Dec 02, 2020 City Council B Session on 2020-12-02 2:00 PM

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL.

I PROMISE I'M HERE, BUT MY VIDEO'S NOT SHOWING.

COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE.

AND MAYOR BERG HERE.

MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

WE HAVE, UH, TWO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER WALSH.

UH, THANKS, MAYOR.

UH, TODAY WE HAVE, UH, TWO

[1. 20-6999 Briefing on the SA Ready to Work initiative funded through a 1/8 cent sales tax to provide for workforce development and higher education under Chapter 379A of the Texas Local Government Code. [Carlos Contreras; Assistant City Manager; Alejandra Lopez, Director, Economic Development]]

BRIEFINGS.

THE FIRST IS A, UH, A BRIEFING ON THE READY TO WORK INITIATIVE THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS ON ON NOVEMBER 3RD.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL KNOWS THE INITIATIVE, UH, IS FUNDED THROUGH A ONE 8 CENT SALES TAX THAT'LL PROVIDE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION, UH, UNDER THE, UH, CHAPTER 3 79 A OF THE, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

AND, AND THE INITIATIVE, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HEAR, UM, BUILDS UPON OUR, REALLY, OUR, OUR C OVID 19 RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN.

UH, OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PILLAR THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS, UH, MEANT TO SERVE THE, AS THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO THE, UH, THE SUBSTANTIAL AND, AND URGENT NEED, UH, THAT RESIDENTS HAD, UM, AS A RESULT OF COVID.

AND SOME OF THAT IS STILL GOING ON.

UH, TODAY.

UM, TODAY'S BRIEFING WILL, UH, INCLUDE AN OUTLINE OF THE PROPOSED CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SAN ANTONIO, UM, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, WHICH IS THE PRE-K FOR SA BOARD, UH, OUR DEVELOPMENT OF THE READY TO WORK, UM, UM, WORK PLAN AND OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

UM, A, UH, DISCUSSION ABOUT A READY TO WORK ADVISORY BOARD AND A RECOMMENDED ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, UM, UH, TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.

UM, AS YOU'LL HEAR DURING THE BRIEFING, UH, WE HAVE, UM, DEVELOPED A, UM, A JOB DESCRIPTION, AND WE ARE, WE WILL, UH, BE EXECUTING A, A NATIONAL SEARCH FOR A, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE TO HELP LEAD THIS INITIATIVE FOR US.

IT WILL BE A SEPARATE OFFICE, UH, OF THE, OF THE, UH, OF THE CITY.

UM, RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THIS IS BEING RUN THROUGH, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, AND ALEX AND HER TEAM, UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS, HAVE REALLY SHIFTED TO PRIMARY, PRIMARILY FOCUSED COMPLETELY ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PILLAR AND THE SMALL BUSINESS PILLAR.

BUT WE DO HAVE A, A NUMBER OF LARGER ITEMS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED THIS YEAR.

ONE IS THE DISPARITY STUDY UPDATE, AND THEN OUR UPDATE TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, ORDINANCES.

UM, THOSE ARE TWO FUTURE B SESSIONS THAT'LL BE COMING TO COUNCIL, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY.

UH, IN THE MEANTIME, UM, I HAVE MOVED SOME SENIOR LEVEL PROFESSIONALS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION TO, UH, WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH ALEX AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO HELP WITH A LOT OF THIS ORGANIZATIONAL WORK.

AND THEY'RE ALL WORKING CLOSELY WITH, WITH CARLOS AND MYSELF AND MARIA IN, IN KIND OF SHAPING THIS.

AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT DURING THE PRESENTATION.

UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND, AND, AND I THINK WE'LL NEED TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S WRAPPED INTO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE DO, BUT I'VE ASKED THE STAFF TO IDENTIFY THE PROGRAMS, UH, WITHIN OUR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND EFFORTS THAT SUPPORT THE FINANCIAL RESILIENCE AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY, UM, UH, OF OUR RESIDENTS AND, AND ALIGN THOSE WITH OUR READY TO WORK INITIATIVE.

AND AS YOU'LL HEAR IN THE PRESENTATION, UM, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS NOT JUST DESIGNED TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, INDIVIDUALS GET CERTIFIED IN, IN, IN OCC, IN, IN OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE IN DEMAND OR PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL, UH, FOUNDATIONS.

UH, THEY ARE TO DO THOSE THINGS IN ORDER TO GET PLACED AND INTO JOBS.

UM, AND SO IT IS A PIPELINE.

AND SO ANYWHERE THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY THAT, UH, WHETHER IT'S THE NEXT LEVEL PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AT THE FRANK GARRETT CENTER, ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS NEED TO BE ALIGNED TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE WORKING, UM, ON THE SAME PATH.

AND SO, UM, THAT GOES, UM, THAT, THAT APPLIES ALSO TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT WE PERIODICALLY COME TO, UH, TALK TO BRIEF WITH THE CAL BRIEF, THE COUNCIL

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WITH.

WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE ALIGNMENT AROUND THE JOB CREATION OPPORTUNITIES ARE, ARE SET, UH, GOING FORWARD.

IT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR US, UH, CARLOS AND ALEX AND MIKE SENDIN AND THE TEAM HAVE DONE A, A GREAT JOB.

AND THIS IS GONNA BE THE FIRST OF A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS WE'RE GONNA HAVE WITH YOU.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UM, ALEX, WHO WILL BE, UH, PROVIDING THE BRIEFING TODAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, THE, THE MA THE MANAGER MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE GONNA BE A PART OF OUR BRIEFING.

UM, BUT ON THIS FIRST SLIDE, DO YOU ACTUALLY SEE AN AGENDA OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL TOPICS THAT ARE ALSO GONNA BE INCLUDED IN, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE BRIEFING? UM, THAT INCLUDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE INITIATIVE, UM, ALONG WITH THE ITEMS THAT HE REFERENCED, THE GOVERNANCE OF THE ADVISORY BOARD.

WE'RE ALSO GONNA PROVIDE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT WAS COMPLETED FOR THIS INITIATIVE.

UM, THE PROPOSED SERVICE MODEL, THE VARIOUS IMPLEMENT SOME VARIOUS IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS THAT WE, UM, WE CONSIDERED ALONG WITH THE RECOMMENDED STAFFING SCENARIO, AND THEN THE CORRESPONDING FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR THAT SCENARIO.

AND THEN WE'LL BE CLOSING WITH AN AGGREGATED TIMELINE FOR SOME OF THE MAJOR MILESTONES, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH ALL OF THIS WORK.

SO, JUST AS A QUICK OVERVIEW, UM, THE READY TO WORK INITIATIVE, IT INCLUDES TUITION ASSISTANCE AND LAST DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BOTH WORKFORCE TRAINING CERTIFICATES, AND TWO AND FOUR YEAR DEGREES.

UM, THE TUITION ASSISTANCE IS GONNA BE COUPLED WITH WRAPAROUND SUPPORT AND EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP OUR PARTICIPANTS COMPLETE THIS TRAINING.

BUT WE, WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND, UM, THAT THE, THE INDIVIDUALS, ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO THE PROGRAM, THEY'RE REALLY DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME OF, OF HELPING PARTICIPANTS AND HELPING OUR RESIDENTS REENTER THE WORKFORCE, INCREASING THEIR WAGES, AND ULTIMATELY PROMOTE THEIR ECONOMIC MOBILITY.

UM, SO THAT, THAT'S JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ORIENTING EVERYBODY WITH, WITH THE INITIATIVE AND, AND THERE'S A COUPLE KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OUR CURRENT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WORK AND THIS PROGRAM.

SO I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THOSE.

BUT MOVING ON TO THE GOVERNANCE, UM, OPTIONS AND, AND WHAT'S GONNA BE INCLUDED HERE.

UM, WE'VE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE NEED FOR AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHICH IS THE PRE-K BOARD.

UM, IT, IT WOULD BE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN BETWEEN THE CORPORATION AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

UM, THROUGH THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WILL DELEGATE IMPLEMENTATION OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE READY TO WORK INITIATIVE TO THE CITY MANAGER AND TO CITY COUNCIL RESPECTIVELY.

UM, THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE FISCAL AGENT, UH, FOR THE PROGRAM AS WE CURRENTLY SERVE FOR THE PRE-K INITIATIVE.

UM, AND THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WILL STILL APPROVE ANNUAL BUDGETS, UM, BOTH FOR PRE-K AND FOR THE INITIATIVE.

UM, THESE, FOR THE READY TO WORK INITIATIVE STAFF WILL ACTUALLY PRESENT, UM, THAT BUDGET TO THE PRE-K BOARD, AND THEY'LL ALSO BE RECEIVING BIANNUAL UPDATES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE READY TO WORK INITIATIVE.

AND SO THESE TWO RESPONSIBILITIES, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE INCORPORATED INTO, THEY WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT TO REMAIN IN LINE WITH THE STATUTE, UM, AND SPECIFICALLY THE FUNCTIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED OF THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

UM, BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, CITY COUNCIL STILL ULTIMATELY APPROVE BOTH THE PRE-K BUDGET AND WE'LL APPROVE THE, THE READY FOR SA READY, READY TO WORK, UM, ANNUAL BUDGETS.

AND, UM, BOTH THE CORPORATION AND THE CITY, UM, CITY COUNCIL WILL ACTUALLY NEED TO APPROVE, UM, SOME UPDATES TO THE BYLAWS FOR THE CORPORATION SO THAT WE CAN DELINEATE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FUNCTIONS.

UM, AND THEN ADD A SEPARATE SECTION FOR THE WORKFORCE EDUCATION FUNCTIONS THAT ARE NOW ALSO GONNA BE INCORPORATED, UH, WITHIN THE CORPORATION.

SO MOVING ON TO THE ADVISORY BOARD, UM, THIS WAS AN ITEM MENTIONED DURING SEVERAL OF OUR COMMUNITY BRIEFINGS PRIOR TO THE ELECTION.

AND, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THERE BE A FORMAL STRUCTURE BY WHICH WE RECEIVE INPUT ON PROGRAMMATIC OPTIONS, UM, INCLUDING OCCUPATIONS CONSIDERED IN DEMAND.

UM, WE, WE CAN LOOK AT DATA AND, AND WE DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE ARE SEEING WHERE, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR A FEW EXAMPLES, H E B NEEDS PHARMACY TECHNICIANS, AND FOR THAT YOU NEED A HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE AND, YOU KNOW, A CERTIFICATE.

WE KNOW, UM, U SS A A NEEDS INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYSTS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT THE PROGRAMS, THE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR THOSE OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE IN DEMAND RIGHT NOW.

BUT THE DATA ONLY GIVES US SOME OF THE PICTURE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ALSO A QUAL SOME QUALITATIVE FEEDBACK FROM OUR LOCAL EMPLOYERS REGARDING THE NECESSARY SKILLS, UM, AND HOW THESE SKILLS ALIGN WITH THE TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT ARE, THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, WE ALSO NEED FEEDBACK AND, AND WOULD WANT TO SEE THE FEEDBACK REGARDING THE LEVEL AND THE QUALITY OF

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THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT THAT'S BEING PROVIDED THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

WE'D ALSO LOOK FOR THIS BOARD TO SERVE AS COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS FOR THE PROGRAM.

SO FOR THE EMPLOYERS, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THEM COMMIT TO HIRE PARTICIPANTS FROM THE PROGRAM AND, AND FOR THE PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALSO, UM, OPEN TO, TO HELP US PROMOTE THE PROGRAM AND THE COMMUNITY.

UM, REALLY TRULY SERVING AS THAT, AS THAT AMBASSADOR, UM, IN, IN PROMOTING THE PROGRAM, UM, TO PROVIDE VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES, THOUGH, WITHIN, WITHIN THIS GROUP, WE, WE RECOMMEND DIFFERENT, YET SPECIFIC STAKEHOLDERS BE REPRESENTED, AND THAT THESE APPOINTMENTS BE MADE AT LARGE.

SO TO MAINTAIN THE FOCUS OF THE PROGRAM ON CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPANTS, UM, WE RECOMMEND THAT FOUR OF THE NINE APPOINTMENTS BE SENIOR EXECUTIVES OR HR EXECUTIVES FROM LOCAL EMPLOYERS, UM, THAT HAVE OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE IN DEMAND RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE RECOMMEND THAT TWO OF THE SEATS BE FILLED BY CURRENT OR FORMER PARTICIPANTS, UM, AND THAT TRADE AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND TRAINING PROVIDERS, EACH HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS BOARD.

WE FURTHER RECOMMEND THAT TWO MEMBERS, UH, OF THE CITY COUNCIL SERVE AS LIAISONS TO THIS BOARD.

AND THIS ACTUALLY MODELS THE PROCESS IN PLACE OVER THE SUMMER, WHERE WE HAD TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY WITH THE WORKING GROUP THAT WAS CONVENED BY THE MAYOR.

UM, AND, AND ASIDE FROM DISAPPOINTED BOARD, WE ALSO REALIZED THAT FROM TIME TO TIME, THERE MAY BE A NEED TO CONVENE, CONVENE, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, UM, TO DELVE DEEPER INTO PARTICULAR AREAS OR, UM, SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDERS.

SO WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, AND, AND I'M ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AS WELL.

SO BOTH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, UM, AND THE ADVISORY BOARD WILL REQUIRE SOME, SOME NEAR TERM COUNCIL ACTION, SPECIFICALLY BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK.

TODAY, OUR PLAN IS TO SEEK CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION, CREATING THE ADVISORY BOARD DURING THE, THE DECEMBER 17TH COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO BEGIN THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS, UM, WHICH WE WOULD ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ALSO HELP US IDENTIFY AND PROMOTE DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY, UM, WITH THE GOAL OF CITY COUNCIL.

APPOINTMENT OF THE BOARD BY FEBRUARY AND LATE FEBRUARY, COUNCIL WILL ALSO BE ASKED TO APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND, UM, AMENDMENT OF THE CORPORATION BYLAWS.

SO, SHIFTING GEARS A BIT, UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE ELEMENTS FROM THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS COMPLETED FOR THIS INITIATIVE.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU RECEIVED A COPY OF THE FULL ANALYSIS TODAY, BUT JUST AT A HIGH LEVEL, I I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT, UM, DR.

STEVE NIVEN USED THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES DEVELOPED BY THE WORKING GROUP AS THE ASSUMPTIONS IN CALCULATING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT.

SO THESE INCLUDED, UM, MEASURES SUCH AS AN 80% COMPLETION RATE FOR CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS AND, UM, AND ASSOCIATES DEGREES, AND A 70% COMPLETION RATE FOR BACHELOR'S DEGREES.

HE PROJECTED, UH, 90% JOB PLACE, OR 80%, EXCUSE ME, JOB PLACEMENT FOR PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE PURSUING CERTIFICATES AND ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES AND 90% JOB PLACEMENT FOR THOSE THAT ARE PURSUING BACHELOR'S DEGREES.

UM, ULTIMATELY IT WAS ASSUMED THAT 90% OF THE INDIVIDUALS COMPLETING THE PROGRAM WILL EXPERIENCE WAGE INCREASES BASED ON THE UPSKILLING THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

BUT AN IMPORTANT NOTE THAT ACTUALLY KEPT THIS ANALYSIS SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE, IS THAT WHAT DR.

NIVAN DID NOT FACTOR IN WAS ADDITIONAL WAGE INCREASES OVER THE COURSE OF A PERSON'S CAREER, WHICH WE KNOW WILL HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE TARGETING OCCUPATIONS AND CAREERS WITH PASS WITH PATHWAYS FOR ADVANCEMENT.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE FIGURES YOU MAY ALREADY BE FAMILIAR WITH.

THE TOTAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT FROM THIS INITIATIVE IS PROJECTED TO BE $13.1 BILLION.

7.5 BILLION IS FROM INCREASED WAGES TO PARTICIPANTS, AND 7.4 BILLION IS FROM THE ADDITIONAL AND INDUCED SPENDING MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE INCREASED WAGES FROM A RETURN ON INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE.

OUR COMMUNITY WILL EXPERIENCE $85 IN BENEFIT FOR EVERY DOLLAR WE INVEST THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE.

AND I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HOW VOTER APPROVAL OF THE READY TO WORK INITIATIVE ALSO RECEIVED ATTENTION FROM MOODY'S, UM, ACCREDIT RATING AGENCY, AS THEY ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED AND PROJECTED INCREASED SALES TAX REVENUE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE HIGHER WAGES THAT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WILL EXPERIENCE.

AND DR.

NEVIN IS ALSO WITH US TODAY, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.

AND WE'RE ALSO AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS THIS WITH YOU IN MORE, MORE DETAIL IN IN INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS IF YOU'D LIKE.

SO NOW I'M GONNA GO A BIT DEEPER INTO THE SERVICE MODEL.

UM, THIS TABLE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF TRAINING

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SLOTS WE'RE PROJECTING WITHIN THE VARIOUS TRAINING AND DEGREE PROGRAMS. UM, A COUPLE THINGS I WANNA HIGHLIGHT HERE.

SO, THE FISCAL YEAR FOR READY TO WORK WILL ALIGN WITH THE PRE-K FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS JULY THROUGH JUNE.

AND ON THIS SLIDE YOU SEE THE SLOT DISTRIBUTION BY FISCAL YEAR WITH FISCAL YEAR 22, WHICH BEGINS TECHNICALLY JULY OF 2021.

SO PARTICIPANTS AND ASSOCIATES AND BACHELOR'S DEGREES, UH, DEGREE SLOTS, THEY TECHNICALLY WILL BEGIN THEIR ACADEMIC WORK, UM, IN THE SPRING SEMESTER OF 2022.

UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT WHILE THE ALLOTMENT, UH, OR WHILE THE ENROLLMENT OF THE PROGRAM, UH, WILL CONCLUDE IN 2026, TECHNICALLY PARTICIPANTS IN ASSOCIATES OR BACHELOR'S DEGREES MAY NEED AN ADDITIONAL YEAR TO COMPLETE THEIR DEGREES.

SO THAT'S WHY, UM, WE FACTORED INTO THE SERVICE MODEL, UH, THAT COLUMN WHERE YOU SEE FISCAL YEAR 2027.

UM, I, I REALLY WANNA EMPHASIZE AGAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE CERTIFICATES AND ASSOCIATES AND BACHELOR'S DEGREES, THEY'RE ALL IN LINE WITH, UM, CONTINUOUSLY GETTING DATA AND INFORMATION ON WHAT IS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME, WHAT ORDER DEMAND OCCUPATIONS AT THIS TIME.

AND, AND GOING INTO THIS MODEL AND THIS ANALYSIS, FULLY AWARE THAT THIS MAY CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

UM, AND, UH, WE, WE BASED THESE, UM, THESE ASSUMPTIONS ALSO ON THE IDEA THAT, UM, THE DISTRIBUTION OF CERTIFICATES AND DEGREES WAS IN LINE WITH THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE WORKING GROUP OVER THE SUMMER, UM, WHICH WAS TO INITIALLY FOCUS ON WORKFORCE TRAINING DEGREES, AND THEN IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, UH, POTENTIALLY INCREASE THE DEGREES, THE ASSOCIATES AND BACHELOR'S DEGREE SLOTS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE.

CONTINUING ON WITH THE SERVICE MODEL DETAILS, UM, IN COORDINATING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND WITH OUR PARTNERS IN, IN THE CURRENT, UH, WORKFORCE PILLAR IMPLEMENTATION, WE REALIZED THAT WRAPAROUND SUPPORT, UM, THE, THE NEEDS FOR WRAPAROUND SUPPORT ARE GONNA VARY FROM PARTICIPANT TO PARTICIPANT.

SO SOME WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL BARRIERS, UH, AND FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR FOOD INSECURITY OR WITH DISABILITIES.

UM, THESE INDIVIDUALS MAY REQUIRE WEEKLY OR BIWEEKLY ENGAGEMENT, AND WE'RE REFERRING TO THIS LEVEL OF SUPPORT AS LEVEL ONE AND PROJECTING A, A RATIO OF 40 PARTICIPANTS FOR EVERY CASE MANAGER IN, IN, WHICH IS A VERY INTENSIVE RATIO.

UM, AND THEN FOR LEVEL TWO, WE'RE THINKING OF INDIVIDUALS WITH MODERATE BARRIERS.

UM, THEY STILL MAY HAVE SOME CHALLENGES, MAYBE CHILDCARE OR TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, UM, BUT THESE PEOPLE MAY NEED TO BE ENGAGED EVERY TWO TO THREE WEEKS.

AND HERE WE USED A RATIO OF ONE CASE MANAGER FOR EVERY 70 PARTICIPANTS IN OUR PRODUCTION.

AND THEN WE KNOW THAT THERE'S ALSO WHAT WE'RE CALLING LEVEL THREE PARTICIPANTS THAT MAY ALREADY HAVE SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN PLACE AND MAY OWN ONLY NEED, UM, EITHER SOFT SKILLS, CAREER IDENTIFICATION SUPPORT, OR SOME RESUME DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.

UM, WE MAY ONLY NEED TO CONTACT, UH, THEM EVERY MONTH OR TWO.

UM, SO THE RATIO WE'RE PROJECTING HERE IN THIS CASE IS ONE CASE MANAGER FOR EVERY 175 PARTICIPANTS.

SO I MENTIONED WE DEVELOPED THESE VARIOUS WRAPAROUND SUPPORT LEVELS BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM OUR PARTNERS, UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY PROVIDE THESE TYPES OF SERVICES, AND THEY DO SO AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.

SO DURING OUR COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS, WE ALSO RECEIVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE IDENTIFICATION OF PARTNERS FOR THIS WORK.

SO OUR FIRST STEP IN THIS IDENTIFICATION PROCESS WILL ACTUALLY BE TO GET INPUT FROM SOME OF OUR POTENTIAL PARTNERS BEFORE WE, WE EVEN ISSUE AN R F P.

UM, THE R F P PROCESS WILL BE CRITICAL TO ASSESSING THE CAPACITY LEVELS WITHIN OUR POTENTIAL PARTNERS, BECAUSE THE SCALE OF SERVICE, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED IS SUBSTANTIAL, AND IT IS ONGOING.

SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE HAVE A, A, A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF, OF WHAT CAPA WHAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR CAPACITY, THEIR CAPACITY TO MAINTAIN THAT HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE, UM, OVER THE COMING FOUR, FIVE YEARS, SIX YEARS.

UM, AN EFFECTIVE R F P PROCESS IS ALSO CRITICAL IN DELIVERING, IN MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THE CONTRACT DELIVERABLES, UM, THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED FOR THIS PROGRAM.

AND OUR PLAN IS, UM, TO BEGIN THE, THE PRELIMINARY INPUT PROCESS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER IN JULY, AND THEN ACTUALLY THE, THE R F P PROCESS ITSELF IN FEBRUARY.

SO I DESCRIBED THAT THE PROCESS TO IDENTIFY THE, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS TO IDENTIFY PARTNERS THROUGH THIS, THROUGH THIS R F P.

AND I'M GONNA TAKE A STEP BACK AND ACTUALLY SHARE A BIT ABOUT THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS WE EXPLORED.

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UM, AMONG THOSE WERE THE IDEA OF OUTSOURCING ALL OF THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT HAVING THE CITY PROVIDE ALL THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT, AND THEN WE LOOKED AT A HYBRID OPTION.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT COSTS, OUTSOURCING IS PROJECTED TO BE, UM, NOMINALLY LESS EXPENSIVE.

BUT, UM, WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS COULD ACTUALLY CHANGE WHEN WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE R F P PROCESS.

AND ONCE WE SELECT PARTNERS, UM, THIS IS JUST BASED ON PRELIMINARY, UH, ANALYSIS.

AND, AND IT COULD, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A, SUCH A NOMINAL DIFFERENCE, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

UM, AS FAR AS CITY PERSONNEL NEEDS, UH, YOU SEE THE MODEL WHERE WE PROVIDE ALL THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT INTERNALLY SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASES THE PERSONNEL COMPLIMENT.

AND THEN REGARDING SCALING OR RAMPING UP, UM, BOTH OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND, AND US INTERNALLY, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO ADD CAPACITY.

UM, BUT THIS IS WHERE THE HYBRID MODEL DISTRIBUTES THIS RAMP UP IMPACT, UM, BETWEEN THE CITY AND OUR PARTNERS.

AND IT ALSO CREATES THE INTERNAL CAPACITY FOR THE CITY TO SUPPORT PARTNERS IF THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE THIS IS NEEDED.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE'VE LEARNED FROM OUR CURRENT PROGRAM, AND WE NOW KNOW IT'S CRITICAL, CRITICAL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OUR PARTNERS AT TIMES, UM, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE SCALING.

UM, AND THEN FROM AN ACCOUNTABILITY PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MONITORING PERFORMANCE VIA CONTRACTS OR DIRECT EMPLOYEE SUPERVISION WITH THE SAME SITUATION FOR SERVICE DELIVERY AND ENSURING CONSISTENCY IN THE QUALITY OF, OF CONSISTENCY IN THE LEVELS OF QUALITY OF SERVICE.

UM, BUT IN THIS AREA, THIS IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE THE HYBRID MODEL PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE WHERE THE CITY CAN DIRECTLY MONITOR THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICES FOR THE PARTICIPANTS WITH THE MOST BARRIERS, WHILE ALSO INCLUDING SOME CAPACITY TO PROVIDE WHAT I DESCRIBED AS LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL THREE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT.

BUT ALL OF THESE OPTIONS HAVE STRENGTHS AND CHALLENGES.

UM, OUTSOURCING ALL OF THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT WILL, IT LIMITS, UM, OUR PERSONNEL COUNT, BUT IT PUTS SUBSTANTIAL STRAIN ON OUR PARTNERS, AND IT ALSO LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO EFFECTIVE, EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT THEM, UM, AND TO ADDRESS PERFORMANCE ISSUES BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT INTERNAL CAPACITY TO SERVE IN ANY WAY.

