* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.
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          SUN SUNSET. 
          ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, WE'RE READY FOR THE ROLE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER  HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER . 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR NUREMBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          IT'S 9:06 AM IT'S THURSDAY, JANUARY 21ST, 2021. 
          GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION, UH, TO ORDER. 
          UH, BEFORE WE DO GET STARTED, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THE INTRODUCTION VIDEO PLAYED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TODAY. 
          AS A MUSIC FRIENDLY CITY, WE'RE CONTINUING TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF OUR LOCAL MUSICIANS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE VIDEO. 
          INTRODUCING OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND ONT VSA, UH, OUR GOVERNMENT ACCESS CHANNEL. 
          TODAY'S NEW INTRO FEATURED MUSIC, UH, FEATURE THE SONG MIC CANTO BY SAN ANTONIO, ARTIST FERNANDO DEVILLE. 
          FERNANDO IS ORIGINALLY FROM BROWNSVILLE AND WAS RAISED IN , MEXICO BEFORE PROUDLY CALLING SAN ANTONIO HOME. 
          AND AS A COMPOSER, PERFORMER, PRODUCER, AND EDUCATOR, FERNANDO HAS APPEARED AND PRESENTED HIS WORK AT EVENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING MUSIC FESTIVALS, CONCERTS, AND OF COURSE OUR VERY OWN K R T U 91.7 FM. 
          ALL ALONG WITH HIS MUSICAL TALENT. 
          FERNANDO WAS ALSO AN ENTREPRENEUR AS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF PREDA MEXICAN RESTAURANT AND BAR, WHICH OPENED ITS FIRST LOCATION IN STONE OAK THIS PAST MAY. 
          AND AS IF THAT DIDN'T KEEP HIM BUSY ENOUGH, HE ALSO RELEASED HIS LO-FI MUSIC ALBUM CLOSER. 
          I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FERNANDO AND HIS WORK@FERNANDODOVE.COM. 
          UH, WE TRULY HAVE SO MANY MULTI-TALENTED MUSICIANS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE MUSICIANS IN MIND, UH, FOR OUR CITY'S LOCAL MUSIC SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM, PLEASE VISIT THE DEPARTMENT OF ART AND CULTURES MUSIC WEBPAGE AND THAT CAN BE FOUND AT SAN ANTONIO.GOV/MUSIC. 
          UM, MUSIC. 
          ALRIGHT, TO GET US STARTED, LEMME 
          [1. 21-1094 Invocation]
TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, OUR INDICATOR THIS MORNING IS, UH, DISTRICT EIGHT, REVEREND BRIAN GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU REVEREND, FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. 
          UH, REVEREND GARCIA IS A, UH, LIFELONG SAN ANTONIAN AND HE ATTENDED, UH, ANTONIAN HIGH SCHOOL AND HE IS, UH, MOST COMMONLY KNOWN AROUND UTSA'S CAMPUS, UM, AS, UH, HOLDING A FOUR YEAR TENURE, UH, AS THE PRIEST FOR THE ST. 
          ANTHONY CATHOLIC STUDENT CENTER, UH, WHERE HE ASSISTS AND GUIDES STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND ALUMNI. 
          UM, HE IS ALSO THE CHAPLAIN AT U T S A AND AT TEXAS A AND M AND, UH, WHERE HE DOES A LOT OF THE SAME. 
          AND, UH, WHEN ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT GETS YOU UP IN THE MORNING, WHAT MOTIVATES YOU? HIS WORDS, QUOTE UNQUOTE, SERVING GOD AND HIS PEOPLE, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE OR WHERE THEY'RE FROM. 
          THIS IS OUR FRIEND, OUR VERY HUMBLE DISTRICT EIGHT REVEREND GARCIA. 
          FOLKS, THANK YOU REVEREND. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND SO AS WE BEGIN, LET US, UM, JUST TAKE THEIR MOMENT AND, UM, BOW OUR HEADS AND LET US PRAY. 
          GOOD AND GRACIOUS. 
          GOD, WE THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL WHO ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR THE MANY AMEN BLESSINGS THAT YOU GIVE US EACH AND EVERY SINGLE DAY, SUCH AS LIFE MEASURE OF HEALTH, WHERE WE NEED TO FULFILL OUR CALLING FOR SUSTENANCE AND OUR FRIENDSHIP. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO BE INVOLVED IN USEFUL WORK AND FOR THE HONOR OF THEIR INAPPROPRIATE RESPONSIBILITY. 
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WE THANK YOU AS WELL FOR THE FREEDOM TO EMBRACE YOU OR THE FREEDOM TO REJECT YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR LOVING US. 
          WE PRAY FOR OUR MAYOR, FOR THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF CITY OFFICIALS. 
          AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THIS COUNCIL. 
          WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GRACIOUSLY GRANT THEM WISDOM TO GOVERN AMID THE CONFLICT AND INTEREST IN ISSUES OF OUR TIMES, A SENSE OF THE WELFARE AND TRUE NEEDS OF OUR PEOPLE, BEING THIRST FOR JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, CONFIDENCE IN WHAT IS GOOD AND FITTING THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER IN HARMONY EVEN WHEN THERE IS DISAGREEMENT, PERSONAL PEACE IN THEIR LIVES, ENJOY IN THEIR TASK. 
          WE PRAY FOR THE AGENDA SET FOR THEM TODAY. 
          PLEASE GIVE AN ASSURANCE OF WHAT WOULD PLEASE YOU AND WHAT WOULD BENEFIT YOU AND BENEFIT THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN AND AROUND OUR BELOVED CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE PRAY FOR ALL OUR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO BE KEPT SAFE FROM HARM AND DISTRESS. 
          AND FINALLY, WE PRAY FOR ALL THOSE IN OUR CITY, IN OUR HOMES, IN OUR FAMILIES AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT, THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS, WHETHER BY ILLNESS, UNEMPLOYMENT, DISPLACEMENT, GAP, THAT YOU PUT YOUR HEALING HAND UPON THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. 
          YOU ASK ALL THIS GOD'S NAME. 
          THANK YOU, 
          [2. 21-1095 Pledge of Allegiance]
REVEREND GARCIA. 
          NOW, IF YOU JOIN ME IN A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL 
          [3. 21-1096 Approval of Minutes from the City Council Meetings of October 7, 2020, October 8, 2020, and October 28, 2020]
RIGHT, OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF OCTOBER 7TH, EIGHTH, AND 28TH. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES. 
          I MOVE. 
          MAYOR, THERE'S A MOTION BY, UH, ROCHE GARCIA. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COURAGE. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES? HEARING NONE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM LISTED FOR, UM, INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION AND THAT'S ITEM FOUR, OUR DECEMBER FINANCIAL REPORT. 
          UH, BUT AT THIS TIME LET ME ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR ADDITIONAL. 
          I'M SORRY, I DO HAVE A, A COUPLE 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
OTHER ITEMS TO READ. 
          SO ITEM FOUR, ITEM 10 BY, UH,  ITEM 17 BY ELAS. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, FOR ZONING, Z ONE, Z TWO, Z SIX, Z 10. 
          AND I DO HAVE ALSO LISTED Z 13, UH, WILL BE POSTPONED. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, SO WE'LL NEED TO TAKE ACTION FOR POSTPONING ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS ADD FROM THE AGENDA? MAYOR, MAY I ADD PLEASE? YES, GO AHEAD, MADAM CLERK. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 19 AND 20 AND THEN I NEED TO READ ITEM 15 A INTO THE RECORD, BUT IT MAY STAY ON CONSENT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, THIS IS DISTRICT SIX, I'D LIKE TO PULL 15 TO HIGHLIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, I HAVE, SO LET ME READ THIS AGAIN. 
          UM, BESIDES THE ITEMS, JUST TO, TO HIGHLIGHT, I HAVE MAYOR, UM, 10, 17, 19, AND 20, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, PERRY? YES. 
          UH, ITEM NINE, PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, UM, NOT 10 10 CAN STAY ON CONSENT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          IS, IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS? SO WE'LL PUT 10 BACK ON CONSENT. 
          SO I HAVE AT THIS 0.7, SORRY, 9, 17, 19 AND 20. 
          AND THEN Z ONE, Z TWO, Z SIX, AND Z 10. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS, ITEMS FOR, UM, ITEMS INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION BESIDES ITEM FOUR? ALRIGHT, IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          MOTION. 
          SECOND. 
          UM, MADAM CLERK 
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AND ANDY, LET ME KNOW IF I'M OUTTA ORDER HERE, BUT, UM, CAN I GO AHEAD AND HAVE ITEM 15 A READ INTO THE RECORD AT THIS POINT? ANDY? YES, MAYOR. 
          THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE. 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD MADAM CLERK MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THERE'S A CORRECTION TO THE AGENDA. 
          ITEM 15 A IS AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING TO NFA L RICKS DISTRICT TWO TO THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN FOR THE REMAINDER OF AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING MAY 31ST, 2021, AND WAIVING THE CITY CODE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR THIS APPOINTMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, WE GOT THAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WE HAVE, UM, I THINK FOUR SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR ITEM, UM, 14, WHICH IS STILL ON CONSENT. 
          SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND TAKE THOSE NOW. 
          ONE IS A GROUP, UM, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, AND WE'LL HAVE MICHAEL TAYLOR, NATALIE GRIFFITH, AND STEPHANIE. 
          STEPHANIE WISE, UH, THEY WILL HAVE NINE MINUTES. 
          THEY'RE CONNECTED. 
          THEY ARE, SIR. 
          OKAY, MICHAEL, GO AHEAD. 
          YOU GUYS HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, THIS IS NATALIE GRIFFITH WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. 
          I'LL BE SPEAKING FOR OUR GROUP THIS MORNING. 
          UH, I HAVE SPOKEN OR OUTREACH, UH, OR HAD OUTREACH FROM SEVERAL OF YOU OR YOUR STAFF, AND I WANTED TO START BY THANKING THOSE OF YOU THAT MADE THE TIME FOR THAT THIS WEEK. 
          TODAY I'M ADDRESSING THE RHETORIC AND MISLEADING INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN USED TO UNDERMINE THE IMPORTANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WORK OUR COMMUNITY DOES. 
          OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS, THERE HAVE BEEN FALSE SALACIOUS ALLEGATIONS THAT CITY STAFF WERE TRYING TO DIVERT, CARESS ACT FUNDING FROM EMERGENCY RELIEF TO GIVE TO UNNAMED HOUSING DEVELOPERS AND IMPLYING GREEDY HOUSING DEVELOPERS. 
          IT WAS EVEN PRESENTED AS CITY STAFF NOT CARING OR TRYING TO STEAL FROM LOW INCOME PEOPLE. 
          THESE FALSE ALLEGATIONS ARE BEING USED TO MANIPULATE AND SCARE PEOPLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE PUBLIC OUTRAGE AGAINST CITY STAFF AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          I AM DEVASTATED TO SEE THIS HAPPEN IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I LOVE ON ISSUES SO IMPORTANT AS EMERGENCY RELIEF AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAPPENING SO SOON AFTER WE ALL WITNESSED THE JANUARY 6TH TRAGEDY AND HORROR INCITED BY MISREPRESENTATION AND FEARMONGERING IS INEXCUSABLE. 
          I OBJECTED TO TODAY'S ITEM BECAUSE IT IS WRONG FOR THE MISREPRESENTATIONS TO RESULT IN HOME OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FUNDS GETTING PULLED FROM TODAY'S REPROGRAMMING. 
          TODAY'S MESSAGE IS FOR COUNSEL AND ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR MEDIA THAT MAY HAVE BOUGHT INTO THE RED RHETORIC. 
          I ASK YOU TO LISTEN TO THE FACTS AND STAND UP AGAINST FALSE INFORMATION, HELP STOP PITTING GOOD PROGRAMS AGAINST EACH OTHER. 
          FACT ONE, THERE IS NO STEAL TO STOP. 
          NONE OF THE 3 MILLION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THAT WERE PROPOSED FOR REPROGRAMMING CAME FROM CARES ACT RELIEF FUNDING. 
          THESE WERE THE NORMAL C D B G HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUNDS. 
          THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIVES THE CITY THAT WERE ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          FACT TWO, THE CITY PULLED THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS FROM FUND FROM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN OCTOBER, SPECIFICALLY 1.65 MILLION WAS PULLED FROM HOME OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN OCTOBER PULLING THE FUNDS MADE SENSE BECAUSE NO ONE KNEW THE CITY WOULD BE RECEIVING THE MULTIMILLIONS MORE IN RELIEF FUNDS. 
          CITY COUNCIL IS ACCEPTING TODAY OR THE EVEN GREATER MULTIMILLIONS SO THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS THAT MR. WALSH AND THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY FACT. 
          THREE. 
          THIS IS NOT A FUND EITHER OR SITUATION THE CITY CAN AND SHOULD DO BOTH. 
          FACT FOUR CITY COUNCIL HAS RECENTLY APPROVED OR TODAY IS CONSIDERING APPROVING FUNDING FOR SEVERAL OTHER CITY RUN HOUSING OR PILOT PROGRAMS. FACT FIVE, IT MAKES SENSE TO RESTORE THE HOME OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FUNDS BECAUSE THE NEED IS REAL AND RAPIDLY INCREASING. 
          HABITAT IS RECEIVING MORE APPLICATIONS FOR AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP THAN EVER. 
          IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE WHEN YOUR FAMILY IS LIVING DOUBLED OR TRIPLED UP WITH EXTENDED FAMILY OR FRIENDS. 
          FACT SIX, THE UNNAMED DEVELOPERS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND, AND OCCASIONALLY OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          FACT SEVEN, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF A GREEDY DEVELOPER. 
          WE ARE A GRASSROOTS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATE AND OUR CALL IS ONE JOHN THREE 18, WHICH SAYS, MY CHILDREN ARE LOVE SHOULD NOT JUST BE WORDS AND TALK, IT MUST BE TRUE LOVE, WHICH SHOWS ITSELF IN ACTION. 
          THERE IS NO GREED IN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO VOLUNTEER COUNTLESS HOURS TO DEMONSTRATE LOVE AND ACTION BY WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH FAMILIES AND DONATING THEIR OWN MONEY TO MATCH THE CITY'S HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND. 
          THERE IS NO GREED IN BUILDING THREE AND FOUR BEDROOM HOMES THAT ARE ADEQUATELY SIZED 
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FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND ELDERS THAT ARE FULLY WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE AND HAVE EXTRA CONSTRUCTION FEATURES TO MAKE THE HOME LAST LONGER AND HAVE LOWER MAINTENANCE COSTS AND LOWER UTILITY BILLS. 
          THERE IS NO GREED IN SELLING HOMES AT WHAT IT COSTS TO BUILD THEM AND THEN FINANCING THEM WITH A NO INTEREST 0% MORTGAGE. 
          AND THERE IS NO GREED IN PROVIDING OUR OTHER HOMEOWNER SUPPORT SERVICES AT NO COST TO THE FAMILIES OR THE CITY. 
          FACT EIGHT, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR RESTORING C D B G HOME OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FUNDS. 
          LAST WEEK, COUNCILMAN TNO CALLED FOR THE PUBLIC TO LET COUNCIL KNOW HOW THEY FELT ON REPROGRAMMING THE C D B G HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUNDS. 
          2,225 PEOPLE PROVIDED WRITTEN SUPPORT FOR THIS IN JUST A ONE WEEK TIMEFRAME, COUNSEL RARELY RECEIVES THIS VOLUME OF INPUT ON AN ISSUE YOU ASKED AND THE PEOPLE RESPONDED. 
          SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WILL YOU LISTEN? THERE IS NO PLACE FACT NINE. 
          THERE IS NO PLACE FOR BULLYING AND PERSONAL ATTACKS IN THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. 
          AND THE WAY THAT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO HAPPEN IS INEXCUSABLE. 
          WE SHOULD BE APPALLED BY THE MEAN-SPIRITED PUBLIC BULLYING THAT HAPPENED TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LORI HOUSTON. 
          NO MOTHER SHOULD EVER HAVE TO TRY TO EXPLAIN THAT TO HER DAUGHTER, TO MS. HOUSTON'S DAUGHTER. 
          WHAT SHOULD BE SAID ABOUT YOUR MOM IS THAT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, SHE HAS DONE SIGNIFICANT WORK TO BREAK DOWN A LOT OF THE INSTITUTIONALIZED BARRIERS AND STAFF LEVEL INJUSTICES WITHIN OUR CITY GOVERNMENT. 
          AND SHE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY FACILITATED FURTHERING THE HAVING POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT DIRECTLY HELPS FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, FEW ADULTS. 
          I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVERYTHING IS GREAT ABOUT WORKING WITH THE CITY BECAUSE THERE'S STILL MANY, MANY THINGS TO RESOLVE. 
          IN FACT, I HAVE AN ISSUE NOW THAT I'M PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT, BUT THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY. 
          I JUST HOPE THE ENTIRE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE KEEPS WORKING AS HARD AS THEY DO TO IMPROVE THIS CITY AND ELIMINATE INTERNAL BARRIERS. 
          AND I AM SO, SO SORRY WHEN THAT BECOMES SUCH A BRUTALLY THANKLESS JOB TO THE MEDIA AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR CURRENT OR EXPIRING ACTIVISTS, PLEASE DON'T GET SUCKED INTO FALSE NARRATIVES AND FEARMONGERING. 
          IF YOU ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY OR WILL BE IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE JOIN HABITAT IN OVER 2,200 OTHER PEOPLE AND TELL THIS COUNCIL THAT TRULY AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP IS IMPORTANT AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE A PRIORITY. 
          MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA AND PUBLIC. 
          IF YOU WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT HABITAT OR SEE FIRSTHAND WHAT HABITAT DOES WITH THE CITY AND DONOR FUNDS, I INVITE YOU TO VISIT US AND HOPEFULLY JOIN US IN SIGNIFICANTLY AND TANGIBLY HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS OR HELP US TO RAISE ACCURATE AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          TO CLOSE. 
          I WANNA TELL YOU ABOUT A SHORT NARRATIVE WRITTEN BY A, A SINGLE FATHER. 
          IT SAYS, AS A SINGLE DAD WITH THREE YOUNG CHILDREN, I WANTED TO FIND A PLACE THAT MY KIDS COULD CALL HOME SOMEWHERE. 
          THEY COULD HAVE THEIR OWN SPACE AND FEEL SAFE SOMEWHERE WITH ROOM FOR THEM TO EXPLORE AND MAKE FRIENDS THAT THEY'D HAVE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. 
          IT WAS A TALL ORDER, BUT I WAS CONFIDENT THAT I'D FIND A PLACE PERFECT FOR US. 
          THE AUTHOR GOES ON TO SAY, WITH THREE KIDS, BEING CLOSE TO SCHOOL WAS A MASSIVE HELP, CONSIDERING THERE WAS ONLY ONE OF HIM AND THREE OF THEM. 
          HE SAYS HIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY ARE THE REASONS WHY HE IS ABLE TO DO WHAT HE IS. 
          WHAT HE DOES TODAY, HE MENTIONS THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND HOME HE'S EVER OWNED AND WONDERS IF HE SHOULD CONSIDER MOVING. 
          BUT THEN HE RELAYS HOW IMPORTANT HIS HOME IS BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY HOME HIS KIDS HAVE EVER KNOWN. 
          THIS NARRATIVE COULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY ANY NUMBER OF HABITAT FAMILIES, BUT IT WASN'T, IT WAS WRITTEN BY COUNCILMAN CLAYTON PERRY AND RAN IN THE SAN ANTONIO REPORT THIS WEEKEND. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY, YOU CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HOME OWNERSHIP AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO A FAMILY. 
          LOWER INCOME FAMILIES WANT THE SAME THING FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AND THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK HARD TO GET IT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE AND ASKING N H S D TO REVISIT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET. 
          I HOPE ALL OF COUNCIL WILL SUPPORT RESTORING HOME OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AND TO ALL OF THE COUNCIL, PLEASE KNOW THAT WE JOIN REVEREND GARCIA IN PRAYING FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS. GRIFFITH. 
          UM, LET ME GO NOW TO MAUREEN GALINDO. 
          MAUREEN GALINDO. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, MAUREEN, WE ARE CONNECTED WITH YOU. 
          DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? GO AHEAD. 
          YOU CAN HEAR ME GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I FIRST OFF WANNA SAY THAT, UM, THE PUBLIC COMMENT HERE IS EXTREMELY INACCESSIBLE. 
          UM, GRANTED I'M NOT VERY GOOD WITH TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT'S VERY COMPLEX AND 
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I'VE HEARD THIS FROM MULTIPLE PEOPLE. 
          YOU GUYS, UM, WHO DO KNOW ME, KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN DOING REAL ACTUAL GRASSROOTS WORK, VOLUNTEER WORK, NO AGENDA WHATSOEVER EXCEPT TO BRING MORE POWER TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY SO THAT THEY HAVE MORE OWNERSHIP OVER WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THEIR FUNDS. 
          I AM APPALLED, APPALLED AT WHAT I JUST HEARD OF ME, MYSELF, AND MY COLLEAGUES BEING COMPARED TO RADICAL WHITE SUPREMACISTS ATTACKS ON THE WHITE HOUSE, A COUP ON THE CAPITOL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, UM, BEYOND, SO I WORKED ON THE RISK MITIGATION POLICY. 
          IT CAME FROM THE ORGANIZING DONE AT SOAP WORKS AND COUNTY CENTER APARTMENTS MISSION CHARLES. 
          BEFORE THAT, THE WHOLE POINT WAS TO BRING MORE POWER TO THE PEOPLE BEING MOST IMPACTED SO THAT THEY HAVE MORE SAY IN POLICY. 
          THAT WAS A GOAL OF THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE. 
          MARIA ABEL WAS PUT ONTO THE TASK FORCE BY THE MAYOR IN ORDER THAT INFORMATION IN THERE, AND SHE HAD TO FIGHT HARD FOR IT AGAINST ALL OF THE PEOPLE THERE WHO ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT ALL ABOUT SUPPLY AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          WHO DOESN'T KNOW? AND YOU CAN LOOK IT UP, THAT INFILL ULTIMATELY RAISES ALL OF OUR LAND VALUE. 
          YES, WE NEED SAFE PLACES TO LIVE IN, BUT WHEN WE HAVE THESE SO-CALLED AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH I LIVE IN ONE AND I I'M TELLING YOU, THE RENT GOES UP EVERY SINGLE YEAR, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT THAT MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE. 
          IT'S NEAR MARKET RATE. 
          UM, TECHNICALLY SPEAKING FOR WHERE I'M AT, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT HELPING OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY RAISING THE LAND VALUE, WHICH RAISES THE PROPERTY VALUE, WHICH RAISES PEOPLE'S PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH RAISES RENT. 
          THIS HAS, THIS IS A METHOD THAT HAS HAPPENED IN EVERY SINGLE GENTRIFIED CITY IN THE COUNTRY AND IN THE WORLD. 
          IT FIRST STARTED HAPPENING IN HONG KONG. 
          THE LARGEST INFILL IN THE ENTIRE WORLD IS NOW THE MOST EXPENSIVE. 
          SAME AUSTRALIA CITY, SAME NEW YORK CITY, SAN FRANCISCO, PORTLAND, OREGON, WHERE I GOT PRICED OUT OF AS A SINGLE MOM OF THREE KIDS WHERE I GOT EVICTED FROM AND MOVED HERE TO MOVE TO SO WORKS AND BE TOLD THAT I WAS GOING TO GET DISPLACED AGAIN BECAUSE OF DEVELOPMENT. 
          WHEN YOU RAISE THE LAND VALUE, EVERYBODY'S COST OF LIVING GOES UP. 
          MAYOR, YOU HAVE PUT ALL OF THIS WORK INTO THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE. 
          AND NOW ALL I HEAR FROM STAFF IS SUPPLY, SUPPLY, SUPPLY. 
          WE ALL KNEW THE SECOND THAT YOU RELEASED WHO WAS GONNA BE PART OF THAT TASK FORCE, THAT THAT'S WHAT THE GOAL WAS. 
          AND NOW STAFF HAS COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY WIPED OUT THE PART OF IT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY. 
          I AM SHOCKED. 
          I AM APPALLED. 
          THANK YOU, MS. GALINDO. 
          OKAY, WE'LL NOW MOVE TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          LET ME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU. 
          I WANTED TO START OFF BY, UH, SAYING THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS WHO CALLED IN. 
          AND SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, I, UM, TRY TO LISTEN TO, TO AS MANY, UM, FOLKS AS POSSIBLE BEFORE MAKING A DECISION. 
          AND I WANTED TO ASK ERIC, ERIC, CAN YOU YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND AND, AND JUST SO THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE AWARE, UM, WHAT ARE THE, THE NEXT STEPS IN GENERAL FOR, UH, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT, UH, WERE REVISITED SINCE THE TIME THAT WE WERE PRESENTED THIS ITEM OR BRIEF ON THIS ITEM LAST WEEK AND TODAY, WHAT HAS CHANGED? UH, WELL ACTUALLY THAT'S A, THAT'S A TOPIC OF, UH, TWO OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, NUMBER 14 TODAY. 
          UM, AND SO I, I THINK THIS IS, MOST OF THE COMMENTS WERE REALLY DIRECTED TOWARDS ITEM NUMBER 14, WHICH, WHICH IN THE STAFF MEMO. 
          AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'LL HEAR THIS IN VERA'S PRESENTATION, UM, THAT, THAT WE HAVE HAD, WE HAVE SUBMISSIONS FOR, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, UM, THIS TIME LAST WEEK. 
          UM, UH, WHAT'S CHANGED IS WE, UH, WE'RE, UM, WE NOW HAVE $46 MILLION FROM THE DECEMBER, UH, STIMULUS, UH, PACKAGE APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          AND, AND PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU'LL HEAR FROM VETO, UH, A LITTLE BIT LATER IS THAT, UH, WE LEAVE ALL THE MONEY WHERE IT'S AT AND, AND, AND, UM, WE GO THROUGH, UH, THE EVALUATION AND PUT THAT $46 MILLION INTO THE EAP. 
          AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          UM, WE DO THE ANALYSIS ON THE PROPOSALS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, UH, FOR, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND THEN WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH, UH, A PROPOSAL OR ALTERNATIVES TO FUND THOSE. 
          AND, AND, AND FRANKLY, I THINK THE, THE $46 MILLION FOR THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WE RECEIVED EARLIER THIS WEEK GIVES US A 
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LITTLE BIT OF LATITUDE. 
          THE, THE MEMO, IF YOU READ THE MEMO THAT WAS POSTED LAST WEEK, WE REFER GENERALLY TO AWAITING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT STIMULUS BECAUSE THAT IS A, OBVIOUSLY AN INGREDIENT THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          SO, UM, WE, WE SEE, UH, THE ABILITY TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND, UH, BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU OPTIONS AND, AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE, SO ERIC, SO WE CAN STILL DO BOTH IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING. 
          UH, AS OF YESTERDAY WHEN WE GOT THE NOTICE FOR THE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL DOLLARS, YOU, YOU DON'T SEE A, YOU DON'T SEE A PROBLEM BEING ABLE TO DO BOTH, CORRECT? UH, IT, IT IS GONNA BE OUR STRONG RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DO BOTH. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT NOW WE STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THE, AND VETO, UM, VETO, I SEE YOU ON THE SCREEN. 
          I'M JUMPING AHEAD ON YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT WE, THERE'S A, THERE IS A LEVEL OF ANALYSIS THAT THE STAFF IS GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH ON THOSE SUBMISSIONS, AND WE STILL NEED TO DO THAT, BUT, UH, I, I, YOU KNOW, I, WE DO NEED TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THE IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY AND THE IMMEDIATE NEED OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO WHERE WE'RE GOING AND INCREASING, UH, THE AFFORDABILITY OR THE, UH, SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          OKAY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          THAT'S, I, I THINK THAT WAS MY MAIN, MAIN CONCERN. 
          AND WHEN I SAW THAT MEMO COME OUT YESTERDAY, UM, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO, TO MAKE SURE TO ASK THE QUESTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE, UM, WE, WE HAVE, I THINK, A, A GREATER OPPORTUNITY NOW TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE BOTH. 
          AND SO I WANNA THANK, UM, HABITAT FOR HUMANITIES AND THEY, THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL. 
          I KNOW FOR THE, THE FAMILIES AND DISTRICT FOUR THAT HAVE BENEFITED AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, UH, WRITING IN AND FOR ALSO CALLING IN THIS MORNING. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE ADVOCATES, THE ADVOCATES THAT WORK WITH COUNCILMAN TREVINO, UM, AS WELL, I, I DO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, IT'S GONNA TAKE ALL OF US TO WORK TOGETHER ON A COMPROMISE. 
          AND WITH YESTERDAY'S NEWS, I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE BOTH. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS AND, UH, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROSA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND I, YOU, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE, THIS ITEM AS WELL. 
          AT FIRST, I ACTUALLY, I'LL START OFF BY SAYING THAT I, I ACTUALLY USED TO WORK WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE IN THEIR MISSION AND APPRECIATE ALL THAT IT'S DONE. 
          AND, UH, OF COURSE, YESTERDAY WAS A GREAT DAY IN TERMS OF, UH, CELEBRATING NEW ADMINISTRATION AND, UH, APPRECIATE ALL THAT PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER. 
          CARTER HAS DONE, UH, TO EXEMPLIFY THE, THE, THE KIND OF, THE KIND OF HUMAN BEING HE IS. 
          HE STILL WORKS ON, ON MANY PROJECTS AND LABORS EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          SO THIS IS A, UH, A TRULY AN AMAZING, UH, GROUP OF PEOPLE. 
          BUT, BUT LET ME SPEAK A LITTLE MORE TO THIS ISSUE. 
          THE INITIAL CONCERN WITH THE FIRST ITERATION OF THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT, NUMBER TWO, WAS THAT IT PROPOSED TAKING MONEY OUT OF, UH, EAP FOR, UH, DEVELOPMENT BEFORE WE WERE PAST THIS PANDEMIC. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE UP AND THEIR CONTINUED WORK AND ADVOCACY COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND DISTRICT ONE MET RECENTLY TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE. 
          AND I WAS ENCOURAGED TO HEAR THAT THERE WILL BE MORE CONSULTATION WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND STAKEHOLDER GROUPS WHEN IT COMES TO DECISIONS LIKE THESE. 
          WELL, BEFORE WE EVEN KNEW ABOUT THIS, THE, THE $46 MILLION, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS VERY ISSUE TOGETHER. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR PUTTING FORTH THE RECOMMENDATION TODAY THAT ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORTH WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO ASSISTING DEVELOPERS WITH FINANCING FOR TOMORROW FOR HELPING A FAMILY STAY HOUSED TODAY, I'M GOING TO CHOOSE THE FAMILY IN NEED 10 OUT OF 10 TIMES. 
          ALSO, JUST BECAUSE A FAMILY LIVES IN A HOME PROVIDED THROUGH HABITAT OR ANOTHER NONPROFIT ENTITY DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE NO LONGER IN NEED OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
          OUR CURRENT DATA TELLS US THAT DOZENS OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FAMILIES HAVE RECEIVED ASSISTANCE THROUGH OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          SO FAR, I'M WHOLLY IN FAVOR OF INCREASING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK BY PARTNERING WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, PROSPERA AND OTHER NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS. 
          IN FACT, CITY STAFF HAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF FUNDING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY PROVIDE 2.5 MILLION IN HOME FUNDS TO ASSIST NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO MAKE THOSE HOME FUNDS AVAILABLE TO NONPROFIT ENTITIES. 
          LAST, I WANT THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR INPUT ON THIS ISSUE AND LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING, UH, THIS ITEM THAT I BELIEVE IS, IS ON, UH, CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
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THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I ACTUALLY HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS I, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, BUT I THINK, UH, I'LL ALSO, UH, ADDRESS THE, THE ISSUE AT HAND WITH REGARDS TO THE, THE HOUSING ITEM. 
          UH, ERIC, I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE IS, UH, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH WHAT'S COMING IN, UH, IN THE, IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 
          UH, I DO WANNA SAY THAT, UH, I, I THINK BOTH THINGS ARE IMPORTANT, AND AS I MENTIONED, UH, LAST TIME, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE OUR EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK, AND THAT IF WE ARE BUILDING, UH, NEW HOUSING THAT WE DIRECT THOSE FUNDS TO, OR, OR IF WE ARE PROVIDING GAP FUNDING FOR NEW HOUSING, THAT WE DIRECT THOSE FUNDS TO WHERE WE MOST NEED IT, AND WE KNOW THAT THAT IS FOR FAMILIES, UH, AT THE 30% OR 50% AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME. 
          SO I'LL JUST, UH, STATE THAT, UH, A COUPLE OF ITEMS. I, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, WE'RE GOING INTO HIGHLIGHTS RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? OR ARE WE STICKING TO THE HOUSING DISCUSSION, MAYOR? NO, WE'RE, WE'RE DISCUSSING CONSENT AT THIS POINT. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, UH, FIRST I'M GOING TO BEGIN WITH, UH, ITEM NUMBER 22 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL. 
          UH, THAT IS AN AGREEMENT THAT WE WERE, UH, FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO OBTAIN THROUGH THE BLOOMBERG CITY'S CHALLENGE, UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND, AND MY OFFICE SUBMITTED FOR THAT APPLICATION, AND IT WAS NO SMALL FEAT TO, TO SECURE THAT FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, FORTUNATELY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO, TO OUR TWO, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WORKING WITH US FROM N R D C ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAY ON OUR TEAM FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS. 
          THAT MEANS THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2021. 
          AND IF YOU HAVEN'T MET THEM YET, THEY'RE TWO, UH, FANTASTIC EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
          AND I, UH, I RECOMMEND YOU, YOU TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO MEET THEM TO, UH, THROUGH THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, TO HEAR SOME OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THEY'RE WORKING ON. 
          I GOT A BRIEF UPDATE FROM DOUG MELNICK YESTERDAY, UH, AND HE TOLD ME THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY, UH, LOOKING FOR, UH, FUNDS RIGHT NOW TO BRING LENDERS INTO OUR PACE PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES OR EVEN LARGE BUSINESSES, UH, REHAB THEIR OPERATIONS FOR, FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND WATER, WATER EFFICIENCY, WHICH BASICALLY SAVES THEM MONEY IN, IN THE LONG RUN. 
          UH, BUT WHAT I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS THAT MEANS THAT THEY ARE ONLY HERE FOR SIX MORE MONTHS. 
          SO WE HAVE TO, UH, MAKE THE BEST USE OF THEIR, OF THEIR RESOURCES WHILE THEY'RE, WHILE THEY'RE WITH US. 
          SO, UM, SO THANK YOU TO TO N R D C FOR THAT. 
          ANOTHER THING THAT I DO WANNA, UH, HIGHLIGHT IS ITEM NUMBER 12. 
          IT'S A PURCHASE OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS OVER THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, UH, BOTH IN BEXAR COUNTY AND, UH, ADJOINING AND, AND ADJOINING COUNTY. 
          I'M GLAD TO SEE US CONTINUING TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          I KNOW OUR FUNDING STREAM IS GOING TO SHIFT A LITTLE BIT IN THE, IN THE COMING MONTHS, UH, BUT IT'S WONDERFUL TO KNOW THAT THE PROGRAM CONTINUES. 
          AND LASTLY, I WANNA THANK, UH, PUBLIC WORKS STAFF, FORMERLY T C I STAFF, AS WELL AS OUR CITY ARCHITECTS, GOPI FOR, UH, ALL HIS WORK ON THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM AT WOODLAWN LAKE PARK. 
          UH, WE ARE FINALLY GETTING READY TO BUILD THAT MULTI-GENERATIONAL CENTER, AND, UH, VERY EXCITED TO, TO SEE THAT MOVING ALONG. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT A PORTION OF OUR AGENDA THAT'S UNDER STREET CLOSURES AND TRAFFIC CONTROL. 
          WE KNOW THAT DISTRICT TWO HAS A LOT OF AREAS THAT WE NEED, UM, DEVELOPMENT, AND ONE AREA IS RIGHT OVER BY SPLASH TOWN, AND THIS AREA IS GOING TO BE AN AREA THAT WE ARE SELLING, UM, OVER TO THE OWNERS OF SPLASH TOWN. 
          AND THAT WILL GIVE US A DEPOSIT INTO OUR GENERAL FUND OF $40,000. 
          AND SO WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THEM STEPPING UP. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE CAN USE THIS MONEY WITHIN OUR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO GENERAL FUND. 
          AND SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, UM, TO THEM FOR, FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. 
          AND THEN ALSO TO JUST THANK OUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT TWO THAT WILL BE SERVING ON THE MAYOR'S COUNCIL, UH, ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN. 
          AND THAT IS MS. GE RICKS. 
          AND SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO HER. 
          UM, TO STEP UP INTO THAT ROLE, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMEONE, UM, AND THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN FEEL OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING TO VOLUNTEER AND SERVE. 
          BUT AS WE SPEAK ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING HERE IN THE GREAT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE HAVE TO 
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LOOK AT THE, THE ISSUE THAT IS AT HAND. 
          AND THAT IS THE ISSUE OF HOUSING RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          WHEN COVID FIRST HIT MAYOR, YOU APPOINTED MYSELF, UM, TO THE HOUSING AND FOOD SECURITY ALONG WITH COUNCILWOMAN . 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONTINUE TO HEAR WAS THAT THERE WAS A LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THEN THERE WAS A LACK OF PEOPLE THAT WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PAY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO THOSE THINGS GO HAND IN HAND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE USE THESE DOLLARS TO HELP THE MOST THAT ARE IMPACTED? WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DOLLARS TO PUT, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GROUND RUNNING WATER. 
          WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ELECTRICITY. 
          WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE SUPPLYING HOUSES TO CAN STAY IN THESE HOUSES. 
          AND SO THAT IS WHAT THAT 46 MILLION WILL DO. 
          IT WILL HELP PEOPLE NOT ONLY HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE, BUT HAVE SOMEONE THAT THEY CAN BE COMFORTABLE AND SECURE. 
          AND AS WE GO FORWARD, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EVEN THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE LOST HOUSING AND HAVE LOST THEIR, THEIR PLACE TO LIVE. 
          AND WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING THAT IS AFFORDABLE ACCORDING TO THIS DAY AND TIME ACCORDING TO STRUCTURE. 
          AND IF WE DO NOT START TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND KEEP LOOKING BACKWARDS, WE'RE NEVER GONNA MOVE FORWARDS. 
          THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE DO THAT, AND THIS IS HOW WE DO IT USING THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED. 
          SO, THANK YOU COUNCIL TREVINO FOR SAYING THAT THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 2.5 MILLION THAT WE CAN USE TO PUT INTO OUR NONPROFITS. 
          THEY ARE ASKING FOR HELP JUST AS MUCH AS EVERYONE ELSE IS. 
          WE AS A CITY, STEP UP AND RISE UP, AND WHEN WE RISE UP, THAT MEANS WE DO IT TOGETHER. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. 
          SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, YEAH, I, I SUPPORT, UM, MOVING THIS MONEY AROUND, BUT TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I'M, I WAS KIND OF CONFUSED ABOUT WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING, WHERE IT'S GOING TO, IT DID, DID Y'ALL PUT TOGETHER ANY KIND OF VISUAL OR A, A CHART, UH, VERO TO SHOW HOW THIS IS ALL WORKING AND WHO'S GETTING WHAT AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS, UH, UM, UH, GETTING THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED? DID, DID Y'ALL PUT ANYTHING LIKE THAT TOGETHER? COUNCILMAN? THIS IS LORI HOUSTON. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT WE DID PUT TOGETHER A CHART AND THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COUNCIL COMMITTEE. 
          AND THEN WE, AFTER WE LISTENED TO THOSE COMMITTEE CONCERNS, WE CHANGED THE MEMO TO REFLECT THOSE CONCERNS AND ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND WERE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHERE THAT FUNDING WAS GOING. 
          AND THAT IS PART OF THE ATTACHMENT TO TODAY'S ITEM NUMBER 14. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU WERE GONNA PUT THAT OUT TODAY AND, AND SHOW THAT DURING, DURING THIS PRESENTATION THAT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN HELPFUL FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY LOOKS AT THE, THE, THE NOTES AND WHAT HAVE YOU THAT ATTEND COUNCIL MEETINGS, ESPECIALLY OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UM, COULD WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT? COULD YOU PULL THAT UP AND JUST, UH, GO THROUGH THAT FOR US? UH, COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, IF I MAY, IN FACT, I WAS GONNA SUGGEST TO THE MAYOR, UH, GIVEN THE SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION ON ITEM 14, I SUGGEST WE PULL ITEM 14 FOR A SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION SINCE THAT IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE, ARE TALKING SUBSTANTIVELY ABOUT IT RATHER THAN JUST HIGHLIGHTED IT. 
