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          YES, SIR. 
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ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          TIME IS 1:14 PM THIS IS APRIL 8TH, 2021. 
          UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL. 
          SPECIAL SESSION TO ORDER. 
          UH, MADAME CLERK, COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER TRIVIO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HARTA. 
          YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY AND MAYOR NURNBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, SO LEMME TURN 
          [1. 21-2386 Briefing on the 2019 Greenhouse Gas Inventory and an update on the implementation of the SA Climate Ready Climate Action and Adaptation Plan. [David McCary, Assistant City Manager; Douglas Melnick, Chief Sustainability Officer] ]
IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          OUR, UH, FIRST ITEM IN TODAY'S SPECIAL SESSION IS A BRIEFING BY OUR CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER, DOUG MELNICK. 
          UH, DOUG SPORTING A, UH, A NICE LONG BEARD. 
          GOOD, GOOD TO SEE YOU, DOUG. 
          UM, ON THE STATUS OF OUR SA, CLIMATE READY, UH, ACTION PLAN, ACTION, UNITED ION PLAN. 
          UM, DOUG, UH, AND THE TEAM RECENTLY GAVE AN UPDATE, UH, TO THE CHECK COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 25TH. 
          UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, UM, THE PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN AUGUST, 2019, AND SERVES AS OUR GUIDING FRAMEWORK FOR EFFORTS TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND TO DO OUR PART AS A COMMUNITY AND, AND AS A MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION. 
          UH, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY HAS HAD A, A LOT OF SUCCESSES OVER THE PAST YEAR, INCLUDING THE RELEASE OF THE, UH, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING REPORT, WHICH WAS ISSUED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, UH, TO YOUR OFFICES AND TO THE PUBLIC. 
          UH, DOUG'S PRESENTATION WILL INCLUDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION, THE DATE RESULTS OF THE GREENHOUSE, THE 2019 GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY, UM, AND, UH, IMPLEMENTATION PLANS THAT WE, UH, HAD BEFORE US IN 2021. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DOUG. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          AND, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU THIS UPDATE. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UM, TWO REALLY IMPORTANT PEOPLE, UH, WHO ARE REALLY PROVIDING TREMENDOUS SUPPORT. 
          OUR DEPUTY CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER, JULIA MURPHY, AND OUR CLIMATE PROGRAM MAN, PROGRAM MANAGER, MINA DEFI. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK. 
          AND WE'VE GOT THREE, UH, OF OUR SA CLIMATE READY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, WHO ARE, WHO ARE HERE, UM, TO PROVIDE THEIR SUPPORT. 
          WE'VE GOT ANGELA RODRIGUEZ FROM C P S ENERGY. 
          WE'VE GOT ASHLEY HARRIS FROM U SS A A, AND WE'VE GOT DD BEL MAUDE FROM PUBLIC CITIZENS. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR COMING IN AND SHOWING YOUR SUPPORT. 
          UM, AS WAS MENTIONED, UM, THE, YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE 2019 GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY, UM, THAT I'LL BE DISCUSSING, AS WELL AS OUR 2020, UH, ANNUAL REPORTS. 
          UH, THE GOALS FOR TODAY, UM, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, JUST REVIEW OUR CLIMATE GOALS AND PROJECTED IMPACTS. 
          THAT'S THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. 
          THE 2019 GREENHOUSE GAS RESULTS AND REVIEW ARE 2021 PRIORITIES. 
          SO, SAN ANTONIO'S CLIMATE WORK WAS INITIATED, UH, BY CITY COUNCIL IN JUNE, 2017 WITH THAT RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT, AND THAT LED TO CITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF THE SA CLIMATE READY PLAN IN OCTOBER, 2019. 
          UH, THIS PLAN COMMITS US TO ADDRESSING CLIMATE EQUITY, UH, ACHIEVING CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2050, UNDERTAKING ACTIONS TO ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE, AND, UM, PART OF WHAT THIS PRESENTATION IS ABOUT, TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT REPORTING AND TRANSPARENCY. 
          UH, WHILE 2020 WAS A CHALLENGING YEAR, THERE WERE MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UM, BY COSA AND PARTNER AGENCIES, UM, IN SUPPORT OF SA CLIMATE READY. 
          UH, THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS MANY EXAMPLES. 
          UM, MANY OF THESE ARE ALREADY IN THAT ANNUAL REPORT, BUT IT'S HIGHLIGHT, LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THEM. 
          UH, THE PASSAGE OF PACE PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY BY THIS, THIS BODY IS A HUGE TOOL, UM, FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO UNDERTAKE EFFICIENCY AND, AND RENEWABLE PROJECTS IN THEIR BUILDINGS. 
          UM, OUR PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SUSTAINABILITY DASHBOARD, UH, IS A, IS A POSITIVE SUCCESS. 
          ALL OF OUR ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION WORK. 
          AND REALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS WE'VE HAD THOUSANDS OF CITY EMPLOYEES GOING THROUGH OUR SA CLIMATE READY TRAINING, BECOMING AWARE OF WHAT THIS PLAN IS, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, AND WHAT THEIR ROLE IS. 
          UM, THESE ARE, THESE ARE A TESTAMENT TO OUR COMMITMENT TO PLAN IMPLEMENTATION. 
          WE ALSO PRODUCED TWO REPORTS, UM, HIGHLIGHTED AT THE TOP, UH, RIGHT OF THE, UM, UH, OF THE SLIDE. 
          OUR, AS ERIC HAD MENTIONED, OUR 2019 MUNICIPAL BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING REPORT, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS OUR WORK, UH, AND COMMITMENT TO REDUCING, UM, BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION, UH, AS WELL AS BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT OUR PROGRESS, AS WELL AS A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF KEY STRATEGIES, UH, RELATED TO THE CLIMATE PLAN. 
          AND THESE ARE STRATEGIES THAT, THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE THINK ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO, TO CONSIDER. 
          AND WE COMMITTED TO DOING A TRIPLE, TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE COST ASSESSMENT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ANYTHING, UH, TO BRING TO THE COMMUNITY OR COUNCIL. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA BE REVIVING REVIEWING 
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THIS REPORT WITH, UH, THE ESSAY CLIMATE READY ADVISORY COMMITTEES AT THE END OF THE MONTH. 
          ONCE WE GET THE FEEDBACK FROM THEM, UH, WE PLAN ON RELEASING THIS DOCUMENT PUBLICLY, AND, AND WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH YOU AS IT PROVIDES SOME VERY, UM, SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION ON, UH, THE BEN BENEFICIAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES. 
          THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE BY THE SA CLIMATE READY ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 
          YOU CAN SEE THEY'VE HAD TWO SETS OF QUARTERLY MEETINGS AND HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF TRAINING. 
          UH, THEY'VE GOTTEN TRAINING, UM, FROM DR. 
          UH, ANDREW DESLER, UM, FROM TEXAS A AND M, SAN ANTONIO ON CLIMATE CHANGE 1 0 1. 
          UM, A SERIES OF PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL RACIAL EQUITY TRAININGS, UH, WITH ONE OF OUR CONSULTANTS. 
          AND IT'S BEEN PROBABLY ONE OF THE HIGH POINTS FOR, FOR, FOR ME AND MY STAFF, IS TO SEE SUCH DIVERSE PEOPLE FROM D DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS COMING TOGETHER AND LEARNING AND, AND UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF RACE AS IT MEANS, AS IT, AS IT RELATES TO, UM, CLIMATE JUSTICE AND OUR PATH FORWARD. 
          AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE'LL BE DOING IS WE'RE HOLDING A SPECIAL MEETING, UM, WITH BOTH COMMITTEES AT THE SAME TIME, APRIL 26TH. 
          UH, THERE'S A LOT TO GO OVER. 
          UH, MEETINGS ARE QUARTERLY AND WE REALLY DIDN'T WANNA WAIT UNTIL JUNE TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING. 
          SO THE, THE FOCUS FOR THIS MEETING IS GOING TO BE REVIEWING THIS INVENTORY, UM, FOR 2019, REVIEWING THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS THAT I JUST DISCUSSED, AND THE CONSULTANTS WHO PREPARED THAT ANALYSIS IS GONNA BE THERE, UM, VIRTUALLY TO ANSWER ANY QUE QUESTIONS AND, AND WALK THIS GROUP THROUGH IT. 
          WE WANT TO GO THROUGH PRIORITY PROJECTS, UM, AND POLICIES. 
          UH, WE NEED TO GO THROUGH A SELECT OUR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIRS FOR BOTH COMMITTEES. 
          AND THEN WE WANNA HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THEM TO SEE IF THERE'S INTEREST IN HOLDING MORE FREQUENT MEETINGS OTHER THAN QUARTERLY. 
          UM, THAT'S WHAT THEY SIGNED UP FOR, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION TO SEE IF THEY AGREE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE FREQUENT, UM, UH, DISCUSSIONS. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CREATED THREE SUBCOMMITTEES, UM, TO DIVE DEEPER INTO SOME OF THE WORK. 
          ONE IS FOCUSED ON COMMUNICATIONS, UH, AND IS WORKING WITH US AND TEXAS CREATIVE ON MOVING THAT PROJECT FORWARD AND MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMITTEES HAVE INPUT, UM, A GROUP FOCUSED ON DATA AND INDICATORS. 
          AND FINALLY, A GROUP THAT'S GOING TO REFINE THE CLIMATE EQUITY SCREENING MECHANISM, UM, AND LOOK AT BEST PRACTICES. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THE BIG QUESTION ABOUT WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT THE CLIMATE PROJECTIONS SAY, IT'S GONNA GET HOTTER, DRIER, AND MORE SEVERE, UM, STORMS AND MORE FLOODING. 
          UM, WE ALSO LEARNED ABOUT EXTREME COLD, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WASN'T IN OUR CLIMATE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO, TO, TO PIVOT AND ADAPT TO THAT. 
          UM, HOWEVER, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE ADDRESSING THE ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT PEOPLE. 
          UH, IT'S ABOUT CLEAN AIR, PUBLIC HEALTH, RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, AFFORDABILITY, GOOD JOBS, THE ECONOMY AND, AND THE COMMUNITY'S FUTURE, PARTICULARLY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS MOST AT RISK AT CLIMATE IMPACTS, AND WHO CONTRIBUTE THE LEAST TO CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY THE PLAN AND ALL OF OUR WORK FO FOCUSES ON, ON EQUITY. 
          WE KNOW THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS EVERYONE, BUT NOT EVERYBODY EQUALLY. 
          UH, AND WE HAVE PRIORITY COMMUNITIES. 
          UH, THESE ARE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 
          AND THE REASON WE FOCUS ON THEM IS FOR THAT LIST ON THE RIGHT. 
          THESE COMMUNITIES ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT RELATED ILLNESS AND RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES. 
          UM, MORE IMPACTS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, MORE IMPACTS TO EXTREME COLD DUE TO, YOU KNOW, HOUSING THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY WEATHERIZED, UM, WHICH RESULTS IN HIGHER UTILITY BILLS, AND THEN NEGATIVE IMPACTS FROM TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FAILURES DOING EXTREME EVENTS BECAUSE THEY RELY ON TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO THIS IS WHY WE FOCUS WITH ON EQUITY, AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE REALLY THRILLED TO SEE THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COUNCIL OFFICE OF EQUITY AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS STEPPING UP TO USE THAT FRAME AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO NOW I'M GONNA TOUCH BASE ON THE 2019 GREENHOUSE GAS AND INVENTORY. 
          UH, AS YOU KNOW, SA, CLIMATE READY, UM, REQUIRES REGULAR GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES, UM, AS GREENHOUSE GASES ARE THE DRIVER OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ARE THE BASIS OF OUR 2050, UM, CARBON NEUTRALITY TARGET. 
          UM, THE INVENTORY REPORT, UM, PROVIDED TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON, HAS MORE DETAIL THAN I'M GONNA COVER, AND I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SCHEDULE ANY FOLLOW-UP BRIEFINGS WITH YOU TO DIVE INTO SOME OF THE DATA IN, IN MORE DETAIL IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          SO THIS SLIDE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE DRAFT THAT YOU HAD RECEIVED. 
          UM, WE HAD FOUND, UM, AN ERROR, UM, IN THE ORIGINAL SLIDE. 
          WE HAD DOUBLE COUNTED SOME EMISSIONS. 
          UH, THERE WAS EMISSIONS THAT WERE COUNTED, UM, IN THE, UH, COMMERCIAL NATURAL GAS SECTION AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO WE SORT OF DOUBLE COUNTED THOSE. 
          SO WE CORRECTED THAT. 
          UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE, OUR TOTAL COMMUNITY EMISSIONS DECREASED BY 0.2%. 
          UM, IT'S NOT A LOT, UM, BASICALLY FLAT, UM, BUT AT LEAST THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOLDING, HOLDING STEADY. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, C P S'S ENERGY'S EMISSIONS INTENSITY OF THEIR ELECTRICITY GENERATION DECLINED BY 10%. 
          SO THAT'S POSITIVE. 
          THE SHUTTING DOWN OF DEAL E UM, THE BRINGING OF MORE RENEWABLES, UH, ONTO THE SYSTEM. 
          BUT THOSE GAINS, UM, WERE OFFSET BY INCREASES IN TOTAL BUILDING, ENERGY CONSUMED 
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AND TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS. 
          AND THOSE REALLY WERE DRIVEN BY A 4% POPULATION GROWTH, AS WELL AS AN INCREASE IN HEATING AND COOLING DEGREE DAYS BETWEEN 20 AND 16 AND 2019. 
          AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE AS A GROWING CITY IS WE'RE GROWING. 
          UM, AND IT'S SIMILAR TO CITIES SUCH AS DENVER AND PHOENIX. 
          UM, BUT IT JUST MEANS THAT WE NEED TO SORT OF DOUBLE DOWN AND REALLY DETERMINE HOW DO WE SORT OF ACCELERATE THAT, THAT THAT MOVEMENT GOING FORWARD. 
          WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT OUR EMISSIONS ON A PER CAPITA BASIS, UM, WHICH SOME CITIES ALSO DO. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, ON A PER CAPITA BASIS, WE'VE SEEN A 4% DECREASE, UM, WHICH IS GOOD. 
          UM, THAT'S THAT. 
          BUT THE ISSUE IS AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR, UM, 2050 TARGET IS BASED UPON OVERALL TOTAL EMISSIONS, NOT PER CAPITA, BUT IT'S AN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S AN INDICATOR THAT WE WANT TO TRACK AND REPORT TO YOU ALL, BUT IT DOES SIGNAL THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE WORK. 
          AND, AND I HAD ASKED MINA TO DO A, A QUICK ASSESSMENT OF OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THERE PER CAPITA. 
          UM, WE'RE SORT OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, UM, MORE WORK TO BE DONE. 
          BUT AGAIN, IT SHOWS US HOW, HOW WE'RE STACKING UP ON THE MUNICIPAL SIDE. 
          AND IF YOU REMEMBER, WE, WE NOT, WE NOT ONLY REPORT ON COMMUNITY EMISSIONS, BUT OUR MUNICIPAL EMISSIONS, UM, OUR EMISSIONS DECLINED BY 41% BETWEEN 2016 AND 2019. 
          NOW, 25% OF THESE EMISSIONS, UM, WERE BASED UPON A METHODOLOGY CHANGE. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS, IF YOU LOOK AT GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES FROM, FROM PURE CITIES, THE METHODOLOGY'S ALWAYS BEING UPDATED AND REFINED. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE, THE THINGS THAT WE ADJUSTED IS, UM, BACK IN 2016, WE INCLUDED A SERIES OF SMALL MUNICIPALLY OWNED LANDFILLS THAT THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY DATA FOR. 
          UM, THERE WAS LOTS OF ESTIMATING BEING, UM, USED TO DETERMINE, UM, WHAT THOSE EMISSIONS POTENTIALLY COULD BE. 
          AND WORKING WITH A, UH, ANOTHER GROUP THAT WORKS WITH CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND GLOBALLY, THE BEST PRACTICE IS JUST TO INCLUDE THOSE THAT REPORT TO E P A. 
          SO WE HAVE ONE LANDFILL THAT REPORTS TO THE E P A, SO THAT REALLY IS WHAT DROVE A 25% REDUCTION IN THE EMISSIONS. 
          HOWEVER, WE DID SEE A BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION, UM, BY 19.5%, WHICH IS GREAT. 
          IT'S A COMBINATION OF OUR ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR BUILDINGS, ALSO WITH THE IMPROVED, UM, AND REDUCED CARBON INTENSITY OF THE C P S, UM, UH, ELECTRICAL, UM, ELECTRICITY PROVIDED TO US. 
          AND WE ALSO DID IDENTIFY A 9% INCREASE IN OUR FLEET EMISSIONS. 
          AND THAT'S DUE TO AN INCREASE IN SOME ADDITIONAL HEAVY EQUIPMENT, UM, THAT IT'S BEEN BROUGHT ON TO THE, TO THE FLEET. 
          AND JUST IN CONTEXT, OUR MUNICIPAL INVENTORY THAT TOTAL IS ONLY, UM, 3% OF THE TOTAL COMMUNITY EMISSIONS. 
          BUT AS WE ARE THE MAIN GOVERNMENT ENTITY, WE NEED TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE. 
          WE NEED TO DO WHAT, WHAT WE HOPE OTHERS DO FIRST AND THEN BRIEFLY JUST TO SHOW WHERE THE EMISSIONS COMING FROM. 
          THIS IS 2019, UM, BY SECTOR FOR COMMUNITY AND MUNICIPAL. 
          THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY CHANGE BETWEEN 2016 AND 2019, BUT REALLY WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS ON THE COMMUNITY SIDE, UM, IT'S STILL BUILDINGS IN TRANSPORTATION. 
          UM, THEY ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY, UM, 84% OF OUR MISSIONS THAT'S ON THE LEFT. 
          AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TWO LARGEST MUNICIPAL SOURCES WHERE WE CAN HAVE THE GREATEST INFLUENCE, OUR BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND OUR FLEET, THEY TOTAL 51% OF OUR TOTAL. 
          SO WHEN WE GO THROUGH SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON NOW, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DRIVE TOWARDS BUILDINGS AND TRANSPORTATION. 
          THAT'S WHERE THE REAL, UM, OPPORTUNITY AND WHERE THE NEED IS. 
          AND THIS IS JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF, JUST TO ILLUSTRATE THE PATH, UH, 2050 IS, SEEMS LIKE A LONG WAY AWAY, BUT THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED ABOUT A, YOU KNOW, ON AVERAGE FOUR TO 5%, UM, REDUCTION ANNUALLY TO GET TO THAT CARBON NEUTRALITY GOAL. 
          THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO NOTE THOUGH, IS I ACTUALLY WENT AND LOOKED AT A, UM, THERE'S A SITE WHERE CITIES DISCLOSE ALL OF THEIR EMISSIONS INVENTORIES. 
          AND I LOOKED AT 2019, AND IT'S A MIXED BAG. 
          YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE LEADING CITIES THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT HAD INCREASES. 
          IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A STRAIGHT LINE. 
          UM, THE KEY, AND WHAT I HOPE IS YOU CAN SEE IN 20, UM, 14 THAT PEAK, I'M HOPING THAT'S OUR PEAK, AND THEN WE DISCONTINUE THAT DOWNWARD TREND, BUT IT'S GONNA REQUIRE EFFORT, UH, ON BEHALF OF, OF THE CITY, UM, THE COMMUNITY AND, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. 
          SO NOW I JUST WANNA SHIFT REALLY, UM, QUICKLY TO PRIORITIES. 
          WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON? WHAT IS IMPORTANT? IT'S ABOUT POLICY. 
          IT'S ABOUT CONTINUING OUR ENERGY EFFICIENCY WORK. 
          IT'S LEADING BY EXAMPLE IN MUNICIPAL SUSTAINABILITY. 
          IT'S CLEANING OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND CONTINUING TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. 
          SO I'M JUST GONNA TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF POLICIES THAT WE THINK ARE FOUNDATIONAL. 
          THEY'RE FOUNDATIONAL POLICIES FOR CLIMATE ACTION. 
          UM, THEY, UM, HAVE BEEN USED BY OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE, UH, THE COUNTRY. 
          AND THE FIRST ONE IS A, A ENERGY BENCHMARKING, UM, PROGRAM. 
          AND THIS POLICY REQUIRES LARGE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS TO BENCHMARK THEIR ENERGY USE, 
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RETOOL, UH, PORTFOLIO MANAGER. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE USE FOR OUR BUILDINGS, AND THEY PROVIDE AN ENERGY STAR SCORE, UM, TO THE CITY FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE. 
          UH, ONCE A PROPERTY OWNER KNOWS HOW THEIR BUILDING IS PERFORMING COMPARED TO THEIR PEERS, THEY'VE BEEN SHOWN TO TAKE ACTION AND IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR BUILDINGS. 
          CURRENTLY, 33 CITIES HAVE SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT RESULTS WITH MINIMAL COSTS TO PROPERTY OWNERS, CITIES WITH BENCHMARKING REQUIREMENTS OF REPORTED ENERGY REDUCTIONS AND THE COMMERCIAL SECTORS BETWEEN TWO AND 8% ANNUALLY, AS WELL AS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ANNUAL UTILITY SAVINGS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          UM, ANOTHER BENEFIT IS INCREASED GRID RESILIENCE. 
          AND THIS IS PROBABLY VERY TIMELY AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT, THAT WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN IS AS WE IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE BUILDINGS, WE'LL SEE REDUCED CONSUMPTION IN THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR. 
          UM, IT WILL REDUCE ENERGY DEMAND, PARTICULARLY DURING THOSE PERIODS OF, UM, HIGH DEMAND FOR HEATING AND COOLING. 
          UH, THIS PROGRAM WILL ALSO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND CREATE NEW ENERGY EFFICIENCY JOBS. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A BENCH BENCHMARKING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, THAT WE CONVENED BACK IN OCTOBER, 2019, BUT WE HAD PLACED IT ON PAUSE DUE TO C OVID 19, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO REENGAGING THEM. 
          BUT WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH MANY STAKEHOLDERS AND PRESENTING TO STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS, UH, BUILDING OWNER AND MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, UM, REAL ESTATE COUNCIL, UM, AND OTHER LARGE PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH U S G B C U L I A I A AND THE 2030 DISTRICT JUST TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND INFORMATION OUT TO, UH, KEY STAKEHOLDERS SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS. 
          OUR NEXT STEP FOR THIS IS TO PRESENT THIS INFORMATION, UM, AND ALLOW ALL OF OUR RESEARCH TO THE SA CLIMATE READY ADVISORY COMMITTEES AT THE END OF THE MONTH, AND GET SOME FEEDBACK AND DETERMINE WHAT THE APPROPRIATE NEXT STEPS ARE. 
          THE OTHER KEY THING IS, LIKE EVERYTHING, WE WANNA DO AN EQUITY ASSESSMENT, UH, WITH OUR CLIMATE EQUITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS? WHAT DO WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF? ONE OF THE REALLY INTERESTING EQUITY ASPECTS OF THIS IS AS WE GET DATA ON BUILDING PERFORMANCE, UM, AND KNOWING, UM, WHERE THOSE BUILDINGS ARE IN RELATION, IN RELATION TO OUR EQUITY INDICATORS, WE AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS CAN DETERMINE WHERE IS THE NEED, WHERE DO, WHERE DOES SUPPORT, WHERE DO RESOURCES NEED TO BE TARGETED? SO THERE IS AN EQUITY BENEFIT TO THIS AS WELL. 
          THE OTHER POLICY THAT WE'VE BEEN, UM, LOOKING AT FOR SOME TIME, AGAIN, IT'S FOUND FOUNDATIONAL, IS, UM, EV AND SOLAR READINESS. 
