[Committee on Emergency Preparedness on May 7, 2021.]
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I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR, UH, MEETING TODAY ON THE, UH, COMMITTEE FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
UH, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO, UH, GO THROUGH, UH, SEVERAL ITEMS, UH, BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO START, UH, DON'T HAVE THE AGENDA RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I THINK WE'RE STARTING WITH, UH, WITH THE, UH, WEBSITE.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO, TO HAVE, UH, ALEX, UH, GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATE ON THAT AND, UH, THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THE OTHER PARTS OF THE MEETING.
UM, SO, UH, AS WAS MENTIONED YESTERDAY AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, THE UPDATED WEBSITE DID GO LIVE LAST NIGHT, AND WITH THAT, UM, NEW SITE, IT ALSO INCLUDED THE LATEST ROUND OF, OF DOCUMENTS.
SO THERE IS A LOT MORE THERE NOW, ESPECIALLY ON THE SAWS SIDE, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND ANYONE WHO'S, WHO'S INTERESTED IN VIEWING, UM, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK TOUR THROUGH THE SITE AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AT ANY POINT IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR IF, UM, SOMETHING IS DIFFICULT TO SEE.
I KNOW IT IS A LITTLE SMALL ON THE SCREEN.
IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU COULD FOLLOW ALONG ON YOUR PHONE, WHICH IS PRETTY COOL BECAUSE THE SITE IS NOW PHONE RESPONSIVE.
SO IF ANYBODY CARESS TO TO TEST THAT ONE, WE CAN AS WELL.
SO LET ME BACK UP REALLY QUICKLY AND GO TO THE HOMEPAGE.
SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE UP HERE IN THE, THE TOP, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HALF THIRD OF THE PAGE WATCH LIVE MEETING, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO QUICK LINKS HERE TO THE QUESTIONS AND THE RESPONSES.
YOU CAN FIND THEM HERE IN THIS TAB AS WELL, WHICH MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTUITIVE FOR SOME PEOPLE.
BUT IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SAWS, YOU CAN GO RIGHT THERE AND IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE SAWS PORTION OF THE PAGE.
ALL OF THE RFIS, UM, ARE WRITTEN OUT.
SO IF YOU ARE, UM, TO QUOTE GENERAL RICE WHO IS NOT HERE TODAY, YOU KNOW, JUST INTERESTED IN WHAT TIME IT IS, YOU CAN FIND THE ONE THAT TELLS YOU WHAT TIME IT IS.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE LOOKED AT R F I NUMBER FOUR, UH, YOU'D BE ABLE TO CLICK THIS BUTTON HERE AND IT EXPANDS.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE HERE THIS SAYS THAT IT'S THE INITIAL RESPONSE.
UM, YOU, THIS IS A CLICKABLE P D F THAT WILL OPEN AND IT HAS THE SAWS RESPONSE.
SO, UH, THERE, THERE'S DIFFERENT SORT OF NOMENCLATURE NAMING CONVENTION.
SO, UH, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, UM, WE HAVE IT TO WHERE IT'LL, IT WILL LET THE PUBLIC KNOW IF SOMETHING'S NOT BEEN SUBMITTED, IF IT'S STILL PENDING RELEASE BY THE COMMITTEE.
AND I CAN SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THAT ONE, UM, WITH THE CITY QUESTIONS.
SO IT WILL LOOK JUST LIKE THIS.
SO OF COURSE, THERE, THERE'S NO DOCUMENT TO CLICK, AND WE HOPE THAT THAT'S KIND OF INTUITIVE FOR PEOPLE AND EASY TO FOLLOW THEIR, UM, INITIAL RESPONSE.
SO, AGAIN, THAT THERE, THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS COMING.
AND THEN THE FINAL RESPONSES WILL SHOW THAT WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS HERE.
SO IF WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE A CHAIN FROM THE INITIAL TO THE FINAL, IF THERE'S ANY FOLLOW UPS, ALL OF THAT WILL GO HERE.
SO I CAN SHOW YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF, UM, SOME OF THE MORE, UH, MAYBE COMPLEX WOULD BE THE, THE WAY TO SAY ITS.
LET ME, I'M TRYING TO THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, WHICH IS A GOOD ONE FOR THAT ONE.
IF THERE WAS A COMPLICATED SAWS ONE, MAYBE.
THAT'S, UH, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE.
UM, I THINK 11 HAD SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM ON.
UM, OKAY, WELL THE, THE POINT IS THAT THERE IS, THERE IS LAYERING HERE.
OH, I KNOW WHERE I CAN SHOW YOU.
UM, SO HERE, THIS IS A, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY.
SO YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE, THE SUB QUESTIONS ARE HERE.
AND WE, WE HAVE NOT RELEASED, UH, THE, THE COMMITTEE HAS NOT OPTED TO RELEASE THESE DOCUMENTS YET, BUT ONCE THAT HAS BEEN DONE, UM, THEN YOU WOULD SEE THEM ALL HERE.
AND SO EVERYTHING IS ENCAPSULATED, UH, WITHIN THIS DROPDOWN.
THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR FEEDBACK IN MULTIPLE PLACES.
IT ALL LINKS TO THE SAME SPOT, BUT JUST TO HAVE MULTIPLE ACCESS POINTS.
UH, SO THERE'S A CONTACT US HERE AND AN EMAIL, UM, FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT WANT TO DO THE SURVEY.
THERE'S ALSO THE COMMUNITY INPUT HERE AS WELL.
AND THEN I'LL SHOW YOU IF WE GO UP TO THIS CONTACT HERE.
SO THERE IS A, A BRIEF FORM THAT CAN BE FILLED OUT.
UM, BUT IT GIVES PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO PUT HERE SPECIFICALLY WHICH R F I OR QUESTION.
AND WE HOPE THAT BY PUTTING THAT FIELD AND MAYBE PROMPTING PEOPLE, UM, IT MAY NOT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T WANT IT TO NECESSARILY LIKE, GET BURIED IN THEIR RESPONSE.
JUST A WAY TO KIND OF PULL THAT OUT AND GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON SPECIFIC
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ONES RATHER THAN FEELING LIKE, UM, THEIR COMMENTS ARE JUST ALL GOING INTO A GROUP.AND THAT'LL HELP US LOOK, UH, IF THERE'S SPECIFIC RFIS THAT MAY NEED SOME FOLLOW UP.
SO THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST VERY QUICK, HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT, UM, THE NEW SITE.
THERE IS A LITTLE MEETINGS TAB HERE, UM, TO SHOW ALL OF OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS AND THEN HOW PEOPLE CAN WATCH OR LISTEN, UM, AS WELL AS PAST MEETING ACCESS AS WELL.
ARE THERE, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT MORE IN DEPTH OR ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS THAT YOU HAVE? UM, SORRY.
LET, LET'S START OVER HERE WITH ANNA.
STARTING WITH ME 'CAUSE I'M LATE.
UM, THE, THE SPANISH LANGUAGE, UH, PORTION OF IT, COULD YOU WALK US THROUGH THAT? AND THEN JUST A QUESTION FOR, FOR THE AV FOLKS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO, TO TURN OFF PART OF THE LIGHTS OVER THERE.
IT'S JUST REALLY HARD TO, TO SEE.
OH, YOU BRING SOME DRINKS WHILE YOU'RE AT IT.
SO IN, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE SPANISH LANGUAGE, UM, IT, THE SITE IS GOING TO BE DUPLICATED.
THAT PART IS NOT READY JUST YET BE, WE HAVE CONTRACTED WITH A TRANSLATOR.
UM, BUT IN AN EFFORT TO, TO BE TIMELY, WE'RE GOING AHEAD AND GETTING IT OUT AND, AND HAVING THIS PART ALREADY LIVE WILL HELP EXPEDITE THE SPANISH PORTION BECAUSE THEY HAD TO HAVE THIS TO BEGIN THE TRANSLATION.
SO, UM, I EXPECT THAT WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK, UM, WE WILL BE GETTING VERY CLOSE, IF NOT ALL THE WAY, READY TO HAVE THIS, BUT AS THE DOCUMENTS COME IN THAT ARE TRANSLATED, I WILL GO AHEAD AND ADD THOSE.
SO WE WILL NOT WAIT TO DO THAT PART.
AND, AND LET ME ASK YOU, WHAT, UH, I GUESS WHAT ARRANGEMENT DO YOU HAVE WITH THE CONTRACTOR? LIKE DO THEY HAVE TO, DID YOU GIVE THEM A CERTAIN TURNAROUND TIME AS DOCUMENTS COME IN? UM, THEY HA THEY GAVE US WHAT THEY TYPICALLY WORK WITH BASED ON THE VOLUME, WHICH IS 27 DAYS, UH, 27 BUSINESS DAYS.
BUT WE GAVE IT TO THEM IN BATCHES, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET THE DOCUMENTS BACK FASTER RATHER THAN GIVING EVERYTHING TO THEM AND HAVING TO WAIT THE FULL 27 DAYS.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE THINGS IN A SERIES OVER THE NEXT, UH, ALMOST FOUR WEEKS.
UM, AND THEN THE SITE SHOULD BE TRANSLATED WELL BEFORE THAT.
THEY GIVE YOU AN ETA FOR, SORRY, DID THEY GIVE YOU AN E T A WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE A LARGE BATCH.
SO WHEN IT'S NOT 27 DAYS, BUT A SMALLER VOLUME, DID THEY GIVE YOU AN E T A FOR THAT? UM, I'LL, I WILL GO BACK AND FOLLOW UP WITH THEM ON THAT, MA'AM.
IT, I THINK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LARGER BATCHES JUST BECAUSE OF THE, THE MASSIVE VOLUME OF THE DOCUMENTS.
UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS ON, ON, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT AND, AND TO GO BACK AND HAVE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS, I, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO KNOW WHAT TURNAROUND WE CAN EXPECT FOR IT TO BE ONLINE.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, ITEM R F I 13 MM-HMM.
SO IF, IF WE GAVE THEM JUST THE ONE R F I, WE COULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE IT BACK WITHIN 48 HOURS.
THAT, THAT MUCH, I, I DO KNOW, KNOW, IT'S, IT'S THE FACT THAT THEY ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, WITH THE SAWS QUESTIONS, IT'S, I THINK AT THIS POINT, 60 RFIS AND WE'RE, I, I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE PAGE COUNT, BUT OUR CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER 500 PAGES WORTH OF DOCUMENTS.
I MEAN, SOME OF IT'S, YOU KNOW, LESS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT MAY BE LESS THAN A HUNDRED WORDS ON A PAGE.
UM, BUT IT IS, IT IS A LARGE VOLUME.
AND SOME OF IT IS, UM, AS THEY EXPLAINED, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, TRANSLATING TEXT MESSAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT CAME WITH SOME OF THESE, 'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO ALL PIECES AND THE GRAPHS.
SOME OF THAT IS, UM, LESS EASY TO MANIPULATE AND THEN THEREFORE TAKES MORE TIME.
SO THERE, UH, THERE'S SOME LAYERING, UH, TO, TO THE TIME CAN WE JUST PRIORITIZE, UH, CERTAIN THINGS.
SO FOR INSTANCE, I WOULD SAY THE TEXT ON THE WEBSITE WOULD BE PRIORITY, JUST SO SOMEBODY, UH, CAN NAVIGATE THE, THE SITUATION, RIGHT? LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING, UH, THE QUESTIONS WOULD BE
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PRIORITY.SO EVEN IF THE ANSWERS ARE NOT TRANSLATED YET, UH, I THINK JUST THE BASICS, UM, WOULD, WOULD BE PRIORITY.
AND I, AND I THINK THOSE SHOULD BE UP, UM, YOU KNOW, WITHIN 48 HOURS OF, OF THE NEW SITE.
I THINK WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.
I, I CLICKED ON THE GOOGLE TRANSLATE FOR THE SPANISH, UM, VERSION, AND THAT SEEMS, THAT'S WORKING.
SO, UH, I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT THE BEST AND WE DON'T WANT TO GO WITH THAT, BUT AT LEAST PEOPLE COULD KIND OF START GETTING AN IDEA FOR THE MEETINGS THAT ARE COMING UP, ET CETERA.
UM, I APPRECIATED THE QUICK LINKS THAT YOU HAD AT THE BOTTOM AS WELL, THE RELATED SIDES.
THE STRONGER TOGETHER SA, THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
UM, AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A NUMBER THAT THEY CAN CALL IN THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHOSE NUMBER THAT GOES TO, THAT 2 0 7 6,000, UM, 3 1 1.
SO, SO I, I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL WANT A PHONE NUMBER.
UM, I LIKE THE WAY THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE, THE WATCH LIVE MEETING, SO YOU COULD LITERALLY WATCH IT JUST FROM, FROM ANYWHERE YOU'RE AT.
AND THEN I APPRECIATE HOW YOU HAVE FORMULATED THE FINAL RESPONSES, UM, ON THE RFIS ALREADY FOR, FOR SOME OF THE C P SS RESPONSES.
AND I KNOW WE STILL HAVE SOME, SOME PENDING RELEASES, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR.
UM, YOU DID A GREAT JOB AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.
I, I HAD TO GIVE YOU A PLUG THERE, BUT, UH, UM, I, I THINK THIS IS GREAT, THE FORMATTING AND, UM, UM, I, I'LL GET INTO IT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SAWS, BUT YEAH, GREAT FORMATTING, UH, IT'S EASY FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND AND NAVIGATE, AND IF I CAN DO IT, ANYBODY CAN DO IT.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK.
I THINK THIS IS A NICE NAVIGATION PIECE.
UH, SO I REALLY HAVE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
UM, LET'S, UH, LET'S GET MANNY AT A, AT A MICROPHONE AND GET HIS, UH, INPUT INTO THIS BECAUSE YES, GO AHEAD WHILE HE'S SITTING DOWN.
I, I, MY ONLY COMMENT WAS THAT IT WAS VERY INTUITIVE.
UH, IT MADE PERFECT SENSE THE WAY YOU LAID IT OUT.
AND I THINK THAT IF YOU GO INTO PRIVATE INDUSTRY, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A MILLION TRILLION DOLLARS.
COUNCILMAN ANNA? I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I, I DIDN'T SAY THIS, BUT GOOD JOB.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING US THE OVERVIEW YESTERDAY.
I KNOW THE TIMING WASN'T EXACTLY PERFECT 'CAUSE THE NEWS SITE WASN'T APP, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO, TO PROVIDE THAT OVERVIEW.
AND I THINK THE COUNCILWOMAN BROUGHT THIS UP, UH, BEFORE THAT, ON THE MAIN COSA PAGE.
IT STILL SAYS SELECT COMMITTEE.
IS THERE ANYONE WE CAN TALK TO ABOUT THAT? UM, YES.
SO
UM, WE, WE HAVE LOOKED INTO ADDRESSING IT.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT THOSE LITTLE QUADRANTS ARE LIMITED IN TEXT CHARACTERS.
AND THERE'S REALLY, WE HAVE TRIED A MILLION THINGS TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE A COMMITTEE ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SMALLER, SHORTER THAN IT WOULD FIT.
IT DOESN'T, WE WILL TAKE THAT AWAY.
UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW IT IS CONFUSING.
IT WAS JUST BECAUSE OF THE OLD SITE.
WE'RE GONNA PUT IN THE BANNER THAT SCROLLS AT THE TOP WHERE THE S A P D AND ME SERVICES IS.
