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          WHO IS, UH, WHO'S TAKING ROLE? THAT WOULD BE ME. 
          GREAT. 
          HEY, DENISE. 
          HI, CHAIR. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY AND CHAIR TREVINO HERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 
          AND, UH, THE FIRST ITEM 
          [1. 21-2815 Approval of the meeting minutes for the Culture and Neighborhood Services Committee Meeting on March 10, 2021.]
IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. 
          I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION FOR THE MARCH 10TH MINUTES. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          DO WE HAVE A I'LL SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 10TH MINUTES. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THOSE AGAINST. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE ANY 
          [Public Comment (Part 1 of 2)]
PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO. 
          WE HAVE 11, UH, WRITTEN AND TWO, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          OKAY, MS. LUCKEY, WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND GET TO THOSE, UH, WHO ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          ALRIGHT, MS. SANCHEZ, ARE YOU ON? CARLOS, IS MS. SANCHEZ IN THE WAITING ROOM? I'M HERE. 
          I COULD CALL HER AGAIN. 
          SHE SAID I'M HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR. 
          WE CAN HEAR YOU. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          OKAY. 
          THREE MINUTES SPEAK. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO I WANTED TO SPEAK ON A FEW ISSUES. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR POSTING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND RAISING , UH, ON SEVERAL ITEMS, SEVERAL ITEMS. ONE, I WANTED TO DEFINITELY SAY THAT I WAS REVIEWING THE DASHBOARD AS RELATED TO CULTURAL PROGRAMS, AND I ALSO WITH CENTER, AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO YOU IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS OR THE LAST YEAR BY MANY OTHER CULTURAL, UH, CENTERS IN THE CITY. 
          SO, I HOPE THAT IF THIS IS A DASHBOARD THAT YOU REALIZE IT'S VERY LIMITED, AND WE'VE DONE LOTS AND LOTS OF PROGRAMMING EVERY SINGLE WEEK, AND WE REACH OUT TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. 
          SO I HOPE YOU CAN CHANGE OUT THAT DASHBOARD. 
          TWO. 
          UM, I HOPE THAT, UM, YOU REALLY RE CONSIDER INCREASING THE PUBLIC ARTS FUNDING TO FROM THE 1%. 
          IT CURRENTLY STANDS OUT TO THE 2%. 
          I REMEMBER BACK IN THE MID 1990S, ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO, THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO GAVE A, YOU KNOW, SET ASIDE 2% OF PUBLIC ARTS FUNDING, AND WE THEN DECREASED IT. 
          SO NOW WITH THE COVID, UH, REALLY HARMING, UH, OUR BUDGET, IT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO VOTE AND INCREASE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO THAT 2%. 
          UH, THEREBY EMPLOYING ARTISTS WHO ARE REALLY IN NEED OF FUNDING AND, UH, AND REALLY BEAUTIFY THE COMMUNITY, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE ARE UNIQUE IN THAT MANNER. 
          FINALLY, I WANTED TO SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER SIX ABOUT DEMOLITION. 
          WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OUR CONCERN, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT FIVE, THAT THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF DEMOLITIONS TAKE PLACE IN THIS DISTRICT. 
          UM, AND PRIOR TO THAT, THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT TWO WAS SEEING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF DEMOLITIONS. 
          IT'S NOW MOVED TO DISTRICT FIVE AND ONE, IT'S THE INNER CITY THAT'S FINDING MOST OF OUR HOUSING GETTING DEMOLISHED. 
          AND I WANTED TO QUOTE, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE THAT'S BEEN MEETING FOR TWO YEARS. 
          AND WE HAVE A PROGRAM, AND I'M SURE VERONICA, UH, IKA SOTO AND LAURIE HAVE ALREADY TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THAT PROGRAM. 
          BUT WE'RE TALKING AND WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT, UH, TRYING TO STOP, UM, DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE. 
          AND A QUOTE FROM THAT, UM, REPORT SAYS, 
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QUOTE, EVERY WEEK, FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, SAN ANTONIO HAS LOST MORE THAN THREE UNITS OF PRE 1960 HOUSING DUE TO DEMOLITIONS. 
          AND THAT MORE THAN 83% OF THOSE RAISE OF RAISED HOUSING UNITS WERE RENTAL PROPERTIES. 
          THESE DEMOLITIONS REPRESENT A MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO RETAIN AFFORDABLE RENTAL OPPORTUNITY. 
          DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE WHAT IS AFFORDABLE AND KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AND STOP THE ATTACKS OF OUR POOR PEOPLE. 
          AND YOU WILL HEAR FROM ONE OF THEM TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, ELA AMIL. 
          OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AMELIA VALDEZ. 
          UM, MY NAME'S AMELIA VALDEZ, AND I'M A PART OF THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION. 
          HEALING MY TIME FOR ITEM SIX FOR HUMANA LOPEZ. 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          MY NAME IS HUMANA LOPEZ. 
          I'M ALSO HERE WITH MY MOM, LUCIA LOPEZ. 
          ADDRESS IS . 
          UH, MY MOM'S INCOME IS ONLY 2200 A YEAR, AND I'M NOT, END OF, UH, NOVEMBER OF 2019. 
          UH, CO COMPLIANCE CAME OVER AND DEMANDED TO TAKE PHOTOS OF OUR HOME, WHICH I DIDN'T LET 'EM SINCE I WAS NOT OWNER OF THE HOME. 
          SO, SINCE THAT DAY FORWARD, THE CODE COMPLIANCE HAS COME OVER, AND I'VE STARTED TO DEAL WITH A JOSHUA ES AND HE HAS BEEN, BUT BULLYING ME AND, AND BULLYING MY MOTHER AND DEMANDING TO GO INTO OUR HOME, WHICH HE DID WITHOUT ANY AUTHORIZATION. 
          I DID BATTLE THE COURT IN 2020, UH, THIS PAST YEAR, I'M SORRY, FOR A MONTH AND A HALF, BUT TWO DAYS LATER, HE SHOWED UP WITH TWO, THREE OFFICERS AND A WARRANT SAYING THAT HE HAD TO COME INTO THE HOUSE. 
          AND I TOLD HIM THE SITUATION. 
          THERE WAS STILL ONE PERSON IN THE HOUSE WITH COVID. 
          HE DIDN'T ENTER AT THAT TIME. 
          BUT THEN, UH, NOT TOO LONG AGO, UH, MARCH 31ST, HE WAS, HE FINALLY WAS ABLE TO INTO THE, OUR, OUR HOME AND TOOK PHOTOS. 
          AND, UH, PRETTY MUCH TOLD MY MOM THAT THEY WERE GONNA DEMOLISH THEIR HOME. 
          BUT HER HOME IS PERFECTLY FINE. 
          MY MOM AND I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO PACK UP THE LITTLE HOLES AND NICKS THAT IT HAS. 
          OUR PHONE IS, OUR HOME IS STRONG. 
          IT'S STANDING UP. 
          NOTHING WILL KNOCK IT DOWN. 
          I HAVE LIVED THERE 40 YEARS OF MY LIFE. 
          MY SON LIVES THERE. 
          AND THERE'S NO REASON WHY MR. VANS OR ANYBODY FROM THE CITY SHOULD COME AND DEMOLISH OUR HOME JUST BECAUSE IT'S A GOLD MINE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO MAKE MONEY OFF MY MOM'S PROPERTY, WHICH SHE PERFECTLY OWNS AND OWNS NOT ONE PENNY OF PROPERTY TAXES. 
          MY MOM HAS WORKED ON HER LIFE, EVEN FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND I BELIEVE THAT, THAT SHE'S BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOR HER TODAY. 
          THAT HOME IS PERFECTLY FINE. 
          AND WE, WE DON'T DESERVE TO BE HARASSED BY MR. JOSHUA BUDDY INSTEAD TELLING US THAT THE DA, WHICH WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE DA IS, WANTS TO DEMOLISH OUR HOME. 
          YOU CAN'T TAKE SOMETHING AWAY THAT IS OWNED. 
          I'VE BEEN BORN AND RAISED IN THAT AREA, THAT HOME, AND SO ARE MY CHILDREN. 
          SO THIS IS WHERE I'M COMING IN AND FINDING OUT THAT THERE IS NO REASON WHY THE CITY COMPLAINTS FOR WHOEVER WANTS TO COME AND DEMOLISH OUR HOME. 
          MY MOM AND I HAVE DONE WHAT WE COULD TO FIX THE LITTLE LITTLEST THINGS TO SATISFY Y'ALL. 
          AND FOR HIM TO COME TELL US THAT THEY DON'T TAKE A PATCH OF WORK IS THAT'S NONSENSE. 
          BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DID WHAT WE COULD AFFORD. 
          WE, I SURVIVED THIS PANDEMIC SO I CAN GET MY MOM WHERE SHE DESERVE, RESERVES HER HOME. 
          SHE DOESN'T NEED TO BE GOING THROUGH THIS. 
          SHE'S 66, 6 YEARS OLD. 
          SHE DOESN'T NEED TO BE GOING THROUGH THIS HEALTH ISSUE. 
          SHE'S GONNA THE DOCTOR MORE NOW THAN AFTER BECAUSE OF HER ILLNESSES. 
          NOW, ONCE AGAIN, I THANK YOU TO, UM, TO THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL I THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK CHAIR. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM, TESTIMONY. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT, WELL, WELL, WE'LL, WE HAVE, I THINK WE HAVE SOME WRITTEN COMMENTS AS WELL YOU WOULD LIKE, OKAY. 
          BUT IT DOESN'T SAY WE HAVE SIMA COLBIN AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE 
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B H A N A AND THE T ONE NC. 
          I APPRECIATE THE RECENT EFFORTS BEING MADE BY THE N E T TO DO OUTREACH AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY THEY ARE TASKED TO SERVE. 
          ALTHOUGH I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THAT SOME TIME AGO, THE MEETING DECIDED TO CHANGE ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT OFFICERS POSITIONS TO A PUBLIC INFO AND RELATIONS POSITION. 
          AND THAT POSITION IS CURRENTLY VACANT, MEANING A REDUCED STAFF DURING A TIME OF GREAT NEEDS. 
          I AM HOPEFUL THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE N E T STAFF AS IT WORKS TO FULFILL THE ROLE OF OMBUDSMAN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS FOUGHT FOR. 
          UH, DENISE. 
          PARDON ME. 
          UM, WHOEVER DOESN'T, ISN'T, UH, TALKING PLEASE. 
          UH, PLEASE MUTE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR WEBEX. 
          SOME, THE SOUND IS COMING THROUGH. 
          IT'S INTERRUPTING PART OF THIS, UH, READING DENISE. 
          SO I, I APOLOGIZE. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYONE ON THE CALL, DENISE. 
          I THINK IT MIGHT BE IN YOUR OFFICE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT COMMENT. 
          ISM L AND MY PERSONAL NO CAPACITY. 
          AS A SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE UN TIMELINESS OF THE EAP DISTRIBUTION PROCESS. 
          TENANTS ARE GETTING APPROVED FOR EAP, BUT IT IS TAKEN TOO LONG FOR ASSISTANCE TO REACH THE TENANTS. 
          SO LANDLORDS ARE EVICTING TENANTS BEFORE THEY RECEIVE. 
          THEY'RE ALREADY APPROVED MONIES. 
          TENANTS ARE BECOMING DISPLACED, HAVE AN EVICTION CASE ON THEIR RECORD, AND THE LANDLORD, LANDLORD IS PAID FOR A TENANT. 
          THEY DO NOT EVEN HOUSE ANYMORE. 
          THE CITY MUST PAUSE THE EVICTION PROCESS FOR TENANTS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR E A FUNDS AND INSURE IN H SS D ISN'T FINANCING A LANDLORD BAILOUT. 
          NEXT COMMENT IS FROM BENJAMIN . 
          I WANT TO STRESS TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS EMERGENCY ORDERS. 
          AS OF NOW, IT IS UP TO THE LANDLORD TO CALL THE COURT AND HAVE A JUDGMENT AMOUNT ERASED FROM THE TENANT'S RECORD IF THEY RECEIVE DELAYED RENT RELIEF MONEY, BECAUSE THERE IS NO MECHANISM IN PLACE TO STOP THE MONEY ONCE THE TENANT LANDLORD AGREES. 
          IF THE LANDLORD AT LAST GETS MONEY, THE TENANT IS STILL EVICTED. 
          THE C D C MORATORIUM NEEDS TO BE ADVERTISED AND SUSTAINED, OR ELSE TAXES. 
          TEXAS RENT RELIEF IS NOW A LANDLORD PROTECTION PROGRAM. 
          CITY AND STAFF PEACE COURT NEED TO PREVENT THIS. 
          NEXT COMMENT IS FROM COSIMA COL AS THE CO-CHAIR OF THE B H A N A ZONING AND URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE. 
          AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE T ONE N C ONE AND D ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LINEAR CREEK CREEKWAY PARKS ADVISORY BOARD. 
          I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY'S EFFORTS TO GET A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON DEMOLITIONS. 
          THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT ALONG THE WEST SIDE CREEK HAS ADDED TO DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES. 
          AND B BH WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE POTENTIAL DEMOLITION REQUESTS. 
          IT IS A SERIOUS CONCERN IN OUR TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHICAGO. 
          THE COMMUNITY FOUGHT HARD AND WE SUCCESSFUL OR SUCCESSFUL, SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING A DEMOLITION MORATORIUM TO PROVIDE SPACE TO FIGHT GREEN GENTRIFICATION. 
          NOTHING. 
          DENISE. 
          DENISE, I THINK MUTED US. 
          DENISE? YES, CHAIRMAN. 
          I, I JUST MUTED . 
          OH, OKAY. 
          UM, LET, TRY TO GET AHOLD OF HER. 
          UM, WHY, WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? UH, CAN, YOU CAN, UH, LET, LET'S, UH, LET'S SEE ABOUT GETTING THESE, HOW MANY MORE LETTERS DO WE HAVE TO READ? WE HAVE, UH, QUITE A BIT MORE. 
          CAN CAN YOU, UM, SE SEND THEM OVER TO, TO EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER ON, ON THIS COMMITTEE? AND, UH, I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN, 
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UH, TRY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND IF WE CAN, UH, WE'LL GET TO THEM, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. 
          LET'S, LET'S, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN'T GET THIS SHAPED UP. 
          UH, BUT LET, LET'S, WHY DON'T WE MOVE ON TO, TO OUR NEXT ITEM, BECAUSE I, I, I DON'T WANT US TO, TO, UM, TO RUN OUTTA TIME. 
          WE'VE GOT A BIG AGENDA, SO LET'S SEND THOSE TO EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THEN WE'LL, UH, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN'T ADJUST, UH, IN BETWEEN, UH, ONE OF THESE OTHER, UM, UH, ITEMS. SO LET'S GET STARTED. 
          UH, WE'VE, WE HAVE BUMPED, UH, UH, MS, UH, ROCK SITTER FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          UH, LET'S SEE. 
          OH, WELL, WE GOT THE, LET'S, LET'S GO OVER THE DASHBOARD REVIEW 
          [2. 21-2816 Culture and Neighborhood Services Committee Dashboard Overview.]
REAL QUICK. 
          UH, SO CAN WE GO OVER THAT? UH, I THINK, I THINK THAT, UH, EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THEIR DASHBOARD, UH, AS WELL. 
          I WANNA THANK STAFF FOR PUTTING THE DASHBOARD TOGETHER. 
          I ASKED FOR A BRIEFING ON THOSE ITEMS SO THAT WE, UH, AS A COMMITTEE CAN KEEP UP TO DATE WITH HOW WE'RE PROGRESSING TOWARDS SOME OF OUR GOALS, LIKE PLANTING TREES. 
          IT ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK ON RED FLAGS. 
          ONE AREA I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS TREE PLANTING ONLY. 
          UH, FIVE TREES HAVE BEEN PLANTED IN DISTRICT ONE SINCE OCTOBER. 
          UH, SO WHAT HAS PREVENTED MORE TREES FROM BEING PLANTED IN DISTRICT ONE IS, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, UM, DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS? NO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT WHAT WE CAN, WE CAN RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THE TREE PLANTINGS AND DONATIONS OCCUR IN THE SPRING. 
          SO THOSE THINGS ARE JUST ABOUT TO START. 
          AND SO THIS IS ONLY THROUGH MARCH, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN TREE PLANTINGS IN APRIL AND MAY, AND THAT'S WHEN THEY DO THE MAJORITY OF THOSE PLANTINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I MEAN, I, I DO SEE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE WAY BEHIND, UH, AT LEAST IN COMPARISON TO OTHER DISTRICTS. 
          AND I, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UH, THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE MORE. 
          AND I, I WANNA GIVE CREDIT TO ERIC SANDON, WHO IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE, UH, FOR DISTRICT ONE ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, WHO HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR MORE AND MORE TREE PLANTINGS. 
          WE KNOW THE TREE FUND STARTED AFTER THAT TORNADO IN DISTRICT ONE, AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THIS. 
          UM, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE, THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, UH, PROJECTS COMPLETED, UH, AT, YOU KNOW, AT 86%. 
          BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT'S FROM A, FROM A REDUCTION IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PROGRAM ITSELF. 
          UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE THINK THAT WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS SO CRITICAL, UH, AS WE KNOW WITH THE STORM HITTING, UH, THE 81 ROOFS THAT WERE COMPLETED OVER JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WAS JUST IN TIME FOR THAT STORM. 
          SO THAT IS SO, SO IMPORTANT. 
          UH, LAST I WOULD JUST COMMENT, UH, COMMENCE STAFF ON SERVING OVER 371,000 MEALS TO SENIORS OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS. 
          THIS IS TRULY A LIFESAVING SERVICE, AND I'M SURE THE PANDEMIC HAS FORCED STAFF TO BE INNOVATIVE. 
          UM, EVICTIONS AND DEMOLITIONS ARE ON THIS DASHBOARD AND ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN OUR AGENDA TODAY. 
          SO I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS TO THOSE ITEMS. UH, FOR NOW, I'LL KICK IT OVER TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE DASHBOARD. 
          I'LL, UH, I'LL START WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THE DASHBOARD IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE AS A TOOL, UM, TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, WANTING TO KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN ACTIVELY POST ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, OR IS IT A DIFFERENT OUTLINE THAT WE CAN POST ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA TO HELP GUIDE AND EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ON WHAT THIS DASHBOARD ACTUALLY SPEAKS TO. 
          UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE EVICTION UPDATE, THE, UH, EHAB PROGRAM, WHAT IS AVAILABLE, WHAT IS STILL LEFT, AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE TREE, UH, ION AND TREE PLANNING. 
          AND IF WE CAN ADD DATES THAT WE WILL BE ACTUALLY, UH, PUTTING OUT THE TREE, PLANTING, UH, OUR , WHAT YOU PUT IN THE BLUE CART REALLY MATTERS PUTTING OUT, UM, WHEN WE'LL BE ADOPTING THE TREES ALSO. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THIS DASHBOARD MEANS IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. 
          AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE MEAL DISTRIBUTION AS WELL, IF WE COULD PUT DATES AND TIMES ON THERE FOR THE SENIORS. 
          'CAUSE A LOT OF THE SENIORS, UM, IF THEY'RE , JOIN THE RECYCLE MOVEMENT AND REMEMBER THE CORE FOUR, ALRIGHT, CORE FOUR. 
          UM, SO IF, IF WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION OUT SO THAT OUR SENIORS KNOW WHEN, UH, MEAL DISTRIBUTION IS, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT REGISTERED WITH THE SENIOR CENTERS, THEN THEY DON'T KNOW, UH, WHAT'S AVAILABLE. 
          IF THEY'RE NOT REGISTERED WITH MEALS ON WHEELS, HOW CAN WE GET THEM REGISTERED WITH MEALS ON WHEELS? I THINK THAT THIS DASHBOARD CAN HELP US SPEAK TO SOME OF THE AREAS THAT STILL HAVE GAPS. 
          AND SO THAT'S 
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WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE. 
          UM, IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN GET IT AS A PLATFORM TO USE FOR US TO PUT IN NEWSLETTERS FOR US TO PUT ON OUR WEBSITES AND FOR US TO PUT INTO SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MS. ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          UM, JUST A QUESTION ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL PERMITS ISSUED. 
          CAN YOU, UH, ELABORATE ON, IS THIS, IS THIS FOR SUBDIVISIONS? IS THIS FOR, UM, JUST SINGLE RESIDENTIAL PERMITS ISSUED? CAN Y'ALL EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON, ON WHAT THAT IS EXACTLY THE DEFINITION OF IT? I, I CAN JUMP IN ON THAT. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, THIS IS MIKE SHANNON OVER AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          UH, SO THOSE ARE NEW, UH, RESIDENTIAL HOMES. 
          SO SINGLE FAMILY, UH, EITHER ONE OR TWO FAMILY DUPLEXES, UH, THAT'S WHAT THAT NUMBER REPRESENT. 
          OUR GOAL IS 4,200, UH, AND ACTUALLY WE'RE, WE'RE ONCE AGAIN SEEING, UM, STRONG ACTIVITY AND NEW HOME PERMITS BEING APPLIED FOR AND OBTAINED, UH, THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND ON ALL OF THESE, YOU HAVE THEM, UH, WE CAN HAVE THEM BROKEN DOWN FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT AS WELL? UH, YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL BE REQUESTING. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR, THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          YEAH, IT, I DID NOTE THAT THERE SEEMED TO BE, UH, SEVERAL DISTRICTS IN, IN SOME OF THE CHARTS THAT HAD ZEROS, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE WAS, UH, EITHER NO TREES PLANTED OR NO SOMETHING ELSE, LIKE NO NEW ROOF DONE RECENTLY. 
          UH, AND I'M JUST WONDERING, UH, IS, IS THIS DEPENDENT ON OUTREACH BY THE CITY OR IS IT DEPENDENT ON, UH, PEOPLE COMING TO THE CITY AND SAYING, WE WOULD LIKE THIS OR THAT? UH, AND, AND WHAT KIND OF OUTREACH CAN WE DO? UH, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M LOOKING AT TREE ADOPTION, UH, AND IN THREE DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS, UH, I SEE NOTHING PLANTED BY THE CITY. 
          UH, DOES THAT MEAN PEOPLE HAVEN'T COME AND ASKED, OR IS THAT WE'RE NOT REACHING OUT AND ASKING DO THEY NEED THAT? UH, YOU KNOW, AND THERE WERE, THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE OR TWO CHARTS I SAW THAT SEEMED TO HAVE A LOT OF LACK OF, OF, UH, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY EQUITY AMONG ALL THE DISTRICTS. 
          SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT OUR POLICY IS TO, UH, POLICY, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THIS DASHBOARD, UH, IS MEASURING AS MUCH AS IT CAN. 
          ANYBODY HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT? COUNCILMAN, THIS IS LORI. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A MEMBER FROM PARKS AND REC ON THE CALL, BUT WE WILL GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU, UM, IN WRITING AFTER THIS MEETING. 
          AND THEN NEXT WEEK, NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, IF, IF THE COUNCIL MEMBER OR THE CHAIRMAN'S, OKAY, WE WILL HAVE, UM, PARKS AND REC AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED ON THIS, UM, DASHBOARD TO ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS LIVE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          AND UNDER ONE ROOF, I REALIZE WE'RE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION. 
          DISTRICT ATTEND 10, GOT TWO, DISTRICT NINE GOT ONE, DISTRICT EIGHT GOT ZERO, UH, DISTRICT SIX GOT NINE. 
          UH, I'M JUST WONDERING, UH, ARE WE DOING ENOUGH OUTREACH IN ALL OF THESE AREAS? AND I WOULD RECOGNIZE EIGHT, NINE AND 10 ARE, ARE NEWER, SO TO SPEAK, HAVING BEEN AS DEVELOPED OVER AS LONG A PERIOD OF TIME AS SOME OF THE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          BUT, UH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, UH, WE NEED TO DO MORE EDUCATION OR OUTREACH ON SEVERAL OF THESE THINGS SO THAT PEOPLE COME TO US WHO HAVE THESE SITUATIONS. 