          UM, THIS WOULD REQUIRE MINIMAL EV AND SOLAR INFRASTRUCTURE AND NEW COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, PRIMARILY SOME CONDUIT AND, UM, SPACE AND AN ELECTRICAL PANEL FOR FUTURE USE. 
          UH, THE BENEFIT IS IT REDUCES FUTURE INSTALLATION AND RETROFIT COSTS THAT COULD PROHIBIT LOAD AMOUNT INCOME RESIDENTS FROM INSTALLING SOLAR OR PURCHASING AN EV, THEREBY NOT BENEFITING FROM FUTURE SAVINGS. 
          IT INCREASES INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE THROUGH THE EXPANSION OF SOLAR ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND BATTERY STORAGE. 
          AND, AND IT SUPPORTS CONSUMER CHOICE, AND IT REALLY LOOKS AT WHERE THE MARKET'S GOING. 
          THE, THE ONE THING THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THE LARGE AUTO MAKERS IS THEY'RE GONNA STOP PRODUCING, UM, INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES AND SHIFTING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. 
          SO IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE SOME OF THE, THE LATER, UM, UPGRADE COSTS TO GO BACK AND INSTALL, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE THINK IS WORTH INVESTIGATING FURTHER. 
          UM, AGAIN, SIMILAR TO THE OTHER ONE, WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING THIS WITH OUR ADVISOR COMMITTEES AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND DETERMINING, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK AND DETERMINING WHAT THAT, THAT NEXT STEP IS. 
          AND THIS IS MY FINAL SLIDE. 
          UM, AND I, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT ON THIS SLIDE, BUT I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS THAT ARE, THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON, ON THE MUNICIPAL SIDE, CONTINUALLY WORKING ON OUR BUILDINGS. 
          UM, WE, WE NEED, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE AND REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN OUR BUILDINGS. 
          UH, WE ESTABLISHED THREE, UM, WHAT WE CALL, UH, SA, CLIMATE READY DELIVERY TEAMS. THESE ARE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAMS WHO GET TOGETHER ON A REGULAR BASIS TO FOCUS ON IMPLEMENT, IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN. 
          THERE'S ONE FOCUSED ON BUILDING EFFICIENCY. 
          THERE'S ONE FOCUSED ON TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY, AND THERE'S ONE FOCUSED ON CLIMATE ADAPTATION. 
          AND SO THE KEY IS HOW DO WE LEARN WHAT'S GOING ON ACROSS DEPARTMENTS? WHERE'S THE SYNERGY AND WHERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY? AND WHERE CAN WE LEVERAGE OUR RESOURCES? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE FOCUSED ON, UH, IS, UH, A MUNICIPAL ENERGY POLICY, UM, FOR OUR BUILDINGS. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE BEST PRACTICE? WHAT SHOULD WE BE STRIVING TO, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE OPERATING AND, UM, MAINTAINING OUR BUILDINGS AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE? THE OTHER THING I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS WE'VE CREATED, FOR EACH DEPARTMENT WE'RE CALLING IS A, UH, A CONSISTENCY DOCUMENT. 
          WE IDENTIFIED EVERY STRATEGY RELATED TO EACH DEPARTMENT THAT'S IN THE CLIMATE PLAN. 
          WE'RE ASKING EACH DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A REPORT TO US, VERY MINIMAL, TWICE A YEAR, JUST SO WE CAN TRACK PROGRESS, RECORD THE METRICS, AND HOLD SOME ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY, AND IT'S BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED BY DEPARTMENTS, AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO INSTITUTIONALIZING THIS PLAN GOING FORWARD. 
          ON THE, UM, THE ONE THING I'LL ALSO WANNA NOTE THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS THE BIDEN AMERICA'S JOB PLAN. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT MAY BE SOMETIME THIS SUMMER, BUT JUST FOR SOME NUMBERS, FOR CONTEXT, A HUNDRED BILLION, BILLION DOLLARS FOR 
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ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE, $213 BILLION FOR AFFORDABLE AND SUSTAINABLE HOUSING. 
          $174 BILLION FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AND 50 BILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE. 
          SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO COORDINATE WITH DEPARTMENTS AND EXTERNALLY AGENCIES. 
          WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS? WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES? THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF NEED, BUT WE NEED TO BE READY WHEN THAT HITS THE, THE STREET. 
          UM, AND THEN ON THE EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT SIDE, REALLY BRIEFLY, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE WORK WITH, UM, TEXAS CREATIVE. 
          UH, WHERE THAT IS RIGHT NOW IS, UM, REVIEWING, UM, REQUIREMENTS FOR, UM, CONTRACTING WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THANK YOU ALL, WHO HAD PROVIDED FEEDBACK TO US AS FAR AS, UM, POSSIBLE, UM, FOLKS TO REACH OUT TO. 
          WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THIS IS READY TO GO OUT, WE WANT TO GET AS BROAD REACH ON THIS PROPOSAL TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE RIGHT ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK WITH US. 
          AND THIS WILL ALL FLOW THROUGH, UM, THE SA CLIMATE READY, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 
          UM, AND THEN ONCE THAT HAPPENS, ONCE ALL THE BACKGROUND RESEARCH, UM, UH, IS CONDUCTED, WE'LL HIT THE PLAN, HIT THE, HIT THE, THE, THE GROUND RUNNING, PUSHING THE MESSAGE OUT, AND, AND HEARING WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY. 
          UM, AND THEN I'LL, ONE MORE THING, UM, ON RE THERE'S SOME REALLY INTERESTING THINGS ON THE RESEARCH AND DATA SIDE. 
          WE, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH, UH, U T S A TO DEVELOP WHAT WE ARE CALLING A, A HEAT VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT TOOL, UM, WHICH IS, GETS DOWN TO PRETTY REFINED, UM, UM, UH, GRADIENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE HER URBAN HEAT ISLAND IS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I BELIEVE THE, FOR GROUND LEVEL TEMPERATURE, IT'S A 30 30 METER BY 30 METER, UM, RESOLUTION. 
          AND THEN WE'LL BE OVERLAYING, OVERLAYING VARIOUS INDICATORS SUCH AS THE RACIAL EQUITY ATLAS. 
          AND SO IT'S REALLY GONNA ALLOW US TO FIGURE OUT WHERE CAN WE START PINPOINTING INTERVENTIONS, UM, WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HITTING THOSE AREAS THAT NEED IT THE MOST FIRST. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THE OTHER BIG THING I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS, UM, UH, BLINK, UH, DID INSTALL, UH, DID, UM, SUBMIT THEIR FIRST APPLICATION, UH, TO THE STATE, UM, FOR CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UM, TAKES ABOUT, I'M UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS TO HEAR, BUT THAT'S JUST THE FIRST PHASE. 
          UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET THESE INSTALLED, UM, IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT, PARTICULARLY WHERE THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY NOT BE ANY AVAILABLE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. 
          AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL MENTION, AND THEN I'LL STOP TALKING, IS WE'RE, UM, WORKING WITH B E S D ON UPDATING OUR, UM, FLEET ENVIRONMENTAL ACQUISITION POLICY. 
          UH, THE LAST TIME THAT WE HAD LOOKED AT THAT, AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, WAS BACK IN 2010. 
          SO A LOT HAS CHANGED. 
          AND THIS WILL BE, UM, UH, JUST AN APPROACH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROCURING THE MOST EFFICIENT VEHICLES THAT MAKE SENSE, UM, THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE NOT MISSING ANY OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AND THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING OUR FLEET, UM, AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, AND SO I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME, AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DOUG, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, AND, UH, LEMME JUST START, UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR COUNCIL DISCUSSION WITH, UM, SAY, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT OUR PER CAPITA, UH, G H D MISSIONS BETWEEN 2016 AND 2019 DECREASED BY 4%. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, UM, THAT WE WERE TRACKING DURING THE CLIMATE ACTION ADAPTATION PLAN. 
          AND IT DEMONSTRATES THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE CONSCIENTIOUSLY DOING THEIR PART, UH, IN REDUCING THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT. 
          HOWEVER, I WILL SAY IT IS SOBERING TO SEE THAT OUR TOTAL COMMUNITY EMISSIONS, UH, BETWEEN THAT SAME PERIOD OF TIME ONLY DECREASED BY 0.2%. 
          UH, I WANT TO NOTE TWO THINGS. 
          UM, ONE, WE DID EXPERIENCE A POPULATION INCREASE, A 4% POPULATION INCREASE DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD, AND TWO, UH, 44%. 
          UH, MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY EMISSIONS IN 2019 CAME FROM BUILDING ENERGY USE. 
          UH, WE'VE KNOWN FROM THE 2016 G H G INVENTORY THAT ALMOST HALF, UH, OR 48% OF THOSE EMISSIONS WERE A RESULT OF ENERGY USE IN BUILDINGS. 
          AND I THINK THIS INDICATOR ACCENTUATES THE NEED TO PRIORITIZE BUILDING RELATED POLICIES, UH, SUCH AS ENERGY BENCHMARKING, UM, UH, ET CETERA. 
          SO, UH, DOUG, QUESTION FIRST, UH, CAN YOU EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE ENERGY BENCHMARKING POLICY AND HOW IMPACTFUL THAT WOULD BE? UH, IN REDUCING OUR, OUR EMISSIONS TOTALS, UH, THROUGH 2050, WHICH IS OUR, AGAIN, OUR, UM, OUR GOAL, UH, DATE. 
          SURE. 
          AND, UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE REASON WHY I THINK WE'VE GRAVITATE GRAVITATED TOWARDS ENERGY BENCHMARKING IS, UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEARN FROM OTHER CITIES AND THERE'S VARIOUS LEVELS OF, OF ENERGY BENCHMARKING. 
          UM, THERE'S, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE FOUNDATIONAL BENCHMARKING REQUIREMENTS IS, UM, JUST REQUIRING LARGE PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          IT COULD BE 50,000 SQUARE FEET AND ABOVE, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE, WE DETERMINE TO, AGAIN, USE PORTFOLIO MANAGER TO JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR ENERGY USE IS, UM, AND REPORT IT TO, TO THE CITY. 
          AND THERE'S A TRANSPARENCY ELEMENT AND THAT, THAT REALLY DRIVES PROPERTY OWNERS TO, TO TAKE ACTION, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF REBATES, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PACE 
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FINANCING. 
          AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THESE OTHER CITIES, AND WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM IS, UM, THERE'S CONCERN AT THE BEGINNING. 
          UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE ACTUALLY SPOKEN TO SOME PROPERTY OWNERS IN OTHER CITIES, AND IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT A HEAVY LIFT. 
          UM, SO THAT'S SORT OF THE, THE FIRST, THE FIRST STEP. 
          AND, AND AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS HEAR IS YOU, YOU CANNOT MANAGE WHAT YOU DON'T MEASURE. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S TRUE FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR BUILDING OWNERS. 
          AND THE OTHER THING I'D MENTION IS, I'D SAY ALMOST ALL OF OUR LARGE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE ALREADY DOING THIS, UM, BECAUSE IT, IT MAKES BUSINESS SENSE. 
          I THINK THAT WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON IS, IS THE SMALLER PROPERTY OWNERS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE NECESSARY SUPPORT AND TOOLS FOR THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND WHERE WE SEE CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, THEY DO PROVIDE HELP DESKS, THEY DO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT, UM, A, A BURDEN FOR THESE PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS IN, IN SOME OF OUR INITIAL ANALYSIS IS, UM, THERE'S A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS BETWEEN NOW AND 2050, UM, TOWARDS THAT GOAL, JUST BASED UPON PROPERTY OWNERS BEING AWARE OF THEIR ENERGY USE AND THEN TAKING VOLUNTARY ACTION ON, UM, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
          OTHER CITIES HAVE TAKEN IT A STEP FURTHER, AND THESE ARE STILL RELATIVELY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN WHERE THEY ARE REQUIRING ACTION. 
          UH, THEY MAY, ST. 
          LOUIS REQUIRES RETUNING, UH, MAKING SURE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK AND IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE FOR OUR BUILDINGS. 
          AND CITIES LIKE NEW YORK ARE EVEN GOING FARTHER. 
          WE'RE NOT CONTEMPLATING THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE JUST WANT TO DO THAT FIRST STEP JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT PROPERTY OWNERS UNDERSTAND THEIR ENERGY USE, IT HELPS DRIVE THE MARKET. 
          UM, AND WE THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD SMART FIRST STEP FOR, FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, AND, AND CAN YOU REMIND US AGAIN, DOUG, WHEN THE, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEES ARE GOING TO BE CONVENING AND WHEN WE CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE THEIR INPUT? YEAH, SO WE ARE MEETING WITH THEM APRIL, SOMEBODY SAID THAT APRIL 26TH, SO AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I'M, I'M PLEASED THAT, UH, WE'RE GETTING BROAD STAKEHOLDER INPUT ON THIS, AS YOU KNOW. 
          UM, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT BROADLY HOW WE CAN IMPACT OUR EMISSIONS. 
          UH, ALSO, UH, EXCITED TO HEAR THEIR INPUT, UM, ON THE EV AND SOLELY READY SOLAR READINESS, UH, CODES. 
          UM, AND I ALSO AM THRILLED TO SHARE THAT THE MAYOR'S YOUTH CLIMATE COUNCIL HAS TAKEN A DEEP DIVE INTO THE CAP, AND THEY'RE USING IT AS A BASIS TO FORM THEIR GROUPS, UH, FOR COMMUNITY INPUT PROJECTS OR IMPACT PROJECTS. 
          AND I THINK EVERYONE WILL BE, UH, VERY IMPRESSED BY THE WORK OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          UH, AND I ALSO WANT TO, IM, UH, REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF ELEVATING, UH, THE CLIMATE EQUITY CONVERSATION IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH WINTER STORM URI. 
          SO, UH, TODAY I THINK WE CAN FIRMLY SAY WE, UH, STAND AT A CROSSROAD. 
          WE CAN EITHER CONTINUE, UH, WITH STATUS QUO, OR WE CAN USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD US TO A MORE RESILIENT, UH, ENERGY FUTURE. 
          SO, UM, I, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATIONS AND THE INPUT THAT WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS AND MONTHS AND, UM, READY FOR THE DISCUSSION. 
          SO LET ME MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          MAYOR, I, I, I DIDN'T KNOW IF, UH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL WAS GONNA SPEAK FIRST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SORRY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN APPRE. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          DOUG. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR TODAY'S UPDATE AND PRESENTATION. 
          I'D LIKE TO GIVE A, A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO YOU AND MR. DAVID MCCAREY. 
          I THINK HE WAS JUST THE RIGHT HERO THAT WE NEEDED, UH, IN THAT POSITION TO, TO HELP ALL THESE EFFORTS MOVE ALONG. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW, UH, MR. DAVID MCCAREY IS, IS MY LIAISON TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. 
          SO, UH, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM, BUT HE HAS THE ATTENDED THE SPECIAL, UH, IS IT CALLED CLIMATE LEADERS TRAINING, THE ONE, UH, GIVEN BY AL GORE, AND, UH, A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE TAKEN IT. 
          SO HE IS, UH, HE IS ANOTHER LOCAL EXPERT THAT WE HAVE WITH US. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND OF COURSE, A BIG THANK YOU TO JULIA AND MINA FOR, FOR THEIR WORK. 
          AND ASHLEY AND ANGELA. 
          AND YOU MENTIONED A THIRD PERSON, DEI. 
          EDI. 
          OH, DEI BELMAR IS HERE. 
          OH, DEI, I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU THERE. 
          THANK YOU DEI FOR, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, I, UH, I THINK WE'RE DOING, UH, GREAT WORK. 
          THERE ARE, I, I THINK AT LEAST 20 DIFFERENT INITIATIVES MOVING FORWARD AT THE, AT THE SAME TIME. 
          AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT, UH, WITHOUT A GREAT TEAM. 
          LIKE, LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE. 
          I I DO WANT TO, UM, I GUESS MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AS, AS WE DO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO ENERGY BENCHMARKING. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY THIS, UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND IN PARTICULAR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, I THINK THIS CAN BE A HUGE, UM, AFFORDABILITY AND EQUITY, UH, HELPER FOR OUR FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN MULTIFAMILY 
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UNITS. 
          AND, AND WE'RE NOT, UH, SIMPLY SAYING, TAKE CARE OF THIS ON YOUR OWN. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE FINANCIAL TOOLS AVAILABLE TO YOU. 
          IT DOES TAKE SOME LOGISTICAL COORDINATION, BUT THE FINANCIAL TOOLS AVAILABLE TO YOU TO, TO BRING DOWN YOUR, UH, YOUR ENERGY FOOTPRINT FOR FREE. 
          IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE FINANCING THROUGH THE PACE PROGRAM. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ABOUT, HAVE YOU SEEN ANY CITIES DO ANY WATER CONSUMPTION BENCHMARKING? AND LET ME ASK YOU WHY. 
          BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO WATER CONSUMPTION IN MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS, WE DON'T HAVE SEPARATE METERS ELECTRICITY. 
          YOU, YOU DO. 
          UH, SO THERE IS VERY LITTLE CONTROL ON BEHALF OF THE USER IN TERMS OF BRINGING DOWN THEIR FOOTPRINT AND SEEING A SMALLER BILL, UH, FOR THAT. 
          SO IN TERMS OF WATER, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IT'S A MUCH SMALLER NUMBER. 
          UM, AND, AND I'VE ACTUALLY SPOKEN WITH SOME FOLKS AT SAWS, AND THE BIG QUESTION IS HOW TO MEASURE, MEASURE THAT, UM, AS, AS YOU MENTIONED, SO MM-HMM. 
          , I, I THINK IT'S NOT OFF THE TABLE. 
          I THINK WE WANT TO DISCUSS AND EVALUATE IT, BUT I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE TOOLS, DATA ACCURACY, AND HOW WE ACTUALLY DO IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN I WANTED TO, TO, UH, RECOMMEND TO YOU AND AS WELL AS, AS MY COLLEAGUES, THAT YOU, YOU HAVE A LOT OF WONDERFUL PROPOSALS, UH, THAT ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BE DONE. 
          BUT WE ALSO HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES SITTING IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW THAT WE CAN'T LET SLIP BY BECAUSE THEY ONLY COME EVERY FIVE YEARS. 
          AND THOSE ARE OUR BOND PROCESS AND THE UPDATES TO OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. 
          SO, AS, UH, AS MR. MCCAREY KNOWS, I'VE REACHED OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF, UH, SORRY, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY ARE EXPECTING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IF, IF WE ARE GOING TO INTEGRATE THE CLIMATE PLAN INTO THE U D C UPDATES, THAT THEY ARE EXPECTING A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO COME FROM, UH, EITHER YOUR DEPARTMENT OR PERHAPS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME HOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THAT? SURE. 
          SO, I, I, IN TERMS OF THE BOND, UM, UH, DAVID MCCARRY AND I DID HAVE A, A CONVERSATION A COUPLE WEEKS AGO MAYBE, UM, WITH, UM, WITH ROD SANCHEZ, UM, AND, UM, WITH, WITH, UM, WITH OZZIE, UH, JUST SORT OF BRIEFING THEM ON SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW, UM, SA CLIMATE READY COULD BE SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, UTILIZED OR INTEGRATED IN, IN THE BOND. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THE NEXT STEPS IN TERMS OF, UM, THE U D C. 
          WE DO HAVE, UM, A, A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN GENERATING. 
          AND I THINK, AGAIN, WE'LL BE LEANING ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO SORT OF RUN THOSE THROUGH ONCE TO GET FEEDBACK, BUT ALSO TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE. 
          BUT I THINK WE'LL BE WAITING ON THE, THE TIMELINE FOR WHEN THOSE PROCESSES, UM, ARE REINITIATED. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND GOING BACK TO, TO THE BOND A FEW MONTHS AGO, I SPOKE TO STEVE GRAHAM FROM THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HE OFFERED, OR THAT THE RIVER AUTHORITY HAS OFFERED TO PAY ENTIRELY FOR THE COST OF A CONSULTANT THAT WOULD DO A KIND OF A MULTI, UH, BENEFITS ANALYSIS FOR OUR BOND PROJECTS. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, UH, SEEING, UH, WHAT THE BENEFITS WOULD BE IN, IN A VARIETY OF AREAS AND CRITERIA, THAT IT WOULD REALLY JUST BE UP TO US TO, TO BE WILLING TO WORK WITH HIM. 
          SO I WONDERED IF, UH, IF THAT WAS STILL A POSSIBILITY. 
          I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN, UM, CIRCLE BACK AND SEE WHAT THAT OPPORTUNITY IS AND IF IT'S, IF IT'S WORTH, UH, PURSUANT Y YEAH, COUNCILMAN THAT, THAT'S, THAT, THAT GOES BACK TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, IS WE, WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND, UM, THOSE PRIORITIES AND AREAS, UM, ARE BEING DEVELOPED NOW. 
          AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE RIVER AUTHORITY, UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTACT ME OR, OR ROD OR, OR OZZIE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COORDINATED ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERIC. 
          UH, I WILL, BECAUSE THEY CAN ALSO HELP US WITH STORM WATER AND, UH, WATER QUALITY. 
          UH, SO THEY CAN ALSO POSSIBLY HELP US WITH GH, WELL, G H D EMISSIONS, BUT I'M VERY AWKWARDLY TRANSITIONING TO ANOTHER TOPIC, NOT DOING IT VERY WELL. 
          SOIL SEQUESTRATION, UH, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT, UH, A LOT. 
          OH, I'LL LEAVE THAT FOR COUNCILWOMAN, UH, . 
          BUT IT SOUNDS TO US LIKE THAT IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO USE OUR PARKS FOR POTENTIAL SOIL SEQUESTRATION TO GET A, A NET REDUCTION IN G H G. 
          SO WE'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT EXPLORED IN THE BOND. 
          AND THEN MY, MY LAST QUESTION, UH, FOR YOU, WHAT WILL HAS TO DO WITH SOMETHING THAT WE CALL SCOPE THREE EMISSIONS, RIGHT? SO YOU'VE GIVEN US AN EMISSION INVENTORY OF, UH, WHAT WE'RE CONSUMING 
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HERE, THE EMISSIONS THAT, THAT GO INTO THE AIR HERE LOCALLY. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, I BUY THIS AND THIS WAS MADE SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND IN MAKING IT, THERE WERE A LOT OF EMISSIONS. 
          UH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE HAVING THE SCOPE THREE EMISSION INVENTORY DONE, AT LEAST FOR THE CITY OPERATIONS. 
          UM, SO THAT, AND, AND LET ME TELL MY COLLEAGUES WHY IS, EVEN THOUGH THOSE EMISSIONS AREN'T NECESSARILY OCCURRING HERE, THEY'RE, WE MAY GET A BIGGER BANG FOR OUR BUCK IF, FOR INSTANCE, WE BUY SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY THAN HAVING TO CHANGE, UH, SOME BEHAVIOR HERE LOCALLY. 
          I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO DO IT, IDEALLY DO IT ALL, BUT IF, IF ONE OF THEM IS MORE COST EFFICIENT, MORE EXPEDIENT, WE WOULD WANT TO TO KNOW THAT. 
          SO WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO BE ABLE TO DO A SCOPE THREE EMISSION INVENTORY? SURE. 
          AND, AND JUST FOR, FOR THE, THE REST OF COUNCIL, AGAIN, TO, TO YOUR POINT, SCOPE ONE'S, WHAT'S GENERATED AND CONSUMED WITHIN OUR MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES. 
          SCOPE TWO IS, UM, ELECTRIC GENERATION THAT'S CONSUMED, UM, IN, IN OUR BOUNDARY. 
          AND THEN SCOPE THREE IS EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          SOMETIMES IT'S SIMILARLY CALLED CONSUMPTION BASED, UM, BECAUSE IT'S WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEING, YOU KNOW, DRIVEN BY OUR CONSUMPTION. 
