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          ANTONIO IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          GOOD 
          [1. Staff presentation on the FY 2022 Proposed Budget focusing on, but not limited to, the following City Departments or Initiatives: [Erik Walsh, City Manager, Scott Huizenga, Director, Management & Budget] A. Development Services & Code Enforcement B. Animal Care Services C. Solid Waste D. Sustainability]
MORNING EVERYONE. 
          THE TIME IS 10:12 AM WE'LL CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL BUDGET SESSION TO ORDER. 
          UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO VARDA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          MAYOR NURENBERG HERE. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM, SIR. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          AS WE HAD STARTED THIS MORNING. 
          WE HAVE FOUR PRESENTATIONS TODAY, SO LET ME TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH. 
          MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THE, THIS MORNING WE'VE GOT FOUR PRESENTATIONS. 
          WE'LL START OFF WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, SOLID WASTE, AND THEN WE'LL WRAP UP WITH THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY. 
          SO WE'LL KICK IT OFF WITH MIKE SHANNON. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, MY NAME'S MIKE SHANNON. 
          I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND I'M JUST GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          SO LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET THE CLICK IT OR WORK. 
          ALRIGHT, SO FIRST, UH, JUST A LITTLE OVERVIEW AGAIN OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          WE ARE 456 TEAM MEMBERS, AND WE DO, UH, WE HAVE FOUR DIVISIONS. 
          UM, THREE OF THEM ARE RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE SEE HERE, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, WE LOOK AT LAND DEVELOPMENT, UH, PLATING, ZONING, ET CETERA. 
          YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH ALL THAT. 
          UH, WE ALSO ISSUE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PERMITS FOR ALL HOMES AND, UH, COMMERCIAL PROJECTS, UH, INCLUDING OUR INSPECTORS, UH, FOR THOSE. 
          AND, UH, THEN CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, WHICH IS OUR GENERAL FUND, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY EXECUTIVE TEAM. 
          YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE PICTURES THERE. 
          UM, AMIN TOMAZ, MY DEPUTY DIRECTOR, UH, CRYSTAL GONZALEZ OVERSEES, UH, OUR PLAN REVIEW DIVISION AND MELISSA RAMIREZ, UH, OVERSEES OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO OUR PROPOSED BUDGET THIS YEAR IS $51.8 MILLION. 
          UH, AN INCREASE, UH, UH, FROM LAST YEAR. 
          AND THE STORY THIS YEAR IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ESPECIALLY THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER A YEAR AGO, UH, WE, LIKE MANY OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, WE EXPECTED A DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY, AND ACTUALLY WE MISSED IT. 
          THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, UH, WHO I'M ENGA I'M ENGAGED IN, UH, EACH MONTH, UH, AND ACTUALLY EACH WEEK, UH, FOLLOWING THE TRENDS IN CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. 
          BUT, UH, WE CERTAINLY KNOW, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION DID NOT DIP. 
          AND ACTUALLY, UH, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY INCREASING OUR, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR FUND, UH, THIS YEAR AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO KEEP UP WITH THAT DEMAND. 
          AND IF YOU REMEMBER, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THE RESTRICTED FUND, UM, THAT, THE NON CODE ENFORCEMENT PIECE. 
          SO THE WHOLE IDEA FOR THAT IS TO EXPAND AND CONTRACT, UH, WHEN, UH, THE NEED, UH, ARISES. 
          AND I'LL SHOW YOU IN A LITTLE BIT HOW THE PERMIT ACTIVITY, UH, JUST CONTINUES TO INCREASE. 
          UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND, UM, WITH ADDITIONAL POSITIONS, UH, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, AT 15.5 MILLION THIS YEAR, AND FOR A TOTAL OF 51, UH, 58.1 MILLION. 
          SO SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS PAST YEAR. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE EXPERIENCED THIS INCREASE IN GENERAL PERMANENT ACTIVITY. 
          WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA DIP, 
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UH, IT DID NOT. 
          AND ACTUALLY IT JUST KEPT GOING HIGHER, UH, ESPECIALLY THE RESIDENTIAL. 
          WE'VE ALL HEARD THIS, SEEN THIS IN THE NEWS, UH, THAT THE, THE HOUSING, UH, BOOM IS STILL GOING. 
          THE CONSTRUCTION PERMITS ARE UP ALMOST 50%, UM, OF, OF LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR PRIOR. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A VERY BIG PART OF OUR STORY THIS YEAR, AND WE THINK IT'S GONNA CONTINUE. 
          UH, WE DID LAUNCH THE FINAL VERSION OF OUR BUILD SA, UH, NEW, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND, UH, DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM THIS YEAR. 
          UH, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO DO THAT. 
          THAT WAS A LONG JOURNEY. 
          UH, MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR WE CONTINUED WITH THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION ENFORCEMENT, OF COURSE, WITH ALL THE MASKS AND THE BUSINESSES ALL THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. 
          UM, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE, WE DEDICATED ABOUT 30% OF OUR CODE OFFICERS. 
          WE TOOK THEM AWAY FROM NORMAL CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND WE HAD THEM ON THOSE NIGHT SHIFTS GOING AROUND TO BUSINESSES, UH, WORKING WITH SOME SS A P D, UH, SOME C C D O AND, AND SOME OTHER, UH, UH, HEALTH INSPECTORS. 
          UH, WE DID ACTUALLY OVER 30,000 INSPECTORS JUST TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE WERE FOLLOWING ALL THOSE EVER-CHANGING, UH, EMERGENCY DECLARATION ORDERS. 
          UH, AND THAT WAS REALLY THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR. 
          UH, WE, LIKE EVERYONE MON, UH, MONITORED THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 
          UH, THERE WEREN'T TOO MANY BILLS THAT PASSED THAT, THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTED DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A LOT, A LOT THERE. 
          AND, UH, WHAT I'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ALSO IS, UH, WE'RE CONTINUING OUR REVIEW OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE. 
          UH, WE HAVE A TASK FORCE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S, UH, GONNA BE ONE OF OUR WORK PLAN ITEMS FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. 
          SO THIS YEAR IN F Y 22, WE'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING 19 ADDITIONAL POSITIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE WHOLE IDEA OF, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND IS TO EXPAND AND CONSTRUCT, UH, WHEN OUR CONSTRUCTION, UM, INDUSTRY BRINGS US PERMITS, WHETHER IT BE NEW OR REMODELING PERMITS. 
          AND, UH, NOT ONLY DID WE UNFREEZE ALL THE VACANCIES FROM LAST YEAR, WE JUST NEED, UH, ADDITIONAL POSITIONS, INSPECTORS, PLANS, EXAMINERS A PLANNER. 
          UH, I WILL HIGHLIGHT TWO, TWO ITEMS THERE, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING TEAM AND A STREETLIGHTS TEAM. 
          AND SO THOSE 19 POSITIONS WILL ACTUALLY HELP US JUST CONTINUE TO REVIEW AND INSPECT THOSE PROJECTS THAT COME IN. 
          THE TWO I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, THAT, THAT YOU, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE. 
          ONE IS, UH, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING TEAM, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MODEL OF THIS IN OUR DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, WE HAVE A TEAM DEDICATED FOR SCHOOL PROJECTS. 
          SO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS IN TOWN, UH, GO THROUGH THIS, UH, SCHOOL TEAM. 
          UH, AND IT JUST STREAMLINES THE REVIEW AND INSPECTION OF THOSE. 
          IT'S SO CRITICAL TO GET SCHOOL, SCHOOL IS OPEN ON TIME EVERY MID-AUGUST. 
          UH, BUT WHAT WE KNOW WE NEED, AND WE ALL KNOW THIS, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS. 
          UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT ARE, WHETHER IT BE OWNER OCCUPIED REHABS OR SMALL REMODELS, UH, TO KEEP PEOPLE IN HOMES OR ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT. 
          UH, WE'RE PROPOSING TO DEDICATE A TEAM OF PLANS, EXAMINERS AND INSPECTORS, TO REALLY STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS, GIVE THEM EXTRA HANDHOLDING. 
          UH, MANY OF THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST TRYING TO RENOVATE THEIR, THEIR HOME, AND THEY'RE NOT USED TO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. 
          SO WE THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG ADD, UH, TO THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE AND HELP OUT THOSE PROJECTS. 
          UH, IN ADDITION, THE STREETLIGHTS TEAM IS GONNA HELP US WITH A PROPOSAL FROM COUNCILMAN AND DISTRICT TWO, UH, WHICH IS TO HELP DEVELOP THE STREETLIGHT INDEX THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 
          SO TWO TEAM MEMBERS THERE WILL HELP THAT. 
          AND, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT HERE IN A SECOND. 
          THE OTHER ITEM IN THE GENERAL FUND, THE ONLY ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND, UH, LINE ITEM, UH, IS NEW, IS A $75,000, UH, FOR SOME OVERTIME, WHICH IS THE NOISE ORDINANCE, UH, PILOT PROGRAM THAT'S PRESENTED. 
          UH, THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED THAT IN HIS BUDGET PROPOSAL A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA TAKE, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT IS GONNA TAKE SEVERAL OF THOSE CALLS FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS, AND THAT'S GONNA BE ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHTS. 
          THAT'S THE MOST CALLS THAT WE GET. 
          AND, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT WILL BE THE INITIAL RESPONSE OF THOSE TAKING READINGS TO SEE IF THERE IS ACTUALLY A VIOLATION OR NOT. 
          THAT THAT KIND OF COINCIDES WITH THE NOISE ORDINANCE TASK FORCE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH. 
          NOW, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STREETLIGHTS, THE CURRENT PROCESS. 
          SO WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS, 3 1 1 CALLS, OR SOME OF YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID, HEY, WE, WE NEED SOME MORE STREETLIGHTS IN ON THIS STREET, IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND IT TAKES A WHILE. 
          IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO ACTUALLY GET THAT DONE. 
          AND, UH, THIS, THIS RIGHT HERE JUST KIND OF TALKS ABOUT THE PROCESS. 
          IF WE GET A 3 1 1 REQUEST, KIND OF INDIVIDUAL REQUEST, IT CAN TAKE SIX TO 12 MONTHS TO GET A NEW, UH, STREETLIGHT INSTALLED. 
          THE FIRST PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, SOME STAFF MEMBERS, WE ASSESS THAT. 
          WE ACTUALLY GO OUT, TAKE A LOOK TO SEE IF THEY IN FACT NEED, UH, PER CODE REQUIRED SPECIFICATIONS, UH, NEED STREETLIGHTS, WE CALL IT, ARE THOSE WARRANTED OR NOT? AFTER THAT, IF THEY ARE WARRANTED, WE WILL WORK THEN WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AROUND IT AND C P SS TO ACTUALLY GET THAT DESIGNED AND INSTALLED. 
          AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IF ONE PROPERTY OWNER WANTS THE STREETLIGHT, THE ONE NEXT DOOR MAY NOT WANT THE STREETLIGHT. 
          SO IT'S NOT EVERYONE GETS BUILT VERY QUICKLY. 
          THE COUNCIL REQUEST IS NORMALLY NEIGHBORHOODS. 
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FOR EXAMPLE, WE WORKED WITH, UH, DISTRICT FOUR, UH, COUNCILWOMAN A COUPLE YEARS AGO. 
          THERE WERE A FEW NEIGHBORHOODS SHE ASKED US TO TAKE A LOOK AT. 
          UH, WE WERE ABLE TO INSTALL 58 NEW STREETLIGHTS, UH, THAT OF THE 80 OR SO THAT WERE WARRANTED. 
          UH, BUT IT TOOK ABOUT TWO YEARS, UH, TO DO THAT WORK. 
          IT TAKES SOME TIME, UH, WORKING CLOSELY WITH C P S, BUT IT WAS A, A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT. 
          UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING IN DISTRICT TWO ON, ON, I THINK, 15 NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, BUT THOSE ARE IN THE ASSESSMENT PHASE. 
          AND, UH, WE, WE BELIEVE THAT'LL BE ANOTHER, UM, ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S AN IMPORTANT, UH, PART OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. 
          WE THINK THE STREETLIGHT INDEX WILL BE THE PROACTIVE WAY TO DO IT IN THE FUTURE AS OPPOSED TO BEING REACTIVE JUST TO EITHER 3 1 1 CALLS OR WORKING WITH YOUR OFFICE OR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP TALK. 
          JUST VERY QUICKLY, AGAIN, THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT SHOW THE PERMIT ACTIVITY. 
          AND THESE ACTUALLY ARE EVEN MORE UPDATED THAN JUST A MONTH AGO BECAUSE WE JUST HAD ANOTHER STRONG, UH, TWO MONTHS OF PERMIT ACTIVITY. 
          BUT THOSE GRAPHS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA LOOK LIKE A YEAR AGO THIS TIME, SO TO SAY, WE MISSED THE MARK ON A PROJECTION. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          I'M OKAY WHEN, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE WRONG, YOU'RE WRONG. 
          BUT, UH, SO THEY JUST KEPT COMING. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS THE ORANGE LINE, WE JUST KEEP GETTING, UH, EVERY MONTH, FIVE OR 600 NEW RESIDENTIAL PERMITS. 
          SO THOSE NUMBERS, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE NUMBERS REALLY, UH, AND, AND OVER A DECADE, UM, IN TERMS OF THE 6,000 IS WHAT WE ANTICIPATE HIT THIS YEAR. 
          AND WE, WE HEAR IT'S STILL GONNA CONTINUE TO GO UP, EVEN WITH THE, THE HOME PRICES, UH, THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 
          COMMERCIAL, UH, STARTED THE YEAR A LITTLE SLOW, BUT IT ACTUALLY CAME BACK, UM, AND EVENED OUT. 
          SO WE HAVE A LOT OF LARGE, UH, COMMERCIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING, UH, AS WELL RIGHT NOW IN, IN, IN OUR, UH, COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UH, THE DEMAND IS THERE. 
          SO I WANTED TO TAKE JUST A FEW MINUTES AND TALK A LITTLE BIT AGAIN, GO ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT. 
          BECAUSE CODE ENFORCEMENT WE DID LAST YEAR, UH, WE HAD TO SLOW DOWN CODE ENFORCEMENT, SLOW CODE ENFORCEMENT. 
          NOT ONLY DID WE REASSIGN ALMOST 30% OF OUR STAFF TO THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION ENFORCEMENT, UM, WE, WE TALKED WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, WE TALKED WITH YOU ALL, AND IT WAS JUST, WE, WE, WE DID EXTRA STEPS THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, UH, TO REALLY GIVE PEOPLE MORE TIME. 
          UH, WE USE EDUCATION FORMS RATHER THAN NOTICES OF VIOLATION AT THE BEGINNING. 
          UH, SO WE'RE REALLY NOW BACK TO OUR NORMAL PROCESS. 
          AND THIS IS THE NORMAL PROCESS. 
          UH, IF WE GET CALLED OUT OR WE SEE SOMETHING, WE DO AN INSPECTION. 
          WE DO THAT IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS. 
          UH, IF THERE'S A VIOLATION, WE'LL GIVE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION, RIGHT? WE'LL TELL THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER, COMMERCIAL OR HOMEOWNER, YOU HAVE A VIOLATION. 
          MAYBE YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS A VIOLATION. 
          HERE'S THE CITY CODE. 
          WE TRY TO EDUCATE. 
          AND MOST OF THE TIME, A MAJORITY OF THE TIME, WE GET VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE ON THAT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE EXTENSIONS IF WE NEED TO PROVIDE EXTENSIONS. 
          SOMEONE, UH, CAN'T MOW THEIR GRASS, THEY CAN'T PICK UP THAT TRASH AND DEBRIS, THEY CAN'T MOVE THAT JUNK VEHICLE. 
