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          SAN ANTONIO, ANTONIO, AND SAN ANTONIO, PUNTA. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          TIME IS 2:14 PM ON THIS 17TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2021. 
          WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL BUDGET SESSION TO ORDER. 
          MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HARTA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          HERE. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR, MEMBER HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, 
          [1. Staff presentation of the FY 2021 Proposed Budget focusing on, but not limited to, the following City Departments or Initiatives: [Erik Walsh, City Manager; Scott Huizenga, Director, Management and Budget]
A. Metro Health
B. Police
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WE HAVE, UM, OUR BUDGET TOPICS TODAY ON, UH, POLICING SERVICES AS WELL AS METRO HEALTH. 
          SO LEMME TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          SO THIS TODAY IS OUR FIRST COUNCIL BUDGET WORK SESSION. 
          UM, THERE'LL BE, UH, UH, RUN, UM, TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FOR THE NEXT MONTH, A LITTLE OVER A MONTH. 
          AND WE'RE STARTING TODAY WITH, UH, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET, UH, FOLLOWED BY, UM, A, UH, UPDATE ON THE COUNT TO THE COUNCIL ON THE POLICE SERVICES REVIEW THAT MARIA WILL PROVIDE. 
          AND THEN WE'LL END THE PRESENTATION WITH, UH, CLAUDE JACOB AND THE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUDGET. 
          UM, THOSE TWO ARE COMBINED BECAUSE THE MAJ, THE MAJORITY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE POLICE SERVICES REVIEW REALLY IMPACT METRO HEALTH AND DOVETAIL NICELY INTO OUR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE CHIEF, CHIEF CHAIR, FRANKS ISSUE, MAYOR COUNCIL, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UH, WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE A NUMBER OF STAFF IN CASE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT, THAT I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER, UH, WILL CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU, UH, AN ANSWER WITH, UH, FROM ONE OF THOSE STAFF MEMBERS. 
          GOT DEPUTY CHIEF KAREN FAS, LIEUTENANT JESSE SOM SOLAME, MARIAH MEDINA, UH, JOE FRANK PICAZO, WHO AM I MISSING? UH, AND, UH, RICK RILEY, WHO'S, UH, OVER ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES BUREAU. 
          SO WE GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE, THE 500 FEET UP OVERVIEW IS, THERE ARE THREE BUREAUS. 
          THERE IS THE OPERATIONS BUREAU, THERE IS THE, UH, OPERATIONS SUPPORT BUREAU, AND THERE IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES BUREAU. 
          THE OPERATIONS, UH, BUREAU IS PRIMARILY, UH, UNIFORM FUNCTIONS, PATROL, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, ANYTHING UNIFORM ON THE STREET THAT ALSO INCLUDES AIRPORT AND, UH, PARK. 
          AND THE ONLY NON-UNIFORM FUNCTION UNDER, UH, OPERATIONS BUREAU IS OUR VOLUNTEERS IN POLICING. 
          AND THEY DO ALL OF OUR, UM, VOLUNTEER WORK THAT YOU SEE AT, UH, PROMOTIONS AND GRADUATIONS. 
          AND, UH, YOU SEE THEM UP AT THE AIRPORT AS WELL. 
          SO THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THAT, BUT THEY ARE NOT, UH, NOT UNIFORM MEMBERS. 
          AND THEN, UH, OUR OPERATION SUPPORT BUREAU, THAT IS ESSENTIALLY ALL OF YOUR INVESTIGATIVE FUNCTIONS. 
          YOUR, YOUR MAJOR CRIMES UNIT, YOUR COVERT UNITS, UH, ANYTHING INVESTIGATIVE FALLS UNDER INCLUDING FUSION, INCLU, UH, FALLS 
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UNDER OPERATION SUPPORT. 
          AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES BUREAU. 
          THAT IS ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, YOUR FLEET, YOUR RECORDS, UH, AD, UM, FINANCE, ALL OF THAT COMES UNDER OPERATIONS SERVICE, I'M SORRY, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES BUREAU. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO CURRENTLY THERE ARE 2,488 UNIFORM POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT WILL INCREASE TO 25 0 3 WITH THE 15 RECOMMENDED, UH, IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, EIGHT LESS THAN 193 IN PARK POLICE. 
          UH, WITH THAT ADDITION, WE'LL MOVE UP TO 193 PARK POLICE OFFICERS THAT THAT EIGHT, UH, OFFICER INCREASE WILL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR THE EXPANDED LINEAR CREEK WAVES. 
          AND FOR THE, UH, SAN PEDRO, UH, ADDITION TO THE, UH, TO THE SAN, UH, SAN ANTONIO RIVER WALK. 
          AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE 57 AVIATION POLICE OFFICERS THAT WILL NOT CHANGE. 
          AND IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE 978 NON-SWORN MEMBERS. 
          SO THE, UH, RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR IS 540 MILLION, FIVE 40.7 MILLION. 
          THE BULK OF THAT IS IN PATROL SERVICES AT 51%. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER CATEGORIES YOU SEE BROKEN DOWN IN THE COLUMN TO THE LEFT. 
          AND ON THE PIE CHART TO THE RIGHT, THIS YEAR'S ADOPTED BUDGET WILL, UH, UH, INCREASE BY 3.2%. 
          SO BACK IN, UH, 2009, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, THE COUNCIL, UM, RATIFIED A $25 FEE, UH, PROPERTY RECOVERY FEE FROM ANYONE WHO WAS ARRESTED. 
          UH, THAT HAPPENED, UH, UH, I THINK IT WAS IN, WELL, IT WAS IN 2009. 
          I DON'T RECALL WHAT MONTH IT WAS IN. 
          UH, THAT FEE OFFSETS THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS TO HANDLE THE PROPERTY. 
          AND THAT BACK IN 20, I BELIEVE IT WAS 2018, THE, THE, THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY THAT WAS TAKEN IN AT, AT THE PROPERTY ROOM JUMPED, UH, 121%. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE TAKING IN OVER 30,000 PIECES OF PROPERTY IN 2019 F Y 2019 AND F Y 2020. 
          UM, THE ANTICIPATED REVENUE FROM THAT IS 203,000. 
          THE CAUSE TO OPERATE THE PROPERTY ROOM IS 1.1 MILLION. 
          AND, UH, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 21, I'M SORRY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2021, THAT FEE WILL NO LONGER BE ASSESSED. 
          AND THEN LOOKING AT UNIFORM POSITIONS, UH, BACK IN 20 13, 20 14, AND 2015, THE DEPARTMENT REMAINED STATIC, UH, IN OUR, UM, IN OUR NUMBERS, IN OUR AUTHORIZED NUMBERS. 
          SO, UH, IN 2016, WE WOUND UP, WE FOUND OURSELVES WITH, UH, 148 VACANCIES. 
          UH, IN 27, UH, I'M SORRY, 2017, WE FOUND OURSELVES WITH 136 VACANCIES. 
          AND WE'VE ONLY CLIMBED OUT OF THAT HOLE WITHIN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OR SO. 
          AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE, UH, WE HAVE 18 VACANCIES DUE TO RETIREMENTS AND OTHER SEPARATIONS. 
          UH, IN 2019 AND 2020, WE WERE ACTUALLY 41 OVER OUR AUTHORIZED STRENGTHS WITH CADETS. 
          AND IN 2020, WE WERE 37 OVER IN OUR AUTHORIZED STRENGTHS. 
          BUT AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE FINALLY OUTTA THAT HOLE. 
          UH, AND WE HAVE NOT HAD A PROBLEM RECRUITING AT ALL IN OUR POLICE, EXCUSE ME, IN OUR POLICE ACADEMY. 
          WE'VE GOT FOUR CLASSES SCHEDULED FOR THIS YEAR, ONE REMAINING, WHICH WILL BEGIN IN 20, UH, I'M SORRY, SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. 
          UH, THERE ARE, IN 2021 A, THERE ARE 48 CADETS, 40 AND 21 B, AND 38 AND 21 C. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, 20, UH, 21 D WILL BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER. 
          AND THEN THERE'S FOUR CLASSES THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022. 
          UH, THE FIRST ONE WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY, THE SECOND ONE IN APRIL THE THIRD IN, UM, JULY. 
          AND THE LAST ONE WILL BEGIN IN, UH, OCTOBER. 
          SO WE ARE ALWAYS MINDFUL OF DIVERSITY AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, UH, COMPARED TO THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE CITY. 
          UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UH, THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE LISTED, UH, ON THE MATRIX ON THE SLIDE. 
          UH, AS FAR AS ETHNICITY, RACE, AND GENDER. 
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SO FROM 2017 THROUGH 2021 AND THE, AND 2021 IS ACTUALLY A PROJECTION. 
          UH, THE COST FOR SERVICES FLUCTUATED EACH YEAR AND THE LOWEST YEAR. 
          IF YOU NOTICE, AND, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THIS ON A LOT OF OTHER, ON SOME OF THE OTHER STATS THAT I PROVIDE, THAT 2020 IS AN ANOMALY. 
          UH, WE ARE, WE WERE, UH, LOWEST THAT YEAR FOR EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY CALLS. 
          AND OUR PROJECTION FOR 2021 IS, UH, 1.4 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY AND 916,000, ALMOST 917,000 FOR NON-EMERGENCY CALLS. 
          OUR U C R CRIME STATS, THESE NUMBERS TEND TO FLUCTUATE OVER THE YEARS. 
          UH, SOME FOLKS TRY TO COMPARE CITY TO CITY, UH, WITH THE CRIME NUMBERS. 
          UH, THAT IS NOT ADVISABLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A VALID COMPARISON. 
          UH, EVEN THE F B I WARNS AGAINST DOING THAT. 
          UH, THE NUMBERS, UH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THEM FLUCTUATING FROM YEAR TO YEAR. 
          UH, IN 2020. 
          AGAIN, HERE'S THE ANOMALY. 
          YOU SEE A BIG JUMP DURING C AND, UH, A DROP, UH, THIS YEAR, YEAR TO DATE. 
          UM, THAT'S VIOLENT CRIME. 
          AND PROPERTY CRIME IS ACTUALLY THE SAME THING. 
          THERE'S A, A DIP IN 2020 AND, UH, YEAR TO DATE AND 2021, UH, WE SEE A, A, I CAN'T SEE BECAUSE OF MY, THE PICTURES HERE ON MY THING, BUT THE, UM, THE NUMBER IS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN IT WAS IN 2020. 
          AND THIS, THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THAT THE PERCENTAGES OF CRIME, EXCUSE ME, A CRIME THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT, UH, VIOLENT CRIME DOWN, UH, 13% ROUNDED UP PROPERTY CRIME DOWN THREE AND A HALF PERCENT, UH, FOR 2020. 
          YOUR YOUR VIOLENT CRIME. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT HOMICIDES, RAPE, ROBBERIES, AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS AND PROPERTY CRIME. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT BURGLARY THEFT AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT. 
          THEFT IS YOUR MOST REPORTED CRIME AND MOTOR VEHICLE SET. 
          THEFT IS THE ONLY CATEGORY THAT WE SEE AN INCREASE IN OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIME, UH, YEAR TO DATE IS SIX MINUTES AND 18 SECONDS. 
          AGAIN, YOU CAN LOOK ACROSS IT AND SEE THE ANOMALY IN 2020. 
          AND WE, WE, UH, WE, UH, UM, EXPLAIN THAT WITH C O V I D, UH, LITTLE TRAFFIC ON THE STREET, FEWER PEOPLE CALLING THE POLICE. 
          AND THEN, UM, THE NON-EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIME, SAME THING IN 2020. 
          NON-RESPONSE TIMES ARE DOWN, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          AND OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES, THEY GO BACK UP TO AROUND NORMAL, WHICH YOU'D CONSIDER NORMAL IN 2021, UH, UH, YEAR TO DATE. 
          SO, UH, UH, MARIA'S GOING TO, UH, TAKE OVER FROM HERE AND TALK ABOUT POLICE SERVICES REVIEW. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, THIS PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION BUILDS UPON PRESENTATIONS THAT WE MADE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ON THE REVIEW OF POLICE SERVICES. 
          IN PARTICULAR. 
          WHAT WE ARE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON TODAY ARE, ARE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          THIS RECOMMENDATIONS REFLECT WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS ON WHAT TYPE OF CALLS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD RESPOND TO, AND ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES FOR CERTAIN CALLS. 
          SO I'LL START WITH THREE AREAS THAT WERE THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS, UH, REVIEW MENTAL HEALTH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND HOMELESSNESS. 
          SO LET ME BEGIN WITH SOME STATISTICS JUST TO PUT CONTEXT TO THE WORK THAT WE ARE GONNA BE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY. 
          SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT MENTAL HEALTH CALLS, THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF 9 1 1 CALLS THAT COME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE IN 2019, WE HAD, UM, BELOW 22,000 CALLS ANNUALLY. 
          IN 2020, WE SAW AN INCREASE. 
          WE ATTRIBUTE THAT POTENTIALLY TO C OVID 19, UH, CLOSE TO 25,000 CALLS. 
          UH, SO FAR JANUARY THROUGH JULY, WE HAVE CLOSE TO 17,000 CALLS. 
          AND IF THE TREND CONTINUES, WE'LL PROBABLY EXCEED THE 2020 NUMBERS. 
          NOW, THIS, UH, STATISTICS REFLECT THOSE CALLS THAT COME INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY DON'T REFLECT THE FINAL DISPOSITION OF THE CALL. 
          THERE ARE CALLS SOMETIMES THAT COME IN AS A MENTAL HEALTH AND MAYBE THEY'RE CLOSED WITH A DIFFERENT, UH, TYPE OF CALL. 
          UH, THERE'S SOME CALLS THAT COME IN AS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CALL THAT MAY RESULT IN THE MENTAL HEALTH. 
          HOWEVER, THESE ARE THE STATISTICS THAT WE HAVE AND THE BASIS FOR OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          IN TERMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, YOU SEE THE NUMBER IS SIGNIFICANTLY 
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HIGHER THAN MENTAL HEALTH RELATED CALLS. 
          AND THESE ARE ALL THE FAMILY VIOLENCE RELATED CALLS THAT COME INTO OUR 9 1 1 SYSTEM AND THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO. 
          SO IN 2019, WE HAD CLOSE TO 62,000 CALLS. 
          IN 2020, THAT NUMBER INCREASED TO OVER 68,000 CALLS. 
          WE ATTRIBUTE THAT TO C OVID 19 AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT HAD ON OUR FAMILIES. 
          IN 2021, JANUARY THROUGH JULY, WE ARE AT CLOSE TO 43,000 CALLS. 
          IF THIS TREND CONTINUES FOR THE REST OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, IT IS LIKELY THAT WE WILL SEE A HIGHER NUMBER COMPARED TO 2020. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL WHERE SOME OF THESE CALLS ARE COMING FROM IN TERMS OF OUR SUBSTATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR MENTAL HEALTH. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PARTICULAR CHART THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE 9 1 1 CALLS ARE COMING FROM OUR CENTRAL SUBSTATION AND OUR PERU SUBSTATION. 
          SOMETHING TO NOTE ON THE PROOF SUBSTATION IS THAT THIS AREA INCLUDES THE MEDICAL CENTER AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO EMERGENCY DETENTIONS TO THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION. 
          THEREFORE, THERE'S A HIGHER NUMBER, UH, COMPARED TO OTHER SUBSTATIONS, UH, IMPROVED IN TERMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          WE HAVE A DIFFERENT STORY TO TO TELL IN TERMS OF THE CALLS THAT COME TO OUR 9 1 1 SYSTEM. 
          THE TWO SUBSTATIONS THAT REPRESENT THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CALLS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS SOUTH AND WEST. 
          AND ON THIRD, WE HAVE EAST TO PUT SOME CONTEXT AS WELL TO THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TODAY TO ADDRESS THE CALLS THAT I JUST REVIEWED WITH THE COUNCIL IN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TO ADDRESS, UH, MENTAL HEALTH CALLS TODAY. 
          SO IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 13 THAT COMPRISE OUR MENTAL HEALTH UNIT. 
          THE HUMAN SERVICES, UH, DEPARTMENT HAS THREE HEALTH CLINICIANS. 
          THIS ARE CONTRACTED WITH THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES, AND THIS THREE CLINICIANS SUPPORT THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT WHEN THEY RESPOND TO MENTAL HEALTH CALLS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF, UH, PARAMEDICS IN OUR, UM, IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT ALSO SUPPORT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION ARE MONDAY, UH, TWO FRIDAY FROM 7:00 AM TO 5:00 PM IN THE AREA OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          UH, WE STARTED A PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO HEALTH LAST YEAR AS WE TRANSITIONED SOME OF OUR CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM AS CIVILIAN MEMBERS TO METRO HEALTH. 
          SO THE RESOURCE, SO THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IS A TOTAL OF 59 UNIFORM POSITIONS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THIS, UH, POSITIONS PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY AT 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 
          ON METRO HEALTH, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 28 POSITIONS. 
          20 OF THOSE ARE CIVILIAN ADVOCATES. 
          UH, AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, EIGHT, UH, CASE MANAGERS THAT ALSO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE HOURS OF OPERATION ARE DIFFERENT THAN THOSE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY PROVIDE SERVICES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM ON AVERAGE, AND A FEW OF THOSE EMPLOYEES, UM, PROVIDE SERVICES TILL MIDNIGHT. 
          NOW, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE SERVICES THAT OUR MENTAL HEALTH UNIT PROVIDES TODAY. 
          SO THE WAY YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN ARE SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, UNIT PARTICIPATES WITH, UM, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UH, STARTING WITH ESCALATED MENTAL HEALTH CALLS, THAT IS PRIMARILY PATROL OPERATION SUPPORT. 
          SO WHEN THERE IS A, WHAT WE CALL AN ESCALATED MENTAL HEALTH CALL THAT REQUIRES A SPECIALIZED ATTENTION, THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, UNIT IS CALLING TO SUPPORT OUR PATROL OFFICERS TO ADDRESS THAT CALL. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT IS CALLED INTENSIVE CARE COORDINATION, OR THE PICK. 
          THIS IS A, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH POLICE, FIRE, AND A CLINICIAN THAT FOCUSES PRIMARILY IN HIGH UTILIZERS OF THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM. 
          THEY CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 100 CLIENTS THAT THEY WORK WITH, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT ALSO PROVIDES TRAINING TO OUR CADETS AND TO OUR POLICE O OFFICERS DURING AND SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          UH, AND THIS TRAINING IS RELATED TO CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING. 
          ALL OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE TRAINED, UM, TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS CRISIS SITUATIONS ON, ON THEIR DAILY, UM, OPERATIONS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A, UH, COLLABORATIVE WITH THE SOUTH TEXAS CRISIS, OR, OR SS T C C. 
          AND THE GOAL OF THIS PARTNERSHIP IS TO REDUCE EMERGENCY 
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DETENTIONS THAT GO TO OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEM. 
          THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT ALSO PARTICIPATES WITH FUSION TO DO THREAT ASSESSMENTS, AND THIS IS, UH, TAILORED TO, IDENTIFIED ANY PUBLIC SAFETY THREATS IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH, UM, CONDITION. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, THEY DO CHRONIC CRISIS STABILIZATION, WHICH IS FOLLOW UP WITH CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS THAT WE COME ACROSS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE PROGRESSING AS THEY DEAL WITH, UM, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. 
          IN TERMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AS I MENTIONED THIS, UM, 2021, UM, CALENDAR YEAR, WE STARTED A PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO HEALTH. 
          UH, THERE WERE 20 POSITIONS THAT WERE TRANSFERRED FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CIVILIAN POSITIONS TO METRO HEALTH LAST YEAR. 
          THESE ARE THE CRISIS RESPOND TEAM CASEWORKERS, AND THERE IS A DIVISION WITHIN OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE CLAUDE WILL TALK ABOUT DURING HIS PRESENTATION, WHICH IS VIOLENCE PREVENTION. 
          THE GOAL OF MOVING THIS INDIVIDUALS TO METRO HEALTH WAS TO HAVE A PROMOTE A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO ADVOCACY. 
          ADDITIONALLY, LAST YEAR THROUGH A GRANT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD 25 DETECTIVES TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE SPECIALIZED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COVERAGE, 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 
          SO, MOVING ON TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE BUDGET. 
          SO WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO THE COUNCIL IS TO STRENGTHEN OUR RESPONSE TO MENTAL HEALTH. 
          EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE CITY RETAINED THE MEADOWS POLICY INSTITUTE THAT EVALUATED OUR CURRENT RESPONSE TO MENTAL HEALTH IN TERMS OF THE CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SOME OF THE FINDINGS FROM THE ANALYSIS THAT THEY CONDUCTED IS THAT THEY FOUND THAT SAN SAN ANTONIO HAS A STRONG FOUNDATION OF EFFECTIVE CROSS SYSTEM COLLABORATION AMONG FI FIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES, POLICE, FIRE, LOCAL LEADERSHIP, AND COMMUNITY PROVIDERS LIKE OUR CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES. 
          AND STRAC. 
          THE CITY ALSO COLLABORATES WITH PARTNERS ON A TEAM APPROACH TO HAVE A INTEGRATED INTERVENTION OF MENTAL HEALTH. 
          THEY ALSO NOTED THAT THE C'S THE CITY'S CURRENT CRISIS CARE CONTINUUM FOCUSES PRIMARILY IN TRANSPORTING AN INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS TO AN EMERGENCY FACILITY. 
          WHAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT WE, UH, IMPLEMENT A MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TEAM THAT LEVERAGES THIS EXISTING COLLABORATIONS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. 
          AND THIS TEAM WILL CONSIST OF ONE CLINICIAN, A PARAMEDIC, AND A POLICE OFFICER. 
          WHAT THE MEADOWS, UH, GROUP RECOMMENDED WAS THAT WE FOCUS ON, UH, A FEW ZIP CODES WITHIN THE CITY THREE SPECIFICALLY. 
          ONE IS 7 8 2 0 7, WHICH IS IS THE AREA WHERE THE HE, WHERE WE HAVE THE HEAVIEST CONCENTRATION OF 9 1 1 MENTAL HEALTH CALLS. 
          UH, AND THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM FROM 7:00 AM IN THE MORNING TO 10:00 PM. 
          THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED TWO ADDITIONAL ZIP CODES THAT FALL WITHIN THE MEDICAL CENTER AREA WITH A COVERAGE OF 8:00 AM TO 8:00 PM. 
          THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT WE INTEGRATE LICENSED CLINICIANS TO OUR NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER TO ADDRESS CALLS AND BE ABLE TO DIVERT THOSE CALLS TO THIS SPECIALIZED TEAM. 
          ANOTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THEY MADE IS THAT WE FOLLOW A DATA-DRIVEN PUBLIC SAFETY MODEL AS WE IMPLEMENT THE CHANGES THAT THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT WE MONITOR RESULTS AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY. 
          THE GOAL OF THIS, UM, PROGRAM IS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE RAPID ACCESS TO CLINICAL CARE RATHER THAN MAKING AN ARREST. 
          SO WHAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET RECOMMENDS IS THAT WE INCORPORATE THE MEADOWS, UH, POLICY INSTITUTE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE FOCUS IN. 
          ONE AREA IN THIS CASE IS THE CENTRAL SUBSTATION THAT INCLUDES ZIP CODE 7 8 2 0 7. 
          WE ARE PROPOSING ONE TEAM THAT WILL COVER SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM 7:00 AM TO 11:00 PM OR 16 HOURS A DAY. 
          WE ALSO ARE RECOMMENDING THREE CLINICAL DISPATCHERS, UH, TO OUR NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE DAYS WHERE WE HAVE THE GREATEST FREQUENCY OF MENTAL HEALTH CALLS, WHICH IS TUESDAY AND THURSDAY FROM 10:00 AM TO 7:00 PM OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO BEGIN THIS PROGRAM IN MARCH OR APRIL OF, UH, 2022. 
          AND THE BUDGET RECOMMENDS $1.7 MILLION FOR THIS INITIATIVE. 
          JUST TO POINT OUT IN THE POLICE BUDGET OF THE 1.7 MILLION, THE RECOMMENDATION IS $311,000. 
          SO JUST TO, UH, DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT MORE HOW COAL WOULD BE HANDLED USING THIS NEW MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM 
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AND THE ROLE OF EACH OF THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS IN THE TEAM. 
          SO TO SUMMARIZE THE ROLE OF THE POLICE OFFICER, THEY'RE THERE TO SECURE THE SCENE. 
          THEY'RE THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE FOR THE CIVILIANS TO COME IN AND ASSIST. 
          UM, THE, THE INDIVIDUAL HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, THE PARAMEDIC WILL PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION IF NEEDED, MEDICAL CLEARANCE AS SOMETIMES INDIVIDUAL MAY BE HAVING A MEDICAL EPISODE, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A MENTAL HEALTH EPISODE. 
          SO HAVING THAT PROFESSIONAL ON SCENE, UH, WILL BE, WILL BE UNNECESSARY. 
          THE MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN, AS YOU SEE, THAT'S MOST OF THE WORK. 
          THEY'RE THE ONES THAT REFER THE FAMILY TO TREATMENT IF THEY'RE CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY, UH, POTENTIALLY THE PERPETRATOR, UH, IF IT'S A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL, RE REFER THE FAMILY TO SERVICES, TREAT IN PLACE IF, IF NECESSARY. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE HOSPITAL, UH, BE ABLE TO LINK WITH, UM, CARE AFTER THE CALL. 
          ONE OF THE IDEAS IS TO BE ABLE TO LINK THIS INDIVIDUALS TO LONG-TERM CARE RATHER THAN JUST HANDLING THE, THE CALL FOR THAT ONE DAY AND THEN CONNECTING TO OTHER SERVICES SUCH AS HOUSING. 
          NOW THE NEXT RECOMMENDATION IS STRENGTHENING OUR RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          SO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO HEALTH AND CLAUDE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS IS ENHANCEMENTS IN OUR ON SCENE, UM, RESPONSE. 
          AND THIS IS PARTICULARLY THE INTERSECTION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, MORE CASE, UH, MANAGEMENT, HAVING CERTAIN DATA-DRIVEN, UH, STRATEGIES THAT WILL HELP US TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, UM, COULD BE POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION. 
          PRIMARILY FOCUSING ON SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS ON HOW TO HELP, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS. 
          SO SPECIFICALLY THE INTERSECTION WITH THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA FOCUS TODAY. 
          THIS ENHANCEMENT, UM, IS TARGETED TO ADDING ADDITIONAL CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM MEMBERS TO THE SOUTHWEST AND EAST SUBSTATIONS, A TOTAL OF 17 ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO PROVIDE COVERAGE ON THE EVENINGS AND ON WEEKENDS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TODAY. 
          WE ARE RECOMMENDING THOSE THREE SUBSTATIONS. 
          'CAUSE AS I SHOW YOU WITH THE DATA, THOSE ARE THE THREE AREAS WHERE WE GET MOST OF THE CALLS. 
          NOW, I WANTED TO MENTION A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, BACK IN JUNE, 2019, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ AND PELA REQUESTED A STRUCTURE, A STRUCTURE ASSESSMENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT GAPS WE HAD, WHAT WAS FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS, AND WHERE WE COULD MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENT. 
          SO METRO HEALTH TOOK THE LEAD IN DEVELOPING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER, 2019. 
          DURING THAT TIME, IN JULY OF 2019, JUDGE AKA CREATED THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          UH, THIS IS THE FIRST CITY COUNTY COLLABORATION HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WHERE WE CONVENING LOCAL LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, THE JUDICIARY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, PROSECUTION, NONPROFITS, AND HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATION AGENCIES TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD BRIDGES AND COLLABORATE, UH, OF THE WORK THAT ALL THESE AGENCIES ARE DOING AND BE MORE IMPACTFUL ON THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          THE C C D V OR THE COLLABORATIVE, IMPLEMENTED A PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGY FOR ADDRESSING AND PREVENTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE USING THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY METRO HEALTH. 
          INITIALLY, THE COLLABORATIVE WAS CO-CHAIR BY JUDGE MONIQUE DIAZ AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER COLLEEN BRIDGER DOC, WITH THE DEPARTURE DEPARTURE OF DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          UH, THE CITY MANAGER ASKED ME TO BE THE CO-CHAIR, UH, OF THE COMMISSION. 
          SO I'VE BEEN DOING THAT ROLE, UM, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT OUR CITY. 
          UH, METRO HEALTH IS A BACKBONE OF THIS ORGANIZATION. 
          THEY DO, UH, A LOT OF THE WORK THAT, UH, ENTAILS THE RESEARCH AND, AND THE INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE TAKING, UH, WITH, WITH, WITH THE COLLABORATIVE. 
          SO I'M GONNA MOVE NOW ALSO TO OTHER CALLS, UH, THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS AS PART OF THIS BUDGET AND SOME OF THE RECOMMENDED PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO STARTING WITH ANIMAL RELATED CALLS, WE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE POLICE SERVICES REVIEW THAT THERE'S 9,800 CALLS ON AVERAGE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ADDRESSES BARKING DOGS, UM, OR OTHER TYPE OF RELATED CALLS, AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO TRANSFER THIS TO, UH, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          THE 
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POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO VICIOUS CALLS, UH, OF VICIOUS, UH, I'M SORRY, CALLS RELATED TO VICIOUS DOGS THAT MAY REQUIRE POLICE OFFICERS TO BE, TO BE PRESENT. 
          SO THE BUDGET IS ADDING FOUR POSITIONS TO ANIMAL CARE SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS CALLS RELATED TO FIREWORKS. 
          UH, THE, THE BUDGET PROPOSES THAT WE TRANSFER THE RESPONSE TO THOSE CALLS TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY THE ARSON DIVISION, AND THEY WILL HANDLE THOSE CALLS ONLY DURING NEW YEARS AND, AND 4TH OF JULY. 
          WE GET FIREWORK CALLS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THOSE. 
          BUT THOSE TWO HOLIDAYS, WHEN WE GET MOST OF THE CALLS, WILL BE HANDLED BY THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF LOUD MUSIC. 
          UH, WE, UH, IDENTIFY THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. 
          HOWEVER, WE WANNA DO A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THREE MONTHS DURING THE YEAR, SPECIFICALLY ON THURSDAY, FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS, TO SEND A CODE OFFICER TO RESPOND TO THE CALL, IDENTIFIED IF THERE'S A CODE VIOLATION. 
          AND IF THERE IS, THEN THE POLICE OFFICER WILL COME AND ISSUE A CITATION. 
          SO WE'RE, UH, RECOMMENDING TO ADD SOME OVERTIME TO CODE ENFORCEMENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS PILOT PROGRAM. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A TASK FORCE THAT IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON POTENTIAL CHANGES TO OUR NOISE ORDINANCE. 
          SO THIS PILOT PROGRAM WILL ALLOW US TO, UH, FIGURE OUT THE ENFORCEMENT OF WHATEVER CHANGES ARE PROPOSED. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, ON PROPERTY FOUND, UH, THIS IS, UH, FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM OUR POLICE OFFICERS AS PART OF THE POLICE SERVICES, UH, REVIEW. 
          AND TODAY WHEN OFFICERS FOUND, UM, WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS THAT THEY FOUND PROPERTY IN THE FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE, THE POLICE OFFICER PICKS UP THE PROPERTY AND BRINGS IT TO THE PROPERTY ROOM. 