          I TOTALLY AGREE THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL, IF, IF THAT IS THE CASE, I'LL JUST NEED A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT. 
          I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION BY PERRY TO, UH, SEPARATE OUT ITEM, UH, 14. 
          DID I SEE A SECOND FROM ROCHA GARCIA SECOND? YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ALRIGHT, SO WE WILL, UH, WE WILL TAKE ITEM 14 AS AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM. 
          SO, UH, LET, LET ME GO BACK TO YOU, ANDY. 
          DOES THAT PUT 14 ON THE TABLE AND WE'RE NO LONGER DISCUSSING CONSENT? NO. 
          WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO, MAYOR, IS FINISH THE, UH, HIGHLIGHTING PROCESS AND THEN GO BACK TO ITEM 14, IS WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST. 
          SO WE ARE TABLING THE DISCUSSION ON 14 UNTIL WE COME BACK TO IT, CORRECT? YES. 
          I WOULD FINISH THE DISCUSSION ON HIGHLIGHTING ITEMS AND THEN THEN GO TO ITEM 14. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON CONSENT, YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR, OTHERWISE WE'LL GO ON TO, UM, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          YES, I, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT, UH, I HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE, UH, JONATHAN DELMER THAT'S BEING APPOINTED TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND, UH, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM AND, AND HIM WORKING WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD ON FUTURE FUTURE ISSUES. 
          SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ALSO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          UH, NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE AND REMINDER, WE ARE DISCUSSING CONSENT EXCLUDING ITEM 14 AT THIS POINT. 
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COUNCILMAN, YOU'RE MUTED, SIR. 
          COUNCILMAN, YOU'RE STILL MUTED, SIR. 
          PASS SIR. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT'S THE UNIVERSAL, UH, SIGN FOR PASS. 
          SO LET ME GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER CAB H. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, HIGHLIGHT ITEM 15. 
          UM, I HAVE A, UM, AN APPOINTMENT, UM, TO THE, UM, THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO DISTRICT SIX RESIDENT ANGELA GONZALEZ ON HER APPOINTMENT TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          ANGELA HAS MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING SMALL BUSINESS OPERATIONS, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION. 
          SHE EARNED HER M B A FROM TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO, AND IS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL CONTRACT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. 
          SHE WAS PREVIOUSLY EMPLOYED AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHERE SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE R F P PROCESS FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF, OF BROOKS AND COLLABORATED WITH BUSINESS OWNERS ON STRATEGIC PLANNING AND TAX INCENTIVES. 
          I BELIEVE ANGELA WILL BE A STRONG VOICE FOR ENSURING SMALL MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES WILL HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO COMPETITIVELY PURSUE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR APPLYING ANGELA, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CDA. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, SO THAT IS OUR DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          SO LET ME JUST CLARIFY WHAT WE WILL BE VOTING ON NOW. 
          UH, WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON CONSENT ITEMS. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 4 9 19 20 AND WE ALSO PULLED 14 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          ALSO NOT INCLUDED IN THIS VOTE ARE THE INDIVIDUAL ZONING ITEMS OF Z ONE, Z TWO, Z SIX, AND Z 10. 
          UM, AND Z 13 HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED TODAY. 
          AM I GOOD ON THAT? ANDY? MAYOR, ITEM 17 WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS AS WELL, RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          ITEM 17. 
          OKAY. 
          CORRECT. 
          17. 
          OKAY, GOT IT. 
          SO 4 9 14 17, 19 20 Z ONE Z, TWO Z SIX, Z 10, AND Z 13. 
          UH, ALL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION EXCEPT Z 13 IS POSTPONED. 
          GOOD. 
          THAT'S GOOD, MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT, LET ME, UH, MADAM CLERK, DO YOU REMEMBER WHO MADE THAT MOTION? YES, MAYOR. 
          DISTRICT ONE, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO MADE THE MOTION AND CAB HAVE THEIR MADE THE SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, AND THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR HEARING. 
          NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE 
          [14. 21-1050 Ordinance approving the acceptance of grant funds in the amount of $3,603,100.02 from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs – Texas Emergency Rental Assistance Program; and approving agreements with Bexar County totaling $2,217,196.47 to administer the County’s TERAP funds to provide rental assistance to eligible households impacted by COVID-19. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]]
HALFWAY THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION ON ITEM 14, I'M GONNA SUGGEST WE GO OUTTA ORDER AND JUST START WITH ITEM 14. 
          SO, UM, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD START US WITH A, WITH A CAPTION AND THEN, UH, I WILL TURN THE FLOOR BACK OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          ITEM 14 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 HUD ACTION PLAN AND BUDGET TO PROGRAM $10,249,127 IN SECOND ROUND C D B G CARES ACT FUNDING TO REPROGRAM $1,325,000 IN C D B G FUNDS APPROVING THE ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF 3,603,102, $100 AND 2 CENTS FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TEXAS EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND APPROVING AGREEMENTS WITH BEXAR COUNTY TOTALING $2,217,000, I'M SORRY, 2,000,217, $196 AND 47 CENTS TO ADMINISTER THE COUNTY'S TE R A P FUNDS TO PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS IMPACTED BY COVID-19. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, I THINK ERIC HAS, UH, THE PRESENTATION OR THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, LEMME TURN IT TO ERIC. 
          UH, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, YOU, 
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YOU DO HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I, AND, AND AGAIN, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE JUST SEE THIS LAID OUT VISUALLY SO THAT THERE ISN'T ANY CONFUSION AND WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS OF, OF ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, AGENCIES OUT THERE. 
          SO IF, IF, IF Y'ALL COULD SHOW THAT VISUALLY, IT WOULD HELP ME, UH, TO SEE IT VISUALLY. 
          YEAH. 
          COUNCILMAN, UH, THANK YOU FOR PULLING IT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION AND, AND IT IS A SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE NEWS THAT I SHARED WITH YOU YESTERDAY. 
          SO, UM, THE, THE, UH, YESTERDAY OR IN DECEMBER, UH, THE $2.3 TRILLION, UH, OMNIBUS SPENDING AND, AND COVID RELIEF BILL THAT WAS APPROVED BY, UH, CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT ON, UH, IN LATE DECEMBER, UH, INCLUDED $25 BILLION IN, IN EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          THE CITY WAS AWARDED $46.7 MILLION FROM THE US TREASURY THIS WEEK FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT, UM, ARE ARE UNDER THAT, THAT ACT. 
          UM, IT IS, UH, TO BE UTILIZED TO ASSIST HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE UNABLE TO PAY RENT AND UTILITIES DUE TO C OVID 19. 
          UM, NOT LESS THAN 90% OF THE FUNDS, UH, MUST BE USED FOR DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDING RENT, RENT, ARREARS, UM, UH, UTILITIES AND, AND HOME ENERGY COSTS. 
          AS I MENTIONED, THE REMAINING FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR HOUSING STABILITY, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND, AND THAT KIND OF, THAT, THAT, THAT SMALL WRAPAROUND FUNCTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE LAST SPRING. 
          THERE HAS BEEN, THERE IS LIMITED GUIDANCE AT THIS POINT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY AND THE STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING FURIOUSLY OVER THE LAST 24, 36 HOURS TO, TO GET MORE INFORMATION, UM, AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW THAT, UM, WHAT THE PROGRAMMATIC REQUIREMENTS ARE. 
          WE'RE DOING THAT. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED IN THE MEMO YESTERDAY, OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW, UH, IS TO, UM, DEVELOP THE, UM, GET THE PROGRAMMATIC REQUIREMENTS, UH, SET AND UNDERSTOOD, DEVELOP A RECOMMENDATION, GO TO THE CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE THE FIRST WEEK IN FEBRUARY AND THEN BRING IT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROPRIATION. 
          WE'RE GOING TO THAT COMMITTEE BECAUSE ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE, UH, EFFORTS SINCE LAST, UM, UH, LATE LAST SPRING HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THAT. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR TEMPO ON THAT. 
          UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S NEW INFORMATION. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO VETO AND SHE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH ITEM NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER 14 ON THE AGENDA VETO. 
          HEY ERIC, I'M SORRY, I'M CLOSING MY DOOR TO MY OFFICE. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING. 
          VERONICA SOTO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, SO THIS ITEM IS RELATING TO SEVERAL FUNDS FOR THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          PRIMARY ONE AND THE LARGEST BUCKET OF FUNDING IS THROUGH THE C P B G PROGRAM. 
          SO THAT ENTAILS A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALSO ACCEPTING MONEY FROM THE STATE FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          THANK YOU FOR MOVING TO THIS SLIDE THAT SUMMARIZES WHAT THE ACTIONS ARE. 
          SO FIRST WE'RE ASKING THAT COUNCIL APPROVE A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE ACTION PLAN AND THE BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN PROGRAM THE 10.2 MILLION THAT WAS RECEIVED. 
          AND THIS IS SECOND ROUND MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED THROUGH THE CARES ACT AS PART OF THE C D B G PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN THE, THE ACTION RELATED TO THAT IS THAT REPROGRAMING, UM, 1.3 MILLION IN OUR REGULAR OR ENTITLEMENT FUNDS IN C B B T. 
          THE SECOND ACTION RELATES TO MONEY WE ARE RECEIVING FROM THE STATE. 
          AND THIS IS AN AWARD OF 3.6 MILLION FOR WHAT THE STATE CALLS THE TEXAS EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          AND FURTHER, THERE ARE TWO AGREEMENTS THAT ARE PART OF THIS ACTION SO THAT WE CAN ADMINISTER AS THE CITY, THE, THE FUNDS THAT BEXAR COUNTY IS SLATE TO RECEIVE FROM THE STATE AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT THE COUNTY'S ADDING FOR, UM, FROM THEIR GENERAL FUND. 
          SO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE ACTION. 
          ALL OF THIS RELATES TO EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE, BUT IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO THAT, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, FOR OTHER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS AS WELL. 
          SO JUST FOR BACKGROUND, EVERY AUGUST YOU HAVE THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. 
          THAT'S JUST THE TERM HUD USES TO LET US KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA USE THE ENTITLEMENT GRANTS HUD HOME E S G HOT PLUS. 
          AND SO IT INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 
          13.3 MILLION WAS INCLUDED LATER IN SEPTEMBER. 
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WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
          SO YOU ASKED THAT WE AMEND THE ACTION PLAN SO THAT WE REDIRECT, UM, WE REDIRECTED FUNDING FROM THE ACTION PLAN TO THE COVID 19 EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          AND THAT ACTION ESSENTIALLY TOOK $4.8 MILLION. 
          THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL AUGUST ACTION PLAN THAT WAS LATER TO BE USED FOR RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND HOME OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AS GAP FUNDING. 
          AND SO WE TOOK THAT MONEY OUT FROM THOSE CATEGORIES, AND THIS IS MONEY THAT PRESERVES OR CREATES NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING SO THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO THE IMMEDIATE NEED THAT C OVID 19 EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, LET US SUMMARIZE WHAT THIS ACTION TODAY IS GONNA HELP US TO CONTINUE TO DO. 
          SO FIRST WE HAVE TO PROGRAM THAT C P P G CARE TAX MONEY, THE 10.2 MILLION. 
          AND NOT ONLY IS EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE GONNA BE ONE OF THE WAYS WE CONTINUE TO RESPOND, BUT WE ALSO WANNA PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING SERVICES THAT ARE PART OF OUR RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC. 
          AND IN ADDITION, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP RESIDENTS HOUSED SO WE ADD MONEY FOR HOUSING REHABILITATION AS WELL. 
          SO THIS FUNDING PRESENTS US THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND SO LET ME TALK ABOUT WHAT THE SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS IN THE NEXT SLIDE ARE GOING TO BE. 
          THE SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS, WHAT WE'RE QUOTE UNQUOTE BUYING, IF YOU WILL, WITH THIS MONEY. 
          AND THE 10.2 UH, MILLION AS WELL AS THE REPROGRAMMING IS THAT WE GET TO INCREASE THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE BUDGET BY $7.7 MILLION. 
          THAT MEANS WE HELP 2,900 PLUS FAMILIES. 
          IT MEANS WE GET TO CONTINUE OUR WORK AT THE EVICTION COURT BY HAVING OUR EVICTION INTERVENTION TEAM CONTINUE TO BE STAFFED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 18 MONTHS. 
          THIS IS WORK, WE'RE ALREADY STARTED, BUT IT WAS ORIGINALLY FUNDED BY THE C R S, THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDING. 
          WE WANNA CONTINUE THAT. 
          WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT EVEN WITH THE EVICTION INTERVENTION, UH, AND THE MORATORIUM CONTINUING. 
          THIS WORK CONTINUES TO BE IMPORTANT TO US. 
          THE OTHER ITEM WE WANNA CONTINUE IS OUR HOUSING COUNSELING AND FORECLOSURE, FORECLOSURE PREVENTION. 
          UM, THIS IS WORK THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, UM, ALSO FUNDED ORIGINALLY BY THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND, BUT WE WANNA CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS IS GONNA BE HELPED THAT FAMILIES WILL CONTINUE TO NEED IN ORDER TO ONE, CONTINUE TO RESPOND, AND TWO, TO HELP OUR FAMILIES RECOVER. 
          SO WE WANNA CONTINUE THIS WORK FOR AN ADDITIONAL 18 MONTHS. 
          WE HAVE THESE IN PLACE. 
          A LOT OF THESE COUNSELORS ARE CURRENTLY HELPING FAMILIES WITH E H UM, THEY WERE DOING IN-PERSON INTAKES, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THOSE WHO COULD NOT DO THE FORMS OR HAD DIGITAL DIVIDE ISSUES. 
          SO WE WANNA CONTINUE TO FUND THAT. 
          AN ADDITIONAL ELEMENT FOR CURRENT RESPONSE IS TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS A PAIN ESSENTIALLY FOR HOTEL STAYS, FOR FOLKS, UH, FAMILIES THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON ARE NOT SERVED BY OUR CURRENT HOMELESS SHELTER. 
          AND THIS FUNDING, AGAIN, UM, THIS IS BEING DONE ALREADY, BUT THE FUNDING ORIGINALLY WAS THROUGH THE C R S, THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDING. 
          AND SO NOW WE'RE GONNA SWITCH TO THE C D B G CV FUNDING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. 
          AND THEN FOR THE REHAB PORTION OF THIS WORK, WE'RE ASKING THAT $900,000, THE ALLOCATED REPROGRAM IS THE TECHNICAL TERM FROM HUD FOR THE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM. 
          WE FOCUS ON OLDER HOUSING AND THAT 425 BE ALLOCATED FOR THE MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM FOR OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB. 
          IT GETS US AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN HOMES AND FOR THE MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM, 13 HOMES. 
          NOW IN LAST FISCAL YEAR, JUST LIKE WE TOOK MONEY OUT OF THE GAP FUNDING THIS YEAR, WE HAD TO MOVE AROUND OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET. 
          AND ONE OF THE UNFORTUNATE THINGS WE HAD TO DO IS CUT BACK ON HOW MANY UNITS OR HOW MANY FAMILIES GOT HELD THROUGH OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM. 
          SO WE DIMINISHED THE NUMBER OF UNITS FOR OWNER OCCUPIED AND MINOR REPAIR. 
          AND WE'RE TRYING TO TO CATCH UP BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT PART OF OUR RECOVERY IS GONNA CONTINUE TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED. 
          SO THIS IS WHY THAT ACTION. 
          SO I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT HAS THE DOLLARS. 
          AND THIS IS JUST SHOWING THOSE PROGRAMS IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET. 
          WE DO HAVE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB AND MINOR REPAIR AS WELL AS THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PRO PROGRAM. 
          THE PREVIOUS SLIDE SHOWED YOU THE ADJUSTMENTS WE'RE RECOMMENDING BE PART OF THIS SECTION SO THAT WE HAVE THAT 10.2 MILLION 
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ALLOCATED TO SPECIFIC USES. 
          SO YOU SEE THOSE NUMBERS REFLECTED HERE AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE EVICTION INTERVENTION, THE HOUSING COUNSELING, AND THE TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND SO YOU SEE WHAT THE REVISED BUDGET FOR THESE CATEGORIES WILL BE AT THE END OF IT. 
          SO THIS IS THE ALLOCATION ON OUR BUDGET AND THE PARTICULAR USES. 
          SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, OUR CITY MANAGER ALREADY MENTIONED THIS AND SOME OF YOU HAVE MENTIONED THIS AS WELL. 
          WE DO HAVE TO LOOK AT THEIR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. 
          UH, WE STILL HAVE APPLICATIONS COMING IN FOR EHA. 
          WE STILL KNOW AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMING TO HELP WITH THAT EFFORT. 
          BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD A NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT NEED. 
          AND IN FACT, WE KNOW THAT NEED IS IS EXACERBATED. 
          SO THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE WORK IN 2017 AND 2018, UH, YIELDED OUR HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK REPORT THAT TALKED ABOUT A 10 YEAR GOAL OF HAVING OVER 18,000 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. 
          WE HAD THAT NEEDS PRESERVED OR CONSTRUCTED. 
          AND WE KNEW THAT MORE THAN 30% OF RESIDENTS IN OUR COUNTY HAVE THAT COST. 
          AND THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT WE HAD BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. 
          SO THE NUMBERS AFTER THE PANDEMIC ARE GONNA BE GREATER THAN THIS. 
          AND SO IT MEANS WE HAVE TO NOT JUST RESPOND TO THE NEED NOW, BUT ALSO LOOK AT HOW DO WE HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR FAMILIES AND OUR NEIGHBORS RECOVER. 
          SO CONTINUING TO HAVE INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BOTH PRODUCING NEW HOUSING AND BOTH REHABBING EXISTING HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE NOW, UH, ARE GONNA MINIMIZE THOSE LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB AND MINOR REPAIR IS IS THERE, AND THESE ARE FAMILIES WE CAN HELP THIS YEAR, BUT WE KNOW THAT INVESTMENT NEEDS TO CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE. 
          AND SO I DO WANNA ADDRESS THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION FOR THE GAP FUNDING. 
          UM, WE DIDN'T ASK THAT ALL 4.8 MILLION BE ALLOCATED BACK TO THIS. 
          WE ONLY ASKED FOR ABOUT 60% OF THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT FOR RECOVERY WE NEED TO CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UM, AND IN FACT WE HAVE, UM, WE DO HAVE SOME MONEY SLATED FOR THAT IN OUR HOME PROGRAM, 2.5 MILLION RIGHT NOW. 
          WE HAD HOPED TO INCREASE THAT SO THAT WE COULD LOOK AT PROPOSALS THAT HAVE COME IN TO A SELF SOLICITATION THAT WE PUT OUT LAST OCTOBER. 
          WE HAVE, UM, FIVE RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS AND THREE HOME OWNERSHIP PLANS. 
          WE STILL NEED TO DO OUR VETTING AND FOR THEM AND EVALUATE THEM AND, AND OUR DUE DILIGENCE OF COURSE. 
          BUT THE REQUESTED FUNDING FOR GAP FUNDING IS 8.98 MILLION. 
          AND IF ALL PROPOSALS, UM, WERE TO RECEIVE FUNDING OR WERE TO PROCEED, THEY WOULD YIELD 750 UNITS, 750 UNITS THAT ARE VERY MUCH NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE'RE NEEDED EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. 
          SO WHAT WE WILL DO AS ERIC  OUTLINED, IS THAT WE ARE GONNA LOOK AT THOSE PROPOSALS, UM, AND LOOK AT ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES SO THAT WE CAN, IF THEY MERITED AWARD, UH, GAP FUNDING SO THAT WE BUILD THOSE OR WE SERVE THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          BECAUSE LONG-TERM RECOVERY IS GONNA BE ABOUT CONTINUING TO INVEST IN THAT. 
          AND FOR THAT SPECIFIC ACTION, THAT ONE GOES TO OUR PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE BECAUSE THOSE AWARDS TYPICALLY GO TO THAT COMMITTEE. 
          BUT AS ERIC MENTIONED, WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, AND I'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE TO TO GET TO THAT, WE WILL, UM, WE'RE WE'RE WORKING, UM, LONG HOURS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          SO LET ME GO BACK AND JUST SUMMARIZE THE ADDITIONAL PROGRAM, UH, THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM THE STATE. 
          SO, UH, THE STATE ANNOUNCED THAT ADDITIONAL, UM, EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE CITY WAS AWARDED 3.6 MILLION IN THIS FUNDING. 
          OUR STAFF WORKED THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS TO MAKE SURE WE SUBMITTED OUR APPLICATION ON DECEMBER 28TH. 
          THE COUNTY PARTNERED WITH US. 
          THEY ALSO WORKED THOSE DAYS AND THEY WERE AWARDED 717,000 FROM THE STATE. 
          AND IN ADDITION, THE COUNTY WILL ADD 1.5 MILLION IN THEIR GENERAL FUNDING SO THAT THE CITY CAN ADMINISTER THE FUNDING. 
          AND SO IN ESSENCE, UM, IF YOU APPROVE THIS ITEM, YOU'RE CREATING A COUNTYWIDE PROGRAM, NOT JUST A CITY PROGRAM, A COUNTYWIDE PROGRAM. 
          10% OF THE FUNDS FROM THE STATE HAVE TO BE USED FOR THE TEXAS EVICTION DIVERSITY PROGRAM. 
          I HAVE BRIEFED, UH, YOU ALL ON THOSE ITEMS WHEN WE ACCEPTED THOSE FUNDS BEFORE, BUT THIS IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT HELPS FAMILIES SAFETY AND EVICTION. 
          AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE THAT 
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PROGRAM. 
          AND SO THE COMBINED FUNDING FROM THE STATE ADDS 5.3 MILLION TO OUR COVID 19 EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          AND IT ADDS MONEY FOR 132,000 FOR EVICTION. 
          I HAVE TO STRESS THE STATE MONEY IS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN OUR CURRENT PROGRAM DOES ALLOW RENT AND MORTGAGE. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL BE DISCUSSING LATER. 
          SO LET ME GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT HAS A SUMMARY OF THE AWARDS AND COUNCIL MANTER. 
          I HOPE THIS HELPS A LITTLE BIT WITH A, A VISUAL OF OF WHAT WERE THE ACTIONS WE'RE TAKING TODAY. 
          SO WE ARE, UM, ADDING THE CITY'S FUNDING FROM THE STATE TO OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          SETTING ASIDE THE 10% FOR THE EV EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM, WE'RE ADDING THE COUNTY'S ALLOCATION AS WELL WITH THEIR SET ASIDE FOR THE EVICTION PROGRAM AND THEN ADDING THE COUNTY'S GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION. 
          AND SO THIS GIVES US A 5.8 FOR THIS STATE MONEY AND WITH THIS CONTRIBUTION, AN ADDITIONAL 2000 HOUSEHOLDS CAN BE UM, SISTANCE. 
          SO OUR NEXT SLIDE GOES BACK TO THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL BUDGET WITH THE ADDITIONAL, UH, 13.1 MILLION IN THE ACTIONS HERE. 
          THE E H BUDGET WILL INCREASE BY OVER 37 UM, MILLION. 
          SO WE HAVE HAD DIFFERENT CASES, AS YOU KNOW, WITH DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, C D B G REGULAR FUNDS, THE ENTITLEMENT FUNDS, UM, ALL OF THE C D B G C B IN THE FIRST ROUND WAS USED FOR EHA. 
          UM, AND WE'VE HAD LOCAL MONEY AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, T MONEY SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST MONEY IN THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO WE'RE IN THE THIRD BASE WHERE WE'RE ADDING THAT ADDITIONAL C D B G FUNDING AND THE STATE MONEY FROM THE TEXAS EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AS WELL. 
          AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE $46.7 MILLION THAT WAS JUST PASSED ON, UM, SIGNED ON DECEMBER 27TH. 
          AND WE WILL HAVE, UH, A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE BRING TO THE CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE. 
          UM, BECAUSE THAT FEDERAL MONEY, AGAIN, IT'S LIMITED TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE MORTGAGE, UH, PORTION OF THAT. 
          AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT RECOMMENDATION SHORTLY BECAUSE WE KNOW THE NEED IS STILL THERE, EVEN AS WE REALIZE THAT FOR FAMILIES TO FULLY RECOVER, UM, DURING AND AFTER THE PANDEMIC, THAT WE CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IS GONNA CONTINUE TO BE SOMETHING WE HAVE TO INVEST IN. 
          AND SO LET ME JUST GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE TO GIVE YOU A RECAP OF WHERE WE ARE ON OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
          AND THIS IS AS OF THE 15TH. 
          UM, MOST OF THE MONEY HAS BEEN USED FOR RENT AND MORTGAGE OVER $54 MILLION. 
          CASH ASSISTANCE IS THE SECOND CATEGORY, UM, THAT HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF FUNDING WITH OVER 7 MILLION. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE UTILITIES C P S LAWS AND INTERNET SERVICE, UM, ARE STILL AREAS WHERE WE PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. 
          SO WE HAVE EXPENDED AS OF JANUARY 15TH, $68.2 MILLION AND WE CONTINUE TO GET APPLICATIONS. 
          SO LET ME SUMMARIZE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, THE ACTION REQUESTED OF YOU. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO SO THAT WE CAN PROGRAM THAT ADDITIONAL CARE STACK C B B G MONEY AND REPROGRAM OUR C C B G ENTITLEMENT FUNDS FOR THE REHAB ACTIVITY. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AWARD FROM THE STATE FOR THE TEXAS EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH BEAR COUNTY SO THAT THE CITY CAN ADMINISTER THE THAT FUNDING. 
          UH, ALONG WITH THEIR GENERAL FUNDS SO WE CAN HAVE THIS COUNTYWIDE PROGRAM FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          AND THAT IS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UH, A LOT OF NUMBERS AND, UH, A LOT OF SIPING, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. 
          BUT I GUESS THE QUESTION AT THIS POINT, LOOKING AT YOUR SUMMARY, THE, THE CONCERNS FROM HABITAT FROM HUMANITY, DO THEY HAVE A CONCERN? ARE WE TAKING CARE OF WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THEIR, THEIR REQUEST? SO IN ADDITION TO THE WORK WE'RE DOING ABOUT THE, THE NEW FUNDING FOR, UM, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WE ARE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR GAP FUNDING. 
          UM, AGAIN, WE STILL HAVE TO DO OUR REVIEW AND, AND SCORING PROCESS FOR THOSE APPLICATIONS, BUT IF THERE ARE APPLICATIONS THAT DO DESERVE FUNDING THAT MERIT THAT FUNDING, UM, THAT 
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WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
          WE WILL LOOK AT ALL FUNDING SOURCES, UM, NOT JUST C D B G, NOT JUST THE HOME PROGRAM, UM, BUT ADDITIONAL WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN MAKE SURE THE GAP IS FILLED SO THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAN BE BUILT. 
          UH, WE STILL HAVE THAT VETTING PROCESS TO GO, UH, BUT IF ALL EIGHT DEVELOPMENTS, UH, MERIT ASSISTANCE, WE WILL FIND ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO DO SO AND BRING THOSE TO, UH, THE APPROPRIATE COUNCIL COMMITTEE, WHICH WOULD BE PLANNING ON LAND DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND THEN, UM, BACK TO COUNCIL. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FUND, UM, THAT NEED AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WHAT IS THE DELTA THERE, VERONICA? WHAT, WHAT IS THE DELTA FOR WHAT THEY'RE SAYING THEY NEED VERSUS WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE NOW? AND WHAT'S THAT DELTA THAT WE'LL HAVE TO GO LOOKING FOR? AND COUNCILMAN PERRY, THIS IS LORI. 
          I WANTED TO ADD THAT CURRENTLY THERE'S $2.5 MILLION IN THE BUDGET FOR GAP FUNDING. 
          AS VERONICA LAID OUT. 
          WE HAVE ABOUT $8.8 MILLION IN NEED. 
          AS WE GO THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF THESE EIGHT PROJECTS, WE WILL COME BACK ALONG WITH THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE OTHER $46.7 MILLION, AND WE WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW WE FUND THAT REMAINING $6 MILLION. 
          NOW, WE HAVE TO REVIEW AND DO THE UNDERWRITING FOR EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS. 
          SO THEY MAY REQUEST 8.8 MILLION, BUT AFTER OUR REVIEW, WE MAY SEE THAT THE PROJECT ONLY NEEDS 7 MILLION AFTER WE, WE LOOK AT SOME OF THEIR, THEIR UNDERWRITING. 
          UM, SO WE DON'T KNOW THAT DELTA YET UNTIL WE DO THAT REVIEW. 
          AND SO THAT'LL BE PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION WHEN WE RETURN IN FEBRUARY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE FUND THOSE PROJECTS THAT REQUESTED GAP FUNDING. 
          AND AS VERONICA MENTIONED, WE WILL LOOK AT POTENTIALLY REPROGRAMMING. 
          WE WILL LOOK AT T FUNDS, WE WILL LOOK AT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES TO SEE HOW WE CAN MEET THOSE NEEDS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO BASICALLY WE ARE SHORT, BUT WE'RE SAYING TRUST US, WE'LL, WE'LL COME THROUGH WITH THE MONEY FROM SOMEWHERE. 
          IT'LL, IT'LL, UH, HAPPEN. 
          AND, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY, UH, THAT'S LISTENING TO THIS UNDERSTANDS THIS IS VERY COMPLICATED AND IT, IT, IT'S NOT JUST ALL WIPED AWAY WITH A STROKE OF A PEN. 
          IT TAKES A LOT OF ANALYSIS AND, AND LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN AFFORD AND CAN'T AFFORD, UM, YEAH, WE GOT A DELTA RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS BUDGET AND WHAT'S COMING DOWN FROM THE FEDS AND THE STATE LEVELS IS VERY FLUID. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT A BUDGET IS. 
          IT, IT'S NOT A FIXED NUMBER THAT YOU APPROVE, AND THEN THAT'S IT. 
          AND YOU LIVE WITH THAT. 
          UH, THE BUDGET IS A LIVING, WORKING DOCUMENT THAT SHOULD BE REVIEWED AND MADE ADJUSTMENTS DURING THE YEAR. 
          AND I, I, I'VE SAID THAT SEVERAL TIMES. 
          WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO REVIEW OUR BUDGET AS A WHOLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK. 
          AND IF WE NEED TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, LET'S MAKE 'EM SO, UM, I, I, I WANT TO HEAR THE, THE REST OF THE COMMENTS HERE, BUT, UH, UM, I THINK THIS IS A, A GOOD STRATEGY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SOME MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, I, I, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT WE PULLED THIS ITEM FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION BECAUSE WHAT IT REALLY DOES SEEM IS LIKE THE $45 MILLION THAT WE, UM, RECEIVED OR WERE NOTICED AND RECEIVED REALLY JUST CHANGES EVERYTHING, UM, INTO WHAT WE CAN DO FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, BECAUSE OF COURSE, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THE EMERGENCY REHAB IS IMPORTANT, BUT, UM, I MEAN, Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME TALK MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS. 
          UH, 70% OF ALL THE BUILDINGS IN DISTRICT FIVE WERE BUILT BEFORE 1970. 
          SO WE NEED REHAB, AND I NEED NEW DEVELOPMENT, UH, WHETHER IT'S HABITAT OR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S THE REDEVELOPMENT OF ALSAN. 
          UH, AND YOU KNOW, I WAS NOTIFIED A FEW DAYS AGO THAT THE, UM, THE PROJECT THAT ALSAN, UH, IS NO LONGER HAPPENING. 
          UM, SAHA CANCELED ITS CONTRACT, UH, WITH N R P FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF ALLAN. 
          UH, BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME TWO, TWO, UH, MAIN REASONS, NUMBER ONE, THAT THERE WERE MANY, MANY PEOPLE IN ARREARS, ABOUT 300 PEOPLE THAT WERE IN ARREARS, AND THAT WE, I GUESS AS A COUNCIL, UH, DECIDED THAT WE SHOULDN'T, UH, THAT WE WOULDN'T, UH, ASSIST THEM WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE BECAUSE, UM, BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY BEING SUBSIDIZED. 
          SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION I HAVE, UM, THAT I'LL GET TO IN JUST A SECOND. 
          BUT I JUST, TO THE OTHER, THE SECOND REASON THEY TOLD ME THAT THE PROJECT WOULD NO LONGER HAPPEN AS SCHEDULED WAS BECAUSE, UM, THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF 
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THE EXTENT OF THE POVERTY, UH, OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, WHICH IS, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AWARE OF THE EXTENT OF THE POVERTY OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THAT'S NO MYSTERY TO ME. 
          AND I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY UNFORTUNATE THAT PROJECTS WOULD BE CANCELED BECAUSE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE PEOPLE WERE TOO POOR. 
          UH, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED NOW AND, AND WHY THE REDEVELOPMENT OF ELISON IS NO LONGER AFTER, UM, ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, UM, AND, UH, I HAD PUSHED THAT TO BE THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY GIVEN THE EXTENT OF THE NEED IN THAT AREA. 
          BUT LET, LET ME JUST ASK YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE QUESTION, UM, REGARDING THAT. 
          UH, THE ONE QUESTION I HAD IS THAT, ARE WE ASSISTING PEOPLE, UH, THAT ARE CURRENTLY LIVING IN SAHA PROPERTIES WITH REH, WITH, UM, WITH, UH, UH, EAP FUNDINGS COUNCILWOMAN? YES, WE ARE. 
          UM, AND IN FACT, WE HAD WORKED WITH SAHA, UM, ON SPECIFIC RESIDENTS WHO NEEDED HELP PUTTING THEIR APPLICATION TOGETHER, GETTING THEM ACCESS TO A STAFF PERSON ON THAT SAHA PROPERTY TO MAKE COPIES TO HELP THEM WITH APPLICATIONS. 
          SO SAHA RESIDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE, AND ACTUALLY, SAHA GAVE US MONEY TO, TO HELP THOSE RESIDENTS SEEKING ASSISTANCE. 
          SO THEY ADDED MONEY TO OUR PROGRAM TO HELP. 
          SO WE CAN PULL THE NUMBERS OF HOW MANY, UM, SAHA RESIDENTS WE'VE ASSISTED AND PROVIDE YOU THAT REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NOW, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF THAT. 
          I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 250,000, RIGHT? JUST PEOPLE. 
          UM, AND I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE, I'LL GET BACK TO YOU NOW. 
          THERE IS A, IF WE, IF WE RAN OUT OF THAT MONEY, I NEED TO CONFIRM, UM, FEDERAL FUNDING CANNOT BE USED ON PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALREADY BEING SUBSIDIZED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          AND SO THERE MIGHT BE A, A FUNDING ISSUE WITH REGARDS TO THAT, BUT WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. 
          BUT WE'VE BEEN HELPING SAHA RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT UNMUTE, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I HAVE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT'S CAUSING ME SOME DISTRESS. 
          UM, ERIC, REGARDING THE 45 MILLION, UM, I THINK YOU MENTIONED YOUR OPENING REMARK. 
          IT'S NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR HOW THAT MONEY CAN BE USED. 
          COUNCILMAN, IT'S JOHN AGAIN. 
          YOU, YOU'VE MUTED YOURSELF. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UH, MY QUESTION WAS FOR ERIC REGARDING, UM, HOW THAT MONEY CAN BE USED. 
          I CAN HEAR HER. 
          CAN YOU, CAN YOU GUYS NOT HEAR HER? SHE ASKED HOW THE 45 MILLION COULD BE USED. 
          I NEED TO RESPOND, ERIC, UH, AND I CAN RESPOND TO THAT FOR WHAT WE, WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THAT $45 MILLION IS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND 90% OF THAT AMOUNT SHOULD BE USED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, BUT WE'LL GO THROUGH THE CULTURE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COUNCIL COMMITTEE FIRST WITH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, TO POTENTIALLY AMEND THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A DISCUSSION ABOUT MAYBE EXTENDING ELIGIBILITY, MAYBE NO LONGER TWO MONTHS GO MORE. 
          UM, BUT WE'LL COME BACK TO EAP, UM, COME BACK TO THE CULTURAL COMMITTEE AND THEN COUNCIL ON, ON THAT PROGRAM. 
          BUT IT NEEDS TO BE USED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          AND IT CAN BE USED FOR UTILITIES. 
          IT CANNOT BE USED FOR CASH. 
          WE, WE, WE, WE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT, BUT WE'LL COME BACK, UM, THROUGH THE COMMITTEE AND ULTIMATELY TO COUNSEL FOR A RECOMMENDATION. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          SO, LORI, TELL ME, I KNOW THAT, UM, I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS $45 MILLION REALLY OPENS UP ALL KINDS OF POTENTIAL, UH, FOR HOW WE, UM, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY MM-HMM. 
          , UM, WHAT, WHAT IS IT? IS THERE A POTENTIAL TO DELAY PART OF THE ACTION? UM, I, I'M UNDER, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE MOVING PIECES HERE BECAUSE I, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF CHANGES, UH, OVER TIME, BUT THAT WE HAVE, UM, AN OBLIGATION OR SOME URGENT URGENCY TO ACCEPT THE GRANT FUNDING, AND WE COULD PERHAPS DELAY ACTION ON THE REST OF IT. 
          THERE IS A POTENTIAL, YOU COULD MAKE AN AMENDMENT, BUT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH TODAY'S ACTION, AND WE WOULD GO THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS OF THOSE EIGHT PROPOSALS, AND WE WILL DO THAT FAIRLY QUICKLY. 
          AND THOSE EIGHT PROPOSALS, UM, OUR FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD GO TO THE PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE, THE FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN TO COUNCIL. 
          YEAH. 
          AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND TO, UM, CITY 
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COUNCIL HOW WE FUND THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THAT COULD INCLUDE REPROGRAMMING, UM, THROUGH SOME C D G FUNDING. 
          IT COULD INCLUDE ADDING ADDITIONAL HOME FUNDING THAT WE FIND AVAILABLE, OR IT COULD INCLUDE, UM, USING TURS MONEY. 
          BUT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH TODAY'S ACTION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'LL COME BACK IN FEBRUARY WITH A RECOMMENDATION, HOW WE USE THAT $46.7 MILLION, AND HOW WE MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE EIGHT PROPOSALS THAT WE RECEIVED. 
          BUT FOR THE SAKE OF DISCUSSION, COULD WE USE THAT 10 MILLION TO INVEST IN REHAB AND NEW PROJECTS? SO COULD WE GET MORE PROJECTS IF WE USE THAT 10 MILLION FOR THAT PURPOSE, AND THEN USE THE 46 MILLION FOR EAP? NO, THE $10.2 MILLION THAT IS C D B G CARE SPENDING, IT MUST GO TOWARDS THE ACTUAL, UM, COVID RESPONSE. 
          NOW, WE ARE RECOMMENDING REPROGRAMMING SOME OF THE C D B G FUNDING THAT WE USE TO FUND THE COVID RESPONSE IN EARLY OCTOBER. 
          WE'RE RECOMMENDING REPROGRAMMING ABOUT 1.3 MILLION OF THAT TO HELP US WITH THE, UM, MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM AND THE OWNER-OCCUPIED PROGRAM. 
          WE MAY COME BACK AGAIN IN MID-FEBRUARY WITH ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION TO REPROGRAM, DEPENDING ON HOW WE, UM, WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS LOOK LIKE FOR THOSE EIGHT PROJECTS. 
          BUT FOR THE SAKE OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION, GIVEN THE, THIS NEW INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, COULD WE, UM, NOT, COULD WE ONLY TAKE THE, UM, THE AMOUNT THAT'S REQUIRED TODAY, WHICH I'M UNDERSTANDING IS AROUND 8 MILLION, UH, AND SAVE THE 4.3 MILLION FOR REHAB. 
          UM, I KNOW, I, I, I, I, I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS, UH, TYPICALLY NOT HOW WE WOULD HANDLE, UM, A RECOMMENDATION LIKE THIS, UH, MAYOR. 
          SO FORGIVE ME, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE THE 45 MILLION IS SUBSTANTIAL. 
          UH, AND, AND THE, THE 10 MILLION, I THINK, I THINK WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THAT ONE AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS WHY I'M TRYING TO GO THROUGH THIS EXERCISE HERE. 
          UM, HOWEVER FUMBLED IT MAY BE. 
