City Council - Regular Meeting

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Good morning, everyone. The time is now 09:10AM on 04/30/2026, and a meeting of the San Antonio City Council is now called to order. Madam Clerk, please call roll.

Council member Corr. Present. Council member Villagran. Here. Council member Munguia. Council member Castillo. Here. Council member Galvan.

Here.

Council member Aldrete Cabito?

Here.

Council member Mesa Gonzalez? Present. Council member Spears? Here. Council member White? Mayor Jones? Mayor Pro Tem Mickey Rodriguez?

Present.

Mayor Pro Tem, we have quorum.

Wonderful. Thank you. Thank you again all for all for being here today. We're gonna have a very fast session, I imagine. But we'll begin with our invocation. Council member Mesa Gonzalez is recognized to introduce today's invicator.

Thank you, mayor pro tem. Today, I'm proud to introduce reverend Carrie Guerra, who has served as rector of Saint Francis Episcopal Church since June 2020. She brings in to her ministry a deep commitment to formation, service to the community, and faithful discernment shaped by years of service in the Episcopal Church. Reverend Guerra is passionate about nurturing spiritual growth, cultivating meaningful relationships, serving those in need in our community, and equipping others for ministry. Together with her husband, Jody, they have a full and joyful family life with their two daughters, two son in laws, and four beloved grandchildren.

Saint Francis is a wonderful church located in District 8 with a long history of serving the community through food pantries, a community garden, various recovery meetings offered on-site, and a weekly refugee refugee health clinic in partnership with UT Health San Antonio. Thank you, Reverend Greff, for being here.

Thank you. Will you pray with me? Almighty God, send down upon these who hold office in the city of San Antonio the spirit of wisdom, charity, and justice, That with steadfast purpose, they may faithfully serve in their offices to promote the well-being of all people. Renew the ties of mutual regard which form our civic life. Continue to send us these honest and able leaders, enable us to eliminate poverty, prejudice, and depression, that peace may prevail with righteousness and justice with order, and that men and women from different cultures and with different talents may find with one another the fulfillment of our humanity.

All this we ask in your holy name. Amen. To the flag of The United States Of America, the republic for which it stands, one nation and our God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all.

Thank you for the invocation. Item three is approval of the minutes for the city council meetings of April 2026. Are there any corrections or edits to the minutes? I'll entertain a motion for approval.

Motion to approve.

Please vote. Motion carries. We have a number of points of personal privilege and proclamations. I will start with a proclamation for transgender history week. Sofia Sepulveda with Equality Texas is recognized.

But first, I'll read the I'll read the proposition. Whereas, the city of San Antonio reaffirms its commitment to protecting the rights, dignity, and bodily autonomy of all residents, ensuring every person can live as their authentic self, free from discrimination, and whereas transgender history week is an annual observance dedicated to celebrating the millennia old history, rich culture, and enduring resilience of transgender, non binary, gender diverse, and intersex individuals globally. And, whereas gender diverse people have existed across all cultures throughout human history and contribute significantly to society through their leadership, art, advocacy, and distinct perspectives. And, whereas acknowledging these often overlooked or erased histories is essential to counter misinformation and ensure that the culture, knowledge, and experience of trans ancestors are preserved and shared as a source of well-being and a toolkit for liberation today. And, whereas the theme of 2026 emphasizes that gender liberation is for everybody connecting the fight for trans rights to the universal pursuit of self determination and fulfillment.

Now, therefore, I, mayor pro tem Jaylen McKee Rodriguez, on behalf of mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, mayor of the city of San Antonio, in recognition thereof, do hereby proclaim May 2026 to be transgender history week in San Antonio and Texas, and call upon all residents to observe this week by engaging with history stories, educational resources, and community events to honor those who came before and work toward a more inclusive future. I know you brought friends, so please. I'd also of course like to recognize former council member Leo Castillo Anguiano, the first trans council member.

First, thank you very much. Hello and good morning. My name is Sofia. I am the community engagement advocacy director with Equality Texas. They changed my I was the field director and now I'm all of these names.

And I thank you councilman McKee Rodriguez, for recognizing May 4 to May 10 as transgender history week. I wanna also thank all of the council members for your continued support for our trans and LGBTQ community. Because his I know that your names will be forever remembered, forever in our hearts, and forever in the history books because history is what we'll continue to make. Since we first started recording history in ancient Mesopotamia, a 40 a 4,000 year old hymn read, to turn a man into a woman and a man and a woman into a man of yours, Inanna, by the gala priestesses assigned male at birth, live as female priestesses and and people came from across the land to ask for successful harvest, successful wars, and having babies of change genders. Doctor James Barry, transgender man who perfected the c section to ensure women didn't die during birth during the eighteen thirties.

During eighteen sixties, Frances Thompson, a formerly enslaved black trans woman, anti rape activist, she was one of the five black woman to testify before congressional committee that investigated the Memphis massacre massacre in 1866 whose testimony was the catalyst to give way to the fourteenth amendment. Doctor Alan Hart, transgender man in 1941 developed the gold standard for testing tuberculosis. Sophie Wilson, transgender woman who designed the ARM processor which all electronics use to this day and by and large the Newton, Apple's first personal assistant who gave way to the iPhone and then every smartphones which we all use today. The doctor Lynn Conway, a transgender woman pioneering computer scientist who revolutionized the microchip design making modern faster smartphones and computers possible. It's it'll still buffering if it wasn't for her.

Doctor. Ben Barnes, a transplant neurobiologist who pioneered the treatment and discovery of the glial cells which causes Alzheimer's disease, he stated, there is no compelling evidence for relevant innate gender differences in cognition. There is overwhelming evidence for several genders prejudice. I strongly fear that transition would end my career. From Erica Andrews, a national trans superstars from San Antonio, Texas to Jamie Zapata and Cassandra Alisea who are the first trans real estate agents in The United States.

Leo Castillo, interim councilman from District 2, first trans man ever in council to creating history even at the capital with the largest recorded advocacy day in Texas history organized by you truly. We trans people will continue to exist and create and make history in Texas even when people don't want us to thrive. The common theme in all of these achievements were I don't think I could have done what I did had I not been allowed to transition. I have been who I am since I was four years old despite my parents' ire and reprimands, despite their beatings, and despite state oppression. Here I am at 49, thriving, continue making history in such a beautiful city that is San Antonio.

Thank you again, council members. Thank you again, councilman McKee, for recognizing Trans History Week.

