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          FULLMAN, 
          [D3 Budget Town Hall]
PHYLLIS VRAN. 
          I'M YOUR REPRESENTATIVE HERE AT DISTRICT THREE FOR THE SOUTH AND THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          IF Y'ALL WANNA COME IN AND GET A SEAT, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF CITY STAFF HERE, WHICH I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT. 
          I ALSO HAVE TWO, MAYBE THREE, I CAN'T TELL WITH ALL THE MASKS, BUT I KNOW I HAVE TWO, UH, GENTLEMEN WHO SERVE ON MY BOARD HERE. 
          SO GO AHEAD AND WAVE GUYS. 
          AND, UM, MR. GARCIA, THAT'S YOU TOO. 
          MY THANKS . 
          SO LET'S THANK THEM FOR SERVING. 
          UM, SO HERE WE ARE AT THE ESSAY SPEAKUP BUDGET MEETING THIS EVENING. 
          THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU CAME OUT AND ARE SHARING, UM, YOUR QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS. 
          AND THEY'LL GO OVER THE PROTOCOL AND THE CITY MANAGER WILL BEGIN. 
          BUT I WANTED TO ALSO WELCOME ALL THOSE WHO WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON, BUT ARE WATCHING ONLINE VIA FACEBOOK LIVE OR ONT V S A. 
          SO THIS WILL BE RECORDED AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND IT. 
          ONT V S A, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY STAFF, UH, SO YOU GUYS KNOW WHO'S WORKING AT THE FIELD OFFICE AND DOWN AT CITY HALL FOR YOU. 
          THERE'S CHRISTY HERNANDEZ, MY SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO COUNCIL KELLY ALCO SAID MY EVENT SERVICES DIRECTOR CHRIS VIA MY ZONING DIRECTOR, ENRIQUE TREVINO, MY POLICY DIRECTOR, RUBEN ALDE, MY CHIEF OF STAFF. 
          AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE OF STAFF WHO COULDN'T BE HERE, AND MOST OF Y'ALL KNOW HIM. 
          SAL VALDEZ IS MY CONSTITUENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. 
          HE'S TAKING A MUCH NEEDED VACATION. 
          AND DEBBIE GUNN IS MY CONSTITUENT SERVICES COORDINATOR, AND SHE IS HOME THIS EVENING, HOPEFULLY JOINING US VIA FACEBOOK LIVE. 
          SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          UM, OUR PRIORITIES ARE CORE SERVICES HERE AT THE CITY. 
          MOST OF YOU KNOW, WHEN I RAN WHAT MY PRIORITIES WERE AND PART OF US WAS GETTING BACK TO THE BUSINESS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO, WHICH WAS CODE COMPLIANCE, STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THAT, UH, SUBSTATION ON THE BOND. 
          AND NOW THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH MONEY, 1.2 BILLION, I'M LIKE A SUBSTATION CAMPUS WE CAN EVEN DO NOW. 
          BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, I NEED YOUR PARTICIPATION AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE TODAY. 
          UH, WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA AND I JUST WANT TO, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, REMEMBER WHERE YOU'RE AT. 
          THIS IS PECAN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          BE VERY RESPECTFUL 'CAUSE STUDENTS WILL BE HERE TOMORROW. 
          IF YOU NEED TO USE THE RESTROOMS. THERE'S ADULT RESTROOMS DOWN THE HALL TO THE LEFT IN ROOM 100. 
          AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE RESPECTFUL. 
          PICK EVERYTHING UP, WEAR YOUR MASKS. 
          AND WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE SOMEONE WHO I REALLY ENJOY WORKING WITH. 
          AND SHE WILL INTRODUCE, UM, THE CITY MANAGER WHEN HE GETS HERE. 
          BUT, UH, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, MARIA VILLA GOMEZ, WILL BEGIN THIS PRIORITY SESSION. 
          SO LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE 'CAUSE SHE'S HAD A LONG DAY TOO. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. 
          AND WE ARE SO HAPPY TO BE HERE IN DISTRICT THREE TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY'S PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          UH, LET ME FIRST OF ALL ASK OUR CITY STAFF TO STAND UP SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHO, WHO IS HERE FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO, UH, WE HAVE, UH, MOST OF OUR, YOU GUYS CAN SIT DOWN. 
          WE HAVE MOST OF OUR DEPARTMENTS HERE. 
          WE HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, THE LIBRARY CODE ENFORCEMENT, METRO HEALTH PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          DID I MISS ANYBODY? SOLID WASTE. 
          OH, SOLID WASTE AND PUBLIC WORKS AND, UH, AND HUMAN SERVICES. 
          SO WE'RE SUPER, SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE, UH, WITH YOU TODAY. 
          UH, WE GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR OUR NEXT FISCAL YEAR 2022. 
          UM, OUR FISCAL YEAR BEGINS OCTOBER ONE AND ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. 
          SO WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          WE'RE GOING TO ALL THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT DISTRICTS TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR IDEAS AND YOUR INPUT ON THE BUDGET BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS IT FOR APPROVAL ON SEPTEMBER 16. 
          SO THERE'S STILL A LOT OF TIME 
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FOR US TO, UH, TO HEAR YOUR INPUT AND FOR THE COUNCIL TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT YOUR COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRANT HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD FOR DISTRICT THREE. 
          AND YES, WE KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU WON A POLICE SUBSTATION HERE IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          SO, UM, SHE'S BEEN ADVOCATING VERY STRONGLY FOR, FOR ALL OF YOU. 
          SO, UH, LET ME GET STARTED JUST WITH THIS PRESENTATION. 
          SO, UM, UH, ONE OF THE, THE, THE KEY MESSAGES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, WITH C OVID 19, EVERYBODY HAS BEEN IMPACTED, UH, EMPLOYMENT, UH, CITY GOVERNMENT BUSINESSES. 
          SO THE GOOD NEWS FROM THE GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE IS THAT OUR ECONOMY IS RECOVERING FASTER THAN WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED. 
          THERE'S SOME SECTORS OF OUR ECONOMY THAT ARE DOING BETTER THAN OTHERS, SO THINGS ARE LOOKING BETTER, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THE DELTA VARIANT. 
          UH, WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR ECONOMY, BUT, UH, TODAY WE, WE FEEL THAT WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH THE BUDGET. 
          YOU MAY RECALL LAST YEAR, WE HAD TO DO CUTS JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          WE HAD TO CUT THE BUDGET, UH, IN 20, UH, 21, AND WE ALSO CUT THE BUDGET IN 2020. 
          SO WE ARE RESTORING SOME OF THOSE CUTS THAT WE DID WITH THIS BUDGET. 
          SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME OF THAT. 
          UH, WE ARE ALSO FOCUSING ON, UH, CRITICAL SERVICES. 
          AS WE ARE EMERGING FROM THE PANDEMIC. 
          WE LEARN A LOT OF, UH, UH, GOOD AT LESSONS AFTER THIS PANDEMIC, AND WE'RE INTRODUCING SOME NEW SERVICES SO WE CAN BETTER SERVICE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, WE ARE ALSO, UH, HAVING, UH, PROPOSALS TO RESPOND DIFFERENTLY TO SOME OF OUR POLICE CALLS. 
          UH, WE DID A REVIEW OF POLICE SERVICES WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE MEETING YOUR EXPECTATIONS AS OUR RESIDENTS OF, UH, SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WE ARE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO RESPONSE TO SOME OF THOSE CALLS DIFFERENTLY WITH THE GOAL OF USING OUR POLICE RESOURCES MORE EFFECTIVELY, MORE EFFICIENTLY, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE RESPONDING TO THOSE CALLS THAT YOU WANT US TO RESPOND. 
          AND ALSO, WE ARE MAKING INVESTMENTS IN ACROSS THE CITY TO BECOME MORE RESILIENT. 
          SPECIFICALLY, UM, ALL OF YOU REMEMBER THE WINTER STORM. 
          IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER WITH THIS HEAT TODAY, BUT, UH, WE, WE HAVE SOME PROPOSALS SO WE CAN BETTER RESPOND TO YOUR NEEDS. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR IS WHAT WE CALL AN ESSAY SPEAK UP SURVEY. 
          SO THIS YEAR, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONDUCTED A SURVEY. 
          AND WHAT WE HEARD, UM, IS WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THAT YOU TOLD US YOU WANTED US TO INVEST ON, INCLUDED STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, PUBLIC HEALTH, SENIOR SERVICES, PARKS AND RECREATION, AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. 
          NOW, PROBABLY ALL OF YOU HAVE HEARD THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS, UH, PROVIDING RESOURCES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LIKE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO WE HAVE THIS, THIS, THIS ACT ON THE NEXT SLIDE THAT IS THE AMERICAN, UH, RESCUE, UH, PLAN OR ARPA. 
          AND WITH THIS DOLLARS, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RECEIVED $360 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO THE COUNCIL IS A TWO-FACE APPROACH. 
          OUR FOCUS IS THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF THE CITY. 
          WE WERE IMPACTED BY C OVID 19. 
          WE LOST REVENUES IN OUR GENERAL FUND AND OUR HOTEL CAPACITY TAX. 
          AND I WILL SHARE SOME OF THAT, UH, A LITTLE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION AND FOCUS ON IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY NEEDS. 
          SO OUR, OUR TWO PHASE APPROACH IS PHASE ONE, STABILIZE THE BUDGET, UH, AND ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS IN, IN, UM, THIS PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR, UH, 2022 BUDGET. 
          SO OF THE $360 MILLION THAT WE GOT, WE'RE USING ABOUT $97 MILLION TO DO THAT. 
          NOW, FOR PHASE TWO, WE ARE GOING TO START THAT PROCESS PROBABLY IN LATE SEPTEMBER, EARLY OCTOBER, ONCE WE HAVE THE FINAL DIRECTION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, HOW WE CAN USE THOSE DOLLARS. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND ASK FOR YOUR INPUT ON PRIORITIES ON HOW BETTER UTILIZE THOSE DOLLARS. 
          SO JUST TO GIVE YOU, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA HOW WE, THE CITY, UH, WE'RE IMPACTED BY C OVID 19. 
          THESE ARE THREE MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES OF OUR CITY SALES TAX THAT YOU PAY EVERY TIME YOU BUY SOME GOODS AND SERVICES, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT COME TO SAN ANTONIO AND USE ONE OF OUR HOTEL ROOMS IN THE AIRPORT, THIS GIVES US A GOOD PULSE OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. 
          SO SALES TAX HAVE RECOVERED FAIRLY WELL. 
