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          [D5 Budget Town Hall]
WELCOME TO HARRIS MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          I AM, UH, DR. 
          CAROL VELASQUEZ. 
          I'M THE VERY, VERY PROUD PRINCIPAL OF HARRIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU BEING HERE. 
          I, HERE'S SOME HARRIS HOPS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I'M GOING ON MY NINTH YEAR HERE, AND I JUST LOVE THIS COMMUNITY. 
          UM, PARTLY 'CAUSE I'M PART OF IT. 
          I GRADUATED FROM BOURBON HIGH SCHOOL, UM, BUT YEAH, MAYBE A FEW YEARS BACK. 
          AND, UH, SO I'M JUST SO GLAD TO, UM, BE HERE WITH MY COMMUNITY AND, UH, WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO OUR BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS. 
          UM, WITH THAT, WE ARE PROUD OF OUR ALUMNI, MS. CASTILLO. 
          TARA CASTILLO IS ONE OF OUR ALUMNI. 
          AND SO WHEN I WAS ASKED IF WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, HOST THIS MEETING FOR ALL OF YOU, OF COURSE, AND THEN WITH HER ESPECIALLY, AND SO I JUST, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I DO WANT TO INVITE HER. 
          BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE ALL KNOW WHERE THE LITTLE GIRL'S ROOM, THE LITTLE BOYS' ROOM IS, IN CASE WE HAVE TO PARTAKE. 
          AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO HARRIS, IT'S OUT THIS BUILD OUT THIS, UH, FROM THE DOORWAYS TO THE, TO THE RIGHT IS FOR THE, FOR THE LITTLE BOYS, AND TO THE LEFT IS, UH, FOR OUR LITTLE GIRLS. 
          OKAY? YOU'RE USED TO, YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED TO, TO, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS ALL, ALL DAY LONG, RIGHT? . 
          SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, MISS CASTILE, PLEASE WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          VELAZQUEZ. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING THE TIME TO COME OUT TO OUR BUDGET TOWN HALL. 
          AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF BUDGET DISCUSSION. 
          SO THIS IS THE NITTY GRITTY, THE WAY I'D LIKE TO SEE IT IS AT A BIG BALL OF MASA, AND NOW'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MASSAGE IT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TYPE OF  THEY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE. 
          UH, SO I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY, UM, GIVE YOU ALL RUN THROUGH OF WHAT OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN, UH, AMPLIFYING AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS BASED OFF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND BASED OFF THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD GOING DOOR TO DOOR. 
          UH, BUT FIRST I WANNA THANK OUR VOLUNTEERS WHO WENT DOOR TO DOOR TO FLYER IN PREPARATION FOR THIS EVENT. 
          THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS REALLY, LIKE, IT'S GETTING HOT. 
          SO THANK Y'ALL FOR SPENDING THIS WEEKEND, UH, KNOCKING ON DISTRICT FIVE DOORS TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS COME OUT TO THIS TOWN HALL. 
          UM, SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, DISTRICT FIVE, UM, IS EXPERIENCING SOME ECONOMIC INVESTMENT, UM, DESPITE, YOU KNOW, STAGNANT WAGES. 
          SO WHAT WE NEED TO ENSURE IS THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT THE ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES. 
          SO WHAT WE DO NOW IS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT EACH COMPONENT WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S BUDGET, AND LET CITY STAFF KNOW AND ASK QUESTIONS AROUND EACH COMPONENT ON WHERE WE BELIEVE OUR FUNDING SHOULD GET ALLOCATED TO WHERE WE THINK MORE FUNDING NEEDS TO GO TOWARDS. 
          SO THIS IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING HERE. 
          YOU CAN TELL I'M USED TO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD AND HAVING THREE MINUTES, SO I'M LIKE . 
          UM, SO YEAH. 
          UM, I'M JUST GOING TO BRIEFLY WALK THROUGH A COUPLE OF THE BUDGET ASKS THAT OUR OFFICE HAS MADE. 
          OF COURSE, THIS ISN'T ALL OF 'EM, BUT JUST, WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE MINUTES TO RUN THROUGH THEM. 
          BUT TODAY WE HAD THE DISCUSSION WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE ASKED FOR DOUBLE THE INCREASED INVESTMENT FOR THE N PROGRAM. 
          THIS PROGRAM HELPS US ADDRESS THE NEEDS FOR OUR STREETS, NOT, NOT OUR STREETS, SORRY, ZY FOR  FOR OUR SIDEWALKS, UH, FEW COMPS AND AS WELL, LIKE SMALL MINOR ISSUES LIKE THAT. 
          AND WHAT WE'VE ASKED IS TO INCREASE THAT FUNDING BECAUSE WE KNOW THE NEED IS DRASTIC THROUGHOUT DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVEN'T HAD THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE ARTS YET, BUT WE KNOW THAT DISTRICT FIVE IS A TREASURE PRO FOR THE ARTS CULTURE, RIGHT? WE HAVE THE GUADALUPE CULTURE ARTS CENTER, WE HAVE BLOOM STAR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BLUE STAR, UM, AND NOW STACY SZA AND THE ESPERANZA OFF OF COLORADO. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE THESE ASSETS, AND NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LET CITY KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO ENHANCE THESE, AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE KNOW THAT DISTRICT FIVE HAS SOME OF THE CITY'S OLDEST HOUSING JOB. 
          SO THAT'S WHY YOU'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR AN INCREASED INVESTMENT FOR HOMEOWNER REHAB PROGRAMS, THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT FUNDING SOURCES LIKE GAP FINANCING AND THESE VERY, LIKE, NUANCED BUCKETS OF MONEY, UM, I'M ENSURING THAT WE'RE ASKING THE QUESTIONS IF WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS WHAT THOSE PARAMETERS ARE ON THE TYPE OF HOUSING THAT THAT FUNDING SOURCE IS GOING TO PRODUCE. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT, WELL, WE EXPERIENCE THIS EXPERIENCE, RATHER ECONOMIC INVESTMENT, OUR NEIGHBORS GET TO STAY, AND THAT WE, WE ARE CREATING HOUSING WHERE WE NEED IT MOST. 
          SO, UM, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK HARRIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, ERIC AND MARIA. 
          UM, I, I THINK THE CITY, A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T KNOW, RIGHT? THAT OFTENTIMES IT'S A, IT'S A CITY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT. 
          SO THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN, AND THEY'RE 
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UP SENDING EMAILS LIKE LATE IN THE EVENING WORKING HARD FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ALL Y'ALL DO, AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER, AIR QUOTE, . 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR YOU HAVE SOMEBODY BEHIND THE CURTAIN RUNNING YOUR SHOW. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          , UH, THANKS FOR FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. 
          UH, AND I'M GONNA TAKE THIS OFF SO EVERYBODY CAN HEAR ME. 
          UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR HARRIS MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR, FOR HOSTING US TONIGHT. 
          UM, SO, UH, AS THE COUNCILMAN MENTIONED, UH, WE ARE GOING THROUGH AND IN FACT, THE COUNCILWOMAN SPENT ALL AFTERNOON, UH, TODAY IN A BUDGET WORK SESSION, UH, REALLY TALKING ABOUT OUR STREETS, INFRASTRUCTURE SIDEWALKS, OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANS. 
          THE COUNCIL IS GOING THROUGH BUDGET WORK SESSIONS RIGHT NOW, AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER. 
          UM, AND SO AS THE COUNCILMAN MENTIONED, WE HAVE, THIS IS OUR FOURTH BUDGET TOWN HALL OUT IN THE DISTRICTS. 
          WE'RE DOING THAT IN, IN, IN, UH, ALL THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS IN ORDER TO GET ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          UM, THE COUNCIL TAKES ALL THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT, UH, AND THEN ULTIMATELY ADOPTS THE BUDGET IN, UH, ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. 
          SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND, AND SEVERAL MORE WEEKS OF, OF, UH, OF, UH, THE FOCUS. 
          SO LET ME, I WANNA WALK THROUGH THIS QUICKLY AND THEN WE'LL GET TO QUESTIONS. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE, EXECUTIVES, DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES, UM, AND WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AND, AND GET ANY FEEDBACK DIRECTLY FROM YOU. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          WERE YOU JUST PULLING? OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO FIVE, FIVE KEY BUDGET MESSAGES, UH, IN THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          UH, THE FIRST IS THAT WE HAVE SEEN SOME RECOVERY IN, IN SOME OF OUR SIGNIFICANT, UH, AREAS OF BUSINESS MORE SO THAN OTHERS. 
          AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND. 
          BUT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF UNCERTAINTY IN SOME OF OUR LINES OF BUSINESS AS A CITY. 
          I MEAN, WE HAVE A $3.1 BILLION BUDGET, AND I SHOULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. 
          BETWEEN RUNNING AN AIRPORT AND SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND POLICE AND CODE COMPLIANCE AND LIBRARIES. 
          WE, WE, WE HAVE 40 PLUS LINES OF BUSINESS HERE AT THE CITY. 
          SO THERE IS A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY. 
          PART OF THIS IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MANAGING OUR EXPENSES AS WE GO FORWARD. 
          SECONDLY, UH, WE RESTORED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          UM, MANY OF THE CUTS, ALMOST ALL OF THE CUTS THAT WE'VE MADE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WHEN COVID HIT AND THEN LAST FISCAL YEAR. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND I'VE INCLUDED THERE ON THE SLIDE, PART OF THAT IS OUR CIVILIAN COMPENSATION, UH, BECAUSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, UM, HAVE BEEN HELD FLAT FOR TWO YEARS. 
          UM, AND, UM, AS COUNCILWOMAN MENTIONED, SHE, SHE MENTIONED STAGNATION OF, OF WAGES. 
          YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH, UH, OVER 6,500 CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES THAT DO A VARIETY OF THINGS. 
          UM, WE HAVE TO BE COMPETITIVE AS AN EMPLOYER, AND WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST EVERYBODY ELSE, UH, FOR, FOR JOBS. 
          THE THIRD AREA IS REALLY, UH, THE, UH, THE, THE, THE LESSONS WE'VE LEARNED AS A RESULT OF THE LAST 18 MONTHS, WHAT WORKED REALLY WELL, UM, WHAT MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND, AND THINGS THAT, THAT WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE TRIED OTHERWISE, BUT THINGS WE DID OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS, 12 MONTHS THAT, UH, THAT WE REALLY SAW A BENEFIT. 
          WE THOUGHT, WE THINK THAT COMMUNITY SAW A BENEFIT. 
          SO WE'RE INCORPORATING THOSE WITHIN OUR PROPOSED PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          FOURTH, UM, HOW WE RESPOND TO CALLS DIFFERENTLY, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, WHETHER THEY'RE POLICE CALLS OR ANIMAL BARKING, ANIMAL CALLS, BARKING DOG CALLS, UH, LOUD MUSIC, FIREWORKS, HOW ARE WE MENTAL HEALTH TYPE CALLS? HOW ARE WE GONNA RESPOND DIFFERENTLY? AND WE DID A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK IN THIS AREA OVER THE LAST YEAR. 
          AND THEN THE LAST KEY MESSAGE IS HOW DO WE BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE RESILIENT? UM, REALLY WE ALL EXPERIENCED FEBRUARY, UH, DIFFERENTLY. 
          UM, AND, AND WHAT THINGS DO WE NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO BEGIN TO MAKE SURE THE CITY'S BETTER PREPARED? UM, AND THAT'S, THIS IS NOT JUST A ONE YEAR THING, THIS IS A SHIFT IN HOW WE ARE THINKING GOING FORWARD. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO WE DO A, A BUDGET SURVEY EVERY YEAR, UH, AS THEY, THE REST, THEY SPEAK UP. 
          WE HAD OVER 12,000, UM, UH, PARTICIPANTS IN THE SURVEY THIS YEAR. 
          THESE ARE THE FIVE MAIN AREAS WHERE THE COMMUNITY AT, AT LARGE, AT AT LARGE, UM, THOUGHT MORE INVESTMENT WAS NEEDED. 
          UH, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, PUBLIC HEALTH, SENIOR SERVICES, HOUSING, AFFORDABILITY, AND PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO LEMME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE FEDERAL FUNDS 
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THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH THE AMERICAN, UH, RESCUE PLAN ACT APPROVED BY, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EARLIER IN THE YEAR, THE CITY SCHEDULED TO GET $320 MILLION. 
          THAT MONEY HAS GOT TO BE PROGRAMMED BY DECEMBER OF 2024 AND SPENT BY DECEMBER OF 2026. 
          UM, FINAL GUIDELINES FOR THIS, UH, WE EXPECT AT THE END OF THIS MONTH FOR IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. 
          AND THE PRIMARY USE OF THESE FUNDS AS DICTATED BY CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT ARE ONE TO PROVIDE FISCAL STABILITY TO THE ORGANIZATION, TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION. 
          UH, AND EVERY CITY, TOWN, COUNTY IN THE COUNTRY GOT AN ALLOCATION. 
          UM, NUMBER TWO, WA WAS TO SPECIFICALLY RECOVER REVENUE LOSS AS A RESULT OF C OVID 19 AND THREE TO ADDRESS ANY IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT THE COMMUNITY MAY HAVE AS A RESULT OF COVID. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE COUNCIL IN THE SPRINGTIME WAS WE'RE GONNA, OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT WE BREAK THIS UP INTO TWO PIECES THAT YOU SEE UP ON THE SLIDE. 
          THE FIRST PIECE IS LOOK AT ONLY WHAT WE LOST IN TERMS OF REVENUE IN 2020. 
          AND THAT AMOUNTS TO ABOUT $90 MILLION, BOTH IN OUR GENERAL FUND, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND IN A BIT, AND OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND. 
          UM, THAT'S PHASE ONE, AND WE'LL BUILD THAT IN. 
          UH, WE'VE BUILT THAT INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO SPEND THAT MONEY OVER THREE YEARS. 
          THIS IS NOT FOREVER MONEY. 
          THIS IS MONEY MEANT TO STABILIZE THE ENTITY, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING SERVICES. 
          UM, AND, AND WE'VE DONE THAT IN PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          UM, PART TWO IS REALLY PROBABLY THE BROADER, WELL, IT IS THE BROADER CONVERSATION THAT THE COUNCIL'S GONNA HAVE IN THE FALL ONCE WE HAVE GUIDELINES. 
          UM, AND THERE'S BEEN ALREADY SOME CONVERSATION AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL ABOUT WHAT THAT IS, WHETHER IT'S SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT OR, UM, BROADBAND OR INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UM, REALLY WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO DEVELOP A PLAN WITH THE COUNCIL. 