PROVIDING ALL OF THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT INTERNALLY, UM, PROVIDES A VERY CONSISTENT QUALITY LEVEL, BUT IT REQUIRES A SUBSTANTIAL PERSONNEL COMPLIMENT.

UM, THAT IS, ALTHOUGH THIS IS A MULTI-YEAR PROGRAM, IT STILL IS TEMPORARY IN NATURE.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, THE HYBRID OPTION.

IT PROVIDES SOME FLEXIBILITY FROM A SERVICE DELIVERY PERSPECTIVE, AND IT ENSURES CONSISTENCY OF THE QUALITY FOR, OF QUALITY FOR THE PARTICIPANTS WITH THE MOST BARRIERS.

BUT IT ALSO, UM, CONCENTRATES THE COST FOR THESE SERVICES, WHICH ARE THE MOST EXPENSIVE.

IF YOU RECALL, THE RATIOS ARE A LOT LOWER.

SO ON THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE THE PROPOSED ORGANIZATIONAL CHART FOR A HYBRID MODEL IN WHICH THE CITY PROVIDES APPROXIMATELY 20% OF THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE ALL OF THE LEVEL ONE PARTICIPANTS, WHICH ARE THOSE THAT HAVE THE MOST BARRIERS, AND THEN A PORTION OF LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL THREE PARTICIPANTS.

UM, THIS IS A TOTAL OF 63 POSITIONS, WHICH AS THE MANAGER MENTIONED, UM, IT INCLUDES A DIRECTOR FOR THIS OFFICE ALONG WITH FISCAL SUPPORT, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, CONTRACT COMPLIANCE, AND WRAPAROUND SUPPORT.

YOU ALSO SEE ON THIS ORG CHART A, UM, PERSONNEL ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, PARTICIPANT, UH, PARTICIPANT INTAKE.

AND BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE CURRENT PROGRAM, WE'VE DETERMINED IT'S MORE EFFECTIVE TO MANAGE THESE FUNCTIONS INTERNALLY, BOTH FROM A CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSPECTIVE AND TO DISTRIBUTE PARTICIPANTS, UM, MORE EVENLY AMONG OUR VARIOUS PARTNERS.

SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU SEE THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS FOR THE INITIATIVE, KEEPING IN MIND THAT THESE ARE PROJECTIONS, UM, WE'RE GOING OUT FOR THE ENTIRE TERM OF THE PROGRAM.

UM, AND BASED ON THE REVENUES, WE JUST GOT UPDATED REVENUE PROJECTIONS FROM OUR BUDGET COLLEAGUES THIS WEEK.

SO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT, UM, REVENUE PROJECTIONS IN EACH OF THE YEARS.

UM, AND THEN YOU SEE THE, THE, UM, ESTIMATED COST BOTH, UM, ADMINISTRATION, UM, IS THAT FIRST COST THAT YOU SEE.

A NEW LINE IN HERE THAT MANY OF YOU WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH, BUT WE HAVEN'T PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN OUR, IN OUR SAMPLE BUDGET, IS THE SALES TAX COLLECTION FEE.

THAT'S ALSO, UM, WE'RE FACTORING IN HERE.

YOU SEE A SEPARATE LINE FOR THE INTAKE FUNCTION THAT I DESCRIBED.

UM, THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT LINE HERE IS BOTH THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE GONNA BE PROVI PERFORMED INTERNALLY, AND THOSE THAT WILL BE OUTSOURCED.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH TUITION.

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SO, UM, THAT SUPPORT FOR CERTIFICATES AND FOR LAST DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIPS.

AND THEN AS WE'VE INCLUDED IN, IN THE SAMPLE BUDGETS THAT WERE SHARED DURING COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS, THERE'S THE FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AS WELL.

SO YOU SEE THAT FROM YEAR TO YEAR, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST YEAR, WE DO DEVELOP, UM, A FUND BALANCE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW UPON IN THE OUTER YEARS.

UM, AND THEN YOU ALSO SEE THAT WE, WE FACTORED IN FISCAL YEAR 2027, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER WHEN I WAS DESCRIBING THE PARTICIPANT SLOTS, WE KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE THAT ENROLL, LET'S SAY IN DECEMBER OF 2025, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY FISCAL YEAR 2026.

THEY MAY NEED THE ADDITIONAL YEAR TO COMPLETE THEIR DEGREES.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS THERE.

UM, THERE WON'T BE ANY MORE COSTS FOR THE, LIKE, THE STATE TAX COLLECTION FEE BECAUSE WE WON'T BE COLLECTING MONEY THAT YEAR ANYMORE.

WE WON'T BE DOING INTAKE ANYMORE, BUT WE WILL BE PROVIDING WRAPAROUND SUPPORT AND THE TUITION ASSISTANCE AS WELL.

SO, AGAIN, THIS IS A SUMMARY, UM, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE BASING OUR ASSUMPTIONS AND OUR MODELING ON RIGHT NOW.

UM, AS FAR AS, UH, THE EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT, I KNOW THE MANAGER MENTIONED THIS AT A, AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL AS WELL, AND BEGINNING THIS NATIONAL, UH, RECRUITMENT PROCESS NOW, UM, CONTRACTING WITH AN EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT FIRM TO DO THIS, UM, JANUARY FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME IS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO, UM, HAVE THE RECRUITMENT AND THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE INCLUDING CITY AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS PROCESS AS WELL.

ULTIMATELY, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CITY MANAGER APPOINTING A DIRECTOR, AND FOR THIS DIRECTOR TO BEGIN IN MARCH AND APRIL, MARCH, MARCH, APRIL TIMEFRAME.

AND THEN LASTLY, I BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT THIS SLIDE.

UM, I MENTIONED AN AGGREGATE TIMELINE.

SO I'VE MENTIONED A LOT OF DATES ALONG THE WAY.

UM, YOU SEE THE ORANGE BARS ON HERE ARE RELATED TO GOVERNANCE, AND SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT I ALREADY MENTIONED ARE GONNA BE COMING TO YOU, BOTH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS, THE, THE BYLAW AMENDMENTS, THE ADVISORY BOARD, AND THEN, UM, LATER ON IN THE YEAR ADOPTIONS OF THE BUDGET.

UM, BUT THEN YOU'VE ALSO GOT THE R F P PROCESS, WHICH IS IN THE NAVY BLUE, UM, AND HOW THAT WILL, WHEN THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE STAFFING ITEMS. UM, AND, AND ULTIMATELY WE, WE CHOSE TO SHOW IT THIS WAY TO SHOW THAT SO MUCH OF THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN CONCURRENTLY, UM, AND THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TOUCH POINTS AND, AND ADDITIONAL BRIEFINGS AND INTERACTION THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE WITH COUNCIL, UH, ALMOST ON A MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS FOR, FOR THIS INITIATIVE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

AND ULTIMATELY ENDING UP IN A JOB, A REAL JOB WITH ECONOMIC MOBILITY THAT ULTIMATELY WILL ALLOW THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS AND ALLOW THEIR FAMILIES TO THRIVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALEX, UH, FOR A LONG AWAITED AND THOROUGH PRESENTATION.

I APPRECIATE ALL THE POINTS YOU HIT.

UH, I WON'T, UM, BELABOR TOO MANY POINTS.

I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS THOUGH.

UH, I FIRST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, OUR PRE-K FOR SA BOARD AND LEADERSHIP, UM, ELAINE IN PARTICULAR FOR, UH, HER HELP DURING THIS PROCESS AND WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE, UH, WITH THIS IS A CONCEPT OF NOW AS A REALITY AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO MOVE FORWARD ON, ON THESE IMPORTANT, UH, NEXT STEPS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH ELAINE AND, AND TEAM FOR THAT.

UH, I, I VENTURE TO GUESS SOME OF YOU SAW THE ARTICLE THAT THE LEADERSHIP OF COPS METRO, UH, WROTE A COUPLE DAYS AGO, I THINK IN THE EXPRESS ABOUT NEXT STEPS.

AND I, I JUST WANT TO SAY I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH THE SENTIMENT THERE.

UH, THE PUBLIC, UH, WITH A DRAMATIC SHOW OF SUPPORT OFFERED US THEIR TRUST, UH, TO PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM TO CONDUCT A, A PROGRAM THAT WILL QUITE LITERALLY CHANGE THE LIVES TRAJECTORY OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS.

UM, THAT WAS THE EASY PART, UH, TO WIN THAT CAMPAIGN AND TO ULTIMATELY, UH, SEE THAT SHOW OF SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC.

NOW IT'S, UM, NOW IT'S TIME TO DELIVER.

AND, UM, SO THE FOCUS ON, UH, GOVERNANCE, THE FOCUS ON THE BUDGET PROCESS, ALL THE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF OVERSIGHT, I THINK IS EXTREMELY APPROPRIATE.

AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL OF FOCUS, UH, FOR THE DURATION.

UM, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, ALEX, I, I AGREE WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE HYBRID APPROACH ON WRAPAROUND SERVICES.

I LIKE THE SIMPLICITY OF THE OVERSIGHT, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CO CORPORATION.

I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC, UH, AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM OF THE, OF THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING ALL OF OUR MARKS ON A CONSTANT BASIS.

TO ME, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND THE OVERSIGHT, UH, OTHER THAN THE KEEPING THE TRAINS RUNNING, RUNNING, IS TO ENSURE THAT THE SLOTS, THE, THE TRAINING SLOTS ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR INDUSTRIES.

SO HAVING THE VOICE OF OUR INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESSES ON THE BOARD OF GOVERNANCE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS ARE, ARE ENTERING INTO THE PROGRAM, GETTING TRAINED, MATRICULATING,

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SO, UM, TO ME, THE, THIS IS, UM, A GOOD START.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE, TO THE CONVERSATION.

AND AGAIN, I WANT THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES, UH, FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE WORK OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS ON THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE, BUT ALSO GIVING US A, A CLEAR PATH FORWARD TO A STRONGER FUTURE.

UM, SO LET ME TURN IT OVER NOW.

UH, FIRST TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROSA GARCIA.

UM, ALEX AND, AND CARLOS AND, AND ERIC AND, AND JUSTINA AND EVERYBODY FOR THE WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

I, UM, I'M GLAD THAT YOU ALL BRIEFED ME YESTERDAY BECAUSE I, I WAS ABLE TO, UH, ASK SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.

I HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS TODAY.

AND SO FIRST I WANNA THANK, UM, DR.

NEVIN, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR, FOR THE, UM, UH, STUDY THAT YOU PROVIDED.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR US AND, AND, AND PRESENTING THE INFORMATION TO US.

UM, SO ALEX, ON THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE, UH, I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE 15.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THEN WE ARE DOING KIND OF WHAT PROJECT QUEST DOES, RIGHT? SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE PROJECT QUEST MODEL.

THEY HAVE A FISCAL ADMINISTRATOR, THEY HAVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PERSON, THEY HAVE VARIOUS PARTICIPANT INTAKE, THEY HAVE, UH, DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE, AND THEN WRAPAROUND SUPPORT IS, IS THAT CORRECT? AM I SEEING THAT CORRECTLY? IS THAT, AND I'M ASSUMING WE'VE BEEN MODELING THINGS AFTER QUEST, SO EVEN THE STAFFING PURPOSES.

UM, I, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT WE'RE NECESSARILY MODELING ALL THESE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS AFTER QUEST.

UM, WE DID GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THEM BOTH DURING THE WORKING GROUP PROCESS AND, AND EVEN NOW, UM, ON THE TYPES OF WRAPAROUND SUPPORT.

UM, OKAY.

THESE OTHER THINGS ARE MORE, MORE EXAMPLES OF JUST WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE USED TO DEVELOPING FROM A FISCAL ADMINISTRATION PERSPECTIVE, UM, AND, UM, THE PARTICIPANT INTAKE, LIKE I MENTIONED, US NEEDING TO BUILD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE INTERNALLY.

WE ALSO USE THE PRE-K STRUCTURE OF PRE-K AS WELL TO HELP.

THANK YOU, CARLOS.

THAT'S HELPFUL.

I, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE MODEL THAT.

AND BY THE WAY, UM, PROJECT PLUS HAD ITS LUNCHEON, UH, AWARDS TODAY, AND, UM, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, SHIRLEY GONZALEZ, UH, RECEIVED THE CORNERSTONE, UH, CORNERSTONE AWARD.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO, UM, COUNCILMAN UH, GONZALEZ.

THAT WAS AWESOME, UH, TO SEE HER HARD WORK, UM, BEING RECOGNIZED.

UM, SO I, I DO WANNA MENTION THAT MARK ELLIOT, DURING THAT LUNCHEON, UM, TODAY, UM, MENTIONED THAT HE HAS NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE, UH, WHAT JUST PASSED PROPERTY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

SO HE WAS HOPING THAT OTHER CITIES EMULATED, AND WE KNEW THAT HE HAS BEEN AN EXPERT, UH, IN, IN THE FIELD OF REALLY CREATING UPWARD MOBILITY.

AND SO MY NEXT QUESTION, ALEX, IS BASED ON THAT UPWARD MOBILITY, UM, YOU MENTIONED A FARM TECH PROGRAM, FOR INSTANCE, AND I KNEW THAT I, I, I DID A QUICK GOOGLE, UM, SEARCH FOR JOBS AS A PHARM TECH, AND THEY'RE UNDER $15 AN HOUR.

THEY'RE BETWEEN 12 AND $18.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STANDARD RATE IS IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT I KNOW C V S IS HIRING FOR $14 AN HOUR, WHICH IS UNDER THE $15 AN HOUR, UM, CRITERIA.

UM, BY THE WAY, UH, TODAY WAS MY, MY, MY LAST TIME CHAIRING A COMMITTEE OF SIX, WHICH OVERSEES WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO, AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB.

AND, AND COUNCILMAN PERRY, BECAUSE OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES HELPED CHAIR THAT MEETING AND, AND COUNCILMAN TRI SITS ON IT AS WELL.

UM, AND THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IN THEIR PRESENTATION.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAGE WAS AT LEAST $15.

THEY WENT BACK AND THEY REVIEWED IT, AND THEY REALIZED THAT, UM, IT, IT, IT WAS, UH, UH, IT, IT WAS LITERALLY A ERROR.

THEY UPDATED THAT.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OURS ARE ALSO AT LEAST AT $15.

CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT FOR ME? YEAH, I THINK THE EXAMPLE THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS, WAS H E B, UM, OKAY.

AND THEIR, THEIR MEDIAN WAGE IS, IS $16 AN HOUR? BUT WE CAN, THIS IS THE TYPE OF PERSPECTIVE THAT WE NEED, UM, FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD TO A CERTAIN DEGREE BECAUSE WE CAN SEE THE DATA A, A CERTAIN WAY, BUT WE NEED, WE NEED THAT ACTUAL FEEDBACK FROM EMPLOYERS, UM, TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE, NOT JUST FROM A MEDIAN PERSPECTIVE, BUT OVERALL WHAT, WHAT CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF POSITIONS.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND AGAIN, I JUST WANNA, UH, EMPHASIZE THE UPWARD MOBILITY MODEL, AND SO HIGHER WAGES, UM, BENEFITS AND A CAREER PATH, RIGHT? AND SO EXACTLY.

I THINK THAT THIS GIVES US SOME OF THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REALLY RESET WHAT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT MEANS AND FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT PART, SPECIFICALLY ON UPWARD MOBILITY DEVELOPMENT.

UM, SO THANK YOU.

I, UM, APPRECIATE THE SERVICE MODELS LEVELS, UH, THAT YOU CREATED.

SO THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS, AND SO I BELIEVE YOU SAID THE CASEWORKERS WERE, UM, 40 PARTICIPANTS TO A CASEWORKER IN LEVEL ONE, WHICH I, I COMPLETELY BELIEVE THAT THEY NEED SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, UH, AT THAT LEVEL.

UM, I LIKE THE 70 AND, AND EVEN THE 75, I THINK IT IS A VERY AMBITIOUS MODEL, UH, TO

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HAVE 75 TO ONE.

I KNOW THAT SOME PROGRAMS EVEN HAVE 100 TO ONE, SO, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

MY OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, YOU MENTIONED IN THE COMPOSITION FOUR SENIOR EXECS, UH, OR HR EXECS.

DID YOU SAY FROM CORPORATIONS OR SMALL BUSINESSES? IS IT JUST BUSINESS IN GENERAL? HOW DID YOU DEFINE THAT? IT WOULD JUST BE BUSINESS IN GENERAL.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE'RE LOOKING AT EMPLOYERS FROM, FOR THAT, HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IN DEMAND OCCUPATIONS.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US THAT THEY BE INDIVIDUALS AT THAT SENIOR LEVEL THAT CAN MAKE THE DECISIONS, UM, FROM AN HR PERSPECTIVE, THAT CAN MAKE THE HIRING DECISIONS AND CAN ALSO GIVE US THE INFORMATION AS, AS FAR AS THE SKILL SETS THAT ARE NEEDED.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, BY THE WAY.

I THINK I WAS VERY THOROUGH.

THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND YOU HAVE THE HR EXECS, YOU HAVE PARTICIPANTS, UM, THAT HAVE MAYBE BEEN THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

HOW ARE YOU, OR WHERE WILL YOU BE COLLECTING THE DATA TO ENSURE THAT THESE TARGET OCCUPATIONS OR THE TARGET INDUSTRIES ARE REALLY THE ONES THAT ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING FOCUSED ON AND SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THERE'S A JOB READY TO GO WHEN SOMEONE FINISHES THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM? SO THERE, THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO COMPONENTS TO THAT.

PART OF IT WOULD BE DONE BY THE, THE PERSONNEL COMPLIMENT AND THE, THE STAFFING ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.

UM, THAT IS GONNA BE A LOT OF THE DATA COLLECTION AND MONITORING THAT'S GONNA NEED TO TAKE PLACE.

ANOTHER ITEM THAT I, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED IS THAT EARLY ON, OUR INTENTION IS ALSO TO IDENTIFY, UM, A, A PARTNER, A NATIONAL EXPERT IN THIS FIELD THAT CAN HELP US EVALUATE THE PROGRAM.

UM, AND NOT JUST FROM AN OUTCOMES PERSPECTIVE AT THE END TO SEE WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED, BUT ALL ALONG THE WAY FROM AN IMPLEMENTATION PERSPECTIVE TO SEE IF THERE'S PIVOTS THAT WE SHOULD BE MAKING OR IF THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE COMING UP IN, IN SOME OF THE OUTER YEARS PERHAPS, THAT WE SHOULD BE CAPITALIZING ON.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO BRING THAT TYPE OF EXPERTISE ON BOARD IN A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE, UM, THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT AND, AND HOW WE CAN PARTNER MAYBE WITH EVEN A UNIVERSITY OR, OR A RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UM, TO REALLY, UH, LOOK, LOOK AT THINGS FROM THE OUTSIDE IN.

UM, AND THEN I ALSO, UH, I'M, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE TIMELINE THAT YOU PROVIDED, AND I THINK THAT IT'S, UH, IT, IT'S NICE AND AGGRESSIVE.

I, I LIKE THAT WE'RE, UM, LAUNCHING AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH, UH, SOONER THAN LATER.

I KNOW IT'S IN DECEMBER, I'M ALSO WORRIED ABOUT THE HOLIDAYS, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO MAYBE OFFLINE, AND, AND THIS IS JUST PUTTING MY, MY EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT, UH, CAP ON.

UH, I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE RECRUITING FOR THESE PEOPLE NATIONALLY.

UM, AND, AND KIND OF LIKE, LIKE MAYBE WHAT TYPE OF JOB DESCRIPTION WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER, WHO'S HELPING US CREATE THAT JOB DESCRIPTION IS CRITICAL TO ME.

I KNOW YOU SAID THAT WE WOULD BE HIRING AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT, UM, SO I'D LOVE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE AND BE MORE INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, I STILL THINK THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS, UH, FURTHER WHAT WRAPAROUND SERVICES AT THESE DIFFERENT LEVELS MEAN.

AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO OUR COMMUNITY, LISTEN TO FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN PROVIDING THE SERVICES, AND LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEEDED THOSE SERVICES.

UM, BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY, MY QUESTIONS AND MY, MY COMMENTS FOR TODAY.

MAYOR, THANK YOU.

UH, ALEX AND TEAM VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE HEAR YOU NOW.

SORRY.

THANKS.

UM, I ACTUALLY, I WANNA PICK UP EXACTLY WHERE, UH, COUNCILMAN RICHARD GARCIA LEFT OFF ON WRAPAROUND SERVICES.

DO WE KNOW WHAT WRAPAROUND SERVICES ARE? WE ANTICIPATING WILL HAVE THE GREATEST DEMAND? UM, BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING, UH, FROM OUR CURRENT, FROM CURRENT PROGRAMS AND, AND OUR PARTNERS? UM, THE VAST MAJORITY, SUBSTANTIAL MAJORITY ARE GONNA BE LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL THREE ALMOST EQUAL.

UM, IT'S A VERY, ACTUALLY A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE TRULY AT THAT HIGHER NEED LEVEL.

I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THOUGH, IS THAT THIS COULD CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

SO RIGHT NOW WE MIGHT BE WORKING WITH A CERTAIN POPULATION, BUT IN OUTER YEARS, UM, WHEN, WHEN WE'VE EFFECTIVELY HELPED A LOT OF THESE PARTICIPANTS REENTER THE WORKFORCE, WE MIGHT BE, UM, WORKING WITH A POPULATION, THE, THE, THAT REMAINDER POPULATION THAT IS MUCH, THAT HAS MANY MORE BARRIERS INSTEAD.

SO JUST KEEPING IN MIND THAT THIS COULD FLUCTUATE.

SO LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL THREE BEING, UM, CHILDCARE NEEDS, UH, UH, CAREER IDENTIFICATION, THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.

WE, WE HAVE FACTORED IN SOME FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.

CORRECT.

SO, UM, I, I WOULD ANTICIPATE ESPECIALLY LEVEL TWO AND MAYBE EVEN LEVEL ONE, YOU KNOW, UM, THOSE ARE GONNA BE HARD TO MEET, UH, WITH, WITH CHILDCARE NEEDS, TRANSPORTATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.

ARE WE WORKING ON OPTIONS? SHOULD WE HAVE MORE DEMAND THAN, THAN WE HAVE RESOURCES?

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UM, AND, AND SO THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF SUPPORT, UH, FOR TRANSPORTATION OR FOR CHILDCARE NEEDS.

UM, I, I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE, BASED ON SOME OF THE FEEDBACK DURING THE COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS, WE SAW MORE OF OUR, UH, PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY WHEN THEY WERE ASKING, HOW CAN WE HELP? WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO? THIS WAS ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE, UM, THEIR, THEIR SUPPORT IS DEFINITELY, UM, WELCOME TO HELP US, UM, REALLY PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THAT MAY BE NEEDED IN, IN ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE BARRIERS.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER, WE'RE USING MS, GO AHEAD.

SORRY.

SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

THE MANAGER INDICATED THAT HE IS, HE'S ASKING THE DEPARTMENTS TO ALIGN OUR FOCUS AROUND THE INITIATIVE.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA DO THE SAME THING INTERNALLY AS WE PROVIDE CHILDCARE SERVICES.

UH, WE'LL WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS IN D H S TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FILL THOSE NEEDS WAY EXAMPLE, OR THE OTHER NEEDS WE'RE PROVIDING FOR DELEGATE AGENCIES AS WELL.

APPLIED FOR CITY FUNDING THROUGH THE DELEGATE AGENCY PROCESS, UM, BUT IS MY BELIEF THAT THEY ARE THE ONES PROVIDING ALL THE SUPPORT IN THE CITY, UH, FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND YET THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROCESS, WHICH IS VERY COMPETITIVE AND ALSO CONTINUING TO DECLINE, YET WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF INCOME AS A RESULT OF, UH, THE ONE EIGHT, THIS INITIATIVE THAT THEY SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THAT WORK.

UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF IT.

WE'RE, WE'RE ALMOST ASSUREDLY GONNA NEED MORE THAN, UM, OR, OR THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A NEED THAN WE HAVE RESOURCES FOR.

SO, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND SECONDLY, WHAT IS OUR PLAN FOR REPORTING METRICS BACK TO COUNCIL? I, I, I'D LIKE TO HEAR, UH, I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN TRACKING PARTICIPATE PARTICIPANTS THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND THEN BEYOND THE PROGRAM, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A DASHBOARD FOR OUR CURRENT WORKFORCE PILLAR.

AND I CAN IMAGINE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING SIMILARLY DYNAMIC, UM, THAT WE COULD BUILD AND, AND CONTINUE TO BUILD OFF OF FOR THE READY TO WORK INITIATIVE.

FROM A REPORTING AND ACTUAL BRIEFING PERSPECTIVE, THOUGH, UM, WE, THERE'S DEFINITELY THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE, UM, EITHER A COUNCIL COMMITTEE IF WE WANNA PRE PROVIDE A MORE IN DEPTH PRESENTATION OR B SESSION BRIEFINGS AS WELL.

UM, AND NOT JUST, I, I WOULD IMAGINE MAYBE NOT JUST, UM, AT THE, ON FROM AN OUTCOMES PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO IMPLEMENTATION UPDATES, UM, OR WE WOULD INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE IMPLEMENTATION UPDATES WITHIN THAT, THAT OVERALL OUTCOMES BRIEFING AS WELL.

COUNCIL MEMBER KEO, HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.

UM, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR FOR, UM, THE PRESENTATION.

SO OUR TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH, I, I, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE PART ABOUT THE R F P PLEASE, ALEX? MM-HMM.

, I BELIEVE IT'S SLIDE 11.

I'M, I'M TRYING TO FIND IT HERE ON MY SYSTEM AS WELL, AND I KEEP TRYING TO GO BACK AND FORTH.

