* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. HERE. [00:00:01] RAZZY. RIGHT HERE. NO. UM, WE'RE [D10 Budget Town Hall] GONNA GET STARTED HERE IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT, UM, LET'S SEE WHO'S GIVING THE BRIEFING HERE. IT MUST BE, UH, ERIC WALSH AND MARIA. UH, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE ON THEIR WAY. I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM 'EM, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO WANTS TO COME UP HERE AND DO A TAP DANCE OR SOMETHING WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR 'EM? ? NO. UM, IF YOU'RE WARM AND IT IS WARM IN HERE, THERE'S, UH, SOME PADDLES. WHERE ARE THE PADDLES AT? OVER HERE. OVER THERE. GO GET YOU SOME PADDLES WHILE YOU'RE WAITING HERE BEFORE WE GET STARTED. UH, KEEP IT COOL. KEEP ALL THIS AIR CIRCULATED. BUT, UH, YEAH, THEY SHOULD BE HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. LEMME GO OVER JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE. UM, WE'LL WAIT FOR THEM TO DO THE PLEDGE. EVERYBODY HERE. I MEAN, UH, THIS ROOM IS A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, BUT IT IS FANTASTIC. IN FACT, UH, WE DON'T ONLY HAVE THIS, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE RECORDING THIS TO PUT THIS OUT, UM, ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE. AND YOU CAN FIND THIS SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. UH, WE GOT A BUNCH OF HANDOUTS. UH, WHERE'S NAA NAVIA? RIGHT THERE. NAVIA COME UP HERE IN THE FRONT HERE BECAUSE, UH, SHE'S A NEW STAFF MEMBER AND I WANT Y'ALL TO GET TO KNOW HER. UH, NAVIA SENO. AND SHE IS MY COMMUNICATIONS PERSON. SO, NAVIA, WELCOME TO THE TEAM. THANK YOU. AND NAVIA WAS HANDING OUT AN INFORMATION SHEET THAT HAS WHERE YOU CAN FIND US ELECTRONICALLY. UH, THERE'S A TWITTER, TWITTER LINK THERE. THERE'S, AND, AND THERE'S EXTRA COPIES ON THE TABLE THERE. TWITTER LINK, INSTAGRAM. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WANT A COPY OF IT. WE'LL GET, GET YOU ONE. PUT NYA TO WORK HERE. BUT, UH, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, UH, TWITTER, ALL OF THAT'S AVAILABLE ON HOW TO CONNECT WITH MY OFFICE AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. UH, ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS I ALWAYS ASK, WHO GETS MY NEWSLETTER IN HERE? RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY. NOT EVERYBODY'S RAISING YOUR HAND. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN MY NEWSLETTER, DON'T KNOW HOW TO SIGN UP. ASK ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS HERE. NAVIA IS HERE. STEVE PETERSON IS IN THE BACK. STEVE WAVE. HE'S HERE. ALL RIGHT. WHO ELSE IS HERE? UH, RAUL. RAUL IS HERE SOMEWHERE. WHERE'S RAUL? AH, THERE HE IS. HE'S WAY IN THE BACK TOO. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO GET WITH ANY OF THEM, OR YOU CAN GO TO SAN ANTONIO.GOV. THAT'S OUR HOMEPAGE FOR SAN ANTONIO. YOU CAN FIND A LINK ON THERE AND JUST, IT'S RIGHT ON THE UPPER RIGHT SIDE. AND, UH, JUST FILL IN THEIR DISTRICT 10 NEWSLETTER, AND IT'LL TAKE YOU RIGHT TO THAT SPOT AND YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR IT. PUT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN THERE, AND WE TRY TO GET ONE OUT ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS. AND, UH, YOU'LL SEE SOME BIG IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NEWSLETTER, AND WE CAN THANK NAVIA FOR THAT. SHE'S, UH, DONE A GREAT JOB IN, IN REFORMATTING AND PUTTING A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION IN THAT NEWSLETTER FOR YOU. UM, STEVE, IS THERE? YES. YES. THERE YOU GO. NAVIA, YOU, YOU'RE GETTING A CLAP EVEN BEFORE ME. DANG . UM, BUT NO, IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE AND EVERYBODY OUT THERE IN TV LAND, AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE CONTACT WITH THEM? SEE WHAT THEIR E T A IS? CHIEF, CAN YOU FIND OUT? ARE THEY FIVE MINUTES? 10 WHAT? 10 MINUTES? A FEW MORE MINUTES. FEW MORE MINUTES. OKAY. WELL, I'LL, I'LL JUST KEEP ON GOING ON HERE A LITTLE BIT. UH, WE'RE KICKING OFF THE CITY BUDGET HERE. THIS IS, THIS IS THEIR FIRST BRIEFING. I THINK IT'S YOUR FIRST BRIEFING, RIGHT? TO COME OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES TO DISCUSS WHAT'S IN THIS NEXT BUDGET. TAKE A LOOK AT IT CLOSELY. IF YOU HAVE ISSUES OR YOU WANT SEE MONEY, PUT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE BUDGET. DON'T JUST READ IT AND NOT SAY ANYTHING. LET US KNOW. GIVE THEM FEEDBACK. GIVE THE CITY MANAGER ALL THESE STAFF PEOPLE, LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU'D RATHER SEE MONEY GOING INTO THIS VERSUS THAT. UH, THAT'S WHAT THIS MEETING IS ALL ABOUT. LET'S LET, UH, ERIC RUN THROUGH THE PROPOSALS, THEN ASK 'EM ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU WANT. UH, THAT'S WHAT THIS COMMUNITY MEETING IS FOR, IS TO GET THAT FEEDBACK FROM Y'ALL ON WHETHER THEY DID A GOOD JOB ON PUTTING THIS BUDGET TOGETHER FOR NEXT YEAR, OR IF THEY NEED TO IMPROVE ON IT. UM, OH, HERE YOU GO. OH, Y'ALL RIGHT BEHIND ME. ALL RIGHT. WELL, UH, ERIC MARIA, WELCOME AND THANKS FOR BRINGING, UH, A LOT OF THE CITY STAFF HERE TODAY. THIS IS GREAT. SO, UH, WITH THAT, UM, RAUL, WHERE'S RAUL? DO WE HAVE AN OP? ANY OPENING SLIDES? RAUL, WHERE'S RAUL STEPPED OUT. HE STEPPED OUT. HMM. OKAY. UM, [00:05:01] YEAH, HOLLER AT HIM. OR JARVIS, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE, THE SLIDES? OKAY. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE IN PERSON, RIGHT? IS . BUT, UH, WE USUALLY START OFF WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND WE DO HAVE THE FLAG HERE. SO, UH, RAUL IS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TO PUT THE SLIDES UP. LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US HERE. THE WORDS, WE KNOW THE WORDS. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL TO THE TEXAS FLAG. I DOES THAT. OKAY. HOW DOES IT START? RAUL, WHERE'S OUR WORDS? I HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. OKAY. I HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. I THINK THAT'S IT. CLOSE TO IT. ALL RIGHT. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AMEN. . OKAY. LIKE I SAID, IT IS BEEN A YEAR SINCE WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE, UH, IN-PERSON UP HERE. WE GOT SOME REFINEMENTS TO MAKE, BUT WE DID GET THIS SPEAK, THIS, UH, UM, SYSTEM WORKING. LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, WE DIDN'T HAVE IT WORKING. WE WERE JUST USING THE MONITOR ON THE SIDE, BUT NOW WE GOT A NICE BIG MONITOR. IT'S WORKING. SO REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT. SO, UM, ANYWAY, THIS IS, UH, REALLY THE CITY STAFF'S SHOW TONIGHT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THEY'VE COME UP WITH, THE BUDGET. IT'S NOT OVER YET. WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO WORK ON IT AND MAKE COMMENTS ON IT. SO PLEASE, UH, GIVE 'EM, GIVE 'EM YOUR ATTENTION AND, UH, ASK 'EM PLENTY OF QUESTIONS. I DID, UH, I DID FORGET ONE PART THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP. PORTLAND STANDUP. SO THIS IS PORTLAND TIDWELL, AND SHE JUST GOT SELECTED FOR THE MISS TEXAS, RIGHT? AND THE NEXT STOP IS MISS U S A. ALL RIGHT, FOLKS. SHE AND CELESTE, CELESTE, TED WELLS, HER MOM, AND THEY LIVE RIGHT HERE IN DISTRICT 10. CAN YOU IMAGINE? THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE MISS U S A FROM RIGHT HERE IN DISTRICT 10, SAN ANTONIO. SO PORTLAND, GOOD LUCK TO YOU. AND, UH, WIN 'EM ALL. KNOCK 'EM DEAD OUT THERE, . ALL RIGHT, WELL, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO, UH, IS THAT ERIC GONNA BE UP HERE OR MARIA? ERIC? ALL RIGHT. WELL, ERIC, COME ON UP. IT'S YOUR TURN YOUR TIME. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR YOU UP HERE. ALL RIGHT. ALRIGHT, MR. WALSH, IT'S YOURS. THANKS, COUNCILMAN. ABSOLUTELY OUTTA WAY HERE. HERE WE GO. SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY IN PERSON, RIGHT? UH, LAST YEAR, I THINK THE D 10 BUDGET MEETING, UH, WAS VIRTUAL. AND ACTUALLY I COUNCILMAN, I'M, I WAS THINKING ABOUT ON THE WAY OVER HERE, YOU, YOU HAD THE FIRST VIRTUAL BUDGET HEARING LAST SUMMER AS WELL. SO DISTRICT 10 IS ALWAYS FIRST, RIGHT? ALWAYS FIRST. THAT'S RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. SO THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. UM, AND, UM, IF YOU LOOK AROUND, AROUND THE ROOM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STAFF, UH, FROM A VARIETY OF DEPARTMENTS, EXECUTIVES WHO ARE HERE TO KIND OF HELP ANSWER, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. I'LL RUN THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, BUT REALLY THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR WORK PLAN IS, WHAT ARE SOME OF OUR FOCUS AREAS ARE FOR NEXT YEAR, UM, AND, UM, AND, AND REALLY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, UH, THIS EVENING. SO, WHO'S GOT THE CLICKER? OKAY. ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE. SO THERE'S, THERE'S FIVE KEY MESSAGES OUT OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGET, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. UM, THE FIRST IS THAT, UM, WE HAVE SEEN A, SOME RECOVERY IN OUR REVENUES, AND I'LL SHOW YOU A SLIDE A LITTLE BIT LATER ON THAT SHOWS HOW DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED DIFFERENTLY. UM, BUT THERE'S STILL A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF UNCERTAIN. THERE'S, THERE IS UNCERTAINTY, UM, AS WE GO FORWARD. SO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BEING, UM, SMARTLY CONSERVATIVE IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE RECOVERY IS, UH, IS PROBABLY WISE. THE SECOND KEY MESSAGE IS THAT WE ARE THE PROPOSED BUDGET RESTORING, UM, UH, MANY OF THE CUTS THAT WE MADE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. SOME OF THOSE, UH, IN THE SPRING OF 2020, UM, SOME OF THEM IN FISCAL YEAR 20 ONE'S BUDGET. UM, AND, UM, UH, THAT, THAT INCLUDES, UH, COMPENSATION THAT'S BEEN BUILT INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET [00:10:01] FOR OUR CIVILIAN WORKFORCE. OF COURSE, OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS, THEIR COMPENSATIONS DICTATED BY THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. UM, BUT OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, UM, HAVE BEEN HELD FROZEN FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. SO, UH, I'VE INCLUDED A PROPOSAL, UH, WITHIN THE BUDGET TO ADJUST THOSE WAGES, UH, AND NO INCREASE TO THE CITY PROPERTY TAX RATE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND. THE THIRD MAIN AREA IS REALLY TO FOCUS ON, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS. UM, HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC, UM, UM, HOW WE HELP, UM, SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR SERVICES. UH, YOU CAN HAVE A REALLY COOL WEBSITE AND GREAT BROCHURES, AND A SIMPLE NUMBER LIKE 3 1 1, BUT AS WE'VE KINDA LOOKED BACK OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS, IT DOES RE SOMETIMES THERE ARE FOLKS THAT NEED A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA HELP. SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE LESSONS THAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE LAST YEAR. UH, FOURTHLY, UM, RESPONDING TO CALLS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. AND, UM, THIS MEANS A LITTLE BIT, THIS MEANS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND I'LL COVER IT IN THE, IN THE, IN THE SLIDE PRESENTATION. BUT, UM, REALLY FROM A POLICE STANDPOINT, UM, WHERE WE ARE GETTING 2 MILLION PLUS CALLS A YEAR TO 9 1 1. UM, AND, AND THE WORK THAT WE DID OVER THE LAST YEAR TO REALLY KIND OF DIVE IN, WHAT ENCOUNTERS DO WE WANT POLICE OFFICERS IN? THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT WE DON'T WANT POLICE OFFICERS TO GO INTO, UM, THAT MAY BE BETTER HANDLED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS OR MAYBE THEY DON'T NEED A RESPONSE. UM, POLICE OFFICERS, UM, AND THE JOBS THEY DO HAVE, UM, GROWN LIKE TEACHERS. UM, AND, UH, THIS WAS AN EFFORT TO KIND OF REBALANCE THAT GOING FORWARD, AND PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE OUGHT TO BE DOING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AND THEN THE LAST KEY MESSAGE IS WHAT ARE THE, SOME OF THE LESSONS FROM, UM, EARLIER IN THE YEAR IN TERMS OF OUR OWN RESILIENCY AS AN ORGANIZATION, UM, AND, AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BETTER PREPARE NOT ONLY OURSELVES, BUT UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE VULNERABLE PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF EMERGENCY. AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. SO, UH, OUR ANNUAL SURVEY, UM, AND WE'RE GONNA CHANGE HOW WE DID THIS, HOW WE, HOW WE DO THIS NEXT YEAR. BUT OUR ANNUAL SURVEY FOR OUR BUDGET REALLY KIND OF, UM, HIGHLIGHTED FIVE KEY AREAS OF THAT WERE PRIORITIES FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, PUBLIC HEALTH, SENIOR SERVICES, PARKS AND RECREATION, AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT CITYWIDE ALL, ALL RESPONSES, WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 12,000 RESPONSES TO, UM, TO OUR SURVEY AND, UH, CONDUCTED TWO TELEPHONE TOWN HALL MEETINGS WITH ALMOST 500 FOLKS THAT PARTICIPATED. NEXT SLIDE. LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY, UH, CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT EARLIER IN THE YEAR. UM, THAT'S $320 MILLION THAT'S BEEN EARMARKED OR SENT THAT IT WILL BE SENT TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR A COUPLE OF KEY THINGS. ONE, TO RECOVER REVENUE LOSS THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH TREASURY, US TREASURY GUIDELINES. TWO, TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH ANY IMMEDIATE NEEDS AS A RESULT OF, UM, OF THE PANDEMIC, UM, AND, AND REALLY PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. NOW, THE FINAL GUIDELINES WE ANTICIPATE, UH, FROM THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT AT THE END OF THIS MONTH OR IN SEPTEMBER. UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LAID OUT TO THE COUNCIL IN MAY WAS, UM, UNTIL WE HAVE THE GUIDELINES, UH, WE SHOULD HOLD ONTO THAT MONEY, UM, AND THEN DEVELOP WHATEVER, THREE TO FIVE YEAR PLAN. THIS MONEY HAS GOTTA BE SPENT OR COMMITTED BY DECEMBER, 2024 AND SPENT BY DECEMBER, 2026. SO WE'VE GOT TIME. UM, AND, AND REALLY MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL WAS THAT, LET'S TAKE IT IN TWO PIECES. ONE IS WHAT ARE OUR DOCUMENTED THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT OUR AUDITED FINANCIALS, OUR DOCUMENTED REVENUE LOSSES FOR 2020? AND, AND, UH, IT WAS ABOUT $47 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND A LITTLE OVER $50 MILLION IN OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND. NOW, THERE WERE A BUNCH OF OTHER REVENUES THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THE CITY, BUT WE JUST FOCUSED ON THOSE TWO, UH, LARGE PORTIONS OF OUR BUSINESS. UM, AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, ASSUMES $90 MILLION OF THAT FEDERAL DOLLARS, UTILIZED A LITTLE BIT IN 21, A LITTLE BIT IN 22, AND A LITTLE BIT IN 23. THE IDEA IS TO START TO FILL BACK IN. UM, OVER TIME, OUR RECOVERY WILL CATCH US UP ANYWAY. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANNA BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TALKED ABOUT AS A GROUP, UM, IS THIS, IS [00:15:01] THIS IS RELIEF MONEY. THIS IS NOT MONEY THAT WE CAN JUST GO OFF AND DO WHATEVER WE WANT AND CREATE EXPENSES NECESSARILY FOR THE CITY THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD ON OUR OWN DIME. SO WE'RE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE GONNA BE VERY PURPOSEFUL RIGHT NOW. UM, THE TWO PHASES. ONE, THERE'S THAT $90 MILLION IN, UH, FISCAL YEAR 22 THAT WE'RE USING OVER THREE YEARS. THE BALANCE OF THAT MONEY THE COUNCIL WILL TALK ABOUT IN THE FALL. UM, AND, AND, UH, IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DEVELOP SOME THREE TO FIVE YEAR PLAN. THIS IS, THESE ARE ONE TIME TYPE OF INVESTMENTS. UM, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY THINGS LIKE, UM, I SAW, UH, THE PRESIDENT THE OTHER DAY, OR MAYBE IT WAS SOMEBODY IN CONGRESS TALKING ABOUT, UM, UH, SOME OF THE LARGER CITIES THAT ARE SEEING, UH, SPIKES IN, IN VIOLENT CRIME. AND, UM, THIS ELECTED OFFICIAL IN DC SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN USE THIS MONEY TO HIRE MORE POLICE OFFICERS. THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE BEST USE OF IT BECAUSE, UM, THAT'S A RECURRING EXPENSE. AND, UH, GENERALLY IF, UH, SOMEBODY'S JOINING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE WITH US FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS. SO THAT OUGHT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE AFFORD AND BUDGET ON OUR OWN, UH, NOT UTILIZE THIS MONEY. SO A LOT OF CONVERSATION PROBABLY IN THE FALL THAT THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE. I KNOW ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT THE COUNCILMAN HAS TALKED ABOUT IS STREET MAINTENANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY BE AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE. AND, UM, UH, THE COUNCIL WILL CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATION THIS FALL. NEXT SLIDE. SO I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT REVENUE RECOVERY. SO HERE ARE THREE REVENUES. SO WITHIN OUR LINES OF BUSINESS, THERE WERE THREE MAIN AREAS THAT WERE IMPACTED THE MOST OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS. THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, WHICH PAYS FOR ALL THE BASIC SERVICES, OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND, WHICH PAYS FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER AND VISIT SAN ANTONIO AND THE MARKETING AND ARTS AND CULTURAL AND THE AIRPORT. AND SO, UM, ALL THREE HAVE, HAVE REBOUNDED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDE, OUR SALES TAX, UH, AND IT REALLY STARTED PICKING UP IN THE SPRING, OUR SALES TAX, UM, IS FOR THE F Y 2022 IS 14% ABOVE THE 21 BUDGET. UM, AND IT'S 11% BETTER THAN F Y 19 OUR ACTUALS. SO THE REFERENCES BACK TO F Y 19 IS THAT FISCAL YEAR 21 WAS KIND OF AN OFF YEAR, UM, FOR ALL OF US, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, BUT 11% BETTER THAN THAN F Y 19. UM, NOW THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, OUR AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH THERE HAS BEEN ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT. THAT'S A PRETTY STRONG RECOVERY. UM, AND, UM, WE'RE PROJECTING THAT TO CONTINUE TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD. IT'S PROBABLY DRIVEN BY A NUMBER OF THINGS. UM, UH, WAGES ARE UP A BIT RIGHT NOW. UH, THERE IS A LOT OF PENT UP DEMAND. UM, ONLINE SALES, WE SAW THIS IN THE SPRING, HAS SKYROCKETED HERE LOCALLY, PROBABLY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. SO WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO CONTINUE, UH, SLIGHTLY AS WE GO INTO NEXT YEAR. OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX IS, UM, 15% HIGHER THAN OUR 21 BUDGET, BUT IT'S 24% BELOW OUR 2019 ACTUALS. AND WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT THE VISITOR INDUSTRY, WHETHER IT'S LEISURE TRAVEL OR THE FAMILY DRIVING IN FROM HOUSTON FOR THE WEEKEND OR CONVENTION BUSINESS, WAS GONNA TAKE LONGER TO RECOVER. AND WE'RE SEEING THAT HERE. UM, GIVEN THE, THE CURRENT TREND WITH, UM, WITH COVID, UM, LEMME BACK UP. BACK IN THE SPRINGTIME, BUSINESS STARTED RUSHING BACK IN, UH, EVENT DAYS AT THE ALAMO DOME EVENT DAYS AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, STARTED GETTING SCOOPED UP REALLY QUICKLY, WHICH IS GREAT. UM, WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST WEEK SOME CHANGE TO THAT WHERE, UH, SOME GROUPS ARE DECIDING NOT TO COME. THIS IS THE ONE AREA OF OUR BUSINESS THAT, UM, OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE CONTINUOUSLY TAKEN THE PULSE ON A WEEKLY BASIS, AND WE'RE GONNA NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS WE GO FORWARD. AND THEN THE AIRPORT, THE AIRPORT, UM, BUDGET REVENUE, UM, IS 44% HIGHER THAN THE 21 BUDGET, AND ONLY ABOUT TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS BETTER THAN OUR 19 ACTUALS. SO, ACTIVITY AT THE AIRPORT, IF ANYBODY'S BEEN AT THE AIRPORT, ACTIVITY AT THE AIRPORT HAS PICKED UP. UH, IT'S ANTICIPATED TO CONTINUE TO PICK UP. THERE'S NO, THERE'S REALLY NOT BEEN ANY SLOWDOWN. UM, AND, UM, WE ARE SEEING REALLY BIG GAINS IN, IN NOT ONLY AIRLINE REVENUE, BUT ALSO CONCESSION REVENUE AND, AND, UH, AND PARKING REVENUE OUT THERE. SO THERE'S A PICTURE OF OF WHY WE SHOULD BE, UM, UH, CAUTIOUS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE HAVE ONE REVENUE SOURCE THAT'S DOING REALLY WELL, ONE THAT'S LAGGING AND ONE THAT'S RIGHT [00:20:01] ON THE MARK. NEXT SLIDE. SO OUR NEXT, UH, UM, OUR TOTAL BUDGET, ALL FUNDS, UM, FOR THE CITY IS $3.1 BILLION. UH, 1.36 BILLION OF THAT IS THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH FUNDS ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, POLICE, FIRE, UM, ALL THE BASIC SERVICES, UH, 1.12 BILLION IN RE IN OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS. UH, THOSE ARE OUR BUSINESSES THAT OPERATE LIKE A BUSINESS. THE REVENUE OF, UH, UH, IS IS THERE FOR THE EXPENSES. THAT'S OUR SOLID WASTE, UH, DIVISION, UH, THE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND STORM WATER. AND OUR CAPITAL BUDGET NEXT YEAR, AS WE WIND DOWN IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM IS $592 MILLION OF OUR BUDGET. SO OUR, OUR, UH, THE MAKEUP OF OUR GENERAL FUND, 1.36 BILLION, OUR REVENUES, UM, PROPERTY TAX IS, REPRESENTS 31% OF OUR BUDGET. YOU HAVE THE BIG THREE, UH, REVENUE SOURCES IN OUR GENERAL FUND, PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX, AND, UM, AND C P S REVENUE. UM, AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK OVER OUR EXPENSES, 60, UH, 3.2% OF OUR BUDGET SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS, THE NEXT BIGGEST CATEGORY, AND THEN THE WHOLE HOST OF OTHER SERVICES IN THERE. SO, LEMME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT THE COUNCIL HAD. UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, WE DO A TWO YEAR BALANCE BUDGET, AND I THINK MOST OF YOU THAT I'VE RECOGNIZED YEAR AFTER YEAR, REMEMBER THIS, ONE OF OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES IS TO HAVE A TWO YEAR BALANCED BUDGET. SO IN LAST YEAR'S TWO YEAR, UH, BALANCED BUDGET, UM, WHILE WE WERE STILL TRYING TO ESTIMATE WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN TO REVENUES, UM, LAST SUMMER, UM, WE DID HAVE A SET ASIDE, UM, ANTICIPATING NEEDING TO MAKE FURTHER CUTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 22. ONE OF THOSE AREAS WAS IN THE, UM, IN STREAM MAINTENANCE. UM, BUT AS WE SAW THE YEAR GO BY THIS PAST YEAR, UM, AND WE SAW WE WERE DOING BETTER, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS I MADE TO THE COUNCIL DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, EARLIER IN THE YEAR WAS FIRST BUCKET, TWO BUCKETS WE NEED TO FILL UP. FIRST ONE IS NO FURLOUGH DAYS FOR CITY, UH, CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, AND TWO, NO CUTS TO STREET MAINTENANCE. SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET RESTORES NOW BACK TO OUR PRE PANDEMIC LEVEL, UH, $110 MILLION IN STREET MAINTENANCE. UM, OUR, UM, AVERAGE CONDITION STREETS IS 76.7%. THAT'S RISEN, UH, OVER THE LAST, UH, FIVE YEARS FROM 71, 70 2%. THE IDEA IS REALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING UP WITH OUR MAINTENANCE WITH OVER 4,100 CENTER LINE MILES. UM, AND, UH, THIS $110 MILLION REPRESENTS, UM, ALMOST 1300 PROJECTS. WE ALLOCATE MONEY, UM, IN OUR STREET MAINTENANCE BUDGET, TWO WAYS, ONE BASED ON NEED AND ONE BASED ON SIZE OF THE NETWORK. DISTRICT 10 HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST ROAD NETWORKS. SO AS WE LOOK TO SPLIT THAT UP, UM, DISTRICT 10, UM, GETS MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE FROM A, UM, FROM A, UM, FROM A, UH, NETWORK STANDPOINT. NEXT SLIDE. OH, GO BACK, I'M SORRY. LEMME TALK ABOUT SIDEWALKS, SIDEWALK GAPS. UH, THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE HAD $18 MILLION. NEXT, UH, THIS WAS A BIG PRIORITY FOR THE COUNCIL. UM, AND, AND AS I MENTIONED, A BIG PRIORITY FROM THE SURVEY. UM, WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION INTO THIS, UM, ALLOCATION FOR NEXT YEAR. AND REALLY THIS IS, UH, PRIMARILY, UH, GAPS IN OUR SIDEWALK NETWORK. IT IS ALSO FOR REPAIR. UM, AND, UH, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, OUR GOAL IS TO GET 61 MILES WORTH OF OUR USABLE SIDEWALK NETWORK BACK IN USE WITH A $21 MILLION, UH, NEXT YEAR, UM, VISION ZERO, UM, WHICH IS AN INITIATIVE TO MINIMIZE PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS AT INTERSECTIONS. EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY IN HERE, UM, KNOWS THOSE INTERSECTIONS WHERE EITHER YOU'RE DRIVING BY AND YOU SEE THE ACCIDENT ALL THE TIME, OR YOU SEE IT ON TV, RIGHT? UM, AND WE TRACKED THAT. UM, WE HAVE A NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT THAT GOT CREATED ABOUT A YEAR AGO, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, YEP, ABOUT A YEAR AGO. UH, OUR NEW TRANSPORTATION DIRECTORS HERE TONIGHT. SHE STARTED IN FEBRUARY, RIGHT? FEBRUARY. AND TAMIKA AND HER TEAM HAVE LOOKED AT THE DATA OF WHERE WE HAVE HAD THESE ACCIDENTS. AND SO WE'RE SITTING ASIDE, $6.2 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AT 10 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UH, MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS, INTERSECTIONS. UM, THIS IS, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE, THE COUNCIL [00:25:01] AND THE CITY HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT VISION ZERO OVER THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. BUT WE'RE PAAK WE'RE MAKING A REAL BIG INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN THIS NEXT YEAR. AND THEN A BIKE MASTER PLAN. UM, I'LL, THE LAST SLIDE ON THIS PRESENTATION, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM, BUT, UH, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS SINCE WE UPDATED OUR BIKE MASTER PLAN FOR THOSE BIKE ENTHUSIASTS IN HERE. WE'VE GOT A VARIETY OF NETWORKS. UH, WE HAVE, UH, PROTECTED LANES, WE HAVE UNPROTECTED LANES, WE HAVE BIKE LANES ON, ON STREET PARKING STREETS. UH, IT'S, IT'S A MIXED MASH. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO IS KIND OF REDO THAT PLAN SO THAT WE'RE READY TO BE ABLE TO TACKLE THOSE ISSUES, EITHER THROUGH OUR ANNUAL STREET MAINTENANCE, UH, PROGRAM, OR THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM. SO HERE'S A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTED, UH, DRAINAGE PROJECTS AND STREET PROJECTS IN, UM, DISTRICT 10, UH, EISENHOWER, THE NORTHWOOD DEVONSHIRE OF DRAINAGE PROJECT, UH, BULVERDE ROAD, PHASE ONE, UM, HARRY WACH AND AUSTIN HIGHWAY CONNECTORS, UH, THE BRIAR MAIL AREA, UH, DRAINAGE WORK, UH, QUAIL CREEK, TRIBUTARY DRAINAGE AND, UH, THOUSAND OAKS. UM, EROSION PROTECTION. AND, AND WE'VE GOT FOLKS HERE FROM PUBLIC WORKS. UH, TONIGHT, IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THOSE PROJECTS, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT. SO A COUPLE OF LIBRARY AND PARK, UH, PROJECTS. JUST TO HIGHLIGHT FROM D 10, WE'VE GOT, UH, LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS SCHEDULED FOR TOBIN BRANCH. UM, AND THEN, UM, THE, UH, PARENT HOMESTEAD HISTORIC CENTER HOME, WHICH IS A BOND PROGRAM AND NEEDED A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME OF THE UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS OF THE FACILITY OR THE HOME. UM, AND THEN SOME INCREASES, UM, INCREASED PROJECT AT BELE CREEK AND TUTTLE CREEK. OKAY, SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU GUYS A QUESTION. UM, WHEN THE CITY NEEDS TO PICK SOMETHING UP, WHO DOES ANYBODY KNOW? WHAT DEPARTMENT DOES IT WHEN YOU CALL 3 1 1 OR YOUR NEIGHBOR'S ASSOCIATION CALLS 3 1 1 SOLID WASTE, RIGHT, ? WELL, RIGHT NOW WE'RE PULLING STORMWATER CREWS OUT OF THE DRAINAGE AREAS THAT ARE CUTTING GRASS. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CUTTING GRASS AND WITH A SUMMER LIKE THIS, AND THE, AND THE GRASS TALL. SO WE SOMETIMES WE PULL STORMWATER CREWS. SOMETIMES WE PULL PUBLIC WORKS CREWS, AND SOMETIMES WE PULL SOLID WASTE CREWS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IS WE'RE GONNA KEEP THOSE CREWS THERE, AND WE'RE ADDING A CREW IN OUR SOLID WASTE LINE OF BUSINESS, UH, IN THAT FUND TO DO NOTHING BUT CLEAN UP, WHETHER IT'S A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT OR TRASH, UM, WHETHER IT'S THE CITY MANAGER THAT'S CALLING THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR SAYING, GO PICK THIS UP, OR COUNCILMAN PERRY'S CALLING THE CITY MANAGER, AND I'M CALLING, OR YOU GUYS ARE CALLING 3 1 1. UM, IT'S, IT'S A, UM, IT'S A SIMPLE IDEA. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL KEEP OUR CREWS ON TRACK DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AND NOT REACTING. UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AREAS OF TOWN WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE A FOCUSED EFFORT AND A REPEAT FOCUSED EFFORT. UM, IT FRUSTRATES ME, AND I KNOW IT FRUSTRATES PROBABLY MANY OF YOU. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE ADDING IN THE NEXT YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET, PUBLIC HEALTH, ANOTHER BIG PRIORITY OF THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC. UM, AND, AND NOT JUST FROM A COVID STANDPOINT. AND, UM, OUR NEW METRO HEALTH DIRECTOR IS HERE TONIGHT. UM, HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR SEVEN WEEKS. UM, AND THEY'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU. UM, HE'S OVER HERE ON THE SIDE. BUT, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN THIS COUNTRY ARE GONNA LOOK A LOT, A LITTLE BIT LIKE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AFTER NINE 11. THERE IS A, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AROUND, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH RELATED ITEMS. AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT COVID, I'M TALKING ABOUT BACK TO THE, THE, UM, THE, THE PREVENTATIVE TYPE OF MEASURES AS A COMMUNITY THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IN ORDER TO AVOID HAVING TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL DOWN THE ROAD. UM, AND, AND THE CITY RECEIVED A NUMBER OF GRANTS IN THE SPRINGTIME. UM, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT WAS, THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER. UH, WE TOOK TIME OVER THE LAST SPRING TO REDO THAT. BASED ON WHAT WE'VE LEARNED SO FAR. THERE WAS, SO FAR, THERE ARE SOME PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, HIT HARDER, UM, AND DIFFERENTLY THAN, UM, THAN OTHER PARTS. AND, UH, WE REFORMATTED THAT STRATEGIC PLAN TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THOSE ISSUES AND PRESENTED AT THE COUNCIL AT THEIR WORK SESSION IN JUNE. SO, UM, ABOUT $11.4 MILLION [00:30:01] IN, UM, GRANTS THAT WILL BE PROGRAMMING FOR THE STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN. UM, ACCESS TO CARE, YOU KNOW, UPGRADING OUR TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. UM, AND THIS IS A, THIS IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN, UH, TO REALLY INVEST IN THAT, UH, $4 MILLION TO REALLY TARGET, UM, WHAT I TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE WHILE AGO ABOUT HOW WE RESPOND, HOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS. AND THE $4 MILLION REALLY IS TARGETED IN THE AREAS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND I'LL, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE, THE GRANTS WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, AND MADE AVAILABLE HERE, EITHER LOCALLY WITH LOCAL FUNDS OR THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE FREE VACCINATIONS, FREE TESTING, UH, CONTACT TRACING, AND THOSE ELEMENTS AS RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC. ALL OF THOSE FUNCTIONS ARE BEING FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, OR PAID FOR BY THE STATE. SO THAT APPARATUS IS STILL THERE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. ANOTHER THING WE LEARNED IN THE, UH, UM, UH, GET THE TAG OUT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. DO I GET THE TAG OUTS? ANYBODY ? SO, UM, COME ON UP, COUNCILMAN. SO, ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED, UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, AND, AND WE'RE AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW, I, I SHARED WITH SOMEBODY EARLIER, UM, UM, ESPECIALLY LAST FALL IN DECEMBER, WHEN E M S WAS RESPONDING TO A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF CALLS, UM, UM, REALLY DRIVEN BY COVID, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF E M S CALLS, UM, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PILOTED A PROGRAM, UM, AND AN APP IN OUR DISPATCH CENTER THAT, UH, IT WAS CALLED THE GOOD SAM APP. ALL OF OUR DISPATCHERS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT 9 1 1 ARE ALL PARAMEDICS THEMSELVES. AND SO WHAT THIS APP DID WAS THAT IF, AND THE IDEA WAS FOR A, A MINOR EMERGENCY, IF YOU CALLED 9 1 1, THE DISPATCHER WOULD SEND TO YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER, A LINK THAT WOULD TEXT IT TO YOU, AND YOU'D CLICK ON THE LINK AND YOU'D BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW THE CUT ON YOUR ARM OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAVE YOU. AND THE PARAMEDIC CAN SEE IT, AND THEY CAN GIVE YOU INSTRUCTIONS. BUT WHAT WE FOUND IN THE SPRINGTIME WAS THAT IT WAS REALLY USEFUL FOR THINGS LIKE HEART ATTACKS AND DROWNINGS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE, THE MEDIA'S DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF COVERING IT. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF HIGH PROFILE CASES WHERE, UM, THE PARAMEDIC IS, HAS ALREADY DISPATCHED THE FIRE TRUCK AND THE E M S UNIT AND IS GIVING C P R INSTRUCTIONS TO THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHT THERE. AND SO THAT'S PROVIDING A MORE IMMEDIATE ON SCENE CARE, NO MATTER HOW GOOD OUR RESPONSE TIME IS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA DO IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS WE'RE ADDING, UM, ADDITIONAL FIRE DISPATCHERS THAT ARE PARAMEDICS, THEY'RE CLINICAL DISPATCHERS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT MORE OFTEN. YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF CALLS WILL PROVIDE A MORE IMMEDIATE, UM, ON SCENE CARE FOR THOSE OF YOU AND US THAT MAY NEED IT. UM, AND THEN THOSE MINOR CALLS THAT SOMETIMES WE RESPOND TO, UM, IT KEEPS OUR UNITS BACK IN SERVICE. SO THIS IS, I, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD CHALK UP TO. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS AND, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE A PERMANENT INVESTMENT IN. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE ON THE, THAT EITHER YOU PARTICIPATED IN THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS IN THE SPRINGTIME, OR WERE HERE LAST YEAR WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE POLICE SERVICES REVIEW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WAS WE LOOKED AT HOW WE RESPOND TO, UH, MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AND FAMILY VIOLENCE CALLS. UM, AND WE USED, UM, UM, A GROUP CALLED THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION TO REALLY, UM, LOOK AT, TO DIVE INTO THE TYPES OF CALLS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GET. UM, AND, AND THE POLICE, THE POLICE CHIEF SITTING THERE IN THE BACK MADE A COUPLE OF POLICY CHANGES AND HOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REACTS AND RESPONDS. ALL OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE CRISIS RESPONSE TRAINED. UH, WE'RE PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS EVERY POLICE OFFICER TRAINED. BUT STILL, THERE ARE SITUATIONS THAT, UM, THAT MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T, WE SHOULDN'T ALWAYS FIND OURSELVES IN. UM, AND THE IDEA IS, WHEN YOU CALLED 9 1 1, RIGHT NOW, YOU GET ASKED THREE QUESTIONS. POLICE, WHAT'S YOUR EMERGENCY POLICE FIRE OR E M SS? AND MAYBE THERE NEEDS TO BE A FOURTH OPTION, BECAUSE THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT I THINK AS WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS OVER THE LAST YEAR, THERE ARE SOME FAMILIES THAT DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO FOR HELP, RIGHT? UM, AND, UM, OTHER THAN 3 1, 1, EVERYBODY KNOWS 9 1 1. AND WHEN A MOTHER IS CALLING BECAUSE THEIR 35 YEAR OLD SON IS HAVING AN EPISODE IN THE HOUSE, THEY'RE CALLING 9 1 1. AND THOSE SITUATIONS SOMETIMES CAN TURN, [00:35:01] UM, VERY QUICKLY. AND WHAT'S WORSE WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TO RESPOND TO THE SAME ADDRESS WEEK AFTER WEEK, UH, OR SEVERAL TIMES IN A WEEK, RIGHT? UM, SO THE, ESSENTIALLY THE RECOMMENDATION FROM MEADOWS, AND THEY'RE HELPING THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THIS AS WELL, IS TO HAVE KIND OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO MOST OF THOSE CALLS. AND THE IDEA IS WE WOULD SEND A PARAMEDIC AND A POLICE OFFICER AND A CLINICIAN TO THOSE CALLS. UM, NOW NOT EVERY CALL, UM, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, UM, ARE ADDRESSING THOSE CALLS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S NO THERE, THERE NEEDS TO BE A FOLLOW THROUGH. UM, AND THE IDEA IS TO NOT, IS TO NOT JUST PUT THAT ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO, UM, CONTRACT THAT OUT WITH EITHER THE COUNTY OR THE HEALTHCARE OR OTHER CLINIC CLINICAL SERVICES, BUT REALLY HAVE THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS ON THE SLIDE RESPOND IN ONE TEAM. NOW, WE DO, WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH UNIT AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THERE'S ONLY 12 OR 13 OF THEM THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A LOT TO COVER A CITY THIS SIZE. SO THE IDEA IS, AND THEY DO SOME WORK WITH OUR PARAMEDICS, BUT THE IDEA IS TO REALLY FOCUS ON OUR CENTRAL SUBSTATION AREA, WHICH IS A RATHER LARGE AREA OF THE CITY NEXT YEAR, AND TRY TO TACKLE THIS IN A DIFFERENT WAY, UM, AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO GET THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CALLING 9 1 1 AND HAND THEM OFF INTO SOME LEVEL OF CARE THAT THEY MIGHT NEED. THE OTHER THING WE'RE DOING THAT WE HEARD FROM THE POLICE SERVICES REVIEW, AND I HEARD IT, UH, WHEN WE DID THE D 10 MEETINGS, UM, REMEMBER IF THERE, HOW MANY OF YOU PARTICIPATED IN THOSE, IN THOSE POLICE SERVICES CALLS EARLIER IN THE YEAR? A COUPLE OF Y'ALL. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. A COUPLE. SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN, UH, WERE STREETLIGHTS. AND SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS $5.8 MILLION FOR ADDITIONAL STREETLIGHTS, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, WHETHER IT'S A COMMUNITY SAFETY STANDPOINT OR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD REALLY CITYWIDE. UM, AND THAT'S THE, UH, PROBABLY THE LARGEST AMOUNT THAT WE'VE SET ASIDE INCREMENTALLY. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT WE WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, OR MAYBE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR WHOEVER, TO IDENTIFY THE NEED FOR THE LIGHTS. THAT $5.8 MILLION, UM, GOES TOWARDS THE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE LIGHT POLE. UH, WE ORDER IT FROM C P SS, AND THEN THE CITY PAYS THE ELECTRICAL CHARGE FROM THAT POINT FORWARD. THE OTHER THING THAT PROPOSED BUDGET IS DOING, AND THIS, WE HEARD THIS IN THE POLICE SERVICES REVIEW, IS, UM, REALLY CONTINUE TO HIT, MOVE, MOVE THE MARKER IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM, AND, UM, AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES 12 ADDITIONAL SAFE OFFICERS FOR OUR, OUR COMMUNITY POLICING EFFORTS, AND THREE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS TO OUR DOWNTOWN FOOT AND BIKE PATROL UNIT, WHICH, UH, HASN'T SEEN A, A CHANGE IN, UH, IN NUMBERS IN, IN QUITE SOME TIME. A COUPLE OF CALLS WERE NOT GONNA GO ON WHERE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S NOT GONNA GO ON, UM, ANIMAL RELATED CALLS, UH, EXCEPT IF IT'S A VICIOUS DOG OR THAT TYPE OF CALL, POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT BE PRIMARY ANYMORE. UH, WE GET A LOT OF THOSE AT NIGHT. WE'RE ADDING RESOURCES IN OUR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SO THAT THEY CAN RESPOND TO THOSE CALLS AT NIGHT. UM, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY DO NOW, IF THERE'S A, A SITUATION WHERE THEY NEED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR POLICE OFFICER, AND THEY'LL COORDINATE THAT, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MOVE THAT OUT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS WICK THERE. WE'RE ALSO NOT GOING TO RESPOND. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S NOT GONNA RESPOND TO FIREWORK CALLS IN THE 10 DAYS AROUND NEW YEAR'S EVE AND THE 10 DAYS AROUND THE 4TH OF JULY. NOW WE GET FIREWORKS CALLS 12 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR, BUT THE MAJORITY OF 'EM HAPPEN FIVE DAYS BEFORE NEW YEAR'S EVE AND, AND, UH, 4TH OF JULY AND FIVE DAYS AFTER. AND IN THAT CASE, OUR ARSON DIVISION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS GONNA RESPOND TO THOSE CALLS, UM, FIREWORKS. IT'S STILL AGAINST CITY ORDINANCE TO POP FIREWORKS IN THE CITY, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA TIE UP OFFICER TIME TO DO THAT. UM, THERE ARE MUCH, UM, MORE HIGHER PRIORITY ITEMS, UM, ESPECIALLY AROUND THOSE TIMES OF THE YEAR. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA PILOT, UH, LOUD MUSIC CALLS, WHICH COULD BE FROM ESTABLISHMENTS, UM, UM, OR THEY COULD BE HOUSE PARTIES. UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT WRITE A LOT OF LOUD MUSIC CALLS. UM, AND, AND MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, ONE VISIT FROM THE POLICE OFFICER IS USUALLY ENOUGH TO CONVINCE THE 18 YEAR OLDS TO TURN DOWN THE MUSIC. UM, BUT [00:40:01] THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GETS CALLS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO WE'RE GONNA PARTNER UP THIS QUARTER WITH OUR CODE COMPLIANCE, UH, DEPARTMENT, AND WE'VE ADDED RESOURCES THERE TO BE ABLE TO DO ADDITIONAL STAFFING ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY NIGHTS WHERE THE CODE OFFICERS WILL RESPOND WITH THE, THE METER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DECALS ARE WITHIN CITY CODE, AND THEN RELY UPON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO, UM, WRITE THE CITATION. SO WE'RE GONNA DO THIS AS A PILOT THIS QUARTER BECAUSE THE COUNCIL HAS APPOINTED A, UH, A TASK FORCE THAT IS REVIEWING OUR NOISE ORDINANCE, TA, UH, OUR, OUR NOISE ORDINANCE, AND WE'LL WANT TO KIND OF PARTNER UP, UH, WITH ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MAY COME, UH, BACK TO THE COUNCIL LATER ON IN THE YEAR. AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS ANOTHER PRIORITY, UM, OF THE COUNCIL AND OUT OF OUR SURVEY. AND, UM, IT ALL TOLD, UH, BETWEEN FEDERAL GRANTS, UH, AND LOCAL DOLLARS, WE HAVE $32.8 MILLION, UM, IN THE, UM, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 14.1 MILLION OF THAT IS COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, AND THAT'S ABOUT A FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR'S, OVER THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. THE MAJORITY OF THAT INCREASE, UM, WHAT I HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL IN, UM, IN, UH, JUNE AT THEIR WORK SESSION, THE CITY'S UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, OUR MINOR REPAIR PROGRAMS AND OUR O OWNER OCCUPY, UH, REPAIR PROGRAMS WERE PRIORITIES. AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE, UH, INCREASED OUR INVESTMENT, UH, NEXT YEAR. AND OUR HOUSING STAFF IS HERE TONIGHT THAT CAN, UH, ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. THIS IS WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. UM, ONE OF THE LESSONS WE LEARNED ABOUT SOMETIMES WE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF HANDHOLDING AND THREE AREAS WHERE WE'VE SEEN THAT IS THOSE, THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE, UH, ON THE EDGE OF HOMELESSNESS. UM, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASED DEMAND FROM SENIOR CITIZENS FOR FINANCIAL COUNSELING OVER THE LAST YEAR. AND, UM, AND THEN, UM, UH, NAVIGATORS IN OUR HUMAN SERVICES. UM, AND, AND FRANKLY, I THINK WHAT WE'VE SEEN, AND IT PROBABLY EXISTED BEFORE, BUT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING TO THE CITY FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE, UM, GENERALLY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR OTHER TYPE OF PROGRAMS FOR THE SITUATION THEY'RE IN. THE IDEA IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT, UM, THESE FOLKS THERE THAT ARE CROSS-TRAINED. THIS IS THE TYPE OF GROUP THAT, UM, WE CAN, UH, MOBILIZE, UM, AFTER A BIG FREEZE, LIKE IN FEBRUARY AND GET FEMA CERTIFIED, UH, TRAINED TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE WITH THE FEMA PROCESS AS WELL. SO GIVES US THAT CADRE OF FOLKS THAT FRANKLY ARE THERE TO, UH, HOLD FOLKS HANDS. UM, AND WE'VE SEEN THAT, THAT, UM, UH, WAS, HAS BEEN A BIG NEED, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE, OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS. SO THE LAST KEY MESSAGE THAT I MENTIONED, UH, WAS IN TERMS OF RESILIENCY. AND WE DID A, UH, KIND OF A REVIEW OF OUR CRITICAL FACILITIES IN THE SPRINGTIME, AND WE'RE SETTING ASIDE MONEY. SOME OF OUR, MOST OF OUR FIRE STATIONS HAVE GENERATORS, UM, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM. AND THE IDEA IS WE ARE GOING TO, UM, OUTFIT OUR SUBSTATIONS, OUR POLICE SUBSTATIONS AND POLICE AND FIRE STATIONS WITH AND PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS WITH BEEFED UP BACKUP POWER. UM, SO THAT WHETHER WE FIND OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE POWER'S OUT IN THE SUMMER OR IN THE WINTER THAT WE'VE GOT THOSE CRITICAL KEY FACILITIES THAT, UM, ARE POWERED. WE'RE ALSO SETTING ASIDE MONEY TO ESTABLISH, UH, WHAT WE'RE CALLING RESILIENCY HUBS. UM, AT LEAST FOUR IN THE CITY, UH, GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED, UH, WHERE WE WILL TAKE AND DO THE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT TO THE FACILITY. IT COULD BE A LIBRARY, IT COULD BE A SENIOR CENTER, IT COULD BE A SCHOOL, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A CITY FACILITY, BUT WE WOULD DO THE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND HAVE A PLACE WHERE, UH, WE KNOW WE CAN SEND PEOPLE IN AN EMERGENCY THAT HAS POWER. UH, WHICH WAS NOT THE CASE IN FEBRUARY. UH, CITY FACILITIES WERE AT THE SAME, UH, BACK AND FORTH SCHEDULE THAT, UM, ALL OF US WERE IN. AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T FIND OURSELVES IN THAT POSITION. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO NEXT YEAR IS, UM, IS WORK TO IDENTIFY THOSE RESILIENCY HUBS. UH, MARIA MARIA VILLAGOMEZ IS THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER BACK THERE AND MYSELF, HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH AT LEAST ONE AREA SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT UTILIZING A SCHOOL, A SCHOOL MIGHT BE BETTER SUITED FOR THIS BECAUSE IT'S LARGER. UM, AND, UH, THIS MIGHT BE, UH, UH, THIS IS A, AN IMPORTANT THING TO, FOR US TO FOCUS ON. AND IF IT WOULD FIND OUT THAT IT WORKS AND THAT IT'S DOABLE, THEN WE CAN LOOK TO EXPAND IN FUTURE YEARS IF, IF NEEDED. UH, WE'RE RESTORING, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE CUT LAST YEAR, OVER THE LAST TWO [00:45:01] YEARS ARE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OUR HOUSING INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE RESTORING THAT NEXT YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET. WE'RE ALSO SETTING ASIDE MONEY TO, UM, UH, FURTHER HELP SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOOKING TO CONTRACT WITH THE CITY FOR A VARIETY OF ISSUES AND THE BONDING REQUIREMENTS THAT COMPANIES HAVE WHEN THEY CONTRACT FOR THE CITY. UM, WE, UH, HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, A NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN TOWN, AND THEY'VE COMMITTED TO GOING TO BANKS TO HELP LEVERAGE THIS HALF A MILLION DOLLARS THAT'S IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. AND THIS WOULD BE, UM, A WAY FOR COMPANIES THAT DON'T TYPICALLY WORK OR CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OR HAVEN'T IN THE PAST BECAUSE OF CONTRACT OR BONDING REQUIREMENTS, TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THIS AS AN INSURANCE POLICY TO GET THEM IN A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN CONTINUE TO, UM, CONTRACT WITH THE CITY. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS KEEPS OUR BUSINESS LOCAL. UM, IT'S A TOP PRIORITY OF THE COUNCIL. UM, BUT WE ALSO WANT CONTRACTORS THAT CAN DELIVER THE GOODS SERVICES OR THE, THE CAPITAL PROJECT, WHICH IS KEY FOR ALL OF US. UM, WE ARE RESTORING, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR CONVENTION SCHEDULE. THE CUTS WE MADE TO OUR CONVENTION CENTER LAST YEAR, IT'S STAIR STEPPED TO LINE UP WITH OUR EVENT DAYS. UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO, UH, RESTORES BACK TO THE 2019 LEVELS. I'M, I'M SORRY, THE 2020 LEVELS. UM, YEAH, THE 2020 LEVELS. UH, OUR INVESTMENT IN ARTS AGENCIES AND ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS FOR THE CITY AND THEN MAINTAINS, UM, THE VISIT SAN ANTONIO, THE MARKETING ARM OF, UH, OF THE CITY, UM, UH, RECEIVES 35% OF OUR, UH, OF OUR HOT TAX. THAT PERCENTAGE IS MAINTAINED NEXT YEAR. NOW, IT'S NOT AS LARGE AS IT WAS BEFORE, AND THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THEIR OWN CUTBACKS, BUT, UH, WE'RE MAINTAINING THAT PERCENTAGE AS WE GO NEXT YEAR. SO THE LAST THING THAT, UM, THAT, UM, I'LL, THAT I'LL END WITH IS THAT, UM, UM, EVERY FIVE YEARS, UM, THE CITY GOES BACK TO THE VOTERS FOR A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAM. UM, AND, UM, THE LAST TIME WAS IN F Y IN, IN 2017. UM, PRE PANDEMIC, WE HAD ESTIMATED THIS AMOUNT TO BE ABOUT 970, 900 $80 MILLION LAST YEAR. WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, UH, WITH, UM, OUR OWN REVENUES, OUR OWN FINANCIAL POSITION. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID THIS SUMMER, AS EVERY YEAR WE UPDATE OUR DEBT PLAN, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE STAND FROM A DEBT MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT, UH, FROM, UH, OUTSTANDING DEBT, WHAT IS OUR CAPACITY? UM, TYPICALLY, AT LEAST FOR THE LAST 15, 18 YEARS, THE CITY'S BOND PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN, UM, ASSUMED WITH NO CHANGE IN THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. SO WHAT CAN WE AFFORD WITH THE EXISTING RATE GOING FORWARD, UM, VALUES THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF APPRAISED VALUES FOR THE, FOR THE CITY, I'M SORRY, IN TERMS OF, UH, REVENUE OF THE CITY, UM, UH, WE SAW BASE GROWTH AT ABOUT 2.1% INCREASE. UM, AND WE SAW NEW, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, EITHER NEW CONSTRUCTION OR NEW ADDITIONS AT ABOUT 1.7%, SO BELOW THREE AND OR THREE AND A HALF PERCENT CAP. SO ALL THOSE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WITH NO CHANGE TO THE RATE, WHAT IS OUR CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE DEBT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. UM, AND THAT CAPACITY RIGHT NOW, UM, WE'RE PROJECTING AND PROPOSING IS $1.2 BILLION. THE COUNCIL HAS HAD, UH, THEY HAD ONE CONVERSATION IN THE LATE SPRING ABOUT THE UPCOMING BOND PROGRAM. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT IN THE PAST, UM, WE HAVE PROBABLY TWO OR $3 BILLION WORTH OF NEED JUST FROM A STREET STANDPOINT. OUR SIDEWALK NEED IS PROBABLY, UH, NORTH OF A BILLION. UM, AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL NEVER BE ENOUGH, BUT THERE'S GOTTA BE A PRIORITIZATION EFFORT THAT THE COUNCIL WILL GO THROUGH WITH THE PUBLIC. UM, WHAT WE'VE NORMALLY DONE, AND WHAT I'M PROPOSING WE CONTINUE TO DO WITH THE COUNCIL IS THAT, UM, THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW POTENTIAL PROJECTS. AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE PROPOSITIONS, AT LEAST IN THE PAST, THERE'S BEEN A CITIZEN COMMITTEE ON STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, THE CITIZEN COMMITTEE ON MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE LIBRARIES AND THAT TYPE OF A CITY, UH, UH, CITY COMMITTEE CITIZENS COMMITTEE ON DRAINAGE COMMITTEES BASED ON THE PROPOSITIONS TO REALLY DIG INTO THE DETAILS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO THE COUNCIL. UM, THE TIMELINE YOU SEE UP THERE AS THE COUNCIL'S GOT A CALL FOR THE ELECTION, IF THEY CHOOSE TO BY THE MIDDLE, BY [00:50:01] THE SECOND WEEK IN FEBRUARY, WHICH MEANS THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE GOTTA BE FINALIZED, UH, REALLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR, EARLY JANUARY FOR THE COUNCIL TO ACCEPT THEM AND, UM, AND PLACE 'EM ON THE BALLOT. SO THIS IS GONNA BE A BIG TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AS WE GO THROUGH THE FALL. UM, CERTAINLY WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. UM, MANY OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS HAVE ALREADY STARTED THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY STAFF. EVERY COUNCIL PERSON AND RAZZIE, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND HOMER PARKS DIRECT DIRECTOR, HAVE BEEN KEEPING LISTS OF PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED. UM, AND SO THIS WILL BE A VERY IMPORTANT TASK FOR US AS WE GO INTO THE REST OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. SO, UM, AND I SUSPECT THIS WON'T BE THE LAST TIME WE'LL BE OUT HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS. THAT'LL BE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS. SO, UM, YOU'RE THE FIRST BUDGET WORK SESSION. WE'RE DOING THESE IN ALL THE DISTRICTS. SOME OF THEM ARE VIRTUAL, SOME OF 'EM ARE IN PERSON. WE'LL BE DOING THAT. UM, WE'VE GOT TOMORROW OUR COMMUNITY, UH, I'M SORRY, OUR COUNCIL BUDGET WORK SESSIONS WILL BEGIN. THEY'LL BE ON TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS THROUGH THE, UH, SECOND WEEK IN SEPTEMBER. UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON SEPTEMBER 8TH AND THE 14TH. AND THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO ADOPT THE BUDGET ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. SO WITH THAT, UM, BORN, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. UH, THEY SAID WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENT EXECUTIVES HERE AND, UH, WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO GET SOME INPUT FROM YOU AND, UH, TAKE ANY SUGGESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. COME ON. VOTES. DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE END HERE. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. IS IT ON? IS IT ON? YES, YES. OH, GOOD EVENING. UH, I'M GEORGE ZAKI. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 10. AND, UH, LIKE MANY PEOPLE HERE, I'M SURE THERE'S SEVERAL HERE. EVERY TIME I COME TO ONE OF THESE, UH, MEETINGS, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS IS, AND THE NEW WORD THAT'S BEING USED IS INFRASTRUCTURE. I UNDERSTAND THE MAYOR WENT TO WASHINGTON DC TO TRY TO GET INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS GREAT. THE REAL PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR EIGHT PLUS YEARS. AND I HAVE, UH, MADE MANY NUMEROUS, UH, ATTEMPTS TO GET COMPLIANCE. OUR SIDEWALKS WE'RE, YOU'RE GONNA BUILD NEW SIDEWALKS. SOMEONE HAS TO MAINTAIN THEM TO KEEP THEM CUT, CLEANED EDGE FROM TRIPPING HAZARDS, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE A D A I HAVE. UH, IN FACT RIGHT NOW, THE, UH, RIGHT HERE AT THE LADY BIRD JOHNSON PARK, WHICH IS THE CITY PARK I HAVE MADE NUMEROUS TIMES, I'VE MET WITH A CODE OFFICER, I'VE MET WITH A SUPERVISOR, I'VE MET WITH, UH, OTHER, UM, AGENCIES TO TRY TO GET THE SIDEWALKS. AND I'M SURE SOME OF Y'ALL WHO WALK OR YOU SEE IT, THE GRASS GROWS OVER THE SIDEWALK, THE GRASS GROWS THROUGH THE CURB CRACK IN THE, IN THE PARK. IN THE, IN THE PARK. NO, NO, NO. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT OF WAYS. SO THE SIDEWALKS, OH, THERE'RE THE FRONT. OKAY. NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT, SORRY, I'M THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS. OKAY. UM, THE BIGGEST ONE IS BROADWAY, 9,600 TO 9,900 BLOCK OF BROADWAY HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS. AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE COMPLAIN TO ME ABOUT IT AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE CALLED ABOUT IT. AND THEY WOULD CALL ME AND, AND TELL ME TO DO IT. 'CAUSE I LIVED IN THE AREA BECAUSE AT THE TIME I WAS A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. WHEN I WAS A CODE OFFICER, I USED TO FILE CASES AGAINST PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T MAINTAIN THEIR SIDEWALKS. I DIDN'T LIKE IT. 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR AT CITY PROPERTY. BUT ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES OR THE ORDINANCE, THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS WHO RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE SIDEWALK. NOW ON BROADWAY, I CONTACTED, I SENT PICTURES. I STILL HAVE THE PICTURES OF BROADWAY ACROSS FROM SCHO, IF ANYBODY'S NOT FAMILIAR, UH, WHERE SCOBY AND ALL THE COMMERCIAL LOCATIONS ARE BETWEEN THE, UH, THE POST OFFICE AND MM-HMM. REGENCY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THERE ARE CHILDREN THAT WALK THESE SIDEWALKS TO GO TO SCHOOL, GO HOME AND SCHOOL JUST STARTED YESTERDAY. THE [00:55:01] OTHER ONE IS NADOS BETWEEN WAYWARD AT THE VALERO AND SATO CREEK. THESE ARE DANGEROUS. AND THERE'S, SOME OF 'EM HAVE DIRT THAT OF COURSE WHEN IT RAINS, BECOMES MUD. AND, AND OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL. THE PEOPLE'S SPEED ALONG BROADWAY AND NADOS. MY WIFE HAS MET WITH CITY COUN, A PRIOR CITY COUNCILMAN BEFORE, AND TOOK THE AID OUT THERE. WE'RE ABLE TO GET, UH, SOME CLEANING DONE, BUT OF COURSE IT GROWS BACK. IT'S NOT BEING MAINTAINED. SO INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALSO MAINTAINING YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT IT IS SAFE FOR EVERYONE. SO THAT HAS BEEN MY BIG ISSUE WITH THE CITY, ESPECIALLY BEING ONE THAT USED TO ENFORCE IT. THANK YOU. WHEN DID YOU RETIRE? 