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          ANTONIO. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          THE TIME IS 2:14 PM ON THIS WEDNESDAY, MAY 12TH, 2021. 
          UH, WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION AGENDA. 
          UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO? HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CODA HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR BERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION AGENDA. 
          WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS TODAY, UH, 
          [1. 21-2430 Approving the following three items relating to the May 1, 2021 Elections [Tina J. Flores, City Clerk]]
TO GO THROUGH THE FIRST ONE BEING, UH, THE CANVASSING OF THE MAY 1ST, 2021 ELECTION. 
          UH, SO I'M GONNA TURN IT NOW TO OUR CITY CLERK, UH, TINA FLORES TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH THAT PROCESS. 
          ITEM ONE A IS AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RESULTS OF THE MAY 1ST, 2021 GENERAL ELECTION AND ESTABLISHING EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY POLLING LOCATIONS FOR THE JUNE 5TH, 2021 RUNOFF ELECTION. 
          ITEM ONE B IS AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RESULTS OF THE MAY 1ST, 2021 CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION. 
          AND ITEM ONE C IS AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RESULTS OF THE MAY 1ST, 2021 SPECIAL ELECTION. 
          OKAY, UM, THE PROCESS FOR THIS IS, UM, UH, OUR CITY CLERK WILL, UH, HAVE A PRESENTATION WITH REGARD TO THOSE, UH, CANVASSING RESULTS. 
          UH, WE WILL HAVE AN ORDINANCE, UH, CERTIFYING THE RESULTS OF THE MAY 1ST ELECTION AT THAT TIME. 
          UH, THOSE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THAT HAVE, UM, UH, WON THEIR ELECTIONS IN THE MAY 1ST, UH, DATE, UH, WILL BE SWORN IN. 
          UH, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS AS WE MOVE THROUGH, UH, TO THE REST OF THE BUSINESS AGENDA TODAY. 
          SO I'M GONNA TURN IT NOW TO OUR CITY CLERK TO BEGIN WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE MAY 1ST ELECTION. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          TODAY WE'RE GONNA CANVAS THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION RESULTS. 
          THE VOTE TABULATION, I'M SORRY, I'M ON THE WRONG SLIDE. 
          SO, THE TOTAL VOTES CAST FOR PROVISIONAL AND OVERSEAS BALLOTS WAS 148,890 VOTES. 
          TOTAL REGISTERED VOTERS IS 812,156 AND THE VOTER TURNOUT WAS 18.3%. 
          FIRST, WE'LL GO OVER THE, UH, MEMBER OF PLACE NUMBER 11, WHICH IS THE MAYORAL SPOT. 
          THE MAYORAL ELECTION, UM, HAD 148,769 VOTES ELECTING MAYOR RON NUREMBERG REGARDING THE MEMBER OF COUNCIL PLACE NUMBER ONE, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 12,569 VOTES CAST. 
          THERE WILL BE A RUNOFF ELECTION BETWEEN MARIO BRAVO AND ROBERTO C TREVINO. 
          REGARDING PLACE NUMBER TWO, THERE 
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WERE 8,571 VOTES CAST. 
          THERE WILL BE A RUNOFF BETWEEN JADA, ANDREW SULLIVAN AND JAYLEN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          REGARDING PLACE NUMBER THREE, THERE WERE 10,258 VOTES CAST. 
          THERE WILL BE A RUNOFF BETWEEN THEMA ESTE AND PHYLLIS . 
          REGARDING PLACE NUMBER FOUR, THERE WERE 6,762 VOTES CAST. 
          ADRIANA ROCHE GARCIA IS ELECTED AS COUNT PLACE FOUR. 
          REGARDING PLACE FIVE, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 6,764 VOTES CAST. 
          THERE WILL BE A RUNOFF BETWEEN TERRY CASTILLO AND RUDY LOPEZ. 
          REGARDING PLACE NUMBER SIX, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 12,425 VOTES. 
          CAST. 
          MELISSA CAB HDA WAS ELECTED TO PLACE SIX. 
          REGARDING PLACE NUMBER SEVEN 15,872 VOTES WERE CAST ELECTING ANNA E. SANDOVAL TO PLACE. 
          NUMBER SEVEN. 
          REGARDING PLACE NUMBER EIGHT, THERE WERE 17,504 VOTES CAST ELECTING MANNY ELAS TO PLACE NUMBER EIGHT. 
          REGARDING PLACE NUMBER NINE, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 25,148 VOTES CAST. 
          THERE WILL BE A RUNOFF BETWEEN PATRICK VON DOLAN AND JOHN COURAGE. 
          REGARDING PLACE 10, THERE WERE A TOTAL A OF 19,700 AND, I'M SORRY, 19,674. 
          VOTES CAST. 
          ELECTING CLAYTON PERRY TO PLACE NUMBER 10, THE FOLLOWING PERSONS ARE ELECTED FOR A TWO YEAR TERM OF OFFICE COMMENCING JUNE 1ST, 2021. 
          THAT'S RON NUREMBERG, ADRIANA ROCHE GARCIA, MELISSA CAB, RDA, ANNA E. SANDOVAL, MANNY ELAS, AND PERRY. 
          REGARDING THE CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION FOR PROPOSITION A, THERE WERE TOTAL VOTES FOR 84,800. 
          THE MEASURE DID PASS. 
          THERE WERE THREE UNDER VOTES AND 1,553 UNDER VOTES. 
          REGARDING PROPOSITION B, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 73,306 VOTES FOR 76,781 VOTES AGAINST THREE UNDER VOTES, 1,553 UNDER VOTES, AND THE MEASURE DID FAIL. 
          AND THE LAST SLIDE THAT I HAVE FOR YOU ARE NEXT STEPS. 
          WE'RE GONNA SEND THE CHARTER AMENDMENT RESULTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND WE WILL HAVE NEW, UM, CHARTERS PRINTED. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL WILL OFFICIALLY TAKE OFFICE PER THE CITY CHARTER JUNE 1ST, 2021. 
          FOR THOSE THAT WERE ELECTED OUTRIGHT, OUTRIGHT, THE RUNOFF ELECTION WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, JUNE 5TH, 2021. 
          WE WILL CANVAS THOSE RUNOFF RESULTS ON TUESDAY, JUNE 15TH. 
          AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE DRAWINGS FOR THE MAYOR PRO TEM TERMS. AND THEN THE FIRST B SESSION FOR THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS WILL BE JUNE 16TH, 2021. 
          SO MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, TINA. 
          UM, THE, UH, NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS FOR US NOW IS TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, FOR THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD CERTIFY THE MAY 1ST, 2021 ELECTIONS. 
          THAT INCLUDES, UH, THE 10 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, UM, OR EXCUSE ME, 11 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND THE, UH, TWO, UH, PROPOSITION ELECTIONS IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION. 
          SO MOVED. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF, EXCUSE ME, THE, UH, ORDINANCE THAT WOULD CERTIFY THOSE ELECTION RESULTS. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. 
          HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. 
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MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          OUR NEXT STEP IS, UM, THE CITY CLERK IS GONNA SWITCH SIDES AND IS GOING TO NOW CALL DOWN, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FOR, UH, SWEARING IN FOR THEIR OATH TO BEGIN, UH, IN TERM OF OFFICE STARTING JUNE 1ST, 2021. 
          CAN COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT 4, 6, 7, 8, AND 10? APPROACH THE FRONT PLEASE. 
          MAYBE COUNCILWOMAN, MAYBE YOU GO LIKE IN THE CENTER AND THEN WE'LL SPLIT IT AND MAKE IT SYMMETRICAL. 
          LIKE YOU COME RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE MIC. 
          THEN YOU WANT ONE GENTLEMAN ON THIS SIDE AND THEN TWO GENTLEMEN, JUST ONE GENTLEMAN ON THAT SIDE. 
          NO. 
          HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? HAVE SIX OR FIVE? JUST FIVE. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD ARRANGEMENT RIGHT THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN SAND? YES. 
          GOOD. 
          OKAY, WE'RE GONNA DO YOUR STATEMENT OF APPOINTED OFFICIAL FIRST, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND FOR ME, PLEASE. 
          I STATE YOUR NAME. 
          DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY, THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID, OFFERED OR PROMISED TO PAY, PAID, OFFERED OR PROMISED TO PAY, CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE, CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, ANY MONEY OF VALUE, OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT OR APPOINTMENT FOR THE GIVING. 
          FOR THE GIVING. 
          OR WITHHOLDING OR WITHHOLDING OF A VOTE OF A VOTE AT THE ELECTION. 
          AT THE ELECTION WHICH I WAS ELECTED. 
          WHICH I WAS ELECTED, OR AS A REWARD OR AS A REWARD TO SECURE MY APPOINTMENT TO, OR CONFIRMATION ORATION, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE. 
          SO HELP ME GOD. 
          SO HELP ME GOD. 
          VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. 
          NEXT, WE'RE GONNA DO YOUR OATH OF OFFICE. 
          OKAY. 
          RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND FOR ME, PLEASE. 
          I STATE YOUR NAME. 
          I, YES. 
          DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. 
          DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF STATE, YOUR OFFICE OF COUNSEL, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION. 
          THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
          OF THE UNITED STATES. 
          AND OF THIS STATE. 
          AND OF THIS STATE. 
          SO HELP ME GOD. 
          SO VERY GOOD. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          SO NOW YOU'LL TAKE YOUR SEAT. 
          AND MAYOR NUMMBER, CAN YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM? HE'S GONNA DO THE CERTIFICATE. 
          READY? MAYOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND FOR ME PLEASE. 
          IYE, STATE YOUR NAME. 
          I REMEMBER. 
          DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM OR AFFIRM THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID, OFFERED OR PROMISED TO PAY, PAID, OFFERED OR PROMISED TO PAY, CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE, CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE EMPLOYMENT OR EMPLOYMENT FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING OF A VOTE OF A VOTE AT THE ELECTION? AT THE ELECTION AT WHICH I WAS ELECTED, AT WHICH I WAS ELECTED, OR AS A REWARD OR AS A REWARD TO SECURE MY APPOINTMENT. 
          TO SECURE MY APPOINTMENT. 
          OR CONFIRMATION FOR CONFIRMATION, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE. 
          SO HELP ME GOD. 
          SO HELP ME GOD. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
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YOUR OATH OF OFFICE IS NEXT. 
          OKAY, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. 
          I STATE YOUR NAME. 
          I RON EHRENBERG. 
          DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF, OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          AND WILL THE, TO THE BEST OF MY, A ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION. 
          THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
          OF THE UNITED STATES. 
          AND OF THIS STATE. 
          AND OF THIS STATE. 
          SO HELP ME GOD. 
          SO HELP ME GOD. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          WE'LL, NOW THE CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION, I'LL CALL EACH DISTRICT IF YOU CAN PLEASE THE PODIUM. 
          CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT FOUR, ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA. 
          NEXT IS CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX, MELISSA CAB HDA. 
          NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN ANNA E. SANDOVAL. 
          NEXT WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT EIGHT, MANNY ELAS. 
          NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 CLAYTON H PERRY. 
          NOW WE WILL HAVE MAYOR PRO TIM JOHN, COURAGE ISSUE THE CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION TO RON NUREMBERG. 
           OKAY. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          UM, AND FOR THOSE WHO CAME TO SUPPORT, UM, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. 
          IT'S, UH, AN IMPORTANT DAY. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA GO NOW TO THE REST OF 
          [2. 21-3192 Briefing on the FY 2021 Six Plus Six Financial Report (2nd Quarter Actuals with Annualized Projections), Mid Year Budget Adjustment Recommendations and Five-Year Financial Forecast. [Maria Villagomez, Deputy City Manager; Scott Huizenga, Director, Management and Budget]]
OUR BUSINESS AGENDA FOR THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL B SESSION. 
          SO LEMME TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          SO WE HAVE A, UM, A SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS FOR YOU THIS AFTERNOON. 
          YES, IT, UH, IT IS BUDGET TIME. 
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UM, AND TODAY'S PRESENTATION, UH, BEGIN , TODAY'S PRESENTATION BEGINS US ON THAT. 
          UM, BOTH THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, BUT THE BEGINNING PART OF THE POLICY CONVERSATIONS FOR THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, I, UH, WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS DRIVING IN THIS MORNING, UH, LAST YEAR'S FORECAST. 
          I'M SURE, UH, EVERYBODY REMEMBERS. 
          I REMEMBER BECAUSE, UH, WE WERE IN A VERY DIFFERENT TIME, UM, UH, A YEAR AGO TODAY, UH, WITH A, UH, FAIR AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY, UH, AS WE WERE WORKING TOWARDS, UH, OUR PROJECTIONS. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UH, BUILT, UM, WE CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON THE STRENGTH WE HAVE FROM A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT THAT IS CRITICAL AS AN ORGANIZATION, ORGANIZATION, UH, THAT SERVES, UH, A COMMUNITY OF 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE WITH THE SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED, UM, TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE AND GIVE OURSELVES THE FINANCIAL LATITUDE TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST ACCORDINGLY TO CHANGING CONDITIONS. 
          AND SO THIS IS CRITICAL. 
          UM, TODAY, THE FORECAST, JUST A REMINDER, IS NOT A BUDGET, IT IS A, UM, IT'S A PROJECTION BASED ON THE FINANCIAL ASSUMPTIONS THAT, UH, WE KNOW NOW. 
          UM, THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY. 
          UM, AND, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE PRESENTATION THAT SCOTT WILL GIVE. 
          UM, LIKE LAST YEAR, WE RELIED UPON, UH, SOME OUTSIDE EXPERTS TO HELP US FROM AN ECONOMIST STANDPOINT. 
          UH, WITH US TODAY ARE DR. 
          BELINDA ROMAN, DR. 
          STEVE NIVAN. 
          AND JOHN EOS HELPED, BUT, UH, WAS UNABLE TO, UH, BE HERE. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THEIR WORK, UH, AND SOME OF THE GUIDANCE THAT THEY GAVE US IN TERMS OF SOME OF OUR MAJOR, MAJOR, MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES IN THE FORECAST. 
          UM, SO I THINK WE ALL HAVE SEEN IT. 
          UH, THE ECONOMY IS, UH, SHOWING SIGNS OF RECOVERY AND, UM, OUR, UH, SALES TAX COLLECTIONS ARE RISING SLOWLY. 
          YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE, IN THE, UH, IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE, UH, OUR THREE MAIN REVENUE SOURCES OF SALES TAX, PROPERTY TAX AND C P S REVENUE HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY STABLE OVER THIS YEAR. 
          UH, WHERE WE SEE WHERE WE'RE SEEING MORE OF AN IMPACT ARE ON, UH, MAYBE THE, WHAT I WOULD CALL OUR SECOND TIER REVENUE SOURCES. 
          THINGS THAT ARE TIED TO, UH, THE VISITOR INDUSTRY, TOURISM, UH, OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AND, AND SUCH. 
          UM, WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE AN UPTICK IN TRAVEL AND TOURISM. 
          UH, MARCH WAS A VERY GOOD MONTH FOR THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, ONE OF OUR AREAS OF BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE NOT, THAT WE HAVE, UM, UM, NOT MET OUR, UH, PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          UM, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THE RESULTS FROM OUR APRIL, UM, HOT TAX COLLECTION WILL BE STRONG AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S A GOOD SIGN. 
          YOU'LL ALSO SEE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION MARKET, BOTH FROM A RESIDENTIAL AND A COMMERCIAL STANDPOINT. 
          YOU'LL RECALL AS PART OF THE BUDGET LAST YEAR, UH, WE WERE ANTICIPATING A DIP IN THOSE AREAS. 
          WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT DIP IN, YOU'LL SEE IN THE FORECAST PRESENTATION THAT, UM, THOSE AREAS OF OUR OPERATION ARE DOING VERY WELL. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SIGN IN POINTING TO ADDITIONAL RECOVERY THAT WE'LL SEE LONG TERM. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU'LL SEE AN UPDATE, UH, AS PART OF OUR MID-YEAR BUDGET ORDINANCE. 
          UM, AND SCOTT WILL COVER THIS. 
          BUT, UM, HIGH LEVEL, THERE ARE, UH, THREE, UH, MAIN AREAS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          ONE ARE, UH, CRITICAL NEEDS IN TERMS OF, UH, SOCIAL, UH, SERVICE, UM, UH, SAFETY NET SERVICES, UH, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, THAT WE HAD, UM, ALLOCATE OR, UH, ADDITIONAL MONEY TO. 
          UM, YOU'LL RECALL THAT WE MADE, WE MADE NO ADJUSTMENTS DOWNWARD IN THE DELEGATE AGENCY BUDGETS LAST YEAR, AND INCLUDED WITHIN THE PROPOSED BUDGET RATHER A RESERVE SO THAT, BECAUSE WE KNEW WE WERE GONNA HAVE UNMET NEEDS, UH, DURING THE, DURING THE YEAR. 
          UM, AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT INCREASING, UH, SOME FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS IN HOMELESS OUTREACH, UH, SENIOR EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE, UH, OPPORTUNITY YOUTH AND EMPLOYMENT, UM, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS. UM, I'LL ALSO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AT THE CONCLUSION OF, UH, SCOTT'S, UH, PRESENTATION, AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. 
          UM, I SENT THE MEMO TO COUNSELOR EARLIER THIS WEEK, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE. 
          UH, TODAY, WE'LL TRANSITION INTO THE RETURN TO WORK BUDGET THAT, UH, ALEX WILL PRESENT. 
          UM, WE HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD. 
          AND, UM, AND THEN WE WILL TRANSITION FINALLY TO THE PRE-K FOR ESSAY BUDGET. 
          AND SARAH WILL BE HERE TODAY. 
          SO, UM, YES, IT IS BUDGET SEASON, AND SO WE WILL BEGIN TODAY. 
          UM, JUST A REMINDER THAT, UM, WE 
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DO, WE WILL DO A TRIAL BUDGET TO COUNCIL IN MID-JUNE, AND THEN WE'LL DO THAT THE WEEK BEFORE THE COUNCIL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WORK SESSION SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 25TH. 
          SO, WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SCOTT TO GIVE US THE FORECAST PRESENTATION. 
          UH, THANK YOU ERIC. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          AGAIN, MY NAME IS SCOTT HUSEN, GAY DIRECTOR OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET FOR THE CITY. 
          AND, UH, THANKS FOR THE, THE INTRO TO THE PRESENTATION, ERIC, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY IN PERSON FOR MY COUNCIL DEBUT, AS IT WERE TO, UH, TO FINALLY, UH, PRESENT THE, THE 2021, UH, MID-YEAR REPORT AND THE 22 TO 26, UH, FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST. 
          SO YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL DOCUMENTS ALREADY, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK, INCLUDING THIS PRESENTATION, THE FORECAST REPORT ITSELF, UH, ALONG WITH THE SIX PLUS SIX MIDYEAR FINANCIAL REPORT, AND, UH, SOME ANTILLARY DOCUMENTS, THE BUDGET INITIATIVES, PERFORMANCE MEASURES, AND THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK. 
          AGAIN, AS ERIC MENTIONED, UH, DOCTORS NIVAN AND RAMAN ARE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AS WELL. 
          SO, AN OVERVIEW FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION, WE'LL TRY TO GO AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. 
          UM, WE'LL START WITH, UH, A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK TO FRAME THE, THE REST OF THE REPORT. 
          WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE CITY'S FINANCIAL RE OR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE THROUGH THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 21. 
          WE'LL HAVE A, A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED MID-YEAR ORDINANCE THAT WILL BE UP FOR COUNCIL, UH, APPROVAL NEXT WEEK ON THURSDAY. 
          THEN WE'LL TRANSITION INTO THE FIVE-YEAR FORECAST ITSELF. 
          AND FINALLY WE'LL DISCUSS, UH, NEXT STEPS IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AT THE END. 
          SO FOR THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK, AS, AS ALLUDED TO, OF COURSE, THE, THE OUTLOOK IS UNSETTLED, BUT WE ARE SEEING IT SHOWING SIGNS OF, OF CONFIDENCE AND EXPANSION AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEAR. 
          C OVID 19 VACCINES, OF COURSE, ARE, ARE WIDESPREAD AND AVAILABLE, AND WE'RE SEEING MANY SIGNS OF PENT UP CONSUMER DEMAND TO PROP UP THE ECONOMY AS WELL. 
          OF COURSE, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS FORECAST, WE ARE, WE'RE ON THE VERGE OF UNPRECEDENTED, REALLY, LEVELS OF STIMULUS FUNDING TO GIVE A SHOT IN THE ARM, AS IT WERE, TO THE ECONOMY, AS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO THE ECONOMY IS IMPROVING, BUT A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY DOES REMAIN. 
          UH, EMPLOYMENT HAS FALLEN SINCE, SINCE LAST YEAR FOR SURE, BUT IT STILL REMAINS HIGHER THAN IN 2019 BEFORE THE PANDEMIC TRAVEL. 
          LEISURE SECTORS ARE REBOUNDING, BUT, UH, STILL NEED MUCH GROWTH TO RETURN TO 2019 LEVELS. 
          UH, BUILDING PERMITS AS MENTIONED, PARTICULARLY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, UM, HAS, HAS REMAINED STRONGER AS, EVEN STRONGER THAN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC PRIOR TO 2019. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN THOSE CONTINUE TO GO TO INCREASE, UH, PROBABLY MUCH TO OUR SURPRISE. 
          ALL OF THESE FACTORS HAVE RAMIFICATIONS FOR BOTH THE CURRENT YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 21, AS WELL AS FOR THE FORECAST AS WELL. 
          IN TERMS OF CITY REVENUE OVERALL, AS WE LOOK AT BOTH THE CURRENT YEAR END AND TOWARDS THE FORECAST, UH, THE CITY HAS TO FACTOR IN, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE ALL KNOW BY NOW, MASSIVE ECONOMIC LOSSES AS IT RELATES TO THE PANDEMIC. 
          BASED ON CURRENT PROJECTIONS, THE IMPACT OF, OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC JUST IN THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS, FISCAL YEAR 2020, FISCAL YEAR 21, WILL HAVE A NEARLY $250 MILLION IMPACT IN ALL FUNDS TO, TO, UH, TO CITY FUNDS, JUST AGAIN IN THE LAST TWO YEARS BASED ON, UH, RELATIVE TO OUR LAST QUOTE UNQUOTE NORMAL YEAR IN, UH, 2019. 
          SO, HOPEFULLY THAT SETS THE STAGE FOR, UH, THE SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL UPDATES. 
          SO WE'LL START WITH HOW THE CITY LOOKS THROUGH THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE CURRENT YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 21. 
          UH, AS YOU ALL RECALL, THE TOTAL CITY BUDGET IS ADOPTED, IS AT $2.9 BILLION. 
          THE GENERAL FUND IS THE LARGEST PORTION OF THAT BUDGET, ABOUT $1.3 BILLION. 
          THE GENERAL FUND, OF COURSE, PROVIDES MOST OF THE CITY'S BASIC SERVICES, PUBLIC SAFETY, STREET MAINTENANCE, PARKS, UH, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES TO NAME A FEW RESTRICTED FUNDS MUST BE USED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES AS DEFINED BY FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAW. 
          IN THE BUDGET, RESTRICTED FUNDS ARE JUST UNDER $1 BILLION IN A TOTAL BUDGET, AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN AS BUDGETED IS $641 MILLION IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. 
          THE CITY HAS IMPLEMENTED AS, AS THIS BODY WELL KNOWS, UH, WELL MANY MEASURES OVER THE LAST COMBINED TOTAL OF THREE FISCAL YEARS, UH, TO, TO MITIGATE THESE REVENUE LOSSES WE TALKED ABOUT STARTING LAST YEAR. 
          UH, THE COUNCIL RECALL, WE ADOPTED SEVERAL REDUCTIONS IN, IN MANY FUNDS, INCLUDING THE GENERAL FUND AS PART OF LAST YEAR'S MID-YEAR BUDGET, UH, BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. 
          AND IN 
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THE ADOPTED BUDGET LAST SEPTEMBER, WE ADOPTED A TOTAL OF $87 MILLION IN, IN REDUCTIONS JUST IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SOME OF THE HIGH PROFILE REDUCTIONS, OF COURSE, INCLUDED STREET MAINTENANCE, UH, ELIMINATING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, AND, UH, PAY FREEZES TO EMPLOYEES TO NAME A FEW IN THE HOT FUND. 
          SIMILARLY, UH, REDUCTIONS TO CONVENTION SPORTS FACILITIES. 
          THE OTHER, UH, SUPPORTED DEPARTMENTS IN THAT FUND LIKE ARTS AND CULTURE VISIT SAN ANTONIO ALSO REMAIN WELL BELOW 2019 LEVELS IN THE BUDGET. 
          SO, AGAIN, THE SECOND QUARTER REVIEW WITH THE GENERAL FUND, AGAIN, THE GENERAL FUND TOTAL US $1.3 BILLION. 
          IT'S SUPPORTED BY FOUR MAIN SOURCES. 
          OF COURSE, THE PROPERTY TAX, UH, NEARLY $400 MILLION C P SS, UH, A LITTLE OVER $350 MILLION. 
          AND THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR SALES TAX, WHICH WE'LL TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT IN THE CURRENT BUDGET, IS $295 MILLION AS ADOPTED. 
          THE FINAL COMPONENT OF, OF REVENUES IN THE GENERAL FUND, OF COURSE, THAT OTHER CATEGORY. 
          THIS INCLUDES MANY SOURCES, LARGE AND SA, LARGE AND SMALL, INCLUDING, UH, SAW REVENUE, AMBULANCE TRANSPORTS, FRANCHISE TAXES, UH, LIQUOR BY THE DRINK, AND USER FEES SUCH AS RIVER BARGES AND, AND PERMITS. 
          SO AS OF THE SECOND QUARTER, REVENUES ARE SLIGHTLY BELOW BUDGET BY ABOUT $1.3 MILLION THROUGH THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR. 
          THIS IS DUE PRIMARILY TO LESS REVENUE AS ONE MIGHT EXPECT IN RIVER BARGE, UH, TICKET SALES, ALSO FROM FINE REVENUE LIQUOR BY THE DRINK. 
          AND, UH, AMBULANCE TRANSPORTS ARE THE MAIN DRIVERS OF THAT, OF THAT SHORTAGE. 
          IN THE OTHER CATEGORY. 
          THE SALES TAX CONTINUES TO BE A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR US. 
          UM, UP, YOU KNOW, QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, NEARLY OFFSETS THE LOSSES IN ALL OF THOSE OTHER CATEGORIES, AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE EXPECT TO BE PRETTY MUCH AT BUDGET AGAIN, PRIMARILY DUE TO THOSE STRONG SALES TAX COLLECTIONS THAT KEEP COMING IN ABOVE THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          SO THROUGH THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, WE DO HAVE, UH, IN ADDITION TO, TO THE REVENUE PICTURE, WE HAVE DEPARTMENT SAVINGS OF ROUGHLY $8 MILLION AS PLANNED IN THE BUDGET. 
          MOST OF THIS VARIANCE IS DUE TO FACILITY CLOSURES THAT THAT OCCURRED. 
          OF COURSE, DURING THE PANDEMIC, MANY, MANY BASIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES WERE SHUT DOWN LEADING TO SAVINGS. 
          THERE ARE ALSO SOME SAVINGS THAT WERE GENERATED BY CHARGES TO GRANT FUNDS, UH, CORONA CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS PRIMARILY THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THAT SAVINGS NUMBER AS WELL, SO THAT BY THE END OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE PROJECTING A $4.6 MILLION MODEST SURPLUS IN THE GENERAL FUND AS IT STANDS NOW TO END THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          PREVIOUSLY IN DECEMBER, THE CITY MANAGER TRANSMITTED A MEMO TO THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE INFOR, UH, INFORMATION ON WHAT WAS THEN THE ENDING FISCAL YEAR 2020, UH, YEAR END FINANCIAL RESULTS. 
          AT THAT TIME, THE GENERAL FUND WAS, UM, WAS SHOWN TO HAVE ABOUT A $20 MILLION SURPLUS ABOVE, ABOVE THE BUDGET FOR 20 ABOVE 2020. 
          SO THAT'S HOW WE STARTED THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          COMBINED WITH THE PROJECTED SURPLUS IN THE CURRENT YEAR OF $4.6 MILLION, WE EXPECT TO HAVE AN ENDING BALANCE AT THE END OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, ALL IN, OF JUST UNDER $25 MILLION. 
          AND THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT, THAT ENDING PROJECTED BALANCES TO USE THAT RESERVE FOR PLANNED REDUCTIONS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN THE GENERAL FUND, PRIMARILY STREET MAINTENANCE AND, UH, FUNDING PLANNED EMPLOYEE FUR. 
          THOSE THAT WERE ADOPTED AS PART OF THE FISCAL 22 BUDGET PLAN. 
          WE'LL QUICKLY, UH, ADDRESS OUR KEY RESTRICTED FUNDS IN THE SECOND QUARTER BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE FORECAST. 
          SO WE'LL START WITH THE HOT FUND. 
          THE, THE, THE HOT FUND AS BUDGETED IN THE, FOR THE, OR THE HOT TAX, I SHOULD SAY, IS, IS, IS BUDGETED IN THE CURRENT YEAR AT ABOUT $61.7 MILLION. 
          SO, AS BUDGETED, THIS WAS ALREADY ABOUT $34 MILLION BELOW LAST YEAR'S, OR I SHOULD SAY F FY 19 LEVELS OF, OF WELL OVER $90 MILLION. 
          UM, WE'RE SEEING REVENUES THAT, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, HAS NOT MEET REACHED, EVEN THAT ALREADY LOWER ADOPTED BUDGET, UH, CONVENTION CENTER AND ALAMO DON REVENUES ALSO, UH, TRENDING LOWER THAN BUDGET. 
          SO WE HAVE SEEN THOSE LOSSES BEGIN TO MODERATE IN THE SECOND QUARTER, AGAIN, AS, UH, AS ROOM NIGHTS ARE BECOMING HIGHER AND ROOM RATES HAVE PICKED UP AT THE SECOND QUARTER AS WELL. 