UM, SO YOU MENTIONED THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT AND RP PROCESS.

SO COULD WE TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT? SO VARIOUS COMMUNICA COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AVAILABLE EFFECTIVE, UM, ACCESS PARTNER CAPACITY.

SO TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS.

WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE RFPS? SO HERE'S WHERE WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF DELEGATE AGENCIES ON THE, ON THE E D D SIDE, UM, THE WORKFORCE DELEGATE AGENCIES AS WE REFER TO THEM.

SO WE'VE TYPICALLY HAD, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S PROJECT QUEST, BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO GOODWILL.

WE'VE HAD CHRYSALIS MINISTRIES, WE'VE HAD RESTORE EDUCATION.

UM, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO THIS TYPE OF WORK.

UM, WHAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT IS TO ACTUALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND OTHER POTENTIAL PARTNERS IN ADVANCE OF RELEASING THE R F P SO THAT WE CAN REALLY ASSESS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE IN MIND AS FAR AS THE TYPES AND THE LEVELS OF WRAPAROUND SUPPORT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, SEEKING THROUGH THIS R P PROCESS.

WHAT ARE WE MISSING? WHAT SHOULD WE ALSO BE CONSIDERING, UM, BEFORE WE START THE ACTUAL FORMAL PROCESS? SO, UH, BECAUSE, UH, WHAT I, WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, IN THIS WHOLE WORKFORCE INITIATIVE IS THAT ULTIMATELY WE DON'T HELP THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED IT THE MOST, WE'RE MORE LIKELY GONNA BE ABLE TO ASSIST PEOPLE THAT ALREADY HAVE POTENTIAL.

AND, UM, AND SO IT, IT, IT'S MY CONCERN THAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY DOING A LOT OF THIS WORK, UM, NOT NECESSARILY THE WORKFORCE TRAINING PART, BUT ALL THE SUPPORT SERVICES, UH, ARE NOT GOING TO, UM, BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROCESS FOR, UM, GETTING FUNDING.

SO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THE GOOD SAMARITAN, UH, THE YW

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AND SO I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A BIG DISCONNECT, UH, IN THAT, UM, PROCESS OF DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING AND THEN, UH, PARTICIPATING IN AN R F P PROCESS, UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO GET FUNDING FOR WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN DOING, LIKE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING AND CHILDCARE AND, UH, BACK TO WORK PROGRAMS AND, UH, TUTORING AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT OUR FAMILIES NEED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BE COMPETITIVE, UM, IN TODAY'S, UM, MARKET.

UM, SO I, I, I, I WANT US TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT PROCESS.

UH, AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IS THE R F P PROCESS, WILL IT BE A ONETIME, UM, ONCE THEY PARTICIPATE? IS IT FOR THE, THE FULL FOUR YEARS OF THE, UM, OF THE, WELL, THE EXTENT THAT THE FUNDING'S AVAILABLE, UM, OR DO THEY HAVE TO RESUBMIT EVERY YEAR? NO, THEY, EVEN, EVEN OUR CURRENT, UM, CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS IS ONLY EVERY TWO YEARS.

UM, AND THO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOME OF THE DETAIL THAT WE WOULD WANNA, WANNA GET SOME PERSPECTIVE FROM THE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, UM, BECAUSE I, I THINK SOME OF THEM MAY ALSO WANT TO KEEP IN MIND WHETHER THEY'RE, UM, ABLE TO COMMIT TO THE FULL TERM OF THE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE SUBMITTING THEIR PROPOSALS FOR DURING THE TERM.

BUT I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS, WHETHER WE ACTUALLY WANT TO MAYBE DO A TWO YEAR TERM AND THEN REISSUE A SOLICITATION SOMEWHERE BASED ON, ON NEW INFORMATION OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTEXT AND EXPERIENCE THAT WE MAY HAVE FROM THE PROGRAM.

I THINK ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANNA MENTION COUNCIL MEMBER IS THAT THIS HYBRID MODEL, PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING IT, UM, TO YOUR POINT, THAT THERE'S ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE A GREAT LEVEL OF SERVICE, UM, BUT THOSE HARDEST TO SERVE SOMETIMES MAY NOT GET CAPTURED BY SOME OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.

UM, AND SO IN, UH, IN THE RECOMMENDATION, WE'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING THAT THOSE PARTICIPANTS THAT, THAT NEED THAT HIGHEST LEVEL OF WRAPAROUND SUPPORT, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE GONNA BE PERFORMED BY INTERNAL STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THE QUALITY LEVEL THAT, THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE GONNA NEED TO HELP GET THEM THROUGH THE TRAINING PROGRAMS. UM, I WOULD BE RELUCTANT, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW OFF AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE HEARING IT ON THE FIRST RUN.

I DON'T, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO ME.

LIKE, WHY WOULDN'T YOU JUST GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING IT? SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SORT OF INTERNAL PROCESSES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE, IN-HOUSE, LIKE THROUGH OUR CITY STAFF.

UM, WHY NOT, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT BEEN DONE WITH THE DELEGATE AGENCIES THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, 50 OR 75 YEAR OR LONGER HISTORY IN THE CITY, UH, DOING THAT? SO, I, I'M ON, ON THE SURFACE, I DON'T THINK I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, BUT I MEAN, WE'LL, I KNOW THAT WE'RE HEARING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A CHANCE TO, UH, STUDY THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT WE JUST RECEIVED THIS AFTERNOON.

WE JUST GOT IT.

SO WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO THOROUGHLY, UH, LOOK THROUGH IT.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT, IT, WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IT, EVEN STILL AS I LISTEN TO, UH, THE PRESENTATION IS THAT IT, IT IS SUCH AN, UH, A VERY INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAM.

AND THOSE INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAMS OFTEN DON'T HELP THE COMMUNITY.

UM, THEY DON'T TRICKLE DOWN TO, UM, A, A NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, AND ONE OF THE GREATEST PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY'S INCOME SEGREGATION, UH, AND I DON'T SEE ANY METRICS FOR ADDRESSING THAT ANYWHERE.

UM, I DON'T SEE A REAL INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE PRO PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAVE TODAY.

IT SEEMS IT'S STILL JUST A VERY INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAM.

UM, AND THAT CAN BE A GOOD FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY HELP A COMMUNITY.

SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME DIFFERENT METRICS.

UM, YOU KNOW, IN FACT, THE WAY THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL, UM, IMPACT INCOME SEGREGATION, WHICH MAY BE IN THE STUDY, WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT YET.

UH, AND THAT IT, IT'S, IT THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY, I'M STILL NOT SEEING HOW THIS IS GONNA IMPACT THE BOTTOM 25TH PERCENT OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE KNOW IS LIVING IN POVERTY.

SO I WOULD LOOK TO THAT, UM, WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR FURTHER METRICS OR, UH, UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TO NOT, IT STILL SEEMS TO ME LIKE A VERY BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS.

I, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE NEED FOR US TO GO THROUGH THE PRE-K BOARD, UM,

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AT, AT FOR, UH, MAYBE YOU COULD EXPLAIN EVEN THAT PART WHY, WHY THROUGH THE PRE-K BOARD FOR THE MOMENT, NO HONOR, WE HAVE, UH, THE LAWYERS ON THE BOARD, THEY COULD DISCUSS THAT.

UH, MAYBE ANDY CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.

THE, THE, THE SHORT ANSWER COUNCILWOMAN IS THAT, UH, BACK THEN WHEN WE HAD THE, UH, PETITION UNDER THE SAME, UH, STATUTE, STATE STATUTE, WE FORMED THE PRE-K BOARD, AND IT HAD, WE HAD THE FORESIGHT TO THINK WE WERE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER INITIATIVE UNDER THAT SAME STATUTE.

WE WOULD'VE FORMED AN UMBRELLA CORPORATION AND HAVE PRE-K UNDER IT, AND THEN A SPACE FOR A SEPARATE CORPORATION TO HANDLE THIS INITIATIVE.

OBVIOUSLY, WE WEREN'T THAT, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL KNOWING WE WERE GONNA HAVE A NEW INITIATIVE.

SO THE ONE CORPORATION WE DO HAVE IS THE PRE-K BOARD.

THAT'S WHY THIS INITIATIVE, WE HAD TO USE THAT PRE-K BOARD SINCE THAT'S THE ONLY CORPORATION WE HAD, THAT, UH, IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT STATUTE THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE THIS ONE 8 CENT.

WELL, I HOPE WE CAN TRANSITION OUT OF THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, UH, BECAUSE I JUST FEEL LIKE THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT NEEDS, UM, THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.

SO I WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, EXPECT THAT WE MIGHT, UH, UH, TRANSITION OUT OR CHANGE IT, OR I, YOU KNOW, I, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME LEGAL, UM, LIMITS INTO WHAT WE CAN DO.

BUT, UM, UH, AND I, I GUESS I JUST, UH, UH, GO AHEAD, ANDY.

AND, AND THAT COUNCILWOMAN, THAT'S, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE I L A AND THE CHANGE TO THE BYLAWS, UH, TO DO JUST THAT, IS TO HAVE AS MUCH SEPARATION AS WE CAN BETWEEN THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS PROGRAM AND WHAT THE PRE-K BOARD IS FOCUSED ON, WHICH IS, AGAIN, OVERSIGHT OF THE PRE-K PROGRAM.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT CAN BE ADJUSTED.

I JUST, I, I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE, I, THEY JUST DON'T MAKE SENSE TO BE TOGETHER.

I, SO, WE'LL, UM, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT THINGS ARE EVOLVING.

OF COURSE, WE'RE HEARING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME.

UM, I DO HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS, UM, THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE LENGTHY AND THAT I'LL TRY TO ORGANIZE MY THOUGHTS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

UH, AND SO WE'LL CHIME IN IN A FEW MINUTES WHILE, UM, WHILE I PASS IT ON TO THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES.

SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

MAYOR, I, REAL QUICK.

THEN, UM, WE MAY NOT, WE MIGHT NOT END UP WITH THE, WITH THE, THE RIGHT TYPE OF BALANCE.

CAN I JUMP, YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN, YOU, YOU, YOU BROUGHT UP, UM, SOME REALLY GOOD POINTS AND, AND, UH, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE GOOD SAM, THAT THAT, UM, THAT GOOD SAMARITAN THAT, THAT PROVIDE A LEVEL OF SERVICE MAY HAVE A ROLE IN THIS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY AN ALL HANDS ON DECK TYPE OF EFFORT, AND IT'S MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THINGS ALIGNED.

SO, SO, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE THEM AS PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.

THAT THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT, AND, AND, UH, ALEX MENTIONED IT DURING THE PRESENTATION, WHAT WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH THE PILLAR, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PILLAR, IS THAT IF WE, IF WE, UH, TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF INTAKE, THEN WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INTAKING FROM, UH, THE COMMUNITY, THE PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT NEED THE HELP.

UM, AND WE CAN, I'M SORRY, ERIC, CAN I, BUT CAN I INTERRUPT YOU THERE, MAYOR? I KNOW, I, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS QUESTION, BUT WHY DO YOU, WHY DO WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO THAT? WHY NOT DELEGATE THAT OUT THE INTAKE BE BECAUSE, BECAUSE I, BECAUSE I THINK WE, OR AT LEAST OUR RECOMMENDATION IS, IS THAT, IS THAT WE TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY SO THAT WE CAN DIRECT THE EFFORT AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE LEARNING THROUGH THE CURRENT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PILLAR, THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BEGIN TO CON UNDER CONTROL AND THINGS WE SHOULD CONTRACT OUT.

AND I THINK IT'S AN APPROPRIATE BALANCE.

WE DON'T, THE CITY DEFINITELY DOES NEED TO DO EVERYTHING, BUT IF WE, IF WE CAN HELP DIRECT THE INTAKE, THEN WE CAN ENSURE THAT AS PEOPLE ARE COMING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE'RE MARKETING IN, IN, IN SEGMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, THAT WE'RE GETTING THE INTAKE THAT WE, UH, UH, TO, TO ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC SEGREGATION ISSUES.

AND, AND I THINK THAT'S THE OTHER REASON WHY WE'VE HAD THE STAFF AND ALL OF US, THE STAFF HAVE HAD, UH, A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE PART THAT THE CITY SHOULD HOLD.

A LOT OF THIS SHOULD BE CONTRACTED OUT AND OUTSOURCED BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD.

WE FELT LIKE IF WE TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE HARDEST PART, WHICH IS THE LEVEL ONE INDIVIDUALS THAT ALEX DESCRIBED, UM, IF WE TAKE ON THE HARDEST PART OF THAT, THAT WE CAN TRY TO MAKE A BIGGER DIFFERENCE.

UM, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I, PART OF, PART OF THE THINKING WAS IF WE TRY TO CONTRACT OUT THE HARDEST PART, AND THEN WE ARE ALWAYS IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO, TO HELP OR CHASE OR MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FOLKS THAT NEED THE MOST HELP ARE GETTING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, THEN,

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AND SO THE BUT YOUR FEEDBACK IS, IS REALLY, UM, UH, IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOUR, YOUR EXAMPLE OF GOOD SAMARITAN, UM, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO DO SOME WRAPAROUND SUPPORT.

NOW, THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO 10,000 PEOPLE, BUT MAYBE THEY CAN DO 40.

AND, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA NEED TO BE, UH, THOUGHTFUL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, WE GET AGENCIES THAT HAVE THE PROVEN CAPABILITY AND CAPACITY TO DO TO, TO HELP OUT ON THESE, ON THESE ANNUAL SLOTS.

THANKS, ERIC.

ALRIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.

AND, UH, THE WHOLE TEAM AND THOSE WHO SERVED ON THE COVID RESPONSE AND WORKING GROUP FOR THIS INITIATIVE.

THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR, UH, TRUSTING THAT THIS PROGRAM IS GONNA LIFT US OUT OF THAT LABEL OF BEING THE MOST POVERTY FRICKING CITY.

UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS INITIATIVE.

ALEX, I WANTED TO KNOW, UM, WE HAVE A VERY HIGH REPRESENTATION OF SECOND CHANCE AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS.

WHERE WILL THEY PLAY WITHIN THIS ADVISORY BOARD? SO, UM, I, I COULD SEE A, A NUMBER OF OPTIONS WHERE THEY COULD BE REPRESENTED EITHER AS ACTUAL PARTICIPANTS, YOU KNOW, CURRENT OR PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS PERHAPS.

UM, ALSO WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, UH, CATEGORY, UM, THERE COULD BE AN ORGANIZATION THAT DEFINITELY SERVES EITHER TARGETED SERVICE TO THIS POPULATION OR ALSO JUST AMONG THEIR OVERALL SERVICE DELIVERY.

THEY ALSO, UM, PROVIDE SERVICE TO, TO THE POPULATIONS THAT YOU MENTIONED.

SO I THINK THERE IS OPPORTUNITY THERE AS WELL.

AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE, UM, YOUTH THAT ARE AGING OUT OF, OF FOSTER CARE AND THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A STRUCTURAL, UM, AREA OF HOW THEY CAN GET INTO EDUCATION, A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR TRANSCRIPTS FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

HOW ARE WE GONNA ASSIST THEM WITH GETTING INTO THE TRAINING PORTION? ARE WE GONNA LEAVE THAT UP TO JUST THE INSTITUTION THAT THEY CHOOSE? NO, I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE THE COMMENT MADE ABOUT ALIGNING OTHER CITY PROGRAMS IS CRITICAL.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT THE, THE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP DOES AND THE WORK THAT OTHER PROGRAMS WITHIN HUMAN SER, OUR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDE, UM, SPECIFICALLY TO YOUTH LIKE THE THE NEXT LEVEL CENTER.

I THINK THIS ALIGNING WITH THOSE SERVICES WILL HELP US, UM, REACH THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND, AND HELP THEM ENTER INTO THIS PATH.

SO, UM, WHETHER WE NEED TO DEVELOP CUSTOMIZED, UM, MARKETING FOR THESE POPULATIONS, WE CAN DEFINITELY EXPLORE THAT.

BUT IT WOULD BE IN COLLABORATION WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUR ORGANIZATION ALREADY HAS IN PLACE AS WELL.

AND, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SKILLS AND THE TRADES CERTIFICATES AND, AND ALSO THE DEGREES, ARE WE QUANTIFYING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF EVEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP? BECAUSE WE KNOW A LOT OF, OF THESE SKILLS AND TRADES, MANY PEOPLE CAN GO INTO ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND NOT JUST INTO THE WORKFORCE.

SO HAVE WE QUANTIFIED WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITHIN THIS, THIS SCALE? YEAH, I, I WILL SAY WE HAVE NOT NECESSARILY IDENTIFIED THAT AS A, AS AN OUT AS AN OUTCOME.

BUT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

ONCE SOMEBODY HAS A CERTIFICATION OR HAS A PARTICULAR, UM, UM, SKILL LEVEL, THEY CAN ABSOLUTELY OPEN UP THEIR OWN SMALL BUSINESS.

UM, I THINK THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH IT'S A DIFFERENT SET OF PROGRAMS, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE OTHER PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT COULD COME IN AND HELP SOMEBODY.

I'M THINKING OF LAUNCH SA, I'M THINKING OF OUR MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAM WHERE NOW THE INDIVIDUAL HAS THE SKILLSET AND WE CAN HELP THEM WITH THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT.

THAT WILL BE GREAT.

I'D LOVE TO SEE HOW THAT LOOKS WITHIN THE STRUCTURE OF, OF THIS PLAN.

UM, AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, IS PIGGYBACKING ON, ON THE EQUITY PORTION OF THIS AND KNOW THAT WE'RE LEADING WITH THINGS IN EQUITY.

HAVE WE LOOKED AT WHAT THE RATIO OF THOSE THAT NEED THE MOST ASSISTANCE TO THE FACILITY THAT WILL ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE, THE TRAINING.

HAVE WE LOOKED AT WHAT THAT WILL, UM, LOOK LIKE WITHIN THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES? WE HAVE? WE, WE HAVEN'T GONE TO THAT LEVEL QUITE YET, BUT THAT IS PART OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA DO FROM THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT TRAINING PERSPECTIVE BEFORE WE ISSUE THE R F P, UM, FROM THE TRAINING PROVIDER PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, FIRST WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING FOCUSED WITH, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING TRAINING FOR IN-DEMAND OCCUPATIONS.

BUT DEFINITELY STILL ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT TRAINING PROVIDERS ARE AVAILABLE TO, TO OFFER THESE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IS ALSO SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER AS WELL.

THE JOB TRAINING ARE THOSE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT NEED IMMEDIATE, UM, EMPLOYEES COME INTO PLACE? SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD, UM, LIKELY BUILD INTO THE, UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IT BUILT INTO THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM, UM, BUT IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO ONE OF THESE FUNCTIONS.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION THAT I HAVE FOR YOU, ALEX, IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE STRUCTURE, WHERE DOES ON

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UM, THE OTHER AREA THAT WE KNOW, UM, WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE INCORPORATED AS WELL IS, UM, HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY, UM, PREPARATION.

UM, SO THAT WILL ALSO GET BLENDED IN HERE AS WE FURTHER REFINE, UH, THE, THE COMPONENTS WITHIN THE, THE OVERALL TUITION ASSISTANCE COMPONENT.

UM, AND, AND THEN THAT JUST BROUGHT ME TO ONE MORE QUESTION.

I APOLOGIZE.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE THAT HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL, UH, DISABILITY, WELL, THERE'LL BE SERVICES WITHIN THE WRAPAROUND THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE SPECIALIZED TUTORING OR EQUIPMENT THAT CAN HELP THEM, UM, BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS TRAINING PROGRAM.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

AND, AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE CON WE'RE ALREADY CONSIDERING AS THE MODEL IN THE LEVEL, LEVEL ONE SERVICE OR LEVEL ONE WRAPAROUND, UM, SUPPORT SYSTEM.

UM, AND, AND ACTUALLY OUR CURRENT PILLAR, UH, WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING WITH, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S THE, THE DISABILITY, UM, COMMISSION.

AND THEY'VE GIVEN US A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY INCORPORATING INTO OUR, OUR TRAIN FOR JOBS, OUR WORKFORCE PILLAR, BUT THAT'S GONNA GIVE US A LOT OF INSIGHT AS TO HOW WE DEVELOP THIS, THIS INITIATIVE FOR THIS TARGETED POPULATION AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, ALEX, CARLOS, AND, AND ERIC, AND THE WHOLE TEAM.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW WE MOVE OUR CITY IN THE MOST PROGRESSIVE WAY TO BECOMING THAT UPSCALE CITY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.

EXCUSE ME.

SO TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE LIKED THE PRESENTATION SO FAR.

I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS EARLY IN THE PROCESS, AND OF COURSE, WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR POPULATION AND WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING FROM AND WHATEVER ABILITIES OR SKILL LEVELS THEY MAY HAVE AS THEY ENTER THE PROGRAM.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE BARRIERS IN ANY KIND OF EDUCATION.

AND SO THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT WE TALK ABOUT, THE OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES THAT WE TALK ABOUT ARE INTEGRAL PART OF ENABLING PEOPLE TO ENTER INTO THIS KIND OF A PROGRAM AND TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE IT AND MOVE ON.

AND I THINK WE'VE KIND OF OUTLINED, UH, STRATEGIES AND, AND GOOD DIRECTION ON, ON THOSE AREAS, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT.

WHAT I HOPE THAT WE'LL BE HEARING FROM VERY SOON IS, UH, THE OTHER TWO MAIN ASPECTS OF THIS PROGRAM, AND THAT IS THE ACTUAL EDUCATION AND THE JOB PLACEMENT.

AND I THINK THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE ABSOLUTE KEY INGREDIENTS.

GETTING PEOPLE IN AND HELPING THEM STAY IN AND MOVING THEM THROUGH IS, IS KEY.

BUT WHAT ARE THEY GONNA BE LEARNING AND HOW IS IT GONNA MATCH TO JOBS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK ALL OF US ARE GONNA WANNA HEAR MORE ABOUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

UH, I'M GONNA WANNA KNOW WHAT ARE THE THREE OF THE FOUR PROJECTED MAIN EMPLOYMENT, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT, UH, WE'LL BE TRAINING FOR, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE GONNA BE THE LENGTHS OF TIME FOR THESE TRAINING PROGRAMS? UH, ARE THEY GONNA BE AS LITTLE AS, UH, 2, 4, 6, 8 WEEKS OF TRAINING? UH, WILL THERE BE, YOU KNOW, TRAINING FOR CERTIFICATES THAT'LL TAKE SHORT TIME? OR HOW MANY, UH, OPPORTUNITIES WILL THERE BE FOR ONE OR TWO YEAR CERTIFICATES? AND WHAT IS THE PROJECTION FOR PEOPLE THAT WILL BE HELPING GOING THROUGH TO GET A FOUR YEAR DEGREE INTO WHAT AREA WILL THOSE DEGREES FALL INTO, UH, TO WHAT JOBS WILL THEY BE MATCHED WITH? AND I THINK WE NEED TO SET SOME TARGETS ON THOSE THINGS.

YOU KNOW, I WANNA KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE AS THIS PROGRAM BECOMES FURTHER DEVELOPED.

AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE ACTUAL EDUCATION, I WANNA KNOW, YOU KNOW, UH, WHO CAN TRAIN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, WHO GONNA LOOK TO, TO THAT? WHO CAN TRAIN HEALTHCARE, UH, AND HEALTH RELATED POSITIONS? WHO CAN TRAIN IT? AND TECHNOLOGY JOBS, YOU KNOW, WHO CAN TRAIN FOR FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING FIELD, IF THAT'S GONNA BE A MAJOR AREA.

UH, AND WILL BE, WILL WE BE TRAINING FOR BUILDING AND TRADES FOR ELECTRICIANS, PLUMBERS, UH, H V A C WORKERS, TELECOM WORKERS, ALL OF WHOM, UH, EARN A GOOD LIVING IN THIS CITY.

SO, UH, I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE DELINEATED PRETTY QUICKLY, UH, TO THE COUNCIL, BUT EVEN MORE

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SO PEOPLE START WANTING TO BUY IN.

PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW, WHAT CAN I GET INTO, UH, HOW LONG IS IT GONNA TAKE ME TO GET THERE? AS WELL AS THE SUPPORTS THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, PROVIDED.

SO I HOPE THAT THAT'S GONNA BE THE NEXT REPORT WE GET, AND WE GET IT PRETTY QUICKLY.

I REALIZE, UH, THAT WE HAVE SOME TARGET INDUSTRIES THAT WE UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE AVAILABLE TRAINING THAT'S IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT, BUT LET'S DELINEATE ALL THAT.

LET'S GET IT DOWN INTO A PLAN, AND LET'S MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN FIT THEMSELVES INTO THAT PLAN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

UM, IF COUNCILMAN, I JUST WANTED TO, IF IT'S OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A QUICK ITEM THAT I PROBABLY GLANCED OVER WAY TOO QUICKLY ON THE TIMELINE SLIDE.

A LOT OF WHAT YOU DESCRIBED AND A COUPLE OF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ASKED ABOUT AND ALSO DESCRIBED, UM, THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO INCORPORATE AND PROVIDE A BRIEFING ON DURING THE, THE PROGRAM POLICY BRIEFING AND ADOPTION THAT IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK ON THE TIMELINE SLIDE, IT'S THE, MAYBE THE FIFTH ITEM.

OUR PROJECTION IS TO COME BACK TO Y'ALL IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH TO REALLY GET INTO, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THE TARGET POPULATIONS, WHAT ARE THE TARGETED INDUSTRIES, REALLY GET INTO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL TO SET THAT POLICY, UM, FOR, FOR THE COUNCIL TO SET THAT POLICY DIRECTION FOR US.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT FEBRUARY MARCH TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL FOR YOU.