          AND THAT PLAN, AS I SAID EARLIER, WILL PROBABLY BE A MULTI-YEAR PLAN. 
          UM, THINGS WILL CHANGE, CONDITIONS WILL CHANGE, UM, LIKE THEY'VE, LIKE WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS. 
          SO, UH, THAT'LL BE A BIG PART OF THE COUNCIL'S CONVERSATION IN THE FALL AND THE USE OF THIS MONEY. 
          'CAUSE THIS IS A ONE TIME OPPORTUNITY, NEVER. 
          THIS IS TAXPAYER MONEY. 
          IT'S FEDERAL TAXPAYER. 
          IT'S OUR TAXPAYER MONEY. 
          SO HOW WE USE IT AND HOW WE LEVERAGE IT, AND HOW WE WORK POTENTIALLY WITH THE COUNTY, WITH THEIR ALLOCATION TO MAKE A, A, A, A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO HERE ARE THREE MAIN REVENUE SOURCES. 
          UH, AND THESE THREE WERE PROBABLY THE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED THROUGH COVID. 
          AND ALL THREE HAVE KIND OF REBOUNDED OR, UH, THEIR CURRENT CONDITION IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          OUR SALES TAX. 
          AND I'LL, AND I'M GONNA SKIP OVER, UH, 21, THE 21 ADOPTED BUDGET BECAUSE LAST YEAR WAS AN OFF YEAR AND WE'LL COMPARE IT TO 2019. 
          BUT OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR SALES TAX, WHICH GOES INTO OUR GENERAL FUND, IS 11% MORE THAN WE COLLECTED ACTUALLY IN 2019. 
          NOW, WE, WE COLLECT AN AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASE ABOUT FOUR, 4.5% EVERY YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S A PRETTY SIZABLE CLIP. 
          WE HAVE SEEN SALES TAX REBOUND VERY STRONGLY IN THE SPRINGTIME AND THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. 
          WE THINK IT'LL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND WE'LL, UM, AND IS INCLUDED WITHIN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          THAT MIDDLE AREA OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, WHICH IS REALLY THE, THE, THE, THE TAX THAT VISITORS PAY, UH, WHEN THEY SPEND THE NIGHT IN A HOTEL HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AND THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX PAYS FOR THE, THE OPERATIONS PREVENTION CENTER, THE ALMO DOME ARTS AGENCIES, OUR ARTS AND CULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, OUR AGREEMENT WITH BUSINESS SAN ANTONIO TO HELP MARKET SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THAT PART OF THE INDUSTRY, UM, THAT PROPOSED REVENUE IN 2022 IS 24% BELOW 2019. 
          AND WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN, UH, THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE LONGER FOR THIS PART OF OUR, OF OUR BUSINESS TO RECOVER. 
          AND WE'RE SEEING THAT, UM, AS, AS THINGS GOT BETTER IN THE SPRINGTIME, WE STARTED TO SEE CONVENTIONS AND GROUPS AND EVENTS START TO GET REBOOKED AT THE  CONVENTION CENTER. 
          BUT, UH, BUT OVER THE LAST TWO OR THREE WEEKS, WE'VE SEEN SOME EVENTS PULL BACK. 
          SO THIS IS ONE AREA OF OUR BUSINESS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MANAGE VERY CLOSELY AND MAKE SURE WE'RE CONTROLLING OUR EXPENSES. 
          AND THEN THE AIRPORT WHERE WE SAW A BIG IMPACT ON REVENUE AND AND ACTIVITY AT THE AIRPORT HAS, UM, HAS REBOUNDED VERY NICELY. 
          WE'RE ABOUT TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS BETTER THAN, UH, OUR REVENUE IN 2019. 
          SO THREE VERY DIFFERENT STORIES AND, AND ADD TO THE UNCERTAINTY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO OUR TOTAL BUDGET IS $3.1 BILLION. 
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UH, THE LARGEST PORTION OF THAT IS 1.36 BILLION, WHICH IS OUR GENERAL FUND, WHICH AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, IS WHERE WE COLLECT ALL OF OUR GENERAL REVENUE, OUR SALES TAX, OUR PROPERTY TAX. 
          UM, IT FUNDS ALL OF OUR BASIC SERVICES LIKE PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS AND ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, THIS WHOLE ENTIRE FRONT ROW, ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF VETO AND HOUSING, UM, OUR CODE COMPLIANCE. 
          AND SO, UM, IT'S ALL OF OUR BASIC SERVICES. 
          THE SECOND CATEGORY ON HERE ARE RESTRICTED FUNDS, AND THOSE ARE OUR FUNDS OR OUR AREAS OF BUSINESS WHERE THE REVENUE GENERATED IN THOSE OPERATIONS, PAY FOR THE EXPENSES LIKE THE AIRPORT, LIKE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY, TAX SOLID WASTE, AND OUR RECYCLING EFFORTS. 
          UM, ALL OF THOSE ARE OUR INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES. 
          AND THEN THE THIRD CATEGORY IS OUR CAPITAL BUDGET OF $592 MILLION. 
          WE'RE ENTERING THE LAST YEAR OF OUR 2017 BOND PROGRAM HERE. 
          A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULED FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. 
          AS WE, UM, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT, UH, ALMOST $600 MILLION IN CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, THAT WE WILL BE UNDERTAKEN IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO OUR GENERAL FUND, 1.36 BILLION. 
          YOU SEE THE MAIN, THE THREE MAIN REVENUE SOURCES THAT WE HAVE, PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX, AND, UH, THE CITY'S, UM, OWNERSHIP OF C P SS AND THE CONTRIBUTION FROM THEM. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, YOU KNOW, OUR LARGEST EXPENSE WITHIN, WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND IS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENSES. 
          WE HAVE A FINANCIAL POLICY THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS NOW, WHERE WE MAINTAIN THE GOAL IS TO HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENSES LESS THAN 66%. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          WE HAVE THOSE EXPENSES AT 63.2%. 
          THAT'S PROBABLY THE LOWEST IT'S BEEN, UM, IN SOME TIME SOMETIME. 
          UM, WE MANAGE THAT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POLICY GOAL, FINANCIAL TOOL FOR US, BECAUSE IF THAT PART OF THE PIE IS BIGGER, THEN IT STARTS TO SQUEEZE OUT OTHER AREAS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          ONE MORE. 
          SO INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND THIS WAS THE TOPIC OF THE WORK SESSION THAT THE COUNCIL HAD TODAY AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UH, DIRECTOR AND OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR HERE IN THE FRONT ROW. 
          BUT, UH, IN OUR, IN TERMS OF STREET MAINTENANCE, THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS BACK TO $110 MILLION. 
          WE HAD TO MAKE SOME CUTS LAST YEAR TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET WITH THE REVENUE LOSS. 
          SO WE ARE BACK, UH, AN ADDITIONAL $8 MILLION TOWARDS STREET MAINTENANCE TO, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF $110 MILLION. 
          AND THAT'S ALMOST 1300 PROJECTS CITYWIDE, UM, THAT ARE INCLUDED IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          UH, SIDEWALKS, WHICH IS, UM, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN, UM, UH, STRESSED DURING THE COUNCIL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WORK SESSION IN JUNE. 
          UM, UM, SPECIFICALLY, UH, GAPS IN OUR SIDEWALKS, BUT ALSO REPAIRING PORTIONS OF OUR SIDEWALK NETWORK. 
          UH, THE IDEA IS THAT WE ARE PUTTING, UH, A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION MORE INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          SO WE'RE GOING FROM 18 TO ALMOST $21 MILLION IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, DIRECTLY TIED TO CLOSING SIDEWALK GAPS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UH, OUR VISION ZERO. 
          UM, SO HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE CITY TALK ABOUT VISION ZERO IN THE PAST? SO THIS IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST ALLOCATION IN ONE FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'VE SET ASIDE. 
          UM, AND, AND WHAT IT IS, IS, UM, OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, UH, TAMIKA MONVILLE, WHO'S UP HERE ON THE FRONT ROW, AND HER TEAM LOOKED AT THOSE. 
          AND, AND IF ANYBODY, ANYBODY THAT THAT'S BEEN IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, LONG ENOUGH, UH, KNOWS INTERSECTIONS OR PORTIONS OF COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS WHERE IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN, UH, VEHICULAR ACCIDENT, RIGHT? WE KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. 
          UM, YOU SEE THEM, YOU'VE SEEN 'EM OVER TIME. 
          AND THE IDEA IS THAT WE'RE GONNA SET ASIDE $6.2 MILLION IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO DO 10 PROJECTS. 
          AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE MID, THEY'RE MID-BLOCK CROSSING PROJECTS, BUT THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE ABLE TO MITIGATE THOSE ACCIDENTS THAT WE'VE HAD. 
          THE CITY'S TALKED ABOUT VISION ZERO FOR A LONG TIME. 
          UM, THIS IS A, UH, THIS IS A BIG INVESTMENT FOR US. 
          AND I THINK REALLY JUST THE BEGINNING AND THEN $2.7 MILLION TO UPDATE OUR BIKE MASTER PLAN. 
          THE COUNCIL HAD A A LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT TODAY WITH TAMIKA AND THE STAFF, AND IT'S REALLY MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE DON'T DO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST, WHICH IS SOME BIKE LANES ARE PROTECTED, SOME ARE UNPROTECTED, SOME BIKE LANES ARE ON STREETS THAT HAVE, UH, ON STREET PARKING. 
          I MEAN, IT, 
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IT IS A BIG MISHMASH OF BIKE LANES. 
          AND WE, OUR BIKE MASTER PLAN IS CRITICAL TO SETTING THOSE GUIDELINES, ESPECIALLY IN ADVANCE OF THE COUNCIL HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM AND WHAT WE DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WITH $110 MILLION AND HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THEM. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO HERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS IN D FIVE FOR STREETS AND DRAINAGE, UM, UH, ONGOING, THE, THE SAR MOORE STREET ON OVERPASS AT THE, UH, UP RAILROAD, UH, OR WEST COMMERCE STREET, RIO STREET FROM TO COLORADO. 
          AND, UH, WE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SEGMENTS OF, OF COMMERCE. 
          THAT'LL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW. 
          UH, ROOSEVELT AVENUE FROM I 10 DOWN TO, UH, SOUTH ST. 
          MARY'S, UH, CO CONCEPTION CREEK, PHASE ONE. 
          AND THEN, UH, SOME, UM, UNSPECIFIED DRAINAGE PROJECTS IN D FIVE THAT RAZZIE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IS GONNA BE WORKING ON WITH, UM, THE COUNCILWOMAN. 
          NEXT SLIDE IN TERMS OF PARKS, UM, UH, WE HAVE, UM, UH, WORK AT LAS PALMAS BRANCH LIBRARY, MEMORIAL RANCH LIBRARY, AND, UH, THE THEANO TO, UH, APACHE, UH, CONFLUENCE AREA. 
          THAT'S . 
          OH YEAH, THAT IS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO, UM, YOU THREW ME OFF . 
          UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME PARKS IMPROVEMENTS, UH, AND, AND LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT, UM, THE COUNCILWOMAN WILL BE WORKING ON, AND THEY, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TODAY AND THE COUNCILWOMAN JUST TALKED ABOUT NM THOSE ARE CRITICAL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE ALSO ALLOCATED A MILLION DOLLARS IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          UM, THAT BETWEEN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND THE ADOPTED BUDGET, PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND PARKS WILL BE WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL DISTRICT TO HELP PROGRAM THAT SO THAT WHEN THE BUDGET GETS ADOPTED, WE'VE GOT PROJECTS LISTED. 
          ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN WAS STRESSED IN TERMS OF PRIORITY, WE WANTED TO GIVE EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY WITH SHAPE STRUCTURES, PERMANENT RESTROOMS, AND SOME OF OUR PARTS, I KNOW THE, THE, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO ALL THAT WITH THE, WITH THE MILLION, BUT, BUT THOSE ARE GOOD THINGS THAT WE CAN START TO KNOCK OUT AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE GROUNDWORK FOR, I THINK THE BIGGER CONVERSATIONS THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN WILL HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT INVESTMENTS IN THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, HERE ARE THE, HERE'S SOME, THE VISION ZERO PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT IN THE D FIVE, UH, AROUND THE D FIVE AREA, ZAR ZAMORA, UH, CINCINNATI TO GUADALUPE COLLIBRA, UH, FROM JOE MCMULLEN, NAVIDA. 
          AND THEN, UH, ZAR ZAMORA, UH, CULVERSON TO MILITARY. 
          SO IT CROSSCUTS A COUPLE OF DISTRICTS, BUT THOSE ARE, I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE STREETS WHERE YOU HEAR THOSE UNFORTUNATE INCIDENTS. 
          UM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A DEBT AND BE VERY DELIBERATE IN THE INVESTMENT IN THOSE AREAS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND THE OTHER THING WE'RE DOING, UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          UH, WOULD WE HAVE, UM, CALLS TO 3 1 1 OR A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REACHING OUT BECAUSE OF DUMPING, UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST? WHAT WE DO RIGHT NOW IS WE PULL PUBLIC WORKS CREWS FROM DOING WHAT THEY NORMALLY DO, AND WE'RE PULLING SOLID WASTE CREWS FROM WHAT THEY NORMALLY DO. 
          OR WE'RE PULLING STORM WATER CREWS FROM MAINTAINING OUR DRAINAGE CHANNELS TO GO DO THAT. 
          PART OF WHAT WE'RE SETTING ASIDE IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IS, IS A FULL-TIME CREW OF SIX WITH THE EQUIPMENT THAT WILL DO NOTHING BUT PICK UP. 
          THIS IS A SORE POINT FOR ME, A SORE POINT FOR ME. 
          I SEE IT ALL THE TIME. 
          I SEE IT ALL IN THE CITY. 
          UM, WE NEED TO, THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE THING. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S VERY COMPLICATED, BUT WE DO NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF PICKING UP, UM, DUMP SITES, UM, WHETHER THEY'RE ILLEGAL, ILLEGAL DUMP SITES, OR ANY TRASH THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE VERY DELIBERATE THIS, UH, NEXT YEAR, AND, UH, HAVE THAT INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, JUST A REMINDER, UM, AND, AND WE ADDED THIS SLIDE BECAUSE WE GOT POSTERS ABOUT THIS WITH SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICT MEETINGS, BUT OUR, UH, OUR, OUR BRUSH AND BULKY ITEM AND HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAMS ARE IN THE HOURS OF OPERATION. 
