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          SUNSET FOR EVERY BOX SUNSET. 
          DON'T LISTEN TO THE SUN TO SUNSET. 
          FOR EVERY BOX, COME TO SUNSET. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          TIME IS 9:07 AM ON THIS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH, 2021. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. 
          UH, IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START WITH A, UH, ROLE, MADAM CLERK, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER  HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HAJA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR NUREMBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 
          UH, TO START OUR SESSION TODAY. 
          LET 
          [1. 21-1656 Invocation]
ME ASK COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 
          UH, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MARIAN THOMAS. 
          UM, MARIAN, I MET HER SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN A LITTLE BITTY BUILDING IN A, IN A STRIP MALL, UH, RIGHT OFF NACODOCHES ROAD. 
          AND, UM, I'D GOTTEN AN INVITATION FROM HER TO COME OVER TO SEE HER OPERATION. 
          IT WAS JUST A SMALL LITTLE OFFICE, UH, AREA THAT WAS STACKED FROM FLOOR TO CEILING WITH BOXES. 
          AND WHEN I FIRST WALKED IN THERE, I SAID, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS? AND, UM, GETTING THROUGH THE BOXES AND EVERYTHING, I, UH, UH, MET MARIAN AND SHE TOLD ME WHAT ALL SHE WAS DOING THERE. 
          AND IT'S CALLED BLESSED ANGELS. 
          AND, UM, SHE HAS EXPANDED AND CONTINUES TO WORK IN HANDING OUT FREE FOOD GIVEAWAYS. 
          I MEAN, SHE'S DONE, UH, TOY DRIVES AND, AND GIVEN OUT TOYS, UM, AT CHRISTMAS TIME, AT THANKSGIVING, TURKEYS FOR PEOPLE AND OTHER FOOD THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT. 
          AND SHE HAS LITERALLY PROVIDED THIS KIND OF ASSISTANCE FOR OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE, UH, HERE IN THIS PART OF TOWN. 
          AND, AND I CALL HER OUR, OUR ANGEL OF DISTRICT 10, BECAUSE SHE REALLY IS, SHE'S A HUMANITARIAN. 
          SHE, UM, BELIEVES IN HELPING PEOPLE, AND SHE BELIEVES THAT THERE'S NO SENIOR THAT NEEDS TO BE HUNGRY. 
          AND SHE LIVES UP TO THAT. 
          AND SHE HAS PROVIDED, UH, DRIVE-THROUGHS DURING THIS PANDEMIC. 
          UM, IT USED TO ACTUALLY GO IN AND SIT DOWN IN HER, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER THERE. 
          BUT SINCE THE PANDEMIC, SHE HOLDS THESE DRIVE-THROUGHS THROUGH THE COMM, UH, UH, WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY COME UP AND RECEIVE A BOX OF FOOD AND OTHER, OTHER THINGS THAT GETS THEM THROUGH ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          AND, UH, HERE RECENTLY, UH, SHE HAS GOTTEN A VEHICLE TO ACTUALLY GO AND DELIVER TO PEOPLE'S HOMES, FOOD AND ASSISTANCE. 
          AND IT, IT, IT REALLY IS. 
          IT IS WHAT A BLESSED ANGEL COMMUNITY CENTER THAT, UH, SERVES, SERVES PEOPLE, AND HELPS THEM GET THROUGH. 
          UH, I, I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT, UH, UM, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND MY STAFF HAS BEEN OUT THERE TO HELP AND SEE ALL OF THESE SMILING FACES THAT DRIVE UP AND GET THEIR ASSISTANCE, AND THEN ABLE TO LEAVE AND, AND BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE DAY. 
          UH, SO I AM SO HONORED TO, TO SHOW YOU MARIAN AND HAVE HER PROVIDE THE INVOCATION, UH, FOR US TODAY. 
          SHE'S ACTIVE NOT ONLY ON IN THE BLESSED ANGELS COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT ALSO SHE SERVES ON A COMMITTEE ON ACOG. 
          UH, SHE'S BEEN A CHAPLAIN, UH, AND SERVES 
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ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT BECAUSE SHE TRULY IS A HUMANITARIAN AND PHILANTHROPISTS IN, IN HELPING PEOPLE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY, REALLY HELPS US ON THE NORTHEAST PART OF TOWN. 
          SO, WITH THAT, MARIAN, YOU ARE OUR BLESSED ANGEL IN DISTRICT 10. 
          I I LOVE YOU AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU AND YOUR TEAM. 
          UH, YOU GOT A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS, ABOUT 26 PEOPLE THAT HELP OUT WITH ALL YOUR, ALL OF YOUR ACTIVITIES THERE. 
          SO WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND YOUR SERVICES THAT YOU DO GIVE OUT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          SO, WITH THAT, MARIAN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL INTRODUCTION. 
          I'M GOING, IS THAT ME ? I AM JUST SO HUMBLY HONORED TO BE BEFORE THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          GOOD MORNING TO OUR WONDERFUL, HONORABLE MAYOR RON BERG AND OUR AWESOME CITY COUNCILMAN AND AWESOME, UH, GOVERNMENT LEADERS AND EVERYBODY THAT'S, THAT'S HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME. 
          I AM HUMBLY HONORED TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS AS WE PRAY FOR STRENGTH DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES, OUR GRACIOUS AND LOVING GOD, WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSINGS AND PROTECTION AND GUIDANCE FOR OUR MAYOR, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND OUR GOVERNMENT LEADERS. 
          FATHER, IN THESE TROUBLING TIMES, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE GIVE OUR GREAT LEADERS THE ANSWERS, THE WISDOM, THE STRENGTH, THE ENDURANCE, THE KNOWLEDGE, AND THE UNDERSTANDING TO HELP US ALL. 
          PLEASE GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES AND FAVOR TO HELP US GET THROUGH THIS COVID PANDEMIC AND THIS HISTORICAL WINTER FREEZE BLAST. 
          AND OUR WATER PROBLEMS AND ALL OTHER PROBLEMS THAT COME BEFORE THEM. 
          PROTECT OUR MAYOR, PROTECT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, PROTECT OUR GOVERNMENTS LEADERS, PROTECT OUR COUNTY LEADERS FROM ALL SICKNESS AND DANGER. 
          PLEASE KEEP THEM SAFE AT ALL TIMES. 
          WE PRAY FOR YOUR LOVE AND COMPASSION ABOUND AS WE WALK THROUGH THIS CHALLENGING SESSION. 
          IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY. 
          AMEN. 
          THANK YOU, PASTOR THOMAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'LL JOIN US 
          [2. 21-1657 Pledge of Allegiance]
NOW WITH, 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. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH PASTOR THOMAS. 
          GREAT TO SEE YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, THE FIRST 
          [3. 21-1658 Approval of the Minutes of the City Council meetings of December 2, 2020, December 3, 2020, and December 9, 2020.]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF DECEMBER 2ND, DECEMBER 3RD AND DECEMBER 9TH, 2020. 
          UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES. 
          SO MOVED. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES DECEMBER 2ND, THIRD, AND NINTH, 2020. 
          ANY, UH, DISCUSSION OR CLARIFICATION? HEARING NONE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
UM, BEFORE WE BEGIN TODAY, I DO WANNA, UM, I THINK WE ALL HAVE RECEIVED THAT. 
          UH, NOTE, UH, BECAUSE OF SUSPENDED MAIL SERVICE, OUR AGENDA WILL BE SLIGHTLY MODIFIED. 
          UH, ALL OF THE ZONING ITEMS BECAUSE OF THAT MAIL SUSPENSION WILL BE MOVED FOR TWO WEEKS. 
          UM, AND SO LET ME RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER GRO TO MAKE THAT MOTION, UH, SO WE CAN AGAIN, COMPLY WITH, UH, OUR PUBLIC NOTIFICATION PROCESS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS COUNCIL SESSION'S, ZONING AND PLANNED AMENDMENT CASES DUE TO THE MANY ISSUES WITH THE INCLEMENT WEATHER TO MARCH 4TH, 2021. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THERE'S A MOTION BY GRO SECOND BY ANDREW SULLIVAN FOR, UM, 
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MOVING OUR ZONING ITEMS TODAY. 
          UM, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THOSE? I GUESS THEY'RE D Z ONE MAYOR. 
          THE ITEMS ARE Z ONE THROUGH Z FIVE, Z ONE, Z TWO Z THREE Z FOUR Z FIVE P ONE Z SIX P TWO Z SEVEN Z EIGHT Z NINE Z 10 Z 11 P THREE Z 12 Z 13, Z 14, Z 15, AND Z 16. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, SO THE MOTION IS, UH, TO MOVE THOSE ITEMS TO MARCH 4TH. 
          THERE WAS A SECOND BY ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UH, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN THE REST OF OUR AGENDA TODAY, LET ME RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, ALL OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE OUT THERE, MAKING SURE OUR CITY IS RUNNING AS BEST IT CAN. 
          GROCERY STORE WORKERS, MAKING SURE WE HAVE NOURISHMENT, C P S LINEMEN AND SAWS WORKERS OUT IN AS BITTER, COLD, FIXING WHATEVER THEY CAN FIX. 
          AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE DELIVERING FOOD AND RISKING THEIR LIVES TO HELP US. 
          ALL. 
          SPECIAL THANKS TO THOSE HELPING IN DISTRICT SIX WESTOVER HILLS CHURCH, WHO OPENED THEIR DOORS AND EXTENDED THEIR HOURS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO WARM UP AS LONG AS THEY HAVE POWER. 
          UH, PETE CORTEZ OF LAFA CORTEZ AND RIERA, WHO DELIVERED 500 MEALS TO CHRISTUS SANTA ROSA IN WESTOVER HILLS, AND ESPECIALLY ALL THE GOOD NEIGHBORS OF DISTRICT SIX. 
          AND IN FACT, THE WHOLE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WHO ARE OFFERING WARM SPACES, CHARGING STATIONS, BLANKETS, AND IN MANY CASES, GROCERIES. 
          ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS WENT AROUND AND JUST DELIVERED EGGS AND BANANAS YESTERDAY. 
          THIS IS THE SAN ANTONIO I GREW UP IN SAN THE SAN ANTONIO I LOVE. 
          UM, THANK YOU SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAVE, HOWEVER REFLECTS OF OUR COMMENTS, UM, AS WELL. 
          UM, ALL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PLIE, WERE YOU MAYOR AGENDA OR DO YOU WANNA POINT OF PRIVILEGE? YES. 
          POINT OF PRIVILEGE. 
          AND, AND REALLY IT JUST, IT'S A DOVETAIL ONTO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN KA H'S COMMENTS. 
          UH, SHE COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE, AND I JUST WANT TO AMEND, UH, HER THANKS TO INCLUDE, UM, THREE OTHER PEOPLE. 
          I'VE GOT, UH, TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          UH, ONE OF THEM YVETTE MEAD FROM OUR SAFE TEAM. 
          UH, SHE'S OUT TODAY HELPING DELIVER, UH, MUCH NEEDED SUPPLIES AND CHECKING IN ON FAMILIES. 
          UM, FOLKS, IF EVER THERE WAS, UH, PROOF THAT OUR POLICE DO SO MUCH MORE THAN WHAT YOU THINK IT THEY DO, THIS IS THE WEEK. 
          UH, THEY'RE LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, CALLING ON VULNERABLE PEOPLE OUT THERE AND, UH, AND KNOCKING ON DOORS AND SPREADING THE LOVE. 
          AND THEN, UH, I WANT TO THANK, UH, OFFICER FELIPE ERNA, WHO HAS BEEN STANDING OUT IN THE COLD DIRECTING TRAFFIC. 
          UH, THAT POOR GUY YESTERDAY, UH, WAS AN ICE CUBE WHEN I SAW HIM. 
          AND, UH, HE'S ONE OF THE TOUGHEST MEN I KNOW. 
          AND LASTLY, I THINK THAT, UM, SOME OF OUR UNSUNG HEROES, UM, ARE THE BACK OFFICE BEHIND THE SCENES FOLKS, UH, LAURA MAY AND THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. 
          I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING AMAZING WORK. 
          UH, THERE'S SO MUCH BAD INFORMATION OUT THERE, UH, BUT, UM, LAURA AND HER TEAM ARE, ARE KILLING IT, UH, AS FAR AS GETTING US GOOD INFORMATION. 
          AND, UH, I THINK IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT LAURA'S INFORMATION GOES VIRAL. 
          'CAUSE GOD KNOWS, IF WE DON'T, THEN THE BAD STUFF WILL. 
          UM, THANK YOU LAURA. 
          AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PIA, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, DITTO TO EVERYTHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KABE HAVE, HAVER HAS SAID, AND YES TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AS WELL, TO GIVE, UM, MY COLLEAGUES AN UPDATE AND THE COMMUNITY AN UPDATE. 
          AND A BIG THANKS TO C P S ENERGY BECAUSE, UM, LAST NIGHT, LATE LAST NIGHT, I DID GET A CALL, UH, FROM RUDY GARZA. 
          HE, UH, COMMUNICATED WITH ME AND TOLD ME WHAT THE ISSUE WAS, UM, WHAT THE PROBLEM THEY WERE HAVING WITH MISSION DE LAGO, THE OPTIONS FOR THE SOLUTIONS OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT MISSION DE LAGO AND HOW I COULD HELP GET THE WORD OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS WHO WERE, WHO WERE RECEPTIVE TO WHAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN, AND TO RESPONDING IN KIND THAT ALLOWED THEM TO GET THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES UP AT 1230 IN THE MORNING AND GET THE HOMES STARTED UP AT ONE 30 IN THE MORNING RIGHT NOW, LAST THIS MORNING, AND THAT ARE STILL ON. 
          AND, UM, 
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IT JUST GOES TO SHOW WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER, WHEN WE COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND WE WILL GET IT DONE. 
          WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS WILL GO ON, BUT WE STILL HAVE A WARMING CENTER OUT THERE. 
          AND, UM, THEY ARE, THEY ARE, THEY WERE WARM FOR THE NIGHT. 
          SO THANK YOU C P S ENERGY, THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO GO AHEAD AND THANK A LOCAL BUSINESS IN DISTRICT NINE WEATHERED SOULS BREWERY ON WEST AVENUE. 
          UH, IS OFFERING 1800 GALLONS OF WATER TO ANYBODY IN DISTRICT NINE THAT IS, UH, OUT OF WATER AT THIS TIME. 
          I THINK WE HEARD YESTERDAY THAT, UH, THAT CAN BE A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION FOR QUITE A FEW PEOPLE IN OUR CITY, AND I WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR STEPPING UP AND SAYING THEY'LL MAKE 1800 GALLONS OF WATER AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I WANNA FIRST SAY TO OUR DISTRICT TWO RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO US VIA ALL OF THE BLACKOUTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO US. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING CALM. 
          THANK YOU FOR STAYING SAFE AND TRYING TO STAY AS WARM AS POSSIBLE. 
          PLEASE KNOW THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER IS STILL AVAILABLE IF YOU NEED A WARMING PLACE. 
          TREMONT TEMPLE CHURCH ON FM 78 IS STILL AVAILABLE IF YOU NEED A WARMING PLACE. 
          AT THIS TIME, WE ARE CONTINUING TO REACH OUT TO OUR BAPTIST MINISTERS UNION ABOUT OTHER WARMING PLACES. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER. 
          WE ARE STILL IN THE DARK, BUT WE ARE MAKING THE BEST OF IT. 
          GET WITH YOUR FAMILIES, ENJOY THIS TIME, LEARN EACH OTHER, LAUGH, LOVE, AND CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THE HARDEST TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH. 
          THERE'S STILL LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. 
          WE STILL HAVE HOPE IN ALL OF THIS. 
          PRAY WITH EACH OTHER. 
          BE THERE FOR EACH OTHER. 
          IF YOU CAN GET OUT AND ASSIST YOUR NEIGHBOR, PLEASE DO SO. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF ELDERLY IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT DO NOT KNOW HOW TO TURN OFF THE WATER METERS. 
          WE ARE ASKING IF SAWS CAN HELP US WITH THOSE ELDERLY THAT CANNOT TURN OFF THEIR WATER, THAT WE'RE HAVING WATER ISSUES. 
          WE KNOW THIS IS THE HARDEST TIME ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, BUT IN FACT, LOVE AND CALM AND PEACE AND IND DIGNITY AND IN UNITY, WE GET THROUGH THIS. 
          IF YOU NEED US, REACH OUT TO US. 
          WE ARE AVAILABLE. 
          WE ARE CONTINUING TO STAY ACCESSIBLE BY CHARGING OUR PHONES THROUGH OUR CARS. 
          IF YOU ARE IN YOUR CAR, PLEASE REMEMBER, DO NOT CLOSE YOUR GARAGE. 
          IF YOU'RE IN THE GARAGE AND USING YOUR CAR, WE WANT YOU TO CONTINUE TO STAY SAFE, STAY VIGILANT, AND IF YOU CAN USE WHATEVER RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE AS FAR AS WATER TO GET THROUGH THIS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          OKAY, UM, WE WILL NOW, UM, MOVE TO OUR AGENDA TODAY. 
          WE HAVE, UH, ONE ITEM LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          THAT'S ITEM FOUR. 
          UM, I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHERS BEING PULLED, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK, UM, WHAT THOSE ARE, UH, SO WE CAN GET THOSE IN THE QUEUE. 
          SO, UM, AGAIN, ITEM FOUR FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          I'LL HEAR NOW ANY ITEMS, UH, MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION BESIDES ITEM FOUR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 15, HIGHLIGHT OR FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          HIGHLIGHT. 
          JUST HIGHLIGHT MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY? YES, I WANNA JUST, UH, ADD ON TO COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ROCHA GARCIA OF ABOUT 15 ALSO. 
          OKAY. 
          IF YOU, IF YOU JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING, JUST GO AHEAD AND RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN WE, UH, CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UH, BUT I, I NEED TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS TIME. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UH, I, I GAVE THE CITY CLERK ITEM 20. 
          I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 20. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          YES, MAYOR, I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO PULL ITEM 15 FOR A PRESENTATION AND ITEM 16 FOR A PRESENTATION, PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          15 AND 16. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 18 FOR PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WE HAVE, UH, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION NOW, ITEMS FOUR, ITEMS 15, 16, 18, 
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AND 20. 
          JUST 20. 
          OKAY. 
          DID I GET ALL THAT RIGHT? ALRIGHT. 
          UH, SO ITEMS 15, 16, 18, AND 20. 
          UH, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE IN FOR, FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE, THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SO MOVED. 
          COURAGE. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION. 
          WAS THERE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT. 
          MOTION BY COURAGE. 
          SECOND BY ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE TWO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          UM, WELL, ONE CITIZEN SIGNED WOULD SPEAK FOR, FOR, UH, AN ITEM REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND CALL, UH, BRAD MCMURRAY FOR ITEM 21. 
          AND JOHN'S CONNECTING BRAD RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          THE FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR? YES. 
          UH, MY NAME'S BRAD MCMURRAY. 
          I'M WITH PROSPERA. 
          UH, WE JUST WANTED TO ENDORSE, UH, CITY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE HOME AND CDG FUNDING. 
          AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S SUPPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, BRAD. 
          THANK YOU MR. MCMURRAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 4 15, 16, 18, AND 20. 
          MAYOR, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT? YEAH, GO AHEAD ANDY. 
          UH, BECAUSE 21 IS A COMPANION TO 20. 
          IF YOU'RE PULLING 20, I THINK YOU NEED TO PULL 21 AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, UH, MADE THAT MOTION. 
          WOULD YOU MIND AMENDING YOUR MOTION TO INCLUDE 21 COUNCIL MEMBER? COURAGE? IT'S NO PROBLEM, MAYOR. 
          SO MOVED. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN CONCUR. 
          YES. 
          MAYOR. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 15, 16, 18, UH, 20 AND 21. 
          IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          MOVE NOW 
          [4. 21-1691 Approving the following items related to City's COVID-19 Recovery and Resiliency Plan and Emergency Response: [Maria Villagomez, Deputy City Manager; Ana Bradshaw, COVID-19 Financial and Performance Liaison]]
TO ITEM FOUR. 
          ITEM FOUR A IS AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING A GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF 46,000,500, AND, I'M SORRY, EXCUSE ME, $46,751,961 AND 10 CENTS FROM THE UNITED STATES TREASURY FOR EMERGENCY AND A BUDGET. 
          BUDGET WITHIN THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN AND AMENDING PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
          ITEM FOUR BS AND ORDINANCE IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN AND THE CITY'S ONGOING C OVID 19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN AND SUPPLEMENTAL INITIATIVES FOR FURTHER TO FURTHER THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PLAN. 
          AND ITEM FOUR C IS AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING A GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,980,751 FROM THE CENTER'S FOR DISEASE CONTROL. 
          AND THE PREVENTION FOR THE PURPOSES OF C OVID 19 VACCINATIONS APPROPRIATING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $26,987,175 AND SETTING UP THE BUDGET WITHIN THE C OVID 19 VACCINATION PLAN. 
          ALRIGHT, LEMME TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH. 
          UH, THE PRESENTATION? YEP. 
          MORNING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          SO THERE'S THREE ITEMS OR THREE PORTIONS TO THIS ITEM AS THE CLERK JUST, UH, READ. 
          UM, THE FIRST, UM, IS, UH, MAKING, UH, UH, LAST UPDATE I GAVE THE COUNCIL, WE WENT BACK AND RE PROJECTED OUT OUR MONTHLY EXPENSES ON THE PILLAR. 
          UM, AND SO THE PRESENTATION, UH, BEFORE YOU, UH, MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF REALLOCATING, UH, PORTIONS OF THAT, THOSE FUNDS. 
          UH, WE ARE ALSO, UM, UM, APPROPRIATING THE MONEY WE RECEIVE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
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FOR OUR EAP. 
          UM, THAT ITEM HAS, UH, WENT TO COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, AND, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS, UH, BASED ON THAT LAST PRESENTATION ON FRIDAY THAT, UH, LORI WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THIS MORNING. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATION OF, OF THE VACCINE, UM, FUNDS, UH, THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE C D C. 
          UM, AND COLLEEN WILL WALK THROUGH THAT PART. 
          THAT AREA, I WILL TELL COUNSEL IS CONTINUING TO CHANGE. 
          UM, AS, AS, UM, AS ADDITIONAL VACCINES ROLL AND SUPPLY INCREASES, UH, WE WILL NEED TO CON WE WILL NEED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS, UM, AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS. 
          THE OTHER, THE OTHER PART OF THIS THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY PART OF THE COUNCIL ITEM THIS MORNING IS THAT, UH, WE ARE GONNA BE SEEKING FEMA REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE VACCINATION. 
          THAT'S NOT PART OF, UH, AN ALLOCATION OF BUDGET. 
          THAT'S A PROCESS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, AND WE'RE WORKING TO, UH, TO DO THAT. 
          SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO, UM, UH, MARIA FIRST, THEN LORI, UH, AND THEN COLLEEN WILL, UH, COVER THE THREE PORTIONS OF THE, OF THIS MORNING'S PRESENTATION. 
          GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M MARIA VIE GOMEZ, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. 
          AND JUST A QUICK SUMMARY OF OUR PRESENTATION, IF WE CAN PUT THE PRESENTATION. 
          JOHN, THE FIRST ITEM THAT LORI IS GOING TO COVER IS ACCEPTING 46.8 MILLION FOR THE EMERGENCY HOUSING, HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND ALSO MAKING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO AMEND THE GUIDELINES FOR THIS PROGRAM. 
          UH, THEN DR. 
          BRIDGER WILL TALK ABOUT, UH, THE ACCEPTANCE OF $13.8 MILLION FROM, UH, A GRANT SPECIFICALLY FOR VACCINATIONS, AND ALSO A INIT $27 MILLION FOR THE CVID 19 VACCINATION. 
          UH, PLAN RESPONSE AS A CITY MANAGER INDICATED THIS $27 MILLION IS A PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND IS PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE $13.9 MILLION GRANT THAT WE ARE ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO ACCEPT TODAY. 
          AND THE BALANCE WE'LL SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA. 
          AND FINALLY, I WILL CLOSE THE PRESENTATION COMING BACK WITH, UH, DESCRIBING SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING TO OUR EMERGENCY AND RESPONSE AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          AND ALSO, UH, WITH THIS ADJUSTMENTS AND REBALANCING OF THOSE, UH, PILLARS, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE REALLOCATION OF $14 MILLION FOR HOSPITALITY, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR, FOR BUSINESSES WITH A FOCUS ON RESTAURANTS AND THE BAR INDUSTRY. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO LAURIE HOUSTON. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNSEL. 
          I'M GONNA PROVIDE SOME BRIEFING, A BRIEFING ON THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          UM, JUST A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THE HISTORY. 
          AND THEN AS MARIA MENTIONED, I'LL TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE BUDGET AND THEN I'LL GO INTO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. 
          AND SO THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WAS CREATED IN APRIL OF 2020 IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC. 
          UM, TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM, YOU MUST BE A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENT. 
          YOU MUST PROVE A HARDSHIP DUE TO COVID AND YOU MUST MAKE AT 80% A M I. 
          BELOW. 
          OUR PROGRAM CURRENTLY PROVIDES RENTAL MORTGAGE UTILITY TO INCLUDE C P S SAWS AND INTERNET ASSISTANCE, AND THEN A SMALL CASH GRANT THAT IS ADMINISTERED BY THE FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE FOR GROCERIES, FUEL, AND MEDICINE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          NOW, OUR BUDGET IS ABOUT $86 MILLION FOR PHASES ONE THROUGH THREE, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED ANOTHER 46.8 MILLION FROM THE US TREASURY. 
          THAT 46.8 MILLION CAN ONLY BE USED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE. 
          IT CANNOT BE USED FOR MORTGAGE CASH OR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          THE, UM, WE DO HAVE SOME FUNDING REMAINING FROM OUR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, ABOUT $5 MILLION THAT WILL USE FOR THE MORTGAGE, AND ALSO WE'LL USE THAT FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO APPLYING FOR A GRANT THROUGH THE STATE TO GET ASSISTANCE FOR MORTGAGE AS WELL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          NOW, CURRENTLY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE SPENT ABOUT $72.2 MILLION. 
          UM, THIS IS AS OF FEBRUARY OF, UM, NINTH, 2021. 
          IT'S APPROXIMATELY 30,000 FAMILIES. 
          UM, THESE FAMILIES, MAJORITY OF THEM, THE AVERAGE IS ABOUT 30% A M I OR BELOW. 
          WE ONLY HAVE, UM, 15% OF FAMILIES THAT ARE IN THE INCOME BRACKET OF 51% TO 80% A M I. 
          BUT 
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THE MAJORITY OF THOSE FAMILIES THAT WE'RE HELPING ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE AND WAY BELOW 50%. 
          AND IN FACT, THE, THE AVERAGE IS ABOUT 30% A M I IN EACH OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS. 
          GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          NOW, THE PROGRAM AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, UM, IS TIERED. 
          SO IF YOU'RE AT 50% A M I OR BELOW, YOU DO GET RENTAL AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE SAWS, C P S AND INTERNET ASSISTANCE AND A CASH GRANT FOR TWO MONTHS. 
          AND THEN IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE, YOU'LL GET AN ADDITIONAL CASH GRANT. 
          BUT NO OTHER BENEFITS OF $500. 
          NOW, IF YOU'RE IN THE INCOME BRACKET OF 51% TO 80%, YOU ONLY RECEIVE RENTAL MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE FOR TWO MONTHS AND THEN GET A CASH GRANT OF 250 FOR THE THIRD MONTH. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          NOW WE ARE PROPOSING SOME AMENDMENTS. 
          UM, OUR AMENDMENTS ARE NECESSARY BECAUSE ONE, WE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, THAT $46.8 MILLION, UM, WILL GET US THROUGH, UM, SEPTEMBER OF 2021. 
          AND WE KNOW THERE MIGHT BE ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMING FROM THE FEDS, BUT RIGHT NOW, UM, WE'RE ONLY COUNTING ON THAT $46.8 MILLION COMING FROM THE FEDS. 
          UM, PRIOR TO RECEIVING THAT FUNDING, WE DID A SURVEY OF OUR E A APPLICANTS AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PARTNERS, AS WELL AS, UM, OUR, THE PROPERTY MANAGERS AND LANDLORDS THAT ARE HELPING THEIR APPLICANTS RECEIVE THE FUNDING. 
          UM, SO WE HAD OVER 7,000 RESPONSES. 
          UM, THAT WAS ONE, UM, WAY THAT WE USED TO HELP INFORM THESE AMENDMENTS. 
          WE ALSO WERE INFORMED BY THE ELIGIBLE USES FOR THIS FUNDING FOR THE FEDERAL FUNDING BECAUSE WE KNOW IT CANNOT BE USED FOR CASH AND, UM, IT CANNOT BE USED FOR MORTGAGE. 
          UM, WE ALSO SPOKE TO SEVERAL OF OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. 
          UM, WE SPOKE TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND THEIR OUTREACH SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          WE'VE TALKED TO THE CULTURAL NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COUNCIL COMMITTEE. 
          WE HAVE ALSO TALKED TO SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK. 
          AND THEN WE'VE TALKED TO APPLICANTS WHO ARE CALLING INTO THE CALL CENTER, OUR OUTREACH PARTNERS WHO ARE HELPING OUR APPLICANTS GET ASSISTANCE, DOMESTICUS UNITES COPS, METRO SAGE, AND THEN SEVERAL OTHER STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, UM, TO INCLUDE OTHER USERS OF THE PROGRAMS, UM, AS WELL AS PROPERTY MANAGERS AND LANDLORDS. 
          SO ALL OF THAT INFORMATION HELPED INFORM, UM, THESE AMENDMENTS. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT ANYONE AT 80% A M I OR BELOW WILL GET SIX MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE AND THEY'LL BE ELIGIBLE FOR RENT OR MORTGAGE SAWS, C P S AND INTERNET. 
          NOW WE ARE PROPOSING A COMPLETE RESET. 
          SO EVEN IF YOU'VE RECEIVED TWO MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, NOW WE ARE PROPOSING ONLY SIX MONTHS AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE NEED TO MANAGE OUR RESOURCES. 
          THE STATE OF TEXAS JUST ANNOUNCED THEIR $1.3 BILLION RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          AND CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR THAT. 
          AND SO IF YOU ARE DONE WITH YOUR SIX MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE AND YOU NO LONGER, UM, ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM, YOU APPLY TO THE STATE OF TEXAS PROGRAM, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE. 
          AND THEN IF THEY HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE, YOU'LL GET ANOTHER THREE MONTHS. 
          SO YOU COULD GET POTENTIALLY UP TO NINE MONTHS AND MAYBE 12 MONTHS DEPENDING ON THE STATE'S FUNDING AVAILABILITY. 
          THE STATE'S FUNDING IS FOR THOSE AT 80% A M I OR BELOW. 
          AND YOU MUST PROVE A COVID HARDSHIP. 
          AND IT ALSO PROVIDES ASSISTANCE FOR RENT AND UTILITIES. 
          SO WE, WE WANNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AFTER THEIR SIX MONTHS TO GO AFTER THAT STATE FUNDING. 
          SO WE CAN MANAGE RESOURCES. 
          NOW, IF WE GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE FEDS AND WE'RE SEEING THAT THE STATE FUNDING IS GOING WAY TOO FAST OR THAT IT'S NOT BEING DISPERSED IN A TIMELY MANNER, UM, WE MAY COME BACK AND RECOMMEND ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S SIX MONTHS, IT'S A RESET. 
          SO IF YOU'VE ALREADY RECEIVED TWO MONTHS, YOU CAN GET AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS. 
          AND WE'VE ELIMINATED THAT TIER APPROACH. 
          SO IT'S NO LONGER 51% TO 80% AND 50% AND BELOW IT'S EVERYONE WHO'S 80% OR BELOW GETS THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY. 
          UM, THE SAME AMOUNT OF INCENTIVES. 
          AND THEN ALSO WE'VE ELIMINATED THAT CASH GRANT BECAUSE WE CANNOT USE CASH, UM, WE CANNOT PROVIDE CASH THROUGH THAT FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          AND WE ARE GOING TO DO A DIFFERENT PROGRAM TO HELP INCREASE OUR 
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REFERRAL SYSTEM PROGRAM. 
          SO I'M GONNA GO TO THAT NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO WHAT WE HEARD IN OUR SURVEY, UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, APPLICANTS WANT MORE TIME. 
          BOTH APPLICANTS AND THE PROPERTY MANAGERS FELT THAT THEY NEEDED MORE THAN TWO MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, WE ALSO HEARD THAT OUR REFERRAL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE IMPROVED AND THAT THERE ARE SOME, UM, APPLICANTS WHO ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY ACCESSING THE APPLICATION ONLINE, AND WE NEEDED TO GET A BETTER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THOSE APPLICANTS. 
          SO I'M GONNA FIRST TALK ABOUT THE REFERRAL SYSTEM. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS INTEGRATING WITHIN OUR ONLINE APPLICATION, AND FOR THOSE WHO CALL THE CALL CENTER TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION THAT YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE ASKED IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE OTHER THAN RENTAL, MORTGAGE, OR UTILITY. 
          AND IF THE ANSWER IS YES, WE ARE GOING TO CONNECT YOU IMMEDIATELY TO A BENEFITS NAVIGATOR. 
          NOW, THESE BENEFITS NAVIGATORS, THEY ARE, UM, HOUSED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND THEY CURRENTLY ARE, UM, IN THE FINANCIAL AND HOUSING COUNSELING RESOURCE CENTER THAT'S AT THE LIBRARY. 
          UM, WE ARE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL FIVE BENEFITS NAVIGATOR. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE A TOTAL OF 15. 
          UM, THEY ARE GOING TO DO A COMPLETE ASSESSMENT OF ANY APPLICANT WHO SAYS THEY NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. 
          AND THAT ASSESSMENT WILL LOOK TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, WHAT TYPE OF ASSISTANCE THEY MAY NEED. 
          THEY'LL LOOK AT, UM, FOOD INSECURITY, JOB TRAINING, AND, UM, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ENROLL THEM FOR BOTH FEDERAL, ACTUALLY FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL BENEFITS. 
          NOW, THE FOOD BANK HAS A SIMILAR PROGRAM, BUT THEIR ENROLLMENT IS LIMITED TO ONLY FEDERAL BENEFITS. 
          UM, SO WE WANT TO EXPAND OUR PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO ENROLL THEM IN FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL. 
          SO UNEMPLOYMENT, WE DO A LOT OF ASSISTANCE WITH HELPING PEOPLE FILE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. 
          AND THEN LOCAL BENEFITS WOULD INCLUDE JOB TRAINING. 
          SO WE HAVE OUR JOB TRAINING PROGRAM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTING THOSE THAT NEED HELP TO THE JOB TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, HAVE CHILDCARE SUPPORT. 
          SO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES DOES HAVE ASSISTANCE, UM, AND SUBSIDIES FOR CHILDCARE SUPPORT AFTER OUR ASSESSMENT. 
          IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP THIS FAMILY, UM, MAYBE THEY NEED GAS, MAYBE THEY NEED, UM, FUNDING FOR PRESCRIPTIONS, THEN WE DO HAVE GIFT CARDS THAT WE CAN HELP. 
          BUT WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING AT DOING A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH AND DOING AN ASSESSMENT OF THESE FAMILIES VERSUS DOING A ONE STOP BENEFIT OF CASH. 
          UM, AND SO, AND IF WE NEED TO, WE'LL ADD MORE BENEFITS NAVIGATORS TO THE, TO THE STAFF TO HELP ACCOMMODATE THOSE NEEDS. 
          AND THIS WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE ONLINE APPLICATION AND THE CALL CENTER. 
          SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CALL AND SAY, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THE ONLINE APPLICATION. 
          CAN YOU HELP ME MANUALLY DO IT FOR THEM? SO OUR CALL TAKERS WILL ALSO ASK 'EM THE QUESTION ABOUT IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. 
          NOW, OUR APPLICATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, SOMETHING WE SAW FROM OUR SURVEY WAS THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE FELT THAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS WAS FAIRLY EASY TO NAVIGATE, BUT WE STILL HAVE THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET OR NEED ASSISTANCE FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION. 
          THE WAY WE WERE HANDLING THAT IS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GO TO ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND THEY WOULD HELP THEM FILL IT OUT, OR THEY WOULD CALL OUR CALL CENTER. 
          WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, UM, CONTRACTS WITH THESE THREE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT HAVE BEEN HELPING US, UM, SAGE, COPS, METRO AND DOMESTIC DESK. 
          AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE THAT POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE APPLICANT FROM THE TIME THEY SUBMIT THE APPLICATION TO THE TIME THEY GET THEIR FUNDING. 
          'CAUSE WHAT WE ARE FINDING IS THAT THEY MAY SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION AND THEN, UM, THEY ARE CALLING THE CALL CENTER FOR UPDATES AND THEY ARE GETTING A DIFFERENT CALL CENTER EMPLOYEE EVERY TIME THEY CALL. 
          THERE'S NO ONE THERE WHO'S REALLY KIND OF HELPING THEM WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          AND SO OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WITH THESE THREE ENTITIES, IF SOMEBODY CALLS AND SAYS, I NEED ASSISTANCE, WE'RE GOING TO ASSIGN THEM TO ONE OF THESE, UM, UM, PARTNERS. 
          AND THAT PARTNER WILL HOLD THEIR HAND FROM THE TIME THEY GET THE APPLICATION TO THE TIME THEY GET THEIR DISBURSEMENT, JUST SO IF THAT APPLICANT HAS QUESTIONS, THEY GO TO THAT ENTITY AND THAT ENTITY CAN HELP ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, WE WERE SEEING IN THE SURVEY THAT SOME INDIVIDUALS WERE CALLING, YOU KNOW, FIVE TIMES TRYING TO, TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THEY WERE. 
          AND OUR, OUR, OUR CALL TAKERS CAN TELL THEM THAT IT'S BEING REVIEWED, IT'S BEING, UM, THEY NEED 
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THIS INFORMATION, BUT THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS CAN GO A LITTLE STEP FURTHER AND SAY, OKAY, CAN I HELP YOU MAKE COPIES OF THIS INFORMATION AND GET IT TO THEM? SO IT'S GONNA BE MORE, UM, HANDHOLDING FOR THOSE THAT NEED HELP WITH THE APPLICATION. 
          WE TOOK THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION. 
          UM, THEY HAD CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, THE, UH, BENEFITS NAVIGATORS WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE TRAINED, UM, STAFF WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT BENEFITS ARE AVAILABLE. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND THOSE, UM, AND HIRE THOSE EMPLOYEES. 
          AND SO THE REST ASSURED THAT WE DO HAVE TRAINED STAFF WHO ARE WELL AWARE OF THE SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND, UM, THEY WILL BE HOUSED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. 
          UM, THEY ALSO, UM, EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT, UM, CASH. 
          UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT THROUGH THE REFERRAL SYSTEM. 
          SO IF PEOPLE NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE, THEY CAN, UM, GET A GIFT CARD IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ENROLL THEM IN A LONGER TERM BENEFIT. 
          BUT WE HAVE SOME GREAT TESTIMONIALS OF PEOPLE GOING INTO OUR REFERRAL SYSTEM ALREADY. 
          IF THEY GET TO THE D H SS SYSTEM AND THEY'RE COMING OUT WITH SNAP BENEFITS, UNEMPLOYMENT AND BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THESE BENEFITS THEY DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA DO, WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THOSE AND WE'RE MEETING THE FAMILY'S NEEDS AND DOING A HOLISTIC APPROACH WHERE IT'S NOT JUST A MONTH TO MONTH AND IT'S A LONG-TERM APPROACH. 
          UM, SO WE, WE PRESENTED THESE TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION. 
          WE PRESENTED THESE TO THE CULTURAL NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE. 
          WHAT WE HEARD THERE WAS THEY REQUESTED THAT, UM, WE PROVIDE, UM, UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO EVERYONE AT 80% A M I OR BELOW. 
          UM, AND WE DID LOOK INTO THE NUMBERS OF THAT. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ONLY 15% OF THOSE THAT, UM, ARE RECEIVING BENEFITS THROUGH THE EAP ARE MAKING 51 TO 80% A I AND A LOT OF THOSE ARE HOMEOWNERS. 
          AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN STAY WARM IN THEIR HOME AND STAY IN THEIR HOME. 
          AND SO WE'VE ELIMINATED THE TIERED SYSTEM. 
          UM, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO ELIMINATE THE, THE RETROACTIVE PART. 
          SO IF YOU WERE TO ALREADY HAVE TWO MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE, YOU WOULD ONLY GET FOUR MORE MONTHS. 
          UNDER THIS PROGRAM, WE ARE DOING A RESET. 
          SO IF YOU ALREADY GET TWO MONTHS, YOU'RE GONNA GET ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS, UM, TO PROVIDE MORE BENEFITS. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO TO THE STATE PROGRAM, UM, AFTER THAT. 