          UM, BUT, UM, SO I MEAN, DO WE HAVE TO MOVE THE, CAN WE HOLD BACK THE 4.3 MILLION OR WHATEVER THE, THE, UM, ADJUSTMENT WAS, OR THE, UM, THE COUNCILMAN REQUIRED? COUNCILMAN, YOU COULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND STAFF'S, UM, RECOMMENDATION, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE REPROGRAMMING THE INITIAL 4.3 MILLION LIKE WE HAD AT LAST WEEK, THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION FOR GAP FUNDING. 
          YOU COULD DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, A TOTAL OF 4.3 MILLION, IS THAT, IS THAT RIGHT? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WELL, UM, I, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, A RISK OF BEING A BIT CLUMSY ON THIS ONE, UH, I MOVE, I WOULD MOVE TO HELP ME OUT HERE WITH SOME LANGUAGE. 
          UM, ANDY, UM, YOU KNOW, MY, MY MY SUGGESTION IS THAT WE, UM, HOLD BACK THE 4.3 MILLION, UH, AND POTENTIALLY USE THAT FOR, UM, UH, SOME, UH, RE FOR, UH, REHAB OR, UH, INVESTING IN, UH, OTHER PROPERTIES. 
          SO I'M FOR, FORGIVE ME FOR, FOR THAT CLUMSY MOTION, BUT HELP ME OUT, UM, HELP ME OUT, ANDY, WITH SOME LANGUAGE SO I CAN MAKE A FORMAL MOTION COUNCILWOMAN, UH, JUST A SUGGESTION. 
          UM, UM, UH, IT MIGHT BE ALSO IMPORTANT TO, IF, IF THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO TO ALSO INCLUDE IN THE MOTION THE REFERRAL, THAT 3 MILLION OF THAT WOULD GO TO GAP FINANCING. 
          IS THAT RIGHT, LORI? YES. 
          AND SO YOUR MOTION WOULD BE TO REPROGRAM $4.3 MILLION OF THE C D B G FUNDING, OF WHICH 3 MILLION WOULD GO TO GAP FUNDING. 
          900,000 WOULD GO TO OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, AND 425,000 WOULD GO TO MINOR REPAIR. 
          AND THEN YOU WOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT THAT IS GOING TO THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FROM $7.6 MILLION TO 4.6 MILLION. 
          GOTCHA. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I'M, I'M SORRY, I'M OVERCOMPLICATING THIS, BUT IT WOULD BE YOUR ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION. 
          YES, I THINK IS WHAT WE WOULD TALK TO. 
          THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO, UM, TO, UH, SUGGEST. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW, VETO IF YOU HAVE THAT ORIGINAL OR IF LORI, THAT'S, UH, IF YOU READ IT APPROPRIATELY, BUT, UM, IT WOULD BE THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION THAT STAFF HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK BEFORE WE, UM, WENT TO COMMITTEE. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, WITH THIS INFORMATION OF THE 43 MILLION, I THINK THAT WE CAN MM-HMM. 
          , UM, OUR 45 MILLION, UH, WE, UH, 
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CAN DO THAT. 
          SO, UM, UH, YOU WANNA, UM, PERHAPS YOU HAVE THE LANGUAGE FROM YOUR VERY FIRST RECOMMENDATION, SO I CAN MAKE THAT MOTION. 
          UM, IT, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, I THINK, UH, LORI JUST, UM, STATED THAT, SO IF YOU WANNA, UM, ANDY, IF THIS IS PERMITTED, IF, IF COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ WANTS TO MAKE THE MOTION TO THAT EFFECT, SHE COULD JUST SAY MOTION IS STATED BY, UH, ASSISTANT MANAGER HOUSTON, SHE CAN DO THAT. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          IS THAT APPROPRIATE? YEAH. 
          'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, SO, UH, I'M SORRY, I WASN'T DICTATING, BUT YES. 
          UM, SO THE, UH, OKAY, GO AHEAD. 
          ANDY AND LORI CAN REPEAT IT TOO. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, AS THE MAYOR SAID, YOU CAN SAY, AS AMENDED, AS ARTICULATED BY, UH, LORI HOUSTON. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          LORI, COULD YOU, UH, PLEASE INDULGE ME? OKAY. 
          SO I'M GONNA, THE MOTION WOULD BE TO PROGRAM $10.2 MILLION AND C D B G CARES FUNDING AND REPROGRAM $4.3 MILLION IN C D B G ENTITLEMENT FUNDING TO ALLOW FOR $3 MILLION IN GAP FUNDING, $900,000 IN OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB, AND $425,000 IN MINOR REPAIR. 
          I MOVE TO, UM, I MOVE THE, UM, STATEMENT THAT ASSISTANT MANAGER, LAURIE HOUSTON, UH, STATED, UH, FOR THE RECORD SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT WAS A MOTION BY GONZALEZ AND A SECOND BY SANDOVAL, UH, FOR A MOTION AS STATED BY, UH, IRAN. 
          IT WAS VIA GRO. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M SORRY, THE MOTION SECONDED BY GRO, UH, AS STATED BY CITY MANAGER LORI HOUSTON. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND I WANNA THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, UH, GONZALEZ, FOR MAKING THAT, THAT, UH, TO MAKING THE MOTION TO THE ORIGINAL STAFF, UH, RECOMMENDATION. 
          UH, BECAUSE I HAVE, I DO WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT, SO REPROGRAMMING OR DELAYING, IF, IF THERE WERE ANY DELAY, COULD WE LOOK AT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER, THE 46 MILLION OR THE 45 MILLION THAT'S COMING WITH THE, UM, WITH OUR GAP FINANCING? JUST SO, SO WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. 
          BECAUSE, UM, I KNOW YOU SAY WE MAY HAVE IT IN THE FUTURE, BUT THERE IS NOTHING GUARANTEED. 
          I THINK WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THAT IN OTHER AREAS THAT THE STATE'S BEEN TALKING TO US, ET CETERA. 
          AND I'M CONCERNED THAT, UM, WE ARE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS DOWN THE LINE, BUT IT MAY NOT COME THROUGH IN, IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND, UM, TO ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO AT LEAST SECURE SOMETHING NOW, UH, JUST IN CASE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          SO FIRST, UM, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE $46.7 MILLION COMING. 
          THAT THAT IS A KNOWN, UM, STA I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND TO DELAY. 
          UM, YOU CAN MAKE THAT AMENDMENT AND REQUEST THAT WE DELAY ACTION ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS, BUT WE HAVE FUNDING NEEDS NOW, AND RIGHT NOW, UM, WE HAVE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS AND WE KNOW HOW PRECIOUS THOSE DOLLARS ARE. 
          WE WOULD PREFER TO USE THOSE FOR THOSE, THOSE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY NOT BE, UM, COVERED BY FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          AND SO WE'D PREFER TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS FUNDING NOW, AND THEN IF WE NEED TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION, WE COME BACK WITH A $46.7 MILLION, WE CAN DO THAT. 
          AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO COMING BACK IN FEBRUARY, UM, IN MID-FEBRUARY AFTER THE CULTURAL NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND THE PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND, AND COUNCILWOMAN, I'LL, I'LL ECHO THAT, THAT, THAT REALLY THE ITEM BEFORE Y'ALL TODAY IS ACCEPTING MONEY FROM THE STATE, FROM THE COUNTY AND FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH C D B G. 
          AND, AND WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO DO THAT IF, IF, IF THERE'S A CHANGE OR LIKE COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ'S AMENDMENT TO MAYBE ADJUST THE APPROPRIATION A BIT, THAT'S, THAT'S DIFFERENT. 
          BUT WE DO NEED TO ACCEPT THAT MONEY AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD ON THIS ISSUE. 
          NO, I AGREE. 
          I MEAN, I KNOW WE NEED TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AWARDS. 
          I KNOW WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH, UM, UM, BEAR COUNTY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK I WOULD'VE, UH, I WOULD'VE BEEN FINE WITH, UH, STAFF. 
          I MEAN, I AM FINE WITH STAFF'S ORIGINAL, UM, RECOMMENDATION. 
          I AM, UH, I, AND I THINK IT'S, IT HELPS US ALL MOVE FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE GET FINANCING. 
          AND I DO WANT TO THANK, UM, NATALIE GRIFFITH AND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND EVERYBODY WHO WORKS ON THAT, BUT 
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NATALIE IN PARTICULAR FOR CALLING AND SHARING, UM, THAT INFORMATION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE, UM, ALSO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD ON OUR COMMITMENT TO, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND OF THOSE HOME PROPOSALS THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, VERO, YOU SAID THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE, UM, WHAT WAS THAT EIGHT, WAS IT EIGHT HOUSE HOME OWNERSHIP PROPOSAL? THERE, THERE'S THREE HOME OWNERSHIP AND FIVE RENTAL DEVELOPMENTS. 
          SO WHEN YOU SAY THREE HOME OWNERSHIP, IS THAT HOME HOMES PERIOD OR HOME DEVELOPMENTS? IT, IT IS ULTIMATELY THE CLIENT WILL AN AFFORDABLE HOME OUT OF IT, BUT IT'S THREE HOME DEVELOPMENTS. 
          IT'S NOT THREE UNITS, COUNCILMAN. 
          RIGHT. 
          IT'S THREE DEVELOPMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT COULD BE MULTIPLE HOMES. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD FOR YOU GETTING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND GOING INTO THOSE DETAILS MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND I THINK TO THE POINT OF THE, THE, THE POINT OF THE, THE CALLER, UM, NATALIE TODAY, YOU KNOW, THIS WASN'T A, A STEALING OF MONEY FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER. 
          THIS WAS PROGRAMMING MONEY AND FILLING A NEED. 
          AND I'M GRATEFUL, UM, TO MY COLLEAGUES WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN, UM, STOP MISINFORMATION, NOT PIT ANYBODY AGAINST ONE ANOTHER, AND WORK TOGETHER ON, UH, PUTTING THINGS IN MOTION THAT WE CAN FILL ALL OF THE CONCERNS AND THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? HEAR YOU? GREAT. 
          GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          CLEARED UP A PROBLEM. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I, I SAT ON THE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, WHICH, UH, TOOK A LOOK AT REASSIGNING THE HOME FUNDING. 
          AND AT THAT TIME, WE HAD NO IDEA OF WHAT MIGHT BE COMING DOWN THE LINE IN THE WAY OF ADDITIONAL RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
          UH, THERE WAS, THERE WAS ONE NUMBER THAT WAS MENTIONED THAT IT COULD BE $6 MILLION. 
          IT ENDED UP HAVING 40 MILLION MORE ON TOP OF THAT. 
          SO AT THE TIME WE TALKED ABOUT REASSIGNING 3 MILLION INTO RENTAL HOUSING. 
          UH, I BELIEVED IT WAS A, A GOOD MOVE TO MAKE. 
          AND I, I STILL RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING TODAY WHO ARE FACING EVICTION, WHO ARE GETTING FURTHER AND FURTHER BEHIND IN THEIR RENT. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY THE COMMITTEE DECIDED TO, UH, RECALIBRATE THAT PARTICULAR $3 MILLION, UH, AWAY FROM, UH, HELPING, UH, WITH GAP FINANCING, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT LEADS TO DEVELOPMENT A YEAR OR TWO DOWN THE LINE. 
          BUT I WILL SAY, I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE ARE, UH, A RECIPIENT OF $46 MILLION IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          AND THAT REALLY CHANGES MY WAY OF THINKING ABOUT THAT $3 MILLION THAT WE HAD MOVED, UH, OUT OF GAP FUNDING. 
          AND I'M GONNA BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, FROM, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          UH, AND, UH, I THINK THAT KEEPS US ON A, A GOOD COURSE TO PROTECT PEOPLE AND KEEP THEM IN THEIR HOMES AS MUCH AS WE CAN, RATHER THAN SEEING THEM BECOME, UH, EVICTED AND OUT ON THE STREET. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT WILL ENABLE US TO CONTINUE TO HELP SUPPORT FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOME DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S WHY I FEEL ON THE ISSUE TODAY, AND I APPRECIATE THIS DISCUSSION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          A FEW CLARIFYING, UH, QUESTIONS. 
          UH, FOR, FOR STAFF, CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN THE R F P THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW, WHEN IT WAS ISSUED, WHAT WAS THE BUDGET ASSOCIATED WITH THAT 2.5 MILLION? THAT WAS WHAT WAS REMAINING IN THE GAP FUNDING LINE ITEM AFTER WE PROGRAMMED THE 4.8 MILLION IN C D D G. 
          OKAY. 
          OF THE 750 UNITS PROPOSED, WHAT IS THE BREAKDOWN IN TERMS OF ANNUAL MEDIA AND INCOME? WE, WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT ANALYSIS YET, AND THAT'S PART OF THE UNDERWRITING PROCESS AND A REVIEW PROCESS. 
          SO, UM, WHAT WERE THE GUIDELINES IN THE R F P? UM, VERA, I'LL LET YOU SPEAK TO THAT. 
          UM, SO THE GUIDELINES AND THE R F P WAS ISSUED BACK IN OCTOBER. 
          WE DID GO TO AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, COMMITTEE BACK THEN, UM, BECAUSE IT'S OVER 2 MILLION AND IT HOUSING IS HIGH PROFILE, THE GUIDELINES THAT THE FUNDING BE UTILIZED 
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TO HELP FAMILIES AT OR BELOW 80% A M I IN THE R F P, WE HAVE, UM, MORE POINTS AWARDED, UM, NOT JUST FOR PRESERVATION, BUT FOR DEEPER AFFORDABILITY. 
          SO IF UNITS ARE, UM, HELPING FAMILIES AT 60% A M I OR MORE, THEY GET MORE POINTS. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU, VERO. 
          SO AT OR BELOW 80% A M I, UH, AND AGAIN, YOU'RE USING THE REGION'S A M I AND, UH, REMIND ME, HOW DOES THE REGION'S A M I RELATE TO THE, TO SAN CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, A M I, SO WE'RE USING THE 80% A M I BECAUSE THAT'S THE, UH, HIGHEST THRESHOLD FROM US. 
          UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S A MINIMUM. 
          AND HOW IT RELATES, WE KNOW THAT THE CITY'S A M I WHEN WE JUST TAKE CITY RESIDENTS COMPARED TO THE METROPOLITAN AREA, THAT THE CITY'S A M I IS LOWER, UM, THAN THE METROPOLITAN, UH, AREA AS A WHOLE. 
          SO, UH, METROPOLITAN 80% A M I MAY POSSIBLY BE EQUIVALENT TO A SAN ANTONIO, A HUNDRED PERCENT A M I. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, ABOUT RIGHT. 
          WE KNOW THAT AROUND 60% M S A, UM, THAT'S THE METROPOLITAN A A M I IS CLOSER TO, UM, THE CITY'S 80% A M I. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          SO THE GUIDELINES WERE BASICALLY FOR UNITS BUILT AT A HUNDRED PERCENT SAN ANTONIO, A M I, AND THAT'S, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, ALL OF THE PROPOSALS COULD BE FOR A HUNDRED PERCENT SAN ANTONIO A M I. 
          AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T KNOW ANY DIFFERENCE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE OUR REVIEW. 
          WE CANNOT GIVE YOU AN ANSWER TO THAT. 
          HOWEVER, MOST OF THESE PROJECTS THAT COME THROUGH USE LAYERED RESOURCES, AND THEY'RE USING THE 4% TAX CREDIT OR THE 9% TAX CREDIT, BECAUSE OUR GAP FUNDING ALONE DOESN'T GET THAT DEEPER AFFORDABILITY. 
          AND SO IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT THOSE 750 UNITS ARE BETWEEN 80 AND A HUNDRED PERCENT A M I FOR SAN ANTONIO, THEY'LL BE MUCH DEEPER. 
          NOW, WE STILL HAVE TO DO OUR REVIEW, AND WE WILL INCLUDE THAT WHEN WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH THE RECOMMENDED AWARDS. 
          AND WE WILL SHOW THE A M I UNITS AND THE NUMBERS. 
          SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE, UM, AT THIS POINT, DIRECTING GAP FUNDING FOR, UH, FOR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT HITTING WHAT WE NEED THE MOST, UH, RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS 30 TO 50. 
          AND I KNOW WE NEED A LOT OF LAYERS TO GET THERE, BUT AGAIN, I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE ANY GUARANTEES THAT THAT'S GOING TO GO TO ANYTHING LESS THAN A HUNDRED PERCENT SAN ANTONIO A M I LIKE, WE, YOU CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT RIGHT NOW, YOU, YOU HAVE A HUNCH. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THEM MAY BE LESS, UM, OR ALL OF THEM MAY BE LESS COR. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND THAT'S PART OF OUR REVIEW, HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF THAT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , AND ALSO I WOULD HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF THAT. 
          NO, I UNDERSTAND. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING THOUGH, OF THOSE EIGHT PROPOSALS, FIVE ARE RENTAL, THREE ARE HOMEOWNERS HOMEOWNERSHIP. 
          THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NEED FOR A RENTAL, AND THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NEED FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT HOMEOWNERSHIP. 
          WE ARE, WE NEED THAT 80% A M I, THAT'S, THAT'S THE LEVEL WE NEED. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT RENTAL, WE HAVE NEEDS ACROSS ALL SPECTRUMS, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE HAVE A GREAT NEED FOR THAT 30 TO 50% A M I, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT PRODUCTS, RENTAL AND HOUSING AND HOME OWNERSHIP. 
          OKAY. 
          SURE. 
          UM, WELL, DO YOU HAVE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION WHEN YOU SPLIT IT UP? COUNCILWOMAN? LET ME, LET ME JUMP IN. 
          WE'RE THE, THE, THE, THE MATTER BEFORE THE COUNCIL RIGHT NOW IS JUST REALLY SETTING. 
          I'LL SAY SOMETHING THAT, I'LL ECHO SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY SAID EARLIER. 
          IT'S SETTING THE BUDGET FOR GAP FINANCING OR NOT, OR WE'LL COME BACK LATER AND SET THAT BUDGET. 
          THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING STAFF ARE GONNA GO THROUGH THOSE PROPOSALS, MAKE SURE THAT THEY MATCH UP WITH THE POLICY DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL, AND THEN WE WILL BRING THEM BACK THROUGH THE COMMITTEE AND TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE, HOW THE, HOW THE EIGHT PROJECTS ARE GONNA PENCIL OUT. 
          SO REALLY THE MATTER, UH, BEFORE THE COUNCIL RIGHT NOW IS WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE, WE MAKE A CHANGE, I THINK, BASED ON THE COUNCIL WOMAN'S AMENDMENT, WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE A, A SET ASIDE BUDGET OF ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR GAP FINANCING, OR DO WE JUST ADDRESS THAT LATER ON, UM, WHEN WE, WHEN WE DONE, WHEN WE'VE DONE THE ANALYSIS WITH THE PROPOSALS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, WHETHER WE DO IT TODAY OR WHETHER WE DO IT IN THE FUTURE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, WHEN, WHEN WE SET ASIDE MONEY FOR GAP FINANCING TO DECIDE AT WHAT LEVELS WE'RE REALLY TARGETING AND, AND TRY TO AIM FOR 
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THOSE. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UM, AND COUNCILWOMAN, I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT THE R F P FOR THE SOLICITATION WENT TO THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE PRIOR TO REVIEWING. 
          PRIOR TO RELEASING. 
          SO WE DID HAVE THOSE GUIDELINES APPROVED PRIOR TO DOING THE SOLICITATION, AND THEY WERE VETTED BY A COUNCIL COMMITTEE. 
          AND I'M ON THAT COUNCIL COMMITTEE. 
          AND WE ALSO APPROVED IT FOR 2.5 MILLION, NOT FOR A GREATER AMOUNT. 
          SO I THINK THIS MEANS WE, WE RESET WHEN WE, WHEN WE EVALUATE THAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          MY OTHER QUESTION IS, IT ALSO INCLUDED PRESERVATION, AND I HEAR FROM STAFF THAT NO PRESERVATION PROJECTS WERE SUBMITTED. 
          IS THAT TRUE THERE? UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LOOK THAT THERE IS ONE PROJECT THAT WAS SUBMITTED FOR PRESERVATION. 
          UM, IT'S PART NEW CONSTRUCTION PART, UM, REHAB. 
          NOW, WE DO HAVE OTHER PROJECTS, NOT JUST THROUGH THE GAP FUNDING THAT ARE ALSO GOING THROUGH REHAB. 
          A LOT OF OUR 4% TAX CREDIT PROJECTS GO THROUGH REHAB. 
          AND OUR, OUR PARTNER IN THE HOUSING TRUST AND THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION ALSO WORK ON REHAB PROJECTS. 
          AND SO LAST WEEK, COUNCIL DID APPROVE A 4% TAX CREDIT RESOLUTION FOUR REHAB PROJECT. 
          UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND THE P F C IS ALSO CONSIDERING ONE. 
          AND THEN, OKAY. 
          THEY WILL APPLY FOR GAP FUNDING AFTER THEY'VE APPROVED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, UM, I'M, I'M GONNA STOP. 
          UH, WELL, YOU, YOU STOPPED. 
          SO, UH, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE AN ASSESSMENT OF THE STATUS OF OUR NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOW MANY UNITS WE HAVE, AND HOW WE'RE LOSING THEM OR GAINING THEM OR PRESERVING THEM. 
          I DON'T FEEL, I'M NOT ON THE COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWS THIS MM-HMM. 
          , BUT WHEN I LOOK AT HOW WE'RE GONNA SPEND THE MONEY, TO ME, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. 
          WE MAY BE BUILDING HOUSING FOR, YOU KNOW, A YEAR FROM NOW, OR THREE YEARS FROM NOW WHEN THESE PROJECTS GO THROUGH. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET 'EM IN THE PIPELINE. 
          TOTALLY UNDERSTOOD. 
          I DON'T WANNA DO THAT WHILE WE'RE BLEEDING, UH, HOUSING UNITS. 
          I'VE SENT, UH, STAFF A LIST OF HOW QUICKLY MANY OF OUR MULTI-FAMILY UNITS ARE, ARE BEING LOST AND, AND BEING FLIPPED. 
          SO I JUST, I, I WANT TO SEE WHAT IS, UH, WHAT OUR EFFORTS ARE IN MAINTAINING THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN A COMPREHENSIVE WAY. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING UP THOSE EXAMPLES. 
          THAT IS VERY GOOD TO, TO HEAR. 
          UM, AND LASTLY, I, UH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT IS THIS PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL? THE PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE IS CHAIRED BY COUNCILWOMAN SHIRLEY GONZALEZ, AND IT INCLUDES COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, VIA RON COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, I BELIEVE JADA ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE AND COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          SO THAT'S THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE. 
          I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU MENTION ANOTHER GROUP THAT YOU WERE GOING TO TAKE THIS TO, OR, NO, THIS, WE TAKE IT TO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE COMMITTEE THAT IS A, THAT IS THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUES. 
          NOW, WE BRIEF THE HOUSING COMMISSION REGULARLY ON ITEMS THAT WE PRESENTED, UM, MM-HMM. 
          , BUT IT'S THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE THAT WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR THOSE ANSWERS. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE ARE OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC AND ITS EFFECTS, UH, I, I FEAR THAT ANY AMOUNT THAT WE EXPEND WILL NOT BE ENOUGH FOR EAP. 
          UM, I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS. 
          THE AVERAGE RECIPIENT OF, OF THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS UNDER 30%. 
          A M I MOST COMMON RECIPIENTS ARE SINGLE FEMALE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS, 79 HABITAT RESIDENTS. 
          AND 193 SAHA RESIDENTS HAVE BENEFITED FROM EHA. 
          THE, THE ISSUE, UH, AS WE SEE IT IS, IS ABOUT ADDRESSING THE EMERGENCY. 
          AND I, I FEEL THAT THAT, THAT THIS IS, AS WE SAID, A LOT IS, UM, A FIRE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. 
          INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT BUILDING FIRE STATIONS. 
          UM, THERE'S ALSO A STAKEHOLDER GROUP, THE RISK MITIGATION PROGRAM STAKEHOLDER GROUP THAT DESERVES A TON OF CREDIT FOR ALL THE HARD WORK, WHICH I'VE MET WITH THIS WEEK. 
          IT INCLU INCLUDES THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION, JESSICA GUERRERO, THAT INCLUDES MAUREEN GALINDO, WHICH WE HEARD FROM, WHICH INCLUDES NIKKI JOHNSON ON THE CALL. 
          WE EVEN HAD THE HONORABLE MARIA SABA. 
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UH, WE HAD, UH, A MEMBER, UH, CELI HERRERA, WHO WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT WE WEREN'T DOING ENOUGH FOR OUR SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION, AND ASKED THAT, UH, WE AS A CITY CONNECT WITH HER AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THE, THE THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE TO HELP THEM AND SUPPORT THEM. 
          AND SHE FEARED HOW SOME OF THIS JUST SIMPLY WASN'T OUT THERE FOR THEM. 
          UM, WE MET WITH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING, UH, SERVICE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. 
          AND OF COURSE, THEY INDICATED THAT, THAT, UH, WE FOUND A, ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE TO HELP WITH SOME OF THIS GAP FINANCING. 
          UM, AND THEN YOU ALSO ALSO HEARD STAFF SAY THAT, UH, THEY'D LIKE TO DO AN ANALYSIS. 
          NOW, ALL THAT BEING SAID IS WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS YOU HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE BETTER THAN WE HAVE. 
          I MEAN, THEY ARE LIVING IT. 
          THEY ARE, THEY ARE TRULY, UH, GIVING US THEIR HARD WORK, UH, ESSENTIALLY AS, AS SOME WOULD SAY, FREE LABOR. 
          AND, AND THEY DESERVE TO BE HEARD. 
          THEY DESERVE TO, TO, UH, TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING UP. 
          AND, AND, AND CERTAINLY THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT BEING HEARD. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE. 
          YOU'RE ALSO HEARING STAFF, LIKE I SAID, SAY THAT THERE'S SOME COMPLEXITY TO THE WAY SOME OF THIS GETS DEVELOPED. 
          AND YES, I WILL SAY, AT LEAST I HEARD THE CITY MANAGER SAY, WE'VE GOT $46 MILLION IN THE BANK. 
          IT'S THERE, WE HAVE IT. 
          SO IF IT COMES DOWN TO, UH, HOW WE ARE INVESTING IN, IN GAP FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ADDRESSING THE EMERGENCY NEED, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ISSUE AS I SEE IT IS WE SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD ON THIS BECAUSE THE VERY PEOPLE WHO WILL LOOK AT THIS DAILY AND HAVE MADE IT THEIR CHARGE, HAVE PROVIDED A GREAT RECOMMENDATION, HAVE AND PROVIDED THE INSIGHT STAFF HAS AGREED ON THIS AND, AND NOW HAS CREATED A PLAN THAT EVERYBODY COULD LIVE WITH THAT STAKEHOLDER GROUP AND STAFF. 
          AND SO, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THAT BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME FOR US TO BE WORKING TOGETHER, SPECIFICALLY WITH A STAKEHOLDER GROUP THAT, LIKE I SAID, UH, DESERVES A TON OF CREDIT FOR, UM, FOR THE, THE, THE ABILITY TO HELP OUR, OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 
          UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT I'VE SEEN LATELY IS THAT WE'VE SCALED BACK THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE AWARDS, WHICH I HOPE THAT WE DO GET TO TALK ABOUT AND WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE NOT AHEAD OF THIS PANDEMIC, AND THIS IS NOT AN EITHER OR. 
          IT'S BEEN DEMONSTRATED HERE IN THIS PRESENTATION. 
          SO I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE AMENDED RECOMMENDATION, AND I WILL MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 14 AS AS PRESENTED TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION BY, UH, TREVINO. 
          UM, WAS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE IS A MOTION, UM, BY TREVINO, A SECOND BY SANDOVAL. 
          WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, AGAIN, I KNOW THIS IS VERY, VERY COMPLICATED. 
          WE, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A SHORTFALL RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT A CHIP ON THE TABLE WITH THIS, UH, PRESENTATION, UH, SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS. 
          THE BUDGET IS A LIVING WORKING DOCUMENT THAT WE CAN MOVE FUNDS AROUND, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IN THIS POT OF MONEY, UH, THAT WE CAN, WE CAN EASILY MOVE MONEY AROUND WHEREVER THAT NEED IS. 
          AND I, I, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          THERE'S IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND THEN THERE'S LONG RANGE MEET NEEDS. 
          AND, UM, I WILL, I'LL, UH, GO WITH THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS WITH THE, UH, PROVISO THAT WE CONTINUE TO, UH, LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND WORK WITH THE BUDGET TO FUND THESE OTHER REQUIREMENTS, UH, WITH THIS HOUSING MONEY. 
          SO, UM, UH, I'LL, I'LL, 
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UH, SUPPORT THIS, THIS ITEM AS WRITTEN AS WELL. 
          UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, SIR. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU TO ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. 
          LORI. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, BETO, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE CONTINUING TO DO. 
          UM, THERE ARE JUST SO MANY QUESTIONS THAT ARE SURROUNDING HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE BEEN ASKING HAS BEEN FOR THE LIST OF WHAT PROPERTIES CAN WE USE THAT CAN BE REHABBED, UM, AND WHAT FACILITIES DO WE HAVE ON THE GROUND THAT CAN BE REHABBED TO HELP US NOT HAVE TO GO INTO THIS GAP FUNDING, BUT TRULY HELP TO USE OUR INVENTORY THAT'S ON THE GROUND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          I HAVE YET TO SEE THAT. 
          IT'S ALSO IN THE GAME BOOK, IN THE PLAYBOOK THAT WE DEVELOPED DURING THE COVID HOUSING, UM, WORKING GROUP. 
          AND SOME OF THIS ALSO HAS TO DO WITH THE A M I, WE'RE CONTINUING TO TALK ABOUT THE NATIONAL A M I AND THE CITY A M I. 
          BUT WHAT I HAVE NOT SEEN BROUGHT TO US IS A REVAMP OF WHAT IS THE TRUE A M I AS OF TODAY, THAT WE NEED TO BE WORKING FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT WE DEEM AS AFFORDABLE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND AS WE GO FORWARD, WE KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS WITHIN THAT 80% A M I. 
          UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE BECAUSE WE ARE NOW OUTSIDE OF JUST THE PANDEMIC OF A VIRUS. 
          WE'RE IN AN ECONOMIC PANDEMIC, WE'RE IN AN ECONOMIC CRISIS. 
          AND SO WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND NOT JUST HOW DO WE PUT MONEY TO COVER IT UP AND PUT A BANDAID ON IT, BUT TRULY COME FORTH WITH A VIABLE SOLUTION THAT WE CAN USE THESE FUNDS TO TRULY SPEAK TO THE HEART OF THOSE THAT NEED IT THE MOST. 
          WE HAVE A HOMELESS SITUATION THAT IS STILL GROWING. 
          SO HOW DO WE USE THESE DOLLARS RIGHT NOW TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREET, TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM GOING ON THE STREET AND TRULY SPEAK TO EVEN WHAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE IN PRECINCT? OR ARE THOSE PEOPLE THAT DON'T EVEN SHOW UP FOR AN EVICTION COURT, BUT JUST GET UP AND LEAVE? WHO ARE WE SPEAKING TO? HOW ARE WE GETTING THIS INFORMATION OUT THERE? THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO TRULY BE AFFECTING WITH THESE DOLLARS. 
          AND IF THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO GO FORWARD RIGHT NOW IN THE HARDEST DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE DURING THIS PANDEMIC, WHICH IS KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          AND IF THIS IS THE ROUTE WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT I SUPPORT IT AND I SUPPORT THAT, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HOUSING ON THE GROUND READY TO GO FOR THOSE WHO ARE GONNA HAVE TO FACE THE SITUATION OF LOSING WHERE THEY'VE BEEN. 
          SO, UM, I JUST WANT US TO TAKE A MOMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE INVENTORY IN HAND. 
          MAKE SURE WE HAVE OUR, UH, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S TRUE A I LEVEL TO WHERE WE CAN TRULY MAKE THE DIFFERENCE AND IMPACT THOSE THAT ARE NEEDING THESE DOLLARS THE MOST. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KI H. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR UMDO, THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY, COMPARE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TODAY'S ORIGINAL ITEM AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT? SURE. 
          THE, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IS THE 3 MILLION IN THE GAP FUNDING. 
          AND SO WHAT THAT DOES, IT, UM, REPROGRAMS THOSE 3 MILLION, UH, $3 MILLION BACK TO THE GAP FUNDING LINE CATEGORY. 
          AND IT DECREASES BY THAT AMOUNT, THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE, UH, PROGRAM. 
          I THINK LORI SUMMARIZED IT REALLY WELL, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE HERE. 
          MAY I ASK LORI TO SUMMARIZE IT AGAIN? YES. 
          AND SO, UM, THE AMENDMENT, WHAT IT WOULD DO IS IT WOULD PROGRAM THE 10.2 MILLION IN CARESS FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED, AND THEN REPROGRAM $4.35 MILLION IN THE C B G ENTITLEMENT FUNDING, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO DO $3 MILLION IN GAP FUNDING. 
          ONE, UM, 900,000 IN OWNER OCCUPIED AND 425,000 IN MINOR REPAIR. 
          THE DIFFERENCE, THE, THE IMPACT DIFFERENCE IS INSTEAD OF DOING 7.6 OR 7.7 MILLION IN EAP, THE NET INCREASE WOULD BE 4.6 MILLION. 
          AND WE WOULD DO 303 MILLION IN GAP FUNDING, THE 900,000 OWNER OCCUPIED REPAIR, THE OWNER OCCUPIED IN 425,000 AND MINOR REPAIR. 
          AND THEN WE WOULD COME BACK IN A FUTURE MEETING IN EARLY TO MID-FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY WITH HOW WE WOULD PLAN THESE AT $46.7 MILLION, WHICH 90% OF IT HAS TO GO TOWARDS A RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          AND SO THE, UM, THE TIME DIFFERENCE, UM, WHAT 
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IMPACT WOULD THAT MAKE BY WAITING, BY WAITING TO DO TODAY'S ACTION? UM, COMPLETELY, IT WOULD, UM, IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO USE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. 
          UM, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UM, SOME GENERAL FUND DOLLARS AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO SERVE CERTAIN CLIENTS. 
          AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE USE THAT GENERAL FUND FOR THOSE CLIENTS THAT DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GONNA BE USING THE MAJORITY OF THAT GENERAL FUND DOLLARS UNTIL WE GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAD, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I WANNA JUST EXPRESS MY, UM, MY REALLY STRONG SUPPORT FOR WHAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ON SANDOVAL WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          I APPRECIATE HER PASSION AND I SHARED THAT PASSION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE DISCUSSION, WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT MAY MATTER WHAT EIGHT PROPOSALS COME TO THE, THE, UH, HOUSING COMMISSION OR THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES GROUP, BUT IT'S THE COUNCIL THAT WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION ON WHAT WE WANNA APPROVE. 
          AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY HERE ON THIS COUNCIL THAT WILL APPROVE A 100, 100% MARKET, UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE, WE ARE FACING TODAY. 
          SO, UH, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN, ANNA, THAT WE'RE NOT, UH, PUTTING MONEY OUT THERE THAT, UH, ISN'T GOING TO ADDRESS THE AFFORDABILITY FACTOR. 
          'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE YOU AND I AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WHO DECIDE WHICH OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE WORTHY IN THE LONG RUN OF OUR, OF OUR SUPPORT AND ALLOCATING OUR MONEY. 
          BUT ALSO, I, I WANTED TO JUST SAY I, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED AND, UH, I'D LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION BECAUSE WE ORIGINALLY WERE ADDRESSING A RECOMMENDATION BY THE STAFF, AND THEN I BELIEVE COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ MADE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT RECOMMENDATION, AND IT WAS SECONDED. 
          AND THEN WE HEARD ANOTHER MOTION THAT WAS MADE, WHICH WASN'T GIVEN A LABEL OTHER THAN AN, UH, OTHER THAN IT WAS A, A MOTION. 
          SO THE LAST MOTION MADE WAS THAT A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE AMENDMENT, UH, WHICH WOULD WE BE VOTING ON FIRST? SO I THINK, ANDY, YOU NEED TO CLARIFY THAT, AT LEAST FOR MY WAY OF THINKING. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND YOU'RE ON MUTE NOT HEARING ANDY. 
          I THINK HE'S GONNA COME TO A DIFFERENT MICROPHONE. 
          UH, AND I, AND I'LL JUST SUMMARIZE, UH, BEFORE HE GETS HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THE, THE MOTION MADE BY GONZALEZ WAS ARTICULATING AN AMENDMENT, UM, BY HOUSTON. 
          AND THE MOTION BY TREVINO IS THE RECOMMENDATION MADE BY STAFF TODAY. 
          SO, ANDY, GO AHEAD. 
          CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME NOW? I THINK I UNDERSTOOD COUNCILMAN KURT'S QUESTION AND I I DIDN'T KNOW HOW YOU RESPONDED, MAYOR. 
          GO AHEAD, ANDY. 
          BUT, UH, IN MY VIEW, THERE'S THE MAIN, THE MAIN MOTION, UH, I THINK COUNCILMAN TREVINO MADE, WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A MOTION TO AMEND IT, UH, THAT LORI, UH, DESCRIBED, UH, IN SOME DETAIL. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE TWO COUNCILMEN THAT I KNOW ARE ON THE FLOOR. 
          AND PROCEDURALLY, WE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT FIRST, AND THEN IF THE AMENDMENT, UH, FAILS OR IS APPROVED, THEN WE VOTE ON THE MAIN, MAIN, UH, MOTION. 
          THANK YOU, ANDY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO CHIME BACK IN AND SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ AGAIN, BECAUSE, AND I'M VERY EXCITED BECAUSE OF THE 46 MILLION COMING, BECAUSE WE POTENTIALLY RIGHT NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN EAP, AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO BOTH. 
          IT'S NOT AN EITHER OR OPTION. 
          I THINK WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO BOTH RIGHT NOW AND MOVE FORWARD TODAY WITH BOTH, AND STILL TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL'S POINT, MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE, UM, PERCENTAGES AND THE AMIS, UM, TO WHERE THE, THOSE MOST IN NEED WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCT CAN GET. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, I 
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THINK THAT IS EVERYONE. 
          UH, I SAW SOME HANDS GO UP AND THEN GO BACK DOWN. 
          SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO SPEAK AGAIN, WAVE YOUR HAND AT ME. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, LET ME JUST, UH, COMMENT A LITTLE BIT. 
          I, UH, SO LET ME FIRST SAY THAT I AGREE WITH WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN JUST SAID. 
          WE, UM, WE HAVE, UH, THE ABILITY TO DO BOTH. 
          AND I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT'S QUITE CLEAR WHERE WE STARTED. 
          UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT CERTAINTY. 
          UM, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE RISK MITIGATION TEAM, UH, BECAUSE THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS FROM THE RISK MITIGATION PROGRAM THAT WAS CREATED LONG BEFORE THIS PANDEMIC BEGAN. 
          AND FIRST OF ITS KIND, I, I THINK, UH, OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY. 
          AND WE FUNDED IT. 
          THIS COUNCIL DID WITH A MILLION DOLLARS ON A NORMAL YEAR. 
          UH, THAT FUND NOW HAS BEEN INCREASED AS OF TODAY, UH, TO $89 MILLION DURING THIS PANDEMIC, AND HAS HELPED NEARLY 20,000 PLUS FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES STAY IN THEIR HOMES DURING THIS PANDEMIC. 
          AND, AND I REMEMBER VERY CLEARLY THE FIRST MEETING WE HAD WAS EITHER MARCH OR APRIL, WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DEPTHS, THE UNKNOWN DEPTHS OF THIS PANDEMIC. 
          I THINK WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE WHERE, UH, THE GROUND IS. 
          UM, AND WHILE WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS CERTAINTY WHEN THIS STARTED, ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR RISK MITIGATION OF EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE, RENT AND MORTGAGE, UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING THE WORK OF, OF A CITY OF A COUNCIL TO FIND THAT MONEY AS IT BECAME AVAILABLE. 
          SO WE'VE HAD THREE PHASES OF, OF, OF DOLLARS INVESTED IN EMERGENCY HOUSING WITH THE 46, UH, MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE JUST RECEIVED, SPECIFICALLY FOR RENT ASSISTANCE AND DIRECT ASSISTANCE, UH, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          WE FINALLY, UH, HAVE, UH, SOME CERTAINTY IN THE FACT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC AND NOT, UM, SEE THE END OF THAT EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          WE WILL ENSURE THAT AS THE NEED IS AVAILABLE, WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO FUND AND PROVIDE FOR IT. 