          SO WE ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLING SOME STORAGE UNITS IN EACH OF OUR POLICE SUBSTATIONS, SO OUR OFFICERS CAN TAKE THE PROPERTY THERE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE PROPERTY ROOM BRING IT DOWNTOWN. 
          HOWEVER, THERE'S CERTAIN EVIDENCE LIKE WEAPONS, FOR EXAMPLE, OR, UM, DRUGS THAT THE OFFICERS WILL HAVE TO BRING TO THE PROPERTY ROOM. 
          SO THERE'LL BE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THAT CHANGE. 
          NEXT, THE OTHER AREA THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UH, IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HEARD, YOU MAY RECALL, AS WE HAD THE 27 COMMUNITY MEETINGS ACROSS THE CITY, WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THE STREET LIGHTING WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM TO FEEL SAFE AT NIGHT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD $5.8 MILLION TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          WE ARE GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THIS WHEN WE DO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PRESENTATION. 
          WE ALSO HEARD, UH, THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO SEE MORE VISIBILITY OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING ADDING 50 NEW POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS, 12 AS SAFE AND THREE FOR OUR DOWNTOWN BIKE PATROL. 
          AND FINALLY, WE ARE GONNA BE REVAMPING OUR WEBSITE IN 2022 TO BE ABLE TO DISAGGREGATE DATA. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY IS THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED TO SEE MORE DETAIL OF THIS DATA. 
          SO SPEAKING OF DATA, THE LAST, UH, PRES, UH, SLIDE ON MY PRESENTATION IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE ARE GOING TO EMBARK ON WITH METRO HEALTH. 
          SO WHEN WE LOOK AT CRIME, CRIME IS NOT THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, WE HAVE, THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT'S A LOT OF EVIDENCE-BASED DATA WHERE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE TACKLE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF FOSTER CRIME AND THE VICTIMIZATION THAT IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY OF REDUCING CRIME. 
          THE EARLY INTERVENTION IS A KEY TO BE ABLE TO BREAK THE CYCLE AS WE HAVE SOME, UH, VICTIMS THAT TEND TO BE OFFENDERS LATER IN THEIR LIFE. 
          SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE PROVIDE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, FROM PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMMING, HUMAN SERVICES, UH, PROGRAMS, METRO HEALTH, OUR PRE-K FOUR S A INVESTMENTS, OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS, UH, ALL OF THOSE, UH, ARE LIKELY TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON REDUCING CRIME, BUT WE HAVEN'T MEASURED THAT AS AN ORGANIZATION. 
          SO ONE OF THE, THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO EMBARK ON IS WORKING WITH THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION DIVISION WITHIN METRO HEALTH IS FOR THEM TO START LOOKING AT THIS DATA WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS TO BE ABLE TO ANALYZE WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF OUR PROGRAMS, AND PERHAPS MAKE SOME TARGETED RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL ON CHANGES WITHIN THOSE PROGRAMS. NOW, THE ROLE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THIS PARTNERSHIP IS TO SUPPORT WITH CRIME DATA TREND ANALYSIS AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE, AS WE WILL BE ANALYZING DATA AND POTENTIALLY MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK TO CHIEF MCMANUS TO, UH, FINALIZE THIS PRESENTATION. 
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THANK YOU, MARIA. 
          SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE OUT MY, UH, PART OF THE PRESENTATION WITH THIS LAST PORTION HERE, AND THEN I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE, UH, THE METRO HEALTH DIRECTOR, CLAUDE JACOB, UH, WHO WILL TAKE IT UP FROM THERE. 
          SO, LOOKING AT OUR 2022 INITIATIVES, UH, THREE OF THEM ENHANCED RELATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND DATA AND TRANSPARENCY, UH, LOOKING AT ENHANCING COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS. 
          WE HAVE OUR SAFE UNIT AND OUR ENHANCED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES, OUR TEXT NOTIFICATION PROGRAM, WHICH I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. 
          AND THEN OUR CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM, WHICH WE'LL ALSO, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. 
          SO YOU CAN'T GO TO A, A COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, WITHOUT RUNNING INTO A SAFE OFFICER OR TWO, OR THREE OR FOUR, UH, TO INCLUDE SUPERVISOR. 
          UH, THEY NOT ONLY ATTEND COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO LISTEN TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND ISSUES WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THEY ADDRESS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES, QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT WON'T NECESSARILY, OR AREN'T NECESSARILY DEALT BEST WITH BY A 9 1 1 OR NON-EMERGENCY CALL. 
          UH, THEY DEAL WITH CHRONIC ISSUES THAT HAVE PLAGUED NEIGHBORHOODS FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, JOE FRANK IS PUTTING HIS TRASH CAN TOO CLOSE TO MY DRIVEWAY. 
          I DON'T LIKE IT. 
          AND THEN A FEUD STARTS. 
          SAFE OFFICERS WILL OFTEN, OFTEN GET INVOLVED IN THOSE TYPES OF, OF, UH, DISPUTES. 
          UH, THEY ALSO DO DIRECT TO PATROL, THEY DO WORK IN SCHOOLS, THEY DO MENTORING AND A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT, UM, UM, THERE ARE NO OTHER UNITS ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO, TO DO. 
          UM, WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, UM, 112 TOTAL SAFE OFFICERS. 
          WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD ANOTHER 12, UH, IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, AND THEY'LL BE DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY ACROSS THE SUBSTATIONS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING SIX PARK POLICE OFFICERS, UH, TO PROVIDE SECURITY, UH, TO THE ADDITIONAL PARK ACRES THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED AND TO THE SAN PEDRO CREEK LINEAR CULTURE PARK EXPANSION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A, THAT'S A, UH, A, UH, THING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, THERE IS NO FINISH LINE HERE. 
          WE ARE ALWAYS WORKING TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, WHICH I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT. 
          SO, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE STARTED, UH, DOING PUBLIC SAFETY ROUND TABLES IN EACH OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS. 
          WE STARTED WITH, UH, DISTRICT TWO, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, I THINK THAT WAS BACK IN OCTOBER. 
          AND WE WOUND UP GETTING, UH, UM, WE WOUND UP GETTING STOPPED BY COVID. 
          SO WE ONLY DID, I THINK WE DID TWO OF THEM BEFORE COVID TOOK OVER, AND WE HAD TO CANCEL THEM. 
          BUT THE PLAN IS AS C O BECOMES DORMANT AGAIN, THAT WE'LL PICK UP THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY ROUNDTABLES. 
          AND THE DISCUSSION IN THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY ROUNDTABLES IS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS. 
          WE TALK ABOUT THEIR ISSUES, WE TALK ABOUT BIG PICTURE THINGS GOING ON IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND NOT ONLY IN THE CITY, BUT ACROSS THE NATION, THAT, THAT KIND OF BLEED BACK OVER ONTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THEN, UM, COMMUNITY SURVEYS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE, WE, UH, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT SPIDER TECH AGAIN IN A, IN A SLIDE OR TWO FROM NOW, BUT WE HAVE THIS COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM CALLED SPIDER TECH. 
          IF YOU CALL NINE ONE ONE, OR YOU CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER TO REPORT A CRIME, YOU'LL IMMEDIATELY GET A TEXT BACK FROM SPIDER TECH. 
          AND THEY HELPED US, UH, EVEN BEFORE THEY WENT ONLINE, DEALING WITH CALLS DURING C O V I, BY LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT, THAT THE POLICE ARE COMING, YOU NEED TO WEAR YOUR MASK. 
          POLICE OFFICERS NOT GONNA COME IN YOUR HOUSE. 
          THEY'LL ALSO BE WEARING A MASK, AND THEY GIVE YOU A CASE NUMBER. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOUR, YOUR CASE IS PICKED UP BY AN INVESTIGATOR, YOU'LL GET THE NAME OF THE INVESTIGATOR, THE PHONE NUMBER, AND ANY UPDATES EVERY TIME SOMEONE WORKS ON YOUR CASE, UH, DURING THE INVESTIGATION. 
          UH, SPIDER TECH ALSO ALLOWS US TO DO COMMUNITY SURVEYS. 
          UH, THE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS TO DO A SURVEY A QUARTER TO KIND OF GAUGE OURSELVES AND SEE HOW WE'RE DOING, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY'S EYES. 
          UM, THE PUBLIC SAFETY SUMMITS, WE HAD PLANNED A PUBLIC SAFETY SUMMIT THIS MONTH WITH DISTRICTS TWO AND THREE, BUT BECAUSE OF COVID, WE CANCELED IT. 
          UH, AS SOON AS COVID STARTS TO RE UH, RECEDE, WE 
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WILL PICK UP THAT PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING AND, UH, AND SCHEDULE A DATE. 
          AND, UH, WE PLAN ON DOING THAT IN EACH QUADRANT OF THE CITY. 
          AND WE'LL LET, UH, WE'LL LET Y'ALL KNOW WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN IT'S SCHEDULED FOR YOUR AREAS. 
          AND THEN, UM, UH, WE HAVE A NEW FAITH-BASED COLLABORATIVE, UH, OFFICER DOUG GREEN KIND OF HEADS THAT UP WITH RON BROWN. 
          RON BROWN WAS THE, THE INDIVIDUAL WE HIRED TO BE A COMMUNITY LIAISON DIRECTLY FROM MY OFFICE TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE, UH, ANY, UH, ANY LINK INTO THE CHIEF'S OFFICER, INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THE TEXT NOTIFICATION, UH, WHICH I JUST TALKED ABOUT, THE, UH, UH, SPIDER TECH. 
          SO WE'VE SIGNED UP, UH, TO DATE, WE'VE SIGNED UP TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO HASN'T DONE THIS WHO'S LISTENING IS TEXT S A P D TO THE NUMBER 3 9 9 8 7, AND YOU'LL BE SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE INFORMATION. 
          YOU'LL GET A TEXT BACK AFTER YOU DO THAT, ASKING YOU FOR YOUR ZIP CODE. 
          SO THAT WAY, IF THERE'S A CRIME PROBLEM IN YOUR AREA WHERE, UM, WE'D LIKE TO NOTIFY YOU THAT THIS IS GOING ON, YOU'LL GET A TEXT MESSAGE SPECIFIC TO YOUR, TO YOUR ZIP CODE, LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A BURGLARY FROM VEHICLE PROBLEM, OR THERE'S A ROBBERY PATTERN, OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. 
          WE CAN PUSH THAT INFORMATION OUT TO YOU. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION ON THE, ON THE WEB, BUT YOU HAVE TO GO TO IT TO GET IT. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THAT, AND WE'RE GONNA SEND THE INFORMATION TO YOU ON THINGS THAT ARE PERTINENT, AGAIN, NOT JUST TO YOUR ZIP CODE, BUT ALSO CITYWIDE. 
          AND THEN, EXCUSE ME, OUR PRI CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM. 
          SO IN 2021, WELL, LEMME GO, LEMME JUMP TO 2022. 
          2022, WE HAVE ALLOCATED $300,000 FROM THE ASSET, UH, FORFEITURE FUND TO, UM, GIVE TO COMMUNITY GROUPS TO HELP THEIR CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS TO HELP. 
          WHATEVER CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT THEY COME UP WITH, WE WILL ISSUE AN R F P, UH, AND WE'LL ISSUE THOSE FUNDS TO THE BEST PROGRAMS AS THEY, UH, RETURN THOSE RFPS, UH, TO US. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR. 
          UM, THAT WILL ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, THAT WILL ENABLE THESE COMMUNITY GROUPS, NOT JUST TO, UH, COME UP WITH A CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM, BUT TO WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CONCERT AND HELP, UH, EXECUTE THAT CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM. 
          OUR DOWNTOWN BIKE PATROL, WE HAVE 58 BIKE PATROL OFFICERS. 
          UH, THIS BUDGET ADDS THREE OFFICERS TO THAT, UH, TO THAT CADRE. 
          AND, UM, THE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS WILL BE, UH, ADDED TO DOWNTOWN PATROL, AND THEY WILL HELP WITH THE, UH, COVERAGE IN THE EVENINGS, DURING BAR BREAKOUTS, ON THE WEEKENDS, OUR CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES. 
          WE DON'T JUST WANT TO, UH, HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY. 
          WE WANT TO HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES. 
          AND THIS, UH, THIS GROUP OF, UH, OF, UH, INITIATIVES PROVIDES FOR THAT. 
          SO, UM, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, EFFORTS, UH, FOCUSING ON DETERRENCE, UH, OUR STREET CRIMES UNIT, WHICH IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT ARM OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, OUR DANGEROUS RISK AND ASSESSMENT TEAM, WHICH ARE DART, UH, PROGRAM WITH THE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, FOCUSES ON PARTICULAR PLACES OR BUILDINGS AND OUR REPEAT OFFENDER ANALYSIS. 
          UH, LOOKING AT FOCUSING ON, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN, UM, UM, WHO HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY, UH, ARRESTED FOR, FOR CRIMES. 
          OUR SAFE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY ASSESSMENTS. 
          UH, THE SAFE TEAM GOES OUT AND THEY DO ASSESSMENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS, ON BUSINESSES, ON RESIDENCES, UH, IF THEY'RE ASKED, UH, OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS AND OUR YOUTH OUTREACH PROGRAMS. AND JUST LEMME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR YOUTH OUTREACH PROGRAMS. SO WE HAVE MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS, WE HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT MAGNET PROGRAM. 
          UH, WE HAVE OUR POLICE CORPS FORMERLY KNOWN AS OUR EXPLORERS. 
          UH, OUR SUCCESS THROUGH RESPECT PROGRAM, OUR POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE, AND, UM, THE, UH, SUMMER CAMP THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME, UH, WE HAD IT THROUGH JUNE, I THINK, PART OF JULY, WHERE WE HAD A NUMBER OF KIDS FROM KIDS STUDENTS, UH, FROM, UH, UH, AROUND THE CITY PARTICIPATING IN OUR SUMMER CAMP. 
          THEY WENT TO THE ACADEMY, THEY CAME TO HEADQUARTERS, UH, HAD AN, AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO DIFFERENT, UH, 
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THE COMMANDERS OF DIFFERENT UNITS TO SEE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS AT THE ACADEMY. 
          UH, AND IT WAS, UH, IN MY ESTIMATION AND IN THE ESTIMATION OF THE, THE, UH, FOLKS WHO WERE PART OF THAT, UH, I THINK IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, OUR TECHNOLOGY AND POLICE FACILITIES. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A PROGRAM WE CALL DEMS. IT'S THE, UH, DIGITAL EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT, UH, SYSTEM. 
          AND WHAT THAT DOES, IT ENHANCES OUR CAPABILITIES TO COLLECT, UH, DIGITAL EVIDENCE AND ENTERING IT, ENTERING IT, ENTERING IT TO A CENTRAL LOCATION. 
          AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PHOTOS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, VIDEOS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BODY-WORN CAMERA, DIGITAL EVIDENCE, AND, UH, AND OUR COBAN VIDEOS AS WELL. 
          AND THEN OUR RADIO PROJECT, UH, THIS, THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR, FOR I THINK OVER A YEAR NOW. 
          AND, UH, THIS FALL WE WILL COMPLETE, UH, AN ANALYSIS ON RADIO COVERAGE FOR THE NEW SYSTEM. 
          AND IT IS DUE TO BE COMPLETE IN, I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, OCTOBER OF NEXT YEAR. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT AN ONGOING FACILITY ASSESSMENT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE SECURITY AND THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF ALL OF OUR POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES. 
          AND THEN, UH, RIGHT NOW THERE IS, UH, WORK ON THE CENTER CITY SUBSTATION, AND THAT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS. 
          UH, ARCHITECTURAL PLANS ARE BEING FINALIZED, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A GROUNDBREAKING IN THE SPRING OF 2022. 
          AND MY LAST SLIDE IS OUR SITE AND RELEASE DASHBOARD. 
          SPEAKING OF TECHNOLOGY, UH, WE DID OUR, WE STARTED OUR SITE AND RELEASE PROGRAM IN JULY OF 2019 WITH THE DA'S OFFICE. 
          WE FILED QUARTERLY REPORTS TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY OR PRESENTED QUARTERLY REPORTS TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          THOSE REPORTS WERE THEN POSTED ON THE S A P D WEBSITE, BUT IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, WE LAUNCHED A, A DASHBOARD THAT'S VERY EASY TO NAVIGATE. 
          UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO FISHING THROUGH A BUNCH OF DATA TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW. 
          ALL IT IS, IS A, YOU PULL UP THE DASHBOARD AND YOU TOUCH ON DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE SCREEN AND IT GIVES YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED OR THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, CLAUDE JACOB, WHO'S THE METRO HEALTH DIRECTOR, UH, TO PICK IT UP FROM HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PERFECT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR NURENBERG AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND, UH, THANKS TO CHIEF MCMANUS AND OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER FOR DOING THE FIRST PART. 
          UH, MY NAME'S CLAUDE JACOB, AND I HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR AT METRO HEALTH. 
          AND THIS AFTERNOON I WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF METRO HEALTH'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR F Y 22. 
          THE BUDGET REFLECTS A VARIETY OF FUNDING STREAMS ANCHORED TO THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH DEMONSTRATES THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING A ROBUST PUBLIC HEALTH AGENDA WHILE IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF SAN ANTONIANS AND RESIDENTS OF BEXAR COUNTY. 
          UM, JUST TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT, THIS AFTERNOON, UH, SO 90 DAYS AGO I PRESENTED MY BUDGET TO THE CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL, AND NOW YOU FAST FORWARD AND I'M HERE PRESENTING OUR BUDGET TO THIS CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO I WAS PROMISED THAT THIS WAS A FRIENDLY CROWD, SO WE'LL HAVE AT IT. 
          UM, SO I'M NOW IN MY SECOND FULL MONTH AT METRO HEALTH AND CONTINUE TO BE IMPRESSED BY THE TALENT, DEDICATION, AND INNOVATION OF OUR STAFF AND THE LONGSTANDING LINKAGES TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
          I'M JOINED BY MEMBER, EXCUSE ME, I'M JOINED BY MEMBERS OF MY SENIOR STAFF WHO WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS FOLLOWING MY FORMAL PRESENTATION. 
          SO LET'S, UH, PULL THIS UP. 
          ALRIGHT, SO THE OVERALL THEME OF THIS PRESENTATION COULD BE CALLED ESSAY FORWARD, A SPINOFF OF THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN NOW UNDERWAY TO MODERNIZE THE US PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM OR METRO HEALTH 3.0. 
          A SPINOFF OF THE FRAMEWORK LAUNCHED A FEW YEARS AGO THAT SPEAKS TO THE UPGRADE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THIS IS THE CURRENT STRUCTURE OF METRO HEALTH. 
          THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I'LL HIGHLIGHT HOW WE ARE ORGANIZED AND WALK THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT'S PRIORITIES THAT WORK TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF ALL THOSE WHO LIVE, LEARN, WORK, PLAY AND PRAY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY. 
          SO THE CURRENT STRUCTURE OF OUR AGENCY REFLECTS THE THREE PS OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WHICH IS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF DISEASE AND INJURY, PROMOTE HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES, AND PROTECT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. 
          THE COMMUNICAL, THE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE DIVISION, IS LED BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DR. 
          ANITA CURIAN. 
          THIS DIVISION INCLUDES C OVID 19 RESPONSE, S T D H I V, PREVENTION, TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT, IMMUNIZATIONS, LAB SERVICES AND DISEASE SURVEILLANCE. 
          IT HELPS PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM THE SPREAD OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES THROUGH EDUCATION, REPORTING, AND TRACKING OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, NOTIFICATION RESPONSE, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF OUTBREAKS. 
          THE COMMUNITY 
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HEALTH AND SAFETY DIVISION IS LED BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JENNIFER HARRIET, AND PROMOTES HEALTHIER BEHAVIORS, NOT JUST THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, BUT THROUGH POLICIES, SYSTEMS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES THAT HAVE A POPULATION LEVEL IMPACT. 
          THAT DIVISION INCLUDES THE CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION, HEALTH EQUITY, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, AND THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMMING. 
          AND YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ALREADY, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER IN MY PRESENTATION. 
          THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND OPERATIONS DIVISION IS LED BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MARIO MARTINEZ, AND HELPS TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY AGAINST HEALTH HAZARDS. 
          THIS DIVISION INCLUDES FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL VECTOR CONTROL, PUBLIC HEALTH, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, AIR QUALITY MONITORING, OZONE ATTAINMENT, AND OPERATIONS, AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT. 
          IN ADDITION, THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE INCLUDES DR. 
          J DE WU, OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A ROBUST INFORMATICS TEAM LED BY DR. 
          GORE AGA, OUR CHIEF OF INFORMATICS, AND OUR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS ALSO PART OF THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE. 
          REPORTS REPORTS TO DEAR MURPHY, OUR ASSISTANT, WHO IS THE ASSISTANT OF THE DIRECTOR. 
          THIS TEAM WORKS HAND IN HAND WITH THE CITY'S GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM, G P A TO AMPLIFY OUR MESSAGING TO AREA RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDST OF OUR ONGOING COVID RESPONSE EFFORTS. 
          SO, JUST SOME QUICK HIGHLIGHTS. 
          METRO HEALTH SERVES BOTH THE CITY AND BEXAR COUNTY. 
          IT IS A NATIONALLY ACCREDITED HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          AS RECOGNIZED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION BOARD, WE ARE IN THE THROES OF PURSUING NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH RE-ACCREDITATION BY 2024, ABOUT 10% OF HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE RECEIVED THIS DESIGNATION, WHICH WAS LAUNCHED IN 2011. 
          I CURRENTLY SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE FABS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          THIS NATIONAL PROCESS IS ONE OF THE BYPRODUCTS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE. 
          NOW, THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE BACK IN 1988 THAT TALKED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE NEED TO IMPROVE THE GOVERNMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          ALSO, A REMINDER TO THIS BODY THAT METRO HEALTH HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY FOR ITS POLICY LEVEL WORK. 
          AS, UH, BY THE, AS RECOGNIZED BY THE DE BEAUMONT FOUNDATION, THERE ARE NINE CATEGORIES THAT SPEAK TO THE EFFECTIVE POLICIES THAT SUPPORT LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. 
          AN AGENCY IS REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE SCORING PROFICIENCY IN SIX OF THE CATEGORIES IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE GOLD DESIGNATION. 
          KUDOS AGAIN TO THE TEAM AT METRO HEALTH AND OUR CITY PARTNERS FOR HELPING TO ATTAIN THIS NATIONAL RECOGNITION. 
          THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS IS A MEMBER ASSOCIATION THAT REPRESENTS THE NEARLY 3000 LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. 
          I'VE BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF NACHO SINCE 2007 AND HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING AS A NATIONAL PRESIDENT BACK IN 2016 AND 2017. 
          AS A RESULT, I'M A MEMBER EMERITUS OF NACHO'S PAST PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL. 
          BUT IN, UH, 2021, METRO HEALTH WAS HONORED WITH TWO, UH, BRONZE INNOVATIVE PRACTICE AWARDS BY NACHO, UH, METRO HEALTH'S INNOVATIVE PRACTICES. 
          THE CONGREGATE SETTINGS, COVID RESPONSE TEAM IN BEAR COUNTY NURSING HOMES ACCOUNT FOR 12% OF ALL NURSING HOME DEATHS COMPARED TO ABOUT 17% STATEWIDE AND ABOUT 22% NATIONALLY. 
          MORE THAN 97% OF CASES WERE CONTACTED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF NOTIFICATION. 
          AS A RESULT OF THIS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WHICH ENHANCED THE TIMELINESS OF REPORTING AND INITIAL CONTACT WITH CON, WITH CASES CONTACTS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INVESTIGATORS. 
          IN ADDITION, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS SAN ANTONIO'S APPROACH TO C OVID 19 IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. 
          WE WERE AMONG 20 LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO, UM, PROGRAMS TO RECEIVE NACHO'S, BRONZE INNOVATIVE PRACTICE AWARD. 
          LASTLY, I'LL MENTION PUBLIC HEALTH FORWARD, WHICH IS A MODERNIZING OF THE US PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM. 
          THE BIG CITY'S HEALTH COALITION, WHICH REPRESENTS THE 30 LARGEST METROPOLITAN AREAS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, ALONG WITH THE BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER AND OTHER NATIONAL PARTNERS. 
          RECENTLY FORMED A COALITION TO DEVELOP A FIVE YEAR ROADMAP TO BUILD A MORE ROBUST AND SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM. 
          UH, THE MAYOR SERVES ON THIS NATIONAL TASK FORCE WHILE I SERVE ON THE NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY FOR THIS PROJECT, THE PRELIMINARY REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE RELEASED LATE THIS FALL OF THIS YEAR. 
          ALRIGHT, SO NOW TO DIVE INTO THE MAIN FEATURES OF, TO THIS, THIS AFTERNOON'S PRESENTATION, METRO HEALTH. 
          UH, THE F Y 22 PROPOSED BUDGET IS $81.4 MILLION WITH A TOTAL OF 512 POSITIONS, 208 GENERAL FUND AND 304 GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS. 
          THE F Y 22 BUDGET IS ALLOCATED AS $25.2 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND $25.6 MILLION THROUGH THE ANNUAL HEALTH GRANT. 
          $12.7 MILLION IN COVID GRANTS, $6.5 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDING FOR COVID RESPONSE AND $11.4 MILLION FOR THE STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN, WHICH WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. 
          THIS ALSO ADDS 41 POSITIONS TO THE GENERAL FUND, THE EMPHASIS BEING ON WITH OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXPANSION, AS WELL AS OUR H I V PREP, UM, UM, UH, IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          KEEP IN MIND THAT C OVID 19 SUPPORT WILL CONTINUE FUNDING FOR, UH, FOR THE COVID RESPONSE TEAM, VACCINATIONS AND OUTREACH, AS WELL AS THE 
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ONGOING WORK OF THE C OVID 19 RESPONSE AND EQUITY COALITION. 
          IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL FUND, UH, JUST KNOW THAT THE NET CHANGE OF $4.9 MILLION OR 24% OF THE GENERAL FUND FROM F YOU SEE A CHANGE FROM 21 TO 22. 
          KEEP IN MIND THAT THE DRIVERS OF THE VARIANCE FALL IN TWO MAIN BUCKETS. 
          THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM, WHICH YOU HEARD A LOT IN A PREVIOUS PRESENTATION INCREASE INCLUDES FUNDING FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXPANSION WITH A FOCUS ON INCREASED CRISIS SUPPORT CASE MANAGEMENT, LONG-TERM WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND PREVENTION ACTIVITIES. 
          THE SECOND BUCKET HAS TO DO WITH THE ADDITION OF THE FUNDING FOR THE H I V PREP PROGRAM, WHICH IS DUE FOR A REDUCTION IN OUR FEDERAL S T D GRANT, WHICH WILL OCCUR AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. 
          WITH REGARD TO OUR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN, AGAIN, I TALKED ABOUT THE ESSAY FORWARD AND JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING NATIONWIDE, BUT JUST RECOGNIZING THIS EXAMPLE AND THESE PILLARS AND REFLECTED IN OUR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN, I DO WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS DR. 
          COLLEEN BRIDGER FOR HELPING TO TEE THIS UP AS I COME IN AS YOUR GENERAL CONTRACTOR. 
          TO IMPLEMENT THIS BLUEPRINT IN OUR CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN, WE ADDRESS ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES VIOLENCE PREVENTION, INCLUDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, NUTRITION, AND ACCESS TO CARE. 
          RECENTLY, METRO HEALTH REVISITED OUR EXISTING STRATEGIC PLAN TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PANDEMIC, AND HAS IDENTIFIED FOUR AREAS FOR EXPANSION WITH THE GOAL OF MITIGATING THE EFFECTS OF C OVID 19, AND ENHANCING OUR ABILITY TO ADDRESS CRITICAL HEALTH DISPARITIES. 
          SO THIS STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN IS BEING FRAMED THROUGH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND INCLUDES MENTAL HEALTH, HEALTH JUSTICE, ACCESS TO CARE, AND TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          JUST NOTE THAT THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXPANSION IS ADDRESSED IN THREE OF THE FOUR PILLARS ACROSS MENTAL HEALTH, HEALTH, JUSTICE, AND TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          I'LL NOW TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO HIGHLIGHT EACH, EACH OF THESE, UH, PILLARS TO ORIENT YOU TO SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES EMBEDDED IN EACH AREA. 
          SO THERE ARE TWO SIDES REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH. 
          THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO THIS COIN, AS SUPPORTED BY OUR PLAN, MENTAL HEALTH AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AS YOU HEARD IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, S A P D IS IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE TO ESTABLISH THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS AS A PILOT PROGRAM. 
          METRO HEALTH WILL ENHANCE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BY ENSURING THAT COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR CHILDREN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE IS OFFERED TO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS TO MITIGATE THE NEGATIVE OUTCOMES OF VIOLENCE BY ESTABLISHING A CITYWIDE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE AND TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE. 
          AND BY STRENGTHENING THE COORDINATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BETWEEN OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND THE COUNTY THROUGH A MENTAL HEALTH LIAISON REGARDING C B T OR COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION IDENTIFIED C B T AS AN EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTION FOR LESSENING THE IMPACT OF TRAUMA ON CHILDREN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE. 
          SO THIS PROPOSED INITIATIVE COMBINES SCHOOL-BASED THERAPY WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF CHILDREN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE TO MITIGATE THE NEGATIVE OUTCOMES OF EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE. 
          SO OVER THE COURSE OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE WILL ESTABLISH CONTRACTS WITH COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS AND JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES AND INITIATE SERVICES WITH REGARD TO THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE. 
          OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, THE CITY HAS MADE AN INVE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN LEARNING ABOUT ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE. 
          ADDITIONAL TRAINING WILL ENSURE THAT ALL CITY EMPLOYEES CAN RECOGNIZE, RESPOND, AND RESIST RETRAUMATIZATION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          SO OVER THE COURSE OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE WILL, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE'LL DEVELOP AN ONLINE MOODLE COURSE FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES AND SUPPORT FIVE PILOT DEPARTMENTS IN INITIATING LEVEL ONE TRAUMA INFORMED CARE CERTIFICATION. 
          FINALLY, ON THIS SLIDE, METRO HEALTH IS ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENTAL MENTAL HEALTH LIAISON. 
          SO WITH THE RECOGNITION OF GROWING MENTAL HEALTH CRISES AND A NEED TO TACKLE THIS ISSUE MORE COLLABORATIVELY, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT THIS COVID STORM HAS BEEN LIKE. 
          AND THE LAST 18 MONTHS, WE WILL ESTABLISH A DEPARTMENTAL MENTAL HEALTH LIAISON TO FACILITATE THE COORDINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES ACROSS THE CITY, ALONG WITH OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE COUNTY. 
          SO THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT SAME COIN INVOLVES THE ENHANCEMENT OF OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLAN. 
          OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, METRO HEALTH HAS BEEN HEAVILY ENGAGED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A BACKBONE ORGANIZATION FOR THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE C C D V. 
          AND YOU HEARD A LOT OF THAT ABOUT THIS IN A PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. 
          SO JUST NOTE, UH, YOU CAN IMAGINE THE ONGOING C OVID 19 STORM HAS IMPACTED THE OVERALL ROLLOUT OF THIS PLAN AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR THE LAST, UH, COUPLE YEARS, YOU HEARD FROM DEPUTY CITY MANAGER MARIA VILLA GOMEZ. 
