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I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET READY TO START OUR MEETING.
UH, AV GO AHEAD TO SUNSET EVERY BOX.
THE TIME IS 9:05 AM ON THIS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH, 2021.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, A SESSION AGENDA, IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO? HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER EZ COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY WILL NOT BE WITH US TODAY.
ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
[1. 21-1376 Invocation]
US STARTED THIS MORNING, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR.I'M PROUD TO INTRODUCE TODAY'S INDICATOR.
HE'S A DISTRICT SIX RESIDENT WHO'S LIVED IN THE GREAT NORTHWEST FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS.
MR. PTED IS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.
HE ENLISTED IN 1957 AND SERVED UNTIL 61 IN THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND COMBAT DEFENSE FORCES WITH DUTIES IN SPECIAL WEAPONS SYSTEMS SECURITY, AND AS A DEFENSE TEAM LEADER.
HE THEN STUDIED AT THE DIVINITY SCHOOL OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA AND RETURNED TO THE SERVICE IN 1972.
HE SERVED AS AN AIR FORCE CHAPLAIN FROM 1972 TO 1988 IN NEW JERSEY, THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, OHIO, ALASKA, AND THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.
DURING THAT TIME, HE PROVIDED CHAPLAIN SERVICES FOR PATIENTS AND STAFF AT FOUR MAJOR AIR FORCE MEDICAL CENTERS, INCLUDING WOLFFER HALL.
HE HAS ALSO SERVED AS THE AIR FORCE FIRE AND POLICE CHAPLAIN.
IN ADDITION TO HIS MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE, HE SERVED SAN ANTONIO AS A MEMBER OF THE DOWNTOWN HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND CHAIRED THE SAN ANTONIO FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
HE WAS ALSO ACTIVE IN THE SAN ANTONIO VOLUNTEER FIRE CORPS UNTIL THE DISSOLUTION IN 1993, HE PRACTICED MINISTRY IN EPISCOPAL PARISHES ON LONG ISLAND AND WORKED TO SUPPORT THE DIOCESE BY PROVIDING INTERIM LEADERSHIP IN 10 DIFFERENT PARISHES ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS.
HE'S MARRIED TO DENISE AND WILL BE CELEBRATING HIS 57TH ANNIVERSARY NEXT WEEK.
CONGRATULATIONS, MR. MRS. LESTON.
HE HAS FIVE KIDS AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN, TWO TWIN GRANDCHILDREN.
I'M SO HONORED TO HAVE SOMEONE OF HIS CALIBER IN DISTRICT SIX AND DEEPLY APPRECIATE HIS WILLINGNESS TO SHARE HIS WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY TODAY.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MR. PLATON.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR NEWBERG AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I WANT YOU TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND RUN PAST, UH, YOU SOME IDEAS THAT I THINK ARE PROBABLY GONNA PROVOKE SOME, SOME THOUGHTS OF YOUR OWN.
UH, YOU'LL ALL RECALL THE, THE EVENTS OF NINE 11 WHEN, UH, THE WAR RIGHT CENTER WAS ATTACKED.
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CALLED UP MANY OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS TO ACTIVE DUTY IN THE NATIONAL GUARD AND IN THE, UH, RESERVES.
AND, UH, THE PENSION FUND CALLED A MEETING AT THE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION HALL, IN WHICH THEY WANTED TO DISCUSS CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE, UH, THE GUYS' PENSIONS COULD BE CONTINUED AND PREMIUMS PAID WHILE THEY WERE ON ACTIVE DUTY.
AND AS WE WENT THROUGH THAT, UH, THAT MEETING, THERE'S SEVERAL OF THE, UH, DEPARTMENT LEADERS WERE CALLED UPON TO SPEAK.
AND, UH, BY SURPRISE, THEY CALLED UPON ME, I GUESS BECAUSE I HAPPENED TO BE CHAIRMAN OF THE, OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AT THE TIME.
AND IT KIND OF CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE.
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SO I STOOD UP AND BY THE TIME I WALKED OVER TO THE MICROPHONE, I HAD AN IDEA AND I LOOKED OUT OVER THE CROWD AND I, I RAISED MY HANDS AND I SAID, WELL, LOOK AT ME.AND THEN I TURNED TO ANOTHER PERSON THAT WAS STANDING CLOSE BY AND I SAID, NOW, LOOK AT THIS OTHER PERSON.
HE HAS STRAIGHT BLACK HAIR, DARK BROWN EYES, AND LIGHT BROWN SKIN.
AND THEN I SAID, THIS PERSON HAS BLACK KINKED HAIR, DARK EYES, AND DARK SKIN.
WE LOOK DIFFERENT BECAUSE OUR FOREBEARERS ALL CAME FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD.
BUT WE ARE HERE TOGETHER AND WE ARE ALL AMERICANS.
WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO DEFEND AMERICA FROM ITS ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, AND WE WILL DO OUR DUTY.
AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A PEP TALK TO THE GUYS, UH, 'CAUSE I HAD A LITTLE TO SAY TO 'EM ABOUT PATIENT FUNDS AND PREMIUMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO FURTHER STATE TO YOU IS THAT AMERICA STILL HAS ITS ENEMIES.
WHILE WE HAVE THOSE THAT WOULD BOMB US AND, UH, SHOOT AT US AND DO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THEY CAN TO, TO MAIM US, KILL US.
WE ALSO HAVE A HISTORY OF DOMESTIC TERRORISTS.
AND I'M THINKING OF THE SUBTLE ENEMIES THAT ARE IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS, NOT NECESSARILY OTHER FOLKS.
THEY CONTINUE THEIR INSIDIOUS AND EVIL BEHAVIOR WITH OUTRAGEOUS THINGS TOWARD THOSE WITH DIFFERENT IDEAS.
UH, THE DETAILS OF GOVERNMENT ON CONTINUING DISTRUST AGAINST AND DOING HARM TO OTHER AMERICANS BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT, NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR PROVEN ENEMIES, KEEPING OUR SOCIAL DISPLEASURE AND OUR HISTORICAL WOUNDS OPEN.
SO LETTING US HATE OTHER AMERICANS.
YOU CAN THINK OF SOME JUST AS WELL AS I CAN.
WE CAN DESTROY THE POWER OF FOREIGN ENEMIES, BUT CAN WE BEAT THESE TERRIBLE DOMESTIC ENEMIES? HOGO, THE CARTOON ONCE SAID, WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY.
IS THAT TO REMAIN SO THESE PREVENT US FROM BECOMING WHAT WE CAN BE AS A NATION BY PUTTING US AGAINST EACH OTHER, GETTING BETWEEN US WITH THEIR DESTRUCTIVE NATURES.
UH, THEY WILL NOT BE VANQUISHED UNLESS WE TAKE THEM.
WE TAKE THEM ON LIKE PHYSICAL ENEMIES, LIKE OTHER BAD THINGS IN OUR HEARTS AND HEADS.
RECOGNITION THAT THEY EXIST IS NOT ENOUGH FOR CHANGE TO HAPPEN.
IT TAKES TRUE COMMITMENTS AND WORK TOWARD THAT POINT.
BECAUSE TO MAKE CHANGES IN OUR ATTITUDES ABOUT AND PERCEPTIONS OF OTHER AMERICANS IS NOT AN EASY TASK.
THOMAS JEFFERSON KNEW ABOUT THESE ENEMIES.
HE WROTE THIS MORNING'S IN VOCATION.
AND I HAVE CONTEMPORIZED IT A LITTLE BIT TO SET ASIDE WHATEVER THOUGHTS YOU HAVE.
AND PLEASE LISTEN AND JOIN ME WITH YOUR HEARTS ALMIGHTY GOD WHO HAS GIVEN US THIS.
WE PRAY THAT WE MAY ALWAYS PROVE OURSELVES MINDFUL OF YOUR FAVOR.
AND GLAD TO DO YOUR WILL, BLESS WITH HONORABLE INDUSTRY, SOUND LEARNING AND CIVIL MANNERS.
SAVE US FROM VIOLENCE, DISCORD, AND CONFUSION FOR PRIDE AND ARROGANCE, AND EVERY EVIL WAY.
DEFEND OUR LIBERTIES AND FASHION INTO ONE UNITED PEOPLE.
THOSE BROUGHT HERE FROM MANY PEOPLES AND CULTURES.
GIVE THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM TO THOSE TO WHOM WE ENTRUST THE AUTHORITY OF GOVERNMENT, THAT THERE MAY BE JUSTICE AND PEACE AT HOME, AND THAT WE MAY SHOW YOUR GREATNESS AMONG GOOD NATIONS OF THE EARTH IN GOOD TIMES.
FILL OUR HEARTS WITH THANKFULNESS AND IN TIMES OF TROUBLE, LET OUR TRUST IN YOU NOT FAIL.
WHERE AFTER THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, THE MAYOR OF SAN ANTONIO,
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AND TO ALL IN AUTHORITY, WISDOM, AND STRENGTH, TO KNOW AND TO DO YOUR WILL, FILLED THEM WITH THE LOVE OF TRUTH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS.AND KEEP THEM MINDFUL OF THEIR CALLING TO SERVE THIS PEOPLE TO THE JUDGES AND OFFICERS OF OUR COURTS.
GIVE UNDERSTANDING AND INTEGRITY THAT HUMAN RIGHTS MAY BE SAFEGUARDED AND JUSTICE SERVED.
WE PRAY FOR COURTS OF JUSTICE THAT YOU BLESS THE MAGISTRATES IN THIS LAND, GIVING THEM THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING, AND TO DISCERN THE TRUTH AND IMPARTIALLY ADMINISTER THE LAW TO SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES AND THOSE WHO MAKE OUTLAW IN STATES, CITIES AND TOWNS.
GIVE COURAGE, WISDOM, AND FORESIGHT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF ALL OUR PEOPLE AND TO FULFILL OUR OBLIGATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY OF NATIONS.
AND FINALLY, TEACH OUR PEOPLE TO RELY ON YOUR STRENGTH AND TO ACCEPT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS.
THAT THEY MAY ELECT TRUSTWORTHY LEADERS AND MAKE WISE DECISIONS FOR THE WELLBEING OF OUR SOCIETY THAT WE MAY SERVE YOU FAITHFULLY AND IN OUR GENERATION.
WE COMMEND OURSELVES TO YOUR FUL CARE.
THAT BEING GUIDED BY YOU MAY BE WAY, DWELL, SECURE IN YOUR PEACE.
NOW IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING, BLAME THOMAS JEFFERSON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE LESSON IN THE PRAYER CHAT.
GREAT TO BE WITH YOU THIS MORNING.
[2. 21-1377 Pledge of Allegiance]
IF YOU CAN JOIN US IN A, UH, 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.
OKAY, UM, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO OUR AGENDA TODAY.
[3. 21-1378 Approval of Minutes from the City Council Meetings on October 29, 2020, November 4, 2020, and November 5, 2020]
ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF OCTOBER 29TH, NOVEMBER 4TH AND NOVEMBER 5TH.I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES.
I THINK I HEARD A, A MOTION FROM ROCHE GARCIA.
WE HAVE ONE ITEM TODAY LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
I DO HAVE, UH, A FEW ITEMS FROM THE ZONING AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION TWO.
SO LET ME READ THOSE AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHERS, UH, TO ADD FOR, UM, OR TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
NOW I HAVE ITEMS FOUR Z ONE, P THREE AND Z SEVEN AND Z 15, ALL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? MAYOR, ITEM 19, PLEASE.
THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
OKAY, I HAVE, UH, 13 BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
19 BY COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.
ANY OTHERS? SIR? JUST POINT OUT THAT ITEM 16 WAS PULLED BY STAFF.
ITEM 16 WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY.
IT HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION.
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IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, UM, CONSIDERATION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.THAT'S ALL ITEMS FOR 4 13 19 Z ONE P3 Z SEVEN AND Z 15.
UM, I DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT FOR ITEM NUMBER 22.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
UM, MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD.
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YES.UM, ITEM ONE ITEM ON THIS AGENDA THAT YOU DO NEED TO PULL FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, AT THIS TIME IS THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 22, THE IDEA OF A TAX INCREMENT REFINANCING ZONE FOR THE ESPERANZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER PROPERTIES OVER ON COLORADO STREET TO, UH, NEAR GUADALUPE STREET.
UH, BASICALLY, UH, ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILLION TAX DOLLARS OF OUR, OF THE ESPERANZAS.
WHAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD NORMALLY WOULD GO TO US, THE CITIZENS WILL INSTEAD GO TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR, THEIR GALLERY AND STUDIOS ON, ON COLORADO STREET, SUPPOSEDLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
NOW, THESE LOCATIONS ARE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THEIR HEADQUARTERS ON SAN PEDRO AVENUE AND ITS ADMINISTRATION.
NOW, YOU SEE D ESPERANZA PASSES ITSELF OFF AS A PATRON AND A PROTECTOR OF MEXICAN, MEXICAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY AND CULTURE.
BUT HOWEVER, IT DOES HAVE ANOTHER AGENDA THAT I'M, I'M SURE MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE OF.
BUT, BUT, UH, IT, UH, NOT, NOT MANY DOESN'T GET MUCH, MUCH, UH, PUBLICITY TO OVER THE YEARS THAT YES, BROSS IS A VERY, IS KNOWN FOR, ALSO KNOWN FOR ITS, UH, HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA, A VERY PRO HOMOSEXUAL, PRO-ABORTION OR ITS ORGANIZATION.
THERE ARE ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF, OF SIGNS IN FRONT OF THE ESPERANZA, UH, PROMOTING PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
IN FACT, JUST ADJACENT TO THEIR HEADQUARTERS IS AN ACTUAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD ABORTION FACILITY.
AND OVER THE YEARS, FOR YEARS, THE, THE ESPERANZA HELEN ANNUAL, UH, HOMOSEXUAL FILM FESTIVAL, AND THE, UH, AND, AND FOR YEARS, IT, IT HAS, UH, LAMBASTED, UH, CONSERVATIVE GROUPS AND CAUSES AND, AND PROMOTED THE, THE, THE LIBERAL POLITICAL CAUSES.
IT HAS HELD SEMINARS AT ITS HEADQUARTERS HAVE IN HOW TO DEFEAT CONSERVATIVES AND THEIR CAUSES.
IN FACT, JUST ONE, UH, UH, JUST A FEW, JUST RECENTLY, IN RECENT YEARS THAT THERE, THEY HELD A, UH, A SEMINAR AMONG HOW ABOUT, QUOTE, HOW TO LOBBY YOUR, YOUR LEGISLATOR REGARDING TRANSGENDER ISSUES.
AND THAT ONE WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
WELL, UH, SOME INDIVIDUALS FROM THE CONSERVATIVE COMMUNITY, UH, ATTENDED THAT ONE.
SO ONE INDIVIDUAL DID, AND THAT PERSON, UH, DID, DID NOTHING WRONG.
HE WAS, UH, OB OBSERVING IT QUITE, QUITE RESPECTFULLY AND SO FORTH.
AND WHAT HAPPENED, THEY TOLD HIM TO LEAVE.
WELL, WHEN THE PERSON DIDN'T LEAVE, THEY, THEY HAD TO DRAG HIM OUT OF THERE BY MEANS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
EVENTUALLY GOT TO TRIAL AND, AND THE, AND THE JUDGE, UH, DISMISSED THE ENTIRE CASE DIRECTOR.
OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO, UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
LET ME START WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO.
AND I NOTE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HAS ITEMS TO HIGHLIGHT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, IF YOU CAN JUST RAISE YOUR HAND, I'LL KEEP YOU ON THE QUEUE.
UH, I AM VERY HAPPY TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 12 ON OUR CONSENT TO AGENDA TODAY.
THAT IS THE BROOKS CITY BASE STINSON CORRIDOR EXTENSION THAT WE PASSED.
THE VOTERS PASSED ON THE 2017 BOND PROJECT.
A LOT OF GROWTH HAS BEEN HAPPENING THERE, CONTINUED GROWTH IS HAPPENING THERE, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S ALSO TRAFFIC CONGESTION THERE.
AND TO BE PROACTIVE ON THAT POINT IN THE BOND, WE WORKED TO GET THAT EXTENSION, THAT ROAD EXTENSION.
SO NOW THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE AN EXTENSION FROM RESEARCH PLAZA FROM INNER CIRCLE CIRCLE TO SOUTH PRESA STREET.
IT WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FOUR-LANE ROAD, A MEDIAN CURBS, SIDEWALKS, A SHARED USE PATH, LANDSCAPING, AND A NEW SIGNAL AT THE SOUTH PRESA STREET AND STORM DRAIN SYSTEM.
AND THIS IS GOING TO CONNECT US EASIER AND SAFER TO STINSON AIRPORT FOR THAT GROWTH IN THAT COMMUNITY.
UM, SO IT WILL ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CONGESTION THERE.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, THANK YOU TO STAFF AND TO THE TEAM AT BROOKS.
SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO HIGHLIGHT THIS.
AND, UM, CONGESTION RELIEF IS COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE STAFF DOES A LOT OF GREAT WORK AND, UH, UH, UNFORTUNATELY IT SEEMS TO FLY UNDER THE RADAR WHEN WE LEAVE IT ALL ON, ON CONSENT.
UH, BUT FIRST I'LL START WITH, UH, A, AN APPOINTMENT.
UH, ITEM 15, I DO WANNA THANK MS. ROXANNA VARGAS OF THE BRONZE
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STATION WEST NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ACCEPTING AN APPOINTMENT TO THE ETHICS REVIEW BOARD.UM, SHE IS A RETIRED C F O, UH, IN THE OFFICE OF THE UNDERSECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE FOR ACQUISITION, UM, AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT.
AND SHE'S ALSO A 2019 YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS.
SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED THAT, UH, AWARD IN THE PAST.
I ALSO WANNA THANK PAUL STALL FOR HIS CONTINUED LEADERSHIP ON THE SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD.
UM, ITEM 18 IS A REALLY IMPORTANT, IT'S AN AGREEMENT WITH U T S A FOR AN OPIOID SUBSTANCE, UH, INTERVENTION PROGRAM.
AND, UH, I, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS BECAUSE, BECAUSE EVERY YEAR, SORRY, EVERY MONTH, ABOUT 6 MILLION AMERICANS OVER THE AGE OF 12 HAVE USED A PRESCRIPTION DRUG IN A NON-MEDICAL WAY.
UM, DRUG OVERDOSE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH IN THE US TODAY.
UH, STARTED SHOOTING UP, UM, PROBABLY IN THE, A LITTLE BIT OVER THE PAST DECADE.
AND THE NUMBERS ARE JUST REALLY STRIKING IN A SINGLE GENERATION.
UH, THE CAUSE OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO THIS PROGRAM WILL HELP HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS BY PROVIDING TAILORED HEALTH EDUCATION, TESTING, AND PERSONALIZED SUPPORT.
SO I WANNA THANK METRO HEALTH FOR, FOR THEIR WORK ON THAT.
AND LASTLY, I, UH, WANT TO, UM, CELEBRATE, UH, ITEM 24, WHICH IS AN AGREEMENT WITH BLINK CHARGING COMPANY TO INSTALL PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WE KNOW THAT IS GOING TO HELP US MAKE A BIG LEAP IN, UH, PEOPLE ADOPTING THE USE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES RIGHT NOW.
A CURRENT BARRIER TO THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS IF I RUN OUTTA JUICE WHEN I'M SOMEWHERE? SO, UH, HAVING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLED WILL BE TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL.