          WHAT I CAN OFFER COUNCILWOMAN IS WE'RE, WE'RE MEMBERS OF A, AN ORGANIZATION CALLED ILI, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY. 
          AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO'VE BEEN PROVIDING US SOME SUPPORT ON GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES, UH, THROUGH A TOOL CALLED, UM, CLEAR PATH. 
          I REMEMBER SEEING THAT THERE'S A COHORT POTENTIALLY AROUND SCOPE THREE EMISSIONS. 
          I THINK WE SIGNED UP FOR IT. 
          I DON'T, SO I, I THINK WE CAN GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM THEM. 
          I DON'T, NOT SURE IF THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US ANY ASSISTANCE OR ANY MORE ADDITIONAL TOOLS, BUT LET ME CHECK WITH THEM AND THEN I CAN CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY AVENUES THAT WAY. 
          OKAY. 
          OR IF NOT, A CONSULTANT, I GUESS CAN, CAN HELP US AS, AS WELL. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU'RE WORKING WITH ICLE. 
          I DID WORK WITH THEM IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, UH, PROVIDING, UH, EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, TRAINING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ON HOW TO CONDUCT SCOPE ONE AND, AND TWO EMISSIONS. 
          UH, SO EXCELLENT WORK. 
          UM, VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND, UH, PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN BE SUPPORTIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL , WE'LL GO BACK TO COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          THANK YOU, DOUG, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I, UM, ALSO THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB, AND THANK YOU, JULIA MURPHY. 
          I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU WITH THE MASKS I RAN INTO YOU EARLIER. 
          DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. 
          DOUG, I HAVE A QUESTION, AND IT'S IN REGARD TO, UM, SLIDE NUMBER 14, YOUR OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY PRIORITIES. 
          AND I SEE AT THE TOP THAT YOU HAVE THIS, UM, BEAUTIFUL, UH, ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION, UH, LOGO. 
          AND SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU COULD MAYBE, UH, RECONSIDER OR, OR MAYBE CONSIDER ADDING AN ADDITIONAL PRIORITY. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN FROM 2015. 
          UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS CREATED IN 2014. 
          IT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL IN 2015, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THE, UM, STRATEGIES THAT, THAT WERE, OR THE ACTION DETAILS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DONE. 
          AND SO I'M JUST WORRIED, UM, I THINK THAT IT PLAYS IN DIRECTLY TO YOUR SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH TALKS ABOUT PRIORITY COMMUNITIES, UH, CLIMATE IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION INEQUITY. 
          AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GO BACK AND WE TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, BECAUSE IN THAT PLAN, UH, IT TALKS ABOUT HOW THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY IS GOING TO BE THE LEAD AGENCY IN THE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BY DECEMBER OF 2020. 
          UM, AND IT'S, IT'S TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY PROPOSING TO LEAD AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT AND UPDATE OF THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF 2040. 
          AND SO THE DELIVERABLES WITHIN THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT WILL INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO A CLIMATE AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE, SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS, ADDRESSING STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND ROAD OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE TO IDENTIFY A CURRENT AND PROJECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS. 
          YOU KNOW, A WHOLE LIST OF OTHER THINGS ON THERE. 
          BUT SPECIFICALLY THE REASON THAT I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE THE HAZARD ADDRESS, UH, HAZARDS ADDRESSED INCLUDE FLOOD, EXTREME WIND, WILDFIRE, WINTER STORM, AND HURRICANE. 
          SO TO THE MAYOR'S POINT EARLIER, UM, STORM URI, RIGHT? UH, SO, SO THERE WERE SOME THINGS IN HERE THAT I THINK COULD HAVE BEEN, UM, MAYBE PREVENTED, RIGHT? HAD WE KEPT, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST JUST TO CONFERENCE. 
          SO I'M WONDERING HOW, HOW THIS PLAN, HOW THE 2015 PLAN HAS BEEN INCORPORATED PERHAPS INTO THIS. 
          UM, SPECIFICALLY IN THERE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PLAN, WE HAVE SAID IN THAT HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN, AND I SAY WE AS A COLLECTIVE COUNCIL, I, I WASN'T ON COUNCIL. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE HERE ALSO, SO I DON'T KNOW IF, I THINK IT WAS MY FIRST YEAR, MAYBE. 
          I, I, OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, AND SO, SO, SO, SO I'LL SAY WE, BECAUSE IT'S WE NOW. 
          UM, 
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AND SO WE IN THERE ALSO PROPOSED, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM 20 12 20 17. 
          I, I DON'T THINK THAT A LOT OF THESE HAVE BEEN DONE. 
          AND SO I'VE BEEN LEAFING THROUGH IT BECAUSE OF MY PARTICIPATION ON THE EMERGENCY, UM, RESPONSE COMMITTEE. 
          UH, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WERE ABLE TO STILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION INCORPORATING SOME OF THAT OR, OR MAYBE BRINGING IT UP TO SOME OF YOUR MEMBERS OF, OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          AND SO THE, THE FIRST THING I'LL SAY IS WE, UM, TOUCH BASE WITH O E M ON A, A REGULAR BASIS. 
          UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A, A CONSIDERABLE OVERLAP BETWEEN, UM, HAZARD MITIGATION AND CLIMATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION. 
          THERE, THERE, THERE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENCE. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, UH, O E M IS REALLY ABOUT THAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RESPONSE AND ADAPTATION IS LOOKING A LITTLE LONGER TERM. 
          UM, WE DID PRODUCE, UH, TWO CLIMATE VULNERABILITY REPORTS. 
          THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS PRODUCED BACK IN 2015 AS PART OF THE SA TOMORROW SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. 
          AND THEN THAT WAS UPDATED IN THE, UM, SA CLIMATE READY PLAN. 
          SO, UM, IT, AND IT DID TAKE INTO, INTO ACCOUNT, UM, THE REGULAR UPDATE OF THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. 
          UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BIG QUESTION IS GOING FORWARD, THAT COORDINATION, UM, AS WE WERE, AS, AS COUNCIL WAS DISCUSSING ABOUT THE UPCOMING BOND, UM, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE AND WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE TO SORT OF LOOK AT, UM, HOW CLIMATE CAN BE A ADDRESSED THROUGH THOSE, THOSE INVESTMENTS. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE PREVIOUS BONDS, THERE WAS INVESTMENT MADE AROUND FLOODING AND, AND STORM WAR MANAGEMENT. 
          UM, UH, BUT NOW, YOU KNOW, AS, AS YOU HAD MENTIONED, MAYBE THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER GOING FORWARD. 
          SO WE'LL CONTINUE, UM, UH, ENGAGING WITH, UM, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY AND MANAGEMENT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNED GOING FORWARD. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I DON'T WANNA SCARE ANY OF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER OR YOUR, YOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AWAY, BUT IT'S A 377 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT'S AN EXCELLENT READ, AND IT'S ONLINE, SO, UM, THANK YOU, DOUG. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK ERIC WANTS TO CHIME IN. 
          WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD THAT, THAT, REMEMBER, THAT PLAN IS ALSO BEING UPDATED ALSO. 
          UM, IT'S REQUIRED TO BE UPDATED PERIODICALLY AND SUBMITTED TO FEMA. 
          SO PART OF THAT COULD BE, UH, TO YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION IS HOW IS IT INCORPORATED? UM, HOW IS IT INCORPORATED GOING FORWARD? BECAUSE, UH, YOU'RE RIGHT, THE MAJORITY OF THAT LIST WERE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WERE DRAINAGE PROJECTS. 
          AND SO AS WE UTILIZE THE GUIDE TO DETERMINE WHAT PROJECTS ARE SELECTED OR THE PROPOSITIONS FOR A BOND PROGRAM, THAT IS ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT'S AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN USE AS A GUIDE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT COUNCILWOMAN, MELISSA CA KABE. 
          HAVADA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          OH, THANKS FOR THE PRE PRESENTATION, DOUG. 
          I'M ON VIDEO OVER HERE. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. 
          WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES TO COMPLETING THE FULL G H D INVENTORY ASSESSMENT? AND WHAT MORE CAN COUNCIL DO TO HELP STAFF ACCOMPLISH THAT? COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION? I COULDN'T HEAR THE, THE FIRST PART. 
          WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES TO COMPLETING THE FULL H G H G INVENTORY ASSESSMENT? SO, UM, AS, AS IN TERMS OF THE SCOPE THREE? UM, AS, OR JUST, JUST IN GENERAL. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S THE, THE, THE CHALLENGE WITH, UM, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY, IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY FIRST SETTING IT UP. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT JUST REQUIRES A LOT OF DATA, UM, AND UNDERSTANDING THE METHODOLOGY AND THEN WHERE THE DATA LIES. 
          UM, AND SO I, I THINK WE'RE PAST THAT POINT. 
          UH, WE GET DATA FROM C P S, FROM VIA, FROM SAWS, FROM, FROM TXDOT, UM, SO I THINK IT'S MOSTLY, UM, JUST GETTING THE DATA IN A TIMELY FASHION, UH, ENTERING IT INTO THE TOOL, AND THEN MAKING SURE YOU, YOU, UM, IDENTIFY ANY ERRORS. 
          LIKE I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, IF THERE'S ANY DOUBLE COUNTING, BUT IT'S A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD PROCESS. 
          ARE YOU GETTING ANY PUSHBACK FROM STIMULATING THAT DATA? NO. 
          NO. 
          I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE, I I THINK THE THING WITH THE, THE INVENTORY IS IT'S JUST DATA. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE, IT, IT'S, IT CAN HELP INFORM, UM, THE PATH FORWARD. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ONE TOOL THAT WE NEED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING. 
          AND, AND THE OTHER THING I'LL MENTION IS, YOU KNOW, OTHER CITIES HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, UM, AND HAVE MANY MORE DATA POINTS. 
          AND WE JUST STARTED OUR JOURNEY. 
          SO IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, WHEN I, WHEN I MENTIONED THAT THIS IS OUR, UM, OUR TREND, IT'S A VERY SMALL TRENDS. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO FORWARD, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, IT'S GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          OKAY. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANKS GUYS. 
          THANKS, MAYOR BURAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN HDA, NEXT IS COUNCILWOMAN. 
          JED ANDREWS SULLIVAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR PROTON. 
          SO THANK YOU DOUG, SO MUCH, UM, FOR KEEPING US UPDATED AND, UM, REALLY 
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LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THIS DISCUSSION. 
          SO THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE ON THE PERCENTAGES AS WE ARE LOOKING AT THE DECREASES, DID WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UM, THE CLOSING OF OUR CITY BUILDINGS AND OUR FLEET, UH, BASE THAT WASN'T USED DURING THE PANDEMIC? SO, UM, THE INVENTORY WAS FOR 2019, SO IT DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T CAPTURE, UM, THAT EVENT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM OTHER CITIES. 
          AND WE COMPLETELY AGREE, YOU KNOW, 2020, UM, AND 2021 MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST YEARS TO BENCHMARK AGAINST BECAUSE, UM, THERE WAS A, IT, IT'S, IT'S AN ANOMALY. 
          UM, SO I THINK CITIES ARE GONNA PROBABLY MOVE AWAY FROM THAT. 
          'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT REALLY GONNA SHOW A PROPER, UM, TREND. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE COLD WEATHER FINDINGS AND, AND UPDATED INFORMATION, WHEN ARE WE LOOKING TO RECEIVE THAT IN TERMS OF, UH, COULD YOU, UM, THE COLD WEATHER FINDINGS IN TERMS OF THE DATA RESEARCH AND LIKE THE HEAT ISLANDS AND OUR HEAT INDEX? AND SO, UM, WELL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THAT DATA. 
          UM, IF WE, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GONNA NECESSARILY LOOK AT A 2020 INVENTORY, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD EASILY GET THAT, THAT DATA FROM, FROM C P S IN TERMS OF CONSUMPTION, SORT OF GROSS CONSUMPTIONS TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN IMPACT IN TERMS OF, UM, THAT HEAT VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT TOOL. 
          UM, THERE'S A ROUGH, UM, VERSION ALREADY, UM, UH, THAT U T S A HAS, BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO ADD ADDITIONAL LAYERS THAT WILL ALSO INTERESTING INTEREST, INTERESTING. 
          INTERESTINGLY, NOT, NOT JUST INCLUDE HEAT, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES, UM, COLD TEMPERATURES. 
          SO THEY, IT, IT CAN, THAT'LL BE FAIRLY SOON THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PRESENT SOME PRELIMINARY FINDINGS. 
          BUT AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S STILL IN ITS, UM, EARLY STAGES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN AS WE LOOK AT THE OLDER HOME INVENTORY IN THOSE HOMES BUILT BETWEEN THE 19 HUNDREDS AND 1951, ARE WE GONNA BE DOING THE COST ESTIMATE AND THE INVENTORY ON HOW MANY OF THOSE HOMES WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE TO WEATHERIZE? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, UM, PLANS, BUT WE DO HAVE THE DATA, UH, AS A PART OF THE AMERICAN CITY'S CLIMATE CHALLENGE. 
          UH, WE RECEIVED A ENERGY BURDEN DATA SET, WHICH IS REALLY, UH, INTRIGUING. 
          UM, AND I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, TOO HARD TO START OVERLAYING HOUSING AGE AND, AND THE RACIAL EQUITY, UH, TOOL TO REALLY START DETERMINING AGAIN, WHERE THOSE AREAS ARE, ARE, UM, UH, THAT NEED THE MOST, UH, ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON. 
          THE OTHER THING I WOULD JUST MENTION IS THAT WE'VE BEGUN CONVERSATIONS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES. 
          THEY REACHED OUT TO US JUST TO FIGURE OUT WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING, WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS, WHAT DO THEY NEED TO BE DOING. 
          AND SO, UM, CLEARLY WE SEE DEPARTMENTS RALLYING AROUND THE SITUATION AND, AND COLLABORATING ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF, UM, ANY FUTURE PROBLEMS. OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, THE LAST QUESTION THAT I'LL ASK IS AROUND OUR SUSTAINABLE FOOD AND OUR GROWING SYSTEM AS IT RELATES TO THE CHANGING OF THE CLIMATES, AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE NOW AS WE'RE CONTINUING TO GO FORWARD? OR DO WE HAVE ANY DATA THAT WILL SHOW US NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH, UH, A, A WINTER STORM AND A RE WINTER FREEZE, THEN WHAT IS OUR TRUE SUSTAINABLE FOOD, UH, GROWING SYSTEM AND, UM, FOOD, THE FOOD SYSTEM IS HUGE. 
          UH, AND, AND I, THE ONE THING I COULD MENTION IS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, UH, BEING LED BY, UM, UH, WORLD HERITAGE, UM, PLANNING SOLID WASTE, UH, HEALTH, UM, AS WELL AS SOME, UH, NONPROFITS SUCH AS OPIA TO, TO SEE CAN WE PULL TOGETHER A, UM, A SHORT FOOD SUMMIT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE START HAVING A COMMUNITY DIALOGUE AROUND, UM, COMMUNITY NEEDS AROUND FOOD? WHAT DOES A RESILIENT FOOD SYSTEM LOOK LIKE? SO, UM, THAT'S IN ITS EARLY PLANNING PHASES, BUT I THINK IT'S THE FIRST, FIRST STEP BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY NEEDED WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT WHAT A, A RESILIENCE, UH, COMM, AN EQUITABLE COMMUNITY IS. 
          AND THEN THAT JUST BRINGS ME TO ONE MORE QUESTION, UM, AS IT RELATES TO OUR CHANGING CLIMATE AND, AND HOW THIS PAST WINTER STORM HAS REALLY AFFECTED, UM, OUR YOUTH AND, AND THE BREATHING. 
          UM, WHAT IS THE KIDS' BREATHE, UH, PROGRAM AND, AND HOW HAS IT AFFECTED THAT OUTCOME OR THAT DATA INFORMATION NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT EXTREME HEAT, BUT NOW WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EXTREME COAL, AND THEN WHAT HAS IT DONE TO THE DIFFERENT OUTCOMES OF HEALTH, UM, EQUITY. 
          AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, I'D LIKE TO JUST SEE HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THOSE NEW FINDINGS INTO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING. 
          BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY SUGGESTIONS AND QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
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THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. 
          ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          NEXT IS COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          UH, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR PROAM. 
          AND, UM, DOUG, IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU LIVE, THANKS TO SEE YOU. 
          UH, AND, UM, I'M REMEMBERING WHEN WE FIRST MET, WHEN YOU VERY FIRST CAME TO SAN ANTONIO, UH, I INVITED YOU TO LUNCH AT A COFFEE SHOP THAT'S RIGHT ON GUADALUPE STREET, THAT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE. 
          BUT, UM, I REMEMBER ABOUT YOUR ROLE AND HOW EVEN A COUNCIL MEMBER CRIER, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO REMEMBER, QUESTIONED WHETHER OR NOT WE EVEN NEEDED ENOUGH OF A SUSTAINABILITY. 
          DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? I DO, MA'AM. 
           AND, UM, PERHAPS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAD THREE PEOPLE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT AND WHETHER OR NOT WAS A NECESSARY USE OF CITY FUNDS. 
          AND I THINK OF HOW FAR WE'VE COME, UH, IN THE CITY. 
          UM, AND EVEN JUST OUR ABILITY TO DOCUMENT, UH, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR OUR MAYOR AND FOR COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL WHO WERE REALLY SPEARHEADING THIS. 
          UM, BUT I ALWAYS KNEW WITHOUT THE STUDY, UH, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL, BY THE WAY, WHO DID THIS? THANK YOU. 
          UH, THAT WAS, UM, JULIA REALLY SORT OF LED THE INITIATIVE. 
          UH, GOOD. 
          THAT'S NICE. 
          I MEAN, IT'S VERY GOOD INFORMATION. 
          UH, AND I REALLY LIKE THIS PICTURE OF YOU, ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE AGED THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY ONE, THAT'S MY ONE GOOD PICTURE. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, BUT I, I'M, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU CAME TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, I HAD, WAS TALKING TO YOU ABOUT, UM, WHY WE WERE BY DESIGN THE MOST SUSTAINABLE, UH, COMMUNITY, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTIVITY AND THE WALKABILITY, OUR USE OF TRANSIT DENSE HOUSING, A DENSE POPULATION. 
          MOST OF MY, UH, DISTRICT OR MOST OF THE, MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT DISTRICT FIVE HAS THE MOST NARROW STREETS, WHICH IS ALSO WHY, UM, IT TAKES LESS TO MAINTAIN, UH, OUR, OUR DISTRICT, UM, BECAUSE WE, UM, USE TRANSIT MORE THAN OTHERS, UH, WE ARE NOT A DRAIN TO OUR, UM, UH, COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO I'M SAYING THESE THINGS, UM, BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T REALLY SEE REFLECTED IS THAT REALITY THAT OUR COMMUNITIES, THE SMALLER ONES, THE COMPACT ONES, UM, THE POOREST ONES ARE NOT REALLY REFLECTED HERE. 
          AND SO I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO ME, IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T NECESSARILY CALL IT CLIMATE OR WE WERE NOT NECESSARILY REFERRING TO IT IN SCIENTIFIC TERMS. UH, WE WERE JUST REALLY, UM, WE DID IT OUT OF DESIGN, UH, BECAUSE OF THE COMPACT CONNECTED NATURE OF OUR DISTRICT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE CREEK WAYS THAT CONNECT US, WHICH WAS THE, LIKE, WHY OUR CITY EVER EVOLVED WAS BECAUSE WE HAD THESE NATURAL, UM, AMENITIES LIKE WATER. 
          UM, AND, UM, I KNOW THAT WE'VE COME A LONG WAY FOR EQUITY, UH, AND THAT WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN CLIMATE, BUT I'M JUST NOT FEELING IT. 
          SO MAYBE MY QUESTION WILL BE, WE HAD A BRIEFING THIS MORNING, ERIC, ON, ON THE LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, PACKAGE THAT WILL COME AND INCLUDING THE 226 MILLION. 
          WE KNOW THAT CLIMATE IS A BIG PRIORITY FOR THE CITY AND REFLECTED IN THE MAYOR AND, AND MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AND HOW THEY FEEL. 
          SO HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT FUNDING GETS DIRECTED INTO THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN SUSTAINING AND SURVIVING AND MAKING THIS COMMUNITY SUSTAINABLE FOR THE LAST 300 YEARS? LIKE WHAT IN THAT DOLLAR, THOSE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR THINGS LIKE DRAINAGE AND SIDEWALKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND, AND I KNOW I, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE OUR METRICS AND I I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPENT MANY YEARS CREATING, UM, YOU KNOW, AN EQUITY ATLAS. 
          BUT IS THERE, IS THERE PROJECTS THAT CAN BE DIRECTLY, UM, IMPACT OR THAT CAN GET THAT MONEY DIRECTLY COUNCILWOMAN? WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE GUIDELINES. 
          NUMBER ONE, THAT'S THE SHORT ANSWER. 
          WE DON'T KNOW. 
          NUMBER TWO, AND IT GOES TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER THAT EVERYBODY TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING. 
          THERE, WE, THERE WILL NEVER, THERE WILL LIKELY NEVER BE, THANKFULLY, HOPEFULLY NEVER BE A POSITION WHERE WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, WHERE THERE'S THIS MUCH OPPORTUNITY IN TERMS OF FUNDING FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES. 
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AND, AND IT GOES TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER THAT, THAT, THAT YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING. 
          IT IS ABOUT SETTING PRIORITIES AND, AND, AND DESIRED OUTCOMES. 
          WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY, BUT WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH THE LAST YEAR OR THAT WE KNOW INTUITIVELY YOU ALL KNOW YOUR DISTRICTS AND WHAT'S THE PLAN GONNA BE? UM, AND, AND THAT'S THE DELIBERATIVE PROCESS I THINK YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING, BUT, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE GUIDELINES RIGHT NOW. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I MEAN, I'M, I'M HOPING THAT BETWEEN INFRASTRUCTURE, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, OUR BOND PROGRAM, UH, A JOBS BILL AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, UM, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE GOT THE, THE POINT THAT COUNCILMAN COURAGE MADE TODAY, THAT THE STATE STILL HASN'T SPENT THE MONEY THAT THEY GOT LAST YEAR. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY AND IT'LL BE, IT'LL, WE, WE NEED TO TAKE LAST YEAR'S LESSONS, WE DEVELOPED A PLAN AND WE EXECUTED IT. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA BE WHAT SETS US APART. 
          AND, AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO THAT WITH AN EYE ON DESIRED OUTCOMES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NOT REALLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, ERIC. 
          I KNOW . 
          I KNOW. 
          BUT, UM, THIS PLAN IS, IS ONE OF THOSE ELEMENTS. 
          IT IS. 
          AND IF IT'S GONNA BE A PRIORITY OF THE COUNCIL, THEN THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THE WORK. 
          AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE AN ADVISORY BOARD. 
          WE'VE GOTTA UTILIZE IT. 
          WELL, GOOD. 
          I HOPE THAT WE DO. 
          AND, AND, AND IT'S, IT, IT'S NOT, I MEAN, AND IT, IT'S NOT A CRITICISM OF THE WORK, BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S VERY GOOD WORK. 
          UM, I, I GUESS WHERE I, I FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T REFLECT, UM, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS ALL ALONG. 
          AND, AND I, I DON'T MEAN THAT WE'VE BEEN, AND I DON'T WANNA GIVE ANYBODY THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IT BECAUSE WE'RE POOR AND WE DON'T HAVE, AND SO THAT BY DESIGN WE ARE NOT WASTEFUL. 
