million from the bond?

OK, so because the bond capacity is lower, we're looking The recommendation is that they receive $10 million via the TERS if the TERS extension is approved. If the TERS extension is not approved, is your recommendation still that they receive $10 million? And if so, would that be via the bond?

Appreciate that because I think when folks heard it was you know You get 10 million if you're proud if you've got projects right and then you get another 10 million if you've got other projects But yeah, I mean the financial situation has changed so I appreciate the that ignore. Thank you very much We'll move on to public comment The first member to speak, Mary Cabral, please. Ma'am, you have three minutes.

Thank you. I'm going to call several names, and if you would, please make your way to the aisle. So we have several folks signed up to speak. Kat Degadillo, followed by Christine Drennan, and then Graciela Sanchez. You each have three minutes.

Is Kat here? There you are. OK, go ahead. Thank you. You have six minutes, please.

Graciela Sanchez. Followed by Catherine Trumbull and then Victoria de Leon.

Alejandra, yeah, 39. And then I, Robert, yep, okay. You have nine minutes, ma'am.

Catherine Trumbull. followed by Victoria De Leon, and then Mabel Goldsmith.

Thank you. Thank you. Victoria De Leon, followed by Mabel Goldsmith, and Cindy Munch.

Thank you. Mabel Goldsmith. Cindy Munch and then Bernardo de la Garza.

followed by Bernardo de la Garza, and then Stephanie Reyes, please.

What was the other person's name, ma'am? Billy Gonzalez. Billy Gonzalez.

She has her receipt on the phone. She has the confirmation on her phone, ma'am? Is she back? Can she just raise her hand? Okay. Thank you. You have nine minutes, ma'am. Is it okay if she doesn't?

Bernardo had to leave, Mayor. Okay. So then, Stephanie, so three minutes. Thank you. Okay.

Veronica just for a point of clarification in case it comes up and informs anyone else's public comment can you can we just bring up the finance slide again that it's the one that reflects the impact of the projects yes mayor we can we can bring that up this one hard copy slide we've got here So for clarity, when we are thinking about the ITC, that's $60 million, and then the $10 million for the zoo, the botanical gardens, and the Breckenridge, when I look at that line, the 2034 to 2041, when you look at that line across and you do the math, if you get to that line for the zoo, By that time, b

And understood, but if part of the cost of financing them is higher based on the length of time that we are financing them, i.e., if we made those contributions by 2041, help us understand that, Troy. If we could, i.e., if by 2041 we've already contributed $9.462 million For each of the three projects per there's not much more to go But help us understand and you know and honestly if an option then maybe you know instead of ten million Maybe you get eight point five and you wrap it all up because there's no reason to add seven million dollars worth of finance costs just to extend it to 2060 an

Okay. When you look at the, so for those that are watching, right, the public watching, when you look to the far right then, the far right column, and you see 2034 to 2041, and you subtract those projects, and you're still left with $70 million, How should they understand that number? Because it doesn't seem like a small buffer.

So we don't need the full capacity of the $70 million to cover the projects as identified on this sheet?

Flexibility within the amount, but the amount itself is sufficient for all the projects listed on the sheet?

Okay. I wanted to make sure, though, because that informs their comment as well, which is... You could actually pay for everything with the extent with the current term of this chairs based on Just to be clear based on the assumptions that we have in here It will fit within the existing term and I appreciate that because those are the assumptions that were presented to the board when they when they voted on this and the assumptions that we are reviewing as part of this. Thank you. Yep, Troy.

Richard Aguilar. Richard Aguilar. Okay. Brett Finley, followed by Sandra Martinez, and then Martin Gutierrez, please.

Sandra Martinez, followed by Martin Gutierrez.

Okay. Can you show her your confirmation? Oh, yes. It's happened to a couple of folks.

Tricia Granovic. Okay. So that is Sandra Martinez. Okay. So six minutes, please. Thank you.

Martin Gutierrez. And to confirm, there's another Martin Gutierrez, Jr. You're the same person. Okay. Followed by Anissa Avina and then Don and Latios. You have three minutes. Thank you.

