* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.
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          IT IS 2 0 1. 
          I'M GONNA ASK THAT JAIR GIVE US A COUNTDOWN, UH, FOR BROADCAST. 
          HI, I AM DAVID MCCAREY, ONE OF THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS. 
          THANK YOU THIS MORNING FOR JOINING US HERE. 
          UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'D LIKE TO GIVE SOME OPENING, UH, WELCOME REMARKS TO ALL OF YOU. 
          UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE TUNING IN, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE IS NOW THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE COMMITTEE. 
          I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACTUALLY READ TO YOU THE COMMITTEE'S CHARGE, AND THEN WE'LL INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURAL COMMUNITY CULTURE COMMUNITY SHALL OVERSEE POLICIES, PLANS, AND PROGRAMS THAT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND INCLUDING THE PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH HUMAN SERVICES, CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS, SOLID WASTE, LIBRARIES AND PARTS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE COMMITTEE SHALL OVERSEE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE STEWARDSHIP OF SAN ANTONIO'S UNIQUE ARTISTIC, CULTURAL, AND HISTORIC HERITAGE. 
          WE ARE ALSO WELCOMING FOR THE FIRST TIME THROUGH THIS NEW COMMITTEE, OUR NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT ONE, COUNCILMAN BRAVO, FROM DISTRICT TWO, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ FROM DISTRICT THREE, COUNCILWOMAN GRO, AND FROM DISTRICT FIVE COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          WITH THAT, LET'S BEGIN THE MEETING. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UH, FOR THE CITY CLERK TO DO A ROLL CALL. 
          UH, OUR CHAIR, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL IS RUNNING A LITTLE LATE TODAY. 
          UH, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I'LL TURN OVER TO OUR CLERK. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER GAN HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HERE AND CHAIR SANDOVAL WILL BE HERE SHORTLY. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU BEING HERE. 
          UH, WE HAVE SOME GREAT TOPICS, UH, TODAY FOR DISCUSSION. 
          I'D LIKE TO FIRST, 
          [1. Approval of the minutes from the Community, Health, and Equity Committee meetings on April 31, 2021, May 14, 2021, May 27, 2021, and June 11, 2021. ]
UH, START OFF BY GETTING APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. 
          UH, THESE MEETING MINUTES ARE FROM THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE THAT DATE BACK ALL THE WAY TO APRIL 31ST, 2021. 
          ALSO MAY THE 14TH, 2021. 
          MAY THE 27TH, 2021, AND JUNE THE 11TH, 2021. 
          LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. 
          I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS THEY ARE PRESENTED. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE A MOTION. 
          CAN I GET IT? SECOND, SECOND. 
          DISTRICT TWO. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, COUNCILMAN GRO AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          ALL IN FAVOR BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          GOOD. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          [Public Comments
 ]
NOW WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS WE HAVE, UH, SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING. 
          WE DO HAVE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP, UH, TO SPEAK TODAY, UH, ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          UH, BUT WE'LL LIKE TO JAY, I'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO EITHER TURN IT OVER TO YOU OR THE CITY CLERK. 
          UH, WE, FOR THE SPEAKERS FOR, OR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK, WE SHOW FIRST, UH, ANDREW BROWN IS ANDREW BROWN, CONNECTED CITY CLERK. 
          CAN YOU REMIND ME OF THE TIMING FOR THEM PLEASE? THREE MINUTES, SIR. 
          THREE MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL KEEP THE TIMER ON MY PHONE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          ANDREW BROWN. 
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OKAY. 
          CYNTHIA SPELMAN. 
          IS CYNTHIA SPELMAN CONNECTED? I AM. 
          OKAY, CYNTHIA, YOU HA. 
          WELCOME. 
          UH, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS CYNTHIA SPELMAN AND I LIVE IN D ONE. 
          IT WAS MY PRIVILEGE TO SERVE ON THE EVAL COMMITTEE FOR THE RESIDENT CONNECTION PLATFORM IN 2020. 
          THIS COMMITTEE WORKED DILIGENTLY AND THOROUGHLY FROM AUGUST THROUGH SEPTEMBER TO COME TO A DECISION THAT WOULD IMPLEMENT THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PRINCIPLES AND MY POSITION AS COMMUNITY MEMBER. 
          I GATHERED INPUT FROM TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION, OF WHICH I SIT ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE AS WELL AS NEIGHBORHOODS OUTSIDE OF LUKE FOUR 10. 
          AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE RECOMMENDATION THE COMMITTEE MADE WAS THE BEST TO FURTHER AIMS OF FURTHER THE AIMS OF THE PRINCIPLES. 
          I WAS GIVEN ASSURANCES THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESIDENT PLATFORM WOULD INCLUDE RESIDENTS INPUT BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION OR DURING ROLLOUT RESIDENTS FOR WHOM THE PLATFORM WAS ADOPTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          THAT COMMITMENT WAS REPEATED IN A MEETING WITH STAFF ON JULY 19TH, IN WHICH I AND BIANCA MALDONADO. 
          WE CHAIR THE, THE P P P COMMITTEE FOR TIER ONE SHARE OUR CONCERNS. 
          IT HASN'T HAPPENED. 
          IT IS IRONIC THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A RESIDENT PLATFORM ADOPTED TO CORRESPOND WITH THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PRINCIPLES MAY BE IN DANGER OF VIOLATING THEM. 
          AND NOW, NOT ONLY DO RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE ROLLOUT PROCESS, BUT THE FLAWS IN THE SYSTEM HAVE NOT ALLOWED COMMENT OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THIS COMMUNITY HEALTH ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE COMMITTEE UNTIL, UM, THE INTERVENTION OF COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          THIS JUST SEEMS LIKE THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. 
          THERE IS A NARRATIVE THAT IS REPEATED AMONG THOSE OF US WHO WORK ON CITY ISSUES, THAT THERE'S A, A PURPOSEFUL ATTEMPT TO KEEP CITIZEN ACCESS TO INFORMATION AT A MINIMAL THERE EXISTS. 
          THE IDEA THAT THE CITY STAFF AND DEPARTMENTS WITH EXCEPTIONS OF COURSE, DO NOT WANT US TO HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND WHILE I DON'T AGREE, FOR THE MOST PART, THERE IS CONSCIOUS THAT THERE'S A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO DO SO, IF THE DEPARTMENT KNOWS IT'S OBSCURING INFORMATION OR MAKING PROCESSES MORE CONFUSING OR DIFFICULT THAN IT NEEDS TO BE AND DOES NOTHING TO CHANGE. 
          ISN'T IT THE SAME THING BEFORE THIS RESIDENT PLATFORM IS ROLLED OUT? THERE NEEDS TO BE A FEEDBACK LOOP ESTABLISHED WITH RESIDENTS SO THEY CAN PROVIDE SUGGESTIONS AND SEVERAL FOCUS GROUPS SHOULD BE CONDUCTED. 
          WHY WOULD WE WANT TO PURPOSEFULLY CREATE FRUSTRATION, TENSION, AND ACTIVELY DISCOURAGE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WHEN THE OPPOSITE, WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE PLATFORM STATED GOAL? JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE YOUR INFORMATION SO WE CAN DO A FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, UM, INFORMATION THAT YOU SHARED WITH US. 
          NOW, IF I COULD GET VELMA PENA ALSO FROM DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UH, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES, I AM. 
          YES, MS. PENA, YOU'RE FREE TO SPEAK. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS VELMA PENA. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          I'M THE CHAIR OF THE WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS COALITION. 
          THE COMMUNITY THAT I LIVE IN HAVE STRONG ADVOCATES FOR THE WEST SIDE AND OUR ISSUES, ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN A HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY. 
          WHAT WE OFTEN LACK IS ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED TO PARTICIPATE. 
          THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IS NOT AN ABSTRACT TO US, IT IS A REALITY. 
          WHEN WE DO PARTICIPATE, WE ARE HAMPERED BY BARRIERS, DIFFICULT OR CONFUSING INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN MEETINGS OR ISSUES. 
          JUST TRYING TO PARTICIPATE TODAY FOR THIS MEETING WAS FRUSTRATING, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE GLITCHES, BUT BECAUSE THE SIDE IS CONFUSING. 
          WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE TODAY COULD NOT GET THROUGH GIVEN THE MAZE OF INSTRUCTIONS. 
          MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS WOULD HAVE BEEN DISCOURAGED FROM PARTICIPATION. 
          EFFECTIVELY, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SILENCED AGAIN. 
          IT IS SO DISHEARTENING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SEND VAL'S PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PRINCIPLES. 
          THE GUIDELINES ADOPTED IN 2019 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SAN ANTONIO'S HISTORY, MAKE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WELCOME AND MEANINGFUL. 
          SADLY, ITS IMPLEMENTATION HAS BEEN SUPERFICIAL AT BEST. 
          TRANSPARENT, INCLUSIVE, TIMELY, ACCESSIBLE, CONVENIENT, INFORMATIVE, RESPECTFUL, MEANINGFUL AND RESPONSIVE ARE QUALITIES THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR CITIZENS' VOICES TO BE HEARD. 
          BUT FOR MY COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT ONLY IMPORTANT, IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 
          THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESIDENTS PLATFORM, WHICH IS WHICH WHICH WAS EMBODIED, THESE PRINCIPLES DOES NOT, IT CAN STILL BE CHANGED. 
          THERE HAS TO BE A WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE INPUT ON THIS PLATFORM AND OTHER INTERFACES THAT THE CITY USES TO COMMUNICATE WITH ITS RESIDENTS. 
          THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SILENCE ITS PEOPLE, SAN ANTONIO STUBBORNLY CLINGS TO SAY TO, TO SO MANY OF THE SYS SYSTEMIC BARRIERS THAT KEEP PEOPLE OUT. 
          WE NEED 
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TO CHANGE THAT AND WE NEED TO START WITH THIS PLATFORM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MS. PENA. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, WE'LL ALSO BE FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU AS WELL. 
          UH, NEXT ONE TO SPEAK IS BONNIE CONNOR. 
          BONNIE, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? I AM. 
          CAN I BE HEARD? WELCOME, BONNIE. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          YOU CAN HEAR ME, I ASSUME? YES. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          I COULDN'T GET THE PICTURE, UH, ON FOR SOME REASON. 
          UH, THANK, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE PRESENT IN THIS MEETING. 
          UH, I LEARNED ABOUT THIS THROUGH SOME POSTS ON FACEBOOK, UH, THROUGH TIER ONE AND FOUND IT EXTREMELY INTERESTING. 
          SO, UH, I DID GO TO THE WEBSITE FIRST. 
          UH, I WILL JUST HAVE TO SAY, I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT IT TAKES TO DEVELOP A, A WEBSITE FOR A CITY OUR SIZE. 
          BUT, UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE IT HAPPENING AND, UH, DEVELOP INTO A, A NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY, USER FRIENDLY MANNER. 
          I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, UH, THE OPENING OF THE WEBSITE BE SIMPLIFIED, SIMPLIFY THE FRONT PAGE AND, UH, IN ADDITION PLAN FOR SOME SORT OF TRAINING FOR ANYONE TO USE IT THAT WANTS TO USE IT EFFECTIVELY. 
          UM, I I HOPE THAT'S IN YOUR PLANNING. 
          I'M SORRY I WASN'T PART OF THE INITIAL PROCESS, SO THAT MAY ALREADY BE, UH, BEING ADDRESSED. 
          UH, I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN MAINLY ZONING, PLANNING, WATER ISSUES, PARK ISSUES. 
          SO, UH, I WENT TO THE ZONING AND PLANNING, AND I DO HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THERE. 
          IT TOOK A NUMBER OF DOWNLOADS TO OBTAIN THE INFORMATION THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. 
          IT WAS, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO AN ORDINANCE. 
          AND WHEN YOU SEE AN AMENDMENT, IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO SEE WHAT IT'S ABOUT. 
          SO IT TOOK, UH, A NUMBER OF DOWNLOADS TO GET TO THE MEAT OF IT AND WHAT IT WAS ABOUT BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT TREES. 
          SO THAT CERTAINLY INTERESTED ME. 
          I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, UH, THAT BE SIMPLIFIED AND CREATE A LINK FROM THAT PARTICULAR ITEM RATHER THAN THE PERSON HAVING TO GO THROUGH THIS DIFFERENT ITERATIONS AND DOWNLOADS, UH, AND RELATED TO THAT PARTICULAR ITEM OF, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING. 
          SOME WAY THE, THERE NEEDS TO BE REVISION OF THAT 200 FOOT NOTIFICATION. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BY ORDINANCE OR WHAT, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO, THERE IS A WAY TO HANDLE IT RATHER THAN THE WAY IT IS BEING HANDLED. 
          AND I GUESS THE LAST THING WOULD BE TO ALLOW, UH, I WOULD SUGGEST ALLOWING USERS TO SIGN IN TO CREATE A PROFILE ON ANYTHING THAT'S PERHAPS IN THEIR DISTRICT OR A BOUNDARY THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN. 
          AND THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO, UH, SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE. 
          THANK YOU MS. CONNOR, FOR YOUR INPUT. 
          WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, NEXT IS BIANCA MALDONADO, UH, DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          BIANCA, ARE YOU THERE? YES, SIR, I AM. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          GREAT. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          MY NAME IS BIANCA MALDONADO. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          I'M THANKFUL FOR, UM, STAFF FOR MEETING WITH MS. SPIELMAN AND I ON JULY 19TH. 
          I DID KEEP MY COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SANDOVAL APPRISED OF OUR ACTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE TIER ONE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S ACCESSIBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY WITH, UM, ENGAGING IN GOVERNMENT AND VERY THANKFUL THAT THIS NEW PLATFORM HAS BEEN CREATED. 
          UM, BUT I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU SOME FEEDBACK. 
          NOW, OBVIOUSLY, I'M, UM, I HAVE A HIGHER INTELLIGENCE WITH ENGAGING WITH THE CITY ONLINE THAN THE AVERAGE CITIZEN. 
          SO IN MY PARTICULAR SITUATION, WHEN I ENCOUNTERED AN ERROR, I KNEW WHERE TO GO. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THE AVERAGE CITIZEN IS NOT GONNA HAVE THAT INFORMATION OF THE SPECIFIC PERSON TO CALL OR TO, UM, REDIRECT THEMSELVES TO OTHER SOURCES TO GET INFORMATION. 
          I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME FEEDBACK ON THE PLATFORM. 
          IF YOU GO ON THE PLATFORM TODAY AND YOU LOOK AT ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, THERE'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY THAT SAYS CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO LINK. 
          IF YOU ALSO LOOK, UH, UNDER OPTIONS, YOU'LL SEE A MICROPHONE AND YOU'LL ALSO SEE A COMMENT BOX. 
          THOSE SYMBOLS ARE EXTREMELY SMALL, 
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UM, AND VERY DIFFICULT TO DELINEATE UNLESS YOU ENLARGE YOUR SCREEN OR IF YOU'RE USING A MOBILE DEVICE LIKE A CELL PHONE, THEY'RE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TOUCH ON AND DELINEATE BETWEEN THE TWO. 
          UM, TODAY I TRIED TO SIGN UP TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS VERBALLY NOT WRITTEN, AND WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. 
          I WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE MY NAME, BUT I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO PROVIDE MY EMAIL ADDRESS OR MY PHONE NUMBER FOR THE CITY TO ENGAGE WITH ME ON HOW TO CONNECT ME. 
          UM, VIRTUALLY TO THIS MEETING, IT WAS THROUGH A COUNCILMAN, UH, BRAVO'S OFFICE THAT MY NAME AND INFORMATION WAS SHARED AND THEN IN TURN SHARED WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE SO THAT I COULD RECEIVE, UM, THE WEBEX LINK FOR TODAY. 
          AND THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN, UM, BECAUSE HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE VISITED THAT SITE AND TRIED TO JOIN TODAY'S MEETING AND DID NOT HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL OF WHERE TO GO TO GET THIS. 
          AND KEEP IN MIND, ALL THESE MEETINGS ARE POSTED WITH SUCH A SHORT NOTICE. 
          AND SO IT'S ALWAYS, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE WITHIN YOUR REALM, THE CITY IS AND THE TIMEFRAME THAT YOU PUBLISH THE MEETING'S AGENDAS. 
          BUT THE PUBLIC IS LEFT UP WITH A VERY SHORT RESPONSE TIME TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP. 
          UM, ALSO ON THIS WEBSITE, IF YOU GO TO THE FIRST WEBSITE, THE ONE THAT DELINEATES BETWEEN REGISTRAR AND BETWEEN THE NEW GOVERNMENT REMIT PLATFORM, IF I ENCOUNTERED AN ERROR, WHO WOULD I CONTACT? THERE'S A PHONE NUMBER LISTED. 
          HAS ANYBODY CALLED IT? BECAUSE THAT NUMBER'S 2 1 0 2 0 7 8 1 0 9. 
          AND IT IS NOT A WORKING NUMBER. 
          IT IS ACTUALLY SALLY BUSH SOUP'S OLD NUMBER BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAVE THAT NUMBER IN MY PHONE NOW. 
          I NEED TO CALL 3 1 1. 
          HOWEVER, THREE ONE ONE IS JUST AN ICON ON THAT WEBSITE. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT, UM, AND HOW CITIZENS ARE ENGAGING AND INFORMATION THAT'S ALSO FALLING OFF THE WEBSITE, UH, ONAR THAT WASN'T AVAILABLE FOR, TO BE ABLE TO PUBLICLY COMMENT ON OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU MS. MALDONADO. 
          AND WE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU AS WELL. 
          THESE ARE ALL GREAT FEEDBACKS FROM, UH, THE SPEAKERS TODAY. 
          I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO SEE IF ANDREW BROWN WAS ABLE TO DIAL IN TO GET ON ANDREW BROWN. 
          ARE YOU THERE? OKAY. 
          JUST WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN WE COMPLETED, UH, EVERYONE FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          OKAY. 
          MADAM CLERK, WERE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS THAT I MIGHT HAVE MISSED THAT WERE NOT ON MY LIST? NO, SIR. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          OKAY, SO, UM, COMMITTEE THIS MORNING WE HAVE FOUR PRESENTATIONS FOR YOU. 
          WE'D LIKE TO FIRST START 
          [2. The City's COVID-19 response and preparedness by Metro Health staff. [Erik Walsh, City Manager; Claude Jacob, Director, Metro Health]]
OFF WITH THE FIRST PRESENTATION. 
          UH, THIS IS A CITY C OVID, UH, 19 UPDATE FROM OUR METRO HEALTH TEAM. 
          UH, CLAUDE JACOBS, OUR DIRECTOR OF METRO HEALTH, IS HERE TO PRESENT, UH, JAYER. 
          CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND LOAD UP HIS PRESENTATION FOR US AND WE'LL BEGIN FROM THERE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WELCOME, CLAUDE, YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR. 
          LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON TO ONE AT ALL. 
          CLAUDE JACOB WITH METRO HEALTH AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AFTERNOON'S PRESENTATION. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THIS BRIEF, UH, C OVID 19 UPDATE. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY THANKING COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, DAVID MCC CAREY, AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE INVITATION TO PROVIDE THIS BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR ONGOING COVID RESPONSE EFFORTS. 
          I'M NOW WRAPPING UP MY SECOND MONTH, UH, HERE AT METRO HEALTH AND CONTINUE TO BE IMPRESSED BY OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF THIS PANDEMIC, WHICH HAS DISRUPTED MANY, MANY ASPECTS OF OUR RESPECTIVE LIVES. 
          SO THIS AFTERNOON'S PRESENTATION IS INTENDED TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED AS WE ADDRESS THE MYRIAD OF CONDITIONS THAT IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF SAN ANTONIO AND RESIDENTS OF BEXAR COUNTY. 
          UH, SPECIAL THANKS TO DE MURPHY, DR. 
          ANITA, IAN, DR. 
          JUDA WU, AND DR. 
          GORE AGA FOR HELPING ME TO PREPARE TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          ALRIGHT, SO QUICK SNAPSHOT, UM, AND JUST KNOW THAT THESE FIGURES KEEP CHANGING AS WE SPEAK. 
          SO, UH, AS OF YESTERDAY IN BEXAR COUNTY, THE OVERALL CASE FATALITY RATE HAS BEEN CALCULATED TO BE 1.4%. 
          WHAT YOU SEE HERE ARE THE NUMBER OF CASES DEATHS SEVEN MOVING AVERAGE SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE IN OUR POSITIVITY RATE. 
          SO SADLY, WE, WE STILL COUNTING THE NUMBER 
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OF CASES OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 18 MONTHS. 
          UH, WE'VE LOST, UH, VERY TRAGICALLY OVER 3,800 MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THE SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE WHILE, WHILE IT HAS DROPPED A LITTLE BIT AND OUR POSITIVITY RATE HAS DROPPED SLIGHTLY OVER THE LAST TWO UH, WEEKS, WE JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS STILL AN ONGOING BRUSH FIRE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT OUT. 
          UH, WITH THESE NUMBERS. 
          WE'RE DEFINITELY STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF EXPERIENCING OUR THIRD MAJOR WAVE OF THIS PANDEMIC, WHICH YOU SEE ILLUSTRATED IN THE NEXT SLIDE, OUR WEEKLY POSITIVITY RATE WHILE IT IS IN BETTER SHAPE THAN IT WAS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. 
          OH, GO BACK, JAIR. 
          ONE SECOND. 
          UM, JUST WANNA PUT IN CONTEXT OF NUMBERS. 
          UM, WE HAVE BEEN, UH, HEADING IN A BETTER DIRECTION, UM, FOR THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE FIGURES CONTINUE TO BOUNCE UP AND DOWN FOR THE COMING WEEKS BASED ON A MYRIAD OF FACTORS THAT INCLUDE THE CHANGING SEASONS, HOLIDAY GATHERINGS, AND THE WAVE OF BACK TO SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. 
          UH, TO THAT END, IT'S ALARMING THAT OUR POSITIVITY RATE IS STILL NOTABLY HIGHER THAN THE OVERALL POSITIVITY RATE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. 
