* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:06] COUNCIL MEMBER T HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA, RUNNING LATE. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GONZALEZ. I'M HERE. MADAM CHAIR. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HI EVERYONE. UH, OUR FIRST ITEM [1. 20-6895 Approval of the meeting minutes for the October 22, 2020 Community Health and Equity Committee Meeting.] IS THE APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 22ND. IS THERE A MOTION? SO APPROVE. SECOND. GREAT. UH, MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. UM, [4. 20-6642 A briefing and presentation on the Municipal Setting Designation (MSD) application for the KLN Steel property at 4200 N. Pan Am Expressway, located in City Council District 2. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Director, Public Works]] I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND THEN COME BACK TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. UH, WE HAVE A BRIEFING AND PRESENTATION ON THE MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION, UH, FOR THE K L N STEEL PROPERTY. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, NEPHEW. GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL, UH, COUNCILWOMAN AND, UH, AND COMMITTEE. UM, I WANTED TO GIVE A FEW MINUTES, UM, AND MAKE YOU AWARE OF, UM, THIS MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION LAST YEAR. WE PRESENTED SPECIFICALLY TO THIS COMMITTEE ABOUT WHAT MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION IS, UH, AND WE CAN QUICKLY, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION. YOU'LL SEE, UH, SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS, UM, OF THIS DESIGNATION. UM, WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, WHICH ACTUALLY WAS EXACTLY A YEAR AGO. UM, MUNICIPAL DE UH, SETTING DESIGNATION REALLY ADDRESSES SHALLOW GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION IN SHALLOW GROUNDWATER, NOT EDWARDS AQUIFER LEVEL, NOT AT THE AQUIFER LEVEL, DEEP, BUT VERY SHALLOW GROUNDWATER. AND IT IS A TOOL BY WHICH WE CAN, IF THE, IF THE APPLICANT FOLLOWS THE RULES, IT'S A TOOL THAT WE CAN REDEVELOP, UM, INDIVIDUAL SITES. SO, UH, TODAY I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, MR. JOHN CANDU, UH, IS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER, UH, ASK HIM TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS PRESENTATION. UH, WE'RE HOPING TODAY TO PRO PROVIDE THIS, UH, THIS BRIEFING, THIS UPDATE. AND THEN, UH, IF THEN, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS. JOHN HAS SOME REALLY GOOD SLIDES HERE. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE LOCATION, WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO, AND THEN, AND HOW WE'RE GONNA GO ABOUT DOING IT. SO, JOHN, CAN YOU TAKE IT OVER? THANK YOU, NEFFY. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, COUNCILWOMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JOHN CANTU. I'M WITH PUBLIC WORKS. I'M THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES MANAGER. AND TODAY I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR FIRST M S D APPLICATION. I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEFING ON THE KL INSIGHT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO TODAY I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS, UH, GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE M S D PROGRAM, AS NE HAD MENTIONED, THE M S D APPLICATION, DISCUSS THE PROPOSED M S D BOUNDARY, THE APPLICATION PROCESS, THE OVERALL PROGRAM BENEFITS, AND NEXT STEPS. NEXT SLIDE. SO, AS NEPHEW HAD MENTIONED BACK IN NOVEMBER, WE CAME TO THE COMMITTEE PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW. SO THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES, I JUST WANNA RECAP THE PROGRAM. SO THE PURPOSE IS TO ADDRESS EXISTING SHALLOW GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION BENEATH REDEVELOPING PROPERTIES WHILE PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH ENVIRONMENT AND THE CITY'S DRINKING WATER SOURCE, WHICH IS THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME KEY BENEFITS IN THE M S D PROGRAM. FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT PROHIBITS THE USE OF CONTAMINATED WATER AS POTABLE WATER SUPPLY. TWO, IT PROHIBITS INSTALLATION OF POTABLE WATER WELLS WITHIN THE M S D BOUNDARY. THE NEXT THING IS NEFI HAD MENTIONED THIS IS A TOOL FOR REDEVELOPMENT. THIS IS THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE PROGRAM. SO IT PROTECTS THE PUBLIC FROM CONCEPTION OF CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER. TWO, IT ENCOURAGES CLEANUP OF CONTAMINATED SITES, AND THREE, IT PROMOTES REDEVELOPMENT OF UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTIES. NEXT TWO. SO THIS, THIS SLIDE DEPICTS THE M S D PROGRAM PROCESS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE WHEN THE DEVELOPER APPLIES, WE HAVE VARIOUS TEAMS THAT REVIEW THE APPLICATION. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR PARTNERING AGENCIES, WHICH IS THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEMS AND THE EDWARDS A AUTHORITY THAT ALSO REVIEW THE APPLICATION AS WELL. AND THEN WE HAVE THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS, AND THEN EVENTUALLY CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE M S D ORDINANCE. SO BELOW YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT COMPRISE EACH OF THE TEAM. AND TWO, AND THE [00:05:01] KEY THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE RESTRICTIONS. NO MSDS WILL BE BUILT OVER THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE, NOR WILL IT BE GRANTED WITHIN A HALF MILE OF THE SAUCE PUMP STATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THIS IS OUR VERY FIRST M S D APPLICATION. UM, IT IS THE K L N PROPERTY, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 4,200 NORTH PAN EXPRESSWAY, AS YOU CAN SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED. IT'S LOCATED NEAR THE INTERCHANGE OF IH 35 AND FOUR 10. THE APPLICANT IS KO PAOLA, OUR CONSULTANT, WHO'S ALSO PART OF THE WEBEX CALL, IS IN CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES. MICHAEL BAR. IT IS, UH, THE FORMER K L N STEEL SITE AND IT'S LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER TWO. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO BRIEFLY, I'D LIKE TO JUST GO OVER THE HISTORY OF THE K L N SITE. UM, IT IS A 38 ACRE SITE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF THE PORT SAM HOUSTON FROM 1963 TO 1970. IT WAS A FORMER REFINERY FROM 1970 TO 2008. IT WAS ACQUIRED BY AIR CONDITIONING COMPANY WHERE THEY MANUFACTURED WINDOW UNIT AIR CONDITIONERS IN 2008. IT WAS PURCHASED BY K L N STEEL. AND AROUND 2009 IS WHEN THEY DISCOVERED SOME ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. AND THEY ENROLLED THE SITE INTO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM. FROM 2009 TO 2015, KAYLA AND STEEL OPERATED THE SITE UNTIL THEY WENT BANKRUPTCY. AND IN 2015, IT WAS CONVEYED TO BONO POPULARITY AS PART OF THE BANKRUPTCY SETTLEMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THIS IS A MAP THAT JUST KIND OF SHOWS THE AREAS OF CONCERN FOR THIS FACILITY. UM, THERE WAS SOME VAPOR DEGREASERS ABOVE GROUND, UH, STORAGE TANKS AND WASTE STORAGE UNITS THAT WERE USED AS PART OF THE HISTORIC OPERATIONS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO ONE THING I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS CONDUCTED TO DATE. UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THEY DID AN ASSESSMENT WHERE THEY INSTALLED NUMEROUS SOOR AND GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS TO ASSESS THE EXTENT OF THE AFFECTED MEDIA. THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT, THEY DISCOVERED SO CONTAMINATION AND A DENSE NON-AQUEOUS LIQUID PLUME NEAR THE FORMER VAPOR DEGREASER. SO AS A RESULT OF THE ASSESSMENT, THEY ALSO CONDUCTED REMEDIATION. THE APPLICANT INSTALLED A GROUNDWATER RECOVERY SYSTEM TO REMOVE THE D APPLE. APPROXIMATELY 7,500 GALLONS OF D HAS BEEN REMOVED TO DATE. THEY'VE ALSO REMEDIATED AND TREATED 5,400 CUBIC YARDS OF AFFECTED SOIL. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THEY'VE INJECTED ALMOST 30,000 GALLONS OF BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT SOLUTIONS THROUGHOUT THE PLUME TO REDUCE THE CONCENTRATIONS OF CHEMICALS OF CONCERN. AND AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SINCE 2009. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS SLIDE I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE TO DATE IN REGARDS TO M S D ACTIVITIES. IN MAY OF 2017, WE RECEIVED THE APPLICATION. WE CONDUCTED AN ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION IN MAY, 2019. FROM ALL THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVED, WE, THE CITY HAD DETERMINED THE PLUME TO BE STABLE AND DECREASING IN CONCENTRATIONS. IN JUNE OF 2019, WE RECEIVED SAWS AND EA CONCURRENCE IN OCTOBER OF 2019. WE HAD RECOMMENDED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PHASE. AND WE WERE GRANTED THAT AT THAT TIME. AND AS NEFE HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, JUST THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE CAME TO THE COMMITTEE AND PROVIDED A BRIEFING OF THE M S D UH, PROGRAM. AND IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020, WE CONDUCTED A VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING. AND OF COURSE, HERE WE ARE TODAY PRESENTING ON OUR FIRST APPLICATION. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS MAP DEPICTS THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION PLUME. WHAT YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED IS THE, UH, APPLICANT'S SITE. WHAT YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IS THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION PLUME. UH, WHAT YOU SEE IN BLUE IS THE GROUNDWATER THAT'S MOVING IN THE EASTERLY, UH, DIRECTION. WHAT YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD, THE PLUME HAS BECOME STABLE AND IT CONTINUES TO DECREASE. AND THEN WHAT YOU SEE IN GREEN IS AN OFFSITE PLUME, BUT IT'S NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE K L A SITES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS PROPOSE TO CITY COUNCIL THE PROPOSED M S D BOUNDARY. UH, SO THERE'S A MAP THAT'S OUTLINED IN RED, WHICH IS THE SITE BOUNDARY. UM, AND THEN WHAT'S IN PINK IS THE ACTUAL SITE ITSELF. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WHAT ARE THE EXPOSURE RISKS? SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIGURE TO YOUR RIGHT, UM, WHAT'S IN GREEN IS THE SHALLOW GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION. AND THEN AS YOU CONTINUE TO GO DOWN, YOU SEE THE NAVARRO, THE TAYLOR, THE AUSTIN, [00:10:01] THOSE ARE CLAY, UH, SOILS, AND THEY HAVE IN, THEY ARE IN PERMEABLE BARRIERS. AND THEN WHAT YOU SEE IN BLUE IS THE EDWARDS AUTHORITY. SO KEY THINGS HERE IS THAT DRINKING WATER DOES NOT COME FROM THIS GROUNDWATER ZONE. IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE. IT'S NOT A CURRENT SOURCE OF POTABLE OR DRINKING WATER. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE EDWARDS AQUIFER IS NOT EFFECTIVE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE M S D ORDINANCES PASSED AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL? SO FROM THE COSA STANDPOINT, WE WOULD NEED TO PLACE A DEEDED RESTRICTION ON THE PROPERTY. WHICH ONE? IT PROHIBITS POTABLE USE OF DESIGNATED GROUNDWATER FROM BENEATH THE M S D BOUNDARY, AND TWO, IT APPROPRIATELY RESTRICTS OTHER USES OF AND CONTACT WITH THE DESIGNATED GROUNDWATER. FROM AN OWNER STANDPOINT, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE T C Q TO OBTAIN REGULATORY SITE CLOSURE. THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE TO US THAT THE PLUME HAS BEEN CLEARLY DELINEATE, EXCUSE ME, DELINEATED, DECREASING, AND STABLE. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE M S D DOES NOT EXCUSE THE APPLICANT FOR REDUCING RISK TO THE PUBLIC. THE ONLY THING THE M S D ORDINANCE IS APPROVING IS THE INGESTION PATHWAY IN REGARDS TO INHALATION SKIN ABSORPTION. THAT IS STILL THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE APPLICANT AND THEY WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE M S D IS A TOOL FOR REDEVELOPMENT. SO THIS IS A 38 ACRES SITE. UM, OF THE 38 ACRES, NINE ACRES HAVE NOT BEEN DEVELOPED. BUT WHAT YOU SEE IN THE BACKGROUND IS WHAT IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED AS THE SITE IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, EACH GROUP IS PLANNING TO REDEVELOP FOR COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSING FOR SUPPLY CHAIN DISTRIBUTION. AND THE REMAINING NINE ACRES WILL BE DEVELOPED UPON M S D APPROVAL BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND WHEN THE SITE CLOSES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS NEXT MAP DEPICTS THE M S D APPLICATION PROCESS. SO JUST BRIEFLY, AS YOU CAN SEE, PRE-APPLICATION MEETING TO THE CITY'S REVIEW TO THE PUBLIC MEETING THAT WE RECENTLY HAD TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. AND THEN THE PLAN IS TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING AS PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF THE M S D ORDINANCE AND OF APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND THE APPLICANT WILL SUBMIT TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. AND WHAT I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE IS YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF TIMES FOR THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE COMMENTS, AND IF THE T C Q APPROVES OR DENIES IF IT'S APPROVED, THEN THE ORDINANCE WILL BE FILED AS A DEED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WHAT PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS HAVE WE DONE TO DATE? SO BACK IN OCTOBER 1ST, 2020, WE MAILED OUT SEVERAL PUBLIC MEETING NOTICES. THEY WERE SENT TO WELL OWNERS WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS, PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 2,500 FOOT RADIUS RETAIL PUBLIC UTILITIES WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS. AND IT WAS ALSO POSTED IN THE EXPRESS VIEWS. SO BETWEEN OCTOBER 14TH TO OCTOBER 20TH, WE RECEIVED SEVERAL NOTICES FROM THE PUBLIC, SOME WHO HAD QUESTIONS THAT WE DIRECTLY ANSWERED, AND OTHERS WHO WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING. SO ON OCTOBER 20TH, 2020, WE HELD OUR VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING WHERE BOTH THE CITY AND THE CONSULTANT PROVIDED PRESENTATIONS. THE CITY PROVIDED A PRESENTATION ON THE OVERVIEW OF THE M S D PROGRAM AND THE PROCESS, AND THE CONSULTANT ALSO PROVIDED A PRESENTATION ON ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES COMPLETED TO DATE. AND THE NEXT STEPS IN REGARDS TO WORKING WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. AND IN THE MEETING WE HAD REQUESTED FOR THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT COMMENTS WITHIN A 10 DAY PERIOD. AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS, AND WE ALSO INVITED FOLKS TO THE CHECK MEETING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVING TODAY IF THEY CHOSE TO PROVIDE AN OP THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WHAT COLLABORA COLLABORATION EFFORTS HAVE WE DONE TO DATE MUNICIPALITIES AND RETAIL PUBLIC UTILITIES RESOLUTION SUPPORT THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE APPLICANT TO RECEIVE. IN ADDITION TO THE M S D ORDINANCE, THE APPLICANT HAS TO HAVE THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT BEFORE THEY CAN SUBMIT THE APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. SO BACK IN SEPTEMBER, THE APPLICANT RECEIVED A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM ALAMO HEIGHTS. IN OCTOBER, THEY RECEIVED A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM BAIRD COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 10. AND SINCE JUST LAST WEEK, THEY RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE CITY OF KIRBY. NOW FROM THE CITY EFFORT STANDPOINT, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SAS. AND JUST LAST WEEK AND TODAY, WE HAD RECEIVED A LETTER OF INTENT FROM [00:15:01] SAS THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND TO THEIR BOARD TO PASS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT PENDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WHAT ARE THE OVERALL BENEFITS OF THE M S D? WELL, ONE, IT'S A LEGAL BINDING WAY TO PROTECT PUBLIC FROM CONSUMING CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER. TWO, IT ENCOURAGES CLEANUP OF CONTAMINATED SITES, AND THREE, IT PROMOTES REDEVELOPMENT OF UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTY. SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT, THIS IS WHAT IT PREVIOUSLY LOOKED LIKE. AND THEN WHAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT IS WHAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE, UH, ONCE THE M S D ORDINANCE IS APPROVED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS IN JANUARY OF 2021? WE, NUMBER ONE, WE NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING IN CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF THE M MSS D ORDINANCE. AND NUMBER TWO, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE M MSS D ORDINANCE. AND ONCE, IF THE M S D ORDINANCE IS PASSED AND APPROVED, THEN THE APPLICANT WILL TAKE THAT INFORMATION TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND ASK FOR THEIR M S D TO BE APPROVED. AND IF APPROVED, WE'RE HOPING THAT WHAT YOU SEE IN THE RIGHT, THIS WILL BE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH SHALL BE, UH, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. SO AT THIS TIME, THIS, UH, CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILWOMAN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOHN, FOR THE PRESENTATION. AT THIS TIME, I'LL TAKE COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS BEGINNING WITH DISTRICT TWO, COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN. UM, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU NANCY. THANK YOU. UH, JOHN, I KNOW THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT SPEAKS TO ADVANCING AND PROGRESSING THE DISTRICT AND KNOWING THAT WE ARE TACKLING THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, DEFICIENCIES THAT CAN SOMETIMES COME ALONG WITH THESE BUILDINGS BEING, UM, VACANT AND STUCK THERE FOR SO LONG AND, AND NOT HAVING ANYBODY TO CARE FOR. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES, AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONTINUING. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PROCESS. UM, THAT WILL BRING US TO THE LAST SLIDE THAT WE SAW OF THE COMMERCIAL USE, UM, FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF AREAS IN DISTRICT TWO THAT NEED THE SAME KIND OF CARE, AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD AT THIS TIME. UM, SO I AM, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF, OF THIS GOING FORWARD. UM, AND COUNCILWOMAN, IF, IF THIS IS FOR A MOTION, I MOTION THAT THIS, UH, PROJECT MOVES FORWARD WITHIN THE M M MS N. THANK YOU. SECOND. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN, UH, NEFE. DR. BRIDGER, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS WAS ON FOR ACTION, UM, FOR THE MEMO, BUT ARE DO YOU NEED ACTION? WE DON'T, WE JUST NEED, WE JUST NEED, UM, A BRIEFING BEFORE IT GOES TO COUNCIL. OKAY, GREAT. UM, I'LL GO BACK TO, UM, DISTRICT, UH, OH, I'LL GO TO DISTRICT FIVE NOW. UH, COUNCILWOMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, YEAH. SO COULD YOU, COULD YOU GO BACK TO, I THINK IT WAS THE OPENING SLIDE. UM, DID YOU SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT USED THIS BEFORE, COUNCILWOMAN? THIS IS, UM, THIS M S D DESIGNATION IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST APPLICATION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, TO FOLLOW THIS IN THIS PARTICULAR PRO, THIS PROCESS, UH, PRIOR TO THIS, UM, IN ORDER TO REDEVELOP SITES LIKE THAT THAT HAD SHALLOW GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION, THERE WAS A LONG PROCESS TO, UH, REMOVE THAT CONTAMINATION. BECAUSE OF THIS PROCESS. IT MAKES THINGS A LOT EASIER FOR DEVELOPMENT WHILE STILL PROTECTING, UH, THE ENVIRONMENT. JOHN, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT? NO, NO. YOU COVERED IT ALL. JUST COUNCILMAN MC NEPHEW MENTIONED THIS IS OUR VERY FIRST APPLICATION. AND SO, UM, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE JUST COMPLETE OUR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE BRINGING IT BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. OKAY. SO I, I THINK GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, SO, UH, JUST SO, UM, I, I GUESS I, I, CURRENTLY, WHAT'S ON THE SITE IS, UH, IS IT VACANT OR IS IT BEING UTILIZED AT THE MOMENT? SO IT'S, IT'S A 38 ACRES SITE. UM, IT'S, SO OF THE 38 ACRES, THERE'S NINE ACRES THAT STILL NEED TO BE DEVELOPED. SO THE REMAINING, OKAY, THE REMAINING ACRES HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH [00:20:01] THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR THAT SECTION THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR DEVELOPMENT. IT'S THE NINE ACRES THAT THEY STILL NEED TO COMPLETE. BUT THE PLAN IS TO PUT THE M S D BOUNDARY OVER THE ENTIRE 38 ACRE SITE. UH, OKAY. AND SO WHY IS THAT, WHY WOULD YOU NEED IT OVER THE WHOLE SITE AND NOT JUST UNDER THE, UH, SITE? THAT'S, THAT'S UNDEVELOPED. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS WORKING WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, IT WAS SUBMITTED AS THE ENTIRE 38 ACRE SITE. AND SO THEY'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE BOUNDARY FOR THE 38 ACRE SITES. AND THAT'S WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORTS THAT THEY JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED. BUT EVEN IF THE SITE'S ALREADY DEVELOPED, I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UH, I I I FULLY SUPPORT THE PROJECT, BY THE WAY. I DON'T WANNA MAKE ANYBODY NERVOUS. I'M JUST, UM, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS. SO, UM, EVEN THOUGH, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA REDEVELOP THAT EXISTING SITE, RIGHT? THAT'S ALREADY IN OPERATION AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE REDEVELOPED THE 38 ACRES? WELL, NO, NO. THE 38 ACRES PROJECT, YES. I'M SORRY. UM, OF THE 38 ACRES SITE, UM, A MAJORITY HAS ALREADY BEEN REDEVELOPED TO THE COMMERCIAL CHAIN DISTRIBUTION. AND SO THE REMAINING NINE ACRES IS A SITE THAT THEY'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT THEY NEED THE M S D ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS AND EVENTUALLY GET SITE CLOSURE. AND ONCE THEY RECEIVE THAT, THEN THE PLAN IS TO COME BACK AND CONTINUE REDEVELOPMENT OVER THE NINE ACRE TRACK. OKAY. BUT I GUESS, HOW COME THEY DIDN'T NEED IT FOR THE WHOLE THING? THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. WELL, BECAUSE IT WAS REDEVELOPED, RIGHT? SO I MEAN, IT LOOKED LIKE IT CHANGED HANDS A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND THEN IT, IT GOT REDEVELOPED. UM, AND SO WHY DIDN'T THEY NEED IT FOR THAT AND ONLY FOR THE NINE ACRES PENDING? WELL, RIGHT NOW, UM, SO IT, IT TAKES TWO YEARS. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED IN 2017. SO WHEN, UH, THE APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED, THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE CITY THAT THE PLUME IS STABLE AND DECREASING, WHICH WE REQUIRE THEM TO SUBMIT QUARTERLY GROUNDWATER REPORTS. AND SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS, UH, DURING THAT TIME, THE OTHER REMAINING ACREAGE, UH, THEY WERE WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS TO REDEVELOP THOSE SITES. SO AS THEY WERE WORKING WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SECTIONS THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED APPROVAL, THEY PROCEEDED WITH REDEVELOPMENT. BUT THE WHOLE INTENT WAS WHEN THEY SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION, IT WAS GONNA BE FOR THE ENTIRE 38 ACRE TRACK. OKAY. AND, UH, UH, AND I JUST, COULD YOU GO BACK TO, UH, I, IT IS ALSO HARD FOR ME TO SEE IF IT, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF BUILDINGS ON THIS SITE. AND ARE THEY, UM, THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE THERE IS, OR MAYBE WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF WORK IS BEING DONE THERE? CURRENTLY IT WAS FOR THE COMMERCIAL CHAIN DISTRIBUTION. AND SO THIS, THE NINE ACRE SITE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IS CURRENTLY VACANT. UM, AND YOU WERE ASKING EARLIER ABOUT THE 38 ACRE TRACK SITE. UH, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IS ALSO ASKING THAT THE M S D BOUNDARY BE PLACED UPON THE ENTIRE SITE. SO THAT IS THE REASON WHY IT IS OVER THE 38 ACRE SITE, I THINK THE SITE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. UM, OKAY. AND SO THIS WILL GO TO THE, UM, FULL COUNSEL IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. AND, AND SO ONCE IT GOES TO THE FULL COUNSEL, THEN IT CAN START THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THE ARREST OF THE GOVERNMENT APPROVAL? YES, MA'AM. SO WE ARE PLANNING TO TAKE THIS TO CITY COUNCIL IN JANUARY OF 2021, IF APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, THEN SAS WILL TAKE IT BEFORE THEIR BOARD TO PASS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT. AND AT THAT POINT, THE TEXAS, UH, THE APPLICANT WILL TAKE THE INFORMATION AND SUBMIT IT TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. THEY ALSO HAVE TO SUBMIT AN M S D APPLICATION TO THEM, AND THEN IT'LL BE UP TO THE T C E Q TO REVIEW OR APPROVE IT. THEY ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AS WELL. AND IF APPROVED BY T C E Q, THEN WE'LL PLACE THE DEEDED RESTRICTION OVER THE 38 ACRE SITE. OKAY. SO STILL, LIKE, QUITE A LONG WAY TO GO, UM, BEFORE APPROVAL. UM, OKAY. ALRIGHT. WELL, UM, UH, I MEAN, I, I'M, I, I THINK IT, I'M GLAD TO SEE [00:25:01] US FINALLY, UM, GETTING APPROVAL ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I KNOW WE HAD TRIED A COUPLE OF THEM IN DISTRICT FIVE, AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT HAP LIKE WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE SOMETHING ELSE. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SITE. UH, SHOULD IT COME UP AGAIN IN ONE OF MY, UM, DISTRICTS. SO THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU CHAIR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I THINK YOU'RE ON MUTE COUNCILWOMAN NOW. CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN TRIVINIA, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UH, NO COMMENTS. UH, I'M, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. OKAY, GREAT. UM, THANK YOU. UH, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. UM, CAN YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN. NFI. I KNOW NFI AND JOHN, I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ME ASK SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS, UH, IN THE PAST, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, AND ASK, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT, WHICH ONE IS THE CRITICAL ONE? BECAUSE I SEE THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING THE APPLICANT'S RECEIVING LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS. AND HOW, I GUESS, HOW ARE THOSE RELEVANT ONCE THEY HAVE THOSE? DO THEY NEED HOURS? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? UH, YES, COUNCILWOMAN, SO EVERYTHING IS, IS CRITICAL, BUT I WOULD SAY THE MOST CRITICAL IS THE M S D ORDINANCE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES. SO THAT IS FIRST AND FOREMOST THAT THE APPLICANT NEEDS APPLICANT NEEDS. BUT AS PART OF THE M S D PROCESS WITH THE STATE, THEY ALSO NEED TO RECEIVE THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORTS FROM THE RETAIL PUBLIC UTILITIES. SO ONCE ALL THAT INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, THEN THEY WILL COMPLETE AND SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. SO THE T C Q WILL NOT CONSIDER IT UNLESS THEY RECEIVE ALL THAT INFORMATION. OKAY. SO UNLESS THEY RECEIVE, UH, SOMETHING FROM SAWS AND SOMETHING FROM, DID YOU SAY THE CITY, FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, THEY'VE ALREADY RECEIVED RESOLUTION SUPPORTS FROM CITY OF ALMA HEIGHTS, CITY OF KIRBY, AND THEN THE BAYER WATER, UM, COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE DISTRICT NUMBER 10. SO, SO TELL ME, KIRBY AND ALAMO HEIGHTS, HOW, HOW CLOSE ARE THEY TO THE PROPERTY? THEY'RE WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY THE APPLICANT NEEDS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT. 'CAUSE THEY ALSO PROVIDED THE WATER SUPPLY TO THEIR CITIES. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, I'D, UM, DID YOU HAVE ANYONE GO TO THE PUBLIC MEETING, PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC MEETING? YES. UM, SO JUST TO KIND OF RECAP, UM, OUT OF THE WELL OWNERS THAT LIVE WITHIN A OR THAT HAVE A, WELL, WITHIN FIVE MILES, WE SAID NOTICES, 133 NOTICES HAD GONE OUT. THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAD LIVED WITHIN A 2,500 FOOT RADIUS, 958 NOTICES WERE SENT, AND WE ONLY RECEIVED 16 RESPONSES. AND OF THE 16, NINE PARTICIPATED IN THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING. OKAY. IS ALL OF THAT DOCUMENTED, UH, SOMEWHERE AND, AND IF IT'S NOT, WELL, I GUESS WHERE IS IT DOCUMENTED? IT IS DOCUMENTED. UM, WE HAVE THE CONSULTANT WHO HAD PROVIDED SOME MEETING MINUTES, SO THAT'S PART OF THE OVERALL FILE THAT WE HAVE FOR THE M S D APPLICATION. OKAY. SO ON THE WEBSITE, ON OUR OWN WEBSITE, THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT THIS. ON OUR WEBSITE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE, UH, WE HAVE AN M S D WEBSITE AND THE APPLICATION IS POSTED FOR, FOR ANYONE TO, TO DOWNLOAD IT. AND, UH, I BELIEVE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LINK THERE FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS. BUT IN THE MEETING WE PROVIDED CONTACT INFORMATION BOTH BY PHONE AND EMAIL. OKAY. UM, I, I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT OFFLINE ABOUT, ABOUT THAT. UM, BUT FOR THE RECORD, I WILL SAY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE ALL OF THAT DOCUMENTATION IN WHATEVER IT IS WE APPROVE AT CITY COUNCIL ON, ON THAT DAY. SO WHOM ABSOLUTELY HOW THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU GOT AND THE ANSWERS, UH, THAT YOU GAVE, I THINK THAT SHOULD ALL BE AVAILABLE IN ADVANCE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSPARENCY. THANK YOU. UM, SO I, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, MY, MY BIGGEST CONCERN ABOUT THIS IS THAT THE PLUME IS STILL MOVING AND YOU'VE NOTIFIED WELL OWNERS WITHIN FIVE MILES, BUT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A TIGHTER RADIUS. [00:30:01] SO MAYBE I LIVE AT FOUR MILES AWAY DOWNSTREAM, UM, OF THE, OF THE PLUME. BUT IN THE FUTURE, I DECIDE TO INSTALL A WELL, BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT WELL RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOUR GOAL IS TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM DRINKING THAT WATER, AND YOU'RE NOT STOPPING SOMEONE FROM ESTABLISHING A WELL, WHO'S DOWNSTREAM, WHERE THE PLUME MAY REACH, THEN YOU ARE NOT PROTECTING THOSE PEOPLE. OR THIS APPROACH DOES NOT PROTECT THOSE PEOPLE. SO I, BEFORE THIS GOES TO COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW THAT WILL, WILL BE ADDRESSED. UM, OTHERWISE I'M, I'M NOT SURE I CAN, I CAN SUPPORT IT. I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S CRITICAL. UNLESS YOU CAN SHOW ME THAT THE PLUME WILL BE CAPTURED PRIOR TO IT, YOU KNOW, REACHING THAT AREA. UM, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS KNOW THAT IF THEY INSTALL A WELL, THEY HAVE THE RISK OF PULLING FROM, UH, FROM THIS PLUME. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN. AND WE WILL, WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT AND, AND MAKE SURE, AND, AND PROVIDE INFORMATION. I I SUSPECT IT HAS TO DO WITH, WITH WORKING WITH SAS TO FIGURE OUT WHO, WHO, WHO CAN ACTUALLY BUILD A, A, A WELL WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 'CAUSE GENERALLY IF YOU'RE IN THE CITY, YOU'RE GONNA USE, UH, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO UTILITIES OR SAS UTILITIES. IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A WELL, UH, TO PULL WATER. YOU, WE, WE WOULD HAVE TO VISIT WITH SAS TO, TO GET WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT. BUT WE CAN, WE CAN ADDRESS THAT. COUNCIL WO THANK YOU. AND, AND PLEASE, LET'S, LET'S DISCUSS THAT BEFORE THIS IS EVEN AGENDIZED FOR, FOR JANUARY. UH, PLEASE. AND THEN WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF THE CLEANUP? YOU GAVE US A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROGRESS OF THE CLEANUP, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. DOES THAT MEAN 10% OF THE PLUME IS CLEANED UP? DOES THAT MEAN 95% OF THE PLUME IS CLEANED UP? WHAT, WHERE, WHERE ARE WE AND WHEN CAN WE EXPECT A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEANUP? THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. COUNCILWOMAN . AND, AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE M S D? UM, YOU KNOW, BACK IN NOVEMBER, 2019, WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT ONE, UM, THIS IS A WAY OF ADDRESSING GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION ONLY FOR INGESTION. BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WAS, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD DEVELOPERS THAT WOULD COME IN, THEY WOULD DO AN ASSESSMENT, AND IF THEY FOUND GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION, SOME OF THEM DECIDED TO TO GO AWAY BECAUSE IT WAS TOO COSTLY, TOO TIME CONSUMING. SO OF COURSE IN 2003, THE STATE ALLOWED THE M S D TO PUT A DEEP RESTRICTION OVER THAT, WHICH WAS ONLY INGESTION. BUT WHAT THE CITY IS DOING IS WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT TO ENSURE, BEFORE WE GRANT THE M S D, THAT THEY'RE PROVING TO US THAT THAT PLUME HAS ALREADY BECOME STABLE AND IT'S DECREASING, AND THAT IT'S BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO SHOW THAT IT'S BELOW PROTECTIVE CONCENTRATION LEVELS, UH, PER STATE REGULATORY STANDARDS. AND SO, UH, COUNCILMAN, I WAS GONNA LET YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE, UH, ALSO SCOTT FROM SAS WHO ALSO DID TECHNICAL REVIEW, AND I THINK OUR CONSULTANT, MICHAEL MARKON ARE AVAILABLE AS WELL. BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY GET WITH YOU BEFORE WE TAKE THIS ITEM TO CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. LET'S, LET'S DO THAT. SO AT THIS POINT, YOU, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE, YOU KNOW, THE PLUMES STABLE AND THAT IT'S BELOW A PROTECTIVE HEALTH LIMIT IN TERMS OF FROM THE BORING THAT YOU'VE DONE AND, AND THE WATER THAT YOU'VE PULLED OUT. SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE THOSE NUMBERS ON, ON YOUR SIDE. THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. I DON'T HAVE THE PERCENTAGES, BUT I CAN GET THAT TO YOU. OKAY. YEAH. WHY DON'T WE SET UP SOMETHING FOR, UH, EARLY DECEMBER TO, TO WALK THROUGH ALL THIS. AND AGAIN, UM, MY CONCERN IS, UH, I MEAN, YOU DID SHOW US THE PLUME THAT HAD MIGRATED FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY, AND I KNOW YOU SAY IT'S STABLE RIGHT NOW, SO I JUST WANNA KNOW THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO MOVE ANY ANYMORE. LIKE HOW, HOW DID YOU DETERMINE THAT? UM, OKAY. UM, ALRIGHT. WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR OFFLINE CONVERSATION. UH, THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH FOR, UH, REVIEWING THIS ITEM WITH US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MM-HMM. . THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. YEAH. OKAY. [2. 