UH, COUNCILWOMAN , YOU'RE NEXT, MA'AM.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

UH, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE WORK.

I KNOW, UH, E E D D HAS PROBABLY BEEN GOING AROUND THE CLOCK ON THIS, UH, LATE NIGHTS, EVERYTHING.

SO THANK YOU.

I ALSO HAVE TO THANK THE VOTERS OF, UH, SAN ANTONIO WHO SAID YES TO THIS, AND WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN.

SO THANK YOU TO THE 76%.

APPRECIATE IT.

UM, I THINK JUST A LITTLE BIT OF DIRECTION OR, UH, FEEDBACK FROM ME.

UH, I'M GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE FEBRUARY, MARCH AND, UH, SETTING THOSE POLICIES.

I THINK THAT'S, UM, THAT'S GOOD.

UM, I DO WANT TO ASK, ARE WE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THE END EQUITY INDEX, JUST LIKE WE'RE DOING WITH THE CURRENT, UH, TRAIN FOR JOB, THE SAY PROGRAM? THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD, UM, SEE HOW WE FACTOR IN FROM A TARGETED, UH, POPULATION PERSPECTIVE.

UM, AS YOU MAY RECALL, OUR CURRENT PILLAR HAS GOALS FOR DIFFERENT POPULATIONS, SO WE WOULD LOOK TO SEE, UM, HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT AS WELL.

AND I DO, UM, I WOULD, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA START THE SEARCH IN DECEMBER FOR AN EXECUTIVE OF THIS.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY, I THINK WE NEED TO DO A HYBRID OPTION BECAUSE, UM, I'M ALSO LOOKING AT PRE-K FOR SA AND, AND YOU KNOW, ERIC, WE, AT THE TIME, YOU ALL THOUGHT PRE-K FOR SA WAS STOOD UP IN A RECORD AMOUNT OF TIME.

OF COURSE, THEY HAD TO BUILD BUILDINGS, BUT THIS IS GONNA BE STOOD UP IN A RECORD AMOUNT OF TIME AS WELL, OUR, UM, ESSAY READY TO WORK PROGRAM.

SO I DO AGREE WITH THE HYBRID OPTION BECAUSE NOT ALL OF OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES OR THOSE THAT EVEN ARE PART OF THE R F Q PROCESS WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE CAPACITY THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO DO THE SERVICE THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN, IN MY OPINION.

I THINK THAT'S WHY THE RECOMMENDATION IS THE WAY, UM, IT IS, IF WE CAN GET THIS DIRECTOR HIRED, I WOULD HOPE SOONER THAN MARCH, BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE A PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING TOO.

UM, ERIC, SO THAT'S WHY I'M JUST THINKING OUT, UH, THINKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW.

UM, I DO LIKE THE, UH, SO THE, YES, THE, UH, HYBRID OPTION.

UM, I DID WANT TO KNOW, UM, I GUESS THIS IS AN ANDY SEGOVIA QUESTION, OR WHOMEVER, UH, FOR THE ADVISORY COUNCIL, WOULD A MEMBER WHO SIT, WOULD SOMEBODY, IF SOMEBODY SITS ON THE ADVISORY COUNCIL, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO GO FOR THE R F Q? UM, PROBABLY WHOMEVER COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION BETTER.

COUNCIL, I'M JUST KIDDING.

NO, THE, THE, BECAUSE IT'S AN ADVISORY COUNCIL, THAT WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.

BUT THERE WAS A, IF THEY HAVE ANY INPUT IN TERMS OF THE R F P, OBVIOUSLY THAT PERSON WOULDN'T HAVE TO RECUSE THEMSELF, BUT IT'S NOT AS MUCH OF AN ISSUE BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY ARE ADVISORY AND THEY'RE NOT, UH, ACTING ON ANYTHING IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY.

ON SELECTION OF ANYTHING, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD, I WOULD RECOMMEND THEY RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM THAT DISCUSSION.

IT'S THE, IT'S A POTENTIAL, IT, THE PERCEPTION IS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

THAT'S CORRECT.

IT WOULD BE, WE WOULD HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THE OPTICS OF THAT.

AND LIKE I SAID, IF IT'S SPECIFIC TO, UH, THEM PROVIDING INPUT EVEN TO THE, TO THIS COUNCIL

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AND, BUT THAT WOULD BE CRITICAL TO THE WHOLE FOUNDATION OF OUR WHOLE PROGRAM TOO, UH, IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH US.

UM, AND I DO THINK THE ECO, THIS IS WHY WE'RE ALSO DOING IT, IS FOR THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND FOR MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE ECONOMIC MOBILITY OF THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE, THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO.

SO THIS IS WHY IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, UH, OF, OF HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

I DO.

UM, BUT TO THAT POINT, AND I THINK ONE OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WAS GETTING TO IT AS WELL, SIMILAR TO HOW WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO TRACK IMPROVEMENTS WITH PRE-K FOR ESSAY, HOW PRE-K FOR ESSAY IMPACTS FOUR YEAR OLDS, AND HOW AS THEY MOVE FORWARD, HOW I WOULD HOPE IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, WHEN YOU COME AND PRESENT TO US, THAT YOU ALSO PRESENT TO US HOW WE INTEND TO, UM, TRACK OUR PARTICIPANTS, HOW WE, UH, INTEND TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE MEMBERS WHO UTILIZE OUR PROGRAMS ARE NOT JUST BEING TRAINED AND THEN MOVING OUT OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE STAYING IN SAN ANTONIO.

AND, AND, UH, THAT WE HAVE THOSE COMPONENTS.

I KNOW WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE COMPONENTS RIGHT NOW AND ARE TRAINED FOR JOBS SA PROGRAM, BUT THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO, TO LOOK AT THAT AND HAVE THAT TRACKING AND SEE THOSE, THOSE ECONOMIC MOBILITY.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT, ALEX? YES, MA'AM.

AND ACTUALLY, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW WITH, UM, IDENTIFYING A, UM, I MEAN, WE'RE CALLING IT A CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S MUCH MORE DYNAMIC THAN THAT.

UM, BUT IT'S IN COLLABORATION WITH, WITH HUMAN SERVICES AND IN COLLABORATION WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO THIS WORK TOO, BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THIS, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, AT, IN, IN A VERY, UM, IN A VERY EXTENSIVE WAY.

UM, THERE'S CERTAIN OUTPUTS, THERE'S CERTAIN MILESTONES THAT WE NEED TO TRACK, BUT ULTIMATELY, AND COLLECTIVELY THAT DATA WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF AN IMPACT WE'RE MAKING, AGAIN, AT THE AGGREGATE LEVEL, BUT THEN TRACKING AT A PARTICIPANT TO PARTICIPANT LEVEL, ARE THEY, ARE THEY, ARE THEY MOVING FORWARD? ARE THEY ACHIEVING THE MILESTONES? AND THAT'S WHERE THE CASE MANAGEMENT, THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT IS CRITICAL.

UM, WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW.

WE THINK THERE'S, NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A MORE OF A, A, AT LEAST A LONGER TERM PROGRAM, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT OPTIONS THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT FOR THIS.

AND, UM, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE, UH, AT THE NEXT ITEM, UH, ON THE WORK, ON THE TRAIN FOR JOBS SA PROGRAM AND WHERE WE ARE THERE.

AND SO I THINK HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BRING A LITTLE MORE CLARITY OF WHAT, UM, THE LESSONS LEARNED THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, THAT WE'RE LIVING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.

SO, AND, AND HOW WE'RE GONNA FINE TUNE THEM AND, UH, FIND EFFICIENCIES IN OUR NEW, UH, PROGRAM.

BUT THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS OR, OR THE COMMENTS THAT I HAVE.

UM, YES, THE HYBRID OPTION, MOVE UP THE TIMELINE FOR THE HIRING OF THE DIRECTOR.

AND, UM, I BELIEVE IN, IN FEBRUARY, I WOULD LIKE TO BE SURE THAT IF THERE ARE ANY SORT OF OTHER UPDATES THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE ON THE, UH, READY TO WORK SA PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IT AT E W D C.

SO I'D LIKE TO, IF THERE ARE ANY IN OR DURING THE INTERIM BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND MARCH.

AND, UM, YEAH.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW, UH, ALL THIS IS GONNA COME TOGETHER.

COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON.

UM, I, I THINK FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD PERSPECTIVE, THE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS GONNA BE, UH, UH, A BODY THAT'S GONNA PROVIDE US INPUT ON ONGOING, UM, THE, THE, THE COUNCIL ACTION OR THE, THAT WOULD HAPPEN, OR THE, THE POLICY DIRECTION THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH IS REALLY THAT FRAMEWORK THAT WE NEED TO, TO REALLY BUILD UP.

HI, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH I THANK YOU, ALEX, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON, ON THIS INITIATIVE AND GETTING THAT 77, UM, APPROVAL ON THE, ON THE BALLOT.

UH, I DON'T THINK THERE'S PROBABLY ONE PERFECT WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROGRAM.

AND THERE ARE JUST SO MANY MOVING PARTS, UH, ALEX, SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR TAKING THIS FORWARD.

UM, I, I HAVE SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT SOME OF MY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, COLLEAGUES HAD.

I'LL START WITH THE ADVISORY, UH, COMMITTEE.

YOU TALKED ABOUT FILLING THOSE POSITIONS, RECOMMENDING THAT WE FILL THOSE POSITIONS IN FEBRUARY, JANUARY, AND FEBRUARY.

YOU ALSO SAID THAT WE WOULD COME BACK TO, OR YOU WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL TO GET DIRECTION ON THE INDUSTRIES IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH.

UH, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT BECAUSE FOUR OF THE POSITIONS WILL BE REPRESENTING INDUSTRY THAT MAYBE WE WANNA CHANGE THE ORDER OR CAN, CAN YOU GIMME A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND ON WHY, WHY YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT ORDER?

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HOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA IDENTIFY TARGETED INDUSTRIES? WHAT WOULD BE THE METHODOLOGY THAT YOU WOULD WANT US TO, TO USE, LET'S SAY PRE FROM YEAR TO YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THIS INFORMATION AND, AND THIS DATA RELEVANT.

UM, I THINK THAT'S THE GUIDANCE THAT WE'D BE, UM, MEMORIALIZING AND ASKING FOR ADOPTION IN IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH.

THE ADVISORY BOARD IS GONNA STAY WITH US AND GONNA KEEP, KEEP WORKING WITH US FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

UM, AND, AND I, I SEE THAT A MUCH MORE, UM, CONTINUOUS ENGAGEMENT, UH, UNDERSTOOD.

UH, THAT, THAT IT WILL BE CONTINUOUS.

I THINK THE ADVISORY BOARD WILL BE A LOT MORE HELPFUL, AND THEY MAY FEEL THAT THEIR TIME IS A LOT BETTER USED IF THE MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE REPRESENT THE INDUSTRIES THAT WE ULTIMATELY SPEND THE TAX DOLLARS ON.

SO I'M, I'M WARY OF THE ORDER IN THAT TIMELINE AS, AS PRESENTED.

THE ADDITIONAL ITEM ON THE, REGARDING THAT BOARD IS THERE IS A CURRENT OR PAST PARTICIPANT.

AND AS WE BEGIN THE ADVISORY PROCESS THERE, THERE WON'T BE A CURRENT PARTICIPANT, I IMAGINE, UH, AND THE PAST PARTICIPANT.

ARE YOU IMAGINING WE MIGHT PULL THAT FROM SOMEONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN QUEST OR ANOTHER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM? WELL, AND OUR CURRENT PROGRAM AS WELL, OUR, OUR CURRENT FIRST PILLAR, RIGHT.

THE, THE PILLAR.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF THAT.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER, WE'VE ALSO COMPLETED FOCUS GROUPS WITH OUR CURRENT PARTICIPANTS.

UM, AND, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THAT FEEDBACK FROM OUR FACILITATOR AS WELL.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE DON'T HAVE THIS TYPE OF BOARD SET UP FOR OUR WORKFORCE PILLAR, WE ARE TRYING TO INCORPORATE THAT FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING FROM PARTICIPANTS INTO EVEN OUR CURRENT PROGRAM.

AND WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY USE IT AS, AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AS WELL.

I DO HAVE, UH, SOME, SOME QUESTIONS, UH, ABOUT THAT.

UM, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO HELP AND THE ONES WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THE COVID ECONOMIC IMPACT.

AND, AND AS YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WAS ONE OF MY HESITATIONS IN, IN, IN THE PROPOSAL AS IT WENT FORWARD TO, TO THE VOTERS.

SO ANYTHING THAT YOU DO ALONG THOSE LINES, I WOULD, UH, I WOULD STRONGLY, UH, REQUEST THAT YOU MAKE THAT INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC.

I'M GONNA FEEL SO MUCH MORE CONFIDENT IN HOW YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD IF I KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE THAT AND, UH, AND IT'S IN A PLACE WHERE I CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AND SAY, OH, YEAH, LOOK, THIS IS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY HAVE.

SO, UM, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU COULD MAKE ACCESSIBLE NOW ON OUR, ON A WEBSITE OR VIA AN EMAIL? I KNOW THAT, UM, THE FACILITATOR'S REPORT, IT'S NOT QUITE FINISHED YET.

THEY GAVE US SOME PRELIMINARY, SHE GAVE US SOME PRELIMINARY FEEDBACK.

UM, BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE AVAILABLE.

UM, AND, AND OF COURSE INCORPORATING THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS WELL.

I DON'T THINK THAT WORKS.

I THINK, UM, IT JUST HELPS US DO OUR JOB BETTER AS COUNCIL MEMBERS IF WE HAVE THOSE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US WHEN YOU'RE ASKING US FOR, FOR A VOTE.

UM, CARLOS, THAT WAS ALWAYS THE INTENT IS THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE THAT AN UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL AS SOON AS WE GOT THAT FINALIZED.

SO WE'LL HAVE, AND THEN REGARDING THE ADVISORY BOARD AND THEN THE PRESENTATION, THE COUNCIL, THE INTENT IS THE ADVISORY BOARD IS CONSTITUTED FIRST, AND THAT'S BY THE FEBRUARY, MARCH, AND THEN HOPEFULLY IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN PRESENTATION THE COUNCIL WOULD BE PRESUMABLY IN MARCH AT THAT POINT.

BUT I AGREE WITH YOU, THOSE SHOULD BE IN THOSE ORDER, AND THAT'S, THAT'S OUR GOAL.

YOU THE ORDER SHOULD BE ADVISORY BOARD FIRST, CORRECT? CORRECT.

WE TRY TO GET THE ADVISORY BOARD TO CONSTITUTE FIRST, AND THEN WE COME TO THE COUNCIL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM, AND THEN WE COME TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT THE POLICY GUIDELINES.

BUT OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO GET THEM MOVING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

UN UNDERSTOOD.

I JUST, UM, LET'S SAY WE PICK FOUR INDUSTRIES, HEALTH, UM, MANUFACTURING, CYBERSECURITY, LANDSCAPE, FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION, YOU COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT ACTUALLY THE FOUR INDUSTRIES WE SHOULD PURSUE ARE COSMETOLOGY, CULINARY ARTS, UM, AND MAYBE CYBERSECURITY AND HEALTH.

YET WE HAVE APPOINTED PEOPLE FROM A DIFFERENT INDUSTRY.

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UH, SO WE, I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN, IN MIND AS, AS WE SELECT PEOPLE GOING FORWARD REGARDING THE HYBRID APPROACH AND, UH, THE CONTRACTING WITH, WITH OTHER COMPANIES.

I, I'M GLAD TO HEAR ERIC SAY THAT HE WANTS US TO DIRECT, YOU KNOW, WHO WE'RE ACTUALLY PULLING FROM.

AND IT, AND IT IS QUITE LIKELY, I AGREE THAT IF IT'S THE CITY DOING IT, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CITY STAFF DOING THAT, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THAT CITY STAFF OR THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER, IT'S MORE LIKELY TO REFLECT THE GOALS OF THE COUNCIL IN TERMS OF WHO WE WANT TO SEE IN, IN THAT PROGRAM.

WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD WANT TO ENSURE IS THAT WHEN WE DO CONTRACT WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH WILL, WILL BE NECESSARY TO PROVIDE SOME OF THESE ADDITIONAL SERVICES, THAT WE ENSURE THAT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALSO LIVING THE VALUES THAT WE WANT THIS PROGRAM TO ACCOMPLISH.

SO, COUNCILWOMAN RO GARCIA TALKED ABOUT LIVING WAGES, RIGHT? WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE THAT.

THAT'S THE WHOLE GOAL.

THAT'S THE PREMISE OF THIS WHOLE PROGRAM AND WHY IT WAS ON THE BALLOT.

SO IF WE DO CONTRACT WITH AN ORGANIZATION, I, I WOULD, I WOULD WANT TO HAVE A GUARANTEE THAT THEY PAY ALL OF THEIR EMPLOYEES A LIVING WAGE.

OTHERWISE, I THINK IT REALLY UNDERMINES THE PURPOSE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO ACCOMPLISH.

UH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS POSSIBLE? HOW, HOW WOULD WE, HOW WOULD WE ENSURE THAT WHEN WE DO THE CONTRACTING? I, I THINK FROM A, FROM THE SOLICITATION PERSPECTIVE, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S, WE, WE'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH INTO THIS, UM, JUST OVERALL, WHAT, WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO AND HOW MUCH WE WANT TO MAKE THIS A REQUIREMENT VERSUS SOME.

UM, BUT I THINK, UM, OUR, OUR ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, DETAIL ON THAT.

ASK RAY RODRIGUEZ.

HOPEFULLY, I MEAN, ON THAT COUNCILWOMAN.

'CAUSE I THINK THERE ARE SOME LEGAL ISSUES RELATED WE, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE MAKE MANDATE OR A RECOMMENDATION.

YEAH, AND, AND I THINK ALEX WAS CORRECT IN STATING THAT WHERE, WHERE WE COULD OFFER SOME GOALS AND SOME, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO HAVE A, A WAGE.

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT.

OF COURSE, WE HAVEN'T REALLY DISCUSSED THE NEGOTIATIONS OF THE CONTRACTS, WHAT THAT WOULD, UH, COST IN THE END, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT.

UH, I, I'D APPRECIATE THAT.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET AN UPDATE ON THAT WHEN, WHEN WE COME BACK.

AND AGAIN, THE GOAL IS TO BRING PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY.

AND IF THE TOOLS WE'RE USING ARE NOT BRINGING PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GETTING THERE.

SO THOSE ARE MY, MY COMMENTS FOR NOW.

COMMENTS FOR NOW.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK, AND ALEX, FOR YOUR PATIENCE IN HEARING ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR HOW TO MAKE THIS MONEY STRETCHY AND EVEN FURTHER.

THANK YOU ALL.

IT'S ALSO BEEN A SENTIMENT THAT WE WANNA REACH THOSE WHO, WHO, WHO NEED THIS THE MOST, AND NOT JUST THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY IN A POSITION TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

COUNCIL MEMBER TINO.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND, UH, AND THANK YOU ALEX, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH, AND A JOB WELL DONE.

I WANNA THANK YOU, CARLOS.

UM, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES.

UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY, REALLY ASKED SOME, UH, SOME GREAT QUESTIONS TODAY.

UH, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE, THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL KEY PIECES THAT STILL NEED TO BE EXPANDED ON AND, AND FURTHER EXPLAINED.

UM, HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE CAN FULLY DEFINE THIS PROGRAM AND STRATEGICALLY IMPLEMENT IN A WAY, UH, THAT SUPPORTS THE TARGETED DEMOGRAPHIC, UH, THEN IT DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SUCCESS, THE VOTERS, YOU KNOW, HAVE SPOKEN.

AND IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE, UH, THAT WE PRESENT, UH, A, AN AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM AND, UH, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ROLLED OUT IN A WAY THAT, AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE DESCRIBED, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT'S REALLY, TRULY MEANT TO BE.

UM, UH, ALEX, YOU KNOW, I, I DO, I DO ASK THAT, UH, A LOT OF INFORMATION GOT PRESENTED TODAY AND, UH, THAT WE, UH, I WANT TO JUST ASK FOR A, A MEETING, UH, TO GO OVER SOME OF THE NUMBERS.

'CAUSE I, I JUST, SOME, A LOT OF THESE NUMBERS STILL JUST SIMPLY DON'T ADD UP.

UM, BUT AGAIN, I'M, I'M JUST, I'M, I REALLY WANNA, I WANNA, UM, WORK WITH YOU ON THAT AND KIND OF GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT, WHAT I'M, WHAT AM I MISSING HERE SO THAT I CAN, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE DOING, UH, EVERYTHING WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PROMISING, UH, UH, AND WE'RE SETTING OUT TO DO.

SO.

UH, ADDITIONALLY, AS, AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALL MENTIONED, UH, I THINK EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT THAT WE DO WANT TO HELP LIFT SO MANY PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY, AND WE WANNA, UH, MAKE THIS AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE.

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SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I I, I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT AND HOW, UH, WE CAN, UH, REACH THOSE, UM, THAT ARE, ARE LESS LIKELY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, AGAIN, I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO DEVELOPING METRICS TO GAUGE OUR SUCCESS.

UM, THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANKS, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER TURINO.

COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I'VE BEEN, UH, TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION AS QUICKLY AS I CAN.

I, I HAVE TO SAY THAT, UH, I'M DISAPPOINTED AGAIN THAT WE GET THIS PACKAGE TWO MINUTES BEFORE THE MEETING.

UH, WE'VE GOT TO GET THESE THINGS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AHEAD SO THAT WE'RE PREPARED HERE BY COUNSEL TO LOOK AT THIS AND EVALUATE IT AND HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS.

UM, I, I, I'VE JUST SCANNED THROUGH, AND I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS HERE, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT I HAVE ON THIS.

SO, UH, ERIC, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT WE SURE NEED TO GET THESE THINGS OUT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFFS MUCH MORE IN ADVANCE AND RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING.

SO THAT'S SAID ON THAT, THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S BEEN SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE.

ALSO, UM, WHY, WHY ARE WE EVEN EVALUATING WHETHER WE SHOULD RUN THIS BY THE CITY VERSUS GETTING, UH, HIRING SOMEONE OUTSIDE THAT ARE EXPERTS IN THIS? AND I KNOW YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, ERIC, BUT I, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT TAKING OUR STAFF AND RUNNING THIS PROGRAM.

AND HAVING SAID THAT, IS THIS, UH, SALES TAX GONNA PAY FOR THAT, PAY FOR THAT LABOR ALSO, IS THAT GONNA COME OUT OF THIS POT OF MONEY? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER, ALL THOSE EXPENSES WOULD BE A PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION COSTS LISTED ON THAT, ON THAT FINANCIAL FORECAST SLIDE? WELL, I STILL, I HAVE A, I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH US TRYING TO RUN THIS PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE UNIVERSITIES, WE'VE GOT, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT THEY DO THIS FOR A LIVING.

WE DON'T, THAT'S NOT ONE OF OUR CORE COMPETENCIES.

SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

I'D RATHER SEE US, UH, CONTRACT THIS STUFF OUT.

UM, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS IN GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND DR.

NEVINS, UM, PACKAGES IS THAT, UM, AT ONE TIME, I THINK THE VERY FIRST ONE, ALEX, THAT YOU PRESENTED WAS AN EXPECTATION OF 50% GRADUATION RATE.

UM, AND HERE WE'RE SHOWING 80 AND 90%, UH, HOW ARE WE GETTING TO 80 AND 90% GRADUATION RATES OUT OF THESE PROGRAMS? WHERE, WHAT'S THAT BASED ON? SO, COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT 50% COMPLETION RATE WAS THE, THE PRELIMINARY TARGET THAT WAS SET FOR OUR CURRENT PROGRAM, OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

AND JUST KEEPING IN MIND THAT THAT WAS DEVELOPED, UM, IN THE SUMMER WHEN WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY PEOPLE WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO EITHER COMPLETE TRAINING PROGRAMS AND REENTER THE WORKFORCE.

SO WE HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION.

UM, AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE, UH, A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE.

THOSE NUMBERS ALSO THOUGH, THOSE PERCENTAGES WERE, WERE TARGETS THAT WERE DEVELOPED THROUGH THE WORKING GROUP THAT WAS CONVENED OVER THE SUMMER.

AND THEIR EXPECTATION WAS THAT THERE, THERE, THERE BE AN AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TO COMPLETION.

UM, THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT IS GONNA BE PROVIDED, IS INTENDED TO DO THAT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE GRADUATION RATES, LET'S SAY FROM PROJECT QUEST OR ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, OR U T SS A OR TEXAS A AND M, WHAT, WHAT'S THEIR GRADUATION RATES? SO I KNOW THE, THE QUEST MODEL IS 90%.

UM, SO, AND, AND THAT'S A, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE, UM, KIND OF USING AS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE OF THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT THAT'S PROVIDED TO IT.

SO A TYPICAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, UM, MAY HAVE LOWER, UH, COMPLETION RATES, UH, BUT THEY DON'T OFFER THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT.

WELL, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BACHELOR'S DEGREES HERE, ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES.

WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT CERTIFICATES HERE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOUR YEAR DEGREES IN A LOT OF THESE.

SO WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE GRADUATION RATES AT SOME OF THESE OTHER COLLEGES? THEY, UM, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS ON HAND RIGHT NOW.

I, I DO KNOW FOR A FACT THEY ARE LO I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE.

FOR INCREASED WAGES, UM, WHICH IS ABOUT A $36, UH, RETURN ON INVESTMENT DOLLAR, $1 FROM THIS PROGRAM, $36 COMING OUT, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GOOD.

UM, ON, UM, YOUR SLIDES VERSUS DR.

