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UH, TIME IS 2:05 PM ON THIS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, 2020.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION.
WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME.
UM, SO LEMME TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER.
WELL ACTUALLY, LET'S, UH, GET A ROLL.
MADAM CLERK, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ PRESENT.
[1. 20-6737 Briefing on the State of the San Antonio Airport System, including an update on airport operations, the Strategic Development Plan and the 2021 Outlook. [Carlos Contreras, Assistant City Manager; Jesus Saenz, Director, Aviation]]
ALRIGHT, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED NOW.SO LET ME GIVE THE PHOTO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH.
UH, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE, UH, RECESSION, UH, THIS AFTERNOON.
UH, OUR FIRST IS ON THE AIRPORT SYSTEM, UM, UH, PRESENTED BY, UH, JESUS SIGNS, OUR DIRECTOR OF AIRPORTS.
UM, AS, AS WE ENTER 2021, I WANTED JESUS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE, UH, FOR YOU ON THE PASSENGER ACTIVITY LEVELS, UH, THE STATUS OF OUR STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT HAD BEEN PUT ON PAUSE EARLIER IN THE YEAR AND THE, UH, OUTLOOK FOR 2021.
UM, AS, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE, THE CITY INITIATED STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UM, UH, BEGAN FOR THE AIRPORT SYSTEM STARTED IN 2018 TO PRODUCE OUR 20 YEAR MASTER PLAN AND IDENTIFY DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS ON PHASE ONE OF THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UH, FOCUSED ON WHETHER THE CURRENT LOCATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, UH, COULD MEET, UH, THE FUTURE NEEDS OF OUR REGION OVER THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
THAT, UH, WE HAD A, UH, AIR SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE THAT WAS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND CHAIRED BY, UH, MR. JOHN DIXON THAT OVERSAW A, A DATA DRIVEN PROCESS AND CONCLUDED, BUT THE ANSWER WAS YES, THAT WE, UH, COULD CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN THAT AREA AND COUNSEL WAS BRIEFED ON THOSE FINDINGS BACK IN OCTOBER OF, UH, 2018.
SO JESUS WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF PHASE TWO OF THAT STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND PROVIDE, UH, THE COUNCIL TODAY A REVISED SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETION OF THAT MASTER PLAN PROCESS.
UH, BEFORE HE BEGINS, I WANNA, I WANT TO THANK JESUS AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM, UH, FOR THEIR EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC TO CONTINUE TO MAKE, UH, THE AIRPORT SAFE FOR OUR VISITORS, OUR PASSENGERS, AND OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JESUS, UH, TO GIVE YOU THE PRESENTATION.
UM, AS ERIC MENTIONED, MY NAME IS HINES.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF AIRPORTS HERE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UH, TODAY'S PRESENTATION, WE WILL PROVIDE A BRIEFING ON THE STATE OF THE AIRPORT SYSTEM AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, INCLUDING A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF OUR CURRENT PASSENGER ACTIVITY AND UPDATE ON EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IN LIGHT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC.
I WILL ALSO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, A DATA-DRIVEN INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING A 20 YEAR MASTER PLAN REGARDING AIRFIELD LAYOUT AND DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIAL LAND USE TERMINAL FACILITIES AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR THE AIRPORT TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROJECTED POPULATION GROWTH AND FUTURE PASSENGER ACTIVITY LEVELS IN OUR REGION.
LASTLY, I WILL PROVIDE AN OUTLOOK FOR 2021, INCLUDING OUR GOALS TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THE RETURN OF AIR SERVICE, SOME FORECASTING MODELS AND RECENT TALENT ACQUISITIONS.
AS IT RELATES TO PASSENGER ACTIVITY LEVELS, THE CHART ON THE LEFT REFLECTS A SEVEN DAY ROLLING AVERAGE AIR SERVICE NATIONWIDE CONTINUES TO SLOWLY RECOVERY FROM THE DEVASTATING REDUCTIONS IN APRIL OF 2020.
THIS YEAR, WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE IN SAN ANTONIO TO HAVE OUTPACED THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR ALMOST EVERY WEEK SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.
HOWEVER, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE NA NA THAT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS CATCHING UP.
CURRENT UPTICKS IN THE COVID CASES THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTING OVERALL ACTIVITY LEVELS, NOT JUST IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT ACROSS THE ENTIRE NATION AND GLOBE
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AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT.WHILE AIRLINES REMAIN CAUTIOUS AS THEY RETURN SERVICE TO MARKETS FROM INTERNATIONAL AND TO AIRPORTS NATIONWIDE, OUR AIRPLANES HAVE BEEN CARRYING AN AVERAGE OF 80% LOAD FACTORS WITH THE MIDDLE SEAT EMPTY.
THIS MONTH, WE HAVE 30 NONSTOP DESTINATIONS, INCLUDING DAILY AND SEASONAL SERVICES.
PRIOR TO COVID, WE HAD 41 NONSTOPS IN 2019.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BOEING MAX ALSO IMPACTED SOME OF THOSE NONSTOPS AS THE BOEING MAX WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE.
ONE IMPORTANT HIGHLIGHT HAS BEEN THE GROWTH OF OUR SERVICE TO MEXICO.
OUR THREE MEXICAN CARRIERS, IDO, MEXICO, VIVA BUS AND VALLAS, HAVE ADDED MORE FLIGHTS TO MEXICO CITY, GUADALAJARA AND RE AND THE CONCESSIONAIRES.
YOU SEE THE PIC, THE PICTURE OF SMOKE SHACK.
FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NOT VISITED THE AIRPORT, WE HAVE ALSO CONTINUED TO WORK WITH ALL OF OUR CONCESSIONAIRES TO REOPEN THE NEW CONCEPTS, INCLUDING THE SMOKE SHACK THAT YOU SEE THERE, WHICH OPENED THIS SUMMER.
AND 60% OF OUR CURRENT CONCESSIONAIRES HAVE REOPENED MISSION CITY ICE HOUSE REOPENED TODAY, PROVIDING A BAR AND ANOTHER FOOD OFFERING FOR TURMO A PATRONS DUNKING DONUTS WILL OPEN LATER THIS MONTH IN ITS PRE-SECURITY KIOSK ON THE CONSOLIDATED RENTAL CAR FACILITY LEVEL OF TERMINAL B JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
STINSON, UNLIKE ALL OTHERS, IS PERFORMING WELL.
IT HAS CONTINUED OPERATING AT NEAR 2019 LEVELS WITH THREE MONTHS IN THE PAST SIX EXCEEDING 10,000 OPERATIONS.
EARLY ON, WE ESTABLISHED AN AVIATION COVID TASK FORCE TO GUIDE ALL AREAS OF C OVID 19 RELATED RESPONSES USING THE MCKINSEY MANAGEMENT MODEL TO PROBLEM SOLVE DAILY CHALLENGES.
WHILE WE STILL PLAN FOR THE FUTURE INNOVATIONS AND A POST PANDEMIC BUSINESS MODEL, OUR TASK FORCE APPROACH ALLOWED FOR A COLLABORATIVE PANEL OF HIGHLY SKILLED MEMBERS FROM ALL AREAS OF AIRPORT OPERATIONS TO PROVIDE EXPERTISE AS WELL AS ENSURE ALL SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OPERATIONS WERE ON COMMON GROUND MOVING FORWARD IN THE SAFEST WAY TOGETHER.
AS I MENTIONED, IN JUNE, WE IMPLEMENTED SEVERAL MEASURES AND PROCESSES TO INCLUDE TEMPERATURE SCREENING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
INSTALLATION OF HUNDREDS OF SANITIZATION STATIONS C COVERS SOCIAL DISTANCING, SIGNAGE, AND TRANSPARENT SHIELDS.
MOST RECENTLY, WE HAVE USED A LIGHTS STRIKE ROBOT WITH A PUBLIC VOTED NAME OF SA, TERMINATOR AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SPRAYERS.
OUR TEAM REMAINS COMMITTED TO COMBATING COVID AND KEEPING SAFETY AS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
AS ERIC MENTIONED, WE WANTED TO GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROGRAM AND PLAN.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE S D P I LAST BRIEFED THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMISSION IN FEBRUARY OF 2020.
AS A REMINDER, THE TWO PHASE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS ULTIMATELY WILL PRODUCE DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS REGARDING LAND USE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES REQUIRED FOR THE AIRPORT TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROJECTED POPULATION GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF THE SAN ANTONIO REGION.
PHASE ONE, EXAMINE THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE CURRENT LOCATION OF THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT COULD HANDLE THE ANTICIPATED AIR TRAVEL AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY OVER THE NEXT 20 TO 50 YEARS.
THE AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND CHAIRED BY JOHN DIXON, OVERSAW A DATA-DRIVEN PROCESS TO CONCLUDE THAT THE ANSWER WAS YES.
IN OCTOBER OF 2018, CITY COUNCIL AGREED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT OUR LOCATION COULD MEET THE FUTURE NEEDS AND APPROVE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SECOND PHASE OF THE S D P TO IDENTIFY, ANALYZE, AND ULTIMATELY RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL THE PROJECTS AND TIMELINE TO MEET THE FUTURE AIR TRAFFIC NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AS MENTIONED IN OCTOBER OF 2018, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED MOVING FORWARD WITH THE S D P PROCESS AND COMMENCING WITH PHASE TWO, WHICH INCLUDED AIRSPACE, AIRFIELD, TERMINAL PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, AND REQUIREMENTS.
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WHEN I ARRIVED, MANY ALTERNATIVES WERE BEING CONSIDERED AND BEING REVIEWED.IN THE UPCOMING SLIDES, I WILL REVIEW TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OUR AIRFIELD LAYOUT PLAN, FURTHER SUBSTANTIATING AND SUPPORTING OUR DECISION THAT FUTURE NEEDS WILL FIT IN THE EXISTING SPACE, INCLUDING A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF NEXT STEPS THAT WILL BE TAKEN TO COMPLETE THE STRATEGIC, THE THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN IN 2021.
LET'S BEGIN WITH AN OVERVIEW OF OUR CURRENT RUNWAY CONFIGURATION AND CAPACITIES.
WE HAVE TWO PARALLEL RUNWAYS, 13, RIGHT, 31 LEFT, WHICH IS THE MAIN, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR MAIN RUNWAYS FOR COMMERCIAL DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS, AND IS A 8,500 FEET RUNWAY.
ABOVE THAT IS 13 LEFT 31 RIGHT, WHICH IS 5,500 FEET LONG AND IS USED FOR DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS FOR CORPORATE BUSINESS OPERATORS, FIXED BASE OPERATORS AND GENERAL AVIATION USERS.
PERPENDICULAR TO THESE RUNWAYS IS 4 2 2.
ANOTHER MAIN RUNWAY USED FOR COMMERCIAL DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS.
IN 2019, 165,000 AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS WERE ACCOMPLISHED IN THAT CALENDAR YEAR, 207,000 IS THE CURRENT CAPACITY UNDER THE ABOVE CONFIGURATION AND THE CURRENT AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN STATING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABILITY FOR 47,000 ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS CAN BE PERFORMED IN THIS EXISTING AIRFIELD LAYOUT, OR BETTER SAID 25% CAPACITY IS AVAILABLE, AND BASED ON FORECASTS WE COULD CONTINUE POSSIBLY THROUGH 2040.
WITH THIS LAYOUT, THESE CAPACITIES ARE MEASURED BY AIRSPACE, RUNWAY, APRON, AND TERMINAL GATE CONFIGURATIONS.
OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN AND PERFORM SCHEDULED AND CORRECTIVE MEASURES TO KEEP OUR AIRFIELD SAFE.
ON THIS SLIDE, OUR NEXT STEPS TO BE TAKEN THAT WILL EXTEND RUNWAY 13, RIGHT, 31 LEFT ARE MAIN RUNWAY AND ADDITIONAL 340 FEET AND EXTEND AN EXISTING TAXIWAY.
BY EXECUTING THIS EFFORT, AN IMMEDIATE AND NECESSARY SAFETY SOLUTION CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS WILL EXTEND THE RUNWAY TO 8,840 FEET, INCREASING OUR CURRENT RANGE TO CENTRAL EUROPEAN MARKETS WHEN NECESSARY, BECAUSE OUR AIRFIELD ASSETS STILL HAVE MANY YEARS OF LIFE.
THESE INTERMEDIATE SOLUTIONS ALSO EXTEND THE UTILIZATION OF RUNWAY 4, 2, 2 FOR BOTH ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
OUR AIRFIELD IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MIXED USE OPERATION SERVING ALL TYPES OF AIRCRAFT.
AS WE STRATEGICALLY PLAN OUR FUTURE AIRFIELD FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS ILLUSTRATED ON THIS SLIDE, WE ARE FORECASTING AND PLANNING THE EXTENSION OF RUNWAY 13, RIGHT, 31 LEFT TO 10,000 FEET SIGNIFICANTLY ADDING ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL CAPABILITY TO MANY MORE DESTINATIONS.
TECHNICAL STUDIES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED CONFIRMING THAT A 10,000 FOOT RUNWAY CAN FIT IN OUR CURRENT AIRFIELD FOOTPRINT.
FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE VETTED AND VALIDATED MANY DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS.
FINAL DECISIONS ARE BEING FORMULATED REGARDING OUR AIRFIELD PLANNING REQUIREMENTS AND WILL BE DRAFTED FOR FINAL APPROVALS.
AS SHOWN IN THESE PREVIOUS SLIDES ENTERING THE S T B PROCESS, WE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL NEEDS SPECIFICALLY TO OUR AIRFIELD LAYOUT, SAFETY BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT AND RESOLVING AN F A A HOTSPOT.
THE EXTENSION OF 13, RIGHT, 31 LEFT ACCOMPLISHES THIS SAFETY REQUIREMENT, ENSURING WE MAINTAIN CAPACITY AND ENABLING SERVICE TO FARTHER INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED AND AN IMPORTANT NECESSITY.
EXTENDING 13, RIGHT, 31 LEFT TO 10,000 FEET SATISFIES THIS IMPORTANT UNDERTAKING AS WELL.
FINALLY, ACCOMMODATING LONG-TERM GROWTH WAS EQUALLY IMPORTANT.
OUR OPTIMIZATION AND APPROPRIATE AND APPROPRIATE UTILIZATION
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OF BOTH EXISTING COMMERCIAL RUNWAYS IS OBTAINED AS GROWTH DEMANDS.OUR EXISTING 13 LEFT 31 RIGHT RUNWAY COULD BE UPGRADED TO A DEPENDENT PARALLEL COMMERCIAL GRADE RUNWAY, BUT ONLY IF NEEDED.
EACH OF THESE SOLUTIONS SATISFY OUR AIRFIELD REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NEXT 20 PLUS YEARS.
ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, LET ME DEMONSTRATE OUR RANGE CAPABILITIES WITH THESE NEW SOLUTIONS IN PLANNING OUR AIRFIELD, OUR CAPABILITY TO REACH NEW AND FARTHER DESTINATIONS IS PARAMOUNT.
THE PREVIOUS AIRFIELD CONFIGURATIONS DEMONSTRATE OUR REACH WITH RUNWAYS FROM 8,500 FEET TO 10,000 FEET.
THE RED AND GREEN LINES THAT ARE REFLECTIVE OF OUR DESTINATION REACH TODAY, SHOWN ON THE MAP HERE, UTILIZE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIRCRAFT.
FOR EXAMPLE, A BOEING 7 8 7 800 COULD REACH SOME PARTS OF SOUTH AMERICA AND ALL OF CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, WHERE AN AIRBUS A 3 5900 COULD ALSO REACH THOSE SAME DESTINATIONS TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF WESTERN EUROPE.
AS DEMAND DICTATES AND A 10,000 FOOT RUNWAY IS CONSTRUCTED, THESE SAME AIRCRAFT COULD REACH ADDITIONAL DESTINATIONS INTO CENTRAL EUROPE, PARTS OF AFRICA AND ASIA.
THESE CONFIGURATIONS FINALIZE AND MEET OUR NEEDS GOING FORWARD FOR OUR AIRFIELD PLANNING.
SOME NEXT STEPS INCLUDED IN THE S T B PROCESS.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE NEED TO CONSIDER TERMINAL ALTERNATIVES.