          UM, SO I AGREE THAT WE CAN DO BOTH. 
          UH, WE CAN DO BOTH. 
          UH, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO BOTH BECAUSE, UH, ONE THING THAT WE NOTED WHEN WE RATIFIED THE HOUSING TASK FORCE REPORT BACK IN 2018 IS THAT THIS CITY HAS CREATED AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS, BECAUSE WE SIMPLY DID NOT, WE DID NOT, UH, SEE THE CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT ALL LEVELS OF A M I AT BELOW 30, 30 TO 50, ABOVE 50 TO 60 TO 80 TO A HUNDRED, EVEN TO 120. 
          UH, AND THAT IS BECOMING AN INCREASING PROBLEM. 
          AND IT'S A PROBLEM IN THIS PANDEMIC, AND IT'S GONNA BE A BIGGER PROBLEM OUTSIDE OF THIS PANDEMIC. 
          SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN, UH, CONTINUE THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PARTICULARLY AT THE, AT THE RATES THAT WE NEED, IT 30 TO 50%, BUT ALSO AT THE 60 TO 80 AND THE OTHER, UM, LEVELS AS WELL, WE NEED TO SUPPORT IT. 
          UM, AND WE NEED TO DO THAT KNOWING THAT WE CAN ALSO, UH, ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THAT NO ONE IS SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THAT. 
          UM, SO I WILL SUPPORT, UH, THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UM, THE REALITY IS, UM, EITHER ONE OF THESE PATHS IS GONNA LEAD US TO THE SAME DESTINATION IN MY MIND, IN THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE, UH, THE, THAT GAP FINANCING, WHETHER IT'S TODAY OR IT'S NEXT MONTH, OR IT'S THE MONTH AFTER THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT ALL LEVELS, BECAUSE THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHAT THE RATIFIED HOUSING TASK FORCE REPORT CALLS FOR, AND WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO IT. 
          UM, I'M ALL FOR EFFICIENCY. 
          UH, SO I WILL SUPPORT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ'S MOTION. 
          UH, BUT THE REALITY IS I SUPPORT, UH, BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID HERE AND, AND, AND WE ARE GONNA END UP IN THE RIGHT PLACE ON THIS. 
          SO, UM, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENT, LET ME GO AHEAD AND DO AS ANDY, UH, RECOMMENDED WE TAKE UP THE AMENDMENT. 
          UM, AND JUST, UH, TO RESTATE AGAIN, WE'VE HAD, UH, AS OF PHASE THREE, WE'VE HAD, UM, 89 POINT SOMETHING MILLION IN THE E ANY E H A, WE'RE GONNA ADD, UH, AT LEAST, UH, WHAT IS IT, LORI, 4 MILLION TODAY? UH, POTENTIALLY. 
          WE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, AROUND $76 MILLION. 
          WE'RE ADDING 13.1 MILLION. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          ACTUALLY, WE'RE ADDING 10 POINT, UM, 1 MILLION WITH THE AMENDMENT. 
          UM, IF WE DON'T PASS THE AMENDMENT, IT'S 
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13.1 MILLION. 
          AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE THE 46.7 MILLION, WHICH WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL IN MID-FEBRUARY TO PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO JUST, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WITH EITHER MOTION, WE'RE INCREASING THE RESOURCES GOING INTO EAP TODAY. 
          YES. 
          AND WITHIN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS THROUGH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO'S COMMITTEE, WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, APPROPRIATING THE 46.7 FOR ADDITIONAL E A, UM, PROCESSING. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO, AGAIN, UM, I THINK IF ANYBODY'S LISTENING TO THIS RIGHT NOW, THAT IS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE, UH, THE STORY, SH THE MESSAGE IS THERE'S ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR YOU, AND IT'S IN VARIOUS, UH, COMMITTEES AT THIS POINT. 
          BUT WE ARE GOING TO ENSURE THAT THE EAP CONTINUES TO BE FUNDED, AND WE'RE GONNA DO OUR VERY BEST TO CONTINUE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING GETS CONSTRUCTED IN THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, WITH THAT, LET'S VOTE ON THE, UM, ON THE AMENDMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, UH, WHICH IS AS ARTICULATED BY, UH, LORI HOUSTON. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE, UH, MAYOR, I, I'M, I'M CONFUSED. 
          AYE, LET ME TAKE THE VOTE FIRST. 
          UM, AND THEN, OKAY. 
          WELL GO AHEAD. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, I APOLOGIZE. 
          I THOUGHT WE WERE VOTING ON THE SECOND, UH, MOTION MADE FIRST. 
          NO, WE'RE, WE'RE VOTING ON, ON THE AMENDED MOTION FIRST. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THEN IF THAT FAILS, WE'LL VOTE ON THE, THE CLEAN, UH, ON THE, ON THE BASE MOTION ALONE. 
          CORRECT. 
          COUNCIL, IF I MAY, UH, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY CAN HEAR ME. 
          MM-HMM. 
          ? UM, YES, COUNCILWOMAN AGAIN, WE, UM, UH, COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ IS AMENDING, UM, WHAT WAS PRESENTED BY STAFF. 
          THEREFORE, SHE'S AMENDING THE MAIN, UH, PROPOSAL. 
          THAT'S WHY IT'S THE FIRST ONE WE VOTE ON. 
          'CAUSE SHE'S, IT'S AN AMENDMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          TO A MOTION THAT NOBODY MADE THOUGH. 
          SO LET ME CLARIFY THAT, ANDY, IF COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ'S MOTION, UH, IS FOR PASSAGE OF THE RECOMMENDATION MADE BY LORI HOUSTON, UM, WELL, LET ME RESTATE THAT. 
          IT IS AN, IT IS A RECOMMENDATION TO PROGRAM, UH, THE MONEY WITH THE GAP FUND GAP FUNDING. 
          RIGHT. 
          WELL, I, I, I'M SORRY, MAYOR. 
          I THOUGHT SOMEBODY HAD MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE, UH, THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL VIN, BUT THAT WAS AFTER GONZALEZ MADE A MOTION. 
          BUT STILL THE MOTION WAS TO AMEND WHAT WAS TO AMEND THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          CORRECT. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          YEAH, IT'S STILL AN AMENDMENT. 
          AMEND COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, ARE YOU, YOU, YOU GOOD WITH THAT? YOU'RE AMENDING THE RECOMMENDATION? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SORRY Y'ALL. 
          I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE, ANDY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, SO WE ARE VOTING TO AMEND THIS STAFF RECOMMENDATION AS STATED BY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LAURIE HOUSTON. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED A ROLL CALL. 
          UM, GO AHEAD, TINA. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ROLL CALL. 
          VOTE FOR THE AMENDMENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO NAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIE AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          AYE. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          WAS THAT YES? YES. 
          TINA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          A COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          CAB ABDA. 
          NAYYY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL NAYYY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER EZ NAYYY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY NAYYY. 
          AND MAYOR NUREMBERG. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION PASSES, MAYOR. 
          OKAY, SO NOW WE WILL TAKE, UH, THE, THE MAIN MOTION. 
          WELL, IS THAT RIGHT, SANDY? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT, MARY, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT WAS AN AMENDMENT. 
          NOW THAT IT'S BEEN AMENDED THAT COUNCIL VOTES ON THE, UH, PROPOSAL AS AMENDED. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TINO. 
          I'M SORRY THAT NO, UM, THIS, THIS, THIS SEEMS REALLY FOULED UP GUYS. 
          UH, THERE WAS, THERE WAS, UH, UH, UM, A AMENDMENT, UH, A MOTION THAT 
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WENT BACK TO A PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATION, NOT AN AMENDMENT TO A MOTION THAT EVER EXISTED. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW, AND QUITE FRANKLY, UH, I THINK WE FILED THIS COMPLETELY UP. 
          UH, YOU DID, I MADE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA. 
          ITEM 14, WE TOOK AN AMENDMENT UP, IT GOT VOTED, SO IT'S OVER. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          ANDY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CLARIFY? LET ME TRY IT AGAIN. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          THERE WAS A PRESENTATION MADE BY STAFF ON A PROPOSAL THAT WAS BEFORE THE COUNCIL AS STATED IN THE CAPTION AND AS STATED IN THE MEMO, THAT IS WHAT WAS BEFORE COUNCIL. 
          UM, AND THEN COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ MADE AN AMENDMENT. 
          AGAIN, I UNDERSCORE AN AMENDMENT, UH, TO THAT PROPOSAL. 
          AND SO BECAUSE IT'S AN AMENDMENT TO WHAT WAS PROPOSED AND WHAT WAS IN THE MEMO AND WHAT WAS IN THE CAPTION, UH, WE TAKE UP THE AMENDMENT FIRST AND THEN DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE AMENDMENT, UH, PASSES OR FAILS, AND IN THIS CASE, IT, IT DID PASS. 
          THEREFORE, THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL AS AMENDED IS WHAT NOW? THE COUNCIL HAS TO VOTE ON ANY OTHER AMENDMENT TO ANY OTHER ORDINANCE. 
          ANY OTHER THING BEFORE COUNCIL? YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU CONSIDER THE AMENDMENT FIRST AND THEN THE BAIN PROPOSAL? I, OKAY. 
          WELL, I, I GUESS I'M, I'M THOROUGHLY CONFUSED WITH THAT ANALOGY. 
          UH, OR ANALYSIS. 
          UH, THE, THE MOTION THAT I MADE, UH, ESSENTIALLY IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN $7.7 MILLION GOING INTO TEAP AND $4.7 MILLION GOING INTO TEAP. 
          I DID NOT ACCEPT THAT AMENDMENT INTO MY MAIN MOTION. 
          SO IF WE'RE TAKING A VOTE, I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT THAT'S NOT MY MOTION. 
          SO I, I THINK YOU, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO GET ANOTHER MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ANDY, COULD WE DO ANOTHER MOTION? THAT'S FINE. 
          MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, UH, IF YOU COULD JUST, UH, MAKE A MOTION ON YOUR AMENDED, UH, RECOMMENDATION. 
          WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT, JUST SO EVERYBODY'S CLEAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND IT'LL BE A REPEAT OF WHAT WE JUST DID. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, THE LANGUAGE PRESENTED BY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LAURIE HOUSTON, UH, REGARDING, UM, ITEM NUMBER 14. 
          ALRIGHT, AND WAS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          SECONDED BY, UH, VERAN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO NOW THIS IS APPROVAL OF, UH, ITEM NUMBER 14 AS AMENDED. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD READ THE ROLE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TINO NAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDES SULLIVAN. 
          AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROGER GARCIA. 
          AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RO  NAYYY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL NAYYY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ NAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY NAYYY AND MAYOR BERG. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION PASSES, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NOW WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          MAYOR. 
          UH, ANDY, JUST, JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I, I DON'T  THIS IS MAY BE BEATING A DEAD HORSE, BUT THERE WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO MADE A MOTION AS PART OF THIS, AND THAT MOTION WAS NEVER HEARD OR EVEN VOTED DOWN. 
          IT NEVER HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          HE WITHDREW HIS MOTION. 
          HE LOOKED FOR THE MOTION. 
          DID YOU WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION? I DID NOT WITHDRAW MY MOTION. 
          I SAID THAT THE MOTION THAT WAS BEING PRESENTED WAS NOT MY MOTION. 
          THAT THEY HAD TO GET ANOTHER MOTION FOR THAT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          SO ANDY, YEAH, LET CLARIFY AGAIN, BECAUSE COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ AMENDED THE AMENDED THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          WE VOTED ON THAT AS PRIMARY. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND AGAIN, AND, AND IN HINDSIGHT, UH, A MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACKING, UH, MAYOR, WHAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED IS WHEN THE PROPOSAL WAS PRESENTED AND MADE, UH, A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE, WHICH I THINK ULTIMATELY WHAT COUNCILMAN TREVINO DID, THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED FIRST. 
          AND THEN THE AMENDMENT SHOULD HAVE COME SECOND BUT PROCEDURALLY WE DID IT CORRECT IN THAT WE VOTED ON THE AMENDMENT FIRST. 
          RIGHT? AND THEN ON THE MAIN PROPOSAL TO CLARIFY IN IF WE HAD MOTION FOR, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE BASE FIRST, THE AMENDMENT WOULD'VE BEEN VOTED ON FIRST ANYWAYS. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND WE WOULD'VE BEEN RIGHT BACK WHERE WE WERE JUST 20 SECONDS AGO. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ITEM NUMBER, UH, FOUR. 
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ITEM FOUR 
          [4. 21-1107 Briefing on the December Financial Report of the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Recovery and Resiliency Plan [Maria Villagómez, Deputy City Manager; Ana Bradshaw, COVID-19 Financial and Performance Liaison]]
IS A BRIEFING ON THE DECEMBER FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE C OVID 19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          ALRIGHT, I THINK THAT'S YOURS, ERIC. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, SO, UH, TODAY WE WILL, UH, PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL OUR DECEMBER FINANCIAL REPORT, UH, FOR THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND, AND RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN, ALONG WITH A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR FOUR PILLARS. 
          UH, ONE OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS THAT YOU'LL HEAR FROM ANA, UM, AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION IS THAT, UH, AS I COMMUNICATED IN THE MEMO, WE HAVE, UH, SPENT THE ENTIRE $270 MILLION, UH, ALLOCATION OF THE COR, UH, VIRUS RELIEF FUND THAT WAS AWARDED TO THE CITY, UH, LAST SPRING. 
          UH, REMEMBER WE HAD A DEADLINE OF THANKS. 
          APPRECIATE IT DECEMBER 30TH, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SPEND THAT MONEY. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR PLAN THAT WE LAID OUT LAST SUMMER, THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND BY, UH, FOCUSING ON UTILIZING THOSE DOLLARS FIRST BEFORE OTHER ALLOCATED DOLLARS AND OUR BRAIDED APPROACH, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT. 
          AS WE WRAP UP, UH, THE CORONA RELIEF FUND, UH, WE WILL NOW BE TURNING, UH, TO OUR OTHER GRANT AND GENERAL FUND RESOURCES TO CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN OUR EFFORTS. 
          UM, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, YOU'LL ALSO HEAR TODAY IS THAT WE ARE, UM, UH, RE-FORECASTING A RE-LOOKING AT OUR MONTHLY BUDGETS. 
          UM, I'M GONNA USE COUNCILMAN CUR. 
          YEAH. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY'S REFERENCE TO BUDGET. 
          UM, IT IS, UH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF, OF RE-LOOKING AT, AT THE BUDGET, UH, OF THE REMAINING PILLARS. 
          WE ARE ALSO WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN APP'S COMMITTEE AND JEFF COYLE AND THE STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, PREPARED FOR ANY FURTHER CONVERSATIONS, UH, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL REGARDING STIMULUS. 
          SO, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO ANA TO GIVE YOU THE PRESENTATION. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. 
          I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT OUR DECEMBER FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE, THE RESPONSE AND RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY. 
          UM, JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS, WHICH ERIC MENTIONED. 
          UM, THE FIRST ONE THAT AS OF THE END OF DECEMBER, WE HAD SPENT ALL OF THE $270 MILLION MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR SPENDING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, AND IN OUR RESPONSE IN MARCH OF 2020, WE'VE AT THIS POINT SPENT $360.6 MILLION OUT OF A TOTAL BUDGET OF 500 AND ALMOST, ALMOST $565 MILLION. 
          UH, THIS TOTAL BUDGET AT THIS POINT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE BEEN AWARDED THUS FAR THROUGH THE DECEMBER STIMULUS. 
          UM, SO THAT BEING THE $13.9 MILLION FOR VACCINATIONS AND THE $46.7 MILLION THAT WERE AWARDED FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, AND AS ERIC MENTIONED, ALSO, AS, AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, CONTINUING TO RESPOND AND RECOVER, UM, WE HAVE TURNED OUR ATTENTION MORE SO TO THE $204 MILLION REMAINING IN OTHER RESOURCES, INCLUDING GENERAL FUND RESOURCES AND OTHER, UH, FEDERAL GRANTS, UM, AS WE SUPPORT OUR, UH, ONGOING EFFORTS. 
          ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE, UM, AN OVERVIEW OF OUR REVENUES, UH, AS WE'RE PROVIDED IN THE REPORT TO YOU AS WELL. 
          AGAIN, TOP, UH, TOP LINE SHOWING THAT WE HAD SPENT ALL OF THE C R F FUNDING AND THEN LOOKING AT OUR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, WHICH ARE INTENDED TO SUSTAIN OUR, OUR, UM, EFFORTS GOING FORWARD. 
          ON THIS FOLLOWING SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE OPPOSITE OF THAT, WHICH IS THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. 
          AND I REALLY WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR, OUR EXPENSES TO THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
          THOSE EXPENSES WERE EXCLUSIVELY FUNDED BY C R F. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE EXPENSES, WHICH WE FUNDED WITH THOSE C R F DOLLARS TO COMPLETE THAT SPEND. 
          AND THEN YOU'LL SEE BELOW THAT SPENDING IN OUR HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND, UM, OUR RECOVERY RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          AND AGAIN, WITH THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY EXPENSES THUS FAR. 
          UM, RELATED TO VACCINATIONS MOVING FORWARD, UH, I MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE $204 MILLION AVAILABLE TO SUSTAIN OUR EFFORTS AS OF THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH. 
          AND ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THOSE RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED, UH, IN, WITHIN THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          THE $34 MILLION IS COMPRISED OF ABOUT 26 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND RESOURCES, THE REMAINING BEING IN, UM, IN GRANT RESEARCH RESOURCES. 
          AND THEN WITHIN THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN, AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF THAT ARE GENERAL FUND RESOURCES AND OUR OTHER CARES PROGRAMS, INCLUDING OUR FUNDING FOR AIRPORT HEAD START, UH, CHILDCARE, 
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UM, AND, AND OTHER RELATED GRANTS. 
          AND THIS IS, UM, THIS IS THE PORTION THAT, AS ERIC MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKED TO REFORECAST AND, AND REFINE THOSE PLANNED AMOUNTS THAT BASED ON OUR, OUR ACTUAL EXPERIENCE, WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, REALIGN THOSE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF, OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING MOVING FORWARD. 
          ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, UM, I DO WANNA PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR PILLAR ACTIVITY. 
          SO THIS IS A COMBINATION OF ALL OF OUR FUNDING SOURCES, BUT, UM, IN MY PRIOR PRESENTATION, I PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON OUR MICRO BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT GRANTS. 
          UH, WE ARE STILL CLOSING OUT THESE NEW GRANTS, BUT AS OF JANUARY 6TH, AS WAS PRESENTED TO, TO E W D C, WE HAD AWARDED $29.7 MILLION TO OVER 1200, UM, GRANTEES. 
          INCLUDED WITHIN THIS AMOUNT IS $27.1 MILLION THAT WAS AWARDED TO OVER 1100 MICROBUSINESSES. 
          AND A SUBSET OF THAT AMOUNT IS $8.7 MILLION THAT WERE AWARDED TO OVER 220 FOOD AND BEVERAGE, UM, OPERATORS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          AND THEN YOU'LL SEE AMOUNTS, UH, RELATED TO OUR NONPROFIT GRANTS AND OUR LOAN FORGIVENESS. 
          SO, MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, AS WE CLOSE OUT, UM, PREVIOUS SLIDE, JOHN, UM, WE ARE, ARE WORKING WITH LIFT FUND TO SURVEY OUR GRANT AWARDEES, UM, TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT, WHAT IMPACT OF THESE, OF THE $29.7 MILLION, WHAT WAS THE IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UM, CONTINUING TO GAUGE WITH LIST FUND AND THE U T S A BUSINESS CENTER TO CONNECT THESE, UH, BUSINESSES WITH, WITH RESOURCES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE, UM, P P P PROGRAM THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE DECEMBER STIMULUS. 
          SO WHILE WE ARE CLOSING OUT THE GRANTS, WE'RE STILL ENGAGED WITH THESE BUSINESSES TO ENSURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE RESOURCES THAT ARE STILL AVAILABLE TO THEM. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UM, ALSO WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR DOOR TO DOOR OUTREACH. 
          SO THROUGH OUR SMALL BUSINESS PILLARS AND OUR HOUSING PILLARS, WE HAD TARGETED REACHING OUT TO 5,000 BUSINESSES AND 30,000 HOUSEHOLDS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD ACCESS. 
          AND WHILE WE FELL SHORT OF, OF THESE GOALS SLIGHTLY, WE DO WANNA DRAW OUR ATTENTION TO THAT. 
          WE REACHED OUT TO OVER 28,000 BUSINESSES AND HOUSEHOLDS AND PROVIDED THEM WITH INFORMATION ON HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, UM, THROUGH OUR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, THROUGH LYFT FUNDS. 
          SO, UM, DURING A PANDEMIC, IT'S, IT'S, UH, NOT, IT IS NOT A SMALL THING TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE DOOR TO DOOR. 
          AND, UH, WE DID SO IN A SAFE MANNER AND, UM, HOPEFULLY MADE A REAL IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UM, THIS SLIDE, UH, GIVEN TODAY'S, UH, AMENDED ITEM, UM, AN ADDITIONAL $10.1 MILLION IS BEING ADDED TO OUR EAF PROGRAM, BUT THIS PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF, OF THE, THE PROGRAM BUDGET, UH, PRIOR TO, TO THE, THE LATEST AMENDMENT. 
          UM, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE WITHIN E A, AGAIN, UM, AS OF JUST THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, WE HAD AWARDED $68.5 MILLION IN ASSISTANCE AND ASSISTED OVER 26,000 HOUSEHOLDS. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY THE PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE GOING, UM, AND DOES NOT INCLUDE THE $46.7 MILLION THAT WAS RECENTLY AWARDED TO THE CITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, WITHIN OUR, OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, PILLAR, THE TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM, AS YOU'LL SEE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE, UM, AN UPTICK IN THOSE. 
          UM, COMPLETING THE INTAKE PROCESS IS GOING THROUGH THE REFERRALS AND, AND ENROLLING IN TRAININGS. 
          UM, STAFF CONTINUES TO WORK HARD ON THE OUTREACH, UM, AND ENSURING THAT THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE TRAINING PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE MOST INTERESTED IN. 
          SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN THESE NUMBERS AS, AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE, THE FIRST QUARTER OF, OF CALENDAR YEAR 2021, AND MOVING INTO THE NEXT PHASES OF, OF THE PROGRAM. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND THEN A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          SO WE HAVE 51 BUSINESSES THAT HAVE SIGNED UP, UM, TO PROVIDE THESE SLOTS COMBINED. 
          WE HAVE 285 SLOTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, BUT RECOGNIZING THAT WE CAN DO MORE IN THIS AREA, UM, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED A NUMBER OF CHANGES EFFECTIVE THIS YEAR TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SLOTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, INCLUDING ALLOWING ALL BUSINESSES WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE, REACHING OUT TO BOTH SMALL AND LARGE BUSINESSES, AND, UM, ALLOWING PARTICIPANTS TO COMPLETE SOME CLASSROOM TRAINING PRIOR TO STARTING THEIR, THEIR O T J. 
          UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME, UM, HESITANCY AMONGST FOLKS TO RENCHER THE WORKFORCE, BUT THIS OPPORTUNITY GETS SOME, SOME TRAINING AND THEN AS A PREPARED TO STEP INTO A ROLE, UM, THEY ALREADY HAVE A BASELINE OF TRAINING AVAILABLE TO THEM. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          AND WITHIN THE DIGITAL INCLUSION PILLAR, UM, THIS IS AN UPDATE ON, ON WHERE THEY'VE BEEN. 
          SO WE'VE, UH, OR WHERE THEY'VE ADDITIONAL 
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PROGRESS SINCE MY LAST REPORT, SINCE WE NOW HAVE THREE SITES LIVE UP AND PROVIDING COVERAGE, UH, WITHIN THE, THE PILOT AREA. 
          WE ARE WORKING WITH S A I C TO SCALE UP TO 1200 STUDENTS BY NEXT MONTH. 
          AND MOVING INTO OUR NEXT PHASE, WE HAVE BEEN STARTED ENGAGING WITH EDGEWOOD AND HARLANDALE, I I S C TO, TO START TO MAP OUT WHAT DOES THAT BOOK NEXT IN THEIR AREAS AND WORKING TO GET THE ACCESS AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS IN THOSE AREAS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THREE PARKS UP AND RUNNING WITH WIFI NOW. 
          UM, THEUS, MILLER'S POND AND FRANK RAMIREZ. 
          SO INCREASED ACCESS FOR STUDENTS IN THOSE, UH, LIVING NEAR THOSE PARKS. 
          UM, AND AS WELL, ANOTHER INITIATIVE WORKING WITH SAHA TO PROVIDE $180,000 TO UPGRADE THEIR FACILITIES WITH WIFI FOR UNITS. 
          SO YOU SEE THAT IN THEIR UNITS. 
          SO YOU SEE BELOW THE, UM, NUMBER OF UNITS IN EACH OF THEM AND REALLY REACHING A TOTAL OF HOUSEHOLD OF, UH, TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS OVER 1500. 
          UM, AND WITHIN THOSE HOUSEHOLDS, WE, WE BELIEVE WILL REACH STUDENTS, UH, UPWARDS OF 2000 STUDENTS WHO ARE LIVING IN, IN THOSE, UM, IN THOSE UNITS. 
          UM, SO GREAT PROGRESS THERE. 
          UM, MOVING ON ONTO NEXT STEPS GOING FORWARD. 
          SO KIND OF A THREE-PRONGED APPROACH HERE. 
          WE ARE WORKING TO CLOSE OUT C R F. 
          UM, IT'S HAPPENING ON, ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE, BUT ALSO LOOKING TO PRODUCE A REPORT TO SHOW NOT ONLY WHERE THE DOLLARS WENT, BUT ALSO WHERE, UM, WHERE THE IMPACT IS MET. 
          YOU KNOW, USING THE DATA THAT SMALL, THE SMALL BUSINESS GROUP IS ENGAGING WITH THOSE BUSINESSES AND LOOKING AT ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          SO WE CAN PROVIDE A, A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT. 
          UM, WE ARE WORKING TO REVIEW THOSE MONTHLY EXPENSES AND ALIGN THEM, UM, WITH OUR PLANNED AMOUNTS BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE AND THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, ALL WHILE AWAITING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON STIMULUS. 
          UH, WE ARE, ARE RECEIVING, WE'RE LOOKING DAILY. 
          WE'RE RECEIVING INFORMATION, UM, YOU KNOW, REGULARLY FROM, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          SO, UM, WE WANNA BE PREPARED AS WE GET THOSE AWARDS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR EXPENSES ARE IN ALIGNING THOSE AMOUNTS. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH G P A, UM, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT POTENTIALLY IS COMING DOWN THE ROAD IN ADDITION, UM, IN THE FORM OF ADDITIONAL STIMULUS. 
          SO THERE, UM, THE PROPOSAL FROM THE NEW ADMINISTRATION WAS ISSUED, AND SO WE'RE ANALYZING THAT, LOOKING AT WHERE THERE MIGHT BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES. 
          BUT WE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE JUST WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR WHAT'S COMING NEXT BY CLOSING OUT OUR EXPENSES, LOOKING, UM, AT HOW WE CAN BETTER ALIGN THEM, AND THEN UNDERSTANDING WHERE POTENTIALLY THERE MIGHT BE NEEDS MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, AND WITH THAT, UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STAFF REPRESENTING THE PILLARS AVAILABLE ON THE LINE. 
          UM, WE'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANNA. 
          UM, WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO DISCUSSION NOW. 
          WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO SLIDE NUMBER SIX, PLEASE, ANNA. 
          NOW THIS IS RELATED, UM, TO, UH, THE BUSINESSES. 
          AND I SEE WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, MONEY THAT TALKS ABOUT, OR, OR A LOT OF NUMBERS THAT TALK ABOUT GRANTS. 
          IS THIS THE MONEY THAT WAS ACTUALLY ISSUED OR WERE THAT, WAS THAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS AVAILABLE IN EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES? COUNCILMAN, THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS ISSUED IN THOSE AREAS. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          NOW, UM, HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, DO WE KNOW HAS COME IN? BECAUSE OF THE MOST RECENT, UH, STIMULUS PASSED, UH, BY THE GOVERNMENT. 
          SO THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL DIRECT FUNDING TO THE CITY TO PROVIDE, UM, THESE LOANS AND, AND GRANTS. 
          UM, THAT FUNDING WAS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE, THE P P P. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE, THE WORK THAT THAT E D D IS DOING WITH U T S A AND WITH THE LIFT FUND, IN ORDER TO REACH OUT TO THOSE BUSINESSES TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS FUNDING IS AVAILABLE AND HOW THEY CAN ACCESS IT. 
          ARE WE DOING ANYTHING TO PUT THAT WORD OUT AS WELL, OR ARE WE JUST LEAVING IT UP TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS? YEP. 
          COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, UM, ALEX IS ON THE LINE AND SHE CAN JUMP IN, BUT SHE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AT LAST WEEK'S PRESENTATION. 
          WE ARE, WE ARE FACILITATING BECAUSE WE, BECAUSE OF ALL THE, THE EFFORT WE WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR, WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THOSE SMALL AND MICRO BUSINESSES. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND BEFORE I GIVE, HAND IT OVER TO ALEX, JUST A REMINDER, OUR PROGRAM THAT WE DEVELOPED THAT, THAT HAD THOSE NUMBERS THAT WERE ON THE SLIDE, WE FUNDED THAT ALL WITH CORONA RELIEF FUND DOLLARS, WHICH, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO TARGET. 
          ALEX, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CONNECTIONS WE'RE MAKING? SURE. 
          AND GOOD MORNING. 
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UM, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS ALONG WITH SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY, UM, WE'RE WE'RE GETTING IT OUT, GETTING OUT COMMUNICATIONS AND HOW THEY CAN ACCESS THESE RESOURCES IN SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT, UM, VERY GOOD ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, UM, THAT WE CAN SEND BECAUSE WE'VE GOT EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR EVERYBODY WHO GOT, UM, ANY OF THE GRANTS THROUGH OUR PROGRAM OR WHO EXPRESSED INTEREST. 
          UM, FOR, FOR THE AREAS THAT WE KNOW, ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION IS NOT A VERY RELIABLE, OR THAT WE KNOW, WE'VE ALSO DESIGNED A POSTCARD THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SENDING OUT TO 30, UH, ZIP CODES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS AREAS WHERE PREVIOUSLY, UM, P P P WAS NOT ACCESSED OR NOT ACCESSED, VERY SIGNIFICANT LEVELS. 
          SO THAT'S ONE OF THE INITIAL PUSHES THAT WE'RE DOING AS FAR AS MARKETING. 
          LET ME ASK YOU, HAVE, WE CONTACTED ALL THE BANKS THAT HAD TO REJECT BUSINESSES BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE MONEY TO GET LISTINGS FROM THEM OF SMALL BUSINESSES THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO HELP, THAT WE COULD MAYBE PLUG INTO THIS NEW MONEY, MONEY. 
          WE HAVEN'T REACHED OUT TO THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THEMSELVES, TO THE BANKS, LIKE YOU MENTIONED. 
          UM, OUR COORDINATION RIGHT NOW IS FOCUSING WITH THE LOCAL S B A REPRESENTATIVES AND, UM, THE, THE CDFIS, UM, AND MORE OF THE NONPROFIT LENDERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN TOWN, UM, THAT, THAT ARE ALSO, UM, SERVING P P P LOANS. 
          WELL, I'M, I'M SURE THOSE ARE GONNA HIT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE. 
          I'M JUST THINKING NOW, I'VE HEARD OF A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT I WENT TO A COUPLE OF BANKS AND THEY TURNED ME DOWN AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WENT TO SS B A, UH, SO I'M JUST SAYING IF, IF ANY OF THE BANKS HAVE THOSE RECORDS THAT THEY COULD SHARE AS REFERRALS TO BUSINESSES THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO. 
          I JUST THOUGHT THAT'D BE HELPFUL. 
          UH, I'D ALSO, THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO LOOK AT, UH, SLIDE NUMBER 10. 
          SHE TALKED ABOUT THE TRAINING PROGRAM AND, AND ANNA OR SOMEBODY CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT. 
          UM, WE'VE, WE'VE BROUGHT IN, UH, 4,400 PEOPLE. 
          WHEN DID WE BEGIN THIS PROGRAM? WHEN DID WE BEGIN ACCEPTING INTAKES? ALEX, DO YOU WANNA TAKE THIS ONE? CERTAINLY. 
          SO WE RE WE STARTED RECEIVING APPLICATIONS. 
          THE PARTNER STARTED WORKING WITH, UM, PARTICIPANTS IN SEPTEMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY REASONABLE AMOUNT. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW OUR GOAL WAS TO TRY AND, UH, REACH OUT TO 10,000 AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOAL AND YOU MAY NOT REACH OUT, BUT, UH, I GUESS WE'RE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A QUARTER. 
          AND SO WE, WE'VE REACHED OUT AND CONTACTED QUITE A FEW, SO I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, ALSO ON, UH, SLIDE 11, IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, PARTNERSHIPS WITH BUSINESSES. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT, UM, I THINK WE HAVE ON THE JOB TRAINING LISTED HERE, UM, WHAT ABOUT OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE SAYING, YES, WE ARE GOING TO HIRE EMPLOYEES NOT JUST ON THE JOB TRAINING, BUT HAVE WE GOT COMMITMENTS RELATED TO THIS PROGRAM THAT, UH, ARE, THAT, UH, IS, IS GONNA GUARANTEE PLACEMENT TO PEOPLE IN OTHER BUSINESSES? AND HOW MANY OF THESE 51 LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, ARE ACTUALLY, UH, SERVICE ORIENTED OR MANUFACTURING ORIENTED? UH, AND CAN YOU TELL ME THAT? SO COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS IS ALEX AGAIN, AND I, I'LL START WITH THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EMPLOYERS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN, IN PROVIDING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. 
          UM, THE ACTUAL TYPES OF BUSINESSES VARY. 
          UM, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE LIST AND, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT MANUFACTURERS, WE'VE GOT SOME SERVICE ORIENTED BUSINESSES. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS THE OCCUPATION. 
          UM, IF THE OCCUPATION IS CONSIDERED IN DEMAND AND IT PROVIDES THAT CAREER PROGRESSION, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON AS WE'RE EVALUATING THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND LOOKING FOR PLACEMENTS FOR PARTICIPANTS THAT, THAT WANT TO DO THAT TYPE OF TRAINING. 
          WOULD YOU SAY AS FAR AS, GO AHEAD. 
          YES, SIR. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          AS FAR AS YOUR FIRST QUESTION THOUGH, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO GUARANTEE A JOB, UM, WE, WE, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO OFFER THAT LEVEL OF CERTAINTY. 
          UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH ONE OF OUR PARTNERS, SA WORKS, UM, WHO IS VERY INTENTIONALLY LOOKING AT, AS THEY'RE COMMUNICATING WITH COMPANIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, IDENTIFYING THAT THE EXISTING JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE PARTICIPANTS KNOW THIS IS HOW MANY WE NEED OF THIS PARTICULAR OCCUPATION. 
          SO THAT THERE'S THAT ALIGNMENT BETWEEN WHAT 
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TRAINING PARTICIPANTS ARE BEING, UM, ENCOURAGED OR, UH, KIND OF GUIDED TO CONSIDER, UM, BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE KNOW ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WELL, I'D LIKE TO HEAR SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE, A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE, UH, PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES, UH, ARE IN CERTAIN AREAS. 
          I'M, I'M CONCERNED THAT ANYONE WHO'S GOING AND GETTING ON THE JOB TRAINING IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY, UH, MAY NOT EVEN BE EARNING $15 AN HOUR WHEN THEY LEAVE. 
          AND, AND OBVIOUSLY WE WANNA UPGRADE THE CAPABILITIES OF ANYBODY GOING THROUGH THIS. 
          UH, SO I HOPE THAT IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF SERVICE INDUSTRY AND, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE OFFERING EVEN ON THE JOB TRAINING, UH, THE KIND OF SKILL THAT'LL ALLOW SOMEBODY TO EARN MORE THAN A $15 MINIMUM WAGE ONCE THEY'RE COMPLETED. 
          BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S MANUFACTURING, IT'S TECHNOLOGY, IT'S HEALTHCARE, UH, AND I'D, I'D SURE LIKE TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF PARTNERS WE HAVE IN THOSE AREAS TO SEE WHERE THIS IS HEADED. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS NOW. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREA SULLIVAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THANK YOU, YOU, ANNA. 
          SO THE QUESTION I HAVE, I KNOW WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OTHER INITIATIVES WHEN IT COMES TO THE DIGITAL INCLUSION PORTION, UM, HAVE WE REACHED OUT, WE JUST HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT HOUSING AND, AND HOUSING NONPROFITS, AND HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO MAYBE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OR THE N NRP GROUP TO SEE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE OR WHAT INITIATIVES WE CAN USE WITHIN OUR AFFORDABLE, UH, HOUSING PARTNERS AND OUR HOUSING NONPROFIT AGENCIES? UH, COUNCILMAN, I THINK CRAIG HOPKINS IS AVAILABLE ON THE LINE. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M HERE FOR YOU. 
          UM, UH, SO MA'AM, I DON'T, WE HAVEN'T TALKED TO THAT, UH, GROUP DIRECTLY. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION WE CAN HAVE. 
          UH, BUT WE HAVE TALKED WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AS ANA TALKED ABOUT. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR PLACES WHERE STUDENTS NEED CONNECTIVITY, AND THAT IS OUR PRIMARY FOCUS. 
          SO WE CAN TAKE THAT AS A, A FUTURE, UH, ANOTHER CONVERSATION TO REACH OUT, REACH OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL, UH, AFFORDABLE UNITS HERE WITHIN THE DISTRICT AREA, AND WE KNOW MOST OF THOSE STUDENTS, UM, ARE LIVING IN THOSE UNITS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE CONNECTIVITY. 
          WE HAVEN'T REACHED OUT TO SEE HOW, UM, EVEN THOSE, UH, NONPROFIT AGENCIES OR NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ARE HELPING OR ASSISTING THOSE WHO ARE LIVING IN OUR AFFORDABLE UNITS. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW WE CAN REACH THOSE STUDENTS AS WELL, UM, IN THOSE AREAS. 
          AND THEN, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE SMALL BUSINESS, ALEX, HAVE, WE LOOKED AT THE FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED FROM LIFTFUND AND OTHER RESOURCES, UM, AND ATTACHED IT TO OUR EQUITY MAP TO SEE WHAT OVERLAPPING AREAS HAVE NOT RECEIVED FUNDING OR WHAT AREAS ARE, ARE KIND OF, UM, STILL LOOKING FOR FUNDING BASED ON OUR EQUITY MAPS AND BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW AND WHO HAS RECEIVED FUNDING. 
          YES, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND ACTUALLY WE HAD A DISCUSSION INTERNALLY ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT DATA SETS THAT WE HAVE AND THE, THE POTENTIAL THAT WE MAY BE, UM, DUPLICATING AND THAT WE MAY BE REACHING CERTAIN BUSINESSES SEVERAL TIMES, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE ON SEVERAL OF OUR LISTS. 
          SO THE STRATEGY THAT WE'VE DECIDED TO TAKE IS ACTUALLY TO, UM, TO CATER OUR MESSAGE BASED ON THAT, ON THAT PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHY OR THE PARTICULAR POPULATION. 
          UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN A, IN A HIGHER EQUITY SCORE AREA, MAKE, MAKING SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHY WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THEM. 
          UM, BECAUSE I THINK TO COUNCIL MEMBER RIDGE'S POINT EARLIER, THEY MAY HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN BEFORE, SO THEY MAY, THEY MAY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE ENCOURAGEMENT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEY SHOULD CONSIDER IT AGAIN. 
          SO YES, WE'RE WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY PUTTING IT ALL INTO ONE BATCH, WE'RE BE WE'RE, WE'RE SENDING CUSTOMIZED MESSAGES TO THESE POPULATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. 
          UM, AND THEN UNDER THE, UM, I KNOW WE HAD GOALS THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET WHEN IT CO UM, COMES TO OUTREACH AND WE HAD SET A GOAL OF 5,000, BUT WE ONLY REACHED 3005 41. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE WE ARE WITHIN THAT SHORT FALL OF OUR GOAL COMPARED TO OUR ACTUAL, UH, NUMBERS? UM, YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER THAT, THAT PROGRAM RAN THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER, UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT, OR ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WAS VERY INTENTIONALLY FUNDED THROUGH THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF, UM, FUNDING AVAILABLE. 