          JUST KNOW THAT OUR 13.6%, UM, IT COMPARES TO 9.6% ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          AND ONE FINAL NOTE BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          WHEN WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT OUR CASE NUMBERS, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE DISPROPORTIONATE BURDEN OF COVID IS CONTINUING TO HAVE ON POPULATIONS SUCH AS HISPANIC LATINOS. 
          SO DATA FROM OUR MONTHLY EPI REPORTS CONSISTENTLY SHOW THAT HISPANIC LATINOS ARE OVERREPRESENTED AMONG THE TOTAL COVID CASELOAD. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, HISPANIC LATINOS ONLY MAKE UP 60% OF THE BEAR COUNTY POPULATION, BUT ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN 70% OF TOTAL COVID CASES TO DATE. 
          ALRIGHT, NOW CHAIR, YOU CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE THESE THREE LINES. 
          UM, UH, THERE SHOULD BE A DARK BLUE LINE THAT YOU CAN SEE. 
          THERE SHOULD BE A YELLOW LINE AND THEN A LIGHT GREEN LINE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE. 
          UH, BUT I SHOULD NOTE THAT OUR, UM, UH, OUR STATS, AS YOU CAN SEE ARE, UH, HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS. 
          THE DARK BLUE LINE SHOWS 1,371. 
          AS OF OUR LATEST REPORT ARE, UH, INTENSIVE CARE UNIT ADMISSIONS THAT THE YELLOW LINE SHOWING AS OF YESTERDAY'S REPORT, 391 AND ON VENTILATORS AS REPORTED BY OUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, WE NOTICE, UH, WE NOTE, UH, 238 PATIENTS CURRENTLY ON VENTILATORS, AGAIN ATTRIBUTED TO COVID. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO SHOWING THAT, UH, THE LION'S SHARE OF FOLKS THAT ARE INPATIENTS ARE UNVACCINATED. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING 85%. 
          YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD US TALK OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS NATIONWIDE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OVER 90, 95%, AND IN SOME PLACES 99%. 
          WHILE IT'S BEEN A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT, JUST KNOW THAT THE TAKE HOME MESSAGE IS STILL NINE OUT OF 10 FOLKS IN, UH, THESE HOSPITALS ARE UNVACCINATED. 
          UH, JUST TO PUT INTO CONTEXT, AT 1371, AT ITS PEAK BACK IN JANUARY, UH, THE HIGH WATERMARK WAS 1520, SO 1,520 COVID RELATED HOSPITALIZATIONS. 
          SO JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS LAST FEW WEEKS. 
          OUR HOSPITALIZATION NUMBERS CONTINUE TO BE ALARMING AND RIVAL NUMBERS WE HAD BACK WHEN THE PANDEMIC WAS AT ITS WORST. 
          AND, UH, KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE WAS NO VACCINATION THAT WAS EXISTENCE FOR THOSE PREVIOUS WAVES. 
          UH, WE ARE CONSISTENTLY SEEING, UM, UH, THIS NUMBER, WHICH IS NOW RELATIVELY STABLE, BUT STILL IT'S A TESTAMENT TO HOW WELL THE VACCINES WORK IN PREVENTING HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS AMONG THOSE INFECTED. 
          LAST POINT BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE IS THAT WE'VE REALIZED TOO WELL IN THIS PANDEMIC THAT WE CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE LARGER BURDEN UNDERLYING CONDITIONS IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          UH, WE WELL KNOW THAT THESE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS LIKE DIABETES, LIKE HYPERTENSION, LIKE HEART DISEASE, DRAMATICALLY INCREASE YOUR RISK FOR HAVING A MUCH MORE SEVERE COVID EXPERIENCE. 
          SO AGAIN, OUR MONTHLY COVID EPI REPORTS, AND WE JUST RELEASED THE JULY REPORT, CONSISTENTLY SHOWS THAT ONE OUT OF TWO PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED FOR C OVID 19 HAS DIABETES. 
          SO THIS GOES FOR THE FATALITIES AS WELL AS WE'RE TRYING TO AT LEAST UNDERSTAND THE COMPOSITE AND THE PICTURE OF HOW THIS IS IMPACTING, UH, THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          UM, SO LET'S MOVE TO THE, THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, UH, A LOT OF TALK AROUND THE IMPACT DOWNSTREAM ON OUR AREA HOSPITALS. 
          SO WE'RE SEEING A STEADY DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE BEDS. 
          WE HAVE REPORTED OUT ABOUT THIS ADDED PRESSURE BEING EXPERIENCED BY OUR HOSPITAL DUE TO MOSTLY STAFFING CONSTRAINTS AND THE FATIGUE EXPERIENCED BY OUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          ARAC OR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL SUBMITTED A FORMAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING ASSISTANCE TO THE STATE, UH, AND CURRENTLY RECEIVED ABOUT 295, UH, SUPPORT STAFF AS OF, UH, LAST 
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WEEK. 
          AND THE SECOND ROUND OF STAFFING OF 316 ADDITIONAL, UH, HAVE ARRIVED AS OF THIS WEEK. 
          SO FOR NOW, THERE ARE NO FURTHER ROUNDS PLANNED AT THIS TIME. 
          AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE OVER 1000 PRIVATE CONTRACTORS THAT AREA HOSPITALS HAVE HIRED DIRECTLY TO SUPPLEMENT THE STATE SUPPORTED CONTRACT STAFF. 
          SO WE CONTINUE TO BUILD CAPACITY AS WE CAN. 
          THINGS ARE EXTREMELY TIGHT FOR OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. 
          WE CONTINUE TO URGE PEOPLE TO WORK WITH THEIR PRIVATE PRACTICE PROVIDERS AS OPPOSED TO JUST GOING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. 
          UNLESS YOU HAVE A SERIOUS MEDICAL EMERGENCY. 
          THIS WILL HELP DECOMPRESS AREA HOSPITALS. 
          AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND THE LANDSCAPE THAT THE LIONS SHARE OF FOLKS, UH, WHO ARE ENDING UP IN THE ED ARE UNVACCINATED. 
          AS OF YESTERDAY, WE TALLIED, UH, 25 TOTAL PEDIATRIC CASES ATTRIBUTED TO COVID. 
          UM, AND WE'RE SHOWING RIGHT NOW ON OUR DASHBOARD ABOUT 300 AVAILABLE STAFF BEDS AS OF YESTERDAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, DAVID, I'M JUST CHECKING. 
          AM I DOING OKAY? STILL STILL FLOW? YEAH, WE WANNA MAYBE PICK UP THE PACE JUST A LITTLE. 
          OKAY, GOT IT. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          I WILL DO THAT. 
          SO OUR COVID RISK LEVELS, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL SHOWING SEVERE AS OF THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS. 
          UM, AND JUST KNOW THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO, RIGHT AROUND THE 4TH OF JULY, WE WERE AT LOW, WE SYSTEMATICALLY HAVE MOVED TO MILD AND MODERATE, AND WE'VE BEEN HOLDING STEADY AT SEVERE BASED ON AN ALGORITHM OF THREE INDICATORS THAT WE REPORT OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          SO JUST KNOW THAT AS OF THIS MOST RECENT REPORTING PERIOD, WE'RE STILL SHOWING AT SEVERE NEXT SLIDE. 
          AGAIN, THIS MAY BE A LITTLE HARDER TO SEE, BUT THIS JUST GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE, UH, TESTING SITES FOR COVID THAT WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS, UH, THE COUNTY. 
          SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY REVISITING THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOME OF THESE SITES, AS WELL AS OTHER OPTIONS TO IMPROVE ACCESS, GIVEN SOME OF THE CHALLENGES EXPERIENCED ACROSS DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND THE UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF BEXAR COUNTY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, SAME THING WITH OUR COVID VACCINATION SITES. 
          AGAIN, OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE TRANSITIONED FROM THE MASK VACCINATION SITES TO MORE MOBILE, UH, TEAMS AND POP-UP CLINICS. 
          UH, THIS INFORMATION IS MADE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT COVID, UH, DOT, UH, COVID-19 DOT SAN ANTONIO.GOV. 
          AS MORE VACCINE BECOMES AVAILABLE, WE RELY MORE ON AREA PROVIDERS AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ROLLOUT OF BOOSTER SHOTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS. 
          SO WE REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS FOR, FOR STEPPING UP. 
          UH, MORE DETAILS WILL BE FORTHCOMING FROM OUR STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS, BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS INFORMATION IS MADE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          AND, UM, THE ALMO DOME FUNCTIONS CURRENTLY NOW ON WEDNESDAYS THROUGH FRIDAY FROM FOUR TO 8:00 PM NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO AGAIN, UH, THIS IS A HEAT MAP JUST SHOWING AT LEAST OUR VACCINATION RATES ACROSS THE COUNTY. 
          SO, UH, TO DATE, UH, WE SHOW, UH, OVER, WE SHOW ABOUT 67%. 
          UM, JUST AS OF THE LATEST REPORT, 67% OF ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS 12 YEARS AND OLDER ARE FULLY VACCINATED. 
          WE ALSO SHOW, UM, UH, 83% OF ELIGIBLE, UH, INDIVIDUALS 12 YEARS AND OLDER, HAVING RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE. 
          UH, BY COMPARISON, UM, WE'RE SHOWING ABOUT 12% OF OUR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS ARE PARTIALLY VACCINATED. 
          AND WE REPORT THIS OUT REGULARLY, UH, ON OUR DASHBOARD. 
          LOOKING AT OUR LATEST VACCINATION DATA, WE'RE DOING RELATIVELY WELL OVERALL AND THANKFULLY HAVE HIGH, HAVE HIGHER RATES THAN THE US OVERALL. 
          LOOKING AT OTHER LARGE COUNTIES IN TEXAS, WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING BETTER THAN MOST. 
          AND WE HAVE THE SAME FULLY VACCINATED RATE AS AUSTIN, UH, TEXAS AS AS OF THE LATEST REPORT. 
          BUT IF WE LOOK AT THE HEAT MAPS A LITTLE MORE, MORE CLOSELY, WE SEE CLEAR EVIDENCE OF SOME OF THE REGIONAL DISPARITIES THAT CORRESPOND CLOSELY WITH, UH, SOCIOECONOMIC AND RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES THAT WE EXPERIENCE ACROSS BAYER COUNTY. 
          SO FIRST THING, LOOKING AT THESE TWO MAPS, WE SEE WHAT REGIONS. 
          WE SEE THAT THE REGIONS SOUTH AND THE EAST HAVE LOWER VACCINATION RATE. 
          AND THE LIGHTER COLORS INDICATE THE SAME AREAS WHERE THE LARGE POPULATION OF HISPANIC AND BLACK COMMUNITIES RESIDE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT ZIP CODE 78 2 19 OR 78, 2 20, WHICH HAVE THE HIGHEST PROPORTION OF NON-HISPANIC BLACK RE RESIDENTS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY HAVE THE VACCINATION RATES ON THE LOWER END. 
          AGAIN, THAT LIGHTER SHADE SHADE. 
          SO JUST KNOW THAT WE CONSTANTLY TAKE A LOOK AT THESE MAPS. 
          WE TRY TO REDEPLOY OUR ASSETS ACCORDINGLY AND, UH, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO FOLKS, ESPECIALLY IN THESE HARDER, HIGHER NEED AREAS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THIS IS A, UH, SNAPSHOT 
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BASED ON THE STATE'S PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF VACCINATION RATES. 
          JUST NOTE THAT THE 18 TO 29 YEAR OLDS ARE STILL THE GROUP WITH THE LOWEST VACCINATION RATE OTHER THAN THOSE UNDER 18 DUE TO LATE START AND THEIR ELIGIBILITY, UM, TO GET THE VACCINE. 
          SO THESE ARE JUST TREND LINES. 
          JUST NOTE AT THE TOP LINE AT 77.61%, THAT'S REALLY THE GROUP 65 TO 74 YEARS OF AGE. 
          SO THAT'S THE HIGHEST GROUP, UH, WITH THEIR VACCINATION RATES. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          THAT WAS, UH, STATE PERSPECTIVE, CLOSE TO THEIR HOME. 
          THIS IS THE, UH, SNAPSHOT FOR BEXAR COUNTY. 
          AGAIN, SAME PATTERNS. 
          JUST KNOW THAT CURRENTLY AS IT STANDS, UH, CLOSE TO 40% OF OUR ELIGIBLE PEDIATRIC POPULATION, 12 TO 18 YEARS OLD IS VACCINATED. 
          AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WILL GO UP SINCE WE'VE GOT A LATE START IN VACCINATING THIS YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC. 
          BUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON, AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IS GETTING VACCINATIONS UP FOR THOSE IN THEIR TWENTIES AND THIRTIES. 
          THESE AGE GROUPS CONSISTENTLY MAKE UP THE LARGEST PROPORTION OF C OVID 19 CASES, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR HOSPITALIZATIONS. 
          THE LATEST EXTRACT DATA FROM YESTERDAY SHOWS THAT PEOPLE, UM, THOSE IN THEIR TWENTIES AND THIRTIES ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 20% OF THE CURRENT C OVID HOSPITALIZATIONS. 
          THAT'S ABOUT ONE IN FIVE COVID PATIENTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          REGARDING OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS. 
          AGAIN, UH, AUGUST IS NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION AWARENESS MONTH. 
          UH, JUST KNOW THAT OUR MEDIA BUYS, OUR ONGOING MARKETING CAMPAIGNS HAVE INCLUDED TV, RADIO, PRINT, AND SOCIAL MEDIA THAT COVERS NOT JUST THE CITY, BUT THE SUBURBAN SITES, UH, UH, CITIES AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF BEXAR COUNTY. 
          UM, DO WANNA THANK OUR PARTNERS OUT THERE WHO HAVE HELPED US TO AMPLIFY THE MESSAGING OVER TIME. 
          UH, WE DID HAVE TWO EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE, UH, SPURS, UH, ORGANIZATION BACK IN JULY. 
          UH, ON JULY 10TH AND JULY 17TH. 
          THERE WERE 288 VACCINES THAT, UH, SHOWED UP TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE DRAWING. 
          SO WE JUST WANNA SAY THANKS TO FOLKS FOR HELPING US TO SPREAD THE WORD. 
          AND WE DID RECEIVE APPROVAL AS OF LAST WEEK FOR SOME ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES. 
          UM, WHILE THIS IS NOT RELATED TO EMPLOYEES, BUT RATHER THE GENERAL PUBLIC JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS LIKELY TO ROLL OUT. 
          THIS WILL BE ROLLING OUT LATER THIS FALL AS WE GET THE NECESSARY APPROVALS, KEN, AND THIS IS FOR THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS, UH, GIFT CARDS, UM, FOR HE FOR AN H E B GIFT CARD. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW REMINDERS AND I'LL WRAP UP. 
          SO THE BOOSTERS ARE COMING, THE BOOSTERS ARE COMING. 
          SO JUST KNOW THAT YOU'VE HEARD EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION HAS ANNOUNCED THE APPROVAL OF THE PFIZER VACCINE. 
          ACCORDING TO THE F D A, THE FULL APPROVAL OF THE VACCINES APPLIES TO THOSE WHO ARE 16 YEARS AND OLDER. 
          THE EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION WILL CONTINUE TO COVER THE 12 TO 15 YEAR OLD AGE GROUP, THE CDC D'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES OR ASIP. 
          UH, THEY'LL BE MEETING THIS COMING MONDAY ON AUGUST 30TH TO DETERMINE IF IT WILL UPDATE ANY ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PFIZER VACCINE. 
          SO, UH, DEPENDING ON YOUR CONDITIONS, SOME FOLKS HAVE ALREADY BEEN GETTING THIS THIRD DOSE. 
          UH, IF THERE ARE IMMUNO-COMPROMISED, JUST KNOW THAT THE, THE BOOSTERS, UM, AS, AS FOLKS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UH, WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE STARTING, UH, MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, AROUND SEPTEMBER 20TH. 
          BUT FOLKS ARE ALREADY, UH, WORKING WITH THEIR PROVIDERS TO GET THAT THIRD DOSE. 
          SO WE ARE MESSAGING THIS ACCORDINGLY. 
          WE'RE CHATTING WITH OUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. 
          UH, THEY WILL BE THE AMPLIFIERS OF RECORD TO HELP US AT LEAST GET SHOT IN ARMS AS THESE VACCINES ARE MADE AVAILABLE OVER THE COMING WEEKS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND THESE ARE REMINDERS AGAIN, UH, FOR FOLKS, GUIDANCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE, UH, VACCINATED. 
          AGAIN, FULLY VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS RECOMMENDED TO WEAR A MASK IN PUBLIC INDOOR SETTINGS. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS PER THE C D C, FULLY VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS MIGHT CHOOSE TO WEAR A MASK REGARDLESS OF THE LEVEL OF TRANSMISSION. 
          AND THESE ARE JUST REMINDERS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE PUTTING OUT THERE, UH, FOR FOLKS IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, ADOPTING THESE PRACTICES AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET VACCINATED. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          FULLY VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A KNOWN EXPOSURE TO SOMEONE WITH A SUSPECTED OR CONFIRMED C OVID 19, UH, C OVID 19 ARE RECOMMENDED TO BE TESTED THREE TO FIVE DAYS AFTER EXPOSURE INTO WEAR A MASK IN PUBLIC INDOORS, UH, FOR INDOOR SETTINGS FOR 14 DAYS OR UNTIL THEY RECEIVE A NEGATIVE TEST. 
          AND FINALLY, THE C D C RECOMMENDS UNIVERSAL INDOOR MASKING FOR ALL TEACHERS, STAFF, STUDENTS, AND VISITORS TO SCHOOLS, INCLUDING ON SCHOOL BUSES, REGARDLESS OF VACCINATION STATUS AS, AND IT'S COME UP FROM TIME TO TIME ABOUT THE DEFINITION OF A CLOSE CONTACT. 
          AND, AND WE HAVE THAT ON THE SLIDE. 
          AGAIN, THIS DISTANCING WITHIN SIX FEET OR CUMULATIVE EXPOSURE OF 15 MINUTES WITHIN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. 
          THAT'S THE CURRENT DEFINITION BY THE C D C. 
          LAST SLIDE, AND I'LL WRAP UP. 
          UM, THIS IS AN UPDATE FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          UM, SO JUST KNOW THAT, UH, OUR ONGOING LITIGATION CONTINUES. 
          UM, EARLIER THIS MORNING, THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT, UH, ISSUED 
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AN ORDER STAYING THE TEMPORARY INJUNCTION ISSUED BY THE BEX COUNTY DISTRICT COURTS. 
          UH, THE COURT FOUND THAT THE STATUS QUO FOR MANY MONTHS HAS BEEN, UH, UH, OVERSIGHT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE AT BOTH THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS. 
          SO THE COURT, UH, DID NOT, UM, UH, THAT THAT CONSIDERATION MERITS OF THE FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS IS STILL PENDING. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL, UH, STAYING THE COURSE. 
          IN SHORT, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE ONGOING LITIGATION, UH, WE WOULD DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          UH, I DO WANT TO THANK DR. 
          JEN WU, WHO IS OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR, BUT SHE'S ALSO THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY. 
          WE DO PROVIDE ONGOING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO OUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          UM, SO JUST KNOW THAT THE SITUATION CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AND WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS AND WE'LL REPORT OUT ACCORDINGLY. 
          ALRIGHT, DAVID, SORRY TO BE LONG-WINDED ABOUT THE COVID UPDATE. 
          LOTS TO COVER. 
          THANK YOU FOR THIS SPACE AND THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND NOW, I GUESS I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. 
          YEAH, SO THANK YOU, UH, CLAUDE JACOBS, I'D LIKE TO POINT THAT OUR, OUR CHAIR SANDOVAL HAS JOINED US, SO I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO HER. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES. 
          LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. MCCAREY. 
          THANK YOU MR. JACOB FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THEIR PATIENCE, UM, UH, WITH ME TODAY. 
          UH, I APOLOGIZE FOR, FOR MY TARDINESS. 
          UM, UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO QUESTIONS, THERE IS A BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I HAD HOPED TO MAKE AT THE START OF THE MEETING, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT NOW. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME ALL OF OUR BRAND NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          UH, THE FOUR FRESHMEN ON THE COUNCIL AND I ARE FORMING WHAT IS NOW THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND, UH, ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE COMMITTEE. 
          UH, SO WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          UH, HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH WE WILL BE IN PERSON. 
          UM, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING, AS YOU KNOW, THIS USED TO BE THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE. 
          UH, OUR CHARGE IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT NOW, SO I'LL READ THAT ALOUD TO YOU. 
          THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE COMMITTEE SHALL OVERSEE POLICIES, PLANS, AND PROGRAMS THAT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING THE PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES, CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS, SOLID WASTE, LIBRARIES AND PARKS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE COMMITTEE SHALL OVERSEE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE STEWARDSHIP OF SAN ANTONIO'S UNIQUE, ARTISTIC, CULTURAL, AND HISTORIC HERITAGE. 
          I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THE NEW MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT ONE, COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          YAY. 
          FROM DISTRICT TWO CA CAN WE MOVE THE CLOCK OFF SO I CAN SEE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS PLEASE? , THANK YOU FROM DISTRICT TWO, UH, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, WELCOME FROM DISTRICT THREE COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRAND, AND FROM DISTRICT FIVE COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          UM, I'M VERY, I'M SO GLAD TO HAVE, UH, ALL OF YOU ON THIS COMMITTEE. 
          I THINK WE ARE GOING TO DO WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THINGS TOGETHER FROM, FROM WHAT I KNOW ABOUT YOU, UH, BEFORE YOUR TIME ON COUNCIL. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO QUESTIONS FOR, UM, OUR HEALTH DIRECTOR. 
          WE'LL GIVE EVERYONE FIVE MINUTES. 
          I REALLY HOPE WE FIND A WAY TO MAKE THAT LITTLE, THAT CLOCK SMALL AT SOME POINT SO THAT WE CAN SEE EACH OTHER'S FACES. 
          UM, BUT WE'LL START, I'LL, I'LL GO AROUND AND IN ORDER IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYONE. 
          SO I'LL START WITH DISTRICT ONE. 