          ANYWAY, UH, THAT'S MY COMMENT ON THAT. 
          ALSO, ON THE DASHBOARD ITSELF, I SEE WE HAVE DEMOLITION PERMITS ISSUED. 
          UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS HOW MANY DEMOLITION PERMITS WERE REQUESTED AND HOW MANY WERE ISSUED, BECAUSE I THINK THAT TELLS US A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD AN INTERESTING, UNFORTUNATE, I THINK CALL A FEW MINUTES AGO VERY MUCH RELATED TO THIS COUNCILMAN. 
          AND, UH, YES, WE, WE'VE AGENDIZED THIS ITEM, SO WE'LL BE SPEAKING TO THAT. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          YEAH, SO I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND WE'LL BE SPEAKING TO THAT. 
          THAT'S WHY, UH, MIKE SHANNON'S ON, UH, TODAY, SO, RIGHT. 
          AND, AND I HAVE ONE OTHER THING FOR MIKE, AND THAT IS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TREES PLANTED OR LOOKING AT THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US LOOK AT, UH, VARIANCES, TREE VARIANCES THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, REQUESTED AND GRANTED AS ANOTHER MEASURE TO TRACK ON THIS DASHBOARD. 
          GREAT POINTS, COUNCILMAN. 
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UM, AND, UH, UH, ESPECIALLY REGARDING THE, THE OUTREACH, I DO THINK THAT WE, WE'VE GOT TO DO MORE OUTREACH CITYWIDE, UH, ON ALL OUR PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS AND, UH, AND ALSO WELCOME ANY SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT ELSE WE CAN PUT ON THIS DASHBOARD TRACK. 
          I MEAN, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT TO, WE'VE GOT TO TRACK OUR, OUR PROGRESS AND MEASURE IT. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY, UH, ALL MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED ALREADY BY, BY OTHERS, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD AT THIS POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN . 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU. 
          I DID SEE THE, THE DISTRICT BREAKDOWN. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, CAN WE ALSO PUT IN OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, BECAUSE WE HAVE UNDER ONE ROOF, BUT CAN WE ALSO INCLUDE THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB? UM, JUST WHERE WE ARE, STATUS OF MAYBE HOW MANY ARE ON A WAVE LIST AND HOW MANY WE'VE DONE? POTENTIALLY? YES. 
          WE, WE CAN PUT THAT. 
          WE CAN. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, IS THAT ALL THE COMMENTS? LET'S SEE. 
          I'M LOOKING. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          AND, AND, AND PLEASE, UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE OTHER THINGS ON THIS DASHBOARD OR HOW YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THEM COUNCILORS, PLEASE, UH, FEEL FREE TO SHOOT ME AN EMAIL AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL GET IT OVER TO STAFF. 
          UH, BUT I THINK THIS DASHBOARD TOOL IS, IS VERY HELPFUL, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, ESPECIALLY IN THIS COMMITTEE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, LET'S 
          [3. 21-2567 Policies related to Public Art, Design Enhancement, and Art in Private Development. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Debbie Racca-Sittre, Director]]
MOVE ON TO, UH, POLICIES RELATED TO PUBLIC ART DESIGN ENHANCEMENTS AND ART IN PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, IS THAT DEBBIE? YES, SIR. 
          COUNCILMAN, UH, TINO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE. 
          I'M DEBBIE ROCKIT, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, THIS ITEM IS IN RESPONSE TO THE COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST THAT COUNCILMAN TREVINO INITIATED IN JULY OF 2020, TITLED COMPREHENSIVE WORKS PROGRAM. 
          AND IT INCLUDED THREE KEY INITIATIVES, THE FIRST, UH, ART AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, THE SECOND DESIGN ENHANCEMENT POLICY FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS, AND THEN THIRD, INCREASING THE PERCENT FOR PUBLIC ART FROM 1% TO 2%. 
          THIS C C R WENT TO GOVERNANCE ON THE 16TH, THE 16TH OF SEPTEMBER OF 2020, AND THEN TO THIS COMMITTEE IN, IN OCTOBER OF THE SAME YEAR. 
          SO THIS IS A FOLLOW UP ON THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          I'M GONNA BEGIN WITH ART AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. 
          ART AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT IS A PROPOSAL FOR DEVELOPERS TO INCLUDE ART OR DESIGN ENHANCEMENT IN THEIR PROJECT, OR PAY A FEE IN LIEU OF THE SITE ONSITE ART. 
          OTHER CITIES IN CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, AND VIRGINIA HAVE THESE POLICIES, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          I WANNA SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF THE OXO BUILDING. 
          THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF ART AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, UH, WHERE WE HAVE A PUBLIC ART PIECE IN THE CENTER, AS WELL AS DESIGN ENHANCEMENT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. 
          VERY BEAUTIFUL BUILDING ON BROADWAY GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE ASKS THAT THIS ITEM BE CONSIDERED AS A PART OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT PROCESS, AND IT BE REVIEWED BY THIS COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. 
          SO THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY AWAITING THAT U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS. 
          THE NEXT ITEM ON THE NEXT SLIDE I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THE DESIGN ENHANCEMENT. 
          DESIGN ENHANCEMENT IS WHERE ARTISTS WORK WITH DESIGNERS, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING ORDINARY COMPONENTS MORE BEAUTIFUL, ARTISTIC AND CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT. 
          SO IT CAN BE A FENCE LIKE YOU SEE HERE IN THE PHOTO OR SOMETHING ARTISTICALLY ENHANCING OTHER PROJECT ELEMENTS. 
          ON THE NEXT SLIDE, PUBLIC WORKS HAD IDENTIFIED 19 PILOTS TO, UH, 19 PROJECTS TO PILOT THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN WORKING WITH ARTS AND CULTURE AND PUBLIC WORKS. 
          THREE PROJECTS HAVE STARTED, SIX ARE IN THE PLANNING PHASE, AND 10 ARE UNDER FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS. 
          WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER TO DEVELOP PROJECT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA THAT I WILL GO OVER IN JUST A MOMENT. 
          WE'VE DEVELOPED A PROCESS TO SELECT ARTISTS AND DEVELOP THE CONTRACT AND SCOPE REQUIREMENT FOR ARTISTS, FOR OUR ARTISTS NOT TO HAVE TO BUY EXTENSIVE INSURANCE SINCE THE ARCHITECTS AND THE ENGINEERS ALREADY CARRY THAT INSURANCE. 
          SO I WANNA THANK RISK MANAGEMENT FOR THAT. 
          ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED DESIGN ENHANCEMENT PROJECT ELIGIBILITY 
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CRITERIA. 
          SO WORKING WITH RA'S TEAM, WE LOOKED AT HOW, WHICH PROJECTS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR DESIGN ENHANCEMENT. 
          FIRST, THE PROJECT HAS TO BE VERY EARLY IN THE PLANNING OR DESIGN PHASE. 
          IF IT'S TOO FAR ALONG, IT WOULD NOT BE FEASIBLE TO DO. 
          THE PROJECT NEEDS TO HAVE PUBLIC FACING AND ACCESSIBLE COMPONENTS, AND IT ALSO NEEDS TO HAVE COMPONENTS THAT COULD RECEIVE AN ENHANCEMENT. 
          THE ENHANCEMENT CANNOT REDUCE THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT. 
          SO WE CAN'T MAKE A FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT NOT WORK TO CONTROL FLOODING BECAUSE OF SOME ENHANCEMENT THAT WE DO ENHANCEMENT, AND WE WANNA CONSIDER OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE. 
          SO THESE THINGS, UH, ARE UNDERWAY, AND WE PLAN TO COME BACK EVERY SIX MONTHS AND REPORT TO THIS COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE, I BEGIN TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC ART. 
          PUBLIC ART IS ART IN A PUBLIC PLACE THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHERE THE ART WILL BE PLACED, WHO THE ARTIST WILL BE, WHAT THE INSPIRATION OR THEMES WILL BE FOR THE ART. 
          IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE SAN ANTONIO ARTS COMMISSION, AND IT'S MANAGED BY A PUBLIC ART PROJECT MANAGER, USUALLY PAID WITH PUBLIC FUNDS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          ELIGIBLE FUNDING SOURCES FOR PUBLIC ART UNDER THE CURRENT POLICY IS THAT 1% WOULD BE APPLIED TO ANY APPROPRIATIONS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS CONTAINED IN THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          WITH THE EXCLUSION OF PROJECTS THAT ARE LESS THAN $500,000. 
          THEY'RE ONLY FOR REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION, THEY'RE ONLY FOR DEMOLITION. 
          THEY'RE ONLY TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE WE MIGHT BUY COMPUTERS OR WE MIGHT BUY A FIRE TRUCK. 
          WE WOULD NOT HAVE PUBLIC ART IN THOSE PROJECTS. 
          THE LOW GRADE UTILITIES, UH, WE WOULD NOT WANNA HAVE PUBLIC ART WHERE NO ONE CAN SEE IT. 
          AND MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR PROJECTS ARE NOT INCLUDED AS AN ELIGIBLE FUNDING SOURCE FOR PUBLIC ART. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          PUBLIC ART IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL RESIDENTS. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A TICKET TO COME SEE PUBLIC ART AND IN THE PANDEMIC. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE REALLY ENJOYED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THEY PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH. 
          PEOPLE WANT TO COME SEE PUBLIC ART, AND THEY WANT TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CITY. 
          IT CREATES CULTURAL IDENTITY AND A SENSE OF BELONGING FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND IT ENHANCES CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND CONNECTIVITY. 
          SPECIFICALLY, UH, LOOKING AT OUR RIVERWALK PUBLIC WALK, PUBLIC ART GARDEN CONNECTS WITH ALL OF OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY ASKED A QUESTION OF ME, UH, LAST TIME. 
          UH, HE ASKED IF, WHO ELSE INVESTS IN PUBLIC ART? SO I DID SOME RESEARCH AND WE LOOKED AT, UH, SEVERAL ENTITIES IN THE AREA AND FOUND THAT VIA WAS THE ONLY PUBLIC ENTITY THAT HAS A PUBLIC ART POLICY BESIDES THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          BUT NOT ONLY DO THEY SPEND MONEY ON ART, WHICH IS 1% OF THEIR LOCAL CONSTRUCTION FAIR COUNTY, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE A POLICY, THEY SPEND QUITE A LOT, QUITE A LOT OF MONEY ON PUBLIC ART. 
          THEY HAVE SPENT $2.1 MILLION ON THE SAN PEDRO CREEK CULTURE PARK, PHASE ONE. 
          THAT'S 1.2% OF THE BUDGET OF THAT PHASE ONE OF SAN PEDRO CREEK. 
          THEN I WANTED TO MAKE A NOTABLE MENTION OF SAN ANTONIO RIVER FOUNDATION, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, THEY HAVE SINCE 2003 SPENT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY ON PUBLIC ART, BEAUTIFYING OUR RIVER. 
          ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I HAVE PREVIOUSLY COMPARED OTHER CITIES, PERCENT FOR ART PROGRAMS, AND THIS COMMITTEE ASKED ME TO COME BACK WITH ACTUAL DOLLARS OF THIS, UH, EXPENDITURE. 
          SO AN EXAMPLE, UH, SAN ANTONIO HAS A 1%, AND THAT'S ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR THAT WE SPEND ON PUBLIC ART. 
          THE AMOUNT THAT WE SPEND ON PUBLIC ART IS ABOUT THE SAME AS FORT WORTH SPEND ON PUBLIC ART, AND THEY HAVE A 2% POLICY. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF A GOOD COMPARISON FOR US TO LOOK AT. 
          UH, FORT WORTH, OF COURSE, IS A MUCH SMALLER CITY THAN OURS. 
          UH, AND THEN DIFFERENT SIZES OF DIFFERENT CITIES HAVE DIFFERENT, UH, DOLLAR FIGURES ASSIGNED TO THEM, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A GOOD COMPARISON OF WHAT ACTUAL DOLLARS THAT REALLY IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BOND AND, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE HAD FELT LIKE THIS CONVERSATION NEEDED TO HAPPEN A LITTLE BIT LATER. 
          SO WE WAITED SIX MONTHS TO COME BACK, BUT, UH, I KNOW RAZZIE IS WORKING ON PREPARING FOR THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. 
          JUST TO GO BACK AND LOOK 
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AT THE 2017 BOND, THERE WAS A $850 MILLION TOTAL INVESTMENT. 
          PUBLIC ART GOT 8.3 MILLION OF THAT, UH, 1% WAS NOT INCLUDED IN PROPOSITION SIX, WHICH WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT. 
          BUT WE HAVE OTHER FUNDS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO PUBLIC ART IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM THAT ARE NOT BOND MONEY. 
          THE GREENWAY TRAILS AVIATION PROJECTS, CITY HALL AND CITY TOWER, UH, ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT HAVE PUBLIC ART BUDGETS WITHIN THEM. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND COUNCILWOMAN  ASKED THIS WONDERFUL QUESTION OF, WELL, WELL, WHERE DO, WHAT, WHAT DOES OUR INVENTORY LOOK LIKE? WHERE IS ALL OF OUR PUBLIC ART? SO WE HAVE THIS DASHBOARD MAP ON OUR WEBSITE AND IT, AND IT APPEARS THAT A LOT OF OUR PUBLIC ART IS CLUSTERED DOWNTOWN. 
          PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE SOME BIG COLLECTIONS IN THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT HAS MULTIPLE PIECES INSIDE THAT ARE ALSO COUNTED AS A PART OF OUR PUBLIC ART COLLECTION. 
          WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC ART COLLECTIONS IN THE LIBRARY AND WITHIN SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS. 
          SO IT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THERE'S MORE, UH, THAT'S PART OF THOSE 600 PLUS PIECES THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO WE SPEND ABOUT HALF OF OUR MONEY SINCE 2012 FOR PUBLIC ARTS. 
          CITYWIDE AND CITYWIDE WOULD BE THINGS LIKE CITY HALL AND CITY TOWER, BUT ALSO THE AIRPORT IS CONSIDERED CITYWIDE AS WELL. 
          A LOT OF OUR INVESTMENT HAS BEEN, UH, YOU CAN SEE IN THE CHART, DISTRICT ONE HAS THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR NON-CITY WIDE PROJECTS. 
          UH, THEN THE NEXT ONE IS DISTRICT SEVEN AND FIVE, UH, WITH DISTRICTS 2, 3, 4, AND EIGHT HAVING APPROXIMATELY $700,000 IN INVESTMENTS SINCE 2012. 
          AND DISTRICT SIX, NINE AND 10 ARE AROUND HALF A MILLION. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          WHEN WE PLAN FOR THE 2022 BOND PUBLIC ART, WE WOULD BE FOLLOWING THE BOND GUIDING PRINCIPLES SET BY CITY COUNCIL. 
          PUBLIC ART FUNDING CAN ONLY BE INCLUDED IN CAPITAL PROJECT PROPOSITIONS. 
          SO IF THE VOTERS APPROVE OTHER PROPOSITIONS FOR OTHER TYPES OF USES, LIKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FOR INSTANCE, UH, WE WOULD NOT HAVE A PERCENT FOR ART WITHIN THOSE PROPOSITIONS. 
          IT WOULD ONLY BE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND CURRENT. 
          AND OUR, OUR RULES ARE THAT PUBLIC ART PROJECTS HAVE TO CONNECT TO A PUBLIC WORK CAPITAL PROJECT. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THIS PHOTO HERE IS OF SOME ARTWORK AT COMANCHE LOOKOUT PARK. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO INCLUDE COMANCHE LOOKOUT PARK BECAUSE IT WAS LISTED ACTUALLY IN THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          BUT WE CAN'T JUST RANDOMLY PICK A PART TO DO PUBLIC ART. 
          IT HAS TO HAVE A PROJECT WITHIN THE BOND THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS WORKING ON IN ORDER FOR US TO WORK ON THEM. 
          WE ALSO WOULD TAKE ALL THOSE PROJECTS AND GET COMMUNITY INPUT FOR PRIORITIES FOR THESE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS TO GET PUBLIC ART. 
          SO WHERE WOULD THEY LIKE TO SEE IT? BUT LOOKING AT THAT DATA FROM LAST, THE LAST SLIDE I SHOWED YOU, WE WANT TO FOCUS ON COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT ARE UNDERSERVED AND UNDER INVESTED TO TRY TO LEVEL IT OUT. 
          AND WE STILL WANT TO CONNECT THE RIVERWALK PUBLIC ART GARDEN THROUGH TEMPORARY PLACEMENTS REPRESENTING THOSE DISTRICT PROJECTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE RECOMMEND TO THE PUBLIC ART POLICY WOULD BE TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS FROM 1% TO 2% OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE TIF COLLECTION. 
          CLARIFY THE DEFINITIONS OF ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. 
          IT WOULDN'T HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE, BUT IT WOULD JUST BE SOME VERBIAGE CHANGES. 
          UPDATING THE NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE ARTS COMMISSION. 
          WE HAVE SOME OLD DEPARTMENT NAMES, UH, ON BOOKS RIGHT NOW. 
          WE WOULD STREAMLINE PROCEDURES AND PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND EQUITY AND CREATE A CANVASSING PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY ART ON CITY PROPERTY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, PLEASE. 
          IN SUMMARY, UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THAT ART AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT WOULD FOLLOW THE U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS. 
          SO THERE'S NO ACTION NEEDED TODAY, DESIGN ENHANCEMENT. 
          WE WANNA CONTINUE TO PILOT AND REPORT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND THE 2% FOR PUBLIC ART. 
          WE RECOMMEND ADVANCE TO B SESSION FOR FULL DISCUSSION BY FULL CITY COUNCIL AND WOULD NEED A MOTION FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO, TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. 
          THANK YOU, DEBBIE. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL GET RIGHT TO, UH, COUNCIL, UH, DISCUSSION. 
          WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, DEBBIE, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT, UH, COMPARISON PAGE AGAIN WITH THE, WITH THE NUMBERS IN DIFFERENT CITIES? 
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SLIDE 11, I THINK IT'S THE, THE, THE DIFFERENT CITIES. 
          IT IS THE ONE BEFORE THAT. 
          THAT ONE? YES. 
          YEAH, THERE YOU GO. 
          UM, LOOK, I, I'M ALL FOR PUBLIC ART. 
          I THINK WE MADE SOME GREAT PROGRESS HERE IN DISTRICT 10, ALTHOUGH WE ARE ONE OF THE LOWER FUNDED DISTRICTS ACROSS THE CITY, BUT I, I, I JUST, I, I CAN'T SUPPORT INCREASING THIS TO 2%. 
          AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE WHERE, WHERE OUR PRIORITY SHOULD BE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE ALREADY HAVE, AND, AND I'VE STATED THIS BEFORE, A $3 BILLION BACKLOG IN REQUIREMENTS THAT THIS CITY HAS, WHETHER IT'S FOR PARKS, WHETHER IT'S FOR SIDEWALKS, WHETHER IT'S FOR STREETS, F STREETS, OVER 400 MILES WORTH OF F STREETS. 
          WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY DOING IS TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM THOSE CRITICAL AREAS THAT BY CHARTER, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYWHERE IN THE CHARTER, AT LEAST, I DON'T KNOW OF WHERE IT SAYS THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ART, BUT WE'RE DOING IT 1% OF OUR CAPITAL COSTS. 
          UH, WHICH I THINK LOOKING AT THIS CHART IS PLENTY IN LINE WITH THESE OTHER CITIES. 
          WE'RE NOT THE HIGHEST, WE'RE NOT THE LOWEST, BUT I, I THINK WE'RE GETTING, GETTING PLENTY OF PUBLIC ART FUNDING RIGHT NOW, WHERE WE'RE AT, AT 1%. 
          IF WE, PEOPLE HAVE TO REALIZE HERE THAT THE HIGHER THAT IS, THE LESS WE HAVE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WE, THAT WE'RE BEHIND ON. 
          I KEEP LOOKING AT THAT OVER $3 BILLION PRICE TAG. 
          WHERE ARE WE GONNA GET THAT MONEY FROM? HOW ARE WE GONNA RECOVER? HOW ARE WE, HOW ARE WE GONNA PAY FOR THAT, FOR THAT BILL? AND THAT BILL HAS TO BE PAID AT SOME POINT, BECAUSE OVER TIME, THE LESS AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU'RE PUTTING TOWARDS IT, THE BIGGER THAT BILL IS GONNA GROW. 
          WE CAN'T PRINT MONEY. 
          WE CAN'T RUN A DEFICIT HERE IN THIS CITY. 
          WE HAVE TO HAVE A BA BALANCED BUDGET. 
          WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TOLD THAT OUR BOND IS GONNA BE SMALLER THAN IT WAS LAST TIME. 
          LAST TIME WAS OVER 80, $50 MILLION. 
          WE'RE HEARING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 650 TO $700 MILLION FOR THIS NEXT BOND. 
          THAT HOW MANY YEARS IF WE, IF WE JUST STRICTLY WENT TO THAT, THAT BILL THAT WE HAVE HANGING OUT THERE, HOW MANY YEARS WOULD IT TAKE TO CATCH UP OR EVEN GET HALF OF THAT BILL PAID? HOW MANY BOND CYCLES DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND OH, BY WHAT, BY THE WAY, THAT BILL WILL KEEP GETTING BIGGER EVERY YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PUTTING ENOUGH MONEY TOWARDS OUR CORE REQUIREMENTS HERE IN THIS CITY. 
          YES. 
          THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. 
          THIS IS GREAT. 
          YOU ASK SOMEBODY IF THEY WANT TO SIT, HAVE PUBLIC ART. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          YOU TELL 'EM, WELL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE LESS IN STREET REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE, OR YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THAT FLOODING A LITTLE BIT LONGER. 
          OR WE CAN'T EXTEND OR MAKE YOUR STREET WIDER. 
          THEN THEY THINK ABOUT IT AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER HAVE GOOD STREETS, OR I DON'T WANT MY PROPERTY TO FLOOD. 
          UH, YEAH, WE WILL HAVE TO PUT THAT OFF TO LATER DATE OR PUT IT ON THE BACK BURNER UNTIL WE CAN GET OUT OF THIS DEFICIT A LITTLE BIT. 
          I'M JUST, I'M SORRY. 
          I CAN'T, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART, WE'RE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE, ACTUALLY, A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT. 
          WHAT MORE DO WE WANT? I MEAN, YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO SPEND ALL OF OUR MONEY ON, ON ART, MAKE THIS CITY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY IN THE WORLD. 
          WELL, I DON'T THINK WE COULD GET THERE BECAUSE I THINK, UH, CUTTER IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY IN THE WORLD, ARCHITECTURALLY WISE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE OIL RESOURCES TO PAY FOR IT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO, FOLKS, IS HOW ARE WE GONNA PAY FOR THIS? YES. 
          ADD, ADD ANOTHER 1%. 
          WELL, THAT'S JUST LESS MONEY FOR OUR CORE REQUIREMENTS THAT THIS CITY CHARTER LAID OUT FOR US. 
          SO I, I'M SORRY, I , SIR. 
          I JUST, I CAN'T SUPPORT GIVING ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UM, OUT OF OUR ANNUAL, ANNUAL BUDGET THAT WOULD PUT US AT WOW, THAT WOULD PUT US, THAT WOULD PUT US ALMOST AS MUCH AS CHICAGO IS PUTTING IN. 
          I, I'M SORRY. 
          I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GO THERE. 
          UH, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA GET OFF MY, MY SOAPBOX AND, UH, SEE WHAT THE REST OF Y'ALL HAVE TO SAY, BUT I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          APPRECIATE 
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IT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          I WAS WONDERING WHAT YOU WERE SITTING ON. 