          AND NOTE THAT JUDGE MONIQUE 
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DIAZ CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE C C D V. 
          SPECIAL THANKS. 
          GO TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE, UH, S A P D, THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE STELLAR TEAM AT METRO HEALTH, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, AGAIN, JENNY SSON, JENNIFER HARRIET, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE STAFF. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO THIS EFFORT AND THE ENHANCEMENTS IN ANCHORED TO OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          SO IN BROAD STROKES IN F Y 22, THE CITY IS MAKING THIS $4 MILLION INVESTMENT IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXPANSION PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON THE FOUR PRIMARY AREAS OF INCREASING CRISIS SUPPORT, EXPANDING CASE MANAGEMENT, PROVIDING LONG-TERM WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND PREVENTION ACTIVITIES. 
          AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM THE EARLIER PRESENTATION, THERE ARE SOME KEY COMPONENTS TO OUR STRATEGY, AS WE IMPLY, AS WE APPLY THIS EMPOWERMENT FRAMEWORK TO TAP INTO THE INVALUABLE ASSETS TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. 
          EVENING AND WEEKEND EXPANSION OF THE C R T, THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM. 
          SO YOU'VE HEARD STARTING IN APRIL OF NEXT YEAR, ADDITIONAL C R T VICTIM ADVOCATES WILL BE LOCATED AT THE THREE POLICE SUBSTATIONS WITH THE HIGHEST CASE LOAD. 
          SO THAT'S SOUTHWEST AND EAST IN TERMS OF NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY, AND WE'LL BE AVAILABLE TO VICTIMS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND WEEKENDS IN TERMS OF THE EXPANDED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          SO CASE MANAGERS WILL WORK WITH EACH OF THE SIX POLICE SUBSTATIONS AND WILL ENSURE THAT HIGH RISK CLIENTS RECEIVE COORDINATED CARE, INCLUDING REFERRAL SUPPORT TO ENGAGE WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES LONG-TERM TO SUPPORT TO INCREASE SURVIVOR AND FAMILY SAFETY. 
          IN TERMS OF FUNDING FOR DIRECT ASSISTANCE, THIS WILL INCLUDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR TEMPORARY EMERGENCY HOUSING, EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, LOCK AND DOOR REPAIR, TRANSPORTATION, CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES, SUPERVISED VISITATION AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED. 
          YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS IN TERMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EVALUATION AND DATA-DRIVEN STRATEGIES. 
          SO OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION SECTION AT OUR DEPARTMENT DEVELOPED THE, THE DANGER ASSESSMENT GROUP, DAG AND THE DANGER ASSESSMENT RISK TEAM, WHICH YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT, DART WITH AN OVERARCHING GOAL OF PREVENTING FAMILY VIOLENCE INCIDENTS BEFORE THEY BECOME EXTREMELY VIOLENT OR LETHAL. 
          AND FINALLY, THE COMPONENT WITH THIS, THE EXPANDED COMMUNITY EDUCATION INITIATIVES. 
          JUST NOTE THAT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES WHO NEED ASSISTANCE WITH LEARNING ABOUT THE DYNAMICS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATIONS WITH REGARD TO HEALTH JUSTICE. 
          AGAIN, TO ENSURE THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION, JUST NOTE THAT THESE ARE THESE, UH, FIVE AREAS THAT I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT. 
          UH, MANY OF YOU RECALL THE DECLARATION OF RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND THE EQUITY ACTION PLAN. 
          PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN PROACTIVE TO SET ASIDE SOME, UH, RESOURCES TO SUPPORT A COMMUNITY-WIDE SYMPOSIUM ON THE DECLARATION OF RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS THAT WILL BE DIRECTED BY THE OFFICE OF EQUITY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. 
          JUST NOTE THAT IN OUR, UH, PLAN AT METRO HEALTH, IT IS TO, UM, INCREASE THE WORKFORCE DIVERSITY AT ALL LEVELS TO MIRROR THE SAN ANTONIO POPULATION, TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INCLUSION OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN DECISION MAKING, AND TO MAKE A CONSISTENT USE OF RACE, ETHNICITY, AND INCOME DATA TO INFORM OUR DECISIONS AND INITIATIVES. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS BRINGING TO LIGHT WHAT WE'VE SEEN AS A NATIONAL CONUNDRUM. 
          AND JUST NOTE THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DOVETAIL AND ANCHOR TO THIS HEALTH JUSTICE PILLAR HERE WITHIN OUR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN. 
          WITH REGARD TO OUR LOCAL FOOD INSECURITY, COLLABORATIVE FOOD INSECURITY WAS IDENTIFIED AS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE FOR MANY RESIDENTS LIVING IN HIGH NEEDS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          DUE TO C OVID NINETEENS MITIGATION EFFORTS NATIONALLY, 11% OF FAMILIES ARE FOOD INSECURE, MEANING THAT THEY'RE WITHOUT RELIABLE ACCESS TO ENOUGH, UH, FOR ENOUGH OR AFFORDABLE AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD. 
          LATINO AND BLACK HOUSEHOLDS ARE MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER FOOD INSECURITY, AND WE'VE SHOWN THAT 16% AND 21% RESPECTIVELY NATIONALLY. 
          THIS INITIATIVE WILL ESTABLISH A FOOD INSECURITY COLLABORATIVE, UH, WHICH WILL ASSIST ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES IN BEXAR COUNTY TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES THAT ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY, UH, SOME OF THESE EXAMPLES OF THE POLICIES. 
          SO TO WORK WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TO INCREASE INCENTIVES TO ESTABLISH FULL SERVICE GROCERY STORES AND FOOD DESERTS, TO IDENTIFY INCENTIVES, TO ENCOURAGE SMALL CONVENIENCE STORE RETAILERS TO BECOME PART OF THE HEALTHY CORNER STORE INITIATIVE AND TO INCREASE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTHY FOOD PROCUREMENT POLICIES AND WORKPLACES TO ENSURE HEALTHY OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE AGAIN, WE'VE RECEIVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION, AT LEAST FROM, UH, THE OMA FOUNDATION FOR OUR POLICY LEVEL WORK WITH REGARDS TO POOR, UH, VIDA AND VIDA HEALTH INITIATIVES. 
          UNHEALTHY EATING IS A RISK FACTOR FOR CHRONIC DISEASES LIKE TYPE TWO DIA DIABETES, CANCER, AND HEART DISEASE, WHICH ARE CONSISTENTLY AMONG THE TOP FIVE CAUSES OF DEATH IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          AS YOU MAY KNOW, POOR VITA IS OUR HEALTHY RESTAURANTS INITIATIVE, AND VIVA HEALTH IS OUR LOCALIZED 
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NUTRITION EDUCATION INITIATIVE. 
          THESE INITIATIVES WILL PROVIDE NUTRITION EDUCATION IN AREAS MOST IMPACTED BY C OVID 19 ON THE SOUTH SIDE, EAST SIDE, AND WEST SIDE. 
          AND AMONGST THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST RISK FOR CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS, THESE INITIATIVES WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PO VITA SMALL SMALL RESTAURANTS THAT SERVE HEALTHIER MENU OPTIONS AND IMPLEMENT CULTURALLY RELEVANT VIVA HEALTH NUTRITION EDUCATION. 
          SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE WILL INITIATE AN ONBOARD SIX NEW PORT VITA PARTNERS IN HIGH NEED AREAS AND PARTNER WITH SIX VIVA HEALTH PARTNERS. 
          WITH REGARDS TO OUR DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM, MORE THAN 15% OF BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTS HAVE, UH, BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE DIABETES. 
          THIS IS, THIS PERCENTAGE IS HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE OF 10.6% AND HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 9.3%. 
          METRO HEALTH WILL ADD THREE BILINGUAL STAFF TO OFFER ADDITIONAL PEER-LED DIABETES PREVENTION, UH, CLASSES, TARGETING AREAS WITH HIGHEST RISK FACTORS FOR DIABETES. 
          IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE AIMING TO, FOR REDUCTION IN DIABETES DIAGNOSIS FOR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WHO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM AND PROGRAM WILL BE. 
          THIS PROGRAM WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN CENTRAL PARTS OF BEXAR COUNTY, WHERE THE HIGHEST PROPORTION OF RESIDENTS REPORT DIABETES ACCORDING TO OUR STATUS OF A DIABETES REPORT THAT WAS ISSUED IN 20 18 20 19. 
          FINALLY, HERE, IN TERMS OF OUR, OUR HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS, THE GOAL OF THE HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, IS TO PREVENT CHILDHOOD OBESITY BY ADDRESSING ROOT CAUSES OF OBESITY AND CREATING ENVIRONMENTAL AND POLICY CHANGES THAT PROMOTE ACTIVE LIFESTYLES AND HEALTHY EATING HABITS. 
          THERE ARE THREE MAIN OBJECTIVES FOR THE PROGRAM RELATED TO THE THREE FUNCTIONS THAT COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS SERVE, WHICH IS TO IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENT, TO PROMOTE HEALTHY LIVING THROUGH IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS TO PROMOTE HEALTH. 
          AND SECONDLY, TO IMPROVE NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, ACT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY HABITS AMONG COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH EDUCATION AND CONNECTING TO PEOPLE, UH, PEOPLE TO LOCAL RESOURCES. 
          AND FINALLY, TO AMPLIFY THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING PARTICIPATION BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS IN GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY. 
          UH, I SHOULD MENTION THAT THIS PROGRAM RECEIVED NACHO'S MODEL PRACTICE AWARD IN 2019, UH, WITH THE, UH, F Y 21 GENERAL FUND EIGHT POSITIONS WERE CREATED. 
          UH, HIRING FOR ALL EIGHT POSITIONS WAS COMPLETE IN JANUARY, AND ONBOARDING AND TRAINING WAS COMPLETED IN EARLY MARCH. 
          SINCE THEN, THE FOUR NEW NEIGHBORHOODS WERE SELECTED THROUGH THE ASSET-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROCESS, AND THEY INCLUDED WHEATLEY HEIGHTS, LOS , WOODLAWN, HILLS, AND RIVERSIDE. 
          THERE ARE CURRENTLY 15 HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND ONE FINAL NOTE. 
          THERE ARE CURRENTLY 20 EXISTING HEALTHY CORNER STORES LOCATED IN DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH FIVE AND SEVEN. 
          IN F Y 22. 
          WE PLAN ON ONBOARDING 12 NEW STORES IN DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH SEVEN, AND INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE IN, IN COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX IN THE EDGEWOOD AREA. 
          OKAY, THIRD PILLAR HERE, ACCESS TO CARE. 
          SO HERE WE AIM TO BRIDGE THE GAPS TO HEALTHCARE THROUGH INNOVATIVE PRACTICES, SHARED DATA AND DIVERSE PARTNERS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, CLINICIANS, BEXAR, COUNTY JAIL, LEGAL SERVICES, AND ANTI-RACISM PRACTICE PRACTITIONERS. 
          SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IN TERMS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PRIORITY AREA? SO JUST NOTE THAT WITH REGARDING TO ACCESS TO CARE AND AN ASSESSMENT, THE FIRST ASSESSMENT WILL FOCUS ON HOW COVID HAS EFFECTIVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. 
          AND F Y 22 WILL CONTRACT WITH ACADEMIC PARTNERS, COLLATE EXISTING DATA, CONDUCT FO FOCUS GROUPS AND SURVEYS, AND SHARE THE DATA WITH THE COMMUNITY, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS OR AN R F P FOR AN ACADEMIC INSTITUTION TO SPEARHEAD THIS. 
          UM, AND ONE INFORMATIC STAFFER WILL ASSIST WITH REGARDS TO OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER HUB AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER. 
          SO, METRO HEALTH WILL STAND UP A TRAINING HUB AND COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS THROUGHOUT BEX COUNTY AND F Y 22 TRAININGS WILL FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY AND PEER SUPPORT FOR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. 
          THREE, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS WILL WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS AS THEY ARE RELEASED FROM BEX COUNTY JAIL AND LINK THEM TO SERVICES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR METRO HEALTH COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS THROUGH TRAININGS CONTRACTED THROUGH THE NORTHWEST VISTA COLLEGE. 
          SO OUR GOAL OVER THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS TO PROVIDE A HUNDRED, UH, LOCAL COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS WITH THE NECESSARY TOOLS AND SKILLS TO OFFER PEER SUPPORT, WHICH IN 27, IN 2007, WAS DECLARED AS AN EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE FOR MENTAL HEALTH BY THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES. 
          IN TERMS OF THIRD COMPONENT HERE IN, IN, UH, CLINICIAN AMBASSADOR INITIATIVE, THIS ALLOWS METRO HEALTH TO QUICKLY AND DIRECTLY PROMOTE EVIDENCE-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICES TO LOCAL PROVIDERS WITH BRIEF ONE-ON-ONE EDUCATIONAL VISITS IN YEAR ONE. 
          THIS WILL INCLUDE TIPS ON EFFECTIVE NON-JUDGMENTAL COUNSELING ABOUT C OVID 19 VACCINES, SCIENTIFIC UPDATES AND RESOURCES FOR VACCINE ADMINISTRATION AND REPORTING SYPHILIS, 
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UH, PREP THE DAILY, UH, PILL THAT PREVENTS H I V AND STIGMA FREE HEALTHCARE FOR L PLUS PATIENTS. 
          ALSO IN F Y 22, METRO HEALTH WILL ADD A NURSE PRACTITIONER AS A CLINICIAN AMBASSADOR, PROVIDING SUPPORT TO OVER 300 HEALTHCARE WORKERS. 
          THE CLINICIAN AMBASSADOR WILL ALSO OVERSEE TEXT ALERTS LIKE DOC ALERT AND THE CLINICIAN TOWN HALLS THAT STARTED DURING COVID. 
          THE FOURTH COMPONENT IN THIS IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO CARE, IS TO DEVELOP AND PROVIDE TRAINING ON ANTI-RACIST PRACTICES AND POLICIES FOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS. SO, BUILDING ON THE WORK OF THE HEALTHY START INITIATIVE TO REDUCE HAIT RACIAL DISPARITIES IN MATERNAL, UH, IN MATERNITY CARE, METRO HEALTH WILL COLLECT QUALITATIVE DATA ABOUT EXPERIENCES OF RACIAL BIAS IN HEALTHCARE. 
          THIS INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED WITH LOCAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS AND USED TO CRAFT STAFF TRAININGS AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR POLICY AND SYSTEMS CHANGE. 
          SO OVER THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, METRO HEALTH WILL CONDUCT FOCUS GROUPS AND SURVEYS ON DISCRIMINATION AND MEDICAL SETTINGS THAT, AND SHARE THESE RESULTS WITH HEALTHCARE PARTNERS AND BEGIN STRATEGIZING SOLUTIONS. 
          FINAL IN THIS, UH, WITH THIS PILLAR ESTABLISHING MEDICAL LEGAL PARTNERSHIPS INITIATIVE. 
          SO WE WILL WORK WITH HEALTH INSURERS TO ASSIST PATIENTS WHO HAVE FREQUENT VISITS TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR ASTHMA AND MIGHT BENEFIT FROM LEGAL SERVICES. 
          LAWYERS CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH HOUSING THAT IS NOT UP TO CODE LANDLORD TENANT DISPUTES AND ASSIST WITH ACCESSING BENEFITS. 
          SO THIS LAWYER CLINIC PARTNERSHIPS, OR THE MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIPS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE THE ADHERENCE TO CARE, LOWER PATIENT STRESS, REDUCE EMERGENCY VISITS, AND EVEN IMPROVE ECONOMIC STABILITY. 
          SO THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR, WE'LL HIRE A LEGAL SERVICES CONTRACTOR, WORK WITH INSURANCE PARTNERS TO TRAIN STAFF, AND REFER AND ASSIST 25 ASTHMA CLIENTS IN THE FIRST YEAR. 
          IN FUTURE YEARS, WE EXPECT TO SERVE 75 CLIENTS A YEAR. 
          THE INITIATIVE IS STRUCTURED SO THAT OVER TIME INSURERS WILL CONTRIBUTE MORE, UH, FUNDING AND METRO HEALTH WILL TAPER FUNDING TO ZERO BY YEAR FIVE. 
          THIS WILL COORDINATE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND OUR FAIR HOUSING INITIATIVES. 
          THE FOURTH PILLAR, AGAIN TIED TO OUR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN. 
          YOU'VE HEARD, UM, FROM, UH, CHIEF MCMANUS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH C P D OR S A P D, UM, BUT JUST KNOW THAT THE COMPONENTS HERE DOVETAIL WITH A LOT OF THE WORK AT METRO HEALTH. 
          SO WE HAVE A POLICY PLANNING AND PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH WILL INCORPORATE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS AND ENGAGE COMMUNITY AND DATA-BASED DECISIONS AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NINE POLICY, UH, PAPERS. 
          AND WE'LL ENSURE THE BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH A HEALTH IN ALL POLICIES. 
          COUNCIL, JUST KNOW THAT OUR CORE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IS TO SUP, ENHANCE THE TECHNOLOGICAL, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT OUR INFECTIOUS DISEASE REPORTING AND INVESTIGATIONS TO ENHANCE OUR LAB CAPACITY TO IMPROVE GENOTYPE SEQUENCING BY CONTRACTING WITH UT HEALTH. 
          BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT YOU HEARD IN A PREVIOUS PRESENTATION IS TO IMPLEMENT A UNIFIED APPROACH TO VIOLENCE DATA ANALYSIS AND BY TRANSITIONING THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CHILD FATALITY REVIEW TO METRO HEALTH FROM BEXAR COUNTY AND TO LAUNCH A DATA DASHBOARD. 
          SO LET ME PIVOT A LITTLE BIT TO TALK ABOUT OUR COVID RESPONSE EFFORTS. 
          AGAIN, IT'S BEEN ALL COVID ALL THE TIME FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS, AND I CAN'T SAY THANKS ENOUGH TO OUR FANTASTIC TEAM AND OUR PARTNERS FOR HELPING US TO GET THROUGH THESE LAST 18 MONTHS. 
          UH, SO JUST SOME QUICK HIGHLIGHTS HERE, AND THEN, UH, I'LL WRAP UP TO THE LAST PART OF MY PRESENTATION. 
          SO, METRO HEALTH WILL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE COVID 19 SURGE IN F Y 22. 
          JUST KNOW THAT THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE LOCAL BURDEN OF COVID OVID 19 IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE'LL WORK TO REDUCE THE POSITIVITY RATE, UH, TO LESS THAN 5% AND REDUCE OUR SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE TO NO OF NEW CASES TO LESS THAN 10 PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND. 
          JUST NOTE THAT EACH WEEK WE REPORT OUT WHAT OUR, THE BURDEN OF COVID HAS BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE LATER TODAY TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS WEEK'S LATEST REPORTS. 
          AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE COVID RESPONSE AND EQUITY COALITION WILL CONTINUE, AND WE HAVE INCLUDED FUNDING FOR STAFFING SUPPORT IN THE C D C HEALTH DISPARITIES GRANT. 
          I WILL SERVE AS A CO-CHAIR OF THE C R E C, ALONG WITH DR. 
          BARBARA TAYLOR, WHO WILL CONTINUE IN HER ROLE. 
          AND AGAIN, I CAN'T THANK HER ENOUGH AS WELL AS DR. 
          ANITA KEAN FOR HELPING TO AT LEAST SHEPHERD THIS PROCESS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR. 
          THE C R E C WILL SERVE AS AN ADVISORY BODY FOR THE C D C HEALTH DISPARITIES GRANT, THE HEALTH LITERACY GRANT, AND THE RECENTLY FUNDED COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER GRANT. 
          JUST NOTE THAT THE VALUE OF OUR COLLABORATIONS, THE RESPONSE, UH, TO C OVID 19 PANDEMIC IN SAN ANTONIO HAS REALLY BEEN MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS BETWEEN METRO HEALTH, UH, SA, THE PO, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, RAC, UH, HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. 
          I JUST MENTIONED THE, THE COVID RESPONSE AND EQUITY COALITION. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN A GAGGLE OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 
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WE HAVE A MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS, UH, WE HAVE THE UT SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND A MULTITUDE OF OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTEERS. 
          SO, JUST NOTE THAT ALL OF THESE GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE WORKED CLOSELY IN VARIOUS ASSETS OF THE RESPONSE INCLUDE CONTACT TRACING AND CASE INVESTIGATION, VACCINE ADMINISTRATION, COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, POLICY ADVOCACY, AND ADDITIONAL EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE SPREAD OF C OVID 19. 
          UM, WITH REGARD TO THE C R A C, AGAIN, SPECIAL THANKS TO COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL FOR ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE EFFORTS THIS PAST YEAR. 
          RIGHT NOW, IN TERMS OF COVID TESTING, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 13 NO-COST LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          UH, IN TERMS OF CONTACT TRACING, UH, METRO HEALTH WILL EXTEND OUR CONTRACT WITH THE UT SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          WITH REGARDS TO ISOLATION CARE FACILITY, THE CITY JUST FINALIZED AN AGREEMENT TO SECURE HOTELS FOR THOSE NEEDING QUARANTINE. 
          WITH REGARDS TO ACTIVITIES AT THE ALAMO DOME, UH, THE SITE HAS BEEN OPERATIONAL SINCE JANUARY 11TH AND WAS INITIALLY A HYBRID WALK-IN AND DRIVE-THROUGH CLINIC. 
          OVER TIME, THE CLINIC HAS TRANSITIONED INTO AN ENTIRELY DRIVE-THROUGH OPERATION. 
          THE ALAMODOME IS CURRENTLY BEING STAFFED BY THE TEXAS MILITARY DEPARTMENT WITH OVERSIGHT AND DIRECTION BEING PROVIDED BY OUR TEAM AT METRO HEALTH. 
          SO JUST NOTE THAT TO DATE, WE'VE ADMINISTERED OVER 200,000 DOSES. 
          OUR POP-UP CLINICS CONTINUE ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF THE CITY, METRO HEALTH AND VARIOUS PARTNERS, INCLUDING UT HEALTH, U I W, WELLMED, U H SS, CURATIVE, AND OTHERS HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO PROVIDE COVID VACCINES VIA THESE POP-UP CLINICS. 
          THE CLINICS HAVE BEEN HOSTED BY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WORK SITES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, AND MANY OTHER SITES TO MAKE THE COVID VACCINES EASILY ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          THE FIRST CLINIC WAS HELD BACK ON FEBRUARY 27TH, WHICH SEEMS LIKE AGES AGO IN COVID YEARS. 
          SO JUST SOME QUICK HIGHLIGHTS IN TERMS OF OUR RESPONSE. 
          JUST NOTE AGAIN, OVER 700,000 C O TESTS COMPLETED OVER 32,000 IN-PERSON CONTACTS IN MARGINALIZED NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          OVER 400 HANGERS DELIVERED OVER A BILLION MEDIA IMPRESSIONS. 
          AND I'M HEARING THAT IT'S CLOSER TO 2 BILLION TO 2 BILLION. 
          IF, IF YOU REALLY COUNT WHAT WE'VE SEEN OUT THERE. 
          WE'VE HAD OVER 200,000 CALLS, NEARLY 300,000 CALLS ANCHORED ANSWERED AT THE COVID HOTLINE. 
          AND, UH, IN TERMS OF THOSE BEING FULLY VACCINATED, THOSE BEING ELIGIBLE, UH, NEARLY 65% OF RESIDENTS HERE, OVER A MILLION RESIDENTS FULLY VACCINATED. 
          SO WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT, JUST NOTE THAT COVID TESTING BY A VARIETY OF ENTITIES FROM THE, UM, FIRE DEPARTMENT, CURATIVE INCLUDED IN THIS COUNT FROM THE FREEDMAN COLISEUM, OTHER POP-UP SITES IN SUMMER 2020, AND MOVING CURATIVES KIOSKS AND MOBILE UNITS IN STATIC LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR VACCINATION RATES, JUST NOTE THAT THIS IS SPECIFIC TO, UH, THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE. 
          SO, 64.5% ARE FULLY VACCINATED AMONG THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE. 
          WE'VE DOCUMENTED THAT 79.7% HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE. 
          BUT IF YOU ZOOM OUT AND LOOK AT THE TOTAL POPULATION, WE SHOW THAT 53.8% ARE FULLY VACCINATED HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          SO METRO HEALTH HAS ALLOCATED FUNDING TO CONTINUE MARKETING EFFORTS IN BEXAR COUNTY WITHIN THE HEALTH DISPARITIES GRANT. 
          IT'S IN THE AMOUNT OF OVER A MILLION DOLLARS AND AN ADDITIONAL $600,000, UH, IN THE C OVID 19 VACCINATION. 
          GRANTS SUCCESSES THIS PAST YEAR INCLUDE THE DO IT FOR SA AND WHAT WILL IT TAKE. 
          CAMPAIGNS FEATURING LOCAL MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS IN A VARIETY OF PROJECTS AND MESSAGING TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. 
          AND WE'VE HAD A SUCCESSFUL AUGUST CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTING THE NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION AWARENESS MONTH EFFORTS. 
          AND THIS IS A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN, UH, UH, A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS COUNTRYWIDE. 
          SO AS I WRAP UP, METRO HELP IS REQUESTING A BUDGET ENHANCEMENT FOR THE H I V, UH, PREP PROGRAM. 
          THE FEDS WILL END THE STATE PASS THROUGH OF FUNDING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. 
          SERVICES INCLUDE IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY'S COVERAGE FOR PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS, A DRUG THAT'S USED TO PREVENT THE ONSET OF H I V, AS WELL AS PROVIDING RISK REDUCTION SUPPORT, CLINICAL SERVICES, AND ADHERENCE SUPPORT. 
          SO OUR OUTCOMES BY 2026 IS AT LEAST 30% OF PREP ELIGIBLE METROHEALTH CLINIC PATIENTS WILL BE ENROLLED TO INITIATE PREP AND PREP ADHERENCE, AND WILL BE INCREASED TO 90% AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE INITIATED PREP. 
          FINALLY, IN TERMS OF OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES, SO JUST NOTE THAT WE ARE LOOKING, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR AHEAD. 
          UH, COVID, O V I D HAS BEEN A DISRUPTOR. 
          UM, SO RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR FOOD, UH, ESTABLISHMENT INSPECTIONS. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR TOUCHPOINTS WITH THE SCHOOLS. 
          WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INITIATIVES. 
          BUT JUST NOTE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO AT LEAST DEMONSTRATE THE WORK OF METRO HEALTH IN CONCERT WITH OTHER CITY PARTNERS. 
          SO WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING, UH, OBTAINING 96% OF ROUTINE FOOD ESTABLISHED INSPECTIONS WILL BE 
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COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER OF 2022. 
          UH, 50% OF CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY BY SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR. 
          UH, 80% OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS REFERRED THROUGH, UH, S A P D ARE CONTACTED. 
          WE ARE ENSURING THAT THEY'LL BE CONTACTED WITHIN 96 HOURS BY SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR. 
          AND THAT 50% INCREASE IN OUR HEALTHY STORE CORNERS RESULTING IN INCREASE ACCESS TO FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN THE FOOD DESERTS, AGAIN, OVER THE COURSE OF THIS NEXT YEAR. 
          SO, IN CLOSING, UH, REALLY TODAY'S PRESENTATION ILLUSTRATES THE INVESTMENT IN ASSURING THE CONDITIONS FOR ALL SAN ANTONIANS IN RESIDENTS OF BEXAR COUNTY. 
          THIS POSITIONS THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO THE IMPACT OF C OVID 19, WHILE SIMUL SIMULTANEOUSLY PIVOTING TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING BURDEN OF INSTITUTIONAL RACISM, EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, AND CHRONIC DISEASES. 
          IT APPLIES LESSONS LEARNED, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, ABOUT THE VALUE OF THE COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY, THE INNOVATIONS WITH THE MOBILE TEAMS AND TELEMEDICINE AS REFLECTED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS A PILOT PROGRAM WITH THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TEAMS, WHICH YOU'VE HEARD EARLIER FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          SPEAK TO THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO BE FORWARD THINKING AS WE ENTER INTO A NEW ERA AND ADDRESS THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS. 
          SO AGAIN, I DO WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND OUR FANTASTIC TEAM AT METRO HEALTH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THIS PRESENTATION. 
          AGAIN, I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR SOME TIME NOW, THAT IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A HEALTHY COMMUNITY, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING MY PART HERE WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND A FANTASTIC TEAM AT METRO HEALTH. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, CLAUDE, UH, MARIA, CHIEF, UH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS. 
          DID A GOOD JOB. 
          CLAUDE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAMBRIDGE GOT, BUT WE GOT A GOOD ONE. 
          SO APPRECIATE THE, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          UM, AND IN SOME WAYS, UH, I THINK TODAY WENT PRETTY SEAMLESSLY. 
          WE SEE SO MUCH CROSSOVER BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS, SO I THINK IT'S LOGICAL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS. 
          AND IF I MAY, UH, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY THAT, UH, METRO HEALTH IS NOW ON THE FIRST DAY OF OUR BUDGET SESSIONS AS OPPOSED TO BURIED AT THE VERY END, IF NOT, UH, ON THE CALENDAR AT ALL. 
          SO, UH, GOOD ON THE CITY AND, AND THE CITY COUNCILS NOW AND BEFORE US FOR PRIORITIZING PROPERLY. 
          I THINK, UM, AND IN SOME WAYS, ERIC, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE PAIRED UP D SS D UM, AND TRANSPORTATION WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE MIGHT SEE A LOT OF CROSSOVER THERE TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY PICK UP THE PIECES AND HAVE TO RESPOND TO A LOT OF THINGS THAT OVER THE YEARS HAVEN'T GONE WELL FROM A BUILT ENVIRONMENT STANDPOINT. 
          UM, BUT ANYWAY, UH, LET ME GET TO IT. 
          UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION. 
          UH, IF WE CAN GO TO THE SECOND SLIDE OF CLAUDE'S PRESENTATION. 
          JUST REALLY QUICKLY, UH, I JUST WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THIS VISION STATEMENT. 
          UM, ON THE SECOND LINE THERE, IT SAYS, IF WE CAN PULL THAT UP, IT'S SLIDE TWO OF CLAUDE'S PRESENTATION. 
          OUR, OUR VISION IS HEALTHY PEOPLE THRIVING IN A HEALTHY COMMUNITY. 
          I, I, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO, UM, BELABOR THIS POINT, BUT THAT IS THE VISION STATEMENT FOR METRO HEALTH. 
          IT COULD VERY WELL BE THIS MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          UM, AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH, UM, THESE PRESENTATIONS AND THINK ABOUT ALL THE OTHER WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN DEPARTMENTS, IF WE USE THAT AS OUR TOUCHSTONE, I THINK WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB NOW. 
          UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY, THERE WAS SO MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT DATA. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO DIG IN A LITTLE BIT ON THAT. 
          UH, IN TERMS OF CRIME DATA, WE KNOW THE INTERPLAY'S GONNA HAVE WITH, UH, OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE KIND OF RESPONSES THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          MY INTEREST IS IN FINDING OUT HOW IS THAT DATA GONNA BE USED? WHAT ARE OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES? WHAT ARE OUR, WHAT ARE WE SHOOTING TOWARDS? AND ALSO, WHO'S GONNA BE DOING THE DATA ANALYSIS? I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE, UH, WORK WITH THE MEADOWS INSTITUTE. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH U T S A, BUT HOW WE INTERPRET THAT DATA, HOW IT'S BEING USED, UH, IS GONNA BE CRITICAL. 