Thank you. Anissa Avena, please. Followed by Don and Latios and then Seema Kyram.

Thank you. Dawn Ann Laudios, followed by Seema Khairam, and then Sissy Yaddo, please.

Thank you. Seema Khairam. And then our final speaker is Sissy Yaddo.

Thank you Sissy Otto Sissy Otto, okay. It was our final speaker. I Is there a motion and a second for approval so we may begin council discussion?

There's a motion and a second to approve. Council member core. It's not she virtual or she's not here. Okay, council member monkey up.

Go ahead Thank you mayor and thank you to everybody who came out here today to speak on this issue It's certainly a lot of community attention to this. So I think certainly Ending this tours before 2060 could be a very prudent decision considering our constraints and and the work that's already been done in the Midtown tours and So at this point I'd like I'd move to amend item 20 to require city staff To present a midtown tourist finance plan an updated extension ordinance that allows financing of current projects with appropriate financial buffers So that financing obligations are completed a

I'm going to paraphrase that. There's a motion and a second to amend the item so that staff comes back with a finance plan that essentially flushes it out and allows the projects to be funded. Correct? All of the projects funded? Is that correct, Councilman?

kind of expand on the motion, but it says financing obligations are completed and the Midtown Tours can end before 2060. Okay.

Yeah, let me restate the entire motion. Move to amend item 20 to require city staff to present a Midtown Turst finance plan, an updated extension ordinance that allows financing of current projects with appropriate financial buffers so that financing obligations are completed and the Midtown Turst can end before 2016.

Yes, so it's early. And it's yes to your two points because as the mayor pointed out during public comment, there is a substantial balance that it would be remain up to through 2060 that is not committed and so we want to make I want to make sure that that's pulled back as much as possible uh with the approval today so hopefully that's clarifying enough

not only the projects that have been identified, so that's the zoo, that's the Breckenridge, that's the botanical gardens, as well as the arena, the ITC land rather, as well as now the Jones property.

For clarity, though, that Jones item was just an item for kind of TBD at the Jones, excuse me, at the TERS board meeting. That's not an item that was included as part. So are we now adding that to this finance plan from this dais without any analysis?

Councilman Munguia, is that your intention that they continue looking at the finance? One second. Look at financing for the MMD, the Jones MMD?

Yes, that's current projects as presented to us and to the Midtown Tours Board.

to be very clear I don't think it was presented to the board there wasn't a list of projects I mean Veronica please just clarify for us what was presented my understanding of that meeting is that it was a this is a kind of a TBD this is something that we'd come back to you too so there's not a list of projects and I want to make sure there's clarity on that point because what they could come back to come back with is something that would extend that I mean you might get to

but no amounts or included and definitely not one of the action items for today and Eric just a point of clarification all the different finance plans as you'll bring back will have to be voted on individually Yes, sir, and as we do projects just right and so if the council decided to turn down that plan that you all are gonna work on That could make it shorter It could make it the time difference if we wanted to vote down all of those projects to come back to us with the finance plans Obviously that would mean that the midtown tours could be yes and it's shorter.

Yes for clarity, I mean There's also a different way in which you could do this. Instead of it being a yes until it's a no, it could be a no until you've actually justified what you want to have invested in. You could do it that way as well. I mean, as has been very clear, there is buffer even just to pay for the arena. If you took out the three projects, you have enough in there to go to 2041 and just pay for the arena. The other projects you could also scale back instead of 10 million for the animal hospital at the zoo, that could be 7 million. That could be 6 million. You wrap in those fina

I got it right here. I move to amend item 20 to require city staff to present a Midtown Tours finance plan and updated extension ordinance that allows financing of current projects with appropriate financial buffers so that financing obligations are completed and the Midtown Tours can end before 2060.

There's already a second. Thank you, Council. Okay. Okay. So we'll begin discussion on the amendment. Please sign in if you'd like to speak on this item. This is just the amendment. Yeah. Thank you. Councilman White, this is on the amendment, Councilman White? Yes. Okay, go ahead.