          UH, UM, ALRIGHT. 
          WE'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY I AGREE SOMEWHAT WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN PERRY'S BEEN SAYING. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PRIORITIES. 
          I THINK, UH, 2% IS TOO BIG OF A STEP, A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS BEFORE B SESSION DISCUSSION. 
          I'M INCLINED TO SEE SOME KIND OF A, A POSSIBLE INCREASE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT NOT ONLY WHAT OUR NEXT BOND ISSUE, BUT MAY, MAY BE, BUT WHAT OUR NEXT CITY BUDGET IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE TOO. 
          UH, SO, UH, I THINK CONCEPTUALLY, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US INCREASE WHAT WE'RE DOING IN PUBLIC ART. 
          UH, BUT, UH, I'M NOT READY TO, TO BUY IN FOR A 2% INCREASE. 
          AND, UH, WE'LL SEE WHAT, WHAT ELSE, UH, WE HEAR IN THE WAY OF BUDGETARY MATTERS GOING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHAIR. 
          CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I SEE THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAD DEBBIE, OF US, UH, COMPARING WITH OTHER CITIES. 
          AND I THINK, UM, FOR US, FOR SAN ANTONIO, WE'RE, UH, AS ALL OUR, ALL CITIES ARE. 
          I MEAN, SAN ANTONIO IS A VERY UNIQUE CITY WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT STORIES TO TELL AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES IN ORDER TO, UM, TELL OUR STORIES. 
          AND PUBLIC ART IS ONE OF THE ONE WAYS THAT WE CAN DO IT. 
          AND THE PARTNERSHIP, UM, I WOULD SAY PUBLIC ART, BUT IN THAT I WOULD ALSO INCORPORATE THE LITERARY ARTS, ET CETERA. 
          UM, AND I THINK IT IS ALSO YOUR JOB, DEBBIE AND WITH RAZZIE TO FIND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS OF HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THE PUBLIC ART INTO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. 
          AND I THINK YOU'VE DONE THAT, UM, FOR MANY YEARS NOW. 
          BUT I THINK ANOTHER CREATIVE SOLUTION IS TO FIND OUT HOW WE CAN ALSO INCREASE THAT PUBLIC ART FUNDING. 
          IF IT'S NOT THE 2%, THEN IT MAY BE IS, UM, ANOTHER STEP UP POINT OF A PERCENTAGE OR A HALF A PERCENT OR SOMETHING, UH, FORWARD. 
          BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE AN EITHER OR. 
          EITHER WE GET ANOTHER PERCENT, OR WE DON'T, OR WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE OR HAVE PUBLIC ART. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CHOICE HERE. 
          IT'S, AND IT'S NOT EITHER OR. 
          IT'S BOTH OF IT'S BOTH CAN, I THINK, LIVE TOGETHER IN THIS. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE KIND OF CREATIVE SOLUTION I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, AS WE MOVE THIS FORWARD. 
          AND I THINK, UM, HAVING THE CONVERSATION AT THE U D C LEVEL IS A GREAT IDEA, BUT I THOUGHT, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION AT B SESSION TOGETHER AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS WE DO PREPARE, OR AS YOU ALL DO, PREPARE FOR THE NEXT BUDGET COMING UP, THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE COMING UP. 
          UM, AND THE NEXT BOND PROJECT COMING UP TO REALLY HAVE AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, PUBLIC ART AND WHERE IT DOES NEED TO GO AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND LET THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALSO GIVE VOICE TO WHAT PUBLIC ART CAN BE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO WE HAVE IT ALSO SPREAD OUT OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND OUTSIDE OF THE INNER CORE, BUT THAT IT CAN ALSO BE IMPLEMENTED AND INTEGRATED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO THE NEIGHBORHOODS CAN HAVE, CAN HAVE PUBLIC ART THAT TELLS THEIR STORY, UM, THAT IS UNIQUE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO I, I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT. 
          AND I DO THINK THIS DOES WARRANT A CONVERSATION AT B SESSION, UM, TO HAVE A HARD LOOK AT REALITY OF WHAT DOES OUR CITY BUDGET LOOK LIKE COMING UP? WHAT, UM, WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR THE BOND, ET CETERA. 
          UM, SO I THINK THIS ALL WARRANTS A LARGER CONVERSATION THAN THE JUSTICE COMMITTEE, AND THAT'S WHY, UM, CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, MOVE THIS INCREASE IN OUR BUDGET TO A B SESSION. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MEMBER. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU DEBBIE FOR THIS. 
          I KNOW THAT I JUST WANNA THANK THE ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC ART AND HOW YOU HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PORTION OF THIS, ESPECIALLY HERE IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK. 
          WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GOOD SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT DOES PUBLIC ART LOOK LIKE AND HOW DO YOU SPEAK TO THE THEME OF PUBLIC ART WHEN IT COMES TO A COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, UM, THERE AT THE ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT. 
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UM, THE NEXT QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, HOW MANY ADDITIONAL PROJECTS WOULD THIS BE ABLE TO FACILITATE WITH A 2%, UM, UH, INCREASE OR A 1% INCREASE TO 2%? THANK YOU COUNCILMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, YES, WE, WE LOVE DOING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN ALL THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND LEARNING WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE. 
          UM, YOUR QUESTION OF WHAT, HOW MANY MORE PROJECTS IT WOULD BE, REALLY DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE BOND AND HOW MUCH OF THAT MONEY IS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, UH, AND THEN THE FUTURE BUDGETS MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO WE THINK IT'S DOUBLING, BUT IF THE BOND IS SMALLER AND, AND THE CAPITAL PRO PROGRAM IS SMALLER NEXT YEAR, IT, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE MEAN DOUBLE THE DOLLARS OR DOUBLE THE PROJECT. 
          SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DEPENDENT ON THE BUDGET ANNUALLY AND THE BOND SPECIFICALLY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE COULD FACILITATE TO, UH, THE, THE PROJECT OR THE 2% INCREASE, BECAUSE WE SEE RIGHT NOW IT'S 2.5 MILLION. 
          SO WE CAN'T NORMALLY SAY THAT IF WE TAKE IT UP TO 2% IS GONNA ACTUALLY TRIPLE OR DOUBLE. 
          IT MAY NOT DOUBLE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IF OUR FUNDS THAT WE INVEST IN OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM AREN'T TWICE AS MUCH OR AREN'T THE SAME LEVEL THAT THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          SO, UH, WE DON'T KNOW YET. 
          WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET. 
          BUT OUR INTENT WOULD BE TO LOOK AT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE BOND THAT CITY COUNCIL SETS, AND THAT WE WOULD THEN FOLLOW THOSE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TRY TO DO AS MANY PROJECTS AND EMPLOY AS MANY ARTISTS AS WE POSSIBLY COULD MOVING FORWARD, WHICH WE WOULD CONTINUE TO DO NOW, BUT WITH MORE MONEY, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SERVE A MORE LARGER PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO WITH THIS BOND, WE KNOW THAT IT IS A CITYWIDE BOND AND IT TOUCHES EVERY ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY I AM SUPPORTING THIS MOVING TO A B SESSION BECAUSE I THINK HAVING THE VOICE OF THOSE WHO REPRESENT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO REPRESENT THEIR DISTRICT NEED TO SEE WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THEM AND HOW DOES THIS LOOK IF WE DO MOVE IT FORWARD? AND SO, UM, I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC ART BECAUSE WE KNOW IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. 
          AND WE KNOW A LOT OF OUR YOUTH HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE PUBLIC ART CONVERSATION AS WELL. 
          AND WITH SCHOOLS BEING OUT, A LOT OF ARTS HAVE JUST BEEN KIND OF, UH, DISSOLVED AND NOT BROUGHT BACK INTO THE PROCESS. 
          AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THE REST OF OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE TO SAY ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN, AND THEN ALSO WHAT THE AMENDMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE UNDER THE U D C. 
          UM, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BERG. 
          UH, LET'S SEE. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHO RANG IN FIRST, BUT I'LL JUST TAKE IT KIND OF AN OPPOSITE ORDER. 
          GO STARTING WITH COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS AGAIN, CHAIR. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF, UH, THE PRESENTATION, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ART AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND I, I NEGLECTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT. 
          I RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF TRYING TO GET DEVELOPERS TO INCORPORATE ART ON THEIR OWN, UH, IN PROJECTS THAT THEY MAY BRING FORWARD TO THE CITY. 
          UH, AND, UH, ANY KIND OF DESIGN ENHANCEMENT THAT WOULD ADD ARTISTIC VALUE TO A PROJECT, I THINK IS VERY WORTHWHILE. 
          I, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH SAYING, UH, THAT SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T PROVI PROVIDE THAT WOULD PAY A FEE IN LIEU OF ONSITE ART. 
          BUT I'M WONDERING IF, UH, ON, ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT, UH, RFPS THAT GO OUT TO THE, UH, FORBID THAT WE COULDN'T, UH, ADD EXTRA POINTS LIKE WE DO FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES OR SMALL BUSINESSES OR THINGS LIKE THAT TO PROVIDE AN INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO INCLUDE ART IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. 
          SO I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INCENTIVIZING, UH, ART IN PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          BOY, YOU KIND OF BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH THERE, SIR. 
          THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE, I, I ALSO ADDRESSED ONLY THE, UH, UH, THE CAPITAL CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM THROUGH THE BOND AND YEARLY BUDGET. 
          BUT I ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS, ABOUT ADDING IT TO REQUIREMENTS OF, UH, PRIVATE DEVELOPERS OR EVEN, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS, 
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THAT KIND OF THING THROUGH THE U D C. 
          AGAIN, ABSOLUTELY NOT THAT ADDITIONAL COST. 
          WHERE'S THAT GONNA GO AT THE END OF THE DAY, NO MATTER IF WE INCENTIVIZE OR WHATEVER, WHAT, WHERE'S THAT ADDITIONAL COST GONNA GO? WELL, IT'S GONNA GO TO EVERYBODY THAT USES THAT STORE, OR THAT RENTS A HOUSE OR, OR BUYS A HOUSE. 
          ALL OF THAT STUFF IS GONNA BE ADDED TO THE COST. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, AGAIN, WE TALK LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSES, HOUSING, WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND HERE ON THE OTHER HAND, WE'RE SAYING, WELL, YEAH, WE SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT WOW, THIS DEVELOPER NEEDS TO ADD X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS INTO THAT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY INCREASE THE PRICE OF HOUSING. 
          I THINK IT WAS JEAN DAWSON OR SOMEONE THAT CAME UP WITH A STUDY THAT OUR U D C REQUIREMENTS RIGHT NOW, AS IT STANDS, COSTS AN ADDITIONAL $25,000 PER HOUSE THAT WE'VE LEVIED, LEVIED ON DEVELOPERS THROUGH THE CITY ACTIONS HERE IN TOWN. 
          I, I THINK THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND SAY, DO WE REALLY NEED TO ADD THAT TO THE COST OF A DEVELOPMENT OR TO THE COST OF A HOUSE? UH, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST JUST LOOKING AT ONE, ONE SEGMENT HERE OF PUBLIC ART. 
          WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE WHOLE PICTURE OF WHAT IS THAT, WHAT IS THAT GONNA DO TO THE OVERALL COST OF OUR BOND PROGRAM? WHAT IS THAT GONNA DO TO THE COST OF A HOUSE OR A BUILDING? AND I KEEP ASKING THIS QUESTION, UM, TO PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING TO SAN ANTONIO, WHY ARE PEOPLE MOVING TO SAN ANTONIO? WELL, IT'S ECONOMICAL HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE ANSWER. 
          IT'S ECONOMICAL AND THERE'S, UH, THE JOB MARKET. 
          SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE, WE'RE ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN THE US BUT YET WE KEEP ADDING MORE AND MORE ONTO THE COST OF ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE DRIVING OURSELVES OUTTA THAT MARKET. 
          I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD THING. 
          MAYBE THAT WILL SLOW THE INCOME, THE, THE PACE OF PEOPLE COMING INTO THIS CITY. 
          MAYBE THEY'LL SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, SAN ANTONIO'S BECOMING TOO EXPENSIVE. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA GO THERE ANYMORE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A RIPPLE EFFECT HERE, FOLKS, AND WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT WHERE ARE OUR PRIORITIES AND HOW, HOW EXPENSIVE DO WE WANNA MAKE THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO BE LIVED IN? ALL RIGHT. 
          I JUST HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT SIDE OF IT. 
          ALSO, I DON'T WANNA ADD ANY MORE TO THE U D C ON A COST DEVELOPMENT. 
          FULL STOP. 
          THANK, THANK YOU, COUNCIL. 
          THANKS FOR FOLLOWING MY LEAD, COUNCILMAN. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT ALL. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UH, ONE QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK DEBBIE. 
          HAVE WE LOOKED AT ANY ENDOWMENTS OR ANY, UM, PHILANTHROPIC ART FOUNDATIONS THAT COULD HELP US SPEAK TO THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OR HELP US WITH FINDING ADDITIONAL, UM, ART MONEY THAT COULD GO INTO THESE PARTICULAR, UM, ARTISTS THAT ARE DOING THE WORK? THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          UH, YES. 
          WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, N E A AND WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT OTHER FOUNDATIONS. 
          HOWEVER, OUR STANCE HAS BEEN TO HAVE OUR ARTS AGENCIES APPLY FOR THOSE GRANTS AND DISTRIBUTE THOSE, AND FOR THE MONEY TO GO THROUGH OUR NONPROFITS RATHER THAN THE CITY BEING, UH, IN THE MIDDLE AND RE-GRANTING THOSE THINGS. 
          THAT, THAT HAS BEEN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. 
          UH, WE, WE HAD PREVIOUSLY APPLIED WHEN THERE WERE PROJECTS LIKE WITH BLOOMBERG, UH, FOUNDATION WHERE THE CITY HAS TO BE A PARTNER. 
          UM, AND, AND WHENEVER THE CITY HAS TO BE A PARTNER, WE APPLY. 
          BUT WE DO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES AND WE DO LET OUR AGENCIES KNOW ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY. 
          AND THEY'VE BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. 
          AND I CAN GET A LIST OF THOSE IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO, TO FOLLOW UP ON. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND, UH, I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP THE COMMENTS ON THIS 'CAUSE WE'VE STILL GOT A, A LONG AGENDA. 
          UM, BUT I, I'LL START OFF BY, BY SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT I DO KNOW, UH, THAT THAT IS GOING ON IN OUR CITY. 
          UH, WHAT I KNOW IS, UH, IN, IN PUSHING FOR, FOR MORE FUNDING, UH, FOR THE ARTS, FOR PUBLIC ART IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON, UH, IS FOR US TO HAVE A BROADER DISCUSSION AT B SESSION, AS YOU POINTED OUT, BECAUSE WE AGREE THAT, UH, AT THE LAST, AT THE LAST BOND, AFTER OUR LAST BOND, UH, 
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ELECTION, WE KNOW THAT, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS WANT ART CLOSER TO THEM. 
          WE WANNA BRING THIS CLOSER TO, TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          IT, IT IS, IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK EVERYBODY DESERVES, NOT JUST ONE PART OF TOWN. 
          AND IT, IT IS, IS, UH, ALSO HELPS WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR ARTISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT BIND. 
          UH, THAT DIFFICULTY STEMS FROM THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SEEN REDUCED REVENUES AS A CITY, UH, AND WE WANT TO HELP, UH, ARTISTS THAT, THAT ARE STRUGGLING, UH, TO, TO GET COMMISSIONED WORK. 
          UH, THIS HELPS WITH THAT. 
          UH, I DO BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT PUBLIC ART IS PART OF AN INFRASTRUCTURE BOND LIKE THIS ONE IS BECAUSE IN AND ITSELF IS INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UH, THAT, THAT INFRASTRUCTURE HELPS TO PROVIDE, UH, A QUALITY OF LIFE THAT I THINK BELONGS IN EVERY CORNER OF OUR CITY. 
          THAT HELPS INSPIRE, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR US TO HAVE SMART GROWTH, GOOD PLANNING, AND ULTIMATELY A, A PLACE THAT THAT IS ENJOYABLE TO LIVE NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF TOWN YOU LIVE ON. 
          SO I DO THINK THAT, THAT THIS IS GONNA, WILL BE A GOOD DISCUSSION A B SESSION. 
          I THINK THE DISCUSSION SHOULD BE CENTERED AROUND HOW WE CAN GET THE ART INTO AREAS OF OUR CITY THAT HAVE, UH, HISTORICALLY NOT SEEN IT, AND HOW THIS CAN HELP DO THAT AND HELP OUR ARTISTS WHO HAVE, WHO HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FROM VERY RE UH, UH, REDUCED REVENUES TO OUR ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND THE IMPACT THAT'S HAD, UH, TO, TO THOSE FOLKS. 
          SO WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO MOVE THE DISCUSSION OF THE PERCENTAGE, UH, 2%, UH, PERCENTAGE TO B SESSION. 
          UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL THOSE AGAINST NAY. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION PASS PASSES. 
          UM, THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU, DEBBIE, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          UM, , BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, WE, WE, UH, WE DID GET THE, UH, NO. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M GONNA KEEP IT MOVING BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE STILL GETTING THE COMMENTS. 
          I AND I, I DON'T WANNA FORGET THAT WE DID GET THE PUBLIC, UH, COMMENTS AND, UH, I WILL GET TO THOSE AS SOON AS THEY'RE READY. 
          IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON 
          [4. 21-2603 Briefing and discussion on the Neighborhood Engagement Strategy. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services] (Part 1 of 2)]
TO, UM, THE, UH, DISCUSSION ON THE ENGAGEMENT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA PASS IT ON TO BARBARA ANDA WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, WHO'S GOING TO BE DOING THIS PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, LORI. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL COMMITTEE. 
          I'M BARBARA ANDA BURFORD, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          TODAY, I'LL BRIEF YOU ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING COMMUNICATION AND INCREASING ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          ON JANUARY 7TH, 2021, OUR DIRECTOR, VERONICA SOTO, PROVIDED A BRIEFING TO THE CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT UNIT'S PURPOSE, WHICH IS TO WORK WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS, IMPROVE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS, AND PROVIDE TRAINING AND RESOURCES TO BUILD ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY. 
          IN ADDITION TO SHARING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT UNIT'S PURPOSE, THAT PRESENTED PRELIMINARY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONCEPTS DEVELOPED TO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR IMPROVED COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THESE PRELIMINARY ENGAGEMENT CONCEPTS WERE DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM COMMUNITY INPUT SESSIONS HOSTED IN PRIOR MONTHS. 
          THERE WAS A NEED TO GATHER ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK TO FURTHER REFINE THESE PRELIMINARY ENGAGEMENT CONCEPTS. 
          SHORTLY AF CONCEPT SHORTLY AFTER THE JANUARY 7TH CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COUNCIL C MEETING, COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING STAFF REACHED OUT TO YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT OFFICES FOR FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANT RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          IN MARCH, SIX FOCUS GROUPS WITH 22 PARTICIPANTS WERE HOSTED AND WERE FOLLOWED BY A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION INPUT SESSION ON MARCH 29TH. 
          THAT INCLUDED RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, HOAS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THIS ALLOWED FOR STAFF TO SHARE SEVEN CONCEPTS INFORMED BY THE FOCUS GROUPS AND GET MORE INPUT FOR THESE CONCEPTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THESE, THE SEVEN CONCEPTS SHARED WITH THE FOCUS GROUPS INCLUDED RESIDENT CONNECT, PRESIDENT, POWER HOUR, NEIGHBORHOOD MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, NEIGHBORHOOD 
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LEADERS, QUARTERLY DEVELOPER, ROUND TABLE, NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT, STAKEHOLDER GROUP, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP LEAGUE. 
          THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING, LESS MEETINGS TO ATTEND, ENHANCE WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS, INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY TO INFORMATION ENGAGED OPPORTUNITIES WITH CITY LEADERS. 
          PARTICIPANTS DIDN'T WANT TOO MANY, TOO MANY OTHER MEETINGS CREATED BY THE CITY SINCE THEY WERE BALANCING ATTENDING THEIR OWN MEETINGS. 
          IN ADDITION TO OTHER MEETINGS HELD BY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND OF COURSE, THEY WANTED MORE WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULD FURTHER GROWTH AS LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND OTHER FEEDBACK RECEIVED WAS PARTICIPANTS WANTED INFORMATION TO BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE, MEANING A WEBSITE THAT MADE IT EASY TO LOCATE INFORMATION. 
          AND PARTICIPANTS SAID THEY WANTED TO INTERACT WITH CITY LEADERSHIP TO INCLUDE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO DISCUSS ISSUES AND COLLABORATE TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM THE FOCUS GROUPS AND THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS INPUT SESSIONS REINFORCED THE CONTINUED NEED TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING, INCREASE COMMUNICATION AND INCLUSIVE DIALOGUE WITH RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THIS FEEDBACK SHAPED THE ENGAGEMENT CONCEPTS, WHICH WE, WHICH WERE DEVELOPED INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING THREE ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY AREAS, COMMUNITY ENGAGED LEARNING, COMMUNITY ENGAGED MESSAGING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGED CONVERSATIONS. 
          THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED LEARNING FOCUSES ON ASSISTING RESIDENTS WITH BUILDING CAPACITY WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND DEVELOPING AN UNDERSTANDING OF CITY SERVICES AND RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM. 
          THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED MESSAGING STRATEGY FOCUSES ON HELPING TO INCREASE COMMUNICATION AND CUSTOMIZATION OF INFORMATION RECEIVED BY RESIDENTS. 
          THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED CONVERSATION STRATEGY FOCUSES ON ENHANCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD FEEDBACK AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN RESIDENTS IN THE CITY. 
          OTHER ENGAGEMENT CONCEPTS THAT WERE UN, THAT WERE UNDERWAY, WERE FOLDED INTO THESE THREE STRATEGY AREAS, RESULTING IN THE INITIAL SEVEN CONCEPTS, GROWING TO 10 CONCEPTS, WHICH I WILL, WHICH I WILL COVER IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED LEARNING STRATEGY INCLUDES THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, NEIGHBORHOOD MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT WEBPAGE. 
          THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY IS IN ITS SEVENTH ITERATION, HAVING LAUNCHED IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, AND HAS PROGRESSIVELY EVOLVED TO INCLUDE MORE PARTICIPANTS AND DELIVER TOPICS RELEVANT TO RESIDENTS ACROSS SAN ANTONIO WITH A LAUNCH DATE OF MAY, 2021. 
          THE NEIGHBORHOOD MENTORSHIP PROGRAM WILL BRING TOGETHER INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS OR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LEADERS WHO HAVE ASKED FOR HELP WITH EITHER REVIVING A PREVIOUSLY DORMANT ASSOCIATION OR CREATE A NEW, CREATE A NEWLY FORMED ASSOCIATION THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM THE GUIDANCE OF MENTORSHIP FROM RESIDENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT HOW AN ASSOCIATION COULD BE STRUCTURED AND GOVERNED FOR THE BENEFIT BENEFIT OF ITS MEMBERS. 
          THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT WEBPAGE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONTENT FOR RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, NEWSLETTERS, INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS, DOWNLOADABLE GUIDES, AND INTERNET WEB LINKS TO RESOURCES OUTSIDE THE CITY ARE ALL GATHERED IN ONE PLACE FOR RESIDENTS TO FIND. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED MESSAGING STRATEGY FOCUSES ON HELPING TO INCREASE COMMUNICATION AND CUSTOMIZATION OF INFORMATION RECEIVED BY RESIDENTS. 
          RESIDENT CONNECTS SLATED TO LAUNCH THIS FALL AS A SYSTEM CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT. 