          WE'VE GOT THOSE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT FIVE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UH, THE CLOSEST ONE TO HERE IS OFF OF RIO CITY ROAD. 
          AND, UH, WE WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT THAT SERVICE IS AVAILABLE IN ADDITION TO THE TWICE A YEAR, UH, BRUSH AND BULKY CLEANUP IN FRONT OF YOUR, IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          NO CHANGE TO THE SOLID WASTE FEE NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR, OUR MONTHLY FEES. 
          I WOULD, UH, ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO IS PAYING 28 50 FOR THE NINE 
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SIX GALLON TO USE YOUR RECYCLING CAN, OR YOUR GREEN CAN MORE SAVE YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY. 
          CALL 3 1 1, SWAP OUT THE BIG CAN FOR ONE OF THE SMALLER CANS AND, UH, AND PAY US A LITTLE BIT LESS EVERY MONTH. 
          UM, THE IDEA IS THAT IF WE CAN RECYCLE MORE OR USE OUR GREEN CANS MORE, AND WE'RE TAKING LESS OF THE LANDFILL, WHICH SAVES US ALL MONEY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO ONE OF THE AREAS THAT IS, UH, REALLY IMPORTANT IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IS OUR INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          AND, UM, I SHARED, UH, WITH SOMEBODY THE OTHER DAY THAT PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ARE, UM, NO OFFENSE, CHIEF ESTRO, BUT, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ARE GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT LIKE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AFTER NINE 11. 
          I MEAN, I THINK THIS COUNTRY HAS CLEARLY SEEN, UM, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DON'T INVEST IN, IN SOLID PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES, PREVENTATIVE MEASURES, EDUCATION, OUTREACH, PROGRAMMING IN ORDER TO, UH, AVOID A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN. 
          AND, AND BEFORE COVID, WE, THE HEALTH, MITCHELL HEALTH HAD A STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          WE WENT BACK AND UPDATED THAT PLAN IN THE SPRINGTIME TO REALLY ACCOMMODATE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE IMPACTED WORSE THAN OTHERS. 
          UM, AND IT ALL BOILS BACK DOWN TO THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          NOW, UH, MOST OF THE $16 MILLION THAT WE'VE GOT AT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IS BEING FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE LAYING OUT A FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN THAT WILL REQUIRE THE CITY TO INCREASE INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH OVER THAT TIME PERIOD. 
          WE'LL USE THE FEDERAL DOLLARS FIRST WITH THE PROGRAMMING, UH, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH, UH, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER PROGRAM THAT SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH, THAT HAD WHAT WAS FRANKLY INSTRUMENTAL TO US, TO GETTING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, GETTING PEOPLE INFORMATION ABOUT COVID, GETTING 'EM SIGNED UP TO GET TESTED, GETTING 'EM VACCINATED, BEEFING UP THOSE PROGRAMS WILL BE KEY, UM, GOING FORWARD. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A $4 MILLION, UH, INVESTMENT IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH. 
          AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND. 
          AND THEN WE'VE GOT, UM, OUR ONGOING C OVID 19 EXPENSES. 
          UH, MANY OF THOSE ARE BEING FUNDED, UH, BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN FORMS OF GRANTS, SOME STATE MONEY, AND AS WELL AS OUR, SOME OF OUR LOCAL MONEY THAT WE MADE AVAILABLE, UH, THROUGH OUR RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN LAST YEAR. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          HERE'S A LESSON WE LEARNED, UH, LAST YEAR. 
          UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, UH, AS WE CAME OUT OF THE SUMMER SURGE LAST YEAR, AND CASES OF COVID, UM, STARTED DECREASING THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTED TO TRY OUT, IT'S ESSENTIALLY A TELEMEDICINE, UM, WAY OF HANDLING 9 1 1 CALLS. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND WHAT IT DOES, AND WE WERE THE ONE OF THE LARGEST FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY TO TEST THIS, WAS THAT IF YOU CALLED 9 1 1, UM, FOR A MINOR ISSUE OR ANY KIND OF ISSUE, REALLY, THE DISPATCHER AT, AT OUR 9 1 1 CENTER, UM, WHO WAS A PARAMEDIC, WOULD SEND YOU A LINK TO YOUR PHONE. 
          THEY TEXT IT TO YOU, AND YOU CLICK THE LINK AND YOU USE THIS TO, UH, POINT YOUR CAMERA TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHO'S HURT OR TO CUT ON YOUR ARM OR WHAT HAVE YOU. 
          AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT A LOT OF THE MINOR EMERGENCIES THAT WERE SENDING FIRE TRUCKS AND E M SS UNITS TO, UM, WERE MINOR, BUT WE ALSO FOUND THAT WE COULD PROVIDE MORE IMMEDIATE ON SCENE CARE, UM, QUICKER BY THE PARAMEDIC OF DISPATCHING THE E M S UNIT, AND THEN LITERALLY GIVING C P R INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PERSON WHO'S GOT THE PHONE. 
          UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE LESSONS WE LEARNED, THAT WE COULD, WE COULD BETTER ARM PEOPLE. 
          THE MEDIA'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF COVERING THIS. 
          SO WE'RE ADDING SOME, UH, WE'RE CALLING 'EM CLINICAL DISPATCHERS. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE PARAMEDIC DISPATCHERS TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS ALL THE TIME GOING FORWARD AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR INVESTIGATORS ARE THERE AVAILABLE TO, TO, FOR, UH, HEART ATTACKS AND SERIOUS INJURIES AND, AND, AND SO FORTH. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE DID LAST YEAR AS PART OF THE POLICE SERVICES REVIEW, AND IT WAS AN AREA THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE COUNCIL LAST SUMMER. 
          UM, WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAD 27 COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 
          WE DID A SURVEY, UH, WE HIRED THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION TO LOOK AT THE TYPES OF CALLS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM IS GETTING FOR MENTAL HEALTH CALLS. 
          UM, AND, AND ALL KINDS OF, ALL KINDS OF MENTAL HEALTH CALLS. 
          WE COULD HAVE. 
          UM, THE CALLS WHERE THE MOTHER'S CALLING ABOUT, UH, HER 35 YEAR OLD SON WHO IS HAVING AN EPISODE, UM, 
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AND SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHO ELSE TO CALL, AND EVERYBODY CALLS 9 1 1, UH, OR ENCOUNTERING SOMEBODY ON THE STREET THAT IS IN DISTRESS. 
          UM, AND WELL, THE WAY WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST IS PEOPLE CALL 9 1 1. 
          UH, THE RESOURCES AREN'T WELL KNOWN. 
          UM, AND WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB. 
          AND WHEN I SAY WE, I THINK THE CITY, THE COUNTY AND OTHERS DO A NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GO TO GET HELP. 
          BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION CAME BACK AND AND RECOMMENDED TO US THAT WE CONCLUDED WITHIN THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS THESE MENTAL HEALTH CALLS WE'RE GONNA START RESPONDING TO WITH A POLICE OFFICER, A PARAMEDIC AND A, AND A LICENSED CLINICIAN, A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN, ALL IN ONE VEHICLE, UM, REALLY TO, TO HELP ADDRESS THE ISSUE, GET THAT INDIVIDUAL OR THAT FAMILY PLUGGED INTO THE NECESSARY RESOURCES SO THAT IT DOESN'T BECOME A NINE ONE ONE CALL EIGHT TIMES IN ONE WEEK. 
          RIGHT? THERE'S TOO MANY EXAMPLES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE THESE TYPES OF CALLS TURN VIOLENT. 
          PEOPLE CAN GET HURT. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE GET KILLED. 
          WE WANT TO HANDLE 'EM DIFFERENTLY. 
          AND SO WE'RE MAKING A, A DELIBERATE, UM, UM, UM, PLAN IN 2022 TO DO THESE DIFFERENTLY WITHIN OUR CENTRAL SUBSTATION AREA, WHICH RUNS PRACTICALLY FROM, UM, WELL PROBABLY THIS AREA ALL THE WAY UP TO, UM, JUST INSIDE FOUR 10 NORTH STAR AREA. 
          SO REALLY, IT'S REALLY THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY. 
          WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO THIS. 
          WE ARE GONNA DO THIS NEXT YEAR. 
          WE'RE ALSO IN, WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING OUR, UH, WE'RE ENHANCING OUR INVESTMENT IN, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UM, SUPPORT. 
          WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UM, UH, CRISIS RESPONSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WORK IN OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY FOLLOW UP WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS. AND THE WAY WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST IS WE'VE HELPED THOSE VICTIMS NAVIGATE THE POLICE PROCESS. 
          YOU KNOW, THE PATROL OFFICER, THE DETECTIVE, THE DA'S OFFICE. 
          WE'RE GONNA RETRAIN EVERYBODY. 
          WE'RE GONNA ADD RESOURCES, NUMBER ONE. 
          'CAUSE WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, WE DON'T DO THAT ON A 24 7 BASIS. 
          WE'RE GONNA ADD INDIVIDUALS TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THE FOCUS TO HOW WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR THE VICTIM, RIGHT? AND NOT JUST WALK 'EM THROUGH OUR PROCESS, BUT, BUT WALK THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS THEY NEED TO GET THROUGH TO GET THE NEEDED SUPPORT AND HELP FOR THE KIDS, MAYBE FOR THE PERPETRATOR, BUT, BUT PROVIDE BETTER VICTIMS ADVOCACY, UH, THROUGH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          TWO OTHER AREAS THAT HAPPENED THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE, THE POLICE SERVICES PLAN. 
          UM, WE HEARD IN THE 27 MEETINGS, STREET LIGHTING WAS A MAJOR ISSUE. 
          UM, AND THIS WAS AN AREA THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN ECHOED AT THE GOALS OF OBJECTIVES WORK SESSION. 
          STREET LIGHTING IS CRITICAL. 
          SO ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THE OLDER PARTS OF OUR, OF OUR, OF OUR CITY, UM, THERE CERTAINLY THERE ARE DEVELOPMENT CODES ON HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN THE STREETLIGHT SHOULD BE SPACED. 
          BUT FROM A, A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, MAYBE FROM A PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, MORE OF AN INVESTMENT. 
          SO WE'RE SETTING ASIDE $5.8 MILLION IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          MORE MONEY THAN WE'VE EVER SET ASIDE FOR STREETLIGHTS IN ONE YEAR. 
          ONE OF THE OTHER IDEAS THAT CAME FROM COUNCIL WAS TO CREATE AN INDEX SO THAT THERE'S SOME LEVEL OF BASELINE FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS. 
          BUT THE TRICK IS GONNA BE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT, IT'LL BE A GUIDE. 
          I HAD BEEN TO NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, UH, WHERE ONE NEIGHBOR SAYS THEY WANT A LIGHT IN THEIR FRONT YARD AND THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR DOESN'T. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOMMODATE THAT. 
          THE IDEA IS TO BEEF UP LIGHTING. 
          WE HEARD THAT VERY LOUD AND CLEAR IN THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 
          WE'RE ALSO, I'M ALSO PROPOSING WE HAD 15, UH, OFFICERS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS, UH, THEY WANTED MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE, WITH, UM, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR SAFE OFFICERS. 
          WE HAVE 112 SAFE OFFICERS IN THE CITY. 
          THEY'RE SPREAD OUT ALL OVER THE CITY. 
          AND SO THE, THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL 12 OFFICERS AND THEN THREE OFFICERS TO ADD TO OUR DOWNTOWN FOOT BIKE PATROL, WHICH IS REALLY A, UM, WELL, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. 
          THEY ARE THE FOOT AND BIKE PATROL OFFICERS THAT, UH, ENGAGE WITH, UH, DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS AND, AND VISITORS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, UM, WHAT ARE WE GONNA NOT HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DO? AND THIS IS A QUESTION WE ASKED THE COMMUNITY, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO TEST AS WE WENT INTO THIS IS WHAT ENCOUNTERS ARE WE PUTTING POLICE OFFICERS IN THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO BE IN? UM, AND, AND THESE ARE THREE OF 'EM. 
          I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU A FOURTH ONE THAT'S NOT ON THE SLIDE. 
          UH, ANIMAL CALLS, UH, BARKING DOGS, UH, NOT VICIOUS DOGS. 
          VICIOUS DOGS ARE 
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STILL GONNA REQUIRE AN ANIMAL CARE SERVICES OFFICER AND A POLICE OFFICER TO RESPOND. 
          BUT, BUT RUN OF THE MILL BARKING OR ANIMAL RELATED CALLS THAT ARE GOING TO 9 1 1 ARE GONNA BE RESPONDED TO BY ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, AND WE'RE ADDING OFFICERS AT, AT A C S TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FIREWORKS. 
          UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S NOT GONNA RESPOND TO FIREWORK CALLS AROUND NEW YEAR'S EVE AND AROUND 4TH OF JULY. 
          NOW, WE GET FIREWORKS CALLS 12 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. 
          BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE 10 DAYS AROUND 4TH OF JULY AND THE 10 DAYS AROUND, UM, NEW YEAR'S EVE, UM, WE GET INUNDATED AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO THOSE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S NOT GOING TO THOSE CALLS ANYMORE. 
          UM, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S GONNA GO TO THOSE CALLS. 
          UH, AND SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO THAT NEXT YEAR. 
          THAT KEEPS THE OFFICERS OUT OF THOSE ENCOUNTERS, RIGHT? UNLESS THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS THAT'S HAPPENING. 
          UM, BUT WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH 'EM ANYWAY. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M FROM SAN ANTONIO, AND I, I DON'T POP FIREWORKS WITH THE CITY MANAGER, BUT IT HAPPENS ALL OVER THE CITY. 
          AND THIS IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT. 
          IT'S STILL AGAINST CITY CODE. 
          YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO IT. 
          I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO TELL YOU THAT THE CHIEF ADVANTAGE IS NOT GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE TO CALLS ANYMORE. 
          LOUD MUSIC CALLS. 
          UH, WE DO A LOT OF LOUD MUSIC CALLS, WHETHER THEY ARE THE BAR DOWN THE STREET, OR THE RESTAURANT, OR THE PARTY AT THE HOUSE. 
          WE WRITE VERY FEW CITATIONS. 
          MOST TIMES IT ONLY TAKES AN OFFICER ONCE TO GO KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND TELL YOU TO TURN IT DOWN. 
          MOST PEOPLE COMPLY. 