          SO CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UM, THE DATA ASPECTS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD? YES, MAYOR. 
          SO THIS IS AN INITIATIVE THAT WE WANT TO LAUNCH IN 2022. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT TODAY IN TERMS OF EVALUATING OUR PROGRAMS AND HOW THEY IMPACT CRIME AND HOW THEY IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF, OF OUR CITY. 
          SO OUR PROPOSAL IS THAT OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE A VIOLENCE PREVENTION DIVISION, AND THEY HAVE THE, THE SKILLSET TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT TYPE OF ANALYSIS, CONSOLIDATE ALL THE DATA FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, AND ALSO USE U T S A, THE CONTRACT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED LAST WEEK, TO BE ABLE TO AUGMENT THOSE RESOURCES. 
          THE DEPARTMENTS LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE DATA THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE, 
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AND THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE TO, UH, AUGMENT THE EFFORTS OF, UH, METRO HEALTH. 
          UH, CHIEF YOU WERE LOITERING. 
          DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? . 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WELL, AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT U T S A OR MEADOWS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK WHAT WE WILL NEED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARLY AND MORE DEPTH, AND, AND THIS WILL PROBABLY BE PART OF THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSIONS, IS WHAT ARE THE PERFORMANCE METRICS? WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS WE'RE TRYING TO REACH? WE KNOW CRIME DATA IS ONE, BUT, OR, OR, YOU KNOW, CRIME STATISTICS IS ONE, BUT WHAT MEASURES ARE WE TRYING TO REACH? I, I DON'T KNOW, CLAUDE, IF YOU WANT TO, OR, UM, ANYBODY, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          I AM GOING TO ASK JENNY HICKSON TO COME UP AND ELABORATE, GIVE SOME CONCRETE EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BALANCE THE ART WITH THE SCIENCE OF OUR WORK. 
          THIS IS AN AREA OF IMPROVEMENT NATIONWIDE. 
          JUST NOTE THAT ONLY ONE IN FOUR HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE DATA ANALYSTS TO DO THIS. 
          SO WE ARE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS COLLABORATION WITH SS A P D AND OUR ACADEMIC PARTNERS. 
          BUT I'M GONNA ASK JENNY TO AT LEAST ELABORATE GREAT. 
          ON A COUPLE EXAMPLES. 
          THANK YOU, COLE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN EXPLAIN IT, ALTHOUGH WE'RE WEAVING THIS THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS ROLLING OUT DIFFERENT FORMS OF LETHALITY ASSESSMENTS, SPECIFICALLY AROUND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING. 
          UM, THE TRAINING THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS NEXT WEEK IS TRAINING THEM ON THOSE EVIDENCE-BASED LETHALITY ASSESSMENTS AND USING, UM, THIS IS LIKE A NERDY PHRASE, BUT IT'S THE TRAINING THEORETICAL MODEL OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHERE YOU MEASURE WHERE PEOPLE ARE IN THEIR WILLINGNESS AND ABILITY TO ACCEPT CERTAIN TYPES OF INTERVENTIONS. 
          AND SO WE'RE MARRYING TOGETHER BOTH WHERE PEOPLE ARE IN TERMS OF THEIR RISK AND WHERE THEY ARE IN TERMS OF THEIR PERSONAL, UM, ABILITY TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICES, AND THEN MATCHING THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE GONNA GIVE THEM TO THROUGH THAT SORT OF, UH, EVIDENCE-BASED TOOL. 
          AND THEN ALSO ABLE TO LOOK AT OVER TIME, WE'RE USING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SKILLS TO MEASURE SPECIFICALLY AROUND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          IF THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO PEOPLE, IF THE INTERVENTIONS WE'RE PROVIDING TO PEOPLE ARE INCREASING THEIR OWN SELF-EFFICACY SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO TARGET AND CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH PEOPLE. 
          THE SECOND THING THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, IS WITH STANDUP, UH, ESSAY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, IN THE CURE VIOLENCE MODEL IS MEASURING WHERE PEOPLE ARE IN TERMS OF THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, WHERE THEY ARE IN SORT OF THEIR RISK LEVEL, AND THEN MAKING SURE, AGAIN, WE'RE USING TARGETED INTERVENTIONS, SEEING IF WE SOMEBODY COMES INTO THE PROGRAM AS HIGH RISK, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE THEM TO GET THEM TO LOW RISK? AND HOW CAN WE ADJUST WHAT WE'RE DOING OVER TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING THE MOST EFFICIENT THAT WE CAN WITH THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING, AND THAT WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED FOR WHERE THEY ARE, INSTEAD OF JUST GIVING EVERY PERSON WHO COMES TO US THE SAME MENU OF, OF RESOURCES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          WE ALSO HAVE, UM, SOME QUARTERLY DATA REPORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. 
          I KNOW, IF YOU REMEMBER A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DATA WAS A HUGE CHALLENGE, AND THAT IT WAS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY WAS TOUGH. 
          SO WE'VE DEVELOPED A QUARTERLY DATA REPORT THAT, UM, OUR TEAM IS REALLY PROUD OF, THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY QUARTERLY, SO THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR TO GET THE INFORMATION, BUT THEY CAN GET IT ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          SO COMMUNITY GROUPS CAN USE THAT FOR DECISION MAKING AS WELL AS, UM, WHAT WE CAN USE INTERNALLY TO TRACK WHERE WE ARE. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, JENNY. 
          AND I'LL JUST SAY, UM, I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED, UH, WITH THE USE OF DATA AND THE EVOLUTION OF DATA IN THE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT OVER THE LAST YEAR. 
          SO USING THOSE DASHBOARDS AND, AND BREAKING DOWN DISAGGREGATING DATA BY CENSUS TRACK, BY, UH, BY ZIP CODE OR, OR BY COUNCIL DISTRICT EVEN WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          UH, SO IF WE CAN JUST BE OPEN-MINDED TO HOW THAT CAN BE USED AND PRESENTED, UM, AND HOW WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE CONSIDERING SUCCESS, UH, IN USING THAT DATA, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          I, IT'S A, IT'S A CLOUD OF INFORMATION RIGHT NOW, AND I THINK WE NEED TO BETTER INTERPRET WHAT OUR OWN EXPECTATIONS NEED TO BE. 
          UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING I'D, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP, AND YOU TOUCHED ON IT, UH, ALREADY, SO I'M ACTUALLY GONNA LEAVE IT ALONE. 
          UM, I DID WANT TO GET AN UPDATE ON, ON STANDUP SA. 
          UH, I THINK THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IS PHENOMENAL. 
          IT'S HANDS ON. 
          UM, IT, CLAUDE, DO YOU WANNA, IT'S GONNA BE A DANCE. 
          UM, SO I'M GONNA ASK JENNY TO AT LEAST ALSO ELABORATE AROUND STANDUP ESSAY. 
          UM, THE CITY MANAGER AND I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THE TEAM WHEN I FIRST STARTED THAT FIRST WEEK. 
          UM, I'M A FAN OF THE MODEL. 
          UM, AGAIN, I HAIL FROM CHICAGO. 
          I WATCHED THE CURE VIOLENCE MODEL, AT LEAST BIRTH ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY THERE. 
          I'VE SEEN THAT PROGRAM IN BALTIMORE, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THIS MODEL IN CAMBRIDGE, BUT I CAN JUST SAY THAT IT DOES MY HEART GOOD TO SEE THE INNOVATIONS HERE AND IT'S AN ASSET BASED APPROACH. 
          AND SO I'M GONNA ASK JENNY TO AT LEAST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UH, STANDUP ESSAY. 
          I KNOW IT'S UNIQUE TO, UM, SAN ANTONIO IN TEXAS, UM, 
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BUT SHE CAN ELABORATE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE LATELY. 
          GREAT. 
          SURE. 
          SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT THE PROGRAM IS GOING. 
          SO AS YOU KNOW, DEREK TAYLOR'S OUR PROGRAM MANAGER AND WE'RE FULLY STAFFED UP NOW WITH STANDUP. 
          THEY ARE ALSO ROLLING OUT THE HOSPITAL BASED IMPLEMENTATION. 
          SO WE GOT THE M O U SIGNED WITH UNIVERSITY HEALTH, WHICH, AND WITH, UH, B A M C, SO THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE PART OF THE STANDUP TEAMS ACTUALLY GOING INTO THE HOSPITALS TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHILE THEY'RE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER THEY'VE BEEN SHOT. 
          UM, SO THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. 
          OUR TEAM HAS BEEN REALLY WORKING ON, UM, FOCUSING ON THOSE HIGH RISK FOLKS. 
          AND OUR CURRENT MIX OF FOLKS THAT WE HAVE WITH STANDUP IS, UM, SORRY, I HAVE LIKE A BIG OLD THING OF DATA HERE. 
          MOST OF THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW, I THINK OVER 70% ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE CONSIDERED HIGH RISK IN OUR MEASUREMENT. 
          SO THE TEAM HAS REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON DOING THAT WORK WITH THE FOLKS THAT ARE, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE MOST LIKELY TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH THEM ON GETTING OUT OF THAT WITH THE SUPPORT OF A CASE MANAGER AND A DATA ANALYST SO THAT WE CAN START AGAIN USING THOSE DATA-DRIVEN STRATEGIES. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, JENNY. 
          AND I, I THINK THE PROGRAM ITSELF ILLUSTRATES GETTING ON THE UPSTREAM, UH, OF, OF THE CHALLENGES THAT, YOU KNOW, CHIEF YOU AND YOU GOT YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS TO DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          SO, BIG FAN OF THE PROGRAM AND, AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT IT IF, IF, IF, IF NEED BE. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING I JUST MENTIONED IS, UM, HAVING GOTTEN A VISIT WITH MANY OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THAT WORK, I KNOW YOU'RE ALREADY MINDFUL OF THIS, BUT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO, UH, INDIRECTLY RECEIVING TRAUMA, HAVING TO DEAL WITH THAT EVERY DAY. 
          SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THEM FROM A, A WORK, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE STANDPOINT, KNOW THAT WE WOULD ALSO BE, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. 
          UM, LAST THING IS, UH, AND, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT NOW, IF I CAN JUST GET AN UPDATE. 
          WE ARE A FAST TRACK CITY. 
          YOU MENTIONED THE H I V PREP. 
          WE'D LOVE TO GET AN UPDATE ON, ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT IF WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS, IF WE'RE NOT. 
          AND THEN IF I CAN JUST CLOSE, UM, THERE WAS A SLIDE ON THERE THAT MENTAL MENTIONED MENTAL HEALTH LIAISON. 
          UM, IS THAT THE SAME AS THE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER WE HAD BEEN DISCUSSING BEFORE? IS THAT DIFFERENT OR IS THERE A DIFFERENT ROLE? IT'S THE SAME MAYOR, IT'S THE SAME. 
          IT'S, IT'S THAT POINT PERSON WITHIN, WITHIN THE CITY ORGANIZATION BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO THESE TWO DEPARTMENTS, OUR HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UM, OUR, OUR HOMELESS PROGRAMS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, IT'S THAT ONE TOUCH POINT THAT WE'LL UTILIZE TO, UH, UM, MARRY UP WITH OUR PARTNERS ATRAC, THE COUNTY AND CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES. 
          SO WE WILL HAVE A POINT PERSON ON MENTAL HEALTH. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UH, THAT, THAT HASN'T CHANGED. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, LET ME NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL ALL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, SORRY, THE, IS IT FIVE MINUTES? OH, YOU'RE SETTING THE TIME RIGHT NOW FOR THE TIMER? I DON'T KNOW. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU TINA. 
          UH, SO MAYOR, I'M GONNA TRY TO DO WHAT YOU DID AND KEEP MY MASK ON WHILE I SPEAK. 
          IT'S, UH, STILL A LITTLE BIT DISCONCERTING, UH, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE TO, TO SET. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. 
          UM, THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          UH, VERY THRILLED TO SEE METRO HEALTH ON THE FIRST DAY, LIKE THE MAYOR MENTIONED. 
          UM, I'M GOING TO, UH, KEEP MY REMARKS TO THE, TO THE HEALTH PORTION OF, OF THE PRESENTATION FOR, FOR TODAY. 
          I KNOW THE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS RIGHT HERE, AND SHE'S UP NEXT. 
          AND, AND SHE'LL HAVE MANY COMMENTS FOR THE OTHER TEAM. 
          SO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, CLAUDE, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST BUDGET PRESENTATION. 
          YOU DID VERY WELL. 
          UH, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A GREAT TEAM SUPPORTING YOU. 
          UM, I, FOR THE RECORD, AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE INCREASE FOR THE FUNDING TO THE PREP PROGRAM TO REPLACE THE, THE LOSS IN STATE GRANTS. 
          I'M ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THE ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION TO FUND THE 34 POSITIONS FOR THE COORDINATED RESPONSE, UH, WITH HOMELESSNESS AND, AND PD. 
          THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD. 
          I'LL MOVE ON TO QUESTIONS REGARDING THE STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN. 
          UH, WE HAD RECEIVED PREVIEWS OF IT BEFORE AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, IS THERE A, HAS IT BEEN FINALIZED? IS THERE A DOCUMENT WE CAN REFER TO? BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF WORDS THAT YOU SAID EVERY TIME THERE WAS LIKE ONE LITTLE BULLET  ON THERE. 
          SO IT'S GREAT TO TO HAVE A REFERENCE FOR, FOR THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE MESSAGE FOR THE QUESTION. 
          UH, SO THE STRATEGIC GOAL PLAN YOU'VE SEEN AND PRESENTATIONS AT THE BUDGET GOAL SETTING SESSION. 
          UH, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE PACKAGING EVERYTHING. 
          UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPONENTS TO IT. 
          THIS WAS INTENDED TO BE A PRIMER, A HIGH LEVEL. 
          UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS A CODIFIED DOCUMENT, AND WE'RE PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES AT LEAST ON THE BLUEPRINT. 
          SO IT'S COMING, UH, RIGHT NOW 
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THE FOCUS WAS REALLY ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE, AND I'LL WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO PUT SOMETHING MORE FORMAL TOGETHER THAT YOU CAN READ THROUGH AT YOUR LEISURE. 
          SORRY TO THROW ALL THOSE WORDS AT YOU, BUT I WAS JUST TRYING TO DESCRIBE WHAT WE HAVE AT LEAST AS PART OF THE BLUEPRINT FOR OUR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN. 
          THE TAKE HOME MESSAGE IS THAT SAN ANTONIO IS FORWARD THINKING. 
          THIS IS, THERE'S A NATIONAL PROCESS TO MODERNIZE THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM. 
          SO IT REALLY DOES MY HEART GOOD JUST TO SEE THE INVESTMENT THROUGH C O V I D. 
          UH, 'CAUSE IT, IT DOES TAKE A LOT TO AT LEAST TRY TO PIVOT AT THIS TIME. 
          SO I'LL WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO GET YOU SOMETHING MORE FORMAL, UH, THAT YOU CAN READ AT YOUR LEISURE. 
          THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH. 
          THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LEISURELY TIME TO READ THAT, UH,  THAT I'M GONNA HAVE WHEN I READ IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, REGARDING THE STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN, UH, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF, OF LITTLE PROGRAMS IN THERE, AND THEY'RE ALL WONDERFUL AND THEY ALL WARM MY HEART AS WELL TO SEE THEM. 
          YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT I HADN'T HEARD, UH, UNTIL NOW, AND THAT WAS, UH, INTEGRATING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. 
          AND I THINK IN YOUR TECHNOLOGY PORTION OF IT, UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, HEALTH ADVOCATES COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT THE, ABOUT THIS, UH, INCLUDING MARY GARR WHO WAS, UH, GOING TO HELP US WITH THE DEPARTMENT AT, AT ONE POINT IN TIME. 
          AND I, SO I'M, I'M THRILLED TO SEE IT IN THERE. 
          I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 
          BUT YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT A COUNCIL, LIKE AN ADVI, A COLLABORATION OR AN ADVISORY GROUP THAT WOULD BE, UH, HELPING AND, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF MY COLLEAGUES IV COULD EXPLAIN SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. 
          I KNOW SOME OF THEM ALREADY KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT, OR, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          SO THE AC THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, AGAIN, UM, THROUGH COVID WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF CONDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN EXACERBATED BECAUSE OF COVID. 
          SO HOUSING INSECURITY, FOOD INSECURITY, JOB INSECURITY, ALL THESE DIFFERENT, UM, FACTORS INFLUENCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS. 
          AND SO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO THROUGH THIS COVID EXPERIENCE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PAY CLOSER ATTENTION. 
          AND WHAT I REFERENCED, AT LEAST THAT PILLAR UNDER TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE, IS THAT WE'VE CONCEPTUALIZED A POLICY PLANNING AND PARTNERSHIPS TO DO A BETTER JOB, MAKING SURE THAT WE PAY ATTENTION TO HOW THESE THINGS CAN REALLY DISRUPT THE FLOW AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS. 
          IF YOU SWAP OUT C O V I D AND PUT IN CLIMATE CHANGE, YOU'D SEE THE DISPROPORTIONATE BURDEN FOR, AT LEAST FOR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY. 
          SAME THING WITH CHRONIC DISEASES AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN HISTORICALLY. 
          SO IN THE END, WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THESE CONDITIONS FURTHER UPSTREAM, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE A DIFFERENT LENS. 
          AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT ASSURING THE CONDITIONS WHERE ALL CAN BE HEALTHY. 
          SO I ONLY TALK ABOUT HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT OR EDUCATION AND, AND, UH, FOOD INSECURITY ONLY BECAUSE THOSE ARE DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF WHAT IMPACTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING, UH, MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          I THINK THERE ARE MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH ON THAT THE SAME WAY YOU'VE GOT THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, COLLABORATIVE. 
          YOU, WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE SOMETHING AROUND THAT AREA. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT LOCAL INSURERS. 
          WE'VE GOT THE GROUP THAT DOES THE COUNTY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN EVERY, EVERY FEW YEARS. 
          MY FOLLOW UP, UH, COMMENTS ON THIS HAVE TO DO WITH, I THINK IT WAS MADEIRA, THE CHIEF THAT SAID, NO, DON'T STAND UP. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAND UP . 
          IT WAS MADEIRA, THE CHIEF WHO SAID, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT THE ONLY DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIME. 
          AND WHAT YOU'VE REALLY TOLD US TODAY, CLAUDE, IS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS NOT THE ONLY DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR HEALTH. 
          AND I WAS THRILLED TO HEAR, UH, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FOOD COUNCIL AND POLICIES, AND MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE, WELL, WHAT KIND OF POLICIES AND, UH, AND THOSE ARE EXACTLY THE THINGS I WANTED TO SEE. 
          YOU MENTIONED POSSIBLY, WHAT DID YOU SAY? UH, ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER STORES, UH, SORRY, UH, GROCERY STORES OR EVEN HEALTH, UM, HEALTH FACILITIES. 
          RIGHT. 
          WE, WE KNOW, UM, A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WAS A, AN ANALYSIS DONE HERE ON THE LIFE EXPECTANCY, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THROUGH BEXAR COUNTY. 
          AND IF YOU, I THINK THE EXPRESS NEWS HAD IT ON THEIR FRONT PAGE AND SAID, IF YOU WERE TO DRAW A LINE ACROSS SAN ANTONIO BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH, THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD SEE THE DIFFERENCE. 
          AND THAT WAS, UM, BASICALLY HILDEBRAND. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE, SOUTH OF HILDEBRAND, I GUESS IS WHERE WE NEED TO PUT SOME OF THESE INCENTIVES. 
          SO I, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS QUESTION IS FOR YOU OR, OR FOR OTHER STAFF, BUT WHAT PROGRAMS OR WHAT FUNDS WILL WE BE USING TO INCENTIVIZE THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY? UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED FUNDS THAT WILL NECESSARILY USE TO INCENTIVIZE. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK INTO TO WITH, UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND SEE, UM, WHAT WE CAN DO AROUND INCENTIVIZING THOSE. 
          WELL, AND, AND I'LL JUST JUMP IN. 
          YOU KNOW, THE, UM, UH, PRIOR TO 
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JULY, THE COUNCIL HAD A B SESSION ON OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, PROGRAMS. AND THAT ORDINANCE NEEDS TO COME BACK TO YOU. 
          THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE RESTORED FUNDING. 
          AND IF YOU'LL RECALL, PART OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AT THAT B SESSION WAS THAT WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO INCORPORATE SMALL BUSINESSES INTO THAT MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO I THINK, I THINK THE TABLE IS SET AND, AND, UM, AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, THE PROGRAMS THAT, THAT CLAUDE METRO HEALTH ARE TALKING ABOUT, BUT ALSO WHAT I THINK YOU'RE ALLUDING TO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I'M, I'M VERY GLAD TO HEAR THAT. 
          I SAW THAT WE RESTORED, UH, 1.3 OR YOU'RE PROPOSING TO RESTORE 1.3 MILLION IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES AS WRITTEN, UH, IN THE BUDGET. 
          IT SAYS FOR NEW, FOR BRINGING BUSINESSES TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THAT, THAT MAY BE, UM, THE BUSINESSES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT MAY NOT BE. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE, ULTIMATELY WHEN WE ADOPT THOSE GUIDELINES, THAT THEY'RE FLEXIBLE, UH, ENOUGH. 
          WELL, AND JUST TO, YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS BECAUSE THIS WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT, UM, YOU AND I HAD, UH, WITH COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ TOWARDS, UM, UM, THE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET LAST YEAR, AND REALLY CENTERED AROUND, UH, ACCESS TO CARE AND SPECIFICALLY DOCTOR'S OFFICES IN AREAS OF TOWN WHERE, UM, UM, THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE MEDICAL, UH, CARE AND WORKING WITH U H SS IS A KEY PART OF THAT, AND POTENTIALLY ANOTHER PARTNER IN THAT TYPE OF INCENTIVE PROGRAM. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WHAT WE WILL BE DOING, IT'S A LONG-TERM STRATEGY, IS TO, UM, CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT OF THE FOOD ENVIRONMENT, UM, AND THEN DEVELOP A STATE OF, UH, FOOD INSECURITY REPORT. 
          AND THAT WILL INFORM US IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WILL ACTUALLY, UM, NEED TO IMPLEMENT BASED ON THAT INFORMATION. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A SMART MOVE. 
          UM, I JUST JUST WANNA POINT OUT AS LEST WE FORGET THAT OUR CURRENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES RESTRICT US FROM INVESTING IN RETAIL, AND THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN, UH, IF WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS, UH, SOME OF THIS FOOD INSECURITY IN, IN PARTS OF OUR CITY. 
          AND LASTLY, I FORGOT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, . 
          OH, IN TERMS OF THE, THE ASSESSMENT THAT YOU WILL DO, I WOULD, UM, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD, BUT WHAT TYPES OF FOOD YOU HAVE ACCESS TO. 
          BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE A GROCERY, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THE DIFFERENCES IN OUR RETAIL GROCERY STORES THAT WE GO TO. 
          AND THE FURTHER NORTH YOU GO, THE MORE OPTIONS YOU HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO ORGANIC OR EVEN JUST HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS. 
          SO I THINK THAT THAT ABSOLUTELY HAS TO BE, UM, A PART OF IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN I, I HAVE MANY, MANY MORE COMMENTS, BUT LASTLY WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEM OFFLINE. 
          UH, BUT, BUT UH, LASTLY I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR THE DATA ANALYSIS PORTION. 
          AS SOMEONE WHO, WHO KNOWS THAT NUMBERS CAN BE VERY POWERFUL, UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THEM. 
          I, I KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF STATISTICS, BUT I KNOW THAT IF I DO SOMETHING WRONG, I CAN REALLY GOOF IT UP  AND I MAY BE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THE WRONG WAY. 
          I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST SIMPLE MISTAKES, BUT REALLY LIKE THE INTEGRITY OF AN ANALYSIS THAT WE DO. 
          UH, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE ARE MINDFUL OF, UH, DATA INTEGRITY AS WELL AS ANALYTICAL INTEGRITY WHEN, WHEN WE ANALYZE, UM, ANALYZE THINGS. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR AND, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COO VARDA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, MR. JACOB, AND WELCOME TO WHAT IS, IN MY OPINION, THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN RESPONDING TO C OVID 19. 
          UM, IT'S NOT BEEN EASY FOR ANY OF US, AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY, SO I WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          Y'ALL MAY HAVE NOTICED IN THE PRESENTATION THAT THERE ARE HEALTHY CORNER FOOD STORES IN DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH FIVE AND THEN OVER TO SEVEN. 
          I AM A MIDDLE CHILD, AND I OFTEN JOKE THAT DISTRICT SIX IS A MIDDLE CHILD OF THE CITY. 
          AND IF THAT DOESN'T PROVE IT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL. 
          BUT, UM, MUCH LIKE A MIDDLE CHILD, I'VE BEEN SCREAMING AND HOLLERING, UM, FOR ATTENTION. 
          AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CAME THROUGH FOR US. 
          I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE HEALTHY CORNER STORE. 
          I'M EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE PUERTO VIVA AND VIVA, UM, VIVA HEALTH INITIATIVES AND HAVE REQUESTED A HEALTHY CORNER STORE BE BUILT IN THE EDGEWOOD AREA OF DISTRICT SIX. 
          THEY LIVE IN A FOOD DESERT THAT AREA, AND, UM, HAVE LONG SINCE NEEDED THESE INITIATIVES, UH, UM, INITIATIVES OF THIS CALIBER TO, TO THE COUNCIL WOMAN'S POINT, NOT JUST, UM, A GROCERY STORE, A HEALTHY CORNER FOOD STORE. 
          SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO KNOW THAT THIS WILL COME TO FRUITION, THIS BUDGET SEASON. 
          THANK YOU CHIEF, AS ALWAYS FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO MENTION THE REQUEST RECEIVED FROM DISTRICT SIX RESIDENTS, INCLUDING FUNDING FOR THE POLICE, ATHLETIC LEAVE, ATHLETIC LEAGUE FOR MORE PROGRAMMING ACTIVITY OPPORTUNITIES 
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IN DISTRICT SIX. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR, THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OR POWELL BRINGS IN AT-RISK YOUTH TO BE A PART OF A SPORTS PROGRAM WORKING WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OFFICERS WHO DO THIS ON THEIR OWN TIME TO INCREASE COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OUR YOUTH AND OUR POLICE HAVE ATTENDED A PAL'S BASEBALL GAME AND THE RELATIONSHIPS GO FAR BEYOND JUST THE CHILDREN. 
          IT, IT REALLY IS, UM, A FAMILY EVENT. 
          THEIR, THEIR PARENTS ARE EXTENDED FAMILIES WHO HELP PUT THESE GAMES TOGETHER. 
          AND MY OBSERVATION OF THIS PROGRAM HAS SHOWED ME THAT THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM IS WHAT PUTS REALLY, IN MY OPINION, PUTS THE SERVE IN TO PROTECT AND SERVE. 
          SO I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT, UM, FOR THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THEM. 
          DISTRICT SIX IS FORTUNATE TO STILL HAVE LOTS OF UNDEVELOPED LAND. 
          WE'RE STILL VERY GREEN OUT THERE. 
          UM, BUT THAT CAN MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR OUR OFFICERS TO REACH ALL PARTS OF THE DISTRICT. 
          SO, UH, WE'VE REQUESTED THREE ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES FOR OUR WEST SUBSTATION AND THOSE ARE BE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, NOT TODAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE SPECIALIZED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COVERAGE. 
          UM, WE GOT AN OVERVIEW HERE TODAY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MEET SEPARATELY WITH YOU ON, ON HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK, UM, AND, AND HOW THE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS, UM, WELL I DO HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. 
          ARE THEY, ARE THEY REGULAR KIND OF BEAT OFFICERS? ARE THEY SPECIFICALLY RESPONDING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS? HI COUNSEL. 
          HI OFFICER. 
          YES. 
          THESE ARE OFFICERS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY HANDLING AND RESPONDING ONLY TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS ON NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEY'VE GOT, UM, THAT'S THEIR SPECIALTY, THAT'S THEIR AREA OF EXPERTISE, AND THEY CONTINUE TO TRAIN AND DEVELOP, UH, TO GET BETTER AT THAT. 
          AND WHERE, WHERE DO THEY, WHERE DO THEY RECEIVE THE TRAINING? THE SPECIALIZED TRAINING? YEAH, SO WE PROVIDE, WE PROVIDE TRAINING. 
          UM, WE, WE'VE GOT OUR, UH, OUR SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT DIRECTOR WHO IS STATE CERTIFIED IN PRIMARY AGGRESSOR TRAINING, STRANGULATION TRAINING. 
          WE'VE GOT TRAINING THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE. 
          UH, THAT IS, UH, ALSO, UH, UH, STATE OF THE ART, UH, STANDARDIZED TRAINING, UH, AGAIN, FOCUSING ON LETHALITY AND THEN WORKING IN, IN COLLABORATION WITH METRO HEALTH AND THAT TEAM OF THE, UH, ADVOCATES TO PROVIDE, UM, THEY'RE PROVIDING THAT EVIDENCE BASED, UH, TRAUMA INFORMED CARE, AND WE CAN PROVIDE THE ENFORCEMENT PIECE WITH THAT SPECIALIZED TRAINING. 
          OKAY. 
          I WONDER IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE THEM SPEND SOME TIME WITH THE NONPROFITS IN THE AREA, UM, THAT ARE DOING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORK, JUST, UH, JUST TO KIND OF SEE MORE OF THE, THE ADVOCACY SIDE OF IT, UM, JUST TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER, YOU KNOW, WHAT, AFTER A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT OCCURS. 
          AND, AND, AND I GUESS THE, THE, UM, THE TRAUMA THAT, THAT CONTINUES TO EX THE PERSON CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE. 
          I KNOW THAT WE HAVE REALLY GOOD NONPROFITS. 
          I'M THINKING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD PIECE INITIATIVE THAT THAT DOES A LOT OF THAT WORK. 
          I WONDER IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THEY COULD SPEND SOME TIME DOING THESE PARTICULAR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFICERS. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THE, UM, THE MULTI MULTI THANK YOU, THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TEAM FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH PILOT. 
          UM, I THINK I ASKED THIS A PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THE QUESTIONS THAT THE DISPATCHER WILL ASK, UM, WILL IT HELP THE CALLER TO DETERMINE WHETHER THAT'S A MENTAL HEALTH CALL? I, I THINK WE KNOW WE CAN'T RELY ON THE CALLER, THE, THE AVERAGE, UM, 9 1 1 CALLER TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT MIGHT BE A MENTAL HEALTH EPISODE. 
          SO IS THERE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS LIKE HOW ARE THEY TRIAGING THAT IT IS A MENTAL HEALTH CALL? YES, COUNCILWOMAN, WE HAVE NOT DEVELOPED THAT PROTOCOL YET. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED, OUR GOAL IS TO ADD THREE CLINICIANS TO THE 9 1 1 FLOOR, IF YOU WILL, TO BE ABLE TO HELP TRIAGE, CALL TRIAGE CALLS ON THOSE DAYS OF THE WEEK AND HOURS OF THOSE DAYS WHERE WE GET MOST OF THE MENTAL HEALTH CALLS. 