NIVEN'S SLIDES, UM, HE TALKS ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT THE, UH, ECONOMIC IMPACT WOULD BE ON INCREASED INCOMES, PROJECTED INCOMES, AND THIS IS OVER 27 YEARS, IT'S OVER $5.6 BILLION

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UH, BUT THEN THERE'S AN ECONOMIC IMPACT DUE TO THE SPENDING, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THIS.

$5.6 BILLION IS EXTRA INCOME, BUT THEN THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $7 BILLION ON TOP OF THAT THAT IS ADDED TO THAT NUMBER.

AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW THAT NUMBER IS CALCULATED.

BUT THEN YOU TAKE THAT NUMBER, WHICH IS OVER 13 BILLION, AND PUT THAT ON YOUR CHART, IS IT'S AN $85, UH, RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT'S PUT INTO THE PROGRAM.

I, I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S STRETCHING IT A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK THAT'S, UM, BEING A LITTLE, UH, VERY OPTIMISTIC ON WHAT IS BEING PUT IN HERE.

AND I, I, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON DR.

NIVEN'S CALCULATIONS AND ALL HIS TABLES.

UM, I, I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW, DID SOMEONE GO THROUGH AND VALIDATE ANY OF THIS OR JUST TAKE DOWN THE TOTAL NUMBERS THAT HE PUT DOWN IN THE REPORT? NO, SIR.

WE THOROUGHLY REVIEWED IT.

UM, OKAY.

THERE, THERE WAS, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD AND, AND COULD AGREE WITH THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT HE WAS MAKING.

OKAY, GOOD, BECAUSE I'M, I'M HOPING THAT, UH, KEVIN BARTOLD OR WHOEVER OUR AUDITOR IS GONNA BE IN THE FUTURE, HOLDS ONTO THIS REPORT AND IS ABLE TO GO BACK AND AUDIT AND VALIDATE THESE NUMBERS THAT WERE PUT DOWN IN HERE, BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF, UH, FAITH AND, AND, UH, HOPES IN THESE NUMBERS.

AND, UM, UH, I, I THINK THEY'RE BEING, UH, A LITTLE BIT OVERLY OPTIMISTIC ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT FRONTS TO INCLUDE THE GRADUATION RATES AND ECONOMIC IMPACT NUMBERS WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE DISTRICT REPS.

I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT NOT HAVING DISTRICT REPS ON THIS.

IT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE.

UM, I THINK EACH DISTRICT IN THIS CITY SHOULD HAVE AN INPUT ON THIS COUNCIL OR WHATEVER YOU'RE GONNA CALL IT, TO, UH, OVERSEE THIS PROGRAM.

UM, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD JUST BE AN APPOINTMENT BASED ON, UM, YOU KNOW, QUALIFICATIONS, THAT KIND OF THING, THAT HAS A PLACE TO PLAY IN IT.

BUT THERE'S BUSINESSES, THERE'S EMPLOYERS OUT THERE IN ALL PARTS OF THIS CITY THAT SHE SHOULD BE A PART OF THIS, THIS COMMITTEE.

SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

UM, I, I THINK EACH DISTRICT SHOULD HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ON IT.

UM, SOME OF THESE TABLES TALKS ABOUT POSTGRADUATE DEGREES, DOCTORATES AND, AND THAT KIND OF THING.

WERE THOSE FIGURES CALCULATED IN THIS? BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THAT SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LIFTING UP THOSE DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE, AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE WITH BACHELOR'S DEGREES ARE IN A DISADVANTAGED POSITION.

THEY'VE GOT MASTER'S DEGREES, THEY'RE OUT THERE MAKING GOOD SALARIES RIGHT NOW.

SO I DON'T, I, I SEE NO RELEVANCE ON HAVING THEM IN THESE TABLES.

AND I HOPE THAT THOSE DOLLAR FIGURES WEREN'T ADDED INTO THESE CALCULATIONS EITHER, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT, WHO'S SHOULD BE TARGETED FOR THIS PROGRAM.

UM, IT GOT QUESTIONS ON TABLE THREE, TABLE FOUR.

UM, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ACTUALLY CONCENTRATING MORE ON BACHELOR'S DEGREES AND ON CERTIFICATES AND ASSOCIATES DEGREES.

AGAIN, WHO ARE WE REALLY TARGETING HERE? WHO, WHO, WHO NEEDS THE REAL HELP HERE? UH, ARE WE, WE TALKING ABOUT COLLEGE GRADS, OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT FOLKS THAT NEED TO GET OUT THERE DURING THE TRADES? AS COUNCILMAN COURAGE WAS SAYING, WE, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THESE BRIEFINGS IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH ON HOW Y'ALL ARE GONNA SORT THIS OUT, BECAUSE, UH, AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE TARGETING THE WRONG POPULATIONS HERE ON WHAT WAS INITIALLY, UH, PRESCRIBED FOR OR SOLD TO US THAT WE NEED TO HELP THOSE, UH, THAT ARE DISADVANTAGED, UH, TO LIFT THEM UP.

UM, TABLE FIVE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

UH, I THINK, UH, THEY'RE, AGAIN, THINGS JUST LOOK UPSIDE DOWN TO ME.

UM, THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THE BACHELOR'S DEGREES, AGAIN, THERE'S ALMOST AS MANY OF THOSE AS CERTIFICATES, UM, MORE THAN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES.

AGAIN, I, I JUST THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT INCORRECTLY.

I, I LOOK AT, UH, UM, LET'S SEE, WHICH TABLE WAS IT? TABLE AGAIN, TRYING TO SCROLL THROUGH MY NOTES HERE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UM, THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF PROJECTED UNIQUE PARTICIPANTS

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BY CERTIFICATE OF DEGREE, TABLE FIVE.

IT, IT IS NOT 40,000.

IT'S 32,770.

UM, THESE, THESE NUMBERS JUST, I'VE GOT AN ISSUE WITH A LOT OF THESE NUMBERS, SO, UM, I'LL SEE IF I CAN REVIEW THE STUFF AND GET THE QUESTIONS TO YOU AND HOPEFULLY GET THE ANSWERS BACK AT SOME POINT IN TIME.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.

COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'LL, I'LL JUST START THERE.

I, I HAVE THE SAME CONCERN AS COUNCILMAN TERRY ABOUT THE FOCUS ON HIGHER ED AND BACHELOR'S DEGREES AND, UM, UH, AND EVEN PAST ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES BECAUSE IT REALLY, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE IS NOT, NOT WHERE THE GREATEST NEED IS, UM, BUT SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON, UH, YOU KNOW, AREAS IN THE BOTTOM 20%.

WE KNOW FROM THE POVERTY REPORT THAT 20% OF THE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN POVERTY.

IT'S MOSTLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

AND SO WE SHOULD REALLY FOCUS OUR ATTENTION AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH THOSE AGENCIES THAT SUPPORT THEM SO THAT THEY CAN GET ON TO, TO STUDY AND TO, TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE BETTER JOBS AND PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES.

SO, UM, BUT THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, I ALSO FEEL LIKE THIS, THE WHOLE PRESENTATION AND THE ENTIRE INITIATIVE, UH, WAS VERY HEAVILY, UH, SUPPORTED BY, OR SORT OF, UH, UH, DESIGNED FOR LARGE EMPLOYERS.

UH, AND THE REALITY IS WE DON'T HAVE VERY MANY LARGE EMPLOYERS IN THE CITY.

AND I DON'T SEE A SMALL BUSINESS CONNECTION.

I DON'T SEE EVEN LIKE A CHAMBER CONNECTION, UM, YOU KNOW, OR ANY TYPE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL, UM, CONNECTION EITHER.

UH, BECAUSE WE DID, I MEAN, YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ME SAY IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

I DON'T HAVE ANY LARGE EMPLOYERS IN MY DISTRICT.

SO, UM, THE ONLY THING WE HAVE ARE SMALL BUSINESSES.

UM, AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WORK.

90% OF PEOPLE WORK IN SMALL BUSINESSES.

SO, DID I MISS IT? IS IT IN THERE SOMEWHERE? NO COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY DESIGNATE THE SIZE OF THE EMPLOYERS THAT SHOULD BE REPRESENTED.

THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO MORE THOUGH.

WELL, I MEAN, I, I THINK, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY MISSING THE MARS, LIKE THIS WHOLE PROGRAM IS, IT SEEMS TO BE DESIGNED TO PUT PEOPLE IN, IN JOBS THAT ARE PRIMARILY, AT LEAST FROM WHAT I SEE, UH, HELD BY LARGE EMPLOYERS, HOSPITALS AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AND OF COURSE, THERE'S AN INCREDIBLE NEED THERE.

UM, YOU MENTIONED U S A A AND SORT OF FINANCIAL ANALYSTS.

UM, WE KNOW THAT CONSTRUCTION AND THOSE KIND OF JOBS CAN BE, UH, SMALL OR LARGE.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE THAT HERE.

AND, AND I THINK WE'RE MISSING THE BOAT ENTIRELY WHEN WE DON'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO CONNECT, OR I MEAN EITHER THE EMPLOYERS OR THE EMPLOYEES TO SMALL BUSINESSES WHERE OVER 90% OF PEOPLE WORK.

SO, UM, I STILL FEEL LIKE THAT'S A VERY LARGE MISSING, UM, COMPONENT, UH, IN, UH, IN THE PROGRAM THAT, THAT'S BEING PRESENTED.

SO, UM, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A FIRST GO ROUND AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S WORK, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

SO THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR.

UH, EVERYONE.

YOU SAID THAT WE WOULD BE TRACKING THAT WITH OUR WRAPAROUND SERVICES.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GONZALEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR ALLOWING ME TO CHIME BACK IN AGAIN.

UM, I KNOW I SAID A LOT OF THINGS LAST TIME, AND I'VE STILL GOT MORE TO SAY.

SO, UH, UM, I THINK ALEX WE'LL PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE A FOLLOW UP CONVERSATION WITH YOU OR SOMEONE FROM YOUR TEAM SO I CAN UNDERSTAND, UH, SOME OF THESE THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE AND GIVE YOU EVEN MORE WONDERFUL SUGGESTIONS FROM THE DISTRICT SEVEN, UH, COUNCIL OFFICE.

UH, BUT I DO, UM, AGREE WITH, UH, WITH THE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, WITH COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, THAT NOW, NOW YOU HAVE TO SAY WHO, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OF US, UH, ON, ON THE COUNCIL ABOUT MAKING SURE WE HAVE SOME OF THE OTHER EMPLOYERS ON THERE.

I, I DON'T THINK IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO ALSO HAVE A, AN ADVISORY BOARD THAT REPRESENTS OUR GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, BUT ALSO REPRESENTS, UH, SECTORS IN, IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO MAYBE JUST, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE THINKING ABOUT THAT.

I'M SURE E W D C COULD, COULD MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, ON THAT AS WELL.

AND I, I DIDN'T WANT TO FORGET THE, UH, THE COMMENT THAT CAME UP ABOUT METRICS.

I THINK IT WAS, UH, COUNCIL MINHA AND SOME OF THE OTHER TWO WHO MENTIONED THAT IS, UH, OH, AND I THINK SOMEBODY ELSE DID FOR SURE.

'CAUSE I HEARD YOU TALKING ABOUT IT MORE RECENTLY, ALEX, BUT I KNOW

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UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S REALLY THOROUGH AND TRANSPARENT, AND I'M WONDERING IF IT MIGHT NOT BE BETTER TO HAVE THAT TRACKED BY A THIRD PARTY, AND THAT DOES SOUND A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE POWER IN THE PRE-K FOUR, A REPORT THAT WENT OUT THAT TRACKED STUDENTS FOR MULTIPLE YEARS IS THAT IT WAS, UH, VERY, UH, THOROUGHLY ACADEMICALLY DONE BY, BY A THIRD PARTY.

AND I, I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER DOING, DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE, UM, LIKE SOMEONE SAID, WE ARE BREAKING GROUND NATIONALLY WITH, WITH THE PROGRAM LIKE THIS.

SO IT, IT IS GONNA COST MORE UPFRONT AND TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE UPFRONT.

NOT SURE WHERE WE'RE GONNA GET THAT MONEY TO DO IT, BUT I, I THINK IT IS DEFINITELY WORTH IT IF WE EVER WANT TO SEE THIS DUPLICATED IN OTHER PLACES, OR EVEN CONTINUED HERE THROUGH SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCE.

AND, AND LASTLY, I I WANT TO REITERATE THAT I DO WANNA ENSURE THAT THIS PROGRAM HELPS THOSE WHO REALLY, UH, NEED IT.

UH, THE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION STUDY SAID THAT YOUNG WOMEN OF COLOR WITH NO HIGH SCHOOL DEGREES WERE THE MOST IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC.

AND WHEN WE SEE THINGS LIKE POST BSS, SORRY, POST BACCALAUREATE, UH, EDUCATION ON HERE, UM, IT, IT GIVES ME A LOT OF PAUSE ABOUT ARE WE HELPING THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO REALLY NEED IT? UM, I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING SOME OF THE REVIEWS OR ANALYSES THAT YOU'VE DONE OF EXISTING PROGRAMS, MAYBE LEARN, YOU KNOW, WHAT AND, AND WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED IN TERMS OF WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK.

WHAT WILL WE BE DOING DIFFERENTLY FROM OTHER, UH, PROGRAMS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LOOK FORWARD TO MORE CONVERSATION LATER.

COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, ROCHER GARCIA.

UM, AND ALEX, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS THAT I FORGOT TO ASK AND I DIDN'T SEE IN THE REPORT, AND IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE I GLANCED THROUGH IT.

UM, I, I RECEIVED MY REPORT ABOUT THREE HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING.

SO I ACTUALLY HAD TEXTED ERIC SAYING, THANK YOU FOR JOHN PATER SENDING THAT OUT OVER MY LUNCH WEEK.

I WAS ABLE TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT AT IT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE, DOES THAT INCLUDE THIS, THE, UH, UH, IS STEVE NIVAN ALSO INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, AND INDUCED EFFECT IN HIS PROJECTIONS? AND THEN I DIDN'T SEE A COLUMN ON SOCIAL SAVINGS, UH, AND SOCIAL RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER AND, AND DR.

NIVAN, I BELIEVE MIGHT STILL BE ON THE CALL, BUT YES, IT DOES INCLUDE BOTH DIRECT AND INDIRECT AND INDUCED.

UM, THOSE WERE THE TWO ITEMS THAT I BROKE APART IN THE SLIDE.

SURE.

UM, AS FAR AS SOCIAL, UM, SOCIAL SERVICE SAVINGS, UM, THAT WAS SOME, AN ADDITIONAL CALCULATION WE, WE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE.

UM, IT, IT REQUIRED A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK.

AND, AND SO WE ENDED UP NOT COMPLETELY INCLUDING THAT, BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD POINT, UM, IN THAT THERE WILL BE POTENTIAL SAVINGS FROM, FROM THOSE SERVICES THAT MAY NOT BE NEEDED BY, BY SOME RESIDENTS ANYMORE.

OKAY, GOOD.

I, I, I THINK THAT WE, UM, NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT BECAUSE IF WE ADD THAT, THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY BEING CONSERVATIVE, UH, IN, IN SOME OF THESE PROTECTIONS.

UM, ON THE GRADUATION RATE, I KNOW THAT, UM, I JUST WANNA RE REMIND MY COLLEAGUES, UM, WHEN, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE ADULT POPULATION IN SAN ANTONIO, AND IT SAYS THAT IN OUR PACKAGE, 27% OF THE ADULTS IN SAN ANTONIO HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA ARE EQUIVALENT.

AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES, THAT, UH, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BACHELOR'S DEGREES, EVENTUALLY THAT WILL HELP LIFT THE, UH, FOLKS OUT OF POVERTY.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND PEOPLE.

UM, AND THEN I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, UH, JUST, ALEX, WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, MAYBE DO A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION ON THE UNIQUE, UH, SERVICES.

I KNOW YOU EXPLAINED IT TO ME, BUT MAYBE IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION, YOU, YOU CAN EXPLAIN THE UNIQUE ASPECT OF, UH, FOLKS WHO WILL BE GETTING SERVED, OR MAYBE IT'S, IT'S THE SCALE UP A VERSION.

AND THEN ON THE GRADUATION RATES, I KNOW THAT, UH, COLLEGES HAVE ABOUT AN 80%, AND I KNOW PROJECT QUEST HAS ABOUT A 90%, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A WAY THAT WE GOT TO AN AVERAGE NUMBER, SO I WOULD'VE MAYBE LANDED ON 85%.

I KNOW ONE OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, I THINK IT WAS COUNCILMAN PERRY, HAD MENTIONED THAT 70% COMPLETION RATE WAS TOO LOW, THAT IT WASN'T ASPIRATIONAL ENOUGH.

UH, MAYBE THE 90% IS TOO ASPIRATIONAL, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GOT AT THAT NUMBER.

AND I'D LOVE TO SEE HOW, UM, HOW YOU ALL, UH, DEVELOPED THAT NUMBER.

BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, ALEX.

ITEM IS, IS, UH, IS A QUICK, UH, COVID UPDATE, UH, IN OUR OCTOBER MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROCI GARCIA.

UM, ALEX, COULD YOU CLARIFY THE SLOTS? JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY INVOLVED WITH HOW WE ALLOCATE CERTIFICATES VERSUS, UH, DEGREES IN THIS PROGRAM.

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CERTAINLY.

SO EVEN THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM MAY TECHNICALLY TAKE MORE THAN ONE YEAR TO COMPLETE.

SO OUR INTENTION IS TO HAVE, UM, AND DESIGN THE PROGRAM IN A WAY THAT THERE'S THE 10,000 SLOTS AVAILABLE PER YEAR, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE MAY BE ONE OF THOSE SLOTS THAT, UM, THE PARTICIPANT MAY BE SITTING IN THERE FOR A YEAR OR TWO.

UM, WE, WE, FROM A CERTIFICATE PERSPECTIVE, WE ALSO NEED TO KEEP IN MIND IS THE ASSOCIATES AND THE BACHELOR'S DEGREES THAT WE WERE INCLUDING AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM.

THAT POPULATION, OR THOSE ARE GONNA BE PEOPLE THAT ALREADY HAVE SOME COLLEGE CREDIT.

THE INTENTION IS TO TARGET THESE PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE ALREADY STARTED SCHOOL AND HAVE SOME CREDITS.

AND THE INTENTION IS TO HELP THEM COMPLETE.

SO THEY, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, THEY MAY ONLY HAVE ONE YEAR, BUT THIS WILL HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THREE ADDITIONAL YEARS IF NECESSARY.

THEY WOULD BE SITTING IN ONE OF THOSE SLOTS, UM, AND, AND RECEIVING THE SERVICE.

YEAH, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY 'CAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO FUND POST-BACCALAUREATE DEGREES.

UM, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT THIS, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

I THINK WHAT FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT IS THE POTENTIAL OF ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR PEOPLE WHO DO HAVE A, A BACHELOR'S DEGREE TO ADVANCE THEMSELVES INTO A POST-BACCALAUREATE DEGREE.

BUT THIS PROGRAM IS NOT PAYING FOR BA FOR POSTGRADUATE DEGREES OR, OR POSTBACCALAUREATE DEGREES AT ALL, WHERE CERTIFICATES, ASSOCIATES, AND IN SOME CASES BACHELORS.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S, THAT'S VERY CLEAR BECAUSE IN THE NIVEN REPORT, IT DOES TALK ABOUT WAGE EARNING POTENTIAL IN, IN AND DEGREES BEYOND BACHELOR'S, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS.

THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO CLARIFY IS, I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH, UM, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ IN THE COMMENTS ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REAL WORLD ECONOMY.

THIS PROGRAM WILL NOT WORK UNLESS WE'RE MATCHING PEOPLE WITH JOBS THAT ARE ACTUALLY AVAILABLE.

UM, WE'VE GOT 10,000 JOBS ACCORDING TO THE JOBS, UH, REPORT AVAILABLE IN, UM, HEALTHCARE.

WE HAVE 7,000 JOBS TECHNOLOGY, 6,000 JOBS IN CONSTRUCTION IN THIS AREA.

THESE ARE REAL JOBS.

UH, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF 'EM, BECAUSE AS WAS NOTED, 90 PLUS PERCENT OF EMPLOYER OWNED FIRMS ARE SMALL BUSINESSES.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE AVAILABLE JOBS ARE SMALL BUSINESS JOBS.

SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE, UH, JOBS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN BIG BUSINESSES, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF JOBS THAT ARE GONNA BE FILLED THROUGH A PROGRAM LIKE THIS ARE GOING TO BE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE EMPLOYING SAN ANTONIANS.

SO, UM, I THINK, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT HOW WE COMMUNICATE THAT, UM, EFFECTIVELY BECAUSE I, I THINK THERE'S A DANGER FOR US TO, TO DESCRIBE AN ECONOMY THAT'S NOT REALITY.

UH, BUT THE REALITY IS WE HAVE AVAILABLE JOBS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE GOING UNFILLED BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND WORKERS WITH THE CREDENTIALS.

THAT'S THE GAP THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FILL.

UM, AND I THINK THAT WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS CONCRETE, IT'S, AND, AND IT'S, AND IT'S SO EASILY ATTAINABLE AS LONG AS WE MATCH PEOPLE WITH EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING, THAT'S WHAT I SEE IS THE POWER OF THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.

UM, SO THIS IS A GREAT PRESENTATION, WONDERFUL DISCUSSION.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALEX AND THE TEAM FOR, FOR ALL THE WORK ON THIS.

OBVIOUSLY WE CAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME WORK AHEAD OF US.

UH, BUT OFF TO A GREAT START.

AND AGAIN, THANKS FOR EVERYBODY'S SUPPORT AND, UM, WORK INVOLVED IN THIS.

WE DO HAVE ONE MORE ITEM ON, ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

UM, AND LEMME TURN IT BACK OVER TO ERIC.

THANKS, UH, MAYOR.

UM, AND, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR THE FEEDBACK.

IT WAS, UH, EXTREMELY HELPFUL TODAY AS WE DEVELOPED THAT PROGRAM.

UM, THE SECOND

[2. 20-6974 Briefing on the COVID-19 Response and Recovery and Resiliency Plan. [Maria Villagómez, Deputy City Manager; Ana Bradshaw COVID-19 Financial and Performance Liaison]]

UM, JUST A QUICK REMINDER, WE HAVE, UH, AS WE, WE'VE DONE THESE MONTHLY REPORTS TO YOU, UM, OUR FOCUS CONTINUES TO BE ON SPENDING, UH, THE $270 MILLION THAT WE RECEIVED IN CORONA RELIEF FUNDS BY THE DECEMBER 30TH TIMELINE DEADLINE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.

UM, THIS IS, AS I'VE SHARED WITH YOU BEFORE, REQUIRES WEEKLY MONITORING BY THE STAFF, AND YOU'LL SEE IN TODAY'S PRES PRESENTATION, WE ARE, UH, MAKING ADDITIONAL, UH, ADJUSTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, UH, MONEY, UM, PLACED AND SPENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEADLINES.

WE'LL ALSO PROVIDE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF ALL THE PILLARS AND THE WORK TO INCLUDE SMALL BUSINESS, UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, DIGITAL INCLUSION, UM, AND, UH, EMERGENCY HOUSING.

UM, A LOT OF THAT WORK IS STILL CONTINUING.

IT'S STILL A MAJOR FOCUS OF A GOOD, UH, PORTION OF THIS ORGANIZATION.

UM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO DR.

BRIDGER FIRST, WHO'LL GIVE, GIVE US KIND OF A, THE COVID 19 UPDATE.

AND THEN, UH, SHE'LL HAND IT OVER TO

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ANA, UH, TO, UH, TO UPDATE US ON THE NUMBERS.

DR.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

UM, I, I RECOGNIZE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, SO I AM GONNA GO PRETTY QUICKLY.

UM, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CALL ME IF YOU WANNA HAVE A MORE IN DEPTH CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.

UM, SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

CURRENTLY WHERE WE ARE, SEVEN DAY ROLLING AVERAGE IS 736, UM, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER 81,000 CASES OF COVID 19 SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

UM, WE'VE ALSO CONFIRMED OVER 1300 DEATHS AS A RESULT OF C OVID 19.

UM, AND CURRENTLY WE ESTIMATE THAT THERE ARE OVER 8,000 PEOPLE IN BEXAR COUNTY, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY SICK DUE TO COVID 19.

THIS IS OUR SEVEN DAY ROLLING AVERAGE.

JUST SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, HOW, HOW OUR PICTURE LOOKS, UM, COMPARED TO THE SPIKE IN THE SUMMER, UM, TO THE SURGE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING.

I WAS JUST GONNA COME, UM, AND AGAIN, A REMINDER THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME DAYS WHERE WE HAVE HIGH NUMBERS OF CASES.

UM, AND I REALLY WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO THINK IN TERMS OF THAT SEVEN DAY ROLLING AVERAGE.

'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME HIGH DAYS AND SOME LOW DAYS THAT JUST REFLECTS WHEN LAST REPORT TO US.

UM, REALLY THAT SEVEN DAY ROLLING AVERAGE IS A MORE ACCURATE INDICATION OF WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS CASES GO.

UM, WE HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF TESTING SITES AND TESTS COMPLETED, UM, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, UM, COMPARED TO THE SPIKE IN JULY, COMPARED TO, UM, WHERE WE ARE NOW.

SO JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF TESTS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

OUR POSITIVITY RATE, UM, WHICH AGAIN IS, UH, THE PERCENT OF TESTS, UH, OF ALL OF THE TESTS THAT ARE, ARE RUN HERE IN THE COUNTY, WHAT PERCENT OF THEM ARE POSITIVE? UM, LAST WEEK WE HAD A SMALL DIP.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT REPRESENTS THE BEGINNING OF A TREND.

I THINK THAT REPRESENTS THE FACT THAT WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, WHO WERE NOT SICK GETTING TESTED BEFORE TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

HOW OUR HOSPITALS ARE DOING.