It's tough to follow that act. Look good morning mayor who's in the air somewhere and city council. As you know my name is Leo Castellaniano. I'm the outreach advocacy manager at Thrive Youth Center. I also just wanna start by saying thank you for recognizing this.

This is really freaking amazing to see our city recognize Trans History Week. It just means more than words can fully capture. Growing up when I first realized I was trans, I felt completely alone like I was the only trans person that ever exists. I didn't really see myself reflected anywhere in community spaces, in leadership, or in spaces like this and over time I found my people and I learned about the history of my community through organizing and through community, I found my chosen family, folks who showed me that not only do we exist but we've always existed and that's exactly why this proclamation matters so much because it tells every young trans person in San Antonio that you are not alone, that you belong here, your history matters, and your future does too. I dream of a city where every trans youth can grow up feeling supported, respected, and free to be their full authentic selves.

And today, this proclamation brings us one step closer to that vision. So thank you for seeing us, honoring us, and standing with us.

Good morning, everybody. My name is Chris Chun. My pronouns are hehim. I'm a retired US army colonel. I'm a board member of Fiesta Youth, and most importantly, as it relates to today, I'm a proud parent of a transgender lesbian.

Centered on trans history day, which is May 6, and this year marks the ninety third anniversary of the Nazi raid on the Institute for Sexual Weissenschaft, the world's first trans clinic, just to kinda give you an idea of why this week was started. As a lot of recognition weeks are, it's not necessarily centered on something positive. As a parent, I find it ironic that we live in a time that continues to ignore history and attack the vital health care that our trans siblings and kids need. I wanna thank the city for recognizing this important week and hope this proclamation is more than just words on paper, but means that we will fight to provide the health care trans folks need to live. As a parent, I can tell you how lucky I feel that my daughter was able to access the care she needed when she started her transition.

Unfortunately, that's not the case as it stands today. And as a board member of FAST Youth, I can attest to how important it is for trans youth to be accepted and loved for who they are. It is not just important for our youth to have safe spaces and necessary health care. It is just as important that we recognize the positive impact that trans folks have had, as Sofia has mentioned, and will continue to have on our world and ensure that our youth see this and know that they too are important members of our society. Thank you again for helping to create the environment to encourage and support trans folks.

Good morning. Thank you all for this time. The space has been opened up to us today, not just for me, but for the community standing beside me. My name is Nico. I'm the executive director of Flaming for Jesus, and I'm fortunate enough to live as an out and proud lesbian. I'm even more fortunate to have the opportunity to explore my gender identity, to define what it means to me, and to navigate how I'm received by my peers and by society. In a world that often asks us to hide, I choose visibility. As a gender nonconforming African American lesbian, I carry a history that is written in the very laws of this land. There was a time when this country would have recognized me as only three fifths of a person. That was 1787.

Roughly sixty years later, in the eighteen forties, women stood up and birthed the movement for their own for their own agency. Almost six years after that, in '8 in nineteen o five, George Santayana wrote that if we don't learn from our history, we are doomed to repeat it. Less than sixty years after that, from 1954 to 1968, the civil rights movement took force in The United States and just one year later, we rioted. Today marks not only the proclamation of trans history week here in San Antonio, but today is a mark in trans history. Each of you here is a part of this history.

It's a story that no matter how hard they try, cannot and will not be erased. Today, we celebrate not only where we are, but where we come from. We honor where we've been, and we set our sights on where we are headed. Trans history is black history. Trans history is women's history. Trans history is US history. We are not doomed. We are not invisible. We will not be silenced, erased, or rewritten to fit a narrative of hate, exploitation, or marginalization. Our voices ring loud.

Our stories stand true. Every day, every battle. Win, lose, or draw, we continue the work. Even fifty seven years after our first collective words of resistance were uttered, we're still the movement. We are trans history. Thank you all.

Good morning. First, I wanna say thank you for the invitation to honor Trans History Week. This right here is why I love San Antonio. Because I would always say it loud, San Antonio has no home for hate. For those who don't know me, my name is Rain.

I am the founder of Unfiltered Wings and the creator of the first ever transgender march in the history of San Antonio. The march of us, and yes, I am part of that history now. I create something that will carry on for years to come, something bigger than me, and even when I'm when I'm gone, I knew I know new leaders would rise to take what I built and continue showing hope and visibility for our transgender community. But let me be clear, I would not be standing in spaces like this, breathing this kind of freedom if it wasn't for the elders who came before me. To the ones who marched when it wasn't safe, who existed when it wasn't accepted, who took the hits so we could take the stage, I honor you, I carry you, and I thank you.

And and this is personal for me. My grand my grandmother that many of you all may know, Joan Rivera Samocelli, you are my you are my strength. You live in everything I do. And to my mother who I loved, who loved me unconditionally and let me be exactly who I was meant to be. Rest your beautiful soul, your love built the courage you all see in me today.

Today, I stand before you not as rain, but as a voice, as a fighter, as a reflection of every trans person who who was never told to shrink who was who was sorry. Who was ever told to shrink, to hide or to disappear. To my sisters, my brothers, my entire trans community, you are not alone. You are never alone and to our youth, hear me clearly, never be afraid to be yourself. This is who we are, not a face, not a debate, not something to erase.

We are real, we are powerful and we are here. And as long as I'm alive, I will continue creating spaces where our community can exist loudly, safely and unapologetically spaces like the March of Us as next year is our fifth annual march. Five years of resilience, five years of visibility, five years of refusing to be silenced, and I expect to see every single one of you marching there with us. Because let's talk about it, many of us ask us many many of y'all ask us to show up when you're running for these seats, when you need our voices, our votes, our presence, we're asking for that same energy back, not just for photo ops, not just for appearances, but for real support, real action, and real respect. And to the people who are watching, judging, questioning my existence and my community, instead of sitting in your assumptions, come meet us, come stand with us, come experience what love actually looks like.

Because what we build is rooted in love, always has been, always will be. Today, we're making history not not just remembering the past, but honoring the present and protecting the future of our future trans leaders, our community, our legacy. And to my Latino trans immigrants, we see you, we stand with you always, even when the world tries to tell you you don't belong, you do, you absolutely do. Without you, this world would not be as powerful and vibrant and as beautiful as it is. So today, we don't shrink, we don't apologize, we don't ask for permission, we stand, we speak, we exist unfiltered, and this is our power.