SO THANK YOU MR. ANTHONY ALANDO FOR, FOR JOINING US.
UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD ON THAT PROJECT.
YES, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 11.
UH, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT COME UP FOR CONSENT, AND, UH, MANY OF THEM ARE, ARE HIGHLIGHTED AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF OUR, UH, PROJECTS FROM OUR 2017 BOND PROPOSAL.
AND, UH, THIS IS FOR THE, UH, INITIATION, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF, UH, CLASSEN, STUBING PARK.
UH, ALL OF THESE, EXCUSE ME, PROJECTS FROM 2017 BOND PROJECTS SEEM TO TAKE A LONG TIME TO COME TO FRUITION, BUT WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS ONE COME THROUGH.
I PARTICULARLY WANT TO THANK, UM, THE FRIENDS OF CLASSON, TUBING PARK, ART DOWNEY, AND, AND THE PEOPLE HE'S WORKED WITH TO SUPPORT THIS.
UH, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THIS.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE, UH, MITCHELL CHANG FOUNDATION FOR THE PLAYGROUND THAT IS GOING TO BE PART OF THIS PARK.
IT IS GOING TO BE AN ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND SO THAT, UH, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WITH ANY KIND OF DISABILITY, UH, CAN ENJOY ALL OF THE FEATURES OF THE PLAYGROUND INCLUDED IN THIS PARK.
UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE COMPLETION OF THIS PARK, UH, IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE SUPPORT FOR ITEM 22, UH, THE, THE GREAT WORK THAT ESPANZA IS DOING AT
UH, WANT TO THANK COUNCIL GONZALEZ AND THE WESTSIDE TOUR FOR, UH, UH, CREATIVELY FINDING THE SOLUTION TO, TO BE INCLUSIVE OF THOSE FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THIS GREAT PROJECT.
IT'S AN AREA THAT, UH, HAS, HAS SHOWN TO, TO BUILD, UH, UH, WITH SOME UNIQUE, UH, MATERIALS LIKE EARTHING CONSTRUCTION, AND, UH, A LOT OF GREAT EVENTS NOT TOO FAR FROM THE GUADALUPE.
UH, SO IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT, GREAT INVESTMENT.
UM, WE'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, THE, THE FINISH OUT, UH, WHEN IT COMES SOON.
UM, AND I HAVE, UM, ONE ITEM I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION.
UH, I WANNA THANK, UM, SUE HAIL LATU, UH, WHO HAS SERVED AS A MAYORAL APPOINTEE TO THE SAN ANTONIO ARTS COMMISSION SINCE 2015 FOR CONTINUING HIS SERVICE.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, MANY OF US KNOW, UH, SUE HALE PR PRETTY WELL.
UM, HE BELIEVES THAT THE SAN ANTONIO ARTS COMMISSION PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN ADVOCACY SUPPORT, AND MAKING SURE OUR CITY IS AWARE OF ITS ARTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT
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LARGE.AND SO, I WANNA THANK, UH, SUE HALE FOR HIS CONTINUED COMMITMENT ADVOCATING FOR ARTS AND ARTISTS AND ART AGENCIES, UH, IN HIS CONTINUING ROLE ON THE COMMISSION.
SO, THANK YOU AGAIN, SUE HALE.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE, THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR Z ONE, P THREE, Z SEVEN, Z 15.
ITEM 13, ITEM 19, AND THEN ITEM FOUR.
ALRIGHT, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
[4. 21-1388 Briefing on the City's response and preparedness on COVID-19. [Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD, Assistant City Manager, Interim Director, Health] ]
TO CARRIES.ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A BRIEFING ON THE CITY'S RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS FOR C OVID 19.
MAYOR, I'LL KICK THIS OFF THIS MORNING, UH, AND THEN HAND IT OVER TO COLLEEN.
UM, SO, UH, A LOT HAS HAPPENED OVER, OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS.
UM, ON THE PANDEMIC SIDE, UH, MOST OF THE COUNCIL HAVE SEEN OUR NUMBERS IMPROVE, INCLUDING OUR POSITIVITY RATE, OUR CASE RATE, AND, UM, AND HOSPITALIZATIONS.
ON THE VACCINATION SIDE, UH, WE'VE CONTINUED TO DEAL WITH A, UH, HIGH DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY, UH, REGARDING, UH, HOW MUCH VACCINE, UH, WE RECEIVE, UH, WHEN WE RECEIVE IT AND, AND WHERE IT WILL GO.
UM, THERE IS, UH, STILL NOT ENOUGH VACCINE FOR OUR MASS VACCINATION SITES.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER AN INTERNAL CALENDAR OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS, UH, THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK AT THE ALAMO DOME.
UM, WE WILL NOT BE DOING FIRST DOSES.
UM, AND WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON, BE FOCUSING ON, UH, THE, UH, ISSUANCE OF SECOND DOSAGES.
UM, WE ARE WORKING, UH, THE PHONES DAILY, UH, WITH VACCINATION LEADERSHIP AT BOTH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL, UM, TO SEE AT WHAT POINT CAN WE EXPECT TO GET ADDITIONAL, UH, VACCINATIONS INTO BEXAR COUNTY.
UM, WE DO CONTINUE TO BE FLEXIBLE AND, AND SEIZE UPON ANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT ALLOW US TO, UM, INCREASE THAT AMOUNT, UM, AND VACCINATE OUR COMMUNITY.
ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT IS WHAT WE'VE KICKED OFF THIS WEEK, UM, WHICH IS A PROGRAM TO, UH, VACCINATE HOME, HOME BOUND SENIORS IN COORDINATION WITH MEALS ON WHEELS.
UH, WE ROLLED THAT PROGRAM OUT THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND METRO HEALTH LEADERSHIP, UM, THAT RESULTED, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE I GOT A CALL FROM THE STATE LAST WEEK ASKING IF WE COULD PULL TOGETHER A PRO A PLAN QUICKLY TO VACCINATE, UH, A THOUSAND HOME BOUND SENIORS.
AND I TOLD THEM YES, UH, WITHOUT CHECKING.
UM, AND SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, WE, WE STAY POISED AND PREPARED TO, TO RESPOND TO PHONE CALLS LIKE THAT, UH, UNTIL SUPPLY INCREASES, THEN, UM, UH, WE SHOULD, UH, WE WILL TAKE ALL ADVANTAGE OF, OF THAT, UH, EVERY OPPORTUNITY.
UM, WE ARE MAKING SLOW, UH, BUT STEADY PROGRESS ON VACCINATING, UH, THE COMMUNITY AND, AND ARE REALLY ONLY ABLE TO DO IT, UM, THROUGH, UH, THE HELP OF HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND, AND STAFF FROM, UM, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, NOT JUST METRO HEALTH AND, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I DO, BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO COLLEEN, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS OVERALL EFFORT, UM, BEING, UM, UH, FROM, UH, UH, UNIVERSITY HEALTH, UH, UT HEALTH AND WELLMED.
EACH ONE OF THEM IS OPERATING A MASS VACCINATION HUB AND ARE, UH, CRITICAL PARTNERS, UH, IN THIS WORK.
SO, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO COLLEEN TO GIVE YOU, UM, AN UPDATE, UH, IN DETAIL.
COLLEEN, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
I'M GOING TO, UM, SIMILARLY TO WHAT I DID THREE WEEKS AGO, COVER, UM, A FEW, A FEW KEY HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE SIDE, AND THEN SPEND THE MAJORITY OF TIME FOCUSING ON VACCINATIONS.
SO FAR, UM, WE HAVE OVER 177,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR C OVID 19.
UM, WE ARE SEEING IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR SEVEN DAY ROLLING AVERAGE.
UM, WE ARE SEEING, UH, A GOOD TREND FOR OUR POSITIVITY RATE, WHICH IS NOW DOWN TO 11 4% UP FROM A HIGH OF OVER 19%.
UM, WE HAVE CONFIRMED SO FAR 2100 DEATHS, UM, AND RIGHT NOW ARE ESTIMATING THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 13,000 PEOPLE WHO, UM, HAVE C OVID 19 AND ABOUT 171,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECOVERED.
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THIS IS THE, UM, LATEST EPI CURVE THAT WE HAVE.UH, AGAIN, JUST KIND OF SHOWING YOU THE FACT THAT THIS LATEST SURGE IS, UM, LONGER, SLOWER, UM, A LITTLE LESS STEEP THAN THE ONE WE HAD IN THE SUMMER.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT GRAY, UM, SEVEN DAY AVERAGE FIGURE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE NUMBERS HAVE NOW STEADILY BEGUN TO DECLINE.
SO, AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, UM, WE HAVE FOUR PRIMARY PRIORITIES FOR VACCINATION.
UM, KEEPING TRACK OF THE, THE DOSES THAT ARE HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY, AND, UM, HOW MANY OF THOSE HAVE BEEN GIVEN.
UH, FIGURING OUT WAYS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO MASS VACCINATION CLINICS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT EQUITY IS THE, AT THE HEART OF VACCINE DISTRIBUTION, AND THEN CLEARLY COMMUNICATING TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE VACCINE IS AVAILABLE.
SO LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE DOSES SO FAR, RIGHT NOW, THE STATE IS REPORTING THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED 331,000 DOSES HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY.
UM, SO FAR THE PAPERWORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON 186,000 OF THOSE DOSES.
UM, WHAT WE KNOW ANECDOTALLY IS THAT NOBODY IS SITTING ON DOSES.
AS SOON AS THEY GET THEM, THEY GIVE THEM.
UM, AND SO WE, WE KNOW THAT IT'S A, A PAPERWORK CHALLENGE, THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THOSE TWO NUMBERS.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU AT THE ALAMO DOME, UM, WE HAVE GIVEN OVER 32,000 FOR, UH, VACCINATIONS.
AND THAT, UM, ACROSS THE FOUR MASS VACCINATION HUBS, UH, WE HAVE GIVEN OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOSES OF C OVID 19, UH, VACCINE.
SO, A REMINDER, THIS IS THE MAP.
UM, YOU'VE ALL HEARD ME TALKING ABOUT THE PRIORITY CENSUS TRACK WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SERVING THE AREAS THAT ARE MOST IN NEED.
UM, HERE IS THAT MAP SHOWING WHERE THOSE PRIORITY CENSUS TRACKS ARE, SO THE, THE DARKEST PURPLE COLOR, UM, AND ALSO SHOWING WHERE THE FOUR MASS VACCINATION CLINICS ARE LOCATED.
UM, THIS MAP SHOWS YOU OF THE FOUR MASS VACCINATION CLINICS, UM, WHERE THE PEOPLE LIVE WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A, A PRETTY GOOD DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE CITY, UM, BUT THE MAJORITY ARE KIND OF IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.
UM, THIS REPRESENTS ABOUT 57,000, UM, PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN VACCINATED WITH THE FIRST DOSE ONLY.
UM, NOW ONE THING IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IS THAT, UM, WHEN THE STATE SENDS US VACCINES, THEY SEND ALONG SOME RULES.
AND ONE OF THE RULES IS THAT WE, UM, CANNOT SERVE JUST PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN BEXAR COUNTY.
WE HAVE TO SERVE ANYBODY, UM, FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND SO, UH, ABOUT 13% OF THE VACCINATIONS THAT WE'RE GIVING AT OUR MASS VACCINATION SITES, ALL FOUR OF THEM, UM, ARE BEING GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUTSIDE BEXAR COUNTY.
SO, AGAIN, LOOKING AT EQUITY, UM, WE ARE EXPANDING THE USE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, UM, TO HELP ENROLL PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN PRIORITY CENSUS TRACKS.
UM, SO FAR OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS HAVE REGISTERED OVER 6,000 PEOPLE, UM, FOR THE C OVID 19 VACCINE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE AN OPTION FOR PEOPLE AT THE ALAMO DOME TO CALL 3 1 1, AND THEY HAVE, UM, SIGNED UP OVER 5,000 PEOPLE FOR VACCINATIONS.
AND THEN, UM, STARTING NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE WELLMED, UM, MASS VACCINATION CLINIC AND HAVING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, UM, SIGN 600 PEOPLE A WEEK UP FOR APPOINTMENTS AT THE TWO WELLMED SITES.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE, THE BEST WAY THAT, UM, WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THOSE PRIORITY CENSUS TRACKS, UM, WHO DO FALL IN THE PHASE, UM, ONE A AND ONE B ARE ABLE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT AND GET THEIR VACCINATION.
UH, THE CITY MANAGER ALLUDED TO OUR NEWEST EFFORT, UM, THAT CAME ABOUT INCREDIBLY QUICKLY, BUT, UM, WE ARE EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ROLL IT
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OUT, UM, IN A NUMBER OF DAYS.UM, THIS WEEK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS, UM, PROVIDING HOME-BASED VACCINATION FOR HOME BOUND SENIORS WHO ARE EITHER, UM, LIVING IN A SAHA FACILITY OR WHO ARE CURRENTLY, UM, PROGRAM MEMBERS FOR MEALS ON MEALS.
SO AGAIN, THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO, UM, ARE NOT ABLE TO LEAVE THEIR HOME AND GO TO A MASS VACCINATION SITE TO BE VACCINATED.
UM, WE HAVE A THOUSAND DOSES TO GIVE THIS WEEK, AND WE ARE WELL ON TRACK TO BE ABLE TO FINISH THAT BY SATURDAY.
UM, THE NEXT PRIORITY IS COMMUNICATION.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO, UM, ACTIVELY AND PROACTIVELY COMMUNICATE, UH, WITH PRESS RELEASES, SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATES.
WE HAVE TWO, UM, ADDITIONAL TOWN HALLS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING TOWN HALLS PRETTY REGULARLY THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEAR THAT'S BEEN WORKING WELL.
UM, WE HAVE PSAS, EVERYTHING WE DO IS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
UM, OF COURSE, THE MAYOR'S BRIEFING, UM, HAS CHANGED TO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
UM, AND THEN WE PITCH STORIES TO THE MEDIA FOR DISTRIBUTION, INCLUDING TOURING THE VACCINATION SPACE AT THE DOME.
FOR EXAMPLE, UM, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK, UH, WE HAD A FILM CREW FROM H B O HERE IN THE CITY, AND THEY WERE FILMING, UM, THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE VACCINATION ROLLOUT HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY.
UM, THIS IS A YEAR LONG FILMING OF A DOCUMENTARY, SO THEY WILL BE RETURNING A NUMBER OF TIMES, UM, TO CONTINUE TO DOCUMENT THOSE.
THE WORK HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, THEY'RE DOING IT ACROSS A NUMBER OF CITIES AND COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE US.
THE OTHER THING WE'RE DOING IS, UM, A LOT OF BILLBOARDS AND SIGNAGE, UM, BOTH ON VEHICLES AND IN PARKS.
I KNOW ANYTIME I GO TO ONE OF OUR CITY PARKS, I SEE THE DO IT FOR SA UH, SIGNS, UM, THROUGHOUT.
SO WE'RE DOING THAT AGAIN WITH THE FOCUS ON THE DO IT FOR SA THAT, UM, WILL BE EVERGREEN ALSO FOR OUR VACCINATION EFFORTS WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE NEED TO START, UM, ADVERTISING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE VACCINATED, WHICH IS NOT RIGHT THIS MINUTE.
UM, WE ALSO ARE AVERAGING, UM, ABOUT SEVEN TV SPOTS A WEEK ON TV.
UM, FIVE ENGLISH STATIONS, TWO SPANISH STATIONS.
OUR TOTAL MONTHLY IMPRESSIONS ARE 3.3 MILLION ADULTS.
WE'RE RUNNING 10 SPOTS A DAY ON 24, UM, RADIO STATIONS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
AND THE TOTAL MONTHLY IMPRESSIONS ARE 1.8 MILLION ADULTS.
AGAIN, JUST A REMINDER, UM, THAT THE STATE HAS OPENED UP ELIGIBILITY FOR PEOPLE IN PHASE ONE A AND PHASE ONE B.
UM, SO YOU HEAR ME KIND OF SUMMARIZE THAT AS, UM, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL PERSONNEL, FIRST RESPONDERS, LAST RESPONDERS, AND ANYBODY OVER THE AGE OF 65 AND ANYBODY 16 AND UP WITH AT LEAST ONE CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITION.
UM, NEXT SLIDE IS THE END, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
BRIDGER, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION RELATES TO THE, UH, MAP REGARDING VACCINATION, UH, DISTRIBUTION.
IF YOU COULD PULL THAT BACK UP NOW HERE.
UM, IT SAYS THE, THE NUMBER OF FIRST DOSE VACCINATIONS ON THIS CHART IS, UH, 57,000.
HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO THE NUMBER THAT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO BEXAR COUNTY? ARE THESE JUST OUR, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH AND MASS VACCINATION SITES? THESE ARE ONLY THE MASS VACCINATION SITES.
SO WELLMED, UT HEALTH, UNIVERSITY HEALTH, AND THE ALAMO DOME.
UH, SO ALL THE OTHER PROVIDERS, UH, THAT ARE DISTRIBUTING, WE DON'T HAVE THE ZIP CODE DATA ON THOSE.
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FOR YOUR HARD WORK, UH, PRESENTATION AND FOR, UH, STICKING WITH US, UH, THROUGH THIS, UH, UM, UH, A FEW QUESTIONS.I, I, I HAVE TO SAY, I I THINK WE'VE MADE A TREMENDOUS, UH, PROGRESS, UH, METRO HEALTH HAS, AND, AND THE PARTNERS HAVE IN A VERY, VERY SHORT TIME SINCE THE VACCINE HAS BECOME AVAILABLE.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, TO MAKING MORE PROGRESS AS, UM, AS THE MORE MORE VACCINES BECOME AVAILABLE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WHITE HOUSE OR, OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A, HAS A PLAN FOR US, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, I, UH, I, I WANNA GO OVER THE FOUR PRIORITIES.
I THINK WE'RE, YOU'RE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB AT MEETING ALL OF THEM, UM, IN TERMS OF MONITORING, EXPANDING ACCESS, EQUITY, AND COMMUNICATION.
I, UM, I'LL START WITH, UM, SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF TEXAS, UH, RECEIVING THE VACCINE AND SORT OF WHAT'S OUR, OUR GUIDELINES, UH, ON THAT.
WE, I ALWAYS SAY WE HAVE TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND, AND TODAY I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE VERY, VERY LIMITED VACCINES THAT WE RECEIVE FROM, FROM THE STATE.
SO CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ANY SORT OF, UH, PREQUALIFICATIONS OR, OR HOW WE'RE ENSURING THAT ALL THE VACCINES ARE GOING TO THOSE MOST IN NEED AT THE MASS VACCINATION SITES? WE, UM, ORIGINALLY WERE TOLD BY THE STATE THAT, UM, WE COULD NOT TURN AWAY ANYBODY FROM ANYWHERE.
UM, WE HAVE SINCE GOTTEN CLARIFICATION, UM, THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY LIMIT IT JUST TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN TEXAS.
UM, SO THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK, SO THAT WAS HELPFUL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T VERY MANY PEOPLE THAT WE WERE AWARE OF, BUT THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE FLYING INTO SAN ANTONIO IN ORDER TO COME BE VACCINATED.
SO, YEAH, I, I JUST WANNA PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, UM, THAT WE KNOW OF.
UH, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE REQUIRE IS, UM, A SOMETHING THAT SHOWS, AND IT CAN BE ANYTHING, UM, SOMETHING THAT SHOWS THAT YOU LIVE IN TEXAS.
UM, AND SO THAT IS, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE USING.
NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A FRIEND WHO'S HOOKING THEM UP WITH AN ADDRESS IN TEXAS.
WE, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY WAY OF, OF POLI POLICING THAT.
BUT THOSE ARE THE OFFICIAL RULES THAT WE HAVE PUT OUT THERE.
THAT'S A, THAT'S VERY SENSITIVE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY WHO ACTUALLY LIVE HERE, BUT JUST MAY NOT HAVE, UM, FOR SOME REASON A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, WHAT ABOUT CONDITIONS, HEALTH CONDITIONS? UM, WE ARE BEING FAIRLY, UM, BROAD IN OUR DEFINITION OF CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
THIS IS DEFINED BY THE C D C AND THE STATE.
UM, AND SO I, YOU KNOW, AT THE ELMO DOME, WHICH IS THE PLACE THAT I KNOW BEST, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF GONE BACK AND FORTH ON HOW CLOSELY DO WE VERIFY THE EXISTENCE OF THESE.
UM, AND I THINK WE PROBABLY OVERCORRECTED A LITTLE BIT LAST WEEK, UM, IN, IN KIND OF THE VERIFICATION PROCESS.
WE HAVE SINCE SCALED THAT BACK WITH A FOCUS ON, UM, THIS IS A MASS EVENT.
WE NEED TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE IN AND OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND WE WERE FINDING SOME DELAYS AS A RESULT OF THIS KIND OF SECOND LAYER OF VERIFICATION.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO A LARGE EXTENT, FOR THE ENTIRE MASS VACCINATION EFFORT, WE HAVE TO RELY ON, UM, THE INTEGRITY AND HONESTY OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND WHO ARE COMING TO GET VACCINATED.
AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE BEING GREAT.
UM, SO WE HAVE A, A NUMBER OF HUBS, UH, OPERATING.
AND I GUESS, COULD YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ANY COORDINATION, UH, GOING ON AMONG THEM? UH, SO WE'VE GOT U H SS, UT HEALTH, US, AND, AND, AND WELLMED.
UM, WE HAVE A WEEKLY VACCINE LEADERSHIP CALL, UH, THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN WITH ALL OF THE MASS BACK, UM, PROVIDERS.
AND, UM, OF COURSE, WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE CALL WITH WELLMED.
UM, THERE'S SOMEBODY FROM METRO HEALTH ON THAT CALL TO, TO STAY IN THE LOOP WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING AS WELL.
UM, WELLMED IS AN INTERESTING SITUATION BECAUSE WE TRANSFER THE DOSES THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT RECEIVES TO WELLMED.
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ARE NOT OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE AS A HUB, BUT THEY'RE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB, UM, USING THOSE 9,000 DOSES THAT WE TRANSFER TO THEM.WE'RE IMPRESSED, UH, EVERY TIME WE'RE ON THE, ON THE PHONE WITH THEM.
SO WE, WE HAVE, UH, FOR MY COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE A TH TH RICE WEEKLY CALL, UH, WITH WELLMED TO, TO CHECK IN, UM, ON, ON HOW IT'S GOING AND ANY ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WE CAN, UH, PROVIDE, UH, IN, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT EQUITY BEING AT THE HEART, AND, UH, I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT WE HAVE THOSE, UM, THE MAPS, UH, SHOWING, UH, DENSITY OF, OF WHERE THE VACCINES ARE GOING.
UM, ARE THE OTHER HUBS WILLING TO, UH, TO I GUESS GO, GO WITH US ON THAT, ON THAT ANALYSIS WHEN IT COMES TO HOW ARE WE VACCINATING IN TERMS OF GEOGRAPHY, UH, ETHNICITY OR AGE? IS, IS THAT INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO SHARE WITH US? UM, I DON'T KNOW.
I WAS VERY, UM, PLEASED WITH THE FACT THAT THEY DID SHARE THEIR VACCINATIONS BY ZIP CODE DATA THAT WAS COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY.
UM, WE HAVE A MEETING TODAY TO LOOK AT THIS MAP AND TALK ABOUT WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO SHARE.
SO, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN ASK, UM, AT SOME POINT THE STATE WILL BE ABLE TO PULL DATA FOR US FROM THEIR SYSTEM THAT SHOWS IN BEXAR COUNTY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
I CAN TELL YOU AT THE ALAMO DOME, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT 51% OF THE, UM, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED ARE HISPANIC.
27% ARE WHITE, 5% ARE BLACK, AND 3% ARE ASIAN.
UM, THE REMAINING 10% DECLINE TO SPECIFY, UM, THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE ARE SEEING THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
UM, THE STATE IS SEEING, UM, A LOT MORE, UM, WHITE PEOPLE VACCINATED THAN ANY OTHER, UM, RACE OR ETHNICITY.
UM, SO I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING WITH OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE HERE.
AND, AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, SHARE THOSE AND ENCOURAGE ALL VACCINATORS TO DO THAT.
UM, ONE THING I WANNA ADD REALLY QUICKLY IS THAT, UM, THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED, UM, SOME DOSES GOING TO PRIVATE PHARMACIES, AND WE WILL BE SHARING OUR PRIORITY CENSUS TRACK MAPS WITH THOSE PRIVATE PHARMACIES AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO SELECT LOCATIONS THAT ARE WITHIN THOSE PRIORITY CENSUS TRACTS OR EITHER THEIR BRICK AND MORTAR SITES OR THEIR MOBILE SITES.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S GREAT NEWS.
I THINK, UM, I THINK THE NUMBERS, THE BREAKDOWN OF THE ALAMO ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO COMPARE THEM TO WHERE OUR, SORRY, WHAT DO, WHAT DO OUR CASELOADS LOOK LIKE? RIGHT.
UH, SO THAT THOSE MOST IMPACTED, OF COURSE, UH, UH, GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.
AND, AND WE CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT A FULL PICTURE, WHICH IS, WHAT ARE THE OTHER, HOW ARE THE OTHER HUBS ACCOMPLISHING THEIR, THEIR WORK AS WELL? SO I DO HOPE THAT, THAT, UH, COLLABORATION CAN, CAN HAPPEN.
HEINRICH, UH, LAST NIGHT, UH, AND ASKED
UH, SO I HOPE THAT MAYBE BY BOTH OF US ASKING, UH, WE CAN, WE CAN GET IT.
UM, HE SAID HE WOULD, HE WOULD LOOK INTO IT.
UM, THAT I DO HAVE JUST, UH, ONE QUESTION FOR, FOR G P A, UM, AND, AND WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE.
UM, I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF JEFF IS ON, BUT, UH, WE DO KNOW THAT THE NEWS STATIONS CARRY OUR NIGHTLY, UM, UNFORTUNATELY WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPANISH LANGUAGE NEWS STATIONS, ONLY ONE OF THEM AIRS THE NEWS AT 6:00 PM THE OTHER ONE'S AT 5:00 PM SO HAVING THAT, UM, AVAILABLE IN SPANISH FOR PEOPLE TO VIEW ON THEIR OWN AT A LATER TIME, I, I THINK IS, IS REALLY CRITICAL.
UM, JEFF, ARE WE MAKING THAT A AVAILABLE, UH, VIA, UH, AN INTERPRETER SO THAT IT'S ALL IN SPANISH? I KNOW DR.
WU WAS ABLE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS IN SPANISH LANGUAGE YESTERDAY, WHICH I THINK WAS ABSOLUTELY, UH, GREAT.
IT REALLY SPEAKS TO OUR SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THAT SHOULD HAPPEN MORE OFTEN, ACTUALLY.
BRIDGER IS ABLE TO DO THAT TOO.
IT'S, UH, IT IS LIVE ON OUR SS A P FEED, UH, FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS, SO THEY CAN GET AT THAT.
AND WE ALSO POST IT, UH, TO YOUTUBE AFTER THE FACT SO THAT, UM, SPANISH SPEAKERS CAN GET THAT, UH, GET THAT FEED.
AND, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS THE TV STATIONS AND THEIR NEWSCAST TIMES.
WE RUN INTO THAT ON THE WEEKENDS, UM, AS
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WELL, UH, WHERE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT, THEY DON'T HAVE SIX O'CLOCK NEWSCAST NECESSARILY, SO, SO, I'M SORRY.SO THERE'S AN INTERPRETER OR IT'S, UH, OR IT'S CLOSED CAPTIONED.
AND YOU CAN SELECT THAT, UH, SPANISH LANGUAGE OPTION THROUGH YOUR, YOUR REMOTE OR YOUR TELEVISION.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH U I W, UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND AND DO THE FLU VACCINE HERE AT DAWSON PARK.
UM, AND WHAT WE STARTED TO REALIZE IS THAT THE INNER CORE OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE STILL HAVING ISSUES GETTING IN OR GETTING TO THE VACCINATION SITE THERE AT THE ALAMO DOME.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL COORDINATING, UM, HOW WE'RE REACHING OUT, BUT TO KNOW THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS IS SOMEWHERE LISTENING TO OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS TO PICK UP THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOW BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO VACCINES TO OUR HOME BOUND RESIDENTS IS A PLUS.
AND SO WE WANNA THANK YOU, UH, DR.
BRIDGER FOR CONTINUING TO WORK AND, UH, THANK CHIEF HOOD ON MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE VACCINES AND ALSO MEALS ON WHEELS.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR FAITH-BASED OUTREACH THAT ARE ASKING BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE INNER CORE OF OUR CITIES.
HOW DO THEY BECOME A PARTNER WITH EITHER THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, TO BECOME A VACCINATION SITE? DO YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT THE PLANS ARE? I KNOW THEY WANT TO, UM, AT LEAST PRE-REGISTER, UM, THEIR, THEIR OLDER PARISHIONERS.
AND SO WANTED TO FIND OUT HOW ARE WE, UM, MEETING THAT NEED.
WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF, UM, CHURCHES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS REACH OUT TO US WITH OFFERS TO BE A SITE, UM, FOR VACCINATIONS.
AND WE ARE KEEPING AN INVENTORY OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO REACH OUT TO US.
UM, SO THAT WHEN WE GET APPROVAL FROM THE STATE TO START DOING GLOBAL VACCINATIONS, WE WILL KNOW WHERE WE CAN GO FIRST.
UM, WE HAVE FOUR MOBILE UNITS THAT WE CAN DEPLOY FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, TO DO THESE KIND OF MOBILE VACCINATION EVENTS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY A NUMBER OF VENDORS WHO ALSO WOULD LIKE TO DO THESE MOBILE, UM, UNITS, UH, VACCINATION EVENTS.
AND SO WE ARE PREPARING, IN FACT, WE SPENT SOME TIME YESTERDAY COMING UP WITH A PLAN FOR WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? HOW DO WE STAFF IT? WHEN DO WE THINK WE MIGHT ROLL IT OUT? ALL OF THESE THINGS WE'RE SETTING UP ALL THE, SO THAT THE MINUTE THE STATE SAYS YOU CAN, WE WILL.
AND THAT'S SO GOOD TO HEAR DR.
BRIDGERS, THAT WE'RE ALREADY BEING, UM, PROACTIVE AS WE ARE GOING FORWARD AND HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ARE WE WORKING WITH THE HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND THOSE SERVICE, UH, PROVIDERS THROUGH THE M I H TEAM, UM, FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT WITHIN THE MEALS ON WHEELS, UM, CATEGORY, AND HOW ARE WE REACHING OUT TO THOSE COMPANIES? SO, UM, THE, YES, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO THIS FIRST WEEK WE PARTNERED WITH SAHA AND MEALS ON WHEELS.
UM, IF WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THIS BE AN ONGOING INITIATIVE WHERE WE ARE ALLOCATED THIS ADDITIONAL THOUSAND DOSES A WEEK, UM, WE WILL EXPAND THAT PARTNERSHIP TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT WORK WITH HOME BOUND SENIORS.
WE'VE ESTIMATED THAT THAT WILL BE ABOUT 10,000 SENIORS.
UM, AND THAT IT WILL TAKE US APPROXIMATELY 20 WEEKS TO DO THE FIRST DOSE AND THE SECOND DOSE FOR THOSE 10,000 HOME BOUND SENIORS.
UM, ONCE WE GET THROUGH ALL OF THE SENIORS THAT WE ARE AWARE OF WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE WILL THEN OPEN UP SOME SORT OF CALL IN NUMBER FOR PEOPLE TO CALL IF WE HAPPEN TO MISS ANYBODY.
SO, UM, AGAIN, LIKE ALL THINGS VACCINE, THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO FAST.
UM, BUT WE WILL GET TO EVERYBODY EVENTUALLY.
AND, AND MY LAST QUESTION THAT I HAVE, DR.
BRIDGER, IS WE KNOW THAT PFIZER HAS KIND OF BEEN OUR, OUR KIND OF DELAYED, UM, LOOKING AT THE DOSES AND THEN MODERNA LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE MOVING A LITTLE FASTER.
IS THERE ANY PLAN TO SHIFT FROM USING PFIZER TO JUST USING MODERNA? ARE WE STILL GONNA CONTINUE JUST TO USE THE TWO? WE WILL USE WHATEVER
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THE STATE GIVES US.UH, WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT PUTS US IN THE BEST SHAPE TO RECEIVE AS MUCH VACCINE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, EACH OF THEM HAS DIFFERENT PROS AND CONS AND WE'VE ADAPTED AND ARE USING BOTH, UM, AT THE ALAMO DOME AND ARE JUST, WE'LL JUST TAKE WHATEVER, WHEN JOHNSON AND JOHNSON BECOMES AVAILABLE, WE'LL USE IT TO WHATEVER THE STATE SENDS US.
'CAUSE THAT WAS GONNA BE THE NEXT THING.
UM, UH, I GUESS BECAUSE THERE, IT WAS A REPORT THAT CAME OUT THAT A LOT OF THE LONG-TERM LIVING FACILITY, UM, WORKERS ARE NOT TAKING THE VACCINE.
AND SO SOME QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN, IS IT BECAUSE HEALTH WORKERS ARE NOT RECEIVING THE VACCINE THAT WE'VE HAD THE AVAILABILITY TO, TO KIND OF SPEED UP, UM, THE PROCESS TO GETTING IT OUT INTO OUR SENIORS ARMS OR, UM, WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THAT LOOKING LIKE, BECAUSE THERE IS SOME, I GUESS, MISINFORMATION ON WHO'S TAKING IT, WHO'S NOT TAKING IT, IF HEALTHCARE WORKERS ARE TAKING IT, IF THEY'RE NOT TAKING IT.
AND SO COULD YOU JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE IT IS, UM, A REPORT THAT IS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
THE, UM, LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES, UM, WERE OFFERED VACCINATION AT THE EARLIEST, UM, THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND C V SS.
UM, SO, UH, HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES WERE OFFERED THE VACCINATION BEFORE PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY ELSE.
UM, YOU ARE RIGHT THAT NOT EVERYBODY WHO WORKED IN A SKILLED NURSING FACILITY OR A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY CHOSE TO BE VACCINATED.
UM, AND WE ARE NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHY THAT IS.
UM, WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS, UH, THEY DIDN'T WANNA BE FIRST.
UM, SO MAYBE IF WE OFFER THEM A SECOND OPPORTUNITY NOW THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE VACCINATED HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY, UM, THEY'LL BE A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
UH, WE'RE NOT SURE, BUT THEY WERE GIVEN THE FIRST CHANCE TO BE VACCINATED.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA.
I, I WANNA START OFF BY, BY SHOWING, AND I'M SORRY, I'M NOT A GRAPHIC DESIGNER, SO I'M GONNA HOLD THIS UP, BUT THIS IS WHAT I SEE.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT PICTURES TELL STORIES AND I BELIEVE THAT MAPS, UM, ARE, YOU KNOW, DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
AND, AND WHAT I SEE HERE IS THAT YOU COULD DRAW A LINE PROBABLY ACROSS THIS MIDDLE SECTION, AND SO YOU COULD SEE THE DARK SPOTS IN THE RED, AND THE MAP IS THE NUMBER OF DEATHS, COVID RELATED DEATHS.
AND THEN THE OTHER MAP IS THE, UM, MAP OF THE VACCINATIONS.
AND YOU COULD SEE THAT THEY'RE DARKER, UM, IN THE, UH, NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY.
AND THE ONLY REASON THAT I PUT THIS SIDE BY SIDE IS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS, UH, SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON.
AND SO I WANTED JUST TO, TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOU ALL, AND I, I KNOW, I'M SO SORRY IF YOU PROBABLY CAN'T SEE IT TOO WELL, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH MY COLLEAGUES, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONCERN FOR, UM, ACCESS, UH, IN, IN, IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE AREA, UM, IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY, ET CETERA.
AND WE'VE DONE A LOT TO REACH OUT TO CERTAIN ZIP CODES, UM, SPECIFICALLY JUST THROUGH, UH, ACCESS TO, TO A HUB, RIGHT? SO LIKE WELLMED.
SO WE KNOW THAT FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO WELLMED ARE, UM, LIVING, UH, ARE ARE REACHING OUT AND, AND ARE BEING BENEFITED.
AND SO, BY THE WAY, THE AGE GROUP, IT'S THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TARGETING, IT'S GREAT.
I STILL THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME ADDITIONAL WORK, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.
AND SO THAT MAP PROVES THAT WE HAVE TO STILL DO BETTER.
BRIDGER MENTIONING THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEND, FOR INSTANCE, ZIP CODES, UH, TO THESE DIFFERENT PHARMACIES THAT ARE COMING IN TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP US WITH THESE DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND I, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, THAT MAKES ME FEEL A WHOLE LOT BETTER, RIGHT? THAT WE'RE STILL, UM, YOU KNOW, DOING THAT, BUT THERE'S STILL SOME CONCERNED AMONG, AMONG SOME OF OUR OTHER RESIDENTS THAT MAYBE DON'T LIVE IN THE SOUTH OR IN THE WEST.
AND SO THEY MIGHT BE AFRAID THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH VACCINES IN THEIR AREAS.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY SEE THAT THEY SAW THAT MAPS SO THAT THEY COULD SEE THAT THEY STILL ARE GETTING A LOT OF ACCESS TO, TO THE VACCINES.
AND THE REASON THAT I'M SAYING THIS IS ALSO BECAUSE WE LEARNED, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT SOMEBODY PUT TOGETHER A FAKE DOCUMENT OF SOME SORT.
IT REALLY TOOK A, A GENIUS OF SOME SORT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT TOGETHER THIS DOCUMENT AND TRICK PEOPLE INTO SIGNING UP FOR THE WELLMED
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SITES.WELLMED IS NOT TAKING ONLINE APPOINTMENTS AT ALL.
SO WELLMED IS ONLY TAKING THEM BY PHONE BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WANTED TO LEVEL THE PLAYING GROUND.
ALMOST EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO A PHONE.
NOT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO A COMPUTER.
SO WE LEARNED, UM, THAT THERE WAS SOME FOLKS THAT WERE UPSET BECAUSE THEY HAD SIGNED UP ONLINE FOR THIS WELL, MED, UM, VACCINATION CLINIC.
WE DIDN'T LEARN FROM OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS WERE NOT USING THE ONLINE SYSTEM, BUT WE LEARNED THAT SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES, UM, HAD RECEIVED PHONE CALLS IN THEIR OFFICE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WELLNET THEN HAD TO BACKTRACK AND CALL EVERYBODY.
THEY FOUND THIS LIST, THEY WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY BY EMAIL PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP AND THOUGHT THEY HAD AN APPOINTMENT, WHICH THEY DIDN'T.