          UM, I, I THINK THE CHALLENGES THAT WE EXPERIENCED IN THE FALL, UM, IN WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS, THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP ACTUALLY DO THE OUTREACH. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND SAGE AND, AND SOUTH SIDE, FIRST AND CENTRAL, THE INTENTION WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY, OUR BUSINESS 
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COMMUNITY KNEW OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT IN THE FUTURE, AS THEIR NEEDS COME UP, AS THEY IDENTIFY, UM, CHALLENGES, THEY CAN CONNECT WITH THOSE, WITH THOSE PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE DIDN'T QUITE HIT THE 5,000 DO THE, THE 5,000 PARTICIPANT MARK. 
          UM, AND WE KNOW THAT THESE PARTNERS DID MAKE, UM, YOU KNOW, OVER 3000 CONNECTIONS WITH THESE SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          AGAIN, GOOD DATA THAT, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO PROVIDE TO US AND THAT THEY NOW HAVE IN THEIR DATA BANKS AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE MOVED AWAY FROM THE, THE DIRECT OUTREACH COMPONENT AND, AND WORKING MORE TOWARDS WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT THESE BUSINESSES NEEDED. 
          SO HOW DO WE HELP CONNECT THEM TO THE RESOURCES THAT THEY TOLD US THEY NEEDED? OKAY. 
          UM, I KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO SAGE, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY WORK JUST WITHIN THE PROMISE ZONE. 
          UM, AND, AND DISTRICT TWO IS, IS REALLY WIDESPREAD. 
          SO HOW ARE WE REALLY ADDRESSING THOSE, THOSE COMP OR THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT PROMISE ZONE AREA, OUTSIDE OF THE TUR ZONE AREA, UM, TO MEET? BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL BUSINESSES THAT JUST FEEL AS IF THEY WERE OVERLOOKED AND THEY DID THE WORK AND THEY PUT IN THE PAPERWORK, BUT STILL NOTHING. 
          UH, SO HOW ARE WE SPEAKING TO THOSE BUSINESSES THAT NOW, UM, DON'T HAVE THE TRUST IN MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE SEEN OR HEARD OR GET THE RESOURCES? ARE WE TARGETING THOSE SPECIFIC COMPANIES? SO, UM, I MENTIONED EARLIER HOW WE HAVE DIFFERENT DATA SETS. 
          WE KNOW WHO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, WHO, WHO SAGE MAY HAVE CONTACTED. 
          UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE JUST GENERAL INFORMATION FOR DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIES, UM, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE ACCESSED P P P IN THE PAST. 
          SO THIS IS WHERE WE CAN PROMOTE MORE OF THE, OR TARGET MORE OF OUR OUTREACH OR MARKETING EFFORTS, UM, TO CONNECT THOSE BUSINESSES WITH U T S A, UM, TO, TO REALLY TRY TO REBUILD WHEN NECESSARY, UM, SOME OF THAT COMMUNICATION, UM, TO HAVE THEM CONSIDER THIS OPPORTUNITY ONCE MORE. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN, THE, THE ISSUES YOU'RE RAISING ARE, I, I SUSPECT ARE, ARE PROBABLY DISCUSSED BEING DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW BY A LOT OF CITY COUNCILS AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO, I MEAN, I KNOW JEFF IS ON THE LINE, BUT AS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR DECISIONS THAT MAY BE MADE, UM, UH, PROGRAMMATICALLY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL OR MAYBE THE STATE LEVEL, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, UM, UH, JUST LIKE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THE CITY TAKES AN APPROACH AT, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE INPUT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS THEY DEVELOP RULES AND PROGRAMS AND FUNDING GUIDELINES HELPS, HELPS BETTER CONNECT, UH, UH, THE, THE, UH, AND, AND REACH THE END GOAL. 
          AND, AND, AND I KNOW, I KNOW THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE, IF THERE IS IN FACT A THIRD ROUND OF STIMULUS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT IT IS, UH, A TARGETED APPROACH. 
          AND THOSE THAT DID NOT HAVE, OR MAYBE HAD, WERE AT A DISADVANTAGE LAST YEAR, UM, THAT, THAT THOSE, THAT THOSE BUSINESSES OR CONSTITUENCIES ARE SOMEWHERE, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LINE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          UM, AND THEN, AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION THAT I'LL HAVE IS, WHEN IT COMES TO R O J T AND THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE SIGNED UP SIGNED THAT WANNA PARTICIPATE, ARE THEY BEING PROVIDED INCIDENTS FOR, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY BRING ONTO THE O J T, UH, PLATFORM? IT, SO COUNCIL MEMBER, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AN INCENTIVE TO THE COMPANY ITSELF. 
          IT'S THE FACT THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING, UM, THIS EMPLOYEE, UM, AT NO COST BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE THE, THE STIPEND THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY BE PAYING THAT PARTICIPANT IS STILL BEING PAID. 
          SO THAT'S THE, IN ESSENCE, THE WAGE THAT THE, THAT THE PARTICIPANT IS RECEIVING. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I KNOW WITH THE, UM, W WITH W S A, THEY HAVE AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR VETERANS. 
          IF YOU HIRE A VETERAN, UM, THERE'S SOME MONETARY INCENTIVE, UM, THROUGH W S A. 
          UM, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY BUSINESSES ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM THROUGH W S A OR CAN WE GET A LIST OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM THROUGH W S A I, I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I CAN SECURE THAT FROM, FROM W S A. 
          OKAY. 
          AWESOME. 
          I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE THAT INFORMATION AND HOW WE CAN BETTER, UH, FACILITATE GETTING OUR VETERANS, UM, THAT ARE LOOKING FOR JOBS AS WELL, BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE. 
          AND I THINK IT WORKS REALLY WELL WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH STIPENDS AND, AND HELPING THOSE GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. 
          UM, ANOTHER THING IS WORKING WITH W S A TO PUT FORTH A TARGETED JOB, UM, JOB FAIR. 
          UM, WE DID ONE IN DISTRICT TWO, BUT IT WAS ONLY FOR DISTRICT TWO. 
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I THINK NOW IS THE TIME THAT WE REVISIT THAT FOR THE WHOLE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND SEE HOW WE CAN TRULY INVEST IN THOSE THAT HAVE OPEN POSITIONS RIGHT NOW AND BRING THAT TO THE FOREFRONT AND USE OUR T V S A PLATFORM AND OUR PORTAL TO GET PEOPLE INTO THE JOBS THAT ARE RIGHT NOW ON THE GROUND READY TO GO. 
          UM, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I THINK THAT WOULD HELP OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. 
          AND I LIKE TO PARTNER WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET BUSINESSES SPECIFICALLY IN OUR DISTRICTS TO BE A PART OF THIS PLATFORM THAT ARE HIRING AND THE JOBS THAT ARE, ARE ABOVE LIVING WAGE. 
          THAT, THAT WE CAN GET IT INTO OUR COMMUNITIES HANDS. 
          BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU ANA AND TEAM, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND I THINK THAT YOU'VE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB IN SPENDING THE MONEY. 
          SO, SO KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU ALL. 
          UM, WHEN DO WE START SEEING THE ALAMO DOME EXPENSES AND HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO OPERATE THE FACILITY, UH, ON A WEEKLY BASIS? WHEN, WHEN, WHEN DO WE DO THAT? UM, SO THE ALAMO DOME FACILITY FACILITY OPENED DURING, DURING THE SUMMER. 
          UM, WHAT WE ARE INCURRING FOR THAT ARE THE, THE STAFF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE THERE. 
          UM, BUT AS FAR AS THE, YOU KNOW, TURNING THE LIGHTS ON THOSE COSTS ARE, ARE, ARE NOT HITTING THESE FUNDS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO COUNCILWOMAN, LEMME JUST, LET ME JUST ADD ONTO TO THAT. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, IS WE'RE, WE'RE TRACKING ALL THOSE EXPENSES SEPARATELY. 
          WE DO HAVE, UH, THROUGH THAT DECEMBER STIMULUS, UH, $13.9 MILLION IN VACCINE ADMINISTRATION. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UH, AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE STILL NOT BEEN GIVEN BY THE C D C THE GUIDELINES AND, UM, THAT ARE REQUIRED, UH, TO, UM, UH, TRACK SPENDING. 
          UM, WE'RE ASSUMING IT'S, IT'S BROAD. 
          UM, SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ARE TRACKING EVERYTHING SEPARATELY AS WE DO A JANUARY, UH, END OF JANUARY REPORT. 
          UM, WE WILL, WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          YEAH, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS BEING, UH, AND I'M SORRY I WASN'T SPECIFIC ENOUGH, ANNA. 
          I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE VACCINATION EFFORTS. 
          OH. 
          AND I THINK, UH, ERIC READ MY MIND. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU, ERIC FOR BEING, UH, GOOD AT READING MY MIND. 
          UM, I'M ALSO WONDERING HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING OTHER VACCINE HUB EFFORTS AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO, AND SO LET ME GIVE YOU THE EXAMPLE. 
          UM, SO, SO YOU ALL KNOW WE, UH, ADVOCATED FOR, UH, GETTING VACCINE DISTRIBUTION, UM, ACCESSIBLE TO RESIDENTS OF THE WEST AND THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          DIDN'T MEAN THAT VACCINES SHOULD GO THERE BECAUSE THAT, THAT WOULD BE, UM, ILLEGAL TO JUST DESIGNATE 'EM FOR A CERTAIN POPULATION. 
          HOWEVER, I'M, I'M WONDERING HOW WE CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR ADDITIONAL HUBS IN AREAS THAT, UH, NEED ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND, UM, I, I WANTED TO MENTION, AND YOU ALL PROBABLY HAVEN'T SEEN THE BREAKDOWN IN NUMBER, I SENT IT TO A FEW OF THE, OF YOU. 
          UM, BUT, UM, IN, WE, AT THE SOUTH AND WEST CENTER, FOR INSTANCE, WE'D, WE'VE HAD 507 RESIDENTS FROM DTT 10 GET VACCINES. 
          318 FROM D NINE GET VACCINES. 
          732 RESIDENTS FROM DISTRICT EIGHT HAVE RECEIVED VACCINES AT THE WEST AND SOUTH LOCATION. 
          UM, 806 RESIDENTS FROM DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT THEY'RE FROM ALL OVER, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, THERE'S PEOPLE COMING IN, I HAD MENTIONED FROM STONE OAK AND ALAMO HEIGHTS AND LA VERNIA WE'RE HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH AS WELL. 
          UH, SO WE'RE, UH, HELPING PEOPLE FROM NEW, NEW BRAUNFELS, FROM FLORESVILLE, FROM, FROM EVERYWHERE. 
          UH, AND SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE CONTINUE SUPPORTING OR IS, IS KIND OF EVERYBODY ON THEIR OWN, IF YOU WILL, IF THEY NEEDED SOME ADDITIONAL HELP. 
          THE REASON THAT I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS BECAUSE YESTERDAY WE LEARNED THAT NEXT WEEK WE WILL NOT HAVE A SUPPLY OF MODERNA VACCINES FOR THE WELLMED CENTERS IN THE SOUTH AND WEST. 
          I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT, UH, UT HEALTH HAVE HAD, UH, GRACIOUSLY ALLOCATED SOME VACCINES TO METRO HEALTH LAST WEEK. 
          SO METRO HEALTH WAS ABLE TO ALLOCATE THE, THE VACCINES, THE 9,000 VACCINES LAST WEEK TO THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE. 
          SO IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER HAD A GREAT PROPOSAL. 
          OKAY, WELL, ONE WEEK WITHOUT THE 9,000 VACCINES. 
          UM, BUT THEY WILL KEEP GOING AT THE ALAMO DOME. 
          BUT MY MAJOR CONCERN IS HOW DO WE CONTINUE WORKING WITH PARTNERS? IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD SUPPORT THEM? LIKE FOR INSTANCE, CAN WE GO TO UT HEALTH AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT, IF WE FIND YOU A LOCATION IN THE SOUTH AND IN THE WEST SIDE, WHICH I, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S LOCATIONS OF UT HEALTH IN THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM OR DO THEY KIND OF HAVE TO GO OUT AND FIND THEIR OWN MONEY FOR THAT? SO COUNCILWOMAN, UM, I, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT THE GUIDELINES ARE. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GUIDELINES ARE FOR THE $13.9 MILLION, NUMBER ONE. 
          NUMBER TWO, THE STATE IS THE ONE THAT DESIGNATES, 
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AND THEY'RE CALLING THEM HUBS. 
          UM, AND, AND THEY'RE MASS VACCINATION HUBS AND THEY'RE, THEY, UH, EVERY COUNTY, WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD SAY EVERY COUNTY IN BEXAR COUNTY, THERE ARE THREE HUBS, UH, U H S, UM, THE, UH, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER. 
          UM, ALL OF THOSE ENTITIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING OR OPERATING, UH, UH, THE DISTRIBUTION OF ALL THOSE VACCINES THAT WE GET. 
          REMEMBER WHAT DR. 
          BRIDGER SAID LAST WEEK WE'RE, WE WE'RE IN, WE'RE IN THIS ONE WEEK AT A TIME TEMPO. 
          UM, THE VACCINE HAS TO BE, UH, DISTRIBUTED BY THE END OF THE WEEK. 
          IT CAN'T, THERE CAN'T BE ANY LEFTOVER. 
          THOSE ARE THE GUIDELINES AND RULES FROM THE STATE. 
          SO I, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER ASSISTANCE WE CAN PROVIDE. 
          I DO KNOW THAT, AND THIS, AND THERE'S NO DETAIL AT THIS YET, THE DECEMBER STIMULUS DID TALK ABOUT THE ABILITY FOR AGENCIES TO GET REIMBURSED. 
          IT IS UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT, UM, WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          AND I THINK, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF PROVIDERS THAT ARE AWAITING FOR THOSE RULES. 
          UM, AND AS THEY BECOME, UH, AVAILABLE, I THINK THEN, THEN WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN THAT FOR, IN THAT FASHION. 
          LASTLY, UH, WHERE WE STAND TODAY IS IN THE EXACT SAME POSITION WE STOOD LAST THURSDAY WHEN DR. 
          BRIDGER UPDATED YOU. 
          UM, IT IS A MATTER OF SUPPLY AND, AND, UM, AND WE'VE SEEN NO CHANGE IN THAT. 
          WHAT, WHAT METRO HEALTH HAS ATTEMPTED TO DO, UM, IS, IS AT LEAST FOR OUR PURPOSES, AND I THINK THIS IS, UH, FOR, FOR WELLM MED'S PURPOSES TOO, LAY OUT A PLAN THAT WE HAVE FOR THE NEXT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS FOR AS MANY OF THE FACTORS THAT WE CONTROL, WHICH ARE LIMITED RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO, TO DEAL WITH THAT. 
          THE, THE, THE NEWS THIS MORNING, UH, INDICATED THAT THERE WAS POTENTIALLY ANOTHER SHIFT COMING FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. 
          UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHATEVER COMES INTO BEXAR COUNTY FROM A VACCINE NEEDS TO BE IN SOMEBODY'S ARM BY THE END OF THE WEEK, WHETHER YOU'RE U H SS CITY, WELLMED, HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER. 
          YES, ABSOLUTELY, ERIC. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING LIKE, HOW CAN WE BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE ENTITIES? SO HOW COULD WE, UM, CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH UT HEALTH AND IF THEY DON'T TRANSFER THEIR VACCINES DIRECTLY, UH, TO US, HOW CAN WE, UM, REACH OUT AND SAY, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU REACH THESE, UM, TARGETED POPULATIONS? RIGHT. 
          UM, SO, SO, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND, AND THIS HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AND, AND I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT EVERYBODY HAS BEEN DOING. 
          I MEAN, EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE PULLING TOGETHER THEIR VACCINES TO REALLY REACH THE MOST VULNERABLE, AND THAT GIVES ME A LOT OF HOPE. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO, TO BE SUPPORTIVE. 
          AND I DO HAVE TO GIVE A PLUG RIGHT NOW TO DR. 
          BRIDGER AND DR. 
          CURIAN, UM, WHO HAVE, UH, BEEN BEEN VERY HELPFUL THROUGHOUT THIS. 
          UM, AND THEY'RE QUICKLY PIVOTING WITH EVERY NEW INFORMATION THAT THEY GET. 
          AND SO WHILE I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT WELLMED, UH, WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY PORTION OF THE 9,000 VACCINES FOR NEXT WEEK, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S LOGISTICAL ISSUES, UM, THAT THERE'S SUPPLY ISSUES. 
          I COMPLETELY, UM, GET IT. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY STATE THAT I APPRECIATE DR. 
          UH, BRIDGER AND DR. 
          IAN'S EFFORTS TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FACILITIES THAT ARE LOCATED EVERYWHERE, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO WITH, WITH ACCESS. 
          UM, MY CONCERN FOR THE UT HEALTH HUB BEING SO CLOSE TO THE WONDERLAND OF THE AMERICAS HUB IS THAT THEY'RE WITHIN TWO MILES OF EACH OTHER. 
          UM, AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, TO MAYBE OFFER SOME ASSISTANCE TO UT HEALTH, AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY WHY I WAS ASKING ERIC. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF, UM, DIRECTION RIGHT NOW, WHAT CAN BE SPENT AND WHAT CAN'T BE SPENT. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UM, CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR, FOR POSSIBLY THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AND HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH, WITH SOME OF THESE FOLKS WHO DO HAVE VACCINES AVAILABLE. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S IT, MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          MAYOR, LET ME JUST, CAN I, LEMME JUST ADD TWO THINGS. 
          ONE, I I, IF, IF YOU'RE GONNA THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING DR. 
          BRIDGER AND DR. 
          KIAN, BUT DR. 
          W'S ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF KIND OF THAT BALANCING ACT AND, AND, AND IS KIND OF THE, THE THIRD LEG OF THE STOOL, UM, OVER THERE. 
          AND THEN SECONDLY TO, UM, TO YOUR POINT, UM, GEORGE HERNANDEZ AND MYSELF AND UH, UH, UH, BILL HENRICH, UM, FROM THE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HAVE BEEN ON MULTIPLE PHONE CALLS THIS WEEK. 
          UM, WE'VE ALL, WE, YOU KNOW, EACH, EACH AGENCY, EACH HUB HAS GOT A RESPONSIBILITY AND A COMMITMENT TO THE STATE. 
          BUT, BUT WE ALSO, UM, ALL THREE I THINK RECOGNIZE WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO DO, UM, THE BEST FOR BEXAR COUNTY IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND YES, AND DR IS WONDERFUL, SO THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, RITA ESPINOZA IS DOING A FINE JOB TOO, UM, AS, AS ONE OF THE, UH, YEAH. 
          AND DR. 
          GOREY AND DR. 
          GOREY. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND 
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I'LL JUST START WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA LEFT OFF. 
          UM, AND APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER HUB IN, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND ALL THE COLLABORATION THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. 
          AND AS WE CONTINUE TO HOPEFULLY MOVE FORWARD, WE KNOW AN EXECUTIVE ACTION HAS BEEN SIGNED. 
          WE KNOW THAT, UM, A COVID COORDINATOR IS GOING TO BE LINING UP. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, THE MAYOR AND, AND OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DIRECT, UH, COMMUNICATION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH THE, UM, VACCINES COMING INTO TO OUR, UM, OUR AREA. 
          AND I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT I, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, THE, THE VACCINATIONS AND HUBS AND MASS VACCINATION SITES, UH, ERIC IS, IS UT HEALTH GOING TO HAVE A, A SIGN UP FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR THE DOSES OF VACCINES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE GETTING? UH, I, I'M NOT, UH, I'M NOT AWARE OF THEIR SPECIFIC LOGISTICAL, UM, UH, PLANS COUNCILWOMAN, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN FOLLOW UP AND, AND, UH, MAYBE INCLUDE THAT IN THE END OF DAY REPORT TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD. 
          UM, BUT I AM, AND I ALSO HAVE TO GIVE ANOTHER THANKS TO, UH, MAJOR GENERAL JIMMY KEENAN AND WELLMED AND EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER, THE ENTIRE CREW WORKING TOGETHER, UH, BECAUSE WELLNET IS, YOU KNOW, FUNDING ALL OF THIS ON, ON, THEY'RE PAYING THEIR WORKERS, THEY'RE DOING ALL OF THAT. 
          AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AT THE AMO DOME, UM, EVERYWHERE. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UM, THE PRESENTATION SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE WIFI. 
          I DON'T KNOW, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT SLIDE THAT WAS. 
          UH, ANNA, UH, THE SLIDE 12 DIGITAL INCLUSION. 
          YEAH, SLIDE 12. 
          SO IN IT, OUR FOCUS WAS A HUNDRED PROVIDES 180,000 FUNDING TO SUPPORT SA HA'S PLAN TO UPGRADE THREE FACILITIES WITH WIFI FOR ALL THEIR UNITS. 
          SO THAT'S NOT, NOW THAT SAHA HAS MADE THAT DETERMINATION WITH ALLAN, THAT IS NOT GOING TO STOP THEM OR US INVESTING THAT MONEY STILL IN ALLAN, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA SLOW THAT DOWN. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? UH, COUNCILMAN, THIS IS JOHN PATEK? THAT'S CORRECT, MA'AM. 
          IT WILL CONTINUE AT, AT THIS PACE? YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU TO THE COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES REGARDING OUR, UM, TRAIN FOR JOBS AND OUR TRAINING, AND WE ARE CONTINUALLY WORKING AND FINE TUNING THAT WITH OUR PARTICIPATING COMPANIES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE TO GET THE LISTING AND WE'LL GET THAT OUT. 
          ALSO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I ASKED OF OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, ALEX WAS ON THE CALL AND I ALSO SAW CARLOS, I THINK ON THE CALL. 
          UM, AND IF YOU HAVE IT HERE, WHAT I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE IS HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE ALREADY DISPERSED OR BUDGETED OUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE PART OF THE, WHO ARE RECEIVING STIPENDS FROM THE, FROM THE TRAIN FOR JOBS SA PROGRAM. 
          IF YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU PROVIDE THAT FOR US. 
          WE WANNA SEE HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE ALREADY USED IN OUR BUDGET, UM, TO, FOR THAT, ALEX, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER JUST FOR STIPENDS COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I CAN GET THAT NUMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, LET'S GET THAT INFORMATION. 
          AND SO WE CAN ALSO SEND IT OUT TO OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES SO THEY CAN HAVE, UM, A WORKING UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT, UH, AREA. 
          AND, UM, THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO AND COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UH, SPENDING RATES, IF YOU WILL. 
          AND, UH, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE FOR YOU, ALEX, IF I LOOK AT THE CATEGORIES ACROSS THE SPENDING RATES, LET'S TAKE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CHILDCARE CATEGORY. 
          CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT THAT DIFFERENCE IS AND WHY THERE IS SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE? I MEAN, WE ALLOCATED, WHAT, OVER 10 MILLION AND ONLY 14,000 HAS BEEN SPENT OF THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN I'LL, I'LL ANSWER THAT ONE. 
          UM, SO WE, WE DID INITIALLY ALLOCATE THE $10 MILLION FOR CHILDCARE. 
          UM, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THE REFERRAL PROCESS ARE BEING REFERRED TO, UM, OUR D H SS DEPARTMENT IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR CHILDCARE. 
          HOWEVER, UM, D H S REPORTS THAT, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF HESITANCE AMONGST PARENTS ABOUT PUTTING THEIR CHILDREN IN CHILDCARE AT THIS TIME, UM, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE SURGE. 
          SO THAT IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS WHEN I, WHEN I TALK ABOUT RE-FORECASTING AND REALIGNING OUR PLAN AMOUNTS, THAT THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING BE LOOKING 
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AT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE UPTICK IN, UM, IN INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAMS, BUT TRYING TO BALANCE THAT WITH THE, UM, RATES OF, OF COVID IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          HOW CAN WE TRY AND ALIGN THOSE PLANNED AMOUNTS AND, AND SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE ARE WE GOING TO RESET ESTIMATE AND IF NOT REFORECAST THAT MOVING FORWARD, MOVING FORWARD? OKAY. 
          UM, I SEE THAT AS A HUGE DISCREPANCY AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHY PARENTS WOULDN'T WANNA BE DOING THAT. 
          AND WHY AREN'T WE REPROGRAMMING NOW? I MEAN, TO ME THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SPENT AS OF DECEMBER, IT'S THE END OF JANUARY ALREADY. 
          WHY AREN'T WE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING THE WHOLE TIME, MOVE A BIG PORTION OF THAT MONEY INTO THE SMALL BUSINESS. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE PILLARS, WHICH CATEGORY IS THE MOST SPENT TO DATE? IT'S A SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, AND WE SHOULD BE RE-CATEGORIZE THAT MONEY INTO THAT AREA TO HELP MORE SMALL BUSINESS. 
          AGAIN, WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OF REQUIREMENTS, UH, OUT THE DOOR, UH, RIGHT AWAY, AND WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO FUND ABOUT A QUARTER OF THAT. 
          SO, UM, I, I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THOSE KIND OF THINGS IMMEDIATELY AND SEE ABOUT SHIFTING MONEY AROUND TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          AGAIN. 
          AND I JUST HAD AN UPDATE ON SMALL BUSINESS FAILURES. 
          LAST TIME I TALKED, IT WAS AT 34% OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE GONE UNDER THAT. 
          IT WAS AS OF THE END OF, END OF SEPTEMBER. 
          GUESS WHAT IT IS NOW? IT'S UP TO 40% FAILURE FOLKS HERE ON THE COUNCIL. 
          WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT, AND WE NEED TO GIVE MORE HELP IN GRANTS AND LOW INTEREST LOANS AND THAT KIND OF THING TO OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          THEY'RE OUR LIFEBLOOD. 
          THAT'S WHAT KEEPS PEOPLE EMPLOYED. 
          THAT'S WHAT KEEPS, KEEPS 'EM OFF THE STREETS. 
          UM, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE TO STOP ON THIS, THAT WE NEED TO, UH, LOOK AT THOSE AVAILABLE FUNDS AND ANY POT THAT WE HAVE AND TRY TO REPROGRAM TO HELP OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, THAT I THINK WE'RE TOO SLOW IN REACTING TO THE SPEND RATES ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE. 
          I NOTICED THE SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM IS, IS DWINDLING DOWN. 
          SHOULD WE SHIFT MORE MONEY INTO THAT? UH, THAT'S THE KIND OF THING I I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO GET INTO ON REVIEWING THESE NUMBERS AND SAYING, HEY, THERE'S AN ISSUE HERE, HERE. 
          LET'S, LET'S, UH, REPROGRAM THIS OR MOVE THIS MONEY TO THIS AREA OR THAT, THAT AREA. 
          UH, WE'RE JUST REACTING TOO SLOW. 
          AND I LOOK AT THAT AS OUR, OUR BUREAUCRACY ON MOVING TOO SLOW, UH, TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHERE, WHERE WE STILL HAVE CONCERNS. 
          AND I, UH, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, UH, ANTICIPATED A TOTAL OF 40 FOR, UH, TRAIN FOR JOBS, ONLY THREE ENROLLED. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT LOOKING GOOD, UH, ON WHAT WE FORECASTED VERSUS WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY USING. 
          EVERY EDIT, EVERY CATEGORY, EXCEPT FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS PILLAR IS, IS LAGGING BEHIND. 
          AND I THINK WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND START SHIFTING MONEY AROUND TO THOSE AREAS THAT, THAT ARE BEHIND OR AHEAD OF THE BENCHMARKS. 
          UH, I, I THINK WE NEED BETTER, BETTER BENCHMARKS ACROSS EACH ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES SO THEY CAN BE BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL MORE FREQUENTLY TO SAY, HEY, HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. 
          HERE'S WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, AND NOT SIT ON THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND THEN PRESENT IT. 
          AND WE SEE, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT, WHERE WE'RE LIKE, TODAY WE'RE WAY BEHIND IN A LOT OF THESE CATEGORIES, AND I UNDERSTAND THE, THE WORK THAT'S GOING INTO THIS. 
          AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT ON TRYING TO GET THESE NUMBERS UP, BUT THEY'RE NOT UP, THEY'RE DOWN. 
          AND WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND SEE ABOUT SHIFTING, SHIFTING THESE RESOURCES AROUND TO SEE IT. 
          AND I, I, I LOOK AT, AGAIN, THE BUSINESS PART, UM, SMALL BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE MOVE IN, MOVE THAT CATEGORY ENTIRELY UNDER THE WORKFORCE TRAINING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD BE. 
          THEY'RE A BIG CATEGORY, A BIG COMPONENT OF THE ACTUAL WORKFORCE TRAINING ALSO. 
          SO, UH, I, I'M, I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE SPEND RATES. 
          I SEE SOME BIG, BIG GAPS HERE AND, AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE REACTING FAST ENOUGH ON MOVING THINGS AROUND. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS BUDGETED ITEMS. IT SHOULD BE A LIVING, WORKING DOCUMENT. 
          WHENEVER THERE'S SHORTAGES, LET'S FILL THOSE. 
          IF EVER THERE'S, UM, UH, UNDERAGE UNDER PERFORMANCE, LET'S MOVE THAT OUT. 
          LET'S GET IT TO WHERE THE PEOPLE NEED IT. 
          NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, AGAIN, UP TO 40% OF OUR 
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SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE CLOSED THEIR DOORS. 
          THAT'S HORRIBLE. 
          AND WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT AND GET MORE HELP OUT THERE TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          SO I, I JUST THINK WE NEED TO REACT FASTER. 
          WE NEED TO, UH, SEE WHERE THE NEEDS ARE AND REACT TO THAT, WHETHER IT'S EAP OR, OR WHATEVER. 
          LET'S, LET'S BE A LITTLE BIT MORE NIMBLE ON OUR FEET AND HELP THOSE, HELP THOSE AREAS. 
          JUST ANOTHER PLEA FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT'S SUFFERING OUT THERE. 
          AND WE DO HAVE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TODAY TO MOVE MORE MONEY INTO THAT CATEGORY. 
          THAT'S, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY ON ALL THOSE POINTS. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOTTA DEAL WITH THE, WITH THE EMERGENCY, WITH THE FIRE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. 
          UM, FIRST LET ME, LET, LET ME JUST DIGRESS A LITTLE BIT. 
          I, I, FIRST I WANT TO DELVE INTO HOUSING ASSISTANCE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S GREAT TO, TO HEAR THAT WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE $46 MILLION IN HOUSING ASSISTANCE FROM, FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          UH, IT'S BEEN ESTIMATED THE, UH, THAT TEXAS HAS BETWEEN 1.1 AND 1.5 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS AT RISK OF EVICTION. 
          SO THESE FUNDS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED, BUT THE NEED WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, INTENSIFY. 
          AND, UH, OF COURSE, WE, WE JUST, UH, WE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'LL LAST FOR, AT LEAST FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. 
          IN SPEAKING WITH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, UH, DEPARTMENT STAFF, WE DISCUSSED THAT FEDERAL GUIDELINES COULD BE INTERPRETED IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS UNDOCUMENTED NEIGHBORS TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE STATE OF WASHINGTON'S HOUSING PROGRAM WAS ABLE TO ASSIST UNDOCUMENTED FOLKS. 
          SO I AM ENCOURAGED TO HEAR THAT N H S D IS ALREADY WORKING ON A STRATEGY, UH, WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF FUNDING. 
          I HOPE THAT WE CAN ALSO GET MORE COMMUNICATIONS AROUND THESE FUNDS, UH, UH, OUT TO OUR SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY. 
          UH, MY OFFICE HAS BEEN MEETING WITH, UH, VERO SOTO, HER STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN IMPROVE IN THAT AREA. 
          UH, AS I MENTIONED IN OUR PREVIOUS, UH, ITEM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT FEEL, UH, LEFT OUT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF A LANGUAGE BARRIER. 
          UH, GIVEN THE INFLUX OF, OF, UM, A FUNDING WE NOW NEED, UH, TO HAVE A, A BROADER DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT REINSTATING THE PREVIOUS ELIGIBILITY AND AWARDS. 
          THE LAST THING WE WANT IS TO EXCLUDE ANYONE IN NEED OR PROVIDE A HALF MEASURE WHICH RESULTS IN DISPLACEMENT. 
          I ALSO WANT TO ADVOCATE, AND THIS IS, UH, ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS SAYING, FOR THE CREATION OF THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE WORK WORKERS RELIEF PROGRAM. 
          ACCORDING TO THE PRESENTATION, THERE ARE STILL OVER 200 RESTAURANTS AND BARS WHO HAVE APPLIED AND DID NOT RECEIVE FUNDS IN THE INITIAL ROUND. 
          I UNDERSTAND FOOD AND BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENTS WILL RECEIVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE RECENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, BUT BUSINESSES LIKE BIG BOB'S BURGERS HAVE ALREADY SHUTTERED THEIR DOORS PERMANENTLY, UH, MORE ARE IN DIRE NEED OF IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE. 
          I HAVE SPOKEN TO STAFF ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL SOURCES OF FUNDING, WHICH COULD BE USED FOR THIS RELIEF PROGRAM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE IN THE FEASIBILITY OF USING SUCH FUNDS FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE ASSISTANCE AS THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE WORKERS RELIEF, C C R GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS, UH, REGARDING DIGITAL INCLUSION, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR STAFF TO WORK WITH SAHA TO EXPLORE ADDING PARKVIEW AND BLANCO APARTMENTS IN DISTRICT ONE TO THE SAHA WIFI INITIATIVE AND HOPE THAT THAT'S FEASIBLE. 
          AND, UH, LASTLY, I I, I'D LIKE TO, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE TRAIN, TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM. 
          HOW MANY OF THESE ENROLLEES HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM? ABOUT HOW MUCH IS THE AVERAGE ASSISTANCE PACKAGE, UM, FROM A, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER? THIS IS ALEX. 
          UH, YOUR QUESTION, IS IT REGARDING ASSISTANCE AS FAR AS JUST THE STIPEND OR THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL, OR THE TUITION ASSISTANCE AS WELL? UH, I THINK YOU COULD DEFINE THAT. 
          UM, LIKE I MENTIONED TO COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN, WE DON'T HAVE THE BREAKOUT OF JUST THE TUITION OR JUST THE STIPEND SPENDING, UM, AN AGGREGATE. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE PAID APPROXIMATELY $15 MILLION TO OUR DIFFERENT PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE EXECUTING THE WORK THAT WAS REFERENCED ON THE SLIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, IS THIS PROGRAM REACHING SENIORS AS WELL? THEY ARE ELIGIBLE COUNCIL MEMBER AS WELL, TO, TO, UM, TO ENROLL IN THE PROGRAM AND RECEIVE THE TRAINING. 
          HAVE ANY, HAVE ANY ENROLLED? I BELIEVE WE HAVE. 
          I, UM, I THINK WE 
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SHARED SOME BREAKDOWN WITH E W D C. 
          I CAN GO BACK AT THOSE SLIDES AND SEE IF WE HAVE A, THE, THE AGE BREAKDOWN AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, ALSO, I, I DID, I HEARD THAT THE PROGRAM WAS WORKING TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO OUR DIFFERENTLY ABLED FOLKS. 
          UH, I KNOW WE ASK A LOT, UH, FROM HIM, BUT THIS IS AN AREA WE, WE WHERE WE CAN CONSULT WITH GORDON HARTMAN AND HIS TEAM, HIS EXPERTISE AS AN EMPLOYER AND HIS PASSION, UH, AS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED WOULD BE INVALUABLE HERE. 
          SO I'LL JUST MAKE THAT REQUEST HERE. 
          UH, AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          JUST GO AHEAD, ALEX. 
          JUST VERY BRIEFLY REGARDING THAT LAST COMMENT, WE'RE ACTUALLY ALSO COORDINATING WITH THE DISABILITY ACCESS COMMISSION THAT'S APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM AND TO SHARE THE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALEX. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO, TO ASK A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, WHEN I'M GOING THROUGH, UH, THE DOCUMENT OF OUR BUDGET UNDER THE C OVID 19 RESEARCH, WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE RESEARCHING OR WHAT RESEARCH IS BEING DONE AND WHO'S DOING THAT RESEARCH? IT'S ABOUT 500,000. 
          I KNOW IT'S UNDER METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, I BELIEVE JULIE SANDOVAL FROM, UM, HEALTH WAS ON THE LINE. 
          UM, JULIE, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT ONE? UH, YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          SO WE, UM, FUNDED 500,000, UM, TO THE HEALTH COLLAB HEALTH COLLABORATIVE, AND 430,000 OF THAT WAS ISSUED OUT IN, IN SMALL GRANTS. 
          SO SOME OF IT WENT TO THE MARTINEZ STREET WOMEN'S CENTER, UM, U T S A. 
          SO THEY WERE, UM, DOING RESEARCH ON WITH, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE WATER TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PREVALENCY FOR COVID-19. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN UNDER EXPENSES, UM, ANNA, WHAT IS THE OTHER FOUR? IT JUST SAYS OTHERS. 
          SO IT DOESN'T REALLY GIVE US ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION UNDER THE OTHER CARES PROGRAM FOR EXPENSES. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THAT'S GONNA INCLUDE GRANTS FUNDING THAT WE, UH, RECEIVED, UH, RELATED TO THE ORIGINAL CARES ACT BACK IN MARCH. 
          SO YOU SEE OTHER CARES PROGRAMS, UH, WE RECEIVED, UH, OVER $50 MILLION TO SUPPORT OUR AIRPORT. 
          SO, UM, EACH, EACH ONE OF THE GRANTS HAS SPECIFIC, UH, GUIDELINES ASSOCIATED WITH, SO AIRPORT FUNDING IS TO SUPPORT THEIR OPERATIONS, UM, AND REQUIRES THAT THEY KEEP A CERTAIN STAFFING LEVEL. 
          UM, OUR CHILDCARE SERVICES PROGRAM IS AN AUGMENTATION TO OUR, OUR NORMAL, UH, CHILDCARE PROGRAM THAT, THAT D H S MANAGES. 
          SO IT MADE AVAILABLE ADDITIONAL SLOTS TO THAT PROGRAM. 
          UM, THE PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS, WE RECEIVED SOME OF THEM, UM, COVERED EXPENSES RELATED TO P P E. 
          UM, ANY, UM, TRAINING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH HOW, HOW THEY HAVE HAD TO CHANGE THEIR OPERATIONS, UM, WITHIN HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START, UM, OF FUNDS FOR THEM, UH, TO, UH, TO SUPPORT THEIR, OUR, OUR PARTNER AGENCIES. 
          UM, AND IN PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL SLOTS, UM, SENIOR NUTRITION, HELPING TO OFFSET SOME OF OUR EXPENSES, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, SWITCHING FROM CONGREGATE MEALS TO PROVIDING, UM, DELIVERED MEALS AND, AND DRIVE THROUGH MEALS. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'VE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, HEALTH GRANTS THAT AREN'T RELATED TO OUR RESPONSE, UH, TO THE PANDEMIC, BUT WERE, AGAIN, THEY WERE RECEIVED AS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CARESS ACT. 
          SO WE WANTED TO HAVE, UM, A MECHANISM TO TRACK ALL OF THE FUNDING THE CITY HAS RECEIVED, UH, BUT ISN'T ALLOCATED TO EITHER THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OR THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          ON A, ON THE, THE LAST, THE LAST LINE ON THAT SECTION SAYS OTHER, I THINK THAT WAS THE COUNCILMAN'S QUESTION. 
          UH, THAT FUNDING, UM, IT, IT'S A COUPLE. 
          IT'S OF SMALL GRANTS WE RECEIVED. 
          UM, THERE WAS A PRESERVATION GRANT WE HAD RECEIVED IN ORDER TO DOCUMENT, UM, HISTORY. 
          THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR THE LIBRARY TO HELP THEIR DIGITAL SERVICES. 
          SO, UM, I CAN GET YOU A BREAKOUT OF, OF EXACTLY THE GRANTS THAT ARE IN THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS UNDER, UM, THE HOUSING. 
          THERE'S A REC AND RESOURCE CENTER, UM, ALLOCATION. 
          AND SO WANTED TO FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW ARE WE USING THAT AND THEN, UM, WITH THOSE FUNDS, UM, WHAT ELSE ARE WE GONNA BE DOING AS WE GO FORWARD? UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT ABOUT THAT INFORMATION BETTER. 
          DID YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT ONE? SURE. 
          UM, UM, THANK 
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YOU COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU, ANNA. 
