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          DO SO AGAIN IN WRITING 
          [1. 21-4504 City Council Budget Policy Goal Setting Session establishing budget policy direction that will guide the development of service priorities for the FY 2022 Proposed Budget and the FY 2023 Budget Plan to include possible action on matters presented and discussed. [Maria Villagomez, Deputy City Manager; Scott Huizenga, Director, Management & Budget]]
BACK TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL EARLY NEXT WEEK. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO SCOTT. 
          HE'S GONNA KICK US OFF AND KIND OF RECAP WHAT WE HEARD LAST WEEK. 
          THERE'S SOME FOLLOW UP ITEMS THAT, UM, THAT, THAT WERE ASKED THAT WE INCLUDED IN HERE TO TRY TO ADDRESS. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE'LL TRY TO MOVE THROUGH THIS PART PRETTY QUICKLY SO WE CAN GET TO THE MEAT OF THE MATTER. 
          ONE OTHER THING, MAYOR, I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT DEPENDING ON TIME, UM, AND, UH, YOU AND I TALKED LAST NIGHT. 
          WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED, WE DID DO A WORKING LUNCH LAST WEEK, LAST YEAR. 
          AND SO DEPENDING ON TIME, UM, AND, AND IF WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO A WORKING LUNCH JUST TO STAY ON TRACK. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          AGAIN, MY NAME IS SCOTT SINGAY. 
          I'M THE BUDGET DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY. 
          HAPPY TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS MORNING TO RECAP THE TRIAL BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AT B SESSION LAST WEEK. 
          WE'LL REVIEW SOME OF THE TOPICS AND QUESTIONS THAT WERE POSED DURING THAT B SESSION, AND WE'LL TRY TO SET THE STAGE FOR SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 
          THE TRIAL BUDGET, AS WAS PRESENTED LAST WEEK, INCLUDES BETTER REVENUES IN CERTAIN AREAS, PARTICULARLY IN SALES TAXES. 
          IT RESTORES REDUCTIONS THAT WERE PLANNED IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022. 
          IT ALSO PROPOSES PAY INCREASES FOR EMPLOYEES. 
          IT INCLUDES THE USE OF ARPA FUNDING FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY IN THE BUDGET, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES TARGETED ENHANCEMENTS IN KEY PRIORITY AREAS IN THE GENERAL FUND FROM THE TRIAL BUDGET WHERE WE ARE EXPECTING A HIGHER ENDING FUND BALANCE. 
          UH, SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL FROM THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST. 
          OUR INITIAL PROJECTED ENDING BALANCE WAS $24.9 MILLION ABOVE THE ADOPTED BUDGET WITH REVISED REVENUE ESTIMATES. 
          WE'VE GATHERED OVER THE LAST APPROXIMATELY SIX WEEKS OR SO, WE'RE EXPECTING TO NOW BE $42.9 MILLION ABOVE THE ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          THOSE BETTER REVENUES ARE RECOMMENDED TO BE CARRIED INTO THE TWO YEAR BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND 23, AND THE TWO YEAR TRIAL BUDGET IS BALANCED AS PRESENTED. 
          THE HOT FUND HAS ALSO STARTED TO PERFORM BETTER THAN ANTICIPATED. 
          INITIALLY. 
          HOT COLLECTIONS HAVE INIT, HAVE, HAVE, UH, INCREASED STEADILY SINCE MARCH. 
          UH, OVERALL, WE'RE STILL DOWN NEARLY 40% FROM PRE PANDEMIC REVENUES, AT LEAST AS WE'RE PROJECTING TO END THE FISCAL YEAR 2021. 
          BUT THE REVISED ESTIMATE DOES ANTICIPATE A QUICKER RECOVERY THAN EXPECTED. 
          UH, BACK, BACK WHEN WE DID THE INITIAL FORECAST IN MAY, THE TRIAL BUDGET DOES INCORPORATE THE USE OF ARPA FUNDS INTO, INTO A COUPLE OF KEY FUNDS. 
          UH, AS MENTIONED, THE FOCUS OF THE ARPA STRATEGIES IN THREE PRIMARY AREAS, FINANCIAL STABILITY, REVENUE LOSS, RECOVERY, AND IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY NEEDS. 
          THE STRATEGY FOR ARPA ARPA CALLS FOR A PHASED APPROACH. 
          UH, THE FIRST PHASE INCLUDES, AGAIN, FINANCIAL STABILITY AND IMMEDIATE NEEDS IN THE BUDGET. 
          THE SECOND PHASE AFTER THE BUDGET WILL INCLUDE FUNDING COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. 
          WITH, WITH THAT LEVERAGE DARPA FUNDING THE TRIAL BUDGET PROPOSE A USE OF ARPA SPECIFICALLY IN THE HOT FUND. 
          THE TRIAL BUDGET ONLY INCLUDES THE CALCULATED LOSS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 ONLY FOR THOSE TWO FUNDS. 
          UM, OTHER FUND CALCULATIONS AND POTENTIAL FISCAL YEAR 2021 LOSS ESTIMATES WILL BE UPDATED AS PART OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE IN AUGUST. 
          THE TRIAL BUDGET, LIKE THE FORECAST RESTORES FUNDING TO SEVERAL KEY AREAS, INCLUDING STREET MAINTENANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT ELIMINATES EMPLOYEE FURLOUGHS THAT WERE PLANNED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022, AND IT REDUCES TARGET OTHER TARGETS, UH, VACANCY TARGETS THAT HAD BEEN PLANNED FOR THROUGH HIRING FREEZES THAT HAVE BEEN, THAT HAVE BEEN LIFTED TO MAINTAIN SERVICES. 
          THE TRIAL BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES COMPENSATION INCREASES FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
          THOSE ARE PROPOSED AT 3% OF WAGES ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          THE TRIAL BUDGET ALSO PROVIDES FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS, BOTH FOR EXISTING CBAS AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED C B A WITH WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THE TRIAL BUDGET USES INCREASED REVENUE AND ARPA FUNDING TO RESTORE FUNDING AND STAFFING AT THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE ALAMO DOME FOR THE HOT FUND. 
          IT ALSO INCREASES ARTS AND CULTURE BACK TO FISCAL YEAR 2019 LEVELS OF 10.1 MILLION. 
          AND IT ALSO PROPOSES TO INCREASE THE VISIT SAN ANTONIO APPROPRIATION TO FROM 15.1 MILLION TO $20 MILLION. 
          FINALLY, THE TRIAL BUDGET CALLS FOR $30 MILLION IN TARGETED IMPROVEMENTS IN KEY COMMUNITY AND OPERATIONAL AREAS. 
          THESE AREAS INCLUDE PUBLIC HEALTH, WHICH IS THE LARGEST PROPOSED INCREASE. 
          OTHER AREAS INCLUDE THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, AND E M S SERVICES. 
          IT ALSO 
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INCLUDES CUSTOMER SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS FOR 3 1 1 AND OPEN RECORDS, AS WELL AS SUPPORT FOR BROADBAND SERVICES AND, UH, FOR SECURITY UPGRADES. 
          SOME OF THE TOP PRIORITIES THAT CAME OUT OF OUR B SESSION LAST WEEK INCLUDE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THE TRIAL BUDGET SPECIFICALLY PUB FOR PUBLIC HEALTH INCLUDES $3 MILLION FOR MENTAL HEALTH TO PROVIDE ENHANCED RESPONSE TO CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE. 
          ALSO, ALSO WOULD PROPOSE $3 MILLION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT AND $2 MILLION AS A RESERVE TO BUILD ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN. 
          THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES INCLUDE RESTORING STREET AND MAINTENANCE AGAIN TO 2019 LEVELS, ADDING FUNDING FOR HIGH PRIORITY PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROJECTS, CONTINUING TO UPDATE THE BIKE MASTER PLAN, AND FOR SIDEWALKS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THE PRIORITIES HOUSING THE PRIORITIES INCLUDE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR OWNER-OCCUPIED RE REHABILITATION, MINOR HOME REPAIR, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AND MULTI-FAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          3 1 1 WAS, UH, HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS AT LAST WEEK'S B SESSION AND THE TRIAL BUDGET CALLS, UM, CALLS TO INCREASE STAFFING TO THE THREE ONE CALL CENTER BY 10 FULL-TIME AND TWO PART-TIME POSITIONS TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO RESPOND TO CALLS. 
          CURRENTLY, THE 3 1 1 CENTER HAS, HAS A 28 FULL-TIME STAFF AND EIGHT PART-TIME STAFF WITH SOME 10 FUNDING IN THE SUMMER. 
          CALL VOLUME HAS INCREASED OVER 20% SINCE 2018. 
          THE CENTER BACK IN 2018 AND 2019, UM, EXCEEDED ITS SERVICE LEVEL GOALS WHEN 96% OF ALL CALLS WERE ANSWERED THIS YEAR. 
          3 1 1 PROJECTS THAT WITH THAT INCREASED CALL VOLUME THAT WE'RE SEEING, UM, THAT WILL LEAD TO AN OVERALL RESPONSE OF APPROXIMATELY 81% OF CALLS TO BE ANSWERED. 
          FURTHER CALLS ANSWERED WITHIN 45 SECONDS, WHICH IS THE SERVICE LEVEL GOAL IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO 45% DOWN FROM 84% IN 2019. 
          WITH THE ADDITIONAL STAFFING PROPOSING THE TRIAL BUDGET, THE THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE TO ANSWER 90% OF ALL CALLS AND GET TO 69% OF CALLS WITHIN 45 SECONDS. 
          THE, THE CALL CENTER IS OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM THERE IS LIMITED OPERATIONS FOR ANIMAL CARE AND TRAFFIC CONCERNS FROM 7:00 PM TO 11:00 PM NIGHTLY. 
          UNSURPRISINGLY, MOST OF THE CALLS COME IN DURING THOSE PEAK HOURS, GENERALLY BETWEEN 9:00 AM AND 4:00 PM MOST OF THE CALLS TEND TO COME IN ON MONDAY MORNING AND TAIL OFF THROUGHOUT THE WEEK WITH RELATIVELY LOW VOLUMES ON LATE NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS. 
          THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROPERTY ROOM IS A BUDGET ISSUE. 
          THAT ALSO HAS BEEN DISCUSSED. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A $25 PROPERTY STORAGE FEE BACK WITH THE 2010 BUDGET TO PARTIALLY RECOVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH STORAGE FEES. 
          IN 2018, BEXAR COUNTY CHANGED ITS PROPERTY INTAKE POLICY SO THAT, UM, ONLY CERTAIN ITEMS CAN BE, CAN BE, UH, STORED THERE. 
          ESSENTIALLY, THEY'RE LIMITED TO, TO A CREDIT CARD AND ID, UH, PHONE KEYS AND SOME CASH. 
          SEVERAL ITEMS SUCH AS JEWELRY WALLETS, UH, HANDBAGS ARE NOW STORED AT THE CITY'S PROPERTY ROOM, WHICH HAS INCREASED IMPOUNDED PROPERTY AT THE CITY'S STORAGE FACILITY. 
          UH, THE FEE CURRENTLY BRINGS IN ABOUT $200,000. 
          THAT PARTIALLY OFFSETS THE $1.1 MILLION APPROXIMATELY IN ANNUAL COSTS TO OPERATE THE FACILITY. 
          ALAMO PROMISE IS A, IS ANOTHER TOPIC OF DISCUSSION FROM THE B SESSION. 
          ALAMO PROMISE PROVIDES GRADUATES OF BEAR COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS, UH, GAP FINANCING BETWEEN THE COST OF TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID AT THE FIVE ALAMO COLLEGES IN 20. 
          IN THE CURRENT YEAR, FISCAL YEAR ADOPTED 21, THE ADOPTED BUDGET INCLUDES $1.1 MILLION IN MATCHING DOLLARS TO SERVE NEARLY 5,000 STUDENTS. 
          THE YEAR THREE REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 IS ABOUT $2.5 MILLION. 
          AGAIN, THIS WOULD PROVIDE LAST DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIPS TO ABOUT 7,200 STUDENTS AND ADD ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS TO THE PROGRAM. 
          LASTLY, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FINANCIAL POLICIES AND PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR 22 PROPOSED BUDGET FINANCIAL POLICIES GUIDE THE PREPARATION OF THE BUDGET AND THE PURPOSE OF FINANCIAL POLICIES IS TO ESTABLISH GUIDANCE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR THE CITY. 
          THEY'RE CRITICAL TO MAINTAINING A STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION AND TO ADAPT TO ECONOMIC CHALLENGES LIKE WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST YEAR, PLUS, UM, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS GOING BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          THESE ARE ALSO THE FINANCIAL POLICIES THAT WE PRESENT TO BOND RATING AGENCIES. 
          AS PART OF THE CITY'S OVERALL CREDIT, THE CITY'S GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN STRUCTURAL BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THAT MEANS OUR CURRENT 
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REVENUES SHOULD COVER OUR CURRENT EXPENSES. 
          THE CITY ALSO HAS A POLICY TO KEEP PUBLIC SAFETY SPENDING BELOW 66% OF GENERAL FUND REVENUES, AND THAT WE MAINTAIN AN ENDING BALANCE OF 15% OVERALL IN OUR GENERAL FUND EACH YEAR. 
          FINALLY, THE CITY MAINTAINS ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCIES OF $1 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND AND $3 MILLION IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET DURING THE YEAR TO ACCOUNT FOR PERIODIC FLUCTUATIONS WITHIN A GIVEN FISCAL YEAR. 
          ADDITIONALLY, ONE OF OUR POLICIES IS TO ADDRESS ANY INTERNAL SERVICE FUND DEFICITS WHEN WITHIN THREE TO FIVE YEARS, INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS IN THE CITY PROVIDE FOR, PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE ENTIRE CITY ARE AND ARE REIMBURSED FROM CITY OPERATIONAL FUNDS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY IS, UH, THE CITY SELF INSURES FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SUCH AS WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS LIKE HEALTH, LIFE, AND DENTAL. 
          SHOULD ANY OF THESE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS GO INTO A DEFICIT, THE CITY'S POLICY IS TO RESTORE THOSE FUNDS TO BOUNCE WITHIN THREE TO FIVE YEARS BY CHARGING BACK OTHER FUNDS OF THE CITY TO KEEP THEM IN BALANCE. 
          THE CITY ALSO SHOULD REVIEW AND ADJUST FEES AND CHARGES FOR SERVICE TO KEEP UP WITH THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE PARTIALLY OR FULLY SUPPORTED BY CHARGES OTHER THAN TAXES. 
          AT THIS POINT, WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING SIGNIFICANT FEE INCREASES IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          UH, FINALLY, THE CITY ALSO ANNUALLY REVIEWS THE IMPACT OF THE STATE IMPOSED 3.5% PROPERTY TAX CAP THAT WAS ENACTED A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          WE ARE NOT EXPECTING TO REACH THAT CAP IN FISCAL YEAR 22. 
          AND THE CITY ALSO HAS A POLICY TO REVIEW PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF WITH A FOCUS ON HOMEOWNERS. 
          AND OUR C F O BEN GELLE WILL EXPAND ON PROPERTY TAXES IN JUST A MINUTE. 
          FOLLOWING TODAY'S MEETING, STAFF WILL TAKE THE FEEDBACK FROM, FROM OTHER SESSIONS AND SURVEYS TO FINALIZE THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          THE CITY MANAGER WILL PROPOSE THE BUDGET FORMALLY ON AUGUST 12TH, AFTER THE BUDGET IS PROPOSED, THERE WILL BE MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SEVERAL BUDGET WORK SESSIONS WITH THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED ADOPTION ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BEN GOEL AND HE'LL DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE PROPERTY TAX REVIEW POLICY. 
          AND THEN JEFF COYLE WILL TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SURVEY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, BEN GELLE, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE CITY. 
          AS SCOTT SAID, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION AROUND THE RELIEF THAT WE CURRENTLY OFFER ON PROPERTY TAXES. 
          SO, UM, WE DO OFFER A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, AND UNDER STATE LAW, WE'RE PRETTY LIMITED IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          THE ONE TOOL THAT WE HAVE WHEN YOU ADOPT THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS IT HAS TO BE AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OF THE HOME. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THE COUNCIL ASKED US TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE, HOW ABOUT ADOPTING A FLAT DOLLAR AMOUNT? UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. 
          WE HAD CONVERSATIONS AROUND TIERING A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WHERE YOU WOULD DO IT BASED ON THE YEARS OF OWNERSHIP OF THE HOME. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. 
          ALL WE CAN DO IS ADOPT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOME VALUE. 
          SO THE COUNCIL IN 2019, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          UH, BUT STATE LAW SAYS IT'S A PERCENTAGE, BUT IT CAN'T BE LESS THAN $5,000. 
          SO, UM, THE COUNCIL ADOPTED A 0.01% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT TRIGGERED THE MINIMUM VALUE UNDER STATE LAW. 
          SO CURRENTLY EVERY HOMESTEAD IN SAN ANTONIO GETS A $5,000 EXEMPTION BECAUSE WE TRIGGERED THAT MINIMUM AMOUNT. 
          IF YOU WERE TO MOVE THAT UP GOING FORWARD, THAT WOULD CHANGE BASED ON THE VALUE OF THE HOME. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, OUR, UH, UM, ELDERLY POPULATION, WE DO, WE DO OFFER AN OVER 8 65, 60 $5,000 PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO OFFER A $12,500 A DISABLED PERSON'S EXEMPTION. 
          UH, I WANNA, UH, UH, NOTE AN IMPORTANT STAT HERE. 
          SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR HOMESTEADS, THOSE THAT HAVE APPLIED WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT THAT ACTUALLY HAVE THE HOMESTEAD IN PLACE, 45% OF THOSE ARE FROZEN. 
          SO, UH, WE HAVE THE SENIOR TAX FREEZE IN PLACE, AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A SLIDE IN TERMS OF HOW THAT WORKS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          SO, UH, AGAIN, 45% OF OUR HOMESTEADS IN THE CITY ARE FROZEN, MEANING THAT THEIR CITY TAX BILL DOES NOT INCREASE YEAR TO YEAR, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE VALUE OF THE HOME DOES. 
          UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THAT, UM, IN TERMS OF THE EXEMPTIONS AND THE RELIEF THAT WE OFFER, THE TOTAL THAT WE WILL FOREGO IN F Y 21 IS APPROXIMATELY $65.8 MILLION, OF WHICH 6.1 MILLION OF THAT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE LOCAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          YOU 
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KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK ON, AND ACTUALLY COUNCILMAN BRAVO BROUGHT THIS UP DURING B SESSION LAST WEEK. 
          UM, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE, THE NUMBERS I JUST GAVE YOU, ARE THOSE HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE FILED FOR A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANNA WORK ON AND WORK WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT ON, WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY MORE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY OR SINGLE, UH, UM, FAMILY HOMES WITHIN THE CITY. 
          UM, SOME OF THOSE ARE GONNA BE RENTAL PROPERTIES. 
          UM, BUT WE WANNA REACH OUT TO THOSE HOMEOWNERS AND MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR, UH, AN OVER 8 65 OR A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THAT, THAT WE HELP THEM FILE THAT. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA WORK ON A PROCESS TO DO THAT. 
          UM, STATE LAW DID CHANGE IN 2019 REQUIRING APPRAISAL DISTRICTS TO NOTIFY THOSE PROPERTIES. 
          THEY'RE SENDING LETTERS OUT, THEY'RE DOING THOSE THINGS. 
          UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA DO A LITTLE BIT MORE ANALYSIS. 
          WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. 
          WE'RE GONNA DO A DISTRICT BY DISTRICT ANALYSIS. 
          WE'D LIKE TO CREATE SOME MAPS AND THEN WORK WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY IN TERMS OF HOW WE REACH OUT TO THOSE HOMEOWNERS. 
          AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THIS IS THEIR RESIDENCE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE, OF THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE THAT, THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TODAY. 
          UH, I MENTIONED THE SENIOR EXEMPTION AND THE TAX FREEZE, AND, AND THE LAST TIME I TALKED ABOUT THIS, I THINK THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION AROUND HOW THIS ACTUALLY WORKS. 
          SO I THOUGHT THE STAFF DID A, A GOOD JOB OF KIND OF PUTTING TOGETHER A GRAPHIC HERE THAT I'LL WALK THROUGH THAT HOPEFULLY HELPS. 
          SO IN THIS EXAMPLE, UH, WE'VE GOT A PERSON HERE, 8 64. 
          THEY'VE GOT A HOMESTEAD, AND IN THAT YEAR, THEIR HOME VALUE WAS $200,000. 
          UH, THEY'VE GOT THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, SO THEY'VE GOT A $5,000 REDUCTION IN TAXABLE VALUE. 
          SO THEIR TAXABLE VALUE'S ACTUALLY $195,000 IN THIS SCENARIO. 
          AND THEN IF YOU APPLY OUR CITY TAX RATE TO THAT, THEIR CITY TAX BILL WOULD BE $1,089. 
          WE GO TO THE NEXT YEAR. 
          THEY'VE NOW TURNED AGE 65. 
          THE VALUE OF THAT HOME INCREASE TO $206,000, THE $5,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR THE CITY STILL THERE. 
          SO YOU TAKE THAT OFF OF THAT, UM, ASSESSED VALUE, AND THEN NOW WE TAKE AN ADDITIONAL $65,000 OFF OF THAT VALUE. 
          SO THE TAXABLE VALUE DROPS DOWN TO $136,000. 
          IN THIS EXAMPLE, YOU APPLY THE CITY TAX RATE, THEIR CITY TAX BILL HAS NOW DROPPED TO $759 AS A RESULT OF THAT SENIOR EXEMPTION. 
          AND THEN BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SENIOR TAX FREEZE IN PLACE, UM, WHILE YOU CAN SEE THAT TOP LINE IN THIS EXAMPLE, THE HOME CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN VALUE. 
          THAT CITY PROPERTY TAX BILL DOESN'T CHANGE, IT STAYS AT THAT $759. 
          SO AS LONG AS THEY DON'T MAKE ANY SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE, UH, TO THE HOME, ADD A POOL, ADD AN ADDITIONAL ROOM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THIS WILL STAY IN PLACE. 
          AND IN THE EVENT THAT THEY O THEY ADD AN IMPROVEMENT, THIS ONLY GETS ADJUSTED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT. 
          AND THEN IT'S FROZEN AGAIN. 
          UM, SO AS I MENTIONED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, 45% OF THE HOMESTEADS IN SAN ANTONIO LOOK JUST LIKE THIS FOR THE CITY TAX BILL. 
          UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR, UM, LOCAL JURISDICTIONS LOOK LIKE HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY THAT ACTUALLY ASSESS A PROPERTY TAX RATE, WE'VE LISTED THEM HERE ON THIS SLIDE. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THE TAX RATE THERE ON THE FAR LEFT. 
          UM, THERE ARE LOCAL HOMESTEAD EXO EXEMPTIONS IN PLACE FOR US, UH, THE RIVER AUTHORITY AND THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          THERE ARE SOME MANDATORY EXEMPTIONS IN PLACE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HERE AND FOR BEXAR COUNTY ROAD AND FLOOD. 
          AND THEN THERE'S THE OVER 8 65 EXEMPTIONS. 
          AND THEN I'LL JUST JUMP TO THE FAR RIGHT. 
          YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THE JURISDICTIONS HERE IN THE COUNTY HAVE THE PROPERTY TAX FREE. 
          SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, UH, TAX WILL WORK JUST LIKE THE ONE I JUST SHOWED YOU ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. 
          SO, UM, AGAIN, ONCE THEY HIT 8 65, THE TAXES WOULD BE FROZEN. 
          SO WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU IN TERMS OF SOME STATS ON OUR PROPERTY TAXES. 
          UM, AT THIS POINT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, JEFF COYLE, WHO'S GONNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY. 
          THANK YOU, BEN. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. 
          LET ME GET TO THE RIGHT SLIDE HERE. 
          I MAY, I HAVE A LITTLE ASSISTANCE TEAM IN GETTING TO OUR SPEAK UP SLIDES. 
          WHILE THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT, THE, UH, THE GOVERNMENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED A, AN ESSAY SPEAK UP SURVEY, UH, TO GATHER PUBLIC INPUT ON WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE IN THE BUDGET. 
          UH, TO DATE, WE'VE RECEIVED OVER 9,000 RESPONSES, 9,025. 
          UH, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE DATA WE'RE GONNA SHARE TODAY, THE SURVEY PERIOD WAS FROM JUNE 1ST TO JUNE 21ST, BUT I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT DATE IN JUST A SECOND. 
          UH, THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH. 
          WE PROMOTED IT 
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ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          WE PURCHASED, UH, DIGITAL ADVERTISEMENTS. 
          WE EMAIL EVERY SINGLE RESPONDENT OF PAST SURVEYS. 
          WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS NOW FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS, AND INVITE THEM TO TAKE THE SURVEY AGAIN. 
          UH, WE PITCHED STORIES TO MEDIA. 
          WE PURCHASED SOME MEDIA, TELEVISION AND RADIO. 
          UH, WE SENT MAILERS TO DISTRICTS TWO THROUGH FIVE, WHICH HAVE HISTORICALLY, UH, UH, PROVIDED THE LOWEST RESPONSE. 
          SO WE, WE MAKE A LITTLE EXTRA EFFORT IN THOSE DISTRICTS. 
          WE HAVE YARD SIGNS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY PARKS, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS IN OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, TO GET THE WORD OUT. 
          UH, NOW THIS IS A, UM, ANYBODY CAN TAKE THE SURVEY. 
          UH, IT'S A DIGITAL SURVEY THIS YEAR AND LAST, WE'VE HAD TO DO DIGITAL ONLY AS A RESULT OF C O V I D. 
          IN PRIOR YEARS, WE'D ALSO HAD PAPER SURVEYS AT LIBRARIES, AND WE'RE GONNA DO THAT HERE LATER THIS SUMMER. 
          UM, BUT IT IS A SURVEY THAT WE DON'T CONTROL, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS. 
          WE DON'T DO A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE, UH, WHICH WOULD PREVENT MANY PEOPLE FROM TAKING THE SURVEY. 
          ONLY THOSE WHO, WHO WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET SAMPLED WOULD BE SURVEYED. 
          INSTEAD, WE OPEN THIS TO EVERYONE. 
          AND SO IN PRIOR YEARS, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS MONITOR THE DEMOGRAPHICS THROUGHOUT THE SURVEY PERIOD, AND THEN DOUBLE DOWN OUR EFFORTS IN THOSE AREAS THAT ARE LAGGING. 
          SO IF A CERTAIN COUNCIL DISTRICT ISN'T, UH, WE'RE NOT GETTING AS MANY NUMBERS OR A CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP, WE DO A LOT OF STREET EFFORTS. 
          WE SEND STREET TEAMS OUT TO COMMUNITY EVENTS. 
          WE GO TO SENIOR CENTERS. 
          UH, WE DO ROBOCALLS, WE DO ALL SORTS OF THINGS, UH, TO TRY TO GET THOSE NUMBERS UP. 
          WE'RE GONNA DO THAT LATER THIS SUMMER. 
          SO THE NUMBERS YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE, UH, ARE NOT AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AS WE'D LIKE. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WORKING ON THAT. 
          AND, AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF TODAY, WE'RE GONNA DISAGGREGATE THE DATA, UH, SO AS TO NOT GIVE YOU A CITYWIDE ANSWER, BUT RATHER A DISTRICT SPECIFIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC SPECIFIC RESPONSE. 
          SO HERE'S THE COUNCIL BREAKDOWN. 
          IF WE HAD A, A PERFECTLY EVEN DISTRIBUTION, WE'D HAVE 10% FOR EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          AND SO YOU SEE DISTRICTS ONE, UH, 7, 8, 10, OR CLOSE TO THAT 10% MARK. 
          BUT THEN WE'VE GOT A BIG JUMP IN DISTRICT NINE THIS YEAR, ALMOST TWICE THE NUMBER. 
          AND 18%, ALMOST ONE IN FIVE DIDN'T KNOW THEIR COUNCIL DISTRICTS. 
          SO THAT AFFECTS THE DISTRIBUTION AS WELL. 
          CLEARLY, WE HAVE WORK, UH, TO DO IN DISTRICTS TWO THROUGH FIVE, TWO THROUGH SIX, UH, TO TRY TO BRING THOSE NUMBERS UP. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF AGE, WE HAVE A REALLY NICE DISTRIBUTION ACROSS ALL THE VARIOUS AGE GROUPS WITH THE, THE LOT, THE LARGEST NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS COMING FROM THE 35 TO 44 AGE GROUP, UH, GENDER. 
          WE HAD TWICE AS MANY WOMEN AS MEN TAKE THE SURVEY THIS YEAR. 
          AND THEN RACE AND ETHNICITY, THIS IS ANOTHER AREA AND I THINK TIED TO, UH, THE HIGHER RESPONSE IN DISTRICTS EIGHT, NINE, AND 10. 
          UH, WE HAVE A, A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF WHITE RESPONDENTS, UM, THAN THE OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS. 
          UH, IN THIS COMMUNITY, HISPANICS MAKE UP 64% OF THE POPULATION. 
          BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN IS ABOUT 7%. 
          SO THOSE, UH, RESPONSES ARE LOWER THAN WHAT OUR COMMUNITY MAKEUP IS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE STILL NEED TO DO SOME WORK. 
          UH, AGAIN, TO NOTE, THERE IS A, UH, ALMOST 14% PREFER NOT TO ANSWER. 
          THAT AFFECTS THE DISTRIBUTION A LITTLE BIT. 
          UH, AND THEN FINALLY, WE ASK, UH, INCOME. 
          AND, UH, YOU SEE THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE FALL, RIGHT BETWEEN THAT 50 AND $75,000, UM, PER YEAR INCOME. 
          AND SO, UM, TWO THINGS THE CITY MANAGER HAS ASKED, UH, HAS DIRECTED US TO KEEP THE SURVEY OPEN. 
          WE'RE GONNA DO THAT THROUGH THE MONTH OF JULY, AND WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THOSE DISTRICTS THAT HAD LOWER RESPONSE RATES. 
          WE'LL DO DOOR HANGERS. 
          WE'D LIKE TO DO BLOCK WALKING WITH THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, WE'LL DO SOME TARGETED ADVERTISING AND EFFORTS WITH STAKEHOLDER GROUPS TO, TO BALANCE OUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS FOR TODAY'S PURPOSES. 
          WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU THE NUMBERS DISAGGREGATED, UH, WHICH I THINK WILL HOPEFULLY STILL INFORM THE DISCUSSION HERE. 
          SO WE ASKED THREE MAJOR QUESTIONS. 
          THE FIRST WAS, OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE CUT FROM THE LAST TWO BUDGETS FROM FY 20 AND 21, WHICH OF THOSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOST SEE RESTORED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET? AND WE ASKED THEM TO RANK THOSE CATEGORIES. 
          SO THERE WERE FIVE MAJOR PROGRAM AREAS IN TERMS OF PUBLIC FACING PROGRAMS THAT WERE CUT FROM PREVIOUS BUDGETS. 
          AND IT'S A PRETTY CLEAR RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY STREETS. 
          NUMBER ONE IS WHERE THEY WANNA SEE THE MONEY RESTORED. 
          UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR JOB CREATION IS NUMBER TWO, UH, PLANNING DOLLARS FOR THE SA TOMORROW PLAN CLEAR NUMBER THREE. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ARTS FUNDING AND, UH, OUR CONTRIBUTION TO VISIT SAN ANTONIO TO GENERATE TOURISM. 
          SO THAT WAS PRETTY CLEAR ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          SECOND QUESTION WAS, IF WE HAVE TO CUT FROM THIS BUDGET AND NEXT, WHICH AREAS WOULD YOU NOT LIKE TO SEE CUT? WHICH IS WHAT IS MOST SACRED TO YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT'S 
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CURRENTLY IN OUR BUDGET GOING FORWARD? AND WE SO AS TO NOT MAKE PEOPLE PICK ONE CATEGORY. 
          'CAUSE WE KNOW A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE IMPORTANT. 
          WE ALLOWED PEOPLE TO SELECT FIVE OF THEM AND THEN, AND THEN SCORE THEM ACCORDINGLY. 
          AND SO THIS IS A BUSY CHART, UH, AND I'M GONNA LINGER ON IT A SECOND SO THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE START TO SEE SOME DIFFERENCES BY DISTRICT. 
          SO DISTRICT SIX THROUGH 10 CLEARLY SAID, DO NOT CUT FIRE. 
          DO NOT CUT FIRE. 
          AND YOU GO TO THE NEXT ROW. 
          UH, SEVERAL OF THE SAME DISTRICTS, EIGHT, NINE, AND 10 ALSO SAID, DO NOT CUT POLICE. 
          AND YOU BRING IN ALSO DISTRICTS THREE AND FOUR WHO HAD FIRE IN POLICE AS THEIR TOP TWO OR IN THEIR TOP TWO. 
          UH, THIRD WAS A PRETTY CLEAR ALMOST ACROSS THE BOARD STREETS AND SIDEWALKS IN ALMOST EVERY DISTRICT'S TOP THREE. 
          UH, BUT THEN YOU START TO REALLY SEE SOME DIFFERENCES HERE. 
          LOOK AT DISTRICT FIVE. 
          NUMBER ONE, DO NOT CUT SENIOR SERVICES. 
          THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO THE RESPONDENTS FROM DISTRICT FIVE, FOLLOWED BY PUBLIC HEALTH AND STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          AND I'LL NOTE DISTRICT THREE ALSO HAD SENIOR SERVICES, THEN POLICE, THEN STREETS. 
          LOOK AT DISTRICT TWO, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, CLEARLY NUMBER ONE IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          UH, AND IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THAT ROW, UH, IT SCORED MUCH LOWER IN MANY OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS. 
          UH, PERHAPS REFLECTIVE OF HOUSING CHALLENGES AND ISSUES IN DISTRICT TWO, UH, OR IT'S CERTAINLY REFLECTIVE OF IT BEING A PRIORITY OF SOMETHING THEY DON'T WANNA SEE. 
          CUT. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, DISTRICT ONE PUBLIC HEALTH WAS NUMBER ONE FOLLOWED BY SENIOR SERVICES AND STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          UM, BY THE WAY, I SHOULD NOTE YOUR BINDERS HAVE A DISTRICT SPECIFIC REPORT. 
          SO WHILE I'M GOING THROUGH THIS KIND OF QUICKLY, YOU CAN REFER TO THAT AT ANY POINT TODAY, AND YOU'LL HAVE THE DATA IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          THE FINAL QUESTION WAS, UH, IF THE BUDGET, IF WE'RE ALLOW, IF WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN THIS BUDGET, WHICH CITY SERVICES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE INCREASED? SO IT'S A DIFFERENT QUESTION FROM DON'T CUT. 
          IT'S WHERE DO WE NEED TO PUT MORE MONEY? AND AGAIN, WE LET PEOPLE CHOOSE FIVE DIFFERENT CHOICES AND THEN SCORE THEM ACCORDINGLY. 
          AND SO CLEARLY ACROSS THE BOARD, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS IS A, IS A, IS A WINNER IN THAT QUESTION. 
          UH, ALMOST EVERY DISTRICT HAD IT AS NUMBER ONE WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF ONE IN FIVE, AND THEY STILL HAD IT IN TOP THREE. 
          UH, PUBLIC HEALTH, A CLEAR NUMBER TWO ACROSS THE BOARD WITH DISTRICT ONE, AGAIN, UH, SAYING THAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT. 
          AND I THINK DISTRICT, UH, EXCUSE ME, AND I THINK SENIOR SERVICES, UH, COMES IN AS A CLEAR, SOLID NUMBER THREE WITH DISTRICT FIVE, PRIORITIZING THAT ABOVE ALL ELSE. 
          UM, THEN YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF VARIATION WITH PARKS AND REC AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY JUMPING INTO THE TOP THREE IN DISTRICTS ONE, TWO, AND SEVEN. 
          OKAY, NOW, UH, EXCUSE ME, I, UH, WHOOPS, THIS IS GOING FORWARD ON ME. 
          NOW, WE ALSO BROKE THIS UP BY RACE AND ETHNICITY. 
          WE JUST DID IT FOR, WE DID IT FOR ALL OF THEM. 
          WE CAN DISAGGREGATE ALL THE DATA. 
          BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF TODAY, WE, UM, WE DISAGGREGATED FOR THIS QUESTION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHERE WE SHOULD PUT MORE MONEY. 
          AND THERE'S A LOT OF VARIATION HERE. 
          UH, SO THIS IS WHAT, WHAT, WHERE SHOULD WE MAKE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS BY RACE AND ETHNICITY? UH, LET'S START WITH THE LARGEST DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          HISPANIC OR LATINO. 
          PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          NUMBER ONE, SENIOR SERVICES NUMBER TWO, AND STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          NUMBER THREE, AND I'LL NOTE, NATIVE HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER ALSO HAD PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          NUMBER ONE, IF WE MOVE OVER TO WHITE RESPONDENTS, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, NUMBER ONE, PARKS NUMBER TWO, AND PUBLIC HEALTH NUMBER THREE. 
          AND THEN IF WE LOOK OVER AT, UH, BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN RESPONDENTS, AGAIN, THAT HOUSING, UH, THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY JUMPS TO NUMBER ONE FOR THAT DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES FOLLOWING. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, LAST SLIDE. 
          I'LL, UH, BREAK IT UP BY AGE. 
          UH, AND I THINK THE EASIEST WAY TO LOOK AT THIS SLIDE IN MY VIEW IS TO SPLIT IT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. 
          SO, 45 AND ABOVE, 44 AND BELOW 45 AND ABOVE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, UH, ONE OR TWO IN ALL OF THOSE AGE GROUPS WITH SENIOR SERVICES AS ONE OR TWO IN ALL OF THOSE AGE CATEGORIES, MAYBE NOT SURPRISING SINCE THIS IS THE, UH, THE OLDER AGE CATEGORIES, UH, YOU SEE IN THE 55 AND UP POLICE, UH, MORE FUNDING FOR POLICE BECOMES A TOP THREE PRIORITY. 
          LOOKING BELOW 44 AND BELOW, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH IS ONE OR TWO IN ALL OF THOSE AGE GROUPS. 
          UH, PARKS AND REC IMPORTANT BETWEEN FOR THOSE BETWEEN 25 AND 44. 
          AND THEN HOUSING AFFORDABILITY BETWEEN 18 AND 34. 
          SECOND AND THIRD YOUTH SERVICES GETS A THIRD PLACE SCORE FOR THE 18 TO 24 CATEGORIES. 
          SO WE HAD THE YOUNG PEOPLE SAYING YOUTH SERVICES, WE HAD THE OLDER PEOPLE SAYING SENIOR SERVICES, WHICH PROBABLY SHOULDN'T SURPRISE ANYONE. 
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UH, SO WITH THAT, UM, WE HAVE A, UH, MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, LAURA, HAS A, A LIST OF TACTICS THAT WE'RE GONNA DEPLOY TO KEEP THE SURVEY OPEN WITH, UH, ERIC'S DIRECTION, UH, THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF JULY, WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOUR OFFICES AND WE'LL HAVE UPDATED NUMBERS AS THIS BUDGET PROCESS MOVED FORWARD. 
          SO WITH THAT, I THINK I TURN IT BACK TO YOU, RIGHT, ERIC? YEAH. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNSEL. 
          THANK YOU, JEFF. 
          UH, ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, AND IT WAS ON THE, UM, UH, ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT SCOTT TALKED ABOUT, UH, ABOUT THE $25 PROPERTY ROOM FEE. 
          UM, THE REASON WHY THAT'S IN THERE, UM, IS BECAUSE OF THE C C R THAT WAS DRAFTED BY, UM, COUNCILWOMAN HRA, UM, AND DISCUSSED AT AT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          AND I THINK PART OF THE CONVERSATION AT THE COMMITTEE WAS, UM, THAT WE WOULD BRING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UM, DURING BUDGET, UH, TO, UM, TO GET FEEDBACK, UM, THAT YOU SAW THAT COST OF THAT, THAT CHANGE IS ABOUT $200,000 IN LOST REVENUE. 
          BUT, UH, SOMETHING CERTAINLY THAT I'M LOOKING FOR SOME CONSENSUS, I THINK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN AT, AT SOME POINT YOU MIGHT WANNA SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE, YOUR COLLEAGUES WHAT THE CONVERSATION WAS AT PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          UM, AND JUST, UH, FOR, UH, PROCEDURE, UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF OUR DISCUSSION TODAY. 
          OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH ON THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE LISTED IN ONE OF THE EARLIER SLIDES. 
          YOU CAN SEE THEM ON YOUR AGENDA. 
          UH, SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF OF THIS SECTION, IT'S REALLY JUST AGAIN, A RECAP OF OUR LEVEL SET TRIAL BUDGET, ALONG WITH OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE COMMUNITY SURVEY INPUT PROCESS. 
          UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN, ASK QUESTIONS ON ANY ONE OF THOSE SECTIONS, LET ME KNOW. 
          OTHERWISE, WE'LL MOVE ON. 
          UH, JUST SIGNAL ME, UH, AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION FLOWING. 
          SO ON THESE EARLIER SECTIONS, WE'LL GIVE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, UH, TO KIND OF GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE, WHO WANTS ONE? UH, OTHERWISE WE'LL MOVE ON. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE A LONGER DISCUSSION ABOUT PRIORITIES PERHAPS THAT AREN'T LISTED IN, UH, THE EARLIER SECTIONS LATER TODAY, UH, AT THAT TWO 30 BREAK. 
          SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE, UM, A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS TO START US. 
          UH, AGAIN, I'LL LOOK AROUND THE ROOM IF ANYBODY WANTS TO CHIME IN TO SIGNAL ME. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UH, I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT THOUGH, AND THAT IS, UM, AS WE LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY INPUT, I THINK IT'S VERY, UM, DIFFICULT PERHAPS, UM, DANGEROUS FOR US TO TAKE NON-SCIENTIFIC DATA AND JAM IT INTO A SCIENTIFIC BOX. 
          AND SO, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE RESPONSES THAT WE'RE RECEIVING, I, I, I, I WOULD, UM, CAUTION US AGAIN, UH, AND ALSO PAY ATTENTION TO THE REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE ELECTED IN THAT DISTRICT. 
          UM, A LOT OF TIMES IN LIEU OF THE SCIENTIFIC DATA, WE DO SOMETHING LIKE FOCUS GROUPS, UH, TO KIND OF DIG INTO SOME OF THESE ANSWERS. 
          BUT AGAIN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING, KNOCKING ON DOORS, TALKING TO NEIGHBORS, UNDERSTANDING THEIR PRIORITIES, IS GETTING THAT KIND OF INPUT. 
          SO REALLY NEED TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THOSE PRIORITIES IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE THAT YOU, UH, STRONGLY AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH. 
          BUT, UH, WE'LL GET INTO THE DISCUSSION NOW. 
          UM, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? OH, YEAH. 
          SO, UH, JEFF, UH, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. 
          I, I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT ANY OF THESE RESULTS, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS SURPRISED. 
          UM, WHAT ALWAYS DISAPPOINTS IS THE, UH, A SMALL NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS TO THESE THINGS. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL HAS BEEN WORKING HARD OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS TO HELP US FIGURE OUT A WAY TO INCREASE THIS. 
          AND, UH, I THINK THAT, UM, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO, UM, WORK REALLY HARD AND, AND PULL FROM EVERY LEVER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET RESPONSES FROM, FROM YOUNG SAN ANTONIANS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, THE, THE OTHER THING IS, MAYOR, I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND WITH YOU THAT THIS IS A, THIS IS A MORAL DOCUMENT, OR AT LEAST IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, RIGHT? BUT, UH, I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, UM, I THINK LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE LAST, ANOTHER WOMAN IN MY DISTRICT GOT MURDERED IN FRONT OF HER CHILDREN. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST SETTING THE TONE HERE, AT LEAST FOR, FOR ME, UM, I, IF WE DON'T THROW ALL OUR WEIGHT BEHIND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ONCE AND FOR ALL, THIS BECOMES AN IMMORAL DOCUMENT, IN MY OPINION, . 
          UM, AND SO I, I, I REALLY WANT IT TO BE, UM, A DOCUMENT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PUTS LIVES AHEAD OF, YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS. 
          AND SO TO THAT END, I SAW THE ALAMO PROMISE, UM, FUNDING PROPOSAL UP THERE. 
          I LOVE IT. 
          UM, BUT AT THIS WEEK, WE SAW THE GOVERNOR VETO HB, I THINK 1109, WHICH WOULD'VE MANDATED ALL SCHOOLS IN TEXAS TO, UH, PROVIDE ROBUST TRAINING ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 
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UH, FAMILY VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND CHILD ABUSE. 
          UM, HE DOESN'T THINK THAT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND SO, UH, I THINK THAT WE COULD CONDITION, OR I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE US CONDITIONING FUNDING FOR ALAMO PROMISE ON THE PROMISE THAT SCHOOLS, UM, PROVIDE THAT TRAINING THAT THE GOVERNOR WOULD RATHER US NOT PROVIDE, UH, WHICH I THINK WOULD RESULT IN LIVES, IT WOULDN'T COST US ANY MONEY. 
          UM, AND IT WOULD, COULD BE PART OF, UM, THE PLAN, UH, THAT WE BAKE IN, YOU KNOW, THIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INITIATIVE THAT WE COULD BAKE INTO, UH, THAT ALAMO PROMISE. 
          UM, AND IT'S A START, UH, ALONG WITH POSSIBLY FUND, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY REQUIRING THAT KIND OF TRAINING FOR ANY OTHER MONEY THAT WE PROVIDE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF SUPPORT THAT WE GIVE THEM. 
          UH, THOSE ARE MY, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS FOR NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PLIE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          HI, UH, BEN, CAN YOU COME UP ON SLIDE 22, UH, ABOUT THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS FOR, UH, THE HOMESTEAD? YES, MA'AM. 
          IS, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE I THINK IT, IT WOULD BE SOME RELIEF TO POSSIBLY INCREASE THAT, BUT I SEE S A I SS D, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN GET IT WITH THE, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN DISTRICT THREE? BECAUSE I KNOW HARLAND DALE'S ONE OF THEIR, UH, TAX RATE IS HIGHER THAN THAT, SO, UH, YES MA'AM, WE CAN, I THINK WE'VE HAD THAT INFORMATION BEFORE. 
          WE CAN PULL THAT FAIRLY EASILY AND GET THAT TO YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SOUTH SIDE AND EAST CENTRAL ALSO. 
          AND THE OTHER THING IS, I KNOW WHEN WE DO THESE, UM, WHEN WE DO THESE, UH, EXEMPTIONS, IT DOES IMPACT, UH, OTHER AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          SO WHAT I DON'T WANNA SEE FOR MY DISTRICT IS WE DO A POSSIBLE INCREASE AND THEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TO RAISE TAXES IN THEIR NEXT BOND. 
          SO IF WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION, UM, SURE, SURE. 
          AND IF I CAN CLARIFY ONE POINT THERE, SO, WE'LL, WE'LL, I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL PULL THE INFORMATION FOR ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WE'LL SEND THAT TO YOU SO YOU HAVE THAT. 
          UM, SO WHEN WE ADOPT AN EXEMPTION, IT'S STAYS, IT ONLY AFFECTS US IN OUR TAXES. 
          UM, SAME WOULD BE THE TRUE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          YEAH, IF YOU COULD JUST SEND THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'LL START WITH THE ESSAY SPEAK UP SURVEY. 
          UM, THANKS FOR THE SHOUT OUT, COUNCILMAN ELIAS. 
          UH, JUST TO, TO ADD ON TO THAT, MY, MY EFFORTS OVER THE PAST YEARS WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ISN'T JUST ABOUT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO INTERACT WITH THE CITY, BUT IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THE CITY AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO LISTEN TO THEM IN THE MANY WAYS THAT THEY TALK TO US. 
          THEY DON'T ONLY TALK TO US WHEN THEY FILL OUT THIS SURVEY. 
          IN FACT, I, I THINK THE SURVEY IS VERY LIMITING, RIGHT? IT'S IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF NUANCED FEEDBACK WE, WE CAN GET BACK. 
          SO, UM, WHAT I HAD BROUGHT UP DURING OUR TRIAL BUDGET DISCUSSION, AND I WOULD, UH, WOULD LOVE US TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THAT OPTION, IS LISTENING TO WHAT COMES IN THROUGH 3 1 1, LISTENING TO WHAT COMES IN THROUGH OUR COUNCIL OFFICES. 
          EVERY PERSON AROUND THIS TABLE HAS, UH, A SET OF, YOU KNOW, 2000, 4,000, DEPENDING HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN HERE, CASES THAT THEY'VE WORKED ON WITH MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY CASES, UH, THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THOSE PEOPLE. 
          AND THEY ASK US, YOU KNOW, POLICY OR OPERATIONAL FOR OPERATIONAL DIRECTION. 
          AND WE COME HERE AND WE GIVE THAT TO YOU. 
          AND, AND THAT DRIVES THE, THE BUDGET ASKS THAT WE MAKE. 
          UH, BUT I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE WHO'VE US TO SIT DOWN WITH CITY STAFF TO REVIEW SOME OF THOSE, UH, TYPES OF CONSTITUENT CASES AND INQUIRIES THAT WE RECEIVE AT EACH OF THE COUNCIL OFFICES. 
          UM, UH, SECONDLY, UH, THANK YOU JEFF, SO MUCH FOR BREAKING THIS DOWN BY, BY TABS AND, UH, THE, THE CROSS TABS THAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GIVING US MORE INFORMATION THAN WE WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE. 
          BUT I DO AGREE WITH THE MAYOR THAT WE WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT HOW WE INTERPRET THIS. 
          I EVERYONE THINK IT MIGHT BE CONFUSING TO FILL OUT A SURVEY THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, CUTS, WERE IN STREETS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING. 
          UM, AND I THINK WE KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, AND IT'S MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE DIFFERENT CONCEPTS. 
          I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE WRONG AT ALL. 
          I THINK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A VERY BROAD TERM. 
          IT ALSO REFERS TO READY TO WORK TO, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR JOBS TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          SO, UH, I I THINK WE JUST WANNA BE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE USE THAT. 
          'CAUSE MY, MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS WE MAY HAVE CUT THE BUDGET, BUT WE, WE SURE PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IF YOU TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE TRAINING. 
          SO IT, IT ALMOST 
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SEEMED LIKE, UM, LIKE A DISSONANCE HERE, IT, UH, TO, TO PUT IT ON THIS LIST. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, I BEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT VERY CAREFUL, UH, ANALYSIS OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY TAX, UH, REVENUES AND HOW THEY'RE AFFECTED BY, BY OUR DIFFERENT, UH, BY OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND, UH, PROPOSING TO REACH OUT TO RESIDENTS TO SIGN THEM UP FOR THEIR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          IS THAT, ARE YOU SAYING WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT IN THE BUDGET OR THERE'S GONNA BE A PROGRAM FOR THAT? I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          UM, UH, YES MA'AM. 
          I THINK THAT'S OUR PLAN IS WE'RE GONNA DEVELOP, UH, A PROGRAM WITH THE BUDGET, UM, UH, WORKING WITH OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO REALLY DO THAT OUTREACH. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT LETTERS ARE BEING SENT. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S MAYBE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO REACH SOME OF THE RESIDENTS. 
          SO WE REALLY WANT TO DO SOME MORE ANALYSIS WITHIN EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS AND THEN PUT A PLAN TOGETHER. 
          WE'D LIKE TO VISIT WITH YOU ALL MORE ABOUT THAT PLAN AND GET YOUR IDEAS IN TERMS OF HOW TO REACH OUT, UH, TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS. 
          SO THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PLAN GOING FORWARD. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN, IT MIGHT BE IF, IF, UH, IF THE, IF THE PUBLIC IS GETTING AN A BARE APPRAISAL DISTRICT ENVELOPE, THAT MAY NOT BE THE BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE. 
          I THINK WHAT BEN IS TALKING ABOUT IT, AND I'LL REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT PRE PANDEMIC, THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT THE COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT, THAT I THINK IN 2019 WE STARTED TO MAKE INROADS ON. 
          WE GOT AWAY FROM THAT LAST YEAR. 
          AND, AND, UM, I THINK SOME OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP LAST WEEK AT B SESSION, AND IT REMINDED US THAT, LET'S GET BACK AND TO YOUR POINT ON THE SURVEY, HOW ARE WE GETTING THAT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC? I MEAN, THERE NEEDS TO BE A BETTER WAY TO DO THAT OTHER THAN MAYBE A APPRAISAL DISTRICT ENVELOPE. 
          A AGREED, BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO HOW YOU CAN SIGN UP TO PROTEST YOUR PROPERTY TAXES. 
          AND NOT EVERYBODY DOES THAT AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, VERY, VERY GOOD POINT. 
          DIFFERENT MESSENGERS. 
          UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN, UM, DISCUSS LATER, BUT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT RELIEF THAT WE ALL ALREADY PROVIDE THROUGH, UM, THE, THE DIFFERENT EXEMPTIONS. 
          AND AT SOME POINT IN THIS WHOLE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, YOU GUYS COME BACK WITH NUMBERS ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING SAVED TO THE TAXPAYERS THROUGH THE DISABILITY OVER 65. 
          UM, COULD YOU ALSO BRING BACK TO US SORT OF A, THE MONEY BEING SET ASIDE IN, IS THAT MY RINGER FOR FIVE MINUTES? THANK YOU, TINA , UH, FOR EACH OF OUR DIFFERENT, UH, TTS ZONES, UH, THE MONEY THAT'S NOT COMING INTO THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND, BUT IS, UH, SITTING IN THOSE DIFFERENT POTS, UH, YES, WE CAN PROVIDE A REPORT ON THAT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, ON THE ESSAY SPEAK OUT SURVEY, I THINK SOMETHING WAS MISSING, AND I THINK THAT IS ASKING THE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED, WHAT ARE YOUR NEEDS? I MEAN, WE GAVE THEM CHOICES, BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY ASK THEM, WHAT DO YOU NEED OR WHAT DOES YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEED? AND I THINK THAT HAS A, A GREAT VALUE TO US AS WE LOOK FORWARD, BECAUSE WE ARE ALREADY, UM, SILOING A LOT OF MONEY IN A LOT OF AREAS, AND WE'RE ASSUMING THAT THESE ARE THE MAJOR AREAS, BUT THERE COULD BE SOME OTHERS THAT WE DON'T IDENTIFY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ASKING THE COMMUNITY, WHAT DO YOU NEED? WE'RE JUST SAYING, WHAT DO YOU LIKE OUT OF OUR, OUR CHOICES? SO I'D JUST LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT SOMEHOW GOING FORWARD AND IN THE FUTURE. 
          UH, I NOTICED ON THE, UM, ON THE TRIAL BUDGET INFORMATION, WE HAVE LISTED A POOL OF COMPENSATION OF 3%. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, DOES THAT INCLUDE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, TOTAL PAY RAISES? DOES THAT INCLUDE, UH, INDEX FOR INFLATION? DOES THAT INCLUDE, UH, THE, UH, THE PAY WE GIVE FOR PERFORMANCE BONUSES? IS ALL OF THAT THROWN INTO THAT 3% OR IS THAT JUST BASIC SALARY? UH, NOT INCLUDING PERFORMANCE BONUSES OR NOT INCLUDING COST OF LIVING, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A VERY BIG AMOUNT CONSIDERING WE DIDN'T GIVE ANYTHING LAST YEAR. 
          SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE THINKING BEHIND THAT POOL AT 3%. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          UH, SO THE, THE, THE TRIAL BUDGET ONLY SET ASIDE THE VALUE OF 3% OF EVERY CIVILIAN. 
          UM, AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE JULY, UM, WE WILL INCLUDE WITHIN THE PROPOSED BUDGET HOW THAT LOOKS. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND SO HOW THAT LOOKED, HAS LOOKED IN PAST YEARS, IS THAT FOR PROFESSIONALS AND MANAGERS, IT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF A 3% POOL SET ASIDE FOR PERFORMANCE. 
          AND THEN THOSE, UH, AT THE, UH, IN OUR, UH, OUR OTHER 4,500 EMPLOYEES, A 3%, UH, 
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ACROSS THE BOARD WAGE INCREASE, UM, SO THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME POT OF MONEY, UM, IT'S, IF, IF ANYTHING, UM, UH, WHAT I'M THINKING IS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD AND NOT A COLA. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE'LL WORK THROUGH THOSE DETAILS, BUT THE, BUT THE VALUE OF THAT MONEY IS 3% OF EVERY CIVILIAN SALARY. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT, THAT APPEARS TO ME TO BE TOO SMALL. 
          YOU'RE SAYING THEN NOTHING LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR, 3%. 
          SO OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN A ONE AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE IN THEIR, IN THEIR PAY. 
          AND, UH, IT ISN'T INCLUDING, UH, YOU KNOW, PERFORMANCE FOR HIGH PERFORMING, WHICH I DON'T OFTEN THINK IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO PUT OUT THERE, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME KIND OF A VALUE TO THAT IN SOME SITUATIONS. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING COST OF LIVING IS INCLUDED IN THERE, AND SO REALLY YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY KIND OF A PAY INCREASE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE COST OF LIVING THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR TWO YEARS. 
          SO, UH, I'M GONNA WANT TO HAVE A LOT MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, THAT AMOUNT AS FAR AS COMPENSATION GOES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          UH, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS, UH, GOING BACK TO, UH, TAXES AND TAX RELIEF, BEN, YOU, UH, PROVIDED, UH, A VERY GOOD, UH, SYNOPSIS OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE IF, UH, IT WAS RECOMMENDED FROM THIS COUNCIL THAT WE WOULD INCREASE THAT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WHETHER WE INCREASED IT TO 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, OR 5%. 
          UH, HAVE YOU DISTRIBUTED THAT TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? UH, NO, I HAVE NOT. 
          DO YOU HAVE IT THAT YOU COULD PUT UP ON THE SCREEN TO SHOW? UH, YES, SIR. 
          I DO. 
          WELL, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE THAT, UH, SO THAT WE HAVE AN INDICATION OF, UH, WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE IF WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE ANY, UH, TAX RELIEF FOR THE WORKING FAMILIES IN THE CITY. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          YES, 45% OF OUR TAX BASE IS FROZEN BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OR PEOPLE WHO ARE OVER 65. 
          THE OTHER 55% OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE WORKING FAMILIES AND THEY ARE SEEING THE VALUES OF THEIR HOMES GO UP AND UP AND THEY'RE SEEING THEIR TAX LIABILITY GO UP AND UP. 
          AND I THINK IT, WITH THE CURRENT ESTIMATE FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, AND WITH THE FEDERAL MONEY COMING IN TO HELP US REPLACE LOST REVENUE AND THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THERE'LL BE, UH, OTHER AVENUES THAT WE CAN PURSUE WITH SOME OF THAT FEDERAL MONEY, I'D LIKE TO SEE US AS A COUNCIL LOOK AT THOSE KINDS OF NUMBERS AND UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT FOR SIX, SEVEN, $8 MILLION OUT OF OUR BUDGET, WE COULD INCREASE, UH, THE TAX RELIEF THAT, THAT SOME PEOPLE NEED. 
          SO I'D, I'D ASK YOU TO PRESENT THAT AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION. 
          UH, SURE SIR. 
          I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT. 
          WE'VE GOT, SIR, A COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT, EXCUSE ME, THAT, UH, I CAN GO INTO AS WELL. 
          UM, OR ACTUALLY THEY JUMPED AHEAD HERE A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'LL, I'LL START WITH THIS ONE. 
          UH, THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. 
          SO LET ME EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BIT. 
          THIS IS, UM, KIND OF GIVING YOU A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT OUR CURRENT EXEMPTION LOOKS LIKE. 
          AND THEN IF YOU WERE TO INCREASE IT. 
          SO ON THE FAR LEFT, WE'VE GIVEN YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF A HOMESTEAD VALUE RANGING FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO 600,000. 
          UH, IT'S SHOWING YOU THE TOTAL TAX BILL, NOT JUST THE CITY'S PORTION OF THAT, BUT THE TOTAL TAX BILL, UH, ON THOSE HOMES. 
          UH, IT SHOWS YOU THAT CITY'S TAX BILL. 
          NEXT TO THAT, AND THEN AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WHEN THE COUNCIL ADOPTED THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WE ADOPT, WE HAD TO ADOPT IT AS A PERCENTAGE, BUT WE DID 0.01% AND IT WAS INTENTIONAL TO TRIGGER THE MINIMUM VALUE OF $5,000, UH, THAT'S ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE CURRENTLY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS HOME OR $600,000 HOME, THEY'RE GETTING A $5,000 TAXABLE VALUE EXEMPTION THAT RESULTS IN $28 A YEAR IN, UM, PROPERTY TAX SAVINGS. 
          NOW I'M GONNA FLIP OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE INCREMENTAL IMPACT IF WE WERE TO MOVE TOWARDS INCREASING THAT EXEMPTION. 
          SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA TRY TO DO THIS QUICKLY, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE 1% COLUMN, YOU SEE A ZEROS ALL THE WAY DOWN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A $600,000 HOME. 
          WHY IS THAT? WELL, BECAUSE 1% OF THOSE VALUES LESS THAN 500,000 ARE LESS THAN A $5,000 EXEMPTION. 
          SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET ANY ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX SAVINGS IN THIS CASE. 
          THE ONLY HOMES THAT WOULD GET 
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IT WOULD BE HOMES THAT HAVE A VALUE TAXABLE VALUE GREATER THAN 500,000. 
          THAT'S WHY THE COST IS LOW AT, UM, $95,000 TO THE CITY. 
          I'M GONNA FLIP ALL THE WAY TO THE FAR RIGHT. 
          IF YOU WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FAR RIGHT AND AGAIN, UNDER STATE LAW, YOU CAN GO UP TO 20% IS THE, THE TOTAL, UH, THAT'S ALLOWED. 
          I'M JUST GIVING YOU A RANGE HERE OF ONE TO FIVE. 
          IF WE WENT TO A 5% EXEMPTION, YOU CAN SEE THE COST TO THE CITY ON THE BOTTOM. 
          AND LEMME TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT TO THE HOMEOWNER FOR A SECOND. 
          YOU SEE THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS VALUE HAVE LISTED THERE. 
          THERE'S NO INCREMENTAL SAVINGS TO THE HOMEOWNER. 
          AGAIN, BECAUSE 5% OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS HOME, IT'S STILL $5,000. 
          SO WE HAVEN'T EXCEEDED THAT MINIMUM. 
          SO THERE WOULD BE NO ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX SAVINGS THERE. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN SEE AT $200,000, THEY WOULD GO FROM THE CURRENT $28 THAT THEY GET A YEAR, THEY WOULD GET AN ADDITIONAL $28 IN PROPERTY TAX SAVINGS. 
          AND THEN YOU GO ALL THE WAY DOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE TO THE $600,000 HOME, THEY WOULD GET, UM, $139 IN, UM, UH, SAVINGS. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, THAT'S BASED ON THE 5% OF A $600,000 HOME GENERATES A $30,000 EXEMPTION OF WHICH, UM, FIVE IS ALREADY IN PLACE. 
          SO THEY'RE GETTING THAT INCREMENTAL IMPACT. 