Good morning. I have to put on my readers because I'm a seasoned woman. I apologize. Good morning, counsel. My name is Lindsey Andrews. I'm a proud married trans Latina woman born and raised right here in San Antonio, Texas around three nuns. True story. I'm the first trans woman radio personality on Tejano radio. I'm the first trans woman to emcee river parades for the city of San Antonio. And as of lately, I am the first openly trans person to serve on the San Antonio Arts Commission.

Thanks to mayor Jones who clearly believes in breaking barriers and occasionally breaking the mold. We are here for the Trans History Week, and it matters because trans people didn't just appear like a new Fiesta medal. We've always been a part of this city, its culture. Growing up, many of us didn't see people like us anywhere. This week changes that.

It tells young people you belong, you have history, and you have a future. And trans history isn't only a struggle. It's a joy, it's creativity, and it's community. It's hearing a trans voice on Tejano radio or seeing a trans person on the River Wall coasting and realizing, wow. We're really here.

We're being seen. And honestly, if San Antonio can handle the triple digit heat and I 35 construction, it can handle a trans person and trans people just fine. I wanna thank you, council and mayor Jones, for recognizing this week and making space for our stories. Our history is strong. Our future is brighter than a fiesta float at high noon. Thank you. Gracias.

Thank you all so much. Please stay. There's some council remarks. Council member Galvan.

Thank you, mayor pro tem. Just wanna say thank you to everybody. Well, first of all, thank you for the proclamation, done today. I think I can't say any better than the folks who spoke today about the history and the kind of importance it is to root ourselves in history no matter what we're looking at here. Right? Understanding in particular that trans folks have always been a part of our community and always will be is critical when we talk about about this week and upcoming week and about the issue of the the people that think that has been created. This issue has been created because people have always been here. Trans folks have always been part of our community. And unfortunately, there's efforts to push them back, push them out, and exclude, and demonize a group of people who are simply beautiful. This is a personal thing for me.

I have people in my household. I have family. I have friends. I have mentors who are trans who have helped shape me to the person I am, and I always want to make sure that we are standing firm with them as well as everybody in our community who is, like, exploring, learning, and trying their best to be their best selves and feel safe in our city. There's no effort that we can that that we must stop at to make sure that all of our folks here in our community are protected and feel secure here in our city and be able are able to live to their fullest potential.

So I wanna say thank you to everybody again who spoke. I wanna, of course, say thank you to my former colleague Leo, a former Texas Rising alumni as well for all the work that each of you have done. And in particular, this is no shade to anybody. I've known Sofia and Leo for a long time, and I just want to share that there's so many people that you don't know who not only saw you on council, but before that saw you at school or saw you in the community and recognize you as folks who really led the way to make feeling comfortable and safe in this community possible here. Plain and simple.

And it's because of each of you and every single trans person who is in this work, not only in your advocacy but in living it every single day, that folks feel more confident and comfortable to say, you know what? I'm proud to be who I am too here in San Antonio. There are so many folks here who are who are trans, who are exploring, who are learning, and are simply Puerto San Antonio too. Plain and simple. So I just wanna say thank you again for all the work that you all do every single day. Thank you for being yourselves and being that shining light for so many folks in our community, and happy to celebrate the history next week and continue pushing in advocacy as well on behalf of the trans community. Thank you.

Thank you. Council member Castillo.

Thank you, mayor. Just wanna thank community for moving this proclamation forward as stated when we ground ourselves in history and as one of the speakers shared, right, trans history is civil rights history. It is health care organizing. It is so many things. And when we ground ourselves in history and we talk about the civil rights movement, for example, right, we look at it as something that just occurred, not paying attention to the actors, the agitators, the facilitators of these movements.

And when I think about building a better San Antonio, I think about many of the perspective organizations in which you all serve in a personal capacity, a professional capacity rather, but the work that you all do beyond the professional capacity. And I attended this youth summit in which they talked about why they organize. Right? And these are 17, 16 year olds talking about why they organize. And they shared that it's because it's the way that they show the city and the country and their neighbors that they love them, that they love this city.

So just wanted to highlight and thank you all for you all's working on this leadership. One story and anecdote that I'm always sure to share is that prior to being on council, I was a member of Texas Organizing Project, and Sofia was the leader of the health care committee. And if you all don't know this, I'm very shy. Right? And Sofia gave me a list of phone numbers to cold call. Right? And I was like, oh, Sofia told me to do this, I'm gonna it. And then, with the Sick of It Texas campaign, here's a list of addresses. Go hit these doors and survey them on health care access. And I was like, okay.

Here's the list of addresses. I'm I'm gonna go hit these doors. I'm gonna cold call these people. Little did I know, Sofia was training a housing organizer, right, to go hit the doors of public housing tenants, to go cold call my neighbors, to talk about what their needs were. So extremely grateful, and I'm reminded, I I was introduced to Nina Turner, a former Ohio senator, and she would always talk about that god gave us two hands, right, not just to pull ourselves forward to uplift and bring those ahead and along with us. And I always think about Sophia whenever I hear Nina Turner speak because she's such a powerhouse and, of course, always highlighting how it's not about us as individuals, it's about us as a community and how do we bring and move people along. But thank you so much, mayor.

Thank you, council member. Council member Kour.

Thank you, mayor pro tem, and thank you for bringing this forward. I think the only thing that was missing was a drag show, so we're gonna have to do that at Chambers next time. No. But I really when when you guys were speaking, the thing that hit home to me, one of you all said, rather than sitting in your discomfort and your assumptions, come talk to us and just realize how much love there truly is. And I feel like if we continue to push that message forward, we will really be able to bridge this gap of hate that exists.

And you're right, Lindsay, if you can sit through our traffic infrastructure problems, you can love our trans community too. Right? I wanted to highlight, Sofia recently brought to us idea for a CCR that we are going to be bringing forward, but it's to designate a memorial way for Erica Andrews, who is a translator in our community. Many of y'all's Drag Mom and help support the transition for so many folks in the community. So, that'll be coming forward for North Main from Ashby to Cypress. So we're just getting a little bit of fine tuning on that. But I wanna thank you, Sofia, for your leadership and Lindsay for you guys for bringing that forward. And, of course, council member Castillo Angiano, him and I have the best selfie on the dais, so, you know, can't beat that. Thanks, mayor pro

We'll have to fix that. Council member Aldo Rotekovita.