          WITH THE GUIDANCE OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT, IT WILL IMPROVE COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENTS THAT OPT IN FOR DIFFERENT WAYS THEY PREFER TO RECEIVE INFORMATION. 
          THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT BRIEF PUBLISHED WEEKLY SINCE JANUARY IS EMAILED TO THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR, FOR ASSOCIATIONS ON RECORD WITH OUR DEPARTMENT, AND TWO RESIDENTS AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS THAT HAVE A BEEN ADDED TO OUR COMMUNICATION DIS DISTRIBUTION LIST. 
          THIS BRIEF INCLUDES NEWS AND UPDATES RELEVANT TO RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, SUCH AS CURRENT SURVEYS, OPEN FOR INPUT PLAN COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY HEALTH BULLETINS AND OTHER TIMELY NEWS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THE FINAL STRATEGY, COMMUNITY ENGAGED CONVERSATIONS FOCUS FOCUSES ON ENHANCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD FEEDBACK AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN RESIDENTS IN THE CITY. 
          THIS STRATEGY WILL WILL BE EXECUTED BY THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS LAUNCH, LAUNCHING IN MAY, NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS QUARTERLY MEETING WILL, WILL, EXCUSE ME, WHICH WILL BRING 
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TOGETHER RESIDENTS WHO MAY HAVE A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN A GROUP SUCH AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, H O A EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, NONPROFIT, OR A GRADUATE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. 
          PARTICIPANTS CAN SET THE AGENDA AND HIGHLIGHT CERTAIN TOPICS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM SO THAT SOLUTIONS AND JOINT COLLABORATIONS WITH CITY LEADERS CAN BE EXPLORED TO ENSURE NEEDS ARE BEING MET. 
          THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT STAKEHOLDERS GROUP SCHEDULED FOR JULY WILL BRING TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, HOAS RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND OTHERS TO ACT AS A SOUNDING BOARD AND A SOURCE OF FEEDBACK ON CURRENT AND NEW ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES SO THAT THEY CAN BE IMPROVED AND DEVELOPED THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS AS A STRATEGY, WHICH, WHICH IS A, UH, INITIATE INITIATED AS NEEDED. 
          IT IS AN ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER FEEDBACK AND SHARE UPDATES WITH A LARGER GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS TO INCLUDE RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, HOAS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND CITY STAFF . 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND THE FINAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP LEAGUE, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON COLLABORATING WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ENGAGE RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT IMPROVE RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE AND STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT TEAM WILL WILL INITIATE MEETINGS IN JUNE WITH COMMUNITY-MINDED PARTNERS SUCH AS ACOG C P S, ENERGY SAWS VIA NONPROFIT DELEGATE AGENCIES, AND OTHERS TO COLLABORATE ON COMMUNITY EVENTS, PROVIDE, PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS, AND TO PROMOTE INFORMATION REGARDING RESOURCES AND SERVICES TO NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THE LAST ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, THE DEVELOPER ROUND TABLE WILL HOST DEVELOPER WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS, AND MEETINGS TO ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO SHARE PROJECT IN PROJECT INFORMATION WITH RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THIS CONCEPT WILL, WILL REQUIRE FURTHER ASSESSMENT AS THIS CONCEPT MAY RE REQUIRE INVOLVEMENT FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SOME OF THE CONCEPTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE, LIKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT BRIEF AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, HAVE BEEN FOLDED INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT TOOLKIT. 
          THIS TOOLKIT WILL PROVIDE, THIS TOOLKIT WILL PROVIDE A COLLECTION OF ALL THE CONCEPTS THAT SERVE AS RESOURCES, METHODS, ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND BEST PRACTICES THAT SHAPE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY. 
          AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY EXPANDS BASED ON THE INPUT FROM RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TOOLKIT WILL EXPAND AS WELL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          N H SS D WILL CONTINUE TO DEPLOY SURVEYS TO CHECK IN WITH RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS AS TO HOW THE DEPARTMENT IS DOING AND TO STAY WELL INFORMED ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE FOCUS GROUP AND COMMUNITY INPUT SESSIONS WILL CONTINUE AND HAVE BEEN HELPFUL WITH GETTING TO KNOW RESIDENTS, BRAINSTORMING IDEAS, AND DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPING RESOURCE AND TOOLS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT UNIT WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO ATTEND NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS TO PROVIDE UPDATES AND LISTEN TO WHAT ITEMS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE NEXT STEPS ARE TO EXTEND AN OPEN-ENDED INVITATION TO RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, HOAS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO PARTICIPATE. 
          THE FEEDBACK FROM THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS INPUT SESSION HELD ON MARCH 29TH STATED IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT ENGAGEMENT BE INCLUSIVE AND EVERYBODY BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE. 
          THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT BRIEF, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT RESOURCE WEBPAGE, COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP, ACADE ACADEMY, AND RESIDENT CONNECT ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT OR HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED. 
          THIS LEAVES THE NEIGHBORHOOD MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS QUARTERLY, NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT STAKEHOLDER GROUP, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP LEAGUE, AND DEVELOPER ROUND TABLE. 
          AS THE FIVE REMAINING ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO BE LAUNCHED IN MAY AND THE UPCOMING MONTHS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT TEAM IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT WITH RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, HOAS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
          THANK YOU AND I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, BARBARA. 
          BEFORE WE GET TO, TO ANY OF THAT, I'M 
          [Public Comment  (Part 2 of 2)]
GONNA PICK UP, UH, ON THE LAST, UH, SIX WRITTEN COMMENTS. 
          I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ 'EM MYSELF NOW THAT I HAVE THEM. 
          UM, STARTING WITH TERRY CASTILLO, UH, THE CURRENT PROCESS AND REVIEW FOR DEMOLITIONS THROUGH THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS BOARD PLACES WORKING FAMILIES AT HIGH RISK OF DEBT AND DISPLACEMENT. 
          OFTEN PROPERTY OWNERS ARE NOT BRIEFED ON THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS BOARD PROCESS, NOR ARE THEY PROVIDED WITH INFORMATION TO PETITION FOR AN EXTENSION OR THE OPPORTUNITY 
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TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR FOR THE DEMOLITION, THE CITY MUST IMPLEMENT A DEMOLITION MORATORIUM FOR OF ALL STRUCTURES THAT DO NOT POSE AN IMMEDIATE DANGER THAT EXTENDS PAST THE STATE'S C OVID 19 MORATORIUM UNTIL THE CITY DEVELOPS A PROCESS TO PROVIDE PROPERTY OWNERS RESOURCES. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS FROM FERNANDO VELASQUEZ. 
          D FIVE HAS DISPROPORTIONATELY TARGETED BY B S B CASES IN RECENT YEARS, AND I HAVE BEEN TARGETED BY THIS PROCESS AS OWNERS OF JOE'S ALUMINUM SHOP. 
          UH, ON 1907 GUADALUPE, WE HAVE OPERATED JOE'S 48 YEARS AND OWNED THE PROPERTY FOR 76 YEARS. 
          WE WERE SERVED A NOTICE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS BY CODE COMPLIANCE IN 2018. 
          WE MADE OUTREACH TO THEM AND NEVER HEARD BACK. 
          WE MADE OUTREACH TO W D C AND OTHER PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE, AND WE HAVE YET TO HEAR ANYTHING. 
          I UNDERSTAND THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN AN ISSUE, BUT THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE EFFORT FROM THOSE PARTNERS TO ASSIST OR EDUCATE US. 
          NEXT COMMENT IS FOR MARY JOHNSON. 
          OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD LIKE TO VOICE SUPPORT OF A MORATORIUM ON DEMOLITIONS OF HOMES. 
          IT IS SOCIALLY UNJUST WHEN A NEIGHBOR HAS NO LEGAL ADVOCATE TO HELP PROTECT THEIR HOME AND PROPERTY. 
          IT IS SOCIALLY UNJUST. 
          A MORATORIUM DEMOLITION WOULD OFFER SOME HELP TO PROTECT THESE HOMES AND PEOPLE THAT DO NOT HAVE THE LEGAL ADVOCATES AND FUNDS THAT THESE OUT-OF-STATE AND TOWN, UH, DEVELOPERS HAVE. 
          THERE IS A DEEP HUMAN FACTOR AND CONSEQUENCE TO THE WHOLESALE DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPMENT. 
          PLEASE HELP TO PRESERVE OUR RICH CUL CULTURE. 
          MARY JOHNSON, PRESIDENT MONTE VISTA TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          UH, THE NEXT ONE'S FROM KAYLA MIRANDA. 
          I SUPPORT A MORATORIUM ON DEMOLITIONS. 
          THE DO NOT POSE AN IMMINENT THREAT UNTIL THE CURRENT POLICY CAN BE REVIEWED AND CHANGED FOR FAR TOO LONG. 
          A COMBINATION OF CODE COMPLIANCE AND DEMOLITIONS HAS BEEN A TOOL FOR GENTRIFICATION OF THE LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. 
          WE MUST PRESERVE WHERE WE CAN ADD, WHERE WE CAN ALLOW COMMUNITIES TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, FOR THOSE STRUCTURES THAT MUST BE DEMOLISHED. 
          SERVICES NEED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS IF THE RESIDENT IS THE OWNER OR A TENANT. 
          FINALLY, CODE COMPLIANCE VIOLATIONS SHOULD BE ACCORDING TO NEIGHBORHOOD STANDARDS AND ONLY A LAST RESORT. 
          VELMA PENA WESTWOOD SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WEST, WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION'S COALITION IN DISTRICT FIVE IS A, IS IN SUPPORT OF A DEMOLITION MORATORIUM FOR ALL STRUCTURES THAT DO NOT POSE IMMEDIATE DANGER. 
          THE LAST, UH, UH, COMMENT IS FROM LETICIA SANCHEZ. 
          OUR D FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS EXPERIENCED A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF DEMOLITIONS, WHICH HAVE LED TO THE DISPLACEMENT OF MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          CURRENT CODE COMPLIANCE DEMOLITION POLICIES DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT RESIDENTS RECEIVE ASSISTANCE WHEN ISSUED CODE COMPLIANCE CITATIONS. 
          WRAPAROUND SERVICES ARE NOT PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS WHO, WHO, WHOSE HOUSES ARE BEING DEMOLISHED. 
          CITY COUNCIL MUST REVIEW AND REVISE CODE COMPLIANCE AND DEMOLITION POLICIES. 
          UNTIL THIS HAPPENS, WE ASK FOR A DEMOLITION MORATORIUM OF ALL STRUCTURES THAT DO NOT POSE ANY IMMEDIATE DANGER. 
          THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS EXISTING HOUSING. 
          THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME ON THAT. 
          UH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THROUGH, UH, ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND READ THEM CLEARLY TO THIS COMMITTEE. 
          UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU BARBARA, FOR 
          [4. 21-2603 Briefing and discussion on the Neighborhood Engagement Strategy. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services] (Part 2 of 2)]
THAT PRESENTATION. 
          WE'LL PICK UP NOW WITH, UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS. 
          UH, WE'LL START IN THE MIDDLE HERE. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          LET, WHY DON'T WE START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER? GAN. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UH, THANK YOU, BARBARA, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL OF THE GREAT IDEAS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR TO ALL OF THE, THE RESIDENTS THAT DID, UM, ENGAGE AND PARTICIPATE IN DEVELOPING THESE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES. 
          AND I KNOW THESE ARE PART OF THEM ARE YOU'RE ALREADY IMPLEMENTING. 
          UM, AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY AS WELL TO REALLY HELP US TACKLE TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY BIG COMPLEX ISSUES AND, UM, REALLY SHARE, I GUESS THE, THE, I DON'T, I GUESS THAT THE GREAT IDEAS AND THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE KNOW PROBABLY SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE, AND THAT THEY CAN HAVE AN AREA THAT THEY CAN ALSO GET ENGAGED WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO SEE HOW THEY CAN ADDRESS THEM TOGETHER. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO BIG ISSUES SUCH AS DRAG RACING OR HOMELESSNESS OR, UM, WHAT DOES AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEAN AND HOW WE CAN ALL HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS TOGETHER, I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          I LOVED, UM, WHEN WE STARTED THE WORLD HERITAGE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY WAY BACK WHEN AND HOW MUCH THAT REALLY HELPED, UM, A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND REALLY BROUGHT A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS ENGAGED. 
          SO I'M GLAD TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE. 
          I'M GLAD TO THAT 
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YOU'RE GOING TO EXTEND THAT INVITATION FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO HAVE THESE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT, UM, OFFICERS OR FRIENDS, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO CALL THEM, UH, PHYSICIANS REACH OUT AND REALLY BECOME PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT IS GOING ON AND THE NUANCES IN ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BARBARA. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING WHAT YOU HEARD FROM US AND THEN, UM, REALLY MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          I'LL CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN LAID OUT TALKING ABOUT, UH, ENGAGEMENT. 
          THE, THE PROBLEM THAT I, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS, UH, I CAN JUST TAKE MY, MY AREA, DISTRICT NINE, I'VE PROBABLY GOT 90 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, UH, AND YOU KNOW, YOU MULTIPLY THAT TIMES 10 DISTRICTS AND NOT, THEY DON'T ALL HAVE THAT MANY. 
          I I'M JUST WONDERING IF ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, YOU CAN EFFECTIVELY BRING TOGETHER 200, 300 REPRESENTATIVES FROM DISTRICTS AND HAVE A REASONABLE DISCUSSION WITH THAT MANY. 
          AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T BE BREAKING DOWN THESE QUARTERLY MEETINGS BY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT SHARE A LOT OF THINGS IN COMMON SO THAT YOU CAN FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS THAT ARE SO COMMON IN THOSE AREAS THAT YOU'VE GOT THE TIME AND THE EXPERTISE AND NOT AS MUCH AS OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF INPUT TO, TO BE EFFECTIVE OR EFFICIENT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT, IT MAY ALL WORK OUT, UH, BUT I, I KNOW WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF GROUPS OVER THE YEARS THAT ARE, ARE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION FOCUSED. 
          UH, TOMMY ATKINSON'S BEEN HEADING ONE UP FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THEY'LL HAVE MEETINGS MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR, AND THEY BRING REPRESENTATIVES TOGETHER FROM ALL OVER THE CITY, AND THEY TALK ABOUT ISSUES. 
          UH, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THE CITY SHOULD DO, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THOSE SHOULD BE MAYBE VERY LARGE PROGRAMS THAT WOULD BE LIKE A WHOLE WEEKEND, TWICE A YEAR, SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE TWO OR 300 PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND YOU CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          BUT ON A SMALLER BASIS, I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS IN ON PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE THE COMMUNITY SHARE MORE CONCERNS AND BE ABLE TO BRING MAYBE 20, 30, 40 LEADERS TOGETHER INSTEAD OF A COUPLE OF HUNDRED. 
          AND I THINK YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH A LOT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS THAT WAY, BUT THAT MAY MEAN YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF DIFFERENT QUARTERLY MEETINGS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN. 
          BUT I, I JUST AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE IDEA OF HAVING JUST QUARTERLY MEETINGS WITH MAYBE TWO OR 300 PEOPLE SHOWING UP WITH VERY DIVERSE PROBLEMS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AS ONE OF MY THOUGHTS. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. 
          COUNCILOR PERRY. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UM, I GUESS MINE ARE IN THE SAME VEIN AS COUNCILMAN COURAGE IS, COMMENTS OF THAT, ABOUT THAT, ABOUT MAKING THESE SO LARGE THAT YOU WON'T HEAR A VOICE, YOU WON'T HEAR, UH, A SINGLE VOICE. 
          IT'LL BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, PULLS AND PUSHES ON WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO ON AT THESE, UH, PARTICULAR MEETINGS. 
          I'M, I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT VAGUE ON WHAT THE REAL, UM, EMPHASIS WILL BE AND YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THE PURPOSE OF GETTING THESE LARGE GROUPS OF, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND HOAS, THAT KIND OF THING TOGETHER. 
          CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? YES, COUNCILMAN PERRY WILL, THE PURPOSE IS TO, TO ENGAGE THEM. 
          UH, THE COUN THE CONCERN THAT YOU AND COUNCILMAN KURT HAVE EXPRESSED ABOUT THESE LARGE GROUPS. 
          IT CAME UP DURING OUR COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS AND FOCUS GROUPS, BUT WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE PARTICIPANTS IS, LET'S SEE WHO SHOWS UP FIRST. 
          THIS, THE GROUP WHO WHO DECIDES TO PARTI PARTICIPATE IS REALLY GONNA DRIVE THE STRUCTURE. 
          UM, WE'RE VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT BEING INCLU, THAT, THAT ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IS FOLDED INTO HOW THIS ALL GETS SHAPED AND DEVELOPED AND FORMED. 
          SO THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T REALLY BUILD IT OUT. 
          BUT, UM, THAT CONCERN CAME UP AND IT WAS QUICKLY MET WITH, WELL, LET'S, LET'S SEE, LET'S DO THE INVITATION, BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME SENSITIVITY ABOUT IF ONLY SELECT PEOPLE ARE INVITED, IF ONLY THIS GROUP. 
          AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING RESPONSIVE TO WHAT WE'RE HEARING. 
          AND SO WE'RE GOING TO INVITE EVERYBODY AND REALLY SEE WHO, WHO SHOWS UP TO PARTICIPATE. 
          AND THEN WITH, WITH THOSE THAT DO SHOW UP, WE CAN 
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THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GONNA BE A MANAGEABLE STRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS FOR EVERYONE TO BE HEARD OR ALLOW THERE TO BE STRUCTURE TO BE FOCUSED AND AGENDA. 
          AND SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK THAT OUT, UM, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PARTICIPANTS OF THESE, THESE MEETINGS THAT WE'RE SETTING UP. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, AND I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          I THINK THAT'S GREAT TO START OFF THAT WAY TO SEE WHO'S INTERESTED AND WHO'S NOT INTERESTED. 
          BUT, UM, I, I'VE ALWAYS FOUND IT MORE SUCCESSFUL WHEN YOU HAVE INTERESTING PROGRAMS SET UP THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN, IN HEARING ABOUT AND PR, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO PRESENT THAT KIND OF THING. 
          SO, UH, GOOD LUCK TO YOU ON THAT. 
          I'M, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE, BUT, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PROOF OF BEING THE PUDDING IS TO, YOU KNOW, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA ACTUALLY BE, BE USED BY THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND BY THE, THE ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE CITY? SO, UM, BUT IT'LL TAKE A TIME, IT'LL TAKE TIME TO GET THE WORD OUT AND, UH, UM, GET THAT, HOPEFULLY GET THAT PARTICIPATION LEVEL HIGH ENOUGH TO WHERE IT MAKES IT A WORTHWHILE, UH, EXERCISE. 
          I JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF RESOURCES INTO THIS, AND I HOPE IT'S SUCCESSFUL THAT WE GET A LOT OF PARTICIPATION, BUT IF WE DON'T GET MUCH PARTICIPATION IN THIS, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST A WEB-BASED SYSTEM AS, AS YOU'RE PRESENTING, YOU KNOW, ON INFORMATION HOW TO, HOW TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY, I THINK WE'LL BE PERFECTLY ADEQUATE. 
          BUT AGAIN, LET'S, LET'S GIVE IT A GO AND SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY ARE INTERESTED IN, IN THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE CITY. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU, BARBARA. 
          THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE COMES WITH, UH, THE DIGITAL ACCESS. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WITHIN THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, AND SO I WANTED TO KNOW AND HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW ARE WE, UM, ADDRESSING AND REACHING OUT TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT, UH, WITHIN THE DIGITAL PLATFORM TO, TO RECEIVE AN INVITATION OR KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          AND, UH, WHAT OTHER FORMS OF COMMUNICATION ARE WE USING? GREAT QUESTION. 
          ANDREWS, UH, COUNCILMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THIS, THIS QUESTION COMES UP CON CONTINUOUSLY, AND WE HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT, UM, RESIDENTS, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE GOING TO WORK WITH US ON THAT BECAUSE WE, AGAIN, WE, WHEN WE SEND OUT INFORMATION, WE RELY ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO HELP US GET TO THOSE FOLKS THAT MAY NOT HAVE THAT ACCESS. 
          AND WE, WE GET A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF PARTNERING WITH A A R P. 
          UM, WE JUST RECENTLY GOT A REALLY GREAT RECOMMENDATION, WHY DON'T YOU PARTNER WITH MEALS ON WHEELS? THEY, THEY DELIVER MEALS. 
          CAN YOU PUT SOME MESSAGING, YOU KNOW, OR INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN BE DELIVERED? SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK. 
          I THINK WE'RE GONNA, EVEN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CREATING A SMALL COMMITTEE THAT FOCUSES ON OUR SENIORS AND THEN ONE ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT FEEDBACK FROM THOSE WHO KNOW THOSE ARE, THAT ARE DISCONNECTED, THAT CAN HELP US BUILD STRATEGIES TO, TO REACH TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND, UM, ARE WE INCLUDING OUR FAITH-BASED, UH, OUTREACH WITHIN THAT PROCESS AS WELL? YES, WE WILL. 
          WE WILL, YES, WE WILL DEFINITELY PART OF THAT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP LEAGUE THAT I SPOKE ABOUT, THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD PROBABLY DRAW THEM IN. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA FOCUS ON THOSE IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR, THOSE IN THE FAITH-BASED SECTOR, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, OUR PARTNERS LIKE OUR MUNICIPALITIES. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD CAPTURE THAT. 
          THAT IS A WHOLE SOURCE AND FOCUS OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP LEAGUE. 
          SO WE CAN DO WRAPAROUND SERVICES, WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS THAT ARE TRYING TO REACH RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS WITH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          AWESOME. 
          UM, I, I LIKE THE WAY THAT THIS IS GOING. 
          IT SEEMS TO BE VERY INCLUSIVE, AND, AND THAT'S THE PROCESS, UM, THAT WAS REALLY KIND OF MISSING. 
          AND, UH, WE KNOW THAT HERE IN DISTRICT TWO, WORKING WITH MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, CAN ALSO BE A CHALLENGE. 
          BUT I THINK THAT THIS WILL SPEAK TO THE NEEDS OF WHAT WAS MISSING THAT CAUSED THE DIVISION, UH, WITHIN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND IT'LL BRING A CLOSENESS, UH, TO THE RESIDENTS AND TO THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND TO THE CITY, UH, LEADERS, AND, AND THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO. 
          UM, AND SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THE LAST THING, I'M WORKING WITH OUR, UH, MEDIA RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE COM, UH, COMMUNITY WITH OUR NEWS STATIONS, WITH OUR RADIO STATIONS, AND WITH THOSE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS THAT ARE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          HAVE WE STARTED TO BRING THEM INTO THIS CONVERSATION, OR ARE WE STILL WAITING? 
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WE HAVEN'T STARTED TO BRING THEM IN THE CONVERSATION, BUT BASED ON WHAT WE'RE HEARING, I'M ALREADY THINKING BUDGET WISE. 
          I KNOW I'M LOOKING AT   OF PUTTING TOGETHER SOME SMALL REQUESTS TO DO SOME, SOME, SOME MEDIA TYPE EFFORTS, LIKE WHEN WE NEED TO PUBLICIZE EVENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEN ONE LAST THING THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK IS, AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD, TO MAKE THIS ALSO A PROCESS AND A PLATFORM TO WHERE WE CAN START MAKING SURE THAT THOSE COMMUNITIES HAVE ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PORTION OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND, AND, AND PUTTING THEM FIRST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD WHEN WE'RE GOING INTO ANYTHING THAT'S DEALING WITH ZONING OR ANY MAJOR CASES THAT TRULY AFFECT, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE ARE, ARE HERE TO SERVE. 
          BUT THOSE ARE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT I HAVE. 
          CHAIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SULLIVAN. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK, UH, THANK YOU, BARBARA, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, I WANNA THANK THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS, SPECIFICALLY TIER ONE LEADERSHIP FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT ON THIS ISSUE. 
          UM, I DID GET A TEXT JUST BEFORE THIS, UH, FROM BARBARA WHI HOWELL AS WELL, COMPLIMENTING THE WORK AT RIVER ROAD IN RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          UH, THE NEIGHBORHOODS WANT TO GET THIS RIGHT, WHICH MEANS CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION IS A MUST. 
          SO I WANT TO THANK STAFF ORGANIZING THE SIX NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUSED GROUP MEETINGS, UH, LAST MONTH. 
          UH, I FEEL THEY IDENTIFIED CONCEPTS AND STRATEGIES PROVIDE A SOLID FRAMEWORK AND ENSURE THIS, UH, MORE, UH, A A NEIGHBORHOOD LED EFFORT. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          UH, THANKS, BARBARA. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 
          [5. 21-2589 Emergency Housing Assistance Program (EHAP) and Texas Eviction Diversion Program (TEDP) Update [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager, Verónica R. Soto, FAICP, Director, Neighborhood & Housing Services]]
FIVE, UH, THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND TEXAS EV, UH, EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM. 
          UH, UPDATE. 
          CHAIRMAN, I'M GONNA ALLOW VETO TO INTRODUCE YOU ITEM, AND I BELIEVE EDWARD GONZALEZ AND IAN BEN WILL PARTICIPATE AS WELL. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU, LORI. 
          SO, UM, I ACTUALLY WILL JUST GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO EDWARD BECAUSE I THINK THERE'LL BE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT BREAKING NEWS. 
          SO, EDWARD. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, VERO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, CHAIRMAN TREVINO AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          AGAIN, MY NAME'S EDWARD GONZALEZ. 
          I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          TODAY, I'M GONNA GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND OUR TEXAS EVIC EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, AS WAY OF BACKGROUND, ON APRIL 23RD, 2020, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CREATION OF OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          THIS PROGRAM, UH, PROVIDES ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS WITH RENTAL, MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE, AS WELL AS HOME INTERNET ASSISTANCE. 
          UH, A RECENT, UH, ADDITION OF SERVICES IS THE BENEFIT REFERRAL, WHICH HAS PROV HAS PROVIDED RESIDENTS SEEKING ITEMS OR SEEKING ASSISTANCE OUTSIDE OF RENT, MORTGAGE, AND UTILITIES WITH A REFERRAL, UH, CONNECTION THAT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, SOME SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST MONTH, UH, A LITTLE BIT LATER IN MY PRESENTATION. 
          UH, AGAIN, THIS PROGRAM IS BASED ON ELIG ELIGIBILITY. 
          SO THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE PROGRAM, YOU MUST BE A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OR BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENT. 
          YOU MUST DEMONSTRATE A C OVID 19 HARDSHIP, AND YOU ALSO MUST, UH, DEMONSTRATE AN INCOME LESS THAN 80% OF A M I. 
          NOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A M I, I THINK, UH, TO MOST INDIVIDUALS, THAT DOESN'T REALLY MEAN MUCH. 
          SO I, I ALWAYS LIKE TO, TO SHOW AND DEMONSTRATE WHAT THAT IS. 
          SO, A FAMILY OF ONE SINGLE PERSON FAMILY MAKING LESS THAN $40,350 IS LESS THAN 80% OF A M I. 
          NOW, A FAMILY OF FOUR MAKING $57,600 WOULD BE LESS THAN A M I OR, RIGHT, THAT WOULD BE 80% OF A M I. 
          AND ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT, UH, THEY WOULD QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, OUR ASSISTANCE LEVELS, UH, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 18TH THROUGH COUNCIL APPROVAL, UH, APPLICANTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO NINE MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE, UH, BASED ON THEIR AREA MEETING INCOME AGAIN. 
          SO IF AN APPLICANT IS AT OR BELOW 50% OF THE AREA MEETING INCOME, WHICH IS, UH, FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR 36,000 OR LESS, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO NINE MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE. 
          NOW, THAT INCLUDES RENTAL MORTGAGE, UH, RENTAL AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE IN BOTH ARREARS. 
          SO IF A APPLICANT HAS SIX MONTHS OF ARREARS, UM, AND THE MONTH AND THE FUTURE MONTH, THEY CAN GET THAT SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH MONTH 
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PAID, UH, BY OUR PROGRAM. 
          THEY'RE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR THE CURRENT MONTH SAWS, C P S AND INTERNET BILL. 
          NOW, FOR INDIVIDUALS MAKING 51 TO 80% OF A M I THO, THOSE RESIDENTS ARE, AND THOSE APPLICANTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS OF RENTAL AND OR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE. 
          AND THE CURRENT SAW C P S AND INTERNET BILL. 
          NOW, WHAT IS THAT THRESHOLD AGAIN? 51% OF A M I FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR IS $36,000. 
          UH, SO THE RANGE WOULD BE 36,000 TO 57,600 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, AS WE UPDATED THE ALLOWANCES AND, AND WE MADE THOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE EAP PROGRAM IN FEBRUARY, THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED, WE FELT THAT IT WAS CRITICAL FOR US TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL OUTREACH. 
          SO WE HAVE UPDATED OUR WEBSITE WITH THE NEW ALLOWANCE THRESHOLDS. 
          WE ARE SENDING OUT, OUT, UH, THIS FLYER THAT YOU SEE HERE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. 
          WE'VE REACHED OUT TO OUR SUPERINTENDENTS AT A SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL AS, UH, YOUR COUNCIL OFFICES. 
          WE'VE SENT THOSE OUT THROUGH YEAR MAKE MEDIUM AS WELL. 
          WE'VE ADDED APPLICATION PROCESS, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION SHEET. 
          THERE WAS, UH, WE, WE, WE DID GET FEEDBACK THAT THERE WAS A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF JUST GETTING THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          SO WE'VE CREATED THAT AND PUT THAT ON OUR WEBSITE, BOTH THE C OVID 19 RESOURCE WEBSITE, UH, OR SERVICE RE, UH, WEBSITE, AS WELL AS OUR INTERNAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          RED SIDE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AS REQUESTED, IN OUR MARCH C N C S COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, WE HAVE LISTED THE EAP DASHBOARD. 
          SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE EHA DASHBOARD. 
          AS OF MARCH 31ST, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF $80.7 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR 31,230 HOUSEHOLDS. 
          THAT $80.7 MILLION IS BROKEN UP BETWEEN, UH, FOUR DISTINCT, I'M SORRY, FIVE, UH, CATEGORIES. 
          $65.3 MILLION IS PROVIDED FROM RENTAL, AND HER MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE, $6.1 MILLION IS FOR C P S ENERGY ASSISTANCE. 
          LE UH, RIGHT AT A MILLION DOLLARS IS FOR SAS U UH, UTILITY ASSISTANCE, $293,000 OF WE'VE APPROVED FOR INTERNET, HOME INTERNET ASSISTANCE. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR HOME INTERNET ASSISTANCE. 
          IT, IT IS NOT FOR CELL PHONE, UH, UH, INTERNET, AND THEN A, A CASH ASSISTANCE, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $8 MILLION. 
          NOW, THIS, THIS 30 1003 230 HOUSEHOLDS REPRESENT 83,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS. 
          THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE IS RIGHT AT THREE PEOPLE PER HOUSEHOLD. 
          THE AVERAGE PERSON FOR ASSISTANCE, IF YOU BREAK THAT UP, IS RIGHT AT 963. 
          AND THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD, SINCE EXCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM, IS RIGHT AT $2,586. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, UM, THE CURRENT ECAP BUDGET IS $133.6 MILLION. 
          UH, WITH THE $80.7 MILLION THAT WE'VE RECENT THAT WE HAVE APPROVED THUS FAR, THAT LEAVES US $52.9 MILLION IN, UM, ASSISTANCE FOR RESIDENTS THROUGH OUR PROGRAM. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE AVERAGE ASSISTANCE PER HOUSEHOLD, I DID, I DID WANNA MENTION IN THE DASHBOARD WE, I ILLUSTRATED IT'S RIGHT AT 2,500, UM, AS OF APRIL THROUGH FEBRUARY. 
          SO THAT AVERAGE IS CLIMBING UP BASED ON THE ADDITIONAL, UH, ALLOWANCES THAT WE'VE PROVIDED. 
          SO FROM APRIL 20TH TO FEBRUARY 18TH, OUR AVERAGE WAS $2,505 PER HOUSEHOLD. 
          OUR AVERAGE FROM FEBRUARY 19TH TO PRESENT DAY, OR I'M SORRY, MARCH 31ST, IS RIGHT AT $4,000 PER APPLICATION. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THIS, UH, SLIDE SHOWS THE ASSISTANCE PER WEEK FOR THE LAST FOUR WEEKS. 
          UH, THE WEEKEND ENDING IN MARCH 5TH, UH, WE WERE AT $1.1 MILLION OF APPROVED ASSISTANCE, UH, MARCH 12TH, $1.4 MILLION, MARCH 19TH, $1.5 MILLION, AND ENDING MARCH 26, 2 $0.1 MILLION OF ASSISTANCE THAT IT'S BEEN APPROVED. 
          I WILL SAY THAT THAT GIVES YOU AN AVERAGE OF $1.5 MILLION. 
          UH, AND ACTUALLY THE WEEK, THIS FRIDAY, THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 2ND, WE WERE AT $2.4 MILLION WORTH OF ASSISTANCE APPROVED. 
          SO WE BELIEVE THAT THIS INCREASE WILL, UH, IT WILL, IT WILL START TO FLATTEN OUT A LITTLE BIT, 
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RIGHT AROUND TWO TO 2.5, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES TO THIS COMMITTEE AROUND OUR AVERAGE, UH, ASSISTANCE PER WEEK. 
          THESE ARE, AGAIN, THIS IS THE WEEKLY AVERAGE OF AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE WE'RE PROVIDING TO RESIDENTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, IN ADDITION TO THE DASHBOARD, UM, WE, I WANTED TO SHARE SOME DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE APPLYING. 
          UH, OF THE 31,000 APPLICATIONS THAT WE APPROVE, APPROVE, 69% OF THOSE 31,000 APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED BY FEMALE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS, UH, 30% BY MALE. 
          WE HAVE A 1% THAT EITHER CHOSE NOT TO IDENTIFY OR DID NOT ANSWER. 
          UM, SOME OTHER INTERESTING NOTES HERE. 
          WE, 82% OF THE APPLICANTS THAT WE HAVE APPROVED ARE MAKING LESS THAN 50% OF THE A M I 16% ARE BETWEEN 51 AND 80, AND 2% ARE GREATER THAN 80. 
          AND THAT 2% WAS REALLY, UH, EARLIER IN THE, IN THE YEAR, THE PROGRAM, WE WERE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS FROM BETWEEN 80 AND A HUNDRED PERCENT OF A M I, UH, THE ETHNICITY, UH, 60% OF THE, THE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD, UH, IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC, 28% NON-HISPANIC, AND 5% HAVE OPTED OUT IN TERMS OF RACE. 
          UH, PRI PRIMARY RACE OF INDIVIDUALS APPROVED IS OVER THE 31,000 APPLICATIONS APPROVED IS 61%. 
          NOW, I WILL SAY THAT THIS, THESE DEMOGRAPHICS, UH, DESCRIBE THE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD ON OUR DASHBOARD. 
          WE HAVE DEMOGRAPHICS FOR EVERYONE IN THE HOUSEHOLD, SO YOU CAN, UH, SEARCH FOR THAT, AND THAT'S AVAILABLE IN REAL TIME AS WELL. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, IN TERMS OF BENEFIT, UH, REFERRALS, SO THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED IN FEBRUARY IN COORDINATION WITH OUR HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          WE HAVE PROVIDED OVER 794 REFERRALS SINCE, UH, FEBRUARY 19 THROUGH MARCH 30, 31ST TO THE NA, UH, TO THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          AND WHAT THIS MEANS IS THESE ARE REFERRALS FOR, THERE ARE APPLICANTS THAT ARE REQUESTING ASSISTANCE FOR SERVICES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY PROVIDING THROUGH THE PROGRAM. 
          SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE OTHER THAN RENTAL, MORTGAGE, AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE, THESE ARE THINGS SUCH AS SNAP BENEFIT ASSISTANCE, UH, LIHEAP ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITHIN THE COUNTY, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, SS, FEMA, DISASTER RELIEF, UH, PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANCE AND, AND REFERRALS TO THE DI DIAPER BANK. 
          UH, SOME OF THE OUTCOMES THAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS THAT 50% OF THE 794 REFERRALS WERE ASSISTED IN JUST ONE SESSION. 
          THE OTHER 50% WERE, EXCUSE ME, WERE SERVED WITH TWO SESSIONS OR, OR, OR MORE. 
          40% OF THE 794 REFERRALS, UH, RECEIVED HELP, UH, COMPLETING ONE OR MORE SOCIAL SERVICES. 
          AND, AND THOSE, WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THOSE ARE THE THINGS REFERRALS DO. 
          SO THEY WERE CONNECTED NOT ONLY TO THE DIAPER BANK, BUT THEY WERE ALSO CONNECTED TO MAYBE THE BEAR COUNTY, LIKE E AND OR SNAP BENEFITS. 
          SO THIS IS REALLY A HOLISTIC, UH, BENEFIT NAVIGATION FOR INDIVIDUALS SEEKING ASSISTANCE OUTSIDE OF OUR, UH, PRIMARY, UH, ASSISTANCE. 
          NOW, I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THESE REFERRALS ON A, ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO OUR HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THEY'RE GETTING, UH, AS AN APPLICATION COMES IN, THOSE REFERRALS ARE BEING SENT, UH, AT THE END OF THE WEEK TO OUR HUMAN SERVICES BENEFIT NAVIGATORS. 
          38% HAVE RECEIVED FINANCIAL COUNSELING, UH, UH, OF THOSE REFERRALS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, I'M GONNA SWITCH GEARS HERE A LITTLE BIT AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR TEXAS EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM PILOT. 
          SO THE TEXAS EVICTION DEFER PILOT WAS, IS ADMINISTERED BY OUR COURTS TEAM, AND THIS PILOT HAS OFFICIALLY ENDED, UH, THE PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND ALL REFERRALS FOR ASSISTANCE WILL BE SENT TO THE STATE. 
          NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THE STATE WILL NO LONGER PROVIDE, UH, FUNDING FOR DIVERSION, UH, THE, TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES. 
          SO ALL OF THE DIVERSION FUNDING IS BEING PROVIDED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AT THIS POINT. 
          SO FROM NOVEMBER 20TH THROUGH MARCH 21ST, UH, WE HAVE EXPENDED $600,000, UH, AS OF MARCH 1ST TO, UH, THAT FUNDING WAS PART OF THE PILOT. 
          WE'VE GIVEN THAT TO 90 HOUSEHOLDS, UH, WITH A TOTAL AN AVERAGES OF ASSISTANCE OF A, A LITTLE LESS THAN $6,000. 
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WE DO HAVE $360,000 THAT IT WAS PART OF, UH, AN AWARD, WHICH IS PART OF OUR T WRAP ALLOCATION, THE TEXAS EMERGENCY, UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WE WILL HAVE EXPENDED BY THE END OF APRIL. 
          SO, WORK THESE CASES, WE HAVE COMMITMENTS FOR THESE CASES, UH, THAT WERE IN COURT, AND WE'LL HAVE THOSE, THOSE PAYMENTS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS PAID OUT BY THE END OF APRIL. 
          SO THIS, THE TOTAL OF $960,000 FOR OUR TEXAS AVERSION DEVIC, I'M SORRY, EXCUSE ME, MY, OUR TEXAS EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM PILOT HAS BEEN EXPENDED, AND IT IS, AND HAS BEEN COMPLETE. 
          SOME OF THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS, OBVIOUSLY, WAS YOU HAD TO BE A BEAR COUNTY RESIDENT. 
          YOU HAD TO SHOW, UH, C OVID 19 HARDSHIP, AND YOU MUST HAVE AN EVICTION ON FILE. 
          THUS, THE REASON WE HAD OUR COURTS TEAM ADMINISTER THIS FOR US. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, THE C D C MORATORIUM, UH, C D C DIRECTOR DR. 
          ROCHELLE WALINSKI, HAS RECENTLY SIGNED THE EXTENSION TO THE EVICTION MORATORIUM THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE THIS PAST, PAST MONTH, WHICH WAS MARCH 31ST. 
          UH, THAT, THAT C D C MORATORIUM HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH JUNE OF 2021, I'M SORRY, JUNE 30TH, 2021. 
          ALTHOUGH THE C D C HAS RENEWED, UH, ITS ORDER HALTING EVICTIONS UNTIL THE END OF JUNE, THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT HAS NOT EXTENDED ITS 34TH EMERGENCY ORDER THAT PROVIDES GUIDANCE TO JUDGES ACROSS TEXAS ON HOW TO FOLLOW THE MANDATE AND ENFORCE IT WITHIN OUR, UH, OUR LOCAL PRECINCTS. 
          SO THAT IS WHAT WE KNOW AT THIS POINT. 
          I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS COME UP OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. 
          WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THIS, UH, THE EXACT DETAILS ON HOW OUR JP COURTS ARE GOING TO BE, UH, IMPACTED BY THIS IS STILL UNKNOWN, BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW AT THIS POINT IS THAT OUR CITY STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRESENT IN ALL OF THE, UH, PRECINCT COURTROOMS. OUR STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO CONDUCT OUTREACH AND ATTEND ALL OF THE HEARINGS, AND OUR STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE REFERRALS TO THE STATE EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM. 
          NOW, WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT IS THAT IF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN COURT ARE ENROLLED IN THE STATE EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM, THEN THERE IS A 60 DAY, UH, RESET. 
          SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN THE STATE EMERGENCY DIVERSION PROGRAM HAVE 60 DAYS TO RESOLVE. 
          OKAY? SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT, UH, MESSAGE TO, TO CONVEY IN THIS SLIDE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, SOME OUTCOMES, THIS IS A FAMILIAR SLIDE THAT WE USE TO SHOW, UH, WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE EVICTION COURTS. 
          SO THIS SHOWS HEARINGS FROM PRECINCT ONE THROUGH FOUR. 
          UH, AS OF MARCH 34TH, UH, I'M SORRY, AS OF MARCH 31ST, OVER 32.76% OR 2,132 CASES HAVE RESULTED IN DEFAULT JUDGMENTS FOR, UH, PLAINTIFFS 16.2%, UH, OR A THOUSAND CA A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND CASES HAVE RESULTED IN JU JUDGEMENTS FOR THE PLAINTIFF, SORRY, HERE. 
          AND THEN, UM, SOME OF THE POSITIVE METRICS ARE ACTUALLY 21.44%, OR 1,395 CASES HAVE BEEN DISMISSED, AND 29%, OR A LITTLE LESS THAN 2000 CASES HAVE BEEN RESET AT THE COURTS, AND LESS THAN 1%, UH, OF THOSE CASES SEEN HAVE REQUESTED JURY, UH, A, A JURY, UH, TRIAL WITH THE JURY. 
          NOW, THE TOTAL EVICTION HEARINGS OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE TRACKING IS R RIGHT AT 6,500 HERE. 
          SO, UH, THIS, THIS CHART SHOWS THAT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, EVICTION FILINGS, THIS CHART SHOWS EVICTION FILINGS IN BEXAR COUNTY FROM 2019 THROUGH 2021. 
          FORECLOSURES AND MORATORIUMS HAVE GREATLY REDUCED THE NUMBER OF FILINGS AS COMPARED TO EARLY 2020 AND 2019. 
          SO THERE WERE 9,500 FILING TOTAL FILINGS IN 2020, COMPARED TO 21,133 FILINGS IN 2019. 
          SO FAR IN 20 IN, UH, CALENDAR YEAR 2021, THERE HAVE BEEN 1,575, UH, FILINGS FOR EVICTION IN JANUARY. 
          THERE WAS TO BREAK THAT OUT IN JANUARY, AS YOU COULD SEE, THERE WAS TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE FILINGS. 
          IN FEBRUARY, THERE'S 234 FILINGS, AND IN MARCH THERE WAS 620 FILINGS. 
          NOW, DEPENDING ON 
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WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE EVICTION, THE C D C MORATORIUM, WE ANTICIPATE THAT FILINGS WILL INCUR INCREASE BY 20%, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SHOW THIS TREND AND TRACK EVICTION FILINGS AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, AGAIN, I WANNA JUST REALLY QUICKLY TALK ABOUT THE TEXAS RENT RELIEF EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM THAT'S ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          SO THIS IS, UH, AS OF FEBRUARY 21, UH, THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS TAKEN OVER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TEXAS EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM ACROSS THE STATE. 
          SO, UH, OUR BEAR COUNTY COURTS TEAM IS REFERRING TO THIS PROGRAM FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          RECORDS ARE SEALED FOR 60 DAY ABATEMENT, PERIOD. 
          SO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN THIS PROGRAM FROM THE COURTS HAVE A 60 DAY ABATEMENT PERIOD. 
          UH, WE HAVE A, THE STATE HAS $117 MILLION AVAILABLE STATEWIDE. 
          NOW WE'RE KEEPING TRACK AND LOOKING AT THAT NUMBER, UH, THIS NUMBER IS GETTING FUNDED, OR THIS PROGRAM IS GETTING FUNDED BY THE $1.3 BILLION PROGRAM. 
          RENTAL RELIEF PROGRAM IS PART OF THAT. 
          THE ELIGIBILITY REMAINS TO BE RESIDENTS OF TEXAS COVID WITH C OVID 19 HARDSHIP, AND WE MUST HAVE AN EVICTION ON FILE. 
          NOW, OUR STAFF IS AT THE COURTS, AND THEY'RE, THEY WILL ACTIVELY AND, AND CONTINUE TO MAKE REFERRALS TO THIS, THE TEXAS RENTAL EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM. 
          NOW, A LITTLE BIT OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PILOT AND THIS PROGRAM IS THAT THERE'S UP TO 15 MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE THAT'S BEING PROVIDED TO, UH, CLIENTS AND BEING PAID TO LANDLORDS ON BEHALF OF THE CLIENTS. 
          THIS INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE MONTH OF, OF ARREARS. 
          NOW, MOST OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE AT EVICTION COURT FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT ARE FACING SEVERAL MONTHS OF NON-PAYMENT. 
          SO THAT'S GONNA BE SIX MONTHS OR MORE. 
          UH, WE'RE SEEING AN AVERAGE OF, UH, SEVEN TO TO NINE MONTHS. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, EDWARD. 
          UM, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          MY PRI MY PRIMARY CONCERN LIES WITH THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT'S DECISION TO BASICALLY END THE EVICTION WAR CHARGE IN TEXAS. 
          I WANNA GO ON THE RECORD AND SAY THAT THIS DECISION WILL HAVE DEVASTATING IMPACTS ON FAMILIES IN SAN ANTONIO AND ACROSS TEXAS. 
          UH, HAVE RJ STATED HOW THEY PLAN TO PROCEED. 
          I KNOW THAT THEY CAN START, UH, WITH EVICTION FILINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE PIPELINE OVER THE LAST YEAR. 
          UM, AND I, I, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE, UH, I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO, UM, TO HAVE INPUT, UH, TO THIS COMMITTEE ON, ON HOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD. 
          UH, SO I WANNA ASK, I WANNA ASK, UH, STAFF TO, TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT AND ASK AS, AS WE'RE PRESENT IN THEIR COURTS, MAYBE THEY CAN, THEY CAN MAKE COMMENTS, UH, ABOUT HOW THEY'RE PLANNING TO PROCEED WITH THIS AND, AND GIVE US REGULAR UPDATES. 