          SO WHEN WE COMPARE WHERE WE ARE PROJECTING TO BE NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS FISCAL YEAR 2022, TO WHERE WE WERE PRIOR TO 
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THE PANDEMIC, WHICH IS FISCAL YEAR 19, OUR SALES TAX IS ABOUT 11% BETTER. 
          SO THAT IS A REALLY GOOD INDICATOR HOW STRONG OUR, UH, CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IS HERE LOCALLY IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THAT IS A GOOD SIGN. 
          I'M GONNA GO ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT OF THE, OF THE SCREEN, WHICH IS THE AIRPORT. 
          SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WITH ALL THE CANCELLATIONS THAT WE HAD IN EVENTS AND PEOPLE NOT TRAVELING, AIRPORT REVENUES, UH, WERE IMPACTED SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          WE ARE ESTIMATING THE NEXT YEAR OUR REVENUES ARE GONNA BE ABOUT 2% BETTER THAN 2019. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER STRONG INDICATOR THAT THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER. 
          THE COLUMN IN THE MIDDLE IS OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          THAT ONE IS NOT DOING AS GOOD. 
          SO, UH, WE ARE ABOUT, WE'RE DOING BETTER THAN WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR, BUT WE'RE ABOUT 20, 24% BELOW WHERE WE WERE IN 2019. 
          SO THAT TELLS YOU THAT THINGS ARE RECOVERING IN SOME SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY FASTER THAN OTHERS. 
          BUT OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY STILL BEING IMPACTED. 
          NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY IN OUR ECONOMY. 
          SO THE CONCERNS IS EVENT CANCELLATIONS. 
          UH, WITH THIS, UM, DELTA VARIANT THAT IS GOING ON, WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IS GOING TO, HOW YOU ARE GONNA REACT IN TERMS OF YOUR, UH, CONSUMER SPENDING. 
          SO ALL THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE CITY BUDGET. 
          NOW, OUR 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS $3.1 BILLION. 
          IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 4% HIGHER THAN WHAT IT WAS THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. 
          WE'RE ABLE TO ADD ADDITIONAL, UH, SERVICES, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS ARPA FUNDS THAT I MENTIONED. 
          UH, AND ALSO BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING SOME STRONGER REVENUES IN SALES TAX IN THE AIRPORT. 
          SO $3.1 BILLION. 
          THE THREE MAIN COMPONENTS OF OUR BUDGET IS THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS THE LARGEST OPERATING, UH, FUND OF THE CITY. 
          THAT IS ABOUT 1.3 BILLION. 
          AND THAT SUPPORTS MOST OF WHAT YOU EXPECT THE BASIC SERVICES OF THE CITY, FIRE, POLICE, PARKS, UH, UH, STREETS, CODE ENFORCEMENT, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, THE LIBRARY. 
          WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER SECTION OF THE BUDGET THAT IS CALLED RESTRICTED FUNDS. 
          AND THOSE, UM, IS ABOUT 1.1 BILLION. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES FUNDS LIKE THE AIRPORT, OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, UM, SOLAR WASTE AND, AND GRANTS. 
          AND THEN FINALLY THE CAPITAL PROGRAM. 
          THAT IS WHAT YOU VOTE, UH, DURING THE BOND ELECTION. 
          AND WE ARE EXECUTING THOSE PROJECTS. 
          THAT ALSO INCLUDES, UH, PROJECTS RELATED TO THE AIRPORT. 
          SO ALL OF THOSE ARE REFLECTED, AND THAT'S ABOUT $592 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          SO, TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND, MOST PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THIS FUND. 
          SO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THOSE ARE THE REVENUES THAT COME INTO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO PROPERTY TAX, YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH PROPERTY TAXES. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT. 
          FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT YOU PAY ON PROPERTY TAXES, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO GETS ABOUT 22 CENTS. 
          THE REST GOES TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IT GOES TO THE COUNTY, TO THE HOSPITALS AND OTHER TAXING ENTITIES. 
          UH, THE CITY AS THE OWNER OF C P S C P S IS OUR ELECTRIC UTILITY. 
          WE GET 14% OF GROSS REVENUE. 
          SO THAT IS THAT, UM, $361 MILLION THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN. 
          IT'S A VERY LARGE COMPONENT OF OUR BUDGET SALES TAX. 
          UH, EVERY TIME YOU BUY SOMETHING ON AT THE, AT THE STORE, WE GET 1% OF THAT SALES TAX REVENUE, AND IT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO THAT'S ABOUT 25% OF OUR, OF OUR REVENUES. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER RESOURCES, LIKE IF YOU RENT A A PARK PAVILION, UH, AND YOU PAY A FEE FOR THAT, THAT GOES INTO THE OTHER RESOURCES. 
          IF YOU EVER HAVE TO CALL E M SS. 
          AND E M S WILL TRANSPORT YOU TO THE HOSPITAL AND YOUR INSURANCE SPACE FOR THAT TRANSPORT THAT GOES INTO THE OTHER RESOURCES. 
          OR IF YOU GET A TRAFFIC TICKET AND YOU PAY THAT TO MUNICIPAL COURT, THAT GOES ALSO INTO OTHER RESOURCES. 
          NOW, ALL THAT MONEY IS INVESTED ON SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THE GENERAL FUND IS ALLOCATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          YOU SEE THAT ALLOCATION FOR POLICE AND FIRES ABOUT 63% OF OUR RESOURCES. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER IMPORTANT SERVICES LIKE STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PARKS, AND THEN OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE THE LIBRARY CODE ENFORCEMENT ANIMAL CARE SERVICES TO NAME A FEW. 
          SO NOW LET'S GO INTO THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGETS, AND WE'LL START WITH INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO AS I MENTIONED, UH, WE RESTORE SOME OF THE CUTS THAT WE HAD IN, UH, PLANNED FOR THIS BUDGET CYCLE. 
          SO OUR STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM IS RESTORED TO $110 MILLION. 
          THAT IS, THAT IS A GOOD THING 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE INVESTING AND FIXING OUR STREETS. 
          AND, UH, WE ALSO ADDING ADDITIONAL 
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DOLLARS TO SIDEWALKS. 
          WE HAVE CLOSE TO $21 MILLION IN THE BUDGET. 
          THAT IS ROUGHLY ABOUT $3 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. 
          AND THOSE DOLLARS, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE DOLLARS GO TO, UH, BUILD, UM, WHAT WE CALL SIDEWALKS, UH, GAPS. 
          SO THERE ARE AREAS OF OUR CITY THAT DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS, SO THAT THAT MONEY WILL GO INTO THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE INVESTMENTS, UH, WHAT WE CALL VISION ZERO. 
          AND THOSE ARE, UM, MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS THAT WE ARE GONNA BE BUILDING ACROSS THE CITY WITH THE GOAL TO PROVIDE SAFETY FOR THE PEDESTRIANS AND A, AND AVOID ANY, UH, FATALITIES. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ALSO UPDATING OUR BIKE MASTER PLAN. 
          UH, THE LAST TIME THAT WE UPDATED THAT BIKE MASTER PLAN WAS IN 2011. 
          SO IT'S TIME TO UPDATE IT SO WE CAN BUILD, UM, MORE BIKE LANES ACROSS THE CITY. 
          NOW I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. 
          SOME OF THIS PROJECTS ARE ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UNDER DESIGN, BUT YOU'RE GONNA BE SEEING MORE CONSTRUCTION AND MORE ACTIVITY ON THIS, UH, STREETS AND DRAINAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, GOLIAD ROAD IS, IS IN THE BUDGET. 
          SOUTH PREA, UH, JOE MARIE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT. 
          I KNOW THAT'S A POPULAR PROJECT HERE IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          AND OF COURSE SOUTH GIVERS. 
          THAT HAS BEEN, UH, PROJECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THROUGHOUT THE YEARS IN DIFFERENT PHASES. 
          WE ALSO HAVE SOME PARKS AND LIBRARY PROJECTS. 
          SO, UH, FOR INSTANCE, RIIS BRANCH, UH, I THINK WE ARE GONNA BE COMPLETING THAT THIS YEAR. 
          SO WE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO EXPAND SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT WE HAVE AT THAT, UH, LIBRARY. 
          UM, AND, AND YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER PROJECTS THERE ON, ON THE SCREEN AS WELL. 
          NOW, IN TERMS OF, UH, VISION ZERO PROJECTS, WE HAVE ONE PROJECT SCHEDULED HERE IN, UH, DISTRICT THREE, WHICH IS PLEASANTON KEN TO AMBER. 
          SO THAT WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR. 
          SO ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE IS, UM, YOU PROBABLY MAY HAVE SEEN MORE ILLEGAL DUMPING HAPPENING ACROSS OUR CITY. 
          AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR IS ADDING A DEDICATED CREW IN THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS, UH, THIS ILLEGAL DUMPING SITES. 
          TODAY. 
          WE PULL CREWS FROM PUBLIC WORKS FROM SOLID WASTE, UM, AND, AND WE DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM THAT WILL BE DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, UM, EIGHT HOURS A DAY OR 10 HOURS A DAY. 
          SO THIS PARTICULAR TEAM WILL BE FOCUSING ON, ON THOSE SITES. 
          UH, AND OF COURSE WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, SIDE TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE DUMPING TRASH ACROSS THE CITY ILLEGALLY. 
          I'M GONNA TALK NOW ABOUT SOLAR WASTE. 
          AND THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A REMINDER OF THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE YOU CAN, UM, TAKE YOUR BRUSH OR BULKY ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE COME BY YOUR HOUSE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO PICK UP THOSE ITEMS. BUT WE HAVE DEDICATED SITES THAT IF YOU NEED TO DO THAT, BETWEEN THE TIMES THAT WE COME TO YOUR HOUSE, YOU CAN TAKE 'EM TO THOSE, TO THOSE PLACES AS WELL. 
          UH, SOME GOOD NEWS. 
          WE ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY INCREASES TO THE SOLID WASTE FEE. 
          UH, SO THERE'S NO INCREASES THERE. 
          UH, DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF TRASH CAN YOU HAVE. 
          UH, IF YOU HAVE THE LARGE ONE, YOU'RE PAYING ABOUT $28 AND 50 CENTS PER MONTH. 
          SO WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO RECYCLE MORE AND TO USE A GREEN CAN MORE AS WELL. 
          UM, SO IF YOU DO THAT, THEN YOU'RE ABLE TO USE YOUR TRASH CAN LESS FREQUENTLY, AND YOU CAN SAVE MONEY. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE THE 96 GALLON CONTAINER, YOU CAN DOWNSIZE TO A 64 OR A 48 AND, AND SAVE SOME, UM, UH, SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS PER YEAR, UH, FROM THE $28 AND 50 CENTS THAT YOU GO TO THE LITTLE ONE, YOU'RE SAVING ABOUT A HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR, A HUNDRED FORTY $4, UM, A YEAR. 