Thank you, mayor pro tem, and thank you all for your continued advocacy. Mean Sofia and Leo you know you all are always talking to us about this and and really I think in general whether it is the march whether it is sitting on the on boards to making sure that these organize are sustained, that awareness is is so instrumental. As councilman Gavan said, it not only inspires other people, but as also as councilman Kour said, just breaking down those barriers so people can come to get to know each other. Right? We we're all San Antonians.

We all care about each other. And and so I just thank you for your your tireless advocacy for making this. So and I I also I wanna join the march. Make sure I wanna I want us to know when it is so that way we we can be there for with y'all. Yeah. Thank you.

Thank you, council member. Council member Villagran.

Thank you. I thank you all for sharing. I think we you all brought forward just the most excellent group to continue to tell

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story. You know, the history of transgender, the recognition of the elders that y'all did, and the Fiesta mental reference, you guys are really good ambassadors. You know, I think what you also communicated is that we need to have conversations. And I was telling Sofia before we had this, I You need to explain to other generations. This is what it is to be me and sharing your stories.

And it was when my students came and a mutual student, because I taught fourth grade, and they were telling me, Christians now this and, you know, explaining the story and then they were like, and they'd like you to do a drag show at Mission Marquee. And I was like, sure. Yes. Done. Because to have that opportunity to be open where people are like, let's have a conversation and explain to you where I'm at, where I've been and how my story isn't much different from your story.

And you guys made me emotional because you gave me hope today because in as times get harder and darker, this you coming up, you continuing to share the story, you know the sentiment that out is out there, but you come and you share it gives me hope that we as a nation are going to be okay if we continue to work together. So thank you so much. I know y'all serve, so thank you so much. And I look forward to hearing more from you and for you guys coming every year and we continue telling the San Antonio story and that you guys fully embrace that you are critical and part of it. Thank you.

Thank you, council member. Council member Mungia.

Thank you, mayor pro tem. Thank you all for being here. Excuse me, tiredness. But, you know, I'm so fortunate to know and have met and spoken with Leo, Sofia, and Lindsay. And I think y'all are not just existing. You guys are thriving. You're doing amazing work in our community, not just for your own community, but for the entire, you know, city of San Antonio. And I'm so, so happy to have been able to sign the CCR for the love and ordinance. And I'm happy to be with y'all happy to be with y'all this Friday to talk about it. Right?

Because I've told you in the past, we can't just show up to one event a year and say, hey. We're we're helping the community, but we gotta be there year round and to go up against the state who is trying very hard to put limitations on our neighbors when they're not even fixing health care. So I think it's very important, the critical work you're doing. And if I can share one anecdote, you know, I my uncle who helped raise me was gay, and one of his good friends was Marvin, who was a transgender woman and now goes by Marty. And I was so fortunate to have had that experience in my life early on and that acceptance because Marty was nothing but nice and kind to my family and still is.

So that was very important. And so we just gotta keep that work up, and we gotta push against very aggressive laws that are trying to diminish us. But you guys are doing fantastic work. I also wanna give a shout out to to Frankie in precinct one who's doing amazing work over there too and bringing to light the community issues as well. So thank you all for being here today. Appreciate it. Thank you.

Thank you, council member. Council member Mesa Gonzalez.

Thank you, mayor pro tem. Just thank you to be for being here today and for the work that you do in our community. Leo, you are thriving. You will continue to thrive, and we meet a lot of advocates here in this in this role, but you are a strong and mighty bunch of advocates. So thank you for the work that you do every day for our community. Chris Chun, his wife, Ginger, was a founding member of the LGBTQ commission when I was in the mayor's office. And so that is a family that really walks the walk. And so I'm just proud to know your wife and now you and thank you again for all the work that you do.

Thank you all and I hope that you you heard from a large majority of us on council and obviously this proclamation was issued by mayor Gino Ortiz Jones and so I hope you feel the overwhelming love and support that you have up here and please feel free to feel obligated to hold us accountable to all that has been shared today. I'll end with maybe one or two anecdotes. The first student that my very first day of school, my first year of teaching, the first student who walked up to me introduced themselves, walked into my classroom, probably saw the picture of me and my husband on my desk, the rainbow and trans flags in my classroom, and felt compelled to come back out, reintroduce themselves, say this is my name and these are the pronouns I would like for you to use with me. And I think about the opportunity that we have and that you all are taking to make yourself a safe space for all who need it, to be their truest and most authentic self. My last year teaching full time, I had six students who had either attempted suicide or attempted to run away, and every single one of them was trans or gender non conforming.

And what they were experiencing in the world around them, especially during the pandemic when they were isolated and they were at home, they didn't have a space where they could be themselves. They were hearing on TV the way that they were being talked about, the legislation that was being proposed to ban and silence them and push them into non existence. They were hearing their parents talk about it. And so, the way that we discuss people, because at the end of the day, we're people, the way that we talk about each other matters, and it's pushing people to make life ending decisions. And so, we all have a duty to treat each other with respect and kindness and love.

And so thank you all for everything you do, and it's an honor to get to be a part of this proclamation. Up next, have the National Week of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. I'll read a proclamation for national for the National Week of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. This whereas the city of San Antonio recognizes the American Indians in Texas at the Spanish colonial missions and will observe national missing and murdered indigenous women and peoples awareness day on May 5, and whereas many indigenous people in our local communities including our neighbors, colleagues, and relatives are survivors of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and other deeply traumatic circumstances. And, whereas the disappearance and murder of indigenous people are heinous acts which pose serious threats to tribal sovereignty humanity, and undermine the ability of indigenous peoples to heal from historic trauma and genocide.

And whereas AITSCM has been an active participant in the growing movement to address the missing and murdered indigenous women and peoples crisis, working to bring awareness to the disproportionate and devastating violence experienced by native American women and indigenous peoples. And whereas AITSCM is a nonprofit organization in District 2, established in 1994 by the Nation, descendants of the aboriginal peoples who populated South Texas and Northeastern Mexico, and the organization is dedicated to preserving the culture, tradition, and heritage of Native American tribes and other indigenous peoples associated with the Spanish colonial missions. Now, therefore, I, mayor Pro Tem, Jalen McKee Rodriguez, on behalf of mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, mayor of the city of San Antonio, in recognition thereof, do hereby proclaim 05/05/2026 to be National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People's Awareness Day in San Antonio, Texas. And I'd love to welcome AIT to say a few words.

Thank you. Thank you for the time and opportunity council members. Good new day. My name is Ramon Diaz Vasquez. I'm a member of the Nation, tribe.