          IT'S BECAUSE STRICTLY OF OUR DESIGN, THAT WAS HOW OUR CITY FUNCTIONED. 
          UM, AND, AND IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE, UM, WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY CARS. 
          UM, I MEAN, IT, IT, I THINK THERE IS JUST, THERE SHOULD BE INVESTMENTS MADE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT, THAT WE ARE DESIGNED. 
          AND SO I, I JUST WANNA SEE THAT INVESTMENT REFLECTED. 
          WELL, AND WHAT I, WHAT I CAN SAY, AND I, I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT WRONG. 
          I, I, I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT HIGHLIGHTING THE INHERENT SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN YOUR, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD DO, AND I THINK WE CAN DO, IS WE'RE DESIGNING A WHOLE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM. 
          YOU KNOW, WE CAN LIFT UP AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SAY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY ARE, UM, MODELS OF, OF WHAT A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE. 
          THEY ARE RESILIENCE. 
          UM, SO I THINK I, I, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE DOING. 
          WELL, AND, AND I THINK YOU, WE, I WE'RE IN SYNC BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. 
          SO WE ARE OFTEN HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DISINVESTED IN, UH, AND BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN REDLINING AND THERE'S DISCRIMINATION, AND WE HAVE RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. 
          BUT WHY ARE WE NOT ELEVATED? BECAUSE WE'VE SUSTAINABLE ALL THIS TIME AND WE'VE BEEN USING LESS WATER ALL THIS TIME. 
          AND BECAUSE OF THOSE THINGS, I, I, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT REFLECTED IN SOME SORT OF A REPORT, UH, THAT SHOWS JUST THAT WE DON'T SPEND AS MUCH OF OUR CITY'S RESOURCES, AND THEREFORE WE'RE GONNA GET MORE INVESTMENT IN OUR PARKS. 
          UM, WE ARE GOING TO GET MORE TREES. 
          UH, WE ARE GOING TO GET, UM, MORE, UH, OF THIS TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SAVING THE CITY MONEY FOR THE LAST 300 YEARS. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN, IN, UH, SOME TYPE OF SUSTAINABILITY REPORT. 
          AND, UM, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY. 
          HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU HAVE NOW? AND OR? WE, THERE'S A TOTAL OF NINE OF US. 
          NINE. 
          SO YOU'VE GROWN FROM THREE, OR MAYBE IT WAS JUST YOU. 
          NO, NO. 
          I THINK WE, HOW MANY WE HAVE? IT WAS, WE HAD FIVE WHEN I FIRST STARTED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND I THINK, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          WE APPRECIATE THAT, UM, OF ALL OF, UM, WELL, I BETTER NOT SAY THAT. 
          'CAUSE I THINK LORI'S DONE A HUGE LIFT IN HOUSING TOO. 
          UM, BUT I THINK, UH, OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE EVOLVED, UM, TO MEET, UH, THE, THE CHANGES IN THE CITY, UM, I THINK IT'S BEEN YOURS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY. 
          SO THANK YOU, CALIFORNIA. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, THANKS, DOUG. 
          THIS PRESENTATION, UH, I WANNA TOUCH ON A COUPLE THINGS. 
          AND YOU, YOU BROUGHT UP, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF BUILDINGS. 
          AND I WANNA, I WANNA 
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KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS ABOUT THE UNDER ONE ROOF. 
          ROOF. 
          WE KNOW WE HAD SS MODEL THAT ON A 2000 SQUARE FOOT HOME, WE SAVE ABOUT 10,000 KILOWATTS OF ENERGY A YEAR, WHICH IS ABOUT 21% OF THE ENERGY SAVINGS, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD TYPICALLY, UH, CONSUME. 
          SO, UH, ALL THAT WAS WAS  BY U T SS A AND REAL QUESTION IS HERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY, UH, HAVE WE STARTED MODELS THAT ACTUALLY QUANTIFY THE, THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY WE CAN ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY DID THIS,  ENTIRE CITY MADE THIS PART OF OUR CODE, AND WE INCORPORATED  EVERYWHERE. 
          I SAY THAT BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE UNDER PROGRAM SAVED, UH, A TOTAL OF ABOUT 12, 12 MILLION KI A YEAR. 
          UH, DID ANYBODY, I'M SORRY. 
          I I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN. 
          I JUST HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTIONS. 
          I MEAN, SO WAS IT, IF WE WERE ASSESSING OVERALL BUILDING ENERGY USE CITYWIDE? YEAH. 
          SO IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A, WE, WE ESTIMATE THERE'S ABOUT 600,000, UH, RESIDENCES ACROSS THE CITY. 
          AND IF YOU MODEL THAT, OR HA HA HAVE YOU TAKEN A MODEL OR STUDIED A MODEL THAT, THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW YOU CAN INCORPORATE HIGH REFLECTANCE ROOFS ALL OF THE CITY, AND WHAT THAT CAN SAVE, AND HOW DO WE, HOW CAN WE ACTUALLY GET THERE WITH, WITH THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, WE'RE ALREADY AT 12 MILLION KILOWATTS OF SAVE A YEAR. 
          SO, UM, UM, WE, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT, THAT ASSESSMENT. 
          UM, WE'VE DONE SOME PRELIMINARY COST BENEFIT, UM, UH, ON, UH, WHAT A SORT OF CITYWIDE, UH, REFLECTIVE ROOF, UM, UH, REQUIREMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT THE PAYBACK IS. 
          BUT WE HAVEN'T, UM, DONE, UM, I THINK THE ASSESSMENT THAT YOU'RE, UM, DISCUSSING, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A FOLLOW-UP MEETING WHERE WE CAN SORT OF WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO, TO PULL TOGETHER, UH, WITH OUR CONSULTANT REGA REGARDING THE COST BENEFIT OF REFLECTIVE ROOFS. 
          WELL, AND THEN I ALSO WANT YOU TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW CAN THIS CITY INCORPORATE IT AS PART OF ITS, UH, AS PART OF ITS CODE WORK, UH, TO, TO MAKE IT, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS PREFERRED CALL OR PERFORM TECHNOLOGY, AS WAS DISCUSSED HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN  THIS, I THINK THESE KINDS OF THINGS ARE SO CRITICAL IN THAT PEOPLE MAKE CHOICES CURRENTLY BASED AROUND SIMPLE ECONOMICS, WHATEVER'S IN FRONT OF WHATEVER THEY SEE. 
          SO HOW CAN WE, HOW CAN WE MAKE IT, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S ATTAINABLE OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS AVAILABLE? YEP. 
          AND WE, AND FROM OUR PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS, WE BELIEVE THAT, UM, AND YOU, AND YOU PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY KNOW THIS, THAT JUST CHOOSING A, A REFLECTIVE MATERIAL, UM, FOR, FOR NEW ROOFS IS BASICALLY COST NEUTRAL. 
          UM, AND THAT IT'S JUST GONNA INCREASE THE REFLECTIVITY. 
          SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING TO, TO CON TO CONSIDER AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO, YEAH, I GUESS I'D LIKE TO, UH, ERIC MENTIONED THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BEING PUSHED TO THINGS LIKE THE U D C, UH, UH, AMENDMENTS AND HOW WE CAN, HOW IT CAN INFLUENCE, UH, OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AT THE CITY. 
          UH, SO I GUESS I'D LIKE FOR US TO REALLY, REALLY TALK ABOUT THE ROOFS WE'VE DONE AND HOW IT'S MADE A REAL IMPACT COUNTERINTUITIVE TO THE HIGH REFLEXIVE ROOFS, UM, SAVE IN, IN, IN THE COLD WINTER MONTHS, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          I THINK IT NEEDS ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT. 
          DID I LOSE YOU GUYS? OKAY. 
          SO YOU, THE OTHER POINT, I WANNA, UH, A GOOD ROUTE NEXT. 
          UH, WE, WE, ENERGY SAVINGS, YOU'RE TRYING TO HEAT A HOME. 
          HAVE YOU STUDIED THAT? COULD YOU, UM, REPEAT THAT, SIR? I'M SORRY. 
          SO WHILE WE, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE HIGH REFLECTANCE BEING A BENEFIT DURING THE, THE VERY HOT MONTHS THAT WE SEE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT ONE OF THE POINTS THAT'S MADE TO THE DATA IS THAT IT ACTUALLY HELPS TO SAVE ENERGY DURING THE COLD WINTER MONTHS AS WELL BY PROVIDING 
          [01:05:01]
MORE HEAT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, YEAH, SORRY, I THINK I, I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY SORT OF TAKE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT, UM, HOW TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH, FOR ALL THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, ALL THE BENEFITS RELATED TO, TO, TO REFLECTIVE ROOFS, AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY, CONSIDERING THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING. 
          AND I MISSPOKE, IT DOESN'T, DOESN'T  IT HELPS CONTAIN, BUT I, I MAKE THAT POINT BECAUSE IF YOU GO TO, UH, YOUR SLIDE, I THINK IT WAS 16, SAY SLIDE 16, SO YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU WANNA INCREASE THE ABILITY, UH, HAVE MORE SOLAR INFRASTRUCTURE OF ALL OVER THE CITY. 
          HERE'S THE ISSUE. 
          NOT EVERY, NOT EVERY ROOF MM-HMM. 
           IS, IS READY FOR A SOLAR PANEL. 
          YOU SAID IT REQUIRED MINIMAL INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY THE CASE. 
          AND THE, THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM IS SORT OF BUILT AROUND THIS IDEA THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ROOFS THAT ARE IN SUCH BAD SHAPE. 
          THE LAST THING THAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT IS A SOLAR PANEL. 
          UM, SO I WANT US TO BE CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA, WE'VE GOTTA TAKE ACCOUNT OF, OF A, A, THE, THE, THE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A HEALTHY ROOF IN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR HOUSING. 
          OTHERWISE, WE'RE NOT PROVIDING THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS WHO, WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR ROOFS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , I, SO WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, I THINK THAT'S WHY WE ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS AMERICA JOBS PLAN, BECAUSE THERE'S A COMMITMENT OF A LOT OF FUNDING THAT COULD GO TOWARDS, UM, ADDRESSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WEATHERIZING, ROOFS, INSULATION. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY PROMISING IN, IN TERMS OF THE, THE EV AND SOLAR READINESS. 
          UM, IF WE GOT TO THAT POINT, THERE'S, THERE'S EXEMPTIONS THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF A ROOF ISN'T, UM, UM, ORIENTED PROPERLY, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S ANY, ANYTHING THAT WOULD PROHIBIT, UM, UH, SOLAR FROM BEING ON THE ROOF, IT WOULD BE EXEMPTED FROM ANY SORT OF REQUIREMENT. 
          BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT WOULD REQUIRE FURTHER EVALUATION WITH, WITH STAKEHOLDERS AS FAR AS WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. 
          BUT YOU'RE, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S SERVING THE, THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY IS, IS A PRIORITY. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW, I DID A, I DID A, A QUICK, UH, EXERCISE WITH, WITH MIKE FRISBEE WHEN HE USED TO BE HERE, UH, ABOUT WHERE, WHERE CERTAIN THINGS EXIST IN, IN OUR CITY AND WHERE OTHER THINGS DON'T EXIST IN OUR CITY. 
          AND I ASKED HIM TO, TO PULL UP A MAP OF ALL THE PERMITS FOR IRRIGATION. 
          AND, AND I'LL ASK YOU TO DO THE SAME. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY'RE GENERALLY ON THE NORTH SIDE AND, UH, IT REALLY KIND OF HELPS TO DELINEATE, UH, THE THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO FOLKS IS REALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, IDENTIFIED HERE THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THAT SOCIOECONOMIC LENS, UH, THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE OF. 
          BUT I THINK YOU CAN REALLY SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE, UH, BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF AFFORDING. 
          UH, SO I JUST, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE, UH, UH, TRYING TO, UH, ENDORSE MORE SOLAR PANEL USAGE, THAT, THAT WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SOME NEIGHBORHOODS, SOME COMMUNITIES, UH, THAT ARE SO BEHIND ON, ON THEIR OWN, UH, HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY BEING LEFT BEHIND ON THAT TOO. 
          SO I JUST WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO, TO, UM, TO SPEAK TO THAT AND, AND, AND RECOGNIZE THAT, THAT NOT EVERY PART OF OUR CITY HAS THE, THE ABILITY TO, TO ACCEPT, UH, A LOT OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, DOUG. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, TREVINO, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRANT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, DOUG, VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE SEEN IT ALSO IN CHECK. 
          AND YES, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, I'M SAD WE DIDN'T GET TO HEAR ABOUT OUR SOIL COMPOSITION OR THE SATURATION THAT WE DID, AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, INCLUDING WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, THE BOND. 
          ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE DID DISCUSS, AND I KNOW MR. MCCAREY HEARD IT, WAS WHEN, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR TREE CANOPY AND HELPING WITH THAT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IN OUR PARKS TO CREATE, TO PLANT MORE TREES, AND ALSO LOOKING AT FOOD FORESTS. 
          WE ARE GETTING A FOOD FOREST IN DISTRICT THREE 
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NEAR, UM, MISSION COUNTY PARK, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE PARTNERING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD POLICY COUNCIL WHO BROUGHT THIS INITIATIVE FORWARD. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, TO ECHO AND AMPLIFY WHAT COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ SAID, JUST LIKE GETTING, UM, THAT THEIR AREA WOULD BE ELEVATED WHEN IT COMES TO THE URBAN CORE AND JUST THE ADAPTATION, BECAUSE OUT OF, UH, NEED OUT OF, UH, JUST BEING THERE, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT YOUR REIGN. 
          UH, SO IT DOESN'T ALSO FOR, IN SOME PARTS RUN OFF INTO YOUR STREET, EITHER, UM, COLLECT THE REIGN, AND THEN YOU USE THAT THAT WAY. 
          BUT BECAUSE OF OUT OF NECESSITY OF THAT, WE'RE DOING, SO THE URBAN CORE AND THESE INNER CITY DISTRICTS THAT ARE SMALLER, GET THE FIRST CRACK AT, UM, THESE ADVANCEMENTS, THESE, UM, INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE GETTING, UM, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE GETTING. 
          AND I WOULD ALSO SAY, GET THE FIRST CRACK AT THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WITH OUR NEW PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS COMING IN WITH THAT, UM, THAT IMPROVEMENT THAT WENT FORWARD TO THE VOTERS. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD CONT CONTINUE TO SAY, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE NOT, UM, PUT LIKE, OH, YOU'RE OKAY BECAUSE YOU'RE A SMALLER AREA, BUT THAT WE PUT 'EM AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE BECAUSE OF THE, THE SAVINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING, UH, TO THE CITY ALL THESE YEARS. 
          AND OF COURSE, CONTINUING TO PUT FOOD INSECURITY FRONT AND CENTER OF OUR CONVERSATIONS AND HOW THAT IMPACTS EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND THE CITY, OUR HEALTH OUTCOMES, UM, AND JUST HOW MUCH WE SPEND WHEN IT COMES TO MEDICAL BILLS. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALSO KEEPING YOUR EYE ON THE BALL WHEN IT COMES TO THE AMERICAN JOBS PLAN. 
          I AM SO EXCITED TOO, ABOUT WHAT THAT'S GOING, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE GONNA OPEN UP FOR US IN THAT, UM, WITH THAT MOVING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          OH, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, THEN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          HEY, DOUG. 
          MAN, I TELL YOU WHAT, I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU THE FIRST, WHEN I WALKED IN HERE, I SAID, WHO IS THAT? WHO IS THAT MASK MAN UP THERE? NO, IT LOOKS GREAT ON YOU. 
          UM, I DO HAVE SOME, UH, QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          UH, SLIDE NUMBER SIX. 
          YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE HAVE PROJECTIONS HERE, CLIMATE PROJECTIONS. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          BUT I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THE PRIOR YEARS HAVE BEEN. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT WHAT, A HUNDRED YEARS OF PRIOR DATA ON WHAT THE TEMPERATURES ARE AND HOW MUCH THEY'VE RISEN OR NOT RISEN. 
          UH, UH, JUST WHAT YOU HAVE HERE. 
          I'D, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE HISTORICAL DATA ON THAT. 
          WE HAVE IT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          YES, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ADDED TO THESE DA UH, CHARTS SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF WATCH WHAT THAT PROGRESSION IS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SLIDE NUMBER NINE. 
          SO YOU'RE SAYING HERE THAT THE POPULATION INCREASED BY 4% HERE IN SAN, AND I'M ASSUMING THIS IS JUST SAN ANTONIO? YES, THIS IS, UH, JUST WITHIN OUR MUNICIPAL CENTER. 
          OKAY. 
          DO Y'ALL LOOK AT THE COUNTY AT ALL INTEGRATED WITH THIS? THIS WE'VE, UM, THE, THE PROTOCOL, THE, THE, THE GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY PROTOCOL THAT WE, WE, WE FOLLOW, UM, IS JUST BASED UPON WHAT THE MUNICIPALITY CAN CONTROL. 
          SO IT'S THIS, THIS BODY. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S WITHIN, UM, OUR MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY. 
          BUT I THINK THERE, THERE IS THE NEED AND OPPORTUNITY TO DO MORE COLLAB, HAVE MORE COLLABORATION WITH BEXAR COUNTY. 
          I MEAN, WE DO TALK WITH THEM PERIODICALLY, BUT, UM, IT'S, IT IS, 'CAUSE IT IS MORE OF A REGIONAL, IT, THERE IS A REGIONAL NEED AS OPPOSED TO JUST THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          YEAH, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT HERE. 
          I MEAN, I KNOW ACOG DOES A LOT WITH, UH, UM, GREENHOUSE GASES. 
          I MEAN, IT'S BAYER COUNTY THAT GOT PUT IN THE, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT, NON-PAYMENT. 
          WE'RE THE BAD GUYS OUT HERE. 
          SO IT IS NOT JUST A MUNICIPALITY, IT'S ALL OF BAYER COUNTY. 
          SO SOMEHOW WE NEED TO WRAP THIS TOGETHER, NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT THE COUNTY AS WELL. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT IMPACTS IT'S DOING TO THE REGION. 
          THERE'S AN INTERESTING MODEL IN, UM, UP IN DALLAS, UH, WITH BEAR COG, UH, ACTUALLY HAS A GROUP THAT FOCUSES ON THIS, THIS WORK. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE CAN TALK TO DIANE ABOUT TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING SHE'D BE INTERESTED IN, IN HELPING US WITH. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND THEN, UH, UH, THE DECREASE BY 2%, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT PER CAPITA BECAUSE THAT'S IN THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, TOTAL. 
          TOTAL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S A GOOD NEWS STORY. 
          RIGHT? IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S BETTER THAN AN INCREASE, RIGHT? IT'S BETTER, IT'S BETTER THAN AN INCREASE. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          IT'S ONLY 2%. 
          UM, 
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IS IT 0.2%? 0.2%. 
          HOLY SMOKES. 
          THAT'S EVEN, SO IT'S, I WAS TRYING TO GIVE YOU CREDIT HERE. 
          IT'S, UM, WE'LL TAKE WHAT WE CAN GET. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THE, THE NEXT SLIDE ACTUALLY GOES INTO THE PER CAPITA, CORRECT. 
          WHICH I GUESS SLIDE NUMBER 10, UH, THAT SHOWS YES. 
          UH, PER CAPITA, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING BETTER. 
          RIGHT? THE TREND IS GOING DOWN. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THEN ON SLIDE NUMBER 11, HOW ARE WE MEASURING THAT? I MEAN, HOW ARE WE COLLECTING THIS DATA? SO, UM, FOR, FOR MUNICIPAL, UM, THE BUILDING ENERGY USE COMES FROM C P S. 
          WE, YOU KNOW, WE PAY THOSE BILLS. 
          SO WE HAVE THAT DATA. 
          UH, WE GET OUR, OUR FLEET DATA FROM BUILDING EQUIPMENT SERVICES, SO WE KNOW WHAT ALL THE FUEL CONSUMPTION IS. 
          UM, THE SOLID WASTE DATA IS, WE HAVE ONE CLOSED LANDFILL THAT IS REPORTED TO E P A. 
          SO WE BASICALLY GET ALL THE DATA FROM THESE SOURCES. 
          AND WE USED A, UH, A PROGRAM CALLED CLEAR PATH THAT HAS A SERIES OF, UM, UH, FORMULAS IN IT, AND IT HELPS US PRODUCE WHAT THE INVENTORY IS AND WHAT THE, THE RESULTS ARE. 
          OKAY, SO BASED ON THE BILLS, THE ACTUAL USAGE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING IT'S ON THE USAGE? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S THE ACTUAL, IT'S THE ACTUAL, UM, YOU GET A REPORT FROM C P SS SAYING YOU USE SO MANY MEGAWATTS OR WHATEVER. 
          WE, WE ACTUALLY TRACK, UM, OUR, UH, ELECTRIC, UH, AND GAS CONSUMPTION. 
          WE GET THOSE INFORMA, THE, THE, THE BILLS GO TO PUBLIC UTILITIES, UH, AND THEN THAT WE, THAT COMES TO US. 
          SO WE TRACK AND KNOW ALL OF OUR, UH, ELECTRIC AND GAS CONSUMPTION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ALL THAT PUT TOGETHER, I LOOK AT SLIDE NUMBER 13 NOW, KNOW, AND I'M SAYING HOW IT'S, HOW IN THE WORLD ARE YOU PROJECTION, PROJECTING THESE DECREASES ALL THE WAY TO 2030? I DON'T SEE A WAY TO GET THERE. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          SO THIS, THIS, UH, IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THE PLAN, THIS, THIS CAME UP, I MEAN, IT, IT'S, IT'S, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE, THE CHALLENGES THAT, THAT CITIES HAVE. 
          UM, IT'S BASED UPON, UH, CONTINUING TO IMPROVE BUILDING EFFICIENCY, UM, TRANSPORTATION SOURCES, SOURCES, UM, TRANSPORTATION, UM, UH, IMPROVEMENTS. 
          BUT REALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S TECHNOLOGY. 
          YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, AND THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE PLAN THAT IT'S GONNA REQUIRE TRANSFORMATION, UM, IN OUR, UM, NATIONAL, YOU KNOW, ELECTRICITY GRID, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE, UM, NEW TECHNOLOGIES. 
          UM, DOES CLEAN HYDROGEN HAVE, OR, SO YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S, IT'S A LONG WAY TO GO. 
          UH, IT'S JUST A PATHWAY. 
          UM, WE CONTINUE TO DO OUR INVENTORY TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING, TRY TO PULL THE LEVERS THAT WE HAVE, THAT MAKE SENSE. 
          BUT, UM, THIS IS A, THIS IS A BIGGER ISSUE THAN WHAT WE IN SAN ANTONIO CAN, CAN DO. 
          BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER CITIES IS THEY CAN MAKE PROGRESS. 
          AND, AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE GOAL, IS TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO, TO, TO DRIVE DOWN THE EMISSIONS, CREATE JOBS, IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH, MAKE PEOPLE'S LIVES BETTER. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S A LONG PROCESS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA BE HERE IN 2050 TO SEE IF YOU MADE YOUR MARK. 
          WELL, WE'LL SEE. 
          BUT I'LL REACH OUT FROM THE GRAVE AND SAY, DOUG, YOU TOLD US. 
          WE'LL SEE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BUT YEAH, I, I THINK THIS IS A MONUMENTAL, UH, EFFORT HERE. 
          AND I, I'M SORRY, I DON'T SEE A PATHWAY TO GET THERE. 
          NOT WITH THE TECHNOLOGY TODAY. 
          AND YES, WE'RE MAKING ADVANCEMENTS EVERY YEAR IN TECHNOLOGY, BUT THERE'S KNOCK ON EFFECTS AS WELL. 
