City Council B Session

City of San Antonio

Meeting Minutes

City Council B Session

State of Texas

County of Bexar

City Hall Complex

105 Main Plaza

San Antonio, Texas 78205

FINAL

2:00 PM Municipal Plaza BuildingWednesday, November 29, 2017

The City Council of San Antonio will convene in the “B” Room of the Municipal Plaza Building.

City Clerk Leticia Vacek took the Roll Call with the following Councilmembers present:

10 - Mayor Nirenberg, Treviño, Shaw, Saldaña, Gonzales, Brockhouse,

Sandoval, Pelaez, Courage, and Perry

PRESENT:

1 - ViagranABSENT:

Mrs. Vacek announced that Councilmember Viagran was attending the US/ICOMOS World

Heritage Preservation Leadership Forum and Benefit in Washington, D.C.

A briefing by the President & CEO of CPS Energy on the status of the utility and

several projects and initiatives [Paula Gold-Williams, CPSE President & CEO]

1.

Paula Gold-Williams presented an overview of CPS Energy’s metrics, achievements, and

partnerships and highlighted their efforts in renewable energy and the New Energy Economy

(NEE). She described membership on the Governing Board and Leadership Team and

noted they were currently searching for a new Trustee. She reported on CPS Energy’s AA+

credit rating and described the rating process. She stated that CPS Energy prioritized

customer service and that all actions were made to benefit customers, employees, and

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community. She outlined customer outreach, economic development activities, and the

Executive Account Management Team. She noted improvements in customer service and

assistance program enrollment. She highlighted a competitive bid that CPS won to take over

infrastructure maintenance at Joint Base San Antonio for 50 years. She stated that

distribution system damage had occurred in 2017 due to severe storms and discussed

restoration efforts in San Antonio, as well as other municipalities in Texas and Florida. She

noted challenges with infrastructure maintenance at San Antonio International Airport and

acknowledged efforts to improve coverage. She stated that CPS Energy was developing

microgrids for resiliency and sustainability. She noted their participation in GridEx, a

national table-top exercise simulating a cyber/physical attack, and stated that they were

making additional efforts to improve integrated security. She discussed changes to