I'm also the I have the honor and privilege of being the community engagement manager for American Indians in Texas at Spanish Colonial Missions. And I'm proud to have been able to bring forth this program that we built in 2021 called the Pilam Tapai project or program as it's become now as we gain more opportunities to bring more awareness and build more resources around this epidemic. Not just awareness on the national level, but down here in the local level as well. And so I'm really proud to be able to, do this work, but also more proud to be able to highlight and uplift, those that have been also doing this work, you know, in different ways and are looking forward to providing more opportunities to build resources and fight that fight, you know, against this epidemic. And so today, I bring you our newest addition to our Pilam Tapai programming which is the San Antonio Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Coalition.

And so, we have many of our members here, just a handful when we acknowledge that there are many others that could not make it today. And so, we we recognize them as well here in this space and in the same honor. And so, it's important to us to always think about not just how we show up but how we continue to build advocacy and opportunities to share more and more shed more and more light on this issue. And so, as I've mentioned before in this same space, know this is a city that has roughly around 65,000 native identified people and each one every one of those people is honored, is sacred and deserves respect in in all circumstances, in all sectors, in all spaces. And so that's the work that we're doing as an organization.

But this is also a large state as many as shared that are also looking to continue to oppress people in particular communities of color, marginalized communities, and so on. And so this state is also a significant piece of the puzzle across the nation. This is the second largest state in the country with roughly also about 800,000 native identified people across the state. So this type of oppression is significant to our communities. Many people continue the the stereotype that native people only live on reservations when in fact 70% of all native people across the country live in metropolitan cities like San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, El Paso, Corpus, and beyond.

And so these communities are important. These communities are sacred. And the more and more we can do to honor that, the better. This week of action this day is significant as May 5, but we're also celebrating our second week of action this year coming up between May 5 through May 9. We have many different events that are happening, an event happening each and every one of those days.

Each of y'all have been communicated with about our kickoff day, which is on May 5 at the steps of City Hall here to read this proclamation to the public and to the press as well. We encourage more and more of you all as city council members to join us, know. Thank you councilman Mugia for agreeing to join us that day. And we appreciate all the responses that we've gotten so far. We continuously, you know, urge you all to come out. If you can't come out on Tuesday, come out to the other events. We have many ways to bring you into the space and shed light on this issue and be in that community space together. So I'll pass the word over.

Good morning, everyone. Thank you so much for recognizing this day, but also the week of action. My name is Jordan Galvan, and I'm our civic engagement coordinator at American Indians in Texas. And I today, I brought a couple of different key facts and figures to add a little bit extra context to the issue. I think when it comes to awareness, education is an imperative part of including that.

And so, know, when we recognize that in 2024, over 10,248 missing indigenous peoples were reported with 500 or 5,614 of that being women, 4,628 being men, and most were most reported were missing were under the age of 18. And that still does leave a critical amount of data and information out as a lot of these different cases go underrepresented and under investigated by the media as well as through those federal and different forms of investigation and jurisdiction. And, in fact, Texas is also one of the top states that has the highest rates of American Indian and Alaska native missing person cases. So we can see that this issue isn't something that is just present across the entire nation, but something that is also very localized in our own backyards. When we look at these different things, it's important for us to recognize that the solutions for these issues lie directly in the hands of the community and those who who have survived these issues and those who have been most impacted.

And so when we invite you all out to come through the week of action, we invite you to sit with the community not only as a a week of awareness, but as a week of change and as a week of spearheading that and building that base and finding the ability to learn from one another and create those solutions. That way it's not just a day or a week, but something that happens every single day and it's an issue that we can create solutions for beyond just the awareness of it altogether. And just recently as well, there was a report that said that there was federal funding of over 1,300,000 invested by the San Antonio Police Department in launching a new forensic genealogy program aimed at solving the city's most stubborn cold cases. With that, over 366 unsolved homicides and forty nine unsolved sexual assaults that could be eligible for forensic genetic genealogy were present in those cases. And I implore all of us here and all of us as citizens, but also also as servants to the community to include native people in those conversations, to include native people in implementation and what that looks like, and how we can best serve the community to allow healing and reconnection to our ways, to our identities, and to our protections as people.

And so a lot of people when they hear about this issue, they frequently only understand it as something that is relevant or able to be involved in or supported by other native people, but in fact, it's something that we are all responsible to and we all call for that standing in solidarity and support with one another to create change and to create safety for what that looks like. And I think there's a lot of beauty in the connection of it being the history of trans visibility as well because a lot of this data does not reflect our two spirited and trans individuals in our community. They are also equally involved in that representation. And so we stand with all of you as well and appreciate you for your recognition and protection of all of our relatives. And so we implore all of you all to join us, and thank you so much for acknowledging this day.

We look forward to not only change and awareness today on that day, but also moving forward into the future. So thank you so much.

Thank you, mayor pro tem and council members. My name is Stacy Kawakiaolani, UN Leval. And I have the privilege of serving on the board of American Indians and Texas Spanish Colonial Emissions as their VP. I also am a proud member of the San Antonio's MMIWP coalition. Thank you again for having us here and to hear today and recognize the MMIWP week of action.

Well, I'm not a native San Antonio. I am a native Hawaiian, a Kanaka Maoli. I'm here to show that the Kanaka Maoli and the people of Hawaii stand with our brothers, our sisters, and our cousins to support those who cannot stand here today. We stand in their place and recognize that they are not forgotten. They will not go unheard, and they will they will be honored and remembered.

Mahalo for the opportunity and to honor them in the city hall and shed light on such a major epidemic amongst our people. Mahalo, and council members. Thank you. One

last thing, I'll be remiss if I didn't remind us all that we're also coming up on a year of the killing of Jonathan Joss on the South Side Of San Antonio, one of our beloved native members here across the city of San Antonio, but also across the nation. And also a member of the LGBTQ community as well. So we're honored and acknowledged to acknowledge that representation, you know, of what Jonathan Joss brings to this community and what that what that issue shed light on in relationship to this issue of missing and murdering indigenous women and people. So we acknowledge and honor Jonathan Joss again this year, but also acknowledge that we still don't have an answer yet for, you know, his murder. Thank you.

Thank you. Council member Galvan.

Thank you, mayor pro tem, and thank you all for the conversation today, for the proclamation today, for the work that you do every single day. I wanna make sure I also recognize Ramon. We spoke after one another. We didn't necessarily meet fully this month, and I want say thank you for the words that you shared, the sustainability forum that we were at. Because again, when we talk about similar to the transgender week of history, understanding the history that is involved in the current issues of today is critical to understand how we can actually address them.