          I WOULD BUY MYSELF A PAIR OF SHOES IF I HAD $144 EXTRA . 
          SO THINK ABOUT THE THINGS YOU CAN DO IF, IF YOU, IF YOU SWITCH TO, TO A SMALLER CARD. 
          NOW, MOVING ON TO OUR INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THIS WITH C OVID 19. 
          UH, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BECOME ONE OF THE TOP DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY IN TERMS OF PROVIDING SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE ARE INVESTING MORE DOLLARS IN PUBLIC HEALTH TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE DIFFERENT NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE THERE WE HAVE $16.3 MILLION INCREASE IN FUNDING. 
          WE ARE, UM, INVESTING ABOUT $4 MILLION IN, UM, A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXPANSION OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND ALSO IN A DIFFERENT WAY TO RESPOND TO MENTAL HEALTH 
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SERVICES, WORKING WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND ALSO WE CONTINUE TO BE PREPARED TO HANDLE, UM, ANY EMERGENCIES THAT RESULT FROM C OVID 19. 
          NOW, CONTINUING UNDER PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT INTRODUCED AS A RESULT OF C OVID 19 IS THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU VIA YOUR, YOUR IPHONE. 
          SO FOR INSTANCE, IF, IF YOU CALL 9 1 1, YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL, OR ONE OF YOUR RELATIVES AT HOME IS NOT FEELING WELL, ONE OF OUR CLINICAL DISPATCHERS CAN WALK YOU THROUGH SOME STEPS TO HELP YOUR LOVED ONE OR YOUR FRIEND WITHOUT HAVING TO SEND A AN E M S UNIT WITHOUT HAVING TO TRANSPORT YOU TO THE HOSPITAL. 
          SO THAT IS, THAT IS A GREAT SERVICE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS, IS PROVIDING. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN SOME CASES, AND I'LL TELL YOU A, A CASE THAT I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH. 
          THIS WOMAN CALLS 9 1 1. 
          SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH HER MOM. 
          AND THE CLINICAL DISPATCHER SAYS, OKAY, I'M GONNA SEND YOU A LINK TO YOUR CELL PHONE. 
          SO, SO THE, THE DAUGHTER OPENS THAT LINK, AND THROUGH THAT LINK SHE CAN TALK TO THE DISPATCHER, KIND OF LIKE FACETIME, AND THE DISPATCHER CAN ALSO SEE HER MOM AND THE, THE, THE MOM IS HAVING A STROKE. 
          UM, SO THE, THE CLINICAL DISPATCHER IS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT QUICKLY AND SEND AN E M S UNIT RIGHT AWAY KNOWING WHAT KIND OF, UH, SITUATION IS HAPPENING AT THE HOUSE. 
          IN OTHER CASES, UH, THERE WAS ANOTHER CASE WHERE A SON CALLED ABOUT HIS DAD. 
          AND, UH, THE, THE, UM, CLINICAL DISPATCHER WAS ABLE TO SHOW HIM HOW TO DO C P R OVER THE PHONE AND, AND SAVE THE LIFE OF, OF HIS FATHER. 
          SO IT'S A GREAT USE OF TECHNOLOGY. 
          SO WE INTRODUCED THAT PILOT PROGRAM. 
          SO WE'RE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL AID POSITIONS TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM. 
          SO THERE'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO, TO GET SERVICES FROM THE CITY, FROM THEIR COMFORT OF THEIR HOME. 
          NOW, MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT PRIORITY, UH, POLICE SERVICES. 
          UH, THIS YEAR WE DID, AND BY THE WAY, THE POLICE CHIEF IS AT THE BACK CHIEF MCMANUS. 
          UM, HE JUST GOT HERE. 
          AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID THIS YEAR WAS A REVIEW OF OUR POLICE SERVICES WITH THE GOAL OF BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE COMMUNITY EXPECTS FROM US WHEN WE COME TO, UM, UH, HAVE AN INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC. 
          SO ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE ARE STRENGTHENING IS OUR RESPONSE TO MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AND FAMILY VIOLENCE CALLS. 
          SO IN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH, WE'RE ADDING A TEAM THAT IS GONNA BE COMPRISED OF A PARAMEDIC FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, A UH, CLINICIAN FROM METRO HEALTH, AND THEN A POLICE OFFICER THAT WILL RESPOND TO A CALL THAT INVOLVES AN INDIVIDUAL HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH EPISODE. 
          THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THIS INDIVIDUAL, NOT ONLY AT THE TIME OF THE CALL, BUT TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM WITH SERVICES, FOLLOW UP WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT THEY NEED SO THEY DON'T FIND THEMSELVES IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT. 
          WE DON'T WANT THEM TO END UP IN JAIL, BUT WE WANT MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED. 
          WE'RE ALSO ADDING, UM, ADVOCATES THAT ARE TRAINED, UH, TO TRIAGE FAMILY VIOLENCE CALLS AND, AND MENTAL HEALTH AND HOMELESS CALLS AS WELL. 
          THESE POSITIONS ARE BEING ADDED TO METRO HEALTH TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHEN THEY RESPOND TO, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS. 
          I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS ARE THE MOST VIOLENT CALLS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HANDLES. 
          SO WE NEED TO HAVE A POLICE OFFICER THERE, BUT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A CIVILIAN THAT UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE VICTIM, THE CHILDREN OF THAT HOUSEHOLD, AND ALSO THE PERPETRATOR. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING ADDED TO METRO HEALTH. 
          NOW, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, AS I MENTIONED, UH, LAST YEAR WE DID A, OR IN THIS YEAR, A REVIEW OF OUR POLICE SERVICES. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU PARTICIPATED IN THE 27 COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE HELD ACROSS THE CITY WHERE WE ASKED, UM, WHAT WERE YOUR EXPECTATIONS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED IS, WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU, UH, FEEL SAFER AT NIGHT WHEN YOU'RE IN YOUR HOUSE? AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD, ESPECIALLY FROM DISTRICT THREE AND DISTRICT FOUR IN THE SOUTH PART OF OUR CITY, WAS MORE STREET LIGHTS. 
          SO WE ARE ADDING $5.8 MILLION IN THE BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO INSTALL LIGHTS IN THOSE AREAS OF TOWN WHERE, WHERE THERE'S A NEED TO DO. 
          SO. 
          WE ARE, UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS GONNA BE CONDUCTING A STUDY TO DEVELOP AN INDEX SO WE CAN PRIORITIZE THOSE AREAS OF TOWN WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE, 
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MORE, MORE LIGHTS AND OF COURSE, COORDINATING WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICES. 
          'CAUSE SOME INDIVIDUALS WANT A LIGHT OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOUSE AND SOME INDIVIDUALS DO NOT. 
          SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BALANCE ALL THAT. 
          BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROGRAM. 
          ALSO, WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY IS ADDITIONAL SAFE OFFICERS. 
          SO WE HEARD THAT THE, THE, THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAM, IS VERY POPULAR ACROSS THE CITY. 
          SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE ADD OFFICERS WITH THIS BUDGET. 
          THERE WILL BE TWO ASSIGNED TO EACH OF OUR SIX SUBSTATIONS. 
          UH, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING TO ADD THREE, UH, DOWNTOWN, UH, THREE OFFICERS TO OUR DOWNTOWN BIKE PATROL. 
          NOW, THE OTHER AREAS THAT WE REVIEW AS PART OF THIS POLICE SERVICES IS, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GETS OVER 2 MILLION 9 1 1 CALLS PER YEAR. 
          SO THEY HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THOSE CALLS SO THEY'RE ABLE TO RESPOND TO, TO, TO ALL OF THEM. 
          HOWEVER, THERE'S SOME CALLS THAT PROBABLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULDN'T BE RESPONDING TO, LIKE ANIMAL RELATED CALLS, BARKING DOGS AT NIGHT, UH, OR ISSUES RELATED TO, TO ANIMAL CARE. 
          SO WE ARE GONNA TRANSFER THOSE CALLS TO THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE ADDING POSITIONS TO OUR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE CALLS. 
          SO NOW OUR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THOSE CALLS AT NIGHT AND ON THE WEEKENDS. 
          NOW, WE STILL NEED POLICE TO RESPOND TO SOME CALLS THAT MAYBE INVOLVE, UM, VICIOUS DOGS OR THERE'S OTHER SITUATIONS HAPPENING. 
          AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT, THAT THE OTHER AREA THAT WE ARE, UH, PROPOSING TO TRANSFER OUT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE CALLS RELATED TO FIREWORKS. 
          NOW, WHEN WE DID THE ANALYSIS OF THESE CALLS, WE WERE SURPRISED THAT WE GET CALLS RELATED TO FIREWORKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          UH, MOST OF THE CONCENTRATION OF THOSE CALLS HAPPENED DURING THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY AND NEW YEAR'S EVE. 
          UM, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS AN ARSON DIVISION AND THEY ARE GONNA BE HANDLING THE ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE CALLS DURING NEW YEAR'S EVE AND ALSO, UH, DURING THE 4TH OF JULY. 
          AND THEN FINALLY THE OTHER CALL THAT WE, UH, IDENTIFIED IS LOUD MUSIC. 
          WE GET A LOT OF THOSE CALLS THAT COME TO 9 1 1, UH, 'CAUSE SOMEBODY HAS THEIR MUSIC TOO LOUD. 
          SO WE'RE NOT TRANSFERRING THOSE CALLS YET. 
          WE'RE GONNA DO A PILOT PROGRAM WORKING WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. 
          AND, UH, WE ARE GONNA SEE MAYBE THE, THE CODE OFFICERS CAN ONE, IDENTIFY IF THERE'S ACTUALLY A VIOLATION, AND IF THERE IS, THEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL WILL ADDRESS THAT, THAT, UH, UH, VI VIOLATION OF, OF THE, OF THE CODE. 
          SO WE HAVE A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE ARE GONNA DO FOR THREE MONTHS, AND WE ARE GONNA FOCUS ON THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS WHERE CODE ENFORCEMENT WILL BE, UM, ADDRESSING THOSE CALLS. 
          NOW, ANOTHER CALL THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN HERE IS, UM, PERHAPS IF, IF YOU, HAVE YOU EVER FOUND SOMETHING IN, IN THE FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE THAT YOU FOUND PROPERTY THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU? WELL, WE GET CALLS AT 9 1 1 AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS COME TO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE AND PICK UP THAT PROPERTY AND HAVE TO DRIVE DOWNTOWN TO DROP IT OFF. 