2015. I DID 20 YEARS. I WAS A DA, I WAS A CODE OFFICER AT FIRST, AND THEN I WAS A DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER CONDEMNING PROPERTIES. IN FACT, I'M CONSIDERED THE DEMO KING. I HAVE DEMOLISHED OVER 13 TO 1500 STRUCTURES IN 18 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THE WHOLE CITY. I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE WHOLE CITY. GOOD. NICE TO MEET YOU. AND I'M PROUD AND I'M PROUD OF WHAT I DID, BUT I WANT SAN ANTONIO TO LOOK, LOOK GREAT EVERYWHERE, NOT JUST IN MY DISTRICT. MM-HMM. , OF COURSE, I CARE ABOUT MY DISTRICT, BUT THE WHOLE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO NEEDS TO IMPLEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE. OKAY. THANK YOU. HI, GAVIN NICHOLS FROM DISTRICT 10. UH, ONE THING I DID SEE MENTIONED TONIGHT, ERIC WAS BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WE KNOW, UH, OVER THE LAST, UH, TWO YEARS HOW IMPORTANT DIGITAL ACCESS IS TO CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY SENIOR CITIZENS. SO I WANTED TO, UH, HEAR WHAT, WHERE THAT IS ON THE AGENDA. IS IT GONNA BE COVERED PURELY BY FEDERAL FUNDING OR IS THAT GONNA BE PART OF THE ONGOING, UH, BUDGET? UM, I IDEALLY, I THINK THROUGH FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, THERE ARE, UM, THE CITY DID, THE COUNCIL DID SET ASIDE FUNDING LAST YEAR IN OUR RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN TO DEAL WITH, UM, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN ABOUT 32 NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND IT WAS REALLY GONNA KIND OF BUILD IN A, UM, A LACK OF A BETTER TERM, A A, A WIRELESS NETWORK IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS BASED ON OUR FIBER THAT IS CONTROLLING OUR, UH, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNALS. UM, AND IT REALLY KIND OF A STOP GAP MEASURE, BUT, BUT THE BROADBAND CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL, AND THAT HAPPENED IN THE LEGISLATURE, UH, UP IN, UP IN AUSTIN THIS PAST SPRING, UH, I'M ANTICIPATING THAT, THAT WHERE IS, WHERE THAT MONEY'S AT NOW, THE PROPOSED BUDGET DOES SET ASIDE, UM, MONEY FOR, UH, ONE INDIVIDUAL IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE BELLY BUTTON TO BE KIND OF OUR KEY POINT PERSON FROM A BROADBAND STANDPOINT. UM, BECAUSE IT'LL REQUIRE US TO CONTINUE TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH GROUPS LIKE GOOGLE FIBER OR AT AND T OR SPECTRUM, WHO WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO FIND THEMSELVES IN A COMPETITION STANDPOINT FOR, UH, CUSTOMERS. AND SO, UH, WE HAVE TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THOSE, WITH THOSE COMPANIES. A COUPLE THINGS THAT WERE CERTAINLY NOT THERE, AND I THINK WE'RE UNDERUTILIZING SOME CITY RESOURCES. HAS ANYBODY GIVEN ANY THOUGHT TO EXTENDING THE HOURS ON PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND PROVIDING SERVICES AT OUR SENIOR CENTERS OVER THE WEEKENDS? IT'S A SHAME TO SEE THAT GREAT BIG BUILDING UP ON THOUSAND OAKS SIT IDLE TWO DAYS A WEEK. NO, BUT SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT YOUR INPUT IS, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THAT OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK? WELL, AT LEAST PART OF THE WEEKEND. OKAY. I MEAN, YOU THINK, YOU THINK IT'D BE UTILIZED AS FAR AS I KNOW EVEN OLD FOLKS EAT ON THE WEEKEND, . I KNOW I DO. ALRIGHT, SO, AND LIBRARIES, LIBRARIES ARE INCREDIBLY POPULAR IN SAN ANTONIO. YEAH. I MEAN, I, I'M AMAZED EVERY TIME I GO TO THE LIBRARY. WELL, WHEN WE USED TO [01:00:01] BE ABLE TO GO TO THE LIBRARY, SO THE LIBRARIES ARE OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK RIGHT NOW. YEAH. COME IN, THEY'RE GO THROUGH DRIVE BY, GRAB A BOOK AND GET THE HELL OUT. IS THAT, IS THAT THE ATTITUDE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU GET THERE? YEAH. OKAY. SO WHAT LI WHAT LIBRARIES. BUT YOU KNOW, THE PANDEMIC'S NOT GONNA LAST FOREVER. NO, I, I UNDERSTAND. BUT SO IS THAT, IS THAT THE GENERAL FEELING YOU GET AT ALL CITY LIBRARIES OR IS THAT AT COMANCHE? THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A FEELING I GET AT MY LIBRARIES. YEAH. THEY'RE A COMANCHE LOOKOUT. COMANCHE SIMS AND TOBIN. YEAH. YEAH. AND, AND LIBRARIES ARE GREAT AFTER SCHOOL RESOURCES. RIGHT. OKAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY GETS KICKED OUT AT SIX, SO, OKAY. A FEW MORE HOURS WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN I SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE I'M ON THE LIBRARY? SURE. YES MA'AM. WHY, WHY DON'T YOU GO OVER TO THE MICROPHONE. I REP, I'M LYNDON AIR AND I REPRESENT DISTRICT 10 ON THE LIBRARY BOARD, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE LIBRARY'S DOING THEIR VERY BEST TO GET BACK TO NORMAL HOURS AND JUST STARTING TODAY. WE'RE ALSO OPEN NOW ON MONDAY, AND WE, THEY'RE OPEN MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS FROM 12 NOON TO EIGHT IN THE EVENING, ALL THE LIBRARIES. AND WE'RE OPEN WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FROM 10 IN THE MORNING TILL SIX IN THE AFTERNOON. AND SO YOU HAVE SOME TIME TO GO ON THE WEEKENDS AND YOU CAN GO LATE LATER IN THE DAY ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS. WE WOULD LOVE TO GET BACK TO BE ABLE TO OPENING ON SUNDAY, BUT WE JUST RIGHT NOW NEED MORE PEOPLE WORKING IN THE LIBRARIES TO DO THAT. BUT ALSO THERE ARE NOT, THERE'S NO RESTRICTIONS ON BROWSING IN THE LIBRARIES. THERE WAS FOR A WHILE, BUT NOW YOU CAN JUST GO IN, YOU CAN SIT DOWN AND READ A MAGAZINE, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE NEWSPAPER, YOU CAN USE THE COMPUTER, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO. YOU CAN SPEND HOURS AT THE LIBRARY ANY DAY EXCEPT FOR SUNDAY. SO JUST KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE LIBRARY'S WORKING ON IT, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN AND SO, BUT, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. OKAY. THANK YOU ERIC. SOME OF Y'ALL KNOW WE'LL BE BACK TO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, SEPTEMBER THE 27TH. SO MARK YOUR CALENDARS. WE'RE LOOKING AFTER YOU. THANK YOU. HI, I'M DONNA DAVIS AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 10, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT PICKLEBALL. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HERE KNOWS WHAT PICKLEBALL IS, BUT IT'S THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN THE COUNTRY, AND ESPECIALLY WITH 55 AND OLDER AND IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I'M ONE OF MANY, UH, PICKLEBALL PLAYERS THAT LIVE THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO AND PLAY AT THE FAIRCHILD PARK IN DISTRICT TWO. AND SO PICKLEBALL, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, IT'S A, UM, A CROSS BETWEEN TENNIS, BADMINTON AND PINGING PONG. AND IT IS A HUGE GROWING COMMUNITY HERE AND IT IS EASILY PICKED UP BY YOUNG AND OLD. AND I HAVE MANY EXAMPLES OF HOW PICKLEBALL HAS CHANGED PEOPLE'S LIVES FROM FINDING A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE. JOINING A LARGER SOCIAL GROUP AND FINDING NEW FRIENDS, WHICH WE FOUND OUT DURING THE PANDEMIC IS, UH, VITAL FOR OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES IN ANY COMMUNITY. AND IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO STAY ACTIVE. I HAVE BEEN PLAYING PICKLEBALL AT FAIRCHILD PARKS TO 2018. CURRENTLY, THE PICKLEBALL PARTICIPATION AT FAIRCHILD HAS TRIPLED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND WE HAVE OUTGROWN OUR EIGHT PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT PARKS AND REC LINE FOR US. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY AVERAGING 40 TO 60 PLAYERS A NIGHT, EVEN IN THE HEAT. SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR YOUR HELP. UM, IN THIS, WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND HELPING THE SPORT GROW. THIS YEAR ALONE, WE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN EXTENDING OUR PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY TO OUR NEIGHBORS. AT FORT SAM AND MILITARY BASE, WE HAVE TAUGHT PICKLEBALL TO VETERANS FROM THE VA HOSPITAL AND THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROGRAM AT B A M C. IN ADDITION, WE ARE ADVISED IN THE PLANNING STAGES AND SECURED DONATIONS OF 20 PICKLEBALL NETS, 60 PADDLES, AND 300 PICKLE BALLS FOR THE NEW SPORTS FACILITY AT MORGAN'S WONDERLAND. SO ON BEHALF OF THE PICKLEBALL PLAYERS AT FAIRCHILD, WE ARE ASKING YOUR SUPPORT IN ALLOCATING FUNDS TO SPECIFICALLY RENOVATE FAIRCHILD COURTS TO INCLUDE 16 DEDICATED, COVERED AND SEPARATED PICKLEBALL COURTS. THIS WOULD STILL LEAVE 10, 10 TENNIS COURTS FOR MULTIPLE USE, OR YOU COULD MAKE FAIRCHILD A MODEL AND ALLOCATE DEDICATED COVERED COURTS, UH, TO A COMPLEX NEAR THE DOWNTOWN AREA [01:05:01] ON THE EAST SIDE, WHICH EVERY, WE NEED THIS FACILITY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE COMING OUT TO PLAY PICKLEBALL, BUT THERE'S NOWHERE TO PLAY. SO WE ARE ASKING YOUR SUPPORT AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION TO HELP US FIGHT TO HAVE THIS FACILITY IN OUR NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORING DISTRICT TOO. MR. PERRY, WE INVITE YOU AND YOUR STAFF TO COME OUT TO FAIRCHILD AND PLAY THIS FUN GAME. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME'S LON JETT IV. WE GOT A SLICE OF PROBLEM ON A ROAD THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. IT'S CALLED, UH, LEONHART ROAD. IT'S RIGHT HERE IN DISTRICT 10, RIGHT BY EL DORADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RIGHT AT EL SANDRO ALL THE WAY DOWN IN CANTA. YOU GOT A FOUR-WAY STOP RIGHT THERE IN ENC OR, UH, RIGHT THERE AT EL DORADO. THAT FOUR-WAY STOP, THE NEXT STOP SIGN THAT YOU HAVE IS ALL THE WAY OVER IN ENC ROAD. SO IT'S A LONG STRETCH OF ROAD AND IT'S A CURVED ROAD, SO WE CAN'T PUT SPEED HUMPS DOWN, CAN WE? NOPE. 