Right? We know the colonial structures in place here in our in our city and in our country create create restrictive actions and restrictive powers that not only affect one community but can affect multiple communities as those tools are used in different places. And so being able to understand how they were formed, how they were created, how they were utilized on one community as well as several others helps us understand how we can break those systems down and make sure that we're actually creating systems that are uplifting to folks and liberating for folks to be able to live in our communities freely, fairly, and in true safety. When we look at restrictions and other kinds of forms of safety that are considered to be, we push some folks out, we move them out of the way, we get them out the way, we cause even more harm by doing so versus finding ways to include folks and making sure that everyone's able to live in our society in a positive manner. It creates those kind of underreported cases.

It creates those kind of places of fear and these kind of dark shadow areas that you cannot access, you cannot see, we cannot fully address. And so conversations like these are critical to not only starting that work but continuing to shed light on it and get more folks involved in it. So I want to say, again, thank you to you all for all the work you do every single day, not only in this space but across the entire space of fighting for indigenous liberation. And know that I think folks here on the council are there with you every single day. Thank you, mayor pro tem.

Thank you. Councilmember Munguia.

I'll keep your report, Tim. I just wanna say, Jordan, you did fantastic work, and you should consider running for office if you wanna take a step down from what you're doing now. But, no, just thank you all for what you do at AIT. And, you know, I'm one of your greatest and best advocates. I talk to almost on a daily basis, miss Brenda, and I know she's watching from home today.

And I'm so happy to join you on next week because I think this is truly one of those situations in our community that goes severely underreported. And it's unfortunate that it's at the intersection of women in our society and indigenous women and people of color that don't often get the attention that they deserve when tragedies like this occur on a regular basis. So I think it's very important, like you said, to focus on the solutions of the issue. We we're not gonna just go and and get a proclamation and then come back next year. Right?

We've gotta work with SAPD. We have to work with our sheriff's office because, as you know, my community on 35 in my district is where the entrance of the human smuggling component is right there on 35, and we know who that affects more than others. So Calmea is a partner to work with you to to do better in our community. So thank you all for what you do today.

Thank you, council member. Council member Viegron.

Thank you. Thank you for coming, Ramon and Jordan. Thank you for sharing. You know violence against women is something that we talk about often and we know that this happens. It's something that I worked on for for years with the PD in terms of trying to get women out of abusive relationships.

I think what you are doing here is so powerful because you get specific and you say it's indigenous women, it's 18, it's more than fifty percent of who goes missing and this is just a fraction of what we see happening nationwide and globally. Women are being targeted. They are being dismissed when they tell their stories. And what I am so proud about American Indians in Texas and the tribal communities is that they moved to action and they were saying, we will find a specific solution to the problem we have for us and being an example for other communities to go out and find solutions. So I I've always been supportive of AIT.

I'm in support of this. You always think it just happens in a documentary. I've seen the documentaries. I have the t shirts. Know what hear hear what's happening on the reservations.

But for you to come and put it in perspective about what is happening here in Texas, the second largest state, means so much and means that we really do have to to move to action and pledge that as we move forward with the forensics that we start addressing the issues of our our tribal women that have gone missing and or have been trafficked and that we cannot find. So thank you so much for what you do and your passion for this community and the fact that you temper the culture and the celebration with the harsh reality that we need to do something about it. So thank you. I look forward to all the action, of next week and getting updates on that and being part of it. Thank you.

Thank you council member council member Castillo followed by council member Aldo Articarito.

Thank you mayor and thank you all for continuing to shed light on the impact of indigenous women and the work that needs to be done to ensure that there is accountability and justice for all impacted individuals. As Jordan and Ramon highlighted, right, that the work goes beyond this week. And I wanna highlight that yesterday we received a briefing in terms of some of our delegate agency fundings, I just wanted to highlight the work that you all do in terms of mitigating dropouts for many of our high school students by providing culturally relevant curriculum, mentorship, and so much more. Again, this goes beyond the week, but just to highlight that you all have many irons in the fire in how you're providing support to San Antonio. And so thank you all very much. Thank you, mayor.

Thank you. Councilmember Aldrota Cabito followed by councilmember Core.

Thank you, mayor pro tem. I'll be short and sweet. I think you nailed it with your comments about awareness, and awareness is important. But also too related to the the trans community, awareness is the first step because we have to find solutions. So thank you for for stating that so well, and and, you know, it's applicable across the board. Awareness is important, but we have to find solutions. Thank you.

Thank you. Councilmember Kore.

Thank you, mayor Pro Tem. What councilman Castillo said is actually exactly what I was gonna share, which I learned so much more about your organization because of yesterday's conversation. So reading y'all's proposals for what you do in child abuse prevention, dropout prevention, and really domestic violence support. I know we were only able to well, has not been approved yet, but recommend two of those three. I'd love to continue to see how we could better support the domestic violence work that you all are doing.

I had no idea, like, the number of people that you serve you said you were gonna serve in that program is 700, and that's a huge amount constituencies. So if we can do any additional support for that, maybe through public safety or find ways to better support those programs, we would really love to. So thank you all for what you are doing, not just for this moment when we're recognizing history, but also in the community. Thanks, mayor pro tem.

Thank you. Thank you all so much for being here today and for all the work that you do. It's truly valuable and valued, and I hope that, you know, we get to work together for for many many more years to come. One more round of applause. I'll now recognize council member Mesa Gonzalez for a point of personal privilege.

Thank you, mayor pro tem. If I can have the members of the Bob Ross senior center stand up and Bob Ross family as I read this point of personal privilege. Happy birthday to the Bob Ross senior center. We recently celebrated nineteen years, nineteen years ago, the doors opened for a one of a kind senior center. The research and vision of council member Bob Ross came together to create a space that would redefine how we older adults in San Antonio.

A true one stop center for connection, learning, and active living. What began as a bold idea has grown into something even more meaningful, a vibrant community. This place is filled with joy, friendship, and purpose. I've had the privilege of experiencing that spirit firsthand, whether it's playing bingo together, organizing holiday and Thanksgiving lunches, or simply celebrating our seniors every chance that we get. Those moments remind us that this center is not just about services, but it's about the people.