          EVEN WITH TECHNOLOGY COMING ON, WHERE'S THAT TECHNOLOGY COME? WHAT'S THAT TECHNOLOGY COSTING US? WHERE'S, WHERE'S THE RAW MATERIALS COMING FROM? HOW ARE WE GONNA ADAPT THAT INTO, UH, WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR ENERGY USAGE? SO THERE'S A LONG LAUNDRY LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT I STILL HAVE SURE. 
          ABOUT THIS WHOLE PROGRAM. 
          SO, ANOTHER THING I, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SEE IS, AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO THIS FOR, FOR THE FUTURE, IS COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS. 
          HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING ON THESE PROGRAMS? AND WHAT'S THE BENEFITS? WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GETTING OUT OF THE DEAL? I, OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S INFORMATION. 
          MY TERMINOLOGY HAS ALWAYS BEEN RETURN ON INVESTMENT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT WITH YOU WHEN WE, WE HAVE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES HAVE THE COST BENEFIT, BUT I, I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY SEE SPECIFICALLY METRICS SHOWING, OKAY, HOW MUCH HAVE WE PUT INTO THIS PROGRAM? NOT NOT ONLY THE CITY AND CITY RESOURCES, BUT OUR POPULATION HERE, OUR INDUSTRIES, OUR, OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR ECONOMY, YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESSES, LARGE BUSINESSES, THE POPULATION OUT HERE, WHAT'S THEIR COST WITH, WITH THESE PROGRAMS AND WHAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING ACROSS, ACROSS SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THOSE ARE TWO, TWO POINTS I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE, UH, WHEN I SAY MUNICIPAL COST, I'M INCLUDING C P SS AND C P S AND SAWS IN THERE AS WELL. 
          WE OWN BOTH C P S AND SAWS. 
          SO WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT ALL THAT DATA THAT THEY'RE PUTTING INTO THESE PROGRAMS 
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AS WELL. 
          AND ONE STICKING POINT THAT I ALWAYS HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT, WE, WE SELL CONSERVATION EFFORTS TREMENDOUSLY HERE, AND ESPECIALLY ON THE WATER SIDE. 
          WHAT HAS THAT GOTTEN US HIGHER BILLS? HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO URGE CONSERVATION HERE IN SAN ANTONIO WHEN THE ONLY BENEFIT PEOPLE ARE SEEING OUT OF IT IS HIGHER WATER BILLS? I'M STILL STRUGGLING WITH THAT, AND I'M GONNA KEEP, KEEP POINTING THAT OUT, THAT THE MORE PEOPLE CONSERVE, THE HIGHER THEIR WATER BILLS ARE GOING. 
          YES. 
          A PORTION OF THAT NOW IS VISTA RIDGE. 
          BUT EVEN WITH THAT, UH, WE NEED TO START CAPTURING THOSE COSTS ON WHAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO PAY, UH, TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROGRAMS. SO, UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THAT, UH, THE COST OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER OVER TIME AND GAS, NATURAL GAS, UM, BECAUSE ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON ALL OF THESE UTILITIES BEING PROVIDED TO US. 
          I MEAN, WE, WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT ELECTRIC CARS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMING. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          DO WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT ALL ELECTRIC CARS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? UH, IT'S, UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, NO, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT CPAS C F P S IS AWARE OF, AND THEY SEE, WELL, I, I CAN GIVE YOU THE ANSWER. 
          THEY SEE IT'S COMING. 
          NO, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WILL NOT SUPPORT ALL ELECTRIC CARS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT WON'T. 
          AND SO THERE'S A BILL OUT THERE TO BE PAID FOR THAT AS WELL. 
          UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I KEEP WAVING THAT FLAG. 
          HEY FOLKS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THESE PROGRAMS AS WELL. 
          SO NOTHING IS FREE NOWADAYS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , NOTHING IS FREE. 
          SO, UH, I WANNA START TRACKING THOSE COSTS, MAKING THAT VISIBLE AND TRANSPARENT TO OUR RATE PAYERS AND TAXPAYERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, HOW WE'RE MOVING AND HOW WE'RE PAYING, OR HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR THESE PROGRAMS OUT THERE. 
          AND, AND WHAT I'M, I'M SORRY. 
          WHAT? I'LL SAY, I, I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING. 
          AS AS, AS WE WROTE INTO THE CLIMATE PLAN. 
          UM, IF WE'RE GONNA BRING ANYTHING TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, IT'S GONNA HAVE THAT COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS WHERE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE COST AS WELL AS WHAT THOSE CUMULATIVE BENEFITS ARE. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          BECAUSE WHEN I REMEMBER THE ORIGINAL PLAN CAME OUT, IT SHOWED ALL THE SAVINGS OR ALL THE COSTS THAT WERE GONNA, BUT NO, THE SAVINGS OF THESE PROGRAMS, NOT THE COST. 
          AND I WAS VERY CRITICAL ABOUT THAT, THAT TIME, IF YOU REMEMBER. 
          BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, AND I, I HAD A FEW POINTS LINED UP AND, AND I'VE BEEN THROWN OFF TRACK BY WHAT, UH, THE COUNCILMAN HAS, HAS SAID. 
          THANKS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, A, A COUPLE THINGS. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK EVERYTHING YOU DO HAS OTHER BENEFITS. 
          EVERYTHING THAT IS BEING PUSHED IN THE PLAN. 
          AND, AND WHEN WE ADOPTED IT, THOSE WERE, THOSE WERE, MY SPEAKING POINTS IS NOT A SINGLE THING IN THAT PLAN WHOSE ONLY BENEFIT IS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS. 
          THERE ARE QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE HARD TO QUANTIFY. 
          AND THERE ARE, UH, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT PERHAPS AREN'T, UH, TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE ONLY LOOK AT THE HARD NUMBERS. 
          AND THAT'S THE, THE EXTERNALITIES. 
          IF YOU SEE, IF ANY OF US SEE ANY, THE COST OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO THE STATE OF TEXAS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST ONES THEN COMPARED TO, TO OTHER STATES. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THAT IN MIND AS YOU DO YOUR, UH, YOUR COST OR YOUR BENEFIT COST, UH, ANALYSIS. 
          UH, FOR, FOR ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN, IN SEEING THE CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORD, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A WHOLE CLASS, UH, LIKE I DID ON IT. 
          YOU COULD ACTUALLY WATCH THE PRESENTATION BY DR. 
          ANDREW DRESSLER, A CLIMATOLOGIST AT TEXAS A AND M, WHO DID PRESENT TO THE, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 
          AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THOSE ARE TEL, UH, RECORDED AND AVAILABLE PUBLICLY. 
          UH, SO, SO COUNCILMAN PERRY, IF YOU CAN'T FIGURE IT ALL OUT FROM THE ONE SLIDE THAT DOUG IS GOING TO GIVE YOU, YOU CAN WATCH ONE OF YOUR FELLOW AGGIES GIVE THAT, GIVE THAT PRESENTATION. 
          UM, ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO TO MENTION IS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DELIVERY TEAMS, UH, HOW WE WORK INSIDE THE CITY FOR, FOR ADAPTATION. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, EACH OF US ON THE DA, EXCEPT FOR, FOR MAYBE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS GOING TO AFFECT OUR POPULATION. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, AND THE REASON WE ADOPTED THIS PLAN WAS TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE AND THE PLACES THAT WE HOLD DEAR FROM THE WORST IMPACTS OF, OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT, THE SAME WAY WE'RE DOING EQUITY TRAINING THROUGHOUT, UH, STAFF, UH, HERE IN THE CITY, IS TO DO SOME OF THAT UNDERSTANDING 
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OF WHAT DOES CLIMATE CHANGE MEAN TO MY JOB? MM-HMM. 
          , IF I WORK IN STREETS MAINTENANCE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UH, IT MEANS HOTTER TEMPERATURES AND MORE FREQUENT MAINTENANCE OF YOUR STREETS. 
          WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME IN THE STORMWATER DIVISION? IT MEANS, UH, NOT JUST ATLAS 14, BUT OTHER THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO, UH, ACCOUNT FOR OR ME IN HUMAN SERVICES. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO, UH, OR IN E O C, RIGHT? WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO IS THERE A PLAN TO, TO INTEGRATE THAT? OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN THAT, THAT INTEGRATING WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, AND SO AS I HAD MENTIONED, UM, WE DO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, AN ALL, ALL CSA TRAINING. 
          IT'S A SERIES OF FOUR FIVE, UM, BRIEF TRAINING SESSIONS THAT EVERYONE'S REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH, THAT THEY JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE AND WHAT THIS PLAN MEANS TO THEM. 
          UH, WE PROVIDE TRAINING TO THE ENTIRE EXECUTIVE TEAM, UM, PRETTY EXTENSIVE. 
          SO IT, IT'S A PROCESS. 
          UM, AND THEN THE, THE OTHER THING IS ASKING DEPARTMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, TO REPORT TWICE A YEAR ON HOW THEIR WORK IS, IS MOVING THE PLAN FORWARD IS ALSO SIGNIFICANT. 
          JUST MAKING PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, REALIZE THAT THEIR BUDGETS, THEIR WORK PLANS HAVE A ROLE, UM, AND ARE IN MANY WAYS ALREADY IMPACTING, UH, THE WORK THAT, THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S, I THINK WE'RE GETTING THERE. 
          I THINK, AND, AND QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK THIS TRAINING THAT WE'VE, WE'VE LAUNCHED, I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER CITY HAS IT WHERE TRIED TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE ALL EMPLOYEE TRAINING AROUND CLIMATE. 
          THAT'S, UH, OH. 
          HAS ERIC DONE THE TRAINING? IS THAT WHY HE IS LOOKING AT YOU THOUGH?  PART OF IT? UM, IT'S, IT'S EASIER TO CONNECT BECAUSE OF HOW WE CAN DO IT THROUGH, THROUGH WEBEX'S. 
          UM, JUST LIKE IT'S BEEN EASIER FOR ME TO CONNECT WITH, WE NEVER BEFORE WOULD I'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT WITH 1800 EMPLOYEES AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO FROM THAT ASPECT, AND I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING, SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE LAST YEAR ARE THINGS WE PROBABLY WILL CONTINUE TO DO GOING FORWARD, AND THAT'S MADE IT A LOT EASIER TO SCHEDULE THINGS LIKE TRAININGS AND, AND THESE TYPES OF, UH, ISSUES. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          UM, AND ONE LAST POINT IN MY, IN MY LAST 20 SECONDS, IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE BENCHMARKING STUDY THAT STAFF PUT TOGETHER FOR THE BUILDINGS OPERATED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, IT IS NOT 475 PAGES OR 376 PAGES. 
          IT'S LIKE FIVE AND , BUT IT IS NONETHELESS A FASCINATING READ. 
          SO I'LL GIVE YOU A PREVIEW. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT, THANK YOU. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUILDINGS MANAGED BY THE BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, YOU WOULD WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE MUNICIPAL RECORDS BUILDING BECAUSE IT USES, UH, SOME OF THE LEAST, YES, YOU DO LEAST ENERGY PER, UH, PER SQUARE FOOT. 
          I'M NOT GONNA SAY WHO THE BIG ENERGY CONSUMERS ARE. 
          I'LL LET YOU READ THAT FOR YOURSELF. 
          BUT IT'S ALMOST 10 TIMES WHAT MUNICIPAL RECORDS USES. 
          YOU CAN ALSO COMPARE LIBRARIES, UM, RECREATION CENTERS, CONVENTION FACILITIES, UH, AS WELL AS FIRE STATIONS. 
          SO TAKE, TAKE A LOOK. 
          IT'S ONLINE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING IT. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT READ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THE ONE, IF I COULD JUST MAKE ONE CLARIFICATION ON THAT, IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REPORT NOT TO COMPARE ACROSS DIFFERENT BUILDING TYPES. 
          UM, EACH BUILDING HAS A DIFFERENT OPERATION. 
          THERE MAY BE ONE THAT'S 24 7, SO YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT SIMILAR BUILDING TYPES FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          AND, UM, LET ME ALSO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ FOR THE NICE TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE WHEN, UH, OUR, OUR, UH, BIG JOB WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CRIER DIDN'T DEFUND THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE. 
          WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY. 
          UM, AND I, AND I HAVE TO SAY, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, YOU MAY, YOU MAY, UM, THINK THAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE NOT APPRECIATED, BUT THEY ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. 
          IN FACT, UM, THE, THE CONVERSATION ABOUT R O I AND COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, I THINK IS EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO BE. 
          UM, OUR INTENT IN THIS, UH, CLIMATE ACTION ADAPTATION PLAN WITH FOUNDING IT ON, UH, EQUITY, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT IN, IN OUR CITY, UH, WE ARE MORE EXPOSED AND MORE SENSITIVE TO AFFORDABLE ISSUES THAN MOST OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTRY. 
          AND SO FOR US TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS WITH REGARD TO EMISSIONS, UM, MAKES IT CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE PAY ATTENTION TO THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN DULY IMPACTED, UH, DURING EVENTS LIKE WINTER STORM URI. 
          IN FACT, UH, IT IS THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS ON LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS LIVING IN OUR CITY'S OLDEST HOUSING STOCK THAT, UH, MADE US START WITH AN 
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EQUITY FRAMEWORK. 
          UM, I THINK THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CREATING AFFORDABLE, UH, RESILIENT HOUSING AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION IS VERY CLEAR, AND WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. 
          UM, WE DO NOT WANT TO LOSE, UM, WHAT HAS BEEN A HISTORIC COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN THIS CITY IN TERMS OF COST OF LIVING, WHETHER THAT'S UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, OR HOUSING. 
          SO THAT WILL VERY MUCH BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION MOVING FORWARD. 
          I DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS, AND SOME OF THEM WILL BE DIFFICULT, THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE OUR EMISSIONS GOALS. 
          UM, AND, AND IT MAY NOT BE, AND IT, IT WILL NOT BE A LINEAR PATH LIKE YOU'VE DESCRIBED, UH, IN THE, IN THE REPORT, DOUG, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S A PATHWAY. 
          UH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE CHOICES TO MAKE. 
          AND SOME OF THOSE CHOICES, WE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE JUST YET, UH, BUT I'M CONFIDENT, UH, BASED ON THE ONES THAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE AND THE ONES THAT WE KNOW ARE COMING, UH, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THERE. 
          SO, UM, IT'S A GREAT DISCUSSION. 
          I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES ON ALL, UH, SIDES OF THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE THEY ARE HELPING US TO SHAPE A, A GOOD, FEASIBLE, UH, PROGRAM HERE. 
          AND, AND, UH, AND TO THIS POINT, AT LEAST COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY IS NOT ASKED TO DEFUND THE DEPARTMENT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER . 
          ALRIGHT, I THINK THAT'S THE DURATION OF THE, UH, CONVERSATION ON ITEM ONE. 
          SO ERIC, BACK TO YOU FOR ITEM TWO. 
          YEP, 
          [2. 21-2587 Briefing on recommended SA: Ready to Work program policies and pre-solicitation briefing for the select high-profile solicitations. [Alejandra Lopez; Assistant City Manager and Interim Director, Economic Development] ]
THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THE, UH, SECOND BRIEFING TODAY, UM, IS A BRIEFING ON THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND WE'LL INCLUDE AN UPDATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH, AS WELL AS, UH, AN UPDATE ON PRES SOLICITATION, UH, ON A NUMBER OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE PURSUING IN ORDER TO STAND THE PROGRAM UP. 
          UM, WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE, UM, PART OF THE PRESENTATION IS LESSONS LEARNED THROUGH THAT, UH, THROUGH THE TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM AND, UM, OUR RECOMMENDED PRINCIPLES AND GUIDING, UM, OBJECTIVES. 
          UM, ALEX WILL ALSO, UH, TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE INITIAL WORK OF THE ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH HAS ALREADY STARTED MEETING AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. 
          UH, AND WE'VE INCORPORATED SOME OF THEIR FEEDBACK. 
          THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER MEETING NEXT FRIDAY. 
          UM, SO, UH, GOOD PRESENTATION. 
          I'LL HAND HER OVER TO ALEX AND, AND SHE'LL INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF FOLKS WHO ARE HERE WITH US TODAY. 
          THANK YOU ERIC, AND GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          IT'S MY PLEASURE THIS AFTERNOON TO SHARE WITH YOU THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE. 
          EXCUSE ME, WITH RESPECT TO THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          UM, I'D, I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY INTRODUCING A COUPLE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS, THOUGH. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT TINA GERRA, WHO, UM, UNTIL LAST DECEMBER WAS ACTUALLY RUNNING ONE OF OUR PRE-K CENTERS, BUT SINCE THEN, HAS JOINED OUR TEAM AND HAS BEEN VERY INTEGRAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE HERE, ALONG WITH HE LN, WHICH YOU MIGHT REMEMBER FROM ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          HE'S ALSO BEEN HELPING US, UH, FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE BOTH OF THEM WITH US AND APPRECIATE THEM STEPPING UP. 
          UM, WHEN WE SAW THAT WE WERE GONNA NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP GET THIS PROGRAM LAUNCHED. 
          UM, I ALSO, UH, WANT TO INTRODUCE AMY CONTRERAS, WHICH SOME OF Y'ALL, I PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO INTRODUCE HER, YA MAY RECOGNIZE HER. 
          UM, A YEAR AGO, UH, WHEN OUR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PROGRAM, UM, TOOK A BIT OF A PAUSE, UM, AMY JUMPED IN WITH SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, UM, AND THEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WE, WE PULLED HER INTO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE TEAM MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE WITH US. 
          WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE THAT ARE WATCHING, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM. 
          MOVING ON TO THE AGENDA FOR TODAY. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, READY TO WORK IS SLATED TO BEGIN IN THE FALL, AND SINCE THE END OF LAST YEAR, WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN A FEW LESSONS FROM THE TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTING. 
          THESE LESSONS CAME BOTH FROM OUR PARTNERS, UM, AND FROM RESIDENTS, AND THEY PROVIDED US AN OPPORTUNITY TO, THEY'RE PROVIDING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP DESIGN OUR READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          UM, WE'VE ALSO SOUGHT FEEDBACK ON, UM, THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'RE GONNA HEAR AND THE OVERARCHING POLICIES AND ALL OF THIS INPUT WILL INFORM WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING FOR THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH TRAIN FOR JOBS AND SOME OF THE LESSONS THAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM OUR CURRENT PROGRAM. 
          UM, THE SLIDE REFERENCES SOME OF THE KEY LESSONS, AND IN PARTICULAR, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THEM. 
          THE FIRST ONE BEING THE NEED FOR A CENTRAL INTAKE AND STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENT. 
          THIS IS GONNA GIVE EACH, UM, RESIDENT EQUAL ACCESS AND, AND MAKE THE PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY. 
          UM, IT'S ALSO GONNA HELP US FIND THE BEST FIT BOTH FOR THE RESIDENT AND, AND, UM, THE TYPE OF SERVICES THAT THEY MAY NEED, BUT ALSO FROM AN EMPLOYER PERSPECTIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS. 
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AND THEN WE'RE REALIZING ALSO THAT IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE A CENTRALIZED DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO AVOID DUPLICATIONS AND TO HELP US WITH REPORTING TRANSPARENCY. 
          AND WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED, UM, THAT THERE CAN DEFINITELY BE BETTER ALIGNMENT AMONG THE VARIOUS WORKFORCE AGENCIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE. 
          WE ALSO WANNA, WE'LL BE INCORPORATING INTO OUR PROGRAM. 
          SO STARTING OFF WITH, UM, PUBLIC INPUT. 
          SINCE LAST YEAR, WE'VE BEEN SEEKING, UM, FEEDBACK ON OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. WE SPEAK TO OUR WORKFORCE PARTNERS ON A WEEKLY BASIS. 
          UM, WE'VE HELD THREE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS. 
          UM, WE'VE RELEASED A PUBLIC SURVEY AND WE PROMOTED IT WIDELY OVER THE PAST COUPLE, UH, OVER THE, THE TIME IT WAS OPEN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO BRIEFED OUR ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. 
          OUR GOAL WAS TO DEVELOP THE OVERARCHING POLICIES THAT WOULD SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR NEW PROGRAM. 
          STARTING WITH THE SURVEY, UM, IT WAS OPEN FOR TWO WEEKS, LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, AND WE SHARED IT WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR OFFICES. 
          UM, AND, UH, WITH OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES IN THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WE SHARED IT WITH OUR WORKFORCE PARTNERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM. 
          AND WE ALSO SHARED IT WITH OVER 20 AGENCIES THAT RESPONDED TO OUR REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. 
          UM, WE, WE SENT IT TO OUR, OUR CHAMBERS. 
          UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION HELPED US SHARE IT THROUGH THEIR DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS. 
          UM, WE LOOKED FOR MAJOR EMPLOYERS THROUGH THE BUSINESS JOURNAL, BOOK OF LISTS, UM, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, TRADE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          WE, WE USED SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          WE TRIED TO GET IT OUT THERE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE LIKE YOU'RE GONNA SEE, WE ARE REALLY ASKING FOR A WIDE, UM, FEEDBACK AND, AND THERE COULD BE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN RESPONDING TO THIS SURVEY. 
          AS FAR AS THE RESULTS, UM, MORE THAN HALF OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE WOMEN. 
          AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THERE WAS A GOOD DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN THE AGES OF THE RESPONDENTS. 
          UM, THE RACE AND ETHNICITY OF BACKGROUND, UM, MORE THAN HALF OF OUR, OUR RESPONDENTS WERE ALSO PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
          AND YOU'LL NOTE THAT 40% OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE ACTUALLY PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING. 
          THEY WANT TO, TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRAINING ITSELF. 
          SO WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD PERSPECTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDED, UM, THEIR FEEDBACK IN THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE, YOU SEE THE BREAKDOWN BY COUNCIL DISTRICT AS WELL. 
          THERE WAS A, A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL PERCENTAGE THAT DIDN'T SHARE THAT INFORMATION. 
          SO YOU SEE THAT IN THE OTHER CATEGORY. 
          SOME OF THE MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM THE SURVEY WHEN IT COMES TO THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, UM, THEY REALLY SHARED WITH US THE IMPORTANCE OF FLEXIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, UM, LEVERAGING EXTERNAL FUNDING WHERE, WHEN IT'S POSSIBLE, AND KEEPING THE FOCUS ON THE RESIDENT WITH RESPECT TO TARGET POPULATIONS. 
          RESPONDENTS WANTED, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAM HELPED THOSE THAT WERE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY C O V I D. 
          UM, BUT THEY ALSO WANTED US TO MAKE SURE THAT OPPORTUNITY YOUTH AND JUSTICE INVOLVED POPULATIONS RECEIVED SOME TYPE OF SERVICES RESPONDENTS DIDN'T RECOMMEND LIMITING, UM, THE MINIMUM EDUCATION LEVELS THAT PARTICIPANTS MUST HAVE. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO SUPPORT FOR THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, UM, WHICH YOU SEE INCLUDED ON THIS SLIDE. 
          SO IN FEBRUARY, CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED MEMBERS TO THE NEWLY CREATED READY TO WORK ADVISORY BOARD. 
          AND, UM, ERIC MENTIONED THAT BOARD HAS BEEN MEETING ALREADY. 
          THEY, IT ALSO INCLUDES TWO OF OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SERVE AS LIAISONS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, AND VRAN. 
          UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE CHAIR OF THIS ADVISORY BOARD HERE WITH US TODAY, MR. JERRY GRABBER. 
          UM, HE IS WITH LEONARD CONTRACTING. 
          UM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO JOIN US AND HEAR FIRSTHAND ABOUT YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS. 