          UM, AUSTIN STILL HAS THEIR LOCAL MORATORIUM ON NOTICES TO VACATE IN PLACE, AND THE DATA INDICATES THAT IT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING EVICTIONS AND FILINGS. 
          IS, IS THAT SOMETHING CITIES LIKE SAN ANTONIO CAN STILL DO? COUNCILMAN, I'M GONNA HAVE IAN TO, TO REALLY, UH, MAYBE GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE SAW TODAY IN THE COURTS. 
          UH, AND THEN I'LL, I'M, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA STOP ONLY BECAUSE IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA RUN OFF THE SHOCK CLOCK, BUT I'LL, I'LL JUST, I'LL, I'LL, UH, I THINK YOU CAN MAYBE ANSWER, UH, IN WRITING AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY ON THE COMMITTEE GETS THIS. 
          I, I DO THINK THAT WE, WE NEED TO, UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE TIME FOR, FOR ALL OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, AND I WANNA GET THROUGH THE REST OF THIS. 
          UM, COUNSEL JUST APPROVED THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL, UH, CONTRACT, UH, RIGHT TO COUNSEL HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN HELPING FAMILIES AVOID AN EVICTION NINE OUTTA 10 TIMES. 
          SO, UH, I KNOW I THINK THAT THERE, I'D LIKE FOR STAFF TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WAYS THAT WE COULD WORK OUT A SYSTEM WHERE WE OFFER LEGAL REPRESENTATIONS TO JUST ABOUT EVERYONE FACING EVICTION. 
          AND, AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU LOOK AT WHAT PHILADELPHIA HAS RECENTLY DONE, UH, WITH REGARDS TO REQUIRING THOSE, THOSE WHO WOULD, UH, FILE AN EVICTION TO GO, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, OF, OF, UH, AT LEAST GOING THROUGH THEIR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BEFORE THEY CAN FILE AN EVICTION. 
          SO, I, I'LL ASK STAFF TO, TO LOOK INTO THAT. 
          I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE STATE'S $1.3 BILLION EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM HAS ONLY DISTRIBUTED A FRACTION OF A PERCENT OF FUNDS SINCE FEBRUARY. 
          THAT MEANS THAT OUR LOCAL REHAB WILL CONTINUE TO BE OVERLOADED ONCE THE EVICTIONS PICK UP STEAM. 
          AND, UH, C P S ENERGY ALSO MENTIONED THAT THEY WILL LIKELY BEGIN DISCONNECTS DURING THE SUMMER. 
          UH, UNLIKE THE PAST WINTER, WE BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THE TEXAS HEAT WILL IMPACT FAMILIES AND THEIR ENERGY USE USAGE. 
          MY ASK IS 
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THAT WE USE THE MONEY, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALLOCATED THROUGH THE LOW INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE AND HOW HOUSEHOLD DRINKING WATER PROGRAMS TO REDUCE UTILITY DEBTS FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE RATE PAYERS. 
          UM, WE HAVE DATA ON HOUSEHOLDS WITH SENIORS, WITH CHILDREN, AND THOSE WHO RELY ON THE, ON OTHER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. WE SHOULD WORK WITH C P SS AND SAWS TO ENSURE THEY HAVE POWER IN CLEAN WATER AS WE GO INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS. 
          SO, CAN STAFF AGAIN, GET BACK TO THE COMMITTEE WITH A STRATEGY? AND LAST, I WANT TO REITERATE MY THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY THE EAP STAKEHOLDERS. 
          THEIR INVOLVEMENT LED TO NUMEROUS POSITIVE CHANGES TO THE, THE, TO THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          AND I'M GLAD TO, TO SEE STAFF WORK WITH THEM TO SCHEDULE A COMMUNITY FEEDBACK MEETING TOMORROW. 
          UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE COUNCIL AIDS TO ATTEND, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE UNKNOWN SURROUNDING THE MORATORIUM RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, AGAIN, WANT TO THANK, UH, YOU, UM, EDWARD AND, AND ALL THE STAFF OVER AT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          I KNOW THAT THIS IS A MOVING TARGET, UH, BUT AGAIN, I, I THINK THAT THERE, WE HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS THAT WE COULD DEPLOY, AND I'LL ASK THAT, THAT YOU KEEP US UPDATED REGULARLY THROUGH, THROUGH EMAILS AND THIS COMMITTEE. 
          UH, BUT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, AND NOW PASS IT ON TO OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO MAY HAVE, UH, COMMENTS AS WELL. 
          I'LL START WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UH, THERE'S KIND OF THREE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, UH, YOU KNOW, THE STATE NOW IS PROVIDING THIS KIND OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, AND I HEARD YOU MENTION CHAIR THAT, UH, VERY FEW HAD BEEN, UM, SERVICED BY THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, AND SO I'M WONDERING, UH, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE JUST TO COME TO OUR EAP, BUT, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY RECORD OR DO WE HAVE ANY WAY OF KNOWING HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY HAVE APPLIED DIRECTLY TO THE STATE FOR SUPPORT? UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT INFORMATION. 
          UH, ALSO, THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION ON EVICTIONS THAT STILL DOESN'T AFFECT THE CDCS, UH, POLICY ON, ON FEDERALLY FUNDED, UH, PROPERTIES. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? COUNCIL MEMBER? THIS IS SARAH WAMSLEY WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES. 
          UM, I CAN TAKE THAT QUESTION. 
          AND I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, CHRISTINA TREO, UH, WHO IS AN ATTORNEY WITH OUR RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM FROM TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID IS ALSO ON THE LINE TO ANSWER SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 
          UM, THE CARES ACT THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO, FOR THE MOST PART, UM, HAS EXPIRED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE PIECE, WHICH IS THAT, UM, PROPERTIES THAT WERE SUBJECT TO IT STILL HAVE TO GIVE THEIR TENANTS 30 DAYS NOTICE, UM, INSTEAD OF THE TYPICAL THREE DAY NOTICE THAT WE SEE. 
          SO THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY THE ONLY PROVISION, UM, FROM THAT THAT'S IN EFFECT. 
          AND IT OBVIOUSLY BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAT THE MORATORIUM DOESN'T HAVE THE TEETH THAT IT ONCE DID IN TEXAS, BUT I THOUGHT THE C D C EXTENDED ITS MORATORIUM UNTIL, UH, THE END OF JUNE OR, OR JUNE 1ST. 
          I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          SO COUNCILMAN YEAH, I'M SORRY. 
          I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT THE, UH, THE C D C MORATORIUM ORDER AND THE CARES ACT ARE, UH, TWO SEPARATE PIECES, RIGHT? LEGISLATION. 
          SO, UH, I THINK SARAH'S CORRECT, LIKE ONE PIECE OF THAT CARES ACT CARRIED FORWARD, AND THAT WAS THE NOTICE REQUIREMENT. 
          UM, OTHERWISE THE C D C MORATORIUM, UH, AND, AND FEDERALLY IS FEDERALLY MANDATED AND IT'S UP TO THE STATE, WHICH THEY DIDN'T DO THE, THE SUPREME COURT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE JP COURTS ENFORCE. 
          OH, I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THAT. 
          I, UH, OKAY. 
          AND SO SINCE THE SUPREME COURT DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT TO THE JP COURTS, THEN THAT C D C RECOMMENDATION DOESN'T CARRY ANY MORE WEIGHT IN TEXAS, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT, YEAH. 
          TYPICALLY WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST COUNCILMEN IS ONCE THE C D C MORATORIUM, UH, IS EXTENDED, THEY UPDATE THEIR ORDER TO REFLECT THAT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST. 
          UM, THEY HAVE NOT DONE IT THIS TIME. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          AGAIN, IF I CAN, VERY QUICKLY, I JUST WANNA STATE, IT'S NOT THAT THE C D C ORDER HAS NO MORE EFFECT IN TEXAS, IT'S JUST THAT BECAUSE THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT'S ORDER HAS EXPIRED COURTS OR JP COURTS ARE NO LONGER RESTRICTED FROM HOLDING EVICTION PROCEEDINGS AT ALL. 
          SO IN A, AN EVICTION PROCEEDING CAN BE, UH, INITIATED AND IT CAN BE PROCESSED BY THE JP COURT, AND THE JUDGES IN THE JP COURT NO LONGER ARE REQUIRED TO INFORM LANDLORDS AND TENANTS OF THE C D C MORATORIUM 
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PROCESS. 
          BUT THE, THE, THE C D C MORATORIUM IS STILL IN EFFECT, AND LANDLORDS AND TENANTS CAN STILL, UM, UTILIZE THE C D C MORATORIUM PROCESS. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, TENANTS CAN STILL SUBMIT THEIR DECLARATIONS TO THE LANDLORDS, AND THE LANDLORDS WILL STILL STILL BE PROHIBITED FROM PURSUING EVICTION UNDER THE C D C MORATORIUM. 
          IT'S JUST THAT THE TEXAS COURT, TEXAS COURTS ARE NO LONGER, UH, REQUIRED TO ALLOW THE C D C MORATORIUM TO, UH, TAKE EFFECT IN THEIR COURT AUTOMATICALLY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'S REALLY GONNA BE UP TO US TO INFORM ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE FACING EVICTION THAT THEY STILL HAVE RIGHTS UNDER THAT C D C, UH, TO, TO FIGHT THAT EVICTION. 
          YES. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND THE LAST, THE LAST QUESTION I HAD WAS, UH, ARE WE ANTICIPATING ADDITIONAL FUNDING OUT OF THE 326 MILLION THAT'S, UH, LABELED FOR SAN ANTONIO TO GO INTO OUR OWN EAP TO EXTEND THAT PROGRAM FURTHER? UH, AND WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THAT AREA? COUNCIL MEMBER, THE, THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE STILL OCCURRING. 
          I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN TRIVINIA AT THE, OUR LAST MEETING, HE HAD SUGGESTED WE USE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO HELP WITH MOVING EXPENSES AND RELOCATION EXPENSES. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE AREAS AND WE'LL HAVE A RECOMMENDATION IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. 
          CHAD, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY RESTRICTIONS OR WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS ARE ON USING THAT MONEY. 
          'CAUSE HONESTLY, FROM WHAT I'VE READ AND HEARD, WE COULD USE THAT MONEY, ALL OF IT IF WE WANTED TO FOR, UH, HELPING PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES. 
          NOT THAT I WOULD NO, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THAT, BUT I MEAN, THERE REALLY AREN'T LIMITATIONS OTHER THAN WHATEVER LIMITATIONS WE SET AS A COUNCIL ON THAT, TO A GREAT EXTENT. 
          CORRECT. 
          THERE, THERE ARE VERY FEW LIMITATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, ARE YOU STILL ON? YEAH, THERE, YOU'RE OH, THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND, UM, ACTUALLY, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, UH, THANKFULLY ASKED ALL OF MY QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME TO, UH, WHAT RESOURCES ARE STILL AVAILABLE WITHIN THE TEXAS EMERGENCY RENTAL PROGRAM AND WHAT DOES THAT BALANCE LOOK LIKE, AND THEN HOW MUCH HAS COME TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? AND THEN WHAT IS THE AVERAGE OF THE AMOUNTS THAT HAVE COME TO SAN ANTONIO? UM, I KNOW, I BELIEVE BEFORE THEY WERE DOING 12 MONTHS WORTH OF PAYMENTS AND WANTING TO FIND OUT IF ANYONE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS RECEIVED ANY OF THOSE PAYMENTS. 
          UM, AND THEN WHEN IT DOES COME TO THE EVICTIONS, BECAUSE I AM STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THE 794, OR NOT 794, I'M SORRY, 795 DEFAULT JUDGMENTS HERE IN PRECINCT FOUR. 
          UM, AND SO THOSE ARE MY MAJOR CONCERNS AND WANTED TO FIND OUT HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING THIS, THIS DEFAULT, UM, BECAUSE THERE STILL HASN'T BEEN ANY FOLLOW UP ON HOW WE'VE, UH, REACHED OUT TO THOSE FAMILIES. 
          IF WE CAN FIND THOSE FAMILIES, ARE THEY NOW HOMELESS FAMILIES? UM, HAVE THE KIDS BEEN DISPLACED FROM SCHOOL? LIKE, NONE OF THOSE ANSWERS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED UP ON. 
          AND SO I'LL CONTINUE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE KNOWING THAT 795 FAMILIES HAVE BEEN DISPLACED, UM, UNDER THIS DEFAULT JUDGMENT IS STILL A MAJOR CONCERN. 
          SO THOSE ARE, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO SEE FOLLOWED UP ON CHAIR. 
          BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, SO I, I AGREE WITH THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED SO FAR ABOUT, ESPECIALLY THAT TEXAS, UH, ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          I THINK, I THINK I MADE A COMMENT WHY NOT GO TO THEM FIRST FIRST AND USE THEIR MONEY FIRST. 
          AND, UM, SO I'M VERY INTERESTED ON HOW MANY HAVE BEEN, UH, I MEAN, ARE WE HELPING THEM TO ACTUALLY GO TO THAT PROGRAM, OR ARE WE JUST SAYING, HEY, THEY GOT A PROGRAM TOO, AND DO IT ON YOUR OWN? SO COUNCILMAN, OUR TEAM IN THE COURTS HAS BEEN REFERRING FOLKS DIRECTLY TO THAT PROGRAM AND GIVING THEM, UM, THE LINKS AND MATERIALS THAT THEY NEED TO APPLY. 
          UH, A LOT OF THE REQUESTS ARE PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WOULD SEE IN EAP, SO WE'VE BEEN DIRECTING 'EM THAT WAY. 
          UM, THEY GET A MAILER FROM US AS SOON AS WE GET FILING DATA FROM THE COUNTY, WHICH IS WEEKLY. 
          THAT INCLUDES THAT INFORMATION AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON OUR RIGHT TO COUNCIL PROGRAM AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY APPLIED FOR THE ASSISTANCE? WE WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE STATE ON THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          COUNCILMAN EDWARD, UM, IS, IS IN CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH THEM. 
          SO I THINK HE'LL BE THE BEST TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AFTER THIS MEETING. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, HOW, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE REFERRING 'EM, WHAT'S THE SUCCESS RATE? HOW MANY ARE BEING REFERRED? HOW MANY ARE GOING THAT 
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WAY? ARE WE HELPING THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS? ARE WE, AND ARE THEY GETTING ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE? I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE, UM, OTHERWISE WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF HAVING TO USE OUR MONEY. 
          WHAT, WHAT, FROM WHATEVER POT WE HAVE TO, UM, GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO GIVE THEM HELP. 
          SO, UH, I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT. 
          I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED AS TO WHAT THE C D C IS DOING AND THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT THE JPS ARE DOING. 
          TO ME, IT'S ALL CONVOLUTED. 
          AND I, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE LAID OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE SIMPLER AND SOME KIND OF A CHART OR SOMETHING, UH, SHOWING ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING HELPED HERE LOCALLY IN SAN ANTONIO THROUGH THOSE PROGRAMS, AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PROMOTE THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, SO UP UNTIL THIS POINT, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE EVICTION MORATORIUM, THAT MEANS NOBODY WAS BEING EVICTED AT ALL HERE IN SAN ANTONIO OVER THE LAST YEAR, COUNCILMAN THROUGH THIS MORATORIUM. 
          THE C D C MORATORIUM SPECIFICALLY IS FOR NONPAYMENT OF RENT. 
          SO THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, EVICTIONS FILED, UH, FOR OTHER REASONS, CRIMINAL OR OTHERWISE, THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROCEED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO ON THAT CHART, THAT SHOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HELPED AND HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVICTED OUT OF THOSE NUMBERS, WERE ANY OF THOSE EVICTIONS BASED ON CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND OTHER THAN NON-PAYMENT OF RENT? I I THINK SOME OF THEM ARE COUNCILMEN, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE DATA AND PULL OUT . 
          GUYS, LISTEN, WE SHOULDN'T BE MIXING APPLES AND ORANGES HERE. 
          WE SHOULD HAVE PURE DATA. 
          AND THIS IS MY PROBLEM WITH EVERY TIME WE SEE THESE NUMBERS, THAT IT'S, WELL, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THIS, OR IT DOES INCLUDE THAT, LOOK, THOSE NUMBERS SHOULD NOT HAVE INCLUDED EVICTIONS BASED ON CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR SPOUSAL ABUSE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PURELY ON WHAT HAS NOT BEEN PAID RENT WISE. 
          AND TO ME, THOSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ZERO ON THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS AN EVICTION, UH, MORATORIUM. 
          I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE, AND I NEED SOMEBODY TO GET DOWN INTO THE DETAILS BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S, I DON'T WANNA SAY WE'RE BEING MISLED, BUT I DON'T THINK THOSE NUMBERS ARE PURE AS TO WHAT OUR INTENT TO TRACK IS. 
          SO YEAH, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO COME BACK TO ME HERE PRETTY, PRETTY QUICK AND EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AND WHAT'S BEING TRACKED AND WHAT'S NOT BEING TRACKED, AND WHAT THOSE NUMBERS REALLY MEAN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, I DO THAT, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT, VERO. 
          SO, UH, I'M, AGAIN, I'M COMING DOWN HARD ABOUT THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT NUMBERS HAVE NOT BEEN VALIDATED. 
          THEY'RE NOT SHOWING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANNA SEE, AND THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME HAPPY BECAUSE WE MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS. 
          AND IF THOSE NUMBERS AREN'T CORRECT, AND IT'S NOT SHOWING US THE RIGHT INFORMATION, I, I THINK THAT SKEWS THE DECISION PROCESS THAT WE DO FROM HERE AND VOTE ON IN COUNCIL. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ENOUGH OF MY ANOTHER SOAP BOX THERE, SIR. 
          SORRY. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER AND I, AND AGAIN, I WOULD ASK, UH, WHATEVER IS SENT, UH, TO ANY COMMITTEE MEMBER IS SENT TO ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UH, I DON'T SEE COUNCILOR VRAN. 
          ARE YOU ON COUNCILOR VRAN? OKAY. 
          WELL, WITH THAT, UM, AGAIN, THIS WAS A BRIEFING, UH, SO WE'LL, WE'LL NOW, UH, MOVE ON. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH, ALL FOR, FOR THAT. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO 
          [6. 21-2814 Briefing on the City’s current process for the review and consideration of dangerous structures and demolitions. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Michael Shannon, Director, Development Services]]
ITEM, UH, NUMBER SIX IS A BRIEFING ON THE CITY'S CURRENT PROCESS FOR THE REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF DANGEROUS STRUCTURES AND DEMOLITIONS. 
          UH, AND I'M GONNA ASK THAT, UH, BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE LAST ITEM AND WE'VE BEEN GOING FOR A WHILE. 
          UH, I, I THINK MIKE, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE PRESENTING THIS, UM, YEAH, MICHAEL, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, TO USE A A, A NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS ANALOGY THAT, THAT YOU LOOK AT THIS AS A TWO, TWO MINUTE HURRY UP OFFENSE. 
          UH, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE UNDER PRESSURE HERE BECAUSE I, I DO WANNA GET TO COUNSEL, UH, COMMENTS AND ASK, ASK QUESTIONS, UH, AND, AND DON'T WANNA RUN OUT, RUN OUT OF TIME FOR THAT. 
          SO IF YOU COULD, IF YOU COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, EXPEDITE THE PRESENTATION SO WE CAN GET TO QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ABSOLUTELY, COUNCILMAN, UH, AND GOOD, UH, NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS, UM, REFERENCE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, UH, I'M JUST GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DEMOLITION AND DANGEROUS STRUCTURE PRO PROCESSES TODAY. 
          UH, JUST TO GET STARTED, UH, I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND. 
          UM, THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF DEMOLITIONS. 
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THERE ARE OWNER INITIATED, SO THEY WANT TO DEMO A PART OR ALL OF THEIR STRUCTURE. 
          IT'S COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL, UH, NOTHING ELSE. 
          SO THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THEIR PROPERTY. 
          THEY COME DOWN AND THEY OBTAIN A PERMIT, UH, FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          OUR CODE PRESCRIBES WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. 
          IF THEY MEET THOSE CRITERIA, THEY GET A PERMIT TO DO THAT, UH, WITH SOME INSPECTIONS, ET CETERA. 
          SOME RULES LIKE THAT. 
          THE SECOND WAY, UH, THE SECOND TYPE OF DEMOLITION IS DANGEROUS STRUCTURES. 
          WE HAVE A WHOLE SECTION IN OUR CITY CODE ABOUT DANGEROUS STRUCTURES. 
          UH, THOSE ARE HAZARDS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE. 
          UH, NO NEED TO EXPLAIN DANGEROUS STRUCTURES MORE THAN THAT. 
          TWO THINGS. 
          UM, WANT, WANT TO, UH, JUST HIGHLIGHT HERE, DEMOLITIONS THROUGH THE DANGEROUS STRUCTURE PROCESS ARE ALWAYS AN OPTION OF LAST RESORT THAT IS CODIFIED IN OUR CODE AND OUR PROCESSES DICTATE THAT. 
          UH, AND, AND WE DO. 
          THE CITY DOES TAKE NOT JUST D S D, BUT OTHER, UH, OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          UH, WE DO TAKE ALL THE AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP OWNERS. 
          UM, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          THE CURRENT PROCESS, UH, THIS PROCESS FOR DANGEROUS STRUCTURE HAS BEEN, UH, UH, HAS BEEN IN THE CODE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          IT'S BEEN MODIFIED A LITTLE BIT OVER THE YEARS, UH, WITH THE HELP OF SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, AND SOME, UH, DISCUSSIONS. 
          UH, BUT IT'S VERY SIMPLE. 
          IT IS NOT A QUICK PROCESS. 
          IT IS DESIGNED TO BE VERY SLOW, BUT FOR AN EMERGENCY DE DEMOLITION, MAYBE A FIRE HAPPENS. 
          IT'S, UH, IT BURNS DOWN IN 90% OF THE STRUCTURE OR MORE. 
          THOSE ARE, EMERGENCY HAS TO HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY. 
          THE REMAINDER OF THEM AVERAGE 15 MONTHS. 
          I PUT THAT THERE. 
          AND IT INCLUDES THE CITY STAFF ASSESSING THE STRUCTURE, BUILDING INSPECTORS, AND DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICERS, VERIFYING WHETHER OR NOT IT IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE. 
          AND THERE'S A WHOLE CRITERIA, STRUCTURAL, CRIMINAL ELEMENTS, ET CETERA. 
          UH, THAT WOULD DICTATE THAT IF THERE IS A VIOLATION, WE NOTICE THE HOMEOWNER THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM. 
          IT HAS A VIOLATION OF OUR MINIMUM PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES, AND THEY HAVE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR IT, UM, IF IT'S OCCUPIED. 
          AND MANY OF THEM, MOST OF THEM, 80% OF THEM ARE NOT OCCUPIED. 
          SO THEY HAVE VACANT ABANDONED STRUCTURES. 
          BUT IF IT IS OCCUPIED, UH, WE MAY HAVE TO ISSUE A NOTICE TO VACATE IF IT'S SO BAD AND UNSAFE, UH, FOR THEM TO BE IN THERE. 
          AND WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THOSE. 
          UH, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE. 
          IT'S A VERY, IT'S TERRIBLE SITUATION. 
          UH, BUT WE PUT THAT PERSON'S SAFETY AT FIRST. 
          UH, WE MAY HAVE TO ISSUE A NOTICE TO VACATE. 
          UH, THAT WOULD COME FROM ME AND MY OFFICE AS THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, OR POSSIBLY LATER THROUGH THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD. 
          UM, BUT THE CODE OFFICER, UH, AND OUR STAFF WILL WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, HOUSING SERVICES, ET CETERA, NONPROFITS TO TRY TO FIND ASSISTANCE WHERE POSSIBLE. 
          UH, WE WILL ALSO WORK WITH A, UH, THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER, UH, WHETHER THEY LIVE THERE OR NOT, UH, ABOUT REPAIR PERMIT INFORMATION. 