          UM, UH, THIS FALL WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CODE OFFICERS, AND WE'VE ADDED RESOURCES AND PROPOSED BUDGET, HAVE CODE OFFICERS REALLY DO THIS. 
          WE'RE REALLY GONNA ONLY FOCUS ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY NIGHTS. 
          IF THERE'S A, IF THERE'S A VIOLATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH, THEN THEY CAN CALL THE POLICE. 
          BUT AGAIN, IT TAKES POLICE OFFICERS OUT OF THOSE ENCOUNTERS. 
          THE FOURTH ONE THAT'S NOT ON THERE IS LOST PROPERTY. 
          WE GET A LOT OF 9 1 1 CALLS BECAUSE SOMEONE FOUND A, UH, BICYCLE IN THE FRONT YARD, OR, UH, WHAT, WHATEVER. 
          IT'S NOT THEIRS. 
          AND THEY'RE CALLING THE POLICE. 
          THE POLICE ARE PICKING IT UP. 
          THEY'RE DRIVING IT ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE TO THE PROPERTY ROOM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY FROM WHEREVER THEY'RE AT IN THE CITY. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE BACK AT THE SUBSTATIONS. 
          UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING OFFICER'S TIME. 
          UM, NOW IF IT'S, IF IT'S A WEAPON OR IF IT'S MONEY OR DRUGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OBVIOUSLY HAS TO HANDLE IT. 
          BUT WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE TRYING TO LIMIT OF THE ENCOUNTERS. 
          THE IDEA IS THAT, AND I I, I SHARED THIS WITH COUNSEL IN MY PRESENTATION TO THEM, IS THAT THIS OUGHT TO BE SOMETHING WE CHECK EVERY YEAR. 
          OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE THINGS WHERE WE NEED POLICE OFFICERS TO RESPOND TO. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WHERE WE DON'T NEED TO BE RESPOND TO. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE 9 1 1 CALLS, WE GET 2 MILLION A YEAR. 
          THE VAST MAJORITY OF, UM, UM, ARE NOT, THEY'RE NOT LIKE BANK ROBBERIES, RIGHT? THANKFULLY THEY'RE NOT. 
          BUT THE PUBLIC DOES HAVE AN EXPECTATION, RIGHT? WHATEVER YOUR EXPECTATION IS. 
          SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE OUGHT TO CHECK EVERY YEAR AND CONTINUE TO ADJUST THAT WE WILL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE OFFICERS WE'RE ADDING TO A C S TO, UH, HANDLE THOSE CALLS THAT GO TO THE POLICE DEPART HAVE GONE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WE'RE ADDING FIVE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO COMPARE THIS TO, UM, UM, MAYBE LIKE A COMMUNITY POLICING. 
          IT'S LIKE THE SAFE OFFICER VERSION FOR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          AND THESE FIVE OFFICERS ARE GONNA FOCUS IN, IN AREAS OF TOWN THAT NEED THE MOST ATTENTION. 
          AND IT'S REALLY A PROACTIVE, RATHER THAN TAKING AN ENFORCEMENT, WE DO ENFORCEMENT. 
          BUT GO BACK TO THOSE ADDRESSES WHERE WE ALWAYS HAVE THE DOG GETTING OUTTA THE GATE, UM, OR THE FENCE, THOSE REPEAT ADDRESSES AND GOING AND PROVIDING SOME EDUCATION AND MAYBE SOME ASSISTANCE TO THOSE NEIGHBORS. 
          IF WE CAN HELP SOLVE THE ISSUE LONG TERM, THEN THAT'S LESS CALLS WE GET. 
          SO THIS IS A MUCH DIFFERENT APPROACH. 
          UM, THESE OFFICERS ARE GONNA BE HERE TO HELP EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, NOT WRITE CITATIONS, BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S A NEW PROGRAM FOR US, AND WE'RE EXCITED. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, UM, THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE MENTIONED THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, OF THE, UH, UH, THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, WE HAVE $32.8 MILLION IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET NEXT YEAR, UH, FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UM, AND BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THAT, LET ME TALK ABOUT EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH WE'VE BEEN RUNNING SINCE THE SPRING OF 2020 WHEN COVID HIT. 
          UM, UH, SOME OF THAT HAS BEEN FUNDED WITH SOME OF OUR LOCAL DOLLARS. 
          THE 
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MAJORITY OF IT HAS BEEN FUNDED THROUGH THE CARES ACT LAST YEAR, AND THE ARPA ACT THAT CONGRESS APPROVED THIS YEAR. 
          WE HAVE ENOUGH FEDERAL FUNDS TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM THROUGH THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          AND I SUSPECT THAT'LL BE A CONVERSATION FOR THE COUNCIL IN THE FALL ABOUT WHAT WE DO, BECAUSE, UM, EVERYBODY SEES IT. 
          UM, EVERYBODY KNOWS SOMEONE, UH, WE ARE GETTING 150, UH, REQUESTS A DAY FOR ASSISTANCE. 
          AND SO HOW WE CONTINUE TO MANAGE THROUGH THE EMERGENCY HOUSING THAT WE'LL BE DOING THAT THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR. 
          BUT THIS GETS TO BACK TO THE HEART OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUE WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WAS CLEARLY A TOP PRIORITY OF NOT ONLY THE PUBLIC WHEN THEY DID THE, WHEN THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE SURVEY, BUT ALSO THE COUNCIL AT THE BUDGET WORK SESSION. 
          AND, AND, AND, UM, SPECIFICALLY, UM, MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM. 
          OUR OWNER OCCUPY REHAB PROGRAM AND ARE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, UM, OUT OF THE $32.8 MILLION, UH, $14.1 MILLION OF THAT IS LOCAL DOLLARS. 
          THE REST OF IT IS FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          UM, THAT LOCAL AMOUNT OF $14.1 MILLION IS GOING UP, FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. 
          AND ALL ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WE'RE PUTTING INTO IT ARE GOING INTO THOSE THREE CATEGORIES. 
          UM, I SUSPECT, UM, AND THE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, I THINK WOULD AGREE WITH ME. 
          I SUSPECT THAT AS THEY START TALKING ABOUT THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM THIS FALL, BECAUSE OF THE CHARTER CHANGE THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED IN MAY, UH, WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE LOOKING AT A HOUSING PROPOSITION THAT COULD BEEF UP SOME OF THE FUNDING IN THESE AREAS. 
          AND IT CERTAINLY IS, IS CRITICAL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          OH, SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. 
          SO, AND THE COUNCIL WILL MENTION GAP FINANCING. 
          SO YOU'VE GOT WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN OUR 21 BUDGET AND WHAT'S IN OUR 22 BUDGET. 
          AND YOU SEE OVERALL BETWEEN LOCAL DOLLARS, CITY DOLLARS AND FEDERAL DOLLARS, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $5.3 MILLION. 
          YOU SEE SOME OF THE DELIBERATE SHIFTS IN, IN THE PROGRAMMING. 
          ANOTHER $4.9 MILLION IN GAP FINANCING. 
          THE COUNCIL WILL MENTIONED THAT OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB AN ADDITIONAL 4.4 A MILLION MORE, AND UNDER ONE ROOF, 3.3 MILLION IN OUR MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF $5.3 MILLION. 
          SO, UM, I, YOU KNOW, A, A CRITICAL PRIORITY FOR THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, AND, UM, UM, THEY HAD OUR, OUR HOUSING NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DIRECTOR THAT SOTO IS HERE. 
          UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, UM, OKAY, I'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, BUT THIS IS OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING PROGRAM, AND IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY MAKING SURE THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO MANAGE THROUGH THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THROUGH THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR AND BEYOND, DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND COUNCIL CONVERSATIONS, BUT IT'S REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE REFOCUSING OR TRYING TO REFOCUS OUR RESOURCES ON OUR BASIC HOW AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUES THAT WE HAD PRIOR TO COVID. 
          AND FRANKLY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PROBABLY DO BOTH BECAUSE THERE ARE HOUSING STABILITY ISSUES. 
          UM, THE, THE, WE HAD A RISK MITIGATION FUND TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE PRE COVID THAT WERE ON THE VERGE OF NEEDING ASSISTANCE. 
          UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA CALL IT A RISK MITIGATION FUND BECAUSE AS BETO SAID, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SELLING AN INSURANCE POLICY, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY THERE AS A, UH, A, A GAP TO HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE THIS FAR AWAY FROM BECOMING HOMELESS, UM, AND OUR FAIR HOUSING EFFORTS THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES. 
          THESE ARE CORE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON. 
          OUR PRIORITY HAS BEEN ON EMERGENCY HOUSING, BUT AS WE GO INTO 2022, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO GO BACK AND FOCUS ON, ON THESE AREAS. 
          WE NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, UM, HOMELESSNESS, OUR WORK PLAN, WE HAVE A, THE COUNCIL ADOPTED A STRATEGIC PLAN IN DECEMBER OF 2020 ON, ON HOMELESS. 
          UM, AND, AND REALLY, UH, WE DID NOT DO A POINT IN TIME COUNT LAST YEAR IN, UH, JANUARY OF 2021 BECAUSE OF COVID. 
          WE'RE HOPING WE CAN DO THAT, UH, IN JANUARY OF 2022. 
          IT'S THE, IT'S THE ONE NIGHT YEAR WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN VOLUNTEERS AND CITY STAFF. 
          WE FAN OUT CITYWIDE TO DO A POINT IN TIME COUNT, BUT IT'S REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING ALL THESE THINGS, WORKING WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING THE PROPER OUTREACH. 
          WE DO HAVE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE, AND WE NEED TO PUT THAT INTO PRODUCTION. 
          UM, AND, AND THE TIMELINE FOR THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          SOME, SOME END IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022, SOME END IN, UH, SUMMER OF 2023. 
          UM, I SUSPECT THAT THIS, THAT THE ISSUE 
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OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS POTENTIALLY A TOPIC THAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT DISCUSS AS PART OF THAT HOUSING PROPOSITION OF THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          BUT THE IDEA IS, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR EFFORTS AT THE CITY HAVE BEEN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND THERE'S BEEN MEAN, EVERYBODY'S SEEN IT, THERE'S BEEN AN UPTICK IN HOMELESSNESS FROM THE GET GO WITH COVID BECAUSE OF THE GUIDANCE FROM THE C D C THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT CONGREGATE PEOPLE AND SOCIALLY DISTANCE. 
          BUT AS VACCINATIONS HAVE COME ON BOARD, UM, WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE PLUGGED BACK IN. 
          WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, GET THEM POTENTIALLY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT THEY NEED, WHICH IS BEYOND JUST THE CITY. 
          IT'S THE AVENUES THROUGH THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND THE COUNTY. 
          AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE, UH, AN EFFORT FORCE GOING FORWARD. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          HERE'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE LEARNED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS. 
          UM, WE CAN HAVE A COOL WEBSITE, UH, AN EASY NUMBER, LIKE 3 1 1 TO REMEMBER, AND A GREAT BROCHURE, BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST NEED TO BE WALKED THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          UH, AND WE SAW THAT FIRST STAND THROUGH THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, INCLUDES, UH, A CADRE OF, OF, OF EMPLOYEES, UH, THAT WILL, UM, HELP, YOU KNOW, IF, IF SOMEBODY'S COMING IN LOOKING FOR, UH, HELP FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION FOR OWNER OCCUPY REHAB, WE, I WANT THAT EMPLOYEE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL MAYBE MAY QUALIFY FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE OVER HERE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW IT. 
          WE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO KNOW IT. 
          SO GET THEM PLUGGED IN THAT THEY MAY BE, THEY MAY QUALIFY FOR CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE, PLUG THEM IN. 
          UM, THEY MAY QUALIFY FOR OUR READY TO WORK PROGRAM, WHICH WILL KICK OFF LATER IN THE YEAR, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
          SO DOING A BETTER JOB OF CONNECTING THE DOTS FROM A HUMAN SERVICES STANDPOINT, FROM A HOUSING SERVICES AND SPECIFICALLY SENIORS. 
          WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK IN SENIOR CITIZENS AND THE REQUEST OF THE CITY TO HELP WITH FINANCIAL COUNSELING. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE WE'RE MAKING AN INVESTMENT IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO HELP PEOPLE WALK THEM THROUGH THESE, THESE, THESE, SOMETIMES COMPLIC AS AS AS EASY AS WE WANTED TO MAKE IT. 
          SOMETIMES THEY'RE COMPLICATED AND WE'RE IN THE BEST POSITION TO KNOW AND GET PEOPLE PLUGGED INTO THE HELP THAT THEY MAY NEED. 
          THAT THEY NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THE FIFTH KEY BUDGET MESSAGE, THE ISSUE OF RESILIENCY OF, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE STRUGGLED WITH, UH, ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE AS A CITY, UH, DURING FEBRUARY, WAS, WHICH ONE OF OUR FACILITIES HAD POWER, WHICH ONE DIDN'T. 
          UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF FIRE STATIONS THAT HAVE GENERATORS, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM. 
          OUR POLICE SUBSTATIONS DON'T HAVE GENERATORS. 
          UM, SO WE'RE MAKING AN INVESTMENT. 
          WE'RE PROPOSING TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CRITICAL, WE DID AN ANALYSIS THIS SPRING, WHAT CRITICAL CITY FACILITIES NEED TO HAVE POWER. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE INCLUDED, THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS A CONCEPT TO CREATE FOUR, UH, WHAT WE'RE CALLING RESILIENCY HUBS THAT WE'RE GONNA START WITH. 
          WE'LL START WITH FOUR. 
          IT'S GONNA BE NEW FORCE, BUT FOUR GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED FACILITIES WHERE WE'LL DO THE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, UH, WHICH MEANS GENERATORS, UH, AND SO FORTH. 
          IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A CITY BUILDING, IT COULD BE A SCHOOL. 
          UM, BUT SOMEPLACE WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S POWER, SO THAT IF POWER GOES OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST AND IT'S HOT AS HELL, OR IN FEBRUARY WITH SIX INCHES OF SNOW, WE'VE GOT A PLACE A SENSE OF, THAT'S ONE OF THE STRUGGLES WE HAD IN FEBRUARY. 
          OUR LIBRARIES, UH, OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS, UH, SOME, SOME HAD NO POWER, SOME HAD POWER GOING ON AND OFF. 
          WE WANT FOUR PLACES TO START OFF IN THE CITY WHERE WE KNOW WE CAN SEND PEOPLE REGARDLESS. 
          NEXT SLIDE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          THIS IS, UH, AND I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS FUNDED THROUGH OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND. 