20-6752 A briefing providing updates on Metro Health's Implementation of a voluntary paid sick leave program. [Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD, Assistant City Manager; Sandra Guerra, MD, MPH, Interim Deputy Public Health Director, Health]] UM, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS OUR PAID SICK LEAVE, UH, UPDATE. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE CALL. MY NAME IS PETER STRANGES AND I'M THE PAID SICK LEAVE PROGRAM MANAGER WITH METRO HEALTH. SO I'M GONNA GIVE EVERYONE JUST A REAL QUICK OVERVIEW ON THE ACTIVITIES THAT METRO HEALTH HAS BEEN WORKING ON IN REGARDS TO PAID SICK LEAVE, BASICALLY FROM THE TIME OF THE INJUNCTION ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, NOVEMBER. AND ALSO, UM, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL'S, UH, CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST [00:35:01] UP TO THE PRESENT. SO SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU SEE THIS AGENDA SLIDE HERE, GONNA TALK ABOUT, UM, A PRESENTATION THAT, UH, DR. BRIDGER AND ALSO JENNIFER HARRIET WITH METRO HEALTH MADE IN SOUTH KOREA. I'M GONNA DISCUSS THE TRAJECTORY FROM THE SICK AND SAFE LEAVE ORDINANCE TO WORKING WELL SA AND WORKING WELL. SA IS, WELL, IT'S THE WORKING TITLE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR THIS VOLUNTARY PAID SICK LEAVE INITIATIVE AND PILOT PROGRAM. AND THAT'S REALLY GONNA BE THE MAJORITY OF WHAT I'M GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. SO THAT'S WHAT WORKING WELL SA IS IT'S, UH, THE VOLUNTARY ITERATION OF THE SICK AND SAFE LEAVE ORDINANCE. I'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WORKING WELL SA SERVICES AND AGAIN, WHY VOLUNTARY PAID SICK LEAVE IS IMPORTANT AND SOME OF THE MESSAGING WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON TOWARDS THE BUSINESS, BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND PAID SICK LEAVE IN A TIME OF COVID. AND THEN FINALLY, I WILL LEAVE YOU ALL WITH SOME OF OUR PROPOSED NEXT STEPS. SOME THINGS THAT, UH, METRO HEALTH WOULD LIKE TO DO TO MOVE, UH, THIS VOLUNTARY INITIATIVE FORWARD. SO, YEAH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND DECEMBER OF 2019, DR. BRIDGER AND JENNIFER HARRIET PRESENTED ABOUT THE SICK AND SAFE LEAVE ORDINANCE AT AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CALLED THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON TRANSFORMING CITIES FOR DECENT WORK. AND THIS WAS IN SEOUL, KOREA, AND THIS WAS AFTER THE INJUNCTIONS. SO WHAT DR. BRIDGER AND JENNIFER HARRIET DID WAS THEY GAVE THE, UM, ATTENDEES SOME INSIGHT INTO THE CITY'S EXPERIENCE CRAFTING A PAID SICK LEAVE LAW DURING A TIME OF POLITICAL CLIMATE WHERE UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN TEXAS IS STILL CONSIDERED SOMEWHAT CONTROVERSIAL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IN FEBRUARY, 2020, UH, MYSELF AND A FEW OF MY COLLEAGUES AT METROHEALTH, WE BEGAN TO WORK ON SKETCHING OUT THIS CONCEPT FOR A VOLUNTARY PAID SICK LEAVE INITIATIVE CALLED WORKING WELL ESSAY. AND I WILL JUST LIKE TO SAY RIGHT NOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK THAT WE DID ON THIS INITIATIVE WAS BACK IN FEBRUARY PRE COVID. AS OF, UH, BEGINNING OF MARCH, IT WAS ALL HANDS ON DECK WITH COVID AND SO MANY, SO MANY METRO HEALTH STAFF MEMBERS WERE DEPLOYED TO THE COVID RESPONSE. SO MYSELF, I WAS WORKING ON PAID SICK LEAVE AND SPECIFICALLY ON THE VOLUNTARY PROGRAM UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY. AND I'M JUST COMING BACK TO IT NOW, REALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER. SO WE'RE KIND OF DUSTING OFF, UM, SOME, SOME CONSIDERABLE WORK THAT WE DID JUST ABOUT EIGHT, EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS AGO JUST TO SITUATE THAT IN ITS, UH, TIMEFRAME A LITTLE BIT. SO WORKING WELLNESS A'S GOAL IS TO CARRY ON THE MISSION OF COSA SICK AND SAFELY ORATES. AND THAT'S PRIMARILY PROMOTING THE HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF PAID SICK LEAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT, THAT VISUAL WE HAVE THERE, THAT IS, UM, A SAMPLE OF WHAT WE KIND OF VISUALIZE A GRAPHIC ON OUR WEBSITE MIGHT LOOK LIKE. UM, WE'VE COME UP WITH, LIKE I SAID, THE WORKING TITLE, WORKING WHILE ESSAY, AND ALSO JUST A WORKING LOGO FOR THE TIME, FOR THE TIME BEING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE WORKING WHILE ESSAY SERVICES WE PROPOSED. AND ALSO YOU SEE HERE JUST ANOTHER, UM, SAMPLE GRAPHIC THAT WE WOULD ENVISION BEING ON OUR WEBSITE OR POTENTIALLY MARKETING MATERIALS. SO WE AIM TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LOCAL COMPANIES THAT VOLUNTARILY OFFER PAID SICK LEAVE. SO WE HAVE A BUNCH OF FREE SERVICES THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE AVAILABLE TO BUSINESSES, CONSULTING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, AND IN-SERVICES, ASSESSMENTS OF COMPANY SICK LEAVE POLICIES AND ONLINE TOOLBOX THAT CONTAINS A LOT OF SAMPLE HR RESOURCES THAT A COMPANY COULD USE. AND THEN ALSO, UM, I'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR CERTIFICATION AND RECOGNITION PROGRAM, BUT REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT WE ENVISIONED TWO TRACKS FOR WORKING WELL AS SA ONE TRACK WOULD BE TO WORK WITH BUSINESSES OUT THERE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ALREADY OFFER PAID SICK LEAVE TO THEIR EMPLOYEES. BUT THE IDEA WOULD BE TO CERTIFY THEM AS WORKING WELL AS SA MEMBERS, WHICH WOULD BE JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEIR SICK LEAVE POLICY IS IN LINE WITH THE WORKING WELL ESSAY CRITERIA. AND SO WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A CHECKLIST THAT BUSINESSES CAN USE TO CHECK AND ASSESS THEIR CURRENT POLICIES AGAINST, UM, THE GUIDELINES THAT WE'RE SETTING UP THROUGH WORKING WELL ESSAY. THE OTHER TRACK WOULD BE FOR BUSINESSES WHO DON'T OFFER PAID SICK LEAVE AND WOULD BE INTERESTED IN IT. AND WE'LL WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THOSE BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM PRETTY MUCH FROM SCRATCH, DEVELOP [00:40:01] A, DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PAID SICK LEAVE PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, BACK IN FEBRUARY, METROHEALTH DEVELOPED, WE DEVELOPED SOME INFORMATIONAL AND MARKETING MATERIALS AND A MARKETING PLAN REALLY WITH THE CORE MESSAGING BEING ON HOW WORKING WELL SA IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS IN ADDITION TO BEING BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY'S HEALTH. AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT, THOSE ARE SOME SAMPLE, UM, INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER. THE LARGER ONE IS A FLYER THAT WE COULD, WE CONCEIVE OURSELVES SENDING OUT TO COMMUNITY BUS BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY. AND IT JUST IN A VERY SORT OF HIGH LEVEL WAY, UM, TALKS ABOUT THE ECONOMIC AND HEALTH BENEFITS OF PAID SICK LEAVE. AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT OF THAT IS, UM, UH, PAID SICK LEAVE INFOGRAPHIC, AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC HEALTH SAFETY BENEFITS OF PAID SICK LEAVE. AND THESE ARE STILL IN DRAFT PHASE. WE'RE VETTING THEM INTERNALLY IN METROHEALTH AT THIS POINT. SO NONE OF THIS IS QUITE READY FOR PRIME TIME, BUT WE'RE HOPING IT WILL BE SHORTLY. SO IF YOU SEE THIS DOCUMENT ON THE RIGHT, THAT IS JUST A SCREENSHOT FROM A SAMPLE PAID SICK LEAVE CHECKLIST, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AN INTERESTED BUSINESS COULD FIND ON OUR WORKING WELL ESSAY WEBSITE, AND THEY COULD GO IN AND ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD THIS FORM, SAMPLE POLICIES, THINGS LIKE THAT, TO START BUILDING A BUILDING UPON OR BUILDING A PAID SICK LEAVE PROGRAM. SO WE HAVE DEVELOPED THIS TOOLKIT FOR AREA BUSINESSES AND, UM, WE'LL BE WORKING TO SET IT UP FROM SCRATCH WITH SOME COMPANIES AND ALSO WORKING WITH COMPANIES THAT ALREADY OFFER PAID SICK LEAVE. SO WE REALLY IMAGINE COMPANIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS ARE GONNA BE AT DIFFERENT PLACES ON THE PAID SICK LEAVE CONTINUUM. AND OUR JOB IS TO PROVIDE THEM THAT FREE SUPPORT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO GET THEM TO, UH, FROM WHERE THEY ARE ON THE PAID SICK LEAVE CONTINUUM TO DEVELOPING A PROGRAM THAT MEETS THE WORKING WELL SA CRITERIA, WHICH HAPPENED TO BE, UM, THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN THE SICK AND SAFE LEAVE ORDINANCE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. YEAH, AND WE PLAN ON HAVING A WORKING WALL WEBSITE THAT WE SEE AS REALLY BEING A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR COMPANIES THAT'LL CONTAIN LINKS TO INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS THAT COMPANIES CAN DOWNLOAD. IT'LL HAVE THAT EMPLOYER TOOLKIT I MENTIONED ALSO IMPORTANT TO HAVE IMPACT STUDIES, AND I BELIEVE A LOT OF THESE WERE AVAILABLE ON OUR SICK AND SAFE LEAVE WEBSITE. SO IMPACT STUDIES ABOUT PAID SICK LEAVES EFFECTIVENESS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. WE'LL ALSO BE INCLUDING STEP-BY-STEP GUIDANCE FOR CREATING A SICK LEAVE PROGRAM. AND THEN ALSO HAVING A PORTAL WHERE BUSINESSES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN CERTIFICATION CAN UPLOAD THEIR HR DOCUMENTS FOR OUR REVIEW. AND THE GRAPHIC ON THE LEFT IS JUST, AGAIN, JUST A SAMPLE GRAPHIC OF WHAT WE SEE, UH, POTENTIAL SICK LEAVE RESOURCE LANDING PAGE COULD LOOK LIKE WITH ACTIVE LINKS THAT A EMPLOYER COULD, COULD CLICK ON TO ACCESS THOSE RESOURCES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. YES. SO, UM, I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT NOW ABOUT THIS CERTIFICATION AND RECOGNITION PROGRAM. SO WE'RE INCLUDING AS WHAT WE SEE COULD BE POTENTIALLY A CARROT FOR BUSINESSES BY CERTIFYING THEM AND RECOGNIZING THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN WORKING WELL. SA WE HOPE TO REALLY GIVE, GIVE A LOT OF PROPS TO BUSINESSES OUT IN THE COMMUNITY FOR JOINING US IN OUR MISSION OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF COMPANIES THAT OFFER PAID SICK LEAVE TO THEIR EMPLOYEES. SO OUR RECOGNITION PROGRAM WAS INSPIRED BY THE HEALTHY WORKPLACE RECOGNITION PROGRAM, WHICH IS AN INITIATIVE OF SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH AND ALSO THE MAYOR'S FITNESS COUNCIL. SO WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE SELECT THE, UM, HEALTHY WORKPLACE RECOGNITION PROGRAM. OUR GOAL IS TO, THROUGH OUR RECOGNITION PROGRAM TO HONOR LOCAL COMPANIES THAT DO COMMIT TO CREATING A HEALTHY WORKPLACE THROUGH, UM, THROUGH CERTIFICATION AS A WORKING WELL ESSAY MEMBER. AND WE'D RECOGNIZE THEM IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. ONE WOULD BE ON OUR, OUR, UM, METRO HEALTH WEBSITE. WE WOULD, UM, POST THEIR LOGO AND WE'D LIKE TO DO SOME FEATURE STORIES AND TESTIMONIALS FOR BUSINESS ON WHY PAID SICK LEAVE MATTERS TO THEM. AND WE'D ALSO RECOGNIZE THEM THROUGH OUR VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. AND DEPENDING ON HOW COVID GOES WHEN IT'S SAFE, ALSO OFFER KINDA LIKE A RECOGNITION ANNUAL LUNCHEON FOR PARTICIPANTS. AND THEN FINALLY, ANOTHER IDEA WE HAVE IS TO TRADE A WORKING WELL ESSAY WINDOW [00:45:01] DECAL, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE WITH LIKE A BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU DECAL OR A ZAGGED RATED RESTAURANT DECAL WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE PATRONIZING AN ESTABLISHMENT SEE THAT CAN READILY SEE THAT, OH, THIS, UH, THIS COMPANY IS ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY'S WELLNESS AND BELIEVES IN PAID SICK, SICK LEAVE FOR EVERYBODY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO NOW TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF VOLUNTARY SICK, PAID SICK LEAVE. WELL, CERTAINLY WE WANNA STRESS THE EMPHASIS ON BENEFITS FOR BUSINESSES, OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH, OUR WORKERS, AND OUR FAMILIES. AND THIS IS ALSO LIKE A, JUST WOULD BE A GRAPHIC THAT WE DIDN'T ENVISION HAVING ON OUR WEBSITE OR IN PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO MEET BUSINESSES WHERE THEY'RE AT TOO AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SHOWCASING AND HIGHLIGHTING WHY IS PAID SICK LEAVE COST EFFECTIVE FOR BUSINESSES. SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF DATA AND LINKS TO STUDIES ON JUST THE BOTTOM LINE AND HOW PAID SICK LEAVE IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS. AND SO WE'LL BE PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT THINGS LIKE PAID SICK LEAVE DAYS, IMPROVED MORALE, LOYALTY, JOB RETENTION, PROVIDING SOME DATA, WHICH IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. THINGS LIKE COST OF REPLACING EMPLOYEE IS 20% OF THAT SEPARATED WORKER'S SALARY. UM, WORKPLACE PRODUCTIVITY, HOW PEOPLE SHOWING UP TO WORK SICK COST THE UNITED STATES $160 BILLION IN DECREASED PRODUCTIVITY EVERY YEAR, ABOUT $250 PER EMPLOYEE IN THE UNITED STATES PER YEAR. AND ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, DOING SOME DISPELLING OF MYTHS LIKE EMPLOYEES ABUSE, PAID SICK LEAVE, SHOWING STATISTICS THAT IN REALITY, EMPLOYEES ONLY USE ABOUT TWO DAYS A YEAR. SO IT'S, UM, COMPANIES MAY ACTUALLY SAVE, GAIN, GAIN BACK AND INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY, WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE HAVE LOST BY, UH, NOT, NOT GIVING PAID SICK LEAVE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. PAID SICK LEAVE. AND COVID THERE HASN'T, AS, AS Y'ALL CAN IMAGINE, THERE HASN'T BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF WORK GLEN ON, UM, PAID THE IMPACT OF PAID SICK LEAVE ON COVID. BUT I THINK ANECDOTALLY, WE WOULD KNOW JUST BY THE FACT THAT PAID SICK LEAVE HAS BEEN SHOWN TO REDUCE FLU OUTBREAKS BY 40% IN WORKPLACES, IT'S PRETTY NATURAL TO ASSUME THAT PAID SICK LEAVE WOULD REDUCE COVID SPREAD. HOWEVER, A STUDY DID JUST COME OUT MID TO THE END OF OCTOBER THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN HEALTH AFFAIRS THAT SHOWS THAT THE FAMILY'S FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT, WHICH IS SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF DECEMBER, WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY SUCCESSFUL IN FLATTENING THE CURVE ON COVID TRANSMISSION. SO WHAT THE STUDY DID WAS BETWEEN MARCH, 2020 AND MAY, 2020 RESEARCHERS LOOKED IN STATES THAT DIDN'T HAVE A STATEWIDE SICK LEAVE ORDINANCE. AND SO THEY LOOKED AT RATES OF COVID INFECTION IN THOSE STATES BEFORE THE FAMILIES FIRST COVID RESPONSE ACT WENT INTO EFFECT, WHICH WAS IN APRIL. AND THEY FOUND THAT COVID, THEY SAW 400 FEWER COVID CASES PER DAY STATEWIDE, WHICH WAS A 56% DECREASE IN INFECTIONS IN THESE STATES, UM, THAT PREVIOUSLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY STATEWIDE SICK LEAVE MANDATES. UM, SO AS FAR AS I KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST STUDIES THAT'S COME OUT WHERE IT'S SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE ROLE PAID SICK LEAVE PLAYS IN COVID INFECTION REDUCTION. I MEAN, I'M, I'M SURE THERE'LL BE BE MORE COMING OUT, BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS, UM, WORTH SHARING WITH EVERYONE TODAY. AND AGAIN, THIS STUDY HAS