          HOWEVER, WE ARE, WE, WE STILL ARE PROJECTING, UH, THE HOT FUND TO BE WELL BELOW THE BUDGET, UH, FOR, FOR YEAR END IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND, THAT'S, THIS IS A ROUGHLY $35 MILLION FUND AS BUDGETED, THAT'S SUPPORTED 
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BY THE FEES THAT DEVELOPERS PAY FOR PLANS, REVIEWS, AND INSPECTIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 21. 
          WE ANTICIPATE THAT DEVELOPMENT FEE REVENUES WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY AHEAD OF THE BUDGET, AGAIN, DRIVEN BY PARTICULARLY THOSE STRONG RESIDENTIAL PERMIT ACTIVITY THAT CONTINUES TO COME IN. 
          THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO FILLING PLANNED VACANCIES DURING THE YEAR TO KEEP UP WITH THAT DEMAND AND, AND THE PACE THAT, AGAIN, IS BEYOND EXPECTATIONS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          BUT WE ARE PROJECTING THIS TREND TO CONTINUE, AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'RE, WE'RE PROJECTING A $6.2 MILLION SURPLUS IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND. 
          FINALLY, FOR THE AIRPORT OPERATING FUND. 
          UM, OF COURSE, AIRPORT TRAFFIC REMAINS BELOW LAST YEAR BY A SIGNIFICANT MARGIN. 
          ITS REVENUES HAVE PERFORMED BETTER THAN WHAT THE ADOPTED BUDGET PLAN CALLED FOR. 
          SINCE WE DID PLAN FOR A PRETTY DRAMATIC REDUCTION ALREADY IN THE FUND. 
          THERE ARE SOME SECOND QUARTER EXPENSE SAVINGS AS WELL IN THE, IN THE AIRPORT FUND, AGAIN, DUE TO REDUCED ACTIVITY DURING THOSE LOW PERIODS IN TRAVEL. 
          AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR, BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE, WE WILL SEE AN ADJUSTMENT TO AIRLINE SERVICE FEES. 
          THAT'S THE VARIANCE YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN OF $4.2 MILLION. 
          THAT'S THE RESULT OF HAVING LOWER OPERATING EXPENDITURES IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, WHICH WILL LEAD TO REDUCED CHARGES TO THE AIRLINES AS WELL. 
          BUT WE EXPECT THE REDUCED EX REDUCED EXPENDITURES TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT SO THAT THE AIRPORT FUND, WE EXPECT TO BE BASICALLY ON BUDGET FOR THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          QUICKLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THE, THE MIDYEAR BUDGET, UH, ADJUSTMENT ORDINANCE THAT WILL BE UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION NEXT WEEK. 
          CITY MANAGER WENT THROUGH THESE SOME ALREADY, BUT, UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, FIRST, AS, AS PART OF THE VINEYARD ADJUSTMENT, A, A REQUEST FOR, UH, RENT AND FEE WAIVERS AT CERTAIN FACILITIES. 
          AND, UM, THESE ARE MAINLY FOR, FOR RENTED CITY FACILITIES, FOR PARKING CONTRACTS, AND FOR BARGE USE FEES, AGAIN, RESULTING FROM REDUCED ACTIVITY, YOU KNOW, DURING THE END OF LAST YEAR, IN THE FIRST 6, 6, 7 MONTHS OF THIS YEAR AS WELL. 
          ALSO IN THE MEDIA ADJUSTMENT AS PROPOSED, IS A PROPOSED USE FOR DELEGATE AGENCY RESERVE AND MENTAL HEALTH RESERVE IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 21 INCLUDED CLOSE TO ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN DELEGATE AGENCY RESERVE. 
          THIS RESERVE WAS PUT IN PLACE BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATED FACILITY CLOSURES DURING THE TIME AND TO BE EVALUATED AND, AND REAPPROPRIATED AT A LATER TIME. 
          THE BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN, IN, UM, IN A MENTAL HEALTH RESERVE AS ADOPTED. 
          SO THE ORDINANCE AS PROPOSED FOR NEXT WEEK WOULD INCLUDE, WOULD PROPOSE USE OF RESERVES, TOTALING ABOUT $1.8 MILLION FOR THE AREAS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN. 
          THAT INCLUDES YOUTH WORKFORCE PREPAREDNESS, EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE TO SENIORS, UH, SUPPORT FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS, AS WELL AS, UH, SUPPORT FOR, UH, POST POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. 
          FINALLY, THE MIDYEAR ORDINANCE WILL INCLUDE ONE CHANGE AS PROPOSED TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM. 
          THE DISTRICT THREE Y M C A IN IS PROPOSED TO BE CANCELED DUE TO NOT MEETING FUNDRAISING. 
          FUNDRAISING NEEDS. 
          THE, THE REMAINING FUNDS AS PROPOSED WOULD BE REALLOCATED TO TWO PROJECTS ALSO WITHIN DISTRICT THREE. 
          THIS WOULD INCLUDE ENHANCEMENTS AT THE WORLD HERITAGE PARK TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL PARKING, PEDESTRIAN WALK, AND A SOCCER FIELD. 
          ALSO AT, UH, JUPI MON JUPI MANOR PARK. 
          THAT PROJECT WOULD INCLUDE A DOG PARK, A WALKING TRAIL, AND EXPANDED PARKING. 
          UH, I BELIEVE D THREE IS IN SUPPORT OF THESE REALLOCATIONS AND BOND COUNCIL HAS, HAS APPROVED THE, THE REALLOCATIONS AS WELL. 
          THAT CONCLUDES THE MID-YEAR REVIEW PORTION OF THE, OF THE PRESENTATION, AND HOPEFULLY THAT SETS THE STAGE NOW FOR MOVING ON TO THE FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST. 
          AS, AS, UH, ERIC ALLUDED, ALLUDED TO, THE FORECAST IS A, IS AN EARLY FINANCIAL OUTLOOK FOR THE CITY. 
          WE LOOK AT BOTH THE CURRENT YEAR, THE RESULTS WE JUST REVIEWED, UH, AS WE SUMMARIZED IN THE, IN THE MID-YEAR FINANCIAL REPORT. 
          AND WE ALSO EXTRAPOLATE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BASED ON THE BEST INFORMATION WE HAVE, WE INCORPORATE CITY TRENDS, INFLATION KNOWN OR REASONABLY KNOWN PROGRAM CHANGES THAT WE EXPECT TO OCCUR, AND, UH, OPERATING CHANGES. 
          AND WE ALSO INCORPORATE AS BEST WE CAN, THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK INTO THE, INTO THE FORECAST AS WELL. 
          WHILE THE FORECAST IS NOT A BUDGET, WE PROVIDE THE BEST FOR THE BEST FORECAST POSSIBLE IS A BASELINE FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          IT WILL ALSO SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR THE TRIAL BUDGET THAT WE WILL PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL NEXT MONTH. 
          SO, THEMES 
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OF THE FORECAST OUTLOOK. 
          AGAIN, SOME OF THE HIGH LEVELS, OF COURSE, WE, WE EXPECT CONTINUED ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY IN SEVERAL FUNDS. 
          WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT FUNDS. 
          WE'RE GENERALLY OPTIMISTIC FOR A TURNAROUND IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY, UH, BUT THE LEVEL AND THE PACE OF THAT RECOVERY IS LARGELY UNKNOWN AT THAT. 
          AT, AT THIS TIME. 
          OUR PROJECTIONS ASSUME THAT REVENUE WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AS THE ECONOMY REOPENS, ALONG WITH REOPENING CITY SERVICES AND FACILITIES AS WELL. 
          UM, CONSUMER DEMAND HOUSING DEMAND, UH, AGAIN, FEDERAL STIMULUS DOLLARS IS OBVIOUSLY ENCOURAGING. 
          UM, HOWEVER, AS WE INPUT ALL OF THE INPUTS INTO THE, INTO OUR OUR MODELS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE GENERAL FUND IN THE HOT FUND, PARTICULARLY OUR STRUCTURALLY IMBALANCED IN THE FORECAST, IN OTHER WORDS, REVENUES OR EXPENDITURES, EXCEED REVENUES THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST. 
          AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH. 
          SO, FOR THE FORECAST, AGAIN, WE'LL START WITH THE GENERAL FUNDS, AND WE'LL START WITH REVENUE. 
          UH, MOST OF THESE ASSUMPTIONS IN THE FORECAST, OUR REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS IS THAT'S WHAT REALLY DRIVES THE SERVICES THAT WE CAN DELIVER AS A CITY. 
          SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE MAJOR REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AGAIN, AS PART OF THE FORECAST, WE USE THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK, UM, AS, AS, AS, AS A GUIDE. 
          SO IN THOSE INSTANCES FOR OUR MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES, WE'LL PRESENT THE, THE BASELINE PESSIMISTIC AND OPTIMISTIC SCENARIOS ALONG WITH THE FORECAST SCENARIO FOR COMPARISON. 
          AND AGAIN, UM, OUR ECONOMIC CONSULTANTS ARE ON HAND. 
          IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AS, UH, AT THE END ABOUT OUR ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AS WELL FOR THE FORECAST, WE'LL START WITH THE PROPERTY TAX. 
          THE PROPERTY TAX, THE, THE CITY'S FORECAST REFLECTS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IN CONSULTATION WITH THE BAYER COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          SO THE RECOMMENDATION CALLS FOR 3% GROWTH IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE FORECAST. 
          FISCAL YEAR IS 22 AND 23, AND, UH, 3.5% GROWTH IN THE OUT YEARS. 
          THIS IS BETTER THAN WHAT WE WOULD'VE EXPECTED OR WHAT WE DID EXPECT LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, WHEN WE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY SEE NEGATIVE GROWTH AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          UM, BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, FUTURE GROWTH IS SUBJECT TO THAT STATE IMPOSED CAP OF 3.5% ON, ON BASE VALUE VALUATION GROWTH OVER TIME. 
          SO THE FORECAST IS COGNIZANT OF THAT AS WELL. 
          FOR THE SALES TAX, THE FORECAST ASSUMES AN AVERAGE GROWTH RATE OF 3.6% OVER THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST TERM. 
          UM, F Y 22 AND 23 ARE FORECASTED AT 4% GROWTH, WHICH IS MORE AGGRESSIVE IN THE EARLY YEARS. 
          SO IT HAS A BIT OF A COMPOUNDING EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST THROUGH HAVING AGGRESSIVE GROWTH EARLY, EARLY IN THE YEARS. 
          THAT'S A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN PREVIOUS FORECASTS WE'VE PRESENTED AS A CITY, AT LEAST, AGAIN, IN THOSE EARLIER YEARS. 
          BUT THE FORECAST OVERALL, UM, COMPARED TO OUR ECONOMIC OUTLOOK IS STILL PRETTY CONSERVATIVE, UH, SLIGHTLY BELOW, AND EVEN THE PESSIMISTIC SCENARIO PROVIDED IN THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK. 
          UH, THE CITY'S FORECAST PROVIDES FOR A SMOOTHER TRAJECTORY, SO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE OUTLOOK FOR FISCAL YEAR 21 AND 22, AND THEN REMAINING STEADY GROWTH FOR 23 THROUGH 25. 
          THE REST OF THE FORECAST C P S REVENUES, UH, MAYBE OUR MOST VOLATILE REVENUE SOURCE, UM, ANNUAL CHANGES WILL FLUCTUATE AS THE CHART SHOWS, UM, QUITE A BIT BASED, YOU KNOW, PRIMARILY ON WEATHER CONDITIONS AND OTHER ANOMALIES. 
          BUT, UH, OVERALL THE FORECAST IS CLOSELY ALIGNED TO THE, THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE AT 2.4%. 
          WE EXPECT THE GENERAL FUND TO REBOUND FAIRLY QUICKLY, AT LEAST COMPARED TO SOME OF OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS THAT WE'LL WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A SECOND. 
          WE SHOULD GET BACK TO F Y 2019 LEVELS, AT LEAST IN THE AGGREGATE BY, BY NEXT YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 22, IT SHOULD BE NOTED. 
          WE STILL BE EXPECTED TO BE DOWN AS THE CHART SHOWS NEARLY $40 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND REVENUE AS A, FOR FISCAL YEARS, 20, 20 AND 21 AS A RESULT OF, AGAIN, THE, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          THAT'S A GAP WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE UP. 
          AND THE, THE FORECAST WILL SHOW HOW THAT, THAT THAT LOSS IN 20 AND 21, UH, HAS, HAS IMPACTS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD. 
          AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT A FEW OF THE EXPENDITURE ASSUMPTIONS IN THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL, AND THEN WE'LL WRAP THAT INTO THE FINAL FORECAST. 
          THE MAJOR PROGRAM ASSUMPTIONS, AGAIN, WE ASSUME CURRENT FUNDING LEVELS IN THE GENERAL FUND FORECAST, ALONG WITH INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS, ADJUSTMENTS TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS WERE APPLICABLE, AND THE FORECAST ALSO INCORPORATES SOME FUNDING RESTORATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 THAT, AGAIN, WERE PLANNED TO BE REDUCED AS PART OF THE TWO YEAR BUDGET PLAN. 
          SPEAKING OF 
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THOSE, THE 22 REDUCTION PLAN ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER CALLED FOR ABOUT $49 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS JUST IN FISCAL YEAR 22. 
          THIS WAS ON TOP OF ABOUT $38 MILLION THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. 
          THE, THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE, UH, TO, UH, RESTORE STREET MAINTENANCE AND EMPLOYEE FURLOUGHS WITH, WITH RESERVES THAT WE'RE PROJECTED TO HAVE OTHER PROPOSED RESTORATIONS THAT ARE IN THE FORECAST INCLUDE, UH, REDUCING DEPARTMENTAL VACANCY TARGETS, RESTORING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, AND, UH, INCLUDING CIVILIAN COMPENSATION INCREASES TO NAME A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. 
          SO IN TOTAL, WITH ALL THE ASSUMPTIONS PLUGGED IN, UH, GIVEN, UH, WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, WE WOULD NEED TO IDENTIFY AN UPWARDS OF NEARLY $150 MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD TO, UH, TO, TO FULLY BALANCE THE BUDGET. 
          THIS VARIANCE, OF COURSE, IS DEPENDENT ON SEVERAL FACTORS, REVENUE BEING ONE OF THEM. 
          ALSO, THE LEVEL TO WHICH WE RESTORE SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS PRESENTATION SO FAR. 
          THE FORECAST, IN ADDITION TO THOSE REDUCTIONS, DOES AS MENTIONED, INCLUDE ASSUMPTIONS FOR COMPENSATION INCREASE FOR CIVILIANS. 
          IT ALSO REFLECTS THE CURRENT PROPOSAL PROVIDED TO THE POLICE ASSOCIATION. 
          SO, SO ALL IN, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE NUMBERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN THERE. 
          THIS GAP IN ENDING FUND BALANCE, UH, COULD BE PARTIALLY OFFSET BY POTENTIAL STIMULUS FUNDING IN THE FORM OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. 
          UM, THESE CONSIDERATIONS WILL BE INCLUDED AND WILL BE INCORPORATED AS PART OF THE TRIAL BUDGET THAT WE PRESENT TO, TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN IN JUNE. 
          NEXT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE HOT FUND. 
          THE HOT FUND, OF COURSE, UH, HAS BEEN IMPACTED PROBABLY MORE THAN ANY OTHER FUND OR RESOURCE IN THE CITY, BUT THERE IS SOME OPTIMISM, UH, PROJECTED IN TIMES TO COME. 
          THE HOT FUND ASSUMES STEADY INCREASES WITH A FULL REVENUE RECOVERY OUT IN FISCAL YEAR 2025. 
          THE FORECAST ASSUMES RESTORATION OF STAFFING AND OPERATIONS AT THE CONVENTION CENTER AND AT THE ALAMO DOME. 
          IT ALSO MAINTAINS FUNDING TO OTHER HOT SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING ARTS AND CULTURE AND VISIT SAN ANTONIO THAT ARE SUPPORTED PROPORTIONALLY IN, IN THE HOT FUNDS. 
          THE FORECAST FOR THE HOT FUND MIRRORS THE BASELINE PROJECTION PROVIDED IN YOUR ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND. 
          THE FORECAST SCENARIO, AGAIN, ANTICIPATES A FULL RECOVERY AROUND FISCAL YEAR 25. 
          UH, LEISURE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP QUICKLY. 
          I THINK WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THAT ALREADY. 
          AND ROOM RATES, HOWEVER, MAY INCREASE MORE SLOWLY AS, AS BUSINESS AND CONVENTION TRAVEL LAGS A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE OTHER SECTORS, AT LEAST IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          UH, THE HOT FUNDING WE'VE MENTIONED MANY TIMES HAS BEEN HIT HARDEST BY THE PANDEMIC IN FISCAL YEAR 20 AND 21 AS ESTIMATED, THE TOTAL REVENUE LOSS IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER $120 MILLION AS COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 19. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A BIG GAP TO, TO RECOVER FROM. 
          AND AGAIN, THE FORECAST DOESN'T PROJECT A FULL RECOVERY BACK TO 2019 LEVELS UNTIL FISCAL YEAR 25. 
          AS MENTIONED, THE FORECAST ASSUMES RESTORATION OF THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED BY THE HOT FUND, AND AS PROJECTED, THE HOT FUND HAS A, HAS A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT ONGOING, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE TABLE, ON THE SCREEN, ABSENT SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING WHILE THE, WHILE THE RECOVER RECOVERS. 
          NEXT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FORECAST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND. 
          THE, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE FUND IN GENERAL, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE, IN THE MID-YEAR PORTION OF THIS PRESENTATION, HAS THRIVED REALLY, UH, IN SPITE OF THE PANDEMIC, PARTICULARLY, AGAIN, WITH RESPECT TO RESIDENTIAL PERMITTING. 
          THE GROWTH IN PERMIT ACTIVITY, AGAIN, DRIVEN LARGELY BY RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY. 
          AND IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, WE ACTUALLY SAW 9% GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF NEW RESIDENTIAL PERMITS ISSUED, UH, THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 21. 
          WE CONTINUE THE SAME, THE SAME LEVEL OF GROWTH AGAIN, PARTICULARLY IN THE RESIDENTIAL, THE RESIDENTIAL SECTOR. 
          ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, THE NUMBER OF PERMITS HAS DROPPED OFF IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, BUT THE SIZE OF THOSE COMMERCIAL PERMITS HAVE INCREASED, THEREBY INCREASING REVENUE AS WELL. 
          SO WE'VE HAD FEWER LARGER PROJECTS IN THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR. 
          SO WITH THAT IN MIND, FOR THE FORECAST PERIOD, WE'RE PROJECTING AN ANNUAL GROWTH RATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND OF 2.1% FOR THE FORECAST PERIOD. 
          THIS REFLECTS, YOU KNOW, A, A, A SMALLER STEADIER GROWTH THAN, THAN WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY. 
          IT'S A, I THINK IT'S A REFLECTION OF STRONG RESIDENTIAL GROWTH, PARTIALLY OFFSET BY AT LEAST AN INITIAL 
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DROP IN COMMERCIAL PERMITTING FOLLOWED BY A, A CONSERVATIVE UPSWING IN THE YEARS AFTER. 
          SO THEY AVERAGE OUT TO, TO ABOUT THE GROWTH THREAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN. 
          BUT AGAIN, RESIDENTIAL SIDE ESPECIALLY REMAINS VERY STRONG, AND, UH, THE DEPARTMENT EXPECTS THAT TO CONTINUE FOR, FOR SOME TIME TO COME. 
          THE PROJECTIONS, UH, RESULT IN A STRUCTURALLY BALANCED BUDGET IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUNDS OVER, OVER THE FULL FORECAST PERIOD, AND IT ALSO MAINTAINS A, A THREE MONTH OPERATING RESERVE IN THE FUND AS WELL. 
          FINALLY, FOR THE FORECAST, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AIRPORT FUND. 
          THE AIRPORT FUNDS ARE, ARE NEW ADDITIONS TO THE FORECAST THIS YEAR. 
          UH, THE PANDEMIC OBVIOUSLY HIT TRAVEL PARTICULARLY HARD AND RECEIVED A MAJOR SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM. 
          YOU KNOW, AS OF AS OF MARCH OF LAST YEAR, PASSENGER TRAFFIC AT THE AIRPORT PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC REACHED OVER $10 MILLION, OR 10 OR 10 MILLION PASSENGERS. 
          RATHER, IN, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2019, JUST BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING FISCAL YEAR 2020, TRAFFIC HAD FALLEN BY OVER 50% UP THROUGH THAT TIME. 
          UH, FOR 21, THE CURRENT PROJECTION IS ABOUT 5 MILLION PASSENGERS IN THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          THAT'S, OF COURSE, OCTOBER THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. 
          THIS IS A FIGURE THAT WAS DEVELOPED BEFORE THE APRIL NUMBERS BECAME FULLY AVAILABLE, WHICH HAVE PICKED UP QUITE A BIT. 
          SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND PROVIDE UPDATES ON THIS, THIS PROJECTION AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEAR, UM, INCLUDING POSSIBLY AT THE TRIAL BUDGET. 
          AND OF COURSE, UM, AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT TOTAL, THAT TOTAL PASSENGER COUNT MAY CHANGE IF WE SEE CONTINUED INCREASED ACTIVITY. 
          LIKE AS HAS BEEN THE CASE RECENTLY AT THE AIRPORT. 
          THE AIRPORT FORECAST REFLECTS A A A A FORECAST THAT'S CLOSE TO THE BASELINE AS PROVIDING THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK WITH QUICKER RECOVERY IN FISCAL YEAR 22 AND 23, AND THEN STABILIZING IN THE OUT YEARS FOR THE AIRPORT. 
          WE EXPECT REVENUES TO FULLY RECOVER TO FISCAL YEAR 2019 LEVELS BY PROBABLY FISCAL YEAR 23, BETWEEN 23 AND 24. 
          AND AGAIN, THE FORECAST FOR THE, THE AIRPORT REFLECTS A STRUCTURALLY BALANCED BUDGET OVER THE FIVE YEAR TIME HORIZON. 
          IT INCLUDE, IT ALSO INCLUDES $72 MILLION IN CAPITAL FUNDING FROM THE OPERATING FUND, INCLUSIVE OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 21. 
          AND, UH, IT, IT DOES, UH, LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE FUND, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND, MAINTAIN A THREE MONTH OPERATING RESERVE THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST. 
          SO, FROM HERE, FROM, UH, AFTER, AFTER TODAY'S PRESENTATION, WE ARE PLANNING A COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS THAT WILL KICK OFF IN JUNE WITH AN OPEN SURVEY, AS WELL AS TWO OPEN COMMUNITY FORUMS PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL GOAL SETTING SESSION ON JUNE 25TH. 
          THE, WE DO PLAN TO PRESENT A TRIAL BUDGET TO THE COUNCIL BASED ON THIS FORECAST, BASED ON COUNCIL INPUT, AS WELL AS DEPARTMENT BUDGET SUBMITTALS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL ON JUNE 16TH. 
          NINE DAYS LATER, WE WILL HAVE THE COUNCIL GOAL SETTING SESSION ON JUNE 25TH, AND THAT WILL LEAD US, UH, UP TO THE, THE PROPOSED BUDGET DATE ON AUGUST 12TH, AFTER WHICH WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER SERIES OF COURSE OF BUDGET WORK SESSIONS, RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT LEADING UP TO THE FINAL PROPOSED BUDGET ADOPTION DATE OF SEPTEMBER 16TH. 
          SO, OVERALL, AGAIN, THE ECONOMY IS RECOVERING, BUT THERE IS REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY. 
          UH, LEISURE AND TRAVEL ARE FACING LONGER RECOVERIES THAN OTHER, OTHER AREAS LIKE HOUSING AND, AND CONSUMER DEMAND. 
          THEREFORE, THE FORECAST AND, AND THE, AND THE BUDGET WILL, WILL TAKE A CAUTIOUS APPROACH INTO THE FISCAL YEAR 22 PROCESS. 
          UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION, AGAIN, HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE, UH, FUNDING, RESTORING FUNDING FOR STREET MAINTENANCE AND EMPLOYEE FURLOUGHS AS THE TOP PRIORITY. 
          AND BASED ON THE PROJECTED REVENUE LOSSES PRESENTED HERE, THE RECOMMENDATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE USING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING TO STABILIZE CITY SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 AND BEYOND. 
          SO I THINK WITH THAT, I'LL KICK IT OVER TO TALK ABOUT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN UPDATE. 
          THANK YOU, SCOTT. 
          UM, CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? SO, JUST A, A RECAP AND I, I, UH, I WANTED TO TALK, SHARE SOME OF THIS WITH YOU PUBLICLY. 
          IT WAS INCLUDED WITHIN THE MEMO. 
          UH, WE SENT THAT ON FRIDAY, BUT AGAIN, THE, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, UH, $1.9 TRILLION, UM, THAT WAS APPROVED BY, UH, THE PRESIDENT A LITTLE OVER 60 DAYS AGO. 
          19% OF THAT ALLOCATED TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 
          AND THEN, UH, YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF POTENTIAL REVENUE STREAMS THAT 
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WE ARE MONITORING. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, UM, THESE ARE THE ESTIMATES THAT WE, UH, KNOW OF NOW, AND WE HAVE TALKED, UH, PUBLICLY ABOUT THE $326 MILLION FISCAL RECOVERY DOLLARS. 
          UM, UH, AS OF LAST FRIDAY, UM, WE, UH, WE HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF, UH, TWO ALLOCATIONS THAT TOTAL SIX, ALMOST $70 MILLION FOR HOUSING SECURITY, A LITTLE OVER $38 MILLION FOR AIRPORT, UH, A LITTLE OVER 26 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR HEALTH DISPARITIES. 
          UM, AND $4 MILLION FOR HEAD START. 
          SO, UM, WE THINK THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE. 
          THIS, THIS NUMBERS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS MORE INFORMATION HAS BEEN SENT OUT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          BUT AS OF, UH, AS OF, UH, FRIDAY WE WERE AT $465.5 MILLION. 
          I DID WANNA SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL ALSO THAT WE HAVE RETAINED P F M CONSULTANTS, UM, TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR US. 
          UM, ONE, WE HAVE, UM, WE'VE UTILIZED THEM BEFORE FOR OTHER FINANCIAL MODELING AND, AND, AND REVIEW. 
          UH, BUT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, TWO OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'LL HELP US DO IS, UM, HELP US MAXIMIZE, UM, AND VERIFY POTENTIAL REVENUE LOSSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES SET OUT BY THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
          THOSE GUIDELINES WERE RELEASED ON MONDAY, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THEM. 
          UM, THE OTHER PART OF WHAT WE WILL BE RELYING ON P F M IS TO HELP GIVE US GUIDANCE AND GIVE US, UM, MAYBE A, A SNEAK PEEK OVER OTHER FENCES SO THAT WE HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER, UM, REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, THAT, THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE, UM, THE, THE ARPA. 
          THEY'RE ON BOARD AND ARE BEGINNING THE THAT WORK. 
          UH, THE PRIMARY STRATEGY, UH, UM, OR FOCUS OF THE, UH, FISCAL RECOVERY DOLLARS, UH, OUT OF THE ARPA, THE $326 MILLION IS, UM, UH, ONE TO DEAL WITH, UM, REVENUE LOSS. 
          TWO, TO PROVIDE, UH, FISCAL STABILITY TO ORGANIZATIONS AND THREE, DEAL WITH IMMEDIATE NEEDS. 
          AND SO WE WILL BE USING, UH, P F M TO HELP, UM, GUIDE US THROUGH THAT. 
          UM, AS WE GO THROUGH THAT, THE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO TODAY, UM, THE GUIDELINES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CARES ACT WERE THREE PAGES ON THE WEBSITE. 
          UH, THE GUIDELINES WE GOT ON A MONDAY WERE 151 PAGES. 
          SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND, UH, THAT INFORMATION. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY IN THE MEMO, UM, I, I SHARED WITH YOU THAT FROM THE DECEMBER STIMULUS, UM, HERE, OVER THE LAST, UH, WEEK AND A HALF, TWO WEEKS, WE HAVE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR VACCINES FOR THE AIRPORT HEAD START AND CHILDCARE. 
          SO AN ADDITIONAL $26.7 MILLION. 
          WE HAVE AN UPCOMING, UH, RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL IN JUNE. 
          SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATE THIS, UM, AND YOU SHOULD BE RECEIVING, UM, UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, YOUR LATEST FINANCIAL UPDATE ON THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLANS. 
          SO A WORK IN PROGRESS, UH, WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING IT. 
          WE ARE ALSO, UM, UM, IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE COUNTY WHO ALSO RECEIVED A, UM, WAS PROJECTED TO RECEIVE $388 MILLION IN FISCAL RECOVERY DOLLARS. 
          AND, UM, THEY HAVE ALSO, UM, CONTRACTED WITH A CONSULTANT TO HELP GIVE THEM GUIDANCE. 
          UH, DAVID SMITH AND I HAVE, UM, AGREED THAT WE WILL SHARE WHAT WE'RE GETTING FROM BOTH CONSULTANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PURSUING, UH, WHAT WE CAN, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND, UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO, UM, WELL, THERE, YEAH, THERE'S OUR UPDATE IN, IN JUNE TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL. 
          WITH THAT, LEMME 
          [3. 21-3216 Briefing on the SA: Ready to Work FY 2022 - FY 2027 Financial Forecast and FY 2022 Proposed Budget. [Alejandra Lopez; Assistant City Manager and Interim Director, Economic Development]]
TURN IT OVER TO ALEX TO GO INTO READY TO WORK. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          I GOT IT. 
          TODAY'S BRIEFING IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          THIS BRIEFING WILL INCLUDE A CONDENSED OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM, OUR FINANCIAL FORECAST OF THE ASSUMPTIONS ASSOCIATED, AND A MORE DETAILED, UM, AND MORE DETAILS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          BEGINNING WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM DURING LAST MONTH'S BRIEFING, I DESCRIBED THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE DEVELOPED THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDED A FOOC, WHICH INCLUDE A FOCUSED APPROACH, ALIGNMENT WITH EMPLOYER NEEDS FOR WELL-PAID CAREERS, UNDERSTANDING THE BENEFITS AND THE BURDENS EXPERIENCED BY UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS, AND FOSTERING COLLABORATIONS THAT INNOVATE AND 
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IMPROVE OUR WORKFORCE DELIVERY SYSTEM IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          OUR GOALS FOR THE PROGRAM ARE SIMPLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD, THAT UNEMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED, AND UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS AND COMPLETE THE PROGRAM, THAT THE TRAINING MUST ALIGN WITH CAREERS THAT ARE VALIDATED BY EMPLOYERS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT PARTICIPANTS SECURE HIGH DEMAND OR HIGH WAGE WELL-PAID IN DEMAND JOBS. 