          THERE IS ALSO A HARDSHIP PROGRAM. 
          SO MANY OF THESE THAT YOU'LL SEE AND HEAR ABOUT HAVE SIGNIFICANT HARDSHIPS, MEANING THEY WANT TO FIX IT IF THEY COULD, BUT THEY CAN'T. 
          UH, THE HARDSHIP PROGRAM WAS CODIFIED, UH, BACK, I THINK IT WAS 2015 AND 16, UH, WITH AN EFFORT LED BY COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          I BELIEVE THAT WAS YOUR FIRST DAY, WEEK, MONTH IN OFFICE. 
          YOU HELPED US IDENTIFY THE NEED, UH, TO GIVE PEOPLE MORE TIME, NOT TO GET THEM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE A FREE PASS, AND THAT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, BUT IT GIVES IT MORE TIME TO HOPEFULLY FIND A RESOLUTION THAT'S GOOD FOR THEM AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UH, IF WE GET THROUGH ALL OF THAT AND WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE, THERE'S NO MOVEMENT, NO REPAIR, ET CETERA. 
          WE GET A YEAR OR MORE INTO IT. 
          THEN WE START THE, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD PROCESS. 
          O H P IS INVOLVED. 
          UH, HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          I KNOW SHANNON'S ONLINE, UH, WITH, WITH ALL OF THESE REVIEW CASES, ESPECIALLY ANY THAT HAS POTENTIAL OR ALREADY SIGNIFICANT, UH, IN THE O H P WORLD. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, THAT'S ME TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS. 
          THIS IS JUST SOME PHOTOS. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH A LOT. 
          JUST SOME EXAMPLES. 
          SOME, THERE'S A COUPLE EMERGENCY FIRE ONES, A COUPLE THAT ARE LEANING VERY STRUCTURALLY UNSAFE, NO ROOF. 
          SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME DANGEROUS STRUCTURES. 
          AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF THEM, BUT IT'S NOT JUST FOR ONE SMALL DEFECT. 
          DANGEROUS STRUCTURES ARE DANGEROUS. 
          THAT'S WHY WE CALL 'EM DANGEROUS STRUCTURES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          I MENTIONED THAT. 
          UH, HISTORIC LANDMARKS. 
          SO IF IT'S POTENTIALLY HISTORIC OR ALREADY HISTORIC, THERE'S A SEPARATE PROCESS, UH, THAT'S CODIFIED IN THE U D C BY STATE LAW. 
          WE WORK CLOSELY WITH SHANNON MILLER AND HER TEAM, UH, TO ENSURE THOSE HAVE THE ADDED LEVEL OF PROTECTION, UTILIZING, UH, ANY AND ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES. 
          UH, WE DON'T TAKE THEM TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD FOR THAT REVIEW, UNLESS THAT WE GO DOWN SEVERAL OTHER AVENUES AS DICTATED BY CODE. 
          I WON'T GO THROUGH THAT TOO MUCH, BUT THAT IS A PROTECTION FOR HISTORIC LANDMARKS, UH, THAT WE DO SEE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD. 
          WHAT IS 
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THAT? AND MANY OF YOU, UH, KNOW THAT ALREADY. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, ONE FORMER MEMBER ON THIS COMMITTEE IN COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          UH, IT'S A QUASI-JUDICIAL BOARD. 
          ADHERES APPEALS TO S A P M C OR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATIONS. 
          UH, IT RULES ON CASES AND, AND IT CAN ORDER REPAIRS AND DEMOLITIONS. 
          IT HAS A COMPOSITION THAT WAS ALSO MO MODIFIED A COUPLE YEARS AGO TO ENSURE IT WASN'T JUST, HEAVEN FORBID, AN ENGINEER LIKE ME. 
          BUT IT HAS OTHERS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY TIED TO NOT ONLY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, BUT SOCIAL WORKERS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BUILDING, IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE AS WELL. 
          UH, AND WE, WE DEAL WITH A LOT OF THAT. 
          SO THE BOARD TAKES A LOT OF TIME, ENERGY, AND EFFORT, UH, UH, TO DECIDE ON A CASE LIKE THAT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND THEN HERE'S OUR PROCESS. 
          ONCE WE DO GET TO THE TAIL END OF THAT OTHER SLIDE, UH, WE HAVE A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE MEETING, UH, WITH THE OWNER TO WALK THEM THROUGH THAT. 
          WE GIVE THEM A PACKET THAT INCLUDES, UH, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, WHAT TO EXPECT, ET CETERA. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE A CASE SUMMARY REVIEW AND NOTE IT. 
          WE HAVE TO NOTIFY IN WRITING ANY, ANY POTENTIAL OWNERS. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE DO HAVE TRANSLATORS, UH, AT THE B S B, LIKE ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          AND THEN, UH, THE B S B WILL ORDER A REPAIR OR A DEMOLITION ORDER, DEPENDING ON THE FACTS OF THE CASE AND, AND THE SEVERITY OF THE HAZARD. 
          UH, AND AN OWNER CAN, UH, APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, HERE'S JUST SOME STATISTICS. 
          UM, AND, UH, JUST A NUMBER OF DEMOLITIONS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. 
          I THINK SOME OF THIS, WE, WE FEED TO THIS COMMITTEE, UH, AS PART OF THE DASHBOARD. 
          BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OUR DEMOLITION PERMITS, THAT FIRST COLUMN, THAT'S THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEMOLITION PERMITS. 
          SO THAT IS NOT JUST B S B, THAT'S THE ONES THAT AN OWNER APPLIES. 
          THAT COMES THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS. 
          UM, AND, UH, YOU SEE THERE, UH, THAT, UH, WE'RE ONLY THROUGH HALFWAY 2021. 
          UH, BUT THE REALLY WHAT I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU IS THAT THE BOTTOM ONE, THE DEMOLITION BY THE CITY. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF AN OWNER GOES THROUGH THAT BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD PROCESS, AND THEY GET A DE DEMOLITION ORDER, OR IT'S AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION ORDER, AND THE OWNER CANNOT DO IT, THE CITY HAS CO OR THE CONTRACT OR THE CONTRACTOR, THAT WILL DO IT FOR THE OWNER, AND THEN IT WILL BE BILLED TO THE OWNER. 
          THAT'S ALL CODIFIED BY STATE AND, AND LOCAL LAW. 
          UH, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS LATELY IN 2020 AND 2021, UM, THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN, UH, A LOT LOWER, ESPECIALLY 21. 
          UH, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT, YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AS PART OF THE COVID. 
          UH, WHILE THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT STILL HAS A CAR, AN EMERGENCY ORDER THAT SAYS THE APPEAL PERIOD FOR ANY OF THOSE B S B CASES, UM, HA HAS BEEN EXTENDED, MEANING IT HASN'T EXPIRED YET. 
          SO THAT'S BEEN ON THE BOOK SINCE MARCH. 
          SO THERE ARE 71 CASES THAT ARE STILL, QUOTE UNQUOTE ON HOLD, UM, THAT WE'RE MONITORING. 
          AND THAT'S AT LEAST THROUGH JUNE ONE. 
          IT'S BEEN SENT SEVERAL TIMES. 
          AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON JUNE ONE. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S IT. 
          I KNOW THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT I COULD GO INTO, BUT I KNOW, COUNCILMAN, YOU ASKED FOR THE TWO MINUTE VERSION. 
          THAT WAS MAYBE FOUR MINUTES. 
          UH, AND THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. 
          I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          GOOD JOB. 
          GOOD JOB, UH, MIKE, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, UH, 'CAUSE I, I DO THINK THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          I ALSO WANNA THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO COMMENTED AS WELL. 
          YOU CAN HEAR JUST HOW MUCH THIS ISSUE CONTINUES TO IMPACT THEM, ESPECIALLY IN A PANDEMIC. 
          UH, SO I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION FOR TRACKING THIS ISSUE OVER THE PANDEMIC. 
          UH, WHILE SOMETIMES NECESSARY DEMOLITIONS CAN BE USED TO REDUCE AFFORDABLE AND HISTORIC HOUSING, ESPECIALLY WHEN HOUSING, UH, HOUSES ARE DEMOLISHED FOR SUPERFICIAL REASONS LIKE MOLD OR MINOR COSMETIC ISSUES. 
          UM, YOU, YOU MENTIONED, UH, NOTICES TO VACATE, AND I, I WOULD ASK THAT WE AVOID THAT, AND WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR, FOR OUR, OUR MAYOR TO PUT A MORATORIUM ON NOTICES TO VACATE LIKE AUSTIN DID. 
          UH, I, I, I THINK THAT THAT IS A, A CRITICAL PIECE TO, TO, UH, THIS PROCESS AND MAY HELP TO EXTEND, UH, SOME OPPORTUNITY TO FOLKS. 
          UH, SO I WOULD ASK THAT STAFF CONSIDER NOT USING NOTICES TO VACATE AS THEY'RE NOT A FORMAL EVICTION PROCESS. 
          UM, AND ESPECIALLY DURING THIS PANDEMIC, UH, REALLY, REALLY CAN PRESENT SOME, SOME ISSUES. 
          UM, ALSO, CAN, CAN STAFF EXPLAIN THE 71 CASES THAT ARE PENDING, UH, DUE TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT'S EMERGENCY ORDER? HOW LONG WILL THE ORDER, UH, BE IN PLACE? AND WHICH DISTRICTS ARE, ARE, ARE 71 CASES CONCENTRATED IN? OKAY. 
          UM, AND I, I'M GONNA JUST QUICKLY TOUCH ON THE NOTICE OF VACATE ISSUE OF COUNCILMAN. 
          UH, IT, IT IS CERTAINLY CHALLENGING. 
          THE HARDEST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS TO TELL SOMEONE THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR HOME OR THE HOME THAT THEY'RE RENTING, WHERE THEY'RE LIVING IN. 
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UH, BUT IF IT IS SO DANGEROUS THAT THEY'RE IN HARM'S WAY, THAT'S, THAT'S WHEN THOSE ARE USED. 
          UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT THAT IS, UH, IT, IT'S ONLY USED WHEN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 
          UH, WHERE, WHERE THERE'S IMMINENT HARM, UH, FOR THE INDIVIDUAL. 
          UH, THAT BEING SAID, UH, THE 71, UH, UH, CASES. 
          SO AS WE STARTED IN, UH, IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, THE CASES IN FEBRUARY, MARCH OF LAST YEAR, THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS. 
          AGAIN, IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET TO B S B, UH, BUT THEY WERE HEARD IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD. 
          THERE WAS A DEMOLITION ORDER, UH, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OTHER FEASIBLE, UH, UM, UH, UH, RESPONSE TO THE HAZARD. 
          UH, AND NORMALLY WE HAVE TO WAIT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME FOR AN APPEAL PERIOD THAT'S NORMALLY 30 DAYS. 
          SO THOSE 71 CASES, BECAUSE THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT PUT A SUSPENSION ON THAT ESSENTIALLY DEADLINE THAT, THAT 30 DAY DEADLINE THAT'S JUST BEEN EXTENDED, WE CANNOT PROCEED WITH THOSE UNTIL THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT DECIDES THAT THOSE, UH, CAN BE HEARD AGAIN. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW THAT'S BEEN EXTENDED, AND IT WAS JUST A WEEK OR TWO AGO THAT IT'S GOT, ITS LAST SEVERAL MONTH EXTENSION, UH, TILL JUNE ONE OF THIS YEAR. 
          SO JUNE ONE, THE STATE, UH, MAY LOOK AT, UH, OPENING UP THOSE APPEAL DOCKETS FOR ANY OF THOSE CASES. 
          AND THOSE 71, I DON'T HAVE THOSE EXACT NUMBERS OF WHERE THEY ARE, BUT IT'S VERY DISTRIBUTIVE OF THE NUMBERS. 
          YOU SEE, UH, THOSE, THOSE AREAS OF TOWN THAT GENERALLY HAVE OLDER HOUSING STOCK, RIGHT? THOSE TEND TO BE WHERE YOU'LL FIND MORE, UH, UH, DANGEROUS PREMISE CASES. 
          AND THAT'S JUST, UH, WHAT WE'LL SEE. 
          BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY GET TO ALL 71 AND BREAK THOSE UP, UH, BY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          AND THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, UH, I, I MET WITH YOU, UM, AND, AND I MEAN, TOMAS, UH, UH, RECENTLY ABOUT, UM, COORDINATING MORE CLOSELY WITH, UH, VERO SOTO AND HER TEAM AT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES. 
          UH, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT? AND I'M GLAD THAT, UH, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE, UM, VERO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE STILL ON, BUT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM TO THE MINOR HOME REPAIR, I THINK, UH, I'D LIKE FOR US TO SEE, UH, COORDINATION FROM YOUR OFFICE TO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, UH, IN, IN, IN HELPING TO SORT OF DETERMINE THAT, HEY, HERE'S SOME, HERE'S SOME PROJECTS. 
          HERE'S SOME, UH, SOME MUCH NEEDED, UH, HOMES AND STRUCTURES THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM, FROM THESE PROGRAMS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS EXACTLY, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU CALLED IT OUT. 
          THIS WAS ACTUALLY MY FIRST WEEK ON COUNCIL. 
          WE DEALT WITH MIGUEL AL'S HOUSE, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS JUST IMPOSSIBLE. 
          THERE WAS NO WAY THIS HOUSE WAS JUST AN IMPOSSIBILITY. 
          UH, I WENT TO GO LOOK AT IT MYSELF, AND, AND, AND I CAN, WE CAN ALL KNOW THAT, UH, IT IS, IT IS STILL STANDING THERE. 
          IN FACT, IT'S BEEN, UH, VERY, VERY MUCH REHABILITATED. 
          AND IT'S A, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HOME, UH, AND DONE, UH, UH, IN, IN A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SORT OF OLDER HOUSING STOCK, UH, IT, IT TENDS TO BE MORE RESILIENT. 
          AND, UH, THESE PROGRAMS LIKE THE UNDER ONE ROOF AND, AND MINOR HOME REPAIR, UH, CAN REALLY DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
          SO, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT, MIKE, AND, AND WHAT WE DISCUSSED? AND, AND VERO, IF YOU, IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UH, YOU, YOU MIGHT, YOU MIGHT ALSO, UM, CHIME IN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SURE. 
          NO, ABSOLUTELY. 
          KASMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION, UH, BEFORE WE EVER GET TO THAT, UM, P S B CASE. 
          WE, THERE, THERE NEEDS TO BE, AND THERE IS, UH, COORDINATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE VETOS DEPARTMENT, UH, D H SS, IF THERE'S A NEED. 
          UM, AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW OF OTHER LOCAL NONPROFITS THAT WE ATTEMPT AS A CITY TO TRY TO GET THAT HOMEOWNER INTO. 
          UH, WE, WE CERTAINLY KNOW THE NEED. 
          IT FAR OUTWEIGHS THE, THE, UH, THE RESOURCES, UH, IN A LOT OF THESE CASES. 
          UH, BUT AS I MENTIONED, UM, AS I MENTIONED, I THINK A WEEK AGO WHEN YOU AND I MET, UH, WITH, WITH WITH AMIN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO, TO SIT DOWN AND FURTHER TALK WITH YOU AND VETO AND ANY OTHERS TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND A BETTER WAY OR AN IMPROVED WAY, UH, TO, TO GET IN TOUCH EARLIER. 
          I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THOSE RESIDENTS, UH, MS. CASTILLO, MS. SANCHEZ, UM, AMELIA, WHO WAS ON, UH, I THINK IS PART OF THIS MEETING UP FRONT. 
          AND WE HAD, I THINK, SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN CONNECT EARLIER ON AND REALLY MAKING SURE WE FIND EVERY WAY, UM, TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH RESOURCES. 
          AND AGAIN, STILL VERY CHALLENGING, UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK THE NEED IS, IS GREATER THAN THE RESOURCES SOMETIMES. 
          UH, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          I KNOW GTO'S HERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW, BARRY, YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING THERE? WELL, MIKE, YOU RESPONDED VERY WELL. 
          UH, WE, WE TALK A LOT. 
          UM, MATTER OF FACT, IN OUR FOR EVERYONE HOMEWORK, WHICH 
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IS OUR ANTI DISPLACEMENT EFFORT, AM MEAN, UM, IS A PART OF THAT. 
          AND SO ALL THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THESE STRUCTURES IS PART OF WHAT WE DO. 
          UM, AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH D S D TO FIND BETTER WAYS TO HELP PEOPLE BEFORE A, A HOUSE GETS TO THAT DEMOLITION STAGE. 
          BUT WE HAVE REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION. 
          UM, WE JUST CAN'T ALWAYS HELP THE CLIENTS BECAUSE OUR FUNDING IS ALSO LIMITED. 
          AND AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY FUNDING LEFT IS THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, AND THE HOUSE MIGHT NEED JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST THAT. 
          UH, WELL, THANK YOU RO FOR THAT. 
          AND ALSO, UH, I, I SEE THAT SHANNON MILLER, YOU'RE ON. 
          AND, AND THE REASON I, I, I'D LIKE FOR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UH, YOU CAN CHIME IN, BUT, UH, WE'RE DOING THE DECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AS WELL, THAT IS HARVESTING MATERIAL THAT CAN HOPEFULLY BE REUTILIZED. 
          UH, BUT YOU WERE THERE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RIO ADA'S HOUSE AND S THE SUCCESS STORY THAT IT WAS, UM, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW MAYBE DECONSTRUCTION CAN ALSO HELP WITH, WITH SOME OF THIS, THESE EFFORTS? UM, YEAH, SURE. 
          UM, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. 
          UH, WE, WE DEFINITELY SEE THAT ALL OF THESE TYPES OF INITIATIVES FIT TOGETHER BECAUSE THE IDEA IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE DO MORE DECONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY, THEN, THEN THE, THAT THE MATERIAL THAT COMES OUT OF THOSE BUILDINGS, 'CAUSE SOME BUILDINGS ARE GONNA COME DOWN. 
          I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT, UH, SOMETIMES IT'S, IT, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. 
          SO WHEN THAT DOES HAPPEN, THOSE HIGHER QUALITY MATERIALS CAN THEN GO INTO, UM, OTHER HOUSING UNITS. 
          UM, WE ALWAYS, WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT AS ALMOST LIKE AN ORGAN DONOR KIND OF, UH, ANALOGY WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAKING SOMETHING OUT OF ONE PROPERTY TO, TO HELP EXTEND THE LIFE OF ANOTHER PROPERTY. 
          AND THE BEAUTY OF THAT IS THAT, UM, WE'RE ALSO KEEPING THAT MATERIAL FROM GOING TO THE LANDFILL. 
          AND, UM, AND WE'RE ALSO BUILDING SKILLS, UM, BECAUSE IT TIES BACK TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL, BY TEACHING PEOPLE TO DO THE DECONSTRUCTION. 
          UM, IT, IT, IT'S A, IT'S A SKILL THAT PEOPLE CAN, CAN USE TO KIND OF DEVELOP THEIR, THEIR BUSINESS. 
          THANK, THANK YOU, SHANNON. 
          AND AGAIN, I, I JUST HOPE WE'RE ALSO USING THIS TIME THAT, THAT IS, IS, IS KIND OF AFFORDED US, UH, BECAUSE OF, UH, SOME OF THESE ISSUES DURING THIS PANDEMIC TO, TO HELP REVISIT SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND SEE IF THESE, THESE HOMES COULD NOT BENEFIT, UH, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. 
          I, I HAVE A STRONG BELIEF THAT, UH, HOMES THAT, THAT LOOK LIKE THEY, THEY ARE, UH, IRREPARABLE, UH, CAN BENEFIT FROM, FROM THESE PROGRAMS, BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO THEM. 
          AND, AND OF COURSE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO HERE, BY, BY TIME. 
          AND I THINK YOU EXPLAINED THAT MIKE REALLY WELL. 
          IN FACT, IT WAS, IT WAS OUR MEETING WHEN WE, WE, WE FIRST TALKED ABOUT MIGUEL SAL HOUSE, WHICH WAS, THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA DO IS BUY TIME FOR THESE PROJECTS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT. 
          UH, I'LL GET TO COUNCIL UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS, UH, STARTING WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          BOY, THIS A THIS IS A GREAT TOPIC AND YES, UH, I WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD AND A MEMBER, UH, WHEN, SIR, WHEN YOU PUT OUT SOME CHANGES, AND I ACTUALLY WENT TO B SESSION, IF YOU REMEMBER, OR WAS IT A COMMITTEE MEETING? I GUESS IT WAS A COMMITTEE MEETING, AND, UH, SAID, HEY, WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WENT ALONG WITH THE CHANGES AND IT WORKED FINE. 
          BUT IF YOU REMEMBER SOME OF THOSE PICTURES ON THAT MIKE SHOWED EARLIER, THERE'S NO WAY THAT THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM OR EVEN MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM CAN HELP THOSE HOUSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER THESE DEMOLITION ORDERS. 
          THERE, THERE'S NO WAY, I MEAN, YOU'LL SPEND MORE MONEY TRYING TO FIX THOSE HOUSES THAN IT WOULD BE TO BUILD A BRAND NEW HOUSE, MUCH MORE MONEY. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO SPEND THOSE KIND OF RESOURCES ON THOSE HOMES, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAXPAYER MONEY HERE. 
          THAT IS THAT THE RIGHT USE OF OUR TAXPAYER MONEY TO GO IN THERE AND TRY TO FIX A DILAPIDATED AND DANGEROUS STRUCTURE. 
          AND LET ME TELL YOU, DANGEROUS. 
          AND WHEN EVERY, EVERY DAY, EVERY MONTH, EVERY QUARTER THAT WE EXTEND AND NOT, NOT TAKE DOWN, WE'RE PUTTING SOMEBODY'S LIFE AT RISK. 
          AND WE, WE TALK ABOUT SAVING LIVES IN THIS CITY ALL THE TIME, BUT HERE ON THE OTHER HAND, WE SAY, NO, LET'S KEEP THESE DANGEROUS STRUCTURES UP, WHICH COULD FALL DOWN ON TOP OF SOMEBODY OR SOMEBODY THAT'S ILLEGALLY TRESPASSING OR A HOMELESS PERSON TRYING TO LIVE IN ONE OF THESE STRUCTURES. 
          BE CHECKS AND BALANCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING DOWN SOMETHING THAT CAN BE REPAIRED OR THAT SOMETHING COULD BE SAVED. 
          BUT GO BACK TO THOSE PICTURES IF YOU CAN, AND TAKE A LOOK AT THESE STRUCTURES. 
          THESE ARE DEFINITELY 
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DANGEROUS STRUCTURES. 
          AND THEN TO GO IN AND SAY, WE CAN SALVAGE SOME OF THESE MATERIALS OUT OF THOSE, IT AIN'T NO WAY, UH, YOU'RE GONNA END UP AGAIN, PAYING A LOT MORE MONEY FOR TRYING TO SALVAGE SOMETHING OUT OF THAT THAN BULLDOZING IT DOWN AND MAKING THAT PROPERTY AVAILABLE FOR ANOTHER STRUCTURE, A NEW STRUCTURE. 
          SO I, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA PUSH BACK AS HARD AS I CAN ON THIS ONE, BECAUSE I'VE GOT PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OUT THERE WITH THIS TYPE OF STUFF. 
          AND I SAW THAT THE TYPES OF STRUCTURES THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD BOARD ON BOTH, BOTH COMMITTEES, THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO, TWO PANELS ON THAT. 
          SO, UM, IT IS, IT IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN A CLOSE LOOK AT. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SO MANY CHECKS AND BALANCES TO INCLUDE THE MUNICIPAL COURT THAT PEOPLE CAN GO THROUGH TO, UH, HALT SOMETHING. 