WE WILL HAVE A LINK TO OUR CURRENT SITE THAT WILL BE FULLY SPELLED OUT, AND THERE WILL BE NO MORE CONFUSION ABOUT WHICH COMMITTEE IT ACTUALLY IS.
BUT THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS THE REASON THAT IT IS STILL STUCK THAT WAY,
I GUESS WE CAN BRING THE LIGHTS UP IF, IF, OR I GUESS Y'ALL AMPED UP THE CAMERAS TOO, BUT, UM, THIS LOOKS GREAT.
IS IT? OKAY, WELL, I YIELD TO THE COUNCILMAN.
LET'S, UH, LET JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS, UH, THAT, THAT WE NEED TO MAKE BEFORE WE GET STARTED HERE TODAY.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, UM, I WANT TO THANK, UH, EACH ONE OF THE FOLKS HERE THAT ARE ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M, UH, VERY ENCOURAGED, UH, FROM YESTERDAY'S MEETING, UH, THAT THE, UM, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, UH, AND THE RESPONSE, REALLY MORE RESPONSE THAN PREPAREDNESS WILL GO FORWARD.
UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT, UH, THAT IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST OPPORTUNITIES.
AND I WAS, UH, AFTER THE MEETING, I WAS TALKING TO BRANDON GIVENS, AND, UH, HE, HE MADE A VERY GOOD, UH, ANALOGY THAT I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO PASS ON TO, TO THE GROUP.
AND WHAT I WAS TRYING TO, UM, TO SAY, UH, SEVERAL TIMES YESTERDAY IS THAT WE'VE GOTTA CONVERT FROM A, A, WE'VE SEEN THIS, WE KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT, STEP BACK, UH, AND, UH, LET US DO OUR JOB TO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT'S COMING, AND WE'RE GOING TO ADJUST AND, UH, UH, NOTIFY PEOPLE
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SO THAT, THAT THEY CAN TAKE ACTIONS THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE.AND HE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF LIKE, UH, A WILDFIRE, UH, WILDLAND FIRE.
AND, AND I, IT IMMEDIATELY HIT ME.
AND IT, IT MADE A LOT OF SENSE.
AND THAT, UH, IF YOU COMPARE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A HOUSE FIRE TO A WILDLAND FIRE, A HOUSE FIRE PRETTY MUCH IS, IS ISOLATED, CONTAINED, YOU KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN MOST CASES.
BUT A WILDLAND FIRE, UH, CONDITIONS CHANGE, UH, WINDS CHANGE, HUMIDITY CHANGES, UM, POINT OF ATTACK CHANGES, UH, AND IT CHANGES VERY QUICKLY, AND YOU'VE GOT TO NOTIFY IN ADVANCE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SO I, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD, GOOD THOUGHT.
AND, AND I, I WANTED TO PASS THAT ON KIND OF AS A POINT OF PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING THAT I HAD.
AND, UM, I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO, UM, START TODAY WITH, UM, WITH BEN, UH, HELPING US A LITTLE BIT UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE WITH, WITH C P S.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, UH, THAT IS, UH, A CHALLENGE FOR THEM TO ANSWER QUESTIONS UNDER, UH, THIS LITIGATION THAT'S HANGING OVER 'EM.
UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT.
THERE ARE SOME VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT WE SIMPLY MUST HAVE.
AND IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE, UM, UM, UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO ADJUST, BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT DOWN TO A GEOGRAPHIC LEVEL THAT PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO IT.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING ON THAT.
WE SIMPLY MUST UNDERSTAND HOW THE PLANTS OPERATED.
UH, WE, WE CANNOT JUST SAY THEY DIDN'T OPERATE WELL.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE AND WHY THEY DIDN'T OPERATE WELL.
AND WHILE WE HAVE SOME DATA, AND BEN WILL GO INTO THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ASK FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE HELP ON THE DATA, UH, ON, AND THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, UH, WE NEED TO MOVE THAT FASTER.
THERE WAS ONE MESSAGE, I THINK THAT OVER THE TWO, TWO AND A HALF HOURS I GOT PRETTY CLEAR IS THAT WE NEED TO GET THIS FINISHED.
AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, UH, MANNY AND CLAYTON FOR, FOR MOVING THIS WEEK ON GETTING WITH SAWS, GETTING THE BLACK AND VEATCH FOLKS IN HERE ON THE 14TH, AND ACCELERATING THAT PROCESS, BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT.
UM, I KNOW THAT FROM A STANDPOINT OF, OF WRITING THE REPORT, THAT'S GONNA TAKE TIME.
IT'S, IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO GET SOME DIRECTION FROM THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE COUNCIL AS TO HOW, IF, IF Y'ALL WANT TO SEE THAT IN DRAFT BEFORE IT GOES OUT, UH, HOW YOU WANT TO SEE THAT.
BECAUSE, UH, I SEE THIS AS A REPORT TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC, BUT IF THERE'S SOME PROTOCOL I'M NOT FOLLOWING, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO KICK THAT THING IF, IF I DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SO KEEP ME OUTTA TROUBLE ON THAT.
AND, UH, THE, THE, THE FINAL THING IS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND, UH, SOME TIME TODAY ON, ON THE EMERGENCY PREPARED CENTER.
UM, BUT LET'S START WITH, WITH BEN.
IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN SWITCH THE ORDER, BECAUSE I HAVE TO LEAVE EARLY AND I I DON'T WANNA LEAVE LISA ON, ON HER OWN.
UH, LET'S, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M FLEXIBLE, YOU KNOW ME, UH,
UM, WHO WANTS TO TAKE THE LEAD FOR THE, UH, FOR, FOR YOUR GROUP? OKAY.
UM, AS YOU MAY HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, WITHIN THE SHAREPOINT SITE TO, TO REVIEW, WE SUBMITTED IN NUMERIC TOTAL 19 QUESTIONS.
BUT AS YOU SAW WITH THE WEBSITE, UM, REVIEW, WE'VE GOT MANY SUBPARTS WITHIN SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, I DO WANNA BE ABLE TO GO DOWN DIRECTLY THROUGH EACH OF THE QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWERS, AND I THINK ADRIAN, ADRIANA, AND I'LL PROBABLY TAKE SOME TURNS IN GOING THROUGH THAT.
UM, BUT ON A HIGH LEVEL, I WANNA JUST MAKE THE COMMENT THAT NUMBERS 13 AND NUMBER 19 ARE THE ONLY QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE INDICATED AS PENDING.
THE OTHERS WILL INDICATE AS COMPLETE.
SO I THINK I'M GONNA TRY TO RUN WITH MY EYES ON PAPER WHILE YOU ALL LOOK AT THAT SCREEN.
AND I THINK I'VE DONE TOO MUCH READING ON THE COMPUTER LATELY.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS TO PLEASE EXPLAIN THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THE E E O C AND ITS COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTER, OR A COORDINATING ORGANIZATION.
UM, AND I THINK FOR, FOR EASE, I'LL GO THROUGH AND READ
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MANY OF THESE THAT I THINK ARE HELPFUL TO THE COMMITTEE, BUT I WON'T READ ALL OF THE DEPTH, UM, BECAUSE I, I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING THESE PUBLIC AND IT'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY TO TAKE A REVIEW.THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, E O C, SERVES AS BOTH A COMMAND CENTER AND A RESOURCE COORDINATION CENTER AS A COMMAND CENTER.
THE E O C UTILIZES THE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN ALL ITS ASSOCIATED BRANCHES AND CAN SERVE AS THE OVERALL COMMAND CENTER FOR AREA-WIDE EVENTS.
DURING E O C ACTIVATION, THE EMERGENCY MANAGER, THE CITY MANAGER, AND THE MAYOR, MAY USE THEIR AUTHORITY TO DIRECT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RESOURCES AS PER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND ANY EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS THAT THE MAYOR OF THE JUDGE MAY ISSUE AS A RESOURCE COORDINATION CENTER DURING MAJOR EMERGENCIES, DISASTERS, AND CATASTROPHIC EVENTS.
THE E O C COORDINATES THE PREPARATION, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY WITHIN THE CITY AND WITHIN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE AS WE GO THROUGH THESE QUESTIONS IS IN, IN, IN MY OPINION AND OUT OF THE COMMITTEE, IS YOU'RE GONNA BEGIN TO START GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF HOW THE E O C OPERATES AND WHERE IT WORKS AND FUNCTIONS, WE CONSIDER THAT ONE COMPLETE.
THE MOST USEFUL TOOL FOR ME IN ALL OF THE QUESTIONS IS R F I NUMBER TWO.
AND THERE IS FAR TOO MUCH HERE FOR ME TO READ, BUT I WILL GIVE YOU, UH, AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT'S CONTAINED AND WHERE WE SEE THE VALUE IN THAT.
UM, THE FIRST PART OF R F TWO IS ACTUALLY THE TIMELINE, WHICH IS A VERY NICE CONCRETE WAY OF US BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S TRANSPIRED FOR THE E O C.
AND I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS OVERLAID WITH THE TIMELINE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, BECAUSE I THINK THIS RIGHT HERE IS COMPREHENSIVE ENOUGH THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY REALLY BEGIN TO LOOK AT THE SEQUENCING OF EVENTS.
AND THAT TIMELINE RUNS FROM FEBRUARY 9TH TO MARCH 6TH.
WE ASK THE QUESTION IN THIS R F I OF WHO WAS INVOLVED, THERE'S ALSO CONTAINED WITHIN THIS RESPONSE, A TWO AND A THIRD PAGE OF A TABLE AND CHART THAT ACTUALLY LAYS OUT EACH OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN ANY ACTIVITY THROUGH THE STORM AND INDICATES WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE PART OF THE PREPAREDNESS, THE RESPONSE, OR THE RECOVERY.
I MADE A COMMENT AT THE LAST MEETING ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE E O C BEING WILLING TO SELF-EVALUATE AND SELF-ASSESS.
SO THE OTHER CRITICAL RESPONSE IN R F I TWO IS THE LESSONS LEARNED.
SO A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE BROUGHT FORTH IN THE INITIAL PART OF OUR PRESENTATION TO YOU LAST WEEK, UH, THROUGH THE GENERAL, WERE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ACTUALLY CAME FROM THE E O C AS A SELF-ASSESSMENT.
SO THERE MAY BE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE GONNA COME FROM THIS ORGANIZATION, UM, BY WAY OF THE BODY OF THE COMMITTEE, BUT YOU CAN SEE BY THE RESPONSES HERE THAT A LOT OF THOUGHT HAS ALREADY GONE INTO WHAT WORKED, WHAT DIDN'T WORK, AND HOW IT CAN WORK BETTER, WHICH WERE PART OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED, UM, IN THE SERIES OF PRESENTATION FOR THE OUTLINE, UM, AT R F I TWO, R F I NUMBER THREE, WELL, AND NUMBER TWO IS COMPLETE R F I THREE, OSA'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BASIC PLAN IDENTIFIES A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL HAZARDS WITH ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENTS OF LIKELIHOOD OF OCCURRENCE, ESTIMATED IMPACT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND AN ESTIMATED IMPACT ON PROPERTY.
THE PLAN ITSELF ACTUALLY HAS INDICATORS FOR EVENTS THAT MIGHT BE LIKELY UNLIKELY, HIGHLY LIKELY.
THIS GOES TO THE POINT THAT ED HAD MADE ABOUT, YOU CAN'T HAVE A PLAN FOR WHAT YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T EXECUTE A PLAN FOR WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE A PLAN FOR.
UM, AND I THINK THAT AS WE SHIFT AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE SUBSEQUENT QUESTIONS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PLANS, THERE'S A NUMBER OF ACTIONS, BUT THIS ONE, UM, WAS NOT ADDRESSED IN THAT SEQUENCE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT FORESEEN.
UM, SPECIFICALLY NOTED HERE, THE CERTAIN HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN DOES NOT ADDRESS A SIGNIFICANT COLD WEATHER WEATHER EVENT SUCH AS THAT OF FEBRUARY, 2021.
THE EVENT WAS UNLIKE ANY OTHER WINTER STORM THAT HAS OCCURRED IN, IN HISTORY, AND IT WAS CASCADING EVENT THAT BEGAN WITH THE RECORD BREAKING HARD FREEZE COUPLED WITH SIGNIFICANT POWER AND WATER OUTAGES, R F I THREE C IN LIGHT OF FEBRUARY 21ST COLD WEATHER EVENT, SHOULD
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ANY ASSESSMENT ESTIMATES BE CHANGED? IF SO, PLEASE IDENTIFY WHICH ASSESSMENTS ESTIMATES REQUIRE UPDATING.AND THE RESPONSE FROM THE E E O C IS, YES, ASSESSMENTS SHOULD BE MADE TO EXPAND TO THE FOLLOWING AREAS.
PROLONGED WINTER EVENTS, PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES FOR ALL SEASONS, PROLONGED WATER OUTAGES FOR ALL SEASONS, AND A COMBINATION PROLONGED EVENT THAT CONTAINS THE FIRST THREE.
WE CONSIDER THAT RESPONSE TO ALSO BE COMPLETE.
WHEN WE TRIED TO BREAK SOME OF THIS DOWN, WE POSED THE QUESTION IN R F I FOUR THREE OF THE HAZARDS IDENTIFIED IN THE E M V P ARE WINTER STORM AND EXTREME COLD ENERGY FUEL SHORTAGE AND WATER SYSTEM FAILURE.
ADDITIONALLY, ACCORDING TO THE PLAN, THERE ARE FOUR PHASES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, MITIGATION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION THAT WE POSED IN THE SUBSETS, WHAT WERE OSA'S ACTIONS IN EACH PHASE OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS THEY APPLY TO WINTER STORM AND EXTREME COLD ENERGY FUEL SHORTAGE AND WATER SYSTEM FAILURE.
THIS IS A NICE EDUCATIONAL PIECE ON LETTING US SEE THROUGH THE BREAKDOWN OF EACH OF THESE PHASES, UM, THE INTERPLAY OF WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S NOTEWORTHY HERE IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAD BEEN PART OF OUR DISCUSSIONS AS A COMMITTEE ARE, UM, RESPONSE PHASE SUMMARIES FOR FEBRUARY 15TH THROUGH THE 19TH, WHICH INCLUDED THE STEPS THAT WERE TAKEN IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, THINGS THAT WERE DONE TO HELP KEEP OUR ROADWAY SAFE, AND WAYS THAT WERE, OR ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN TO FURTHER MITIGATE ANY KIND OF DAMAGE AND TO ENSURE THAT THE CRITICAL FACILITIES WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AND OPERATE AT THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY.
UM, AND THAT INCLUDES SOME RECRUITMENT FOR PLUMBERS AND ELECTRICIANS.
UM, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED A COUPLE OF TIMES IS ABOUT THE AD'S ASSISTANCE WITH OXYGEN AND THE REPLENISHING OF OXYGEN TANKS.
R F I FOUR B CONTINUES IN THE SAME VEIN, ASKING THE QUESTION FOR MITIGATION AND PREPAREDNESS, PLEASE INDICATE WHEN ACTIONS WERE TAKEN TO PROVIDE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF GENERAL MITIGATION AND PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS COMPARED TO ANY STEPS SPECIFICALLY TAKEN FOR FEBRUARY, 2020 ONES COLD WEATHER EVENT HERE.