          UM, THIS IS A PRIORITY THAT I HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL, UH, WHEN WE DID THE TRIAL BUDGET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER, AND AT THE COUNCIL GOALS, UH, GOAL SETTING SESSION. 
          SO WE HAVE THROUGH PARTLY BECAUSE THE FEDERAL FUNDING WE HAVE, UM, INCREASED THE ARTS BUDGET, UM, AND SPECIFICALLY OUR ARTS AGENCY'S BUDGET TO MATCH WHAT IT WAS IN 2019. 
          UM, ARTS GENERALLY, UM, FOOT GETS ABOUT 15% OF OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          UM, IF WE'D HAVE DONE THAT AT THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THEY WOULD'VE GOTTEN, UH, WE WOULD'VE HAD LESS INVESTMENT. 
          UM, AND I HEARD VERY CLEARLY FROM THE COUNCIL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER, UH, FROM THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL THAT THIS WAS CRITICAL. 
          SO WE, WE, WE MADE SURE THAT WE MATCHED PRE COVID WHAT THE FUNDING WAS, UM, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, UM, THIS WILL BE A BIG PART OF THE 
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CONVERSATION THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN WILL HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE STAFF WILL HAVE WITH THE COUNCILWOMAN AND, AND THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, EVERY FIVE YEARS. 
          MOST OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THE CITY DOES A BOND PROGRAM, AND WE DO IT BASED ON OUR FINANCIAL. 
          WE, WE ANALYZE WHERE WE'RE AT, UM, WITH NO CHANGE TO THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, WHAT CAN WE AFFORD? UM, AND, AND WE WENT THROUGH THAT ANALYSIS, UM, IN THE, UH, LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER, AND, AND WE CAN, PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF COUNCIL, WE CAN KEEPING THE TAX RATE THE SAME, GO TO THE VOTERS WITH A $1.2 BILLION BOND PROGRAM FIVE YEARS. 
          UM, AND, UH, THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE THEIR, THE COUNCIL HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS HIGH LEVEL IN LATE SPRING, UH, IS NEXT SCHEDULED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND B SESSION. 
          UM, AND REALLY THE STEPS IF W THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS IN THE PAST. 
          THERE ARE A SERIES OF STEPS WE GO THROUGH, AND I'LL START FROM THE BACK END. 
          THE COUNCIL HAS TO CALL A MAY ELECTION BY THE SECOND WEEK IN FEBRUARY. 
          SO WORKING OUR WAY BACKWARDS, UM, THAT MEANS THAT THEY, THEY, THEY NEED TO HAVE THE FINAL LIST BY JANUARY. 
          UM, THE FINAL LIST COMES FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW ALL THE PROJECTS AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, SO THIS PROJECT, THIS, THIS PROCESS WILL PICK UP IN EARNEST AS WE GET TO SEPTEMBER, UM, WILL BE A BIG FOCUS AS WE GO THROUGH THE FALL WITH THE IDEA THAT THE COUNCIL WILL GET A RECOMMENDED LIST FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, UM, WHETHER IT'S A PROPOSITION ON STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, PARKS, LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, POLICE STATIONS, FIRE STATIONS, MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, UM, HOUSING, UM, ALL OF THOSE ISSUES. 
          UM, THE COUNCIL HEARD TODAY FROM RAZZIE, WE HAVE $3 BILLION WORTH OF DRAINAGE NEEDS IN THE CITY, AND WE HAVE $2 BILLION WORTH OF STREET NEEDS. 
          SO THERE'S NEVER GONNA BE ENOUGH MONEY, BUT THIS IS THE LARGEST BOND PROGRAM THE CITY WILL HAVE EVER GONE OUT. 
          UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY MAKE AN INVESTMENT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND THOSE PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT NEED IT. 
          AND SO THIS WILL BE A BIG PART OF THE CONVERSATION WITH YOU GUYS, UH, THIS FALL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          ALRIGHT, LAST, SO WE'RE DOING, WE'RE GOING THROUGH WORK SESSIONS. 
          THE COUNCIL'S GOT WORK SESSIONS IN THE MORNING AND THE AFTERNOON. 
          WE'RE DOING THOSE THROUGH SEPTEMBER. 
          WE CAN WATCH 'EM LIVE ON CHANNEL 21 OR ON, ON, UH, ON OUR WEBSITE OR COME ON DOWN TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND, UH, AND LISTEN, WE'RE DOING OUR COMMUNITY INPUT LIKE TONIGHT, UH, THROUGH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS IN EVERY DISTRICT. 
          UM, WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, ONE ON SEPTEMBER 8TH AND SEPTEMBER 14TH. 
          AND THE COUNCIL WILL START TO GATHER BACK UP AND WE'LL BE WORKING ON POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND THE COUNCIL WILL ADOPT IT ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. 
          SO THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND, AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS HERE THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. 
          UM, SO LET'S, LET'S OPEN UP, UP BACK. 
          BERTHA, HOW DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS? THANK YOU ERIC. 
          SO EVERYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN POSING A QUESTION TO THE CITY MANAGER OR TO THE STAFF, PLEASE COME UP AND POSE YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          WILL WE BE USING THIS MIC? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
          MY NAME'S STEVEN PRICE. 
          I'M RIGHT HERE TO REPRESENT, UM, MY FRIENDS FROM THE TOP. 
          I'M ALSO THE VICE CHAIR FOR POLITIC COLLABORATE FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS DEMOCRATIC VETERANS COMMITTEE. 
          UM, WE ARE ASKING FOR HOW MUCH? 50 MILLION. 
          A MILLION, HOW MUCH FOR WHAT FOR? AND I'M ASKING FOR A PART OF THAT 50 MILLION TO GO TO OUR VETERANS, TO HOMELESS VETERANS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU MENTION VETERANS AT ALL, SO I WON'T HOLD IT AGAINST YOU, BUT WOULD YOU PLEASE , WOULD YOU PLEASE PUT A LINE ITEM THAT ADDRESSES OUR HOMELESS VETERANS? WE WOULD LIKE TO THINK, UM, THAT WE HAVE ZERO HOMELESS VETERANS, BUT WE KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE. 
          YOU CAN SEE SOME, WE'RE STILL ON THE STREET. 
          THOSE THAT ARE STILL ON THE STREET, UM, MOST OF THEM HAVE 
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MENTAL ISSUES SHUT OFF. 
          SO HELLO. 
          HOLD, STOP THIS. 
          MAY I GIVE CLOSE SOMETHING THAT, ALRIGHT, SO, UM, STILL HAVE VETERANS ON THE STREET. 
          THERE'S NOT THAT MANY, BUT A LOT OF 'EM HAVE ISSUES. 
          SO FINDING THEM HOUSING IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTA HOUSE THEM SOMETIMES IN SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE OUR GENERAL POPULATION IS. 
          SO IT PUTS NOT ONLY, I HATE TO SAY, BUT I'M GONNA SAY ANYWAYS, THE, UH, GENERAL POPULATION AT RISK AND SOME OF THOSE NEED TO BE IN, IN THE HOSPITAL. 
          UM, SO TWO THINGS. 
          HOUSING AND ADDRESS THOSE THAT MAY HAVE HARDSHIP HOUSING. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS CHRISTINA VA AND I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GUADALUPE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER. 
          UH, BUT I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF COLLINS GARDEN NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO I LIVE AND WORK IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          I'M HAPPY TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE PROPOSED A LOT OF THE PROPOSED INVESTMENTS IN THIS BUDGET COMING UP. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, DESIGNATING THAT ARPA FUNDING, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE UP FOR THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, UH, THAT IS, UH, THAT IS NOT THERE, UH, IN THE SEARS. 
          AND LIKE COUNCILWOMAN SAID, UM, THIS DISTRICT HAS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF RICHNESS IN THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE A BIG CHANGE IN THE WEST SIDE, IN THE NEAR WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO WITH MANY, UH, UH, COLLEAGUES OF OURS. 
          LOTS OF ARTS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE ESPERANZAS, THEY SEE SANTO, UM, PARTNERING ALSO WITH ANITA GUADALUPE. 
          UM, AND I KNOW I'M MISSING SOMEBODY, BUT WE ARE HOPING TO CREATE A CULTURAL DISTRICT IN THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, OUR ORGANIZATIONS ARE RUNNING AT A PLACE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE DEFICITS IS JUST GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT. 
          IT'S GONNA HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITIES. 
          AND I WANNA THANK THE COUNCILWOMAN ALSO AND HER TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS FOR PUTTING THESE ON THE DOORS BECAUSE I HAD, I HADN'T SEEN SOME OF THESE BEFORE, SO IT WAS GREAT. 
          IT WAS GREAT OUTREACH. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, MY NAME IS REZA AND, UH, I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, THANK THE CITY STAFF FOR IT'S WORK ON, ON COVID AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE WEARING YOUR MASK AND THEY ALSO WEARING THEIR MASK. 
          SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP, YOU KNOW, IN BATTERY CARD. 
          UH, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. 
          UH, ONE IS A REQUEST FROM ONE OF MY FRIENDS, UH, GENE GONZALES. 
          HE LIVES ON, ON DRAKE STREET, UH, CLOSE BY HERE. 
          AND, UH, HE, HE ASKED THAT, UH, HIS NEIGHBORS THAT, UH, THE SITE WAS THROUGH DRAKES AND ALL SIX BLOCKS OF, OF DRAKE STREET. 
          AND THEN, UH, SOME OF MINE, UH, FUNDING FOR, UH, HOME OWNERSHIP AND HEALTH ASSISTANCE THAT USED TO BE IMPLEMENTED, UH, FUNDING FOR SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE. 
          AND, UH, I WAS, UH, HELPING OUT THE, UH, WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND REACHING OUT TO, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES DURING COVID. 
          AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S STILL SOME MONEY LEFT FROM THAT. 
          UH, AND IF THERE IS, HOW MUCH IS IT AND IS THERE A PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THAT AND CONTINUES, UH, HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES? AND THEN LASTLY, IS, UH, A RECOMMENDATION. 
          YOU TALKED ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, SERVICES AND SERVICES TO, UH, TO, TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE, UH, WELL, I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE A, A HARM REDUCTION POLICY AND IT'S ONE, IT'S ABOUT A POLICY INCLUDING ACTUALLY A POLICY, UH, TO, FOR EXAMPLE, TO CRIMINALIZE THE USE OF DRUGS. 
          AND INSTEAD OF PUTTING PEOPLE IN IN JAIL AND OR KIDS IN JAIL AND PUT 'EM INTO, UH, A PATH TO PRISON AND NOT CHANGE THAT, THAT PATH OF EDUCATION AND 
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WE JUST HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE, ARE LOST. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A BUNCH OF SERVICES OUT THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, SERVICE IS ONE THING, BUT A POLICY, AN ACTUAL POLICY, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE IN. 
          I DON'T THINK THERE IS ONE. 
          AND, AND SO THAT WOULD HELP OUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR ONE AND MAYBE MAKING LESSER RISK AND ACTUALLY DEALING WITH PEOPLE ON, ON, ON A HUMANE BASIS. 
          SO I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE THING THAT, THAT, THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT. 
          I DON'T KNOW, UH, SPECIFIC FUNDING FOR IT, BUT I KNOW IT'S, UM, CALIFORNIA HAS A, A, A HARM REDUCTION, UH, LAW, AND SO DOES OREGON. 
          SO THOSE ARE STATE, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, LAWS THEY IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT THOSE STATES. 
          BUT WE SHOULD START HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. 
          AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT, WE'LL HAVE A LOT TO DO TO GET, TO BE A STATE LAW, BUT WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. 
          AND THAT'S, THOSE ARE MY RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          WELL LET GO AHEAD, RESPOND. 
          SAY, TALK LOUD. 
          SO WE HAD $48 MILLION LAST YEAR FOR SMALL BUSINESS, AND WE DISTRIBUTED ALL THAT MONEY. 
          SO THERE IS NO LEFTOVER MONEY FOR SMALL BUSINESS. 
          NOW, IF THE COUNCIL, AS THEY GO THROUGH THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ARPA LATER ON THE FALL, IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO ALLOCATE SOME OF THE MONEY IN ACCORDANCE, WHATEVER THE FINAL GUIDELINES ARE, WE CAN, AND THAT'S A POTENTIAL, BUT THERE IS NO MONEY LEFT OVER. 
          WE, WE PUSHED OUT $48 MILLION LAST YEAR TO SMALL AND MICRO BUSINESSES. 
          TO YOUR LAST ISSUE, THE, THE HARM REDUCTION, THERE IS A STATE LOSS. 
          IT'S CALLED SITE RELEASE. 
          AND WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM HERE, AND I'M , HELLO. 
          UH, AND WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM HERE. 
          AND, AND I'LL EITHER, I'M GONNA LOOK AT THE CHIEF, LET HIM COME TALK ABOUT OR CITE RELEASE PROGRAM, WHICH FRANKLY IS DESIGNED NOT TO ARREST PEOPLE FOR LOW LEVEL CRIMES. 
          UH, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T, UH, PUT THEM IN, IN OVER AT RIO IN THE DETENTION CENTER. 
          SOMETHING ON THE RECORD, IT'S A CITABLE OFFENSE, LIKE A TRAFFIC CITATION. 
          IT ALSO DOESN'T TAKE THE OFFICER'S TIME AWAY FROM THE STREET. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE A REALLY GOOD DASHBOARD ON OUR WEBSITE BECAUSE THEY REPORT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE QUARTERLY ON THAT. 
          SO CHIEF, YOU WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? SURE. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UH, SO THIS PROGRAM WAS IN, WAS DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DA'S OFFICE. 
          UH, DISCUSSIONS ON, IT ACTUALLY STARTED, I WANNA SAY THREE, MAYBE FOUR YEARS AGO, UH, UNDER THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. 
          AND WHEN DA GONZALEZ GOT IN, UH, THAT'S WHEN WE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED IT, UH, WORKING CONJUNCT IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIS OFFICE. 
          THERE, THERE ARE, I WANNA SAY NINE, I MAY BE WRONG WITH THAT. 
          SEVEN OR EIGHT OR NINE. 
          I THINK THERE'S NINE OFFENSES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE PER THE STATE CODE FOR SECOND RELEASE. 
          I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THAT MOST OFFICERS WOULD PREFER TO WRITE A CITATION RATHER THAN TO ARREST SOMEONE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. 
          AND THE, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE ARRESTS THAT ARE MADE WHEN A CITATION MIGHT HAVE BEEN ISSUED ARE BECAUSE THERE'S MULTIPLE WARRANTS. 