          THEY HAVE MET THIS MONTH ALREADY, UH, THREE TIMES THEY'VE DISCUSSED AND APPROVED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          UM, AND THE BOARD IS STILL DISCUSSING THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THEIR CHARGE, WHICH INCLUDES IDENTIFYING TARGET OCCUPATIONS AND THE ALLOTMENT OF CERTIFICATES VERSUS WORKFORCE DEGREES THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM. 
          THEY ALSO WANTED TO SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT, UM, HOW WE'RE GONNA MEASURE THE PROGRAM'S SUCCESS. 
          THEY PLAN TO DO THIS, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, THEY'RE GONNA MEET TWO MORE TIMES THIS MONTH. 
          UM, AND THEN AT THAT POINT THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A REGULAR SCHEDULE. 
          SO ALL OF THAT WAS THE FEEDBACK. 
          NOW I'M GONNA MOVE INTO THE POLICY RECOMMENDATION SECTION OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, STARTING WITH GUIDING PRINCIPLES. 
          THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING IS A FOCUSED APPROACH, BECAUSE WE NEED TARGETED SOLUTIONS 
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THAT ARE GONNA MAXIMIZE, THAT ARE GONNA HAVE A MAXIMUM IMPACT. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO SERVE AND THERE'S LOTS OF NEEDS, BUT WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO STAY FOCUSED WITH THIS PROGRAM. 
          ALIGNMENT TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUST ALIGN WITH EMPLOYER NEEDS BECAUSE WELL-PAYING JOBS REQUIRE THIS SPECIALIZED TRAINING EQUITY. 
          WE WANNA CONSISTENTLY BE CONSIDERING THE BENEFITS AND THE BURDENS FROM THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND LASTLY, COLLABORATION, BUILDING A STRONGER AND MORE INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE SYSTEM AS FAR AS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ON THIS SLIDE. 
          AND ALSO I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT STARTING ON THIS SLIDE, ANY TEXT THAT YOU SEE IN ORANGE, IT'S, IT REFERENCES, UPDATES THAT WE MADE BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SURVEY OR FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD. 
          THESE WERE PRELIMINARILY SHARED WITH THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. 
          SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN UPDATED SINCE THEN. 
          SO AS FAR OUR GOALS OR WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, AND THAT'S THAT UNEMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED, AND UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS AND COMPLETE THE TRAINING PROGRAMS. UM, TRAINING PROGRAMS MUST ALIGN WITH CAREERS THAT ARE VALIDATED BY EMPLOYERS. 
          AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, SECURING WELL-PAYING JOBS FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROGRAM IS PARAMOUNT. 
          AS FAR AS THE OBJECTIVES OR HOW WE PLAN TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS, WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE ACCESS TO THIS TRAINING, PROVIDING SERVICES AND EMERGENCY FUNDING TO REMOVE BARRIERS, INCREASING COLLABORATION AND PROMOTING ACCOUNTABILITY AND ADAPTABILITY WITHIN THIS PROGRAM. 
          THE RECOMMENDED ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IS LISTED ON THIS SLIDE, THE FIRST ONE BEING THAT, UH, APPLICANTS BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE AND THAT THEY BE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THEY NEED TO HAVE AN INCOME OF LESS THAN 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES, WHICH FOR AN INDIVIDUAL IS $26,000. 
          UM, BUT IT SCALES UP BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE HOUSEHOLD. 
          AND I WANNA NOTE THAT THIS PERCENTAGE IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN SOME OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS, BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO, TO RECOMMEND THIS LEVEL BECAUSE IT EXTENDS THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE UNDEREMPLOYED, UM, BUT REALLY NEED TO GROW THEIR WAGES. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR, OF COURSE, RESIDENTS WHO ARE, IM IMPACTED, WHOSE EMPLOYMENT WAS IMPACTED BY COVID. 
          AND, AND ALSO BASED ON THE, THE SURVEY RESPONSES, MAKING SURE THAT PARTICIPANTS UNDERSTAND THE COMMITMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROGRAM. 
          AS FAR AS TARGET POPULATIONS, OUR FOCUS WILL BE THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, ALONG WITH, UM, SOME OF THE POPULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED THAT ARE ALSO REFERENCED ON THIS SLIDE. 
          SO THE CORE SERVICES OF THE PROGRAM YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, AND I'M ACTUALLY GONNA DESCRIBE THEM VERY BRIEFLY, BUT INDIVIDUALLY, STARTING WITH WORKFORCE TRAINING AND DEGREE COMPLETION, UM, THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR RESIDENTS TO ATTEND WORKFORCE TRAINING AND COLLEGE PROGRAMS. AND AGAIN, YOU SEE THE REFERENCES IN ORANGE ON THIS SLIDE BECAUSE ABOUT HALF OF THE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS THOUGHT THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO LIMIT OR NO MINIMUM ON THE EDUCATION LEVEL FOR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. 
          SO TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE FUNDING TRADITIONALLY ALLOCATED FOR WORKFORCE DELEGATE AGENCIES, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $3.7 MILLION EVERY YEAR, THAT IT BE DEDICATED TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS WITHOUT A HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY SO THAT THEY CAN ATTAIN THIS CREDENTIAL AND THEN MOVE INTO THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE, AND ONE OF OUR ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS REFERENCED THAT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THIS IS CONSIDERED A RISK STRATIFICATION MODEL, WHICH IT IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE FACE MORE BARRIERS THAN OTHERS. 
          AND SO WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SUPPORT THAT THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES, THE SUPPORT THAT WILL PROMOTE THEIR SUCCESS BASED ON THEIR NEEDS. 
          ONE OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT THAT WE PLAN TO PROVIDE IS CASE MANAGEMENT AND OUR CASE MANAGEMENT MODEL. 
          WE RECOMMEND THAT IT INCLUDE PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY, CAREER EXPLORATION, COLLEGE READINESS, COACHING AND MENTORING, FINANCIAL LITERACY, CAREER READY, OR SORRY, CAREER EXPLORATION AND CAREER READINESS, AND THEN JOB REFERRALS AND JOB PLACEMENT. 
          SOME OF THE EXAMPLES ARE LISTED UNDER EACH HEADING. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, YOU SEE SOME OF THE ORANGE HIGHLIGHTS, UM, BASED ON SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR ADVISORY BOARD. 
          AND I WANNA HIGHLIGHT JUST A COUPLE OF THESE. 
          UM, BECAUSE THROUGH OUR TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM, WE'D ALREADY IDENTIFIED THAT CAREER 
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EXPLORATION WAS A CRITICAL COMPONENT, AND THAT THIS ACTUALLY TAKES SOME TIME. 
          WE CAN'T RUSH PEOPLE INTO A PARTICULAR TYPE OF TRAINING, BUT OUR ADVISORY BOARD REALLY HIGHLIGHTED THE FACT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PARTICIPANTS TO UNDERSTAND THE EXPECTATIONS, UM, THAT PARTICULAR CAREERS MAY HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, SECURITY CLEARANCES THAT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS, BACKGROUND CHECKS, CREDIT CHECKS, UM, DRUG SCREENINGS THAT MAY HAPPEN ROUTINELY IN CERTAIN POSITIONS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT BEFORE THEY EMBARK ON ANY TYPE OF TRAINING IN PARTICULAR FIELDS MOVING INTO THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, THAT'S A COMPONENT OF THIS PROGRAM AS WELL. 
          SO ON THE SLIDE, YOU SEE THE ITEMS THAT ARE GONNA BE ELIGIBLE EXPENSES FOR THE EMERGENCY, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT'S GONNA BE PROVIDED. 
          AND TH THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY A NEW LIST. 
          UM, BUT WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED THROUGH SOME OF THE RESEARCH IS THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WE HAD NOT TRADITIONALLY THOUGHT OF. 
          AND, AND TWO OF THOSE THAT ARE ON THE SLIDE ARE, UM, UNLOCKING TRANSCRIPTS. 
          UM, BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETIMES FEES THAT PREVENT A, A, AN INDIVIDUAL FROM ACCESSING THAT TRANSCRIPT TO COMPLETE THEIR EDUCATION AND RECORDS EXPUNGEMENT. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ALSO HELP PARTICIPANTS WITH THAT IF THAT'S, IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE. 
          AND THEN THE LAST PART OF WRAPAROUND SUPPORT WOULD BE THE REFERRALS THAT WOULD BE MADE. 
          SO WE EXPECT OUR CASE MANAGERS TO BE ABLE TO REFER PARTICIPANTS TO THIS VARIETY OF SERVICES THAT WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED. 
          UM, THEY MIGHT, THEY MAY NEED. 
          UM, WE WON'T NECESSARILY BE PAYING FOR THESE SERVICES BECAUSE THESE, A LOT OF THESE SERVICES ARE ALREADY FUNDED THROUGH OTHER RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE PROMOTING ALIGNMENT WITH SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT, THAT WE LEVERAGE FUNDING WHERE IT'S ALREADY ALREADY AVAILABLE. 
          WE DON'T WANNA DUPLICATE ANYTHING THAT MAY ALREADY EXIST. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE END OF THE POLICY. 
          UM, PRESENTATION. 
          I'M GONNA MOVE INTO THE PRES SOLICITATION BRIEFING PORTION. 
          UM, AND THIS, THIS IS A, A VERY SIMPLE CHART WE TRIED TO MAKE TO BASICALLY SHOW THE FLOW OF THE WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROGRAM. 
          FIRST ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU SEE THE INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT SERVICES, AND THAT FLOWS INTO OUR CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          UM, ON THE TOP YOU SEE THE, UM, THE PROPOSALS OR, OR THE SOLICITATION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ISSUING FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND MARKETING. 
          AND THEN OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU SEE THE PROGRAM EVALUATION. 
          WE TRIED TO ADD ARROWS TO BASICALLY SHOW THE FLOW, BUT A LOT OF, UH, WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE IS WHAT I'M GONNA BE DESCRIBING RIGHT NOW, STARTING WITH INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT. 
          SO ON THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE THE SCOPE. 
          UM, FOR OUR, OUR SOLICITATION, UM, THIS, THIS ENTITY IS GONNA SERVE AS THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          THEY'RE GONNA DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY, THEY'RE GONNA PERFORM ASSESSMENTS. 
          THEY'RE GONNA DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF SKILL THAT THE APPLICANT HAS AND THE NEEDS AND THE BARRIERS THAT THEY MAY HAVE SO THAT THEY CAN PROPERLY ASSIGN THEM TO A CASE MANAGER OR A CASE MANAGEMENT AGENCY. 
          WE PLAN TO SEEK INPUT FROM CASE MANAGERS WITH RESPECT TO INTAKE NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THIS ASSIGNMENT IS BEING MADE, IT'S VERY INTENTIONAL AND WE KNOW WHO, UM, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE SENT TO, AND THAT THAT'S GONNA BE A GOOD MATCH FROM. 
          UM, AS, AS FAR AS THE OTHER ITEMS ON THIS SLIDE, OUR GOAL FOR THIS COMPONENT OF THE WORK IS REALLY TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY AND EFFECTIVE AND EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR APPLICANTS TO SEAMLESSLY MOVE THROUGH THESE MILESTONES IN THE PROGRAM. 
          THE VALUE OF THIS CONTRACT IS GONNA BE APPROXIMATELY $6 MILLION OVER THE SIX YEAR TERM. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE, UH, THE TERM TWO YEARS WITH FOUR ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS. 
          YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE, THE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS THAT I'M GONNA REFERENCE. 
          THIS ALIGNS WITH THE TIMING OF THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THE, EVEN THOUGH THE FUNDING STREAM ENDS AT 2025, WE'RE NOT PROJECTED TO ACTUALLY SPEND ALL OF THE FUNDS UNTIL MAYBE 2026. 
          SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT OUR CONTRACTS EXTEND FOR THAT ENTIRE TERM. 
          THE OTHER COMPONENT OF THIS SOLICITATION IS, AND, AND AGAIN, ONE OF THE LESSONS LEARNED IS THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A CENTRALIZED DATA SYSTEM. 
          SO THE, THE, UM, AGENCIES OR THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HELPING WITH INTAKE OR THAT ARE PERFORMING INTAKE WILL BE REQUIRED TO ENTER INFORMATION INTO A CENTRALIZED DATABASE. 
          HERE'S SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING THE INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT. 
          R F P. 
          NOTE THAT WE ARE LIMITING THIS R F P TO PROPOSALS TO NON FROM NONPROFIT, UM, RESPONDENTS. 
          UM, HOWEVER, WE DO HOPE TO STILL PROMOTE SMALL MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES THROUGH SUBCONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH YOU SEE, WE DID APPLY TO THIS, TO THIS SOLICITATION. 
          YOU SEE THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE IN THE MIDDLE, AND THEN YOU'VE 
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GOT THE EVALUATION CRITERIA ON THE FAR RIGHT SIDE. 
          ON THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE THE ADVERTISING METHODS WE'RE GONNA USE FOR THE R F P, THE NUMBER OF VENDORS THAT WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THAT COULD RESPOND TO THIS, AND THE N I G P CODES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED FOR THIS R F P. 
          AND I'M GONNA MOVE INTO THE SECOND SOLICITATION, WHICH WOULD BE FOR CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          HERE. 
          WE ENVISION MULTIPLE AWARDEES AND, AND POTENTIALLY COLLABORATIVE PROPOSALS BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS, AGAIN, CONSISTENCY, MAKING SURE THAT WE, WE ENSURE THE SMOOTH HANDOFFS, UM, AND THAT ONCE THAT PERSON GETS ASSIGNED A CASE MANAGER, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO STAY WITH THAT PERSON FOR THE, THE ENTIRE TIME THAT THEY'RE IN TRAINING AND INTO THE, AS THEY, UM, ENTER THE WORKFORCE. 
          WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE OURSELVES MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY IN IDENTIFYING AND DEVELOPING THESE COLLABORATIONS. 
          SO THAT'S VERY MUCH WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR AS WE SEEK RESPONDENTS TO THESE SOLICITATIONS. 
          OVER THE NEXT WEEK, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING TO SOME ADDITIONAL PARTNERS, UM, WORKFORCE PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING DOESN'T, UH, UNNECESSARILY RESTRICT SOME OF THE FLEXIBILITY THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN WITHIN THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S JUST A COM AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, DIFFERENT AGENCIES HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERTISE, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO RESPOND IN THE WAY THAT THEY COULD BEST, UH, SERVE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. 
          ONCE ASSIGNED A CLIENT, WE EXPECT FOR CASE MANAGERS TO HOLD THE RESIDENT'S HAND ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS, LIKE I MENTIONED, UM, FROM THE CAREER EXPLORATION, THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEIR OPTIONS COULD BE ALL THE WAY TO TO JOB PLACEMENT, UM, AND, AND STAYING IN THAT JOB. 
          WE WILL ALSO BE ASKING OUR CASE MANAGERS TO HELP GUIDE US ON THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ASSIGNING, UM, RES, WE'RE ASSIGNING PARTICIPANTS TO THE BEST CASE MANAGER THAT CAN SERVE THEIR PARTICULAR NEEDS. 
          AND DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT'S NEEDED, CASE MANAGERS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, UM, AND THEN THE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED ON THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE. 
          AS FAR AS, UH, THE WRAP THE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND SIMILAR TO THE INTAKE, UM, PARTNERS, THEY WILL ALSO BE RE REQUIRED TO USE THE CENTRALIZED DATA SYSTEM THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE DEVELOPING. 
          ON THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS, OR I THINK I SKIPPED AHEAD. 
          NOW, HERE'S THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS LIKE YOU SAW PREVIOUSLY. 
          UM, THIS ONE IS ALSO LIMITED TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UM, YOU SEE THE EVALUATION PANEL IN THE MIDDLE AND THEN THE EVALUATION CRITERIA ON THE END. 
          AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE ADVERTISING METHODS THAT WE'RE GONNA USE, AGAIN, THE VENDORS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND THE N I G P CODES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WORK. 
          MOVING INTO THE THIRD SOLICITATION, THIS IS GONNA BE FOR OUR, OUR MARKETING, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND MARKETING ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRAM. 
          OUR GOAL HERE IS TO REACH THE TARGET POPULATION THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE OUTREACH PLAN AND TO HELP US MAINTAIN PUBLIC REPORTING AND TRANSPARENCY FOR THIS PROGRAM. 
          AGAIN, THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS, UM, THERE IS ABETA SUBCONTRACTING REQUIREMENT ON THIS R F P. 
          UM, AND IN THE MIDDLE YOU SEE THE EVALUATION PANEL AGAIN. 
          AND THEN THE CRITERIA ON THE FAR END. 
          AGAIN, THE ADVERTISING METHODS VERY SIMILAR. 
          WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE, UM, IDENTIFIED VENDORS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY RESPOND TO THIS AND THE N I G P CODES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AS WELL. 
          AND THEN THE LAST SOLICITATION IS FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION. 
          HERE YOU SEE THE SCOPE AND THE CONTRACT DETAILS. 
          THE, WE ARE PUTTING A REQUIREMENT HERE THAT, UM, THIS, THIS CONTRACTOR, THIS ENTITY CANNOT BE ANYBODY THAT'S PROVIDING ANY OF THE SERVICES IN THE PROGRAM BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S THAT OBJECTIVITY. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO THE ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION. 
          WE WANT TO ENSURE NOT JUST COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROGRAM, BUT ALSO PERFORMING PERIODIC SURVEYS AND ANALYSIS, UM, OF THE PROGRAM, OF THE SYSTEMS OF THE PROCESS. 
          AND THEN COMPARING US TO NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES. 
          THE INPUT FROM THESE EVALUATIONS WILL HELP US ADAPT AND INNOVATE THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM. 
          AGAIN, THIS CONTRACT, IN THIS CONTRACT, WE DID APPLY SO BETA AND YOU'LL, 
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YOU PROBABLY SAW THE REFERENCE ALREADY THAT WE DID APPLY, UM, LOCAL PREFERENCE AND VETERANS PREFERENCE TO SOME OF, TO THESE SOLICITATIONS AS WELL. 
          AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE ADVERTISING FOR ALL OF THESE, UM, FOR THIS PARTICULAR SOLICITATION AS WELL. 
          THERE WAS LESS N I G P CODES HERE 'CAUSE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC WORK. 
          UM, BUT WE DID GO THROUGH THAT REVIEW ALREADY AS WELL. 
          THIS LAST SLIDE IS THE SCHEDULE FOR ALL OF THESE SOLICITATIONS. 
          UM, WE PLAN, I, I MENTIONED WE'RE GONNA BE COLLECTING A LITTLE BIT MORE FEEDBACK ON, UM, THE INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT PORTION AND THE CASE MANAGEMENT PORTION OF THE WORK THAT WE PLAN TO, TO ISSUE OUT. 
          UM, WE'LL BE DOING THAT AND ISSUING THESE RFPS IN APRIL AND MAY. 
          UM, APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AFTER WE ISSUE THESE SOLICITATIONS, WE HOLD A PRE-BID CONFERENCE AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE SOLICITATION PERIOD OPEN FOR 45 DAYS IN JUNE AND JULY IS WE'RE WHEN WE'LL BE REVIEWING THE PROPOSALS THAT ARE SUBMITTED. 
          AND THEN IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER IS WHEN WE'LL BE COMING TO COUNCIL WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THESE VARIOUS CONTRACT AWARDS. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND THE TEAM AND I ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALEX FOR THE PRESENTATION AND, UM, APPRECIATE THE WALKTHROUGH. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE THERE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, AND THIS IS VERY PROMISING, UM, TO SEE THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE R F P PROCESS LAID OUT. 
          UM, SO JUST SO I'M CLEAR, THE, UH, ALL THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE R F P SCHEDULES WERE ALL, UM, ESSENTIALLY FROM OUR STAKEHOLDER INPUT AS WELL AS THE RF QS THAT WENT OUT, UH, IN TERMS OF AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT COMPETENCIES EXIST OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THEY, THEY, UM, THE R F I, THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION, OH, THE RFI, IT, IT DID INFORM, UM, A LOT OF WHAT WE BUILT INTO THE RFPS. 
          UM, WE DEFINITELY IDENTIFIED THERE'S SCALING ISSUES. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE WE'RE SEEING THAT LIKE ON THE CASE MANAGEMENT R F P, THERE'S GONNA BE, WE ANTICIPATE THERE'S GONNA BE COLLABORATIONS. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE OF, OF WHAT WE SAW IN THE R F I. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          WELL, IT'S THE, I I DO AGREE, UM, BASED ON WHAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT THE TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM, THAT THE INTAKE PROCESS AND CASE MANAGEMENT ARE GONNA BE EXTREMELY INTENSIVE. 
          AND I, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, UH, WHEN SHE'S MADE COMMENTS PREVIOUSLY THAT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY LEAN INTO THE SKILL SETS THAT ARE ALREADY OUT IN SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THEY'RE HELPING THEM, UH, SCALE UP, UM, SOME VERY GOOD, REPUTABLE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          HERE IS, IS ONE POSITIVE CONSEQUENCE OF, OF THE ENTIRE EFFORT. 
          SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE RESPONSES AND, UM, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S GOING IN. 
          SO LET ME, UM, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO, UH, UH, TWO OF OUR LIAISONS. 
          UH, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALEX, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND THANK YOU CHAIR, UH, JERRY GRAVER FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. 
          JUMPING IN AND LEADING THIS ADVISORY GROUP, UM, TO MY COLLEAGUES AND THEY, OUR ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERS HAVE BEEN HAVING GREAT CONVERSATIONS, VERY ROBUST, AND THEIR EXPERTISE AND INSIGHT HAS REALLY HELPED US CRAFT THIS, UH, FORWARD, ESPECIALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT CAREER COMPATIBILITY AND THE EXPLORATION THERE. 
          AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, AS YOU KNOW, AS A CITY ENTITY, WE DON'T NECESSARILY THINK OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HIRING ON EMPLOYEES NEED TO GO THROUGH, LIKE OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND OUR LARGE BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE. 
          SO, HAVING THEIR INPUT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. 
          AND I AM LEARNING A LOT JUST LISTENING TO THE INDIVIDUALS AND TO OUR ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERS. 
          IT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL. 
          AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE. 
          I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON THE RFPS, ALEX, UM, THE FIRST ONE. 
          SO CAN, CAN ENTITIES APPLY FOR MULTIPLE RFPS? OKAY. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          ONLY EXCEPT FOR THE LAST ONE. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          RIGHT. 
          EXCEPT FOR THE LAST ONE. 
          AND THEN, UM, BUT YOU'RE ALSO ANTICIPATING THAT THERE COULD BE, UH, PARTNERSHIPS TOGETHER, LIKE TEAMS COULD COME TOGETHER UNDER ONE, UH, R F P, WE COULD SEE THAT HAPPENING AS WELL. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I AM CURIOUS BECAUSE, UH, YOU MENTIONED, AND YES, I THINK, AND PART OF THE WRAPAROUND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND WRAPAROUND SUPPORT REFERRALS, WE KNOW THAT MANY OF OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES ARE ALREADY DOING MUCH OF THIS WORK, AND THE CITY ALREADY DOES PUT MONEY INTO THAT. 
          MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HELP FIND MONEY IN THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AND OR THE AMERICAN JOBS PLAN TO GET SOME MONEY IN IDENTIFYING SOME OF THESE AREAS WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTHCARE, ALCOHOL, 
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE, FAMILY VIOLENCE, THAT WE CAN ALSO SUPPLEMENT OR INVEST, UM, THOSE DOLLARS INTO THE DELEGATE AGENCIES IF THEY DON'T ALREADY APPLY FOR IT THEMSELVES. 
          UM, AND OF COURSE, THE SERVICE MODEL, THE LEVEL ONE, LEVEL TWO, LEVEL THREE. 