UM, THERE'S A, A, A NOTE, I GUESS AS A PREFACE THAT AS PART OF THE MITIGATION EFFORTS, THE SAN ANTONIO OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MEETS WITH CRITICAL PARTNERS MONTHLY TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH CRITICAL PARTNERS AND FACILITIES.
OPEN DISCUSSION, AND, I'M SORRY, FACILITATES OPEN DISCUSSION OF MITIGATION AND PREVENTION EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WHEN OUR WEATHER EVENTS HARD FREEZES AND OTHER SEVERE WEATHER SITUATIONS ARE DISCUSSED AT THIS MEETING.
SO THE ENTIRE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS ITS IMPACTS AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY APPROACH CAN BE TAKEN IN LEARNING THESE EVENTS.
SO WITH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE USE OF THESE MEETINGS IS TO HIGHLIGHT PLANNING, TRAINING AND EXER, AND TO ORGANIZE AND PARTICIPATE IN TABLETOP EXERCISES.
AGAIN, AS IT RELATES TO FEBRUARY, 2021, THIS EVENT WAS UNLIKE ANY OTHER WINTER STORM THAT HAS OCCURRED IN RECENT HISTORY.
AND THE CASCADING EVENTS ARE PART OF THE IMPACT, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO GET INTO MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
UM, I'M GOING TO THEN SHIFT WITH R F I FIVE.
R F I, UM, NUMBER FIVE ASKED US SPECIFICALLY TO LOOK AT THE RESPONSE SPACE AND HOW THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER EXECUTED ITS RESPONSIBILITIES.
THE FIRST PART OF IT WAS ON ACCURATE, ASSEMBLING ACCURATE INFORMATION, AND, UH, LOOKING AT CURRENT RESOURCES DATA FOR, FOR LOCAL OFFICIALS IN GENERAL TO TO BE MORE PREPARED, UM, TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.
AND SO, UM, WE LEARNED THAT THERE, UH, AND AND YOU ALL HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL WORK TOGETHER WITH, WITH THE ENTITIES.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, THAT, THAT WE, WE SEE IN THE ANSWER HERE IS THAT SITUATION REPORTS WERE GIVEN OUT.
UM, THERE'S DAILY SITUATION REPORTS FROM FEBRUARY 11TH UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF, OF THE RESPONSE.
AND SO WE ASKED FOR THOSE, THEY WERE PROVIDED AN ATTACHMENT ONE, SO WE DO ONE.
SO WE DO, UH, CONSIDER THIS ALSO, UM, COMPLETED.
THERE'S WEATHER INFORMATION KEY OPERATIONS IN THERE.
AND SO THE CITY MANAGER, UH, DISSEMINATES THOSE REPORTS.
SO WE, WE FELT THAT THAT ANSWER WAS COMPLETED, AND THAT'S INCLUDED IN ATTACHMENT ONE.
THE SECOND PART OF IT WAS IN THE RESPONSE PHASE, UM, HOW, UH, THE E
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O C WORKED WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICES, UM, TO PRIORITIZED RESPONSE ACTIONS, AND THEN IMPLEMENT THEIR, UH, COORDINATION EFFORTS.AND SO THE, WHAT WE, UH, RECEIVED AS AN ANSWER WAS THAT THE E O C ASKS, UH, WORKS AS A RESOURCE CENTER TO SUPPORT THE RESPONSE ACTIONS OF SEVERAL CITY DEPARTMENTS AND CRITICAL PARTNERS.
AND SO THE PERSON WHO OVERSEES THIS IS THE ER, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, COOR COORDINATOR.
AND THAT PERSON, UM, UH, IS, UH, SERVES, UM, AT THE INCIDENT COMMAND, SERVES AS THE INCIDENT COMMANDER OR UNIFIED COMMAND TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL EMERGENCY PRIORITIES ADDRESSED WERE ADDRESSED.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO ASKED FOR IN THE CHURCH THAT YOU ALL SAW EARLIER WITH THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED WAS, UM, SPECIFIC, UH, STAFF, UM, UH, PEOPLE, NOT, NOT NAMES, BUT, UM, POSITIONS, RIGHT? LIKE, WHO IS THERE, IS IT THE C E O? IS IT THE ENGINEER? LIKE, WHO IS THERE? SO WE HAVE ASKED FOR THAT, UM, AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION SO THAT WE KNOW, UM, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT.
UM, R F I, NUMBER FIVE, UH, ALSO ASKED SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, RESOURCE SUPPORT FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOGISTICS SECTION WITHIN THE E O C, AND SO HOW SUPPLIES ARE ORDERED, UH, HOW WE PROVIDE ACCESS TO FACILITIES, TO TRANSPORTATION, TO EQUIPMENT, FUEL, FOOD, ANY OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED.
AND SO WE, UM, ALSO ASKED, UH, ABOUT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED.
AND SO WE FOUND THAT WE HAD A LOT OF OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE FOOD BANK, THE RED CROSS REGION 20 VIA HAVEN FOR HOPE, THE SALVATION ARMY, AND MANY FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE INCLUDING INCLUDED IN THIS.
UH, THE E O C WAS IN REGULAR CONTACT ALSO WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS AND JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO.
AND SO, UM, THEY PROVIDED SOME BOTTLED WATER AND, UH, EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT THE WATER DISTRIBUTION EFFORTS AS WELL WITHIN THE COMING DAYS.
AND SO WE WENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS QUESTION ADDRESSED THE, THE RESPONSIBILITY TO, TO THE AFTER THE FACT, THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE, RIGHT? AND SO THE BOTTLED WATER SEEMS TO BE THE ONE THAT PEOPLE MOST, MOST, MOST REMEMBER, RIGHT? THE DISTRIBUTION OF THAT.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE WERE SATISFIED ALSO WITH THAT QUESTION FOR, UH, R F I FIVE, QUESTION C.
AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE, AND IT WAS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION OF CLOSURES OF SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES, OR THE CANCELLATION OF PUBLIC EVENTS.
AND SO, UM, THE E O C WE FOUND ALSO SERVES AS A DECISION MAKER WHEN MAKING THE, THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO CLOSE PRIVATE FACILITIES OR EVENTS BECAUSE THERE WAS WHITE GALE POWER OUTAGES.
UM, IT, IT WAS A DEFINITE THAT MOST OF THE SERVICES AND THE BUSINESSES WERE CLOSED.
UM, HOWEVER, WE WANTED TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT HOW, HOW, UH, IT WAS THAT FOLKS GET TO WORK REMOTELY, IF POSSIBLE, RIGHT, THAT ARE NEEDED.
AND SO THE E O C UM, KEPT CITY LEADERSHIP AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY MANAGER ABREAST.
UM, SO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR WERE INVOLVED IN DAILY LEADERSHIP CALLS, AND SO THEY WERE ADVISED OF ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WERE HAPPENING.
AND SO, UM, IT WAS AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW IN EACH OF THE ENTITIES RESPONSE, BUT THEY WERE DAILY PHONE CALLS AND PARTICIPANTS NOT ONLY INCLUDED THE, UM, E O C AND, AND POLICE AND FIRE, BUT T DOT, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, HUMAN SERVICES, UM, C P S AND SAW LATER JOINED THE CALLS AFTER WATER BECAME AN ISSUE.
SO INITIALLY, THEY, THEY WEREN'T, BUT AFTER THE WATER BECAME AN ISSUE, THEY CERTAINLY DID ON THE, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH ROAD CLOSURES AND THE WARMING CENTERS, UH, TRANSPORTATION TO WARMING CENTERS, THE AID WITH THE OXYGEN TANKS THAT LISA REFERENCED EARLIER AS WELL.
THE E O C COORDINATED THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UM, THROUGH DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND SO FIRST WAS OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE TO THE HOMELESS.
AND SO THIS BEGAN BACK IN FEBRUARY, THEN ON FEBRUARY THE NINTH, UH, AS THEY PREPARED FOR THE COLD WEATHER EVENT.
AND SO IT WAS, UH, ALL HANDS ON DECK, THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BEAR COUNTY, THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES, S A P D HAVEN FOR HOPE, SAM MINISTRIES, CAM, AND MANY OTHER HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS, MANY OF THEM FAITH-BASED.
AND SO, UM, THEY WERE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION FROM FEBRUARY THE NINTH TO THE 21ST TO COORDINATE FOR, UM, OUTREACH TO THE UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS.
AND SO THERE WAS ALSO STREET OUTREACH, BY THE WAY.
UM, AND THERE WAS, WE, WE HAVE SOME NUMBERS AND I'LL, I'LL LET YOU ALL SIFT THROUGH THE INFORMATION, BUT THERE WAS ABOUT 400 AT THE HEIGHT AT THE PEAK OF THIS THAT WERE SERVED, UM, ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.
SS A P D ACTIVATED THE ICE PLAN AND COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND TEXT DOT.
AND SO, UH, SS A P D ASSIGNED OFFICERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CLOSED THE MAJOR FLYOVERS AND THE DIRECT CONNECTORS AND OVERPASSES, AND THE OFFICERS WERE PUT ON THIS 24 HOUR CO COVERAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY REMAIN CLOSED.
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SO THAT, THAT ACCESS WAS CLOSED.UM, PUBLIC WORKS BEGAN CHECKING ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES SATURDAY EVENING FOR ACCUMULATION.
AND THEN CREWS WERE DEPLOYED ON FEBRUARY THE 14TH TO LAY THE CHAT ROCK ON CERTAIN LOCATIONS JUST AS A PROTECTIVE MEASURE.
WE WERE ASSISTED BY TECH DOT AND SS A P D THROUGHOUT THE EVENT, THE WARMING CENTER.
ON FEBRUARY THE 16TH, THE CITY MANAGER DIRECTED THE OPENING AS THE, OF THE WARMING CENTER, AS YOU ALL RECALL.
AND SO THE WARMING CENTER REMAINED, UH, IN EFFECT FROM 16TH THROUGH THE 20, SERVED ABOUT 500 PEOPLE IN TOTAL AND 20 PETS.
UM, AND THEY, THE E O C ALSO COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION TO THE WARMING CENTER IN COORDINATION WITH VIA AND WITH NORTHSIDE I S D.
SO AGAIN, HERE WE SEE WHERE, UH, THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS BECOME, UH, CRITICAL TO TO, TO THE MISSION.
HOTELS FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WERE, UH, ACTIVE, PROACTIVELY SECURED ALSO BY THE E O C.
SO WE WORKED WITH WEST HOTEL, THE GUNTHER GRAND HYATT, UH, HYATT REGENCY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDED SHELTERS TO ANYONE WHO NEEDED ELECTRICITY FOR THEIR LIFE, SUPPORT MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, OR SOME, OR SOME SENIORS.
UM, SO THE E O C ALSO COORDINATED THAT TRANSPORTATION AGAIN, AND THE FOOD BANK PROVIDED MEALS TO INDIVIDUALS STAYING AT THE, STAYING AT THE HOTEL, ASSISTANCE TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
UM, THE E O C ASSEMBLED STRIKE TEAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY RESPONDED TO NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES AND HOSPITALS WHO ARE IN NEED OF WATER, FUEL, OR GENERATOR OR GENERATOR REPAIRS.
UM, AND THE DEPA, THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS, AS HAS BEEN REFERENCED BEFORE, PROVIDED OXYGEN TANK REFILLS TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, UM, WHO WERE ASKED TO CALL 9 1 1 FOR ASSISTANCE.
CONTINUING WITH R F I NUMBER FIVE, SORRY, IT'S A REALLY LONG, UH, 'CAUSE IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO SEVERAL AREAS, BUT, UM, ANOTHER AREA WAS SECTION F.
AND SO LOOKING AT COORDINATING EMERGENCY WARNING AND INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.
AND SO, AS PART OF THE STRUCTURE SET UP AT THE E O C, THERE IS A JOINT INFORMATION CENTER, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ABOUT IN IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, BUT THIS IS TO SERVE AS A CENTRAL POINT OF CONTACT FOR ALL OF THE NEWS MEDIA AND FOR INTERESTED PARTIES, UM, TO COORDINATE THE RESPONSE.
OUR GOVERNMENT, UH, AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE AT THE CITY BECOMES THE LEAD AT THE, UH, AT THE, AT THE JOINT INFORMATION CENTER.
AND SO THEY ALSO PROVIDED A SUMMARY OF WHAT WAS SENT OUT.
SO, UM, HAZARD ALERT SYSTEMS WERE USED, UM, THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH DEAF LINK, UH, BECAUSE THEY PRODUCE, UH, ACCESSIBLE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS CONTENT FOR DEAF BLIND HARD OF HEARING FOLKS, UM, AND PEOPLE WITH LOW LITERACY DURING, BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER A DISASTER.
UM, THERE WAS 117 UNIQUE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, AND I, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS, BUT 3 1 1 RESPONDED TO 20,901 COMMUNITY CALLS.
AND SO WE FELT SATISFIED THAT THEY HAD PROVIDED WHAT THEY DID.
SO AGAIN, I WON'T READ THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID, UM, BUT WE, WE, WE FEEL THAT THAT ANSWER IS SATISFIED AS WELL.
UM, R F I NUMBER SIX WAS IN RESPONSE, UM, TO, TO IT'S RELATED.
UH, WE ASKED SPECIFICALLY, WHEN WAS THE E O C ACTIVATED FOR THIS, THIS EVENT? AND SO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE OF COVID, THE E O C WAS ALREADY, UH, WORKING AT A LEVEL THREE.
LEVEL ONE IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ACTIVATION JUST FOR REFERENCES.
AND SO, UM, THE PREPARATION FOR THE WINTER STORM SPECIFICALLY BECAME, UH, BEGAN ON FEBRUARY THE NINTH AT A LEVEL THREE, BECAUSE WE STARTED ENGAGING OUTSIDE AGENCIES.
SO POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, HUMAN RESOURCES, UM, EVERYBODY WAS CALLED IN AND, AND THEY MIGHT HAVE PARTICIPATED, UM, REMOTELY, LIKE, LIKE IN THE CASE OF SAS, FOR INSTANCE, UM, ON THE 13TH, THAT'S WHEN THE E O C INCREASED ITS ITS ACTIVATION LEVEL TO A LEVEL ONE, WHICH, LIKE I REFERENCED BEFORE, IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
AND SO THAT'S WHEN CRITICAL STAFF AND AGENCIES BEGAN TO WORK ON THE NEEDS AND ACTIVITIES AND OF, UH, IN PERSON AND REMOTELY, AGAIN, DUE TO THE, UM, UH, COVID PANDEMIC, THERE WAS, UM, CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AS TO WHO WOULD HAVE ACCESS AND WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK REMOTELY.
UH, R F I SIX, QUESTION B, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FOR THE E O C TO REACH FULL STAFFING FOR THE EVENT? IT WAS ACHIEVED ON FEBRUARY THE 13TH WHEN IT WAS ACTIVATED TO THE LEVEL ONE.
AND SO, UM, THE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM OUT OF THE SS A P D N SS A FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE PRESENT TO MANAGE THE OPERATIONS ALREADY, LIKE I SAID, PRIOR TO COVID.
SO THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE TRANSITION FROM THAT RESPONSE INTO THE WINTER RESPONSE.