AS WITH THE AIRFIELD LAYOUT PROGRAM, WE WILL BEGIN THE TECHNICAL AND INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR TERMINALS, AND WE'LL BRING FORWARD TERMINAL OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CITY COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY OF 2021.
WE NEED TO PLAN BEGIN THE PLANNING OF MULTIMODAL ACCESS AND DESIGN STANDARDS.
WHEN I WAS HIRED, I WAS ASKED TO ENSURE THE AIRPORT REPRESENTED AND REFLECTED A SENSE OF PLACE TO ENSURE IT HAD A LOOK AND FEEL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
WE RECENTLY HIRED A CONSULTANT TO START THIS PROCESS THAT WE'LL BEGIN TO SH THAT WE WILL BEGIN TO SHARE WITH STAKEHOLDER GROUPS REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY, BUSINESS AND TOURISM ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR INPUT.
WE PLAN TO BRING THIS BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AND BRIEF YOU ON OUR DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WILL HELP GUIDE OUR DECISION MAKING, NOT ONLY INFU IN NEW FACILITIES DEVELOPED AND IDENTIFIED IN THE S T P, BUT ALSO ON OTHER FACILITIES, INCLUDING THOSE AT STINSON.
OTHER ACTIONS WE NEED TO TAKE ARE DEVELOPING NEW CARGO TENANT AND SUPPORT FUNCTION PLANS.
WE NEED TO PERFORM ASSESSMENTS AND ADJUST FOR C OVID 19 IMPACTS.
WE HAVE TO PROVIDE INPUT FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET, WHICH WE WILL BRING FOR YOUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET.
AND THEN COMPLETE THE PLAN TO INCLUDE THE PROJECT PHASING FINANCING STRATEGIES, AND IMPLEMENTATION AND DELIVERY METHODS.
NEXT SLIDE DEPICTED ON THIS SLIDE IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL SCHEDULE AND OVERVIEW OF OUR GO FORWARD PLAN FOR THE S D P AND BRIGHT RED IS TODAY'S COUNCIL SESSION B AND GREEN IS OUR PLANNING EFFORT AND REVIEW FOR COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES AND OUR SAN ANTONIO COLORS IS OUR TECHNICAL WORK TO BE FINALIZED WITH SPECIFIC DATES FOR COMPLETION.
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDER AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO KEEP EVERYONE INVOLVED AND APPRISED.
SIMILARLY, FOR THE A S D C COMMITTEE LED BY JOHN DIXON, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION.
BELOW THE RED LINE IS OUR NOSE IS OUR NOISE EXPOSURE MAPPING WORKSHOPS THAT ARE WORKING IN PARALLEL TO OUR STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
I ALSO MENTIONED THAT I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE FOR THE 2021 OUTLOOK IN 2021.
WE WILL CONTINUE WITH SAFETY BEING OUR TOP PRIORITY REMAINING FOCUSED ON OUR THREE FUNDAMENTAL PRIORITIES OF RESPONSE, RECOVERY, AND BASIC OPERATIONS.
HERE ARE SOME QUICK OUTLOOKS FOR 2021, PASSENGER ACTIVITY LEVELS AND CONCESSION ERRORS.
OUR MODELS SHOW THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY REACH 75 TO 85% OF OUR 2019 PASSENGER LEVELS IN THE SUMMER OF 2021.
IF WE CONTINUE THE SAME GROWTH SCHEDULE, THIS NUMBER COULD STRENGTHEN WITH THE SUCCESSFUL
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INDU INTRODUCTION OF THE COVID VACCINATIONS.WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THE SAFETY OF OUR PASSENGERS AND EMPLOYEES A PRIORITY AND LOOK FOR MORE INNOVATIVE TOOLS LIKE THE XENEX ROBOT TO ENSURE PASSENGERS ARE FLYING CONFIDENT WHEN THEY FLY FROM SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL.
WHETHER WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC OR NOT WITH THE RETURN OF PASSENGERS OR CONCESSIONS WILL OPEN BY MARCH.
WE WILL REOPEN THE PRE-SECURITY SIP BREW OFFERING COFFEE AND SANDWICH OPTIONS AND REOPEN BOSS BAGELS AND TERMINAL A OVER THE COURSE OF 2021.
WE WILL LOOK AT OFFERING NEW CONCESSION CONCEPTS, INCLUDING POTENTIALLY A GHOST KITCHEN, WHICH ALLOWS PASSENGERS TO PRE-ORDER AND PREPAY FOR MEALS FROM ONE OR MORE FOOD VENDORS NEARBY.
THEN JUST SWING BY, SKIP THE LINES AND PICK UP THEIR ORDERS.
AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE CORNERSTONE CORNERSTONE OF OUR EFFORTS AND OVERVIEW OF MARCH, 2021, WITH PLANS TO HAVE 33 NONSTOP DESTINATION ROUTES AS WE PLAN FOR THE INCREASE OF PASSENGERS NATIONWIDE AIRLINES ARE PLANNING TO RETURN TO SERVICE TO MARKETS PAUSED BY COVID.
FURTHERMORE, AIRLINES RECEIVE POSITIVE NEWS IN NOVEMBER WHEN THE F A A ANNOUNCED THAT THE BOEING MAX COULD START OPERATION SOON.
WE ANTICIPATE THE AIRLINES SUCH AS SOUTHWEST AND UNITED, WHICH HAD TO REDUCE THEIR SERVICE WHEN THE MAX WAS PULLED IN 2019, WILL START OPERATING THE MAX IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2021.
FURTHER SUPPORTING MORE AIR SERVICE AT OUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN 2021.
WE WILL CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH AIRLINES TO RESTORE MARKETS DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY AND EXPAND OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE TO ALL OF THESE MARKETS CURRENTLY SERVED AND BEYOND.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY NEW MARKETS AND AIRLINE OPPORTUNITIES IN 2021.
WE HAVE SEVERAL CAPITAL PROJECTS UNDERWAY AND SOME NEW PROJECTS THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN THE YELLOW AREA, SHOWN AIR IN THE YELLOW AREA SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE, WE WILL BEGIN THE AIRFIELD IMPROVEMENT PACKAGE SEVEN, RECENTLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL TO ENHANCE OUR NORTH TAXIWAY OPERATIONS FOR NORTHERN AIRFIELD TENANTS.
IN THE ORANGE AREA WE HAVE, WE WILL BEGIN THE REHABILITATION OF OUR WEST CARGO FACILITY WITH NEW UPGRADED FACILITIES FOR OUR AIRLINE USERS AND TENANTS ALSO ALREADY APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND THE IN THE BLUE HIGHLIGHTED AREA, WE WILL BE BRINGING TWO IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY TERMINAL UPGRADES TO HELP MEET CURRENT AND FUTURE DEMANDS.
A REQUEST WILL BE MADE TO UPGRADE CONTROLS TO OUR BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM TO INCREASE BAGGAGE COMP CAPACITIES AT BOTH TERMINAL A AND TERMINAL B.
ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL BE BRINGING A TERMINAL B EXPANSION PACKAGE, RECOMMENDING AN INCREASE TO OUR GATE CAPACITIES WITH THE INSTALLATION OF NEW ADVANCED SECURITY LANES, EXPANDED FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONCESSION SPACE, AND OTHER ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
LASTLY, I CANNOT SAY IT ENOUGH, OUR EMPLOYEES ARE SUPERSTARS.
THEY HAVE ADAPTED WORKING NONSTOP TO KEEP OUR AIRPORTS MAINTAINED AND OPERATIONAL IN THE TERMINALS AND THROUGHOUT OUR FACILITIES.
FROM OUR COVID BUSTERS, A THROWBACK TO OUR GHOSTBUSTERS THEME WHO WORK RELENTLESSLY DAY AND NIGHT USING THE LIGHTS STRIKE ROBOT AND THE ELECTROSTATIC ELECTROMAGNETIC SPRAYERS, KEEPING OUR PASSENGERS, VISITORS, AND EMPLOYEES SAFE TO OUR STINSON TEAM, TO THOSE KEEPING THE AIRFIELD AND FACILITIES THAT STINSON READY FOR OUR GENERAL AVIATION USERS.
I COULD NOT BE PROUDER TO WORK WITH SUCH A COMMITTED AND DEDICATED GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS.
WITH THE PANDEMIC AND THE SLOWDOWN, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OUR ORGANIZATION, SPECIFICALLY THE FILLING OF TWO OF OUR EXECUTIVE VACANT POSITIONS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO INTRODUCING YOU IN PERSON TO, TO JENNIFER PFIZER, WHO JOINED THE ORGANIZATION TWO WEEKS AGO AS OUR CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER.
HER PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE TO HERSEL ACTIVITIES, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES.
SHE HAS MANY YEARS OF AIRLINE AND AVIATION EXPERIENCE HAVING WORKED FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES AND UBER IN EXECUTIVE AND LEADERSHIP ROLES.
I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO YOU MEETING IN PERSON MR. DAVID ROBBINS, WHO WILL JOIN THE ORGANIZATION IN JANUARY AS OUR CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER WITH PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING THE MANAGEMENT OF THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, OVERALL ASSET MANAGEMENT AND CURRENT AND FUTURE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT.
DAVID IS A VERY EXPERIENCED AIRPORT PROFESSIONAL
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TRANSITIONING FROM THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, OVERSEEING MANY LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS AT O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, INCLUDING KEEN FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND GREEN INITIATIVES.THIS COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION AND OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.
AND I THINK, UH, WE ALL KNOW WHAT TO GET YOU FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA GET YOU A NEW COMPUTER MOUSE FOR SURE.
UH, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THIS IS A REALLY GREAT UPDATE.
UH, IT'S HARD TO, UM, UH, REMEMBER, UH, WHEN THIS ALL STARTED, BUT THE, THE QUESTION THAT YOU ANSWERED AT THE BEGINNING, I THINK WAS THE APPROPRIATE ONE, WHICH IS, UM, DOES IT FIT? WE ALL KNOW THAT WE WANT A WORLD CLASS, UM, AIRPORT AND, UH, COMPETITIVE CONNECTIONS, UH, DOMESTICALLY BUT ALSO INTERNATIONALLY, UH, FOR S A T.
AND THE QUESTION THAT WE HAVE HAD OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, 30, 40 YEARS AS WE'VE DEBATED WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD BUILD A NEW AIRPORT OR, OR POTENTIALLY REINVEST IN THE ONE THAT WE'VE GOT IS, IS WHEN WE REACH THAT CAPACITY AND WE IDENTIFY WHAT NEEDS TO BE BUILT, WILL THAT ACTUALLY FIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEVENTH LARGEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND WHEN WE, UH, HEARD THE ANSWER YES, FROM DIXON'S COMMITTEE, I THINK IT WAS A RELIEF TO MANY OF US.
UM, BUT IT ALSO MEANT THAT WE, WE HAD SOME WORK TO DO.
AND SO I'M, I'M GLAD TO GET TO THIS NEXT STEP.
UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT LET ME JUST KIND OF SET THE STAGE A LITTLE BIT FOR, FOR WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO GO NEXT.
UM, AND I THINK YOU PRIORITIZED IT.
WHAT PRIORITIZED IT? WELL, UH, FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED FUNCTIONALITY, AND THAT MEANS SAFETY FOR OUR AIR PASSENGERS.
AND SO, UH, THE FIRST STEP IN, UH, TAKING RUNWAY 13 R TO 1884, UH, OR, OR TO, EXCUSE ME, TO 8,840 FEET TO UPGRADE THAT WOULD ALLOW US FOR TAXING, UH, SAFELY AND NOT IN CONFLICT.
CONFLICT WITH, UH, RUNWAY 31, I THINK NEEDS TO BE OUR TOP PRIORITY.
AND THAT SHOULD BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE A FUNDED PLAN FOR, UH, A SS A P, UM, SECOND STAGE WITH REGARD TO EXPANDING OUR, OUR REACH, UH, TO OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
UM, EXTENDING THE MAIN RUNWAY, UM, 13 L I BELIEVE IT IS, UH, TO 10,000 FEET IN THE NEAR TERM, UH, IN A 10 YEAR HORIZON, I THINK, UM, WOULD, UH, OBVIOUSLY MAKE US MORE INTERNATIONALLY COMPETITIVE, BUT ALSO ADDRESS SOME OF THE, UH, DESIRES, I THINK OUR AIR PASSENGERS LOCALLY AND, AND PEOPLE CONNECTING TO SAN ANTONIO WANNA SEE, UH, PARTICULARLY, UH, CONNECTIONS TO, TO EUROPE AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND EVEN INTO EAST ASIA.
UH, BEYOND THAT, UH, THE STRENGTH OF THIS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IN PHASES OF HOW WE COULD DEVELOP OUR AIRPORT.
AND SO BEYOND THAT, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A, A SECOND PARALLEL RUNWAY, UM, DEPENDENT OR INDEPENDENT, BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PRESENTING US SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND MORE REALISTIC WITH REGARD TO OUR CAPACITY OF HAVING A, A SECOND DEPENDENT RUNWAY, UH, AT 13 L.
UM, WHERE I THINK THE, THE IMAGINATION OF THE PUBLIC WILL GO, UM, AND HAS ALREADY GONE ACTUALLY IS WHAT THAT MEANS TO CREATING A SENSE OF PLACE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AS AN AIRPORT THAT NO LONGER LOOKS LIKE IT WAS BUILT IN 1970.
UH, WE'VE HAD A, A TERMINAL BUILT HERE IN THE LAST 20 YEARS THAT I THINK, UH, IF WE HAD TO DO IT OVER AGAIN, WE PROBABLY WOULD'VE LOOKED A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THE FUTURE AND PROBABLY NOT TRY TO DISCOUNT EXPERIENCE THE WAY WE DID.
UH, AND SO IN THE SPRINGTIME, I HOPE WE DO GET TO SEE, UH, SOME OPTIONS ABOUT WHAT A DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE TERMINALS LOOK LIKE, UM, IN TERMS OF CREATING A, A, A SENSE OF DESTINATION, UH, SOMEPLACE THAT LOOKS LIKE SAN ANTONIO, UH, UH, A TERMINAL, UH, INGRESS EGRESS THAT DEALS WITH THE KIND OF CAPACITY AND, AND, UM, SECURITY CHALLENGES THAT MODERN AIR TRAVELERS FACE.
UH, AND ALSO ONE THAT IS RESPECTIVE OF THE POST COVID ENVIRONMENT.
SO, UM, ALL THAT TO SAY IS I THINK WE, WE HAVE OUR, OUR PATH SET IN FRONT OF US.
UM, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS AT LEAST TWO YEARS AGO.
UH, IF YOU SAID THAT WE WERE GONNA SEE, UH, A PANDEMIC RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF, OF DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PLAN, AND THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE, UH, WHAT YOU'VE JUST LAID OUT TO US TODAY, I, I THINK WE, WE WOULD'VE SAID, THAT'S PROBABLY FARFETCHED.
UH, I THINK YOU'RE THE RIGHT GUY FOR THE JOB, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO THE NEXT STEPS WITH YOU.
SO I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
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UM, I'LL TURN IT OVER NOW TO MY COLLEAGUES.I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN THE QUEUE.
UH, SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO JUMP IN IMMEDIATELY, IF YOU CAN JUST WAVE YOUR HAND, I'LL JUST CALL ON YOU RIGHT NOW.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
JESUS, UH, VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN, IN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR AIRPORT SYSTEM.
AND I, AND I, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I DO WANNA HEAR MORE ABOUT.
I, I, AS, AS THE MAYOR WAS SAYING, AS WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, UH, LET'S, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THIS COUNCIL TO SEE IS SORT OF THE COMPLEX AIRSPACE THAT WE'RE IN.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU CAN PRESENT THAT IN, IN TERMS OF AIRSPACE AND NOT JUST THE RUNWAYS.
UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A REASONING, UH, BEHIND SOME OF THE WAY THE, THE AIRLINES SCHEDULE, THE, THE ROUTES AND, AND, UH, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE AND, AND, UH, LACKLAND, UH, THE WAY THEY, THEY'RE SITUATED IMPACTS, UH, THE, THE, THE AIRPORT SYSTEM, WHETHER IT'S INTERNATIONAL OR STINSON.