          BUT ALEX, BECAUSE WE AS AN ADVISORY GROUP ARE GOING TO STILL BE IN DISCUSSION OF EVALUATING METRICS TO MEASURE PROGRAM SUCCESSES, HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE THEN ACKNOWLEDGED OR INCORPORATED IN THE RFPS? BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, THE METRICS FOR SUCCESS ARE, HOW ARE THEY KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING UP THESE, THEIR PROGRAMS OR THEIR RFPS? SO LAST SUMMER THERE WAS SOME PRELIMINARY PROGRAM OUTCOMES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLETION LEVELS, WITH JOB PLACEMENT RATES THAT WE WANTED TO, THAT, THAT WE WANTED TO SEE. 
          SO WE DO HAVE THOSE AS A FOUNDATION. 
          I BELIEVE THE ADVISORY BOARD IS JUST TRYING TO MAYBE DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, TO SEE HOW WE CAN EITHER, MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY SUPPLEMENT, BUT HOW THERE CAN BE MORE PERSPECTIVE PERHAPS INTO THOSE MEASURES. 
          UM, AS FAR AS THE R F P THEMSELVES THOUGH, WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING IS THAT THE, THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS ARE GONNA BE CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THOSE LARGER OUTCOMES. 
          SO EACH OF THEM ARE GONNA HAVE SPECIFIC METRICS THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DELIVER IN ORDER TO BE ABLE FOR THE PROGRAM OVERALL TO ACHIEVE THE OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE SEEKING. 
          SO IF WE HAVE A, A CONTINUED GOOD, UH, CONVERSATION WITH OUR ADVISORY GROUP AND THEY SEE OUR METRICS AND GO, NO, WE'RE WAY OFF THERE, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO LET THE APPLICANTS KNOW IF, IF WE ARE WAY OFF ON SOMETHING? I THINK, UM, THE APPLICANTS FOR THE RFPS, YES. 
          THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN CONTINUE TO SHARE. 
          AND EVEN AFTER THEY SUBMIT THEIR PROPOSALS, OKAY, WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH A NEGOTIATION PROCESS. 
          SURE. 
          SO IF SOMETHING HAS CHANGED ALONG THE WAY, THAT ALSO GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE FLEXIBLE IF, IF SOMETHING'S COME UP. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND FOR R F P NUMBER ONE, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES, I FEEL LIKE YOU, WE HAVE TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT JUST GOOGLE TRANSLATE, THAT WE NEED PROFESSIONAL, UM, TRANSLATION SERVICES DONE, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THE IMPACT OF THAT. 
          UH, AND THEN, UM, I DID WANT TO ASK ABOUT R F P NUMBER TWO, WHY IS IT LIMITED TO NONPROFIT PRIME RESPONDENTS? WE WANTED THE, THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED. 
          UM, WE KNOW THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO THIS VERY WELL IN SAN ANTONIO, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE FOCUS STAYS IN THE, THE TYPES AND THE LEVELS OF SERVICE THAT, THAT THOSE AGENCIES PROVIDE. 
          WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF GLIMPSE, A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF THAT FROM OUR R F I, AND THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING THE, THE ATTENTION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM WITH THAT POPULATION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, FOR THE R F P NUMBER THREE, FOR THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND MARKETING, UM, THIS, THIS IS GONNA NEED A LOT OF HELP. 
          AND I WOULD, I SEE YOUR EVALUATION COMMITTEE AND, AND THAT'S GREAT. 
          I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO, UM, HAVE I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN HAVE, UM, I KNOW YOU WERE THE DIRECTOR OF THE EQUITY OFFICE, UH, BACK IN THE DAY, AND THAT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL. 
          BUT I THINK AN, AN, UH, EYE ON EQUITY HERE, AND THEN ALSO AT LEAST AN UNDERSTANDING OF EQUITY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA SEE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE GRANTS PROGRAM OR THOSE WHO HAVE APPLIED TO BE IN TRAIN FOR JOBS AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROHA GARCIA'S POINT THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NEED IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, BUT THEN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THEY'RE APPLYING. 
          SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO, WE DO ALL OF THE, WE MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER IS GOING FOR THIS UNDERSTANDS THE NEED OF THINKING, UM, THAT THERE IS NO BOX WHEN IT COMES TO REACHING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT. 
          AND, UM, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL OF MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, BUT IT IS A LOT OF MEETINGS. 
          AND I DO WANNA THANK THE ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERS 'CAUSE THEY ARE IN THERE AND THEY ARE WORKING, AND I'M REALLY, UH, GLAD BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT PROGRAM THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          UM, I DO WANNA THANK MR. GRABBER FOR, FOR BEING HERE PATIENTLY. 
          YOU, YOU'VE SAT THROUGH THE FIRST PRESENTATION, SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, QUESTION, UH, I, I GUESS I'LL, I'LL START OFF WITH THE, CAN YOU CLARIFY FOR ME, ON THE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY, YOU MENTIONED 
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$3.75 MILLION WOULD BE REDIRECTED, BUT IT'S NOT JUST FOR HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY. 
          RIGHT. 
          IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TRAINING. 
          IT'S SO THAT THEY COULD BE SERVED THROUGH THE PROGRAM. 
          THEY'LL GET THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, THEY'LL GET EVERYTHING ELSE AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          PERFECT. 
          AND THEN, ALEX, CAN YOU, UM, DO ME A FAVOR AND MAYBE WALK ME THROUGH THE PROCESS IF I'M SOMEONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN APPLYING? SO, SO IN THIS CASE SCENARIO WITH THE FOUR DIFFERENT RFPS, WHAT HAPPENS? SO YOU WOULD, UM, PROBABLY FIND OUT ABOUT THE PROGRAM THROUGH THE MARKETING AND OUTREACH WORK THAT'S BEING DONE BY ONE OF OUR PARTNERS. 
          UM, YOU'D GO IN THROUGH THE INTAKE PROCESS. 
          UM, AT THAT POINT YOU'LL BE SCREENED FOR ELIGIBILITY. 
          UM, AND THERE'LL BE SOME ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE COMPLETED. 
          AS PART OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS, WE'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR ACADEMIC SKILLS ARE, WHAT YOUR INTERESTS ARE, WHAT YOUR BARRIERS ARE, AND FROM THERE YOU'D BE ASSIGNED TO A CASE MANAGEMENT PARTNER. 
          THOSE PARTNERS WILL HAVE A NUMBER OF CASE MANAGERS ON THEIR STAFF. 
          THEY WOULD BE ASSIGNED OVER TO ONE OF THOSE AGENCIES. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE THE RELATIONSHIP STARTS. 
          UM, TO MAKE SURE THEY, THIS, IN SOME CASES, THERE'S GONNA BE ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS THAT THOSE PARTNERS ARE VERY ACCUSTOMED TO USING AND THAT ARE, MAKE THEM VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          SO THEY GO THROUGH THEIR OWN PROCESS. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA BE COGNIZANT OF, THAT A LOT OF THESE AGENCIES, THEY HAVE VERY SUCCESSFUL MODELS AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE LET THEM KEEP THAT INTEGRITY TO THAT MODEL AND THE RIGOR THAT THEY USE. 
          UM, SO THEY WOULD MOVE INTO THAT PARTICULAR AGENCY, BUT THEY'RE STILL GONNA BE USING A CENTRALIZED SYSTEM. 
          SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO PULL REPORTS AND PULL DATA AND KNOW WHERE PARTICIPANTS ARE FROM AN, UM, OPERATIONAL LEVEL. 
          THEY, THEY, UM, DO SOME CAREER EXPLORATION. 
          THEY DO THE ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT, THEY ENTER SOME, UM, THEY GET ENROLLED INTO SOME SORT OF TRAINING PROGRAM, BUT THE ENGAGEMENT DOESN'T STOP. 
          THEY, THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE SUPPORT WHILE THEY'RE IN TRAINING, DEPENDING ON THEIR NEEDS. 
          IT COULD BE BIWEEKLY, IT COULD BE MONTHLY, IT COULD BE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          BUT THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THAT SUPPORT UNTIL THEY COMPLETE THEIR TRAINING. 
          AND AS THEY'RE APPROACHING THAT MARK, THEY, THE CAREER PREPARATION STARTS, SO THE RESUME WRITING, THE INTERVIEW, PRACTICING, UM, AND, AND THE JOB SEARCH TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE READY TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE AS SOON AS THEY COMPLETE THEIR TRAINING. 
          AND THEN WE'LL BE TRACKING THEM, UM, ALSO ONCE THEY'RE, ONCE THEY'RE PLACED IN A JOB TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ABLE TO STAY THERE. 
          AND IF THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, THEY RECEIVE THAT AS THEY'RE TRANSITIONING IN. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU ALEX. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU ALSO FOR, FOR THE RP. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE, UM, A, A TIMELINE OF APRIL, MAY, AND I THINK ORIGINALLY YOU WERE PROPOSING TO SEND ONE OUT AS EARLY AS TOMORROW, BUT, UM, ARE, WHAT, WHAT IS THE, ARE WE STILL DOING THAT? IS IT GONNA BE HELD OFF A LITTLE BIT? WE MIGHT HOLD OFF A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A WEEK, MAYBE TWO. 
          UM, BUT THAT WE WE'RE, WE DON'T KNOW IF WE NECESSARILY NEED TO PUSH ALL OF THEM BACK BECAUSE THERE WAS, WE WERE PLANNING TO SEQUENCE THEM A LITTLE BIT JUST SO THAT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE CAN BE REVIEWING THEM LIKE NOT ALL AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SURE. 
          WE MAY NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO THAT, SO WE COULD POTENTIALLY GET THEM ALL OUT IN APRIL. 
          I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WE COULD BE, WE COULD DO THAT. 
          SO I WANTED TO SAY POTENTIALLY IN MAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ON YOUR EVALUATION COMMITTEES, I KNOW I'M ALWAYS, UH, PUSHING, PUSHING FOR, UM, FOR WOMEN, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE TWO MEN, UM, THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS. 
          SO I, UM, I, I, I JUST HAD TO MENTION THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO JUST, UM, I'M MR. GRABBER SERVING ON ONE OF THEM, IT SOUNDS LIKE. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT HEBREW, UM, SO JUST, UH, F Y I ON ON THE DIVERSITY THERE. 
          I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          OH, WAIT, ACTUALLY, ERIC, WHEN DOES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GET HIRED? QUESTION? IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UH, WE ARE, UM, HAD TO RE-ENGAGE IN THAT PROCESS AND HAVE, UH, CONTRACTED WITH THE RECRUITER. 
          ACTUALLY, ALEX AND I ARE MEETING WITH THE RECRUITER TOMORROW, SO THAT PROCESS IS ONGOING AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO ALEX, THE OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, SO THE R F P PROCESS WAS NOT SUBMITTED YET, OR WAS NOT, UM, VETTED OR PRESENTED TO, UM, THE READY TO WORK ADVISORY GROUP, BUT IT, IT WILL BE, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND SHARE IT WITH THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          AT THEIR MEETING. 
          I BELIEVE THEY'RE MEETING ON FRIDAY. 
          SO WE THOUGHT THAT WAS, THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK. 
          AGAIN, JUST IN CASE THERE'S ANYTHING THAT, WITH THE MODEL THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, MAKE, MAKING SURE IT DOESN'T CREATE ANY KIND OF LIMITATIONS OR BARRIERS AND STILL GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY WE WANT FOR IMPLEMENTATION. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW WE HAVE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF PARTICIPANTS IN, IN THAT PROGRAM, SO I'M SURE WE COULD BENEFIT FROM THEIR KNOWLEDGE. 
          UM, IN, IN BEST PRACTICE WORKFORCE MODELS THAT I HAVE SEEN, UM, WE TYPICALLY LUMP, UH, INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT AND CASE MANAGEMENT INTO ONE. 
          CAN YOU HELP EXPLAIN, UM, WHY THE PROPOSAL IS SEPARATED INTO, UH, R F P ONE AND R F P TWO? THAT WAS BASED A LOT ON OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE CURRENT PROGRAM, WITH TRAIN FOR JOBS. 
          UM, WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN THAT, UM, IT, IT CAN BE CHALLENGING WHEN ONE ENTITY IS DOING IT ALL. 
          IT'S HARD TO FOCUS, IT'S HARD TO FOCUS ON KEEPING THE INTAKE MOVING WHILE YOU'RE ALSO PROVIDING SERVICES. 
          WE THOUGHT THIS COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY SINCE 
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WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SCALE, SINCE WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THESE SERVICES AT A MUCH HIGHER SCALE AND FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF TIME. 
          WE ARE TRYING TO FIND THE MOST EFF EFFECTIVE WAY TO ENSURE, UM, CONSISTENCY WITHIN THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE ALSO, UNFORTUNATELY FOUND SOME SITUATIONS WHERE PARTICIPANTS ARE GOING TO VARIOUS AGENCIES. 
          SO THERE, THERE'S THAT DUPLICATION. 
          UM, AND, AND IT'S JUST NOT VERY EFFICIENT. 
          THEY START THE PROCESS AND THEN THEY START THE PROCESS WITH ANOTHER AGENCY. 
          HAVING THIS CENTRALIZED WOULD ELIMINATE SOME OF THAT. 
          UM, IT ALSO KIND OF STARTS, IT, IT TAKES CARE OF MAYBE MORE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS OF CONFIRMING ELIGIBILITY, IDENTIFYING THOSE INITIAL BARRIERS BEFORE THE RELATIONSHIP GETS STARTED, BECAUSE THE CASE MANAGEMENT IS REALLY WHERE THE RELATIONSHIP GETS STARTED. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE WE WERE THINKING THERE COULD BE A GOOD BREAK. 
          AND, AND I WAS JUST GONNA ADD THAT, THAT ONE OF THE LESSONS THAT WE LEARNED ALSO IS THAT THAT FRONT DOOR, WHEREVER THAT FRONT DOOR'S AT, IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISHING THE CREDIBILITY. 
          AND SO, UM, ALEX HAS SAID IT THREE TIMES, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FLEXIBLE IN DETERMINING WHAT TYPE OF, WHAT TYPE OF, UM, SYSTEM IS SET UP. 
          AND WE DON'T WANNA LIMIT OURSELVES THROUGH THE R F P, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO, WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO NOT FORGET THE LESSON. 
          WE LEARNED THAT THAT, THAT THAT FIRST INTERACTION IS REALLY KEY TO THE PARTICIPANT'S EXPERIENCE AND, AND GUIDE THEM THROUGH THERE. 
          SURE. 
          AND I ABSOLUTELY AGREE. 
          UM, I, I WAS GONNA ASK, HAS THERE BEEN ANY PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW IN THE HANDOFF PROCESS FOR THE TRAIN FOR JOBS? LIKE, SO I, I WOULD BE AFRAID THAT THERE WOULD, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE AS THEY WERE PASSED FROM ONE AGENCY TO THE NEXT, THEY KIND OF DROP OFF OR MAYBE JUST I, I DON'T KNOW. 
          IT COULD BE A TECHNOLOGY GLITCH, IT COULD BE A COMMUNICATION, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          UM, THERE, THERE HAS BEEN SOME ISSUES, AND THIS IS PART OF WHAT I'LL SHARE WITH AS FAR AS LESSONS LEARNED AND, AND THE NEED TO, TO FOSTER COLLABORATION. 
          UM, BECAUSE SOMETIMES A PARTICIPANT IS NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD MATCH FOR ONE OF OUR PARTNERS. 
          AND SO THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME, SOME TRANSITION OR, OR SOME, YOU KNOW, REDIRECTION. 
          UM, BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING FOR THE MOST PART IS THAT THE, THE, THEY'RE NOT CROSS REFERRING, LIKE THE PEOPLE THEY BRING IN, THEY KEEP, AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE SYSTEM WE WANT TO PROMOTE CONTINUOUSLY, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE ANOTHER AGENCY THAT IS BETTER SUITED FOR THIS PARTICULAR PARTICIPANT. 
          SO WE'VE, WE'VE REALIZED THAT BUILDING THAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP TAKES SOME TIME, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FACILITATE THAT KIND OF COLLABORATION A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          AND I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA ASK THAT, UM, WITH THE INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT AGENCY, WOULD THEY BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR PASSING IT ON TO THE NEXT PERSON OR, OR FOR QUALITY REFERRALS EVEN, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA SET SOMEONE UP FOR FAILURE. 
          AND SO, SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU, UM, UH, REFERENCED THAT. 
          AND THEN, UM, FINALLY, UH, HOW DOES THIS, AGAIN, THE BREAKING UP, BUT HOW DOES IT PROMOTE COLLABORATION? I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY EARLIER THAT THEY MIGHT STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER, AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM, UM, A LOT OF THESE NON-PROFIT, I GUESS WE CALL 'EM NON-PROFIT PRIMES. 
          UM, AND SO SPECIFICALLY, HOW, HOW DO YOU THINK THAT THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL COLLABORATION? OR DO YOU THINK THERE WOULD BE SOME POTENTIAL FIGHTING BECAUSE THERE'S RFPS OUT AND EVERYBODY'S BIDDING FOR IT, AND THEY CAN GET MULTIPLE, THEY COULD GET AWARDED MULTIPLE RFPS THAT THERE COULD BE SOME CHALLENGES? WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS IS WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING OF, WE KNOW THAT THE PARTNERS ARE CRITICAL AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S GONNA, WHAT'S, WHAT'S GONNA DRIVE THIS PROGRAM. 
          BUT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE PARTICIPANT AND DESIGNING THIS WITH A PARTICIPANT IN MIND. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY THAT THE PROCESS ENSURES THAT THE CLARITY AND THE CONSISTENCY FOR THEM. 
          WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, TO ADDRESS SITUATIONS AND FACILITATE CERTAIN THINGS WITH PARTNERS, BUT WE THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO THINK HOW THE PARTICIPANT WOULD BEST ENTER THE PROGRAM, BE ASSESSED JUST ONCE, NOT NECESSARILY GO TO ONE AGENCY AND REALIZE THAT DOESN'T FIT AND NOW HAVE TO GO TO A DIFFERENT AGENCY. 
          THEY WOULD JUST BE ASSESSED ONCE. 
          AND THEN FROM YOUR, LIKE YOU MENTIONED THAT ACCOUNTABILITY, THAT THAT ASSESSMENT WAS DONE EFFECTIVELY AND THAT THEY'RE PLACED WITH THE BEST AGENCY, UM, THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR PORTFOLIO TO SERVE THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE USER EXPERIENCE, IF YOU WILL. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, SO, UM, I HAD ASKED ERIC, LIKE, IS IS R F P ONE, LIKE, IS IT TECHNOLOGY BASED? IS IT SOMEONE THAT, CAN IT BE SOME SOMETHING HANDLED BY A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY? SO WHEN I SAW, UM, THE N I G P CODES, THEY, THEY WERE VERY SPECIFIC TO, TO CERTAIN, UM, AREAS. 
          BUT ANYWAY, SO, UM, ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER, I GUESS, AND SEE HOW THEY COULD IMPLEMENT TECHNOLOGY INTO IT. 
          BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALEX. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU MR. GRAVER AND THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER VEO. 
          HDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'M GONNA FOCUS ON THE INTAKE PROCESS. 
          I THINK IT WAS R F P ONE. 
          CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY? YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, 
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AM I HEARING YOU CORRECTLY? THERE'S GONNA BE ONE ENTITY THAT'S, UM, GONNA BE RUNNING INTAKE. 
          IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE JUST ONE. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW, OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LIMIT OURSELVES IN ANY WAY BY ONLY USING ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR ONE ENTITY TO UNDERTAKE THE CAPACITY WE'RE LOOKING TO ACCOMMODATE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I WANNA BE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, WITH THIS R F P ESTABLISHED, WE'RE ALREADY HANDLING INTAKE. 
          WHEN IS THE, WHEN IS IT DUE? THE, THE FIRST R F P? MM-HMM. 
          . 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          BEEN ISSUED YET. 
          UM, BUT AS SOON ONCE WE ISSUE IT, IT'LL HAVE THE, THE 45 DAY TURNAROUND, UM, RESPONSES WILL BE DUE IN 45 DAYS. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT NOT INVOLVING PROJECT QUEST. 
          UH, I UNDERSTOOD FROM THE BEGINNING THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF THE INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT TEAM. 
          SO, UM, ASSUMING THEY, UM, THEY QUALIFY AND, AND APPLY FOR THE R F P, UM, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE, I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM APPLY, I GUESS. 
          UM, AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS WITH REGARD TO TARGET POPULATIONS AND CORE SERVICES, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW WE'RE DETERMINING THE TARGET POPULATIONS? THE TARGET POPULATIONS? WERE BASED ON SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT ACTUALLY GOES BACK, THAT ACTUALLY GOES BACK TO LAST SUMMER. 
          UM, AND, AND THE LEADERSHIP TASK FORCE THAT STARTED SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY WORK ON THE PROGRAM, BUT THEN ALSO BASED ON THE SURVEY THAT WE COMPLETED OF RESIDENTS AND THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, UM, THAT PROVIDED FEEDBACK ABOUT THE, SOME OF THE POPULATIONS THAT WE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE AND WE FOCUS FROM, FROM AN OUTREACH PERSPECTIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          DO THE CORE SERVICES INCLUDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES IN ADDITION TO EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING SERVICES? YES, MA'AM. 
          CAN YOU GO OVER THOSE? I'M SORRY. 
          WILL YOU GO OVER THOSE, THE CORE SERVICES? MM-HMM. 
          , IT'S THE EDUCATION, WHICH IS THE TUITION, OR YOU KNOW, IF IT'S COLLEGE OR, OR, UM, SOME SORT OF WORKFORCE TRAINING. 
          WE'VE GOT THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND THEN THE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 
          THOSE ARE THE CORE COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM. 
          THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES ARE, I, I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS PART, PART OF THE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL SERVICES, BUT WHAT, WHAT ARE THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THEN? THE WRAP? SO, WRAPAROUND SERVICES IS REALLY EVERYTHING, THINKING OF ANYTHING THAT A PARTICIPANT COULD NEED IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE COUNSELING, THE COACHING, THE MENTORING. 
          IF THEY NEED A REFERRAL FOR CHILDCARE OR UTILITY ASSISTANCE, IF THEIR CAR BREAKS DOWN AND THEY NEED, THEY NEED SOME MONEY TO, TO REPAIR THEIR CAR SO THEY CAN GET TO TRAINING. 
          THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND THE CHILDCARE EXAMPLES OF REFERRALS. 
          COLLECTIVELY, ALL OF THAT IS THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO, HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU ALEX. 
          UM, SO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, WE KNOW THAT, UM, WE HAVE A POPULATION OF YOUTH THAT ARE BECOMING THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD. 
          AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT STARTING AT AGE 18, BUT A LOT OF YOUNGER, STARTING AT 16 ARE BECOMING, UH, THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD. 
          THEY'RE OUT LOOKING FOR JOBS AND LOOKING FOR AREAS TO TRULY SPEAK TO, UM, THEIR FAMILIES. 
          AND SO I WANTED TO KNOW HOW THIS PROGRAM WILL BE ABLE TO AID IN THAT GROWING POPULATION. 
          I, THE, THE, THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS THAT THIS, THIS PROGRAM WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE BEST SUITED FOR THAT POPULATION, BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH OUR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND THE FUNDING PROCESS THAT, THAT THEY TRADITIONALLY GO TO BECAUSE THEIR SERVICES ARE MORE YOUTH AND OLD, YOUNG ADULT ORIENTED. 
          SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE POP, THE, THE PROCESS AND THE AGENCIES THAT WOULD SERVE THAT POPULATION. 