          UM, I'LL POINT OUT THOUGH THAT EVEN WITH THE 1 39, JUST KIND OF KEEP THAT IN CONTEXT, THAT HOMEOWNER AT 600,000 IS PROBABLY PAYING SOMEWHERE AROUND $16,500 A YEAR IN PROPERTY TAXES. 
          UM, TO GENERATE THAT SAVINGS, THAT INCREMENTAL SAVINGS THAT I'VE GOT LISTED THERE, THE IMPACT TO THE CITY IS $7.3 MILLION. 
          THAT WOULD BE $4.5 MILLION, UH, IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND LET ME JUST STOP FOR A SECOND FOR THE, FOR THE NEW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN WE ADOPT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. 
          AND WHEN WE COME TO YOU IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AND WE ACTUALLY ASK YOU TO ADOPT THE BUDGET, WE ACTUALLY ASK YOU TO ADOPT THE BUDGET. 
          UM, AND THE TAX RATE IN TWO SEPARATE COMPONENTS. 
          WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THAT. 
          UH, ONE'S CALLED THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX THAT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND THAT SUPPORTS OUR BASIC SERVICES. 
          THE SECOND ONE GOES INTO OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND THAT SUPPORTS OUR BOND CAPACITY. 
          SO IN THIS SCENARIO, IN THIS EXAMPLE, THE GENERAL FUND IMPACT WOULD BE ABOUT $4.5 MILLION IN LOST REVENUE. 
          UH, THE INCREMENTAL LOSS TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND IS $2.8 MILLION IN REVENUE. 
          BUT ON THAT SIDE, WE USE THAT REVENUE TO GENERATE BOND CAPACITY. 
          SO IF YOU TAKE THE $2.8 MILLION AND I LOOK AT THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN NOW AND EXPECT IT TO BE IN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, THAT PROBABLY LEVERAGES SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 45 TO $50 MILLION IN DEBT CAPACITY OR PROJECT CAPACITY. 
          UM, I HAVE OTHER SLIDES THAT HAVE OTHER STATS THAT I CAN GO THROUGH OR WE CAN STOP THERE AT THIS POINT, BUT THIS KIND OF SUMMARIZES THE IMPACT IN TERMS OF IF WE WERE TO INCREASE THE EXEMPTION. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK, THANK YOU BEN. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UM, JUST SO I'M CLEAR, UH, ON THAT BOTTOM LINE, THAT $600,000 HOMESTEAD VALUE TOTAL TAX BILL IS ROUGHLY $16,517 WITH A 5% EXEMPTION. 
          UM, ON THE HOMESTEAD, THE HOMEOWNER WOULD SEE $139 IN RELIEF, A INCREMENTAL OFF THE $16,000. 
          YES, BUT ACTUALLY OFF THE CITY TAX BILL AT 3,300, BUT THEIR TAX BILL IS 16,500. 
          SO THAT'S LESS THAN 1% OFF THEIR TOTAL TAX BILL. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU BEN. 
          AND ACTUALLY I'LL JUST START WITH THAT SINCE YOU HAVE IT UP. 
          AND DID YOU, I KNOW WE MET YESTERDAY AND I ASKED YOU IF YOU BY ANY CHANCE HAD THE AVERAGE, UH, VALUE HOMESTEAD VALUE IN, IN MY DISTRICT BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY OF MY RESIDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO BENEFIT IF WE WENT TO A 5%. 
          UH, I, YEAH, I DO. 
          AND I WANNA BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME. 
          SURE. 
          I HAVE PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR OTHER SLIDES THAT I COULD GO THROUGH QUICKLY THAT MIGHT PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT IF YOU ALL ARE. 
          YEAH. 
          IS IT GONNA COUNT AGAINST MY TIME? NO, NO, NO. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          , . 
          OKAY, THEN YOU'RE GOOD. 
          THEN I'LL DO IT QUICK. 
          LEMME MAKE SURE I CAN DO THIS. 
          SO, REAL QUICK, COMPARISON TO OTHER TEXAS CITIES, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT HAS COME UP OFTEN. 
          UM, I SHARED THIS SLIDE WITH UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND COUNCILMAN PERRY AS WELL. 
          UM, YOU'LL NOTE THAT HOUSTON, AUSTIN AND DALLAS HAVE MUCH HIGHER LOCAL HOMESTEAD OPTIONS. 
          THEY'RE AT 10 TO 20%, AUSTIN'S GONNA MOVE TO 20% NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, I'LL ASK YOU TO LOOK TO THE FAR RIGHT. 
          UM, ONE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND THOSE MAJOR TEXAS CITIES. 
          I MENTIONED THE SENIOR TAX FREEZE. 
          THEY DO NOT. 
          SO THAT MEANS THAT ALL THE HOMESTEADS IN THOSE CITIES INCREASE EVERY YEAR. 
          45% OF OURS LOOK LIKE THAT SLIDE I SHOWED YOU BEFORE. 
          ONCE YOU HIT 65, THE TAX BILL STOPS GROWING. 
          IT'S LOCKED IN PLACE. 
          I'LL ALSO ASK YOU TO KINDA LOOK AT TWO THINGS. 
          UH, ALSO 
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THE TAX RATE, YOU CAN SEE US AT 55 CENTS. 
          DALLAS IS AT 77 CENTS. 
          UM, THE AVERAGE HOMESTEAD CAN KIND OF INTERESTING AS WELL. 
          YOU CAN SEE AUSTIN'S AT $400,000. 
          THAT'S THE AVERAGE HOMESTEAD IN AUSTIN, DALLAS AT 300,000. 
          SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AS YOU, AS YOU LOOK AT AND COMPARE US TO OTHER CITIES THAT IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS. 
          I THINK THE SENIOR TAX FREEZE IS CERTAINLY A, A, UH, UH, A GREAT OPTION THAT WE OFFER HERE. 
          WHEN YOU TURN 8 65, UM, YOU ASKED ABOUT MARKET VALUE AND WE WERE ABLE TO PULL TAXABLE VALUE. 
          I MENTIONED WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO ANALYSIS DISTRICT BY DISTRICT AND REALLY START TO GET A LITTLE MORE GRANULAR ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH VALUES IN EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS. 
          I HOPE THAT CAN LEAD TO ALSO, UH, OPTIONS FOR US TO PURSUE IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 
          'CAUSE WE REALLY NEED ADDITIONAL OPTIONS AND TOOLS THAT ALLOW US TO BE MORE STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW WE ADDRESS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. 
          IT IS VERY DIFFERENT WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE CITY. 
          YOU SEE THAT HERE. 
          UM, YOU SEE A PRETTY BIG RANGE IN VALUE HERE, UH, FROM THE MARKET VALUE LOW OF JUST UNDER $88,000 IN UH, DISTRICT FIVE UP TO A HIGH OF ALMOST 322,000 IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          UM, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MARKET VALUE AND THE TAXABLE VALUE HERE ARE THE EXEMPTIONS. 
          SO OVER 8 65 SENIOR FREEZES, THOSE THINGS COME INTO PLAY AND MOVE YOU FROM AVERAGE MARKET TO AVERAGE TAXABLE. 
          THE AVERAGE TAXABLE IS FROM 53,000, UH, AGAIN IN D FIVE UP TO ABOUT 267,000 IN D NINE. 
          UM, THIS, EXCUSE ME, IS JUST REAL REALLY QUICKLY. 
          UM, JUST LOOKING AT DIFFERENT HOMESTEAD VALUES. 
          FIRST LINE IS LESS THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND, JUST TO BE CLEAR. 
          THE SECOND LINE IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO 200,000 AND IT GOES ON DOWN. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE OVER 600,000 OF THE HOMESTEADS THAT HAVE REGISTERED WITH BEAR APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          YOU CAN SEE ABOUT WAS THAT ABOUT 85% OF OUR HOMESTEADS HAVE A, UH, VALUE OF LESS THAN $300,000 IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE CITY. 
          UM, I JUST WENT OVER THIS SLIDE, AND THEN I HAD ONE OTHER ONE JUST TO TRY TO HELP A LITTLE BIT WITH THE PREVIOUS, WITH, WITH THIS SLIDE IN TERMS OF WHY IS THERE NOT AN IMPACT AT THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS LEVEL? IT'S THIS. 
          SO, UH, THE BARS ON THE LEFT THERE, AGAIN, A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO 600,000. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE THE 0.01 EXEMPTION THAT BECAUSE IT'S LESS THAN FIVE, UH, $5,000, IT TRIGGERS THE MINIMUM UNDER STATE LAW. 
          SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE VALUE OF THE HOME IS, IT'S $5,000. 
          WHEN WE MOVE TO A 5% EXEMPTION, WHAT IT DOES IS IT SAYS IT'S 5% OF THE HOME VALUE. 
          5% OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND IS STILL 5,000. 
          THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. 
          AND THEN THE HIGHER THE VALUE OF THE HOME, THE BIGGER THE EXEMPTION. 
          SO IN THE $600,000 HOME IN THIS CASE WOULD GET A $30,000 TAXABLE EXEMPTION. 
          SO IT'S BASED ON THAT PERCENTAGE. 
          UM, AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO PUSH FOR THE ABILITY TO OFFER A FIXED DOLLAR AMOUNT EXEMPTION, AND WE HAVE NOT, UM, BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT PASS AT THE LEGISLATURE YET. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, BEN. 
          AND, AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR THAT IN WORKING WITH, UM, WITH THE STATE. 
          DEFINITELY. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT MEANINGFUL. 
          UM, I DO WANNA SAY, SOMEBODY POINTED OUT EARLIER THAT THEY, UH, DON'T READ, I GUESS WHAT THE ENVELOPES FROM THE BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          AND, AND I DO. 
          SO I THINK THAT IT WORKS FOR SOME PEOPLE AND FOR SOME IT DOESN'T. 
          UM, I, I WANNA TELL YOU, AND I SHARED THIS WITH BEN, BUT I HAD A MEETING WITH, UH, TROY ELLIOT AND THE, UH, THE BCAT FOLKS ON, I THINK IT WAS MONDAY, AND THEY CAME IN WITH BOXES AND BINDERS FOR ME AND THE TAX CODE. 
          AND IT WAS, UH, REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT NO COUNCIL MEMBER IN 18 YEARS HAD ASKED FOR A MEETING WITH THEM. 
          SO I THINK THAT BEFORE WE MAKE ANY DECISIONS, WE SHOULD PROBABLY MAKE SURE THAT THEY COME IN AND THEY, THEY TALK TO US. 
          AND, AND MAYBE I WOULD OFFER THAT YOU, UH, MEET INDIVIDUALLY WITH THEM. 
          I WENT THROUGH THEIR ENTIRE BUDGET FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2022, AND I HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS. 
          AND TROY, IT'S HERE IN THE, UH, BACKGROUND, AND HE CAN ATTEST THAT THEY ANSWERED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. 
          AND SO I WAS THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED. 
          I THINK I SENT THE MAYOR SELFIE WITH ALL OF THE BINDERS AND STUFF WITH THE, THE BCA FOLKS. 
          UM, I'D, I'D BE AFRAID OF WHAT WE DO IF, IF WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE THOROUGH INFORMATION. 
          SO THANK YOU, BEN, FOR THIS. 
          I'D ALSO, UM, BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHAT IT DOES IN REGARDS TO SOCIAL SERVICES, BECAUSE WE SAW UP THERE, FOR INSTANCE, THAT IN, IN MY DISTRICT, HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY BENEFIT AT ALL FROM, FROM THE INCREMENT. 
          SO I, I WANNA BE VERY CAUTIOUS AND VERY CAREFUL. 
          SO I KNOW IF IT REQUIRES, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TODAY TO DISCUSS THIS PROBABLY, BUT THIS IS HUGE. 
          SO I DEFINITELY THINK THAT WE, WE NEED TO CONSIDER ALL OF THE OPTIONS, BUT THEN I'LL GET, I'LL GET OFF MY SOAPBOX ON 
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THAT ONE, BEN. 
          'CAUSE I THINK I'VE, I'VE DONE THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I HAD, ONE OF THEM WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR, AND, AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE BROUGHT THIS UP, AND IT WAS ABOUT PERFORMANCE PAY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, THE PARTIALLY RESTORED THE CIVILIAN HIRING FREEZE. 
          CAN YOU REMIND ME WHO IS INCLUDED IN THE PARTIALLY RESTORED E EMPLOYEES? GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          SO, UM, THE HIRING FREEZE THAT WE ESTABLISHED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 INCLUDED ALL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO IT DID NOT INCLUDE OUR POLICE AND FIRE EXCLUDED. 
          ALSO, OUR NINE ONE ONE CALL TAKERS, UH, MUNICIPAL COURT EMPLOYEES, UH, EXCLUDED THREE ONE ONE CALL TAKERS AS WELL. 
          SO EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE BUDGET OFFICE, FINANCE, PARKS, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WERE PART OF THAT HIRING FREEZE. 
          SO RESTORING IT BACK BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING, UM, IN THE EXPENSE WITHIN THOSE DEPARTMENTS, AS WE ALWAYS HAVE ATTRITION, UH, WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT RESTORING PARTIALLY WILL ALLOW US TO, UH, PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR 2022. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, MARIA. 
          UM, ALAMO PROMISE IS THIS, IN ADDITION, THE REQUEST, IS THIS IN ADDITION TO THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM, UM, PORTION THAT THEY WILL GET? Y YES, IT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, YES, POTENTIALLY, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          POTENTIALLY, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          GOT IT. 
          UM, ON THE D FOUR STATS, UH, OH, ACTUALLY, BEN, YOU, YOU PRESENTED THAT SLIDE. 
          WE'RE GOOD. 
          UM, ON THE COUNCIL DISTRICT, UH, FEEDBACK, DISTRICT FOUR HAS THE LEAST PARTICIPATION. 
          IT'S 3.6%. 
          SO OF COURSE, WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU, JEFF, ON FIGURING OUT HOW TO INCREASE THAT. 
          I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP, UH, BLOCK, BLOCK WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO DO. 
          UH, AND THEN ALSO TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, I, I, AND I ASKED TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I GOT HERE, AND I WAS NEW TO THIS, AND I TEACH MARKETING RESEARCH, SO I ASKED ABOUT, UM, THIS, JUST MAKING SURE THAT, DO WE DO THIS BY RANDOM SAMPLING? IS WHAT KIND OF, UM, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS GOES INTO THIS? LIKE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REPRESENTATIVE, THAT WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF AN ENTIRE POPULATION? AND SO WHILE I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS, I THINK WE'RE STILL CHERRY PICKING WHO WE ASK EVEN BY DOOR BY, BY BLOCK WALKING, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, MAYBE PEOPLE WORK DURING THE DAY WHILE WE'RE BLOCK WALKING. 
          AND SO I'D BE VERY CAUTIOUS AS TO THAT. 
          SO I'D, I'D LOVE TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION AND SEE MAYBE HOW SA 2020 ENGAGED SO MANY FOLKS. 
          UM, I KNOW I, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE GONE THROUGH A REBRANDING, BUT MAYBE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM WHAT THEY DID IN THEIR PROCESS. 
          UH, AND THEN INCREASING THAT NUMBER OF, UM, THE ETHNIC PARTICIPATION. 
          I'D, UH, PROBABLY VENTURE TO SAY THAT A LOT OF THAT WAS BECAUSE OF DIGITAL DIVIDE. 
          AND IF WE DO DO THE DOOR, DOOR TO DOOR, UM, STRATEGY, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE WORKING AGAIN. 
          SO I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO THINK THROUGH THIS. 
          BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HALBERDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, REGARD THE $25 PROPERTY RETRIEVAL FEE. 
          UM, THE DISCUSSION, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE BENEFIT RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY OUTWEIGHED THE COST TO THE CITY, THAT THE $200,000 COST TO THE CITY. 
          UM, A REMINDER THAT THESE ARE, UM, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED, NOT CONVICTED. 
          AND THEN THE BARRIER TO, AND I WANNA QUICKLY, I I, I DID THE C C R IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, AND THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ROCHA GARCIA AND COURAGE FOR SIGNING THAT ON. 
          UM, AND, UH, I'M GLAD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW. 
          THE, THE, UM, THE PROPERTY RETURN TO THEM CAN BE IDS, THEIR, THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE, THEIR STATE ISSUED IDS. 
          THEY CAN BE WORK IDS, THEY CAN BE THEIR BIKES THAT MAYBE THEY COULD TAKE TO GET TO WORK. 
          SO JUST A, A QUICK REMINDER THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ARRESTED. 
          I MEAN, THEY HAVE BEEN ARRESTED, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CONVICTED, AND IT COULD BE A BARRIER. 
          THEM COMING UP WITH THE $25 COULD BE A BARRIER FOR THEM TO GET TO WORK. 
          UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, THAT'S GONNA HAVE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ON OUR CITY. 
          IF THEY CAN'T GET TO WORK, THEN THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE MONEY TO SPEND IN THE ECONOMY. 
          AND SO IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE $200,000 COST TO THE CITY, UM, IS HEAVILY OUTWEIGHED BY THE BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY GOING OVER TO THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          UM, BECAUSE I, I REALLY, I SUPPORTED IT A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN WE INITIATED IT, AND I, I REALLY BELIEVE, I STILL BELIEVE THAT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 
          I THINK IT WAS NECESSARY TO OPEN THE DOOR TO AN INCREASE. 
          HOWEVER, SEEING BEN'S NUMBERS ARE SOBERING. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THREE COLUMNS I THINK WERE A HUNDRED, 200, 300, I WOULD SAY. 
          THAT'S WHERE, UM, MY, THE, MY DISTRICT FALLS IN THAT. 
          AND IT'S NOT MUCH OF AN INCREASE. 
          I, I, THE MAYOR OPENED OUR, OUR MEETING TODAY NOTING THAT EVERY DOLLAR SPENT ON ONE ISSUE IS A DOLLAR DENIED TO ANOTHER. 
          AND SEEING THOSE, THE SURVEYS, UM, THE RESULTS IN MY DISTRICT, THEY WANNA SEE AN INCREASE 
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IN STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, SENIOR SERVICES AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          SO I'M HAVING A, UM, YOU KNOW, A, A PROBLEM SEEING AN INCREASE ON A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WHEN WE COULD BE SPENDING THAT DOLLAR ON THOSE DOLLARS ON WHAT MY, MY DISTRICT HAS SAID THEY, THEY WANNA SEE IT SPENT ON. 
          SO, UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE WAGE INCREASE. 
          I THINK IT WAS SLIDE SEVEN OR EIGHT, UM, REGARDING THE, OUR CITY, OUR CIVILIAN COMPENSATION INCREASE. 
          IS THAT A WAGE INCREASE? IS IT A, IS IT A 3% ANNUAL OR RAISE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S THE VALUE OF WHAT WE SET ASIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          WITHIN THE TRIAL BUDGET? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IT'S NOT A ONETIME 3% INCREASE, MA'AM, IS IT? NO, MA NO MA'AM. 
          IT'S, IT'S A RECURRENT, AND WE BUILT THAT INTO OUR FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND LASTLY, UM, THE SPEAKUP, UH, THE SURVEY RESULTS, I, I WOULD ASK IF WE CAN ASK PEOPLE IF THEY SUFFER FROM AN IMPAIRMENT THAT RENDERS THEM DISABLED, I THINK THAT MIGHT, IN, MIGHT INFORM OUR DECISION MAKING AS WELL. 
          UM, I LIKE THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT YOU HAVE, BUT IF WE COULD ADD, UM, A QUESTION WHETHER THEY WANT TO REPORT THAT THEY ARE, UM, A DISABLED PERSON. 
          THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION, COUNCILMAN. 
          WE'LL DO THAT. 
          AND WE'LL ALSO TAKE NOTE, COUNCILMAN, COURAGE OF YOUR SUGGESTION ABOUT WHAT DO YOU NEED. 
          I FAILED TO MENTION EARLIER, THE SURVEY DOES HAVE AN OPEN-ENDED OPTION FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          WE'RE STILL COMPILING THOSE, BUT WE GOT ALMOST 4,000 OPEN-ENDED COMMENTS THAT WE WILL PROVIDE TO YOU AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL ME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BE COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          IS IT ON? UM, SO I WANNA START OFF BY SAYING THAT, UM, BASED ON THESE RESULTS, THE THINGS THAT I'M MOST, UH, A LITTLE BIT DISHEARTENED BY IS THE, UM, THE TURNOUT, I GUESS I WOULD SAY ARE THE RESULTS GIVEN. 
          UM, DISTRICT TWO ONLY HAD 6% OF THE RESULTS. 
          UM, AND SO NOW I FEEL THE ONUS IS GONNA BE ON ME TO, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY EXAMINE WHAT THE REACH OF THE CITY IS AND HOW MUCH OF MY DISTRICT IS BEING REACHED. 
          UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET INFORMATION ON, UH, WHICH DEMOGRAPHICS WERE, UH, REACHED THROUGH EACH TYPE OF OUTREACH METHOD? SO HOW MANY, UH, LIKE AN AGE BREAKDOWN BY MAILERS, BY THE SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          UM, I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN CALCULATE THAT, BECAUSE THOSE WERE SORT OF OUTWARD PUSHES. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF WE KNOW THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE RECEIVER OF THE MAILER, FOR EXAMPLE, OR THE TV SPOT OR WHAT HAVE YOU. 
          BUT, UM, WE, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO WORK WITH YOU. 
          I THINK PART OF, UH, THE REASON FOR THE LOWER NUMBERS, FRANKLY, WAS TRANSITION IN COUNCIL OFFICES. 
          AND NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE, WE WANT TO GET WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOU TO REALLY GET OUT TO YOUR DISTRICT. 
          SO WE'RE COMMITTED TO DO THAT. 
          THAT'S WHY ERIC, UH, DIRECTED US TO KEEP THE SURVEY OPEN FOR LONGER AND, UM, WE'LL FOLLOW UP IN SHORT ORDER. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT, UH, METHODS OF OUTREACH AND I WAS LISTENING IN AND I, I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT, BUT WE'RE TEXT MESSAGES, UM, AND OUTREACH. 
          NO, BUT THEY, OH, THEY WERE, I'M SORRY. 
          LAURA'S NODDING. 
          YES, THEY WERE. 
          AND, AND WE WERE, UH, TALKING EARLIER THAT ONE OF THE TACTICS WE'LL DEPLOY TO BRING UP THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS IS TARGET, UH, TARGET THE DISTRICTS WITH LOWER RESPONSES WITH MORE TECH SPECIFICALLY SO THAT WE CAN GET THE NUMBERS HIGHER THERE. 
          UM, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT CITYWIDE AND CREATE THE SAME DIFFERENCE IN THE DEMOGRAPHICS. 
          WE REALLY NEED TO REFOCUS OUR EFFORTS IN THE AREAS TO GET MORE OF A REPRESENTATIVE RESPONSE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO I THINK, UH, I WANT TO ECHO COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL'S SENTIMENTS ABOUT, UM, LANGUAGE. 
          AND WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT LANGUAGE, I DON'T MEAN, UH, ENGLISH OR SPANISH, UM, BUT LANGUAGE AS IT RELATES TO GOVERNMENT BECAUSE, UH, LIKE COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL SAID, PEOPLE INTERPRET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VERY DIFFERENTLY. 
          AND I THINK WE CAN'T GET ACCURATE RESULTS IF PEOPLE HAVE THESE LIMIT. 
          JUST, UH, IF THERE'S ROOM FOR INTERPRETATION. 
          UH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF CABBEL HAV RDA. 
          UM, IN REGARDS TO THE $25 FEE FOR PROPERTY RETRIEVAL, I DON'T THINK THAT $200,000 THAT WE'RE GETTING IN, UH, REVENUE IS WORTH THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF CAB BEO, HAV RDA AND COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA IN REGARDS TO THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          I REALLY WANTED TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT, BUT LOOKING AT THE IMPACTS THAT IT WOULD HAVE ON, YOU KNOW, OUR SOCIAL SERVICES AND, UM, OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE FOR THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE FOR, UM, I DON'T THINK IN GOOD CONSCIOUS KNOWING THIS, RECEIVING THIS, THAT I CAN YET BE SUPPORTIVE. 
          UM, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          UM, THIS, THIS WAS A LIGHTNING ROD LAST TIME WHEN IT, 
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WE APPROVED IT. 
          ACTUALLY, IT TOOK THREE YEARS TO WORK TOWARDS A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO START ONE AT THE LOWEST LEVEL. 
          AND HERE WE ARE TWO YEARS LATER AFTER WE STARTED THE FIRST TIME. 
          AND, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A BIG DISCUSSION ITEM AGAIN. 
          AND, UM, UH, LET ME START WITH SAYING, WHY WASN'T PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ON THE SURVEY AS ONE OF THE OPTIONS TO PICK? I MEAN, YOU, WE KNEW WE WERE GONNA BE DISCUSSING IT AGAIN THIS YEAR. 
          WE ASKED ABOUT PROGRAMS. UM, IT, IT IS, IT IS AN OPEN-ENDED. 
          WE DO HAVE OPEN-ENDED COMMENTS ON IT. 
          AT, AT ONE POINT IN THE PROCESS, AND I DIDN'T CHECK THIS WEEK ON THE LATEST, WHEN WE HAD 2,500 OPEN ENDED RESPONSES, WE HAD ABOUT 200 COMMENTS RELATED TO PROPERTY TAXES ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY DO, THEY DO HAVE THAT OPTION IN THE OPEN-ENDED PART, BUT IT ISN'T A PROGRAM PER SE THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO, WELL, I, I, I WOULD, I WOULD ARGUE THAT POINT BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A COST TO THE CITY, UH, UH, OF THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO I, I WOULD SAY THAT IT IS A PROGRAM THAT WE NEED TO IDENTIFY IT SEPARATELY ON THE SURVEY AND, UH, LET PEOPLE MAKE COMMENTS ON THAT. 
          AGAIN, THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS A HESITANCY LOOKING AT THAT NUMBER OF $7 MILLION. 
          BUT LET, LET ME, LET ME REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER O SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, WE'VE STARTED PILOT PROGRAMS AND I LOOK, LOOK AT THIS AS A PILOT PROGRAM THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE APPROVED THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          UH, BEN, DO YOU HAVE THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS WHAT THE 20%, UM, IMPACTS ARE, BUT, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS A HESITANCY. 
          BUT THESE OTHER PILOT PROGRAMS, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY FLOW THROUGH WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. 
          I MEAN, WE'VE, UH, UH, APPROVED INCREASES. 
          I MEAN, WE JUST STARTED THIS HOMELESS HOTEL OVER $3 MILLION A YEAR THAT I'M SURE IS GONNA TURN INTO A PERMANENT FIXTURE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AND THAT'S 3 MILLION BUCKS A YEAR. 
          UM, WE, THE ALAMO PROMISE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT'S, THAT'S DOUBLED IN ONE YEAR. 
          UM, PROJECT QUEST HAS GONE UP, HAVEN FOR HOPE HAS GONE UP ALL OF THESE OTHER PROGRAMS UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM THAT HAS GROWN ASTRONOMICALLY. 
          BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS WHERE WE CAN APPLY SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS A BROAD RANGE OF HOMEOWNERS, HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH THAT PROPERTY TAX INCREASE EVERY YEAR, WE WE'RE HESITANT, WE'RE HESITANT ABOUT THAT. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHY, UH, THAT ALL THESE OTHER PROGRAMS ARE GREAT, BUT OFFERING SOMETHING THAT COVERS A MUCH MORE BROAD BASE TO SAN ANTONIANS THAT ARE HOMEOWNERS, WE HAVE THAT HESITANCY AND I'M DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, UH, WE WILL, WE'LL DISCUSS THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT DID YOU HAVE THAT SLIDE, BEN? UH, COUNCILMAN? I DO NOT HAVE A SLIDE THAT SHOWS WHAT THE 20% EXEMPTION WOULD LOOK LIKE. 
          YEAH, I THINK WE, WE NEED TO GET THOSE FIGURES JUST TO SEE THAT COMPARED TO THE 5%. 
          'CAUSE EVERYBODY'S SAYING, WELL, IT'S NOT THAT MUCH OF AN IMPACT TO MY DISTRICT. 
          WELL, HECK, LET'S GO TO 20% LIKE OTHER CITIES AND SHOW WHAT THAT IMPACT IS. 
          UM, BOTH IN COST AND THE IMPACT TO HOMEOWNERS. 
          UH, THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO GET UP TO, TO MATCH OTHER CITIES HERE IN TEXAS, 20%. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS ONLY THE NEXT, NEXT TO ME LOGICAL STEP GOING 5% INSTEAD OF GOING ALL THE WAY TO 20%. 
          YOU KNOW, IS IT GONNA TAKE US ANOTHER THREE YEARS TO KEEP HAMMERING AWAY THAT WE NEED TO OFFER MORE IN HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS? AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE CITY. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE AS A CITY TO ALSO WORK WITH BAYER COUNTY, THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT, THE SCHOOLS DISTRICTS, THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY. 
          ALL OF THOSE ARE TAXING ENTITIES THAT DON'T OFFER HOME STATE EXEMPTIONS. 
          SOME OF 'EM DO HERE AND THERE, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF EVERYBODY DOES NOT. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE WE SHOULD, AS LEADERS OF THIS CITY, WORK WITH THOSE OTHER ENTITIES TO GET THEM TO SAY, HEY, YEAH, LET'S, LET'S GIVE A BREAK TO HOMEOWNERS. 
          YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE THE MAJORITY OF THE TAX TAX BILLS OUT THERE, AND I UNDERSTAND SCHOOL FUNDING, WHAT COMES DOWN FROM THE STATE, WHAT'S RAISED BY PROPERTY TAXES. 
          BUT I, I THINK THEY NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT JUST AS MUCH AS WE DO ON HELPING THE WORKING CLASS, UH, HOMEOWNERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, THE POLICE, WE'VE BEEN, WE HAD A SCIENTIFIC SURVEY THAT SAID PEOPLE WANT MORE POLICE, WANT MORE 
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POLICE VISIBILITY OUT THERE. 
          I I THINK THAT'S A GIVEN THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT INCREASING OUR POLICE FORCE. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, UH, STREETS. 
          AND JUST ONE MORE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          ALMOST ALWAYS, NUMBER ONE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. 
          THAT'S ALL, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO COUNCILMAN PERRY, UM, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU IN GOING OUT TO OTHER TAXING ENTITIES WITHIN OUR COUNTY AND TRYING TO GET THEM TO PULL THEIR SHARE AS WELL, DO THEIR SHARE OF TAX RELIEF. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT TAX RELIEF HERE AT THE CITY, I WANNA MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A CITY OF HAVES AND HAVE NOTS. 
          AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING TAKING CARE OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE FIRST, PROTECTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE, MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT TAXING PEOPLE OUTTA THEIR HOMES. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I PROPOSED THAT WE PROACTIVELY GO INTO LOW INCOME ZIP CODES AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WHO QUALIFIES FOR A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION HAS ONE HELP. 
          EVERYBODY WHO'S ABOUT TO TURN 65 PROTEST THEIR APPRAISALS SO THEY CAN BRING THEIR APPRAISAL DOWN AT FOR, SO THAT WHEN THEIR PROPERTY TAX GETS FROZEN, IT'S GONNA BE AT A LOWER RATE. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE MEANINGFUL AS THEY AGE OUT ON A LIMITED FIXED INCOME. 
          BEN, CAN I GET YOU TO HOP UP AND, UH, GO TO SLIDE 21, PLEASE? SO ONE THING I'M LOOKING AT IS, YOU KNOW, IN OUR CITY OF HAVES AND HAVE NOTS, WE, ONE DETERMINANT OF YOUR LIFE EXPECTANCY IS THE ZIP CODE YOU LIVE IN, RIGHT? AND SO HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT WHEN WE LOOK AT PROPERTY TAXES AND, UH, GETTING THE SENIOR, THE TAX FREEZE WHEN YOU BECOME A SENIOR CITIZEN? SO WE'RE LOOKING OVER THERE AT, UH, THAT $759 EXAMPLE WHERE IT STAYS FLAT AT THE AGE OF 65, RIGHT? SO, BUT WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THAT? I MEAN, AND PART OF THAT IS WE'RE SEEING A LONG FLAT LINE. 
          WELL, ONE OF THE, PART OF THE IMPACT OF THAT ON YOUR LIFE IS HOW LONG DO YOU LIVE MM-HMM. 
          , RIGHT? AND SO IF WE GO TO DISTRICT TWO TO ZIP CODE 7 8 2 0 8, THE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS 67.6 YEARS. 
          SO YOU GET THAT TAX BREAK FOR 2.6 YEARS ON AVERAGE IN YOUR LIFE. 
          WE GO TO DISTRICT SEVEN, ZIP CODE 7 8 2 5 4. 
          THE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS 89.2 YEARS. 
          SO YOU GET TO BENEFIT FROM THAT FLAT LINE THERE. 
          THAT $759 OF A, OF PROPER, I GUESS, OF THAT YOU'RE PAYING EVERY YEAR ON PROPERTY TAXES, 24 YEARS, 24.2 YEARS. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE PICTURE HERE. 
          AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IF WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, UM, WHO, BECAUSE OF A LACK OF INFORMATION, POSSIBLY BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING TWO JOBS AND THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO AND, YOU KNOW, LEARN ABOUT THIS STUFF AND, AND FILE FOR A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, OR THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO GO AND CHALLENGE THEIR PROPERTY TAX APPRAISAL, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE ARE, THEY'RE SHOULDERING A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF OUR COMMUNITY'S TAX BURDEN. 
          AND WE NEED TO GO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT HELPING THEM FIRST. 
          AND I'M OPEN TO HOW WE DO THAT. 
          MAYBE WE, MAYBE WE CARVE OUT SOME MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO, UM, TO, TO, TO, UH, PROVIDE SOME, SOME FUNDS TO NON-PROFITS THAT ALREADY HAVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS IN LOW INCOME ZIP CODES. 
          MAYBE THEY'RE TRUSTED MESSENGERS THERE AND, AND THEY HAVE A WHOLE NETWORK THERE. 
          MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY, MAYBE IT'S, SOME OF IT'S THROUGH DATA. 
          AND BEN, YOU AND I HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE CREATIVE AND, AND FINE TUNING WHO WE'RE GOING AFTER. 
          I'M, I'M OPEN TO HOW WE DO IT, BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          UM, AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, I THINK WE NEED TO START WITH THOSE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE, WHO ARE MOST AT RISK FOR BEING TAXED OUT OF THEIR HOMES. 
          I KNOCKED ON SOMEONE'S DOOR, UH, YOU KNOW, IN CAMPAIGNING FOR THIS SEAT, AND I SAW A FOR SALE SIGN OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE. 
          AND MY FIRST QUESTION AS A CANDIDATE IS, IS THAT THE VOTER THAT STILL LIVES THERE? OR IS THE VOTER GONE? OR, YOU KNOW, WHO IS THIS THAT I'M GONNA TALK TO? SO I ASKED THEM, AND THIS WOMAN SAID THAT THIS HOME HAD SHE, HER HOME WAS FOR SALE. 
          SHE HAD BENT, SHE HAD, UH, THIS HOME HAD BEEN IN HER FAMILY FOR THREE GENERATIONS. 
          IT WAS HER GRANDMOTHER'S HOME, AND HER MOTHER INHERITED IT. 
          IT WAS HER MOTHER'S HOME, AND THEN SHE INHERITED IT. 
          BUT SHE'S A SENIOR CITIZEN NOW, AND SHE COULDN'T AFFORD THE PROPERTY TAXES. 
          THERE WERE A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH, AND SHE DID NOT HAVE HER HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          SO SHE WAS SELLING THE HOME THAT SHE GREW UP, GREW UP IN, THAT WAS IN HER FAMILY FOR THREE GENERATIONS. 
          AND 
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THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO PRIORITIZE. 
          I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT TAXING THOSE PEOPLE OUTTA THEIR HOMES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE SA SPEAKUP RESULTS WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          ONLY 3.8% OF FOLKS RESPONDED, UM, IN THE MIDST OF COVID, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT EMPLOYED A GREAT MODEL THAT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD TRY TO MIRROR FOR THE SA SPEAKUP. 
          IT WAS A SERIES OF SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT CANVASERS WENT OUT TO THE MOST VULNERABLE ZIP CODES TO SURVEY FOLKS. 
          UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF, UM, FOLKS WHO DIDN'T ANSWER THE DOOR, SO IT DID HAVE A LOW CONTACT RATE. 
          HOWEVER, WHAT WE LEARNED IN THAT PROCESS WAS ONE, YOU KNOW, MANY FOLKS DID NOT HAVE A PHONE NUMBER. 
          IF THEY DID PROVIDE A CELL PHONE NUMBER, IT WAS WHAT THEY THOUGHT MAYBE WAS THEIR DAUGHTER OR THEIR NEPHEW'S NUMBER TO BE CONTACTED WITH. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, MANY FOLKS DID NOT HAVE EMAIL ADDRESSES. 
          SO WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GOING DOOR TO DOOR REACHING OUR MOST VULNERABLE. 
          AND WHAT WE LEARNED IN THE SURVEY QUESTIONS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE WAS A, A COMMENT SECTION THAT WE IMPLEMENTED, AND IT WAS UP TO THE CANVASSER TO, TO ASK, YOU KNOW, UM, DO YOU NEED ASSISTANCE GETTING CONNECTED TO A FOOD BANK? OR, UM, HELP WITH, UM, WITH GETTING CONNECTED TO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AT THE SAME TIME, RIGHT? THEY WERE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT, UH, WERE FILTERED. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT WE LEARNED WHEN ASKED, HEY, UM, ARE YOU EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH YOUR UTILITIES 'CAUSE OF COVID? UH, MANY FOLKS, YOU KNOW, SAID, I WAS ALREADY HAVING ISSUES PAYING MY UTILITIES PRIOR TO COVID. 
          SO YOU LEARN A LOT THROUGH THESE CANVASSING EFFORTS, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO MODEL FOR THE S A SPEAK UP. 
          SO IF WE COULD CARVE OUT FUNDING TO, TO REPLICATE THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO SHAPING THE BUDGET. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I ECHO MY COLLEAGUES REGARDING THE SS A P D PROPERTY ROOM FEES. 
          YOU KNOW, $25 IS A LOT, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT. 
          AND IF WE FAIL TO, TO, IF WE'RE CHARGING PEOPLE TO GET THEIR IDS, THEY CAN'T GET TO WORK AND EVEN GETTING A REPLACEMENT IDS A LOT. 
          SO YOU PERPETUATE THIS CYCLE OF FOLKS WHO CAN'T GET TO WORK AND HAVE, CAN'T HAVE THEIR BASIC NEED METS BECAUSE OF $25. 
          UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE AN ANALYSIS ABOUT THE REVENUES LOSS THROUGH OUR P F C DEALS. 
          IF COUNCIL COULD BE PRESENTED, WHAT WE'RE LOSING THROUGH THOSE DEALS IN COMPARISON TO A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          AND AS, UH, YOU MIGHT LOOK AT THE CLOCK, WE'RE ABOUT AN HOUR OVER TIME. 
          UH, SO THAT WILL, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL CALIBRATE THE REST OF THE DAY. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES LUNCH AS WE GO ALONG. 
          I DON'T WANNA CUT THE CONVERSATION SHORT, BUT AGAIN, UH, LET'S, LET'S BE FOCUSED ON MOVING ON. 
          BUT, UM, QUICK FOLLOW UP FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PIA AND ROCHE GARCIA. 
          YEAH, THANK, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          QUICK, QUICK FOLLOW UP. 
          WE, UM, I, I AGREE WITH YOU COUNCILMAN. 
          BE, UH, I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN ROCHE GARCIA, UH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE DO HAS TO BE MEANINGFUL, RIGHT? AND I'M NOT SURE THAT WHAT IS $28 A YEAR, THAT'S $4 AND 30 CENTS A MONTH. 
          THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE LAMBASTED, UH, FOR MONTHS FOR BRINGING HOME A $400 AND 30 CENTS SAVING PER MONTH. 
          UM, IT WAS AN INSULT, UH, TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
          AND, UM, BECAUSE IT WASN'T MEANINGFUL OR IMPACTFUL, THE, THE SAME ANGER THAT WE SAW FLARE UP AFTER, YOU KNOW, C P S OFFERED AN $8 REBATE. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, IF WE WERE TO DO A SURVEY IN DISTRICT FIVE, LET'S SAY, OR, YOU KNOW, IN DISTRICT FOUR, WHATEVER WE, YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU RATHER NOT SPEND FOUR $30, YOU KNOW, $4 AND 30 CENTS A MONTH? OR WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE SIDEWALKS, ? UH, I I BET YOU THE ANSWERS WOULD COME BACK, NO, I'D RATHER HAVE SIDEWALKS. 
          RIGHT? WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, UM, ENJOY A $4 AND 30 CENTS SAVINGS PER MONTH, UM, IN EXCHANGE FOR SLOWER 9 1 1 RESPONSE TIMES? I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER TO THAT WOULD BE. 
          AND SO THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM HERE THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO ALSO KEEP IN MIND. 
          AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE RAZZIE CAN TELL US, DON'T, DON'T RAZZIE, BUT I JUST ASSUME THE ANSWER IS YES, THAT CEMENT REBAR AND LABOR COSTS MORE, UH, NOW, RIGHT? AND SO THE DOLLARS THAT WE GET FROM OUR TAX BASE, UM, GO NOT, AREN'T GOING FURTHER. 
          THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING, YOU KNOW, THE, IT'S HARDER AND HARDER TO BUILD THE SQUARE FOOT OF SIDEWALK. 
          AND SO WITH THAT IN MIND, UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT COUNCILMAN BRAVO IS A HUNDRED PERCENT RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO HAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE THAT JUST DON'T FILE FOR THEIR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND ARE PAYING TAXES THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE PAYING. 
          UH, AND THAT'S ON US, I THINK, TO TEACH THEM THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THEY, THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM THAN THEY SHOULD AVAIL THEMSELVES OF. 
          SO, MAYOR, UH, I'LL POINT OUT THAT WE HAD MORE PEOPLE SHOW UP TO PICK UP FIESTA METALS THAN THEY DO WHEN WE OFFER HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION EDUCATION, RIGHT? 
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OR HOW TO PROTEST YOUR TAXES CLASSES. 
          UH, WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE SHOWING UP FOR FREE MICROCHIPPING FOR THEIR DOGS THAN THEY DO, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME OF THESE IMPORTANT SOCIAL SAFETY NET, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS. 
          AND SO, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I, I'M GONNA TRY HARDER AND I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO TRY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET AS MANY PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR HOMESTEAD BEFORE I OFFER A COSMETIC FIX, LIKE DOUBLING THE, A MEANINGLESS, UH, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          SO, THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER APLI. 
          AND, AND JUST ONE ADD-ON TO WHAT, UH, YOU SAID IN THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU GAVE THE VAST MAJORITY OF FOLKS, BASED ON THE SLIDES THAT BEN SHOWED, WOULD NOT EVEN SEE A $4, UH, RELIEF AT ALL BASED ON HOMESTEAD, UH, VALUES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHEN I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, UH, WE HAVE THAT 3% FOR THE, UM, THE POOL FOR COMPENSATION THAT'S BUDGETED. 
          AND I, I ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UH, ANYTHING IN ADDITION OR, OR STEP PLAN. 
          AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR I WAS NOT ADVOCATING FOR PERFORMANCE BONUSES OF ANY SORT, BUT JUST, UM, THE ADEQUATE, UH, COMPENSATION THAT THEY'VE BEEN KNOWN TO, TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR. 
          BUT THAT WAS IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE, UH, THE CITY DOESN'T, UH, DOESN'T DO BONUSES, RIGHT? SO WE DO PERFORMANCE PAY. 
          UH, WE, WE DO NOT DO BONUSES. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE MY, UH, THAT I PUT MY POSITION FOR, FOR STAFF WHEN THEY'RE TAKING CONSENSUS. 
          I AM IN COMPLETE SUPPORT OF REMOVING THE PROPERTY RE ROOM FEE. 
          UH, AND I WANNA THANK COUNCILWOMAN GABRIEL HDA FOR MOVING FORWARD ON THAT. 
          UH, AND, UH, IN TERMS OF THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, I WANNA THANK BEN FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL, THOSE SECRET SLIDES THAT YOU HAD THAT ARE, THAT ARE NOT IN OUR, IN HERE. 
          BUT I THINK THEY WERE VERY, VERY HELPFUL. 
          AND HAVING SEEN THOSE, I WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          UM, AND JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS, NOT EVERYONE IN DISTRICT SEVEN HAS AN 89 YEAR LIFE EXPECTANCY . 
          UH, IN FACT, I WAS GONNA SAY THIS EARLIER, WHEN, UH, WHEN JEFF SHOWED US THE, THE COMP, THE BY DISTRICT AVERAGES, EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS HAVE OVER 150,000 PEOPLE IN THEM. 
          MY DISTRICT SPANS LIKE MANY OUTSIDE OF 1604 AND INSIDE LOOP FOR 10 AND SOME, AND WE LOSE A LOT OF NUANCE WHEN, WHEN WE DO THAT. 
          SO, UM, JUST ANOTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE SURVEY RESULTS. 
          LASTLY, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE IN THE SURVEY RANKED, UH, THINGS LIKE PARKS AND LIBRARIES LOWER IN TERMS OF NOT WANTING TO CUT THEM. 
          I WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF ANY CUTS TO, UH, THINGS LIKE OUR LIBRARY DEPARTMENT, OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, EVEN IF IT WASN'T EXEMPLIFIED, I, I'M SORRY, EXPLICITLY IN THERE, PE PEOPLE WERE FORCED TO RANK. 
          AND, UH, I, I WOULDN'T BE SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE. 
          AND I SAY THAT LOOKING AT JUANITO AND HOMER , I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE LOOKING RIGHT AT ME OR A C S THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          I THINK IT'S, UH, IMPORTANT TO REALIZE, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HERE WANTS TO CUT ANY KIND OF A PROGRAM OR, OR NOT DO A PROGRAM. 
          NOW, I, I COULD BE WRONG. 
          THERE MAY BE SOME THAT WE, WE HEAR THAT COME UP THAT WE FEEL LIKE DON'T HAVE THE VALUE THAT MAYBE WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT, OR WHEN WE LOOK AT IT DEEPLY, WE SAY, WELL, IT DOESN'T HAVE THE VALUE WE THOUGHT. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT THIS, UH, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          IT DOESN'T HAVE THE VALUE THAT MAYBE WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. 
          UM, ONE THING I WANNA SAY IS I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL FOR FOUR YEARS, AND I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HAD, UH, A BUDGET, UH, AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT HAS COME UP SHORT. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY'VE USUALLY COME UP WITH 7 MILLION LEFT OVER, OR 15 MILLION LEFT OVER, OR THIS YEAR, 42 MILLION IN EXCESS OF WHAT WE BUDGETED. 
          EXACTLY. 
          SO TO HAVE A FEAR THAT BY SPENDING SEVEN AND A QUARTER MILLION THIS YEAR, WE'RE GONNA NOT DO SOMETHING, I THINK IS PRETTY UNREALISTIC. 
          AND THE POINT OF THIS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS NOT TO GIVE A $600,000 HOME, $139 EXTRA THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S PART OF, LET'S SAY THAT THAT $300,000 HOME, THAT'S GONNA GET $50 EXTRA THIS YEAR. 
          BUT WHEN WE RAISE IT ANOTHER 5% IN A COUPLE MORE YEARS, THEN THAT PERSON MAY BE GETTING 150 THOU $150 EXTRA, OR ANOTHER 5%, YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AFTER THAT. 
          NOW MAYBE THEY'RE GETTING $400 SAVINGS, AND THEN MAYBE IF WE DO IT AGAIN AND WE GET TO THAT 20%, 
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EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT BE SAVING 500 OR A THOUSAND IF YOU OWN A FOUR OR 500,000 HOME, THAT'S REAL MONEY TO THOSE PEOPLE AT THAT TIME. 
          SO THIS IS A PROCESS. 
          IT'S GOING GRADUALLY AS WELL AS WE CAN AFFORD IT. 
          IF WE COULDN'T AFFORD IT, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A $42 MILLION SURPLUS, AND I'M SORRY, NO ONE LIKES TO USE THAT WORD, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'LL USE. 
          I WOULDN'T BRING IT UP THIS YEAR. 
          I DIDN'T BRING IT UP LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE WERE IN FEAR OF HAVING A, A REAL DEFICIT, BUT WE DIDN'T. 
          SO LET'S THINK NOT OF JUST A SMALL AMOUNT TODAY AND WHAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE. 
          BUT LET'S THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, INCLUDING THE ONES YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEN AREN'T EVEN GETTING ANY HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          DO YOU THINK THEY'D AT LEAST TAKE $28 THIS YEAR IF WE GET 'EM THAT EXEMPTION? DO YOU THINK FOUR OR FIVE YEARS THEY MIGHT APPRECIATE 400 OR 500 AS WE INCREASE THAT AS WE CAN AFFORD TO INCREASE THAT OVER TIME, THAT'S WHAT THIS PROCESS IS ABOUT. 
          AND IT'S NOT ABOUT DENYING ANY KIND OF SERVICES. 
          OUR INCOME IS GROWING AND IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW. 
          THE PROPERTY VALUES ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW, AND PEOPLE KNOW THEIR PROPERTY VALUES ARE GOING UP AND THEY WANT TAX RELIEF. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          VERY BRIEFLY AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          I JUST WANT TO, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE, THE SECOND SET OF SLIDES THAT BEN GELLE GAVE US, AND JUST REMIND OURSELVES THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE. 
          WE CAN'T JUST LOOK AT ONE SIDE AND SAY, OH, LOOK WHAT THE OTHER CITIES ARE DOING. 
          WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. 
          WELL, LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING THAT THE OTHER CITIES AREN'T DOING WE RIGHT? AND IT'S, WE'RE PROTECTING SENIOR CITIZENS. 
          THEY DON'T FREEZE TAXES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. 
          WE DO. 
          WE. 
          AND SO THAT CHANGE IS THE BOTTOM LINE AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE. 
          I THINK WE'VE MADE THE RIGHT STRATEGIC DECISION OF PROTECTING SENIOR CITIZENS. 
          AND YOU, YOU, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO BOTH. 
          I DON'T THINK YOU CAN DO BOTH, RIGHT? UM, AND, AND IF THAT'S A, THAT'S A TOUGHER CONVERSATION. 
          AND IF YOU GUYS WANNA HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          BUT LET'S LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          UH, I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN. 
          I APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN PERRY'S EFFORTS TO BE A LEADER WITH THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES. 
          I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE PRIMARY POINT HERE, IS THAT WE NEED TO LEAD THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES IN THIS HOMESTEAD PROCESS. 
          'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, HOMESTEAD IS THE ONLY THING WE HAVE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A LEGACY HOMEOWNER, UH, EXEMPTION, UH, THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK FOR THE STATE. 
          SO I THINK WE CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF THAT ALSO. 
          AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT 42 MILLION AND THE PROGRAMMING THAT MAYBE WE EXPAND THE SERVICES BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY OWNS A $300,000 HOUSE DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY DON'T NEED HELP EITHER IN REFURBISHING OR WINTER RISING OR THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO WHEN WE GET INTO THE DISCUSSIONS, I JUST WANNA KEEP THAT IN MIND. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          YEP. 
          VERY BRIEF. 
          I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          YOU KNOW, TO ME, AND I DISAGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE NEXT TO ME, THAT, UH, UM, THAT PEOPLE COMPLAINED. 
          I GOT ZERO COMPLAINTS ABOUT US STARTING THAT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN DISTRICT 10. 
          IN FACT, I GOT JUST THE OPPOSITE, WHERE PEOPLE WERE EXCITED AND ECSTATIC THAT THE CITY FINALLY PASSED A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AND RAISE IT OVER TIME. 
          THAT NOW'S THE RIGHT TIME. 
          $42 MILLION CARRYOVER. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW, BEN, JUST A HEAD NOD, WAS THAT $6 MILLION THAT WE HAD SET ASIDE THIS YEAR, WAS THAT THE ACTUAL COST OR WAS THAT THE BUDGETED COST? COUNCILMAN? THAT WILL BE VERY CLOSE TO THE ACTUAL COST BECAUSE WE GET A CERTIFIED ROLE THAT DOESN'T MOVE MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO YEAH, 40 THAT JUST GLOWS OUT THERE. 
          $42 MILLION CARRYOVER, AND WE CAN'T AFFORD 7 MILLION FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE STRUGGLING OUT THERE. 
          THAT'S ALL I GOT, SIR. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, THAT HAS BEEN A HELPFUL, UM, LEVEL SET. 
          TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN WE ANTICIPATED, UH, FROM THE 30 MINUTE ALLOTMENT. 
          UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA KEEP MOVING HERE. 
          UH, LET ME TURN IT BACK TO ERIC WITH ANY CLOSING COMMENTS ON THE, UH, RECAP, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO HEALTH STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION. 
          I THINK IT WAS HELPFUL. 
          AND I THINK WE HAVE, UM, AN I, UH, UH, AN IDEA OF WHERE THE GROUP IS AT. 
          I DID WANT TO ADDRESS THE $42 MILLION. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT WAS PART OF, UM, THE FINANCIAL MEASURES WE TOOK THIS TIME 
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LAST YEAR TO CONTRACT OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          UM, AND, UM, PART OF THAT $42 MILLION, I'LL REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT AT THE FORECAST TWO MONTHS AGO, UM, WE, WE SAW US CONTINUING TO LAG FINANCIALLY. 
          UM, AND IT'S JUST BEEN IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS WHERE WE'VE SEEN A SERIOUS UPTICK. 
          IF YOU'LL REMEMBER THE SLIDES LAST WEEK THAT SCOTT PRESENTED IN SALES TAX. 
          AND, AND IN C P S, UM, C P S IS OUR MOST UNPREDICTABLE REVENUE SOURCE. 
          AND UP TO THIS POINT, IT HAS BEEN, UH, ONE OF OUR MOST STABLE, WHICH IF THAT EXPLAINS THE, THE TURBULENCE THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF STILL UNCERTAINTY. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE $42 MILLION. 
          BUT, UH, I, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT JUST LIKE WE REMINDED THE COUNCIL LAST WEEK, UM, DETERMINING HOW LONG THAT UPSWING IS GONNA GO AND FOR, AND, AND HOW HIGH, UM, IS, UM, UM, DIFFICULT. 
          AND I THINK WE, WE SHOULD PROCEED CAUTIOUSLY AND, AND SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVELY BECAUSE, UM, UH, OF THOSE FACTS, UM, WE ARE NOT BACK A HUNDRED PERCENT AND IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR US TO GET BACK TO 2019 LEVELS FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL STANDPOINT. 
          I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. 
          BUT I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION. 
          I THINK I KNOW, I THINK I HAVE WHAT I NEED FOR THAT FIRST PART, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND SO OUR NEXT SECTION, UH, IS OUR STRATEGIC GROWTH HEALTH PLAN, AND DR. 
          BRIDGER WILL BE PRESENTING IT. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          IT'S A LONG TIME TO BE SITTING. 
          YOU'LL NOT HURT MY FEELINGS. 
          IF YOU NEED TO STAND UP, IF YOU NEED TO PACE, IF YOU NEED TO DO CALISTHENICS. 
          I THINK YOU CAN STILL HEAR ME WHILE I DO THIS. 
          I'M ALSO GONNA TRY TO GO REALLY FAST, UM, TO TRY TO MAKE UP SOME TIME. 
          SO, UH, WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          SO, UM, WHAT I'M GONNA PRESENT TODAY IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE, UM, METRO HEALTH STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN. 
          WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS GROWTH PLAN BACK IN JANUARY OF 20 20, 20 21, UM, FULL OF OPTIMISM THAT THE, THE PANDEMIC WAS ENDING THAT, UM, UNDER THE NEW ADMINISTRATION THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, ALSO THROUGH THE LENS OF WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          AND SO, UM, WE PUT TOGETHER THIS GROWTH PLAN. 
          UM, IT DOES NEST WITHIN OUR EXISTING FOUR YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          IT USES BRAIDED FUNDING, AND IT CONTINUES OUR FOCUS ON, UM, EARLY INTERVENTION, ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF OUR COMMUNITY'S MOST DIFFICULT AND ENTRENCHED PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES. 
          UM, SO AS A REMINDER, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S VISION IS HEALTHY PEOPLE THRIVING IN A HEALTHY COMMUNITY. 
          UM, UNDER OUR CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR, OUR, UM, FOUR PRIORITIES ARE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, VIOLENCE PREVENTION, NUTRITION, AND ACCESS TO CARE. 
          THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE USED IN THE CREATION OF BOTH THE EXISTING STRATEGIC PLAN AND THIS GROWTH PLAN ARE HEALTH EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. 
          WE HAVE FOUR CATEGORIES OF EXPANSION IN THIS GROWTH PLAN. 
          UM, MENTAL HEALTH, HEALTH JUSTICE, ACCESS TO CARE, TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY HEALTH JUSTICE IS A, A, A PHRASE WE COINED AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, IT REPRESENTS BOTH, UM, A FOCUS ON HEALTH EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AS I MENTIONED EARLIER. 
          UM, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE, THE FOUR CATEGORIES RATHER QUICKLY. 
          UM, YOU DO HAVE THESE SLIDES. 
          YOU HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE ONE PAGERS ON EACH OF THESE. 
          SO IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR INITIATIVE THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, GO AHEAD AND GIMME A HIGH SIGN AND I WILL EMAIL THAT TO YOU. 
          UM, IN THE CATEGORY OF MENTAL HEALTH, UM, SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE, UH, WOULD RECOMMEND UNDERTAKING IS FIRST HIRING A CHIEF MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE WORKING IN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ONE PERSON WHO UNDERSTANDS EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE CITY. 
          THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT. 
          UM, WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, SPECIFIC TO ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND, UM, TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACHES. 
          AND WE'VE CREATED A CERTIFYING PROCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GO THROUGH. 
          WHAT THIS DOES IS, UM, STRENGTHEN THAT PROCESS HERE IN THE CITY, AND AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS WOULD HAVE EVERY DEPARTMENT CERTIFIED IN TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE. 
          UM, ANOTHER ONE THAT WE WILL WORK ON IS, UM, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INITIATIVES WITH AT LEAST FIVE SCHOOLS. 
          YOU KNOW, UM, PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME, IF WE COULD ONLY DO ONE THING TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH, WHAT WOULD WE DO? AND I ALWAYS SURPRISE THEM WHEN I SAY INVEST IN EDUCATION. 
          UM, 
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EDUCATION IS THE SINGLE BEST PREDICTOR OF A PERSON'S HEALTH THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE. 
          AND SO WHEN WE HAVE KIDS WHO ARE STRUGGLING, AND OUR SOLUTION TO THAT IS TO KICK THEM OUT OF SCHOOL, UM, WE, WE ARE NOT INVESTING IN THEIR LIFELONG HEALTH. 
          AND SO A FOCUS ON RESTORATIVE JUSTICE DOES MAKE A LOT OF SENSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          UM, SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS, UM, EXPANDING OUR PILOT THAT WORKED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL TO PROVIDE COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR, UM, KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OR WHO HAVE WITNESSED VIOLENCE. 
          UM, REALLY GREAT EVIDENCE IN THAT AREA. 
          UM, EXPANDING OUR CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS, REALLY RECOGNIZING THE COMPLEX SYSTEM THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE AND THAT THEY NEED HELP IN ORDER TO DO THAT. 
          AND THEN EXPANDING OUR TEEN AMBASSADOR PROGRAM FROM ITS FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION TO ALSO INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH. 
          UM, UNDER OUR HEALTH JUSTICE CATEGORY, UM, WE'RE EXPANDING SOME PROGRAMS THAT, UM, WE'VE HAD AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR MANY YEARS, BUT WE'RE DOING IT THROUGH USING THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER MODEL, SO IMPROVING ACCESS TO RESTAURANTS THAT SERVE HEALTHY FOOD, AND, UM, UNDERSTANDING OF HOW DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE FOOD POLICY COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH A LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM COLLABORATIVE, UM, THAT CAN REALLY ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LITTLE BIT, BUT THIS ALLOWS US TO REALLY INVEST SOLIDLY IN THAT WORK. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, I'M GONNA SKIP OVER SOME OF THESE TO GO FASTER, BUT, UM, IN THE, WE, A LOT OF Y'ALL HAVE HEARD OF OUR STANDUP SA PROGRAM, WHICH IS A VIOLENCE PREVENTION INITIATIVE. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE EXPANDED THAT IN THIS LAST YEAR, UM, TO GO INTO HOSPITALS, INTO TRAUMA CENTERS. 
          AND SO IF SOMEBODY SHOWS UP AS A RESULT OF, UM, A GUNSHOT, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THEY CAN BEGIN THEIR WORK OF INTERRUPTING THE RETALIATORY NATURE OF VIOLENCE RIGHT THERE IN THE HOSPITAL AND NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT, UM, TO GET INTO THE COMMUNITY UNDER ACCESS TO CARE. 
          UM, WE ARE ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER HUB. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE LEARNED IN THE PANDEMIC IS THAT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE EFFECTIVELY USED COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, UM, TO DO SOME OF THAT DOOR TO DOOR WORK THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, AND TO REALLY MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE IN ORDER TO, UM, HELP THEM FIGURE OUT HOW TO GO GET WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY NEED. 
          IN RECOGNITION OF THAT, WE WOULD ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER HUB, SO ANY COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS WOULD BE ABLE TO GATHER TOGETHER, UM, LEARN ABOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT EXIST IN THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS LEARN FROM EACH OTHER ABOUT BEST PRACTICES. 
          UM, THEN AGAIN, I'M GONNA TRY TO SKIP SOME OF THESE. 
          UM, DEVELOP AND PROVIDE TRAINING ON ANTI-RACIST PRACTICE AND POLICIES, UM, FOR TWO MAJOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS. SO A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS A HOSPITAL, YES, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE OUR F Q H C SYSTEMS, UM, THAT HAVE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS WHERE THEY DELIVER SERVICES. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY, MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIPS. 
          SO MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIPS ARE REALLY NEAT, UM, PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN DOCTOR'S OFFICES AND ATTORNEY'S OFFICES. 
          AND, UM, OFTEN WHAT HAPPENS IS, UM, A A MOTHER WILL BRING HER CHILD TO THE DOCTOR, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR ANOTHER RECURRENCE OF ASTHMA, AND THE DOCTOR WILL SAY, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          HE'S ON ALL THE RIGHT MEDS. 
          YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING. 
          YOU, YOU SHOULD. 
          AND THE MOM WILL SAY, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          WE LIVE IN A HOUSE WITH A LEAKY ROOF AND THERE'S MOLD EVERYWHERE, AND I CAN'T GET THE LANDLORD TO FIX IT. 
          THIS MEDICAL LEGAL PARTNERSHIP WOULD ALLOW THEM TO REFER TO AN ATTORNEY WHO COULD WORK WITH THE LANDLORD TO MAKE THE REQUIRED, UM, IMPROVEMENTS, THUS RESULTING IN IMPROVED HEALTH OUTCOMES. 