          SO WHAT WE ARE GONNA DO IS, UH, UH, CHIEF MCMANUS RECOMMENDED THAT WE PUT SOME STORAGE UNITS IN EACH OF THE SUBSTATIONS SO THE OFFICER JUST DRIVE TO THE SUBSTATION, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE PICK IT UP AND TAKE IT DOWNTOWN TO OUR PROPERTY ROOM. 
          THERE'S STILL SOME, SOME CALLS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO HANDLE RELATED TO, UH, FOUND PROPERTY NOW ALSO IN ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          AND THE CITY MANAGER TALKS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS SIMILAR TO COMMUNITY POLICING, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE ADDING FIVE POSITIONS IN ANIMAL CARE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS IN FORM OF SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM AT NO COST. 
          SO THEY CAN SPAY AND NEUTER THEIR PETS IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE WITH, UH, PERHAPS FIXING THEIR FENCES OR MAYBE SOME SUPPLIES FOR THE DOGS. 
          THOSE ARE PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY PROVIDES. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE, UH, STRAY DOGS ON, ON THE STREET. 
          SO WE ARE ADDING THOSE RESOURCES TO ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, WE'RE INVESTING $32.8 MILLION. 
          AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS PARTICULAR CHART COMPARES OUR CURRENT INVESTMENT IN 2021, WHICH IS 27 AND A HALF MILLION COMPARED TO THE 32.8 MILLION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS AN INCREASE OF 5.3 MILLION. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING IS GOING TO WHAT WE CALL PRODUCTION OF NEW HOMES OR GAP FINANCING. 
          THAT'S HOW WE ARE GONNA BE, UM, ASSISTING WITH SOME OF OUR, SOME OF OUR DOLLARS, 
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UM, IN, IN ADDITION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW UNITS AND ALSO HELPING, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT I WANTED TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION IS A REHAB AND PRESERVATION. 
          AND THIS IS TO ASSIST THOSE RESIDENTS THAT QUALIFY TO FIX THEIR HOMES SO THEY CAN STAY IN THEIR HOMES. 
          SO, UH, WE HAVE, AS YOU CAN SEE, SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN THERE GOING INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO HELP THOSE RESIDENTS. 
          IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM, WE HAVE, UH, EDWARD GONZALEZ IN THE BACK WHO'S FROM OUR, UM, HOUSING AND AND SERVICES APARTMENT THAT HE CAN PROVIDE, UH, YOU INFORMATION IF YOU'RE INTERESTED ON THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE, UH, HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC IS PROVIDE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
          SO IF SOMEBODY CANNOT PAY THEIR RENT OR PAY THEIR MORTGAGE OR PAY THEIR UTILITIES, THE CITY HAS BEEN PROVIDING, UH, FUNDING TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, A TOTAL INVESTMENT OF ABOUT $130 MILLION SINCE APRIL OF 2020. 
          WHILE WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE, UM, TOURS, UH, IN THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR IS TO MORE HOUSING STABILITY AND FOR HOUSING. 
          SO STILL HELPING INDIVIDUALS WITH EVICTION PREVENTION, MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THEIR LANDLORD, THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO LEGAL COUNSEL, UM, AND ALSO HOUSING ASSISTANCE, LIKE RENT RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE. 
          AND THEN FOR HOUSING, IF THERE'S ANY DISCRIMINATION THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING THAT THEY CAN HAVE A, UM, A PLACE TO, TO CALL, WHICH IS A CITY AND WILL ASSIST THEM WITH THOSE CHALLENGES. 
          NOW THE NEXT SECTION IS, UH, HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND I THINK ALL OF US HAVE SEEN, UH, THE NUMBER OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION HAS INCREASED ACROSS THE CITY. 
          SO OUR, UM, HUMAN, UH, SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND PATRICK IS HERE FROM HUMAN SERVICES. 
          HE, UM, HE ACTUALLY HANDLES OUR HOMELESS PROGRAM. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HE'LL BE HERE TO, TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          BUT OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE SERVICES, CONNECT THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO EITHER A SHELTER OR OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SO THEY CAN GET THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEED, AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY ON THE STREETS. 
          NOW, THE NEXT SECTION THAT IS NEW TO THIS BUDGET IS COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC IS THAT, UM, A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WOULD RATHER HAVE A CONVERSATION ONE-ON-ONE WITH A CITY REPRESENTATIVE RATHER THAN GOING TO A WEBSITE AND GETTING INFORMATION. 
          SO WE'RE ADDING SOME NAVIGATORS TO, UM, HELP WITH FAMILY SUPPORT, UH, FINANCIAL COUNSELORS FOR OUR SENIORS. 
          UH, SO THEY HAVE ASSISTANCE, UM, IN, IN, UM, WITH THEIR FINANCES, IDENTITY THEFT. 
          UM, ALSO WE HAVE SOME NAVIGATORS TO PREVENT, UH, HOMELESSNESS. 
          THEN THE NEXT SECTION IS RESILIENCY. 
          AND THIS ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING AS A RESULT OF THE WINTER STORM THAT WE EXPERIENCED IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE INSTALLING GENERATORS IN SOME OF OUR, UM, POLICE AND FIRED, UH, FACILITY, SO THAT WAY WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, WE ARE ALSO IDENTIFYING WHAT WE CALL RESILIENCY HUBS. 
          SO OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE FOUR PLACES IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, THAT YOU PROVIDE US WITH YOUR INPUT. 
          SO THERE'S A FLOOD, FOR EXAMPLE, OR THERE'S A, UM, THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY FOR WHATEVER REASON. 
          THERE'S A PLACE THAT YOU CAN GO TO. 
          SO WE NEED TO EQUIP THOSE PLACES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE POWER AND WATER AND ELECTRICITY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE A COMMUNITY PROCESS BY WHICH WE GET INPUT FROM OUR RESIDENTS TO, TO IDENTIFY THOSE, UH, FOUR LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          AND ACTUALLY, COUNCILMAN VIAGRA GRANT HAD AN EXCELLENT IDEA TODAY THAT IN ADDITION TO THOSE FOUR SIDES THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER, LIKE A TIER TWO, MAYBE THERE'S SOME CHURCHES OR SCHOOLS THAT ARE, UM, ALSO AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE, UH, DURING, DURING A, A DISASTER OR CRISIS. 
          THEN THE NEXT AREA IS ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          UM, THIS IS AN AREA THAT WAS IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE IT'S FUNDED THROUGH OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT'S ONE OF OUR REVENUE SOURCES THAT THAT WAS IMPACTED. 
          SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE SAME LEVEL THAT WE HAD IN 2019, EVEN THOUGH THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX IS NOT AT THAT LEVEL YET. 
          AND THEN THE FINAL PIECE OF MY PRESENTATION IS THE, THE PROPOSED, UH, BOND PROGRAM FOR 2022. 
          SO THE CITY ISSUES, UH, BONDS EVERY FIVE YEARS, AND THESE DOLLARS ARE USED FOR STREETS AND DRAINAGE AND PARKS IMPROVEMENTS, NEW 
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LIBRARIES, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR FIRE STATIONS, POLICE STATIONS, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS WANNA POLICE SUBSTATION HERE IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          SO THIS IS WOULD BE THE, THE, UH, THE PROGRAM THAT WE'LL PROVIDE FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE DOLLARS. 
          SO JUST TO GIVE YOU, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA WHERE WE ARE ON THAT, UH, WE ARE GONNA BE BRIEFING THE COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER WITH THE RECOMMENDED PROJECTS FOR THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO APPOINT REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF THEIR DISTRICTS TO EACH OF THOSE COMMITTEES THAT ARE GONNA BE REVIEWING THE, THE PROJECTS LIKE PARKS AND LIBRARIES AND STREETS AND DRAINAGE. 
          AND THAT PROCESS IS GONNA TAKE THREE MONTHS FROM OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER. 
          WE ARE GONNA HAVE MEETINGS WITH THOSE COMMITTEES TO REVIEW THE PROJECTS, AND THEN THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL ON CHANGES TO THOSE PROJECTS. 
          AND THEN THE COUNCIL WILL GET THO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN THE COUNCIL WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION ON WHICH PROJECTS GO INTO THE, UH, BALLOT THAT YOU'RE GONNA VOTE. 
          AND THEY, THEY'RE GONNA CALL FOR THE ELECTION IN FEBRUARY OF 2022. 
          AND THEN IN MAY, THAT'S WHEN WE, UM, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON, ON THOSE, UH, BOND PROJECTS. 
          NOW, THE NEXT STEPS IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, NOW THAT YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUDGET, WE ARE, UH, MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ON BUDGET WORK SESSIONS TO REVIEW THE BUDGET IN DETAIL. 
          AND TODAY WE HAD MEETINGS FROM 10 IN THE MORNING TILL FIVE O'CLOCK. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. 
          UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT LIKE WE'RE DOING TODAY. 
          WE STARTED ON THE 16TH OF AUGUST AND WE'LL CONCLUDE ON THE 30TH ON MONDAY. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AT CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON SEPTEMBER 8TH AND SEPTEMBER 14TH. 
          AND THEN THE BUDGET IS SET TO BE ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 16. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND, UM, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          AND OF COURSE, THE CITY TEAM HERE AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE Q AND A PORTION OF OUR PROGRAM, AND YOU'LL SEE A YOUNG MAN FRANCISCO IS, UH, GETTING THE MICROPHONE READY. 
          IT'LL BE CLEANED IN BETWEEN QUESTIONS. 
          AND, UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN HAS ASKED, UH, TO, AS WE RESPECT EVERYONE'S TIME THIS EVENING TO POSE QUESTIONS. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE, AS MS. VILLAGOMEZ MENTIONED, STAFF HERE, IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC INFORMATION YOU'D LIKE TO ASK THE STAFF, UH, WE ARE AVAILABLE TO DIRECT YOU TO THAT. 
          BUT AGAIN, THE MICROPHONE IS OPEN, WE WELCOME, UM, QUESTIONS. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE MS. VILLAGOMEZ WHO CAN ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS IN SPANISH. 
          UH, SO WE'LL OPEN IT UP, SIR. 
          OKAY, VERY GOOD. 
          UM, HI. 
          I AM TOMMY ATKINSON AND, UH, VERY PROUDLY HERE FROM THE HIGHLAND HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH WE'VE FOUNDED ABOUT ALMOST 50 YEARS AGO. 
          AND, UH, APPRECIATE THE CITY'S GOOD WORK AND, UH, ALL OF THE, UH, CHALLENGES THAT Y'ALL MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          UH, UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU, MS. VILLAGOMEZ, AS WELL AS, UH, ERIC WALSH, WHO ACTUALLY, UH, HAS A WIFE WHO HAILS FROM THIS IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY . 