          THEY DON'T LIVE IN THE COUNTY. 
          THEY, UH, THEY, THEY CAN'T PROVIDE A, A, ANY KIND OF ID. 
          AND WE ARE VERY, VERY LIBERAL IN THE TYPES OF ID THAT WE ACCEPT. 
          BUT, UM, THE, THE, THE PUSH THAT I MADE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IMPLEMENTING SITE RELEASE WAS THAT OFFICERS MUST HAVE DISCRETION WHETHER TO ISSUE A CITATION OR WHETHER TO, TO, UH, UH, ARREST SOMEONE. 
          BUT AGAIN, MOST OF THE ARRESTS ARE BECAUSE OF MULTIPLE WARRANTS AND OTHER CONDITIONS WHERE OFFICERS DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE. 
          AND, AND MY MY POINT WAS, UH, STRICTLY FOCUSED ON DRUG REDUCTION, YOU KNOW, UH, ISSUES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A VARIETY OF REASONS WHY PEOPLE USE DRUGS, LEGAL AND ILLEGAL. 
          AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON THAT, UM, WE LOOK FOR A MORE HUMAN WAY OF DEALING WITH ALL THAT. 
          AND, UH, AND BASICALLY, UM, UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SAYING IS IT'S A MATTER OF TERMINOLOGY ABOUT ARMY REDUCTION POLICY IN CALIFORNIA AND OREGON VERSUS TEXAS. 
          CORRECT? BECAUSE I ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE IN, IN THE OFFICERS THAT I ASKED, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING NOW. 
          I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE TERMINOLOGY YOU'RE USING HARM REDUCTION, UH, AND, AND, AND THE AUTHORITY THAT, THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS 
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UNDER STATE LAW, UH, AND SOME OF THOSE OFFENSES THAT THE CHIEF'S TALKING ABOUT ARE LOW LEVEL AMOUNTS OF MARIJUANA, FOR INSTANCE, WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S JUST A CITABLE OFFENSE AND IT GIVES THAT OFFICER THAT DISCRETION TO DO THAT. 
          AND WHEN WE ENACTED THAT AS A POLICY, THE, THE CHIEF'S AUTHORIZED UNDER STATE LAW TO ENACT THAT POLICY. 
          AND WHEN HE ENACTED THAT TWO YEARS AGO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, WE SAW, WE SAW A SEVERE REDUCTION IN THAT, IN THOSE, IN THOSE CASES. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW, I, I'D LIKE TO HELP OUT WITH THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THERE'S, UH, FOR THE WORK, OTHER WORK THAT I DO, UH, WITH SOME REGISTRY EDUCATION PROJECT, NOW, WE'VE HELPED DO THAT IN CALIFORNIA, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          AND SO IMPLEMENT THAT POLICY. 
          AND SO, UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO REVISIT THAT AND MAYBE, UH, WORK. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS LIFELONG RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE. 
          CURRENTLY I'M LIVING AT FOUR 13 PICCO IN TWO YEARS. 
          MY FAMILY WILL BE THERE A HUNDRED YEARS ON THAT PROPERTY. 
          AND WE ARE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PICCO LAWS AND THE ACHE LAWS, BUT THERE IS, UH, NO TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, CURB, SIDEWALKS IN THAT AREA LEADING UP TO SAN FERNANDO, NUMBER ONE FOR ONE. 
          AND THEN THERE'S STILL 14 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO THE LEFT OF ME THAT, UM, I'M SURE PEOPLE COULD USE SOME HELP IN 15 HOMES. 
          BUT MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE TRAFFIC FLOW THAT'S GONNA COME WITH THE 200 UNITS ONCE THEY OPEN UP, WAS IT DONE? AND WHO WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE ALREADY WITH THEM NOT EVEN BEING BUILT YET OR OPEN, WE'RE HAVING TRAFFIC BACK UP AS YOU EXIT 35 TO LAREDO OFF OF, OFF OF PICKUP. 
          AND, AND I KNOW BECAUSE THE TRAIN WILL PARK OR STATION ITSELF, UM, RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE FOR TWO OR THREE HOURS, SO EVERYBODY TURNS AROUND AND GOES BACK TO PECO,  AND, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE HAD A HARD TIME TRYING TO GET THROUGH TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN FOR THAT, FOR THAT AREA. 
          NOT JUST BECAUSE I LIVE THERE, BUT FOR MY NEIGHBORS. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, EITHER MIKE SHANNON, OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DIRECTOR OR RAZZIE, IF YOU CAN, YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? SURE. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          SO, UM, I WOULD SAY FOR THE, THE, I THINK THE LAST PROJECT, ANY OF OUR PROJECTS THAT COME IN, UH, THEY GO THROUGH A TRAFFIC STUDY, UH, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS THAT WE HAVE, UM, FOLLOW THE CODES THAT ARE DEVELOPED TO ENSURE THAT THE TRAFFIC CAN BE ABSORBED IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UH, IN THAT PARTICULAR ONE, I CAN SIT DOWN AND WE CAN EXCHANGE THE NUMBERS. 
          I'M HAPPY TO WALK YOU THROUGH THAT STUDY TO SHOW YOU HOW IT'S GONNA LOOK. 
          UH, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, EVERY APARTMENT COMPLEX OR EVERY DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A TECH TRAFFIC STUDY AND THE DEVELOPER ACTUALLY HAVE TO MI HAS TO MITIGATE THOSE, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACTS. 
          UH, THERE'S A STATE LAW THAT TELLS THEM WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO, WE FOLLOW IT, AND WE DON'T APPROVE THAT PROJECT UNTIL THEY DO THAT. 
          UH, SO THE SPECIFICS I DON'T HAVE WITH ME TONIGHT, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO WALK YOU THROUGH THAT. 
          SO IF YOU WANT, I CAN PULL YOU ASIDE A LITTLE BIT HERE AND WE'LL EXCHANGE NUMBERS. 
          UH, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY FOR EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF ANY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, WHETHER IT'S IN, YOU KNOW, A BRAND NEW AREA, TOWN SUBURBIA, NO DEVELOPMENT YET, BUT MOST IMPORTANT DOWNTOWN OR ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO MITIGATE THE TRAFFIC IMPACT. 
          UH, THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, DON'T GET ME WRONG, IT'S FEW HUNDRED UNITS. 
          UH, BUT I'LL, I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH HOW THAT'S GONNA BE MITIGATED FOR YOU AND, UH, MAYBE EVEN MEET OUT WITH YOUR, YOUR NEIGHBORS. 
          OKAY. 
          ONE MORE FOLLOW UP REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LOSS. 
          UH, WE DON'T HAVE CURBS TO SPEAK UP OR SIDEWALKS ALREADY. 
          AND THE CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS ARE BEGINNING TO BREAK THE EXISTING CURBS THAT ARE THERE. 
          SO, UM, THEY'VE DUMPED CEMENT AT THE CORNER OF MY HOUSE AND THEY JUST DRIVE DOWN THE STREET. 
          SO NOW WE HAVE A BIG OLD BUMP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. 
          AND IF YOU GO TO THAT PART OF THE CITY, UH, IT'S VERY UNDERSERVED. 
          SO IT'D BE AWESOME IF THE CITY COULD FOLLOW UP WITH THE PEOPLE DOING THE CONSTRUCTION. 
          HAVE, HAVE YOU HAVE, HAVE YOU REPORTED THAT TO CODE COMPLIANCE? I HAVE, AND I'VE ALSO CALLED DISTRICT FIVE OFFICE ALL, SO HE'LL, HE'LL, HE, MIKE OVERSEES CO COMPLIANCE TOO. 
          SO WE CAN, WE CAN FOLLOW UP. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, HELLO. 
          MY NAME IS JAMES HAMILTON. 
          I'M WITH THE TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT. 
          AND BEFORE I START, I WANT, FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY, IT'S CITING RELEASE IS A VERBAL AGREEMENT OR HAVE Y'ALL MADE IT A, A CITY ORDINANCE YET? IT'S NOT A VERBAL AGREEMENT, IT'S A, IT STATE LAW AUTHORIZES THE POLICE CHIEF TO ENACT THAT. 
          AND THE CHIEF HAS ENACTED IT. 
          IT DOESN'T REQUIRE AN ORDINANCE. 
          UM, HE'S GOT THE AUTHORITY UNDER STATE LAW RIGHT NOW. 
          THE POLICE CHIEFS HAVE THE AUTHORITY UNDER STATE LAW, NOT JUST CHIEF. 
          WELL, I THINK WE WOULD BE IN A BETTER FOOTING HERE IN THIS CITY IF YOU MAKE IT A CITY ORDINANCE. 
          AND, 
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AND, AND WHY DO YOU, WHY DO YOU THINK THAT? BECAUSE, UH, IT IS AT, AT THE OFFICER'S DISCRETION. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND CAN YOU REALLY TRUST EVERY OFFICER'S DISCRETION? NO. 
          WELL, WE DO HAVE TO FOLLOW STATE LAW. 
          AND SO STATE LAW UNDER SITE RELEASE, UNLESS, UNLESS STATE LAW CHANGES, STATE LAW AUTHORIZES OFFICER'S DISCRETION IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, THE WAY THE, THE WAY THE STATE LAW FOR SITE RELEASE IS WRITTEN, IT GIVES THE CHIEF THE AUTHORITY TO ENACT THAT WITH THE DA, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE FORMULA. 
          UM, WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS A CHANGE IN STATE LAW, NOT A CITY ORDINANCE. 
          A CITY ORDINANCE CAN'T TAKE AWAY DISCRETION THAT THE STATE GIVES AN EMPLOYEE OR AN OFFICER IN THIS CASE. 
          BUT THAT'S A, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO VISIT WITH YOU ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT YEAH, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER. 
          SURE. 
          AND I, I'M SURE WE WILL. 
          UH, I WANTED TO, UH, MENTION ABOUT, UH, $50 MILLION GOING IN THE CITY BUDGET, GOING TOWARD HOUSING. 
          THE REASON WHY, THE REASON WHY, YOU KNOW, UH, I LIVE IN THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY PROPERTY, AND, UH, I NOTICED THAT IF A CRIME IS COMMITTED ON MY PROPERTY, THEY TELL ME THEY CAN'T FIND OUT WHO COMMITTED THE CRIME. 
          'CAUSE THE CAMERAS DON'T WORK. 
          MM-HMM. 
          ,  AND, UH, THE SAHA BOARD, YOU APPROACH THEM AND, UH, THEY CAN'T DO NOTHING TO HELP YOU. 
          YOU KNOW? UH, AND, AND, UH, THERE'S OTHER AREAS IN TOWN LIKE THE CRUMBLING SIDEWALKS, UH, STREET LIGHTING NUMBERS OF THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND, AND ATTENDED TO HERE IN THE CITY. 
          AND I'M REQUESTING $50 MILLION TO GO TO HOUSING. 
          UM, AND, AND I'M CALLING OUT, UH, TERRY CASTILLO AND THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL, GET ON AND GET THE JOB DONE. 
          WE WANNA GET THROUGH ALL THE QUESTIONS OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN STANDING AND WAITING. 
          SO IF, IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, JUST GET TO THE QUESTION, I DON'T WANNA RUSH, BUT WE ALSO WANNA BE RESPECTFUL OF THOSE THAT ARE WAITING. 
          I REALLY DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. 
          I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, ON THE SITE AND RELEASE THE NUMBERS CAME OUT AT 36%. 
          JUST 36% OF THE TIME THE OFFICERS DECIDE TO CITE RATHER THAN ARREST, THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          SO I'LL LEAVE THAT THERE FOR NOW. 
          WHAT I DO WANT TO SAY IS, WHAT GOOD IS A BIKE LANE? IF YOU'RE LIVING IN YOUR CAR, WHAT GOOD IS A LOT OF THE THINGS PROPOSED ON THIS BUDGET? I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE BAD THINGS, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A HOUSING CRISIS WORSE THAN ANY THAT HAS EVER BEEN. 
          AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT CITY EMPLOYEES, LIKE THE PARKS AND RECS DEPARTMENT, THEY MAKE 9 79 AN HOUR CAN AFFORD THEIR APARTMENT. 
          THAT IS NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 
          WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY THAT ARE MAKING A LOW WAGE, WORKING THEIR BUTTS OFF CAN AFFORDABLY SLIP TO. 
          JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T MAKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR, THIS MAKES, IT DOESN'T MAKE US LAZY. 
          IT DOES NOT MAKE US UNEDUCATED. 
          IT DOES NOT MAKE US CRIMINALS. 
          WE DESERVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS . 
          UH, HELLO, MY NAME IS GARCIA SANCHEZ. 
          UM, I'M A ALSO DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENT, AND I WORK FOR THE ESPERANZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER, UM, BOTH IN DISTRICT FIVE AND IN DISTRICT ONE. 
          WELL, CITYWIDE, AS A MATTER OF FACT, UM, I WANTED TO AFFIRM THE MAN WHO SPOKE ABOUT THE DKO LS BECAUSE WE WERE AT THOSE MEETINGS BEFORE THEY GOT THE OKAY IN A DISTRICT FIVE MEETING. 
          AND THE COMMUNITY CAME UP AND SPOKE OUT AND WITH THE CONCERNS OF THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THAT WERE ALREADY OCCURRING BEFORE THE FACT PEOPLEOPS WERE THERE. 
          AND IF THAT WAS, UH, MICHAEL SHANNON'S APPROVAL, THEN IT WAS MESSED UP THAT IT WAS APPROVED. 
          YOU KNOW, WE SHOULDN'T BE MITIGATING THE PROBLEMS AFTER THE FACT. 
          'CAUSE THE COMMUNITY RAISED THAT THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. 
          THE COMMUNITY ALSO, THE COMMUNITY ALSO RAISED THE FACT THAT THEY WEREN'T, THEY WERE CONCERNED. 
          AGAIN, 
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THIS IS WHERE GAP FUNDING AND ALL THIS OTHER FUNDING COMES IN 200 APARTMENTS, OF WHICH ONLY NINE OF THOSE 200 WERE FOR PEOPLE AT 30% A M I OR LESS. 
          NO, JUST 30%, YOU KNOW. 
          AND SO HERE WE CONTINUE TO FUND HOUSING AND GAP FUNDING, BUT IT'S ALWAYS AT 80%. 
          NOW WE'VE ACTUALLY LOWERED THE BAR TO 60%. 