          SO THIS IS THE, UH, FUNDING THAT, UM, ALLOWED US TO HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF. 
          UM, BACK IN JUNE. 
          WE CARRIED THEM ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT ENDED UP HELPING WITH IN-PERSON INTAKE FOR THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          WE SET UP, UM, UM, OUR LOCATION BASICALLY AS A DROP IN ONE PLACE TO GET ALL KINDS OF HELP AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, UH, WHERE WE HAVE OUR REHAB STAFF TEAM AND THE CALL CENTER AS WELL. 
          UM, SO WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES WITH, UH, EAP APPLICANTS, THEY CAN'T ACCESS THEIR CASH ASSISTANCE. 
          THEY HAVE DIFFICULTY, UM, SUBMITTING ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS ON THEIR LINK IF THEY DID IT OVER THEIR PHONE AND THEY JUST CAN'T UPLOAD. 
          AND THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN HELPING THEM, THEY ALSO PROVIDE COUNSELING AND REFERRALS FOR A RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM. 
          AND SO THOSE FOLKS HAVE BEEN, UM, HELPING WITH QUESTIONS THAT ARE NOT JUST EHA, BUT OTHER HOUSING RELATED QUESTIONS AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND DO WE STILL HAVE THOSE GOING RIGHT NOW? YES. 
          UM, AND ACTUALLY THE ITEMS Y'ALL PASSED EARLIER TODAY, 14, UH, CARRIED FUNDING TO CONTINUE THE STAFFING FOR THAT FOR THE NEXT 18 MONTHS, WHERE WE STILL HAVE THOSE STAFF TEAM AND, AND WE'RE STILL HELPING. 
          UM, WE'RE NOT DOING IN-PERSON INTAKE AT THE MOMENT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS, UM, NUMBERS HAVING INCREASED, BUT WE ARE STILL HELPING OVER THE PHONE AND DOING, UH, PAPER APPLICATIONS. 
          SO PEOPLE MAIL OR DROP OFF THE, THE FORMS AND WE UPLOAD THEIR APPLICATION DIRECTLY. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT SITTING DOWN ACROSS, UH, FACE TO FACE, UM, WITH THEM, WE ARE STILL TAKING THEIR APPLICATIONS AND LOADING THEM UP INTO THE SYSTEM WITH THAT STACK. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN I'LL CLOSE IT OUT WITH THIS FINAL QUESTION. 
          UNDER THE SAME HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR, UNDER THE ENGAGEMENT, WE HAVE $491,000 SET ASIDE. 
          WE'VE ONLY USED $4,705. 
          IS THAT ACCURATE? SO THAT IS ONE WHEN, WHEN I TALK ABOUT CLOSING OUT, THAT, UM, WE ARE RECEIVING FINAL INVOICES IN THERE. 
          UM, SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL INVOICES IN THAT AREA. 
          UM, AND SO THAT NUMBER WILL BE UPDATED IN OUR NEXT REPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, ANNA, IF WE FIND OUT THAT THIS IS THE CASE AND WE HAVEN'T SPENT, UM, HAVE WE ALREADY LOOKED AT WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE REAPPROPRIATING THOSE DOLLARS, IS IT GONNA STAY WITHIN THAT HOUSING PILLAR, OR ARE YOU LOOKING TO, TO TAKE THAT OUT BASED ON WHATEVER OTHER INVOICES COME IN? COUNCILWOMAN, THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS WHY, UH, AS I INTRODUCED THE ITEM AND, AND ONE OF THE CONCLUSION SLIDE SLIDES OF ANA, WE, WE DO NEED TO REVISIT, UM, ALL OF THE BUDGET ITEMS, UH, MUCH TO COUNCILMAN PERRY'S POINT TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE SPENDING, UM, IS, IS, UM, MATCHED WITH THE PROGRAMMATIC, UH, GOALS. 
          AND, AND SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, THE NUMBERS YOU'RE LOOKING ARE AS OF THE END OF DECEMBER, WE STARTED THAT PROCESS THIS MONTH. 
          WE HAVE SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN, TO GIVE THE COUNCIL AN UPDATE. 
          BUT, BUT ULTIMATELY, IF THERE'S A SHIFT LIKE THAT, IF THERE'S, THEN, THEN THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S REALLY GONNA BE DRIVEN BY THE COUNCIL, UM, AND ANY ADJUSTMENTS OR REAFFIRMATION OF THE PILLAR OR THE PILLARS THAT, THAT WERE ESTABLISHED. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I'M SORRY WE HAD TO CUT OFF COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          I KNOW SHE HAD A FEW MORE , A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          UH, NUMBER ONE, UH, THANK YOU ANNA, ERIC, FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO CONTINUING, UH, TO KEEP US INFORMED AS FAR AS THE, HOW THE FINANCIALS ARE, ARE GOING. 
          VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. 
          UH, I, I DO THINK THERE MIGHT BE ONE THING, UH, THAT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION THAT, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST. 
          YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE ITEMS ARE WORKING ON DIFFERENT TIMELINES. 
          SO WHEN WE SEE, YOU KNOW, X AMOUNT HAS BEEN SPENT OR X AMOUNT REMAINS, UM, IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER WHICH ONE WAS, YOU KNOW, GOING TO END IN JUNE, WHICH ONE WAS GONNA END IN, IN DECEMBER. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT THE PAGE IS ALREADY PACKED FULL WITH INFORMATION, BUT MAYBE WE CAN THINK ABOUT A WAY OF, UH, OF PUTTING A COLUMN THAT DESCRIBES THAT OR, OR SOMEHOW INCLUDING THAT. 
          UH, BECAUSE WHEN I SEE MONEY LEFT, I'M GONNA GO AFTER IT, RIGHT. 
           RIGHT AWAY. 
          AND I, AND I JUST WANNA BE REMINDED, OKAY, WAIT, THAT'S NOT REALLY ON, ON THE TABLE. 
          SO GOOD MORNING. 
          THIS IS MANIA. 
          [03:15:01]
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          I WANTED TO POINT OUT. 
          AT THE TAIL END OF THE FINANCIAL REPORT, AS PROBABLY LAST FOUR PAGES, WE INCLUDED A CHART THAT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF MONTHS REMAINING FOR EACH OF THE PROGRAMS. OH, EXCELLENT. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW MANY MONTHS ARE REMAINING AT THE, AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT, AND AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, WHEN WE, UM, LOOK AGAIN AT THOSE SPENDING AMOUNTS AND COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL, WE MAY, YOU MAY RECALL THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROGRAM, YOU HAD REQUESTED MONTHLY PLAN AMOUNTS THAT WE PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL. 
          WE'LL BE UPDATING THOSE AND, AND IF ANY ADJUSTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE, THAT WILL BE THE DISCUSSION WITH, WITH YOU AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. 
          UH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT THAT WE, WE, UH, WE ARE TRACKING THAT AS WELL. 
          'CAUSE THIS, THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF INFORMATION I SHOULD SAY. 
          I THINK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK THIS GRAPHICAL, UH, PRESENTATION WORKS REALLY WELL. 
          UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY BROKEN DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          THAT IS OUR, OUR BIGGEST, UH, INVESTMENT. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GLAD TO SEE THAT THE HEALTH SPENDING PLAN IS GONNA GO FOR ANOTHER, ANOTHER NINE MONTHS. 
          UM, UH, ANOTHER THING, AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT FALLS INTO THIS, OR MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT GETS HURT AT, AT COMMITTEE, IS COULD I REQUEST, UH, SOME SORT OF, UH, REPORT ON HOW EFFECTIVE, UH, THE ORDINANCE ON, UM, NOTIFYING TENANTS WHO ARE RECEIVING A NOTICE TO VACATE, WE PASSED THAT, WE PASSED THAT ORDINANCE. 
          THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY ASSIGNING MONEY TO THEM, BUT IT DOES HELP THEM STAY IN THEIR HOMES LONGER IF IT WORKS. 
          UH, AND I JUST WANNA KNOW IF, HOW WELL THAT'S WORKING, UM, AND IF THERE'S SOME WAY THAT WE CAN ASSESS THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND I'M SORRY IF YOU MISSED IT, BUT IN YOUR DIGITAL INCLUSION UPDATE, UH, DID YOU ADDRESS WHEN THE R F P, UH, ISSUES WERE GOING TO COME FOR, FOR A VOTE OR FOR IMPLEMENTATION? OR HAS THAT R F P CLOSED ALREADY? JOHN, DID YOU WANNA ANSWER THAT ONE? SURE. 
          GO AHEAD, CRAIG. 
          I HEARD YOU STOP. 
          SORRY, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. 
          SO MA'AM, THE R F P THAT WAS RELATED TO THE TELECOMS THAT WE PUT OUT ON THE STREET? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT IS CLOSED FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE, THAT IS BACK IN THE HANDS OF THE IDS FOR THEM TO ACT ON IF THEY CHOOSE TO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I'LL PROBABLY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT. 
          I'M NOT REALLY CLEAR HOW, HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK, BECAUSE WE HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THAT THAT'S NOT BEING SPENT. 
          SO IF THEY'RE NOT ACTING ON IT, I CAN, UH, I KNOW WE CAN ALL THINK OF OTHER WAYS OF, OF SPENDING THAT MONEY. 
          HOW LONG DO THEY HAVE TO ACT ON IT, CRAIG? A A, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE'S NOT A, UM, A DEFINED TERM. 
          THEY, UH, WE BROKERED BASICALLY THE PROPOSALS BETWEEN THE TELECOMS AND THE, UH, AND THE ISDS, AND THEY CAN ACT ON IT WHENEVER THEY CHOOSE TO. 
          I, I'D BE GLAD TO HELP YOU WITH THAT IF YOU NEED THAT. 
          AND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, COUNCILMAN, WE HAVE A REPORT COMING TO, UH, COUNCILMAN PAL'S COMMITTEE. 
          UH, I'M LOOKING FOR JONATHAN, NOT HIS HEAD, UH, IN EARLY FEBRUARY. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE NEXT WEEK, SIR. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT WEEK. 
          THAT IT'S, IT'S A GOOD TOUCH POINT FOR US TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE TELECOMS AND GIVE AN UPDATE AND THEN, AND THEN CERTAINLY INCLUDE THAT IN THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE FULL COUNCIL SO WE KNOW WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR TIMELINES ARE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND THEN, UM, MY, MY LAST QUESTION FOR NOW HAS TO DO WITH, UH, WITH THE HEALTH RESPONSE. 
          SO YESTERDAY THAT WE HEARD, WE HEARD THAT OVER 90% OF THE CASES THAT ARE BEING REPORTED, THE ONES THAT WE HAVE, UH, CASE INVESTIGATION INFORMATION FOR ARE, WERE, WERE HOUSEHOLDS WE'RE DUE TO HOUSEHOLD TRANSMISSION, SO ACQUIRED IN THE HOME, MOSTLY IN MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS. 
          AND, UH, THE KIND OF PEOPLE WE SEE COMING TO GET THEIR VACCINATIONS AT THE SOUTH SIDE LOCATION. 
          UH, I'D I'D LIKE TO KNOW, UM, HOW OUR CONTACT INVESTIGATION TEAM IS LINKING, UH, SOME OF THESE RESIDENTS UP WITH THE RESOURCES THAT THEY MIGHT NEED TO PROTECT THE REST OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. 
          I UNDERSTAND IT DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYONE. 
          UH, SOME PEOPLE HAVE CHILDCARE RESPONSIBILITIES AND, AND REALLY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LEAVE, UH, THEIR HOME BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOBODY ELSE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN. 
          BUT FOR SOME MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS WHERE WE MAY HAVE, UH, ADULT GRANDCHILDREN, UH, LIVING IN THE HOME, UM, CAN THEY, UH, STAY AT A HOTEL? AND, AND HOW IS THAT, UH, HOW IS THAT GOING, UH, WITH THE CASE INVESTIGATORS? ARE THEY MAKING THAT OFFER COUNCILWOMAN? UM, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP AND WE'LL GET YOU AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION THIS AFTERNOON. 
          UM, UH, METRO HEALTH IS NOT ON THE CALL RIGHT NOW OTHER THAN JULIE, BECAUSE THIS WAS A FINANCIAL REPORT. 
          BUT I'LL, I'LL, UH, I'LL TALK TO DR. 
          CURRAN AND 
          [03:20:01]
DR. 
          UH, BRIDGER AND GET YOU AN ANSWER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'VE, I'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THE SCRIPT IS, AND I THINK, UM, JUST TO PUT IT OUT THERE, AND YOU CAN SHARE THIS WITH, WITH THE TEAM, I THINK THE SCRIPT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT TOO, UM, TOO PASSIVE. 
          WE TELL THEM, DO THIS, DO THIS, DO THAT. 
          BUT REALLY THE ROLE OF THE, OF THE CONTACT TRACER IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS WHAT THEY NEED TO SAFELY ISOLATE. 
          IT'S NOT JUST TELLING THEM, THEY, WE HAVE TO DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE WHAT THEY HAVE, WHAT THEY NEED TO SAFELY ISOLATE. 
          AND THAT WILL HELP US CONTAIN THE SPREAD. 
          UM, FOR INSTANCE, CONNECTING THEM DIRECTLY TO SOME OF OUR RESOURCES THAT ARE ON THIS FINANCIAL PLAN, RIGHT? SO, EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE, UH, OTHER TYPES OF ASSISTANCE THAT THERE IS, AND IT MAY MEAN A LONGER CONVERSATION WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S A, A VERY, UM, THAT'S A HIGH YIELD TOUCHPOINT WITH THAT PERSON. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO, WHO ARE, WHO ARE POSITIVE. 
          SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO RAISE TO YOU. 
          I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT IN THE FUTURE. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERIC. 
          YOU, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WRAP INTO OUR ONGOING COMMUNICATION PLAN WITH THE, WITH THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. 
          BECAUSE AS, AS, AS, AS THIS HAS GONE ON, UH, AS LONG AS IT HAS, UM, THAT'S INFORMATION THAT, THAT, UM, UH, MAYBE SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE REINFORCED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, NOT JUST THOSE THAT MAY GET THE PHONE CALL FROM A, FROM A A, A CASE INVESTIGATOR. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, UM, I'LL, UH, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE TEAM AND WE'LL, UH, WE'LL DOUBLE BACK WITH YOU AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VEDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, SINCE THE TWO 70 MILLION IN C R F FUNDS HAS BEEN SPENT AND STAFFS WORKING TO RECONCILE THE REMAINING EXPENSES TO CLOSE EVERYTHING OUT, WILL AN ABBREVIATED SUMMARY REPORT BE AVAILABLE FOR COUNSEL? I, I'D LIKE TO REFERENCE SOMETHING AS A SNAPSHOT IN CASE RESIDENTS ASK HOW THE GRANT MONEY WAS SPENT. 
          I, I THINK IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, I ASKED FOR A DASHBOARD TO WHICH I RECALL THE CITY AGREED. 
          BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING KIND OF A QUICK GLANCE. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          SO, WE'LL, BASED ON THESE NUMBERS, WE'LL UPDATE OUR, OUR DASHBOARD ONLINE. 
          UM, AND THEN AS WE CLOSE OUT, WE'LL PUT TOGETHER THAT, THAT BOTH COMPREHENSIVE AND SNAPSHOT REPORT OF WHERE DID WE SPEND THE FUNDING, AS WELL AS, UM, THE IMPACT THAT, THAT SPENDING HAS HAD. 
          SO WE'LL MAKE THAT AVAILABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S AVI. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VARDA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, WELL, WITH RESPECT TO EVICTION HEARINGS, UH, OVER 54% RESULTED IN DISPLACEMENT DURING THE SAMPLE STAFF TOOK DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          THERE WERE STILL OVER 9,500 EVICTIONS FILED IN 2020. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN BETTER UTILIZE THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM, INCLUDING HAVING AVAILABLE VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS PRESENT ON ZOOM CALLS AND IN COURT IN CASE, UH, A, A PERSON FACING EVICTION WOULD LIKE THE HELP OF AN ATTORNEY THE DAY OF THEIR HEARING. 
          AND I KNOW THAT, UH, I GUESS THE, THE RIGHT TO CO COUNCIL PROGRAM IS, IS, UH, STILL CONSIDERED, I GUESS, A PILOT AND WOULD LIKE TO ALSO REQUEST THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MAY GET A, A PERMANENT SERVICE THAT THE CITY OFFERS. 
          SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EXPLORING THAT AND, AND GET SOME, GET SOME ANSWERS, UH, IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN GO ABOUT MAKING THAT A, A PERMANENT PROGRAM FOR OUR CITY. 
          UM, I THINK THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING IS, I, I MENTIONED THE, UH, REGARDING THE DIGITAL INCLUSION, UH, BUT DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER. 
          SO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL ASK IT AGAIN. 
          UH, UH, REGARDING DIGITAL INCLUSION, I, I WOULD LIKE FOR STAFF TO WORK WITH SAHA TO EXPLORE ADDING PARKVIEW AND BLANC BLANCO APARTMENTS IN DISTRICT ONE TO THE SAHA WI WIFI INITIATIVE. 
          IS THAT FEASIBLE COUNCIL, MR. IS JOHN PAT, OR GO AHEAD, CRAIG. 
          UH, ACTUALLY, UH, WE'RE DISCUSSING THAT OFFLINE RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THOSE TWO UNITS DO NOT OVERLAP IN THE 15 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE ALREADY HAD AS SCOPE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SAHA ON A LIST OF PRIORITY UNITS THAT THEY NEED HELP WITH, AND THAT CONVERSATION'S STILL GOING ON. 
          SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE TWO UNITS RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WILL YOU GET BACK TO ME? ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO I, THERE'S, UM, THERE WILL BE A DECISION THAT WHETHER WE'LL COVER THEM WITHIN OUR 50 NEIGHBORHOOD SCOPE OR WE'LL HELP SAHA IN THEIR SCOPE AS THEY'RE DOING SOME WORK IN THE UNITS, WE NEED TO DECIDE WHICH WAY'S BEST TO DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU CAN HAVE AN ANSWER FOR US? WELL, UH, I'LL TRY TO GET TO SOMETHING TO TOMORROW, AT LEAST WHAT WE KNOW. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          YEP. 
          YEP. 
          THANK 
          [03:25:01]
YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRA THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND I DO WANNA THANK EVERYONE. 
          THIS IS A GREAT CONVERSATION AND GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS COMING FORWARD THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD FOR US TO DISCUSS AT THE E W D C MEETING. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING SOME CLARIFICATION. 
          UH, ALEX, I CAN'T SEE YOU ON MY SCREEN. 
          UM, JUST TO BE CLEAR, ALL, WE FUNDED ALL OF THE FUNDS ELIGIBLE FOR THE MICRO GRANT, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT COUNCIL ALLOCATED FOR THE, FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM, WE WERE ABLE TO, TO, TO COVER ALL OF THEM, RIGHT. 
          AND I THAT, AND THEN ALSO WE HAD THE PRESENTATION FROM THE SAN ANTONIO RESTAURANT, UH, IN I G R COMMITTEE WITH, FROM THE SAN ANTONIO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS THE TEXAS RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION, AND THAT THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY WORKING WITH TRANS PECOS BANK WHEN IT COMES TO THE P P P LOANS, AS WELL AS, UM, REACHING OUT AND WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR, NOT EVEN THEIR MEMBERSHIP, UH, I KNOW THE SAN ANTONIO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PUT IT OUT THERE. 
          UM, (800) 392-2872 IS THEIR PHONE NUMBER. 
          AND, UM, AND IN CONVERSATION WITH OTHER, AND BECAUSE TO BE CLEAR AS WELL, WE HAVE NOT BEEN, UM, UH, STAGNANT OR, UH, SEDENTARY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR MICROGRANTS. 
          WE KNOW WE STARTED IT, UM, MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO, GOSH, SO LONG AGO, AND WE'VE EXHAUSTED ALL THOSE FUNDS. 
          WE CARVED OUT FOR NON-PROFITS, WE CARVED OUT FOR ARTS, AND THEN WE MADE THE SHIFT IN ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED TO THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY. 
          WE MADE IT A POINT AS A COUNCIL TO HAVE EQUITY AS OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE IN OUR PILLARS FOR THE C O, UM, RECOVERY AND RESPONSE. 
          AND WE STUCK TO THAT. 
          NOW, UM, MOVING FORWARD, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE MICRO BUSINESSES AND SMALL BUSINESSES AND HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN, IN BOTH. 
          UM, I DO, UH, APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION OF MY COLLEAGUES, AND I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR AND CLEAR UP ANYTHING THAT WE'VE NOT REMAINED STAGNANT. 
          WE'RE GOING CONTINUE TO, TO LOOK AT THINGS. 
          AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE WILL MAKE THE SHIFTS WHEN WE NEED TO, UM, WHEN WE NEED TO. 
          AND WE ARE READY TO, I DON'T THINK WE'RE AFRAID TO DO THAT. 
          UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE'VE RECENTLY MADE CHANGES TO OUR, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE MORE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY INTO THESE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. 
          UH, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS NOW, MAYOR, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT, UH, ALEX KNOWS THAT IF WE NEED TO MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS, WE'LL BRING IT TO THE E W D C COMMITTEE AND WE DON'T HAVE TO BE, UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO STAY JUST TO ONE MEETING A MONTH. 
          IF WE NEED TO CALL ANOTHER MEETING, WE WILL DO AND CALL ANOTHER MEETING TO MAKE SURE WE DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO, UH, HAVE ONE CLOSEOUT UNDER THE OTHER GRANT. 
          WE SEE THAT THERE'S A RACIAL AND ETHNIC, UH, ETHNIC APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY HEALTH, UM, FOR 198,000. 
          UM, I WANTED TO KNOW, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN GET HOW THIS, UM, GRANT IS BEING SPENT AND HOW IT RELATES TO OUR RESOLUTION AS RACISM, AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS? AND IF WE CAN GET THAT BRIEFING OR HOW THESE FUNDS ARE BEING USED TO ADDRESS THOSE, UM, CONDITIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE, I'D LOVE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT COME FORWARD, UM, TO OUR, OUR, OUR CHAIR, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, AND HOW THESE PHONES ARE BEING, UH, USED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          YEAH. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT IS, UH, EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR. 
          UM, THANK YOU AGAIN VERY MUCH FOR THE, UH, CONVERSATION AND FOR THE 
          [9. 20-7487 Ordinance awarding the FY 2021 Pavement Preservation Package 2 - Base Repair Task Order Contract to Winters and White, LLC in an amount not to exceed $889,626.00 with reimbursement from San Antonio Water System and CPS Energy in an amount consistent with necessary adjustments to their existing infrastructure related to street maintenance pavement preservation projects identified in the Infrastructure Management Program. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Director, Public Works]]
PRESENTATION. 
          WE'LL MOVE NOW TO BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER NINE. 
          ITEM NINE IS AN ORDINANCE AWARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PACKAGE TO BASE REPAIR TASK ORDER CONTRACT TO WINTERS AND WHITE L L C AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $889,626 WITH REIMBURSEMENT FROM SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEMS TO C P S ENERGY AND AN AMOUNT CONSISTENT WITH NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO THEIR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO STREET MAINTENANCE PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PROJECT IDENTIFIED IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, I THINK THERE'S A, A STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS. 
          UM, IS THAT CORRECT, 
          [03:30:01]
RAZZIE? YES. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          PLEASE, CAN YOU BRING UP THE ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE? LET'S GO TO SLIDE NUMBER ONE, JOHN, PLEASE. 
          TREATMENT, THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, OR SS M P IS THE COMPONENT OF FIVE YEARS INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, OR I M P F 5 20 21. 
          BUDGET APPROVED 102 MILLION FOR S M P ON PAYMENT PRESERVATION AND REHABILITATION PROJECT, INCLUDING 282 STREET PROJECTS. 
          TOTAL, 43 MILLION DEFER FROM A FIVE 20 TO A 5 21 DUE TO FIN FINANCIAL IMPACT OF COVID 19. 
          THIS CONTRACT WILL FACILITATE THE COMPLETION OF PAYMENT PRESERVATION PROJECTS. 
          JOHN, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          CONTRACT WILL BE USED COMPLETE I M P PAYMENT PRESERVATION PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES  STRUCTURE AS WELL, OVERLAY, AND ANY ASSOCIATED AND REQUIRED WORKS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          JOHN, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT FOR, UH, $889,000,626 FOR WINTER AND WHITE. 
          THAT'S IN OF MY PRESENTATION. 
          COUNCILMAN, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE. 
          GREAT. 
          HEY, THANKS, OZZY. 
          AND, AND PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY ARE YOU PULLING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? UM, I'VE HAD SOME, UH, CONCERNS AND SOME QUESTIONS BY, UH, LOCAL CONTRACTORS HERE THAT, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS COMPANY IS NOT, UH, HEADQUARTERED OR BASED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND, AND IS THAT A TRUE STATEMENT? ARE THEY, ARE THEY LOCAL OR ARE THEY FROM OUT OF TOWN? COUNCILMAN, THAT'S A TRUE STATEMENT, BUT WE HAVE POLICY. 
          ANYTIME WE HAVE NEW CONTRACTOR, EITHER LOCAL OR OUT OF TOWN, WE MEET WITH THEM AND ASK THEM HOW THEY ARE GOING, WHAT'S THEIR PLAN, FINISHING THIS PROJECT, AND ALSO ASK THEM TO PROVIDE US REFERENCES. 
          AND WE DID THIS ONE WITH WINTER AND WHITE. 
          THEY PROVIDE US REFERENCE. 
          WE CALLED THEIR REFERENCE. 
          EVERYTHING CAME POSITIVE. 
          ALSO, THEY'RE USING A SUBCONTRACTOR G SIX. 
          MOST OF THE WORK IS GOING TO BE DONE BY G G SIX. 
          G SIX HAS DONE WORK FOR US IN THE PAST. 
          AND THEY'RE ALSO LOCAL COUNCILMAN, AS YOU KNOW, IN THE CONSTRUCTION. 
          YOU REALLY CANNOT BRING THE MATERIAL FROM OUT OF THE TOWN OR OUT OF THE STATE NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. 
          THEREFORE, THEY'RE GOING TO BUY THE ASPHALT HERE. 
          WORK IS GOING TO BE DONE MOST OF THE WORK WITH THEIR LOCAL CONTRACTOR, WHICH HAS DONE WORK FOR US HERE ALSO. 
          WE ARE VERY COMFORTABLE TO RECOMMENDING THIS ONE FOR COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. 
          UM, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, I GUESS, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS, AND ANDY, YOU MIGHT WANNA CHIME IN HERE. 
          UH, IS THERE ANY ANY WAY THAT WE COULD WEIGHT THE FACTOR ON WHETHER THEY'RE HEADQUARTERED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND HAVE A PRESENCE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO VERSUS SOMEWHERE ELSE AND JUST USING LOCAL SUBS? IS THAT, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? UH, YEAH, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN, UM, SPECIFICALLY UNDER A CHAPTER 2 52 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, THAT, THAT'S THE STATE STATUTE THAT, UH, GOVERNS THE LOW BID PROCESS. 
          UH, UNDER THAT PROCESS, WHEN WE, UH, PUT OUT THE BID SOLICITATION, WE HAVE TO DESIGNATE WHETHER IT'S GONNA BE STRICTLY THE LOW BIDDER, THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, OR WHETHER IT'S GONNA BE A BIDDER WHO PROVIDES GOOD OR GOODS AND SERVICES AT THE BEST VALUE OF THE MUNICIPALITY. 
          UNDER THAT SAME PROVISION, WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT CHOICE AT THE BEGINNING. 
          UH, THIS BID WAS SENT OUT AS STRICTLY A LOW BID, UM, A LOW BID. 
          AND CONSEQUENTLY, UNDER THAT STATUTE, THE ONLY THING YOU CAN CONSIDER IS REALLY THE LOWEST BIDDER AND NO, UH, NO OTHER POLICY FACTORS. 
          SO THEORETICALLY, AN OUT OF TOWN COMPANY COULD COME HERE AND PUT IN A, UM, LOW BID CONTRACT, NOT EVEN USING LOCAL CONTRACTORS. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT TRUE? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT, COUNSEL. 
          AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF A LOW BID, IS YOU'RE ONLY LOOKING AT WHO'S PROVIDING YOU THE LOWEST PRICE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND THERE'S, SO WE HAVE ONE OR TWO CHOICES. 
          EITHER WE CAN USE THAT CONTRACT METHOD OR USE THIS OTHER, UH, BEST VALUE, IF YOU WILL, TYPE OF CONTRACT METHOD TO, UM, GIVE PREFERENCE POINTS, IF YOU WILL, FOR LOCAL, LOCAL PRESENCE AND, AND LOCAL WORK IS, IS THAT CORRECT? 
          [03:35:01]
NO, A ACTUALLY, AND ROZY CAN, CAN, CAN HELP ME HERE, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY A BETTER CONTRACTING METHOD THAT WE CAN USE IF YOU WANNA, UH, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO USE THE, UH, POLICY CONSIDERATIONS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, COUNCILMAN, THE REASON I SAY THAT IS EVEN UNDER BEST VALUE, UM, IT, IT'S NOT CLEAR FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT WHETHER CONSIDERING OUT OF TOWN VERSUS IN, I MEAN, LOCAL VERSUS OUT OF TOWN IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THE BEST VALUE BUCKET. 
          BUT THERE ARE OTHER, UH, CONTRACTING OPTIONS THAT WE CLEARLY CAN USE. 
          AND AGAIN, I'LL ASK RAZZIE TO HELP WITH THAT. 
          YEAH, COUNCILMAN, LET ME, EVEN THE CONTRACTOR COMES FROM OUT TOWN ROUTE. 
          I WOULD SAY THEY CANNOT DO A HUNDRED PERCENT WORK ON DAY LOAN BECAUSE THERE IS ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE. 
          THEY SUPPOSED TO HAVE 20% TO BE DONE WITH THE SMALL BUSINESSES, AND FOUR, 4% TO BE DONE WITH A A, B E. 
          EVEN THEY WERE PLANNING TO DO A HUNDRED PERCENT THEMSELVES. 
          THEY COULDN'T, 24% MUST GO WITH THESE REQUIREMENT. 
          WE HAD PART OF THE CONTRACT. 
          WHAT, AND THE SAME, WE HAVE NUMBER OF THE METHOD OF PROJECT DELIVERY. 
          WE CAN GIVE SOME POINT FOR LOCAL, THAT'S COMPETITIVE SEAL, PROPOSAL DESIGN, BUILD AND BUILD AND OTHER, BUT LOW BID, WE BASICALLY, AS LONG AS THEY'RE QUALIFIED, THEY HAVE DONE WORK LIKE THIS. 
          THEY PROVIDE BONDING AND THEY MEET THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN REQUIREMENT MO MAJORITY TIME WE GO WITH THEM. 
          SO IS THERE A, UM, I, I WOULD SAY PREFERRED METHOD OR IS THIS A SHORTER, UH, AND LEAST OR A LEAST COSTLY METHOD OF CONTRACTING? OR IS IT THE SAME WITH THE OTHER METHODS? AS FAR AS OUR ADMINISTRATION, BUREAUCRACY GOES, BUREAU COUNCILMAN, LET TALK ABOUT S AND P USUALLY, YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS IS WAITING ON THIS PROJECT. 
          SO LONG, WHEN BUDGET IS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER, WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING FOR 2021 SS P BUDGET, 102 MILLION, 90 MILLION IS GOING TO BE DONE BY PRIVATE. 
          WE ARE, AND WE HAVE PLANNED 16 CONTRACT, WE ALREADY ADVERTISED 11 OF THEM, AND COUNCIL PROOF AS MUCH AS 53 MILLION, WHICH ALL OF THEM IS GOING WITH LOCAL, WITH EXCEPTION OF THIS. 
          IF WE DELIVER THESE PROJECT OTHER THAN LOW BID, IT'LL COST MORE MONEY AND DELAY PROJECTS SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          AND ALSO THEY'RE REALLY VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. 
          WE USUALLY DO COMPLICATED PROJECT DESIGN, BUILD OR COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL. 
          THIS IS SO SIMPLE, PROJECT UNDER 1 MILLION. 
          WE NEVER REALLY DO THIS PROJECT OTHER THAN . 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT IT'S A MATTER OF, UH, TIME AND COST AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? UH, FROM, FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE AND, AND GETTING SOMETHING OUT THE DOOR. 
          AND DON'T WE ALSO HAVE A, LIKE A JOCK CONTRACT FOR PAVING? NO, SIR. 
          BY THE LAW JOB CONTRACTOR, WE CAN USE ONLY FOR FACILITY RELATED PROJECT FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE, CARPET REPLACEMENT, PAINTING ROOF REPLACEMENT, NOT HORIZONTAL PROJECT. 
          NOT FOR , NO. 
          OKAY. 
          I, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT AS HAVING A, A, A GROUP OF CONTRACTORS THAT WE COULD GO TO VERY EASILY, JUST LIKE WE DO THE JOCK CONTRACTOR CONTRACTS? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT? AND IF IT'S A STATE, UH, STATE REQUIREMENT, UH, PUTTING THAT ON OUR LIST OF, UH, I G R UH, TYPE OF ACTIVITIES NEXT TIME? UH, I, I'M JUST LOOKING AT, AGAIN, TRYING TO SAVE TIME COSTS, UH, ON THESE THINGS, UH, AS FAR AS ADMINISTERING IT. 
          AND I, I WOULD THINK THAT IF WE WENT WITH THAT TYPE OF A CONTRACT FOR SMALLER CONTRACTS, NOT LARGE ONES, BUT SMALLER ONES, THAT WE COULD DO THAT A LOT MORE QUICKLY. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND WE HAVE CONSUMMATE NUMBER OF ON CALL CIVIL ENGINEER CONTRACTOR. 
          MOST OF THE TIME WE USE THOSE SMALLER THAN 1 MILLION. 
          WE USE TWO $300,000. 
          OKAY. 
          WE, WE HAVE DONE THAT ONE ALSO. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, I, I JUST WANTED TO HEAR THE EXPLANATION OF THAT, AND I THINK, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO WORK ON HERE IN THE FUTURE ABOUT, UM, GIVING OUR LOCAL CONTRACTORS, UH, A LEG UP ON THIS INSTEAD OF, UH, SENDING OUR, OUR RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY HERE, UH, EVEN THOUGH IT IS SUBCONTRACTED TO LOCAL, LOCAL SUBS AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S JUST, JUST TO COMMENT OF MINE. 
          UH, WITH THAT, SIR, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS LINE ITEM OR MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          THERE'S MOTION 
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AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER NINE. 
          UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          WE GO NOW TO, EXCUSE 
          [17. 21-1104 Ordinance approving the City of San Antonio's Federal Legislative Program for the 117th U.S. Congress. [Carlos Contreras, Assistant City Manager; Jeff Coyle, Director, Government & Public Affairs]]
ME. 
          ITEM NUMBER 17. 
          ITEM NUMBER 17 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S LEGISLATIVE FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE HUNDRED AND 17TH US CONGRESS. 
          ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER, APPLAUSE. 
          MAYOR, THIS IS, UM, WE, WE, WE'VE TALKED THIS ONE OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN COMMITTEE. 
          UH, WE PRESENTED IT AT EES. 
          UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A LIGHT PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          UH, AND ERIC HAS AGREED TO DO THAT. 
          UH, AND REALLY MORE THAN ANYTHING IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE GOING TO DC UM, THAT COVID IS NOT STOPPING US FROM, UH, FROM GOING UP THERE AND TELLING THE SAN ANTONIO STORY AND REMINDING PEOPLE OF, UH, THE CHALLENGES WE FACE AND THE IMPORTANT PLACE THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY'S, UH, ABILITY TO, UH, BE RESILIENT AND, UH, THE ENTIRE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY. 
          I WILL POINT OUT THAT, UM, LIKE ALL, UH, AGENDAS IN THE PAST, UH, FEDERAL AND STATE AGENDAS IN THE PAST, THIS ONE IS NOT GOING TO, UH, BE ENCYCLOPEDIC IN THAT IT INCLUDES EVERY SINGLE WISHLIST ITEM, UM, AND ORNAMENT. 
          WE WANT TO HANG FROM THE TREES NO MATTER HOW IMPORTANT THOSE, UH, THOSE ITEMS MAY BE. 
          UH, MY REQUEST IS THAT IF ANYBODY WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING, UH, THAT, UM, WE KICK THAT BACK TO THE I G R COMMITTEE BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE ITEM WE HAD REQUIRES A LOT OF LEGWORK ON THE PART OF, UH, ERIC, CARLOS, AND, UH, UM, AND JEFF AND, AND SALLY, AND, AND OUR TEAM, UH, THAT WE'VE HIRED, UH, TO DO OUR DC WORK. 
          AND SO, UM, WITH THAT, I THINK THAT, UH, WE'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB AT, UH, CAPTURING WHAT EVERYBODY WANTED, UH, TO BE INCLUDED IN THERE, UH, DURING OUR B SESSION DURING THE COMMITTEE. 
          AND, UH, I HOPE THAT, UH, Y'ALL ARE, ARE PROUD OF OUR AGENDA, UH, AS WE TAKE THIS UP TO DC AND I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN DC IS A BLOODY KNUCKLE FIGHT, UM, UH, AMONG CITIES AND COUNTIES AND STATES FOR LIMITED RESOURCES. 
          AND OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS TO BRING HOME THOSE RESOURCES, UM, AND, UH, AS MANY AS WE CAN. 
          UH, I'LL, AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, EVIDENCE THAT, UH, OUR I G R TEAM DOES THAT WORK AND DOES IT VERY WELL, JUST LOOK AT THE $46 MILLION THAT APPEARED IN, UH, IN THE BANK ACCOUNT, RIGHT, ERIC? UH, THE, UH, THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE VALUE THAT OUR CONSULTANTS IN WASHINGTON AND AUSTIN BRING TO THE TABLE. 
          LET NOBODY SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT WORTH EVERY PENNY WE PAY THEM. 
          UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          OH, AND I MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          THANKS. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 17. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, UH, I WASN'T SURE, WAS THERE GOING TO BE A, A LIGHT PRESENTATION GIVEN, OR NO? YES, I'M HAPPY TO IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE IT. 
          SURE. 
          AS LONG AS IT'S A LIGHT ONE. 
          YES, IT IS. 
          YES. 
          LET ME, UH, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILWOMAN AND THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. 
          LET ME START WITH TWO BREAKING NEWS ITEMS, RELATIVELY BREAKING NEWS. 
          UH, FIRST, AS YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN YESTERDAY, THE, UH, THE NEW PRESIDENT SIGNED A WHOLE SERIES OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, UH, MANY OF THEM RELATED TO ITEMS IN OUR PROGRAM SUCH AS DACA, THE CENSUS. 
          THERE WAS AN EXTENSION OF THE, UH, EVICTION MORATORIUM TO THE END OF MARCH. 
          UH, AND SO, UH, SALLY AND OUR TEAM ARE WORKING UP A SUMMARY OF THOSE RELEVANT ITEMS THAT WE'LL BE SENDING TO THE I G R UH, COMMITTEE LATER TODAY. 
          THE SECOND, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENT IS THE CHAMBER, UH, HAS JUST TOLD US THAT THEY ARE PLANNING A SA TO DC VISIT. 
          UH, AS YOU KNOW, ALL OF JUST ABOUT ALL TRAVEL, UH, TO THE CAPITOL HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, THERE WAS A TRIP TO THE PENTAGON THAT THE MAYOR TOOK BECAUSE OF THE SPACE COMMAND. 
          AND I SUSPECT ONCE TRAVEL BECOMES SAFE AGAIN, OUR CHAIRMAN WILL WANT US TO SCHEDULE A CITY SPECIFIC TRIP. 
          BUT THE CHAMBER HAS DECIDED THEY WILL DO AN OCTOBER 19TH THROUGH 22ND, UH, FLY IN ESSAY TO DC UH, TRIP THIS YEAR. 
          SO THEY ASK THAT WE SHARE THAT WITH ALL OF YOU AND, AND CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE COUNCIL PARTICIPATION. 
          SO, UH, THIS IS THE PRESENTATION FROM B SESSION, BUT I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH IT ALL. 
          I'LL JUST GIVE YOU THE QUICK HIGHLIGHTS AS A REMINDER FOR YOU AND FOR OUR AUDIENCE. 
          WE STARTED PUTTING THE PROGRAM TOGETHER IN AUGUST, WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, OUR CHAMBERS, 
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AND OTHER MAJOR EMPLOYERS, OUR EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS. 