          UH, IF THEY NEED TO GET AN EXTRA COUPLE WEEKS TO DO THAT, WE WILL WORK WITH THEM ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. 
          THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO. 
          IF THEY DON'T DO IT, IF WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE THE PROPERTY OWNER IS NOT GONNA CORRECT A VIOLATION, WE WILL THEN, UH, GO TO, UH, HEARINGS, WHETHER IT BE AT ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS OR, OR, UH, MUNICIPAL COURT, UH, UH, CRIMINAL CITATIONS. 
          UH, AND THEN IF WE HAVE TO ABATE IT, WE WILL, WE'LL CUT THE GRASS. 
          WE'LL TAKE THE TRASH AND DEBRIS. 
          AND, AND SO WHEN WE HAVE GENERAL CODE CASES, THEY TAKE A MONTH AND A HALF, GENERALLY TWO MONTHS, UH, TO GET THERE. 
          WHEN WE HAVE STRUCTURAL ISSUES, WE, YOU ALL HAVE, UH, SOME APPOINTMENTS ONTO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD. 
          THOSE TAKE A LOT LONGER. 
          THOSE ARE STRUCTURAL ISSUES, DANGEROUS STRUCTURES, UH, THOSE CAN TAKE SIX TO 18 MONTHS. 
          THE PROCESS IS FAIRLY SIMILAR, UH, EXCEPT THAT WHEN WE HAVE HARDSHIPS THERE, THOSE HARDSHIPS TEND TO GO ABOUT NINE MONTHS, SIX TO NINE MONTHS. 
          SO WE TRY TO GIVE PEOPLE TIME TO, TO FIX UP THEIR PROPERTY, FIND SOME RESOURCES THAT'S, THAT'S A COMMON PROBLEM. 
          IF THEY HAD THE RESOURCES, THEY WOULD PROBABLY FIX UP THEIR, THEIR STRUCTURE. 
          UH, SOME OF THEM ARE NOT IN THAT CATEGORY, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE. 
          SO, UH, IT CAN TAKE UP TO 18 MONTHS OR SO TO GET TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, UH, TO GET A REPAIR, OR IF IT HAS TO BE A DEMOLITION ORDER TO ABATE THE HAZARD. 
          UH, THAT'S THE LAST LAST THING WE LOOK FOR. 
          BUT THAT DOES HAPPEN, UH, ON SOME CASES. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS AND, AND WHAT OUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE DOING, UH, AS WE'RE IN THE NORMAL. 
          NOW, ONE THING I WANTED TO ADD, UH, OUR D S D ACADEMY, UH, SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER, WE STARTED THIS A COUPLE YEARS AGO. 
          THE D S D ACADEMY IS JUST OUR EDUCATION, UH, ACADEMY. 
          UH, WE DO A LOT IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICE, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, WHETHER IT'S ZONING AND PLATTING OR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT VARIANCE CASES ALL THE WAY THROUGH, UH, U D C CHANGES, WHICH ARE COMING UP. 
          UH, TREE PRESERVATION, OAK PREVENTION, ZONING, ET CETERA. 
          UH, HOW TO GET PERMITS FOR YOUR HOUSE PROJECT. 
          SO WE'RE ACTUALLY STARTING THIS UP AGAIN. 
          WE KIND OF PUT IT ON HOLD OVER THE PANDEMIC, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THIS BACK. 
          ACTUALLY, UH, JUST IN A A COUPLE WEEKS, WE'LL BE DOING OUR FIRST SATURDAY MORNING CLASS, UH, IN SPANISH, ACTUALLY. 
          THAT'LL BE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT 1 0 1 KIND OF GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          COMMON THINGS TO LOOK FOR TO MAINTAIN 
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YOUR HOME, OR WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET ONE OF THOSE NOTICES I DESCRIBED. 
          THESE ARE VERY POPULAR. 
          WE ACTUALLY, IT'S A VERY INFORMAL SATURDAY MORNING SESSION. 
          WE ALSO TAKE THIS OUT ON THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT. 
          WE CAN DO IT VIRTUALLY. 
          WE CAN ALSO TAKE IT OUT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, DEPENDING ON THE TIME THEY ALLOT US. 
          SO WE'RE KIND OF EXCITED TO GET THAT BACK, UH, GOING AS WELL. 
          LAST COUPLE OF SLIDES, JUST KIND OF GO OVER OUR, OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES. 
          WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, UH, ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE. 
          WE WORK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ON TIMELINESS, QUALITY TO REVIEW CONSISTENCY ISSUES, MAKING SURE, UM, OUR TEAM, UH, DID A REALLY GOOD JOB KEEPING UP WITH THE DEMAND THIS YEAR. 
          OUR PLAT REVIEW AT 18 DAYS, WHICH IS UNDER OUR GOAL OF 20, UH, THE PLAN REVIEW AT 18 AND THREE DAYS FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. 
          UH, A LOT OF EXTRA WORK WAS PUT IN BY OUR PLAN REVIEW TEAM. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OVERTIME, UH, ET CETERA. 
          JUST TO KEEP UP WITH THAT. 
          THE ONE AREA WE, WE, WE REALLY DID STRUGGLE THIS YEAR WAS INSPECTIONS. 
          UH, WE LIKE TO BE THERE 95% OF THE TIME AS SCHEDULED. 
          UH, WE'RE ONLY HITTING ABOUT 90%. 
          THE CHALLENGE THERE IS, UH, THAT MEANS THAT JUST, WE DO ABOUT 12 TO 1400 INSPECTIONS A DAY. 
          UH, SO THAT MEANS ABOUT A HUNDRED TO 140 INSPECTIONS COME BACK AND DON'T, DON'T GET DONE THE DAY THE CONTRACTOR WANTS IT. 
          WE HAVE TO DO IT THE NEXT DAY. 
          SO THE, THE INSPECTOR POSITIONS THAT I'M ASKING FOR WILL HELP US GET BACK TO THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL, UH, BASED ON THE DEMAND CODE ENFORCEMENT. 
          WE MEASURE OURSELVES AS WELL. 
          WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE, WE WANT TO BE QUICK. 
          UH, WE WANT QUICK COMPLIANCE, ET CETERA. 
          WE WANT TO ABATE AS MUCH GRAFFITI AS POSSIBLE. 
          UH, BUT F Y 21, WE DID NOT HIT OUR MEASURES, AND WE WERE REALLY, YOU KNOW, REALLY SLOWED DOWN, UH, DOING THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION ENFORCEMENT. 
          THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A REALLY BIG ONE. 
          AND THEN WE CONSCIOUSLY SLOWED IT DOWN USING EDUCATION FORMS RATHER THAN EVEN STARTING THE PROCESS. 
          WE FELT THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, UH, WHEN THE PRIORITY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN GETTING RID OF THAT JUNK VEHICLE, IT MAY, MAY BE JUST DEALING WITH THE PANDEMIC, UH, THROUGHOUT LAST YEAR AND EARLY THIS YEAR. 
          THAT BEING SAID, UH, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO THIS YEAR COMING UP? WELL, THIS YEAR IS GONNA BE JUST AS BUSY, IF NOT BUSIER. 
          UH, THE FIRST ITEM THERE, THE CODE UPDATE, UH, LAST YEAR, WE PUT ON HOLD ALL THE CODE UPDATES. 
          WE, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, THE BUILDING RELATED CODES, WHICH IS THE MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING CODE, ENERGY CODE, SWIMMING POOL, AND SPA CODE. 
          WE HAVE 11 OF THOSE CODES. 
          SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE. 
          UH, WE WILL BE WORKING TO UPDATE ALL OF THOSE, UH, THIS YEAR IN F Y 22. 
          I GAVE A PRESENTATION, UH, TO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE. 
          UH, I THINK IT WAS JUST A WEEK OR TWO AGO ON THE U D C PROCESS, WHICH WILL START, WE BELIEVE IN OCTOBER. 
          WE'RE ALSO GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE NOISE ORDINANCE, AS I DESCRIBED. 
          UH, SEE IF THERE'S ANY, UH, UPDATES WE CAN DO TO MAKE A BETTER, MORE EFFECTIVE NOISE ORDINANCE, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE PROBLEM PROPERTIES, UH, THAT WE'RE SEEING AROUND TOWN. 
          THE STREET LIGHTING INDEX I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED. 
          WE'RE EXCITED TO, UH, WORK ON THAT. 
          PRODUCE, UH, THAT INDEX THAT'LL, THAT'LL HIGHLIGHT THOSE AREAS THAT MAYBE NEED THE MOST, UH, MAY MOST STREETLIGHTS, AND WE CAN PROACTIVELY PUT MONEY OR RESOURCES INTO THAT. 
          UH, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TEAM I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME LARGE AREA REZONINGS AND A NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT THAT WE STILL HAVE IN Q, UH, THAT WILL BE WORKING ON THIS YEAR. 
          SO A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. 
          UM, THAT'S IT FOR ME, AND I'LL BE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          UH, BUT RIGHT NOW I'M GONNA HAND IT OFF TO SHANNON WITH ANIMAL CARE. 
          I THINK HE'S UP NEXT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS SHANNON SIMS, AND FOR THE PAST 10 MONTHS, I'VE SERVED AS THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF THE A C S ADVISORY BOARD WHO ARE HERE WITH US TODAY. 
          RITA AND KAREN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR ANIMALS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          TODAY, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE AS A DEPARTMENT, WHO WE ARE, WHERE WE'VE COME FROM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM HERE. 
          ANIMAL CARE SERVICES IS OFTEN THE VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS. 
          OUR DEPARTMENT LOCATED JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 90 ON 1 51 IMPOUNDS A THOUSAND ANIMALS EVERY SINGLE YEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE PROVIDE THESE ANIMALS WITH SAFE, CLEAN HOUSING, FEED THEM, ADDRESS THEIR MEDICAL NEEDS, AND FOR OVER 90% OF THESE ANIMALS, FIND THEM A FOREVER HOME. 
          FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, A C SS HAS PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THIS 90% NUMBER. 
          WE'VE BEEN PROUD OF IT, HOW FAR WE'VE COME, AND, UH, IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          IN 2011, OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE WAS A MERE 32%. 
          THAT SAME YEAR, WE ADOPTED A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT LAID OUT AMBITIOUS GOALS WITH STEP-BY-STEP 
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RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO ACHIEVE THEM. 
          BY 2017, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE GOALS HAD BEEN MET, AND EVERY SINGLE RECOMMENDATION HAD BEEN IMPLEMENTED. 
          DESPITE HOW FAR WE'VE COME, WE KNOW WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. 
          OUR TEAM WANTS US TO DO MORE, SAVE MORE ANIMALS TO ONCE AGAIN BECOME A NATIONAL LEADER. 
          OUR COMMUNITY WANTS US TO DO MORE AS WELL. 
          IN OCTOBER, WE'LL BE STARTING THE HARD WORK OF CREATING MORE AMBITIOUS GOALS THAN EVER WITH, UH, EQUALLY INNOVATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          MY TEAM WILL BE RESEARCHING BEST PRACTICES. 
          WE'LL BE CONDUCTING SURVEYS, ENGAGING WITH OUR ADVISORY BOARD, AND ULTIMATELY, WE'LL PRESENT A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL BY APPROVAL BY SEPTEMBER OF 2023. 
          SOME RESIDENTS WANNA SEE HIGHER LIVE RELEASE RATES, OTHERS WANNA BE, WANNA SEE MORE STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. 
          THIS DELIBERATIVE PROCESS WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ALL THESE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, BOIL THEM DOWN, AND GET CLEAR DIRECTION FROM YOU, OUR CITY COUNCIL, ON WHERE WE GO FROM NEXT. 
          WHERE WE GO FROM HERE. 
          THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GONNA BE STANDING STILL UNTIL THEN, HOWEVER, IN FACT, I'M EXCITED TO SHARE, SHARE WITH YOU TODAY A BRAND NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'RE INCLUDING IN THE 2022 BUDGET. 
          IT'S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NATION FOR A CITY THE SIZE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          EARLIER THIS YEAR, I HAD MY TEAM PUT TOGETHER AN ANALYSIS ON RECIDIVISM, THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS, UH, FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT WE'RE SEEING. 
          WE FOUND THAT IN 2020, OVER 40% OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAD RECEIVED A CITATION HAD RECEIVED ONE PREVIOUSLY WITHIN THE LAST 365 DAYS. 
          ALSO, THAT'S A SHOCKING NUMBER. 
          IN 2019, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, THAT NUMBER WAS LOWER AT ABOUT 23%. 
          BUT REGARDLESS, WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT OUR OFFICERS WERE OUT RESPONDING TO CALLS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, CITING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WITHOUT ACTUALLY GETTING TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE SITUATIONS. 
          NOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO TELL YOU THAT ENFORCEMENT DOESN'T WORK, AND THAT LAWS, YOU KNOW, AREN'T IMPORTANT. 
          UH, EVEN WITH OUR HIGH RECIDIVISM NUMBERS, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE THAT WE CITE ARE NOT REPEAT OFFENDERS. 
          HOWEVER, FOR A SUBSET OF OUR POPULATION, IT'S CLEAR THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH. 
          IN 2022, WE'RE ADDING FIVE POSITIONS TO CREATE A CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT IS GONNA BE DESIGNED TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM IN KEY AREAS OF OUR CITY. 
          WE'VE DESIGNED THIS PROGRAM WITH EQUITY BOILED IN FROM THE VERY, VERY START. 
          UH, IN YEAR ONE, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS IN CENSUS TRACKS WITH COMBINED EQUITY ATLAS SCORES OF SEVEN OR GREATER CASE MANAGERS, WHERE WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH RESIDENTS WHO'VE RECEIVED CITATIONS AND WANT TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE, BUT NEED HELP IN DOING SO. 
          LET ME GIVE YOU A QUICK EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE. 
          UH, SUPPOSE THAT WE WRITE A WRITE A CITATION TO A LOWER INCOME RESIDENT FOR ALLOWING THEIR FOUR DOGS TO ROAM FREE OR RESTRAINT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          RESIDENTS DON'T TYPICALLY CHOOSE TO ALLOW THEIR DOGS TO RUN FREE OF RESTRAINT. 
          THERE'S TYPICALLY A PROBLEM, A HOLE IN THE FENCE THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX, ET CETERA. 
          NOW, ON TOP OF THE COST OF THE CITATION, THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS TO GET ALL FOUR OF THOSE ANIMALS STERILIZED. 
          AT A PRIVATE CLINIC, THE COST TO STERILIZE THESE FOUR DOGS COULD BE AS HIGH AS $600 PER ANIMAL. 
          INSTEAD, THESE A C S CASE MANAGERS CAN ALLOCATE EXISTING RESOURCES TO THE RESIDENT, UH, THAT A C SS ALREADY HAS IN OUR BUDGET. 
          NEARLY $900,000 ARE ALREADY ALLOCATED, UH, WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO A C SS FOR SPAY NEU, UH, WHERE RESIDENTS AND QUALIFYING ZIP CODES CAN RECEIVE FREE SURGERIES. 
          THE CASE MANAGER CAN USE THESE FUNDS TO GET THE RESIDENT'S FOUR DOG STERILIZED AT NO COST TO THAT RESIDENT. 
          CASE MANAGERS CAN THEN USE DIFFERENT FUNDS PROVIDED, UH, TO ALLOW THE RESIDENT TO OBTAIN TETHERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO ENSURE THAT THE PROBLEM DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. 
          COMMUNITY-WIDE, THE SAME NUMBER OF SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES ARE STILL GOING TO BE OCCURRING. 