          OUR OBJECTIVES INCLUDE INCREASING ACCESS TO TRAINING, PROVIDING SERVICES AND EMERGENCY FUNDING TO REMOVE THE BARRIERS THAT THEY MAY HAVE, INCREASING COLLABORATION AND PROMOTING ACCOUNTABILITY AND ADAPTABILITY. 
          THE CORE SERVICES TO BE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM INCLUDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO COMPLETE INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED TRAINING, CERTIFICATES, ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES AND BACHELOR'S DEGREES, COMBINED WITH WRAPAROUND SUPPORT, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BASED ON THE INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANT'S NEEDS. 
          SOME OF OUR ACTIONS TO DATE INCLUDE NUMEROUS STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS ALONG WITH BRIEFINGS TO THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. 
          THE ADVISORY BOARD HAS MET A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES SINCE IT WAS APPOINTED IN MARCH, AND WE ALSO CONDUCTED OUR PRES SOLICITATION BRIEFING TO CITY COUNCIL LAST MONTH. 
          SINCE THEN, WE'VE ADDED ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THE R F P FOR INTAKE ASSESSMENT AND CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          AND ACTUALLY, WE JUST POSTED A DRAFT OF THIS R F P, UM, TO GET ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK IN ADVANCE OF OFFICIALLY RELEASING IT AS PART OF THE SOLICITATION PROCESS. 
          MOVING INTO THE FINANCIAL FORECAST AND THE ASSUMPTIONS, THIS FORECAST AND ANNUAL BUDGET ARE BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS, WHICH I'LL DESCRIBE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES. 
          IT ALSO UPDATES THE PRELIMINARY FORECAST SHARED WITH CITY COUNCIL LAST DECEMBER AS ASSUMPTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE WITH TRAIN FOR JOBS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD AND STAKEHOLDERS. 
          ON THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE THE ENROLLMENT ASSUMPTIONS USED FOR THE FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR REFERENCE, THE FISCAL YEAR FOR READY TO WORK WILL BE SIMILAR TO PRE-K FOR SA, WHICH IS JULY THROUGH JUNE. 
          AND ALTHOUGH THE ONE 8 CENTS SALES TAX WILL ONLY BE COLLECTED THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2025, PARTICIPANTS ENROLL AT THAT DATE, WILL WILL STILL BE SERVED THROUGH THE COMPLETION OF THEIR TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          WE PROJECT AN EXTENDED RAMP UP PHASE FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND FISCAL YEARS DURING WHICH TIME THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT FOCUS ON WORKFORCE TRAINING CERTIFICATES. 
          FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS FORECAST IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, THE DISTRIBUTION OF TRAINING TYPES IS INVERTED, AND WE'RE SHIFTING OUR FOCUS TO TWO AND FOUR YEAR DEGREES. 
          BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE ASSUMPTIONS WILL BE REEVALUATED EVERY YEAR PRIOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE PROGRAM, STAYING TRUE TO OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF ALIGNMENT. 
          THESE ASSUMPTIONS WILL BE BASED ON THE TRAINING CREDENTIALS REQUIRED TO ACCESS THE HIGH WAGE DEMAND OCCUPATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY FROM YEAR TO YEAR. 
          ENROLLMENT FOR THE PROGRAM WILL CONCLUDE IN DECEMBER OF 2025, WHICH IS WHY ENROLLMENT FIGURES FOR 2026 AND 2027 WILL BEGIN TO RAMP DOWN. 
          ONE LAST NOTE ON THIS SLIDE. 
          THE FIGURES SHOWN ON THE TABLE REPRESENT POTENTIALLY DUPLICATED PARTICIPANTS, UM, AS, AS AN INDIVIDUAL MAY REMAIN IN THE PROGRAM FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE COMPLETING SOME SORT OF DEGREE PROGRAM. 
          AMONG THE ASSUMPTIONS USED FOR THIS MODEL AND, UH, THE PROJECTED BUDGETS FOR THE VARIOUS READY TO WORK PROGRAM COMPONENTS, WE ARE BUDGETING ROUGHLY $400 PER PARTICIPANT FOR INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT, ALONG WITH $40 PER PERSON FOR PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT TOOLS TO HELP IDENTIFY THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN MAKE THE BEST CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PARTICIPANT AND THE CASE MANAGEMENT AGENCY. 
          $1,300 IS BUDGETED PER YEAR PER PARTICIPANT, UH, FOR CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          HOWEVER, WE EXPECT THESE FIGURES WILL VARY BASED ON THE INTENSITY OF THE CASE MANAGEMENT THAT THE AGENCY IS PROVIDING AND THAT THE PARTICIPANTS NEED. 
          I'VE REFERENCED THESE FIGURES AS AS BUDGET PROJECTIONS BECAUSE WE WON'T ACTUALLY KNOW THE COSTS UNTIL WE'VE SELECTED THE PARTNERS TO HELP US IMPLEMENT, UM, OR EXECUTE THESE, THESE SERVICES AS PART OF THE PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN AS FAR AS TUITION, AND OUR BUDGET FOR LAST DOLLAR TRAINING, UM, INCLUDES THREE DIFFERENT FIGURES BASED ON THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES, DEGREES THAT PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE ACCESSING. 
          AND OUR BUDGET FOR EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
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REMAINS UNCHANGED FROM OUR ORIGINAL ASSUMPTION OF $500 PER YEAR, AND THAT APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE PARTICIPANTS ARE NEEDING TO ACCESS THESE FUNDS. 
          SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR THE ENTIRE PROGRAM FROM OUR CURRENT YEAR THROUGH PROGRAM COMPLETION IN 2027, NEAR THE TOP OF THE TABLE, YOU SEE THE BEGINNING BALANCES AND ESTIMATED REVENUES FOR EACH YEAR. 
          THE BEGINNING BALANCES AND ENDING BALANCES FROM YEAR TO YEAR ARE A RESULT OF OUR PHASED IN APPROACH AND ALLOW FOR THE CONTINUATION OF SUPPORT TO PARTICIPANTS THAT HAVEN'T COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING. 
          BY DECEMBER OF 2025, THE EXPENSES BEGIN WITH THE ROLE LABELED CITY COSTS FOR ADMINISTRATION, WHICH ARE PROJECTED TO BE LESS THAN 5%, FOLLOWED BY THE FEE CHARGED BY THE STATE TO COLLECT THIS SALES TAX. 
          YOU ALSO SEE A ROW, UM, WITH PROJECTED CITY PROGRAM COSTS. 
          THESE ARE PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH FACILITATION AND CONTRACT OVERSIGHT FOR THE NUMEROUS PARTNERS WE ANTICIPATE. 
          THEN YOU SEE THE SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS, WHICH ARE FOR INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT CASE MANAGEMENT, TUITION AND CERTIFICATES, AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. 
          OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROGRAM, 92% OF THE FUNDS ARE PROJECTED TO BE USED FOR THESE TYPES OF SERVICES. 
          FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, OUR FOCUS WILL BE ON SELECTING OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS THROUGH VARIOUS SOLICITATION PROCESSES ALONG WITH FOSTERING PROGRAM INTEGRATION AND TRANSPARENCY ON OUR PROCESS. 
          UM, BY IMPLEMENTING A ROBUST DATA SYSTEM, WE ALSO, UM, PLAN TO DEVELOP AN EVALUATION FRAMEWORK TO HELP MEASURE OUTCOMES, NOT JUST AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROGRAM, BUT TO HELP US IDENTIFY AND TRACK THE INDICATORS THAT CAN LET US KNOW IF WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, ALSO CONTINUING TO PLAN FOR THE SCALING OF THE PROGRAM. 
          IN THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS, THE PERSONNEL COMPLIMENT ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLEMENTING READY TO WORK IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT UPDATE TO OUR PREVIOUS ASSUMPTIONS. 
          YOU MAY RECALL THAT IN DECEMBER, WE PROPOSED A MODEL BY WHICH THE CITY WOULD BE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR INTAKE SERVICES, ALONG WITH APPROXIMATELY 20% OF THE CASE MANAGEMENT BASED ON FEEDBACK RECEIVED. 
          UM, WE NOW PLAN TO OUTSOURCE THESE COMPONENTS, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE A DECREASE FROM OUR ORIGINAL PROJECTION OF 63 POSITIONS DOWN TO 11. 
          THESE POSITIONS FOLLOW ALONG FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES, WHICH INCLUDE ADMINISTRATION, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, AND EVALUATION AND OUTREACH. 
          THIS RELATIVELY LIMITED STAFF IS CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM. 
          WITH ALL OF THE PROGRAM SERVICES NOW BEING OUTSOURCED, SUBSTANTIAL PROGRAMMATIC AND FISCAL OVERSIGHT WILL BE NECESSARY, WHICH ACTUALLY BRINGS US BACK TO THE VARIOUS REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRAM. 
          WE PLAN TO ISSUE THESE SOLICITATIONS IN MAY AND JUNE, AND THEN EVALUATE RESPONSES IN JUNE AND JULY. 
          BASED ON THOSE RESPONSES, THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE A NEED FOR A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT, AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE WOULD SEEK SUCH AN AMENDMENT WHEN WE ALSO SEEK CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACTS WITH THOSE POTENTIAL PARTNERS. 
          IN SUMMARY, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2022 READY TO WORK BUDGET BY CATEGORIES WITH APPROXIMATELY 43% ALLOCATED FOR TRAINING AND DEGREE TUITION COSTS, 29% ALLOCATED FOR WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND 10% FOR INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT. 
          WE ANTICIPATE 90% OF THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022 FUNDING TO BE SPENT THROUGH CONTRACTS WITH VARIOUS PARTNERS. 
          AND YOU ALSO SEE A DIFFERENT DESCRIPTION OF THE SAME PERSONNEL COMPLIMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BUDGET. 
          IT JUST FURTHER DETAILS THE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT POSITIONS THAT I PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, BUT I JUST WANNA TAKE A FEW SECONDS TO THANK TWO PEOPLE ON OUR TEAM THAT HAVE BEEN IN, UM, VERY CRITICAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS BUDGET. 
          AMY COWLEY, OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR FISCAL ADMINISTRATOR, AND JUSTINA TATE, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. 
          WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. 
          BERE. 
          I THINK WE'RE GONNA HOLD THERE OKAY FOR A SECOND. 
          YEAH, GIVE IT BACK. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, ALEX, UH, SCOTT FOR THE PRESENTATIONS, UH, THUS FAR. 
          WE DO HAVE ONE MORE ITEM, UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START THE, UH, DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW ON THE, UH, SIX PLUS SIX, UH, THE FORECAST AS WELL AS, UH, THE READY TO WORK, UH, BUDGET PROPOSAL. 
          SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET INTO IT WITH, UM, START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, UM, ERIC AS WELL. 
          THESE ARE TWO BIG HEAVY HITTER, UM, 
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ITEMS RIGHT HERE WITH ITEM NUMBER TWO AND ITEM THREE. 
          UH, SCOTT, YES, IT IS VERY NICE TO SEE YOU IN PERSON. 
          UH, HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE. 
          I WASN'T SURE IF YOU WERE STILL WITH US. 
          SO GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          AND IT, IT'S, IT IS A LOT OF MONEY, ESPECIALLY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT IT'S A LOT OF HELP THAT WE NEED LOCALLY, UM, FOR THE RECOVERY, FOR OUR BUDGET, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THE RESTORATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RESTORING, UM, ADDING A COLA OR AT LEAST A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR OUR COSA EMPLOYEES AND LOOKING AT OTHER INCENTIVES. 
          BUT AS WE MAKE THOSE PROJECTIONS OUT, UH, FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, ARE WE LOOKING AT THOSE PROJECTIONS USING THE STAIN, THE SAME STEP PAY PROGRAM? ARE WE LOOKING AT A NEW MODEL THAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO PRIOR TO THIS? SO IN THE FORECAST, WE'RE JUST ASSUMING, UM, COST OF LIVING FOR ALL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
          BUT, BUT I'LL TAKE, I'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTION TO JUST REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 20, WE, WE PUT A HOLD ON THE PAY PLAN WITH THE INTENTION OF REDOING PAY PLAN IN THE SPRING OF 20, IN THE SPRING OF 20, WHICH WE DID, NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT WE WILL NEED TO DO THAT IN THE SPRING OF 2022 TO GET THAT BACK, THAT PROGRAM BACK ON TRACK SO THAT THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE INCORPORATED WITHIN THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS. 
          BUT WE DID MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION IN THE BUDGET, IN THE FORECAST. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND JUST TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO WILL BE HERE, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND YOU LOOK AT THE CHANGE TO, UH, THE STEP PLAN OR WHATEVER IT'S GOING TO BE CALLED NEXT, THAT IT DEFINITELY, YOU HAVE THE INPUT FROM AFSCME, YOU HAVE THE INPUT FROM CITY EMPLOYEES AND THE, UH, MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT ALSO IS PART OF, OF LOOKING AT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NOT JUST HAVE THE, UM, THE $15 MINIMUM WAGE, WHAT WE DO, THAT WE DO LOOK AT OUR LIVING WAGE, ET CETERA. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I ALSO LIKE, I'M HAPPY TO SEE IS THE, UH, RESTORATION WITH OUR STREET MAINTENANCE. 
          AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO, UH, PUSH THE CONVERSATION WHEN IT COMES TO EQUITY, ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY THOSE AREAS. 
          I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ BROUGHT UP A BIG, A GOOD POINT ABOUT WE'VE BEEN LIVING SUSTAINABLY WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, NO, WITH GRAVEL IN OUR FRONT YARD, ET CETERA, FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS. 
          SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE BUILD OUTS ARE IN THOSE AREAS THAT NEED THE MOST AND HAVE BEEN WAITING THE LONGEST FOR, UM, THIS, THE, UM, JUST IMPROVEMENTS, STREET MAINTENANCE, ET CETERA, SIDEWALKS, CURBS. 
          I THINK THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. 
          UM, ANOTHER ITEM THAT YOU HAD WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO FOR THE HOT TAX, YOU HAVE ONE YEAR THAT IS, I THINK, HIGHER REVENUE THAN OTHERS. 
          IS THAT THE YEAR WHEN I P W WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN SAN ANTONIO? ERIC, DO YOU KNOW? I I THINK THAT'S YEAR 2023 OR 2025. 
          IT WAS PROJECTED ON THERE. 
          COUNCIL MEND LOCATION IS WITHIN OUR HOSTING OBLIGATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, IT'S NOT PART OF THE VISIT SA BUDGET. 
          THAT IS JUST A STRAIGHT CALCULATION OF THE NET HOTEL ANCY TAX. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING. 
          I KNOW PARTICULARLY IN DISTRICT THREE, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THE INCREASE IN SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND WE, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG THIS WILL BE SUSTAINED, BUT IT CAN BE SUSTAINED AS WE CONTINUE TO BRING GOOD JOBS WITH GOOD WAGES, UH, LIVING WAGES, BUT ALSO BETTER THAN LIVING WAGE INTO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THAT, UM, IN THE, IN THE FRONT, IN THE FRONT OF OUR MINDS TOO. 
          AND THEN, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, UH, WITH THE A R P, UH, THE ARPA, THE A R P A, UH, I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU ERIC AND YOUR AMAZING CITY TEAM FOR ALL OF THE RESEARCH AND FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTABILITY THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE TIME THIS STUFF HAPPENS. 
          SO I KNOW EACH OF YOU ALL ARE FINE, UH, USING A FINE TOOTH COMB, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN WE USE AND BE CREATIVE IN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S HELPFUL FOR ALL OF US. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE, UM, TREASURY, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS OR ACTUALLY NOT RECOMMENDATIONS, REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. 
          AND ALSO TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          UH, SLIDE NUMBER 19 HIGHLIGHTS ONE OF THE, UH, MIDYEAR ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE HAD TO DO BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, WITH ONE OF OUR BOND PROJECTS, THE Y M C A WAS NOT ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 
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RAISING THEIR, UH, RIGHT TO RAISE THEIR PART OF THE, THE, UM, BOND PACKAGE. 
          SO WE ARE THOUGH, INCLUDING SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE, UH, SOCCER FIELDS THAT WERE PART OF THEIR PHASE TWO PLANNING OF, OF THE Y M C A BECAUSE THEY NEEDED, THEY NEED IT AND THE COMMUNITY NEEDS IT. 
          SO WE'RE INVESTING THAT THERE. 
          UM, BUT JUPE MANOR PARK, JUPE MANOR, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE FARTHER EASTERN PORTION OF THE DISTRICT HASN'T REALLY HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IN A WHILE, SO WELL EVER. 
          SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE PUTTING THAT, UM, OUT IN THAT AREA. 
          SO MORE DOLLARS WILL GO THERE, AS WELL AS CONTINUAL BUILD OUT FOR THE WORLD HERITAGE PARK AND, UM, LAND ACQUISITION THAT WILL INCLUDE ANOTHER, UH, PATH TO THE MISSION. 
          SAN JOSE WILL INCLUDE, UM, A DRUM CIRCLE FOR OUR, UM, LOCAL NATIVE AND INDIGENOUS, UH, COMMUNITIES THAT USE THIS AREA A LOT AND CONTINUE TO BRING ENHANCEMENT WITH THIS, THIS AREA THAT THE VOTERS DID VOTE TO APPROVE. 
          AND, UM, FOR THE ARPA, PLEASE CONTINUE TO LOOK AND SEE WHERE WE CAN BE CREATIVE WITH SAWS FOR THAT LOW INCOME WATER AND ENERGY ASSISTANCE. 
          AND THEN, UH, TWO LAST THINGS. 
          DON'T FORGET TO PROTEST YOUR PROPERTY TAXES BY THE 15TH. 
          UM, AND THE BEST WAY AND MOST IMPORTANT WAY THAT WE CAN BRING ECONOMIC RECOVERY TO SAN ANTONIO IN A QUICKER WAY IS BY EVERYONE GETTING THEIR VACCINE. 
          SO PLEASE GO OUT AND GET YOUR VACCINE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRAND COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MAYOR, I WAS STILL REVIEWING MY NOTES HERE. 
          UM, SO ARE WE JUST ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FIRST TWO AND WE'LL GO BACK TO THE OTHER TWO WORKFORCE? YEAH. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL DO PRE-K AT THE TAIL END OF THE MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT HOW ABOUT REGARDING THE WORK READY TO WORK? YES. 
          ALL, ALL OF THAT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO JUST, UH, REGARDING SOME OF, OF THE PROJECTIONS AND THE FORECASTS, UM, I, I GUESS WHAT, WHAT I WOULD, UM, I GUESS THE QUESTION REVOLVES AROUND, UM, PARTICULARLY THE ONES WHERE WE'VE SEEN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS, SO THE AIRPORT CONVENTION CENTER, HOT TAX, HO, UH, THAT, BUT I DON'T SEE THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AND HOW WE PLAN TO PUT THAT BACK IN. 
          IS THAT STILL TO BE DETERMINED? YES, MA'AM. 
          THAT THOSE ARE THOSE GUIDELINES THAT I MENTIONED THAT, THAT WE, THAT GOT SENT OUT ON MONDAY THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
          UM, AGAIN, THE, THE, THE PURPOSE OF THAT MONEY WAS FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY, REVENUE RECOVERY, UH, BOTH PAST AND POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE, UM, AND ANY IMMEDIATE NEEDS. 
          BUT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW. 
          WE MADE NO ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THAT NECESSARILY WITHIN THE FORECAST. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU JUST SAID YOU MADE NO ASSUMPTIONS, BUT I GUESS FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES, THAT THOSE DOLLARS WOULD BE WHERE WE SAW THE GREATEST LOSSES? YES, MA'AM. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          UH, I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT'S, I, I THINK ONCE WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT OR HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS US TO DO IT, THOSE ARE GONNA BE THE PRIORITY AREAS. 
          THE, THE HOT, THE HOT FUND, THE GENERAL FUND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE AIRPORT, THE AIRPORT HAS GOTTEN DIRECT ALLOCATIONS THROUGH THE LAST COUPLE OF STIMULUS, SO WE'LL NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT. 
          UH, AND SO I GUESS, UH, THE OTHER QUESTION, THERE ARE SOME, EVEN AGAIN, SO ONE OF THE LINE ITEMS IS HEALTH DISPARITIES. 
          DO WE KNOW THE EXTENT OF WHAT THAT MEANS? HEALTH DISPARITIES? UM, IT, IT'S A PARTIALLY, WE UNDERSTAND IT, IT IS NOT C O V I D RELATED, BUT IT IS, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPT TO, UM, START TO ADDRESS THE HEALTH DISPARITIES THAT EXISTED IN COMMUNITIES. 
          AND SO, UH, WHAT THE, WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING IS UPDATING OUR FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN PRE COVID REMEMBER THAT WE HAD A STRATEGIC PLAN AND, AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING, GETTING BACK TO, UM, AND APPLYING THE LESSONS WE'VE LEARNED AND THE EXPERIENCES WE'VE SEEN THAT SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY HAS EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST YEAR. 
          SO THOSE GRANTS ARE PROBABLY MORE, UH, WILL BE MORE GEARED TOWARDS, UM, TRADITIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, MENTAL HEALTH, POTENTIALLY. 
          UM, AND, UH, UM, OUR, OUR WELLNESS PROGRAMS, OUR COMMUNITY WELLNESS PROGRAMS, IT'S REALLY A, A SHOT IN THE ARM FOR, UH, EVERYTHING NON COVID IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT. 
          SO PROGRAMMING AND CAPITAL, UH, IT, IT, RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE 
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IT'S PRIMARILY JUST PROGRAMMING. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I THINK THAT HELPS A, A, A LITTLE BIT JUST TO, YEAH, I, YEAH. 
          UM, MAKE SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT WHERE THAT HAPPENS. 
          AND SO, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, NO SECRET THAT WE HAVE HAD TREMENDOUS HEALTH DISPARITIES IN MY DISTRICT AND IN OTHERS, UH, AND THAT HAS EXISTED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 
          AND AS A RESULT, MORE FATALITIES, UH, AND, UM, UH, IN AREAS LIKE MINE. 
          UM, AND, AND SO THE POTENTIAL, I, I GUESS, UM, WE, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A POTENTIAL TO USE THAT FUNDING FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE FISCAL, UH, THE PRIMARY ONE, THE LARGE 1, 320 6 MILLION THAT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR METRO OR HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. 
          UM, I, I HESITATE TO GO INTO TOO MUCH OF WHAT THE 3 26, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH IT. 
          WE, I MEAN, BEYOND THE BROAD STROKES OF REVENUE REPLACEMENT, BOTH PAST AND FUTURE FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND IMMEDIATE NEEDS, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THAT. 
          SO I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANNA VENTURE A GUESS OR SAY ANYTHING THAT, THAT MIGHT NOT BE TRUE. 
          WE'LL COME BACK, WE'LL KEEP THE COUNCIL UPDATED AS WE KIND OF EXPOSE THOSE THINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE, I WILL NOT BE HERE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE YET. 
          OF COURSE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, THE NECESSITY TO INVEST IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE, UM, HISTORICALLY BEEN DISENFRANCHISED. 
          AND WE HAVE LOTS OF EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE AND WHAT WE CAN EXPAND ON TO IMPROVE THE OUTCOMES OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T GET LOST IN, UM, WHAT WE KNOW ARE IN TREMENDOUS CAPITAL NEEDS AS WELL. 
          UM, OF COURSE, TREMENDOUS PROGRAMMING NEEDS. 
          AND THEN THAT WE DON'T END UP DOING A LOT OF STUDIES TO TELL THIS ALL THE THINGS THAT WE ALREADY KNOW. 
          AND SO, I, I AM, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE IMPLEMENT MANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE, THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE. 
          UH, SO, UM, YOU WANNA START? WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WHEN, AND WE STARTED THIS 60 PLUS DAYS AGO, WAS STARTING TO GO BACK TO OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          I THINK WHAT PUTS US IN A, IN A, IN A REALLY GOOD POSITION TO TAKE ADVANTAGE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED COMMUNITY PRIORITIES, BUT WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS IS UPDATING IT WITH WHAT WE KNOW NOW. 
          AND, UM, AND I THINK THAT PUTS US IN A REALLY GOOD POSITION. 
          YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT, IT SORT OF TAILS INTO SOME OF THE CONVERSATION THAT BOTH YOU AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL WERE TALKING ABOUT AT THE END OF THE SUMMER LAST YEAR, ABOUT WHERE ARE WE GOING IN TERMS OF HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE, WE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WE DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS GONNA BE A $1.9 TRILLION STIMULUS IN THE SPRINGTIME. 
          SO, UM, WHAT I ENVISION FOR, FOR THE, FOR, FOR THOSE FUNDS, UM, IS A THREE TO FIVE YEAR FUNDING PLAN UTILIZING THOSE GRANTS AND MAYBE LOCAL DOLLARS, UH, CITY DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO START TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON A LOT OF THOSE AREAS. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          AND SO, I MEAN, LET ME GET TO JUST A FEW MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE I RUN OUTTA TIME. 
          REGARDING THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. 
          WE KNOW WE DO HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, BECAUSE, AGAIN, LIKE TREMENDOUS LOSS DURING THIS TIME. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND, AND IN ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND, UM, I THINK THAT THEY, UM, SHOWED TREMENDOUS ABILITY TO PIVOT, UH, AND TO CREATE, UH, ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING, WHETHER IT WAS OUTDOOR, UH, PROGRAMMING OR VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING, AND, UM, TO SEE THAT THOSE GET ADJUSTED. 
          AND, AND THAT TAKES SUCH A LONG TIME TO RAMP UP, BECAUSE WE'RE SHOWING A FIVE YEAR FORECAST, WE'RE SHOWING THOSE ARE NOT GOING TO, UM, TO REALLY BE RESOLVED FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          BUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE DEPENDING, YOU KNOW, REALLY QUARTERLY, UM, FOR THEIR FIN OR PROBABLY MONTHLY, WEEKLY, YOU KNOW, FOR, UM, THE FUNDING. 
          SO WHAT, IS THERE A PLAN TO REINVEST IN THOSE IN A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME, LIKE PERHAPS IMMEDIATELY? SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT FOR THE TRIAL BUDGET IN JUNE. 
          WE, WE DID NOT MAKE THOSE ASSUMPTIONS BECAUSE IN THE FORECAST, BUT I, BUT I, UM, I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          UH, PART OF THAT IS, THERE'S TWO SIDES OF THAT COUNCILWOMAN. 
          ONE, THE HOT FUND IS DONE, UH, HAS, HAS UNDERPERFORMED WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA BE IN THE BUDGET, BUT, BUT THE CITY HAS SHOULDER THAT, THAT, THAT FINANCIAL DEFICIT AND NOT PASS THAT ALONG, NUMBER ONE. 
          NUMBER TWO, IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN RECOVER REVENUE IN THOSE AREAS OF THE BUSINESS, THEN, THEN I THINK WE CAN GET THERE FASTER. 
          AND I HAD A, A MEETING THE OTHER DAY WITH THE, THE, UH, A GROUP OF THE AGENCIES BECAUSE THEY'RE, UM, THAT'S PART OF THE ROAD 
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TO RECOVERY, UH, FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THOSE THINGS. 
          AND, AND I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WILL BE A, I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE A PRIORITY OF THE COUNCIL BASED ON Y'ALL'S CONVERSATION LAST YEAR, AND WE WILL CERTAINLY ADDRESS THAT, TRY TO ADDRESS THAT IN THE TRIAL BUDGET SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN REACT TO THAT AS PART OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WORK SESSION. 
          SO, UM, I, I'M GONNA RUN OUTTA TIME, BUT I'LL HAVE TO CHIME BACK IN TO ASK SOME OF MY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          BUT, UM, SO THE OTHER THING I, UH, QUESTION THAT I HAD REGARDING SOME OF THOSE ASSUMPTION, AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN WHEN I LOOK AT THE BUDGET, I THINK WE HAVEN'T PERFORMED INCREDIBLY WELL. 
          THE ENTIRE BUDGET LOOKS THE SAME AS IT DID WHEN WE WERE AT THE HEIGHT OF OUR, UH, OF, YOU KNOW, IN 2014. 
          IN 2015, WE, THE LARGEST CITY BUDGET WE EVER HAD SEEN. 
          AND WE'RE MAINTAINING THAT. 
          IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S IN, IN OTHER AREAS WHERE WE HAD TREMENDOUS LOSSES, BUT IT MUST HAVE BEEN MADE UP FOR, IN OTHER THINGS LIKE PROPERTY TAXES AND C P S ENERGY AND THOSE, BECAUSE IT LOOKS FAIRLY SIMILAR. 
          UH, SO, AND THEN YET WE GOT, YOU KNOW, STIMULUS MONEY AND, AND OTHER MONEY COMING IN TO HELP US IN THE HARD TO HIT AREAS. 
          SO AS A CITY BUDGET, IT SEEMS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN OURSELVES, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND FOR ALL THE TEAM, UH, WHO'VE BEEN ABLE TO STABILIZE US IN THOSE TIMES. 
          AND THEN WE, I THINK AS A COUNCIL, MADE REALLY, UM, IMPORTANT DECISIONS TO HELP MM-HMM. 
           FAMILIES THAT WERE SUFFERING AND BUSINESSES THAT WERE SUFFERING. 
          UM, BUT NOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, OF COURSE, THE AREAS THAT WERE HARDEST HIT ARE THE FIRST THEN TO GET THE RECOVERY. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S GONNA BE THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UM, SOME OF OUR NONPROFIT AND DELEGATE AGENCIES, I SEE THERE'S SOME FUNDING IN THERE FOR THAT. 
          UM, BUT YOU KNOW THAT PERHAPS AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH, WE DON'T GO BACK TO, UM, SORT OF BUSINESS AS USUAL, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SOME OF THESE INDUSTRIES, AND WE INVEST IN THEM APPROPRIATELY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, I'LL START BY JUST SECONDING THAT LAST STATEMENT, COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ JUST STATED, IT'S, IT'S A SO TRUE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE REALLY SEEN SUCH A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR ARTS COMMUNITY, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IN FACT, IT, IT WAS PART OF ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, I'LL JUST LEAP RIGHT TO IT. 