          I MEAN, I SAW WHERE DRUG HOUSES, WHERE OUR DART TEAMS WOULD GO OUT AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THEY CLEAN UP A DRUG DRUG ISSUE, BUT THEY WOULD MOVE RIGHT BACK IN. 
          AND WE TOOK DOWN GOOD HOMES BECAUSE THEY WERE DRUG DRUG HOUSES, HOUSES. 
          AND THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT NEED, THAT ARE LIVING NEXT TO THESE DANGEROUS STRUCTURES OR DRUG HOUSES. 
          THINK ABOUT THEM CONTINUALLY COMPLAINING TO THE CITY, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA DO, GONNA DO SOMETHING? WELL, WE DO HAVE THAT PROCESS. 
          AGAIN, IT TAKES A LONG TIME, BUT IT AFFECTS THEIR PROPERTY VALUES, IT AFFECTS THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT AFFECTS THEIR CHILDREN, ELDERLY, ALL THAT COULD GO WANDERING IN SOME OF THESE DANGEROUS STRUCTURES, THEY COULD COME DOWN ON TOP OF 'EM. 
          SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE WE DO SOMETHING HERE ON COUNCIL TO PUSH SOMETHING THROUGH TO CHANGE A PERFECTLY GOOD SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW INTO SOMETHING ELSE THAT COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH OUT THERE, OR CONTINUE TO IMPACT A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH PROPERTY VALUES AND TAKING DOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S HECK, PEOPLE GET UPSET ABOUT THIS STUFF. 
          AND I JUST RECENTLY, I HAD A HOUSE THAT WAS BEING TARGETED BY DART BECAUSE IT WAS A METH LAB. 
          THEY WOULD GO IN AND CLEAN IT OUT. 
          SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, IT WAS BACK IN OPERATION AGAIN. 
          PEOPLE ALL AROUND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD KNEW IT. 
          THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT IT. 
          AND WE, WE WERE ACTUALLY STARTING THAT PROCESS TO TAKE THAT HOUSE DOWN BECAUSE WE COULDN'T KEEP THE, THE ACTUAL OWNER OUT FROM OPERATING THE METH LAB. 
          AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENED? THANK GOODNESS THEY STARTED A FIRE WITHIN THEIR OWN HOUSE, AND IT BURNED DOWN, AND THEN WE WAS ABLE TO GO TAKE IT OUT. 
          SO I'M, I'M JUST SAYING, , WE GOT A LOT OF ISSUES WITH DANGEROUS STRUCTURES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, AND WE HAVE A PERFECTLY GOOD SYSTEM RIGHT NOW ON ADDRESSING THAT. 
          AND SO I, I SUPPORT MIKE AND WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING OVER THERE. 
          I THINK EVERYBODY HAS A, HAS A, A GREAT OUTLOOK ABOUT THAT PROGRAM. 
          AND WE STOP UNNECESSARY DEMOLITIONS. 
          BUT YEAH, WE'VE STILL GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS OUT THERE THAT A, THAT A ROOF WOULD NOT TAKE CARE OF OR MINOR REPAIRS, THEY NEED TO COME DOWN. 
          SO, MAN, I'VE BEEN ON THIS SOAPBOX WAY TOO MUCH, SIR. 
          I . 
          BUT YEAH. 
          ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT, THAT LAST POINT IS WHERE WE AGREE, UH, . 
          LET ME, LET ME, LET ME SAY SOMETHING TO THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          UH, 'CAUSE I THINK THEY CALL US THE ODD COUPLE IN THAT, UH, WE ALWAYS FIND SOME COMMON GROUND. 
          SO LET ME JUST STATE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, BECAUSE YOU, YOU, YOU POINTED IT OUT, AND I WANT THE PUBLIC TO HEAR THIS. 
          WE SHOULDN'T MAKE SUCH A, SUCH A DIFFICULT DECISION, LIKE THE DEMOLITION OF A HOME BASED ON PICTURES, AND YOU JUST DID THAT. 
          YOU GOTTA DO SITE VISITS. 
          AND, AND THE CASE THAT WHEN YOU WERE CHAIR WAS MIGUEL SALA. 
          UM, AND YOU, I THINK THE, THE POINT IS, IS LIKE I DID A SITE VISIT OF THAT HOUSE, AND THAT THAT HOUSE STANDS TODAY, UH, IT DIDN'T HURT ANYBODY, AND IT TOOK A LITTLE EFFORT. 
          YES. 
          BUT THE COMMUNITY WANTED THAT. 
          UH, I DISAGREE WITH YOUR, YOUR NOTION THAT A ROOF CAN'T SAVE A HOME. 
          UH, I THINK WE'VE PROVEN THAT OVER A THOUSAND TIMES. 
          UH, SECONDLY, I, I'D ALSO TELL YOU THAT, UH, I, YOU, YOU MAY HAVE NOT GOTTEN A PRESENTATION FROM, FROM SHANNON MILLER AND HER TEAM ON THE DECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM, BUT THE ECONOMICS SHOW THAT IT IS, IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA COST THE CITY. 
          IN FACT, IT'S GONNA HELP THE CITY. 
          AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A, NOT JUST A COST BENEFIT, BUT A BENEFIT OF VALUE THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR. 
          SO I'D ASK YOU TO, TO, TO TAKE THAT PRESENTATION FROM, FROM SHANNON, UH, 
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ON THE DECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND WHAT IT WOULD MEAN, UH, TO, TO SALVAGE MATERIALS THAT CAN GO BACK TO HELPING SOME OF THESE, THESE HOMES. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, UM, LET'S, LET'S GO DO A, A COUPLE OF SITE VISITS. 
          AND I THINK, UH, I MEAN THAT OUR, OUR, OUR COMMON SENSE WILL PREVAIL. 
          UH, THERE ARE, I MEAN, I'M NOT, I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT THERE AREN'T ANY DANGEROUS STRUCTURES. 
          THERE ARE, UH, BUT THERE ARE STRUCTURES WHERE SAVING, SAVING AS WELL. 
          I, I DO JUST HOWEVER DISAGREE THAT WE DE DEMOLISH HOMES BECAUSE THEY'RE DRUG HOUSES. 
          THE, THE HOUSES DON'T, DON'T DESERVE THAT PUNISHMENT, UH, BEHAVIOR IS, IS WHAT WE SHOULD, SHOULD TRY TO TRACK. 
          AND IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO, TO SAVE HOUSING IN THE CITY, THAT'S A MUST. 
          WE ARE, WE ARE JUST SO FAR BEHIND ON HOUSING. 
          SO I, AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL LEAVE THAT PROPOSAL THERE AND, UH, AND HOPE THAT MAYBE WE COULD DO A COUPLE SITE VISITS TO, TO KIND OF SEE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE PROGRAM TOGETHER. 
          SURE. 
          I I, I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I RELIED ON THE STAFF AND I SUPPORTED THE STAFF WHEN I WAS ON THE B SS B AND, AND THEY DID VERY THOROUGH INVESTIGATIONS ON EVERY ONE OF THOSE. 
          SO YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T MIND GOING OUT ON A SITE VISIT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND YOU AND I, YOU CAN'T GO ON ALL, YOU CAN'T GO ON ALL OF THEM. 
          I HEAR YOU. 
          BUT YOU AND I HAVE DISAGREED WITH STAFF BEFORE TOO, SO I THINK YOU CAN GO ON THAT . 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          WE'LL GO WITH ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO GET INTO THIS FIGHT ANYWAY, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS BECAUSE, UH, ALTHOUGH I'VE APPOINTED SOMEBODY TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE, AND I, I'VE GOTTEN PRETTY REGULAR REPORTS. 
          I NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE IN-DEPTH PROCESS THAT WENT ON IN THIS. 
          BUT I'M JUST LOOKING, UH, BACK AT THE NUMBER OF DEMOLITIONS, UH, TABLE THAT WAS PRESENTED HERE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, UH, IT REALLY IS OBVIOUS THAT A LOT OF THE OLDER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE AREAS THAT, UH, END UP HAVING A LOT OF HOMES TAKEN DOWN, WHETHER IT'S, UH, BY PERMIT BECAUSE PEOPLE WANNA TAKE 'EM DOWN, OR WHETHER IT'S BY THE CITY JUST DECIDING THEY NEED TO BE TAKEN DOWN. 
          I LOOK AT, UH, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT FIVE AND, AND ONE, AND TWO, AND THREE, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THOSE ARE A LOT OF STRUCTURES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN. 
          UH, AND I GUESS I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          UH, AND, AND ONE IS, ARE, ARE THERE, IS THERE MORE THAN ONE EVALUATION ON A PROPERTY TO DETERMINE THAT, UH, THE, IT'S GONNA BE RECOMMENDED FOR DEMOLITION? IN OTHER WORDS, IS THERE AN ENGINEER THAT GOES OUT? IS THERE A ELECTRICIAN? IS THERE A, A CONTRACTOR WHO BUILDS OR, OR TAKES DOWN, YOU KNOW, OR IS IT ONE STAFF MEMBER THAT GOES OUT AND LOOKS AND TAKES PICTURES AND, AND THEN COMES UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION? MIKE, I CAN'T HEAR YOU, MIKE. 
          IT MUST BE GETTING LATE IN THE DAY. 
          SO, UH, THE INSPECTIONS ARE USUALLY BY SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS. 
          IT STARTS WITH A LICENSED CODE OFFICER THAT HAS SPECIAL TRAINING IN, UH, THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF, UH, OF, OF A HOME OR, UH, AN APARTMENT OR COMMERCIAL BUILDING. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE LICENSED BUILDING ELECTRICAL, UH, PLUMBING, MECHANICAL INSPECTORS HERE AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, THAT, UH, THAT WILL TEND TO GET INVOLVED ALONG THE PROCESS. 
          UM, SOME OF THEM, LIKE AMIN AND MYSELF, ARE LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS. 
          SO AS WE'RE REVIEWING THE CASES, UH, WE MAY OR MAY NOT, UH, INDIVIDUALLY US GO, GO TO SOME OF THEM IF IT'S A CHALLENGING CASE, UH, TO HELP MAKE THAT ASSESSMENT. 
          SO THERE'S A TEAM OF US THAT DO IT TOGETHER. 
          UM, BUT IT DOES START OUT USUALLY WITH THE, UH, WITH THE CODE OFFICER. 
          THAT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY IT, WE CALL IT A DANGEROUS PREMISE, UH, INVESTIGATOR. 
          THAT'S A TITLE WE HAVE. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, THOSE HAVE BEEN, UH, LICENSED BY THE STATE AND TRAINED IN ACCORDANCE. 
          AND, UH, USUALLY, UH, NO, NOT USUALLY, BUT OUR I C C CERTIFIED INTER UH, INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL CERTIFIED. 
          SO, UM, WE WILL ACTUALLY WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, IF THEY BRING A SPECIFIC STRUCTURAL ENGINEER ON OCCASION, VERY RARE OCCASION, MAYBE A, MAYBE A COMMERCIAL BUILDING. 
          WE WILL ACTUALLY HIRE AN OUTSIDE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER IF IT'S REALLY TRICKY. 
          SO, UH, IT'S NOT THE ONE INDIVIDUAL, LIKE YOU SAID, BUT EACH CASE WILL DICTATE PROBABLY HOW MANY, UH, WILL ASSESS THE STRUCTURE. 
          OKAY. 
          ON THE CHART YOU HAVE FOR DEMOLITIONS BY THE CITY, UH, AND IT WAS 99 AND 20 19 72 LAST YEAR, ET CETERA. 
          HOW MANY OF THOSE, IF YOU CAN GIVE 
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ME AN ESTIMATE, MAYBE BY PERCENTAGE, WERE STILL OWNER OCCUPIED AT THE TIME THAT THE CITY WENT OUT AND DECIDED THEY SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED? THAT, THAT IT, IT'S ABOUT 20% CITYWIDE. 
          IT'S ABOUT 20% ARE, UH, OCCUPIED VERSUS, UH, VERSUS VACANT. 
          UM, AND WHEN YOU SAY OWNER OCCUPIED, I'D PROBABLY HAVE TO PULL THAT OUT. 
          'CAUSE SOME OF THOSE I THINK, WERE RENTAL OCCUPIED. 
          BUT, UM, I, I'LL HAVE, WE'D HAVE TO PULL THAT, UH, OUT FOR YOU, BUT IT'S ABOUT 20% IS OCCUPIED. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL OCCUPIED. 
          UM, NOW TO YOUR RECOLLECTION, UH, DO YOU RECALL ANY, ANY HOUSES THAT FELL DOWN AND KILLED ANYBODY IN SAN ANTONIO THAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT, UM, HERE RECENTLY THAT FELL DOWN AND KILLED ANYBODY? NO, NOT, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. 
          UH, I KNOW THERE WAS ONE BACK IN, UH, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS 2011 OR 2012, WHERE, WHERE SOMEONE DIED UNDERNEATH IT. 
          UH, BUT THEY WERE DOING WORK ON THE HOUSE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I I, I HEARD COUNCILMAN PERRY TALKING ABOUT SAFETY FACTOR, UH, AND I ALSO HEARD COUNCILMAN TREVINO TALKED ABOUT A HOUSE THAT EVERYBODY SAID SHOULD COME DOWN, BUT NOW PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN IT. 
          SO I, I TEND TO WANNA KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING. 
          WE ARE GOING TO THE EXTREME TO ENSURE THAT IF SOMEBODY'S LIVING IN A HOME, LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT WE HEARD FROM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING TODAY, THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP THEM STAY IN THAT HOME. 
          NOW, I RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, SAFETY IS OBVIOUSLY A FACTOR. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, I KNOW THAT IF WE TALK ABOUT TRYING TO REHAB A HOME, UH, ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONTENTIONS IS WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO REHAB A HOME SO THAT IT'S JUST AS GOOD AS A HOME THAT'S BUILT TODAY WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTRIC OR PLUMBING OR STRUCTURE OR A ROOF, YOU KNOW? WELL, MY HOUSE IS 45 YEARS OLD, AND I, I'LL LIVE ANOTHER 20 YEARS. 
          UH, AND, AND I WOULD HATE TO FIND OUT THAT 20 YEARS FROM NOW, I'VE GOTTA REBUILD IT TO WHATEVER THE STANDARDS ARE 20 YEARS FROM NOW. 
          UH, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A PROBLEM WE FACE WITH A LOT OF THESE OLDER HOMES. 
          PEOPLE ARE STILL LIVING IN THE HOMES AND, AND THEY FEEL IT'S OKAY, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST WANT A NEW ROOF. 
          THEY WANT TO HAVE THE FOUNDATION LEVELED. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO STAY IN A HOME, UH, AND, AND NOT REQUIRE THAT IT BECOME ALMOST REBUILT LIKE A NEW HOME? BECAUSE LIKE THE COUNCILMAN SAID, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE TAKING A, A 60, 70, $80,000 STRUCTURE AND YOU'RE ADDING ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ONTO IT TO BUILD IT ALL UP TO CODE SO SOMEBODY CAN STAY IN IT, WHICH MEANS THAT IT'S NO LONGER AFFORDABLE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN THERE AND LIVING THERE FOR YEARS. 
          UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I, I WORRY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING BY NOT TRYING AS HARD AS WE CAN TO PROTECT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO STAY IN THE HOUSES THAT THEY'RE IN. 
          I THINK IT'S BEEN SAID MANY TIMES. 
          THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THE ONE PEOPLE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S IN THE STRUCTURE. 
          UH, BUT I WOULD ERR ON THE SIDE OF HELPING PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES. 
          SO, ANYWAY, THAT'S MY COMMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, AND I, I, CAN I HAVE ONE TO THAT COUNCILMAN? I KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE RUNNING TIGHT OF TIME, BUT I, I THINK TO YOUR POINT, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SHARE THAT SAME COMMITMENT. 
          UH, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE. 
          YOU ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN YOUR STRUCTURE, UH, BY THE YEAR IT WAS BUILT. 
          ESSENTIALLY, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO BRING IT UP TO NEW CODE. 
          UM, AND THAT'S THE STANDARD. 
          IT'S NOT, IT, IT'S NOT, THERE IS NO CODE THAT'S TELLING YOU TO BRING IT UP TO NEW CODE, POSSIBLY, UNLESS YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR HOUSE INTO AN OFFICE, OFFICE BUILDING AFTER YOU ALLOW IT TO BE REZONED. 
          UH, BUT THAT'S A CHANGE OF USE. 
          SO, UH, WE DO HAVE THE MAINTENANCE CODE, AND THAT'S A VERY REAL, UM, PART OF OUR CODE. 
          SO, UH, BE ASSURED THAT NO ONE'S ASKING ANYBODY TO BRING IT UP TO, UH, TODAY'S, UH, NEW BUILDING CODE. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR, FOR CLEARING THAT UP. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ASK ALSO THAT, UH, WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND, AND TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF THIS. 
          'CAUSE, UH, I DO THINK, UH, THAT SOMETIMES WE, WE, UH, WE DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH IS GOING INTO, INTO A PROJECT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WE DID THE DASHBOARD ON THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM. 
          BUT MAYBE IT'S TIME TO START LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE AND TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF WHAT, WHAT THEY ARE. 
          THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ROOFS ARE GENERALLY ABOUT EIGHT TO $10,000 PER HOUSE, WHICH I THINK IS A, A, A, A MODEST BUT NECESSARY INVESTMENT 
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AND BRINGS LOTS OF VALUE IN MANY WAYS. 
          UH, BUT I WANNA ADDRESS ONE THING WE STILL HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT, AND I WANNA ASK, UH, STAFF, UH, UH, YOU MIKE SPECIFICALLY, UH, AND AM MEAN TO, TO ADDRESS WHAT WE HEARD, UH, IN THE, IN, IN THE COMMENTS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT THERE, THERE'S ALSO, UH, AN ATTITUDE FROM, FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN TERMS OF HOW PEOPLE, UH, THROUGH GOING THROUGH AN ALREADY DIFFICULT TIME, UH, AND A DIFFICULT, UH, ASSESSMENT, UH, MAY FEEL THREATENED, UH, OR, OR, UH, OR HARASSED. 
          UH, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? AND AGAIN, CAN, CAN WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ABSOLUTELY, AS A CITY, ABSOLUTELY NEVER WANT TO, UH, PUT ANYBODY IN THAT KIND OF A POSITION, UH, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT THIS IS DIFFICULT SUBJECT AS, AS IT IS, THE LAST THING WE WANT WANT TO DO IS, IS, IS, UH, TO PROVIDE PEOPLE MORE TRAUMA THAN, THAN WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING. 
          CAN, CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY, UH, PART OF WHAT WE DO AS, UH, YOU KNOW, IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, OUR CODE OFFICERS, WHILE THEY'RE ADDRESSING, UH, SAFETY HAZARDS WITH STRUCTURES, UH, WE KNOW THAT DEALING WITH PEOPLE, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEM THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT OWN OR, AND OR LIVE IN WHAT IS DEEMED A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, UH, THEY, THEY WOULD, UH, FIX IT IF THEY COULD, IF THERE WAS MEANS, METHODS, WHATEVER. 
          UM, SO WE SPEND A LOT OF OUR TIME, ENERGY, EFFORT WITH, WITH OUR SUPERVISORS, MANAGERS, ALONG WITH THE CODE OFFICERS. 
          UH, WE WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES, LIKE I SAID, SOME CITIES, SOME OUTSIDE THE CITY. 
          UH, I EVEN HAVE CODE OFFICERS THAT ON THEIR OWN TIME CONNECT THEM WITH RESOURCES THAT THEY KNOW AT THEIR LOCAL CHURCH AND OTHER THINGS. 
          SO THEY, THEY TAKE IT VERY PERSONAL. 
          OUR CODE OFFICERS, UH, TAKE IT VERY PERSONAL AND TRY TO CONNECT, UH, RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN THIS SITUATION WITH HELP, UH, WHENEVER WE CAN. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO HELP, UH, BUT WE'RE ALSO HERE TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, DANGEROUS, UH, SITUATIONS AND TRYING TO GET THAT PEOPLE OR, OR PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THOSE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS CORRECTED. 
          SO, UM, BUT WE SHARE THAT SAME SENTIMENT THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED. 
          UH, WE'RE HERE TO HELP IT. 
          UH, BUT IT IS A VERY CHALLENGING SITUATION SOMETIMES AS, AS, UH, I THINK YOU ALL UNDERSTAND. 
          WELL, MIKE, IF I COULD JUST, UH, TO CLOSE OFF, LET'S JUST, UH, WHY DON'T YOU, UH, TELL THE, UH, THE PUBLIC THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT CAN THEY DO? SHOULD THEY EVER RUN INTO, UH, A SITUATION LIKE, LIKE YOU JUST HEARD IN, IN OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, WHAT, WHAT CAN SOMEBODY DO? WELL, THE FIRST THING IS TO UNDERSTAND, UH, THAT, THAT THE CODE OFFICER IS THERE TO IDENTIFY, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING'S PROBABLY WRONG WITH THE STRUCTURE, UH, THAT, THAT WE GOT CALLED THERE, OR WE SAW IT DRIVING, UH, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UH, AND THEN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND THEN UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, I THINK I, I TOLD YOU, AND I, I SHOWED YOU IN THE PROCESS THAT THERE'S SEVERAL MEETINGS WE, WE HAVE OR WANNA HAVE WITH THE, UH, THE HOMEOWNERS OR THE RESIDENTS, UH, TO UNDERSTAND, HEY, WE'RE NOT DEMOING YOUR PROPERTY TODAY. 
          ACTUALLY, WE DON'T, WE HAVE ALL THESE STEPS TO NOT DEMO YOUR PROPERTY IF POSSIBLE. 
          SO HERE'S ALL THE RESOURCES WE HAVE, UH, THAT, THAT CAN HELP. 
          UH, I CAN'T PROMISE THEM THAT THERE'LL ALWAYS BE A SOLUTION, UH, AS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. 
          BUT I THINK WORKING WITH US AND ASKING, UH, TO SIT DOWN AND EXPLAIN THE PROCESS IS, IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO. 
          AND, UH, AND, AND AGAIN, AMIN IS HERE. 
          I'M HERE, AND OUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE HERE TO WORK WITH YOU THROUGH IT. 
          WELL, I, I GUESS, I GUESS THE ANSWER I WAS LOOKING FOR WAS THAT IF, IF SOMEBODY FEELS, UH, THREATENED OR DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE, UH, CAN THEY CALL YOU OR MEAN? OH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT HAPPENS, AND THAT HAPPENS, UH, EVERY NOW AND THEN, I'LL GET A CALL TO SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY WERE COMMUNICATING WELL OR DIDN'T UNDERSTAND OR DISAGREED WITH, UH, THE CODE OFFICER OR THE SUPERVISOR'S ASSESSMENT. 
          AND WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          WE'LL MEET ON SITE, UH, OR WE'LL HAVE A, IN THESE DAYS WE'LL HAVE A PHONE CALL OR WEBEX. 
          UM, BUT WE'LL GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT IT AND IF THERE'S A SOLUTION, UM, THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE TO, TO REPAIR THE STRUCTURE, THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          THANKS FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          THANKS COUNCIL. 
          COUNCILMAN K FOR STICKING IT OUT WITH ME. 
          I, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, I KNOW THIS WAS A LONG ONE, BUT, BUT WE GOT THROUGH IT. 
          THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          UH, IMPORTANT SUBJECT, . 
          YEAH. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU TO TO EVERYBODY ON STAFF FOR, FOR STICKING WITH US IN THE COMMUNITY, FOR, FOR LISTENING IN. 
          UH, WE'LL CONTINUE THESE CONVERSATIONS, UH, 'CAUSE WE KNOW THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT AND WE DO BELIEVE THAT HOUSING IS HEALTHCARE. 
          THANKS AGAIN, Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY. 
          THANK YOU.
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