          UH, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS THAT THOSE RESOURCES AND MORE WILL NOW BE DIRECTED AT THOSE PEOPLE THAT NEED THEM THE MOST. 
          AND YEAR ONE OF THE PROGRAM, WE'RE TARGETING A 5% DROP IN RECIDIVISM IN TARGETED AREAS, AND EXPECT TO LEARN A LOT TO APPLY IN FUTURE YEARS WITH THIS PROGRAM. 
          WHILE THIS PROGRAM WILL NOT REDUCE RECIDIVISM OR FIX IT CITYWIDE, WE DO EXPECT IT TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT AS WE BEGIN TO SHIFT OUR APPROACH AWAY FROM WALLPAPERING HOUSES AND CITATIONS TO ACTUALLY HELPING RESIDENTS COME INTO COMPLIANCE THAT CAN'T DO IT ON THEIR OWN. 
          ANOTHER CHANGE THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IN 2022 IS SHIFTING OUR FIELD ENFORCEMENT TO A TRUE 24 7 OPERATION. 
          CURRENTLY, A C S HAS TWO SHIFTS THAT OPERATE, OPERATE, AND PROVIDE COVERAGE FROM 7:00 AM UNTIL MIDNIGHT. 
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OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS, WE HAVE ON-CALL STAFF TO PROVIDE SUPPORT IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. 
          IN 2022, WE'LL BE ADDING FOUR OFFICERS TO CREATE A THIRD SHIFT THAT WILL OPERATE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 
          WITH THESE RESOURCES, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR 12,000 ANIMAL RELATED CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT HAVE TYPICALLY BEEN SENT TO S A P D. 
          WE'RE STILL GONNA WORK TOGETHER WITH S A P D ON CALLS THAT INVOLVE BOTH VIOLENT, BOTH VIOLENT PEOPLE AND VIOLENT ANIMALS, UH, BUT ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PROVIDING MORE STREAMLINED SERVICE LEVELS DURING THIS NEW OVERNIGHT SHIFT. 
          FINALLY, THE 2022 BUDGET INCLUDES FUNDING FOR A SECOND DOG TRAINER AT A C SS. 
          FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD TWO TRAINERS, BUT THE SECOND POSITION WAS FUNDED THROUGH, UH, LARGE DONATION FUNDS, UH, FROM A, UH, FOUNDATION PARTNERS. 
          WITH THESE FOUNDATION FUNDING, UH, SET TO EXPIRE IN MAY OF 2022, THE GENERAL FUND UNDER THIS WILL NOW ALLOW US TO ABSORB THAT INTO THE GENERAL FUND, CREATING A FULL-TIME POSITION. 
          NOW, OUR TRAINERS NOT ONLY SUPPORT NEW ADOPTERS WITH FREE TRAINING. 
          MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY ALSO EVALUATE ANIMALS UPON INTAKE TO A C S TO HELP IDENTIFY AND CORRECT BEHAVIORAL ISSUES. 
          THIS WORK MAKES OUR PETS MORE ADOPTABLE AND OBVIOUSLY WILL IMPACT OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE. 
          WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS POSITION BECOMING A FULL-TIME MEMBER OF THE A C S TEAM. 
          UH, IN TOTAL, THE A C S BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 IS $18.5 MILLION WITH A POSITION COUNT OF 164 EMPLOYEES. 
          NOW, AS WE ENTER INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, I HAVE ONE FINAL CHALLENGE THAT I NEED TO SHARE WITH YOU. 
          ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENT'S MAJOR GOALS IS TO CONTROL AND REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE PET POPULATION IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THE MOST EFFECTIVE TOOL THAT WE HAVE TO DO, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE OUR SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES FOR A GOOD PART OF 2020. 
          MOST OF OUR CONTRACTUAL PARTNERS STOPPED PROVIDING, UH, SURGERIES DUE TO C OVID 19 PRIVATE VET CLINICS AND EVEN OUR OWN DEPARTMENT ALSO SHUT DOWN SURGERIES FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. 
          NOW, WHILE THIS, WHILE EVERYONE'S UP AND, AND RUNNING AGAIN, AND WE'RE BACK UP, UH, IT, THIS HAS CREATED A BACKLOG OF NEEDED SURGERIES THAT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS STILL WORKING TO GET THROUGH. 
          TO FURTHER COMPLICATE THIS SITUATION, THE UNITED STATES IS CURRENTLY FACING A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF VETERINARIANS. 
          NATIONWIDE ORGANIZATIONS ARE COMPETING TO HIRE VETS AND ARE ALSO COMPETING FOR CONTRACTUAL VETERINARIANS TO FILL, UH, VOIDS IN THEIR, IN THEIR OPERATION AT ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO FILL A VE VETERINARY VACANCY HERE SINCE FEBRUARY WITH NO LUCK SO FAR. 
          IN RESPONSE, MY TEAM HAS, HAS ADOPTED AN ALL OF THE ABOVE STRATEGY. 
          AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, UH, JUST LAST MONTH, WE, UH, ESTABLISHED CONTRACTUAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH PROVIDERS THAT WE'VE NEVER WORKED, WORKED WITH BEFORE. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO PLANNING TO ISSUE MULTIPLE RFPS IN THE COMING FISCAL YEAR THAT ARE GONNA HELP TO SOLIDIFY AND GUARANTEE THAT CAPACITY THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR SPAY NEUTER PARTNERSHIPS MOVING FORWARD, WE AREN'T JUST LOOKING AT OUR PARTNERS, THOUGH. 
          UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, A C S INVITED THE CITY'S OFFICE OF INNOVATION, UH, TO COME IN AND EVALUATE THE CLINIC OPERATION FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. 
          THE OFFICE OFFICE OF INNOVATION DID A FANTASTIC JOB, AND I'D LIKE TO LIKE TO THANK BRIAN AND HIS TEAM FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID. 
          UH, WE'RE COMMITTED TO RUNNING EXCEPTIONAL OPERATION, AND WE WANTED THAT THIRD PARTY, UH, PERSPECTIVE TO ASSESS THIS SITUATION. 
          INNOVATION CAME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS THAT FELL INTO ONE OF FIVE CATEGORIES, RECOMMENDATIONS TIED TO PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND BETTER TRAINING OF STAFF ARE ALREADY BEING, UH, BEING IMPLEMENTED IN THEIR UNDERWAY. 
          A FOLLOW-UP PARTNERSHIP WITH INNOVATION IS BEING PLANNED RIGHT NOW TO FURTHER EVALUATE SPECIFIC, UH, ISSUES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED WITH STAFFING LEVELS TECHNOLOGY AS, AS WELL AS EQUIPMENT NEEDS. 
          AS FOR PHYSICAL SPACE, THE A C S CLINIC HAS OPERATED IN THE SAME UNDERSIZED BUILDING FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS WITHOUT ANY SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES OR EXPANSIONS, WHILE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO SUPPORT, SUPPORT 7,000 SURGERIES. 
          WE'RE CURRENTLY CONDUCTING 16,000 SURGERIES OUT OF THAT LIMITED SPACE. 
          WE HAVE A DESIRE TO DO MORE. 
          WE HAVE A NEED TO DO MORE, BUT WE PHYSICALLY CAN'T GET ANY MORE PRODUCTIVITY OUT OF THE LIMITED SPACE THAT A S'S CLINIC CURRENTLY OPERATES OUT OF. 
          IN RESPONSE, A C S IS WORKING TO IDENTIFY FUTURE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CREATION OF A NEW HOSPITAL ON THE A C S CAMPUS. 
          NOT ONLY WOULD A NEW HOSPITAL MEET CURRENT NEEDS AND ALLOW FOR FUTURE GROWTH, IT WOULD HELP TO CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY NEEDS FOR SPAY NEUTER SERVICES, AND WHAT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          BEFORE I CONCLUDE, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP APPRECIATION TO 
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OUR DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY PARTNERS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, OUT IN THE, OUT IN THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY ITSELF, THE A C S ADVISORY BOARD, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND OF COURSE, EACH OF YOU FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED OVER THIS PAST YEAR, SERVING THE PEOPLE IN ANIMALS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS A TEAM SPORT. 
          AND WE ABSOLUTELY COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT. 
          I WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO THANK THE DE DEDICATED AND TALENTED STAFF AT A C SS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TOWARDS THE CAUSE THAT THEY'VE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO. 
          I'M PROUD TO HAVE LED THIS GROUP OVER THE LAST 10 MONTHS. 
          THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, BUT I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH A SHORT VIDEO FEATURING SOME OF THE OUTSTANDING WORK THAT OUR TRAINERS DO, WHICH WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA ON INSTAGRAM STORIES. 
          I HOPE YOU ENJOY. 
          HEY GUYS. 
          SO THERE'S THIS ONE DOG THAT ONE OF OUR RESCUE PAR PARTNERS WE'RE GONNA TAKE YESTERDAY. 
          AND, UM, HE'S A NINE MONTH OLD PUPPY, SO THEY ASKED ME, HEY, I WAS GONNA TAKE THIS DOG, BUT, UM, HE LOOKS LIKE YOU NEEDS SOME WORK. 
          WILL YOU LOOK INTO HIM? SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DO. 
          SO LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS DAVID NEWMAN. 
          I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          OUR DEPARTMENT HAS TWO DISTINCT BUSINESS UNITS THAT OPERATE FROM TWO DIFFERENT FUNDS. 
          UH, THE SOLID WASTE FUND IS A RESTRICTED FUND. 
          WE RECEIVE NO DOLLARS FROM THE GENERAL FUND, BUT RATHER WE ARE SUPPORTED BY USER FEES. 
          ONE OF THOSE FEES IS THE SOLID WASTE FEE THAT'S ATTACHED TO GARBAGE CARTS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS THAT RECEIVE CURBSIDE COLLECTION SERVICES. 
          THOSE ARE PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS, AND WE HAVE ABOUT 365,000 OF THOSE CUSTOMERS. 
          THE OTHER FEE IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FEE, AND THAT IS, UH, UH, ASSESSED TO ALL SAN ANTONIANS AND PROVIDES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE THE CITYWIDE SERVICES. 
          THE OTHER FUND THAT WE HAVE IS THE FLEET MAINTENANCE FUND. 
          THIS IS AN INTERNAL SERVICES FUND. 
          WE MAINTAIN ABOUT 2000 LARGE TRUCKS AND OFF-ROAD EQUIPMENT FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS, PRIMARILY SOLID WASTE, PUBLIC WORKS, AND PARKS AND REC. 
          SO, WITH RESPECT TO OUR CURBSIDE COLLECTION SERVICES, WE OFFER ONCE A WEEK TRASH ORGANICS AND RECYCLING COLLECTION FROM CARTS THAT WE PROVIDE. 
          WE ALSO OFFER TWICE A YEAR BRUSH COLLECTION AND TWICE A YEAR BULKY COLLECTION. 
          UH, OTHER SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE CITYWIDE WOULD BE OUR DROP-OFF CENTERS. 
          WE HAVE BRUSH GRINDING FACILITIES, BULKY WASTE COLLECTION FACILITIES, AS WELL AS HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE. 
          OTHER SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE INCLUDE THE COLLECTION OF ILLEGAL DUMPING. 
          NOW, WE DON'T HAVE DEDICATED CREWS TO COLLECT ILLEGAL DUMPING AT THIS POINT. 
          UH, WHAT WE DO IS ONCE WE FINISH THE ROUTE, WE GO OUT AND WE COLLECT, UH, FROM THOSE CALLS THAT WE RECEIVE. 
          WE DO HAVE DEDICATED CREWS THAT COLLECT DEAD ANIMALS. 
          WE HAVE A VERY POPULAR PROGRAM CALLED DIAL A TRAILER, WHERE WE, UH, MAKE AVAILABLE A GARBAGE TRUCK OR A TRAILER ON A SATURDAY MORNING. 
          UH, FOR CLEANUP EVENTS, NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS CAN GET TOGETHER AND, AND UTILIZE THIS BY CALLING 3 1 1. 
          WE ALSO CLEAN THE DOWNTOWN LITTER BASKETS, AND WE PROVIDE BAGGED LEAF COLLECTION AND PAPER CRAFT BAGS, UH, FOR OUR CURBSIDE CUSTOMERS. 
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LASTLY, I WANNA MENTION REWORKS SA. 
          THIS IS A RECYCLING PROGRAM FOR BUSINESSES, AND THE IDEA IS THAT WE HELP BUSINESSES RECYCLE, AND WE RECOGNIZE THOSE THAT DO A GREAT JOB WITH RECYCLING. 
          WITH RESPECT TO THOSE DROP-OFF SITES, WE HAVE TWO BRUSH GRINDING FACILITIES, FOUR BULKY WASTE SITES, AND THREE OF THOSE ALSO ACCEPT HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE. 
          RECYCLING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          IT'S A FLAGSHIP PROGRAM. 
          AND SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE REALLY WEREN'T DOING THAT WELL WITH RECYCLING, BUT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A GOAL TO RECYCLE 60%. 
          WE IMPLEMENTED SEVERAL INITIATIVES TO TRY TO, TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL, AND WE'VE MADE VERY STEADY PROGRESS. 
          UH, UP UNTIL RECENTLY, WE WERE SOMEWHAT STAGNANT AT ABOUT 36%, BUT THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THE YEAR AT ABOUT 38%, PRIMARILY DUE TO A NEW COMPOST CONTRACT THAT STARTED IN JANUARY. 
          SO I'M VERY EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE AT, AT 38% BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, AND I EXPECT WITH A FULL YEAR UNDER OUR BELT FROM THAT COMPOST CONTRACT, THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY BE AT 40% NEXT YEAR. 
          AND THAT IS QUITE RAREFIED AIR. 
          UH, AS A FRAME OF REFERENCE, THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS AT ABOUT 41% AND THE CITY OF DALLAS AT 21%. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A, A MOMENT TO MENTION THAT WE COLLECT RECYCLING AND WE DELIVER IT TO A CONTRACTOR WHO SORTS THROUGH THE MATERIAL AND THEN SELLS THAT MATERIAL. 
          THIS CONTRACT EXPIRES IN THREE YEARS, SO IN ADVANCE OF THAT, WE HAVE PUT A, A NEW CONTRACT OUT ON THE STREET. 
          WE EXPECT THOSE RESPONSES BACK AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. 
          AND I'M, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT TODAY OUR RECYCLING REVENUES ARE VERY HIGH. 
          THEY'RE THE STRONGEST THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN MANY YEARS. 
          UH, WHILE WE HAVE, UH, IN, IN YEARS PAST, WE'VE PAID FOR RECYCLING, UH, NOT AS MUCH AS LANDFILL. 
          TODAY, WE'RE ACTUALLY RECEIVING A NET PAYMENT OF ABOUT $9 AND 30 CENTS PER TON. 
          SO IT'S, UH, GOOD TIMING THAT WE HAVE THIS CONTRACT OUT ON THE STREET. 
          TODAY, BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS, BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, WE REALLY PUSH RECYCLING. 
          AND SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE USE TO PUSH RECYCLING IS CART DOWNSIZING. 
          WE OFFER THREE DIFFERENT SIZE CARTS WITH THREE DIFFERENT FEES. 
          THE SMALLER THE CART, THE LESS YOU PAY, THE LARGER THE CART, THE MORE YOU PAY. 
          WE HAVE MULTIPLE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, UM, THINGS THAT WE DO. 
          IN FACT, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, IT'S ABOUT 800 PRESENTATIONS, BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY. 
          WE HAVE A ROBUST MARKETING AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ACROSS MULTIPLE MEDIUMS, INCLUDING BILLBOARD, TV, RADIO, AND WE PUT OUR MESSAGE OUT IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH. 