          UH, UH, ERIC, WOULD ANY OF THE DOLLARS FROM THE ENDING BALANCE BALANCE POTENTIALLY GO BACK TO, TO WHAT WAS CUT FROM ARTS AND CULTURE? COUNCILMAN? UH, WOULD ANY OF THE, ANY OF THE FUNDS, WHAT, I DIDN'T CATCH THAT THE, ANY OF THE ENDING BALANCES. 
          SO AS, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS AND WE FIND THAT, THAT THERE MIGHT BE, THERE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE SOMETHING THAT WE FIND IN OUR ENDING BALANCE, COULD THAT POTENTIALLY, CAN WE EARMARK THAT? OR, OR, OR, YOU KNOW, TRY TO PUT A, A TARGET TOWARDS ARTS AND CULTURE? NOT, NOT IN THE HOT FUND COUNCILMAN, BECAUSE WE'RE, UH, WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE IN THE NEGATIVE. 
          SO, BUT, BUT I DO THINK IF, IF WE PUT TOGETHER A PLAN BASED ON THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA TO RECOVER REVENUE, THEN THAT GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY TO, TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME THINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THE IDEA IS WHERE WE CAN FIND SOME, SOME OF THAT MONEY. 
          WE CAN TRY TO FIND, FIND THAT WAY TO, TO, TO FILL THAT GAP. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO REGARDING C P S ENERGY, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, A FORMAL DECISION HASN'T BEEN MADE, UH, REGARDING RATES. 
          UH, AND I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT I WOULD NOT SUPPORT ANY RATE INCREASE FROM EITHER OF OUR UTILITIES. 
          UH, DOES C P S ENERGY HAVE A FINANCIAL RESERVE FUND? IF SO, HOW MUCH IS THIS FUND? I'LL ASK BEN TO COME UP. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, SORRY. 
          YOU HEAR ME NOW? I HEAR YOU. 
          GOOD. 
          ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UM, C P S ENERGY DOESN'T HAVE, PER SE A FORMAL RESERVE FUND. 
          THEY HAVE SOME FINANCIAL TARGETS, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, YOU'LL HEAR THEM TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE DAYS CASH ON HAND. 
          SOME OF THAT IS USED TO CASH FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUT INSIDE OF THAT, THEY ARE MAINTAINING A MINIMUM CASH BALANCE, OR MINIMUM MINIMUM AMOUNT OF CASH THAT THEY HAVE GOING FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I, I GUESS THE, THE POINT OF THIS IS, IS TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO, UH, TO CREATE A PLAN THAT, THAT COULD USE, UH, CP S'S ABILITY TO, TO, TO UTILIZE ANY OTHER FUNDS TO, UH, TO HELP OUT, OR EVEN WITH SOME OF THE INCOMING FEDERAL DOLLARS TO HELP OUT SOME OF THE LOW INCOME, UH, UTILITY AS, UH, USERS AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FIRST. 
          UH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, SO, UH, COUNCILMAN, ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE WORKING WITH BOTH UTILITIES ON IS MAKING SURE WE HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE OUTSTANDING BALANCES, UH, THAT BOTH UTILITIES ARE EXPERIENCING, UM, 
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TO INCLUDE CUSTOMERS THAT CURRENTLY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR DISCONNECTION. 
          AS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MORATORIUM IN PLACE. 
          THEY'VE NOT, THEY'VE NOT HAD ANY CUSTOMER DISCONNECTION. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING WITH BOTH OF THOSE UTILITIES. 
          TWO, UM, MAKE SURE, ONE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT TWO, TO EXPLORE BOTH WITH OUR, UH, FEDERAL STIMULUS DOLLARS AS WELL, AS WELL AS OTHER OPTIONS. 
          WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO. 
          UM, I WOULD ANTICIPATE WE'LL HAVE MORE CONVERSATION WITH YOU AS WE GO THROUGH THE SUMMER ON THOSE ISSUES. 
          AND, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE WOULD REITERATE THAT SOME OF THOSE QUALIFIER OUR EAP PROGRAM THAT DOES HELP WITH UTILITIES, IS THAT CORRECT? SORRY, COUNSELOR. 
          THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM DOES HELP WITH UTILITIES. 
          UH, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY, AS PART OF OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UH, WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING UTILITY ASSISTANCE, UH, THROUGH THAT PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU, BEN. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UM, AND REGARDING INFRASTRUCTURE, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE WINTER STORM REALLY ADDED, UH, SOME SIGNIFICANT WEAR AND TEAR ON, ON OUR ROADS. 
          UH, SO I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF USING SOME OF THE, UH, ANY BALANCE TO REPLENISH THE STREET MAINTENANCE FUND. 
          UM, AND WE KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT COMMUNICATED A DEEP INTEREST IN FUNDING LARGE SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 
          COULD THE CITY SEE SOME OF THE MONEY, UH, FOR SUCH AN EFFORT? OR ARE THESE PROJECTS COMPLETELY HANDLED BY, UM, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL? UH, WE COULD COUNCILMAN, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE THROUGH JEFF'S OFFICE. 
          UM, WE'RE CLOSELY MONITORING THAT, UM, ALONG WITH, UH, RAZZIE AND TAMIKA TO SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE MAY HAVE THROUGH THAT FEDERAL PROGRAM. 
          I THINK PART OF IT IS ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE, UM, UH, WORKING WITH OUR PARTNER PARTNERS TO, UH, IDENTIFY THOSE, THOSE LARGER PROJECTS THAT MAY HAVE A MORE REGIONAL OR LARGER IMPACT. 
          UM, AND I SUSPECT THAT AS THAT CONVERSATION CONTINUES IN DC WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT BOTH WITH THE COUNCIL AND OTHERS. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I ALSO READ THAT IN THE FORECAST THAT THE LEGAL KIOSK INITIATIVE IS LAGGING A BIT. 
          UM, DO WE KNOW WHAT, WHAT'S CAUSING THAT AND HOW CAN WE HELP GET IT BACK ON SCHEDULE? SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL GET YOU THAT DETAIL COUNSELOR. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUST 'CAUSE I'M, I'M ON A SHOT CLOCK HERE, UH, . 
          UH, SO, UH, AND JUST, AND JUST REALLY TO, TO, TO FURTHER PUT A, A A FINE POINT ON IDEALLY THESE KIOSKS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANT THEM UP AND RUNNING, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, BY THE END OF JULY. 
          UH, JUNE, I'M SORRY TO ALIGN WITH THE TERMINATION OF THE NATIONAL EVICTION MORATORIUM. 
          SO I WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF WE CAN WORK ON THAT PLAN TO CORRECT THIS. 
          UM, OUT OF THE 11 HOMELESS OUTREACH COORDINATORS, HOW MANY HAVE BEEN HIRED AT, AT THIS POINT? MEL'S COMING UP TO THE MICROPHONE. 
          COUNCILMAN 10 OF THE COORDINATORS HAVE BEEN HIRED AT THIS POINT. 
          THEY'RE NOT ALL FULLY DEPLOYED. 
          WE HAVE FIVE THAT ARE FULLY DEPLOYED. 
          IN FACT, THE ONE, THE CLINICIAN FOR DISTRICT ONE WILL START ON MONDAY. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, AT YOUR OFFICE, START WITH THAT TRAINING. 
          HE'S BEEN TRAINED, HE'S BEEN THROUGH ONBOARDING, AND SO HE'S READY TO GO. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR THAT ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF EITHER, UH, THE TRAINING PROCESS OR THE ONBOARDING PROCESS AND ARE FOLLOWING OTHER, UM, CLINICIANS OR SOCIAL WORKERS WHEN YOU SAY STARTING MONDAY. 
          UM, SO THEY'LL BE OUT, OUT OF OUR FIELD. 
          THEY'LL BE AT THE, THE DISTRICT ONE FIELD OFFICE. 
          YES. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, SO REGARDING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, UH, HAS THE CITY RECEIVED ITS ALLOCATION FROM THE PLAN ACT? UM, I, I BELIEVE WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN, UH, HOPING TO HAVE AN UPDATE BY MAY 8TH. 
          UH, THE 326 MILLION COUNCILMAN, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE HALF THIS YEAR, HALF NEXT YEAR. 
          WE'VE NOT RECEIVED THAT MONEY YET. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION ESTIMATE, SAN ANTONIO WILL RECEIVE 20.3 MILLION IN HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS THAT CAN BE USED TO PURCHASE MOTELS OR HOTELS AND CONVERT THEM INTO AFFORDABLE OR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          UM, I FEEL WE HAVE A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH HOUSING FIRST COALITION, UH, WHO BROKE GROUND ON THEIR HOUSING FIRST PROJECT IN DISTRICT TWO TODAY, AND, UH, AND DO SOMETHING ASPIRATIONAL. 
          UH, WE'VE SEEN, WE'VE EVEN SEEN HAD DISCUSSIONS ON THE LACK OF DETOX BEDS. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, TO REITERATE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 28 AT THE RESTORATION CENTER. 
          UM, I BELIEVE THAT THESE INCOMING DOLLARS COULD CHANGE THAT. 
          UM, WE COULD USE SOME OF THE MONEY TO SECURE, UH, EITHER A FACILITY 
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WITH MORE BEDS OR MORE FOLKS IN CRISES TO HAVE A PLACE TO GET OFF THE STREET AND, AND GET, GET THAT HELP THAT'S NEEDED. 
          SO, UH, I WOULD REQUEST A B SESSION ON THE HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANT DOLLARS AS SOON AS THE FEDERAL AND GOVERNMENT DIS DISPERSES THEM SO THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS MORE INPUT EARLIER ON THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. 
          UM, LEMME, LEMME SEE HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE. 
          I GUESS I'M GONNA HAVE TO CHIME BACK IN, BUT I, I DO WANT TO, YOU MENTIONED THAT I, I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH COPS METRO, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR FEEDBACK. 
          UH, IN OUR MEETING, IT, IT WAS CLEARLY, UH, STATED THAT, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF CONSTANTLY ENGAGING AREA EMPLOYERS OF ALL SIZES, SO WE BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE IN-DEMAND JOBS ARE TODAY AND FIVE YEARS DOWN THE LINE. 
          UH, SO IF, IF PARTNERS LIKE COPS METRO ARE LINGERING, HAVE LINGERING CONCERNS, IS THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THEM BEFORE THIS BUDGET IS IMPLEMENTED. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, I I, I THINK I HEARD YES ALREADY ON, ON SOME OF THAT, BUT, UH, I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY ARE ASKING US TO, TO TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS WE NEED TO, TO, TO GET THIS RIGHT. 
          UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I GUESS I'LL JUST, I'LL HAVE TO CHIME BACK IN BECAUSE I, I FEEL LIKE I, I GUESS I'M RUNNING OUTTA TIME AND, AND DO HAVE SOME MORE COMMENTS REGARDING, UH, THIS PROGRAM, MAYOR. 
          UM, WE'VE GOT THE, THE LEGAL KIOSK QUESTION. 
          OH, GREAT. 
          OR THE ANSWER THAT WE JUST IN TIME. 
          HELLO, COUNCILMAN. 
          UH, THE REASON FOR THE DELAY, OR THE REASON WHY WE'RE BEHIND SCHEDULE IS I T S D IS, UM, IN THE PROCESS OF PROCURING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE LEGAL KIOSK. 
          SO WE WERE INITIALLY ANTICIPATED IN OUR PLAN TO HAVE THAT COMPLETED BY MARCH. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, AND WE'LL BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THIS, UH, FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO BY SEPTEMBER, THE PROGRAM WILL BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED, BUT THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE BEHIND. 
          WHEN YOU SAY THE, THE FULL PROGRAM WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY SEPTEMBER, WILL, WILL WE SEE ANY KIOSKS, UH, BEFORE SEPTEMBER? WE WILL. 
          SO WHEN WE, UH, BRING TO YOU THE, UH, TRIAL BUDGET, I'M GONNA, AND OH, BEFORE, WE'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON, ON THAT, BUT THE PLAN IS TO HAVE IT DONE PROBABLY BY JULY, UH, OR AUGUST. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, MARIA. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU TEAM. 
          AND, UM, SCOTT, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED YOU GOT THROUGH THE 53 SLIDES WITHIN AN HOUR, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. 
          UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FIRST, UH, IN REGARD, AND I'LL START WITH THE ARTS BUDGET. 
          AND SO I JUST WANTED TO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID. 
          AND SO I NOTICED IN THE BUDGET, IN THE PAGE, IT'S THE 187 PAGER THAT YOU ALL PREPARED. 
          THERE IS A STEADY INCREASE IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, THAT'S BUDGETED FOR, UH, TO GET FOLKS BACK TO PRE PANDEMIC LEVEL, IT LOOKS LIKE IN, IN AS FAR AS I CAN SEE. 
          BUT I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. 
          AND THEN I THINK THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THAT. 
          AND I DO BELIEVE THAT ARTS AND CULTURE, UH, CAN BE LEVERAGED MAYBE THROUGH OUR DESTINATION MARKETING AGREEMENT WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE REALLY FOCUSED ON CULTURE AND ARTS AS A WAY OF PROMOTION FOR THE CITY, BUT IF WE SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE DRIVING IN, AND I BELIEVE THAT DR. 
          NEVIN AND DR. 
          ROMAN IN THEIR, IN THAT REALLY LONG, I THINK IT'S PAGE 75 OF THAT DOCUMENT, THEY MENTIONED THAT PEOPLE ARE REVENGE SPENDING ON WHAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO. 
          AND SO THE DRIVE MARKET, UM, IS, IS GONNA BE IMPORTANT. 
          SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO LEVERAGE THAT AND WORK WITH OUR ARTS AND CULTURE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROMOTED. 
          ANOTHER, I THINK, OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT IS THE INCLUSIVITY ASPECT OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE TALK ABOUT BEING AN INCLUSIVE CITY. 
          U S A GORDON HARTMAN JUST, UM, UH, ANNOUNCED THE OPENING OF MORGAN'S WONDERLAND CAMP. 
          AND SO IT'S GOT BEAUTIFUL CABINS OUT THERE WHERE ENTIRE FAMILIES CAN STAY SOCIALLY DISTANCED, ET CETERA. 
          IT WAS, UH, I THINK IT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER UP WITH THEM AS WELL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET TO THAT MARKET. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY, THE OUTDOORS. 
          SO THE ADVANCEMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD ON OUR TRAIL SYSTEMS, ET CETERA, THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE, IT SEEMS LIKE IN DR. 
          VIN'S REPORT AND, AND DR. 
          ROMANS THAT I'M READING, UH, ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE NOW. 
          SO AS PEOPLE ARE STILL, UM, MAYBE NOT, NOT JUST, UH, QUITE READY TO TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY, WE COULD STILL KIND OF GET SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE READY TO, TO DO THIS REVENGE SPENDING THAT I'M JUST GONNA, I'M JUST HAPPY TO USE THAT WORD, BY THE WAY. 
          'CAUSE YOU CAN'T USE REVENGE TOO MUCH, BUT THAT WAS KIND OF COOL. 
          UM, SO ANYWAY, UM, BUT YEAH, SO, SO I'M, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ, UM, THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THAT. 
          AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO RE USE SOME OF THE AMERICAN, UM, RESCUE FUND FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE COULD BENEFIT FROM, UM, TRAVEL 
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LO, YOU KNOW, SO SOME OF THE, UH, CLOSER, UH, FOLKS. 
          THEN ON PAGE, UM, PAGE FOUR, OR ACTUALLY, WELL, ACTUALLY BEFORE I GO ON TO THAT, WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE SOMEWHAT, I THINK OF, OF A LAG. 
          SO IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO BELOW 2019. 
          UM, SO PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS, AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE'RE PROJECTED TO, TO AGAIN, TO INCREASE. 
          UM, BUT I WAS WONDERING HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE FOLKS AT WORK? LIKE WHEN, WHEN DO WE GET TO SEE HOW MANY POSITIONS ARE AFFECTED? FOR INSTANCE, AT THE, UM, OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, OR, I, I THINK WE CHANGED THE NAME OF IT. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN, ACTUALLY, THE FINANCIAL FORECAST ASSUMES ALL POSITIONS ARE FUNDED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SOME OF THEM, BY THIS YEAR AND BY JANUARY, 2022, ALL THE POSITIONS AND ALL THE H O T FUNDS ARE, ARE, ARE FULLY FUNDED. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THE FILM, UM, OFFICE STILL CLOSED? DO WE HAVE I'M GONNA HAVE ASK LORI TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          THE, THE FILM OFFICE IS STILL OPEN. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE THE INCENTIVES FUNDED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT THE OFFICE IS STILL ACCEPTING PERMITS AND HELPING WITH LOGISTICS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, LORI, FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          UM, SO THAT WAS MY, MY ARTS. 
          NOW I WANNA MOVE OVER TO THE READY TO WORK ESSAY. 
          AND SO ALEX SENT OVER A PRESS, UH, YOU SENT OVER A FOUR PAGE DOCUMENT TO, UM, THE READY TO WORK BOARD, UM, I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY. 
          AND SO IN THERE IT SAID THAT THERE WAS TWO 200 AND I GUESS 218,000 630 36 SAN ANTONIONS WERE UNEMPLOYED. 
          UM, DURING THE ENTIRE PANDEMIC, STILL 161,942 REMAIN UNEMPLOYED. 
          AND SO MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW WE'RE GETTING READY FOR, FOR SA READY TO WORK RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ENTRAIN FOR JOBS SA HOW THAT 74% THAT REMAIN UNEMPLOYED, DID WE REACH OUT TO THEM? DID WE, UM, HEAVILY RECRUIT THEM TO GO INTO THE TRAIN FOR JOBS ESSAY CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW, WHAT, WHAT OUR OUTREACH WAS? YES, MA'AM. 
          UH, THE TRAIN FOR JOBS, BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY AN OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS, IT IS ALREADY BEING MARKETED AND PROMOTED TO THEM. 
          UM, ONE OF OUR PARTNERS IS WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO. 
          SO THEY'RE SENDING MESSAGING OUT TO ANYBODY WHO IS PART OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT, UM, SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I THINK I, I NOTICED SOMETHING. 
          UM, WOMEN ARE STILL PRIMARILY UNEMPLOYED. 
          UM, OF THOSE THAT WERE PRIMARILY UNEMPLOYED, 49% HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY, BUT 16% HAVE NO HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY. 
          SO I'M ALSO WONDERING HOW WE'RE ENGAGING WITH THAT SPECIFIC GROUP TO TRY TO SEE IF AS THEY'RE UNEMPLOYED, THEY COULD GO AND COMPLETE THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          AND TRAIN FOR JOBS ACTUALLY INCLUDES A HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY COMPONENT AND FOR READY TO WORK. 
          WE'RE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY THE OPPORTUNITIES, SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE BE ENGAGED BY THAT POPULATION THAT WE STILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY SUPPORT BEFORE THEY MOVE INTO READY TO WORK. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE CRITICAL AS WELL. 
          OR, OR MAYBE LEVERAGE SOME OF THAT. 
          GO AHEAD, ERIC. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT AS PART OF OUR RECOMMENDED MID-YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT, WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO THE COUNCIL $1 MILLION, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR DISCONNECTED YOUTH THAT EITHER DID NOT FINISH HIGH SCHOOL OR FINISH HIGH SCHOOL, BUT HAS NOT ENROLLED IN COLLEGE. 
          SO THIS TARGETED PROGRAM IS GOING TO REACH OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND FIND THE, THE PROGRAM THAT WORKS BEST FOR THEM, INCLUDING OUR READY TO WORK. 
          GREAT. 
          AND I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT, MARIA, BECAUSE TODAY WE GOT A PRESENTATION AT THE I G R COMMITTEE AND I FREAKED OUT BECAUSE THERE'S 1500 SENIORS WHO COULD POTENTIALLY FAIL THIS YEAR, THIS SCHOOL YEAR, AND THAT'S AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          AND I, I, I JUST, I MEAN, IT WAS JUST SHOCKING, RIGHT? I KNEW THAT IT WAS BAD, BUT 1500, THEY HAVE A NUMBER, AND SO I'D ANTICIPATE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SUPPORT HB 9, 9 9 AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE, WE GET THEM SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND MAYBE EXTENSION THROUGH THE SUMMER SO THAT THEY CAN GRADUATE. 
          BUT THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT BECOMES A, A PROBLEM FOR US. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BE READY AND PREPARED FOR THAT. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK OF THAT FUNDING AS WELL AND SEE HOW WE COULD PARTNER WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A MONUMENTAL PROBLEM THAT IS ABOUT TO HIT US AT THE END OF SUMMER. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, ALSO, I NOTICED WE HAVE SEVERAL EXPERTS. 
          WE, WE, WE USE, UM, UH, DR. 
          RAHMAN AND DR. 
          NIVAN. 
          UM, WE, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF IN THE READY TO WORK, I WAS INTRODUCED TO, UH, DR. 
          WESTFALL. 
          IS SHE HERE TODAY? SA READY TO WORK. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHO SHE IS. 
          I NEVER REALLY GOT TO GET INVOLVED IN HER 
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HIRING. 
          SO HELP ME, THE PROCESS, DOES SHE WORK FOR US? IS SHE A CONSULTANT? HELP? HELP ME A LITTLE BIT UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          SHE IS A CONSULTANT THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED. 
          UM, SHE, THE ORGANIZATION SHE WORKS WITH CAME RECOMMENDED, UM, WAS RECOMMENDED TO US BY JOBS FOR THE FUTURE, WHICH IS ANOTHER, UM, ORGANIZATION THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH. 
          UM, SHE'S IN THE DC AREA, SO SHE IS NOT HERE TODAY. 
          OKAY, NO PROBLEM. 
          SORRY, I, UM, HAVE SOME, SOME QUESTIONS AND, UM, I KNOW THAT OUR, UH, OUR FRIENDS FROM COPS METRO HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN . 
          I SAW WALKER AND, UM, I, I, I SAW SOME, SOME OTHER FOLKS. 
          I THINK MR. PHILLIPS WAS HERE AS WELL, UM, EARLIER. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE STILL HERE, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, I AM SURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING UP WITH THIS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, THAT, THAT WE HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT WAS DATA SUPPORTING HOW WE'RE ALLOCATING, UH, CERTIFICATIONS VERSUS, UM, ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES VERSUS, UH, MASTER'S, OR, SORRY, BACHELOR'S DEGREE. 
          AND SO WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT MAYBE WE SPOKE WITH THE EMPLOYERS TO SEE, UM, TO GAUGE THEIR OPINION ON, ON ON THAT ALLOTMENT? SO WE'VE TECHNICALLY HAD THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENGAGEMENT BEFORE WE DEVELOPED THIS, UM, CRITERIA OF THE, THE DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN WORKFORCE CERTIFICATES AND AND DEGREES. 
          UM, THE FIRST ONE WAS THE INITIAL, UH, RECOMMENDATION LAST SUMMER FROM THE LEADERSHIP TASK FORCE. 
          AND THAT INCLUDED INDUSTRY LEADERS ALREADY, AND THEY SAW THE NEED FOR MORE CERTIFICATES, UM, FROM AN IMMEDIATE PERSPECTIVE, THEY RECOMMENDED THAT 60 40% DISTRIBUTION. 
          WE ALSO WENT OUT AND DID, UM, SURVEYS. 
          AND THAT DISTRIBUTION CAME BACK VERY CLOSE. 
          I BELIEVE IT WAS 54, 40 6%. 
          UM, THEN WE WENT AND BRIEFED THE ADVISORY BOARD AS WELL. 
          AND THEY ALSO AGREED WITH THE 60 40% DISTRIBUTION. 
          ALL OF THIS IS VALIDATING THE DATA THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED WHEN THEY APPROVED THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO LOCAL PLAN. 
          BECAUSE IN THERE IT LISTED THESE ARE SOME DEMAND OCCUPATIONS BASED ON THIS CRITERIA, AND HERE ARE THE EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE TYPES OF OCCUPATIONS. 
          AND THANK YOU, ALEX, BECAUSE I'M A PART OF THOSE MEETINGS, SO I'M AWARE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE PUBLIC'S AWARE THAT THERE'S THESE DIFFERENT MEASUREMENTS, RIGHT? AND SO THAT THEY'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT WHO'S RECEIVING THE SURVEYS, WHO'S PARTICIPATING IN THEM, ET CETERA. 
          UM, AND SO MAYBE WE COULD, UM, ALSO KIND OF MARKET A LITTLE BIT BETTER AS FAR AS THE READY TO WORK ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS. 
          I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO ARE IN ECONOMIC, UM, DEVELOPMENT AREAS THAT DON'T REALIZE WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE. 
          SO, UM, BUT, OKAY, THAT'S IT FOR NOW. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, ERIC, YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU SENT US THIS AHEAD OF TIME AND I, I LOOKED IT OVER PRETTY THOROUGHLY. 
          AND WHEN I FIRST LOOKED IT OVER AND, AND WAS LOOKING AT YOUR PROJECTIONS, PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, UH, I, I RECOGNIZED THAT IT WAS A VERY CONSERVATIVE GROWTH PLAN THAT THE ESTIMATES WERE OF A CONSERVATIVE NATURE. 
          AND I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF, ARE, ARE WE GONNA BE PROJECTING ANY REDUCTIONS IN CITY SERVICES BASED ON, UH, THE PROJECTIONS? UH, WE WERE LOOKING AT ABOUT $150 MILLION IN, IN UNDERFUNDING OVER WHAT WE, UM, PROJECT WE NEED EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. 
          BUT I'M, I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED, UH, ABOUT THE ARPA FUNDS. 
          AND, UH, I'M, I'M ALSO GLAD THAT, UM, WE'VE BROUGHT IN A CONSULTANT TO DETERMINE, UH, AND I GUESS THIS IS RIGHT, WHAT ARE ALL OUR REIMBURSABLE LOSSES DUE TO COVID THAT WE CAN, WE CAN EXPECT TO APPLY THIS MONEY TOWARD, RIGHT? YES, SIR. 
          AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO GONNA LOOK FOR ANY OTHER POTENTIAL ARPA FUNDS THAT WE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT OR, OR KNOW THAT WE COULD GET. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND, AND, AND HELP US WITH, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS ON STRATEGIES TO, UM, AND YOU'LL, YOU, YOU ALL HEARD THIS TERM A LOT, USED A LOT LAST YEAR DURING RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY, BUT THE BRAIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING, UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE MULTIPLE SOURCES, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          I, I SAW, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL, UH, WITH THE 26.7 MILLION AND THE 360 9 TOGETHER, AND SOME OF THEM ARE FOR OVERLAPPING, UH, PROJECTS OR, OR ACTIVITIES WE'VE DONE. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S VERY ENCOURAGING. 
          I THINK WE JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THOSE STRINGS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THAT. 
          UM, BUT JUST FROM, FROM THE, UH, DISCUSSION I HEAR RIGHT NOW, UH, I THINK THAT 150 OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO FILL THOSE HOLES FOR US OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND, UH, YEAH. 
          OR THE, UH, 369 MILLION, AND THEN WE, WE SAID WE WERE BEHIND BY 
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ABOUT 87 MILLION IN OUR GENERAL BUDGET OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S A BIG HOLE THAT CAN BE FILLED. 
          NOW, YOU ALSO, OR I THINK MARIA OR SOMEBODY STATED THAT WE ONLY GET IT IN TWO TRANCHES ONE THIS YEAR. 
          IS THAT THIS FISCAL YEAR, OR IS THIS CALENDAR YEAR AND THEN THE OTHER HALF NEXT CALENDAR YEAR. 
          WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET HALF OF THAT 3 26 THIS YEAR, LIKE, LIKE LIKELY THIS MONTH MM-HMM. 
          , AND THEN THE OTHER HALF IN MAY OF 2022. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, AND, AND THEN WE HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2024 TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, NOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT UTILIZING THIS, ARE THEY SAYING THAT WE SHOULD EXPEND ALL THAT MONEY BY 2024, OR WE SHOULD HAVE IT ALLOCATED FOR, UH, CONTINUING TO RECOVER LOST REVENUE THAT WE ANTICIPATE DURING THAT TIME? BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW NOW, UH, IT IS THAT IT HAD, THAT MONEY HAS TO BE SPENT BY DECEMBER OF 2024. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD SOME REALLY GOOD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SOME LONG-TERM, UH, PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED, ESPECIALLY IN THE HEALTHCARE AREA. 
          BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE ALWAYS GET CONCERNED ABOUT SETTING UP, UH, FUNDING WHEN WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT FUNDING YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT GOING FORWARD. 
          SO I GUESS I'M JUST SAYING WE NEED TO REALLY, I, I THINK FIRST OF ALL, FILL HOLES, HOLES THAT EXIST THAT, UH, HAVE, HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF SERVICES WE'VE PROVIDED OR THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEN I THINK SHORE UP WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO BE ANY PROBLEMS WE'RE GONNA HAVE BETWEEN NOW AND 24. 
          SO I, I'M ENCOURAGED BY THIS, BUT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION NEXT MONTH WHEN YOU CAN START HELPING US UNDERSTAND WHERE WE CAN BEST USE, UH, THOSE ARPA FUNDS, UH, TO, TO STRENGTHEN OUR POSITION. 
          BUT ONE THING I WILL ADVOCATE FOR, UH, IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY HAVE TAKEN A HIT, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THEIR BUSINESS OR WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THEIR PERSONAL INCOME, OR OBVIOUSLY FOR MANY PEOPLE IT'S THROUGH THEIR RISING PROPERTY TAXES, AS WELL AS THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN, UH, ALMOST FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THOSE AREAS ARE CAREFULLY ADDRESSED WITH THIS FUNDING. 
          NO ONE SHOULD BECOME HOMELESS. 
          NO ONE SHOULD HAVE THEIR UTILITIES TURNED OFF. 
          ANYBODY WHO'S, WHO'S NOW, THE PROPERTY VALUES ARE BECOMING SO DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO TAKE CARE OF, UH, THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME KIND OF, UH, CONTINUING TAX RELIEF AS WELL. 
          SO I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL AREAS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THIS FUNDING WILL HELP FILL SOME OF THOSE GAPS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COBE. 
          HDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          READY TO WORK IS AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM. 