          BUT IN THAT, THIS DISTRICT, THIS IS OF POOREST DISTRICT AND SET 7 8, 2 0 7, AND, UH, 1107, UH, 27, ALL THESE DIFFERENT CENSUS BLOCKS, THEY'RE THE POOREST IN THE CITY. 
          SO 30% ISN'T EVEN AFFORDABLE TO MANY PEOPLE. 
          IF THEY'RE MAKING EIGHT, NINE, $10,000, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED AND WHAT'S BEING FUNDED GAP WISE IS NOT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND TWO YEARS AGO, YOU COULD BUY A HOUSE FOR 30, 50, $70,000, GO TO ZILLOW RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S 150, 200,000, 300,000 OR SIX FEET AT HOME. 
          YOU KNOW, WHO'S THIS FOR? IT'S NOT FOR OUR PEOPLE. 
          WE'RE BEING GENTRIFIED OUT. 
          WE'RE BEING PUSHED OUT. 
          SO WE'RE ASKING FOR FUNDING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. 
          AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO REMAIN IN THIS, IN OUR NEW, IN OUR COMMUNITIES, BE THE RENTAL OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS, RIGHT? AND SO, SO THERE, THAT'S THE CONCERN I HAVE. 
          READING OVER THE BUDGET, IT JUST SAYS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THAT IS NOT DEFINED. 
          AND I THINK I SAT ON THE, FOR EVERYONE HOME, UH, AND I'VE BEEN SITTING WITH  ALSO GOING TO THOSE SHIP MEETINGS. 
          AND THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE, WE'VE BEEN RAISING AND WE'RE NOT GETTING CLARITY. 
          WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, AND WE KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSING WHERE WE WERE FUNDING LUXURY HOUSING DOWNTOWN. 
          AND THEN, OOPS, OH, WE MADE A MISTAKE AFTER 10 YEARS, SO NOW LET'S FIGURE THIS OUT. 
          BUT AGAIN, WE'RE DOING IT KIND OF LATE WHEN WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STILL STRUGGLING. 
          SO I ALSO SUPPORT, AND I THINK OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROJECT, THE MINOR REPAIR, THE HOMEOWNER REHAB AGAIN FOR THE LOWEST INCOME HOUSING. 
          WE WANT MORE FUNDING AS, UH, KAYLA ALSO MENTIONED THE CASTANO PARK, THE SWIMMING POOL DIDN'T OPEN THIS SUMMER. 
          WHY? THEY SAID BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T HIRE PEOPLE TO WORK THERE. 
          OR MAYBE 'CAUSE THEY WEREN'T PAYING WELL ENOUGH. 
          SO , OUR FOLKS DON'T HAVE SWIMMING POOLS IN THEIR BACKYARD. 
          SURE DON'T. 
          AND I REMEMBER SWIMMING THERE. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S ONLY FAIR FOR PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO SWIM. 
          I ALSO WALK ON ELMENDORF PARK AND EVERY DAY I FIND TRASH SPILLING OVER. 
          THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE ARE USING IT. 
          THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH TRASH CONTAINERS TO PICK UP THE TRASH OR PEOPLE CLEANING UP. 
          CAN WE PUT MORE MONEY INTO THOSE AS WELL? AND LIBRARIES, WE, OUR FOLKS USE THE LIBRARIES FOR THAT INTERNET CONNECTION TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK SITTING IN THE PARKING LOTS. 
          WE NEED TO KEEP 'EM OPEN. 
          WE NEED MORE COMPUTERS, NOT JUST FOR EVERYBODY, BUT AGAIN, IF IT'S ABOUT EQUITY, EQUITY BUDGETS, WE NEED MORE FOR DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UM, AND CODE COMPLIANCE. 
          I ALSO LIKE YOUR IDEA OF THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TEAM. 
          WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT. 
          'CAUSE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS ACT LIKE POLICE AND THEY'RE VICIOUS AND UGLY AND HATEFUL TO OUR PEOPLE. 
          AND THEY SHOULD BE COMPASSIONATE AND LOVING AND BE MORE AS SOCIAL WORKERS. 
          SO IF THEY CAN'T BE THAT, THEN WE NEED PEOPLE IN THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AS A TEAM TO WORK WITH THEM BECAUSE TOO MANY OF OUR FOLKS ARE BEING PUSHED OUT. 
          AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT HELPING ANY, I SUPPORT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          UH, LAST YEAR, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE POLICE. 
          I'M SURPRISED THAT THE LARGEST NUMBER OF INCREASE IN, IN, IN, IN EMPLOYMENT FOR ANY DEPARTMENT IS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AT LEAST WHAT I SAW. 
          SO HOW'S THAT RESPONDING TO ALL THE FOLKS, THE THOUSANDS OF FOLKS WHO SPOKE LAST YEAR? JUST BECAUSE IT'S C O YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THE POLICE VIOLENCE AND THE CONCERNS THERE. 
          UM, VISIT SAN ANTONIO, THEY SAID WHEN THEY CREATED THEIR OWN NONPROFIT, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, NOT BE AS ACCESSIBLE, NOT NEEDING CITY FUNDING AS MUCH. 
          THEY STILL RECEIVED 98% OF THEIR BUDGET FROM THE CITY, THE HOTEL, MOTEL, UH, THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS OF WHICH WE'RE ONE OF, WE'RE ONLY GIVEN 20, 30% OF OUR FUNDING FROM THE CITY. 
          BUT VISIT SA 98%, LET'S PUT SOME OF THEIR MONEY INTO OUR ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE GOING BACK TO 2019 IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. 
          AND AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, COVID HAS COME BACK. 
          I HOPE I DON'T GET SICK HAVING TAKEN OFF MY MASK. 
          UM, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN, SO WE'RE GONNA SEE THIS UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN. 
          SO JUST GOING BACK TO 2019 NUMBERS, IT'S NOT GONNA BE GOOD ENOUGH. 
          A LOT OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS ARE FALLING APART RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUST, UH, APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS. 
          JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS IN 
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RESPONSE. 
          ONE, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE, THE, THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF RESOURCES WE'RE ADDING IS ACTUALLY IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND SPECIFICALLY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, NOT, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, ON THE B SS A BUDGET, THEY DON'T GET, 98% OF THEIR BUDGET IS NOT THE CITY. 
          IT'S ABOUT 60%, BUT STILL, STILL A GREATER SHARE. 
          OH, THAT'S WHAT I READ IN THE PAPER. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UM, VERY EXCITING TO SEE, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THESE CONVERSATIONS AND BUDGETS. 
          AS THE COUNCILWOMAN SAID. 
          THIS IS ABOUT HEARING FROM YOUR COMMUNITY AND MAKING SMART DECISIONS WHEN YOU VOTE ON THE BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER. 
          MY NAME IS JOHNNY NOHA. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN AND, UH, UH, RUN AN ORGANIZATION CALLED SAY C IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN DISTRICT FIVE, WHAT WE'VE GOT SMART AND ACROSS THE GUADALUPE BRIDGE. 
          AND NOW OUR HOME IS ON BRAZO STREET. 
          AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO BE, UH, ON THIS SIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT ARTS AND CULTURE AND SUPPORT OF ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AND FUNDING. 
          BUT WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING, I'M GONNA LOOK AT THIS AS A POSITIVE ASPECT. 
          WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW MAKES ME PROUD AS A CITIZEN. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MORE MONEY NEEDS TO BE SPENT ON HOUSING AND HOMELESS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ROADS. 
          SO LET'S ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING IS THE BOND OPPORTUNITY THAT'S GONNA COME UP IN 2022, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS THAT ARE GONNA COME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          AND IF WE WORK COLLECTIVELY AS INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS, NONPROFITS, SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY, MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT'S TIME FOR AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION ON THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND IN PARTICULAR, 7 8 2 0 7. 
          UM, I, I'M, I'M HERE REPRESENTING OVER 50 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PART THAT ARE NOT ONLY JUST DELEGATE AGENCIES OF OUR CITY, BUT ALSO, UH, IN COURT PARTS, PARTS OF WHAT MAKES THIS GOLDEN THREAD OF WHY PEOPLE COME HERE. 
          AND THE KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES WE GIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE DOLLARS AND GETTING BACK TO 2019 NUMBERS, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT START. 
          BUT WE ARE STILL STEPS BEHIND IN OUR RECOVERY. 
          AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ARPA DOLLARS AND WHAT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AND COULD BE DEFICIT REDUCTION, HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, SMALL BUSINESSES, THAT IS ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          SO WHAT I'M ENCOURAGING YOU TO DO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LITTLE 10, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE $10 MILLION GOING BACK TO 2019, LET'S NOT FORGET THAT A THIRD OF THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THESE DELEGATE AGENCIES. 
          AND GOD BLESS THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          BUT THERE ARE MONIES AND DOLLARS AVAILABLE THROUGH ARPA THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO MAKE EMERGENCY FUNDS BASED ON OUR DEFICITS OF 2020 AND 2021, GIVE US $4 MILLION IN ADDITION TO WHATEVER WE DO FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 
          THE DOLLARS ARE THERE. 
          MARIA, I THINK MARIA, I THINK WHEN I LOOKED AT AGAIN, THE TRIAL BUDGETS YOU WERE ALLOCATING OF ALL THE MONEY YOU COULD ALLOCATE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO ALL OF THE ALLOCATIONS BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FEDS ARE GONNA COME BACK AND THE TREASURER'S GONNA COME BACK WITH OTHER RULES OR REGULATIONS. 
          WHAT I KNOW AND WHAT THOSE LAWS NOW STATE IS YOU CAN SUPPORT THESE INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT AND HELP ARTS AND CULTURE RECOVER AND CONTINUE TO DO THE GOOD IMPORTANT IMPACT THAT WE DO WITH OUR CONSTITUENCY AND WITH THIS INDUSTRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU, YOU KNOW, UM, I, I WANNA THANK YOU BECAUSE, UM, I HAVEN'T MET YOU YET, BUT YOU WERE AT EVERY BUDGET CONVERSATION IN THE SPRINGTIME, UH, AT THE TRIAL BUDGET AT THE FORECAST. 
          AND I APPRECIATE YOU STAYING ENGAGED. 
          YOU KNOW, I'LL BE THERE TOMORROW AND I'LL BE AT THE OTHER . 
          ALRIGHT, ROCK AND ROLL THEN. 
          ROCK AND ROLL. 
          SO, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S  THERE'S A LOT OF DEBATE ABOUT THAT. 
          AND, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU MAY BE RIGHT, THAT MAY BE GOOD GUIDANCE THAT WE GIVE FROM THE TREASURY, BUT, BUT I CAN'T MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL UNLESS I KNOW WHAT THE TREASURY'S GONNA MAKE ME DO. 
          IF I START TO GUESS AT THAT, THEN I'M PUTTING THE CITY IN AN AWKWARD SPOT AND, AND IT'S TOO IMPORTANT AND I DON'T WANT TO, I I DON'T WANNA MESS IT UP FOR A MILLION DOLLARS OR FOR $10 MILLION. 
          I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE TOOK A PHASED APPROACH, BECAUSE WE KNEW THERE WAS, WAS NEED RIGHT NOW WITH THAT 2020 LOSSES AND THOSE AUDITED REVENUES. 
          AND, AND, AND IT IS JUST THE FIRST BITE THAT WE CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE IS ELIGIBLE. 
          BUT, BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND, WE ARE, WE ARE TRYING TO BE AS AGGRESSIVE AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND I KNOW THE COUNCIL IS WAITING FOR THAT CONVERSATION. 
          AND I, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR STAYING ENGAGED. 
          I RESPECT THAT AND I RESPECT YOU ALL. 
          BUT I THINK THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE THAT, THAT WE WILL MISS. 
          AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN IS THERE ARE 
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SMALL COMMUNITY-BASED ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE GONNA CLOSE. 
          THERE ARE PLACES THAT ARE HAVING TROUBLE PAYING THEIR C P S BILL FROM LAST YEAR. 
          THE SIMILAR KINDS OF ISSUES THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH WITH HOUSING AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND MORTGAGE. 
          THESE INSTITUTIONS ARE DEALING WITH BOTH LARGE AND SMALL. 
          SO, SO I HOPE YOU HEAR US AND I HOPE YOU HEAR THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I KNOW AND RESPECTFULLY I ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THIS AND REALLY CONSIDER IT AS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS RECOVERY. 
          HI, MY NAME IS MIRANDA MCCARDLE, HER AND I'M A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT FIVE AS WELL AS A STUDENT AT U T S A. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MS. OSA AS WELL, 'CAUSE HE, MY BROTHER WENT TO S A C AND WE JUST HAVE GREAT ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN DISTRICT FIVE FOR ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          AND, UM, SANTA CULTURE ARTS DOES A GREAT JOB IN MAINTAINING EXISTING MURALS IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AND ONE OF THE, UM, VERY IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT PUBLIC ART IS THAT IT INCREASES ECONOMIC VITALITY AND COMMUNITY IDENTITY AS WE KNOW. 
          AND UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK WHAT, UM, IS BEING DONE TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE EXISTING MURALS SUCH AS, UM, NAMELY BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY USES IT AS AN ALTAR AND, UM, I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ROOM TO LIGHT IT UP, PERHAPS SO THE COMMUNITY CAN, UM, USE IT MORE OFTEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I DO WANNA SAY THAT WE ARE A LITTLE BIT OVER TIME AND WE THANK DR. 
          VELA FOR ALLOWING US TO BE THROUGH OVERTIME AND WE JUST WANNA GET THROUGH AS MANY OF THESE AS POSSIBLE. 
          HI, MY NAME IS SALVADOR. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE. 
          I LIVE OVER THERE IN GENTLEMAN MULLEN IN THE GENERAL MCMULLEN AREA. 
          I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, AND MY QUESTION IS TOWARDS THIS, UH, RESILIENCY, ALSO, THE ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TO POLICE CALLS. 
          IS THAT PART OF YOUR POLICE AND FIRE OR IS THAT A DIFFERENT SECTION? UH, THE, THE ALTERNATIVE CALLS ARE THE, THE, UM, IS THAT PART OF YOUR POLICE AND FIRE BUDGET OR IS THAT A DIFFERENT BUDGET? OH, ON THE GRAPH YOU MEAN? YEAH. 
          WELL NO, IT'S NOT IN IT, IT WOULDN'T BE IN THERE. 
          THE, THE ANIMAL CARE OFFICERS THAT WE'RE ADDING ARE GONNA BE OVER HERE IN ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS WE'RE ADDING, WE'RE ADDING RESOURCES OF CODE COMPLIANCE THAT'S NOT IN THAT BLUE AREA. 