          THE LAST CATEGORY, TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UM, AGAIN, RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAD A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE A TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, FUND TO IMPROVE THE INFECTION, DISEASE REPORTING AND INVESTIGATIONS. 
          UM, SO TAKING ALL OF THOSE LESSONS WE LEARNED FROM COVID, UM, I CALL THIS THE, THE THE ANTIFA MACHINE FUND, UM, BUT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH TECHNOLOGY, UM, FOR ALL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 
          IT'S ALSO ESTABLISHES AN OFFICE OF POLICY AND PARTNERSHIPS. 
          AGAIN, GIVING A NOD TO THE FACT THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS A BACKBONE ORGANIZATION FOR A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY-WIDE INITIATIVES. 
          SO WE'VE GOT OUR END STIGMA AND H I V 
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ALLIANCE, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER EVERY SINGLE AIDS SERVICE ORGANIZATION IN THE CITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS H I V THAT'S STAFFED BY METRO HEALTH. 
          WE'VE GOT THE TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE CONSORTIUM THAT'S STAFFED BY METRO HEALTH. 
          WE'VE EVEN GOT THE MAYOR'S FITNESS COUNCIL, WHICH IS STAFFED BY METRO HEALTH. 
          WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES IN ONE PLACE SO THEY CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND THEY CAN BE MORE PROACTIVE IN DOING MORE OF THAT. 
          UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S NEVER GOING TO BE THE SOLE SOURCE PROVIDER FOR ANY OF THESE PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES WE'RE DEALING WITH. 
          THIS ALLOWS US TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND, AND WORK TOGETHER. 
          UM, FUNDING WISE, I DID MENTION THIS WAS A BRAIDED FUNDING APPROACH, AND THIS IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN. 
          WHAT THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU IS THAT IN YEAR ONE AND YEAR TWO, UM, THIS PLAN IS ENTIRELY FUNDED THROUGH GRANTS AND FUNDS THAT ARE LEFT OVER FROM THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, SIGNIFICANT GRANT DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO COVER THE COST OF THE COVID RESPONSE. 
          THAT ALLOWS US TO TAKE THE DOLLARS THAT THE CITY ALLOCATED TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND INVEST THAT INTO THESE BROADER, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES. 
          SO FIRST TWO YEARS, UH, FIRST YEAR AT ABOUT 15000002ND YEAR AT ABOUT 16 MILLION IS COMPLETELY COVERED BY GRANTS AND HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FUNDING. 
          AFTER THAT, WE START TO, TO, UM, INTEGRATE SOME OF THE CITY GENERAL FUND DOLLARS IN WITH GRANTS AND HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          AND THEN RIGHT NOW, SHOW YEAR FOUR AND YEAR FIVE IS EXCLUSIVELY FUNDED BY CITY GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. 
          UM, THE PRESENTER PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THAT WE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO SET ASIDE FUNDING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE MONEY NECESSARY, UM, STARTING IN YEAR THREE, THAT IS THE END OF MY, UH, PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER AND, AND, UM, I'M JUST, UH, VERY PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, AND IN PARTICULAR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE FUNDING, UM, THAT WILL OCCUR OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. 
          WHAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE GRANTS, THOSE SHIFT AND, AND HOW DOES IT IMPACT THE OVERALL METRO HEALTH BUDGET? I ASSUME WE'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE DURING THE SUMMER. 
          UH, YES. 
          WE'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT, BUT THE NICE THING ABOUT THE WAY WE PUT TOGETHER THE BUDGET FOR THE STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN IS WE DON'T GET INTO THAT SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE TWO YEARS OF GRANTS AND THEN WE FALL OFF THE FUNDING CLIFF. 
          WE'VE GOT A PLAN FOR HOW WE WILL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE THOSE, THOSE EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES INTO THE BASE BUDGET FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          WELL, AND, AND I'M ALSO, UH, GRATEFUL, UH, FOR THE VERY DELIBERATE APPROACH IN DEMONSTRATING, UH, THE, THE FRAMEWORK OF EQUITY IN, IN ALL OF THE OPERATIONS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, PARTICULARLY WITH THE HEALTH JUSTICE ASPECTS OF IT, UM, IS WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THAT WORK AND, AND HOW ARE WE GETTING REPORTS BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND THE PROGRESS? SO LET, LET ME JUMP IN HERE BECAUSE PART OF THIS IS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN DURING THE SUMMER. 
          UM, AS COLLEEN MENTIONED, UM, SHE AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT STARTED WORKING ON REVISING AND UPDATING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE WITH WHAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE LAST 16 OR 17 MONTHS. 
          SO THEY'RE VERY FAR ALONG. 
          UH, WHAT WE NEED TO SPEND TIME ON THIS SUMMER MONTH OF JULY IS THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UH, THAT WE'LL DELIVER BACK TO COUNCIL AT THE END OF SUMMER. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD. 
          BUT I DO, ONE QUESTION I HAVE GOTTEN, I THINK FROM CHUCK WAS, WELL, WHICH OF THESE ARE YOU STARTING IN THE FIRST YEAR? THIS PROGRAM? THIS, THIS GROWTH PLAN IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN, AND WE ARE STARTING EVERY SINGLE INITIATIVE IN YEAR ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE OUTCOMES THAT WE HAVE ARE FIVE YEAR OUTCOMES WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE INITIATIVES STARTS IN YEAR ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE, UM, UH, THE METRO, EXCUSE ME, THE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER, UH, IF THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION OF YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT, I WOULD FULLY SUPPORT IT. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THE NEED. 
          MY QUESTION WOULD BE IF, ARE WE COORDINATED WITH THE COUNTY? BECAUSE I KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING, UH, SOME SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS, PARTICULARLY IN MENTAL, MENTAL HEALTH. 
          WHAT KIND OF ALIGNMENT IN, IN COORDINATION ARE WE DOING WITH THEM? THE CITY, UM, HAS SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES ON THE COUNTY'S MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE. 
          AND, UM, WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM. 
          THE, THE THOUGHT IS THAT AS Y'ALL HAVE YOUR KIND OF ARPA PHASE TWO CONVERSATION IN THE FALL, THAT WILL INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH. 
          THAT WILL BE BASED ON THE REPORT THAT GOES TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT AROUND MENTAL HEALTH. 
          SO WE'LL GET THAT REPORT PROBABLY AUGUST, SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME, AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE KIND OF A BIGGER, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE NEED AND, AND BE ABLE TO TAKE IT FROM THERE. 
          AND SO MUCH OF THIS WORK IS, IS, UH, INTERDISCIPLINARY. 
          YES. 
          AND SO IT'LL BE HELPFUL, 
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UM, AS YOU REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL WHERE WE SEE THOSE LINES, HOW WE'RE QUALIFYING EACH OF THE INVESTMENTS, WHAT DEPARTMENT THEY'RE FALLING INTO. 
          'CAUSE THE WORK OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS GONNA INFLUENCE PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          IT'S GONNA INFLUENCE OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE BUDGETS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE INVESTING EACH OF THOSE DOLLARS AND WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY FLOWING INTO THE DEPARTMENTS AND, AND OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. 
          MAYOR, THERE, THERE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, DOZENS AND DOZENS OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH WHOM WE'LL BE WORKING TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN. 
          LASTLY, I'M VERY EXCITED AND, UM, GREATLY APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS. 
          I WAS SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT THE CONVERSATION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BRAAVA WAS HAVING ABOUT THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION SIGNUPS AND, AND HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY POSITIVELY BY DOING THE SAME SORT OF OUTREACH TO SIGN THEM UP FOR THE VARIOUS COMMUNITY HEALTH ACCESS PLANS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, WHETHER IT'S COMMUNITY CARE OR CENTRO OR SOMETHING ELSE, BUT REACHING INTO THE COMMUNITIES DELIBERATELY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AVAILING THEMSELVES OF THE HEALTH ACCESS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE AND NOT BE AWARE OF. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, UM, FINALLY, UM, MAYBE LONG SHOT, BUT HOPEFULLY, UH, SOMETHING WILL BE DONE. 
          BUT IF THERE IS, UH, LOCAL INTERVENTION, UH, ON THE EXPANSION OF MEDICAID, ARE WE PREPARED, UH, TO HELP ENROLL FOLKS THAT MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE? YES. 
          WE, WE'VE ACTUALLY ALWAYS TAKEN A VERY ACTIVE ROLE IN THE A C A ENROLLMENT, SO WE CAN USE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN ORDER TO, UM, TWEAK IT TO MAKE IT WORK FOR, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN WE MAKE JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. 
          I WANTED TO ALSO ADD, UM, WE HAVE BEEN, AS YOU SAW BY THE SLIDE, WE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE IN THE IDEA THAT THE THINGS THAT, UM, THAT WE HAVE ALL EXPERIENCED AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS HAD REGARDING, UH, ISSUES SUCH AS, UM, UH, RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY LAST YEAR. 
          WE WERE VERY DELIBERATE. 
          AND, AND, AND TO ENSURE THAT THOSE ELEMENTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE UPDATED STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, IT IS AN AGGRESSIVE FRAMEWORK. 
          IT IS BRAIDED AND IT WILL REQUIRE US TO, UM, UH, UH, CONTINUE TO INVEST INITIALLY USING GRANT FUNDS, BUT, UH, INVEST WITH OUR OWN LOCAL DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THESE SYSTEMS. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION, MAYOR, UM, AND, AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY REMEMBER THIS LAST YEAR, AT THE END OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL ABOUT, UM, HOW THESE PUBLIC HEALTH UPSTREAM ISSUES CONNECT AND COORDINATE WITH CARE BEING PROVIDED BY THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM, UH, AND IN, IN PARTICULAR, UH, U H S, THE PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT. 
          AND, AND WE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND GEORGE HERNANDEZ, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, AND I AND COLLEEN. 
          AND, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          WE HAVE SHARED WITH THEM THIS UPSTREAM STRATEGIC APPROACH. 
          I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY CRITICAL THAT, UH, THE CITY AND THE, AND U H SS MAKE SURE THAT IT IS BRAIDED IN THE MIDDLE SO THAT WE'RE PROVIDING, UH, BETTER, UH, OUTCOMES FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          WELL, IT'S NUMBER ONE ON YOUR AGENDA LIST IN TERMS OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE TACKLE. 
          UH, AND HOPEFULLY THAT IS A REFLECTION OF THE PRIORITIES WE HAVE AT THE COUNCIL. 
          IT'S, I CERTAINLY, UH, FEEL THAT WAY. 
          SO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I WAS, UH, RECENTLY TALKING TO SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN THE, IN THE SPACE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND I SAID, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM. 
          IT'S GONNA BE IN FIVE, UH, FIVE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA I HOPE THEY ARE ALL IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          AND, AND I SAID, WE'VE GOT THIS GREAT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT'S COMING OUT. 
          IT'S LIKE ALL THE WONDERFUL IDEAS WE EVER HAD, BUT WE THOUGHT WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR, AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PUT THEM IN ONE, IN ONE DOCUMENT. 
          SO I AM THRILLED TO SEE THESE INITIATIVES HERE. 
          THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. 
          UM, I WANT TO, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          UH, I LOVE, UH, THAT SO MANY OF THESE ARE ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OR SOME OF THE CAUSES OF HEALTH INEQUITIES, SOME OF THE STEPS THAT ARE ALONG THE WAY. 
          UM, I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER HUB. 
          I THINK WE, THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO MARRY THAT TO OUR, UH, READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          UH, THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, AND I KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GET A JOB AT U H S AS WELL IF THEY, UH, IF THEY INVEST IN THIS WITH US. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA CALL ATTENTION TO SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU PUT IN HERE IN SLIDE SIX ABOUT ANTI-RACISM TRAINING. 
          WE HAVE, UH, SEEN DISPARATE HEALTH OUTCOMES, ESPECIALLY 
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IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, AND IT DUE TO MANY, MANY THINGS, BUT SOME OF THAT ACTUALLY OCCURS WHEN THEY'RE SEEKING CARE, RIGHT? YES. 
          COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? WELL, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE SEEN FOR DECADES IN PUBLIC HEALTH IS THIS FACT THAT, UM, PEOPLE ARE CO OF COLOR ARE LESS LIKELY TO ACCESS PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES. 
          AND WE KEPT THINKING THAT WE, WE JUST NEED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE. 
          AND THEN WE STOPPED AND WE ACTUALLY TALKED TO PEOPLE AND THEY WERE LIKE, I, I DON'T TRUST MY DOCTOR. 
          UM, WHO IS HE TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO? HE DOESN'T KNOW MY LIVED EXPERIENCE. 
          HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ME. 
          HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND MY CULTURE. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED, I THINK DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER JOB OF SAYING, LOOK, WE, WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, IT, IT ISN'T, IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME. 
          WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE THINGS RELEVANT TO INDIVIDUALS AND MAKE IT A, A WELCOMING AND COMFORTABLE EXPERIENCE. 
          UM, THERE'S A TON OF RESEARCH OUT THERE THAT SHOWS THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE MUCH LESS LIKELY TO GET THE APPROPRIATE TREATMENT WHEN COMPARED TO WHITE PEOPLE. 
          AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IMPLICIT BIAS IN THE MEDICAL SYSTEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR IDENTIFYING THAT. 
          UM, A A COUPLE OF THINGS I, I WANT TO POSE TO, TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          UM, IT, NUMBER ONE, TAKING A HEALTH IN ALL POLICIES OR A HEALTH LENS APPROACH WHEN WE DO BUDGET AT MAYOR, I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT. 
          SO I'M GOING TO POSE A COUPLE OF THINGS IN, IN HEALTH JUSTICE, WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HEALTHY FOOD BEING AVAILABLE. 
          I, I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF USING OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES IN THE RETAIL AREA. 
          UP UNTIL NOW, IT HAS BEEN OUR POLICY NOT TO DO THAT. 
          THERE ARE MANY DISTRICTS AT CERTAINLY WHAT MINE AND MANY PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT THAT HAVE TO LEAVE THE DISTRICT NOT JUST FOR FOOD, BUT FOR OTHER TYPES OF SHOPPING AS, AS WELL. 
          AND, UH, I, I THINK WE NEED TO EXPLORE THAT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE AS WELL AS A HEALTH ISSUE IN TERMS OF HEALTH ACCESS AS WELL. 
          I, I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ HAD BROUGHT THIS UP. 
          HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO OPEN UP IN, UH, IN OTHER AREAS? YOU'VE HAD SUCCESS IN DISTRICT FOUR. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE GOING ON THAT PATH BY LOOKING AT OUR, UM, AT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES IN THAT, IN THAT WAY, THE MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIP. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR HOUSING, UH, PROGRAM. 
          SO WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE HAS A DOCTOR'S NOTICE, UH, THEY MAY STILL HAVE MOLD IN, IN THEIR, IN THEIR HOME. 
          AND, UH, UH, ALIGNING THEM WITH RESOURCES, I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          UH, TWO MORE POINTS I WANNA MAKE. 
          UH, I, I BROUGHT THIS UP AT, AT OUR LAST CONVERSATION. 
          I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO ALSO EXPLORE ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES, UH, SOMEWHERE IN THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, CLIMATE HEALTH IMPACTS. 
          SO, FOR INSTANCE, HEAT, UH, HOTTER DAYS, AND HOW DOES THAT IMPACT OUR WORKERS AND HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE PROTECTED. 
          UH, IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES, I HAD SOMEONE REACH OUT TO ME VERY WORRIED ABOUT A GAS STATION, YOU KNOW, OPENING UP NEARBY. 
          NOW WE CAN'T REGULATE THAT, UH, THAT IS FULLY IN THE HANDS OF T C E Q, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE GUIDANCE ABOUT WHAT, WHAT ARE THE BEST TYPES OF LAND USES AROUND RESIDENCES AND AROUND DAYCARE CENTERS OR SCHOOLS. 
          UH, THERE ARE SOME BEST PRACTICES OUT THERE, AND I'D LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO EXPLORE THAT WITH OUR, WITH OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          AND LASTLY, COLLEAGUES, I WANNA POINT OUT THAT WE ARE AIMING FOR, BASED ON THIS BUDGET, I'M ALMOST DONE. 
          I'M ALMOST DONE. 
          I'M ALMOST DONE. 
          WE ARE AIMING FOR A $17 MILLION A YEAR INVESTMENT BY THE TIME WE GET TO YEAR FIVE. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US AIM FOR A $20 MILLION INVESTMENT. 
          THIS IS NOT EVEN HALF THE BUDGET OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          RIGHT. 
          MOST OF IT ACTUALLY COMES FROM FEDERAL FUNDS AND STATE FUNDS. 
          AND I, I WILL CONTINUE TO SAY THAT IN ORDER TO DRIVE THE BEST OUTCOMES LOCALLY, WE NEED TO INVEST OUR LOCAL DOLLARS IN IN HEALTH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO SAVING PEOPLE ON TAX DOLLARS, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT LOOKING AT WHERE YOUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE AND WHERE THE BREAKS ARE, AND IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT HOW ARE YOU INVESTING THEM IN WAYS THAT CAN SAVE TAX DOLLARS IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND CAN YOU TELL US, DR. 
          BRIDGER, HOW MUCH OR HOW THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S INVESTMENT IN METRO HEALTH COMPARES TO OTHER MAJOR CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES? SO THE LAST TIME I LOOKED AT THIS WAS WHEN I WAS STILL THE HEALTH DIRECTOR, AND THAT WAS TWO PLUS YEARS AGO. 
          UM, BUT WHEN I COMPARED OUR, UM, PER CAPITA INVESTMENT OF GENERAL 
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FUND DOLLARS TO OTHER BIG CITIES, UM, WE WERE IN THE BOTTOM FIVE. 
          BOTTOM FIVE IN THE NATION. 
          YES. 
          AND THEN IF WE INVEST MORE IN METRO HEALTH, WE CAN IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCOMES AND THEN THAT COULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF AMBULANCE RIDES TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE, THE, UM, ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE STRIVE FOR. 
          YES. 
          RIGHT. 
          AS WE INTERVENE EARLY AND WE CAN PREVENT OTHER MORE COSTLY, UM, OUTCOMES LATER. 
          SO THAT COULD, THAT COULD REDUCE THE COSTLY OUTCOMES THAT PEOPLE ARE, THAT OUR SAME RESIDENTS ARE PAYING FOR THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT TAX. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? YES. 
          SO, AND HOW MUCH DOES THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTE TO THE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT? SO, UM, THE COUNTY THROUGH UNIVERSITY HEALTH, UM, CONTRIBUTES TO METRO HEALTH $193,000 A YEAR. 
          AND WHAT ARE WE CONTRIBUTING A YEAR? THE CITY, IT'S ABOUT 14 MILLION RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO I, YOU KNOW, I, I'M LOOKING, I HEARD COUNCILWOMAN SONAL SAY THAT WE SHOULD INVEST, MAYBE MAKE A GOAL ON YEAR FOUR OF 20 MILLION. 
          I THINK THAT'S WAY TOO LOW. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD GO EVEN HIGHER. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA SAVE, I THINK THAT'S GONNA IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO I THINK IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT OF OUR TAX DOLLARS AND IT'S GONNA SAVE IN THE LONG RUN. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD INVESTMENT. 
          UH, I LOVE THIS IDEA OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. 
          I SAW THAT, UM, YOU WERE PROPOSING POSSIBLY WORKING WITH FIVE SCHOOLS. 
          I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD ADD A ZERO TO THAT . 
          UM, AND IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE SCHOOLS. 
          WE COULD LOOK AT ALL KINDS OF, UH, PARTNERS, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK AT GROUPS LIKE MARTINEZ STREET, JU, UH, WOMEN'S CENTER, ALL KINDS OF GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING FROM TALKING TO AN EXPERT ON THIS SUBJECT IS THAT A KEY TO THIS PROGRAM BEING THAT TO RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, BEING SUCCESSFUL IS WHO YOU PARTNER WITH. 
          AND SO I THINK WE CAN GO BEYOND SCHOOLS. 
          AND, UH, SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT, AND I THINK WE SHOULD DO A LOT MORE ON RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          I THINK THIS IS A, A VERY IN-DEPTH AND EXTENSIVE PLAN MOVING FORWARD, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT INITIATIVES IN HERE. 
          I PROBABLY WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T THINK ANY OF 'EM WEREN'T VERY WORTHY, BUT I THINK THERE, FROM WHAT I SEE, THERE WERE ABOUT 21 TO 21 OF 'EM WITH A FEW SUB THAT GO ALONG WITH THEM. 
          UH, AND THEY'RE ALL FUNDED IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS FROM GRANTS AND THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH, WHAT IS THAT SOURCE? THAT WAS CITY DOLLARS, UM, ALLOCATED TO THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE THAT WE'VE SINCE RECEIVED GRANT DOLLARS. 
          SO INVEST THEM IN THIS PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          AND I SEE THAT THOSE WILL BE CARRIED THROUGH THOSE KINDS OF DOLLARS THROUGH ALL FIVE YEARS. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? SO, UM, THE FIRST THREE YEARS HAS THAT MIX OF FUNDING YEARS. 
          UM, FOUR AND FIVE ARE EXCLUSIVELY GENERAL FUND AT THIS, AT THIS POINT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, HOW, HOW MANY, THIS, THIS LOOKS LIKE A LOT TO UNDERTAKE, AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT ALL, UH, YOU KNOW, STARTING THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, HOW MANY STAFF ARE YOU GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL STAFF TO IMPLEMENT ALL THESE? IT'S ABOUT 75 ADDITIONAL STAFF. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE TOTAL STAFF WE HAVE AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT 400. 
          IF YOU TAKE ALL THE C O V I D STUFF OUT OF IT, WE HAVE ABOUT 400 EMPLOYEES AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO 75 ADDITIONAL WILL BE FOCUSED ON THIS. 
          AND THOSE ARE ALL INCLUDED IN THE MONEY UP HERE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. 
          SO IT'S NO OTHER DOLLARS FOR THOSE STAFF MEMBERS? NO, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YOU HAVE A LOT OF OTHER, OR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS A LOT OF OTHER BROADER RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          UH, WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE OTHER BROAD RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PRIORITIZES EVERY DAY? SO, UM, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE, THE THREE DIVISIONS THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS, ONE IS, UM, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND COMMUNITY HEALTH IS WHERE THE BULK OF THIS WORK WILL FALL. 
          UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND OPERATIONS. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS HAPPEN. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, 
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THE AIR QUALITY MONITORING HAPPENS, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          AND THOSE ARE ALL VERY IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES FOR US. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, OUR COMMUNICABLE DISEASE DIVISION THAT, UM, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WAS ALREADY VERY BUSY FOLLOWING UP ON EVERY SINGLE REPORTABLE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE IN THE COUNTY. 
          SO, AGAIN, REMEMBER, WE ARE A DISTRICT, WHICH MEANS THAT WE SERVE THE ENTIRE COUNTY, NOT JUST THE CITY. 
          UM, AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES. 
          UM, ALL OF OUR CLINICS FALL UNDER COMMUNICABLE DISEASE, OUR IMMUNIZATION CLINIC, OUR S T D CLINIC, THE TB CLINIC. 
          UM, SO THAT'S A BIG ASPECT OF WHAT WE DO. 
          HOW MUCH IS THE BUDGET NORMALLY NOT INCLUDING THESE NEW PROJECTS? IT'S ABOUT $44 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          I GUESS WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, IS THE EXPENDITURES OF THE ARPA FUND. 
          I'VE HEARD, UH, WE, WE HAVE UP TO FIVE YEARS TO EXPEND THAT MONEY, AND I'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE US LOOK AT USING SOME ARPA MONEY RATHER THAN GENERAL FUND MONEY, AT LEAST IN PART OF THESE. 
          'CAUSE TAKING $17 MILLION OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND IS A BIG HIT ANY YEAR. 
          UH, BUT IF WE COULD DESIGNATE SOME OF THE ARPA MONEY FOR YEARS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE, MAYBE 15, 16,000, THAT WE TAKE FOUR FIVE THIS YEAR AND FOUR FIVE NEXT AND MAKE IT A MORE GRADUAL HIT TO THE GENERAL FUND, I THINK IS SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO BE EXPLORING. 
          UH, BUT I BELIEVE EVERYTHING'S WORTHY. 
          BUT I THINK HOW WE FUND THAT, WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T JUST TAKE IT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND IF WE CAN WORK SOME OF IT OUT OF, UH, THE ARPA MONEY. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION, COUNCILMAN. 
          AND, AND, UM, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT INTERNALLY. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND YOU, YOU CUT TO THE CHASE. 
          THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD SHARE WITH YOU AS WE TALK ABOUT PHASE TWO ARPA. 
          'CAUSE WE DO WANT TO, AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, SMOOTH OUT THE PEAKS AND, AND SOME OF THAT, AND COLLEEN MENTIONED IN OUR PRESENTATION, AND SOME OF YOU WILL REMEMBER, WHEN WE GET IN PAST YEARS WHEN WE'VE GOTTEN THOSE BIG, UH, UH, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COPS GRANTS, UM, UH, WHO, UH, HELP FUND POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS, WE'VE SET ASIDE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY EVERY YEAR SO THAT WE DON'T, SO WE CAN SMOOTH THAT PEAK. 
          AND, AND WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS USING ARPA TO POSSIBLY DO THAT. 
          THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT IDEA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I'M EXCITED TO SEE, UM, THAT METRO HEALTH IS GOING TO BE PARTNERING WITH SS A I S D AND SEVERAL SCHOOLS, UM, WORKING FOR S E I S G FOR THE LAST, LAST SIX, SEVEN YEARS. 
          I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          UH, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS GRAPHIC THAT Y'ALL HAVE ON THE FIRST PAGE, RIGHT? THERE'S, THERE'S THE ROOTS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, ACCESS TO SAFE AND HEALTHY LOCAL FOOD, EQUITABLE, UH, JUSTICE SYSTEM, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE NEED TO BE INVESTING MORE IN METRO HEALTH BECAUSE IF WE FAIL TO INVEST IN THESE, THESE ROOT, THESE VERY ROOTS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TRIM THE BRANCHES THAT CONTINUE TO GROW OF UNHOUSED FOLKS OF CRIME. 
          SO WE NEED TO REPRIORITIZE AND FOCUS ON, ON THESE ROOTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE FOCUSED IN THIS PHOTO, RIGHT? QUALITY EDUCATION. 
          UM, BUT, UM, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. 
          UM, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH OUR ISDS AND THAT WE SHOULD INCREASE, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS WE'RE PARTNERING WITH WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          WE HAVE FOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE WE WOULD, IF WE HAD ONE OFFICER, ONE PROGRAM IN EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, RIGHT? WE WOULD TAKE UP ALL THE, THE PILOTS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA BE SURE THAT EACH DISTRICT HAS A PROGRAM. 
          UM, BUT THANK YOU. 
          OH, I HAD A QUESTION. 
          UM, WHAT IS METROS HEALTH'S RELATIONSHIP WITH SAP'S MENTAL HEALTH UNIT? IS THERE AN OVERLAP WITH THE, THE CLINICIANS THAT THEIR DEPARTMENT HAS? SO, UM, IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WE MOVED, UM, THE CIVILIAN STAFF WHO RESPOND TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A VERY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP. 
          NOW WE HAVE AN INTEGRATED WORKING RELATIONSHIP. 
          AND SO, UM, I CAN'T THINK OF A DEPARTMENT THAT WE WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH THAN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY'RE CRITICAL PARTNERS IN TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, MENTAL HEALTH. 
          UM, SO YES, THERE'S A VERY STRONG RELATIONSHIP THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU DR. 
          RIDGER. 
          I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE CHIEF MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER POSITION, SO DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. 
          UM, THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE, UM, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, UM, PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE SEEKING. 
          AND, UM, I'M, I'M REALLY 
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HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 
          I'VE, I'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE, AND I DO BELIEVE IN THEM, AND I DO BELIEVE THEY'RE, THEY WORK, UM, THE OFFICE OF HEALTH EQUITY, EXPANDING THE OFFICE OF HEALTH EQUITY. 
          I'M GONNA BE HONEST, I MIGHT HAVE MISSED THAT MEMO. 
          I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE HAD AN OFFICE OF HEALTH EQUITY, SO MY APOLOGIES TO YOU AND THE TEAM. 
          HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE NOW, AND WHAT IS THE GOAL? SO THERE ARE TWO EMPLOYEES NOW, AND ONE OF THOSE IS PARTIALLY COVID FUNDED. 
          UM, AND I THINK THE GOAL IS TO GROW IT TO FIVE. 
          UM, AND, AND AGAIN, THE, THE APPROACH THAT WE'VE TAKEN WITH THE OFFICE OF HEALTH EQUITY IS KIND OF THE SAME APPROACH WE TOOK WITH, UM, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, RIGHT? IT ISN'T, IT ISN'T ABOUT THE OFFICE, IT'S ABOUT INFUSING THE WORK INTO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. 
          SO WE DO A LOT OF TRAIN THE TRAINER, WE DO A LOT OF, UM, KIND OF CULTURAL CHANGES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WE DO REFLECTS THAT CONTINUOUS FOCUS ON, UM, HEALTH EQUITY. 
          GREAT. 
          ARE YOU, UM, MAYBE PLANNING TO HAVE LIKE SOMEONE FOCUSED ON THE SOUTH SIDE, SOMEONE FOCUSED ON THE WEST SIDE? IS THERE, IS THERE A PLAN JUST YET? IS THERE BEST PRACTICES? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THAT FAR. 
          OKAY. 
          IN THE, IN THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD SUGGESTION. 
          I'LL TAKE THAT BACK TO THE TEAM. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND FINALLY SPINNING OFF OF THAT, UM, MAYOR, I WOULD PROBABLY ADVOCATE THAT WE CREATE, UM, WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENTS AN OFFICE OF OF EQUITY WITHIN, OR HAVE LIKE AN EQUITY REPRESENTATIVE IN EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT. 
          I THINK THAT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE TRULY GONNA GET EXPERTS WITHIN FIELDS TO CONSIDER EQUITY. 
          AND I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY A BIG BUDGET ASK, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LIKE, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT TRAIN THE TRAINER TYPE STUFF AND JUST EMBEDDING IT INTO THE HEART OF EVERY DEPARTMENT. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, AND MAYBE ERIC, YOU CAN UPDATE US ON THE EQUITY TRAINING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE DEPARTMENTS AT THE, AT THE, YEAH, MR. MCC IS RIGHT HERE. 
          WELL, WE CAN, WE'LL, DO YOU WANNA DO IT AT THE, ON THE BACK END IN THE AFTERNOON AND, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T WANT TO TAKE OKAY. 
          TOO MUCH OF OUR, OUR DISCUSSION TIME ON THIS. 
          I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT I THINK THE, THE, NOT THAT I THINK, UM, THE, THE, THE HEALTH EQUITY SMALL DIVISION, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, WAS THE FIRST EQUITY EFFORT THAT THE CITY EVER UNDERTOOK. 
          IT WAS, IT HAPPENED BEFORE, ABOUT TWO YEARS BEFORE WE DID, WE CREATED THE OFFICE OF EQUITY. 
          SO IT IS THE INITIAL PLACE WHERE THE ORGANIZATION STARTED. 
          UM, AND WE CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, UH, BROADLY AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO H THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, THE COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE TO SS A I S D IS, UM, I, I APPLAUD THAT AND, AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE EXPANSION OF, OF ACCESS TO S I S D STUDENTS. 
          BUT I THINK THIS MAY BE WHAT, UM, COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO MAY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AS WELL. 
          BUT, UM, IS THERE A PLAN TO EXPAND TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS? YE YES. 
          UM, IT PROBABLY, IT WILL BE THROUGH OUR PARTNERS RATHER THAN THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE FORMING. 
          AND IF WE CAN SHOW THAT THIS IS A REALLY EFFECTIVE WAY TO, UM, HELP STUDENTS PROCESS TRAUMA, THEN THAT CAN BE EXPANDED ACROSS ALL OF THE PROVIDERS WHO ARE IN ALL OF THE ISDS. 
          OKAY. 
          I, UH, WHAT KIND OF, WHAT, LIKE WHAT PARTNERS, WHAT, WHAT, GIMME AN EXAMPLE OF. 
          SO, UM, COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS IS A BIG PARTNER. 
          JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES ACTUALLY CURRENTLY SERVES AS A BACKBONE FOR A MOBILE MENTAL WELLNESS COLLABORATIVE THAT GOES INTO A NUMBER OF ISDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          AND THEY ARE GROWING. 
          SO COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS IS GROWING. 
          THEY'RE PART OF THIS MOBILE MENTAL WELLNESS COLLABORATIVE. 
          UM, BUT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, FIVE OR SIX OTHER PROVIDERS WHO FORM PART OF THAT COLLABORATIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEY COULD POTENTIALLY EXPAND TO THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE EXPANSION OF VEEVA HEALTH AND PORT VIVA USING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER MODEL, IS THAT, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE VEEVA S SA HEALTH CORNER STORES IN ONE OF THESE BULLETS? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT DO YOU MEAN? I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S IN THAT BULLET OR ANOTHER BULLET, BUT, OKAY. 
          IT'S IN THIS, THIS CATEGORY. 
          I GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE A, AN AREA OF MY DISTRICT IS EDGEWOOD, AND IT'S A FOOD DESERT. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, A HEALTHY CORNER STORE IN THAT AREA OF, OF MY DISTRICT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RO BERDA, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          IT WAS A GREAT JOB. 
          UH, SO I WANNA START WITH SLIDE NUMBER FOUR IN TERMS OF THE MENTAL HEALTH. 
          UH, I THINK ALL OF THIS IS GOOD, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, DOES IT HAVE TO BE A CHIEF MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER? UM, COULD IT BE A LIAISON OR ANOTHER, JUST BECAUSE, UH, KIND OF LIKE THE MAYOR MENTIONED, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE COUNTY'S DOING ON THAT ASPECT, 
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UH, AND HOW THEY CAN HELP WITH THAT COORDINATION. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING, UH, SIMILAR TO COUNCILMAN CASTILLO IS THE, UM, S A I S D PARTNERING WITH THEM ON THAT THERAPY. 
          I THINK THAT'S GREAT. 
          BUT IF WE COULD, IF I COULD GET A LIST OF THOSE, UM, DELEGATE AGENCIES THAT CAN HELP. 
          SO WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHO WE GIVE MONEY FOR IN TERMS OF DELEGATE AGENCIES AND NONPROFITS, WE KNOW WHO'S ALREADY HELPING AND WHO'S PROVIDING SERVICES, UM, TO THE CITY AND, UH, AND CAN, MAY NEED OUR ASSISTANCE ALSO. 
          AND THEN THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION CASE MANAGEMENT, WRAPAROUND SERVICES, UH, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ADDRESS NOT JUST THE HIGH RISK, BUT THAT, UH, EMOTIONAL AND, UH, PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE THAT MANY VICTIMS FACE. 
          AND THAT WE START TALKING ABOUT THE MICROAGGRESSIONS, ESPECIALLY IN YOUNGER PEOPLE, IN, IN HEALTHY, AND MAYBE WE APPROACH IT KIND OF LIKE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. 
          SO I, I REALLY WANT TO SEE, IF WE DON'T DO A CHIEF MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER, MAYBE WE CAN EXPAND TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT SPECIFICALLY FOCUSES ON THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PURPOSES. 
          SO, YEAH. 
          I, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT LAST YEAR WE CREATED AN ENTIRE, UM, UNIT AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOCUSED ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHERE ALL OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORK SITS, BUT IT'S ALSO WHERE OUR ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE, OUR TEEN DATING VIOLENCE WORK, UM, RESTS AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU OUT AND GIVE YOU A TOUR OF ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          YES, YES. 
          I'M, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND OF COURSE, YOUR HEALTH JUSTICE, I LOVE EVERYTHING THERE BECAUSE VEEVA HEALTHY CORNER STORES WAS STARTED IN DISTRICT THREE AND HAS BEEN GREAT IN ADDRESSING THE OBESITY ISSUES AND OUR, UM, ALL THOSE LIVING WITH DIABETES. 
          BUT MY QUESTION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AND THE PEER LED DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM, HOW IS THAT GONNA BE DONE DIGITALLY, UM, THROUGH THE LIBRARY? HOW IS IT GOING TO BE MARKETED? SO, UM, I'M GONNA START WITH THE DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM, UHHUH . 
          THAT'S THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE Y M C A. 
          UM, IT IS AN EXISTING PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO EXPAND BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT PARTICIPANTS HAVE A 58% REDUCTION IN DEVELOPING DIABETES. 
          AND SO WE WOULD EXPAND AN EXISTING PROGRAM THROUGH EXPANDING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE Y. 
          UM, SO THAT'S A FACE-TO-FACE. 
          UM, WE GET A LOT OF REFERRALS FROM THE Y THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO FROM LOCAL AREA PHYSICIANS. 
          UM, THE TARGETED NUTRITION EDUCATION CAMPAIGN IS, UM, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, WHAT DO YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO NUTRITION? BECAUSE WE'VE KIND OF ALWAYS TAKEN THIS APPROACH OF, OH, HERE'S, YOU KNOW, UM, A HEALTHY PLATE. 
          HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULD DO. 
          WHAT WE WANNA DO IS SAY, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD EAT HEALTHY. 
          WHAT IS STOPPING YOU FROM DOING THAT? HOW CAN WE HELP, UM, IN THAT AREA? AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE FOCUS OF THAT. 
          AGAIN, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT FULLY BAKED AT THIS POINT, BUT THAT'S THE CONCEPT BEHIND IT. 
          OKAY. 
          IF YOU COULD JUST KEEP ME POSTED ON THAT. 
          AND THEN ALSO, IN TERMS OF HEALTH JUSTICE SPEC, SPECIFICALLY FOR DISTRICT THREE, BUT I KNOW IT'S CITYWIDE IS, IS HEALTHY, IS CLEAN AIR, AND ANY PROGRAMS, UH, THERE, I DON'T SEE THAT THERE'S ANY PROGRAMS DEALING WITH THE KIND OF CLEAN AIR OUR OUR CHILDREN AND ADULTS LIVING WITH ASTHMA. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE THAT KIND OF ON DECK SOMEWHERE? SO THAT IS AN EXISTING SERVICE THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROVIDES. 
          SO WE HAVE THE SAN ANTONIO KIDS BREATHE PROGRAM MM-HMM. 
          , WHICH WAS STARTED I BELIEVE, TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO. 
          UM, THAT WORKS WITH FAMILIES, WITH CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA TO HELP, UM, DECREASE THE NUMBER OF TIMES THEY HAVE TO SEEK CARE FOR THEIR ASTHMA. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE, UM, AIR QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM ALSO AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHERE WE HAVE, UM, AIR QUALITY MONITORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          AND, UM, WE, WE HAVE STAFF WHO GO OUT THERE EVERY DAY AND CHECK THE RESULTS OF THOSE AIR QUALITY MONITORS AND HELP, THAT HELPS US MAKE DECISIONS JUST BECAUSE AFTER, UH, C OVID 19 AND, AND THE POSSIBLE ISSUES AND SIDE EFFECTS PEOPLE COULD HAVE, I, I THINK WE MAY NEED TO SET ASIDE FUNDS TO KIND OF ADDRESS THAT FOR, OR INCREASE THE FUNDS WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          AND, UH, THE LAST POINT IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT AGENCIES, UH, THE SOUTH, THE SOUTHERN SECTOR HAS TWO HOSPITALS, VERY, UH, FEW UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS. 
          BUT GONZABA AND CENTRO MED MIGHT BE SOMEBODY TO HELP WITH THAT, UH, THAT, UH, PRIORITY TRAINING FOR ANTI-RACIST. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          COUNCIL 
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MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          I WANNA START OFF BY SAYING, UM, THAT IN THE SURVEY RESULTS, UH, THE QUESTION ABOUT STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS, UM, ACROSS ALL DISTRICTS, THE AVERAGE WAS, UM, SECOND TO STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          PEOPLE WANT TO SEE INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          UM, AND SO I'LL ECHO SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS OF, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCREASED, UH, SPENDING HERE, UM, ON THE HEALTH JUSTICE SLIDE. 
          I AM, OH, SORRY. 
          IT'S RIGHT THERE. 
          YES, I'M, I'M EXCITED ABOUT A LOT OF THESE THINGS. 
          I THINK WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN SEVERAL OF OUR DISTRICTS, INCLUDING IN DISTRICT TWO ON THE EAST SIDE, WE HAVE THESE FOOD DESERTS, AND WE HAVE A HUGE, UH, DISPARITY IN ACCESS TO QUALITY, AFFORDABLE PRODUCE, AND OTHER HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SOMETIME I'M GONNA KEEP MY COMMENTS SHORT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SOMETIME THIS UPCOMING WEEK, UH, DISCUSS, UH, THIS PROGRAM AS IT RELATES TO DISTRICT TWO. 
          UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GO TO MENTAL HEALTH SLIDE. 
          OH, THAT'S, SO, UM, WHERE IT SAYS, ESTABLISHING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INITIATIVES WITHIN A MINIMUM OF FIVE SCHOOL CAMPUSES, UM, HOW WILL THOSE COLLABORATIONS BE DECIDED? SO, WE HAVE EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH, UM, DIFFERENT ISDS AND DIFFERENT SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING THROUGH THE TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE CONSORTIUM. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, SYNERGY BETWEEN TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACHES AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, ESPECIALLY IN THE SCHOOL SETTING. 
          SO, UM, THE SCHOOLS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT HAVE REALLY STEPPED UP AND PROVIDED LEADERSHIP AROUND THIS TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, THAT WE WOULD WANT TO PARTNER WITH TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. 
          BUT THESE WOULD BE DEEPENING EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS TO START. 
          UM, AND THEN ONCE WE SEE HOW THAT WORKS, THEN WE WOULD GO OUT TO, TO OTHER SCHOOLS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. 
          SLIDE EIGHT, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO INCREASE THE BUDGETS. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, BUT, UM, ALONG WITH THOSE INCREASES, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NEW MONEY, UH, THE 12 MILLION, 17 MILLION, UH, WHERE'S THAT MONEY GONNA COME FROM? I KNOW IT'S A GENERAL FUND, BUT WHERE, WHERE ARE WE GONNA CUT? WE, WE JUST DON'T GROW MONEY ON TREES TO FUND THESE PROGRAMS. WHAT ARE WE CUTTING IN ORDER TO FUND THESE PROGRAMS OUT IN THE FUTURE? OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND? WELL, COUNCILMAN, UM, YEAR ONE IS FISCAL YEAR 22. 
          SO WHAT THE CHART IS SHOWING IS THAT, UM, BASED ON THE CURRENT ALLOCATIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND GRANTS THROUGH ARPA AND HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UH, WE SEE BEING ABLE TO USE, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY, LET'S RELY UPON THOSE FUNDING THAT FUNDING FIRST. 
          UM, AND WE'RE DOING THAT THROUGH THE LAST FIRST TWO YEARS. 
          UM, PART MOST OF YEAR THREE AND YEAR FOUR AND YEAR FIVE, WE WILL NEED TO FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR, UM, WHETHER THAT IS, UM, ARPA PHASE TWO MONEY THAT HAS TO BE SPENT BY 2026, WHICH IS WITHIN THAT FIVE YEAR TIMEFRAME, WHETHER IT IS A PORTION OF GENERAL FUND, WHETHER, UH, AS WE SIT HERE A YEAR FROM NOW, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PUSHES OUT ANOTHER $20 MILLION IN HEALTH GRANTS, WHICH I SUSPECT, I I THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S GONNA TREAT HEALTH DEPARTMENTS LIKE THEY DID FIRE DEPARTMENTS AFTER NINE 11 FOR SOME TIME. 
          SO, WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MANAGE AND MONITOR AND ADJUST THIS SO THAT WE SMOOTH THOSE, THOSE PEAKS OUT. 
          BUT THIS WHAT THE, THE CONCEPT AND THE PROGRAMMATIC, UH, ELEMENTS THAT DR. 
          BRIDGER'S PRESENTING IS, UH, IS AN AGGRESSIVE UNDERTAKING TOWARDS THE HEALTH OUTCOMES IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO, YEAH, THAT, THAT IS PRETTY AGGRESSIVE. 
          UM, UH, I, I'VE GOT CONCERNS WITH THE GENERAL FUND SHOWING IT RIGHT THERE WITH THE MAJORITY OR ALL OF THE FUNDING HERE WITHIN FOUR YEARS, COMING OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND. 
          I, YOU KNOW, KEEP GOING BACK, YOU KNOW, GOTTA CUT SOMETHING TO, UH, UM, BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THAT. 
          UM, ANY THOUGHTS? WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION. 
          I MEAN, UM, FOR, FOR, UM, THE, THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, WE, WE MAKE CUTS IN OUR BUDGET AS WELL TO PRIORITIZE, UH, HIGHER, UH, TO FUND HIGHER PRIORITY ITEMS. AND THAT'S CERTAINLY A, AN OPTION AS WELL AS WE GO THROUGH THAT JOURNEY, UM, IN REALLOCATING EXISTING DOLLARS AS WELL. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, I, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, ABOUT THOSE RED BARS THERE 
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AND, AND THE GENERAL FUND, YOU KNOW, THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO, UM, GET CONSENSUS WITH THE HOMESTEAD, YOU KNOW, ON PROJECTING AND, AND, UH, SHOWING THAT SAVINGS AND, AND EXPENDITURES IN THE FUTURE. 
          I, YOU KNOW, SO I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO HAVE SOME EQUITY HERE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOBBYING FOR HERE TODAY. 
          SO, ANYWAY, THAT'S MY COMMENTS. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE, UH, I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CORNERSTONE HEALTHY CORNER STORE. 
          OKAY. 
          INITIATIVE , UH, THE, UH, AND MAYBE SOMETIME BEFORE JULY 20TH, UH, YOU AND I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, AND, AND THE REASON IS, IS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN VISITING WITH, UM, THE ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORE RETAILERS AND THE SOUTH TEXAS MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION, BETWEEN THEM, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 800 CONVENIENCE STORES, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AND I, I, I SEE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR THEM TO CONDITION THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROGRAM, UH, IN EXCHANGE FOR A POSSIBLE DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF THE $600 HAZMAT FEE THAT'S CHARGED TO THEM ANNUALLY. 
          A HAZMAT FEE THAT IN EVERY OTHER CITY IN TEXAS, I THINK IS A HUNDRED BUCKS. 
          UH, AND I'VE YET TO HEAR A REASON WHY OURS NEEDS TO BE $500 MORE EXPENSIVE. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY, THE MAYOR AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT ALSO POSSIBLY CONDITIONING, UM, THAT DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT, UM, IF THEY WERE TO INSTALL EV CHARGERS. 
          UM, AND, UM, ANYWAY, SOMETHING TO EXPLORE. 
          YEAH. 
          YEP. 
          THAT'S, I, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE GOING 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND, AND THERE'S, THERE'S PROBABLY A REALLY GOOD DIRECT TIE TO THE HEALTHY CORNER STORE INITIATIVE. 
          FOR SURE. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PIA. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AGAIN, VERY BRIEFLY, SECOND ROUND, 'CAUSE WE ARE INTO YOUR LUNCH BREAK. 
          UH, AND WE ARE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THE POLICING SERVICES IN THE LUNCH PERIOD HERE. 
          SO, UM, VERY QUICKLY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, AND THEN BRAVO. 
          I, I JUST WANNA SAY, I THINK WE'RE SO FAR AHEAD, UH, FROM WHERE WE WERE WHEN YOU CAME ON BOARD, WHEN I CAME ON BOARD, DR. 
          BRIDGER, AND IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE THREE OR FOUR YEARS LATER, UM, WITH YOU AND I, I ALSO WANNA THANK THE MAYOR FOR CREATING THE HEALTH COMMITTEE. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF THIS DISCUSSION IS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, BUT I, BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S THAT THE STARS ALIGNED AND WE HAD THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND THE RIGHT DIRECTION AT, AT THE RIGHT TIME. 
          AND I, I DON'T HOPE, I HOPE WE DON'T STOP AT 20, AND I, UH, APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CONTINUE TO GROW THIS BUDGET FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BARBELL. 
          I'M HOPING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A SEGUE HERE SINCE WE'RE GOING INTO, UH, POLICE SERVICES, UH, THAT I, I WANT TO CAST A LONG RANGE VISION FOR WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS, THAT THIS IS WORKING TOWARDS, UH, COMMUNITY-BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION. 
          CORRECT? RIGHT. 
          AND, UH, I THINK WE'VE HEARD OUR POLICE CHIEF SAY THAT, UH, THEY CAN'T DO THAT JOB ALONE, AND THEY, WE CAN'T ARREST OUR WAY OUTTA THESE PROBLEMS. RIGHT. 
          AND SO WE WOULD BE BUILDING OUR COMMUNITY CAPACITY TO PERFORM RESTORATIVE JUSTICE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM THAT WOULD MAKE OUR CITY SAFER, BUT IT WILL BREAK, HELP BREAK THE CYCLE OF SECOND AND THIRD GENERATION INCARCERATION AND MOVE AWAY FROM A SYSTEM OF MASS INCARCERATION. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, UH, AND BY DOING THAT, WE ALSO ARE GONNA FREE UP LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES TO WORK ON OTHER PRIORITIES HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S MINDFUL OF THAT. 
          UM, AND I SKIPPED OVER ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, AND I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THAT BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND I THINK THAT MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS AWARE OF THAT. 
          AND CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES? BECAUSE SURE. 
          I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS A PRIORITY AS WELL. 
          YES. 
          MY FAVORITE THING THAT I'VE WORKED ON, UM, SO ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, THE CONCEPT HERE IS THAT TRAUMA THAT YOU EXPERIENCE WHILE YOU'RE A CHILD, UM, CHANGES THE STRUCTURE OF YOUR BRAIN AND HOW IT INTERACTS WITH YOUR BODY, UM, IN A WAY THAT PUTS PEOPLE AT HIGHER RISK FOR CHRONIC DISEASES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES AS WELL. 
          AND SO, UM, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GIVE ANOTHER A, UH, ACE'S PRESENTATION. 
          UM, IF PEOPLE WOULD BE INTERESTED, I'D BE HAPPY TO COME TO YOUR OFFICE AND GO THROUGH IT. 
          IT'S MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE THING TO TALK ABOUT. 
          WE WOULD, WE WOULD BE INTERESTED. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          UM, AND ERIC, JUST TO PUT AN EARMARK ON THIS ONE, WE ARE GOING TO GET A, UH, DEPARTMENTAL BRIEFING DURING THE BUDGET SESSIONS, RIGHT? OR WE CAN GET INTO THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          OH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, JUST TO PUT A BOW ON THIS DISCUSSION, WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO POLICING SERVICES AND JUST FOR PROCESS WISE, UM, 
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COUNCIL, UH, WE'LL TAKE LITERALLY A, WELL, WE WON'T TAKE A BREAK AT ALL. 
          , I'LL ASK YOU IF YOU CAN BRING YOUR FOOD BACK. 
          UH, WE'LL DO A LITTLE BIT OF A TRANSITION BETWEEN SERVICE. 
          BUT JUST TO PUT A, UH, BOW ON THIS DISCUSSION, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FUNDING. 
          UM, I ALSO DON'T WANT TO SEE US AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. 
          IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          I THINK IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON THOUGH, JUST BECAUSE OF THE SEGMENTATION AND DISPERSION OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND COUNTY CITY INVESTMENTS. 
          UM, BUT I'M ALL FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING PUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING. 
          UM, WHICH IN MY MIND, IF WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ARE WE DOING A GOOD JOB? IT IS, ARE WE IMPROVING THE HEALTH OUTCOMES OF OUR COMMUNITY? THAT'S, THAT'S AS BASIC AS YOU CAN GET. 
          ELIMINATING HEALTH DISPARITIES, MAKING SURE THAT OUR HEALTH, OUR COMMUNITY IS HEALTHY AND WELL AND HAPPY. 
          THAT'S HOW WE ULTIMATELY JUDGE OUR PERFORMANCE. 
          UM, SO, BUT AS WE, IN TERMS OF GROWING THE BUDGET, MY PRIORITIES, OR WHAT I'LL BE LOOKING FOR IS, NUMBER ONE, IS IT SUSTAINABLE? UM, ARE WE, UM, VULNERABLE TO THE IMPACTS OF GRANT FUNDING AT THE FEDERAL OR STATE LEVEL? AND, AND, AND TWO, UH, DO WE HAVE A DIRECTION FOR THOSE DOLLARS? I MEAN, WE CAN INCREASE THE BUDGET, BUT IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE INCREASING THE BUDGET FOR, THERE'S REALLY NO POINT. 
          SO, UM, I DO WANT TO SEE US DO BETTER. 
          UM, AND I THINK IT'S THE HIGHEST, UH, AMONG THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF JUDGING OUR PERFORMANCE OVERALL AS AN ORGANIZATION. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO IT, UM, EYES WIDE OPEN. 
          UM, ERIC, LEMME TOSS IT BACK TO YOU TO RESPOND AND THEN YOU CAN TRANSITION US. 
          YEAH, I, UM, ACTUALLY I WASN'T GONNA RESPOND TO THAT MAYOR. 
          UM, I THOUGHT YOU SUMMED IT UP PERFECTLY. 
          I DID. 
          JUST DID WANNA POINT OUT TO THE COUNCIL THAT, UM, THAT WAS DR. 
          BRIDGER'S LAST PRESENTATION BEFORE THIS CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO, AND SHE DOESN'T WANT, AND I'M, SHE, SHE'LL BE HERE. 
          UM, AND I WAITED TILL THE END 'CAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE SHE GOT THROUGH IT, BUT, UM, SHE, SHE'LL BE HERE THROUGH JULY 20TH. 
          IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THE END. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING, UH, CLAUDE JACOB, UH, UPDATED OF THIS PLAN. 
          HE'LL START ON JULY 6TH, AND DR. 
          BRIDGER'S LAST DAY WILL BE JULY 20TH, AND THERE'LL BE, UH, PROBABLY, PROBABLY A, A SMALL PARTY, BUT, BUT THANK YOU, COLLEEN. 
          I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE COUNCIL OKAY. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, THIS PRESS, AND CAN I MAKE ONE REQUEST? SURE. 
          IF, IF FOLKS ARE GONNA GET UP AND GO GRAB A PLATE, UM, THAT NO MORE THAN TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS LEAVE AT ANY ONE TIME, SO JUST WAIT TILL SOMEBODY COMES BACK TO, TO GO FORWARD. 
          SO GO AHEAD, MARIA. 
          SURE. 
          SO, UM, BEFORE I GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THIS PRESENTATION, UH, JUST WANTED TO, TO MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS. 
          UH, THE REASON WHY WE SCHEDULED THIS MEETING AFTER, AFTER THE PUBLIC HEALTH MEETING IS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE WORK THAT YOU ARE SEEING AND THE STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN AND THE, AND THE FRAMEWORK OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE ARE GONNA PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL TODAY. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THE CONNECTIONS THERE. 
          THE OTHER POINT THAT I WANNA MAKE AS I PRESENT TO YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT AND THE FRAMEWORK, FRAMEWORK FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE TODAY, YOU SAW DURING THE TRIAL BUDGET PRESENTATION THAT THERE ARE SOME SET ASIDES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH IN TERMS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND THE GROWTH OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AS WELL AS HOMELESSNESS. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT TIE. 
          SO WHEN YOU HEAR THE FRAMEWORK, YOU, YOU KEEP THAT IN MIND. 
          SO THIS IS SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST. 
          UM, WE STARTED THIS WORK WHEN THE CITY MANAGER PROVIDED A FRAMEWORK FOR THE REVEAL POLICE SERVICES IN AUGUST OF 2020. 
          UH, WE HAVE PROVIDED THIS, THIS PRESENTATION TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE LAST WEEK ON THE 23RD. 
          AND THE LAST UPDATE THAT WE MADE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR THIS PROJECT WAS ON MAY THE, THE FIFTH. 
          SO THIS IS OUR SECOND UPDATE TO, TO THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          SO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS DIVIDED IN FOUR PILLARS, THE FOUR, THE FIRST ONE IS, IS ADDRESSING FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES. 
          AND THIS INCLUDES AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY, OUR DISCIPLINE PROCESS WITHIN THE POLICE, UH, DEPARTMENT, HIRING AND TRAINING, TRANSPARENCY AND DATA, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT ON THE DISCIPLINE PROCESS. 
          THIS IS PART OF OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, AND THE CITY IS CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING WITH A POLICE OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION TO MAKE CHANGES TO OUR DISCIPLINARY PROCESS. 
          THOSE, UH, NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING, AND ACTUALLY OUR NEXT MEETING WITH THE ASSOCIATION IS ON JULY THE EIGHTH. 
          SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE, 
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TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. 
          WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS IN SOME OF THE AREAS OF, UH, DISCIPLINE THAT WERE PRIORITIES TO THE CITY. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 180 DAY RULE, WHICH IS WHEN THE POLICE CHIEF HAS THE ABILITY TO DISCIPLINE AN EMPLOYEE UNDER THE CURRENT CONTRACT, IT'S 180 DAYS, UH, FROM THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT. 
          UH, IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ASSOCIATION, WE HAVE CONSENSUS TO, UH, TRANSITION TO 180 DAYS FROM THE DAY THAT THE CHIEF KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN FOR MAJOR INCIDENTS. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THE AREA OF ARBITRATION, WHICH IS THE, UH, ONE OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITY OF, OF THE CITY. 
          AS WE PRESENTED IT TO THE COUNCIL, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON THE AUTHORITY OF THE, OF THE ARBITRATOR. 
          OUR GOAL IS THAT THE, THE FINAL DECISION IS THE CHIEF. 
          AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ASSOCIATION. 
          UM, THE NEXT PILLAR ON OUR, ON OUR PROJECT IS EXPECTATIONS. 
          AND WHAT, EXCUSE ME, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY IS WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? WHAT ARE THOSE EXPECTATIONS THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS, IS WANTING TO HAVE WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS? UH, THE INPUT PROCESS IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS PROJECT. 
          UH, INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, OUR CITY COUNCIL, AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WHO'S OVERSEEING THIS PROJECT. 
          AND FINALLY, ON THE RESPONSE ALTERNATIVES, UH, THE CITY MANAGER LAID OUT THREE, UH, PRIORITIES, THANK YOU, INCLUDING, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH. 
          SO, AN UPDATE ON OUR COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS. 
          WE STARTED IN FEBRUARY, AND THE COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS ENDED, UH, THIS MONTH OF JUNE. 
          UH, WE DID A SCIENTIFIC SURVEY FROM FEBRUARY THROUGH MARCH. 
          WE TOOK THE RESULTS OF THAT SCIENTIFIC SURVEY TO GET, UH, QUALITATIVE DATA FROM OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO EACH OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WE DID A TOTAL OF 27, UM, MEETINGS WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAD COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, AND ALSO WE ENGAGE OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO ALSO GET THEIR INPUT FOR THIS PROCESS. 
          SO, 27 COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND TOTAL A TOTAL OF 12 STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH A TOTAL OF, UH, 62 DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WERE ENGAGED IN THIS, UH, CONVERSATIONS. 
          AND THEN WE, UH, CONDUCTED A SURVEY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH 826, UH, RESPONSES IN A MEETING WITH, UH, ROUGHLY ABOUT 60 POLICE OFFICERS. 
          NOW, WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY ATIONS, AS WE, UM, WENT BACK TO THE RESULTS THAT WE GOT IN THE SCIENTIFIC SURVEY, UM, ONE OF THE, THE QUESTIONS WE WANTED TO KNOW IS, HOW CAN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUILD BETTER COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PUBLIC? SO WHAT WE HEARD FROM THOSE, UH, 27 MEETINGS IS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES IS OUR SAFE PROGRAM. 
          AND I THINK FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE ON, ON, ON THE MEETINGS WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS, IS THAT ST. 
          THOMAS, A SURPRISE COMMUNITY-BASED POLICING PROGRAM WAS ANOTHER AREA WHERE, UM, THE COMMUNITY INDICATES THAT WE CAN BUILD BETTER RELATIONSHIPS AND INVOLVEMENT WITH YOUTH. 
          ANOTHER AREA THAT WE WANTED TO GET FURTHER CLARIFICATION FROM THE SURVEY IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED IS, DO YOU FEEL SAFE AT NIGHT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? AND WE FOUND, UH, THAT OVERALL OVER 50% OF THE RESPONDENTS FELT SAFE. 
          BUT THERE WERE AREAS IN OUR CITY, SPECIFICALLY DISTRICT THREE AND DISTRICT FOUR, THAT INDICATED WE DON'T FEEL SAFE. 
          SO TO THAT EFFECT, UH, THE POLICE CHIEF HAS STARTED MEETINGS WITH THOSE, UH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER. 
          BUT WHEN WE ASKED THE QUESTION, UH, WHAT WE HEARD IS STREET LIGHTING IS, IS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES, NOT ONLY OF THOSE DISTRICTS, BUT OF ALL THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD, GETTING TO KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS BETTER, HAVING NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAMS AND PERSONAL SECURITY SYSTEMS. ANOTHER AREA THAT WE WANTED TO GET, UH, MORE, UH, QUALITATIVE DATA FROM OUR COMMUNITY IS HOW SHOULD THE POLICE VISIBILITY INCREASE? WE ASKED THAT QUESTION IN THE SURVEY, AND WHEN WE ASKED THE QUESTION AT THE, THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, UH, WHAT WE GOT IS MORE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT FROM OUR POLICE OFFICERS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS, GETTING TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY MORE, PROACTIVE PATROLS, UM, UH, WALKING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS, GETTING TO KNOW THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF, UH, WHAT IS THE MOST IMPACTFUL TYPE OF CALL THAT WE CAN HAVE. 
          AN ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TO HAVING SS A P D BEING THE PRIMARY RESPONSE TO A NINE ONE ONE CALL THAT WE RECEIVE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE CALLS NOT INVOLVING A WEAPON, WAS THE NUMBER ONE CALL, 
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ANIMAL RELATED CALLS WAS THE SECOND ONE FOLLOWED TO NO CHANGE TO THE CURRENT WAY THAT WE DELIVER SERVICES, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I'M GONNA TRANSITION NOW TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD FROM STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, AND YOU'LL SEE THE, SOME OF THIS, UH, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE GROUPS AND ALSO FROM OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH INEQUITY TIE VERY CLOSELY TO THE WORK THAT METRO HEALTH IS DOING IN THEIR, UM, STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN. 
          SO IN TERMS OF ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES, MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE, UH, TRAUMA WITH THE TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE FRAMEWORK WAS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES. 
          HAVING, UH, SPANISH, UH, SPEAKING CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM MEMBERS, ASSISTING OFFICERS AT CALLS, SPECIFICALLY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, IN TERMS OF DATA AND TRANSPARENCY, AS WE ARE TRYING TO UPDATE OUR WEBSITE. 
          AND WE WANNA KNOW WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, MORE INFORMATION ON OUR RACIAL PROFILING REPORT, DEEP DATA ANALYSIS ON TRAFFIC STOPS AND STOP OUTCOMES IN TERMS OF, UM, ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WHAT WE HEARD ALSO IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANT TO GET TO KNOW OFFICERS AT A MORE PERSONAL LEVEL. 