This milestone is a testament to what's possible when a city shows up for its residents. The legacy of Bob Ross lives on, not just in this building, but in every life touched here over the last nineteen years. At this at the same time, anniversaries are also a moment to look ahead. As this center continues to serve our community, we must continue investing in it, especially as it nears two decades of service, so it can remain a place of pride for generations to come. I'm honored to have some members of from district eight senior center, their wonderful and caring director Luis Perez and his staff, and as well as council member Bob Ross's children, Steve, Sharon, and Mark, who will share a few words.

Thank you all for being here to to share this special milestone with us.

Thank you, councilwoman Gonzales. So I wanna just tell the story of the center. So judge Wolfe and mayor Garza appointed my father to herd the cats to develop a city county program and a policy for what's gonna happen with seniors in San Antonio. And sometime during that year, he was diagnosed with cancer, but this was his goal, is to get this project through. So sometime, the week before, they had a party on Thursday to celebrate the end of the process and delivery of the report to city council on Thursday.

And that following Monday, he passed away. So he lived long enough to do that. And I would be remiss, not to mention that he started his career in city government with, Eric was a youngster then, and Gillen was in the city manager's office too. And they kind of, grew up together, and he would be very proud of where everybody's ended up. And, he had some part in helping that process along.

But on behalf of my family, we'd like to thank you, for naming the center. It was probably my mother's pride and joy, so she made it a point every year to go there, every year she, lived. So he passed away, I believe, when he was 85. She made it to one zero five, and she went there every year since the naming, including the last year of her life. And so it's very important to our family, and thank you for naming it after him.

And thanks, councilman Art Hall, for bestowing that honor of naming the first center. And it's the great news is is it's grown to where there's almost one in every area of the city now, which was their vision. And so you've made his vision become a reality. Thank you.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

Thank you. And happy birthday to the Bob Ross senior center. The next thank you all for being here. I know y'all have to I know y'all have to rush away, but thank you for coming out and hopefully you enjoy the rest of the proclamations. The next item is the city manager's report. Eric, do you have a report today?

Yes, sir. Thank you. Good morning, mayor and council. So we just a quick video spotlighting one of our one of our great employees, Walter Barrett. Walt and Walter is here today. Yeah. I see him in the back. Walter's shy. But Walter joined the city in 2008 as a solid waste manager, and he currently manages our solid waste safety and training teams. For those council members that have not participated in, and you'll see a clip of it in the video, we have a simulator where we train drivers on how to drive our trucks.

And I would encourage you to try it. It's not as easy as it looks. There's a lot of hand eye coordination. But Walter oversees that. In addition to his role in solid waste, he also serves as a member of our Black and African American Employee Affinity Group Steering Committee, which has been in place for five or six years now.

And really participates as a mentor to other employees within the organization. I wanted to highlight Walter because here a couple months ago, as we were celebrating and remembering Doctor. Martin Luther King, Walter received the 2026 service award in recognition from the Baptist Ministers Union for his work and contribution to the organization, to the department, to the employees. He is he's certainly the first solid waste management employee who has received that that honor. And I wanna thank Walter for what he does every day in solid waste and for our organization and as a mentor to a lot of our employees.

So let's roll the video.

I manage the safety and training team. I also coordinate their hiring processes for employees coming into our cart collections teams. The core values that I embody most is teamwork as well as professionalism. Teamwork because effective communication is optimum to the amount of work and amount of employees that we have. We cover every inch of the city as far as professionalism.

We must be where we need to be on time. We have a lot of vehicles out on the road from day to day. We are mandated by local, state, and federal laws to provide consistent solid waste collection services. I am a member of the black affinity group. We get employees from around the city, prepare for promotional opportunities, it's professional development, and we do that through communication and community.

I received the Legacy Award, and I am so proud to be recognized by the Vaptors Ministers Union as well as the assistant city manager David McCary. I'm still shaking. I have an extremely high level of gratitude.

Thank you, Walter. Thank you, mayor council. That's it.

Thank you, Eric. Items five through 27 are on the consent agenda. This means they'll be considered as a group and there will not be a staff presentation unless pulled for individual consideration. I understand there are some highlights. Do we have any items to pull?

I'll go ahead and entertain a motion for the balance of the consent agenda. Second. We have a motion to second. Again, a number of highlights. We find that list. I will start with council member Aldrete Cabrito.

Thank you, mayor pro tem. I wanna highlight item number 17, that's appointing Justin Johnson to the small business advisory commission. Justin, if you don't mind coming to the podium. Justin is a valued District 7 resident and was born and raised right here in San Antonio. He takes pride in our city and is passionate about giving back to his community and improving our local economy.

He is a marketing and create marketing and creator partnerships executive with over fifteen years of experience building growth strategies at the intersection of creators, culture, and commerce. His work has contributed to over $500,000,000 in revenue across global platforms and consumer brands. Throughout his career, he has developed scalable programs that help businesses of all sizes to grow their audience, revenue, and long term customer loyalty. His reach has spanned from San Antonio small businesses and entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 brands and global creators. Most recently, as head of market development at Acorns, Justin led creator, media, and sports partnerships across North America.

Justin graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and serves on the advisory boards for the Soho House Global Influencer Council, Red Red Macomb School of Business, and the Terry Foundation. I'm proud to appoint Justin to the Small Business Advisory Commission, and I'm confident at the valuable insight he will provide. Thank you for your willingness to serve, and congratulations, Justin. Sorry.

Thank you, council member council member Kour.

Oh, I don't know if he was gonna say

Oh, sorry. Go ahead.

I just wanna say thank for

for having me, including me, and giving me the opportunity to give back not only to the district, but the city of San Antonio at large. I'm excited to bring what I've learned throughout my career back to the community.

Awesome. Thank you. Thanks, Justin. I

have two quick highlights. I'm highlighting item number 21, is a large area rezoning. Thank you to the DSD team for your help in moving this forward. We found this out because there was a constituent that applied for major minor home rehab and couldn't because they were under the wrong zoning. And so but zoning costs, and we didn't want to put that burden on our residents, we're adjusting the industrial zoning to residential. And hopefully, they'll up zone if they'd like to add more units to their lot potentially as well. And so I know that that g s c is gonna be working closely with them. I also wanted to highlight item number 18, which is appointing ours truly, councilmember Miyagarahn, to be the director at large for Texas municipal league board of directors. So we're excited that she's gonna be representing us. Thanks, mayor Brotem.

Thank you. Council member Villarreal.

Thank you. I wanna two quick highlights. First of all, item 15, the mayoral's appointee of Suzanne Scott. I know the mayor couldn't be here today, but I did want to highlight Suzanne who continues to serve this community in so many ways. So I wanna thank her for agreeing to serve on the storm water for that.