UM, AND DURING THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, OR, OR DURING THE, THE, THE, DURING THE EVENT, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR WAS, UH, SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT BATTALION CHIEF PATRICK ZEPEDA, WHO SERVED AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, SPECIFICALLY FROM FEBRUARY THE 12TH THROUGH THE 18TH.
THEN SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT BATTALION CHIEF MARK VINNO RELIEVED CHIEF
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ZEPEDA FROM FEBRUARY THE 18TH THROUGH THE 22ND AS INCIDENT COMMANDER.AND THEN CHIEF ZEPEDA CAME BACK TO COMPLETE THE EVENT.
UM, QUESTION SIX CONTINUES WITH LETTER D, AND THERE WAS A, THIS QUESTION TALKED ABOUT THE IDENTIFIED POSITIONS, DECISION MAKERS, KEY PERSONNEL THAT WERE INVOLVED IN RESPONDING TO THIS SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND SO THIS OUTLINES THE EXECUTIVE GROUP AND THE EMERGENCY SUPPORT GROUP.
AND SO THE EXECUTOR GROUP PROVIDES THE GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND FOR RESPONSE AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS.
THIS INCLUDES THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER, THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.
THE EMERGENCY MANAGER COORDINATOR IS THE INCIDENT COMMANDER FOR THIS EVENT AS REFERENCED.
UM, AND THE SUPPORT GROUP THAT INCLUDES, UM, THE DEPARTMENTS THAT, UM, WERE PRESENTED TO US IN THE TABLE THAT YOU SEE.
AND SO, AND IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY CITY EXECUTIVE GROUP BY MANAGEMENT SUPPORT GROUP, AND THEN AS WELL BY SUPPORT COORDINATING AGENCIES.
WE ALSO ASKED FOR KEY POSITIONS TO BE ADDED NEXT TO THESE, UH, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT WE CAN KNOW EXACTLY WHAT POSITION IS REQUIRED TO BE STAFFED DURING AN EMERGENCY.
AND SO THE STAFFING LEVELS ARE DETERMINED BY THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR BASED ON EACH INCIDENT.
SO THAT'S WHY IT COULD, IT COULD CHANGE.
AND SO THE, UM, OPERATION SECTION, THE PLANNING SECTION, THE LOGISTICS SECTION, THE FINANCE SECTION, THEY'RE EACH LED BY A SECTION CHIEF AND THEY'RE STAFFED BY EITHER PD OR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THE SECTION CHIEFS RECEIVE THEIR GUIDANCE AND THEIR OPERATIONAL PRIORITIES BASED ON THAT INCIDENT COMMANDER AND THE EXECUTIVE GROUP WHO WORKED TOGETHER TO DIRECT THE, UH, GROUPS AND UNITS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE FULFILL OUR OPERATIONAL PRIORITIES.
AND THEN OUR R F I NUMBER SIX ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE, UH, ENTITIES AND IF THEY HAD THEIR PERSONNEL WORKING REMOTELY DUE TO COVID PROTOCOLS.
AND YES, AND WE HAVE ADDRESSED THAT A TOTAL OF THE THREE POSITIONS THAT ARE REFERENCED WERE WORKING REMOTELY.
UM, AND SEVEN, WERE WORKING IN PERSON OF THE GROUP OF REMOTE WORKERS.
THERE WAS THREE, UM, POSITIONS THAT, THAT WERE WORKING REMOTELY THAT, THAT WERE KEY TO THIS EVENT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THEY WERE STILL WORKING, THEY WERE WORKING THROUGH COMMUNICATION, NOT IN PERSON, BUT THEY WERE COMMUNICATING.
THERE WA THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT WAS THERE ANY DIFFICULTY ENGAGING THE KEY POSITIONS, UM, AS, AS THE CIRCUMSTANCES BECAME MORE CHALLENGING.
SO THINK ABOUT EY, ROADS, ET CETERA.
WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO DIFFICULTY ENGAGING THESE KEY POSITIONS BECAUSE THEY WERE PREPARED WITH BACKUP BATTERIES AND EQUIPMENT AND HOTSPOTS FOR THEIR COMPUTERS SO THAT THEY COULD PERFORM THEIR WORK REMOTELY IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
DO YOU WANT QUITE, IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS ON SOME OF THE RESPONSES, DO YOU WANT US TO WAIT TILL YOU'RE ALL DONE? OR CAN WE DO IT AS YOU'RE GOING ALONG? LIKE FOR EACH QUESTION, LET'S GO AHEAD AND AND, AND BREAK IT UP.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANT US TO GO SO FAR DOWN THAT THE TRAIN OF THOUGHT GETS LOST OR THE CONTINUITY IS LOST.
I'D, I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO QUESTION FIVE.
UM, E I THINK, UM, SO THE, THE WARMING CENTER OPENED ON FEBRUARY 26TH, V VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND THEN ASSISTANCE TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
UM, AS WE PREPARE TO MOVE FORWARD, I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO GET A SENSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE LEFT OUT THERE THAT WE COULDN'T HELP.
SO THAT, UH, WHEN WE RE DO THE PLANS IN THE, IN THE FUTURE, I GUESS THE E O C TEAM WILL, WILL BE DOING THOSE, UH, THAT WE CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY FOR THAT.
THE OTHER THING THAT, THAT ISN'T HERE, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT SURPRISING TO ME, IS WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE SERVED IN THE WARMING CENTER.
UM, AND I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER FOR, FOR SOMETHING ELSE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CALLED FOR 9 1 1 ASSISTANCE AND, UH, NOT FOR THE ONES WHO NEEDED OXYGEN.
AND I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT? WELL, THERE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PIECES.
SO THAT IS AN, AN AREA WHERE I THINK WE HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, BUT YOU'RE ALSO GONNA SEE IN SOME OF THE OTHER RESPONSES WHERE THERE WAS 9 1 1 RESPONSE TO VEHICLE ACCIDENTS WHERE THERE WAS ANOTHER BREAKDOWN.
SO PART OF IT, I THINK IS, IS WE BROKE OUR QUESTIONS DOWN BASED ON PROCESS.
THE FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS I THINK ARE FOR US, ARE GONNA BE THOSE SPECIFIC, THEY'RE GONNA START TYING PIECES TOGETHER WHERE WE HAVE PARTS OF ANSWERS IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
SO THAT'S A VERY VALID QUESTION.
AND, UM, AND I ALSO THINK JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY DIDN'T CALL FOR ASSISTANCE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THEY DIDN'T NEED IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE POWER WAS OUT, UH, CELL PHONES MIGHT'VE, MIGHT'VE BEEN OUT.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND AGAIN, I'M JUMP I'M JUMPING AHEAD TO, TO WHENEVER YOU, YOU WRITE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, TO HAVE SOME ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WE THINK WILL BE NEEDED WILL NEED HELP
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WHEN IT COMES TO EITHER OXYGEN TANKS OR WHATEVER MEDICAL ISSUES ARISE.SO, UM, I JUST, YEAH, I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO GET TOO FAR AHEAD WITHOUT ME, UH, SHARING THAT.
I WAS, UM, I THINK I'M ALMOST DONE WITH QUESTION SIX.
IT WAS BROKEN UP, LIKE I SAID, INTO SEVERAL, UM, SEVERAL SUBSETS.
SO THE NEXT ONE WAS THERE, UM, IF THERE WAS, UH, OH, WHERE IS IT? HERE WE GO.
WERE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE NOT ABLE, WHO WE WERE NOT THE E O C WAS NOT ABLE TO CONNECT WITH IF THEY NEEDED, AND WE WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD KNOW WHAT THOSE POSITIONS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE POSITION AS IT RELATED TO THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT.
AND SO, UM, THEY WERE STILL, WE WERE TOLD ABLE TO PERFORM THEIR JOB DUTIES REMOTELY.
SO THE OPERATIONAL DEPARTMENT, THEY ADJUSTED THEIR OPERATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPER LEVEL PERSONNEL WAS THERE TO RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY, BUT THE RESPONSE TIMES WERE IMPACTED BECAUSE OF ROAD CONDITIONS.
UM, IN ADDITION, R F I, NUMBER SIX, WE ASKED WHEN DID IT BECOME EVIDENT THAT THE EVENT WAS MOVING TOWARD A CRISIS? UM, AND SO WHAT WAS IT THAT TRIGGERED THAT, THAT INITIAL OR, OR THAT, THAT CRITICAL STATUS? AND SO, UH, WE WERE TOLD THAT ON MONDAY THE 15TH, THE CITY BEGAN TO SHIFT INTO AN EXTENDED RESPONSE MODE BECAUSE OF THE POWER OUTAGES, UM, HOW THEY WERE EXTENDING ACROSS THE CITY AND THE INCREASED DURATION OF THEM.
IN ADDITION, R FIFY NUMBER SIX, WE ASKED WHEN DID IT BECOME EVIDENT THAT THIS WAS, UM, UM, MOVING, UH, WHEN IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT IT WAS MOVING TOWARDS CRISIS MO MODE, WHEN DID WE ENGAGE COMMUNICATION WITH CITY COUNTY, UH, NEIGHBORING, MUNICIPAL AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND OTHER AGENCIES? AND SO WE WERE PROVIDED AN INFORMATION, UM, WE WERE PROVIDED INFORMATION AS WELL THAT, UH, TALKED ABOUT HOW THE CITY MANAGER BEGAN A WEBEX MEETING WITH THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY RECEIVED SOME SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.
UM, AND THEN THE, UH, DAILY WEATHER CALLS WERE GOING OUT AS WELL.
SO THAT WAS PROVIDED, UM, DAILY, AFTERNOON AND, AND CALLS WITH THE MAYOR, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, POLICE CHIEF, PUBLIC WORKS, HUMAN SERVICES, TEXT, CPS AND 3 1 1.
AND THEN AGAIN, WHEN WATER BECAME AN ISSUE, SAWS BECAME, UH, ARE PART OF THESE DAILY CALLS.
SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED AT THE MEETINGS, INCLUDING WEATHER UPDATES AND FORECASTS, STATUS REPORT FROM CRITICAL AGENCIES, COORDINATION OF RESOURCES, STATUS OF SCHOOLS IN THE REGION, ROAD AND HIGHWAY CONDITIONS, AND C P SS AND SAW UPDATES.
THE, ALTHOUGH THE CITY WAS IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH C P S, THERE WAS REALLY NO CLEAR UNDERSTANDING ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY THE 15TH ABOUT THE ELECTRIC OUTAGES AND THE DURATION OF THOSE OUTAGES.
SO IT BECAME EVIDENT ON TUESDAY THAT THE OUTAGES WERE EXTENDING ACROSS THE CITY, AND THAT DURATION WAS GOING TO BE EXTENDED FOR PERIODS OF TIME.
THAT'S WHEN THE CITY OPENED THE WARMING CENTER FOR THE COMMUNITY AND OUTREACH BEGAN, UM, UH, THE NEXT PART OF R F I, NUMBER SIX, THE, DID WE HAVE THE REQUIRED RESOURCES, BACKUP GENERATORS, DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES, SHELTERS, OR WHAT WAS LACKING.
AND SO, UM, TDOT, UH, LACKS ICE REMOVAL.
WELL, OUR COMMUNITY AND TDOT LACKS SOME OF THAT ICE REMOVAL EQUIPMENT BECAUSE OF THE INFREQUENCY.
SO WE DID EXPERIENCE SHORTAGES OF DEICING MATERIALS AND BARRICADES.
UM, SOME E O C AND OTHER COSA FACILITIES HAVE BACKUP GENERATORS, BUT MANY DO NOT.
SO LESS THAN HALF OF THE FIRE STATIONS HAVE BACKUP GENERATOR POWER, AND A LOT OF THEM DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT POWER FOR HVAC SYSTEMS. UM, WHEN SAS ANNOUNCED ITS BOILING WATER NOTICE, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY LACKED INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF BACKUP DRINKING WATER.
AND SO THE CITY ORDERED 500,000 CASES OF WATER BECAUSE THE STORM WAS IMPACTING.
UH, BUT BECAUSE THE STORM WAS IMPACTING THE ENTIRE STATE, THE DELIVERIES DIDN'T OCCUR UNTIL THE MIDNIGHT ON FEBRUARY THE 19TH.
AND THE CITY DID OPEN SEVERAL WATER DISTRIBUTION SITES.
UM, BEGINNING ON THE 20TH, WE DID HAVE ADEQUATE SHELTER SPACE FOR HOMELESS.
AND, UM, THERE WAS SPACE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC CONTINUING R F I NUMBER SIX.
THERE WAS A PERCEPTION THAT THE, UH, GOVERNMENT RESOURCES WERE NOT UTILIZED IN THE MOST APPROPRIATE METHOD, HOW RESOURCES LIKE SSS A P D AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPLOYED.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED CLOSE TO 40,000 9 1 1 CALLS BETWEEN FEBRUARY THE 14TH AND FEBRUARY 21ST, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF FOUR 54% OVER THE SAME TIME PERIOD IN 2020.
SO YOU COULD SEE THAT PEOPLE WERE CALLING IN.
UM, WE, UH, UH, ALSO WORKED WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
UM, I MENTIONED SOME OF THE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES.
THERE WERE 75 ARTERIO HIGHWAY OVERPASS BRIDGES, UM, REMOVED 520 BARRICADES ON OVER 30 STREET CLOSURES.
RESPONDED TO 200 MORE THAN 200 TRAFFIC SIGNAL OUTAGE CALLS.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY WERE, THEY WERE PRETTY BUSY.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTED FUEL TO VARIOUS CITIES,
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MEDICAL AND NURSING HOMES TO REFILL GENERATOR.SO THE EVENT EVENTUALLY MORPHED FROM AN ICY AND SNOW WEATHER TO A RECOVERY EFFORT TO SUPPLY THE RESIDENTS WITH THE FOOD, WATER, AND OTHER NECESSITIES.
AND SO, S A P D WAS CALLED INTO ASSIST US WELL WITH THIS.
AND THEN WE KNOW THAT, UH, MANY OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, UM, ALL PARTICIPATED IN THIS.
IT WAS, AGAIN, AN ALL HANDS ON DECK, THE TRAINING, WE ASKED ABOUT THE TRAINING THAT WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND RESPONDERS.
AND WHEN YOU GET EXHAUSTED, I THINK THIS ONE GOES TO P R Q.
FEEL FREE TO PUN IT BACK, LET YOU KNOW.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, WE ASKED FOR A THREE YEAR LOOK BACK ON THE TRAINING SCHEDULE AND SO ON THIS, WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR EXACT DATES OF WHEN THE TRAINING HAPPENED, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'S HAPPENED, UM, UH, ACCORDING TO DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, UM, MARIA VIA GOMEZ, BECAUSE WE HAD TO SUBMIT A NEW ONE TO FEMA, WHICH HAD TO BE SUBMITTED LAST YEAR AND WILL BE APPROVED.
UM, BUT BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE STAFF MEMBERS AT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CENTER, OUR CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MANAGERS THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS, EVERYONE HAS TO COMPLETE A MINIMUM OF THREE YEARS FULL-TIME EXPERIENCE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO BE THERE.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO TAKE 200 HOURS OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND RECERTIFICATIONS ARE REQUIRED EVERY FIVE YEARS FOR A TOTAL OF 100 HOURS IN TRAINING.