          I MENTIONED REWORKS ESSAY EARLIER, AND I WANNA SAY THAT WE RECENTLY ENHANCED THIS PROGRAM WHILE IT IS FOUNDED IN RECYCLING, AND AT ITS HEART, IT IS A RECYCLING PROGRAM. 
          WE'VE ADDED ADDITIONAL SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA. 
          WE, WE PARTNERED WITH THE OFFICE OF SU SUSTAINABILITY TO ADD THINGS SUCH AS WATER CONSERVATION, ENERGY CONSERVATION, SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT PRACTICES. 
          SO FOR THOSE BUSINESSES THAT DO A GREAT JOB OF RECYCLING, AND THEY DO THESE ADDITIONAL SUSTAINABILITY THINGS, WE RECOGNIZE THEM THROUGH OUR PINNACLE AWARD. 
          AND SO, I'M, I'M VERY PROUD THAT THIS HAS EVOLVED MORE INTO A CLIMATE INITIATIVE PROGRAM. 
          I MENTIONED THE THREE CARTS. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE THE FEES BELOW EACH OF THE CARTS EMBEDDED IN THAT FEE IS THE DOLLAR 74 ENVIRONMENTAL FEE. 
          UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT, UM, UH, THING I WANNA SAY ABOUT THIS SLIDE IS THAT WE ARE NOT PROPOSING A FEE INCREASE TO EITHER THE ENVIRONMENTAL FEE OR THE SOLID WASTE FEE MOVING FORWARD INTO NEXT YEAR. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE AN INCREASE PROPOSED FOR BOTH THE SOLID WASTE FUND AND THE FLEET FUND. 
          THIS IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE PROPOSED ADDITION OF SOME EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS SOME INCREASES TO EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. 
          I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THESE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THAT'S 10 ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES IN THE SOLID WASTE FUND AND ONE MECHANIC IN THE FLEET FUND. 
          2021 WAS A BUSY YEAR FOR US. 
          IN FACT, 2020 WAS AS WELL. 
          WE GREW OUR SOLID WASTE FEE CUSTOMERS. 
          THOSE ARE THE CURBSIDE CUSTOMERS BY ABOUT 7,000 HOMES. 
          THE ENVIRONMENTAL FEE INCREASED BY ABOUT, UH, 20,000 CUSTOMERS OVER THAT TWO YEAR PERIOD. 
          AND THE AMOUNT OF CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE SHOWN UP AT OUR DROP-OFF SITES HAS GROWN BY ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THE TWO YEAR PERIOD. 
          THAT'S A LOT. 
          OUR ILLEGAL DUMPING HAS STAYED SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT, BUT WE REALLY NEED HELP THERE. 
          UH, THERE'S A LOT 
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OF ILLEGAL DUMPING, AND WE GET TO WHAT WE CAN GET TO, BUT WE DO HAVE AN IMPROVEMENT TO TRY TO ADD TO THIS. 
          LASTLY, I WANNA MENTION ON THIS SLIDE THAT THE AMOUNT OF TONS THAT WE TOUCH, THE AMOUNT OF TONS THAT PEOPLE BRING TO US AT DROP-OFF SITES, AS WELL AS PICKUP AT THE CURB, HAS INCREASED BY 86,000 TONS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          ON A PERFORMANCE SIDE, WE TRACK THE NUMBER OF MISSED COLLECTIONS, WHETHER WE LEGITIMATELY MISSED THE HOME OR SOMEONE SET IT OUT LATE, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. 
          WE TRACK IT. 
          WE WANT TO BE LESS THAN NINE CALLS FOR EVERY 10,000 OPPORTUNITIES. 
          KEEP IN MIND, WE COLLECT THREE TIMES A WEEK OUT, AND THERE'S 365,000 CUSTOMERS AND 52 WEEKS OUT OF THE YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S ABOUT 50 MILLION OPPORTUNITIES. 
          LAST YEAR, WE WERE AT 6.9 CALLS. 
          THIS YEAR WE WERE AT 6.1, SO WE'RE GOING DOWN. 
          SO THAT'S A GOOD TREND. 
          OUR EMPLOYEES ARE VITAL TO OUR SUCCESS. 
          AND ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE IMPLEMENTED ALONG WITH HR, THEY REALLY HELPED US OUT WITH. 
          THIS IS AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, AND IT HAS BEEN A, A WONDERFUL WAY TO BRING NEW DRIVERS INTO OUR DEPARTMENT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. 
          AN APPLICANT DOES NOT NEED ANY EXPERIENCE, JUST A GOOD ATTITUDE. 
          AND WE TRAIN THEM. 
          WE GET THEM THEIR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND WE GET THEM A PERMANENT JOB WITH US. 
          IF YOU WERE TO GO TO TRUCK MASTERS, IT MIGHT COST YOU $7,000 TO GET A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE. 
          IN THIS SITUATION, WE'RE ACTUALLY PAYING THESE INDIVIDUALS TO GET THE LICENSE. 
          SINCE JANUARY OF 2018, WE'VE HAD 70 APPLICANTS, 52 HAVE GOTTEN COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE. 
          42 HAVE BEEN HIRED FULL-TIME AND PROMOTED. 
          AND KEEP IN MIND, THERE'S STILL 17 IN THE PIPELINE, WHICH WE'LL ADD TO THOSE NUMBERS. 
          OUR RETENTION RATE FOR THIS FOUR YEAR PERIOD IS 88% COMPARED TO HIRING, UH, DRIVERS OFF THE STREET DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD, IT'S AT 49%. 
          SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD SUCCESS STORY. 
          WE HAVE A SIMILAR PROGRAM ON OUR FLEET SIDE, UH, BUT WE DO NEED OUR MECHANICS TO BE EXPERIENCED. 
          SO THEY COME IN WITH EXPERIENCE. 
          WE HIRE THEM AS A MECHANIC ONE, AND AFTER SO MUCH TIME AND, AND, UH, IMPROVING ON THEIR SKILLS, THEY BUMP UP TO A MECHANIC TWO, THEN A MECHANIC THREE. 
          SO THAT KEEPS THEM ENGAGED, AND IT HELPS KEEP US WITH A GOOD WORKFORCE. 
          UH, LASTLY, SAFETY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH ISO 45,001, WE BECAME CERTIFIED THREE YEARS AGO, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. 
          OUR CUSTOMERS PROBABLY DON'T WAKE UP AND THINK ABOUT TRASH. 
          AND SO WHAT WE HAVE STARTED DOING AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE PUT OUT IS IN TERMS OF FLYERS AND DOOR HANGERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE SIMPLE, EASY TO READ AND, UM, AND, AND HELPFUL TO INDIVIDUALS. 
          SO THAT IS OUR, OUR NEW BACK TO BASICS CAMPAIGN. 
          I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE ARE ROLLING OUT A NEW WEBSITE IN NOVEMBER. 
          UH, THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS IS IT WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH MOBILE PHONES THAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE. 
          IT WILL HAVE A SEARCH FEATURE, SO YOU CAN FIND OUT, UH, WHERE TO DISPOSE OF THINGS, OR AS SIMPLY AS, WHEN'S MY COLLECTION DAY? WE HAVE A STRONG SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN WITH FUN STORIES, LIKE WHERE DOES IT GO WEDNESDAYS AND MEET YOUR DRIVER. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT MY DEPARTMENT CREATED A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM BECAUSE THEY WORK REALLY HARD, BUT EVEN ON THEIR OFF TIME, THEY WANT TO HELP PEOPLE. 
          AND SO, UH, THIS VOLUNTEER PROGRAM HAS ALREADY HELPED ANIMAL CARE AND SOME OTHERS, AND I'M JUST SO PROUD OF, OF THOSE EMPLOYEES. 
          I MENTIONED THESE IMPROVEMENTS TO MEET THE GROWTH. 
          WE ARE REQUESTING FOUR AUTOMATED SIDE LOAD TRUCKS AND FOUR DRIVERS, AS WELL AS ONE MECHANIC ON OUR FLEET SIDE. 
          THE OTHER IMPROVEMENT IS AN ILLEGAL DUMPING AND LITTER COLLECTION CREW. 
          THIS WOULD BE DEDICATED TO COLLECTING ILLEGAL DUMPING. 
          UH, AND IT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH EQUIPMENT THAT WE CAN GO OFF ROAD. 
          TODAY, WE'RE REALLY LIMITED TO THE STREET OR MAYBE EIGHT TO 10 FEET OFF OF THE STREET. 
          UH, WITH THIS EQUIPMENT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO OFF ROAD. 
          WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO INTO DRAINAGE DITCHES, AND WE WILL REALLY RELIEVE PUBLIC WORKS OF THE BURDEN THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET IN THERE SO THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. 
          WE HAVE NOT UNTIL RECENTLY EVER COLLECTED LITTER, BUT WE'VE STARTED DOING 
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THAT AND WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THIS CREW. 
          SO, SO IN ADDITION TO THE CREWS THAT COLLECT ILLEGAL DUMPING TODAY, IF WE ADD THIS CREW, I THINK WE'RE REALLY GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OUT THERE AND, AND WE DO NEED THE HELP. 
          IN SUMMARY, OUR BUDGET INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS FOR GROWTH. 
          IT INCLUDES AN ILLEGAL DUMPING CREW. 
          THERE ARE NO FEE INCREASES, AND WE WILL CERTAINLY BE ENGAGED WITH OUR CUSTOMERS TO PROVIDE THEM GOOD SERVICE, UH, AND EASY TO READ MATERIAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          DOUG MELNICK, UH, CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER WITH THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR F Y 22 PROPOSED BUDGET AND WORK PLAN. 
          UH, THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO DO, AND, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A SMALL DEPARTMENT. 
          I'D LIKE TO, UM, RECOGNIZE MY STAFF WHO ARE HERE TODAY. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT JULIA MURPHY, DEPUTY CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER. 
          WE'VE GOT, UM, UH, UH, MINA DEFI, OUR CLIMATE PROGRAM MANAGER. 
          WE'VE GOT HARLEY HUBBARD, OUR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION MANAGER, MARIE MYERS, OUR MUNICIPAL SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER, AND CYNTHIA, UM, DIETRICH, OUR D F A. 
          AND SO THESE ARE REALLY FOLKS WHO ARE INCREDIBLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO. 
          AND ANYTHING THAT GOOD THAT COMES OUT OF OUT OF MY OFFICE IS THE RESULT OF, OF THEIR WORK. 
          UM, I'M JUST, THEIR, THEIR CHEERLEADER. 
          SO FIRST I, I'D JUST LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR, OUR MISSION. 
          UH, THE MISSION IS, UM, TO ENHANCE THE ENVIRONMENT, QUALITY OF LIFE AND ECONOMIC VITALITY, UH, OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES FOR ALL RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          VERY LOFTY GOAL. 
          WE DO THAT THROUGH IMPLEMENTING, UH, BASICALLY A, A, A TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE, UM, APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY, FOCUSING ON ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND, UM, UH, SOCIAL, UH, OBJECTIVES. 
          AND ALL OF OUR WORK IS FRAMED BY THE, UH, SA, CLIMATE READY CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN. 
          UH, OUR WORK IS BROKEN DOWN INTO FOUR AREAS, ENERGY MANAGEMENT, UH, WHICH FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON MUNICIPAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS FOR COSA, UH, MUNICIPAL SUSTAINABILITY, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON INTERNAL, UH, COSA POLICIES AND PROGRAMS AROUND SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE ACTION COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY, WHICH MANAGES OUR, UH, SA CLIMATE READY ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND MANAGES ALL COMMUNITY FACING SUSTAINABLE AND CLIMATE PROGRAMS AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION, WHICH HAS REALLY PRIMARILY BEEN FOCUSED ON, ON, UH, FLEET ELECTRIFICATION, THE PROVISION OF CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT THOSE NEXT, UM, BEST PRACTICES THAT ARE COMING DOWN, UH, UH, AROUND, UM, EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO, I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY HAS COMPLETED THIS PAST YEAR. 
          WE RELEASED OUR FIRST MUNICIPAL BUILDING ENERGY AND BENCHMARKING REPORT, UH, WHICH BASICALLY PROVIDES TRANSPARENCY FOR HOW OUR BUILDINGS ARE PERFORMING, UH, IN TERMS OF THEIR, UH, ENERGY PERFORMANCE. 
          UH, WE LAUNCHED THE SA, CLIMATE READY COAST EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM. 
          AND BASICALLY, THIS IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, AS AN ORGANIZATION ARE, ARE WORKING TOWARDS OUR, OUR GOALS AND COMMITMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLIMATE PLAN. 
          IT INCLUDES THAT, UH, EVERY, UH, CITY EMPLOYEE RECEIVES, UM, UH, CLIMATE TRAINING, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT THIS PLAN IS AND, AND WHAT THEIR ROLE IS. 
          UH, WE'RE ACQUIRING EVERY DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A, A COMPLETED, UH, CONSISTENCY DOC. 
          UM, BASICALLY MAKING SURE THAT THEIR WORK PLANS ARE IN LINES WITH, UM, THE GOALS OF THE COUNCIL APPROVED CLIMATE PLAN. 
          AND WE PILOTED A, UM, ESSAY, CLIMATE READY BUDGET TOOL, UH, THIS PAST YEAR, JUST GETTING DEPARTMENTS TO THINK ABOUT, UM, THEIR BUDGETS, THEIR WORK, AND, AND MEETING THESE, UH, ASPIRATIONAL, UH, AND, AND ESSENTIAL OBJECTIVES OF THE CLIMATE PLAN. 
          UH, WE LAUNCHED THE FIRST PHASE OF THE, OF THE BLANK CONTRACT. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER, COUNCIL APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH BLANK FOR CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE ON CITY OWNED, UM, UH, LANDS. 
          WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE OUR FIRST STATION, UH, COMPLETE AND, AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE NEXT MONTH, THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE SURE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO THE, TO THE RIBBON CUTTING. 
          BUT IT'S A, IT'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND, UM, WE WORKED WITH B S D ON THE PROCUREMENT OF, UM, 19 NEW CHEVY BOLTS, UM, FOR THE CITY FLEET. 
          AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ONE, UH, THERE'S ONE PLUGGED IN RIGHT NOW AT CITY HALL, AND, AND I BELIEVE B S D WILL HAVE FOLKS THERE IF YOU WANNA TAKE A LOOK AND, AND SEE HOW IT IS. 
          BUT IT'S A REALLY EXCITING, UH, A BIG STEP FOR US, UH, IN TERMS OF, UM, INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF OUR VEHICLES, UH, OUR FLEET, AS WELL AS SAVING MONEY. 
          UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S A SMART BUSINESS DECISION. 
          UM, WE ALSO LAUNCHED, UH, THE SUPPORTED THE LAUNCH OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH, UH, ENGAGEMENT COUNCIL FOR CLIMATE IN INITIATIVES. 
          UM, GREAT PROGRAM. 
          IT'S 
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MANAGED BY A NONPROFIT OUT OF AUSTIN CALLED ECO RISE. 
          IT JUST PROVIDES, PROVIDES AN AVENUE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA TO GET ENGAGED IN, IN CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES. 
          AND, UM, WE, WE WORK TO GET THEM CONNECTED WITH, UM, UH, YOU AS, AS THE, THE CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES FOR THEIR DISTRICT. 
          AND, UH, THEY'RE CURRENTLY RECRUITING FOR A NEW SLATE OF, OF, UM, FOLKS AND STUDENTS FOR THIS NEXT YEAR. 
          SO WE'LL BE SURE TO, TO, TO CONTACT YOU TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO COMPLETED OUR 2019 GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY, RELEASED OUR FIRST ESSAY CLIMATE READY PROGRESS REPORT, AND HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS, INCLUDING FROM THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, TEXAN BY NATURE, AND THE CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT. 