Yeah, thanks, Mayor. I want to thank Councilman Munguia because he's been at the forefront of trying to find really a solution here to the conversation that we've been having over the past few weeks. I support the amendment. I want to join him, though, in making sure that we do include the Jones project In in what staff comes back with in terms of the financing Again, I think these tears are extremely valuable in promoting Development growth revenue jobs for our community and so I am in support of the amendment and look forward to approving this today And also like to speak on the amendment co

Thanks, Mayor. I want to thank Council Member Munguia also for helping to figure out how we could get to more folks to a yes on this today. I just have a couple of questions because at the Midtown Tours board meeting on Friday, one of the things we talked about was actually creating goals and priorities for the Midtown Tours. to include what we would want to support for housing. One of the things that Justina sent out on Friday was our emergency preparedness plan and I had asked her about funding right now. Their plan takes away a million and a half dollars from NHSD's major minor home rehab p

okay um is that okay if i um i well then um let me let me let my colleagues speak and i'm going to write the language but essentially the other thing that we also uh asked for last friday was figuring out at what point we could do more housing like if we were to take out housing debt at what point we would have the capacity to take out housing debt from either any of the tours and particularly the midtown tours and those were information asks that I had requested come back to the TUR so that we could discuss. Would I need to add that too to the amendment so that when it comes back?

Okay, I'm gonna write that real quick So I'm not just fumbling around on the word.

Councilman McKee Rodriguez, please. Please raise your hands. There's something wrong with the system.

Thank you, Mayor, and thank you, Councilmember Munguia. Can you hear me? Yes. Thank you, Mayor, and thank you, Councilmember Munguia, for the amendment and the thought and really working to try to get us to a solid point here. I do feel like it's become convoluted and a little bit more complicated than needed or desired. I would support... Reducing the length so that all four of the projects can be done, an amendment that would do that. I feel like adding in Jones is premature and I'm not sure that we as a body would do that anyway. And so amending our finance plan around a project that we are

Liz, may I offer a friendly amendment to Councilman Munguia's amendment, which is an option that helps us understand how we would fund all of the projects, well, excuse me, all of the projects, one, the ITC, and then what level of funding would be needed inclusive of their debt and financing for the other projects, and then what does that look like to end by 2041?

As part of the finance as part of the RFI that he's asked for.

Can I so we only allowed 2 amendments on one item so since I asked first in my able with the body allow me to make my amendment. Yes, that's fine. Okay, so I motion to amend into the finance plan everything that Councilmember Munguia listed out, including housing programs and potential housing bond previously discussed with the Midtown Tours Board. Councilman seconded. Castillo seconded. Okay.

And I'm so sorry. Can Councilman Dr. Kaur repeat that? I just want to make sure I'm following.

Go ahead. I amend the motion to include everything mentioned by Councilmember Munguia, including housing programs and a potential housing bond previously discussed with the Midtown Tours Board. So essentially, the emergency housing program small-scale rental rehab and Potential housing bond were the three that I brought up on Friday and that we've discussed with in previously that I'd like to See like basically come back with options for those Point of clarification how would that how would that work though if if the intent is to understand when those projects could end earlier if you're addin

What do you mean by that exactly? When we come back for approval of the actual finance plan for ITC, they could present options where they said if we close it without adding any of the other programs for emergency preparedness, all those three that I mentioned, emergency preparedness, small-scale rental rehab, or affordable housing, if we did none of those, we would be able to finish all of the funding by 2050 or whatever it is, and we would have a remainder of... 60 million that would be able to put back in the general fund at that point because all of the reserves that are staying there for

And for clarity, as we're talking about affordable housing and the bond there, extending this TERS, how does it, just a yes or no, does it increase or does it decrease our bond capacity for 2027? If we extended the TERS to 2060 or even just, for example, say 2050, does that reduce our capacity for the 2027 bond? No. Councilman Galvan, please.