CHIEF ZEPEDA, THE EMERGENCY MANAGER, IS CURRENTLY, UM, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE, THE EMERGENCY MANAGER AND THEN MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF THAT, UM, UH, WERE INCLUDED AS WELL, UH, GO THROUGH THESE EXERCISES.
WE ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UH, EXERCISES THAT HAD BEEN CONDUCTED IN THE THREE YEARS.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE WAITING SPECIFICALLY FOR DATES.
UM, BUT WE, UH, WE, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, UM, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE AREAS THAT, UM, OR, OR SOME OF THE EXERCISES THAT THEY, THEY DID PARTICIPATE IN.
LISA, YOU CAN TAKE OVER FOR NOW.
YOU MENTIONED THE NUMBER OF CALLS COMING IN, LIKE THE 3 1 1 AND 9 1 1.
UM, DURING THIS WHOLE EVENT, I WAS INUNDATED WITH CALLS SAYING WE COULDN'T GET THROUGH.
WE, AND IF WE GOT THROUGH, THERE WAS NO INFORMATION GIVEN.
DID Y'ALL, UH, ASK THE QUESTION HOW MANY RESOURCES THEY HAD TO ANSWER CALLS AND IT WAS THAT ADEQUATE? UH, WELL, I CAN TELL YOU IT WASN'T ADEQUATE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID THEY DO TO TRY TO RECOVER FROM THAT? NO, AND THAT'S A VERY GOOD FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
SO, I, I THINK THIS IS, IT IS PART OF THE TIE IN CLAYTON TO A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING.
WE'VE, WE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS AS A COMMITTEE BEFORE WE POSED THESE QUESTIONS, AND NOW WE'VE GOT MORE INFORMATION.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF THAT THREADING, AND IT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO SIT ON COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO LET US KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT YOU ENCOUNTERED ON YOUR END IN TERMS OF AN INABILITY TO GET THROUGH OR OTHER EXAMPLES LIKE THAT.
BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT INFORMATION.
AND THAT'S NOT INFORMATION THAT THE E O C HAS ACCESS TO BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHO DIDN'T MAKE IT, MADE IT THROUGH THE THRESHOLD.
THEY ONLY KNOW WHO MADE IT THROUGH THE CALL.
UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE EXERCISES, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN EXERCISES THAT HAVE BEEN PERFORMED IN THE AREAS OF WINTER STORM POWER LOSS, WATER SYSTEM FAILURE, UM, AND THOSE TRAININGS AND OR TABLETOP EXERCISES TOOK PLACE, UH, BETWEEN JANUARY 15TH, 2020 AND DECEMBER OF 2020.
UM, I'LL LEAVE THOSE DETAILS FOR YOUR SUBSEQUENT REVIEW.
WE DID ASK WHAT LIAISON ACT ACTIVITIES WERE CONDUCTED WITH THE STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STAFF AND OTHER LOCAL MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL.
SO COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DID TAKE PLACE REGULARLY THROUGHOUT THE, THE EVENT AND REGULAR STATE OF TEXAS ASSISTANCE REQUESTS WERE DISCUSSED AND SUBMITTED.
IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING THE GOVERNOR'S DISASTER DECLARATION AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE RECOVERY OPERATIONS ONSITE AND VIRTUAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE T D E M S, UH, DISASTERS, RECOVERY TASK FORCE DID TAKE PLACE TO HELP REINFORCE THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING FOR THE IMMEDIATE AND FOR THE LONG-TERM RECOVERY.
R F I SIX Q, WHAT COORDINATION TOOK PLACE WITH ORGANIZED VOLUNTEER GROUPS, SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES DURING THE EMERGENCY IDENTIFY WHICH ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES EFFORTS WERE COORDINATED WITH AND WHAT PURPOSE THEY WERE ACHIEVED.
SO IF YOU RECALL, I SAID R F I TWO WAS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RESPONSES THAT WE HAVE, THE ACTUAL BREAKDOWN ON ALL OF OUR NONPROFITS, VOLUNTEER AND PRIVATE SECTOR AGENCIES ARE LISTED THERE.
AND THEY ARE IDENTIFIED AGAIN BY PREPAREDNESS, RECOVERY, UH, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY LETTER R,
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WHAT IS THE DECISION OF RESPON? WHAT IS THE DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN CITY OF SAN ANTONIO C P S ENERGY AND SAWS TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC INFORMATION DURING AN EMERGENCY? SO THIS TIES BACK TO THE TWO COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE GOING THROUGH THE SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT ADRIANA COVERED, AND WHAT WE, WE START HITTING THE ISSUE AROUND FEBRUARY, 1415 ABOUT COMMUNICATION.UH, SO AS PART OF THE CITY'S EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN, THE CITY CENTRALIZES COMMUNICATION INTO THE JOINT INFORMATION SYSTEM, G I S, WHICH IS THE SYSTEM THAT MERGED INCIDENT INFORMATION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION INTO ONE UNITED HUB TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT, COORDINATED AND TIMELY INFORMATION DURING THE CRISIS.
WHAT WE'VE LEARNED SO FAR IS THAT IN THAT PROCESS FROM THE ONSET SAWS AND C P S WERE NOT EXPRESSLY IDENTIFIED AS BEING PART OF THE STRUCTURE.
THEY WERE NOT CREATED WITHIN THE STRUCTURE.
AND SAS PARTICIPATION BEGAN TO COME SUBSEQUENT WITH THE WATER OUTAGES.
SO ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE LESSONS LEARNED IS THAT THE E O C RECOGNIZES AND RECOMMENDS THAT THEIR COMMUNICATIONS BE ADDED TO THE G I S FOR THE FUTURE EMERGENCIES.
SO THIS GOES BACK TO REED'S COMMENT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE THE INCORPORATION AND WHERE WE HIT THE DISCONNECT.
AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES OF INQUIRY THAT I THINK THIS COMMITTEE WILL PROBABLY BE SEEKING SOME, SOME ASSISTANCE, AND THAT IS ON HOW THAT COMMAND ASPECT OF THE STRUCTURE BRINGS IN THESE UTILITIES AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.
IN RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE ENSURE YOU SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS, UM, AND THIS IS MORE OF A LONG ONE, SO I'M GONNA START DOING A LITTLE BIT OF SUMMARIZING.
I DON'T WANNA HIT REDUNDANCIES FOR US.
AND I KNOW THAT THE HOUR WILL QUICKLY GO LONG.
UM, BUT WHEN THE E E O C WAS ACTIVATED FOR THIS EVENT, DID ITS ACTIVATION TRIGGER ANY PROTOCOLS IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC? IF SO, WHAT PROTOCOLS WERE TRIGGERED? SO KICKING INTO THAT JOINT INFORMATION SYSTEM, ALL INFORMATION STARTS GETTING ROUTED THROUGH THIS LOCATION.
IF YOU READ THROUGH THIS RESPONSE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT C P S AND SAWS WERE DOING SOME DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC.
AND THE SHARED G I S INFORMATION WAS ALSO GOING THROUGH SOME OF THESE CHANNELS.
BUT THERE'S A LITTLE LAUNDRY LIST OF SOME OF THE WAYS AND THE TOOLS THAT WERE USED TO COMMUNICATE AND THE WINDOWS OF TIME IN WHICH THEY WERE USED TO COMMUNICATE LETTERS, U LETTERS, T AND U ARE ACTUALLY ALSO FALLING IN THE SAME VEIN.
AND TAKE US TO ATTACHMENT TWO, UH, IN TERMS OF WHY IT IS THAT THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC SEEMED TO BE SO SPORADIC AND INACCURATE.
THE E O C DID MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S IN INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OUR UTILITIES AND SHARED TO THE PUBLIC WAS NOT LOCALIZED OR SPECIFIC ENOUGH TO PROVIDE THAT CLEAR AND ACTIONABLE INFORMATION.
SO, TO HONEST CREDIT TO MANNY'S CREDIT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW IT IS THAT THIS, THE COMMUNITY IS SUPPOSED TO RESPOND, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THE PLACES OF THE DISCONNECT THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
V IS ALSO, UM, RUNNING ALONG THE SAME LINES AS IS A, THE QUESTION N SIX W.
SO WHAT STEPS WERE TAKEN AND WHEN TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SAFETY NET SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS DURING THIS EVENT? SO ADRIANA DID TOUCH ON THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO DO IN TERMS OF HELPING WITH THE WELLBEING AND THE RESILIENCE OF VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS, CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND OLDER ADULTS WHO HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THE DISASTERS AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
SO THERE'S SOME ASPECTS OF THE PRE-PLANNING EFFORTS THAT WERE TAKEN PLACE WITH THE STREET OUTREACH TEAMS. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, SOME PREVENTATIVE COORDINATION ON EARLY COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGE TESTING.
LISA? YES, IF I COULD, GOING BACK TO SIX V ABOUT PROACTIVE MESSAGING TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE ENERGY CRISIS, I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WEREN'T AWARE, THAT'S, THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE COLD WEATHER, I THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE THAT MAYBE WE MISSED IN TERMS OF ADVISING PEOPLE ON, ON COLD WEATHER.
AND I HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE INTEGRATED INTO THE, THE, THE CHANGES IN, IN PROCEDURES.
I JUST HAD ONE, ONE QUICK, ONE QUICK POINT.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE'RE GET, WE'RE GETTING QUESTIONS ON, PARTICULARLY IN THIS LAST, UH, 400 OR SO, UH, IS CORRIDORS.
OKAY? SO IF PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO, UH, TO SOMETHING LIKE A
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HOSPITAL, OR THEY HAVE TO GO, IF, IF WE HAVE A WARMING CENTER AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TRANSPORTATION, WHAT ROUTES ARE, ARE CLEARED TO, TO GO? UM, THAT'S A, I KNOW THAT'S A BIG, BIG LIFT, BUT THOSE ARE GONNA BE IMPORTANT THINGS IF WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION AND NOT TELLING THEM HOW, HOW TO SAFELY TAKE ACTION.SO I WOULD ASK YOU FOR THAT ON THE, ON THE CORRIDOR STUFF IN THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE.
AND, AND I THINK THAT AS YOU COME UP WITH, AND THE COMMITTEE COMES UP WITH OTHER SUGGESTIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HIT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT TOW TRUCKS YEAH.
UM, THAT ARE IN THE SUBSEQUENT, PLEASE CONTINUE TO CHIME IN.
BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS OUR EVOLUTION OF DELVING INTO, AND, AND HELPING THE CITY COME UP WITH THE, THE MANNERISMS AND THE MECHANISMS BY WHICH WE'RE GONNA TRY TO AVOID SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE STUMBLED INTO WITH THIS UNEXPECTED EVENT.
AND, AND AS, UM, AS AN AREA GETS, GETS CLEARED OR CAN BE USED AS A QUARTER, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE SOME WAY THAT IF THEY NEED TO GO FROM POINT A TO POINT B, THEY EITHER CAN OR THEY CAN.
AND IF THEY CAN, THIS IS HOW THEY CAN DO IT.
SO IT, IT GETS MORE GRANULAR, BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE THAT LEVEL.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP, AND I THINK THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, UM, HOUSTON SKYLINE DOWNTOWN TIES TO R F I SIX X.
WHY WAS THERE NOT MORE AGGRESSIVE ACTION FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO CONSERVE POWER DURING THE EMERGENCY? FOR EXAMPLE, DOWNTOWN LIGHTS BEING ON, TURNING DOWN THERMOSTATS.
SO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ISSUED A REQUEST TO OFFICE TOWER OPERATORS IN DOWNTOWN TO HELP CONSERVE ENERGY BY DECREASING THE TEMPERATURES TO 55 DEGREES AND TURNING OFF EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR LIGHTS WHEN SAFE TO DO SO.
MANY AGREED TO COMPLY WITH THE CAVEAT THAT SEVERAL TENANTS WERE OCCUPYING SPACE TO WORK AND STAY WARM, BUT THAT THEY WOULD COMPLY WHERE POSSIBLE.
SO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DID TURN OFF LIGHTS IN THE ALAMO DOME AND CONVENTION CENTER TO REDUCE ENERGY DEMANDS AND TURNED OFF CRITICAL POWER USAGE AT THE AIRPORT.
AND AT CERTAIN CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FACILITIES, THE TOWER OF AMERICA'S OPERATED IS ON BACKUP GENERATORS.
HOWEVER, THE EXTERIOR TOWER LIGHTS WERE SEPARATELY POWERED, AND THEIR CONTROLS WERE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE OBSERVATION DECK.
COSA STAFF ACCESSED THESE CONTROLS AND TURNED OFF THOSE TOWER LIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO THE RIVERWALK CHRISTMAS LIGHTS THAT HAD TO BE TURNED OFF MANUALLY BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
ELECTRICIANS GOING FROM SECTION TO SECTION, UM, FOR ABOUT 200 IN TOTAL.
FREQUENTLY THE CONTROLS ARE IN ELEVATED LOCATIONS, RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT WORKER SAFETY WITH THE IC CONDITIONS.
SO I HOPE AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THESE, YOU ALL ARE STARTING TO SEE HOW WE'VE TRIED TO BE STRATEGIC IN ASKING THE QUESTIONS TO REALLY FLESH OUT A LOT OF THE DETAILS SO THAT WE COULD FOCUS ON WHAT, UM, NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED AND HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ATTEND TO THOSE.
SO, WHEN WE SHIFT TO RF SEVEN, UM, THESE ARE OUR POST EVENT QUESTIONS, AND, UM, I KNOW THAT I, OR MY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN AT IT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.
SO WHAT I WILL DO IS I'M GONNA TRY TO GIVE YOU SOME MORE HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY, AND IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS OR IF THERE'S INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN WITH, I'D LIKE TO DO THAT SO THAT I MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET TO C P S AND SAWS.
NO, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PUSH ON THROUGH IT.
UH, THE, UH, MEETING NEXT WEEK WILL BE PRIMARILY ON SAWS.
SO WE'LL HAVE A SHORT, UM, CATCH UP ON C P S AND IF WE CAN, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE HAD PLANNED.
YOU'RE MAN AND CLAYTON ON, ON SAWS TODAY.
WHAT WAS YOUR PLANNING FOR WHAT YOU WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH TODAY? OR WE, YOU WANT TO, WE GOT, WE GOT SOME UPDATES.
WE'LL GIVE THOSE, WE WANT DO THOSE NEXT AND THEN WE'LL GET TO C P S.
SO WE ASKED THE, LISA, IS YOUR MIC AND I THINK, SORRY.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A ZOOM MEETING.
SO, THE LOSS OF POWER ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY AND COUNTY WITH FOR THE PROLONGED PERIOD WAS THE MOST UNEXPECTED FEATURE, FOLLOWED BY THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF LACK OF WATER, AND THEN THE BOIL WATER NOTICE THAT WENT OUT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
UM, ADRIANA MENTIONED THE 500,000 CASES OF BOTTLED WATER AND THE DISTRIBUTION CENTERS THAT WERE TIED TO THAT.
UM, THE OTHER UNEXPECTEDS INCLUDED THE EXTENSIVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AS RESPECT TO PUBLIC WORKS, UM, ROADWAYS AND HIGHWAYS.