          AND, AND ONE THING I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS JUST THIS LAST WEEK, WE, WE FOUND OUT THAT ONE OF OUR, UH, INITIATIVES AROUND, UM, ELECTRIFICATION, UH, AND EV INFRASTRUCTURE WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN A NEW POLICY TOOLKIT THAT WAS RELEASED BY A, AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE ELECTRIFICATION COALITION AS A BEST PRACTICE. 
          AND, AND THAT, THAT, UM, DOCUMENT IS CALLED ELECTRIFYING TRANSPORTATION IN MUNICIPALITY. 
          SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, OF, OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THAT AREA AS WELL. 
          UH, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT OUR, OUR, UM, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, UH, FUND. 
          THIS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED SINCE, SINCE 2011. 
          UH, IT WAS, IT'S A REVOLVING FUND. 
          IT WAS, UM, UH, PROVIDED, UM, SEED FUNDING WITH, UH, A FUNDS AND C P S REBATES. 
          AND BASICALLY IT'S A SOURCE OF FUNDING TO UNDERTAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR, AT OUR CITY FACILITIES THAT PRODUCE, UH, AN ENERGY SAVINGS. 
          SINCE THE FUND'S INCEPTION, WE HAVE COMPLETED 418 PROJECTS TOUCHING 190 FACILITIES. 
          UH, THAT'S RESULTED OVER $1.6 MILLION IN ANNUAL AVOIDED COSTS, AND HAS REDUCED OUR ELECTRIC CONSUMPTION BY JUST UNDER 83 MILLION KILOWATT HOURS PER YEAR. 
          SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. 
          AND TO DATE, PROJECTS FUNDED THROUGH THIS FUND, UH, HAVE RESULTED IN A 13.2% OVERALL REDUCTION IN, UH, ENERGY USE IN THOSE BUILDINGS. 
          IN TERMS OF OUR, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, YOU CAN SEE IT'S ABOUT, UH, $2.7 MILLION, AND IT'S FAIRLY EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN SOLID, THE SOLID WASTE FUND AND THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND. 
          UH, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF, OF NINE, UH, AUTHORIZED POSITION. 
          AND THE BUDGET CHANGE BETWEEN 21 AND 22 IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE ACROSS THE BOARD PAY INCREASE AND A A COUPLE OF SMALL PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TOUCH ON OUR, OUR F Y 22, UH, WORK PLAN. 
          IT'S, IT'S ALL BASED UPON THE SA CLIMATE READY PLAN. 
          THERE'S MANY MORE ACTION ITEMS, UH, IN THE WORK PLAN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME EXAMPLES. 
          UH, TO REDUCE MUNICIPAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION, WE, WE ARE PROPOSING UPDATING, UH, OUR 2007 GREEN BUILDING POLICY. 
          UH, THIS IS THE DOCUMENT THAT THAT GUIDES HOW WE, WE BUILD NEW, UH, MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS HOW WE UNDERTAKE, UH, SU SUBSTANTIAL, SUBSTANTIAL REHABILITATION. 
          UM, WE WE'RE AIMING TO REDUCE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION. 
          AND ONE OF THE, THE AVENUES WE WANNA LOOK AT IS, IS DISTRICT ENERGY. 
          UH, DISTRICT ENERGY IS A VERY, UM, EFFICIENT, UH, FORM OF, OF COOLING AND HEATING. 
          UH, WE HAVE A, FOR EXAMPLE, A SAWS OWNS AND MANAGES A, A DOWNTOWN, UH, CHILLER SYSTEM. 
          UM, THEY, US ALSO DID A, A RECENT STUDY THAT THAT, THAT IDENTIFIES, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE IT AND, AND, AND, AND INCREASE ITS EFFICIENCY AND EXPAND, UH, EXPAND IT. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA WANNA WORK, WORK WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES, UM, AND SAWS. 
          AND AS FAR AS HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE THAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO, TO EXPAND PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE EV CHARGING ACROSS CITY SITES. 
          AND WE ARE, UM, PLANNING ON HOPEFULLY IMPLEMENTING A, A NEW SUSTAINABLE FLEET ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT POLICY. 
          UH, WE PRESENTED THIS TO, TO CHECK, UH, EARLIER, LATE LAST MONTH, AND WE'LL BE GOING BACK LATER THIS, THIS YEAR, UH, TO PRESENT A, A FINAL DRAFT. 
          THIS BASICALLY IS A, A DOCUMENT THAT, UM, UH, SORT OF DICTATES HOW WE PROCURE VEHICLES AND HOW WE MANAGE OUR FLEETS. 
          AND, AND THE GOAL IS, IS TO, AGAIN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, PROVIDING A FLEET THAT'S AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS DEPARTMENTS TO, TO UNDERTAKE AND, AND COMPLETE THEIR MISSION. 
          AND THE ONE THING I'D LIKE TO ADD ON, ON THE FLEET IS WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO HOPING TO, UH, WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND, AND SS A P D TO SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PILOT AN ACTUAL, UH, ELECTRIC CRUISER. 
          UM, SO WE'LL SEE HOW, HOW THAT GOES AND KEEP YOU POSTED. 
          AND THEN I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW OTHER THINGS VERY QUICKLY IN CLOSING OUT OUR, UM, SOME OF OUR OBJECTIVES FOR F Y 22. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON INCREASING, UM, OUR WORK IN ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE AND WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO WE ARE GOING TO BE, UH, HOPEFULLY FINALIZING A, UH, A TOOL THAT WE CALLED H A A HEAT VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT TOOL. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT, WORKING WITH U T SS A ON THIS, AND HAVING THIS TOOL THAT ALLOWS US TO REALLY IDENTIFY WHERE THE HOT SPOTS ARE IN OUR CITY, OVERLAYING EQUITY INDICATORS, AS WELL AS OTHER MEASURES. 
          WE HOPE TO WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS TO IDENTIFY VERY SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS THAT 
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WE CAN, UH, START ROLLING OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO TRY TO MITIGATE EXTREME HEAT. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH, UH, THE LARGEST COAST OF DEPARTMENTS, UH, ON DEVELOPING THEIR OWN SPECIFIC CLIMATE PLAN. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE A FIRST PHASE. 
          THE GOAL IS TO HAVE EVERY DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THEIR OWN PLAN. 
          UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, DUE TO, UM, WORKLOAD AND, AND CONSTRAINTS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PHASE THIS IN OVER A FEW YEARS. 
          AND, UM, ENGAGEMENT IS KEY. 
          CONTINUING TO, TO ENGAGE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, INSTITUTIONS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CLIMATE PLAN. 
          SO, JUST SOME OTHER THINGS I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT VERY QUICKLY. 
          UM, CURRENTLY FIGURING OUT AND, AND WORKING WITH, UM, UH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS ON HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT, UH, THE UPCOMING BOND IS, IS INCORPORATING, UH, THE SA CLIMATE READY PLAN. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH D S D ON AS, AS MIKE HAD MENTIONED, UH, THE U D C AND THE, AND THE, AND THE ENERGY CODE. 
          UM, HOW DO WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CLIMATE PLAN? UM, CONTINUING TO, UH, SUPPORT OUR SA CLIMATE READY ADVISORY COMMITTEES, UH, WE WANNA DEVELOP THE, UH, 2.0 VERSION OF OUR, OF OUR BUDGET TOOL, UM, BASED UPON WHAT WE LEARNED THIS PAST YEAR AND ARE TRACKING FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          I THINK THAT'S A HUGE, UM, COULD BE A GAME CHANGER FOR US. 
          UM, DEPENDING UPON WHAT CAN COME OUTTA CONGRESS DIRECT DOLLARS TO HELP IMPLEMENT, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THAT'S GOING TO NOT JUST IMPROVE MOBILITY, UM, IMPROVE, UM, PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT ALSO, UH, FURTHER OUR, OUR CLIMATE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION MEASURES. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT OF EQUITY WORK. 
          I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT REALLY QUICKLY. 
          UH, WE HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF OUR, UH, CLIMATE ADVISORY COMMITTEES THAT ARE DIGGING INTO THE EQUITY TOOL. 
          UH, THAT'S THE TOOL THAT'S REALLY GOING TO, UM, BE UTILIZED AS WE DEVELOP POLICIES AND PROGRAMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLIMATE PLAN THAT WE'RE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. 
          UM, WE WILL BE VERY ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESILIENCE HUBS. 
          UM, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AND OUR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, AS WELL AS THE CLIMATE PLAN. 
          'CAUSE AS WE KNOW, UH, CLIMATE CHANGE IS GOING TO IMPACT, UH, THOSE, UM, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE, ARE MOST VULNERABLE. 
          AND THESE ARE LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL, NOT JUST DURING AN EXTREME WEATHER EVENT, BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          UH, WE'LL BE CONTINUING OUR GRASSROOTS, UM, ENGAGEMENT THAT FOCUSES ON ENGAGING WITH BIPO COMMUNITIES. 
          AND BIPO STANDS FOR BLACK INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
          AND FINALLY, UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 
          THIS IS A, A, A NEW PROJECT THAT WE'RE JUST STARTING, BUT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE, THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE ON A PROJECT TO ENGAGE WITH LOCAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ON THE HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          AND THEY'LL ALSO BE WORKING WITH US TO IDENTIFY, UM, VERY SAN ANTONIO SPECIFIC CLIMATE AND HEALTH INDICATORS. 
          HOW DO WE TRACK THIS? WHAT DOES CLIMATE CHANGE MEAN FOR OUR, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS? AND HOW DO WE MEASURE PROGRESS, UM, AND, AND, UH, ACTION THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN. 
          UM, SOME OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR F Y 22 FOR OUR ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND, WE'RE, WE'RE FOCUSING ON SOME FACILITIES WITH VERY HIGH ENERGY USE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY CENTER, AND PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT. 
          THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE, UM, RECEIVING RETROCOMMISSIONING, WHICH IS BASICALLY, UH, HAVING, UM, A, A CONTRA CONTRACT TO GO IN AND JUST FINE TUNE ALL THE HVAC, UH, EQUIPMENT. 
          IT'S VERY SOPHISTICATED, UM, EQUIPMENT, AND IT'S VERY EASY FOR IT TO BE, UM, OUTTA TUNE, UH, WHICH CAUSES IT TO BE INEFFICIENT. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA GO BACK IN THERE AND MAKE SURE THOSE ARE OPERATING, UM, PROPERLY. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GONNA COMPLETE THE SECOND PHASE OF THE APACHE TREE, UM, UM, TRAIL PROJECT, UM, COMPLETING THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING RETROFIT PACKAGE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY WILL THIS REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION, BUT UH, THESE ARE GONNA PROVIDE, UM, MUCH BETTER QUALITY OF LIGHTING, LIGHTING AND IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THOSE USING, USING THE TRAIL. 
          AND SO FINALLY, WE DO HAVE TWO PROPOSED BUDGET IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UH, THE FIRST IS A $40,000, UH, REQUEST FOR A SECOND YEAR OF OUR COSA EMPLOYEE SA CLIMATE READY TRAINING SERIES. 
          UH, THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD 65% OF COSA EMPLOYEES, UH, COMPLETE THEIR MONTHLY TRAINING OVER A SIX MONTH PERIOD. 
          AND OUR GOAL NEXT YEAR IS TO ACHIEVE 90% AND, UH, AS THE SA CLIMATE READY ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH PROVIDING INPUT ON THE EQUITABLE AND TIMELY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SA CLIMATE READY PLAN. 
          WE ARE ALSO, UH, REQUESTING $50,000 FOR PROFESSIONAL, UM, FACILITATION AND EQUITY CONSULTING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THESE COMMITTEES ON THEIR IMPORTANT WORK. 
          AND WITH THAT, THAT'S THE END OF OUR, UM, MY PRESENTATION, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DOUG. 
          UH, SHANNON, MIKE AND, UH, DAVID FOR THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          UH, COVERED A LOT OF GROUND, SO I'LL BE BRIEF AND GET TO THE DISCUSSION. 
          I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, THINGS I WANNA HIGHLIGHT. 
          UH, MIKE, UM, MY ONLY QUESTION IS, IS IF YOU COULD RESTATE AND MAKE VERY CLEAR OUR PROCESS AND TIMELINE FOR THE U D C AMENDMENT COMING UP? CERTAINLY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, SO AS, UH, WE MENTIONED A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THE, THE U D C PROCESS IS A YEAR LONG PROCESS. 
          I MEAN, IT IS 
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12 MONTHS. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. 
          UH, WE PLAN ON STARTING IN OCTOBER, UH, OCTOBER THROUGH FEBRUARY, IS A LOT OF EDUCATION FROM MY DEPARTMENT AND OTHER CITY STAFF OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHETHER IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, BUSINESS GROUPS, UH, TELLING THEM AGAIN WHAT THE U D C IS, WHAT'S THE CHANGE PROCESS. 
          AND IT, IT ALSO GIVES THEM FOUR MONTHS TO GET IN PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. 
          AFTER THAT, UH, WE'LL TAKE, UH, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, UH, THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE HEAVY LIFTING AND THE DEBATING OF, UH, WHAT CODE CHANGES ARE REALLY WORTHY OF MOVING FORWARD. 
          UH, THERE'S A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH. 
          UH, THOSE ARE ALL LIVE STREAMED MEETINGS, ET CETERA. 
          SO IT'S VERY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND SO BY THE END OF THE SUMMER NEXT YEAR, UH, WE PLAN TO HAVE A PROPOSED PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS THAT WE WOULD BRING TO, UH, THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES. 
          UH, THE COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES, MOST OF THEM WILL LIKELY GO THROUGH THE, THE PLANNING, UH, COMMITTEE. 
          UH, BUT THERE MAY MEET SOME THAT GO TO THE, UH, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE, ET CETERA, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS. 
          AND THEN BY, UH, THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, UH, THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, WE WOULD HAVE THE PACKAGE PRESENTED TO THE AMERICAN COUNCIL, UM, FOR, FOR GOING INTO EFFECT NOVEMBER IN 22. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'S A GOOD YEAR PROCESS. 
          A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, UH, BUT WE'RE EXCITED AND READY. 
          SO, ADOPTION AT THE END OF 22 AND IMPLEMENTATION BEGINNING IN 23, IS THERE, IS THE TIMELINE? YEAH. 
          NORMALLY IT'S, IT'S RIGHT QUICK AFTER ADOPTION. 
          SO WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE GET IT ADOPTED OCTOBER ONE, IT CAN GO INTO EFFECT NOVEMBER ONE, WE CAN CERTAINLY WAIT TILL JANUARY ONE. 
          UH, WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT THAT IMPLEMENTATION. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF EDUCATION, UH, AND TRAINING ON ANY NEW CODE AMENDMENTS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO, NOT ONLY INTERNALLY, BUT UH, TO OUR EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN GO FAIRLY QUICK ONCE IT'S ADOPTED. 
          UH, THE TWO BIG THINGS THAT ARE ON MY MIND, UH, THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS LAST TIME, UH, YOU KNOW, BIG FRAMEWORK CHANGES, UH, ARE OUR EQUITY ATLAS AS WELL AS OUR CLIMATE ACTION ADAPTATION PLANS. 
          SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT THOSE TWO FRAMEWORKS ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED AND, AND PART OF THE PROCESS OF VETTING THE, UH, AMENDMENTS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WORK TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THEY HAVE TO BE, THE U D C IS A BUNCH OF CODES THAT HAVE TO FOLLOW OUR ADOPTED PLANS, WHETHER IT BE, UH, ESSAY TOMORROW, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, ET CETERA. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT'LL, THAT'LL KINDA LEAD US. 
          GREAT. 