          AND THEN WE'LL REASSESS THIS AND COME BACK WITH ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS IF NECESSARY. 
          UM, AND UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK I'M SUPPOSED TO PASS IT ON TO, UM, COLE BRIDGER. 
          ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE C OVID 19 VACCINATION BUDGET. 
          UM, AGAIN, A REMINDER, THE FOUR PRIORITIES WHEN IT COMES TO VACCINATION ARE, UM, MONITORING THE DOSES THAT ARE RECEIVED IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE COUNTY, UM, EXPANDING ACCESS TO MASS VACCINATION CLINICS, ENSURING EQUITY IS AT THE HEART OF VACCINE DISTRIBUTION, AND THEN CLEARLY COMMUNICATING TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE VACCINE IS AVAILABLE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS FOCUSING ON THE BUDGET FOR THE VACCINATION PROGRAMS. WE WILL BE DOING THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF VACCINATION PROGRAMS, MASS VACCINATION, MOBILE VACCINATION, AND HOME BOUND. 
          I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT EACH OF THOSE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          ON THE, UH, MASS VACCINATION, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING AT THE ALAMO DOME. 
          UM, WE DID TRANSITION TO A 100% DRIVE-THROUGH. 
          THAT'S WORKING VERY WELL. 
          THAT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY THAT WE HAVE FOUND TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE. 
          UM, THIS, UH, MASS VACCINATION CLINIC IS STAFFED BY METRO HEALTH STAFF AND TEMPORARY STAFF AS WELL AS FIRE PERSONNEL. 
          RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING 10 TO 12,000 VACCINES PER WEEK AT THAT, UM, MASS VACCINATION SITE, UM, MOBILE VACCINATIONS. 
          WE HAVE FOUR MOBILE VACCINATION, UH, UNITS. 
          AND I'M SORRY MY INTERNET KEEPS KICKING ME ON AND OFF, BUT I AM CONNECTED VIA PHONE, SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN CONTINUE TO HEAR ME. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE FOUR MOBILE UNITS READY TO GO, UM, AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, WE ARE JUST ON VACCINE TO BE ABLE TO DEPLOY THEM. 
          UM, WE ARE ASSUMING RIGHT NOW, BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO BEGIN THAT IN APRIL. 
          UM, WE CAN DO 715 VACCINES PER MOBILE UNIT. 
          AND THE THOUGHT IS THAT WE WILL GO TO FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS A DAY AND DELIVER THOSE 750 VACCINE EVENT. 
          UM, SOME OF THE LOCATIONS, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING DATA 
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ON LOCATIONS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, 50, 60, 70 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ALREADY OF CHURCHES, UM, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WILLING TO HOST US AND HAVE US DO THIS, UM, MOBILE VACCINATION UNIT. 
          WE'LL PRIORITIZE THOSE MOBILE VACCINATION LOCATIONS IN THE AREAS, UM, THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITY CENSUS TRACK. 
          UM, AND THEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STARTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO DOING HOME BOUND VACCINATIONS. 
          UM, THEY ARE DOING 1000 VACCINATIONS PER WEEK FOR HOME BOUND SENIORS. 
          AGAIN, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 10,000 HOME BOUND SENIORS THAT WE ARE AWARE OF. 
          UM, WE WILL VACCINATE THEM OVER THE NEXT MONTHS. 
          AND, UM, WHEN WE GET DONE WITH THAT, WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO A BROADER, UM, REGISTRATION PROCESS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, THE ACTUAL BUDGET, UM, THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, UM, ALLOCATED $13.9 MILLION TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, WE ALSO, AS THE CITY MANAGER AND, AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER HAVE MENTIONED, UM, HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT FEMA WILL REIMBURSE ELIGIBLE COSTS AT 100%. 
          UM, AND SO RATHER THAN JUST PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET FOR THE $13.9 MILLION, WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A HOLISTIC, WHAT WE THINK RIGHT NOW WILL BE THE VACCINATION BUDGET. 
          THAT'S BASED ON A WHOLE LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS. 
          UM, AND SO ONE OF THE ASSUMPTIONS IS THAT THIS PROBABLY WILL CHANGE. 
          UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT THE C D C GRANT, UM, WE KNOW WHAT IT WILL FUND. 
          AND SO WE ARE FOCUSED ON USING THAT FUNDING FIRST. 
          FEMA'S A PAYER OF LAST RESORT. 
          UM, BUT WE ESTIMATE THAT THE, THE COST FOR THE MAX VACCINATION CLINICS, UM, TO FINISH OUT THE FISCAL YEAR WILL BE $15.9 MILLION. 
          THE MOBILE VACCINATIONS WILL BE $7.1 MILLION, AND THEN THE HOME BOUND VACCINATION PROGRAM FOR, UH, SENIORS AT $4 MILLION. 
          SO THAT TAKES OUR TOTAL, UM, VACCINATION BUDGET TO ABOUT $27 MILLION. 
          13.9 WILL BE FUNDED BY THE C D C, THE REST OF IT WILL BE THROUGH FEMA REIMBURSEMENT. 
          UM, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS THE BATON TO MARIA, WHO WILL CLOSE THIS OUT. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          UM, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, WHEN WE PRESENTED TO YOU THE DECEMBER REPORT IN JANUARY, WE MENTIONED THAT WE HAD, UH, COMPLETED THE SPENDING OF THE C R F FUNDS, THAT WE WOULD DO A CLOSE OUT OF THAT GRANT AND MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT, UH, THE PROPER SPENDING OF THAT, UH, C R F IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, WE RECLA RECALIBRATED ALL THE BUDGETS FOR THE PILLARS WITHIN OUR EMERGENCY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          AND WHAT I'M GONNA PRESENT TO YOU TODAY ARE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING, UH, ALSO THE, THE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN THE PILLARS THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY WILL RESULT IN A $14 MILLION GOING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS, UH, PILLAR TO BE DEDICATED FOR THE HOSPITALITY, UH, INDUSTRY WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FOOD AND BEVERAGE. 
          SO THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU REPRESENTS THE BUDGET, UH, FOR EACH OF THE COMPONENTS OF OUR EMERGENCY AND RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          UH, $575 MILLION ALMOST. 
          UH, THAT WAS THE, THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. 
          THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING IN THE MIDDLE COLUMN, THOSE REFLECT THOSE ADJUSTMENTS NECESSARY, UH, THAT WE HAD TO MAKE IN ORDER TO FULLY USE THE C R F FUNDS BY DECEMBER 30TH. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S SOME ADJUSTMENTS BETWEEN THE PILLARS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF $1.7 MILLION TO THE TOTAL BUDGET ENDING WITH A REVISED BUDGET OF 573 MILLION ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, WITH A RECALIBRATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS FOR THE PILLARS, WE ARE ABLE, AGAIN, TO DO A $14 MILLION RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES FOR THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY WITH A FOCUS ON THE RESTAURANT AND BAR INDUSTRY TODAY. 
          UH, THERE IS LATER ON IN OUR, UM, AGENDA, UH, I'M, I'M SORRY, A SEPARATE AGENDA FOR THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. 
          AND THEY'RE GONNA DISCUSS THE DETAILS OF THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE GRANTS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO, UH, THIS BUSINESSES. 
          THIS $14 MILLION ADJUSTMENT IS ACHIEVED BY MAKING TWO ADJUSTMENTS. 
          ONE, WE ARE TAKING, WHAT, $9.8 MILLION, UH, 
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FROM THE CHILDCARE PORTION OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PILLAR. 
          WE INITIALLY HAD ESTIMATED $10 MILLION TO BE DEDICATED TO THIS EFFORT. 
          HOWEVER, THERE HASN'T BEEN THE INTEREST THAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED, UH, FOR CHILDCARE WITHIN THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PILLAR. 
          THE CITY HAS FUNDING OUTSIDE THIS PROGRAM THAT IS MANAGED BY OUR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. 
          SO IF THERE'S MORE INDIVIDUALS, THEN, UM, WOULD LIKE TO SEEK ASSISTANCE, UH, THEIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO DO IT. 
          BUT WE ARE RECOMMENDING THIS ADJUSTMENT AS WE HAVE A GREATER NEED IN THE SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, PILLAR OF OUR PROGRAM. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WITHIN THIS SMALL BUSINESS PILLAR, WE HAD AN ALLOCATION OF $5 MILLION FOR ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAM BASED ON OUR ESTIMATES AND THE RECALIBRATION OF THE BUDGETS WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT WE'LL USE ROUGHLY ABOUT 800,000 FOR ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, LEAVING US A BALANCE TO REALLOCATE OF 4.2 MILLION. 
          SO AGAIN, IN TOTAL, THIS IS HOW WE GET TO THAT $14 MILLION RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENT. 
          THE FOLLOWING SLIDE REPRESENTS A, UH, CHART THAT SHOWS THE ADOPTED BUDGET, UH, THAT I DESCRIBED A LITTLE EARLIER, THE REVISED BUDGET WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE MADE FOR THE C R F AND ALSO THE ADJUSTMENTS BEING MADE FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS, UH, ADJUSTMENT OF $14 MILLION. 
          SO IN SOME, YOU'LL SEE ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, PILLAR, AN ORIGINAL BUDGET OF $75 MILLION, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A REDUCTION OF 9.8 MILLION. 
          THAT'LL GIVE US A REVISED BUDGET OF 65.2. 
          AND THE LAST COLUMN IS JUST TO INFORM YOU HOW MUCH MONEY IS LEFT FOR US TO SPEND ON THAT PARTICULAR PILLAR. 
          SO THAT IS 49.4 MILLION, AND THAT'S HOW THE BALANCE OF THE TABLE WORKS. 
          SO I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE, UM, ITEM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE ADAPTIVE BUDGET, THE REVISED BUDGET, AND HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE, UH, TO SPEND BETWEEN, UM, THE END OF JANUARY OR FEBRUARY ONE TILL THE END OF THE PROGRAM. 
          THE OTHER HIGHLIGHT I WILL MAKE IS A SMALL BUSINESS A PILLAR HAS BEEN INCREASED BY $9.8 MILLION. 
          AND JUST VERY BRIEFLY, I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN KNOWING THIS PARTICULAR BALANCE TO SPEND, HOW FAR IS IT GONNA GET US? SO FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THAT 49.4 IS BUDGETED TO BE SPENT BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, 2021. 
          AND THE HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR, I'M GONNA DIVIDE IT IN TWO COMPONENTS. 
          ONE IS THE EHA AND THE OTHER ONE IS ALL THOSE, UH, PROGRAMS ARE NOW RELATED TO EHA. 
          SO THE PROGRAMS NOW RELATED TO EH H WHICH IS PRIMARILY OUR HOMELESS, UH, EFFORTS, WE ARE BUDGETED TO, TO HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE TILL SEPTEMBER, 2022. 
          THE E EHAB COMPONENT, THIS DOES NOT REFLECT THE $46.7 MILLION THAT LAURIE JUST MENTIONED. 
          ONCE THE COUNCIL APPROVES THAT, UH, BUDGET TODAY, WE'LL UPDATE THIS PILLAR, BUT WE'LL HAVE FUNDING THROUGH SEPTEMBER, 2021 FOR E H WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          RIGHT NOW, OUR PLAN IS TO UTILIZE THE BALANCE, UH, BY SEPTEMBER, 2021. 
          UH, AND SAME THING FOR DIGITAL INCLUSION. 
          THE BUDGET WILL COVER US THROUGH SEPTEMBER, 2021. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED, FOR SMALL BUSINESS, UM, THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TODAY WILL DISCUSS A PLAN FOR THAT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 
          ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR JANUARY FINANCIAL REPORT IS THAT WE HAVE SPENT 369 MILLION OF THE ORIGINAL 575.8 MILLION SINCE MARCH, 2020. 
          SO SINCE DECEMBER, THE DECEMBER REPORT THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU LAST MONTH, WE HAVE SPENT AN ADDITIONAL $9 MILLION IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY. 
          OUR BUDGETS HAVE BEEN, UH, REBALANCED IN THE REPORT THAT WE, UH, PROVIDED TO YOU WITH THE MATERIALS FOR THIS MEETING REFLECT THOSE UPDATED PLAN AMOUNTS. 
          SO THE NEXT STEPS, UH, OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO FINALIZE THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, UH, PROGRAM FOR, UH, BUSINESSES THAT WILL BE, AGAIN, TAKEN OVER BY THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. 
          LATER TODAY, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES, UH, ON THE DECEMBER, 2020 STIMULUS DETAIL PLANS AND PREPARE FOR, UH, POTENTIAL NEW FUNDS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DISCUSSING. 
          AND, UH, AND WE'LL CONTINUE THE REVIEW OF OUR EXPENSES ON A MONTHLY BASIS. 
          THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, AND, UH, WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, MARIA, UM, COLLEEN, LORI, UM, FOR THE PRESENTATION, THIS IS VERY HELPFUL AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME WORK TO 
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BE DONE, UH, AS WE MOVE BEYOND THIS. 
          UM, LET ME START WITH, UM, WITH THE HOUSING. 
          UM, SO I APPRECIATE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 
          I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY NOW, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE STATE PROGRAM. 
          UM, MY QUESTION IS, IF WE WERE TO EXPAND THE TERM OF ELIGIBILITY BEYOND SIX MONTHS, UM, SHOULD WE CONSIDER OR SHOULD COUNCIL CONSIDER PRIORITIZING HOUSEHOLDS? UM, AT 50% OR BELOW? UH, SINCE THAT IS THE TREASURY GUIDANCE AND, AND OBVIOUSLY A, A VERY CLEAR NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT, UM, WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THOSE AT 80% A M I OR BELOW, SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE A MORTGAGE AND ARE HOMEOWNERS. 
          'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO HAVE A HOME ARE ABLE TO KEEP THE HOME. 
          AND SO A LOT OF THOSE MORTGAGE HOLDERS ARE WITHIN THAT BAND OF 51 TO 80% A M I. 
          UM, AND RIGHT NOW WE CONTINUE TO KEEP IT AT THAT SIX MONTHS OF ELIGIBILITY BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THOSE TO UTILIZE THAT STATE FUNDING AFTERWARDS. 
          IF WE DO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, WE WILL COME BACK AND POTENTIALLY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPAND THAT BEYOND THE SIX MONTHS. 
          BUT WE ARE SEEING THAT THOSE WHO ARE BETWEEN THAT 50 TO 80% A M I STILL NEED ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT, IT'S AT ABOUT 15%, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH THEIR MORGAN TO KEEP THEIR HOME. 
          UM, WELL, I APPRECIATE, UH, THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF NOT INCLUDING PRIOR ASSISTANCE AND, AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO THERE IS A RESET FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS, UM, GOTTEN ASSISTANCE. 
          AND MY, MY MY FEELING IS THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE PRIORITIZED HOUSING ASSISTANCE, UM, AS A COUNCIL, UH, SINCE THIS BEGAN, THAT WE PROBABLY HAVE, UH, RELATIVE TO OTHER CITIES, UH, LESS IN ARREARS, BUT PROBABLY MORE NEED GOING FORWARD. 
          AND SO WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND, BECAUSE OF THE, THE, UM, TREASURY GUIDANCE AND ALSO WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY IS FIGURING OUT A WAY THAT WE CAN STILL PRIORITIZE THE LOWER AMIS. 
          AND, AND WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT WE, UH, PERHAPS MAKE, UH, 50% OR BELOW, UH, ELIGIBLE FOR NINE MONTHS AND TIER IT, UH, DOWN FROM THERE. 
          SO, UM, 50, 80% COULD BE THE SIX MONTHS, BUT ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL MONTHS FOR THOSE THAT ARE 50 BELOW. 
          UM, I ALSO DO, UM, I'M GRATEFUL FOR, UH, THE WORK OF THE NAVIGATORS AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE, WE'RE EXPANDING THAT. 
          WILL THOSE NAVIGATORS, UH, IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS, LAURIE? UM, THEY'LL BE WORKING WITH NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WILL THOSE, UM, NAVIGATORS HELP APPLICANTS WITH THE STATE PROCESS AS WELL AS OUR OWN? UM, YES. 
          AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TRAINED ON THAT STATE PROCESS. 
          UM, THE STATE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THOSE, THAT APPLICATION PROCESS. 
          THEY'RE PROCESS, THEY'RE TAKING APPLICATIONS IN TWO WEEK BATCHES. 
          AND, UM, SO WE WILL WORK WITH THE NAVIGATORS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE TRAINED ON HOW TO HELP APPLICANTS APPLY FOR THAT PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I APOLOGIZE, I I SKIPPED OVER, UH, TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          SO LEMME JUST FINISH MY COMMENTS AND THEN, UH, JOHN WILL GET 'EM ON THE, ON THE CALL. 
          UM, SO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, UH, ON THE SMALL BUSINESS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE, THE WORK OF OUR E W D C MEMBERS, UM, WHO HAVE BEEN AT THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, UM, AS WE'VE AUGMENTED SMALL BUSINESS, UH, AS THE NEED HAS HAS CLEARLY BEEN DEMONSTRATED. 
          SO I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING THAT. 
          UM, WITH REGARD TO, UM, THOSE DOLLARS IN PARTICULAR, UM, ARE THOSE GOING TO ADDRESS, UH, THE QUESTIONS THAT BROUGHT, THAT WERE BROUGHT UP, UM, AT THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK THAT'S COMING UP TODAY IN THE COMMITTEE? IS THAT CORRECT? I I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FOR YOU OR FOR REBECCA, ALEX OR REBECCA, EITHER ONE. 
          UM, ALEX IS ON THE LINE, UM, MAYOR, AND SHE CAN KIND OF GIVE A PREVIEW OF HOW THEY'VE PREPPED FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          AND GOOD MORNING, AND YES, UM, MAYOR, WE, WE DID TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, SOME FEEDBACK RECEIVED DURING THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, ALONG WITH THE EXPERIENCES FROM OUR , UM, AND INCORPORATED THAT INTO SOME NEW RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD, WHICH WE'LL GIVE THE FULL BRIEFING ON THIS AFTERNOON. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, 
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GREAT. 
          LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT THAT MEETING. 
          UM, AND WHILE, WHILE YOUR MIC IS ON, ALEX, LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT, UH, CHILDCARE. 
          I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE PULLING FUNDS FOR CHILDCARE 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT BURNING THAT, UH, AS QUICKLY AS WE HAD ANTICIPATED. 
          IF THE NEED DOES ARISE, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE TRAINING PROGRAM THAT, THAT WE START TO SEE MORE CHILDCARE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE ECONOMY IS GONNA START OPENING A LITTLE BIT MORE AND PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE MORE MOBILE AS IMMUNITY RISES. 
          UH, WILL WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REBALANCE THAT AS NECESSARY? YES. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY ADDITIONAL, UM, RESOURCES FROM, FROM THE RESOURCES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TRADITIONALLY USES FOR CHILDCARE. 
          WE HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES COME DOWN. 
          UM, SO THERE'S STILL AVAILABILITY THERE AS WELL. 
          MAYOR, JUST TO, JUST TO ADD, UM, WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE FEDERALIST STIMULUS, UH, PACKAGE THAT CAME OUT IN DECEMBER THAT THERE'S GONNA BE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR CHILDCARE AND HEAD START AS WELL. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS YET, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'S COMING. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND ALEX, I I KNOW, UM, ON THE TRAINING, UM, PROGRAM, UH, WE'VE BEEN RAMPING UP AND SO IT'S, IT'S STARTING TO ACCELERATE. 
          UH, WHAT HAS BEEN THE OUTREACH, UM, WITH THE 50 OR SO BUSINESSES THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM ON THE SHORT TERM? ON THE, ON THE JOB OR ON THE JOB, JENNY? YEAH, SO WE HAVE OVER 400 SLOTS. 
          UM, SMALL, THE, THAT SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED INTEREST IN HOSTING, UM, THIS TYPE OF TRAINING. 
          UM, WHERE WE'RE HAVING A BIT OF A CHALLENGE IS IDENTIFYING, REALLY LOOKING AT IT FROM A PARTICIPANT PERSPECTIVE AND FINDING THAT APPROPRIATE MATCH. 
          SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE RECOMMENDING THAT THERE STILL BE SOME FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY BUSINESSES THAT HAVEN'T EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN IT. 
          UM, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN AT THE LEVEL THAT WE WERE INITIALLY PLANNING. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THOSE ARE JOBS AVAILABLE TODAY, UH, WITH PAYCHEX, UH, WAITING TO BE, UM, BROUGHT IN BY SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO WE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          MY, AND MY ASSUMPTION IS A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE COVID ENVIRONMENT, WHICH WILL BEGIN, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. 
          UM, SO YOU CAN KEEP US, OR, OR E WC WILL, WILL BE UPDATED, UH, FREQUENTLY ON THAT OUTREACH PROCESS. 
          BUT I'M HOPEFUL ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, AND WE'VE BEEN SEEING, UH, REPORTS OF, OF, UM, OF THOSE, UM, TRAINEES WHO HAVE BEEN DOING THE PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY. 
          UM, LAST THING I'LL SAY IS, ERIC, THIS IS THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PROGRAM. 
          UM, AS COUNCIL MEMBER PLIE HAS MENTIONED, IT'S NOT CONTAINED JUST WITHIN THE COVID CONVERSATION, UH, CLEARLY THERE ARE NEEDS THAT ARE GONNA ARISE AS A RESULT OF THIS WEATHER EVENT. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT THE STRUCTURE THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING, WE'VE PUT IN PLACE WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE COURT IS EFFECTIVE FOR ADDRESSING CRISES IN GENERAL. 
          AND SO, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, AND, AND THIS ISN'T, UH, PARTICULARLY, UM, UM, CONCERNING TO ME, GIVEN CONVERSATIONS YESTERDAY AND WITH, UM, SAWS AND C P S, BUT ALSO, UH, PRIOR DAYS, WHAT WE KNOW IS COMING FORWARD, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO WATER AND PIPES AND BUSTING AND LEAKS ALL OVER THE CITY, I'D LIKE FOR US TO EXPLORE, UM, A FUND, UM, THAT WE CAN CREATE LOCALLY TO HELP OFFSET EXPENSES THAT RESIDENTS ARE GONNA INCUR FOR PIPES. 
          UH, OTHER TYPES OF, UH, DAMAGE THAT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY, UH, UTILITY DISRUPTION. 
          UH, I HAVE TALKED TO, UH, MY PEERS, UM, HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH MAYOR TURNER YESTERDAY. 
          UH, WE ARE GONNA BE APPEALING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UM, TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO HELP US WITH THAT, UH, TO, UM, EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS, BUT ALSO TO HELP US WITH FEMA REIMBURSEMENT FOR THOSE TYPES OF EXPENSES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE IMMEDIATE CRISIS OF GETTING FOLKS POWER BACK ON, UM, AND WATER BACK ON. 
          UH, BUT THEN THERE'S GONNA BE AN INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA NEED FEDERAL SUPPORT. 
          BUT I THINK WE ALSO ARE GONNA NEED A FUND, AT LEAST IN THE NEAR TERM. 
          UH, WE, UH, THROUGH THE STRUCTURE THAT WE'VE SET UP, THE ONE, THE STRENGTH THAT WE HAVE THAT, THAT IS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE IS THAT WE CAN ACT QUICKLY. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO HERE. 
          CAN YOU COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL WITH SOME OPTIONS FOR THAT? UH, YES SIR. 
          WE CAN. 
          I'M, I'M, UH, AND IRAN, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF LAST NIGHT ABOUT HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE START TO, TO GET ALIGNED? YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S THE EXACT SAME CONVERSATION 
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WE PROBABLY HAD LAST SPRING WHERE THERE'S A VARIETY THAT THERE ARE A VARIETY OF POTENTIAL SOURCES, AND WE NEED TO BRAID THAT FUNDING TO INCLUDE FEMA. 
          UM, AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE, UM, THERE ARE FUNDS, WE CAN, WE CAN, UM, WE CAN ALSO, UM, MAKE AVAILABLE. 
          UM, IT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT GOES BACK TO FRANKLY, A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT LAST SPRING. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES? UM, SO WE'LL DO THAT. 
          I THINK, I THINK ALSO, UM, I'LL ADD THAT, UM, BETWEEN FEMA, UM, AND LOCAL RESOURCES, UM, WE'LL ALSO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH, UH, WITH UTILITIES, UM, WHICH WE INITIATED LAST NIGHT AFTER THE, AFTER OUR B SESSION. 
          SO WE CAN COME BACK AND I'LL, I'LL WORK WITH, UM, WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, OUR, OUR, OUR MUNICIPAL UTILITIES TO, UH, COME BACK AND, AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNCIL TO INCLUDE ALSO MAYOR, I THINK, I THINK THE POINT THAT COUNCILMAN P AND OTHERS MADE YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE GREASE THE SKIDS TO SET, UH, PER SE FROM A DEVELOPMENT AND AN INSPECTION STANDPOINT AND MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR FOLKS, UM, ESPECIALLY AS WE THAW OUT FROM A PIPE STANDPOINT. 
          SO, WE'LL, WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT ASAP. 
          GREAT. 
          AND LET ME JUST, UH, CLOSE MY COMMENTS AGAIN BY SAYING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE DON'T WANT TO ALSO SEE OUR RESIDENTS FROZEN OUT OF RELIEF. 
          UH, BUT LET ME MAKE IT REAL CLEAR. 
          UM, EVERY REPAIR, UH, COMPANY IN TOWN IS GONNA BE WORKING OVERTIME. 
          THEY'RE GONNA BE TRYING TO GET IN MATERIALS, THEY'RE GONNA BE COMPETITIVE. 
          UH, THE JUDGE AND I ISSUED AN EMERGENCY ORDER, UH, WITH REGARD TO PRICE GOUGING. 
          WE WILL GO AFTER YOU IF YOU ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THAT REGARD. 
          SO, UM, I APPRECIATE, UH, THE GREAT, UH, DISCUSSION. 
          UM, YET, UH, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET ME, UM, LET ME CALL ON THE TWO, UM, UH, DECISIONS TO BE HEARD ON, ON THIS ITEM. 
          I THINK WE HAVE DON AN LARIOS TO START. 
          OKAY. 
          DAWN, CAN YOU HEAR US? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD. 
          YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR CITY. 
          I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU ALL ARE, ARE SAFE. 
          I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU ALL ONLINE, UM, FOR THE PAST 11 MONTHS. 
          OUR COMMUNITY HAS SUFFERED THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC, BUT FOR OUR ENTIRE FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY, THE IMPACT HAS BEEN EVEN GREATER. 
          JOBS HAVE BEEN LOST, REVENUE HAS BEEN LOST, PRODUCT HAS BEEN LOST. 
          INSURANCE CLAIMS HAVE BEEN DENIED. 
          THEY'VE BEEN ORDERED TO SHUT DOWN. 
          THEY HAVE SUFFERED THROUGH EMERGENCY ALERTS, ONE AT 7:00 PM ON A SATURDAY EVENING. 
          THEY HAVE SUFFERED THROUGH CURFEW. 
          ONE THAT COMES TO MIND WAS AT WEDNESDAY, ON A WEDNESDAY, THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING. 
          NOW, THIS WEEK, THE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE KEPT THE COMMUNITY OFF THE ROAD AND IN THEIR HOMES, RIGHTFULLY SO, TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE. 
          I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          TO ASK THIS, SAS HAS NOW ISSUED THE PRECAUTIONARY WATER BOIL FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT I HAVE NOW SINCE RECEIVED WORD THAT IT'S MANDATORY FOR RESTAURANTS. 
          WHILE I APPRECIATE ANY FUNDING THAT CAN AND WILL BE ALLOCATED TO OUR FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY THROUGH THIS ADJUSTMENT TO PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE LIMITATIONS THAT WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ANY MEMBER OF OUR INDUSTRY TO APPLY FOR THIS FUNDING. 
          THEY ALL NEED HELP. 
          PLEASE, PLEASE LOOK AT THE CONTINUED IMPACT THAT THEY ARE STILL FACING EACH DAY. 
          I DON'T WANT TO SOUND UNGRATEFUL, BUT THIS IS OUR INDUSTRY'S REALITY EACH AND EVERY DAY, AND I'M ASKING YOUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE HELP OUR INDUSTRY. 
          PLEASE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH, AND YOU ALL STAY SAFE AND WARM YOU. 
          THANK YOU MS. RIOS. 
          WE HAVE, UM, JODY NEWMAN NEWMAN. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, JODY, GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          MS. NEWMAN, YOU HI. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          GO AHEAD, MS. NEWMAN. 
          WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, 
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JODY. 
          I THINK YOU MAY HAVE MUTED YOURSELF. 
          MA'AM, I CAN TRY THIS AGAIN. 
          OKAY. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          THE FLOOR'S YOURS. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M EXCITED TO KNOW THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING THIS, UH, CONSIDERING IT'S BEEN A YEAR, UH, COMING UP IN MARCH, AND MOST OF US THAT HAVE BEEN SHUTTERED, I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF, BUT MY REVENUE IS DOWN 62% FROM 2019 TO 2020. 
          I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW OTHERS ARE FEELING. 
          UM, SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S CONSIDERATION OF THIS. 
          OF COURSE, ONE IN SEVEN SAN ANTONIO ARE EMPLOYED BY HOSPITALITY AND HOSPITALITY. 
          FOOD AND BEVERAGE IS THE THIRD LARGEST ECONOMIC DRIVER. 
          I KNOW I'M TELLING YOU GUYS EVERYTHING, UM, THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDEPENDENCE, BUT NEED YOUR HELP AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU, MS. . 
          THANK YOU, MS. NEWMAN. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, WE'LL RESUME OUR COUNCIL DISCUSSION NOW. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          AND I WOULD ASK, UH, THIS IS A VERY LARGE ITEM. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING A FEW QUESTIONS, BUT IF STAFF'S GONNA MAKE, UH, A LONG, UH, CREATE A LONG ANSWER THAT STAFF, PAUSE THE TIME CLOCK, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH ALL OUR QUESTIONS. 
          UH, I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT, BUT I JUST JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE THE TIME THAT THEY NEED TO, TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS AND ASK THEIR QUESTIONS. 
          UM, FIRST, I DO WANT TO THANK, UH, THE, UH, THE, THE PORTION THAT YOU JUST HEARD, UH, ON AMENDING THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, THE, UH, PLAN TO, TO HELP, UM, RECOMMEND 14 MILLION TO SMALL BUSINESS PILLAR TO PROVIDE DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY WITH A HEAVY FOCUS ON FOOD AND BEVERAGE, AS YOU HEARD. 
          IT IS, IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED. 
          AND, UH, WANT TO THANK JODY AND DON FOR PROVIDING THEIR COMMENTS AS WELL AS ALL THE FOLKS THAT WE WORKED WITH ON, ON CREATING THE, THE C C R TO HELP, UH, PUSH, UH, A LOT OF THIS THROUGH. 
          AND AGAIN, WANT TO THANK, UH, STAFF FOR WORKING QUICKLY. 
          UH, ALEX, UH, MARIA, UH, EVERYONE WHO, WHO HAS WORKED ON THIS, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, I WANT TO, UH, MOVE OVER TO E H. 
          UH, I WANNA THANK, UH, LORI AND VERO AT N H SS D FOR THE WILLINGNESS TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE EAP. 
          UH, GIVEN, GIVEN THE RECENT EVENTS, UH, WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING MORE FAMILIES WITH UTILITY ASSISTANCE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING FAMILIES MAKING 51 AND 80% A M I. 
          AS WE DISCUSSED IN IN COMMITTEE, I KNOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE NOT TOO HAPPY, HAPPY WITH, UH, THE ISSUES GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH ENERGY. 
          UH, BUT BEFORE THIS WEATHER CRISIS, C P S ENERGY HAD 140,000 TOTAL RESIDENT RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS THAT ARE 30 DAYS OR MORE PAST DUE. 
          AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE CAUGHT UP ON THEIR UTILITIES SO THAT THERE IS NO RIPPLE EFFECT EFFECTS LIKE A RATE INCREASE. 
          UH, AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE, I'M GLAD TO SEE MONTHS INCREASE FROM TWO TO SIX, A CONSISTENTLY, CONSISTENTLY ADVOCATED FOR MORE MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE. 
          FEDERAL GUIDELINES STATE THAT WE CAN USE THESE FUNDS FOR UP TO 15 MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS, THAT IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE 15 MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE STATE PROGRAM IN PLACE. 
          BUT MORE FO FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE DEEPER IN THE HOLE HERE AND ACROSS THE STATE BECAUSE OF THIS WEATHER CRISIS. 
          AND THE, THESE FUNDS WILL BECOME EVEN MORE COMPETITIVE, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. 
          I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE CITY HAS UNTIL SEPTEMBER TO EXPEND THESE FUNDS, BUT IF, IF WE EXPEND THE CURRENT DOLLARS TO ENSURE FAMILIES REMAIN HOUSED AND END UP NEEDING MORE, THEN THAT IS A POLICY DISCUSSION THIS COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE. 
          UH, LORI OR ORO, THE CULTURAL N NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, SERVICES COMMITTEE ASKED STAFF TO EXPLORE 12 MONTHS. 
          UH, WOULD STAFF BE WILLING TO OFFER UP NINE MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE IN PLACE OF SIX, UH, FOR THOSE MAKING 50% A M I OR LESS COUNCILMAN? UM, RIGHT NOW, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS A SIX MONTHS, KNOWING THAT THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL THREE MONTHS THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE AT THE STATE FOR A TOTAL OF NINE 
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MONTHS, AND THEN IF THERE'S FUNDING AVAILABLE ANOTHER THREE MONTHS AT THE STATE, UM, FOR A TOTAL OF 12 MONTHS. 
          HOWEVER, IF YOU WERE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A POLICY DECISION FOR YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UH, I DO, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR REMOVING THE RETROACTIVE RULE, WHICH REDUCES MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE BASED ON IF FAMILIES RECEIVE EAP FOR ALL APPLICANTS. 
          UH, IF LANDLORDS CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THEN FUNDS CAN BE PROVIDED DIRECTLY TO RENTERS TO MEET THEIR OBLIGATIONS. 
          HOW ARE WE GETTING FUNDS TO RESIDENTS WHEN THE LANDLORD DOES NOT WISH TO PARTICIPATE? IS THAT, IS THAT THE, UH, IN THE FORM OF DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE? TYPICALLY, WE WORK WITH 'EM DIRECTLY. 
          SO IF THE LANDLORD DOES NOT PARTICIPATE, WHAT WE DO IS WE REACH OUT TO THE LANDLORD, OR OFTENTIMES OUR PARTNERS AND THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION TO HELP US PUT PRESSURE ON THAT LANDLORD. 
          AND IF NOTHING CAN BE HELPED, THEN WE WORK WITH THEM AND PROVIDE CASH ASSISTANCE OR PARTNER WITH ANOTHER NONPROFIT TO MAKE THAT PAYMENT. 
          AND, UM, AND WE DON'T DO, WE WON'T DO CASH ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, WE WILL, WE WILL, WE WILL MAKE THE PAYMENT, UM, TO THE LANDLORD AND THEN THEY TO THE TENANT, AND THEN THEY MAKE THE PAYMENT TO THE LANDLORD. 
          SO IT, I GUESS IT'S A FORM OF CASH, BUT WE WORK WITH NONPROFITS TO DO THAT AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME NEW BARRIERS TO PROVIDING CASH ASSISTANCE, BUT I, I ASKED THE STAFF WORK WITH THE HOUSING TRUST ON A PLAN TO DISTRIBUTE CASH ASSISTANCE. 
          THE HOUSING TRUST CONTINUES TO BE A RELIABLE HOUSING PARTNER AND CAN HELP GET FUNDS TO THE FOLKS IN NEED. 
          UH, THE CULTURAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, SERVICES COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED A PRESENTATION FROM THE RISK MITIGATION POLICY STAKEHOLDERS WHO REQUESTED A REGULAR MEETING WITH THE N H S D AND OTHER PARTNERS LIKE THE, LIKE THE FAIR HOUSING OR RIGHT TO COUNSEL AND COURT SUPPORT TEAMS. UH, I, I DO WANT TO THANK THIS TEAM FOR THEIR WORK BEFORE AND THROUGHOUT THE THIS PANDEMIC, UH, THIS REQUEST WAS MADE TO ENSURE BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TEAMS WHO ARE WORKING THE COUNTER DISPLACEMENT, UH, THE RISK MITIGATION POLICY STAKEHOLDERS, UH, HELPED TO CREATE, UH, A FRAMEWORK THAT BECAME THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          I WANT TO THANK THEM AGAIN FOR ALL THEIR WORK. 
          CAN STAFF ACCOMMODATE THIS REQUEST? STAFF IS WILLING TO MEET WITH ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, AND WE HAVE DONE SO THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC. 
          UM, THE RISK MITIGATION FUND GROUP, TWO OF THOSE MEMBERS ARE ON THE HOUSING COMMISSION, AND THE HOUSING COMMISSION HELPED US, UM, CREATE THE, UM, SURVEY THAT HELPED US GET THE FEEDBACK. 
          BUT WE'RE COMMITTED TO WORK WITH ALL OUR STAKEHOLDERS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I'LL, I'LL AGAIN, I'LL CONTINUE TO ASK THAT. 
          UH, WE FORMALIZE MEETING WITH THE, THE RISK MITIGATION PROGRAM STAKEHOLDERS. 
          UM, TO CONCLUDE, MY TWO ASKS ARE THAT N H S D, UH, MEET WITH R M P STAKEHOLDERS AND OTHERS MORE REGULARLY. 
          ALSO THAT WE EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF PARTNERING WITH THE HOUSING TRUST TO PROVIDE CASH GRANTS AS ALLOWED BY THE FEDS. 
          UM, FURTHER, I MOTION TO AMEND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO OFFER, UH, UP TO NINE MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE IN PLACE OF SIX MONTHS FOR THOSE MAKING 50% A M I OR LESS. 
          SECOND, I THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
          I ASK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT GIVING THE NEXUS OF COVID AND THIS WEATHER EVENT. 
          WE CANNOT AFFORD TO, TO TAKE ANY HALF MEASURES WHEN IT COMES TO SAFE, STABLE HOUSING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          MAYOR, DO I HAVE TO, DO I NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE THING OR JUSTICE, THIS AMENDED PORTION? UM, WELL, SO THE MOTION IS ON THE WHOLE ITEM, UH, WITH THE, WITH AN AMENDMENT ON THE HOUSING PIECE, SO YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE THING. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK LORI AND, UM, EVERYONE AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING, UH, VETO AND THE ENTIRE TEAM, UH, WITH THE, THE CONVERSATION OF MAKING THOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE EAP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALSO, THAT I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE PLANNING AHEAD, UM, IF AND WHEN, UH, REGARDING THE $1.3 BILLION OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE, IF AND WHEN THE STATE ROLLED OUT OF THIS RENTAL BENEFIT, UM, WORKS AND NOT WORKS, THAT WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE, UM, TO ACTIVATE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING THERE FOR OUR, OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, AND I'M FINE WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS AS THEY ARE. 
          UM, 
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I DO WANT TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, COVID COVID, THE MASS VACCINATIONS, THE COVID 19, AND THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE WITH MASS VACCINATIONS. 
          THERE'S DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          UM, HI, DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          THE, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION ABOUT COVID TESTING SITES. 
          I KNOW THE COVID TESTING SITE AT THE FREEMAN COLISEUM WAS STOPPED. 
          DID, IS THAT STARTING UP AGAIN OR NOT IN THE, THE, WE MOVED IT, SO IT GOT MOVED TO A PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO THE COLISEUM DURING THE RODEO, AND IT WILL MOVE BACK WHEN THE RODEO IS OVER. 
          OKAY. 
          O OVER THERE OFF OF GIMLER ROAD, THE BIG PARKING LOT OFF OF GIMLER ROAD. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND IN YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION THAT YOU HAD HERE WITH THE DOLLARS, UM, PLEASE TELL ME WHERE, WHERE IT SAYS ESTIMATED COSTS, MASS VACCINATIONS, MOBILE VACCINATIONS, HOME BOUND. 
          CAN YOU SHARE WITH ME WHERE IS WELLMED A PART OF THAT LISTED UNDER? SO, UM, UH, WELLMED, WE ARE MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW TO HELP THEM BE ABLE TO DRAW DOWN FEMA DOLLARS. 
          UM, AND SO THAT IS NOT, THAT WON'T FLOW THROUGH THE CITY AT ALL. 
          THAT'LL BE FACILITATED BY THE CITY FOR WELLMED TO BE ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED DIRECTLY FROM FEMA. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          UM, AND YES, I, I REMEMBERED YOU ALL WERE MEETING, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DAY IT WAS. 
          UH, SO THANK YOU DR. 
          GER. 
          'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHAT TODAY IS RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU. 