          THANKS CLAUDE, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          UM, CAN YOU TELL ME, I LEMME SEE IF I CAN PULL UP, I, I HAVE THE PRESENTATION SEPARATELY, BUT CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT, UM, THE, YOU, YOU SHOWED HOW MANY PEOPLE, I BELIEVE IF IT WAS 12 AND UP IN YOUR SLIDE, YOU, YOU SHOWED THE TWO MAPS SIDE BY SIDE THAT HAD AT LEAST ONE SHOT, THE FIRST VACCINATION SHOT. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE EFFECTIVENESS IS OF ONE SHOT AGAINST, AGAINST THE DELTA VARIANT? YEAH, SO WHEN YOU SAY OF THAT ONE, SO THERE'S THREE VACCINES OUT THERE NOW. 
          SO PFIZER, AGAIN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, FOR THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC UNDER 18, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO GET THE PFIZER VACCINE. 
          BUT WE ALSO HAVE MODERNA AND THE J AND J. 
          UH, SO PFIZER'S THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED, UH, BY THE F D A, UM, UH, FOR THOSE 16 YEARS AND OLDER. 
          AND IT'S STILL UNDER EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION FOR 12 TO 15. 
          SO I CAN LOOK UP WHAT THE EFFECTIVENESS, 
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BUT WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT IT'S ABOUT 30 OR 40% FOR THE FIRST SHOT, AND THAT YOU, THAT'S WHY WE'RE PUSHING FOLKS TO GET THAT SECOND SHOT, THAT SECOND DOSE TO BE FULLY VACCINATED, TO BE FULLY COVERED. 
          SO WE CAN GO BACK AND AT LEAST VERIFY FOR YOU, UH, PER THE C D C, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          UH, THE OTHER PART OF WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS THAT THERE'S MORE EVIDENCE ABOUT WANING IMMUNITY. 
          AND SO IT IS A MOVING TARGET. 
          UH, WE, THERE IS TALK STILL ABOUT PFIZER AND MODERNA BEING 97% EFFECTIVE FOR THE ORIGINAL STRAIN, BUT WE'RE SEEING WITH THE DELTA VARIANT, IT'S, IT'S NOT AS EFFECTIVE, ALTHOUGH IT DOES MINIMIZE MORBIDITY OR HOSPITALIZATIONS OR EVEN DEATH. 
          SO MORE TO COME, THE SITUATION CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. 
          IT IS A MOVING TARGET. 
          SO PUT ASIDE WHAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, SAY SIX OR EIGHT OR 10 MONTHS AGO. 
          UH, WHICH IS PART OF THE CHALLENGE NOW WITH THE CHANGING GUIDES, WITH THE C D C BASED ON THE EVIDENCE, BASED ON THE SCIENCE IN FRONT OF US NOW. 
          GOTCHA. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE FULLY VACCINATED IN BEX COUNTY, WE'VE GOT 65.9%. 
          IS THAT PERCENT OF FULLY VACCINATED OF THE TOTAL POPULATION? NO, NO, NO. 
          THAT, THAT IS OF THE ELIGIBLE POPULATION. 
          IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TOTAL POPULATION, IT'S A, IT'S A SMALLER NUMBER. 
          SO, UM, APPLES TO APPLE'S RIGHT NOW, THE LATEST FIGURE, UH, AS OF YESTERDAY'S REPORT, TODAY'S REPORT, WHICH YOU'LL SEE TODAY LATER THIS EVENING, WE'RE AT 67% OF THE ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS 12 YEARS AND OVER ARE FULLY VACCINATED BY COMPARISON OF THE TOTAL POPULATION. 
          IT'S ABOUT 55 OR 56% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION WOULD BE CONSIDERED FULLY VACCINATED HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          SO, AND WHAT PERCENTAGE DO WE NEED TO GET TO IN ORDER TO HAVE HERD IMMUNITY? OKAY, SO AGAIN, THE TALK ABOUT HERD IMMUNITY, YOU'VE HEARD REFERENCE AROUND 70 OR 80% OF THAT POPULATION BEING FULLY VACCINATED. 
          IT'S BEEN A MOVING TARGET ONLY BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING TIED TO THE DELTA VARIANT. 
          SO YOU'LL HEAR REFERENCE TO 70 OR 80% IN TERMS OF HERD IMMUNITY. 
          UM, THE, THE BLIP THAT YOU SHOULD FOLLOW, THEREFORE, IS THE FACT THAT RIGHT NOW WE SHOW 83% OF THE ELIGIBLE POPULATION, AS OF TONIGHT'S DATA HAS RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE. 
          SO THAT JUST SHOWS YOU AT LEAST THE, THE POTENTIAL FOR US TO GET TO TO THAT, THAT PERCENTAGE. 
          SO TO GET HERD IMMUNITY, DO WE NEED 70 TO 80% OF THE ELIGIBLE POPULATION TO BE FULLY VACCINATED, OR DO WE NEED 70 TO 80% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION TO BE FULLY VACCINATED OF THE TOTAL OF THE TOTAL POPULATION? AND THE REASON WE TALK ABOUT THE ELIGIBLE POPULATION IS THAT WE STILL HAVE A DEMOGRAPHIC THAT IS NOT YET ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE. 
          SO ANYONE BELOW THE AGE OF 12, RIGHT? WELL, I DON'T, AND I DON'T SEE ELIGIBLE ANYWHERE ON THESE SLIDES. 
          SO THAT'S, I GUESS THAT'S WHY I'M SEEKING THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, WHAT'S THAT? NO, WE CAN EASILY ISSUE THAT CLARIFICATION, BUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, ANYTIME YOU HEAR REFERENCE TO THE 67 OR 68% OF THOSE 12 YEARS AND OLDER, IT'S THE ELIGIBLE POPULATION. 
          SAME WITH THOSE RECEIVING AT LEAST ONE DOSE. 
          RIGHT? SO, UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IN FUTURE PRESENTATIONS IS, UH, THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY DOES A FUNDRAISER, YOU KNOW, AND THEY SHOW YOU THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE RAISED AND THIS IS HOW MUCH WE'RE HOPING TO GET, WHERE THIS IS OUR GOAL. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE PRESENTATIONS WHERE IT SHOWS HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO OUR GOAL OF THAT 70 TO 80% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION TO SHOW WHERE WE WOULD ACHIEVE HERD IMMUNITY. 
          I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WOULD BE RELATABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UN UNDERSTOOD. 
          AND NO WORRIES. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH HOW OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE REPORTING OUT, BUT WE CAN ISSUE THAT CLARIFYING AT LEAST CONTEXT FOR FOLKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE THE DATA SET OUT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. 
          UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN BRAVO ASKED, UH, A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I WAS SORT OF IN THE SAME, UH, SIMILAR THAN SAME BY THE SPOT. 
          UM, WHAT I AM WONDERING IS HOW, UM, ARE WE TRACKING SO INDIVIDUALS WHO GET THEIR FIRST VACCINATION AND THEN DON'T GET THEIR SECOND, IS DO WE HAVE LIKE A RANGE OF DATES OR AN AVERAGE, UH, HOW LONG IT'S BEEN AND IF IT'S REALISTIC TO EXPECT THEM TO GET THE SECOND DOSE IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY? UM, ANY PERCENTAGES THERE? Y YEAH. 
          SO WE'VE SHARED THIS CONUNDRUM FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AGAIN, SHOWING WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE ABOUT ONE IN 10, UH, 
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WHO STILL NEEDS TO RECEIVE THEIR SECOND DOSE. 
          WE'RE STILL CHASING FOLKS DOWN AND WE, WE REPORT OUT ABOUT THAT IT IS A MOVING TARGET 'CAUSE WE'RE STILL VACCINATING AND WE'RE STILL CHASING FOLKS OUT. 
          SO IF YOU RECEIVE THE PFIZER VACCINE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE INTERVAL IS THREE WEEKS, 21 DAYS. 
          IF YOU RECEIVE MODERNA, THE INTERVAL IS 28 DAYS. 
          UH, NOW, AS OF THIS WEEK, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT BOOSTER SHOTS. 
          SO WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO MESSAGE THAT. 
          SENDING OUT TEXT MESSAGES, SENDING OUT REMINDERS. 
          WE'VE MADE A DENT IN AT LEAST THE BOLUS OF WHAT WE EXPERIENCED THE LAST FEW WEEKS. 
          UM, BUT IT IS A MOVING TARGET TO YOUR, YOUR QUESTION. 
          AND, UH, I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW, JUST IMAGINE ONE IN 10, WE'RE SHOWING ABOUT BETWEEN 10 AND 12% OF FOLKS STILL NEEDING THAT SECOND DOSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I, I DO UNDERSTAND THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED. 
          SO A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING OF YOU IS, UH, ARE THINGS THAT YOU'RE ASK, YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO, UM, AS WE'RE ASKING THESE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, I AM, SO THE SECOND QUESTION YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON WAS ABOUT OUTREACH FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT GOTTEN THEIR SECOND VACCINE. 
          SO I HEARD TEXT MESSAGING BEING REFERENCED. 
          IS THERE, UM, ANY OTHER MARKETING EFFORTS THAT I CAN SHARE? YEAH, SO, AND WE CAN POINT YOU TO SOME OF OUR ONGOING SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS. 
          WE'RE USING AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, UH, BECAUSE IT'S NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION AWARENESS MONTH, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A PUSH TO TRY AT LEAST GET MESSAGING TO THE SCHOOL AGE DEMOGRAPHIC. 
          UM, SO WHAT WE'LL DO, I DO HAVE SOME ANALYTICS ABOUT SOME OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS AND, AND HITS. 
          SO IF YOU'D LIKE, UH, UH, A, A DEEPER DIVE ABOUT WHERE WE'RE TAKING IT, WHERE WE'RE TAKING THE MESSAGE TO THE STREET, WE DID HEAR THAT IN, UH, THE UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF OUR COUNTY, WE HAVE TO USE A DIFFERENT MODALITY. 
          UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE RURAL POCKETS, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE URBAN NODES OF HOW WE CAN NAVIGATE. 
          SO WE'RE THROWING EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE KITCHEN SINK AT THIS. 
          UM, SO JUST KNOW THAT THE TEAM IS AT THE READY. 
          ONE THING THAT WE, WE COULD BENEFIT FROM ARE ADDITIONAL AMBASSADORS TO SPREAD THE WORD. 
          SO, UM, THE SLIDES SHOW YOU AT LEAST THE FACT THAT WE WERE OUT THERE, BUT IF YOU WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE SOMETHING GRANULAR THAT YOU CAN TAKE ELSEWHERE, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO YOU AND OTHERS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK CAN, I GUESS MY LAST PIECE IS, AND THIS IS ME, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT NO QUESTION IS, IS A DUMB QUESTION. 
          UM, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED A DIF A RANGE OF, UH, METHODS OF OUTREACH. 
          ARE WE DOING DIRECT TO MAIL FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ONLY GOTTEN ONE DOSE? Y YOU SAID DIRECT MAIL LIKE MAILINGS? WE DO HAVE REMINDER CARDS THAT HAVE GONE TO THOSE. 
          WE HAVE A DATABASE THAT LITERALLY KEEPS TRACK OF THE INTERVALS. 
          SO IF YOU GOT YOUR FIRST DOSE, WE KNOW WE SEND OUT THE REMINDERS. 
          WE ALSO SEND TEXT MESSAGES, UM, TO FOLKS THAT, SO THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE'VE DONE IT. 
          OLD SCHOOL. 
          UH, WE, WE HAVEN'T SHOWN UP AT YOUR HOUSE, UH, WITH, WITH THE SHERIFF OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE SENDING OUT MULTIPLE REMINDERS AND WE HAVE SEEN IMPROVEMENT AT LEAST IN GETTING THAT MESSAGE TO THAT DEMOGRAPHIC THAT HAS YET TO COMPLETE THEIR VACCINE SERIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I WASN'T PLANNING ON GOING IN ORDER, SO I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE TOO MANY QUESTIONS YET, BUT, UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS THE REST OF MY TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE CAN COME BACK IF, IF YOU DO HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, UH, MOVE ON TO COUNCILWOMAN VIA THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CLAUDE, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          I AM DISTURBED THAT OUR POSITIVITY RATE IS HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL RATE. 
          UH, BUT I, AND IT JUST SHOWS HOW WE NEED TO GET OUR RESIDENTS VACCINATED, IS CAN WE DO MARKETING, UM, WHEN METRO HEALTH DOES THEIR MARKETING TO SHOW HOW TO, HOW IMPORTANT IT'S FOR THOSE WITH DIABETES TO GET, UM, VACCINATIONS. 
          AND I, ON MY END WILL REACH OUT TO MY MEDICAL CENTERS, GONZABA CENTRAL MED AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMMUNICATING THAT TO THAT IF YOU ARE SUFFERING WITH DIABETES, IF YOU HAVE DIABETES, THAT YOU SHOULD GET YOUR VACCINATIONS. 
          WELL, CAN WE DO MARKETING? UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          OH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          UM, SO YEAH, SO YOU PICKED UP ON IT. 
          SO THE, THE PIVOT TIED TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING AND EXPERIENCING TIED TO C O WE ARE TRYING TO TEE UP MESSAGING THAT SPEAKS TO THE BURDEN OF CHRONIC DISEASES. 
          SO YOU PICKED UP ON IT. 
          I MEAN, RECOGNIZING THAT HALF OF THE ADMISSIONS INVOLVE SOMEONE THAT IS DIABETIC. 
          I MEAN, COVID RELATED ADMISSIONS INVOLVE SOMEONE WHO'S DIABETIC. 
          AND SO WE ARE QUEUING UP MESSAGING. 
          UM, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, UH, FOR THE MONTH, FOR THE FALL, THAT WE ARE TRYING TO AT LEAST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NATIONAL DIABETES AWARENESS MONTH. 
          UM, WE DO KNOW THAT'S FEBRUARY, BUT THAT'S FAR OUT IN NATIONAL HEART DISEASE MONTH. 
          SO WE ARE LOOKING AT MOBILIZING DIFFERENT MESSAGING. 
          RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON THE BACK TO SCHOOL CROWD, GETTING THE PARENTS, GETTING THE STUDENTS, GETTING THE 
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TEACHERS. 
          UM, SO, BUT JUST IN TERMS OF REACH AND SCALE, AND I THINK THAT THIS WAS THE, UH, THE CONTEXT OF THE QUESTIONS EARLIER. 
          SO WE'VE SHOWN, UH, 1.2 MILLION SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS SINCE JULY 15TH, FOR EXAMPLE, USING OUR TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM FOR THE DO IT FOR SA UM, UH, CAMPAIGN. 
          SO WE ARE TRYING TO WORK MORE DIRECTLY WITH PEER INFLUENCERS, UH, LIKE U T S A QUARTERBACK FRANK HARRIS, LIKE HOMETOWN, U I W PLAYER, DANTE HIGGINS, FAITH-BASED LEADERS AND LOCAL DJS. 
          SO THAT'S AN ILLUSTRATION, BUT RIGHT NOW TRYING TO DOVETAIL THE COVID AND CHRONIC DISEASE, UH, CONTEXT, THE MESSAGE, UH, A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
          YEAH, AND I, I SAW THE FLYER, UH, I WAS AT THE EVENT AT MISSION MARQUEE LAST WEEK, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK, AND I SAW THE LITTLE ADVERTISEMENT WHERE THEY WERE LIKE, NO, TO VIX, NO TO SPRITE. 
          YOU NEED TO GET VACCINATED. 
          I LOVED THAT. 
          I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT. 
          UM, I WANT A COPY. 
          UM, BOOSTER SITES KNOW THAT WE IN IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR ARE READY TO SEND OUT FLYERS TO GET OUR TREE PHONE ACTIVATED SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR, UH, SENIORS GET THEIR BOOSTERS. 
          UM, I HAVE THE US ARMY COMING OUT TO MY FIELD OFFICE ONCE A WEEK ON MONDAY, UH, TWO TO FIVE. 
          AND THEN I'M PRETTY SURE THEY HAVE ALL THE VACCINATIONS, SO THEY'RE READY TO GO, UH, FOR THE BOOSTERS. 
          BUT IF WE CAN HAVE THAT MATERIAL READY TO GO, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SENIORS WHO ARE STILL PICKING UP FOOD, UM, DELIVERIES, PLEASE, PLEASE, UH, LET US KNOW AS SOON AS YOU HAVE IT OR AS SOON AS THEY HIT THAT DATE SO WE CAN PASS THAT OUT. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          WE'LL BE SURE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND WE'LL JUST KEEP ON DOING OUR BEST TO GET OUR, OUR RESIDENTS OUT THERE TO GET THEIR VACCINATIONS AND THAT SECOND DOSE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          SECOND DOSE AND SOON THE THIRD DOSE AND OR THE BOOSTERS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR SPREADING THE WORD. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO CHAIR. 
          AND THANK YOU CLAUDE, FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AS TO THE FOLKS WHO GAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE START OF THE MEETING. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR INPUT. 
          UM, MY QUESTION IS, FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, HOW WOULD A POTENTIAL 50 TO 90,000 EVICTIONS IMPACT SAN ANTONIO'S PUBLIC HEALTH? I I HEARD HALF THE QUESTION. 
          YOU SAID, I HEARD YOU SOMETHING ABOUT ADMISSIONS. 
          SORRY, I HEARD THE FIRST HALF OF THE QUESTION. 
          WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING THAT? YES. 
          FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, HOW WOULD A PEN, A POTENTIAL INCREASE OF EVICTIONS, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL OF 40 TO 90,000 EVICTIONS ONCE THE EVICTION MORATORIUM ENDS, HOW WILL THOSE EVICTIONS IMPACT PUBLIC HEALTH? Y YEAH, IT'S A BROAD QUESTION. 
          JUST KNOW THAT COVID HAS BEEN THE ULTIMATE EXACERBATOR OF SOME OF OUR SOCIAL CONDITIONS. 
          SO FOOD INSECURITY, JOB INSECURITY, HOUSING INSECURITY, UH, I, I COULDN'T TELL YOU HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT, BUT JUST KNOW THAT THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT BETTER, RIGHT? SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THE SPREAD OF COVID 19, WE'VE GOTTA HAVE SAFE PLACE FOR FOLKS TO ISOLATE AND QUARANTINE. 
          THEY CAN'T BE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE ELEMENTS. 
          I CAN TELL YOU, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE WORK IN CAMBRIDGE, WE ACTIVATED A TEMPORARY EMERGENCY HOMELESS SHELTER BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE TO DECOM, DECOMPRESS THE AREA SHELTERS, BUT ALSO HAVING A PLACE FOR FOLKS, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN BE OUTTA THE AILS AND NOT EXPOSED TO COVID. 
          SO LONG ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, EVICTIONS, UH, WOULD BE, UH, UH, A COMPLICATING FACTOR, BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT MAKING SURE WE HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO HELP SUPPORT FOLKS SO THAT THEY CAN BE SAFE AND PROTECTED FROM COVID. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE, WE HAVE A LOW VACCINATION RATE. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF AREAS THAT ARE, UM, COVERED IN WHITE, WHICH MEANS LOW VACCINATION. 
          UM, IS METRO HEALTH PARTNERING WITH THE Y W C A OR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS TO, UM, GIVE STUDENTS FLYERS? UM, I KNOW WITH AN EVENT THAT WE HAD WITH C P S ENERGY, WE HAD SOME FAMILIES SHOW UP WITH A FLYER, UM, AND THEY EXPRESSED THAT THEY RECEIVED THAT FLYER FROM, UH, THE Y W C A, IT WAS GIVEN TO THEIR, TO THEIR CHILD AND PUT IN THEIR BACKPACK. 
          UM, IS THAT OUTREACH THAT METRO HEALTH IS DOING TO LET FOLKS KNOW WHERE VACCINATION CLINICS ARE LOCATED AND TIMES THAT THEY CAN GO ACCESS THE VACCINATIONS? YEAH, AGAIN, I CAN'T SPEAK TO ALL THE THINGS WE'RE DOING ON THE GROUND WITH OUR PARTNERS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY WORKING WITH PARTNERS IN AREA NEIGHBORHOODS OR DISTRICTS. 
          UM, AND IT'S A MODEL THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH, WITH WHAT I'VE DONE IN OTHER PLACES, LIKE IN CHICAGO OR EVEN IN CAMBRIDGE. 
          AND SO I'M A FAN OF TAPPING INTO THE ASSETS. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT ACCESS TO, TO, TO YOUNG FOLKS, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE Y M C A OR SCHOOL NETWORKS. 
          SO I'LL GO BACK TO MY TEAM TO VERIFY WHICH PARTNERSHIPS ARE ON THE GROUND, BUT WE HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE SCHOOLS, FROM 
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THE FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, FROM THE FOLKS THAT HAVE INVITED US IN YOUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS TO HOLD THESE POP-UP EVENTS. 
          SO, UM, I'LL VERIFY ABOUT THE Y Y M C A, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, YES. 
          THE Y W C A AS WELL AS THE, THE WEST SIDE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND THAT'S DISTRICT FIVE? YES. 
          GOT IT. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I LEARNED THIS MORNING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS DOING, UH, IN-PERSON OUTREACH TO LET FOLKS KNOW ABOUT, UH, EVICTION SERVICES. 
          UM, SO I THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY THERE TO PARTNER WITH N H S D, UM, TO EQUIP THEIR, THEIR BLOCK WALKERS WITH FLYERS, UM, THAT ALSO HAVE SIMILAR INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, VACCINATION SITES AND TIMES THAT THEY CAN ACCESS THOSE, THOSE VACCINES. 
          UM, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, YESTERDAY WE LEARNED RIGHT THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS A 60% VACCINATION RATE. 
          DO WE KNOW WHAT, UH, SAP'S VACCINATION RATE IS RIGHT NOW? UH, I CAN LOOK THAT UP. 
          I DON'T KNOW IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          WE DO KEEP TRACK OF THAT. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP, BUT LET ME LOOK THAT UP AND CIRCLE BACK TO THE GROUP. 
          WE DO KEEP TRACK OF THAT. 
          I JUST DON'T KNOW IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          THANK YOU, CLAUDE. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FOR NOW. 
          NO WORRIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          UM, IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO, UH, COUNCILMAN MCKEES SAID YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME MORE. 
          ARE YOU GOOD? ALRIGHT, GREAT. 
          OH, WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO DID USE UP THEIR FIVE MINUTES, BUT HAS A GO BACK. 