          I UNDERSTAND NO OTHER CITY HAS, UM, IMPLEMENTED THIS AT ALL, I THINK, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE THE FIRST AND VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          BUT THERE ARE OTHER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS DIRECTED BY UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ENTITIES. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE A BEST PRACTICE REVIEW OR STUDY PERFORMED. 
          AND, AND THEN THE RESULTS INTEGRATED INTO THE PROGRAM. 
          IS THAT POSSIBLE, OR HAS ANY WORK LIKE THAT BEEN PERFORMED?  YES, MA'AM. 
          WE ARE RESEARCHING, UM, ANY OTHER MODELS OUT THERE THAT INCORPORATE THE, BECAUSE THE KEY IS THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES WITH THE TUITION ASSISTANCE. 
          AND, AND WHILE THERE IS PROGRAMS THAT ARE DOING THIS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST NOT DOING IT AT THE SCALE THAT WE'RE DOING IT. 
          SO WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT BOTH EXAMPLES, PROGRAMS THAT OPERATE AT THE LEVEL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND THEN PROGRAMS THAT ARE DOING THE COMPONENTS THAT WE DO OR THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO. 
          AND COUNCILWOMAN, UH, UH, I SAW A DOCUMENT HERE A SECOND AGO TALKING ABOUT A SYMPOSIUM, AND, AND WE HAVE, UH, AGREED THAT WE SHOULD DO THAT THIS SUMMER. 
          UM, I THINK THAT BETTER INFORMS, UH, UH, CERTAINLY IT BETTER INFORMS THE CITY. 
          UH, IT COULD BETTER INFORM, UH, AGENCIES. 
          UM, AND I THINK IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, THE DIFFERENT, UM, SUCCESS METRICS THAT, OR PROGRAMS THAT EXIST, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND PREPARING TO EVALUATE RFPS AT THE END OF THE SUMMER. 
          SO WE WILL BE PURSUING THAT. 
          AND WE HAD, UH, ALREADY AGREED TO DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WHAT WERE THE, UM, THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU, THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO, ALEX, THAT YOU'RE ALREADY I MENTIONED, UM, AND I BELIEVE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER ALSO MENTIONED HOW WE'VE ENGAGED A CONSULTANT. 
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SO SHE HAS SOME EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF OTHER PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          UM, YOUTH ORIENTED PROGRAMS THAT HAD VERY STRONG APPRENTICESHIPS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT WAS PART OF WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH READY TO WORK. 
          UM, THERE'S ALSO SOME PROGRAMS, I BELIEVE IN BOSTON THAT ARE VERY FOCUSED ON THE PARTICULAR INDUSTRY, WHICH WE ALSO ALIGN WITH BIO AND HEALTHCARE. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND SEEING HOW, IF THERE'S ANY UNIQUENESSES THAT WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AS WELL. 
          SO WHEN YOU SAY, ARE YOU, IS THAT CONSULTANT PERFORMING THE REVIEW? IS IT SHE'S DOING SOME OF THE RESEARCH AND SHARING WITH US SOME OF THOSE COMPONENTS, SOME OF THOSE BEST PRACTICES, SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          AND AS WE'RE DEVELOPING CERTAIN AREAS, UM, SHE'S HELPING US MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IF THERE'S UNIQUENESSES OR CRITERIA THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THAT AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, ALEX, WILL YOU BRIEFLY GO OVER THE, THE, THE INTAKE PROCESS AND THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO ME ARE REALLY, UM, VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND SO CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW SURE. 
          MORE, MORE IN DEPTH, I SHOULDN'T SAY OVERVIEW, MORE IN DEPTH, UM, UH, SUMMARY OF THAT. 
          SURE. 
          SO WE KNOW THAT, UM, INTAKE IS CRITICAL AND, AND, AND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, A CENTRALIZED INTAKE IS CRITICAL SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN GO TO ONE PLACE AND FIND OUT WHETHER THEY'RE ELIGIBLE, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROGRAM IS ABOUT, UM, AND BEGIN THAT PROCESS. 
          SO THAT REALLY GETS INTO THE ASSESSMENT PHASE WHERE THEY WOULD, UM, DO AT LEAST A PRELIMINARY, UM, INTAKE TO, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THEIR CHALLENGES, WHAT, UM, EDUCATION LEVEL ARE THEY AT, WHAT IS, UM, JUST A HIGH LEVEL INTEREST OF, OF POTENTIAL CAREER OPTIONS. 
          SO THAT REALLY GETS 'EM TO, GETS US TO THE POINT WHERE WE UNDERSTAND MAYBE WHAT THE BEST CASE MANAGEMENT AGENCY WOULD BE FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL. 
          SO FROM THERE, THEY WOULD BE REFERRED TO A PARTICULAR ENTITY, UM, TO ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE CASE MANAGEMENT, THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT. 
          THE FIRST COMPONENT OF THAT, THOUGH IS A MORE THOROUGH ASSESSMENT, UM, TO, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT, UM, THAT THAT PARTICIPANT IS GONNA, WHAT TYPE OF SUPPORT THAT PARTICIPANT IS GONNA NEED. 
          UM, THAT'S WHERE THE CAREER EXPLORATION ALSO COMES IN, BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR CAREER BEFORE THEY EMBARK ON THE TRAINING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CAREER. 
          UM, SO THAT EXPLORATION WOULD TAKE PLACE ONCE THE ALIGNMENT IS IDENTIFIED, THEN THE CASE MANAGER WILL HELP THEM ENROLL IN THAT PROGRAM. 
          ALSO, MAKING SURE IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OTHER TYPE OF SUPPORT, UM, THE MANAGER MAY MENTIONED BRAIDED FUNDING. 
          WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S PART OF WHAT OUR CASE MANAGERS ARE ALSO GONNA BE DOING. 
          SO IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDING OF ANY SORT FOR TRAINING, THAT ALSO GETS ACCESSED BEFORE THE READY TO WORK FUNDING WOULD GET ACCESSED. 
          MEDICAL ASSESSMENTS, UH, THEIR NEEDS MAY CHANGE, YOU KNOW, AS THEY'RE IN THE PROGRAM, UH, OR JUST, YOU KNOW, THINGS IN THEIR LIFE CHANGE. 
          DO, DO YOU COME BACK AGAIN AFTER INTAKE TO ASSESS THE NEEDS? SO THEY'RE GONNA BE IN TOUCH WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS WHILE THEY'RE IN TRAINING. 
          IF THEY'RE IDENTIFIED AS SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS MORE INTENSE SUPPORT, THOSE CHECK-INS WILL BE MORE OFTEN. 
          UM, BUT EVEN THEN THERE WILL BE, WE'RE THINKING MAYBE QUARTERLY REASSESSMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S STILL THE RIGHT LEVEL OF CASE MANAGEMENT THAT THAT PERSON SHOULD BE GETTING. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND ALSO, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH THIS. 
          I HAVE A BIG BAR RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, SO I'M SORRY. 
          I KEEP, UM, I'M GONNA MOVE ON OVER TO THE, UM, THE SIX, SIX PLUS SIX BASED ON PREVIOUSLY PRIORITIZED EXPENSE ACTIVITY. 
          WHAT SHIFTS ARE WE MAKING REGARDING FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS? LIKE WHERE HAVE WE FOCUSED FUNDING ON THAT WE NOW NEED TO SHIFT OVER TO SOMEWHERE ELSE? HAVE WE IDENTIFIED IN, IN TERMS OF GENERAL, PRO, GENERAL PRIORITIES, COUNCILWOMAN MM-HMM. 
          , UM, WELL, IN THE FORECAST WE MAKE JUST THE FINANCIAL ASSUMPTIONS. 
          WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, UM, I, I WOULD SAY THE PRIORITIES FOR THE FINANCIAL FORECAST WAS TO SHOW THE COUNCIL A COMPLETE PICTURE LIKE COUNCILMAN COURAGE DESCRIBED, UM, WHERE WE, UH, ADHERED TO THE RESTORATION OF, OF MOST OF THE CUTS, NOT ALL OF THEM FROM LAST YEAR. 
          UM, THAT WE REMEMBER THE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WHO, UM, DID NOT GET A WAGE ADJUSTMENT AND, AND HAVE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD OVER THE LAST YEAR THAT WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO, LIKE THE D NINE SENIOR CENTER AND THE FIRE CONTRACT AND THE, AND THE THINGS THAT AT SOME POINT WE WILL NEED TO ALSO ACCOUNT FOR LIKE THE POLICE CONTRACT. 
          SO, UM, IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING TO, UM, UH, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING TODAY, YOU CAN, YOU CAN CERTAINLY HEAR THERE ARE SOME PRIORITIES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED. 
          AND AS WE DO THE TRIAL BUDGET, UH, IN MID-JUNE TO SEE, LET YOU SEE A BALANCED BUDGET, UM, THE WEEK BEFORE THE COUNCIL, UH, WORK SESSION, THEN, THEN, THEN THE COUNCIL HAS 
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SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN SEE, UM, AND ADJUST AND GIVE US PRIORITIES AS A GROUP. 
          AND WE'LL DO THE WORK OVER THE SUMMER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, DO YOU SEE ANY SERVICES BEING REDUCED OR ALTERED BASED ON THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC, UH, SERVICES REDUCED? MM-HMM. 
          , UM, I, I, I SEE THAT THERE'S A POTENTIAL CHANGES THAT CAN EXIST. 
          UM, I THINK, UM, 'CAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE ENCOURAGED THE DEPARTMENTS AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PANDEMIC TO, UH, RETHINK HOW WE DO, UH, BUSINESS PROCESSES. 
          I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO. 
          UM, I THINK, UM, UM, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S BEEN EFFICIENT. 
          IT'S BEEN, UH, AN EXPERIMENT THAT WE'VE HAD TO LIVE THROUGH. 
          UM, AND I THINK THERE MAY BE INCREASES IN CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          UM, THAT'S A LOT OF THE WORK THAT I ANTICIPATE SEEING FROM THE DEPARTMENTS IN JULY. 
          UM, WE WILL NOT, WE WILL NOT GO BACK TO EVERYTHING EXACTLY LIKE IT WAS IN FEBRUARY OF 2020. 
          THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE DIFFERENT AND I THINK ULTIMATELY WE'LL BE A BETTER ORGANIZATION AND BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          I HEAR YOU SAYING WE'RE GONNA BE A LITTLE LEANER, MAYBE. 
          UH, YES MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WELL, UM, THANK YOU. 
          UH, JUST HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT, UH, QUICK REQUEST REALLY, REGARDING ARTS, CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES. 
          I ASK THAT WE CONTINUE TO ALSO KEEP THIS INDUSTRY AND PART OF OUR, IN OUR, THIS PART OF OUR ECONOMY IN MIND AS WE CONSIDER FUTURE RELIEF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, MISS, UM, LIA SANCHEZ IS, IS OUT IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. 
          I INVITE YOU, UH, JUST TO TAKE A MOMENT IF, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT, MAYOR TO, UM, UH, TALK ABOUT THE, THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AND THE IMPORTANCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UH, MY NAME IS GARCIA SANCHEZ. 
          I'M HERE WITH MALENA GONZALEZ SEED. 
          UH, WE'VE HEARD, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL WOMEN WHO HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THIS AS WELL AS, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          UH, LAST YEAR WE SUFFERED A 20% CUT FROM THE CITY. 
          THIS WAS A MAJOR BLOW TO ALL OF US. 
          UM, AND YOU HEARD US A Y A YEAR AGO IN MAY, WE WERE HERE AND YOU GAVE US THE EXTRA $2.9 MILLION THAT RESUSCITATE US AGAIN. 
          BUT WE STARTED THE YEAR AGAIN WITH A LOSS IN OCTOBER. 
          UM, AND THE TOURISM INDUSTRY, AS YOU HAVE HEARD, IS WHERE WE RELY ON THE, THE HOT FUNDS. 
          AND WE HAVE SUFFERED THE MOST, THE GREATEST LOSS OF ALL INDUSTRIES LOCALLY, NATIONALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY. 
          SAN ANTONIO CULTURAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS LOST OVER 24 MILLION THIS PAST YEAR AND WE'RE DESTINED TO, WELL, 71 MILLION AS OF JANUARY, 2021. 
          AND JUST LISTENING TO YOUR REPORTS, IT SEEMS 120 MILLION IN HOT FUNDS. 
          WE WON'T HAVE SEE THIS RECOVERY UNTIL 2025. 
          THIS IS WHY WE COME TO YOU TODAY TO ASK YOU TO REFLECT AND RESPOND ON THIS YEAR'S BUDGET'S REALLOCATION, AS WELL AS TO ASK YOU TO INCORPORATE FUNDS FROM THE $326 MILLION YOU WILL RECEIVE FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE FUNDS THROUGH THE POWER OF ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          OUR ORGANIZATIONS HAVE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN TRANSFORMING SAN ANTONIO INTO A VIBRANT AND CREATIVE CULTURAL CENTER. 
          WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CITY'S ECONOMIC GROWTH, CREATED JOBS, AND PROMOTED INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE. 
          COLLECTIVELY, WE HAVE PRODUCED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART AND ATTRACTED MILLIONS OF AUDIENCE MEMBERS TO THIS, TO OUR CITY. 
          AND WE HAVE ALSO HELPED TO MAKE SAN ANTONIO A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. 
          WE ARE MORE THAN ARTISTS, MORE THAN PRESENTING AND AND PRODUCING ORGANIZATIONS. 
          WE HAVE HELPED IN E EAP FUNDING. 
          WE HAVE SAT WITH YOU TO DEVELOP, UH, THESE, YOU KNOW, TO VACCINATE OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          WE'VE DONE SO MUCH MORE. 
          WE ARE THE  SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO PLEASE CONSIDER THESE FUNDS, UM, AND THANK YOU FOR EVEN TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          AND WE HOPE TO SEE THE CHANGES IN THE CHALLENGES BECAUSE WE ARE SUFFERING TREMENDOUSLY. 
          GRACIA THANK, THANK YOU MS. SANCHEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HOCK. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          HOLD ON A SECOND. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, JUST LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE HAD AND WHAT WE HAVE JUST HEARD. 
          AND I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A SPECIFIC ALLOCATION UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUES ACT FOR CULTURAL AND ARTS MUSEUMS. AND I, I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT IF, IF THAT WAS A PART OF THE AMERICAN RESCUES ACT. 
          I, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS AN ALLOCATION WITHIN THAT PLAN. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, I THINK THERE'S AN ALLOCATION THAT THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF THE ARTS RECEIVED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND I'M NOT REMEMBERING THE NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          UM, IT IS NOT A VERY LARGE AMOUNT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, THOUGH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT, 'CAUSE I, I COULDN'T REMEMBER OFF THE, THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I HAVE THE PLAN, SO I'LL GO BACK AND, AND LOOK AT IT, ERIC, AND GET THAT SPECIFIC ALLOCATION FOR YOU AS WELL. 
          UM, ALEX, WHEN IT COMES TO THE READY TO WORK AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, A LOT OF TIMES WHILE INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING THROUGH PROGRAMS OR GOING THROUGH SCHOOLING, THERE'S ALWAYS LIFE THAT HAPPENS. 
          AND 
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UNDER THAT EMERGENCY OR THAT WRAPAROUND SERVICE, HOW MUCH OF THE 1.2 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED TO HELP IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY THAT ARISES FOR RELOCATION SERVICES? IF TRANSPORTATION BREAKS DOWN, UM, IF A CHILD IS SICK, DO YOU KNOW IF THAT WILL BE ACTUALLY PART OF THAT WRAPAROUND SERVICE FUNDING? YES, MA'AM. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE 1.2 IS DESIGNATED TO SUPPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          AWESOME. 
          UM, AND THEN UNDER THE AMERICAN CARESS ACT, THE FOUR POINT OR THE 4 MILLION ALLOCATED TO HEAD START IS THAT THE MONEY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ALLOCATED FOR THE HOMELESS YOUTH INITIATIVE UNDER THE AMERICAN CARES ACT, COUNCILMAN, I WILL FOLLOW UP, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT HEAD START IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SAME PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. 
          SO FOR CHILDREN OF AGES THREE TO FIVE, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU IF THERE'S ANY ALLOCATION FOR HOMELESS YOUTH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT I HAD ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE, AND WE WERE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE THAT WAS GONNA FALL WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          I, I JUST WANTED TO ADD HEAD START IS SPECIFICALLY FOR ZERO TO FIVE-YEAR-OLDS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S ONLY FOR THE ZERO TO FIVE YEAR OLDS. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THE, THE YOUTH PIECE WOULD BE A SEPARATE ALLOCATION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT ALLOCATION WILL BE IF IT'S SEPARATE OR WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT AS OF YET? I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. 
          WE, WE'LL, WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE ALLOCATION OR THE DEDUCTION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE 127 MILLION FROM THE 326.9 MILLION, ARE WE ALLOCATING ANY FINANCIALS OR ANY MONEY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES? 'CAUSE WE DO KNOW A LOT OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ARE STILL SUFFERING COUNCILWOMAN. 
          WE MADE NO ASSUMPTIONS IN THE FORECAST ABOUT ALLOCATING ANY MONEY UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND THE GUIDELINES. 
          SO, UM, THERE'S NOTHING, NOTHING IN THE FORECAST PRESENTATION, NO ASSUMPTIONS WE MADE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO WE'LL GET A FOLLOW UP WHEN IT COMES TO SMALL BUSINESS ALLOCATION ON HOW MUCH WE'LL HAVE WITHIN OUR PURVIEW TO USE. 
          UH, YES MA'AM. 
          WE'LL, THAT, THAT WILL BE PART OF THE JUNE CONVERSATION AND BEYOND. 
          UM, UH, LET ME, LET ME REEMPHASIZE THE THREE, UM, NOTIONS OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, FINANCIAL STABILITY, REVENUE LOSS, AND IMMEDIATE NEEDS. 
          AND THEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER FUNDING STREAM THAT WE MAY HAVE. 
          WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF A BRAIDING STANDPOINT? OKAY. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A FOLLOW-UP CALL TODAY WITH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, UM, IN REFERENCE TO, UM, ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS, ADDITIONAL BREAKDOWNS WITHIN THE AMERICAN RESCUE ACT. 
          UM, IT STARTED AT TWO TODAY, SO I APOLOGIZE, I MISSED IT. 
          BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE COMING FORTH. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT. 
          IF JEFF IS HERE, I'D LOVE TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT CALL REFERENCE TO, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO USE THESE FUNDS. 
          UM, MY LAST QUESTION, I GUESS IS FOR WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUILDING PERMITS IN, EARLIER IN 2019 WHEN WE FIRST CAME IN, WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE OVER 800, UM, PERMITS THAT WERE NOT PULLED. 
          AND SO WE, WE HAD A REVENUE LOSS. 
          AND I WANTED TO FIND OUT AS OF TODAY, ARE WE BACK ON TRACK WITH THOSE PERMITS? AND IF WE'RE NOT EXACTLY. 
          HOW MANY PERMITS ARE, ARE, HAVE NOT BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR AND WHAT IS THAT? REVENUE LOSS AND COUNCIL, OH, SORRY, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, WE, WE, WE, UH, ADDED THE STRIKE TEAM, A TEAM OF INSPECTORS THAT GO OUT AND LOOK FOR THAT. 
          SO THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN REDUCED. 
          I CAN GET YOU THE EXACT NUMBER. 
          UH, BUT THEY HAVE STILL BEEN OUT THERE LOOKING FOR WORK WITHOUT PERMITS. 
          UH, AND THAT'S STILL HAPPENING. 
          THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN REDUCED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THEIR EFFECTIVENESS. 
          UH, BUT WE CAN GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU, UH, COMPARED TO THE 800 FROM TWO YEARS AGO. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS AND, AND COMMENTS I HAVE. 
          MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, I ALSO WANNA THANK THE TEAM FOR PUTTING TODAY'S PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER. 
          IT'S CERTAINLY A LOT TO, TO COVER IN, IN ONE B SESSION, BUT I THINK YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM US OVER THE NEXT MONTH AND A AND A HALF FOR, WITH OUR, WITH OUR INPUT ON THESE PROGRAMS. UH, I ALSO WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL, SPECIAL THANK YOU TO WHOMEVER PUTS TOGETHER THAT, UH, UPDATE ON ALL THE, ALL THE BUDGET INITIATIVES. 
          IS THAT YOU, SCOTT? OR IS THAT SOMEBODY? SOMEBODY. 
          OKAY. 
          TEAM EFFORT. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          IT'S, UH, IT FEELS LIKE A VERY SPECIAL DOCUMENT FULL OF, I MEAN, IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION, BUT IT'S, IT'S VERY, VERY HELPFUL TO KNOW THE STATUS OF, OF ALL THE PROGRAMS. SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BEING PUT TOGETHER. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO START WITH THE, UM, A R P A FUNDING. 
          UH, THERE ARE THE, 
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AND THE OTHER, UH, FEDERAL POT, UH, OF FUNDING. 
          I'LL START WITH THE HEALTH DISPARITIES FUNDING. 
          UM, ERIC, YOU MENTIONED THAT IT WOULD GROW YOU, YOU INTEND THAT IT MIGHT GROW EXISTING PROGRAMS, UH, BEYOND COVID IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, AND, AND I DO THINK THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE MAY BE GETTING IN, IN THAT AREA, THE HEALTH DISPARITY AREA, BUT YES. 
          AND SO WHAT, AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE, THE FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          SO WILL THE PLAN COME TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW BEFORE IT IS, UH, ENACTED? UH, YES MA'AM. 
          I INTEND TO BRING THAT TO YOU TO GOALS, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WORK SESSION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO THAT WE CAN START SHARING, UH, THAT INFORMATION. 
          THE, THE FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I WOULD REQUEST THAT, THAT GO TO COMMITTEE ON ITS OWN WITHOUT THE, THE ENTIRE BUDGET. 
          UM, IF, IF WE COULD SCHEDULE THAT IN ADVANCE, PLEASE. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS, UH, IS, OR AS A REMINDER, IS THAT COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN LED THE CHARGE ON THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION REGARDING RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. 
          SHE AND I BEGAN WORKING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION WITH DAVID MCCAREY AND ZANNE GIBBS IN THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, AS WELL AS SOME TEAM MEMBERS FROM, FROM METRO HEALTH. 
          WHAT WE DETERMINED, OR WHAT WE HAD PROPOSED AT THE TIME IS TO HAVE A BIANNUAL UPDATE, SORRY, TWICE YEARLY UPDATE, UM, NOT EVERY TWO YEARS UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF HEALTH, UH, AS A, ON THE STATUS OF RACIAL HEALTH DISPARITIES TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR COUNCIL. 
          SO ONCE A YEAR TO OUR COUNCIL, AND ONCE A YEAR AS A COMMUNITY UPDATE, UH, IT COULD BE A SYMPOSIUM OR A, OR A ONE DAY EVENT. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN SET ASIDE MONEY FROM THE, A FEDERAL FUNDS FOR HEALTH DISPARITIES TO CARRY OUT THE WORK, UM, THAT WE HAVE TASKED IN THAT RESOLUTION. 
          AND ALSO TO CREATE A COMMUNITY FORUM, A SYMPOSIUM TO DISCUSS THIS TOPIC. 
          I HOPE TO HAVE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN, IN DOING THAT. 
          AND COUNCILMAN BIZ IS NODDING RIGHT NOW, AND, AND HE'S IN. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANKS, . 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I, I ALSO THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD HAVE THIS HEALTH DISPARITY SYMPOSIUM BEFORE ALL OF THAT FUNDING IS PROGRAMMED SO THAT WE CAN HEAR IN, UH, OPEN SESSION FROM, FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT, ABOUT THAT WORK. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THE AR P. 
          SO I DON'T SEE DR. 
          BRIDGER HERE, BUT I DO HOPE SOMEONE IS TAKING NOTE OF THAT REQUEST. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THE A R P A FUNDING FOR C OVID 19 VACCINES. 
          UM, I, I WOULD ALSO LIKE FOR THAT TO COME TO EITHER COMMITTEE OR A B SESSION BEFORE IT'S FULLY PROGRAMMED. 
          AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OR, OR UNDERSTAND THE COORDINATION WITH THE OTHER ENTITIES WHO MAY BE DISTRIBUTING COVID VACCINES OR MAY BE RECEIVING ARPA FUNDING FOR DISTRIBUTING COVID VACCINES. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE OUR DOLLARS GO AS FAR AS POSSIBLE AND HELP THE NEEDIEST PEOPLE. 
          WE CAN ONLY DO THAT IF WE WORK TOGETHER AND DON'T STEP ON ONE ANOTHER'S TOE. 
          SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST AN, AN UPDATE EITHER AT COMMITTEE OR A B SESSION ON HOW THOSE ENTITIES WILL WORK TOGETHER WITH THE ARPA FUNDING. 
          I'M SORRY, I'M TAKING NOTES. 
          COUNSEL . 
          OKAY. 
          JUST I'M TYPING. 
          I CAN'T TELL. 
          YEAH, I'M SORRY. 
          I'M TYPING. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND, UH, JUST AS, AS A REMINDER, I I, YOU KNOW, IN PREVIOUS YEARS, MOST OF OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUDGET HAS REALLY BEEN DRIVEN BY STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS, AND IT REALLY TAKES AWAY OUR POWER TO DETERMINE OUR OWN DESTINY, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DO WITH HEALTH, UH, WITH, FOR HEALTH IMPROVEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO I THINK IT'S GREAT TO GET THIS SHOT IN THE ARM. 
          I DON'T WANNA LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE DO NEED TO HAVE A BIGGER INVESTMENT IN OUR OWN, UH, LOCAL HEALTH DE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND I HOPE TO WORK WITH THE TEAM, UM, WITH THE, EITHER THE BUDGET OR THE HEALTH TEAM OVER THE SUMMER ON COMING UP WITH SOME METRICS ABOUT WHAT'S, WHAT IS A GOOD METRIC FOR OUR INVESTMENT IN OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          WHETHER WE DO IT ON A PER CAPITA BASIS OR BASED ON OUR, UH, BURDEN OF DISEASE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THERE IS AN OFF BUTTON ON THE SIDE OF THAT BONE , UM, OR BASED ON THE BURDEN OF DISEASE IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          BUT NONETHELESS, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE SOME, SOME TARGETS, UH, ON THAT. 
          UM, I WANT TO, UH, 
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MOVE ON TO, UM, ECHO WHAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID ABOUT THE ARTS PROGRAM. 
          WHEN WE FIRST, UM, F STARTED FEELING THE IMPACTS OF COVID, WE KNEW THAT IT WAS REALLY UNFORTUNATE THAT, UM, OUR H O T FUNDS DIRECTLY FUNDED THE ARTS PROGRAM. 
          AND THAT WAS REALLY THE ONLY FUNDING SOURCE BECAUSE IT WAS, OF COURSE, THE MOST VULNERABLE IN, IN THIS TIME. 
          AND WE LOOKED FOR, OR WE REQUESTED ADDITIONAL WAYS OF CONTINUING THOSE PROGRAMS, UH, SO THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ENTIRELY OUT OF OF FUNDING. 
          SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR RETURNING THOSE FUNDING LEVELS TO WHAT THEY WERE PRE COVID AS AS SOON AS WE WE CAN. 
          UM, I ALSO, UH, SAW IN THE VACANCIES, WELL, A A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          ONE WAS 77 VACANCIES IN THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT, WHICH I WAS A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT, BUT I KNOW WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF TRAFFIC THERE. 
          SO CAN, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WHEN YOU MIGHT EXPECT THOSE LIBRARIES TO BE OPEN AGAIN? NORMALLY I DON'T GET A CHANCE TO GET CALLED UP, SO THIS IS GREAT. 
          YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF LIBRARIES NOW, SO YES. 
          , RIGHT? YES. 
          SO LIBRARIES ARE BACK OPENED. 
          ALL OF OUR LIBRARIES EXCEPT THE TWO THAT ARE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW IS THE VACANCIES ARE ACTUALLY COVERING THE FACT THAT WE'RE ONLY OPEN FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 
          WHEN WILL THEY BE OPEN FOR ACTUAL SPENDING TIME IN, IN THE LIBRARY? I HAVE TO TELL YOU, ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY LAMENTED WITH COVID IS THE CLOSURE OF A QUIET PLACE WHERE YOU COULD GO, RIGHT? UH, IF THAT WASN'T AT HOME AND IT WASN'T AT SCHOOL, IT WAS THE LIBRARY. 
          AND THAT'S BEEN UNAVAILABLE TO, TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE HAVE BRISK BORROWING, BUT YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN RIGHT NOW. 
          YES, THAT IS CORRECT. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TO EVALUATE WHAT THAT NEXT LEVEL WILL LOOK LIKE. 
          WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH ROMERO AND THE WHOLE TEAM, JUST TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU NOW, BUT THAT IS BY INTENTIONAL THAT WE PUSH THE FURNITURE TO THE SIDE . 
          UM, THAT WILL BE THE NEXT TIME WE LOOK AT MAKING THAT ADVANCEMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND MORE THAN JUST THE, THE LIBRARIES COUNCILWOMAN, UH, AND DAVID AND I TALKED EARLIER THIS WEEK. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE CONTINUE TO BE ON A, A STEADY COURSE FROM A POSITIVITY STANDPOINT AND OUR VACCINATION PERCENTAGES CONTINUE TO GO UP, UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACILITIES THAT, UH, WE NEED TO START OPENING UP MORE AND MORE, UM, AND, UH, TO INCLUDE THE CONVENTION CENTER, UM, AND THE DOME. 
          AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE MINDFUL OF THAT. 
          AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, PROVIDE A COUNCIL UPDATE, UM, IN JUNE ABOUT, UM, KIND OF FURTHER OPENINGS. 
          'CAUSE I, I THINK, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'RE, WE'RE ON A GOOD PATH RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          I, I UNDERSTAND SOME CITY FACILITIES ARE OPEN WITH, UH, PRECAUTIONS WITH HEALTH PRECAUTIONS AND I, I DUNKED LY OF OUR LIBRARY TO, TO DO THE SAME AS, YOU KNOW, D S D OR SOMETHING. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT UPDATE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MCCAREY. 
          AND, UM, LASTLY, I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THE STATUS OF OUR, OF OUR FURLOUGHED EMPLOYEES. 