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SO THIS TIES AGAIN, INTO THE ASPECTS OF TRANSPORTATION OF PEOPLE IN THE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS USING MASS TRANSIT, AND THE EFFORTS FOR COORDINATION BETWEEN THE E E O C AND, UM, VIA IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTING TO THOSE WARMING CENTERS.I BELIEVE ALSO, ALSO WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE NORTH SIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, WHO HELPED SUPPLY PERSONNEL AND HELP SUPPLY BUSES, WHICH WAS A FACTOR BECAUSE IN BEING IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY, UM, WE ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO CHANGE OR SNOW TIRES OR SNOWY CONDITIONS.
AND THE PERSONNEL BECAME A FACTOR AS WELL.
THE INABILITY TO FURNISH SUPPLIES, UM, USUALLY PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, SO THE UNEXPECTED SHORTAGE, AND HAVING TO, AND BEING ABLE TO TURN AND PIVOT TO THE LOCAL PARTNERS TO ASCERTAIN THE RESOURCES THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE AVAILABLE IN TERMS OF CARE KITS, WATER, AND OTHER SUPPLIES.
SEVEN C ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE QUESTIONS FOR ME IS WHAT WENT WELL AND WHAT DID NOT WORK WELL.
UH, SO YOU'LL SEE A DESCRIPTION HERE IN, IN, IN EEOC'S ACCOUNT.
FROM A HIGH LEVEL PERSPECTIVE, THE THINGS THAT THE E E O C HAD PLANNED TO DO AND TO IMPLEMENT WERE WORKING WELL THROUGH THEIR INNOVATION TEAMS AND WORKING ON THE EVOLVING NEEDS WITH THE CITY TEAMS TO PROVIDE FOOD, WATER, SHELTER, MEDICAL SERVICES, FUEL AND OXYGEN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
UM, COMMUNICATIONS WERE UP AND WERE ACCESSIBLE.
SO THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM, UM, SEVERAL OTHER POINTS OF COMMUNICATION, THE MULTIMEDIA ASPECTS WITH SOCIAL MEDIA TO, TO GET MESSAGES OUT, UM, WERE AVAILABLE.
I THINK THAT WHAT WE SEE ON THE INTERNAL SYSTEMS IS THAT THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF 9 1 1 3 1 1 AND PUBLIC SAFETY PERFORMED AS EXPECTED AND CRITICAL DATA CENTERS AT FREO AND BROOKS WERE CONSISTENTLY MONITORED AND PERFORMED AS PLANNED MITIGATION EFFORTS WERE ALSO TAKEN, AND THOSE WERE, UH, SIGNIFICANT IN THAT PART.
UH, SO A LOT OF THINGS WORKED WELL TO THE TUNE OF FOOD AND WATER BEING DELIVERED TO OVER 1,800 OR 1,865 HOME BOUND OLDER ADULTS AND DISABLED RESIDENTS, UM, AND ASSISTING MORE THAN 800 RESIDENTS WITH FEMA DISASTER RELIEF IN TERMS OF HOME REPAIRS, UM, AND SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS WITH SNAP FOR EMERGENCY FOOD BENEFITS.
UM, MOVING THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SEVEN, WHAT ITEMS WERE WITHIN YOUR CONTROL SEVEN E THAT WERE CRITICAL TO BOTH SERVICE DELIVERY AND THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS EVENT? THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC AND EXTERNAL AGENCIES.
SO THE DAILY WEATHER AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS WEBINARS AND CONFERENCE CALLS.
UH, THE ABILITY TO USE THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM AND THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM EFFECTIVELY DURING AN EVENT.
AND THE ABILITY TO UNIFY, UTILIZE THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, UM, IN ADDITION TO COMMUNICATION, THE ABILITY TO DIRECT CITYWIDE OPERATIONS ALONGSIDE CRITICAL AGENCIES AND CITY LEADERSHIP, AND THE ABILITY TO COORDINATE VITAL RESOURCES TO MEET THE NEEDS.
SEVEN F WHAT ITEMS WERE BEYOND YOUR CONTROL AND EXPLAIN WHY.
EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS TO INCLUDE CONTINUED EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES AND EXTENSIVE PERIODS OF FREEZING PARTICIPATION PRECIPITATION.
THESE AFFECTED MANY OF THE AREAS, HOWEVER, THE GREATEST IMPACT WAS FOR THE TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
UM, SO AN OVERWHELMED SYSTEM AND EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES, THE LOSS OF WATER PRESSURE AND THE LOSS OF WATER, AND AN INABILITY TO FURNISH THOSE SUPPLIES.
SO THESE ARE THOSE ASPECTS THAT, UM, OUR COMMITTEE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RESPONSIBILITY IN MY MIND OF ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.
WE'RE NOT THE EXPERTS, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY GONNA KNOW HOW TO EXECUTE, BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES, UH, TO ANNA'S POINT OF UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT THE SIZE IS OF THE SITUATION TO BE ADDRESSED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO STAFF UP IN, IN TERMS OF RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL.
PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
F G ARE THERE E O C RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO WHO SHOULD BE INVOLVED AND COULD HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS TO INCREASE THE SUCCESS OF THE EOCS RESPONSIVENESS? THIS IS ECHOED THROUGH MOST OF OUR RESPONSES THAT WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THE NEED TO TIE IN THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CEOS OF THE UTILITIES INTO THE PROCESS.
WITH THAT SAID, THERE'S ALSO A RECOGNITION IN LIGHT OF NOW A FORESEEABLE EVENT THAT HAD NOT BEEN FORESEEN.
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THE PLANNING AND OF TRAINING DRILLS AND THE, THE TRAINING IN GENERAL IN TERMS OF PREPAREDNESS AND THE COORDINATION OF, OF THE JOINT INFORMATION CENTER IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATIONS AND TO FORTIFY THE CITY'S COMMUNICATION THROUGH 3 1 1 WITH C P S AND WITH SAWS.UM, I THINK, ANNA, THAT GOES TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE WEATHER AND OTHER WAYS THAT WE COULD BETTER PREPARE OUR COMMUNITY TO, TO TAKE ACTION AS, AS THE E O C HAS BEEN DOING, ITS LEVEL OF PREPAREDNESS, WHAT WE CAN DO TO PERHAPS GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IN HOPES THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL BEGIN TO RESPOND AND PREPARE IN ADVANCE AS WELL.
WAS, WAS THERE, IS THERE, OR SHOULD THERE BE AN APPROACH TO HOW YOUR ENTITY AND THE OTHER ENTITIES COMMUNICATE UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE THESE? SO, BETTER PLANNING IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE STRIVING FOR.
IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LEARNED AS A, AS AN OUTCOME HERE THAT NEEDS SOME FOCUS.
BUT THE MANDATORY TRAINING EXERCISES WHERE ALL OF THE ENTITIES PARTICIPATE TO ENSURE PREPAREDNESS IN THE FUTURE, UH, I THINK THAT WILL HELP WITH A, A DEPTH OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE HAD IN THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, BOTH BECAUSE IT WAS NOT FORESEEN, UM, AT THIS LEVEL.
UM, BUT NOW THAT THERE'S A, A GREATER APPRECIATION TO THE RIPPLE EFFECT, THE TRICKLE DOWN, IF YOU WILL, UM, OF DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE.
SO, SEVEN J, WHAT INFORMATION COULD YOU HAVE USED AND YOU DID NOT HAVE IN ADDRESSING OR TO BETTER ADDRESS THE SITUATIONS WITHIN YOUR ENTITIES? UNDERSTANDING HOW C P SS PERFORMS ROLLING, UH, ROTATING ROLLOUTS AND WHAT SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE CITY ARE IMPACTED WOULD'VE BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY TO BETTER RESPOND AND ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS, ACCESS TO POWER RESTORATION PLANS SO THAT WE CAN DISPLAY AT THE E O C AND TO MAKE COMMUNITY-WIDE DECISIONS AND SEND OUT RESOURCES WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED.
UNDERSTANDING HOW POWER OUTAGES IMPACT SAWS, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, THIS IS A CRITICAL FOR FIRE RESPONSE COORDINATION FOR MEDICAL FACILITIES AND TO PREPARE TO PROVIDE POTABLE WATER TO THE COMMUNITY.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ALL OF THAT WAS R F I SEVEN
ARE THERE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE FOR DISPATCHING TOW TRUCKS IN THIS TYPE OF AN EMERGENCY? AND IF SO, WERE THEY IMPLEMENTED? AND IF NOT, WHY? SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE TOW TRUCKS THROUGH THE UNITED ROAD VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OR SOLUTIONS, AND WHEN THE SYSTEM DOES GO DOWN AND THEY'RE UNAVAILABLE, S A P D WILL THEN DISPATCH TO THE VARIOUS TOW TRUCK COMPANIES AND SERVICE AVAILABILITY THAT THEY HAVE IN TERMS OF THEIR BANDWIDTH.
AND I THINK, MANNY, YOU HAD QUESTIONS AT ONE POINT ABOUT HOW THAT WAS DEPLOYED, AND SO IF THERE ARE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS AND THOUGHTS THAT YOU HAVE, PLEASE SHARE THOSE WITH US SO THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I FOUND INTERESTING AND DEFINITELY IS PROBABLY A COMPOUND FACTOR FROM THE WEATHER.
UM, AND THEN WHERE PEOPLE ARE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN GO INTO A, A WORK BAY AND TELL PEOPLE, OKAY, WE'RE GOING OVER IN THIS DIRECTION TO THIS BUILDING, WERE THE LESSONS THAT WERE LEARNED ON HOW TO HELP WITH THIS FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
SO IN LOOKING AT PROVIDING LODGING AND MEALS TO THE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE REQUIRED TO BE WORKING ON SITE, AND, UM, BEN HAD MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, AN ABILITY FOR THOSE FAMILIES OF THOSE EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM DURING A CRITICAL TIME, SUCH AS THIS.
WE ASKED THE QUESTION IN R F I 10, TO WHAT EXTENT AND WHEN HAVE TABLETOP EXERCISE HAS BEEN INITIATED FOR FREEZING WEATHER AND HOW THE E O C IN THIS 2021 STORM RESPONSE REFLECT LESSONS LEARNED FROM THOSE TABLETOPS.
SO THE CITY HAS NOT SPECIFICALLY HELD A TABLETOP EXERCISE ON SEVERE WINTER WEATHER EVENTS.
FUTURE TRAINING AND PLANNING AS WELL AS EXERCISES WILL INCLUDE, UM, BOTH A COMBINATION AND INDEPENDENTLY THE WINTER STORM EVENTS THAT ARE PROLONGED, THE PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES, THE PROLONGED WATER OUTAGES.
R F I 11 IS PROBABLY THE MOST CLEAR AND RESONANT ANSWER FOR ME.
ARE THERE LESSONS THAT COULD BE LEARNED? AND THE ANSWER IS YES.
AND WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE SELF-ASSESSMENT IN TERMS OF WHAT'S BEEN SHARED SO FAR.
UM, FOR ME, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THAT BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS
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THIS GROUP TO BE ABLE TO STEP BACK EVEN FARTHER ON A BIGGER PICTURE AND LOOK AT THIS NOT JUST FROM THE EOCS OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, BUT TO GET TO THESE GREATER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND THEN THOSE SPECIFIC SUBSETS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND HOW TO ADDRESS THEM.THERE ACTUALLY WERE, ACCORDING TO OUR, THE RESPONSE IN R F I 12, UM, 311 VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS, MAJOR VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS, WHICH ARE ACCIDENTS THAT RESULT IN BODILY INJURY TO ANY PERSON.
IT'S NOT LOOKING AT A PROPERTY ASSESSMENT, BUT JUST TO THE HARM AND THE DAMAGE TO PEOPLE'S BODIES.
THERE WERE 307 OF THOSE THAT INVOLVED CIVILIAN UH, CITIZENS, AND FOUR OF THOSE INVOLVED F S A P D OFFICERS, R F I 13, IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WE DO NOT YET HAVE A RESPONSE FOR.
SO THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE RESPONSES THAT WOULD INDICATE PENDING THAT I MENTIONED AT THE START, AND THAT IS WHY WE'RE VIA BUS IS NOT USED AS MOBILE WARMING SITES.
HOW DOES THE CITY'S EMERGENCY PROTOCOL ACCOUNT FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITHIN DIFFERING LEVELS OF VULNERABILITY? SO THE CITY'S PLAN ACTUALLY OUTLINES, UH, KNOWN POPULATIONS.
AND THIS BODY HAS HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT DO WE KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THOSE KNOWN POPULATIONS AND WHERE THEY ARE.
SO I THINK THAT THAT WILL LIKELY BE WHERE WE TURN OUR ENERGIES.
LOOKING AT THE ANNEXES THAT THEY HAD PROVIDED FOR ASKING ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO HELP UNDERSTAND HOW TO IDENTIFY THOSE INDIVIDUALS BEYOND JUST THE, UH, CENSUS VARIABLES THAT ARE PROVIDED.
AND THE STATE OF TEXAS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE REGISTRY THAT IS THERE.
R F I 15, THERE WERE, UH, COORDINATED EFFORTS IN TERMS OF EXECUTION OF WATER TENDERS FOR HOSPITAL EMISSIONS AND THE ASSISTANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF WATER AND FOOD TO THE DIFFERENT CITY DISTRIBUTION SITES WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE MILITARY R F I 16.
IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IF A SITUATION IS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY VERSUS A DISASTER? AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE ANSWER IS NO.
THE SYSTEM AND ITS NETWORK WORK THE WAY THAT IT WORKS.
SO AT THAT POINT, THE QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE SYSTEM THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED TO REED'S? QUESTION THAT KEEPS COMING UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
R F I 17, THE E O C IS FULLY, UH, FULL EMERGENCY GENERATOR BACKUP.
SO WHAT IS THE CON THE CONTINUITY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT DO NOT HAVE BACKUP POWER CAPACITY, AND HOW OFTEN IS IT, IS THE C O O P EXERCISED? SO THE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLAN FOR THE CITY DEPARTMENTS PROVIDES AN ALTERNATE WORK LOCATION IF THE DEPARTMENT LOSES POWER.
HOWEVER, THE PLANS DO NOT HAVE AN ALTERNATE WORKPLACE SHOULD THE ENTIRE CITY LOSE POWER FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
THE C O O P PLANS WERE LAST UPDATED IN MARCH OR APRIL OF 2020 AND REFLECT THE COVID RESPONSE.
R F I 18, UH, IS, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON SECTION 19 OF THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
THIS IS AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN A FOCAL POINT FOR SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS ON THE EARLY ONSET COMING FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND SOME OF THE EXTENSIVE READING AND ADDITIONAL RESEARCH THAT ADRIANA HAS DONE, UM, WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND SO I JUST DEFER TO THE TABLE THAT IS PROVIDED HERE FOR THE NINE DIFFERENT MITIGATION ACTIONS AND WHAT THOSE STATUSES ARE.
LASTLY, R F I 19, CONCERNING REVIEW AND UPDATE OF THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
THE PLAN CALLS FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH FISCAL YEAR TO EVALUATE THE PLAN AND TO REVIEW OTHER PLANNING MECHANISMS TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH LONG RANGE PLANNING EFFORTS.
IN ADDITION, UH, PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO MEET TWICE A YEAR BY CONFERENCE CALL OR PRESENTATION TO REEVALUATE PRIORIT REEVALUATE PRIORITIZATION OF THE MITIGATION ACTIONS.
PLEASE DOCUMENT THE DATES OF THESE UPDATES AND REVIEW ACTIONS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.