          I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU HIS BALANCE. 
          GO FOR IT. 
          GET TWO MINUTES, COUNCILMAN. 
          THANKS, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ FOR SEATING THE BALANCE OF YOUR TIME. 
          UM, SO CLAUDE, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, WE'RE REPORTING THE SAME WAY THAT THE STATE AND OTHER, UM, CITIES ARE REPORTING. 
          AND I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD LEAD BY REPORTING THE PERCENTAGE OF FULLY VACCINATED OUT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION POPULATION AND ENCOURAGE THOSE O THE STATE AND THE OTHER CITIES TO FOLLOW OUR LEAD AS SOMETHING THAT IS SHOWING DATA THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT OUR GOAL IS. 
          OUR TOTAL, YOU KNOW, THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR TOTAL POPULATION THAT'S FULLY VACCINATED, WHERE, WHERE WE ARE, WHERE OUR GOAL IS, AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO FOLLOW THAT LEAD. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          AGAIN, WE DO THIS BASED ON THE GUIDANCE FROM THE SAID, FROM THE FEDS AND THE STATE. 
          SO WE CAN TAKE THE LEAD, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES, SO WHEN WE HEAR THE DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES THAT WE'RE COMPARING, LIKE, LIKE STATS. 
          SO LET ME TAKE THAT BACK TO THE TEAM. 
          WE'RE OPEN TO FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS. 
          WE JUST WANNA BE CONSISTENT WITH HOW WE REPORT OUT, EVEN AS WE'RE TRYING TO BE MORE INNOVATIVE. 
          GREAT. 
          THANKS A LOT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          UH, SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE, UM, WHAT WE HEARD ABOUT WAS THE VACCINE RATES IN D FIVE AND A POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP WITH ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THERE, UH, ADDED WITH THE D FIVE OFFICE. 
          THAT SOUNDS WONDERFUL. 
          AND OF COURSE, CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING EVICTIONS, UH, MARKETING TO THOSE WITH CHRONIC DISEASE. 
          UM, COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRAND BROUGHT THAT UP AND THAT'S GREAT. 
          MAYBE WE COULD EVEN GO TO DIALYSIS, UM, CLINICS, UH, GO DIRECTLY, UH, TO TO THEM AND, AND REACH OUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO USE THOSE SERVICES. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, COUNCILMAN MCKEE COMMENTS ABOUT OUTREACH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THAT. 
          AND, UH, CLARIFICATIONS ON, UH, THE POPULATION THAT'S ELIGIBLE BEING, UH, BEING VACCINATED. 
          I UNDERSTAND THERE'S TWO, WE BASICALLY HAVE TWO THERMOMETERS, RIGHT? WE WANT A HUNDRED PERCENT ON THE ELIGIBLE POPULATION, AND THEN WE WANT, UH, WHATEVER HERD IMMUNITY IS ON, ON THIS OTHER POPULATION. 
          SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN THAT SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE MAY THINK THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS THERMOMETER, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT THERMOMETER. 
          SO, UH, CLARIFICATION WOULD OF COURSE BE, BE HELPFUL AND WELCOME. 
          UH, BUT ULTIMATELY THE GOAL IS TO, TO MOTIVATE EVERYONE WHO CAN BE VACCINATED TO, TO BE VACCINATED AND, AND TO NOT, AND TO NOT CONVEY A FALSE SENSE OF OVER VACCINATION. 
          RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S WHAT, UM, COUNCILMAN BRAVO MAY BE REFERRING TO. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE 69% OR 60 SOMETHING PERCENT OF ALL OF THE POPULATION IS VACCINATED. 
          I SOME PEOPLE MAY LET THEIR GUARD DOWN AT THAT POINT AND FEEL THAT MAYBE IT'S NOT URGENT TO GO AND GET THEIR, THEIR VACCINATION. 
          SO, UM, UNDERSTOOD. 
          AND WE HOPE YOU WILL FIGURE IT OUT. 
          UH, , CLAUDE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE TREMENDOUS WORK THEY'VE BEEN DOING. 
          THEY'VE WORKED WITH US ON OUR BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS WITH COVID VAC, NOT JUST COVID VACCINES, BUT ALSO THE BACK TO SCHOOL IMMUNIZATIONS ALL CRITICAL AT THIS POINT OF TIME, SO THANK YOU. 
          AND WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON ADDITIONAL 
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POP-UP CLINICS IN, IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          OUR OFFICE HAS DONE CALL DOWNS TO APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS, UH, CHURCHES IN THE DISTRICT, GIVING THEM INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXISTING POP-UP CLINICS THAT ARE PLANNED AND OFFERING TO SCHEDULE MORE WITH THEM. 
          SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED IN, UM, IN SEEING MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED IN YOUR AREA, I'D, I'D RECOMMEND, UH, DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          METRO HEALTH HAS BEEN VERY, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF THAT EFFORT. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THAT'LL BE, UH, THAT'LL BE IT FOR THIS ITEM. 
          UM, AS A, AS A NOTIFICATION TO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I'VE REQUESTED THAT THIS BE A STANDING ITEM EVERY TIME THAT WE MEET UNTIL, YOU KNOW, THE PANDEMIC GOES AWAY, WHICH HOPEFULLY IT WILL ONE DAY. 
          UH, SO I WANNA THANK CLAUDE VERY MUCH. 
          I KNOW IT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE YOU, YOU'RE EXTREMELY BUSY, UH, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY. 
          SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO AN UPDATE NEXT MONTH ON THIS ITEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          TAKE CARE FOLKS. 
          BE SAFE. 
          BE WELL. 
          [3. The proposed updates to the Sustainable Fleet Acquisition & Management Policy. [David McCary, Assistant City Manager; Douglas Melnick, Chief Sustainability Officer]]
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO, WE DO HAVE AN ACTION ITEM. 
          UH, AND THAT IS, WELL TECHNICALLY WE CAN TAKE ACTION ON ANY OF THIS, RIGHT? , BUT WE DO HAVE ONE THAT WAS, THAT WE KNEW YOU WANT ACTION FOR, AND THAT IS OUR PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE SUSTAINABLE FLEET ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT POLICY. 
          I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. MCCARRY. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR SANDOVAL. 
          TODAY'S SPEAKING FOR TODAY WILL BE DOUG MELNICK, AS WELL AS JORGE PEREZ OR RUBEN FLORES. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL GENTLEMEN FOR BEING A PART OF THIS. 
          I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU, DOUG. 
          GREAT. 
          UH, THANK YOU DAVID. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          UM, AS, UH, AS WAS MENTIONED, WE'RE PRESENTING, UH, A PROPOSED POLICY RELATED TO HOW WE PROCURE AND MANAGE OUR, OUR CITY FLEET. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, REUBEN FLORES, JORGE HAD A, HAD A STEP OUT, UM, UH, RUBEN'S, UH, BEEN CRITICAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS POLICY, AS WELL AS JULIA MURPHY, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF SUSTAIN SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER, WHO'S ALSO ON THE CALL. 
          SO, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE OBJECTIVE IS WE, WE HAVE AN EXISTING, UH, 2010 VEHICLE FLEET ENVIRONMENTAL ACQUISITION POLICY, UM, THAT, UH, REALLY NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. 
          UH, AND SO WE ARE, UH, RECOMMENDING, UH, THAT THIS COMMITTEE, UM, UH, RECOMMEND THAT A NEW SUSTAINABLE FLEET ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT POLICY, UM, BE TRANSMITTED TO TRANSMITTED TO FULL COUNSEL FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          AND, AND THE REASON WHY WE, WE, YOU KNOW, CAME UP WITH AN UPDATE WAS, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE, WE EVALUATED THE PREVIOUS, UM, UH, POLICY AND REALIZED THERE WAS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THAT THE POLICY THAT WILL BE PRESENTING TO YOU, UH, IS VERY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY, TRANSPORTATION, AND AIR QUALITY GOALS, DEMONSTRATES OUR SUPPORT FOR CONTINUING TO, UH, INCORPORATE NEW VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES INTO OUR FLEET, AND IT'S COST EFFECTIVE TO OUR, OUR, OUR CITY. 
          AND, AND REALLY MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT SETS A VERY CLEAR, UM, UH, FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, ONE OF THE METRICS THAT WE ARE, UH, USING WITH THE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE SA CLIMATE READY PLAN IS, UH, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 
          UM, GREENHOUSE GASES ARE, UH, REALLY THE DRIVING FORCE AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          UH, THEY'RE PRODUCED PREDOMINANTLY, UM, FROM THE, UM, EXTRACTION PRODUCTION, UH, DISTRIBUTION AND, AND BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS. 
          SO, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A COMPARISON OF OUR 2016 MUNICIPAL GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY AND OUR 2019 MUNICIPAL INVENTORY. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE LIGHT BLUE, UM, PIECE OF THE PIE CHART ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE IN 2016, UH, ABOUT JUST OVER 51,000 METRIC TONS OF C O TWO EQUIVALENT WERE PRODUCED BY OUR, OUR MUNICIPAL FLEET. 
          IF YOU LOOK OVER AT 2019, THAT INCREASED TO JUST UNDER 56,000, UH, METRIC TONS OF C O TWO EQUIVALENT. 
          UH, THE REASON FOR THAT IS THEY WERE, UH, INCREASED, UM, PROCUREMENT OF HEAVY VEHICLES, UH, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL CONSUMPTION FROM POLICE BY SOLID WASTE AND PUBLIC WORKS. 
          THE KEY, UH, UH, OF THIS POLICY AND THE KEY OF, OF TRACKING OUR EMISSIONS, IT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR LEVERS ARE AND HOW WE DRIVE THESE EMISSIONS DOWN BY MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE AS EFFICIENT FLEET AS POSSIBLE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA JUST TOUCH ON REALLY BRIEFLY IS WHY DO WE NEED THIS REPLACEMENT? IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT, UH, THE, THE, THE CURRENT POLICY IS THE, AGAIN, IN 2010, IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, DEVELOPED, UH, AS A PART OF THE MISSION VERDE PLAN THAT WAS CHAMPIONED BY MAYOR HARDBERGER. 
          UH, THERE'S LOTS OF GOOD POLICY GOALS THAT ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO NOW. 
          SO I THINK THE REAL, UM, REASON WE WANNA UPDATE THIS IS THIS 2010 POLICY FOCUSED 
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ON HYBRIDS, WHICH WE'VE DONE. 
          UH, WE, WE ARE UPWARDS OF 88% OF OUR PASSENGER FLEETS ARE, ARE HYBRIDS AND ALSO PROPOSED PILOTING ETHANOL FUELS, UM, WHICH REALLY ISN'T, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, A FUEL SOURCE THAT'S BEING USED, UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME. 
          THE OTHER THING IS IT REALLY DIDN'T PROVIDE A, A, A STRUCTURE OR A FRAMEWORK FOR HOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY. 
          SO THIS NEW POLICY THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT VERY BRIEFLY IS IT CLEAR, CREATES A CLEAR PROCESS. 
          IT CREATES, UM, UH, A FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE DETERMINE WHAT VEHICLES, UH, DEPARTMENTS ARE ELIGIBLE, UH, TO UTILIZE. 
          UH, IT DEVELOPS A, UM, AN APPEAL PROCESS, UM, SIMPLIFIES THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. 
          AND I, AND I THINK PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, CREATES A, SOME TRANSPARENCY THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ANNUAL REPORT DEVELOPED AND PRESENTED TO SHOW OUR PROGRESS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THIS PLAN WAS DEVELOPED, UM, THIS POLICY WAS DEVELOPED AS A RESULT OF A INTEGRATED PROCESS. 
          UH, PER THE SA CLIMATE READY PLAN, IT CALLS FOR A, UH, AN INTEGRATED INTERDEPARTMENTAL DELIVERY TEAM PROCESS. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN MARCH AND JUNE OF THIS YEAR, ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WORKED ON THIS POLICY, STARTING WITH EVALUATING PES BEST PRACTICES, UM, UNDERSTANDING, UM, WHAT THIS POLICY SHOULD INCLUDE. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UM, HAVING DEPARTMENTAL SIGN OFF ON THIS POLICY BEFORE BRINGING IT FORWARD. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO WHAT IS IN THIS POLICY? UM, YOU KNOW, THE GOALS ARE TO REDUCE CONSUMPTION OF FOSSIL FUELS, IMPROVING OPERATIONAL, UM, AND FISCAL EFFICIENCY, UH, AND MINIMIZING FLEET COMPOSITION FOR THE LOWEST POSSIBLE CARBON FOOTPRINT. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA DO THIS BY, UM, MAKING SURE THAT OUR FLEET, UH, IS AS FUEL EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE WITH THE LOWEST EMISSIONS WITHIN EACH VEHICLE, CLASS, AND TYPE, THEY NEED TO BE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE, PRACTICAL, AND REASONABLY COST COMPETITIVE, WHICH IS THE BEST PRACTICE. 
          EVERY, EVERY POLICY THAT WE LOOKED AT, UM, REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT VEHICLES THAT WERE BEING PROCURED COULD DO THE JOB THAT DEPARTMENTS NEED THEM TO DO. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, IN TERMS OF REDUCING CONSUMPTION OF FOSSIL FUELS, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE, PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE IS, UM, WE WILL BE SETTING A VERY SPECIFIC ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEM STANDARDS FOR EACH VEHICLE CLASS, UH, EVERY YEAR, EVALUATING MARKET AVAILABILITY, MARKET COST, AND, UM, IDENTIFYING WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, PASSENGER VEHICLES OR HEAVY EQUIPMENT. 
          UM, WHAT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT VEHICLE THAT CAN DO THE JOB THAT WE SHOULD RECOMMEND. 
          UH, IT ALSO OUTLINES, UM, THE NEED, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE REALLY WANT TO NOT PRIORITIZE THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF ANY MORE FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT OUR FLEET. 
          SO IT BASICALLY PUTS A MECHANISM IN THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, ANY NEW, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THAT WILL NEED PRIOR APPROVAL FROM THE CITY MANAGER. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO I'LL DIG INTO A LITTLE DEEPER. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, OPERATIONAL, UM, AND FISCAL EFFICIENCY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA BE A, A BIG PROCESS. 
          UM, WE WANT TO CONTINUALLY, UH, EVALUATE, UM, EVERY VEHICLE THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR AND PUTTING IT THROUGH OUR SCREEN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GETTING THE APPROPRIATE VEHICLE THAT'S GONNA MEET OUR SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE GOALS, BUT CAN DO THE JOB IT NEEDS TO DO. 
          UM, UH, B S D WILL ALSO WORK ON DEVELOPING THOSE FLEET MANAGEMENT GOALS BY SUB FLEET. 
          SO WHEN WE START LOOKING AT DEPARTMENTS AND THE DIFFERENT SUB FLEETS WHEN THEY, WHEN THE, WITHIN EACH DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS. 
          SO IT'LL HAVE TO BE VERY MUCH A PROCESS OF WORKING DEPARTMENTS TO FINE TUNE WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO THIS IS REALLY THE REALLY, I THINK, A REALLY EXCITING PART OF THIS POLICY. 
          AND ANOTHER DIFFERENCE FROM THE, THE PREVIOUS POLICY, THE PREVIOUS POLICY REALLY FOCUSED ON PROCUREMENT. 
          THIS POLICY IS ALSO GOING A STEP FARTHER AND LOOKING AT HOW DO WE MANAGE OUR FLEET. 
          IT'S NOT JUST WHAT WE'RE PURCHASING. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S THREE ITEMS IDENTIFIED IN THIS POLICY THAT NEED TO BE IMPLEMENTED. 
          ONE IS FLEET, RIGHT SIZING, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER OF VEHICLES IN OUR FLEET, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ELIMINATING OR, UH, REASSIGNING VEHICLES THAT ARE EITHER NO LONGER REQUIRED OR NOT USED FREQUENTLY. 
          UH, THE OTHER, UM, IDEA THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS FLEET, RIGHT TYPING, WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VEHICLES THAT THEY HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN THEY BE REDUCED IN SIZE IF SOMEBODY'S WORKING WITH A LARGE VEHICLE, UM, WILL A SMALLER, MORE EFFICIENT, EFFICIENT VEHICLE DO THE JOB? AND IF SO, WE'LL WANT TO, YOU KNOW, DOWNSIZE THEM TO A, A MORE EFFICIENT VEHICLE. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, MOTOR POOLING OLD IDEAS, UM, BECOME NEW AGAIN, UH, IS BASICALLY SHARING VEHICLES. 
          UH, IF YOU HAVE DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, UM, NOT EVERYBODY'S IN THE VEHICLE 24 HOURS A DAY, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO SHARE VEHICLES. 
          SO I THINK, I THINK, UM, CITY TOWERS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. 
          MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS IN ONE BUILDING, UH, CAN THEY ALL SHARE A, A POOL OF VEHICLES? SO THESE ARE THREE CRITICAL PARTS OF THIS POLICY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO THE OTHER THING, 
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UM, THAT THIS POLICY, UH, CREATES THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE IS IT CREATES AN ACTUAL REVIEW AND POLICY STEERING COMMITTEE, UM, WHO IS, IS PROVIDING, UH, OVERSIGHT TO THIS. 
          SO THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVALUATING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WHAT ARE THOSE VEHICLES THAT WE SHOULD BE, UM, PRIORITIZING AND MAKING AVAILABLE AND, AND, AND REQUIRING DEPARTMENTS TO, UM, TO, TO PROCURE, UM, REVIEW THIS POLICY AS NEEDED. 
          KEY TO THIS IS ALSO DETERMINING EXEMPTIONS. 
          AGAIN, AS I HAD MENTIONED, THAT'S A BEST PRACTICE. 
          UH, THERE MAY BE CASES WHEN DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, NEED, UM, SOMETHING THAT, THAT THIS COMMITTEE'S NOT RECOMMENDING. 
          UM, AND THIS CREATES A, A MECHANISM FOR WHAT THAT REVIEW PROCESS IS GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          UH, THE MEMBERSHIP OF THIS COMMITTEE, UH, IS GONNA BE, UH, DETERMINED BY THE CITY MANAGER. 
          UH, AND AT A MINIMUM, UH, ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY OR BUILDING EQUIPMENT SERVICES AND OTHERS MAY BE OTHER DEPARTMENTS MAY BE, UM, BROUGHT ON TO SUPPORT THE, THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE AS WELL. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND SO, IN TERMS OF, UH, EXEMPTIONS AND APPEALS, UM, IF THIS COMMITTEE, UH, DENIES A, A REQUEST, UH, THE APPEAL PROCESS IS, UM, UH, AN APPEAL CAN BE MADE BY MEMORANDUM TO THE DIRECTORS OF D S B, UH, OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND O M B. 
          UH, IF THAT APPEAL IS, UH, IS DENIED, THEN A SECONDARY AND FINAL APPEAL CAN BE MADE, UH, BY MEMORANDUM TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, SO WITH THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THIS. 
          UH, THERE'S NO FISCAL IMPACT OUTSIDE THE CURRENT VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUNDING MECHANISMS. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO KNOW IS, IS WITH ALL OF THE RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ELECTRIC VEHICLES. 
          UH, THEY'RE MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVE, UH, ON A PER MILE BASIS THAN, UM, UH, INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLES. 
          BUT AT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO OPERATE WITHIN THE EXISTING, UM, FUNDING STRUCTURE. 
          THE OTHER, UH, ISSUE WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS, UH, THERE ARE SOME ELECTRIC VEHICLES COMING INTO THE, THE FLEET THIS YEAR, AND THOSE WILL BE ABLE TO TAP INTO EXISTING, UM, EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE CITY ALREADY, UH, OWNS AND MAINTAINS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND WITH THAT, UM, STAFF WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, THAT THE C COMMITTEE REFER THE POLICY TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATIONS. 
          AND WITH THAT, MYSELF AND, AND RUBEN AND, AND JULIA ARE, UH, AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, DOUG. 
          I, UM, I'M REALLY, REALLY GLAD TO SEE THIS COMING FORWARD, UH, IN TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY. 
          10 YEARS IS, UH, DEFINITELY TOO LONG TO WAIT, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, WITH DOING THE RIGHT THINGS. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FLEET, WE KNOW THAT AFTER BUILDINGS, WHETHER YOU CALL IT BUILDING OR, OR ENERGY, UM, BUILDING ENERGY, ENERGY GENERATION, YEAH, BUILDING ENERGY, UM, THAT VEHICLES, UH, ARE THE MOST, UH, GREENHOUSE GAS PRODUCING, UH, SOURCE. 
          AND ESPECIALLY IN A PLACE, UH, LIKE SAN ANTONIO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE LOTS OF OTHER OPTIONS OFTEN, UM, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THE RIGHT THING WHEN WE CAN. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          I SAW A SIMILAR, UM, APPROACH TAKEN BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK A FEW YEARS AGO, UH, AT A NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE. 
          AND, UM, THEY WERE REALLY DRIVEN MORE SO BY THE FINANCIAL BENEFITS TO THE CITY. 
          UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO RIGHTSIZE A NUMBER OF FLEETS ONCE THEY STARTED LOOKING AT THE DATA, THEY SAW THAT THERE WERE A TON OF VEHICLES THAT WERE NEVER EVEN USED OR ONLY USED, UH, INFREQUENTLY. 
          SOME THAT WERE USED VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER AT OFF HOURS. 
          SO THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR SAVINGS HERE. 
          UM, BOTH EMISSIONS, SAVINGS AS WELL AS SAVINGS FOR OUR BUDGET. 
          SO I, I THINK IT'S A WIN-WIN, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, UH, YES, I KNOW YOU CAME UP WITH IT ALL YOUR, ALL YOURSELF. 
          UM, SO, UH, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, WHO IS GOING TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE? SO, UM, TO BE DETERMINED, I, I THINK WE, WE, WE WILL, THE CITY MANAGER WILL HAVE THE, UM, THE FINAL DECISION. 
          UH, INITIALLY WE ARE, WE ARE THINKING, UM, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY WITH EXPERIENCE IN TRANSPORTATION, UH, PROBABLY THE B S D FLEET DIRECTOR. 
          WE MAY WANT TO BRING OTHER LARGE DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, LARGE, YOU KNOW, LARGE FLEET OPERATORS AND HAVE THEM INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. 