          BUT WE HAVEN'T DEVELOPED THE KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT, THAT WE ARE GONNA BE ASKING. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I GUESS IF WE COULD KEEP, UM, THAT, WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE QUARTERLY REPORTS OF HOW THE PROGRAM IS GOING, UM, AT PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO JUST SEE WHAT KIND OF DATA, DATA WE'RE COLLECTING, UM, BE INVOLVED SOMEWHAT IN THE PROCESS OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED, UH, AND, AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO EVOLVE WITH THE PROGRAM AS IT GROWS AND AS WE UNDERSTAND MORE NEEDS, UM, AS, AS, AS THE, AS THE PROGRAM IS, IS, UM, ONGOING, WE'LL UNDERSTAND MORE OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR OR LOOKING FOR. 
          SURE. 
          AND, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE. 
          OUR MENTAL HEALTH, UH, UNIT IN, UH, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF FOX OVERSEES THAT UNIT. 
          UH, WE WERE PLANNING, WELL, THEY WERE PLANNING TO GO TO DALLAS TO SEE SOME OF THE WORK THAT DALLAS IS DOING, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE GONNA IMPLEMENT, UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF COVID AND NUMBER OF CASES THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. 
          BUT, UM, UH, DALLAS HAS FIVE TEAMS ALREADY ON THE GROUND AND THEY HAVE A CLINICIAN ON, ON THEIR 9 1 1 FLOOR, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THOSE PRACTICES AS 
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WE ARE IMPLEMENTING OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE'LL BE HAPPY TO REPORT BACK TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND COUNCILWOMAN, JUST SO, JUST SO THAT THERE'S CONTEXT, UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED OF, OF OUR, UH, FIRE PARAMEDIC DISPATCHERS ARE QUESTIONS THAT ARE, UM, DESIGNED BY OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR. 
          SO WE'LL, WE'LL NEED TO BRING SOMEBODY IN TO HELP US WITH THE DESIGN OF THOSE QUESTIONS TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, AN EXPERT IN THAT, IN THAT FIELD TO HELP US, UM, KIND OF ELICIT, UM, THE ANSWERS TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF SITUATION IS. 
          AND WE'LL NEED TO RELY UPON EXPERTS IN THAT AREA JUST LIKE WE DO OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, OVER AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, I, I RECALL LAST YEAR AT PUBLIC SAFETY, WE WENT THROUGH KIND OF A MINI TRAINING, UH, WITH, WITH SS A P D. 
          UM, WE ALSO DID IT WITH FIRE AS WELL. 
          IT WAS, BOTH OF THOSE WERE VERY EYE-OPENING FOR OUR, I THINK THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          UH, IF THERE'S, UH, WE CAN GO THROUGH SOME KIND OF THE TRAINING FOR THIS. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TOO. 
          PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE US STRENGTHEN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH STR AND THEIR WORK ON MENTAL HEALTH. 
          I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH THEM. 
          I HAD A REALLY GOOD VISIT WITH THEM LAST WEEK, AND, UM, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM AND, AND A LOT OF COLLABORATION. 
          UH, I'M ESPECIALLY PLEASED TO KNOW THAT THE $25 PROPERTY ROOM FEE WILL BE ELIMINATED. 
          IT'S MAKING IT EASIER FOR OUR CITIZENS TO GET THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE, IDENTIFICATIONS, BICYCLES, WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY NEED TO GET BACK TO WORK, UM, GET OUT FROM UNDER THE BURDEN OF THAT FEE TO GET BACK TO WORK SCHOOL AND BACK TO THEIR LIVES. 
          I APPRECIATE, ERIC, I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THIS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL. 
          IT SEEMS TO ME, AND HEARING THIS PRESENTATIONS AND, UM, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES SPEAK THAT WE'VE BEEN OPERATING IN, IN THESE KIND OF SILOS OF PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SAFETY, ET CETERA. 
          AND I'M ENCOURAGED AND EXCITED THAT WE'RE, I THINK IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE WE'RE CHANGING OUR FRAMEWORK. 
          UM, AND PROCESSES MOVING AWAY FROM THESE SILOS AND OFFERING SERVICES IS MORE OF A, A SYSTEM THINK THINKING APPROACH OR A HOLISTIC APPROACH. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S, UM, REALLY SHOWS THE CALIBER OF, OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH HERE IN THE CITY AND, AND, UM, AND I THINK MORE LONG TERM THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE WHAT'S MAKING CHANGE FOR OUR, OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO I THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VEO, HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I HAVE, UM, I, I JUST, I'LL START OFF WITH THE S A P D QUESTIONS. 
          AND CHIEF, DO YOU ALL, I NOTICED THAT YOUR, UH, FEMALE TO MALE RATIO IS STILL, UM, NOT WHERE I WOULD EXPECT IT JUST YET, BUT I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          DO WE HAVE A HERO, LIKE HER PROGRAM IN PLACE, LIKE FIRE HAS BY ANY, BY ANY CHANCE? NO, MA'AM. 
          WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THE EXACT, THAT EXACT PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN ON YOUR, UH, SERVICE CALLS, THE RESPONSE TIMES, DO YOU HAVE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER CITIES AND HOW WE DO WITH OTHER LARGE CITIES COMPARISON WITH WHAT IN, UH, YOUR RESPONSE TIMES COMPARED TO WHAT MA'AM? TO OTHER CITIES. 
          TO OTHER LARGE CITIES, AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE DO. 
          NO. 
          BUT WE CAN, WE CAN TRY TO GET THEM. 
          YEAH, I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAYBE SOME OTHER ITIES. 
          I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN COMPARE TO OTHER ONES. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU CHIEF. 
          AND THEN, UM, ALSO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, YOU HIGHLIGHTED SOME REALLY CRITICAL ISSUES THAT I THINK WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND I SEE THAT THE TWO HIGHEST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS COME FROM TWO OF THE STATIONS THAT WORK DIRECTLY WITH D FOUR, SO THE SOUTH AND THE WEST, UM, PATROL. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR, YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH THAT. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T SEE ADDRESSED, BUT I THINK IT'S UNDER C B T, IS SPECIFICALLY HANDLE WITH CARE. 
          I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND I, I'D HOPE THAT WE STILL ARE, UM, ADVOCATING FOR, FOR MORE, UH, FUNDING FOR THAT PROGRAM. 
          ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY A COUNCIL MEMBER THERE, THERE'S NO FUNDING THAT WAS NEEDED FOR THE PROGRAM. 
          WE SIMPLY, WE SIMPLY ADVISED THE SCHOOL THROUGH AN EMAIL, UH, THAT THIS PARTICULAR CHILD HAS GONE THROUGH A TRAUMATIC EVENT, NOT NECESSARILY STATING WHAT THE TRAUMATIC EVENT WAS, BUT THEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALERTED TO THAT, THAT, THAT THERE MAY BE AN ISSUE WITH THAT CHILD, UH, AFTER HAVING GONE THROUGH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          AND ACTUALLY, I THINK I REMEMBER YOU SAYING THE SAME THING LAST YEAR, SO THANK YOU CHIEF FOR, FOR REMINDING ME ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, ALSO, AND, AND I AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN, UH, CAVEO, HDA AND STRAC IS IN DISTRICT FOUR, SO I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THEIR WORK AND I GOT, UH, TOUR EARLY ON, AND SO I, I UNDERSTAND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE STILL, UM, GETTING SOME TOURS, HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT. 
          THEY, UM, DO A LOT OF GREAT WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, CHIEF, CAN I LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CHRONIC CRISIS STABILIZATION INITIATIVE? I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN? THE CHRONIC CRISIS STABILIZATION INITIATIVE, I THINK DEPUTY CHIEF FOLKS IS COMING UP. 
          YEAH, CERTAINLY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UH, THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO, UH, ON, ON THE FRONT END TO HELP OUR CONSUMERS. 
          IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE PICK PROGRAM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE WORK ON THE BACK END WHEN WE DO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM, THE, THE CHRONIC STABILIZATION IS FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO CALL 9 1 1 FREQUENTLY. 
          AND SO WHAT MY MENTAL HEALTH UNIT DOES 
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IS FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO CONSTANTLY ARE CALLING 9 1 1, WE GO OUT AND WE DO FOLLOW UP CALLS, UM, TO, TO SEE WHAT THEIR NEEDS MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY'RE, UM, OFF THEIR MEDICATION, WE HELP THEM GET THEIR MEDICATION, OR IF THEY NEED TO GO VISIT, UM, A CERTAIN SERVICE. 
          UH, WE, WE CONNECT THEM WITH THOSE SERVICES. 
          BUT THAT IS, UM, THE, UM, UPFRONT PART OF, OF WHAT THE MENTAL HEALTH DOES. 
          SO IF WE'RE GETTING CONSTANT 9 1 1 CALLS, UH, WE REACH OUT TO THOSE PARTICULAR CONSUMERS. 
          WHAT'S THE FLAG OR WHAT'S THE THRESHOLD BEFORE BEING REFERRED? HOW MANY CALLS? WELL, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A PARTICULAR NUMBER. 
          UM, BUT IF, IF IT'S FREQUENT ENOUGH, THEN, THEN WE, WE REALIZE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND PERHAPS THEY NEED SOME TYPE OF OF HELP. 
          AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GO OUT TO, TO THEIR HOUSE AND OR WHEREVER THEY MIGHT BE AND, AND PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I'VE, UM, I, I, I FEEL LIKE I'M ALWAYS CALLING 9 1 1 OR, OR 2 0 7 S A P D FOR HELP WITH THINGS THAT I SEE. 
          AND I'VE GOTTEN THE, UH, SURVEY SEVERAL TIMES. 
          UM, AND SO I THINK THAT YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB. 
          IT'S IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH, AND I THINK THAT IT'S FAIRLY SIMPLE TO USE. 
          UM, SO, UH, SO, SO WHOEVER MANAGES THAT, I JUST WANNA SAY GREAT JOB. 
          AND SO, UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I'M GONNA GO ON TO METRO HEALTH NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU TEAM PD. 
          BUT, UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, CLAUDE. 
          I STILL NEED SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL HELP IN DISTRICT FOUR. 
          AND AS EARLY AS, UH, A COUPLE OF HOURS, UH, AGO, I GOT A CALL FROM ONE OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS, AND I HAD ASKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. 
          I ASKED, WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PREPARE OUR KIDS TO BE VACCINATED FOR SCHOOL? AND SO, UM, I, I KNOW THAT THIS IS FOR AN UPCOMING, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET, SO PLEASE, UM, LIZ, STOP ME IF I'M OUT OF LINE, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE, UM, HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO STILL ADD SOME OF THE SUPPORT STAFF THAT'S NEEDED. 
          I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IN SOME CASES WE CAN'T HAVE VACCINE CLINICS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH STAFF. 
          AND SO I NOTICED HERE THAT THERE'S STAFFING SUPPORT THAT'S AT, THAT'S ADDED. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO MAJOR THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP, AND WE KNOW THAT IN OCTOBER WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA PEAK WITH THE NUMBER OF KIDS IN, IN THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM. 
          SO I'D, I'D ONE, LOVE TO KNOW HOW MANY HOSPITAL BEDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN, UM, OF WHAT AGE LEVELS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO. 
          AND ALSO I WANT TO KNOW HOW WE'RE PREPARING FOR VACCINE BOOSTER ACCESS. 
          SO WHEN THEY, UM, ALLOW FOR THAT THIRD VACCINE, HOW WILL WE GET THOSE SHOTS IN ARMS? UM, AND THEN WHEN THE F D A FINALLY APPROVES THE VACCINE, WHICH IS EXPECTED IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, HOW WILL WE MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IF THIS BECOMES MANDATED, THAT WE TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A VACCINE? I KNOW THOSE ARE VERY LONG QUESTIONS, BUT I HAVE MORE. 
          BUT IF YOU CAN START WITH THOSE, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA. 
          UM, I'M GONNA TEE IT UP AND I'M GOING TO ASK DR. 
          ANITA KIAN TO, TO JOIN ME. 
          UM, SO IN BROAD STROKES, YOU'VE HEARD THE F D I'LL DO THIS IN REVERSE. 
          SO THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED ABOUT THE THIRD DOSE FOR THOSE WHO ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, AND THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF CONSTELLATION OF DIFFERENT FOLKS WHO QUALIFY FOR THAT. 
          UH, SO RIGHT NOW OUR TEAM IS ALREADY WORKING WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
          WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO AT LEAST ALERTING AREA PROVIDERS OF THEIR ROLE IN THE EQUATION. 
          THIS IS ANALOGOUS TO WHAT HAPPENED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO WHEN FLU CLINICS WERE REALLY ANCHORED TO HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, BUT THEN H ONE N ONE CHANGED THE ALGORITHM, SO PROVIDERS BECAME IN A MIX. 
          SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE. 
          IT'S FOR A COUPLE REASONS. 
          ONE, IT'S ENGAGING OTHER PARTNERS IN THE MIX TO PROVIDE THOSE THIRD DOSES RATHER THAN BOOSTERS IS WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          THE THIRD DOSE, UH, FOR A DEMOGRAPHIC THAT'S ACTUALLY ELIGIBLE. 
          SO YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED FOLKS, UH, BUT IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT CLINICIANS CAN AT LEAST HELP SUPPORT LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE THOSE SHOTS. 
          SO I'M GONNA ASK DR. 
          KIAN TO ELABORATE, BUT JUST KNOW IN TERMS OF OUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING THESE POP-UP CLINICS WHEREVER POSSIBLE, WHEREVER FEASIBLE, UH, AUGUST IS NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION AWARENESS MONTH. 
          WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS CAMPAIGN OVER THE COURSE OF THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. 
          UH, WE DO OUR BEST TO RESPOND TO ALL THESE REQUESTS, UH, NOT JUST IN DISTRICT FOUR, UH, BUT ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF DIFFERENT DISTRICTS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          SO I'M GONNA ASK DR. 
          KIAN TO ELABORATE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW WITH POP-UP CLINICS, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE AT LEAST, UH, PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING NATIONALLY WITH THIS TALK ABOUT HAVING THE THIRD DOSE ADMINISTERED FOR THOSE WHO ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED. 
          AND I'LL ASK DR. 
          KERRY TO ELABORATE. 
          SURE. 
          AND I'LL CLARIFY BECAUSE I HEARD ABOUT THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED LAST WEEK. 
          OH, GOTCHA. 
          BUT NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST EVERYONE HAVING A THIRD BOOSTER SHOT. 
          THAT'S THE ONE THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. 
          GOT IT. 
          'CAUSE HOW DO WE REACH OUT TO ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT CAME TO OUR CLINICS TO GET THAT THIRD BOOSTER SHOT? BUT THAT'S IT, BECAUSE I KNOW WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T EVEN COME BACK FOR THE SECOND ONE. 
          SO I'M JUST, I'M TRYING TO PREPARE 
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AGAIN AND, UH, JUST, JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE DOING THAT SO I CAN ADDRESS, UH, LET ME TAKE PIECEMEAL YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE FIRST ONE WAS ABOUT THE CURRENT ONE, WHICH IS THE THIRD DOSE VACCINES THAT IS BEING APPROVED AND AUTHORIZED FOR MODERATELY AND SEVERELY COMP IMMUNOCOMPROMISED FOLKS, THAT'S A VERY SMALL SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION. 
          THREE, WE ESTIMATE THAT ABOUT 3% OF OUR POPULATION FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY, WHICH IS ABOUT 60,000 PLUS SLIGHTLY, SLIGHTLY ABOUT 60,000 FOLKS WHO FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY. 
          THESE ARE FOLKS WHO, WHO HAD, THESE ARE THE ORGAN TRANSPLANTS, SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS, BLOOD CANCER PATIENTS, PATIENTS ON HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL RECIPIENT, YOU KNOW, RECEIVING THOSE THERAPIES. 
          PATIENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING HIGHLY IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE CHEMOTHERAPEUTICS, NOT YOUR REGULAR CHEMOTHERAPEUTICS, HIGHLY IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE CHEMOTHERAPEUTICS. 
          SO THIS IS VERY SPECIALIZED, VERY COMPLEX GROUP OF FOLKS THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH. 
          SO WE HAD, LIKE CLAUDE HAS ALREADY MENTIONED, WE REACHED OUT TO THE BAY COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETIES. 
          WE REACHED OUT TO ALL THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY, PROACTIVELY, THEY ARE REACHING OUT TO THEIR PATIENT POPULATION WHO FALL INTO THESE TWO CATEGORIES, RIGHT? THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO ALL THEIR ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS. 
          THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO THOSE PATIENTS WHO ARE BLOOD CANCER SURVIVORS, OWN HIGHLY SUPPRESSIVE IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE CHEMOTHERAPEUTICS. 
          AND THEY ARE CALLING THEM TO COME INTO THEIR OFFICES, THEIR FACILITIES, TO GET THESE VACCINES. 
          UM, AND WE ALSO, AS METRO HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE ARE ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR PROVIDERS BECAUSE EACH ONE OF THEM MAY BE UNDER A CARE OF THREE OR FOUR TREATING PHYSICIANS, AND THEY'RE, THEY ARE UNDER PROBABLY RECEIVING MULTIPLE MONOCLONAL COCKTAILS THAT WE MAY NOT BE AWARE OF. 
          SO IT, IT'S BEST SERVED, THEY WILL BE BEST SERVED IF THEY HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR DOCTORS AND, AND VISIT THEIR FACILITIES TO GET THE DOSES. 
          NOW, THAT IS NOT TO SAY IF SOMEBODY SHOWS UP AT OUR FACILITIES, THAT WILL TURN THEM AWAY. 
          NO, WE WILL STILL ACCEPT THEM. 
          YOU CAN SELF ATTEST, BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT'S BETTER SERVED IF YOU TALK, HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR DOCTOR'S OFFICES. 
          SO THAT'S THE THIRD DOSE THAT'S BEEN AUTHORIZED. 
          THE QUESTION ABOUT BOOSTER SHOTS, THAT CONVERSATION IS STILL ONGOING. 
          STUDIES ARE BEING DONE TO SEE HOW, HOW, WHAT'S THE LEVEL OF ANTIBODIES POST ONE YEAR AFTER YOU'VE RECEIVED THE DOSES SO THAT WE ANTICIPATE, IF AT ALL, IT IS COME, IF AT ALL, IT GETS APPROVED SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, BECAUSE A, WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW TEST TO DETECT WHAT THE ANTIBODY TITERS ARE CONCLUSIVELY, BUT THERE ARE THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU, YOU MIGHT SEE IN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENTS OR PREGNANT WOMEN OR OLDER FOLKS, UH, JUST LIKE WE SEE FOR OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES, THEY MAY NOT MOUNT AN ADEQUATE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO YOUR VACCINES. 
          SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THEIR ANTIBODY TERS MAY WAIN WITH GI, UH, WITH PASSING TIME AND MAY NEED A THIRD DOSE THAT IS YET TO BE, UM, CONCLUSIVELY, UM, UH, I SAY PASSED ON OR AUTHORIZED FOR US. 
          UM, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE SCHOOLS? WE HAD CONTRACTED WITH CURATIVE, WHICH IS A PRIVATE VENDOR, AND WE HAD DEDICATED THE MONTH OF JUNE AND JULY TO REACHING OUT TO EVERY SINGLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          EVERY SINGLE PUBLIC SCHOOL HERE WE HAVE, INCLUDING PRIVATE AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. 
          AND SO WE'VE DONE FOLKS WHO RESPONDED BACK TO OUR REQUEST. 
          WE HAD DONE NUMBER OF EVENTS. 
          AND I THINK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOUTHWEST I S D. 
          WE'VE DONE EIGHT EVENTS WITH THEM IN THE MONTH OF JULY. 
          WE HAVE FEW OTHER PLANNED, BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'LL, CERTAINLY IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, WE WANNA FIX THAT. 
          AS FAR AS POPUP TEAMS, WE HAVE, AM I OVERTIME, IS THAT ? OKAY. 
          SORRY. 
          I'M OVERTIME, DR. 
          . 
          SORRY. 
          SO, POPUP TEAMS, WE HAVE THREE TEAMS AT THIS TIME. 
          UH, AND THEY'RE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. 
          AS OF TODAY, THERE ARE 86 EVENTS ALREADY PLANNED JUST FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. 
          HOW MANY DAYS DO WE HAVE IN THIS MONTH LEFT? YOU KNOW, THEY ARE DOING TWO OR THREE EVENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 
          BUT IF THERE IS STILL A NEED SOMEWHERE THAT IS NOT BEING MET, CERTAINLY BRING IT UP TO US AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          CURIE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RCIA GARCIA. 
          NOW GO TO COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          IS IT ME? ? OKAY, THANK YOU. 
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UM, FIRST I WANTED TO AIR A GRIEVANCE THAT I'M SURE I'M NOT ALONE IN. 
          UM, WE RECEIVED THESE PRESENTATIONS AT 6 45 LAST NIGHT. 
          UM, I WOULD'VE LIKED TO KNOWN A LOT TO HAVE KNOWN A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION BEFORE I GOT HERE TODAY. 
          SO WE CAN ASK APPROPRIATE, THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE BEFORE THIS, I HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT UP HERE PROCESSING THIS INFORMATION AT THE SAME TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. 
          UH, DO WE NEED A C C R OR SOMETHING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE RECEIVING THESE 24 TO 40 HOURS IN ADVANCE? COUNCILMAN, WE'LL SEND THESE PRESENTATIONS OUT THE DAY BEFORE. 
          UM, WE WERE WORKING ON 'EM LATE LAST, UH, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. 
          AND WE'LL TRY TO GET THE, THIS AFTERNOON. 
          YOU'LL GET, UH, TOMORROW AFTERNOONS IF YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR, UM, ISSUE OR CONCERN, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DISCUSS IT WITH YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, LUCKILY I'VE BEEN READY FOR THIS. 
          SO I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          UM, I WANTED TO START WITH SLIDE EIGHT. 
          I KNOW, UH, DR. 
          ROCHA GARCIA HAD, UH, MENTIONED THIS SLIDE EIGHT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, WAS THAT A TYPO, THAT ONLY 12% OF OFFICERS ARE WOMEN? NO COUNCILMAN. 
          12% OF OUR WORKFORCE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS, ARE FEMALES. 
          THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS 12%. 
          WOW. 
          WOW. 
          UM, GOODNESS. 
          I GUESS THIS IS FOR A LATER DATE. 
          UM, I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE PERCENTAGES OF OFFICER INVOLVED INJURIES OR DEATHS CAUSED BY A FIREARM, UH, FOR EACH OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS? SO BY RACE AND BY GENDER? UH, BUT THAT'S A, THAT'S A LATER CONVERSATION. 
          I ALSO WANTED TO GO TO SLIDE 11. 
          SO AS A MATH TEACHER WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO HAVE A DEGREE IN COMMUNICATION, I'VE LEARNED THAT DATA CAN BE DISPLAYED IN ANY WAY A USER WANTS TO PORTRAY A DESIRED MESSAGE. 
          UM, THIS IS A BIT IRRESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THERE ARE A WIDE RANGE OF REASONS WHY 2020 WAS A TERRIBLE YEAR FOR CRIME, AND WHY THE FIRST HALF OF 2021 MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS THE FIRST HALF OF 2020. 
          UM, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT LONG-TERM TRENDS, NOT JUST SHORT-TERM. 
          I'VE ALSO FOUND THAT QUITE A BIT OF CRIME HAS HAPPENED IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, UM, AS IT DID IN 2019 AND 2016. 
          UH, SO IT CAN BE PRETTY SPORADIC. 
          BUT LAST WEEK I ASKED, AS WE'VE INCREASED SAP'S FUNDING, HAVE WE SEEN A DECREASE IN CRIME? AND I HAVE THE ANSWER FOR THAT. 
          WHILE THE DATA PRESENTED IS A LITTLE MISLEADING, THE ANSWER IS NO. 
          I LOOKED AT THE FULL YEAR VIOLENT CRIME REPORTS, AND SINCE 2021 IS STILL IN PROGRESS, I'M GONNA BE REFERENCING 2015 TO 2020. 
          SO BETWEEN 2015 TO 2020, SAP'S BUDGET HAD INCREASED 19% FROM $401 MILLION TO 479 MILLION. 
          CORRECT. 
          COUNCILMAN, I APOLOGIZE. 
          I CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU WITH THAT MASK ON. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          OH, WE GOT THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO BETWEEN 2015 TO 2020, SAP'S BUDGET HAD INCREASED 19% FROM $401 MILLION TO $479 MILLION. 
          HOWEVER, REPORTS OF VIOLENT CRIME WENT UP 30% FROM 8,594 INSTANCES TO 11,252. 
          IF WE LOOK AT 2011 TO 2020, WE'VE INCREASED SS A P D SPENDING BY 43%, AND WE'VE SEEN A 59% INCREASE IN CRIME SINCE THEN. 
          WE'VE INCREASED SAP'S BUDGET NEARLY 5%, AND WE HAVE YET TO SEE A TRUE DECREASE IN CRIME. 
          THAT IS THE POINT I'M MAKING RIGHT NOW. 
          AND I'M WONDERING, AT WHAT POINT WILL WE BEGIN TO SAY THIS ISN'T WORKING? IT MAY BENEFIT ANY ONE OF US ON THE DAIS, UH, POLITICALLY, TO SIT UP HERE AND SAY, OH, WE NEED MORE OFFICERS, OR, WE NEED MORE FUNDING FOR SS A P D SO OUR RESIDENTS CAN FEEL GOOD AND CAN FEEL SAFE. 
          BUT IF WE AREN'T SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO PREVENT CRIME BEFORE IT HAPPENS, SO OUR RESIDENTS ARE TRULY SAFE, THEN WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES? AND THE POINT IS THAT MENTALLY WE'RE THERE, WE KNOW THAT CRIME PREVENTION IS KEY. 
          I SAW YOU GUYS MENTIONED CRIME PREVENTION IN THE SLIDES. 
          UM, AND I'LL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. 
          UM, AND IT WAS SAID ON SLIDE 28, BUT THAT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET. 
          IT'S JUST LIP SERVICE. 
          UM, AND I DID HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. 
          THIS IS GONNA GET ME INTO SOMETHING ELSE. 
          HOW MUCH ARPA MONEY ARE WE USING FOR THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET? 30 MILLION. 
          COUNCILMAN? 30 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2022. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO THAT COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, S A P D OR YEAH. 
          UH, PUBLIC SAFETY MAKING, UH, UP 64.5% OF OUR BUDGET TO NEARLY 67% OF OUR BUDGET, IF WE DID NOT HAVE THAT $30 MILLION INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. 
          UM, AND I WANT IT TO BE SAID THAT AT THIS POINT, WE CAN NEVER DECREASE SAP'S BUDGET BECAUSE OF STATE LAW. 
          WE COULD BE PENALIZED BEYOND REPAIR. 
          SO WHAT 
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WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF IS THAT WE AREN'T AIMLESSLY INCREASING SAP'S BUDGET. 
          BECAUSE IF WE EVER GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE REDUCE THE TAX RATE AND WE OPERATE WITH A REDUCED BUDGET, WE LITERALLY CANNOT REDUCE SAP'S FUNDING. 
          AND SO THE REST OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WILL BE DEFUNDED. 
          I WANTED TO GO TO SLIDE 27. 
          NEVERMIND, UM, IGNORE THE SLIDES. 
          SO WHAT I HEARD THE COMMUNITY SAY WAS THAT WE WANT MORE POLICE VISIBILITY AND WE WANT BETTER, UH, COMMUNITY POLICE RELATIONS. 
          UM, SO I WANTED TO LOOK AT SOME NUMBERS. 
          AND IT WAS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ANIMAL RELATED CALLS BEING MOVED TO A C S, WHICH IS ABOUT 8,500 CALLS A YEAR. 
          UM, THE 34,000 NOISE COMPLAINTS BEING MOVED, UH, TO CODE, AND THE 3,500 FIREWORK CALLS BEING MOVED OVER, UH, TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THAT'S ABOUT 126 CALLS PER DAY BEING SAVED. 
          AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING, AND THIS IS WHERE THE QUESTION WILL COME, IS THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS REALIGNMENT OF CALL RESPONSES WAS SO THAT POLICE OFFICERS CAN BE MORE VISIBLE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THEY'D HAVE MORE TIME FOR PATROLS AND MORE TIME TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY RESPONDING TO THE MOST RELEVANT NEEDS. 
          IS THAT A CORRECT ASSESSMENT? YES, COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THE REASON I I SAY THIS IS BECAUSE, UH, AND I'LL BRING UP SAFE, THE SAFE PROGRAM, THE 12 SAFE OFFICERS, AS AN EXAMPLE, IN MY DISTRICT, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS WHO LOVE THE SAFE OFFICERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE RESPONSIVE. 
          THEY TEXT THEM ONCE A WEEK. 
          IT'S GREAT. 
          OTHER NEIGHBORS SAY, I DON'T KNOW WHO MY SAFE OFFICER IS. 
          I HAVE TRIED TO REACH THEM. 
          I DON'T EVER SEE THEM. 
          THEY DON'T COME OUT TO OUR MEETINGS, AND WE CAN'T GET ANY INFORMATION FROM THEM. 
          THERE'S A HUGE INCONSISTENCY AND A DISPARITY DISPARITY, AND I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ADDING 12 MORE SAFE OFFICERS UNTIL WE HAVE THAT, UM, UNTIL THAT DISPARITY IS ADDRESSED. 
          AND UNTIL THE PROGRAM IS WORKING EFFECTIVELY TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS IT'S SET OUT TO DO. 
          UM, MY, MY COMMUNITY IS HOPEFUL FOR THE SAFE PROGRAM. 
          THEY, THEY REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT SAFE OFFICERS ARE, UM, A SOLUTION TO COMMUNITY POLICE RELATIONS. 
          BUT UNTIL WE GET THERE, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. 
          I JUST HAVE TO STATE THAT EXPLICITLY. 
          UM, I ALSO WANTED TO KNOW, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF CRIME IN SAN ANTONIO? THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GONNA STUDY THIS YEAR IN 2022. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I HAD A SERIES OF QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL SAVE THAT. 
          ON SLIDE 35, I SAW $300,000, UH, TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS. THAT'S ABOUT 0.05% OF SS AD'S BUDGET. 
          UM, I WAS WONDERING HOW MANY PROGRAMS WILL BE FUNDED WITH THAT $300,000? SO WE ARE GONNA DO A, AN R F P COUNCILMAN TO, UH, ACCEPT PROPOSALS FROM THOSE, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INTERESTED AND PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM. 
          IN, UM, LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE DID AN R F P, AND WE HAD ONE ORGANIZATION WHO'S CURRENTLY PROVIDING THOSE, UH, THAT PROGRAMMING. 
          UH, WEST CARE IS THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION. 
          SO WE'LL DO ANOTHER COMPETITIVE PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE PROPOSALS AND BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL AND COUNCILMAN. 
          THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY TWO YEARS AGO. 
          BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED OUT OF OUR ASSET SEIZURE FUND. 
          IT'S NOT FUNDED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THE CONCEPT BEING, AND THE, THE COMMUNITY CAME TO US, THE CONCEPT BEING THAT THAT ASSET FORFEITURE FUND, THAT INVESTMENT SHOULD GO BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY TO HELP BEEF UP NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS. 
          OKAY. 
          DANG, I HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT. 