SO THE RESPONSE HERE, WE BELIEVE THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME MORE INFORMATION THAT COULD BE SHARED.
AND, UH, ED HAD MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, SO WE DO HAVE SOME FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS THAT THE PLAN WAS DISCUSSED PERIODICALLY OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS DURING THE, UH, MONTHLY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION AND INFORMATION SHARING COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
AND AT THOSE MEETINGS THE PLAN WAS REVIEWED.
UM, BUT WE THINK THAT THERE'S PROBABLY MORE GOING ON THAN THAT
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AND SO WE'VE GOT SOME FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS TO IT.
JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THE R F I REFERS TO PARTICIPANTS MEETING TWICE A YEAR.
COULD YOU REMIND ME, ARE THOSE CITY PARTICIPANTS OR IS THAT LIKE THE LIST THAT WE SAW EARLY IN THE RFIS? IT'S THE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S, IT'S THE LIST EARLIER, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THE EXPANSION OF THAT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY ALREADY IN THE WORKS IN TERMS OF INCLUDING CITY COUNCIL AND GIVING THAT BREATH FOR A BETTER AND A BROADER UNDERSTANDING.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE QUESTIONS.
WELL, LEMME JUST SAY IT IS VERY COMPLETE AND I'M VERY PLEASED THAT, UH, Y'ALL STAYED AFTER THIS AND, AND WITH WORKING WITH THE CITY AND GETTING ALL THESE QUESTIONS AND THE WAY I'VE KINDA WATCHED IT THROUGH THERE, UH, I'M ASSUMING THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND POST MOST OF THESE AND WITH JUST A COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ALL OF THIS POSTED.
THIS HAS BEEN VERY INFORMATIVE.
SO YEAH, THE INDICATIONS ARE ONLY WITH RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER 13 AND ITEM NUMBER 19 AS BEING PENDING.
OTHERWISE, THE COMMITTEE IS SATISFIED WITH THE RESPONSES.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE FOLLOW UP.
SO DOES THIS MEAN AT THIS POINT, I DON'T, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CON OBVIOUSLY CONSULT WITH THE OTHER TWO FOLKS, BUT WOULD, OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN START DRAFTING YOUR, UH, RESPONSE, YOUR, UH, UPDATE, UH, WELL, YOUR, YOUR ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS? I THINK WE ARE ENTERING INTO THAT PHASE.
THE LAST THING THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED WAS HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AGAIN AS A SUBCOMMITTEE OKAY.
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN OUR ARMS AROUND ANY OTHER OUTLYING FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
BUT YES, THAT WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION THAT WE CAN START MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
UM, WE ALSO HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT MAYBE HAVING A FOLLOW UP KIND OF A BRIEFING, UM, EITHER IN THIS CONTEXT OR IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE CONTEXT.
SO I, I'D WANNA DEFER TO OKAY.
I, I, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT I THINK WITH THE PROGRESS THAT Y'ALL HAVE MADE, WHAT'S POSTED TODAY AND CLEARLY, UM, THE, THE ORAL PRESENTATION HERE IS QUITE GOOD AND IT'S COMPLETE.
SO, UM, I'M, I'M, I'M EXTREMELY ENCOURAGED THAT WE CAN, UH, GET THIS DONE.
AND, AND AGAIN, I'D LIKE, I'LL THROW IT OUT TO THE GROUP, BUT, UH, IF YOU GOT, UH, A SITUATION WHERE YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET YOUR INFORMATION, YOU'VE DONE YOUR WORK, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE NEED TO WAIT FOR ONE REPORT.
I, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ISSUE THREE AND, AND, AND DO IT ON, ON ON THE TIMELINE.
THAT'S A, THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR EACH ONE.
SO LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND AS A GROUP.
LET'S MOVE NOW TO THE, UM, TO THE SAUCE, UH, REPORT.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, UH, GOSH, IT WAS YESTERDAY AT CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WE'RE JUST ASK ALEX, AND ALL OF THE SAWS PORTION HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE NEWS NEW WEBSITE.
UM, WE ALSO GOT ANOTHER DOCUMENT.
IS THAT ONE POSTED ALSO? IT KIND OF, IT WAS A DOCUMENT SUBMITTED BY THEM THAT HAS LIKE A DAY BY DAY.
UM, IT'S A LONG WORD DOCUMENT.
HAS THAT BEEN POSTED? LET ME, LET ME VERIFY, COUNCIL.
I'M NOT EVEN FINISHED READING IT.
I FORGET HOW MANY PAGES IT IS.
BUT, UM, THAT GIVES A VERY, UH, DETAILED, UM, DAY BY DAY REPORT ON WHAT HAPPENED AT SASS AND WHY.
UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY, I, I THINK, UH, WE POSTED A DOCUMENT YOU MAY BE REFERRING TO.
IT'S THE MINUTES FROM THEIR MARCH 24TH BOARD MEETING WHERE STEVE KLAUS REPORTED OUT, UH, ON THE EVENTS.
SO WE GIVE YOU BOTH THE PRESENTATION AND A P D F.
YES, WE HAVE POSTED THOSE TO THE WEBSITE, BUT IT'S ABOUT, UM, PROBABLY 15 OR 20 PAGES AND KIND OF GOES THROUGH IT EXTENSIVELY.
SO WE, WE HAVE POSTED THAT DOCUMENT.
WELL, I URGE EVERYBODY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND READ THROUGH IT, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN POSTED AND ACTUALLY A LOT OF ANSWERS TO A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK.
SO, UM, VERY, VERY LENGTHY, VERY DETAILED, UM, THAT, UH, GIVES A LOT OF THE, THAT INFORMATION SO THAT, ALONG WITH THE, UH, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON, ON SOME OF THE ANSWERS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO POST THOSE AS SOON AS THEY, UH, GET THOSE BACK TO US.
AND THEN JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT ON THE 14TH, THAT'S, UH, GOSH, THAT'S NEXT WEEK, FRIDAY ALREADY, UM, BLACK AND VEATCH WILL BE COMING IN AND WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO THEM ON WHAT, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THEY'RE CHARGED TO DO AND, UM,
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UH, WHAT THEIR REPORT IS GOING LOOK LIKE, AND, AND MAYBE EVEN GIVE US SOME ADVANCED INFORMATION ON WHAT THEY'RE COMING UP WITH IN THEIR REPORT THAT THEY'VE BEEN CONTRACTED BY SAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WHOLE, THIS WHOLE SITUATION AND COMING UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ALSO.SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON THE SAS SIDE.
AND, UH, MANNY, YOU GOT ANYTHING ELSE? UH, CHAD? YEAH, MY, UM, I, I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH, WITH SAS THIS MORNING, UM, WITH, UH, THE REQUESTS THAT THEY SIT DOWN WITH US, UH, TO BEGIN DRAFTING RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND, UM, IF YOU LEAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS UP TO CLAYTON AND MYSELF, UH, YOU'RE GONNA GET SOME GOOD ONES.
BUT, UM, THEY MAY NOT BE REALISTIC, UH, OR WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE FILTERING THESE THROUGH SAWS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, DON'T COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES AND PROPOSE SOMETHING THAT IS JUST IMPOSSIBLE.
THAT'S, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD.
ANYTHING ELSE? UH, MANNY CLAYTON.
UH, AT THIS POINT, UH, I WANT TO, UM, UNLESS ANA HAS ANYTHING ON, ON C P S, I WANTED TO HAVE BEN KIND OF GO OVER AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE ON OUR INFORMATION WORK WITH, WITH C P S AND, UM, IF THAT'S, UM, UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT C P S BEFORE WE DO THAT.
I'LL START AT KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL AND THEN IF YOU WANT ME TO GO INTO ADDITIONAL DETAIL, UH, WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I REPORTED AT THE LAST, UH, MEETING LAST FRIDAY THAT OUR HOPE WAS THAT WE WOULD GET ALL OF THE ANSWERS OR RESPONSES TO ALL OF THEIR ORIGINAL RFIS BY THIS, BY, BY TODAY.
UH, WE HAVE GOTTEN ESSENTIALLY TWO MORE SINCE LAST FRIDAY.
ONE WE RECEIVED DURING THE MEETING, WHICH WAS R F I NUMBER 21, AND THEN WE GOT R F I NUMBER 13, UM, WHICH TALKS ABOUT OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY THE PLANTS FROM DURING THE WINTER STORM.
UH, SO WE'VE GOTTEN THOSE TWO SINCE LAST FRIDAY.
THERE REMAIN EIGHT PENDING, UH, ORIGINAL RFIS.
AND THEN YOU ALL HAVE ALSO ASKED FOR SEVEN FOLLOW-UP RFIS THAT ARE STILL PENDING.
UM, I DID GET SOME INFORMATION FROM C P S LAST NIGHT.
THEY ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF EITHER DEVELOPMENT OR REVIEW.
I WON'T GO THROUGH THOSE IN DETAIL UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO.
IT, IT, IT, IT'S HARD TO TELL BECAUSE IT TAKES, IT, IT DEPENDS ON HOW LONG THAT ITEM ENDS UP UNDER REVIEW OR WHETHER IT GETS, UM, SHIFTED OVER TO ANOTHER AREA TO BE ADDRESSED.
SO I'M GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH THEM, UH, EITHER TODAY OR ON MONDAY, AND WE WILL WALK THROUGH EACH OF THE PENDING SO I CAN GET YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHEN WE THINK WE'LL GET THOSE.
IN TERMS OF THOSE THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE THAT THE UTILITY STAFF WERE LOOKING AT AND FOUND A COUPLE OF ISSUES WITH THAT WE WENT BACK TO C P S ON.
UM, AND SOME OF THIS WAS AT THE REQUEST OF THE CHAIR, YOU'D ASKED US TO LOOK AT KIND OF, UH, DOING SOME ANALYSIS AROUND A COUPLE OF THE RFIS THAT LOOKED AT HOW MUCH GENERATION, UM, HOW MUCH, UH, UH, GENERATION WAS GENERATED FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS ALONG WITH PURCHASE POWER AGREEMENTS.
AND THEN A SEPARATE R F I LOOKED AT EITHER TO NATIVE LOAD OR TO, UM, UH, SOLD INTO ERCOT AS THE STAFF LINED THOSE THINGS UP.
AND SO WE WENT BACK TO C P S AND WHAT WAS MISSING IN, IN THE R F I THAT ASKED ABOUT NATIVE LOAD AND, UM, SOLD TO ERCOT.
IT DIDN'T ASK ABOUT WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS LIKE THE CITY OF FLORESVILLE HONDO, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THOSE.
SO, UM, THAT IS PART OF WHAT'S MISSING THERE.
WE'VE DRAFTED AN R F I THAT, UH, WE WOULD RECOMMEND WE SEND TO C P S THAT WOULD ASK FOR THEM TO, ON THE USES OF GENERATION OF GENERATION, NOT ONLY IDENTIFY NATIVE LOAD, UM, SOLD TO ERCOT WHOLESALE POWER OR ANY OTHER, SO THAT WE CAN BALANCE THOSE TWO OFF.
THAT'S A GOOD CHECK AND BALANCE JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A LOT OF DATA THERE TO BY MONTH FOR THREE YEARS.
SO THAT'S A GOOD CHECK AND BALANCE AGAINST, UH, THAT DATA.
SO WE'D RECOMMEND SENDING THAT R F I.
UM, ON R F I THREE WE ALSO IDENTIFIED, AND THIS IS THE, UM, R F I THAT TALKS ABOUT TOTAL MEGAWATT HOURS PRODUCED MONTHLY BY EACH GENERATION UNIT.
SO IT'S, IT'S THE ONE THAT WE USED TO PULL THE DATA FROM IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS DONE.
WE NOTED THAT FOR 2019, I BELIEVE IN 2020, THE RENEWABLE SOURCES FOR 19 AND 20 WERE EXACTLY THE SAME.
SO THERE WAS AN ERROR THERE WHERE THE GENERATION AMOUNTS FOR THOSE SOURCES HAD BEEN DUPLICATED, UH, BETWEEN THE YEARS.
SO THEY HAVE RESUBMITTED, UM, ONE OF THOSE TO US LAST NIGHT.
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WE DID GET THAT ONE BACK LAST NIGHT.AND WE ALSO ADDED IN, UH, AT YOUR REQUEST A CHAIR A CODE ON THE TYPE OF GENERATION, WHETHER IT'S BASE LOAD, WIND, SOLAR, UM, OTHER, SO THAT THAT CODE HAS BEEN ADDED IN THERE.
SO WE HAVE, WE WILL POST THAT TODAY TO YOUR SHAREPOINT SITES.
UM, THERE WAS AN ISSUE ALSO WITH R F I NUMBER 13 THAT I MENTIONED WAS ABOUT OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED, UH, WITH THE PLANTS DURING THE WINTER STORM.
UM, AS THE STAFF WAS LOOKING AT THAT FOR SPRUCE ONE, THE MEGAWATT HOURS IMPACTED.
IN OTHER WORDS, HOW MUCH WAS THE UNIT IMPACTED DURING THE STORM LOOKED OFF.
SO THE STAFF FOLLOWED UP WITH C P S AND THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THAT COLUMN.
IT WAS PICKING UP NOT THE MEGAWATT HOURS IMPACTED, BUT WAS PICKING UP AN INCIDENT NUMBER THAT'S ASSIGNED WHEN THERE'S AN OUTAGE ON A PLAN.
SO THEY HAVE, UH, CORRECTED THAT AND ALSO SENT THAT BACK TO US LAST NIGHT.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, CHAIR, WE HAVE, UM, EIGHT ORIGINAL RFIS STILL PENDING, AND SEVEN FOLLOW UP RFIS PENDING.
AND WE WILL, UH, AGAIN, HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH C P SS AND FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AND TRY TO GET YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHEN, UM, WE WILL RECEIVE THOSE.
I DID SHARE WITH THEM LAST NIGHT, YOU ALL'S DEADLINE OF TRYING TO WRAP THIS UP BY JUNE 15TH AND URGE THEM TO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY TRY TO GET THIS INFORMATION TO Y'ALL AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
BEN, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE, UM, AND THE STAFF, UH, THERE IN THE UTILITY STAFF FOR, FOR TYING THAT OUT.
I MEAN, WE COULD HAVE JUST ASSUMED IT WAS WHOLESALE.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR INDIVIDUAL WHOLESALE VOLUMES BY CUSTOMER, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR A CATEGORY.
WE COULD SQUEEZE THAT NUMBER OUT, BUT I'M REALLY GLAD WE'RE GETTING IT TIED OUT.
THE REASON WE NEED TO DO THIS IS BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET A, A BASELINE OF, OF HOW THESE UNITS SHOULD WORK AND COULD WORK OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
UH, THE CRITICAL INFORMATION THAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE IS WE DON'T HAVE HOW THE UNITS, WHAT THEY GENERATED IN MEGAWATT HOURS, UH, BY DAY DURING THE EVENT.
UH, I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S HOLDING THAT UP.
I'M SURE THAT'S, THAT'S READILY AVAILABLE.
IT COMES RIGHT OUTTA THEIR, THEIR CONTROL SYSTEMS OR SCADA SYSTEM.
UM, I HO I, I, UH, HAVE, UH, SOME THINGS PLANNED ON MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND A TIME WHERE ANA, IF YOU WANT TO JOIN US, WE CAN, WE CAN SET UP AND BE ON THAT TOGETHER.