          SO, UH, I I WAS, UH, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE REDUCTION, EXCUSE ME, THE REDUCTION IN FUNDING OF CODE ENFORCEMENT MONIES. 
          UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF HOUSES THAT DON'T GET THE REAL ATTENTION THEY SHOULD, AND WE CALL 'EM IN AND WE ASK FOR HELP. 
          AND HELP IS NOT ON THE WAY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A RESULT OF PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME OR WHETHER THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, THERE'S NO LOBBYIST WITH BIG MONEY TO, UH, IMPEL, UH, THE INSTITUTION OF CITY HALL IN THE DIRECTION OF BETTER CODE ENFORCEMENT. 
          BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT AND, UH, YOUR SUPPORT. 
          THIS IS AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S LOOKING GOOD AND DOING WELL, BUT WE NEED GOOD CODE ENFORCEMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          WELL, UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE ARE NOT MAKING ANY CUTS IN THE, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT BUDGET. 
          UH, WE HAVE A STRONG TEAM OF CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT DO, UH, PROACTIVE WORK AS WELL AS TAKE TAKING CARE OF THE CALLS WHEN YOU CALL 3 1 1. 
          AND, UM, SO WE ARE NOT MAKING ANY, ANY CUTS TO OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND, AND WE KNOW HOW MUCH THEIR WORK IS APPRECIATED. 
          AND, UH, AND, UM, I AMIN HERE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT HE, THAT YOU WANT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS TO ANY SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE ARE NO CUTS IN IN CODE ENFORCEMENT. 
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AND, UM, AND I WANT TO, UH, RECOGNIZE OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH. 
          HE JUST WALKED IN. 
          THIS IS FOR A SOLID WASTE FOR SOLID WASTE. 
          UH, WE DON'T HAVE A HAZARDOUS WASTE SPECIFICALLY ASSIGNED FOR DISTRICT THREE. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING SOMEBODY'S LOOKING INTO? UM, HI GEORGE. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
          HI, HOW ARE YOU? UH, I'M GONNA ASK OUR SOLAR WASTE DIRECTOR, UH, DAVID NEWMAN TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. 
          WE DO HAVE THE LOCATION, YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE OF IT AT RIGSBY ROAD, AND I KNOW IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT, IT'S SOMEWHAT CLOSE BY. 
          IT'S OPEN QUARTERLY, UH, ON SATURDAYS. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW AT THE MOMENT, WE DON'T HAVE PLANS TO EXPAND THAT IF WE CAN SEE SOME MORE ACTIVITY, UH, AT THOSE QUARTERLY EVENTS, THOUGH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE. 
          THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S ILLEGAL DUMPING. 
          I HAVE REPORTED A LOT OF ILLEGAL DUMPING GOING ON IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          AT ONE TIME I FOUND 2 55 GALLON DRUMS FULL OF OIL. 
          SO THAT'S MY MY CONCERN THAT WE NEED A PLACE TO GET RID OF ALL THE HAZARDOUS WASTE, UH, FLUORESCENT LIGHTS, UH, TIRES. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THAT'S MY CONCERN. 
          OKAY, WE, SO WE DO HAVE THREE LOCATIONS FOR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE. 
          AND THERE WAS A SLIDE EARLIER THAT SHOWED THE FOUR BULKY WASTE DROP-OFF SITES THAT ARE OPEN, UM, SIX DAYS A WEEK. 
          AND, UH, AND SO WE DO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          I SHARE YOUR CONCERN ABOUT ILLEGAL DUMPING. 
          UH, SO IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE ARE ADDING THAT ILLEGAL DUMPING CREW. 
          IT'S A CREW OF SIX PEOPLE, UH, WITH EQUIPMENT TO GO OFF ROAD. 
          UH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA, IT WILL BE ADDED TO THE ILLEGAL DUMPING THAT WE CURRENTLY COLLECT. 
          AND, AND WE, WE SIMPLY CAN'T GET TO ALL OF IT, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST. 
          AND I THINK WITH THIS CREW, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A BIG IMPROVEMENT, UH, TO THE ILLEGAL DUMPING COLLECTION AS WELL AS SOME LITTER ABATEMENT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE ALONG ROADWAYS, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT THERE AND DO THAT. 
          NOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE LET THE CITIZENS KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT HAZARDOUS WASTE, UH, AREA IN OUR DISTRICT? BUT HOW DO, HOW DO WE TELL THE CITIZENS THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR, WE DO HAVE A BUDGET FOR OUTREACH AND ADVERTISING, AND WE HAVE DONE SOME OF THAT, AND I'M GONNA COMMIT TO YOU THAT WE'RE GONNA DO SOME MORE. 
          'CAUSE WE WANT TO DRIVE MORE, UH, UH, CUSTOMERS IN ESPECIALLY TO THE RIGSBY ROAD SITE. 
          UH, WE DO GET GOOD, UH, CUSTOMER ATTENDANCE AT THE OTHERS, BUT AT THIS ONE WE DO NEED SOME MORE FOLKS TO SHOW UP, RIGHT? YES. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          UH, I KNOW WE NEED TO WORK ON MARKETING AND THAT IT'S NOT JUST ON HAZARDOUS WASTE. 
          THERE'S OTHER MARKETING ISSUES WE NEED TO WORK ON. 
          AND ALL OF Y'ALL KNOW, SAL, AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE, WE'RE CONSTITUENT SERVICES. 
          SO YOU GIVE HIM A CALL AND LET 'EM KNOW WHERE YOUR CONCERNS ARE, UH, WHERE YOU WANNA SEE BETTER MARKETING AND HOW WE CAN DO THAT. 
          EVERYTHING'S ONLINE, BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS SOMETIMES LIKE THOSE NEWSLETTERS AND MY TEAM IS WORKING ON GETTING A NEWSLETTER OUT ALSO. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          WHO'S GOT MORE QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          ONE MORE GEORGIA, AND THEN WE NEED TO GIVE SOMEBODY ELSE A CHANCE. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, TIRE SHOPS AND A LOT OF, UH, OTHER LITTLE SHOPS THAT, UH, DO MECHANICAL WORK. 
          AND, UH, RIGHT NOW I TALKED TO MR. RAMIREZ OUT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND HE'S SAYING THAT, UH, THE THING THAT CONCERNS ME IS THE OIL THAT THESE MM-HMM. 
          , THESE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE PRODUCING, ACCORDING TO MR. RAMIREZ, HE ONLY CHECKS, UH, SHOPS THAT HAVE A CONTAINER THAT CONTAINS MORE THAN A HUNDRED GALLONS OF OIL. 
          WHO CHECKS THESE OTHER SHOPS. 
          IS CODE ENFORCEMENT GONNA TAKE THE REIGN ON THAT? GREAT QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, DEFINITELY IF YOU SEE ANYTHING, COLD CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE WILL RESPOND. 
          WE WILL INVESTIGATE. 
          IF IT'S A LOT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, WE DO COMMUNICATE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO WORK ON THAT. 
          SO IT'S A TEAM EFFORT WE WORK TOGETHER ON, ON THOSE KIND OF CONCERNS. 
          SO I GUESS, GEORGE, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS CODE ENFORCEMENT, DEPENDING ON THE FIRST PLACE TO CALL. 
          AND IF IT'S, IF IT'S A LARGE TYPE OF, UM, UH, HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, THEN THEY WILL CONNECT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THIS PRESENTATION. 
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MY, MY POINT IS ABOUT 3 1 1, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST UNDERAPPRECIATED CITY SERVICES THAT Y'ALL HAVE BECAUSE IT'S THE PERFECT INTERFACE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND GET WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, AND GET THINGS ATTENDED TO. 
          THE CURRENT APP RIGHT NOW IS VERY LIMITED IN THE TYPES OF FEEDBACK THAT CAN BE PROVIDED. 
          AND THE GLORY OF THAT IS IT CAN BE DONE 24 HOURS A DAY MM-HMM. 
           AND IT CAN GO INTO THE QUEUE. 
          WOULD THE CITY CONSIDER EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE 3 1 1 APP SO THAT MORE PEOPLE COULD SUBMIT THOSE THINGS, UH, FROM A SMARTPHONE WITH A PHOTO AND BE ABLE TO DO IT ON AN EXPANDED NUMBER OF TOPICS? SURE. 
          AND, UM, IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM 3 1 1? WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT, UM, UH, FEEDBACK AND, UM, AND LOOK AT WHAT CAPABILITIES WE CAN EXPAND WITH OUR 3 1 1 APP AND WE'LL COMMUNICATE THAT TO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRANT SO SHE CAN, UH, REPORT BACK IN TERMS OF OUR, UM, WHAT, WHAT CAPABILITIES WE HAVE WITH OUR CURRENT APP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UM, I HAD AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED ON MISSION REACH, UH, WHILE MY HUSBAND AND I WERE TAKING A WALK, UH, WITH A HOMELESS, AGGRESSIVE HOMELESS, UH, PERSON. 
          UH, WE CALLED, UH, THE POLICE. 
          UM, WE WERE ON THE RIVER AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THE POLICE WOULD COME TO OUR HOME. 
          UM, THE MAN WAS VERY AGGRESSIVE. 
          LUCKILY HE LEFT. 
          BUT IT LEFT ME WONDERING ABOUT HOW MANY INCIDENTS LIKE THAT ARE HAPPENING ON THE 10 MILE OF MISSION REACH. 
          UM, I HAD TO CALL THE POLICE AGAIN. 
          UH, OFFICER YOUNG CAME BY OUR HOME AND I WANTED TO MAKE A REPORT. 
          AND ABOUT THREE WEEKS LATER, A UH, PARK POLICE CALLED ME AND INFORMED ME THAT THERE'S ONLY TWO PARK POLICE THAT WATCH THAT 10 MILE OF MISSION REACH. 
          AND NOW THERE'S MORE HOMELESS HANGING AROUND THERE. 
          AND I'M REALLY WANTING SOME PROACTIVE ACTION TO TAKE PLACE AS FAR AS SAFETY FOR THE MISSION REACH. 
          'CAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY VISITORS WHO USE THAT FACILITY, USE THE BEAUTIFUL PATHWAYS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , SOME OF THOSE PATHWAYS GO INTO, UH, VERY TREE COVERED AREAS. 
          THEY'RE NOT THE SAFEST FOR LIKE A WOMAN RUNNING BY HERSELF. 
          UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, IS IT POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE IN THE BUDGET, UH, MONIES TO HAVE MORE PARK POLICE ON THE MISSION REACH? I'M GONNA ADD YOUR, UH, ANSWER YOUR LAST QUESTION, AND I'M GONNA ASK CHIEF MCMANUS TO, TO ADDRESS THE, THE FIRST PORTION OF, OF YOUR QUESTION OR COMMENTS. 
          UM, WE ARE ADDING ADDITIONAL PARK POLICE OFFICERS IN THE BUDGET, A TOTAL OF, UM, SIX. 
          UM, THERE, THERE ARE THREE THAT ARE GONNA BE DEDICATED TO, UM, AREAS ACROSS THE CITY, AND THEN OTHER THREE ON THE SAN PEDRO CREEK, WHICH IS A NEW AREA THAT IS BEING OPENED UP. 
          UM, SO IN TERMS OF NEW OFFICER, YES, YES, WE'RE ADDING NEW OFFICERS AND THEN AS THE CHIEF TO ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY YOUR CONCERN. 
          HI, GOOD EVENING. 
          THANKS FOR YOUR QUESTION. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE HEAR, UM, WHAT WE'RE HEARING TONIGHT FROM YOU, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR THAT AROUND THE CITY, UH, I MEAN, THERE'S NO CITY, THERE'S NO PART OF THE CITY THAT'S SPARED FROM THE CHALLENGES CAUSED BY HOMELESSNESS. 
          UM, WE HAVE REQUESTS FROM DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY, FROM MORE PARK POLICE, THE RIVER WALK BEING ONE OF THEM, UH, SOME OF THE, THE, UH, EXTENSIONS ON THE RIVERWALK, UH, FOR TWO. 
          UM, SO WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO IS IF YOU HAVE, UM, PARTICULAR ISSUES AND YOU DO WITH WITH HOMELESS, WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT AND WE CAN FOCUS ON THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, WE GO AROUND THE CITY AND WE ABATE THESE ENCAMPMENTS AS WE SEE THEM DEVELOP AND WE OFFER SERVICES. 
          WE'LL TAKE THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, WE'LL TAKE THEIR PETS, WE'LL TAKE THEIR PROPERTY. 
          MOST OF THE TIME THEY DON'T WANT IT. 
          AND WE KEEP REPEATING THESE ABATEMENTS IN THE SAME PLACE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          SO IT'S A BIG CHALLENGE. 
          AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN, WE CAN ADDRESS IT WITH ANY EFFICIENCY AT ALL, IS IF YOU TELL US AND LET US KNOW WHAT THEIR SPECIFIC ISSUE IS AND WE'LL MAKE IT A POINT TO FOCUS ON THAT. 
          AND WHILE I'M UP HERE, LET ME GIVE EVERYONE MY PHONE NUMBER, IF YOU WANT TO COPY IT DOWN. 
          IT'S, UH, 2 0 7 7 3 6 0 2 0 7 7 3 6 0. 
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THAT'S MY DIRECT LINE. 
          IF YOU CALL WHEN I'M THERE IN THE OFFICE, I WILL ANSWER YOUR CALL. 
          IF YOU CALL WHEN I'M OUT, LEAVE A MESSAGE AND I WILL CALL YOU WHEN I RETURN. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THAT TWO 10 PART TWO 10? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS CHIEF. 
          AND, AND HE'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          IF THERE'S AGGRESSIVE ISSUES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          POLICE ARE THE RIGHT NUMBER TO CALL. 
          I WILL SAY TO THE PROACTIVE ISSUE, UM, I WANT TO INTRODUCE, UH, DANIEL GROGAN WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. 
          HE'S OUR STREET OUTREACH WORKER. 
          SO THE, THE CURRENT YEAR, CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, UH, FOR HUMAN SERVICES ADDED, UH, ADDITIONAL STREET OUTREACH WORKERS FOR ALL SIN, ALL 10 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS. 
          UH, SO DANIEL'S FOCUSED ON THE DISTRICT THREE AREA. 
          WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, THE SAFE OFFICERS WITH, UH, THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AS WELL. 
          'CAUSE THEY HAVE SOME PROPERTIES ALONG THE MISSION REACH, UH, ABOUT THE ENCAMPMENTS. 
          AND SO HIS JOB IS TO GO OUT THERE AND, UH, KNOW THE, KNOW THESE HOMELESS CLIENTS, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM, UH, AND WORK WITH POLICE AND GETTING THEM INTO SERVICES, INTO SHELTER OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UH, DANIEL'S HERE AS WELL, UH, BUT WE'RE GLAD TO TALK TO Y'ALL AFTERWARDS TOO. 
          THANKS. 
          AND THAT WAS PATRICK, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH, UH, HUMAN SERVICES. 
          THANK YOU PATRICK. 
          AND THANK YOU CHIEF . 
          GREG, THE PARKER FOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          CAN YOU ME NOW? LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN. 
          GREG GRIPS, UH, ISLAND PARK AND, UH, UH, MY FOCUS IS ON, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES. 
          UM, AT OUR LAST MEETING OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WE HAD A COUPLE OF, UH, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES OFFICERS THERE. 
          AND, UH, THEY REALLY OPENED OUR EYES TO SOME THINGS. 
          AND, UH, EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION THERE WAS MENTION OF, UH, REFERRING MORE CALLS TO A C S THAT WOULD NORMALLY GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THE FIGURE OF $404,000 WAS, UH, NEXT TO THAT. 
          BUT, UH, THEN LATER IT WAS $320,000 FOR NEW FIVE NEW A C S OFFICERS. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH IF YOU'RE GIVING THEM MORE RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          AND FROM WHAT THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE ALREADY UNDERSTAFFED WITH FEWER THAN 40 PEOPLE TO, UH, UH, HANDLE THE ENTIRE CITY, WHICH MEANS THAT THE PRIORITY GOES TO ACTUAL VIS VICIOUS ANIMAL ATTACKS, WHEREAS, UH, UH, MANAGE, UH, UH, PEOPLE WHO HAVE STRAY ANIMALS, WHICH ARE CAUSING DISTURBANCES AND UPSETTING OUR OWN, UH, PETS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UH, AND SOMETIMES ATTACKING PETS ARE NOT GETTING THE, UH, PROPER ATTENTION. 
          YES, SIR. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE, UH, FOR THE QUESTION. 
          MY NAME IS SHANNON SIMS. I'M THE, I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          UH, SO TO KIND OF PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, UH, WE'VE GOT THE TWO DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. 
          UH, THE FIRST BEING THE FOUR OFFICERS, UH, THAT WAS DESIGNED JUST TO OPERATE, UH, DURING THE HOURS THAT A C S TYPICALLY HASN'T HAD ENFORCEMENT ON THE STREETS, I E MIDNIGHT TO 7:00 AM UH, THIS IS GOING TO GIVE US THAT CAPABILITY TO TAKE THOSE BARKING DOG CALLS, LOOSE DOG CALLS, UH, INJURED ANIMAL CALLS, THINGS LIKE THAT OFF OF SAP'S PLATE. 
          UH, I THINK THAT WHAT WE'VE, WHAT WE'VE GOT IN THAT PLAN WILL ENABLE US TO, TO AT LEAST TAKE THAT OFF THEIR PLATE. 
          IT'S NOT A HUGE PILE. 
          UM, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE FIVE OFFICERS THAT THEY, UH, THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT, ACTUALLY, THEY'RE NOT TECHNICALLY GONNA GOING TO BE OFFICERS. 
          WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 
          UH, IT IS REVOLUTIONARY. 
          WE'LL BE THE FIRST MAJOR CITY IN THE UNITED STATES TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
          UH, AND THE REASON THIS IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WHAT WE FIND IS, UH, AS OF THIS YEAR RIGHT NOW, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 40% RECIDIVISM FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE RECEIVED CITATIONS FROM US. 
          AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS SOMEBODY THAT RECEIVED A CITATION TODAY HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER CITATION FOR US FOR A SIMILAR ISSUE WITHIN THE LAST 365 DAYS. 
          THAT MEANS THAT THAT SMALL CADRE OF OFFICERS WHO ARE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE ARE GOING TO THE SAME HOUSES OVER AND OVER AND OVER. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, I'LL TELL YOU, ENFORCEMENT IS EXCEPTIONALLY EFFECTIVE, BUT IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY SOLVE PROBLEMS. UH, THE BASIS OF THIS CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS TO GET FOLKS OUT THERE THAT WANT TO 
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COME INTO COMPLIANCE. 
          UH, THEY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS, UH, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE TELL 'EM YOU'VE GOTTA GO GET THIS DONE. 
          YOU'VE GOTTA GET A SPAY NEUTER SURGERY DONE. 
          WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET ONLINE AND DO THAT. 
          I'M NOT TECHNICALLY SAVVY, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THESE CASE MANAGERS ARE GONNA TURN IT FROM AN ANIMAL RELATED SITUATION INTO A REAL PEOPLE FOCUSED APPROACH, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET IN THERE AND GET OUTCOMES ON THESE INSTEAD OF JUST OUTPUTS THROUGH CITATIONS. 
          AND, AND WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, UH, SHOWS THAT WE EXPECT THAT TO SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE THE RECIDIVISM ON ONE HAND, WHICH IS GOOD. 
          WHY SEND SOMEBODY WHO CAN'T ALREADY AFFORD TO GET THEIR ANIMAL TAKEN CARE OF TO COURT 15 TIMES TO DEAL WITH CITATIONS? UH, AND SECONDARILY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF THAT OFF OF OUR ACOS PLATES, MUCH IN THE WAY THAT THE ACOS ARE GONNA BE TAKEN SOME OF THE WORKLOAD OFF OF S A P D IN THE EVENING. 
          DID, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR? WELL, IN PART, BUT, UH, I, I, THERE ARE PEOPLE, AND WE ARE AMONG THEM WHO HAVE ACTUALLY, UH, CAUGHT, UH, STRAY DOGS ON THE STREET AND HELD THEM FOR A C S AND WE'RE TOLD WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU IN 24 HOURS. 
          AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE THREE DAYS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THAT WE'RE KEEPING AND, AND FEEDING . 
          AND, AND I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, ONE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR LARGEST CHALLENGES IS, UH, COVID OBVIOUSLY KIND OF FROZE HIRING FOR A LITTLE BIT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE TRAINING CYCLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          WE'RE STILL DOWN BELOW WHAT OUR, WHEN OUR NORMAL MANNING, UH, IS WHERE IT SHOULD BE. 
          THAT 24 HOURS IS ABSOLUTELY ENOUGH TIME. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS. 
          WE HAVE ONE ACADEMY IN SESSION. 
          WE HAVE ONE ACADEMY BEING HIRED, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ACADEMY BEING ADVERTISED, WHICH SHOULD BRING US UP TO THAT, THAT THAT LEVEL WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE THAT, THAT APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF SERVICE, SIR. 