          AND ARE WE TEAMING UP WITH ANY OF OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS TO ASSIST US WITH, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE HEARING THAT FAMILIES NEED THROUGH THIS, UH, UH, READY TO WORK PROGRAM? AGAIN, OUR, OUR POPULATION IS NOT NECESSARILY HIGH SCHOOL, UM, STUDENTS, BUT WITH OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS KNOW THE FAMILIES AND THEY KNOW WHAT THE PARENTS ARE NEEDING. 
          AND IF IT'S FROM EMERGENCY RELOCATION YES. 
          OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, THEY HAVE A INSIGHT THAT CAN HELP US WITH UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE FAMILY'S NEEDS ARE GOING THROUGH A PROGRAM SUCH AS THIS. 
          SO ARE WE TEAMING UP WITH ANY OF THOSE SCHOOL COUNSELORS OR COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL OR ANY OF THOSE PROGRAMS? WE HAVEN'T, UM, DEVELOPED THOSE, UM, SPECIFIC MARKETING STRATEGIES OR OUTREACH STRATEGIES YET. 
          BUT 
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I KNOW THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH OUR HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAM IS ALSO SHARED, THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY IS SHARED AS A RESOURCE FOR, FOR, FOR THOSE, UM, COUNSELORS AND, AND IN THOSE, IN THAT SITUATION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, WE KNOW WE HAVE THOSE THAT ARE VISUALLY AND, AND HEARING IMPAIRED. 
          SO WILL THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH ADAPTIVE MEDICAL DEVICES TO HELP THEM FACILITATE THEIR, UM, CAREER GOALS OR THEIR EDUCATIONAL PATH? THERE'S, UM, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE PART OF THE REFERRALS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CONNECT WITH ANY AGENCIES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF SUPPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, WHAT'S THE TOTAL COST OF THESE CONTRACTS COLLECTIVELY? UM, I, I CAN TELL YOU OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT I KNOW THE ANNUAL BUDGET THAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR THE PROGRAM IS $40 MILLION. 
          UM, THE MAJORITY OF THAT WILL BE EXECUTED THROUGH THE CONTRACTS THAT YOU HEARD OF TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU HAD SOME COSTS ON EACH ONE OF THESE SOLICITATIONS IS 6000067.2, 2.1, AND 0.6. 
          SO THAT COMES UP TO ABOUT 60, 76 MILLION. 
          MY APOLOGIES. 
          IT'S $20 MILLION ANNUALLY. 
          I, I NORMALLY MAKE MISTAKES ON MATH, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING YOU, IT'S $40 MILLION ANNUALLY. 
          AND WHAT WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND IS THAT THESE SOLICITATIONS, THEY DON'T INCLUDE THE ACTUAL COST FOR THE TRAINING, THE TUITION, THE, THAT, THAT COMPONENT IS SEPARATE. 
          THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY GONNA BE PART OF THESE CONTRACTS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I, I JUST NEED AN OVERLAY OF, OKAY. 
          THE DIFFERENT COSTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, THIS IS 76 MILLION, AND YOU'RE SAYING THIS PROGRAM IS 40 MILLION PER YEAR? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHY IS THIS ONLY $76 MILLION HERE? IF IT'S 40 MILLION PER YEAR? THE REMAINDER IS TO COVER THE ACTUAL TUITION FOR THE WORKFORCE, THE, THE PROGRAMS THEMSELVES. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M NOT GOOD WITH NUMBERS. 
          SO IF YOU COULD LAY THAT ALL OUT ON, 'CAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $150 MILLION, I THINK, OVER, WHAT WAS IT, FIVE YEARS? YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          HOW ARE WE PROGRAMMING THAT MONEY OUT AND FOR WHAT? WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA COME BACK IN ABOUT A MONTH, UM, TO PRESENT THE BUDGET FOR THE PROGRAM. 
          BUT JUST WHAT I CAN REMEMBER, UM, AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE DOLLARS ARE GONNA GO TOWARDS THE TUITION ASSISTANCE ITSELF, TOWARDS THE, THE ACTUAL COST OF THE TRAINING THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA RECEIVE. 
          A SMALLER PORTION OF IT, THAT 30 40% GOES TOWARDS THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU, YOU HEARD ABOUT TODAY, THE RFPS, UM, AND THEN THERE WAS A SMALLER AMOUNT THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE THAT YOU ALSO HEARD AS PART OF THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT A MORE DETAILED BUDGET WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S IN EARLY MAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, YOU MENTIONED MULTIPLE AWARDS, AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED IT AGAIN JUST A COUPLE MINUTES AGO. 
          HOW MANY MULTIPLE AWARDS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ON, YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S MULTIPLE AWARDS WITHIN THESE RFPS. 
          HOW ARE WE GONNA STRUCTURE THOSE RFPS? I MEAN, WE'LL TAKE THE TOP TWO OR TOP FOUR OR TOP SIX. 
          HOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE STRATEGY HERE? WE, FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THE QUALITY AND THE, UM, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAMS AND THE, AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING. 
          SO THAT WILL BE THE FIRST CHECK THAT WE DO. 
          FROM THERE, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING TO BUILD, UM, A, A PARTNERSHIP AND BUILD, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH PARTNERS TO SERVE THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS THAT WE EXPECT TO SERVE THROUGH THE PROGRAM. 
          SO THAT'S GONNA RAMP UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, AND MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR. 
          BUT THAT'S GONNA BE HOW WE IDENTIFY HOW MANY PARTNERS WE, WE POTENTIALLY BRING OR HOW MANY AWARDS ARE MADE. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THIS COMING BEFORE THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE? NO, SIR. 
          THIS WAS IDENTIFIED AS A SELECT TYPE. 
          WELL, NORMALLY, NORMALLY IT SHOWS THE, THE SOLICITATION CRITERIA AND WHAT GOES TO EACH, YOU KNOW, WHAT PERCENTAGE GOES TO EACH CRITERIA ITEM. 
          AND I DON'T SEE THAT IN THIS PACKAGE HERE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT'S, THAT'S IN THERE. 
          COUNCILMAN? THIS IS, UM, FOR EACH OF THE RFPS, THE, THE, THE, UH, SPLIT OUT THE EVALUATION CRITERIA. 
          UM, AND BECAUSE IT'S HIGH PROFILE, WE WILL BE BRINGING IT TO THE COUNCIL, THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I, I GUESS I'M NOT SEEING, I SEE THE SCOPE, BUT I DON'T SEE, UH, THE PERCENTAGES OF EACH CRITERIA ITEM THAT'S GONNA BE CALLED FOR IN THE R F P IN THE NEXT SLIDE AFTER EVERY R F P, THE 
          [02:25:01]
SECOND R THE SECOND SLIDE FOR EVERY R F P HAS A BOX OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THAT SAYS EVALUATION CRITERIA, AND THAT'S WHERE IT LISTS THE POINTS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND COUNCILMAN, UM, ONE THING THAT I CAN'T SEE YOU, SORRY. 
          ONE THING THAT, THAT, IN TERMS OF STRATEGY, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT R F P ONE AND TWO ARE AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF HOW THEY'RE WRITTEN AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I I, IT'S HARD FOR, FOR PROBABLY ALEX OR MYSELF TO SAY THAT, THAT THERE'S JUST GONNA BE ONE RESPONDENT OR ONE AWARD AND ONE AND TWO. 
          IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHAT WE GET IN TERMS OF R FPS. 
          I WOULD SAY FOR RFP THREE AND FOUR, UM, IDEALLY THERE'S ONE, THERE'LL BE ONE FIRM OR GROUP THAT WE BRING FORWARD. 
          BUT I'M, I'M, I'M, I MAKE BOTH EXCITED AND NERVOUS ABOUT ONE AND TWO BECAUSE WE ARE, WE WENT THROUGH THE R F I PROCESS TO GET SOME FEEDBACK. 
          WE DO KNOW THAT THERE, AS COUNCILWOMAN GARCIA WAS TALKING ABOUT, RICHARD GARCIA WAS TALKING ABOUT, THERE'S LIKELY TO BE TEAMS THAT COME FORWARD. 
          AND, AND IT COULD BE, AS LONG AS WE HIT OUR GOALS, IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT LIKE A, A JIGSAW THAT WE PUT TOGETHER IN ORDER TO PROGRAM IT. 
          AND SO, ONE AND TWO, I I DON'T THINK WE CAN SIT HERE TODAY AND SAY THERE'S GONNA BE ONE WINNER OF EACH. 
          IT COULD BE, COULD BE MULTIPLE, COULD BE ONE. 
          IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT WE GET. 
          OKAY. 
          AND MY APOLOGIES, I DID FIND THE EVALUATION CRITERIA. 
          I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE WRONG, WRONG BOXES HERE, BUT, OKAY. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONCERNS ME IS YOU HAVE THESE ALL AS A TWO YEAR BASE AND FOUR ONE YEAR OPTIONS. 
          NORMALLY WHEN YOU PUT OUT LONGER CONTRACTS, YOU GET A BETTER PRICE BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU'RE BUILDING AN UNCERTAINTY WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THIS CONTRACT FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. 
          SO I, I REALLY THINK Y'ALL NEED TO GO BACK AND TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT. 
          UM, I WOULD PREFER TO SEE A, UM, AT LEAST A FOUR YEAR IF, IF NOT AT LEAST A THREE YEAR, UH, BASE WITH THE REST OF 'EM IN OPTIONS. 
          I, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THE VALUE IN PUTTING ONLY A TWO YEAR OPTION, UH, TWO YEAR BASE WITH FOUR ONE YEAR OPTIONS, THAT THAT DOES TEND TO DRIVE UP COST ON THESE. 
          SO I WOULD, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT REVERSED, UH, FOR, FOR THESE CONTRACTS TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE COST ON THESE AND GET A BETTER, BETTER, UH, PRICE ON THAT. 
          UM, THE, UM, HOW MANY CITY STAFF, ARE WE GONNA HIRE ADDITIONAL CITY STAFF TO MONITOR THESE CONTRACTS? OR, OR WHAT'S THE PLAN ON THAT? WE, THERE IS A, A PERSONNEL COMPLIMENT THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE, FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF THESE CONTRACTS. 
          UM, THAT, THAT IS ALSO PLANNED. 
          IT'S, IT'S RELATIVELY SMALL. 
          UM, I BELIEVE WE'RE, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE 10, 11 POSITIONS, UM, THAT WOULD BE OVERSEEING THIS WORK. 
          OKAY. 
          10 OR 11 POSITIONS. 
          AND WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE TOTAL COST ON THAT TO MONITOR THESE CONTRACTS? I DON'T KNOW THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I CAN GET THAT TO YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER COST THAT WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR ON THESE CONTRACTS. 
          YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S NOT FORGET THE, THE TAIL ON THIS THING, THE QA, QC ON, ON THESE CONTRACTS, WE NEED TO SEE THAT AS WELL. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE PART OF THE BUDGET THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SHORTLY. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT THIS ISN'T GOING TO AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, RIGHT? YOU'RE GONNA BRING THAT BACK, BRING THIS BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR A VOTE, THEN? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO YEAH, THIS IS A SELECT HIGH PROFILE I'D, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT INFORMATION WHEN IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL, UM, I JUST SAW ON ONE OF THESE SLIDES HERE, IT SAID RECORDS EXPUNGEMENT. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? TELL ME WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE. 
          WHEN THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMETHING ON A PERSON'S, UM, BACKGROUND OR CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO HAVE THAT REMOVED, UM, IN SOME SITUATIONS, HAVING THAT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND OR HAVING THAT ON THEIR RECORD COULD PREVENT THEM FROM, UM, APPLYING OR SECURING CERTAIN JOBS. 
          SO IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR, FOR SOMETHING THAT MAY BE IN THEIR BACKGROUND TO BE EXPUNGED, UM, WE WANNA MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO THEM. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM, PAID FOR THIS PROGRAM. 
          IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR, YES. 
          BECAUSE IT COULD BE A BARRIER FOR THEM TO ACCESS EMPLOYMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I'M GONNA HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, USING TAX DOLLARS TO EXPUNGE RECORDS, BUT, UH, I'LL, I'LL THINK ABOUT THAT SOME MORE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR, FOR NOW. 
          I'LL, UH, I'LL, UH, WAIT TILL THE NEXT TIME IT'S PRESENTED. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALEX. 
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THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? EVERYBODY? ALEX, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          WE HAD A REALLY INTERESTING CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, EXPUNGEMENT OF RECORDS, UH, JUST LESS THAN 24 HOURS AGO. 
          UH, I'M ASSUMING PEOPLE CAN HEAR ME, SO I'M JUST GONNA KEEP GOING. 
          UH, SO MY, UM, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY, IT, YOU, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT TO WORRY ABOUT SPENDING TAX DOLLARS ON, UH, ON, ON EXPUNGEMENTS, BUT I, I, I LOOKED INTO IT AND I FEEL A LITTLE BETTER ABOUT THE IDEA BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT THAT IN TEXAS YOU DON'T GET AN EXPUNGEMENT IF YOU'RE GUILTY. 
          UM, YOU DON'T GET AN EXPUNGEMENT IF, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU TOOK A PLEA DEAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          YOU GET AN EXPUNGEMENT IF THERE WAS, UM, NO PROBABLE CAUSE. 
          AND EXPUNGEMENTS ARE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE, UM, CAN GET JOBS, UH, AND, UH, THE, AND, YOU KNOW, GO TO SCHOOL AND GET LICENSES. 
          UM, AND SO I'M, I'M FEELING COMFORTABLE ABOUT IT, ALEX, LATER, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO UNVEIL SOMETHING TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, AS FAR AS A CREATIVE SOLUTION TO BE ABLE TO GET THESE EXPUNGEMENT DONE. 
          UM, I, I DO WANNA JUST ASK TWO QUESTIONS, ALEX. 
          ONE IS, IS IT POSSIBLE, UM, TO USE ANY OF THESE FUNDS TO GIVE DIRECTLY TO SMALL BUSINESSES SO THEY CAN DO THE OWN HOUSE TRAINING? INHOUSE TRAINING? SORRY, I I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THE LAST PART OF IT. 
          IT WAS FUNDS TO SMALL BUSINESSES FOR YEAH. 
          ARE WE ALLOWED, DO WE HAVE THE FACILITY? AND, AND I'M ASKING THIS BECAUSE I GOT THIS, UH, QUESTION FROM A CONSTITUENT. 
          UM, ARE WE ALLOWED TO USE ANY OF THESE FUNDS, THESE WORKFORCE, UH, TRAINING FUNDS TO JUST HAND DIRECTLY TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND SAY, HERE YOU TRAIN YOUR OWN EMPLOYEES, UH, UPSKILL THEM. 
          I, I, I'M, I PROBABLY NEED TO CHECK WITH THE ATTORNEYS BECAUSE OF THIS IS A VOTER APPROVED PROPOSITION, BUT WE'RE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT THAT'S WHAT WAS APPROVED THE EITHER WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS OR COLLEGE DEGREES. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO THE WAY I ANSWERED IT WAS VOTERS DIDN'T APPROVE THAT. 
          UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF I OWN A KARATE DOJO, I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET FUNDS TO, YOU KNOW, TRAIN MY TRAINERS OR MY INSTRUCTORS TO GO FROM BROWN BELT TO BLACK BELT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, UM, THE IDEA WAS TO PARTNER UP WITH SOME OF THESE LARGER AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE, UH, THIS, THIS UPSKILLED, UM, EXPERIENCE SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, HAVE SUSTAINABLE JOBS OVER THE LONG TERM. 
          IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? UH, THE LAST, UH, IT'S NOT A QUESTION, BUT IT'S A COMMENT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US HERE ON CITY COUNCIL, WERE, WE'RE ALL GETTING QUESTIONED. 
          WAS IT CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRES? WHENEVER YOU RUN FOR OFFICE, PEOPLE SEND YOU ALL SORTS OF QUE CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRES AND QUESTION KEEPS COMING UP. 
          RIGHT? DO YOU SUPPORT THE WORKFORCE TRAINING, UH, PROGRAM, THE ONE EIGHTH OF PERCENT AND ALL THAT? AND I, I THINK THE ANSWER, UM, TO THAT QUESTION IS, THAT'S A MOOT QUESTION. 
          UM, THE VOTERS SUPPORTED IT. 
          THE VOTERS HAVE GIVEN US A MANDATE TO MAKE SURE THIS THING SUCCEEDS. 
          UM, AND IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK. 
          UM, AND WHETHER OR NOT CITY MEM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER OPTION TO THIS, THAT SHIP SAILED. 
          WE ARE NOW COMMITTED TO THIS, UM, AND IT'S OUR OBLIGATION TO WORK. 
          SO, UH, ALEX, YOU GOT MY SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THROW ALL THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOMPLISH WHAT THE VOTERS HAVE INSTRUCTED US TO DO. 
          MAYOR, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK AROUND AND SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALEX. 
          AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE ADVISORY, UH, GROUP WHO WERE THE ONES WHO, AS YOU MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, WHO ALSO BROUGHT FORWARD THE CONVERSATION OF EXPUNGEMENT OF THESE RECORDS. 
          AND, UH, AND TO BE REMINDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BELI THAT THIS IS, THIS WAS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED BY THE VOTERS, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE TRAINING, AND I THINK WE HAVE ALL OF THE PILLARS AND THE FRAMEWORK IN, IN PLACE RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET OFF TO A GREAT START. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND SORRY, I JUST, UM, I HAD ASKED A QUESTION IN GENERAL, AND I DIDN'T GIVE, UH, MR. GRABBER THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW IF HE JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. 
          AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE ALL, ALL DAY, SO I DON'T HAVE 
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ANYTHING, I DIDN'T HAVE A RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          I'M JUST TAKING THIS MEETING. 
          AND TO BE QUITE FRANK, UH, IT'S AN EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OUT ON THIS COMMITTEE AND, AND, UH, AND BUILD THIS PROGRAM UP, HELP IT SUCCEED. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THAT WAS IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          AND LET ME, UH, WRAP UP BY THANKING JERRY, ALSO OUR CHAIRMAN. 
          UM, THIS IS HEDY WORK, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WORK AND, UH, GROUNDBREAKING IN MANY WAYS. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF EYES ON SAN ANTONIO DOING SOMETHING THAT I THINK MANY CITIES WOULD WANT TO DO. 
          AND SO OUR SUCCESS IS, UH, POTENTIALLY MANY OTHER SUCCESS. 
          SO, UH, A LOT RIDING ON THESE RFPS AND, AND ALSO, UH, THE ENTIRE PROCESS. 
          SO THANK YOU JERRY, FOR STEPPING UP INTO THE ROLE. 
          ALEX, UH, DONE A GREAT JOB PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER. 
          I DO WANNA, UM, GO BACK TO ONE QUESTION THAT DID COME UP ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, IN BUSINESSES IN GENERAL AS PROVIDERS OF CERTIFICATIONS. 
          SO THERE ARE SOME CAREER FIELDS, PARTICULARLY IN THOSE INDUSTRIES. 
          AND, AND LET ME ALSO STATE THAT, UM, THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN MY VIEW OF THIS PROGRAM IS THAT WE ALWAYS STAY LINKED UP TO THE REAL WORLD ECONOMY. 
          SO THE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD AND THOSE THAT FALL OUTSIDE BUT ARE EMERGING INDUSTRIES THAT WE ALWAYS ARE MINDFUL OF THE JOBS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT NEED TO BE FILLED, THE ONES THAT ARE GROWING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND THE INDUSTRY WILL ULTIMATELY DRIVE THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          UM, BUT I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THAT PREVIOUS QUESTION ABOUT MANY OF THOSE INDUSTRIES. 
          AND I CAN THINK PARTICULARLY IN HEALTHCARE, FOR INSTANCE, HAVE, UM, BUSINESSES, UM, JOB CREATORS THAT ARE ALSO PROVIDING THOSE CERTIFICATIONS THAT IF THE EMPLOYER IS TRAINING THE EMPLOYEE AND THEY GET A CERTIFICATION THAT TRAVELS WITH THE EMPLOYEE, IF THEY TAKE ANOTHER JOB IN THE SAME FIELD, THAT THE, UH, THIS PROGRAM WOULD TREAT SOMEONE LIKE THAT OR THAT BUSINESS AS A PROVIDER OF CERTIFICATIONS AS A CURRICULUM PROVIDER. 
          CAN YOU, CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT, UH, ERIC OR ALEX AND HOW THAT WOULD WORK? SO, I'M FAMILIAR OF APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS, UM, THAT PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF SUPPORT BECAUSE IT'S THE PRACTICAL ON THE, NOT ON THE JOB TRAINING, BUT MORE INTENSE THAN THAT. 
          BUT AN APPRENTICESHIP IS TYPICALLY PARTNERED ALSO WITH CLASSROOM TRAINING. 
          SO IT, WE'D HAVE TO SEE THAT KIND OF COLLABORATION. 
          AND YES, FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, WE DID ENVISION APPRENTICESHIPS TO BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND THE OTHER THING, MAYOR, IS THAT IT GOES BACK TO WHAT WE SAID EARLIER, THAT THAT THE FLEXIBILITY, WHAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING INTO THE SOLICITATIONS, THERE ARE, THERE ARE NEW PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED RIGHT NOW AND CONNECTIONS IN PREPARATION FOR THIS. 
          AND SO THE LANDSCAPE THAT EXISTS LAST YEAR, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HOPING THAT IT'LL LOOK DIFFERENTLY GOING FORWARD BECAUSE WE'VE ALL LEARNED HOW TO LINK THAT PIPELINE. 
          AND SO WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING COULD POSSIBLY EXIST, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE COME FORWARD WITH, WITH THOSE PROVIDERS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO IN, IN THE CASE OF, UH, BUSINESSES THAT DO PROVIDE THAT KIND OF, UH, CERTIFIED TRAINING, UH, WHETHER IT'S ON THE JOB OR, OR, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE JOB WORKING HOURS, OUR INSTRUCTION TO THEM WOULD BE TO LINK UP WITH WHOEVER OUR CHOSEN PROVIDERS OF CURRICULUM WOULD BE YES. 
          AS OPPOSED TO DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY, RIGHT? IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. 
          YES. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE IT, THAT WOULD REMARKABLY EXPAND OUR REACH, UM, FOR FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN A CAREER FIELD WHO ALSO MAY BE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY WANTING TO EXPLORE, UH, A NEW, YOU KNOW, A NEW JOB. 
          THERE ARE MANY OF THOSE PROVIDERS THAT EXIST TODAY, PARTICULARLY IN THOSE EMERGING INDUSTRIES. 
          SO THIS PIPELINE WILL GET NEEDS TO END IN, IN EMPLOYMENT. 
          YES. 
          AND WITH EMPLOYERS AND, AND WHETHER THEY'RE SMALL BUSINESSES OR OR LARGE, UH, EMPLOYERS, I, AND I CAN THINK OF IT'S KEY. 
          SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED THOSE FIVE EMERGING INDUSTRIES, HIGH DEMAND INDUSTRIES. 
          EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS, UH, A, A CLUSTER OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE PROVIDING THAT KIND OF TRAINING, TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE, CONSTRUCTION, MANUFACTURING. 
          THEY ALL PROVIDE THAT NON-TRADITIONAL EDUCATION THAT RESULTS IN AN EMPLOYEE HAVING A CREDENTIAL THAT THEY CAN USE FOR THE REST OF THEIR CAREER. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, THIS IS, UM, A GREAT DISCUSSION. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEPS AND, UM, ALSO SEEING THE BUDGET, ALEX. 
          AND SO THANK YOU EVERY MUCH FOR, UH, THE DISCUSSION TO OUR LIAISONS OF THE PROCESS, DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          AND, UH, THAT IS EVERYTHING WE HAVE TODAY. 
          SO THE TIME IS NOW 3:55 PM ON THURSDAY, APRIL 8TH, 2021. 
          AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY.
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