          I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT ON SLIDE 28, IT SAYS THAT MOST PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE CITY ARE LIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO PRI TO CRIME PREVENTION, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN A DECREASE IN CRIME. 
          UM, AND WE'RE ALMOST THERE LIKE, THIS LOOKS LIKE A NOD TO THE OFFICE OF CRIME AND RECIDIVISM PREVENTION, BUT IT'S STILL NOT, IT'S STILL NOT. 
          UM, AND IT SAID THAT THE SLIDE THIS, I KNOW THE MAYOR ASKED THIS QUESTION, BUT I MISSED IT. 
          WHO IN THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE LEADING THIS EFFORT, UM, IN THE METRO HEALTH VIOLENT PREVENTION DEPARTMENT? WHO'S LEADING THE EFFORT, AND THEN WHAT RELATIONSHIP WILL THEY HAVE WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS? SURE. 
          SO I HAVE CLAUDE ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHO'S SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE, UH, VIOLENCE PREVENTION DIVISION. 
          THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS METRO HEALTH WILL BE THE LEAD OF THAT EFFORT, AND THEY WILL BE ASKING THE DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE DATA AND SUPPORT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THAT ANALYSIS. 
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OKAY. 
          UM, I WILL LET MY TIME GO, AND THEN I'LL ASK AGAIN IN A LITTLE BIT. 
          COUNCILMAN, UM, ONE THING MAY BE OFFLINE. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS AREN'T SATISFIED WITH, UH, THE SAFE PROGRAM, SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP. 
          UM, MAYBE I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT WITH YOU OFFLINE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER GRA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I CHIMED IN LIKE THREE TIMES, BUT I, I WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO GO AGAIN. 
          UM, SO THE FIRST THING IS THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          IT WAS EXCELLENT, ERIC, FOR ALL THE NEW HIRE POSITIONS THAT THEY HAVE, UH, BROUGHT UP IN TERMS THAT THEY WANNA HIRE, IF YOU COULD GIVE, SEND MY OFFICE THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THOSE. 
          'CAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE THEY WOULD BE RECRUITED, HOPEFULLY OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND WHAT QUALIFICATIONS THEY'RE NEEDING. 
          UM, AND THE OTHER THING I WANNA LOOK AT IF, IS THERE A DELEGATE AGENCY THAT'S ALREADY DOING THE WORK THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY PARTNER WITH? SO THAT, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          AND, AND PART OF THE PLAN THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO YOU, IN ADDITION TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, IS ON THE MENTAL HEALTH WRAPAROUND CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT, CONTRACTING THAT OUT WITH A PARTNER. 
          BUT WE'LL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO I'M GONNA GO ON TOPICS, UH, NOT FOR, FOR BOTH OF YOU, BOTH DEPARTMENTS THAT PRESENTED. 
          SO THE FIRST ONE'S GONNA BE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          WE WANNA TALK ABOUT VIOLENCE PREVENTION. 
          WE NEED, NEED TO TALK ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          WE WANNA TALK ABOUT THE ROOT CAUSES OF VIOLENT CRIMES. 
          WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          I DID THIS FROM 2009 TO 2016 AS A C R T GOING OUT TO THESE CASES. 
          AND THE FACT THAT I GOT INTO OFFICE, AND WHEN I WAS GETTING INTO OFFICE, THE TWO VIOLENT DOMESTIC VIOLENT CRIMES HAPPENED THAT MADE THE NEWS. 
          AND THIS IS JUST OF TWO MEANS THAT WE, WE NEED TO WORK HARDER TO MOVE THE NEEDLE. 
          SO I CANNOT STRESS THAT THE TIME IS NOW, UH, I KNOW WE'VE DONE YEARS OF WORK, AND I LOOK TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS IS THE TIME IS NOW TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. 
          WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, THE VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN, AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO STOP THIS. 
          SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A PILOT PROGRAM, I DO NOT BELIEVE, AND I KNOW MEADOWS DID THEIR WORK, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHERE THEY WANT TO MOVE THIS OUT FROM. 
          BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE THE CENTRAL SUBSTATION. 
          I THINK IT SHOULD BE WEST OR SOUTH OR POSSIBLY, UH, PERU. 
          I ALSO WORKED IN THE PERU SUBSTATION. 
          'CAUSE 'CAUSE THE VIOLENCE AND THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMING OUT OF THOSE AREAS, UH, NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          UM, THE, THE OTHER THING IS WHEN WE PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS IN THE JEWISH FAMILY CENTER, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT AREAS AND DISTRICTS THEY'RE WORKING IN, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE WORKING IN THE, IN THE WEST AND THE SOUTH AREA, AND ALSO EAST. 
          UM, AND I'M JUST , 96 HOURS IS TOO LONG FOR US TO RESPOND TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS. 
          WHEN I WAS ON STAFF AT THE WEST SUBSTATION, OUR GOAL WAS 72 HOURS. 
          THAT'S BECAUSE THE CIVILIANS WEREN'T WORKING WEEKENDS. 
          SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT 96 HOURS, UM, MOVE SHORTEN. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE MY ONE PRIORITY. 
          IT'S GONNA BE ONE THING I SPEAK ON. 
          UH, MARIA, DID YOU WANNA MAKE A COMMENT? THANK YOU, COUNCIL. 
          I MEAN, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, OFFER SOME, UH, CLARIFICATION. 
          THE, THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON MENTAL HEALTH. 
          SO THE RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR THOSE MENTAL HEALTH CALLS. 
          SO WE'RE DOING THAT PILOT PROGRAM IN A RECOMMENDATION ON THE CENTRAL SUB, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ENHANCEMENT IS HAPPENING, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN THE SUBSTATIONS SOUTH, EAST AND WEST. 
          AND THEN, SO TO THAT POINT, THEN I THINK IN PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, WE NEED TO GO BACK AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT JUST HOW MUCH LAW ENFORCEMENT WE HAVE OUT IN THIS CENTRAL AND DOWNTOWN, UH, AREA, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT PA PARK POLICE WILL HAVE THAT NEW UNIT COMING OUT FROM THERE. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE THE NEW CENTER SUB-STATE. 
          THAT'S JUST A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ONE, ONE AREA OF TOWN. 
          UH, BUT THANK YOU. 
          UH, BUT THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          SO THE OTHER ASPECT I WANNA TALK ABOUT FOR METRO HEALTH IS HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DOES, THAT WAS PILOTED IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          SO I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, MY ONE QUESTION IS, ARE WE CREATING A PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSES SENIORS, UH, NEEDS SPECIFICALLY IN, IN THAT, NO. 
          OUR HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON CHILDHOOD OBESITY AND TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE SPECIFICALLY THROUGH POLICY 
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AND LOCAL GRASSROOTS INITIATIVES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I JUST WANT, 'CAUSE SO WHEN THE COMMUNITY WORKERS GO OUT, THEY'RE PRIMARILY FOCUSING ON THE, UM, THE CHILDREN. 
          CORRECT. 
          CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE I WANNA, BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE CHILDREN ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY THEIR GRANDPARENTS THAT ARE SENIORS. 
          SO I THINK WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT WHERE WE CAN FIND FUNDS TO DO THAT AND THEN JUST KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. 
          BUT WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH DEPARTMENT CAN HELP YOU GUYS WITH IT, IS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR AND SPEC, SPECIFICALLY DISTRICT THREE, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING UP. 
          AND WITH THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT, I SOMETIMES FEEL CREATES MORE FOOD DESERTS. 
          SURE. 
          SO I WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND, AND HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING IT. 
          I HAVE, I HAVE THREE HEBS AND A LOT OF MITRO, LAKAS AND, AND A LA FIESTA. 
          BUT THERE'S THAT NEED IN, IN THE DISTRICT TO ADDRESS IT. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I'VE, UM, C OVID 19, UH, AND I THINK DR. 
          KIAN, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, YOU CAN COME UP AND SPEAK TO THIS. 
          SO IN THE PRESENTATION YOU GAVE US, I HAVE AREAS THAT ARE ALMOST WHITE, LIKE VERY, JUST I IS, DOES METRO HEALTH HAVE A PLAN TO ADDRESS THOSE SPECIFIC LOW WHITE AREAS? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHITE IN TERMS OF VACCINATION COVERAGE? YES. 
          YES. 
          VACCINATION, YES. 
          YES, YES. 
          SO YES, WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE ZIP CODES. 
          AND WE HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO DEPLOY TEAMS SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE ZIP CODES AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE VERY LOW COVERAGE, LESS THAN 30%, UH, COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE CITY, WHILE THE THREE TEAMS THAT WE HAVE ON STAFF RIGHT NOW ARE BEING DEPLOYED TO SCHOOLS AND ALL THE OTHER POP-UP EVENTS. 
          BUT YES, WE HAVE REQUESTED ASSISTANCE AND THEY'LL BE COMING DOWN. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IF Y'ALL COULD JUST KEEP ME UPDATED ON THAT, THAT I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. 
          SO WITH, UM, THAT'S IT FOR METRO HEALTH. 
          I WANTED, I DID HAVE SOME, UH, POLICE SPECIFIC, UM, QUESTIONS. 
          SO I, DISTRICT THREE NEEDS A SUBSTATION AND IT, IT, IT'S SOMETHING I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO TALK TO. 
          IT'S IMPERATIVE, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE DRAWING OUT OF THE SOUTH AND EAST SECTOR. 
          SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF CADET SIZE CLASSES SO THAT IF WE GET A, ANOTHER SUBSTATION IN THE AREA, AND I KNOW WE HAVE ONE COMING, DO WE NEED TO EXPAND THOSE CLASS NUMBERS? 'CAUSE 40 SOUNDS KIND OF LOW. 
          I'D HAVE FOR TO, TO, TO GIVE YOU A, A SCIENTIFIC ANSWER, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS WOULD ADD UP TO. 
          BUT IF WE DON'T, IT WOULD MEAN THAT WE'D HAVE TO PULL FROM OTHER SUBSTATIONS AND STEAL FROM PETER TO PAY PAUL RIGHT. 
          TO FILL THOSE SUBSTATIONS. 
          SO THE ANSWER JUST FOR RIGHT NOW WOULD BE, YES, WE WOULD HAVE TO INCREASE OUR NUMBERS. 
          RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, THIS CLASS COMING UP IS WE'RE TRYING TO HIT 50. 
          WE WON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM DOING THAT. 
          WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEM IN THE PAST FILLING CLASSES OF 60. 
          SO I THINK WE COULD INCREASE THAT NUMBER AT, OR AT LEAST STAY AT THAT NUMBER 60 TO PULL UP THOSE NUMBERS TO, TO STAFF THAT SUBSTATION. 
          EFFECTIVELY THOUGH, COUNCILMAN, WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO, UH, MUCH LIKE, UM, MUCH LIKE WE DID IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET WITH THE DISTRICT NINE SENIOR CENTER THAT'S COMING ON BOARD, WE'RE ADDING THE INDIVIDUALS TO STAFF IT. 
          THE, THE PIPELINE FOR POLICE OFFICERS IS A LITTLE BIT LONGER. 
          SO WE'RE, THE STAFF IS GONNA RECOMMEND IT. 
          THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL ABOUT A SUBSTATION IN THAT AREA OF TOWN. 
          WE WILL BE MAKING THAT RECOMMENDATION AS A BOND PROGRAM IF APPROVED BY THE VOTERS. 
          THEN WE WILL PLAN ACCORDINGLY, ADD POSITIONS, AND IN THIS CASE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT A YEAR IN ADVANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THERE WHEN THE SUB SESSION OPENS UP. 
          UH, 'CAUSE I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THAT AND THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AGAIN, RECRUITMENT AND IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING THOSE CLASSES FILLED, GETTING THEM FILLED WITH MORE WOMEN, OF COURSE. 
          UH, AND, UH, AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE FROM SAN ANTONIO. 
          BECAUSE I THINK IF WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM SAN ANTONIO JOINING THE DEPARTMENT, COMING BACK FROM WHEREVER THEY GO TO SCHOOL OR, UM, MOVE BACK AND JOINING THE DEPARTMENT, I THINK IT MAKES, IT MAKES AN IMPACT ON HOW THE SERVE. 
          AND THAT'S OUR COMMITTEE SERVED. 
          THAT'S OUR FIRST PRE, THAT'S OUR FIRST PREFERENCE COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          GREAT. 
          AND THEN I JUST WANT TO, UM, I WANT, WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK, UH, AND IT WAS SLIDE, SLIDE 29 FOR THE ANIMAL CALLS AND LOUD MUSIC. 
          AND ERIC, THIS MAY BE FOR THOSE DEPARTMENTS. 
          IS THESE OFF THESE CODE OFFICERS AND THESE A C S OFFICERS, WE'LL BE DOING SOMETHING THAT THEY DIDN'T DO BEFORE. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WHEN WE DESIGNATE THEM AS OFFICERS, THAT THEY GET KIND 
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OF A SPECIAL DESIGNATION OR WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WHEN YOU REVAMP THE, UM, THE PAY SCALE. 
          YEAH. 
          PART OF, UM, SPECIFICALLY ON THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, AND SHANNON IS SITTING OVER HERE TO MY LEFT. 
          UM, WE DON'T HAVE STAFFING COVERAGE FROM A C S AT NIGHT. 
          THOSE, THEY ARE STATE LICENSED, UH, EMPLOYEES, THEY WILL BE RESPONDING TO THOSE CALLS. 
          WHAT'S HAPPENED IS ON THOSE OFFER HOURS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THE ANIMAL CARE OFFICERS WORKING, THAT HAS BECOME A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO SHIFTING THOSE SHOULD BE RELATIVELY EASY. 
          AND CODE OFFICERS ARE STATE LICENSED AS WELL. 
          AND MY TIME IS OUT. 
          BUT I'LL, I'LL CHIME BACK IN 'CAUSE I WANTED TO TALK MORE ABOUT, UH, COVERAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VIE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU CLAUDE JACOB MARIA, AND CHIEF MCMANUS FOR THE PRESENTATIONS AS WELL AS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN HAROL FOR LEADING EFFORT TO ELIMINATING THE PROPERTY ROOM FEE. 
          UM, I WANNA HIT REWIND ON A VERY IMPORTANT POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ BROUGHT UP. 
          UM, AND THAT IS THAT STATE LAW NOW PUNISHES CITIES WHO ALLOCATE FEWER FUNDS TO THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. 
          AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL WHEN WE CONTINUE TO INFLATE AN ALREADY BLOATED BUDGET. 
          IF WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT, IF NOT ILLEGAL, TO BRING IT BACK DOWN. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MUST, WE MUST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT WE LEARNED IN THE PRESENTATION WITH CLAUDE IS THAT NEARLY HALF OF THE METRO HEALTH POSITIONS ARE FUNDED BY GRANTS. 
          MEANING IF WE LOSE THOSE GRANTS, WE LOSE THOSE JOBS AND PEOPLE LOSE THEIR, THEIR THEIR OCCUPATIONS. 
          SO THAT'S 304 GRANT POSITIONS IN METRO HEALTH, YOU KNOW, AND ESPECIALLY, UH, COMING OFF OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, THIS SS A P D BUDGET IS NEARLY 20 TIMES LARGER THAN METRO HEALTH. 
          WE'RE COMING OUT OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 
          WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDST OF IT. 
          UM, SO THERE'S AN IMBALANCE THERE THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, UM, PRIORITIZING INVESTING IN METRO HEALTH. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, RIGHT, THE DISPARITIES GROW. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, SAP'S BUDGET IN COMPARISON TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, THAT'S 56 TIMES MORE LARGER THAN N H S D FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. 
          UM, BUT MOVING ON, UM, WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM COMMUNITY ARE CONCERNS REGARDING, UM, 9 1 1 OPERATORS AND THE LACK OF A BILINGUAL OPERATOR TAKING THE CALL. 
          UM, I WANNA THANK JOE FRANK PICASSO FOR PROVIDING SOME INFORMATION. 
          AND WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT THE, A SHIFT HAS ABOUT 16 STAFF WHO CAN HANDLE SPANISH LANGUAGE CALLS. 
          AND THE B SHIFT HAS ABOUT 13 STAFF, UH, STAFF THAT CAN HANDLE SPANISH SPEAKING CALLS. 
          AND THE C SHIFT ONLY HAS SIX. 
          SO, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY CONTRACTS WITH THE LANGUAGE LINE SERVICES FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS. 
          UM, BUT DO WE HAVE DATA ON HOW MANY CALLS WERE, WERE REFERRED TO THE LANGUAGE LINE SERVICES AND FISCAL YEAR 2021, AND HOW MANY OF THOSE REFERRALS WERE DURING THE C SHIFT? YES, COUNCILMAN, I HAVE DATA FOR, UM, FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
          I DON'T HAVE DATA FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021. 
          WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU. 
          SO TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT TO THE COUNCIL, IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, THE, UM, OUR 9 1 1 RECEIVED 2.2 MILLION CALLS IN TOTAL. 
          UH, WE, OF, OF THOSE 2.2 MILLION THAT WERE 22,000 CALLS THAT WE RECEIVE IN SPANISH, THE MAJORITY OF THESE CALLS, ABOUT 80% OF THIS 22,000 WERE TRANSFERRED TO A SPANISH SPEAKING CALL TAKER WITHIN OUR, WITH, WITHIN OUR, UH, NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER. 
          15% OF THOSE, UH, WERE CALLS THAT WERE INITIALLY ANSWERED BY A SPANISH SPEAKING CALL TAKER. 
          SO 80% WERE TRANSFERRED TO SOMEBODY WHO SPOKE SPANISH. 
          15% WERE ANSWERED DIRECTLY BY A CALL TAKER THAT SPEAKS SPANISH. 
          SO THAT'S 95% AND THAT, THAT WERE 5% THAT WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE LANGUAGE LINE FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES, WHICH IS A CONTRACTOR THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS OVERFLOW, UH, CALLS IN THE CALL CENTER WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A SPANISH SPEAKING, UM, INDIVIDUAL AVAILABLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          SO WITH THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME PREVENTION FUNDS, UM, WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES THAT Y'ALL HAVE SEEN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS USE THOSE FUNDS FOR, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME PREVENT PREVENTION FUNDING? UM, I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS ON THE CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. 
          CORRECT. 
          WE'LL GET INFORMATION TO YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          I I CAN MOVE ON TO, UM, THE, THE DART TEAM. 
          AND THIS RECENT STUDY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF PENN, THE SCHOOL IN HEALTH AND ECONOMICS PUT FORWARD THIS REALLY INTERESTING STUDY, WHICH CORROBORATES WITH, UH, WHAT 
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HOUSING ORGANIZERS, UH, AND COMMUNITY WORKERS HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR. 
          UM, THAT IF YOU INVEST IN HOMEOWNER REHAB PROGRAMS, WHAT THIS STUDY FOUND IS THAT IT MINIMIZED CRIME WITHIN A SPECIFIC TRACK BY 21.9%. 
          UM, AND IT'S A VERY INTERESTING STUDY, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE HERE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UM, AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF THE DART TEAM, UM, SORRY, WERE YOU GONNA ANSWER THE, I APOLOGIZE. 
          GONNA ANSWER YOUR PREVIOUS QUESTION ABOUT WHAT, UM, THE CRIME PREVENTION FUNDING WAS USED FOR THE FIRST YEAR WAS FUNDING WAS PROVIDED TO WEST CARE AND THROUGH THAT GRANT, UH, THEY WERE WORKING TO PROVIDE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY SUMMIT. 
          THEY ALL HOSTED A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS FOR EAST SIDE COMMUNITIES TO BRING INFORMATION AND SERVICES FROM A VARIETY OF PARTNERS BEYOND CITY DEPARTMENTS, BUT ALSO EXTERNAL AGENCIES AND TO DO COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES, DO BLOCK WALKING COMMUNITY SURVEYS WITH EAST SIDE COMMUNITIES AND BRINGING RELEVANT SERVICES BASED ON THOSE RESULTS. 
          SO THAT WORK IS ONGOING. 
          THEY CONTINUE TO WORK WITH NOT ONLY OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS AS WELL. 
          SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL GRANTED WITH C O YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SEE SOME OUTREACH SERVICES AND SOME PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR? WELL, TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OR, UH, PRIMARILY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, THESE FUNDS UNITS PRIMARILY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS, A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT MAY BE NEEDED. 
          ONCE YOUR R P IS RELEASED, THERE'LL BE A PRE-CONFERENCE, UM, A PRE-SUBMIT SUBMITTAL CONFERENCE MM-HMM. 
           TO EDUCATE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THOSE THAT MAY BE INTERESTED IN TERMS OF WHAT THE SCOPE IS, ELIGIBLE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND THE REQUIREMENTS TO, TO POTENTIALLY RECEIVE FUNDING. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I WANNA MOVE BACK TO, TO THE DART PROGRAM. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN I HEAR THE DART OFFICERS AT THE BUILDING AND STANDARD BOARDS MEETING, UM, THEY OFTEN HIGHLIGHT THE AMOUNT OF TIMES POLICE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO A HOME IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY THE DEMOLITION OF THE HOME. 
          UM, SO I THINK IF WE CAN RECALIBRATE ON HOW TO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE INVEST IN THE HOMEOWNER REHAB PROGRAMS, THAT'S LESS TIME OR THE, THE NEST, THE LESS NEED RATHER FOR THE DART TEAM TO BE AT THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS BOARD, UM, AND TO ENSURE THAT RATHER THAN ARGUING THAT THE COPS HAVE BEEN CALLED X AMOUNT OF TIMES TO THIS HOUSE AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR DEMOLITION, WE COULD BE INVESTING IN HOMEOWNER REHAB PROGRAMS, UM, TO ONE PER TO PRESERVE THAT EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK. 
          AND TWO, SO WE CAN BE MORE INTENTIONAL WITH OUR PD RESOURCES. 
          UM, I DO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR METRO HEALTH, BUT I'LL JUMP IN ON THE NEXT ROUND. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CASTILLO, WE'RE GOING NOW TO COUNCILMEMBER PIAS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, MAYOR, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU GREAT. 
          THANKS. 
          SO, I'M, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND 12 SAFE OFFICERS IS, IS WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO FUND HERE. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR SAFE PROGRAM, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN ALL OVER THE CITY, HAS BEEN A, A WILD SUCCESS. 
          UM, AND I, I'LL TELL YOU, OUR SAFE TEAM HAS HELPED US NEGOTIATE, UM, INTER NEIGHBORHOOD DISPUTES WITH, UH, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND NEIGHBORS. 
          I MEAN THAT, I, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY WAS EXPECTING TO DO WHEN THEY WENT TO THE POLICE ACADEMY. 
          I'VE SEEN THEM PUT TOGETHER ON THEIR OWN, UH, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS, UH, WHERE, UH, THEY WORK WITH THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS, THEY, UH, ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT BEING ASKED TO. 
          THEY PUT TOGETHER PROGRAMS TO HELP MY CONSTITUENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, WIRE UP THEIR HOMES WITH RING AND NEST CAMERAS AND GET, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, NEW TAILGATES ON THEIR TRUCKS THAT HAVE BEEN STOLEN. 
          I MEAN, THESE GUYS ARE, AND, AND THESE WOMEN ARE, ARE, ARE FANTASTIC. 
          UM, AND, AND I APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE THING THAT, UH, MY, UH, MY SAFE OFFICERS DO. 
          UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS THAT, THAT WE'RE GETTING UP HERE. 
          UH, AND I'M, I'M, I'M NOT GOOD AT MATH, UM, WHICH IS WHY I'M JUST A, A SIMPLE COUNTRY LAWYER. 
          NO, NO. 
          DO I CLAIM TO BE AN EXPERT IN, IN COMMUNITY POLICING? BUT I, I DO THINK SAN ANTONIANS UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT THAT A, A CITY WHICH IS GROWN BY 300,000 PEOPLE OVER THE LAST DECADE, ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS, IS PROBABLY DOING THE RIGHT THING WHEN IT MATCHES THAT POPULATION GROWTH WITH, UM, HIRING MORE OFFICERS TO SERVE THOSE PEOPLE. 
          UM, CHIEF, I'M, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO COME UP HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, I I, DO YOU DISAGREE WITH THAT PROPOSITION, THAT CONCEPT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU MATCH POPULATION GROWTH, UH, OR THAT YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT POPULATION GROWTH WHEN, UH, WHEN LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF COVERAGE? I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN, WOULD YOU JUST REPEAT THAT FOR ME PLEASE, ? SURE. 
          I I IMAGINE THAT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HIRING THE RIGHT NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, POPULATION, RIGHT? PER POLICE OFFICERS AND HOW, YOU KNOW, THE, AND I IMAGINE THE BIGGER THE POPULATION, UH, THE MORE, UH, PEOPLE WILL EXPECT POLICING. 
          HAS THAT BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE, COUNCILMAN? THERE'S A, THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT 
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WE WOULD LOOK AT, UM, TO DETERMINE WHAT THE APPROPRIATE STAFFING LEVELS SHOULD BE. 
          UM, AND IT'S NOT SIMPLY CRIME REDUCTION. 
          IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, DECREASE IN RESPONSE TIME, UH, DEPENDING UPON WHERE YOU WANT TO BE MORE PROACTIVE. 
          IT'S REDUCING CASELOAD FOR INVESTIGATORS. 
          AND, UH, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THE QUESTION UP BECAUSE I HAVE A COUPLE OF CALLS OUT RIGHT NOW WAITING FOR PROPOSALS ON, UM, FOR A STUDY IN THE DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE STAFFING NEEDS, UH, BASED ON THE VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WE TALKED THAT I JUST MENTIONED. 
          SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT TO DETERMINE THE NEEDS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND THANKS CHIEF. 
          AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT DIG INTO HERE WITH YOU. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT A POLICE BUDGET, UM, I'M ALSO LOOKING AT A FEW THINGS, NOT JUST CRIME STATISTICS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT IF THIS CITY COUNCIL WERE TO ONLY LOOK AT CRIME STATISTICS AT THE EXCLUSION OF OTHER IMPORTANT METRICS, I I THINK THAT IT'D BE FAIR TO ACCUSE US OF EITHER BEING OBTUSE OR INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST. 
          AND SO, IN THE INTEREST OF, OF INTELLECTUAL HONESTY, ASSUMING THAT HONESTY IS IMPORTANT TO US, UM, I THINK WE HAVE THE OBLIGATION ALSO TO TELL THE PUBLIC THAT WE BUDGET FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, INFORMED BY POPULATION GROWTH, 300,000 PEOPLE OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS. 
          UM, WE ARE INFORMED BY A LARGER GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE, UH, REQUIREMENT. 
          THIS CITY HAS GEOGRAPHICALLY GROWN OUT TO THE PERIPHERY AND PAST ITS CITY LIMITS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP INTO ACCOUNT, UM, AND BUDGET FOR THE FACT THAT THERE ARE MORE OBSTACLES TODAY THAN THERE WERE 10 YEARS AGO TO MAINTAINING A, UH, A SHORT 9 1 1 RESPONSE TIME. 
          UM, I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES, WE'VE ADDED MORE AND MORE AND MORE, UH, UH, TASKS TO POLICE OFFICERS, UH, WHICH SLOWS 'EM DOWN. 
          I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE DONE THE RIDE-ALONGS. 
          IT CAN TAKE 20, 30, 40 MINUTES TO FILL OUT A, A DAMN REPORT THAT'S UNREASONABLE. 
          UH, I ALSO THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A DISPARATE GROWTH RATE IN, YOU KNOW, OUR PARTNERS, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, WE STILL HAVE TO RESPOND TO THOSE 9 1 1 CALLS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, ERIC, YOU GOT TO LOOK AT THESE PRESENTATIONS BEFORE THEY WERE SHOWN TO US TODAY, RIGHT? YES, SIR. 
          AND LAST TIME I CHECKED YOU, YOU'VE BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU USED TO HANDLE THE POLICE, UH, DEPARTMENT AS PART OF YOUR PORTFOLIO, UH, WHEN CHERYL SCULLY WAS IN YOUR, IN YOUR SEAT, RIGHT? YES, SIR. 
          AND YOU PRESENTATION YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, AFTER YEAR. 
          UM, AND DID AT, AT ANY TIME WHEN YOU SAW TODAY'S PRESENTATION, DID YOU SAY, WAIT A SECOND, THIS IS MISLEADING. 
          WE, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS LOOKS LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO PULL A FAST ONE ON CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, DID, DID IT LOOK MISLEADING TO YOU? NO, SIR. 
          SO, UM, CHIEF, ARE YOU TRYING TO PULL A FAST ONE ON US? ARE YOU TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, PLAY US OFF AS SUCKERS? WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? ARE YOU TRYING TO PLAY THE COUNCIL OFF ON SUCKERS? I DON'T THINK HE CAN HEAR YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          COUNCILMAN? YEAH. 
          CHIEF, YOU TRY TO PULL A FAST ONE ON US. 
          ARE YOU TRYING TO BE MISLEADING? SEE WHAT NO, NO, SIR. 
          LAST THING I'D DO, TRY TO PULL A FAST ONE ON COUNCIL. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, WHAT I DO WANT TO DO THOUGH IS TALK ABOUT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO IMPROVE. 
          UH, AND SO WHERE THERE IS ONE THING I DO WANT TO VISIT WITH YOU CHIEF AND I, I, I WAS LOOKING AT THE WEBSITE WHILE IT WAS MY TURN, YOU KNOW, WAITING FOR MY TURN TO SPEAK HERE. 
          AND, UM, I DO THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT WEBSITE A LITTLE BIT MORE INNOVATIVE, A LITTLE BIT MORE FRIENDLY, UH, PARTICULARLY TO PEOPLE WHO OPERATE ONLINE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND I'LL, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, UM, ZERO INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE AS FAR AS HOW TO ACCESS, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCES. 
          UH, HARD TO SEE WHERE IT IS THAT I CAN, UH, CLAIM PROPERTY. 
          IF I'VE GOT PROPERTY THAT NEEDS TO BE CLAIMED. 
          UM, I'VE GOT, UM, NO LINK, UH, THERE WHATSOEVER TO, UM, BE ABLE TO REPORT MISCONDUCT, LET'S SAY, OR TO BE ABLE TO COMMEND AN OFFICER, UH, FOR DOING SOMETHING FANTASTIC. 
          AND SO, I, I DO THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          AND THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES, LOTS OF SPACE, UH, FOR IMPROVEMENT IN EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE CHIEF, UH, FOR US. 
          I, I, I DO, UH, THINK THAT I WOULD BE DOING A DISSERVICE, UM, IF WE DIDN'T TALK ALSO ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          UM, AND, AND AS FAR AS THIS BUDGET GOES, I, I, I THINK WE'RE DOING, WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, ERIC, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE NOT LOSE SIGHT OF TWO THINGS. 
          ONE, WE'RE, UH, GETTING CLOSE TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE RUNNING OUT OF, UH, BRICK AND MORTAR SHELTER SPACE. 
          UH, 
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REGARDLESS OF WHAT AGENCY BUILDS IT, MANAGES, OPERATES IT, UM, WE ARE GONNA NEED MORE, UM, SHELTER SPACE FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THEIR CHILDREN. 
          UM, AND THEN THE SECOND THING TOO IS, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR FRIENDS IN METRO HEALTH AND FOR OUR FRIENDS AT S A P D, UH, UH, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A VERY SERIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AMONG OUR L G B T Q COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THAT IS A PROBLEM THAT'S JUST GETTING WORSE. 