AND SO IF YOU, UM, IF YOU GO BACK AND, AND YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT IT, THESE PEOPLE HAD ACCESS TO ONLINE COMPUTERS, THEY SIGNED UP, THEY HAD AN EMAIL.
SO WELLMED RIGHTFULLY REACHED OUT TO THEM, EMAILED THEM ALL AND SAID THIS WAS A FAKE ACCOUNT.
I'M SORRY, YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED FOR THE VACCINE.
THE REASON THAT I'M BRINGING THIS ALL UP IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE HAVE GREAT INFORMATION, UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A, A POSSIBILITY OF SHARING SOME ADDITIONAL MAYBE WEEKLY VACCINE INFORMATION SO THAT WE COULD ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE SO THAT WE COULD ALL SHOW THAT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.
IT'S NOT, UM, A NORTH VERSUS SOUTH RIGHT NOW.
IT'S EVERYBODY ALL HANDS ON DECK.
AND I THINK THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WOULD HELP ARE THE ZIP CODE REPORTS, FOR INSTANCE.
SO EVERY TIME THAT I, UM, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, I'VE BEEN MENTIONING CERTAIN ZIP CODES, RIGHT, THAT HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE WELL ME SITE.
WE DO KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE ZIP CODES ARE IN THE SOUTH, BUT WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR FRIENDS ALSO IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY ARE ALSO RECEIVING, UM, A FAIR SHARE OF, OF VACCINES IN THE SOUTH AND THE WEST SITES THAT WELLMED HAS SET UP.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE OFTEN THAN JUST SAID AN A SESSION PRESENTATION.
I KNOW WE GET GREAT REPORTS, UM, UH, ON A DAILY BASIS FROM, FROM, UM, METRO HEALTH AND FROM ERIC, CAN WE INCORPORATE SOME OF THAT VACCINE MOVEMENT AS WELL? I THINK IT'LL HELP US, UM, AGAIN, JUST JUST BE ON, ON THE SAME PAGE.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO DO THAT? I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT TRICKY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T, DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF VACCINES, BUT ARE WE ABLE TO DO THAT SOMEHOW, ERIC OR, OR DR.
BRIDGER? I THINK THIS WOULD SOLVE SOME OF OUR, OUR PROBLEMS. SO THE MAP THAT I SHOWED YOU TODAY IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT.
ALL OF THE MASS VACCINATION PROVIDERS HAVE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING US THE DATA ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT MAP EVERY WEEK, UM, ON A THURSDAY AFTER, UM, THE VACCINE LEADERSHIP TEAM.
SO YES, THAT IS THE PLAN TO SHARE THAT MAP EVERY WEEK.
ALSO, UM, I HAVE, I HAVE A QUESTION.
HOW DO WE RECOMMEND, OR IS THERE A WAY FOR OUR, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT OFFICES TO, UM, HELP WITH IDENTIFICATION EVENTUALLY ONCE WE GET EVERYBODY ON THE WHEEL, MEALS ON WHEELS, FOR INSTANCE, VACCINATED ON THEIR LIST? LIKE HOW DO WE, UM, RECOMMEND ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADD HOME BOUNCING OR, SO MAYBE IF SOMEONE IS NOT A PART OF MEALS ON WHEELS OR THEY'RE NOT IN A SAHA, UH, COMPLEX, HOW, UM, HOW, HOW CAN WE HELP EVENTUALLY? OR, OR WHERE DO YOU SEE US FITTING INTO TO THAT PICTURE? SO RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, WE KNOW WHAT WE, WE HAVE ESTIMATED, THERE ARE ABOUT 10,000 HOME BOUND SENIORS THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THAT WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO.
UM, AND THAT'S THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SOURCES INCLUDING, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS KIND OF, UM, UH, FREQUENT RESPONSE ADDRESSES BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE HOME BOUND.
UM, THE EMER OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UM, LIST THAT WE HAVE IN CASE OF DISASTERS OF HOME BOUND SENIORS.
SO WE, WE ARE AWARE OF A NUMBER OF, OF TO 10,000 SENIORS, UM, WHO ARE HOME BOUND.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO START THERE.
UM, WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S BETTER THAN HAVING EVERYBODY CALL RIGHT AWAY.
LET US GET THROUGH WHO WE KNOW.
ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THAT, WE WILL REACH OUT TO YOUR OFFICE AND TO OTHERS TO TRY TO GET THE, THE REMAINING REMAINING SENIORS WHO STILL NEED TO BE VACCINATED.
AND I THINK THAT LIKE COUNCILWOMAN, UM, ANDREW SULLIVAN SUGGESTED, I KNOW A LOT OF OUR, OUR CHURCHES ARE VERY INVOLVED AND SO, UM, I I I WAS JUST WONDERING LIKE, WHAT'S THAT NEXT STEP I'M ALWAYS THINKING OF, OF THE NEXT STEP, RIGHT? AND SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, ONCE WE'RE DONE, WISHFUL THINKING, THINKING THAT WE'RE DONE WITH THE 10,000 OR, OR HOWEVER MANY IT IS, LIKE WHAT'S NEXT? UM, AND SO, UM, AND THEN ALSO I KNOW THAT A LOT OF US HAVE HAD, UH, CHURCHES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
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AND UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES REACH OUT AND SAY, WE HAVE THE SPACE.WE'RE ABLE TO HELP LET US KNOW.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO INTO IT.
THERE'S TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER.
WE HAVE TO CONSIDER PARKING, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER ACCESS AS FAR AS, UM, MAYBE, UH, BUS LINES, ET CETERA.
AND SO, UM, THERE'S, THERE ARE FOR INSTANCE, SOME PROVIDERS THAT ARE WAITING TO BE MASS, UH, OR MASS VACCINE HUBS.
AND SO FOR INSTANCE, IN MY DISTRICT IN 7 8 2 4 2, WHICH IS ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE, UM, YOU KNOW, COVID UH, TIMES, UM, WE HAVE CENTRALED, RIGHT? AND SO CENTRALED IS WAITING TO BECOME A VACCINE SITE, A HUB.
AND SO THEY HAVE APPLIED TO BE A MASS VACCINE SITE THAT'S A TURNKEY OPERATION, JUST LIKE WELLMED WAS, RIGHT? SO THEY HAVE EVERYTHING.
THEY HAVE THE STAFF, THEY HAVE THE FACILITY, THEY HAVE THE PARKING, THEY HAVE ACCESS.
ALL THEY NEED IS THE VACCINES.
IS THERE ANY WAY, IS IT, WHAT, WHAT THERE, IS THERE ANY RECOMMENDATION FROM YOU ON WHAT WE CAN DO? WE IDENTIFY, RIGHT? OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE WHO ARE READY, READY TO GO, ALL THEY NEED ARE VACCINES.
UM, I KNOW YOU HAVE A LIST, WE, WE'VE GIVEN YOU A LIST OF, OF SOME LOCATIONS, BUT EVEN THESE, LIKE I SAID, TURNKEY OPERATIONS.
IS THERE A WAY WE COULD ADVOCATE FOR THEM? SHOULD WE BE ADVOCATING FOR THEM? WHO SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE BE WRITING LETTERS? SHOULD WE BE REACHING OUT TO OUR STATE REPS? IS THERE ANY RECOMMENDATION THERE, DR.
BRIDGER? DO YOU THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S STILL BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH VACCINE THAT, UM, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, DON'T, DON'T HAVE THAT YET? YEAH, THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH VACCINES.
UM, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE MASS VACCINATION SITES THAT ALREADY EXIST COULD GIVE MORE SHOTS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE MORE VACCINES.
UM, AND SO IT'S JUST A SUPPLY CHALLENGE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE HEARING, UM, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THAT WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS, THE SUPPLY SHOULD BE INCREASING ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GET IT OUT TO MORE PHARMACIES, MORE FQHCS.
UM, I KNOW FQHCS ARE HIGH ON THE LIST OF PLACES AND CENTRAL MED GETS YOU KNOW, NOT ENOUGH FOR MASS VACCINATIONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED DOSES IN A NUMBER OF THEIR CLINICS EVERY WEEK.
UM, BUT YEAH, I JUST THINK ADVOCATING RIGHT NOW IS, IS NOT THE BEST OPTION BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ENOUGH VACCINE.
AND FINAL QUESTION THAT WHEN THE RETAIL PHARMACIES COME ON, COME ONLINE, IS THAT GONNA AFFECT OUR VACCINES, LIKE THE NUMBER OF VACCINES THAT WE GET AS A CITY OR AT UT HEALTH CENTER? NO, I THINK THE, THE RETAIL PHARMACIES ARE BEING GIVEN, UH, ADDITIONAL VACCINE AS IT COMES ONLINE, NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE MASS VACCINATION SITES.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO.
BRIDGER FOR THE PRESENTATION AND TO CITY STAFF AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS FOR THEIR CONTINUED EFFORTS AND BRAVERY, UH, DURING THIS RECOVERY AND EFFORT.
UH, MY COLLEAGUES, COLLEAGUES ASKED SOME INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS SO FAR.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO TURN MY ATTENTION TO HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR AND THOSE EFFORTS.
THE CITY BUDGETED $20.6 MILLION FOR HOMELESS SHELTER THROUGH THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN, AND EXPENDED LESS THAN 25% SO FAR.
THE PRESIDENT RECENTLY DIRECTED FEMA TO COVER A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH NON CONGREGATE SHELTERS AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS.
YESTERDAY, THERE WAS FURTHER CLARIFICATION THAT THE FULL REIMBURSEMENT COULD BE APPLIED RETROACTIVELY.
DOES THIS MEAN THAT THE CITY COULD BE ELIGIBLE TO REIMBURSE, TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE FULL $20.6 MILLION WE SET ASIDE FOR, FOR HOMELESS SHELTER? WE ARE, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER I SHOULD ANSWER THAT.
UM, WE ARE GETTING CLARIFICATION FROM FEMA ON WHAT ARE ELIGIBLE EXPENSES, UM, AND ARE LOOKING INTO THAT.
SO WE, WE DON'T KNOW YET, BUT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FIND OUT A DEFINITIVE ANSWER.
SO, STAFF'S BEEN WORKING, WAS WORKING ON, UH, ON THE REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS? YES, SIR.
UH, THE RISK MITIGATION, LEMME OKAY.
WELL, WELL, STAFF IS INQUIRING ABOUT THE REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS.
THERE WAS A CALL, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK, UH, WITH CITY STAFF AND THE REGIONAL, UH, DIRECTOR FOR FEMA OUT OF FORT WORTH TO INQUIRE ABOUT THAT.
UH, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
UH, THE RISK MITIGATION POLICY, UH, HAD A, HAD A POT OF ASSISTANCE FUNDING FOR STABILIZATION AND ONE FOR RELOCATION.
HOW MUCH FUNDING FOR RELOCATION ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN SET ASIDE WITHIN EAP? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
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WE CAN GET YOU THE ANSWER, BUT THE EAP DOESN'T ADDRESS THAT TYPE OF ASSISTANCE.WE REFER TO THE RISK MITIGATION FUND, AND SO THERE SHOULD STILL BE FUNDING AVAILABLE IN THE RISK MITIGATION FUND TO HELP WITH THAT.
AND, AND I WOULD, I WOULD APPRECIATE AN ANSWER AND IF YOU COULD, UH, ALSO JUST, JUST MAKE IT PUBLIC, UH, SOMEHOW.
UH, IF, IF IT SO, BECAUSE IT'S, THIS IS REALLY PART OF, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, AS WE RECEIVE SOME PERSON FOR THE NON SHELTER EXPENSES, CAN THOSE FUNDS BE APPLIED TO EAP SPECIFICALLY FOR RELOCATION ASSISTANCE? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EXPLORE.
UH, I WANNA BE SURE THAT WE'RE ASSISTING THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISPLACED, EVICTED, UH, JUST AS EFFICIENTLY AS WE ARE HELPING FAMILIES REMAIN IN THEIR HOME.
ON A RELATED NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK RICH ACOSTA FOR WORKING WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES STAFF TO ESTABLISH A PRE-APPROVAL SYSTEM WHERE PROS, PROSPECTIVE TENANTS WILL BE ABLE TO GET PRE-APPROVAL FOR RELOCATION ASSISTANCE FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, SO THEY CAN, UH, PROVIDE THE POTENTIAL LANDLORD AS PROOF OF PAYMENT.
THIS ENSURES DISPLACED RESIDENTS CAN FIND HOUSING MORE SWIFTLY, AND THAT THE LANDLORD PROVIDES THEM WITH A COPY OF THE LEASE AS THE RELOCATION FUNDING IS DEPENDENT ON THE EXISTENCE OF A LEASE TO CLOSE HOUSING AS HEALTHCARE.
AND WHILE MY HOPE IS THAT OUR POINT, OUR POINT AND COUNT, UH, TIME COUNT WILL ONE DAY BE ZERO.
I KNOW WE HAVE FOLKS LIVING ON THE STREET WHO NEED OUR LONG-TERM HELP.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY NEED OUR COMPASSION CHASING DOWN AND RAISING ENCAMPMENTS LIKE SOME DYSTOPIC ROUTINE IS JUST NOT THE WAY.
AND THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AGREES TO QUOTE A RECENT STORY BY A REPORTER, A NEWS FOUR, FOX 20 NINES, JOE GALLEY, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE AT THE ENCAMPMENT YESTERDAY SAID THEY'RE JUST GOING TO MOVE THEIR TENT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IT WAS EVEN AN ACCOUNT OF A BABY BEING TAKEN FROM, FROM ITS MOTHER.
DID THE MOTHER EVEN GET INTO SERVICES OR WAS SHE LEFT ON THE STREETS TO DEAL WITH A FRESH TRAUMA? ALL WE'RE DOING BY ALL WE ARE DOING BY PUSHING THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY AROUND IS MAKING THE ISSUE MORE INSIDIOUS, MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR GROUPS LIKE NUWAN HEALERS AND OTHER PARTNERS TO GET THESE FOLKS OFF THE STREETS AND INTO SERVICES.
CRIME, WHETHER IT'S COMMITTED BY HOUSED OR UNHOUSED PERSONS HAS NO PLACE IN OUR CITY AND SHOULD BE STOPPED.
BUT LET'S BE HONEST, HOMELESSNESS SHOULD HAVE NO PLACE IN 21ST CENTURY AMERICA EITHER.
COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR.
YEAH, JUST LET ME, LEMME MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, UM, UH, I'M CLEAR, UH, IN MY FURTHER CLARIFICATION, UM, THERE, THERE IS, UM, IN OUR CALL WITH FEMA WHO, UH, IN OUR REGION, UM, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS AN APPARENT, UM, I'LL CALL IT DISCONNECT FROM WHAT WE WERE READING AND SEEING FROM FEMA, WASHINGTON, DC.
UM, AND, AND SO WE'RE FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM IN WRITING SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT, FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THAT A HUNDRED, BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMAN, THAT DOES CHANGE THE, THE BALL FIELD A BIT, UH, FOR US.
UM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT, UH, NOW, SO THAT WHEN WE COME BACK ON FEBRUARY 18TH TO THE COUNCIL, THEN WE CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATIONS AND BE ABLE TO SHOW THE COUN, SHOW THE COUNCIL, UH, THE BEST USE OF THE MONEY, UH, THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US, UM, UH, DIRECTED TOWARDS THE HIGHEST NEED.
UM, SECONDLY, I KNOW, UH, HOMELESSNESS IS A, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT I THINK EVERYBODY, EVERY DISTRICT IS DEALING WITH.
UM, WE SET ASIDE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION, UH, TO YOUR POINT IN OUR RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN, UH, BOTH IN TERMS OF FEDERAL DOLLARS, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, ADDITIONAL MONEY WE ADDED INTO THE GENERAL FUND, UM, THIS YEAR, THE LOCAL DOLLARS, UM, IT IS CRITICAL.
WE ARE FOLLOWING A FOUR STEP PROCESS TO ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP, DO THE OUTREACH, GET FOLKS CONNECTED TO SERVICES.
UM, SAM SHELTER AND HAVEN FOR HOPE DO HAVE ROOM.
UM, AND, AND, AND WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.
YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT'S, IT, IT WAS, UM, IT'S, IT'S TERRIBLY UNFORTUNATE, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT, WE, WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE RESOURCES AND WE NEED TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO THEM.
UM, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING INTO, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF PURCHASING
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A HOTEL OR HOTEL SPACE FOR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.MANY, YOU ALL, YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE HOLIDAY INN OFF OF SANTA ROSA AND CAESAR CHAVEZ UNDER CONTRACT AND HAVE HAD IT SINCE LAST MAY.
WE HAVE IT, UH, UNDER LEASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE, UM, I THINK THROUGH SEPTEMBER.
AND WE'RE EXPLORING RIGHT NOW WHETHER OR NOT, UM, IF THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE FIELD IN TERMS OF EXPENSES, IF, IF WE SHOULD, UH, RECOMMEND PURCHASING A HOTEL TO ACT AS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, THAT ARE LOOKING FOR HELP.
AND, UM, I, I KNOW IT'S CRITICAL AND, AND WE WANT TO BE AS HUMANE AS POSSIBLE, UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE RESOURCES AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
AND IT, IT IS A CHALLENGE THOUGH.
I APPRECIATE THE, I APPRECIATE THE HELP.
WELL, I, I APPRECIATE THAT, ERIC, BUT I, I, I DO HAVE TO RESPOND TWO THINGS, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT, I WANT US TO BE CLEAR THAT, UH, WE NEED TO ALLOW OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS TO WORK.
THIS IS, THIS IS A, A, A LONG TERM.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M ASKING PUBLICLY AND WHAT I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES IS, IS THAT WE EXAMINE OUR POLICIES ON HOW WE, HOW WE HANDLE THESE ISSUES, BECAUSE A LOT OF IT IS NOT COORDINATED.
IT'S NOT COORDINATED, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY NOT COORDINATED, UH, BETWEEN DISTRICT OFFICES AND I, I'M, I'M ASKING, I'M, I'M PLEADING THAT WE ALLOW THE SOCIAL SERVICES TO DO THE JOB THAT WE KNOW THEY CAN DO.
SECONDLY, UH, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE HOUSING FIRST AS A REAL STRATEGY FOR OUR CITY.
UH, IT, IT IS THROUGH OUR OUTREACH SPECIALISTS THAT WE HAVE LEARNED, UH, OF ALL THE BARRIERS THAT ARE KEEPING PEOPLE FROM GETTING THE HELP AND SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.
IT, IT IS MY PERSONAL OPINION AS THE, AS, AS THE DISTRICT ONE COUNCILMAN THAT THAT, UH, PEOPLE WHO COME AND ASK FOR HELP SHOULD GET HELP.
WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO HELP THEM.
AND WHEN WE SEE AN ENCAMPMENT BEING CLEARED OUT, THAT WE HAVE A PLAN FOR WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO, BECAUSE IT'S UNACCEPTABLE TO, TO CLEAN OUT ENCAMPMENT AND NOT HAVE AN ANSWER FOR WHEN PEOPLE ASK WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO, WHERE ARE THEY GOING NEXT.
UM, THIS IS, THIS IS A DIFFICULT ISSUE.
UH, BUT AGAIN, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE KEEP WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS THROUGH ALL OUR RESOURCES TO HELP SOLVE A VERY DIFFICULT ISSUE.
COUNCILMAN, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE THE, THE, MY COMMITMENT AND THE STAFF'S COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
AND I, I, I, I BELIEVE THAT HUMAN SERVICES AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS ARE DOING THAT, RIGHT? THAT WORK RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE, ARE OPTIONS AVAILABLE, BUT WE CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE.
AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ISSUE WE'RE, UM, THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO, TO DO THAT, UM, AS HUMANELY AS POSSIBLE.
AND I, AND I, AND I CAN'T STRESS THAT, THAT JUST MUCH LIKE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WELLMED AND, AND U H S, UM, WE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE.
AND SO CAM MINISTRIES AND SARAH AND HAVEN FOR HOPE ARE CRITICAL PARTNERS TO US.
AND, AND, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TRAVINO, DR.
BRIDGER, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE GONNA ADD ANYTHING.
LET ME JUST ASK YOU A QUESTION REAL QUICK.
THE, UH, NAVIGATORS THAT WE, UH, BUDGETED FOR IN EVERY DISTRICT, ARE THEY NOW DEPLOYED IN EVERY DISTRICT? THE OUTREACH TEAMS, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS? NO, NO.
THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM, SORRY, I'M UNIQUELY FOCUSED ON COVID RIGHT NOW.
WE APPOINTED, UH, WE BUDGETED FOR AN OUTREACH OFFICER IN EVERY DISTRICT, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT? I, I MELODY ON THE CALL.
MELODY? YES, I AM ON THE CALL.
SO WE, THE MAYOR'S ASKING ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE OUTREACH WORKERS, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE HIRED, SO WE'RE HIRING A TOTAL OF 11.
WE HAVE, UM, MADE OFFERS AND RECEIVED ACCEPTANCE FROM FIVE NOW, I BELIEVE PULLING THEM THROUGH MARCH.
WE FEEL LIKE WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL BE, UM, HAVE ALL OF OKAY.
UM, IF WE CAN GET AN UPDATE TO COUNCIL ON THAT MELODY.
YOU'RE BREAKING UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT I MEAN, THE, THE IMPORTANCE HERE IS THAT IF, IF WE DO IN FACT HAVE RESOURCES TO CONNECT FOLKS WITH, MAKING THE CONNECTION,
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UH, WITH THOSE, UM, ENCAMPMENTS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.AND THAT'S BEING DONE BY, OR SHOULD BE DONE AT, AT THE FIRST STEP WITH THE OUTREACH WORKERS.
SO IF WE CAN GET AN UPDATE TO COUNCIL ON THAT, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
UM, LET ME GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRO.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, DR.
AND I HAVE TO START BY THANKING, UH, YOUR STAFF AND WELL, METRO HEALTH TEAM, UH, DR.
IAN RITA, EVERYONE WHO'S WORKING SO HARD.
UM, AND STILL THE ENTIRE TEAM AT THE ALAMO DOME, THE C OVID 19 RESPONSE TEAM WHO WAS WORKING HARD.
AND OF COURSE, EVERYONE, UH, DOING THE VACCINATIONS AT THE ALAMO DOME, UH, THANK THEM.
AND, UM, OF COURSE, THE TEAM AT WELLMED, UH, YOU KNOW, TO MY COLLEAGUES, HOPEFULLY NEXT, WELL, ACTUALLY NOT HOPEFULLY, ONCE WE DO GET OUR MODERNA, WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING ABOUT, UH, 2000 DOSES A DAY AT THE CI MEADOW CENTER, BECAUSE WE'LL DO BE DOING THE FIRST AND THE SECOND DOSES THERE.
UM, IT'S BRINGING SO MUCH HOPE AND, UM, RELIEF TO INDIVIDUALS, AND IT'S SO SIGNIFICANT OF HOW, WHAT IT MEANS.
SO I, I'M VERY PROUD THAT WE HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH WELLMED MOVING FORWARD AND CONTINUING.
AND JUST LIKE THE VALUE OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE LOOK FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE CONTINUE TO DO.
UH, ONE THING I DO WANT TO CONTIN, UH, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE, UM, REITERATE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF MY COLLEAGUES, MEANING, UH, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH UT HEALTH AND GET THE ZIP, LIKE JUST GET THE ZIP CODES AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY'RE VACCINATING.
IF WE CAN SEE THAT SINCE IT'S, YOU KNOW, RELEASED BY THE STATE AND THEY ARE A STATE DESIGNATED HUB, I THINK THIS IS, INFORMATION IS JUST TRANSPARENT, AND I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UM, DO WE HAVE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OR THE ZIP CODES OF ALL OF OUR SENIORS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, OR THOSE THAT ARE HOME BOUND? DO WE HAVE ALL OF THAT DEMOGRAPHIC AND DATA YET? WE HAVE, WE, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE LIKE, RACE AND ETHNICITY ON THE 10,000 THAT WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO.
ONCE WE VACCINATE THEM, WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO, TO IDENTIFY THAT INFORMATION.
AND AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY, BECAUSE JUST, UH, A C N N REPORT AND THEN THIS MORNING ON N SS N B C AND SEEING NATIONWIDE, HOW MANY CITIES ARE MISSING THE MARK ON EQUITY.
UM, WE'VE MADE IT OUR FOCUS AND WE KNOW THAT PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, RACISM IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THAT AND KEEP THAT IN OUR FOREFRONT, UM, BY TAKING THE NECESSARY ACTION STEPS THAT WE NEED TO.
AND I WANT TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, DR.
CHE GARCIA, FOR PUTTING UP THAT MAP.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY STARK, AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY, UM, STARTLING TO SEE THAT DIFFERENCE.
I THINK IT REMI, THAT MAP, THOSE TWO MAPS NEXT TO EACH OTHER, REMINDS ME OF THE FIRST TIME WE SAW A MAP WHERE, UM, THE FIRST COVID TESTING SITES WERE COMING UP ONLINE IN THE CITY, AND HOW YOU COULD DRAW A LINE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT.
SO THAT IS WHAT IT REMINDED ME OF THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT.
AND I KNOW WE'VE MADE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS AND ADVANCEMENTS SINCE THEN, AND WE CAN'T STOP MISSING THE MARK THERE.
UM, SO WE WANT TO KEEP EQUITY AT THE HEART OF THINGS.
WE NEED TO MAKE EQUITY, UM, ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.
AND SO THAT, BECAUSE THOSE ARE DEATHS, THOSE WERE DEATHS FROM COVID.
AND NOT JUST CASES, BUT IT ALIGNS WITH THE CASES.
SO WE NEED TO GET THE VACCINES OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I KNOW, UM, IT WAS MENTIONED IN CONVERSATION EARLIER THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, DOES IT, THOSE NUMBERS DIDN'T REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE CLINICS OR, UH, PRIVATE DOCTOR'S OFFICES THAT HAVE, HAVE GIVEN OUT THE VACCINE, AT LEAST THE FIRST DOSE OF THE VACCINE.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THE SOUTHERN SECTOR AND THE EASTERN PORTION ALSO HAVE A LACK OF ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.
SO I DON'T THINK THOSE NUMBERS WOULD'VE CHANGED VERY MUCH EITHER.
UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE ALAMO DOME NUMBERS, I KNOW WE HAD, WE HAD THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I'M ALSO CURIOUS, SO THE STATE'S SAYING YOU CAN'T DENY ANYONE FROM THE STATE, BUT I'M ALSO
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CURIOUS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, UM, THE, THE REGION, THE, THE COUNTIES AROUND US, THE RURAL COUNTIES AROUND US, SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND THE, THE WEST AND THE EAST, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T, THEY HAVE TO COME TO SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE WE ARE THE CLOSEST CITY.BUT AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE ALAMO DOME ZIP CODES AND THE DATA FROM, FROM OUR VACCINATIONS, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO, WE SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM TRAVIS COUNTY COMING TO SAN ANTONIO.
THERE WERE ACTUALLY MORE PEOPLE FROM TRAVIS COUNTY, THEN FROM WILSON COUNTY, WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF I, WHICH IS JUST SOUTH ACTUALLY.
PART OF WHAT, INSIDE OF LOOP 1604.
SO IF YOU CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF GUIDANCE OR JUST IF Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT THAT TOWARDS THE END OF, OF, OF, UM, MY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN JUST GIVE SOME INSIGHT ON THAT AND THAT, SO THAT'S ONE THING I'D LIKE TO KNOW.
I THINK A SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO KNOW, CAN WE, OR CAN WE, OR CAN WE NOT TARGET ZIP CODES OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN THE MOST IMPACTED? AND I'M THINKING OF, YOU KNOW, ZIP CODE 7 8 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 0 7 2 2 5 AND 2 3 7.
BECAUSE I MEAN, I'VE SEEN HOW SOME ARE TARGETING CERTAIN ZIP CODES THAT HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE DOSES.
AND THEN I LOOK AT THE ALAMO DOME MAP AS WELL, AND WHERE THE ALAMO DOME IS LOCATED, THOSE ZIP CODES IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA STILL HAVEN'T HAD NECESSARILY GOTTEN THE VACCINE DOSES EITHER.
SO IF YOU COULD TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IF WE, OR IF WE CANNOT TARGET ZIP CODES OF THOSE MOST IMPACTED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, BECAUSE, AND I ALSO WANT TO REITERATE TO, UH, MY OTHER COLLEAGUE'S POINT WE HAVE, AND I WANNA THANK ALL OF THOSE PARTNERS WHO'VE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF US.
WE HAVE, UM, MULTIPLE TURNKEY OPERATIONS PEOPLE READY TO GO.
BRIDGER, WE KNOW THAT OUR HUB SITES CAN TAKE, CAN, UH, DISH OUT MORE VACCINATIONS IF WE HAD THE SUPPLY.
SO I'M GONNA LET YOU ANSWER DR.
BRIDGER, BUT THEN MAYOR, IF I CAN, BECAUSE I WANNA SAY ONE MORE THING BEFORE WE CLOSE, BUT GO AHEAD, DR.
BRIDGER, IF YOU CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THOSE TWO POINTS.
SO CAN WE TARGET ZIP CODES? WE CANNOT EXCLUSIVELY TARGET ZIP CODES.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE, UM, STUMBLED UPON A COMPROMISE THAT WORKS FOR THE STATE'S REQUIREMENT THAT WE ALLOW GENERAL REGISTRATION BY DEPLOYING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO THE PRIORITY CENSUS TRACK.
UM, WE'VE DONE 32,000 VACCINATIONS AT THE ALAMO DOME.
UH, 6,000 OF THEM HAVE BEEN IN TARGETED ZIP CODE AS A RESULT OF USING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S US STRADDLING THE STATE'S RULES.
UM, THE QUESTION ABOUT WHY SO MANY PEOPLE FROM LIKE TRAVIS COUNTY, I NOTICED WE'VE HAD A LOT FROM CORPUS, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL TO GET VACCINATED.
SO I, I DON'T, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT.
THAT IS THE STATE'S REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE IT, THAT WE HAVE THE MAJORITY OF OUR APPOINTMENTS OPEN TO GENERAL ENROLLMENT FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, I, YOU ALL SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN DALLAS, UH, WHEN THEY TRIED TO EXCLUSIVELY SERVE CERTAIN ZIP CODES AND THE STATE THREATENED TO TAKE THEIR VACCINE FROM 'EM.
UM, SO I THINK WE'RE STRADDLING THAT REQUIREMENT OF BOTH ALLOWING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE COUNTY AND ALLOWING THIS GENERAL REGISTRATION PROCESS WITH TARGETING OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS.
UM, AND THEN MY LAST TWO COMMENTS, UH, FIRST, AND IT TOUCHES ON SOMETHING THAT, UH, SOMEBODY ELSE SAID.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE GET VERY, VERY FRUSTRATED, UM, WHEN THEY'RE CALLING A PHONE LINE OVER A THOUSAND TIMES AND THEN THEY HAVE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HOLD FOR 45 MINUTES, OR THEY TRY ALL DAY EVERY DAY AND THEY DON'T GET IN.
UH, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A IMPORTANT LEVELING OF THE FIELD THROUGH THIS.
AND WE STILL ARE GETTING 9,000 PEOPLE TO GET THROUGH AND MAKE APPOINTMENTS AND MAJORITY SENIORS,
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AT LEAST IN THE WELLMED, UM, AREA.SO, WANT TO SAY THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
UM, AND TWO, REMINDING THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE, PLEASE, IF YOU DO NOT QUALIFY IN PHASE ONE A OR ONE B, PLEASE DO NOT TAKE SOMEBODY ELSE'S SPOT WHO IS WAITING TO GET THROUGH ON THAT PHONE LINE.
WE NEED TO BE LOOKING OUT FOR OUR NEIGHBOR AND THOSE WHO QUALIFY.
UH, I'D LIKE TO GO BACK A SECOND TO THE, THE CHARTS, UH, THE PRESENTATION THAT WE SAW THAT SHOWED THE STATE REPORTING, UH, HOW MUCH VACCINE WE'VE RECEIVED.
UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS CONCERNS ME.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE STATE IS REPORTING THAT THEY'VE SENT US 331,000 PLUS.
AND THE ONLY ONES THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY AS, AS A COUNTY EFFORT ON THIS IS, IS BASICALLY HALF OF THAT, OR A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HALF OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE SAY THE MAXIMUM DOSES, UH, AT THE ALMON HAVE BEEN 32, 30 2000.
AND THEN THE OTHER NUMBER THAT THAT CONCERNS ME IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO'VE RECEIVED, UH, BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND SHOT.
AND I THINK THAT WAS ON MAYBE THE NEXT SLIDE OR ANOTHER ONE SOON AFTER.
UH, AND THAT NUMBER WAS, I BELIEVE IN, UH, 50.
UM, SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE, UH, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 300,000 PLUS AND A HUNDRED AND, YOU KNOW, 50,000 OR, OR WHATEVER IT WAS THERE? I MEAN, THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
UH, WHY IS THAT UNACCOUNTED FOR? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT PEOPLE HAVEN'T YET ENTERED THE INFORMATION INTO THE STATE'S DATABASE.
UM, THE FOCUS FOR A LOT OF THE PROVIDERS WHO ARE VACCINATING PEOPLE AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN HAS NOT BEEN ON THE PAPERWORK.
AND SO, UM, THEY ARE TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH ENTERING THAT INFORMATION INTO THE DATABASE.
BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT OF THE 25,000 DOSES THAT THE CITY GETS FOR ITS MASS VACCINATION HUB EVERY WEEK, OVER 25,000 DOSES ARE ADMINISTERED.
OFTEN YOU CAN GET AN EXTRA DOSE HERE IN AN EXTRA DOSE THERE.
SO, UM, THERE, THERE IS OF THE MASS VACCINATION SITE, IT'S VACCINE IN, VACCINE OUT.
IT'S PURELY A PAPERWORK THING.
THE OTHER THING I WANNA YES, SIR.
I WAS GONNA SAY, I WAS GONNA SAY, EXPLAIN WHO THEY ARE, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE MASS VACCINATION.
WHO'S THE, THEY THAT ARE STRUGGLING? WELL, EVEN THE MASS VACCINATION SITES ARE RUNNING BEHIND ON ENTERING DATA INTO THE STATE'S WEBSITE.
UM, IT TAKES ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES PER VACCINATION TO ENTER THAT DATA, ALL OF THE REQUIRED FIELDS THAT THE STATE REQUIRES.
UM, AND SO IT DOESN'T HAPPEN INSTANTANEOUSLY.
WE FOCUS ON GETTING SHOTS IN ARMS, AND WE'LL ENTER THE DATA INTO THE DATABASE LATER.
NOW, I WILL SAY THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UM, HAS A MUCH SIMPLER REPORTING MECHANISM WHERE ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS SAY, HERE'S HOW MANY DOSES WE GOT.
HERE'S HOW MANY DOSES WE GAVE.
THAT INFORMATION IS BEING REPORTED TO THE STATE EVERY WEEK, WHICH IS WHY WE CONTINUE TO GET DOSES GIVEN TO US EVERY WEEK.
SO, SO REPORTING PROBLEM, NOT A VACCINATION PROBLEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WANNA REFER BACK TO THE, THE PROBLEM THAT WE ALL FACE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH PEOPLE CALLING OUR OFFICE SAYING, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN I GET A SHOT? IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM.
IT'S BEEN THAT WAY SINCE DAY ONE.
AND I'VE TALKED TO ERIC AND I'VE TALKED TO THE MAYOR, AND I'VE ALSO TALKED TO YOU, DR.
BRIDGER, ABOUT HAVING A REGISTRY, A WAY THAT EVERYBODY WHO IS ELIGIBLE CAN SIGN UP.
PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED, THEY'RE UNCERTAIN AND INSECURE, AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED A CITYWIDE REGISTRY.
IF PEOPLE HAVE PROVIDED THE SECURITY OF KNOWING THAT THEY'RE ON A REGISTRY THAT IS TIED TO THE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE C 19 HEALTH TEAM, UH, THEY'LL FEEL MORE SECURE ABOUT GETTING THE VACCINE
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IN THEIR DUE TIME.YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO REASSURE THEM THAT THEY WILL BE CONTACTED BY CALL OR EMAIL WHEN THEIR TIME COMES TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE.
THEY'LL KNOW WHEN TO GO AND WHAT TO BE PREPARED FOR WHEN THEY GET THERE.
I'M CERTAIN THAT IN THIS CITY WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH PRIVATE ENTERPRISE OR THROUGH OUR OWN RESOURCES, TO SET UP A SYSTEM THAT CAN RECORD PEOPLE'S NAMES, THEIR ADDRESS, THEIR DATE OF BIRTH.
OF COURSE, WE CAN VERIFY THAT WITH DRIVER'S LICENSE OR VOTER ID INFORMATION.
WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT THEIR UNDERLINING CONDITIONS ARE OR THEIR MEDICATIONS, UH, IF THEY HAVE TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE.
IF, IF THEY GET AN APPOINTMENT, THE NAME OF THEIR PHYSICIAN, ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, PEOPLE CAN GIVE THAT INFORMATION INTO AN ONLINE SYSTEM OR TO A REAL PERSON THAT CAN GO INTO A REGISTRY.
AND WHEN WE GET THAT INFORMATION, WE CAN ISSUE THEM A REGISTRATION NUMBER THAT THAT CAN SIGNIFY THAT THEY'RE QUALIFIED AND READY.
AND KNOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE GONNA CALL A WEEK LATER SAYING, WELL, WHEN DO I GET MY SHOT? AND I KNOW THAT'S THE BIGGEST CONCERN I'VE HEARD FROM YOU ABOUT HOW OTHER REGISTRIES HAVE BEEN SET UP.
BUT I'VE HAD MY STAFF LOOK AT THIS, AND THERE ARE OTHER REGISTRIES THAT ARE ONGOING IN OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS BECAUSE THEY'VE RECOGNIZED THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN BE NOTIFIED WHEN THEIR TIME COMES.
WE CAN LET THEM KNOW WHEN THEY REGISTER.
LISTEN, IT COULD BE WEEKS OR MONTHS, BUT WE HAVE YOU, WE HAVE THE LIST.
WE WILL CALL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME COMES UP.
YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY NOT EVERYONE WILL BE SATISFIED BY THIS.
AND, AND MANY MAY SEEK ALTERNATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR VACCINATION ON THEIR OWN.
BUT IF WE REQUIRE EVERY HEALTH OR OTHER ORGANIZATION AUTHORIZED TO GIVE THE VACCINE TO TIE INTO THIS REPORTING SYSTEM AND USE SUCH A SY UH, SYSTEM, IT SHOULD PROVIDE SAFER, FAIR, AND MORE ADEQUATE PROCESSES THAN WE HAVE IN PLACE AT THIS TIME.