          I DO WANT TO THANK MY, UH, COLLEAGUES AND SPECIFICALLY WELL ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND THE, UM, CALLERS WHO CAME IN, WHO CHIMED IN TODAY, WHO HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN SHARING THEIR CONCERNS, WHO'VE BEEN CONSISTENT IN, UH, BEING A VOICE AND ADVOCATE. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UH, ALEX, I'M LOOKING AND TO MY COLLEAGUES, UM, WE KNEW THAT WE WERE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT AS A GROUP, AS A TEAM, BUT AS WELL AS E W C C, WE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS WHEN WE HAVE THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE. 
          THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF, TO ERIC, TO MARIA, TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN WORKING THIS ENTIRE TIME, TO IDENTIFY WHERE DOLLARS ARE, WHERE WE CAN PULL FROM WHAT IS WORKING, WHAT IS NOT WORKING, THAT, UM, IN OUR PILLARS THAT WE CAN MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          WE NOW HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP FOR MORE, UM, MORE, UH, GRANTS. 
          AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WE STARTED WITH IN OUR GRANT PROGRAM, OUR SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS PROGRAM BACK IN AUGUST. 
          WE NOW KNOW THE IMPACT HAS DEFINITELY CHANGED, AND IT'S DEFINITELY HIT CERTAIN INDUSTRIES HARDER NOW THAT WE SEE IT THROUGH, UM, ALL THESE MONTHS NOW. 
          UM, I ALSO KNOW THAT RETAIL CER INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN HURT VERY HARD. 
          I ALSO KNOW THAT, UH, RETAIL INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN HIT BY RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND THAT NO LONGER CAN STAY OPEN BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING EVICTED. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S INDUSTRY. 
          SO THIS IS ALL ENCOMPASSING AND WE KNOW IT'S HITTING EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY IN PARTICULAR, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AND THE RESTAURANTS RIGHT NOW WHERE THEY WOULD'VE HOPED TO HAVE HAD A GOOD WEEKEND IN SAN ANTONIO WITH VALENTINE'S DAY, PEOPLE GOING OUT FOR DINNER OR, OR, UM, EVEN BEING ABLE TO GO AND DO CURBSIDE OR PICKUP, BUT NOT BEING ABLE TO, BECAUSE THEY HAD TO, UM, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, HAD TO STAY HOME. 
          AND COMPOUNDED ON TOP OF THAT PLACE IS CLOSING SOON BECAUSE EMPLOYEES JUST CAN'T GET TO WORK. 
          SO, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION TODAY TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          WE AT E W D C, KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN MOVING, KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN MAKING THESE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TWO E W D C MEETINGS A MONTH RIGHT NOW. 
          SO I HAVE TO GIVE THANKS TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THANK YOU TO ALEX AND CARLOS AND THE ENTIRE TEAM WHO HAVE BEEN, UH, DOING A LOT OF WORK AND, UH, MAKING A LOT OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          TO MY CO ONE QUESTION, ALEX, LOOKING AT THE 14 MILLION, AND I, AND I HEARD THE MAYOR ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT CHILDCARE, UM, AND I'M GLAD YOU GAVE THE ANSWER OF WHERE WE WOULD DRAW DOWN IF WE 
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NEED TO PULL THAT BACK UP WITH CHILDCARE. 
          BUT 9.8, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO BE, UM, SHIFTING. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GREAT NEED WITH THE, THE HOSPITALITY AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY, BUT $14 MILLION MILLION. 
          HOW ARE WE IDENTIFYING THAT RIGHT NOW AS, UM, LET'S EXPLAIN RIGHT NOW WHAT KIND OF FORMULA YOU'RE LOOKING AT. 
          WHAT WAS, WHAT WOULD OUR MAX GRANT BE THAT ON HOW MANY WE COULD ACTUALLY HELP, UM, WITH PUTTING FORWARD A $14 MILLION, UH, GRANT PACKAGE SHARE COUNCIL MEMBER, AND JUST AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, UM, WE'D STILL RECOMMEND THAT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT, UH, FOR GRANTS BE $75,000. 
          UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE REMOVE THE CAP ON THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT A BUSINESS CAN HAVE. 
          THAT'S BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE. 
          AND, UM, SOME, SOME, UM, BUSINESSES IN THIS INDUSTRY SPECIFICALLY THAT TENDED TO HAVE MORE THAN 20 EMPLOYEES. 
          UM, SO WE WANTED TO, SO WE WANTED TO REMOVE THAT CAP. 
          UM, WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING, BASED ON SOME GUIDANCE FROM THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, THAT WE EXPAND A LITTLE BIT BEYOND JUST FOOD AND BEVERAGE BUSINESSES AND INCLUDE THE ENTIRE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. 
          SO FOOD AND BEVERAGE, UM, ESTABLISHMENTS ARE BY FAR THE MAJORITY OF THE BUSINESSES IN HOSPITALITY. 
          UM, BUT IT DOES BRING IN A COUPLE OF OTHER BUSINESS SECTORS AS WELL. 
          UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE INCLUDE THOSE TYPES OF BUSINESSES INTO THIS PROGRAM AS WELL, ROUGHLY, UM, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE GRANTS, WE'RE LOOKING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, UM, 300 AND 500 GRANTS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND WE'LL GET MORE INTO THE DETAILS LATER TODAY. 
          SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT IN THE CONVERSATION. 
          UM, ERIC, I DID WANNA ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT CON UH, CONTINUED RELIEF, UH, FOR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY SPECIFICALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. 
          I KNOW WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION. 
          I'VE ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, UM, CARLOS AND, UH, SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN, WHO ALSO HAVE, UM, HAVE TO DO, HAVE RENTAL FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, CAN YOU TALK TO ME, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN AND SHARE? 'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT SOME BUSINESSES THAT HAVE DONE, UH, THAT HAVE RENTAL, EITHER PATIO SPACES OR RENTAL AT, UH, CERTAIN AREAS THAT THE CITY OWNS, THEY HAD, WE HAVE DEFERRED SOME OF THEIR PAYMENTS. 
          BUT WHAT ARE WE NOW DOING TO HELP BUILD ON TOP OF CONTINUED RELIEF FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR HOSPITALITY BUSINESSES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? SO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, PART OF THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THIS AFTERNOON, AND MAYBE ALEX CAN TALK ABOUT THE, KIND OF THE LAYERING THAT THE COMMITTEE'S GOING TO RECOMMEND IN THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES AS FAR AS RELIEF. 
          UM, UM, UH, IT'S SOON LATER ON TODAY. 
          I MEAN, YESTERDAY'S CONVERSATION B SESSION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THREE PLUS NINE UPDATE. 
          WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE ASKED FOR, UH, SOME DEFERMENT, UM, UH, MARKET SQUARE, UH, TAXI CABS. 
          UM, AND, AND WE'LL, I, WHAT I'LL DO, I THINK WE NEED, WE DIDN'T DO THE B SESSION YESTERDAY, PACKAGE THAT UP TO THE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON. 
          I AM RECOMMENDING WE MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, UM, AND, AND, UM, AND, AND HELP FOLKS. 
          UM, THE NEED STILL CONTINUES. 
          AND, AND I THINK, I THINK WHAT YOU'LL HEAR THIS AFTERNOON AT THE COMMITTEE, AND, AND I'LL, I'LL LET ALEX GIVE A SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL NOW, IS THAT, UM, POTENTIALLY WHAT, WHAT THE STAFF IS PRESENTING TO COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON WILL LAY A TEMPLATE SO THAT IF WE HAVE, IF WE CAN FIND ADDITIONAL DOLLARS OR IF WE MAKE ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS, THEN MUCH LIKE WE, WE, WE ORGANIZE THE ENTIRE RECOVERY RESILIENCY, THEN THERE'S A TEMPLATE THROUGH THIS SMALL BUSINESS TO BE ABLE TO HIT OTHER AREAS OF HOSPITALITY. 
          UM, ALL OF YOU SAW THE POWERPOINT, UM, UM, ON THE THREE PLUS NINE PRESENTATION WE DIDN'T DO YESTERDAY. 
          WE ARE STILL STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY FROM A HOTEL MOTEL STANDPOINT. 
          UM, AND SO, SO WE DO KNOW OUR PARTNERS IN THAT INDUSTRY ARE AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          THAT WAS MY TIMER, NOT YOURS. 
          SO JUST IF YOU HAD TO FINISH TALKING, YOU COULD, BUT IF YOU FINISH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND, UM, AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE IMPACT OR MORE, UM, INSIGHT FROM MY COLLEAGUES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          UH, YOU ALSO RECEIVED THE HONORARY PARLIAMENTARIAN AWARD TODAY, UH, AND NOTING THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE BASE MOTION FIRST. 
          SO CAN I ASK YOU TO MAKE A MAIN MOTION ON THE ITEM AND THEN, UH, THE AMENDMENT WILL APPLY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TINO'S AMENDMENT WILL APPLY TO YOUR MOTION. 
          UH, I GET THAT RIGHT, ANDY? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          MARY. 
          IT WOULD BE WHAT WE, UH, NORMALLY WOULD CALL A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 
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OKAY. 
          UM, SO IF YOU CAN JUST MAKE THE MAIN MOTION ON THE ITEM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          SO I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM FOUR. 
          IT HAS BEEN AMENDED, UM, BY COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          UM, AND DO WE NEED A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT, ANDY, OR THAT WILL BE THAT, THAT IS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 
          UH, MAYOR, IF WE MIGHT TRY IT AGAIN. 
          , USUALLY WITH A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, SOMEBODY MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM. 
          AND THEN A COUNCIL MEMBER, IN THIS CASE, IT WOULD BE COUNCILMAN TREVINO WOULD MOTION TO SECOND WITH A, UH, WHAT WE CALLED A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 
          AND IF COUNCILMAN VERAN AGREES, UH, WE HAVE BEFORE THE COUNCIL THE ONE MOTION RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED. 
          YEAH. 
          SO COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBER DERAN, DO YOU ACCEPT COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO'S AMENDMENT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? WELL, I WANTED TO HEAR DISCUSSIONS TO SEE WHERE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE ON THIS AND SEE, UM, IF WE HAD THE MONEY TO DO THIS. 
          SO THAT WAS PART OF MY QUESTION, UH, TO DO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TREVINO WAS BRINGING THAT. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IF WE DO THE AMENDMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HAS, WHAT IS THE FINANCIAL IMPACT HERE THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING? AND, AND GIVEN THAT COUNCILWOMAN, UH, THEN MAYOR, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS RECOMMENDED. 
          AND THEN WE CONSIDER SEPARATELY, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S, UH, AMENDMENT. 
          ANDY, UM, UH, MAYOR, LET ME, LEMME MAKE A SUGGESTION. 
          MAYOR, BEFORE YOU, UH, UH, RESPOND TO ANDY'S POINT, CAN WE HAVE LORI JUST ANSWER COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRAND'S QUESTION ON THAT, AND THEN THAT, THEN THAT'LL GIVE SOME GUIDANCE? I THINK SO COUNCILWOMAN, YES, WE HAVE THAT $48 MILLION FROM THE STATE, AND, UM, THAT'LL LAST US THROUGH SEPTEMBER. 
          UM, HOWEVER IT MIGHT RUN OUT SOONER. 
          UM, GIVEN THAT WE'RE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO HAVE NINE MONTHS, UM, VERSUS THE SIX MONTHS, WE DO ANTICIPATE MAYBE GETTING MORE MONEY FROM THE, THE TREASURY. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S WHY WE WERE RECOMMENDING THAT WE HOLD OFF UNTIL WE KNOW HOW THAT, HOW IS THAT, HOW MUCH MONEY? AND ALSO WE FELT THAT THE SIX MONTHS, UM, WITH A RESET WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET THROUGH SIX MONTHS AND THEN ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY FOR THE STATE FUNDING. 
          THAT WAY WE'RE NOT USING ALL OF OUR RESOURCES, BUT YES, YES. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT DOESN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION, BUT MY, SO I GUESS I WANT TO KNOW IF WE DO THE 50% A M I THAT IS THE, THE AMENDMENT THAT WILL THEN STILL PROTECT US FROM HAVING TO RELY ON THE STATE OUT THESE DAYS. 
          YES. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? YES. 
          AND THE MONEY WILL GO FASTER, AND WE DO NEED TO SPEND THIS MONEY BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, BUT THE AMENDMENT WAS FOR THE 50% LESS A M I, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          COUNCILMAN BERT TRIVINIA? THAT WAS CORRECT. 
          50% A M I OR LESS? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT, THAT IS PERFECT IN LINE WITH, UH, WHAT THE MAYOR HAD ALSO RECOMMENDED. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I ACCEPT, I ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, ALL OF THAT TO SAY I ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE SAME SPEAKER QUEUE AND HAVE THE DISCUSSION ON THE ENTIRE MOTION AS AMENDED. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE NOW WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I'LL JUST SPEAK TO THE, UH, DISCUSSION ON THIS AMENDMENT. 
          AND, UH, I'M NOT INCLINED TO STRETCH THIS OUT TO NINE MONTHS FOR EVERYBODY WHO ASKS. 
          OBVIOUSLY IT'S ALWAYS BASED ON WHAT THEIR REAL NEEDS ARE. 
          UH, BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT WE, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MEET AS MANY NEEDS AS WE SHOULD IF WE START GIVING 6, 7, 8, 9 MONTHS TO, UH, PEOPLE. 
          AND THEN WE FIND OUT LATER ON, WE, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOR OTHERS WHO ARE IN NEED UP TO SIX MONTHS. 
          UH, AND SO ANYWAY, THAT, SO I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST THE WHOLE PACKAGE JUST BECAUSE OF THAT AMENDMENT. 
          BUT I ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO KNOW, LORI, WHY WE'RE NOT MOVING TO HAVE STATE ASSISTANCE COME FIRST. 
          THAT WAS A GREAT SUGGESTION MADE BY, UH, OUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          AND TO ME, THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. 
          UH, 
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TOO OFTEN THE STATE IS TOO LATE WITH TOO LITTLE, THEY'RE OUT FRONT RIGHT NOW. 
          I THINK WE OUGHT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, UH, AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO HELP MORE PEOPLE ON OUR END DOWN THE LINE. 
          SO I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE NOT GOING TO TRY AND MAKE THAT, UH, THE FIRST THING WE RECOMMEND TO ANYONE WHO'S CALLING, THE, THE CONCERN WE HAVE IS WE NEED TO SPEND THIS MONEY BY SEPTEMBER 30TH. 
          AND SO WE WANNA SPEND OUR MONEY AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, AND THEN WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO TO THE STATE. 
          WELL, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I AGREE WITH THAT PHILOSOPHY, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          UH, THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT BRIEFLY IN COMMITTEE, AND THAT WAS WHAT ABOUT AN AGREEMENT FROM ANY, UH, OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ACCEPT THESE PAYMENTS, UH, TO NOT EVICT PEOPLE SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE'RE GIVING A PROPERTY OWNER, UH, SIX MONTHS RENT, UH, AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE STATE MAY GIVE 'EM ANOTHER THREE MONTHS, UH, AND THEN THESE PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THERE'S STILL TWO MONTHS IN ARREARS. 
          OR, YOU KNOW, UH, I DON'T WANNA HAVE 'EM BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN BEHIND ON THEIR RENT AND I WANNA EVICT THEM. 
          UH, WHAT, WHAT PROTECTION CAN WE PROVIDE TO THE TENANTS? UH, WHY CAN'T WE SAY IF ANYONE ACCEPTS SIX MONTHS OR MORE RENT FROM US, THAT THEY NEED TO AGREE, UH, NOT TO EVICT BASED ON ANY PAST RENT STILL OWED. 
          UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY THE TENANTS HAVE A CLEAN SLATE GOING FORWARD, SO TO SPEAK, FROM FEAR OF BEING EVICTED. 
          SO CURRENTLY WE WILL PAY THEIR ARREARS FIRST AND THEN WHATEVER ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE THEY MAY NEED, THE LANDLORD WILL NOT EVICT THEM IF THEY'RE CURRENT ON THEIR PAYMENTS. 
          THAT THAT IS A COMMITMENT. 
          BUT WE CANNOT REQUIRE A LANDLORD NOT TO EVICT BASED ON FUTURE PAYMENTS THAT THE TENANT MAY NOT MAKE. 
          NOW, THERE IS A C D C MORATORIUM THAT'S IN PLACE THROUGH MARCH 30TH, AND SO THEY CANNOT BE EVICTED FOR NONPAYMENT, BUT, UM, IT LOOKS THEY, A LANDLORD CANNOT EVICT IF THEY'RE CURRENT ON THEIR PAYMENTS. 
          WELL, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IF SOMEBODY OWES RIGHT NOW 11 MONTHS RENT, AND THE MOST WE CAN PAY IS NINE, THEY'RE ALREADY TWO MONTHS IN THE HOLE. 
          AND SO AS IT GOES FORWARD, IF THAT SAME TENANT HAS TO MISS A MONTH OR TWO DOWN THE LINE, UH, I CAN UNDERSTAND BEING EVICTED. 
          BUT IF, IF THEY STILL OWE TWO MONTHS, UH, AND THE TENANT AND, UH, THE TENANT PAYS NEXT MONTH AND THE NEXT MONTH, THEY COULD STILL BE EVICTED. 
          I'M JUST SAYING IF THEY ACCEPT SIX MONTHS OR MORE, THEY SHOULD AGREE NOT TO EVICT BASED ON PAST UNPAID RENT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S AN OPTION. 
          THEY CAN SAY, NO, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE YOUR MONEY. 
          I WANNA BE ABLE TO EVICT BASED ON PAST MONTH'S MISSING RENT. 
          BUT I THINK IT GIVES MORE PROTECTION TO PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, WHO ARE BEHIND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THIS PRESENTATION TO SAY THAT ANY TENANT WHO IS BEHIND MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, WHO'S, UH, WHOSE PROPERTY OWNER ACCEPTS CITY MONEY IS CANNOT EVICT ON ANY CONTINUING PAST OWED, UH, RENT. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S THE MOTION I MAKE. 
          AND COUNCIL MEMBER, CAN I ADD THAT, UM, OUR, OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT LANDLORDS NOT ACCEPT MONEY AT ALL THEN BECAUSE YOU ARE PREVENTING THEM FROM EVICTING IN THE FUTURE. 
          I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT. 
          I, I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THAT PO OUR POSITION. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, IN THE EVENT THEY DO GO THROUGH AN EVICTION PROCESS AFTER ALL OF OUR ASSISTANCE THAT WE'VE PROVIDED. 
          THERE IS ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT THE CITY ADMINISTERS THAT IT'S FUNDED BY THE STATE, THAT IF IT GOES TO AN EVICTION COURT, WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL TOOL THAT'LL ALLOW THEM UP TO ANOTHER 12 MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE. 
          AND SO WE HAVE THAT BACKSTOP WITH OUR TEXAS EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM, BUT I WOULD NOT, STAFF WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THE AMENDMENT BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL. 
          AND LANDLORDS MAY NOT ACCEPT THEIR FUNDING FOR FEAR THAT THEY CAN NEVER EVICT THE CLIENT IN THE FUTURE. 
          WELL, DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT NOW, I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT BACKSTOP. 
          'CAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S BEEN SHARED WITH US, UH, TO ANY GREAT EXTENT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT CAN COME INTO PLAY. 
          BUT I'M NOT GONNA ASK FOR THAT NOW, BUT I, I WOULD WELCOME A SECOND IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. 
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THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          HEARING, HEARING NONE, I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON WITH MY COMMENTS. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND THANK YOU. 
          I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND ASK, UH, ABOUT, UH, THE SHOTS. 
          UM, WE JUST HAD A DESCRIPTION ABOUT HOW MANY SHOTS ARE BEING GIVEN BY THE CITY. 
          I'D LIKE TO KNOW, UH, AND, AND IF WE COULD REVIEW THAT, IT WAS SEVERAL THOUSAND A WEEK. 
          COLLEEN, COULD YOU REMIND US OF WHAT THAT NUMBER WAS THAT YOU PRESENTED? THAT, UH, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO 10 TO 12,000 VACCINATIONS A WEEK IN A MASS VACCINATION EVENT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND HOW MANY ARE WE DOING, DOING THAT? WE, WELL, RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY ALLOCATIONS OF FIRST DOSES FROM THE STATE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND YOU'RE HEADING INTO THE FOURTH WEEK OF NOT GETTING FIRST DOSES FROM THE STATE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, HOW DO PEOPLE, HOW DO RESIDENTS SIGN UP FOR THOSE SHOTS THAT THE CITY IS GIVING? THEY GO ONLINE OR THEY CALL 3 1 1, OR THEY WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS WHEN WE HAVE SHOTS AVAILABLE, WHICH AGAIN, WE HAVE NOT HAD FOR FOUR WEEKS. 
          HOW ABOUT THE MOBILE VACCINATIONS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? HOW WILL PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR THOSE? I KNOW THAT'S APRIL, BUT WE ARE WORKING, UM, WITH DIFFERENT HOSTS. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S IN A CHURCH FACILITY OR A CHURCH PARKING LOT, WE WILL WORK WITH THE CHURCH, UM, TO SIGN UP THE 750 PEOPLE, UM, WHO WILL BE SERVED THAT DAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS A CONTINUATION OF THE GAMBLE OF GETTING AN APPOINTMENT. 
          AND THAT'S ALL IT IS. 
          YOU'RE GAMBLING THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET AN APPOINTMENT BY TRYING TO CALL IN OR EMAIL IN. 
          AND I STILL FIND THAT TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE FOR THE RESIDENTS IN MY DISTRICT. 
          AND I THINK MANY OF US AROUND THE CITY FEEL THE SAME WAY. 
          IT'S JUST A GAMBLE. 
          IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE SOMEBODY ANSWER YOUR CALL, YOU MAY GET AN APPOINTMENT. 
          AND I, FOR ONE, AND I'M SURE OTHERS HAVE CALLED HUNDREDS OF TIMES TRYING TO GET AN APPOINTMENT AND HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO SO, WHY DON'T WE BEGIN A COUNTY-WIDE REGISTRY? THERE ARE FIVE OTHER COUNTIES IN TEXAS THAT I'VE JUST LOOKED AT THAT HAVE A COUNTYWIDE REGISTRY, INCLUDING HARRIS COUNTY, INCLUDING WILLIAMSON COUNTY, SEVERAL OTHERS. 
          I KNOW YOU'VE SAID THAT IT DOESN'T WORK WELL, APPARENTLY THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES FEEL LIKE IT WORKS FOR THEM AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST HAVING PEOPLE PLAY GAMES ON THE TELEPHONE OR THROUGH THEIR EMAIL TRYING TO GET AN APPOINTMENT. 
          THERE'S NO SAFETY, NO SECURITY, NO SURETY THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET A SHOT BASED ON HOW WE'RE OPERATING RIGHT NOW. 
          AND I WILL MAKE ANOTHER MOTION, AND HOPEFULLY I'LL GET A SECOND. 
          AND THIS MOTION IS THAT THIS CITY SET UP A COUNTYWIDE REGISTRY FOR PEOPLE TO GET IN LINE TO GET A SHOT AS THEY COME IN. 
          COUNSEL, I'D LIKE TO HEAR IF THERE'S A SECOND BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING, ERIC. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE WAS A MOTION, UM, WAS THERE A SECOND FOR COURAGE? OKAY. 
          HEARING ON MOTION. 
          I'LL SECOND THE DISCUSSION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I WILL, I WILL SECOND THAT SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL JUST SAY SECOND . 
          THANKS. 
          UM, ANDY, UH, NEED SOME GUIDANCE HERE. 
          IS THIS, I MEAN, ARE WE IN BOUNDS? MM-HMM. 
          YOU'RE MUTED, SIR. 
          YES, MAYOR. 
          IT'S TIED TO WHAT, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER PRESENTED IN TERMS OF OUR OKAY. 
          OUR PLANS. 
          ALRIGHT, SO, UH, DISCUSSION ON, ON ANY OTHER ISSUE WILL BE SUSPENDED. 
          UM, AND WE'LL NOW, UH, TAKE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          ERIC, DID YOU WANNA, DID YOU WANNA CHIME IN? GO AHEAD. 
          YES, SIR. 
          SO, UH, L LET, LET, LET ME, LET ME MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE ALL SET THE TABLE HERE. 
          IN TERMS OF EXPECTATIONS. 
          UM, THE CITY IS NOT IN CONTROL OF VACCINE, UH, IN THIS ENTIRE COUNTY. 
          WE ARE NOT. 
          UM, WE, WE, WE RELY, THERE ARE FOUR MAIN INDI, FOUR MAIN AGENCIES IN THIS COUNTY RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, THE CITY, UH, WELLMED THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP, THE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AND U H S THAT ARE DISTRIBUTING VACCINES AND A HOST OF SMALLER PHARMACIES THAT ARE GETTING DIRECT ALLOCATIONS FROM, UH, THE STATE. 
          UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY 
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TO SET UP A VACCINE SYSTEM, UM, AND PULL EVERYBODY IN. 
          UM, THAT BEING SAID, LAST FRIDAY IN ADVANCE OF ALL THE EMERGENCY WEATHER ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH SINCE THEN. 
          UM, WE TALKED TO U H S AND THE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER ABOUT, UH, FIRST STEP, UH, JOINING INTO OUR TEXT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM SO THAT WHEN, UM, UM, VACCINE IS AVAILABLE FOR RESERVATION, UH, WHETHER IT'S U H SS OR THE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, THAT WE WOULD UTILIZE OUR TEXT SYSTEM THAT ALL OF YOU JUST GOT A TEXT ALERT REGARDING C P S, UM, USE THAT SYSTEM TO PUSH OUT INFORMATION SO THAT PEOPLE COULD CLICK ON THE LINK AND KNOW WHEN THERE ARE APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE. 
          UM, THERE ARE THREE OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE DOING THIS, AND THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD NEED TO PULL ALL THEM IN AND THEY WOULD NEED TO COOPERATE WITH US. 
          WE DID NOT FINALIZE THOSE CONVERSATIONS OVER THE WEEKEND GIVEN THE EMERGENCY, GIVEN THE WEATHER, WE NEED TO DO THAT. 
          I THINK THAT'S A FIRST STEP, AND I'M, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP AGAIN, COUNCILMAN, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, IMPORTANT. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE MAYOR. 
          UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO US, AND I KNOW IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC. 
          UM, SECONDLY, UM, IF WE DO, UM, UH, THE OTHER PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND IN ADVANCE OF THIS WAS A, A UNIFIED, UM, EFFORT TO HAVE ONE SIGN UP THAT'S NOT COMPLETE. 
          AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AND U H S. 
          UM, WHEN WE WERE RECEIVING FIRST DOSES, WE WERE THE MINORITY IN THE COUNTY. 
          U H SS AND THE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, UH, ARE GETTING MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE. 
          SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD NEED TO WORK WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW UNDER THE CURRENT ALLOCATION, WHICH I EXPECT WILL CHANGE AS, AS MANUFACTURING INCREASES. 
          UM, THEY'RE THE BACKBONE RIGHT NOW OF THE MAJORITY OF, OF VACCINES COMING INTO THIS COUNTY. 
          SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM. 
          UM, AS COLLEEN MENTIONED, WE HAVE NO, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY FIRST DOSES AT THE DOME FOR FOUR WEEKS GOING ON FOUR WEEKS. 
          I'M NOT ANTICIPATING THAT CHANGING NEXT WEEK, BUT, BUT YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT, UM, THAT WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH U H S AND THE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, UH, TO, TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR FOLKS TO KNOW, UM, UH, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          AND THAT WILL, THAT WILL NEED TO ALSO INCLUDE WELLMED IN THAT CONVERSATION. 
          UH, WELLMED IS DOING ALL PHONE RIGHT NOW AND SOME COMMUNITY HEALTH WORK OUT WORKER OUTREACH. 
          WE WILL NEED TO PULL THEM IN. 
          WE CAN'T HAVE, IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT, WE'VE GOTTA GET THE COOPERATION OF ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES, AND I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU. 
          WE ARE WORKING HARD ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. 
          UM, I'M GONNA NEED TO SEE HANDS BECAUSE WE HAVE A QUEUE, UM, ON WEBEX, IF YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS MOTION. 
          UH, SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND SO I, I JUST, UH, I WILL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE FOR, UM, THE SAKE OF MY COLLEAGUES. 
          WHEN WE FIRST WERE HEARING ABOUT THE VACCINE AND, AND THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, SOME DESIRE TO HAVE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, UM, I REALLY DID FEEL LIKE WHAT WOULD BE BEST FOR, FOR MY COMMUNITY, UH, RATHER THAN TRYING TO SET UP AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION, GIVEN THE PROXIMITY OF BOTH WONDERLAND AND THE CONVENTION, UH, THE, UM, ALAMO DOME WOULD BE TO TRY TO GET A LIST OF NAMES. 
          AND SO WE DID THAT WITH, UM, THE HELP OF OUR, UH, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, UH, TO GET A LIST TOGETHER SO WE COULD, UM, CALL ON THEIR BEHALF YOU, IN A SENSE, IN ESSENCE, BECOME OUR OWN COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, SO WE COULD TRY TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE INTO THE LOCATIONS THAT WERE AVAILABLE. 
          UM, AND WE DID THAT WITH SOME SUCCESS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST FEW DAYS THROUGH THE EXISTING, UM, RESOURCES, JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, CALLING ON THEIR BEHALF, UM, YOU KNOW, ENTERING INFORMATION ON THEIR BEHALF REALLY THROUGH THE SAME SYSTEMS, BUT TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE THAT WE KNEW DIDN'T HAVE COMPUTERS AT HOME. 
          UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE HELP OF MY STAFF CALLING. 
          UM, AND WE DID GET SOME PEOPLE, UH, IN, UM, IN THAT, THOSE FIRST FEW ROUNDS IN THE FIRST WEEKS THAT THEY BECAME AVAILABLE. 
          BUT OF COURSE, MOST DID NOT. 
          AND WE DO CONTINUE TO GET LOTS OF CALLS ASKING, YOU KNOW, WHERE AM I IN THE QUEUE? UM, WHY HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL CALLED ME. 
          AND SO, UH, I, I WANTED TO GIVE THAT BECAUSE WE REALLY DID TRY TO, TO DO IT A LITTLE BIT, UM, INDEPENDENTLY AND, AND, AND, AND WHAT DID HAPPEN, AS DR. 
          BRIDGER HAS EXPLAINED, IS THAT PEOPLE ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED AND THEN BECOME VERY ANGRY 
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AT US, UH, AT ME AND MY STAFF FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE HAD HOPED. 
          AND SO, I, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE I, I ALSO, OF COURSE, UM, HAVE BEEN, UH, INUNDATED WITH PHONE CALLS TO TRY TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE ON THE LIST OR GET AS MANY PEOPLE REGISTERED AND TRY AND HELP AS MUCH AS WE CAN, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE LAPTOPS. 
          UH, EVERYBODY'S WORKING FROM HOME. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TRY HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, GET PEOPLE ON THERE. 
          UH, BUT, UM, IT, IT WAS A, A VERY FRUSTRATING, UM, EFFORT, YOU KNOW, UM, FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM ALL THE PEOPLE THAT FERT FELT VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO HELP THEM. 
          UM, AND THEN IT, IT, IT, UH, BECOMES ALMOST A PERSONAL, UM, ANGER AT, AT, AT THE OFFICE. 
          UM, SAME THING WITH WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING WITH C P S ENERGY AND, UM, AND, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING AT, AT CITY HALL IS THAT THEN IT BECOMES, UH, THEY'RE ANGRY AT US PERSONALLY, UH, BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO HELP THEM. 
          UH, AND SO I'D WANTED TO GIVE THAT PERSPECTIVE, UM, SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT, I MEAN, WE ARE ALL DESPERATE TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE VACCINATED, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, REGISTERING PEOPLE AND, UH, ARE GETTING PEOPLE VACCINATED. 
          AND OF COURSE, THROUGH, UM, THE, UH, MEALS ON WHEELS EFFORT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, I THINK HAS BEEN HUGELY SUCCESSFUL. 
          SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT PERSPECTIVE SO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO UNDERSTAND WHY PERHAPS THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. 
          UH, SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HI, UH, MAYOR. 
          I, I WANTED TO, UM, JUST TO THANK COUNCILMAN COURAGE FOR, FOR HIS CONCERN. 
          AND, UH, FOR THOSE OF US WHO, LIKE COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ, WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON VACCINES, KNOW HOW EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING IT IS FOR THE PUBLIC NOT TO BE ABLE TO PREDICT WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO GO AND, AND TO, TO PLAY SORT OF A LOTTERY WITH WHETHER OR NOT THEY, THEY GET AN APPOINTMENT. 
          AND WHILE THERE IS, UM, VERY LITTLE, UH, WE CAN DO TO SUDDENLY CREATE MORE, MORE VACCINES, UH, TO MAKE THEM APPEAR, UM, I THINK THE BEST WE CAN DO IS TRY TO KEEP THE PUBLIC CALM, WHICH IS WHAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS TRY TO DO DURING A, UH, DURING A CRISIS. 
          SO I WOULD, UM, I WILL BE GETTING VACCINE UPDATES AT COMMITTEE MEETING AT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE, AND I WOULD VOLUNTEER TO MOVE THIS DISCUSSION. 
          UH, THERE, UH, WE DO HAVE A MEETING COMING UP IN, IN TWO WEEKS IF WE WANNA DO SOMETHING SOONER, BECAUSE THAT MEETING IS ACTUALLY VERY FULL RIGHT NOW. 
          . 
          I CAN, UH, SO COUNCILMAN COURAGE, IF, UH, IF I COULD AMEND, UH, MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION THAT WE DISCUSS YOUR SUGGESTION DURING OUR VACCINE UPDATE AT THE NEXT COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE MEETING, WOULD YOU ACCEPT THAT? THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UH, IF, IF MY, UH, MOTION FAILS, ABSOLUTELY, BUT I WANNA LEAVE IT ON THE TABLE UNTIL, UH, WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO FINISH DISCUSSION ON IT. 
          I HAVE MORE TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. 
          I, I NEED TO SEE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, DID YOU MAKE YOUR, DID YOU, UH, QUEUE IN FOR THIS MOTION? OKAY, GO AHEAD. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          UM, MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD. 
          I WAS, I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER FOUR, NOT THE LATEST MOTION. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          THE, THE DISCUSSION NOW IS FOR THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR, WHICH IS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR MOTION JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR ON THE BOUNDS OF THE DISCUSSION, PLEASE? YES. 
          IT'S SET UP A COUNTYWIDE REGISTRY. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, A REGISTRY OF EVERYBODY WHO LIVES IN THE COUNTY WHO WANTS TO SIGN UP TO GET THE VACCINATION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I NEED TO SEE HANDS AGAIN. 
          UM, PHYSICALLY RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN COURAGE FOR, UH, BRINGING THE ITEM FORWARD. 
          I HAVE JUST SOME QUESTIONS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF DR. 
          BRIDGER OR ERIC WOULD BE THE ONES TO ANSWER, BUT MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT ERIC JUST MENTIONED AND WHO WOULD MANAGE, YOU JUST WENT MUTE. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA 
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COUNCILWOMAN, WE, UH, WE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY HEARING YOU, MA'AM. 
          UH, UM, LET ME, SO WE'RE HAVING A LAG ISSUE WITH, UH, ADRIANA. 
          UM, LET ME GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, I'LL COME BACK TO ROCHA GARCIA. 
          UM, ADRIANA, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS YOU TURN OFF YOUR VIDEO FOR NOW. 
          MAYBE THAT WILL HELP, BUT LET ME GO TO GRO FIRST AND I'LL COME BACK TO YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          GRA YEAH, I JUST NEED CLARIFICATION FROM ANDY, THE MOTION. 
          HOW IS THIS MOTION PART OF OUR, OUR MAIN MOTION, IF WE'RE JUST, WE'RE VOTING TO STAND UP A VACCINATION SITE AS MOVING FORWARD WITH IT? WELL, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE ARE, WE'RE MOTIONING TO APPROVE, UH, THE ENTIRETY OF ITEM FOUR COUNCILWOMAN. 
          SO CONSEQUENTLY, IF WE'RE GONNA, UH, YOU KNOW, MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF ITEM FOUR, UH, THIS WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT, SINCE IT'S THE, UH, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER'S, YOU KNOW, PLAN WAS PART OF ITEM FOUR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR. 
          ONE IS ON THE MAIN MOTION AMENDED, UH, WITH ALL THE ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE DISCUSSION, WE HAVE A SEPARATE MOTION ON ITEM FOUR, UH, THAT IS NOT RELATED TO THE MAIN MOTION, BUT THEY'RE BOTH ON THE FLOOR. 
          UH, BECAUSE THAT ONE WAS JUST MADE, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION ON, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KURT'S MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          THEN, THEN, THEN MAYOR, I'M NOT FINISHED THEN. 
          I WOULD SAY, UM, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE. 
          I THINK HAVING A, UH, COUNTYWIDE REGISTRY IS CRITICAL, AND I THINK WE ALL WANT THAT. 
          UM, AND I THINK WE ARE WORKING ON IT, AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING ON IT IN THE TECH COMMITTEE. 
          UH, SO THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          LET'S SEE IF WE'VE GOT YOUR AV. 
          UH, NOW GO AHEAD. 
          DID WE LOSE? SHE'S, CAN YOU HEAR ME? SHE'S THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          YES, WE HEAR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          SO, MY FIRST QUESTION WAS GONNA BE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOW DO, OR WHO WOULD, IF WE CREATED THIS, UM, UH, REGISTRY, WHO WOULD MANAGE THE PRIORITY LIST OR, SO AS THE DIFFERENT GROUPS OPEN UP. 
          SO FOR INSTANCE, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE IN, UM, ONE, UH, A AND ONE B RIGHT NOW, WHO MANAGES THAT? SO WHO MANAGES ADDING THE PRIORITY ROOMS? WHO WOULD DO THAT? WOULD WE HAVE EXPERTS, UM, IN METRO HEALTH THAT ARE MANAGING THAT? WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING AUTOMATIC THAT WE MAYBE BUILD INTO THE SYSTEM SPECIFICALLY? UM, MAYBE THROUGH SOME CODING? CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME WITH THAT? I, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING VERY TECHNICAL THAT WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR. 
          LET, LET, LET ME, LET ME LET, LET ME REITERATE WHAT I SAID A SECOND AGO. 
          UH, AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ANY FIRST DOSES. 
          UM, SO I, I GUESS I'M LOOKING FOR CLARIFICATION FROM THE, FROM THE, FROM THE COUNCIL. 
          IF, IF, IF, IF, IF YOU ASKED ME TO SET UP A COUNTYWIDE REGISTRY, I PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT IT, IT, IT SOLELY RELIES UPON OTHER ENTITIES HAVING TO COOPERATE. 
          UM, WE ARE, WE, WE DO NOT HAVE, UM, ALL OF THE VACCINES AT METRO HEALTH AND, AND THAT WE'RE HANDING THEM OUT. 
          THAT'S NOT THE CASE. 
          THAT'S NOT THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM THAT THE STATE HAS, HAS, HAS ROLLED OUT. 
          UM, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN, I'M NOT SURE. 
          I MEAN, TO ME, WHAT MAKES SENSE IS THAT IF, THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET, UM, U H SS AND THE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER PART OF THIS, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE MAJORITY BACKBONE THAT ARE RECEIVING THE LARGEST PORTIONS, UH, IN THE COUNTY. 
          UM, AND, AND THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE WITH THEM, UM, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR ELECTRONIC MANAGEMENT, UH, RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT, WELL, I SUSPECT WOULD BE CRITICAL TO A RESERVATION, UM, OR A REGISTRATION SITE. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS WE'D NEED TO HAVE WITH BOTH OF THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          AND SO, AND I, I THINK THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING ERIC, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE MULTIPLE IT DEPARTMENTS, MULTIPLE INFORMATION SHARING. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT VULNERABILITY THAT, UM, BRINGS FROM A CYBER ASPECT. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THESE 
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QUESTIONS. 
          I'M, I'M ALSO WONDERING HOW WE WOULD REROUTE THE, THE, THE, THE VACCINES AND SUPPORT IF PEOPLE WOULD AGREE TO IT. 
          SO, SO I WAS TRYING TO, TO FIGURE THAT OUT. 
          IF WE COULD DO THIS, HOW WOULD PHONE LINES PLAY IN WOULD BE CRITICAL? SO I THINK THAT, UM, IF, IF WE COULD HAVE, I, I MEAN, I, IDEALLY, YES, ONE SIGNUP WOULD BE CRITICAL IF WE HAD ALL OF THE VACCINES AND IN ONE REGISTRY, BUT I WAS WORRIED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECT OF IT. 
          I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, REALLY SMART PEOPLE ALL OVER THE CITY, UM, THAT CAN HELP US MAYBE PREPARE FOR, FOR THE FUTURE, FOR WHEN WE DO HAVE ENOUGH FLOW. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE, UM, POSSIBLE, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD FORGET THE TECHNOLOGY ASPECT OF IT. 
          AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE PHONE LINES. 
          UM, IF WE, UH, FOR INSTANCE, YOU MENTIONED WELLMED WOULD HAVE TO BUY INTO THIS. 
          RIGHT NOW, WELLMED, UH, IS SET UP PURPOSEFULLY TO JUST USE A PHONE LINE SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN HAVE AN EQUAL, UM, PLAYING FIELD WITH, WITH THE VACCINES. 
          BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT A REGISTRY WOULD ALLOW THAT STILL TO HAPPEN UNLESS WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT THAT. 
          AND I'M SURE THAT THAT WOULD BE TAKEN UP MAYBE BY THE CHECK COMMITTEE. 
          UM, BUT SO IN GENERAL, I GUESS MY QUESTIONS ARE IF WE DID A, A REGISTRY, A CENTRAL REGISTRY, WHO WOULD BE THE IT MANAGER OF THIS ALL, OR WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THIS DATA? BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE'S INFORMATION, PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD BE GOING, UM, ON THIS. 
          AND SO, UM, I I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE ANSWER, BUT I WOULD JUST KIND OF BRING THAT UP AS A QUESTION THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOONER THAN LATER IF WE DO GO THIS ROUTE. 
          BUT THAT'S IT. 
          MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I, AND I'M SORRY ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY ISSUES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, UM, HANDS AGAIN, OR COUNCILMEMBER TREVINO, I GOT YOU. 
          COURAGE RIGHT AFTER THAT. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, SO I, YOU KNOW, I, I, I HEAR THAT, I REALIZE THAT THIS REQUIRES SOME COORDINATION AND, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, COLLABORATION AMONGST PARTNERS, BUT, UH, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT COURAGE IS ALSO KIND OF ASKING IS THAT, UH, THAT, THAT THIS IS A, A, A, A DIRECTION TO, TO BEGIN THAT CONVERSATION. 
          SO WHILE I KNOW THAT THERE'S LIMITATIONS, LET'S, UH, I I, I SUPPORT THE, THE NOTION OF, OF HELPING TO BE A PART OF, OF SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT MAY HELP, UH, PROVIDE SOME, SOME, UH, A SENSE OF, UH, OF, OF TRUST IN WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, SO IF EVER IT REQUIRES US TO START TALKING TO THESE OTHER, OTHER ENTITIES, I, I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THOSE ARE LIMITATIONS. 
          UM, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING THAT I, THAT AGAIN, AGAIN, OUR, OUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SHOWING THAT WE'RE DOING OUR PART TO BE VOCAL, UH, TO BE RESPONSIVE AND, AND THEN KIND OF BASICALLY SHOW WHERE, WHERE THE, UH, UH, PART OF THE PROCESS, UH, WILL FALL. 
          SO, UH, I WILL SUPPORT THIS AND KNOW THAT IT, IT MAY REQUIRE MORE DISCUSSION. 
          AND I THINK YOU HEARD COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL OFFER TO HAVE IT GO TO, UH, HER COMMITTEE, UH, WHICH I THINK IS, IS A, A GOOD MOVE, A SMART MOVE. 
          UH, BUT I DO AGREE WITH THE, WITH THE DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCILMAN IS TRYING TO, UH, LAY DOWN TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I, I APPRECIATE THAT, COUNCILMAN. 
          I, THAT, THAT GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY. 
          AND, AND LET ME REITERATE WHAT I SAID EARLIER, AND THIS IS NOT THE WEEK TO BE GIVEN EXCUSES. 
          UH, AND I GET THAT, UH, WE, WE STARTED HAVING THIS CONVERSATION LAST FRIDAY. 
          UM, WE, WE THINK WE CAN UTILIZE OUR TEXT ALERT SYSTEM AS A FIRST STEP TO GIVE, IF, IF WE GET THE EV ALL THE PARTNER AGENCIES TO AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'VE GOT VACCINE REGISTRATIONS GOING ON TOMORROW OR TODAY, OR, UH, UH, WHENEVER THAT WE COULD SEND OUT THAT MESSAGE TO, TO THE PUBLIC, UM, WITH A, A, A LINK THAT WILL TAKE THEM TO THE AGENCY THAT IS, THAT IS, UM, THAT'S GOT THE VACCINE, UH, APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE, OR A PHONE NUMBER THEY CAN CLICK. 
          UM, THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A FIRST STEP THAT I THINK WE CAN DO THAT. 
          WE, WE INITIATED THAT CONVERSATION LAST FRIDAY. 
          WE NEED TO FINALIZE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN OFF OUR GAME THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. 
          WE WILL DO THAT AND, AND, AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          THA THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS, THIS IS WHAT, WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S ASKING FOR. 
          AND, UM, I, I THINK THAT YOU DESERVES US LOOKING INTO IT, WHICH I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AS WELL. 
          AND, AND TO KIND OF BORROW ONE OF YOUR PHRASES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LET, LET US POINT TO THE HILL SO THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, WHICH HILL TO TAKE. 
          SO I THINK THAT THIS IS, THIS IS DOING EXACTLY THAT. 
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AND, UH, I, I, I, I BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD HELP, UH, THE COMMUNITY, UH, FEEL GOOD ABOUT ALL THE ENTITIES COMING TOGETHER, WORKING TOGETHER TO, TO TRY TO, UH, GET US, UH, THROUGH THIS RECOVERY AS, AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          AND, AND LET ME, LET ME CLARIFY BECAUSE I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JOHN HERE, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, VINCENT, TAKING THIS TO THE COMMITTEE. 
          UH, THIS CONVERSATION STARTED A MONTH AGO OR MORE. 
          UH, IN FACT, ON FRIDAY, UH, WE HAD A, UH, DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, THE PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THE E M R AND, AND TRYING TO TAKE THAT HILL. 
          UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBER WAS VERY EXPLICIT WITH REGARD TO HIS MOTION BEING TO CREATE ONE. 
          THIS IS NOT ABOUT FURTHER DISCUSSION DISCUSSION. 
          SO, UM, WE ALSO DO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER PLY IN THE QUEUE. 
          UM, SO LET ME, UM, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER PLY, AND I'LL COME TO COUNCIL MEMBER CURTIS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, I ALWAYS HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF IS THAT, UM, DOING THINGS THAT FEEL GOOD DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          UM, AND I, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THAT'S GONNA MAKE OUR CONSTITUENTS FEEL BETTER. 
          UH, BUT IF AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR OWN IN-HOUSE EXPERTS ARE TELLING ME THIS IS A BAD IDEA, UM, I, I HAVE TO INQUIRE AND I HAVE TO DIG DOWN AND, AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT, UH, SERIOUSLY. 
          UM, AND DR. 
          BRIDGER, HERE'S, HERE'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF A REGISTRATION LIST, IS THAT WE'RE GONNA GET HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE REGISTERING FOR VACCINES WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WE'RE GONNA GET, IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? YES. 
          AND THE VACCINE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN ITS ENTIRETY IS SHIFTING TO THE PRIVATE PHARMACY MODEL, WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL MODEL. 
          AND THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT OUR FRIENDS AT WALMART, C V S PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ARE EVEN GONNA WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS THING. 
          'CAUSE I HAVE A FEELING, I MEAN, I REPRESENT DOCTORS IN MY LAW PRACTICE. 
          I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THE DOCTORS IN MY LAW PRACTICE, THEY DON'T CARE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT LISTS THEY WANT US TO PUT TOGETHER. 
          THEY'RE SECOND FROM A FIRE HYDRANT. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, PUTTING TOGETHER A LIST IS A DANGEROUS THING TOO. 
          AND THERE'S A, THERE IS A, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, A RISK HERE, AND THAT IS, UH, WELL, IT'S, IT, IT'S AKIN TO THE RISK THAT WE'RE RUNNING WITH C P S RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? PEOPLE ARE FURIOUS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GONNA GET THEIR ENERGY TURNED ON. 
          UH, AND PEOPLE ARE FURIOUS. 
          THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GONNA GET WATER AGAIN. 
          AND THEY'RE FURIOUS THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEIR NEIGHBOR GOT, YOU KNOW, UH, ENERGY, BUT THEY DIDN'T. 
          AND THESE EXCUSES OF, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT BEING THE NODE OR THE CIRCUIT AND ALL THAT, THEY'RE, IT IS JUST NOT GETTING ABSORBED, RIGHT? FOR WHATEVER REASONS. 
          I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW APOPLECTIC AND JUST FURIOUS THEY'RE GONNA BE WHEN THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR MONTHS ON A LIST AND IT DOESN'T MATERIALIZE THAT THEY GET THEIR VACCINE, UH, WHILE THEIR NEIGHBORS AND THEIR COWORKERS ARE GETTING IT FROM WELLMED OR C B S PHARMACY OR WHATEVER, PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS OUT THERE HANDING THIS STUFF OUT, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO BACK IN A FEW MONTHS AND SAY, HEY, IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME, BECAUSE IT WAS GONNA MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER, RIGHT? AND SO MY JOB AS A CITY COUNCIL PERSON IS SOMETIMES TO MAKE THE REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS, UM, AND PROVIDE WHAT'S NEEDED, NOT NECESSARILY PROVIDE WHAT'S WANTED. 
          UM, AND THAT'S THE BURDEN OF LEADERSHIP IN THIS INSTANCE. 
          SO, JOHN, I THINK YOUR HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE ON THIS ONE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT NINE, YOU GOT AN EXCELLENT CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO'S ADVOCATING FOR THE RIGHT THINGS. 
          UM, BUT BECAUSE MY EXPERTS, DR. 
          BRIDGER, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, ARE TELLING US THIS IS A BAD IDEA, AND I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER AND THE CITY MANAGER ARE SAN ANTONIANS LOOKING OUT FOR SAN ANTONIANS TOO, RIGHT? THEY'VE GOT FAMILIES, UH, AND I'M SURE THAT THEY WOULD RUSH TO CREATE A REGISTRATION LIST IF IT MEANT THAT THEIR OWN FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WERE, YOU KNOW, GONNA BE TAKEN CARE OF. 
          BUT IF THEY'RE TELLING US THIS IS A BAD IDEA, I'M GONNA TRUST YOU GUYS. 
          UH, WE'VE SUFFERED THROUGH FOUR YEARS OF AN ADMINISTRATION WHO JUST, YOU KNOW, BEAT UP ON SCIENCE AND BEAT UP ON LOGIC, UM, UH, JUST BECAUSE IT DIDN'T FEEL GOOD, RIGHT? AND I, I THINK IT WOULD BE A RESPONSIBLE FOR ME TO, UM, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO DOWN THAT PATH. 
          AND SO, UH, JOHN, I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT THE MOTION FOR THOSE REASONS, ALTHOUGH I THINK, UH, ALTHOUGH I THINK THAT YOU'RE COMING FROM THE RIGHT PLACE. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          . 
          GO AHEAD, ERIC. 
          UH, JU JUST, YOU KNOW, WE DO KNOW THAT WE NEED TO COLLECTIVELY WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION AND AWARENESS TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT. 
          NO. 
          IF WE CAN GET OUR PARTNER AGENCIES TO, TO, UM, JOIN 
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US IN THE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, THAT'S A GOOD FIRST STEP. 
          IT REALLY IS. 
          'CAUSE WE, WE DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A HIGH LEVEL OF ANGST STILL OUT THERE. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT'S A GOOD FIRST STEP, UM, TO, TO A, A FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD? IT, IT, UH, IT, THE, THE VACCINE ENVIRONMENT, UM, WILL LIKELY LOOK DIFFERENT A WEEK FROM TODAY, TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY, THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY. 
          I MEAN, IT, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA OPEN UP. 
          SO HOW DO WE, PART OF THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE PARTNERS IS HOW ARE WE ORGANIZED SO THAT FOLKS KNOW WHERE TO GO? UM, AND, AND, AND THERE'S SOME SEMBLANCE OF ORGANIZATION. 
          IT'S A TEMPO THAT'S GOTTA BE CREATED. 
          AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE THINK THE NOTIFICATION IS A GOOD FIRST STEP. 
          BUT I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND MAYOR, I NOTED WHAT YOU SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS A MONTH AGO. 
          AND IF WE HAD STARTED ON THIS A MONTH AGO, I THINK IT WOULD BE IN PLACE TODAY. 
          I WISH I HAD HAD THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE MY FELLOW COUNCIL PEOPLE SPOKE, SO THEY COULD HAVE HAD AN IDEA OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          BUT LET ME EXPLAIN THIS. 
          WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS PUTTING TOGETHER A REGISTRATION AND THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COUNTY CAN EITHER CALL IN OR THEY COULD EMAIL IN INFORMATION NEEDED TO PUT THEM IN THE REGISTRY. 
          WE CAN EVEN HAVE PEOPLE GO INTO COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF CONNECTIVITY AND KNOCK ON DOORS AND, AND REGISTER PEOPLE THROUGH THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY. 
          AND WHAT DOES THE REGISTRATION MEANS? IT MEANS YOU TELL US YOUR NAME, YOU TELL US YOUR AGE. 
          UH, MAYBE WE WOULD WANNA GO AHEAD AND VERIFY THAT THROUGH KNOWING EITHER YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER SO IT CAN BE VERIFIED FOR YOUR AGE SO NO ONE TRIES TO CHEAT OR YOUR VOTER ID NUMBER. 
          AND YOU PUT DOWN, UH, CONTACT INFORMATION IF YOU HAVE ANY. 
          AND THEN YOU GO AHEAD AND YOU SAY, ARE YOU ELIGIBLE? NOW WE HAVE A WHOLE CHECKLIST OF WHAT YOU CAN BE ELIGIBLE FOR. 
          YOU DON'T NEED TO CHECK THOSE THINGS OFF AND ADMIT WHAT YOUR HEALTH CONDITION IS AT THE BOTTOM. 
          YOU JUST JUST NEED TO SAY YES, DUE TO THAT LIST. 
          I HAVE ONE OF THOSE CONDITIONS AND I'M ELIGIBLE FOR ONE A OR ONE B. 
          SO NOW WE'VE GOT A LIST TOGETHER. 
          WE KNOW THE NAMES, WE KNOW, UH, WHERE THEY LIVE. 
          WE KNOW IF THEY HAVE COMMUNICATIONS OF SOME KIND, SO WE CAN LET THEM KNOW. 
          WE CAN ASK, DO YOU HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO? AND, UH, WE KNOW YOU'RE ELIGIBLE BASED ON YOUR AGE OR YOUR CONDITION. 
          AND WE HAVE THAT LIST. 
          AND NOW WHAT WE DO IS WHENEVER THE STATE OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS THERE ARE 9,000 SHOTS GOING TO ANY PARTICULAR PLACE, INSTEAD OF THAT PLACE MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT, OH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE 9,000 SHOTS NEXT WEEK. 
          CALL US OR EMAIL US. 
          INSTEAD OF PEOPLE STRUGGLING, WE JUST TAKE THE NEXT NUM NAMES OFF THAT LIST AND WE CALL THAT DEPARTMENT. 
          WE SAY, HERE'S THE 9,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNED UP THAT ARE QUALIFIED UNDER ONE B. 
          AND WHAT THEY USUALLY DO ANYWAY IS THEY TAKE THOSE CALLS, THEY GET BACK TO PEOPLE AND LET THEM KNOW WHEN THEIR APPOINTMENT IS. 
          WE'RE JUST SAYING YOU DON'T HAVE TO, UH, DO ALL OF THAT RECORD KEEPING. 
          THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE QUALIFIED. 
          YOU JUST CALL THEM AND TELL 'EM WHEN THEIR APPOINTMENT IS. 
          AND WE DO THAT WITH EVERY MAJOR ENTITY WHO'S RECEIVING VACCINE SO THAT THEY COORDINATE WHO'S GONNA GET THE SHOT THROUGH THIS REGISTRY INSTEAD OF THEM OPENING UP THEIR PHONES OR THEIR EMAILS AND PLAYING CATCH WHOEVER YOU CAN. 
          THAT'S NOT A DIFFICULT SYSTEM TO PUT IN PLACE. 
          NOW YES, THERE'LL BE INDEPENDENT DOCTORS AND MAYBE SOME OF THE, UM, THE PHARMACIES THAT ARE GONNA OFFER SHOTS BECAUSE THEY GET 'EM FROM THE STATE OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          FINE PEOPLE CAN GO THERE IF THEY WANNA WAIT IN LINE, BUT IF THEY DON'T GET ONE THAT WAY, THEY ARE STILL GUARANTEED SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE TO GET A SHOT BECAUSE THEY'RE REGISTERED. 
          AND THAT IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN PEOPLE HAVE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE'S HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHERE OR WHEN OR HOW THEY'RE GONNA GET A SHOT. 
          YES. 
          IF THEY'RE IN A REGISTRY, YES, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME THAT ARE GONNA CALL A WEEK AFTER THEY SIGN UP AND SAY, HEY, HOW COME I DIDN'T GET A CALL YET? PART OF THAT IS THE EDUCATION PROCESS. 
          WHEN THEY SIGN UP RIGHT AT THE TOP BEFORE THEY START SIGNING IN, THIS DOESN'T GUARANTEE YOU A DATE, IT JUST GUARANTEES YOU A PLACE IN LINE. 
          AND IT MAY TAKE WEEKS OR MONTHS BEFORE ENOUGH COME IN FOR YOU TO GET YOUR SHOT, BUT YOU ARE GUARANTEED A PLACE IN LINE TO GET THAT SHOT. 
          AND IT MAY BE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY SHOTS THAT COME IN. 
          THAT ALONE WILL GIVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE A LOT MORE SECURITY THAN THEY HAVE TODAY. 
          AND WHEN THE HEALTH, UH, YOU KNOW, 
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THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR WELLMED OR ANYBODY SAYS WE'RE GETTING 5,000 SHOTS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO OPEN IT UP TO THE WORLD, WE CAN JUST SEND THEM THE NEXT 5,000 NAMES ON THAT LIST. 
          THAT TO ME, MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE. 
          WE'RE NOT LIMITING WHO GETS THE, THE MEDICATION OR WHEN OR WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH IT. 
          WE'RE JUST PROVIDING EASIER ACCESS FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP AND GET THAT SHOT. 
          AND I THINK IT'LL MOVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE JUST LIKE IT IS NOW, BUT WITHOUT THE INSECURITY THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE FEELING. 
          SO THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND IT. 
          IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TECH TO PUT IT TOGETHER, TO BE ABLE TO GATHER ALL THE INFORMATION AND THEN TO TRANSFER IT BACK AND FORTH TO WHOEVER'S GONNA RECEIVE IT AND USE IT. 
          BUT HEY, WE'VE GOT TECHNOLOGY IN THIS CITY. 
          WE CAN DO IT. 
          WE COULD HAVE DONE IT IF WE STARTED A MONTH AGO. 
          SO IT'S NOT HARD. 
          AND IT NOT, IT DOESN'T DENY ANY SMALL PROVIDER AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. 
          AND IF YOU GET A SHOT FROM THE PHARMACY, JUST CALL BACK IN AND SAY, TAKE ME OFF THE LIST. 
          I'VE GOTTEN MY SHOT. 
          SO THAT'S THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CRUZ. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, ANYONE ELSE ON THIS ITEM? RAISE HAND PLEASE. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, I, IN LISTENING TO ALL THIS DISCUSSION, YEAH, I, UH, THAT SOUNDS GREAT. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          UM, BUT I, I'M TENDING TO GO ALONG WITH WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN LYAS SAID, PLUS, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS ANOTHER, UH, I ANOTHER BUREAUCRATIC SYSTEM THAT ANYTIME YOU PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER LIKE THIS, THINGS ARE GONNA COME WRONG AND THINGS ARE NOT GONNA WORK OUT RIGHT. 
          HOW LONG IS IT GONNA TAKE TO SET UP? SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          SO I, YOU KNOW, I HATE SETTING UP ADDITIONAL BUREAUCRACIES WHEN, UM, THINGS HAVE SETTLED DOWN AND THINGS SEEMS TO BE, UH, WORKING A LITTLE BIT BETTER NOW THAT WE'RE INTO THIS PROCESS. 
          DR. 
          BRIDGER, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? UM, CURRENTLY WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW, HOW IT'S GOING OUT THERE. 
          I MEAN, HOW ARE WE GETTING LOTS OF COMPLAINTS OR, OR PEOPLE UNHAPPY WITH THE SYSTEM NOW? UM, SO THERE IS A LOT OF ANXIETY STILL OUT THERE ABOUT GETTING ACCESS TO THE VACCINATIONS. 
          UM, HOWEVER, EVERY WEEK THERE IS AN INCREASING AMOUNT OF VACCINE AVAILABLE AND THAT IS BEING ALLOCATED AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED DIRECTLY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PRIVATE PHARMACIES AND, UM, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS. 
          SO THE AMOUNT OF VACCINE THAT THE STATE IS GIVING US IS STAYING THE SAME, BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS INCREASING THE PROVIDER BASE, UM, WEEK OVER WEEK. 
          UM, THERE WILL ALSO BE ANOTHER VACCINE APPROVED AT THE END OF THE MONTH, WHICH WILL ALSO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF VACCINE AVAILABLE. 
          UM, SO I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT THIS FOCUS ON MASS VACCINATIONS IS GOING TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER TIME AND IT'S GOING TO BECOME A SYSTEM MORE LIKE WHAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH, WITH FLU SHOTS, UM, WHERE YOU CAN GO TO YOUR PHARMACY, YOU CAN GO TO YOUR GROCERY STORE, YOU CAN GO PLACES YOU GO ALREADY AND CAN GET YOUR, UM, YOUR C OVID 19 VACCINATION. 
          SO MORE OF A DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INSTEAD OF THE CENTRAL THAT IS THE DIRECTION. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THAT IS THE DIRECTION THAT THE FEDS ARE MOVING IN. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL THAT'S ALL, ALL THE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS I HAVE ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          AND, AND LET ME, LET ME CLOSE. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS? UM, SO WHEN I MENTIONED THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ONGOING, UH, FOR A MONTH NOW, THE SCENARIO THAT YOU, UH, PRESENTED, UH, JOHN IS A VERY LOGICAL AND REASONABLE ONE. 
          UH, ANYONE I THINK COULD SUPPORT THAT IDEA IF IT COULD BE EXECUTED. 
          I DO. 
          UM, I DID PRESENT THAT AGAIN, UH, TO OUR PROVIDERS, UH, AS RECENTLY AS LAST WEEK. 
          AND THE, THE REASON WHY IT HASN'T BEEN DONE A MONTH AGO AND IT HASN'T BEEN DONE YET IS BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE VACCINE IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE UNANIMOUSLY SAID THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. 
          IT'S A BAD IDEA. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          AND I, I CAN'T ARGUE WITH THAT, UM, THE, THE FACTORS THAT GO INTO THAT. 
          BUT LET ME ASK A FEW QUESTIONS THAT, THAT MAYBE CAN PROVIDE SOME CLARITY FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS BECAUSE I DO AGREE THAT, UM, WE SHOULD DISCUSS THIS. 
          UH, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THE INPUT OF THE CHECK COMMITTEE ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THEY DO GO DOWN INTO THE WEEDS ABOUT, UH, ISSUES LIKE THIS. 
          BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT DOES NOBODY ANY GOOD, UH, TO BE PUT IN A, A REGISTRY OF 1.62 MILLION PEOPLE 
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ON A LIST THAT'S JUST GONNA BE EXECUTED AT THE ALAMO DOME WHEN THE FED HAD NOT EVEN SHIPPED US ANY NEW FIRST DOSES WHERE THE STATE HASN'T IN THREE WEEKS. 
          UM, SO DR. 
          BRIDGER, UH, DO WE HAVE CONCURRENCE, DO WE HAVE COOPERATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATORS OF, OF VACCINE IN THIS COMMUNITY TO BE PART OF SUCH REGISTRY? NOT CURRENTLY, NO. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE CONTINUE TO DISCUSS IT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT IS THERE A MUTUALLY SATISFACTORY SOLUTION TO THE ANGST THAT WE ALL ARE EXPERIENCING IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOT UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT THAT THIS IS THE SOLUTION. 
          AND, AND, AND YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND YOU'VE HEARD FROM THEM AS WELL. 
          WELL, AND, AND, AND, AND THE TWO OF US HAVE HAD MANY DEBATES, UM, ABOUT THIS ISSUE AS WELL. 
          AND SO, UM, THE CHALLENGE AGAIN IS IF WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A REGISTRY FOR VACCINES THAT NEVER ARRIVE, WHEN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER PROVIDERS AROUND TOWN THAT ACTUALLY DO AND USE TOTALLY DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, THEN WE ARE IN FACT ONLY GOING TO INCREASE PEOPLE'S, UM, FRUSTRATION WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM. 
          UM, THAT'S WHERE I DON'T WANT TO END UP. 
          UM, SO DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER, UH, GUIDANCE FROM THE FED OR THE STATE ABOUT THEIR THREE WEEK RAMP OF VACCINES THAT THEY'VE BEEN PROMISING US? THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN, UM, PROVIDING A THREE WEEK GUARANTEED DOSE ALLOTMENT TO THE STATE. 
          UM, THAT GUARANTEED DOSE ALLOTMENT, HOWEVER, HAS NOT TRICKLED DOWN TO THE LOCALS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER, BUT THE DISCUSSION LAST WEEK, WE, WE DECIDED, AS ERIC MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA MAKE AT LEAST ONE INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, UH, BEYOND GETTING MORE VACCINES EVENTUALLY, BUT ONE INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IS TO USE A TEXT SYSTEM SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO BE SEEKING OUT INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE AND WHEN APPOINTMENTS BECOME AVAILABLE. 
          BUT WE'LL USE A TEXT ALERT SYSTEM THAT PEOPLE CAN BE A PART OF AND THEY WILL BE ALERTED WHEN REGISTRATION BEGINS THAT THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND THAT PUTS US IN A BETTER POSITION TO, TO RESPOND TO THIS DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM AND ALL OF THE PROVIDERS COULD BE PART OF THAT, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I DID HEAR, UM, CONCURRENCE ON THAT LAST WEEK. 
          UM, AND IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT IF WE WERE TO SET UP A PRE REGISTRY SYSTEM, FRANKLY IT SHOULD BE THE HOSPITAL OR UT HEALTH THAT PUTS THAT TOGETHER SINCE THEY CONTROL MOST OF THE E M R IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? AND MOST OF THE DOSES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UM, YOU, UM, AS CHAIR OF THE CHECK CAN PUT ON THIS, UH, DISCUSSION ON YOUR COMMITTEE AS EARLY AS YOU WANT, UH, AT, AT AN AGENDA TIME OF YOUR CHOOSING. 
          ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? UH, YES SIR. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMITTEE TO GO THROUGH WHAT THE DISTRIBUTION PROCESS IS FOR THE VACCINES AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO ALLEVIATE ANY THE CONCERNS IN, IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND I, I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO HEAR HOW THE NOTIFICATION, SO IT WILL BE IZED. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I THINK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CURRY, I, I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN, UM, A BIRD DOG ON THIS ISSUE. 
          UM, AND, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS, UH, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, WHICH IS TO, WHICH IS TO MAKE THE SYSTEM MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT FOR US AS AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          I JOIN YOU IN THAT 1000%. 
          WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS DICTATING, UH, AN OUTCOME FROM METRO HEALTH AND FOR OUR PROVIDERS FOR WHICH WE'LL HAVE NO CONTROL OVER. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED THE RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC, UH, WE'VE BEEN VERY, UH, CAREFUL TO GO BY THE GUIDANCE OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND THE ACTIONS THAT WE TAKE. 
          I I AM CONCERNED THAT WE WOULD GO A FIELD FROM THAT IF WE WERE TO MANDATE, UH, AN OUTCOME ON THIS KIND OF REGISTRY SYSTEM. 
          I FIRMLY SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IN TERMS OF A BETTER SYSTEM, IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO HOLD VIGIL ONLINE OR ON THEIR PHONE. 
          THAT IS SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE FOR FOLKS. 
          UH, WE CAN DO MUCH BETTER. 
          UM, BUT I, I DON'T THINK I CAN SUPPORT, UH, SPECIFYING THE OUTCOME OF A REGISTRY SYSTEM WHEN WE HAVE SUCH A, A DISCOORDINATED SYSTEM OF VACCINES ALREADY. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S, UM, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. 
          UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UH, DISCUSSIONS, UH, ANY OTHER POINTS FOR DISCUSSION? 
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ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, AS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UM, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          LET'S DO A ROLL. 
          UM, UH, TINA, COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND LEAD US THROUGH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER? TINO TINO AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN NAYYY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROGER GARCIA NAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ NAYYY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAO HALDA. 
          AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL NAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY NAYYY AND MAYOR MEMBER NAY. 
          ITEM FAILS, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL GO BACK NOW TO THE MAIN MOTION AND AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND COUNSEL, UH, THIS DISCUSSION ON OUR PRE REGISTRY SYSTEM STILL MOVES FORWARD INTO THE CHECK COMMITTEE, UH, AS, AS INDICATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          SO THE DISCUSSION DOES NOT END HERE. 
          IT MOVES NOW TO THE COMMITTEE, UH, WITHOUT A SPECIFIED OUTCOME. 
          UM, SO LET'S NOW GO TO YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          I, I WAS JUST GONNA, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT IN ADDITION TO THE COMMITTEE, WHAT WE STARTED WAS GONNA CONTINUE AS WELL YES. 
          ON THE TEXT ALERT. 
          YES. 
          AND I'LL, AND, AND, AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT CERTAINLY WITH COUNCIL, WITH THE, THE, THE CHAIRWOMAN OF, UH, CHECK, WE CAN, UM, UM, UH, INCLUDE AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I KNOW WE, WE GOT THE REST OF OUR CONVERSATION GOT FROZEN OUT, ERIC, BUT I STILL WANT TO HEAR OUR DISCUSSION WITH UT HEALTH AND U H S ABOUT, UM, SOME KIND OF PRE REGISTRY ON THEIR E M R. 
          THAT, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M REFERRING TO, MAYOR. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          THAT, THAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE AS WELL. 
          THERE'S MULTIPLE PATHS. 
          YEAH, WE CAN IMPROVE, WE NEED TO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, LET'S GO NOW TO THE MAIN MOTION. 
          UM, I STILL HAVE THE QUEUE, SO LEMME GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE HEAR YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          SO I, I WANTED TO START OFF, UM, AND, UH, WE RECEIVED A REPORT LAST WEEK ON FRIDAY FROM ERIC AND, UM, DR. 
          BRIDGER AND DR. 
          IAN AND THE TEAM PUT TOGETHER A VERY NICE, UM, VACCINATION ANALYSIS. 
          AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THE REPORT, I WAS, UM, I WAS PRETTY PROUD OF BEXAR COUNTY IN GENERAL FOR ALL OF THE ENTITIES COMING TOGETHER AND WORKING TOGETHER. 
          WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE, UH, RACE AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND, 60% OF HISPANICS HAD HAD RECEIVED THE VACCINES AT ALL OF THE LOCATIONS. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS. 
          UM, ONE OF THE ZIP CODES, ONE OF THE ZIP CODES THAT I REPRESENT, 7 8, 2, 4 5, WHICH ALSO HAS THE HIGHEST, UH, CASE RATES OF COVID AND HAS, HAS HAD THEM, UM, IS ACTUALLY THE FOURTH, UH, ZIP CODE. 
          WE'RE RECEIVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VACCINES AT ABOUT 9,000 VACCINES ALREADY. 
          SO I WAS, UM, VERY HAPPY THAT TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER ENTITIES, EVERYBODY IS MAKING SURE THAT THAT, THAT FOLKS WHO REALLY NEED THE VACCINE ARE, UM, ARE, ARE GETTING ACCESS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          THERE'S DEFINITELY IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE, BUT I SAW THAT AS, UM, AS A LITTLE, UH, SHIMMER OF HOPE. 
          I, I, I GUESS IS, IS WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. 
          AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS TOGETHER. 
          UM, SO UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM AND, AND UT HEALTH, UH, UNIVERSITY, UH, HEALTH AND, AND UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AND WELLMED AND OUR METRO HEALTH TEAM. 
          UM, THE FOLKS THAT ARE, UH, WALKING DOOR TO DOOR, SIGNING UP, UH, FOLKS OR HELPING PEOPLE SIGN UP. 
          I THINK THAT, UM, THAT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. 
          UM, SO I WANTED TO START OFF WITH THAT POSITIVE NOTE. 
          UM, THEN I WANTED TO ASK, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE, THE FOUR MOBILE UNITS, AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE VACCINES, WE WILL BE DEPLOYING THEM. 
          JUST WANTED TO ASK IF, IF YOU COULD, MAYBE AT A FUTURE MEETING WHEN YOU HAVE IT, SHARE THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY FOR HOW WE'RE GONNA, UM, REACH OUT TO THE RESIDENTS IN WHATEVER AREA WE GO OUT TO. 
          I THINK THAT'LL BE HELPFUL FOR ALL OF US, UM, IS THE FIRST PAGE OF THE SUMMARY. 
          YES, WE, I CAN, I CAN SHARE THAT. 
          UM, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE STATE TO USE THE VACCINE IN THAT MANNER. 
          WE DO NOT YET HAVE THAT APPROVAL. 
          UM, BUT ONCE WE GET THAT APPROVAL, UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE 
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FRAMEWORK IS THE PRIORITY CENSUS TRACKS AND THE INVENTORY OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WE HAVE SO FAR. 
          BUT WE WILL ABSOLUTELY, UM, SHARE THAT WITH YOU AS WE START TO GET AN INKLING EVEN THAT THE STATE WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          UM, AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS FOR ALEX AND UM, ALEX ON SLIDE 17. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, FOR INCLUDING HOSPITALITY IN GENERAL. 
          I KNOW THAT I HAD, UM, ASKED AT ONE OF THE, OUR ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES, UM, IF, IF WE CAN CONCENTRATE IN GENERAL ON HOSPITALITY, AND IT, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, ON SLIDE 17, YOU'RE PROPOSING THAT $9.8 MILLION, I'LL CALL IT A SHUFFLE RIGHT NOW, UM, IS THIS COMING SPECIFICALLY FROM THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO PORTION FOR CHILDCARE? THE REASON THAT I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE, UM, AS A, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY, I'M FROM ACOG, I KEEP HEARING THE NUMBER ONE THING. 
          UM, AND FROM W S A, UH, THE NUMBER ONE NEED IS CHILDCARE. 
          SO I, I KNOW THAT WE'RE INDIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES RIGHT NOW, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE'RE GETTING GEARED UP TO HOPEFULLY GO BACK TO WORK AS CLOSE POSSIBLE TO NORMAL. 
          SO I, UM, MAYBE GATHERED SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, INFORMATION FROM OUR PARTNER AGENCIES THAT SAYS THAT THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD MOVE. 
          UM, MA'AM, THIS IS ALEX. 
          AND WHAT I CAN VERY, UM, DIRECTLY TO YOUR, TO YOUR QUESTION, THIS ISN'T IMPACTING ANY OF THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO, OR WHAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM. 
          WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS A DECREASE, UM, OR REALLY A LACK OF RESPONSE FROM OUR PARTICIPANTS AND INTEREST IN USING THESE FUNDS. 
          SO IT WAS A, IT WAS A FUND, A SET OF FUNDS THAT HAD BEEN SPECIFICALLY SET ASIDE AND INCORPORATED INTO THIS PILLAR TO SUPPORT CHILDCARE FOR PARTICIPANTS. 
          BUT WE'RE JUST NOT SEEING A LOT OF INTEREST IN IT RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          THAT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU, MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS TODAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER CABD SAM HERE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN COUNCIL MEMBER KEO, HOWEVER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE. 
          YES. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          CAN, THANK YOU. 
          CAN NOW HEAR ME? GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, I JUST NEED SOME CLARIFICATION ON SOME THINGS. 
          UM, THE, I WANNA BE SURE WITH COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S AMENDMENT, ALL THE BACK RENT AND AT LEAVES, SIX MONTHS OF FUTURE RENT WILL BE INCLUDED FOR 50% A M I AND BELOW. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? SO UP TO SIX MONTHS, EVERYBODY WILL GET UP TO SIX MONTHS OF EITHER BACK RENT OR FUTURE RENT. 
          SO IT'S COMBINED. 
          SO IF YOU'VE ALREADY RECEIVED TWO MONTHS OF RENT, YOU'RE GONNA GET SIX MONTHS. 
          BUT, UM, IT'S A TOTAL OF SIX MONTHS. 
          AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO REFER 'EM TO THE STATE PROGRAM, AND IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE FOR THAT APPLICATION, OUR BENEFITS NAVIGATORS WILL HELP THEM WITH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I THINK SHE HAS, BUT, BUT COUNCILMAN'S AMENDMENT WAS TO DO NINE MONTHS GUARANTEED FOR THOSE AT 50% A M I OR BELOW. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, NINE MONTHS, UH, INCLUSIVE OF BACKEND AND, UH, FUTURE RENT. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? YES, THAT WAS THE AMENDMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANNA, ARE WE CUTTING OUT THE 51 THROUGH 80% A M I COMPLETELY, OR ARE THEY STILL GETTING THREE MONTHS? NO, THEY'LL STILL GET THE SIX MONTHS FOR 51 TO 80%. 
          SO WHAT THE COUNCILMAN'S AMENDMENT WAS THAT EVERYONE AT 80% A M I WILL GET UTILITY ASSISTANCE. 
          AND THEN IF YOU'RE AT 51 TO 80% A M I, YOU GET SIX MONTHS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE AT 50% A M I OR BELOW YOU WOULD GET NINE MONTHS. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN A, A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S 144,000 CUSTOMERS THAT ARE OVER 30 DAYS PAST DUE WITH C P SS. 
          UM, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE BILLS ARE FORGIVEN OR PAID FOR THESE CUSTOMERS WHEN THE MORATORIUM ON DISCONNECTIONS IS LIFTED? I MEAN, AT SOME POINT THE BILL'S GONNA COME DUE, AND I, I DON'T WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, MASS POWER DISCONNECTIONS, LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. 
          CAN ANY OF THIS MONEY GO TOWARDS PAYING THOSE, THOSE BILLS OR FORGETTING THOSE IF, IF YOU DO APPLY FOR RENTAL OR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE, WE CAN PAY YOUR C P S AND SAS BILLS. 
          AND SO THAT IS, WE ARE DOING THAT ALREADY. 
          UH, IS THERE A LIMIT ON THAT? ARE THEY, ARE THEY ALL ARE? IT'S ALL THE BACK PAY, IT'S, RIGHT NOW IT'S UP TO SIX MONTHS. 
          WELL, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WOULD BE SIX MONTHS, BUT IF THE COUNCILMEN 
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COUNCILMAN'S AMENDMENT IS APPROVED, THEN IT WOULD BE NINE MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE 50% AM M I OVERLOAD. 
          OKAY. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU, LORI. 
          UM, SO SHIFTING OVER TO, UH, WHAT IS THE TACTICAL PLAN FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE MASS VACCINATION MOBILE UNIT AND THEN HOME BOUND PROGRAM? SO THE, THE, THE HOME BOUND PROGRAM IS IN OPERATION, AND, UM, THAT IS THE 10,000 HOME BOUND SENIORS THAT WE ARE AWARE OF. 
          UM, WE'RE STARTING ON WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MEALS ON WHEELS AND SAHA AND IN THE PRIORITY CENSUS TRACKS. 
          UM, SO LET ME PAUSE THERE AND SEE IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PROGRAM. 
          WELL, WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS, WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHAT'S, WHAT'S, HOW IS THE DEPLOYMENT GOING? UM, YOU KNOW, ARE WE, ARE THERE ANY GAPS THAT WE NEED TO FILL? SO WE'VE BEEN ALLOCATED A THOUSAND DOSES A WEEK, AND WE ARE GIVING A THOUSAND DOSES A WEEK. 
          SO THERE'S NO PROBLEM. 
          THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB, UM, IN ADMINISTERING THOSE 1000, UH, VACCINES A WEEK. 
          NOW, THIS WEEK WE HAD TO PAUSE, UM, BUT WE WILL RESUME, I THINK, TOMORROW. 
          UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THAT THOUSAND A WEEK CADENCE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANKS, DR. 
          BRADER. 
          I, I, I WANNA GO BACK TO LORI FOR A SECOND. 
          ON THE, UM, ON THE C P S, ON THE, THE, THE, THE BILLS, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA OWE MM-HMM. 
          , IS THERE A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OR IS IT, IS IT NINE MONTHS? UM, I MEAN, IS THERE, IS, IS THERE A MONETARY AMOUNT? NOT, NOT JUST THIS TIME PERIOD, BUT LIKE A CAP FOR THE AMOUNT? NO, WE HAVE, WE HAVE KEPT IT AT NINE MONTHS, OR I MEAN, IT'S, WE'VE KEPT IT AT THE MONTHS WE'RE NOT DOING A MONETARY CAP. 