          SCOTT, WHEN YOU PRESENTED SOMETHING ABOUT THE FISCAL 22 BUDGET THAT WAS PROGRAMMED IN A TWO YEAR BUDGET, THERE WAS STILL SOME MONEY SET ASIDE AS SAVINGS FOR THE FURLOUGHS, BUT I THOUGHT THOSE WERE ALL TAKEN CARE OF. 
          LIKE, EVERYONE'S COME BACK TO WORK. 
          SO I'M, I'M CONFUSED THAT, THAT I'LL GO AHEAD. 
          SCOTT , UM, THE, WE FURLOUGHED EMPLOYEES THIS TIME LAST YEAR AT THE HOT FUND FOR ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MONTHS. 
          UM, THE FURLOUGHS THAT SCOTT IS REFERRING TO THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE F Y 22 REDUCTION PLAN, WAS FURLOUGHED DAYS FOR ALL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, WHICH WAS AN ADDITIONAL SAVINGS AMOUNT. 
          UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER LAST YEAR TO DO THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          WE PUSHED THAT OFF AND, AND KEPT THE HIRING FREEZE IN PLACE, UM, AND GAVE AND GAVE NO, UH, WAGE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          UM, BUT WE STILL HAD IT IN THE 2022, UH, PLAN, UM, UH, WITH THE, WITH WHAT, WHAT, WHAT SCOTT WAS RECOMMENDING. 
          AND WHAT I, WHAT I SHARED WITH, WITH THE COUNCIL IN DECEMBER WAS THAT BASED ON THE MONEY WE SAVED AT THE END OF 2020, WE HAD A TAKE. 
          WE SHOULD, MY RECOMMENDATION IS WE TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE FOR CONSIDERATION IN 2022, BARRING ANY WHEELS FALLING OFF BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET THIS SUMMER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS, ERIC, 
          [02:20:01]
UH, AND MARIA AND BEN AND EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          SCOTT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR THE HARD WORK AND ANTICIPATION OF, OF DOING THE NEXT, UM, ROUND OF, UM, OF BUDGET TALKS. 
          AND, UH, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM REMEMBER, UM, THAT THE NEEDS ARE UNLIMITED AND THE RESOURCES ARE LIMITED, RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE NOT GONNA SOLVE EVERYTHING. 
          UM, WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA TRY OUR BEST, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA SOLVE EVERYTHING. 
          AND, UM, I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY EXPECTS THEIR PIECE OF THE BUDGET, BUT QUITE HONESTLY WHAT I'M HEARING IS, IS THAT NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA GET THE PIECE THAT THEY WERE EXPECTING, UM, THIS TIME AROUND. 
          AND THAT'S OKAY. 
          I MEAN, IT'S, UH, THE PAN WE'RE RECOVERING EVERY SMALL BUSINESS, EVERY LARGE BUSINESS, AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND NONPROFITS ARE RECOVERING. 
          AND, UM, WE'RE JUST ALL GONNA HAVE TO SWALLOW THAT DIFFICULT PILL. 
          UH, ERIC, MY ONLY, MY ONLY REQUEST IS THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT WE NOT FORGET, UM, THAT THIS COUNCIL EXPRESSED A LOT OF CONSENSUS THE LAST TIME WE MET, UM, WHEN REED WILLIAMS WAS PRESENTING TO US, THAT WE EXPRESSED CONSENSUS ABOUT, UM, REALLY WRAPPING OUR ARMS AROUND, UH, OUR RESILIENCE, UM, AND THOSE RESILIENCE DISPARITIES THAT EXIST HERE, UH, IN ALL FORMS. AND THAT WE NOT BE, THAT WE NOT BE ALLERGIC TO DOING THAT META-ANALYSIS OF, OF HOW WE, WE CAN BE STRONGER, BETTER, TO HELP PEOPLE THRIVE AND NOT BE IN THE POSITION THAT WE WERE ALL IN DURING THAT STORM. 
          UM, MY REQUEST IS THAT AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH DESIGNING, YOU KNOW, THIS, THE PROCESS AND, AND PUTTING TOGETHER THE PRIORITIES IS THAT WE NOT, UM, WE NOT FORGET THAT THAT IMPORTANT DISCUSSION THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK AND THAT Y'ALL SAW ALL OF CITY COUNCIL NODDING YES. 
          AND EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          THANKS. 
          THAT'S IT, COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST RESPOND TO THAT. 
          UM, THAT CERTAINLY WILL BE PART OF THAT TRIAL BUDGET CONVERSATION THAT WE BRING BACK TO YOU IN JUNE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, GREAT PRESENTATIONS. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UH, ON THE, UH, BUDGET SIDE, UH, EVERYBODY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING STARTED WITH OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS IN JUNE. 
          UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT MY PRIORITIES HAVE BEEN, AND THEY WILL REMAIN THOSE PRIORITIES. 
          AND, AND TO THAT POINT, I HOPE AT SOME POINT IN TIME, ERIC, THAT WE GET, UM, A BRIEFING ON THE LAST TWO YEARS SHOWING EXACTLY WHERE THOSE CUTS WERE AND WHAT THOSE DEFERMENTS WERE, UH, OUT OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SO THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE HOW TO PRIORITIZE THIS NEXT, NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET OR, UH, IF THOSE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT, FOR THAT, UH, WHAT DID YOU CALL IT, ARPA? I, I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU CALLED IT, ARPA. 
          UM, BUT, UH, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE GAPS THAT WE TOOK ON DURING LAST COUPLE OF BUDGET YEARS TO SEE ABOUT IN FILLING THOSE GAPS. 
          BECAUSE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WE CUT OUT THAT $50 MILLION OUT OF OUR STREET BUDGET. 
          UH, AND I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THAT AS, UH, GIVE ON, ON OUR PART. 
          I, I SEE THAT AS BEING ELIGIBLE, AND I HOPE IT IS ACCORDING TO THE RULES, UH, ELIGIBLE FOR REPLACEMENT IN, IN OUR, IN OUR BUDGET IN THE FUTURE HERE. 
          SO, UH, WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT, WHERE THOSE GAPS WERE OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND HOW WE CAN FILL THOSE GAPS EITHER WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS OR WITH THE ARPA FUNDS. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY COMMENTS ON THE, UH, ON THE, UH, BUDGET BUDGET PORTION. 
          UH, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          AND, UM, ALEX, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF YOU COULD PULL UP THAT SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER, THE, I GUESS THE NUMBERS OF THE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          WE HAD THE DISCUSSION ON THAT THE OTHER DAY, UH, WITH THE, UH, TYPES OF BACHELOR'S DEGREES OR THE, UH, TRAINING, THE OTHER SLIDE 10, I BELIEVE. 
          YEP, THAT'S IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THAT'S THE NUMBERS. 
          AND YOU HAVE SOME EXPLANATIONS DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. 
          UM, EXPLAIN TO US WHAT THAT DUPLICATED PARTICIPANTS MEANS ON THIS SLIDE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THERE MAY BE SOME PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE IN THE PROGRAM LONGER THAN ONE YEAR. 
          SO FROM THE FORECASTING OR FROM THE FINANCIAL ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING, THOSE ARE THE PARTICIPANTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SERVING EACH YEAR. 
          THE DUPLICATION CAN HAPPEN IF THERE'S A PARTICIPANT IN THE PROGRAM MORE THAN ONE YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY, OKAY, WHAT'S THE TOTAL NUMBER 
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OF PEOPLE? BECAUSE IN THE, UH, WE'VE BEEN TOLD WE'RE GONNA BE HANDLING 40,000 PEOPLE, AND HOW DOES THIS ADD UP TO 40,000 PEOPLE IN THIS FINANCIAL ENROLLMENT CHART HERE? SO OUR, OUR PRESENTATIONS ALWAYS REFERENCE THAT NUMBER AS AN UP TO NUMBER, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE BASICALLY THE CEILING OF WHAT WE, WHAT WE THOUGHT WE'D BE ABLE TO DO WITH THE PROGRAM. 
          I THINK AS FAR AS AN ACTUAL NUMBER, WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE START SEEING PARTICIPANTS. 
          UM, LIKE I MENTIONED, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE DEGREE COMPONENT, IT REALLY MATTERS HOW MANY CREDITS A PERSON ALREADY HAS WHEN THEY ENTER THE PROGRAM. 
          THAT'LL DETERMINE WHETHER THEY NEED TO BE IN THE PROGRAM FOR A YEAR OR TWO OR POTENTIALLY THREE. 
          UM, SO IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE, ON WHO THE PARTICIPANTS ARE THAT ARE COMING IN, AND THEN THE FLOW, WHETHER THEY'RE COMING INTO THE WORKFORCE PROGRAM, WORKFORCE CERTIFICATES, OR INTO ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES OR BACHELOR'S DEGREES. 
          THESE ARE THE PROJECTIONS WE'RE MAKING THE, UH, UM, TO GUIDE THE FINANCIAL ASSUMPTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          BUT DO ALL THESE NUMBERS TOTAL UP TO THE 40,000? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I BELIEVE IT'S 30. 
          I'M TRYING TO DO THE MATH. 
          33, SORRY. 
          37, 300. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SO NOT QUITE 37. 
          A LITTLE OVER 37,000. 
          YES. 
          NOT THE 40 THOU 40,000 THAT, UH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT INITIALLY. 
          SO WASN'T THERE A DISCONNECT WITH, UH, MR. OR YES, STEVEN NIVEN'S REPORT ON, UM, YOU KNOW, I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT HE WAS QUOTING 20,000 VERSUS THE 40,000. 
          WHAT IS THAT DISCONNECT? I THINK THAT NUMBER WAS BASED OFF OF THE PROJECTIONS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD COMPLETE CERTAIN PROGRAMS, HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD GET INTO JOBS. 
          IT, IT, IT LAYERED IN A LOT MORE ASSUMPTIONS THAN WHO WE'RE GONNA SERVE. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHO WE'RE GONNA SERVE FROM YEAR TO YEAR. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, YEAH, BUT I'M, I'M GETTING AT THE TOTAL NUMBER THAT WE WERE, WE'RE EXPECTING TO SERVE AND GET THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND GET JOBS WITH HIGHER PAY. 
          THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED FOR. 
          SO, UM, YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS A NUMBER OF ASSUMPTIONS IN HIS, HIS ANALYSIS ON THAT? YES. 
          BECAUSE THAT WAS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT. 
          YES. 
          IT WASN'T A FINANCIAL PROJECTION NECESSARILY. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BUT YOU HAVE ASSUMPTIONS ALSO, RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          WELL, I GUESS WE'LL SEE WHOSE ASSUMPTIONS ARE RIGHT WHEN, UH, A FEW MORE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, I GUESS. 
          BUT, UH, THAT COMES DOWN TO THE ACTUAL METRICS THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE MEASURING ON THIS PROGRAM. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY DRAFTS OF WHAT THE METRICS ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE ON THIS PROGRAM? YES, SIR. 
          THEY HAVE NOT CHANGED FROM WHAT WE COMMUNICATED TO THE PUBLIC LAST FALL AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF COM, THE PERCENTAGE WE WANT, UM, COMPLETING THE PROGRAM, UM, GOING TOWARDS BACHELOR'S DEGREES, TOWARDS ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES, THE, THE PERCENTAGE THAT WILL BE EARNING HIGHER WAGES, UM, THOSE, THOSE REMAIN UNCHANGED. 
          WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA KEEP THOSE IN PLACE. 
          AND DO YOU HAVE CHARTS OR SOMETHING BUILT TO MEASURE THESE OVER TIME CHARTS? NOT NECESSARILY. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE MEASURING THEM OVER TIME. 
          YES. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, WELL, I'D, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE LAYOUT OF THE CHARTS THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY, OR THE METRICS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE CHARTS BUILT TO SHOW THE PROGRESS OVER TIME. 
          UM, DOLLARS PER PERSON, PERSONS THAT HAVE GRADUATED, HOW MANY AND HOW MANY HAVE GOTTEN JOBS AT A HIGHER WAGE. 
          SO WE NEED TO REALLY MEASURE THIS PROGRAM. 
          'CAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY GOING INTO THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND AGAIN, WE HAVE ASSUMPTIONS ON, UH, AT THE 20,000 PERSONS, AND WE HAVE ASSUMPTIONS AT 40,000 SOMEWHERE. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO REALLY GET DOWN TO WHAT ARE WE REALLY TARGETING HERE? UM, AND THEN WATCH THAT, WATCH THAT PROGRESSION OVER TIME. 
          ARE WE GONNA, WHAT NUMBERS ARE WE GONNA HIT AT THE END OF THE, AND WHAT'S OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT ON THIS WHOLE PROGRAM? YES, SIR. 
          I'VE MENTIONED, AND IN ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT OUR FOCUS FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, WE'LL BE DEVALUE DEVELOPING THE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK AND NOT JUST WAITING TILL THE END OF THE PROGRAM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED, BUT MEASURING ALONG THE WAY. 
          WHAT ARE THOSE INDICATORS THAT ARE TELLING US IF WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS? SO YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          THAT'S PART OF OUR PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE YOUR DRAFT CHARTS AT SOME POINT IN TIME TO, UH, EXPRESS OR SHOW THE PROGRESS OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU ALEX. 
          UH, ERIC, I GUESS I GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, UH, ON THE BUDGET AGAIN, DID WE, DID WE TALK ABOUT USING OUR RESERVE FUNDS AT ALL? AND, AND WHAT IS OUR BALANCE RIGHT NOW IN OUR RESERVE? THE, UH, THE FORECAST YOU SAW TODAY, UM, ONLY ASSUMES WE'RE USING 
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THAT TWO YEAR BALANCE BUDGET OR THAT TWO YEAR RESERVE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. 
          UM, WE CAN, UM, MARIA WILL GIVE YOU THE, WHERE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF RESERVES WITH OUR SIX PLUS SIX. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A 10% FINANCIAL RESERVE IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO THAT IS $126.5 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE A TWO YEAR RESERVE, AND THAT IS SEATING AT, UM, $89.5 MILLION. 
          SO THAT COMPRISE OUR 15%. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT YOU HEARD TODAY, THE ESTIMATED ENDING BALANCE IS, IS NOT THERE. 
          WE'RE, SINCE WE DON'T HAVEN'T COMPETED THE FISCAL YEAR, THAT'S $24.8 MILLION. 
          SO THAT COMBINED A 17% OF OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT'S THE TOTAL OF THAT, AGAIN, THOSE THREE NUMBERS, JUST IN GENERAL TERMS, I CAN'T ADD 'EM UP IN MY HEAD. 
          SORRY. 
          . 
          SO ABOUT $230 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          230 MILLION. 
          SO I GUESS, ERIC, WHEN WE, WHEN WE GET BACK TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT OUR BUDGET FORECAST, WELL, WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE BUDGETING, BUDGETING FOR 22, I'D REALLY LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT RESERVE FUND. 
          I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT USING OUR RESERVE FUNDS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE HAVE SOME CRITICAL AREAS THAT WE CAN'T FILL THE GAPS WITH, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE ALSO ON, ON TAKING A LOOK AT OUR RESERVE FUNDS FOR CRITICAL AREAS THAT REALLY, WE REALLY NEED TO FILL IN THOSE GAPS. 
          SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO PUT THAT ON THE TABLE ALSO, TO ANALYZE THAT AND HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM YOU ON WHETHER WE SHOULD, UH, DIP INTO OUR RESERVE FUNDS OR NOT. 
          SO WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UH, OTHER, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S IT. 
          THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND ONLY TO ADD TO THAT, I THINK WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY ON THE RESERVE FUNDS. 
          CAN, CAN WE BORROW AGAINST THE RESERVE FUNDS? SO THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S AT LEAST, UH, I WOULD AGREE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A CON CONVERSATION OF HOW WE CAN HELP, UH, HELP OUR COMMUNITY WITH THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO JUST QUICKLY, UH, MENTION, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN PALAIS AND I WENT ON A TRIP TO, TO HOUSTON TO SEE A MOCK, A, A A, A MOCK, UH, UH, WHAT'D YOU CALL IT? SI, CYBER ATTACK. 
          BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF TO YOUR POINT, I WANNA SECOND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY SHOULD BE, UH, DOING AS MANY MOCK DRILLS AS AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL OF US THAT WE ALL KNOW. 
          WE CAN ALL KNOW WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, WHAT, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN, IN ANY, UH, SCENARIO. 
          SO I DEFINITELY WOULD SECOND THAT. 
          AND THEN I JUST REALLY JUST WANTED TO, UH, UH, CHIME BACK IN, UH, REGARDING, UM, THE, THE, UH, WHAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL METRO WAS REALLY LOOKING FOR AND APPRECIATE WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN GABRIEL HODRA MENTIONED IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES. 
          AND, AND, AND, AND SO I KNOW, ALEX, YOU'RE YOU'RE WORKING VERY HARD ON THAT AND APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO, TO, TO WORK ON THAT. 
          WE KNOW THAT, UH, THE, THE ELECTORAL SUPPORT AROUND, AROUND THIS VOTE CENTERED AROUND ASPIRATIONAL GOALS, UH, SET FORTH BY THE CAMPAIGN. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA LIVE UP TO THAT. 
          WE WILL, UH, WANT TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN. 
          AND, AND I THINK EVERYBODY CAN AGREE WITH WHAT I RECALL, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SABA'S INITIAL CONCERN, UH, WAS THAT APPLICANTS WHO WERE ALREADY IN A BETTER POSITION TO SUCCEED, WERE GOING TO BE THE ONES WHO BENEFITED OFF THE PROGRAM INSTEAD OF THOSE WHO NEEDED THE NEEDED THE MOST HELP. 
          AND I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT WE WANT, WE WANT TO HELP THOSE THAT NEED IT THE MOST. 
          AND SO, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, THAT'S WHERE, UM, I THINK WE'RE ALL HEADED AND, AND WE'LL KEEP PUSHING IN, IN, IN THAT ROUTE AND IN, IN, IN THAT SENSE, AND APPRECIATE THE, THE, THE, THE SUPPORT OF THIS COUNCIL, UH, TO MOVE, UH, SOMETHING LIKE THIS FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, ONE, UH, ONE LAST COMMENT ON, ON THE BUDGET, AND THEN A COUPLE ON ON WORKFORCE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ROCHA GARCIA MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT I, I WANTED TO, UH, TO EXPLORE A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          AND THAT HAD TO DO WITH, UH, SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO IN ORDER TO PROMOTE OUR ARTS COMMUNITY. 
          AND I LOVE THAT IDEA. 
          I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT'S, UH, IT'S A TREMENDOUS WAY TO, TO GO. 
          UM, REMIND ME, I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHO OVERSEES THE, OUR, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO, BUT DOES THEIR BUDGET OR THEIR ANNUAL PLAN COME TO COUNCIL? AND, AND HOW DOES THAT SYNC UP WITH OUR BUDGET? SO, COUNCILWOMAN, THE ALLOCATION TO VISIT SA IS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS. 
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WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS ASK VISIT SA TO COME AND PRESENT THEIR BUDGET TO THE FULL COUNCIL WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          SO, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED A CONSENSUS FROM AMONG US, BUT TO SEE HOW THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO WHAT THEY COME AND PRESENT, UH, TO OUR WORK SESSION? YEAH. 
          THE, THE, THE OTHER THING I'LL ADD IS THAT, UM, THE, UM, THE AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY HAS WITH V S A, UM, NEEDS TO BE, UM, THE TERM ENDS LATER ON THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE IN SEPTEMBER. 
          UM, AND SO WE DO HAVE AN OPTION TO, UM, MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT, UH, REVIEW IT AND EXTEND IT. 
          AND I THINK, UH, I THINK WE COULD ENCAPSULATE SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS. 
          UH, V S A HAS A NEW DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO WILL BE STARTING, I THINK, LATER ON THIS MONTH, OR EARLY IN JUNE. 
          AND, UH, THOSE CERTAINLY CAN BE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE WITH THEM, UM, UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT WHAT A NEW AGREEMENT LOOKS LIKE AS WELL. 
          AND SO THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, I THINK. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH. 
          I KNOW WE'RE GIVING YOU A LOT OF WORK TO DO BETWEEN NOW AND AND BUDGET SESSION, BUT, UH, THANK YOU AND, AND GREAT SUGGESTION BY, BY THE COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, I WANNA MOVE ON TO, TO WORKFORCE. 
          UH, A A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR, FOR YOU, ALEX. 
          UM, NUMBER ONE, YOU SHOWED A SLIDE, UH, WITH, UH, THE ONE THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY, UH, BROUGHT UP WITH, UH, BASICALLY THE COHORTS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH. 
          AND I KNOW ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAD EXPRESSED, UH, TO YOU PREVIOUSLY WAS THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T HAVE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENT EQUIVALENCY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. 
          YOU TOLD ME ABOUT ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WOULD, UM, COMPLIMENT THIS PROGRAM, UH, HELPING PEOPLE COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY SO THEY COULD, UH, BASICALLY FUNNEL INTO THIS PROGRAM. 
          UH, HOW, HOW MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE, UH, DO YOU ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, RECEIVING HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY AND FUNNELING INTO THIS PROGRAM? WE HAVEN'T PROJECTED A NUMBER YET, MA'AM. 
          WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE REPURPOSING THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING THAT WOULD TRADITIONALLY BE USED FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM, AND FUNNELING IT ALL TOWARDS HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY SINCE READY TO WORK WILL BE DOING THIS, THIS ADDITIONAL SERVICE, UM, COMPONENT. 
          UM, SO THAT, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 3.7 MILLION IS WHAT WE WOULD BE PURPO REPURPOSING FOR HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY WORK. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE GOING THROUGH THE SOLICITATION PROCESS WOULD ALSO BE IDENTIFYING, UM, TRAINING PROVIDERS FOR THAT TYPE OF WORK. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUST, UH, JUST TO POINT OUT, THAT'S A HIGH PRIORITY FOR ME AS, AS THIS PROGRAM MOVES ON, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE OUR BIGGEST AND OUR, OUR MOST PERSISTENT POVERTY EXISTS IS AMONG PEOPLE WITHOUT, UM, HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          UH, ONE QUICK QUESTION. 
          UH, SO 11 INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE THE FULL COMPLIMENT FOR, FROM, FROM THE CITY SIDE. 
          AND WILL THOSE BE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH THIS ORGANIZATION, OR WILL THEY BE DIRECTLY EMPLOYED BY READY TO WORK AND OR WILL THEY BE CIVIL SERVICE? I, I KNOW PRE-K S A WORKS FOR ONE WAY, WORKS ONE WAY. 
          WILL THIS BE SIMILAR TO THAT, IS WHAT I'M ASKING? THESE WILL BE CITY EMPLOYEES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM PRE-K FOUR S A BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NECESSARILY DIFFERENT. 
          IT'S LIKE PRE-K, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE POSITIONS, I THINK I, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY CIVIL SERVICE. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          UM, THE, THE CONTRACT MONITORS AND THE FISCAL STAFF ARE PROFESSIONAL STAFF, SO THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT, UM OH, OKAY. 
          THAT LEVEL OF EMPLOYEE, THAT PROFESSIONAL LEVEL EMPLOYEE IS NOT SUBJECT TO CIVIL SERVICE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEY'RE NOT GRANT FUNDED, THEY'RE CITY EMPLOYEES. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY, WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, I'M GONNA JUMP ON THE, ACTUALLY, I'M NOT GONNA JUMP ON A BANDWAGON. 
          I'M GONNA BRING UP A CONVERSATION THAT YOU AND I HAVE HAD ABOUT LESSONS LEARNED AND BEST PRACTICES. 
          AND, UH, YOU'RE PROBABLY GETTING TIRED OF, OF HEARING THIS, BUT YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, ALEX. 
          NOT, NOT OF HEARING THAT, OF HEARING BEST PRACTICES TODAY. 
          , NO ONE EVER GETS TIRED OF HEARING THAT THEY DO. 
          UM, IS THAT ME ALL? OH MY GOD. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, WELL, WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION AND YOU KNOW WHERE I STAND ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, I THINK REGARDING THE, UM, READY TO WORK, I THINK MOST HAVE ANSWERED, UH, THE QUESTIONS, UM, BY NOW, BUT, UM, I'M JUST, MUCH OF THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, REGARDING, UM, THE CERTIFICATES VERSUS, YOU KNOW, BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO CHANGE THAT AS A NEED ARISES, AND THAT'S WHERE I FEEL LIKE 
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THE CONVERSATION LIES. 
          SO EVERY YEAR WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND SEE IF WE NEED TO SWITCH THAT. 
          IS THAT SAFE TO TO SAY?  SORRY. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE ANNUAL BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE I MEAN, I THINK THAT WE'LL JUST HAVE TO LOOK VERY CLOSELY BECAUSE WE DO ANTICIPATE, UM, PERHAPS A FULL RECOVERY, UH, WITHIN FIVE YEARS WE'RE DOING THIS PROGRAMS AT THE SAME TIME. 
          UM, WE MAY FIND THAT PERHAPS WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE CON LIKE CONSTRUCTION BOOM, AND WE NEED MORE OF THOSE, AND PLUMBERS AND THAT SORT OF THING. 
          UM, OR WHO KNOWS, MAYBE EVERYTHING GOES IT AND WE NEED TO HAVE MORE OF THOSE WORKERS. 
          UM, HEALTHCARE I THINK WILL ALWAYS BE, UH, AND PROBABLY, UM, WILL NOT, UM, CHANGE THAT HAS, UM, THESE SECTORS, I THINK HAVE ALWAYS BEEN, UM, AT PLAY. 
          I MEAN, THE, IN MANY WAYS I JUST FELT LIKE, WELL, WE'RE NOT REALLY HEARING ANYTHING NEW. 
          WE'VE BEEN SEEING, UM, A NEED IN THESE SECTORS FOR AT LEAST A 10 YEAR SINCE I FIRST SAW A REPORT FROM STEVE NIV IN, YOU KNOW, MY VERY FIRST IN 2013, UM, THAT WE HAD LOW COLLEGE ATTAINMENT, THAT WE HAD LOW, UM, COLLEGE, UH, RATES THAT WE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LIKE, UH, THE SAME STORY OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT PEOPLE DON'T LOCATE TO SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SKILLED WORKFORCE. 
          AND I'VE ALWAYS DOUBTED A LITTLE BIT OF THOSE ASSUMPTIONS, BUT, UM, WE AT LEAST KNOW THAT THEY CAN'T USE THAT EXCUSE ANYMORE. 
          UH, SO, UM, WE NEED TO, UH, PERHAPS TELL A DIFFERENT STORY, UM, AND ENCOURAGE, UH, OR I BELIEVE HAVE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED OUR OWN COMMUNITY TO, TO GROW WITHIN, FROM WITHIN. 
          SO, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THE, UM, THESE, UH, UH, RECOMMENDATION AS THEY COME. 
          AND, AND I'M, I, YOU KNOW, HOPE THAT WE HAVE, UM, TREMENDOUS SUCCESS FROM THE PROGRAM AND, UM, YEAH, I'VE EXPRESSED MY CONCERN ABOUT IT, BUT WE ALL WANT IT TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND SO, UH, ULTIMATELY IT'S GOING TO MEAN, UM, YOU KNOW, A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S ALL THE COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO CHIME BACK IN ERIC AND, AND LET YOU KNOW THAT WHAT I FOUND WAS NOT UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, BUT IT WAS UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2021, AND WITHIN THAT IT WAS A 900 BILLION PANDEMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE, WHICH CONTAINS 325 BILLION SMALL BUSINESS BOOST, AND 15 BILLION FOR STRUGGLING LIVE VENUES, MOVIE THEATERS, AND MUSEUMS. UM, OUT OF THAT 1.61, OH, OKAY, EXCUSE ME, 167.5 MILLION WENT TO THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT, 257 MILLION WAS FOR THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUMS AND LIBRARY SERVICES, AND 15 MILLION WAS FOR THE AMERICAN LATINO MUSEUMS AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
          SO THAT'S THE NUMBERS AND, AND THE ACT THAT I WAS SPEAKING OF THAT SPEAKS TO THE ARTS AND, AND CULTURE ASPECT. 
          SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER CURRY. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THERE WERE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I DIDN'T GET TO ASK ON READY TO WORK. 
          SO, ALEX, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE BASING ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE WANT TO DO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM ON WHAT WE ANTICIPATE, OR WHAT WE UNDERSTAND OUR JOB NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WHAT ARE THE DEMAND FIELDS FOR THE JOBS TODAY THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON? SO THIS WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT THE ADVISORY BOARD PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON. 
          UM, THEY APPROVED, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THEM ALL RIGHT NOW, BUT CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERSECURITY BIOSCIENCES AND HEALTHCARE. 
          UM, THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL, I, I THINK THE CATEGORIES CONSIDERED SOCIAL SERVICES, BUT IT WAS MOSTLY ASSOCIATED WITH TEACHING, UM, THAT WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED. 
          AND ALL OF THIS WAS, WAS DONE THROUGH THE DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED, UM, AND ANALYZED BY WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO, ABOUT THE IN DEMAND OCCUPATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          RIGHT. 
          NOW, YOU, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU MENTION HEALTHCARE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THAT'S PART OF IT. 
          WHAT ABOUT FINANCIAL? I BELIEVE THEY WERE ALSO, THEY THAT WAS ALSO INCLUDED. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I'D, I'D BE INTERESTED IN, IN KNOWING WHAT THE NUMBER OF JOB OPENINGS ARE IN THOSE FIELDS TODAY. 
          UH, AND I'M SURE THEY USE THAT TO BASE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND MAYBE WHAT THOSE PROJECTIONS ARE, BECAUSE AS COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS TALKING ABOUT, IF WE ARE GOING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE PEOPLE ARE, ARE GETTING THE TRAINING AND WHAT JOBS THEY'RE GONNA BE TAKING, I THINK IT'S AN, IT'S GOOD FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THOSE FIELDS NOW AND WHAT'S THE PROJECTION OF THOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING FITS INTO THAT. 
          YES. 
          OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 
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AND, AND I THINK YOU ANSWERED A QUESTION LIKE THIS, BUT I WANTED TO ASK IT ONCE MORE. 