AND, UH, AND I THINK THAT COULD BE HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY AS, AS YOU ALSO MENTIONED, THE, THE NOISE, UH, THE NOISE, UH, MAP THAT, THAT, UH, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE AS WELL WITH THE F A A, UH, HAVE WE HAD ANY PROGRESS, UH, WITH, UM, SOME OF THE, UM, THE GUIDANCE SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED? UH, I, I'VE NOT HEARD MUCH ABOUT, UM, THE, THE, THE NEW GUIDANCE SYSTEMS THAT, THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ROLLED OUT, UH, TO, TO AIRPORTS NATIONWIDE IN THE NEXT GEN.
SO THERE'S NEXT GEN THAT WAS ADVANCING, YOU KNOW, HERE IN THE MOST RECENT, UH, PROBABLY OVER THE LAST FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S A NEW SYSTEM THAT'S CALLED G A SS.
IT'S ALSO ON GLOBAL POSITIONING THAT ALLOWS YOU TO LAND AN AIRCRAFT WITHIN THREE FEET BASED ON THE G A S SYSTEM.
IT, IT'S ONLY EQUIPPED WITH ON YOUR AIRCRAFT.
THAT TOO, IS BEING LOOKED AT AND CONSIDERED IN ALL OF OUR LONG-TERM FUTURE PLANNING.
UM, HENCE THE REASONING WHY WE BELIEVE THE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS THAT WE PRESENTED WITH YOU ALL TODAY IS IT, IT COVERS OUR ABILITY TO TAKE OFF AND LAND AIRCRAFT TO AIRCRAFT WITHIN THE AIRFIELD FOOTAGE, UH, COMBINES THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED TO YOU.
YEAH, NO, AND I, AND, UH, I THINK, UM, AGAIN, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT THIS AIRPORT DOES FIT OUR MISSION.
IN FACT, I WOULD GO ONE STEP FURTHER AND SAY THAT IT, IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL TO HAVE AN AIRPORT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS LIKE WE HAVE.
UH, AND IT, IT REALLY SETS US APART IN MANY WAYS.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S A WELCOME, WELCOME, UH, UH, RESULT IN TERMS OF, UH, THE, THE CAPACITY OF THE AIRPORT TO CONTINUE TO GROW WITH THE CITY.
AND, AND I HOPE THAT, THAT WE CAN, UH, BALANCE THE SORT OF THE PLANNING OF, OF, OF WHAT'S NEXT, UH, WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S COMING TO BE MORE ACCURATE ABOUT WHERE PLANES CAN, UH, CAN LAND.
SO, UM, ON TOP OF THAT, I, YOU KNOW, THE, THE IDEA OF EXPANDING TO, TO, TO 10,000 FEET AND THE, AND THE, AND MAKING ONE THREE LEFT, UM, UH, A PARALLEL RUNWAY, UH, UH, E EQUIDISTANT.
UM, TELL US WHAT, WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THAT AND HOW DOES THAT MIMIC, UH, WHAT RANDOLPH, UH, AIR FORCE BASE HAS AND HOW, UM, AUSTIN, UH, BERGSTROM HAS A SIMILAR CONFIGURATION, THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.
YOU KNOW, JUST TO TRY AND KEEP IT AS, AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, HAVING TWO PARALLEL RUNWAYS, ONE BEING 10,000 FEET AND ONE BEING 8,500 FEET AS WE SHOWED YOU IN THE LAST CONFIGURATION, BASICALLY ALLOWS YOU TO UTILIZE ONE RUNWAY FOR PRIMARY ARRIVALS AND ONE RUNWAY FOR PRIMARY DEPARTURES, AND ALLOWS AIRCRAFT TO EASILY TAXI IN AND OUT.
AND IT IMPROVES THE OVERALL EFFICIENCY OF HOW WE'RE MOVING AIRCRAFT IN THE AIR AND IN THE GROUND WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS IN THE FEDERAL, UH, AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AIRCRAFT TOWER, UH, OPERATION.
SO, UH, GREAT QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.
THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY I COULD EXPLAIN IT.
NO, THAT, THAT, THAT'S A GREAT ANSWER.
I COULD, I COULDN'T HAVE ANSWERED IT BETTER MYSELF.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY FANTASTIC.
UM, AND THEN, AND THEN LASTLY, WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STINSON.
AND YOU MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, STINSON, UH, HAS NOT SEEN A DOWNTURN, AND THIS IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE, LAST TIME PRESENTED, I, I, I TALKED ABOUT THIS.
I, I TALKED ABOUT HOW, UH, GENERAL AVIATION IS ONE OF THOSE, UH, AREAS IN AVIATION.
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IT IS THE LARGEST PART OF AVIATION.AND, UM, AND, AND WITH SO MUCH, UH, BEING IMPACTED LIKE, LIKE OSHKOSH, UH, THIS YEAR, AIR VENTURE, UH, AND MANY OF THE AIR SHOWS, UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS, IT'S, IT'S AN IMP IT'S A CRITICAL TIME TO TRY TO CAPTURE THAT AUDIENCE AND MAKE STINSON REALLY STAND OUT WITHIN THE GENERAL AVIATION POPULATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, I I, YOU, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD DO IT BRIEFLY, BUT YOU TELL US WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING TO, TO, UH, TO GET US, UH, IN FRONT OF MORE GENERAL AVIATION ENTHUSIASTS AND WORKING WITH, UH, FOLKS LIKE, UH, A OPA OR EXPERIMENTAL, UH, AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION, UH, AND SO FORTH TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT, UH, WHAT, WHAT A JEWEL WE HAVE IN A GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT.
YEAH, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO AS WELL.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT, UH, KEENLY IN 2021.
UH, I MENTIONED TO YOU ALL, WE HIRED, UM, JENNIFER, JENNIFER PFIZER, WHO'S OUR CHIEF COMMERCIAL, UH, OFFICER.
UH, SHE TOO HAS WORKED AT, UH, A NUMBER OF SMALL, UM, GA AIR AIRPORTS.
SO SHE'S E EQUALLY EXCITED TO MARKET AND RECOGNIZE, UH, STINSON.
SO WE WILL, WE WILL BRING FORWARD AND WE WILL HAVE SOME SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATIONS AND MEET WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE DIFFERENT EFFORTS THAT WE CAN LAUNCH IN 2021.
JUST, UH, KEEPING IT SIMPLE, WE, I, I'VE TALKED TO THE TEAM ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER A CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR STINSON SO THAT WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THAT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND ACROSS THE REGION AND IN THE NATION TO TRY AND ATTRACT THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS AND COMMUTERS TO WANT TO COME TO STINSON AS WELL.
IT'S A, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, UH, MAYBE A, A, A SEPARATE BRIEFING.
'CAUSE UM, I, I, I STILL SEE SOME, SOME, SOME BASIC THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO WORK WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, A OPA AND E A A TO, TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, AND ATTRACT MORE GENERAL AVIATION, UH, FOLKS DOWN TO SAN ANTONIO, DOWN TO STINSON.
AND, UH, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, JUST APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND THE HARD WORK OF, OF YOUR STAFF IN, IN A VERY TRYING TIME.
AND JESUS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, WE'VE SEEN BITS AND PIECES OF THIS IN THE PAST, BUT, UH, UM, THIS IS A, THIS IS A BIG STEP FORWARD FOR SAN ANTONIO, AND, AND I APPRECIATE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE, UH, CHANGES THAT IS KIND OF BEING PUT FORWARD AT THIS POINT.
UM, BUT, UM, WHERE ARE WE WITH COMMUNICATING THIS INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE? HAVE WE HAD MEETINGS, UH, UM, I KNOW WE HAD MEETINGS IN THE PAST, BUT WHERE ARE WE ON WHAT YOU'VE JUST PRESENTED TODAY? HAS THIS BEEN PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC YET, OR WHAT'S THE PLAN? THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, FOR THAT.
WE, UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VIRTUALLY AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH A, A NUMBER OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITIES.
UM, WE HAVE A WEBSITE THAT'S ESTABLISHED.
WE WANTED TO PRESENT THIS TO CITY COUNCIL, AND WE WILL BE TAKING THIS FORWARD AND FURTHER TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, TO SHOW THEM THESE FINAL RESOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING, AT LEAST JUST FOR THE AIRFIELD LAYOUT PLAN.
WE WILL BEGIN TO START WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE TERMINAL FACILITIES COULD, COULD LOOK LIKE I MENTIONED, DESIGN STANDARDS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE TYPES OF, OF DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED.
WE'RE GONNA WANNA WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE INVOLVED AND PARTICIPATE WITH ALL OF THESE EFFORTS.
SO WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO TAKE WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES TO START TELLING THEM, HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
WE NEED YOUR, WE NEED YOUR COMMENTS.
WE HAVE A 30, 60, 90 DAY PLAN SCHEDULE OF TAKING THIS FORWARD IN THE NEXT 30, 60, 90 DAYS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM GOING FORWARD.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, TAKING IT ACROSS SAN ANTONIO AND GETTING SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY INPUT? YES, SIR.
BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE'VE HAD, WE WILL BE DOING THAT VIRTUALLY, AND WHEN POSSIBLE, WE'LL DO IT IN PERSON, BUT WE WILL BE DOING THAT VIRTUALLY AS, AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
VERY SIMILAR TO THE EXERCISE WE JUST DID WITH THE NOISE EXPOSURE MAPPING EXERCISE THAT WE JUST HAD.
UH, WE HAD OVER 250 PARTICIPANTS THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH THAT EXERCISE.
WE'LL BE DOING THAT SAME TYPE OF VIRTUAL EXERCISE GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET THIS COMPLETED IN 2021.
AND I, I, I'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO BE GIVEN AS MUCH ADVANCED NOTICE TO GET THAT WORD
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OUT TO MY DISTRICT AS TO WHEN THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING, SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT, GETTING AS MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE IT WILL, UH, DEFINITELY IMPACT OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN DISTRICT NINE.AND I, UH, NOT DISTRICT 10, AND I WAS THINKING MY GOOD FRIEND COUNCILMAN COURAGE IN HIS DISTRICT AS WELL, DISTRICT NINE.
UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT CAPACITY AND, AND, UM, YOU SAID THAT THE CAPACITY COULD GO UP TO, WHAT IS IT, THE 207,000 BY, UH, 2040.
WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU BASING THE CAPACITY ON? I MEAN, IS IT TARMAC WAIT TIMES AND, YOU KNOW, OR YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PASSENGERS YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET THROUGH THE TERMINALS WITH A CONSTANT TURNAROUND OF AIRPLANES, OR WHAT IS, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HERE? THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY, FOR THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION THAT I WAS PROVIDING TODAY WAS SPECIFIC FOR THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN.
YEAH, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I'VE FLOWN THROUGH THE AIRPORT, WE'VE GOTTEN ON THE AIRPLANE AND TOOK RIDE ON OFF.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT TO ME IS A, A REAL TEST OR DETERMINING FACTOR ON WHEN YOU NEED TO EXPAND AND NOT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, JUST LENGTHENING, UH, UH, RUNWAYS OR WHATEVER TO INCREASE CAPACITY.
BUT WHAT'S YOUR TARMAC TIME? I'VE BEEN AT AIRPORTS AT, I'VE SAT FOR AN HOUR PLUS ON THE TARMAC WAITING TO TAKE OFF BECAUSE OF THE LONG, LONG LINES OF AIRPLANES HERE.
YOU GET ON, YOU TAKE OFF, THERE'S NO WAIT TIME AT ALL.
SO HOW IS THAT BEING FACTORED INTO YOUR, YOUR, UM, EXPANSION PLANS HERE? THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IS EXACTLY THAT.
COUNCILMAN PERRY, WE LOOK AT ON TIME PERFORMANCE FOR ARRIVALS AND TAKEOFFS.
WE LOOK AT TAXI TIME PERFORMANCE AS WELL FOR AIRCRAFT THAT ARE TAXING TO AND FROM THE TERMINAL AREA AND TO AND FROM THE RUNWAYS.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR PERFORMANCE THAT WE HAVE.
SO WHEN WE STARTED TO GO DOWN THE, DOWN THIS PROCESS OF DEFINING WHAT WE NEEDED TO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE OVER THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, 10, 20, 30 YEARS, IT'S EXACTLY AS YOU STATED, WHAT IS OUR PERFORMANCE TODAY AND WHAT'S GONNA BE REQUIRED GOING FORWARD BASED ON OUR AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS? SO I PROVIDED YOU WITH 165,000 OPERATIONS.
THE EXISTING AIRFIELD, THE WAY IT IS BUILT TODAY, HAS THE CAPACITY TO GO TO 207,000 OPERATIONS.
WE STILL HAVE 20 TO 30% CAPACITY LEFT IN WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.
SO BEFORE WE GO OUT AND FOCUS ON DOING ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO THESE AIRFIELD LAYOUT PLANS, I WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ASKED, ANSWERED THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS SO THAT WE TAKE THE APPROPRIATE, NECESSARY STEPS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WHEREAS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TERMINAL FACILITY, THAT NEEDS A LOT OF ATTENTION, AS MENTIONED BY OUR MAYOR, THAT THAT NEEDS A LOT OF ATTENTION.
SO WE WILL PUT A LOT OF FOCUS AND ATTENTION INTO THAT TECHNICAL INFORMATION AS WELL GOING FORWARD BETWEEN NOW AND THE FEBRUARY MARCH TIMELINE.
UH, THANKS FOR THAT INFORMATION.
UH, WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LENGTHENING THE RUNWAY, AND I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE OVER THE LAST 2030 YEARS, AIRPLANES HAVE IMPROVED, THE ENGINES HAVE IMPROVED, THE LONG HAUL DISTANCES HAVE IMPROVED.
EVEN THE LENGTH OF RUNWAY IS REQUIRED FOR THESE LARGER AIRPLANES.
THEY'RE NOT NEEDING AS MUCH RUNWAY LENGTH AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST.
AND SO, I, I DON'T WANT TO JUST JUMP IN THERE BECAUSE THIS IS A LONG RANGE PLAN TO 2040 AND, UH, WE ADD A LOT OF MONEY TO THE AIRFIELD.
AND COME TO FIND OUT IN 40 YEARS, YOU'RE NOT GONNA NEED THAT LENGTH OF RUNWAY.
AND TO GO ALONG WITH THAT, I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, AT THIS POINT, HAVE Y'ALL OFFICIALLY REACHED OUT OR HAD MEETINGS WITH SOME OF THE MAJOR AIRLINES LIKE AMERICAN UNITED, UM, THOSE MAJOR AIRLINES THAT ARE PROVIDING SERVICES TO THOSE EUROPEAN, AFRICAN SOUTH AMERICAN FLIGHTS, AND WHAT WOULD IN, UH, WOULD EVEN BE INTERESTED IN, UH, OPENING THOSE SERVICES HERE AT SAN ANTONIO, IF WE EVEN HAD THE RUNWAY TO SUPPORT IT? AT THIS POINT, I'M, I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT WE, WE GET INTO THIS MENTALITY, BUILD IT, AND THEY WILL COME.
WE'VE GOT AN EXAMPLE OF THAT RIGHT DOWNTOWN, AND IT HASN'T WORKED.
AND I THINK THE MAJOR AIRLINES NEED TO BE A CRITICAL PARTNER IN THIS AND DISCUSSING THIS WITH THEM ON, HEY, IF WE DO THIS, WILL YOU EXPAND YOUR SERVICES? WILL YOU GET OUT THERE
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AND GO TO, UH, THE MIDDLE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES? WILL YOU, WILL YOU GO TO AFRICA OR SOUTH AMERICA IF WE DO THIS? I I, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DEFINITIVE FROM THE MAJORS IF THEY WERE, IF THEY'D EVEN BE WILLING TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE OFFERING THAT SERVICE RIGHT NOW OUT OF HOUSTON, OUT OF DALLAS, AND EVEN AUSTIN.AND WHAT'S TO SAY THAT THEY WOULD DO THAT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? UH, I, I THINK THEY'RE PERFECTLY HAPPY ON USING SAN ANTONIO AND MAKING THAT CONNECTION TO HOUSTON, DALLAS, OR E EVEN AUSTIN, TO, UM, MAKE THAT MAKE THAT LONG FLIGHT.