          OKAY. 
          SO NO MATTER THE AMOUNT, UH, UH, AT LEAST FOR NINE MONTHS, IT WILL BE COVERED FOR THESE, UM, RIGHT. 
          RIGHT NOW WE'RE RECOMMENDING SIX MONTHS. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          BUT, BUT DEPENDING ON HOW THE AMENDMENT, UM, GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS, LORI. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AL. 
          MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, CAN I, GO AHEAD. 
          CAN I ASK LORI TO, TO CLARIFY SOMETHING ON THE MOTION? 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S JUST SO THAT WE'RE ALL CLEAR, UM, UNDER THE MOTION, UM, UH, REGARDLESS OF HOW THE COUNCIL, UH, APPROVES, UM, LORI, IF, IF, IF WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT, UM, ALLOWS FOR NINE MONTHS WORTH, UM, IT'S ONLY UP UNTIL WE HAVE MONEY, RIGHT? THE MONEY ALLOCATED. 
          SO THE MONEY COULD RUN OUT FASTER DEPENDING ON THE ACTIVITY. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO THE BURN RATE WILL CHANGE. 
          THE BURN RATE WILL CHANGE THAT, THAT MAY MEAN, AND, AND, AND IT, IT'S GOOD TO BE DETERMINED. 
          UH, WE, WE HAVE SOME HISTORY BASED ON LAST, THE LAST EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS, BUT THE BURN RATE COULD CHANGE AND, AND WE COULD RUN OUT OF THAT MONEY FASTER, WHICH I THINK COUNCILMAN TREVINO MAY HAVE MADE THAT POINT EARLIER. 
          THAT JUST MEANS WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL. 
          WE COULD, THAT COULD MEAN WE TRANSITION TO STATE FASTER. 
          UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, THAT, THAT THIS PROGRAM COULD NECESSARILY WITHSTAND A FULL NINE MONTHS. 
          THAT JUST MEANS WE HAVE TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT LATER ON AND, AND MOVE OFF TO THE STATE SYSTEM POTENTIALLY. 
          JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          SO, SO WE, WE CAN DO IT UNTIL THE MONEY RUNS OUT, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          WHICH I GET. 
          UM, AND, AND DO WE HAVE, UH, ARE WE, HAVE WE FIGURED OUT AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDING OR ARE WE WORKING ON THAT? NO, WE DO, GO AHEAD. 
          GO AHEAD, ERIC. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          THE, THE ALTERNATIVE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE, OF THE STATE MONEY. 
          UM, FRANKLY, IF WE DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO OUR OWN RESIDENTS, THEN THERE WILL BE OTHER PLACE, OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE STATE THAT'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. 
          AND I DON'T, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK WE OUGHT TO, I THINK WE OUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT OUR FOLKS HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO THAT STATE MONEY. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S PRIMARILY THE, THE LARGEST SOURCE, LORI? THAT THAT IS CORRECT. 
          AND THERE, THERE IS ANOTHER BILL, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO GET APPROVED. 
          SO THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING, BUT UNTIL WE KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, LARRY. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, LORI, WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE, ARE WORKING, UM, WITH THE NUMBERS THAT WE CAN TRULY PUT INTO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO THANK YOU 
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FOR YOUR, YOUR ASSISTANCE. 
          HOWEVER, THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING TODAY IS STILL NOT THE CONVERSATION THAT IS SPEAKING TO THE CRISIS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AT THIS TIME. 
          AND MY QUESTION IS, UM, HOW CAN WE UTILIZE THIS TIME TO TRULY SPEAK TO OUR RESTAURANTS AND OUR, OUR HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE? UM, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN SET UP THOSE WHO HAVE FOOD TRUCKS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM TO, UM, CONSERVE THEIR FOOD THAT THEY HAVE, IF WE CAN HELP THEM BRING OUT THEIR FOOD TRUCKS TO START FEEDING SOME OF THESE FAMILIES THAT ARE WITHOUT POWER, WITHOUT WATER, UM, HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT AND, AND WHAT RESOURCES WE CAN HELP THEM WITH GETTING THAT INTO THE COMMUNITY SO THEY'RE NOT WASTING AND LOSING FOOD, UM, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS AND HELP WITH THE SHORTAGE THAT THEY'VE HAD DURING THE PANDEMIC? COUNCILMAN AS IT PERTAINS TO THE E A, WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THAT. 
          WE'RE FOCUSED SOLELY ON THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, WE HAVE OUR SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM THAT PRESENTED TO THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON. 
          BUT AS IT PERTAINS TO FOOD SUPPLY AND PROVIDING THAT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THOSE IN NEEDS, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT AT THIS TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IF WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT, AT HOW WE CAN MAKE THOSE RESOURCES AVAILABLE, UM, AS WE'RE CONTINUING TO SPEAK ABOUT THOSE WHO, UM, ARE IN THIS EMERGENCY SITUATION NEED EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, BUT ALSO NEED FOOD, UM, AT THIS TIME, I THINK THAT THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN CROSS COLLABORATE WITH OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR RESTAURANTS ALONG WITH OUR SAHA COMMUNITY AND OUR LOWER INCOME APARTMENTS, TO TRULY SPEAK TO THE NEEDS THAT ARE PERTINENT AT THIS PRESENT TIME. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT EHAB IS, IS A GREAT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, LORI, EXACTLY. 
          WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME WE HAVE ON THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED? WE NEED TO SPEND THIS MONEY BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021, AND IF WE DON'T SPEND IT, WE COULD POTENTIALLY LOSE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD, UM, I KNOW THAT WE'RE ASKING OUR COUNCILMAN, UH, TREVINO IS ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL, UH, THREE MONTHS ON TOP OF THE SIXTH. 
          UM, AND THEN WE GO INTO THE STATE. 
          HAS THE STATE GIVEN US ANY IDEA OF WHAT THEIR TIMEFRAME IS LOOKING LIKE TO SPEND THE MONEY THAT THEY HAVE? THEY WOULD HAVE THE SAME TIMEFRAME THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND SO IT'S THE SAME SOURCE OF FUNDING NOW. 
          AND THE STATE, UM, HAS THEIR APPLICATION OUT RIGHT NOW, AND THEY ARE, THEY ARE TAKING APPLICATIONS IN TWO WEEK INCREMENTS. 
          AND, UM, SO WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF THEIR BURN RATE AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND DO WE KNOW IF THEY'RE ASSISTING PEOPLE THAT ARE OVER THE 80% A M I? NO, THEIR FUNDING IS, IS THE SAME LIMITATIONS. 
          WE HAVE 80% A M I OR BELOW, BUT IT'S ALSO LIMITED TO RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE ONLY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND, AND THEN THERE'S JUST, THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON TODAY, AND I APOLOGIZE, WE'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE, UM, WITH, WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. 
          BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE, ESPECIALLY AS COUNCILMAN CURTIS WAS SAYING, UM, IF WE'RE PROVIDING THIS RENTAL AND TO THESE COMPLEXES, THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TURN AROUND AND EVICT OR DISPLACE FAMILIES ONCE THEY'RE RECEIVING THIS MONEY. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME SAFETY MECHANISM PUT IN PLACE THAT ONCE WE PROVIDE EITHER THE SIX OR THE NINE MONTHS THAT WE KNOW OUR FAMILIES WON'T BE DISPLACED ONCE THE, THE LANDLORDS OR THE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES RECEIVE THIS MONEY AND JUST TO STRESS, IF THEY ARE CURRENT ON THEIR PAYMENT, THEY CANNOT BE EVICTED FOR NONPAYMENT. 
          AND SO IF WE PROVIDE THEM NINE MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE OR SIX MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE, AND THAT'S ALL THEY OWE, THEY CANNOT BE EVICTED. 
          NOW, IF THEY, IF THEY HAVE 14 MONTHS OR 15 MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE THAT'S NEEDED, THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THE EVICTION PROCESS. 
          HOWEVER, WE HAVE FUNDING THROUGH THE TEXAN TEXAS EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE UP TO 12 MONTHS TO HELP THEM ON TOP OF THE ASSISTANCE WE'VE ALREADY PROVIDED. 
          AND THAT INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, LAURIE, FOR THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. 
          UM, DR. 
          BRIDGER, WHEN IT COMES TO THE VACCINATIONS, WE KNOW U I W IS ALSO APPLYING TO DO VACCINE DOSES, BUT THEN THE OTHER, UH, SERVICES THAT I HAVE NOT, UM, HEARD US REACH OUT TO, ARE WE WORKING WITH ANY VETERAN SERVICE AGENCIES TO INCLUDE THEM INTO THE CONVERSATION OF MAKING SURE WE ARE REACHING OUR MOST VULNERABLE? THE VA IS ACTUALLY, UM, A RECIPIENT 
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OF DIRECT FEDERAL VACCINE ALLOCATION, AND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING A, A REALLY GOOD JOB OF GETTING THEIR VE THE VETERANS IN THE COMMUNITY VACCINATED. 
          UM, PRETTY MUCH EVERY TIME I HAVE GONE TO THE ALAMO DOME, I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE WAITING OUTSIDE AND I'VE CHECKED IN WITH THEM AND, AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME, NO, NO, I'M A VETERAN. 
          I'VE BEEN VACCINATED FROM THE VA. 
          I'M JUST HERE FOR MY WIFE. 
          UM, AND SO THEY'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH THIS, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN MAYBE CAPTURE THOSE WHO ARE IN THE CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REACH TO SEE HOW WE, UM, CONTINUE TO, TO STRETCH OUR DOSES TO THOSE WHO ARE IN THAT ONE B CATEGORY? UM, AND, AND TRYING TO, UM, SEE WHERE THE BOUNDARIES ARE CROSSING BETWEEN THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED THEM ELSEWHERE COMPARED TO THOSE DOSES THAT WE CAN MAKE AVAILABLE. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO VACCINATE PEOPLE IN, UM, ONE A OR ONE B. 
          SO WE, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO, TO, TO GO OUTSIDE THOSE BOUNDARIES. 
          UM, THAT WEEKLY REPORT THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, UM, IS BASED ON EVERY VACCINATOR IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          SO THAT IS THE DATA THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL. 
          UM, AND THAT IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE NOTICE THAT, UM, THERE SEEMED TO BE A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 65 THAN WE FELT WAS IDEAL, UM, WE REDEPLOYED THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON PEOPLE 65 AND UP. 
          SO WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE LITTLE ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN THE STATE'S GUIDELINES. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, ARE WE COORDINATING WITH, UM, OUR COMMISSION ON ELDERLY AFFAIRS TO SEE IF OUR LIST OF, UM, THOSE WE HAVE IN THAT ONE B CATEGORY ARE, UM, WORKING WITH, WITH OUR COMMISSION ON ELDERLY AFFAIRS? I JUST WANNA SEE HOW WE CAN KEEP THIS IN, IN THE RIGHT BRACKET WITHOUT EXCLUDING ANYONE. 
          AND, AND TRULY SPEAKING TO THOSE WHO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT IF THE VACCINE THEY'RE RECEIVING WILL BE EFFECTIVE WITH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT VARIANTS THAT ARE COMING IN. 
          UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING THE VACCINATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ELDERLY AS WELL. 
          SO I SPOKE WITH A A R P LAST WEEK. 
          UM, I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK TO ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE ME TO, UM, BE ON A, A GIANT CONFERENCE CALL OR A WEBEX AND ANSWER QUESTIONS OF THE CONSTITUENTS. 
          UM, AND, UH, YEAH, SO WE ARE, WE ARE HAPPY TO, TO WORK WITH THEM, TO, TO GET THEIR CONSTITUENCY EDUCATED AND INFORMED, UM, ON THE ACCESS TO THE HOME BOUND SENIORS, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UM, INDIVIDUAL NON-PROFIT DIRECT SERVICES TO HOME BOUND SENIORS. 
          WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A, A GOOD PLACE TO START, UM, TO BUILD THAT LIST. 
          AND ARE WE WORKING WITH ANY HOME HEALTH AGENCIES, THOSE WHO GO OUT AND PROVIDE, UM, EITHER IV THERAPY CARE OR ROUTINE MEDICAL CARE TO THOSE WHO ARE HOME BOUND AS WELL? THAT, THAT IS ON THE LIST RIGHT NOW? WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT PART OF THE LIST. 
          UM, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH MEALS ON WHEELS, SAHA, AND, UM, HOMES WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, GOES OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS TO EITHER CHECK ON SOMEBODY OR PROVIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          UM, ONE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS FOR ALEX. 
          ALEX, AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THE, ON THE JOB TRAINING AND LOOKING AT MOVING THOSE, THOSE DOLLARS, ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE STILL INTERESTED IN DOING THE ON THE JOB TRAINING ARE, UH, PROCESSED OVER TO, UH, W S A TO BE PUT INTO THEIR DATABASE, TO WHERE THESE COMPANIES, OUR BUSINESSES, MAY BE ABLE TO RECEIVE INCENTIVES IF THEY'RE HIRING VETERANS OR HIRING SECOND CHANCE INDIVIDUALS? YES, MA'AM. 
          AND ACTUALLY, W S A IS THE ONE THAT'S COORDINATING THIS PROGRAM FOR US. 
          SO THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THAT, UM, CROSS-REFERENCING OR, OR CROSS, UM, INTEGRATION BETWEEN THEIR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. OKAY. 
          UM, THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS AND AND CONCERNS THAT I HAVE AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER . 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I'VE, I'VE HEARD, UH, EVERYTHING I NEED TO HEAR. 
          AND, UM, LORI HOUSTON, UM, LIKE ALWAYS, YOU, YOU, YOU GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND DELIVER, UH, MORE THAN I EXPECTED YOU WOULD, AND YOU KEEP RAISING THE BAR. 
          UM, ERIC, UH, OR SOMEBODY, PLEASE ANSWER THIS TO ME. 
          IF I MADE A MOTION RIGHT NOW TO EARMARK 5 MILLION OF THESE DOLLARS, UM, 
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SPECIFICALLY FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE, PARTICULARLY, TO GO TO THE, UH, WHAT IS IT CALLED, THE REAP OVER AT C P S? AM I ALLOWED TO DO THAT? I MEAN, I KNOW I'M ALLOWED TO MAKE THE MOTION, BUT IS IT, IS IT A LEGAL MOTION? ANDY, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME, UH, UH, THINGS WE NEED TO CONSIDER ON REAP, UM, YEAH, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT MOTION NOT BE MADE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YEP. 
          AND, AND ALSO, I DON'T THINK THE FUNDING CAN BE USED SOLELY FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, IT IS A, IT, THE, THE FUNDING IS EARMARKED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND IT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE UTILITY ASSISTANCE AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND I GET THAT. 
          UM, AND, AND LEMME TELL YOU WHY I'M ASKING. 
          I MEAN, ANDY, I'M GONNA TAKE YOUR ADVICE IF IT'S, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE, UM, LEGAL ANALYSIS, UM, I, I DON'T WANNA JUMP THE GUN AND, AND I'LL, UH, I'LL FOLLOW YOUR LEAD ON THAT. 
          BUT I, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. 
          UM, WE'VE GOT, UM, PEOPLE WITH 30 DAYS, UH, OR MORE PAST DUE. 
          THERE'S 144,000 C P SS CUSTOMERS THAT ARE 30 DAYS OR MORE, UM, WITH A COMBINED DELINQUENT OF LIKE $93 MILLION. 
          UM, AND THEN OF THOSE, THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, COMPONENT IS $74 MILLION. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MY, MY HOPE WAS THAT WE COULD DEDICATE, YOU KNOW, $5 MILLION OF THAT E EAP MONEY, UM, FOR REAP AND, AND DIRECTLY ALLOCATE IT OVER THERE, UH, , BECAUSE IF PEOPLE ARE ANGRY AT US NOW, UH, OVER JUST FOUR DAYS OF FREEZING HOMES, THEY'RE GONNA COME TO THE GATES OF CITY HALL WITH PITCHFORKS AND TORCHES IN MARCH WHEN THEIR POWER IS TURNED OFF AGAIN. 
          AND, UM, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM ON THIS. 
          UH, BUT AGAIN, ANDY, I, I GET IT. 
          UH, WHAT WORRIES ME IS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR LOBBYISTS, UM, WHO WE'VE HIRED IN IN DC ARE TELLING US, I, I TALKED TO SOME THIS MORNING THAT THIS MAY BE THE VERY LAST TRANCHE OF MONEY COMING OUR WAY FOR THIS PURPOSE. 
          UM, AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE COUNTING DOLLARS, UM, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ALLOTTED YET, AND THAT, UM, WE, WE SHOULDN'T BE EXPECTING MORE MONEY. 
          UH, AND SO THAT'S WHY I, I VIEW THIS AS SORT OF OUR, OUR LAST DITCH EFFORT. 
          BUT ANDY, AGAIN, I'M, I'M GONNA TAKE YOUR ADVICE, BUT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THIS UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          'CAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT REAP IS A STANDALONE NON-PROFIT. 
          UM, AND, UM, I, I, I NEED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          SO IF SOMEBODY COULD PLEASE, UH, MEET WITH ME SEPARATELY ASAP TO, TO TALK ABOUT REAP AND WHAT FLEXIBILITY WE MIGHT HAVE, UH, TO HELP THEM OUT. 
          THE OTHER THING, UH, I I DO WANNA POINT OUT IS THAT THIS, UH, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK THAT JEFF COYLE, CARLOS CONTRERAS, AND SALLY BATO AND THEIR TEAM DO, UM, THAT CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. 
          UH, THAT THIS IS NOT MONEY THAT JUST APPEARED OVERNIGHT. 
          THIS IS MONEY THAT WE FOUGHT FOR. 
          WE'VE GOT GENERAL AALA, UH, POUNDING EVERY DOOR IN THE PENTAGON, COUNCILMAN PERRY, LIKE YOU WANT, UH, OUT THERE TELLING THE SAN ANTONIO MILITARY U S A, UM, STORY AND MAKING SURE NOBODY FORGETS ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT, UM, THAT, UH, WASHINGTON DC KEEPS SAN ANTONIO AFLOAT DURING CRISIS. 
          UM, AND WE'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT METRO HEALTH MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, SALLY BATO AND HER TEAM HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED REGARDING, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR NEEDS FROM C D C AND FROM FEMA. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, HOW COVID IS IMPACTING US. 
          UH, I, I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE EVER WONDERED, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO OVER AT THE, UH, INTERGOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE, THIS IS IT. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IN, IN, IN AUSTIN, THERE IS A MOVEMENT AFOOT TO CENSOR CITIES, TO GAG CITIES FROM BEING ABLE TO HIRE, UM, HIRE PROFESSIONALS LIKE THE ONES WE'VE GOT, UH, AND, AND TO KEEP US FROM DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE DID IN THIS INSTANCE, WHICH IS BRING HOME THIS VERY IMPORTANT MONEY. 
          SO, UH, ERIC, THANK YOU FOR, FOR CONTINUING TO FUND THIS, UH, VERY IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT, UH, OF CARLOS AND JEFFS AND SALLY'S. 
          UH, AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY OUT THERE WHO'S HELPED US BY MAKING CALLS TO OUR DELEGATION AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AGENCY HEADS UP THERE. 
          MAYOR, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          ERIC, GO. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          ERIC. 
          J JUST LET ME, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE GOOD, AND, AND I'LL OFFER THIS UP, AND I KNOW THAT THE UTILITIES ARE, ARE DEALING WITH THE CURRENT CRISIS, BUT, BUT EVEN BEFORE THE WEATHER, UM, TO, TO THE POINT OF SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE DO, UH, THE, THE DIS THE NO DISCONNECT POLICY, BOTH THAT BOTH UTILITIES ARE IN, UM, I LET, LET ME SUGGEST THAT, THAT, UM, OUR UTILITY 
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STAFF AND BEN GO WORK WITH THE UTILITIES TO COME BACK AND LET'S START HAVING THE CONVERSATION NOW ABOUT, UM, THE, THE, UM, THE FOLKS THAT MAY BE BEHIND AND WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, 12 MONTHS. 
          WHAT DOES THAT TEMPO AND, AND, AND PACE LOOK LIKE AND START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOW. 
          UM, I, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE, UM, UM, HAD, UH, GENERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH CEOS ABOUT WHAT THEIR PLAN IS. 
          UM, AND I THINK, I THINK, UM, I THINK WE OUGHT TO, I, I'LL WORK WITH THEM AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL SO WE CAN START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOW. 
          UH, I'M, I'M SURE THEY, THEY WANT HAVE THEM WITH THEIR BOARDS AS WELL, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE 'EM HERE WITH THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. 
          SO I'LL WORK ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          I, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND THANKS TO BEN GOZA IN ADVANCE FOR PUTTING UP WITH MY, UH, VERY RUDIMENTARY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          SANDOVAL. 
          AND THEN PERRY, GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR, FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 
          A FEW QUESTIONS REGARDING THE FUNDING THAT'S BEING MOVED OVER TO FOOD AND BE TO HOSPITALITY. 
          UH, AND THE LANGUAGE IN THE PRESENTATION SAYS THAT THERE WILL BE A FOCUS ON THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY. 
          I, I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED IT, BUT CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED AND WHAT, WHAT DOES FOCUS MEAN? WE JUST, I'VE, WE'VE HEARD FROM HOTEL WORKERS WHO, WHO ARE ON FURLOUGH, WHO DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, HEALTH INSURANCE RIGHT NOW, WHO DON'T HAVE MONEY TO, TO MAKE ENDS MEET. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY ALSO DON'T GET LEFT OUT IN THE COLD. 
          YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS IS ALEX. 
          AND, UM, WE'RE, THE DISTRIBUTION WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS BASICALLY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE DIFFERENT SUB-SECTORS OF THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. 
          SO ABOUT 72% OF THE, OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE INDUSTRY ARE IN FOOD AND BEVERAGE, UM, IN THAT SECTOR. 
          BUT THERE'S ALSO A SMALL PORTION THAT IS IN LODGING, LIKE YOU MENTIONED. 
          THERE'S ALSO A PORTION IN TRANSPORTATION AND TRAVEL, AND THERE'S ALSO A PORTION IN ENTERTAINMENT. 
          THOSE ARE THE FOUR SECTORS IN THE INDUSTRY. 
          SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THEY BE DISTRIBUTED BASED ON THE EMPLOYEES IN THOSE FOUR SECTORS. 
          WE'RE STILL RECOMMENDING THAT THIS BE FOCUSED ON SMALL BUSINESSES THOUGH, AND THAT NATIONAL AND STATE FRANCHISES NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR, UM, THIS GRANT PROGRAM. 
          SO JUST AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, I WANTED TO FIND OUT, UH, REGARDING THE NAVIGATORS THAT YOU MENTIONED, LORI, WHO ARE GOING TO BE REFERRING PEOPLE TO OTHER SERVICES, UH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW, UH, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO GET A REPORT ON THAT AT SOME POINT, MAYBE ON A REGULAR BASIS ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE, ARE BEING REFERRED? YES, WE CAN DO THAT, DEFINITELY. 
          OKAY. 
          WOULD THAT BE HERE AT COUNCIL OR IS THAT AN EMAIL THAT WOULD COME FROM THE CITY MANAGER? UM, WE CAN DO IT THROUGH THE COUNCIL AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE THAT IS OVER THE HOUSING PILLAR, AND WE CAN PROVIDE UPDATES THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK, UM, THANK, I'M NOT ON THAT COMMITTEE MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO, UM, IF THAT'S PART OF THE AGENDA PACKET, THEN I CAN SEE IT THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND, AND COUNSEL, WE'LL PUSH, WE'LL PUSH THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE FULL COUNCIL, UM, AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          REGARDING THE, THE PARTNER NONPROFITS THAT ARE ASSISTING US WITH THE, WITH THE FUNDING FOR EAP, INCLUDING UNI, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT, HOW DOES THAT AGREEMENT WITH THOSE NONPROFITS WORK? ARE THEIR EMPLOYEES GETTING PAID FOR THEIR TIME? YES, WE ARE. 
          YES. 
          WE, WE PAYING THE, THE NONPROFIT BASED ON EACH APPLICATION, THEY, THEY SUBMIT THAT'S, SO THAT'S HOW WE'VE WORKED IT OUT WITH EACH OF THE NONPROFITS. 
          AND, UM, THEY ARE TO, THE CONTRACT WILL READ THAT THEY ARE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, HELP APPLICANTS APPLY, AND THEN HELP APPLICANTS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS UNTIL THEY GET THEIR DISBURSEMENT. 
          SO WHAT, WHAT IS IT FOR, LIKE PER APPLICATION, I BELIEVE, LET ME CONFIRM, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S $25 PER APPLICATION. 
          HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE A CLIENT TO HELP FILL THEM OUT AN APP? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO HELP A CLIENT FILL AN APPLICATION? IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THE CLIENT IS IN THE PROCESS AND HOW MUCH INFORMATION THEY HAVE. 
          UM, I MEAN, IT TAKES, ASSUMING THEY'RE BRAND NEW. 
          YES. 
          AND SO IT DEPENDS. 
          I MEAN, TO FILL ALL THE APPLICATION ONLINE, IT WOULD TAKE 15 MINUTES FOR SOMEONE TO DO IT ONLINE. 
          UM, WE ANTICIPATE THAT SOME OF THESE CLIENTS WILL NEED, UM, AT 
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LEAST AN HOUR, UM, OR MORE DEPENDING ON THE FOLLOW UP THAT'S NEEDED ON BEHALF OF THE CLIENT. 
          OKAY. 
          HAVE YOU ALREADY EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH THE NONPROFITS ON THIS? WE'RE STILL NEGOTIATING THOSE CONTRACTS WITH EACH OF THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE MAKE, UH, WE'RE FAIR WITH THEM. 
          YES, I CAN, I CAN IMAGINE THAT HELPING SOMEONE WHO'S NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE, GET ALL THE PAPERWORK TOGETHER. 
          MM-HMM. 
           IS CERTAINLY HOUR IS WHAT IT MIGHT TAKE IN PERSON MIGHT NEED TO COME BACK SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THEY HAVE ALL THE, ALL THE PAPERWORK TOGETHER. 
          SO I JUST, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE FAIR WITH THEM. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, REGARDING THE , THERE'S A TV ON IN THE BACKGROUND, ISN'T THERE? YOUR CARTOONS? UM, REGARDING, UH, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE COUNCILMAN'S, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S, UH, AGENDA FOR THE 50% A M I. 
          HOWEVER, I, I DO HAVE A, A SUGGESTION AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          UH, WE DO KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL KNOWS THAT THE FUNDING THAT THE CITY IS AWARDING TO PEOPLE WHO NEED IT RIGHT NOW VIA EAP, THAT WE TRUST THAT PROCESS, UM, MORE THAN WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE STATE RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT'S A NEW PROCESS. 
          WE DON'T KNOW QUITE HOW IT'S GOING TO TO WORK OUT YET, OR HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE, BUT I THINK ONCE WE GET A HANDLE OF THAT, UH, I THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO MAXIMIZE, UM, WHAT WE CAN FUNNEL FROM THE STATE AS WELL TO OUR LOCAL, UH, TO OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS. 
          NOW, LET ME ASK, UH, LAURA, YOU SAID IF WE DON'T USE THIS MONEY, WE LOSE IT BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. 
          YEP. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, LET ME JUST, LET ME JUST A CLARIFICATION. 
          SO WE, WE'VE GOTTA, WE'VE GOTTA SPEND 80% OF THAT MONEY BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND A HUNDRED PERCENT OF IT BY DECEMBER. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S, UM, THAT'S FINE. 
          I THINK, I THINK FOR RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION TO MAKE FOR US TO, TO PRIORITIZE OUR, OUR COMMUNITY WITH THAT MONEY SHOULD SOME GLITCH OCCUR WITH, WITH THE STATE FUNDING. 
          UM, HOWEVER, UH, I'D, I'D LIKE AN UPDATE, UH, IN THE FUTURE IF POSSIBLE, OR PERHAPS THIS WILL, THIS WILL LIKELY GO TO, TO THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP OUR RESIDENTS, UH, ALSO ACCESS THOSE, UH, THOSE STATE FUNDS. 
          I'VE, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY EVEN HAVE A PHONE NUMBER TO, THEY MAY HAVE A PHONE NUMBER, BUT I'VE BEEN, UH, ON THEIR, UM, APPLICATION ON ONLINE. 
          SO I JUST, I DON'T KNOW HOW EASY IT'S GOING TO BE FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO GET THAT MONEY. 
          UM, BUT, BUT I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF, UM, OF MAXIMIZING WHAT WE DRAW DOWN FOR OUR RESIDENTS SO THAT IT, THE MONEY DOESN'T RUN OUT WHEN OUR MONEY RUNS OUT, YOU KNOW, OR, OR BEFORE OUR MONEY RUNS OUT SO THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US MAYBE SIX OR NINE MONTHS ALREADY, UH, THAT THEY STILL HAVE TO, TO ACCESS. 
          UM, DO YOU KNOW IF THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ARE THE SAME WITH THE STATE PROGRAM? YES. 
          UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE STATE APPLICATION AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH IT ONLINE. 
          IT BASICALLY MIRRORS OUR APPLICATION. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, REGARDING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, C P S AND PEOPLE WHO ARE BEHIND, I HAVE REQUESTED FROM THE C P S STAFF A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR DISTRICT SEVEN AND A RANGE OF WHAT, WHAT IT IS THAT PEOPLE OWE. 
          AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO REVIEW THAT INFORMATION BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH, UH, WITH MOVING SOME OF THAT MONEY AROUND WHAT I HAVE PROPOSED TO C P SS STAFF, UH, DURING, UH, THROUGH MY STAFF DURING THIS MEETING, BECAUSE I DON'T TEXT OTHER PEOPLE DURING THIS MEETING. 
          UH, BUT WHAT I HAVE PROPOSED THAT FOR YOU, ANDY, IS THAT WE WORK TOGETHER WITH THEM TO ACCESS THE STATE FUNDS FOR UTILITIES BECAUSE IT, IT CAN BE USED TO MAKE UTILITY PAYMENTS. 
          THERE'S $1.3 BILLION OUT THERE, SO WHY WOULDN'T WE, UM, COLLABORATE WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS, EVEN IF THEY MAY, WHEREVER THEY ARE IN THE EHA PROCESS, UM, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT EVEN IN THE EHA PROCESS, BUT IF WE CAN ASSIST THEM IN APPLYING FOR THAT MONEY AND, AND HELP C P S, UH, MEET THAT SHORTFALL AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HELP THE RESIDENTS SO THAT THEY DON'T FACE SHUT OFF AT, AT SOME POINT AND DON'T HAVE A, AN IMPACT ON, ON THEIR CREDIT. 
          SO, UH, BUT THE, THE ENTITY THAT HAS THE INFORMATION ON WHO THOSE CLIENTS ARE IS C P S, SO THEY COULD PROBABLY DO THAT ON THEIR OWN IF THEY WANTED TO, BUT I VOLUNTEERED TO TO HELP THEM WITH, WITH OUR RESIDENTS, AND I HOPE THEY TAKE US UP ON THAT. 
          UH, AND THEN LAST, UH, LAST QUESTION AND, AND MARIA, I HAD MENTIONED THIS TO YOU BEFORE, WE'RE REALLY 
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GLAD TO SEE THE FIREFIGHTERS GOING OUT AND DELIVERING THE VACCINES IN, UM, AT, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, INCLUDING SAHA, UH, SAHA FACILITIES. 
          I SPOKE WITH, WITH CHIEF HOOD ABOUT, OR HE GAVE ME A CALL ABOUT, UH, HOW THEY COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE WHO SPEAK OTHER THAN ENGLISH. 
          UM, UH, HE TOLD ME IT WAS VERY HARD TO SCHEDULE, UM, FIREFIGHTERS TO BE PART OF THAT SHIFT. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UM, THAT WE SEE IF WE CAN HAVE MORE SPANISH SPEAKING, UH, FIREFIGHTERS, I DO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SOME TYPE OF APP OR, OR PHONE SERVICE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO TRANSLATE, BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S, IT, IT FEELS MORE COMFORTABLE TO HAVE A LIVE HUMAN. 
          SO, UH, I AM VOLUNTEERING MY STAFF TO, TO GO ON RUNS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY DO GO TO ANY OF THE SAHA FACILITIES. 
          UH, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WHEN YOU GO INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES. 
          UH, SO, BUT, BUT WE'D BE HAPPY TO, TO VOLUNTEER OUR TEAM TO BE THERE IN THE EVENT THAT A SPANISH SPEAKER IS, IS NEEDED. 
          IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US THE, THE SHARE WITH US THE UPCOMING SCHEDULE FOR ANY DISTRICT SEVEN VISITS AND WE'LL BE THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, LORI, I, WE DISCUSSED THIS AT THE, UM, LAST COMMITTEE MEETING AGAIN, AND IT'S ABOUT THE STATE FUNDING AND I GUESS WITH THIS, UM, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT ON MAKING IT NINE MONTHS VERSUS SIX, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT YES, IT COULD, IT COULD USE, IT COULD BE A FASTER BURN RATE OF THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND I'M SURE IT WOULD BE. 
          AND ERIC, YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT AS WELL. 
          WHAT, I MEAN, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT DATA ON WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR. 
          WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF THIS NINE, NINE MONTHS VERSUS SIX? I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS TO SHOW. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS WILL LAST US THROUGH, UM, NOT SEPTEMBER, BUT MAYBE AUGUST OR JULY OR WHATEVER, BASED ON, BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE HAVE SO FAR, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          NO, WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT 1.5 TO $2 MILLION, UM, THAT WOULD GO UP DEPENDING ON THE, THE NINE MONTHS VERSUS SIX MONTHS. 
          UM, BUT IT WOULD GO BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30TH FOR SURE. 
          UM, I DID WANNA CLARIFY REAL QUICK THAT THE STATE FUNDING CAN BE USED FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE ONLY. 
          IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE USER RENTAL. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU, YOU, YOU KEEP SAYING SEPTEMBER 30TH, BUT I THOUGHT ERIC SAID 80% BY SEPTEMBER 30TH. 
          CORRECT. 
          ERIC, ERIC IS CORRECT. 
          80% MUST BE USED BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO GET RID OF THE FUNDING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND WE, WE FEEL THAT WE WOULD HAVE ALL 100% OUT BY SEPTEMBER 30TH WITH THE CURRENT AMENDMENTS AS PROPOSED. 
          UH, I'M STILL, I'M STILL AT A QUANDARY. 
          WHY, WHY WOULDN'T WE USE A STATE MONEY FIRST AND, AND, UM, INSTEAD OF BURNING THROUGH OUR MONEY THAT QUICKLY AND WE, WE GOT TILL DECEMBER TO USE ALL OF ALL OF IT, YOU KNOW, EIGHT, YES. 
          80% BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, A HUNDRED PERCENT BY THE END OF DECEMBER. 
          UH, WE STILL HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF TIME TO USE THAT. 
          AND LET'S SAY, UH, IF WE DO START RECOMMENDING PEOPLE GO TO THE STATE OR HELP 'EM GO TO THE STATE OR GET MONEY FROM THE STATE VERSUS USING OURS. 
          AND IF WE HAVE, AGAIN, IF WE HAVE MONEY THAT'S NOT THIS PARTICULAR, WE GOT, UM, MONEY LIKE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND CONTINUE TO, COUNCILMAN PERRY, THIS IS JOHN. 
          WE'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH YOUR AUDIO, SIR, YOU MAY WANT TO TURN YOUR VIDEO OFF FOR A MOMENT. 
          YOU GIVE US A TEST, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, SIR. 
          MUCH BETTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE THING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, RUNNING THROUGH OUR RESOURCES WITHOUT USING THE STATE'S RESOURCES FIRST, AND I, I'M, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULDN'T BE USING THE STATE MONEY FIRST, AND IF WE HAVE MONEY THAT WE HAVEN'T OBLIGATED IN TIME, UM, MOVE THAT MONEY OVER INTO SOMETHING LIKE, HOW ABOUT THIS, UH, SUPPORTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, WITH ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, MOVING IT FROM ONE PILLAR TO THE OTHER PILLAR, JUST LIKE WE'RE, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TODAY. 
          UM, I, I'M, I, I JUST DON'T, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, 
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WELL, LET'S, LET'S SPEND THROUGH ALL OUR MONEY RIGHT AWAY, UM, AND THEN LET'S GO TO THE STATE. 
          I, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S HELP FOLKS GO TO THE STATE AND GET THAT, GET THAT MONEY FROM THE STATE FIRST. 
          AND IF WE HAVE LOOKS, AGAIN, IF WE HAVE SOME AVAILABLE RESOURCES CLOSER TO SEPTEMBER OR DECEMBER, LET'S MOVE IT TO ANOTHER, ANOTHER PILLAR. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN TOWN. 
          AND, AND I'VE BEEN PUSHING THAT SINCE THE VERY GET GO THAT WE NEED MORE SUPPORT TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          I KEEP, UM, BRINGING UP THAT, THE LAST REPORT I GOT WAS, WE'VE LOST 37% OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS BASE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR BIGGEST, UM, SUPPORTER OF CITY REVENUES IS OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          AND, AND AGAIN, WE'VE LOST 37% TO DATE. 
          CAN YOU, I MEAN, AM I OFF ON THAT LOGIC? OKAY, COUNCILMAN? UM, FIRST THE TREASURY FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE CAN ONLY BE USED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE FOR TEXAS RESIDENTS. 
          SO WE CANNOT USE THE MONEY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          THE OTHER THING I WANNA MENTION IS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE USE THE CITY PROGRAM FIRST BECAUSE AS SOON AS WE GET PEOPLE THROUGH THE CITY PROGRAM, THEN WE CAN ACCESS THE STATE FUNDING. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING OUR SYSTEM. 
          ONE OF THE, THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT THIS IS A VERY NEW PRO. 
          THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM WITH THE STATE. 
          WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT CAN DISPERSE THIS FUNDING. 
          UM, THE STATE IS FAIRLY NEW, SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE THEM TO GET THE FUNDING OUT. 
          AND SO BY ACCESSING OUR MONEY FIRST IN THAT FIRST SIX MONTHS, THEN WE CAN START MOVING PEOPLE OVER TO THE STATE. 
          NOW WE WILL GIVE PEOPLE OVER TO THE STATE IF THEY JUST NEED UTILITY ASSISTANCE ONLY. 
          AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          WE WILL WORK WITH C P S TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE WORD OUT TO THEIR CUSTOMERS THAT NEED ASSISTANCE IN PAYING HOW TO ACCESS THE STATE'S PROGRAM AS WELL. 
          THERE IS AN ONLINE PROGRAM AND THERE IS, UM, A PHONE NUMBER YOU CAN CALL, AND THEY CAN ALSO CALL OUR BENEFITS NAVIGATORS TO HELP ACCESS THAT. 
          BUT BOTTOM LINE IS THE SOONER WE USE OUR MONEY, THE BETTER CHANCE WE HAVE TO ACCESS THE STATE'S FUNDING. 
          LORI, I'M SORRY, I MI I MISSED EVERYTHING. 
          I GOT TOTALLY DISCONNECTED FROM THE INTERNET. 
          OKAY. 
          FIRST, THE FEDERAL FUNDING CAN ONLY ONLY BE USED FOR RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE. 
          IT CANNOT BE USED FOR ANOTHER SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM. 
          SECOND, THE, UM, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS A PROCESS IN PLACE TO DISPERSE THIS FUNDING. 
          OUR PROCESS IS WORKING, THE TEXAS PROGRAM IS FAIRLY NEW. 
          THEY'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THOSE KINKS. 
          OURS IS MORE DEPENDABLE, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND THIRD, THE SOONER WE GET RESIDENTS THROUGH OUR PROGRAM. 
          SO AS SOON AS THAT SIX MONTHS IS UP, THE SOONER WE CAN ACCESS THE TEXAS FUNDING. 
          AND SO THIS WAY WE'RE ABLE TO NOT, YOU KNOW, INTERRUPT ANY SERVICE, BE ABLE TO SERVE THEM OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WHILE THE TEXAS PROGRAM IS RAMPING UP AND WORKING OUT THE, THE KINKS IN THEIR SYSTEM. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, UH, I, THAT, THAT ALL SOUNDS GOOD, BUT, UH, I, I STILL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, UM, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, RUNNING THROUGH HOURS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, UM, BEFORE WE GO AND GET STATE HELP. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S THE CONCERN I STILL HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          AND, UM, I WANNA GO BACK ON THE POINT, I THINK IT WAS COUNCILMAN S HAD MADE IT, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD DO THIS. 
          AND ERIC MAYBE HELP ME. 