          YEP. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MIKE. 
          UM, SHANNON, WE'RE ACTUALLY, UH, GREAT SHANNON, I, I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT DAVID, BUT SHANNON, COME ON UP. 
          UM, GLAD GLAD YOU'RE HERE. 
          UH, YOUR OFFICE, UH, YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE AND, AND MADE ALMOST, UH, THAT MUCH HARDER DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON, UH, AS YOU PUT IT, STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS AND HIGHER LIVE RELEASE RATES, UM, AS AN EITHER OR. 
          I WOULD CONS, I WOULD SAY THAT PROBABLY YOU'RE, YOU'LL GET A UNANIMOUS SENTIMENT UP HERE SAYING THAT WE WANT BOTH. 
          YES, SIR. 
          WE WANT BOTH AGREED. 
          AND SO WHAT WE, WHAT WE NEED FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT IS LET US KNOW WHERE, WHERE YOU NEED TO BE RESOURCED, WHERE, WHAT YOU, WHERE YOU NEED HELP TO PUT US IN BEST SUCCESS FOR THAT. 
          MY QUESTION, UH, AND WE, WE, WE GO THROUGH THIS A LOT EVERY YEAR, UH, HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS, UH, WHICH IS, WHERE ARE WE ON SHELTER SPACE, SHELTER CAPACITY? HOW ARE WE DOING IN THAT REGARD? DO WE NEED MORE? WHAT DO, WHAT DOES IT REQUIRE? SO, MAYOR, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT THE, UH, THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS NOT TO INCREASE THE SHELTER SPACE ITSELF. 
          UM, REALLY THE FOCUS OF EFFORT NEEDS TO BE ON CONTROLLING THE PET POPULATION. 
          UM, WHAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW IS, UH, PARTLY DUE TO LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, C O V I D KIND OF EXACERBATING THE ISSUE. 
          UH, BUT EVEN BEFORE THAT, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPAY NEUTER CAPACITY WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING, UH, PARTICULARLY THE FREE AND LOW COST VERSIONS. 
          UH, I'D SPOKEN EARLIER ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE IS A NATIONWIDE VETERINARY SHORTAGE. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW THERE'S SAYING THAT THERE'S ABOUT 7,000 VACANCIES, UH, NATIONWIDE THAT ARE GOING UNFILLED FOR VETERINARIANS, 33 SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE NATION, WHO ONLY PUT OUT ABOUT 2,600, UH, VETS EVERY YEAR. 
          MANY OF THESE GUYS ARE GUYS AND GALS ARE, ARE GETTING OUT, UH, GRADUATING SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING, AND THEN NOT PURSUING IT BECAUSE THERE'S A, UH, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF STRESS ASSOCIATED. 
          UM, WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU ESTIMATE THE SHORTAGES HERE LOCALLY? IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, THE LOW COST AND, AND FREE, OBVIOUSLY THERE IS SOME CAPACITY OUT THERE, BUT AS SHORT AS THE, UH, UH, THE VETERINARIAN IS, UH, THE VETERINARIAN SHORTAGE, UH, IT'S EVEN MORE SO WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT HIGH VOLUME, UH, TECHNICIANS, ASSISTANTS, EVERYBODY IN THE VETERINARIAN FIELD IS SHORT, PARTICULARLY THE VETERINARIANS. 
          WE CAN FIND 
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VET TECHS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UH, AGAIN, WE'VE HAD A POSITION POSTED SINCE FEBRUARY, AND WE HAVE NO VIABLE CANDIDATES RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, THEY'VE PRETTY MUCH GOT THE, THE PICK OF THE LITTER WHERE THEY WANT TO GO BECAUSE OF THE SHORTAGE. 
          UH, BUT BEING ABLE TO BUILD THOSE HIGH VOLUME VETERINARIANS FOR SURGERY, UH, FOR THAT STERILIZATION SURGERY, I THINK IS KEY. 
          UH, THEY'RE IN VERY, VERY SHORT SUPPLY, EVEN MORE SO. 
          UH, AND, AND KIND OF THE, THE MENTALITY OF BUILDING A FACILITY WHERE, WHERE WE CAN, UH, WE CAN ACTUALLY TEACH THE NEW GENERATION THROUGH EXTERNSHIPS, INTERNSHIPS, PARTNERSHIPS WITH A AND M, UC, DAVIS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO GROW THAT CAPACITY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, IT'S NOT A SHORT TERM, UH, DEFINITELY NOT A SHORT TERM ENDEAVOR, SIR. 
          SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, WHERE, WHERE WE CAN HELP WITH, UM, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE IN THE FIELD USING OUR TRAINING PROGRAMS WHERE THEY'RE AVAILABLE, UH, WE WANT TO HELP WITH THAT TOO. 
          ON THE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS, I AM GLAD TO SEE THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE 24 7 ENFORCEMENT NOW, WHERE, WHERE I WOULD SAY THAT WE ARE VERY WILLING TO GET MORE AGGRESSIVE IN TERMS OF OUR OWN CAPACITY HERE IS IN, IS WITH PET PET RESPONSIBILITY LAWS. 
          UH, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF US USING AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO HELP WITH, UM, RESIDENTS WHO MIGHT NEED ASSISTANCE ON SPAY NEUTER, UH, ALL FOR THAT, UH, ALL FOR THE MICROCHIPPING, UH, AS STANDARD PRACTICE IF, IF WE IMPOUND AN ANIMAL. 
          UM, SO ANYWHERE WHERE WE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE IN TERMS OF, UH, CUTTING DOWN THE BREEDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE HAPPENING. 
          I, I ASKED ERIC EARLIER WHERE WE WERE ON THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE, UH, PEP MILL LAW THAT WE PASSED RECENTLY. 
          I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT'S UNDERWAY. 
          WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY EVEN AS OF THE LAST MONTH. 
          UH, SO, UM, I THINK YOU'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          AND MY, MY ONLY, UM, ASK OF YOU IS TO LET US KNOW WHERE WE CAN HELP YOU PUT THE FOOT ON THE GAS A LITTLE BIT AND RESOURCE YOU, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES COMING UP OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO DO THAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, SHANNON. 
          UM, DAVID, VERY HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THE ILLEGAL DUMPING CREW THAT'S GONNA GO OUT. 
          IF, IF, IF I WERE TO MAKE A GUESS, I WOULD GUESS THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE BACK HERE NEXT YEAR ASKING FOR MORE RESOURCES IN THAT AREA. 
          AND I WOULD TELL YOU THAT YOU'LL HAVE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT UP HERE, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO REDUCING THE, THE ILLEGAL DUMPING ACTIVITY, BUT ALSO HANDLING SOME OF THE NUISANCE LITTER ACTIVITY, UH, WHICH HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE GRAFFITI. 
          IF YOU DON'T GET RID OF IT IMMEDIATELY, IT'LL, IT'LL COME BACK FASTER. 
          AND SO AS MUCH, UH, IF, IF WE CAN GET AGGRESSIVE ON THE ILLEGAL DUMPING ACTIVITY AND ALSO FIND OUT AREAS WHERE WE CAN HAVE BIG IMPACT FOR, FOR FEW RESOURCES IN TERMS OF LITTERING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          UM, WE GET A HUGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT LITTERING AND DIRTY STREETS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UH, I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES DO AS WELL. 
          WHERE DO YOU SEE THAT WE CAN HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT ON, UM, JUST GENERAL CLEANLINESS IN THE CITY WITH REGARD TO WHAT YOU GUYS DO? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE NOT OUT THERE EVERY DAY JUST PICKING UP TRASH ON THE STREET. 
          YOU GOTTA DO IT IN A TARGETED MANNER. 
          WHERE, WHERE DO YOU THINK THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE? SO WE RELY ON 3 1 1 TO TELL US THOSE LOCATIONS, BUT AFTER A WHILE, WE KNOW WHERE THOSE HOTSPOTS ARE. 
          AND SO WE GO AND WE ROUTINELY CLEAN THEM, UH, TYPICALLY ONCE A WEEK. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO LITTER, I THINK WE'RE JUST STARTING TO SCRATCH THE SURFACE. 
          RECENTLY WE STARTED GOING, UM, AROUND LOOP FOUR 10 AND MEDINA BASE ROAD TO COLLECT LITTER OVER THERE. 
          AND, UH, AND, AND THERE'S A FEW OTHER STREETS THAT, THAT WE SEE. 
          WE'RE OUT EVERYWHERE. 
          AND SO WE, WE SEE IT AND WE JUST PUT IT ON OUR LIST TO, TO RETURN AND, AND GO BACK THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE ALSO GET A, A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRASH ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS AND, AND RIGHT OF WAY THERE. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO, UH, IN COOPERATION WITH TXDOT? 'CAUSE THEY MAKE OUR, THEY MAKE OUR CITY LOOK LIKE TRASH, FRANKLY. 
          UH, THE, THE, UH, AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT THE STATE PUTS INTO CLEANLINESS ON THEIR OWN HIGHWAYS IS ATROCIOUS. 
          AND SO WHAT COULD WE DO TO HELP ASSIST THE STATE TO KEEP OUR CITY FROM LOOKING? UM, YOU KNOW, I RUN DOWN, I WILL, I WILL REACH OUT TO THEM TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TODAY. 
          WE, AND, AND WE HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH BEING, UH, ON THE ACCESS ROAD. 
          GETTING ON THE FREEWAY ITSELF IS A DIFFERENT STORY. 
          BUT IF WE'RE ON THE ACCESS ROAD AND ON THE GRASSY AREAS THERE, I THINK THAT'S SAFE FOR US. 
          AND, UH, AND THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE CAN, CAN ADDRESS. 
          BUT, UH, TO YOUR POINT, WE WILL GET WITH TDOT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, 'CAUSE I'VE, I'VE COMPLIMENTED YOU AND, AND, UH, DAVID OVER THE YEARS ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU, YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO. 
          IT'S TREMENDOUS. 
          AND, UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU ALSO FOR HELPING OTHER COMMUNITIES WHEN THEY'RE GOING THROUGH DISASTERS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          BUT, UH, WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANT THE STATE 
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AGENCIES MAKING YOU GUYS LOOK BAD. 
          SO WHEREVER WE CAN BE HELPFUL IN THAT, THAT WOULD BE GOOD. 
          UM, ONE, ONE PART OF THE PRESENTATION I USED TO REMEMBER HEARING ALL THE TIME, AND, AND I CAN ALMOST HEAR, UH, CLAYTON ASK FOR IT WITHOUT ASKING FOR IT, WHICH IS, WHERE IS OUR R O I ON THE RECYCLING ACTIVITY WE HAVE FOR YEARS JUSTIFIED THAT IN THAT, UH, THE DOLLARS THAT WE INVEST INTO RECYCLING ARE COME BACK MULTIPLE TIMES IN TERMS OF AVOIDING THE USE OF LANDFILLS. 
          UH, ARE WE STILL TRACKING THAT? AND, AND WHAT COULD YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT? I THINK THE EASIEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THAT IS THAT AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, WE WERE PAYING APPROXIMATELY $14 PER TON COMPARED TO PAYING THE LANDFILL $25 PER TON. 
          SO THAT'S THE SPREAD. 
          IF YOU HAVE TO TAKE 80,000 TONS, WHICH IS WHAT WE COLLECT ON RECYCLING EITHER TO THE LANDFILL OR THE RECYCLING PLANT, UH, IT'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 14 AND 25. 
          NOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT STARTING LATE LAST YEAR, AND THROUGH THIS YEAR, RECYCLING HAS GONE THROUGH THE ROOF. 
          SO WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT PAYING ANYMORE. 
          BUT THE NET TO US IS CURRENTLY AT $9 AND 30 CENTS. 
          SO IS THAT GONNA STAY LIKE THAT? I DON'T KNOW. 
          I I THINK WE WENT THROUGH PROBABLY SOME OF THE HARDEST TIMES FOR, UH, QUITE A FEW YEARS. 
          BUT TODAY, UH, WE'RE AT CLOSE TO $10 A A TON PAYMENT TO US VERSUS A NEGATIVE 25 AT THE LANDFILL. 
          GOOD. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD, I'M, I'M GUESSING THAT 10 YEARS AGO WHEN WE MADE OUR 10 YEAR GOALS, WE WERE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT AGGRESSIVE IN TERMS OF WHERE WE THINK WE COULD OR WHERE WE THOUGHT WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN TO. 
          BUT IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE STILL LEADING THE PACK OR CLOSE TO IT, UH, IN TEXAS. 
          UH, HOW ARE WE DOING ON THE SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING? 'CAUSE THAT WAS THE BANE OF DAVID'S EXISTENCE FOR A WHILE THERE. 
          IS THAT, HAS THAT IMPROVED? ARE WE STILL SEEING CHALLENGES IN THAT? OUR, UM, SO EVERY, EVERY QUARTER WE DO AN AUDIT TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH CONTAMINATION IS IN THE RECYCLE STREAM. 
          AND THE MOST RECENT ONE IS 17%, WHICH IS NOT TOO BAD. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAD TO CHECK MY MATH THERE. 
          UH, SO IT'S BEEN AS HIGH AS 20 OR EVEN HIGHER. 
          UH, BUT WE'RE PROUD OF, OF THAT, THAT THE CONTAMINATION IS NOT TOO BAD. 
          AND OUR, UH, AND AND OBVIOUSLY WITH A GOOD MARKET THAT TENDS TO, TO RISE ALL BOATS, SO TO SPEAK. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S GOOD AS WELL. 
          ARE WE BACK TO EXPORTING THE, UH, BYPRODUCTS, OUR RECYCLER AND PROBABLY MOST OF THE RECYCLERS THAT OPERATE IN THE KIND OF MIDDLE SECTION OF THE COUNTRY, UM, DON'T EXPORT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, AND, AND OURS DEFINITELY DOES NOT. 
          MOST OF OUR MATERIAL IS PROCESSED DOMESTICALLY, AND SOME, A VERY LITTLE AMOUNT MAY GO TO MEXICO, BUT IS ALMOST ENTIRELY DOMESTIC. 
          IT'S BEING UTILIZED. 
          YES, IT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DAVID. 
          UM, DOUG, I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO WASTE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME. 
          UM, I REALLY JUST WANNA SAY I'M, I'M GLAD TO FINALLY SEE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PILOTING A CRUISER. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAID THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A CONCEPT OR IT'S GONNA BE A DONE DEAL, BUT ARE WE GONNA DO THAT ? YES, SIR. 
          WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, IT'S NOT A CONCEPT. 
          WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT THIS YEAR. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          UM, GREAT TO SEE IT. 
          I HAVE A LOT OF OTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOU, DOUG, BUT I'LL SAVE 'EM FOR, UH, OUR NEXT CONVERSATION. 
          SO LET ME GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU TEAM, EVERYONE FOR PRESENTING. 
          I'LL START WITH, UH, MIKE, SHANNON AND MIKE. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND YOU GAVE OUR U D C UM, UH, TIMELINE UPDATE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THE OTHER DAY I HAD PLENTY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME, I SAW SOMETHING IN DOUG'S PRESENTATION WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON, UM, SIGNIFICANT POPULATION. 
          SEE THEY HAVE THE BIPO. 
          WOULD YOU ALSO BE ADDRESSING THE SAME POPULATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAKEHOLDERS ARE ENGAGED? Y YES. 
          I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WORKING WITH DOUG ON NOT ONLY THE U D C, BUT THE ENERGY CODE IS ONE OF THOSE CODES AS WELL. 
          BUT OUR STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE OUTLINED A LITTLE BIT OF A PLAN. 