          THEY, UH, INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE OUR OFFICERS TO ENGAGE, UM, UH, UNDER THEIR, UH, OFF DUTY AT TIME AND NOT WEARING A UNIFORM TO DEVELOP THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR COMMUNITY. 
          NOW, MOVING TO WHAT WE HEARD FROM OUR POLICE OFFICERS AS WE WANTED, ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU, YOU HEAR THEIR INPUT, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED THEM IS, WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF AGREEMENT WITH WHAT YOU HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY? THE TOP FIVE CALLS WHERE SS A P D PERHAPS DOESN'T TAKE A PRIMARY ROLE IN OF THE, THE SIX CALLS, UM, FIVE OF THEM, BUT THE POLICE OFFICERS AGREE MORE THAN 50% SAID YES, WE AGREE WITH THE COMMUNITY SAYING ANIMAL RELATED CALLS SHOULDN'T BE A CALL FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS TO ADDRESS ENFORCEMENT OF, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS, UH, PARKING VIOLATIONS, AND MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, NOT INVOLVING A WEAPON. 
          WE ALSO ASK THEM, WHAT ARE THE, THE TOP THREE CALLS THAT YOU THINK, UH, SS A P D SHOULD NOT HAVE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY? UH, AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN, LOUD MUSIC, UH, CHILD CUSTODY, VISITATION VIOLATIONS, AND FIREWORKS. 
          NOW, WE ALSO DID A SURVEY THROUGH OUR SA SPEAKUP PLATFORM TO GET SOME IDEAS ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE ON, ON, UH, OUR WEBSITE AND HOW THEY WANNA GET INFORMATION FROM S A P D, NOT ALSO FROM OUR WEBSITE, BUT ALSO SOCIAL, UH, MEDIA OUTLETS. 
          SO WHAT WE HEARD THAT THE TOP THREE PREFERRED METHODS TO GET INFORMATION IS A WEBSITE, TEXT MESSAGES, AND A COMBINATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. UH, THE, THE, UM, INFORMATION THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE, UH, OR TO HAVE INCLUDED IN OUR WEBSITE IS AN INTERACTIVE CRIME, UH, DATA MAP, UH, REAL-TIME POLICE EMERGENCY TEXT ALERTS, AND, UH, DAILY UPDATES ON MAJOR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY INCIDENTS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE DATA THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCLUDED IS, UH, UM, UH, POLICE OFFICER DISCIPLINE RECORDS, INTERNAL AFFAIRS, ANNUAL REPORTS, AND, UH, CLEARANCE RATES FOR, UM, SS A P D, WHICH IS THE RATIO OF ARREST TO NO OFFENSES. 
          NOW, OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE WAS ALSO CHARGED, UH, WITH, UH, LOOKING AT THREE AREAS, UM, BY THE MAYOR BACK IN JUNE OF, UH, 2020. 
          AND THAT INCLUDED, UH, MENTAL HEALTH, UH, GENDER AND RACIAL EQUITY. 
          SO THIS IS SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT, THAT WE RECEIVED THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE RECEIVED FROM COMMUNITY HEALTH INEQUITY. 
          SO I'M JUST GONNA HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THOSE. 
          SO IN TERMS OF MENTAL HEALTH, UH, THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR, UH, CURRENT REVIEW OF A RESPONSE MODEL FOR MENTAL HEALTH, UH, CALLS THAT IS BEING DONE BY THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES CONNECTING, UH, RESIDENTS TO RESOURCES, EXPLORING, INTEGRATING OUTREACH, UH, SPECIALISTS LIKE PROMO TORA, FOR EXAMPLE, OR OTHER PROFESSIONALS TO THOSE CALLS THAT POLICE OFFICERS, UH, RESPOND TO EVALUATING OUR CURRENT MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE AND INCREASING OUR CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, UH, 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK IN TERMS OF RACIAL, UH, EQUITY, UH, EXAMINING THE BENEFITS, UH, OF ENGAGING RESIDENTS VERSUS PETROLEUM, WHICH IS COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE TACKLING WITHIN OUR POLICE SERVICES REVIEW. 
          UH, AND, AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE IN THE AREA OF, UH, GENDER A BETTER UNDERSTANDING HOW CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN IN LGBTQ PLUS, UM, COMMUNITY ARE HANDLED, UH, AND FOLLOW ON AND, AND RESOLVED BY SS A P D. 
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NOW, IN TERMS OF, UM, THE FRAMEWORK FOR RECOMMENDATIONS, AND AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE WE WANNA GET YOUR INPUT BEFORE WE DEVELOP FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS AS PART OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          SO IN THE AREAS OF MENTAL HEALTH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOMELESSNESS, OUR FRAMEWORK IS, UM, ANCHOR AND A TEAM APPROACH. 
          AND NOT ONLY HAVING THE POLICE OFFICER RESPOND, BUT HAVING A COMBINATION OF PROFESSIONALS AND ADVOCATES, UH, OUR E M S, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE ON-SCENE ADVOCATES THAT ARE TRAINED TO DEAL WITH THE DIFFICULTIES AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE CALLS RELATED, AGAIN, TO FAMILY VIOLENCE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AND HOMELESSNESS CRISIS DEESCALATION. 
          AND THEN TO HAVE A WARM HANDOFF TO SERVICES THAT MAINTAIN THAT SUSTAINED REPORT. 
          SO NOT ONLY ADDRESSING THAT 9 1 1 CALL, BUT FOLLOWING UP WITH, WITH THE VICTIM, THE CHILDREN OF, OF THAT HOUSEHOLD THAT PERHAPS HAS A FAMILY VIOLENCE, UH, CASE, AND ALSO WITH A PERPETRATOR, THE WORK THAT THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION IS DOING, THEY DID A, A LOT, LOT OF DATA ANALYSIS AND TRIED TO IDENTIFY WHERE THEIR CALLS RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH ARE COMING WITHIN OUR CITY. 
          AND WHAT THEY, UH, REALIZED IS THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ZIP CODES. 
          ONE IS CLOSE TO THE, UM, MEDICAL CENTER AREA, AND ANOTHER ONE IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA WHERE GENERATE MOST OF THE CALLS. 
          WE'RE CONTINUING TO FIND OUT WHY WE'RE GETTING THOSE CALLS. 
          UH, BUT, UH, ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT IS TO PILOT THIS, A ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE WITHIN ONE POLICE SUBSTATION, AS I MENTIONED, ON MENTAL HEALTH. 
          UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM, UH, THE MEADOWS, UM, MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE ARE BEING FINALIZED. 
          WE, UH, THOSE WERE PRESENTED TO COMMUNITY HEALTH INEQUITY A FEW WEEKS AGO. 
          AND THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS WILL COME TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IN EARLY AUGUST, AND THEN TO THE FINAL COUNCIL ON AUGUST THE 12TH. 
          UH, PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS FOCUS ON A TEAM-BASED RESPONSE WITH CLINICAL EXPERTISE, UH, EITHER ON SCENE OR AVAILABLE BY PHONE AS WE HAVE SOME TECHNOLOGY NOW THAT HAS BEEN, UH, INTRODUCED BY OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, UH, VIA PHONE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          UH, THE, THE, THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING IS ALSO AN ON-SCENE TEAM BASIS, UH, CRISIS TRIAGE WITH LINKS TO LONG-TERM INTERVENTION AND SERVICES. 
          AND COUNCILWOMAN  TO, TO YOUR POINT, IS NOT ONLY ADDRESSING THE CALL, UH, AT THE TIME, BUT HOW CAN WE HELP THAT FAMILY AND THAT VICTIM, UH, LONG-TERM. 
          AND THERE, THE AREA OF HOMELESSNESS, OUR FRAMEWORK FOCUSES ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, ENHANCING OUR PREVENTION AND DIVERSION PROGRAMS, INCREASING OUR OUTREACH AND CAPACITY, AND ALSO ROTATING OUR MOBILE HOMELESS HUB. 
          NOW, IN ADDITION TO THOSE THREE, UH, AREAS THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAD LAID OUT IN, IN HIS INITIAL, UH, FRAMEWORK, UH, WE ARE ALSO, OUR FRAMEWORK INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR WEBSITE IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY AND DATA, UH, ENHANCING THE WEBSITE, MORE INTERACTIVE DATA TOOLS, UM, AS WELL AS THE SEGREGATING, UH, DATA WITHIN OUR EXISTING REPORTS. 
          IN THE CASE OF ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE, IN ADDITION TO THOSE CALLS THAT I MENTIONED, AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, WHEN I MET WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND ASKED THEM WHAT THEY THOUGHT, WHICH KIND OF CALLS PERHAPS OUR POLICE OFFICERS SHOULDN'T BE ADDRESSING. 
          AND AN EXAMPLE THEY GAVE ME IS, FOR INSTANCE, IF, IF I FIND A BICYCLE IN MY FRONT YARD, I CALL 9 1 1 AND WE SEND A POLICE OFFICER TO MAKE A REPORT, PICK UP THAT BIKE AND BRING IT DOWNTOWN TO OUR PROPERTY ROOM. 
          SO PROBABLY NOT THE BEST USE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS. 
          SO, SO BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK THAT THEY PROVIDED TO US, WE'RE GONNA BE EVALUATING THOSE CALLS AND SEE PERHAPS A CIVILIAN CAN HANDLE IT. 
          UM, AND OF COURSE, AS LONG AS THERE'S NO EVIDENCE RELATED TO A CRIME, UH, OTHERWISE WE HAVE TO SEND A POLICE OFFICER. 
          BUT WE'LL BE, UH, EXPLORING THAT IN THE MONTH OF JULY. 
          AND FINALLY ENHANCING OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF COVID, WE, UM, UH, PUT ON HOLD A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS WITH OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THOSE STARTED AGAIN IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, BUT WE ARE GONNA BE EXPLORING WAYS TO ENHANCE OUR SAFE PROGRAM AND ALSO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS. SAY FOR EXAMPLE, UH, I THINK SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SOME OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, WANT TO CALL THE, THE, THE SAFE POLICE OFFICER WHEN THERE'S A CODE ISSUE, AN ANIMAL RELATED ISSUE. 
          SO WE, THE CITY, NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB IN LETTING OUR COMMUNITY KNOW FOR THAT TYPE OF CODE, CODE 3 1 1, OR THESE ARE OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO NEXT STEPS IN THIS PROCESS, UH, WE ARE GONNA BE PREPARING RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE MONTH 
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OF JULY. 
          UH, WE GO BACK TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ON AUGUST THE SECOND, UH, TO PROVIDE THE DRAFT, UH, FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK. 
          AND THEN THE CITY MANAGER WILL INCLUDE THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE, WITHIN HIS PROPOSED BUDGET AND PRESENT IT TO THE COUNCIL ON AUGUST THE 12TH. 
          WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO LOOK AT THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN DETAIL, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND GIVE US OUR INPUT BEFORE BUDGET ADOPTION ON SEPTEMBER 16. 
          SO, UM, MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO, TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, MARIA, AND, UM, THIS IS A GREAT OVERVIEW OF THE, OF THE PROCESS THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH FOR THE LAST, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS. 
          UM, AND I ASSUME WE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH ON, YOU KNOW, THE ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES AND WHAT'S GONNA BE PART OF THE PILOT, WHAT IS GONNA BE ADOPTED DEPARTMENT-WIDE, OR ARE ALL THE ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES RIGHT NOW GONNA BE, GONNA BE, UH, PILOTED THROUGH A SINGLE SUBSTATION? OR ARE THERE SOME THAT ARE GOING TO AUTOMATICALLY BE, UH, MORE WIDELY ADOPTED? SO RINO IS SPECIFICALLY FOR MENTAL HEALTH, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOMELESSNESS. 
          OUR, UH, PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS IS TO FOCUS ON ONE SUBSTATION TO SEE IF OUR NEW WAY OF HANDLING THIS CALLS IS, IS GONNA WORK, BE ABLE TO MEASURE IT BEFORE WE EXPAND IT, CITYWIDE THE OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT I MENTIONED, UH, WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO THOSE CITYWIDE, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, PICKING UP A PROP FOUND PROPERTY ON, ON A PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OF THE, UM, CRIME STATISTICS SO FAR, UH, THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE YEAR? UH, WE DO. 
          I, I DON'T HAVE A, A SLIDE, UH, TO, UH, PUT ON ON, ON THE SCREEN, BUT, UM, BUT WE DO, SO JUST OVERALL, OUR, OUR CRIME IS DOWN FOR THE FIRST, UH, THROUGH THE MONTH OF APRIL CALENDAR YEAR, UH, 2021 COMPARED TO 2020. 
          UM, SO OVERALL CRIME IS DOWN AND, UM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO GET THOSE STATISTICS. 
          UM, UM, MAYBE AFTER A BREAK WE, WE DO HAVE THEM WITH US. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, TALKING WITH MY PEERS IN THE BIGGER CITIES, THERE'S A, A, A VERY SERIOUS SURGE OF VIOLENT CRIME, GUN VIOLENCE, UM, WAS ANTICIPATED AS A RESULT OR, OR, UH, AS WE'VE, UH, STARTED TO EMERGE FROM THE PANDEMIC, I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHERE WE ARE RELATIVE TO THOSE, UM, TO THOSE CITIES. 
          UM, NOT QUITE CLEAR ON, ON WHAT THE TRENDS ARE WITH PROPERTY CRIMES. 
          UM, BUT I WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED IN SEE HOW, HOW WE'RE DOING THERE. 
          I, I WILL SAY I'VE SPENT SOME TIME WITH, UH, STANDUP SA AND THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE WITH, UH, VIOLENCE PREVENTION CURE, UH, THE CURE VIOLENCE MODEL, AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH VIOLENCE DISRUPTION IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED. 
          UH, SO I HOPE THAT, UH, PART OF OUR PLAN, WHETHER THAT'S WITHIN THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION DIVISION OR, OR WITHIN POLICING RESOURCES, THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO AUGMENT THAT AND EXPAND IT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN. 
          UM, THE ONE UPDATE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, AND I, I HEARD THIS QUITE A BIT, THERE ARE CERTAIN HOTSPOTS THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE IN OUR CITY. 
          ONE OF THEM IS OVER BY THE STRIP, UM, IN DISTRICT ONE. 
          AND SO IS THERE AN UPDATE ON, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE PROGRAM WAS CALLED, BUT IT WAS ABOUT FOCUSING ON SPECIFIC, UH, NIGHTTIME ACT ACTIVE AREAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER VISIBILITY, UH, AND PATROLS HAPPENING AND, AND ARE WE SEEING ANY RESULTS FROM THAT? I THINK WE'RE SEEING MORE RESULTS FROM SATISFACTION OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, WE'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE NORTH ST. 
          MARY STRIP. 
          UM, WE ACTUALLY, MOST OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING UP THERE ARE ORDER MAINTENANCE TYPE ISSUES, UH, AFTER THE BARS CLOSED, AFTER THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE, ARE DONE VENDING. 
          UM, PEOPLE ARE WANDERING BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS AND, UH, CAUSING DISTURBANCES, UH, EVERYTHING FROM URINATING IN PUBLIC TO SEX ACTS, UH, YOU KNOW, IN BETWEEN PARKED CARS, UM, LOUD NOISE THAT THAT'S WHAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE UPSET ABOUT. 
          UH, SOME, UH, OCCASIONALLY THEY'RE HEARING GUNSHOTS, UH, NOBODY BEING SHOT, BUT PEOPLE JUST FIRING GUNS. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT STREET CRIMES WORKING IN THOSE AREAS. 
          UH, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHTS, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED SOME FAIRLY POSITIVE, UH, FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, UP THERE, UH, ABOUT THAT, UH, ABOUT THAT COVERAGE DURING THOSE NIGHTS. 
          UH, WE'LL CONTINUE THAT UNTIL WE COME UP WITH SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVE. 
          STREET CRIMES IS NOT THE ANSWER. 
          PUTTING STREET CRIMES UP THERE IS NOT THE ANSWER 
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TO THOSE ISSUES. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT A, YOU KNOW, TWO WORLDS COLLIDING WITH THE, WITH THE, THE, UH, BARS AND THE CLUBS, UH, AND THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, THAT, THAT'S AN ISSUE. 
          AND, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE REALLY COME TO ANY RESOLUTION ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BEST SOLUTION IS FOR THAT. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER IN THAT REGARD. 
          AND, UM, BUT RIGHT NOW I THINK WE'VE GOT A HANDLE ON IT, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHIEF, LET ONE QUESTION WHILE YOU'RE UP HERE. 
          WHERE ARE WE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT DEPARTMENT, UH, PROFESSIONALS HAVE WITH RESPECT TO VACANCIES GOING TO F Y 22 WITH RESPECT TO VACANCIES? RIGHT. 
          ARE WE WHERE WE NEED TO BE WITH, UH, UNIFORM POSITIONS? WE ARE. 
          WE, WE CONTINUE TO, UH, FILL OUR ACADEMY CLASSES. 
          WE, WE HAVE ONE STARTING, UH, IN JULY. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD A VACANCY ISSUE FOR, FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW. 
          UH, NO PROBLEM FILLING, FILLING THOSE ACADEMY CLASSES YET. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          I'LL, I'LL JUST, UM, REALLY, IT'S, IT'S BEEN FOR THE LAST YEAR, BECAUSE IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET OUT OF A HOLE WE WERE IN, IN TERMS OF VACANCIES. 
          SO IT, UM, UM, BACK IN 20 16, 20 17, CLASSES WERE DELAYED. 
          UM, AND, AND I'LL REMIND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE HERE, WE, WE'VE HAD TO MAKE A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO TRY TO GET OUT. 
          WE GOT OVER THE, WE GOT, WE WERE ACTUALLY OVERHIRED LAST SUMMER, I THINK AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE EITHER AT 18 OR 19 VACANCIES. 
          18 VACANCIES, AND WE'VE GOT TWO CLASSES IN THE ACADEMY AND A THIRD ONE STARTING IN THE, IN THE, IN THE SUMMER. 
          SO, UM, IT, FRANKLY, IN BOTH DEPARTMENT, BOTH POLICE AND FIRE, UM, OUR MODE OF OPERATION IS TO STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL LEARNED IN 20 16, 20 17, WE START FALLING BEHIND IN THOSE AREAS. 
          IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET OUT OF THE HOLE, AND WE WILL HAVE A DEPARTMENT BRIEFING. 
          AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL BUDGET NUMBERS ON HERE, BUT, UM, WITH RESPECT TO GROWTH OF THE BUDGET, IS IT IN LINE WITH OUR ALL BUDGET GROWTH? YEAH. 
          UH, MAYOR, WE'LL, WE'LL BE THAT, THAT'S PART OF THE DETAILED WORK WE'LL DO IN JULY, BUT, UH, IT LIKELY WILL BE, UM, WE HAVE, UH, NOT FINALIZED, OBVIOUSLY, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, POLICE OFFICER ASSOCIATION. 
          UM, OUR FINANCIAL POSITION RIGHT NOW, UH, INCLUDED WITH THE, THE TRIAL BUDGET AND THE FORECAST, UM, WE INCLUDED WHAT WE OFFERED THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, UM, WHICH WAS ZERO IN 2022. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE'LL BE OTHER OPERATIONAL JUSTICE, BUT I SUSPECT IT'LL BE VERY MUCH IN LINE, IF NOT BELOW THE, THE OVERALL BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS, ERIC. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF, THE MAYOR, IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN COMMENT ON THE, UH, CRIME NUMBERS IF YOU, IF YOU SURE, YEAH, IF YOU HAVE 'EM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT U C R STATUTE. 
          THESE ARE THE STATS THAT ARE, THAT ARE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE F B I THAT WE REPORT TO THE F B I. 
          THESE ARE OFFICIAL, BUT THEY'RE NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL THEY'RE VERIFIED BY THE F B I, OR NOT VERIFIED, BUT BLESSED BY THE F B I. 
          SO FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS, FOR THE FIRST, I'M SORRY, THREE MONTHS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS SHEER, UH, WE HAVE A DROP IN VIOLENT CRIME, AND THAT'S HOMICIDE, ROBBERY, RAPE AND ASSAULT, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, UH, THOSE NUMBERS ARE DOWN 14.8%. 
          UM, 6% DROP IN HOMICIDE, 34% DROP IN RAPE, 39% DROP IN ROBBERY AND ASSAULT IS ABOUT 3% FOR 14.8. 
          AND IN PROPERTY, WE'RE LOOKING AT BURGLARY, LARCENY, AND VEHICLE THEFT. 
          UH, WE HAVE DECREASES IN, IN ALL THREE. 
          UH, TWO OF THOSE TWO OUTTA THREE, UM, BURGLARY, WERE DOWN 28% LARCENY, 13.8, AND VEHICLE THEFT IS THE ONLY CATEGORY THAT IS UP BY 3%. 
          SO THERE'S A DROP OF 13.8% THERE. 
          SO WE'RE DOWN, UH, BOTH CATEGORIES AROUND 14%. 
          UH, AND THAT ACTUALLY HAS EXTENDED THROUGH MAY OF THIS YEAR AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S YEAR OVER YEAR, FIRST QUARTER, OR THROUGH MAY? THROUGH MAY, WELL THROUGH MAY. 
          THAT'S FIRST QUARTER, BUT THOSE NUMBERS ARE, HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT THROUGH MAY. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAR OVER YEAR STATS. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          UM, VERY GOOD. 
          ALRIGHT, LET'S, UH, GET INTO DISCUSSION. 
          UH, GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          AND I'VE GOT, UH, 10 AND THREE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I'M GONNA GO OFF TOPIC JUST BRIEFLY BECAUSE I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, A BUNCH OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CYCLING COMMUNITY THAT JUST ARRIVED HERE TODAY TO ADVOCATE FOR, YOU KNOW, A, UH, SAFER CITY FOR CYCLISTS AND FOR MORE PROTECTED BIKE LANES AND MORE CONNECTIVITY HERE. 
          AND, UH, SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING OUT JUST TO, UM, COME. 
          WELL, I, 
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I'M SORRY. 
          WE THINK WE DON'T HAVE, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU, SO WE HAVE CHILDREN HERE, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA MAKE A QUICK, QUICK STATEMENT AND THEN WE'RE GONNA LEAVE SO WE DON'T BOTHER. 
          THERE'S NOT, I WAS NOT GONNA, WE WE'RE GONNA SAY, WANTED TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE. 
          SORRY GUYS. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          WELL, I'LL GET AWAY FROM THE PODIUM. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, RON. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU GUYS. 
          THANKS SO MUCH, EVERYBODY FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT, UH, WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING HERE. 
          UH, BUT WE DO HAVE TO KEEP THE DISCUSSION ON TOPIC, SO I'M SO SORRY FOR TAKING YOU ALL OFF TOPIC. 
          UH, JUST, I THOUGHT MARIO WAS SAYING COME ON OVER, BUT NO, I WAS JUST, JUST ACKNOWLEDGING YOU ALL. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION. 
          THANKS COMING. 
          WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE. 
          WE'RE GLAD FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AS WELL. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO ON THE, UH, THANK YOU ON THE TOP. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO, UM, BACK TO, UH, POLICE SERVICES. 
          UM, SO I HAD AN, AN, UM, INITIALLY BEEN HOPING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT, UM, HOW CAN, WHAT CAN WE DO, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE COMMUNITY? I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN, IN, UM, WHAT CAN WE DO IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY WHEN THERE IS, UH, AN EXCESSIVE USE OF, OF FORCE INCIDENT. 
          AND, UH, I'VE BEEN SINCE INFORMED THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, THERE'S A MODEL IN DENVER, COLORADO, UH, WHERE THERE ARE AN INDEPENDENTLY FUNDED STAFF THAT, UH, WORKS ON OVERSIGHT AND SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY, UM, IN, IN THOSE SITUATIONS. 
          AND I'VE BEEN ADVISED BY CITIES, THE CITY'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT, THAT THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT IS GONNA HELP DICTATE ON WHETHER OR NOT HOW WE CAN DO THAT. 
          BUT I AM INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE THAT OPTION, UM, AND, AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, DISTRICT ONE, I, I DID ALREADY HAVE, UH, THE PLEASURE OF GETTING A BRIEFING BY THE POLICE CHIEF AND HIS STAFF. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEGUN DISCUSSIONS, UM, ABOUT, UH, CRIME IN THE BELLEVUE AREA ABOUT CRIME IN, UH, THE NORTH ST. 
          MARY'S STRIP. 
          THERE'S, UH, I, I WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN I KNOCKED DOORS IN DISTRICT ONE, I PROBABLY HEARD MORE ABOUT THE CRIME AROUND THE NORTH ST. 
          MARY STRIP THAN I DID ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. 
          UM, AND I, I MEAN, IN TOBIN HILL, I HEARD THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, BUT I MAY HAVE HEARD MORE ABOUT CRIME AROUND THE NORTH ST. 
          MARY STRIP THAN I HEARD ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE IN THE DISTRICT. 
          UM, IT WAS DEFINITELY A TOP ISSUE. 
          AND, UM, SO I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THAT COMMUNITY. 
          UH, IN ADDITION, THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, I HEARD ABOUT COMPLAINTS ABOUT FREQUENT GUNSHOTS, AND IT RANGED ACROSS THE DISTRICT FROM HEARING GUNSHOTS SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH TO HEARING GUNSHOTS ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          AND SOME MEMBERS OF DISTRICT ONE TOLD ME THAT THEY'VE JUST GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S BECOME THE NEW NORMAL FOR THEM. 
          AND I'M NOT OKAY WITH THAT. 
          AND SO I, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE WITH YOU, CHIEF, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO THERE? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT TO BE THE NEW NORMAL THAT YOU HEAR GUNSHOTS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          I, THAT SEEMS TO BE THE NORM IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AS WELL, AND, AND WE'RE NOT OKAY WITH IT EITHER. 
          UH, UH, UH, SAY SEVERAL YEARS AGO WITH A, A, UH, PLATFORM CALLED SHOTSPOTTER, AND THAT TURNED OUT NOT TO WORK SO WELL. 
          UH, WE GAVE IT A REAL GOOD LOOK, UH, AT, AT QUITE SOME COST, BUT IT, IT, IT WASN'T DOING WHAT WE WANTED IT TO DO OR WHAT WE NEEDED IT TO DO, SO THAT, THAT WENT BY THE WAYSIDE. 
          BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK AND, AND CHECK, UH, WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING ABOUT NORTH ST. 
          MARY'S, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS ON OUR RADAR AS A CR HIGH CRIME, HIGH CRIME AREA. 
          THE, THE ISSUES THAT I DO KNOW ARE, ARE PREVALENT IN NORTH ON THE NORTH ST. 
          MARY'S STRIP ARE THE ISSUES I JUST TALKED ABOUT, UH, RELATED TO THE BARS, UH, AND, AND, AND AT BAR CLOSING TIME. 
          UH, THAT IS THE ONLY ISSUE THAT I KNOW OF THAT'S HAPPENING UP THERE. 
          BUT IF IN FACT, AS YOU SAY, UH, THERE, IT'S A HIGH CRIME AREA, I'M GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          AND IF, IF IN FACT IT, IT SHOWS TO BE TRUE, THEN WE'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO ADDRESS IT. 
          UM, THE, THE COMPLAINTS THAT I'VE HEARD WERE RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LATE AT NIGHT AFTER PEOPLE GETTING OUTTA THE BARS, SO IT WAS RELATED. 
          IT'S OKAY. 
          I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND, AND WE'RE WORKING THAT, AS I MENTIONED, WITH, WITH STREET CRIMES. 
          AND, AND YOU KNOW, AS WE MENTIONED, WHEN, AS I MENTIONED WHEN YOU AND I SPOKE ABOUT IT, STREET CRIMES IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO WHAT AILS THE NORTH ST. 
          MARY'S STRIP. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          AND, AND AS YOU KNOW, UH, THAT'S BEEN A, THAT'S BEEN A PROBLEM FOR AS LONG AS THOSE BARS HAVE EXISTED UP 
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THERE. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          I THINK IT'S, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SHE'S BACK. 
          OH, YOU'RE BACK. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M BACK. 
          . 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          UH, THANKS FOR THOSE STATISTICS, ALSO THE CRIME STATISTICS, UH, COMPARING US TO OTHER CITIES. 
          UM, BUT I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR NUMBER OF POLICEMEN OUT ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW. 
          AND I HAVE THIS, UH, DOCUMENT, I GUESS IT WAS PREPARED BY YOUR OFFICE JUNE 22ND OF THIS YEAR. 
          AND, UH, IT SHOWS, UH, PER CAPITA POLICEMEN FOR OUR CITY COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES. 
          AND, UH, ACCORDING TO THIS, WE'RE IN THIRD PLACE. 
          HOUSTON IS FIRST, DALLAS SECOND WE'RE IN THIRD, FOLLOWED BY FORT WORTH, EL PASO AND AUSTIN, AS FAR AS NUMBER OF POLICE PER, UH, POPULATION, UH, IN THOSE CITIES PER A THOUSAND. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, THAT'S GREAT. 
          WHAT IS OUR ACTUALLY AUTHORIZED STRENGTH? IT SAYS HERE 24 88. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AUTHORIZED TO HAVE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, CADETS OUT IN THE, UM, COMMUNITY ONCE THEY GRADUATE FROM THE ACADEMY. 
          BUT I'M LOOKING AT THIS LITTLE CHART DOWN BELOW. 
          IT SAYS, S A P D VACANCIES AS OF JUNE 11TH, GOT 2376 SWORN POSITIONS FILLED. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE CADETS IN ACADEMY CLASS 94 MM-HMM. 
          , BUT THEY'RE IN CLASS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THEY'RE NOT EVEN OUT ON THE STREET. 
          I'M SAYING IT SHOULD BE 94 CADETS. 
          AND THE VACANCIES ADDED TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT ON THE STREET, THEY'RE STILL IN SCHOOL, AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GRADUATE. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I'M LOOKING AT THE 24 88, AND I'M READING THIS, THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE 112 OFFICERS SHORT, THAT'S THE 94 THAT ARE IN ACADEMY IN THE CLASSES AND THE 18 VACANCIES MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, BUT I, I'M, I'M GETTING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, ARE WE COUNTING THE ACADEMY CLASSES AS PART OF OUR SWORN POSITIONS FILLED? BECAUSE I'M, I'M SEEING THAT WE'RE 112 SHORT RIGHT NOW. 
          20 CAN WELL WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE GONE AROUND AND AROUND ON THIS EACH TIME WE TALK ABOUT IT. 
          WELL, WE, WE, WE WENT ROUND AND ROUND ABOUT THE CADETS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GRADUATED THAT WE'RE COUNTING TOWARDS OUR AUTHORIZATIONS, BUT THEY'RE NOT TOTALLY OUT OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY'RE SITTING WITH ANOTHER POLICE OFFICER FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS AFTER THEY GRADUATE. 
          AND WE'VE ARGUED THAT BACK AND FORTH, BUT WE'VE NEVER SHOWN CADETS AS FILLING POSITIONS THAT ARE IN CLASS, OR NOT EVEN IN CLASS YET, HAVE WE? I I DON'T RECALL THAT EVER BEING PORTRAYED THIS WAY, IS WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          AND I'M SAYING TODAY WE GOT 2376 AND WE'RE 112 SHORT BECAUSE OUR AUTHORIZED IS 24 88. 
          SO Y'ALL MADE COMMENTS WHILE AGO THAT WE'RE, WE'RE OKAY OUT IN THE FIELD TODAY. 
          AND I'M NOT SEEING IT THAT WAY. 
          WE'RE 112 SHORT TODAY, COUNCILMAN. 
          WE'RE GONNA DISAGREE WITH YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE A A DEPARTMENT THIS SIZE WITH ALMOST 2,500 POSITIONS, UM, THERE IS ALWAYS GONNA BE PEOPLE RETIRING, UM, OR LEAVING. 
          AND IT'S A PRODUCTION LINE. 
          AND, AND THE PRODUCTION LINE IS LONG IN BOTH THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. 
          YOU'VE GOT THE, THE APPLICANT PROCESS. 
          YOU'VE GOT A TRAINING ACADEMY FOR SIX MONTHS. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN, UH, WITH A, AFTER YOU GRADUATE, YOU'RE WITH A FIELD TRAIN OFFICER FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS. 
          IT'S, IT TAKES A WHILE BEFORE THAT INDIVIDUAL'S OUT THERE, UM, BY THEMSELVES, THE OFFICERS BY THEMSELVES. 
          WE HAVE TO CONSTANTLY CHURN THAT. 
          UM, WHEN, AS A CITY MANAGER, WHEN I SEE A HUNDRED, OR I THINK IT'S 94 CADETS IN THE ACADEMY, THAT'S GOOD. 
          THAT'S, THEY'RE FILLING A POSITION BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE HAVE A VACANCY SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          UM, WE DIDN'T SAY OUT IN THE STREET WHEN WE WERE TALKING A SECOND AGO, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AUTHORIZED POSITIONS. 
          WE HAVE 18 OR 19 ACTUAL VACANCIES RIGHT NOW. 
          THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE FILLED OFFICER POSITIONS, AND WE HAVE 94 IN THE ACADEMY. 
          UM, WHEN WE START THE ACADEMY CLASS IN, IN, UH, THIS SUMMER, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE OVER OUR AUTHORIZED STRENGTH BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO COUNT IT ALL TOGETHER. 
          UM, RAZZI COUNTS THE TRAINEE, UH, IN PUBLIC WORKS AS A FIELD POSITION. 
          WE HAVE TO COUNT THAT, WE BUDGET FOR IT. 
          AND WE ALWAYS NEED TO STAY AHEAD. 
          WHERE 
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WE WERE AT THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, WE HAD, UM, ACTUAL STREET VACANCIES TO ALMOST TWO TO 200 POSITIONS. 
          I THINK IT'S CLOSE TO 300. 
          I DON'T THINK WE GOT THAT HIGH, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS CERTAINLY OVER 200. 
          UM, WE'RE NOT IN THAT POSITION RIGHT NOW. 
          THOSE, THOSE 94 HALF OF THEM WILL LIKELY GRADUATE AT THE, UH, BEGINNING OF THE FALL. 
          THE NEXT HALF WILL GRADUATE BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. 
          UM, AND, AND WE KEEP THAT MACHINE ROLLING. 
          AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR TRIAL BUDGET, OUR FINANCIAL FORECAST, AND LIKELY OUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDING TO KEEP THAT BOTH POLICE AND FIRE AND THAT LONG PIPELINE FUNDED. 
          OKAY. 
          I HEAR MY BELL GOING OFF. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO AGREE TO DISAGREE ON THAT BECAUSE I COUNTING CADETS THAT ARE IN CLASS AS BEING OUT ON, YOU KNOW, PATROLS AND ALL THAT, THAT, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT, COUNCILMAN. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          MARIA, CAN YOU, CAN WE PULL UP WHAT THE COUNCILMAN'S, UM, SHOWING? I DON'T HAVE IT ON, ON THE POWERPOINT. 
          UM, WE, WE CAN TRY TO DO THAT'S, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT YET. 
          LET'S DO THAT AND WE'LL BRING IT UP AT THE END OF THE DAY DURING THE CATCH UP. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, GREAT. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER PERRY, UH, COUNCILS MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          I, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THESE PO PILOT PROGRAMS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING A SUBSTATION IN DISTRICT THREE SO THAT WE CAN HELP PILOT SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. UH, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. 
          BUT I, UM, ON SLIDE THREE, THE COMMUNITY INPUT, UH, WITH SS A P D AND ME, UH, CHIEF, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE GONNA GO OUT TO THE DISTRICT, UH, MY DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE. 
          IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THEY CAN YOU, WE COULD HAVE LIKE A STANDING CIVILIAN INPUT COMMITTEE OR KIND OF A, SOMETHING WHERE THEY CAN KIND OF GIVE SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE MAYBE HELPING AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS? BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE ANSWERS THAT ARE DISTRICT SPECIFIC, UM, TO BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP AND BUILDING COMMUNITY. 
          SURE. 
          I, I DON'T, I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE WHY NOT. 
          THE MORE INPUT WE GET, THE BETTER IT IS. 
          IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW WE STRUCTURE IT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND THEN THAT'S THE ONE THING WITH THE ARP OF DOLLARS AND WHAT WE HAVE, MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT BUDGETING THAT IF WE HAVE ANOTHER COMMITTEE FOR, UH, THESE, THESE DISTRICTS THAT FEEL UNSAFE OR WANNA BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. 
          AND THEN ON SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, ANOTHER POINT TO THAT IS WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY-BASED POLICING PROGRAMS, WHILE I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO GO WIDE WITH, YOU KNOW, PRIDE CENTER, RAPE CRISIS CENTER, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE US GO DISTRICT SPECIFIC WITH NONPROFITS THAT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY TO KIND OF BUILD THAT TRUST AND GET YOUTH INVOLVED. 
          SO IF WE CAN JUST DO THAT CONSIDERATION. 
          AND THEN, UH, THE QUESTION, UH, REGARDING THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, IS, IS, UH, 9 1 1 ASKING WHEN WE GET THESE CALLS, WHO IS MAKING THE CALL? IF IT'S FAMILY, NEIGHBOR, UM, PERSON DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, UH, WHEN THEY MAKE THESE CALLS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY KNOW FOR SURE THAT THAT PERSON DOESN'T HAVE A WEAPON. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          THE, THE COMPLAINANT IS, IS TYPICALLY IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN THE CALL GOES OUT, UH, AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE CALL IS COMING FROM AND WHO'S MAKING IT. 
          THEY ALWAYS HAVE A, A CALLBACK, NOT ALWAYS, BUT MOST TIMES THEY HAVE A CALLBACK NUMBER THAT WE CAN REFER BACK TO IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS WHILE THE IS RESPONDING OR ONCE THEY GET THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          'CAUSE MY CONCERN IS WE TRANSITION TO, UH, HAVING, UM, NON-UNIFORM PEOPLE GO OFF TO THESE CALLS IS THEIR SAFETY. 
          AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEIR SAFETY IS OUR TOP PRIORITY AS WE DO THAT. 
          AND THAT, AND THAT'S OUR CONCERN TOO, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          WE ARE, WE ARE OPEN AND, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES TO MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AND OTHER TYPES OF CALLS. 
          BUT OUR, OUR PRIMARY CONCERN, AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, IS FOR SAFETY OF THE SAFETY OF THOSE FOLKS WHO MAY BE RESPONDING WITH US OR AHEAD OF US. 
          IT, IT, THAT'LL BE REALLY CRITICAL IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TEAM APPROACH. 
          I MEAN, IT, IT'S CRITICAL NOW WHEN JUST POLICE OFFICERS ARE SHOWING UP TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROPERLY INFORMED. 
          IT WILL BE EVEN MORE CRITICAL, UM, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE MECHANISM. 
          'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA PUT, UM, IN ANYBODY, IN ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL HARM'S WAY. 
          AND I JUST WANT US TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUDGET WISE, IS THIS MEANS THE PHONE CALLS TO NINE ONE ONE MIGHT BE A LITTLE LONGER THAN BEFORE. 
          AND WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          UH, IN, WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, SERVICING 
          [03:15:01]
THAT, UH, THE ANIMAL RELATED CALLS, I THINK WE COULD DEFINITELY HELP WITH THAT IF WE GAVE MORE MONEY TO A C S AND GOT SOME BIG FIXES DONE WITHIN THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, SO THAT WAS MY POINT, MY, MY LITTLE COMMENT THERE. 
          AND THEN, UH, ON THE TOP THREE CALLS, OFFICERS SHOULD NOT HAVE PRIMARY RESPONSE RESPONSIBILITY THAT CAME FROM THEM. 
          UH, BECAUSE I WORKED FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          I KNEW CHILD CUSTODY VISITATION WAS GOING TO BE ON THAT LIST. 
          HOWEVER, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT IS NECESSARILY THE CASE. 
          I THINK WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT CRIMINAL HISTORY. 
          UH, WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT, UM, THAT WHOLE RELATIONSHIP BEFORE WE PASS THAT ON TO ANYONE ELSE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER, JUST TO COMMENT THAT, THAT THESE CUSTODY, UH, CALLS, UH, CHILDCARE, YOU KNOW, EXCHANGE CALLS. 
          I, I, I RELATE THEM SOMEWHAT TO BEING AS POTENTIALLY VOLATILE AS FAMILY VIOLENCE CALLS BECAUSE OF THE, THE RELATIONSHIP SOMETIMES BETWEEN THE, THE MOTHER AND THE FATHER. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THEY, THEY CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I, I THINK WE NEED TO, SOME OF 'EM I UNDERSTAND. 
          BUT I THINK IF WE, WE DO THE TECHNOLOGY AND THEN ALSO THE OTHER ASPECT ON 11, AND THIS IS WHY I ASK, IS WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT DIGITAL DIVIDE BEFORE WE GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND SURVEY RESULTS ONLINE. 
          SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA. 
          TY. 
          THANK YOU, UM, MAYOR AND THANK YOU CHIEF. 
          UH, AND I, I APPRECIATE YOU ALWAYS BEING WILLING TO BE THERE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR. 
          AND I KNOW I'M SUPPOSED TO GO ON A BIKE PATROL RIDE AND, UM, TRAVEL ON SOME OF THE HOMELESS, UH, ENCAMPMENTS COMING UP SOON. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, STREET LIGHTING IS, IS IMPORTANT IN, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR AREA IS THE SECOND LARGEST AREA IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO I LITERALLY HAVE TO DIVIDE THE DISTRICT UP INTO THREE SECTIONS, UH, THE NORTHERN, THE CENTRAL AND THE SOUTHERN PART. 
          AND SO THE LAST GO AROUND, UM, I WAS ABLE TO ADVOCATE OR, OR TO, TO GET SOME, UM, MONEY BUDGETED FOR STREET LIGHTING. 
          AND SO WE HAD 87 STREET LIGHTS INSTALLED. 
          THERE WAS 115 IDENTIFIED. 
          SOME NEIGHBORS DECIDED THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT THEM. 
          AND SO IT WAS REALLY IMPACTFUL. 
          AND SO I REMEMBER DRIVING AROUND LIKE MY FIRST MONTH ON THE JOB WITH ERIC WALSH, AND WE IDENTIFIED THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STREET LAMPS, RIGHT. 
          . 
          AND SO SOME FROM LIKE THE SEVENTIES OR SOMETHING EVEN. 
          IT WAS JUST REALLY, REALLY RETRO LIGHTS. 
          UM, BUT SO I DO BELIEVE IN THAT AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE YOUR, YOUR TEAM, UM, THE OFFICERS EVEN LIKE IDENTIFY AS I DID MY RIDE ALONG A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. 
          THEY, THEY, THEY KNEW LIKE, LOOK, OH YEAH, IT'S REAL DARK IN HERE. 
          SO USUALLY WE'LL SEE KIDS, YOU KNOW, RUNNING AROUND HERE AT NIGHT, ET CETERA. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE THEM TOGETHER. 
          OUR SAFE OFFICERS ARE OUT DURING THE DAY, BUT, UM, I'M TALKING ABOUT T SHIFT, RIGHT? AND SO THOSE GUYS, THOSE, THOSE, THOSE, UM, OFFICERS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE KIND OF OUT THERE AND WONDERING IF WE CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND, AND SUPPORT TO TEAM UP FOR THAT LIGHTING STUDY. 
          WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. 
          COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN, UM, UH, SO I, I AGREE WITH THE, UH, FEEDBACK ON THE LOUD MUSIC, UM, AND THE FIREWORKS, FOR INSTANCE, UM, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE AND MAYBE I JUST MISSED IT WHEN I STEPPED OUT HANDLE WITH CARE. 
          UH, AND SO I JUST WANNA CONTINUE TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR THE HANDLE WITH CARE PROGRAM. 
          A LOT OF THE KIDS IN, IN MY DISTRICT AND THEIR SERVICE SPECIFICALLY, UM, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL WORKERS. 
          AND I JUST, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T UNDERFUND THAT PROGRAM. 
          I THINK IT CONTINUES TO, TO NEED SOME ADDITIONAL LOVE AND SUPPORT THERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A PROGRAM THAT HAS REQUIRED ADDITIONAL FUNDING, BUT, OKAY. 
          I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE IT IF YOU WANNA. 
          OKAY. 
          GIVE IT. 
          NO, BUT NO, ERIC, ERIC SAID, DON'T GIVE CHIEF ANY MONEY. 
          THEY'LL ALWAYS TAKE IT. 
          THE CHIEFS ALWAYS TAKE THE MONEY. 
          THAT'S WHAT HE SAID. 
          SO WE'RE GOOD. 
          NO. 
          UM, SO, AND THEN THE NEXT THING IS STREET RACING. 
          DO WE HAVE A PLAN? UH, I, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE ANY BUDGETING, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT'S STREET RACING. 
          AND I KNOW ERIC WALSH IS THE ONE THAT PEELS OUT, USUALLY OUT OF CITY HALL, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT REAL STREET RESIDENT SOUTHWEST MILITARY. 
          SO COUNCILMAN, WE HAD A DISCUSSION AT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND, UM, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA COME BACK DURING THE FALL. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAD A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION. 
          UH, WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT'LL BE A DISCUSSION FOR THE FALL. 
          OKAY. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          GO AHEAD, CHIEF. 
          THERE'S A, THERE'S A PROGRAM COUNCIL MEMBER THAT, UH, WE ARE ABOUT TO, UM, KICK OFF. 
          I GOT A, A, UH, PRO, I'LL CALL IT A PROPOSAL, A PROPOSAL WARRANT THE OTHER DAY. 
          SO WHAT WE, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, I THINK Y'ALL 
          [03:20:01]
KNOW, MAY KNOW WHO CAPTAIN BENAVIDEZ IS. 
          SO WHEN THE, WHEN THE STREET RACING ISSUE STARTED TO PEAK, UH, WE WERE LOOKING AROUND AT OTHER CITIES AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT CITY IT WAS, BUT THEY PARTNERED WITH A LOCAL RACETRACK. 
          AND THAT RACETRACK ALLOWED THE STREET RACERS, WE'LL CALL 'EM, TO GO ON THAT RACETRACK AND, AND DO THEIR THING. 
          SO WE'VE GOT A RACETRACK LINED UP, UH, GETTING READY TO PARTNER WITH US TO DO THAT. 
          SO, UH, I, I JUST GOT THE PROPOSAL YESTERDAY. 
          UH, I HAVEN'T READ IT YET, BUT, UH, I, I WILL DO THAT SOON. 
          AND SO THAT MAY BE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE TO GET FOLKS OFF THE STREET. 
          THAT'S SUPER COOL. 
          YEAH. 
          I HAVE A, ANOTHER, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT RACE TRACK YOU'RE TR TALKING ABOUT, BUT I HAVE ONE THAT'S, UM, PROBABLY HELPFUL AS WELL. 
          I HAD, UM, A LOT OF, I'LL, I'LL CALL THEM KIDS IN MY AREA. 
          'CAUSE THERE WAS 17, 18 YEAR OLDS DOING RING OF FIRE. 
          I MEAN, IT WAS JUST RIDICULOUS. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A FOCUS ON THAT AND, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL PARTNER IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL PARTNER IN TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN GUNSHOTS. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO IDENTIFY LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE GUNSHOTS? I MEAN, THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN CREATED BY NOW TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE GUNSHOT IS COMING FROM. 
          NO. 
          WELL, SHOT SPOTTER WAS WHAT WE THOUGHT TO BE AN WELL, WE TESTED IT TO SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA RECORD HOW MANY GUNSHOTS ARE BEING FIRED AT NIGHT IN A PARTICULAR AREA. 
          SHOT SPOTTER'S A GREAT TOOL, BUT IT DOES NOT, IT DOES NOT HELP US. 
          IT HASN'T, IT DIDN'T HELP US IDENTIFY WHO WAS DOING IT BECAUSE, AND, AND WE WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS. 
          WE PUT A CAR IN THE AREA SIMPLY TO RESPOND TO SHOT SHOT SPOTTER CALLS, AND WE PAID OVERTIME TO DO THAT. 
          AND WE HAD THEM RESPOND CODE TWO, WHICH IS WITH LIGHTS AND SIRENS. 
          SO THAT DID NOT HELP US GET TO THE SCENE, TO THAT PARTICULAR SCENE, UH, AND IDENTIFY THAT INDIVIDUAL AND, AND POTENTIALLY MAKE AN ARREST. 
          SO, BUT AS FAR AS, UM, UH, OTHER TECHNOLOGIES GO, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY, UH, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY AROUND OTHER CITIES WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          A LOT OF CITIES HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT WE DO, ESPECIALLY CITIES, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. 
          UH, UH, WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO HAVING TO, UH, THE GUNSHOT ISSUE. 
          AND CHIEF, REMEMBER, REMIND ME, DIFFERENT CITIES HAD DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SUCCESS DEPENDING ON HOW THEY WERE LAID OUT AND THE DENSITY. 
          THAT WAS A MAJOR FACTOR THAT, UM, KIND OF SHOWED THERE WAS A KIND OF A DIFFERENCE IN PERFORMANCE, A, A WASHINGTON DC VERSUS, UM, UM, MAYBE A KANSAS CITY OR SAN ANTONIO. 
          DEPENDS ON, DEPENDS ON WHAT THE AREA LOOKS LIKE AND HOW DENSE IT IS, THE BUILDINGS. 
          UM, AND THAT WAS A MAJOR FACTOR I THINK THAT, THAT WE FOUND AS WELL. 
          YEAH, THE, THE, THE, THE, NOT TO HARP ON SHOT SPOTTER, BUT THAT TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY WOULD BE WONDERFUL ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS. 
          MM. 
          OR, OR SOME TYPE OF CAMPUS WHERE GUNSHOTS ARE SIMPLY NEVER SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. 
          AND, AND, AND, AND IT'S SMALL ENOUGH TO, UM, UH, RESPOND TO IT QUICKLY ENOUGH TO PROBABLY IDENTIFY OR FIND OUT WHO'S SHOOTING THE GUN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RJA GARCIA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO I WANTED TO ADDRESS A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER. 
          IS MY MIC ON? IT'S, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          UM, I WANTED TO ADDRESS A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER THAT SAID THAT THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY SHOWS THAT WE NEED, UH, MORE POLICE OFFICERS. 
          AND I THINK, UM, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FALSE. 
          THE STUDY DID NOT SHOW THAT. 
          UM, I THINK WHAT IT REVEALS TO ME IS THAT WE NEED INVESTMENT IN ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF CRIME. 
          WE NEED TO INVEST IN CRIME DETERRENCE. 
          AND I THINK IN MY BACKGROUND AS A TEACHER, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THE GOAL OF A TEACHER IS ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE GOALS. 
          BUT PRIORITY NUMBER ONE IS SAFETY. 
          AND I VIEW MY, UH, MY ROLE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THE SAME NUMBER ONE GOAL IS SAFETY. 
          SAFETY IS A HUGE PRIORITY TO ME. 
          UM, AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INVESTMENT, I THINK THAT MEANS WE NEED TO INVEST IN PREVENTING DEV IN PREVENTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN COMMUNITY POLICING EFFORTS, IN STREET LIGHTING, AND ACCESS TO HOUSING AND JOBS SECURITY SYSTEMS, AS WAS SAID EARLIER, UM, AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN SCHOOLS, UM, AS WELL AS INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          AND I THINK STUDIES SHOW THAT INCREASED OFFICERS DON'T NECESSARILY LEAD TO A DECREASE IN CRIME, NOR AN INCREASE IN SAFETY. 
          UM, AND THERE'S TWO, TWO DIFFERENT PROPOSALS I HAVE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR SUPPORT ON. 
          ONE 
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OF THE PROBLEMS THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED THESE PAST WEEKS IS THAT C P SS NOR THE CITY KNOW HOW MANY STREETLIGHTS WE HAVE, WHERE THEY ARE. 
          UM, AND WE PAY FOR THOSE. 
          UM, AND SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IS, ONE, A STREET LIGHTING INDEX. 
          UM, SOMETHING LIKE A HEAT MAP OR AN INDEX WHERE STREETS ARE ASSIGNED A GRADE BASED ON HOW WELL LIT THEY ARE. 
          AND THIS WOULD IDEALLY ANALYZE WHERE CRIME IS HAPPENING, SCHOOL ZONES AND GENERAL STREET DARKNESS, UM, TO DETERMINE A TRUE STREET LIGHTING STRATEGY. 
          SO WE'RE NOT JUST AIMLESSLY THROWING STREET LIGHTS IN PLACES, BUT THAT THERE IS A STRATEGY THERE. 
          UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR STREETLIGHTS IN MY DISTRICT AND ACROSS THE CITY, I'M SURE. 
          UM, AND A SECOND ASK WOULD BE AN OFFICE OR AN ENTITY SEPARATE FROM S A P D THAT WOULD INCLUDE DATA SCIENTISTS AND CRIMINOLOGISTS, UM, THAT CAN MAKE STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS TO BOTH DETER CRIME AND ADDRESS ITS ROOT CAUSES. 
          AND I THINK ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THAT OFFICE COULD BE OPERATING THAT STREET LIGHTING INDEX. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          UM, ANY RESPONSE TO THAT OR COUNCIL MEMBER? I THINK THAT WE ARE VERY MUCH ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THE MAJORITY OF WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. 
          SO I'M, I I SUPPORT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES ARE WHAT POLICE DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT, WHEN IT TURNS IN THE RESULT OF IT BEING, YOU KNOW, CRIME AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE GET ON THIS MERRY-GO-ROUND WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO ARREST PEOPLE, BUT WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF IT, AS YOU MENTIONED. 
          SO I'M, I'M ON THE SAME PAGE AS YOU ARE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SHAPING MANUS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, COUNCILS MEMBER PALAZ. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT STUDY YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ONE, UM, OR AT LEAST HAVE MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE MEASURABLE, WHAT IS THE, UM, MEASURABLE VALUE OF ADDING ONE POLICE OFFICER, LET'S SAY, IN RELATION AND HOW THAT RELATES TO THE CRIME RATE I AND PICK YOUR CRIME, RIGHT. 
          VIOLENT CRIMES. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD ONE OFFICER OR IF YOU HAD 10 OFFICERS OR 20 OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON RAPES AND HOMICIDES OR PROPERTY CRIME? I, DOES ANYBODY HAVE THAT? I MEAN, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCAIN, RODRIGUEZ'S STATEMENTS THAT INCREASE IN POLICE, UH, DOES NOT NECESSARILY MAKE IT MORE SAFE. 
          UH, HOWEVER, IT, I'LL, I'LL ANSWER YOUR DIRECT QUESTION IN A SECOND, BUT IT, BUT IT, BUT IT DOES MAKE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE IF THE, THE MORE THEY SEE POLICE OFFICERS, THE, THE SAFER THEY FEEL. 
          UM, IF YOU ADD POLICE OFFICERS TO PATROL, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DECREASE, UH, RESPONSE TIMES. 
          IF YOU ADD INVESTIGATORS TO A HOMICIDE UNIT OR S V U, UH, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CLEAR MORE CASES IN LESS AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          UH, SO IT, IT, IT, IT KINDA WORKS OUT, WORKS OUT LIKE THAT. 
          IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO INVEST IN SPECIFIC AREAS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A, A, UH, UM, UM, A BENEFIT FROM IT IN ONE RESPECT OR ANOTHER, DEPENDING UPON, UH, WHAT AREA THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS IN RESPONSE TIMES OR INVESTIGATIVE CLEARANCES OR SAFE, UH, ENGAGING COMMUNITY MORE OFTEN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION OR NOT. 
          NO, NO. 
          YEAH, YOU ARE. 
          AND, AND MAYBE WE'RE USING THE WORD STUDY WRONG, MAYBE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SURVEY. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW. 
          RIGHT. 
          IT WAS A SURVEY. 
          YEAH. 
          'CAUSE SO I, I MEAN, I, I UNDERSTAND SURVEY ANSWERS. 
          I, I GUESS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS, I MEAN, HAS ANYBODY LOOKED AT WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A MEASURABLE DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? AND WHAT THAT DIFFERENCE IS IN CRIME RATES VERSUS NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS ON OR OFF THE STREET? I, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I MEAN, I, I GET IT, RIGHT? IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL SAFER IF YOU SEE MORE IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, IT DOESN'T MAKE THEM FEEL SAFER. 
          I GET THAT. 
          UH, AND ANYWAY, I MEAN, IT'S AN ACADEMIC QUESTION, RIGHT? BUT I'M, I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING, RIGHT? UH, AND AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING ACADEMY CLASSES, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M IN, IN REGARD TO COUNCILMAN PERRY'S POINTS THAT HE WAS MAKING EARLIER. 
          UM, I ARE WE ALLOWED TO DO LATERAL HIRES? ANDY? NO. 
          NOT COUNCIL. 
          SO THE ONLY WAY WE TO GET NEW POLICE OFFICERS IN IS IN THROUGH OUR ACADEMY, IS THROUGH THE ACADEMY. 
          THAT'S THE ONLY WAY. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO THE OTHER THING TOO IS I'M LOOKING AT THESE, UH, TOP THREE CALLS OFFICERS SHOULD NOT HAVE PRIMARY RESPONSE, UH, RESPONSIBILITY FOR, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE OFFICER'S FEEDBACK, UM, AND LOUD MUSIC AND CHILD CUSTODY, VISITATION, AND FIREWORKS. 
          I AGREE. 
          FIREWORKS IS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY NOT WHERE WE OUGHT TO BE THROWING OUR, OUR, OUR RESOURCES. 
          BUT CHILD CUSTODY, VISITATION, UH, VIOLATIONS, THOSE TURNED DEADLY QUICKLY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, IN FACT, SOME OF THE MURDERS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 
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WERE CHILD VISITATION SCENARIOS. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, AND I'VE HAD, UH, SOME SUCCESS RECENTLY IN, IN MY DISTRICT WITH POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDING TO LOUD MUSIC. 
          UH, AND, UH, PARTICULARLY A CERTAIN BAR ON U T S A AND BABCOCK, UH, THAT WITHOUT THOSE POLICE OFFICER, UH, VISITS, WE WERE GETTING NO COMPLIANCE WHATSOEVER. 
          AND THEY WERE DRIVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD CRAZY. 
          ON THE OTHER HAND, UM, AND, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO VISIT ABOUT THIS LATER, UH, GENTLEMEN, BUT I, I, I SAW A VIDEO OF ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS AT NIGHT FROM THE VICE SQUAD RECENTLY GOING TO A BAR IN DISTRICT TWO, UM, ON A NOISE VIOLATION MM-HMM. 
           AND TALKING TO THE GENERAL MANAGER AND THEN INSISTING THAT THE OWNER SHOW UP, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS OFFSITE, THE OWNER SHOWED UP AND THEY ARRESTED THE OWNER. 
          UM, 'CAUSE HE SHOWED UP INEBRIATED. 
          HE DIDN'T DRIVE INEBRIATED. 
          HE GOT SOMEBODY TO DRIVE HIM THERE. 
          AND HE WAS LIKE, LOOK, I'M NOT WORKING TONIGHT. 
          THIS IS THE GENERAL MANAGERS, YOU KNOW, ISSUE. 
          THAT'S WHY I HIRE HIM. 
          AND THEY ARRESTED HIM, AND THE ARREST AND THE CHARGE WAS OPERATING A BAR UNDER THE INFLUENCE, EVEN THOUGH HE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY SUMMONED HIM TO ARREST HIM, AND WE GOT A PROBLEM. 
          RIGHT? SO WHEN PEOPLE SEE VIDEOS LIKE THAT, IT REALLY ANGERS THEM AND IT DOES DAMAGE TO, YOU KNOW, THIS EFFORT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, THAT WE'RE MAKING TO INCREASE TRUST. 
          RIGHT? AND SO WE HAVE, UM, I, I GET IT. 
          AND, AND YOUR JOB'S NOT EASY MANAGING PEOPLE OUT THERE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WHO, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DEAL WITH CONFLICT IN DIFFERENT WAYS, RIGHT? UM, AND SO I, MY ONLY APPROACH, AND I JUST NEED, I, 'CAUSE MY CONSTITUENTS MAY BE WATCHING, UH, RIGHT NOW, MY ONLY APPROACH TO THIS THE ENTIRE TIME HAS MA HAS TO, UM, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN ANDY'S FAMILY, OR WHEN JOHN'S FAMILY, OR WHEN MARIO'S FAMILY, OR WHEN ANNA'S FAMILY CALLS 9 1 1 OR ANYBODY'S FAMILY OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE CALLS 9 1 1, THAT PEOPLE ANSWER SOONER THAN LATER. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND, UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC ALL OVER SAN ANTONIO EXPECTS OF US. 
          AND SO, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE FUNDING, UM, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS VERSUS POLICE OFFICERS AND ALL THAT, THAT'S GREAT CONVERSATION. 
          I REALLY WANNA HAVE THAT ONE. 
          BUT, UM, NEVER AT THE EXPENSE OF 9 1 1 RESPONSE TIMES. 
          UH, SO ANYWAY, I, I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND YOU TAKE A LOT OF HEAT. 
          SOMETIMES YOU DESERVE IT, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T. 
          BUT, UH, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 
          THANKS, CHIEF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT FIREWORKS ENFORCEMENT. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ENFORCED BY SOMEBODY ELSE WHO'S NOT THE POLICE? I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THAT WOULD WORK? YES. 
          UH, SO, UH, WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT COULD WRITE A CITATION FOR THAT. 
          CODE COMPLIANCE COULD WRITE A CITATION FOR THAT. 
          UH, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR MY BROTHER BACK THERE, CHARLES, BUT, UH, HIS DEPARTMENT COULD PROBABLY GET INVOLVED IN IT AS WELL. 
          BUT, SORRY, CHARLES . 
          AND THEN LET ME ASK YOU, CAN YOU REMIND ME HOW YOU MEASURE OR HOW YOU DEFINE RESPONSE TIME? YES. 
          SO IF I'M THE CALL TAKER, AND AS SOON AS I PICK THAT PHONE UP, RESPONSE TIME BEGINS AND, AND IT ENDS WHEN THE OFFICER ACTUALLY ARRIVES ON THE SCENE. 
          AND THE OFFICER WILL EITHER SAY, YOU KNOW, TEN SIX, WHICH MEANS I'M ON THE SCENE, OR THE GEO CO GEOFENCING WILL PICK IT UP AND, AND HAVE AN AUTOMATIC RESPONSE SENT TO, TO THE CAD SYSTEM. 
          SO, SO FROM THE TIME THE DISPATCHER TAKES MY CALL, NO, IT, IT FROM THE TIME THE CALL, THERE'S A, THERE'S A CALL TAKER AND THERE'S A DISPATCHER. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHEN THE CALL TAKER PICKS THAT PHONE UP, THAT'S WHEN THE CALL, THE RESPONSE TIME BEGINS, AND IT ENDS WHEN THE OFFICER ARRIVES ON THE SCENE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, SO IF I'M THE PERSON WHO MAKES THE CALL, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THAT'S HOW THE PUBLIC'S GONNA SEE THE NUMBERS, RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          IS IS HOW, HOW AM I MEASURING IT? OKAY. 
          UM, I, UH, I THINK PART OF THE, THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING IS BECAUSE PD IS THE ONLY DEPARTMENT WHO RESPONDS 24. 