          AND YOU HAD MENTIONED BEN GO, UH, EARLIER AND, AND I, UH, I, I THINK BEN GOZA MIGHT BE THE GUY, BUT INSTEAD OF US CONSIDERING MOVING FUNDS AROUND AND USING OUR MONEY THAT WE'VE ALREADY FIGURED OUT HOW TO USE, CAN'T WE ASK C P S AND SAUCE FOR A WAIVER OF COLLECTION OF FEES FOR AT LEAST THIS WEEK OR END OF MONTH? UM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAN BE DONE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S ALREADY ASKED. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UH, REIMBURSING CUSTOMERS OR NOT CHARGING THEM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A MEANINGFUL FINANCIAL APOLOGY THAT COULD MAYBE HELP REPLACE SOME OF THE SPOILED FOODS AND MAYBE EVEN HELP WITH PLUMBING COSTS OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF REPAIR COSTS. 
          AND 
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I, I DON'T KNOW, BUT JUST MAYBE THEY CAN EVEN ASK  TO REIMBURSE THEM AFTER I, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT, OR IF WE'VE ALREADY ASKED THEM IF THEY'RE CONSIDERING WAIVING SOME, SOME COLLECTION FEES FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. 
          DO YOU KNOW ERIC? WELL, I, YOU KNOW, UM, NO, NO, I DON'T COUNCILWOMAN, BUT, BUT I HAVE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, LEAVE C P SS. 
          I THINK, AND PAULA KIND OF ALLUDED TO IT YESTERDAY DURING THE B SESSION, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF FACTORS, UH, FINANCIAL FACTORS, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE, THE, THE BASIC POWER ISSUES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND REPAIRS, C P S IS GONNA NEED TO GO THROUGH THERE, UM, AND, AND, AND HELP DETERMINE THAT. 
          UM, SHE ALLUDED TO THAT YESTERDAY. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE, THE, THE, UH, AFTER EFFECT OF ONCE POWER IS RESTORED AND TODAY'S, TODAY'S BEEN A GOOD DAY. 
          AS, AS YOU HAVE PROBABLY ALL SEEN ON THE, THE TEXT ALERTS. 
          THEY'RE ENCOURAGING CONSERVATION. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THAT'S GONNA NEED TO BE, UH, FACTORED IN. 
          AND THEN, AND THEN YOU, YOU HAVE, UH, WHAT, WHAT ROBERT SAID YESTERDAY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE I IDENTIFICATION OF, OF, UM, OF, UH, ANY ISSUES WITH WATER AND BREAKAGES, UH, THAT THEY MAY SEE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND I, I'LL I'LL KIND OF POINT BACK TO WHAT THE, WHAT THE MAYOR, UM, ALLUDED AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS COMMENTS, WHICH WAS COMING BACK AND FIGURING OUT HOW IS IT THAT WE CAN, UH, WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE, UM, SOME SORT OF RELIEF, UM, UM, ALTOGETHER. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA, THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE A WORK IN PROGRESS. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER DETAILS AT THIS POINT. 
          AND I THINK, UH, UH, ONCE WE GET THROUGH, ONCE THE UTILITIES GET THROUGH THE, THE, THE WEATHER, UM, THEY'LL BE IN BETTER POSITION TO KIND OF FORECAST THAT OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I FIGURED THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA PRORATE OR SOMETHING, SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF, IF THEY HAD STARTED TALKING ABOUT THAT JUST YET. 
          AND THEN, UM, MY, AND THEN I FORGOT TO ASK ONE QUESTION OF DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          IT'S A QUICK ONE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE BENEFITS NAVIGATOR, THE REFERRAL SERVICES. 
          I HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN MY C C R BACK IN MARCH, UM, ABOUT HAVING THEM AT LIBRARIES, ET CETERA. 
          WHAT AREAS ARE THEY GOING TO BE IN? OR MAYBE YOU CAN GIMME A LIST OF WHERE WE CAN FIND THE, THE BENEFITS NAVIGATORS. 
          BUT THOSE ARE ALL, UH, MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, LET, LEMME JUST, UM, GET BACK TO, UH, SORT OF THE BUDGET AND I THINK WHAT WAS MARIA'S PRESENTATION, UM, BECAUSE IN ALL OF THE CARES FUNDING AND NOW THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING I'VE GOTTEN, UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT LOST INTO WHAT THE TOTAL, I GUESS, BUDGET THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH TODAY. 
          I MEAN, MARIA, CAN YOU GO BACK TO YOUR PART OF THE PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT'S CARES, WHAT'S ADDITIONAL? IT WAS IN ONE OF THE SLIDES. 
          SURE, SURE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, LET ME GO BACK TO SLIDE 18. 
          SO THE, THE ORIGINAL BUDGET COUNCILWOMAN IS, UM, $574.4 MILLION. 
          THAT ORIGIN ALL CARES, IS THAT RIGHT? IT'S, THAT'S A COMBINATION OF CARESS, THE 270 MILLION CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND, THE C R F, AND THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER CARESS PROGRAMS, THE 84.4 MILLION THAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S OTHER FEDERAL GRANTS AND GENERAL FUND MONEY. 
          SO THAT'S A COMBINATION. 
          THAT'S A UNIVERSAL FUNDING THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, WITH TODAY'S ACTION, THE COUNCIL WILL ACCEPT AN ADDITIONAL $46.7 MILLION FOR HOUSING AND AN ADDITIONAL 13.9 MILLION FOR VACCINES. 
          THOSE NUMBERS ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THIS SLIDE. 
          SO OUR UNIVERSE OF FUNDING IS GONNA GROW BY THE ACTIONS THAT COUNCIL IS TAKING TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THOSE ARE FAIRLY LIMITED THEN FUND AND, AND, AND THIS ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL STATE FUNDING THAT'S NOT THE 46 MILLION OR THAT'S A SEPARATE AMOUNT THAT LORI KEEPS REFERRING TO? COUNCILMAN, THAT'S A SEPARATE AMOUNT. 
          THAT'S 1.3 BILLION THAT THE STATE RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          IT'S THE SAME SOURCE OF FUNDING, BUT A SEPARATE AMOUNT FROM OUR 48.6 OR 46.8. 
          UM, I WISH I COULD SEE IT ALL BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, 
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I'VE, I'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT LOST AS TO WHERE EXACTLY ALL THE DOLLARS ARE BECAUSE OF COURSE WE WANNA RESERVE OUR GENERAL FUND MONEY FOR BASIC SERVICES THAT WE KNOW ARE STILL ALL NECESSARY, UH, AND, AND REALLY, UM, USE THAT OTHER ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
          AND SO I KNOW THAT IT'S ALL, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S NOT ALL PRESENTED HERE. 
          UM, CAN YOU PUT IT BACK ON THE SCREEN, MARIA, SO I CAN SEE IT? I, I, I, I'VE ALSO EVEN LOST IT IN MY INBOX. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          UM, AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS ACCEPTING THIS FUNDING AND THEN, UM, SEPARATING IT OUT TO DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          SO, SO COUNCILWOMAN SLIDE ON, CAN JOHN HO, HOLD ON A SECOND. 
          LE LEAVE THAT SLIDE UP RIGHT THERE REAL QUICK. 
          LOAD THAT ONE UP. 
          CAN YOU SEE THAT SLIDE COUNCILWOMAN? UH, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S THREE MAIN ACTIONS. 
          WE WE'RE ACCEPTING THE $46.8 MILLION FROM THE TREASURY FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING AND, AND AMENDING THE GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATION. 
          AND THAT'S COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO HAS, HAS PROPOSED THAT AMENDMENT. 
          UM, NUMBER TWO IS WE'RE SETTING THE BUDGET FOR VACCINE DISTRIBUTION, WHETHER IT'S MASS VACCINATIONS, MOBILE OR HOME VISITS. 
          AND NUMBER THREE IS, UM, AND, AND BOTH NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO ARE FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          NUMBER THREE IS, UH, MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY BUDGET, UM, UH, FROM, UH, CHILDCARE THAT WE, WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF CHILDCARE RESOURCES AND LESS DEMAND. 
          SO WE'RE MOVING SOME OF THE MONEY ABOUT NINE OF THAT $14 MILLION. 
          AND, AND WE'RE, AND WE'RE ALSO RE REMOVING AND MOVING ON THE JOB TRAINING DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING UNUSED FOR A TOTAL OF $14 MILLION. 
          THAT $14 MILLION IS PRIMARILY, IT'S ALL GENERAL FUND. 
          AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE PUT THAT TOWARDS SMALL BUSINESS, I'M SORRY, HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY WITH A FOCUS ON RESTAURANTS, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT GOVERNANCE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY. 
          SO THERE'S THREE MAIN THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. 
          NUMBER THREE IS PRIMARILY GENERAL FUND ONE AND TWO IS FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, SO I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR FUTURE, UM, I WISH WE HAD HAVE SEPARATED THESE SO WE COULD VOTE ON THEM INDEPENDENTLY. 
          UH, IS THERE SOME REASONABLE THAT IT'S ALL DONE TOGETHER OR, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE AT THIS STAGE TO MAKE AN ACTION. 
          UM, UM, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF AMENDMENTS ON THE DIOCESE, WHICH I'M VERY RELUCTANT TO DO AND SUPPORT. 
          I THINK YOU DO THAT COUNCIL 'CAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BRIEFED. 
          I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT, UM, BECAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE PERHAPS THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US WANNA VOTE ON SOME THINGS AND NOT OTHERS. 
          SO CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO VOTE ON THESE ITEMS INDEPENDENTLY, OR THREE SEPARATE ACTIONS? YOU CAN COUNCILWOMAN THESE THINGS ARE LISTED AS FOUR A, B, AND FOUR THE AGENDA. 
          SO YOU CAN DO THAT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, OKAY. 
          SO THE MOTION COUNCILWOMAN WOULD BE, I MEAN, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION AGAIN ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, UH, BECAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD LOTS OF, WELL, NOW I'M COMPLICATING THE ISSUE FURTHER, BUT I, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          SO LET ME MAKE THE MOTION TO VOTE ON A FOUR, A FOUR B, FOUR C SEPARATELY, AND, AND DOING THAT IS PROCEDURAL, SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO REOPEN DISCUSSION. 
          RIGHT, ANDY? THAT THAT'S CORRECT. 
          MAYOR, I WAS GONNA MAKE THAT POINT. 
          AND YES, COUNCILWOMAN, YOU CAN MOTION TO CONSIDER SEPARATELY ITEM C. 
          UH, AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, THAT'S PROCEDURAL. 
          AND IN TERMS OF THE MOTIONS, UH, THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED, THAT WOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE. 
          SO MAYOR SECOND, WE SHOULD CONSIDER IS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, IF IT'S SECONDED. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ'S MOTION TO SEPARATE FOR A FOUR B AND FOUR C, I SECOND IT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION. 
          AND SECOND FOR, UH, SEPARATING FOUR, FOUR A THROUGH C. 
          UH, IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS ON THE, ON THE ITEM. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHERE, UM, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S, UH, SOME DIS DISCREPANCY AMONG THE COUNCILS WHAT THEY WANNA SUPPORT. 
          BUT I, I DO ALSO JUST WANNA START WITH, OH MY GOODNESS, AM I DOWN TO THREE MINUTES? UM, SO, UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, JUST, UH, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING THERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE ALREADY GONE SIX MINUTES, BUT, UM, THAT, UH, I DO FEEL LIKE WE HAVE BEEN A VERY NIMBLE COUNCIL. 
          UH, AND, UM, I THINK THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR MAYOR HAS REALLY PRIORITIZED, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT, WHO NEED IT, UM, THE RESIDENTS WHO NEED IT, THE SMALL BUSINESSES WHO NEED IT. 
          UH, AND I DO JUST WANNA PUBLICLY THANK OUR MAYOR FOR ALL HIS LEADERSHIP DURING THIS VERY CHALLENGING TIME. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, I FEEL LIKE IN ALL MY YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS. 
          AND, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT, THAT RON IS, IS REALLY 
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GUIDING US APPROPRIATELY DURING THIS TIME. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT THE STAFF HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY FLEXIBLE. 
          AND, AND SO THAT'S WHY I DON'T, I DON'T, UM, I DON'T FEEL THE NEED TO SUPPORT ANY AMENDMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD TODAY, UM, EXCEPT FOR MY OWN, WHICH WAS TO SEPARATE THEM SO WE COULD VOTE INDEPENDENTLY. 
          UM, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'VE, UM, AND, AND AS IT IS, WE'VE BEEN SEEING FUNDING COME IN THAT WE HAD NOT SEEN PREVIOUSLY. 
          UH, AND, UM, THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE, IS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S, UH, A FUNDING THAT, UM, IS VERY SPECIFIC. 
          UH, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, RESERVE OUR GENERAL FUND MONEY FOR THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED, LIKE STREET MAINTENANCE. 
          BUT LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. 
          UM, SO, UH, I THINK, AND THEN THE MAYOR MENTIONED THIS IN HIS OPENING REMARKS ABOUT, UM, THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PLUMBING, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO IS THERE, COULD WE USE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOUSING REHAB RAPID REHOUSING MONEY TO ADDRESS A PLUMBING ISSUE? I KNOW THAT IN PREVIOUS YEARS, UM, I HAVE USED SOME OF THAT, UM, REHAB MONEY WHEN, UH, A PERSON'S HOUSE BURNED DOWN AND WE, THEY HAD TO BE RELOCATED. 
          UM, AND, UH, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO ALSO USE ADDITIONAL SIGNS FOR THE, UM, MINOR HOME REHAB FOR A HOUSE THAT GOT HIT BY A CAR THAT PEOPLE HAD TO LEAVE. 
          UM, SO ARE THOSE, UH, POTENTIAL USES FOR, UM, THE RAPID REHOUSING DOLLARS? IF WE HAD TO RELOCATE PEOPLE FOR PLUMBING ISSUES AND THEN PUT THEM BACK IN COUNCILWOMAN, WE COULD, OH, VERONICA SOTO CAN TAKE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI. 
          UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          VERONICA SOTO WITH NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES. 
          RAPID REHOUSING FUNDING IS GENERALLY USED FOR HOMELESS SERVICES. 
          UM, HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE FUNDING FOR REPAIRS. 
          WE HAVE USED OUR C D B G FUNDING FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND SO WE DO HAVE THE MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM THAT CAN HELP WITH THE ISSUES PEOPLE MAY EXPERIENCE BECAUSE OF, UM, THE PIPES. 
          SO THE MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM CAN CERTAINLY BE USED FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW I HAVE BEEN GETTING CALLS NOW, UM, YESTERDAY I HAD NOT HEARD OF THAT, THAT WE HAD N NEIGHBOR ISSUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WITH PLUMBING, UH, PIPES BURSTING. 
          BUT NOW THIS MORNING I HAVE. 
          SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE USE, UM, THAT FUNDING, UH, FOR, FOR THAT PURPOSE. 
          UM, AND, UM, I HAVE SOME OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS REGARDING A SORT OF A COMMUNICATION PLAN, BUT I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO CHIME BACK IN SINCE I AM OUT OF TIME. 
          UH, SO, UM, THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK OH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UM, THAT IS, UH, EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          YOU'RE MUTED, SIR. 
          YES, I'M SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          COULDN'T UNMUTE. 
          UH, YEAH, MAYOR, I HAD GOTTEN OUT AND THEN GOT BACK IN. 
          UH, I WANTED TO, UH, ADD MY SUPPORT TO WHAT COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS SAYING, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, FOR US TO RECONSIDER OR TO CONSIDER IN, IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, UH, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT STATE FUNDING. 
          IF, IF WE'RE GONNA SIT HERE AND BELIEVE THAT EVERY OTHER CITY IN THE STATE WHO'S, WHO HASN'T EVEN DEVELOPED AS GOOD A POLICY AS WE HAVE, ARE GONNA SIT BACK AND, AND NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT MONEY, THEN, THEN WE'RE NOT THINKING VERY CLEARLY ABOUT THIS. 
          'CAUSE I IMAGINE THAT EVERY OTHER CITY IS GOING TO DRAW ON THAT STATE FUNDING, AND I'M AFRAID IT'LL BE GONE BY THE TIME WE NEED IT. 
          AND I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. 
          YES, IT'LL BE MORE WORK. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE MORE CHALLENGING. 
          IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE HARDER FOR INDIVIDUALS. 
          BUT IF, AS LORI SAID, THE, THE PROCESS, THE PAPERWORK LOOKS ALMOST THE SAME, THEN WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO GUIDE PEOPLE THROUGH THAT JUST LIKE WE DO THROUGH OUR OWN PROCESS AND, AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'D, I'D RATHER RETURN $2 MILLION TO THE FEDS COME DECEMBER. 
          'CAUSE WE DIDN'T SPEND THAT THAN RUN OUT OF MONEY IN SEPTEMBER AND FIND OUT THE STATES'S OUT OF MONEY TOO. 
          SO, UH, I REALLY WANT, UH, YOU KNOW, HOUSING SERVICES TO RECONSIDER OR TO LOOK AT HOW THEY CAN INTEGRATE, UH, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, UH, WORKING WITH PEOPLE TO GET THE STATE FUNDING, UH, FOR RENTAL SUPPORT AS 
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OPPOSED TO JUST LEANING ON OUR OWN, UH, FEDERAL DOLLARS UNTIL THEY'RE GONE. 
          SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UM, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS EVEN REGARDING, UM, A COMMUNICATION PLAN. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS COME UP AGAIN, UH, RECENTLY IS THIS ISSUE OF SORT OF A DECENTRALIZED, UM, COMMUNICATION. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT WE HAD A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE AND WITH THE COUNTY AND WITH C P S AND SAWS. 
          UM, NOT ALWAYS THE CASE, AND I CERTAINLY NOT A LACK OF, I BELIEVE, UH, UM, DESIRE ON OUR PART, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, TOO MUCH INFORMATION COMING FROM DIFFERENT PLACES AND THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE. 
          UM, SO JUST REGARDING A COMMUNICATION PLAN, YOU KNOW, FOR MANY OF THESE IS THESE ITEMS, WHAT CAN WE USE, UM, ANY OF THE CARES MONEY APART FROM OUR, UH, OUR GENERAL FUND MONEY TO DEVELOP, UH, A COMMUNICATION PLAN THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE CENTRALIZED WITH, UM, THE OTHERS, UM, THAT HAVE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I, I FEEL LIKE, I MEAN, EVEN C P S ENERGY HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING AT NINE 30 WHEN THE MEETING STARTED. 
          UM, AND SO NONE OF US KNOW WHAT THEY ANNOUNCED, UM, BECAUSE WE WERE IN THIS MEETING, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A UNFORTUNATE TIMING. 
          I, I FEEL LIKE WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT TOGETHER, UM, SO THAT WE COULD COMMUNICATE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON. 
          UM, SO I, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE CARES DOLLARS FOR? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT DOES HAVE TO BE COORDINATED INTERNALLY THROUGHOUT GENERAL FUND ASSIGNED? UH, I CAN TRY TO ANSWER THAT ERIC, IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          WELL, I, I, UM, COUNCIL, I'M NOT EVEN SURE IT'S NECESSARILY A, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU GUYS ALL TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY ON THE, UH, THE B SESSION. 
          I, I'M NOT SURE IT'S NECESSARILY A FINANCIAL ISSUE AS MUCH AS IT IS, IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THOSE, THOSE, UM, THOSE, THOSE, UM, UH, COMMUNICATION TIES, UH, BETWEEN US. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY THEY NEED TO BE STRENGTHENED. 
          UM, I, I, UH, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO, I THINK WE ALL NEED TO DO BETTER IN THAT SENSE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE TRY TO, UH, IMPROVE THE COMMUNICATION. 
          UM, LAST NIGHT, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED IN, IN OUR, IN MY DAILY EMAIL TO YOU, WE INCLUDED WHAT THE LATEST WAS WITH C P S AND SAS AND, AND, AND PART OF MY COMMITMENT TO THE COUNCIL YESTERDAY AS PART OF THE RES THE FOLLOW UP IS, IS STRENGTHENING THAT. 
          WE HAVE USED OUR TEXT MESSAGING SYSTEM, WE'VE ASKED THEM TO USE OUR TEXT MESSAGING SYSTEM, AND, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE WE CAN DO. 
          UM, AND, AND WE WILL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM. 
          I'M NOT NECESSARILY THINKING IT'S A, IT'S A FINANCIAL ISSUE AS MUCH AS IT IS EFFORT. 
          I THINK ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES HAD AT THE C C R, PERHAPS THAT WAS THE ONE THAT I SIGNED ON WITH COUNCILWOMAN  GARCIA. 
          NOW, I, I, I'M, I'M OVERWHELMED WITH INFORMATION AND, UM, TRYING TO, TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY MY POINT. 
          UH, IF WE, I MEAN, I, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, HAVE BEEN TRYING VERY HARD TO, TO COMMUNICATE ONLY ACCURATE INFORMATION. 
          UM, YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY FEELS. 
          SO, UM, I KNOW, KNOW THAT WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION YESTERDAY, BUT, UM, UH, REGARDING, UH, THAT, BUT I STILL FELT LIKE PERHAPS, UM, A MORE COORDINATED SYSTEM, UH, UH, WOULD BE BEST. 
          SO I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          ALRIGHT, OUR FIRST MOTION, UH, THEN IS GOING TO BE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ TO SEPARATE ITEMS FOUR A, FOUR B, AND FOUR C FOR, FOR SEPARATE VOTES. 
          UH, THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THAT ONE. 
          UH, SO LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND, AND TAKE UP THIS ONE FIRST. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALRIGHT, ALL, UH, ALL THOSE IN. 
          YEAH, GO AHEAD, AARON. 
          I'M, I'M, I'M SORRY, I, I JUST WANTED TO, I WANTED TO JUMP BACK IN BECAUSE IT, A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION AND, AND I SAID IT EARLIER, WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE, OF THE STATE PROGRAM AS WELL. 
          AND, AND WE WILL CONTINUE REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE MOTIONS AND THE VOTE, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO PRESS, UM, THE STATE AS OPTIONS, UM, AND MAKE THOSE, MAKE THAT AVAILABLE AS A POTENTIAL PATHWAY. 
          WE DO, AS LORI SAID, WE DO HAVE TO, TO ALLOW THE STATE TO CATCH UP A BIT FROM AN APPLICATION STANDPOINT. 
          BUT REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE, WHAT THE, WHAT THE COUNCIL, UH, UH, DETERMINES HERE, UH, WITH THE VOTE, THAT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT, THAT, UH, WE THINK THAT, THAT WE SHOULD MAKE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT 
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$1.2 BILLION. 
          BECAUSE IF, IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T DO THAT, THEN EVERYBODY ELSE IN TEXAS WILL GET IT. 
          AND, AND WE THINK IT, WE THINK IT, UH, WE THINK WE OUGHT TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR TO THE COUNCIL. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, SO WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE FOR SEPARATING THE ITEMS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THE AYES HAVE IT. 
          UH, TINA, DO YOU HAVE A COUNT OR DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL? MAYOR, I HAVE ALL A, EXCEPT ONE NAY, WHICH IS TREVINO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ROAD GARCIA, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE RECORD YOUR VOTE PROPERLY SINCE YOUR VIDEO'S NOT ON, COULD YOU, UH, VOICE VOTE? OKAY. 
          I, I THINK WE'LL MARK COUNCIL MEMBER ROSA GARCIA, ABSENT FOR THE PROCEDURAL VOTE. 
          ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL NOW TAKE UP THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. AND MARY? YEAH, MARY, IF I MAY, IF I MAY RECOMMEND NOW THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUT THE ITEMS INDIVIDUALLY, SO AVOID CONFUSING, WE START WITH A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM. 
          ALRIGHT, AND I'M GONNA, SO JOHN, WILL YOU, I SAID MAYOR, I'M SORRY. 
          I SAID I, I'M SO SORRY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD ME OKAY, BUT I SAID WE GOT YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, I'M GONNA ASK JOHN TO PUT UP ITEMS FOUR A, FOUR B, UH, THE SLIDE ON AT FOUR C THE SLIDE ON THE SCREEN SO WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF WHICH ITEMS WE'RE VOTING ON BECAUSE ONE OF THE ITEMS IS AMENDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          UM, UM, THESE ARE FOUR A THROUGH V. 
          I CAN PULL UP THE ACTUAL AGENDA IF YOU LIKE. 
          SIR, THIS WAS THE POWERPOINT THAT YOU WERE JUST REFERRING TO. 
          THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THEM THOUGH. 
          UM, THEY CORRESPOND TO THE AGENDA. 
          NO, THAT'S JUST, OKAY. 
          YEAH, WE CAN JUST PUT THE, PUT THE ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA ON THE SCREEN. 
          YOU GOT IT. 
          EVERYONE CAN BE CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON. 
          GIMME A HALF SECOND. 
          I WAS NOT ITEM FOUR A, UH, IS THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, FOUR B IS THE, UH, COVID EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN. 
          AND THEN FOUR C IS THE, UH, C D C VACCINATION . 
          JUST PUT THAT ON THE SCREEN BRIEFLY. 
          THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          HERE WE GO, SIR. 
          SO ITEM FOUR A IS, UM, THE ITEM THAT WAS, UH, PUT FORWARD AS AMENDED. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO WE'LL TAKE EACH OF THESE ITEMS UP FIR, UH, AT ONE AT A TIME. 
          SO, UM, I'LL HAVE ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR A AS AMENDED. 
          UM, CAN, CAN SOMEBODY REPEAT THE AMENDMENT PLEASE? SURE. 
          UM, IT'S ON A MOTION. 
          UH, WE'RE JUST GONNA VOTE ON FOUR A. 
          SO CAN WE GO AHEAD AND READ, UM, THE ITEM AS AMENDED? UH, TINA? YES. 
          MAYOR ITEM FOUR A IS AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING A GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $46,751,961 AND 10 CENTS FROM THE UNITED STATES TREASURY FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE APPROVING THE BUDGET WITHIN THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN AND AMENDING PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND THEN THE AMENDMENT IS TO ADD NINE MONTHS INSTEAD OF SIX MONTHS FUNDING 50% A M I OR BELOW OF BACK RENT AND FUTURE RENT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, MADAM CLERK. 
          OKAY, SO THAT IS THE MOTION. 
          THERE IS A SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? UH, LET ME, LET ME PUT ALL THE COUNSEL ON THE SCREEN. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT THAT IS THE MOTION. 
          AND THE SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY MAY. 
          MAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WAS RO QUESTION. 
          YEAH. 
          ANDY, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MAY HAVE A, A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT MAY WANT TO, UH, CONSIDER THE AMENDMENT SEPARATELY. 
          WE WOULD NEED A MOTION FOR THAT, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          BUT, AND I PREFER THAT IF THAT COUNCILMAN WANTS TO MAKE THAT MOTION, WE DO THAT BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M GONNA NEED A ROBERTS RULES HANDBOOK FOR THIS 
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MEETING BEFORE WE'RE DONE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, GO AHEAD. 
          YOU HAVE A FLOOR? UH, SORRY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I, I WANTED TO, TO, UM, APPROVE ITEM FOR A, UH, WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UM, WITHOUT AN AMENDMENT. 
          SO I, IF I NEED TO DO, I NEED TO MAKE A SEPARATE MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UH, WITHOUT THE AMENDMENT YOUR, YOUR MOTION ESSENTIALLY COUNCILWOMAN IS TO CONSIDER THE AMENDMENT SEPARATELY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MAYOR. 
          SO, UM, I WOULD, UH, MOVE TO CONSIDER THE AMENDMENT SEPARATELY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO ANDY, DO WE NEED TO, DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON CONSIDERING SEPARATELY? OH YEAH. 
          YOU WOULD NEED A SECOND MAYOR THEN YOU WOULD VOTE ON IT. 
          CORRECT. 
          'CAUSE IT WAS OFFERED AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND, UH, COUNCILMAN VRAN OFFERED THE SAME MOTION EXCEPT THAT IT HAS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE A MOTION TO SEPARATE 'EM AND THEN IF THEY ARE SEPARATED, WE WOULD'VE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS. 
          ONE ON THE AMENDMENT AND ONE ON FOUR A, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, SO IS THERE A SECOND FOR SEPARATING THE AMENDMENT? OKAY, HEARING NONE. 
          UM, HEARING NO SECOND. 
          THE, THE MOTION FAILS. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA, I VOTE ON ITEM FOUR A AS AMENDED. 
          AM I? WE GOT THAT RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, LET, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON ITEM FOUR A. 
          AYE, WE TINA, WE CAN, TINA, YOU'RE MUTED. 
          SORRY, MAYOR. 
          UM, CAN I ASK WHO'S THE MOTION AND THE SECOND FOR THIS ITEM THAT WE'RE VOTING ON BEFORE WE TAKE THE ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THE MOTION WAS ORIGINALLY BY VIA, AND I BELIEVE THE SECOND WAS, UM, I'VE FORGOTTEN IT. 
          WAS GONZALEZ GON WELL, I THINK I, I THINK IT BECAUSE WE HAD A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT BY COUNCILMAN VINNO. 
          IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT HE BE THE SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          YES, BECAUSE IT WAS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 
          IT WAS THE COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S MOTION. 
          AND WHO WAS THE SECOND? ANDY TREVINO. 
          RIGHT?  MOTION. 
          TREVINO'S THE SECOND. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY, SO I'M READY FOR THE ROLL CALL VOTE TREVINO. 
          AYE. 
          ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          AYE. 
           AYE. 
          ROJA GARCIA? AYE. 
          GONZALEZ. 
          NAYYY. 
           AYE. 
          SANDOVAL, SHE'S NOT PRESENT RIGHT NOW. 
          STEPPED AWAY, MA'AM. 
          S I'M SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COURAGE RECONSIDERED MY EARLIER DISCUSSION AND I'M GONNA VOTE. 
          AYE, I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN, YOU BROKE UP. 
          CAN YOU RESTATE THAT? I SAID I RECONSIDERED MY EARLIER OPINION AND I'M VOTING AYE TERRY AYE. 
          AND MAYOR NUREMBERG. 
          AYE. 
          ITEM OF IS APPROVED. 
          MAYOR. 
          OKAY, WE'LL NEW MOVE NOW TO ITEM FOUR B. 
          UM, AND I CAN YOU, UH, SO THIS WAS ALSO VIA GROUND INTRAVENOUS THEN, SINCE WE'VE JUST SEPARATED THEM. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR FOR ITEM FOUR B. 
          UM, WE'LL DO THE ROLL AGAIN. 
          MADAM CLERK COUNCIL. 
          MAYOR TRIVIO. 
          AYE. 
          ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          AYE. 
          , DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH. 
          YOU DIDN'T READ THE CAPTION FOR FOUR B SO I, I APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T, LET ME READ THE CAPTION. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          ITEM FOUR B IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE RECOVERY AND RE RESILIENCY PLAN AND THE CITY'S ONGOING COVID 19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN AND SUPPLEMENTAL INITIATIVES TO FURTHER THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PLAN. 
          I THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA. 
          AYE. 
          GONZALEZ AYE. 
           AYE. 
          SANDOVAL. 
          ELIAS. 
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AYE. 
          COURAGE. 
          COURAGE VOTES NAY BECAUSE IT DOES NOT INCLUDE A REGISTRY. 
          PERRY AYE. 
          AND MAYOR NUREMBERG. 
          AYE. 
          ITEM PASSES. 
          MAYOR ITEM FOUR C IS AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING A GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,980,751 FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 
          FOR THE PURPOSES OF CVID 19 VACCINATIONS APPROPRIATING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $26,987,175 AND SETTING UP THE BUDGET WITHIN THE C OVID 19 VACCINATION PLAN. 
          OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM FOUR B. 
          UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD WITH THE ROLL CALL VOTE TREVINO AYE. 
          ANDREW SULLIVAN? AYE. 
           AYE. 
          VOTE TO GARCIA. 
          AYE. 
          GONZALEZ AYE. 
          CAB HDA? AYE. 
          SANDOVAL. 
          ELIAS AYE. 
          COURAGE. 
          AYE. 
          PERRY AYE. 
          AND MAYOR NURNBERG. 
          AYE. 
          ITEM IS APPROVED. 
          MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          UM, THAT IS ITEM FOUR. 
          UH, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO, UH, THE REMAINING ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. 
          WE'LL START 
          [15. 21-1492 Ordinance establishing a new Small Business Advisory Commission and renaming the Small Business Advocacy Committee to the Small Business Economic Development Advocacy (SBEDA) Committee. [Carlos J. Contreras III, Assistant City Manager; Alejandra Lopez, Director, Economic Development]]
WITH ITEM 15. 
          ITEM 15 IS AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A NEW SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMISSION AND RENAMING THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCACY COMMITTEE TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVOCACY BETA COMMITTEE. 
          OKAY, LET ME TURN IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          UM, SINCE THIS ORIGINATED WITH HER C C R GO AHEAD. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RO GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO SIGNED ON, UM, TO THE CPR. 
          INITIALLY, I PROPOSED THE CREATION OF A SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMISSION, UM, MADE UP OF A MAJORITY OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO COULD ADVISE US THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ON POLICY ISSUES THAT MAY AFFECT SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          THESE MEMBERS WOULD BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND BY THE CITY COUNCIL WITH THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A FORUM WHERE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS COULD GIVE US DIRECT FEEDBACK AND DISCUSS IMPLICATIONS OF POLICY DECISIONS. 
          I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE QUICK ACTION OF THE MAYOR WHEN HE DECIDED TO INCLUDE THE C C R FOR DISCUSSION IN THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE IN NOVEMBER WHEN I HAD JUST SUBMITTED IN OCTOBER. 
          I'M ALSO GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN VRAN, WHO CHAIR, UH, WHO AS CHAIR OF THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE SUPPORTED THIS PROPOSAL DURING THE OCTOBER 22ND MEETING. 
          AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANNA THANK THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT STAFF FOR BEING SO RECEPTIVE TO THE IDEA THAT ENGAGING WITH US TO DISCUSS THIS PROPOSAL FROM THE BEGINNING WAS CRITICAL. 
          I KNOW THAT COVID 19, UM, TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF, OF THE WORK AWAY AND ADDED SOME TIME TO THIS, THIS, AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS MORE PRESSING ISSUES THAT TOOK PRIORITY. 
          UM, BUT AS COUNCILMAN PERRY STATED, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY IN 2019, WHEN I SUBMITTED THE C C R, THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000 REGISTERED SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          AND, UM, I'M SURE NOW THAT IT'S CHANGED, IT PROBABLY LOOKS STARKLY DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF COVID-19, BUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE NEED SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO EXIST. 
          THERE'S NO DENYING THAT SMALL BUSINESSES DO FORM THE BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED A DEDICATED, UM, COMMISSION WHERE OUR CITY STAFF CAN ENGAGE AND WORK ALONGSIDE SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SO THAT THEY COULD GET FIRSTHAND FEEDBACK FROM THEM. 
          UM, I DO APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF OUR, UH, LARGE BUSINESS EMPLOYERS AND YES, OUR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE A DIRECT LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES BECAUSE THEY HAVE, OR THEY MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK ON OUR CITY'S POLICIES. 
          AND BEFORE I SUBMITTED THE C C R, THE PROPOSAL, UM, WE WERE ALREADY LOOKING AT THE WORK OF THE SPAC. 
          UM, AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S VERY CRITICAL. 
          IT'S SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO THE CE BETA ORDINANCE. 
          AND I'M GRATEFUL, UM, TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE CHAIR JUAN, THAT WHO IS AN APPOINTEE OF DISTRICT FOUR, WHO HAS SERVED OVER THE YEARS ON THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCACY COMMITTEE. 
          UM, I, I ALSO KNEW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF LIMITATIONS ON THE WORK THAT THEY COULD DO, 
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UH, AND THAT THERE WAS NO ABILITY REALLY TO ADDRESS MATTERS FROM SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THAT BETA ORDINANCE. 
          AND IN THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE, THERE'S COUNTLESS POLICY DECISIONS THAT COUNCIL TAKES UP AND CONSIDER OVER THE YEARS, AND SOME OF THE MOST RECENT ONES THAT I CAN RECALL DURING MY TIME. 
          OUR ESSAY TOMORROW, THAT CLIMATE ACTION ADAPTATION PLAN, UH, EARN PAID SICK LEAVE, GIVE ESSAY READY WORK TRAIN FOR JOBS SA OUR CURRENT EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS, AND WE AFFECT EACH ONE OF OUR BUSINESSES DIFFERENTLY. 
          SO RATHER THAN SCRAMBLE AND TRY TO GUESS HOW OUR SMALL BUSINESSES WILL BE IMPACTED, THAT WAS MY HOPE THAT  THIS WOULD ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE INPUT AND ENGAGE ALL BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES BEFORE THE DECISIONS ARE MADE. 
          AGAIN, THE KEY POINT BEING THERE BEFORE THE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE, WE ARE THE DECISION MAKING ENTITY FOR OUR CITY CHARTER, BUT WE OWE IT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS IN THEIR DIFFERENT CAPACITIES TO ALSO HAVE THE CHANCE TO SHARE THEIR INPUT AND THEIR FEEDBACK ON POLICY PERFORMANCE. 
          AND IF WE'RE REALLY COMMITTED TO BEING MORE TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE AND ENGAGED WITH OUR COMMUNITY, THEN WE NEED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SPACES WHERE THEY CAN HAVE THIS MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE WITH US. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO, WHO INITIALLY SUPPORTED THIS AND THERE WAS COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN AND COUNCILMAN VRAN, AND COUNCILWOMAN SHIRLEY GONZALEZ AND COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          UM, MAYOR. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          I'M JUST VERY EXCITED AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I BELIEVE THE EXPLANATION I'VE HEARD FROM THE COUNCILWOMAN KIND OF ANSWERS MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRA THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          BUT, UM, WELL, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT I'LL, I'LL SECOND WHEN, UH, COUNCILMAN ROJA GARCIA TIMES BACK IN AND MAKES THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, SO I'LL BE THE SECOND TINA. 
          AND, UM, JUST THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA FOR THE C C R FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE AND THE LEADERSHIP HERE. 
          UM, I'M GLAD WE MOVED FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          UH, AND THANK YOU TO ALEX AND CARLOS BECAUSE, UM, I THINK EVERY SINGLE COMMITTEE MEETING WE ASKED YOU WHAT WAS THE STATUS, WHAT WAS THE STATUS, WHAT WAS THE STATUS, AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR JUST, UM, WORKING WITH US. 
          THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO THE  GROUP WHO GAVE A LOT OF INPUT AND INSIGHT OF WHERE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS NEW COLLABORATION. 
          UM, I THINK IT IS PER, IT'S A PERFECT TIME TO HAVE THIS. 
          WE KNOW IT WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT TO HAVE IT, UM, A YEAR AGO, BUT WE HAVE IT NOW. 
          AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES PUTTING FORWARD SOME GREAT SMALL BUSINESS MEMBERS TO BE SERVING ON THIS COMMITTEE. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          LET ME, LET ME QUICKLY TURN IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER OR GARCIA TO OFFER FOR THAT MOTION, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE DISCUSSION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT IT THAT I FORGOT TO MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CREATION, UM, OF THE SMALL BUSINESS, UM, ADVISORY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION TO SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 15. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST, OH, I'M, I'M SORRY. 
          YOU'RE, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY'S HAND WAS UP AND WAS BROUGHT DOWN FOR THE QUEUE. 
          UH, SO LET ME GET HIM AND THEN I'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO YOU, JADA. 
          NOT A PROBLEM, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HEY, THANKS. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY DISTRICT REP THAT, UH, HELPED WORK ON THIS. 
          HE WAS, UH, REALLY SPEARHEADING TO GET DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES ON THIS COMMITTEE, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE HIS NA NAME IS ROY SHUFFLE. 
          AND, AND, UM, REALLY HE WORKED HARD TO GET THAT ON ONTO THIS, UH, PROPOSAL. 
          AND I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND, AND HAVING A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH DISTRICT TO, UH, VOICE, VOICE THERE CONCERNS OR, OR COMMENTS OR, UM, WHATEVER TO, TO THE COMMITTEE. 
          SO, THANK YOU, ROY. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THAT ARE TRULY ADVOCATING FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          WE KNOW THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, THRIVES ON SMALL BUSINESS AND HAVING THIS COMMITTEE PUT TOGETHER WILL TRULY SPEAK TO HOW WE GET THROUGH JUST NOT ONLY THIS CRISIS, BUT WHAT IS TO COME. 
          WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE TRULY FACING RIGHT NOW AS SMALL BUSINESSES GOING 
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BACK INTO, UH, THEIR PLACES WHERE THEY HAD NO POWER, WHERE THEY HAD NO WATER. 
          UM, HAVING THESE VOICES COME TOGETHER TO TRULY SPEAK TO HOW WE GET THROUGH, UM, THE WORST CRISIS THAT WE'VE SEEN WITHIN THE PANDEMIC AND NOW WITH THE WEATHER IS WHAT THIS IS GOING TO SPEAK TO. 
          UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, GARCIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING TO BE AN ADVOCATE, UM, FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          THANK YOU TO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GRO FOR ALWAYS ENSURING THAT THOSE VOICES THAT ARE SOMETIMES MINIMALIZED ARE BROUGHT TO THE FOREFRONT. 
          AND TO ALEX AND CARLOS, THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO LISTEN TO ALL OF OUR SUGGESTIONS. 
          WHAT WE ARE, ARE, ARE SEEING HAPPENING TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC AND HOW THEY'RE CLOSING. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO LISTEN TO HOW WE GET THROUGH THIS PROACTIVELY, NOT REACTIVELY, NOT JUST MAKING, UM, TALKS OF CONVERSATION, BUT ACTUALLY PUTTING IN THE FOOTWORK TO MAKE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THRIVE. 
          WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, AND WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE TRULY SPEAK TO BRINGING IT ALL UNDER ONE ACCORD. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 15. 
          HEARING NO FURTHER, UH, MAY MAYOR, UH, MAYOR, MY HAND WAS UP, OR AT LEAST I TRIED TO PUT IT UP. 
          . 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALES. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UH, ALSO JUST TO COMMENT TO, UM, THANK THE COUNCILWOMAN FOR, UH, FOR, UH, MOVING THIS FORWARD. 
          UM, OVER THE YEARS, UH, DURING OUR BUDGET, I HAVE REQUESTED, UM, SOME SMALL, UH, A DOLLAR AMOUNT, UM, ABOUT $75,000, UH, TO SET UP SOME SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY, UH, CORRIDORS, UM, ALONG THE MAJOR CORRIDORS IN MY DISTRICT. 
          UM, SO YOU ALL KNOW IN DISTRICT FIVE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY LARGE EMPLOYERS, WE ONLY HAVE SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          SO I WAS WORKING WITH THE W D C TO COORDINATE SOME SMALL BUSINESS, UM, ADVISORY COUNCILS ALONG THE MAYOR, MAJOR CORRIDORS. 
          AND SO, UH, I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, COVID AND THAT ALL WENT TO PIECES. 
          UM, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DIRECT, UM, SOME OF THAT FUNDS TO DIRECTLY TO SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT IN THE DISTRICT THAT WE DID THAT, UM, A YEAR, ABOUT A YEAR AGO. 
          AND ALL THAT MONEY DID EVENTUALLY GET REDIRECTED TO SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          SO I LOVE THIS IDEA BECAUSE IT, IT REALLY DOES BRING, UM, TO THE ENTIRE CITY, UH, A PROGRAM THAT I STARTED, UH, AND, AND WAS HOPING TO, UM, TO DO IN DISTRICT FIVE, WHICH WAS REALLY TO ORGANIZE THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND GIVE THEM A VOICE IN SOME OF OUR CITY PLANNING, UH, AND OUR CITY INITIATIVES. 
          SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING AND HEARING MORE FROM OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY DIRECTLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 15. 
          UH, IF HEARING, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          UM, POINT OF ORDER. 
          I'LL, I'M GONNA TURN THE, UM, FLOOR OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER PLIE. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. 
          ITEM 17 ON THE AGENDA. 
          I MISTAKENLY LEFT IT ON CONSENT. 
          I'M GONNA ASK THAT, UH, WE, UH, WE HIT THE REWIND BUTTON, UM, AND I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PULL IT OFF CONSENT AND, UH, AND THAT WE POSTPONE THAT ITEM FOR, UH, MARCH 4TH FOR, UH, CONSIDERATION. 
          ANDY, AM I ALLOWED TO DO THAT OR DID I JUST BREAK FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS? YOU, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN THE MOTION IS TO RECONSIDER, UH, THE VOTE TO, UM, APPROVE WHAT WAS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UH, SO THAT ITEM 17 IS REMOVED, UH, AND DELAYED FOR, UH, A FOLLOWING DATE. 
          ANDY, YOU STATED IT BETTER THAN I DID WHAT ANDY SAID. 
          THAT'S MY MOTION. 
          WE DO THAT ALL IN ONE FELL SWOOP, ANDY? OR DO WE NEED TO, UH, MAYOR, I THINK THAT'S PREFERABLE IF WE DO THAT IN ALL ONE FELL SWOOP. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT WILL RECONSIDER, UH, FOR DATE CERTAIN. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, CAN YOU, CAN YOU, UH, SAY THAT MOTION, MANNY? SURE. 
          UH, I'D, I'D LIKE TO RECONSIDER ITEM 17 THAT WE PUT ON, THAT WAS ON CONSENT, UH, THAT WE PULL IT OFF AND THAT WE POSTPONE IT FOR MARCH 4TH FOR CONSIDERATION LATER. 
          OKAY. 
          I SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR RECONSIDERATION OF ITEM 17 FOR MARCH 4TH. 
          UH, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
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ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          UH, WE'LL 
          [16. 21-1606 Ordinance approving the required 2021-2024 Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) Local Plan as approved by the Committee of Six on January 27, 2021 for submission to the Texas Workforce Commission. [Carlos J. Contreras III, Assistant City Manager; Alejandra Lopez, Director, Economic Development Department]]
PROCEED WITH ITEM 16. 
          ITEM 16 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE REQUIRED 2021 THROUGH 2024 WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. 
          ALAMO WS A LOCAL PLAN AS APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE OF SIX ON JANUARY 27TH, 2021 FOR SUBMISSION TO THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, ONE SECOND HERE. 
          ALRIGHT, I BELIEVE THAT'S COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO REQUEST A PRESENTATION. 
          SURE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS IS ALEX LOPEZ WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS ITEM AND THE ACTION THAT'S BEING REQUESTED TODAY. 
          THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT REQUIRES EACH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE FOUR YEAR LOCAL PLAN. 
          AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO ANALYZE THE LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREA. 
          UM, IT'S GONNA PROVIDE SPECIFIC DETAILS AND STRATEGIES TO MEET THE ECONOMIC AND THE EMPLOYMENT NEEDS OF THE AREAS, JOB SEEKERS AND OF THE EMPLOYERS. 
          SO THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO BOARD APPROVED THIS LOCAL PLAN ON JANUARY 22ND, AND THE COMMITTEE OF SIX ALSO APPROVED IT ON JANUARY 27TH. 
          OUR ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE WAS BRIEFED ON THIS LOCAL PLAN DURING THE FEBRUARY 2ND MEETING. 
          UM, AND THE COMMITTEE WAS IN SUPPORT OF THE PLAN AND RECOMMENDED FULL CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION UPON APPROVAL. 
          UM, THIS, THIS FINAL APPROVED VERSION MUST BE SUBMITTED, UM, TO THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, BUT BEFORE DOING SO, IT NEEDS THE APPROVAL OF EVERY POLITICAL ENTITY THAT'S A PART OF THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALMO BOARD. 
          UM, AND TO SHARE MORE DETAILS ON THE LOCAL PLAN, WE'VE GOT ADRIAN LOPEZ AND DR. 
          ANDREA GUERRERO GUERRO FROM W S A TO MAKE THIS BRIEF PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU ALEX. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT, UH, THIS LOCAL PLAN. 
          UM, BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD, I JUST WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THE LEADERSHIP OF, UH, COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA AND COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY, WHO SERVE ON OUR COMMITTEE OF SIX, AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE, UM, WITH ALL THAT WE DO WITH THE WORKFORCE, UH, BOARD. 
          UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, UH, AS ONE OF THE PARTNERS, UH, REGARDING THE TRAINING, UH, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU FOR, WITH, UH, THE CARES AND GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. 
          SO, JUST TO PROVIDE SOME, SOME CONTEXT, UH, THIS LOCAL PLAN, UH, IS INTENDED TO, UM, ONE SIGNAL TO, UM, THE 13 COUNTIES IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE, WHERE WE WANNA MAKE, UH, OUR INVESTMENTS IN AND WHICH, UH, INDUSTRIES WE ARE, UH, SUPPORTING. 
          UM, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SORT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO ON, ON THE, UM, UH, THE, IN TERMS OF SORT OF WHAT WE DO IN TERMS OF, UH, SERVING IN DEMAND, UH, JOBS AND, AND WHERE THOSE ARE BECAUSE THERE'S MANY OF THOSE AS WELL AS, UH, SERVING, UH, THOSE TARGETED, UH, INDUSTRIES THAT WE SUPPORT. 
          UM, AND I, AND BEFORE I GO FURTHER, I'D, I'D ALSO LIKE, LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMAN TINO. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          HE'S A, UH, ONE OF THE OTHER MEMBERS THAT'S PART OF OUR COMMITTEE OF SIX AND HIS LEADERSHIP AS WELL. 
          UM, SO THE, THE PLAN IS GONNA GO INTO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT, UH, POINTS. 
          ONE IS, UH, WHERE WE ARE MAKING THE INVESTMENT AND WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, UH, TRYING TO ALIGN, UH, OUR WORKFORCE DOLLARS WITH ECONOMIC PRIORITIES OF EACH OF THE COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO SOMETHING NEW THAT WE ARE, UH, PROPOSING IN THIS PLAN THAT HAS NOT BEEN IN THE PREVIOUS PLANS, WHICH IS OUR BOARD'S STRATEGIC VISION. 
          UM, AND SO I'LL LET DR. 
          ANDREA, UH, GO INTO, UM, UH, UH, DR. 
          ANDREA WAHALA, GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL INTO THAT. 
          SO, UM, AND WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNSEL. 
          THANK YOU MR. LOPEZ. 
          UM, PREVIOUS SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UM, SO AS, UH, AS, UM, WE'VE DISCUSSED OR WE'VE DESCRIBED, THE, THE LOCAL PLAN IS INTENDED TO, UH, GIVE YOU, UH, AN OVERVIEW OR REALLY SOME DETAIL, UM, ON EXACTLY, UM, WHICH TARGET INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON, UM, FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. 
          UM, AND, UM, HOW WE INTEND TO GO ABOUT DOING THAT. 
          AND I'LL GET INTO THE DETAIL ON THE, THE TARGETS IN JUST A SECOND. 
          UM, PREVIOUS SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          I'M STILL ON THAT SLIDE. 
          UM, BUT REALLY, UM, WANT TO OUTLINE WHAT A SECTOR-BASED PARTNERSHIP LOOKS LIKE SO THAT WE, THIS IS THE, THE, THE STRATEGY THAT WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, TO EMPLOY OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS THAT WILL HELP US GET TO THOSE TARGETS. 
          UM, SECTOR-BASED PARTNERSHIPS, AS YOU SEE IN THE GRAPHIC ON THE LEFT, UM, THEY'RE VERY COMMON. 
          UM, IT'S A COMMONLY USED MODEL IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND THAT ESTABLISHES A CAREER PATHWAY SYSTEM, BUT IT IS REALLY INDUSTRY DRIVEN, UM, WHERE INDUSTRY AND 
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EMPLOYERS, UM, COMMUNICATE WHAT THEIR WORKFORCE NEEDS ARE. 
          UM, AND THAT WE LOOK AT THE DATA AND THE, THE INPUT FROM THOSE EMPLOYERS AND ADJUST, UM, THE CAREER PATHWAYS, UH, IN THE PROGRAMMING AND TRAINING, UM, TO FULFILL THOSE NEEDS. 
          UM, ON THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'VE CREATED IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF, OF WHAT A CAREER-BASED, UH, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, A SECTOR-BASED PARTNERSHIP MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN THIS, IN THE ALAMO REGION, WHERE YOU HAVE REPRESENTATIVES, CHAMPIONS, UM, AS WE CALL THEM, THAT REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF ENTIRE SECTORS, NOT NECESSARILY INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYERS, BUT WHO CAN FACILITATE COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHAT WORKFORCE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          UM, AND THE ORANGE BOXES ARE REPRESENTED BY SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD, UM, THAT ARE STRATEGIC PARTNERS THAT PROVIDE EITHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING, BUT ALSO SUPPORT SERVICES OR REPRESENT SPECIALIST POPULATIONS LIKE MILITARY AND VETERANS. 
          THIS IS BY NO MEANS A COMPLETE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THE ALAMO ECOSYSTEM MIGHT LOOK LIKE. 
          YOU COULD JUST AS EASILY SEE A PROJECT QUEST, UM, OR A LEADER REQUEST OR A CODE UP, OR ANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED HERE IN TERMS OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THAT EITHER THE CITY OR THE COUNTY, UH, HAVE, UH, ARE, ARE IMPLEMENTING. 
          BUT THE, THE POINT OF THE MODEL, OR THE INTENTION OF THE MODEL IS TO REALLY FACILITATE, UH, CROSS SECTOR COMMUNICATION SO THAT ALL PERSONS OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PART OF THIS ECOSYSTEM ARE COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, A MAJOR PORTION OF THE, OF THE LOCAL PLAN HAS, IS FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE ANALYSIS, LOOKING, UM, TAKING A DEEP DIVE INTO THE DATA THAT IT'S AVAILABLE TO WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO, UM, TO IDENTIFY WHICH SECTORS, WHICH INDUSTRIES AND WHICH OCCUPATIONS, UH, WE WANT TO FOCUS ON. 
          AND WHEN, WHEN WE SAY FOCUS ON MEANING THAT, UM, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DEVOTE FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO TRAIN IN THOSE INDUSTRIES AND SECTORS AND TO TRAIN FOR PARTICULAR OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE, THAT RESIDE WITHIN THOSE INDUSTRIES AND SECTORS. 
          THIS, THIS SLIDE THAT YOU SEE, UM, FIRST IS OUR OVERARCHING, UM, SECTORS. 
          SO THESE ARE JUST A TWO DIGIT CODE. 
          UM, THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE VAGUE. 
          THEY, UM, ENCOMPASS LOTS OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES, BUT THIS IS SORT OF WHERE WE START OUR ANALYSIS RIGHT HERE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, AS WE GET INTO IDENTIFYING MORE SPECIFIC TARGETS FOR INDUSTRY AND OCCUPATIONS, WE HAVE, UM, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA TARGETS THAT WE, UM, HAVE SET, UM, BASED ON OUR INTERNAL METHODOLOGY. 
          BUT IN COOPERATION WITH TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION AND OUR BOARD, UM, THEY REVIEW OUR METHODOLOGY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO, AND THAT WE'RE GIVING THESE TARGETS A, A REALLY FAIR SHAKE. 
          PRIMARY DATA TARGETS HAVE TO DO WITH PERCENT CHANGE IN GROWTH. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE THERE, IT'S SET AT 15.7, THE NUMBER CHANGE, UM, GREATER THAN MORE THAN 500 JOBS, UM, IN THAT, UM, INDUSTRY OR OCCUPATION, THAT IT HAS AT LEAST A MEAN, A MEAN, UM, ENTRY LEVEL WAGE OF $15 AN HOUR. 
          AND THEN SOME OF THE SECONDARY DATA TARGETS ARE, UM, EMPLOYMENT CHANGE, UM, THE ENTRY LEVEL WAGE, UH, HELP WANTED ONLINE POSTINGS. 
          SO SCRUBBING OUR JOB POSTINGS FOR THE NUMBER OF, UH, RELATED JOB POSTINGS, WHETHER IT'S STEM RELATED, WE LOOK AT STAFFING PATTERNS FROM OUR TARGET INDUSTRY. 
          SO ASKING OUR EMPLOYER PARTNERS, UM, WHAT, WHAT THEIR WORKFORCE LOOKS LIKE, IF THEY HAVE PLANS TO EXPAND, ADD, UM, REDUCE, UM, OCCUPATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION AS ADDING JOBS OR HAVE BEEN BEING FASTEST GROWING AND LOOKING AT LOCAL TARGETS FOR INVESTMENT. 
          AND THEN LOCAL WISDOM TALKING TO COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S, COURTS FROM, UH, THE 13 COUNTIES THAT ARE SERVED BY WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, UM, SENDING SURVEYS TO YOUR DISTRICT OFFICES. 
          UM, IF YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE THAT SURVEY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 
          UM, AND I CAN, UH, MAKE SURE I ADD A, AN EMAIL ADDRESS WHERE YOU CAN, YOU CAN GET THAT. 
          BUT TO REALLY ASK ABOUT LOCAL ECONOMIC PRIORITIES, UM, OCCUPATIONS THAT MAYBE WE, WE NEED TO ADD TO OUR LIST THAT MAY HAVE BEEN MISSED WITHIN THESE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA TARGETS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, SO BASED ON ALL OF THAT METHODOLOGY, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, CLUSTERS, WHICH ARE SORT OF, UM, MORE VAGUE INDUSTRY DESCRIPTORS. 
          THE, THE CLUSTERS ARE BASED ON THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE GOVERNOR'S IDENTIFIED CLUSTERS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, THE T W C PROVIDES US WITH HEAT MAPS, UM, SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHICH OF THE GOVERNOR'S TARGETS ARE MOST HEAVILY CONCENTRATED IN OUR 13 COUNTY REGION. 
          UM, AND SO YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT THEY ARE, THESE THAT YOU SEE HERE, AEROSPACE, MANUFACTURING, HEALTH INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERSECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, OIL AND GAS, AND EDUCATION. 
          THESE ARE LARGELY UNCHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS ITERATION OF OUR, OF OUR LOCAL PLAN. 
          UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OIL AND GAS, WAREHOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION. 
          THE, THE PART OF THE TABLE THAT IS ON THE RIGHT ARE INDUSTRIES, YOU CAN THINK OF INDUSTRIES EQUALS EMPLOYERS. 
          SO THE TYPES OF, UM, INDUSTRIES THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY HIRING, UM, WITHIN EACH OF THESE TARGET CLUSTERS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, AND I KNOW THIS IS REALLY SMALL, BUT THERE'S A, THERE'S 
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A LOT OF DATA ON, ON SOME OF OUR TABLES. 
          WE TRY TO INCLUDE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN RELATIVE TO WAGES. 
          UM, PERCENT CHANGE, UM, AND GROWTH. 
          BUT YOU'LL SEE HERE WHERE WE'VE LISTED THE TARGET OCCUPATIONS WITHIN EACH OF THE INDUSTRY CLUSTERS, UM, THAT WE ARE TARGETING FOR THIS LOCAL PLAN. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, UM, IF YOU SEE A, AN OCCUPATION THAT IS ON ANY OF THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES, YOU CAN PROBABLY GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, THESE ARE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. 
          ALAMO CAN PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR TRAINING AND EDUCATION THAT, UM, IS TARGETED TOWARD FILLING THESE OCCUPATIONS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          NOW YOU'LL SEE THE OTHERS. 
          I, I TRIED, I SPLIT IT INTO TWO SO THAT YOU COULD GET AN, A SENSE OF WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONS WERE. 
          UM, RECOGNIZING THAT, THAT THERE ARE STILL MANY IN-DEMAND OCCUPATIONS THAT THAT FOR WHICH THERE ARE A LOT OF, UM, JOB POSTINGS, UM, BUT MAYBE MAY NOT MEET SOME OF THE SECONDARY DATA TARGETS. 
          UM, THESE ARE CALLED IN-DEMAND OCCUPATIONS AS OPPOSED TO TARGET OCCUPATIONS. 
          WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE ARE STILL JOBS FOR WHICH WE PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO NEED THEM. 
          UM, HOSPITALITY, UM, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED HERE TODAY, IS PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE INDUSTRIES AND SECTORS, UM, THAT MEET A LOT OF THAT PROVIDE, HAVE A LOT OF IN-DEMAND OCCUPATIONS AND FOR WHICH WE PROVIDE SERVICE, UM, TO PUT PEOPLE INTO THOSE JOBS WHO MAY NOT WANT TO GO INTO A TARGET. 
          UM, SO WE STILL DO A LOT OF, UM, DATA ANALYSIS ON WHAT THOSE OCCUPATIONS ARE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THESE HIGH DEMAND OCCUPATIONS, UM, SO THESE ARE THOSE FOR WHICH THEY MEET THE PRIMARY DATA TARGETS, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST A MINIMUM, UH, ENTRY LEVEL WAGE OF $15. 
          UM, AND, I'M SORRY, NOT ENTRY LEVEL, BUT, UH, A MEAN WAGE OF $15 AND MEET THE GROWTH PROJECTIONS. 
          SO WE MAY SEE WE PAY ATTENTION TO THESE 'CAUSE WE MAY SEE THEM MOVE UP TO THE, UH, TARGET OCCUPATIONS. 
          WE TRY TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST LIKE SORT OF RIGHT ON THAT BOUNDARY OF MEETING THE PRIMARY SECONDARY DATA TARGETS, BUT NOT QUITE YET. 
          NEXT, WE'VE ALSO DONE SOME ANALYSIS ON AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, WHICH HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE IN PREVIOUS LOCAL PLANS. 
          UM, HERE YOU SEE THE, THE ANALYSIS FOR BEXAR COUNTY, BUT I DO HAVE THESE FOR THE OTHER 12 COUNTIES THAT W S A SERVES. 
          UM, WE TRIED TO LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE PROJECTED, THAT HAVE HIGH PROJECTED GROWTH FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS THAT DO HAVE THE, UM, THE HIGHER OR ON THE HIGHER END OF HOURLY EARNINGS HAVE A LOW TURNOVER RATE. 
          FOR THIS ANALYSIS, WE SET THAT TURNOVER RATE ABOUT 60%, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE PUT THERE. 
          UM, LOOKING AT THE, THE PROPORTION OF MALES TO FEMALES, UM, SO THAT WE'RE STARTING TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE RECRUITING ENOUGH WOMEN, ESPECIALLY IN, UM, UH, OCCUPATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY, UH, MORE MALE, MALE DOMINATED. 
          UM, THE OCCUPATIONS THAT YOU SEE IN THE YELLOW ARE OCCUPATIONS THAT DID NOT MEET PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA TARGETS FOR THE REGION OVERALL. 
          SO REGIONALLY THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT TO TARGETS, BUT THEY DO MAKE IT, WHEN WE LOOK AT BEARER COUNTY INDIVIDUALLY, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTIES, I MEAN ALL, EVERY ONE OF THE COUNTIES HAS A DIFFERENT SET, UM, OF THESE OCCUPATIONS. 
          AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS AND INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF EMPLOYERS WITHIN EACH OF THE COUNTIES. 
          THE GREEN ARE THOSE OCCUPATIONS THAT DID MEET PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA TARGETS FOR THIS, UH, FOR THE REGION OVERALL. 
          IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING ANALYSIS. 
          I'D LOVE TO HAVE TIME TO, TO PRESENT IT TO YOU, BUT, UH, MAYBE ANOTHER TIME OR JUST LET ME KNOW, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU. 
          UM, THIS IS A SNAPSHOT, UH, THAT WE DID SOME ANALYSIS THAT WE DID, UM, FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME LAST SUMMER FALL. 
          SO JUNE, 2020 THROUGH NOVEMBER, 2020. 
          UM, LOOKING AT, UM, BEGINNING TO TREND OUT HOW, UH, THE PANDEMIC AND HOW COVID IS AFFECTING, UM, THE HIRING GAP. 
          WE EXPECT THIS TO BE FLUID AND HAVE, UM, CHANGE OVER TIME. 
          WE, UM, WE EXPECT TO, TO COMPLETE THIS ANALYSIS, UM, AT AT LEAST ONCE A QUARTER, UM, AND UPDATE THIS SO THAT WE CAN SORT OF SEE WHERE THE HIRING GAPS ARE. 
          THIS HAS, UM, BIG IMPLICATIONS FOR HOW OUR EDUCATION AND TRAINING PARTNERS, UM, DIRECT THEIR PROGRAMMING, UM, AND WHERE WE WOULD DEVELOP, DEVOTE OUR RESOURCES. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE ACTIVITY AT OUR JOB CENTERS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 16 JOB CENTERS ACROSS THE ALAMO REGION THAT SERVE THE 13 COUNTIES. 
          UM, MANY OF THEM, UH, LOCATED HERE IN THE URBAN, WHAT WE CONSIDER THE URBAN CORE IN, IN BEX COUNTY AND SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AND YOU'LL SEE, UM, FOR THE PROGRAM YEAR, LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 90,000, ALMOST 91,000 IN-PERSON GUESTS AT THE JOB CENTERS. 
          AND THEN IN THE MONTH OF MARCH, UM, OUR CENTER HAS PIVOTED TO A VIRTUAL POSTURE TO, UM, IN RESPONSE TO THE, THE STAY AT HOME ORDERS IN THE 
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PANDEMIC. 
          UM, WE'VE SINCE OPENED THEM BACK UP BY APPOINTMENT, UM, SO THAT FOLKS HAVE, UM, ACCESS FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A COMPUTER OR INTERNET THAT THEY CAN STILL MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND SEE SOMEONE IN PERSON. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE THAT'S A OH, PREVIOUS SLIDE AND THEN SOME OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT OUR WORK IN TEXAS.COM, UH, WEBPAGE WHERE, UH, FOLKS CAN, OUR EMPLOYERS CAN POST THEIR JOBS. 
          WE HAVE ABOUT 127,000 ACTIVE JOBS SEEKERS AND ABOUT 7,100 ACTIVE EMPLOYERS AS OF LAST PROGRAM YEAR. 
          UM, THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE, UM, ACTIVELY ENROLLED IN OUR, IN OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, AND THEN SOME PARTICIPATION AND, UM, PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WHO, UH, WHO HAVE BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, WE TRY TO KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE FOLKS SO THAT WE CAN, OR THAT WE ARE ABLE TO, UM, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE SPECIAL POPULATIONS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          WE'RE PROPOSING THIS EVALUATION FRAMEWORK TO UNDERSTAND, UM, OR TO REALLY MEASURE HOW WELL WE'RE DOING IF OUR SECTOR-BASED MODEL IS FUNCTIONING AS WE PROPOSE AND WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE, UH, ADDRESSING THE TARGETS THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE SET HERE. 
          UM, THE FRAMEWORK INVOLVES, UH, EVALUATION OF OUR CORE PROGRAMS. NOT JUST THE PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, BUT OTHER KPIS THAT WE, UM, HAVE IMPOSED ON OURSELVES, EVALUATING OUR PARTNERSHIPS, NOT JUST WITH, UM, OUR TRAINING PARTNERS, BUT ALSO, UM, EDUCATION PARTNERS, EMPLOYERS, YOU ALL, AND THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WE INTERACT WITH. 
          AND THEN ALSO OUR JOB SEEKERS AND CLIENTS. 
          UM, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT INDUSTRY METRICS, LOOKING AT ACTUAL PLACEMENT AND TARGET INDUSTRIES, NOT JUST THOSE WHO ARE ENROLLED, UM, OR GRADUATE FROM TRAINING PROGRAMS. UM, REAL-TIME WAGE DATA, UM, AS OPPOSED TO WAITING A QUARTER OR TWO, UM, FOR EMPLOYERS TO REPORT THEIR WAGES. 
          UM, LOOKING AT INCUMBENT WORKER UPSKILLING AND RE-SKILLING, HOW WELL WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN OPEN UP SOME ENTRY LEVEL JOBS AND, UH, INCREASE THE SKILLSET OF EXISTING CO IN EXISTING WORKERS. 
          UM, AND ALSO LOOKING AT ECONOMIC IMPACT CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMY, TO THE ECONOMY. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO, WE'VE ALSO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PROCURING RETURN ON INVESTMENT ECONOMIC STUDY OF OUR CORE PROGRAMS, OUR ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE, OUR NON-CORE PROGRAMS, AND OF COURSE OUR CHILDCARE PROGRAM, WHICH, UH, COMPRISES A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR BUDGET. 
          UM, AND LOOKING AT CHILDCARE AS A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, CREATING A SUBSIDY FOR FOLKS TO, TO, UH, TO, UM, HAVE FOR THEIR KIDS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SOME OF THE FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN ON THE LOCAL PLAN SO FAR, IT'S BEEN POSTED, UM, ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE WEBSITE AND OUR WEBSITE SINCE JANUARY 8TH. 
          UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO OFFER COMMENTS ON IT. 
          UM, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE COMMITTEE OF SIX AND OTHER ORGANIZ OR OTHER BODIES OF ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERATION OF INCLUDING HOSPITALITY SECTOR INTO THE LOCAL PLAN. 
          UM, IT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADDRESSED IN THE LOCAL PLAN. 
          WE HAVE IN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE, UH, SERVICE TO BOTH UNIVERSAL CLIENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO ENTER THAT SECTOR, BUT ALSO TO EMPLOYERS, UM, WHO WANT TO HIRE, UM, FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR, THEIR BUSINESSES. 
          UM, AS I SAID BEFORE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO PURSUE THIS ECONOMIC, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL ECONOMIC STUDY FOR RETURN ON INVESTMENT, UM, OF NOT JUST OUR ORGANIZATION, OUR AGENCY, BUT ALSO FOR OUR PROGRAMS. AND THEN EXPLORING STRATEGIES FOR ASSESSING APPLICABILITY OF SET SKILL SETS ACROSS SECTORS. 
          SO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I AM AN ACCOUNTANT IN THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY AND HAVE LOST MY JOB, UM, HOW ARE WE DOING JOB MATCHING TO, UH, TO REFOCUS THOSE JOBS, UM, IN OTHER SECTORS THAT ARE PART OF THE TARGETS? UM, THAT IS THE LINK TO ACCESS THE LOCAL PLAN ON OUR WEBSITE AND AN EMAIL ADDRESS WHERE YOU CAN SEND COMMENTS. 
          UM, I, I RECEIVED THOSE EMAILS, OR YOU CAN EMAIL ME DIRECTLY WITH ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER CRUZ, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. 
          I, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND I APOLOGIZE TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THAT HAVE ALREADY HEARD THIS, BUT, UH, I, I HADN'T, AND I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IT. 
          UM, YOU HAD ONE TABLE THAT SHOWED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAD BECOME EMPLOYED THROUGH YOUR WORK AND THE NUMBER OF JOBS THAT WERE AVAILABLE AND A FEW OTHER, UH, STATISTICS. 
          COULD WE GO BACK TO THAT FOR A MINUTE? ALSO, UH, WHILE WE'RE BRINGING THAT UP, UM, WHAT IS THE BUDGET, UH, FOR THE AGENCY? SO THE BUDGET FOR, UH, THIS FISCAL YEAR IS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT A HUNDRED AND, UH, $30 MILLION. 
          ABOUT 65 TO 70% OF THAT IS GOING TOWARDS THE CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES. 
          UH, WE DID HAVE AN ENHANCEMENT THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF, UH, BOTH BEXAR COUNTY FUNDING AS WELL AS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TRAINING PROGRAM FUNDING. 
          SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT, UH, 
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WE USUALLY HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT SLIDE. 
          IT'S, IT'S THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY SHOWED, UH, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAD GOTTEN JOBS THROUGH YOUR WORK. 
          IT WAS 7,900. 
          NO, THAT'S NOT IT. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S SLIDE 13. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, YEAH, THAT ONE INDICATED THAT, UH, THERE WERE, UH, 127,000 POSITIONS AVAILABLE, UH, AND THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO FILL A LITTLE UNDER 8,000, UH, AND THERE'S 7,100 EMPLOYERS. 
          WAS THAT FOR A FISCAL YEAR OR FOR A QUARTER? THAT'S FOR A FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND DID YOU PROVIDE SOME EXPLANATION ON, ON THAT? THOSE ARE JOBS THAT, UH, DIRECTLY WERE, UH, PLACEMENTS EITHER THROUGH OUR CAREER COUNSELORS OR OUR BUSINESS SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES. 
          THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF CLIENTS THAT COME TO OUR CENTERS THAT COME AND DO, UH, THINGS LIKE RESUME WRITING AND JOB SEARCH THAT ACTUALLY SECURE JOBS, UH, ON THEIR OWN. 
          UH, SO THOSE ARE NOT COUNTED AS PART OF, UH, THIS PARTICULAR NUMBER. 
          SO THESE ARE DIRECT PLACEMENTS BASED ON, UH, PEOPLE WHO WERE ENROLLED INTO OUR PROGRAMS. WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO TRY AND HAVE THAT OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TOO. 
          I'M SORRY, LEMME CLARIFY THAT THE 127,000, THOSE ARE ACTIVE JOB SEEKERS. 
          SO WHEN SOMEONE, UM, CREATES AN ACCOUNT AND WORK IN TEXAS, OR THEY'VE APPLIED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT, THAT'S THE NUMBER OF PE INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE CREATED A PROFILE AND WORK IN TEXAS, UM, WHERE EMPLOYERS CAN, UM, DO MATCHES TO IDENTIFY THOSE WHO MATCH A JOB DESCRIPTION THEY HAVE POSTED ON WORK IN TEXAS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SUCCESS YOUR AGENCY IS HAVING, BECAUSE I KNOW PART OF OUR PLAN FOR OUR RECOVERY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WHICH WE'VE JUST GOTTEN APPROVAL FOR FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, IS, IS TRYING TO PLACE 10,000 PEOPLE INTO IMPORTANT KEY JOBS. 
          AND I KNOW WE'VE REACHED OUT TO TALK WITH YOUR AGENCY ABOUT BEING A PARTNER IN THAT. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME HOW FAR ALONG WE ARE AND WHAT KIND OF AGREEMENT OR UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE, UH, WITH YOUR AGENCY AND OUR PROGRAM AND, UH, HOW THAT HAS FIT INTO YOUR PLAN THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING TO THE STATE FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS? SO, COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS IS ALEX, AND I'LL KIND OF JUMP IN HERE VERY QUICKLY JUST TO, TO KIND OF REMIND EVERYBODY THAT AS FAR AS THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM, UM, WE ARE GONNA BE GOING THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ISSUING, UH, PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO TO IDENTIFY THE PARTNERS THAT ARE GONNA BE WORKING WITH US. 
          UM, WE HAVE HAD A PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION WITH W S A, UM, IN RELATION TO A LOT OF THE DATA THAT YOU SAW TODAY. 
          UM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO VERY CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION, UM, THAT COULD REALLY INFORM A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THROUGH READY TO WORK, REGARDLESS OF HOW, UM, THEY ARE A PARTNER OR, OR SERVE WITHIN THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          SO THAT CONVERSATION HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. 
          WE NEED TO PUT, UM, A LITTLE MORE DETAIL TO IT. 
          BUT AS FAR AS SERVICE DELIVERY, THAT WOULD BE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE RE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I THINK THAT WAS MY BIGGEST CONCERN ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA BE MATCHING UP, UH, WITH WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE AND WHAT OUR PLANS ARE. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE UNDER CONSIDERATION OF BEING A PARTNER, BUT UNDERSTANDING NOW THAT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH AN R F P PROPOSAL, WHICH WILL GET DOWN INTO, UH, WHAT WE CAN EXPECT AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE GONNA REQUIRE, I THINK WILL BE USEFUL FOR US TO LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT LATER DOWN THE LINE. 
          BUT I THINK THEY'VE ANSWERED ENOUGH QUESTIONS AND I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION THEN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THE TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER EZ MAYOR. 
          I HAD MY HAND UP FOR NO GOOD REASON. 
          I FORGOT TO TAKE IT DOWN. 
          PLEASE TAKE IT DOWN. 
          PLEASE FORGIVE ME. 
          . 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN. 
          I'VE, I'VE SEEN THIS PRESENTATION THREE TIMES, UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO DR. 
          GUDO FOR PRESENTING TODAY, AND THANK YOU TO ADRIAN, UH, LOPEZ AND, AND THE TEAM OVER THERE. 
          I KNOW THAT, UH, LAST YEAR AS I CHAIR COMMITTEE OF SIX, YOU ALL ALWAYS ANSWERED ALL OF MY QUESTIONS AND I HAD A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND I SAW THAT YOU ALL EVEN, UM, MADE SOME CHANGES THAT I, I THINK IN PREPARATION FOR, FOR EVEN THIS, UH, LAST GO AROUND OF, OF SLIDES. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, UM, ALWAYS, UH, TAKING, UM, UH, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, UH, AND ALSO THE FEEDBACK THAT I, THAT IS DIRECTLY FROM MY CONSTITUENTS. 
          SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THAT'S ALL I WANTED. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL 
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MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I KNOW DURING THE SUMMER WE WERE ABLE TO HOST, UM, A JOB FAIR, VIRTUAL JOB FAIR, AND WE'VE GOT SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS THAT SIGNED UP AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          UM, THEY THOUGHT THE PROCESS WAS VERY, UM, OPEN, HONEST, AND EVEN THE EMPLOYERS WERE ACTIVELY ABLE TO HIRE FROM THAT JOB FAIR. 
          WHAT I WANTED TO ASK IS, WITHIN THIS, UM, FRAMEWORK, HOW MANY JOB FAIRS ARE YOU PLANNING TO HAVE FOR THOSE TIMEFRAMES LOOKING LIKE AS WELL? YEAH. 
          SO LET ME, UM, UH, RESPOND TO THAT. 
          SO, UM, I'LL RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION AS WELL AS I THINK THE, UH, COUNCILMAN CO'S QUESTION. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT THIS PARTICULAR PLAN OFFERS IS A, IS A PLATFORM OR A MODEL BY WHICH SORT OF EVERYBODY WITHIN THE WORKFORCE ECOSYSTEM CAN OPERATE. 
          UM, THE, THE STATE OF WORKFORCE IS MUCH LARGER THAN WHAT THE WORK THAT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO COMPLETES, OR FOR THAT MATTER, ALAMO COLLEGES OR PROJECT QUEST. 
          IT'S REALLY A WHOLE ECOSYSTEM. 
          AND SO THE MODEL THAT ANDREA MENTIONED IS REALLY OFFERS UP SOMETHING WHERE COHESIVELY THAT, UM, EVERY ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS CAN ACTUALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY PLAY TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER, BUT ALSO A WAY TO BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY EVALUATE THAT. 
          UM, AND SO FROM, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ALIGN IS THAT, YES, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH EVERY INDUSTRY AND WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH EVERY EMPLOYER THAT HAS NEEDS. 
          HOWEVER, WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON WHERE THOSE, UH, INDUSTRIES AND TARGETED OCCUPATIONS, WHERE THERE IS, UM, INVESTMENT NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, UPSKILL PEOPLE TO GET INTO THOSE PARTICULAR JOBS, TO PAY A SUSTAINABLE WAGE, RIGHT? AND THEN, UH, WORK CLOSELY WITH THOSE INDUSTRIES TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE'RE MEETING THEIR EMPLOYER NEEDS OR NOT. 
          AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY, UH, 10, UH, UH, TECHNICALLY LOOKED AT IN, IN THE PAST, ESPECIALLY FROM, UH, W S A'S PERSPECTIVE, BUT EVEN MORE SO FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LOOKING AT THE WHOLE ECOSYSTEM. 
          SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING CLOSELY WITH E EACH OF THE PLAYERS TO BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT IN TERMS OF YOUR QUESTION AND TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE HOW MANY JOB FAIRS, I'M NOT SURE I CAN ANSWER THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION AT THIS POINT. 
          BUT ONE THING FOR SURE IS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM, MORE TARGETED APPROACH TO BE, UH, WORKING WITH THOSE EMPLOYERS IN THOSE PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES TO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BALANCING OUR CLIENT NEEDS OR RESIDENT NEEDS WITH EMPLOYER NEEDS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU COMING BACK TO US. 
          UM, AND TRULY SPEAKING TO OUR, OUR DISTRICT AREA SPECIFICALLY AND HOW WE CAN TARGET THOSE, UM, THAT WE KNOW A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE, UM, DIGITAL ACCESS, OR THEY'RE WITHIN A TRANSPORTATION ZONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE VIA. 
          SO HOW DO WE GET THOSE TARGETED BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYERS TO SPEAK TO THOSE RESIDENTS? IS, IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS FRAMEWORK. 
          BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS AND CONCERNS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          AND, UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          REALLY, UM, REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION. 
          UM, WHAT, WHAT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN, AND THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS NOW, IS INFORMATION THAT YOU HAD ON SEVERAL OF THE SLIDES ABOUT RETURN ON INVESTMENT. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE REALLY GETTING FOR, WHAT DID YOU SAY THE, THE BUDGET WAS $130 MILLION. 
          WHAT ARE WE GETTING FOR THAT MONEY? I MEAN, IF YOU DO THE MATH, UH, IF YOU ONLY COUNT THOSE, UM, UM, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN PICKED UP OR EMPLOYED, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY PER PERSON THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON W S A. 
          SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE ACTUALLY SEEING THOSE METRICS ON WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, TO SEE WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE, AND ARE WE MEETING THOSE GOALS AND ARE WE EXCEEDING THOSE GOALS OR NOT MEETING THOSE GOALS? AND, UH, MY PARTICULAR INTEREST IS HOW MANY DOLLARS PER PERSON ARE WE SPENDING ON GETTING THEM INTO A JOB, A GOOD PAYING JOB OR WHATEVER, UM, UH, THROUGH THIS, THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          SO, UH, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THOSE METRICS AND, AND HOW THEY'RE GONNA BE DEVELOPED AND, AND WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA SHOW US HERE IN THE FUTURE. 