          BUT, UM, I THINK WE, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE MORE. 
          RUBEN, DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THAT? NO, THAT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          UH, MADAM CHAIR. 
          UM, AS, AS DOUG MENTIONED, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, UH, INCLUDE THOSE, THOSE HEAVY HITTERS, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, SOLID WASTE, POLICE AND FIRE. 
          UH, UH, IN MY POINT OF VIEW, THEY WILL BE SOME OF THE KEY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          UH, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM AND OUR FLEET LIAISONS, UH, 
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ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          SO, UH, THOSE WILL, THOSE WILL BE VERY LIKELY, UH, SOME OF THE KEY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          UM, AND, AND REMIND ME, WHEN YOU TAKE THIS TO COUNSEL, WILL YOU BE TAKING, UM, AN UPDATED POLICY, UPDATED POLICY LANGUAGE, OR JUST, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS? YEAH, SO THIS IS, UM, WE'VE BEEN INFORMED BY, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT, UH, THIS IS A REPLACEMENT THAT, UH, THE, THE, THE CHANGES ARE, UM, TOO, TOO EXTENSIVE FOR IT TO BE JUST A, UH, AN UPDATE. 
          UM, BUT I THINK, BUT DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION OR DID YOU HAVE, WAS IT ANOTHER, ANOTHER, I HAD A DIFFERENT QUESTION, BUT I HAD THAT ONE AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT ONE. 
          UM, SECONDLY, UM, WILL YOU HAVE THE NEW POLICY? IT'S, THERE'S A DOCUMENT ALREADY, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND DO WE HAVE A COPY OF THAT? WAS THAT, UM, JULIA, DO YOU KNOW IF THAT WAS UPLOADED IN? I, I DON'T THINK, UH, THIS IS RUBEN AGAIN. 
          I DON'T THINK WE HAD THE, THE, THE LATEST DRAFT, UM, UPLOADED YET, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT AVAILABLE. 
          SO ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU ASKING US TO VOTE ON THE DRAFT THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN? YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS UPLOADED. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THERE'S A, THAT'S A, UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS UPLOADED IN THE SYSTEM. 
          SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S AN ISSUE. 
          OKAY. 
          DOUG, I WOULD RECOMMEND, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS LET'S SEND ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THE POLICY AND LET'S COME BACK NEXT MONTH OR THE NEXT TIME THIS COMMITTEE CONVENES. 
          AND IF THERE'S ANY INPUT AT THAT POINT, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION, THEN GO TO COUNCIL, THE FULL BODY. 
          I'M REALLY SORRY. 
          I DID NOT CATCH THAT. 
          NO, I, I, I APOLOGIZE. 
          I, I, NO, I APOLOGIZE. 
          I, I, I MISTAKE ON OUR PART. 
          I, I, I, UM, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION IT WAS UP THERE, BUT, UM, ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL WANNA HOLD OFF UNTIL YOU GUYS HAVE THE TIME TO, TO REVIEW IT. 
          WELL, BUT NO, THIS IS GREAT BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE IDEAS THAT WE WANT YOU TO THROW IN THERE. 
          WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT NOW. 
          IT'LL BE A TWO-PARTER. 
          SO WHY DON'T WE GO, UM, AROUND THE ROOM IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY. 
          WE'LL DO THIS IN REVERSE ORDER, UH, TODAY, I MEAN, FOR THIS ITEM. 
          UM, SO NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, COUNCILWOMAN GUILLO, BUT, UH, WHY DON'T YOU KICK IT OFF? WAIT, WE COULDN'T HEAR YOU. 
          NO, TRY AGAIN. 
          IS THIS YOUR CLEVER WAY OF SAYING I'M NOT READY WITH QUESTIONS YET? COME BACK TO ME. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU. 
          UM, SOMEONE HELP HER OUT OVER THERE. 
          UH, COUNSEL, BUT WE'LL COME RIGHT BACK TO YOU PROMISE. 
          UH, WE'LL, NOW, NO. 
          OH, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          , WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          UH, NO, I, I WAS STATING THAT, UH, UH, THANK YOU, DOUG FOR ANSWER MY QUESTIONS. 
          DURING THE BRIEFING THAT I HAD, UM, I HAD SOME CONCERNS, UH, REGARDING IF THIS FLEET WOULD MEAN THAT WE ARE NOW, UH, IMPLEMENTING ALL NEW VEHICLES. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED THAT IT WOULD BE ANY NEW ADDITIONAL VEHICLE REQUESTS WOULD GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL, UH, DEPENDING ON THE VEHICLE THAT, UH, DEPARTMENT OR INDIVIDUAL'S REQUESTING. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND, UH, THE CHAIR FOR ALL THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING ON THIS COMMITTEE. 
          UM, AND IT HAS BEEN DOING TOWARDS ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A MORE SUSTAINABLE SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THE MOMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN DERAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I LIKE THE IDEA OF RIGHT SIZING. 
          I THINK IT'S GREAT. 
          WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE, THOUGH, AND BECAUSE I, I, I WORKED AT THE PRE SUBSTATION, AND SO I KNOW SOME, UH, DEPARTMENTS DID PARK THEIR VE THEY, THEY PARKED THEIR VEHICLES AT THE SUBSTATIONS. 
          SO AS WE RIGHTSIZE AND WE GET MORE COMPACT CARS, I THINK WHEN WE REDO THE PARKING IN ESPEC, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUBSTATIONS, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DRIVE BIG TRUCKS AND KIND OF DISCOURAGE THAT, MAYBE DO COMPACT CAR PARKING ONLY, OR HAVE DESIGNATIONS WHERE WE'RE DOING CITY VEHICLES ONLY PARKING. 
          UM, SO I REALLY LIKE THAT IDEA. 
          MY OTHER QUESTION, AND, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF OUR CHAIR, ANA IF THIS IS GONNA BE ON YOU, BUT IN TERMS OF THAT STEERING COMMITTEE, SHOULD WE PUT A CITY STAFF PERSON ON THERE OR SOMEONE FROM THIS COMMITTEE TO SIT ON THE FLEET STEERING COMMITTEE? THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP COMING TO US PROBABLY AND REPORTING THINGS, OR WOULD THEY JUST GO STRAIGHT TO AUDIT? THAT, THAT'S MY QUESTION ABOUT AS THE POLICY WORKS, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE GOING STRAIGHT TO AUDIT, THEN WE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM THIS COMMITTEE ON THAT FLEET STEERING COMMITTEE IF THEY COME BACK TO US. 
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I'M FINE WITH JUST CITY STAFF. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD DO THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION OR WHAT, WHAT  WELL, I'M GONNA, RUBEN, COULD YOU, WOULD, WOULD IT BE WORTH MAYBE SORT OF TALKING THROUGH THE PROCESS, UM, IF WE HAVE TIME, JUST SORT OF WHERE, WHERE, WHERE COUNCIL GETS TO SORT OF SEE WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR, FOR PURCHASE? SURE. 
          UM, SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A, AN ANNUAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS, UH, WHICH BEGINS VERY EARLY. 
          UM, THE FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME IN WHICH WE, WE BEGIN PUTTING TOGETHER A LIST, WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE, THE ANNUAL BUY LIST, UH, FOR WHERE WE START REVIEWING THE, THE CITY FLEET, UH, DETERMINING WHICH VEHICLES ARE UP FOR REPLACEMENT DUE TO THEM COMING TO THE END OF THEIR LIFECYCLE. 
          UM, WE LOOK AT OTHER VEHICLES THAT MAYBE ARE FOR DIFFERENT, UH, REASONS, UH, MAY NEED TO BE UP FOR REPLACEMENT. 
          UM, OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL LIFECYCLE PROCESS, WE GO THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW. 
          WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT FACTORS, UH, NOT ONLY THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE, THE CONDITION, THE MAINTENANCE, UM, UH, JUST A NUMBER OF, OF DIFFERENT ITEMS. WE DEVELOP THAT LIST, THEN WE, WE, WE MEET WITH AND WE, UH, DISSEMINATE THAT LIST TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR INPUT, FOR THEIR REVIEW. 
          UH, ONCE WE COME BACK AND, AND WITH THAT FEEDBACK, WE, WE NARROW IT DOWN AND IT, IT GOES TO THE, THE, THE BUDGET OFFICE FOR THEIR REVIEW. 
          UM, AND IT GOES THROUGH THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE REST OF THE, THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          ULTIMATELY CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE ANNUAL PURCHASE. 
          UH, AND, AND THAT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 50 MILLION. 
          THIS YEAR IT WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. 
          UH, NEXT FISCAL YEAR, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT VEHICLES ARE UP FOR REPLACEMENT. 
          AND THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM SEDANS ALL THE WAY UP TO LARGE, UH, 1.3, $1.4 MILLION FIRE TRUCKS. 
          UH, SO THERE'S AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW PROCESS. 
          WE GET DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED. 
          UH, AND, AND, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE. 
          WHAT WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS WITH THIS POLICY IS THAT WE'LL HAVE THIS INTERNAL REVIEW COMMITTEE THAT WILL TAKE THE ANNUAL BUY LIST, REVIEW IT, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION WHETHER, YOU KNOW, UH, AN F TWO 50 FORD PICKUP TRUCK IS STILL JUSTIFIABLE OR WHETHER THAT THAT TRUCK SHOULD BE CONSIDERED, UH, TO BE DOWNSIZED TO MAYBE A ONE 50 OR HALF TON TRUCK. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF, OF, OF REVIEWS THAT WILL HAPPEN ONCE WE NARROW DOWN AND PUT TOGETHER THE ANNUAL, UH, BUDGET LIST, UH, OF ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. 
          IN ADDITION, ANY NEW REQUESTS FOR VEHICLES WOULD ALSO BE REVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE. 
          UH, ON, ON TOP OF, UH, REVIEWING THE ANNUAL BUY LIST, THE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE DONE ITS RESEARCH FOR WHATEVER THE MARKET IS, UH, OF AVAILABLE ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES, AND USE THAT LIST AND RESEARCH AS, UM, UH, SOMETHING TO BUMP UP AGAINST THE BUY LIST AND, AND, AND PROVIDE, UH, GUIDANCE TO THE DEPARTMENTS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY REQUEST A BRAND NEW SEDAN, UH, YEAH, FOR, FOR, FOR AS AN ADDITIONAL ITEM TO BE ADDED TO THE FLEET. 
          THEY MAY WANT A GASOLINE VEHICLE, BUT THE COMMITTEE WILL COME BACK AND SAY, NO, ANY NEW SEDANS, UH, MUST BE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE OR A HYBRID VEHICLE, UH, BASED ON THAT RESEARCH. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF IN A NUTSHELL WHAT WE DO NOW AND HOW THE PROCESS WILL BE IMPROVED. 
          THIS IS DAVID, WITH THIS NEW POLICY, RUBEN, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU. 
          NO, NO PROBLEM. 
          JUST TO MAKE CERTAIN, WE'RE ANSWERING THE COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRAND'S QUESTION BEFORE IT GOES ANYWHERE. 
          IT SHOULD STILL BE DONE BY THE CITY STAFF AND BROUGHT BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE FOR THOSE FINDINGS. 
          EACH YEAR, AS YOU GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THE ASSESSMENT OR ADVISORY COMMITTEE ALLOW THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO COME BACK BEFORE THIS BODY. 
          THAT WAY THIS BODY IS STAYING ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS AND THERE'S NO SURPRISES. 
          GOT YOU. 
          MY APOLOGIES. 
          TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, YOU CAN WORK INTO THE DRAFT POLICY. 
          I DON'T THINK THE, UH, THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT, UH, TO COME BACK ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, UH, TO THE COMMITTEE, BUT ABSOLUTELY, I I, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE OR PUT SOMEONE FROM THIS COMMITTEE ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE, BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT IS A 15 MILLION BUDGET GOING TO COUNCIL AND THEN THEM, THEM ASKING OUR COMMITTEE, WHY, WHY ARE WE BUYING F ONE FIFTIES? YOU KNOW? AND THAT, THAT'S WHY IF, IF WE COULD COME BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE, UH, AND GO TO AUDIT AND WHATEVER PROCESS BEFORE WE, WE LEAVE, THAT, THAT COULD BE PART OF THE PROCESS. 
          I, I WOULD LIKE THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL COULD PUT THAT IN THE POLICY OR WHAT. 
          I'M, 
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I'M ALL FOR NOT BEING ON THAT STEERING COMMITTEE, . 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT GETS BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL. 
          SO IF I, BEFORE THE DAYS OUT, WE WILL SEND THE POLICY OUT RIGHT AFTER THIS MEETING AND YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO ADD YOUR NOTATIONS. 
          WE'VE ALREADY ADDED THAT, SO IT WILL BE A PART OF THE PROCESS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M MAKING A NOTE, COUNCILWOMAN, I'LL COME BACK TO IT WHEN I SUMMARIZE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I REALLY DON'T HAVE TOO MANY, UH, QUESTIONS. 
          I WOULDN'T MIND VOLUNTEERING TO BE A PART OF THAT COMMITTEE. 
          UH, AND I WILL ALSO SAY, AND THIS WILL BE HALF JOKE, HALF TRUE, BUT WHAT I DO NOT WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IS SS A P D ROLL AROUND IN TESLAS AND SEE AN INCREASE TO AN ALREADY INFLATED BUDGET. 
          BUT THAT'S HERE. 
          THAT'S THERE. 
          OH, YES. 
          AND CAN YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE THE EXEMPTION, THE EXCEPTIONS? SURE. 
          WELL, ONE, ONE I WOULD SAY IS, UM, REGARDING THE TESLAS, THEY HAVE TO BE COST EFFECTIVE . 
          SO THAT'S, THAT MIGHT PROBABLY BE A, UH, AN ISSUE. 
          SO I THINK THE, THE, THE EXEMPTION EXCEPTIONS ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, UM, NOW AGAIN, YOU KNOW, REUBEN MIGHT HAVE TO JUMP IN, BUT, YOU KNOW, TOWING POWER FOR A VEHICLE, LIKE IF WE, IF IF SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE MAY NOT BE A, UH, A, A, AN ULTRA EFFICIENT OR ELECTRIC OR OTHER SORT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY VEHICLE FOR SOME OF THE LARGER, UM, TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING UPON WHAT THE RECOMME RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE IS, THEY MAY NOT FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GETTING THE VEHICLE THEY NEED TO COMPLETE THEIR JOB. 
          UM, I THINK OUR, OUR HOPE IS IF WE DO OUR HOMEWORK AND WE, AND WE'RE USING, YOU KNOW, USING BEST PRACTICE AND, AND LOOKING WHAT PURE CITIES ARE DOING AND WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE COULD AVOID JUST THAT, UH, EXCEPTION PROCESS TO BEGIN WITH. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          THANKS A LOT, DOUG. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO'S LATE TO THE GAME ON EVS, BUT, UH, WE'RE GOING BIG NOW AND THAT'S GREAT. 
          UM, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING THIS. 
          UM, COUNCILWOMAN SANDAL MENTIONED ABOUT HOW NEW YORK IS SAVING MONEY ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES. 
          AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU TALK TO CAR DEALERS, YOU'LL FIND OUT A LOT OF CAR DEALERS DON'T WANT THE COMMUNITY GOING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. 
          AND THAT'S BECAUSE ABOUT HALF OF THE PROFITS FOR CAR DEALERSHIPS IS IN THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND SELLING PARTS WHEN YOUR CAR BREAKS DOWN. 
          AND SO ELECTRIC VEHICLES HAVE, THEY'RE JUST, THEY, THEY RUN, THEY, THEY, THEY DON'T BREAK DOWN NEARLY AS MUCH BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE AS MANY MOVING PARTS. 
          AND BECAUSE AN ELECTRIC MOTOR IS SO MUCH MORE RELIABLE THAN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND SO THEY, THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR THEM TO LOSE OUT ON A LOT OF PROFIT. 
          SO THAT'S WHY THIS MAKES FINANCIAL SENSE FOR OUR CITY TO DO THIS, IS BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA SPEND A LOT LESS MONEY SERVICING THESE VEHICLES. 
          WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO DO OIL CHANGES ON THEM. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO DO AIR FILTER CHANGES FOR THE, FOR THE MOTORS. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE THE SPARK PLUGS. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE SPARK PLUG WIRES, THE DISTRIBUTOR, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE ON THESE. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA S OVER THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE, WE'RE GONNA SAVE A LOT OF MONEY, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT THE ELECTRICITY TO RUN THEM ON IS GONNA BE CHEAPER THAN GASOLINE. 
          UH, SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT MOVE AND, UH, IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 
          AND SO I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING IT. 
          THANKS A LOT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, SO REAL QUICKLY, JUST TO, TO SUMMARIZE SOME OF, OF WHAT WE HEARD, AND I'LL ADD ON, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE GO ALONG, IS, UH, WE DO WANT TO HEAR, UH, A REPORT BACK TO COMMITTEE ON HOW THIS IS WORKING OUT. 
          I THINK, UM, I KNOW SOMETIMES WE ADOPT POLICIES AND WE ASSUME EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY ON THE OTHER END, BUT WE WANNA CELEBRATE THE BENEFITS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET. 
          UM, SO WE'D LIKE TO BRING THOSE TO THE LIGHT, UH, LET THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT THOSE. 
          UM, SO IF, IF WE COULD FIND A WAY TO INTEGRATE THAT, AT LEAST THE FIRST FEW YEARS IN, IN THE POLICY, WE'RE HAPPY TO, I, AS LONG AS I'M CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE, I CAN, UH, REMEMBER TO KEEP THAT ON TRACK AND, AND FOR A REPORT BACK. 
          UH, BUT ONE DAY I WILL BE GONE. 
          I WILL NOT BE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. 
          UM, SO WE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT ONLY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN  HAD MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY ON HERE WANTED TO SERVE ON THAT. 
          I, I THINK IT'S RARE THAT WE MIX, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF, ALTHOUGH WE DID IT WHEN WE, UH, IN THE NOMINATING PROCESS FOR SOME OF OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 
          UM, I DON'T WANNA ADD MORE WORK TO ANY OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, BURDEN RIGHT NOW. 
          I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE JUST SWAMPED WITH MEETINGS, BUT COULD WE DO SOMETHING, DOUG, WHERE, UM, WHERE AS A COURTESY YOU INVITE US AND IF WE WANNA SEND A STAFF MEMBER, WE CAN. 
          I, I THINK 
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SO. 
          I THINK DAVID AND I CAN, CAN HUDDLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY. 
          I MEAN, I THINK CLEARLY WE NEED YOU ALL INVOLVED AND AWARE AND, AND WEIGHING IN. 
          SO, LE LET ME, LET ME CIRCLE BACK WITH DAVID AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AS FAR AS WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO, TO COORDINATE. 
          YEAH. 
          AT THE VERY LEAST, UH, DOUG, WE WOULD NEED TO DO BRIEFINGS WITH ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD JUST KEEP THEM ENGAGED WHERE THEY'LL GET TIRED OF US AND TELL US THAT, OH, I GOT IT. 
          SO LET'S MAKE CERTAIN WE, WE'LL DO PERIODIC BRIEFINGS. 
          I THINK THAT WILL KEEP US ALL IN SYNC. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          WHEN YOU COME BACK NEXT MONTH, COULD YOU ALSO, UM, INCLUDE A SLIDE ON THE TIMELINE FOR THAT? THANK YES, MA'AM. 
          AND I, I DO THINK THE REPORT BACK TO COMMITTEE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL, BECAUSE EVEN RIGHT NOW, UM, WHEN WE PURCHASE VEHICLES, IT NEVER, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT AS ONE SUMMARY PRESENTED TO COUNCIL OR TO ANY COMMITTEE. 
          WE SEE IT, UH, OR, OR EVEN IN THE BUDGET. 
          I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PAGE IN THE BUDGET THAT SAYS THESE ARE ALL THE PURCHASES. 
          THEY'RE SPREAD THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AND THEY COME AS, AS ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          SO WE, WE NEVER SEE IT, UM, CONSOLIDATED. 
          SO I THINK THAT'LL BE, UM, THAT WILL BE GREAT IF WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THAT TO COMMITTEE, UM, REGARDING THE COSTS THAT COUNCILMAN BAD WILL REFER TO THE, THE TRADEOFFS WITH MAINTENANCE COSTS. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CAPTURED IN YOUR, IN YOUR ASSESSMENTS WHEN, WHEN YOU DO THIS. 
          UM, AND, UH, COUNCILMAN MCKEE MENTIONED THE, UH, THE EXCEPTIONS. 
          THAT'S ALSO GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU COME BACK AND REPORT, UH, TO US. 
          SO THAT COULD BE PART OF, OF THE REGULAR REPORTING. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT'S, UM, THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT FOR NOW. 
          SO WE'LL COME BACK. 
          NEXT MONTH WON'T BE A LONG DISCUSSION. 
          UH, WE'LL JUST HAVE THE DOCUMENT UP FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY. 
          TRANSPARENCY, MAKING SURE IT WAS OUT IN THE PUBLIC BEFORE, IT WAS, BEFORE ANY ACTION WAS, WAS TAKEN. 
          UH, DO WE NEED A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO NEXT MONTH? COULD I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE? I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM FOR NEXT MONTH MEETING. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          OKAY. 
          A THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LAST THING, WHEN YOU DO, UH, COME BACK, MAYBE A LIST OF WHO YOU INTEND TO HAVE ON THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANKS SO MUCH. 
          WELL, THANK YOU GUYS FOR WORK. 
          IT'S EXCITING. 
          I KNOW THIS IS JUST A TECHNICALITY THAT'S, THAT'S HAVING US POSTPONE IT, BUT WE'RE, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ALRIGHT, MOVING 
          [4. The SASpeakUp Portal project, presented by Government and Public Affairs and Information Technology Services Department staff. [Jeff Coyle, Assistant City Manager; Laura Mayes, Assistant Director, Government, and Public Affairs]]
ON TO OUR, UH, NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS AN UPDATE ON THE RESIDENT CONNECT OR ESSAY SPEAKUP PLATFORM. 
          I WANNA THANK THE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO GAVE US THEIR COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING. 