I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING THIS FOR WEEKS.
IF WE HAD WORKED ON SETTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS UP OVER THE LAST TWO OR THREE OR FOUR WEEKS, WE COULD HAVE IT IN PLACE TODAY.
IT MAY NOT BE PERFECT, BUT PEOPLE, UH, BUT RATHER THAN HAVE PEOPLE CALL HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF TIMES, AND I'LL TELL YOU, MY WIFE AND I HAVE PROBABLY MADE A THOUSAND PHONE CALLS ON SEVERAL DAYS TRYING TO GET OUR OWN APPOINTMENT.
NOW, MAYBE MANY OF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THAT PROBLEM 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT OVER 65 OR YOU DON'T HAVE THE UNDERLINING HEALTH CONDITIONS.
BUT WE KNOW THERE ARE A HUNDRED THOUSAND, 200,000, 300,000 PEOPLE WHO DO HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND WHO ARE FRUSTRATED AND WANT SOME, SOME KIND OF SECURITY KNOWING AT LEAST I'M ON THE LIST AND I'M GONNA GET A CALL WHEN THEY HAVE ENOUGH SHOTS FOR ME AND I'LL, I'LL WAIT.
BUT RIGHT NOW THEY KNOW NOTHING.
THAT IS TOTALLY UNFAIR IN DEALING WITH A MILLION PEOPLE IN THIS CITY WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS.
AND I HOPE MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL SUPPORT THIS EFFORT FOR THIS CITY TO UNDERTAKE A REGISTRATION PROCESS, UH, THAT WE CAN USE.
AND WHEN WE DEVELOP IT, WE CAN TIE IT INTO THE STATE SYSTEM.
SO WHEN WE GET ALL THAT INFORMATION AND SOMEBODY GOES AND GETS A SHOT, IT DOESN'T TAKE 15 MINUTES TO UPLOAD THAT INFORMATION.
IT TAKES PUSHING ONE BUTTON THAT SHOWS ALL THE INFORMATION WE COLLECTED MATCHES WHAT THE STATE WANTS, AND WE PUSH A BUTTON AND IT GOES TO THE STATE AND THEY'VE GOT OUR INFORMATION.
SO I KNOW IT'S A TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGE, BUT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MEET THAT CHALLENGE IN THIS CITY AND BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONCERNS AND THE INSECURITY THAT PEOPLE IN THIS COUN IN THIS CITY FEEL.
SO, COUNCILMAN, UM, YES, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
UM, UH, THE MAYOR AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
THE MAYOR ALSO ASKED THE OTHER, UM, THREE MASS VACCINATION SITES WHY THEY DON'T HAVE A REGISTRY.
UM, WE, ALL OF US WHO ARE DOING THE WORK ARE CLEARLY COMMUNICATING TO YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE, THAT THAT IS NOT A BEST PRACTICE.
THAT IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION BY US.
AND IT'S NOT A TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGE, IT'S A PSYCHOLOGICAL CHALLENGE.
ONCE PEOPLE ARE IN THE REGISTRY, IT DOESN'T RELIEVE THEIR ANXIETY, THEN THEIR ANXIETY TURNS TO, WELL, I'M REGISTERED, WHAT AM I GONNA GET MY SHOT? AND SO THAT IS BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER BIG CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE TRIED AND ABANDONED REGISTRIES.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I I I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BETTER EXPLAIN
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WHY THE EXPERTS WHO ARE DOING THIS WORK DISAGREE WITH THAT PHILOSOPHY.I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME WAS, YOU HAD A CONVERSATION TO UPDATE THAT KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'RE SHARING.
BUT RECENTLY WE HAVE HEARD THAT, UM, UH, FORT WORTH COUNTY HAS UNDERTAKEN THAT, THAT AUSTIN HAS ONE, THAT DALLAS HAS ONE THAT OTHER CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE ONE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY RECENTLY STARTED THOSE.
NOW, UH, MAYBE THEY DIDN'T HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE YOU HEARD FROM, OR MAYBE YOUR INFORMATION IS OLD AND NEEDS UPDATING.
UH, I'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO KNOW WHO TOLD YOU THIS AND WHEN THEY TOLD YOU THIS, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE OTHER CITIES ARE DOING RECENTLY IN THIS AREA.
BRIDGE, DID YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT BEFORE WE MOVING ON? NO, WE'RE MOVING ON.
UM, UH, AND THEN SOME GREAT, UH, CONVERSATIONS, UM, BY MY COLLEAGUES.
SO, UM, LET ME JUST GO BACK TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, UH, REGARDING THE MEALS ON WHEELS, UM, PROGRAM.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS FABULOUS.
I HAPPEN TO BE, UM, UH, LISTENING TO THE BRIEFING, UM, THAT EVENING WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT WE WERE GONNA, UM, WE WERE GONNA OFFER THAT SERVICE, BUT WE WERE, HADN'T BEEN NOTIFIED BEFORE THEN.
SO, ERIC, YOU, YOU MENTIONED IN, IN SOME OF YOUR OPENING REMARKS THAT IT WAS A PRETTY QUICK TURNAROUND.
SO COULD YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT CAME ABOUT? AND THEN I, I HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
UM, I GOT A CALL FROM THE STATE LAST WEEK ASKING IF, UM, IF WE COULD DISTRIBUTE, COME UP WITH A LOGISTICAL PLAN TO, UM, WORK, UM, AND TARGET HOME BOUND SENIORS.
UM, AND IF WE COULD, THEN THEY WOULD SHIP AN ADDITIONAL THOUSAND.
UH, THE ONLY REQUIREMENT WAS THAT IT HAD TO BE HOME BOUND SENIORS AND THEY HAD TO BE DISTRIBUTED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS.
UH, THERE HAD BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS AT, UH, BACK IN THE FALL, UH, AROUND THE VACCINATION, UH, PRE-PLANNING, UH, BETWEEN METRO HEALTH AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING THAT.
SO I KNEW THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS.
AND THEN, UM, WE, UH, UH, I, I, I LET THE, THE TEAM KNOW THEY STARTED WORKING ON A PLAN.
WE DIDN'T REALLY FIND OUT, I GUESS, DR.
BRIDGER UNTIL WE WEREN'T SURE IF WE WERE GONNA ACTUALLY GET THE THOUSAND.
WE FOUND OUT, UH, WE FOUND OUT ON FRIDAY, RIGHT? YEAH, I THINK ON FRIDAY.
SO IT WAS A PRETTY QUICK TURNAROUND TIME AND, AND, UM, I THINK THE STATE WAS LOOKING FOR, UM, AL UM, UM, ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO DEAL WITH HOME BOUND SENIORS.
AND, UH, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE DOING THIS ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE STATE.
BRIDGER MENTIONED, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS AHEAD A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, UH, TO, TO GET ALL THOSE TAKEN CARE OF.
AND WE'RE HOPING THAT, THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO GET THAT ADDITIONAL THOUSAND ON TOP OF THE 25,000 THAT, UH, BEXAR COUNTY'S GETTING.
WELL, I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST A, A FABULOUS IDEA AND LIST HAPPENED TO BE HANDY, OR IS THAT HOW THAT ENDED UP HAPPENING? YEAH, WE WORKED, YES, MA'AM.
SERVICES, UM, SAHA AND MEALS ON WHEELS TO COME UP WITH OUR FIRST ROUND OF A THOUSAND, UH, HOME BOUND SENIORS.
SO I THINK THAT, UM, THAT, THAT'S A, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED TO HEAR THAT.
AND IN FACT, THAT EVENING, I GOT A CALL FROM ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS SAYING THAT, UM, HER FAMILY MEMBER HAD RECEIVED, UM, THE VACCINE AND WAS CALLING TO THANK US.
UM, BUT THEN OF COURSE ASKING HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THAT MY OTHER, MY OTHER BROTHER GETS IT, OR, YOU KNOW, THAT MICHAEL VERA GETS IT? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY RECOGNIZED THAT IT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE FOR MEALS ON WHEELS, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE CITY.
UM, AND IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ABOUT HOW TO CALL.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UH, ALSO, YOU KNOW, JUST CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH, WITH THE SENIORS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TELL THEM WHERE THEY COULD GO, UM, AND TO GET THE VACCINE.
SO, UM, HOW, UM, I THINK THAT'S A FABULOUS MODEL.
I THINK ONE OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES ASKED ABOUT HOW WE CAN, UM, EXPAND THAT.
SO HOW DID YOU TARGET THE SAHA FOLKS? DID YOU GO SPECIFICALLY TO THE HOUSING, OR DID YOU CALL THE DIRECTOR AND SAY, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE OR HOW DID IT WORK WITH THE SAHA
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RESIDENTS? WE HAD A PLANNING MEETING WITH MEALS ON WHEELS AND SAHA AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO COME UP WITH THE FIRST THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO ARE HOME BOUND AND OVER THE AGE OF SIX FIVE.SO EACH AGENCY GAVE US A LIST, THEY PRE-REGISTERED THEM SO THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT KNEW THE ADDRESS AND WHERE TO GO, AND A GENERAL TIMEFRAME AND DAY OF WHEN TO GO.
SO IT WAS JOINTLY PLANNED BETWEEN THE FOUR OF US TO IDENTIFY THOSE THOUSAND, UM, HOME BOUND SENIORS TO START WITH.
WELL, I THOUGHT THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S A GREAT PLAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I, I, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT WOULD'VE BEEN, UM, LOOKS LIKE WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH HEADS UP BECAUSE THEN IT WAS UN UNLESS IT HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED OVER THE WEEKEND AND I MISSED IT, UH, ONLY BECAUSE THEN WHEN THEY CALL US OR CALL OUR OFFICE SAYING, HEY, THANKS, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE VACCINE, UH, FIRST OF ALL, HOW, UM, AND THAT THEY WENT TO THEIR, THEIR HOMES.
UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT UNTIL SORT OF, UM, WELL, BECAUSE I GOT THAT CALL.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, PRIOR, I, I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD YOU SEND A MEMO AND LET US KNOW SO THAT, UM, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE OTHER QUESTION THAT, I MEAN, THAT, THAT THE CONSTITUENTS HAD.
LIKE, HOW, HOW, UM, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY WHAT THEY WANNA KNOW.
AND WHAT WE WANNA KNOW IS THAT HOW CAN WE, UM, BECAUSE NOT HAVING AN ANSWER FOR PEOPLE, AS, AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED, UM, IS, UH, A, A A A, WELL, IT'S A BURDEN.
I HATE TO SAY IT'S A BURDEN, BUT IT CAUSES US ALL A LOT OF SUFFERING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANSWERS FOR PEOPLE.
UM, SO I, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD CONTINUE WITH THAT MODEL.
YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAD A THOUSAND, UM, THAT YOU WERE TARGETING.
I MEAN, I THINK JUST TARGETING SAHA AND, UM, THE MEALS ON WHEELS IS GOING TO JUST INHERENTLY MEAN THAT YOU'RE TARGETING VERY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
UM, AND, UH, I KNOW JUST IN CONVERSATIONS WITH MY CONSTITUENTS, THEY'VE ALL TOLD ME, WE DON'T CARE WHERE YOU SEND US, WE'LL GO, WE'LL GET IT WONDERLAND, THE ALAMO DOME, WHETHER IT'S A SOUTH SIDE CI MEADOWS OR LA, BUT WE DON'T CARE.
UM, WE WILL, WE WILL FIND A WAY TO GET THERE JUST TO TELL US WHERE TO GO.
AND OF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SMALLER, UM, THE SMALLER DOCTOR'S OFFICES, UH, OR, OR A NEARBY PHARMACIES, WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON THE, ON THE WAY, UH, WOULD BE IDEAL.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE MEANWHILE, I THINK PEOPLE ARE HAPPY TO GO WHEREVER YOU SEND THEM, UH, WHICH IS APPARENT BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COME FROM OUT OF THE COUNTY.
SO, UM, I JUST, I WANT US TO CONTINUE TO, UM, TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO GET THE VACCINE.
I DO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE, UM, AHEAD OF MOST CITIES, UH, IN THE COUNTRY AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, UM, LISTENING TO NATIONAL NEWS AND, AND TRYING TO READ AS MUCH AS I CAN, THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL.
UM, AND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, OUR MAYOR, UH, AND, UM, THE TEAM HERE AT METRO HEALTH, UH, UNDER, UM, ERIC, UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB.
UH, SO I, I DO WANNA JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.
UM, AND I, I, I JUST, I WANTED, THOUGH ASK A QUESTION, UM, WHICH IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS, UM, OR MAYBE I DON'T KNOW, DR.
BRIDGER OR SOMEBODY ELSE COULD EXPLAIN WHY, UM, WHY ONLY THE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S VACCINE WERE DELAYED, BUT UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS WAS NOT.
WAS THAT LIKE STRICTLY POLITICAL POSTURING? MAYBE THAT ANSWERS TO THE MAYOR? IT WAS, IT WAS NOT POLITICAL POSTURING, IT WAS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT STATEWIDE PROBLEM.
SO HEALTH DEPARTMENTS WHO REQUESTED SECOND DOSES, UM, GOT PUT INTO A DIFFERENT FILE, AND THAT FILE GOT FORGOTTEN UNTIL THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ALL STARTED CALLING ON THE WEEKENDS SAYING WHAT IS GOING ON.
UM, SO IT, IT WAS NOT INTENTIONAL.
UM, AND IT WAS HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE STATE.
UH, OKAY, WELL, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET BACK ON TRACK AND, AND I'VE BEEN LISTENING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT A SLIGHT DELAY, UM, DOESN'T, I GUESS I LEAD THE EFFICACY OF THE VACCINE.
A SLIGHT DELAY, A DELAY OF TWO TO FOUR WEEKS DOES NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE, UH, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VACCINE.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, UH, FOR THAT, UM, UH, AND, AND, UH, UH, SOME CLARITY ON, UM, UH, SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
SO, AND I, I GUESS I JUST, I JUST WANNA KIND OF END, UH, WITH, UM, A COMMENT
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REGARDING THE HOMELESS, UM, UH, UM, ISSUES SINCE COUNCIL MEMBERUM, WE, I HAVE BEEN AT THE SITE OF MANY, UH, CLEANUP OR MANY HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS OVER THE YEARS.
UM, AND WE KNOW THAT MOST PEOPLE REFUSE TO, UH, GET ASSISTANCE, NOT, NOT MOST, BUT ABOUT HALF.
UM, AND IT'S NOT ANY, UM, UH, EFFORT ON THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE.
I HAVE STOOD NEXT TO MANY OF OUR, UM, HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, HOMELESS ADVOCATES, UM, REALLY, YOU KNOW, GIVING PEOPLE ALL KINDS OF REASONS WHY THEY CAN GO TO AN ALTERNATIVE SITE, UM, TO GIVING, OFFERING THEM ALL KINDS OF HELP.
UM, I'VE, I'VE WITNESSED IT FIRSTHAND.
UM, AND WE KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, PEOPLE DON'T ACCEPT THE HELP.
AND WE HAVE, UM, I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THE HOTELS FOR, SINCE WE FIRST GOT THAT, UM, CARES FUNDING, UM, THAT HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT OVER ON THE EAST SIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, JADA, ANDREW SULLIVAN DISTRICT IS THE BIGGEST ONE I'VE EVER SEEN.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE AS A CITY, I THINK OUR, OUR CONTINUING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE, UM, AND, AND IS A CONCERN FOR ALL OF US.
SO, UM, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT, UM, A LACK OF EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE CITY AND AT THE PART OF, UH, THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF UNDERLYING REASONS WHY THAT WE CAN ADDRESS, UH, BUT CERTAINLY, UM, THERE'S TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT GO INTO THAT.
AND, UH, I'VE ASKED ON A NUMBER OF VACATIONS OVER THE YEARS TO ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT, THAT ADDRESSES THE, THE CLEANUP AND THE, UM, ADVOCACY FOR HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE, UM, UH, STILL SOME ALTERNATIVES WITH THE, UH, CARES FUNDING AVAILABLE.
OH, AND IN FACT, THE LAST QUESTION, MAYOR, I'M SORRY.
BUT CAN, UM, IF, IF WE, UH, APPROACH, IF WE APPROVE THE HOUSING BOND, UM, IN THE, IN THE, UH, CAN THAT MONEY BE USED FOR THE HOMELESS, UM, LIKE PERHAPS AS, UM, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT OF THAT.
THIS IS NOT A TOPIC THAT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS HERE BEFORE, BUT I'LL, I WILL REACH OUT TO YOU DIRECTLY AND AN AND WE'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GONZALEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO H THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, I LISTENED INTENTLY TO COUNCILMAN ES COMMENTS AND YOUR RESPONSE, DR.
BRIDGER, AND OF COURSE, I CAN SEE BOTH SIDES OF THIS WHILE MY COLLEAGUES AND I HEAR THE FRUSTRATIONS AND SOMETIMES THE DESPERATION OF THE PEOPLE.
BRIDGER, THAT PLAINLY, THIS HAS NOT WORKED IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN, OR DO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT FACTORS WERE CRITICAL IN THE FAILURE OF A REGISTRY IN OTHER, IN OTHER CITIES OR COUNTIES? THE, THE PRIMARY, THE PRIMARY DEFICIT IN MOST REGISTRIES IS THE FACT THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CAN BE IN A REGISTRY FOR FOUR OR FIVE, SIX MONTHS BEFORE THEY GET VACCINATED.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S A SHORT TERM BALM ON A WOUND THAT CONTINUES TO FESTER.
AND THEN PEOPLE HAVE ONE MORE THING TO POINT TO, TO WHY IT IS THAT THEY'RE FRUSTRATED.
I PUT MY NAME ON THE REGISTRY, WHY HAVEN'T I GOTTEN A CALL? UM, THE CORE OF THE FRUSTRATION IS THERE ISN'T ENOUGH VACCINE TO VACCINATE EVERYBODY WHO WANTS IT RIGHT THIS MINUTE.
AND THERE'S A SCARCITY MENTALITY IN A HUMAN BEING THAT IF THEY KNOW THERE ISN'T ENOUGH OF SOMETHING, IT MAKES THEM THAT MUCH MORE ANXIOUS TO WANT IT.
SO PUTTING YOUR NAME ON A REGISTRY DOES NOT ADDRESS EITHER OF THOSE ROOT CAUSES FOR THE ANXIETY.
AND THE ANG PLACES WHO HAVE TARTED REGISTRIES, INCLUDING AUSTIN, HAVE SAID, THIS IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO ADDRESS THE ANGST AND THE ANXIETY, AND TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL, THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT 4, 5, 6 MONTHS BEFORE EVERYBODY IN THAT THAT PHASE ONE B CAN BE VACCINATED.
AND THAT FOUR OR FIVE, SIX MONTHS, THAT'S WITH OUR CURRENT, UH, SUPPLY OR AS IT'S COMING IN, THAT'S AT THE CURRENT RATE, OR IS THAT, THAT'S ANTICIPATING INCREASES WEEK OVER WEEK.
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FOUR PRIORITIES FOR THE VACCINATION EFFORT ARE TO MONITOR VACCINE DOSES, EXPAND ACCESS TO THE CLINICS, OF COURSE, ENSURE EQUITY, AND THEN CLEARLY COMMUNICATE TO THE COMMUNITY OF THE FOUR PRIORITIES.UM, ARE Y'ALL ABLE TO IDENTIFY, WHICH IS THE AREA IN MOST NEED OF IMPROVEMENT? WHICH ONE OF THOSE PRIORITIES DO WE, ARE WE LACKING THE MOST? AND THEN, OF COURSE, WHY? WELL, THE TWO, THE TWO THAT WE HAVE THE MOST CONTROL OVER ARE ASSURING EQUITY AND COMMUNICATION.