And that is not a glamorous committee. And the second is the resolution approving the reappointment of Jalene LeBlanc Jameson to the North Sector and Mary Lou Reyna to the Southeast quadrant set of San Antonio water system. Ladies, thank you so much for serving and continuing to serve and making sure the city moves forward and that we have the water that we need. Thank you.

Thank you. Council member Castillo.

Thank you mayor pro tem. I wanted to thank mister McCary and the solid waste team before getting into my highlights, especially Walter. Many District 5 residents serve the city of San Antonio on the solid waste team and they wake up every day when they drop by our office. They share how proud they are to serve the city of San Antonio and work for the solid waste team. So just wanted to thank both Walter and mister McCary for their leadership with that department.

But I would also like to highlight item 11 again which is the reappointment of Jillian Jameson and Mary Lou Reyna. These two leaders are powerhouses and change makers when it comes to so many sectors. But I think the value that you all bring to the SAWS committee and each organization that you all serve is just highlighting the intersection, right, of health care access to water, electricity, so on and so forth, as well as communicating what that looks like to our constituencies. So just I value you all's leadership and the ways in which y'all continue to serve the city of San Antonio. So thank you all so much. Thank you, mayor.

Thank you, council member. Council member Galvan?

Thank you, mayor pro tem. I wanna highlight item number six, the sanctuary fire department burn building. Capital improvements, of course, in District 6. Just wanna start off by saying, you know, training is not optional for our San Antonio fire department. It is essential to the safety and survival of our firefighters and directly enhances their ability to respond to and serve our community.

In a profession as inherently dangerous as firefighting, consistent and high quality training is not a luxury, it's a necessity. The San Antonio Fire Department's burn building constructed in the early two thousands has undergone extensive use and now requires critical repair and maintenance to ensure it remains fully operational. And if you ever have been there, when you see some of the training, it is, not only intense, but also a clear need for improvement there to make sure that our folks are already prepared, for any kind of emergency going on here in our community. The facility is routinely exposed to extreme temperatures and repeated structural stress during training and live burns, making ongoing attention to its structural integrity absolutely essential. I wanna thank the Center Professional Firefighters Association for talking a bit about this item and making sure that we were aware of how the kind of critical need for this work.

I know they are remaining firm. The commitment to advancing firefighter safety and understanding that, of course, the capital improvements that are needed here are critical to making sure that our folks are able to take care of not only themselves in these conditions, but also our larger community too. So thank you again, and very excited to see these improvements coming online in District 6. Thank you, mayor pro tem.

Thank you. Council member Spears.

Thank you, mayor pro tem. I have a I wanna start with item number nine. This is the ordinance authorizing the submission of a grant application acceptance of funds upon award in an amount of 1,000,000 1 and a half million dollars from the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority. Auto theft and break ins are not minor crimes. They disrupt families and impact livelihoods and erode a sense of safety in our neighborhoods.

And this funding strengthens a dedicated regional task force focused on stopping these crimes at the source and not just responding after the fact. It allows us to put more officers, more coordination, and more targeted enforcement behind a problem we know is increasing. I fully support leveraging state resources like this to expand our local capacity without placing the full burden on our taxpayers. This is exactly the kind of proactive intelligence driven policing our community expects and deserves. Public safety starts with protecting people's homes, their vehicles, and their peace of mind, and this investment moves us forward.

So thank you to staff for pursuing this grant and to the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority for giving it to us. I also want to highlight item number 10. This is an ordinance authorizing the submission of a grant application and acceptance of funds upon award for the advanced law enforcement rapid response training program in the amount of $6,000 from the office of the governor and public safety office. Thank you again to staff for pursuing this this grant opportunity. Training is everything, especially when seconds matter, and this program ensures our officers are prepared to respond quickly and effectively in high risk, rapidly evolving situations.

We owe it to both our officers and our residents to make sure that they have the best training available and no shortcuts. Even small investments in training can have lifesaving impacts in the field, and I'll always support efforts that equip our law enforcement with tools, training, and readiness they need to protect this city. Strong training, strong response, and strong support for our officers, This is how we keep San Antonio safe. I bet y'all can guess the last one I wanna highlight. It's number five.

This is an ordinance approving a change order in the amount of $7,400,000 to expand parking, a new parking structure and ground transportation center at the San Antonio International Airport. This is funding from the interim financing airport improvement contingency fund. This is wonderful. I'm so excited about this. This is forward thinking.

It's an investment about staying ahead of growth in at our San Antonio International Airport and not reacting to it. As passenger traffic increases, we must ensure that infrastructure keeps pace, especially parking and ground access. This project directly improves the travel experience for residents and visitors and adds 450 additional spaces. It also supports the long term success of the San Antonio forward program SAT forward program and the new terminal development. This is a proactive financial decision for the airport to decide to add another floor to the parking garage during a time when it will minimize additional costs in the near term and drives increased revenue in the long term.

Airport leadership has made this possible because of how efficiently the expansion construction is flowing and how well the money being invested is being managed. When we invest in the airport, we're investing in jobs, tourism, and San Antonio's competitiveness. So thank you to the airport for your forward thinking. And the last thing is next week is teacher appreciation week, so don't forget to take care of your teachers, and specials and nurses and admin. And also, go Spurs go. Thanks.

Thank you. Council member Castillo.

Thank you, mayor. This morning, I would also like to hide item 14, which is the appointment of Valerie Martinez to the LACC's commission. Valerie is a professor at Our Lady of the Lake University who specializes in twentieth century Mexican American history as well as US Military And Labor History, women's and gender studies. She has received the national endowment for humanities funded project and serves in a wealth of roles. So, just wanted to congratulate you on your appointment. Thank you, professor Martinez. Thank

you. There being no further discussion there is a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda. Please vote. Motion carries. The time is now 10:22AM on 04/30/2026.

The city council of the city of San Antonio will now meet in executive session and consult with city attorney's office pursuant to chapter five five one of the Texas government code and to deliberate or discuss the following items, economic development negotiations pursuant to section five five one point zero eight seven, purchase exchange lease or value of real property pursuant to section five five one point zero seven two, and legal issues related to litigation involving the city, emergency preparedness, and collective bargaining all pursuant to section five five one point zero seven one. The time is now 12:49PM on 04/30/2026 and the San Antonio City Council will now reconvene in open session. No official action was taken in executive session. There being no further business, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you.