          UM, THAT INCLUDES MS. CYNTHIA SPIELMAN, MS. VEMA PENA, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, BONNIE CONNOR, AND, UH, OF COURSE DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENT EXTRAORDINAIRE, UH, BIANCA MALDONADO. 
          UH, I KNOW I WASN'T HERE, BUT MY TREMENDOUS STAFF HAS SUMMARIZED YOUR COMMENTS FOR ME. 
          I THINK THEY'RE VERY HELPFUL. 
          UM, AND WE WILL FIND A WAY TO, TO INTEGRATE THIS, THIS INPUT DURING TODAY'S DISCUSSION AND IN THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT. 
          SO WHY DON'T WE BEGIN WITH, UM, THIS, SHOULD I TURN THIS OVER TO JEFF OR LAURA? OH, LAURA MAY WILL DO THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          UM, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I'M LAURA MAYS. 
          I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS. 
          I ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE MATT LUELLEN, WHO MANY OF YOU KNOW. 
          HE'S THE BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP MANAGER FOR I T S D, WHO'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL. 
          UM, AND YOU ALL OF COURSE KNOW JEFF COYLE, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, WHO OVERSEES GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AS WELL. 
          AND CRAIG HOPKINS, UM, DIRECTOR OF I T S D. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          UM, JUST AS AN INTRODUCTION TO THIS PROJECT, I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT, UM, AND I'LL RUN THROUGH THESE SLIDES QUICKLY. 
          UM, TO BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME, THE VISION FOR THIS PROJECT WAS TO HAVE A RESIDENT CENTRIC APPROACH TO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          NOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN LAYMAN'S TERMS? UM, ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT MEANS IS PUTTING ON THE LENS OF THE RESIDENT AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED IN TERMS OF OWNING THE RELATIONSHIP THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE CITY. 
          WHAT DO THEY WANT TO OPT INTO? HOW DO THEY WANNA BE COMMUNICATED WITH? WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION DO THEY WANT? HOW DO THEY WANNA ACCESS IT? SO THE ELEMENTS OF THIS PLATFORM YOU'LL SEE TAKE THIS APPROACH IN MIND. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
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TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THIS PROJECT, UM, AS THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, SPOKE, MS. SPIELMAN BROUGHT THIS UP. 
          UM, S A SPEAKUP BEGAN AS A SURVEY ON THE BUDGET BACK IN 2015. 
          AND WITH THAT BEING ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS THAT THE CITY CONDUCTS EACH YEAR AND STILL CONTINUES TO THIS DATE, UM, IT EXPANDED IN ITS IN ITS SCOPE OVER THE YEARS. 
          IN 2018, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, OF COURSE, YOU FILED A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION C C R THAT ASKED US TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE CITY DOES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          AND PART OF THAT WORK WAS IN JULY OF 2018, WE IMPLEMENTED A SET OF MINIMUM STANDARDS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          THOSE STANDARDS INCLUDED EVERYTHING FROM COORDINATING WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE KNOW WHEN AN INPUT OPPORTUNITY IS COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE, WE CAN COORDINATE WITH THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS, UM, BRANDING CAMPAIGNS UNDER THIS ESSAY SPEAK UP UMBRELLA THAT HAS A LOT OF BRAND EQUITY IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, COLLECTING, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SO WE KNOW WE'RE REACHING THE RIGHT RESIDENTS AND IMPROVE WHERE WE NEED TO, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED. 
          UH, CLEAR TIMELINES BEING ESTABLISHED, PROVIDING RESULTS TO YOU AHEAD OF A MAJOR POLICY DECISION. 
          UM, YOU'VE SEEN THIS IN BUDGET CAMPAIGNS. 
          UM, YOU'VE SEEN REPORTS FROM THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES DEPARTMENTS, UM, WHEN THEY HAVE MAJOR POLICY CHANGES, THEY'LL BRING YOU SOME FEEDBACK, UM, FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AS PART OF THIS, YOU AS A COUNCIL ADOPTED A SET OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          I KNOW THOSE WERE ALSO REFERENCED BY THE PUBLIC, UM, THAT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS MEANINGFUL, IT'S TRANSPARENT. 
          UM, I'LL GET INTO THOSE IN IN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, IN FEBRUARY OF 2019, THE CITY MANAGER ISSUED A, AN ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          UM, AND THIS INTENT OF THIS AD WAS TO OPERATIONALIZE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND PUT THOSE INTO USE FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS. 
          UM, DURING THE PANDEMIC IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, YOU SAW THE LAUNCH OF THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH CONTINUES TO THIS DATE. 
          UM, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CREATION OF THE RESIDENT CONNECTION PORTAL PROJECT, WHICH IS NOW CALLED THE SA SPEAKUP PORTAL IN FEBRUARY OF 2020. 
          AND JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE LAUNCHED THE FIRST ELEMENT OF THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS THE NEW AGENDA SYSTEM. 
          WE'LL GET INTO THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AS I MENTIONED, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTED INCLUDE MEANINGFUL, TRANSPARENT, RESPECTFUL, INCLUSIVE, ACCESSIBLE, INFORMATIVE, RESPONSIVE, TIMELY, CONVENIENT AND CONTINUOUS. 
          THESE ARE ALL THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION EFFORTS. 
          UM, AND SO, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE TRYING TO OPERATIONALIZE THESE. 
          UM, THE PROJECT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT TODAY IS A DIGITAL PLATFORM, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S ONLY DIGITAL AND NATURE FOR WHAT RESIDENTS COMMUNICATE WITH US. 
          UM, IT MEANS THAT THEY OWN THEIR RELATIONSHIP. 
          SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO BE COMMUNICATED WITH BY PHONE ONLY OR BY WRITTEN LETTERS, UM, WE'LL KNOW THAT ABOUT RESIDENT, BUT IT'S INTENDED TO PUT ALL THESE, UM, GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO WORK. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO WHAT ARE THE CORE COMPONENTS OF THE PLATFORM? THE FIRST ONE IS CONSTITUENT MANAGEMENT. 
          UM, AND THIS IS THE TRACKING OF A RESIDENT'S INFORMATION, BEING ABLE TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE ENTERING THAT INFORMATION. 
          EVERY TIME THEY TAKE A SURVEY OR APPLY FOR A BOARD OR REACH OUT TO YOUR OFFICE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A RECORD OF WHO THAT RESIDENT IS. 
          BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, LOOKING AT IMPROVING THAT APPLICATION PROCESS SO THAT IT'S MOBILE RESPONSIVE, THAT THE APPLICATION IS EASIER TO USE, AND THE PROCESSING SIDE FOR STAFF IS EASIER ON THAT BACKEND AGENDA. 
          AGENDA MANAGEMENT, YOU'VE SEEN OUR NEW SYSTEM, UM, HAS A NEW AGENDAS POSTED. 
          IT'S A LOT MORE MOBILE FRIENDLY. 
          I KNOW FOR ME, ON, ON MY PHONE IS WHERE I LIKE TO ACCESS AGENDA ITEMS. UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE IN A WAY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DOWNLOAD A P D F, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT, YOU CAN DO THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, SURVEY MANAGEMENT, HAVING A SINGLE RESOURCE WHERE ALL OF THOSE SURVEYS LIVE AND WHERE THEY'RE IN BETTER COORDINATION WITH DEPARTMENTS SO THAT WE'RE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, WE'RE DOING THE PROPER REVIEW, WE'RE COMING TO THE PUBLIC AT THE RIGHT MOMENT IN TIME TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK. 
          AND LASTLY, CALENDAR MANAGEMENT. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE. 
          I WANTED TO GET INTO THIS SLIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, BECAUSE WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE ORGANIZATION OPERATIONALLY? UM, THE FIRST POINT IS THAT COMMUNITY DATA AND INFORMATION IS MANAGED IN A HOLISTIC WAY. 
          UM, IT'S NOT A SPREADSHEET OF CONTACTS THAT MIGHT LIVE WITH GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, FOR EXAMPLE, OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN BUDGET SURVEYS OVER THE YEAR, AND WE FOLLOW UP WITH THEM, UM, TO LET THEM KNOW WHEN THE NEXT SURVEY IS OPEN. 
          UM, EACH DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW HAS TO MANAGE THEIR CONTACTS INDIVIDUALLY. 
          EACH COUNCIL OFFICE HAS TO DO THE SAME. 
          INSTEAD, WE'RE PUTTING IT ALL UNDER ONE SYSTEM. 
          AND AGAIN, ALLOWING THE RESIDENT TO OPT IN TO WHAT COMMUNICATION THEY WANT TO RECEIVE. 
          UM, SO THAT IT'S, IT'S CONTINUOUS. 
          IT LIVES IN A SINGLE SYSTEM. 
          UM, IT DOESN'T STAY WITH A PERSON IF THEY LEAVE THE ORGANIZATION OR AN OFFICE HOLDER IF THEY TRANSITION OUT OF THAT OFFICE AS WELL. 
          AGAIN, CREATING 
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RESIDENT CENTRIC EXPERIENCES TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND I DO WANNA THANK THE RESIDENTS WHO SPOKE UP ON TODAY'S CALL BECAUSE THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK IS CRITICAL AS WE IMPROVE, UM, AND MAKE CHANGES TO THE SYSTEM, UM, HOLISTIC AND DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT RESIDENTS WANT TO ENGAGE WITH US ON. 
          UM, HAVING THAT RECORD OF WHO THAT RESIDENT IS WHEN THEY CALL YOUR OFFICE. 
          UM, LET'S SAY I CALL YOU AND ASK ABOUT A SIDEWALK ISSUE. 
          YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO LOOK UP MY FILE THEN AND SEE THAT I'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED A RECORD, UH, A REQUEST TO 3 1 1, AND I'VE CALLED PUBLIC WORKS AND NOW I'M CALLING YOUR OFFICE. 
          BUT YOU'LL HAVE A RECORD OF WHAT THAT COMMUNICATION WAS. 
          UM, BETTER TARGETING OF INFORMATION. 
          WHAT LANGUAGES DO THEY SPEAK? WHAT ZIP CODES DO THEY LIVE IN, WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THEY IN? UM, IT ALLOWS US TO BETTER TARGET THAT MARKETING INFORMATION TO THEM. 
          UM, I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, BUT CONTINUITY ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND COUNCIL OFFICES. 
          MAKING SURE THAT THE RESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE THE BURDEN OF SIGNING UP TO, UM, SIGNING UP FOR AN EMAIL LIST, SIGNING UP FOR A CONTACT LIST. 
          INSTEAD, THEY DO IT ONCE THEY'RE DONE, THEY HAVE A PROFILE AND THAT STAYS WITH THEM. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, JUST STREAMLINING AND STANDARDIZING PROCESSES SO THAT THE RESIDENT HAS THE SAME EXPERIENCE ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION RATHER THAN HAVING DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES THROUGHOUT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO A COUPLE PIECES THAT ARE LIVE RIGHT NOW THAT I WANNA GET INTO BECAUSE THE PORTAL IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT. 
          NUMBER ONE IS THE CONSTITUENT MANAGEMENT PIECE. 
          UM, DOING SOME TRAINING RIGHT NOW WITH YOUR OFFICES TO GET THAT UP AND RUNNING AND, UH, FOR STAFF TO BEGIN USING THAT. 
          AND THE AGENDA MANAGEMENT PIECE, YOU'VE SEEN THOSE NEW AGENDAS ARE LIVE. 
          UM, THERE ARE STILL SOME ELEMENTS THAT ARE ON REGISTRAR THAT WE'LL BE TRANSITIONING OVER TO THE NEXT TO THE NEW SYSTEM. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND JUST A, UM, LOOK A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AT CONSTITUENT MANAGEMENT HERE. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S OWNING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY. 
          THAT INFORMATION CARRIES ON AND WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR NEEDS. 
          SO THIS IS THE PIECE THAT IS GOING LIVE RIGHT NOW. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE ON THE BACKEND. 
          THIS IS A SCREENSHOT JUST AS A DEMONSTRATION HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE, UM, AND I I HOPE THAT APPEARS ON YOUR SCREEN HERE. 
          UM, CLEARLY IT'S GOT THE RECORD OF WHAT SOMEBODY MIGHT'VE REQUESTED THE NAME, WHAT KIND OF PROJECT IT WAS, UM, AND YOU SEE THOSE CASES FOR A SPECIFIC USER THERE. 
          UM, AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, VIRTUAL COMMENTS AS, AS MENTIONED BY OUR CALLERS TODAY IS SOMETHING THAT IS LIVE. 
          AND AGAIN, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK AND HAVE ACTUALLY MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE WEBSITE ALREADY BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT, UM, I KNOW CYNTHIA AND BIANCA SHARED WITH US. 
          SO AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, BUT JUST TO SHOW YOU, UM, HOW IT WORKS, YOU CAN VISIT SA SPEAKUP.COM, CLICK ON THE MEETINGS BANNER, SELECT THE MEETING YOU WANNA PARTICIPATE IN. 
          CLICK THE SPEECH BUBBLE ICON AND YOU CAN THEN LEAVE YOUR COMMENT, INDICATE WHAT YOUR POSITION IS AND HIT SUBMIT. 
          AND THEN THE MICROPHONE ICON ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK LIVE FOR THE AGENDA ITEM. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE A TEXT MESSAGE FRIENDLY VERSION. 
          SO IF YOU TEXT COMMENT TO 5 5 0 0 0, IT'LL SEND YOU A LINK TO SIGN UP FOR THAT COMMENT PROCESS AS WELL. 
          UM, THESE POSTS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE HERE ARE SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED, UM, ON NEXTDOOR WITH SOME NEWS RELEASES AND PROMOTION. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO SHARING THESE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF HOW THE COMMENT PROCESS WORKS. 
          UM, I DO WANNA NOTE ONE THING. 
          THE COMMENT PROCESS WAS BUILT OUT WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT WE WERE GOING BACK TO IN-PERSON MEETINGS. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF OUR CALLERS TODAY MENTIONED ABOUT THE SIGNUP PROCESS AND HOW DO WE COLLECT THAT INFORMATION. 
          WE'RE WORKING WITH THE VENDOR RIGHT NOW TO UPDATE HOW THAT INFORMATION IS COLLECTED. 
          SO YOU CAN SIGN UP WITH A NAME, EMAIL, OR PHONE NUMBER SO THAT WAY WE CAN STAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH YOU. 
          SO AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, ONGOING ELEMENTS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO LAUNCH IN SEPTEMBER, UM, END OF SEPTEMBER. 
          UM, ADDITIONAL STAFF TRAINING AND 3 1 1 INTEGRATION TO THE CONSTITUENT MANAGEMENT PIECE. 
          ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND MORE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AS I MENTIONED, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE TRANSITIONING OVER TO THE NEW AGENDA PIECE. 
          UM, THAT BOARDS AND COMMISSION SYSTEM IS BEING CONFIGURED RIGHT NOW FOR THE APPLICATION PROCESS IN THE BACKEND. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ALSO CURRENTLY DOING TESTING FOR THE CALENDARS AND SURVEYS FEATURE. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO HOW WILL WE MEASURE SUCCESS WITH THIS PLATFORM? UM, THERE'S A FEW WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THIS QUANTITATIVELY. 
          UM, WE CAN LOOK AT ENGAGEMENT OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY USING AS PART OF THE PORTAL. 
          UM, ARE THEY FILLING OUT APPLICATIONS FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS? ARE THEY TAKING SURVEYS? ARE THEY SHOWING UP TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC OR VIRTUAL MEETINGS? UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SIGNING UP TO CREATE A PROFILE WITH THE CITY? UM, WE CAN LOOK AT THE ENGAGEMENT WITH CITY CALENDARS AND AGENDA POSTINGS. 
          ARE PEOPLE USING VIRTUAL COMMENT, LOOKING AT THE ANALYTICS? ARE PEOPLE GETTING WHAT THEY NEED OR ARE THEY HAVING TO CLICK AROUND TO DIFFERENT PAGES ON OUR SITE? AND THEN THAT ONGOING 
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COMMUNICATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS. 
          THAT'S BOTH, I THINK, AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL METRIC WE CAN LOOK AT. 
          ARE WE KEEPING THAT FEEDBACK LOOP OPEN? ARE WE RESPONDING TO PEOPLE IN A, IN A RESPONSIVE AND TIMELY WAY? UM, AND THEN ARE THE RESIDENTS TOO, SEEING THAT EXPECTATION BEING MET ON THEIR SIDE? NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          I WANTED TO RUN THROUGH THOSE SLIDES PRETTY QUICKLY JUST TO BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME, BUT MATT AND I ARE BOTH AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          UM, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU LAURA, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS EFFORT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC, UH, WITH, UH, WITH EVERYTHING HAPPENING. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU. 
          AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE WITH US TODAY AND WHO HAVE SHARED THEIR COMMENTS. 
          UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BEFORE WE WE JUMP INTO COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS. 
          UH, REMIND ME THE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF, OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES. 
          WAS THERE A STAKEHOLDER GROUP INVOLVED IN THAT? SO AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCOPE FOR THE PROJECT, UM, MADAM CHAIR, THERE WAS, UM, FEEDBACK COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS COUNCIL, FROM EACH COUNCIL OFFICE, UM, AS WELL AS STAFF AND STAKEHOLDERS. 
          UM, WE DID GET FEEDBACK FROM THOSE THAT SERVED ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS, UM, MS. SPIELMAN AS WELL AS, UM, MARGARET WILSON, ALIA, WHO SERVED ON THAT SELECTION COMMITTEE AS WELL. 
          UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCOPE AS MORE ELEMENTS GO LIVE SINCE THIS IS BEING CUSTOM BUILT FOR THE CITY AND SOME ELEMENTS ARE, ARE STILL IN DESIGN AS MENTIONED. 
          UM, WE DO WANNA COME BACK TO THE PUBLIC AND GET FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE IF THERE ARE ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, UM, JUST LIKE WE SAW WITH THE AGENDA PIECE TODAY. 
          MATT, DID I MISS ANYTHING? NO, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, RIGHT ON LAURA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO WHAT I, I THINK WHAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET OUT OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION IS A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          FIRST OF ALL, OF COURSE, WE WANNA HEAR OUR COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS AND THANK YOU ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO STAY UNTIL FOUR 30. 
          I REALIZE OUR AGENDA TODAY WAS VERY PACKED, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, I THINK WE'RE JUST GONNA LOSE ONE, ONE MEMBER, SO WE'LL LET HIM GO IN IN A MINUTE TO, TO GIVE HIS COMMENTS. 
          UM, BUT THE OTHER THING IS INTEGRATING OUR STAKEHOLDERS INTO THE ROLLOUT PROCESS. 
          THAT'S REALLY WHEN THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD AND THINGS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE FORESEEN, UH, COME UP. 
          SO I AM GOING TO PROPOSE THAT EACH MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE NOMINATE ONE PERSON, UH, A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, UM, TO FORM A SORT OF WORKING GROUP, UH, THAT CAN WORK WITH YOU. 
          UM, G P A AND, AND THE TEAM THAT'S IMPLEMENTING THIS. 
          UM, WE, WE WILL NEED TO SORT OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW FREQUENTLY WOULD THEY MEET, UM, AND THEY'D BE SORT OF AN ADVISORY GROUP TO US, BUT REALLY THAT END USER, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN OUR OWN BUBBLE OVER HERE, BUT THAT END USER ON THE OTHER SIDE, THAT'S GONNA HELP US, UH, GROUND, UH, PROOF THIS, UH, AND HOPEFULLY GET IT ROLLING WITHOUT GLITCHES, UH, QUICKER THAN WE OTHERWISE WOULD IF WE, IF WE HAD TO DO IT ON OUR OWN. 
          SO I'M GONNA THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ADVANCE FOR , FOR WHOEVER GETS SELECTED FOR AGREEING TO DO THAT. 
          UM, SO I'D, I'D LIKE TO HEAR MY, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS', UH, THOUGHTS ON THAT AS WE GO THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THIS. 
          AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS THE CONSTITUENT PIECE. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH SOME OF THE COUNCIL OFFICES, UH, STAFF ON THAT. 
          REMIND ME RIGHT NOW, IS IT JUST COUNCIL OFFICES THAT WILL USE THAT OR, UM, I THOUGHT THE IDEA WAS TO INTEGRATE IT THROUGH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS OR, OR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS ON IT YET? MATT, I'M GONNA CLUE YOU IN FOR THIS ONE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON FAMILY. 
          YEAH, SO, UM, WE THINK OF THIS WHOLE PLATFORM AS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING OUT TO THE CITY, UM, WHERE EVERYONE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IT. 
          AND SO THERE MAY BE DIFFERENT PIECES OF IT THAT DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY WILL ACCESS, UM, AND YOUR COUNCIL OFFICES MAY ACCESS A DIFFERENT PIECE OF IT. 
          UM, AND WHEN WE GET TO THE GRANULAR LEVEL AT THOSE CORE COMPONENTS, THAT'S WHAT I'M REALLY REFERRING TO. 
          UM, SO COUNCIL OFFICES, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT CONSTITUENT MANAGEMENT TOOL, UM, THAT IS YOURS. 
          UM, IT WILL TALK WITH 3 1 1, UH, AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. 
          AND THEN AS THE PROJECT GROWS, UM, WE WILL LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL WAYS TO INTEGRATE THAT, BUT THAT SYSTEM WILL HAVE CHANNELS TO TALK TO ITSELF WITH THESE OTHER COMPONENTS. 
          SO, UM, IT'S A CONVOLUTED YES THAT EVERYONE'S USING IT, BUT EVERYONE, DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ARE, MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT ENTRY POINT. 
          OKAY. 
          I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD SIT DOWN IN YOUR OFFICE WITH THE FLOW CHART AND  LOTS OF ARROWS AND BOXES TO UNDERSTAND THAT ONE. 
          SO, SO WHY DON'T WE GO TO COMMITTEE MEMBER, UH, COMMENTS. 
          UM, I'M GONNA START WITH COUNCILLOR MCKEE. 
          I KNOW YOUR TIME IS LIMITED, UH, WITH US, SO PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
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THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, JUST TWO QUESTIONS. 