AND SO THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON.
SO EXPANDING MASS VACCINATION, UM, IS 100% DEPENDENT ON WHAT THE STATE GIVES US.
WE'RE ALWAYS THERE TELLING 'EM, WE CAN DO IT, WE CAN DO IT, WE CAN DO IT.
UM, BUT THEY CAN'T JUST MAKE VACCINE EITHER.
THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO GIVE TO US.
UM, AND THEN THE VACCINE DOSES RECEIVED AND ADMINISTERED, UM, THE, THE CHALLENGE THERE IS THE, THE PAPERWORK PIECE.
AND SO I WOULD SAY THAT FOR ME, IT'S, IT'S THE ENSURING EQUITY AND CLEARLY COMMUNICATING ARE THE TOP TWO, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE THINGS OVER WHICH WE HAVE CONTROL.
AND I'M CURIOUS, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, BUT, UH, THE AMOUNT OF VACCINE THAT WE'RE RECEIVING AS A CITY, AS MUNICIPALITY, WHAT IS THAT BASED ON? IS IT POPULATION? UM, ARE ALL THE BIG CITIES IN TEXAS GETTING, YOU KNOW, COMMISERATE AMOUNTS IN THE BEGINNING? UM, THE QUESTION FROM THE STATE WAS, CAN YOU SET UP A MASS VACCINATION SITE? UM, WE SAID, YES, WE CAN SET UP FOUR SITES.
AND THEN THE VACCINE WE RECEIVED, UM, FOR THOSE SITES WAS BASED ON POPULATION.
UM, IN FACT, IN THE BEGINNING, THEY WERE QUICK TO POINT OUT THAT WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED 1.7% MORE THAN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO THE FIRST TWO WEEKS BECAUSE WE WERE SO FAST AT GETTING OUR MASS VAC SITES SET UP.
AND IF I COULD JUST CLARIFY ONE THING I, I, I KEEP FORGETTING, TO CLARIFY, I USED AN ACRONYM THAT I SHOULD DEFINE.
UM, SO I USED THE TERM F Q H C, WHICH MEANS FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER.
UM, SO I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I CLARIFIED THAT, UH, ACTUALLY, THAT, LET ME ASK ONE MORE QUESTION.
SO IS, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET ON THAT FOR, FOR A PROVIDER TO GET ON THAT LIST OF, OF FEDERALLY? UM, NO.
YOU, YOU ARE, YOU ARE ALREADY IN F Q H C, UM, AND IT'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FEDERAL PAPERWORK IN ORDER TO BE DESIGNATED AS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER.
UM, SO, SO, NO, BUT IT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMIND ALL PROVIDERS, UM, THAT THERE IS A REGISTRATION SITE, IF YOU WISH TO BE A COVID VACCINE PROVIDER WHEN THERE IS VACCINE AVAILABLE.
THOSE PROVIDERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP AND SAID, I WANT VACCINE WILL BE THE ONES WHO GET IT FIRST.
WHAT IS THAT SITE? SO DO YOU KNOW IT OFFHAND? I WILL SEND IT OUT IN A, IN A FOLLOW-UP MEMO.
UM, BUT IF YOU GOOGLE, I WANT TO BE A VACCINE PROVIDER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IT SHOULD COME UP.
COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA.
I JUST, UM, WANTED TO CHIME BACK IN AND, AND JUST TO REALLY SAY DR.
BRIDGER, I THINK THAT YOU'RE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.
I DO NOT THINK THAT YOUR INFORMATION IS OLD.
I DO NOT THINK THAT YOUR INFORMATION IS OUTDATED, AND I THINK YOU'RE DOING A HECK OF A JOB GETTING US THROUGH SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH BEFORE.
AND I WANNA PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR EXTENDING YOUR STAY AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO REALLY WALK US THROUGH, THROUGH, THROUGH A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE DON'T KNOW.
WE ARE NOT THE EXPERTS, YOU'RE THE EXPERT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP IN YOUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I DON'T KNOW, UH, IF PEOPLE HAVE NOTICED THIS, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS PANDEMIC AND METRO HEALTH ALL HAPPEN TO BE WOMEN.
AND SO I'M VERY PROUD EVERY NIGHT WHEN I SEE THE DAILY, THE DAILY PRESSER, THAT IT'S ALMOST AL ALWAYS A WOMAN THAT, UH, JOINS THE JUDGE AND JOINS THE MAYOR.
AND I JUST, UM, I, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I, UH, I I'M JUST SO HAPPY EVERY TIME THAT I SEE THAT, THAT ONE OF YOU HAS JUST THE PERFECT ANSWERS TO SOME REALLY DIFFICULT QUESTIONS.
AND, UM, I'M, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T, UH, TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY.
I RAN OUT OF TIME BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO THANK THE ENTIRE METRO HEALTH TEAM.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD GUYS WORKING THERE TOO.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO JUST SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF THE FEMALE TEAM THAT IS LEADING METRO HEALTH THROUGH THESE TIMES.
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SO ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO TO BE SUPPORTIVE.I KNOW I ASKED YOU A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND I WANNA THANK YOU BECAUSE EVERY TIME I HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU CALL ME BACK OR YOU SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE OR YOU SEND ME AN EMAIL.
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT THE BEST USE, BUT IT IS YOUR EXPERT OPINION.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND THE ENTIRE TEAM.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.
UM, UH, JUST, UH, A A COUPLE THINGS.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SURPASSED 2000 DEATHS IN, IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, MOST RECENTLY.
AND, UH, THIS PAST, UH, AND MOST RECENTLY, WE, WE LOST A LEADER IN A NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER IN DISTRICT SEVEN, WHO I WANTED TO TAKE A, A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE.
UH, THAT IS MR. JA, MR. DOBELL, WHO PASSED DUE TO C OVID 19.
HE IS THE LATE HUSBAND OF MRS. JANE DOBELL, AND TOGETHER THEY WERE LEADERS OF THE THUNDERBIRD HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, MOST RECENTLY, RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC MAYOR, UH, YOU ATTENDED A, A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY WITH, UH, WITH THE BELS.
AND, AND WE TOOK A PICTURE WITH OUR HARD HATS AND OUR, AND OUR SHOVELS.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THAT, UH, MUCH BELOVED LEADER IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, UH, ONE THING I DID WANT TO SHARE WITH THE, UH, WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THAT MY OFFICE IS WORKING WITH G P A TO, UM, TO PROMOTE SOME OF THE C OVID 19 MATERIALS, ADVERTISING MATERIALS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, THERE IS A C C P F EXCEPTION TO WELLNESS AND, UH, AND HEALTH ISSUES.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO BE USING OUR C C P F FUNDS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HAVE VERY MANY EVENTS, UH, THIS PAST YEAR.
SO I INVITE YOU TO, TO JOIN THAT EFFORT.
AND, UH, A REMINDER, WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE EXTREMELY ANXIOUS, UH, AND EAGER TO GET THEIR, THEIR VACCINES.
AND I, I WANT TO REMIND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO, TO PLEASE, AS, AS WE'RE AWAITING MORE AND MORE DOSES, TO USE THAT EAGERNESS
THE BEST TOOL WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ARE OUR MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING.
UH, SO PLEASE, UH, DON'T, DON'T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN.
UH, WITH THAT, UM, I ALSO, UH, JUST AM GONNA CHIME IN, CHIME IN ON, ON THE REGISTRY.
I, I TOO, UM, HAD, HAD THOUGHT, UH, THAT THAT WOULD BE A, A GOOD IDEA.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD, UH, HELP PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING WHILE THEY WERE WAITING AND PROVIDE SOME SENSE OF, OF SECURITY, RIGHT, THAT IT WAS COMING.
UM, BUT WHAT I SEE IS THAT THERE IS STILL NO PREDICTABILITY TO, UH, ANY SORT OF REGISTRY, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHEN, WHEN THE DOSES ARE ARE COMING.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE ARE STILL, UH, VERY PANICKED ABOUT NOT ABOUT NOT GETTING A, A DOSE.
I, I MEAN, I ALSO THINK THAT'S BAD FOR HEALTH, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ASKED BY SOME RESIDENTS, THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY.
THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY.
UH, AND I I, I HAVE A HARD TIME TELLING THEM, ACTUALLY, NO, UH, THERE ISN'T.
BUT I, I THINK THE BEST WAY RIGHT NOW IS, IS TO BE PATIENT UNTIL WE HAVE SOME PREDICTABILITY IN THAT VACCINE.
UH, AND SO I, I JUST, I, I WANTED TO, UM, ASK A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WERE, UM, OR MAYBE YOU COULD TALK AGAIN ABOUT THEIR ROLE, UH, DR.
BRIDGER IN, UM, HOW WE ARE, UM, GETTING PEOPLE, UH, UH, BECAUSE AREN'T THE, AREN'T THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ESSENTIALLY CREATING A REGISTRY? NO.
THEY ARE SIGNING PEOPLE UP FOR APPOINTMENTS THAT WE HAVE RESERVED FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO USE IN PRIORITY CENSUS TRACKS.
SO IT IS NOT A REGISTRY, IT IS AN ACTUAL APPOINTMENT FOR A TIME AND A DATE THAT WEEK.
BUT FOR, UM, FOR OTHER, OTHER, UH, FOR MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS, OR WHO ARE THEY? HOW ARE THEY? UM, THEY ARE ONLY IN THOSE PRIORITY CENSUS TRACKS WHERE THERE'S BEEN HIGH MORTALITY, A HIGH CASE RATE, AND A HIGH EQUITY SCORE.
AND THEY ARE FOCUSING ON PLACES AND HOUSEHOLDS WHERE VULNERABLE PEOPLE ARE LIVING.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE TAKING CALLS OR THEY'RE GOING DOOR TO DOOR, OR HOW ARE THEY COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE? IT'S PRIMARILY IN PERSON.
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AT CENTERS, OR DO WE KNOW HOW, HOW THAT'S HAPPENING? IT'S ALL OF THE ABOVE.UM, IT'S IT, AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE TRIED DIFFERENT THINGS THAT SOME HAVE WORKED, SOME HAVEN'T WORKED, BUT IT'S LITERALLY THEM WITH AN IPAD IN THEIR HAND, UM, GOING TO PEOPLE IN THOSE PRIORITY CENSUS TRACKS AND MAKING APPOINTMENTS FOR THEM.
AND, BUT HOW ARE, BUT WE'RE, ARE WE GUARANTEEING, BUT WE CAN'T GUARANTEE AN APPOINTMENT.
SO HOW IS IT, IT IS, IT IS LITERALLY AN APPOINTMENT.
THEY, THEY HAVE, WE IN OUR SYSTEM HAVE RESERVED 600 APPOINTMENTS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ONLY TO FILL.
UM, AND, AND SO WE CAN USE THAT MODEL BECAUSE OF THE STATE, UH, REQUIREMENT OR, UM, THAT WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY.
WE, WE HAVE, WE THINK THAT BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF OUR APPOINTMENTS ARE OPEN FOR GENERAL REGISTRATION, IT IS OKAY FOR US TO TARGET, UM, THE 600 APPOINTMENTS TO THOSE PRIORITY CENSUS TRACKS.
AND CAN WE, CAN IT BE MORE THAN 600? WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE NOW WORKING WITH WELLMED, SO IT'S ANOTHER 600 A WEEK THROUGH WELLMED.
UM, AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO SLIDE THAT GAUGE GENTLY.
UM, BUT WE DON'T WANNA GO TOO FAR BECAUSE WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN DALLAS.
SO SORT OF TRYING TO, UM, RIGHT, WELL, LET'S PUSH THE ENVELOPE AS MUCH AS WE CAN BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT METHOD WORKS.
AND I HOPE THAT, UM, I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT THE PRIORITY.
THE PRIORITY TODAY IS TO, UM, UH, GET PEOPLE VACCINATED.
UM, BUT I, I HOPE THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE MODEL AND THAT SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE IS TAKING VERY, UM, VERY, UH, UM, IMPORTANT NOTES, UM, TO SHOW HOW IMPORTANT AND EFFECTIVE THE MODEL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IS.
Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME OVER THE YEARS, UH, REALLY PROMOTE THAT MODEL, BUT THESE ARE ALMOST, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY WOMEN.
THERE MAY BE SOME MEN IN THERE, UM, AND THEY SHOULD BE PAID MORE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY'RE GONNA AT LEAST $15 AN HOUR, UM, WHICH WE KNOW IS THE MINIMUM.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING, UH, TO RAISE SALARIES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE COMMENTS MADE BY, UH, MEMBER REMEMBER, UH, GARCIA ROCHA GARCIA A FEW MINUTES AGO REMINDED ME, UH, OF THE APPRECIATION I REALLY DO HAVE FOR DR.
AND I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT THAT WAS UNDERSTOOD.
UH, I'VE REALLY ADMIRED THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE.
THEY'VE DONE VERY IMPORTANT, SIGNIFICANT WORK.
WE MAY ALWAYS HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON ONE THING OR ANOTHER, BUT COLLECTIVELY, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE, AND I KNOW THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO.
AND, UH, ADRIANA, I APPRECIATE YOU REMINDING ME, AND I, I HOPE ALL OF US, UH, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOMETIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER KERGER, I, I, AND I, I MIGHT ADD, UM, DR.
BRIDGER CAN ATTEST THAT WE HAVE AN ONGOING RUNNING DEBATE ABOUT THESE SUBJECTS, UM, UH, VIGOROUS ONE AT THAT, UH, MUCH APPRECIATED EXPERTISE, UH, BROUGHT, UH, EVERY DAY.
BRIDGER, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FOR SAN ANTONIO TO GET TO OUR FIRST THOUSAND DEATHS, AND HOW LONG DID IT GET TAKE FOR US TO GET TO 2000? YEAH, LET ME RUN THOSE NUMBERS AND I'LL GET THAT TO YOU.
WHAT, SO CAN YOU ANSWER THAT? I CAN GIVE YOU BROAD, I CAN GIVE YOU BROAD.
JUST GIVE ME A BROAD ESTIMATION.
SO I WOULD GUESS THAT IT TOOK US, UM, THREE TIMES AS LONG TO GET TO THE FIRST THOUSAND DEATHS AS IT TOOK US TO GET TO THE SECOND THOUSAND DEATHS.
UM, SO TO, TO YOUR POINT, UM, THE, THE MORTALITY THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THIS SECOND SPIKE, UM, IS CONSIDERABLE, UM, AND SOMETHING WE SHOULD NOT LOSE SIGHT OF.
UH, GREAT DISCUSSION EVERYONE.
UM, WE'LL GO NOW TO OUR ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL ACTION.
[13. 20-7475 Ordinance awarding the FY 2021 Pavement Preservation Package 5 - Micro-Surface Task Order Contract to Intermountain Slurry Seal, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $1,496,800.50 with reimbursement from San Antonio Water System 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]]
UH, ITEM NUMBER 13.ITEM NUMBER 13 IS AN ORDINANCE AWARDING THE
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FISCAL YEAR 2021, PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PACKAGE, FIVE MICRO MICROSURFACES TAX ORDER CONTRACT TO INTERMOUNTAIN SLURRY SEAL, INC.IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,496,800 AND 50 CENTS WITH REIMBURSEMENT FROM SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEMS AND AN AMOUNT CONSISTENT WITH NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO THEIR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO STREET MAINTENANCE, PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I, IS THERE A PRESENTATION AT ALL? YES, COUNCILWOMAN JOHN, CAN YOU PULL UP THE PRESENTATION PLEASE? LET'S GO TO SLIDE NUMBER ONE, PLEASE.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL M MAYOR, I'M RESI JOSE, DIRECTOR AND CITY ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, OR COMMONLY, WE KNOW SS M P IS COMPONENT UP FIVE YEARS INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT OR COMMONLY WE KNOW I M P AS PART OF FY 2021.
BUDGET FOR SS M P WAS 102 MILLION.
AS MANY OF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID, WE DEFER 43 MILLION, WHICH WAS A 280 PROJECT TO BE DONE THIS YEAR.
THIS CONTRACT WILL BE FACILITATE THE COMPLETION OF PAYMENT PRESERVATION PROJECT.
CONTRACT WILL BE USED COMPLETE I M P PAYMENT PRESERVATION PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES MICRO SURFACE SEALANT REQUIRE STREET BASE STRUCTURE REPAIRS, AND ASSOCIATED AND REQUIRE WORK.
STAFF RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THIS CONTRACT WITH AMOUNT OF 1.49 MILLION WITH INTERMOUNTAIN SLURRY SEAL INC.
COUNCIL ROMAN, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, THANK YOU ZI, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND I JUST, I, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT OR TO PULL THIS ITEM JUST TO TALK ABOUT, UM, PAVEMENT PRESERVATION AND, AND, UM, SO YOU ALL, UM, I MEAN SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL REMEMBER THAT, UM, THE WORK I INITIALLY DID FOR THE EQUITY BUDGET HAD TO DO WITH PAYMENT CONDITION, UH, PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX, UM, AND HOW, UH, WE, UH, RESTORE OUR STREETS.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT HAS COME UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS THAT, UM, THAT IT'S EASIER TO TAKE A STREET THAT'S A C FOR EXAMPLE, PAYMENT CONDITION AND TAKE IT TO AN A.
AND THAT IMPROVES OUR OVERALL SCORE OF PAYMENT CONDITION THAN IT IS TO TAKE AN F AND MAKE IT AN A.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IN MANY WAYS, UM, SOME OF US, OUR PAVEMENT CONDITION IS MUCH LOWER THAN OTHERS.
UM, AND SO IT, IT JUST, WHAT IS THIS PARTICULAR, UM, MICROSURFACES IS, IS THIS A NEW KIND OF PAVEMENT PRESERVATION OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS USED? I KNOW THAT TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES, UM, BUT IF THE QUALITY, UM, IS NOT THERE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'RE GONNA END UP WITH THE SAME SITUATION WE WE'VE BEEN IN, UM, WHICH IS, UH, HAVING POOR QUALITY PAVEMENT.
COUNCILMAN, WE HAVE USED MICROSURFACING LAST FEW YEARS.
USUALLY WE DO USE THIS ONE ON THE ROADWAY WITH THE HIGH VOLUME OF THE TRAFFIC AND RELATIVELY GOOD EXISTING PAYMENT.
WHAT I MEAN P C I OF 75 AND 80, BETWEEN 75 AND 85 P C I, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX.
THE IDEA IS THAT THIS IS VERY LESS EXPENSIVE TO MAKE SURE OUR ROADWAY DOES NOT DETERIORATE TO BECOME F STREET, AND IT'LL BE MUCH, MUCH MORE COSTLY TO REBUILD THIS ROADWAY.
MICROSERVICE MICROSURFACES USUALLY CONSISTS OF S WILD EMULSION, VERY SMALL CRUSH ROCK, AND A CHEMICAL ADDITIVE AND USUALLY HAS A THICKNESS OF ONE QUARTER INCH THICKNESS.
IT'S DONE BASICALLY ON THE ROADWAY WITH HIGH VOLUME OF THE TEST.
AND SO TYPICALLY NOT DONE, UH, I, UM, ON A, ON A D STREET, RIGHT? SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS A, A, UM, COST, UH, THAT BECAUSE IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE, I GUESS THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT I, I HOPE, UM, IS NOT HAPPENING IS THAT IS AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE COSTS.