UM, SO YOU CAN SEE, JUST LIKE WITH OUR CASES, HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS ARE INCREASING.

UM, WE ARE SEEING A SLOWER INCREASE COMPARED TO WHAT WE SAW IN JULY IN BOTH OVERALL HOSPITALIZATIONS, BUT ESPECIALLY IN I C U AND VENTILATOR USE.

UM, YOU CAN SEE AS A RESULT, THE, UH, STRESS SCORE FOR THE HOSPITALS, UM, IS NOT THAT HIGH.

IT'S, IT'S JUST OVER THAT GREEN LEVEL, UM, OVER, YOU KNOW, 65% OF VENTILATORS ARE AVAILABLE AND, UM, THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALMOST 15% OF BED AVAILABILITY AND THEY CAN GROW THAT BED AVAILABILITY.

THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE SPIKE IN JULY.

10% MARK WITH OUR POSITIVITY RATE.

UH, AS FAR AS SCHOOLS GO, WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF STUDENTS TEST POSITIVE FOR C OVID 19.

UM, BUT WE HAVE HELD PRETTY STEADILY AT THAT SEVEN OUTBREAKS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOL.

UM, SO THAT'S, WE'VE HAD THAT NUMBER FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW.

UM, AND I THINK IT'S A REAL TESTAMENT TO HOW WELL THE SCHOOLS ARE DOING AT, UM, KEEPING THE KIDS WEARING THEIR MASKS AND, UM, SOCIALLY DISTANCED.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO HERE IS A, UH, A LIST OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PLACES PEOPLE CAN GO TO GET A, UH, FREE COVID TEST.

UM, SOME OF THEM ARE ASYMPTOMATIC ONLY SITES LIKE THE AT T CENTER.

SOME OF THEM ARE BOTH IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE SYMPTOMS. UM, THOSE ARE NOTED WITH THE ASTERISK AND THEN SOME, UH, THE MAJORITY THOUGH ARE STILL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, THE, THE MOST COMMON QUESTION I'M GETTING RIGHT NOW IS, ARE WE HAVING A REPEAT OF THE SPIKE THAT WE HAD IN JULY? UM, AND NOT TRYING TO PREDICT THE FUTURE, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON, UM, JULY, OUR SEVEN DAY ROLLING AVERAGE WAS ABOUT 1300 COMPARED TO OUR CURRENT SEVEN DAY ROLLING AVERAGE AT 7 36.

OUR POSITIVITY RATE DIFFERENCES THAT 22.9%, IT REACHED AS HIGH AS ALMOST 25% DURING THE, UM, THE PEAK IN THE SPIKE IN JULY.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE HOVERING RIGHT AROUND THAT

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SO WHILE WE ARE SEEING MORE CASES, UM, WE ARE TESTING A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN UM, JULY, WE TESTED THAT WEEK THAT YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED THERE, WHERE A SEVEN DAY ROLLING AVERAGE WAS 1300.

WE TESTED ABOUT 24,000 PEOPLE THAT WEEK.

UM, FOR THIS LAST WEEK, UM, WE TESTED 42,000 PEOPLE FOR C OVID 19.

UM, SO THE THING THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP REMEMBERING IS THAT THERE'S NO ONE INDICATOR THAT TELLS THE STORY OF COVID 19.

IT'S A COMBINATION OF METRICS, AND IT'S REALLY THAT CASE RATE AND THE POSITIVITY RATE THAT WE ARE WATCHING ALONG WITH THE HOSPITALIZATIONS.

SO AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SEVEN DAY ROLLING AVERAGE CASES IN JULY AT 1300, AND THEN THE, THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS WAS 1200.

UM, IT'S A LITTLE, WE'RE SEEING FEWER PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED PER CASE IN THIS SURGE THAN WE SAW IN THE SPIKE.

AND I THINK WHAT THIS, WHAT THIS SLIDE, THE STORY THIS SLIDE IS TELLING US IS THAT WE'RE DIAGNOSING MORE PEOPLE WITH COVID BECAUSE WE'RE TESTING MORE PEOPLE FOR COVID.

AND, UM, AS A RESULT, WE'RE NOT SEEING THE HOSPITAL NUMBERS INCREASE AS QUICKLY AS WE SAW IN THE SUMMER WHEN WE WEREN'T TESTING AS MANY PEOPLE.

AND SO MANY PEOPLE WERE SHOWING UP IN THE HOSPITAL, UM, HAVING NO IDEA THAT THEY WERE DEALING WITH COVID.

SO I THINK WE'RE DOING A BETTER JOB TESTING PEOPLE.

I THINK WE'RE DOING A BETTER JOB OF GETTING THAT ACCESS OUT TO FOLKS.

AND AS A RESULT, I THINK WE'RE SEEING LESS STRESS ON THE HOSPITAL THAN WE SAW IN JULY.

AND EXPENSES THROUGH THE MONTH OF OCTOBER ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE, THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AND THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN.

THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE.

I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU VERY QUICKLY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE VACCINATION PLANNING.

UM, AGAIN, NONE OF THIS IS NEW INFORMATION, BUT I DID WANNA RESUMMARIZE IT.

SO, UM, I THINK THE, THE, THE MOST COMMONLY ASKED QUESTION IS WHO'S GONNA GET IT WHEN? UM, AND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND LONG-TERM CARE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO GET IT FIRST, STARTING POTENTIALLY AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK, BUT WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN CONFIRMATION, JUST SOME, YOU KNOW, TWEAKS AND RUMORS.

UM, BUT DEFINITELY IN DECEMBER WE WILL START GETTING A LIMITED AMOUNT OF VACCINE THAT CAN BE USED FOR THAT MOST IMPORTANT TIER, WHICH ARE HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND LONG-TERM CARE RESIDENTS.

AFTER THAT, THE NEXT PHASE WHEN WE START TO HAVE MORE VACCINE AVAILABLE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO ARE OVER 65.

THOSE WITH UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS, THAT WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE SPRING.

SO BETWEEN MARCH AND MAY, AND THEN STARTING IN MAY IS WHEN YOU'LL START TO SEE THAT MORE GENERAL PUBLIC VACCINATION, UM, MASS VACCINATION SITES.

UM, SO WE'RE STILL A LONG WAY FROM EVERYBODY BEING VACCINATED, AND THEREFORE, UH, WE'RE OUT OF THE WOODS WITH COVID.

I I DO WANNA CLARIFY METRO HEALTH'S ROLE IN VACCINATION.

UM, IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM OUR ROLE IN RESPONDING TO THIS PANDEMIC.

UM, WE ARE THERE AS A PROVIDER OF, UM, UH, CLARIFICATION ON POLICY, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON HOW DO YOU ACCESS THE, THE DATABASE, HOW DO YOU FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK.

UM, IT WE'RE NOT AS HANDS-ON IN THE VACCINATION PROCESS THAT WILL BE LEFT TO THE MEDICAL PROVIDERS, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY AND A WIDE RANGE OF MEDICAL PROVIDERS, UM, WILL BE PARTICIPATING.

SO, UM, THE, THE ONLY NEWS THAT WE HAVE IS THAT WE KNOW THERE'S A DRY RUN SCHEDULED FOR SOME TIME THIS WEEK WHERE UT HEALTH WILL ORDER THE VACCINE.

THEY WILL RECEIVE AN EMPTY BOX, THEY WILL RECEIVE IT, THEY WILL PROCESS THE RECEIPT OF IT, THEY WILL, UH, PUT IT IN THEIR ULTRA COLD STORAGE FREEZER, AND THEY WILL REPORT ALL THAT OUT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS A DRIVE RUN.

UM, SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.

AND AGAIN, JUST A REMINDER THAT, UM, WHO GETS VACCINATED WHEN IS A DECISION HANDED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT, TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ABILITY TO, UM, MAKE DIFFERENT RULES WHEN IT COMES TO PRIORITY POPULATIONS.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA PASS THE BATON BACK OVER TO ANA.

AND AGAIN, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CALL ME.

I KNOW I WENT THROUGH A LOT OF INFORMATION REALLY QUICKLY.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, TODAY I'LL BE RE PRESENTING THE LATEST FINANCIAL REPORT COVERING, UM, REVENUE

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UH, BEFORE I JUMP INTO THE FINANCIALS, UH, I WANTED TO PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF EACH PILLAR WITHIN THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN.

SO STARTING WITH DIGITAL INCLUSION.

UM, AS YOU'LL SEE, WE'VE MADE PROGRESS ON BOTH THE SHORT AND LONG-TERM CONNECTIVITY PROGRAMS. SO THE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE CONTINUES TO BE INSTALLED AS WE SPEAK.

AND, UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH A SMALL GROUP OF SS A I S D STUDENTS TO TEST THAT EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE USED DURING THE PILOT.

UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THE $360,000 THAT WAS PROVIDED TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UM, THROUGH THE STATE'S OPERATION CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM THAT LEVERAGED, UM, C R S FUNDS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH, UH, WITH WIRELESS HOTSPOTS IN THE SMALL BUSINESS PILLAR.

UM, WE HAVE, UM, IDENTIFIED OVER 1100, UH, GRANT RECIPIENTS TOTALING $27 MILLION.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT GROUP, UH, 24.7 MILLION OF IT HAS GONE TO MICRO BUSINESSES, AND THE REMAINDER HAS GONE TO NONPROFITS.

UM, WE'VE GIVEN, UH, OVER $14 MILLION TO WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES, $21 MILLION TO BUSINESS OWNERS OF COLOR AND 6.9 MILLION GOING TO BARS AND RESTAURANTS.

AND, UM, OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WAS ALLOCATED IN THE LAST MONTH, $1.1 MILLION IS REMAINING TO BE AWARDED TO, UH, BARS AND RESTAURANTS.

UH, OUTREACH IN THIS AREA IS ONGOING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

UM, WE JUST HAVE A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ON THE, UM, ESSAY READY TO WORK PROGRAM, BUT TO UPDATE YOU ON THE TRAIN FOR JOBS, UH, SA PROGRAM, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, THE FLOW OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.

UM, AS YOU'LL NOTICE, I WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE OVER 1100 RESIDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN TRAINING.

THIS HAS ACTUALLY EXCEEDED OUR GOAL THROUGH THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

OUR GOAL WAS 1100, UH, PARTICIPANTS, AND OF THOSE CURRENTLY ENROLLED 39 HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE, UH, MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PLAN AS WELL IN OUR, UM, HOUSING SECURITY PORTAL, THE LARGEST, I MEAN, PILLAR, THE LARGEST PORTION OF THAT IS THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME KEY STATS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

OF NOTE HERE IS THE $6.8 MILLION THAT'S BEEN AWARDED IN CASH ASSISTANCE TO APPLICANTS.

IF YOU COUPLE THAT WITH THE $4 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR ADDITIONAL F I I ASSISTANCE AND HAS BEEN PROVIDED, UM, WE WILL HAVE AWARDED OVER $10.8 MILLION IN DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ANOTHER AREA IN THE HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR THAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS THE WORK BEING DONE IN THE HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS. UH, THIS CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY AREA ACROSS THE, THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE COUNCIL, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE MAKING AN IMPACT IN THIS AREA.

THE, THE PHOTOS ON THE RIGHT HERE, WERE ACTUALLY TAKEN ON THANKSGIVING.

UM, STAFF FROM D H SS PARTNERED WITH THE RAUL JIMENEZ DINNER AND MINISTRIES TO SERVE A THANKSGIVING MEAL TO OVER A HUNDRED HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AT THE SAN FERNANDO GYM RESOURCE HUB.

UM, AND, AND I WAS PARTICULARLY TOUCHED BY THIS STORY, UM, AS THEY WERE SERVED, UH, MANY OF THE VOLUNTEERS ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT WERE YOU THANKFUL FOR? AND THE RESPONSES FROM, FROM THE HOMELESS, UH, RESIDENTS WERE, WERE INSPIRING, RANGING FROM BEING THANKFUL FOR LIFE, BEING THANKFUL FOR THE GOOD MEAL, UM, AND THANKFUL FOR THE VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE.

SO THIS IS A REALLY INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE OF, OF HOW WE CAN ALL BE THANKFUL AND HOW THE PROGRAMS ARE IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, NOW JUMPING INTO OUR OCTOBER FINANCIAL REPORTS.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE SPENT, UM, $277 MILLION SINCE THE MONTH OF MARCH.

UM, THIS ENCOMPASSES ALL FUNDING SOURCES, UH, WITH, UM, THE LARGEST PORTION OF THAT EXPENSE BEING THE 220 MILLION WE'VE SPENT IN OUR C R F FUNDS.

SO WE ARE OVER 80% NOW, UM, THROUGH THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.

AND, UH, LATER, LATER THIS MONTH, I'LL BE REPORTING ON OUR STATUS THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER.

UM, WE WILL SPEND A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT C R F BY THE END OF DECEMBER WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS, UH, THAT WE ARE MAKING.

THIS SLIDE PROVIDES THE DETAIL ON THE STATUS OF THE BUDGET BY REVENUE SOURCE.

UH, WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE THE SPENDING OF THE C R F, UM, WHICH IS WHY YOU WILL SEE THAT ACTUAL OVER THE PLANNED AMOUNT.

UM, AND, AND AGAIN, WE ARE ON TARGET TO SPEND ALL OF IT.

UM, ON THE OTHER HAND, ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, THE, THE VARIANCE IS REALLY THE RESULT OF, UH, DELAYED SPENDING IN THE DIGITAL INCLUSION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND SMALL BUSINESS PILLARS.

UM, THESE ARE MOSTLY TIMING ISSUES, BUT AGAIN, AS YOU'LL SEE FROM THE, THE BRIEF UPDATES I GAVE ON EACH PILLAR, THEY, THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD AND WE EXPECT TO SEE, UH, THOSE EXPENSES GO UP IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.

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UM, AS WE LOOK AT THE SPENDING BY PROGRAM, YOU'LL SEE THE SPENDING ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE CONTINUES TO BE AHEAD OF OUR PLAN.

UM, THIS IS, IS LARGELY DUE TO, AGAIN, IT BEING FUNDED BY C R F.

SO AS WE PRIORITIZE SPENDING THE C R F RESOURCES, UM, WE CAN, UM, SPEND ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AREA.

UM, WE WILL CON WE ARE CONTINUING TO REALIZE SOME SAVINGS IN THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN DUE TO THE STATE COVERING, UH, THE COST OF OUR TESTING.

SO EVEN AS OUR TESTING GOES UP, THE STATE'S PORTION, UM, IS INCREASING.

SO WE, WE STILL CONTINUE TO SEE, UH, SAVINGS IN THAT AREA AND AGAIN, IN, IN THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN.

EXPENSES ARE BELOW PLAN, AGAIN, DUE TO, DUE TO THOSE TIMING ISSUES.

BUT, UM, BASED ON THE PRE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS I I'VE SEEN FOR NOVEMBER, THOSE ARE ARE CATCHING UP.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO BASED ON THE ONGOING, UM, WEEKLY MONITORING, UH, WE'LL BE MAKING SOME ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENTS.

UM, THIS INCLUDES INCREASING THE HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR, UH, BY 3.5 MILLION TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL UTILITY ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES TO THE HOMELESS OF BEYOND DECEMBER 30TH.

UH, WE WILL ALSO BE INCREASING SMALL BUSINESS BY 1.5 MILLION TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL MICRO BUSINESS GRANTS TO BE DISTRIBUTED THIS MONTH.

UM, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT WE DEDICATE THIS FUNDING TO RESTAURANTS AND BARS.

AND FINALLY, WE'LL BE ADDING 4.9 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND RESOURCES TO THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR ON THE ONGOING PANDEMIC RESPONSE GOING INTO 2021.

WITH THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WE WILL HAVE, UH, INCLUDED $25.7 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND RESOURCES TO FUND THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

UM, WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S VERY LITTLE BEING ADDED ON THE REVENUE SIDE THROUGH THIS ADJUSTMENT.

UM, THE ADDITIONAL $2.4 MILLION IS A RESULT OF INCREASED GENERAL FUND CAPACITY BY CHARGING ADDITIONAL FIRE PAYROLL THAT IS ELIGIBLE TO THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND.

UH, THE REMAINING ADJUSTMENTS ARE, ARE ACCOMPLISHED BY REALLOCATING OUR EXISTING RESOURCES.

UH, THIS SLIDE OUTLINES THE EXPENSE SIDE OF THE ADJUSTMENT.

UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX AS WE, AS WE WORK TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS.

UM, JUST ONE, UH, EXAMPLE, FOR INSTANCE, IS IN THE HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR I MENTIONED, WE'RE ADDING $3.5 MILLION NET, UH, TO THE PILLAR, BUT THAT REFLECTS REDIRECTING $7.4 MILLION IN C R F TO THE HOUSING PILLAR.

UM, AND THEN THE NET OF $3.9 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND RESOURCES IS TRANSFERRED FROM THE HOUSING PILLAR WITH 1.5 MILLION GOING TO FUND THE ADDITIONAL SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS AND 2.4 MILLION GOING TO THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

UM, IN ADDITION, UM, UH, THIS, UH, BY REALIGNING UNSPENT RESOURCES IN THE HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR WITHIN C R F, WE'RE ABLE TO FUND THE ADDITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE THAT WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

UM, THE ADDED BENEFIT TO, TO THIS ADJUSTMENT IS THAT IT FREES UP CAPACITY IN OUR EMER EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT TO PROVIDE THOSE HOME ONGOING HOMELESS SERVICES INTO 2021.

SO THAT'S A, A VERY QUICK EXPLANATION TO SAY THAT THROUGH OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF BRAIDED FUNDING, WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE ALL OF OUR FUNDING SOURCES TO MAKE THE MAXIMUM IMPACT OVER THE LONGEST PERIOD OF TIME.

SO, BEFORE I GO INTO NEXT STEPS, I DO WANNA MENTION AGAIN THAT OUR, OUR DASHBOARD WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE, THE LATEST INFORMATION, UM, SINCE WE ARE THROUGH NOVEMBER, THE PERFORMANCE DATA WILL REFLECT ACTIVITY, IT WILL REFLECT THAT ACTIVITY THROUGH NOVEMBER, WHILE THE FINANCIALS WILL BE THROUGH THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, SINCE THAT IS THE, THE LATEST MONTH WE HAVE CLOSED ON OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM.

UM, UH, AND THE NEXT FINANCIAL REPORT WILL BE PRESENTED IN, UM, LATER THIS MONTH ON DECEMBER 17TH.

THAT WILL REFLECT OUR EXPENSES THROUGH THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

UM, ADDITIONAL NEXT STEPS WE'RE WORKING WITH, WITH JEFF COYLE AND HIS TEAM TO WATCH WHAT'S GOING ON IN WASHINGTON IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL FEDERAL LEGISLATION.

NUMBER PROPOSALS HAVE COME OUT IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE WATCHING TO SEE IF ANYTHING MATERIALIZES IN THAT AREA.

UM, WE'LL PRESENT OUR, OUR, OUR NEXT REPORT TO THE, THE O I G, UM, EARLY IN JANUARY AND, UM, CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE WRAPPING UP C R F, UM, A NUMBER OF THESE INITIATIVES ARE, ARE FUNDED WELL INTO 2021.

AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK TO TRACK THOSE EXPENSES, UM, AND PERFORMANCE FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. SO, MAYOR, THAT INCLUDES MY, MY BRIEF PRESENTATION, UM, REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH PILLAR ARE

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AVAILABLE AND AS WELL AS MYSELF TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UH, AND LET ME FIRST, UH, START BY THANKING OUR CITY STAFF WHO'S BEEN WORKING, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC TO CALIBRATE THESE FUNDS, UM, WITH THE HELP OF OUR COUNCIL DIRECTING THE POLICY AND, UM, PILLARS.

UH, I THINK THERE WILL PROBABLY BE CLASSES AND TEXTBOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT HOW SAN ANTONIO HAS MANAGED THESE FUNDS.

UM, IT HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT, AND I WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO NOTICE OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, UH, HERE IN TEXAS AND ALSO, UH, FRANKLY, THE INVESTORS THAT GIVE US THE ABILITY TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND DELIVER SERVICES.

THAT MOODY'S STATEMENT THAT WE WENT OVER IN, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION OF READY TO WORK WAS ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THE WORK OF THESE PILLARS.

UM, WHICH IN AND OF ITSELF WAS THE, THE, THE, UM, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE SEED THAT GERMINATED ALL, ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN WORKFORCE.

SO, UH, GREAT WORK BY EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU FOR STAYING FLEXIBLE, NIMBLE, UM, AND RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, I JUST WANNA HAVE, UH, I JUST WANNA FOCUS ON ONE THING, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES, AND WE KNOW THEY'RE STRUGGLING AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES, UH, COMPARED WITH THE AMOUNT OF NEED THAT'S OUT THERE, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS, UH, AND I'M ALL FOR SECTOR SPECIFIC FUNDS, UH, PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY.

UH, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE LOCAL INDEPENDENT OPERATORS BRANDS THAT ARE RECOGNIZABLE AND, AND MAKE SAN ANTONIO WHAT IT IS THAT ARE STRUGGLING.

AND MANY OF THEM HAVE APPLIED BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED FUNDS.

IF WE WERE TO DEDICATE THAT, UH, THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE GRANT APPLICANTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN THE PIPELINE, HOW FAR COULD WE GET THROUGH, UH, THE APPLICATION POOL? UH, IF THAT'S A QUESTION, I'LL TAKE A FIRST PASS.

YOU CAN CHIME IN, UH, WITH AN ADDITIONAL $1.5 MILLION.

UM, WE, WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE COULD PROVIDE GRANT FUNDING TO ALL REMAINING ELIGIBLE RESTAURANTS AND BARS WHO'VE APPLIED.

IN FACT, I THINK, UM, IT'S ESTIMATED IT'LL TAKE ABOUT ANOTHER $1 MILLION TO REACH 'EM ALL.

WELL, THAT, UH, TO ME THAT THAT'S WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO WITH IT.

UM, SO I'M, I'M ANXIOUS TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL.

I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

THE, THE ONLY OTHER THING IS, UH, I WANNA RECOGNIZE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ, WHO'S UP NEXT, UH, AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE CONTINUING TO DO ON THE FEDERAL AND STATE ADVOCACY.

UH, THE STATE WANTS US TO STOP DOING ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF OUR, OF OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT WHAT WE WILL DO, UH, HERE IN GOING FORWARD IS TO TRY TO PULL DOWN SOME ADDITIONAL RELIEF, UH, FOR OUR BUSINESSES, FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE, FOR ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE FIT WITHIN OUR PILLAR APPROACH.

SO, UH, THAT WORK IS ONGOING, AND WE'RE GONNA NEED TO SUPPORT THE I D R COMMITTEE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WE, AS WE TRY TO BRING MORE RELIEF TO SAN ANTONIO.

SO, COUNCIL MEMBER PILATE.

UH, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE IS THAT, UM, JEFF AND CARLOS, WE, YOU KNOW, YOU AND I NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR CO-CHAIR, UH, JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ OVER AT THE COUNTY, AND, YOU KNOW, IN REACTION TO WHAT, WHAT, YOU KNOW, THIS EVER CHANGING DISASTER THAT'S UNFOLDING FOR, UH, THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY, AND CONSIDERING HOW IMPORTANT THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY IS TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE VERY SPECIFIC, UH, AS FAR AS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR, UM, IN AUSTIN AND IN DC AND THE, UH, NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION AND THE TEXAS RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION.

AND I HAVE MET, AND THERE'S SOME ASKS, UH, THAT THEY'VE GOT, UH, OF ALL OF US THAT WHEN WE TALK TO OUR DELEGATIONS UP IN AUSTIN AND IN DC THAT WE REMIND THEM THAT THERE'S BILLS THAT ARE FLOATING UP THERE THAT WOULD HELP RESCUE THIS, UM, THIS INDUSTRY FROM CONTINUED, UM, CATASTROPHE.

THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING.

MY FEAR IS THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH, UH, MONEY WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, SHUTTLE THAT WAY RIGHT NOW, CARLOS, IS THAT, UM, THE RESTAURANTS WILL FLY RIGHT THROUGH THAT MONEY IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, UM, THAT THAT'S HOW BAD THEY'RE HURTING.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, THEIR P P P LOANS THAT THEY GOT, UM, YOU KNOW, WAS SUPPOSED TO LAST THEM EIGHT WEEKS OF PAYROLL, AND THOSE, I MEAN, THEY BLEW THROUGH ALL OF THOSE, UM, AND, UH, DROP IN THE BUCKET, UH, HELP IS WHAT THEY GOT.

AND THEY'VE GOTTEN NO, UH, FURTHER ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL OR STATE GOVERNMENT.

AND SO WE NEED TO DO THAT FOR THEM.

UM, I HAVE, UH, I, I DO WANNA POINT OUT JUST ONE THING WITH REGARDS TO THE, UH, TO THE NUMBERS THAT COLLEEN BRIDGER, UH, PRESENTED TO US.

AND, UM, AND, AND THIS IS PERSONAL FOR ME.

I SPENT THIS MORNING, UH, CONSOLING MY WIFE AND HER FAMILY.

UH, WE LOST A LOVED ONE LAST NIGHT TO COVID.

UM, AND THE, UM,

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AND IT'S VERY REAL.

UM, THIS PERSON CONTRACTED COVID IN THE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS.

UM, WE'RE NOW PLANNING, YOU KNOW, ON FIGURING OUT HOW TO, UH, CELEBRATE HER LIFE, UM, FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, VIA ZOOM, UH, THE, THE ENTIRE FAMILY CAN'T GATHER, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UM, ANYWAY, BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS THAT ALL OF US KNOW TOO WELL.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING FOR ME BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME, I'M READING AN ARTICLE, UM, THIS MORNING, UH, THAT REPORTS THAT, UH, FRANCESCO ROKA, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS, SAYS, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, TO BEAT COVID, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE SECOND PANDEMIC THAT IS ALSO WASHING OVER US.