          SO IT'S NOT IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY SECTION. 
          AND THE RESILIENCY FOR THE GENERATORS FOR THE RESILIENCY IS NOT DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE NOT, IS NOT INSIDE THAT, THAT THAT BLUE PIPE PIECE EITHER. 
          BUT THE POLICE STATION AND THE FIRE POLICE ARE GONNA GET 7.25 MILLION FOR GENERATORS. 
          WE'RE DOING, WE'RE DOING UH, 8.25 MILLION, ABOUT SIX OF IT. 
          SIX AND A HALF OF IT IS GOING TO FIRE STATIONS AND POLICE STATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER MILLION, A MILLION, ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF IS ONE OF THOSE RESILIENCY HUBS, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE CITY FACILITIES SCHOOLS. 
          OKAY, WELL THAT'S JUST MY QUESTION BECAUSE IF I READ THIS AND I LOOK AT IT AND I SEE POLICE FIRE AND THERE'S ANOTHER BUDGET, LIKE ANOTHER PORTION OF THAT MONEY GOING TO POLICE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN I'LL READ OVER HERE. 
          ALTERNATIVE AGAIN, SOME MORE MONEY GOING TO THE POLICE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND ALL THOSE PUBLIC SAFETIES. 
          AND THEN I LOOK AT THIS BIG PIE GRAPH THAT YOU SAID IT HAS TO STAY BELOW 66%. 
          YES. 
          I JUST FIGURE THAT Y'ALL ARE TAKING PIECES OUT AND SPREADING 'EM AROUND SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA DO THIS. 
          BUT BACK TO THE POLICE, ACTUALLY, WE'RE SPENDING MORE MONEY, WE'RE SPENDING MORE MONEY IN ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CODE COMPLIANCE, METRO HEALTH, SO, AND METRO HEALTH. 
          SO THAT FIRE, SO THAT POLICE ISN'T DOING IT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UH, MY STREET WAS BUILT AND FIXED, I WANT TO SAY AROUND 2010. 
          WAS IT 2010? LIKE 2012? WE GOT A WE WERE, YEAH, IT WAS AROUND 2012. 
          WE, IT WAS A DIRT STREET AND IT WAS A DIRT STREET. 
          THEY CAME AND THEY, SAN ANTONIO, THEY PAVED IT AND WE HAD SIDEWALKS AND EVERYTHING IN 2012. 
          SO WHY IN 2020 DID THEY COME BACK AND TEAR IT UP AND RE POUR THE SAME PAVEMENT AGAIN? THAT'S THE, THAT'S A BUNCH OF PUDDLES. 
          AND NOW THEY, THEY LEFT IT WORSE THAN WHAT IT WAS BEFORE. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. 
          AND THERE'S A STREET, SO I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT THERE'S A STREET NEXT ON THE NEXT BLOCK THAT HAS POTHOLES. 
          THEY SKIPPED THAT ONE. 
          WHY THAT, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. 
          AS CITY MANAGER, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT, 
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BUT COME OVER HERE TO SIDE TALK WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND TELL HIM THE NAME OF THE STREET SO WE CAN GET YOU AN ANSWER. 
          'CAUSE THAT DOES MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          H YES SIR. 
          HI, MY NAME IS MARIA VELAZQUEZ AND I HAVE LIVED IN DISTRICT FIVE MY ENTIRE LIFE. 
          UM, AND I'M UP HERE TO BRING TO THE FOREFRONT THE, UM, OVERPASS AT CITY ROAD. 
          I LIVE RIGHT ALONGSIDE THE TRIBES THERE. 
          AND WE'RE GOING ON FOUR YEARS NOW THAT THEY STARTED TELLING US THAT THEY WERE GOING DO THE OVERPASS. 
          THE COMMUNITY DID NOT WANT AN OVERPASS TO START WITH. 
          WE WANTED UNDERPASS AND WE RAISED MORE THAN 600 SIGNATURES, UH, STATING THAT WE WANTED AN UNDERPASS BUT WOULD PASS THE OTHER WAY. 
          UM, BUT IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS NOW. 
          WE ASKED THE CITY TO PLEASE BE TRANSPARENT WITH US AND LET US KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. 
          I HAD A PERSON FROM CITY DEVELOPMENT GO TO MY HOUSE, UH, THAT THEY WANTED US TO GRANT PERMISSION FOR THE SURVEYORS TO GO IN, WHICH WE DID. 
          BUT HE TOLD ME BEFORE HE LEFT THAT HE WAS GOING TO ASK US NOT TO BUY, NOT TO SELL, NOT TO RE REPAIR ANYTHING IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE THE CITY WAS GONNA BUY US OUT. 
          THIS HAS BEEN THE CITY WAS GONNA BUY YOU OUT. 
          YES, BECAUSE WE WERE RIGHT ALONGSIDE THE RAILROAD TRACKS. 
          THERE WAS GOING TO BE, AS FAR AS I REMEMBER, LIKE 60 PROPERTIES, PROPERTIES, UM, UM, HOMES THAT WERE GOING TO BE MISPLACED ALONG WITH BUSINESSES. 
          UM, NOTHING HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          NOBODY HAS TALKED TO US SINCE BEFORE PANDEMIC. 
          UH, AND WE DON'T KNOW, WE REQUESTED FROM THE PRIOR, UH, COUNCILWOMAN THAT MAYBE SHE COULD SET UP A COMMITTEE, AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WOULD BRING COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THAT WASN'T DONE. 
          WE ASKED FOR TRANSPARENCY. 
          WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY. 
          AND I WANTED TO, UM, FIND OUT AT ONE POINT I WAS EVEN TOLD BY OTHER PEOPLE THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO GO THROUGH, BUT I SEE IT UP AT THE TOP OF THE LIST THERE. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, IS THERE MONEY GOING TO BE THIS YEAR IF THERE'RE GOING TO BE ENOUGH MONIES TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT? SO THAT PROJECT IS, IS IN THE WORKS. 
          AND SO WHAT HEARING, HEARING WHAT YOUR REQUEST IS, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS AND AND COORDINATION WITH THE COUNCILWOMAN, HAVE ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD EVENT. 
          GIVE EVERYBODY AN UPDATE AND DO THAT AND DO THAT QUICKLY SO THAT PEOPLE, TO YOUR POINT, WERE TRANSPARENT. 
          WE GIVE THE COMMUNITY AN UPDATE. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD TO THE PROJECT? SHE'S TALKING ABOUT CREO CITY. 
          THE OVERPASS. 
          THE OVERPASS, YES. 
          THAT PROJECT IS FUNDED $10 MILLION BY 2017 BOND. 
          BUT THAT'S A VERY LARGE PROJECT. 
          $10 MILLION IS NOT GOING TO DO THAT. 
          BUT ALSO WE ARE GETTING 19 MILLION FROM M P O 19 MILLION IS DUE TO US IN 2024. 
          WE ARE IN EARLY STAGE OF THE DESIGN BECAUSE OF THE AVOID THAT RAILROAD CROSSING, WE NEED TO BUY A NUMBER OF THE PROPERTY. 
          AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE HAVE DONE GOOD ON SURVEY, BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY END UP KNOCKING ON ANY DOOR BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FOLLOW FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT OF THE PROPERTY OWNER BECAUSE WE HAVE FEDERAL MONEY INVOLVED. 
          IT DOESN'T HURT AS CITY MANAGER MENTIONED FOR US TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE YOU UPDATE WHERE WE ARE AND PROVIDE YOU A LITTLE MORE SCHEDULE. 
          WHEN ARE WE GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT? AND, AND WE WILL WORK WITH THE COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE TO GET THAT SCHEDULED QUICKLY SO THAT WE CAN GIVE THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AN UPDATE. 
          BECAUSE ALONGSIDE I'M GONNA ONE THAT IS MOST TOTALLY AFFECTED BY THAT, BUT UH, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY KEEPS ASKING. 
          WE KEEP ASKING EACH OTHER. 
          NOBODY HAS HEARD ANYTHING, RIGHT? NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING. 
          SO WE ARE IN LIMBO AND IT'S NOT A GOOD FEELING TO BE IN WHEN YOU'RE A SENIOR CITIZEN AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE AT SOME POINT. 
          BUT AGAIN, GOING BACK TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE LOST THE CHANCE OF GETTING A HOUSE IF WE WERE GOING TO BE MOVED OUT OF GETTING A HOUSE AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE. 
          'CAUSE NOW PRICES ARE TIGHT HIGH. 
          SELL IT TO THE CITY FOR HALF A MILLION. 
          . 
          I WANT TO DO THAT. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. 
          WE'LL, WE CAN DO THAT AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK IF YOU WANT TO. 
          JUST WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO NOTIFY THE NEIGHBORS AND, AND WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC WORKS OUT THERE TO GIVE EVERYBODY ENOUGH. 
          THANKS ROSA. 
          NEXT WEEK SAY THAT WE'VE COME TO THE END 
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OF THE Q AND A. 
          UH, THIS YOUNG LADY HERE, UH, IN RED WILL BE OUR LAST QUESTION. 
          AND, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, WILL YOU BE MAKING ANY CLOSING REMARKS AND THEN WE'LL HAND IT OVER TO THE COUNCILWOMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, MY NAME IS BENNY TYLER AND I LIVE IN, UH, THE LANDING APARTMENT. 
          AND WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS THAT, HOW CAN THE COMPLEX RAISE YOUR RENT IN AUGUST AND THEN COME BACK AND WANT TO RAISE YOUR RENT AGAIN IN DECEMBER AND YOU'RE GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY. 
          NOTHING HAS WENT UP SINCE THIS COVID CAME OUT AND ALL. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU GET THE SLIP, WE ARE PAYING MORE NOW FOR HOUSING AND THEY ARE PAYING LESS. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? I'M 73 YEARS OLD AND I ONLY GET A FIXED INCOME ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND HE HAD NERVE ENOUGH TO TELL ME TO, UH, UH, A LADY OF MY CHOICE, THE MONEY THAT I HAVE COMING IN, THEY CAN RAISE IT WHENEVER THEY GET READY. 
          SO IS HOUSING AND THE LANDLORD WORKING TOGETHER? OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE LANDLORD? YES. 
          THAT'S THAT'S WHAT UH, THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD ME IN THE OFFICE. 
          NOW THEY DON'T TELL ME MY RENT WENT UP IN AUGUST. 
          YEAH, SO, OKAY. 
          AND THEN IT GOES BACK UP AGAIN IN DECEMBER AND THEN WHEN I CALLED HOUSING TO ASK HIM ABOUT IT, THEY SAID THAT THEY CAN RAISE IT ANYTIME THEY GET READY. 
          WELL, AND I, I'M GONNA ASK BEDO SOTO TO COME UP AND HELP ME ANSWER THIS QUESTION, BUT PART OF THAT IS PROBABLY TRUE, THE LANDOWNER, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS CONTROL, BUT WE DO HAVE SERVICES THROUGH NOW NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES TO MAKE SURE TENANTS UNDERSTAND THEIR RIGHTS. 
          AND THAT'S FRANKLY ONE OF THE THINGS WE DIDN'T DO A LOT OF PRIOR TO COVID THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          NOW, THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR HAS MORE RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE TENANTS KNOW THEIR RIGHTS, WHICH IS A CRITICAL PIECE, PART OF YOUR QUESTION. 
          SO I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE MY INFORMATION AS WELL, MA'AM. 
          BUT THAT'S PART OF THE HOUSING STABILITY SERVICES THAT WE WANT TO HAVE. 
          AND SO WHEN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT ARISE, WE WANT, UM, TENANTS TO KNOW IF A LANDLORD CAN INDEED DO THAT. 
          UM, THERE ARE MARKET FORCES. 
          I I DON'T KNOW IF YOU LIVE IN A PROTECTED PROPERTY OR NOT, BUT WE CAN LOOK UP IF THERE ARE PROTECTED PROPERTIES. 
          IF THERE ARE, THERE ARE RULES THAT CAN HELP WITH THAT. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S THE HOUSING STABILITY SERVICES BECAUSE A LOT OF IT IS INFORMATION AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE OUR HOUSING NAVIGATORS PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. 
          SO I'LL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE MY CARD AND, AND I'LL CHAT AND GET YOUR ADDRESS SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AFTER FIGURING OUT THE ADDRESS AND IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS IN THAT PROPERTY. 
          OKAY, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WITH HOUSING SIX YEARS AND THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME. 
          HOW CAN YOU RAISE SOMEBODY'S RENT IN AUGUST AND THEN COME BACK IN DECEMBER AND RAISE IT AGAIN? THAT RIGHT TO YOU? UM, I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE KNOWING THE ADDRESS AND IF THERE'S PROTECTIONS ON THE PROPERTY, WHY DON'T YOU CONNECT THE BE TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S GOT YOUR PROPERTY? I WANNA THANK EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER FOR ING THE TIME TO COME OUT AND ENSURE THAT THEIR PUBLIC INPUT HAS BEEN MADE REGARDING THE CITY'S UPCOMING BUDGET. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WANT TO THANK EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT AND THEIR HEAD THAT SHOWED UP. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU AND EACH OF YOUR DEPARTMENTS FOR ENSURING THAT OUR DISTRICT RESIDENTS GET TAKEN OF. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THE, NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING STARTED, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL, I WANNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THAT THIS WEEKEND WILL BE, WE WILL BE HOSTING AN EVENT WITH DISTRICT SEVEN AT ST. 
          MARY'S UNIVERSITY. 
          SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO'S BEHIND ON RENT OR THEIR MORTGAGE, WE'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE THAT HE CAN APPLY FOR THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE KNOW THAT VACCINATION RATES HERE, DISTRICT FIVE ARE VERY LOW. 
          SO IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GET YOUR VACCINE. 
          UM, IN DISTRICT FIVE, WE KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS AREN'T GOING BACK FOR THE SECOND DOSE. 
          SO IF YOU OR YOUR NEIGHBOR HASN'T RECEIVED THE SECOND DOSE, PLEASE ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO GET THAT DOSE. 
          AND THEN ON SUNDAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING OUR CODE BUSTERS EVENT. 
          SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING, UH, AT 8:00 AM AT OUR FALLS GARDEN FIELD OFFICE, WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING CARE OF SOME CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUES BY ENSURING THAT WE'RE HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS CUT THEIR GRASS OR MEET ANY NEEDS THAT THEY MAY NEED. 
          BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT AND I LIKE FORWARD TO SERVING Y'ALL. 
          BYE.
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