SO I, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE YOU REACH OUT TO THOSE, UM, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND LET'S GET THEIR INPUT, GET THEIR THOUGHTS, AND GET IT, GET IT IN WRITING, GET, GET THEM TO SAY YES.
WE WOULD DEFINITELY, UH, COME AND USE YOUR, USE YOUR FACILITIES, BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE FACILITIES DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GONNA COME IN AND USE IT.
AND I, I, I JUST WANT TO AVOID THAT AT ALL COSTS.
SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT COME OUT OF YOUR, UM, YOUR OFFICE THERE AND, UH, SEE HOW THAT IMPACTS THE OVERALL PLAN, ESPECIALLY ON, UM, LENGTHENING THOSE RUNWAYS.
BECAUSE IF IT DOES HAPPEN THAT WE GET IN POSSIBLY BIGGER AIRPLANES, LONGER RANGES, ALONG WITH THAT COMES NOISE, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GONNA GET PUSHBACK FROM, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND, AND, UH, DISTRICTS SAYING, HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO US? YOU KNOW? YEAH, WE KNEW THE AIRPORT WAS THERE, BUT NOW YOU'RE INCREASING THE NOISE COMING OUT OF THERE WITH BIGGER JETS, LOUDER, LOUDER ENGINES, AND ALL THAT OTHER KIND OF STUFF.
SO, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN HERE, JESUS, AND WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THAT, THAT REGARD TO SEE WHAT INDUSTRY IS GONNA SAY AND HELP US WITH, UH, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO HERE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS, SIR.
UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
YOU KNOW, THANK YOU JESUS, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO THANK MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCILMAN PERRY, FOR BRINGING UP SO MANY OF THE POINTS THAT I THINK ARE VERY RELEVANT FOR THE PEOPLE IN, IN OUR DISTRICTS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S DISTRICT NINE, IT'S DISTRICT 10, AND EVEN DISTRICT ONE, UH, WHERE WE HAVE OVERLAPPING COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN VOICING THEIR CONCERNS FOR MANY YEARS ABOUT THE AIRPORT.
AND IT HAS BEEN PREDOMINANTLY THE NOISE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE MENTIONED TO YOU BEFORE, AND I'LL ALWAYS MENTION THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I HEAR FROM ALL THE TIME FROM PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT, AND I KNOW THE OTHERS DO AS WELL.
UM, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO IN THAT AREA IS RELEVANT TO THE FUTURE.
BECAUSE IF WE'RE GONNA GO OUT AND, AND MEASURE THE, UH, PROBLEMS WITH SOUND IN SAN ANTONIO AROUND THE AIRPORT TODAY, THAT IS NOTHING LIKE WHAT IT'S GONNA BE 18 TO 24 MONTHS OR 36 MONTHS FROM NOW WHEN WE GET BACK INTO A MORE NORMAL AIR TRAVEL PATTERN.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A QUESTION THAT I HAVE STILL THAT I HOPE WE CAN ANSWER.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT, AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD THIS, BUT UH, IT'S SOMETHING WE HEARD WHEN WE ORIGINALLY LOOKED AT A MASTER PLAN THAT WAS BEING DEVELOPED, ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS EXPANDING THE AIRPORT NORTH INTO SOME PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALREADY DEVELOPED.
AND, UH, I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT WHAT YOU WERE PROPOSING, UH, DIDN'T SEE THAT AS A NECESSITY ANY TIME IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS, OR POSSIBLY EVEN BEYOND, BECAUSE AS SOON AS THAT WAS A, A PART OF A DISCUSSION THAT TOOK PLACE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, UH, I KNOW COUNCILMAN PERRY AND I HEARD FROM PEOPLE ABOUT, WELL, ARE THEY GONNA BE EXPANDING THE AIRPORT? THEY'RE GONNA TAKE MY PROPERTY.
AM I GONNA HAVE TO MOVE MY BUSINESS? SO, UH, THE MORE YOU CAN SHARE WHAT YOU ARE SEEING AS A FUTURE FOR THE AIRPORT, AND THE MORE THE CITY COMMITS TO THAT PROGRAM GOING FORWARD, I THINK THE MORE WE CAN REASSURE A LOT OF THE BUSINESS PEOPLE AROUND THE AIRPORT AS WELL AS, UH, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING THE, THE SOUND PROBLEM, UH, AROUND THE AIRPORT, THE MORE REASSURED PEOPLE WILL BE THAT THIS IS GONNA BE THE KIND OF PLAN THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT.
SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THOSE POINTS.
YOU, YOU LIKE ALWAYS, YOU DO A GREAT JOB.
AND, UM, I'M PROUD THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE OUR GUY AT OUR AIRPORT.
UM, I, I WONDER IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE'RE NOT DOING THAT IS WITHIN OUR CONTROL TO ABATE NOISE.
UH, I I, I GET THE FEELING EVERY TIME WE TALK TO YOU GUYS THAT,
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YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE KIND OF PULLING FROM EVERY LIBRARY YOU POSSIBLY HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU, UH, TO ABATE NOISE.AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR A LITTLE BIT CLOSE TO 30 YEARS NOW, AND DURING MY ENTIRE TIME IN SAN ANTONIO, THIS HAS JUST BEEN THE PERENNIAL PROBLEM, RIGHT? UH, EVERYBODY WHO LIVES AROUND THE AIRPORT HATES THE SOUND OF AIRPLANES FLYING OVERHEAD.
AND, UH, BUT I'VE, I'VE LIVED IN OTHER CITIES TOO, AND THAT'S THE COMPLAINT AROUND EVERY AIRPORT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WHEN YOU HAVE AN AIRPORT, YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA GET PEOPLE UP THERE WHO JUST DON'T LIKE THE SOUND OF AIRPLANES, AND THEY'RE RIGHT.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE RIGHT TO NOT LIKE THE SOUND OF AIRPLANES.
HAVING AN AIRPLANE FLY OVER YOUR HEAD EVERY SINGLE DAY IS, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN CERTAINLY GREAT THE NERVES.
I I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW DIFFICULT THAT MUST BE.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, AIRPLANES MAKE NOISE.
AND SO IS THERE SOMETHING WE'RE NOT DOING? NO.
UM, WE, WE HAVE A NOISE ABATEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS NOISE EXPOSURE MAPPING EXERCISE AS WELL.
IT IS JUST AS, AS YOU HAVE STATED, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE ALL OF THESE AIRPORTS ACROSS THE NATION, OVER 400 COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS THAT OPERATE IN THE UNITED STATES AND WHERE THEY WERE PLACED AND ALL OF THE GROWTH THAT HAS EXPANDED AROUND THEM, IT'S GREAT FOR THE ECONOMIC IMPACT.
UM, AS COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY STATED, AIRLINES ARE DOING A LOT, AND, AND, UH, AIRCRAFT MANU MANUFACTURERS ARE, ARE DOING AN ABUNDANCE AS WELL TO REDUCE THE NOISE AND, AND MAKE LEANER MEANER SWIFTER AIRCRAFT TO COME IN AND OUT FOR SHORT RANGE AND LONG RANGE DESTINATIONAL, UH, UM, REACHES.
WE HAVE A NOISE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A NOISE STAFF MEMBER THAT WORKS ON NOTHING BUT NOISE COMPLAINTS.
IT'S, IT'S VERY SIMPLY, LIKE YOU STATED, IN ANY AIRPORT YOU GO TO, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE COMPLAINTS.
IF THEY ARE NOT IN A WIDE OPEN AREA WHERE YOU HAVE TO DRIVE 30, 40, 50 MILES AWAY TO GO GET TO IT, WHERE THERE'S NOTHING AROUND IT, UM, THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THAT SITUATION, OR IF YOU BOUGHT, YOU KNOW, 20, 30,000 ACRES OF LAND TO PUT THE AIRPORT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE SO THAT YOU DON'T HEAR THEM TAKEN OFF AND LANDING OTHER THAN THAT, UM, IT'S A, IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM AT AIRPORTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE NATION.
AND I THINK OUR JOB AS CITY COUNCIL IS NOT JUST TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS, BUT ALSO TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS.
UM, AND WHAT I, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT NOISE ABATEMENT AND THE NOISE PLAN AND ALL THAT, IT, IT MIGHT LEAD SOME PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE'RE AIMING FOR IS AN AIRPORT AND THAT NOBODY CAN HEAR.
AND I, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ON PLANET EARTH IN 2020, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ANYTIME SOON, OR AT LEAST NOT WITHIN OUR LIFETIME, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AIRPLANES WITH JETS ON THEM THAT MAKE NO NOISE.
UH, AND SO I, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY FEEL FOR, UM, MY TWO COLLEAGUES IN, IN D NINE AND D 10, 'CAUSE I'M, I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY PEOPLE MUST BE UP, YOU KNOW, ANNOYED AT THAT NOISE.
AND, UH, I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN WATCHING EVERYBODY WHO'S OCCUPIED THOSE SEATS OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES.
AND THIS IS JUST THE, THE THING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ALBATROSS AROUND THEIR NECK IS, IS THE, UH, IS THIS NOISE ISSUE.
AND, UM, I, I, AND I KNOW THAT DISTRICT ONE ALSO HAS, HAS THIS, THIS NOISE PROBLEM.
UM, AND, AND, AND I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE STRAIGHT WITH THE PUBLIC, WHICH IS TO HAVE A BIG WORLD CLASS AIRPORT MEANS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE NOISE.
AND, UM, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, LEAD PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, OR AT LEAST GIVE PEOPLE FALSE HOPE THAT THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE TELLING PEOPLE IN LUBBOCK, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON FIXING THE BAD SMELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.
UH, IF YOU LIVE IN LUBBOCK, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, EVERY FEW, EVERY FEW DAYS, YOU'RE GONNA GET A TERRIBLE SMELL DEPENDING ON WHICH WE, YOU KNOW, WHICH, UH, WHICH DIRECTION THE WIND IS BLOWING IN.
UH, AGAIN, JESUS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
CAST MEMBER PLIE, CAST MEMBER
THANK YOU JESUS, VERY MUCH FOR, UM, THE PRESENTATION AND THAT THIS WILL WORK ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND VISION FOR THE AIRPORT.
OUR AIRPORT SYSTEM IS, IS NOT GOING TO STOP THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH AND MOVE ALONG LOOKING AT THE SOLUTIONS.
I'M GLAD TO HAVE MET, UM, JENNIFER THE OTHER DAY.
SO WE CAN, UH, JENNIFER, CORRECT? YES, YES, MA'AM.
JENNIFER, THE OTHER DAY TO LOOK FOR CREATIVE SOLUTIONS AND, UM, BE, UH, DISRUPTORS IN OUR OWN WAY SO WE CAN, UH, FIX THINGS AND MAKE THEM BETTER.
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UH, THANK YOU JESUS, CARLOS, ERIC, FOR LISTENING TO ME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NOT STOP PAYING ATTENTION TO THE WORK AT STINSON, BECAUSE STINSON IS PART, UH, TAKING ME SERIOUSLY.BECAUSEIN IS PART OF THE ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL RESURGENCE OF THIS ENTIRE CITY.
COUNCIL MEMBER
UH, THA THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNCIL, MA, UH, MEMBERS, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, MAYOR.
[2. 20-7136 Briefing on the Violence Prevention Section at Metro Health. [Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD, Assistant City Manager; Sandra Guerra, MD, MPH, Interim Deputy Public Health Director, Health]]
UM, WE DO HAVE A SECOND ITEM TODAY, SO LET ME TURN IT BACK TO STATE MANAGER WALSH.UM, SO THE, THE SECOND ITEM IS A BRIEFING ON OUR, OUR, OUR NEW VIOLENCE PREVENTION DIVISION AT METRO HEALTH.
AND AS ALL OF YOU WILL, UH, WILL REMEMBER THAT IN, IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, UH, THE COUNCIL APPROVED AN EXPANSION, UH, OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
UM, THE, UH, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE MOVED, UH, WE CREATED SOME ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.
WE EXPANDED SOME ROLES AND WE TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES.
BUT THE IDEA WAS TO CONSOLIDATE THOSE FUNCTIONS ALL IN ONE DIVISION OF, OF, UH, METRO HEALTH.
WE ALL KNOW THAT VIOLENCE IS, UM, UH, A LEADING SOURCE OF, OF A NUMBER OF, UH, CALAMITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, PREMATURE DEATH, UM, AND, AND, AND OTHER, UM, ISSUES SUCH AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THE EXPANSION GIVES US, UH, THE SUPPORT WE NEED TO, UH, HOPEFULLY WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING THE OVERALL HEALTH OF SAN ANTONIO.
THE, UM, THE, UH, NEW SECTION, UH, UNIFIES THE SOUTH TEXAS TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE CONSORTIUM, UH, AND COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, THAT INCLUDES, UH, AREAS SUCH AS DIRECT INTERVENTION AND CRISIS RESPONSE THROUGH PROGRAMS SUCH AS STANDUP SA, WHICH WAS EXPANDED THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, OUR TRIPLE P PROGRAM AND THE WORK THAT THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, UM, CIVILIAN, UH, CASEWORKERS, UH, PROVIDE.
AND, AND BY LINKING THE POLICY AND PRACTICE INTO ONE SECTION, THE IDEA IS THAT WE SHORTEN THE PATH OF TRANSLATION, UH, FROM COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE TO POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, AND RESOLUTION.
SO THE PRESENTATION OF THIS AFTERNOON WILL GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE SECTIONS, COMPONENTS AND INTRODUCTION.
AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO, UH, JENNY HICKSON, WHO IS OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR AT METRO HEALTH, TO GIVE THE THIS AFTERNOON'S PRESENTATION.
AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS AFTERNOON TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION SECTION.
SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA KIND OF DO A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH IS TO VIOLENCE PREVENTION, THE BURDEN OF VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SOME OF THE SHARED RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS, AND THEN REVIEW SORT OF THE, UH, VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS A SECTION, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO, A PUBLIC HEALTH IS FUNDAMENTALLY THE SCIENCE OF PREVENTION, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE WAYS THAT WE CAN MEASURE VIOLENCE IN TERMS OF THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES? HOW CAN WE UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE, UM, SHARED RISK FACTORS AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS AROUND VIOLENCE AND HOW THOSE DETERMINE WHO EXPERIENCES VIOLENCE AND WHO USES VIOLENCE.
AND THEN IDENTIFYING INTERVENTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT REDUCE THOSE RISKS THAT CAN STRENGTHEN OUR PROTECTIVE FACTORS, AND THAT CAN REDUCE AND MITIGATE HARM WHEN VIOLENCE DOES OCCUR IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, WHILE IN PUBLIC HEALTH, WE GENERALLY MEASURE THE COST OF VIOLENCE IN TERMS OF THE HUMAN COST, VIOLENCE IS, UM, VERY EXPENSIVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE KNOW THAT WE LOSE 1.5 MILLION YEARS OF PRODUCTIVE LIFE LOSS TO VIOLENCE.
AND WHAT THAT JUST REALLY MEANS IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DYING DUE TO VIOLENCE ARE DYING YOUNG.
UM, THEY'RE DYING IN THE PRIME OF THEIR LIVES.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE SPEND $16.6 BILLION, UM, ON GUN VIOLENCE RELATED COSTS.
SO THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE, UH, MEDICAL CARE THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE LOST WAGES FROM MISSED WORK THAT INCLUDES, UM, THE COST OF INCARCERATION.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE LIFETIME COST OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO SURVIVORS IS $3.6 TRILLION, UM, IN ALL OF THOSE LOST WAGES.
AND, UM, THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE CARRY WITH THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
SO, IN BEAR COUNTY, WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE TO US? UM, IN 2019, WE HAD 5,373 CONFIRMED CASES OF CHILD ABUSE, AND NINE CHILDREN WERE KILLED DUE TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
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FOR OUR FAMILY VIOLENCE.WE LOST 12 WOMEN WHO WERE MURDERED BY THEIR MALE INTIMATE PARTNERS AND 27 MURDERS THAT WERE CONSIDERED FAMILY VIOLENCE.
AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETIMES A CONFUSING NUMBER, BUT THAT INCLUDES, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE AND FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIPS.
UM, AND THERE WERE 13,461 FAMILY VIOLENCE REPORTS FROM S A P D.
WE ALSO LOST 261 PEOPLE DUE TO SUICIDE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T INCLUDE IN THIS DISCUSSION OF VIOLENCE.
BUT, UM, IT IS PART OF WHAT WE CONSIDER VIOLENT DEATHS AND 159 PEOPLE DUE TO HOMICIDES.
UM, IT'S A, IT PLACES A HUGE TOLL ON OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, PLACING THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION DIVISION IN OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT PUTS EQUAL WEIGHT TO THE IMPACT OF VIOLENCE ON THE HEALTH AND OUR COMMUNITY, AS IT DOES TO SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE TYPICALLY ASSOCIATE WITH PUBLIC HEALTH.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT VIOLENCE IS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE PERSISTENT HEALTH DISPARITIES THAT WE SEE BETWEEN BLACK PEOPLE AND WHITE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR IN GENERAL, BLACK WOMEN ARE 2.2 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE MURDERED IN INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE THAN WHITE WOMEN IN TEXAS, SPECIFICALLY, UH, DEATH BY HOMICIDES FOR MALES WITH 3.4 TIMES THAT OF WOMEN.
AND THE DEATH RATE FOR BLACK NON-HISPANIC MALES WAS 26, UH, TIMES, UH, OR WAS THREE POINT, UH, FIVE TIMES HIGHER THAN THE DEATH RATE OF MALES FOR ANY OTHER, UM, RACE OR ETHNICITY GROUP.
SO WHAT IS OUR VISION FOR THIS NEW SECTION? OUR VISION IS TO STOP VIOLENCE FROM HAPPENING BEFORE IT STARTS BY BUILDING EQUITABLE, EMPOWERED COMMUNITIES WHO CAN HEAL PAST HARM AND GROW SAFE FUTURES.
UH, WE REALLY FEEL LIKE INCLUDING HEALING AND GROWING FUTURES IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.
A LOT OF TIMES IN VIOLENCE, WE JUST TALK ABOUT ALL THE TERRIBLE THINGS THAT HAPPEN, BUT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN HEAL FROM THOSE.
WE ALSO USE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT ALL OF OUR WORK NEEDS TO BE FAIR.
IT NEEDS TO BE FOCUSED ON SOLUTIONS AND IT NEEDS TO BE BALANCED.
SO WE HAVE TO INCLUDE BOTH PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION, POLICY AND PROGRAMMING, AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN PREDICT, UH, PROTECT CHILDREN, BUT ALSO HEAL ADULTS.
I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS MORE IF YOU WANT ME TO.
SO OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION SECTION INCLUDES THREE MAIN PILLARS.
UM, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AROUND GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, WHICH IS THROUGH STANDUP A AND OUR HOSPITAL BASED VIOLENCE RESPONDER PROGRAM.
OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORK, WHICH INCLUDES THE WORK WITH THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, OUR LOVE IS COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN, THE C R T'S HIGH RISK CASE MANAGEMENT, UM, AND OUR CHILD AND YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION, WHICH INCLUDES THE WORK OF THE TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE CONSORTIUM, TRIPLET TO GOOD FOR VIOLENCE ON THE WORK WE'RE DOING WITH COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS.
SO I'M GONNA BRIEFLY TOUCH ON EACH OF THESE.
SO, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT STANDUP SA SEVERAL TIMES IN THIS, UH, CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
THE EXPANSION INCLUDED MAKING ALL OF OUR STANDUP EMPLOYEES FULL-TIME, WHICH WAS REALLY WONDERFUL.
AND ALSO ADDING A WEST SIDE TEAM AND ALSO RENEWING THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD WITH CURE VIOLENCE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS THE GOLD STANDARD ORGANIZATION AROUND VIOLENCE, INTERRUPTER, UM, UH, SORT OF PROGRAMS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
AND RENEWING THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM ALLOWS US TO USE THEIR DATA SYSTEMS TO COLLECT DATA ON OUR PROGRAM, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE REALLY WANT TO DO.
AND IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO GET ACCESS TO THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UM, THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE, WHICH IS REALLY GONNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROGRAM IS THE BEST IT CAN BE.
WE ALSO ARE EXPANDING OUR COLLABORATION WITH HOBBY.
SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STANDUP, UH, STANDUP ESSAY.
STANDUP, UM, IS IN THE CURE VIOLENCE MODEL, WHICH I MENTIONED IS BASED IN THINK THINKING ABOUT VIOLENCE AS A TRANS, UH, COMMUNICABLE DISEASE.
UM, IT WAS DEVELOPED BY EPIDEMIOLOGIST KIN IN, UH, CHICAGO.
AND WHAT HE WAS THINKING ABOUT IS THAT WHEN ONE PERSON EXPERIENCES VIOLENCE IN A COMMUNITY, THE VIOLENCE TENDS TO SPREAD AROUND THAT INCIDENT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT MOST VIOLENCE THAT HAPPENS IS INTERPERSONAL.
SO IT HAPPENS WITH PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, SO HE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW CAN WE STOP THE TRANSMISSION THE SAME WAY THAT WE STOPPED DISEASE TRANSMISSION.
NOW THAT ALL OF US IN THE COMMUNITY ARE FLUENT IN THE LANGUAGE OF CASE INVESTIGATION, UM, I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND HOW THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT STANDUP DOES IS ESSENTIALLY GOES OUT, IDENTIFIES THE PERSON WHO'S EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE, AND THEN TRIES TO INTERRUPT THAT CYCLE BY PREVENTING IT FROM SPREADING TO OTHER PEOPLE BY DOING A LOT OF DIFFERENT MEDIATION, UM, HELPING PEOPLE, UM, COPE WITH THE TRAUMA AND IDENTIFY OTHER WAYS TO RESOLVE CONFLICT.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, THE HOSPITAL BASED VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER PROGRAM, VIOLENCE RESPONDER, WHICH WE'RE WORKING WITH B, C, AND, UH, ON,
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UM, HOW WE CAN DEVELOP THAT RELATIONSHIP SO THAT WHEN THERE IS A SHOOTING THAT OCCURS, THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN GO INTO THE HOSPITALS, UM, AND START THAT PROCESS OF VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION WHILE THEY'RE IN THE HOSPITAL.UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH B C AND U H S ON THIS.
THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
WE'RE ALSO DEVELOPING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION FOR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS, WHICH IS AGAIN, THE SORT OF NATIONAL UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION THAT HAS THE BEST PRACTICES FOR MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS IMPLEMENTED.
OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION INITIATIVES.
I'M GONNA JUST BRIEFLY TOUCH THIS AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THAT EACH INDIVIDUALLY.
THE LEVI IS COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN, WHICH MANY OF YOU HAVE PARTICIPATED IN.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SYMPOSIUM, WHICH, UH, AGAIN, REALLY APPRECIATED THE SUPPORT OF COUNCIL TO GET THE WORD OUT AROUND THAT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE HIGH RISK CASE MANAGEMENT AND THE C RTSS THAT WERE MOVED FROM S A P D INTO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THIS MESSAGING COME OUT ALREADY, BUT WE'RE RIGHT NOW ROLLING OUT A CAMPAIGN THAT'S SPECIFICALLY AROUND VIOLENCE AND THE HOLIDAYS.
WE KNOW THAT VIOLENCE TENDS TO SPIKE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AROUND THE HOLIDAYS, AND SO WE HAVE SOME MESSAGING THAT'S OUT RIGHT NOW THAT'S ABOUT, UM, THINKING ABOUT SAFETY, PLANNING FOR THE HOLIDAYS, THINKING ABOUT SAFE CHILD EXCHANGES.
UM, JUST REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT PEOPLE IN BEING SAFE, UM, OUT OF TIME THAT WE KNOW IS, IS RISKY.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME WORK THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING OUT, UM, SOON.
THIS IS KIND OF A PREVIEW OF THAT.
UM, THAT'S A LOT OF SORT OF, UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH SOME LOCAL ARTISTS TO DEVELOP A LOT OF MESSAGING AROUND TARGETING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MESSAGES FOR ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THIS ONE IS SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UM, FOR COUPLES THAT ARE OLDER.
THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE OUR SORT OF FIVE MAIN, UH, CORE COMMITTEES ON THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, WHICH WE HAVE ALSO ADDED.
THE COMMISSION CONTINUED TO MEET THROUGHOUT COVID.
UM, WE, WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD ON ALMOST ALL OF OUR STRATEGIES.
UM, WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND ON A COUPLE OF THEM, BUT WE'VE MOVED FORWARD FOR OUR COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN.
AND U UNIVERSITY HEALTH HAS VERY GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED A LOT OF THOSE EFFORTS, UM, BY SUPPORTING THE ADVISE AND ALSO BY, UM, ASSISTING US WITH SORT OF SOME OF THE DESIGN.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A REFERRAL SYSTEM THAT IS GOING TO BE IN PLACE WITH, UM, A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN STAFF AND UNIVERSITY HEALTH.
UM, THAT'S GOING TO INITIALLY ROLL OUT AS A PILOT, HOPEFULLY IN JANUARY.
UM, THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING ON OUR PROVOST PRO BONO REPRESENTATION FOR, UH, PROTECTIVE ORDERS IN COLLABORATION WITH, UH, THE NONPROFIT COMMITTEE, SPECIFICALLY THROUGH A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN FUNDED BY TEXAS VOE OR BEING FUNDED AT TEXAS VOE LEGAL AID.
WE ALSO HAVE A SMALL SUBCOMMITTEE THAT TOOK US, UM, SPECIFICALLY ON THE PROTECTIVE ORDER PROCESS AND HOW WE CAN GET ADDITIONAL SUPPORT INTO THAT PROCESS.
UM, AND THE FIREARM SURRENDER COMMITTEE, WHICH HAS BEEN, UM, MEETING SOMETIMES TWICE A WEEK, UH, TO TRY TO WORK OUT THE DIFFERENT ISSUES AROUND FIREARM SURRENDER, UM, AND HOW TO SORT OF ADDRESS THAT.
IT'S A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE THAT INVOLVES A LOT OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. UM, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE, UM, HAS BEEN WORKING ON HIGH RISK VICTIM IDENTIFICATION.
IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE WORKED WITH THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER OF THEIR COUNTY TO GET A PILOT PROGRAM FUNDED THROUGH THE FAMILY VI, UH, THROUGH TEXAS COUNCIL ON FAMILY VIOLENCE POSITION, WAS PUT ON HOLD DUE TO COVID AND KIND OF WAS JUST HIRED IN LATE SUMMER.
AND SO WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF ROLLING THAT OUT, AND THAT HAS BEEN REFUNDED FOR THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT PILOT AND SEE HOW THAT GOES.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SCHOOL-BASED EDUCATION WITH Y W C A THROUGH THE NONPROFIT COMMITTEE, UM, AGAIN, THAT PRO BONO PROTECTIVE ORDER ACCESS.
AND THEN THE PROSECUTION COMMITTEE WAS REALLY WORKING ON AN ANALYSIS OF THE PROTECTIVE ORDER ENFORCEMENT PROCESS.
UM, THEY ALSO RULED OUT DURING COVID THEIR ONLINE PROTECTIVE ORDER APPLICATION, WHICH WAS REALLY, UM, HELPFUL AND GOOD TIMING GIVEN THAT SO MANY PEOPLE WERE NOT ABLE TO APPLY, UM, IN THE NORMAL WAY.
OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SYMPOSIUM, UM, WAS MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN WE EXPECTED IT TO BE, WHICH WAS GREAT, EXCEPT IT LED TO A LOT OF FRANTIC INCREASING OF OUR ZOOM SITES.
UH, WE COULD HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE.
UM, WE HAD 18 SESSIONS THAT WERE FOCUSED ON CIVIL, CRIMINAL AND COMMUNITY SESSIONS.
UM, WE HAD NATIONAL EXPERTS, ACTUALLY INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME FOLKS FROM CANADA THAT WERE SPEAKING ABOUT LETHALITY ASSESSMENT BEST PRACTICES.
UM, AND OUR EVENING TOWN HALL THAT WAS DEVELOPED AND LED BY SURVIVORS, UM, WE HAD 4,100 PEOPLE ATTEND THAT.
SO WE WERE REALLY PLEASED WITH HOW MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT.
OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE MANAGEMENT.
WE HAVE KIND OF TWO PILLARS RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S THE WORK OF THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, UH, CIVILIAN, UM, CASE MANAGERS WHO ARE BASED OUT OF EACH OF THE SUBSTATIONS.
UH, THESE ARE THE POSITIONS THAT WERE MOVED FROM S A P D INTO METRO HEALTH, AND WE'RE REALLY EXPLORING THE BEST WAY TO KIND OF UTILIZE THAT NEW RELATIONSHIP.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING EARLIER TODAY WITH SOME OF OUR FOLKS FROM HEALTHY START, UM, TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN REFER PREGNANT VICTIMS, UH, MORE QUICKLY AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET ACCESS TO SERVICES,
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UM, JUST AS A SENSE OF THE SCOPE FOR WHAT THE C R T TEAMS DO.AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE, THE WHOLE TEAM.
SO THIS IS A TEAM OF BOTH THE CIVILIAN, THE DETECTIVE, AND THE OFFICERS.
UM, THEY HAD 11,876 CASES REFERRED YEAR TO DATE, UH, AND THEY COMPLETED 2300, UM, HOME VISITS, WHICH IS REALLY, UM, AN IMPRESSIVE VOLUME OF WORK, UM, GIVEN THAT THOSE HOME VISITS WERE HAPPENING DURING COVID.
SO WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING VERY CLOSELY ON TRAINING AND REFERRALS AND THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN REALLY MAKE THIS A ROBUST RELATIONSHIP.
WE ALSO HAVE BEEN PROVIDING, UM, DIRECT SUPPORT TO SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UM, WHO ARE IDENTIFIED AS HIGH RISK, EITHER BY THE BEAR COUNTY FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER OR BY THE C R T THROUGH HOTEL PLACEMENT, TAXI VOUCHERS, AND GIFT CARD ASSISTANCE.
THROUGH THIS, WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO CASE MANAGERS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY HIRING ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE OF THE, UM, VOLUME OF WORK.
AND THROUGH THAT, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SYSTEMS WITH SOME REAL DIRECT ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT, IN SPEAKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, IS CONSISTENTLY THE MOST REQUESTED THING THAT PEOPLE WANT.
THEY WANT ASSISTANCE WITH HOUSING, THEY WANT ASSISTANCE WITH FUNDING, AND THEY WANT SIT WITH THOSE LONG-TERM SERVICES THAT HELP PEOPLE, UM, NOT JUST LEAVE IT A VIOLENT RELATIONSHIP, BUT GET BACK ON THEIR FEET BECAUSE THAT'S THE HARDEST THING FOR PEOPLE TO LEAVE THESE RELATIONSHIPS.
OUR CHILD AND YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION INITIATIVE.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA RUN THROUGH THESE SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IF YOU WOULD.
SO THE TRIPLE P PARENTING PROGRAM, WHICH WE'VE PRESENTED ABOUT BEFORE, IS, UM, A EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAM IS USED IN 25 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.
UM, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD TRAINED, I THINK I JUST CHECKED THE NUMBER, WE HAVE 56 PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED FROM OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.
THE WAY THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THIS IS THAT WE DON'T WANNA HAVE METRO HEALTH TRAINING EMPLOYEES.
WE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING OUT AND DOING THIS.
WE WANTED TO TRAIN PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARENTS, UM, AND JUST TO INFUSE THIS CURRICULUM INTO THEIR EXISTING WORK.
UM, SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, SORRY, 52 PRACTITIONERS.
UM, DURING THE, UH, COVID WHEN THEY COULDN'T GO OUT AND DO THIS IN-PERSON PROGRAM, WE DID A LOT OF WORK WITH THEM ON ZOOM PRESENTATION SKILLS ON HOW THEY COULD DO THIS WORK REMOTELY.