AND THAT IS, UM, THE PANDEMIC OF MISINFORMATION, UM, AND THE DELIBERATE MISTRUST THAT IS BEING MANUFACTURED BY CERTAIN FOLKS OUT THERE WHO MAKE A NICE LIVING BY MANUFACTURING MISTRUST.

AND, UM, THAT WE'VE GOTTA, UM, CONSISTENTLY, YOU KNOW, GUARD AGAINST, UM, THE, UM, THIS COLLECTIVE EFFORT BY A LOT OF FOLKS TO UNDERMINE, YOU KNOW, UM, CITIES AND COUNTIES AND STATES EFFORTS TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT FEWER FUNERALS AT THE END OF THE DAY.

UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE ACTIVELY OUT THERE TRYING TO UNDERMINE THIS EFFORT.

AND IT, IT JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, IT, IT CONTINUES TO BOGLE MY MIND HOW ANYBODY, UM, YOU KNOW, COULD LOOK THEMSELVES IN THE MIRROR KNOWING FULL WELL THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO CONFUSE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, MAYOR, FOR ALL THESE MEETINGS IS TO REMIND PEOPLE, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SAN ANTONIANS WHO WORK AT METRO HEALTH TRYING TO SAVE THE LIVES OF SAN ANTONIO, TRYING TO SAVE THEIR LIVES OF THEIR OWN NEIGHBORS AND THEIR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY OUT THERE THINKS THAT THIS IS A HOAX, JUST ASK MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS SHE'S LOST TO THIS SO-CALLED HOAX, APPARENTLY THEY DIDN'T GET THE MEMO.

UM, AND, UH, THAT IT'S A HOAX AND MY, UH, OR JUST ASK THE FOLKS WHO WORK AT MORGUES ALL OVER SAN ANTONIO MORGUES, WHO ARE RUNNING OUT OF SPACE FOR CADAVERS THAT ARE COMING IN FROM COVID, OR THE HOSPITALS IN EL PASO WHO ARE SENDING PATIENTS TO SAN ANTONIO.

'CAUSE THEY NO LONGER HAVE ROOM FOR THEM.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE RED CROSS, HE AIN'T WRONG.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND THE ONLY VACCINATION, UH, AGAINST MISINFORMATION IS TO CALL IT OUT WHEN YOU SEE IT, AND TO JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE'S REALLY GOOD RESOURCES OUT THERE WITH SOLID, ACCURATE INFORMATION.

AND THAT IF YOU'RE GETTING YOUR INFORMATION FROM FACEBOOK OR FROM TWITTER OR FROM AM RADIO, SADLY, THESE DAYS, CHANCES ARE YOU'RE GETTING REALLY CRAPPY INFORMATION.

UM, YESTERDAY, SOMEBODY SENT ME A RECORDING OF ONE OF OUR LOCAL AM RADIO HOSTS CLAIMING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE AT CITY COUNCIL ARE INSTITUTING ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, DRACONIAN RESTRICTIONS FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF CONTROLLING HIS AND HIS CON, YOU KNOW, LISTENERS' LIVES.

I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PART OF YOUR LIFE IS SO INTERESTING, DUDE, THAT YOU THINK I WANT TO CONTROL IT.

BUT, UM, I, I WILL TELL YOU THAT I'M NOT TRYING TO CONTROL ANYBODY'S LIVES.

I'M TRYING TO PREVENT ANOTHER FAMILY LIKE MINE FROM HAVING TO CONSOLE THEIR LOVED ONES FROM HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, UH, WHILE WE'RE ALL PLANNING FUNERALS, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT ANYBODY THINKS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS ANYTHING BUT AN EFFORT TO PREVENT FEWER FUNERALS, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO.

AND SO, ANDY SEGO, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? I'M RIGHT HERE.

ANDY DOES ANYWHERE IN THE CONSTITUTION OR ANY CONSTITUTIONAL DECISION SAY THAT A FEDERAL GOV THAT A FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT CANNOT ASK PEOPLE TO WASH THEIR HANDS AND CANNOT ASK PEOPLE TO PLEASE BE MINDFUL ABOUT, UH, WEARING MASKS? I ACTUALLY STILL HAVE THE, THE POCKET CONSTITUTIONS COMPLIMENT THAT I HANDED OUT ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.

DO THE RIGHT THING BY YOUR NEIGHBORS.

AND, UH, I REVIEW IT PERIODICALLY, BUT I, I, I CAN FIRMLY TELL YOU NO, THE ANSWER IS NO.

THERE'S NOWHERE IN THE CONSTITUTION THAT, UH, PROHIBITS, UH, EITHER CITIES, COUNTIES, STATES, OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM, UH, IMPOSING REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED DURING A PANDEMIC.

SO, UH, AND IS THERE ANY, NO, THERE'S NO CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION.

SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IT'S JUST AS DUMB TO SUGGEST THAT HAVING METRO HEALTH URGE PEOPLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND STAY, YOU KNOW, KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE AND WEAR THEIR MASK, IS ALSO NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

ASBO, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A MANDATE.

I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT PUTTING OUT SOLID SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION THAT MAYBE IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR Y'ALL NOT TO GATHER IN LARGE GROUPS.

THAT'S NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL EITHER, IS IT? THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT'S NOT, YEAH.

SO IN THE SIMPLEST OF TERMS, I THINK ANDY, UM, YOU AND, AND ME AND EVERY OTHER SAN ANTONIO WHO'S ON THIS CALL, IS JUST ASKING FOLKS,

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AND, UM, PLEASE STOP BEING DUMB.

IT'S DUMB TO NOT WEAR YOUR MASK, AND IT'S DUMB TO NOT WASH YOUR HANDS.

AND IT'S DUMB TO BELIEVE ALL THE CRAP THAT YOU SEE ON FACEBOOK.

AND IT'S SMART TO, UM, TO LISTEN TO SCIENTISTS, WHICH IS WHY I LISTENED TO COLLEEN BRIDGER.

I THANK HER FOR PUTTING UP WITH ALL THE DUMB THAT SHE'S GOTTA PUT UP WITH, UM, IN SIMPLY TRYING TO DO HER JOB OF SAVING LIVES.

THANKS, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER EZ.

UM, I'M GONNA ASK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER EZ, YOU ALWAYS MAKE IT SO DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW YOU.

UM, BUT, UM, ON THAT POINT, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP AND ABOUT INFORMATION AND MAYOR AND, AND DR.

BRIDGER.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS WELL THAT, UM, I'M GLAD WE HAVE OUR FREE TESTING, BUT MAYBE THINK ON OUR DAILY, ON YOUR DAILY BRIEFINGS, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING AND GETTING TESTED FOR COVID THAT MAYBE HAD IT, BUT DON'T HAVE A DOCTOR TO CHECK IN WITH.

SO THEY BELIEVE THAT I HAVE IT.

I'VE BEEN TOLD I NEED TO QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS, SO AFTER 14 DAYS, I CAN GET TESTED AND THE VIRUS WILL RUN THROUGH.

I THINK THERE'S A, A CONTINUITY OF CARE THAT NEEDS, THAT WE NEED TO, UM, SHARE WITH OUR COMMUNITY OF HOW TO GET THEIR OWN SELF-CARE IF THEY'RE GOING THROUGH COVID AND DO NOT HAVE A DOCTOR THAT THEY CAN GO TO.

UM, I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, ARE DEALING WITH THAT RIGHT NOW.

UM, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA SHARE, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO, TO TALK ABOUT THAT, UM, AT A LARGER SCALE, UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT METRO HEALTH AND WHEN WE'RE GIVING THE INFORMATION OUT.

UM, 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THE VIRUS RUNS THROUGH PEOPLE IN, IN 30 DAYS, SOMETIMES IT'S MONTHS.

WE KNOW THAT.

AND SO I THINK IN THAT WE CAN CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE RIGHT PROPER CARE IF THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE AND THEY DON'T HAVE A, A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.

UM, I, I WANTED TO SHARE, SHARE THAT INFORMATION.

AND, UM, YES, I THINK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR LIVES, UM, ON THIS COUNCIL NOW, ESPECIALLY HIGH, HAS BEEN HIT, UH, BY COVID IN DIFFERENT WAYS, SHAPE OR FORM.

UM, AND I DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE WEAR A MASK.

AND JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE OUTDOORS DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A MASK.

I MEAN, WE NEED YOU TO WEAR A MASK ALL THE TIME WHEN YOU'RE IN AND AROUND INDIVIDUALS.

UM, I WANTED TO GO A LITTLE BIT INTO, UH, DR.

BRIDGER, THE, THE AVERAGE, THE DAILY AVERAGE.

AND YOU GAVE US THE SLIDE THAT HAD, AT ONE POINT WE WERE AT A SEVEN DAY AVERAGE OF OVER 1000.

THAT WAS BACK IN JULY, AND NOW WE'RE UP TO AROUND 700 AND, AND SOMETHING, UH, I FORGOT EXACTLY THE NUMBER, 7 36.

SO THAT IS OUR, OUR AVERAGE NOW.

AND, UM, WE ARE DOING ALL WE CAN IN ORDER TO, UH, WE'RE SEEING OUR POSITIVITY RATE JUMP BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, OF COURSE, NOT FROM WHERE IT WAS IN JULY, BUT WHERE WE ARE NOW FROM MAYBE A MONTH AGO.

SO, AT WHAT POINT, WHAT POINT WILL WE GET TO WHEN WE'RE SEEING THE, THE SEVEN DAY AVERAGE GO UP THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START REINSTITUTING OTHER, UM, OR PULLING BACK SOME OF OUR PHASED OPENINGS OR, OR, UM, ITEMS, CAPACITY, ET CETERA.

ARE YOU REFERENCING THE FACE OPENING SPECIFIC TO CITY FACILITIES? YES.

I'M TALKING ABOUT, UM, OR A DECLARATION WHEN IT COMES TO CAPACITIES AT RESTAURANTS, CAPACITIES, OR EVEN AT OUR CITY PARKS.

UM, PEOPLE ARE GATHERING OUTDOORS AT OUR CITY PARKS.

UM, DO WE, DO WE KNOW WHAT IS THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE WORKING OFF OF? SO THE GOVERNOR, UM, HAS TIED OUR HANDS WITH A LOT OF WHAT I THINK WE THINK WE SHOULD DO.

UM, THE OUTDOOR GATHERINGS ARE CAPPED AT 10.

UM, SO THAT IS PROBABLY PRETTY SAFE IF YOU'RE OUTDOORS WITH, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN 10 PEOPLE AND Y'ALL ARE STAYING SIX FEET APART AND WEARING MASKS, THAT'S A FAIRLY SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

UM, MOST OF THE CITY SERVICES ARE STILL BEING PROVIDED, UM, VIRTUALLY OR IN A MUCH REDUCED OCCUPANCY.

SO, UM, REALLY THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE MOST EFFECTIVE TO DO, WE CAN'T DO BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR HAS, UM, PROHIBITED LOCALS FROM DOING IT.

UH, I DID WANT TO ASK ABOUT, WELL, LET ME GO TO THE, TO THE, UM, THE UPDATE NOW.

UM, BIG SIGH.

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UM, TRAIN FOR JOBS, UM, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

YES, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE 1.5 MILLION, UH, INCREASE TO GO TO, UM, INDUSTRY SPECIFIC.

AND, UM, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE AND ENSURE THAT THE EQUITY INDEX IS CRITICAL AND THAT THESE ARE ALL STILL, UM, APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED ALREADY AND THEY'RE IN THE PIPELINE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY UNFAIR, UM, ADVENT OR SOME OTHER PEOPLE COMING IN, BUT THAT THE, THE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DONE THE APPLICATION FROM BACK IN AUGUST, UH, OR SEPTEMBER.

UM, AND THAT THE ELIGIBILITY PORTION ALSO TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE EQUITY INDEX.

ALEX, I SEE YOU NODDING YOUR HEAD.

AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS OR THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING THE, UM, THE GRANT ARE ALSO HAVING TO TAKE OUR GREATER SAFER TOGETHER PLEDGE.

YES.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, ALEX, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF CARLOS IS STILL ON, I, I'D LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE FROM THE GREATER SAFER TOGETHER.

UM, ALL OF THOSE HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE GREATER SAFER TOGETHER PLEDGE AT OUR, MAYBE OUR E W G C MEETING WHEN WE, UM, HAVE THE, UH, RESILIENCY RECOVERY UPDATE.

I WANNA SEE WHERE WE ARE AND HOW WE CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION WITH ALL OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT TOOK THE GREATER SAFER TOGETHER PLEDGE.

SO WE, UM, KNOW THAT EVERYONE'S STILL DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

AND THEN, UM, ANNA, UH, BRADSHAW, IF YOU CAN PLEASE SEND US THE DASHBOARD LINK, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S HARD FOR ME TO FIND THE DASHBOARD LINK, UM, FOR THIS IN PARTICULAR, FOR THIS, UM, FOR THIS RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN.

AND THEN I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE IF YOU COULD, UM, ALEX AND CARLOS, UH, UPDATES ON THE CONTACT TRACING WHEN IT COMES TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING FOR CONTACT TRACERS, AS WELL AS THE OUTDOOR, I'M SORRY, THE OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT THE SMALL BUSINESSES OR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUPS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON.

CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT, GIVE US AN UPDATE TO THAT? I PUT THAT AT THE END ON PURPOSE .

SO, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH, UM, UT HEALTH AS AN OPTION FOR THE CONTACT TRACING, UH, CURRICULUM AND THAT COMPONENT.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT THAT IS ALSO ALREADY AN OPTION FOR US UNDER, UM, ALAMO COLLEGES AND THEY HAVE THAT TRAINING CURRICULUM AS WELL.

SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO COORDINATE WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT IS IT, UM, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR US TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CREATE, AND, AND WE AND OUR CURRENT CONTACT TRACERS ARE AWARE OF THE PROGRAM AND THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, WHETHER THEY'RE INTERESTED IN STAYING IN, IN PUBLIC HEALTH OR COMMUNITY HEALTH, OR WHETHER THEY WANNA EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE GOING OUT THERE AND MEETING WITH THEM.

AND I BELIEVE WE'RE ENGAGING WITH PROJECT QUEST TO COME WITH US AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE.

UM, AND AS FAR AS THE OUTREACH PROGRAM, WE DO STILL HAVE OUR PARTNERS OUT THERE.

UM, A LOT OF THIS HAS GONE, UM, OVER THE PHONE, UM, TO, BUT STILL MAKING SURE THAT WE TRY TO REACH AS MANY OF THESE SMALL BUSINESSES AS POSSIBLE.

THE ENGAGEMENT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, COLLECTING PRELIMINARY INFORMATION AND ALSO UNDERSTANDING WHAT SOME OF THEIR, THEIR NEEDS ARE AND MAKING THOSE REFERRALS TO THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, WHETHER IT'S, UM, THE SS B D C, THE COVID ACCELERATOR AT U T S A.

UM, OUR, OUR POINT IS TO TRY TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES AND TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THAT OUTREACH PARTNER.

SO SAGE, W D C, SOUTHSIDE FIRST AND CENTRAL, MAKING SURE THAT IN THE FUTURE MONTHS FROM NOW WHEN THEY NEED SOMETHING THEY KNOW TO REACH OUT TO THAT ORGANIZATION.

AGAIN.

COUNCIL MEMBER .

IN HER, IN HER DOCUMENT, YOU JUST CAN'T REALLY WEAR A MASK WHILE YOU'RE EATING AND, AND DRINKING.

UM, THANK YOU.

I HAD SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILWOMAN VRAN DID SAY.

I'LL SECOND EVERYTHING SHE SAID.

UM, ANDY, DON'T STOP ME.

I KNOW IT WAS AN AGENDA FOR, FOR ACTION.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S GONNA TAKE A VOTE ON IT TODAY.

UM, I WANT TO THANK THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR THE DIRECTIVE ISSUED EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT I THINK WAS VERY, UH, VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, ALBEIT VERY DIFFICULT TO HEAR, UH, BUT IT IS SAFER TO DINE OUTDOORS THAN IT IS TO DINE INDOORS.

IN GENERAL.

SUPER SPREADER EVENTS ARE GOING TO OCCUR, UH, OR START INDOORS.

AND OF COURSE, LIKE DR.

WU STATED

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IT'S, UH, IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.

SO, I, I KNOW IT WAS TOUGH TO, TO ISSUE THAT, BUT I, I AM GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE, WE ARE CONSIDERING HELPING, UH, ADDITIONAL RESTAURANTS WITH A, WITH A GRANT PROGRAM.

I'M ALSO AWARE OF SOME THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO APPLY THE FIRST TIME.

THERE IS JUST A MISCOMMUNICATION, UH, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANT OWNERS SICK.

UH, SO I HOPE THAT WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL RESTAURANT OWNERS, UH, TO APPLY.

UH, AND I MENTIONED THIS TO, TO THE MAYOR THE OTHER DAY.

I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD REMIND THOSE, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ABOUT OUR FEE WAIVER PROGRAM.

UM, MICHAEL SINDEN REMINDED ME ABOUT IT RECENTLY, BUT NOW, NOW THE, YOU KNOW, IN CASE SOMEBODY WANTS TO BUILD A DECK OUTDOORS TO HAVE OUTDOOR DINING, IT'D BE GREAT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO CASH IN ON THAT, ON THAT FEE WAIVER.

IN TERMS OF SMALL BUSINESS OUTREACH, IT, IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN TOWN COULD BE ASSISTED BY SOME SORT OF ONE STOP SHOP FOR SMALL BUSINESS QUESTIONS.

UH, THE WAY WE HAVE 3 1 1 FOR, FOR CITY SERVICES, UH, AND, AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE DIRECT PEOPLE TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

UH, I, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SOME NONPROFITS ASSISTING LIKE W D C AND SAGE, BUT I, I'D WANNA GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON POSSIBLY HAVING THAT ONE STOP SHOP.

UH, EVEN IF IT'S JUST A PHONE NUMBER WHERE WE CAN REFER PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW DURING COVID, THERE'S DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, UH, AVAILABLE.

AND WE, WE GET SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AT THE COUNCIL OFFICE, BUT IT WOULD JUST BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT SUPPORT TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.

SO, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, LAUNCH ESSAY IS, HAS BEEN OUR ONGOING, UM, OPPORTUNITY OR, OR, UM, RESOURCE FOR, FOR EXACTLY WHAT YOU DESCRIBED AS A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR ENTREPRENEURS.

UM, WHAT WE WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY NOW IS TRYING TO CONNECT AS MANY OF THESE SMALL BUSINESSES TO THOSE, UM, PLACE-BASED, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, UM, TO HELP ESTABLISH MORE OF THAT RELATIONSHIP.

UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO UNIVERSAL RESOURCES, LIKE I MENTIONED, UM, THE SS B D C AT U T S A THAT OFFERS A VARIETY OF, OF TRAINING RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.

SO, UM, THERE'S, IT'S A COMBINATION PROBABLY OF HOW WE CAN BEST SERVE.

FOR SOME PEOPLE IT'S GONNA BE SAGE OR W D C.

FOR SOME IT MIGHT BE LAUNCH SA AND, AND OTHERS MAY JUST GO STRAIGHT TO U T S A.

UM, THOSE ARE ALL, THOSE ALL SOUND LIKE GREAT RESOURCES.

BUT IF I'M A, IF I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, HOW DO I EVEN KNOW WHICH ONE TO CALL? YEAH.

WE, WE'VE TRADITIONALLY STARTED WITH LAUNCHES, SAY, UM, BECAUSE THEY CAN HELP THE PERSON.

THEY HELP, UM, THE INDIVIDUAL, THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, THE ENTREPRENEUR, REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT AM I, WHAT AM, WHAT DO I REALLY NEED? WHAT STAGE AM I IN? AND THEN NAVIGATE THEM ACCORDINGLY.

ALRIGHT.

I, SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S CLEAR FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OF STRUGGLES RIGHT NOW, AND I HEAR IT FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ALL THE TIME, TOO.

UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED A CAMPAIGN OR IF WE NEED A PHONE NUMBER, UH, AS COUNCILWOMAN SUGGESTED 7 1 1, WHERE YOU GO THERE AND, AND MAYBE IT GOES TO LAUNCH SA RIGHT? BUT THEN LAUNCH SA IS THE ONE WHO'S ABLE TO, UM, TO PARSE THAT OUT TO THE APPROPRIATE PLACE.

IT'S JUST, IT'S TOO HARD TO, TO FIGURE IT OUT.

MM-HMM.

SO I, I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE PURSUE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WITH A MORATORIUM IN PLACE.

COUNCIL MEMBER .

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, MANNY, MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES, UH, TO YOUR WIFE AND YOUR FAMILY.

UH, I'M REALLY SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

UM, I'M REALLY SORRY.

UM, I'M GONNA START WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT QUITE A LOT AND IT'S, IT IS, UM, IT'S THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT RIVALS, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE PANDEMIC, UH, IN TERMS OF NEWS COVERAGE.

AND THAT'S THE LOOMING EVICTION CRISES.

UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE, MY FIRST QUESTION IS SIMPLY, WILL THE HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR STILL BE DECREASED FROM $108.3 MILLION TO 106.7 MILLION AS STAFF HAD PRE PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED? OKAY, I'LL MOVE ON.

SINCE JUNE 15TH, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 1200 DEFAULT EVICTION JUDGMENTS, AND THAT'S

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AND THOSE THAT DON'T ACCOUNT FOR INFORMAL EVICTIONS OR TENANTS JUST WHO LEAVE WITHOUT DUE PROCESS, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE MUCH, MUCH BIGGER POLICY STEPS.

680 EVICTIONS WERE FILED IN AUSTIN SINCE MARCH OF 2020.

SAN ANTONIO HAD ALMOST 700 FILED IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR ALONE.

UM, I WANNA READ A QUOTE FROM MOODY'S ANALYTICS THAT JUST CAME OUT AND IT SAYS, DELIVERING ASSISTANCE TO RENTERS NOW CANNOT JUST STAVE OFF LOOMING EVICTIONS, BUT ALSO PREVENT QUIETER AND LONGER TERM PROBLEMS THAT ARE NO LESS SERIOUS, SUCH AS RENTERS STRUGGLING TO PAY BACK CREDIT CARD OR OTHER DEBT STRUGGLING TO MANAGE A REPAYMENT PLAN OR EMERGING FROM THE PANDEMIC WITH LITTLE SAVINGS LEFT.

THEY WROTE THIS IN AN AUGUST REPORT, AND THEY ALSO SAID RENTER ASSISTANCE CAN ALSO HELP THE SMALLER LANDLORDS WHO ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY SEEING TENANTS UNABLE TO P PAY.

UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY, UH, A LOOMING EMERGENCY THAT, THAT IT, I, I THINK WE'RE, UM, ABOUT A MONTH AWAY FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, IT WAS STATED THAT, UH, OF COURSE, MY FIRST QUESTION REALLY WAS AROUND THE, THE HEAP PROGRAM.

AND, UM, YEAH, I REALLY WOULD LIKE, UH, STAFF TO, TO AT LEAST PROVIDE SOME CLARITY AND ANSWERS, UH, TO, TO US MAYBE IN A, IN A MEMO.

BUT IF YOU JUST SIMPLY TAKE THE AVERAGE AWARD FOR THE EMERGENCY HOUSING PROGRAM AT $2,800 AND APPLY IT TO THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS IN THE QUEUE, WHICH IS 4,400 APPLICATIONS WE'RE EFFECTIVE EFFECTIVELY OUT OF THE HAP MONEY GOING INTO THE NEW YEAR.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING THAT, UM, THAT THIS IS, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE PREPARED FOR.

UM, EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE LINING UP, UH, AT A TIME WHERE, WHERE WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANT, UH, OUR, OUR FUNDING TO, TO RUN OUT AS WELL AS A MOR THE THINGS LIKE THE MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS TO BE OVER WITH.

AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE PLANNING, UH, WELL IN ADVANCE FOR, FOR THESE ISSUES AND MUCH LIKE, UH, THE EVICTION CRISES AND, AND, AND FOLKS WHO ARE GONNA BE VULNERABLE.

UH, OUR OUR FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY IS, IS VERY VULNERABLE RIGHT NOW.

AND SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING MORE ON, ON FOOD AND BEVERAGE.

UH, BUT AGAIN, THE, THE NUMBERS SIMPLY DON'T LIE.

AND, UM, IT SAYS ONLY, ONLY, ONLY 157 OF THE 439 BAR RESTAURANT GRANTS WERE APPROVED AT AN AVERAGE OF $31,210 EACH.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COVER THE REST? IT WOULD TAKE $8.8 MILLION.

SO, UH, I GUESS THIS QUESTION MAYBE IS FOR CARLOS OR ALEX, HOW MANY SMALL BUSINESSES WHO APPLIED FOR GRANT FUNDING DID NOT RECEIVE GRANT FUNDING, AND WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE AWARD COUNCIL MEMBER? WHAT THE, THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS, LIKE CARLOS MENTIONED, THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WOULD BE DEDICATED WOULD ACTUALLY ADDRESS, UM, AND HELP US FUND ALL OF THE REMAINING BARS AND RESTAURANTS THAT APPLIED THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WERE ELIGIBLE.

UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING BETWEEN 20, I THINK IT'S BETWEEN 20 AND 40 ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES THAT WOULD GET FUNDED, AND THAT WOULD HELP US GET THROUGH THE ENTIRE LIST.

UM, AGAIN, WE ARE, WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, UH, TO ADDRESS A CONCERN THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION, UM, UH, IN, IN TRYING TO IDENTIFY, UH, SOME OF THE NEEDS.

I, I GUESS WE, WE'VE GOT DIFFERENT LISTS.