          WE'VE, UM, BRIEFED THE I G R COMMITTEE, AND THEY VOTED TO MOVE IT FORWARD. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE DID A B SESSION, UH, LAST WEEK. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, THESE ARE THE ITEMS IN THE PROGRAM. 
          UH, AND THIS IS THE EXTENT OF, UH, MY SUMMARY HERE. 
          I'M HAPPY TO GO INTO DETAIL IF YOU WANT IT, BUT I THINK YOU'VE HEARD ALL THESE IN, IN GREAT DETAIL. 
          SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S A HEFTY PROGRAM BECAUSE IT MARRIES OUR NORMAL FEDERAL PRIORITIES WITH ALL OF THE COVID RESPONSE AND RECOVERY NEEDS. 
          UM, INFRASTRUCTURE, OF COURSE, WILL BE A BIG PRIORITY UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION. 
          UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WORKFORCE, UH, DEVELOPMENT, SPECIFICALLY LEVERAGING OUR READY TO WORK PROGRAM TO DRAW DOWN MORE FEDERAL SUPPORT. 
          UH, YOU ALL HAVE HAD A ROBUST CONVERSATION TODAY ABOUT THE BALANCE BETWEEN EMERGENCY HOUSING AND, UH, THE NEED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO OUR PROGRAM SPEAKS TO THAT. 
          UH, SIMILARLY WITH BROADBAND AND DIGITAL INCLUSION, UH, THE MILITARY PROTECTION LANGUAGE IN TERMS OF GROWING THE MISSIONS THAT OUR BASES AND PROTECTING WHAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE STANDARD ITEMS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE AIRPORT, UH, AROUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING. 
          THEY RECEIVE, UH, OUR, UH, NONSTOP TO DC EFFORTS. 
          UH, SEVERAL ITEMS UNDER HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS. 
          UH, WE HAVE SUPPORT FOR VARIOUS TAX CREDITS THAT HAVE HELPED WITH REDEVELOPMENT OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT REGULARLY RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT HELP OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS. 
          WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF RESPONDING TO THE RISK ASSESSMENT FOR OUR U OSSI FUNDING ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A CATEGORY OF COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION THAT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, THINGS LIKE WORK CREDITS FOR HIRING, UH, TARGETED AUDIO, UH, POPULATIONS AND BROWNFIELDS GRANTS AND SO FORTH. 
          NEXT, UH, SLIDE IF YOU WOULD PLEASE. 
          UM, THE, THE C O LANGUAGE, UM, UH, TO DATE, WHAT WE SHARED AT B SESSION WAS SIMPLY FLEXIBLE FUNDING FOR CITIES TO DEAL WITH THE CRISIS. 
          UH, THAT'S WHAT WE DIDN'T GET IN THAT SECOND, UH, ROUND. 
          UH, AND THEN, OF COURSE, SUPPORT FOR OUR HARD HIT INDUSTRIES. 
          IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL HAD REQUESTED THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE AT B SESSIONS, SO WE POSTED THAT FOR ALL OF YOU. 
          AND UPON READING IT, SHE ASKED THAT WE CONSIDER ADDING THIS LANGUAGE, UH, WHICH BASICALLY GETS MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE COVID RESPONSE, EXPANDING THE VACCINE SUPPLY, SCALING UP, TESTING AND TRACING, ADDRESSING HEALTH, UH, DISPARITIES, UH, PRESERVING AND EXPANDING HEALTH INSURANCE, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS A, A STATE EFFORT THAT WE'RE MAKING ON THE MEDICAID FRONT. 
          AND THEN INVESTING IN PUBLIC HEALTH JOBS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THE NEW ADMINISTRATION HAS ANNOUNCED AS A GOAL AS, UH, HIRING A HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS AFTER CONSULTING WITH OUR CHAIRMAN. 
          UM, WE BELIEVE THIS LANGUAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE, UH, LANGUAGE THAT WAS THERE ALREADY. 
          SO IT'S NOT A NEW ITEM NECESSARILY, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE SOME, UH, MORE SPECIFICITY. 
          AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION FROM THE STAFF LEVEL, IF, IF, UH, YOU ALL AGREE IS, IS TO ADD THIS LANGUAGE IN. 
          UH, THERE WERE SOME OTHER SORT OF NEW ITEMS THAT SHE BROUGHT UP, UH, ALSO THAT I THINK, UH, PER THE CHAIRMAN'S WISHES, WE WOULD, UH, RECOMMEND A FURTHER I G R DISCUSSION, BUT THIS SEEMED PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OUR INTENT WAS ALREADY, AND, AND THEREFORE WE'D RECOMMEND ADDING IT. 
          UH, AND SO I'LL PAUSE THERE AND, AND, UH, TALK ABOUT ANY OTHER TOPICS YOU'D LIKE TO. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU, JEFF, UH, FOR THAT HIGH LEVEL, UM, BREAKDOWN AND, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SANDOVAL, FOR PUTTING THAT PROPOSED LANGUAGE FORWARD. 
          I, I AGREE. 
          I THINK IT ENCOMPASSES, UM, OUR WORK, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO EQUITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THE VACCINE ROLLOUT IMPACTS AND TOUCHES OUR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN MOST HARD HIT. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS PART OF OUR COVID VACCINE DISTRIBUTION. 
          AND AGAIN, I'LL SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK OF OUR TEAM TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THE, UM, THE VACCINES COME OUT, THE DISTRIBUTION COME OUT WITH MORE CONSISTENCY. 
          'CAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE NEED AND MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, AND JUST SECONDLY, THANK YOU CHAIR AND EVERYONE ON THE COMMITTEE, INCLUDING OUR CO-CHAIR, UH, JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ. 
          I ALSO WANT TO REMIND OUR COUNCIL THAT BACK IN EARLY 2020, WE DID PASS A RESOLUTION, THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES LEADING TOGETHER CITY'S AGENDA. 
          IT WAS CRAFTED BY THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE, AND WE ASKED ALL PRESIDENT, UH, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES BACK TO THEM TO WORK WITH US, TO DELIVERING COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS. 
          TWO, ONE, BUILDING SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, TWO, CREATING A SKILLED WORKFORCE, THREE ENDING HOUSING INSTABILITY AND HOMELESSNESS. 
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AND THEN FOR REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE, WE, UM, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT RESOLUTION. 
          WE APPROVED IT, AND I'M HAPPY TO NOTE THAT, AND THIS WAS ALL PRIOR TO COVID, AND I'M HAPPY TO NOTE THAT THEN CANDIDATE JOE BIDEN DID ENDORSE THAT AGENDA. 
          AND NOW, UM, THAT WE HAVE OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA LAID OUT, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER, AND WE HAVE THE TOOLS AND THE TEAMS PREPARED TO BEST SERVE OUR CITY, OUR COUNTY, AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA. 
          AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UPDATES THAT WE'LL BE DOING IN COMMITTEE, AND I HOPE THAT POSITIVE THINGS START MOVING QUICKLY. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU, JEFF, AND, AND THE TEAM. 
          AND OF COURSE, UM, TO CHAIR PALAIS. 
          UM, I'M HAPPY TO SERVE ALONGSIDE, UM, UH, WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP ON I G R. 
          SO, UM, MY QUESTION IS, AND, AND, AND, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU, UM, INTRODUCED SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE. 
          I KNOW THAT A LOT OF IT IS, UH, FROM, UM, PRESIDENT BIDEN'S AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. 
          UH, AND SO I WANTED TO ASK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT. 
          ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UM, SPECIFICALLY REFERENCED WAS A $10 BILLION INVESTMENT IN DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING OF PANDEMIC SUPPLIES. 
          AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TIE IN OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT ALREADY BE, UM, IN, IN THIS FIELD, IF YOU WILL, AND, AND PLUG THEM IN TO GIVE US SOME MORE ADVICE, UH, RECOMMENDATION, OR HOW TO HELP THEM LEVERAGE SOME OF THAT FUNDING. 
          COUNCILMAN, IS THAT DIRECTED TO, OH, GO AHEAD, CARLOS. 
          YEAH, I WAS, I WAS GONNA SAY, UM, THAT GREAT IDEA. 
          WE WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT. 
          AS THE LEGISLATION UNFOLDS, WE WILL MONITOR THAT. 
          AND IF THE FUNDING DOES IN FACT COME INTO, UH, COME INTO, UH, UH, TO FRUITION, WE WILL CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. 
          NOW, WE KNOW WE HAVE ASSETS IN SAN ANTONIO THAT CAN BE VERY USEFUL. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I, AND, AND CARLOS, THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          AND SO I KNOW COUNCIL MS. SANDOVAL REFERENCED THIS, AND, AND IT, IT'S IN THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, A HUNDRED THOUSAND PUBLIC HEALTH JOBS THAT WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN, UM, DELIVER VACCINES, ET CETERA. 
          AND SO I'D LOVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN PLUG THAT INTO OUR CURRENT WORKFORCE, UM, TRAINING PROGRAM, OUR ON THE JOB TRAINING OR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING, UH, TO MY CHAIR AND ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MAYBE THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT UP AS, AS, AS AN ITEM, UM, YEAH. 
          AND, AND FURTHER DISCUSS IT. 
          BUT CARLOS, I'M SURE THAT YOUR TEAM IS PROBABLY ALREADY WORKING ON, ON SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO BUILD THAT IN. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, PUBLIC HEALTH IS A, IS OBVIOUSLY A GREAT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS. 
          AND, AND HAVING RETRAINING AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE SAN ANTONIOS WITH THE SKILLS TO COMPETE FOR THOSE JOBS IS EXACTLY WHAT BOTH THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, EXCUSE ME, THE CHAMBER JOBS, UH, UH, COMPONENT OF THE PILLAR, AS WELL AS THE RESTY REGULAR WORK IS DESIGNED TO DO. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          ONE OTHER ITEM THAT WAS IN THAT AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN WAS TO INVEST IN TREATMENTS AND STUDIES AND THERAPY. 
          AND SO, BACK TO MY QUESTION FROM EARLIER, UM, AND, AND, UH, AND AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY COVERED A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE, THE LANGUAGE OF COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL INTRODUCED AS WELL. 
          UM, THAT'S WHY I WAS ALSO ASKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE WORKING, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, WITH UT HEALTH SYSTEM, UM, UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, UH, I MEAN THE, THE DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, UM, TO, TO HELP WITH THAT. 
          HAVE WE THOUGHT OF THAT JUST YET? I KNOW THAT IT, IT WAS STILL A DRAFT LINE LAST WEEK WHEN HE PRESENTED IT ON THURSDAY. 
          UM, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE JUST WITH THE EXECUTIVE ACTIONS THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN, UM, ALREADY, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S MOVING ALONG. 
          AND I, I'M WONDERING WHAT DEPARTMENT WOULD WORK ON THAT, OR HOW WOULD WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING GET IN ON THAT ASAP? HOW DO WE ADVOCATE FOR THEM TOGETHER? I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A COMBINATION OF SEVERAL. 
          THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOLKS. 
          OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A, A HEALTH, UH, CONNECTION HERE THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH METRO HEALTH ON. 
          UM, YOU ARE RIGHT. 
          THE, THE, THE BIDEN PROPOSAL IS A PLAN AT THIS POINT THAT THE PRESIDENT'S AUTHORITY IS TO LAY OUT A, A VISION, AND THEN ULTIMATELY, LEGISLATION WILL HAVE TO BE FILED AND CONGRESS WILL HAVE TO DEBATE IT. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EARLY IN THAT PROCESS. 
          UM, AND, BUT WE'LL TAKE THIS AS, AS A NOTE, UH, FOR SOMETHING TO BE THINKING OF AND, AND PREPARING TO POSITION OUR, OUR COMMUNITY TO BENEFIT FROM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND JEFF. 
          AND ANOTHER ITEM THAT'S ON THERE IS $170 BILLION TO, UM, MODIFY SCHOOLS, UH, TO PREPARE SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE VENTILATION, UM, FOR P P E, FOR, UM, ADDITIONAL CUSTODIANS, FOR ADDITIONAL 
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NURSES, COUNSELORS TO ADDRESS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, UM, AND TO PROVIDE SOME MENTAL AND SOCIAL HEALTH, UM, UH, UH, SUPPORT AS WELL. 
          AND SO I'D LOVE TO SEE ALSO HOW WE ARE, UM, MAYBE ENGAGING WITH OUR, OUR, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR, UM, ANYONE ELSE THAT ARE THE EXPERTS IN THIS AND HOW WE CAN BE SUPPORTIVE AS AN I G R COMMITTEE. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, UM, A LETTER OF SUPPORT OR, YOU KNOW, IF THEY ARE IN, IN SOME SORT OF PLANNING. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH OUT AND LEVERAGE AS MUCH OF THOSE DOLLARS AS POSSIBLE. 
          MAYBE IT'S NOT DIRECTLY THROUGH THE CITY, BUT THAT WE HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP ESTABLISHED WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS SO THAT SAN ANTONIO CAN BENEFIT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UM, IF THE PLAN GOES THROUGH. 
          INDEED. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THE, UM, IN FACT, THE, THE EV ALSO, THE RELIEF ACT THAT PASSED IN DECEMBER HAD FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS TO, TO BE ABLE TO ADAPT AND HELP WITH DISTANCE LEARNING AND SO FORTH. 
          THOSE DOLLARS THROW FLOW TO THE STATES AND THEN FLOW DOWN TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM THE STATE LEVEL. 
          UH, AT LAST WEEK, AT LAST CHECK LAST WEEK, WE DIDN'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE IMPACT WAS GONNA BE ON THE LOCAL DISTRICTS, BUT THERE ARE INTERGOVERNMENTAL STAFF PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AT, AT AT LEAST THE THREE LARGEST DISTRICTS, UH, SAN ANTONIO, I S D, NORTHSIDE, I S D, AND NORTHEAST I S D. 
          AND WE'RE IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH THEM. 
          SO WE'LL, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH THEM AND SEE WHETHER THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PAST RELIEF ACT AND ALSO, UH, WHAT MIGHT BE COMING AS PART OF THE, THE BIDEN PROPOSAL. 
          YES, THIS IS . 
          I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT LIKE ALL LEGISLATION, THE, THE REAL KEY IS WHAT GOES INTO THE GUIDANCE GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT. 
          SO THERE'S SEVERAL STEPS. 
          IT'S A PLAN, IT'S LEGISLATION, IT GETS DEBATED, AMENDED PASS, AND THEN THERE'S IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES, JUST LIKE WE FACE CURRENTLY ON THE, ON THE CURRENT RELIEF BILL. 
          SO I G R COMMITTEE AND I G R DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO MONITOR THAT THROUGH OUR FEDERAL, UH, CONSULTANTS. 
          AND AS SOON AS WE KNOW THE GUIDANCE, WE, WE PUSH THAT OUT. 
          AND SO WE HAVE A TRACKER NOW FOR THE CURRENT, UH, UH, STIMULUS FUNDING, AND CERTAINLY WILL DEVELOP ANOTHER ONE, AND WE'LL, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY INFORM ALL OF OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE GUIDANCE IS AND TRY TO HELP THEM TO SECURE THE FUNDING. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU YOU, CARLOS. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, ONE, AND, AND BY THE WAY, LET'S NOT FORGET OUR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 
          THE PLAN HAD, UM, PROPOSED $35 MILLION IN SUPPORT TO THEM, AND WE HAVE MANY OF THOSE PARTNERS AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT ONE OF THE, THE, THE KEY ITEMS THAT I, UM, ZEROED IN ON, ON, ON THE PLAN THAT I WAS HOPEFUL ABOUT WAS, UM, A SPECIFIC, UH, EMPHASIS ON HEALTH DISPARITIES AND HOW TO ADDRESS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 
          I THINK SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN A MODEL, AND I KNOW THAT TEXAS IS, IS THE, I, I THINK THE LEADING STATE IN VACCINATIONS TO, UH, WELL, AT LEAST AS OF LAST WEEK. 
          UM, I DO CONTINUE TO THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE STRESSING WHAT WE'RE DOING IN SAN ANTONIO AS A MODEL. 
          I THINK METRO HEALTH HAS DONE A GOOD JOB. 
          I THINK THAT EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER IS WHAT HAS, UH, PUT SAN ANTONIO AND TEXAS AHEAD. 
          AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE, UH, HAVE GREAT EXPERTS THAT ARE DOING THIS JOB THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADVISE, UM, ON, ON SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AS THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THESE DIFFERENT PLANS. 
          AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS WAS THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY THAT, THAT WE TAKE BY, BY LOOKING AT, UM, HOW WE CAN, UH, HELP WITH, UM, PUSHING FOR OR ADVOCATING FOR, UH, THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO OUR, UM, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND TO ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES. 
          I THINK THERE'S HUGE OPPORTUNITY. 
          UH, ONE OF THE OTHER, ONE OR TWO OF THE OTHER EXECUTIVE ORDERS, UH, FROM THE PRESIDENT LAST NIGHT HAD TO DO WITH EQUITY, UH, AT, AT WITHIN THE FEDERAL AGENCIES. 
          UH, HE SPOKE TO NON-DISCRIMINATION. 
          I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH Z LAST NIGHT, AND SHE'S REVIEWING SOME OF THE MEMOS THAT, UH, THAT SHE'S GOTTEN AHOLD OF AS PART OF THAT. 
          BUT, UH, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT IS BEING LAID OUT AS, AS A VISION HERE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. 
          SO WE WILL, WE WILL DEFINITELY PLUG INTO THAT. 
          AWESOME. 
          AND SO IT'S HUGE, RIGHT? THERE'S JUST A WHOLE LOT OF JUST THE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED AND, AND I DIDN'T MENTION EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN THERE. 
          I DIDN'T, DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE VACCINE, UM, PROGRAM, UH, EXPANSION, DIDN'T TALK ABOUT DIRECT RELIEF TO THE STRUGGLING FAMILIES, THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, ET CETERA. 
          AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, AS MUCH INVOLVEMENT AS POSSIBLE FROM THE EXPERTS AHEAD OF TIME, RIGHT? THAT, THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO JUST GO IN AND, AND TAKE AS MONEY, AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SO, UM, THANK YOU, UH, JEFF, FOR, FOR THINKING THIS THROUGH. 
          I KNOW THAT IT'S STILL, UH, NOT SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, FULLY BAKED, IF YOU WILL, AND THAT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED, BUT I JUST WANNA BE READY SO THAT WE COULD, UM, NOT WASTE ANY TIME AND, AND JUST BE AS SUPPORTIVE AS POSSIBLE TO, UH, ANYONE BEYOND OUR OWN CITY, UH, STAFF, RIGHT? SO ANY, ANY OF THE OTHER PARTNER I G R FOLKS, 
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I KNOW YOU MEET WITH THEM MONTHLY, ET CETERA. 
          UM, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE A COMMUNITY EFFORT TO TRY TO GET AS MANY DOLLARS AS POSSIBLE FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          OUR LOBBYISTS DO A GREAT JOB AS EVIDENCED BY THE NEWS YESTERDAY. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THAT WE CAN, UH, CAN, CAN HELP, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE ALSO ADVOCATING FOR, FOR US AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, JEFF. 
          GOOD JOB. 
          THANK YOU CARLOS AS WELL. 
          AND, AND SALLY AND THE TEAM, AND THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROSE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND LIKE, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK SALLY AND JEFF FOR THEIR ONGOING WORK. 
          SALLY, YOU ARE, UM, AN UNSUNG HERO. 
          UH, YOU DO TREMENDOUS WORK IN, IN DC I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED, UH, WITH, WITH YOUR ABILITIES AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU KNOW. 
          AND JEFF, THANK YOU FOR ENABLING HER TO, TO DO ALL THAT STUFF. 
          I YOU'RE THE WIND BENEATH HER WINGS. 
          I, I GUESS, UM, AND THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH ME OVER, UM, THE PAST WEEK ON, ON THIS LANGUAGE. 
          UH, I THINK, UH, YOU REMEMBER LAST WEEK I SAID, WHAT ARE WE APPROVING? IS THERE MORE LANGUAGE OR IS IT THE, THE POWERPOINT? AND, AND SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS WHY I, I, UH, APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE I G R COMMITTEE OR THOUGHTFUL AND DELIBERATIVE WORK, UH, ON THIS. 
          UH, OF COURSE, I I ALSO WANNA HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HAND, UH, IN IT AS WELL. 
          I WAS FORMERLY ON THE I G R BEFORE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. 
          I CERTAINLY MISS BEING ON IT. 
          UM, UH, I, UH, A WHILE BACK I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, UH, DEAN MICHELLE WILLIAMS FROM THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AT HARVARD IN, AND SHE WAS THE ONE WHO TOLD ME THAT OUR FEDERAL BUDGET DEDICATES LESS THAN 2% TO ISSUES OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          UM, THAT SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, UH, AND, AND HOW SMALL THAT IS FOR WHAT WE REALLY NEED HAS BECOME VERY EVIDENT OVER THE PAST YEAR, ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF PREEXISTING CONDITIONS, NOT JUST WITH PREEXISTING CONDITIONS, AS MY GRAMMAR CHECK LIKES TO TELL ME ON THESE SPEAKING POINTS, BUT A COMMUNITY OF PREEXISTING CONDITIONS. 
          SO WE NEED AGGRESSIVE ACTION, UH, TO CHANGE THAT. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S WHY I ADVOCATED FOR MORE AGGRESSIVE HEALTH PRIORITIES, UH, TO BE SPECIFICALLY, UH, LAID OUT BY WORD IN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. 
          THEY'RE CERTAINLY IN THERE, UH, CONCEPTUALLY AS, AS YOU HAD HAD DEVELOPED. 
          WE ALSO NEED MORE LOCAL ACTION ON THAT. 
          IF ANY OF YOU READ, UH, SEAN BEA'S OPINION PIECE, UH, LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING IN THE EXPRESS NEWS, UH, YOU CERTAINLY SHAMES US INTO, INTO TAKING MORE ACTION. 
          AND I'M, UH, I'M, I'M CHALLENGED BY THAT. 
          I'M ENCOURAGED BY IT, AND IT, IT HELPS ME WORK HARDER, UH, IN TERMS OF THE, UH, BIDEN RECOVERY PLAN LAST WEEK, UM, IT DOES INCLUDE ALL THOSE, UH, WONDERFUL THINGS THAT COUNCIL MDR GARCIA MENTIONED, UM, THE VAC, THE NATIONAL VACCINATION PROGRAM, UH, THE HEALTH DISPARITIES, UH, THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. 
          AND, UH, LAST, UH, A COUPLE DAYS AGO, I HAD, OR A FEW DAYS AGO, I HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH, WITH KEN FIVE. 
          AND, AND THE QUESTION WAS, HOW IS BIDEN'S PROPOSAL GOOD FOR SAN ANTONIO? WHAT DO YOU THINK WE'RE GONNA GET OUT OF IT? AND THERE'S PRECISELY SOME OF THE SAME, UH, POINTS THAT I SHARED WITH HER. 
          NUMBER ONE, THERE'S NO DOUBT WE ALL NEED A COORDINATED VACCINE PROGRAM. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, BASED ON, ON WHAT YOU'VE HEARD TODAY, WHAT YOU'VE SEEN WITH THE DELAYS IN SHIP, THAT WAS ONE THING THAT, THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT, BUT ALSO ABOUT HOW SAN ANTONIO, SAN ANTONIO'S UNIQUELY POSITIONED BECAUSE OF ITS, UH, READY TO WORK, UH, INITIATIVE, BALLOT PROPOSAL THAT WAS PASSED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE HUNDRED THOUSAND JOBS, UH, THAT THEY ARE CREATING. 
          WE HAVE A RESOURCE THAT I'M NOT SURE ANY OTHER CITY HAS AT THIS POINT, UM, THAT WE ARE WILLING TO TRAIN OUR WORKERS, UH, TO BE IN THIS FIELD. 
          AND THAT'S WHY, UH, COUNCIL VIAGRA AND I, UH, ADVOCATED FOR OUR CONTACT TRACERS TO BE ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM SO THAT WHEN THIS WORK IS DONE, THEY WILL CONTINUE IN OUR, UH, DOING HEALTH WORK IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS SO DESPERATELY, UH, NEEDED, UM, IN, IN TERMS OF EQUITY. 
          I, I DO JUST WANNA BRING UP, UH, ONE POINT THAT, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN AND I HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK, UH, WITH MR. MCCAREY, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF EQUITY AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON SOME, ON SOME GREAT PROGRESS REGARDING OUR, UH, RESOLUTION AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. 
          THAT IS NOT THE ITEM  ON THE AGENDA TODAY, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, WE WILL BE TAKING AN UPDATE TO, TO CHECK, AND I WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO'S, WHO'S BEEN WORKING ON THAT, ALL THE WONDERFUL, UH, STAFF ON THAT. 
          UM, BUT OF COURSE, WE CAN'T SOLVE THAT ALL LOCALLY. 
          UH, AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED THIS FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN BELI, THANK YOU FOR, UH, BEING OPEN TO, UH, INCLUDING THIS LANGUAGE. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR TAKING UP THE, THE OTHER ITEMS, UH, SUBSEQUENTLY AT I G R. 
          I TRULY APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
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UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU TO ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND, AND THANK YOU JEFF AND SALLY AND EVERYBODY. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, UM, COUNCILMAN FLAS, THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING THE CHAMPION FOR THE VOICES THAT HAVE SPOKE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, TO TRULY HAVE THEM REFLECTED IN THIS AGENDA IS WHAT I SEE. 
          SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE WORK. 
          UM, THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE, AND IT RELATES TO, UM, THE DISPARITIES OF HEALTH AND HEALTH INEQUITY THAT WE SEE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT COMES TO THE CONVERSATION OF HOSPITALS, AND I KNOW THIS IS ONE THING I'LL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR. 
          SO WE SEE IT IN THE DISTRICT AS FAR AS HOSPITAL, OUR TRAUMA CARE FACILITY, UM, TO REALLY SPEAK TO THOSE WHO, UM, HAVE THOSE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. 
          AND WE SEE THAT THOSE CONDITIONS ARE NOT BEING TRULY CARED FOR DURING THIS PANDEMIC. 
          A LOT OF THE CONDITIONS SUCH AS DIABETES, LEUKEMIA, UM, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, THOSE THINGS HAVE GONE, UM, PRETTY MUCH ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE BECAUSE EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW IS FOCUSED ON THE PANDEMIC AND GETTING PEOPLE THROUGH LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, LOOKING AT OUR AREAS THAT ARE DISPROPORTIONATE WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTHCARE AND HAVING FACILITIES OF HEALTHCARE IN THEM WITHIN THIS AGENDA. 
          ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THOSE AREAS THAT NEED HOSPITALS? I I DON'T THINK WE'VE CONTEMPLATED THAT AT THIS POINT. 
          I'M NOT SURE FROM A FEDERAL STANDPOINT WHAT AVENUE TO PURSUE, BUT, UM, WE COULD EXPLORE THAT TOPIC. 
          OKAY. 
          DO, DO YOU MEAN, DO YOU MEAN THE, THE SPECIFICALLY THE LOCATION OF HOSPITALS IN AREAS THAT, THAT EXPERIENCE, UH, YOU KNOW, GREATER IMPACTS OF, OF HEALTH CONDITIONS AND SO FORTH? YES, SIR. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M SPEAKING OF, JEFF. 
          UM, UM, LET US LOOK INTO IT. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ROLE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MIGHT HAVE IN THAT. 
          UM, UM, BUT, BUT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPLORE THAT AND CIRCLE BACK. 
          WELL, I'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THESE FACILITIES. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT'S THE THING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO START LOOKING AT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THE VACCINE, UM, COORDINATION AND PROGRAMS. WE KNOW THAT SEVERAL AREAS DIDN'T HAVE OR WASN'T LOOKED AT TO HAVE A MEGA DISTRICT, UH, DISTRIBUTION AREA. 
          WE KNOW THAT WITHIN THE DISTRICT TWO AREA, THE ALAMO DO WAS PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY PLACE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE REALLY ANY MEDICAL FACILITIES OR HOSPITALS THAT WE COULD UTILIZE TO BECOME A VACCINE HUB. 
          UM, AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SPEAKING TO. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF OUR SENIORS, A LOT OF OUR SENIORS HAD TO GO WAY OUT TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS. 
          UM, IN ORDER TO GET VA THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THEM TO GO. 
          UM, AND SO WE REALLY WANNA START LOOKING AT, IF WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT INEQUITY OF, OF HEALTHCARE, HOW DO WE START TACKLING THAT FROM RIGHT HERE ON THE GROUND WHERE WE KNOW THAT AREAS DO NOT HAVE TRAUMA CENTERS, DO NOT HAVE MEDICAL FACILITIES. 
          WE HAVE SMALL CLINICS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT SPEAKS TO THE TRAUMA AND THE CARE THAT IS NEEDED, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR YOUTH. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUTH THAT ARE NOW JUST, UM, OUT HERE MENTALLY UNABLE TO COPE WITH EITHER NOW HAVING TO BE THE, THE BREADWINNER FOR THEIR FAMILY OR THEIR MENTAL STATUS HAS JUST BEEN TOTALLY JUST LEFT TO THE SIDE BECAUSE NO ONE'S SPEAKING TO HOW WE HELP THEM TO BECOME, UM, SUSTAINABLE AND ADAPTIVE TO THE CULTURE THAT THEY'RE IN TODAY. 
          UM, WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT, UH, RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, THIS IS WHERE THIS CONVERSATION IS MOST IMPACTFUL WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, TACKLING THE ISSUES THAT WE KNOW THAT HAVE CAUSED, UM, EVEN REDLINING AND HOW THAT LOOKS, UM, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND SO, WHEN WE WANNA LOOK AT THIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, I'M ALL HERE TO HELP YOU. 
          JEFF. 
          I'M HERE FOR YOU, MANNY. 
          UM, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO TRULY SPEAK AND TACKLE THE INEQUITIES THAT WE KNOW OUR COMMUNITY HAS SUFFERED THE HARDEST WITH DURING THIS PANDEMIC IS WHAT I AM HAPPY TO SEE THIS LED LEGISLATIVE AGENDA SPEAK TO. 
          BUT ALSO I WANNA SEE IT TACKLE THE ISSUES THAT ARE RIGHT HERE ON THE GROUND, SUCH AS THE, THE LACK OF HOSPITALS, SUCH AS THE LACK OF HEALTHCARE, SUCH AS THE LACK OF THOSE WHO ARE EVEN ELIGIBLE TO TRAIN FOR HEALTHCARE. 
          UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT PREVIOUSLY, UM, WERE IN THE HEALTHCARE FIELD, BUT BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED ALONG THEIR LIFE, THEY'RE NO LONGER ABLE TO WORK IN THAT FIELD. 
          SO HOW DO WE SPEAK TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE FORMALLY INCARCERATED HAVE AREAS WITHIN THESE JOBS THAT ARE GONNA BE CREATED? UM, WHERE DO THEY FALL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLOSING THOSE BARRIERS TO, TO SECOND CHANCE EMPLOYMENT? UM, AND THEN LOOKING AT RENTAL AND HOUSING AND ASSISTANCE. 
          HOW DO 
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WE CLOSE THE BARRIERS WITHIN OUR FEDERAL REGULATIONS THAT SAY, IF YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF, OF A PAST HISTORY OF CONVICTIONS, YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO GET AN APARTMENT, OR YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE TO GET THIS BENEFIT. 
          ARE WE LOOKING TO CLOSE THOSE BARRIERS? AND HOW DO WE PUT THAT WITHIN THIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA TO TRULY TACKLE WHAT WE SAW WITHIN OUR POVERTY REPORT THAT SAYS THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE FORMERLY INCARCERATED DO NOT QUALIFY AND ARE HAVING THE HAR HARDEST BARRIERS. 
          AND THEY ARE SUBJECT TO BEING PART OF WHAT WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT, AND THAT IS INEQUITY. 
          SO IF I CAN JUST GET, UM, MAYBE SOME ONE-ON-ONE TIME WITH YOU, JEFF, OR, OR SIT DOWN WITH YOU, YOU, MANNY, TO SEE IF THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE THIS WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL HAS ALREADY INCLUDED TO MAKE THIS A HOLISTIC AGENDA THAT TRULY SPEAKS TO EVERYONE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. 
          I'M HERE, I'M AVAILABLE. 
          MY STAFF IS AVAILABLE, UM, TO REALLY SPEAK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE CAN, UM, OR THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HELP ASSIST WITH AS WE GO FORWARD. 
          BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS AND, AND QUESTIONS. 
          MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO. 
          UH, THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, I GOT A QUESTION, UH, THAT, UH, JUST WANT TO TRY TO GET SOME, UH, CLARITY ON, UH, SINCE THIS IS ABOUT OUR, UM, RE OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, THE, THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, TREASURY PUT OUT AN EMERGENCY RENTAL, PUT OUT THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND CREATED THE, THE DATA AND METHODOLOGY FOR STATE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TERRITORY ALLOCATIONS. 
          UM, WHAT'S, WHAT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS, IS, IS THAT THERE'S A COMPANY, UM, THAT'S CALLED, UH, NOVO. 
          DO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT NOVO IS? JEFF? I, I DON'T KNOW IF OUR PARTNERS AT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DO, BUT I I DON'T, NO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO NOVO GRAD, AND, AND YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE, UH, WE'LL SEND YOU THE, THE LINK, BUT IT'S NOVACO.COM. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, IN DECEMBER, UH, OF THIS PAST YEAR, DECEMBER 28TH, THEY PUT OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE CITY'S ESTIMATED TO RECEIVE THE MOST RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          UH, LAST WEEK WE PROJECTED $6 MILLION. 
          UH, THEIR PROJECTION WAS 46,347,768. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE QUESTION IS, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE DISCONNECT? UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEIR, THE, THE, THE, THE QUESTION IS, IS REALLY IS WHY ARE, ARE WE, ARE WE USING A DIFFERENT FORMULA? AND WELL, OKAY. 
          SORRY. 
          YEAH, NO, GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH. 
          SHORT ANSWER IS WE MISCALCULATED, OBVIOUSLY. 
          UM, WHAT LAST WEEK WHEN WE WERE PROVIDING AN ESTIMATE AND EMPHASIZING THAT IT WAS AN ESTIMATE, IT WAS BASED ON, UH, SOME FORMULAS THAT, UH, THE LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION NATIONALLY HAD PUT OUT. 
          UH, AND, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS OR SPECIFIC FORMULAS FROM THE FEDERAL AGENCIES YET, WE ALSO DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE OF ALLOWING CITIES GREATER THAN 200,000 TO APPLY DIRECTLY. 
          SO WE, WE MADE IT AN ESTIMATE. 
          IT WAS, UH, VERY LOW. 
          WE'RE HAPPY TO, TO SEE THAT IT WAS ULTIMATELY HIGHER THAN THAT. 
          UH, BUT, BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO FROM THAT GROUP IS BASED ON THE ACTUAL FORMULAS THEY USED, UH, AND IS PRETTY IN LINE WITH WHAT ULTIMATELY THE TREASURY DID SEND TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          RIGHT. 
          I MEAN, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS DECEMBER 28TH, THEY USED THOSE, THE, THE FORMULA. 
          AND I, I'M ASKING, WAS THAT NOT AVAILABLE TO US? OH, DECEMBER 28TH. 
          I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAD IT. 
          UM, OKAY, COUNCILMAN, UM, I GUESS I, I'D ASK FOR US TO CIRCLE BACK. 
          'CAUSE I MEAN, I THINK TODAY REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BIG TOPIC OF TODAY HAS BEEN AROUND THIS ISSUE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHILE WE'RE, I'M, I'M, I'M HAPPY THAT WE RECEIVED $46 MILLION IN OUR ACCOUNT. 
          I MEAN, IT JUST SHOWS THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH TO CELEBRATE OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MEETING THE NEED. 
          AND, AND, AND FOLKS, UH, WHO ARE USING, UH, THE, OR I SHOULD SAY THE FEDERAL FEDS ARE USING A CERTAIN FORMULA THAT, THAT THEY BELIEVE WE ARE IN NEED OF THIS MONEY. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN CIRCLE BACK ON ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. 
          JUST FIND OUT WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHY DIDN'T WE HAVE THIS FORMULA EARLIER? AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IS, IS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE, WE CAN, UH, FOCUS ON AND CONTINUE TO, TO, UM, IMPROVE IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATIONS? I KNOW, UH, THERE WAS ALSO COMMUNICATION THAT CAME OUT JANUARY 11TH 
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OF THIS YEAR. 
          SO, UM, ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          UH, BUT OTHERWISE, THANK YOU, UH, FOR, FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          I KNOW IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A, UH, A LOT OF A HUGE AGENDA, BUT I AM SUPPORTIVE. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS. 
          'CAUSE I MEAN, AGAIN, THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOPIC AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE, THE, THE FUNDS THAT, THAT ARE, ARE COMING AVAILABLE ARE, UM, ARE THERE FOR US TO, TO ALLOCATE TO, TO THOSE THAT, THAT MAY NEED THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER T UM, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, I, I, I GET THE POINT, COUNCILMAN TREVINO, AND I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, AND IT'S, UH, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, FROM THE HEART AND IT'S A GOOD PLACE, AND THE INTENTIONS ARE, UH, ARE RIGHT. 
          BUT I, I DO THINK, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, I I, I'D HATE FOR THE NEWSPAPER TO PICK UP THE COMMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, $46 MILLION IS NOTHING TO CELEBRATE. 
          UH, AND BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU MEAN, BUT, UM, THE, UH, UH, BUT IT IS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, UH, IT'S BETTER THAN ZERO AND ZERO IS WHAT WE HAD TWO DAYS AGO. 
          UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE $46 MILLION CAME ABOUT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT PEOPLE UP THERE LIKE HENRY QUARE, UH, LLOYD DOGGETT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, UH, OUR, OUR FRIEND JOAQUIN AND CASTRO, UH, UP THERE TAKING, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKING SWINGS FOR THE BLEACHERS. 
          AND THIS ONE, UH, THEY, UH, THEY REALLY DID, THEY HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK. 
          AND, UH, WE, WE HAVE A, UH, UH, WE'VE GOT A STRONG DELEGATION UP THERE, A VERY, VERY STRONG TEAM, UH, OF, OF CONSULTANTS. 
          AND WE'VE GOT A STRONG TEAM IN SALLY AND JEFF. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS GET A HEARTY HIGH FIVE FOR ME, AND I'M LOOKING AT COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S BODY LANGUAGE, AND I THINK THAT HE AGREES WITH ME. 
          UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST, I, I'M DOING THIS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT NONE OF THIS GETS MISCONSTRUED. 
          WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES DO FOR US. 
          UM, AND EVERY PENNY COUNTS. 
          THANKS GUYS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELA, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, JEFF, YOU KIND OF, UH, TOUCHED ON A TOPIC, OR ARE WE GONNA SEE ANY KIND OF MOVEMENT OR ACTION THAT WE WILL DO THROUGH OUR, OUR LOBBYISTS TO TRY TO, UM, MOVE THIS DIRECT FLIGHT AGAIN, UH, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE SYSTEM? I KNOW, I, I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE COMING UP THIS, THIS YEAR, BUT IS, IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET THAT THROUGH THIS TIME? SURE. 
          COUNCILMAN, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. 
          WE, WE ARE, WE KEPT IT IN THE AGENDA BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA KEEP, UH, OUR, OUR EYE ON OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UH, YOU, YOU ARE CORRECT. 
          THE, UM, F A A REAUTHORIZATION IS NOT, UH, DUE UP THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS THE TRADITIONAL PLACE THAT THAT HAPPENS. 
          UM, WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE ARE MEMBERS OF OUR DELEGATION ARE VERY COMMITTED TO THE ISSUE. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, UH, AS OF LAST WEEK, WE, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE TWO MEMBERS ON APPROPRIATIONS. 
          CONGRESSMAN CUELLAR HAS BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME, AND THE NEW, UH, CONGRESSMAN GONZALEZ WAS ADDED TO APPROPRIATIONS, WHICH IS A BIG DEAL. 
          AND SO, UM, THE, WHAT THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH OUR DELEGATION ARE AROUND, UH, TRYING TO, UH, WORK LANGUAGE INTO AN APPROPRIATIONS BILL THAT ACCOMPLISHES OUR ULTIMATE GOAL. 
          IT'S, IT'S AN EVEN HARDER ROUTE. 
          IT'S A LONGER SHOT. 
          UH, THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA KEEP, WE'RE GONNA KEEP WORKING ON IT. 