'CAUSE IT'S A CURVED ROAD, RIGHT? RIGHT. HOW ABOUT BLINKING ARROWS? HOW ABOUT SOME STOP SIGNS? HOW ABOUT SOME YIELD SIGNS? WE'VE HAD A NUMBER FROM THE CASA GRANDE FOLKS AND THE SIERRA MADRE FOLKS ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT ROAD. WE'RE DOING THIS FOR 25 PLUS YEARS. WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOMEBODY TO LOOK AT THIS PLACE. ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, LEONHARD ROAD, RIGHT? HOW BAD IS IT? COME ON. NO, IT'S NOT BAD. IT'S BAD. WE GOT GUNSHOTS, WE GOT, WE GOT WRECKS, WE GOT CARS. I DON'T LET MY KIDS PLAY IN THE BACKYARD 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT A CAR TO RUN THROUGH THE DIM, EXCUSE ME, THE, I DON'T WANT 'EM TO RUN THROUGH MY FENCE. YEAH. SO WE NEED SOMETHING DONE. WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE TRAFFIC CALMING STUDY. YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY TOLD ME THAT OUR HOUSES WERE FACING THE WRONG WAY AND THAT THE 35 WAS TOO HIGH. IT NEEDS TO GO DOWN TO 30 MILES AN HOUR FOR US TO DO ANYTHING AT ALL WITH THIS ROAD. AND IT'S GETTING ON OUR NERVES BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. OKAY, SO EL DORADO, UH, UH, IN EL DORADO AND IN SIERRA NORTH, LEON HART FROM EL SANDRO TO ENC. PLEASE DO SOMETHING. AND ALSO WE HAD OVER, WE HAVE OVERGROWN. YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T SEE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GO, YOU CAN SEE YOU GET TURNED LEFT OR RIGHT BECAUSE THE GRASS IS SO HIGH ON SOME OF THESE ROADS, THESE SIDE ROADS. LEONHART IN THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. YEAH. LEONHART WAS NOT, OH, AND YEAH, LEONHART WAS, WAS NOT LIKE THIS IN THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES AND NINETIES. NOBODY KNEW ABOUT LEONHART, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, THEN THEY DID, WHERE'S BUCK PARKWAY? AND NOW YOU CAN GO THROUGH ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLACES. SO WE'RE FRUSTRATED. IT'S BEEN WAY TOO LONG FOR LEONHARDT. IT NEEDS, IT NEEDS, IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT RIGHT AWAY. SO BEFORE YOU LEAVE THERE, THERE'S THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR IN THE FRONT ROW. COME SEE THE THREE OF US. WHICH ONES? THESE TWO RIGHT HERE. I WILL BE THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I JUST LOOK, THIS BUDGET LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF THOUGHT AND A LOT OF LISTENING WENT INTO IT. AND AS YOU WERE REVIEWING THE SPECIFIC PARTS, ONE THING THAT I REALLY MISS, AND I THINK IT CAME OUTTA THE, THE, UH, SOLID WASTE BUDGET WAS, UH, I TRY TO RECYCLE AS MUCH AS I CAN, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW MY PLASTIC ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE, , BUT I RECYCLE BATTERIES, PAINT CANS, ANYTHING I CAN, TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR MOTHER EARTH. AND THERE USED TO BE, UH, A THING EVERY TWO OR THREE TIMES A YEAR, IT WAS LIKE A MED DROP AND IT WAS CONTACTLESS. YOU JUST DROVE YOUR CAR THROUGH. YOU COULD LEAVE YOUR PAINT GALLONS, YOU COULD LEAVE YOUR MEDICINE, YOU COULD LEAVE YOUR BATTERIES. AND NOW WHEN I CALL 3 1 1 THAT THE SUGGESTION IS BUY SOME CAT LITTER AND PUT ALL YOUR MEDICINE IN THERE. THEN IF YOU WANNA RECYCLE YOUR BATTERIES, GO TO COLLIBRA, WHICH IS A REALLY LONG HAUL FROM WHERE I LIVE OFF THOUSAND OAKS. SO IF WE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS IN THE PLAN FOR THE BUDGET, BUT SOMETHING LIKE IT WOULD BE WELCOME DAVE. UH, DAVID NEWMAN, OUR SOLAR WASTE DIRECTOR. AYE, WE HAVE A HOUSEHOLD HOUSES THIS WAY, SO YOU CAN TAKE THE BATTERIES THERE AT THE BIDDERS LOCATION, WHICH IS REALLY ON WARS PARK PARKWAY. IT'S OPEN ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS. OKAY. OKAY. THE FIRST FRIDAY AND FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. THANK YOU. THAT WASN'T THE INFORMATION I GOT ON 3 1 1, BUT I THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. AND THE MED DROP, THE MEDICINES IS A SAUCE PROGRAM. I'M NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT, UH, WE HAVE PARTNER WITH THEM IN THE PAST AND WE CAN LOOK INTO DOING THAT AGAIN. OKAY, THANK YOU. THE, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF IT COULD BE THE ONE STOP SHOPPING. UM, ANOTHER SUGGESTION WAS [01:10:01] THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF Y'ALL HAVE EVEN THOUGHT THIS, THIS FAR BECAUSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING SO FAST, BUT THE THIRD DOSE IS BEING SUGGESTED FOR THE REALLY IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PEOPLE. AND I WAS THINKING, OR JUST A SUGGESTION THAT MAYBE THE SENIOR CENTERS COULD BE PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, SCHEDULING, BECAUSE I THINK METRO HEALTH DID A GREAT JOB. LIKE AT THE BEGINNING THEY WERE PACKED AND YOU COULDN'T GET ON THE LINE, BUT IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO AND TRIED REAL HARD, IT GOT BETTER AND BETTER. SO JUST A SUGGESTION THAT I KNOW OUR, OUR UH, SENIOR CENTER AT, UH, OFF THOUSAND OAKS IS REALLY GREAT AND I THINK THEY'RE A LITTLE, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE SAID THEY'RE A LITTLE UNDERUTILIZED FOR SUCH A NICE FACILITY. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. I'VE LEARNED A LOT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, UM, JUST, UH, IN TERMS OF, UM, THAT, THAT THIRD DOSE, ONE THING THAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT, AND WE'RE HEARING THIS FROM THE, UM, BOTH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT, UM, REMEMBER BACK IN JANUARY WHEN, WHEN THE VACCINE FIRST CAME OUT, YOU KNOW, PROVIDERS, WALGREENS, CVSS, NOBODY HAD THEM. SO WE WERE, WE HAD THESE MASSIVE VACCINATION EFFORTS. UM, UM, I THINK WHAT THE, WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO DO AND WITH THE STATE, UM, AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE DOSAGES, YOU GO TO YOUR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER, YOU GO TO H E B, UM, AND, AND IT STARTS TO DECENTRALIZE. JUST LIKE IT WOULD FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR A FLU SHOT. IT WON'T BE LIKE A FLU SHOT, BUT, UM, SO IT MAY LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AS THAT CONTINUES TO ROLL OUT. THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION. THANK YOU ERIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE HERE. AND, AND LET ME, LET ME TELL YOU, THERE'S A LOT OF CITY STAFF AROUND HERE. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS YOU GOT HERE? JUST TO KIND OF GO AROUND? I GO AROUND THE ROOM. SO YOU'VE GOT, UM, WE'VE GOT OUR BUDGET OFFICE, WE'VE GOT OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE'VE GOT HUMAN SERVICES, YOU'VE GOT GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, YOU'VE GOT FORMER COUNCILMAN GALLAGHER, YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF POLICE OFFICERS, SAFE OFFICERS. WE'VE GOT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SOLID WASTE, UH, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS. SO ALL THE MAJOR PARKS. WHERE'S PARKS AT? PARKS ALSO. YEAH. PARKS IS HERE. YES. ALL RIGHT. SO EVERYBODY, WE'RE NOT GONNA SHUT THIS PLACE DOWN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO GET UP IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE TO TALK OR ASK QUESTIONS. THEY'RE GONNA STICK AROUND HERE FOR A WHILE. ALSO, IF YOU HAVE SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR AREA, PLEASE GO VISIT WITH HIM THIS EVENING. BUT I WANNA, I, I GOT A COUPLE MORE THINGS HERE. COUNCILMAN GALLAGHER. HE'S BEEN AFTER ME TO KEEP THIS WITHIN HIS HOUR, BUT WE, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ERIC HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO DISCUSS AND GO THROUGH THIS BUDGET. SO, ERIC, IS THERE A PHONE NUMBER OR WHO CAN PEOPLE CONTACT IF THEY GOT COMMENTS ON THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW, AFTER TONIGHT? HOW, HOW CAN WE GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU? BERTHA WILL COME UP HERE. I GAVE, I'M CALL, PUT MY SECOND PAIR OF EYES ON, UM, HOW YOU CAN COMMENT. UH, RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT THEIR BUDGET QUESTIONS, EITHER IN ADVANCE THROUGH 3 1 1 BY EMAILING SA SPEAK UP@SANANTONIO.GOV OR THOSE OF YOU TECH SAVVY USING HASHTAG SA SPEAKUP 22 ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR TEXTING SA SPEAKUP TO 5 5 0 0 0. SO THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR COMMENTS. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE'LL WE'LL SEND SOMETHING OUT ALSO THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, RIGHT? NAA, WHERE'S NAA? YES, SHE'S SAYING YES. WE'RE GONNA SEND THAT OUT FOR EVERYBODY TO MAKE A, UH, MAKE ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. SO, REAL QUICKLY, WHO'S BEEN HERE IN DISTRICT 10 FOR 50 YEARS? 50 YEARS? OKAY. WE GOT ONE 50 YEARS. ANYBODY MORE THAN 50 YEARS? 47. HOW ABOUT 45 YEARS? OKAY, RIGHT THERE. UH, 47 YEARS RIGHT THERE. 47. 48. 48. OKAY. 47. Y'ALL GONNA HAVE TO FIGHT OVER THE BAG, BUT WE GOT A WINNER OVER HERE. I GOT TWO BAGS TO GIVE AWAY. WHERE ARE THE BAGS AT? NAVIAS. GOT 'EM. UH, RAISE UP YOUR HAND IF YOU WERE ONE OF THOSE THAT, UH, UH, MADE THAT 50 YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS HERE IN DISTRICT 10. UH, I HAD SOME OTHER JARVIS OVER HERE. I HAD SOME OTHER COMMENTS, BUT WE ARE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT [01:15:01] LATE. I WANT YOU TO GO AND MINGLE AND TALK WITH THE FOLKS HERE FROM THE CITY STAFF. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.