          AND SO WE, WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS. 
          WE'RE KICKING 'EM OUT AS FAST AS WE CAN, SIR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I, I THINK YOU JUST NEED MORE ATTENTION TO YOUR SITUATION. 
          YES SIR. 
          I HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD. 
          OKAY. 
          HI, I AM NORLAND RIPS. 
          I ALSO LIVE IN HIGHLAND PARK AND THAT'S MY BETTER HALF THAT JUST SPOKE. 
          UM, WHAT GREG DIDN'T ADDRESS IS HOW MUCH WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ANIMALS. 
          YES. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE BUDGETING ISSUES THAT AFFECT THAT A C SS PROFOUNDLY TO THE POINT THAT IT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. 
          I'M A REGISTERED NURSE. 
          AND JUST TO TELL YOU WHAT WAS IT, IN 2006, WE HAD A NINE YEAR OLD WHO WAS MAIMED, MAULED TO DEATH BY A DOG. 
          JUST TWO BLOCKS FROM JAFFET ELEMENTARY. 
          THAT LITTLE GIRL WAS IN MY DAUGHTER'S CLASS. 
          NOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM. 
          IF YOU LOOKED AT THE MAP OF ALL THE CALLS FOR A C S THROUGHOUT THIS CITY, IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AN ABSOLUTE WAR ZONE. 
          THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ADOPTED ANIMALS DURING COVID NOW ARE KICKING THEM OUT. 
          THEY'RE NOT BEING FED. 
          WE HAVE PACKS OF DOGS RUNNING AROUND IN NEIGHBORHOODS, BREAKING INTO PEOPLE'S YARDS. 
          THEY'RE FENCED IN YARDS AND KILLING PEOPLE'S PETS, DOGS AND CATS. 
          WE HAVE PEOPLE OVER HERE AT THE SOUTH SIDE LINES PARK. 
          THEY'RE HAVING TO RUN FOR THEIR LIVES TO GET TO THEIR CARS BECAUSE OF THESE PACKS OF DOGS. 
          THEY EVEN HAVE COME AFTER KIDS ON SKATEBOARDS. 
          THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. 
          AND THE OTHER THING THAT REALLY SCARES ME TO DEATH, AND CHIEF MCMANUS NEEDS TO KNOW THIS, IS THAT PEOPLE ARE CALLING 9 1 1 FOR POLICE TO COME TO THE PARK. 
          THEY'RE CALLING THE PARKS POLICE AND NO ONE IS RESPONDING. 
          AND THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ANSWER TO THAT. 
          WHY ARE THE POLICE S A P D AND THE PARK POLICE NOT RESPONDING TO THESE PHONE CALLS? THAT'S A REAL ISSUE. 
          AND I KNOW WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WOMEN, MAULED TO DEATH IN THIS CITY FROM LOOSE DOGS. 
          SO IT REALLY NEEDS TO STOP. 
          WE NEED MORE THAN FIVE OFFICERS FOR A C S. 
          AND I'M, I'M TELLING YOU, THE BUDGET NEEDS TO INCREASE FOR THESE PEOPLE. 
          AND THERE IS A HUGE OUTCRY ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXTDOOR APP AND READ ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS, PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES. 
          I HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN WALK IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE DOGS ARE LOOSE AND COMING AFTER THEM. 
          AND EVEN I HAD A DOG, IT CAME AFTER ME A FEW MONTHS AGO TRYING TO GET OUR SCHNAUZER WHEN WE WERE WALKING. 
          AND I GOT NIPPED SEVERAL TIMES 
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AND I HAD TO STAND THERE ABSOLUTELY STILL BEFORE. 
          AND GREG HAD TO TAKE THE DOG AND WALK AWAY. 
          AND I'M LIKE NOT MAKING EYE CONTACT WITH THIS DOG TILL HE STOPPED AFTER ME. 
          NO ONE HAS TO DO THAT. 
          NO ONE SHOULD BE MADE TO DO THAT. 
          IT'S, IT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. 
          THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. 
          AND, UM, WE ARE GONNA TAKE DOWN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU MENTIONED, MA'AM, SO WE CAN HAVE OUR A C S OFFICERS LOOK INTO THAT. 
          AND WE UNDERSTAND YOU ARE CORRECT THAT IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. 
          I I DO WANT TO, UM, ALLOW, UH, CHIEF MCMANUS TO TALK ABOUT THOSE CALLS THAT, THAT YOU FEEL THAT HAVE GONE UNANSWERED. 
          'CAUSE OUR JOB IS TO RESPOND TO EVERY SINGLE, EVERY SINGLE CALL THAT COMES TO NINE ONE ONE. 
          MA'AM, I CAN'T ANSWER YOUR SPECIFIC, UH, ISSUE TONIGHT, BUT I'M GONNA HAVE, UH, JOE FRANK PICAZO, WHO, WHO'S IN THE BACK THERE, UH, WAVING AT YOU. 
          UH, HE'LL GIVE YOU HIS NUMBER. 
          AND IF YOU WOULD CALL US TOMORROW, IF YOU CAN GIVE US SPECIFICS ABOUT ANY CALL THAT WASN'T ANSWERED SUCH AS DATE AND A RELATIVE TIME, AND A AND A, THE PERSON WHO CALLED WITH A PHONE NUMBER THAT THEY WERE CALLING FROM, WE CAN INVESTIGATE EACH OF THOSE CASES AND FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED. 
          UM, I'M FROM THE SOUTHEAST, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND, UM, GOING BACK TO CODE COMPLIANCE, YOU SAID THAT THERE WERE NO CUTS IN CODE COMPLIANCE, THAT IT WAS GONNA STAY THE SAME RIGHT NOW, AS I UNDERSTAND OVER HERE AT SOUTHEAST, UH, HIGHLAND HILLS AND ALL OF THIS AREA, WE ONLY HAVE ONE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER DURING THE WEEK AND ONE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER ON WEEKENDS. 
          AND ANOTHER THING, I MEAN, YOU CAN GO AND GIVE TICKET TO PEOPLE FOR, FOR BREAKING CODES, BUT IF IT'S AN ELDERLY COUPLE THAT DOESN'T HAVE MONEY TO CLEAN THE YARD OR GET THE TRASH OUT, WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT. 
          DO WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM OR SOMEBODY THAT IS ABLE TO, UH, WORK WITH THE ELDERLY, THOSE THAT CANNOT HELP THEMSELVES? THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          UH, TECHNICALLY WE HAVE ABOUT 15 CODE OFFICERS IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          UH, I WILL, I WILL CHECK INTO YOUR SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE, UH, APPROPRIATE COVERAGE FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ? YES, I CAN. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          IF THERE IS, UM, A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE SENIOR RESIDENTS THAT NEED ASSISTANCE, UM, LET US KNOW. 
          UH, WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS TO DO THAT, BUT DEPENDING ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, UH, WE, WE PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WHEN, WHEN NEEDED. 
          UM, HELLO. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON  THAT MY WIFE SPOKE OF ON THE OTHER HALF. 
          UH, I THINK, UH, SHE FAILED TO MENTION THAT I, THE, THE BREAKDOWN THAT HAPPENS IS THAT WHEN WE CALLED THE POLICE THE FIRST TIME FROM THE PARK, IT WENT TO THE PARK POLICE. 
          AND LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO DIFFUSE THE SITUATION WITH THIS GENTLEMAN 'CAUSE HE WAS VERY, VERY IRATE. 
          UM, BUT THEN WHEN WE FINALLY GOT TO OUR HOME, AND THEN WE CALLED SEVERAL MORE TIMES, AND THEN THAT'S WHEN THE SS A P D CALLED AND HE TOLD US, WELL, YOUR FIRST CALL WENT TO THE PARK POLICE. 
          HONESTLY, I DON'T FEEL SAFE GOING TO THE PARK NOW BECAUSE IF SOMETHING WAS TO HAPPEN, THEN I'M MAKING A PHONE CALL TO GET TWO PARK POLICE THAT HAVE A 10 MILE RADIUS THAT THEY'RE MONITORING. 
          SO HOW CAN WE FIX THAT SO THAT IF THERE IS A 9 1 1 CALL, IT DOES NOT GO TO THE PARK POLICE AND IT GOES TO S A P D. 
          SO IN THE FIRST OCCASION THAT YOU MENTIONED, YOU CALLED 9 1 1? YES, MA'AM. 
          BOTH OCCASIONS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, WHAT DON'T WE GET WITH YOU A, AFTER THIS MEETING, CHIEF AND I TO KIND OF BETTER UNDERSTAND THE, THE SITUATION? SURE. 
          IT IS TRUE WHEN THE NINE ONE ONE CALL COMES IN BECAUSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT UNDER, UNDER THE CHIEF'S, UM, SUPERVISION, WE HAVE PARKS, POLICE, AIRPORT POLICE, AND SS A P D. 
          SO IF THERE'S A SITUATION ON A PARK, DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION, A A PARK POLICE OFFICER MAY BE DISPATCHED 'CAUSE THEY'RE CLOSER TO THAT PARK. 
          HOWEVER, DEPENDING ON THE CALL, E ESCALATES TO SS A P D. 
          SO, UM, I'LL LET THE CHIEF SIR, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE, YOU, UH, 
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JOE FRANK GAVE YOUR WIFE A CARD? I, I BELIEVE SO, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'LL, WE'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU TOMORROW TO GET MORE SPECIFICS AND WE'LL TRY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. 
          SURE. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, MY NAME IS JAKE TUCKER. 
          I'M IN, UH, HIGHLAND PARK NI NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, SO I'M KIND OF DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS ENTIRE BUDGET. 
          I WAS KIND OF HOPING, UH, AFTER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF WHERE WE FACED AT LEAST LIKE FOUR ABJECT CRISES, UM, HEALTHCARE CRISES, UNEMPLOYMENT CRISES, HOUSING SECURITY CRISES, AND FOOD SECURITY CRISES. 
          UM, WHICH I THINK WE'VE FAILED ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WITHOUT A DOUBT. 
          UM, I WAS HOPING TO SEE SOMETHING MUCH MORE INVENTIVE, MUCH MORE CREATIVE, UM, COMING FROM THIS BUDGET, AND I JUST DON'T SEE IT. 
          I SEE THE SAME THING WE'VE ALREADY DONE, UM, OVER YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, WHICH HAS BASICALLY BEEN A SLOW, UH, UH, DECLINE INTO INEQUALITY. 
          UM, AND, AND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS POVERTY FOR MANY AND, UH, RICHES FOR THE FEW. 