UM, SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND BY THE WAY, I WANNA PUBLICLY THANK YOU AND CARLOS, UH, AND THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, 'CAUSE YOU ALL DID GIVE ME A MEETING REGARDING THE WAY, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE WAY WE DISTRIBUTE SOME OF THE MONEY, UH, UH, SOME OF THE FUNDING.

AND, UM, AND WE'VE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST SIMPLY FOLLOWING BETWEEN THE CRACKS BECAUSE, UH, OF, OF THE APPROACH WE'VE TAKEN, UH, SIMPLY PUTS PEOPLE IN, IN A, UH, UNFORTUNATE SITUATION JUST ON THE GEOGRAPHY, AND IT DOESN'T REALLY REFLECT THE BUSINESS, UH, UH, OR THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AT THOSE BUSINESSES, UH, VERY WELL.

UM, AND, AND YOU DID HELP OUT, UH, UH, PARTICULAR, UH, BUSINESS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE FALLING BETWEEN THOSE CRACKS AND THE GAPS THAT WE'RE CREATING THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, MAY EXIST OUT THERE.

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AND THEN THERE'S JUST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CONTACTING ME DIRECTLY, SPECIFICALLY, UH, IN MY DISTRICT AND, AND AROUND DOWNTOWN, UH, WHERE, WHERE WE'RE LOSING SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, UH, THE MORE, MOST IMPORTANT ASSETS WE HAVE, WHICH IS OUR CULTURAL IDENTITY.

I MEAN, WE ARE, WE ARE THE, A WORLD HERITAGE SITE FOR GASTRONOMY.

AND, UM, AND TO IMAGINE THAT, THAT BUSINESSES LIKE MEXICAN MANHATTAN AND AND OTHERS, UH, ARE AT RISK, AND THAT WE CAN LOSE THESE THINGS FOREVER.

IT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST, WE NEED TO, UM, TO REALLY TRULY, UH, UH, UH, PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER TO FIND A WAY TO, UH, RELOCATE REALLOCATE SOME OF THESE FUNDS.

AND, AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AS MENTIONED, THE BRAIDED FUNDING, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S, UH, ALLOW OURSELVES TO, TO MOVE SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT IS SIMPLY SITTING THERE AND CAN HELP SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN NEED TODAY.

UH, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR.

UH, THAT'S WHAT THESE BUSINESSES ARE ASKING FOR.

I'M ASKING ON THEIR BEHALF.

UM, WE CAN DO IT.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO IT, AND, UH, MAYBE WE CAN WORK ON A WAY TO THEN JUST SIMPLY SHIFT SOME OF THE, THE DOLLARS TO, TO A, A LATER TIME, UH, WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY NEEDED.

BUT IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD AND BEVERAGE, IT'S VERY MUCH NEEDED.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING, IT, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A LOOMING CRISIS.

SO, UM, I ASK THAT WE, WE, UH, BE READY FOR, FOR A RESPONSE.

AND COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, THIS IS, IF I MIGHT, OKAY, GO AHEAD, ANA, I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO THE SAME THING.

GO AHEAD.

UM, AND COUNCILMAN, I JUST WANTED TO, TO CLARIFY.

SO WITH THIS LATEST ROUND OF ADJUSTMENTS, WE ARE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR FROM 1 0 6 0.7 MILLION TO 110.2 MILLION.

UM, THAT INCLUDES REALLOCATING SOME FUNDING WITHIN THE PILLAR, UH, FOR $411,000 OF ADDITIONAL UTILITY ASSISTANCE, UM, AND $3.5 MILLION FOR HOMELESSNESS SERVICES.

SO THERE IS A NET INCREASE TO THE, TO THE PILLAR WITH, UH, THESE ADJUSTMENTS.

THE PLAN B, I DON'T KNOW IF IT INCLUDES, UM, DOING ANTIBODY TESTING.

COUNCIL MEMBER TIO, COUNCIL MEMBER ROSA GARCIA, MAYOR.

UM, AND THANK YOU, UH, ANNA AND, AND EVERYONE FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE $1.50 INCREASE TO THE, UH, OR, OR CHANGE, I GUESS, UM, SHIFT, UH, IN, INTO THE RESTAURANTS AND BARS SPECIFICALLY.

I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN, UM, TREVINO ON THAT POINT, AND, AND I'D LOVE TO, UM, HELP BE A PART OF THAT SOLUTION IN, IN A LITTLE BIT.

UH, AND THEN I ALSO AGREE WITH THE $3.5 MILLION SHIFT INTO THE HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I, UM, I'M, I'M, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE SUPPORTING THAT.

UH, ALEX, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, AND COUNCILMAN BROUGHT THIS UP EARLIER AND IT REMINDED ME OF THE GREATER SAFER TOGETHER PLEDGE.

UM, I'M WONDERING IF WE STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THAT AND EXPAND IT.

AND LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

I HAD, UM, UH, A WOMAN, UH, RESIDENT, UM, HUSBAND, UH, IS AN ESSENTIAL WORKER, A MUSICIAN, UH, SO WORKING AN EVENT VENUE.

AND, UH, JOSH BECTOR WROTE THE STORY ABOUT THIS AND, AND MENTIONED THIS, BY THE WAY, UM, WHEN SHE WAS WORRIED ABOUT HER HUSBAND AND, AND THE SERVERS AND EVERYONE GETTING EXPOSED BECAUSE AT THE EVENT VENUE, THEY WEREN'T REQUIRING MASKS.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE LITTLE CONTROL OVER IT.

I TALKED TO DR.

BRIDGER THAT NIGHT, I TALKED TO ERIC ABOUT IT.

UM, THERE'S JUST SOME WAY THAT WE HAVE TO GET CREATIVE, AND I'M WONDERING IF ALEX, MAYBE IN THIS GREATER SAFER TOGETHER PLEDGE, WE COULD INCORPORATE EVENTS MANAGERS OR MUSICIANS OR, OR PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL OUT THERE TRYING TO MAKE MONEY, UM, FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND, AND HAVING TO BE EXPOSED, UM, BECAUSE OF SOME LOOPHOLE SOMEWHERE.

SO, UH, ALEX, I'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU OFFLINE.

I KNOW, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY YOU'LL SAY, YEAH, YES.

LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.

BUT I, I DID WANT TO BRING THAT UP PUBLICLY BECAUSE I'M REALLY WORRIED THAT A LOT OF THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS THAT WORK IN CATERING AND THAT WORK IN THE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE STILL OPERATING AND THAT ARE WORKING AT THE HOTELS, UM, THAT ARE, ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS THAT LIVE IN DISTRICTS LIKE MINE THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, LIKE COUNCILMAN POINTED OUT.

SO I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.

ALSO, UM, THERE'S, UM, I KNOW WE HAVE THE VACCINE THAT THAT'S COMING AND WE'RE GETTING READY, AND I, I, I CAN'T, I THINK DR.

BRIDGER SAID MAYBE EVEN AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK, UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PLAN.

UH, I ALWAYS ASK FOR A PLAN B, RIGHT? AND SO THE,

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I WAS MONITORING SOME ONLINE DISCUSSION EARLIER TODAY ABOUT MAYBE THE PRIORITY BEING FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE ANTIBODIES.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD EVEN DO THAT WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT I THOUGHT THAT I'D ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

SO, IF SOMEBODY STILL HAS ANTIBODIES, UM, FROM COVID, UH, YOU KNOW, WOULD THEY, THEY BE ABLE TO, TO DO THIS? AND BY THE WAY, UH, ANYBODY WHO DOES HAVE ANTIBODIES, HOW ARE THEY STILL BEING ENCOURAGED MAYBE TO, TO DONATE PLASMA? RIGHT? I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO CONSIDER.

SO IT'S A QUESTION FOR DR.

BRIDGER JUST TO, AGAIN, I KNOW THAT, UM, WE DON'T NECESSARILY DO ANTIBODY TESTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD HELP US MAYBE, UM, MAKE THOSE, UH, VACCINES GO A LONGER WAY, UH, OR ANY OTHER PLAN TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHO, WHO GETS THAT PRIORITY.

UM, AND TO THAT POINT, DR.

BRIDGER, YOU MENTIONED THAT LONG-TERM, UM, CARE CENTERS WOULD BE RECEIVING THE VACCINE AS, AS ONE OF THE PRIORITY GROUPS, PROBABLY I THINK IT WAS IN YOUR SECOND GROUP.

AND I'M WONDERING HOW THAT'S GONNA BE DETERMINED.

LIKE HOW, UH, ARE YOU GONNA PRIORITIZE THOSE THROUGH WHAT AREAS IS IT GOING TO BE, UM, THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS LENS? IS IT GONNA BE THROUGH THE, THE, YOU KNOW, MOST HIGHLY INFECTED GROUPS? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BUT I'D LIKE TO, TO, UM, MAYBE LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, DR.

BRIDGER.

DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THAT NOW OR DO YOU WANT ME TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AFTER? YEP, YOU CAN FOLLOW UP LATER.

THAT'S FINE.

I'M SURE YOU HAVE ALED, SO I JUST, I DIDN'T HEAR IT TODAY, SO HE CAN HELP ME WITH THAT.

UM, AND THEN, UH, ALSO, ERIC, WHEN IS OUR COSA STAFF COMING BACK? YOU HAD MENTIONED JANUARY.

I DON'T THINK THEY'RE COMING BACK IN JANUARY ANYMORE.

UH, COUNCILWOMAN, WE'VE GOT, UM, WE ARE HAVING, UH, HR WORK WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.

WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME SOME DEPARTMENTS HAVE, UH, BEGUN UTILIZING, BECAUSE I GIVE THE DIRECTORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF, UH, HAVE THE LATITUDE TO START LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULES.

SO SOME DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEGUN, BEGUN EXPERIMENTING WITH ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULES.

UH, THE HR DEPARTMENT, UM, UH, THEY SHOULD HAVE THAT WRAPPED UP THIS WEEK, I THINK HAS BEEN DOING A KIND OF A RESET, A CENSUS OF, OF WHERE ALL THE EMPLOYEES ARE AT.

UM, AND I'LL BE GETTING THAT LATER ON THIS WEEK, UH, LATER ON THIS MONTH, SO THAT WE CAN LAY OUT PLANS FOR JANUARY.

I MEAN, I, I THINK AS I'VE TALKED TO EMPLOYEES AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN FROM, FROM, UH, STAFF, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO, UM, 40 HOURS A WEEK OR 40 PLUS HOURS A WEEK IN THE OFFICE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IS GONNA CONTINUE TO LOOK DIFFERENTLY.

UM, BUT, UH, WE MAY, WE MAY DO SOME ALTERNATIVE.

WE MAY DO, WE MAY DO, WE MAY CONTINUE TO DO REMOTE WORK IN CERTAIN AREAS.

UM, AND, UH, I'LL KEEP THE ACCOUNTS UPDATED ON THAT.

UH, WE PROGRESSED LATER ON IN THE MONTH.

THANK YOU, ERIC.

I JUST, I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT I, THEY WEREN'T COMING BACK IN JANUARY.

I HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, SO I JUST WANTED AN UPDATE.

UM, AND THEN I'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER WITH IRIS AND WITH, UH, UH, BRIAN DILLARD IN INNOVATION.

AND SO, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO, UM, BE, HOPEFULLY CROSS YOUR FINGERS LAUNCHING THE APP, UH, ON DECEMBER THE 14TH, WHERE PEOPLE COULD DOWNLOAD THE APP AND GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UM, ON WHERE TO GO GET TESTED, UM, WAIT TIMES, AND, YOU KNOW, ANY, ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

SO, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I KNOW THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE, UM, I, I, WE HAVE A MEETING AND, UH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL AND I WILL BE WORKING WITH IRIS TO GIVE THEM SOME, SOME POSSIBLY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON MONDAY.

SO I'M, I'M EXCITED THAT THAT'S GONNA GET LAUNCHED.

AND THEN IN CLOSING, I JUST, UM, WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE, UH, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S, IT'S JUST SO EASY, RIGHT? YOU CAN, UH, WEAR A MASK AND SHOW HOW YOU, UM, CAN, CAN LOVE ONE ANOTHER AND YOUR NEIGHBORS AND I, I WROTE, NOTED, AND LAST WEEKEND'S NEWSPAPER, AND THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS ABOUT.

IT WAS LOVE NEIGHBOR, WEAR A MASK.

IT'S AS SIMPLE AS DOING THAT.

SO THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TEAM.

WITH ESSENTIAL BUSINESS, UM, FOR THE MOST PART CAN GET THAT WRAPPED UP, UM, BEFORE 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, DR.

BRIDGER, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH TOUGH TIMES RIGHT NOW WITH THIS PANDEMIC AND A LOT OF, UH, DIFFERENT RULES AND REGULATIONS.

THIS LAST WEEK WE DID SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, THOUGH, UH, A CURFEW WAS INSTALLED OR, UH, ENFORCED HERE IN THE CITY, AND WHAT WAS THAT BASED ON? AND IT JUST KIND OF SEEMS STRANGE OF THE HOURS OF THAT CURFEW.

AND WHAT DATA WAS THAT BASED ON THAT INFORMATION, UM, WAS BASED ON RECOGNIZING THAT, UM, THE LATER IN THE NIGHT YOU GET THE MORE LIKELY ALCOHOL CAN IMPAIR YOUR DECISION MAKING ABILITY.

AND SO, UM, IT ALSO REFLECTED THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE

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UM, AND IT WAS ALSO A MESSAGING OPPORTUNITY.

UM, THERE, THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF CASES OUT THERE GOING INTO THANKSGIVING.

UM, AND, UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MESSAGE WAS CLEAR, UM, THAT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE PANDEMIC, AND THAT WE COULD SEE EXPONENTIAL INCREASES CONTINUE IN NUMBERS OF CASES, DEATHS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS.

BUT DO WE HAVE THE DATA TO SUPPORT THAT FROM, UH, I MEAN, THE HOURS WERE FROM 10 O'CLOCK IN THE AT NIGHT TILL, WHAT WAS IT, FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING? UM, IT, THAT JUST SEEMED REALLY WEIRD.

AND TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, I, I SAW, WELL, I DID GET A LOT OF INPUT FROM, UH, NEIGHBORS HERE IN DISTRICT 10 AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHY, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT.

AND I SAW THAT THERE WERE DEMONSTRATIONS ABOUT IT.

I THINK THAT IF, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT IT AT THE SURFACE, IF THERE WASN'T ANY CURFEW, THINGS WOULD'VE GONE ON AND, AND NOT CREATED A LOT OF ANGST HERE IN THIS CITY ABOUT, UH, PUTTING A CURFEW IN PLACE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PROTECT OUR CITIZENS.

AND INSTEAD OF LETTING THEM DETERMINE, UH, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WHAT THEY SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T BE DOING.

SO I, I, ARE WE GONNA EXPECT SOMETHING LIKE THIS AGAIN, LIKE OVER CHRISTMAS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? ARE, ARE YOU GONNA RECOMMEND ANOTHER CURFEW? I, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

WE'LL HAVE TO GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO CHRISTMAS.

WE'LL HAVE TO GET 10 DAYS POST THANKSGIVING TO SEE IF OUR NUMBERS, UM, SKYROCKET OR NOT.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW THIS, OH, I DON'T, I'M SORRY.

I DON'T KNOW.

UM, WE'LL, IT'LL PROBABLY BE A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS BEFORE WE KNOW IF, IF THEY SKYROCKET WITH THIS CUR UH, CURFEW IN PLACE, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE CURFEW DIDN'T DO ANY GOOD? I DON'T KNOW.

IF, IF ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, UH, ARE PUT IN PLACE.

ALL RIGHT.

ENOUGH SAID ON THAT, UM, CARLOS, I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.

YES, SIR.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE OPENED UP THAT, UM, REGISTRY OR THAT APPLICATION PROCESS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, DIDN'T WE CUT IT OFF AT, AT A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT OR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF, UH, APPLICATIONS AND WHAT WAS THAT? NO, NOT APPLICATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE DID HAVE THRESHOLDS IN THE, IN, IN TERMS OF THE SIZE OF THE BUSINESSES.

WE RECEIVED ABOUT 2,700 APPLICATIONS.

I THOUGHT THAT WE STOPPED THE APPLICATION PROCESS BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ANY WAY THAT WE COULD COVER WHAT THE, UH, OH, WE HAD A, OH, I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T HEAR.

YEAH, THERE WAS A TIME PERIOD WITHIN WHICH YOU COULD APPLY.

WE DID HAVE A SET TIME PERIOD, BUT FOR APPLICATION SINCE, SINCE WE GOT ADDITIONAL, UM, MONEY, SHOULDN'T WE BE ABLE TO OPEN THAT UP AGAIN? BECAUSE I TOO HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF, UM, CONCERNS FROM BUSINESSES THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO PUT IN AN APPLICATION.

AND I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT COUNCILMAN WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS MONEY SPENT BEFORE DECEMBER 30.

WELL, BUT WHAT WE DON'T HAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED, UH, BUSINESSES WHO APPLIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF THE TIMELINES, EXCUSE ME, AND HAVE NOT BEEN FUNDED YET.

AND THOSE, SOME, THERE'LL BE SOME LEFTOVER, UH, THAT WILL NOT BE REACHED, UM, EVEN AFTER WE ADD AN ADDITIONAL $1.5 MILLION.

UH, SO WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT WE TRY TO REOPEN AN APPLICATION PROCESS AT THIS LATE DATE.

NOW, IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING, THE COUNCIL CAN DECIDE TO DEDICATE IT FOR GRANT PROGRAM SUCH JUST LIKE THIS.

SO THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING OVER INTO, UH, THIS POT OF MONEY BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF DECEMBER.

I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADD $1.5 MILLION.

I, I MEAN, UH, ABOVE THAT THERE, COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN, ULTIMATELY, IF, IF YOU WANNA DO THAT, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO PULL IT FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.

I, I THINK, I THINK WHAT, WHAT CARL'S TWO POINTS I WANTED TO RE-EMPHASIZE.

ONE, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO, TO, TO KIND OF RECREATE A PROCESS.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S MADE US KIND OF SUCCESSFUL IS THAT WE'VE, WE'RE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE PROGRAM QUICKLY.

NUMBER TWO, AND PROBABLY ALSO DEPENDS ON WHAT COMES OUT OF, UH, THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CONGRESS RIGHT NOW.

JUST IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, THERE'S, THERE SEEMS TO BE A RENEWED EFFORT, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL STIMULUS THAT THAT DOES INCLUDE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT.

SO WE HAVE THE APPARATUS AND THE, AND THE ARRANGEMENT, UH, WITH THE LIFT FUND, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, TO MOVE QUICKLY

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ALRIGHT.

UM, I JUST SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT WE TURNED, WE CUT IT OFF AT A CERTAIN POINT THAT WE COULDN'T HANDLE ANY MORE APPLICATIONS OR WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR IT.

SO YOU'RE SAYING IT WAS STRICTLY BECAUSE IT WAS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD THAT WE SAID YOU HAD TO GET IT IN BY CER A CERTAIN DATE? WE DID HAVE A DEADLINE BY WHICH YOU HAD TO APPLY SO THAT WE COULD START PROCESSING.

'CAUSE RECOGNIZING WE WERE TRYING TO GET THE MONEY SPENT BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

RIGHT.

UM, THERE WAS A 2,700, AS I INDICATED, APPLICATIONS, UH, THE TOTAL REQUEST WAS OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.

AND AT THE TIME WE DEDICATED ROUGHLY 25 MILLION TO THIS PROGRAM.

CORRECT? THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE DISCONNECT.

I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, THERE, YOU SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA FINISH OUT THE LIST, BUT WE DIDN'T FUND A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS WORTH IN THAT.

COUNCILMAN.

SO WHAT I SAID WAS, AND NUMBER ONE, WE'RE GONNA FUND ALL ELIGIBLE BARS AND RESTAURANTS THAT APPLY.

SO A SUBSET OF THE TOTAL 2,700, BECAUSE I WAS TAKING IT, THAT WE'RE GONNA FINISH OUT THAT WHOLE LIST.

AND WE, WE DIDN'T GET ANYWHERE NEAR THAT WHOLE LIST.

IT WAS OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF REQUEST.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S APPLIED FOR, UM, EVEN THOSE THAT RECEIVED FUNDING DIDN'T NECESSARILY RECEIVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY APPLIED FOR BECAUSE THEY HAD TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE FUNDING FOR THAT FUNDING.

BUT OTHER WORDS HAD TO DEMONSTRATE LOSS.

AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF LOSS, THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES WERE, WE HAD TO MATCH THE GRANT TO THE LOSS.

RIGHT.

SO THEY APPLIED FOR AN AMOUNT CERTAIN, BECAUSE WE HAD CATEGORIES.

IF YOU, IN A CERTAIN CATEGORY, YOU COULD APPLY UP TO X, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEIR LOSSES WOULD BE, BUT THEN WE HAD TO DETERMINE WHAT THEIR LOSSES WERE TO BE ABLE TO MATCH THE GRANT AWARD TO THE LEVEL OF THEIR LOSSES.

SO WE, I'M, WE DIDN'T FUND, WE DIDN'T FUND EVERYTHING THAT WAS REQUESTED OF US.

IS THAT GOOD? THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT.

NOR NOR WE RECEIPT.

WE RECEIPT.

NO, WE REACH ALL 2,700.

ON THE REMAINING ONES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE A POINT.

OKAY, GREAT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR.

THANKS.

COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.

COUNCIL MEMBER GRA.

I JUST WANTED TO CHIME BACK IN AND, AND CIRCLE BACK WITH SOME ITEMS. NUMBER ONE, I'D LIKE TO, I GUESS, REITERATE WHAT CARLOS AND, UH, ALEX'S RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A SET, UH, AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN THE PIPELINE FOR OUR APPLICATION PROCESS THAT APPLIED AND HAVE BEEN WAITING.

SO WE NEED TO HONOR THE PROCESS THAT THEY'VE BEEN PART OF AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

AND EQUITY IS KEY, UM, BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS HAVE SMALL RESTAURANTS AND BARS IN THAT NEED HELP.

AND THEY'RE PROBABLY PART OF THAT REMAINING, UM, GROUP THERE.

UM, I DO AGREE THAT I'M VERY EXCITED.

I THINK THIS MICRO GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE'VE DONE IS GIVING US THE GROUNDWORK TO BE PREPARED WHEN MORE FEDERAL STIMULUS, PLEASE, GOD COMES IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN WE HAVE A FOUNDATION.

BUT WE'LL PROBABLY, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED TO BUILD THAT AND OPEN IT UP WITH MORE, UM, WITH MORE INFORMATION AND SEEING MORE OF THE NEED AND THE NUMBERS THAT WE NEED.

SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE CRITICAL TO GET THIS OUT, UH, AS SOON AS, AS POSSIBLE AND, UH, TO MORE GROUPS THAT, THAT NEED THIS.

AND THEN, UM, CARLOS AND, AND, UH, AND ALEX, WE HAVE OUR NEXT E W D C MEETING NEXT WEEK.

SO WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS IF WE CAN HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP TO SOME OF THE CONVERSATION THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE, UM, MENTIONED HERE.

AND I THINK THAT'S A PART OF, UM, THE GREATER SAFER TOGETHER UPDATE AND ALSO SOME MORE CLARIFICATION FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, VI GARCIA, AS WELL AS, UH, SANDOVAL AND LOOKING AT THE, UM, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT.

AND THEN I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN DO AN, AN UPDATE OR JUST GIVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION OF WHAT WE'VE DONE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT AT ONE POINT THE COUNTY WAS GOING TO BE, UH, DOING SOME MORE MONEY AS WELL.

AND IF ANY OF THOSE THAT HAD APPLIED FOR CITY FUNDING THEN MOVED OVER TO THE COUNTY FOR LOTTERY, IF YOU CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT, IF WE SAW ANY CHANGES THERE.

I, UM, AND THAT'S ALL.

COUNCIL MEMBER .

CARLOS, WERE YOU, WE'RE GONNA JUMP IN ON ONE OF THOSE.

COUNCIL, HAPPY TO GET THAT.

GOT IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER PELAS.

TH BY DEFINITION, UH, THI THIS THING IS CALLED THE, WHAT, WHAT IS IT CALLED? ANDY.

JUST A VERY SHORT REMINDER TO EVERYBODY, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND MY CONSTITUENTS IN PARTICULAR WHO ARE FRUSTRATED

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IT'S THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, WHICH MEANS THIS IS A VIRUS.

THAT'S, AND I'M TALKING, YOU KNOW, DR.

BRIDGER KNOWS A LOT MORE.

IT'S A NEW VIRUS IN WHICH WE'RE STILL LEARNING A LOT ABOUT IT, SO WE'RE STILL LEARNING ABOUT IT.

A LOT ABOUT IT IS ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW.

AND AS THIS THING UNFOLDS, WE CONTINUE TO LEARN NEW THINGS ABOUT THE VIRUS.

AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE CONTINUE TO LEARN IS HOW TERRIBLE IT IS .

AND EVERY SINGLE TIME WE THINK WE GOT IT FIGURED OUT, YOU KNOW, THE BEST OF THE BEST SCIENTISTS ON THE PLANET, THIS THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GROUND MOVES OUT FROM UNDER THEM BECAUSE WE FIND OUT THAT IT'S MORE DEADLY, MORE CONTAGIOUS, AND, UM, THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE, UH, IN ORDER TO, UM, TO PREVENT TRANSMISSION.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF ANYTHING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT JUST BEGGING PEOPLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND WASH THEIR HANDS AND WEAR THEIR MASKS, BUT BECAUSE IT IS THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, WE'RE ASKING YOU ALL TO ALSO BE PATIENT.

UM, AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALSO SCARED AND THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING VERY, VERY D VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, OUR OWN KIDS, UH, STAY HEALTHY.

THANKS.