          WELL, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF COURSE RESPOND 24 7. 
          RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          SO, UH, I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE US HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND, AND IT, AND FOR US TO ACTUALLY MOVE IN, IN THE DIRECTION OF DIVERTING SOME OF THOSE CALLS, IT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INVEST IN EITHER CODE OR IN A C S OR WHATEVER IT IS, AS A 24 7 OPERATION. 
          UH, SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE PREPARED TO, TO MAKE THAT INVESTMENT AS A, AS A COUNCIL. 
          AND THEN, UM, LASTLY, I HEARD COUNCILWOMAN VRAN MENTION, UH, SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY INPUT, AN ONGOING COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS, AL ALMOST LIKE, UH, SOME SORT OF ADVISORY BOARD OR COMMITTEE SO THAT YOU HAVE REPRESENTATION BY DISTRICT. 
          I KNOW CHIEF, THAT YOU, YOU DO CONVENE OUT OF YOUR OWN INITIATIVE, A GROUP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
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I HAVE REFERRED SOME TO YOU, AND I, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU, THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN THAT INITIATIVE, BUT I CAN ALSO SEE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING SOMETHING THAT IS COUNCIL APPOINTED THAT IS MORE TRANSPARENT AND THAT CAN BRING OTHER ISSUES TO, TO THE TABLE. 
          SO I, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF FURTHER EXPLORING THAT IDEA. 
          AND I'M SEEING COUNCILWOMAN KABE HAVER TO LOOK AT ME, AND I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT SHE THINKS ABOUT THAT. 
          SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANKS, CHIEF FOR BEING HERE. 
          AND I REALLY, I, I KNOW YOU DO A GREAT JOB AND ALL OF THE S A P D OFFICERS DO, BUT I'VE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS I WANTED TO CHECK ON. 
          FIRST OF ALL, UH, CRIME IS DOWN AROUND THE CITY. 
          AND I KNOW FROM MY, UH, OBSERVATIONS AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE REPORTS AROUND THAT, MY PARTICULAR DISTRICT HAS A PRETTY MUCH LOWER CRIME RATE THAN MANY OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY DISTRICT, NINE NORTH CENTRAL PARTS OF TOWN. 
          UH, AND ONCE IN A WHILE, I GET ON LEXI NEXUS AND I TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, AND THAT SHOWS, GEEZ, ALL KINDS OF CRIMES THAT OCCUR ALL OVER THE CITY. 
          AND YOU CAN ZOOM IN ON YOUR PART OF TOWN AND KIND OF SEE WHAT'S THERE. 
          AND YOU CAN SAY, I ONLY WANT TO SEE THIS KIND OF CRIME OR THAT KIND OF CRIME, OR ALL OF THEM. 
          IT'S PRETTY AMAZING WHEN YOU SEE ALL OF THOSE LITTLE MARKS DOWN THERE, THOSE ICONS THAT SHOW THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CRIMES ARE, IS THAT FAIRLY REFLECTIVE OF WHAT YOU GET IN THE WAY OF CALLS COUNCIL MEMBER? I'M NOT A, I'M NOT A A USER OF LEXISNEXIS OR ANY OF THOSE ONLINE, UH, CRIME REPORTING, UH, APPS. 
          SO I, I, I CAN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. 
          I, I, I KNOW WHAT I READ EVERY DAY AND SEE EVERY DAY COMING FROM OUR ANALYTICS UNIT. 
          UH, BUT I, I CAN'T COMPARE WITH WHAT'S ONLINE. 
          WELL, I GUESS THAT BRINGS ME TO REQUESTING, CAN YOU SEND ME AND ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, YOU KNOW, REPORTS ON WHAT THE CRIMES ARE IN OUR DISTRICTS AT LEAST EVERY QUARTER? 'CAUSE I KNOW IT CHANGES FROM WEEK TO WEEK, MONTH TO MONTH, SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY DISTRICT, I CAN BE FAIRLY ACCURATE IN HOW I PORTRAY IT. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN, I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, CHAIR AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE HAVE REQUESTED THAT WE, UH, DO THAT AT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, THAT WE REVIEW CRIME STATISTICS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. 
          SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS YOUR, YOUR REQUEST, UH, AND TO THE WHOLE COUNCIL AS WELL. 
          SO THEY'LL RECEIVE IT, THEY'LL LOOK AT IT, BUT THEN YOU CAN SEND IT TO EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL DISTRICT, SO WE'LL KNOW WHAT OUR DISTRICT YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          MARIA, I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING WITH S A P O A AND OUR NEGOTIATIONS RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF, UH, PRIOR HISTORY OF DISCIPLINE, UH, BEING ADDRESSED IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS? SO WE DON'T HAVE CONSENSUS YET. 
          UH, WHAT THE ASSOCIATION DID AS THEY GAVE US A PROPOSAL FOR THE ARBITRATOR'S AUTHORITY REGARDING DISCIPLINE, THEY INCORPORATED INTO THAT LANGUAGE. 
          UM, THE, THE FACT THAT WE COULD LOOK AT ALL DISCIPLINE FOR THAT EMPLOYEE, BUT, BUT WE, THE CITY ARE NOT, UM, UM, HAVE NOT ACCEPTED THAT PROPOSAL. 
          'CAUSE IS THAT NOT, DOESN'T MEET OUR, OUR, OUR GOAL, WHICH IS TO, TO GIVE AUTHORITY TO THE CHIEF. 
          UM, SO FOR THE FACT OF, OF, UM, BEING COMBINED WITH THE ARBITRATOR'S AUTHORITY, WE DON'T HAVE CONSENSUS, BUT WE'VE HAD, HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT INCLUDING ALL DISCIPLINE OR ALL PRIOR DISCIPLINE OF A POLICE OFFICER. 
          RIGHT. 
          I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR NEGOTIATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, UH, REQUESTS BY THE COMMUNITY WAS MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE POLICE. 
          AND THEY EVEN SAID MORE ENGAGEMENT OUTTA UNIFORM, UH, TO BE INVOLVED. 
          SO LET ME ASK CHIEF, HOW STRONG IS SS A P D YOUTH INVOLVEMENT? FOR EXAMPLE, DO WE STILL HAVE A VERY ACTIVE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE? UM, DO WE HAVE OFFICERS WHO IN THEIR OFF DUTY TIME, LIKE GO HELP OUT AT Y M C A? SO A BOY CLUB, BOYS CLUBS, GIRLS CLUBS, DO THEY GO TO ANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY CENTERS AND GET INVOLVED? AND IS THERE A PROCESS OR A PROCEDURE OR A RECOMMENDATION THAT GOES OUT TO OUR, OUR OFFICERS TO GET THEM INVOLVED OR TO KIND OF MONITOR THAT? SO THE, THE ANSWER TO YOUR, TO YOUR QUESTION, AND, AND I'M, I'M GONNA, UH, THIS IS ON-DUTY STUFF. 
          THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES. 
          WE HAVE A, A VERY ACTIVE PAL PROGRAM. 
          UH, MATTER OF FACT, JUST 
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RECENTLY IN DISTRICT FIVE, THERE WAS A, UH, A, A, A BOXING, I'M SORRY, . 
          THERE WAS A BOXING, UM, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT I WOULD CALL IT EXHIBITION OR, UH, UH, A BOXING CAMP THAT WAS PUT ON, UH, BY ACTUALLY BY ONE OF OUR PARK POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAS A BOXING GYM, UH, IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UH, AND HE IS ALWAYS DOING THINGS, UH, WITH, WITH KIDS, UH, IN REGARDS TO HIS BOXING PROGRAM. 
          UM, WE HAVE A, A PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR A FEW YEARS NOW CALLED SUCCESS THROUGH RESPECT. 
          AND WE GO TO THE SCHOOLS, UM, WE GO TO OTHER VENUES AND PUT THAT ON. 
          I WAS AT ONE, UH, ABOUT TWO, THREE SATURDAYS AGO, UH, AT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS OVER ON THE EAST SIDE, UH, DOING A SUCCESSFUL RESPECT PROGRAM. 
          UH, OFFICER DOUG GREEN, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF, UH, THAT NAME SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO ANY OF YOU, BUT OFFICER DOUG GREEN IS, UH, CAME UP WITH THAT PROGRAM. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE PUT ON FOR, FOR STUDENTS AT OUR ACADEMY. 
          WE BRING THEM IN AND WE RUN THEM THROUGH THE SAME TRAINING THAT, UH, SOME OF OUR COUNSELOR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN THROUGH, UH, RE UH, LAST FEW MONTHS. 
          SO YEAH, THEY, THEY ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS, YES, WE DO HAVE A, A STRONG OUTREACH PROGRAM WITH, WITH YOUTH COMING FROM OUR, OUR, UH, OFFICERS ON THE DEPARTMENT. 
          COUNCILMAN, DO YOU, ARE YOU SEEING MAYBE THAT THERE'S A, THERE THERE'S A MAYBE A GAP THERE OR AN OPPORTUNITY THAT MAYBE WE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF? WELL, I, I THINK FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON-DUTY IN UNIFORM. 
          AND I THINK WHAT THE COMMUNITY WAS ASKING FOR IS MORE OFF-DUTY, OUT OF UNIFORM AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY SHOWING UP AND BEING INVOLVED. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE CITY DOES THAT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WE ASK OUR OUR CITY STAFF TO VOLUNTEER FOR DIFFERENT THINGS ALL THE TIME, AND THEY DO. 
          AND IT'S ON THEIR OWN TIME. 
          MAYBE WE COMPENSATE THEM FOR DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          UH, AND I, AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF REAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T SEE A UNIFORM, THEY SEE A REAL HUMAN BEING OUT THERE DOING THINGS. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN EN ENHANCE THAT KIND OF A PROGRAM AND, AND TRACK IT SO THAT WE CAN SEE OUT OF 2,400 POLICE OFFICERS, DO WE HAVE 10 DOING THINGS, 50 DOING THINGS, OR 500 DOING THINGS. 
          AND YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN, I I DO KNOW THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS VOLUNTEER ON THEIR OWN TIME IN DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK, UH, HELPING DURING CHRISTMAS TO PROVIDE TOYS TO KIDS. 
          UM, WE, WE DON'T MEASURE THAT, TO YOUR POINT. 
          UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO. 
          BUT THEY DO VOLUNTEER. 
          AND, AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO BETTER IS LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT UNDER UNIFORM. 
          SO THAT PROBABLY OUR COMMUNITY DOESN'T MAKE THE CONNECTION THAT THEY'RE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, BUT YOUR POINT, THEY DO. 
          AND, AND DEFINITELY WE CAN TRACK THOSE, UH, VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES THAT THEY PARTICIPATE ON. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          I DON'T WANT TO INTERFERE WITH THE LIVES OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS, BUT I THINK WE HOLD THEM TO A HIGHER STANDARD AND A HIGHER EXPECTATION. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHAT KIND OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS, IS ASKING FOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KUR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER? NO. 
          TIME'S UP. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL COME BACK. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU CHIEF. 
          AND IT'S CARDONE'S BOXING GYM IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UM, AND, UH, THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR TEAM FOR PROVIDING DISTRICT FIVE WITH THE DISTRICT FIVE UNIFORM CRIME CRIME REPORT. 
          UM, WITH THAT DATA SHOWS US IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF CRIMES IN DISTRICT FIVE ARE PROPERTY CRIMES OVER 28,000. 
          AND THAT ALIGNS WITH THE STORIES THAT I WAS HEARING ON THE DOORS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS WERE MENTIONING THAT THERE ARE DARK ALLEYWAYS AND FOLKS WERE JUMPING THE GATE TO STEAL WHATEVER WAS IN THE BACKYARD, OR, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN STREET WAS VERY DARK AND PEOPLE WERE STEALING THEIR PATIO FURNITURE. 
          UM, SO I, I SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE FOR A INDEX STUDY TO HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE NEED TO INCREASE LIGHTING. 
          UM, I THINK A HEAT MAP WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO CORROBORATE THE DATA THAT WE HAVE FROM THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORT, AS WELL AS THE STORIES WE'RE HEARING AT THE DOORS. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, YESTERDAY I ATTENDED A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING AND I SPOKE WITH OUR SAFE OFFICER, LUIS. 
          AND THE MAJORITY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE DIRECTED AT OFFICER LUIS WERE, UM, QUESTIONS REGARDING HOMELESSNESS AND LOOSE DOGS. 
          UM, SO I THINK THERE'S ROOM THERE THAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN, UH, OUTREACH FOR OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION AS WELL AS SUPPORTING ANIMAL CARE SERVICE TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BURDEN'S NOT ALL FOLLOWING ON S A P D. 
          UM, AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KIO HDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THE, UM, THE SAFE, THE SAFE OFFICER PROGRAM. 
          UM, YOU HAVE A SLIDE THAT SAYS, HOW CAN SS A P D S A P D BUILD BETTER COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS? I 
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FOUND THAT TO BE THE NUMBER ONE WAY TO IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND, AND DISTRICT SIX, AND I'M SURE IT'S THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, OUR SAFE OFFICERS GO AND CHECK ON OUR ELDERLY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UM, THEY'RE SORT OF THEIR ON-CALL OFFICER, AND, AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE THE FACE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO I, I SUPPORT THAT. 
          UM, I, YOU, YOU MENTIONED THE POWELL PROGRAM, UM, CHIEF, THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE, UM, THEY, THEY'RE TEACHING SPORTS TO AT-RISK YOUTH. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER REALLY STRONG WAY TO INCREASE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, UH, IN, IN, IN THE AT-RISK AREAS WHERE YOUTH ARE AT RISK. 
          CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PAL PROGRAM? SURE. 
          UM, SO THERE ARE, WE DON'T, IT'S, IT'S NOT A VERY LARGE UNIT. 
          THERE'S ONLY A FEW OFFICERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO IT, BUT THEY, THEY RUN THE MIDNIGHT BASKETBALL LEAGUES. 
          UM, WELL, EVERYTHING WENT DORMANT WHEN WE HAD COVID, BUT, UM, AND I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS FOR THIS SUMMER, BUT THEY'VE RUN THE MIDNIGHT BASKETBALL PROGRAMS. THEY DO, UH, BASKETBALL INITIATIVES, UM, MOST OF THE TIME ON THE WEEKENDS, THE ONES THAT I'VE BEEN TO. 
          UM, BUT PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THAT, THAT, I THINK THERE'S A BASEBALL, UM, A BASEBALL TEAM OR LEAGUE THAT, UH, PALS INVOLVED IN RIGHT NOW. 
          DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT. 
          I THINK I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT THE OTHER DAY. 
          BUT, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY INVOLVED IN, IN ACTIVITIES INVOLVING, INVOLVING YOUTH. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT JUST CAME TO MIND AS, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, YOUNG FOLKS IS I SPOKE AT, UM, MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, UM, ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO AT THEIR, UH, THEY HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AND THEY HAVE A, A MEDICAL CURRICULUM AS WELL, IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE THAT TRACK. 
          AND, UH, THERE WERE ABOUT, I WANNA SAY PROBABLY A COUPLE HUNDRED KIDS THERE, UM, AND THEIR PARENTS, AND I OFFERED THEM, GAVE THEM ALL MY PHONE NUMBER AND SAID, IF, IF ANY OF YOUR KIDS WANT TO DO AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CALL ME. 
          AND I GOT A FEW CALLS. 
          SO WE ARE STARTING A TWO, UH, UH, A, A, A, IT'S NOT AN IN, WE'RE NOT CALLING IT AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE CALLING IT A SUMMER CAMP. 
          SO THESE, AND THEY'RE 13 OR 14 YEARS OLD, AND THEY CAN COME IN FOR A PERIOD IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER, AND THEY CAN COME IN DURING A PERIOD TOWARD THE END OF THE SUMMER. 
          BUT WE STARTED THAT THIS SUMMER AS WELL. 
          I'M ON THE BOARD OF THAT PROGRAM, SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE THERE AT MARSHALL. 
          SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU'RE INVOLVED. 
          UM, I JUST, YOU KNOW, WE, I CAN'T BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T BRING UP, UM, I, I BRING UP SAFE AND POWELL, AND THESE ARE ALL REALLY GOOD WAYS, I THINK FOR, TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY. 
          BUT WE STILL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE STREET LEVEL, UM, THE STOPS, RIGHT? THE EVERYDAY INTERACTIONS WITH THE POLICE THAT AREN'T SAFE, OFFICERS THAT AREN'T, UM, WITH THE PAL PROGRAM. 
          AND SO, UM, TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU CHIEF ON THE, THE TRAINING, UM, THE, THE INCREASED DIVERSITY TRAINING AND, UM, SENSITIVITY, UH, OF OUR OFFICERS AND HELPING THEM TO, TO DO THEIR JOBS WELL AND OR BETTER. 
          I MEAN, THEY ALREADY DO THEIR JOBS WELL, BUT DO IT BETTER. 
          AND, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, WHEN WE SAY INVOLVEMENT, I REALLY MEAN THAT IT'S A PARTNERSHIP. 
          THERE'S A WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY IS PARTNERING WITH THE CITY TO MAKE, WITH THE, I'M SORRY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE THE CITY BETTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. 
          HDA. 
          OKAY. 
          ON, ON THE SECOND ROUND, PLEASE NOTE, UH, ANYTHING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED DOESN'T NEED TO BE REDISCUSSED SINCE WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE EFFICIENTLY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, ONE OF, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE'VE TOUCHED ON REAL LIGHTLY WAS THE, UM, THAT THE STUDY, THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY THAT, UH, WAS PERFORMED HERE ABOUT POLICE SERVICES AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AND, UH, THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT WERE HAPPY, UH, THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED MORE VISIBILITY OF POLICE. 
          AND I, I'M, I, I'M AGREE AGREEING WITH THAT REPORT. 
          AND THE CONSTANT THING THAT I GET FROM MY DISTRICT IS WE NEED MORE POLICEMEN ON THE STREETS. 
          SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS, UM, IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH THE SAFE PROGRAMS OR, UH, PATROLMEN ON THE STREET. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, ERIC. 
          LET'S, LET'S GET SOME MORE AUTHORIZATIONS TO REFLECT WHAT THAT STUDY WAS AND WHAT PEOPLE RESPONDED TOWARDS ON THAT STUDY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRA THANK YOU. 
          UH, I JUST WANT TO AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ ON THE LIGHTING AND THE HEAT MAP, AND IF WE COULD TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT ON STREET MAINTENANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          UM, THE ONE THING I'M GONNA TASK MY, UH, STAFF TO DO, BUT 
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IF YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MANY UNIFORMS DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS AND DISTRICTS, BECAUSE I KNOW FOR ME, I HAVE RURAL AREAS. 
          SO THERE ARE THE BAYAR COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES, THERE'S CONSTABLES SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND I HAVE A UNIVERSITY. 
          SO I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT POLICING AND SS A P D AND WHO THEY'RE SEEING, KIND OF UNDERSTANDING WHO'S OUT THERE IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK MAYBE COUNTY SHOULD TAKE OVER THE FIREWORKS BECAUSE THEY DO SELL THEM. 
          SO MAYBE WE COULD GET COUNTY OFFICIALS TO DO THAT. 
          UM, AND I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MARKETING, UH, HOW OUR SS A P UH, DEAN MEMBERS ARE DOING VOLUNTEER WORK, I, I WOULD TASK SPOA TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY KEEP A GREAT RECORD OF THE OUTREACH THAT THEY DO. 
          AND I KNOW THEY'VE DONE STUFF, MANY THINGS AT DIFFERENT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IN MY AREA. 
          SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY RECOMMENDATIONS, I THINK IF WE TOOK OUR OWN N D O AND IMPLEMENTED IT FULLY WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE COULD ADDRESS A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US LOOK AT THAT. 
          AND THE OTHER THING IS OUR SPANISH SPEAKERS, UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW, UH, MANY OFFICERS GET A STIPEND BECAUSE THEY'RE SPANISH SPEAKERS, MAYBE WE CAN ALSO GET THEM TRAINED MORE SPECIFICALLY WITH, UM, THE, THE, UH, VIOLENCE SAFE. 
          I CALL IT SAFE VIC. 
          BUT, AND THE MENTAL HEALTH, IF WE COULD GET THEM TRAINED IN THAT ALSO, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, EVERY, EVERY OFFICER, UH, IS REQUIRED TO DO THE 40 HOUR MEMPHIS BLOCK OF TRAINING. 
          SO USED TO BE, UH, BACK IN 2007, I GUESS IT WAS, IT WAS VOLUNTARY. 
          I THINK I MADE IT MANDATORY IN 2008, UH, AND, UH, TO GET OUTTA THE ACADEMY AND ALSO TO GET A, WELL, BEFORE IT WAS AN ACADEMY TRAINING, YOU HAD TO TAKE THAT BLOCK OF TRAINING IN ORDER TO BE ISSUED A TASER. 
          AND THEN IT BECAME A BLOCK OF TRAINING, UH, THAT YOU HAD TO TAKE BEFORE THE, YOU GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY. 
          AND EVERYBODY IS INVOLVED IN THE C I T, IN C I T. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, WE DO THE, AND, AND MAYBE WE CAN INCENT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN INCENTIVIZE IT FOR THEM TO TAKE, UM, LIKE, UH, UPGRADE OR MORE, UH, RELEVANT TRAINING FOR WHAT THEY MIGHT SEE, UM, AS THEY, AS THEY FACE OTHER THINGS WITH PEOPLE HAVING OTHER SORT OF ADDICTIONS. 
          AND I THINK WE'LL SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF HOW PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH THE C O V I D AND COMING OUT OF C O I D, WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE TO LOOK FOR SPECIALIZED TRAINING FOR THAT ALSO. 
          SO THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW THE MAYOR'S TRYING TO MOVE THIS MEETING ALONG, SO I, UM, I'LL MAKE SOME COMMENTS AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THE RESPONSES OFFLINE LATER. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AROUND FIVE YEARS AGO, A NEIGHBOR OF MINE TOLD ME HE WAS GONNA BE OUTTA TOWN, AND HE SAID, CAN YOU KEEP AN EYE ON MY HOUSE? AND I SAID, SURE. 
          AND I WAS WALKING MY DOG AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, AND, UH, HIS FRONT DOOR WAS OPEN AND THE LIGHTS WERE ON AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, UH, OVER THE WEEKEND. 
          AND I CALLED 9 1 1. 
          AND, UH, IT TOOK FOREVER TO GET A RESPONSE. 
          AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN SOMEBODY DOES NEED A POLICE OFFICER, THAT THEY CAN GET THEM QUICKLY. 
          UM, SO I WANT TO REDUCE 9 1 1 RESPONSE TIMES. 
          UM, AND, AND I GUESS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN, I CAN TAKE OFFLINE IS, LIKE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE, THERE'S A SUBSET OF PEOPLE WHO CALL FREQUENTLY AND MAYBE SLOW DOWN SERVICES OR TIE UP SERVICES, AND, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE CAN BE INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC, IN, IN, IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, AND ADDRESSING, HELPING SUPPORT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE IN WAYS SUCH THAT THEY'RE NOT TYING UP 9 1 1 RESOURCES. 
          UM, SO I'D BE VERY INTERESTED IN IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THERE, THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, AND, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, NOTE SOME GENERAL SUPPORT FOR, UH, COUNCILMAN MCGEE RODRIGUEZ'S APPROACH, UH, THAT I'M GONNA PARAPHRASE AS BEING JUST A, A MORE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE AND HOLISTIC APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS MY SECOND GO. 
          AND, AND I'LL START OFF BY SAYING, I, I DO LOVE THE IDEA THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN MC RODRIGUEZ BROUGHT UP ABOUT CRIMINOLOGISTS BEING ABLE TO, TO GIVE INPUT AND TO, UH, COUNCILMAN PAL'S POINT, I THINK THAT WE NEED SOME EMPIRICAL DATA AND THAT THIS MIGHT BE THE AVENUE TO DO IT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN THE, AND THE LIGHTING STUDY. 
          BUT, UM, CHIEF, I, I THINK WHAT WE HEAR HERE IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. AND THAT WAS GONNA BE MY, MY QUESTION WAS GONNA BE SPECIFICALLY WITH THE, UM, UH, COPS PROGRAM NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. 
          SO CONTINUE TO FUND THAT, ESPECIALLY AS WE COME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MY RESIDENTS. 
          I KNOW THAT, UM, I, I DO 
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WANNA, UH, GO ON RECORD BY SAYING THAT OUR SAFE OFFICERS IN D FOUR ARE AWESOME. 
          I MEAN, THEY, THEY WERE IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PARADES THIS YEAR. 
          UM, I MEAN, THEY'RE OUT THERE TRYING TO, TO DO STUFF. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT, THAT THAT ZIPPO HAS THE BLUE SKIS BACK, SO WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE OUT THERE. 
          THEY MIGHT NOT ALWAYS BE IDENTIFIED, AND IT MIGHT BE A BRANDING PRO, UH, PROBLEM COMING FROM THE MARKETING PERSON IN THE ROOM. 
          MAYBE THEY JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE WEARING, UH, SS A P D SHIRTS OR SOMETHING WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE OFF. 
          BUT I DO THINK THAT SOME OF THEM, UM, ALSO WANT THAT, UM, TO STAY ANONYMOUS WHEN THEY'RE IN THEIR LIVES AS WELL. 
          THEY DON'T WANT, WANT TO KIND OF IDENTIFY THEMSELVES. 
          SO I THINK THERE'S A STEADY BALANCE. 
          I KNOW THEY DO A LOT. 
          I KNOW THAT IN, IN THEIR, UM, OFF TIME, THEY, THEY CONTINUE FOCUSING ON THESE THINGS. 
          THERE'S A PROGRAM OVER AT SOUTHWEST I S D, AND THAT'S THE, THE, THE MAIN REASON THAT I WENT TO CHIME BACK IN, IT'S CALLED THE PROMISE PROGRAM. 
          IT'S PREVENTING RECIDIVISM, RECIDIVISM THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES, MENTORING INTERVENTIONS IN EDUCATION. 
          SOUTHWEST I S D PAIRED UP THEIR POLICE OFFICERS WITH KIDS, UH, FIRST TIME OFFENDERS. 
          AND SO THEY GAVE THEM THIS PROGRAM. 
          IT'S A SIX WEEK PROGRAM. 
          AND I MEAN, THEY, THEY GO THROUGH THIS AWESOME TRAINING, BUT I THINK THAT THE MAIN PART OF IT THAT I LEARNED FROM THAT PROGRAM IS THAT THEY MADE A CONNECTION. 
          AND SO THEY WERE VERY SPECIFIC IN WHO THEY TEAMED UP TO BE THEIR MENTOR. 
          SO WAS SOMEONE THAT WAS JUST LIKE THAT CHILD OR THAT HAD HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE. 
          AND I THINK THAT, THAT MAKES THE WORLD OF A DIFFERENCE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN, IN YOUR AREA THAT YOU ALL ARE EXPLORING, BUT SPECIFICALLY IN REGARD TO MENTORSHIP. 
          WE KNOW THAT GEN Z IS A GENERATION THAT WANTS AND IS ACCEPTING MENTORING. 
          SO, UH, ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT THAT? ANY MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES, PROGRAMS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT SEE? WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC MENTORING PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AT LEAST THAT I'M AWARE OF. 
          UH, AND, AND I, I, I THINK, LET ME, LET ME WALK THAT BACK. 
          I, I HAVE TO CHECK ON IT AND I'LL GET BACK TO YOU, BUT I THINK THERE ACTUALLY IS A MENTORING PROGRAM, UH, FOR YOUNG WOMEN STUDENTS. 
          I, I THINK THAT ACTUALLY ACTUALLY EXISTS, BUT I HAVE TO, CAN'T REMEMBER IF I WAS JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT OR IF THEY, IF I, IF IT ACTUALLY DOES EXIST. 
          SO I, I, I'LL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          AND, UM, I KNOW THAT AT THE SUB AT THE SOUTH SUBSTATION, THEY DO A GREAT JOB WITH, WITH OUR, UH, YOUTH INITIATIVES AS WELL. 
          SO, BUT, UM, I'D LOVE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE MENTORING SPECIFICALLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I, ERIC, SO FAR YOU'VE HEARD, I THINK THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          COUNCILMAN , COUNCILMAN MCGEE, COUNCILMAN, YEAH. 
          TALK ABOUT LIGHTING AS PART OF THE SOLUTION FOR CRIME. 
          I, I, BRIAN DILLARD IS ALL THE WAY OVER THERE PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION. 
          AND, UH, I THINK IT MAY BE TIME FOR US TO DUST OFF THE, UH, A LIGHTING PLAN THAT WAS, UM, COUNCILMAN TREVINO HELPED DEVELOP AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION WE'VE ALREADY GOT. 
          UM, AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE AMAZED, REALLY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT THE INNOVATION DEPARTMENT CAME UP WITH, UM, IN RESPONSE TO WHAT YOU THINK IS NEEDED. 
          'CAUSE WHAT YOU THINK IS NEEDED IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED, IS A SMART LIGHTING PROGRAM. 
          SO, UM, IF SOMEBODY COULD, I DUNNO, DUST THAT OFF AND MAYBE WE PRESENT IT AT A FUTURE MEETING OR, UH, BRIEF OUR, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN GET BEHIND THIS, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, I THINK, CRIME PREVENTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WILL HAVE CREATED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. 
          YEAH, THAT, THAT'S A GREAT POINT, COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, BECAUSE THERE, THERE, THERE WAS AN EFFORT AND IT WASN'T A CITYWIDE EFFORT, BUT IT WAS A, IT WAS A, AN EFFORT THAT WAS TARGETED A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WAS INFORMATIVE. 
          PLUS WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO WITH THE, THE SMART STREET LIGHTS AND THE WORK THAT WE DID WITH SMART CITIES, UM, UH, LED THROUGH BRIAN DILLARD'S OFFICE. 
          SO, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO PROBABLY BETTER INFORM OURSELVES 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEARS, AND THEN, UH, FIGURE OUT HOW THAT FITS INTO A, A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BROUGHT UP STREET LIGHTING. 
          UM, UH, I, I, I'LL SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD IN THE 27 COMMUNITY MEETINGS WAS NOT JUST WE, WE WANT A NEW POLE, IT'S THAT WE WANT THE STREETLIGHTS THAT ARE OUT REPLACED. 
          AND SO, IN PARALLEL TO THIS ISSUE, UM, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL CALLED 3 1 1, THIS IS ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR TO OUR CONVERSATION YESTERDAY WITH C P S AND, AND SAWS. 
          YOU CAN CALL 3 1 1, YOU REPORT YOUR STREETLIGHT. 
          THAT SERVICE LEVEL, UH, THAT SERVICE REQUEST GOES TO THREE TO C P S TO REPLACE. 
          AND WHAT, WHAT I HEARD, UM, IN A NUMBER OF THOSE MEETINGS WAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S TWO, THREE MONTHS LATER. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH C P S TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT. 
          WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS A C UH, A LIGHT THAT'S OUT, THEY'RE CALLING THE CITY. 
          THEY DON'T REALLY CARE WHOSE BUCKET 
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TRUCK GOES OUT THERE, BUT THERE'S AN EXPECTATION. 
          SO WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE WORKING ON THAT ANGLE AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND ALSO, COUNCILMAN, UH, ROCHE, YOU, YOU MENTIONED CRIMINOLOGISTS. 
          THEY'VE BEEN KNOCKING OUR DOOR DOWN OVER AT U T S A AND, UH, COUNCILMAN HDA AND I, WE AND MARIA, WE ALL GOT TO MEET WITH THOSE CRIMINOLOGISTS AND I THINK THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO SOME DEGREE ON, ON DOING SOME OF THIS RESEARCH. 
          AND SO THOSE RELATIONSHIPS EXIST. 
          YES. 
          THEY ACTUALLY, U T S A, UM, THE CRIMINOLOGIST, UH, DR. 
          SMITH THAT WE MET WITH, UM, THEY DID THE ANALYSIS OF 9 1 1 CALLS AS PART OF THIS, THIS STUDY. 
          AND, AND THE, THE, UH, RESEARCH DEPARTMENT AT U T S A WILL BE, WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING FORWARD TO COUNCIL IN AUGUST, A PROPOSED MASTER I L A WITH U T S A, THE BROAD U T S A, AGAIN, SPEARHEADED THROUGH THE WORK OF INNOVATION AND BRIAN DILLARD, SO THAT, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN RELY ON, ON EXPERTS, UH, RAZZI. 
          IT, IT'LL BE OPEN TO ANY CITY DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF CONNECT TO WHATEVER EXPERT WE NEED AT U T S A, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, UM, JOE FRANK JUST ADVISED ME THAT WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH REGION 20 RIGHT NOW FOR A CITYWIDE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S HAPPENING. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALIS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, CHIEF, WHAT IS THE, WHAT ARE THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT GET DISPATCHED IF YOU, IF THERE'S A CALL FOR POTENTIAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SOMEBODY IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, OR SOMEBODY COMPLAINS THERE'S A BURGLAR AROUND THEIR PROPERTY, HOW MANY OFFICERS ARE USUALLY DISPATCHED TO THOSE KINDS OF CALLS? IT, IT, IT DEPENDS ON THE NATURE OF THE CALL. 
          DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THERE'S ALWAYS, AT LEAST, THERE'S ALWAYS TWO TO START WITH. 
          UH, BURGLARY. 
          THERE'S TYPICALLY, OR A CALL FOR A BURGLAR. 
          THERE'S TYPICALLY TWO. 
          IT, IT DEPENDS ON THE NATURE OF THE CALL AND HOW DANGEROUS IT MIGHT BE, WHETHER IT'S TWO. 
          AND OFTEN IT STARTS OUT WITH TWO AND MAY WIND UP WITH 10. 
          IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE NATURE AND WHAT HAPPENS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT TRYING TO USE PROFESSIONALS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE KINDS OF ISSUES, PARTICULARLY HOMELESS MENTAL HEALTH, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          UH, IN YOUR, IN YOUR REALLY A PROFESSIONAL OPINION, IF THERE WAS A PROFESSIONAL GOING, WOULD YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH A SINGLE POLICE OFFICER ACCOMPANYING THAT PERSON? AGAIN, DEPENDING, DEPENDS ON THE NATURE OF THE CALL. 
          PROBABLY NOT. 
          IF A A, AGAIN, DEPENDING UPON THE NATURE OF THE CALL. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO IS, ARE WE REALLY GONNA HELP, UH, PUT MORE POLICE OFFICERS OUT DOING PATROL BY ADDING A PROFESSIONAL TO GO WITH, WITH THE POLICE OFFICER OUT THERE? AND, AND MY, IT'S JUST MY PERSONAL VIEW IS THAT ANY POLICE OFFICER NEED GOING TO A MENTAL HEALTH CALL OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, OR HOMELESS, YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER THE POLICE BE IN THE BACKGROUND INSTEAD OF THE FOREGROUND. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S ONE STEP. 
          BUT THE OTHER STEP IS, ARE WE ACTUALLY RELEASING MORE POLICE OFFICERS TO DO OTHER MORE SERIOUS PATROL DUTY FROM WHAT YOUR INDICATES? I, I, I THINK YOU'RE, I I, I DON'T WANT TO UNDERSELL AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF US SHOULD WANNA UNDERSELL THE DANGEROUSNESS THE POTENTIAL DANGER OF A, OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL OR ANY CALL. 
          YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS WHO ANSWERS THE DOOR WHEN YOU KNOCK ON IT, WHO CAN HANDLE IT. 
          AND IF YOU WANNA SEND A CIVILIAN TO A DANGEROUS CALL OR A CALL, THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS. 
          HAVE THAT PERSON KNOCK ON THE DOOR. 
          THERE'S A, THERE'S A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR THAT PERSON TO GET HURT. 
          AND I'M GONNA REFER THE REST OF THIS CONVERSATION TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE SINCE THAT'S WHERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GONNA BE BAKED INTO AND BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL. 
          SO, UH, LET'S GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          MY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ARE SIMILAR TO COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          IS THERE A TIMELINE ON INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF CLINICIANS THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT HAS? I KNOW THERE ARE THREE RIGHT NOW. 
          IS THERE A TIMELINE TO INCREASE THOSE CLINICIANS? GO AHEAD. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN, AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, UH, WE ARE GONNA BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS IN AUGUST, UH, TO INCREASE, UH, THE PROFESSIONALS TO ASSIST US WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH CALLS. 
          SO YOU, WE WILL, WE'LL PROVIDE YOU THAT NUMBER AUGUST 12, ONCE WE HAVE THOSE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND, AND OF COURSE, WITHIN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          UM, JUST TO WRAP THIS DISCUSSION UP, UM, IF WE CAN RECALL WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR WITH REGARD TO BUDGET DISCUSSIONS IS A DIFFERENT TENOR, BUT, BUT THERE'S SOME CONSISTENCIES HERE, PARTICULARLY WITH WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ BROUGHT UP, UH, WHICH I HEAR CONSENSUS ABOUT. 
          AND THAT IS, WE HAVE TO FIND BALANCE BETWEEN OUR APPROACH FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, NOT JUST ON THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO PREVENT EMERGENCIES FROM HAPPENING. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M 
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HEARING. 
          AND I'M, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE SOBER APPROACH THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS TAKEN, UH, TO BETTER FUND THOSE COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS LIGHTING, SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO FUND THE BACKEND RESPONSE TO, UH, THE PRODUCTS OF UNDERFUNDING COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THAT'S THE APPROACH. 
          I'M, I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE TAKING, UH, AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          SIMILARLY, UM, I WOULD ASK THAT IN THE DISCUSSION OF ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE, UH, AS IT GOES TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, WE REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE METRICS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SEE? WHAT, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH, UH, ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE? IS IT, UM, REDUCED, UM, POLICE COMMUNITY, UM, INTERACTIONS THAT RESULT IN VIOLENCE? IS IT, UH, WHAT, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE OUR MEASURES FOR SUCCESS? UH, AND THEN DEVELOP, UH, SOME MEASURES THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE ACHIEVING, UH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING OUR, OUR DESIRED RESULT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED TO THINK ABOUT, UH, MARIA OR CHIEF, IF YOU CAN COMMENT ON THAT. 
          BUT I, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE GOALS ARE, BE DELIBERATE ABOUT IT, AND THEN BE COMMITTED TO ME MEASURING, UH, AGAINST THAT. 
          UH, YES. 
          AMER, YES, AMIR, WE HAVE BEGAN THOSE DISCUSSIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WORK THAT OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS DOING. 
          HOW ARE WE GONNA MEASURE THE SUCCESS? 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, INTERACTION BETWEEN THE WORK WE'RE DOING HERE WITH, WITH THE POLICE SERVICES REVIEW AND THE WORK OF METRO HEALTH WITH THE, UM, STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN. 
          SO WE ARE GONNA BE WORKING TOGETHER. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THEM TODAY, BUT WE HAVE STARTED THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 
          HOW ARE WE GONNA MEASURE IMPACT? GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, AND LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT WE, WE HAVE SET THE FINANCIAL POLICY AS NOT BREACHING THE 66% MARK IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY SPENDING OF THE OVERALL BUDGET. 
          WE'VE HIT IT, WE'VE FALLEN BELOW THAT, UH, ON, ON SEVERAL BUDGETS. 
          I THINK WE'RE, WHAT ARE WE, 63, 60 4% PROBABLY THIS YEAR, BUT A LITTLE BIT ABOVE. 
          64%. 
          64.2. 
          64. 
          OKAY. 
          POINT THREE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WHAT'S IMPORTANT GOING FORWARD IS THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGETS GROW IN PROPORTION WITH THE REST OF THE BUDGET. 
          I WOULD JUST ASK FOR US TO, AGAIN, TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, AS THESE KINDS, AS THESE THINGS SHIFT, WHETHER THAT 66% NEEDS TO BE EXAMINED ALSO AS AN ACCURATE MEASURE OF, UM, THE OVERALL SIZE OF THE BUDGET'S RELATIVE TO WHAT EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS IS DOING. 
          UM, THAT'S A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION FOR ANOTHER DAY. 
          UM, LET'S, UH, GO BACK TO ERIC NOW SO WE CAN TRANSITION US TO THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          I THINK YOU JUST DID, MAYOR, COME ON UP. 
          RAZZI,  AND, OR ACTUALLY I THINK TAMIKA'S STARTING TAMIKA WILL GO FIRST. 
          AND THEN, UH, AND THEN RAZZIE. 
          TAMIKA, WELCOME TO YOUR FIRST, UH, COUNCIL GOAL SETTING SESSION. 
          GOOD MORNING, MR. MAY. 
          OH, IT'S AFTERNOON. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY PLAN. 
          I'M TAMIKA MONVILLE, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO START WITH WHAT OUR VISION AND MISSION IS. 
          THE FOCUS OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS TO FOCUS ON BEING DEDICATED TO CREATING A SAFE, SUSTAINABLE, AND EQUITABLE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR THE CITY. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA DO THAT THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING, COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, DATA ANALYSIS, SAFETY EDUCATION, AND PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE, OUR FOCUS AREAS ARE SA BIKES VISION ZERO AND SA TOMORROW, THE OBJECTIVE OF SA BIKES AND VISION ZERO, DEVELOP A SAFE AND CONNECTED NETWORK OF BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SA BIKES AND ALSO ELIMINATE AND REDUCE TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SEVERE INJURIES WITH VISION ZERO. 
          SOME OF OUR KEY STRATEGIES, NUMBER ONE FOR THE BIKE PROGRAM, ARE TO UPDATE THE BIKE MASTER PLAN. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE WANT TO EDUCATE EVERYONE ABOUT WHAT IS BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE, IDENTIFY WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OF SAN ANTONIANS, UH, RELATED TO BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND I THINK AS WE TALK ABOUT BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT WHERE'S THAT LATENT DEMAND FOR BICYCLE USE AND FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO USE CYCLING, WE WANNA PROMOTE A SAFE CULTURE AND INCLUSIVE CULTURE AND ALSO ENGAGE AND EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT BICYCLING IN CITIES. 
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NOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT VISION ZERO, THESE TWO PROGRAMS ARE INTERRELATED IN THAT WE ARE USING THE DATA WE GET FROM INJURIES AND FATALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM TO OUTLINE AND INFORM HOW WE APPROACH AND THE AREAS WHERE WE IMPROVE BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE RECOGNIZE THESE ARE RELATED PROGRAMS AND HOW WE PROCEED IN THE FUTURE IS GONNA BE INFORMED BY LOOKING AT THE STATISTICS AND THE DATA. 
          AND SO REALLY WITH THIS MULTIMODAL PLAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE MULTIMODAL PLAN, BUT MOST IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW IS SAFETY. 
          AND WHERE WE SEE SAFETY BEING INTEGRAL TO MOVING FORWARD IS THE BIKE MASTER PLAN UPDATE, WHERE WE WILL SPEND THE NEXT YEAR COLLECTING A LOT OF DATA, DOING SURVEYING. 
          AND I THINK THIS BODY HAS SPOKEN A LOT ABOUT DATA AND SURVEY ANALYSIS. 
          IT'S REALLY IDEAL FOR US TO GET THE DATA. 
          ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE CANNOT PROVIDE A LOT OF DETAIL ABOUT OUR PROGRAM TODAY IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE DATA. 
          SO IF YOU THINK 2011 WAS WHEN THE LAST PLAN WAS UPDATED, WE'VE HAD OVER A DECADE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE REALLY GOOD DATA ABOUT OUR STREET INFRASTRUCTURE TO INFORM HOW WE DEVELOP FUTURE BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THE LAST PROGRAM I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS A TOMORROW. 
          SO THIS CITY HAS DEVELOPED A VISION FOR WHERE WE WANNA GO WITH SUSTAINABILITY, WITH HOUSING, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND ALSO WITH MULTIM MODALISM. 
          HOW WE'RE APPROACHING OUR PART AS THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS WE'RE GOING TO LET THE LAND USE GUIDE OUR TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS AND OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS. 
          SO WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE NEXT STEP FOR US IS TO DEVELOP TRANSPORTATION PLANS OR MULTIMODAL CIRCULATION PLANS THAT ARE INFORMED BY THE LAND USE PRIORITIES. 
          WE'LL WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AT VIA, WE'LL WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AT AMPO AND ACOG AND WITH ALL OF YOU AND YOUR DISTRICTS TO UNDERSTAND BASED ON THOSE LAND USE PLANS THAT MANY HAVE BEEN ADOPTED, HOW DOES YOUR COMMUNITY, HOW DO YOUR CONSTITUENTS WANT TO CIRCULATE? WHAT ARE THEIR PRIORITY MODES FOR THEIR AREAS BASED ON WHERE SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED, BASED ON WHERE BUSINESSES ARE LOCATED IN THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS? SO RIGHT NOW, HOW WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING PLANS IS THROUGH OUR BIKE I M P PROGRAM. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE USING BIKE I M P FUNDS FOR THE RAILS TO TRAILS PROJECT AND D FIVE. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT BROOKS AND U T SS A RIGHT NOW WITH THE I M P PROGRAM TO DEVELOP BIKE PLANS FOR THOSE AREAS, WHICH ARE SUPPORTING THE LAND USE PLANS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN OUTLINED THROUGH SA TOMORROW. 
          SO ONE OF THE INITIATIVES OF THIS LEADERSHIP IS TO TARGET SPECIFIC AREAS FOR PEDESTRIAN AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          WE'VE IDENTIFIED, BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE HAVE RELATED TO CRASHES WHERE WE NEED TO INVEST IN MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS. 
          THESE ARE AREAS THAT ARE TYPICALLY HIGH TRAFFIC, A D T AVERAGE DAILY TRIPS OF CARS. 
          AND THESE ARE AREAS WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT AS SAFE AS THEY SHOULD BE. 
          SO WITH THESE MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS, WE CAN ADDRESS MANY OF THOSE AREAS WHERE WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN A CONSISTENT SERIES OF FATALITIES AND INJURIES. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS BODY SUPPORTING US AND DOING THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE PART OF OUR PROCESS IS GOING TO BE THE BABY STEPS. 
          SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BIKE MASTER PLAN, I KNOW MANY PEOPLE THINK, HEY, ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT TO GET THE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED? NO, WE PROPOSED TO USE THE I M P THIS YEAR TO DEVELOP WHAT THEY'VE UTILIZED IN DENVER CALLED LOW STRESS STREETS. 
          SO INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO PAVE THOSE ARTERIALS THAT WE KNOW ARE 35 MILES AN HOUR, WHERE WE DO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT FATALITIES, WE WANNA TAKE OUR I M P MONIES AND DEVELOP A LOW STRESS SYSTEM. 
          I'VE BEEN CALLING IT A BUNNY ROUTE SYSTEM SIMILAR TO, YOU KNOW, THE BUNNY SLOPES. 
          BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT RESPONDS TO THE NEEDS OF THE BICYCLE COMMUNITY. 
          BUT UNTIL WE BEGIN THAT PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR BIKE MASTER PLAN, WE CAN HAVE NOT A, A MULTICOLORED, YOU KNOW, RAMMING NETWORK OF SHARED USE PATHS, BIKE LANES, BUT WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A DESIGNATED SLOW ROUTE SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE TO BEGIN TRAVELING ON THEIR BICYCLES AND NOT FEEL INTIMIDATED BY THE ROAD. 
          AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN COLLECT DATA ON AND SEE HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THAT. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE RELATED TO NOT JUST BICYCLE PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO TO ANY OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS I'VE SHARED WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, TAMIKA ARE WE, UM, SO ARE WE HAVE RAZZIE COME UP AND DO THIS ALL TOGETHER? 
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YES, IT'S, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'LL GO TO RAZZIE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS FOR BOTH OF Y'ALL AT THE SAME TIME, IF THAT'S ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M REZI HUI, DIRECTOR, CITY ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORK DEPARTMENT STREET NETWORK. 
          WE HAVE OVER ONE 4,190 CENTER LINE MILE OF THE STREET NETWORK THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          42% IS AN EXCELLENT CONDITION, OR GRADE A 23% IS A GOOD CONDITION, OR GRADE B 12% IS FAIR CONDITION OR GRADE C. 
          AND ANOTHER 12% IS POOR CONDITION OR GRADE T. 
          AND WE HAVE, UNFORTUNATELY, FAIR CONDITION OR F STREET IS 11%. 
          OVERALL, OUR NETWORK, 77% IS GOOD TO FAIR CONDITION AND 23% IN FOUR POOR OR FAIR CONDITION, WHICH WE ARE WILL BE TALKING WITH YOU ON. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          FAILED STREET, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE 4,190 CENTER MILE OF NETWORK. 
          11% IS FAILED STREET OR F STREET, WHICH IS EQUATE 457 MILE ESTIMATED COUNT COST OF TO ADDRESS THESE IS 914 MILLION. 
          HISTORICALLY BOND PROGRAM HAS FOCUSED ON CAPACITY ENHANCING RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE TABLE RIGHT, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF F THREE 17%, WHICH IS HAPPENED TO BE IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          AND THE, THE SMALLEST ONE IS 1%, WHICH IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, THE PROPOSED STREET MAINTENANCE AND BOND FUNDING FOR FY 22. 
          WE ARE PROPOSING OPERATING FUNDS 38 MILLION, 38.8 MILLION CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, 71.2 MILLION, NO 2022 BOND PROGRAM AND 110 MILLION FUNDING FOR F Y 23. 
          WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING 110 MILLION, 38.8 MILLION FROM OPERATING FUNDS, 51.2 MILLION FROM CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION. 
          AND BY THIS TIME, HOPEFULLY OUR BOND PASS, WE ARE PROPOSING 20 MILLION TO COME FROM THE BOND. 
          THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE CITY ANNUAL STREET MAINTENANCE FUNDING AND THE AVERAGE PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX SINCE 2018. 
          OUR GOAL IS MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT AVERAGE P C I OF 70 OR ABOVE. 
          OVERALL, WE ARE MOVING IN RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          OUR P C I IS IMPROVING P C R IMPROVEMENT ARE DUE TO SS M P AND ALSO BOND FUNDING. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS GRAPH, OUR P C I CURVE IS VERY FLAT. 
          BETWEEN 2019 AND 2020. 
          THIS WAS DUE BECAUSE OF THE DEFER PROJECT. 
          WE HAD $50 MILLION DEFER LAST YEAR. 
          THEREFORE, P C I STAYED VERY FLAT. 
          BASIC OF MP, BASIC OF SS M P BUDGET ALLOCATION. 
          WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, VERY SIMILAR, WHAT WE DID THE LAST YEAR, 110000050% HAVE DONE BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          AND THEN ANOTHER 50% TO BE DONE BASED ON THE CONDITION OF THE NETWORK IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          BECAUSE OF THIS COUNCIL, DISTRICT TWO AND 10 HAS MORE AREA TO MAINTAIN. 
          WE ARE PROPOSING TO GET MORE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN. 
          ON THE TABLE. 
          ON THE RIGHT IS BASED ON THE CONDITION COUNCIL. 
          DISTRICT ONE AND TWO AND 10 HAS A HIGHER CONDITION. 
          THEREFORE, WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THESE THREE COUNCIL DISTRICT ALSO GET MORE FUNDING TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUE. 
          AS I MENTIONED, HAV, WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO THIS ALLEGATION. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, 55 MILLION BASED ON THE SIZE COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WILL BE GETTING MAXIMUM OF THE FUNDING. 
          A LITTLE OVER EACH OF THEM, OVER 6 MILLION. 
          AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE COUNCIL FOR THE CONDITION OF THE NETWORK IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE TABLE, COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, TWO, AND 10 WILL BE GETTING MAXIMUM FUNDING. 
          OVERALL, THE NUMBER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS TABLE, COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO AND 10, AND OF COURSE ONE WILL BE GETTING MAXIMUM OF THE FUNDING FOR 2022. 
          LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SIDEWALK. 
          WE HAVE 5,190 
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MILE OF THE SIDEWALK, AND OF COURSE WE HAVE 1,648 MILE OF GAPS. 
          DISTRICT THREE HAS THE MAXIMUM THE GAP AND DISTRICT SIX HAS THE MINIMUM GAP. 
          IF WE HAD TO ADDRESS THESE A SIDEWALK TODAY, IT'LL COST US $565 MILLION TO ADDRESS COUNCILMAN PLUS, YOU'RE RIGHT, THE PRICE HAS GONE UP. 
          LAST IN 2019, WE WERE BUILDING SIDEWALK $65 PER LINEAR FOOT, FOUR FOOT WIDE. 
          ONE FOOT LONG WAS COSTING $55. 
          NOVICE COSTING US $65 AND OVER. 
          WHY? BECAUSE OF THE LUMBER HAS GONE UP, THE USE FOR FORMING CONCRETE HAS GONE UP. 
          IT STILL HAS GONE UP. 
          THEREFORE, PRICE HAS INCREASED ROUGHLY 20%. 
          THEN THIS IS THE GRAPH SHOW SINCE 2018 TO 2022. 
          HOW MUCH WE ARE GOING, WE HAVE A SPEND AND HOW MUCH WE ARE GOING TO TO SPEND. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, LAST FOUR YEARS FROM 2018 TO 2021, WE HAVE AVERAGED SPEND OR BUDGETED 18 MILLION ON THE SIDEWALK. 
          MAJORITY OF THEM CAME FROM THE BOND FUNDING AND OF COURSE, A T D FUNDING. 
          NEXT YEAR, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ONLY 11.5, 11.1 MILLION BECAUSE SINCE WE ARE COMPLETING THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM, THEREFORE VAC FUNDING IS GOING DOWN. 
          THAT'S KIND OF ITSELF IS A GOOD NEWS. 
          WE ARE FINISHING FROM $84 MILLION WE HAD FOR THE PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY. 
          WE ARE FINISHING MOST OF THOSE. 
          THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR TIMELINE FOR THE PROPOSED 2022 BOND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT START JUNE AND SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR. 
          WE MET WITH EACH COUNCIL'S OFFICE AND MANY DEPARTMENT. 
          OCTOBER TO DECEMBER CONSULTING SELECTION TO ASSIST US ON COST ESTIMATING AND SCOPING PROJECT SCOPING AND COST ESTIMATING. 
          JANUARY AND JUNE OF THIS YEAR. 
          COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT JUNE TO JULY OF THIS YEAR, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE RECOMMENDED PROJECT LIST FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, WE WILL HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING JANUARY TO FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR. 
          COUNCIL WILL BE CALLING FOR THE ELECTION. 
          AND FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY, 2022 WILL BE THE ELECTION. 
          ME AND TAMIKA IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER TO ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, RICK. 
          THANK YOU , UH, AND TAMIKA FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          UM, AND I KNOW MY, MY COLLEAGUES ARE PROBABLY VERY INTERESTED IN THAT LAST SLIDE THAT YOU JUST SHOWED. 
          AND I WOULD SUGGEST DO NOT FRET IN TERMS OF THAT JUNE AND JULY DATE. 
          WE ARE A LITTLE BIT, UH, BEHIND THAT CALENDAR, UH, FOR A LOT OF REASONS, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THAT WE ARE TAKING A COUPLE OF STEPS BACK BEFORE WE GO FULL STEPS FORWARD IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT STRATEGIC OUTCOMES. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THINGS LIKE PUBLIC HEALTH, CONNECTIVITY, RESILIENCE, BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO COORDINATE WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL AS, UH, INTEGRATE OUR PRIORITIES WITH ALL THE OTHER POTENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO US. 
          WHETHER IT'S THE A R P, UH, DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE IN PHASE TWO, OR, UH, WHAT LOOKS TO BE, UH, SOME CONSENSUS BUILDING IN DC ON AN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO, UH, ALL OF THOSE ARE GONNA BE IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS SLIDE HERE. 
          SO AS YOU THINK ABOUT, UM, THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT TO THE BONDS, UH, THE BOND PROCESS, UH, JUST NOTE THAT THERE'S, YOU DIDN'T MISS A DEADLINE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, IF I HAVE, UH, I JUST WANTED TO GO TO TWO SLIDES AND, AND, AND LET ME JUST SAY TO, UH, TAMIKA, UH, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID, SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING ON LAND USE INTEGRATION WITH OUR MOBILITY PLANS WITH SA TOMORROW. 
          UM, AND ALSO, UM, YOU'RE CALLING 'EM THE BUDDY BUNNY ROUTES, UH, ON BICYCLE MASTER PLAN. 
          I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE. 
          AND I THINK YOU'LL FIND CONSENSUS THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN. 
          BUT THIS COUNCIL, I'M SURE I AM INTERESTED IN, UM, ACCELERATING DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROUTES THAT WE CAN, UH, WHERE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALREADY PRIORITIES. 
          SO, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT. 
          UM, CAN WE GO TO SLIDE TWO OF YOUR PRESENTATION, RAZZY? SO OUR EQUITY FRAMEWORK REALLY BEGAN, UH, IN THE T C I BUDGET. 
          UH, NOW IT'S SPLIT OUT, BUT UM, MAYBE IT'S THE, IT'S SLIDE TWO CLOSER TO THE BEGINNING. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          UM, 
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IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT TODAY, UH, MAYBE WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR DEPARTMENT BRIEFING, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE COMPARED TO WHEN WE STARTED. 
          OH. 
          UM, BECAUSE THE IDEA IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE OF THOSE ROADS CITYWIDE INTO THE EXCELLENT GOOD CATEGORY AND SEE FEWER OF THEM IN THE FAIR TO FAILED. 
          UM, AND ALSO SEE THE PROPORTIONS BEGIN TO EQUALIZE DISTRICT BY DISTRICT. 
          UM, VERY SIMPLE WAY OF LOOKING AT EQUITY. 
          THIS IS OBVIOUSLY VERY SUPERFICIAL WAY OF LOOKING AT EQUITY, BUT IT'S ONE STEP THAT WE TOOK TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE NOW. 
          UM, THE SLIDE I DID WANNA TALK ABOUT IS SLIDE FOUR. 
          UM, AS I'VE DISCUSSED, AND I THINK, UM, ERIC HAS TALKED, UH, WITH A NUMBER OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE HAVING, WE, SO WHEN I CAME ON TO THIS COUNCIL, MY FIRST BUDGET, UM, 2014, WE WERE SPENDING ANNUALLY $35 MILLION A YEAR ON STREET MAINTENANCE. 
          UM, WHICH IS A PITTANCE COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW. 
          WHEN IN 2017 WE BUMPED IT UP SIGNIFICANTLY TO THREEFOLD THAT JUST ABOUT ABOUT 99 MILLION. 
          WE'VE INCREASED IT SINCE THEN TO A HUNDRED TO 110. 
          UM, WE DEFERRED A LITTLE BIT, UH, AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT WHAT'S REALLY BEEN HAPPENING IN THE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN ALLOCATING ALL THESE RESOURCES THAT WE'VE BEEN APPROPRIATING DOLLARS, BUT NOT SPENDING THEM IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET. 
          BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE ROADS, UH, THAT WE'RE BUDGETING FOR END UP TO BE PRETTY LARGE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
          AND SO WE'RE APPROPRIATING DOLLARS IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, BUT NOT SEEING THEM SPENT UNTIL YEAR TWO, SOMETIMES EVEN YEAR THREE IN MY VIEW, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO PUTTING THOSE DOLLARS TO THEIR BEST USE. 
          UM, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT IF WE'RE BUDGETING ANNUALLY FOR PROGRAMS THAT TAKE TWO OR THREE YEARS TO SPEND, WHICH IS WHY YOU NOW HAVE THE F Y 2023 BUDGET INDICATING, UM, $20 MILLION COMING FROM THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          THOSE ARE DOLLARS THAT WE WERE BUDGETING, BUT ARE MORE TRADITIONALLY BOND PROJECTS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , SO ERIC, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IN SO DOING, YOU'RE BASICALLY FREEING CAPACITY, UM, FOR ADDITIONAL STREET INFRASTRUCTURE IF WE PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT PLACES WHERE THEY COULD BE UTILIZED? YEAH. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          MARY, I MEAN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE STARTED LOOKING AT, UM, IN THE SUMMER OF 2019, THE ALIGNMENT WHERE YOU GUYS ARE APPROVING AN ANNUAL BUDGET, TO YOUR POINT. 
          AND IT'S TAKEN US FOR A NUMBER OF PROJECTS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20 AND $30 MILLION, WHICH ARE BOND PROJECTS. 
          IT'S TAKEN US TWO YEARS TO SPEND THE MONEY. 
          SO THE CONCEPT WOULD HERE WOULD BE THAT THE $20 MILLION IN THE BOND PROGRAM, UH, WOULD, WOULD PRESUMABLY BE $20 MILLION A YEAR FOR THE FIVE YEARS. 
          SO THERE'D BE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BOND PROGRAM FOR D N F STREETS, KIND OF LIKE WE DID, LIKE, KIND OF LIKE THE COUNCIL DID IN 2017 FOR PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY. 
          IT WOULD BE JUST FOR D N F STREETS. 
          AND, AND SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THAT IF WE DID THAT, BUT UM, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO HAND IN HAND WITH THE, WITH THE BOND CONVERSATIONS THAT THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE. 
          BUT IF YOU DID THAT IN 2023, THEN THAT LEAVES, YOU SEE THE, THE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 22 AND 2371 TO 51, THAT LEAVES $20 MILLION OF CAPACITY THAT WE COULD EITHER DO, UM, MOBILITY TYPE PROJECTS, UH, ADDITIONAL STREET MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, UM, OR, OR, OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          SO IT GIVES US CAPACITY. 
          UH, HERE, HERE'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE FOR DISCUSSION. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S RIGHT. 
          WE'RE NOT EAR, WE'RE NOT APPROPRIATING DOLLARS THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA SPEND IN THE, IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. 
          WE SHOULD BE PUTTING THEM INTO THE BOND PROGRAM IF THEY'RE RECONSTRUCTION, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US CONTINUE TO BUDGET THE 71 OR WHATEVER IT IS YEAH. 
          FOR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION BUDGET, BUT, UH, EARMARK THAT $20 MILLION FOR VISION ZERO SO THAT WE CAN, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, BEGIN TO DO WHAT, PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS BASICALLY SO WE CAN BETTER FUND SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY PROJECTS AS WELL AS, UH, BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UH, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, I THINK, UH, A HUGE BOOST GOING INTO THE NEW BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, BUT ALSO FINALLY PUT A RESOURCES INTO COMMUNITY BUILDING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SO THAT WE DON'T SEE MORE PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES AND BICYCLE FATALITIES GOING FORWARD. 
          SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT, BUT, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST WE KEEP THE LEVEL OF ANNUAL FUNDING COMING OUTTA CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS, UH, AT THE SAME LEVEL AND EARMARK 
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THAT DIFFERENCE FOR VISION ZERO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON, UH, THEN KEO, HDA, ELIAS AND PERRY. 
          I WILL, I WILL START WITH THE UH, P C I SCORE. 
          UH, 'CAUSE SO WE HAVE RATINGS FOR STREETS. 
          DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT RATES THE SIDEWALKS? WE DO. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE RIGHT NOW DISTRICT THREE HAS BAD STREETS ARE FAILING STREETS. 
          UH, WE HAVE THE LARGEST SIDEWALK GAPS AND WE ALSO HAVE, UM, LOTS OF DRAINAGE ISSUES. 