          ONE IS, SO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD TODAY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, HOW IS THAT GONNA BE IMPLEMENTED OR, UH, WHAT, WHO'S LOOK IS SOMEBODY LOOKING INTO THAT RIGHT NOW? I BASICALLY JUST WANT VINDICATION FOR THOSE WHO CAME TO SPEAK. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, YES, WE ARE MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SYSTEM. 
          WE HAVE MADE SOME UPDATES TO THE WEBSITE, UM, AS EARLY AS THIS MORNING AND IN FACT DURING THIS MEETING, UM, WHEN THAT PHONE NUMBER ISSUE WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION. 
          UM, SO WE ARE WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE CHANGES, UM, AND DOING THAT AS, AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN WITH THE VENDOR IN TERMS OF THAT CONTACT INFORMATION PIECE ON PRIME GOV. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW IT'S BEEN, UM, I KNOW IT'S BEEN CRAZY. 
          WE HAVE NEW TECH AT THE, OR NEW, A NEW SYSTEM ON THE DIOCESE AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE KINKS ON THAT. 
          SO I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY BUSY. 
          UM, I DON'T THINK, I HA I ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. 
          MY OTHER COMMENT IS I'M SUPPORTIVE OF PICKING MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL, UH, SO SUPPORTIVE. 
          I'LL, I'LL, I'LL DO WHAT I CAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I AM, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THIS. 
          I'M GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PORTAL AND I'LL PROBABLY HAVE MORE INPUT FOR YOU, UH, LAURA AS I LOOK THROUGH IT. 
          UM, AND I'M ALL FOR THE COMMITTEE WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE UM, WE, WE, WE HAVE THE END USER IN MIND AND I HAVE SPECIFIC RESIDENTS IN MIND, AND I THINK I'M GOING TO TAP FOR THIS. 
          SO MY, AND IT GOES BACK TO THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND IT GOES BACK TO MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE BUDGET TO ROLL THIS OUT CORRECTLY. 
          AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS AS WE GET TO DIFFERENT PORTIONS, OF COURSE, I CALL IT LIKE AN ACADEMY, LIKE THE ESSAY SPEAK UP ACADEMY, WHERE PEOPLE GET TO GO TO THE LIBRARY, DO CLASSES, LEARN HOW TO, TO KIND OF WORK THIS EVENT, OR THAT WE HAVE THE BUDGET FOR THE VIDEOS. 
          AND I LIKE THE LITTLE STICK FIGURE VIDEOS THAT ARE JUST LIKE, COME TO YOUR COMPUTER, GO ON YOUR PHONE. 
          SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW, AND MATT CAN ATTEST TO IT THAT IT'S USER ERROR BECAUSE THAT'S ME ON THE CUS IT'S USER ERROR SOMETIME THAT CAUSES THESE PROBLEMS. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THOSE WHO CAME ONLINE AND GAVE THEIR INPUT. 
          WE DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE THIS USER FRIENDLY FOR, FOR YOU GUYS. 
          THE MORE INFORMATION WE CAN GET FROM OUR COMMUNITY, THE BETTER. 
          SO I'M GONNA TAKE A LOOK, I'LL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS AND THEN ANNA, WE'RE JUST GONNA NEED TO LOOK, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CARVE OUT SOME BUDGET TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THESE THINGS DONE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY PLEASE, UM, COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. 
          UM, I THINK THE BEAUTY OF THIS TOOL BEING ROLLED OUT CITYWIDE TOO IS THAT AS ALL DEPARTMENTS ARE USING IT, THE MARKETING DOESN'T HAVE TO COME FROM JUST G P A FOR EXAMPLE, OR JUST I T S D OR JUST THE CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          UM, SO IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT'S A STANDARD EXPERIENCE ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE SOME VIDEOS AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOUR OFFICE AS WELL AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ABOUT HOW TO USE VIRTUAL COMMENT, UM, AS WELL AS THE AGENDA PIECE AS WELL. 
          SO WE'LL SEND THOSE OUT. 
          THEY'RE SOCIAL MEDIA FRIENDLY, UM, BUT, BUT THEY SHOW SCREEN GRABS OF HOW TO USE IT. 
          SUPER. 
          THAT'S GREAT TO KNOW. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GUILLO, THANK YOU. 
          UM, I HAVE MORE COMMENTS THAN QUESTIONS. 
          UM, FIRST OFF, I WANNA COMMEND THEMA FOR FACILITATING THE DISTRICT BY BUDGET TOWN HALL WHILE CARING FOR HER DAUGHTER. 
          YOU'RE AMAZING. 
          UM, I, UM, ALSO, UM, ECHO COUNCILWOMAN BRAN'S, UM, SENTIMENTS AROUND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. 
          I KNOW IN DISTRICT FIVE, YOU KNOW, UH, MANY OF OUR ELDERS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO SMARTPHONES, INTERNET. 
          UM, SO HOW WE BRIDGE THAT GAP? SO I, I'M IN FAVOR OF A SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, WHERE OUR RESIDENTS CAN EXPRESS THOSE CONCERNS AND WORK TOWARDS SOLUTIONS. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I KIND OF WANNA HONE IN ON THE CONSTITUENT MANAGEMENT SECTION OF THE, THE, THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, I SHADOWED MY CONSTITUENT SERVICES DIRECTOR WHILE SHE WAS NAVIGATING THAT DASHBOARD AND, UH, SHE WAS EXPERIENCING SEVERAL ISSUES. 
          UM, MY, MY ENTIRE TEAM OF CONSTITUENT SERVICES IS EXPERIENCING ISSUES OF ENTERING NEW CASES, UM, UM, AS WELL AS UPDATING CASES, ENTERING THINGS AS BASIC AS LIKE DISTRICT FIVE, UM, IS DIFFICULT. 
          UM, IT'S UPLOADING THE PAST, UH, UH, ADMINISTRATION'S INFORMATION. 
          UM, AND I THINK WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT SHE CAN'T PULL REPORTS. 
          UM, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS A REPRESENTATIVE I HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DATA AND THOSE REPORTS. 
          AND WITH THIS SOFTWARE, UM, THEY'RE NOT, THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITIES TO DO THAT. 
          UM, BUT I KNOW RIGHT NOW THEY'RE GOING THROUGH TRAINING, UM, WITH YOU ALL. 
          UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK OUT THOSE KINKS. 
          BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK 
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YOU. 
          OKAY, AWESOME. 
          UM, SO WILL SOMEONE BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH D FIVE TO REVIEW THAT? ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          COME FROM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, SOMEONE ON SITE WITH, AT THEIR FIELD OFFICE WITH THEM TODAY. 
          UM, AND A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ARE STUFF THAT WE NEED TO WORK OUT WITH THEM ON A ONE-TO-ONE BASIS. 
          IT'S, IT'S EACH FIELD OFFICE HAS KIND OF THEIR OWN UNIQUE NEEDS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL WORK WITH TO PUT IN PLACE, UM, EITHER AS THEY COME UP OR IN ADVANCE IF THEY'RE IDENTIFIED. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH MATT, AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK THROUGHOUT. 
          UM, WE'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN, UH, VO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU LAURA FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          UH, I, AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL FOR, UH, INITIATING THE PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THAT'S, THAT'S MOVED US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          AND LAURA, I THINK THIS NEW INITIATIVE, UH, TAKES IT FURTHER AND SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR IT. 
          UM, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT OUR CITY DOES WELL AND BUT I, I CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT DOING GOOD ENOUGH CONTINUE TO DO WELL ENOUGH IS, IS MEANINGFUL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          WE, WE HEARD SOME OF THAT FROM CYNTHIA SPIELMAN, BIANCA MALDONADO FROM, UH, BONNIE CONNOR. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THESE ARE PEOPLE, THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE SPEAKING UP. 
          THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE EXTREMELY ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FORMER COUNCIL STAFF MEMBER. 
          UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE EXTREMELY ENGAGED WITH THE CITY, WITH THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND, AND CONTINUOUSLY FRUSTRATED BY THE LACK OF OPPORTUNITY, THE CHALLENGES TO FIND THINGS ONLINE. 
          THE NOT KNOWING, LIKE WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR INPUT, WHERE DID THAT GO? WHAT DOES THAT RESULT IN? AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, AND BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HEARD WHEN I WAS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND SOMETHING THAT I COMMITTED TO DOING. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S A CHALLENGE THAT I EXPERIENCED, UH, BEFORE I WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER TRYING TO GET ENGAGED WITH, WITH MY LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 
          AND WHEN WE ASKED SOME OF YOU ALL TO WORK ON THIS TO MAKE, TO IMPROVE THIS PROCESS, I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR FOR US TO PUT THAT ON YOUR PLATE IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER THINGS YOU DO. 
          BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ASK AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO, TO TAKE CHARGE OF THIS, THEY'VE GOT A HUNDRED THINGS THEY'RE WORKING ON, RIGHT? AND SO THIS IS JUST ONE MORE. 
          SO DO THIS IN ADDITION TO ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT WE STILL WANT YOU TO DO WELL. 
          AND SO THE SOLUTION I THINK IS THAT OUR CITY SHOULD HAVE A DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND A STAFF TO HELP THEM IMPLEMENT THAT. 
          SOMEBODY WHO OWNS THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          AND SO THAT IS GONNA BE AN ASK THAT I'M GONNA HAVE IN THE BUDGET. 
          I'M GONNA ASK FOR A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A DIRECTOR AND FOR THEM TO HAVE STAFF. 
          AND SO I'LL BE PUTTING THIS IN A BUDGET MEMO, UM, BECAUSE I THINK SOMEBODY NEEDS TO OWN THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND NOT BE DISTRACTED BY ALL THE OTHER, UH, IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. 
          UM, SO I WANNA THROW THAT OUT THERE. 
          AND, UM, ANOTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, UH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE ELSE BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE YOU, BUT THE, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, UH, SOMETIMES IT'S HELPFUL TO COME AND INTERACT IN PERSON. 
          AND I REMEMBER COMING TO COUNCIL MEETINGS OR COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND I'D WAIT FOR, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I'D GO AND I'D PARK ON THE STREET AND I'D FEED THE METER, AND I'D WAIT AND WAIT AND WAIT. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOUR AGENDA ITEM'S GONNA COME UP, AND THEN IT FINALLY COMES UP. 
          BUT YOUR, YOUR, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRING AT YOUR METER, AND YOU HAVE TO RUN OUT THERE AND GO FEED THE METER, OR YOU HAVE TO TAKE A RISK OF GETTING A PARKING TICKET. 
          AND SO THAT'S AN OBSTACLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HAVE, PROVIDE FREE PARKING FOR ANYBODY WHO COMES TO US TO ENGAGE IN A CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR A COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING GOING FORWARD TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF SOMEBODY TAKES THE, THE BUS, I WOULD LIKE US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A FREE VIA BUS PASS OR REIMBURSE THEM SO THAT IF SOMEBODY TAKES THE BUS TO COME HERE AND BE HERE FOR A COUNCIL MEETING, THAT'S, THAT'S, WE WANNA REDUCE THOSE OBSTACLES TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          AND SO THAT, THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT I WANNA PROPOSE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ALL GREAT COMMENTS. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          I'M SURE STAFF HAS HEARD THEM FROM ME AD NAUSEUM, AND, UH, I'M SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT THEM UP. 
          SO I FEEL LIKE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE SAYING. 
          UM, SO, UH, AND I KNOW YOU ALSO MENTIONED, UH, SUBMITTING A, A BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUEST MEMO, SO, UM, IF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE IDEAS, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD ASK THIS TO MR. MCCAREY OR, OR, UM, YEAH, I GUESS MR. MCCAREY, WELL, COULDN'T THE COMMITTEE, UH, 
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MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO FULL COUNSEL TO DO, UH, SOME OF THESE THINGS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET? YES. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M DOING IS NOT ONLY TAKING NOTES, BUT TO THINK THROUGH HOW DO WE ADD THAT, UH, REQUEST TO PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          SO I'LL BE VISITING WITH OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MARIA ILLA GOMEZ, AND COME BACK TO YOU, UH, IN A MEMO FORM OR AN EMAIL JUST TO TELL YOU HOW IT WILL BE, UH, INCORPORATED THOSE REQUESTS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, ALL RIGHT, LET ME JUST SUMMARIZE WHAT, UH, OH, JEFF, PLEASE. 
          I JUST WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT JUST FOR THE COMMITTEE'S AWARENESS. 
          UM, AS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION HAS GROWN IN IMPORTANCE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, UM, WE HAVE DEDICATED A, A TEAM TO IT. 
          UM, BERTA RODRIGUEZ, WHO LED OUR, UH, CENSUS, UH, EFFORTS, OUR, OUR COMPLETE COUNT EFFORTS OVER SEVERAL YEARS, UH, BECAME ESSENTIALLY OUR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, UH, PERSON WITHIN G P A. 
          AND SHE NOW HAS A STAFF PERSON THAT SHE IS BROUGHT ON TO SUPPORT HER, THEIR SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED IN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          ONE OF THE KEYS THAT, TO UNDERSTAND THOUGH, AND, AND, AND WELL, I'LL GET TO THAT, ONE OF THE KEYS TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 40 CITY DEPARTMENTS WHO, WHO ALL DO THEIR OWN FORM OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AROUND CITY POLICIES AND PROGRAMS AND SO FORTH. 
          AND SO, ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVES AND THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES WERE TO TRY TO STREAMLINE AND GIVE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS A SET OF GUIDELINES TO MEET WHEN THEY DO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          AS A ADD-ON TO THAT, CRAIG AND LAURA AND MATT AND THE TEAM HAVE STARTED TO BUILD OUT THIS PLATFORM SO THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST FOLLOWING GUIDELINES, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY A SHARED SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          SO WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          OBVIOUSLY, WHATEVER THE COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, WANT TO PROPOSE, I'M, I'M SURE THE MANAGER WILL CONSIDER, AND WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UH, YOU KNEW WHAT THE, WHAT THE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE WAS THAT'S IN PLACE NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          SO I, I APPRECIATE THAT, JEFF. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          BETA DOES A FANTASTIC JOB. 
          I LOVE HAVING HER ON, ON MEETINGS WITH US. 
          I THINK SHE HAS A REALLY GOOD SENSE OF HOW TO FEEL OUT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM, FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND, AND NOT EVERYONE HAS THAT, UM, HAS THAT ABILITY. 
          SO I'M VERY GLAD THAT SHE'S WITH US AND THAT SHE HAS A HOME, UM, IN THIS WORK. 
          UM, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE HAD 10 BETAS,  DOING THIS WORK, OR 40, RIGHT? ONE FOR ONE FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          THIS IS WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M HEARING. 
          WE WILL PUT TOGETHER AN AD HOC COMMUNITY MEMBER GROUP. 
          I DON'T WANNA SAY COMMITTEE, BUT GROUP, UH, TO ADVISE ON THE RESIDENT CONNECT IMPLEMENTATION. 
          UH, THAT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE PRIME GOV, UM, WEB PORTAL, THOSE TWO SPECIFIC AREAS, UH, FOR THE TIME BEING AND THE SA SPEAK UP AREAS. 
          I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT EVERY COMMITTEE MEMBER NOMINATE ONE PERSON, SELECT ONE PERSON. 
          UH, PLEASE SEND THAT TO, UM, TO MY OFFICE AS WELL AS, UH, SHOULD WE SEND THAT TO LAURA OR MATT? OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, SOMEONE FROM MY OFFICE WILL ALSO HELP FACILITATE, I KNOW WE'RE THROWING MORE WORK AT YOU  EXACTLY WHAT COUNCILMAN BRAVO SAID. 
          THE THE PROBLEM WAS. 
          UH, BUT CONSIDER THEM FREE, FREE CONSULTANTS. 
          UM, SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE ON, ON YOUR PROJECT. 
          SO WE'LL PULL THAT TOGETHER. 
          AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO MEET. 
          UH, WE'LL ALSO INVITE THE MAYOR TO SEND ONE INDIVIDUAL. 
          SO WITH, IT WOULD ONLY BE SIX TOTAL, SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO SCHEDULE. 
          UM, AND IF YOU GUYS WANNA PICK A SPENDING TIME WHEN THEY MEET, SO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO, IT, IT'S JUST EASIER FOR SCHEDULING, UH, PURPOSES. 
          WE DON'T WANNA MAKE IT TOO COMPLICATED. 
          UM, AND PLEASE MAKE SURE WE CAN REIMBURSE THEIR PARKING IF THEY DO MEET DOWNTOWN. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, SO WE'LL DO THAT. 
          WE'LL ALSO ASK THE MAYOR IF HE WANTS TO SEND SOMEONE, UM, WE'LL WORK ON GETTING THAT, UH, TOGETHER. 
          SO IF WE COULD, UH, IF YOU GUYS COULD SEND SOMETHING TO US BY, UH, SORRY, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IF YOU COULD SEND YOUR PERSON BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK, PLEASE. 
          UM, THE SOONER YOU SEND THAT PERSON, THE SOONER WE CAN GET THIS ROLLING. 
          AND I'D LIKE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS, UH, NOT NEXT MONTH, BUT THE MONTH AFTER THAT. 
          SO AN OCTOBER BRIEFING ON, UH, BASICALLY THE ITEMS THAT WE HEARD TODAY. 
          SORT OF WHAT PROGRESS HAVE WE MADE, UM, SINCE THEN REGARDING THE BUDGET REQUESTS REFERRED TO BY COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          UM, I WOULD, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A MOTION OR WHAT, BUT BASICALLY, UM, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HOW 
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THEY FEEL ABOUT VALIDATING PARKING FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT COME TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UM, I KNOW THIS IS NOT A, WELL, I, IS THERE ANYONE WHO DOES NOT LIKE THAT IDEA, WHO'S LIKE, TOTALLY OPPOSED TO THAT IDEA RIGHT NOW? I, I, I AM NOT FOR THAT IDEA. 
          WE DON'T EVEN PAY SOME OF OUR STAFF AND, AND PART-TIMERS THAT PARK DOWNTOWN. 
          I'M NOT FOR THAT IDEA. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'M NOT FOR, AND JUST WHILE I'M ON OFFLINE, I'M NOT FOR ADDING ANY NEW POSITIONS. 
          JEFF, I, I'D WANT YOU TO LOOK AT YOUR DE YOUR DEPARTMENT. 
          THIS, THIS ONE OFFICE OF INNOVATION, I I T S D TOO, IF YOU COULD. 
          AND SEE HOW WE COULD MAYBE GIVE SOMEONE MORE RESPONSIBILITY OR, AND INCLUDE A PAY INCREASE THAT CREATING NEW POSITIONS WHEN WE HAVE SUCH A NEED IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          UM, I'M NOT FOR EITHER. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND COUNCILWOMAN, IS THAT WHY YOUR HAND WAS UP OR WAS THERE SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD? NO, THAT WAS IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, COUNCILWOMAN, GUS, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO ADD ON THAT? YES, I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF VALIDATING PARKING AND PARTNERING WITH VIA TO PROVIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, VIA PASSES FOR FOLKS WHO PARTICIPATE IN, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEETINGS AND PUBLIC COMMENT AT CITY HALL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT FROM COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          YOU'VE GOT IT FROM ME. 
          I THINK IT'S BEEN IN ONE OF MY, UH, CCRS OR THAT MEMO THAT I SUBMITTED WITH, WITH THE MAYOR. 
          SO, UM, MR. MCCAREY, IF YOU COULD SEND US, UH, A MEMO UPDATE AFTERWARD ON THE PROGRESS OF THAT AND WHERE WE WILL SEE THAT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          BE HAPPY TO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          SO, UM, WE'LL LEAVE THE ADDITIONAL STAFF ITEM OFF FOR NOW. 
          UM, UH, JUST 'CAUSE IT'S NOT IZED AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR, FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IF, IF WE WENT FORWARD. 
          SO WE'LL LEAVE THAT UP FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AT OUR, AT OUR BUDGET, UM, WORK SESSIONS. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? SORRY, WE WERE KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS A VERY BROAD TOPIC, SO I WANNA THANK, UH, YOU ALL FOR, UM, FOR YOUR WORK. 
          JEFF AND LAURA, UM, AND MATT, UH, I SEE CRAIG THERE. 
          HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S, UH, GOT SOME COLOR ON HIM. 
          I HOPE THAT MEANS YOU TOOK SOME VACATION. 
          GOOD FOR YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK. 
          UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE UPDATES IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND WE'LL BE IN TOUCH, UH, NEXT WEEK WITH THE NAMES OF OUR, OF OUR FREE CONSULTANT VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL BE PARTICIPATING ON THIS PROJECT. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL. 
          UM, AND MR. MCCARRY, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR OUR NEXT AND FINAL ITEM. 
          YES, MADAM CHAIR, 
          [5. The Municipal Golf Association – San Antonio (MGA­SA) City Board applications process. [David W. McCary, CPM, Assistant City Manager; Homer Garcia III, Director, Parks and Recreation]]
WE HAVE THE MUNICIPAL GOLF ASSOCIATION UPDATE BY HOMER GARCIA THE THIRD, UH, IT'S ABOUT 10 MINUTES, UH, OR LESS PRESENTATION. 
          SO IF Y'ALL COULD JUST HOLD TIGHT, HE'S GOING TO BRIEF YOU ON IN THEIR ADVISORY BOARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MCCAREY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          UH, AND I GUESS TO SEGUE FROM PUBLIC PARTICIPATION TO HOW CAN THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATE, UH, IN DRIVING FORWARD THE MISSION OF GOLF? TODAY'S BRIEFING WILL BE ON AN UPCOMING OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, SIX CITY POSITIONS THAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD APPOINT TO SERVE ON THE GOLF BOARD. 
          SO IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          UH, I WILL BE CO-PRESENTING TODAY, AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ACTUALLY, ANDREW PETERSON. 
          HE IS THE PRESIDENT AND, UH, C E O OF MUNICIPAL GOLF ASSOCIATION, SAN ANTONIO, UH, A K A ALAMO CITY GOLF TRAIL. 
          SO, UH, ANDREW, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO YOU, UH, TO KIND OF GIVE A BACKGROUND ON OUR RELATIONSHIP AND, UM, THE ASSETS THAT YOU MANAGE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THANK YOU HOMER. 
          MR. MCCREARY, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SANDOVAL, NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN, AND THE NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SEAT AND, UH, NICE TO KNOW YOU VIA, UH, VIA THIS, UH, THIS APP. 