          HOW WILL WE TIE NEW BUSINESSES COMING TO SAN ANTONIO THAT SAY, WE ARE GONNA PROVIDE A HUNDRED, 200, 500 JOBS, WHATEVER THOSE BUSINESSES ARE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO TIE THEM INTO THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM? ASIDE FROM THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE EXPECTING, OUR, OUR CASE MANAGEMENT AGENCIES ARE GONNA NEED TO BE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH LOCAL EMPLOYERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ENCOURAGING PARTICIPANTS TO JOIN OR TO, TO ENROLL IN THE PROGRAMS THAT ALIGN WITH THE VACANCIES THAT EXIST IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEN ON THE TAIL END TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE HIRING PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROGRAM. 
          BUT ASIDE FROM THAT COMPONENT, UM, I'M SORRY, MY MIND JUST WENT BLANK ABOUT YOUR QUESTION. 
          WELL, ARE WE GONNA TIE INCENTIVES? YES, SIR. 
          TO ENSURING THESE BUSINESSES BECOME PART OF THE PROGRAM? SO THE GUIDELINES THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED LAST DECEMBER ALREADY, UH, ONE OF THE FEW ADDITIONS THAT WAS MADE WAS INCORPORATING SOME SORT OF PARTICIPATION WITH READY TO WORK, UM, RECRUITMENT, UM, HIRING, OR NOT AS FAR AS REQUIRING HIRING, BUT AT LEAST INTERVIEWING, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING THROUGH OUR PROGRAM THAT MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND COUNCILMAN THAT POLICY IS COMING BACK TO COUNCIL EARLY JUNE AND B SE IN A B SESSION MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS. 
          WE OUGHT TO TAKE, UH, ALL THE ADVANTAGE WE CAN, UM, IN OUR INTERACTIONS WITH COMPANIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ROWING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, ON THE SAME POINT OF THE HORIZON. 
          AND I WOULD THINK THAT IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE AWARDING THEM, UH, CERTAIN INCENTIVES FROM THE CITY, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE FIRM COMMITMENTS, NOT JUST, OKAY, WE'LL INTERVIEW ONE OUT OF EVERY FIVE HIRES, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT WE'LL EMPLOY, YOU KNOW, 2, 3, 4, 5% OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEES WHO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OUT OF THE PROGRAM. 
          SO I THINK THAT'D BE A GOOD DISCUSSION POINT WHEN YOU BRING IT BACK UP. 
          ERIC, THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          AND, AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE CONVERSATION, UM, ON THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          UH, THERE'S STILL A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WORK AHEAD OF US AS WE WORK TOWARDS THE FALL, UH, AND WINTER LAUNCH OF THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, I, I DO WANNA SAY THAT AS WE TURN THE CORNER, UH, ON THE PANDEMIC FROM A HEALTH PERSPECTIVE AND MORE PE PEOPLE GET VACCINATED AND WE SEE THE NUMBERS OF INFECTIONS CONTINUE TO GO DOWN, UH, OUR FOCUS WILL BE GETTING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK, UH, GETTING FOLKS INTO JOBS, UH, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A FULL AND EQUITABLE RECOVERY OF OUR ECONOMY. 
          UH, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD TIRE, I DON'T THINK WE CAN TIRE OF REMINDING OURSELVES WHERE WE WERE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. 
          UH, WE ALL KNOW THE, THE IMAGES OF THE FOOD BANK LINES DURING THE PANDEMIC, UH, BUT IT WAS IN, UH, A, A STARK REMINDER THAT EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, WE SAW THOSE SAME LINES, 60,000 PLUS FAMILIES IN THOSE LINES WHEN THIS CITY HAD 3% UNEMPLOYMENT, WHEN WE HAD INCREDIBLE ECONOMIC GROWTH, UM, WHEN WE HAD BUSINESSES OPENING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INVESTMENTS, UM, IN, IN SINGLE MONTHS. 
          UM, THERE IS A TRUTH, UH, TO THE STORY OF SAN ANTONIO THAT WE HAVE STRUGGLED HISTORICALLY MIGHTILY IN A NATION LEADING WAY WITH UNDER AND UNEMPLOYMENT AND, AND THEREFORE WITH POVERTY. 
          UH, SO IF WE ARE GONNA GET FOLKS BACK TO WORK, UH, IF WE'RE GONNA SEE A ROBUST ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN THE CITY, WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON ENSURING THAT PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TO WORK FOUR OR FIVE JOBS JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET. 
          UH, AND THAT'S PART OF THE EFFORT HERE. 
          AND, AND FRANKLY, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A HERCULEAN EFFORT FOR EVERYONE WHO'S INVOLVED. 
          I DO WANT TO THANK, UH, OUR CITY TEAM, UH, FOR BEING RESPONSIVE, UH, AND, AND RESPONDING TO THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY MY COLLEAGUES, UH, BY THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HELPING LEAD THIS EFFORT, LIKE HOPS METRO, UM, ADJUSTING AS THE CASE IS MADE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND THAT'S GONNA REMAIN THE CASE. 
          UM, THE KEY IS FLEXIBILITY AND TYING IT TO THE ACTUAL REAL WORLD INDUSTRIES THAT ARE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT ARE PAYING WELL, UH, WE KNOW WHAT THOSE INDUSTRIES ARE TODAY. 
          UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY MAY BE FIVE, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, BUT WE NEED TO FLEX WITH THOSE INDUSTRIES. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY THE, THE STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE SETTING UP. 
          BUT THE WORK IS ONGOING, IT'S GONNA CONTINUE, AND IT'S GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO WORK WITH OUR LOCAL EMPLOYERS TO HIRE FROM THE PIPELINE OF, UM, OF EMPLOYEES AND, AND WORKERS THAT ARE BEING CREATED, UH, IN THIS SKILLED PROGRAM. 
          I, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, THE INITIAL DATA FROM THE TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM IS VERY ENCOURAGING. 
          UM, THE LAST DATA I SAW SHOWED THAT 64% OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM WERE LIVING IN POVERTY PRIOR TO BECOMING INVOLVED IN THAT PROGRAM. 
          UM, SO 
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THAT IS SOME OF THE INITIAL FOUNDATION OF THIS, UH, READY TO WORK PROGRAM THAT WE CAN GET STARTED FROM. 
          BUT, BUT AGAIN, THE WORK IS ONGOING. 
          UH, IT'S PART OF OUR ECONOMIC STORY AND GETTING FOLKS BACK TO WORK, UH, BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT, IN MY VIEW, UM, THE METRICS ARE CORRECT. 
          I'M GONNA BE VERY INTERESTED IN HOW WE JUDGE THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND WHILE WE, WE DO WANT TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, AS MANY AS 40,000 FOLKS ENROLLED DURING THIS ENTIRE PROCESS OF THE PROGRAM. 
          THE TRUTH IS, THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM IS WHETHER OR NOT THAT FAMILY THAT LIVES DOWN THE STREET NO LONGER HAS TO GO WITHOUT SEEING THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO WORK AN EXTRA TWO OR THREE JOBS. 
          UM, THAT THE, THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY IS ACTUALLY BEING WON IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THAT IS A SUCCESS, UH, METRIC FOR MY, IN MY ESTIMATION OF THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM, WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE TRULY INVESTED THE MONEY IN RESOURCES AND TIME AND EFFORT IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR, UM, THE GREAT DISCUSSION. 
          THOSE ARE GONNA CONTINUE. 
          UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA FOR NOTING THAT WE DO WANT TO HAVE, UM, SOME INPUT AND, AND PUBLIC, UM, DIALOGUE AS THE ADVISORY BOARD CONTINUES TO MEET. 
          THEY'RE ALSO, UH, ALREADY DOING SOME GREAT WORK THERE. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN EVERYONE FOR THE DISCUSSION. 
          LAST THING I WANNA SAY, UM, I KNOW FOLKS ARE ALREADY HERE FOR OUR FIVE O'CLOCK CITIZEN TO BE HEARD SESSION. 
          WE DO HAVE ONE MORE ITEM TO GET TO, AND THAT IS OUR PRE-K FOR SA BUDGET, UH, PROPOSAL OR BUDGET, UH, DISCUSSION. 
          SO SARAH, I THINK IS GONNA COME UP. 
          I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, ERIC, BUT IF FOLKS ARE HERE FOR DECISIONS TO BE HEARD AT FIVE O'CLOCK, JUST HANG TIGHT. 
          THIS ONE WON'T TAKE TOO LONG. 
          UH, WE'LL GET RIGHT THROUGH IT. 
          ERIC. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, SO SARAH WILL GIVE US THE BRIEFING TODAY. 
          UM, I'M, ARE YOU READY? OKAY. 
          I WASN'T SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          I WASN'T SURE IF YOU WERE MICD UP. 
          OKAY. 
          SORRY. 
          NO, I'M READY TO GO. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GO. 
          SORRY, QUICK INTRO, . 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CITY MANAGER, WALSH, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          [4. 21-3155 Pre-K 4 SA program overview and briefing on the Pre-K 4 SA FY 2022 Budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021. [Alejandra Lopez, Assistant City Manager; Sarah Baray, Ph.D., CEO, Pre-K 4 SA]]
UM, I APPRECIATE YOU CONTINUING WITH THIS. 
          I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY FOR YOU. 
          I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PRE-K FOR SA BUDGET AND AS REQUIRED BY OUR, UM, BYLAWS. 
          I WILL ALSO PRESENT, UM, A BRIEF PROGRAM OVERVIEW, A, ALONG WITH THOSE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS. 
          BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'M GONNA KEEP IT VERY, VERY SHORT. 
          UM, YOU WILL FIND A MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE, UM, REPORT OF OUR 2020 YEAR REVIEW ON OUR PRE-K FORSA.COM WEBSITE, AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA LEAVE YOU WITH A COPY OF THAT TODAY SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION. 
          SO AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TODAY, UM, LAST SPRING BROUGHT, UM, THE ARRIVAL OF C OVID 19 TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WHAT THIS MEANT FOR PRE-K FOUR S A WAS THAT IN THE COURSE OF ONE WEEKEND, WE COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED THE WAY WE DELIVER SERVICES. 
          UH, WE PIVOTED TO PROVIDING REMOTE INSTRUCTION, HOLDING WEEKLY FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS, DELIVERING CRITICALLY NEEDED SUPPLIES TO FAMILIES AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS, AS WELL AS HELPING THE FOOD BANK BY PROVIDING OVER 360 EMPLOYEES, UM, TO WORK MORE THAN 260,000 HOURS TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD FOOD TO PUT ON THE TABLE. 
          WE ALSO HELPED TO SUSTAIN OUR PARTNER PROGRAMS BY WORKING TO ENSURE THEY HAD THE RESOURCES TO WEATHER THE PANDEMIC. 
          UM, WE WORKED SIDE BY SIDE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY NEED. 
          UM, AND IN, IN A CRAZY WAY, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS ACTUALLY ADVANCED BECAUSE THEY HAD LOWER ENROLLMENTS DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT TO PROVIDE CRITICALLY NEEDED TRAINING FOR THEIR TEACHERS TO HELP THEM IMPROVE QUALITY SO THEY WOULD BE READY TO GO. 
          AS WE REOPEN FULLY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, WE LAUNCHED DIGITAL INNOVATIONS, INCLUDING PARTNERING WITH BIBLIOTECH AND CHARLES BUTT TO PROVIDE A FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO THE BOOKS DIGITAL LIBRARY TO EVERY TEACHER AND EVERY FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX YEAR OLD IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          SO THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS, ACCESS TO LIBRARY BOOKS OVER THE SUMMER. 
          IN SEPTEMBER, WE, UM, REOPENED OUR EDUCATION CENTERS WITH NEW SAFETY PROTOCOLS, INCLUDING DAILY SCREENING, TOUCHLESS TOILETS AND SINKS, PLEXIGLASS DIVIDERS. 
          AND THEN WE PARTNERED WITH METRO HEALTH TO PROVIDE WEEKLY ASYMPTOMATIC TESTING FOR STAFF AND ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR STAFF HAD ACCESS TO VACCINE APPOINTMENTS WHEN THEY BECAME AVAILABLE AND PROVIDED PAID TIME FOR, UH, STAFF TO GO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. 
          AND TO DATE, WE HAVE OVER 70% OF OUR STAFF ARE FULLY VACCINATED AND ABLE TO, UM, CONTINUE SERVING OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. 
          AND THEN IN NOVEMBER, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE WERE REAUTHORIZED WITH MORE THAN 70% OF THE SAN ANTONIO VOTERS SAYING YES TO ANOTHER EIGHT YEARS OF PRE-K FOR SA. 
          AND IN OUR PROMISE TO THE VOTERS, WE HAVE, UM, PROMISED TO EXPAND SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT EVERY FOUR YEAR OLD HAS ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE 
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HIGH QUALITY PRE-K. 
          UM, AND THIS WILL HAPPEN THROUGH A COMBINATION OF CHILDREN SERVED IN OUR EDUCATION CENTERS AND OUR PARTNER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDCARE CENTERS AND HOME-BASED PROVIDERS. 
          IN JANUARY, THE PRE-K FOR SA BOARD MET TO BEGIN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS, AND THE BOARD HAS IDENTIFIED FIVE KEY OVERARCHING GOALS THAT WILL GUIDE OUR WORK OVER THE NEXT YEAR. 
          AND THOSE INCLUDE EXPAND ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HIGH QUALITY PRE-KINDERGARTEN FOR ALL FOUR YEAR OLDS IN SAN ANTONIO TO STRENGTHEN SAN ANTONIO'S EARLY LEARNING INFRASTRUCTURE TO CREATE AN EQUITABLE, AFFORDABLE, HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING AND CARE SYSTEM FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. 
          BIRTH THROUGH AGE EIGHT, TO ELEVATE AND SUPPORT FAMILIES AS EDUCATIONAL LEADERS AND ADVOCATES WHO NURTURE AND STRENGTHEN THE LONG-TERM SUCCESS OF CHILDREN TO ENSURE SAN ANTONIO HAS A ROBUST CORE OF HIGHLY SKILLED EARLY LEARNING TEACHERS AND LEADERS, AND TO LEVERAGE SAN ANTONIO'S POSITION AS A NATIONAL LEADER AND EXPERT IN HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING TO STRENGTHEN SAN ANTONIO'S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND WORKFORCE. 
          BUT EVEN AS PRE-K FOUR SA EXPANDS TO SERVE MORE CHILDREN THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE 2000 CHILDREN IN OUR EDUCATION CENTERS. 
          THE MAJORITY OF CHILDREN WE HAVE SERVED AND WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE, QUALIFY FOR FREE PUBLIC PRE-K BASED ON THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE. 
          MORE THAN 80% OF THOSE CHILDREN QUALIFY BASED ON INCOME. 
          19% OF OUR CHILDREN SPEAK MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE, AND COLLECTIVELY THEY REPRESENT MORE THAN 30 LANGUAGES. 
          UM, ALMOST 12% OF OUR CHILDREN ARE MILITARY AFFILIATED. 
          UM, WE HAVE 25% OF OUR CHILDREN WHO, UM, FALL IN THE ELIGIBILITY GAP. 
          AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THEIR PARENTS MAKE TOO MUCH TO QUALIFY FOR FREE PUBLIC PRE-K, UM, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO AFFORD, UH, HIGH QUALITY PRE-K IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 
          SO IN THE PAST, WE'VE OFFERED POSITIONS FOR THESE OR SEATS FOR THESE CHILDREN ON A SLIDING SCALE TUITION PROGRAM. 
          UM, WITH REAUTHORIZATION, WE INTEND TO MAKE THOSE SEATS FREE TO FAMILIES WHO FALL IN THAT GAP. 
          AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER 250 SEATS ON A SLIDING SCALE, UM, TUITION BASIS. 
          SO THAT PRE-K FOUR SS A CONTINUES TO BE OPEN TO ANY CHILD IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          OUR DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ALSO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE SUPPORT A VERY DIVERSE STUDENT POPULATION, RACIALLY AND ETH, UM, ETHNICALLY, AND WE ALSO SERVE, UM, CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND IN FACT HAVE A SPECIALIZED TEAM THAT HELPS TO DEVELOP NEW WAYS TO SERVE YOUNG CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS. IN TERMS OF PROGRAM UPDATES FOR THE COMING YEAR UNDER OUR EDUCATION CENTERS, WE'VE ADDED, UM, A DIS, UH, REGISTRATION LIAISON TO PROVIDE PERSONALIZED SERVICE TO EVERY FAMILY FROM THE START TO THE FINISH OF THE EDU, UH, THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT CAN BE, UM, DAUNTING FOR FAMILIES FOR MANY OF WHOM ARE REGISTERING THEIR CHILD FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          UM, WE ARE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT AND DEVELOP OUR GARDENDALE EARLY EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM IN THE EDGEWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH NEXT, NEXT YEAR WILL SERVE CHILDREN PRE-K THROUGH SECOND GRADE ON THAT CAMPUS. 
          AND WE HAVE STARTED A RECENT PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO, UM, AS THEY PLAN TO OPEN AN EDGE CARE SITE NEAR THEIR CAMPUS THAT WILL SERVE CHILDREN BIRTH THROUGH AGE FIVE. 
          AND THAT ALSO WILL BE A MODEL CENTER. 
          AND THE FIRST, IT'S A NATIONAL MODEL THAT'S COMING TO TEXAS AND SAN ANTONIO WILL HAVE THE FIRST AND ONLY ONE. 
          UM, IN OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, WE ARE REALIGNING THAT AND EXPANDING THAT DIVISION TO BETTER SERVE, UM, THE EDUCATORS IN THE EARLIEST YEARS BIRTH THROUGH AGE FIVE, AS WELL AS TO SERVE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH THEIR NEW READING ACADEMIES AND THE, THE LITERACY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE, UM, REQUIRED BY THE STATE. 
          OUR GRANTS, WE CONTINUE TO REFINE THAT PROCESS TO SUPPORT AWARDING, UM, FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS THAT HAVE HIGH IMPACT STRATEGIES, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING THOSE FUNDS WHERE THEY'LL HAVE THE GREATEST USE AND DEVELOPING A DATA SYSTEM TO COLLECT DATA TO, TO DETERMINE THE EFFICACY OF THOSE INVESTMENTS. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, IN OUR FAMILY DIVISION, AS ALWAYS, WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES F AS THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT TEACHERS OF THEIR CHILDREN. 
          BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, MO MORE CLOSELY CONNECTING WITH THESE NEW WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AND HELPING TO SEE HOW OUR FAMILIES CAN ALSO BE PART OF THAT WORK. 
          UM, MY FINAL PROGRAM OVERVIEW SLIDE IS ABOUT EARLY MATTERS. 
          AND YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR EARLY MATTER. 
          SAN ANTONIO IS A COALITION OF BUSINESS LEADERS AND EARLY LEARNING ADVOCATES WHO ARE WORKING ACROSS THE STATE TO ADVANCE POLICIES THAT HELP TO IMPROVE THE EARLY LEARNING AND CARE SYSTEM. 
          PRE-K FOUR S A IS PARTNERING WITH BUSINESS LEADERS AND THEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO AND UNITED WAY, SAN ANTONIO'S, UM, READY KIT SA, UM, COALITION TO, UM, MAKE THAT WORK, UM, HAVE A POWERFUL IMPACT BOTH LOCALLY AND ACROSS THE STATE. 
          AND NOW ON TO THE BUDGET. 
          SO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADOPTED THE, 
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UM, FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET ON APRIL 6TH, BUT SINCE THEN, WE HAVE GOTTEN UPDATED NUMBERS FROM THE BUDGET OFFICE THAT YOU'VE DISCUSSED TODAY. 
          SO THE BUDGET THAT I PRESENT TODAY HAS THOSE UPDATED PROJECTIONS IN THEM. 
          THE PRE-K FOUR S A BOARD WILL SEE THOSE, UM, PROJECTIONS AND DISCUSS THEM TOMORROW AND HOPEFULLY ADOPT THOSE. 
          AND WHEN THEY DO, THEN THE BUDGET THAT COMES BACK TO YOU ON FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL ON MAY 20TH WILL BE THE AMENDED BUDGET THAT THE BOARD A, UH, APPROVES TOMORROW. 
          THE EIGHT YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR PRE-K FOUR S A HERE IS IN THIS CHART. 
          AND THIS LAYS OUT OUR PROJECTIONS FOR, UM, REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. 
          AGAIN, THE REVENUES HAVE BEEN UPDATED RECENTLY TO REFLECT THAT MORE OPTIMISTIC, UM, PROJECTION THAT SAYS WE MAY RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC SOONER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED. 
          UM, HOWEVER, THE EXPENDITURES HAVE REMAINED, UM, STABLE BECAUSE PRE-K FOUR SS A TAKES A VERY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO BUDGETING. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH WE THINK WE MAY HAVE, UM, ADDITIONAL REVENUES COMING IN, WE'RE GONNA WAIT TO SEE THAT THE, WHETHER THOSE MATERIALIZE BEFORE WE INCREASE OUR EXPENDITURES. 
          HOWEVER, IF THEY DO MATERIALIZE, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO EXPAND SOONER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED. 
          WE THOUGHT OUR RAMP UP IN THE SECOND PHASE WOULD TAKE LONGER BECAUSE OF THE DECREASE IN SALES TAX, BUT THIS SUGGESTS THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO, UM, BEGIN SERVING MORE CHILDREN SOONER. 
          IN THE CURRENT F Y 22 BUDGET, WE HAVE A PROJECTED 42 MILLION, A LITTLE BIT OVER 42 MILLION IN REVENUE. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THAT 31.5 MILLION COMES FROM SALES TAX. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE 4.3 MILLION THAT WE ANTICIPATE IN STATE AND LOCAL MATCH. 
          THAT'S WHAT THE DISTRICTS GIVE TO US. 
          UM, IT'S ESSENTIALLY A PASS THROUGH FROM THE STATE FUNDING THAT THE DISTRICTS GIVE TO US IN EXCHANGE FOR US PROVIDING FULL DAY PRE-K FOR THEIR CHILDREN. 
          UM, WE ALSO RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FOR MEAL MEALS AND SNACKS THROUGH THE U S D A FOOD PROGRAM, C A C F P, AND WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT $38,738,000 IN SLIDING SCALE, UM, TUITION AND MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE. 
          UM, AND THEN WE ANTICIPATE USING 3.9 MILLION FROM OUR CURRENT FUND BALANCE, UM, IN F Y 22 IN TERMS OF EXPENDITURES. 
          UM, PRE-K FOR S A PLANS TO RETURN TO PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS. 
          AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'LL HAVE ALL 2000 CHILDREN IN PERSON NEXT YEAR. 
          WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 
          WE'RE ALSO LIFTING THE HIRING FREEZE THAT WE HAD IN PLACE WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT. 
          WE FROZE ALL VACANT POSITIONS, AND THIS MEANT THAT MANY OF OUR STAFF HAD TO STEP UP. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN, UM, DOING DOUBLE DUTY. 
          WE'RE GOING TO FILL THOSE IN THIS YEAR. 
          UM, AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO EXPAND OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO BETTER SERVE, UH, MORE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS IN PARTICULAR, BUT ALSO OUR PARTNER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          UM, THE INCREASE IN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING RETURNS OUR BUDGET TO PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS. 
          AND AS A REMINDER, UM, ALTHOUGH IT'S, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING, IT SOUNDS LIKE ADVERTISING, IT REALLY IS ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT FOR OUR FAMILIES. 
          THIS IS WHERE WE DO PUBLIC OUTREACH, UM, AND, UM, EDUCATION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY LEARNING AND HELPING FAMILIES TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT THEY CAN DO TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN. 
          AND THEN UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, WE ARE UNFREEZING A POSITION WE HAD THERE, BUT THAT ALSO, THAT INCREASE ALSO INCLUDES, UM, BUYING SUPPLIES FOR, UM, LIKE P P E AND OTHER SUPPLIES THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO KEEP ON HAND IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE TO, UM, RESPOND AGAIN TO ANOTHER HEALTH CRISIS. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE READY TO GO SO THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR, UM, UH, OUR CENTERS OPEN. 
          AND FINALLY ON OUR PERSONNEL COMPLIMENT, YOU'LL SEE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING BACK TO UNFREEZING THE POSITIONS AND ADDING, UM, POSITIONS FOR, UH, THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING STAFF. 
          OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING STAFF HAD GONE AT ONE TIME, HAD 15, UM, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SPECIALISTS, WE'D CUT IT BACK TO FIVE. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK UP TO OUR FULL COMPLEMENT SO WE CAN SERVE MORE PROGRAMS. AND THAT IS IT. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, SARAH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET INTO OUR DISCUSSION NOW. 
          WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, DR. 
          BERE, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAD SENT SOME QUESTIONS TO YOU BEFORE, UH, FROM YOUR EARLIER PRESENTATION YOU HAD SENT FORWARD, AND I WAS REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE ADDRESSED A LOT OF THOSE. 
          UM, AND THE MOST RECENT ONE I SAW AT THE END WAS ABOUT YOUR STAFF. 
          SO YOU HAD TO REDUCE STAFF. 
          UM, DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, TO GET THAT TALENTED STAFF TO COME BACK TO YOU? UH, ARE THEY HIRED ON SOMEWHERE ELSE NOW OR ARE THEY WAITING? WELL, YES, AND, UM, PRE-K FIRST S A HAS A MODEL WHERE WE ARE DEVELOPING STAFF. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY HIRE INCOMING OR, UM, RELATIVELY INEXPERIENCED EDUCATORS AND HELP TRAIN THEM UP AND THEN HOPE THAT THEY WILL ACTUALLY GO OUT TO OTHER PROGRAMS AND HELP THEM. 
          SO, UM, WE DO THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO HIRE 
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MORE STAFF BACK THAT HAVE ALREADY HAD EXPERIENCE, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO HIRING NEW STAFF WHO ARE COMING OUT OF OUR EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION PROGRAMS AND HELPING THEM TO COME THOSE HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING, UM, TEACHERS AND LEADERS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT YOUR ENROLLMENT WAS DOWN, WAS IT A 1200 FIGURE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? 1278. 
          DID I SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UH, AND AND NORMALLY YOU'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO 2000 1900 AND SOMETHING ABOUT AVERAGE, IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          WHAT'S BEEN YOUR COMPLETION RATE? I KNOW THIS YEAR THERE'S NO REAL REASON TO USE THAT AS ANY KIND OF MEASURING TOOL BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A STRANGE YEAR, BUT WHAT'S YOUR USUAL COMPLETION RATE? HOW DOES THAT MEASURE UP TO WHAT OTHER, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, HAVE WITH THEIR FOUR YEAR OLD PROGRAMS? SO WELL, AND SO COMPLETION RATE IN, UM, PRE-K IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN YOU WOULD MEASURE IT IN SOME OF THE UPPER GRADE PROGRAMS, SIMPLY 'CAUSE COMPLETION FOR PRE-K IS BASED ON FAMILIES MOVING AROUND. 
          AND ONE THING WE KNOW IS THAT FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN FREQUENTLY MOVE. 
          AND SO, UM, WHAT WE LOOK AT IS DO, IF THEY LEAVE, HAVE TO LEAVE PRE-K FOR SA, WHERE DO THEY ENROLL AND CAN WE GET THEM ENROLLED IN ANOTHER PROGRAM, WHETHER IT'S A PRE-K FOR S A PROGRAM OR A PARTNER PROGRAM IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UM, AND, AND I WOULD HAVE TO GET THE, THE PERCENTAGE, WE HAVE A SIZABLE PERCENTAGE OF OUR, UM, FAMILIES THAT MOVE BETWEEN DALLAS, UM, THE VALLEY AND SAN ANTONIO ON A PRETTY REGULAR BASIS. 
          BUT I COULD GET YOU THOSE UPDATED FIGURES ON THAT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, ONCE CHILDREN ARE ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM, UM, THEY TEND TO COMPLETE AT A HIGH RATE. 
          AND OFTEN, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHAT THE STORIES WE HEAR IS SOMETIMES FAMILIES WILL MOVE AND TAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO ANOTHER PROGRAM AND THEN END UP SAYING, PLEASE, CAN I COME BACK? MY, MY CHILD IS BEGGING ME. 
          AND SO THE PARENT IS DRIVING ACROSS TOWN TO DO THAT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, I WAS LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS. 
          I WAS PLEASED TO SEE HOW YOU'VE KIND OF LAID THAT OUT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT WAS, UM, SPECIAL NEEDS AND HELPING SPECIAL NEEDS. 
          DO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS OR DISABLED STUDENTS ENROLLED IN YOUR SCHOOLS? OH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          ALWAYS HAVE, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU, YOU GO OUT AND HELP OTHERS, BUT OKAY. 
          YEAH, THEY'RE ACTUALLY, AND, BUT THEY'RE, WE DON'T HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES PER SE BECAUSE OF THE APPROACH WE USE. 
          THE VAST MAJORITY OF CHILDREN, EVEN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, ARE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL WITHIN OUR CLASSROOMS BECAUSE WE PROVIDE INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORTS AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE PROVING IS THAT REALLY WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, THE MAJORITY OF THEM CAN BE SERVED VERY WELL IN A HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING CLASSROOM. 
          UM, AND SO THAT, I MEAN, THE, THE RANGE OF NEEDS VARIES WIDELY EACH YEAR. 
          UM, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD CHILDREN WITH, UM, BRITTLE BONE SYNDROME, VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS, UM, THEN OF COURSE MANY CHILDREN WITH SPEECH AND LANGUAGE NEEDS, O T P T, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 
          AND WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE THEM IN OUR PRE-K FOR ESSAY SITE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          HI, DR. 
          BRAY. 
          I I DO HAVE SOME, UH, QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, ON THE, UH, 22 BUDGET HERE. 
          UM, THE METRICS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE METRICS, UH, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO ALREADY FOR LIKE THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF, UM, TEACHING THE GRANTS THAT ARE GOING OUT. 
          AND I, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY METRICS COME BACK TO SHOW WHAT'S, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GETTING IN FOR THAT MONEY GOING OUT TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, THE UPGRADES, ALL OF THAT STUFF. 
          I, I JUST HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THAT YET. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO WE, THIS YEAR, IN FACT, WE, UM, LAUNCHED A, UM, SOFTWARE PROGRAM CALLED KICKUP, WHICH HELPS US TO COLLECT THESE DATA. 
          ONE OF THE, AND, AND I WILL SHARE, I WANT THOSE DATA AS MUCH AS YOU, YOU DO, I'M A RESEARCHER AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE WE GETTING FOR THE MONEY WE PUT IN. 