          SO WHEN WE LOOK AT BOND PROJECTS, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE LOOK INTO DIGGING ONCE BEST VALUE AND THAT WE GET THINGS DONE THERE. 
          'CAUSE AND WE ALSO HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES FOR BROADBAND. 
          YEAH. 
          COUNCILWOMAN PART OF 2017 BOND, WE HAD TWO COUNCIL DISTRICT, THEY HAD THE MAXIMUM DOLLAR. 
          DISTRICT THREE HAD 9 MILLION AND DISTRICT ONE HAD 9 MILLION. 
          ALSO, WE HAVE BUILT OVER $8 MILLION SIDEWALK IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. 
          STILL THERE IS A BIG NEED, NO QUESTION. 
          BUT WE HAVE DONE SIGNIFICANT SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION IN LAST FEW YEARS. 
          48 MILLION JUST PART OF THE BOND. 
          AND EVERY YEAR WE GET 5 MILLION THROUGH BUDGET PROCESS. 
          AND, AND I AND I HEAR THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS DISTRICT HAS BEEN WAITING ALMOST 40 YEARS FOR THIS MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO THAT, THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT I WANT US TO, UH, THINK ABOUT. 
          AND THEN I KNOW THAT THE HOMEOWNERS ARE RESPONSIBLE TO MAINTAIN SIDEWALKS PER THE SIDEWALK ORDINANCE. 
          UM, HOW IS THAT SIDEWALK REBA REBATE PROGRAM WORKING IS, WE HAVE EVERY YEAR, FEW OF THE PROPERTY OWNER TAKE ADVANTAGE, BUT SINCE LAST YEAR WE CREATE ALSO SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM AND WE HAVE HALF MILLION AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO SAME THING IN 2022. 
          ALSO, AS WE WORK WITH THE COUNCIL'S OFFICE AND WE KNOW THOSE LOCATION, WE GO OVER THERE AND REPLACE DOOR DAMAGE CONCRETE SIDEWALK. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, AND, AND THOSE ARE KIND OF A, AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BOND AS THE MAYOR HAS INSTRUCTED, WE JUST LOOK AT STREAMLINING THIS PROCESS. 
          AND, UH, I'D LIKE, UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY. 
          UM, SO CAN WE HAVE, AND I, I WILL DO A TOWN HALL AND HAVE YOU GUYS PRESENT, BUT IF WE COULD HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR CROSSWALKS AND KI IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE WE DID, UH, BY LEWIS CHATHAM APARTMENTS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE BUSINESS OWNERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT WANT THAT AND WOULD BE WILLING TO KIND OF COME IN A PUBLIC PRIVATE TO RAISE THOSE FUNDS. 
          SO IF WE COULD GET THAT. 
          AND THE OTHER THING IS, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SPEED BUMPS IN AREAS WITH PARKS AND SCHOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT DONE. 
          AND THE OTHER THING I WANNA ADDRESS IS OUR CURRENT BIKE LANES IN DISTRICT THREE, WE STILL HAVE THE ISSUES OF RESIDENTS PARKING IN THE BIKE LANES. 
          I UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY DO THAT AFTER HOURS, BUT CAN, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN ADDRESS THAT WITH EITHER AND NOT SS A P D DOING THE WORK, BUT MAYBE HAVING A PARKING ENFORCEMENT GOING OUT AND TICKETING THESE PEOPLE THAT STAY WELL PAST THAT, UM, THAT TIME ON, ON THE BIKE, UH, THE BIKE LANES. 
          'CAUSE WE HAVE THEM, BUT THEY CAN'T BE USED BECAUSE THERE'S CARS THERE. 
          SO IF WE COULD GET THAT DONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. 
          HDA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, SORRY. 
          UM, THIS IS MY NUMBER ONE FOCUS. 
          IT'S MAINTENANCE OF OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          WE SAW THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE DEMANDING THAT FOCUS, SO I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT. 
          UM, NOT JUST FOR OUR VEHICLES, BUT OUR, UM, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AND, AND, UH, FOR CYCLISTS, CYCLISTS THAT ARE BOTH RECREATIONAL AND, UM, UTILITY NEED IT FOR UTILITY TO GET TO WORK. 
          I, UM, I AGREE WITH EARMARKING THE 20 MILLION FOR, UM, THE VISION ZERO PROJECTS TO, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FUNDING SIDEWALK SIDEWALKS, PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY AND BIKE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UM, AND THE UPDATE FOR THIS, ACTUALLY I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE CITY'S BIKE PLAN. 
          UM, YOU MENTIONED TAMIKA, I THINK YOU MENTIONED, UH, PUTTING OUT A CITY SURVEY. 
          ARE YOU PLANNING ON MEETING WITH ANY OF THE THE GROUPS, UM, THE ADVOCACY GROUPS? YES MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO OUR GOAL IS TO MEET WITH EVERYONE. 
          IT WILL BE A COMBINATION OF WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LOVE TO DO WITH EACH OF YOU IS DO A WALKING TOUR TO JUST EXPERIENCE WITH MANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHAT THEY EXPERIENCE WHEN 
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YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET WITH SIDEWALKS, WITH BIKE LANES AND WITHOUT. 
          SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT, PART OF OUR JOB IS TO EDUCATE YOU GUYS ABOUT THE THINGS WE HAVE TO CONSIDER AND THE THINGS WE LOOK AT. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY FOR US TO LEARN AS PRACTITIONERS WHAT YOU FACE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND SO WITH THE BIKE MASTER PLAN UPDATE, A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT IS THE SURVEY BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T KNOW, WE HAD A NUMBER OF CYCLING ADVOCATES HERE IN THE ROOM, BUT THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD TO COME OFF WORK AND COME IN HERE AND ADVOCATE. 
          BUT WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO USE BIKES TO GET TO WORK BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR ONLY OPTION. 
          SO DOING AN ANNUAL CITYWIDE SURVEY WILL ENABLE US TO ESTABLISH A BASELINE BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A BASELINE BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON SURVEYING PEOPLE RELATED TO BICYCLES. 
          SO THE FIRST PART IS TO DEVELOP A SURVEY. 
          AND AS YOU, YOU ARE A PART OF THE U L I PANEL ON MONDAY, CARLOS PARDO SPOKE ABOUT THE SURVEYING AND UNDERSTANDING, ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS ABOUT CYCLING BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO HELP INFORM US WHEN WE GET THE DATA. 
          SO THE DATA RELATED TO THE ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE, AND NORMALIZING BOTH THE DATA FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS AND ALSO FROM THOSE PEOPLE WHO CURRENTLY USE THE SYSTEM AND LEARNING WHY PEOPLE DON'T USE THE SYSTEM. 
          AND TAKING A LOOK AT OUR ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, DOING FOCUS GROUPS. 
          SO AS WE FOCUS ON THE I M P FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE DOING POPUPS, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          FIESTA WILL HAVE A TABLE TO SAY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? DO YOU EVEN RIDE A BIKE RIGHT NOW? SO THAT'S GONNA BE CRITICAL FOR US. 
          WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE DATA. 
          AND YOU ARE A PART OF THIS DISCUSSION ON MONDAY, BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS WHY CAN'T WE JUST SAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE 50 MILES OF BIKE LANES NEXT YEAR? BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MILES OF BIKE LANES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. 
          WE DON'T KNOW THE WIDTH OF ALL OF OUR ROADWAYS BECAUSE OUR ROADWAYS ARE SO UNIQUE IN THAT THEY MIGHT BE 32 FEET IN THE SOUTHERN PART IN THE DOWNTOWN. 
          AND BY THE TIME YOU GET OUT INTO THE SUBURBAN PARTS OF THE CITY, THEY'RE 120 FEET. 
          SO WE HAVE TO DO THE DATA ANALYSIS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHAT'S THE SAFEST PLACE FOR BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHAT TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE THERE, AND THEN WHAT IS THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY AND PLAN TO GET THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. 
          I AGREE WITH FOLLOWING THAT PROCESS. 
          I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'VE GOT BEFORE WE CAN EXPAND, BUT I DO, UM, LIKE THE IDEA OF A GOAL, I LIKE THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE HAVE WHAT, WHAT WE KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS NUMBER, THIS MILEAGE OF, OF, UH, BIKE LANES THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO EXPAND BUT HAVE METRICS IN ORDER TO, TO GET THERE AND TO BE ABLE TO USE THE FUNDING TARGETED FOR THESE KINDS OF THINGS. 
          RIGHT? WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION NOW ABOUT THE VISION ZERO WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE FATALITIES. 
          SO THOSE ARE OUR PRIORITY RIGHT NOW WITH THE I N P AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, CHICAGO CALLS IT THE MELLOW LANES. 
          WE COULD DEVELOP AN APP OF MELLOW LANES, LOW STRESS LANES, BUT THE FOCUS FOR ME THIS YEAR IS JUST TO DEVELOP THAT SAFE NETWORK. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW TO GET THE SAFE. 
          THAT'S THE GOAL, IS JUST A SAFE, SLOW NETWORK, LOW STRESS NETWORK WITH THE I M P, WITH THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE. 
          THE PLAN IS GOING TO GIVE US THE DATA IN ORDER TO DEVELOP IN A PART OF THE PLAN. 
          THAT'S WHY IT'S THE PRICE, THE COST THAT WE ANTICIPATE IS BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO INCLUDE AN IMPLEMENTATION COMPONENT TO START IMPLEMENTING. 
          SO IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN THE 20 MILLION THANK YOU MAYOR THAT WE WILL GET FOR VISION ZERO, WE CAN THEN SAY, OKAY, OUR PLAN 20 MILLION, THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT OUT OF THE BIKE UPDATE. 
          SO THAT'S THE GOAL. 
          WE DO HAVE STRATEGIC, UH, PERFORMANCE METRICS AS A PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          AND BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW NOW, WE ARE SAYING WE WOULD DO 0.5 MILES OF NEW BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE THIS FISCAL YEAR AND WE WILL HAVE UP TO NINE MILES OF REFURBISHED MAINTAIN BIKE LANES BASED ON THE DATA DATA WE HAVE TODAY. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA GO OUT HERE AND SAY WE'RE GONNA DO 50 MILES 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING WE HAVE, BUT WE DO HAVE PERFORMANCE METRICS AND THAT WILL CONTINUE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND ALSO, UM, TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT USE THEIR BIKE, UM, FOR UTILITY, UM, NOT SO MUCH RECREATION. 
          IF I WOULD ENCOURAGE WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER AND, AND HAVING PAPER SURVEYS IN THE LIBRARIES, UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU CAN GO OUT TO EMPLOYERS WHERE, UM, THEY, THEY HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, RIDE THEIR BIKES OR RIDE THEIR BIKES TO THE BUS TO GET TO WORK. 
          UM, SO I THINK THAT THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          ALSO, OUR, THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS PART OF THIS IS, ARE WE IN THAT SAME CATEGORY? OKAY, GO. 
          YOU STILL IN GIRL? THAT'S SORRY MAN. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          UM, YES. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING HOMER AND I ARE SUPER DUPER EXCITED ABOUT. 
          LIKE I I'M JUST FANGIRLING OUT HERE BECAUSE YOU LOVE IT LIKE THAT TOO, GIRL . 
          OKAY. 
          UM, 
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THE REALITY IS WE HAVE BEEN LOSING A LOT OF MONEY IN TERMS OF OUR ABILITY TO GET MORE FUNDING FOR THE HOWARD P GREENWAY SYSTEM BECAUSE WE ONLY CATEGORIZE IT AS A PARK AND RECREATION ASSET. 
          IT IS A TRANSPORTATION ASSET. 
          AND SO A HUGE ELEMENT OF THE BIKE MASTER PLAN UPDATE IS PUTTING THAT IN THERE AS OUR BIKE NETWORK. 
          THE NEXT STEP FOR US, WHICH HOMER AND I WILL BE WORKING ON THIS SUMMER, IS GETTING THE BIKE, GETTING THE HOWARD PEAK TRAIL SYSTEM IN THE TIP IN THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          SO THAT WHEN THERE ARE DISCRETIONARY OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE PRESIDENT AND, YOU KNOW, CONGRESS AGREEING ON THIS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN IS REALLY HUGE BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE FOR FUNDS TO COMPLETE COMPONENTS OF THAT AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A RAISE GRANT APPLICATION TO, TO START THAT PROCESS, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO THAT'S GONNA BE CRITICAL AND THOSE MILES ADD TO OUR CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE REGION. 
          SO IT'S ALL CONNECTED AND AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT THAT'S EXACTLY MY, UM, WHAT I WAS THINKING. 
          I MEAN, IT IT IS CONNECTED, I THINK TALKING ABOUT HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS IS TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS EXACTLY CORRECT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          SO, UM, THOSE ARE, THAT'S ALL I HAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COVEO HOWARD, BEFORE WE GO OVER TO MANNY, UM, ERIC, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE RAISE GRANT? YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK, UH, TAMIKA, LET'S, UH, YOU JUST MENTIONED IT. 
          UM, LET'S TAKE TWO STEPS BACK AND, 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WORK THAT, THAT YOU, UM, AND, UM, AND OTHERS ARE DOING WITH THE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS HOMER, UH, THE RIVER AUTHORITY ON THE RAISE GRANT, WHICH IS A, A REALLY BIG OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO WHY DON'T YOU, CAN YOU GIVE THE COUNCIL LIKE TWO MINUTES ON THAT? 'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          THE RAISE GRANT IS A FEDERAL DISCRETIONARY GRANT, THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          EACH STATE CAN IS ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS EACH PROJECT, NO MORE THAN 25 MILLION. 
          WE'VE COME TOGETHER. 
          THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY PARKS TRANSPORTATION GOVERN, OUR, A LOT OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY TO COMPLETE THAT SEGMENT OF THE TRAIL, THE ZAMORA CREEK SECTION, UM, FROM VIA THE INGRAM TRANSIT CENTER ALL THE WAY TO THE LEON CREEK, EXCUSE ME, WHERE THE RESTORATION PROJECT THAT SARAH HAS COMPLETED. 
          SO THIS APPROXIMATELY NINE MILE STRETCH WE'RE GOING TO BE APPLYING FOR FUNDS TO COMPLETE THAT SEGMENT. 
          IT IS A AREA OF PERSISTENT POVERTY. 
          IT SPEAKS TO ALL OF THE CRITERIA OF THE RAISE GRANT APPLICATION, AND IT BEGINS TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE SAFETY CONCERNS ON INGRAM THAT WE HAVE WITH REGARD TO DEVELOPING A MULTI-USE SECTION OF THE TRAIL THERE. 
          AND THIS IS GOING TO SPEAK TO WHAT THE COUNCILWOMAN TALKED ABOUT, THE CONNECTIVITY OF THIS SYSTEM BEING A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND NOT JUST PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          SO WE'RE LEVERAGING ALL THE INVESTMENTS THAT THE COUNTY AND SARAH HAVE MADE, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS APPLICATION. 
          AND IT'S DUE JULY 12TH, BUT THE EAST COAST GREENWAY, IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 
          TAKE A LOOK AT THE, UH, WASHINGTON TO WASHINGTON DC RAILS TO TRAILS. 
          THESE ARE SYSTEMS THAT ARE HUNDREDS OF MILES. 
          THE EAST COAST GREENWAY IS 800 MILES. 
          THEY'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH THREE TIGER GRANTS OVER THE PAST, UH, ADMINISTRATIONS. 
          AND SO WE WANT TO PUT OUR HAT IN THE RING TO COMPETE FOR THESE FUNDS FOR THIS NETWORK AND GET THIS NETWORK COMPLETED. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PALS, THANK YOU. 
          UM, IN JUNE, EACH OF YOU WILL BE RECEIVING, UH, A COPY OF A BOOK. 
          AND, AND TAMIKA, YOU ALREADY GOT MY, YOUR COPY AND ANDY YOU GOT YOURS AND MAYOR, WE HAD YOURS DELIVERED YESTERDAY, UM, CALLED METRO GREEN, WHICH, UH, PROVES OUT THE, UM, THE, THE IDEA THAT, UH, INVESTMENT IN GREEN SPACES AND HAVING THOSE GREEN SPACES PART BE PART OF THE CONNECTIVITY PLAN IN A CITY HAS A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO, UH, MORE AND, UH, HIGHER QUALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, AND SO, UH, THIS IS NOT JUST A MOBILITY ISSUE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          THIS IS, UH, JOBS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BETTER TAX BASE AND ALL THE THINGS THAT COME WITH, UM, THAT KIND OF INVESTMENT. 
          SO, UH, I DO THINK IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STOP HERE. 
          AND JUST PARENTHETICALLY POINT OUT THAT THAT $71.2 MILLION AND THE $51.2 MILLION IS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF TREY MARTINEZ FISHERS, UM, UM, FIST FIGHT THAT HE HAD UP IN AUSTIN, UH, ON OUR BEHALF. 
          AND THE WORK THAT, UH, JEFF COYLE AND OUR TEAM OF, UH, CONSULTANTS DID UP THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE GOVERNOR AND AND HIS FRIENDS DIDN'T TAKE AWAY OUR ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, UH, ISSUE THESE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. 
          AND SO, UH, I, THE IMPORTANT THAT'S TO HIGHLIGHT HOW IMPORTANT THE WORK IT IS THAT WE DO UP IN AUSTIN, FOLKS. 
          AND 
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THEN, UH, IT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT, TAMIKA, I THINK YOU'LL AGREE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL, UH, ON ALL OF OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS WORK, UH, IN, IN DC SO THAT WE CAN BRING HOME THINGS LIKE THESE GRANT, YOU KNOW, THESE RAISE GRANTS AND CONTINUE TO, UH, MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS. 
          UH, MAYOR, JUST REAL QUICKLY, I SUPPORT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA TO FREE UP THESE FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN INVEST IT IN VISION ZERO. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT SAFE STREETS AND CONDITIONS OF STREETS, BUT REALLY THOSE, THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE'S CARS IN THAT INSTANCE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IN THIS INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS AND, YOU KNOW, BIKE LANES, UM, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET HOME TO THEIR LOVED ONES. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE NOT HAVING A BLOWN OUT TIRE OR, YOU KNOW, HAVING A BUMPY RIDE HOME. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH SOME ENERGY. 
          UH, WE NEED A AND SOME, A SENSE OF URGENCY 'CAUSE IT'S URGENT. 
          BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, DR. 
          ROS'S FAMILY, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, IS ABLE TO AT LEAST LOOK AT THE CITY OF TOMORROW AND SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY TOOK IT SERIOUSLY, RIGHT? AND THAT THOSE, UH, TRAGEDIES MEAN SOMETHING AS OPPOSED TO JUST CONTINUING TO, UM, JUST BE ONE MORE, YOU KNOW, NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THAT FRUSTRATES US UNTIL THE NEXT DEATH. 
          AND SO YOU GOT MY SUPPORT MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          UM, TAMIKA ON THE, I'M GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT, UH, GA GATHERING DATA THAT'S, UH, VERY IMPORTANT AND YOU KNOW, WHICH MY, WHAT MY DATA POINT IS. 
          WE SPEND THE MONEY TO PUT THESE IN OR PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE 'EM AND WHERE THEY'RE BEING USED AND WHERE THEY'RE NOT BEING USED AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING AND PUTTING 'EM IN THE RIGHT PLACE. 
          SO I'M VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT. 
          I KNOW YOU LOVE DATA, I KNOW YOU LOVE DATA. 
          SO ONE OF THE TOOLS IN OUR TOOLKIT IS CALLED STREETLIGHT DATA. 
          SO WHEN WE PUT THIS R F P OUT FOR THE BIKE MASTER PLAN UPDATE, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR THOSE PROPOSALS THAT SPEAK TO THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S OUT HERE TODAY. 
          SO STREETLIGHT DATA, UH, STREETLIGHT IS A COMPANY THAT USES A LOT OF INFORMATION RELATED TO, UH, YOUR PHONE AND AIR SAGE DATA IS DATA THAT WE KNOW ON YOUR PHONE. 
          SO IT'S GONNA TAKE AN INTENSIVE EFFORT IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING THE LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE USING FACILITIES. 
          BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE DON'T TYPICALLY COLLECT THE DATA LIKE WE DO WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, WHICH IS AUTO ORIENTED. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR THOSE PROPOSALS THAT USE STREETLIGHT, AIR SAGE DATA, DOING INTERCEPT SURVEYS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO CAPTURE PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. 
          BUT REALLY THE BASE FOR ME IN PARTS OF THE CITY, SUCH AS YOUR DISTRICT, IS THAT WE DON'T KNOW PEOPLE'S PROCLIVITY TO RIDE, EVEN THOUGH THEY LIVE IN A SUBURBAN AREA. 
          WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD RIDE IF THERE WAS INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. 
          SO DOING THE CITYWIDE SURVEY IS GOING TO HELP US GAUGE PEOP OUR REALLY, IT'S GONNA HELP US MEASURE OUR PERFORMANCE IN EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT BIKE LIFESTYLE AND BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES AND FACILITIES, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO EDUCATE US ON WHAT PEOPLE WANT IF THEY HAD THOSE TYPES OF FACILITIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. 
          SO THE SURVEY IS REALLY JUST A CRITICAL TOOL TO WHATEVER WE DO AND COLLECTING IT IS GONNA BE INTERESTING AND IDENTIFYING PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO SHARE THEIR DATA AND THEIR USAGE AND WHAT THEY'RE USING THEIR BIKE FOR. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANKS. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          UM, ON THE SLIDE THAT'S UP THERE RIGHT NOW, RAZZI, I, UM, WHY WOULDN'T WE KEEP THE SAME FUNDING? THE 71 AND THE 50 MAKE IT 71 ACROSS THE BOARD? IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHILE AGO? MAYOR? ALRIGHT, GREAT. 
          UM, AND THEN THE 22 BOND PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S 20 MILLION OR 40 OR WHATEVER THAT IS, UH, SO THAT WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THAT. 
          SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE THAT 130 MILLION. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. 
          SURE. 
          WE'RE STRAIGHT ON THAT. 
          UM, AND THE NEXT SLIDE, SLIDE NUMBER FIVE. 
          AND I'VE, YOU KNOW, I, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THIS SLIDE. 
          THAT'S A GREAT GRAPHIC TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING OVER TIME. 
          UM, BUT I KEEP ASKING THIS QUESTION, ERIC, WE, WE TOOK OUT THAT $50 MILLION OUTTA 2020. 
          WHERE DO WE GET THAT MONEY BACK? ARE WE GONNA GET THAT BACK THROUGH ARPA FUNDS? AND IS THAT GONNA BE IN THE 22 OR 23 PROGRAM? IS THAT GONNA BE $50 MILLION IN ADDITION TO THE 110? SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, BASED ON THE GUIDELINES THAT 
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WE SEE NOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO RECOVER A DEFERRED EXPENSE. 
          BUT WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THE COUNCIL GETS TO ARPA PHASE TWO, AS LONG AS WE CAN JUSTIFY ADDITIONAL REVENUE LOSS, IF, IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO SPEND, TAKE $47 MILLION OUT OF THE ARPA AND DEDICATE IT TOWARDS STREET MAINTENANCE, AS LONG AS WE CAN JUSTIFY IT WITH REVENUE LOSS, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THE COUNCIL HAS GOING FORWARD OUT OF THE BALANCE OF ARPA. 
          BUT WE ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GO BACKWARDS AND SAY, HEY, THIS 47 WE DEFERRED. 
          THAT'S NOT AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE, BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, YOU AND THE COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE STREET MAINTENANCE A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY OUT OF THE ARPA AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, AS LONG AS WE JUSTIFY WITH REVENUE LOSS. 
          CAN I, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE WORDS, THE, THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT ON WHAT IT SAYS ON THAT GUIDANCE. 
          I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          YEAH, I'D, I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE THAT. 
          AND ULTIMATELY IT'LL BE UP TO THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT HOW THAT MONEY IS SPENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, AS LONG AS WE CAN JUSTIFY WITH REVENUE LOSS, BASIC GENERAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES ARE ELIGIBLE AND WE'LL GET TO THAT DOCUMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, I, I THINK THAT SHOULD STILL BE ON THE TABLE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, OUR SURVEY, AGAIN, OUR ESSAY SPEAK UP, SHOWED STREETS ALMOST ALL THE TIME, RIGHT UP AT THE TOP. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO, UH, SEE ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING AN, ANOTHER SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN OUR I I M P AND WHETHER THAT GOES TO OUR D AND F STREETS OR WHATEVER, TO, UM, BEEF UP THAT PROGRAM. 
          I MEAN, WE LOOK AT THE REQUIRE, WHAT WAS THE REQUIREMENT, TOTAL REQUIREMENT FOR OUR F STREETS AND D STREETS OVER 900, 900 MILLION. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET THERE AT THIS FUNDING LEVEL. 
          WE, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING. 
          PEOPLE WANT BETTER STREETS. 
          PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR BETTER STREETS, BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE BETTER STREETS. 
          SO, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO PUT MORE RESOURCES TOWARDS THE STREETS AND REACT TO THE, UM, UH, AT LEAST IN DISTRICT 10, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE CLAMORING FOR BETTER STREETS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO I, I THINK WE NEED TO REACT WITH A BIGGER BUDGET FOR OUR STREET PROGRAM AND OUR I M P. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, UH, UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          IT, IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL TO GET THAT NUMBER OVER TIME, RAZZIE. 
          'CAUSE I BELIEVE AT SOME POINT WE CALCULATED THAT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON STREETS OR, OR STREETS THAT NEEDED TO BE RECONSTRUCTED ALONG WITH SIDEWALKS AT SOME POINT WAS IN THE FOUR SOME ODD BILLION RANGE. 
          IT'S IN, IT'S IN THE BILLION RANGE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE IF THAT NUMBER'S MOVING AT ALL, UH, AS WE MAKE THESE BIGGER INVESTMENTS IN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, GO NOW TO COUNCILS MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, SO I DON'T HAVE, UH, WE'RE NOT SCHEDULED FOR A BRIEFING ON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT UNTIL TUESDAY WHERE I CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE STREETS IN DISTRICT ONE AND, AND THE PROGRESS OF OUR PROJECT. 
          SO I FEEL THAT, LIKE I'M AT A DISADVANTAGE HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY. 
          SO ERIC, I JUST WANNA RESERVE THE RIGHT ON WEDNESDAY TO COMPLETELY CHANGE THIS BUDGET . 
          I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO HEAR FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY, BUT NO, LOOK, I THINK PART OF THIS IS MAKING SURE THAT, THAT THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS GET SOME, GET THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, RAZZIE, OZZIE AND ROD AND THE, AND THE BUDGET TEAM. 
          WE, WE'LL, WE'LL BE MEETING LATER ON AFTER TUESDAY, SO WELL WHAT, YEAH. 
          BUT TO BE CLEAR FOR JUST A MINUTE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE BUDGET SESSIONS BEFORE THE PROPOSED BUDGET RIGHT. 
          IS PRESENTED. 
          SO BEFORE, BEFORE THE ADOPTED BUDGET IS APPROVED. 
          RIGHT? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, I'M CLEAR ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, YEAH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I TALKED TO RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT ONE, I HAD SOME RESIDENTS DESCRIBE DRIVING DOWN THEIR STREET, LIKE RIDING A ROLLER COASTER AT FIESTA, TEXAS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I HAD, UH, ONE RESIDENT TELL ME THAT THEY HAD TO CHANGE THEIR ROUTE BECAUSE THEY HAD SURGERY AND IT HURT TOO MUCH TO DRIVE DOWN THEIR STREET, AND THEY HAD TO TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE. 
          SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A BIG ISSUE. 
          UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR BRIEFING ON TUESDAY. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, WE, WE DID TALK ABOUT SIDEWALKS. 
          SOMETHING I LEFT OUT WAS THAT WHEN I TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE DOWNTOWN, UH, I HEARD A LOT ABOUT HOW PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE A LIVABLE DOWNTOWN, A MORE VIBRANT DOWNTOWN, A DOWNTOWN, UM, WITH MORE, UH, UNIQUE ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE AND NIGHTLIFE, AND THEY WANT TO SUPPORT THAT. 
          AND THEY, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE ARE STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT IF YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF A DOWNTOWN, A LIVABLE DOWNTOWN THAT IS UNIQUE, THEN THAT ACTUALLY INCREASES HIGH END TOURISM. 
          AND I WAS TOLD THAT ONE KEY ASPECT TO THAT 
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IS HAVING A WALKABLE DOWNTOWN. 
          SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HAVING, SETTING ASIDE RESOURCES TO MAKE DOWNTOWN A WALKABLE DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING I HEARD A LOT FROM THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY COUNCILMAN PART OF 2017 BOND PROGRAM. 
          WE HAVE NUMBER OF THE PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN COMMERCE STREET IS ONE OF THEM IN FRONT OF CITY. 
          I'M SURE YOU HAVE SEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THE EXISTING ROADWAY IS FOUR LANE, OR WAS FOUR LANE. 
          WE ARE REDUCING FOR THREE LANE BECAUSE THERE WAS REALLY NO NEED TO HAVE FOUR LANE. 
          AND WE ARE MAKING SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDE WIDER AND MORE FRIENDLY WITH LANDSCAPING. 
          ANOTHER PEOPLE CAN WALK, FEEL SAFE AND ENJOY IT. 
          GREAT, GREAT. 
          YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LOT OF PRIORITIES ON THAT REGARDING THE ROLLERCOASTER ROADWAY. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, MAJORITY OF THE SOIL WITHIN 14 HIGH CLAY, MOST OF THESE ROAD IS OLD ROADWAY DESIGN AND BUILD. 
          MANY YEARS AGO, WE DID NOT HAVE A RESTRICTED STANDARD. 
          AND YOU'RE RIGHT, SOME OF THEM IS NOT REALLY IN GOOD SHAPE AS, BUT AS, AS IS ROADWAY ON THE NORTH SIDE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND YEAH, AND, AND ONE THING I'LL BE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ON MY BRIEFING IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF WARRANTIES ARE WE GETTING FOR THIS WORK, AND WHAT'S THE FOLLOW UP FOR MAKING SURE THAT ANY, ANY WORK THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT, NOT STAYING IN, IN GOOD CONDITION THROUGH ITS WARRANTIED AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE INSPECTOR ON EVERY PROJECT. 
          THEY DO AN INSPECTION. 
          WE HAVE THIRD PARTY MATERIAL TESTING, AND SECONDLY, WE HAVE ON EVERY PROJECT, WE HAVE ONE YEAR WARRANTY ON 11 MONTH OF THE PROJECT, MY STAFF WITH THE CONTRACTOR WALKS THE PROJECT, IDENTIFY ANY DEFICIENCY, AND CONTRACTOR HAS ONE MONTH TO FIX IT. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN TAMIKA, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, UH, THE BIKE MASTER PLAN. 
          YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE BIKE, THE NEED ABOUT THE NEED TO UPDATE THE BIKE MASTER PLAN FOR I THINK, FIVE YEARS. 
          NOW. 
          I KNOW YOU, YOU'RE NEW HERE. 
          UM, SO THIS ISN'T ON YOU. 
          UM, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME TO MAKE SAN ANTONIO A CITY THAT'S SAFE FOR BICYCLISTS. 
          AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR SO MANY REASONS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE MORE THAT WE CAN CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO SAFELY COMMUTE, UH, IN OUR CITY ON TO GET OUTTA THEIR CARS AND GET IN A BIKE HELPS REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, IT HELPS IMPROVE AIR QUALITY. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A REAL PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH DIABETES AND OBESITY, AND, AND THIS HELPS PEOPLE HAVE A, A MORE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. 
          AND SO WE HAVE SO MANY REASONS TO DO THIS, BUT PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO FEEL SAFE. 
          AND SO I, I WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT LIKE, IS THERE A FIRM TIMELINE FOR WHEN THAT BICYCLE MASTER PLAN WILL BE COMPLETED? AND THEN ALSO, ARE THERE ANY COMMITMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE RIGHT NOW? OR, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING MONEY IN THE SETTING MONEY ASIDE, IN THE BUDGET FOR THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT COULD BE DONE. 
          YOU KNOW, DO WE REALLY ARE, YOU KNOW, IF IF WE'RE MEETING WITH, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE LEADERS IN THE CYCLING COMMUNITY WHO KNOW WHAT WE NEED. 
          DO WE NEED TO WAIT FOR THE STUDY TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE WE CAN START MORE OF THESE PROJECTS? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE GET STARTED ON NOW IF WE CAN PUT ENOUGH BUD MONEY IN THE BUDGET? THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW WITH OUR I M P FOR F Y 22 IS WORK ON THE SLOW STREETS, THE LESS STRESS STREETS. 
          SO TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, WHAT WE, WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY BUDGETED TO DO, WE'RE WORKING ON TWO BIKE AREA PLANS FOR BROOKS AND FOR, UM, U T S A. 
          SO THIS IS A PART OF OUR I M P WORK. 
          SO THOSE ARE SMALLER STUDIES IN THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS, WHICH ARE A PART OF S A TOMORROW. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, WE'RE ALSO DOING OUR RAILS TO TRAILS PROJECTS. 
          SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING THOSE FUNDS FOR. 
          WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR 22 IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR BIKE I M P AND DEVELOP THE LESS STRESS STREETS. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THAT NETWORK, IDENTIFY THAT NETWORK. 
          OUR TEAM WILL BE DOING A ALL DAY STAFF WORKSHOP ON WHAT DOES THAT NETWORK LOOK LIKE. 
          AND HOPEFULLY AT THE BEGINNING OF F Y 22, WE WILL START THAT WORK. 
          ADDITIONALLY, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE DATA, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE DATA TO INFORM OUR DECISION MAKING TO INFORM WHICH PROJECTS WE RECOMMEND TO PUT INTO THE BOND. 
          AND YES, YOU'VE BEEN HEARING THIS FOR FIVE YEARS, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE MONTHS. 
          AND WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS IT TAKES TIME TO COLLECT THAT DATA AND BE THOUGHTFUL. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE HEALTH IMPACTS AND BENEFITS OF CYCLING, WE HAVEN'T DONE A HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT. 
          WE WERE A PUBLIC WORKS AGENCY DOING TRANSPORTATION PLANNING WORK. 
          NOW WE ARE A TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE WHERE WE CAME FROM AND WHERE 
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WE ARE. 
          AND I'VE SPOKEN TO ALL OF THE CYCLISTS WHO CAME HERE TODAY. 
          I'VE SPOKEN WITH MANY OF THEM. 
          THAT WAS ONE OF MY FIRST CONVERSATIONS MARCH 26TH. 
          AND I SAID, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO GOING FORWARD. 
          AND I THINK THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON WHERE WE'RE GOING, DEVELOPING THAT PLAN AND LETTING THAT PLAN GUIDE OUR IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AND OUR PROJECTS. 
          SO THAT'S OUR GOAL HERE. 
          AND WITH THE I N P, THAT LOW STRESS SYSTEM, WE CAN DEVELOP THAT IN A YEAR AND IMPLEMENT THAT. 
          AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO WHAT A LOT OF CYCLISTS WANT IS A SAFE NETWORK. 
          IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANT, BUT WE'RE CONTINUING WITH THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE BOND RELATED TO VISION ZERO AND ALSO RELATED TO BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT. 
          THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAID WHEN I STARTED IN THIS POSITION, WAS WE'RE GONNA START HAVING CONVERSATIONS TO UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE. 
          AND THAT'S ALSO GONNA INFORM THAT BIKE MASTER PLAN UPDATE. 
          COUNSEL, LEMME JUST ADD ONE THING REAL QUICKLY. 
          AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE 2022 BOND DISCUSSION, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE CONSIDERING IS PUTTING A POT OF MONEY. 
          TAMIKA SAYS, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE NEED, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT FIGURING OUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WHAT MAKES SENSE TO PUT FOR YEAR THREE, FOUR AND, AND FIVE OF THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS DEFINITELY UNDER CONSIDERATION. 
          SO THOUGHT WOULD BE, GET THE BIKE MASTER PLAN DONE IN A COUPLE YEARS, WE'LL HAVE SOME BOND MONEY TO PUT TOWARDS THAT. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS, AS SOMETHING FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SORRY. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          TAMIKA, COULD I ASK YOU THE VISION ZERO CRASH ASSESSMENT, IS THAT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD OCCUR FOR EVERY, UH, PEDESTRIAN WRECK, OR HOW DO YOU SEE THAT PLAYING OUT BEING IMPLEMENTED? SO WHEN YOU SAY THE CRASH ASSESSMENT, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE ASSESSMENTS WE DO WHEN WE GET A REQUEST TO LOOK AT IT OR WHAT'S ON THE SLIDE? SLIDE THREE, IT SAYS CONDUCT VISION ZERO CRASH ASSESSMENTS. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ACTUALLY SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. 
          SO THOSE CRASH ASSESSMENTS, WHEN COUNCIL DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS CALL AND SAY, HEY, WE HAVE, UH, A CORRIDOR WE WANNA LOOK AT, OR A ROADWAY WHERE WE'VE HAD A CRASH. 
          CAN YOU GO LOOK AT THAT? I'VE DONE SEVERAL FOR YOUR DISTRICT. 
          I REQUESTED MY, AND SO WHAT I'M THINKING IS THAT BASED ON THE TREND SO FAR, APPROXIMATELY THREE, PREPARING FOR NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE GET REQUESTS FROM ALL THE DISTRICTS, BUT HAVING AS OUR BASELINE AT LEAST THREE. 
          SO PERHAPS THERE ISN'T A, A NEED FOR IT IN ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS, BUT WE WANNA ADD A MINIMUM DUE THREE BASED ON THE DATA WE HAVE RELATED TO CRASHES OR ACCIDENTS OR INCIDENTS. 
          I WOULD SUPPORT INCREASING THAT. 
          WE CAN HEAR ABOUT THREE INCIDENTS OCCURRING WITH PEDESTRIANS OR CYCLISTS IN A WEEK OR, OR IN A MONTH. 
          SO I, I'D CERTAINLY, UH, SUPPORT INCREASING THAT. 
          SO WE WOULD HAVE TO INCREASE OUR STAFF, UH, COMMENSURATELY TO DO THAT. 
          WE HAVE A STAFF OF EIGHT, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE WITH A NEW DEPARTMENT. 
          WE HAVE FIVE PLANNERS AND THREE ENGINEERS. 
          IN ADDITION TO MANAGING THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN COORDINATION MEETING AND DOING THOSE THINGS, WE NEED PHYSICAL BODIES TO PERFORM THOSE ASSESSMENTS. 
          AND SO WE'LL DO THE CRASH ASSESSMENTS AS THEY COME IN, BUT AT A MINIMUM, WE WANT TO DO THREE. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY OUR CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IS THERE'S, THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDS. 
          I HAVE A FEW MORE. 
          I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. 
          OH, SURE. 
          GO AHEAD, TAMIKA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, SO YOU GUYS HEARD IT HERE. 
          IF WE WANT TO INVESTIGATE MORE CRASH ASSESSMENTS, TAMIKA SAYS SHE NEEDS MORE STUFF, SO THANK YOU . 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, SECONDLY, UH, I, A WHILE BACK, WE HAD CONSIDERED A, A POLICY THERE. 
          SO EVERY TIME WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT, IT IS REQUIRED TO INSTALL SIDEWALKS. 
          AND THAT'S HOW WE, UH, LITTLE BY LITTLE COMPLETE SIDEWALK GAPS. 
          AND THERE ARE SOME LOCATIONS WHERE SIDEWALKS AREN'T ALWAYS FEASIBLE. 
          UM, AND THERE WAS A PROPOSAL MADE AT THAT TIME. 
          IS, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN REVISIT? I BELIEVE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANY VARIANCE. 
          THEY HAVE TO BUILD SIDEWALK. 
          WAS THAT THROUGH, UM, ART REINHARDT MADE THE PRESENTATION AND THERE WAS A SORT OF A MITIGATION FEE THAT WAS PROPOSED? YEAH. 
          ROD, DO YOU REMEMBER ROUTE OR MIKE SHANNON? DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT? NO. 
          THE, THE MITIGATION OR A, IT WAS KINDA LIKE A FEE IN LIEU OF PROGRAM. 
          I BELIEVE IT WAS FOR BIKE LANE. 
          YEAH. 
          NO, IT WASN'T. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 
          UH, MIKE SHANNON, UH, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          SO, UH, YEAH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, IF THERE WAS A SITUATION, THERE WAS A UNIQUE HARDSHIP AND THEY WANTED TO GET A VARIANCE FOR SIDEWALKS, THE DEVELOPER, AND IT MADE SENSE. 
          THERE WAS A PROPOSAL, OR AT LEAST THE BEGINNINGS OF A 
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PROPOSAL TO CREATE LIKE A FILE WHERE THEY, INSTEAD OF PAYING, INSTEAD OF BUILDING THE SIDEWALKS, THEY WOULD PAY TO A FUND, AND THE CITY WOULD PUT SIDEWALKS SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT, THAT DID NOT MAKE ITS WAY TO COUNCIL. 
          IT'S NOT IN THE CODE. 
          UH, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY WE CAN REVISIT, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          BUT BRIAN HART, I BELIEVE AT THE TIME, UH, HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT, MAYBE LEADING THAT. 
          SO WOULD THAT BE A U D C TYPE THING OR SEPARATE? YOU, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD'VE TO PUT THAT IN THE U D C, UH, AND THEN COORDINATE WITH RAZZIE AND HIS TEAM? YEAH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, WELL, WE CAN DIS WE CAN DISCUSS LATER. 
          WE CAN DISCUSS LATER. 
          I JUST WANT TO POSE THAT TO THE TEAM JUST SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT STAFF CAME TO US WITH A WHILE BACK. 
          UM, SECONDLY, UM, I, I DO WANNA REMIND COUNCILMAN PERRY THAT THE SURVEY SAID STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          AND I WANT TO GO TO OZZIE'S SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, AND THEN I'LL JUMP TO SLIDE NINE AFTER THAT. 
          I WANNA REMIND, UH, REMIND US THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS SLIDE AND AT THE P C I, UH, AND THE INVESTMENT THAT WAS MADE YEAR BY YEAR 20 18, 19 20 21, THAT DOES, CAN YOU PULL THE SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE, ON ROSIE'S? YEAH, THERE YOU GO. 
          IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE $444 MILLION IN VOTER APPROVED BONDS FOR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          SO THIS IS JUST PART OF THE WHOLE PICTURE. 
          IT ALSO DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY FUNDING FROM THE M P O FEDERAL FUNDING RECEIVED THROUGH THE M P O OR ANY MONEY THAT'S INVESTED IN THE REGION BY THE R BY THE STATE, R M A THROUGH ITS, UH, TAX, UH, THROUGH ITS REGISTRATION FUND. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT SLIDE NINE FOR THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM HERE, I SEE, I'LL CHIME BACK IN, MARY, UNLESS YOU, UH, ALLOW ME TO FINISH THIS SLIDE. 
          GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR, YOUR THOUGHT HERE, AND THEN WE CAN GET A RESPONSE. 
          WE CAN COME BACK IF NECESSARY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WHAT WE DO SEE HERE IS THE INVESTMENT FROM THE BOND. 
          UH, WE ALSO SEE THE A T D FUNDING. 
          WHAT WE DON'T SEE ARE CERTIFICATES OF OB OBLIGATION OR ANY GENERAL FUND BEING INVESTED IN OUR LOCAL SIDEWALK NETWORK. 
          I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE HEAR MOST OFTEN AT THE DOORS OR, UH, AT OUR COUNCIL OFFICES, IS I WANT TO FEEL SAFE WALKING ON MY STREET, AND I DON'T HAVE A SIDEWALK. 
          I THINK, I THINK THIS IS BORDERLINE CRIMINAL  THAT WE DON'T HAVE MORE INVESTMENT, UH, IN THIS. 
          SO, UH, I'D, I'D LIKE FOR US TO PURSUE THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCE. 
          IT'S, IT'S SMALL, I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO REVISIT WHAT THIS INVESTMENT LOOKS LIKE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I THINK THAT WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME IMPORTANT THINGS, PARTICULARLY VISION ZERO AND MAYOR, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF SETTING ASIDE, UH, $20 MILLION, UH, OF WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE NORMALLY SPENT ON STREETS TO DEDICATE IT TO VISION ZERO. 
          AND, BUT I THINK, UH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL BROUGHT UP A BIG POINT. 
          ALL OF US ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE ASKING FOR OTHER STREET WORK, ROAD WORK, UH, OTHER KINDS OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT OUR DISTRICTS NEED IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE ARE ALREADY PROGRAMMING FOR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          UH, AND, AND THE BOND ISSUE, I HOPE, WILL FILL A LOT OF GAPS, BUT I'M EVEN MORE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE COMING DOWN THE LINE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE WAY OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAY FREE, UH, SOME OF OUR GENERAL FUND MONEY FOR DOING MORE STREET WORK AS THAT MONEY COMES IN. 
          SO, AS MUCH AS I WANNA SUPPORT WHAT THE MAYOR'S SAYING RIGHT NOW, AND I WILL, I THINK WE NEED TO REEXAMINE THAT IN 2003. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT A TWO YEAR BUDGET, BUT A LOT CAN CHANGE IN THAT NEXT YEAR, UH, THAT WOULD CAUSE US OR PROVIDE US OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES. 
          AGAIN, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO REASSESS BIKE NEEDS, UH, I HOPE THAT WE'RE GONNA FIND THE BEST PRACTICES, UH, TO ESTABLISH THESE BIKE LANES, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE GOTTA LOOK AT PHYSICAL PROTECTION. 
          YOU'VE GOTTA LOOK AT CARS PARKING, YOU'VE GOTTA LOOK AT BUSINESS CUT-INS AND DRIVEWAYS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 
          PLUS THE GREENWAY TRAILS ARE NOT AS SAFE AS THEY USED TO BE BECAUSE OF SO MANY, UH, CONFLICTS BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES ON THOSE TRAILS. 
          SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING THE TRAILS PART OF A MOBILITY SYSTEM, HOW DO WE PROTECT THE AVERAGE FAMILY OUT THERE WALKING ON THE WEEKEND, TOO? SO ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE VERY CAREFULLY INTEGRATED INTO BOTH VISION ZERO AND THE BIKE SYSTEM AND ANY KIND OF FEDERAL MONEY THAT WE WANT TO GO TO WITH A PROGRAM ON, ON MOBILITY. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE MY EXPERIENCE IN THOSE AREAS, AND, AND I HOPE WE, 
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WE REALLY DELVE INTO IT AND COME UP WITH SOME GOOD PLANS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          YEAH, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING OUR BRIEFING AS WELL TO DISCUSS THE F STREETS WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UM, AT THE DOORS. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING I HEARD AT EVERY DOOR. 
          IT WAS STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          UM, SOME FOLKS HAVE LIVED THERE FOR GENERATIONS, AND AS FAR BACK FROM THE STORYTELLING, THERE'S NEVER BEEN A SIDEWALK. 
          UM, SO I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN COURAGE THAT WE DO NEED TO DO BETTER IN INVESTING IN THE VERY BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE OF STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          UM, AND WE NEED TO BE SURE MAKE WE MAKE A DENT. 
          UM, I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING COORDINATION WITH SAWS. 
          I'VE HEARD STORIES FROM SEVERAL CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY FINALLY GET A REPAID STREET AND THEN THERE'S A SOAR PROBLEM, AND THEN IT GETS, UH, TORN BACK UP AND THEN PATCHED UP. 
          UM, SO WHAT DOES THAT COORDINATION LOOK LIKE ON CONCEPT AND OR ON ALL OF OUR BOND PROJECT AND I M P PROJECT REQUESTS? TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION, WE COORDINATE VERY CLOSELY WITH SAS AND C PS. 
          ONE OF THE REASON OUR TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION TAKES LONG TIME. 
          SOMETIME PEOPLE GET DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE, UH, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE SAS OR AT AND T OR C P SS DOESN'T COME AND CUT THE ROAD. 
          WE JUST FINISHED FEW WEEKS OR A FEW MONTHS AGO. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIME THERE IS EMERGENCY CUT, THEY END UP CUTTING ROADWAY, BUT BIG PERCENTAGE OF TIME, EITHER THEY DON'T NEED TO REBUILD THEIR LINE, THEIR LINE IS BRAND NEW OR THEY JOIN WITH WITH US. 
          BUT, BUT COUNCILWOMAN YOU RAISE A A VERY GOOD POINT. 
          THAT FRANKLY REQUIRES US TO COMMUNICATE WITH BOTH UTILITIES CONSTANTLY, BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE. 
          AND, AND THERE HAVE BEEN, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD, UM, I'M NOT GOING WITH IT, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY ISSUES OF, OF LATE, BUT IN PAST, THERE WERE PROBLEMS, UH, POTENTIALLY WITH THE CONTRACTORS THAT, THAT THE UTILITIES USE TO PATCH THE STREET UP. 
          UM, AND SO ANNUALLY BEFORE PUBLIC WORKS STARTS EXECUTING PLANS, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION, BUT, BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO BETTER, UH, BETWEEN THE THREE OF US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I ALSO SUPPORT THE MAYOR AND HAS ASKED FOR THE 20 MILLION FOR THE VISION ZERO, UH, THAT WE MUST ENSURE THAT ALL FUNDS ARE COMMITTED TO PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UM, AND IN REGARDS TO, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND THE BIKE LANES, UM, WHERE ARE WE AT IN THE CONVERSATION OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON OUR BOND PROJECT? A NUMBER OF THEM WE HAVE PROTECTED BIKE LANE IS UNDER DESIGNED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          GOOD EXAMPLE IS PER ROAD IS ONE OF THEM. 
          WE ARE BUILDING 10 FOOT OFF THE ROADWAY SHARE PAD, PEDESTRIAN AND BIKER CAN USE. 
          AND OF COURSE, CERTAIN AREA, UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WIDER RIGHT OF WAY TO DO PROTECTED, WE END UP DOING STRIPED BIKE LANE IS NOT AS PROTECTIVE AS A WE LIKE TO BE, IS REALLY A CHALLENGING TO BUILD A PROTECTED BIKE LANE AS A COUNCILMAN. 
          COURAGE MENTIONED, THERE IS A DRIVEWAY, THERE IS OTHER ISSUE, THERE IS A BUS STOP. 
          IT JUST END UP BEING VERY CHALLENGING. 
          LITERALLY HAVE A PHYSICAL PROTECTION. 
          BUT, BUT ALSO THEN IT'S PART OF THE BIKE MASTER PLAN. 
          AND THE POINTS THAT TAMIKA WAS MAKING EARLIER IS WHAT IS OUR PLAN TO DO THAT? IT MAY LOOK DIFFERENTLY. 
          IT MAY LOOK IT, WE MAY HAVE, UH, ROOM FOR A PROTECTED BIKE LANE, BUT IN SOME AREAS IT MAY RUN IN PARALLEL. 
          IN SOME AREAS IT MAY BE A, UM, WHAT'D YOU CALL IT? THE MELLOW STREET? MM-HMM. 
          , THAT NETWORK, THAT PLAN WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO DO THROUGH TAMIKA'S, UH, DEPARTMENT ON A BROADWAY PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          THE SOUTH SOUTHERN PART OF BROADWAY WASN'T WIDE ENOUGH. 
          WE COULDN'T PROVIDE BIKE LANE. 
          WE LOOK FOR THE SIDE STREET, AVENUE B, WE HAVE AVENUE B BIKE LANE AND FARTHER NORTH, WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED FOOT RIGHT AWAY. 
          WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PROTECTED BIKE LANE ON NORTH PART OF BROADWAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR MICHAEL SHANNON, BUT IS THERE A CODE ON HOW CLOSE A FRESHLY PLANTED TREE CAN BE NEXT TO A SIDEWALK? YES, THERE IS. 
          UM, OUR U D C, UH, HAS A, UH, WHOLE SECTION ON TREE PLANTING STANDARDS. 
          I WOULD HAVE TO GET WITH OUR CITY ARBORISTS THOUGH, TO GET THE EXACT MEASUREMENT, BUT WE DO MAKE SURE THE TREE HAS ROOM, UH, TO GROW APPROPRIATELY. 
          UH, CERTAINLY IF THERE'S NEW SIDEWALKS, WE WANT 'EM TO GO AROUND IT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          SO THERE'S A BUNCH OF STANDARDS I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU, UH, CERTAINLY AFTER THE MEETING. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          UM, REAL QUICK QUESTION. 
          GO AHEAD, PERRY. 
          THANKS. 
          I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO BRING UP. 
          UM, YOU DIDN'T ADDRESS THE NAMP PROGRAM, RAZZI, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LIMITED TO 
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$200,000 A YEAR. 
          UM, AND WE'RE FI WE'RE FINDING THAT VERY INADEQUATE FOR MY DISTRICT. 
          WE ONLY GET TWO, MAYBE THREE PROJECTS A YEAR OUT OF THAT. 
          AND WE, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN THAT BUDGET AS WELL. 
          UM, MAYBE UP TO 400, DOUBLING IT, 400,000 IN EACH ONE OF THE DISTRICTS. 
          UM, THAT, THAT IS A CONSTANT NEED FOR, YOU KNOW, LIGHTED STOP SIGNS, CROSSWALKS, UH, SPEED BUMPS AND ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS THAT COME IN, UH, ACROSS A YEAR. 
          SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR A LARGER BUDGET WITH THAT AS WELL. 
          AND, UH, UM, I, YEAH. 
          AND YES, I DIDN'T SAY SIDEWALKS A WHILE AGO. 
          I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. 
          IT'S WITH SIDEWALKS. 
          UM, I WAS ON THE 17TH STREET AND SIDEWALK COMMITTEE, SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          I GET IT. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS IN DISTRICT 10 FOR SIDEWALKS AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAD, SIR. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR TAMIKA ACTUALLY. 
          UM, AND ERIC ALLUDED TO THIS, BUT I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, UH, AS PART OF THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT, ARE WE GONNA DEFINE THE DESIGNS FOR, UM, BICYCLE, UH, PATH? YES, THAT'S THE GOAL IS THAT THIS PRODUCT WILL HAVE TYPOLOGIES. 
          SO BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE COLLECT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO'S QUESTION ABOUT THE CAPITAL, THE PROTECTED BIKE LANES, IF YOU HAVE SLOW STREETS, STREETS WHERE THE SPEEDS ARE BELOW 30 MILES AN HOUR, 35 MILES AN HOUR, YOU WON'T HAVE THE NEED FOR AS MUCH CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROTECTED BIKE LANES BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT NETWORK OF LOW STRESS STREETS. 
          AND THEN WE CAN IDENTIFY BASED ON THE SPEED OF OUR EXISTING ROADWAYS, BASED ON THE WIDTH OF THOSE ROADWAYS, WHAT THE MINIMUM BIKE AMENITIES ARE. 
          IS IT A BUFFERED BIKE LANE? IS IT A PROTECTED BIKE LANE? IF IT HAS TRANSIT ON IT, AT A MINIMUM, SHOULD IT HAVE A TRANSIT ISLAND, WHICH IS WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE WAITING AT THE BUS DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE WAY OF THE BICYCLES AND BICYCLISTS CAN PASS THAT TRANSIT ISLAND WHERE PEOPLE ARE GETTING ON THE BUS AND CYCLISTS DON'T HAVE TO STOP. 
          SO THE TYPOLOGY WILL BE A NETWORK, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE RELATED TO THE U D C. 
          SO WE WILL WORK WITH MIKE'S TEAM ON THOSE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS. 
          AND WHEN WE SAY THE TYPOLOGY IS TYPOLOGY A, IT'S A SPEED OF 35 MILES AN HOUR, IT'S 140 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, THAT AT A MINIMUM REQUIRES TRANSIT ISLANDS AT TRANSIT STOPS. 
          YOU HAVE TO HAVE PROTECTED BIKE LANES. 
          THAT IS THE GOAL OF THE UPDATE. 
          AND SO IT INFORMS OUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. 
          IT INFORMS HOW WE INTEGRATE TRANSIT ON THOSE CORRIDORS. 
          AND IN TANDEM WITH THAT, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE WORKING WITH VIA IN THEIR PRIORITY CORRIDORS FOR TRANSIT, AND WE DEVELOP AND INCORPORATE THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE TRANSIT RIDERSHIP ON THOSE CORRIDORS. 
          I HOPE THAT HELPS. 
          IT DOES, YEAH. 
          AND, AND, AND IT'S BECAUSE WE GET RIDICULED JUSTIFIABLY FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THIS STATE HAS CALLED A BIKE LANE. 
          AND I'M, I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE HORSEBACK PARKWAY. 
          THERE'S ABOUT TWO FOOT SPACE WITH A STRIPE THAT GOES RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD NEXT TO THE CARS THAT ARE GOING 65 MILES AN HOUR, AND THEY CALL THAT A BIKE LANE. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING DELIBERATE AND WHEN WE BUILD A LI A A BICYCLE LANE THAT IT'S SAFE FOR EVERYBODY. 
          YES, SIR. 
          SO, UM, VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 
          AND, AND LAST POINT I WANNA MAKE, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL TOSS TO YOU, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, JUST SO I'M CLEAR, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE, I THINK WE ARE CLEAR ERIC AND I WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT JUST SO PEOPLE WHO ARE HEARING THIS IS ARE CLEAR WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE $20 MILLION THAT WOULD BE EARMARKED FOR VISION ZERO, THIS IS NOT SUPPLANTING STREET PROJECTS. 
          UM, THIS WOULD BE, UM, ALLOCATED IN ADDITION TO WHAT IS NORMALLY SPENT IN A FISCAL YEAR FOR STREET, UM, MAINTENANCE. 
          AND, AND, AND WHAT WE'RE MISSING IS THOSE DOLLARS THAT AREN'T SPENT BECAUSE THEY'RE EARMARKED FOR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL GOING THROUGH SOME KIND OF DESIGN OR ENGINEERING PHASE BEFORE THEY GET TO CONSTRUCTION. 
          YES. 
          AND IT ALSO GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE SUBSEQUENT CON CONVERSATION THAT THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE ABOUT THE BOND PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT'S A CRITICAL ELEMENT TO IT. 
          AND, AND, UM, SO THOSE TWO TOGETHER, UH, MAKE THAT A POTENTIAL, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR US. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY, UM, NOTE MY SUPPORT FOR, UH, COUNCILMAN'S PERRY'S SUGGESTION FOR INCREASING NAP FUNDING. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU, OZZY, TAMIKA. 
          UM, ERIC, YOU WANNA INTRODUCE, UH, THE LAST DEPARTMENT? UM, SO NEXT UP, UM, LORI HOUSTON AND, UH, VETO WILL WALK US THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE 
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HOUSING COMPONENTS THAT WE BEGAN TALKING ABOUT, UH, LAST WEEK, BUT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          IF ANYONE NEEDS TO STRETCH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO. 
          UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ONE OF OUR FAVORITE TOPICS, AT LEAST FOR ME, WHICH IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UM, AS WE LOOK AT FISCAL YEAR 2022 FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT IS IMPORTANT TO STEP BACK AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          SO WE HAVE HAD QUITE A BIT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS WITHIN OUR HOUSING COMMISSION, WITH OUR COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          BUT I WANTED TO STEP BACK AND TALK ABOUT AS A PRACTITIONER, WHAT NATIONALLY WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT FOR SAN ANTONIO, THE DEFINITION OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY HAS TO BE FINE TUNED FOR US. 
          BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING. 
          THAT IS THAT HOUSING IS AFFORDABLE WHEN A FAMILY DOES NOT SPEND MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD INCOME ON HOUSING COSTS AND EVERYONE, BE IT A PERSON MAKING MINIMUM WAGE, PERSON EARNING SIX FIGURE INCOME HAS TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD HOUSING AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE SPENDING MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME ON HOUSING. 
          WE, AS PRACTITIONERS TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS SERVING FAMILIES THAT MAKE 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR A M I CHANGES EVERY YEAR. 
          WE USE THE METRIC DEVELOPED BY HUD AND EVERY JUNE THAT COMES OUT. 
          SO FOR CONTEXT, THIS JUST CAME OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, 80% A M I FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR IN OUR METRO AREA IS 59,300. 
          SO EVERY YEAR IT WILL DIFFER. 
          AND OF COURSE IT VARIES BY FAMILY SIZE, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BROAD SPECTRUM OF HOUSING. 
          IT CAN BE MIXED INCOME HOUSING WHERE YOU HAVE A MARKET RATE UNIT NEXT TO AN AFFORDABLE UNIT IN THE SAME COMMUNITY THAT IS BEING RENTED. 
          IT CAN BE HOUSING THAT ALL OF US IN THE WORKFORCE UTILIZE. 
          AND SO PEOPLE WORKING AT A SERVICE JOB AT A PROFESSIONAL JOB, WE HAVE TO HAVE HOUSING FOR THOSE FOLKS. 
          SENIORS NEED HOUSING, BE IT BEING ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES THAT THEY'VE OWNED A LONG TIME OR BEING ABLE TO RENT OR BE AT A SUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE HOUSING RENTAL COMMUNITY. 
          VETERANS NEED HOUSING AS WELL. 
          WE INCLUDE PUBLIC HOUSING HERE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WHOLE SYSTEM. 
          AND FOR THOSE AT RISK OR WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS, THEY MIGHT NEED PERMANENTLY SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS WELL. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS IS REALLY ROOTED IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK. 
          SO OUR DEPARTMENT ADMINISTERS PROGRAMS AND POLICIES THAT ARE DESIGNED VERY STRATEGICALLY TO PREVENT EVICTION, TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS, AND TO FACILITATE THE PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND SO WE DO A LOT OF THINGS FROM POLICY TO ACTUALLY SERVING FAMILIES WITH THESE PROGRAMS. AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE, WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, IS TO BUILD ON THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE IN THIS DOCUMENT, A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM, CONTINUING TO HAVE HOUSING PRODUCTION AND REHAB, INCREASED INVESTMENTS IN THOSE AREAS, CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT EVICTION PREVENTION, HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT A BOND PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES HOUSING. 
          AND SO ALL OF THESE ARE WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT AND THIS DOCUMENT HAD THOSE CORE ISSUES IDENTIFIED FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN EXACERBATED BY THE PANDEMIC. 
          SO HOUSING COSTS, OUTPACING INCOME GROWTH, AFFORDABILITY GAPS WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING FOR BOTH HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL, A SUPPLY AND DEMAND MIS MISMATCH, UM, MORE PEOPLE BEING COST BURDENED, DECREASING HOME OWNERSHIP THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. 
          AND OF COURSE THE IMPACTS OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE AND DISPLACEMENT. 
          SO ALL OF THAT ARE IN THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE. 
          AND IT IDENTIFIED THIS DOCUMENT IDENTIFIED FIVE PRIORITIES, INCLUDING MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM. 
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IT'S A COMPLEX AND LARGE ECOSYSTEM, BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE BETTER AT COORDINATING ALL THE SYSTEMS THAT SERVE THE COMMUNITY FROM THE HOMELESS TO THE HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES, TO HOW DO WE INCREASE HOME OWNERSHIP. 
          AND SO BUILDING ON THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS AND THE PANDEMIC DID NOT STOP US DESPITE ALL THE RESPONSE OUR DEPARTMENT HAD TO DO OF WORKING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK. 