          UH, AGAIN, I I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THESE THINGS, UH, FOR FOUR YEARS, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT THERE, UM, I'M, I'M GLAD ALSO THAT Y'ALL ADDED IN THE HOSPITALITY, UM, COMMUNITY AS WELL BECAUSE WE'VE CERTAINLY GOT, WE'VE CERTAINLY GOTTEN A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, 
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ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ONE OF OUR BIG ECONOMIC DRIVERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND YET HERE, NOT LONG AGO, WE, WE KIND OF IGNORED THAT WHOLE INDUSTRY, UH, THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          AND, AND THEY ARE A KEY PLAYER. 
          THEY ARE A STEPPING STONE FOR ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS OR PEOPLE THAT WANNA STAY IN THAT INDUSTRY THEIR ENTIRE CAREER. 
          SO, UH, WE CAN'T FORGET THOSE, WE CAN'T FORGET THAT INDUSTRY, UH, FOR THOSE ONLY THOSE, UM, HIGH PROFILE, UH, GLITTERY TYPE JOBS OUT THERE. 
          WE HAVE TO, WE GOTTA SATISFY ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OUT THERE. 
          AND, AND I THINK Y'ALL CAN DO THAT. 
          AND THAT I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE Y'ALL MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION, UM, TO DO THAT. 
          SO, UM, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE METRICS AND, AND THE EVALUATIONS THAT YOU, YOU'RE GONNA PUT YOURSELF THROUGH AND, UH, HOW YOU ARE SUPPORTING THE OVERALL WORKFORCE AND PLACEMENT OF PEOPLE HERE IN THE, IN THIS, IN THIS REGION, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          UH, LET ME TURN QUICKLY BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, UH, FOR HIS MOTION, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. 
          YOU'RE MUTED, JOHN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF, UH, ITEM 16. 
          OKAY. 
          A MOTION BY COURAGE SECOND BY ROJA GARCIA. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE NOW 
          [18. 21-1507 Ordinance approving an agreement with Giant Noise: Public Relations, Social Media & Events for a total amount not to exceed $160,040.00 for professional services related to the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District’s COVID-19 response marketing campaign for a term beginning February 20, 2021 through June 30, 2021. Funding for this agreement is available in the amount of $50,040.00 from the COVID-19 Interlocal Cooperation Grant, $45,000.00 from the COVID-19 Response Grant, and $65,000.00 from the Immunizations Supplemental for COVID-19 Grant. [Mario Martinez, Assistant Director, Health]]
TO ITEM 18. 
          ITEM NUMBER 18 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH GIANT NOISE, PUBLIC RELATIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND EVENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $160,040 FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RELATED TO THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN HEALTH DISTRICT'S C OVID 19 RESPONSE MARKETING CAMPAIGN FOR A TERM BEGINNING FEBRUARY 20TH, 2021 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2021. 
          FUNDING FOR THIS AGREEMENT IS AVAILABLE AND THE AMOUNT OF $50,040 FROM THE C OVID 19 INTERLOCAL CO COOPERATION GRANT, 45,000 FROM THE C CVID 19 RESPONSE GRANT AND 65,000 FROM THE IMMUNIZATION SUPPLEMENTAL FOR COVID 19. 
          GRANT COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, TINA. 
          THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED AND APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY AT OUR LAST COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          IT WAS APPROVED WITH SOME SPECIFIC CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TIMING TO ROLL OUT THIS PARTICULAR CAMPAIGN AND CONVERSATION ABOUT WHEN IS THE, WHAT ARE THE BEST CHANNELS TO REACH OUR INTENDED AUDIENCES. 
          I WOULD LIKE FOR STAFF TO SHARE THE PRESENTATION WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS I BELIEVE THEY HAVE SOME GREAT NEWS TO SHARE WITH US REGARDING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FIRST CAMPAIGN THAT YOU MIGHT ENJOY HEARING. 
          AND I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. 
          I MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 18. 
          UM, I GUESS THERE'S A STAFF PRESENTATION. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, MARIO MARTINEZ HERE, UH, WITH SAN SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN HEALTH DISTRICT. 
          UH, SO THIS AFTERNOON I WANTED TO BRIEF COUNCIL ON A, UH, APPROVAL, UH, FROM COUNCIL, UH, IN WORKING WITH, UH, OUR GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE. 
          UH, WE ARE WORKING TO, UH, HAVE A CONTRACT WITH MARKETING VENDOR GIANT NOISE FOR PHASE TWO ON OUR WHAT WILL IT TAKE CAMPAIGN. 
          SO LAST SUMMER, METRO HEALTH CONTRACTED WITH GIANT NOISE TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN AND CREATE A BRIEF BASED ON COMMUNITY INSIGHTS TO COMMUNICATE C OVID 19 PREVENTION MESSAGES, UH, TO OUR SAN ANTONIO MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS. 
          UH, THE INSIGHTS INCLUDED INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECTED FROM CALLS, UH, THAT CAME TO OUR HOTLINE, ALSO THROUGH, UH, OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS THAT WERE OUT IN THE FIELD, UM, AND ALSO THROUGH QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, UM, THAT WE RECEIVED VIA EMAIL. 
          SO ALL THESE INSIGHTS WERE VERY HELPFUL IN PUTTING TOGETHER WHAT WAS, UH, PHASE ONE OF THIS CAMPAIGN. 
          THE, UH, THE CAMPAIGN ITSELF INCLUDED, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA WITH LOCAL 
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INFLUENCERS AND MUSICIANS, PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND PRINTED MATERIALS FOR GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 
          AND THIS INCLUDED INFORMATION AND, UM, HANDOUTS AND POSTERS FOR OUR CITY PARKS AND LIBRARIES. 
          IN ADDITION, UH, THIS INCLUDED THE PRODUCTION FOR RADIO, DIGITAL AND TV SPOTS FOR PHASE ONE METRO HEALTH CONTRACT WITH GIANT NOISE TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY RELEVANT MARKETING STRATEGIES AND DESIGN TO AGAIN, PROMOTE THE CITY'S C OVID 19 PREVENTION MESSAGES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL, UH, METRO HEALTH WILL INITIATE A NEW CONTRACT WITH GIANT NOISE TO CONTINUE THE WHAT WILL IT TAKE CAMPAIGN, CREATING A PHASE TWO APPROACH, MORE FOCUS ON VACCINE MESSAGES. 
          UH, THIS IS, THIS IS A CRITICAL TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT OH, WE'RE PROVIDING CONSISTENT, UH, MESSAGING ON VACCINE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THE CAMPAIGN WILL TARGET OUR MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS AS WE DID IN PHASE ONE, AND WILL CONTINUE TO ALSO TARGET MILLENNIALS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO THE G THE LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITIES AS WELL. 
          AND WORKING WITH THOSE STAKEHOLDERS, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THE MESSAGES ARE RESONATING WITH THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH, UH, THE IMPACT THAT COVID, UM, PANDEMIC IN OUR IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE TOTAL AGREEMENT, UH, AMOUNT FOR THIS, UH, CONTRACT WITH, UH, GIANT NOISE WILL NOT EXCEED $160,040. 
          THE TERM WILL BE FROM FEBRUARY 20TH THROUGH JUNE 20TH OF THIS YEAR. 
          AND THE FUNDING FOR THIS AGREEMENT IS ALLOCATED IN METRO HEALTH F Y 21 GRANTS RELATED TO C OVID 19, AND THERE IS NO IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, AT THIS TIME, METRO HEALTH IS RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL FOR AN AGREEMENT WITH MARKETING VENDOR GIANT NOISE. 
          I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, MESSAGING AND MARKETING MATERIALS THAT WILL BE SHARED WITH, UH, ANY MATERIALS THAT ARE, UH, PRODUCED WILL BE SHARED WITH THE C OVID 19 COMMUNITY RESPONSE EQUITY COALITIONS, UH, EDUCATION WORK GROUP. 
          UH, THIS WORK GROUP HAS BEEN VERY VITAL AND IMPORTANT IN THE MESSAGING AND DESIGN OF MATERIALS IN PHASE ONE. 
          AND WE SEE THEM AS REALLY CRITICAL, UH, IN THE DEVELOPMENT ON, ON ANY INFORMATION THAT WE, UH, PRODUCE FOR PHASE TWO. 
          ANY INFORMATION, UH, THAT IS PRODUCED OUT OF THESE GROUPS WILL THEN BE SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE BEFORE MESSAGING IS SHARED, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO THAT IS, UH, THE BRIEF PRESENTATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY, ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MARIO. 
          I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD HAVE THIS SLIDE THAT SHOWS HOW EFFECTIVE THE SOCIAL MEDIA WAS AND WHAT CHANNELS, UH, REALLY WORKED. 
          I, I THINK THAT IS SO EXCITING. 
          IT'S LITERALLY THE CLOSEST THING WE HAVE TO A RETURN ON INVESTMENT. 
          UH, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU OR JEFF COULD, UH, SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT WITH THE COUNCIL. 
          SURE. 
          COUNCIL, AND LET ME, UH, AND, AND MARIO'S PRESENTATION REALLY WAS TO ADDRESS THE CONTRACT SIDE OF PHASE TWO. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE HAD A VERY THOROUGH CONVERSATION AT CHECK ABOUT THE METRICS FROM PHASE ONE. 
          SO, UM, MY APOLOGIES, I WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT HERE FOR THIS PIECE, BUT, UM, AS A, I'M GONNA TRY TO SEE IF I CAN FIND THE SLIDE WHILE WE'RE TALKING THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. 
          AS A, AS A GENERAL RULE, WHAT WE PRESENTED ON LAST MONTH AT CHECK WAS THE DIGITAL PORTION OF THIS CAMPAIGN, WHICH FROM THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS, WAS ONLY 5% OF THE OVERALL SPEND. 
          IT WAS A $40,000 BUDGET FOR THE DIGITAL PIECE. 
          IT HAD, UM, A MILLION VIDEO VIEWS, A FREQUENCY OF MORE THAN FIVE TIMES PER USER, MEANING THE AVERAGE PERSON SAW THE DIGITAL ADS, UH, MORE THAN FIVE TIMES. 
          IT HAD A TOTAL OF 3.6 MILLION IMPRESSIONS, AND IT HAD A REALLY HIGH ENGAGEMENT RATE OF 31.75%. 
          ALMOST A THIRD OF THE PEOPLE WHO VIEWED ONE OF THE ADS ACTUALLY CLICKED ON IT OR SHARED IT, OR COMMENTED OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. 
          I BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IN TERMS OF THE SLIDES WAS THE SPANISH USAGE, WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY HIGH. 
          IN FACT, WE WERE THRILLED AT THE, AT THE DIGITAL PERFORMANCE OF, UM, THE CAMPAIGN AS IT RELATED TO SPANISH SPEAKERS. 
          AND I THINK THAT WAS A BIG TAKEAWAY FOR US. 
          AND, AND REALLY ACTUALLY, IT'S BEEN REINFORCED THIS WEEK WHEN, UH, TELEVISIONS HAVE BEEN DOWN AND ACCESS TO OTHER PEOPLE FACE-TO-FACE HAS BEEN LIMITED. 
          THE ONE WAY THAT WE'RE, WE'VE, UH, FELT COMFORTABLE TRYING TO GET TO MOST PEOPLE, ASSUMING THEY HAVE CHARGES FOR THEIR PHONES, ARE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND THOSE CHANNELS. 
          UM, THERE WAS, UH, AS I 
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MENTIONED, THAT PRESENTATION WAS REALLY A FOCUS ON DIGITAL. 
          THERE WAS A VERY HEAVY TRADITIONAL MEDIA AND GRASSROOTS PIECE. 
          WE HAD SEVEN DIFFERENT COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS RUNNING ADS. 
          WE HAVE BILLBOARDS ON THE SOUTHEAST AND WEST SIDE. 
          WE HAD GRASSROOTS WORK FROM DOOR HANGERS AND TACO BAGS AND FLYERS AT RESTAURANTS. 
          AND THEN WE HAD, UH, SEVEN DIFFERENT TELEVISION STATIONS IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH. 
          AND WHAT WE COMMITTED TO YOU AT THAT LAST MEETING WAS THAT WITH APPROVAL OF THIS CONTRACT FOR A PHASE TWO, OUR CONSULTANTS WILL GET TO WORK ON DEVELOPING THE NEXT PART OF THE CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON VACCINES. 
          AND WE WILL BE BACK BEFORE CHECK TO LAY OUT THE MEDIA PLAN AND SOME OF THE SPECULATIVE CREATIVE BEFORE WE GO TO MARKET. 
          SO I'LL PAUSE RIGHT THERE AND SEE IF I'M ABLE TO BRING A SLIDE UP WHILE WE'RE TALKING. 
          BUT, UM, I'M, I'M HOPING I'M OKAY. 
          I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA USE SOME FILLER RIGHT NOW. 
          NO, JUST KIDDING. 
          THAT IS, UH, THAT WAS IN, I THINK THAT WAS $40,000, UH, VERY WELL SPENT IN TERMS OF, OF COMMUNICATION. 
          I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT SOME OF, I, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS IMPRESSIONS OR ENGAGEMENT IN THE SPANISH LANGUAGE, WERE 80% OR HIGHER OF WHAT THEY WERE IN ENGLISH, WHICH TO ME MEANS EITHER WE HAVE A VERY LAR WE HAVE A LARGER THAN WE EXPECTED SPANISH LANGUAGE AUDIENCE, OR ARE THIS IS THE WAY TO REACH A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY TO REACH OUR SPANISH LANGUAGE AUDIENCE. 
          AND I THINK IT HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR HOW WE GO FORWARD, NOT ONLY WITH THIS CAMPAIGN, BUT WITH ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO. 
          UH, IT IS, IT IS VERY EASY FOR US TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA PUT UP ENGLISH FIRST AND SPANISH WHEN WE GET AROUND TO IT. 
          AND I THINK WE MAY BE LEAVING TOO MANY PEOPLE BEHIND AT THAT POINT. 
          SO I THINK WE JUST REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT GOING FORWARD, TRYING TO ISSUE BOTH, UM, MORE CLOSER TO, TO THE SAME TIME. 
          SO THAT'S ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS I TOOK FROM THAT MEETING. 
          AND I'LL, I'LL, THAT'S REALLY ALL I'LL SAY, SAY ABOUT, ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION. 
          WE CAN MOVE ON WHEN YOU'RE DONE, JEFF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          I DO HAVE THE SLIDE, UH, OPEN. 
          JOHN, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SHARE IT. 
          THIS WAS FROM OUR, THE, THE, UH, CZECH MEETING. 
          I'LL TRY HERE. 
          UM, CAN YOU ALL SEE THAT? OKAY. 
          UM, SO THIS WAS THE SPANISH ENGLISH, UH, IMPRESSIONS ACROSS THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, THE BLUE BEING SPANISH, THE RED BEING ENGLISH. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE ON FACEBOOK NEARLY A MILLION IMPRESSIONS IN SPANISH, UH, INSTAGRAM, UH, WHAT IS THAT? 350,000. 
          AND YOU SEE YOUTUBE, LINKEDIN, AND, AND TWITTER. 
          UM, UH, A NICE BUMP ON THE SPANISH SIDE TOO. 
          UM, THIS IS, THIS IS IMPRESSIONS, MEANING IT, IT SHOWS UP ON YOUR FEED. 
          UH, THIS DEMONSTRATES TO US THE, THE HEAVY CONSUMPTION OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN SPANISH IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, NUMBER ONE. 
          AND, UH, AS YOU SEE, IT'S, IT'S NOT FAR OFF FROM, FROM ENGLISH. 
          UM, AND, AND NUMBER TWO, UH, YOU MADE THE POINT COUNCILWOMAN, IT'S, UH, IT'S A VERY, VERY COST EFFECTIVE MEDIUM FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF DOLLARS. 
          WE'RE ABLE TO REACH A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHY WE TEND TO PUT SO MUCH EMPHASIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          I'LL, I'LL JUST TAKE 20 MORE SECONDS TO MAKE ONE POINT WHILE, WHILE YOU'VE GIVEN ME THE MIGHT, UM, ALL OF THE INFORMATION WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING OVER THE PAST WEEK RELATED TO THE STORM, EVERYTHING FROM INSURANCE POLICIES TO SCAMS, TO UPDATES FROM SAWS C P S, WE PUT OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. 
          AND I KNOW YOU DO IT VERY WELL, COUNCILMAN, AS, AS DO SOME OF YOUR COLLEAGUES, THAT ANYTIME YOU WANNA PRESENT, UH, PR SHARE UPDATES WITH THE COMMUNITY, WE'VE GOT BITE-SIZED LITTLE PIECES IN SOCIAL MEDIA THAT CAN VERY EASILY BE SHARED AND RETWEETED, UH, AND REACH ALL THE CONS, CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO REACH. 
          SO, I'LL STOP THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MARTHA MARTINEZ WITH GIANT NOISE AND FOR ALL HER WORK. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 18. 
          UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          WE'LL GO NOW TO ITEM 20, 
          [items 20 & 21]
UH, AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME, UH, PRESENTATION AS 21. 
          SO WE'LL JUST, UM, CONSIDER THOSE TOGETHER, I GUESS. 
          ANDY? YES, MAYOR, THIS IS LORI HOUSTON. 
          UM, ITEM 20, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION. 
          IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE TO OUR HUD ACTION PLAN. 
          ITEM 21. 
          UM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT THE SAME PRESENTATION, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION UNLESS REQUESTED, BUT IT JUST NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY SINCE WHAT HAPPENS ON 20 IMPACTS THE FUNDING FOR ITEM 21. 
          SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO SOTO TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE PRESENTATION. 
          IF I MAY, MAYOR, I REQUEST THAT THIS GONNA BE CLOSED, AND I'M NOT REQUESTING A PRESENTATION. 
          UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, I, I REMAIN CONSISTENT IN, 
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UH, THAT THIS ITEM WAS, UH, PULLING $3 MILLION FROM EAP, WHICH WE JUST HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT EARLIER. 
          UH, I JUST WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS. 
          I DON'T REQUIRE A PRESENTATION, UH, BUT RATHER WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, I DID NOT, UH, OR I REMAIN CONSISTENT REGARDING, UH, SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM. 
          SO I WON'T BE SUPPORTING $3 MILLION OUTTA VAP. 
          I DON'T, MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THE CAPTION? UH, YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          ITEM NUMBER 20 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 ACTION PLAN AND BUDGET TO REPROGRAM UP TO $3,401,669 IN HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, HOME FUNDING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AT UP TO $1,144,002 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT, BLOCK GRANT, C D B G FUNDING TO ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, UH, MADAM CLERK, COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GRANT MAYOR, UM, I BELIEVE WE'VE SEEN THIS ITEM, UH, A COUPLE TIMES, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT, IF THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM, UH, 20. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, DID YOU WANNA MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS? OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION TO SECOND FOR APPROVAL. 
          ITEM 20, UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? NA. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO NOW TO ITEM 21. 
          ITEM 21 IS AN ORDINANCE AWARDING UP TO $5,901,669 IN HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, HOME FUNDING, AND $3 MILLION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, C D B G FUNDING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON MOVE. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, SECONDED BY GONZALEZ. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, WE, WE DID, UM, POSTPONE OUR ZONING AGENDA ITEMS. SO THAT'S EVERYTHING ON OUR AGENDA TODAY. 
          UM, ERIC, DO, 
          [23. 21-1662 City Manager's Report]
DO WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, SIR. 
          UH, JUST, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, TODAY. 
          UM, LET ME, UM, LET ME SHARE, AND WE'VE BEEN PUSHING THIS OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, THIS MORNING. 
          THERE ARE, UM, THERE ARE SCAMS ALREADY STARTING. 
          I THINK SOME OF THE COUNCILMAN PLY HAS TALKED ABOUT IT YESTERDAY. 
          UM, THERE IS A, UM, UH, A SCAM REGARDING, UH, TEXAS DISASTER RELIEF. 
          UM, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT, UM, UM, THAT IF YOU GET, UH, IF YOU SEE ANY OF THIS SOCIAL MEDIA WE'VE BEEN PUSHING, UH, OUT, UH, CORRECTIONS AND PROPER INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC, YOU SHOULD NEVER, UH, HAVE TO CALL, UH, THE STATE OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND GIVE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS. 
          SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          UM, AND, AND, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THIS AFTERNOON REGARDING, UM, CONTRACTORS AND ANY POTENTIAL SCAMS WILL BE PUSHED OUT THROUGH D S D THAT HAS ALREADY BEGUN AS WE HAVE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL MEETING THIS MORNING. 
          UM, SECOND, UH, JUST A A, AN UPDATE. 
          I KNOW, UM, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ MENTIONED IT, THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE BY, UM, C UH, C P S WHILE WE WERE IN COUNCIL. 
          THERE'S FOUR MAIN MESSAGES, UM, AND I WANTED TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU AS THEY SHARED WITH ME, UM, THAT, UM, WHILE WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY RESTORED ACROSS SAN ANTONIO OR TEXAS, WE'VE HAD SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OVERNIGHT AND THE NEED FOR STATEWIDE OUTAGES HAS BEEN SUSPENDED. 
          UM, UH, THEY ARE, UH, C P S IS ASKING THAT CONSERVATION REMAIN AT THE TOP, UH, OF EVERYBODY'S, UM, LIST AND THAT, UH, EVERYBODY SHOULD CONTRIBUTE. 
          UH, WE HAVE BEEN PRE, SOME OF YOU, PROBABLY ALL OF YOU PROBABLY GOT THE TEXT MESSAGES, UH, THAT FROM OUR TEXT ALERT SYSTEM, WHERE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON PUSHING THAT MESSAGE OUT IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. 
          UH, UH, AS OF, UH, UM, A LITTLE WHILE AGO, THERE'S STILL 9,000 CUSTOMERS THAT ARE OUT. 
          UM, THOSE ARE PRIMARILY EQUIPMENT RELATED, AND THE C P SS CREWS ARE 
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IN THE FIELD TO CONTINUE TO RESTORE. 
          AND, UH, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES. 
          I DON'T HAVE THE LATEST UPDATE ON SAWS, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS TO YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, WE HAVE BEEN, UH, WORKING SINCE YESTERDAY, UM, UH, AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM, AND WE'LL BE PUSHING OUT MESSAGES TO, UH, THE PUBLIC. 
          UH, I'LL MAKE SURE THIS IS INCLUDED IN YOUR END OF DAY EMAIL. 
          THAT WAY YOU CAN HELP IF YOU GET QUESTIONS. 
          UM, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS OR LICENSED PLUMBERS DO NOT REQUIRE A PERMIT FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS OR FREEZE DAMAGED OR LEAKING WATER PIPES. 
          UM, AND, UM, UH, WE ARE GONNA BE WORKING TO WAIVE ALL, UH, PERMIT FEES FOR EMERGENCY PLUMBING REPAIRS OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. 
          UM, TO MAKE THAT EASIER, UM, PERMITS ARE REQUIRED. 
          UM, SO, BUT, BUT KEY IS, UH, THE REPAIR, ONCE THE REPAIR, UH, OCCURS, WILL HELP FACILITATE THE PERMIT. 
          AND WE WILL NOT BE CHARGING PERMIT FEES THROUGH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, UH, TO MAKE IT EASIER. 
          AND SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS AND THE MESSAGING, I'LL INCLUDE IT IN THE END OF DAY EMAIL TO YOU. 
          UM, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL. 
          UM, WITH THAT MAYOR, UM, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S IT THIS MORNING, THIS AFTERNOON. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          UM, TURN OUT TO SOME COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON, ON THAT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I WANTED TO, UH, I, I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED OUR CONSENT AGENDA, BUT I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON THERE JUST BEFORE WE CLOSED OUT THE MEETING. 
          UH, ONE OF THEM, UH, IS FUNDING THAT WE ARE ACCEPTING FROM THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL OR RAC TO PAY FOR OVERTIME STAFF, UH, FOR TWO SS A P D MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS, OFFICER POSITIONS, AND A SUPERVISOR POSITION. 
          UH, AND THIS IS FOR WHAT THEY CALL THE PROGRAM FOR INTENSIVE CARE COORDINATION, WHICH FOCUSES ON A HUNDRED PEOPLE WHO USE HOSPITAL SERVICES AS WELL AS OUR PD SERVICES MOST FREQUENTLY, UH, BECAUSE OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISES AND THE PICC TEAM, THE PICK IS, AGAIN,  PROGRAM FOR INTENSIVE CARE COORDINATION MEETS WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS, DRAWS UP A CARE PLAN SO THAT THEY ARE NOT IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. 
          AND, UH, AND OUR PD D DOES, D DOESN'T HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND THE HOSPITALS DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THEM IN, BUT, BUT MOSTLY SO THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS CAN LIVE FUNCTIONING HEALTHY LIVES. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO, UH, TO THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT AND TO THE TEAM ATRAC. 
          AND THEN A VERY, UH, VERY SMALL THING. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY A BOND PROJECT. 
          IT'S IN DISTRICT FIVE, BUT IT'S ON THE BORDER WITH DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK GOING ON AT MEMORIAL BRANCH LIBRARY. 
          IT'S THE LIBRARY I WENT TO AS A CHILD, UH, QUITE FREQUENTLY. 
          AND NOT ONLY ARE WE DOING THE, THE BOND PROJECT THERE, BUT, UH, THERE IS A DONATION FROM THE GREASY FOUNDATION FOR THE CHILDREN'S AREA. 
          SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO MORE THAN, UH, THAN WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR IN THE BOND. 
          SO I WANTED TO HAND THANK YOU, THANK THE GREASY FOUNDATION. 
          AND LASTLY, UH, THERE WAS SOME NEWS I WANTED TO SHARE THAT YOU MAY HAVE, HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS. 
          AND, AND I THINK JOHN IS GOING TO SHARE A, AN IMAGE. 
          UM, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS OVERDUE. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO THE JEFFERSON MUSTANGS GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM ON THEIR 27 5 A CHAMPIONSHIP WIN. 
          AND THIS IS THEIR FIRST ADVENTURE INTO THE PLAYOFFS. 
          AND THE JEFFERSON COMMUNITY IS LARGE, LOUD, AND PROUD, AND WE ARE ALL VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU. 
          AND CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH BEN ABDI. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR SANDOVAL. 
          MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER TRAVINO. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, ERIC, UH, FEMA POINTED OUT THEY, THAT THEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTING BLANKETS AND GENERATORS. 
          DO WE KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA BE HELPING OUT WITH WATER TOO, COUNCILMAN? UM, WE, UM, UM, IN TERMS OF ASKING FOR, FOR, UH, FEMA, WE MADE REQUESTS FOR, UM, GENERATORS, UH, COTS, WATER. 
          UM, AND, UH, UNLESS, UNLESS MARIA'S GOT AN UPDATE, I DON'T THINK WE'VE HEARD BACK. 
          UH, I WILL, I WILL ADD IN TERMS OF WATER, UH, AFTER THE MEETING YESTERDAY, UM, BEN AND TROY, UH, WORKED WITH SAWS LAST NIGHT, UH, TO UTILIZE ANY CONTRACTORS 
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WE MAY HAVE TO CONTRACT FOR WATER. 
          UM, AND, AND WE, WE FRANKLY INITIATED THAT, UH, THOSE CONTRACTS THIS MORNING. 
          SO I'LL GET AN UPDATE LATER ON FROM THE STAFF. 
          UM, AND WE WILL, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE UPDATE THE COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ALSO, WOULD D S D CONSIDER SUSPENDING, UH, CODE VIOLATIONS UNTIL PEOPLE HAVE HAD TIME TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE, UH, OF THIS WEATHER EVENT, UH, CONSIDERING MAYBE PUTTING A MORATORIUM ON, ON DEMOLITIONS AND, UH, NON-LIFE THREATENING CODE VIOLATIONS? COUNCILMAN, I, I THINK PROBABLY EVERYTHING'S ON THE TABLE, BUT, UH, I'LL, I'LL ASK MIKE TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          OUR, OUR PRIMARY CONCERN RIGHT NOW WAS PLUMBING, PLUMBING REPAIRS. 
          BUT, BUT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AS JUST A LOT OF FOLKS ARE, UH, REACHING OUT, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL GETTING SOME CODE VIOLATIONS THAT I, AS I'VE SEEN, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NON-LIFE THREATENING. 
          SO I'D LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT ALSO. 
          YEAH, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN. 
          IF YOU'RE GETTING, IF YOU'RE GETTING CONSTITUENTS CALLING YOU ABOUT THE CITY ISSUING CODE COM CODE VIOLATIONS, SEND THEM TO ME, PLEASE. 
          YOU GOT IT. 
          UM, SECONDLY OR THIRDLY, UM, REGARDING, UH, THE, THE PLUMBING ISSUES, UH, I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH, WITH D S D AND, UH, COMMUNICATIONS. 
          UH, I, I THINK THAT THIS IS, THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A, THERE'S A TOOL AVAILABLE TO FOLKS THAT, THAT, UH, CAN HELP BRIDGE THE TIME GAP BETWEEN THE TIME THAT PLUMBERS CAN GET TO THEM AND BE, AND ABLE TO STOP, UH, SERIOUS LEAKS. 
          SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH YOU GUYS. 
          MAYBE WE COULD PUT OUT A VIDEO THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT THERE, THERE IS A, A SIMPLE TOOL THAT, THAT COULD SAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF DAMAGE, AND WE SHOULD PUT SOMETHING OUT. 
          THANKS. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANKS, ERIC. 
          I'LL HAVE MIKE AND, UH, ROD FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PEL. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC, FOR TALKING TO US ABOUT THE, THE SCAM. 
          AND, AND REALLY THIS IS JUST A COMMENT TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          UM, IT IS NOT MY AFFLUENT FAMILIES UP HERE IN THE DOMINION AND IN CROWN RIDGE. 
          WE'RE GONNA GET SCAMMED. 
          THESE, UH, IT IS POOR PEOPLE AND IT IS ELDERLY FOLKS, AND IT IS MINORITIES, AND THAT COMBINATION, ELDERLY, POOR MINORITY, IS A DEADLY COCKTAIL WHEN IT COMES TO SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SCAMS. I'M BEGGING YOU GUYS, PLEASE HELP ERIC, AND PLEASE HELP YOUR, YOUR ELDERLY, POOR MINORITY CONSTITUENTS JUST BY PUTTING SOMETHING UP ON FACEBOOK OR ANNOUNCING IT ON NEXT DOOR. 
          AVOID THE SCAMS. UH, AND ERIC, I, I THINK THERE'S A LIST OF 10, YOU KNOW, ITEMS THAT YOU AND I USUALLY PUT OUT WHENEVER, YOU KNOW, THERE'S HAILSTORMS AND WINDSTORMS AND I, I MEAN, IT, IT, IT, THAT, IT CAN JUST BE, UH, MODIFIED TO, YOU KNOW, UH, TO APPLY TO, TO THIS BLIZZARD. 
          BUT THANK YOU, MIKE. 
          SHANNON HAS A MEMORIZED COUNCILMAN. 
          HE'S ALREADY ON IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, , COUNCIL MEMBER VIA, UH, THANKS MAYOR. 
          SO, UM, ERIC DID C P S IN THEIR, UM, PRESS CONFERENCE, DID THEY MENTION MORE OUTAGES ANTICIPATED TONIGHT? COUNCILMAN? I WAS AT, OR COUNCILWOMAN? I WAS AT THE, UH, I, I WAS HERE AT THE COUNCIL, SO I'M ONLY READING THE SUMMARY VERSION. 
          UM, WE'LL, WE'LL FOLLOW UP. 
          UH, ACTUALLY, JEFF, MAYBE JEFF CAN ANSWER. 
          YEAH, THEY, THEY DIDN'T, UH, TALK ABOUT MORE OUTAGES POSSIBLE, BUT THEY WARNED THAT WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET. 
          UH, I JUST LOOKED AT THE OUTAGE MAP A FEW MINUTES AGO. 
          IT'S DOWN TO ABOUT 6,900 CUSTOMERS RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A GREAT IMPROVEMENT, BUT STILL NEARLY 7,000. 
          UM, AND SO THEY ARE PREACHING, PREACHING, PREACHING, CONSERVATION RIGHT NOW, AND WE'VE PUT A FEW OF THOSE MESSAGES OUT OURSELVES ON OUR VARIOUS CHANNELS TO TRY TO REINFORCE THAT POINT. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT THERE YET. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I THINK ON, ON THAT NOTE, JUST, UM, ANOTHER PLEA TO OUR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, TO, UM, MAYBE HIGH SCHOOL STADIUMS THAT HAVE THEIR LIGHTS ON, UM, ANYTHING THAT ARE AS BIG PUTTING OUT LIGHTS TO POLICE CONSERVE RIGHT NOW AND TONIGHT AS WELL. 
          UH, SO JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE. 
          AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO KNOW, I HAVE SOME ATTORNEYS ON THIS CALL, OR THERE ARE SOME ATTORNEYS ON THIS CALL. 
          WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, CONTACTING PEOPLE'S INSURANCE, HOME INSURANCE, UH, ABOUT SPOILED FOOD AND GETTING CLAIMS ON SPOILED FOOD. 
          CAN SOMEONE BRING CLARITY TO THAT? CAN SOMEBODY SPEAK TO THAT BRING CLARITY? MR. CITY COUNTY? UM, PROBABLY JEFF CAN SPEAK, OR COUNCILMAN, I'LL GIVE YOU THE, UH, THE REAL QUICK OVERVIEW. 
          , IT'LL DEPEND ON THE 
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HOMEOWNER'S POLICY. 
          THERE ARE SOME, UH, POLICIES THAT DOV DO COVER THAT. 
          UH, BUT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE DETAILS IN, IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH IS COVERED AND WHETHER THE DEDUCTIBLE APPLIES TO THAT. 
          SO, UH, THE ANSWER IS YOU NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT YOUR HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE. 
          THAT, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, COUNCILMAN. 
          AND, UH, EACH POLICY IS DIFFERENT, BUT, UM, ALSO EACH, UH, INSURANCE COMPANY HANDLES CLAIMS DIFFERENTLY. 
          AND SO MOST INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT WE'VE COME ACROSS ARE JUST GONNA TAKE YOUR WORD FOR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AMOUNT OF SPOILED FOOD, BUT THERE'S SOME THAT ACTUALLY MIGHT REQUIRE DOCUMENTATION. 
          IT'S JUST DEPENDENT UPON, UH, THE PERSONALITIES AT THE, UH, AT THE INSURANCE COMPANY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK, UM, THAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND A LOT OF MESSAGES ON NEXT DOOR. 
          AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO GET THE WORD OUT. 
          THE WORD IS CHECK YOUR POLICY AND CHECK WITH YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU ERIC AND, AND JEFF FOR THE UPDATES. 
          UM, WE DID RECEIVE THE INFORMATION FROM C P S, AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING THAT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND STAY ASKING THEM TO STAY SAFE AND STAY VIGILANT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET. 
          IT'S STILL SNOWING AT THIS PRESENT TIME. 
          UM, AND SO WE KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN. 
          UM, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR DISTRICT AND TEAM. 
          WE HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT REFUSE TO STAY IN THE HOUSE AND GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO DELIVER WATER. 
          AND THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY CAN GET WATER CASES. 
          THEY'VE BEEN TO THE OFFICE TO PICK UP THE WATER WE'VE HAD AT THE, AT THE OFFICES, AND THEY'RE GETTING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO GET THIS WATER TO THOSE WHO ARE WITHOUT WATER. 
          SO I WANNA THANK MY DISTRICT TWO TEAM, UM, THANK OUR DISTRICT TWO RESIDENTS FOR CONTINUING TO CONTACT US WITH THEIR OUTAGES, UM, AND KEEPING US AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, ERIC. 
          UM, AND MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO THE CALL TO ACTION TO REALLY SPEAK TO GETTING THESE HOUSES THAT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS OLD. 
          WE KNOW WE HAVE ALMOST 70,000 HOUSES IN THE DISTRICT TWO AREA THAT WERE BUILT BETWEEN 1,919 50. 
          UM, AND SO WE KNOW THAT THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE IS OLD, AND WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE AS WE GO FORWARD. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE IS ALSO A SCAM, UH, COUNCILMAN WITH FEMA. 
          UM, THERE IS A MESSAGE THAT IS GOING AROUND STATING THAT FEMA'S PAYING FOR HOTEL ROOMS, AND ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GIVE THEM THEIR, YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, YOUR ADDRESS, YOUR INCOME, UM, AND THEY WILL PROCESS THIS. 
          I HAVE NOT GOTTEN CONFIRMATION, UM, FROM, FROM THE, THE CITY OR, OR ANYWHERE ELSE, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THAT INFORMATION IS OUT THERE. 
          SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE AWARE THAT FEMA, AFTER WE HAVE CONTACTED THEM, SAID THEY ARE NOT DOING THIS AT THIS TIME. 
          SO THAT IS ANOTHER SCAM THAT IS OUT THERE. 
          BUT, UM, JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE AS FAMILIES NEED OUR SUPPORT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE PUTTING THOSE THINGS IN PLACE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, MY, MY ASK IS RELATED TO WHAT WE JUST HEARD JADA MENTION AND WHAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT FEMA. 
          NOW, I KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR DECLARED US A DISASTER AREA. 
          THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE DECLARED US A DISASTER. 
          UH, FEMA'S GETTING INVOLVED. 
          UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR US TO KNOW, UH, WHAT FEMA CAN AND WILL HELP WITH BEYOND WHAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT COTS OR, OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          WILL FEMA BE HELPING, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH OUR CITY-OWNED UTILITIES THAT HAVE SUFFERED, UH, MAJOR PROBLEMS, UH, YOU KNOW, STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, CAUSED US NOT TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THE SERVICES? WILL THEY BE ABLE TO, UH, HELP INDIVIDUALS, AS WE'VE HEARD, WHOSE PIPES HAVE BROKEN, WHOSE HOMES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED, PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD TO, UH, EVACUATE THEIR HOME AND GO TO A HOTEL, PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST FOOD AND NEEDS TO REPLACE THAT? UH, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR US TO KNOW ALL OF THE POSSIBLE THINGS THAT FEMA SAYS THEY CAN AND WILL HELP WITH. 
          AND THEN WHAT STEPS WE NEED TO ADVISE ALL OUR CITIZENS TO TAKE IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, OF THAT KIND OF ASSISTANCE. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SOONER WE CAN GET HOLD OF THAT AND, AND IF WE'VE GOTTA MAKE A STRONG CASE AND WE'VE GOTTA ARGUE WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT WE THINK WE NEED, THEN, YOU KNOW, LET'S DO THAT. 
          BUT, UM, I'D LIKE TO HEAR SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          WE'LL DO THAT. 
          COUNCILMAN, UH, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER . 
          SORRY, ONE MORE THING. 
          I HAD TO, UH, SAY. 
          I HAVE TO THANK, UM, 'CAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN DID 
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IT. 
          I HAVE TO THANK MY DISTRICT THREE TEAM. 
          THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH THE WARMING CENTER. 
          UM, THEY, THEY, THEY PULLED 18 HOUR DAYS, STAYED OVERNIGHT THERE, MAKING SURE WE COULD KEEP IT UP AND RUNNING. 
          OUR TEAMS ARE SO ESSENTIAL FOR MAKING SURE EVERYTHING GETS DONE. 
          SO THANK YOU, AL. 
          THANK YOU, ENRIQUE. 
          THANK YOU REUBEN. 
          THANK YOU EV ALL OF MY TEAM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, COMPLETELY AMAZING AND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO STAYED THERE TOO, TO BE VOLUNTEERS TO, UH, TAKE PEOPLE'S TEMPERATURES AS THEY CAME IN THE WARMING CENTER AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, AND, AND LET ME CLOSE BY, UH, UNDERSCORING SOMETHING YOU SAID EARLIER. 
          UM, IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, THESE NEXT 48 HOURS THAT WE CALL ON EVERYONE TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO SHUT OFF UNNECESSARY, UH, POWERED EQUIPMENT, UH, HOMES, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, SHUT DOWN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND BUSINESSES, UM, WE ALL HAVE TO DO OUR PART TO CONSERVE ENERGY. 
          UH, I THINK WE WERE PLEASANTLY AWOKEN TO, UH, LOWER NUMBERS OF OUTAGES THAN WE ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT. 
          LET'S KEEP THAT MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, UH, AS WE DO OUR PART TO GET EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY BACK ONLINE. 
          SO EVERYONE DOING OUR PART TO CONSERVE AND LET'S, UM, HOPE THE SUN BRINGS MORE POSITIVE CHANGE, UH, FOR ALL OF US. 
          SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR, UH, YOUR PATIENCE AND AND DELIBERATION TODAY. 
          IT'S BEEN A GREAT MEETING. 
          UM, WITH THAT, THAT IS OUR FINAL ITEM, UH, 2:13 PM AND OUR COUNCIL MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. 
          THANKS, EVERYBODY. 
          BE SAFE.
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