AND SO WE WERE STILL ABLE TO REACH 1400 PARENTS LAST YEAR, UM, THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
THIS YEAR SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE BRINGING A TRAINING THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, FOR THE PRACTITIONERS.
IT'S SORT OF AN ADD-ON TO THEIR CURRENT TRAINING THAT HELPS THEM, UM, REACH FAMILIES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE OR EXPERIENCING A FAMILY SEPARATION.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED.
UH, THE SOUTH TEXAS TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE CONSORTIUM IS ALSO A PART OF THIS DIVISION.
UM, THIS AFTERNOON WE HAD A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHY THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
AS WE WERE, UM, MEETING WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS, UM, WITH THE C C D V, SOME OF THE JUDGES AND ONE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATORS MENTIONED THAT SHE HAD JUST GONE THROUGH A PROCESS TO BECOME HERSELF TRAUMA CERTIFIED, UM, AND HOW SHE HAD SPENT MONEY AND TIME TO DO THAT.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GONNA, SO SOON WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRAUMA CERTIFYING ENTITY LOCALLY THROUGH THE TRAUMA INFORMED CARE CONSORTIUM.
UM, THIS IS, UH, REALLY GREAT WORK WITH 300 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE DIFFERENT SECTOR WORK GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY MEETING TO DEVELOP THAT CERTIFYING ENTITY THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE ECUMENICAL CENTER, UH, UNIVERSITY HEALTH AND METRO HEALTH.
AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, OR WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT, BUT, UM, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, UM, IF WE THINK ABOUT HOW THIS ALL INTERSECTS THE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EVENTS THAT WE ARE SORT OF TRYING TO BRING ATTENTION TO, MANY OF THESE ARE DIRECTLY, UM, WE WOULD CALL THEM, THEY'RE VIOLENCE, UM, THEY'RE VIOLENCE RELATED INCIDENTS.
SO ALL OF THIS REALLY DOES KIND OF FIT TOGETHER, EVEN IF IT ISN'T, UM, IMMEDIATELY THE MOST, UM, OBVIOUS SORT OF RELATIONSHIP.
SO THE OTHER WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS IN SCHOOLS, UM, WE'RE WORKING ON WITH TOO GOOD FOR VIOLENCE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION.
S A I S D, THERE'S 16 S A I S D SCHOOLS THAT ARE SERVING OVER A THOUSAND SIXTH GRADERS.
WE HAD 45 EDUCATORS WHO WERE TRAINED BEFORE THE SCHOOLS SHUT DOWN.
UM, AND THEY HAD STARTED IMPLEMENTATION, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE DUE TO THE SHUTDOWN.
SO OVER THE SUMMER, WHEN WE WERE SPEAKING WITH F A I S C ABOUT, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO NOW THIS YEAR, THEY WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TWO GOOD FOR VIOLENCE BECAUSE THEY HAVE, UM, BEEN TRAINED, BUT THEY REQUESTED, UM, SUPPORT FOR THE RHYTHM APP, WHICH IS A AD-BASED SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, WHICH IS REALLY THE HALLMARK OF THE TWO.
GOOD FOR VIOLENCE PROGRAM IS DEVELOPING THOSE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SKILLS.
SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE, UM, 23 SCHOOLS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING, 3 57 TRAINED TEACHERS, AND OVER 3,400 ACTIVE STUDENTS.
THE STUDENTS CAN DO DAILY CHECK-INS WHERE THEY KIND OF IDENTIFY THEIR, UH, CURRENT EMOTIONAL HEALTH.
THAT INFORMATION IS SHARED WITH THE TEACHER WHO THEN HAS ACTIVITIES SUGGESTED, UH, TO THE TEACHER THAT CAN ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS DIRECTLY.
STUDENTS CAN ALSO REPORT IF THEY'RE EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE OR IF THEY'RE EXPERIENCING HUNGER.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF SOME OF THE REPORTS THAT WE GET, UM, DEPENDING ON THE CAMPUS, ONE TO 9% OF THE STUDENTS ARE REPORTING THAT THEY EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE AT HOME, AND NINE TO 22% OF THE STUDENTS,
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UM, HAVE EXPERIENCED HUNGER.THAT 22% CAME FROM A HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, SO THIS HAS BEEN A TOOL THAT THE TEACHERS HAVE APPRECIATED BECAUSE IT ALLOWS THEM TO GET THIS INFORMATION, WHETHER THE STUDENTS ARE IN CLASS OR IF THEY'RE REMOTE.
UM, SO WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM KIND OF NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE SCHOOLS, WHICH IS WHY WE THOUGHT THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT, UM, AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO USE.
OUR SCHOOL-BASED COUNSELING PARTNERSHIP, WHICH IS SOMETHING I'M REALLY, UM, EXCITED ABOUT.
UM, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING SESSIONS BY LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS IN SCHOOL TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE.
UM, THIS IS REALLY A PART OF THAT, THAT WHOLE PROCESS OF BREAKING THE CYCLE, THE INITIAL CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH 400, UM, SESSIONS, WE HAD SO MANY, UM, PEOPLE WHO WERE NEEDING THIS SERVICE, UH, THAT WE KIND OF REVAMPED AND WE NOW HAVE ADDED ADDITIONAL FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE UP TO A THOUSAND SESSIONS.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A, IT'S A REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
WE LOVE WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, AND THIS HAS BEEN, UM, AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT'S WORKING VERY WELL.
UM, AND, AND I'LL COUNT, UH, THE CREATION OF THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION DIVISION, UH, AMONG THIS YEAR'S, UH, MOST IMPORTANT, UH, ACHIEVEMENTS AND, AND CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE.
AND SO I APPRECIATE, AND I'M PROUD OF THE WORK OF THE STAFF AND THE COUNCIL, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND EMPHASIZING A VERY THOUGHTFUL AND DELIBERATIVE APPROACH TO ADDRESSING, I THINK SOMETHING THAT CITIES, EVERY CITY IN THE COUNTRY IS, IS, IS STRUGGLING WITH NOW, WHICH IS A, A, A REGRESSION ON VIOLENCE THAT WAS BEGINNING TO HAPPEN PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, BUT HAS BEEN EXACERBATED BY IT.
AND, AND CERTAINLY IT'S HIGHLIGHTED, UH, SOME INCREDIBLY, UH, CHALLENGING SCOURS THAT WE'VE BEEN ONLY BEGINNING TO WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WHICH IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE, AND NEGLECT AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.
UM, AND SO I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE NOW THAT OUR, OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN, UH, FOR THE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLAN IS NOW UNDERWAY AND WE'RE LEANING IN IN THIS WAY.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I WOULD JUST, UH, CAN URGE US TO CONTINUE TO CHECK IN PARTICULARLY ON THE, UH, TRAUMA INFORMED CARE AND THE, UH, ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, UH, PARTS OF THIS PLAN, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THEY, UH, HAVE THE MOST TO, UM, UH, DEVELOP AND OFFER US IN TERMS OF LONG-TERM RELIEF.
BUT I DID WANNA ASK, UM, IN PARTICULAR WITH REGARD TO VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION AND THE CURE VIOLENCE MODEL, UM, I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY OF TO SPEND QUITE A BIT OF TIME WITH GARY SLUTKIN, AND I'M A BELIEVER IN THE MODEL NOW, UH, BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS.
AND I KNOW THAT IT, IT IS QUITE INTENSIVE BECAUSE IT INVOLVES, UH, VERY CLOSE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AFFECTED.
AND SO, I GUESS MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, IS AS WE'RE BEGINNING TO SCALE UP OUR CURE VIOLENCE APPROACH, WHICH WE'VE, WE'VE UTILIZED THROUGH STANDUP SA AND WE, WE BEGIN TO SCALE THIS UP AND, AND MOVE IT INTO OTHER PARTS OF THE, THE COMMUNITY, HOW ARE WE, UH, RECRUITING, UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UH, INVOLVING, UH, THE RIGHT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SO THAT, SO THAT WE'RE, WE'RE EFFECTIVE? UH, DO WE HAVE ANY FEEDBACK LOOPS TO, TO CHECK IN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS IN A, IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY, SPECIFICALLY WITH STANDUP? UM, YES.
OUR STAFF IS VERY ENGAGED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY COALITIONS.
UM, THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE WITH MY BROTHER'S KEEPER.
UM, DEREK TAYLOR, WHO IS THE PROGRAM MANAGER OF THAT PROGRAM, UM, IS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND ALSO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT'S THE WAY WE HIRE AND RECRUIT, KIND OF BUILDS THAT RELATIONSHIP IN WITH THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE HIRING.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING THAT WEST SIDE TIME TEAM RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S A SLOW PROCESS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE WHO ARE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHO THEMSELVES HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, A HISTORY WITH VIOLENCE THAT'S REAL, THAT'S NOT JUST ON PAPER, BUT THAT'S, THAT HAVE SOME REAL PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND THAT ARE COMMITTED TO, UH, CHANGING THAT FOR THEIR OWN COMMUNITY.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN JUST DROP IN PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT REALLY HAS TO BE A PROGRAM OF PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, FOR IT TO BE EFFECTIVE.
UM, SO THE STANDUP TEAM IS, UH, THEY'RE GREAT.
THEY'RE WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD.
UM, AND THEY HAVE, THEY BUILD THOSE PARTNERSHIPS CONSTANTLY.
YEAH, I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A SITUATION RIGHT NOW THAT THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNCIL, UH, WE'RE PROBABLY AS CONVERSANT ON THIS KIND OF METHODOLOGY, UH, AS WE WILL EVER BE, UH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT THE PANDEMIC AND, AND WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, WORKING WITH AND COMMUNICATING WITH, UM, AND DELIVERING SERVICES WITH THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AFFECTED.
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THIS IS THE SAME MODEL, OBVIOUSLY FOR CURE VIOLENCE.SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN GET SOME PERIODIC CHECK-INS, EITHER THROUGH THE COMMITTEES, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY ON, UH, ON THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY, UH, THE CURE VIOLENCE MODEL, I WOULD, I WOULD BE APPRECIATIVE OF THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT TO TURN BACK, UH, THE VERY HORRIFIC TRENDS OF, OF VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, PARTICULAR, PARTICULARLY FAMILY VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF EFFORT, UH, AND MIGHT NOT YIELD IMMEDIATE RESULTS.
UH, BUT I THINK OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE USING EVERY RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO US TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY.
SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
JENNY, I, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
UH, IT'S NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.
AND, UM, WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE.
LEMME TURN IT NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER JADA SULLIVAN.
AND, AND THANK YOU, JENNY, FOR PRESENTING THIS IS, UH, GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE.
AND SO I'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO MY QUESTIONS, UM, AS IT RELATES TO GUN VIOLENCE AND, AND DEALING WITH THE UPTICK THAT WE HAVE SEEN, UM, OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THE SPECIFIC AREA OFF OF M L K AND, UM, AND FERRIS IN, IN THAT AREA.
AND SO, AS IT RELATES TO, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING THROUGH THE HEALING, UM, DIRECTION, HEALING AND EQUITABLE, UH, COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT.
AND AS I'M SPEAKING TO THAT AND LOOKING AT THIS, WHAT AT THIS TIME, DURING THIS PARTICULAR CLIMATE, UM, AND HAVING THE FACT THAT WE'RE IN A PANDEMIC, WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW IN THIS COMMUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE HEALING ASPIRATE, UH, ASPECT.
WE KNOW WE HAVE GENERATIONAL VIOLENCE THAT IS TAKING PLACE IN THE DISTRICT AT THIS TIME.
UM, AND MOST OF IT IS INTERWOVEN ON FAMILY OWNED FAMILY, UH, VIOLENCE.
SO WHAT IS BEING DONE RIGHT NOW TO ADDRESS THAT HEALING ASPECT? SO I, I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE THINK ABOUT A LOT BECAUSE, UM, THE STANDUP TEAM, UM, BRINGS TO US A LOT THE VERY BASIC NEEDS AS A PARTICIPANT THAT PEOPLE, UM, ARE NOT JUST EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO ASKING FOR HELP WITH FINDING FOOD AND FINDING SHELTER.
UM, AND SO THE STANDUP TEAM VERY MUCH PARTNERS WITH ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN, UM, IN THE LOCAL AREA THAT THEY'RE SERVING, BUT ALSO REALLY ACROSS THE CITY, UH, TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH, UM, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, UM, WITH THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES THAT WE CAN FIND THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UH, THEY'RE VERY CREATIVE AT TRYING TO GET PEOPLE ACCESS TO THINGS IF THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY.
UM, AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION, UM, THEY'RE ALWAYS, UM, THEY'RE ALWAYS CALLING AND ASKING DEREK IF THEY CAN DRIVE PEOPLE IN THEIR CAR.
AND WE'RE LIKE, NO, THEY CAN'T DO THAT.
SO, UH, THERE'S A LOT, THEY, THEY WORK REALLY HARD AT TRYING TO FIND THOSE RESOURCES.
BUT I MEAN, THE HONEST TRUTH IS THAT IT'S REALLY HARD FOR PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH SERVICES.
I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES OF SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP, BECAUSE THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF PROVIDING THOSE DIRECT SERVICES TO PEOPLE.
AND, AND DO YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE ABLE TO SET UP MAYBE A, A COUNSELING OR A, UM, HEALTH DIRECTOR OR A HEALTH INITIATIVE, OR A MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED IN MAYBE THE HE METRO HEALTH CLINIC THAT'S HERE IN THE DISTRICT OFF OF, UH, MEL WAITER'S WAY TO HAVE MAYBE A COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIST OR PSYCHOLOGIST THAT IS STATIONED THERE IN THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION THAT CAN SPEAK TO THE FAMILIES? WE WILL ABSOLUTELY LOOK INTO THAT.
I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE ALL, UM, WE'RE ALL ON NOT ONLY LOOKING FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR PARTICIPANTS, BUT FRANKLY ALSO FOR OUR STANDUP TEAM THAT DOES THIS WORK.
UM, AND AS THE PERSON SORT OF RANG THIS PROGRAM, I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROTECTING OUR TEAM AS WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBER, IF I, COUNCIL MEMBER, IF I COULD INTERJECT, THIS IS CHIEF.
UH, WE HAVE A, A PROGRAM WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE IF CHILDREN, ANY CHILDREN THAT ARE WITNESSES TO OR VICTIMS OF, UH, ANY KIND OF VIOLENCE, UH, THE SCHOOLS ARE NOTIFIED AND WITH A HANDLE WITH CARE EMAIL.
AND THEN WHEN THOSE CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL, UH, THE TEACHERS WILL, UM, UH, EXTEND THEM, UM, UM, UH, KINDA SERVICES THEY MAY NEED, OR, UH, THEY, THEY, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHILD IS MAYBE TRAUMATIZED AND THEY, THEY TREAT THAT CHILD, UH, WITH, WITH THAT IN MIND, UH, ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T GO INTO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE, UM, UM, ANY OF THE ISSUE, ANY OF THE SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT HAD HAPPENED THERE, THEY ARE AWARE THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED AND THEY TREAT THEM ACCORDINGLY.
SO THAT, I THINK THAT BLEEDS INTO A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR, UH, QUESTION TO JENNY.
AND THEN, THANK YOU, CHIEF, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE ON THE LINE.
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I KNOW THAT WE HAD A, UM, A 150,000 THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THROUGH THE, UM, ASSET SEIZURE MONEY.CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THAT, UH, 150,000 AT THIS TIME? YES, MA'AM.
THAT, THAT, UM, I THINK THAT WILL BE ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR THE 17TH OF THIS MONTH, UM, WHERE WE'LL APPROVE IT.
AND THE, THE, THAT, THAT GROUP THAT, UH, WAS AWARDED THE, THE, UH, AWARD, UH, HAD THEY SUBMITTED A, UM, A, UH, PROPOSAL ON EXACTLY WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT MONEY WOULD BE SPENT ON.
I DON'T HAVE THAT, HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME.
BUT, UM, WE, WE COULD PROBABLY GET INTO THAT MORE ON, UH, ON THE 17TH.