          WE DIDN'T GET INTO SPECIFICS, BUT YEAH, THE MORE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT THAT WE CAN HAVE, AND WE'LL FOLLOW DOUG'S LEAD ON THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          AND THEN, UM, ALSO, WHAT WILL THE SIX AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, FOLKS DO SPECIFICALLY? SO TELL ME LIKE A, A DAY IN THE LIFE OF WHAT WOULD THEY BE DOING? YEAH, THEIR, THEIR JOB. 
          SO THERE'LL BE A MIXTURE OF PLANS, EXAMINERS AND INSPECTORS. 
          AND ACTUALLY THE UNIQUE, UH, EX UNIQUE CONCEPT WE HAVE WITH THIS TEAM IS ANY AND ALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT COME IN. 
          AND, AND REALLY A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH, IT COULD BE, UH, AN OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM THAT'S FUNDED OUT OF, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, UH, 
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UNDER ONE ROOF, ET CETERA. 
          OR ONE OF THE NEW APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT IS GONNA HAVE, UH, SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. 
          SO ANY OF THOSE, THEY, THEY GET DIRECTED TO THIS TEAM. 
          SO WE WILL ACTUALLY MEET WITH THEM INTERNALLY, UH, PRELIMINARILY, UH, WE'LL HAVE FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT AT THE COUNTER IF IT'S A SMALL PROJECT. 
          AND THEN WE WILL HANDHOLD THEM TO THE, THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS. 
          AND THE, AND THE ONES THAT ARE DOING THE, UH, REVIEWING OF THE PROJECT ARE ALSO DOING THE INSPECTING. 
          SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY A COMBINATION. 
          UH, THEY HAVE SOME COMBINATION SKILLS OF INSPECTING AND PLANS EXAMINERS. 
          SO WE REQUIRE THAT IN THE CERTIFICATION. 
          SO REALLY ALL THEY'RE DOING EACH AND EVERY DAY IS WORKING ON THOSE TYPE OF PROJECTS. 
          AND THEY BECOME MORE EFFICIENT, AS OPPOSED TO JUMPING TO A HOSPITAL, TO A WALMART, TO A HOUSE, ET CETERA. 
          THEY'RE REALLY WORKING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND THAT EXTRA HANDHOLDING THEY CAN GIVE THOSE PROJECT OWNERS IS CRITICAL, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT USED TO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND DEVELOPMENT CODES, IT'S FAIRLY SCARY. 
          AND THERE'S SOME MISINFORMATION OUT THERE. 
          UH, AND THAT'S WHERE WE THINK WE CAN MAKE A BIG IMPACT, UH, FOR, FOR MAKING HOUSES OR HOUSING PROJECTS MORE AFFORDABLE. 
          I KINDA LIKE WHAT, UM, A C S IS DOING OR WHAT THEY'RE, UM, SAYING THAT THEY WILL DO. 
          AND SO THEY'RE BEING MORE PROACTIVE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALMOST. 
          AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WILL HAVE A PART OF THE BUDGET AND ADDRESS THINGS LIKE IF A NEIGHBOR HAS, UM, A FENCE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED WITH A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE THAT SHANNON GAVE TODAY. 
          UM, AND SO I HAD ONE OF MY TEAM MEMBERS VOLUNTEER ON A WEEKEND, AND HE'S LIKE, I, I HAVE EXTRA, UM, WOOD, I CAN GO PATCH UP HER FENCE. 
          AND HE DID. 
          AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW MAYBE YOU ALL WOULD CONSIDER JUST BEYOND THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT SPECIFICALLY LIKE HOW WE HELP OUR RESIDENTS. 
          UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, LISTEN A LITTLE BIT MORE TO, TO THE I C S THEORY, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD CONCEPT, SHANNON, BUT THAT'S JUST MY 2 CENTS. 
          THE OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU, MIKE, IS THE STREETLIGHTS TEAM. 
          WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, WHEN THEY, WHEN DO THEY WORK? AND LET ME ASK YOU SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE WE HAVE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT WORK FROM NINE TO FIVE, BUT THE STREETS, WE KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AT NIGHT. 
          SO LAST TIME THAT I DID A, UM, A, A PATROL RIDE WITH ONE OF THE OFFICERS, I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE I NOTICED ALL OF THE STREET LIGHTS THAT WERE MISSING. 
          SO WHAT ARE THEIR HOURS OF OPERATIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE STREETLIGHTS TEAM? WELL, SO THE STREETLIGHTS TEAM WILL, WILL, WILL, WILL CERTAINLY START PROBABLY THE MORE THAN NINE TO FIVE OR 7 45 TO FIVE, WHATEVER IT IS, BECAUSE WE REALLY WANNA ESTABLISH FIRST AND FOREMOST THE STREETLIGHT INDEX. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA GO OUT AND GET ALL THE INFORMATION WHERE THE STREETLIGHTS ARE, WHERE THE GAPS ARE, KIND OF CREATE THAT GAP ANALYSIS ON WHAT YOU HEAR OF THE SIDEWALK GAP ANALYSIS, IF YOU WILL. 
          UH, BUT THEN IT'S ALSO, THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE SOME NIGHT SHIFTS OR NIGHT SHIFT WORK. 
          IT MAY TRANSITION TO MORE NIGHT WORK, UH, BECAUSE OF, IT'S NOT JUST HAVING A LIGHT, BUT HOW BRIGHT IS IT? UH, WHERE ARE THEY BREAKING MORE, MORE THAN NOT. 
          SO, UH, WE THINK THAT'LL BE FLEXIBLE. 
          SO IT WON'T JUST BE DAY SHIFTS. 
          IT'LL PROBABLY TRANSITION TO SOME NIGHT SHIFTS AT SOME POINT. 
          UH, BUT I THINK EARLY ON WHEN WE DO THAT FIRST PART OF THE LEGWORK, UH, THERE'LL BE KIND OF THE NORMAL NINE TO FIVES. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE. 
          AND THEN ALSO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, UH, ACADEMY IN SPANISH SPECIFICALLY. 
          I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF OUR, OUR FOLKS. 
          UM, THAT'S IT FOR YOU. 
          AND THEN SHANNON, UM, WITH A C S. 
          AND I DO WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY WHILE, WHILE SHANNON IS COMING UP TO THANK RITA, UH, HAM, WHO'S MY DEFO APPOINTEE, ALSO THE, THE CHAIR, UM, REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT SHE DOES. 
          EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE UPCOMING THINGS, UM, THAT, THAT SHE HAS IN THE WORKS. 
          AND, AND KAREN TOO, THANK YOU FOR BEING AT THE, AT THE BUDGET MEETING LAST WEEK. 
          UM, TELL ME ABOUT THE TEAM OF FIVE A DAY IN THE LIFE. 
          UH, WHAT WOULD YOU ENVISION? SO, THE TEAM OF FIVE, UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE DOWN THE ROAD OF CONTINUING TO ADD ENFORCEMENT AND ADD ENFORCEMENT. 
          AND THE ANALOGY THAT WE USED OF BEING OF WALLPAPERING HOUSES AND CITATIONS IS, IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. 
          UH, WE, WE HAVE THE ENFORCEMENT ABILITY RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, WHAT WHERE WE STRUGGLE IS, UH, IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT FINELY TUNED FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF WE GO TO THE HOUSE, WE CITE, WE OBTAIN COMPLIANCE, AND WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT INDIVIDUAL. 
          UH, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE SAME INDIVIDUALS OVER AND OVER AND OVER GETTING CITATIONS FOR THE SAME THINGS. 
          MANY OF THEM IN THESE, IN THESE, UH, AREAS WHERE WE'RE SEEING THOSE, THOSE EQUITY LEVEL SCORES OF SEVEN OR HIGHER. 
          UH, SO A TYPICAL DAY, UH, ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WILL ACTUALLY NOW BE MANNING OUR COURT PROCESS. 
          UH, SO WE'LL HAVE ONE OF THEM IN THE COURTROOM. 
          AND, AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHAT THEN IN COURT WHERE THEY CAN EITHER BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF, I'VE TRIED TO HELP SHANNON A HUNDRED TIMES, I'VE TRIED TO PROVIDE HIM RESOURCES, HE'S NON-COMPLIANT. 
          JUDGE, IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. 
          ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT, BEING ABLE TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, YOU KNOW, JUDGE, THE INDIVIDUAL DOESN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES. 
          WE HAVE SOME RESOURCES THAT WE CAN BRING TO BEAR. 
          CAN WE PLEASE POSTPONE THE DATE AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE INDIVIDUAL INTO COMPLIANCE. 
          UH, THE BEAUTY OF THIS TO ME IS THAT WE GO IN, WE FENCE OFF SOME 
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EXISTING RESOURCES THAT KIND OF GET SNAPPED UP BY THOSE THAT HAVE THE GREATEST CONNECTIVITY. 
          CONNECTIVITY, THOSE THAT HAVE THE GREATEST TECHNOLOGICAL ABILITIES. 
          THE, THE HAVES, THE HAVES ARE ABLE TO PICK THESE RESOURCES UP VERY, VERY QUICKLY. 
          THE HAVE NOTS LACK THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND BY FENCING THOSE RESOURCES OFF, THOSE CASE MANAGERS CAN THEN WORK WITH EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, DEVELOP A PEOPLE APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING WHAT THE ANIMAL PROBLEMS ARE, AND WALK THEM ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO SOLUTION. 
          HOPEFULLY, UH, WE'LL NEVER HAVE TO DARKEN THE INDIVIDUAL'S DOOR AGAIN, BUT IF WE DO, WE ALSO HAVE ALREADY ESTABLISHED RAPPORT WITH THEM. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IN THERE IN A CASE MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT IF THINGS DO FALL OUT OF COMPLIANCE, RATHER THAN GOING BACK IN WITH THE HEAVY ENFORCEMENT ARM. 
          AND SHANNON, I LOVE THAT MODEL, AND THAT'S WHY I WAS THINKING THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL MAYBE FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO, TO ADOPT SOMETHING. 
          LIKE, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOMEONE THERE AND BE AN ADVOCATE FOR THE PEOPLE. 
          UM, SO, SO A GREAT JOB ON THAT. 
          WHOEVER THOUGHT OF THAT, UH, JUST DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB. 
          UM, I LOVE THE NEW, UH, SHIFTS THAT YOU HAVE. 
          ALSO, I HAD A HORSE, UH, LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,  IN DISTRICT FOUR, SO I KNOW WE NEED MORE SPACE, BY THE WAY. 
          UM, I'M EXCITED THAT THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME SOMEWHAT OF A TEACHING HOSPITAL, IF YOU WILL, WITH, UH, A FACILITY THAT MAY CROSS YOUR FINGERS, RIGHT, FOR THE, FOR THE BOND, UM, THAT'S COMING UP. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          UM, NEXT IS DAVID NEWMAN. 
          UH, AND SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, YOU MENTIONED THE FOUR 10 MEDINA, UH, BASE ROAD. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP WITH THAT. 
          THE NEIGHBORS ARE EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH THAT. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU, UM, TO ERIC AND MARIA AND MR. MCCAREY WHO LAID OUT A FIVE POINT STRATEGY THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE. 
          WE SHARED WITH THE NEIGHBORS. 
          AND SO IT INCLUDED WORKING WITH TECH DOTS, SPECIFICALLY WORKING ALSO WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR T C E Q REQUIREMENTS, UM, WITHIN THE ONE MILE RADIUS OF THE LANDFILL, THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT FALL REALLY CLOSE TO THAT. 
          AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND ALSO FOR YOUR WORK WITH THE TRAFFIC DIVISION SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY ENFORCE, UH, TRUCKS THAT ARE JUST LITTERING ALONG THE WAY. 
          SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I LOVE THE ILLEGAL DUMPING COLLECTION CREW. 
          I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS MOST EXCITED ABOUT WHEN WE SAW THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          UM, AND I WANNA ALSO THANK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS HEADING UP THE, OR HEADS UP THE ADOPT A SPOT PROGRAM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ALL COORDINATE VERY WELL WITH THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, WE, UH, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, TO, TO REALLY LEARN FROM OUR NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THEY, THEY SEE IT EVERY DAY, AND YOU ALL ARE DOING EXACTLY THAT, SO YOUR ENGAGEMENT. 
          SO REALLY NO QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          JUST CONGRATULATIONS. 
          UM, AND THEN DOUG, ALSO, UM, I DO WANNA SAY GREAT JOB ON THE MAYOR'S YOUTH ENGAGEMENT COUNCIL. 
          I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT THROUGH SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          THEY'RE VERY IMPRESSIVE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND SO, UM, I, I WOULD HOPE TO CONTINUE TO LEARN FROM THEIR PROJECTS AND MAYBE PUT SOME OF THOSE INTO PLAY AS WE GO ALONG IN DEVELOPING OUR, UM, OUR PLAN. 
          BUT I ALSO WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HEAT VULNERA VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT REPORT. 
          WHENEVER YOU GET A CHANCE, THAT'LL BE AN OFFLINE CONVERSATION. 
          UM, BUT ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO WITH THAT. 
          AND THEN ALSO THE RESILIENCY HUBS AND SPECIFICALLY YOUR PART IN IT. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. 
          COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANKS EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GOOD JOB TO, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME, MAYOR? YEAH, WE HEAR YOU. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UH, GOOD JOB. 
          UH, EVERYBODY, AS ALWAYS, THESE PRESENTATIONS ARE EXCELLENT. 
          AND I CAN TELL THAT YOU GUYS, UM, SCRUB 'EM AND, UM, UH, AND WORK ON THEM VERY CAREFULLY. 
          UH, I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE LIGHTING INDEX. 
          UH, I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S A GREAT IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR, TO MY COUNCILMAN, UH, COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT TWO. 
          I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA. 
          UM, ERIC, AS WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT, THAT WE REMEMBER THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, A VERY INTENTIONAL LIGHTING R AND D PROGRAM, UH, THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH THE INNOVATION DEPARTMENT FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS. 
          AND SO, UM, MY CONCERN IS, OR MY REQUEST REALLY, IS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO ALL LIGHTING AROUND THE CITY GOING FORWARD IN KEEPING WITH THE, WITH OUR LIGHTING PLAN, AND THAT WE'RE INFORMED BY THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM, UM, FROM THE SMART LIGHTING PROJECTS THAT WE, UH, THAT WE TESTED OUT IN, IN OUR INNOVATION ZONES. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND TO THAT, UH, I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE, THE TECHNOLOGY, UH, CAPABILITIES OF THESE LIGHTS AND THE COLOR TEMPERATURE OPTIONS, UM, THAT, THAT GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY CUSTOMIZE LIGHTING IN THE WAY THAT WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE WHERE, WHEREVER THEY ARE. 
          SO, E E ERIC, I'M GONNA ASK FOR A COMMITMENT FROM YOU THAT, THAT WE REALLY BE FAITHFUL TO OUR LIGHTING PLAN AND THAT WE WROTE BRIAN DILLARD INTO THIS. 
          SURE. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION WE HAD THIS SUMMER AS WE DEVELOPED THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THAT THAT PILOT IS NEARING COMPLETION, SO WE'RE HOPING TO LEARN, UM, UM, THE LESSONS 
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AND, UM, FIGURE OUT HOW TO INCORPORATE THAT. 
          WE, WE'D BE DOING THAT, UM, EVEN IF WE DIDN'T SET ASIDE $5.8 MILLION IN THE BUDGET. 
          AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO MULTIPLY THOSE LESSONS, UM, IN, UH, OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO IT GIVES US A LEG UP AND WE'LL, WE'LL BE CERTAIN TO DO THAT. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN, UH, FOR OUR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, UH, TEAM, I, I, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE SUCCESS OF THE CANINES FOR WARRIORS PROGRAM THAT WE PUT IN PLACE YEARS AGO. 