I BELIEVE THAT, THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT.
WE'VE GOT TO FIND OUT IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GIVE US INFORMATION WHY AND WHAT IT IS SO WE CAN, UH, GET OFF OF THIS AND GET ON WITH DOING WHAT WE CAN DO.
WE CAN ONLY DO WITH WHAT WE GET.
UH, SO WE, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW IF WE'RE NOT GONNA GET SOMETHING.
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA KIND OF PASS THAT AROUND TO THE, TO THE FOLKS IF, AND GET COMMENTS FROM FROM THE COMMITTEE IF Y'ALL WON'T MIND GIVING ME SOME THANKS.
UH, BEN, THESE, YOU'RE CALLING THEM GLITCHES OR ARE THEY JUST MISTAKES THAT THEY'RE, WE OKAY.
AND WE'RE PICKING UP THESE ERRORS OR I, I, I GUESS I'M CONFUSED.
IS C P S DOING THEIR OWN QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL ON THESE ANSWERS BEFORE THEY GIVE 'EM TO US AND THEN WE FIND ERRORS IN THEIR DATA? IS THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING? SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, COUNCILMAN THE, THE INFORMATION AS I UNDERSTAND IT AT C P S IS GOING THROUGH A REVIEW, A REVIEW PROCESS, AND A QUALITY CONTROL BEFORE IT GETS TO US.
UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE REQUEST OF THE CHAIR, WE DID SOME ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS.
ACTUALLY, RUSSELL HUFF WHO SIT TO MY SIDE HERE IS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND FINANCE, AND YOU, YOU LEAD AS UTILITY GROUP.
SO THAT STAFF TOOK THE INFORMATION AND AS THEY WERE GOING THROUGH IT AND COMPILING IT, THEY IDENTIFIED THOSE ERRORS THAT I MENTIONED TO YOU.
UM, SO WE DID GET REVISED, UM, RESPONSES FROM THEM LAST NIGHT, AND THEN THEY DID INDICATE TO ME THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, OTHER THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS INFORMATION WAS BEING, UM, VETTED APPROPRIATELY BEFORE IT WAS SENT TO US AND THAT THERE WAS A QUALITY CONTROL THERE.
I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT, UH, WE'RE GETTING FAULTY OR INCORRECT INFORMATION FROM C P S.
UH, I HAVEN'T ENCOUNTERED THAT FROM SAS AND I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF, UH, THE CITY HAS PROVIDED ANY OF THAT, UH, INFORMATION THAT WE'RE HAVING TO GO BACK AND CORRECT.
BUT MY GOODNESS, C P S WITH THEIR STAFF AND THEIR CAPABILITIES, THEY CAN'T GIVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION THE RIGHT FIRST TIME WITHOUT US DOING THAT QUALITY CONTROL.
WELL, THE, THE, THE, THE FAILURE FOR ME TO ASK FOR THE WHOLESALE DATA WAS, THAT WAS MY PROBLEM.
I I SHOULD'VE, I SHOULD'VE REMEMBERED
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THAT.UH, I ASKED FOR 'EM INDIVIDUALLY.
I PROBABLY COULD'VE ASKED FOR 'EM IN A, IN A DIFFERENT WAY SO THAT THEY TIED 'EM OUT.
UM, AND SO, UM, ON THE WHOLESALE THING, I, I THINK THAT I, I BEAR SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT ON THE OTHERS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO SEE HOW MANY MEGAWATT HOURS WERE LOST BY DAY BY UNIT.
UM, THEY JUST PICKED UP A WRONG COLUMN THAT WASN'T, UH, IT WASN'T HOURS.
IT WAS, UH, AN INDICATION NUMBER OF WHAT KIND OF EVENT.
IT'S THAT, THAT ONE, THAT ONE WAS JUST PICKED UP THE WRONG COLUMN.
IT, IT, UM, PICKED UP INFORMATION FROM A DIFFERENT COLUMN THAT ASSIGNS AN INCIDENT NUMBER TO IT, NOT THE ACTUAL MEGAWATT HOURS IMPACTED.
AND THEN, UH, IT WASN'T, THE DUPLICATION WAS ACTUALLY, UH, IN, IN, I THINK IT WAS IN THE RENEWABLES SECTION, WASN'T IT? IF I REMEMBER RIGHT.
AND IT WAS IN THE RENEWABLES SECTION AND I JUST COULDN'T MAKE THINGS BALANCE, AND THANK GOODNESS WE HAD TO, TO HELP TO, AND THE TIME TO SIT DOWN CALMLY AND LOOK AT THAT, I JUST COULDN'T, COULDN'T MAKE IT TIE OUT.
AND, UH, THAT WAS JUST A, A DUPLICATION.
NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR FOLKS THAT ARE REVIEWING SOMETHING, UH, LIKE A TABLE, UH, TO ACTUALLY CATCH THAT, I'M SURE.
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT AND, AND WE'LL KEEP, WE'LL KEEP WORKING ON THAT.
'CAUSE WE'VE GOT TO HAVE, WE'VE, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE INFORMATION, WE'VE GOTTA HAVE DATA.
WE REALLY SIMPLY CANNOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON UNLESS WE DO.
UH, AND, UM, THAT'S, UH, UNFORTUNATE 'CAUSE IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT BUT WE, WE HAVE TO HAVE IT AND WE PARTICULARLY HAVE TO HAVE, AS WE DISCUSSED, UH, AT THE COUNCIL MEETING YESTERDAY, WE PARTICULARLY HAVE TO HAVE THE INFORMATION ON HOW IT IMPACTED OUR FOLKS IN, IN BAY AREA.
AND, UH, THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GONNA GET AROUND THAT.
UH, AND I, HOPEFULLY THEY'RE GETTING THAT PREPARED.
AND WE WILL HAVE A FOLLOW-UP MEETING, UH, WHEN, UM, ANA AND MYSELF ARE AVAILABLE, UH, EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH, WITH BEN AND WHOEVER HE WANTS THERE.
AND, AND WE'LL GET THIS PUSHED ON.
WHO'S NEXT? ANY ANA, ANA DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE, WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO WHEN WE GET THAT INFORMATION CORRECTLY, IT SHOULD ADD UP TO THE 15.8% OF GENERATION LOST THAT C P S CLAIMS THAT, THAT THEY HAD.
THE 158, IS IT 158 MEGAWATTS? YEAH, YOU, YOU'RE RIGHT ON.
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO TIE THAT IN.
SO THEY'VE, THEY'VE GIVEN OVERALL PRESENTATIONS, BUT, AND THE OVERALL PRESENTATIONS ARE GOOD, BUT EVEN ON WHEN THEY GAVE US THE REPORT WITH THE, UM, OUTAGE BY UNIT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UH, THEY DIDN'T GIVE US WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE NUCLEAR PLANT.
MAYBE THEY ASSUMED THAT THAT WASN'T THEIRS AND THE QUESTION DIDN'T RELATE TO THAT.
BUT LAST TIME I LOOKED, WE DID OWN PART OF THAT.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE GOTTA GO BACK AND, AND GET THAT.
WE, WE HAVE TO KIND OF TIE TO THESE OVERALL PRESENTATIONS THE BEST WE CAN.
THEY STATE THAT S T P AND R RENEWABLES ARE MANAGED BY OTHER COMPANIES.
SO I I THINK ULTIMATELY THERE, THERE'S GONNA BE A RECOMMENDATION IN THERE RIGHT.
ABOUT THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE MANAGEMENT OF, OF THOSE, UH, DURING AN EMERGENCY OR, OR AN OUTAGE.
WELL, THEY, THEY GAVE US THE RENEWABLES, BUT THEY DIDN'T GIVE US THE, THE NUCLEAR.
IF THEY'RE SAYING THEY CAN'T GIVE IT 'CAUSE IT'S MANAGED BY SOMEONE ELSE, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY NOT, YOU KNOW, THE, WE IN ESSENCE ARE SUPPORTING THOSE NUCLEAR PROJECTS AND WE IN ESSENCE OWN A PART OF THAT NUCLEAR, I MEAN THE RENEWABLES.
AND WE OWN A PART OF THE NUCLEAR PLANT.
SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED AS A, AS A, AS AN ENTITY.
AND WE SHOULD KNOW IF, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION, MY QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENED AT NUCLEAR WIND SOLAR? RIGHT.
AND YOUR QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENED? AND I'M SAYING WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
I'M AGREEING WITH YOUR QUESTION.
AND SO JUST TO CONFIRM, WE ARE NOT POSTING R F I 13 RIGHT NOW.
OPERATIONAL PLANT PROBLEMS. I, I WOULD RECOMMEND AGAINST IT.
I THINK THERE IS SOME, SOME FLAW, WELL, SOME INFORMATION THAT COULD BE MISCONSTRUED ON HERE IF WE WERE TO POST IT AS IS.
WELL, UH, IT HASN'T THAT ALREADY BEEN.
WELL THAT'S A, THAT'S A POINT.
I MEAN, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW FOLKS HOW WE WENT THROUGH
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THIS.I HAVE NO PROBLEM NOT POSTING IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GONNA BE AN EASY FIX FOR 'EM AND WE CAN GET IT UP EARLY NEXT WEEK.
ANYTHING ELSE, LISA? UH, CHAIR IF I MAY, I DIDN'T HEAR BEN, ANY REASONS FOR LITIGATION THAT THEY'RE HOLDING ANYTHING BACK? IS THAT RIGHT? UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF RFIS THAT THEY HAVE INDICATED TO ME THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO.
UM, I BELIEVE IT IS ITEM MAYBE R F I 16 MM-HMM.
THEY HAVE, HAVE INDICATED TO ME THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT, BUT THEY WILL PROVIDE A RESPONSE AS TO WHY.
UM, BUT ANDY, IN THAT CASE, I SUSPECT IT IS TO DO WITH THE LITIGATION.
THE OTHER ONE IS, UM, WE'D ASKED FOR SOME INFORMATION ON, WELL, THE PRICING INFORMATION.
THE PRICING INFORMATION WAS THE OTHER ONE THEN.
SO THE R F I A DAY AHEAD PRICE FOR NATURAL GAS AT HENRY HUB HOUSTON SHIP, CHANNEL O WAHA, THEY GET THAT INFORMATION FROM A VENDOR WHO CONSIDERS THAT INFORMATION PROPRIETARY.
THEY HAVE ASKED, UM, UM, THEY'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT RELEASED.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR OTHER SOURCES.
THERE'S OTHER PUBLISHED DATA FOR THOSE INDEXES OUT THERE, BUT THERE'S NOT DAY AHEAD PRICING AVAILABLE.
SO THEY'RE, THEY LOOKED AT THAT.
MY RECOMMENDATION PROBABLY CHAIR AT THIS POINT WOULD BE FOR THEM TO CLOSE THAT OUT.
UM, YEAH, AND WE, WE, WE CAN, WE CAN PROBABLY WORK AROUND THAT.
WE WON'T BE AS STRONG WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION OR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE NEED TO RECOMMEND AS WE WOULD WITH IT.
BUT, UM, AND THEY'RE ALSO, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVEN'T REALLY ANSWERED ON, ON EXISTING CONTRACTS AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH EXISTING CONTRACTS.
UH, THAT WAS, GOES TO THE POINT OF IF WE HAD SOMETHING CONTRACTED, WHERE DID PEOPLE NOT PERFORM, UH, FOR US? AND, UH, I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY'RE, BUT WE HAVE TOLD THEM, UH, SEVERAL TIMES THAT IF YOU HAVE A REASON DUE TO LITIGATION, YOU'RE NOT GONNA ANSWER IT.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN ON, UM, WHENEVER WE MEET EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AND, UH, TO THE EXTENT THERE ARE LITIGATION ISSUES, I'D BE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT CALL CHAIR SO THAT WE CAN GET INTO THE WEEDS ON IT.
YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT CALL
BUT YOU MIGHT ALSO HAVE A ANOTHER CALL WITH THEIR ATTORNEYS AND JUST SAY, UH, IT MIGHT BE MORE EFFECTIVE IF YOU JUST CALLED 'EM AND SAID, HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING.
TELL ME WHICH ONE, AND THEN GET ME THE ANSWERS.
I, AGAIN, I I, THAT'S A, THAT'S A LEGAL MATTER AND CERTAINLY CAN BE HANDLED BETWEEN LAWYERS.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR TODAY? CHAIR, JUST TO FOLLOW UP, ARE WE, UH, WOULD LIKE TO THOSE TWO, THOSE TWO FOLLOW UP RFIS? YES.
IS THAT, WHY DON'T YOU READ THE TWO FOLLOW UP RFIS? WE'LL GET COMMENTS ON THOSE.
SORRY, I, I'M, I THOUGHT WE ALREADY HAD THAT AND WE DIDN'T, BUT THAT'S, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT QUESTION IN FRONT OF ME, UH, SIR.
BUT THE, THE, ESSENTIALLY WE WOULD BE ASKING THEM FOR, UM, ANY, UM, GENERATION PRODUCED OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS BY MONTH TO INCLUDE, UM, UM, ACTUALLY I'LL TAKE IT BACK.
IT WOULD BE ON THE OTHER R F I IN TERMS OF HOW THE GENERATION WAS UTILIZED.
WE WOULD ASK THEM TO BREAK IT DOWN BY ANYTHING THAT WE USE FOR NATIVE LOAD, UH, SOLD TO ERCOT WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS OR ANY OTHER, UH, USES THAT WOULD THEN ALLOW US TO BALANCE OFF THOSE TWO RFIS BETWEEN WHAT WAS GENERATED AND PURCHASED AND HOW IT WAS UTILIZED.
SO THAT WOULD BE ONE R F I FOLLOW UP.
RIGHT? AND, AND I THAT'S CORRECT.
AND, AND I, I'VE GOT 'EM HERE IF, IF WE NEED 'EM, BUT THAT'S THE GENERAL SENSE CONSENSUS OF THE QUESTION.
I DON'T THINK YOU NEED THE EXACT LANGUAGE.
I THINK WHAT BEN PUT TOGETHER AND WHAT I READ LAST NIGHT, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S OKAY WITH ANNA.
WE'LL, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE QUESTIONS OVER TO HIM AND WE'LL GET THAT OVER TO HIM TODAY SO THAT WE, I HAVE ONE OTHER, ONE OTHER ONE CHAIR ABSOLUTELY.
IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, YOU WANTED TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT S T P R, UH, 13 IS THE WINTER STORM, HOW THE WINTER STORM IMPACTED GENERATION UNITS DURING THE WEEK.
AND I THOUGHT I HEARD, UH, YOU WANTED A FOLLOW UP TO INDICATE HOW S T P WAS IMPACTED.
WELL, I, I, WE HAD INTENDED, OR I HAD INTENDED WHEN WE DRAFTED THAT QUESTION THAT S T P WOULD BE ON THERE BECAUSE IT'S A GENERATION UNIT.
UH, IF THEY INTERPRETED THE QUESTION AS NOT INCLUDING
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S T P, THEN WE NEED TO REITERATE WITH A FOLLOW-UP THAT IT DOES INCLUDE S T P AS AS WELL AS THE RENEWABLES.ANYTHING ELSE? SO NOT HEARING ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK WE'RE ADJOURNED.