SHOULD, UH, SHOULD YOU HAVE THAT, UH, UH, AND WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
AND THEN, UM, JENNY, AS WE'RE CONTINUING WITH THE FIREARM, SURRENDER ENFORCEMENT, IS THERE, TALK ABOUT HAVING THAT LINK TO THE NEXUS DATABASE.
NEXUS DATABASE FOR THE BACKGROUND CHECKS, UH, THAT I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON.
'CAUSE A LOT OF THOSE MEETINGS ARE ALL THE LAWYERS AND THE, UH, UM, JUDGES TOGETHER.
AND THAT IS, THAT IS OUTSIDE OF MY SCOPE
I DON'T WANNA SAY YOU THE WRONG THING.
UM, AND THEN, AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION THAT I'LL HAVE, JENNY, OR EITHER, UM, WHAT I'LL ASK AS A FOLLOW UP IS WHEN IT COMES TO THE, UM, STATISTICS THAT YOU GAVE US, SO THE 16.6 BILLION, UM, COST OF GUN VIOLENCE, IF THERE IS A WAY TO GET THAT BROKEN DOWN TO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON THE COST PER DISTRICT, AND THEN HOW THAT BREAKS DOWN TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR ECONOMIC, UM, SEGREGATION OR LACK OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS THAT YOU'RE SEEING, UM, THE COST.
IF I COULD GET THAT JUST ANALYZED, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT AS WELL.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN GET THAT KIND OF DATA GRANULARLY BY DISTRICT.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE CAN GET IT BY CITY, BUT I WILL GET YOU THE ORIGINAL SOURCES FOR THAT AND WHATEVER I HAVE, UM, RELATED TO THAT.
WELL, THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE.
THANK YOU, UH, CHIEF, AND, AND THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TO, UM, ALL OF THE STAFF.
I, I TRULY BELIEVE, UM, IN ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.
I WOULD, UM, AGAIN, PUTTING ON MY MARKETING CAP, JUST MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU COPY TEST, UH, ANY OF THE MARKETING THAT YOU HAVE, UM, BEFORE YOU, UH, UH, SUBMIT IT OUT PUBLICLY.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY SENSITIVE WITH, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND, UH, JUST, JUST FAMILY ABUSE, ET CETERA.
SO THAT WOULD BE, UM, ACTUALLY, MY, MY ONLY RECOMMENDATION, AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL OFFLINE ABOUT THAT.
AND JUST, UM, FOR YOUR INFORMATION, ALL OF THE MARKETING MATERIALS THAT WE'RE CREATING, WE'RE CREATING WITH OUR C C D V MEMBERSHIP.
SO WE'RE INCLUDING, UM, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATES IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'RE SHARING ALL OF THIS, UM, IN AN ONGOING AND CONTINUAL, UH, MULTIM MEETING A WEEK, UH, BASIS, BASIS.
SO NOTHING THAT WE ARE SHARING HAS NOT BEEN RUN PAST, UM, ALL OF THOSE EYES.
WELL, THAT'S, UH, UH, THAT'S INTERESTING.
THERE WAS A GRAPHIC THAT YOU SHOWED TODAY WITH A BROKEN GINGERBREAD PERSON, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS ENTIRELY INSENSITIVE.
UM, AND IT ALSO IMPLIES THAT PEOPLE WHO WERE AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CANNOT BE REPAIRED ANYMORE.
SO I JUST DON'T WANNA SEND ANY MIXED MESSAGES.
SO, UM, MAYBE I CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION, UH, YEAH.
YOU KNOW, WITH SOMEONE ELSE AND, AND, AND SEE HOW WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONE PERSON IS AFFECTED.
UM, I TEACH A PRINCIPAL'S OF ADVERTISING CLASS, AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I TELL MY STUDENTS IS, IF ONE PERSON IS OFFENDED, YOU DON'T RUN IT BECAUSE THAT'S ONE PERSON, TOO MANY, AND THAT'S ALREADY A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF A LARGER POPULATION.
SO, UM, ANY INPUT THAT I CAN GIVE ON THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP WITH COUNCILMAN.
WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE, THAT'S GREAT.
YEAH, THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK AND WE'LL, WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT, UM, ISSUE, UH, COUNCILMAN, I, I RECEIVED A SIMILAR COMMENT FROM, FROM SOMEONE ELSE, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT WE LOOK AT THAT AND WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THOSE, UH, THOSE FACTORS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
UM, THANK YOU MAYOR AND STAFF.
AND I WISH YOU WEREN'T RUSHING THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, I COULD TELL THAT YOU WERE GOING REALLY FAST TRYING TO GET THROUGH IT ALL, AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
UM, AND COULD, COULD YOU GO BACK, PLEASE, TO THE, I I THINK IT'S THE, ONE OF THE FIRST OR SECOND PAGES WHERE YOU SHOW A BLOCK OF THREE DIFFERENT, UM,
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UH, FIELDS AND THEN LIKE KIND OF A BREAKDOWN, AND THEN YOU WENT TO A BREAKDOWN OF EACH ONE.SO THIS ONE HERE, UM, SO I, I, THIS IS MORE FOR THE BENEFIT OF, OF MY COLLEAGUES AND ERIC.
UM, THIS MODEL OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS, UH, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED IS MORE OF WHAT I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN FROM THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM.
SO IF, IF YOU KIND OF GO TO THE NEXT, UH, SLIDE, UH, I THINK IS WHERE YOU GO DOWN AND, AND YOU SORT OF SHOW ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THIS TYPE OF INITIATIVE.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, UM, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE HERE, UM, IS, UM, EXPECTED OUTCOMES.
I DIDN'T SEE LIKE, POTENTIALLY A REDUCTION, UM, IN NUMBERS.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU WOULD WANT IT TO BE ZERO, BUT ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE, UM, WITH PREVENTION MODELS IS THAT I, I FEEL LIKE IT'S HARD TO, IT'S HARDER TO QUANTIFY.
UH, AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT? UM, JENNY, YOU ARE, UM, THAT IS THE, UM, THAT IS THE CONSTANT BATTLE WITH PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, THAT I WOULD SAY IF WE DO OUR JOB REALLY WELL, YOU DON'T KNOW WE DID OUR JOB AT ALL.
UM, AND SO IT IS DIFFICULT WITH, UM, MEASURING THIS.
I WILL SAY THAT SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS ISSUE, UM, THESE ARE VERY LONG-TERM OUTCOMES.
WE DO HAVE THEM, AND I'M HAPPY TO GET, GET THOSE TO YOU.
UM, BUT THIS IS AN INVESTMENT THAT TAKES A LONG TIME TO CHANGE SOME OF THESE TRAJECTORIES.
AND SO WE DO HAVE TO KIND OF, UM, BE WILLING TO, TO MAKE THAT LONG-TERM COMMITMENT.
SO THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD HAVE HOPED TO HAVE SEEN WITH THE READY TO WORK MODEL, UM, OR READY TO WORK PRESENTATION THAT WE SAW LAST WEEK.
UH, ERIC, DID YOU WANNA INTERJECT? UH, I, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THE, THE SAME PRINCIPLES THAT JENNY JUST MENTIONED ABOUT THE PLANNING AND THE RELIANCE ON, ON PARTNERSHIPS, UH, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ALL CRITICAL AND WILL BE CRITICAL TO THE READY TO WORK.
AND LAST WEEK'S PRESENTATION WAS YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION, THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL ATTRIBUTES.
WE STILL HAVE TO REMEMBER THE, THE TIMELINE THAT ALEX LAID OUT LAST WEEK.
WE HAVE SOLICITATIONS, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL STEPS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN.
SO I DO THINK THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS WE, AS WE INITIATE THAT, THE, THE CITY IS NOT GONNA BE THE SOLE PROVIDER OF READY TO WORK.
I MEAN, OUR JOB IS TO FACILITATE, TO ADMINISTER THE CONTRACT REPORT, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE RELYING UPON A LOT OF PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
AND I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST, I, I WOULD JUST ASK THE COUNCIL TO REMEMBER THAT, THAT, THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE SEEN READY TO WORK AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR MORE TIMES AS WE GO INTO 2021.
IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO DEVELOP.
YOU DID NOT SEE THAT SLIDE, UH, THAT JENNY SHOWED WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION DIVISION IN AUGUST IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND, AND THAT'S THE SAME COURSE THAT WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW, UH, WITH READY TO WORK.
WELL, AND, AND I THINK WE ALSO KNOW THAT, THAT, OF COURSE, SO MUCH OF, UM, OF, UH, THAT THEY ARE RELATED, UM, RIGHT.
AND, AND THIS WAS MENTIONED THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION, BUT, UM, AS, AS JENNY WAS GOING THROUGH IT AND SEEING ALL THE MODELS AND SEEING ALL THE PARTICIPATION, UM, AND, UM, THAT THERE ARE, UM, UH, LIKE, UM, THAT'S WHY I THINK SHE WAS GOING THROUGH IT REALLY FAST.
AND OF COURSE, I'VE BEEN SORT OF ON THE FRONT END OF, OF, UM, MUCH OF THIS POLICY WORK.
UH, SO IT'S NOT NEWS TO ME, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, THEY MAY BE SURPRISED TO SEE ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND YET WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE'RE SPENDING, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT THAT MUCH.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A DOLLAR AMOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH ALL THIS.
I THINK I DIDN'T SEE THAT EITHER.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WAS ONLY THE TOTAL AMOUNT.
UM, I, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I THINK IT'S A, IT'S AROUND, UM, NINE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UM, THAT THE WHOLE DIVISION HAS.
WELL, THAT'S MORE THAN I EXPECTED.
UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY, YOU KNOW, MORE LIKE IN THE $2 MILLION RANGE.
BRIDGER, DO YOU KNOW, OR, OR MARIA? UH, I, I THINK I SPELL DR.
UM, THE, WHAT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, COUNCILMAN, IS THE NEW DOLLARS,
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UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, REMEMBER WE CONSOLIDATED SEVERAL EXISTING PROGRAMS INTO THIS DIVISION.SO, SO A TOTAL OF ABOUT NINE, WHICH IS, UM, A LOT MORE THAN WE, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN BEFORE, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, I HAVE IN ALL THESE YEARS, UM, SORT OF A CONSOLIDATED EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF VIOLENCE, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I ALSO FEEL LIKE IF WE REALLY JUST FOCUS ON, UH, REDUCTION IN VIOLENCE, WE CAN CURE MANY OF THE OTHER SOCIAL ILLS THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, I REALLY LIKE THE COLLABORATIVE MODEL THAT YOU ALL CAME UP WITH HERE.
UM, AND I JUST, I, I, I FELT LIKE, UM, IT WOULD BE A GREAT MODEL TO USE FOR THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM.
SO, SO I DON'T HAVE TO GO TRY TO PRESENT IT AND PULL IT ALL TOGETHER.
I THINK THAT THIS WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT I HAD IN MIND.
SO I'LL, I'LL ALSO BE WORKING, UM, YOU KNOW, TO PRESENT, UH, OR TO AT LEAST COMMUNICATE SOME OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THAT READY TO WORK PROGRAM, BUT THIS IS A WONDERFUL MODEL.
SO, UM, THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR ALL THE COORDINATION FOR THE, FOR THE DESIRE TO WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS THIS COMMON GOAL.
UM, IN FACT, JENNY, CAN YOU GO BACK TO ONE OF THE, UM, THE SLIDES THAT YOU HAD? AND IT TALKED ABOUT LIKE, SORT OF THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, AND THERE WAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, BUT I MEAN, IT WAS UNIVERSITY HEALTH, IT'S SS A P D, OF COURSE, THERE'S HOUSING INVOLVED.
UM, YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW MODELS FOR THE ESSAY START, THE ESSAY STANDS.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ALL THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
UM, I, I'M NOT SURE WHICH SLIDE IT WAS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, IT WAS, UH, SOME REAL TARGETED STUFF AND THEN MUCH MORE BROAD WITH MENTAL HEALTH.
SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS A, A REALLY AWESOME PRESENTATION.
I WISH YOU HAD GONE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER, JENNY, SO WE COULD, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A LONG MEETING AND, AND PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, ALL HAVE, UM, UH, OTHER, OTHER MEETINGS AFTER THIS.
BUT, UM, UH, I, I HOPE, UH, AND AGAIN, THAT IT'S LONG-TERM.
AND SO WHEN WE HAD THE AIRPORT PRESENTATION, ONE, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, I THINK IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER BELIE, TALKED ABOUT EXPECTATIONS.
UM, AND SO WE EXPECT THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A LONG-TERM, UM, GOAL.
AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE LONG-TERM OUTCOMES.
AND, AND I THINK WE CAN EXPECT THAT FOR THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM AS WELL, IS THAT IT'S A LONG TERM STRATEGY TO TRY TO UNDO, UM, MANY OF THE, UM, ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THIS COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS.
AND SO I THINK WE DO HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY, UM, FOR EXPECTATIONS, UM, AND HOW LONG THAT, THAT INITIATIVE MIGHT TAKE, UM, GIVEN THAT WE ONLY APPROVE THE INITIATIVE FOR FOUR YEARS.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, AND YEAH, I, I'D JUST LIKE TO REFLECT ON, ON WHAT YOU'RE STATING THERE.
I I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT AND, AND MAYBE CRYSTALLIZED IT IN, IN SOME FOLKS' MINDS ABOUT THE, UM, COMPARATIVE MODEL.
COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP.
IF, IF PEOPLE SEE, UH, THIS VIOLENCE PREVENTION DIVISION, PARTNERSHIP MODEL, UH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE HOPE TO END UP, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE READY TO WORK.
SO, UH, PERHAPS WE CAN BUILD UPON THAT, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, IN THE WEEKS TO COME.
UH, THANK YOU JENNY, FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
AND, UH, OH, I DON'T SEE YOU ON MY SCREEN ANYMORE.
IS SHE THERE? YEAH, I THINK MY, UM, MY INTERNET CRASHED
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION INTO DR.
BRIDGER, UH, FOR REALLY BRINGING THIS WITH US, UH, EXPANDING THIS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ORGANIZATION, BECAUSE I, I THINK IT'S A NATURAL COMPLIMENT TO THE AIS WORK THAT YOU BEGAN.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY DEALING WITH THE CHILDHOOD TRAUMA IS IMPORTANT, AND, BUT ONE DAY WE HOPE TO NOT HAVE CHILDHOOD TRAUMA RIGHT.
AND, AND THESE ARE THE TOOLS, UH, THAT ARE, THAT ARE REQUIRED.
AND JUST LIKE COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ SAID, IT'S, IT'S NOT AN OVERNIGHT THING.
AND I, I MEAN, I WOULD SUSPECT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GENERATIONAL CHANGES, RIGHT? WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF, OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR, OR CHILD ABUSE, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING TREMENDOUS PATTERNS, MULTIPLE OF MULTIPLE GENERATIONS.
AND, AND I'M SURE SOME OF US HAVE STORIES ABOUT HOW WE'VE SEEN, UH, THAT PLAY OUT IN, IN OUR FAMILIES.
UM, I, I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR'S, UH, RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS GO TO A COMMITTEE FOR,
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FOR UPDATES TO COMMUNITY HEALTH.WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY WELCOME YOU ON THAT AGENDA.
AND PERHAPS WE CAN TAKE IT A LITTLE BIT SLOWER THERE, JUST A FEW PIECES AT A TIME.
I THINK EACH OF THE THREE AREAS THAT YOU COVERED ALL, UM, ALL ARE WORTHY OF, OF DIALOGUE WITH, WITH SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO I'D BE HAPPY TO SEE THAT COME FORWARD IN FUTURE AGENDAS.
UM, I, I WANT YOU TO TELL YOU THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES, UH, IN PARTICULAR THE, THE BALANCE BETWEEN FUTURE ACTION OR PROGRAMMING AND, AND POLICY AND HOW WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS NOW, BUT WE ALSO NEED A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
SO THAT'S A, A VERY DELICATE BALANCE, BUT, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT ALL RIGHT.
IF YOU EVENTUALLY WANNA SOLVE THIS, THIS PROBLEM.