          UM, BUT ANYWAYS, SO THE LARGER QUESTION WAS, WAS THERE ANY, UM, ATTEMPT TO REALLY EXAMINE, UM, REAL ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE, THE CRISES THAT WE HAVE FACED AND REALLY, UH, DONE SUCH A POOR JOB OF HANDLING? BECAUSE THERE ARE MUCH LESS AFFLUENT SOCIETIES THAT HAVE NEXT TO NO, UH, UNEMPLOYMENT HAVE NEXT TO NO HOUSELESSNESS, HAVE NEXT TO NO, UH, HUNGER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, FOOD INSECURITY, WE KEEP LOOKING AT SAFETY AND SECURITY THROUGH THE EYES OF PEOPLE WITH GUNS. 
          UM, AND WE JUST LIKE, OH, WE'RE SCARED, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE AFRAID OF THINGS AND WHATEVER. 
          AND SO WE, WE JUST FOCUS ON, WELL, WE'LL JUST HAVE THE PEOPLE WITH GUNS HANDLE THOSE PROBLEMS. BUT THE, BUT THAT, THAT, THAT'S NOT THE WAY THESE ARE HANDLED. 
          PREVENTION IS THE WAY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM FALLING INTO POVERTY, PREVENT HOW, UH, HOMELESSNESS PREVENT FOOD INSECURITY, PREVENT THESE THINGS. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I HAVE COWORKERS, I'M IN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY, SO YOU KNOW HOW BAD WE'VE BEEN HIT, AND I HAVE COWORKERS THAT HAVE EMPTIED OUT 4 0 1 KSS TO PAY FOR MEDICAL BILLS, TO PAY FOR BURIALS FOR FAMILIES. 
          LIKE WE REALLY, WE HAVE REALLY FAILED. 
          AND THIS BUDGET REALLY DOESN'T SEEM TO TAKE ANY ACCOUNT INTO THAT. 
          SO I'M JUST ASKING, WAS THERE ANY SORT OF DISCUSSION TO REALLY EXPLORE RADICAL NEW CHANGES THAT REALLY CAN, CAN BUILD A MORE, UH, COLLECTIVELY AFFLUENT SOCIETY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR INPUT. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          YOU KNOW, A FEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE LEARNED THROUGH THIS CRISIS THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH OVER THE PAST YEAR AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE INTRODUCED AND INTO THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, I'LL ADDRESS ONE, UM, YOUR COMMENT ABOUT, UM, TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS WITH THROUGH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, OUR, OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE AT THE BACK, IF I CAN ASK, UM, THEM TO WAVE. 
          UH, THEY HAVE A UNIT FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND WE HAVE PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU MENTIONED FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, UH, VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS AS A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS TO BREAK THAT CYCLE OF VIOLENCE. 
          UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE INTRODUCED, UH, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. 
          WE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL POSITIONS LAST YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE, UM, MORE INNOVATIVE IN, IN OUR, UM, SERVICE DELIVERY TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS, IS OUR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          UH, WE, WE SAW THE SUFFERING OF OUR COMMUNITY NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY THE RENT OR PAY THEIR MORTGAGE. 
          UM, A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY WAS LEFT WITHOUT A JOB, SO WE GOT DOLLARS THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES APARTMENT AT THE BACK HAS ASSISTED MANY, UM, INDIVIDUALS WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT WITH, UH, FUNDS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT OUR, UH, BENEFIT NAVIGATORS, WE HAVE LEARNED ALSO THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC THAT, UM, SOME MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WOULD RATHER HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS ONE-ON-ONE THAN LOGGING INTO A COMPUTER OR GOING INTO AN APP. 
          SO THESE NAVIGATORS ARE INTENDED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP THEM OUT AND NAVIGATE ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, UM, THAT THE CITY PROVIDES THAT IS PROVIDED BY THE STATE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SO PEOPLE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE BENEFITS. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE, WE WE CAN TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THROUGH, THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. 
          WE ALSO, UM, UM, THE CITY STARTED THIS PROGRAM LAST YEAR AND THE VOTERS APPROVE A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
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TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT FOUND THEMSELVES WITHOUT A JOB TO GET A CERTIFICATE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, UH, AND HELP 'EM THROUGH THAT TIME SO THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AND MAYBE GET A DIFFERENT TYPE OF JOB THAN WHAT THEY HAD PRIOR TO, TO THE PANDEMIC. 
          SO THOSE ARE, UH, SOME OF THE FEW EXAMPLES THAT I CAN OFFER THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO BE INNOVATIVE IN OUR WAY OF DELIVERING SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UH, GREAT QUESTION BEFORE YOU LEAVE, UM, AND I THINK MARIA GAVE YOU A WHOLE BUNCH OF EXAMPLES HERE. 
          HERE'S THE BALANCE WE HAVE AND, AND YOU SAT HERE AND LISTENED TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS IN HERE. 
          WE HAVE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES ISSUES, WE HAVE CODE ISSUES, WE HAVE PARK SAFETY ISSUES, WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT ONE AND A HALF MILLION PEOPLE HAVE, AND IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THOSE BASIC THINGS. 
          BUT, BUT THE THINGS MARIA JUST TALKED ABOUT, AND I'M GLAD I'M, I'M GLAD SHE HIT THE JOB. 
          UH, THE TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM AND THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM, WHICH THE VOTERS APPROVED LAST NOVEMBER, AND, AND, AND LOOK, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT THE, IT'S NOT IN THE CITY'S WHEELHOUSE. 
          WE HAVE FUNDED AGENCIES A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE, BUT WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR, UH, IN INDUSTRIES LIKE WHERE YOU WORK, UM, IT JUST CRATERED AND IT CRATERED IN IN ABOUT 10 DAYS. 
          SO HOW MUCH MORE RESILIENT SHOULD WE BE FROM A, FROM A, FROM AN EMPLOYMENT STANDPOINT? NOW, VISITOR INDUSTRY IS A HUGE PART OF OUR INDUSTRY. 
          SO THERE'S, THOSE JOBS WILL ALWAYS BE HERE, BUT THE IDEA THAT WE'RE WALKING INTO FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS UNDER THIS PROGRAM IS NOT JUST TO TRAIN PEOPLE OR SEND PEOPLE TO ALAMO COLLEGES OR TEXAS A AND M, SAN ANTONIO TO GET A DEGREE. 
          IT'S, IT'S TO GET THE EMPLOYERS ENGAGED SO THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING PEOPLE AND HIRING. 
          WE KNOW THERE ARE INDUSTRIES IN TOWN THAT ARE HIRING RIGHT NOW. 
          THEY WERE HIRING LAST YEAR WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE WAS CUTTING BACK. 
          HOW DO WE GET THEM PLUGGED IN? BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND IT'S NOT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, IT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE PLUGGED INTO THAT, WHEN THAT PROGRAM KICKS OFF IN DECEMBER OR NOVEMBER LATER ON IN THE YEAR, THEN THAT PUTS PEOPLE ON A DIFFERENT TRAJECTORY AND WE OUGHT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. 
          THAT'S A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE OVER AND ABOVE TAKING CARE OF ANIMAL CARE SERVICES AND PARK SAFETY. 
          THOSE ARE THINGS THAT EVERYBODY EXPECTS US TO DO. 
          UM, AND WE'VE GOTTA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FUNDING WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          UM, AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S WHAT SETS IS GONNA SET THIS COMMUNITY ON A MAYBE A DIFFERENT PATH AND GIVE FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THAT COMMITMENT AND LOCAL EMPLOYERS, WHETHER THEY'RE SMALL, BIG OR MEDIUM, A CHANCE TO HIRE FOLKS, UM, AND HIRE PEOPLE HERE FROM SAN ANTONIO THAT ARE WAITING TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT. 
          SO IT'S A BALANCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I THANK YOU ERIC FOR COMING. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          JOSH, THANK YOU FOR CONSTANTLY SHOWING UP AND CHALLENGING US. 
          HE IS RIGHT AND THAT THE ANSWERS NEED TO COME FROM US, THOUGH. 
          THE CREATIVITY NEEDS TO COME FROM THIS DISTRICT. 
          THE ONE THING WHEN I SIT UP IN THAT DAAS, THEY COME TO ME WITH LIKE, I'VE GOT A HOUSING NAVIGATOR ID. 
          AND I'M LIKE, THAT'S GREAT. 
          HAVE YOU TALKED TO MY RESIDENTS ON WHAT TYPE OF HOUSING NAVIGATORS THEY NEED? DO THEY NEED TO BE BILINGUAL? DO THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW TO TALK TO SENIORS? DO THEY NEED TO, WHAT DO THEY NEED TO KNOW TO GO OUT THERE FOR, TO CONNECT WITH MY DISTRICT THREE RESIDENTS? YOU GUYS, I AM ASKING FOR MORE A C S OFFICERS. 
          I'M TRYING TO TAKE CODE OFFICERS FROM DISTRICT FIVE. 
          SHE DOESN'T WANT 'EM. 
          I'LL, I SAID I'LL TAKE 'EM. 
          SO MY THING IS, AND PARK POLICE, I AM SO GLAD Y'ALL BROUGHT UP THAT STORY BECAUSE CHRIS AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT, AND WE'RE LIKE TWO PARK POLICE FOR MISSION REACH, BUT WHAT I NEED IS TO HEAR YOUR VOICES AND TELLING ME, TELLING THE CITY MISSION REACH IS ON. 
          IT'S ACTIVATED. 
          PEOPLE ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. 
          YOU TELL US THAT STORY. 
          AND WHEN I TALK FROM THE DAAS, I TALK WITH AUTHORITY BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE YOU BEHIND ME. 
          I HAVE Y'ALL THAT HAVE MY BACK THAT SAYS, YEP, I KNOW WHERE THE, THE STRAY DOGS ARE. 
          I KNOW WHERE, UH, THE ACTIVATION IS GOING ON, ON MISSION REACH. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          THANK YOU TO ALL MY, UH, CITY STAFF THAT SHOWED UP. 
          THEY WORK SO HARD FOR YOU AND MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN IN BUDGET WITH ME TODAY. 
          SO LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          AND ERIC'S GONNA GET THEM THAT RAISE TOO. 
          I, I KNOW THAT. 
          OR THAT PAY INCREASE. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          THEY'RE 
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GONNA BE HERE FOR A WHILE. 
          I WILL BE HERE FOR A WHILE. 
          THIS DOES NOT END NOW. 
          PLEASE SEND EMAILS. 
          PLEASE MAKE PHONE CALLS TO THE OFFICE WITH YOUR IDEAS AND LET'S GET CREATIVE AND THE NEXT BUDGET IS GONNA, IS GONNA BLOW THE REST OF THE NATION AWAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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