          UM, THE ISSUE'S BEEN RAISED BY THE GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE. 
          THEY'VE FEDERALLY LOOKED INTO THE PERIMETER RULE AND, AND TRIED TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE PERIMETER RULE SHOULD BE REVISITED. 
          UH, SO, SO THE ISSUE IS OUT THERE. 
          UM, IT JUST, IT'S NOT CLEAR IN THIS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PANDEMIC YEAR, UH, HOW, HOW LIKELY AN OPPORTUNITY IS, BUT OUR TEAM IS WELL AWARE OF IT AND, AND HAS THEIR ANTENNAS UP FOR ANY POSSIBILITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND HAS OUR, YOU KNOW, WE WERE UP AGAINST SOME PRETTY STIFF COMPETITION LAST, LAST TIME WITH THE MAJOR AIR CARRIERS. 
          HAVE, HAS OUR TEAM EVER REACHED OUT OR GONE AND SAT DOWN WITH THEM TO LAY THIS OUT WITH THOSE MAJOR AIR CARRIERS ABOUT WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? HAVE THEY ACTUALLY SAT DOWN AT THE TABLE WITH THEM? ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, COUNCIL MS. CARLOS, THEY ABSOLUTELY HAVE, UH, THOSE EFFORTS, NOT ONLY WITH THEM, BUT WITH MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION THAT OPPOSE IT. 
          SO WE'RE FULLY AWARE OF WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, WHAT THE OPPOSITION IS, UH, AND NONETHELESS, WE KEEP CONTINUE TO, TO KEEP IT AS A PRIORITY, AND WE'LL DO SO. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER TINO. 
          UH, THANKS, MAYOR. 
          AND JUST WANT TO, UH, CHIME BACK IN. 
          COUNCILMAN BELI IS A HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT. 
          UH, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME JUST NUMBER ONE SAY, UH, I, I, I THINK YOU, AND, AND THE HARD WORK OF YOUR COMMITTEE, AND, UH, I APPRECIATE, UH, ALL THE WORK YOU DO 
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TO, TO, TO STAY ON TOP OF THESE KINDS OF ISSUES. 
          AND JEFF, UH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT IT, IT TAKES A LOT OF FOLKS COMING TOGETHER ON THIS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERN I HAVE, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IS, IS THAT AS PEOPLE SEE THE AMOUNT OF NEED, THAT WE DON'T TRANSLATE THAT INTO SOME KIND OF A, A WINDFALL, UH, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL OUR PARTNERS, UH, AT, AT, AT, UH, IN DC THAT ARE FIGHTING FOR THIS, UH, WITH THE INAUGURATION OF A, OF, OF A NEW PRESIDENT. 
          AND I'M MUCH MORE HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL GET THAT PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT, UH, THAT, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. 
          AND, UH, AND, AND SO, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT, UH, I DO HOPE TO CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU, JEFF, ON, ON JUST SOME OF THAT, UH, KIND OF THAT DELTA BETWEEN WHAT WE ESTIMATED AND WHAT, WHAT THESE FOLKS ARE, ARE SEEING HERE, UH, IN OUR CITY AND AMONGST SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTRY AS A NEED. 
          SO, UM, THANKS AGAIN. 
          THANKS, MANNY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP. 
          I KNOW LAST NIGHT DURING THE NEWS, UM, STORY ABOUT VACCINATIONS, UM, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WAS MISSION, AND OUR MAYOR WAS MENTIONED FOR THE LETTERS THAT, UH, HE AND THE JUDGE SPENT TO HAVE VACCINATIONS SPENT DIRECTLY TO THE LARGEST CITIES. 
          UM, AND I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT IS COMING FORWARD, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THAT LETTER, AND RELATES TO, UM, WHAT ACTIONS ARE BEING TAKEN, UM, FOR THOSE VACCINES TO COME DIRECTLY TO LARGE CITIES. 
          UM, AND I'D LOVE TO SEE, UM, IF WE CAN GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT IS TAKING PLACE, BECAUSE THERE IS SOME MOVEMENT, WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. 
          UM, SO JEFF, OR, OR ANYONE, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE AN UPDATE, UM, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR IT. 
          BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I DON'T YET, WE'VE NOT GOTTEN A RESPONSE. 
          OH, SORRY, MAYOR. 
          I CAN PROBABLY CHIME IN ON THIS, UH, JEFF. 
          AND, AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A FORMAL RESPONSE, BUT, UH, I MET WITH, UH, ABOUT 50 MAYORS ON MONDAY ON, ON THAT REGARD. 
          AND SOME OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO, UH, VACCINATION ADMINISTRATION THAT ALL THE CITIES LARGE AND SMALLER ARE FACING. 
          UM, AS YOU SAW, I THINK THERE WAS PROBABLY 10 EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT WERE SIGNED TODAY, UH, RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE. 
          UH, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING SAID, UH, DIRECTLY ABOUT, UH, DIRECT DIS DISTRIBUTION OF THE CITIES, ALTHOUGH THAT IS ONE ORGANIZED EFFORT THAT THE US CONFERENCE, UM, I BELIEVE N L C AND MAYORS IN GENERAL WILL BE MAKING. 
          UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD ANYTHING, UH, BEYOND THAT, DR. 
          BRIDGER, UH, I'M HEARING THE SAME THING AS YOU ARE, AND WE ARE ALSO ADVOCATING THROUGH THE BIG CITIES HEALTH COALITION. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THERE'S INCREASED, UH, MANUFACTURING, UH, AS A RESULT OF SOME ACTIVITY IT TOOK TODAY. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA CLOSE OUT BY SAYING, UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS, UH, IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE COOPERATION AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, STATE, AND FEDERAL, AND THE WORK OF THE I G R COMMITTEE HAS BEEN, UM, HELPING THAT AND MAKING THAT POSSIBLE. 
          UH, WE CAN'T DO IT ALL HERE, ALTHOUGH THINGS THAT AREN'T DONE FALL TO US TO DO. 
          AND, AND I'VE BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED BY THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS ON AN ONGOING BASIS. 
          AGAIN, KEEP GOING BACK TO THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEES TO ADDRESS SMALL BUSINESS, UH, HOUSING, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE VARIOUS NEEDS THAT WE'RE GETTING ON A, ON AN ONGOING BASIS. 
          I WILL SAY THE 46, UH, MILLION DOLLARS, UH, IS LIKELY FORMULA, UM, BASED ON POPULATION. 
          BUT THE ONLY REASON WHY THOSE FORMULAS STICK AND WE GET THAT MONEY HERE, IS BECAUSE THERE'S AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF ADVOCACY TO OUR DELEGATION FROM THE I G R COMMITTEE. 
          SO I DO WANNA COMMEND THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF COUNCIL MEMBER PALS AND THE COMMITTEE, UH, THAT'S HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE DAY, REGARDLESS OF WHEN WE'RE GETTING, UH, THE LETTERS THAT CONFIRM, UH, GRANT DISTRIBUTION. 
          SO IT'S A GREAT JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DELEGATION KNOWS THE MESSAGE TO SEND TO, TO WASHINGTON AND TO, UM, AUSTIN. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE, AGAIN, THE DISBURSEMENT THAT WE GOT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO IS PROOF POSITIVE THAT IT'S WORKING, UH, AND, AND THAT WE HAVE PARTNERS. 
          SO, GOOD JOB, UH, TO THE I G R COMMITTEE. 
          I ALSO WANNA, UM, MENTION COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN, UH, YOU KNOW, HAS, UH, TALKED ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO AS A COUNCIL, UM, TO BE INVOLVED IN THE I G R PROCESS. 
          THE, THE AGENDA IS ONE THING. 
          ADVOCACY IS AN ONGOING FIGHT. 
          SO, UH, WE ARE GONNA NEED, UH, ALL THE, ALL OF THE, UM, RESOURCES AND VOICES THAT WE HAVE ON THIS COUNCIL THAT 
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ARE WILLING TO GO TELL OUR STORY IN AUSTIN AND IN AND DC. 
          AND SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, I'M, UH, I, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOU UP ON THAT OFFER TO HELP, UH, CHAMPION THE CITY'S CAUSE. 
          AND I, I DO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU TO HELP, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE $46 MILLION OF RELIEF IS NOT THE END OF THE ROAD, UH, IN TERMS OF PANDEMIC RESPONSE FOR OUR CITY. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS, UH, ITEM BUSH A SECOND ON THE, ON THE FLOOR. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          I THINK, UH, WE'LL GO NOW TO ITEM 19. 
          [19. 20-7416 Resolution to initiate historic landmark designation for 9290 Leslie Rd and waive application fees totaling $5,957.20. Funding for the application fees is available in the Office of Historic Preservation General Fund FY 2021 Adopted Budget. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Shanon Shea Miller, Director, Office of Historic Preservation].]
ITEM 19 IS A RESOLUTION TO INITIATE HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR 9 2 9 0 LESLIE ROAD AND WAIVE APPLICATION FEES TOTALING $5,957 AND 20 CENTS, FUNDING FOR THE APPLICATION FEES AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION GENERAL FUND, FISCAL YEAR 2021, ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I MOVE TO TABLE THIS ITEM AND TO PLACE IT ON THE AGENDA FOR FULL COUNSEL ON FEBRUARY 4TH. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION, A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF I, OR EXCUSE ME, FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM, UH, 19 HEARING. 
          NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM 20, 
          [20. 21-1124 Ordinance amending an interlocal agreement with Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC) in the amount of $150,000.00 funded by the General Fund to authorize the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute to conduct an assessment of the City's mental health response and identify system improvements to the City’s first response system, informed by existing data on mental health response and integrated response best practices. [Maria Villagomez, Deputy City Manager; Melody Woosley, Director, Human Services]]
ITEM 20 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHWEST TEXAS REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, RAC, AND THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND TO AUTHORIZE THE MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE TO CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT, CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CITY'S MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE, AND IDENTIFY SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY'S FIRST RESPONSE SYSTEM INFORMED BY EXISTING DATA ON MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE AND INTEGRATED RESPONSE BEST PRACTICES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL MAYOR, I'D LOVE TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK THIS IS SOME TREMENDOUS WORK BEING DONE BY OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND I BELIEVE WE WOULD ALL ENJOY LEARNING ABOUT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I AM HERE. 
          READY TO DO THAT? ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, JOHN. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO ON NOVEMBER 14TH, 2019, THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN I L A WITH THE SOUTH TEXAS REGIONAL COUNCIL, UM, WHICH WE CALL RAC FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT CHRONIC CRISIS STABILIZATION INITIATIVE, WHICH IS C C SS I. 
          THE C C S I IDENTIFIES ENGAGES AND PROVIDES SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A SERIOUS AND PERSIST SERIOUS AND PERSISTENT MENTAL ILLNESS, AND HAVE FREQUENT INTERACTIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, EITHER THROUGH CHRONIC 9 1 1 CALLS, REFERRALS, OR THROUGH THEIR OWN INITIATIVES. 
          UM, THROUGH THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT, SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED $209,831 IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, UM, FROM THE GENERAL FUND WITH UP TO 927,000 ADDITIONAL FOR A SUCCESSIVE FOUR YEAR PERIOD SUBJECT TO CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS. 
          AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          WHAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES IS AUTHORIZES AN AMENDMENT TO THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH STR FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDING $150,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT A MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATION STUDY CONDUCTED BY MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE. 
          UH, THIS WILL HELP US IDENTIFY IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR, UH, FIRST RESPONSE SYSTEM TO ENSURE THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO INCIDENTS INVOLVING AN INDIVIDUAL IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. 
          UM, THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT IS $300,000. 
          AND MEADOW'S MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE WILL FUND HALF OF THAT AT 150,000, UM, FROM A GRANT THAT THEY HAVE. 
          SO WE ARE COVERING 50%, AND THEY ARE COVERING 50% OF THIS ASSESSMENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STRAC. 
          WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT STRAC LATELY. 
          UM, IT, IT IS THE ENTITY DESIGNATED BY THE STATE TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND MAINTAIN THE REGIONAL TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. 
          UM, STRAC ACTUALLY CREATED WHAT WE CALL THE STICK, WHICH IS THE SOUTH TEXAS CRISIS COLLABORATIVE. 
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UM, AND THE FOCUS OF THE STICK IS TO BETTER COORDINATE THE UTILIZATION OF SERVICES FOR THE SAFETY NET POPULATION, UM, AT THE INTERSECTION OF CHRONIC ILLNESS, MENTAL ILLNESS AND HOMELESSNESS IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          UH, THE COLLABORATIVE PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATED CRISIS SYSTEM ACROSS MAJOR PUBLIC PARTNERS, HOSPITAL PROVIDERS, PHILANTHROPY, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS. 
          SO, UM, ONE, A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT THE STICK DOES IS FOCUS ON DATA MANAGEMENT, UM, OVERSIGHT, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE PARTNERS DO WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO, AND DOCUMENTING AND CHRONICLING. 
          UM, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES? AND THEN, UM, ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF COORDINATING WITH M M P I TO IDENTIFY NOT JUST STATEWIDE, BUT NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, COORDINATING THIS CRISIS RESPONSE. 
          UH, I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT THIS EFFORT IS PART OF THE CITY'S REVIEW OF POLICE SERVICES THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, UM, ON DECEMBER 15TH. 
          AND ONE OF THE GOALS OF THIS REVIEW IS TO STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE TO 9 1 1 CALLS. 
          IN GENERAL, THE RESULTS OF THE WORK OF THE MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE, AND ANY SUBSEQUENT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, SPECIFICALLY, WHAT THIS AMENDMENT WILL DO, UM, IS, UH, PROVIDE FUNDING FOR M M P I TO DO A SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS FIRST RESPONSE SYSTEM. 
          SO WE'VE GOT A GOOD SYSTEM, WE'VE GOT ALL THE RIGHT PLAYERS, ALL THE RIGHT PIECES TOGETHER. 
          WE WANNA SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THAT SYSTEM THROUGH THIS ASSESSMENT. 
          UH, WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE SUPPORT, UH, TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. 
          AND THEN TOGETHER, WE WANT TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND WORK PLAN, UH, TO IMPLEMENT IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS FIRST RESPONSE SYSTEM. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, UH, FINAL SLIDE IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UM, OF AUTHORIZATION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE I L ARAC IN THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT A MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED BY MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE. 
          UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          UM, I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS, BUT, UM, BEFORE THE CHANCE GETS AWAY FROM ME, I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          MOTION TO SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF 20. 
          GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          VERY GLAD TO SEE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, WITH THE MEADOWS INSTITUTE. 
          UM, WILL THE ASSESSMENT BE LIMITED TO, UH, OUR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OPERATIONS? IT'S CITY COUNTY. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST THE, IT'S THE, IT'S THE ENTIRE COLLABORATIVE, WHICH INVOLVES PARTNERS FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND ALL OF THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM. 
          UH, IT'S GREAT. 
          AND WILL THAT, UH, ALSO INCLUDE, UH, AN EVALUATION OR, OR RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, ABOUT HOW WE CHANGE THAT? AND WILL THAT BE BASED ON MAYBE MODELS IN OTHER LOCATIONS? THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          OH, I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT DISCUSSION ONCE THAT'S COMPLETE TO, TO HAVE AT, AT COMMITTEE. 
          UM, WILL WE ALSO BE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL RESOURCES WITHIN OUR OWN COMMUNITY THAT WE MAY NOT BE USING YET? AND HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE? RIGHT. 
          IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE THERE. 
          SO, I'LL, I'LL LET YOU ANSWER AND, AND I'LL BRING UP AN EXAMPLE THAT, THAT I HAVE MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I THINK THAT, THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS RESOURCES THAT WE LEARN ABOUT WHEN WE DO THIS LEVEL OF SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT. 
          SO I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF PART OF THAT PROCESS DOESN'T INVOLVE THAT DISCOVERY. 
          THAT'S THE NICE THING ABOUT USING MEADOWS, IS THEY HAVE THIS STATEWIDE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THINGS WORK IN OTHER BIG CITIES. 
          AND SO THEY CAN ASK US SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT COULD POINT US TOWARDS THOSE RESOURCES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I RECENTLY MET WITH, UH, WITH THE SAN ANTONIO 
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CLUBHOUSE. 
          IT'S IN DISTRICT SEVEN, AND I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON, ON YOUR RADAR. 
          YOU, YOU MAY ALREADY BE AWARE OF IT, BUT, UH, SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE PROPOSING THAT, THAT WE CONSIDER AND MAY, I'M NOT SURE IF IT APPLIES TO FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, UH, CRISIS, UH, CARE, BUT MAYBE SUBSEQUENT CARE, IT HAS TO DO WITH A PEER SUPPORT MODEL THAT'S, THAT'S THE MODEL THAT, THAT THEY USE AT, AT THE CLUBHOUSE, AND POSSIBLY MAKING THAT AVAILABLE DURING, UH, DURING EXTENDED HOURS. 
          UH, ONE OTHER THING THEY MENTIONED TO ME, AND, AND AGAIN, PUT PARK THIS WHEREVER IT'S MOST, UH, HELPFUL, IT, IT MAY NOT BE, UH, RIGHT HERE, IS THAT MEDICARE DOES REIMBURSE FOR, UH, PEER SUPPORT COUNSELORS, BUT THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THEM TRAINED, UH, IN THE AREA. 
          SO I, I'D JUST LIKE TO, FOR US TO CONSIDER THAT IN THE FUTURE, UH, BECAUSE IF WE DO HAVE A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROGRAM AND, UH, OF THE POTENTIAL FOR MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT, I THINK WHAT WE'RE MISSING HERE IS PROBABLY THE, UH, THE EMPLOYERS. 
          UH, BUT IF THAT CAN HELP US OVERALL IN OUR MISSION WITH MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, SO THAT WE REDUCE THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PEOPLE WHO END UP IN A CRISIS MODE AND END UP CALLING ON PD, I, I THINK IT COULD BE A GOOD THING. 
          UM, SO ANYWAY, I, UH, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO BRING UP. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR, FOR THE INITIATIVE ON, ON THIS WORK, ERIC AND, AND DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          I, I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO LEARNING THE, THE RESULTS OF THE ASSESSMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER, WHERE DID THIS $150,000 COME FROM? YOU SAID IT'S COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WAS IT BUDGETED? I'M GONNA DEFER THAT QUESTION TO, UH, COUNCILMAN. 
          THIS IS MARIA. 
          UM, SO AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE HAD AN ALLOCATION OF HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FROM MENTAL HEALTH, UH, PROJECTS WITHIN OUR DELEGATE AGENCY, UM, BUDGET. 
          SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO USE 150,000 FROM THAT ALLOCATION WITH THIS. 
          I, SO THAT WAS MONEY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO, UH, VARIOUS NONPROFITS, THAT KIND OF THING, TO EXECUTE THE PROGRAM. 
          WE DID NOT INDICATE THAT AS PART OF THE PROCESS AT THE TIME, WE, UH, RECOGNIZED THE MENTAL HEALTH AS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON, AND WE DID NOT SPECIFY IF IT WOULD GO TO ANY INDIVIDUAL AGENCY. 
          WE FELT THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY OF PARTNERING WITH, UH, THE MEADOWS INSTITUTE WOULD PROVIDE US WITH AN ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO TACKLE THOSE, UH, ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ON MENTAL HEALTH. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. 
          BUT THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, THAT WAS, THE FUNDS WERE NOT LOCATED TO ANY SPECIFIC AGENCY. 
          AND, AND COUNCILMAN SPECIFICALLY, IT WAS THE, THE, THE CRISIS SITUATIONS THAT POLICE OFFICERS FIND THEMSELVES IN, UH, EITHER REPEAT 9 1 1 CALLS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF SUPPORT. 
          THAT'S THE SUPPORT THAT DR. 
          BRIDGER'S, UH, REFERRING TO IN THE PRESENTATION, BECAUSE MANY TIMES FAMILIES DON'T KNOW WHO TO GO TO AND, AND THEY CALL 9 1 1. 
          AND, AND IT'S REALLY MORE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT DEEP DIVE WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, IN, UH, ON THE POLICE SERVICES STUDY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I GUESS I ALWAYS HESITATE WHEN WE'RE PAYING FOR STUDIES, UM, AND NOT PUTTING THAT MONEY TOWARDS THE ACTUAL SERVICE. 
          AND, UH, ONE THING I, UH, REFER BACK TO THAT HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN, ONE OF THEIR ANCHOR THINGS THAT, UH, THEY PUT IN IT WAS, HEY, YOU JUST NEED TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO IT. 
          I HOPE THAT'S NOT WHAT THE INTENT OF THIS IS. 
          THAT, THAT WE'RE JUST GONNA GET BACK SOMETHING FROM THEM SAYING YOU NEED MORE MONEY IN IT. 
          UM, THAT ALWAYS, TO ME, THAT'S A, A COP OUT VERSUS WHAT CAN WE REALLY DO TO STREAMLINE AND WORK BETTER AND, UH, EXECUTE THE PROGRAMS BETTER THAN JUST THROWING MORE MONEY AT IT. 
          SO I HOPE THAT'S, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE GETTING THOSE SAME KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS PARTICULAR STUDY. 
          HAVING SAID THAT, ON THIS $150,000, SHOULDN'T WE ALSO BE, UH, SHARING THAT COST WITH THE OTHER OTHER PARTNERS IN THIS DEAL? WHY AREN'T THEY CONTRIBUTING TO THIS, THIS STUDY? THE OTHER PARTNERS BEING THE MEMBERS OF STICK WELL, THAT, OR THE COUNTY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RAC MEMBERS, UM, I, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL GONNA BENEFIT FROM THIS, RIGHT? THE ENTIRE SYSTEM IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS. 
          UM, IT, IT, IT IS LINKED CLOSELY WITH CALLS TO 9 1 1. 
          UM, AND SO WE DO BEAR THE DISPROPORTIONATE BURDEN OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE RESPONSES. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING I JUST WANNA MENTION IS THAT PARTICIPATION IN THIS ASSESSMENT, 
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UM, ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING. 
          SO RATHER THAN, UM, IT, UH, RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY SPEND MORE MONEY, IT MAY RECOMMEND THAT WE BE PART OF A NATIONWIDE, UM, FUNDING INITIATIVE TO STRENGTHEN THESE SYSTEMS. SO IT, IT'S A, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE RESOURCES COMING IN FOR MENTAL HEALTH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AGAIN, I, I KIND OF LOOK AT THESE STUDIES BASICALLY MIMICKING THINGS THAT WE ALREADY KNOW. 
          AND, UM, I, I, I, I DON'T LIKE SPENDING MONEY ON STUDIES, UH, FOR THESE TYPES OF ISSUES WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERTS ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM THAT KNOW A LOT OF WHAT THESE ANSWERS SHOULD BE. 
          SO, UH, I'M, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT THIS, BUT I THINK THAT WE, EVEN THOUGH WE SHARE THE MAJORITY OF THIS, THERE SHOULD BE OTHERS PUTTING SKIN IN THE GAME WITH DOLLARS TO HELP FUND THIS AND NOT JUST LOOK AT THE CITY AS A CASH COW TO PAY FOR, FOR EVERYBODY THAT WILL BE BENEFITING FROM THIS. 
          THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH THIS. 
          UH, AND, AND AGAIN, I, YOU KNOW, GOSH, WE GOT A LOT OF EXPERTS ON OUR STAFF AND EXPERTS ACROSS THE COUNTY, MEDICAL EXPERTS, EVERYBODY THAT WORKS TOGETHER, DO WE REALLY NEED TO DO ANOTHER STUDY ON THIS? I, I DON'T, I, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'LL, I'LL ACTUALLY SUPPORT THIS, BUT ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          UM, WISH WE COULD AVOID SPENDING ANOTHER $150,000 OUT OF OUR POCKET, OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND THAT COULD GO TO THE ACTUAL OPERATIONS. 
          THAT'S ALL I GOT, SIR. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 20. 
          UM, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          A AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? NAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ONE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          MOVE NOW TO, UM, OUR ZONING AGENDA. 
          INDIVIDUAL ITEMS LISTED ARE Z ONE, Z TWO, Z SIX, AND Z 10. 
          AS NOTED BEFORE, Z 13 HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NOT BE  TODAY. 
          UM, AND I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ITEMS ON ZONING. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE YOU'D LIKE TO BRING UP TO SPEAK ON A PARTICULAR ITEM, UH, PLEASE DO SO. 
          UH, WHEN I TURN THE FLOOR TO YOU, WE'LL START WITH 
          [Z-1. 20-7434 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700122 (Council District 1): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-6 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District to "RM-4 AHOD" Residential Mixed Airport Hazard Overlay District on the East 12.5 feet of Lot 11, Lot 12 and Lot 13, Block 2, NCB 6481, located at 1526 West Mistletoe Avenue. Staff recommends Denial, with Alternate Recommendation. Zoning Commission recommends Denial. (Continued from December 17, 2020)]
ITEM Z ONE. 
          ITEM Z ONE IS REZONING FROM R SIX TO R FOUR, LOCATED AT 1526 WEST MISTLETOE AVENUE. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION. 
          AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL. 
          25 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, 11 OPPOSED JEFFERSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. 
          AND THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO APPROVE DUE TO THE OPPOSITION EXCEEDING 20%. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER . 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, WE RECEIVED A LOT OF UPDATES, UH, JUST THIS WEEK ALONE REGARDING THIS PROJECT. 
          SOME MODIFICATIONS, UH, GIVING THE, UH, APPLICANT, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO AGAIN TALK WITH, UH, THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS. 
          AND SO THEREFORE, I MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE FEBRUARY 4TH MEETING. 
          SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM C ONE, HEARING. 
          NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? UM, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, WE CAN'T SEE YOUR SCREEN IF YOU'RE REGISTERING A VOTE, WOULD YOU, UH, VERBALIZE THAT? OTHERWISE, WE'LL MARK YOU ABSENT BECAUSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY. 
          MAYOR, I THINK HIS BANDWIDTH IS LOW. 
          HE'S GOT THE YELLOW MARK OVER HIS SCREEN. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE NOT EVEN GETTING AUDIO FROM JOHN. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL MARK HIM ABSENT FOR THAT VOTE. 
          UH, WE'LL MOVE NOW 
          [Z-2. 20-7422 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700242 HL (Council District 2): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "AE-2 AHOD" Arts and Entertainment Airport Hazard Overlay District to "AE-2 HL AHOD" Arts and Entertainment Historic Landmark Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 9 and the west 26.04 feet of Lot 10, Block B, NCB 604, located at 403 Montana Street. Staff recommends Approval. Zoning Commission recommendation pending the January 19, 2021 hearing.]
TO ITEM Z TWO. 
          ITEM Z REZONING FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION LOCATED AT 4 0 3 MONTANA STREET. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          40 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED? AND THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO APPROVE AS THE OWNER IS OPPOSED. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          MOTION FOR APPROVAL, UH, BASED ON STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 
          SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z TWO. 
          HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          AND I THINK YOU HAD, UM, 10 PRESENT. 
          TINA, IS THAT RIGHT? 
          [04:45:01]
I'M SORRY, MAYOR, WHAT'D YOU SAY? UH, YOU HAD 10 PRESENT, UH, AND NOTED THAT THIS REQUIRED NINE VOTES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, YOU'RE GOOD? YES, I DO. 
          SORRY, THERE'S CONSTRUCTION OUTSIDE MY WINDOW. 
          IT'S HARD TO HEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ALRIGHT, ITEM 
          [Z-6. 20-7380 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700250 (Council District 3): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-2 H RIO-5 MC-1 AHOD" Commercial Mission Historic River Improvement Overlay Roosevelt Metropolitan Corridor Airport Hazard Overlay District and "C-2 H RIO-5 AHOD" Commercial Mission Historic River Improvement Overlay Airport Hazard Overlay District to "IDZ-1 H RIO-5 MC-1 AHOD" Limited Intensity Infill Development Zone Mission Historic River Improvement Overlay Roosevelt Metropolitan Corridor Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in "MF-18" Limited Density Multi-Family District and  "IDZ-1 H RIO-5 AHOD" Limited Intensity Infill Development Zone Mission Historic River Improvement Overlay Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in "MF-18" Limited Density Multi-Family District on 1.499 acres out NCB 7672, located at 326 Riverside Drive. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.]
Z SIX. 
          ITEM Z SIX IS REZONING FROM C TWO TO I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN MF 18, LOCATED AT 3 26 RIVERSIDE DRIVE. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          10 NOTICES MAILED TO IN FAVOR. 
          ZERO OPPOSED. 
          AND THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED AN AMENDED SITE PLAN FOR THE RECORD. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR WORKING WITH MY OFFICE ON THIS AND FOR SUBMITTING THE REVISED SITE PLAN TO INCLUDE PUBLIC ACCESS POINTS. 
          UM, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS AN, UH, SECTION OF ROOSEVELT'S AVENUE THAT IS SEEN, UH, ROBUST INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, ACTIVITY WITH THE CITYWIDE BOND IMPROVEMENTS COMING UP, NEW BUSINESSES, AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA. 
          AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, INCLU PARTNER AGENCIES LIKE TXDOT, SARAH, AND THE CITY. 
          UM, AND I'M VERY, I'M VERY, UH, MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. 
          AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED. 
          SECOND AYE MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS Z SIX AS AMENDED. 
          UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM Z 
          [Z-10. 20-7430 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700048 (Council District 5): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-4 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District to "IDZ-2 AHOD" Medium Intensity Infill Development Zone Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted for five (5) dwelling units on Lot 4, Block 1, NCB 2183, located at 636 Ruiz Street. Staff recommends Denial. Zoning Commission recommends Approval.]
10. 
          THE 10 IS REZONING FROM R FOUR TO ID Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR FIVE DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 6 36 RUE STREET. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIALS ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 
          30 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, FIVE OPPOSED GARDENDALE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. 
          AND THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED AN AMENDED SITE PLAN FOR THE RECORD AND THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE ON THE LINE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UM, THANK YOU, UM, MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, SO, UH, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WAS NEITHER OPPOSED OR IN SUPPORT OR IN FAVOR. 
          DID THEY SUBMIT SOMETHING SAYING THEY WERE OPPOSED? YES, MA'AM. 
          THEY DID SUBMIT A LETTER OPPOSING, UH, WHAT THEY HAVE, UH, FOCUSED ON IS THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT AS OPPOSED TO THE RE UH, THE REQUESTED DENSITY. 
          SO, UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS THE, UH, THE DEVELOPER WAS STANDING BY. 
          UM, COULD WE HEAR ABOUT THAT? I, I, I, OF COURSE, I WAS AT THE SITE. 
          UM, AND, UH, THAT WAS ALSO MY CONCERN, THAT THE NEIGHBORS THERE ARE CONTAINER HOMES, UH, AND THAT THE NEIGHBORS DON'T REALLY LIKE CONTAINER HOMES, BUT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO THE DENSITY. 
          SO COULD, UM, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S STANDING BY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          ? YES, COUNCILWOMAN, THIS IS PATRICK CHRISTENSEN, THREE 10 SOUTH ST. 
          MARY'S, SUITE 2,700. 
          YEAH, IT RECENTLY, THE, THE FOCUS HAS BEEN MORE ABOUT THE USE OF CONTAINERS VERSUS THE, THE NUMBER OF, OF UNITS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING. 
          AND SO THE DEVELOPERS HAVE COMMITTED TO, I MEAN, THEY ARE CONTAINERS, BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY PUT, UH, SIDING ON THE CONTAINERS, FRONT PORCHES. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO, UM, TO MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE THE PROPERTY THAT'S IN, IN THE, IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. 
          AND WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT AND COMMIT TO DO THAT. 
          AND THEN, SO WE CAN, FOR THE RECORD FRONT PORCHES, UH, WHAT IS, ARE SIDEWALKS INCLUDED ON THERE? I DON'T THINK SO. 
          I DON'T THINK THE STREET HAS SIDEWALKS THERE. 
          SIDEWALKS? NO. 
          THE STREET DOES NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS. 
          NO, THE STREET DOES NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS. 
          IT'S A VACANT LOT. 
          UM, SO WE WILL BE PUTTING IN THE REQUIRED SIDEWALKS, WE CAN PUT IN THE FRONT PORCHES AND THE SIDING TO MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE THE HOUSING IN THE AREA. 
          UM, SO, AND I THINK THERE WAS SOME OTHER THINGS YOU COMMITTED TO THAT I'M NOT SEEING ON MY LIST NOW, BUT, UM, SO LANDSCAPING AND THAT SORT OF THING. 
          UM, SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE WHOLE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT I'M, UH, ESPECIALLY SUPPORTIVE OF IT, UH, ESPECIALLY, UM, INFILL BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED THAT DESIGN AS WELL. 
          UH, I, I HAVE A SHOTGUN HOUSE, UM, PILOT THAT I SHOWED TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, A FEW WEEKS AGO OR A WEEK AGO. 
          SO, UM, UH, AND THAT WAS REALLY THE, THE, THE CONCERN, UH, OF THE NEIGHBORS IS THAT THEY JUST DON'T LIKE THAT LOOK. 
          UH, SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU COMMIT TO THAT AND COMMIT TO CONTINUED, UM, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO THOSE THINGS TO MAKE THEM LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE TRADITIONAL. 
          IT IS IN OUR, UH, VERY, UM, HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WHILE THAT ONE IS NOT, UH, IT'S NOT A HISTORIC, UM, IT'S AN EMPTY LOT, BUT WE WANT TO MAINTAIN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UM, THAT, UH, 
          [04:50:01]
HISTORIC, UM, I GUESS DESIGN FEEL. 
          YEP. 
          I'M GONNA GO AHEAD, APPROVE THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, PATRICK, I'M, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS, UM, THIS ITEM, UH, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET PEOPLE HOUSED, UM, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, SO, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED. 
          THERE'S A MOTION. 
          DID I HEAR A SECOND FOR APPROVAL? SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z 10 AS AMENDED HEARING. 
          NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          AS NOTED BEFORE, ITEM E 13 HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WON'T BE CONSIDERED TODAY. 
          SO THAT'S EVERYTHING ON OUR AGENDA. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE AN EXEC SESSION, BUT LET ME TURN IT OVER TO 
          [23. 21-1106 City Manager's Report]
STATE MANAGER FOR A REPORT, IF THERE IS ONE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UH, JUST, UH, TWO ITEMS. UH, ONE, UH, QUICK VIDEO, UM, THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL. 
          WE, WE ALWAYS ARE FOCUSED ON OUR EMPLOYEES AT, UM, UH, AT METRO HEALTH OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR PUBLIC WORKS. 
          UH, BUT THERE'S A GROUP OF EMPLOYEES THAT, UM, THAT REALLY, UH, UM, TAKE CARE OF THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 
          UM, AND, UH, THEY, UH, I'LL, I'LL WE'LL RUN THE VIDEO. 
          UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE EMPLOYEES THAT, UH, WE MAY TALK TO ON THE PHONE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE BECAUSE THEY SERVICE THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          AND, UM, BUT THEY DO A VERY IMPORTANT JOB AS WE'VE COME TO LEARN OVER THE LAST 10 MONTHS. 
          JOHN, RUN IT, IT SERVICE US. 
          WHAT, CAN I HELP YOU? SURE. 
          CAN I GET YOUR SS A P NUMBER, SIR, WHEN YOU FIRST CALL, WE'RE THE FRONTLINE CALL TAKERS. 
          WE TAKE THAT CALL, WE TRY TO SEE WHAT YOUR ISSUE IS. 
          WE SUPPORT ANYBODY WORKING LATE, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE'RE WORKING FROM HOME. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF REMOTE PEOPLE THAT'LL STILL BE WORKING AFTER HOURS. 
          UM, SO IF THEY HAVE ANY TECHNICAL NEEDS AFTER HOURS, WE, WE SUPPORT THEM 24 7, 365, ALL THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS, EVERYTHING WE'RE HERE. 
          AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T ADDRESS FOR YOU, WE TRY TO DIRECT YOUR INCIDENT TO THE CORRECT DEPARTMENT SO THEY CAN ADDRESS THAT ISSUE FOR YOU. 
          UH, WE ALWAYS TRY TO WORK AS A TEAM. 
          TEAMWORK IS VERY VALUABLE TO US. 
          UH, COMMUNICATION IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          UM, I ENJOY HELPING OUT THE, UM, THE DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR, THEIR TECHNICAL ASPECT. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW THEY SUPPORT OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC, UH, AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO WE DON'T WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE PUBLIC, BUT WE, WE HELP OUT OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS TO, TO HELP WITH THE PUBLIC. 
          WE'RE KIND OF DIVERSIFIED HERE AT THE, THE SERVICE DESK THE SAME, BUT WE WORK WELL TOGETHER. 
          SO WE'RE ABLE TO, TO COLLABORATE AND TALK TO EACH OTHER, UM, AND WORK WITH EACH OTHER. 
          AND THEN I THINK THAT HELPS AS FAR AS AN, AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE DO. 
          UM, AND THAT, UM, IS ABLE TO RADIATE OUT INTO THE, THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AS WELL. 
          SO THAT WAY EVERYBODY'S ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO AND EXPLAIN THAT TO OUR CUSTOMER BY BEING PREPARED AND BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE. 
          WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AS ONE TEAM AND TRY TO PROVIDE THE BEST CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE FOR ALL COAST EMPLOYEES. 
          ALL RIGHTY. 
          INCIDENT NUMBER'S GONNA BE 9 7 2 4 1 5. 
          AND JUST BEING ABLE TO HELP THEM RESOLVE THEIR ISSUES AND GET THEM WORKING. 
          IT, IT REALLY PAYS OFF. 
          WHAT GIVES ME PRIDE AT THE END OF THE DAY IS MAKING SURE THAT EVERY CALL THEY NEEDED TO BE ANSWERED AND ADDRESSED, THAT WERE TAKEN CARE OF FOR THEM AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          ALRIGHT, THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          SO THERE ARE, UH, TWO, UH, TWO, UH, NUMBERS THAT I KNOW BY HEART. 
          MY OWN HERE, 2 0 7 83 36 AND 2 0 7 88 88 FOR THE I T S D HELP DESK, UH, EMPLOYEES OF, AND A GREAT JOB OF HELPING, UH, SUPPORT THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, UM, OVER THE LAST 10 MONTHS, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THIS REMOTE ENVIRONMENT. 
          UH, SECONDLY, MAYOR AND AND COUNCIL ON A, ON A SOMBER NOTE, UH, I WAS MADE AWARE OF, UH, DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY, UH, THAT, UH, WE HAD AN EMPLOYEE THAT PASSED AWAY, UH, TODAY, UH, FROM COVID. 
          HE HAD BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL. 
          HE'S A, UH, POLICE OFFICER AND HAS BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR, I BELIEVE, ALMOST 35 YEARS. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE THREE OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE HOSPITAL. 
          AND, UH, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THE COUNSEL'S AWARE OF, UH, FURTHER DETAILS. 
          UM, AND I'LL INCLUDE THAT IN, UH, IN AN EMAIL TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON. 
          BUT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT INFORMATION THAT WE DID HAVE, UH, A, A, UH, POLICE OFFICER PASS AWAY, UM, EARLIER TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          AND, UM, OUR, UH, OUR CONDOLENCES ARE WITH OUR CITY FAMILY AND, AND HIS FAMILY AS WELL. 
          UM, WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T WE, UH, OBSERVE 
          [04:55:01]
A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE? UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG YEAR AND, UH, LOSING ANYBODY, UH, ON OUR TEAM IS VERY DIFFICULT. 
          SO THANK Y'ALL. 
          OKAY, WE ARE GONNA GO 
          [Executive Session]
INTO, UH, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW. 
          UM, THE TIME IS 2:00 PM ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 12TH, EXCUSE ME, 21ST, 2021. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT COACH, SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS THE ITEMS THAT WERE POSTED ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR JANUARY 20TH, 21, BUT NOT REACHED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 8 7, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 1 0 7 2. 
          REAL PROPERTY SECURITY ASSESSMENTS OR DEPLOYMENTS RELATED TO INFORMATION RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGY, NETWORK SECURITY INFORMATION, OR THE DEPLOYMENT ARE SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY DEVICES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.089, SECURITY DEVICES AND AUDITS AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY COVID 19 PREPAREDNESS LEGAL OPTIONS AND SECURITY ADVICES AND AUDITS UNDER 5 5 1 0.071. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL SEE YOU ALL ON, UH, THE OTHER SCREEN. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THE TIME, TIME IS NOW 2:56 PM ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 21ST, 2021. 
          CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS NOW RECONVENED AN OPEN SESSION. 
          NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO TODAY'S MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. 
          THANKS, Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
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