          UM, AND I, AND I, IT ALWAYS FRUSTRATES ME WHEN WE DON'T, WHEN WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT IT, UH, BEING INTENTIONALLY ADDRESSED. 
          UM, AND I'LL ASK Y'ALL, UM, TO, AND, AND CLAUDE, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO, YOU KNOW, PLEASE BE MINDFUL ABOUT HOW WE CAN ATTACK THAT PROBLEM WITH THE SAME ZEAL THAT WE'RE ATTACKING, UM, YOU KNOW, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMONGST STRAIGHT COUPLES. 
          AND SO, UM, THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE. 
          AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING YES ON, UM, THIS BUDGET AND WITH THE, WITH THE INCREASES. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING YES ON METRO HEALTH'S BUDGET. 
          I THINK WE'RE ALL HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          THANKS. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          I THANK YOU, SIR. 
          OH, CHIEF, WHERE'D YOU GO? ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, POLICE. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, ADD MY, UH, REQUEST TO GET THESE SLIDES BEFOREHAND. 
          UM, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED THAT EARLIER, AND I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT FOR, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS HERE TO TRY TO GET 'EM AT LEAST A DAY AHEAD OF TIME. 
          AND I KNOW Y'ALL WORK THESE THINGS UP TO THE NIGHT BEFORE, BUT AT LEAST A DRAFT OF THESE THINGS, UH, A DAY OR TWO AHEAD OF TIME. 
          SO COUNCILMAN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEND THOSE TO YOU THE DAY BEFORE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND, UM, AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO DO THAT, UM, EVEN IF IT'S A DRAFT AND WE'RE STILL MAKING TWEAKS. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          WE'LL STAMP THEM DRAFT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, I, I HEARD A COMMENT ABOUT, UH, ON THE POLICE SIDE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT BEING POLITICALLY CORRECT, UM, ON WANTING MORE POLICEMEN. 
          DIDN'T WE DO A SCIENTIFIC SURVEY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT TALKED ABOUT SPECIFICALLY POLICE? AND WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THAT? DID, DID PEOPLE GENERALLY LIKE THE POLICE AND DID THEY SAY YES, THEY WANT MORE VISIBILITY AND MORE POLICEMEN? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AT WHAT PERCENTAGE, DO YOU RECALL WHAT THE PERCENTAGE ON THAT WAS? UH, VERY, I THINK ONE OF 'EM WAS LIKE 70%. 
          IT WAS, IT WAS A DAYLIGHT, UM, UH, STUDY AND ALSO AN, AN EVENING STUDY WHERE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME BASED ON THE, BASED ON THE LEVEL OF SAFETY. 
          SO, BUT GENERALLY THAT, THAT WAS THE RESPONSE, YES. 
          IN THAT SCIENTIFIC STUDY. 
          AND, UH, I WOULD, I WOULD DARE SAY THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN TO A COMMUNITY MEETING OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME DIRECTLY THEY WANT MORE POLICE OFFICERS OUT IN THE STREET. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, TO COME OUT WITH A STATEMENT LIKE THAT, I THINK IS, UH, NOT FAIR AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THIS CITY TO TRY TO INCREASE OUR POLICE PRESENCE OUT ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHIEF. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          BUT HAVING TALKED ABOUT THAT, DO YOU, YOU HAVE A SLIDE FOR ME, AND THIS IS A SLIDE THAT, UH, Y'ALL PREPARED CHIEF, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBERS OF POLICEMEN, AND IT'S A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ACROSS, UH, A NUMBER OF CITIES. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO JUST GO OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK ACROSS TO THE FIRST LIGHT BLUE, UM, COLUMN, YOU'LL SEE THAT SAN ANTONIO IS 1.61 OFFICERS PER 1000 PEOPLE, UH, COMPARED WITH OTHER CITIES. 
          SO THAT MEANS WE'RE, AND I'M NOT COUNTING, UM, THERE'S AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE WHETHER YOU SHOULD INCLUDE PARK POLICE IN THE AIRPORT, BUT CERTAINLY NOT THE SCHOOL OFFICERS, BECAUSE THEY DON'T DO ANY PATROLLING. 
          THEY'RE NOT IN, IN THE COMMUNITIES, THEY'RE WITH THE, THEY'RE WITH THE SCHOOLS. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT EVEN WITH THAT, WE'RE ONE OF THE LOWEST, SO I'M, I'M SAYING BENCHMARKING WITH OTHER CITIES, WE'RE STILL AT THE LOWEST MARK, AND THAT'S JUST BENCHMARKING. 
          MM-HMM. 
           NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT CRIME STATISTICS, NOT CO COUNTING, UM, RESPONSE TIMES AND ALL THOSE OTHERS. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THE BENCHMARKS WITH THOSE LIKE RESPONSE TIMES. 
          HOW DO WE STACK UP WITH THESE OTHER CITIES AS WELL? AND ALL THAT, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT, AND WE TALKED ABOUT DOING A, UM, A STUDY THROUGH U T S A ON WHAT, WHAT THAT, WHAT SHOULD BE THE DATA COLLECTED TO HELP US DETERMINE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF POLICE OFFICERS. 
          BUT I CAN TELL YOU EVERY ONE OF MY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I'VE BEEN TO, AND I'VE BEEN TO A LOT IN FOUR YEARS, PEOPLE WANT MORE POLICE OFFICERS OUT ON THE STREETS, FLAT OUT. 
          AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, UM, IS 12 ENOUGH IN YOUR, OR 15 ENOUGH, BASED 
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ON YOUR EXPERIENCE TO SATISFY WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR ACROSS SAN ANTONIO? LET, LET, LET ME USE THE, THE, UH, POLICE OFFICERS PER THOUSAND RATIO TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, IF I MAY. 
          SO, IN ORDER TO GET UP TO NOT COUNTING PARK, UM, OR SCHOOL POLICE OR AIRPORT POLICE TO GET US UP TO 2.0, IT WOULD TAKE 341 ADDITIONAL OFFICERS, 341 ADDITIONAL, AND WE'RE JUST TO GET US UP EQUAL WITH THESE OTHER CITIES, AND WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR 12. 
          SO AGAIN, OR 15. 
          SO AGAIN, DO YOU THINK WE'RE MEETING THE INTENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC SURVEY AND WHAT WE HEAR YEAR AFTER YEAR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS? SO THEY WANT MORE POLICE OFFICERS? WELL, I, I, AND MORE POLICE PRESENCE? SURE. 
          I, I MEAN, I KNOW, I KNOW WHAT THE SCIENTIFIC SURVEY SAID, AND I, I THINK MY, MY ANSWER AT, AT THIS MIC WOULD BE THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE, UH, CONSULTANTS WHO DO THE STUDY, THE NEED STUDY SAY BEFORE I ANSWER THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT GEN FAIR, FAIR ENOUGH. 
          GENERALLY, COUNCILMAN, I, I THINK, I THINK THAT SAME LINE OF QUESTIONING, IF IT WAS CHIEF HOOD CLAUDE RAZZIE, I MEAN THERE YEAH, IT'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A HIGH DEGREE IN NEED. 
          UM, BUT WHAT WE DO IS TRY TO TAKE THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED, GIVE YOU A PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION ON A BALANCED BUDGET, AND THEN WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          AND SO, BUT, BUT CERTAINLY, UM, I'M, I'M GONNA SAY IT 'CAUSE THE CHIEF DIDN'T SAY IT. 
          YEAH. 
          HE'D PROBABLY TAKE MORE POLICE OFFICERS, BUT SO WOULD CHARLES WOULD TAKE MORE FIREFIGHTERS AND MORE FIRE STATIONS. 
          CLAUDE WOULD TAKE A WHOLE BUNCH MORE. 
          ROZI WOULD DOUBLE THE STREET MAINTENANCE BUDGET IF HE COULD, BUT IT'S, IT'S GOTTA BE BALANCED AND IT'S GOTTA BE BASED ON COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. 
          AND WE'VE GOTTA BE MINDFUL OF THAT. 
          WELL, AND I, I WOULD SAY THAT COMMUNITY PRIORITIES ARE VERY IMPORTANT, JUST TO YOUR POINT. 
          AND WHAT COMES UP AT THE TOP ALMOST EVERY TIME. 
          STREETS, WELL, INFRASTRUCTURE AND SIDEWALKS, SECURITY, PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          YES. 
          PUBLIC HEALTH, I MEAN, THERE'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S THE BALANCING ACT THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, TO INCLUDE THAT ON, ON THAT SLIDE, WHERE'D THAT SLIDE GO? UM, AND WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION MANY TIMES. 
          DOES THAT NUMBER OF THE, UM, 27 32 IN INCLUDE, OR THE 15 WELL, OKAY. 
          ACROSS THE BOARD, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE CADETS ALSO? YES. 
          THAT ARE IN CLASS AND NOT PHYSICALLY OUT IN NO, ON THE PATROLS. 
          IT DOESN'T INCLUDE CADETS. 
          OH, IT DOES NOT. 
          NO, I'M SORRY. 
          IT DOES NOT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THAT'S A GREAT ANSWER. 
          I LIKE THAT ONE CHIEF, BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE COUNTING OUR CADETS AS AGAINST WHAT THE PUBLIC OUT THERE IS EXPECTING TO SEE ON OUR STREETS. 
          UM, SO TALKING ABOUT THAT, UM, SLIDE SIX, HELP ME OUT HERE, CHIEF. 
          UH, WHAT IS, YOU HAVE A COLUMN 2021, AND THEN YOU HAVE 2021, UH, PROJECTED. 
          THAT'S AS OF, SO YOU'RE PROJECTING A HIGHER NUMBER OF SWORN BY OCTOBER ONE, THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, BASICALLY. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WE'RE SHOWING VACANCIES OF 32 BY THE END OF THIS YEAR BASED ON RETIREMENTS AND THAT, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT, THAT WOULDN'T BE A VACANCY, THAT WOULD BE AN OVER HIRE BASED ON THE, BASED ON THE CLASS NUMBER WE WOULD GET. 
          IT WOULD BE A, OKAY. 
          I GOT YOU. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UH, SLIDE SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN YOU GAVE US, AND IT WOULD WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT TO SHOW, UH, HOW MANY CADETS ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM, EACH ONE OF THESE CLASSES AND WHAT THE CURRENT LEVEL IS IN EACH ONE OF THESE CLASSES, BECAUSE YOU HAVE DROPOUTS DURING, DURING THE COURSE OF CLASSWORK, RIGHT? I, I ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE NUMBERS IF YOU WANT ME TO. 
          YEAH, IF YOU COULD RUN THROUGH 'EM. 
          UM, SURE. 
          SO 21 A, UH, THERE WERE 48 CADETS, 21 B 40 21 C. 
          THERE WERE 28, UM, THAT GRADUATED IN MARCH. 
          I'M SORRY, THEY'RE DUE TO GRADUATE IN MARCH OF 2022. 
          AND THEN, UM, 21 D UH, THAT'S NOT DUE 
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TO START UNTIL SEPTEMBER 27. 
          WE'RE SHOOTING FOR 50 IN THAT CLASS. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WHAT'S THE USUAL PERCENTAGE OF CADETS THAT SIGN UP VERSUS GRADUATE? IT'S ABOUT A 15% WASHOUT RATE. 
          15% ABOUT 15. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          SO BASICALLY THE NUMBERS THAT, UM, AND THAT REALLY CONCERNS ME ABOUT THE 28, UM, THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOWN TO IN C UM, VERSUS THE 50 WHAT OR 40 THAT YOU'RE, YOU WANT IT TO GRADUATE IN EACH ONE OF THESE CLASSES. 
          THE POINT BEING IS WHAT WE GET IN CLASS AT THE BEGINNING IS NOT WHAT WE GET AT THE END. 
          UM, SO I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT STAYING UP IN FRONT OF THE, THE CURVE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE GETTING IN THAT RETIREMENT ELIGIBLE AGE IN THE SS A P D THAT I, I CAN SEE A BOW WAVE COMING ACROSS THAT FOLKS ARE GONNA BE RETIRING AND WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE CLASS SIZES OF BELOW 40. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO WATCH THAT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. 
          I SEE MY TIME IS OUT. 
          I'LL CHIME IN AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I REMOVED MY MASK. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO SAY I WAS VERY PLEASED BY WHAT I HEARD FROM METRO HEALTH TO, TO START OFF WITH. 
          UM, AND I THINK SLIDES FIVE AND SIX GAVE US A GOOD VIEW OF THE FINANCIAL SITUATION. 
          AND THAT'S, I THINK WHAT I FEEL LIKE I'M HERE TO REVIEW TODAY IS THIS AS, AS THIS PRESENTATION, AS A BUDGET. 
          BUT WITHIN THAT BUDGET, THERE ARE ASPECTS OF THE BUDGET THAT, UH, DO GET BROUGHT UP FOR DISCUSSION. 
          BUT I THINK PARTICULARLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SS A P D, IF THERE ARE ANY OF US THAT FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE REALLOCATIONS OF MAYBE, UH, A DIFFERENT ALIGNMENT OF THE NUMBER OF THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE, OR, UH, DIFFERENT ALIGNMENT OF PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE, UH, A MEETING OF THE, UH, THE, UH, PUBLIC, UH, SAFETY COMMITTEE TO GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE BUDGET, WHICH IS A MONTH AWAY. 
          AND CERTAINLY THERE'S TIME TO DO THAT. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IF THIS, THIS IS THE RIGHT, UH, PLACE TO GO AHEAD AND KIND OF PICK A PART, EITHER BUDGET, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR UNDER FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE PIECES THAT ARE IN THERE TODAY. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION OR TWO ABOUT THE METRO HEALTH, UM, PRESENTATIONS. 
          UM, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WAS THE LAST FISCAL YEAR'S TOTAL BUDGET, BECAUSE I SEE WHAT WE HAVE PROJECTED IN SLIDE FIVE IS ABOUT $81 MILLION FOR THIS YEAR. 
          UH, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, 25 MILLION OF THAT IS FROM OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          UH, SO I PRESUME THE OTHER 56 MILLION IS COMING FROM GRANTS, FEDERAL GRANTS. 
          HOW DOES THAT, UM, RELATE TO THE LAST TOTAL BUDGET? AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT IS THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE PROJECTING, UH, IN OUR SPENDING IN METRO HEALTH FROM YEAR TO YEAR? I COULD SEE GENERAL FUND WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GONNA SPEND 5 MILLION MORE, WHAT MAY BE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FEDERAL MONEY THROUGH GRANTS THAT WE SEE MAYBE COMING DOWN THE LINE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN COURAGE FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          I'M GONNA ASK, UH, MARIO MARTINEZ TO AT LEAST ELABORATE ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURE OF OUR BUDGET. 
          SURE. 
          SO WE CAN DRILL DOWN MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO WHAT WAS OUR TOTAL BUDGET LAST YEAR, MARIO, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL GRANTS AND OUR GENERAL FUND, UH, COUNCILMAN? THE TOTAL WAS 55.8, SO THE BREAKDOWN IS 20.3 MILLION IN GRANTS AND 25.5 IN GENERAL FUND. 
          WELL, BUT WE HAD OUR, IT'S SORRY, IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND. 
          OKAY. 
          SO AT 20.3 MILLION FOR GENERAL FUND AND 25.5 MILLION FOR GRANTS. 
          AND SO WHEN WE'RE BUILDING UP TO THAT 81, IS THAT THE $30 MILLION COMING FROM, UH, THE ARPA FUNDS THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT INTO, UH, METRO HEALTH? A LARGE PART OF IT, YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          COULD WE FIND OUT ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THAT IS? YEAH, COUNCILMAN WILL, UM, IT'S NOT THE 30 MILLION FROM ARPA, UM, BUT IT'S, BUT THAT'S PART OF IT, RIGHT? IT'S, BUT PART OF IT IS, UH, LAST YEAR'S NUMBER INCLUDED A LARGE, UM, UM, ALLOCATION OF, OF THE CARES ACT 
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FUNDING. 
          SO, UM, WHAT MAYBE WHAT WE CAN DO IS PROVIDE YOU A CROSSWALK BECAUSE THE, THE FUNDING SOURCES A A LITTLE BIT CHANGED AND, AND, UM, AND THEY'RE BIG DOLLAR AMOUNTS CAR, UH, CARES VERSUS ARPA FROM 21 TO 22 PROJECTED. 
          AND, AND, UH, WE CAN DO THAT BOTH IN A TABLE FORMAT AND DO A SIDE-BY-SIDE CHART PIE CHART LIKE WE DID FOR THE GENERAL FUND. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M JUST CONCERNED, UM, BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE EVEN HEARD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS. 
          IS THIS MONEY GONNA LAST, UH, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING, UH, METRO HEALTH BUDGET UP TO $81 MILLION, BUT WE'RE ONLY ADDING 5 MILLION MILLION OF GENERAL FUND, THAT MEANS 56 MILLION IS COMING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND IF IT'S COMING FROM, UH, FEDERAL DOLLARS, ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO RELY ON THOSE DOLLARS FOR TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS DOWN THE LINE? AND SO THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE REST OF THAT MONEY COMING FROM TO HAVE SUCH A, A LARGE INCREASE FROM YEAR TO YEAR IN OUR METRO HEALTH BUDGET? SO I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN. 
          AND, AND JUST SO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A STABLE MOVEMENT FORWARD IN METRO HEALTH AND NOT A ONE OR TWO YEAR SHOT, THAT MIGHT END UP GOING INTO A, A BIG DECLINE. 
          SO THAT'S JUST WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, NOW WHAT, I'LL GO BACK NOW TO SS A P D AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A $17 MILLION INCREASE IN THE BUDGET. 
          AND I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIRING, UH, 15 NEW POLICE OFFICERS, AND I KNOW IT TAKES ABOUT 110 TO $20,000 TO TRAIN AND EQUIP AND GET A, A NEW POLICE OFFICER OUT OUT OF THE FIELD AND, AND DOING THEIR JOB. 
          BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THIS 17 MILLION IS SUPPOSED TO BE PAYING FOR THOSE POLICE OFFICERS. 
          WHAT I DID NOT SEE AS WE DID WITH METRO HEALTH WAS A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON FROM WHAT THE POLICE BUDGET LOOKED LIKE LAST YEAR AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS YEAR AND TO SEE WHERE THAT 17, $17 MILLION INCREASE IS IN THE POLICE BUDGET FROM LAST YEAR. 
          AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF. 
          WHAT, WHAT IS THAT $17 MILLION SPECIFICALLY FOR AS AN INCREASE IN THE BUDGET AND POLICE? YES, COUNCILMAN. 
          AND DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE, UM, PRESENTATION, WE DID NOT INCLUDE IT, BUT WE DO HAVE A BACKUP SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE 17 MILLION IS ON THE SCREEN. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE THE GENERAL FUND HAD THE LARGEST INCREASE AT 14.8. 
          THIS PARTICULAR TABLE SHOWS ALL THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT SUPPORT POLICE. 
          SO THAT INCLUDES THE GENERAL FUND IN TERMS OF THE S A P D DEPARTMENT, PARK POLICE, THE DETENTION CENTER AIRPORT, OUR CONFISCATED PROPERTY, OUR CHILD SAFETY FUND AND GRANTS. 
          SO THE MAJORITY OF THE INCREASE CAME FROM THE GENERAL FUND AT, UM, $14.8 MILLION. 
          SO IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AND THIS IS THE INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, WE HAD INCREASE IN OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THIS YEAR, OUR OFFICERS GOT A 5% INCREASE, 3% OF THAT WAS ONLY FOR HALF OF THE YEAR. 
          SO THE 2022 BUDGET IS PICKING UP THE ENTIRE AMOUNT. 
          THERE ALSO INCREASES FOR A STEP, UH, LONGEVITY. 
          THERE'S ALSO AN INCREASE IN OUR RETIREE HEALTH PRE-FUND CONTRIBUTION. 
          UM, CIVILIAN COMPENSATION. 
          YOU'LL SEE THE 15 NEW OFFICERS THERE IS 1.8 MILLION. 
          AND THEN OTHER INCREASES IN ASSESSMENTS FOR EQUIPMENT AND, UM, UH, INCREASES WITHIN THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET TO PROVIDE THE OPERATIONS THAT WE PROVIDE TODAY. 
          WE DID DO A COUPLE OF REDUCTIONS WITHIN THE POLICE BUDGET, UH, REDUCTION TO DISTRICT FILL OVERTIME OF A MILLION DOLLARS, AND WE ALSO ELIMINATED THE HIRING BONUS OF $700,000. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, GOOD. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THAT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
          I KNOW THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING MORE POLICE IN THE PUBLIC EYE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT VISIBILITY, BUT ACTUALLY WHAT THAT TRULY MEANS IS THEY'RE OUT PATROLLING THE STREETS, NOT JUST SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THEM, BUT SO THAT THEY CAN BE WATCHING OUT FOR ANY KIND OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT PROTECTS THE LIVES OF PROPERTY OF PEOPLE. 
          AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC MAINTAINS THAT CONCERN. 
          I DO. 
          AND I THINK WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO WITH THE SUGGESTION OF REALLOCATING ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONALS TO DO SOME OF THE WORK THE POLICE HAVE BEEN DOING, UH, THAT WOULD PROVIDE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET MORE POLICE OR KEEP MORE POLICE OUT ON THE STREET DOING PATROL 
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OR GOING IN AND VISITING WITH COMMUNITY, UH, RATHER THAN JUST CHASING DOWN 9 1 1 CALLS THAT OTHER PROFESSIONALS OR OTHER EXPERTS COULD HANDLE. 
          AND I HOPE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE WHAT WE FIND IS THE BENEFIT OF TRYING TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH CALLS WITH MORE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND OTHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS INSTEAD OF TWO OR THREE POLICE OFFICERS OR A COUPLE OF POLICE OFFICERS, UH, SHOWING UP BECAUSE THERE'S DOGS BARKING OR BECAUSE THERE'S LOUD MUSIC, OR BECAUSE THERE'S FIREWORKS OR SO MANY OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER CALLS THEY MAKE THAT HAVE LITTLE, IF ANYTHING, TO DO WITH PROTECTING THE PUBLIC. 
          AND SO I HOPE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE THROUGH THE AREAS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE INTO BY BRINGING OTHER PROFESSIONALS TO WORK ALONGSIDE FEWER POLICE OFFICERS ON THESE CALLS THAT WILL HAVE MORE POLICE AND BETTER POLICE VISIBILITY AND BETTER PUBLIC SAFETY WITHOUT NECESSARILY HAVING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF POLICE IN OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          SO I HOPE THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE GO IN WITH THIS BUDGET. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT SLIDE NUMBER IT WAS, BUT IN, IN THE POLICE PRESENTATION THERE WAS, UH, A SLIDE THAT SAID CRIME IS NOT THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND ERIC, MY CONCERN IS THAT THE NUMBERS IN THIS BUDGET DON'T NECESSARILY REFLECT THAT FROM MY VIEWPOINT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, UH, WHAT, WHAT COUNCILMAN WOMAN CASTILLO SAID RESONATED WITH ME, AND I WAS LOOKING AT THOSE SAME NUMBERS COMPARING METRO HEALTH FUNDING TO THE POLICE FUNDING, SEEING THAT, UH, METRO HEALTH FUNDING IS 15% OF WHAT OUR POLICE FUNDING IS IN THIS BUDGET. 
          AND, AND TWO THIRDS OF THAT FUNDING FOR METRO HEALTH IS CHARITY. 
          YOU KNOW, COMING FROM GRANTS AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NATIONAL STANDARD IS. 
          AND ONE THING, UM, CLAUDE, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE IS MAYBE HOW IS OUR FUNDING FOR METRO, OUR PROPOSED FUNDING FOR METRO HEALTH COMPARED TO OTHER MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS? SO I HOPE YOU COULD SHOW THAT TO US IN THE FUTURE, AND SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          UM, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT SAFE OFFICERS AND, AND ADDING 12 MORE SAFE OFFICERS. 
          RECENTLY, SINCE GETTING ELECTED, I'VE MET WITH A LOT OF, UH, LEADERS OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHEN I'VE MET WITH THEM, UH, WHAT THEY'VE TOLD US THAT WE REALLY NEED THERE, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES. 
          AND WHAT WE NEED IS MORE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND MORE FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. 
          THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY WILL TELL YOU. 
          THEN WHEN I WENT AND I MET WITH STRAC LAST WEEK, AND, UH, THEY SHARED WITH ME, I BELIEVE IT'S THAT SAME MEADOWS POLICY INSTITUTE STUDY AND THE CONCLUDING SLIDE THERE SHOWED THAT IF YOU WANT TO, UM, IF YOU WANT TO FREE UP RESOURCES FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE, IF YOU WANT TO, UM, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CALL 9 1 1 CALLS, IF YOU WANT TO FREE UP POLICE RESOURCES, THEN YOU, THERE'S A SMALL SUBSET OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ON THE STREETS, AND IF YOU COULD GET THEM PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND MORE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, YOU COULD DO THAT. 
          AND SO THESE ARE TWO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, HOW DO YOU FREE UP EMERGENCY SERVICES AND HOW DO YOU ALSO GET MORE PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS? AND THEY'RE, THEY'VE COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION. 
          AND SO I THINK ABOUT THOSE SAFE OFFICERS, AND I THINK ABOUT MAYBE BELLEVUE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS OR RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN FIVE POINTS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE STREET ON THE STREETS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY THERE. 
          AND WHAT IF INSTEAD OF THEM CALLING A ANOTHER SAFE OFFICER TO SAY, HEY, I'VE GOT AN ISSUE WITH THIS PERSON LIVING ON THE STREET. 
          WHAT IF INSTEAD, THAT PERSON HAD BEEN SUPPORTED AND PUT IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, SO THEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO, THAT THAT BELLEVUE RESIDENT OR THAT FIVE POINTS RESIDENT NO LONGER HAS TO CO CONTACT THE SAFE OFFICER ABOUT THAT ISSUE. 
          AND THAT'S HOW I'D LIKE TO PRIORITIZE SOME OF THIS FUNDING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, AND, AND WITHOUT A DOUBT, WHEN I'VE GONE TO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, I, I, WHEN I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO LOVE THEIR SAFE OFFICER. 
          UM, AND IT, THERE ARE ALSO SOME PEOPLE WHO, UM, HAVEN'T SEEN THEIR SAFE OFFICER IN A LONG TIME. 
          AND I, SO I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN, UH, MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, THAT, THAT THERE ARE INCONSISTENCIES THERE. 
          UM, SO WHILE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LOVE HIM, THERE ARE INCONSISTENCIES AND, BUT WHAT, SO, I, I DON'T, I CAN'T RECALL ANYBODY 
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EVER ASKING CAN WE GET ANOTHER SAFE OFFICER, BUT WHAT I CAN RECALL IS A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE NORTH ST. 
          MARY'S STRIP ASKING FOR MORE PRESENCE OF POLICE OFFICERS AT NIGHTTIME. 
          AND I KNOW CHIEF, YOU AND I, WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT AND YOU SAID MAYBE ANOTHER SIX TO EIGHT OFFICERS WOULD HELP OUT OVER THERE. 
          PEOPLE WANT TO SEE POLICE OFFICERS ON FOOT OR ON BICYCLE WHERE THEY'RE THERE INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE NOT IN THEIR POLICE CARS. 
          AND, AND IT'S NOT JUST THE NEIGHBORS IN TOBIN HILL WHO'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT. 
          IT'S, UH, THE BAR OWNERS WHO'VE BEEN ASKING ME FOR THAT. 
          IT'S THE, THE RESTAURANT OWNERS OUT THERE WHO'VE BEEN ASKING ME FOR THAT. 
          SO IF WE WERE TO PUT MORE POLICE OFFICERS ON THE STREET, I WOULD WANT TO DO IT WHERE THE COMMUNITY HAS DEFINITELY BEEN ASKING ME FOR IT. 
          UM, AND THEN CLAUDE, I DON'T KNOW IF I, IF I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION OR MISSED THIS, BUT, UM, IN YOUR PRESENTATION, UM, DID YOU MENTION ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES? SO I, I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN DO A LOT OF TESTING FOR ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND SEE WHERE WE CAN ADDRESS THAT. 
          YES. 
          UM, I DID MENTION AS ONE OF THE PILLARS, OUR EFFORTS AROUND ACES, AGAIN, THAT'S IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          AND I ALSO PROVIDED AT LEAST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF FACT THAT WE'RE MAKING THAT TRANSITION WITH OUR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN. 
          SO ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, ADVERSE, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS, ACES, AGAIN, DEPENDING ON WHICH FRAMEWORK, UM, WE ARE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION. 
          AND THAT IS CORE TO OUR WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, WHAT ABOUT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE? BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN DR. 
          BRIDGER PRESENTED TO US FOR OUR GOAL SETTING SESSION, SHE MENTIONED A PILOT PROGRAM FOR, FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. 
          AND I, I THINK THAT'S A HUGE PART OF, UH, OF, UH, REDUCING OUR, OUR SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE. 
          AND THIS IS A WAY OF A HOLISTIC WAY OF ADDRESSING, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY, REDUCING CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND DR. 
          BRIDGER WAS PROPOSING MAYBE DOING THAT IN FIVE SCHOOLS, AND I ASKED HER, CAN WE ADD A ZERO TO THAT? UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT NOT JUST IN SCHOOLS, NOT, BUT ALSO MAYBE IN CHURCHES, MAYBE OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND, AND DO A LOT MORE OF THAT. 
          I'M, I'M FAMILIAR WITH BALANCE AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. 
          I'M GOING TO ASK, UH, JENNY TO AT LEAST ELABORATE ABOUT THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE. 
          THANK YOU UNDERWAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          SO WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          ONE, UM, THROUGH STANDUP ESSAY, BUT THEN ALSO THROUGH OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM, WE PARTICIPATE IN THE MY BROTHERS KEEPER RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, UH, COALITION THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE GOING ON. 
          AND WE'RE PROPOSING THAT IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THAT WE WILL HAVE DEDICATED COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS WHO WILL WORK THROUGH STANDUP SA TO DEVELOP A PILOT PROGRAM WITH THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE SERVED BY STANDUP. 
          SO THE OUTREACH WORKERS REALLY WANTED SOMETHING WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE A SERIES OF SCHOOLS, LIKE AN ELEMENTARY THAT FEEDS INTO A MIDDLE, THAT FEEDS INTO A HIGH SCHOOL THAT WOULD ALL HAVE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS, SO THAT YOU HAD THAT CONSISTENCY OF A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE APPROACH IN THE SCHOOLS, AND THEN REFERRALS TO THE STANDUP TEAMS OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOLS FOR THE KIDS THAT WERE KIND OF FALLING OFF THE TRACK, THAT YOU HAD THAT SORT OF DUAL APPROACH. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE GONNA BE PILOTING. 
          GREAT. 
          AND SO, UM, WITH MORE FUNDING, COULD YOU DO A BIGGER PILOT PROJECT ? UM, I THINK AS ERIC SAID, WE CAN ALWAYS, UH, SAY YES TO MORE FUNDING, BUT I WOULD ALSO CAUTION THAT WITH THESE APPROACHES, WE WANNA GO SLOW BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY RELATIONSHIP BASED MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO RUSH OUT A MODEL THAT WE HAVEN'T FULLY DEVELOPED AND, UM, IDENTIFY THE BEST WAY TO ROLL IT OUT. 