Thank you, Mayor. There's just a lot going on. But that's, I mean, I'll just say first before I go into anything else, my honest reaction is this is exactly why, this is actually the problem with tours that I have. We have separate pots of money for separate little islands in our city that go to a separate board that come back to us and then we debate them sometimes. and we unravel them when it could have just been that same pot of money in our general fund coming here during our budget conversations. That's always what this could have been. That being said, we're here. We're on this topic. I

I mean, I guess another, just to clarify, is it going to be a similar kind of view as the one that we're looking at today, the paper sheet, the kind of broken down by each project within the total financing plan, or is it, how's it going to be presented, I guess? I know I'm reading too much into it, but I'm just asking if we're going to be able to clearly see which project, how much the total cost is, and therefore how much capacity we need, all of the above.

The different options and everything. Yes.

Okay. Yeah. Got it. Well, that's helpful. I mean, I don't think I'll speak any more beyond this one on the main motion either, but I just want to be clear. More so than I thought I would receive, residents reached out to the District 6 field office and let us know their thoughts on this conversation. A lot of questions at neighborhood meetings about what TURs are and everything of the sort, because District 6 doesn't have any TURs. What does that mean in terms of how this all works? I can see a little bit of an understanding of where tourism can be helpful when we talk about investing in infra

Thank you. Council Member Spears, please.

Thanks, Mayor. I need to add some complication here. Could you help me understand how we can evaluate the cost of service on all of the tours, Eric, and how that impacts what we're talking about right now?

Well, I know I would like to see that evaluation across all of the TURs to the extent it's applicable. as we go through that, what that metric looks like. That's all I really had was a question.

Council Member Castillo, please. Thank you. Speaking specifically to the amendment and the friendly amendment, I think there's shadowboxing and there's aimlessly swinging in the air. And I appreciate the strategy in which the amendment and the friendly amendment that is being put forth for us to determine and the board to discuss what that strategy looks like. I value the opportunity to potentially invest in more deeply affordable housing. And then, of course, with the response to the disaster that we experienced this past weekend. I understand you all have identified funding. I'm grateful for

Thank you. And I'll just speak to the amendments and to the main motion. I think what we have here is we have a conversation about tax increment reinvestment zones, but we have a lot of confusion and ideals that we want to see, and that is because The of the nine city initiated tours truly Midtown and inner-city are getting to the point where we need to consider when we do sunset these tours and so I appreciate Councilman Munguia's efforts to identify how do we do this and how do we do this strategically making sure that while we still have the tours we get critical projects done and when we t

Thank you, Mary. I just want to add real quick. I've heard a lot of the concerns that, of course, residents have brought up and my colleagues, including Councilman Speer. So I do want to ask Justina and Veronica that at either this upcoming PCDC meeting that we look at the cost of service item for TERS. They will look at the board makeup of TERS and possibly policy amendments based on the conversation. So there's a lot of work still to be done. Thank you.

Is there any other discussion on the amendment?

The clerk has asked for clarification on the motion and who seconded it. So please restate the motion. Do you have what you need? Do you have what you need? Okay.

Okay. Correct. We're able to do that. We're able to vote on all of it at the same time. Correct, Liz?

So right now we're taking up the amendment as amended by Councilwoman Corr. Okay.

Mayor, I do have one point of clarification. Thank you. Just so we're clear, Eric, nothing in this amendment slows or requires any sort of revote on the current projects.

It'll just be the Jones that will have to be coming back at some point for an official vote. Yes, okay. But nothing slows or stops the current projects? No, sir. Got it. All right. Thanks, Mayor.

I think for public clarity, please clerk capture, say, the thing that we are going to vote on so there's clarity on it. Or if you need Liz to do that.

Thank you, Liz. Okay. Okay, there's a motion and a second on the amendment as read. Please vote. Oh, it's not coming up. Oh, no, no. For the public's edification, we'll do a voice vote, please.

The motion passes. So now we vote on the main motion as amended. Thank you. Any further discussion on the main motion as amended? Okay. Go ahead, Councilman Kaur.