          THIS IS A GREAT DOCUMENT, HAS A LOT OF GREAT POLICIES, BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS DEFINING AFFORDABILITY FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE ARE RECALIBRATING THE HOUSING GOALS THAT ARE IN THIS 10 YEAR PLAN NOW THAT WE HAVE ABOUT THREE YEARS OF DATA TO SHOW HOW WE ARE DOING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MEETING THE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO VERY IMPORTANTLY, UNDER THAT COORDINATED SYSTEM, MAKING SURE WE DEFINE, DEFINE WHO IS DELIVERING ACCOUNTABILITY IS A BIG PART OF THIS, WHAT IS BEING DELIVERED, WHO IS DOING WHAT, AND ALSO HOW WE'RE GONNA GET THERE. 
          SO THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH IS UNDERWAY NOW, INVOLVES A LOT OF THE FOLKS WHO HELPED US WITH THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK. 
          AND IT GIVES US THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN SO WE CAN HAVE CLEAR HOW TO GET THERE AND CLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE POLICIES THAT ARE BEING FLESHED OUT. 
          IMPORTANTLY, THIS YEAR WE COMPLETED OUR FOR EVERYONE HOME ANTI DISPLACEMENT AGENDA AS WELL, WHICH DETAILED THE WHO, WHAT, AND HOW FOR ANTI DISPLACEMENT EFFORTS. 
          THERE ARE TWO DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES THAT ARE BEING FLESHED OUT OVER THE NEXT MONTH THAT WE'LL HAVE BY SEPTEMBER. 
          BUT THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT WORK ARE GONNA BE FOLDED INTO OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN WHEN WE SAY SHIP AND SHIPMATES AND STEERING THE SHIP. 
          SO WE HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING. 
          BUT SOME OF THE SHIP STRATEGIES AS WE STEER THIS THROUGH VERY, UM, MUDDY WATERS IS ALL OF THESE POLICIES. 
          UH, WE HAVE FORUMS THAT HELP US THAT INCLUDE REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS, BUT ALSO NONPROFIT PROVIDERS AND ADVOCATES WHO ARE GRASSROOTS, UM, ACTIVISTS ON THE HOUSING SIDE. 
          SO THEY ARE TACKLING WHAT WE DO WHEN IT COMES TO REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          SAMPLE OF POLICIES BEING FLESHED OUT ARE HERE. 
          WE HAVE OF COURSE A LOT OF HOUSING POLICY THAT SOME OF IT GOT PUT ON HOLD, SOME OF IT IS GOING FORWARD, SOME OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE U D C FOR EXAMPLE. 
          WE HAVE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY BEING A BIG PART OF THE CONVERSATION SHAPING WHAT WE DO IN THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          AND WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVED THAT ARE HELPING US TO ADDRESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO EVICTION DIVERSION PREVENTION OF EVICTION. 
          AND SO ALL OF THAT IS A BIG PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          SO WE KNEW IN 2018 THAT WE HAD HOUSING CHALLENGES AND THE PANDEMIC HAS ONLY EXACERBATED THEM AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS RESPONDED. 
          JUST LAST WEEK YOU ADDED FUNDING TO THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          THIS IS THE LARGEST HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY. 
          AND SO WE HAVE $189 MILLION PROGRAM, BUT THE FEDERAL MONEY IS NOT GONNA LAST FOREVER. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE ITEMS THAT THIS DOCUMENT THAT OUR STRA STRATEGIC APPROACH CALLS FOR. 
          WE NEED TO GET BACK TO PRODUCTION PRESERVATION, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE KNOW OUR COMMUNITY NEEDED BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. 
          AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE A NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC THROUGH EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE, BUT WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GONNA MOVE US FORWARD TO A PO POST PANDEMIC HOUSING LANDSCAPE. 
          SO IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, THIS IS A COMPARISON THAT HAS SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE HELPING US ACHIEVE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THIS YEAR'S ADOPTED BUDGET COMPARED TO THE TRIAL BUDGET. 
          AND SO YOU SEE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING FROM SUBSIDIZE THE CREATION OR PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH OUR GAP FINANCING, THAT WE HELP FAMILIES FIGURE OUT HOW TO CLEAR THE TITLE TO THEIR PROPERTIES SO THAT THEY CAN REAP THE VALUE OF THAT EQUITY OR QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT REQUIRE CLEAR TITLE. 
          WE HAVE SUPPORT FOR PARTNERS LIKE THE SAN ANTONIO LOCAL INITIATIVE SUPPORT CORPORATION, AND THEN WE DO THE DIRECT SERVICES TO HELP HOMEOWNERS REHAB THEIR HOMES, TAKE CARE OF MINOR REPAIRS, TAKE CARE OF A ROOF THAT HELPS THAT FAMILY STAY IN THEIR HOME 
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AND IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE PROGRAMS GOING FORWARD. 
          SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE DELIVERED IN-HOUSE, SOME OF IT IS OUTSOURCED, AND WE USE A LOT OF CONTRACTORS TO HELP US DO SOME OF THIS WORK. 
          WE DO WANNA GET BACK TO DOING MORE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AS WELL. 
          THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT HAD FUNDING SHIFTED TO EAP, BUT WE KNOW HOME OWNERSHIP IS A BIG DEAL IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH THE AFFORDABILITY GAP WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO HELPING FAMILIES ACHIEVE THAT HOME OWNERSHIP DREAM AS WELL. 
          OF COURSE, WE HAVE LEARNED AND EXPANDED A LOT OF PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AS WE RESPONDED BY CREATING NEW THINGS OR EXPANDING PROGRAMS THAT HELP FAMILIES FACING HOUSING INSECURITY. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR RIGHT TO COUNCIL PROGRAM, WHICH GREW UNDER THE PANDEMIC OR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE ALREADY HAD A RISK MITIGATION PROGRAM BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, THE FOUNDATION FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          WE WANNA CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT, THOUGH WE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE SAME SCALE AS WE HAD OVER THE LAST 15 MONTHS, AND WE MIGHT NOT MAKE IT AS GENEROUS AS THE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY. 
          AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM AND HAVE THAT SUPPORT WITH OUR PARTNERS IN PLACE. 
          SO THIS IS JUST SHOWING THE CURRENT ADOPTED BUDGET AND THE TRIAL BUDGET NUMBERS. 
          SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD BEFORE OR HAD TO GROW BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC INCLUDE OUR RIGHT TO COUNCIL PROGRAM, WHICH WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE AND EXPAND. 
          WE DID CREATE A COURT SUPPORT FOR EVICTIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE GOING FORWARD. 
          WE HAVE A LOT MORE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAININGS THAT WE THINK ARE IMPORTANT AS PART OF THE HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE. 
          AS COUNSEL, YOU ADOPTED THE NOTICE OF TENANTS RIGHTS, AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE. 
          AND THIS IS INFORMING BOTH LANDLORDS AND TENANTS ABOUT THE RIGHTS THAT, UM, TENANTS HAVE. 
          RECENTLY YOU PASSED THE HOUSING VOUCHER INCENTIVE POLICY. 
          SO WE'LL BE GETTING TO THE DATA AND TESTING STARTING NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          WE HAD A PROGRAM THREE YEARS AGO THAT HELPED FAMILIES WHO HAVE, UM, WHO ARE CONSIDERED HIGH RISK RENTERS, GET HOUSING, HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO RENT. 
          IT'S CALLED PLACE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS. 
          WE WANNA CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM AS WELL. 
          WE KNOW RELOCATION ASSISTANCE IS GONNA BE IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY AS THE C D C EVICTION MORATORIUM COMES TO AN END. 
          AND WE WANNA CONTINUE THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES WHEN IT COMES TO THE NAVIGATORS, BOTH FOR HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES, FAIR HOUSING COUNSELING AND BENEFIT NAVIGATORS. 
          OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING CLOSER THAN EVER, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CLIENTS GET THE FULL SPECTRUM OF SERVICES. 
          AND SO WE HAVE FIVE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS THAT DO EVICTIONS. 
          WE HAVE A PRESENCE EVERY TIME THERE'S A COURT THAT IS MEETING ON EVICTIONS, THAT'S A PROGRAM WE WANT TO CONTINUE. 
          WE KNOW THERE'S A DISPARATE IMPACT AS WELL WITH REGARDS TO WHO IS GETTING EVICTION NOTICES. 
          SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT IN THE FUTURE. 
          WE WILL CONNECT RESIDENTS TO THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AS WE HAVE DONE, AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM THAT THE STATE IS RUNNING. 
          THE STATE IS RUNNING THE EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM. 
          SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE TAP INTO THOSE RESOURCES. 
          AND ALL OF THESE ARE NEW, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT. 
          IT'S HARD ENOUGH LETTING PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING THAT EXISTS, LIKE THE, UM, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS YOU TALKED ABOUT. 
          IT'S MORE OF A CHALLENGE WHEN IT'S A WHOLE NEW PROGRAM THAT DIDN'T EXIST TWO YEARS AGO, BUT WE'RE UP FOR THAT CHALLENGE. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE THOSE COUNSELING SERVICES TO THE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT NEED HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND THOSE THAT ARE FACING RELOCATION ISSUES AS WELL. 
          FAIR HOUSING IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN EMBEDDED IN THE WORK THAT WE DO, SO WE WANT THAT INFORMATION TO CONTINUE. 
          WE FOCUS SO MUCH ON EHAB, UM, THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WE DIDN'T DO AND COULDN'T DO A LOT OF THE IN-PERSON TRAINING, BUT WE WANNA GET BACK TO THAT. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT PARTNERSHIP TO CONNECT RESIDENTS WHO MIGHT NEED HOUSING SERVICES TO ALL THE OTHER SERVICES THAT THEY MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT D H S HAS, UM, THROUGH THEIR BENEFIT NAVIGATORS AS WELL. 
          SO WITH REGARDS TO NEXT YEAR, TOP PRIORITIES FROM WHAT WE KNOW OF THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, THE DATA, THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND WHAT WE HAVE HEARD EVEN AS WE PROVIDED EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE, IS THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK TO HAVING MORE OF THAT OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS. 
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THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HELP FAMILIES WITH MINOR REPAIRS BECAUSE THESE PROGRAMS NOT ONLY KEEP A HOUSE, UH, GOING EXPAND THE LONGEVITY OF THAT HOUSE, BUT THEY KEEP A FAMILY IN A, THEY DON'T DISRUPT THAT, UH, FAMILY. 
          AND IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FOR CLIMATE ISSUES EFFECTIVE. 
          AND IT'S ALSO SOMETIMES CHEAPER THAN BUILDING A NEW UNIT. 
          WE KNEW. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO ADMINISTER THESE PROGRAMS AND HAVE THE STAFF TO PROVIDE THE COUNSELING, THE RESOURCES, PROCESSING APPLICATIONS. 
          SO $5 MILLION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES, THE STAFF TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE PROGRAMS SO THAT WE WISH TO EXPAND OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB, MINOR REPAIR, AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE BECAUSE WE KNOW, AGAIN, THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC ARE GONNA DEMAND THAT WE DO THAT WORK. 
          THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AND LORI HOUSTON AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, VERO. 
          UM, AS WE GET INTO THE DISCUSSION, UM, JUST TOP LINE, UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS WE GET INTO OUR BUDGET BRIEFINGS IS, IS, AND ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE GOING INTO THE 2022, UH, BOND CYCLE, IS AN UPDATE ON HOW WE'RE DOING ON ALL THE 10 YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN METRICS. 
          UH, AND, AND ALSO IF WE CAN GET A REPORT ON OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, HOW MANY, UH, AFFORDABLE UNITS OF ALL TYPES HAVE BEEN BUILT OR IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          UH, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT'S WORKING AND, AND POTENTIALLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED. 
          UM, WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN IS HOW WE'RE GONNA TRANSITION FROM WHAT HAS BEEN CRISIS MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY HOUSING PROTOCOL SPECIFICALLY, SPECIFICALLY THE WORK THAT THE HOUSING NAVIGATORS AND COUNSELORS HAVE BEEN DOING AT THE LIBRARY, WHICH THEY'RE DOING PHENOMENAL WORK. 
          UM, HOW WE'RE GONNA TRANSITION THAT AND THE LESSONS LEARNED INTO MORE OF OUR LONG-TERM STRATEGY. 
          GREAT QUESTION. 
          UM, SO PART OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS AND PROGRAMS IS INCREASING THE STAFFING FOR THE HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES SO THAT THE TRANSITION IS AN EASY ONE. 
          WE, WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING THE SERVICES, WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE CANNOT DO IT AT THE SCALE WITH ALL THE FEDERAL MONEY THAT WE HAD WITH THE $189 MILLION PROGRAM, BUT WE DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO ASSIST WITH SOME EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE, BUT IT REALLY IS THE COUNSELING AND THE HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES THAT WE'RE GROWING. 
          SO WE'RE ADDING STAFF TO THAT SO THAT THE COUNSELING, THE BENEFITS, ALL OF THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE. 
          AND THEN WE'LL STILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE IT WAS THE RISK MITIGATION PROGRAM, WE'LL STILL HAVE FUNDING FOR THAT. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO REVISIT THE ALLOWANCES FOR THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE'LL BE LESS MONEY AS THE FEDERAL MONEY IS USED UP INTO NEXT YEAR. 
          BUT THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA TRANSITION AND WE SEE NEXT YEAR AS A TRANSITION POINT TO GET BACK TO THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS SO THAT WE CAN PRODUCE AND PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS IN JUST A SECOND, BUT ON, ON THE POINT OF THE NAVIGATORS, I IF, IF ANYBODY HERE HAS NOT GONE TO VISIT AND TOURED THAT FACILITY AT THE LIBRARY TO SEE THE WORK THAT THOSE FOLKS ARE DOING, IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE. 
          UM, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE-ON-ONE COACHING AND, AND INTAKE AND, AND BEING ABLE TO FILTER PEOPLE INTO THE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, WHETHER THEY'RE IN HOUSING OR OR SOMETHING ELSE. 
          UH, THEY'VE DONE REALLY GREAT WORK. 
          AND TO THAT POINT, A LITTLE BIT OF AN ASIDE, ERIC, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS ARE ON CONTRACT. 
          THEY ARE, AS A RESULT OF VERY SHORT TERM TRAINING, NOW HAVE MARKETABLE PROFESSIONAL SKILLS. 
          UH, WE HAD DISCUSSED WHAT KIND OF CERTIFICATION OR SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PROVIDE. 
          SO FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO MAY NOT CONTINUE PAST A PANDEMIC CRISIS MANAGEMENT, THEY WOULD HAVE A MARKETABLE PROFESSIONAL SKILL THAT THEY COULD TAKE TO ANOTHER CAREER. 
          UH, HAVE Y'ALL GOTTEN ANY FARTHER ON THAT? UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA START WORKING WITH HR ON THAT. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO FOR THOSE. 
          WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY LEAVE THE TEMPORARY JOBS BECAUSE THEY FOUND PERMANENT POSITIONS. 
          SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT KIND OF CERTIFICATE AND HR IS GONNA BE HELPING US WITH THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          BECAUSE I, I ASSUME PART OF THEIR INTAKE FOR JUST FOR LANDING THAT CONTRACT POSITION WITH SECURITY TRAINING, P C I TRAINING, THAT SORT OF THING, WHICH THEY CAN TAKE TO ANOTHER CAREER. 
          UM, BACK ON THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS. DID YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING? I, I DID WANNA ADD, BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE LIBRARY AND SEE OUR STAFF IN ACTION. 
          AND SO IF SOMEBODY GOES TO A BENEFITS NAVIGATOR, 
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WE WILL DO AN ASSESSMENT OF THEM AND WE WILL LOOK TO SEE WHAT PROGRAMS THEY MAY QUALIFY. 
          AND OFTENTIMES SOMEONE WHO GOES INTO THE CENTER WILL LEAVE WITH SNAP BENEFITS, OTHER LOCAL OR STATE BENEFITS THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY QUALIFIED FOR. 
          SO AS YOU TALK ABOUT TRANSITIONING, IT'S ABOUT REALLOCATING WHERE THEY PUT THEIR, THEIR FUNDINGS RESOURCES AND IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY QUALIFIED FOR SNAP, IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY QUALIFIED FOR, UM, SUBSIDIZED DAYCARE, WE'RE ABLE TO HELP OFFSET THAT COST SO THEY CAN PUT THAT FUNDING TOWARDS HOUSING. 
          UM, I THINK DURING THE PANDEMIC WE REALLY UNDERVALUED THAT TOOL, HAVING THAT, THAT HANDHOLDING AND THAT COUNSELING. 
          AND DURING THE SNOW EVENT, UM, WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE CALL US BECAUSE THEY NEEDED WATER AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO HELP THEM. 
          AND SO IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TRANSITION AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE SMOOTH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE STATE PROGRAM. 
          THEY'LL BE CONTINUING FOR THE SEVERAL COUPLE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS AS WELL. 
          THAT'S A SIMILAR MODEL TO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS. 
          I MEAN, THEY'RE LEARNING THOSE SAME SKILLS, UM, BACK ON THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS. I'M HEARING THAT AND OBVIOUSLY I, I I THINK THERE'S TREMENDOUS SUPPORT AND, AND CONSENSUS ON REHABILITATION PROGRAMS AND, AND OUR NEED TO START AUGMENTING THOSE. 
          UM, I'M HEARING THERE'S AN OBSTACLE FOR A LOT OF APPLICANTS IN TERMS OF TITLE CLEARANCE AND CLOUDED TITLES. 
          UH, COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT AND IF THERE ARE ENOUGH RESOURCES FOR US IN TITLE CLEARANCE? SURE. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE A TITLE CLEARANCE PROGRAM. 
          UM, I BELIEVE IT'S IN OUR BUDGET AS WELL. 
          YOU SEE SOME OF THE AMOUNT, UH, ALLOCATED FOR THAT. 
          AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE OUTSOURCE SOME OF THIS WORK WITH BOTH U T S A AND A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO ACTUALLY HELP FAMILIES ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. 
          MANY TIMES IT'S A LEGAL ISSUE, UH, BECAUSE EVENTUALLY YOU HAVE TO FILE A LEGAL DOCUMENT, BUT WE GUIDE THEM TO THE PROCESS AND, UH, EVEN ST. 
          MARY'S HAS A CLINIC THAT HELPS US ADDRESS THAT. 
          SO WHEN WE DO FIND A, A CLIENT THAT COMES FOR MINOR REPAIR THAT THEY DON'T HAVE CLEAR TITLE, WE HELP DIRECT THEM TO THE TITLE CLEARANCE PROGRAM SO THAT THEY CAN COME BACK AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. 
          SO THE TITLE CLEARANCE IS INCREASING AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HELP CLIENTS ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WOULD LIKE US TO MONITOR THAT BECAUSE I'M HEARING THERE'S A, THERE'S A, AN ISSUE THERE IN TERMS OF TITLE CLEARANCE FOR A LOT OF THOSE APPLICANTS. 
          UM, LAST QUESTION IS, AND AND THIS IS BEYOND THE DEBATE OF ANY, UH, OF THE, THE P F C OR OTHER, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE USE TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS HERE IN OUR CITY. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE AFFORDABILITY BUILT IN. 
          THEY'RE SUBSIDIZED PROGRAMS THAT MAY BE COMING TOWARDS THE END OF THEIR AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM LIFE. 
          UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S A, THE FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE HAS IDENTIFIED SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP US DEAL WITH THAT, TO PRESERVE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK. 
          UH, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT, THE HOUSING PRESERVATION NETWORK AND, AND HOW WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT THAT? YES. 
          UM, SO UNDER THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT AGENDA, WHICH IS THE, FOR EVERYONE HOME, THE, UH, HOUSING PRESERVATION NETWORK WOULD WORK AND FOCUS ON THOSE. 
          UM, IT'S ESSENTIALLY AFFORDABILITY COVENANTS. 
          TYPICALLY WHEN SOMEONE RECEIVES OR A DEVELOPER RECEIVES A SUBSIDY, THEY HAVE 15, 20, 30 YEARS WHERE THEY'RE REQUIRED TO KEEP THE UNITS THAT WE SUBSIDIZE AFFORDABLE. 
          AND SO AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, THE THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD GOES AWAY. 
          AND SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED HOW MANY UNITS, UH, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS ARE GONNA HAVE THAT AFFORDABILITY COVENANT EXPIRING. 
          SO OUR APPROACH IS TO USE SOME OF THE GAP FUNDING THAT YOU SEE HERE, UM, TO HAVE THOSE UNITS COME BACK, GET SOME REHAB, HAVE THE AFFORDABILITY COVENANT EXTENDED. 
          AND SO THE HOUSING PRESERVATION NETWORK WOULD ACTIVELY TRACK THE DATA, TRACK THE UNITS, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE TARGETING THE FUNDING THAT WE HAD, BE IT FROM OUR BUDGET, PERHAPS AFTER WE HAVE A HOUSING BOND PROGRAM, TARGETING SOME OF THAT FUNDING AS WELL SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE UNITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AFFORDABLE, REMAIN AFFORDABLE BEYOND THE EXPIRATION OF THE AFFORDABILITY COVENANT. 
          AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE HOUSING PRESERVATION NETWORK WOULD DO. 
          THEY WOULDN'T JUST FOCUS ON THAT. 
          THEY WOULD ALSO LOOK AT PRESERVATION OF HOME OWNERSHIP UNITS AS WELL. 
          BUT A BIG FOCUS WOULD BE THOSE RENTAL UNITS WHERE THE COVENANT IS GONNA EXPIRE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          THAT SEEMS LIKE IT COULD BE THE HIGHEST IMPACT IN EXTREMELY LOW HANGING FRUIT, UM, FOR US TO PRESERVE HOUSING. 
          SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU VERO. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR UPDATE SINCE WE ARE ON THAT SUBJECT AND THE 
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MAYOR BROUGHT UP, UH, FOR EVERYONE HOME, THERE'S TWO DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION PLANS ON APRIL THE THIRD. 
          WE GOT AN UPDATE FROM N H S D ABOUT A DRAFT REPORT. 
          IT'S A 70 PAGE PLUS REPORT. 
          HAS THAT BEEN FINALIZED? IT WAS DRAFT AT THE TIME THAT WE RECEIVED THE UPDATE IN APRIL. 
          I HAVEN'T SEEN IT. 
          DO YOU HAVE THAT? Y Y YES. 
          UH, THE GROWING TOGETHER REPORT HAS BEEN FINALIZED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE HAVEN'T PRINTED IT YET. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S ONLY GONNA BE AVAILABLE DIGITALLY, BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN PRINT IT. 
          I HAVE MY DRAFT THAT'S WRITTEN UP. 
          OH, THAT'S AWESOME. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          UM, IT'S ALL WRITTEN UP SO I NOT GIVE THIS TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, BUT THE, THE DOCUMENT ITSELF IS FINAL. 
          UH, WE JUST NEED TO GET THE DRAFT LOGO OUT OF IT, BUT IT'S BEEN FINISHED. 
          AND THEN THE TWO IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES ARE THE ONES TO BE DEVELOPED THAT WILL BE FINALIZED TOWARD THE END OF SEPTEMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          I WAS TALKING TO A REPORTER LAST NIGHT ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I MENTIONED THE 70 LAST PAGE REPORT AND THEN I THOUGHT MAYBE I MISSED IT. 
          SO I THOUGHT I'D ASK ABOUT IT SINCE IT CAME UP TODAY. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATE? CAN I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE LAST I, I, I THINK I ASKED ERIC WALSH THIS, BUT THE CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THAT POSITION? UM, THAT POSITION IS CURRENTLY BEING ADVERTISED, UM, AND CLOSES NEXT WEEK? YEAH, NEXT WEEK. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          FIRST WEEK IN JULY. 
          UM, AND BY THE WAY, VERO, I , IT WAS LATE LAST NIGHT WHEN I WAS, UH, TALKING TO THE REPORTER. 
          I COULD NOT REMEMBER WHAT THE ACRONYM FOR SHIP WAS. 
          AND SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER FOR US. 
          UM, I HAVE A QUESTION SPECIFICALLY ON OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB STRATEGY. 
          WE HAVE A 2.5, UH, INCREASE. 
          AND, AND, AND I I LOVE THAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S VERY USEFUL. 
          AND UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, THERE'S NO CHANGE. 
          SO, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          THERE'S ONLY AN 800,000 IN GENERAL, UM, CHANGE IN OUR TRIAL BUDGET AND I UNDERSTAND ABOUT PRIORITIES AND HAVING TO SHIFT AROUND, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD USES. 
          AND I'M, I AM, UM, I'M HAPPY THAT THE MINOR REPAIR, WE'RE GOING UP FROM 1.4 TO 4.1 MILLION, BUT I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT DURING THE COVID, UM, THE LEGAL SERVICES A RIGHT TO COUNSEL, I THINK YOU SAID THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST USE PROGRAMS AND IT'S BEING REDUCED BY 300,000. 
          CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY? SURE. 
          UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE REDUCTION, THE REDUCTION ACTUALLY IS BECAUSE OF THE EQUIPMENT, THE ACTUAL LEGAL KIOSKS. 
          AH, OKAY. 
          SO IT'S THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING THAT WILL BE, UM, IN PLACE BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND SO IT WAS A ONE-TIME CAPITAL, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO BUY THE UNITS AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A REDUCTION 'CAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO BUY THE UNITS AGAIN. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE REDUCTION. 
          BUT THE SERVICES THEMSELVES, THE, UH, LEGAL AID KIND OF ATTORNEYS THAT ARE GONNA BE PROVIDING THE SERVICE THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY ARE WHAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO FUND. 
          OKAY, WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THAT, VERO. 
          AND THEN HOW DO WE CONNECT, AND BY THE WAY, THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW YOU PERSONALLY CAME OUT TO, TO DISTRICT FOUR TO DIVINE PROVIDENCE TO HELP SOME, SOME FOLKS, UM, SIGN UP FOR DIFFERENT SERVICES. 
          HOW DO WE CONNECT OTHER, UH, THESE CITIES, OTHER PROGRAMS AS YOU GIVE AWAY INFORMATION ON, ON YOUR PROGRAMS? DO YOU GIVE READY TO WORK INFORMATION, WATCH, ACTUALLY IT'S TRAINED FOR JOBS SA OR HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW YOU KIND OF COMPLETE THE FULL PACKAGE. 
          UM, SO THE PEOPLE I'VE TALKED THE MOST DURING THE PANDEMIC HAVE BEEN MEL AND ALEX. 
          UM, EVERY MONTH I THINK WE VISIT ABOUT HOW OUR TEAMS ARE CONNECTING CLIENTS. 
          UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO DO ALL OF THAT. 
          UM, EVERY WEEK WE HAVE THE CROSS-REFERRAL, UM, DOCUMENTS BE SHARED BETWEEN OUR DEPARTMENTS AND WE SEND ALL THE CLIENTS THAT APPLY FOR EUB THAT INDICATE THEY NEED ADDITIONAL BENEFITS. 
          AND D D H S SENDS US THE REPORT BACK AS TO HOW MANY CLIENTS WERE SERVED, HOW, YOU KNOW, WAS IT ONE CONTACT, TWO CONTACTS. 
          AND SO WE'RE SHARING ALL THAT INFORMATION, SHARING OUR CLIENTS, ALL THE CLIENTS GET THE INFORMATION WE'RE TEXTING. 
          UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE S A SPEAKUP SURVEYS GONNA GO TO ALL THE EUB CLIENTS, UH, EVEN THE LANDLORDS. 
          AND SO WE SEND ALL THE INFORMATION AND PUSH IT OUT LIKE THAT. 
          SO THE, UM, BOTH WORKFORCE PROGRAMS GOT THE PUSH OUT AS WELL. 
          UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO REFER CLIENTS. 
          OUR BENEFIT NAVIGATORS AT D H S ARE TRAINED FOR ALL THESE BENEFITS AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS. AND SO EVERY WEEK WE UPDATE OUR SCRIPTS FOR THE CALL CENTERS AND THE BENEFIT NAVIGATORS AND WE JUST CONTINUE ALL THAT COORDINATION. 
          THANK YOU VERO. 
          AND I WANNA ADD, I'M SURPRISED VERO DIDN'T MENTION THIS. 
          WE WORK WITH OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, PARTNERS WEEKLY AND WE'RE WORKING TO SEE HOW WE CAN BRING THE BENEFIT NAVIGATORS ON THE ROAD. 
          AND SO WHEN WORKING WITH EACH OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD YOU LIKE THE BENEFIT NAVIGATORS TO GO INTO? 
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AND MAYBE THAT'S WHERE WE ADD, UM, WE IDENTIFY WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T APPLYING FOR THAT HOMESTEAD, EXTE, UM, EXEMPTION. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO ASKING THE HOUSING AND BENEFITS NAVIGATORS TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND HELP PEOPLE APPLY FOR THAT AS WELL. 
          SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT PROGRAM TO SEE HOW WE CAN BRING 'EM OUT INTO THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THE OTHER PIECES, HOW DO WE TIE THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS INTO THAT MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, HAVE A LOT OF SYNERGY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER PALS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THE, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO THINGS I WANTED TO, TO COVER. 
          ONE YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BY THE WAY, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, UH, ABOUT THESE OVER OWNER OCCUPIED REHABILITATION STRATEGIES, THE UNDER ONE ROOF REPAIR, THAT WHEN IT RELATES TO US OFFERING TO PAY FOR THESE THINGS RIGHT OUTTA THE FOLKS WHO NEED THE MOST, AND I'M CONVINCED THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE PAYING THE, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE REPAIRS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN. 
          ARE WE VERIFYING WHETHER OR NOT INSURANCE OUGHT TO BE PAYING FOR THIS VERSUS US? AND TO WHAT EXTENT ARE WE ASKING AND WE'RE DOING, WE'RE STILL DOING THAT, RIGHT? YES. 
          UM, THAT'S PART OF OUR, UH, S O P STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ROOF PROGRAMS. WE DO THAT, UM, WE DO CONFIRM AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS AFTER IS THAT THEY HAVE, UH, UPDATED INSURANCE AS WELL. 
          ALRIGHT, GREAT. 
          SO YES, WE ARE DOING THAT. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE NORTH SIDE, ONE OF OUR DIFFICULTIES, AND, AND JOHN, I IMAGINE YOU'VE HAD THE SAME DIFFICULTIES, IS THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PEOPLE FLIP OUT, UM, THEY DON'T WANT THOSE PEOPLE ANYWHERE NEAR THEIR HOUSES. 
          THEY, THEY USE THOSE WORDS AND SOMETIMES THEY'LL EVEN COME OUT AND TELL YOU, I DON'T WANT THE PORES ANYWHERE NEAR ME. 
          UH, YOU'RE RUINING MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I HATE DEVELOPERS THINK, YOU KNOW, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY ALL LIVE IN HOMES THAT WERE DEVELOPED, BUT, UH, I HAVE, UH, AND THERE'S NO TALKING OUT OF, YOU KNOW, TALKING 'EM OUT OF IT. 
          IN FACT, SOME OF THESE AFFORDABLE PROJECTS, SOME OF THE OBJECTIONS WERE NO, NO, NO. 
          IF YOU PUT THE AFFORDABLE PROJECTS UP HERE, THEN YOU, UH, TAKE AWAY VALUE FROM OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND YOU'RE SENDING KIDS TO OUR SCHOOL FOR FREE, AND IT STRETCHES, YOU KNOW, UM, THE, THE BUDGETS AT THESE SCHOOLS, AND THEN YOU LOWER THE QUALITY. 
          ANYWAY, I, I THINK I'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB. 
          AND JOHN, I THINK YOU'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB AT RESISTING, UM, THAT FOOLISHNESS AND THAT THAT NIMBY UH, STUFF. 
          AND, UH, THE ISSUE IS THAT WE ALSO STRUGGLE WITH THE FACT THAT IT'S SO EXPENSIVE NOW TO BUY LAND OR TO BUILD A NEW HOUSE. 
          UM, AND THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS URBAN SPRAWL, BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER TO BUILD FURTHER AND FURTHER FROM THE URBAN CENTER THAN IT IS TO, UH, BUILD NEAR YOUR EXISTING FAMILY, RIGHT. 
          OR YOUR, YOUR PREFERRED SCHOOL OR YOUR, WHERE YOUR JOB IS. 
          AND SO THE MAYOR AND I WERE TALKING, AND, UM, I THINK, I THINK YOU STILL AGREE WITH ME WITH THAT, UH, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO INCREASE HOUSING STOCK OF EVERY, YOU KNOW, OF EVERY CATEGORY, RIGHT? UM, I PERSONALLY DON'T WANT TO SEE, UM, MORE MCMANSIONS ON THE NORTH SIDE WHEN WE COULD ENTICE PROFESSIONALS, UH, WITH GOOD PRODUCT THAT IS SMALLER, UH, THAT REQUIRES LESS IMPERVIOUS COVER, UH, THAT REQUIRES LESS ENERGY TO COOL AND MAINTAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING FOR MORE APARTMENTS OR, YOU KNOW, THAT FIRST TIME NURSE, RIGHT? THAT RIGHT OUT OF NURSING SCHOOL OR THE, OR THE MEDICAL STUDENT, RIGHT. 
          OUTTA MEDICAL SCHOOL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO MOVE INTO SOMETHING SMALL AND AND ATTRACTIVE AS OPPOSED TO GOING OUT AND FINDING THEIR FIRST $400,000, YOU KNOW, 3000 SQUARE FOOT HOME, RIGHT? UM, THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, RIGHT? BUT FOR EVERY ONE OF THOSE BIG HOMES THAT ARE BUILT, UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, LAND THAT'S TAKEN UP, NOT, YOU KNOW, UH, ANYWAY, WE, WE, WE GIVE UP DENSITY, AND DENSITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT, RIGHT? SO, UM, I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING BETTER. 
          UH, AND YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK THAT IN JOHN PERRY, IN JOHN, UH, JOHN COURAGE AND MYSELF, YOU'VE GOT, I THINK YOU'VE GOT A COMMITMENT, UM, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO RESIST THIS NIMBYISM, UM, WHICH JUST MAKES YOUR JOB HARDER AND, AND IT REALLY, UM, MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT TO, TO BE POOR IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, BEING POOR IS HARD ENOUGH, RIGHT? SO ANYWAY, MAYOR, YOU GOT MY SUPPORT ON THIS ONE TOO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAIS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER K, GOOD TIMING. 
          , WE, WE SHARE A LOT OF THOSE THOUGHTS IN COMMON. 
          COUNCILMAN, UH, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS, IS SUCH A HUGE ISSUE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND HAVING SERVED ON THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND ON THE, UH, THE CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, UH, COMMITTEES HAVE REALLY GOTTEN MORE AND MORE INSIGHT ON THIS. 
          I WANNA ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT CAME OUT IN THIS REPORT RIGHT AWAY. 
          UH, YOU LISTED A M I, WHICH IS NOW SET BY HUD AT 74,000 IN OUR AREA, AND THEN THE, THE 80% 
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OF THAT, WHICH IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE BEGINNING OF AFFORDABILITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EITHER INDIVIDUAL HOMES OR APARTMENTS, IS LIKE $59,300 A YEAR ANNUAL INCOME FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR. 
          HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE ANNUAL INCOME FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR IS WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? UM, GREAT QUESTION. 
          UM, THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT OUR HOUSING COMMISSION HAS BEEN HAVING, AND THAT OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UH, PARTICIPANTS ARE HAVING. 
          SO, AGAIN, I WAS VERY CAREFUL TO MENTION THIS IS A PRACTITIONER DEFINITION, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, IT'S TAILORED TO SAN ANTONIO, RIGHT? SO PART OF OUR RECALIBRATION DOES EXACTLY THAT. 
          WE FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, OUR, THE HUD A M I IS SET FOR OUR M SS A, OUR METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA, WHICH IS MUCH, MUCH LARGER THAN THE CITY LIMITS. 
          AND THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AVERAGE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS VERSUS VERSUS THAT LARGER M S A. 
          AND SO OUR SHIP, OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS CAREFULLY MAKING SURE DEFINITION FITS OUR CITY LIMITS RESIDENTS GOOD, BUT CAN WE USE THAT TO WORK WITH DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS WHO BASE THEIR FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS USING FEDERAL MONEY, OR TO A GREAT EXTENT, EVEN PRIVATE MONEY, THEY BASE IT ON THE HUD A M I, WHICH CREATES A REAL, UH, DIVISION BETWEEN WHAT IS AFFORDABLE IN THE MINDS OF HUD AND THOSE DEVELOPERS AND WHAT'S AFFORDABLE IN THE MINDS OF THE AVERAGE CITIZEN IN SAN ANTONIO AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND, AND SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS, YES, OBVIOUSLY WE STILL WANT TO USE THE SAME MEASURING STICK, WHICH IS THE HUD A M I, SO THAT SOMEONE DOESN'T HAVE TO RECREATE A WHOLE PROFORMA. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE TO SAY, AND THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN THAT IF WE USE THE HUD A M I IN SAN ANTONIO AFFORDABLE, IT'S REALLY 60% A M I. 
          RIGHT? SO EVEN THOUGH THE NATIONAL DEFINITION IS 80% A M I, WHAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IN SAN ANTONIO AND TRACKING MORE CAREFULLY IS HOMES, UM, RENTAL UNITS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE FOR SAN ANTONIANS, WHICH MEANS 60% A M I OR BELOW. 
          RIGHT? I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT. 
          UH, ONE THING ON, ON THE FIGURES YOU HAD FOR THE TRIAL BUDGET UP THERE, AM I RIGHT IN ASSUMING THAT, UH, THE RISK MITIGATION DECLINE OF $10 MILLION IS, IS GOING TO BE COVERED BY EAP AND THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE THERE, WILL THAT COVER MOST OF WHAT THAT 10 MILLION MIGHT HAVE COVERED? YES. 
          UM, SO IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE. 
          UM, THAT WAS NUMBER SEVEN, I THINK. 
          YES. 
          YEAH, THERE IT IS. 
          UM, SO LAST YEAR, I MEAN, THE YEAR BEFORE AND LAST YEAR, WE JUST LIKE WE REDEPLOYED STAFF TO HELP US WITH RESPONSE, WE HAD TO REDEPLOY FUNDS. 
          AND SO THERE WAS SOME OWNER OCCUPA OCCUPIED UNITS THAT WE DIDN'T BUILD BECAUSE THE MONEY WAS USED FOR EAB. 
          THERE WAS SOME, I MENTIONED DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, SO WE DIDN'T DO AS MUCH FIRST TIME HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THAT MONEY WAS DIVERTED. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE THAT FUNDING CAME FROM. 
          BUT AGAIN, WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THE SERVICES AND THE NEEDS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BEFORE THAT CONTINUE TO BE A NEED. 
          SO THAT MEANS PUTTING THE MONEY BACK TO OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, TO MINOR REPAIR TO DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE THAT FEDERAL MONEY THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED LAST WEEK THAT WILL CARRY US THROUGH THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH 10,000 IS SHOWING AS A A NEGATIVE, WE'VE REBUILT THAT INTO OTHER ASPECTS OF IT. 
          RIGHT? AND I DO WANNA ADD WITH THE EAP, WE HAVE ABOUT $60 MILLION LEFT IN OUR BUDGET THAT'LL GET US THROUGH DECEMBER. 
          AND THEN AS WE ARE RAMPING UP OUR BENEFIT NAVIGATORS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE PUSHING ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THOSE ASSESSMENTS TO LENGTHEN TO BENEFIT. 
          SO THAT'LL HELP WITH OUR TRANSITION RIGHT NOW, UH, ON, ON OUR REHAB AND PRESERVATION UP THERE, IT SHOWS, UH, ABOUT $15 MILLION IN THIS, UH, NEXT YEAR WE'RE PROJECTING TO SPEND IN THAT AREA. 
          UM, WHEN WE DO OWNER REHAB OR WE DO MINOR REPAIR, OR WE DO A ROOF, DO WE EVER ASK THE, UH, PROPERTY, UH, RECIPIENTS TO PAY BACK ANYTHING TO THE CITY? SO FOR THESE PROGRAMS, FOR THE UNDERWENT ROOF, IT'S A GRANT. 
          SO THERE'S NO REPAYMENT FOR THE HONOR OCCUPIED AND MINOR REPAIR. 
          UM, IT'S A FORGIVABLE LOAN THAT IS AMORTIZED OVER TIME. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE DO SOMEONE'S HOUSE, WE PUT, UH, A COVENANT, UM, OR A DEEDED RESTRICTION FOR 15 YEARS, AND WE SAY, IF YOU SELL YOUR HOUSE, YOU HAVE TO REPAY 
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WHAT WE INVESTED. 
          UH, BUT IF THEY STAY IN THE HOME THAT 15 YEARS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE PUT INTO THE HOUSE GETS FORGIVEN OVER TIME. 
          AND SO ONLY IF THEY SELL DO THEY HAVE TO PAY BACK. 
          UM, SO IF THE, THE HOUSE IS NO LONGER WHO THE CLIENT WAS, OTHERWISE, IT'S FORGIVEN OVER TIME. 
          BUT AGAIN, THIS PROGRAMS, ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE ABOUT TRYING TO KEEP FAMILIES IN THEIR HOUSE DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN. 
          WE HAVE FAMILIES WHO, WHO DO SELL THE HOUSE. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE RECOUP THE MONEY, BUT THE MONEY'S UTILIZED FOR THOSE SAME PROGRAMS AS PROGRAM INCOME WHEN THERE'S A REPAYMENT. 
          MAYOR, I'LL JUST ASK FOR ONE THING IF YOU LET ME, UH, HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE IMPACT IS ON THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES WHEN THESE PROPERTIES ARE UPGRADED AND THEIR VALUES GO UP, AND HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES? HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT? WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF THAT WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UM, RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE VISITED THOSE NUMBERS, BUT WE SAW THE, WE LOOKED AT VALUATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          UM, SO I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND SEE IF WE DID IT BEYOND THE HOUSE TO SEE IF WE DID LIKE THE BLOCK. 
          UM, BUT THIS IS A GOOD INVESTMENT. 
          UM, IT'S KEEPING FAMILIES IN THEIR HOUSE. 
          MANY OF THEM HAVE HAD THAT HOUSE FOR A LONG TIME. 
          IT'S CHEAPER TO REHAB THAN TO BUILD A NEW UNIT. 
          UM, I MEAN, IF WE INVEST $90,000 IN A HOUSE, WHEN YOU BUILD A NEW HOUSE, YOU'RE SPENDING TWO OR THREE TIMES THAT. 
          UM, AND IT'S ALSO KEEPING FAMILIES WITH THE SAME SOCIAL SERVICES, THE NETWORK, YOU KNOW, THE KID ACROSS THE STREET WHO CHECKS IN ON AN ELDERLY SENIOR CITIZEN, UM, TIA, WHO IS AROUND THE CORNER WHO CAN BABYSIT WHEN THEY NEED IT. 
          AND SO IT'S ABOUT THAT SOCIAL FABRIC AS WELL. 
          IT'S THE CHURCH THAT THEY'VE BEEN GOING TO FOR A LONG TIME, OR THE GROCERY STORE THAT IS A SHORT DRIVE OR A BUS LINE AWAY FROM WHAT THEY KNOW AS WELL. 
          SO THERE'S THOSE BENEFITS AND I'M NOT SURE HOW TO PUT A PRICE ON IT. 
          UM, BUT THERE IS A PRICE AS WELL WHEN WE CONSIDER ALL THOSE AMENITIES. 
          AND WE DON'T HAVE TO BUILD NEW WATER INFRASTRUCTURE LINES AS WELL. 
          SO THERE'S A SAVINGS AS WELL WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. 
          LET'S JUST STAY ON THAT SLIDE. 
          I, UH, SEE, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE ASKED ABOUT THE $10 MILLION DECREASE THAT'S BEING COVERED BY OTHER FUNDS. 
          SO WE'RE OKAY THERE. 
          UM, BUT WE STILL HAVE AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 800,000, CLOSE TO A MILLION DOLLARS ACROSS THESE OTHER PROGRAMS. AND WHO DETERMINED THE AMOUNTS ON EACH ONE? LIKE THE INCREASE IN THE OWNER OCCUPIED, OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, UH, UH, UNDER ONE ROOF, THE MINOR REPAIR, THE GAP FINANCING, ALL WHO, WHO DETERMINED ALL THESE INCREASES HERE AND WHAT'S THAT BASED ON? UM, WELL, SO, UM, WE HAD IN THAT 27 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, AND LORI, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CHECK ME, UH, UM, THERE WAS SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS. 
          THAT WAS ONE TIME IN NATURE, THE $28.3 MILLION FOR THE TRIAL BUDGET SET ASIDE AN ADDITIONAL FIGHT IN RESOURCES POTENTIALLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UM, WHAT WHAT, UH, WHAT I HEARD LAST WEEK WITH WHAT MYSELF AND THE STAFF HEARD WAS THAT, UM, REHAB WAS A PRIORITY. 
          AND SO, UM, IF YOU'LL GO BACK, GO, GO FORWARD. 
          ONE SLIDE. 
          UM, OUR, OUR SUGGESTION WAS ONE MORE, I'M SORRY, ONE MORE WAS THAT WE PUT AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION IN O OWNER OCCUPIED. 
          WE PUT AN ADDITIONAL 2 MILLION IN MINOR REPAIR, WHICH IS A LITTLE LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THE OWNER REHAB, BUT STILL CRITICAL. 
          AND THAT WE, THE, THE BALANCE, UH, IS, UH, 400,000 IN RELOCATION AND $600,000 TOWARDS THAT ADMINISTRATION AND NAVIGATION THAT LORI AND VETO TALKED ABOUT. 
          THE REST OF THAT IS INCLUDED WITHIN OUR BUDGET, WITHIN OUR BASE BUDGET. 
          UM, AND WAS THAT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DEPARTMENT? OKAY. 
          UM, IF WE GO BACK TO SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN AGAIN, UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE AND, AND I QUESTION THE AMOUNTS THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON REHABBING THE COST PER SQUARE FOOT AND ALL THAT. 
          I, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT INFORMATION ON THAT. 
          I WAS KIND OF EXPECTING A SPREADSHEET ON HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING VERSUS WHAT IT WOULD BE TO BUILD NEW VER. 
          UM, AND THEN I ASKED THE QUESTION, AND I THINK WE GOT THE ANSWER. 
          THAT ONE IS A GRANT AND OTHER IS A FORGIVABLE LOAN. 
          UH, SO BASICALLY THERE, THERE'S NO SKIN IN THE GAME BY ANY OF THE OWNERS OF THESE HOUSES THAT ARE BEING HOUSES THAT ARE BEING REHABBED. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          IT IS STRUCTURED AS A GRANT, BUT 
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THEY DO HAVE TO LIVE IN THE HOME FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, AND THEY CAN'T SELL THAT HOME FOR THAT TIME PERIOD. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND HOW MANY HOMES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? HOW MANY UNDER ONE ROOF, HOW MANY OWNER OCCUPIED REHABS, AND HOW MANY MINOR REPAIRED? HOW MANY HOUSES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? DID WE DO IN 21? AND WHAT'S A PROJECTION FOR 22? SO, UM, SO FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, OUR OWNER OCCUPIED NUMBER IS 63 UNITS. 
          UM, WE ARE PROJECTING 83 WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, FOR MINOR REPAIR. 
          LET ME LOOK AT MY NOTES FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          IT'S 164. 
          UH, WITH THE, WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A CHART THAT I CAN SHARE WITH ALL OF THE COUNCIL SHOWING FUNDING THIS YEAR, TOTAL UNITS THIS YEAR, FUNDING PROPOSED FOR NEXT YEAR AND, AND TOTAL UNITS NEXT YEAR. 
          WE DIDN'T IN THERE. 
          THERE IT IS. 
          WE DIDN'T INCLUDE IT. 
          UH, HERE, THIS IS A BACKUP SLIDE, BUT FOR EVERY PROGRAM WE HAVE THAT AS WELL. 
          AND REMEMBER, OUR, OUR BUDGET FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT'S NOT JUST GENERAL FUND, BUT WE ALSO UTILIZE THE FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS. SO WE USE HUD, UM, C D B G COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS AND THE HOME PROGRAM. 
          AND YOU WILL SEE, UM, THE HUD BUDGETS AT YOUR AUGUST MEETING. 
          THAT'S A LITTLE IN ADVANCE OF THE REST OF THE CITY BUDGET, BUT WE HAVE TO BRING THAT FORWARD IN AUGUST BECAUSE WE NEED TO SUBMIT IT TO HUD IN AUGUST. 
          AND THAT'S A LOT OF FUNDING FOR SOME OF THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, BUT ON PAGE SEVEN, THAT'S ONLY GENERAL FUND, RIGHT? PAGE SEVEN. 
          SLIDE SEVEN. 
          WE'RE ONLY TALKING GENERAL FUNDS HERE. 
          NO, NO. 
          IT, IT HAS A COMBINATION OF SOME FEDERAL MONEY. 
          OKAY. 
          THE TRIAL BUDGET. 
          YEAH, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT GENERAL FUNDS ON, ON THIS SLIDE? YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND FEDERAL FUNDS OUTSIDE FUNDING COMING IN, BUT WHAT'S IMPACTING OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET HERE? WHAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE? THE TOTAL, LET ME SEE IF I HAVE THAT AS WELL. 
          GO AHEAD, ZACH. 
          HELLO, COUNCILMAN. 
          I'M, I'M ZACHARY KONZ, ASSISTANT BUDGET DIRECTOR. 
          UH, THE GENERAL FUND BASED BUDGET IS ABOUT 9.6 MILLION. 
          THE REMAINDER IS GONNA BE COMING FROM OUR C D B G AND HOME ALLOCATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IS THAT GOING UP? IS IT MORE THAN 9.6 FOR THE 22 TRIAL BUDGET? FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE TRIAL BUDGET, WE ASSUME THAT ALLOCATION WILL BE FLAT. 
          OKAY. 
          BETWEEN 22 AND 20. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO, UH, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR, IF THERE WAS ANY INCREASES IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANKS. 
          AND AGAIN, I'M, UH, FLYING A LITTLE BIT BLIND 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR BRIEFING YET, OUR INITIAL BRIEFING. 
          BUT I, I WANTED TO ASK, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING AT THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE, AND, UM, ONE, I'M GLAD WE'RE INCREASING THAT AMOUNT. 
          UH, TWO, I'M CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, DO WE, ARE WE DOING STUFF BEYOND DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE? ARE WE DOING THINGS TO HELP EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF PURCHASING A HOME? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I THINK ABOUT HOW, AGAIN, THAT WE'RE A CITY OF HAVES AND HAVE NOTS, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS POVERTY LONG TERM AND HOW HOME OWNERSHIP CONTRIBUTES TO GENERATIONAL WEALTH. 
          AND, UM, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT ELSE ARE WE DOING BESIDES DOWN, WITHIN HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE? WHAT ARE WE DOING OR TO PROMOTE HOME BUYING? WHAT ARE WE DOING BEYOND DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE? SO, UM, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS, AND THIS IS A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM, RIGHT? SO ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT FAMILIES APPLYING FOR THAT, THEY DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE HOME BUYER EDUCATION CLASSES. 
          SO THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOURS IT'S HUD REQUIRED, UM, THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE. 
          AND IT'S EVERYTHING FROM HOW TO BUDGET CREDIT COUNSELING TO, UH, WHAT ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THEY NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR WHEN THEY BECOME A HOMEOWNER? HOMEOWNER IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN A HOMEOWNER. 
          SO MAKING SURE TO BUDGET FOR THE MAINTENANCE THAT YOU NEED ON A HOME. 
          BUT ARE WE WAITING, JUST WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO US AND APPLY? ARE WE GOING OUT AND ENCOURAGING THIS? NO. 
          UM, SO PART OF WHAT WE DO IS WE HOST ALL THESE EVERY MONTH WE HAVE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH THE HOME BUYER EDUCATION CLASSES. 
          AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS WHO HELP US WITH THAT BESIDES BANKS, BECAUSE IN ORDER TO QUALIFY, YOU STILL NEED TO QUALIFY FOR A MORTGAGE FROM A BANK. 
          SO ALL THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ARE PARTNERS WITH US. 
          THEY ALSO HOST HOME BUYER EDUCATION CLASSES. 
          WE PARTNER WITH THE REALTORS AS WELL, WHO BRING US CLIENTS AND WHO ENSURE CLIENTS GO THROUGH THIS HOME BUYER EDUCATION. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS WE STARTED DOING IS A POST HOME BUYER, POST REHAB EDUCATION 
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CLASS AS WELL THAT GOT PUT ON HOLD BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          BUT IT'S THE WHOLE, YOU'VE NEVER HAD TO REPAIR YOUR OWN BATHROOM IF YOU WERE A RENTER. 
          NOW HERE ARE THE THINGS YOU NEED TO DO AND SOME BASICS SO THAT FOLKS CAN, CAN DO THAT AND MAINTAIN THEIR NEW HOUSE OR MAINTAIN THEIR REHABBED HOUSE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA PICK THAT BACK UP. 
          BUT WE ARE ACTIVELY PROMOTING THE PROGRAM ADVERTISING, WORKING WITH SOME NONPROFITS THAT DO THIS. 
          THERE'S AT LEAST TWO COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS WHO ALSO PROMOTE THE PROGRAM. 
          IT ALSO STARTS WITH THE FINANCIAL COUNSELING SERVICES THAT OUR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES DOES THAT, WHERE THEY START HELPING PEOPLE ADDRESS CREDIT ISSUES SO THAT EVENTUALLY THEY CAN BECOME A HOMEOWNER. 
          SOMETIMES WE END UP REFERRING, UH, CLIENTS FOR THE HOME BUYER EDUCATION CLASS TO THE FINANCIAL COUNSELING PROGRAM PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY REALIZE I NEED TO WORK ON MY CREDIT FIRST. 
          THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN A SHORT TIME, MIGHT TAKE A YEAR. 
          AND SO WE REFER THEM TO D H S FOR THEIR FINANCIAL COUNSELING SO THAT THEY CAN WORK ON THE CREDIT ISSUES THAT WILL HELP THEM QUALIFY FOR THAT MORTGAGE. 
          SO IT'S A COMBINATION, AND WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES PROMOTING THIS. 
          THANKS. 
          SO, SO I'M, WELL, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE INCREASING THAT BUDGET. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT THAT'S, WE'RE INCREASING IT FROM 450,000 TO 1.3 MILLION. 
          THE TOTAL BUDGET HERE FOR AFFORD AFFORDABLE HOUSING HOUSING TRIAL BUDGET IS 28.3 MILLION. 
          SO THIS HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE IS REPRESENTING LESS THAN 5% OF THAT BUDGET THERE, THAT 28.3 MILLION. 
          AND I'M JUST WONDERING TO WHAT EXTENT I'M, YOU KNOW, THIS SEEMS LIKE A, A LONG-TERM FIX. 
          AND THEN I'M JUST WONDERING, ARE SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS SHORT-TERM FIXES? AND, AND I'M ALSO WONDERING HOW MUCH IN THE LAST YEAR DID WE PROVIDE IN TAX BREAKS TO, UH, TO DEVELOPERS FOR, UH, BUILDING OUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING? AND SO, LIKE, HOW DOES THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH ARE WE GIVING IN TAX BREAKS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING VERSUS HOW MUCH ARE WE HELPING PEOPLE TO BECOME HOMEOWNERS AND BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH? I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME, BUT WHEN WE SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT HOUSING SERVICES AND INITIATIVES, WE'LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO IT'S, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I'M INTERESTED IN IN GENERAL. 
          IT'S LIKE, WHAT, I JUST DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THIS TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS IS, IS OUR SHORT-TERM FIXES VERSUS LONG-TERM. 
          AND I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN, IN HAVING THAT CONVERSATION. 
          THANKS A LOT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          THAT WAS, UH, A VERY INTERESTING, UH, I AM TOTALLY FOR THE REHAB AND PRESERVATION THAT SHOTGUN HOME. 
          I KNOW THAT FAMILY. 
          SO IT IS, I KNOW IT'S A GENERATIONAL HOME. 
          I KNOW SHE TOOK CARE OF NIECES AND GRANDPARENTS AND, AND SO THERE IS, THERE IS SUCH A TRANSFORMATION IN THE PROGRAM THAT IT'S DOING. 
          I THINK WHAT MIGHT HELP IS IF WE ARE ABLE TO COLLECT THAT DATA ABOUT IF THEY'RE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, IF THEY'RE LIVING WITH CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, THAT OVER 60, UH, BECAUSE THESE ARE MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOMES THAT WE ARE GOING IN. 
          UH, WE ARE, WE ARE CHANGING THEIR LIVES AND HELPING THEM STAY, UH, IN, IN THEIR HOMES. 
          AND THE ONE THING I DID WANNA STRESS IS THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO DO THE REHAB AND PRESERVATION BECAUSE A SENIOR CAN'T MOVE OUT OF A HOME AND GO INTO A SENIOR LIVING CENTER BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF GRANDCHILDREN AND, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY. 
          SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT. 
          UM, SO IN TERMS OF, UH, THE FIXES, I KNOW WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, IT'S MAKING AN IMPACT. 
          AND THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE IN TERMS OF THE TITLE CLEARANCE, NOW WE ARE, THIS IS FOR LEGACY HOMEOWNERS TOO. 
          IS THIS PRIMARILY FOR THOSE WHO ARE HAVING MAYBE PROBATE ISSUES? UH, IT'S A COMBINATION. 
          SO SOME OF IT IS PROBATE ISSUES, SOME OF IT IS, UM, THEY INHERITED THE HOUSING AND IT'S STILL NOT IN THEIR NAME. 
          OR SOMETIMES THE HEIRS ARE MULTIPLE HEIRS. 
          UM, AND SO GETTING EIGHT OR 10 PEOPLE TO SIGN OFF ON A ONE OF OUR DOCUMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB CAN BE A CHALLENGE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO IT'S ADDRESSING THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES. 
          UM, BUT SOME, SOME ARE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE HAS, UM, A CONSTRUCTION DEED, UH, ON THEIR HOUSE AND IT COULD BE AS SMALL AS $250, BUT IT'S SOMETHING AT THE COURT THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEARED UP. 
          UM, SOME ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT IT COULD BE SIMPLE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ALLOW THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. 
          SO A COMBINATION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN AS WE LOOK IN, UM, IS THE, THE PRIORITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THAT IF WE LOOK AT, IF WE COULD COLLECT SOME DATA ON 
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THE AGES OF THE HOMES AND THEIR, UM, THE, THE AMOUNT IT WOULD COST TO GET THEM, UH, UPGRADED FOR THOSE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES. 
          'CAUSE IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I, IN, IN DISTRICT THREE IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS WHO WANT TO LIVE OUT THEIR DAYS IN THEIR HOMES, BUT THAT MAY MEAN A WHOLE BATHROOM RECONSTRUCTION. 
          AND, AND HOW DO THEY PAY FOR THAT? UH, THE OTHER ASPECT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS, UH, ARE WE, UM, TAKING INTO AN ACCOUNT THAT AFFORDABLE APARTMENT HOUSING IN THE AREAS AND MOBILE HOME PARK, UH, IN THE AREAS AND WHEN THAT CAN, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN MONITOR WHEN IT GETS TO AN OCCUPATION LEVEL? THAT'S A KIND OF LOWER THAN, THAN UH, I GUESS 50%. 
          ARE WE KEEPING TRACK? IS ANYBODY KEEPING TRACK OF THAT? IS THAT JUST FOR MOBILE HOME PARK, MOBILE HOME OR APARTMENTS? 'CAUSE I KNOW DISTRICT TWO, UH, I THINK IT WAS DURING CHRISTMAS TIME, DURING THE PANDEMIC, THEY HAD ONE APARTMENT COMPLEX CELL. 
          UH, BUT WE, THE RESIDENTS KNEW IT WAS COMING BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T LEASING OUT ANY OF, UH, THE OTHER UNITS. 
          AND I KNOW THERE ARE MOBILE HOME PARK AREAS IN MY DISTRICT WHERE THEY LET A LOT OF LOTS GO. 
          UM, SO UNOCCUPIED, WE, WE HEAR ABOUT THAT. 
          WE DON'T ACTIVELY TRACK IT AND WE DON'T TRACK OCCUPANCY PER SE UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PROVIDED A SUBSIDY TO. 
          SO IF, IF THEY GOT HOME FUNDING, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE ASK WHEN WE DO OUR ANNUAL VISITS, UM, WHAT THE OCCUPANCY LEVELS ARE. 
          UM, BUT IF THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE SUBSIDIES, WE DON'T, WE DON'T TRACK IT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP. 
          BUT WE DO HEAR THROUGH OUR FAIR HOUSING COUNSELORS AND HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES WHEN THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE COMMUNITY, OR THE ADVOCATES WILL CALL US AND LET US KNOW. 
          WE DEPLOY IMMEDIATELY OUR RELOCATION TEAM TO GO ON SITE AND TO HELP FAMILIES WITH RELOCATION ASSISTANCE, THE COUNSELING, UM, WE DID THAT IN DISTRICT TWO WITH A COUPLE PROPERTIES THAT WERE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SOLD SO THAT WE COULD BE THERE TO ASSIST FAMILIES. 
          AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T TRACK IT, WE HEAR ABOUT IT. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A FAST REDEPLOYMENT OF OUR TEAM TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR FAMILIES THAT MAY NEED IT. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO MOBILE HOME PARK COMMUNITIES, OUR ANTI DISPLACEMENT AGENDA DOES INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE SPECIFIC CATEGORIES CALLED OUT. 
          AND SO THERE'S A LOT MORE IN THAT DOCUMENT AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MARIN. 
          THANK YOU AL. 
          UM, THE CONVERSATION AROUND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY MAKES ME THINK A LOT ABOUT THE CONVERSATION WE HAD YESTERDAY WITH THOUSAND C P SS. 
          UM, WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF MULTIPLE CRISES, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS, AN ECONOMIC CRISIS, ALL COUPLED WITH C OVID 19. 
          AND SAN ANTONIO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY AND DUTY TO LEAD IN THE NATION, UM, BY DECARBONIZING AND RETROFITTING OUR EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK. 
          UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE CONDUCT SURVEYS AND STUDIES. 
          WE COMMISSION THESE STUDIES LIKE THE FOR EVERYONE HOME THAT OFFER GREAT POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, AND WE NEED TO BE SURE WE FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THOSE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          ONE OF THEM OF WHICH IS THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, MINOR REHAB PROGRAM, AND SEVERAL OTHERS. 
          SO NOT ONLY ARE WE ADDRESSING AND MAINTAINING THAT EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK, 'CAUSE AS BETO MENTIONED, ONCE YOU DEMOLISH THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND REBUILD, THAT AFFORDABILITY IS GONE FOREVER. 
          SO WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MINIMIZING COMMUNITY DISPLACEMENT BY PRESERVING THAT EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK. 
          UM, AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE RESTORE, UM, THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM TO PRE COVID FUNDING, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THOSE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE MEETING IN 20 19, 20 18. 
          UM, BUT MY QUESTION IS, UM, DOES COUNCIL HAVE THE ABILITY TO ALLOCATE MORE TOURS OR P F C DOLLARS TOWARDS OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB? YES, MA'AM. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S DEFINITELY A SOURCE THAT WE COULD LOOK AT, UH, DURING THE SUMMER. 