WE ARE, UM, NOT, WE DON'T HAVE A QUALITY PRODUCT.
IS THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU COULD JUST TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
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COUNCILWOMAN, WE ARE NOT DOING THIS ONE BECAUSE OF LESS EXPENSIVE.WE ARE DOING THIS ONE BECAUSE IT, IT'S A RIGHT APPLICATION FOR THAT TYPE OF THE ROAD.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD ONE OH 2 MILLION, 102 MILLION BUDGET, 12 MILLION OF THAT DONE BY CITY CREWS.
90 MILLION IS DONE BY CONTRACTOR.
10% OF THE 90 MILLION OR 9 MILLION IS REALLY DONE FOR PRESERVATION.
80 MILLION WE SPEND, MAJORITY OF OUR MONEY GOES ON THE REALLY TRUE REBUILDING THE EXISTING ROADWAY RAZZY.
I, SO YOU LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PAYMENT PRESERVATION PROGRAM, WE, WE BREAK IT UP INTO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE EASY TO DO TO JUST KEEP THE STREETS MAINTAINED AND WE GO INTO THE STREETS THAT ARE MAYBE THE B AND THE C WHERE THAT REQUIRES MORE WORK.
SO THERE'S A POT OF MONEY FOR THAT.
AND THEN THERE'S A POT OF MONEY ALSO TO ADDRESS THE SS STREETS.
SO IT'S KIND OF A CLEAN SLATE.
LET'S KEEP THE A AND THE B STREETS GOOD SO THEY DON'T DETERIORATE.
LET'S REPAIR THE, THE B AND THE C STREETS TO GET 'EM UP TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE A LEVEL.
AND THEN THERE'S A POT OF MONEY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE S STREETS AS WELL.
WE'RE ADDRESSING EVERYTHING THROUGH THE S&P PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO, AND THIS IS USED TO MAINTAIN A AND B STREETS? NO, THIS IS DONE PROBABLY C N A B C M B A IS USUALLY BRAND NEW ROADWAY.
WE USUALLY DON'T DO MUCH APPLICATION FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OR SO DOWN THE ROAD OR MINOR SEAL CODE ANOTHER, BUT USUALLY B AND C, WHICH IS A P C I OF 75 TO 85.
WE USE THIS ONE WHICH HAS A THICKNESS AS A QUARTER INCH THICKNESS.
AND ON THE ROADWAY WITH THE HIGH VOLUME OF THE TRAFFIC, AS ROD MENTIONED, WE HAD REALLY FOR 2021 SS M P, WE HAD 16 PACKAGE AND THEY INCLUDE FROM FOX CEILING, SLURRY, SEAL, TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION AND, AND EVERYTHING BETWEEN.
WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR EXPLAINING AND, AND UM, YOU JUST, UM, SORT OF A BREAD AND BUTTER ISSUE THAT WE'RE, WE ARE ADDRESSING HERE ON THE COUNCIL.
UM, YOU KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS IN A PRE COVID RATHER IN A PRE COVID ENVIRONMENT WITH STREET.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, UM, BEING MAINTAINED, UH, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.
UM, AND, AND THIS IS ALSO IN, IN CONNECTION WITH SAWS.
SO, 'CAUSE I NOTICED THERE'S NOT A VERY LARGE AMOUNT.
SO IS IS THE PURPOSE OF IT TO UM, ADDRESS, UH, STREET MAINTENANCE ISSUES LIKE WHEN SAUCE COMES IN AND, AND UM, MESSES UP A STREET COUNCILMAN? THIS IS ON THE, AGAIN, ON THE EXISTING EXISTING STREET.
THERE REASON IS NOT A LARGE, LARGE DOLLAR FIGURE, ONE POINT ALMOST 5 MILLION BECAUSE NOT COSTLY ITEM.
IT STILL BE THE GOOD AMOUNT WORK ON THE ROADWAY, GOOD CONDITION SOUTH PAYS WHEN THEY HAVE TO ADJUST THE MANHOLE AND VALVE AND OTHER, THAT'S THE REASON THEY END UP PAYING FOR THEIR, THEIR PART OF THE COST.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, I THINK.
ALRIGHT, THERE WAS A MOTION SECOND FOR APPROVAL.
ITEM 13 AND A SECOND, SECOND FROM SANDRA.
UH, ANY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? UH, GO AHEAD COUNCIL MEMBER RIDGE.
UH, RAZZI, YOU, YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL DIFFERENT LEVELS OF TREATMENT WE HAVE FOR OUR STREETS.
UH, HOW MANY, UH, LEVELS ARE, ARE WE UTILIZING RIGHT NOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MAKING ANY KIND OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS? WE DO SEE CRACK CEILING.
ROADWAY HAS DEVELOPED SOME CRACK THAT'S VERY LESS EXPENSIVE AND VERY PRELIMINARY.
WE DO ON MOST OF THE ROAD WHEN WE THEN WE DO SLURRY, SEAL, SEAL, COAT MILL OVERLAY AND TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION.
WE BASICALLY REMOVE THE EXISTING PAVING AND, AND BUILDING UP, UP WITH THE CURB.
AND MANY TIME ALSO SIDEWALK ALSO.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SLURRY SEAL AND UM, I THINK YOU MENTIONED ONE OTHER RIGHT AFTER THAT.
MICROSURFACING MICROSURFACING.
MICROSURFACING HAS A THICKNESS AND HAS A EMO EMULSION AND GRAVEL.
THE SLURRY SEAL IS VERY THIN MATERIAL, BASICALLY COVERS ALL OF THE VOIDS, ALL OF THE SMALL CRACK ON THE ROADWAY TO AVOID
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WHEN WE HAVE THE RAIN, WHENEVER WE HAVE THE IN NOT PENETRATE TO POLICE AND TO CAUSE THE BASE DAMAGE.UH, WELL IN DEFERENCE TO, UH, OUR, OUR FRIEND COUNCILMAN PERRY, WHO ISN'T WITH US RIGHT NOW, UH, WHAT IS THE RETURN OF AN ON INVESTMENT, THE R O I, UH, ON, ON THIS LATEST RECOMMENDATION YOU'RE MAKING COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT WE MIGHT EMPLOY? UH, HOW, HOW, HOW MUCH DOES IT HELP LONG THE STREET LAST LONGER? USUALLY FIVE TO SEVEN DEPEND ON THE SUB-GRADE CONDITION.
MINIMUM FIVE, MAXIMUM SEVEN YEARS.
AND WHAT ABOUT, UH, THE OTHERS LIKE, UH, THE MICRO AND ET CETERA? COUNCILMAN, WHY NOT LET ME GET YOU THE LIFE UP.
ANY APPLICATION WE PROVIDE RATHER THAN TRYING TO, BECAUSE WE HAVE NUMBER OF THE APPLICATION.
LET ME CREATE A TABLE WHERE WE USE THIS APPLICATION.
WHY DO WE USE AND WHAT'S THE COST OF IT AND WHAT'S THE LIFE EXPECTATION? YES, THAT'D BE GOOD.
I'D RECOMMEND YOU SEND IT TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SOME MAY ALREADY HAVE IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE A, AN UPDATE ON THAT.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 13, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
[19. 21-1280 Resolution initiating 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].]
19, ITEM NUMBER 19 IS A RESOLUTION INITIATING 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 IS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION GENERAL FUND FISCAL YEAR 2021.
COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, I MOVE TO CONTINUE THE CASE FOR ONE MONTH TO THE MARCH 4TH MEETING.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 19 TO THE MARCH 4TH MEETING.
UM, WAS THERE A SECOND? MAYOR ROCHA GARCIA SECONDED.
UM, FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 19.
ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 19? OKAY, HEARING NONE, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONTINUANCE ON ITEM 19.
AYE A ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[Z-1. 21-1285 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 January 21, 2021)]
TO OUR ZONING AGENDA NOW.UH, WE'LL START WITH ITEM Z ONE.
ITEM Z ONE IS GOING FROM R SIX TO R M FOUR LOCATED AT 1526.
MS. WEST MISSILE TOW AVENUE STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF R SIX C D CD FOR TWO UNITS.
ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL, 25 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, 11 OPPOSED JEFFERSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED.
THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO APPROVE DUE TO OPPOSITION EXCEEDING 20%.
COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO, UH, PER APPLICANT'S REQUEST, UH, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I WILL GRANT A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE.
I MOTION, UH, TO CONTINUE FOR THIS CASE TO, UH, FEBRUARY 18TH MEETING SECOND.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM, UH, Z ONE TO FEBRUARY 18TH.
WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z ONE, UH, JACK FINGER.
NO OTHER, UH, THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
UH, SO WE'LL TAKE UP THE QUESTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UM, CONTINUANCE ON ITEM Z ONE TO FEBRUARY 18TH.
[Items P-3. & Z-7.]
T THREE AND Z SEVEN T THREE AND SEVEN IS AMENDING THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN FROM AGRIBUSINESS TIER TO SUBURBAN TIER FROM FR TO M H C LOCATED AT 21 1 9 3 LAMB ROAD STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION AND ZONING COMMISSION[02:25:01]
RECOMMEND APPROVAL.NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED.
THANK YOU MAYOR, I WANNA THANK THE APPLICANT.
UM, I STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
SO I MOTION FOR A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE TO FEBRUARY 18TH? YES, MA'AM.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM ITEMS Q THREE AND Z SEVEN TO FEBRUARY 18TH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
[Z-15. 21-1199 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700261 CD (Council District 7): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-2 MLOD-2 MLR-2 AHOD" Commercial Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C-2 CD MLOD-2 MLR-2 AHOD" Commercial Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for Auto And Light Truck Repair on Lot 25 and Lot 26, Block 1, NCB 11998, located at 135 Tellez Avenue. Staff recommends Denial. Zoning Commission recommends Approval with Conditions.]
ITEM Z 15 IS A REZONING FROM C TWO TO C TWO CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO AND LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR.LOCATED AT 1 35 BAY IS AVENUE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS, NO ACCESS FROM THEA AVENUE, PARKING OF SERVICE VEHICLES ONLY, NO ONSITE SERVICE OR REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
61 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
UH, I DON'T BELIEVE HE IS RECONNECTED JACK FINGER.
DID YOU SAY SIX FOOT SOLID SCREEN FENCE ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE? NO, MA'AM.
I I THOUGHT YOU WERE ADDING THAT ONE.
UM, I HAVE ALL OF THEM DOWN HERE, SO I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM ITEM Z 15 WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, NO ACCESS FROM THA AVENUE PARKING OF SERVICE VEHICLES ONLY, NO ONSITE SERVICE OR REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND SIX FOOT SOLID SCREEN FENCE ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE.
ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z 15 AS AMENDED, UM, BY COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.
ANY DISCUSSION ITEM Z 15 AS MAYOR.
SORRY, I, I DO HAVE JUST ONE, ONE POINT IS I, I DO REALLY WANNA THANK, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND DON RIOS FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK ON THIS.
ALRIGHT, UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM Z 15? ALRIGHT, MOTION IS SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM C 15 AS AS OF AS AMENDED INTO THE RECORD.
[25. 21-1386 City Manager's Report]
HAVE A, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT BEFORE THAT.UM, AND LET ME, UM, WE HAVE, UH, JUST ONE THIS, UH, THIS AFTERNOON MAYOR, UM, JUST IN RECOGNITION OF OF, OF, UH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, A QUICK VIDEO WE WANTED TO SHOW, UH, THAT FEATURES FIVE OF OUR STANDOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN EMPLOYEES.
THIS MONTH IS, AS WE ALL KNOW, IS A TIME TO HONOR, UH, THE HISTORY AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS.
AND THE VIDEO, UM, WHICH IS VERY WELL DONE, UM, IS A SMALL WAY OF ACKNOWLEDGING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR ORGANIZATION, OUR COMMUNITY, AND, AND MAKING HISTORY, UH, EVERY DAY.
SO WITH THAT, JOHN, UM, UH, BEFORE WE RUN THE VIDEO, I JUST ALSO WANTED TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT, AND THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE DID, UM, UH, INCLUDE THE OBSERVATION OF JUNETEENTH AS A CITY HOLIDAY AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, UH, SPECIAL HISTORY THAT, UM, WHICH IS ROOTED HERE IN TEXAS.
UM, AND I WANNA THANK THE EMPLOYEES, UM, FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE VIDEO.
UM, AND, UH, WE'LL RUN IT RIGHT NOW.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH, I ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT, UH, MY DAD AND THE STORIES HE WOULD TELL ME ABOUT, UH, WHEN BLACK HISTORY MONTH WAS ACTUALLY BLACK HISTORY WEEK AND HOW MUCH THAT MEANT TO HIM BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING BEFORE THAT.
IT'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN, WHETHER IT IS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ART, MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, THE MILITARY, IT'S MY GOAL TO LIVE MY LIFE
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IN A WAY THAT HONORS THEIR SACRIFICES, UH, THAT THEY DID FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY.SO WE CAN ENJOY, UH, SOME OF THE FREEDOMS AND SOME OF THE RIGHTS THAT WE DO TODAY.
BLACK HISTORY, UH, IT LIVES AND BREATHES EVERY SINGLE DAY.
MY, UH, GRANDMOTHER ACTUALLY WORKED FOR THE US TREASURY, UH, BACK IN THE 1940S, WHICH IS KIND OF ONE OF THOSE INTERESTING THINGS TO FIND OUT ABOUT FAMILY HISTORY.
AND, UH, MY UNCLE'S ACTUALLY, UH, MY GRANDMOTHER'S BROTHER, UH, HE, UH, STARTED OFF AS A TOKEN CLERK IN THE NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY SYSTEM FOR THE M T A AND, UH, ROSE TO BE, UH, HIGH LEVEL MANAGER, UH, BY THE TIME HE RETIRED.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY NICE, UH, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LEGACY.
I HAVE TO MENTION SOMEONE LIKE BETSY COLEMAN, WHO WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO EVER FLY.
UM, SHE WAS IN THE US AND WAS TOLD THAT SHE COULDN'T FLY BECAUSE SHE WAS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN.
SHE WENT TO FRANCE AND SHE GOT HER PILOT'S LICENSE, I'M GONNA SAY OPRAH.
EY STARTED OFF WITH A, UH, TALK SHOW.
NOW SHE HAS HER OWN NETWORK TV STATION.
I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT ADMIRE AND BE INSPIRED BY THE, THE BOLDNESS, THE LOVE, THE COMPASSION OF THE REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING.
MY CAREER HAS SHAPED MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD BY HELPING ME SEE HOW IT WORKS.
JUST SEEING HOW A CONTRACT COMES TOGETHER, HOW IT'S NEGOTIATED, HOW IT'S EXECUTED, HOW IT'S MONITORED, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE REALLY GIVEN ME A SENSE OF HOW A CITY ACTUALLY WORKS AS AN ORGANIZATION, BUT ALSO AS A PLACE THAT PEOPLE LIVE.
MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT WORKING FOR CITY GOVERNMENT IS I GET TO DO SOMETHING THAT I LOVE AND I GET TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT THE LIBRARY ALL DAY, AND THAT WHEN THEY LEAVE WITH A SMILE, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE HELPED THEM IN SOME KIND OF WAY, UH, THAT HELPS ME AND OUR NEIGHBORS ALSO.
EVERYTHING FITS AS FAR AS A PUZZLE.
YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING, YOU GO WALK AND YOU SEE THAT SOMEONE'S PICKING UP THE GARBAGE.
YOU SEE THAT SOMEONE'S WORKING ON THE STREETS, YOU CALL 9 1 1 AND, AND WE SHOW UP AT YOUR, AT YOUR HOUSE.
AND SO TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THAT CHANGE AND VISION, IT'S, IT'S INVIGORATING.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THAT, ERIC.
UM, LET ME TURN TO, UH, COLLEAGUES NOW WHO HAVE COMMENTS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
UM, WE KNOW THAT ONE THING WE CAN TRULY SAY ABOUT YOU, ERIC, IS THAT YOU DO NOT LEAVE ANYONE OUT.
UM, WHEN WE FIRST CAME INTO OFFICE, CONCERNS ABOUT THE MAKEUP AND THE DYNAMICS AND THE EQUITY OF THE WAY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WAS SET UP AND YOU NEVER WAVERED, UM, YOU NEVER COMPLAINED, YOU NEVER SAID IT IS WHAT IT IS AND IT'S GONNA BE WHAT IT'S GONNA BE.
YOU SAID, LEMME SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS VIDEO, IT SPEAKS TO THE HEART OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND IT IS YOUR LEADERSHIP, ERIC, THAT HAS SPOKEN TO HOW WE ADDRESS THE CARESS AND THE CONCERNS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHEN THEY ASK FOR JUNETEENTH FOR SAN ANTONIO TO BE THE MODEL OF MAKING IT A NATIONAL OR A RECOGNIZED HOLIDAY.
AND YOU DID THAT WITHOUT ASKING ANY QUESTIONS.
AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PROMOTING AND UPLIFTING PEOPLE THAT ARE SAYING, WHERE ARE THE BLACK POPULATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, YOU SAID, HERE THEY ARE.
AND THIS IS JUST THE FIRST OF MANY THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR CITY THAT SPEAK TO THE DYNAMICS.
AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR HAVING THOSE HARD CONVERSATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US AS WE HAD OUR CONCERNS.
AND THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU ELEVATE THOSE WITHIN OUR CITY DEPARTMENT, SUCH AS MR. MCCAREY.
AND WE KNOW THAT WE ASKED AND WE ASKED AND WE ASKED, AND YOU SAID ONE THING THAT YOU'LL NOT DO IS LET THE TALENT OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FALL BY THE WAYSIDE.
AND YOU ALWAYS STAYED FIRM IN THAT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING, ERIC, FOR OUR CITY, FOR UPLIFTING A COMMUNITY THAT IS ONLY 7%, BUT YOU STILL MAKE SURE THAT THEIR VOICES ARE CONTINUED TO BE HEARD THROUGHOUT OUR EMPLOYMENT AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCILWOMAN.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD TEAM AT THE CITY AND I THINK THESE VIDEOS, THESE VIDEOS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN INTO THE HABIT OF ALMOST A WEEK OR ALMOST FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, ARE REALLY CRITICAL.
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THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS, UH, A GOOD CITY MANAGER NEVER COMPLAINS.SO I APPRECIATE THE, THE FEEDBACK.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
UM, ALL RIGHT, WELL, UH, WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT BEFORE THAT, UH, IT'S AN APPROPRIATE TIME, UH, TO UH, ALSO RECOGNIZE A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY THAT'S GONNA BE CELEBRATED THIS WEEKEND.
AND THAT IS OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH.
UM, SO IF WE CAN ALL, UH, OPEN OUR MICS AND START WITH A VERY, UH, UM, UH, CACO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, UH, FOR YOUR WEEKEND.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, AND MANY MORE
YOU'RE ALLOWED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT ONE, ERIC
UH, THE TIME IS NOW 11:40 AM ON THIS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH, 2021.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AND TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS THE ITEMS THAT WERE POSTED IN THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY 3RD, 2021, BUT NOT REACHED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 REAL PROPERTY AND COMPENSATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING CITY CVID 19 PREPAREDNESS AND LEGAL OPTIONS UNDER 5 5 1 0.07.
ALRIGHT, EVERYBODY IN THE, UH, OTHER ROOM THERE EARLY TODAY.
NOW, UM, WHAT TIME IS IT? IT'S 1:17 PM ON THIS FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2021.
CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN AND OUR MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.