UM, THERE WAS ONE BULLET IN THERE THAT I, I WASN'T CLEAR ON.
UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT HEALING ADULTS AND, AND HELPING CHILDREN, AND THEN YOU TALKED ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESTORATION.
IS THAT ALSO FOR, UH, UH, VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS, OR SURVIVORS AND PERPETRATORS, OR WHO WERE YOU REFERRING TO IN THE BULLET? WELL, SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE WORK THAT OUR TEAM IS DOING AROUND, UM, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRINCIPLES.
AND SO ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAD IN THE, UM, SYMPOSIUM WAS ABOUT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
UM, AND SO IT'S THE IDEA THAT, UM, YOU CAN HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESTORATION IN THE SAME CONCEPT.
UM, THAT, THAT ACCOUNTABILITY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HARMFUL.
UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, NECESSARILY PUNITIVE.
UM, BUT THAT ACCOUNTABILITY AND, AND TRUE JUSTICE IS A PART OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL USE WHATEVER MEANS THEY HAVE TO SEEK JUSTICE IN THEIR OWN WAY, UH, IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN'T GET IT IN ANOTHER WAY.
UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION TO FOLLOW UP ON COUNCIL LAROCHE GARCIA'S, UH, REGARDING THE, THE ADVERTISING.
I REMEMBER THE, THE FIRST ROUND OF LOVE IS, UH, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL CAMPAIGN, I THOUGHT SEEMED TO BE THE, THE TARGET AUDIENCE I THOUGHT WAS, UH, OH, YOU KNOW, A PERSON WHO MAY END UP BEING A VICTIM, UH, BUT ALSO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE OBSERVING THAT RELATIONSHIP.
I, I WASN'T QUITE CLEAR ON WHO THE TARGET AUDIENCE IS, UH, ON THIS NEXT ROUND OF ADVERTISING.
IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE VERY CLEAR, LIKE THERE WERE A FEW, UM, OF SOME OF THE ADVERTISEMENTS SAY LIKE, ALL IS NOT MARY AND BRIGHT OR WISHING FOR A SAFE, UH, CHRISTMAS.
SO CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO THAT TARGET IS? SURE.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS WE HAVE, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS ROLLING OUT RIGHT NOW, WHICH WE'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE ALL OF IT WITH YOU.
UM, THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY IS TRYING TO TARGET PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE RIGHT NOW, UM, AND THAT WE KNOW WILL INCREASE DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS.
UM, AND IT'S JUST SORT OF HIGHLIGHTING THAT PARTICULAR MESSAGE AROUND, UM, IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE, THERE IS HELP OUT THERE.
UM, AND THERE IS, UM, THERE ARE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO YOU.
UM, THE OTHER SORT OF COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU.
EACH ONE HAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, UM, TARGET AUDIENCE WITH THE OVERALL GOAL OF TARGETING THOSE, YOU KNOW, RISK FACTORS THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT, BUT ALSO REALLY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE BEYOND THE RISK FACTORS, THEY'RE EXPERIENCING IT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO
AND I, I, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT YOUR, YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE.
I, I'M JUST NOT GETTING THAT FROM THE, FROM THE IMAGES THAT, THAT I SEE.
UH, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO LOOK AT THE OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING.
YOU HAVE THE THREE AREAS, UH, AND I KNOW THAT EARLY ON WE HAD A, OR SORRY, WHEN THE BUDGET YEAR STARTED, WE HAD A HIRING FREE.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS HOW MANY POSITIONS DO YOU HAVE IN EACH SECTION, AND ARE THOSE FULLY STAFFED RIGHT NOW? AND IF NOT, WHEN, WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WILL BE? UM, I DON'T HAVE THE POSITION COUNT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
WE ARE FAST IN FURIOUS HIRING.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOUR POSITIONS WE'RE HIRING, OR FOUR MAJOR SECTIONS OF POSITIONS WE'RE HIRING FOR RIGHT NOW.
BUT AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, UM, THE STANDUP HIRING IS VERY DELICATE.
UM, WE WANT IT, WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE BEYOND IMPORTANT FOR THAT PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO IT TAKES A WHILE TO HIRE UP FOR THAT WHO WE'RE IN THEIR PARTICULAR, UM, THE OTHER ONES WE ANTICIPATE HAVING ALMOST EVERYONE ON BOARD, UH, BY JANUARY AND COUNCILWOMAN, UH, UH, UM, COUNCIL APPROVED, UH, INITIATIVES THROUGH THE BUDGET, UH, IF WE ADDED POSITIONS.
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WE, WE ONLY DID THAT IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS.UH, THE, UH, HIRING FREEZE DID NOT APPLY TO THOSE, THOSE, UH, SPECIFIC 2021 BUDGET INITIATIVES.
'CAUSE WE KNOW, WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO GET 'EM OFF THE GROUND.
UM, AND THEN, UH, MY GOSH, WHAT WAS MY LAST QUESTION? WELL, SO WE'RE SPENDING 9 MILLION, UH, ON THIS, UH, PROGRAM OVERALL.
I THINK, UM, I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A SURPRISE TO COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, BUT I, I THINK THAT'S A SMALL DROP IN THE BUCKET FOR, UH, FOR WHAT WE NEED TO BE SPENDING ON THIS.
I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A BALLPARK OF WHAT DOES, AND MAYBE THIS IS FOR CHIEF OR MARIA, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH DOES PD SPEND RESPONDING TO, UH, VIOLENCE
AND I, AND I WOULD TELL YOU PROBABLY, I, I CAN DO A BALLPARK, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEING SPENT ON RESPONDING TO VIOLENCE.
UH, SO I I FULLY SUPPORT, UH, SPENDING THIS AMOUNT AND, AND MORE IF, IF POSSIBLE, TO, TO PREVENT VIOLENCE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.
COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER TINO.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, UH, SUBJECT, AND I'M GLAD WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS.
UH, OFTENTIMES THERE'S, THERE'S VIOLENCE IN THE HOME DUE TO FINANCIAL TROUBLES.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M, MY QUESTION IS REALLY AROUND WHAT CAN WE DO? HOW CAN THIS INITIATIVE HELP TO REDUCE EVICTIONS DUE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? RIGHT NOW, STATE LAW DOES VERY LITTLE TO PROTECT SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FROM BEING EVICTED.
AND, UM, I'M WONDERING IF PROGRAMS LIKE OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING PROGRAM HAS DATA FOR OUR PARTNERS, LIKE THE FOOD BANK CAN HELP TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES.
CAN, CAN YOU TELL 'EM, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE CAN CONNECT THOSE TWO DOTS.
SO WE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING OUT ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, WE REFER, UM, TO ALL OF THE CITY, UH, PROGRAMS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR SURVIVORS.
UM, WE'VE HAD SOME SURVIVORS STAYING AT THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTEL WHO ARE BEING HELPED BY THE PROGRAMS AT NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING.
UM, AND SO THEY WERE JUST AT THE HOTEL WHILE THEY GOT THE FINAL SORT OF STEP OF THAT, UM, COMPLETED.
SO WE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING OUT THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND LOOKING TO STRENGTHEN THEM WITH THE FOOD BANK.
I THINK, UM, AT ONE POINT, AND I THINK IT WAS IN APRIL OR MAY, I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE, BUT I CAN GET YOU THIS.
WE PUT FLYERS IN A LOT OF THE FOOD BA, UH, BOXES, UM, THAT WENT OUT FOR A COUPLE OF THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS RELATED TO THIS.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE'RE BUILDING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO, TO ACTIVELY CREATE THOSE LINKAGES.
WELL, I JUST THINK IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A TIMELY ISSUE.
UH, WE KNOW WITH THE MORATORIUM OVER, UH, THE 1ST OF JANUARY ON THE MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS, UH, THAT'S ALSO GONNA SPIKE.
BUT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UH, BEEN, UH, EVICTED EVEN AFTER, EVEN DURING THIS MORATORIUM.
SO, UH, IF YOU COULD, IF YOU COULD WORK WITH OUR RIGHT TO COUNCIL GROUP AND OUR, UH, DEPARTMENT OF, UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT CAN WE ALL DO TO CO CO COMMUNICATE THIS AND HIGHLIGHT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
UH, WE WANNA KEEP PEOPLE AT, AT HOME AND NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, FORCE 'EM INTO A BAD SITUATIONAL RETURN, BACK TO, UM, A, A WORSE SITUATION.
THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER P THANKS, JENNY.
UM, KUDOS TO THE ENTIRE TEAM WHO'S, WHO'S WORKING ON THIS.
UH, I, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE IMPORTANT ELEMENT, UM, THAT DOESN'T GET DISCUSSED OFTEN ENOUGH, AND I THINK IS, IS, UM, SHOULD BE PART OF OUR, UH, OF THIS PROJECT.
AND THAT IS, UH, FOCUSING ON, UH, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN THE, UM, L G B T Q COMMUNITY.
UM, THAT IS, UM, THAT IS VERY ALARMING IF YOU ALL LOOK AT THE STATS, AND I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S REALLY ALARMING THAT THERE'S VERY, VERY LITTLE RESEARCH DONE ON IT, BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE IS RESEARCH DONE ON IT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE L G B T Q COMMUNITY HAS HIGHER INCIDENTS OF, UM, OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S ALARMING ALSO AT HOW LITTLE, UM, FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE DONE TO ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM.
UM, I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US IN OUR CONVERSATIONS, UH, AS WE, YOU KNOW, INVOKE THE SPIRIT OF, UH, EQUITY AND COMPASSION THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALWAYS CHECKING OFF THAT BOX.
BRIDGER HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CONSCIOUS
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OF, OF, OF, OF THAT, AND SHE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT LENGTH IN, IN THE PAST, BUT I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THOSE ARE OUR CONSTITUENTS TOO.UM, AND THAT WE'VE MADE, UH, A LOT OF HEADWAY IN MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, INCLUDE THEM IN, UH, ALL OF ASPECTS OF HOW THE CITY RUNS AND ALL SERVICES.
BUT IN THIS ONE, I THINK THAT, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS MORE TO BE DONE.
AND SO THAT'S MY ONLY REQUEST, FOLKS, UM, YOU KNOW, IS PLEASE DON'T FORGET THAT THAT'S A COMMUNITY THAT COULD ALWAYS USE MORE INFORMATION.
UM, AND WE'VE FOUND THAT THE BARRIER, UH, TO SEEKING SERVICES IS THAT THEY JUST DON'T KNOW THAT SERVICES ARE OFFERED FOR THEM.
UM, AND, UM, I, I, I THINK THAT THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO FOR US AS FAR AS OFFERING INFORMATION.
THAT, THAT, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
UM, AND WELL POINTED OUT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF DR.
BRIDGER, IF Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY, UH, INTEGRATED, UH, PRIDE CENTER REPORT ON, UH, PARTNER VIOLENCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UM, AS WELL AS THE, UH, L G B T Q COMMISSION, BUT THERE'S GOOD DATA THAT WAS, UH, THAT MANNY WAS JUST REFERRING TO IN THERE, THAT, UH, SHOW WHAT A, WHAT A DANGEROUS SITUATION IT IS FOR MANY OF OUR L G B T Q FAMILIES.
SO, UM, MAYBE WE CAN GET A SEPARATE REPORT OUT, UH, ON THAT.
JENNY, WERE YOU GONNA RESPOND? I, I DID.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WE HAD, UM, WE HAD SOME EVENTS PLANNED SPECIFICALLY AROUND PRIDE MONTH, AND WE, UH, CREATED A WHOLE BUNCH OF, UM, COASTERS FOR THE ST.
MARY STRIP, UM, THAT WERE TENDED TO GO OUT DURING PRIDE MONTH.
OBVIOUSLY, UH, COVID RESCHEDULED THAT.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF MATERIALS THAT WE HAD DEVELOPED AND PUT TOGETHER AND PRINTED AND WE'LL BE SHARING THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR A G L B T Q COMMUNITY.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM PRIDE CENTER AND TRANSEX WHO SIT ON OUR C C D B, UM, SUBCOMMITTEES.
UM, SO I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT.
WE WILL ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THAT FRONT AND CENTER IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, THANK YOU JENNY, VERY MUCH, UH, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK, AND I APPRECIATE THE, UM, CONVERSATION THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN HAVING RIGHT NOW.
UH, I THINK, ERIC, THIS IS THE ONLY REQUEST I HAVE WHEN MOVING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WITH NEW, UM, ELEMENTS, IF YOU WILL, IN OUR BUDGET AND JUST NEW ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE, UH, INSTITUTED IS THAT WE CAN ALSO, UM, INCLUDE IN OUR PRESENTATIONS WHERE THIS ALIGNS WITH OUR, UM, RESOLUTION DECLARING RACISM OF PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO, THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO HIT OUR MARKS ON ALL OF THAT.
UM, AND YES, I AM A VISUAL LEARNER, SO IF I CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME.
ALTHOUGH I KNOW, UM, IN DISCUSSING THIS, THIS HAS BEEN, YOU SEE THE ELEMENTS THROUGH IT, THREADED THROUGH IT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EXPLICIT AND CLEAR ABOUT IT, HOW WE ARE ADDRESSING IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
I JUST WANTED TO CHIME BACK IN, UH, A QUICK MOMENT WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, LOOKING AT THE COLLABORATIVE, THE COLLABORATION AND THE MODEL AND THE BASE THAT WE'RE USING, UM, I WANTED TO KNOW, HAVE WE EXPLORED MAYBE USING A TELEMED LINK RESOURCE, UM, TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY WITH MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERS SPECIFICALLY TO HELP IN THOSE THREE PILLARS? SO, UM, SAY FOR INSTANCE, IF A FAMILY HAS TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, THEY COULD USE THIS LINK TO CONNECT EITHER VIA CELL PHONE OR COMPUTER.
IF THEY HAVE A DEVICE OR IF THEY'RE HAVE NO HEALTH INSURANCE, THEN ARE DISABLED, THEN THEY CAN USE THIS TELEHEALTH LINK TO CONNECT WITH A MENTAL HEALTH PARTNER, UM, THAT IS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IF WE COULD WORK WITH THEIR COUNTY AND UT UT HEALTH SCIENCE, UM, TO IMPLEMENT A MEDICATION PROGRAM FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FINANCIALLY ABLE TO RECEIVE THE MEDICATION THAT THEY NEED TO HELP HEAL THROUGH THIS CRISIS.
UM, AND THROUGH THIS, THIS TIME.
SO IF, I KNOW THOSE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO LOOK AT, BUT UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE HEALING CARE AND RESOURCES, UM, TO THE COMMUNITIES AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THE, THE PANDEMIC AND THEN ALSO THE GUN VIOLENCE THAT WE'RE SEEING, UM, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND YOU CAN FOLLOW BACK UP WITH THAT, WITH THAT JENNY, I KNOW THAT'S QUITE A BIT.
AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO WHAT COUNCILMAN TREVINO WAS SPEAKING OF,
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UM, IF WE CAN DO, UM, AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATION OF EVICTIONS AS IT RELATES TO VICTIMS THAT NEED TO BE RELOCATED AND WHAT THAT FINANCIAL IMPACT HAS BEEN DURING THIS PANDEMIC.THOSE ARE THINGS, WE'LL, WE'LL ABSOLUTELY GET BACK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU JENNY, AND THANK YOU MAYOR.
UH, COUNCIL MIRANDA SULLIVAN, UH, THAT IS, UH, ALL OF OUR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
UM, WE DO, UH, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TOMORROW THAT WILL, SO WE WILL, UH, MOVE ALL THOSE ITEMS, UH, TILL TOMORROW.
UH, SO THE TIME IS 4:01 PM ON THIS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, 2020.
ITEMS THAT WERE POSTED FOR TODAY WILL BE CARRIED OVER UNTIL THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, AND WILL BE CONSIDERED AT ANY TIME DURING TOMORROW'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, THE TIME IS 4:01 PM AND TODAY'S MEETING IS NOW IN RECESS.
UH, WE DO HAVE A 5:00 PM UH, TIME CERTAIN CITIZENS BE HEARD, SO, UH, WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY BACK THEN.
BRIDGER, EVERYBODY FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.