          YES. 
          AND MY NEXT QUESTION, UH, ALSO WANTED TO THANK VERO. 
          UM, IN THE MIDST OF C OVID 19, SHE SHOWED UP TO THE SACRED HEART CHURCH AND HELPED WEST SIDE RESIDENTS COMPLETE THE APPLICATION FOR THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND SHE WAS THERE FOR HOURS TOO, , WE HAD, UH, APPLICANTS COMING IN AND, UH, JUST NONSTOP. 
          AND SHE WAS THERE HELPING US MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS STAYED HOUSED. 
          SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO FUND, UH, THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL PROGRAM. 
          UM, I BELIEVE SOMEONE ASKED WHY THE FUNDING WAS DECREASED AND THAT WAS 'CAUSE OF THE KIOSK PURCHASED. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? 
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RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. 
          UM, I KNOW, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY MIGHT NOT LIKE THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN INCREASE TO THE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB FUNDING, UM, AS WELL AS THE UNDER ONE ROOF FUND, UH, PROGRAM. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT FUNDED TO PRE PANDEMIC, UH, LEVELS AS WELL, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS AT ABOUT 5.25 MILLION. 
          UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST, UM, I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE HOTEL. 
          WE JUST, UM, APPROVE THE LEASE FOR, UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ONSITE KENNEL SERVICES. 
          UM, AND I WANNA STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT BECAUSE THESE ANIMALS, THEY ARE, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE'S BABIES AND THEIR FAMILY AND SOMETIMES THEIR CONNECTION TO HUMANITY, UM, AND TO DIGNITY. 
          AND IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST BARRIERS THAT EXIST TO ENTRY. 
          AND I THINK ANY BARRIER AT ALL IS UNACCEPTABLE. 
          UM, AND THERE IS A, A HOMELESS ENCOUNTER UNDER THE I 37, UNDER I 37, AND YOU COULD POINT TO THE HOTEL FROM THERE. 
          AND SO ANY BARRIER TO PEOPLE THERE GETTING ACCESS TO THAT HOTEL, I THINK IS UNACCEPTABLE. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO REITERATE MY REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I WANTED TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR EXPLORING, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF TOURS FUNDING FOR EXPANDING THESE PROGRAMS THAT HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOUSE. 
          UH, I KNOW NOT ALL TOURS ARE CREATED EQUAL, SO I I THINK WE PROBABLY WANNA BE A LITTLE BIT CAREFUL AND LOOK AT WHERE SOME OF THE HOUSING COSTS HAVE SKYROCKETED MORE BECAUSE OF THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENTS. 
          I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN, OF AN ART. 
          UM, I ALSO SUPPORT EXPANDING THE FUNDING FOR, UM, THE OWNER OCCUPIED, UH, REHAB. 
          BUT I'D, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE US BEFORE, BEFORE WE BEGIN, UH, ENSURING THAT THE LARGE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE, STAY AFFORDABLE. 
          I THINK WE, WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT THE ONES OCCUPIED, SORRY, OPERATED BY MOM AND POPS AND OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS. 
          FOR THEM HAVING THE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY THAT THEY RENT OUT HELPS THEM STAY IN THEIR HOME AND HELPS THEM OFFSET THEIR PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS. 
          SO WHETHER IT'S A FOURPLEX OR A THREEPLEX OR A 10 PLEX, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO LOOK INTO THAT. 
          ARE THERE ANY MECHANISMS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? SO, UM, THE HOUSING PRESERVATION NETWORK THAT WAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY WOULD TARGET THAT. 
          AND PART OF THE CHARGE OF THAT, UH, GROUP WOULD BE TO TRACK WHAT IS NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND IT WOULDN'T MATTER IF IT WAS A LARGE DEVELOPMENT OR A SMALLER ONE, AND IT WOULD BE MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT THOSE SMALL, UH, MOM AND POP, UH, COMMUNITIES. 
          AND SO RIGHT NOW, PARTNERSHIP, WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH BOTH THE, THERE'S A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH OUT TO THOSE LOCAL, UH, SMALLER OWNERS AND LOOK AT THE SMALLER UNITS AS WELL. 
          SO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE FUNDS AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN REHAB THEIR UNITS. 
          THOSE RENTS CAN REMAIN AFFORDABLE AS WELL IN THE FUTURE. 
          I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED THIS. 
          WHAT, WHAT'S THE FUNDING LEVEL FOR THAT PROGRAM? THAT WOULD BE, THAT'S PART OF THE GAP FINANCING. 
          WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR PRESERVATION SO THAT THE, WHEN WE DO THE RF QS RFPS FOR THOSE THAT WE HAVE A SET ASIDE SPECIFIC TO PRESERVATION OF UNITS. 
          AND IT DOESN'T ALL GO TO, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENT PER SE. 
          SO IT'S GONNA BE THE GAP FUNDING. 
          I, I THINK WE SHOULD SET A TARGET AS A COUNCIL FOR THAT. 
          UH, LAST, A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE WENT THROUGH AN EXERCISE WHERE WE WERE AWARDING SOME GAP FINANCING. 
          AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THERE WERE NOT ANY BIDS FOR, FOR REHAB. 
          AND, UH, WHICH I, I THINK REALLY IS, UM, IS MAYBE NOT A LACK OF INTEREST, BUT MAYBE BARRIERS TO ENTRY TO THE PROGRAM OR MAYBE BARRIERS IN LEARNING ABOUT THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THERE, THAT THERE IS A NEED. 
          SO I, I WOULD REALLY, UM, I, I'D LIKE FOR US TO SET A, A TARGET FOR THAT, A MINIMUM AMOUNT. 
          WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT AS WE DEVELOP THE RFPS, WE DO SET THOSE TARGETS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RO THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST GOT A COUPLE OF QUICK, UH, ADDITIONAL 
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QUESTIONS AND, AND, UH, MY COLLEAGUE, UM, YEAH, I, I GOT A PROBLEM WITH, UH, INCREASING THESE. 
          AND, AND I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS, HAS ANYBODY GOTTEN THE UNIVERSE OR AN ESTIMATE OF TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSES THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE PROGRAMS? I MEAN, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED, A THOUSAND, 10,000, A HUNDRED THOUSAND HOMES? WHAT, WHAT'S, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THE UNIVERSE OF REQUIREMENTS. 
          WE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OTHER FACTORS THAT PLAY INTO THIS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY QUALIFY THROUGH THEIR INCOME, WHETHER OR OR NOT THEY QUALIFY BECAUSE THEY'RE A VETERAN, UM, AND WHETHER OR NOT THEIR HOME NEEDS THIS TYPE OF ASSISTANCE. 
          SO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. 
          WE DO HAVE AN APPLICANT POOL, AND SO WE CAN GET YOU HOW MANY APPLICANTS WE RECEIVE ANNUALLY. 
          AND UM, THAT COULD BE A STARTING POINT. 
          YEAH, THAT'D BE A STARTING POINT. 
          BUT I THINK AT SOME POINT IN TIME WE GOT TO, I MEAN, IT'S, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS GONNA BE ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT KEEPS GROWING AND GROWING AND GROWING, UH, YEAR AFTER YEAR. 
          AND I, I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE UNIVERSE OF REQUIREMENTS IS ON THIS. 
          I MEAN, ARE WE, UM, SPINNING OUR WHEELS ARE, ARE WE GONNA UP THE AMOUNTS TO REALLY TAKE CARE OF WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS? IS, UH, RESERVING THE, UM, THE HOUSING STOCK? BUT, YOU KNOW, I, YEAH. 
          UM, I, I, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON WHAT THE REQUIREMENT IS IN ORDER TO SEE ARE WE EVER GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD THIS? AND, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE PAY TAXES AS WELL. 
          AND, UM, THAT WHOLE, THAT WHOLE ISSUE THAT COMES IN. 
          AND THEN YOU SAID YOU HAVE AN APPLICATION PROCESS. 
          WHO, WHO ACTUALLY PICKS THE WINNERS AND LOSERS OF GETTING THIS MONEY? ARE, ARE, IT'S NOT WINNERS AND LOSERS. 
          IT'S, IT'S FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. 
          THEY SUBMIT THE APPLICATION. 
          IF THERE'S A NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, THERE'S, SOMEBODY'S GONNA, I LOOK AT IT WHEN, AND SOMEBODY'S GONNA LOSE BY GETTING THEIR HOUSE DONE. 
          AND IT IS ADMINISTERED BY HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          JUST MIGHT REMIND MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE THAT, UH, EVERYTHING GROWS, THE CITY GROWS, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME HERE EVERY DAY, EVERY YEAR. 
          SO EVERYTHING'S GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW. 
          NOTHING'S GONNA SHRINK AND GO AWAY. 
          UH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOMELESS, WHICH I HAD BROUGHT UP AT A PREVIOUS MEETING. 
          UH, BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE IN A HOME. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WE DON'T WANNA HAVE MORE HOMELESS, AND WE'RE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES OR GET A NEW HOME. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          BUT HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING ON HOMELESS? I ASKED MARIA TO KIND OF FIND OUT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER AGENCIES, WE HAVE OUR ORGANIZATION, UH, YOU KNOW, SO I, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT ANSWER YET. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF, I THINK WHAT WE'D ALL LIKE TO KNOW. 
          UH, AND ARE THERE BETTER WAYS OF ADDRESSING HOMELESS? FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE ADDING $2 MILLION TO THE TRIAL BUDGET FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR HOMELESS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WELL, MAYBE THAT 2 MILLION COULD COME INTO SOME OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND BE MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING WITH HOMELESS. 
          SO DO WE HAVE ANY RESPONSE TO THAT REQUEST I MADE THE OTHER DAY? OR ARE WE STILL RESEARCHING? WELL, WHILE MEL IS COMING UP, COUNCILMAN, UM, THAT, THAT, UH, I'LL ECHO THAT. 
          THAT WAS AN ISSUE THAT I THINK THE COUNCIL BROUGHT UP ON LAST WEDNESDAY. 
          AND, AND IF THE DESIRE IS MAYBE TO SPEND MORE HERE IN ANOTHER AREA, THAT CERTAINLY IS AN OPTION. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE US SPEND LESS ON HOMELESS AND MORE IN OTHER AREAS IF WE'VE GOT REPETITIVE AND REDUNDANT SERVICES DONE BY A MULTIPLE OF ORGANIZATIONS. 
          SO WHAT DO YOU KNOW? SO, UM, AND TO ANSWER THIS, THAT LAST QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING DONE BY MULTIPLE AGENCIES, BUT I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THEY'RE REDUNDANT OR REPETITIVE. 
          THEY'RE ENOUGH TO COVER THE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. 
          SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE AGENCIES THAT DO RAPID REHOUSING, BUT WE HAVE, UH, MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT NEED RAPID REHOUSING. 
          AND AS FAR AS YOUR, UM, QUESTION ABOUT THE TOTAL FUNDING THAT'S BEING SPENT IN THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE STILL RESEARCHING THAT, UM, LOOKING THROUGH FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL SOURCES, UM, TRYING TO ALSO GET AN ASSESSMENT ON SOME OF THE PRIVATE FOUNDATION DOLLARS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND WORKING WITH THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR INTERNAL, UM, AMOUNTS ARE CORRECT AND UPDATED. 
          SO WE SHOULD HAVE THAT FOR YOU PROBABLY IN THE NEXT WEEK TO TWO WEEKS. 
          GOOD. 
          BUT I, I WOULD SAY FROM WHAT YOU'VE JUST SAID, 
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IF THERE'S MULTIPLE ORGAN ORGANIZATIONS DOING RAPID REHOUSING, THEN YOU KNOW, WE, THEY NEED TO TALK TO THEMSELVES AND WE NEED TO FIND ONE AGENCY THAT CAN SERVEE EVERYBODY AND LET THOSE OTHERS DO SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S RE RELATED TO HOMELESS OR, OR LET'S NOT BE FUNDING THEM. 
          LET'S PUT THAT MONEY INTO SOMEPLACE ELSE. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          AND BELIEVE ME, I AM NOT TRYING TO SAY WE SHOULDN'T BE HELPING HOMELESS PEOPLE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING ON IT. 
          AND WE'LL PROVIDE, PROVIDE MORE INFO INFORMATION ON THAT WHEN WE DO OUR, OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE LAST THING I WANNA MENTION IS I HOPE ALL OF US ARE THINKING ABOUT, UH, THE, UH, ISSUE THAT WAS VOTED ON LAST NOVEMBER PROPOSITION, OUR, EXCUSE ME, MAY PROPOSITION A, WHICH ENABLES THE CITY TO GO AHEAD AND BECOME MORE OF A PARTNER IN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND I, FOR ONE, WOULD LIKE TO SEE $50 MILLION ON OUR, UH, NEXT BOND ISSUE DEDICATED TO, UH, HELPING, UH, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ALLOWING THE CITY TO BECOME A PARTNER IN THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE AND, AND JUST, UH, UH, TO CLOSE OUT THE DISCUSSION, I THINK IT'S A POINT WELL TAKEN. 
          IT'S, IT'S PRIMARILY THE, THE QUESTION THAT CAUSED THE MAYORS HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE, WHICH IS HOW DO WE ENSURE COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE CAN LIVE AFFORDABLY AND DIGNITY AND SAFETY. 
          AND THE, THE POINT IS, IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF UPSTREAM ISSUES, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS. 
          IT'S THE SAME ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE OF THE DISCUSSION AS IT IS ON THE, THE HEALTH SIDE, AS IT IS ON THE HOUSING SIDE. 
          AND, AND SO WE ARE REAPING WHAT WE SOW. 
          AND I DON'T THINK IT'S, WE CAN TURN THE SPIGOT OFF ALL OF A SUDDEN, BUT IF WE GOT TO A POINT WHERE WE NO LONGER HAD TO FUND, UH, SERVICES RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS, THEN WE CAN FINALLY SAY WE'RE DEALING WITH THE ISSUE OF PEOPLE NOT HAVING A HOUSE, BUT NOT HAVING A HOUSE IS NOT JUST, OR EXCUSE ME, BEING HOMELESS IS NOT JUST NOT HAVING A HOUSE. 
          THERE'S SO MANY OTHER ROOT CAUSES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          AND VETO, JUST IN REFLECTING, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING, UM, YOU SAID NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN ENDANGERED OR EXTINCT ANIMAL. 
          DO WE HAVE NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS COMMUNITY? WE DO. 
          UM, SO THAT TERM REFERS TO HOUSING THAT DOESN'T GET SUBSIDIES. 
          UM, AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF HOUSES THAT ARE RENTED OUT THAT ARE NO, FAIR ENOUGH. 
          BUT IS IT BEING PRODUCED? ARE THERE NEW NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING BEING CONSTRUCTED TODAY IN SAN ANTONIO? THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION, AND I'D LIKE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          I, MY, MY GUESS WOULD BE, UM, PROBABLY NOT, BUT IT'S FALLING SEVERELY SHORT OF THE POPULATION'S NEEDS AND THAT'S WHY WE GET INTO THE BUSINESS OF HOUSING BONDS, UM, HOUSING TRUST, ANY NUMBER OF DEALS THAT ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING. 
          AND REALLY WHAT WE HAVE LONG TERM TO DEAL WITH AND, AND IF WE DON'T DEAL WITH IT, WE ARE GONNA HAVE AN EVEN BIGGER CRISIS ON OUR HANDS THAN WE CURRENTLY DO, IS THE LACK OF SUPPLY TO MEET THE DEMAND OF HOUSING OF ALL TYPES, WHICH IS WHY I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH WHAT COUNCILS MEMBER PLY SAID, WE NEED HOUSING OF ALL TYPES. 
          IF WE DON'T CREATE HOUSING OF A CERTAIN A M I, IT CREATES PRESSURE ON THE A M I BELOW IT, UH, BECAUSE OF INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M REFLECTING ON THIS AND THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS A DESIRE TO GO BACK IN TIME AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UM, PUT REQUIREMENTS ON WHERE WE WERE BEFORE SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THINGS TODAY THAT WE DIDN'T, THAT WE, WE DON'T. 
          BUT I REMEMBER THE, THE HOUSING CONVERSATION IN EARNEST IN THIS CITY BEGAN AGAIN WITH MAYOR CASTRO IN THE DECADE OF DOWNTOWN. 
          AND THE REASON FOR THAT WAS, AND THERE WAS NO AFFORDABILITY CRITERIA THEN. 
          THE REASON WAS THAT THERE WAS NO NATURALLY OCCURRING HOUSING PERIOD OF ANY KIND IN THE URBAN CORE, AND THAT WAS CREATING AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN THE URBAN CORE. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE NOT JUST, WE'RE NOT CLOSING THE DOOR, UM, ON OUR ABILITY TO BE CREATIVE TO PRODUCE HOUSING THAT ISN'T NATURALLY OCCURRING. 
          THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES WE HAVE TO DEAL, DEAL WITH AS WELL. 
          UM, AND I WOULD ADD TO IT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BEING ONE OF THEM. 
          UM, THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS LEDGER IS THAT WE ARE AT 60% A M I BECAUSE OUR MEDIAN INCOME IS, IS FAILING TO COMPETE WITH OUR PEER CITIES. 
          SO THERE, THERE, THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION, UM, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, WE ARE APPROACHING IT THE RIGHT WAY AND, AND ULTIMATELY THE METRIC THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT, IN MY OPINION, 
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IS SUPPLY OF HOUSING, UH, AT EVERY A M I LEVEL TO MEET THE DEMAND THAT'S IN, IN THAT BRACKET. 
          SO, UM, ERIC, YOU SAID OUR AV FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN DOING A HECK OF A JOB TODAY HAVE NOT HAD A A, A SINGLE BREAK. 
          WE DO HAVE THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION TO GET TO, WE'RE CLEARLY GONNA GO A LITTLE BIT OVERTIME TODAY. 
          UM, SO IF WE CAN, UM, IF MY COLLEAGUES COULD, UM, TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK AND COMMIT TO BEING BACK HERE IN 10 MINUTES, WE CAN BE QUICK, SAFE AV FOLKS CAN TAKE A BREAK AND WE CAN HAVE A, A DECENT LEVEL OF DISCUSSION TO CLOSE OUT. 
          GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          OH, WHAT, AND AS WE GET STARTED, LET ME THANK, UM, OUR CONVENTION CENTER STAFF AND, UM, CONTRACT STAFF AS WELL AS OUR CITY STAFF, AND ESPECIALLY THE AV FOLKS WHO ARE BACK THERE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TRANSMITTING AND WE CAN HEAR EACH OTHER. 
          THANK Y'ALL FOR BEARING WITH US ALL DAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, SO WE'VE HAD A VERY ROBUST MORNING AND AFTERNOON SESSION ALREADY, AND I THINK A LOT OF WHAT WE MAYBE WOULD'VE DISCUSSED, DISCUSSED IN AN OPEN SESSION HAS BEEN DRILLED DOWN PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY AS, UM, THE COUNCIL'S FAMILIAR STAFF IS GONNA GO BACK AND ABSORB WHAT THEY'VE HEARD AND COME UP WITH A, A NEW TRIAL BUDGET, PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA DRILL DOWN IN THAT BUDGET DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT OVER THE COURSE OF AUGUST BEFORE WE ULTIMATELY GET TO, UH, BUDGET RATIFICATION IN SEPTEMBER. 
          SO TO WRAP UP TODAY, UM, I THINK WE OUGHT TO TAKE ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO, MAYBE A LITTLE LESS, UM, TO TALK ABOUT AND KIND OF GO AROUND THE ROOM ABOUT OUR KEY STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, THE TWO OR THREE THINGS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT FOR THE STAFF, ERIC AND HIS TEAM, TO KEEP IN MIND AS THEY'RE BEGINNING TO DRAFT THE BUDGET OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY. 
          WHAT IS, WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU, UH, AND THAT'LL GIVE THEM CLEAR DIRECTION, UH, AND CONSENSUS ON THE AREAS THAT, THAT I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM US. 
          I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND START. 
          UM, WE'VE HEARD A LOT, UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THIS BUDGET IS GONNA CONTINUE TO BE FORM, UH, INFORMED BY THE EQUITY FRAMEWORK THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED OVER THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. 
          BUT OF THE, OF THE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED, I'LL, I'LL LET YOU KNOW, ERIC. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, THAT WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCOMES. 
          UH, AND SPECIFICALLY THAT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS IN GOOD POSITION TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          UH, AND THAT TO ME REQUIRES, UH, A BUDGET AS WAS DISPLAYED HERE THAT'S SUSTAINABLE AND LESS VULNERABLE TO DISRUPTIONS. 
          UH, VERY PLEASED WITH THE FIVE-YEAR OUTLOOK AND US SHIFTING, UH, MORE TO GENERAL FUND FUNDING. 
          UM, ALSO APPRECIATE MY, MY COLLEAGUES' COMMENTS ON VISION ZERO, UM, INCLUDING BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY. 
          UH, WE KNOW THAT OUR, OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS GONNA CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES. 
          BUT SPECIFIC TO THAT, UH, I THINK IT'S HIGH TIME THAT WE BEGIN TO ANNUALLY FUND AT AN ADEQUATE LEVEL. 
          AND I'M, AGAIN, PROPOSING 20 MILLION A YEAR. 
          UM, OUR VISION ZERO INITIATIVE SPECIFICALLY BEGINNING AND ENHANCING A BICYCLE MASTER PLAN AS WELL AS OUR, UH, SIDEWALK AND, UH, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE FINALLY, UH, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND WE HEARD IT HERE LAST, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A HEALTHY SUPPLY TO MEET THE DEMAND OF HOUSING AT EVERY LEVEL IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. 
          UM, I THINK IT WILL LARGELY DETERMINE THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR CITY OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN KEEP UP WITH THAT SUPPLY BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE DOING VERY WELL IN IDENTIFYING AND INVESTING IN THE OTHER FUNDAMENTALS OF A STRONG CITY, UH, AS WE, UM, BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT THE WORKFORCE PLANS, ET CETERA, WHICH OBVIOUSLY REMAIN A PRIORITY FOR ME AS WELL. 
          SO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SPECIFICALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE GET BACK ON TRACK AND STAY ON TRACK WITH, UH, THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          SO, UM, UNLESS THERE ARE VOLUNTEERS TO GO FIRST, I CAN GO AROUND THE ROOM. 
          UM, BUT I SEE HANDS ALREADY, SO I'LL GO BY THE HANDS. 
          I SEE. 
          AND WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          UH, IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES, I WANT US TO DEFINITELY FOCUS ON GETTING THAT, UM, 5 MILLION OR 3% TO OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. 
          I KNOW WE CANNOT DO A BONUS, BUT WE 
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DID HAVE SOME ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES AND I THINK THAT THEIR WORK NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          UM, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN DO THAT IN THEIR PAY PERFORMANCE REVIEW. 
          I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT BEFORE WE DO ANY NEW HIRING OF CHIEF OFFICERS FOR ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CURRENT CITY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE THERE ARE TAKEN CARE OF. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT WORKED ON. 
          THAT'S DEFINITELY A PRIORITY. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, WHAT I'VE NOTICED FROM THE BUDGET IS THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY MOVES WITH THE HEALTH AND THE, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME FUNDS FOR MY DISTRICT AND POSSIBLY OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE THAT TECH GAP FOR DIGITAL INCLUSION. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS EXTENDING CHECKOUTS OF TABLETS AND LAPTOPS FROM THE LIBRARY, BUT IF WE COULD WORK ON THAT AND MAYBE, UH, AND I AND I SENT OVER A SPECIFIC AMOUNT AND THEN I HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT I NEED TO, WILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, ESPECIALLY WHERE THE PARKS ARE CONCERNS AND THE, THE PORTLETS THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND I KNOW THAT WAS OTHER, UH, DISTRICTS ALSO, UH, JUST BECAUSE WE SAW SO MANY PEOPLE GO OUTDOORS AS A RESULT OF THE PAN PANDEMIC AND WE WANT TO SEE THEM TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          UM, ONE THING THAT I THINK WE DID SEE IN TERMS OF THE A C S IS THAT FOR THE INNER CITY, AND THAT COULD BE ONE THROUGH FOUR, WE MAY NEED ANOTHER A C S OFFICER OR, UH, FUNDS THERE. 
          AND THAT, THAT'S A PRIORITY THAT I SEE HERE FOR THE, UH, THE BUDGET. 
          AND I THINK WHEN WE ASK AND LOOK, MAYBE WE DON'T DO THE 5 MILLION FOR VISIT SAN ANTONIO AND WE INSTEAD KEEP 'EM AT THE 15 MILLION AND SEE HOW OUR HOTELIERS AND VISIT SAN ANTONIO CAN WORK TO GET TOGETHER TO FILL THAT CONVENTION CENTER, BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT FILLING FAST ENOUGH. 
          SO THOSE ARE MY, MY PRIORITIES FOR THE BUDGET AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          LET ME KINDA RESPOND A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO I THINK THIS IS ADDITIONAL FRAMEWORK THAT'LL BE HELPFUL FOR ME. 
          UM, UM, I MAY COME BACK AND ASK AS YOU, AS WE GO AROUND THE ROOM, WHAT AREAS WOULD YOU LIKE TO NOT SEE US RESTORE FUNDING IN ORDER TO OFFSET SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT I MAY HEAR? UM, BECAUSE, UM, AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF A TRIAL BUDGET BECAUSE IT'S BALANCED. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, KEEP THAT IN MIND. 
          THE OTHER THING I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION IT WAS THAT THE V S A FUNDING THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, UH, WE'RE PRIMARILY FUNDING WITH THE REVENUE LOSS FROM, UH, OUT OF ARPA DOLLARS. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, IT'S NOT LIKE WE, WE ARE AT THIS POINT ALLOCATING CITY FUNDS TO DO TO THAT. 
          WE ARE UTILIZING ARPA FUNDS THAT WE, THAT FROM 2020 LOST REVENUE TO, TO RESTORE ARTS FUNDING BACK TO 2019 LEVELS, UM, UM, AND OUR, OUR OWN OPERATIONS FOR THIS BUILDING. 
          BUT NOT TAKING V S A TO 2019 LEVELS, BUT GIVING THEM A LITTLE BIT OF CAPACITY. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. 
          HAU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          MY PRIORITY IS TRANSPORTATION STREET AND SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE, PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY, BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, WITH CONTINUED INTERSECTION UPGRADES. 
          AND, UM, I'LL ALSO INCLUDE SOME DRAIN DRAINAGE IN THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, ON THE ROADWAYS WE HAVE A LOT OF PONDING ISSUES. 
          BUT, UM, AS FAR AS POLICE SUPPORT, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF THE EXPANSION OF SAFE OFFICERS, UM, THE SAFE OFFICER UNIT POWELL PROGRAM AND THE EXPLORER PROGRAM, WHICH I NEGLECTED TO MENTION EARLIER. 
          UM, CONTINUED DIVERSITY TRAINING AND SENSITIVITY TRAINING FOR OUR OFFICERS, ELIMINATING THE $25 PROPERTY, UM, RETRIEVAL FEE. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE FUNDING FOR AVEVA AS A HEALTHY CORNER STORE IN THE EDGEWOOD PORTION OF DISTRICT SIX. 
          AND I HAVE A NUMBER OF EQUIPMENT ITEMS FOR FIRE POLICE AND A C S, UH, ONETIME EXPENDITURES THAT WILL, UM, REDUCE CALL TIMES FOR ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND THEN, UM, THE, THE GOOD SAM APP WITH THAT, THE, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS USING, UM, OUR DISPATCH IS USING TO INCREASE USE AND CAPACITY WITH, TO, TO INCREASE DISPATCHERS AND USING THE APP TO ANSWER MENTAL HEALTH CALLS. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD, UM, BE REALLY HELPFUL TO HOPEFULLY DECREASE POLICE CALLS, BUT MOSTLY TO HELP OUR CITIZENS WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH CRISES. 
          UM, AND THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE FUNDING FOR THE WET C THE WEST SIDE EDUCATIONAL TRAINING CENTER AND THE MEXICAN AMERICAN, UM, CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE, THE ERY, UM, MAYBE EVEN TALK TO MY COLLEAGUE IN, IN, UM, DISTRICT FIVE ABOUT, UM, 
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SHARING THAT. 
          BUT THOSE TWO INSTITUTIONS I THINK ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO SHOWCASE THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY AND, AND, AND PARTS OF OUR CULTURE. 
          AND I WANNA SUPPORT THE, UM, FUNDING FOR THE KENNEL FACILITY TO SUPPORT OUR INITIATIVES, UH, TO HELP THE HOUSELESS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COBE. 
          HDA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, TOP THREE PRIORITIES HAVEN'T REALLY CHANGED FOR ME SINCE 2017. 
          AND THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, SAFETY AND SECURITY. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO RESPOND TO THE, UH, SURVEY THAT WAS PUT OUT THERE AND GET SOME MORE POLICE PATROLS OUT THERE, WHETHER IT'S SAFE OFFICERS OR PATROLMEN INCREASE OUR POLICE FORCE, UM, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. 
          I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT WE CAN'T TAKE A PORTION OF THAT CARRY OVER AND, UM, FUND AN INCREASE IN OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          UH, I'LL, I'LL KEEP POUNDING ON THAT AND I, I WISH WE COULD TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT. 
          UM, SERIOUSLY, BEFORE WE TAKE THIS ON TO THE NEXT, NEXT LEVEL. 
          AND THEN, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          I TALKED ABOUT INCREASING OUR NAMP BUDGETS, UH, FOR EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          I, I GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY. 
          IN FACT, UH, WAS IT LAST YEAR OR YEAR BEFORE LAST? WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO YEARS AGO THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS PER DISTRICT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO USE FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS, PRIMARILY THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WITHIN EACH DISTRICT. 
          UM, DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD AFFORD THAT, BUT THAT WAS A BIG HELP FOR INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS WITHIN EACH DISTRICT AS WELL. 
          UM, STREETS AND, AND SIDE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          UM, I, I THINK WE, AGAIN, THAT'S THE TOP PRIORITY ALMOST EVERY YEAR COMING FROM OUR CITIZENS SAYING THEY WANT BETTER STREETS. 
          AND I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THAT, THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PUT MORE INTO OUR STREET STREET. 
          AND ON THAT SLIDE THAT RAZZIE SHOWED, I, AND I ASKED THE QUESTION, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT 110 MILLION FOR UP TOP AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 20 MILLION FOR VISION ZERO FOR A TOTAL OF 130 MILLION? WAS THAT CORRECT? AM I CORRECT IN THAT? THAT THAT WAS CORRECT. 
          IF THE COUNCIL INCLUDES THAT $20 MILLION PER YEAR IN THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU GUYS DON'T DO THAT, THEN THAT'S NOT CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL THEN, BUT FOR THE I M P, IT'S $110 MILLION STILL. 
          IT WOULD BE, AND WE WOULD EITHER, AND I THINK WHAT THE MAYOR PROPOSED WAS THAT WOULD BE DEDICATED TOWARDS VISION ZERO TYPE PROJECTS. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AS LONG AS WE'RE STAYING AT THE 110 MILLION AND WHAT I'M SAYING FOR THE I M P, I THINK WE SHOULD ACTUALLY ADD ADDITIONAL TO THAT, WHATEVER THAT ADDITIONAL IS, UH, TO SHOW THAT WE ARE RESPONDING TO, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL STREET MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          AND THAT'S NOT JUST IN DISTRICT 10, THAT'S ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          SO THOSE ARE MY, UH, TOP THREE PRIORITIES. 
          LIKE I SAID, THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED SINCE 2017, BUT I, I DO HAVE A LIST OF OTHER PROJECTS WITHIN DISTRICT 10 THAT ARE NEEDED A MIXTURE OF, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, PRIMARILY DRAINAGE, AND WE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S GOT DRAINAGE ISSUES ALSO. 
          SO, UM, WE NEED, THAT WASN'T CALLED OUT SEPARATELY IN, IN TODAY'S BRIEFINGS, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT, UH, IN THE NEXT ITERATION HERE IS WHAT, WHAT ARE WE PUTTING TOWARDS DRAINAGE IN EACH ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS ALSO? SO, UM, DID I SAY THE NAMP? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT THEN. 
          I'M GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          FOR SURE. 
          I HAVE TO START OFF BY ACKNOWLEDGING, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, WHAT THE SURVEY SAYS ABOUT MY CONSTITUENTS AND THAT'S THAT, UM, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS IS A HUGE PRIORITY. 
          INFRASTRUCTURE IS A HUGE PRIORITY. 
          UM, AS WELL AS PUBLIC HEALTH, AFFORDABLE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, HOUSING. 
          UM, SO THOSE HAVE TO BE THE AREAS IN WHICH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, INCREASED FUNDING AND PROGRAMS. UM, I ALSO WANNA REITERATE THE STREET LIGHTING INDEX, AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          UH, SEEMS LIKE WE GOT A, WE GOT A PRETTY GOOD, UH, GENERAL CONSENSUS ON THAT. 
          UM, AS WELL AS THE OFFICE OF CRIME PREVENTION AND RECIDIVISM. 
          UM, I ALSO HAVEN'T BROUGHT THIS UP YET, BUT ELLA AUSTIN COMMUNITY CENTER IS WITHOUT AC RIGHT NOW, AND YES,  YES. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, FUNDING IN THE 
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TUNE OF 750,000 A MILLION FOR, UM, AC UNITS. 
          UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UH, ELLA AUSTIN IS A FUTURE BOND PROJECT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL. 
          UM, I BELIEVE WE CAN DO BOTH. 
          UM, ALSO I THINK A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY, UM, IN OUR COUNCIL OFFICE IS MAINTAINING STRONG FIELD OFFICES. 
          AND WE HAVE TWO IN DISTRICT TWO, AND IT IS VERY CHALLENGING RIGHT NOW TO HAVE BOTH STAFFED, UM, TO HAVE THE NUMBER OF BRIEFINGS THAT WE HAVE, THE MEETINGS, ALL OF THIS, AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CASELOAD THAT WE HAVE, UM, IS BEING HANDLED EFFECTIVELY AND QUICKLY. 
          SO AT SOME POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A CONVERSATION ABOUT MOVING UP FROM SEVEN AND A HALF FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS TO EIGHT FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS, IF THAT'S NOT A POSSIBILITY, OR EVEN IF IT IS. 
          I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UM, BRING UP THE IDEA AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL, UM, THREE ONE. 
          THE 3 1 1 TEAM IS LOOKING TO ADD MORE MEMBERS, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A WORTHWHILE IDEA TO CONSIDER HOUSING SOME OF THOSE 3 1 1, UH, OPERATOR, YOU KNOW, OPERATORS AT FIELD OFFICES. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, JUST STATE THAT. 
          BUT THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. 
          AND ALSO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, PERRY AND THE AMP, AND I'M WITH IT . 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND ACCORDING TO THE SPEAK UP SO FAR, AND IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ACCURATE WITH WHAT I SEE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S GONNA BE INFRASTRUCTURE, SO SIDEWALKS AND STREETS, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES. 
          UM, HOWEVER, WE DID NOT SPEND ANY TIME, AND THIS IS A PRIORITY OF MINE, UH, RESILIENCY, AND WHERE DOES THAT GO? AND SO WE TALKED YESTERDAY ABOUT A CHIEF RESILIENCY OFFICER, OR WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY IS RESILIENT, BUT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT AT ALL TODAY. 
          SO I WAS WONDERING WHERE THAT GOES OR WHEN WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE ONE OF MY PRIORITIES. 
          WELL, I, UM, I THINK THAT'S, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 
          'CAUSE I, I, UH, THOUGHT THAT WOULD COME UP EARLIER IN THE DAY. 
          UM, WE SET ASIDE MONEY IN THE TRIAL BUDGET. 
          WE'RE GONNA REVIEW THE REPORT THAT WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY. 
          UM, AND I THINK I'VE SHARED WITH YOU AT LAST WEDNESDAY'S CONVER LAST WEDNESDAY'S B SESSION AND PART OF YESTERDAY'S CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL COME BACK IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET WITH A, A PLAN AND THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS. 
          UM, YOU MAY ALSO SEE, UH, WE'VE TALKED INTERNALLY ABOUT POTENTIALLY SHARING WITH COUNCIL WHEN WE GET TO THE BOND PROGRAM, UM, UH, BOND, UH, FUNDED OPTIONS, UH, TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECTS, PRIMARILY DRAINAGE COULD BE SOME FACILITY ISSUES. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT WORK THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND ERIC AND I JUST LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR LET'S NOT WAIT TILL THE BOND. 
          LIKE WHATEVER WE CAN TRY TO REPURPOSE EVENTS FOR, FOR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO. 
          IF IT HAS TO BE A RESILIENCY PLAN, IT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT I, I'D RATHER NOT WAIT. 
          N N NO. 
          UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA WAIT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND, AND SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES, UH, OR IMPROVEMENTS, UH, PORTA-POTTIES. 
          AND PART OF THE PART OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO DURING THE SUMMER, UM, UM, IS TRY TO PRIORITIZE BASED ON WHAT WE'RE HEARING AND BASED ON OUR RECOMMENDATION ON THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          AND, UH, I, I FRANKLY, UH, CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN, UM, UH, FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT GENERAL RICE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY. 
          I THINK THERE'S A, THERE'S A, THERE'S AN ANALYSIS THAT NEEDS TO GO IN. 
          UM, BUT, BUT TO ME, AS CITY MANAGER, THOSE ARE THE TOP PRIORITIES FROM A CAPITAL STANDPOINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, DISTRICT FIVE PRIORITIES ON THE SA SPEAKUP NUMBER ONE IS, UH, STREETS. 
          SO WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, AND AGAIN, ENSURING THAT WE'RE INCREASING THAT N FUNDING. 
          UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, RESTORING, UH, THE PRE COVID V I D, UH, FUNDING FOR UNDER ONE ROOF AND CONTINUING TO FUND THE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM AND TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ADEQUATELY FUNDING THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL PROGRAM. 
          UM, PARK IMPROVEMENTS, UM, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, IN DISTRICT FIVE, MANY OF OUR PARKS HAVE PORTA POTTIES INSTEAD OF PERMANENT RESTROOMS. UM, AND THE, THE PERMANENT RESTROOMS WE DO HAVE, DO NEED TO BE, UM, INVESTED IN. 
          UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE LIGHTING COMPONENT AND WORK ON THAT STUDY TO ENSURE WE'RE MEETING THE LIGHTING NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          UM, WE DIDN'T GET TO TALK ABOUT IT, UM, DURING DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE INVEST IN EDUCATION FOR COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO CODE COMPLIANCE. 
          MANY OF THE CODE VIOLATIONS, COMMUNITY DOESN'T KNOW THAT IT'S 
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A CODE VIOLATION. 
          SO MAYBE WE CAN INVEST IN SOME COMMUNITY EDUCATION TO LET FOLKS KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE? LIKE, CAN WE ALLOW OUR GORGEOUS SUNFLOWERS TO GROW, OR DO THOSE NEED TO GET CUT DOWN? UM, I ECHO, UM, COUNCILMAN HAVARA, UM, AND INVESTING IN THE MEXICAN AMERICAN, UH, CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTION. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOWARDS, UH, SUPPORTING THE EDGEWOOD I SS D PORTION THAT NEEDS A SENIOR CENTER AS WELL. 
          UM, WHETHER THAT FALLS IN COUNCILMAN HARVARD'S DISTRICT OR MINE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BRING TO THE EDGEWOOD I S D AREA. 
          UM, MOST IMPORTANT, WE NEED TO RESTORE THE 3% FOR CITY CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
          UM, ANY OF THESE FOLKS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SHIFTED OUT TO THE FOOD BANK, PUTTING THEIR LIVES AT RISK. 
          SO WE NEED TO BE SURE THEY GET THEIR, THEIR COMPENSATION, UM, AND, UH, SUPPORTING THE KENNEL FACILITIES. 
          WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT OUR UNHOUSED FOLKS HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, A KENNEL FOR THEIR PETS, AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT ANIMAL CARE SERVICE TO MEET THE NEED OF, UH, THE FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO COUNT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS LIKE THE LIGHTNING ROUND OF, OF WHAT YOU WANT, UH, , RIGHT? TAKE NOTE. 
          UM, I'LL BEGIN WITH THE REQUEST FROM THE PEOPLE WHO, UH, WHO PUT ME IN OFFICE AND WHOM I SERVE DIRECTLY. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF DISTRICT SEVEN INFRASTRUCTURE, THE NUMBER ONE REQUEST IS FLOODING RELIEF, IN PARTICULAR VIA, UH, NON-SERVICE ALLEY MAINTENANCE. 
          UM, YOU MAY RECALL DISTRICT SEVEN HAS THE MOST STRUCTURES IN, UH, FLOODPLAINS RIGHT NOW. 
          ALSO, OF COURSE, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST SIDEWALK GAPS IN OUR CITY AFTER DISTRICT THREE AND, UH, AND STREET REPAIR AND REHABILITATION. 
          WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF, OF F STREETS. 
          AND, UH, I, I WILL CONTINUE TO SAY IT, WE RECEIVED $11 MILLION IN THE $444 MILLION BOND IN 2017. 
          AND WOULD, UH, APPRECIATE THE, THE SUPPORT FROM MY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, I, WE ALSO, UH, DO NEED, UH, AN IMPROVEMENT IN ANIMAL CARE SERVICES IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          NOT AN IMPROVEMENT. 
          YOU GUYS DO GREAT, BUT I MEAN MORE OF YOU, WE WANT MORE OF YOU IN, IN DISTRICT SEVEN OF THE, OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A DEDICATED A C S OFFICER IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. 
          WE HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF IMPOUNDS AND THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF DOG BITES IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. 
          UM, CONTINUING ON MY DISTRICT SEVEN PRIORITY, UM, UH, I HAVE A, SOME, SOME PARK REQUESTS, BUT ALSO AN INVESTMENT IN THE DECO DISTRICT. 
          THIS IS, UH, A REQUEST THAT THE CONSTITUENTS MADE TO ME WHEN I FIRST GOT INTO OFFICE. 
          AND, UH, WE, WE HAVEN'T MADE MUCH, UH, MUCH MOVEMENT ON IT. 
          BUT AS YOU KNOW, MANY YEARS AGO THERE WAS AN INVESTMENT TO REVITALIZE THAT AREA. 
          IT HAS SINCE, UH, SORT OF BEEN BLANK. 
          UH, I REMEMBER LORI OFFERED TO GIMME A TOUR, AND, AND DEBBIE TOOK ME OVER TO THE, TO THE DECO BUILDING. 
          WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS, UH, SOME MONEY, UH, SIMILAR TO THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR WHERE THERE IS, UH, INCENTIVES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA. 
          UH, OVERALL, I WOULD SAY MY, UH, SECOND PRIORITY HAS TO DO WITH DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION. 
          AND THIS MEANS, UH, FUNDING THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE, INVESTING IN A LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN SO THAT WE, UH, APPROPRIATELY SERVE OUR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING, UM, COMMUNITY. 
          UH, THAT WE GROW THE OFFICE OF EQUITY TO KEEP UP WITH EMBEDDING EQUITY THROUGHOUT THE, THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, AND THAT WE PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CHILDCARE AT BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETINGS, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ'S, C C R AND VALIDATED PARKING. 
          ALL RIGHT, NEXT PRIORITY  RESILIENCY AND OUR WINTER STORM RESPONSE. 
          ALSO, INVESTING IN THAT, UM, FOLLOWED BY, UH, HOUSING PRESERVATION AND IN INVESTING IN COMMUNITY SAFETY, IN PARTICULAR, IN FURTHER VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND, AND GUN SAFETY. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF FOCUSING ON, ON THE BUDGET, AND SO TO FOCUS ON THAT, I'LL SAY MY, THE PRIORITIES IN IN MY DISTRICT ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE'S ARE. 
          UH, NUMBER ONE IS PUBLIC SAFETY, AND IT'LL ALWAYS BE A PRIORITY, I THINK, IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY, I, I SHARE YOUR GRIEF OVER OUR SECOND PRIORITY, WHICH IS TAX RELIEF, WHICH I THINK BOTH OF US UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE GONNA GET VERY FAR ON THAT THIS TIME AROUND. 
          BUT I'LL BE WITH YOU ON THE FIGHT AS WE CONTINUE. 
          UH, OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S, IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND THAT DOES INCLUDE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY AND DRAINAGE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE, AGAIN, THOSE ARE INTERESTS I THINK, SHARED IN EVERY COMMUNITY. 
          UH, AND SOME COMMUNITIES NEED MORE, UH, ADDRESSED IN THOSE AREAS. 
          BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN 
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THAT MY COMMUNITY DOESN'T HAVE ITS NEEDS AND, AND WANTS THAT, THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS TO AS WELL. 
          UH, I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, SPEAK UP FOR THE 2022 BOND, UH, PROJECT COMING UP. 
          AND, AND I'M HAVING PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE RIGHT NOW SO THAT WE CAN START BUILDING IN THOSE INTO, UH, THE NEXT BOND PROJECT. 
          THOSE ARE DISTRICT NINE, BUT ALSO I LOOK AT THE CITY AS A WHOLE, AND I THINK A COUPLE OF OTHER VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES ARE HOUSING AND THE AFFORDABILITY OF HOUSING. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK EVEN PEOPLE IN EVERY DISTRICT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. 
          I'M ALSO CONCERNED, UH, A PRIORITY FOR ME IS PAYING CITY EMPLOYEES BETTER THAN THE 3%. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW MANY WAYS THAT'S GONNA GET SPLIT UP AND, AND WHAT THAT MEANS OVER LAST YEAR. 
          AND THIS YEAR I THINK IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO GIVE MORE CONSIDERATION TO. 
          FINALLY, I'M GONNA ENDORSE INCREASING THE NAMP FUNDING THAT I'VE HEARD FROM A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, FOR THINGS THAT DON'T GET PUT IN THE BUDGET THAT WE KNOW PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY STILL WANT AND NEED. 
          NF GOES A LONG WAY TO HELP US MEET THOSE. 
          SO THAT'S IT FOR ME, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, ERIC, I, I THINK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE CITIES DEPARTMENTS, AND I THINK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE GOT HAVE RESILIENCE BAKED INTO THEM. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT THE LANGUAGE OF RESILIENCE NEEDS TO BE FRONT AND CENTER, UM, AT ALMOST EVERY SINGLE MEETING YOU HAVE GOING FORWARD. 
          UM, IT, AND RESILIENCE IS WORKFORCE TRAINING AND RESILIENCE IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE MORE RESILIENT WHEN WE GOT SAFER STREETS AND WHEN WE GOT, UH, MORE, UM, MORE DRAINAGE. 
          WE'RE MORE RESILIENT WHEN WE'VE GOT WELL-TRAINED POLICE OFFICERS AND MORE FIREFIGHTERS. 
          AND, UM, MY COMMUNITY'S ASKING FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS. 
          UH, ADDING TO THAT A LITTLE, LITTLE MORE NUANCE, I'LL TELL YOU, MAYOR, I KNOW YOU WON THREE. 
          UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS STILL ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT HAUNTS THE CITY. 
          UM, EVERYBODY THINKS THAT THEY'VE GOT A, A REAL HARD JOB, BUT IN SAN ANTONIO, I DON'T THINK IT'S, UM, MORE DIFFICULT. 
          UH, I I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE DIFFICULT THAN BEING A FEMALE IN SAN ANTONIO RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, ONE IN THREE WOMEN, YOU KNOW, DO OR WILL HAVE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STORY TO TELL IN THE CITY, AND I THINK THAT'S JUST UNACCEPTABLE. 
          UM, AND, UH, ALSO, UM, WE, OUR, OUR DOGS, UM, OUT OF A C S WE'RE HAVING TREMENDOUS SUCCESS WITH THAT CANINES FOR WARRIORS PROGRAM. 
          UH, AND I'VE GIVEN YOU A, A HEADS UP. 
          WE'RE COMING. 
          WE'RE GONNA COME AT YOU, MAYOR AND, UH, AND ERIC, UH, WITH, UH, A REQUEST FOR A MAJOR EXPANSION OF THAT ONE. 
          UH, IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, THEY'VE GOT THE, THEY'VE GOT THE DEMAND AND WE'VE GOT THE DOGS, UM, TO HELP OUT THESE, UM, THESE VETERANS. 
          UH, ANYWAY, THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LIAS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, UH, WHEN I GO AND LOOK AT THE, UH, SURVEY FOR DISTRICT ONE, NUMBER ONE WAS I SAW, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH IN THERE. 
          AND FOR ME, THAT INCLUDES, BUT ISN'T LIMITED TO, UH, MAJOR SUPPORT FOR, UH, THE WORK ON AROUND ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, UH, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, MENTAL HEALTH, AND MENTAL, YOU KNOW, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH. 
          THOSE, YOU KNOW, BLEED OVER TO SO MANY OTHER TOPICS, BUT I SEE THEM THERE DEFINITELY. 
          AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS WELL UNDER, UNDER PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          UM, NUMBER TWO, BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO INCLUDE STREET SIDEWALKS, CURBS, AND DRAINAGE. 
          AND ALSO TO INCLUDE DOWNTOWN AND MAKING OUR DOWNTOWN A MORE WALKABLE DOWNTOWN, WHICH MAKES IT A MORE LIVABLE DOWNTOWN, AND A DOWNTOWN THAT CAN BE, UM, CAN ATTRACT MORE, UH, HIGH-END TOURISM, UM, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, PART OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCLUDES, UM, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T BEING TAXED OUTTA THEIR HOMES AND PROTECTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE. 
          SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT, THAT OUR PEOPLE LIVING IN LOW INCOME ZIP CODES ARE NOT PAYING MORE THAN THEIR FAIR SHARE OF PROPERTY TAXES. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HAS THEIR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, MAYBE MAKING SURE ANY EVERYBODY WHO'S 64, HELPING THEM, UH, TO PROTEST THEIR, THEIR APPRAISALS, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S TAX RELIEF THAT I'M PUTTING ON THE TABLE. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, UH, SUSTAINABILITY AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO THROW OUT THAT, UH, I'M GLAD THAT HAVEN FOR HOPE ACTUALLY MADE A VISIT OUT TO THE DISTRICT ONE FIELD OFFICE YESTERDAY, AND WITH ONE OF THEIR OUTREACH, UM, WORKERS, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP, UH, ONE OF THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THERE WHO HAD A DOG GET INTO HOUSING AND TAKE THEIR DOG WITH 'EM. 
          SO, UM, I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
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I KNOW, I KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT IN BEING EFFECTIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          MAYOR. 
          I WAS, I WAS REMISS IN NOT MENTIONING HEALTH, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A GIVEN 'CAUSE Y'ALL KNOW, ME AND I, I CHAIR THAT COMMITTEE AND THAT'S WHAT MY, ONE OF MY DEGREES IS IN. 
          UM, BUT I, ERIC, YOU ASKED US A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT FUNDING WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE RESTORED. 
          YEAH, IT WAS A POTENTIAL OPTION. 
          YEAH. 
          THIS MAKES US ALL THE BAD GUY RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND POSE SOMETHING. 
          UH, WE ASKED THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER SUCCESSFULLY TO INVEST IN A JOBS PROGRAM, UM, OF $40 MILLION, WHICH I CONSIDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, SO I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE DON'T RESTORE BECAUSE WE'RE INVESTING IN IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY RIGHT NOW. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA BE POPULAR AMONG SOME OF, UH, OUR FOLKS HERE, BUT I, I'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT OUT THERE. 
          THANKS. 
          IT'S ONLY $5 MILLION, I THINK. 
          WELL, NOT ONLY, IT'S $5 MILLION, I BELIEVE IS WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. 
          FOR WHAT? ECONOMIC INCENTIVES. 
          OH, GO INCENTIVES. 
          GOT IT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, ALTHOUGH I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE INCENTIVES THAT HELP LOCAL, EXISTING SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT IN TERMS OF RECRUITING OTHER COMPANIES TO SAN ANTONIO RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT IF I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THAT AND BUILDING MORE SIDEWALKS, I WOULD BUILD MORE SIDEWALKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          ANYONE ELSE TO ADD ANYTHING? UM, AND I'M GONNA COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'LL ADD, SORRY. 
          UM, I'LL ADD THAT IN LOOKING AT WHAT, UM, DISTRICT TWO SAID FOR DON'T CUTS IN THE SURVEY, UM, I SEE LIBRARY SERVICES AS NINTH YOUTH SERVICES AS 10TH AND CODE ENFORCEMENT AS 11TH AS AN EDUCATOR I CANNOT SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, UM, CUTTING FUNDING FOR LIBRARY SERVICES OR YOUTH SERVICES. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT NOTE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD. 
          AND, AND SO I'VE BEEN CHATTING OFF THE SIDE A LITTLE BIT WITH ERIC, OBVIOUSLY, UH, THIS SHORT ROUND HAS LISTED A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WANT, AND ONLY SO FAR ONE ITEM THAT, UH, PERHAPS ONE MEMBER DOESN'T WANT. 
          UM, SO AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST TO YOU, ERIC, IS THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE LISTED ARE PRIORITIES. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE MORE NEEDS THAN WANTS, BUT THE ONES THAT RISE TO THE SURFACE ARE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD PROTECT, THINGS THAT WE SHOULDN'T, UM, UM, TARGET FOR, UM, ADJUSTMENTS, UM, DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENTS. 
          AND I, AND, AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE HEAR, HEARD AROUND THE TABLE AS CONSENSUS HOUSING WITH VARIOUS ASPECTS OF IT. 
          UM, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE THE KENNEL SERVICES, FOR INSTANCE, AT, AT, UH, THE HOMELESS SHELTER, UM, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, CLEARLY STREETS, DRAINAGE, SIDEWALKS, UH, BUT ALSO IN PARTICULAR, VISION ZERO INVESTMENTS. 
          UH, WE'VE HEARD A NUMBER OF TIMES THE HEALTH PLAN, UH, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY IN THE HEALTH PLAN, ADV, ADVENT ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, WHICH ARE PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AS WELL AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, PREVENTION. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO HEARING POLICE AND POLICING SERVICES, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF NUANCE TO THAT CONVERSATION, BUT PUBLIC SAFETY GENERALLY HEARD A C S, UM, AND, AND PERHAPS SOME TARGETED DISTRICT RESOURCES IN A C S AS THE LIST GOES DOWN. 
          THERE ARE FEWER MENTIONS, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE CLEARLY RISING TO THE TOP AS, AS HIGHEST PRIORITIES. 
          BUT WE'RE ALSO HEARING THINGS LIKE MACRI, UM, THE LIGHTING, UH, PLAN, SENIOR SERVICES, RESILIENCY, UH, ET CETERA. 
          SO, UM, I THINK WE CAN REFLECT ON THAT AS BEING, UM, SOME OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES. 
          BUT TO YOUR POINT, UH, COUNCILMAN, WE'VE GOTTA ALSO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WEREN'T MENTIONED THAT WE, WE KNOW, THAT WERE A RESULT OF THE SURVEY ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR RESIDENTS. 
          IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED TAKEN FOR GRANTED UP HERE. 
          UH, ANYONE ELSE WHO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE I GIVE IT TO ERIC? YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH, MAYOR, AND, AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          WHAT I'VE, WHEN I SAW THE NUMBERS FOR MIKE SHANNON'S OPERATIONS, WHICH IS, WHAT WAS IT, CODE ENFORCEMENT OR, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I, I DIDN'T THINK, OH, WELL, PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT THAT, RIGHT? I THINK THAT THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS THEY'RE, MIKE AND HIS TEAM ARE DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB THAT IT'S JUST TAKEN FOR GRANTED. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S HOUSES AREN'T BURNING DOWN BECAUSE OF BAD CONSTRUCTION. 
          ROOFS AREN'T CAVING IN, YOU KNOW, APARTMENT COMPLEXES AREN'T, YOU KNOW, IMPLODING. 
          AND SO, UM, I I, I WANNA BE CAREFUL AS WE LOOK AT THESE RANKINGS THAT WE DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE, UH, OR THAT WE DON'T LOOK AT THIS AND THINK, UH, OH, PEOPLE JUST DON'T THINK THESE ARE IMPORTANT ENOUGH IN WHICH TO INVEST, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          AND I, I THINK, UM, I, I THINK WE'LL BE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT. 
          I MEAN, AND, AND LOOK AT WHAT WE 
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DID LAST YEAR. 
          WE, WE HAD THE WORST FINANCIAL CRISIS A CITY HAD EVER STUMBLED UPON, AND WE DIDN'T CUT SERVICES. 
          AND SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THAT RANKING OF THE LIBRARY SERVICES AT NUMBER 10 OR CODE AT NUMBER 11, UM, AS, UM, FRUIT THAT NEEDS TO BE PICKED FOR A CUT. 
          THAT'S NOT HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT IT. 
          I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA LOOK AT, UM, WE'LL LOOK AT, UM, EITHER NOT RESTORING CERTAIN THINGS OR THERE ARE CERTAIN, A LOT OF, PLENTY OF EFFICIENCIES AS I GO THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND MEET WITH THE DEPARTMENTS THIS, THIS SUMMER OR IN JULY, THINGS THAT WE CAN DO BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY. 
          AND WE'LL LOOK AT EFFICIENCIES TO BE ABLE TO FUND AND REALLOCATE, AND THAT'S PART OF THE NATURAL PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH. 
          BUT, BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT, UM, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE, AT THE BOTTOM END TO DO THAT NECESSARILY. 
          I MEAN, IT JUST, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE LAST YEAR THAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN THROUGH AND THE COMMUNITY, UM, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND, AND, UM, UM, I THINK WE OUGHT TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO PROTECT THEM. 
          UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          YEAH, MAYOR, I, I THINK YOU INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF SOMETHING THAT SEVERAL OF US TALKED ABOUT, AND I THINK IS ON THE MIND OF PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. 
          AND THAT'S THE PAY INCREASE, 3% IS NOT ENOUGH. 
          OH, OH, YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          I, I DID MEAN TO MENTION THAT, 'CAUSE THAT I WAS MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          YEAH, I, I JUST WANTED TO ADD, UH, SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT. 
          UM, WE KNOW DISTRICT FIVE HAS A TON OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THEM, CONNECTING THEM TO RESOURCES, AND ALSO EXPLORING, UM, STOREFRONT PROGRAMS TO ENSURE THAT WE COULD, IN THE SAME WAY WE REHAB, WE REHAB HOMES, WE CAN HELP THEM REHAB THEIR BUSINESSES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD, GOOD POINT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, AND SOME OF THESE ALSO INCLUDING THE SMALL BUSINESS WILL BE, UH, IMPORTANT PRIORITIES FOR US TO TALK ABOUT IN THE RECOVERY FUNDS DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, ANYONE ELSE BEFORE I GIVE IT OVER TO ERIC, UH, TO REFLECT AND THEN WE WILL CLOSE FROM THERE? , GO AHEAD, ERIC. 
          REFLECT  . 
          UM, I WANNA THANK THE COUNCIL FOR, UM, TWO WEEKS BACK TO BACK OF REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS. 
          UM, AND, AND THE, THE, UH, VETERAN COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL REMEMBER THIS. 
          UM, BUT FOR THE, UH, NEW MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS THE ONLY, THE SECOND TIME LAST YEAR WE DID IT. 
          WE TRIED IT. 
          THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE A FACILITATOR FACILITATE THE CONVERSATION. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WAS AN ANOMALY, BUT I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU THAT I THINK, I THINK IT FLOWS BETTER NOT HAVING A FACILITATOR WHO, UM, GOD LOVE HIM, UM, ALWAYS END UP MAKING A HANDFUL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS MAD AT SOME POINT DURING THE DAY, WHICH IS WHAT A CITY MANAGER DOESN'T WANT TO HAPPEN ON A DAY LIKE THIS. 
          BUT I THINK, UM, I THINK WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, MAYOR, UM, WAS THAT THERE ARE, THERE ARE CERTAIN STRATEGIC THEMES, WHETHER IT'S THE ANNUAL BUDGET OR THE BOND PROGRAM OR FEDERAL GRANTS OR ARPA, THAT A LOT OF WHAT THE COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT TODAY WE SHOULD REPLICATE. 
          THEY REALLY DON'T CHANGE. 
          UM, AND THAT'S PART OF A STEP TOWARDS BEING STRATEGIC AND MINDFUL OF THE POINTS ON THE HORIZON WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO. 
          UM, SO, UH, I DO WANT TO THANK THE BUDGET STAFF AND, AND, UH, THE EXECUTIVES AND THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE HERE TODAY AND THE AV, UM, UM, I THINK IT WAS A, A FRUITFUL DAY. 
          WE WILL, UH, BEGIN THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WILL BE, UM, THE DETAILS IN THE MONTH OF JULY. 
          UM, WE WILL, UM, A LOOK AT, UH, THANK YOU FOR SUMMARIZING, UH, THE KIND OF WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU HEARD. 
          I THINK IT WAS A GOOD TAKEAWAY FOR US. 
          UM, AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO STAY AS FOCUSED ON THE THINGS THAT I HEARD REALLY AS THE TOP PRIORITIES ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          UM, THINGS THAT WE PRESENTED ON THINGS THAT CAME UP, LIKE STREET LIGHTING THAT, UM, THAT, UM, ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S ABOUT AS GOOD AS A GOOD A REFLECTION, UM, ON THE SPOT THAT I CAN GIVE MAYOR. 
          BUT, UH, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. 
          UM, AND, UM, AND EVERYBODY BEHIND ME NOW, THE WORK BEGINS SO WELL, THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          AND, UM, AND TO BE CLEAR, THERE'S A LOT OF EARS BEHIND US TOO. 
          SO, UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO CONTINUE TO TALK TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE BUDGET'S ULTIMATELY GONNA BA BE BAKED. 
          UM, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, FOR THOSE OF US WHO'VE BEEN BACK, UH, BEFORE, BUT ALSO THOSE WHO ARE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          THIS IS A GREAT DISCUSSION. 
          UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT WRITTEN ABOUT THE NEW COUNCIL, THE NEW DYNAMIC ON THE COUNCIL, AND I WOULD THINK I, AND I THINK MY OBSERVATION IS THAT THERE'S ALREADY CLEARLY, UH, WITH, UH, THE, THE NUMBER OF PERSPECTIVES AROUND THE TABLE, 
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A VERY GOOD MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS THAT OUR, I THINK OUR CITY WILL BENEFIT FROM IN THE YEARS TO COME. 
          SO I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEPS OF THIS BUDGET PROCESS. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THE CANDID DIALOGUE. 
          UH, PLEASE STAY ENGAGED FOR THOSE, UH, IN THE PUBLIC AND IN THE MEDIA WHO ARE OBSERVING THE COUNCIL OVER THE COURSE OF JULY. 
          KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MEETING DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE ON VACATION. 
          IN FACT, THE WORK REALLY, UH, BEGINS IN EARNEST IN JULY. 
          AND, UH, WE INVITE YOU TO BE PART OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL, UH, TO OUR STAFF. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING THIS A COMFORTABLE DAY. 
          APPRECIATE, UH, EVERYBODY JUST KIND OF WORKING THROUGH. 
          AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT IS NOW FINISHED UP FIVE O'CLOCK  RIGHT ON THE BUTTON AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY.
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