          UH, MY NAME IS, UH, ANDREW PETERSON. 
          LIKE HOMER MENTIONED, I'VE BEEN THE C E O OF THE ALAMO CITY GOLF TRAIL FOR THE LAST THREE PLUS YEARS. 
          WE OPERATE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S EIGHT MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSES, AND I AM HAPPY TO, UM, KIND OF BEGIN OUR, OUR SLIDE PRESENTATION BY, BY, UH, PLAYING A SHORT VIDEO AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, SORRY TO BE SO REDUNDANT FROM LAST TIME WE MET. 
          BUT YOU'LL SEE A SIMILAR VERSION OF A VIDEO YOU'VE SEEN, UH, BUT IT'S REALLY A MORE, UH, DRIVE, UH, TOWARDS THE, UH, NEW, UM, COUNCIL PEOPLE. 
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MY NAME IS ANDREW PETERSON, AND I'VE BEEN ENTRUSTED TO BE THE PRESIDENT AND C E O OF THE MUNICIPAL GOLF ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE DO BUSINESS AS ALAMO CITY GOLF TRAIL, WHICH HELPS US LINK THE GOLF COURSES TOGETHER AS THEY'RE LOCATED ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          OUR ORGANIZATION EMPLOYS ROUGHLY 240 PEOPLE AND PLAYS UP TO 325,000 ROUNDS OF GOLF A YEAR. 
          AND OUR MISSION STATEMENT'S ALWAYS BEEN TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE GOLF TO ALL CITIZENS. 
          WE REALLY FOCUS ON THE KIDS AND THE SENIORS, AND IT'S JUST A TREMENDOUS HONOR TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE THESE GOLF COURSES FOR THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, SINCE WE'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 2007, WE'VE REINVESTED OVER $16 MILLION. 
          AND NOT ONLY DO WE REINVEST BACK INTO THE GOLF COURSES TO CREATE A BETTER ASSET FOR THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT WE ALSO REINVEST BACK INTO OUR PEOPLE. 
          SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO INCREASE OUR WAGES, INCREASE THE BENEFITS, AND INCREASE THE, UH, TOTAL EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH THE STAFF AND THE CUSTOMERS. 
          AND WHAT I'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE THIS YEAR IS WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF NEW GOLFERS COME TO THE GAME. 
          WE'RE SEEING SO MANY MORE KIDS THAN WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. 
          WE'VE SEEN SO MANY MORE WOMEN, WE'RE SEEING SO MANY MORE FAMILIES. 
          AND THE AWESOME THING ABOUT SOME OF THE ALAMO CITY GOLF SHOW COURSES IS THEY'RE EXTREMELY FAMILY FRIENDLY. 
          AND WHEN I SHOW UP TO VISIT THESE GOLF COURSES AND SEE THE FAMILIES OUT THERE AND THE DIFFERENT CULTURES AND GENERATIONS PLAYING TOGETHER, IT'S REALLY AWESOME BECAUSE WE OPERATE AS A NONPROFIT. 
          WE'VE GOT BOARD OVERSIGHT. 
          OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS MADE UP OF 15 INDIVIDUALS. 
          SIX OF THEM ARE APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, SEVEN OF 'EM ARE AT LARGE MEMBERS. 
          AND WE HAVE TWO EXOFFICIO, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO EMPLOYEES. 
          WE HAVE SOME REALLY INCREDIBLE FINANCIAL PEOPLE ON OUR BOARD. 
          WE HAVE ENGINEERS ON OUR BOARD, WE HAVE ARCHITECTS ON OUR BOARD. 
          UM, WE HAVE RETIRED PEOPLE ON OUR BOARD, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT KEEP THE EYE ON THE GOLF COURSES BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE THEY PLAY 'EM EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          UM, BUT WE, WE'VE GOT QUITE A GROUP AND EVERYBODY'S COMMITTED TO MAKING SAN ANTONIO AL THE GOLF TRAIL. 
          OF COURSE, IF YOU LOOK OUT HERE AT SAN PEDRO WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT, THERE'S FAMILIES OUT HERE. 
          THERE'S EVERY GENERATION OF PEOPLE OUT HERE ENJOYING THE WEATHER. 
          THE OTHER THING IS WITH SEVEN OR EIGHT AWESOME GOLF FACILITIES, AND THEY GET, THEY KEEP GETTING BETTER. 
          UM, IT IS JUST ANOTHER AMENITY FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT'S ANOTHER ATTRACTION, NOT ONLY FOR PEOPLE THAT WANNA MOVE HERE, BUT FOR TOURISTS AND PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME AND VISIT HERE. 
          WE HAVE ROUGHLY A $12 MILLION OPERATING BUDGET, AND WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO BE VERY SELF-SUFFICIENT, AND WE'VE RELIEVED THAT BURDEN FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WHEN WE TOOK OVER THOSE GOLF COURSES IN 2007. 
          SO NOW ALL THE OPERATING PROCEEDS GET REINVESTED BACK INTO THE PROPERTIES. 
          AND OUR STAFF GOLF IS IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT RIGHT NOW. 
          AND WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE THESE GOLF COURSES IN THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WITH SUCH A RICH AND DIVERSE CULTURE. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK ON AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS DEVELOPING THE GOLF COURSES, DEVELOPING MORE GOLFERS, PROVIDING MORE OUTREACH, PROVIDING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF AND GROWTH. 
          AND IT'S JUST A COMPLETE HONOR TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE THE ALAMO CITY OFFSHORE COURSES FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          I KNOW WE'RE UP AGAINST A LITTLE BIT OF A, A TIME CLOCK HERE, SO I'LL START TO, UH, WORK THROUGH THAT PRESENTATION AND TAKE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS. 
          BUT I'LL, I'LL TAKE ON THE FIRST COUPLE SLIDES AND THEN MOVE IT BACK OVER TO HOMER. 
          BUT JUST TO GIVE EVERYONE AN IDEA ON WHO AND WHAT THE MUNICIPAL GOLF ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO IS AND, AND HOW IT CAME TO FRUITION. 
          UH, WE'RE A 5 0 1 C THAT, UH, CAME, UH, CAME TO LIGHT IN 2007 TO MANAGE THE EIGHT, UH, CITY MUNICIPALLY OWNED GOLF COURSES. 
          UH, THIS REALLY RELIEVED THE, UH, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE TAXPAYERS A BURDEN AS AT THE TIME THE GOLF COURSES WERE, UH, RUNNING IN, OPERATING IN THE RED. 
          AND, AND, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE MANAGED TO, UM, TURN IT INTO THE, UH, UH, SOME OPERATING PROCEEDS AT THIS POINT IN TIME WHILE ALSO, UH, DRASTICALLY IMPROVING THE GOLF COURSES. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE OUR, UH, MISSION STATEMENT BELOW AND, AND JUST KIND OF OUR VISION ON HOW WE WANNA PROVIDE A ACCESSIBLE GOLF TO, UH, ALL THE CITIZENS IN IN THE CITY. 
          I'LL TAKE THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO THE BACKGROUND IS THEN IN, IN 2007 WHEN WE WERE FORMED, UH, WE HAD SEVEN GOLF COURSES AT THE TIME, AND WE TOOK OVER THOSE, UH, SEVEN GOLF COURSES OVER A THREE YEAR TRANSITION PERIOD. 
          UH, OUR FIRST AMENDMENT TO OUR MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT CAME, UH, IN JUNE OF 2012, WHERE IT MODIFIED THE, UH, REPAYMENT TERMS, UH, THAT ALLEVIATED SOME DEBT FROM THE CITY. 
          AND THEN IN MAY OF 2015, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ACQUIRED THE NORTHERN HILLS GOLF COURSE, WHICH IS IN, UH, DISTRICT 10. 
          AND, UH, THAT BROUGHT OUR, UH, COURSE TOTAL TO, UH, WHERE IT STANDS TODAY AT AT EIGHT FACILITIES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THIS GIVES EVERYONE AN IDEA OF WHERE THE GOLF COURSES ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT THREE COURSES IN DISTRICT 
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ONE. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT TWO GOLF COURSES IN OUR, UH, RATHER, ONE GOLF COURSE IN, IN D TWO, UH, TWO GOLF COURSES IN D THREE, ONE IN, UH, D EIGHT, AND ONE IN D 10. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          AND THEN JUST SOME INSIGHT ON, ON SOME NUMBERS, UH, YOU HEARD, UH, SOME REDUNDANCY IN WHAT YOU SAW OR HEARD IN THE VIDEO. 
          SOME OF THESE HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND, AND FURTHER UPDATED. 
          I CAN GIVE SOME SOME NEW INFORMATION. 
          WE, WE'VE HAD A BANNER YEAR AS, UH, MOST, UH, GOLF FACILITIES HAVE AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
          UH, WE STAND, UH, AS OF TODAY ACTUALLY AT 229 EMPLOYEES WITH ABOUT A THIRD OF THOSE BEING FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. 
          UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA COME REAL CLOSE TO 400,000 ROUNDS OF GOLF THIS YEAR, UH, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY A RECORD HIGH THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. 
          UH, WE'LL EXCEED $15 MILLION IN TOTAL REVENUE. 
          WE'VE GOT ROUGHLY AT 10,300, UH, MEMBERS IN OUR GOLF PROGRAM RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'VE GOT ABOUT 65,000, UH, PEOPLE THAT SUBSCRIBE TO OUR, UH, WEEKLY NEWSLETTER. 
          WE WORK WITH ROUGHLY 45 SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE ENTIRE CITY THAT WE PROVIDE, UH, VERY INEXPENSIVE GOLF TO. 
          WE DO OVER 115, UH, CHARITY, UH, GOLF TOURNAMENTS AND, UH, CORPORATE GOLF TOURNAMENTS AROUND OUR EIGHT GOLF COURSES. 
          AND THEN WE'VE GOT, UH, OBVIOUSLY QUITE A BIT OF, UH, UH, MACHINERY AND, AND GOLF EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THESE GOLF COURSES. 
          AND THROUGHOUT OUR TENURE. 
          THEN SINCE 2007, UH, WE'VE REINVESTED BACK, BACK INTO THE CITY GOLF COURSES IN EXCESS OF $16 MILLION. 
          UH, AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE, UH, ROUGHLY $4 MILLION INVESTMENT THAT WE'VE GOT ONGOING RIGHT NOW AT OUR BUSIEST GOLF COURSE, WHICH IS ALMOST BASED AND ON, UH, 2 81, UH, JUST SOUTH OF FOUR 10, KIND OF OUR, OUR BUSIEST GOLF COURSE. 
          SO WITHIN THE CITY PARAMETERS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, SOME DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR CUSTOMER BASE. 
          UH, ROUGHLY, UH, ONE QUARTER OF OUR GOLF CUSTOMERS ARE, ARE FEMALE, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN, UH, WHAT, UH, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS IN, IN WHICH SOMETHING I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF. 
          UH, MY WIFE IS, IS A P G A GOLF PROFESSIONAL. 
          SO SHE, UH, SHE PATS ME ON THE BACK EVERY TIME THAT I GET TO BRAG ON THAT STATISTIC. 
          AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW. 
          AND ALSO, UM, KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING THE DIFFERENT AGE DEMOGRAPHICS. 
          ALSO, I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT OUR LEADING, UH, AGE DEMOGRAPHIC IS, IS 25 TO 34. 
          THIS WAS CERTAINLY, UH, BECAME A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST FOR US DURING THE PANDEMIC THIS PAST YEAR, AND THAT THIS HAD BEEN A WANING NUMBER IN THE PAST. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, SIMPLE MATH WOULD TELL YOU THAT, THAT BABY BOOMERS ARE GONNA BEGIN TO AGE OUT OF THE GOLF POPULACE AT SOME POINT IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE. 
          AND BEING ABLE TO BACKFILL, UH, WITH HAVING, UH, YOUNGER PEOPLE COME UP AND START PLAYING GOLF IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO THE VITALITY AND IN THE FUTURE OF GOLF AND, AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND, AND SUSTAINABILITY, UH, FOR THE LONG TERMER, IT'S ALL YOURS AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU, ANDREW. 
          UM, AND SO THE REASON WE'RE HERE TODAY IS WE HAVE, UH, SIX CITY COUNCIL, UH, APPOINTED POSITIONS. 
          AND SO THIS SLIDE PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE BOARD STRUCTURE. 
          THERE ARE, AND IT'S A LITTLE COMPLEX, AND SO CERTAINLY UNIQUE. 
          UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THIS 15 MEMBER BOARD, UM, IS A VOTING BOARD. 
          SO THE SIX CITY POSITIONS THAT ARE APPOINTED, THEY ARE VOTING ON GOLF ITEMS THAT COME FORWARD THAT ANDREW AND HIS STAFF BRING FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          SO THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOARD, THERE'S SEVEN THAT ARE SELECTED BY THE M G A S A BOARD, SIX BY COUNCIL, TWO EX OFFICIO. 
          UH, I SERVE ON THE BOARD ALONG WITH MELANIE KEATON IN FINANCE. 
          UH, AND SO WE ARE IN TOTAL 15. 
          UH, THE BOARD MEETS ON AVERAGE ABOUT, UH, SIX TIMES A YEAR. 
          AND LIKE MANY BOARDS THERE ARE SUBCOMMITTEES. 
          UM, IN THIS INSTANCE, THERE'S A FINANCE COMMITTEE, CONSTRUCTION, UH, LONG RANGE PLANNING AND DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. 
          UH, AND FOR PERSPECTIVE, UH, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE SEE THE COMPOSITION AND MAKEUP OF THE CURRENT BOARD. 
          UH, OF THE 15 MEMBERS, 11 OR MALES, FOUR FEMALE, WE SEE 6, 6, 6 HISPANIC, AND THE OTHER NINE ARE CAUCASIAN. 
          AND ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, UM, WE HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF REALLY THE PATH FORWARD AND, AND KIND OF, UM, NEXT STEPS, IF YOU WILL, UH, AND THE APPLICANTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED TO DATE. 
          SO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU SEE WHAT THAT APPLICANT POOL HAS BEEN OVER THE YEARS. 
          CURRENTLY WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US ARE 27 APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. 
          I MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE SIX ALREADY APPOINT CITY APPOINT APPOINTEES THAT ARE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT. 
          SO THE BREAKOUT OF 
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THE 27, UM, ARE 22 MALE, FIVE FEMALE. 
          AND THEN BELOW IS THE BREAKOUT OF OUR RACE AND ETHNICITY. 
          WE SEE THREE AFRICAN AMERICAN, 10 HISPANIC, 11 CAUCASIAN, AND THREE THAT DID NOT, UH, IDENTIFY. 
          AND SO WHILE THIS IS A, UH, CITY BOARDING COMMISSION, THAT, AND SO WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE CITY COURT'S OFFICE, UH, IN HAVING A CALL FOR APPLICATIONS. 
          OUTREACH EFFORTS INCLUDE, UH, NOTIFICATION TO CITY COUNCIL OFFICES. 
          OF COURSE, THIS WAS BACK IN THE SPRING WHEN IT FIRST OPENED UP. 
          UH, WE BORROWED ON OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SAN ANTONIO SPORTS TO EXPAND THE REACH, UH, AS WELL AS THROUGH ALAMO CITY GOLF TRAILS, RELATIONSHIPS, AND, UM, WITH OUTREACH TO THEIR MEMBERSHIP, THEIR MEMBERSHIP AFFILIATES SUCH AS SA, WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION, UH, THE BRAC PARK WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION, L P G L P B L P G A, EXCUSE ME, WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION, UH, AND THEN INFORMATION ON THEIR WEBSITE AS WELL. 
          AND SO, AS WE LOOK AHEAD, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO, UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEFING IS TO REALLY SHOW WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. 
          AND, UM, IN LISTENING TO SOME OF THE PRIOR, UH, PRESENTATIONS TODAY, I KNOW, UH, TIME IS CRITICAL. 
          UM, THERE ARE SOME REVIEW CRITERIA THAT THE CITY TEAM WOULD LOOK THROUGH FOR, UH, POTENTIALLY SHORTLISTING APPLICATIONS. 
          THE CITY WOULD NOT BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHO WOULD MOVE FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO, UM, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN AD HOC REVIEW COMMITTEE AND PARTICIPATION BY, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          AND NEXT STEPS WOULD INCLUDE THIS COMMITTEE CONVENING, SHORTLISTING, THE APPLICATIONS, BRINGING BACK ANY IDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS FOR CONSIDERATION THAT ULTIMATELY CHECK WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THEIR STATEMENTS, ASK ANY QUESTIONS, AND THEN THIS SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO GO FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL IN OCTOBER. 
          UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANDREW. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY CLERK'S, UH, OFFICE, IF THERE'S ANY, UM, QUESTIONS AROUND PROCESS OR HOW WE MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE. 
          THANK YOU, HOMER. 
          THANK YOU, ANDREW, FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR PATIENCE WITH OUR COMMITTEE AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH OUR, UH, TRANSITION, UM, FROM LAST TERM INTO, INTO THIS TERM. 
          AT THIS POINT, I WILL, UH, TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, SEE IF THERE ARE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, UM, OR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ON THIS. 
          UM, I'LL START WITH COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRANT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, SO IF I WANTED TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN HELP ME WITH THAT, BECAUSE I DO HAVE TWO, UH, GOLF COURSES IN ME ON THAT LIST. 
          AND IT, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE SURE WE GET PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND THE SOUTHERN SECTOR. 
          HOW, WHAT, WHAT'S THE PROCEDURE, UH, THAT I GO THROUGH TO DO THAT? BECAUSE IT'S TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM THIS COMMITTEE, CORRECT? THAT THAT IS CORRECT. 
          WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS PARTICIPATION BY THIS COMMITTEE TO, UM, VOLUNTEER, UH, YOUR TIME AND GO THROUGH THOSE 27 APPLICATIONS. 
          SO FROM A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE, UM, I WOULD YIELD TO, UH, MADAM CHAIR, UH, TO SEE IF MAYBE THERE'S A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS OR I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WILL DEFER TO MADAM CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AT THIS POINT, I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY VOLUNTEERS WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE ON THIS COMMITTEE. 
          I WILL VOLUNTEER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VRAN. 
          I WILL SELECT YOU TO PARTICIPATE ON THIS COMMITTEE, AND I WILL HOLD THAT OTHER CALL OPEN FOR ANOTHER VOLUNTEER. 
          YOU GUYS DON'T RUSH. 
          THERE'S ALSO COUNCILMAN MCKEE, SO, UM, THAT'S FINE TOO. 
          SO, ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN FOR VOLUNTEERING. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT IT? COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO? GO AHEAD. 
          UH, NO COMMENTS. 
          UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UNFORTUNATELY NO GOLF COURSES IN D FIVE, BUT I ENJOY VISITING THE ONES IN D THREE AND D ONE. 
          UM, BUT NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          COUNCILMAN, YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER PLAYED GOLF IN MY LIFE. 
          I FEEL TEMPTED TO, UH, NOMINATE COUNCILMAN MCKEY RODRIGUEZ . 
          UH, DO I HEAR A SECOND?  SECOND? I SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          I WOULD, I COULD, I WOULD SAY THAT IF I WERE ON IT, I COULD LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HOW 
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CAN WE MAKE OUR GOLF COURSES MORE SUSTAINABLE? AND SO THAT, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING ME. 
          UM, WELL, IF YOU, IS THAT, HOW WOULD THAT COME INTO PLAY IN THE, IN THE SELECTION PROCESS, UH, HOMER OR ANDREW, IF YOU WANNA MAKE THAT CONNECTION FOR US? SURE. 
          AS, AS FAR AS THE SUSTAINABILITY, UH, CONTINUAL RE REHAB AND RENOVATION OF THE GOLF COURSES IS, WOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. 
          AND THAT'S CERTAINLY, UH, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST ON MY MIND AS WELL AS OUR, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO RAISE THE APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO, TO, TO REINVEST BACK INTO THE GOLF COURSES, TO CREATE A, A LASTING ENVIRONMENT AND, AND MAKE IT EASIER TO PLAY FOR, UH, EVERY ABILITY LEVEL AND, AND, AND HAVE PRICE POINTS FOR EVERY SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL AS WELL. 
          SO, COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          I WAS JUST REALIZING THAT YOU DO HAVE, D DISTRICT ONE HAS THREE GOLF COURSES, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. 
          FOR THE SLIDE. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I, AND YOUR INTEREST IN SUSTAINABILITY, I THINK THAT MAKES YOU A SHOO IN FOR THE, UH,  TECH VOLUNTEER. 
          DO WE HAVE TO CHOOSE RIGHT NOW? CAN WE, CAN WE, UH, LET COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ WEIGH IN ON IT AS WELL BEFORE WE GO MOVE FORWARD? OR DO WE NEED, UM, WHY DON'T WE TALK ABOUT IT TOMORROW? I THINK, UH, YOU GUYS PROBABLY WANNA KNOW SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, DON'T YOU? YES, MA'AM. 
          AND SO, GO AHEAD. 
          I, I, I JUST WANNA, I KNOW TERRY AND ANA AND YOUR PLATES ARE SUPER FULL, BUT I REALLY THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE TWO WOMEN ON THIS COMMITTEE, JUST BECAUSE WE NEED MORE FEMALES, UH, PLAYING GOLF. 
          SO, UH, I WOULD LOVE FOR Y'ALL TO JOIN ME, UH, ON THE COMMITTEE. 
          UH, SO THINK ABOUT IT TOO. 
          I MEAN, ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          NOTHING LIKE FEELING WANTED. 
          APPRECIATE IT, . 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WE'LL GET YOU SOME NAMES, UH, EARLY, THE TWO NAMES EARLY NEXT WEEK, IF THAT'S OKAY, HOMER. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY, WONDERFUL. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL, UH, THAT CLOSES OUT OUR BUSINESS FOR TODAY. 
          I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND TIME AND GETTING THROUGH THESE ITEMS THAT ALL REALLY, REALLY, UH, NEEDED AND DESERVED YOUR, YOUR INPUT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL INPUT TODAY AND THANKS TO THE STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK GETTING US THROUGH THIS. 
          SO WE'LL SEE YOU, UM, SOON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD DAY.
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