          UM, SO WE DO WANNA START WITH A, A FEW SCHOOLS DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO DO IT, DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO BUILD THOSE STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS SO WE'RE NOT OVER PROMISING AND UNDER-DELIVERING, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KIDS IN SCHOOLS AND DISCIPLINE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          UH, WE'LL GO NOW BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO FINISH OFF SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT I LEFT OFF. 
          TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE CERTIFICATIONS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES THROUGH MOODLE. 
          I THINK THAT'S A, AN EXCELLENT IDEA, I THINK, UM, THANK YOU, WHOEVER THOUGHT OF THAT. 
          UM, I WOULD LOVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE LOCAL FOOD INSECURITY COLLABORATIVE WHENEVER YOU ALL GET A CHANCE. 
          AND THAT CAN JUST BE, UM, OFFLINE. 
          AND THEN ALSO TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE'S POINT, COUNCILMAN BRAN MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF WHITE AREAS IN HER DISTRICT. 
          I HAVE ABOUT 50% IN DISTRICT FOUR THAT ARE VACCINATED. 
          SO I'D LOVE TO SEE HOW MAYBE WE CAN REROUTE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF WITH VACCINATIONS TO THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF, UM, THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL HELP. 
          AND THEN ALSO, UM, CAN, I DON'T KNOW, CHIEF OR, OR MARIA OR JOE FRANK OR WHO IT IS, BUT CAN SOMEONE SHARE WITH ME THE DATA THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ, UH, MENTIONED? UH, HE REFERENCED, UH, 2015 TO 2020 DATA, 
          [03:10:01]
AND I, I WOULD JUST LOVE TO SEE IT. 
          I'M NOT ON PUBLIC SAFETY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU GOT THERE, BUT IF SOMEONE COULD SHARE IT WITH ME, I'D LOVE TO LOOK AT IT. 
          SURE. 
          WE'LL PUT THAT TOGETHER. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          WE HAVEN'T PRESENTED THAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, BUT WE'LL BE HAPPY TO PUT IT TOGETHER. 
          OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND THEN, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW WHO MENTIONED THIS, I THINK IT WAS COUNCILMAN PALELLA, BUT, UM, POPULATION GROWTH AFFECTING, UH, CRIME. 
          HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR THAT? UM, AND WHO ARE OUR BENCHMARKS? WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE OUR BENCHMARKS? WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT SCIENTIFIC STUDIES TODAY I TEACH A RESEARCH STUDY CLASS, AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I ASKED WHEN I GOT ONTO COUNCIL IS HOW DO WE DETERMINE OUR, OUR SAMPLE POPULATION, RIGHT? HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHO WE'RE ASKING THESE QUESTIONS OF? AND FOR A LOT OF IT, AND JEFF COYLE EXPLAINED BEAUTIFULLY THAT IT WASN'T A SCIENTIFIC STUDY, IF YOU WILL. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, BUT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE FOR THE PD ONE, THERE WAS SOME RANDOM SAMPLE, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE HOW, UM, WE, UH, MAYBE TAKE THAT APPROACH, UH, AND, AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO REALLY DIG INTO SOME OF THOSE SUBSETS OF THE POPULATION. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO I'D LOVE TO GET NERDY WITH WHOEVER IT IS THAT YOU WANT ME TO TALK TO OFFLINE. 
          I'D LOVE THAT. 
          UM, BUT I JUST WANNA OFFER THAT UP, UM, AS WELL TO, TO BOTH TO PD AND TO, UM, HEALTH. 
          AND THEN, UM, FINALLY, I DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER, AND I'M ASSUMING IT WOULD BE FROM STRAC. 
          UM, I, I DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT THE CHILDREN'S BEDS, UH, HOSPITAL BEDS. 
          I AM TERRIFIED OF CHILDREN, HOSPITAL BEDS RUNNING OUT, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FULLY AWARE, UM, NOT THAT I WANNA USE A FEAR TACTIC APPROACH ON THIS OR ANYTHING, BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW, AND I WANT TO BE PREPARED, AND I WANT FOLKS TO BE PREPARED BECAUSE WITH SCHOOL STARTING, I THINK THAT IT'S JUST INEVITABLE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY POINTS. 
          THANKS EVERYONE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL WORK WITH STRAC TO SEE, UM, IF WE CAN GET THAT NUMBER FROM THEM. 
          UM, I THINK PROBABLY THAT THE ANSWER WE'RE GONNA GET IS THAT IN A, IN A TIME OF CRISIS, AN ADULT BED CAN BECOME A, A PEDIATRIC BED. 
          BUT WE'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH, UH, ERIC OVER AT TRACK AND GET YOU AN ANSWER AND FOR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER MKE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'LL START OFF WITH, UH, METRO HEALTH. 
          UM, THESE ARE GONNA BE JUST A SERIES OF YES OR NO, UH, YES OR NO QUESTIONS. 
          UM, WILL METRO HEALTH'S VIOLENT PREVENTION DIVISION PROPOSE POLICY AND PROCEDURAL CHANGES TO CITY DEPARTMENTS? WILL WE RECOMMEND? YES. 
          POLICY CHANGES, POLICY, BUDGETING, PROCEDURAL, MM-HMM. 
          , UM, OKAY. 
          I CAN TAKE THAT BACK, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE JUST NOW TALKING ABOUT AT LEAST OUR PLANS FOR THIS YEAR, BUT WE HAVEN'T MADE THAT DETERMINATION AS OF YET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, WILL METRO HEALTH'S VIOLENCE PREVENTION DIVISION HAVE CRIMINOLOGISTS GUIDE THE RESEARCH PROCESS? CRIMINOLOGISTS? SO WE DO WORK WITH ACADEMIC PARTNERS. 
          UM, I'M JUST LOOKING AT WHO ELSE WE WOULD HAVE. 
          I DON'T HAVE A NAME OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT WE HAVE THEM AS PART OF OUR MIX. 
          GOTCHA. 
          YOU GOT YOU. 
          UM, AND COULD, IT, IS, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT METRO HEALTH'S VIOLENCE PREVENTION DIVISION WILL HAVE A FOCUS ON GANG VIOLENCE? GANG VIOLENCE SPECIFICALLY? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THIS IS, THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER. 
          UM, SO METRO HEALTH HAS A SURGING PANDEMIC ON ITS HANDS. 
          CAN YOU CONFIDENTLY SAY MM-HMM. 
          ? SO IF, IF YOU CAN GO BACK, I DIDN'T CATCH THE FIRST WORD, WHAT YOU JUST SAID. 
          OH, SO METRIC. 
          SO WE HAVE A SURGING PANDEMIC, UHHUH . 
          UM, CAN YOU CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT THE VIOLENT PREVENTION DIVISION WILL BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON PREVENTING CRIME HOLISTICALLY, AND THERE WILL BE NO RISK OF LOSS OF FOCUS ON THIS ISSUE CONFIDENTLY IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC? SO WHAT WE CAN SAY IS THAT OUR AGILITY HAS BEEN A, BEEN OUR BEST ASSET. 
          SO WHAT YOU'VE HEARD IS OUR COMMITMENT TO DO BOTH, RESPOND TO C O V I AND MAKE THIS TRANSITION TO IMPLEMENT OUR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN. 
          SO THE SECTION ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HEARING TODAY. 
          UM, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO PACKAGE THIS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO SEE AT LEAST EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO FOR THE YEAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I ALSO WANTED REAL QUICK, UH, UM, NOW TO PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, MS. VILLA GOMEZ, SINCE INTEGRITY AND HONESTY MATTERS, I WANT TO KNOW, DOES AN INCREASE IN POLICE VISIBILITY ALWAYS EQUATE TO AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS? NOT NECESSARILY COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO INCREASE SAP'S BUDGET BY $14,787,896. 
          THAT IS ALMOST HALF OF THE A R P OF FUNDING GOING INTO THE GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE 2022 FISCAL YEAR. 
          Y'ALL CAN SAY IT'S, UM, OH, ACTUALLY, DO YOU FORESEE US INCREASING SAP'S BUDGET IN FISCAL YEAR 2023 OR 2024? YES, COUNCILMAN? THE, THE INCREASES THAT YOU SEE, UM, 
          [03:15:01]
TODAY, THE MAJORITY ARE JUST TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE TODAY. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SAW THE LARGEST INCREASES ARE RELATED TO, UH, WAGES THAT WERE, UM, GIVEN TO THE OFFICERS THROUGH OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO THAT IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF THAT COST. 
          OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE RETIREE HEALTHCARE, UH, THAT IS, UM, BY LEGISLATION THAT WE HAVE THAT PROGRAM. 
          SO THAT CONTRIBUTION HAS TO GO UP. 
          SO THOSE, THOSE, UH, ADDITIONAL EXPENSE REQUIREMENTS ARE JUST TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE. 
          WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO THE COUNCIL AS AN INCREMENT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS THE ADDITIONAL 15 POLICE POSITIONS. 
          AND, AND COUNCILMAN, WE ALWAYS TRY TO, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES, KEEP THOSE EXPENSES BELOW 66% WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND THIS YEAR. 
          UM, UM, IT IS THE LOWEST IT'S BEEN IN SOME TIME. 
          AND AS COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, UH, MENTIONED DURING HER COMMENTS, NOT MANAGING THAT IMPACTS THE REST OF THE PIE. 
          AND THE REST OF THE PIE ARE THE STREETS, THE SIDEWALKS, THE METRO HEALTH CODE COMPLIANCE, AND THOSE THINGS. 
          SO IT'S A BALANCING ACT THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR HANDS ON THE WHOLE PIECE TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND ALSO, I'M, I'M DONE WITH QUESTIONS. 
          UM, BUT SINCE HONESTY AND INTEGRITY MATTERS, I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY THAT THEY, THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS WILL FEEL SAFER IF THERE ARE MORE OFFICERS. 
          UM, PEOPLE WILL ALSO FEEL SAFER IF THEY'RE NOT AT RISK OF BEING EVICTED. 
          UM, PEOPLE WOULD FEEL SAFER IF THEY COULD WALK ON ROADS WITH SIDEWALKS AND STREET LIGHTS AT NIGHT INSTEAD OF ON DAMAGED, BUMPY UNLIT ROADS. 
          PEOPLE WOULD FEEL SAFER IF THERE WEREN'T SHOOTINGS HAPPENING AT, UM, AFTER HOURS CLUBS. 
          PEOPLE WOULD FEEL SAFER IF THEY KNEW THAT OFFICERS WOULD BE PUNISHED IF THEY HANDED OUT FECES SANDWICHES OR CALLED PEOPLE SLURS. 
          UM, AND SINCE HONESTY AND INTEGRITY MATTERS, THE YEAR IS 2021, AND WE ARE JUST NOW ABOUT TO START RESEARCHING THE ROOT CAUSE OF CRIME IN SAN ANTONIO CRIME, WHICH HAS INCREASED CONSIST, AND LIKELY LONG BEFORE THAT. 
          UM, SO IF WE DON'T ALREADY KNOW THE ROOT CAUSES OF CRIME IN OUR CITY, WE CANNOT CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT THE PROGRAMS OUR CITY IS DOING WILL PREVENT CRIME. 
          THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE PUTTING OFFICERS ON THEIR GROUND TO ADDRESS CRIME THAT WE AREN'T MAKING APPROPRIATE EFFORTS TO PREVENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE INNER WEST SIDE, UM, SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE HAVING CONCERNS WITH, YOU KNOW, UM, INCREASING ENCAMPMENTS. 
          SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT. 
          UM, WE'RE PRIORITIZING THE MULTIPLAN ARY RESPONSE FOR MENTAL HEALTH, THE PILOT PROGRAM WITHIN 7 8 2 0 7. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS, UH, LUCKY TO, YOU KNOW, I I I PARTICIPATED IN A RIDE ALONG WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, AND YA ARE DOING GREAT WORK. 
          UM, YA ARE A SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM. 
          UM, AND WHAT I LEARNED IN THAT PROCESS, RIGHT, IS THAT, UM, THE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS SERVE AS CASE, UH, CASE MANAGERS, THEIR OFFICERS, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ALSO SERVE AS, YOU KNOW, WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          IT'S, IT'S A HEAVY LOAD THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT IS, IS PICKING UP. 
          UM, AND, AND WHEN I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM AS WELL AS WITH SOME OF THE OFFICERS AT HAVEN FOR HOPE, UM, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BARRIERS, UM, SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY EXPRESSED WAS WHEN IT COMES TO RESOURCES AT HAVEN FOR HOPE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS THE LACK OF DETOX BEDS. 
          UM, HOW THERE ARE ONLY 28 DETOX BEDS AND ONLY EIGHT OF THEM ARE FOR WOMEN. 
          UM, SO I GUESS MY QUESTION FOR, UH, METRO HEALTH IS, ARE WE, UH, MAKING A PUSH TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF, UH, DETOX BEDS? COUNCILWOMAN, UH, TOMORROW'S PRESENTATION WITH, UH, HUMAN SERVICE WITH, UH, HUMAN SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL TOUCH UPON THAT. 
          UM, AND, AND, UM, WE CAN MAKE SURE THEY'RE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, I WILL ALSO ADD THAT, UM, THAT'S PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM MEADOWS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE DO THOSE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS, THAT WE'VE GOT THAT CASE WORKER, UM, AND WRAPAROUND SUPPORT, THAT THOSE SERVICES ARE CONTEMPLATED TO BE DONE CONTRACTUALLY WITH PARTNERS RATHER THAN AD CITY EMPLOYEES TO DO THAT. 
          BUT, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT D H SS IS PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT DETOX. 
          AND THE OTHER LAST THING I WANNA MENTION IS THAT THE COUNTY, UH, BEGAN IN THE LATE SPRING, A A REVIEW OF, OF THEIR AGENCIES, UM, PRIMARILY WITH MENTAL HEALTH. 
          MM-HMM. 
           AND DETOX IS PART OF THAT. 
          UM, AND SO THAT IS POTENTIALLY AN AREA WHERE BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING THROUGH ARPA COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ITEM, UM, FOR THE 4 MILLION AND FOR THE 34 34 POSITIONS, UM, DO WE KNOW WHAT TYPE OF PROFESSIONALS WE'RE GOING TO BE HIRING FOR THOSE POSITIONS? THE MAJORITY OF THEM WILL BE THE CASE. 
          UM, THE CRISIS RESPONSE MEMBERS, 
          [03:20:01]
UH, 17 OF THOSE WILL ALSO BE HIRING CASE MANAGERS, THREE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, AND A COUPLE OF FOLKS TO HELP WITH SOME DATA AND EVALUATION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I WOULD MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MAJORITY BE CLINICIAN WORKERS OR, UH, UH, PSYCHIATRISTS, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THAT THERE'S A BALANCE OF WOMEN, UH, HIRED AS WELL. 
          UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UM, FOLLOWING ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE WORK, OFTENTIMES MANY OF THE WOMEN WHO ARE IMPACTED, UM, THERE'S THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE MAYBE SPEAKING TO A MALE, UH, CLINICIAN OR CLINICIAN WORKER. 
          UM, SO SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MAYOR, UH, EARLIER THIS SUMMER I SPENT, UM, A COUPLE OF WEEKS IN THE, THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, SEATTLE AND PORTLAND. 
          BUT I SPENT A FEW DAYS IN EUGENE AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ADRIAN ROCHA TOLD ME, UH, ADRIAN, ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA, SORRY, TOLD ME THAT, YOU KNOW, EUGENE IS WHERE, UH, CAHOOTS STARTED. 
          UM, A REALLY, UH, PROGRESSIVE AND, AND VERY INTERESTING ALTERNATIVE TO POLICING MODEL. 
          UM, AN AGENCY THAT HAD BEEN, UH, CREATED THERE. 
          I KNOW THAT THE SHERIFF HAS, UH, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS EMBRACED THIS CAHOOTS MODEL. 
          AND IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THEY'VE ALREADY INVENTED THE WHEEL AND THAT THERE'S SOME REALLY NEAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR US TO LEARN. 
          AND, AND, UM, AND, AND UNPACK, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR SUCCESSES AND WHY IT IS THAT THEY'RE SUCCEEDING CHIEF OR ERIC OR MARIA, HAVE YOU GUYS LOOKED AT, AT, AT CAHOOTS AND TO WHAT EXTENT, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR US, IF AT ALL? HI, COUNCILMAN, THIS IS MARIA. 
          SO, UH, WE ARE AWARE OF THE SMART TEAM THAT THE, UH, BURKE COUNTY BURKE COUNTY'S OFFICE HAS CREATED. 
          UM, THE COMPOSITION OF THE TEAM INCLUDES A, UM, DEPUTY, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT TO OUR POLICE OFFICER. 
          UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES A PARAMEDIC, WELL I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EXACTLY A PARAMEDIC, BUT IT'S A MEMBER OF, UM, THE, THE E M S, I THINK THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION IS ARCADIAN, ARCADIAN, UH, E M S SERVICES AND A CIVILIAN INDIVIDUAL AS WELL. 
          SO THE COMPOSITION IS, IS SOMEHOW SIMILAR TO, TO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, THE MAIN DIFFERENCES, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS A CERTIFIED CLINICIAN. 
          UM, SO IT'LL BE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS A CERTIFICATION AS A CLINICIAN TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST AN INDIVIDUAL IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT, THAT THAT IS, THAT THE SIMILARITIES AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO PROGRAMS HAVE, HAVE WE STUDIED THE SUCCESS OF SIMILAR PROGRAMS IN OTHER CITIES. 
          SO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW PORTLAND DID ONE, I KNOW EUGENE HAS DONE ONE. 
          UM, I, I FORGET THE OTHERS. 
          BUT, UM, HAVE YOU GUYS, HAVE YOU GUYS TAKEN A LOOK AT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DEGREES OF SUCCESS OR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT, WHETHER OR NOT, UM, IT EVEN WORKS? SO AS PART OF THE WORK THE MEADOWS DID FOR, FOR THE CITY, AND WE WILL BE PROVIDING THAT REPORT TO THE COUNCIL, UM, TODAY OR TOMORROW. 
          UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THE, THE RESULTS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO USE THIS, WHAT THEY CALL AN E M S LED, UM, TEAM, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO THE COUNCIL. 
          ONE OF THE CITIES HAS, THAT HAS IMPLEMENTED THIS PROGRAM BEFORE, BEFORE US IS THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THEY STARTED IN 2018. 
          THEY CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE TEAMS ON THE GROUND, AND ACTUALLY WITH THEIR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2022, THEY'RE INCREASING THOSE TEAMS TO 10. 
          SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN, UH, SUCCESSFUL. 
          UM, UH, THE CITY OF EL PASO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN ARE ALSO IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS TO THE SAME PROGRAM THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING. 
          GOOD. 
          I LOVE IT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO THE OTHER THING, MARIA, IS I, I RECENTLY TOOK A TOUR OF, UM, THE HEMISPHERE PARK AND, AND GOT TO, UH, SPEND SOME TIME WITH ANDRESS ANJA AND AND THEIR TEAM OUT THERE REALLY KIND OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE, WHERE IT IS THEY WERE, WHERE THEY ARE TODAY AND WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE GOING. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I SEE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO WITH EACH AND EVERY SINGLE BUILDING THERE. 
          AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PLAN THAT'S ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW IS TO MAKE THE PARK POLICE HEADQUARTERS ONE OF THOSE BIG BUILDINGS THERE AT, AT THE, UM, AT THE PARK. 
          AND, AND THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT, THE MORE I DISLIKE THE IDEA OF PUTTING, YOU KNOW, POLICE HEADQUARTERS, A POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN THAT HEMISPHERE PARK, WHEN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS MAKING AN OASIS FOR FAMILIES, UM, AND FOR TOURISTS. 
          AND THAT REALLY JUST SEEMS LIKE TOTALLY INCONGRUOUS TO, TO WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE AIMING FOR THERE. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT SOMETHING TO BE SOLVED AT THIS CONVERSATION, BUT, YOU KNOW, A CONVERSATION THAT I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN HAVE. 
          'CAUSE SURELY THERE'S GOTTA BE ALTERNATIVES THAN, THAN PUTTING A BUILDING 
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WITH BULLETPROOF WINDOWS IN THE MIDDLE OF HEMISPHERE PARK WHERE KIDS ARE. 
          UM, AND SO I'M, I'M, UM, I'M HOPING THAT YOU'LL SIT DOWN WITH ME AND WE CAN, WE CAN TALK THROUGH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU. 
          I WOULD JUST OFFER THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR AT LEAST A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF. 
          WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, UM, UM, FINDING A CONTRACTOR TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND THAT SELECTION PROCESS HAS BEEN COMPLETED. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO BRING TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS. 
          BUT WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, I MEAN, NOT, NOT TO PULL A SURPRISE ON YOU GUYS, BUT I'M KIND OF, I'M A HARD NO ON THIS ONE. 
          I, I REALLY JUST HATE THE IDEA OF PUTTING PARK POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN, IN THAT BEAUTIFUL PARK. 
          I THINK THAT'S AN ASSET WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN DO SOMETHING BETTER. 
          AND, UM, AND ANYWAY, THOSE, THOSE ARE SOME, SOME IDEAS. 
          BUT, UH, ANYWAY, THANKS GUYS. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND I JUST WANNA SAY, I, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN COURAGE THAT THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT NEED TO GO TAKE TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND PROBABLY THAT PARK POLICE HEADQUARTERS IS ONE OF THEM. 
          UH, ONE THING I WANNA BRING TO THE ATTENTION AND CITY STAFF YOU MIGHT WANT TO, UH, TAKE NOTE IS BOTH IN METRO HEALTH AND IN SS A P D, THERE'S THIS MOVE TO GO DIGITAL TO GO ONLINE. 
          AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS THAT IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, WE HAVE A REAL DIGITAL DIVIDE. 
          SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET AND WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA PROGRAM AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THE RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR. 
          UH, DISTRICT THREE SPECIFICALLY, I THINK, UH, I THINK OF THE SOUTH, SOUTH SIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT I'M SURE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES CAN MENTION, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN AREAS THAT HAVE THAT DIGITAL DIVIDE. 
          SO AS WE MOVE THERE, WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT GAP. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THAT IN, UH, TO CONSIDERATION AND WE LOOK FOR DOLLARS THERE TO HELP WITH PROGRAMS, AND WE REACH OUT TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING, UH, DIGITAL LITERACY, DIGITAL OUTREACH, AND PUSHING THE E B B. 
          THE OTHER ASPECT OF THE, THE MEADOWS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WHERE WHEREVER WE PILOT AT IT OUT OF, IS IF THE CALLS CONTINUE TO COME BACK TO PD, SS A P D, LIKE, I THINK WE NEED TO MEASURE IF THIS IS A CALL THAT THE TEAM COULD HAVE TAKEN, BUT FOR SOME REASON S A P D HAD TO TAKE IT, PATROL HAD TO TAKE IT. 
          WE NEED TO START MEASURING THAT. 
          THE SAME WITH THE, UM, ANIMAL CALLS AND THE, UM, THE LOUD MUSIC BECAUSE AS OF RIGHT NOW, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE THE ONLY 24 7, UH, AGENCIES THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND, UH, THOUGH I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OTHERS GO THAT WAY, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS HOW IT IS. 
          SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          AND THAT MAYOR IS THE ONLY COMMENTS I HAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, IS THAT YOU SIGNALING PERRY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY? YES, SIR. 
          UM, MR. JACOB, UH, JUST IF I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE FOR YOU AND WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, LOOKING ACROSS, UH, GREAT PRESENTATION, BIG RESPONSIBILITIES WITH, UH, INCREASED MANPOWER, INCREASED BUDGETS, UH, ALL ACROSS THE BOARD ON THE SERVICES THAT YOU'RE, UM, PROVIDING, GOING TO PROVIDE AND HAVE BEEN PROVIDING, UM, I GUESS LOOKING AT, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL AREAS WITH RESPECT TO METRICS. 
          AND I, I SEE ON SLIDE 16 THAT YOU, YOU LIST OUT SOME METRICS THERE, BUT THIS REALLY DOESN'T TELL ME A LOT ON IT IS TELLING ME WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT I WOULD RATHER SEE IT TAKEN DOWN A STEP FURTHER AND EVEN BELOW ON WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          NOT THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE INSPECTED 96% OF THE ROUTINE INSPECTIONS OUT IN FOOD PREP PREPARATION AREAS, BUT OKAY, WHAT'S THE RESULTS OF THAT? WERE THEY ALL OF 'EM 90% AND BETTER, OR 60% BELOW 50%, WHATEVER. 
          WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF EACH ONE OF THESE AREAS? 50% OF CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY. 
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UM, OKAY, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HAVE THEY GONE THROUGH IT? AND WHAT'S THE RESULTS OF IT? UH, SAME THING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU'VE REFERRED 'EM OR THEY'VE REFERRED TO YOU, BUT WHAT'S THE RESULT OF THAT? UM, THE 50% INCREASE IN HEALTHY CORNER STORES. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT ARE THEY BEING USED? WHAT'S THE ACTIVITIES IN EACH ONE OF THOSE? ARE THEY WORTH IT? ARE WE GETTING OUR, OUR MONEY'S WORTH OUT OF THOSE? AND EACH ONE OF THESE CASES? SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE METRICS DEVELOP THAT SHOWS THE, SHOWS THE RESULTS OF EACH ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES HERE. 
          SO APPRECIATE YOUR INFORMATION AND, UM, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU HERE. 
          UH, YOU GOT A LOT ON YOUR PLATE AND, UM, WE'LL, WE WILL, UH, WE'LL WORK WITH YOU COMING UP HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          UM, I DO HAVE, THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          I JUST HAD A COUPLE OTHER QUICK QUESTIONS. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY, DO YOU HAVE CUSTOMER SURVEYS? I MEAN, WHEN YOU RESPOND OR YOUR OFFICERS RESPOND, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE, WITH THE CUSTOMER ON HOW YOU PROVIDED YOUR SERVICE? WE'RE, YOU KNOW, GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE CUSTOMERS OUT THERE? WE, WE HAVE, NOT IN THE PAST, BUT GIVEN THE, UH, THE SPIDER TECH PLATFORM, WE'LL BE DOING THAT IN THE FUTURE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, I'D SURE LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THOSE QUESTIONS ARE GONNA BE AND, UM, IF THERE'S ROOM FOR COMMENTS TO BE ADDED TO THOSE SURVEYS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VALUABLE IN THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU'RE GETTING. 
          UH, CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE YES AND NO QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING AN AREA FOR THE ACTUAL FEEDBACK AND, AND WORDS I THINK IS IMPORTANT AS WELL. 
          UM, ON SHIFTING ALL THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES FROM A C S TO FIREWORKS AND THOSE AREAS, DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON HOW MANY FTES WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT BACK IN THE COMMUNITY? NO, NOT YET. 
          OKAY. 
          WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WHAT'S THE IMPACT? I WOULD SAY ONCE THOSE PLANS ARE FINALIZED, THEN WE MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT ESTIMATE. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE I'LL, I'LL REFER BACK TO THE SITE AND RELEASE PROGRAM. 
          IMPLEMENTING THAT PROGRAM WAS WHAT, HOW MANY FTES WAS THAT? UH, 0.4, YEAH, 0.4, YEAH. 
          POINT FOUR FTES. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, UM, I THINK THE CONSEQUENCE, AGAIN, MY THOUGHTS ON THAT WAS THAT IT, THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT IS GREATER THAN THE RETURN THAT WE'RE GETTING BACK ON THE, ON THE POLICE OFFICER. 
          SO, UM, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, I THINK WE NEED TO REVISIT THAT AS WELL, OR YOU NEED TO REVISIT THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS A, THAT WAS AN, UH, A DECISION MADE BY YOU IN, IN THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO ANYWAY, THOSE WERE MY FOLLOW ON COMMENTS, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          AND AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR DEPARTMENTS, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY. 
          UH, JUST TO CLOSE ON A COUPLE NOTES, UM, WE'VE HEARD A LOT, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S, UH, STILL IMPORTANT POINTS TO DEBATE. 
          UM, BUT I'LL JUST TO REFLECT ON A FEW THINGS THAT WE KNOW. 
          UM, NUMBER ONE, UM, WE HAVE A TON OF INPUTS UP HERE, UH, SURVEYS. 
          WE'VE GOT OUR OWN CONSTITUENT EMAILS AND, UH, PHONE CALLS AND OUR VISITS WITH OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS. 
          UH, WE HAVE OUR SPEAK OUT, UH, SPEAK UP, UH, PROCESS. 
          WE GET A LOT OF INFORMATION AND ALL OF THEM, UH, ARE INPUTS. 
          THAT'S ALL THEY ARE, THEY'RE INPUTS. 
          AND, UM, I HAVE YET TO, BY THE WAY, ACTUALLY SEEING A SCIENTIFIC SURVEY ACTUALLY BEEN DONE OF PUBLIC OPINION ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT WE'RE DOING SPECIFIC TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY HERE. 
          WE HAVE HAD SURVEYS AND OF THEM HAVE BEEN WEIGHTED AND SCIENTIFICALLY PUT TOGETHER. 
          THAT BEING SAID, THEY'RE ALL STILL USEFUL. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE THIS, UH, SEA OF DATA AND MAKE SOME SENSE OUT OF IT. 
          UM, AND WHAT WE DO KNOW ARE A COUPLE OF TRUTHS, AND I, I'VE ENJOYED SOME OF THIS DEBATE UP HERE TODAY. 
          NUMBER ONE, UM, POLICING ITSELF DOES NOT SOLVE THE ISSUE OF CRIME. 
          WE HAVE TO GET TO ROOT CAUSES, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS DEBATE HAS BEEN ABOUT WITH REGARD TO ADDRESSING THINGS LIKE, UH, SOCIAL SERVICES, LITERACY LEVELS, ELIMINATING POVERTY, UH, EVEN INVESTING PROPERLY IN INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          WE'VE GOTTA DO ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT WE SIMPLY CAN'T FLIP THE SWITCH OVERNIGHT. 
          SO, UH, WITH RESPECT TO WHERE WE LAND ON THIS BUDGET, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT, UH, THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE PUT INTO IT ALREADY. 
          I LIKE WHAT I SEE IN THIS BUDGET. 
          UH, I LIKE THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADED WITH REGARD TO, AGAIN, THE CROSSOVER, UH, OF SERVICES BETWEEN METRO HEALTH AND, UH, S A P D. 
          THERE'S 
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STILL SOME WORK YET TO VET. 
          UH, BUT AGAIN, GOOD JOB EVERYBODY, AND, UH, WE CAN, UH, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ASPECT OF OUR BUDGET WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK OUTSTANDING. 
          SO, UH, WITH THAT, THAT IS ALL OF OUR, UM, PRESENTATIONS TODAY AND DISCUSSION. 
          UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY. 
          UH, WE'RE, WE ARE GONNA HAVE ONE AT SOME POINT THIS WEEK, PROBABLY THURSDAY, BUT BEFORE EVERYBODY GETS UP AND LEAVES, UM, BEFORE, UH, WELL, LET ME CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT 5:48 PM BUT BEFORE EVERYBODY GETS UP AND LEAVES, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY TO, TO, UH, CELEBRATE. 
          AND THAT IS OUR OWN MELISSA KEO HDA. 
          SO, UM, IF WE CAN SING COUNCILWOMAN KEO HDA HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEFORE WE LEAVE, YOU CAN ALL HAVE CAKE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BIRTHDAY TO YOU. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR VERDA. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. 
          MANY.
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