I just wanted to thank all of our partners that came out to speak today and the folks that are here supporting our cultural corridor partners. You know, it's interesting. We just had a really good discussion about economic development yesterday and what economic development means. And some of my colleagues said we don't actually do enough for economic development. And I think it's because economic development is such a broad term and how you define that. can be different for each individual. For some, that might mean giving more incentives to companies from Taiwan from coming into the city. An

Would anyone else like to speak on the main motion as amended? Okay. Uh, thank you to everybody that, that came to speak today. Uh, certainly that would, those that would, um, benefit from it as well as those that spoke so eloquently about the challenges with this financial construct. Um, you know, it's not lost on me earlier. We were, um, you know, celebrating the beginning of national Hispanic heritage month. and in a community that is the most economically segregated in the community, unfortunately, that also falls along racial and ethnic lines. And it's hard to look at some of the projects

The motion passes seven to four. We'll take a 10 minute break. Okay. We're going to reconvene. We'll begin with item number 21. Item 21 was pulled by Councilmember Villagran for individual consideration. Madam Clerk, please read the caption.

Councilmember Villagran, would you like a presentation?

I just need one slide. So for Troy to come up, I don't need a presentation unless the city staff would like a presentation. Oh, actually, okay, Troy, give the presentation. All right, presentation, no presentation. Let's get it. All right, let's get the presentation.

Thank you. Is there a motion and a second for approval so we may begin discussion?

Okay. You got it? Okay. For those of my colleagues, I would like to speak on this item. Please sign in. Councilman McKee-Rodriguez.

Thank you, Mayor, and happy TURs Day, everyone. Following up on the conversation we just had about Midtown TURs, I want to explain that Midtown TURs and inner-city TURs are different. To compare the two entirely neglects the context of both zones. The inner city TERS houses 78202, 78203, and 78208, among others. And these are three of the poorest zip codes in our city. The reason the inner city TERS has generated increment is not because we have established a catalytic investment or we've accomplished our goals. It is not the same as the Midtown TERS where the corridor has been revised and is

Thank you, Mayor. I proudly also serve on the Inner City Board and have had the opportunity, which I was hoping for the Midtown Tours to get, of setting goals and priorities for the Inner City Tours. Both Council Member McKee-Rodriguez and I have been able to sit on the Inner City Tours, but neither of us were on that Midtown Tours until just recently. So, unfortunately, some of the planning that has happened in some of the other tours has not happened in Midtown. But I did also want to say that since we are having this TURS discussion, I just wanted to show the financial plan for the inner ci

Thanks. I appreciate it, Troy. I just wanted to make two points. One, again, wanted to commend Council Member McHugh-Retrievers' leadership on the board, but wanted to share two things. One, anytime we do a project, we always talk about total project value and net present value. We're not saying a $46 million senior center and aquatic center is actually $75 million. So I just want to say sometimes we pick and choose which dollars we want to use in terms of how much things cost. And so anytime we take out debt there, if you think about your house payment, anytime you take out debt, your house m

To clarify, that's a request, not a motion, correct? Okay. Okay. Councilwoman Villagran, please.

Just to clarify Eric, can we just direct you to direct Ben and Troy to look at into that? We don't have to do an amendment, do we?

I don't think it's necessary to go through the emotion there with the amendment process process Yeah, because I I think when we find 2060 is going to be adequate I think for both but especially for the inner-city tours and if we could bring up the slide where it it shows this because if the seniors are watching I want y'all to understand what your council member just did can we bring up the slide of where it's going to go what number is that the the land that the land that the senior center is going to sit on This is what TERS is supposed to be. In District 3, which we're going to hear next, k

Councilmember all that I think if you don't please Thank you. I also definitely want to give kudos to councilman McKee Rodriguez. I know he's been pushing hard for this And so I'm excited that your seniors are finally getting this I agree with councilman via grounds comments and churches are not a bad thing and They do help with economic development. They help bring things like senior centers and other needed infrastructure to communities that have long been ignored. We can twist and turn those words all we want, but the chairs are working exactly as intended. I do agree with Councilman Kaur's