ONLY BEEN OUT FOR LIKE TWO WEEKS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO I'M GONNA END HERE WITH TALKING ABOUT NEXT STEPS. SO WHAT METROHEALTH IS PROPOSING AND RECOMMENDING IS WE WOULD LIKE TO LAUNCH THIS INITIATIVE IN MID-JANUARY. UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, A TARGET DATE FOR US IF ALL THINGS GO WELL WOULD BE JANUARY 15TH LAUNCH, LAUNCH THE WORKING WELL ESSAY INITIATIVE WITH A PRESS CONFERENCE, LAUNCH OUR WEBSITE, OUR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN, AND, AND REALLY GET THE BALL ROLLING ON A LOT OF THOSE OTHER CORE ACTIVITIES. START PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CONSULTATIONS TO BUSINESSES, WORKSHOPS, AND START, UM, DOING THOSE ASSESSMENTS AND CERTIFYING PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE. SO WE HAVE EARMARKED A $50,000 MARKETING BUDGET FOR F Y 21, AND I THINK MY FINAL SLIDE IS THE NEXT SLIDE. [00:50:01] NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. YEAH, SO WHAT WE PLAN TO DO THEN, IF WE ARE ABLE TO START IN JANUARY IS GIVE OURSELVES SIX MONTHS AND THEN IN JULY, 2021 DO A SIX MONTH EVALUATION OF WORKING WHILE S A WHERE WE'LL BE LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR OUTPUTS SUCH AS NUMBER OF BUSINESSES WE'VE REACHED THROUGH VARIOUS OUTREACH MEANS, UM, ELECTRONIC PRINT, RADIO, ET CETERA, NUMBER OF WORKING WELL ESSAY ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED, WHETHER THAT'S ONE-ON-ONE CONSULTATIONS, UM, WEBINARS, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT, THE NUMBER OF WORKING WELL ESSAY APPLICATIONS WE RECEIVED, AND ALSO THE NUMBER OF COMPANIES THAT WE'VE CERTIFIED AS WORKING WELL SA CERTIFICATIONS THE OTHER DAY. UM, I MET WITH FOLKS AT CLASP, WHICH IS THE CENTER FOR LAW AND POLICY. AND THEY'RE, THEY REALLY PLAY A PRETTY KEY ROLE NATIONALLY, SORT OF AT THE POLICY LEVEL ON BEING ADVOCATES FOR PAID SICK LEAVE AND OTHER EMPLOYEE RIGHTS POLICY ISSUES. AND WHEN I TALKED TO THEM AS FAR AS THEY KNEW, THERE ISN'T ANOTHER PROGRAM LIKE THIS, A VOLUNTARY PAID SICK LEAVE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN THE UNITED STATES THAT THEY KNOW OF. NOT SAYING THERE ISN'T ONE, BUT THEY SEEM TO HAVE THEIR FINGER ON THE PULSE OF PAID SICK LEAVE IN THE UNITED STATES. SO IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING TO COME UP WITH BASELINE DATA TO ESTABLISH SMART GOALS FOR THIS PROGRAM, BUT I THINK THIS PERIOD BETWEEN JANUARY AND JUNE WOULD BE CRITICAL FOR US TO GATHER THAT DATA AND REFLECT ON IT IN JULY AND THEN GO AND THEN REASSESS THE PROGRAM AND, AND MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. SO WE'RE HOPING THIS PERIOD WILL BE, WILL ALLOW US TO REALLY GET A SENSE ON WHAT IS THE UPTICK IN PAID SICK LEAVE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND ALSO JUST TO KIND OF GAUGE WHAT THE COMMUNITY, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY'S INTEREST IS IN IMPLEMENTING VOLUNTARY PAID SICK. SO I'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT THERE AND, UM, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, UM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, PETER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME WE SEE EACH OTHER FACE TO FACE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S VIRTUALLY. AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK, UH, ON COVID AND, AND ON OUR FLU CLINIC, UH, IN DISTRICT SEVEN. I'M SURE THAT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE YOU'VE, YOU WORKED ON, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH, YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME. MY PLEASURE. GREAT WORK AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. I'LL START WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO IN DISTRICT ONE. UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR. AND, UH, THANK YOU PETER FOR THAT PRESENTATION. UM, DID, DID ANY OF THE, UM, PAID SICK LEAVE ADVOCATES LIKE TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT ASSIST WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF WORKING WELL? S A NOT YET, NO. BUT WE DEFINITELY DO, UH, PLAN TO PLAN TO REACH OUT TO THEM. THIS IS SORT OF OUR CONCEPTUAL PHASE, BUT YEAH, I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN VERY VALUED ADVOCATES, SO WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THEM. OKAY. AND, AND WILL YOU REPORT BACK TO US, UH, ABOUT THOSE MEETINGS? ARE YOU SCHEDULING SOMETHING SOON OR? I HAVEN'T SCHEDULED ANYTHING YET, BUT, UM, WHEN WE DO, I'LL DEFINITELY LET YOU KNOW AND BE HAPPY TO REPORT BACK. OKAY. I I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. UM, I THINK MANY OF US WOULD LIKE TO HEAR BACK, UM, THAT, THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN WITH, WITH, WITH SOME OF THOSE FOLKS. UM, AND THIS ACTUALLY CAME UP, UH, THIS LAST WEEK, UH, WITH A, A FRIEND'S, A FRIEND'S MOTHER WITH REGARDS TO THE PANDEMIC. IS THERE ANY LAW WHICH PROTECTS EMPLOYEES, UH, WHO HAVE TO QUARANTINE DURING, UH, DUE TO C OVID 19? UH, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY HAS TO, THEY'RE NOT SICK, BUT THEY'RE, IN FACT, I, I HAVE TO QUARANTINE. I'M NOT, UH, GLAD TO SAY I'VE GOT TWO NEGATIVE TESTS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY HAS TO QUARANTINE, IS THERE ANY PROTECTION FOR, FOR, FOR THEM IN TERMS OF, UM, GETTING PAID, UH, AND, AND IS AND IS WORKING WELL AS SAY, UH, LOOKING AT THAT OR LOOKING AT ANY AVENUES TO SECURE SOME ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS, UH, AT LEAST WITHIN THESE PARTICIPATING COMPANIES? YEAH, WELL, UM, THE FAMILIES FIRST COR CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, AND I'LL HAVE TO GO SORT OF READ SOME OF THE FINER POINTS, UH, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE, IF THEY ARE QUARANTINED DUE TO COVID EXPOSURE OR THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF SOMEONE LIKE A CHILD OR AN ELDERLY RELATIVE WHO MAY BE QUARANTINED DUE TO COVID EXPOSURE, THAT THEY'RE COVERED, THAT THEY CAN RE RECEIVE PAID SICK LEAVE [00:55:01] UNDER THE CURRENT ACT. THE ISSUE IS THAT THIS ACT IS SET TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2020. AND WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP IN THIS COUNTRY WILL, WILL, IT'S, WE'RE KIND OF IN A WAIT AND SEE PATTERN RIGHT NOW TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN, IN JANUARY AND GOING FORWARD WITH THIS. BUT I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS UP BECAUSE I ALSO THINK A KEY COMPONENT OF THIS WILL BE, UM, LETTING THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THEY DO HAVE RIGHTS AND BENEFITS UNDER, UNDER THIS FEDERAL ACT. GREAT. YEAH, AND I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF OBVIOUS THAT THIS PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE IT HAS A, A VERY, VERY, UH, ROBUST CAMPAIGN THAT MAYBE, UH, CAN HELP EDUCATE FOLKS ABOUT WHAT, WHAT IS AVAILABLE AND MAYBE, UH, AND I, WELL, I THINK WE, WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME CHANGE THAT'S COMING. SO, UH, JANUARY 20TH WE'LL SEE , I'M PRETTY SURE, I'M PRETTY SURE THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE. UM, SO, UH, DO WE KNOW, DO WE KNOW, UH, SPECIFICALLY ON THE SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS GROUP, UH, ON HEALTH, UH, WHO HELPED DEVELOP THE HEALTH HEALTHY WORKPLACE, UH, UH, RECOGNITION PROGRAM? UM, WHO, WHO DO WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND, AND WERE, WERE ANY EMPLOYEES INVOLVED OR WAS IT JUST EMPLOYERS? UM, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. WELL, I'VE TALKED TO MY METRO HEALTH COLLEAGUES WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH, UH, UM, BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH AND, UH, THE MAYOR'S FITNESS COUNCIL, AND THEY MET WITH ME AT LENGTH BACK IN FEBRUARY TO SORT OF HASH OUT SOME OF THESE IDEAS. SO I REALLY OWE A LOT OF GRATITUDE TO THEM FOR, FOR HANDING OVER THIS, THIS CONCEPT TO ME. UM, I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON SOME OF THOSE DETAILS. OKAY. AND I CAN, I CAN DO A LITTLE MORE DIGGING TO FIND OUT SOME, SOME SPECIFIC ANSWERS ONTO WHO IS, WHO HAS BEEN ENGAGED WITH, WITH THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. COUNCIL, THIS IS JENNIFER HARRIET, AND, UM, THE SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH IS, UM, PRIMARILY MADE UP OF, UH, BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AS OPPOSED TO EMPLOYEES. UM, AT THIS POINT, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATION. OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, WOULD, I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE, WOULD IT BE DIFFICULT TO HAVE EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATION? I MEAN, AGAIN, UH, IT MIGHT PROVIDE SOME EQUITABLE, UM, UH, INFORMATION IN TERMS OF, OF HOW WE'RE TRYING TO CARRY, CARRY THE SPIRIT OF THIS VOLUNTARY PROGRAM. SURE. I CAN BRING THAT TO THEM. UM, THE NEXT TIME THAT THEY MEET, I'LL MAKE SURE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THANK YOU. UM, AND OF COURSE, UH, WE KNOW THIS IS VOLUNTARY, SO, UM, I GUESS I'M ASSUMING THAT, THAT THE REALLY, THE, THE CERTIFICATION IS, IS IS ESSENTIALLY THE, THE CARROT HERE. AND SO, UH, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW, HOW ARE YOU, HOW ARE WE, UH, HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE, LET'S SAY THAT THEY DON'T MEET THE SPIRIT OF, OF, OF THIS? THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. AND, UM, I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO TALK TO METRO HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND ALSO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 'CAUSE I THINK SINCE IT'S A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM, CERTAINLY YOU WANNA HAVE A COMPLIANCE PART OF IT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T WANNA BLUR THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE TO ENGAGE BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO HAVE ANYONE MISCONSTRUE MISCONSTRUE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A LAW OR LEGALLY BINDING. SO I GUESS THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORK OUT, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO TALK MORE WITH METRO HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND ALSO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 'CAUSE I GUESS MY FEAR WOULD BE THAT, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE HAD, YOU KNOW, SOME TEETH TO THIS PROGRAM AND COULD GO IN AND SAY, OKAY, WE'VE CERTIFIED 50 BUSINESSES, BUT ARE THEY ACTUALLY DOING WHAT THEY SAID? YEAH, YOU'RE GONNA WANNA HAVE A COMPLIANCE COMPONENT, BUT I GUESS JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING MINDFUL THAT, OF THE COMMUNITY'S PERCEPTION THAT THIS WOULDN'T, PEOPLE WOULDN'T THINK THAT WE'RE IMPOSING SICK AND SAFE LEAVE ORDINANCE ON THEM. YEAH. YEAH. SO, BUT I THINK, I THINK THAT DEFINITELY BEGS, UH, SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION. OKAY. THANK YOU PETER. UH, AND THEN, UH, JUST TO KIND OF WRAP UP, UM, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THERE, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME, SOME COMPANIES THAT, UH, THAT HAVE OFFERED, UH, PAID THE SICK LEAVE FOR PAID, PAID SICK LEAVE FOR, AND THOSE THAT, THAT HAVEN'T, ARE WE GONNA, ARE WE GONNA, UH, HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, OF WHICH COMPANIES, UH, DID NOT PROVIDE PAID SICK LEAVE BEFORE, UH, BUT ENDED UP PROVIDING IT THROUGH THE WORKING WELL, SS A, IS THAT, IS THAT GONNA BE ONE OF THE MEASURES? OH, DEFINITELY. [01:00:01] YEAH. OKAY. BECAUSE I, I THINK THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE BIG ISSUE THAT THAT WAS BROUGHT TO US IS, YOU KNOW, OUTTA 350,000 RESIDENTS WHO, WHO DIDN'T HAVE, UH, P UH, PAID SAFETY LEAVE BEFORE. UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO, HOW DO WE MEASURE THAT SUCCESS, UH, WITH THIS PROGRAM? UH, THE IDEA IS TO, I GUESS, UH, SEE HOW MANY, HOW MANY OF THOSE, UH, REPORTED, UH, WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. IS THAT THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. AND, AND AGAIN, I THINK THIS, UH, THE INITIAL SIX MONTHS OF THIS PROGRAM IS GONNA BE VERY CRITICAL TO START GATHERING SOME OF THAT DATA. BUT NO, AS WE, AS WE START WORKING WITH COMPANIES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS, WE'LL BE ASKING THEM, THEM, THOSE QUESTIONS. OKAY. AND, AND I, YOU'RE GONNA BE INCLUDING DEMOGRAPHICS TO HELP IDENTIFY POCKETS OF WORKERS, UH, WHO MIGHT BE LEFT OUT AND WHY THEY'RE LEFT OUT. DEFINITELY. I MEAN, AND, AND AGAIN, I, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT WE'RE SORT OF COMING BACK TO THIS AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS AWAY FROM IT. SO WE'RE STILL PRETTY NEW GETTING BACK INTO BASICALLY, BUT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EQUITY IN THIS, CERTAINLY ON THE EMPLOYEE SIDE, AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO LOOK AT PAID SICK LEAVE THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS AS WELL. OKAY. PETER, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND AGAIN, CERTAINLY REGARDING EQUITY AND EMPLOYEES, IF YOU COULD JUST, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, MAKE SURE YOU, YOU INCLUDE EMPLOYEES AND PART OF YOUR, UH, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUDGE. YOU'RE, YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. I'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCILWOMAN ANDREWS SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. UM, SO THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, SO I'LL, I'LL JUST BE VERY HONEST. I'M FINDING THIS PRESENTATION ALARMING. IT'S ACTUALLY JUST MAKING ME NERVOUS, JUST THINKING ABOUT IT. I MEAN, WE ARE AT A STAGE WHERE WE ARE, UM, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ARE BARELY STAYING ALIVE. UM, I'M GETTING CALLS ALL THE TIME FROM, FROM SMALL BUSINESSES TO LARGE CORPORATIONS SAYING, IF WE DON'T GET A BIG STIMULUS, WE ARE NOT GONNA SURVIVE ANOTHER MONTH. LIKE, OUR COMMUNITIES CANNOT WAIT TILL THE TRANSITION OF A NEW PRESIDENT TO GET ANOTHER STIMULUS, AND THEY CANNOT AFFORD PAID SICK LEAVE. THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE SICK EMPLOYEES. UM, I KNOW EVERYBODY KNOWS I HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS. I HAVE EIGHT EMPLOYEES. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES HAS HAD A FAMILY MEMBER TEST POSITIVE, AND THREE OF THEM HAVE HAD A FAMILY MEMBER DIE. SO RATHER THAN SPENDING MONEY ON A MARKETING CAMPAIGN ABOUT EMPLOYERS, WHY CAN'T WE GIVE, I MEAN, IF THERE'S $50,000, LET'S GIVE THAT DIRECTLY TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY CAN PAY PEOPLE. UM, CAN'T WE FIND A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT IF SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE A PERSON WHO'S SICK ON THE, UH, AT WORK, THAT THEY GET IMMEDIATE TESTS SO THAT THEY CAN RETURN TO WORK? UM, AND, AND IN FACT, IT IS A QUESTION THAT I HAVE, IT'S COME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES. UM, DR. BRIDGER, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME OUT HERE WITH THIS TEST, UH, WITH THIS QUESTION, ESPECIALLY THE HOLIDAYS WHEN PEOPLE ARE GATHERING, IF A PERSON GETS A NEGATIVE TEST ONE TIME AND THEY'RE, THEY HAVE A FEVER, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEY GET A NEGATIVE TEST, CAN THEY RETURN TO WORK? SO IF THEY HAVE HAD NO EXPOSURE TO COVID AND THEY HAVE A FEVER AND THEY GET A COVID TEST AND IT SAYS IT'S NOT COVID, THEN THEY CAN RETURN TO WORK UNDER THE COVID GUIDELINES. UM, I WOULDN'T ADVISE IT. IF THEY HAVE A FEVER, THEY'RE FIGHTING OFF SOMETHING. SO, UH, SO, UM, AND IF THEY, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVE EXPOSURE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE SYMPTOMS, UM, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED HE'S BEEN ADVISED TO QUARANTINE BECAUSE HE WAS EXPOSED, HE'S HAD TWO NEGATIVE TESTS, BUT WE AS A CITY ARE ASKING HIM TO STAY HOME. SO WHAT IS THE EMPLOYER SUPPOSED TO DO IF THEY KNOW THAT THEY'VE HAD A FAMILY MEMBER WHO'S EXPOSED? ARE THEY EXPECTED TO ASK THEIR EMPLOYEES TO STAY HOME. YES. OKAY. SO THIS IS INFORMATION WE NEED TO BE GETTING OUT TO PEOPLE. UM, AND THEN FINDING A WAY, UH, TO HELP THEM PAY THOSE PEOPLE TO STAY HOME, NOT CREATING THIS, UH, ARTIFICIAL CAMPAIGN THAT IS JUST NO LONGER RELEVANT IN A TIME OF COVID. UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS WORK THAT WAS DONE BEFORE I MYSELF SUPPORTED, UH, A SAFE OR THIS, UH, ORDINANCE, BUT UNDER VERY DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN IMMEDIATELY TO GET MONEY TO THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES AND NOT HAVING ADDITIONAL LAYERS AND ADDITIONAL LAYERS. I KNOW THIS IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM, BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT EVERYBODY [01:05:01] THAT CAN IS ALREADY DOING IT BECAUSE WE CANNOT RISK, UM, THAT WE ARE GOING TO EXPOSE OUR ENTIRE BUSINESS. UH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE ONE SICK PERSON WHO NOT EVEN SICK, A PERSON WHO WAS EXPOSED, WHO BY OUR HEALTH, UH, EX UH, EXPERT, UM, PROFESSIONAL IS SAYING, YOU SHOULD STAY HOME. SO WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO RUN OUR BUSINESSES WITH PEOPLE STAYING HOME. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THEM. THIS IS WAS ALWAYS MY CONCERN. WE, WE DON'T HAVE 10 EXTRA PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN EXPOSED TO COME IN AND DO THE WORK. THIS IS A MESSAGE THAT WE NEED TO BE SPENDING OUR TIME EXPLAINING TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. UH, JUST THAT EXACTLY. IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WHO'S BEEN EXPOSED, BUT UH, BUT STILL TEST NEGATIVE, THAT PERSON SHOULD NOT BE AT WORK. AND OH, BY THE WAY, HERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $5,000 OR FIVE 10,000 OR HOWEVER MUCH TO PAY YOUR EMPLOYEES SO THEY CAN STAY HOME. THEY, THAT BUSINESS DOESN'T HAVE MONEY ON THEIR OWN. SO I DON'T SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS CAMPAIGN. UM, I THINK IT WAS DONE UNDER VERY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. UH, AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS IS NOT HOW WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S VOLUNTARY, THAT IT LOOKS PUNITIVE, UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING, OH, YOU NEED TO DO ALL THESE ADDITIONAL LAYERS. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE DID A LOT WITH OUR P P P, UH, FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. UM, TRYING TO LIKE TO EDUCATE AND INFORM PEOPLE HOW YOU CAN STAY IN OPERATION, UH, BUT KEEP YOUR COMMUNITY SAFE. UM, THERE'S STILL ALL KINDS OF MISINFORMATION ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE SHOULD DO. AND IN FACT, UH, TO BRIDGER, THAT WAS A, A, A QUESTION THAT I HAD, UM, EVEN THAT I'VE ASKED YOU AMONG MY OWN EMPLOYEES, ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO COME TO WORK OR NOT? BECAUSE MANY TIMES THEY'RE SAYING, WELL, I WANNA COME TO WORK. I, I'M, I'M READY TO WORK. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS, BUT MY MOTHER WAS EXPOSED, UH, NO, I'M SORRY, MY MOTHER IS POSITIVE AT HOME. SO DOESN'T THAT MEAN I NEED TO QUARANTINE? THERE'S STILL A LOT OF MIXED MESSAGING HERE, AND WE DON'T NEED TO ADDITIONALLY LAYER IT ON WITH ADDITIONAL MESSAGING THAT'S JUST NOT RELEVANT ANYMORE. SO I THINK WE CAN LOOK FORWARD. I, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO OUR BEST. WE AS A, AS A COUNCIL, UH, AND YOU ALL AS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO WORK WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA TO GET US AS MUCH HONEY AS WE CAN, UH, TO FLOOD OUR SMALL BUSINESSES WITH SUPPORT, UM, AND NOT DO THIS ADDITIONAL LAYERING. I I DON'T SUPPORT THIS AT ALL. AND, AND, UH, IT'S, UM, I, I, I DON'T SUPPORT IT AT ALL. I THANK YOU FOR, I MEAN, I KNOW IT WAS, IT WAS IMPORTANT WORK AT ONE TIME, TIME, BUT NO LONGER RELEVANT. SO THANK, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, CHAIR. SO IF I COULD JUST CLARIFY ONE THING, UH, CHAIR, THE, UM, THE TIME OFF THAT YOU GET FROM THE FEDERAL ACT, UM, IS AT NO COST TO THE BUSINESS. SO BUSINESSES CAN WORK WITH OUR, UM, SMALL BUSINESS OFFICE TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW TO DEDUCT THAT FROM THEIR TAXES SO THAT THAT DOES NOT COST THEM ANYTHING TO ALLOW THEIR EMPLOYEES TO TAKE THOSE TWO WEEKS OFF, EITHER BECAUSE THEY'RE SICK, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO CARE FOR SOMEBODY OR BECAUSE THEY'RE IN QUARANTINE. SO I DID WANNA, DID, WANNA CLARIFY THAT, UM, BUT YOU ARE RIGHT. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF CONFUSION OUT THERE ABOUT WHEN TO QUARANTINE AND WHEN NOT TO, AND, AND WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THAT. UH, THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU DR. BRIDGER FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THERE IS FUNDING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO ALLOW THEIR EMPLOYEES TO QUARANTINE WHEN EXPOSED? I MEAN, WE DON'T GIVE THEM MONEY, BUT WE LET THEM DEDUCT IT FROM THEIR TAXES, WHICH OKAY. SO ULTIMATELY ENDS UP NOT COSTING THEM EXTRA MONEY. OKAY. AND SO HOW WOULD THEY PAY THE EMPLOYEES? SO I GUESS, DO THE EMPLOYEES TAKE HOME ANY MONEY? THE, THE, THE EMPLOYEES ARE OUT ON PAID SICK LEAVE FOR TWO WEEKS, AND THE EMPLOYER DEDUCTS THE COST OF THAT PAID SICK LEAVE FROM THEIR TAXES THAT THEY PAY. OKAY. UM, THANKS. I, IF WE WANNA DISCUSS THIS AT ANOTHER, UM, MEETING, I GUESS MORE IN DETAIL, WE WE CAN DO THAT IF THERE'S A, A REQUEST FROM THE, FROM THE COMMITTEE. UM, SO I, I ACTUALLY THINK, UM, THAT A $50,000 BUDGET FOR THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM THAT COULD BE TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY IS, IS PEANUTS. I THINK IT'S REALLY SMALL. UM, I KNOW WE HAVE FOUR, I BELIEVE WE HAVE FOUR FULL-TIME PEOPLE, UH, WORKING ON THIS. SO I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT. AND, AND PETER, THANKS FOR SETTING THE EXPECTATIONS. WE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S, [01:10:02] WHAT'S REASONABLE TO EXPECT THE FIRST TIME AROUND. SO I'M, UH, IN A SENSE THAT MAKES IT EXCITING, RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING TO SET THE TONE FOR, UH, THE REST OF THE, THE STATE, WHICH IS UNLIKELY TO HAVE MANDATED PAID SICK LEAVE, UH, ANYTIME SOON. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THAT PROGRESSES. UM, I SUPPORT, UM, REACHING OUT TO EMPLOYEES, UM, ALTHOUGH IT, IT'S HARD, HOW DO YOU PICK WHICH ONES YOU DO THAT TO? UM, BUT I, I DO THINK WE COULD, UH, LEARN SOMETHING RIGHT FROM HEARING DIRECTLY FROM THE EMPLOYEES AS WELL. UM, AND, UH, I'M SORRY, I'M LOOKING AT MY NOTES HERE. UM, I THINK THOSE, UH, MATERIALS THAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO, UM, MAYBE RUN THEM BY SOME EMPLOYERS. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE, WITH THAT GROUP ANYWAY. SO BEFORE THEY, THEY GO OUT AND, UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU'RE PROMOTING THE SAME CRITERIA AS WE HAVE FOR THE ORIGINAL SAFE AND, WELL, IT'S NOT ORIGINAL , THE SAFE AND SICK LEAVE ORDINANCE THAT WE ULTIMATELY ADOPTED IN OCTOBER OF, OF 2018. UM, I THINK THE, THE REAL QUESTION THAT, THAT I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT SO MANY EMPLOYERS DON'T OFFER, UH, SICK AND SAFE LEAVE, HOW WILL YOU KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN? THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION. UM, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, EXCUSE ME. E D D HAS BEEN REALLY SUPPORTIVE. AND FIRST OF ALL, THEY'VE HELPED COORDINATE A FEW SICK LEAVE MEETINGS WITH, UH, THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE IN TOWN. BUT E D D HAS A DATABASE OF EMPLOYERS AND THEY, THEY SAID THEY'LL WORK WITH US TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT, UM, ABOUT PAID SICK LEAVE. SO, BUT THE QUESTION OF, UH, WHERE DO YOU START AND HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY WHO HAS IT OR WHO DOESN'T? YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY DAUNTING WHEN 350,000 PEOPLE IN OUR CITY, WE BELIEVE DO NOT HAVE PAID SICK LEAVE. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK INTO AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND, UM, TRY TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE MORE TARGETED MARKETING CAMPAIGN. BUT I WILL SAY RIGHT NOW THAT E D D HAS BEEN GREAT IN PROVIDING US SUPPORT AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO HELP US START TARGETING BUSINESSES THAT THEY WORK WITH, AND ALSO THEY'RE OFFERING TO, UM, REVIEW A LOT OF THE MARKETING MATERIALS WE'RE THE DRAFTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS WELL. OKAY, GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, GLAD TO SEE THIS MOVING FORWARD. I, UH, HOPE WE HAVE AN UPDATE IN, UM, IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, UH, WHENEVER THE TIME IS APPROPRIATE FOR IT. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. MM-HMM. . OKAY. [3. 20-6751 A briefing on Metro Health's Gun Violence Prevention Program - Stand Up SA [Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD, Assistant City Manager; Sandra Guerra, MD, MPH, Interim Deputy Director, Health Department]] WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS, UM, OH, LEMME BRING IT UP. UH, A BRIEFING ON METRO HEALTH GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM, STANDUP ESSAY. UM, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING THIS UP, UH, SINCE BEFORE THE BUDGET GOT ADOPTED, UH, OUT OF MY OFFICE, SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO HEAR THE, THE UPDATE ON THIS. SO THANK YOU. TURN IT OVER TO DR. BRIDGER. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. UM, SO I, I, I OFTEN SAY THAT, UH, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE FAVORITE PROGRAMS. HOWEVER, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROGRAMS IS ABSOLUTELY THE STANDUP ESSAY PROGRAM. UM, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, DEREK AND I BELIEVE JASMINE ARE GOING TO CO-PRESENT THIS. DEREK, ARE YOU KICKING IT OFF? YES, I AM. THANK YOU, DR. BRIDGER. ALL RIGHT, TAKE IT AWAY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I WILL PRESENT BE PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF METRO HEALTH ABOUT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO GUN VIOLENCE. MY NAME IS DEREK TAYLOR, AND I'M A SENIOR MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR STANDUP SA. NEXT SLIDE. SO, VIOLENCE REMAINS, UH, CONCENTRATED IN CERTAIN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED NEIGHBORHOODS. THESE NEIGHBORHOODS TEND TO HAVE LOWER RATES OF EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, AND ARE PLAYED WITH OTHER SOCIAL AND HEALTH, HEALTH DISPARITIES. YOUNG MEN EXPOSED TO THESE SOCIAL CONDITIONS ARE AT RISK OF BOTH VIOLENCE, VICTIMIZATION, AND PERPETRATION. NEXT SLIDE. SO, YOUNG MEN, ESPECIALLY THOSE 15 TO 24 YEARS OF AGE, HAVE SHOWN THEY LACK THE SKILLS TO AVOID, TO MEDIATE CONFLICT, AND MAY BE UN UNAWARE OF THE CONSEQUENCES TO THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR NEIGHBORS. UM, VIOLENCE BECOMES A LEARNED BEHAVIOR. FURTHERMORE, COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN VIOLENT NEIGHBORHOODS, OFTEN ACCURATE, UM, TO THE VIOLENCE, ACCEPTING AS NORMAL BEHAVIOR AND FEELING POWERLESS, POWERLESS TO STOP IT. NEXT SLIDE. UM, THE PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH, UM, TO GUN VIOLENCE THERE, THERE'S ALWAYS A QUESTION OF, [01:15:01] UM, THE PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO GUN VIOLENCE, UM, BECAUSE OF A VARIETY OF REASONS, INCLUDING, UH, WE WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS IS 'CAUSE IT'S COMPLEX AND FREQUENT. IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH, UM, MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY RATES, AND IT HAS A MAJOR IMPACT ON HEALTH AND SAFETY OF, OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS. NEXT SLIDE, UM, DEVELOPED, UM, BY PHYSICIAN, UM, GARY SLUCK IN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IN CHICAGO. CURE VIOLENCE IS A EV, EVIDENCE-BASED, UM, VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT WORKS WITH COMMI COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF GUN VIOLENCE. THE STRATEGY LEVERAGES EXPERIENCES OF YOUNG MEN OF COLOR TO ACT AS CREDIBLE MESSENGERS, UH, OF A ANTI-VIOLENCE MESSAGE IN ORDER TO PREVENT AND REDUCE YOUTH VIOLENCE. NEXT SLIDE. IN THE 1990S, DR. LUCKIN NOTICED SIMILAR BETWEEN THE AIDS EPIDEMIC IN AFRICA AND THE VIOLENCE OCCURRING IN CHICAGO AT THE TIME, NOTICING THAT VIOLENCE WAS HAPPENING IN CLUSTERS SEEMED TO BE REPLICATING ITSELF AND WAS IN INCREASING RAPIDLY, JUST LIKE, UM, DISEASE EPIDEMICS DID. HE, HE RECOGNIZED THESE AS THE THREE CLASSIC SIGNS OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASE AND DECIDED TO TREAT IT AS SUCH. NEXT SLIDE. SO, KEVON'S HAVE, HAS PROVIDED A ARRAY OF TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO OVER A HUNDRED COMMUNITIES IN OVER 10 COUNTRIES. SOME ARE LISTED, UM, ON THE SLIDE. IN SOME AREAS WHERE THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE, THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE RANGING FROM 15% TO 40% IN SHOOTINGS IN THE TWO YEARS FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF CURE VIOLENCE. NEXT SLIDE. UH, WE HAVE LOCALLY IMPLEMENTED RQ VIOLENCE PROGRAM AS STANDUP SA, UNDERSTANDING THE INTERRUPTION OF VIOLENCE OCCURRED BY PREVENTING RETALIATORY SHOOTINGS, MEDIATING ONGOING CONFLICTS, AND CONTINUING TO FOLLOW UP TO KEEP THE CONFLICTS. COOL. NEXT SLIDE. SO, THE, THE CURE VIOLENCE PROGRAM RELIES ON THREE KEY ELEMENTS TO STOP THE TRANSMISSION OF VIOLENT BEHAVIOR BY WORKING WITH PARTICIPANTS INTERRUPTING TRANSMISSION, DIRECTLY, IDENTIFYING, CHANGING THE THINKING OF POTENTIAL TRANSMITTER TRANSMITTERS, SUCH AS THOSE AT HIGHEST RISK OF PERPETRATING VIOLENCE AND CHANGING GROUP NORMS REGARDING VIOLENCE. NEXT SLIDE. OUR MODEL FOCUSES MUCH OF ITS EFFORTS FROM PREVENTING VIOLENCE AMONG THE MOST HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS, UM, BUT IT ALSO WORKS SIMULTANEOUSLY TO INSTILL ANTI CONFLICT AND ANTI-VIOLENCE NORMS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND, UM, AS YOU SEE IN THE SLIDE, OUR PARTICIPANTS, UM, MUST MEET A CERTAIN CRITERIA TO BECOME, UM, TO START WORKING WITH US. NEXT SLIDE. AND HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF OUR PARTICIPANTS FOR 2019. UM, THE TEAM, MY TEAM TYPICALLY CARRIES OUT A LOAD OF 15 HAS A LOAD OF 15 TO 12 PARTICIPANTS. THE AMOUNT CHANGES DEPENDING ON WHAT RISK THE PARTICIPANT IS, UM, WHICH RANGES FROM LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH, HIGHEST MEANING THAT THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL OF BEING, OF BEING A SHOOTER OR BEING SHOT AT. IF A OUTREACH WORKER HAS HAS MORE HIGH RISK PARTICIPANTS, THEY HAVE A LOWER NU, UM, LOWER NUMBER OF, OF PARTICIPANTS BECAUSE THEY NEED TO WORK MORE INTENSELY WITH THEM TO LOWER THEIR RISK TO A MEDIUM OR LOW. NEXT SLIDE. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE CARIA THOMPSON, WHO'S AN OUTREACH WORKER WHILE WITH STANDUP, AND SHE WILL SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT BEING A CREDIBLE MESSENGER CARIA. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I'M CARIA THOMPSON. I'VE BEEN WITH STANDUP SA FOR FOUR YEARS, SO WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED CREDIBLE MESSENGERS, TYPICALLY FORMER GANG MEMBERS. UM, SOMEONE WITH PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TYPICALLY HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD OF THEIR OWN AND WILLING TO HELP OTHERS IN A SIMILAR POSITION. NEXT SLIDE. UM, HEY, THANK YOU, CARIA. HE HERE IS A, UM, HERE'S OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHART. AS CARIA MENTIONED, STAFF ARE SELECTED BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES WITH CRIME AND VIOLENCE. UM, MANY ARE FORMER HIGH, HIGH LEVEL, OUR POPULAR GANG MEMBERS. WE HAVE CHANGED THEIR LIVES, LIKE, SAY, OFTEN AFTER OUR STAND IN PRISON. UH, I WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, THAT WHEN I'M CONSIDERING HIRING, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT STAFF COME FROM THE SAME COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY ARE WORKING. SO, UM, TYPICALLY ALL MY, WELL, DEFINITELY ALL MY STAFF THAT WORKS ON THE EAST SIDE SIDE, UM, LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE, UH, ALL AND ALL THE STAFF THAT WILL BE WORKING ON THE WEST SIDE WILL BE HOPEFULLY COMING FROM THE WEST SIDE. [01:20:03] UM, NEXT SLIDE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UM, JASMINE WILLIAMS, WHO IS MY OUTREACH, UH, WORKER SUPERVISOR, AND SHE WILL SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE AND, AND THE EAST SIDE AND WEST SIDE TEAMS. JASMINE? HELLO EVERYONE. JASMINE WILLIAMS. UM, STANDUP A COMMUNITY SERVICE SUPERVISOR, AND I'VE BEEN WITH STANDUP FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM, KIND OF HELP GETTING EVERYTHING, UM, UP AND RUNNING. UM, WE CURRENTLY WORK ON THE EAST SIDE. WE HAVE NON OUTREACH WORKERS, UM, AND ONE OUTREACH SUPERVISOR. AND WHAT WE DO IS WE GO IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE DETECT VIOLENCE, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE. WE TRY TO PREVENT RETALIATIONS, MEDIATE ONGOING CONFLICTS AND KEEP CONFLICTS COOL BECAUSE THEY'RE SUBJECT TO, UM, SPARK BACK UP AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT. UM, WE IDENTIFY, UM, HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN HELP US IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, MAKE CHANGE. SO THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T ACTUALLY GOT IT TOGETHER YET, BUT DEFINITELY WANNA SEE CHANGE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WE GO AND RECRUIT THEM AS PARTICIPANTS, AND IN THE PROCESS OF THAT WE GET THEM JOBS AND HELP THEM CHANGE THEIR LIVES. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO GET A WEST SIDE TEAM. UM, WE'LL HAVE ONE OUTREACH WORKER, SUPERVISOR, AND NINE OUTREACH WORKERS. UM, THEY WILL BE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO IN THE PROCESS OF THAT, WE'LL GO AND TRY TO, UM, RECRUIT CREDIBLE MESSENGERS WHO HAVE BEEN FROM, WHO ARE FROM THE WEST SIDE, AND CAN GO BACK AND MENTOR AND TEACH THE OTHER HIGH RISK, UM, HOW TO GET OUT OF THE LIFESTYLE AND CHANGE THEIR WAYS AND MAYBE EVEN BECOME A PART OF THE STANDUP ESSAY PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, JASMINE. SO, AND, AND WE ALSO WILL BE, UM, ADDING TO THE GROUP, UM, HOSPITAL BASED VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS. UM, B S C AND U H S RECEIVED THE BULK OF THE SHOOTING VICTIMS IN BEXAR COUNTY. SO IT MAKES SENSE TO WORK WITH THEM ON REDUCING, REDUCING THE INCIDENTS. UM, ONE OF THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO PREVENT VIOLENT RETALIATIONS IS WHEN THEY ARE RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR THEIR INJURIES IN A HOSPITAL SETTING. UM, HOSPITAL BASED VIOLENT INTERVENTION PROGRAM MAY DISRUPT THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE BY PROVIDING PATIENTS AND POTENTIALLY THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WITH TRAUMA COUNSELING AND REFERRALS TO SOCIAL SERVICES. NEXT SLIDE. SO HERE'S THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART. AGAIN, THAT GIVES YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR CURRENT COMPLIMENT AND WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO HIRE. UH, LIKE I SAID, CURRENTLY WE HAVE THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION ADMINISTRATOR. UM, ME AS A, UM, SENIOR MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, THE EAST SIDE TEAM IS ALREADY IN PLACE. AND, BUT WE DO PLAN ON OUR, UM, ADDING THE WEST SIDE, UM, SUPERVISOR AND THE TEAM, AND THEN ALSO HAVING A, A HOSPITAL BASED OUTREACH SUPERVISOR AND ADDING, UM, THROUGH OUTREACH WORKERS TO THEIR TEAM. NEXT SLIDE. UM, BECAUSE OF OUR CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, SPECIFICALLY ON THE EAST SIDE, ALAMO COLLEGES HAVE A ALLOWED THE EAST SIDE TEAM TO WORK OUT OF ETSY, WHICH IS THE EAST SIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTER, AND ALSO WILL BE ALLOWING THE WEST SIDE TEAM TO RESIDE AT WET SEA, UH, THE WEST SIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING, EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTER. UM, BEFORE COVID, UM, MY STAFF WOULD SPEAK WITH STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS ABOUT CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND THE CONS, CONSEQUENCES OF BEING INVOLVED IN GUN VIOLENCE. UM, THAT'S CURRENTLY BEEN PUT ON HOLD. UM, 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY COVID, UM, BUT WE PLAN, WE PLAN TO LOOK BACK INTO THAT ONCE EVERYTHING GETS BACK TO NORMAL. SO I'LL END IT RIGHT THERE, AND IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK. JERRY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. UM, I'M THRILLED ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU AND, AND YOUR TEAM DO, AND SO GLAD TO SEE IT GET A BOOST IN, IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. THANK YOU. UM, YEAH, I, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY, I, I THINK IT'S REALLY A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO HEAR US TALK ABOUT VIOLENCE, UM, BEYOND JUST BEING A MORAL FAILURE. I THINK FOR IT, IT'S VERY COMMON TO JUST ASSUME SOMEONE'S A BAD PERSON AND THEY, AND THEY COMMIT A, A, A VIOLENT ACT, BUT THERE'S REALLY SO MANY PIECES AROUND IT THAT NEED TO BE WORKING FOR THEM TO, TO GET OUT OF THAT, OUT OF THAT SPACE AND OUT OF THOSE PATTERNS, SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU AND YOUR GROUP DO. UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT ALL YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE FULL-TIME, UH, THIS YEAR TOO. I HOPE THEY ARE AS WELL. THEY ARE, YEAH. GOOD. SO, I, UM, I WANTED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EXPANSION INTO THE WEST SIDE AND WHAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS YOU'LL, YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH. UM, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE NOT DECIDED WHAT [01:25:01] NEIGHBORHOODS WE'LL BE, UM, RESIDING IN OR CANVASSING IN. UH, I PLAN TO WORK WITH, UM, THE WEST SIDE, UM, CAPTAIN, UH, S A P TO WORK WITH HIM. UM, HE'S GONNA HELP ME DETERMINE HOTSPOTS, UH, WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF SHOOTINGS HAPPENING, AND THAT'S WHERE I, I PLAN TO DEPLOY THE TEAMS WHEN I HAVE HIM UP AND RUNNING. OKAY, GREAT. UM, THANK YOU. UH, I SAW THAT YOU PARTNER WITH, UH, MY BROTHER'S KEEPER, THE HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAM. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE INTERACTION? UM, I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAM, ALTHOUGH ALL THOSE PROGRAMS THAT YOU LISTED ARE GREAT , BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT TO EXPAND THE HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAM, SO THAT'S WHY I'M, I'M ASKING. SO TYPICALLY BEFORE COVID, UM, WE WOULD DO, UM, CERTAIN EVENTS, OUTSIDE EVENTS, UM, WHICH INCLUDED, YOU KNOW, INVITING RESIDENTS FROM THE EAST SIDE TO COME VISIT US TO COME SO WE CAN PASS OUT INFORMATION. UM, JUST TRYING TO BRING A COMMUNITY TOGETHER. SO WE ALSO, WE WILL ALSO INVITE HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS SO THEY CAN DO FOOD DEMONSTRATIONS. UM, SO, SO, AND ALSO OTHER TYPES OF DEMONSTRATIONS, JUST, JUST SO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE OF WHAT THE CITY OFFERS. OKAY. UM, GREAT. AND THEN I, I GUESS THAT MY, MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE, UM, ARE THERE, OH, ACTUALLY I DO HAVE ANOTHER ONE. WHEN YOU COME ACROSS PEOPLE WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE OR YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN A HOSPITAL, UM, AFTERWARD, WHAT ARE THE STEPS THAT ARE TAKEN TO HELP THAT PERSON, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SEEK, UH, HELP FOR ANY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES THAT THEY MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED, UM, BEFORE? SO, TYPICALLY WHAT WE, WHAT WE TRY TO DO, UM, OBVIOUSLY, UM, MY OUTREACH WORKER, UM, WORKS WITH THAT PERSON AND THEY USUALLY BECOME A PARTICIPANT OF OUR TEAM, UH, OF OUR PROGRAM. AND WE, WE CHECK ON, CHECK IN ON THEM PERIODICALLY, TRY TO DETERMINE THEIR NEEDS. AT ONE POINT I HAD A CASE MANAGER, WE WOULD COME INTRODUCE THAT PERSON TO OUR CASE MANAGER WHO WOULD DO A FULL PROFILE ON THEM, AND THEN WE WILL, WE WILL TRY TO LOCATE SOME SERVICES, HOPEFULLY FREE SERVICES, UM, THAT WE CAN, UM, TAKE THAT PERSON TO, TO, UM, GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. OKAY. AND, UH, WHEN YOU SAY HOPEFULLY FREE, SO USUALLY PROVIDED BY SOME, UH, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, BUT DOESN'T HAPPEN IF THEY'RE NOT FREE? WELL, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY ARE WE, UM, WE TRY TO WORK WITH SOME NONPROFITS, UM, TO SEE IF THEY OFFER CER, UM, CERTAIN SERVICES THAT WE CAN'T, UM, WE DON'T PROVIDE AT THIS TIME. UM, BUT IF, IF THERE ARE PAID SERVICES, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A CITY ENTITY, SO WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO FREE FUNDS RIGHT NOW. UM, BUT WE TRY TO WORK THE BEST WE CAN WITH AGENCIES AND NONPROFITS TO GET WHAT, GET THEM WHAT THEY NEED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, AND COUNCIL, YES, SORRY. YEAH, COUNCILMAN . SO WE ACTUALLY HAD A TEAM, UH, WHOLE, UM, COMMUNITY HEALTH TEAM MEETING ON FRIDAY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS A HIGH PRIORITY WAS, UM, REALLY STEPPING UP THE INTERNAL REFERRAL PROCESS THAT WE HAVE, UM, FOR EXACTLY THOSE SAME REASONS. UM, WE ALREADY ARE DOING THAT INFORMALLY, UM, BUT I THINK WE KIND OF RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO MAKE THAT A LOT MORE, UM, SEAMLESS AS WE'RE EXPANDING AND TOWARDS YOUR HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS QUESTION. WE'RE ACTUALLY CO-LOCATING WITH THEM, UM, IN OUR NEW OFFICE SPACE FOR THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION TEAM. SO THEY'RE VERY MUCH OUR, OUR SISTER TEAM. WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT, SO. OKAY. THANK YOU, JENNY. SO VERY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS ALSO. IT IS SO NICE, UH, TO SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE PLACED, HOW THE EMPLOYEES ARE PLACED IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH. UM, I THINK SOME OF OUR BEST POLICE OFFICERS ARE THE ONES WHO SERVE THE AREAS WHERE, WHERE THEY GREW UP. SO I, I CAN SEE HOW, HOW THAT'S REALLY VALUABLE TOO. SO THANK YOU, DEREK. THANK YOU, JENNY, FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO COUNCILWOMAN, UH, BRAN FIRST. UM, SO SHE HASN'T GONE FIRST YET. THANK YOU, CHAIR. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEREK, FOR THE PRESENTATION. I THINK THIS IS, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS BEEN REALLY THE FIRST TIME IN AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS THAT I'VE GOTTEN A PRESENTATION LIKE THIS, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, MANY OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ALREADY ASKED BY THE CHAIR, UM, BUT I DID WANT TO ASK YOU, WELL, OR THERE WAS ANOTHER PERSON ON THE CALL, THERE WAS JASMINE OR CARIA YES. WHO TALKED ABOUT, UM, TALKED WITH KEEPING CONFLICTS COOL. AND PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE CHANGE. SO WHAT IS THE CHANGE THAT YOU ALL ARE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY, THAT THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO SEE CHANGE? WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE CHANGE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, [01:30:01] IF MAYBE YOU ALL CAN SPEAK TO THAT? I CAN JASMINE AGAIN. SO THEY WANNA SEE, UM, THEY WANNA BE ABLE TO SURVIVE, RIGHT? AND SO A LOT OF THE REASON WHY THEY'RE ON THE STREETS AND ON THE CORNERS AND SELLING DRUGS AND INVOLVED IN THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO SURVIVE. AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE FELONIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT IS, THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S ONLY A FEW OPTIONS. SO MAYBE SOMETHING TO WHERE THEY CAN START HIRING PEOPLE WITH FELONS, WITH A DECENT PAY TO WHERE THEY COULD SURVIVE. BECAUSE ONCE THEY'RE IN THE STREET LIFE, IT ISN'T AT FIRST THEY WANNA MAKE MONEY, AND THEN THE GUNS, AND THEN THE VIOLENCE COMES AFTER THAT. SO THEY REALLY DON'T WANNA DO THE VIOLENT PART, BUT IF THEY HAVE TO DO IT TO SURVIVE, THEN THEY'RE WITH THAT. SO I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, GETTING GOOD JOBS WHERE THEY CAN MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR HOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THAT. AND I THINK WHAT THIS DOES IS IT, IT CONTINUES TO SPEAK TO OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS POLICY MAKERS PARTNERING WITH YOU ALL AND SEEING THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. YES. SO, UM, THANK YOU JEFF AND ALL OF Y'ALL FOR YOUR WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, UM, AND THESE DISRUPTORS OR INTERRUPTERS PUTTING THEM THERE AND KNOWING THAT WE AS, AS ELECTED AND POLICY MAKERS AND AS THE CITY GOVERNMENT HAVE TO, TO DO BETTER AS WELL. UM, THOSE ARE ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I, I HAVE, UH, CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. UM, MOVING ON TO DISTRICT FIVE, COUNCILMAN GONZALES. UH, THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, SO I DO LOVE THESE KIND OF PROGRAMS, REALLY THE GRASSROOTS EFFORT. WE KNOW THAT WE BEST KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR, OUR FRIENDS AND OUR PEERS AND OUR DISTRICTS. UM, I, I GUESS, AND YOU KNOW, I, I'VE, I'VE TRIED A COUPLE OF PILOTS OVER THE YEARS, UH, TO ADDRESS SOME SYSTEMIC ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE REASON THAT THESE PROGRAMS OFTEN DON'T GET FUNDED FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME, UM, IS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S HARD TO GET THE DATA THAT THEY'RE EFFECTIVE. SO ARE YOU HAVING, BECAUSE PREVENTION IS HARDER TO TRACK, UM, IS THERE SOMEBODY THAT'S DOING THAT WORK THAT CAN PROVE THAT IT'S, UM, IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD, UH, PROGRAM? YES, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. UM, BUT WHEN WE PARTNER BACK WITH, UM, CURE VIOLENCE, UM, THEY HAVE, UM, PROGRAMS ALREADY, UM, THAT CAN TRACK OUR CHECKOUT DATA, UH, WHICH WILL, WILL BE ABLE TO HELP US PROVE THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE WORKING AND GIVE US, UM, POINTS IN TIME WHERE SHOOTINGS OCCUR, THE HIGHEST POINT WHEN SHOOTINGS OCCUR, AND WHAT WE DID TO LOWER THAT CHANCE THE NEXT TIME. SO YES, THERE WILL, WE WILL BE TRACKING, UH, EFFECTIVELY. 'CAUSE WE, WE WERE WITH CUR CURE VIOLENCE BEFORE, BUT WE KINDA LOST TRACK WITH THEM, BUT WE'RE GETTING BACK WITH THEM NOW AND THEY HAVE CERTAIN THINGS ALREADY IN PLACE THAT WILL HELP US PROVE THAT WE WORK. UH, SO THANK YOU. I KNOW IT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAVILY DATA-DRIVEN SOCIETY, UM, IS THAT PREVENTION IS HARDER TO TRACK. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW. UM, AND PERHAPS, UM, UH, I I ALSO THINK THERE ARE OTHER METRICS, UM, THAT YOU CAN, THAT CAN BE USED. UM, AND, AND I HOPE THAT THEN, YOU KNOW, IT RESULTS IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING, NOT JUST FOR THAT PROGRAM, BUT FOR A LOT OF PROGRAMS AND REINVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I, I FELT THAT YOU GUYS WERE WORKING IN THE LINCOLN AREA, THE LINCOLN COURTS AROUND THE WESTERN AREA. UM, I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT THE WEST SIDE HADN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED YET. 'CAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS, ALWAYS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU GUYS WERE OVER THERE A, A COUPLE YEARS AGO. WE WERE ON THE WEST SIDE, UM, BUT DUE TO DO SOME BUDGET CUTS, WE HAD A, UM, UM, REDUCED AMOUNT OF MY, MY TEAM. UM, SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WE COULD STAFF, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS JUST DEEMED BETTER THAT WE BE MORE EFFECTIVE ON THE EAST SIDE SIDE. UM, WELL, SO I THINK YOU REALLY SAID THE KEY THING RIGHT THERE IS LIKE DUE TO BUDGET CUTS. SO YOU WERE THERE YES. BUT THEN THERE WERE BUDGET CUTS, NOT THAT THE PROGRAM WASN'T EFFECTIVE OR THAT IT WASN'T WORKING, OR THAT THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, VIOLENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY ARE CONTINUES TO BE VIOLENCE IN, I MEAN, IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT BECAUSE OF BUDGET CUTS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, I LOOK TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR REDIRECTION OF FUNDING. SO I MEAN, AS WE TALK A LOT ABOUT HOW WE FUND PROGRAMS [01:35:01] IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WE, WE INCREASE THE FUNDING IN THIS PROGRAM, BUT IT WAS REALLY SMALL. UM, IN FACT, WHO CAN HELP ME OUT HERE WITH THE NUMBER THAT WE INCREASED THIS PROGRAM? UM, I DON'T KNOW IF DR. BRIDGER KNOWS EXACTLY THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF HER HEAD FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. I WANNA SAY IT WAS ABOUT $600,000. IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT, JENNY? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT. AND WAS THAT ALL NEW DOLLARS? YES. OKAY. PREVIOUSLY THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE CITY HAS FUNDED STANDUP SA PREVIOUSLY IT WAS FUNDED THROUGH VARIOUS GRANTS, UM, THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO COBBLE TOGETHER. UM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE A MORE STABLE FUNDING SOURCE FROM THE CITY. UM, AND DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MUCH IT WAS BEFORE WITH THE DIFFERENT GRANT PROGRAMS? UM, AT ITS PEAK, I WANNA SAY IT WAS A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR THAT WE RECEIVED. UM, AND THEN IT, IT KEPT GETTING WHITTLED DOWN AND WHITTLED DOWN. AND, UM, NOW WE'VE, OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE'VE BEEN, UM, MOVING IT BACK UP. OKAY. GOOD. WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT, UM, ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS, IF IT WAS NEW GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, I, AND I FEEL LIKE WE MOVED PEOPLE FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? DID WE MOVE THIS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO METRO HEALTH? BUT DID WE ALSO THEN ADD, ADD DOLLARS? UM, SO, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT CAME UP SEVERAL TIMES. YEAH. I THINK YOU'RE THINKING OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORK WHERE WE DID MOVE SOME EMPLOYEES FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER TO METRO HEALTH, BUT THE, UM, THE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORK, THE, THIS IS NEW DOLLARS AND NEW STAFF. OKAY. OKAY. GREAT. WELL, UM, I'M GLAD, UH, AND I THINK WE CAN, UH, HOPEFULLY EXPAND ON THE MODEL. UH, AND, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, IT AS, AS WE SHOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE SHOW OVER TIME, UM, UH, UH, THAT THE PROGRAM IS EFFECTIVE. BUT WHAT IT REALLY DOES SHOW, AND, AND, AND I'VE BEEN LISTENING IN ON, UH, A LOT OF NOW VIRTUAL, UH, CONVENTIONS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, UM, REGARDING, UM, UH, UH, RACISM AND, AND SYSTEMIC RACISM, UH, AND EVEN REPARATIONS IN OUR CITY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS INVESTMENT IN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. AND SO IF WE CAN GENUINELY, UH, AND ALSO, UM, UH, GENEROUSLY INVEST IN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN WHAT HAD BEEN, WE KNOW HISTORICALLY REDLINED AREAS, UH, DISINVESTED AREAS, WE CAN REALLY CHANGE THE, THE CITY. UH, AND SO I WOULD JUST URGE US TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND NOT NECESSARILY WAIT FOR A LOT OF DATA DRIVEN APPROACHES, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S HOW WE HAVE APPROACHED EVERYTHING. I, AT LEAST I KNOW, UM, AT LEAST ON MY TIME IN THIS COUNCIL, I'VE BEEN GUILTY MYSELF OF TRYING TO REDIRECT FUNDS BASED ON DATA. AND SOMETIMES THAT DATA DOESN'T PRESENT ITSELF, UH, IN A WAY THAT'S MEANINGFUL WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PROGRAM. I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO BUILD ON IT, UM, AND THAT WE, WE, UH, SEE THE, THE, UM, I, I GUESS THAT WE CONTINUE ON THAT PATH OF REDIRECTING, UM, FUND. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE A, A COUPLE MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THEN AFTER THIS, WE STILL DO HAVE ONE MORE ITEM. OKAY. UH, LET'S SEE, 3, 5, 1, UH, UH, COUNCIL INTR, AND THEN I'LL GO BACK TO TWO. UH, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS PROGRAM. I, I'M, I REALLY, UM, CAN APPRECI, UH, UH, APPRECIATE THE APPROACH, UH, BY USING OUTREACH SPECIALISTS AND, UH, WOULD ASK THAT, UH, AS, AS YOU'RE GOING BACK TO THE WEST SIDE, UH, THAT, THAT YOU MAYBE WORK WITH, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, OUR, OUR OUTREACH SPECIALISTS, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING THAT GOING CITYWIDE, WHICH IS OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH, UH, INITIATIVE. UH, BECAUSE WE DO SEE A LOT OF, UH, SIMILARITIES IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, A LOT IN OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, UH, REALLY DO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. AND WE'VE LEARNED THAT THROUGH OUR OUTREACH SPECIALISTS THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE TALKED TO SOME OF THOSE FOLKS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE'RE FUNDING THIS AS A CITY BECAUSE, UH, AGAIN, TO THAT POINT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE ALLOW THESE THINGS TO, TO, TO, TO SUFFER, UH, FROM LACK OF FUNDING, THEN IT'S, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BUILD SOMETHING UP, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, GET, GET [01:40:01] SOMETHING GOING, AND THEN HAVE IT, HAVE IT IN, UH, QUICKLY OR ABRUPTLY. UH, SO I'M, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS. UH, UH, I'LL ASK YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, THE WEST END PARK HERE, THE FRANK GARRETT CENTER, AND ALL THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THERE. THE, THE COMMUNITY, UH, IS VERY, VERY MUCH ENGAGED. UH, COUNCILMAN SILAS AND I ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS REGULARLY, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, I THINK WOULD BE, UH, AN AMAZING RESOURCE AND IT WOULD BE VERY WELCOMING, UM, TO YOUR GROUP, UH, THE WEST END HOPE IN ACTION, UH, GROUP THAT'S AT THE FRANK CARE CENTER. UM, ALSO, UH, WILL YOU BE WORKING WITH THE NEXT LEVEL GROUP, UH, YOUTH RE ENGAGEMENT CENTER? YES, I WILL. I, I ALREADY WORK WITH THEM, UH, WITH MY BROTHER'S KEEPER, UM, BUT I WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM, UM, IN MY STANDUP CAPACITY ALSO. FANTASTIC. OKAY. I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S REALLY IT. AGAIN, JUST, JUST, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE INVESTING MORE IN, YOU KNOW, MORE, MORE, MORE SOCIAL SERVICES, MORE OUTREACH SPECIALISTS, MORE FOLKS TO GO OUT THERE, UH, CONNECT WITH PEOPLE AND, AND, AND MEET THEM WHERE THEIR NEEDS ARE. SO GREAT WORK THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILWOMAN, ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, SO DEREK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND JENNY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS, AND I KNOW I'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO TAKE MOST OF THESE OFFLINE, BUT I'LL START WITH THIS ONE FIRST. WITH THE ESCALATION OF SHOOTINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE ON THE EAST SIDE, WHAT STEPS HAVE BEEN DONE TO SPEAK TO THIS COMMUNITY, UM, THAT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE UNDER SIEGE RIGHT NOW? WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A RETALIATION GOING ON, UM, COMMUNITIES, AND WE'RE FINDING THAT WE'RE SEEING BODIES JUST DROP. SO AT THIS TIME, WHAT IS THE VI VISIBILITY RATE OF THE CREDIBLE MESSENGERS? OR TELL ME WHAT STEPS ARE, ARE ACTUALLY BEING TAKEN RIGHT NOW? UM, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE IN COVID. WELL, HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE THAT'S ESCALATING IN THE EAST SIDE. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY COVID CHANGED A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT IT DIDN'T STOP, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA. SO WE'RE ACTIVELY ON SOCIAL MEDIA MONITORING, UH, CERTAIN SITUATIONS. UM, AND WE'RE ALSO, UH, STILL GOING TO, UM, IN THERE, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE PEOPLE, BUT WE'RE STILL REMAINING KEEPING OUR DISTANCE. UM, BUT A LOT OF THE SITUATIONS THAT, THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF SPECIFICALLY ON THE EAST SIDE, UM, MY TEAM IS AWARE OF, UM, AND THEY, WE TALK ABOUT IT QUITE FREQUENTLY, ESPECIALLY ABOUT CERTAIN SHOOTINGS. UM, BUT THERE'S CERTAIN, CERTAIN THINGS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE INTERVENE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. UM, AND A LOT OF TIMES, ONCE AGAIN, UH, WHEN WE DO INTERVENE AND IT HAS A POSITIVE OUTCOME, MOST PEOPLE WILL NEVER KNOW ABOUT IT. UH, JUST BECAUSE THERE WAS NO, THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE NEWS. UH, BUT A COUPLE TIMES, THERE ARE SOME THINGS ON THE NEWS, UH, WE, WE KNOW ABOUT IT, AND WE HAVE SPOKEN, UH, I WOULD SAY 80% TO 90% OF THE TIME WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THE, UM, PARTIES THAT ARE DOING THE SHOOTING. UM, AND WE JUST HAVEN'T GOT TO A RESOLUTION WHERE THE, THE, THE CONFLICT CAN COME TO A PEACEFUL END. OKAY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE STARTED SEEING IN OUR DISTRICT OFFICES, UM, A MASS, A LOAD OF EMAILS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF DETECTIVES, UH, BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE CASES AND THE LACK OF CONCERN AND RESOLVED FOR THESE CASES. HOW CAN YOU SPEAK TO FAMILIES THAT ARE CONCERNED THAT DETECTIVES, OR THAT THERE'S NO RE RESOLVE IN THE CASES THAT HAVE EVEN BEEN, UM, IN THE PAST, AND ESPECIALLY THE NEWER CASES THAT WE HAVE NOW, UM, AS FAR AS DETECTIVES GO, UM, THAT'S A, A POLICE, UM, ISSUE. UM, WE, WE DEFINITELY STAY AWAY FROM, WE, WE STAY ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET, THEY STAY ON THE OTHER. UM, UH, BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS, TYPICALLY IF THERE'S A FAMILY THAT, UM, HAS EXPERIENCED SOME TROUBLE, MY, MY TEAM, IF THEY KNOW THEM, PROBABLY ALREADY VISITED THEM, IF THERE WAS A SHOOTING AND LIKE ONE OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS GOT SHOT, UH, WE PROBABLY TOOK OVER, UM, VICTIM, VICTIMS OF CRIME PAPERWORK, AND WE'RE ACTIVELY TALKING TO THE FAMILY, UH, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. UH, IT MAY NOT BE MUCH, BUT IT MAY BE LIKE A BALLOON RELEASE, OR IT MAY BE THAT, HEY, MAYBE WE CAN SHOW UP AND, AND DO A BARBECUE FOR YOU, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOUR FAMILY NEEDS RIGHT NOW. Y'ALL NEED THAT SUPPORT OUTSIDE OF YOUR FAMILY. WE WILL SHOW UP AND JUST SHOW OUR SUPPORT AS REPRESENTING THE CITY. YEAH. AND COUNCILWOMAN. UM, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. AND I THINK AS WE'VE BEEN ROLLING OUT THE EXPANSION THAT STANDUP IS NOT INTENDED TO KIND OF BE PART OF THE POLICE RESPONSE, BUT JUST A TOTALLY DIFFERENT [01:45:01] MODEL. SO WE WOULDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY ROLE IN ANYTHING WITH THE DETECTIVE. AWESOME. THANK YOU, UH, JENNY. AND AS WE GO FORWARD, I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW, UM, THE DATA IN THE, IN THE STATISTICS FROM JANUARY OF 2020 TO PRESENT, AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS IT RELATES TO, UM, STANDUP SA AND THE RELATION TO THE GUN VIOLENCE THAT WE SEEN HERE ON THE EAST SIDE SPECIFICALLY. SO IF I COULD GET THAT INFORMATION AS WE GO FORWARD, I LIKE THAT. BUT I WILL TAKE THE REST OF MY, MY QUESTIONS OFFLINE, COUNCILWOMAN, I DON'T WANNA, UH, TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME. SO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, THANKS METRO HEALTH FOR, UH, GREAT WORK AND GREAT PRESENTATION. AND, UH, THANK YOU TO DEREK, YOUR TEAM JASMINE, AND, UH, I THINK THERE WAS SOMEBODY ELSE ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, [5. 20-6691 A briefing on a potential agreement between the City of San Antonio and Blink Charging Company for Publicly-Accessible Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure on City Property (RFP 20-076). [David McCary, Assistant City Manager; Douglas Melnick, Chief Sustainability Officer]] WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR, UH, LAST ITEM, AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH EV CHARGING STATIONS. UH, MR. MCCAREY, DO YOU WANNA INTRODUCE THE I THE ITEMS? WELL, I'LL HAVE TO TELL YOU COUNCILWOMAN, I'M NOT SURE I CAN TOP THE LAST SUBJECT, BUT, UH, MY HAT'S OFF TO THAT ENTIRE TEAM. UH, TODAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE DOUG MELNICK AS WELL AS, UH, JULIA, UH, THEY'LL DO THE PRESENTATION. MS. MURPHY, THEY'LL DO THE ACTUAL PRESENTATIONS TODAY. THEY'RE DOING A KIND OF A COMBINATION. THANK YOU, DOUG. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. SURE. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU COMMITTEE MEMBERS. UH, WE'LL BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. I KNOW IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A LONG, UH, UH, LONG MEETING, BUT, UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO, TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS, THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY. UM, IF WE LOOK BACK AT THE CLIMATE PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY, BY COUNCIL LAST OCTOBER, WE KNOW THAT A, A LARGE PORTION OF OUR, OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS COME FROM TRANSPORTATION, UM, ABOUT 40%. AND IN ORDER TO GET THOSE EMISSIONS DOWN, WE NEED A COUPLE THINGS. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH C P S TO, TO CARBONIZE. UM, OUR, UM, UH, OUR ELECTRICITY, UM, UM, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE USING AS WELL AS STARTING TO TRANSITION OVER TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. UH, THEY, THEY GO HAND IN HAND. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE KNOW, UM, JUST FROM TALKING TO DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS AND, AND IS THAT THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT JUST THE ACCESSIBILITY AND THE AVAILABILITY OF CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE THIS IS A, A, A GREAT APPROACH TO START, UH, TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, TO GET PEOPLE MORE COMFORTABLE TO TRANSITION OVER. UM, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO, TO JULIA, I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION THAT WE, WE DO HAVE SOME FOLKS ON THE CALL TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. WE HAVE, UM, TONY ORLANDO WHO'S, UH, WITH BLANK, UH, WHICH, UH, IS, IS WE'RE CONSIDERING ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH, UM, AND WE HAVE LESLIE TRO FROM C P S ENERGY, WHO WORKS IN ALL THE ELECTRIFICATION ON, ON, ON THEIR SIDE. SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO I GET TO DO THE BIG SUMMARY, UH, AND THEN JULIA WILL GO INTO THE DETAILS. SO THIS IS ABOUT AN AGREEMENT, UM, WITH BLINK CHARGING. UM, UH, GO BACK, UM, FOR, UM, ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT ON CITY PROPERTY SUPPORTS MANY OF OUR GOALS. UM, CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY, TRANSPORTATION AND AIR QUALITY. IT SHOWS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT NEW TECHNOLOGY. UM, REALLY IMPORTANT WE GET TO TAP INTO SOME OF THE, UH, VW MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE, UM, FROM THE STATE TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS. AND PROBABLY, UM, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS IT'S THE DESIGN TO BE COST NEUTRAL TO THE CITY. UM, AND, AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND WITH THAT, UM, JULIA, PLEASE, UM, FEEL FREE TO, TO TAKE OVER AND WALK EVERYONE THROUGH THE SPECIFICS, AND I THINK WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU, DOUG. AND MY NAME IS JULIA MURPHY. I'M THE DEPUTY CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER. SO I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH A COUPLE OF THE DETAILS THAT HAVE LED US TO THIS POINT WITH THIS PROJECT. UH, AS DOUG SAID, PROMOTING CLEAN AND EFFICIENT VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING EVS OR ELECTRIC VEHICLES, IS A MITIGATION STRATEGY FOR REDUCING TRANSPORTATION CONSUMPTION IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S SA TOMORROW SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, THE CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN, THE OZONE ATTAINMENT MASTER PLAN, AND IT'S AN INITIATIVE THROUGH OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE AMERICAN CITY'S CLIMATE CHALLENGE. ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AS YOU KNOW, PRODUCE ZERO POLLUTING EMISSIONS AND ARE THEREFORE GOOD NOT ONLY FOR OUR AIR QUALITY, BUT ALSO FOR PUBLIC HEALTH. SO IN COLLABORATION WITH BOTH INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS AND ADVISORS, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY HAS CONDUCTED STUDIES AND ANALYSES TO UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES ELECTRIC VEHICLE NEEDS. C P S ENERGY ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 45,000 ELECTRIC VEHICLES WILL BE IN SAN ANTONIO IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT ABOUT A 10TH OF [01:50:01] THAT LEVEL WITH 4,400 REGISTERED VEHICLES WITHIN THE C P S SERVICE TERRITORY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, IN ORDER FOR IT TO TIE ALL OF OUR EFFORTS TOGETHER AROUND ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WE ESTABLISHED SOME WHILE BACK, A BRAND WHICH WE CALLED E V SS A, UM, TO INCLUDE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH POLICY AND INFRASTRUCTURE CONSIDERATIONS. AND WE LAUNCHED, UM, THE E V S A BRAND. AND LIKE MANY OF OUR EFFORTS, THESE INCLUDE BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EFFORTS. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW ARE THE INITIATIVE THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING TODAY, WHICH IS A PROPOSAL FOR, UM, PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY. UH, WE ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC, UM, ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN, AN OUTREACH CAMPAIGN THAT, UM, WE'VE LAUNCHED AND IS ALSO GOING TO BE SUPPLEMENTED THROUGH FUNDING, THROUGH, UH, CONGESTION MITIGATION, AIR QUALITY FUNDS, WHEN THOSE ARE RELEASED TO US BY TXDOT. UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH D S D AND OTHERS ON, UM, BOTH ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND SOLAR READY CODES FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION. AND WE'RE WORKING INTERNALLY ON OUR MUNICIPAL FLEET, UH, PRIMARILY WITH B E S D ON BRINGING SOME FULLY ELECTRIC VEHICLES INTO OUR FLEET AND RE UM, BOOTING OUR EXISTING GREEN FLEET PROCUREMENT POLICY. SO, UM, I'LL ALSO MENTION THAT C P S ENERGY IN PREPARATION FOR WIDESPREAD EV ADOPTION HAS CREATED EXPERIMENTAL RATES TO OPTIMIZE THE USE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND RECOVER COSTS THROUGH A SMALL COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE PILOT RATE, AND A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ELECTRIC PILOT RATE THAT WOULD APPLY TO, UM, LARGER CORPORATIONS AND, UM, FAST CHARGING STATIONS. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, THROUGH WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? UM, THROUGH OUR RESEARCH, WE KNOW THAT CHARGER AVAILABILITY, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE FUEL FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES, THE GAS STATIONS IF YOU WILL, UH, IS A, IS A MAJOR BARRIER TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE OWNERSHIP IN SAN ANTONIO AND ELSEWHERE AROUND THE COUNTRY DO IN LARGE PART, TO THE EV DRIVER'S, UH, FEAR OF WHAT WE CALL RANGE ANXIETY. UH, THEY, THEY CHARGE UP AT A STATION, THEY RECHARGE THE BATTERY THAT'S IN THE CAR, BUT THAT BATTERY CHARGE DOESN'T LAST FOREVER, AND WHICH CREATES RANGE ANXIETY FOR THE DRIVER, AND THEY WANNA KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GET TO THEIR NEXT CHARGE OR THEIR NEXT FILL UP. THE MAP THAT IS SHOWN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THIS, UM, OF THIS SLIDE BASICALLY SHOWS SOME MAPPING WE HAVE DONE TO ESTABLISH WHERE THE PRIORITIES ARE FOR EV CHARGING. UH, THE DARKER AREAS ARE, UH, WHERE THERE'S MAYBE MORE A LACK OF PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND, OR A LACK OF, UM, A HOMEOWNER'S ABILITY OR A RESIDENT'S ABILITY RATHER TO CHARGE, UM, POTENTIALLY AT THEIR HOME BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A GARAGE OR DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UH, WE BASICALLY TO ANTICIPATE THE NUMBER OF EV DRIVERS THAT WE'RE EXPECTING NEED TO COMPREHENSIVELY LOOK CITYWIDE AT WHERE THOSE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES EXIST. UM, SO WE DO KNOW THAT LIMITED AVAILABILITY COULD LEAD TO A DELAYED ADOPTION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WHICH AGAIN, IS A MAJOR STRATEGY FOR REDUCING BOTH GROUND LEVEL OZONE AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN SAN ANTONIO. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO LAST, UM, LAST, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, ON THE HEELS OF US DOING A MAJOR COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF OUR REGION, WE RELEASED A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO GAIN CLARITY ON ELEMENTS TO INCLUDE IN A POTENTIAL R F P. UM, WE WERE ANTICIPATING THE CALL FOR PROJECTS FROM T C E Q ABOUT, UM, RELEASING, UH, GRANT FUNDING POTENTIALLY FOR PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE EV CHARGING. SO WE WANTED TO FURTHER DO OUR HOMEWORK AND SEE WHAT, UM, BUSINESSES WERE ALREADY OUT THERE OPERATING IN THE SPACE, UM, AND WHO COULD PROVIDE A PROPOSAL THAT POTENTIALLY THE CITY WOULD, UM, BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THEM ON. AND THAT COULD BE COST NEUTRAL TO THE CITY, UM, IN ANTICIPATION, AGAIN FOR THAT GRANT OPPORTUNITY. AFTER, UM, GATHERING THAT INFORMATION, WE RELEASED AN ACTUAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS LAST, UH, JULY. AND, UM, WE WERE ASKED, WE WERE ASKING THE RESPONDENTS TO FOCUS ON CO COST NEUTRAL BUSINESS MODELS THROUGH A THIRD PARTY ELECTRIC SUPPLY [01:55:01] EQUIPMENT PROVIDER TO INSTALL, OPERATE, MAINTAIN, AND OWN PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE ON CITY PROPERTY. THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE WAS COMPOSED OF VOTING MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY PUBLIC WORKS CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS IN WITH GUIDANCE FROM OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. AND WE ALSO HAD ADVISORS ON THE COMMITTEE FROM C P S ENERGY AND THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL THROUGH OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE AMERICAN CITIES CLIMATE CHALLENGE. BASED ON THE PROPOSALS RE RECEIVED AND SUBSEQUENT INTERVIEWS, AS WELL AS A COMMITMENT TO COST NEUTRALITY AND EXPERIENCE, THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE CONTRACT BE AWARDED TO BLINK CHARGING OR BLINK, AND WE SENT THEM A SUCCESSFUL LETTER, UM, BACK IN OCTOBER AND THEN BEGAN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THIS IS A, UM, AGAIN, A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSAL. IT'S A TURNKEY OWNERSHIP MODEL. IT WILL BE COST NEUTRAL TO THE CITY. BLINK WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL EXPENSES RELATED TO SITE PREP, INSTALLATION, SOFTWARE MARKETING, AND CUSTOMER INTERFACE. WE WILL INITIALLY START WITH LEVEL TWO CHARGERS, WHICH ARE, UH, ONE STEP UP FROM JUST PLUGGING INTO A ONE 10 OUTLET, UM, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR, IN YOUR HOME OR GARAGE. UM, AND THEN EVENTUALLY POTENTIALLY MOVING TO DC FAST CHARGERS ON CITY PROPERTY. SO THE LOCATIONS WE ARE LOOKING AT CURRENTLY INCLUDE SURFACE LOTS, WHERE THERE IS NOT CURRENTLY, UH, EXISTING CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE, PERHAPS SOME LIBRARIES, SOME PARKS, UH, PRE-K FOR SA CENTERS. AND WE WILL BE FURTHER VETTING THESE SITES ONCE WE ARE UNDER, UH, FULLY UNDER CONTRACT WITH OUR PROVIDER, WHO WILL THEN BE, UM, HELPING US TO LOOK AT THOSE SITES, UM, INDIVIDUALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SUITABLE FOR NEW EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT ARE FOR ONE YEAR WITH FOUR ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS. AND THIS IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY FAST CHANGING, UM, UH, ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TO BE WORKING. UH, TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING VERY RAPIDLY AND WE WANNA BE NIMBLE AND, UH, HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE FLEXIBLE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE FISCAL IMPACT, UM, IS ZERO TO THE CITY, UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, BLINK WILL BE PROVIDING, INSTALLING, OWNING AND OPERATING ALL THE E V SS E, WHICH STANDS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT. UM, THEY WILL BE CHARGING A FEE TO ACCESS THE CHARGERS LIKE MOST PLACES DO, AND BEYOND, UM, ACHIEVING THE PROGRAMMATIC COSTS THROUGH THE FEES THAT ARE GENERATED. UH, THEY WILL BE, THEY HAVE OFFERED A 50 50 REVENUE SHARE, UH, WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. SO TO MEET, MAKE ENDS MEET, UH, FOR THE BUSINESS MODEL THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO PURSUING ALL GRANTS, REBATES AND INCENTIVES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. AND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW AROUND RIGHT NOW. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ONE OF THOSE IS, UH, BEING OFFERED BY THE, THROUGH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, WHO ARE THE LEAD AGENCY TO IN TEXAS TO ADMINISTER THE TEX TEXAS VOLKSWAGEN MITIGATION PROGRAM, OR TEX V FUNDS, ALSO REFERRED TO AS VW SETTLEMENT FUNDING. THIS IS A HISTORIC POT OF MONEY BEING DISTRIBUTED AROUND THE COUNTRY THROUGH COMPETITIVE GRANTS WITH A GOAL OF REDUCING GROUND LEVEL OZONE AND IMPROVING AIR QUALITY, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF NON-ATTAINMENT OF WHICH SAN ANTONIO IS NOW IN NON-ATTAINMENT FOR OZONE, UH, FOR CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE IS CURRENTLY 10.4 MILLION IN GRANTS AVAILABLE STATEWIDE TO HELP FUND LEVEL TWO CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LIGHT DUTY PLUGIN. ELECTRIC VEHICLES TEXT VENT ALLOWS GRANT APPLICANTS TO APPLY FOR UP TO 50 ACTIVITIES. THAT'S 50 CHARGING STATIONS, BASICALLY, UM, EVERY THREE MONTHS. AND THE PROJECT WILL BE DONE IN PHASES TO MAXIMIZE GRANT FUNDING, GRANTEES MUST PAY PROJECT FUND COSTS UPFRONT, AFTER WHICH T C E Q REIMBURSES GRANTEES FOR ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES, AND THEY'RE CAPPING IT AT $2,500 PER DUAL PORT CHARGING UNIT. WE'RE EXPECTING A CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR DC FAST CHARGERS THROUGH TAMP TO [02:00:01] OCCUR AS EARLY AS JANUARY OF 2021, SO RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO SHOULD THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE, CONCUR STAFF RECOMMENDS SENDING THE POTENTIAL CONTRACT WITH BLINK CHARGING TO FULFILL THE GOAL OF PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE EV CHARGERS ON CITY PROPERTY FOR FULL COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IN DECEMBER. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JULIA, FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND, UH, TO YOU, DOUG AND MR. MCCAREY FOR YOUR WORK AND TO MR. ORLANDO FOR HIS, UH, PATIENCE DURING, UH, OUR LONG AND VERY INTERESTING MEETING. UM, MR. ORLANDO, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE, WITH THE COMMITTEE? NO, WE JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, INCLUDING US IN THIS MEETING. AND, UH, BLINK IS HONORED, UH, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SAN ANTONIO. WE, UH, SPEAKING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I LOVE THE CITY. UH, I'VE LIVED THERE FOR FIVE YEARS AND, UH, WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THIS, UH, IN, IN HELPING THE CITY GROW ELECTRIC VEHICLES. THANK YOU. UM, WE, I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO, TO COMMENTS I'D, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO KEEP THEM TO MAYBE THE TWO OR THREE MINUTES AND WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN. UH, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU YOU, JULIA. THANK YOU DOUGLAS. UM, OR DOUG, WE KNOW THAT, THAT WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH ALL THINGS SUSTAINABILITY, AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT. AND IF WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TRULY TACKLING OUR OZONE ISSUE, WE HAVE TO START WITH OUR VEHICLES AND HOW WE'RE DOING THAT. UM, WE KNOW THAT CHARGING PORTS ARE REALLY HARD. MOST HOMES ARE NOW LOOKING TO BE BUILT WITH THEM, BUT WE KNOW A LOT OF HOMES ARE NOT BUILT WITH THEM. AND SO, UH, WHEN YOU'RE OUT ON THE ROAD AND YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF TRAVELING, HAVING A CITY THAT ACTUALLY STEPS IN AND GIVES YOU THIS OPTION IS, IS DEFINITELY NEEDED AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD. SO OUR MOTION FOR THIS TO GO TO FULL COUNSEL THERE. SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, COUNCILWOMAN , DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YEAH, THANK YOU. UH, JUST SOME COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING THIS. I KNOW THIS, UH, WAS FREE ME POINT BEING ON THE CHECK, UH, COMMITTEE. UH, I THINK THE RANGE ANXIETY IS VERY REAL. I DO NOT OWN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, BUT I HEAR MY FRIENDS THAT TALK ABOUT IT. UH, SOMETIMES I THINK THAT TALKING IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE, , BUT THE RANGE ANXIETY IS VERY REAL. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT AS, AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT RANGE ANXIETY AT, AT THE EV STATIONS. I LIKE THE IDEA OF PUTTING THEM AT THE, AT THE CITY, UM, LIBRARIES, PRE-K FOR ESSAY CENTERS, MAKING SURE IT'S SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ALL OF THE EV STATIONS JUST ON ONE PART OF TOWN BECAUSE THEN OUT OF ANXIETY, NOBODY'S GOING TO WANT TO COME TO A DIFFERENT PART OF TOWN. SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT. AND ALSO LOOKING AT THOSE, UM, REGIONAL CENTERS, UM, LOOKING AT REGIONAL CENTERS OF COURSE, AND THEN, UM, WHATEVER TRANSIT CENTERS THAT VIA HAS THAT, WE CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THEM. I KNOW YOU ALL ARE VERY SMART AND YOU PROBABLY ALREADY SAID, UH, THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, BUT I WANTED TO VERBALIZE THAT OUT LOUD. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN VINEO. THANK YOU. CHAIR. UM, COM ALMOST OFF SUBJECT, BUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS LATELY IT JUST ENDED WAS, UH, THIS SHOW, UH, YOU AND MCGREGOR AND HIS BUDDY WHO IS CALLED THE LONG WAY UP. AND THEY TOOK THESE ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES ALL THE WAY UP FROM THE SOUTHERN TIP OF SOUTH AMERICA ALL THE WAY UP, UH, TO LOS ANGELES. AND IT SHOWED, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE DIFFICULTY OF CREATING THESE STATIONS FOR THEM TO, TO BE ABLE TO PLUG IN AND HAVE THE, THE ABILITY TO GO TO THE NEXT STOP THAT THEY HAD. UH, I WAS SO JUST ENTHRALLED AND I CAN TELL YOU, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT AN ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE HOPEFULLY TO PURCHASE, SO I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS, OBVIOUSLY. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. AND I, I JUST HAVE A, A COUPLE, UH, QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, YOU KEEP SAYING THIS IS, THANK YOU, COUNCIL, I'M SORRY YOU KEEP SAYING THIS IS REVENUE NEUTRAL, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE SELLING YOURSELF SHORT AND NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING MONEY FROM FROM THIS OR THAT THERE CAN POSSIBLY BE [02:05:01] REVENUE TO THE CITY, UM, AT SOME POINT. AND, AND AT WHAT POINT MIGHT YOU EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN, DOUG OR JULIA? SURE. I'LL TAKE A STAB AND THEN I'LL, I'LL ALSO LET TONY WEIGH IN BECAUSE THEY REALLY CAME UP WITH THE MOST CREATIVE PROPOSAL AND THE ONE THAT DEMONSTRATED COST NEUTRALITY TO THE CITY, WHICH WAS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE CONTRACT AWARD. UM, WE WANT THEM TO THIS PROGRAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL, SO WE'RE ALLOWING THE INITIAL REVENUE TO BE FOLDED BACK INTO THE PROGRAM. AND, UM, COUNCILWOMAN GRO ACTUALLY MENTIONED SOME OTHER SITES THAT WE WOULD BE CONSIDERING THAT MAY NOT BE CITY OWNED PROPERTY, BUT, UM, BLINK IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY WORKING WITH OTHER PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO ESTABLISH AN EVEN MORE ROBUST, UM, NETWORK OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTRACT. SO, UM, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE REVENUE FOR THEM AS WELL TO FOLD BACK INTO THE PROGRAM. BUT TONY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON THAT? YEAH. SO THERE'S LOTS OF, UH, REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE SEE THAT WILL BE COMING DOWN. UM, IN ADDITION TO OUR OWN NETWORK, WE HAVE 189,000, UH, MEMBERS ON OUR NETWORK THAT WILL BE LOCATING, UH, CHARGING STATIONS, WHICH WILL ALL BE VISIBLE. UM, YOUR, YOUR CHARGING STATIONS AS WELL, UM, IN, IN THE CITY AS WELL AS, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE ON OTHER NETWORKS ALSO WILL HAVE VISIBILITIES TO THESE CHARGING STATIONS. SO THAT'S GONNA DRIVE TRAFFIC DOWNTOWN, RIGHT? AND THAT'S, UH, PART OF THE STRATEGY HERE IS WHAT CAN WE BRING INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA. UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE ARE, ARE EV OWNERS, UH, AS WELL AS BUSINESS OWNERS. UM, SO AS, UH, RIDESHARE COMPANIES GO ELECTRIC AS , A LOT OF THE ADOPTION, UH, THAT WE SEE IN, IN OTHER CITIES THAT WE WORK WITH, UH, HAPPEN. UH, SO TOO WILL YOU SEE REVENUE INCREASES. ALL OF THESE, UM, UH, CHARGERS COME WITH SEVEN INCH L C D SCREENS, UH, THAT WE COULD PROMOTE LOCAL BUSINESSES ON. UM, SO THERE, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED UH, AS WELL AS LOCAL BUSINESSES, UH, IN, IN HERE THAT, THAT WILL HELP DRIVE REVENUE. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, SO JUST A QUICK QUESTION. WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THIS TO BE CONSIDERED BY FULL COUNSEL, BUT FOR, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE DOCUMENTS. SO USUALLY WHEN WE, UH, APPROVE A, A CONTRACT OR AN AGREEMENT, WE'LL HAVE AN EXPLANATION OF HOW THE OTHER BIDDERS DID THE SCORING, WHERE THE COMPANIES ARE FROM, AS WELL AS THE LANGUAGE FOR THE AGREEMENT AND THE, UM, THE EXPECTATIONS. RIGHT? SO, UM, WOULD YOU MIND SENDING THAT TO US? YES. SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND WE HAVE THAT ALL, UH, TEED UP FOR THE COUNCIL AS WELL, THE FULL COUNCIL, SO WE CAN SEND IT TO THE COMMITTEE FIRST FOR SURE. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. IF YOU COULD DO THAT THIS, THIS WEEKEND BEFORE IT GETS AGENDA FOR FULL COUNSEL AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY ISSUES, JUST UH, PLEASE, UH, REACH OUT TO MR. MCC AND DOUG. ALRIGHT. UH, THAT SAID, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE, UH, UM, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ROLANDA FOR, FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU. AND UH, AND OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING DATE IS, UM, GIMME ONE SECOND. AMANDA, DO YOU HAVE IT HANDY? I KNOW YOU'RE THERE, AMANDA. I WANNA SAY IT'S DECEMBER. WELL, I'LL SEND IT OUT TO YOU GUYS. MY APOLOGIES. UH, BUT IT'S IN DECEMBER, WE'RE GONNA MEET AGAIN, SO THANK YOU EVERYONE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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