          UM, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MEASURE THINGS THAT MATTER. 
          ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IN EDUCATION IS WE OFTEN TURN TO EASY THINGS TO COUNT AS A MEASURE OF EFFECTIVENESS. 
          AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT, UM, COUNTING SOMETHING JUST 'CAUSE IT'S EASY DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEASURE WHETHER IT'S MAKING ANY DIFFERENCE. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH OUR, UM, EXTERNAL EVALUATORS ABOUT WHAT ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE COULD COLLECT OR USE TO MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE GRANTS. 
          AND IT GETS A LITTLE COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT OUR GRANTS ARE NOT COOKIE CUTTER. 
          THEY'RE REALLY INDIVIDUALIZED TO EVERY PROGRAM TO HELP THEM MEET STANDARDS. 
          BUT HAVING SAID THAT, UM, I, I THINK WE'RE CLOSER TO THAT OF DEVELOPING SORT OF A DASHBOARD OF WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE. 
          WE, WE'VE DONE SOME COUNTING OF HOW MANY PEOPLE GO THROUGH TRAINING AND, AND ARE THERE CHANGES IN CERTAIN, UM, UH, LEVELS OF, OF SERVICES PROVIDED THAT MEET STANDARDS. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF REALLY GETTING AT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS THE R O I ON, UM, GRANTS AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT IS COMING IN OUR NEXT R O I STUDY. 
          AND SO, UH, I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. 
          IT'S 'CAUSE IT'S COMPLICATED TO DO AND IT'S ONE, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO IT. 
          UM, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THE INVESTMENT, YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT MATTERS. 
          UM, AND THAT'S 
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WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING MORE STRATEGIC WITH OUR GRANTS AND FUNDING HIGH IMPACT STRATEGIES, THAT'S WHAT WE SAY IS WE'RE ONLY GONNA FUND THE THINGS THAT WE RESEARCH SAYS ARE GOING TO MATTER. 
          AND WE'RE ONLY GONNA CONTINUE TO FUND YOU IF YOU CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE IN THE WAYS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE THE OUTCOMES WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          SO STAY TUNED. 
          I KNOW I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU THAT, BUT WE, IT'S OUR EVALUATORS ARE, ARE RIGHT WITH YOU AND, AND, UM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T DOING IT. 
          WE REALLY COULD BECOME A NATIONAL MODEL. 
          AND HOW DO YOU MEASURE THESE REALLY COMPLICATED INNOVATIONS IN THESE EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS THAT LOTS OF FOLKS HAVE NOT BEEN DOING? SO JUST A GEE WHIZZ NUMBER, HOW, HOW MANY DOLLARS HAVE BEEN GIVEN OUT IN THIS PROFESSIONAL DE DEVELOPMENT AND GRANTS OUT TO THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS? OUR GRANT AWARDS HAVE, UM, TOTALED 21 MILLION IN THE FIRST EIGHT YEARS. 
          UM, AND THEN I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING 'CAUSE WE DON'T AWARD THOSE PER SE. 
          WE GIVE HOURS, WE DO ABOUT 10,000 HOURS PER YEAR. 
          BUT SOME OF THOSE ARE TO INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS. 
          SOME OF THEM ARE CITYWIDE. 
          THERE'S A, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THAT IS DELIVERED. 
          I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE IS EVIDENCE THROUGH, UM, CLASS SCORES, WHICH IS A WAY THAT WE MEASURE INSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY ACROSS THE CITY. 
          THAT WAS A MEASURE THAT WASN'T USED AT ALL BEFORE PRE-K FOUR S A. 
          AND WE HAVE HELPED TO TRAIN MORE CLASS OBSERVERS AND HELP MORE PROGRAMS UNDERSTAND THE BENEFIT OF USING CLASS, UM, AND OUR CLASS SCORES ACROSS THE CITY ARISING. 
          BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A MATTER OF COLLECTING THOSE DATA IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN BE SHARED, UM, PUBLICLY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME ACROSS MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 17 DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 400, UM, CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. 
          I MEAN, SO EVERY TIME YOU START TO COLLECT DATA IT GETS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED. 
          BUT WELL, AGAIN, I, YOU KNOW, $20 MILLION PLUS BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, DOLLARS GOING OUT THERE, MAN, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO BE GIVING OUT AND NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT, UH, OTHER THAN YOU THINK IT'S BEING, UH, I, UH, UPGRADING, UH, TO WHOEVER IT'S GOING TO. 
          I I, I'M, I'M JUST HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME WITH THAT. 
          WELL LET, LEMME SAY, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          AND, AND, AND THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN PUSHING SO HARD ON THIS FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. 
          WE'VE GOTTA BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT'S COMING OUT OF TAX DOLLARS HERE. 
          AND RIGHT NOW I DON'T SEE ANY ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ANY OF THESE. 
          THE, PARTICULARLY THESE PROGRAMS, $20 MILLION PLUS. 
          SO I'M, I'M GONNA ASK AGAIN. 
          I I THINK WE DESERVE, UH, METRICS TO SHOW THE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING SENT OUT TO THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TO SHOW THAT YES, THIS IS WORTH GIVING OUT THAT KIND OF MONEY. 
          SO I'M, I'M ASKING AGAIN, UM, TO SHOW THAT, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A DECREASE IN THE, UM, UM, THE LOCAL MATCH FUNDS FOR F Y 22. 
          WHY, WHY IS THERE A DECREASE IN THAT? BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATE THAT AS MORE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS RAMP UP TO, TO, UM, TO SERVE MORE FULL DAY, UM, FOUR YEAR OLDS IN A FULL DAY PROGRAM, THEN OUR, WE WILL SHIFT TO SERVING MORE CHILDREN WHO DON'T NEC WHO IN THAT FALL, IN THAT GAP THAT DON'T QUALIFY BASED ON THE STATE, UM, CRITERIA. 
          AND IF THEY DON'T QUALIFY, THE STATE DOESN'T REIMBURSE. 
          SO WE DON'T GET A LOCAL MATCH FOR THEM. 
          BUT THAT'S OUR EXPANSION OPPORTUNITY. 
          'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 3000 FAMILIES EVERY YEAR WHO HAVE A FOUR YEAR OLD, BUT THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR FREE PUBLIC PRE-K AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 
          AND SO WHILE DISTRICTS RAMP UP TO EXPAND AND SERVE THE CHILDREN, THEY CAN SERVE, UM, THROUGH THE, THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, THEN WE ARE GOING TO TAKE ON MORE OF SERVING THOSE WHO ARE INELIGIBLE EITHER IN OUR OWN PROGRAMS OR SPONSORING SEATS FOR THEM IN OTHER PROGRAMS. OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, UH, THE BUDGET IS GOING UP FOR 22. 
          YES. 
          ABOUT, WHAT IS IT, $9 MILLION? YES. 
          FROM, UH, 21. 
          AND I SEE SOME BIG INCREASES HERE, PARTICULARLY IN, IN THE, AGAIN, THIS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING 53% INCREASE PUBLIC RELATIONS. 
          I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY SUCH A BIG INCREASE IN PUBLIC RELATIONS. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE REALLY THE ONLY ACT IN TOWN, UH, FOR A CITY RUN PROGRAM FOR PRE-K FOR SA. 
          WHY DO WE NEED THAT MUCH OF AN INCREASE IN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING? YEAH, AND, AND, AND AS I SAID THIS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, THAT THE PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING IS REALLY, I MEAN, PART OF IT DOES GO TO ADVERTISING TO LET FAMILIES KNOW THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE AND, AND THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS. 
          BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT IS REALLY PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT HELPING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY LEARNING CHILD DEVELOPMENT, THAT OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT THAT REALLY HELPS TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW DO WE CARE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN TO GET THEM THE BEST START. 
          SO IT'S MUCH BROADER THAN JUST, IT'S NOT REALLY COMMERCIALS ON TV AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING. 
          IT IS, I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF IT. 
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BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR WORK IS REALLY AROUND, UM, OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT EARLY LEARNING AND HELPING CONNECT FAMILIES WHO HISTORICALLY HAVE NOT BEEN CONNECTED TO THIS INFORMATION. 
          AND, UM, I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA HAS A DEGREE IN THIS AND COULD TELL MUCH MORE, UM, IN DEPTH ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS IS MUCH BROADER THAN WHAT I MIGHT THINK OF AS, OR YOU MIGHT THINK OF AS ADVERTISING. 
          I, I GUESS, UH, ISN'T THERE A WAITING LIST FOR PEOPLE TO GET INTO PRE-K FOR SA? THERE TYPICALLY IS THERE AND OKAY. 
          AND I GUESS WHY, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A WAITING LIST ALREADY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, DO, WHY DO WE HAVE TO MARKET TO GET A LONGER WAITING LIST? OR, OR WHAT? WELL, SO ONE, THERE'S A WAITING LIST AT SOME OF OUR SITES, NOT AT SOME OF THE OTHER SITES BECAUSE FAMILIES, THERE'S STILL AN EDUCATION COMPONENT TO HELPING FAMILIES UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF ROLLING IN THEIR CHILDREN. 
          AND PARTICULARLY IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, UM, THE, THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS EXPERIENCED A 30% DECLINE IN PRE-K ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE STATE. 
          UM, AND, AND SO THERE'S A HUGE PUSH TO MAKE SURE FAMILIES UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE GOT TO GET CHILDREN BACK INTO SCHOOL, THAT IT'S SAFE TO DO SO AND THE BENEFITS OF DOING THAT, UM, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING THAT. 
          SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ENROLLING CHILDREN AT PRE-K FOUR S A, IT'S ABOUT HELPING FAMILIES TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY EDUCATION AND GETTING CONNECTED TO A PROGRAM. 
          SURE, WE WANT THE 2000 CHILDREN IN OUR OWN CENTERS, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO HELP, UM, FAMILIES GET THOSE IMPORTANT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FROM BIRTH THROUGH AGE EIGHT BECAUSE IT MATTERS FOR OUR CHILDREN. 
          AND WE RELY ON OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT TO HELP US PUT TOGETHER THAT KIND OF, UM, BROAD-BASED PUBLIC INFORMATION, UM, UH, OUTREACH EFFORTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT COMMUNICATIONS EXPERTS DO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WELL, I'VE GOT, I STILL HAVE CONCERNS AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, METRICS AND HOW WE'RE MEASURING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS PROGRAM AND PROGRAMS WITHIN THE PROGRAM. 
          SO, UH, UH, I'M ASKING AGAIN, SAME THING LAST FOUR YEARS. 
          WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS STUFF TOGETHER TO BE ACCOUNTABLE NOT ONLY TO YOUR BOARD, BUT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS TRANSPARENCY TO THE ENTIRE CITY, WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS DOING AND WHO IT'S HELPING AND HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. 
          BRA. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND COUNCIL MAYOR PERRY, I WOULD SAY, REMIND REMIND YOU THAT WE DID DO A RETURN ON INVESTMENT STUDY, A NATIONAL ONE WITH THE MOST, UM, PRESTIGIOUS, UM, RETURN ON INVESTMENT GROUP IN, UH, IN EDUCATION IN THE COUNTRY, WHICH SHOWED PRE-K FOR IS RETURNING ON INVESTMENT, WHICH DOES NOT MEAN WE CAN'T IMPROVE ON THAT STUDY. 
          AND THAT'S THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE STUDY IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MEASURING EVERY ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM. 
          BUT IT'S ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE R O I STUDIES ON THESE EARLY LEARNING INITIATIVES THAT'S BEEN DONE TO DATE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          BERE. 
          YOU KNOW, I AM A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR EARLY EDUCATION. 
          I SAW WHAT IT DOES IN THE LIVES OF A FOUR YEAR OLD TO GET THAT FOUNDATION AT THE BEGINNING AND TO TAKE THEM TO PLACES THAT THEY NEVER IMAGINED THEY WOULD GO. 
          UM, SOME OF THE PRE-K FOUR THAT I HAD WAY BACK IN 2006 ACTUALLY ARE NOW AT HARVARD AND YALE. 
          SO IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHERE WE START. 
          AND THE RETURN OF INVESTMENT IS WATCHING THEM GROW FROM THE, FOR THESE ADULTS THAT ARE NOW GONNA BE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND COME BACK AND PRODUCE THE OUTCOMES THAT WE NEED TO SEE HERE IN OUR CITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS ON SLIDE 10, UM, IT SAYS THAT WE HAVE ZERO HOMELESS. 
          AND SO I WANTED TO FIND OUT, BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, THE AMERICAN CARES ACT AND MONEY THAT WILL BE APPROPRIATE, THAT WILL BE APPROPRIATED FOR THAT PARTICULAR POPULATION. 
          UM, AND I DON'T SEE IT LISTED HERE, SO I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO THESE DATA ARE FROM A PARTICULAR YEAR IN WHICH, UM, THE DA, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE 2019 STUDY OR 2020 STUDY, UM, THE WAY THAT HOMELESS ARE CATEGORIZED WITHIN EDUCATION IS VERY SPECIFIC AND IT REQUIRES THAT FAMILIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'RE HOMELESS AND THERE'S A PROCESS FOR THAT. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT WE KNOW ARE HOMELESS, BUT CHOOSE NOT TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AS HOMELESS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          AND, AND OUR PERSPECTIVE IS, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO US WHETHER YOU CHECK ON THE BOX THAT YOU'RE HOMELESS, WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE SERVICES REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU NEED. 
          SO THAT'S WHY THOSE SHOW UP. 
          'CAUSE THESE ARE REPORTING THE OFFICIAL RECORDS THAT WE HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES WERE ASSISTED THROUGH THE E UH, EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF YOUR FAMILIES HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE ANY OF THIS ASSISTANCE OR HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF THIS PROGRAM? I DON'T HAVE THOSE DATA OFFHAND, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN GET THOSE. 
          I KNOW THAT OUR FAMILY TEAM HAS DONE TREMENDOUS OUTREACH WITH, WE'VE HAD MANY FAMILIES WHO WERE IN CRISIS AS, 
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UM, EVERYBODY HAS. 
          AND OUR TEAM HAS DONE A, A REALLY OUTSTANDING JOB OF CONNECTING THEM TO RESOURCES. 
          BUT I DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE THOSE DATA OFFHAND, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN GET THEM TO YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE, THE SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, WE'RE TRACKING OR TRYING TO LOCATE A LOT OF THE FAMILIES THAT WERE DISPLACED DURING THIS PANDEMIC. 
          DO YOU KNOW OF ANY OF YOUR FAMILIES OR ANY OF THE KIDS OR HOW MANY OF YOUR KIDS YOU'RE STILL, UM, LOOKING TO, TO TRACK BECAUSE OF THIS PLACEMENT? OR DO WE KNOW THOSE NUMBERS? OURS IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE THE CHILDREN FOR ONE YEAR. 
          SO WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO TRACK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR CHILDREN. 
          SO WE KNEW WHERE THEY WERE. 
          WE MADE PHONE CALLS. 
          THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DID. 
          LITERALLY ON THAT WEEKEND, WE SAID, OKAY, FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING, WE GOTTA CALL EVERY FAMILY, FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, WHERE ARE THEY WITH? SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          AND THEN IN TERMS OF THIS YEAR, OF COURSE, WE HAD A NEW SET OF FAMILIES COMING IN, SO WE HADN'T LOST ANYBODY PER SE. 
          UM, BUT EVEN WITH THAT, OUR FAMILIES, WE'VE, OUR FAMILY TEAM HAS DONE A, UH, HAD TO BE VERY BUSY, UM, KEEPING UP WITH FAMILIES WHO ARE HITTING CRISIS POINTS AND HELPING THEM TO, TO GET RESOURCES AND STAY CONNECTED. 
          WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A, A STRONG, UM, CONTINUATION RATE BECAUSE WE ALWAYS SAY TO FAMILIES, EVEN IF YOU MOVE OR GO SOMEPLACE ELSE, WE WANNA MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO CONTINUE BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT, THOSE KINDS OF, UM, NUMBERS WILL BE COMING OUT IN OUR, UM, ANNUAL REPORT ON THAT TYPICALLY COMES OUT IN THE FALL. 
          OUR EXTERNAL EVALUATOR LOOKS AT THOSE KIND OF NUMBERS. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          AND I KNOW THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, I S D IS ACTUALLY DOING A REVAMPING OF THEIR PAY STRUCTURE AND SOME OF OUR PRE-K FOR SA FALLS WITHIN THAT S A I S D MODEL. 
          DO YOU KNOW IF THOSE TEACHERS ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR THAT NEW PAY STRUCTURE? OUR PAY STRUCTURE IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE OURS, OUR TEACHERS ARE CITY EMPLOYEES AND THEY MAKE MORE MONEY THAN TYPICALLY THEY DO IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO SAY, WE'RE EXCITED. 
          I MEAN, ANYTIME I SEE PAY GO UP FOR TEACHERS, IT'S EXCITING. 
          AND THEN WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE COMPETITIVE AND THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE REWARDED FOR THE EX, YOU KNOW, EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS AND TALENTS THEY HAVE. 
          SO ABSOLUTELY, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT. 
          BUT EDGEWOOD I S D IS LOOKING AT PAY STRUCTURES INCREASES FOR THEIR TEACHERS TOO. 
          WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THEM ON THAT. 
          UM, IT'S ALL EXCITING. 
          WE'RE PUSHING, UM, INCREASES FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER WORKERS. 
          UM, ANY OF THOSE PAY INCREASES FOR TEACHERS AT ANY LEVEL OF EARLY LEARNING CARE ARE, UM, WE SUPPORT. 
          AND THEN EXACTLY HOW MANY TEACHERS DO WE KNOW ARE COMING BACK, UM, THAT WE KNOW WE HAVEN'T LOST TO THE ISDS OR, OR TO OTHER ENTITIES. 
          SO WE HAVE DONE, WE, EVERY YEAR WE ASK FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR INTENTIONS ARE FOR TEACHERS. 
          AND SO WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE TEACHERS WHO HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY DON'T INTEND TO COME BACK, MOSTLY BECAUSE THEY'RE MOVING TO OTHER PLACES. 
          UM, BUT ALSO WE DO HAVE SOME THAT ARE INTERESTED IN GOING TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T DISCOURAGE THAT. 
          WE SAY, COME TO PRE-K FOR SA, LEARN HOW TO DO A GREAT JOB. 
          AND THEN YEAH, IF YOU'RE READY TO DO, GO OUT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SEE IF YOU CAN SPREAD THE GOOD WORK. 
          THAT'S, WE WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. 
          AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF TEACHERS OVER THE YEARS THAT HAVE DONE THAT. 
          WE LOVE THAT BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE'VE GOT MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE DOING GOOD WORK, HELPING TO SUPPORT OTHER TEACHERS WHO ARE OUT THERE. 
          THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA CREATE A STRONG EARLY LEARNING NETWORK. 
          SO WE SORT OF HAVE A PLANNED ATTRITION, IF YOU WILL. 
          UM, AND WE EVEN SAID ABOUT OUR ASSISTANT TEACHERS, WE SAY, WE WANT YOU TO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TUITION ASSISTANCE. 
          WE WANT YOU TO GET YOUR CERTIFICATION. 
          THE GOAL ISN'T TO KEEP YOU AT PRE-K FOR A SE. 
          THE GOAL IS TO GET YOU OUT INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND DO GOOD WORK OUT THERE. 
          SO, UM, IT'S, WE REALLY PARTNER WITH OUR DISTRICTS IN THAT REGARD. 
          WELL, I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT OUR KIDS ARE COMING BACK AND WE HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GO IN AND READ TO THEM AS THINGS ARE LIFTING AND, AND WE'RE GETTING THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC. 
          BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING TO DO THE WORK INTO THE BOARD. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE, ARE DOING SOME GREAT WORK INTO MR. BRANDON LOGAN, WHO'S MY APPOINTEE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU DR. 
          BERE. 
          AND, UM, I, I HAVE STILL ONE CHILD IN PRE-K, SO SHE'S THREE YEARS OLD. 
          AND, UM, WE, UH, WE'VE SORT OF SEEN THIS GROWTH TOGETHER. 
          UM, SO I JUST, I WANTED TO MAKE, UH, CONCENTRATE MY COMMENTS ON GARDENDALE ELEMENTARY AND THAT'S IN EDGEWOOD. 
          UH, AND I KNOW THAT YOU WORKED, UH, VERY CLOSELY WITH, UH, SOME OF OUR, UH, TEAM, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT. 
          I JUST SHOWED THE PRESENTATION TO ERIC YESTERDAY AND ALSO TO THE MAYOR YESTERDAY, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THE EXPANSION OF THAT PROGRAM. 
          SO COULD YOU DESCRIBE HOW THAT FUNDING MECHANISM MIGHT HAPPEN IF WE WERE TO DO THAT AT GARDENDALE AND HOW THAT FUNDING WOULD HAPPEN FROM THE PRE-K SIDE? RIGHT. 
          SO WE ALREADY GIVE A GRANT TO GARDENDALE TO HELP THEM IMPROVE THEIR OUTDOOR LEARNING. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S A COMPONENT OF PRE-K. 
          AND WE ALREADY HAD PLANS IN PLACE TO, UM, BRING UP THE, YOU KNOW, TO BUILD OUT ALL THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE GARDENDALE EARLY LEARNING CENTER WITH THIS NEW COMMUNITY VISION. 
          WE'RE THEN TAKING THOSE GRANT DOLLARS AND SAYING, OKAY, HOW 
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DO WE INCORPORATE THOSE THAT WHEN WE'RE PUTTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE'RE BUILDING OUT THINGS AT GARDENDALE, THEY ARE GOING TO BE ENHANCEMENTS FOR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OR GONNA BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THIS COMMUNITY PLAN. 
          UM, WE ALSO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE MADONNA CENTER, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS ADJACENT TO THE CAMPUS. 
          AND WE'RE HELPING THEM TO BECOME A HIGH QUALITY, UM, EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM USING A PARTICULAR APPROACH. 
          HIGH SCOPE, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALREADY A SUPER HIGH QUALITY PROGRAM. 
          WE WANNA HELP TO ENHANCE THAT. 
          AND SO WE ARE, SO ANY MONIES THAT COME IN TO, WHETHER IT'S GARDENDALE OR EDGEWOOD OR THE, OR THE CITY, WE WANT TO BE A PARTNER IN THAT AND HELP. 
          WE, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PARKS AND REC WHO HAVE SOME DOLLARS TO INVEST. 
          SO THE IDEA IS TO SEE WHAT IS THE PLAN THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS, AND THEN WHERE ARE THE DOLLARS, WHETHER THEY COME OUT OF THE PRE-K FOR SAY, OR OTHER GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO GARDENDALE OR FROM THROUGH BOND PROGRAMS OR WHAT HAVE YOU THAT BUILD OUT THIS PROGRAM OVER TIME. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE, WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE VISION THE COMMUNITY HAS FOR IT AND THINK, THINK THAT IT'S REALLY GONNA ENHANCE, UM, NOT JUST THE OUTDOOR LEARNING, BUT THE INDOOR LEARNING THAT HAPPENS AT GARDENDALE WITH THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. 
          IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING SPECIAL TO SEE. 
          BUT I, I'M STILL, AND I'M NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR, SO THE FUNDING COMES FROM GRANTS, IT DOESN'T COME FROM THE TAX, UH, INITIATIVE. 
          WELL, TWO THINGS. 
          ONE, SO PRE-K FOR S A AWARDS GRANTS, AND THOSE FUNDS DO COME THROUGH, UM, THE TAX INITIATIVE. 
          SO THERE ARE PRE-K FOR SA COMPETITIVE GRANTS THAT WE AWARD TO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. GARDENDALE DOES RECEIVE ONE OF THOSE. 
          PART OF THAT FUNDING GOES TO THIS OUTDOOR LEARNING INITIATIVE, WHICH IS PART OF THIS PLAN THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. 
          UM, BUT THEN GARDENDALE, BECAUSE IT'S A PARTNER PROGRAM TO PRE-K FOUR S A, IS ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN OTHER GRANTS FROM THE STATE OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          AND AS THOSE GRANT FUNDS COME IN OR THEY BECOME ELIGIBLE, WE WILL LOOK TO SEE HOW MIGHT WE APPLY FOR THOSE TO GET SOME OF THE FUNDING OF SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE IN THIS COMMUNITY PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, UH, AND, AND THAT IS BASED ON THE NEED OR BASED ON THE PLAN OR HOW BOTH MY, OR IS IT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS OR HOW MIGHT THOSE PLANS FUNCTION? BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT, UM, GARDENDALE IS PRE-K THROUGH SECOND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT GROWS. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, MADONNA CENTER HAS A BABY ZERO TO THREE AND SENIOR SENIORS, WHICH IS YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THEN SENIORS, WHICH IS ANOTHER, UH, WONDERFUL PROGRAM, BUT, UM, NOT DISCUSSED HERE. 
          SO THE ZERO TO THE ZERO TO THREE PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE CAN ALSO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE TYPE OF GRANT THROUGH THIS TAXING, UM, YES. 
          UH, TAXING, YES. 
          THROUGH THE PRE-K FOUR S A, UM, INITIATIVE. 
          YES, BECAUSE WE ALSO, WE, WE AWARD GRANTS NOT JUST TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ALL, BUT ALSO TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. 
          AND SO TO HELP THEM IMPROVE THEIR PROGRAM. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE PART OF THE INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE, UM, THE QUALITY OF EARLY LEARNING AND CARE ACROSS SAN ANTONIO. 
          BIRTH THROUGH AGE EIGHT. 
          OF COURSE, CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS ARE KEY TO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, AND BASED ON POPULATION, OR BASED ON NEED OR BASED ON HOW MANY MANSION GRANTS OR HOW MY, HOW WOULD THE FUNDING BE DETERMINED? SO THE FUNDING FOR PRE-K FOUR S A GRANTS IS BASED ON A CRITERIA. 
          PROGRAMS APPLY FOR IT, AND THEY APPLY FOR SPECIFIC STRATEGIES THAT WE KNOW ARE HIGH IMPACT. 
          AND WE LOOK FIRST AT AREAS OF CHILDCARE DESERTS WHERE FAMILIES DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY CARE. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE FUND FIRST. 
          UM, AND THEN WE WORK WITH THE PROGRAM TO SAY, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO HELP YOU GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF QUALITY? AND SO THAT CAN LOOK LIKE TEACHER, AND WE ALWAYS DO IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH TEACHER TRAINING. 
          WE DON'T JUST AWARD MONEY, WE SAY THERE HAS TO BE TRAINING THAT GOES WITH THAT SO THAT WE KNOW WHEN YOU IMPLEMENT THESE STRATEGIES THAT THEY WILL BE EFFECTIVE. 
          AND SO THE MADONNA CENTER, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS BEEN AN AWARDEE AND IS PART OF OUR SHARED SERVICE ALLIANCE THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVING FUNDS NOT JUST FROM PRE-K FOR SS A, BUT ALSO FROM THE UNITED WAY AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. 
          ALAMO IS PART OF THAT, AND THAT'S REALLY A LOT OF THE WORK THAT EARLY MATTERS IS STARTING TO DO AS WELL. 
          UM, SO BY BEING PART OF THIS INITIATIVE, THE MADONNA CENTER IS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING FROM MULTIPLE PLACES FOR MULTIPLE PLACES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO JUST TRYING TO, UM, PREPARE MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE FUTURE FUNDING OF THE GARDENDALE, UM, ELEMENTARY, UH, PROPOSAL THAT, UM, WE'VE WORKED ON A COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          UH, AND, UH, IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIP WITH EDGEWOOD, UH, AND, UM, PRE-K FOR ESSAY, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, AND SOME COMMUNITY LEADERS AND EVEN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, UH, HELPED US OUT ON A FEW THINGS. 
          YEP. 
          SO IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM AND I KNOW THE MAYOR HAD A CHANCE TO, UM, SEE IT YESTERDAY AND I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO THE SUPPORT OF ALL MY COLLEAGUES WHEN THAT ITEM COMES BEFORE YOU, UM, LONG AFTER I AM, WELL, HOPEFULLY NOT SO LONG AFTER I'M GONE, BUT I WON'T BE IN THIS SEAT. 
          UM, BUT IT'S REALLY FABULOUS. 
          AND SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T TOURED IT, ESPECIALLY MY NEIGHBOR, UM, IN DISTRICT SIX, I DUNNO IF YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY COUNCILWOMAN TO SEE IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL. 
          AND, UM, 
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UH, THE GARDENDALE PROGRAM WITH PRE-K FOR ESSAY IS A, UM, IT ACTUALLY MOVED ME TO TEARS, , SO I'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, THE FUNDING AND SUPPORT FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT INITIATIVE A FEW YEARS FROM NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH DR. 
          BERE FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND AND COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD DO. 
          UM, I THINK, UH, THE THOROUGHNESS OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU PROVIDE TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IS A MODEL FOR HOW WE CAN ALSO DO THE SAME WITH THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT STANDARD THAT YOU'RE SETTING. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE VOTERS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, YOU MAY RECALL IN NOVEMBER OF 2012, IT WAS A VERY NARROW VICTORY. 
          UH, AND THEY PUT THIS PROGRAM TO THE TEST AND PUT US ALL ON NOTICE THAT IT HAD TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, THEY CAME BACK, UH, WITH SUPPORT AT 73% TO RENEW IT FOR AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT YEARS. 
          SO THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK OF THE LEADERSHIP AND THE, AND THE STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE TEACHERS AND STAFF OF PRE-K, PRE-K FOR SA. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THAT'S ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. 
          WE DO HAVE, UH, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          WE'RE GONNA MOVE TILL TOMORROW, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          SO AGAIN, UH, THE TIME IS NOW TWO, SORRY, WE STARTED AT THAT TIME, 5:43 PM UH, ON THIS THURSDAY, MAY 12TH, 2021. 
          EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS THAT WERE POSTED FOR TODAY WILL BE CARRIED OVER UNTIL THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW, THURSDAY, MAY 12TH, AND WILL BE CONSIDERED AT ANY TIME DURING TOMORROW'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          THERE WILL BE AGAIN, NO EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY, SO THE TIME IS NOW, UH, 5:43 PM AND TODAY'S MEETING IS NOW IN RECESS. 
          UH, AND SO WE WILL MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR CITIZENS TO BE HEARD PUBLIC HEARING THAT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED.
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