Thank you Councilman white, please Yeah, I'll just echo the comments first congratulations to councilman McKee Rodriguez, this is a this is a big deal He's worked hard on it for his community and I know the residents of district 2 are gonna be enjoying that that senior center for for for really decades to come. So congratulations on that. I also agree with Councilwoman Corr. Let's agree with that directive, Eric, and see, you know, if we're gonna look at it for Midtown, let's look at it for the inner city too and see. what the timeline or the time frame for that TERS really should be. And agai

Thanks Thank You council member Castillo, please

I think you wanted to quickly chime in to commend Councilman McCree-Rodriguez for his leadership. Oftentimes when I'm interviewed about the impact and role of TERS, I point to your TERS as an example. Under your tenure, you've made systemic changes to your district, ensuring that the items agendized within the TERS reflect your community needs and values, and you're using your role as intended in terms of the TERS itself, right? Righting the wrongs of history and ensuring that communities that have been left behind for far too long are receiving the investment that they deserve. And as a lifel

I also want to give my kudos to you, Councilman, for your work. These projects like this don't happen overnight. They take diligence and intention over years to do. You've engaged the community. It's going to have an affordable housing project with the Housing Trust, which is awesome. And it's a world-class facility, and the folks there deserve nothing less. And I just really appreciate you for doing all this. And I hope that when that is finally open I can go to the ribbon-cutting and see that I think it's gonna be phenomenal and I hope that it will also be a base for New when we do new facil

And so thank you for moving the needle forward Councilman McKee Rodriguez on the second round

Yeah, I just wanted to be, just for Eric, just for the direction, right, and having the discussion about potential future sunsetting and whatnot. I want to be clear to my colleagues a few things that the finance plan won't project, and it's the number of requests and asks that I've had about major land acquisitions, property acquisitions, developments that could be catalytic in nature. And so there's a number of requests that I have in the pipeline and queue that aren't necessarily here. So the same way that we're treating the Jones property in Midtown, that's the way I want to view those requ

Councilman McKee-Rodriguez, I want to echo our colleagues' appreciation and admiration of your leadership in bringing this into fruition and aiming to set the standard for your community. I grew up on the far west side, but our church was on 410 and Rigsby. So we'd exit 90 onto Rigsby and drive that whole street. And so when you think about your leadership and what it means for that side of town, I am appreciative of your willingness to say, no, my community deserves just as good as any part of town, so thank you, and I look forward to approving this item. Okay, there's a motion and a second t

Thank you. Item number 22 is our final item. This item was pulled by Councilman McKee Rodriguez. Madam Clerk, please read the caption.

Councilmember, would you like a staff presentation? No, okay. Okay, and we don't have any members of the public signed up to speak on this item. Okay, is there a motion and a second to approve this item so we may begin discussion?

Okay, there's a motion and a second to approve. Councilman McKee-Rodriguez, you're recognized.

Thank you. Okay. Would you like to speak? Go ahead, Councilwoman. Go ahead. I did not have him pull this so I could talk about the World Heritage Festival, but since it got pulled, we are approving things for the World Heritage Festival. As I mentioned, this has taken years. Our Aquatic Center is finally happening. That's going to be there. We've got an event tonight. Come do the 5k tomorrow council members. You all got your t-shirts, but we again are trying to do the 2060 I don't know if you want to look at my finance plan It would be very sad if you did because we don't have a lot of money b

Thank you. Any of my other colleagues like to speak on this item?

Councilman Kaur, please. I just wanted to shout out Mission Heritage Partners for their work at getting security and better security for their park. Their CEO is a D1 resident, Carla Vasquez, and has been here supporting. So I just wanted to say thank you for your advocacy. Thanks, Mayor.

Thank you. Anyone else like to speak on this item? Okay. There's a motion and a second to approve item number 22. Please vote. Sorry. We'll do the voice vote, please.

Aye. The motion passes. Thank you. Okay. Eric, do you have what you need? Okay, thank you. The time is now 3.29. This meeting is adjourned. The clerk needs about five, ten minutes to reset the systems for the next session.