          UM, THAT, THAT HAS JUST BEEN A WILD SUCCESS. 
          AND, AND FOR THE FOLKS THAT THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT, WE'RE SAVING THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF SAN ANTONIO DOGS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE EUTHANIZED. 
          UM, AND THEN IN TURN, SAVING THE LIVES OF VETERANS, UH, EVERY SINGLE YEAR THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND I, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE PROJECTS THAT A C S HAS EVER UNDERTAKEN. 
          AND, UM, I THINK, I THINK, AGAIN, IT, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THANK THOSE FOLKS WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE. 
          AND MARIA VGO, MISS AND HEBER, YOU GUYS ARE MY HEROES, YOU GUYS TO BE REALLY PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND THANKS FOR THROWING ALL YOUR ENERGY BEHIND IT. 
          E ERIC, I DO WANNA HAVE AN OFFLINE CONVERSATION ABOUT EXPANDING THIS PROGRAM AND MAKING CANINES FOR WARRIORS, UM, A A CAMPUS OR THE CAMPUS, UH, AND THE DESTINATION FOR INJURED VETERANS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
          AND I, I THINK WE CAN AND, AND SHOULD DO THIS WITHOUT ANY BUDGET, UM, IMPACT. 
          AND, AND SO, UM, I'M, I'M GONNA BE PINGING YOU LATER SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT. 
          UM, I, I ALSO THINK IT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A C S WE, WE ALSO TALK ABOUT, UM, SOMETHING THAT, THAT COMES UP OFTEN ON THIS COUNCIL. 
          AND SO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU ALL THE STORY. 
          BACK IN TWO, THREE YEARS AGO, UM, WE HAD A DOG IN MY DISTRICT NAMED MOLLY, WHO WAS DISCOVERED IN THE BACKYARD OF SOME VERY IRRESPONSIBLE PERSON. 
          UH, MOLLY HAD THIRD DEGREE BURNS FROM NOSE TO TAIL, UH, REALLY, REALLY SEVERE CASE SHE WAS RESCUED. 
          WE TOOK THE DOG AWAY. 
          IT ENDED UP IN THE HANDS OF ONE OF OUR, UH, ANIMAL CARE PARTNERS. 
          UM, THAT DOG DID GREAT. 
          WE PASSED AN ORDINANCE, UH, THAT NOW REQUIRES SHADE, UH, DURING CERTAIN TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDS. 
          AND, UM, COUNCILMAN AND SOUND OF ALL YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF WAS, WAS ESSENTIAL IN, IN HELPING MAKE THAT HAPPEN AT HER. 
          AROUND THE SAME TIME, OR SOON AFTER THAT, WE HAD A WOMAN, UM, IN SAN ANTONIO WHOSE, UH, BOYFRIEND ATTACKED HER. 
          HER NAME WAS, HER NAME WAS JACKIE, HER BOY, HER BOYFRIEND ATTACKED HER, DOUSED HER IN ALCOHOL LATER ON FIRE. 
          UM, AND, UH, SHE ENDED UP AT B M C WITH THIRD DEGREE BURNS FROM, FROM HEAD TO TOE. 
          MOLLY'S CASE ELICITED HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS AND TEXTS TO MY OFFICE. 
          JACKIE'S CASE RESULTED IN ZERO CALLS. 
          UM, THIS PAST WEEK, WE SAW IN THE NEWSPAPER ANOTHER CASE OF A WOMAN WHO WAS DOUSED IN GASOLINE BY, BY HER HUSBAND, AND LIT ON FIRE. 
          AND SHE ALSO ENDED UP HER ENTIRE BODY, UM, WITH, UM, SECOND DEGREE BURNS. 
          I HAVE YET TO GET A PHONE CALL FROM ANYBODY, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT THIS POOR WOMAN. 
          BUT MY IN INBOX IS FULL TODAY. 
          UM, ON THE TOPIC OF, OF, OF ANIMALS. 
          AND SO I, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I HIGHLIGHT THIS BECAUSE THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ANIMAL CRUELTY, UM, THAT'S BEEN EMPIRICALLY ESTABLISHED. 
          AND I THINK IT, UH, THERE'S A ROLE FOR A C S TO PLAY IN THIS CONVERSATION TO HELP US SOLVE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AND SO I'M GONNA CHALLENGE A C S TO JOIN THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONVERSATION AND COME UP WITH A PLAN SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN COORDINATE WITH METRO HEALTH AND SS A P D AND OUR OTHER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PARTNERS. 
          AND I'M PLANTING A FLAG HERE, GUYS. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, AND I'M PLANTING A FLAG IN A WAY THAT I'M GONNA BE ASKING YOU GUYS A QUESTION ABOUT THIS OFTEN. 
          EVERY TIME A C S COMES UP, I'M GONNA BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY ALSO TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION. 
          UM, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS YOU PRESENT THIS PLAN AND, AND MAYBE COUNCILWOMAN CAVEO HDA OR COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES MAY, MAY WANT TO TAKE, UH, THIS, AND I, I INVITE Y'ALL TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ME ABOUT THAT LATER. 
          I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, DOUG MELNICK, SMALL THING, BUT NOT, NOT REALLY. 
          I, I SAW THAT SLIDE WHERE YOU'RE REQUESTING 90 GRAND FOR FACILITATION OF MEETINGS AND, UM, GETTING COSA EMPLOYEES ON BOARD WITH SUSTAINABILITY. 
          I, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT IN-HOUSE. 
          UM, AND, AND I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO SPEND THAT MONEY WHEN WE HAVE YOU, UH, A DUDE WITH A REALLY, REALLY BIG FRONTAL LOBE. 
          SOMEBODY WHO I THINK IS REALLY SMART. 
          AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY BETTER THAN YOU TO DO THAT. 
          UM, AND SO I, I NEED SOME, I NEED SOME SURE. 
          MORE INFORMATION ON WHY IT IS IT, WE NEED TO SPEND 90 GRAND WHEN, WHEN WE'VE GOT YOU. 
          SURE. 
          SO IN TERMS, AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS IN TERMS OF THE, UM, THE, THE, THE DOLLARS FOR, UH, FACILITATION. 
          I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD LEARNED THIS PAST YEAR, AND, AND WE HAD HAD FACILITATION. 
          UH, IT, IT WAS BEING, UM, UH, THE, THE FUNDS WERE 
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BEING PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY DIRECTLY TO THE FACILITATORS. 
          UM, BUT BASICALLY, UH, IT, IT'S SUCH A DIVERSE GROUP. 
          IT'S SUCH A CONTENTIOUS, UM, TOPIC. 
          UH, HAVING A A, AN INDEPENDENT FACILITATOR, UM, UH, OTHER THAN STAFF WAS, WAS IMPORTANT. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. 
          UH, WE PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND, AND INPUT. 
          BUT AS FAR AS HAVING SOMEBODY WHO IS THERE, UM, LISTENING TO ALL THE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES AND BEING ABLE TO FACILITATE THAT CONVERSATION TO A POSITIVE OUTCOME WAS REALLY ESSENTIAL. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S SORT OF THE, THE GIST O OF IT. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          AND I'M, I'M WORRIED THAT, I'M WORRIED THAT I'VE GOT MORE FAITH IN YOU THAN YOU SEEM TO HAVE FAITH IN YOU. 
          I THINK YOU'RE SO SMART. 
          I THINK PEOPLE OF DOING THIS, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S WHEN WE, WHEN WE LAUNCHED THE COMMITTEES, UM, WE WERE GOING TO DO IT STAFF DRIVEN. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE REALIZED THE COMPLEXITY AND THE SHEER NUMBER OF, OF, OF FOLKS AROUND THE TABLE, WE DEFINITELY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THOSE FACILITATORS, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE FACILITATORS IS AN EXPERT ON, ON RACIAL EQUITY. 
          AND SO THEY ADD ANOTHER VALUE TO THE, TO THE DISCUSSION AS WELL. 
          UH, IN TERMS OF THE TRAINING, UM, YOU, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE A REALLY SMALL DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, THERE'S ABOUT, IF YOU MOVE OUT, REMOVE ADMIN STAFF, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S FIVE DELIVERY, UM, UH, FOLKS WHO ARE ACTUALLY WORKING ON PROJECTS. 
          AND SO, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING FOR THE TRAINING IS A COMBINATION OF, UM, HELPING DEVELOP THE MATERIALS. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED THIS PAST YEAR IS STAFF NEEDS, UH, CITY STAFF NEEDS SOMETHING THAT'S ENTERTAINING. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE REALLY WELL CRAFTED, WELL DESIGNED. 
          AND I THINK WHAT WE PUT OUT THERE, WHILE IT WAS GOOD, UM, IT WAS A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. 
          AND SO I THINK BEING ABLE TO, TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS, IS MORE ENGAGING, UM, UH, FINDING THE RIGHT PLATFORM, UH, HELPING US DEVELOP THOSE, THOSE, THOSE MATERIALS TO DELIVER IT. 
          THE ONE THING IS THIS, THIS MONEY FOR THE TRAINING WILL, WILL RAMP DOWN. 
          UH, IT'S SOME, SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S ABOUT BUILDING THE TEMPLATES, UM, RIGHT NOW. 
          SO THEN THE GOAL IS GOING FORWARD, UM, WE'LL JUST BE ABLE TO SORT OF PLUG AND PLAY. 
          UM, BUT I THINK WE, WE DO THINK, PARTICULARLY FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, DO IT RIGHT, UH, AND, AND REALLY SORT OF REVAMP THE WHOLE PROGRAM BASED UPON THE REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD FROM STAFF. 
          WELL, I'M HOPING THAT THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING REFLECT THAT. 
          UM, I THINK YOU'RE A ROCKSTAR AND, UH, AND I THINK YOU'RE CAPABLE OF DOING ALL THOSE THINGS, UH, AND DOING IT EXCELLENTLY, BUT I, I GET YOUR POINTS. 
          AND I, I DON'T WANNA BEAT A DEAD HORSE. 
          THANKS, DOUG. 
          YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELA, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU SHANNON AND MICHAEL, DOUGLAS AND DAVID, FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH, UH, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR TWO POSITIONS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CITY INITIATED, LARGE AREA REZONINGS. 
          BUT DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE FACILITATION FOR MEETINGS FOR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVEN, LARGE AREA REZONINGS? YES. 
          THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO. 
          WE HAVE, WE HAVE A FEW, UH, LARGER ZONINGS ALREADY IN THE QUEUE MM-HMM. 
          , UH, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, ONE IN DISTRICT FIVE AS WELL. 
          UM, SO THOSE POSITIONS, THOSE ARE THERE TO HELP FACILITATE THAT FROM START TO FINISH. 
          AND IT CERTAINLY INCLUDES A TON OF MEETINGS WITH, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, UH, THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT'S USUALLY FORMED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP. 
          UH, BUT IT'S DEDICATED TO THAT, NOT NOT THE NORMAL ZONING CASES THAT YOU SEE, UH, EVERY OTHER WEEK. 
          SO, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          I KNOW THOSE ARE LIKE A LONG PROCESS AND REQUIRES A LOT OF FACILITATION. 
          YES. 
          UM, SO I WANNA ENSURE THAT WE'RE, UH, ALLOCATING ADEQUATE FUNDING TO ENSURE THAT ALL THOSE LARGE AREA REZONINGS GET DONE. 
          BECAUSE I KNOW IN DISTRICT FIVE, I HAVE SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS COMING FORWARD THAT THEY WANT TO ALSO INITIATE LARGE AREA REZONING. 
          SO THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE COMING THROUGH THE PIPELINE. 
          SO PLEASED TO SEE THAT, UM, WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TEAM. 
          UM, DID THIS TEAM GO THROUGH ANY COUNCIL COMMITTEE, LIKE TO PROVIDE A BRIEFING OR GIVE INPUT ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TEAM? N NO, IT'S, IT IS JUST PART OF, UH, MY PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, THIS YEAR. 
          UH, CERTAINLY, UM, THE TEAM CONCEPT OR JUST DEDICATING THE FUNDING IS THE FIRST STEP, AND THEN GROWING THE TEAM. 
          UM, AS I DESCRIBED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, IT HASN'T GONE THROUGH A COUNCIL COMMITTEE YET. 
          IT CERTAINLY CAN IF AND WHEN APPROVED. 
          UH, BUT BE HAPPY TO GET ANY FEEDBACK YOU HAVE. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO SET UP A BRIEFING TO GET, UH, CAUGHT UP TO SPEED ON EXACTLY LIKE THE, THE ROLE OF THE HOUSING TEAM. 
          SURE. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO ECHO COUNCILMAN, UH, DR. 
          ROCHA ON, UH, THE MODEL THAT ANIMAL CARE SERVICES IS IMPLEMENTING AND POTENTIALLY MODELING THAT IN, UH, WITH CODE COMPLIANCE. 
          UM, AS WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, MICHAEL DID A GREAT JOB AT SHOWING WHY CASE MANAGEMENT'S IMPORTANT, SHANNON, SORRY, I'M GETTING MYSELF WITH THE SHANNON'S  . 
          SO ENSURING 
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THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE IS THAT CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          UM, SO TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE WRAPAROUND SERVICES WHEN WE ARE ISSUING VIOLATIONS, I KNOW THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT AND OFFICERS DO A GOOD JOB AT ENSURING THAT RESOURCES ARE PUT FORWARD. 
          THEY DO PROVIDE THE PAMPHLET. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THAT SOME OFFICERS DO GO ON THEIR FREE TIME, UH, TO MOLD ONS AND HELP NEIGHBORS BRING THEIR HOMES UP TO CODE. 
          BUT HOW DO WE DO THAT AT MAKE THAT PART OF THE JOB? YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT A LOT OF THE CITY'S, UM, HOUSING, THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE, THE, FOR EVERYONE HOME, WE LEARN THAT, YOU KNOW, CODE COMPLIANCE IS OFTEN USED AS A TOOL. 
          IT IS WEAPONIZED FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 
          SO HOW CAN WE IMPLEMENT CASE MANAGEMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE MINIMIZE AND MITIGATE, YOU KNOW, THOSE PRACTICES THAT WE KNOW IT'S THE OLDEST PLAY IN THE BOOK, UM, TO MINIMIZE THOSE, THOSE EXPENSIVE AND HEFTY FEES. 
          SO AGAIN, WITH THE PROPOSED GENERAL FUND, I SEE SEVERAL LINE ITEMS FOR DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO INCREASING FUNDS TO AID DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE 'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE ABOUT TO TAKE OFF. 
          SO WE WANNA BE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING IN MIND THE ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES. 
          SO A LOT OF THESE SERVICES ARE TO HELP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. 
          WHAT CAN WE DO TO ENSURE THAT THE ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES ARE ALSO HAVING THEIR NEEDS MET? UM, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THOSE AREN'T THE ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES AREN'T THE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO COME TO CODE WITH THE PLAN. 
          SO, UM, TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RATHER. 
          SO THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS FOR CODE RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'D LIKE TO SHIFT TO ANIMAL CARE SERVICE. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GREAT MODEL THAT YOU ALL HAVE IMPLEMENTED AND ARE LOOKING TO. 
          UM, I, OF COURSE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A C S MOVE TO A HUNDRED PERCENT LIVE RELEASE RATE. 
          UM, I SHARE WITH EVERYONE, THAT'S WHERE I GOT MY BABY GIRL PEBBLES FROM A C S FOUR YEARS AGO. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ADOPT A PET FROM ANIMAL CARE SERVICE. 
          UM, AND IT'S, IT'S GREAT WORK THAT YA ARE DOING THERE, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE 24 7 FIELD ENFORCEMENT AS IT REDUCES COST TO PD. 
          UM, SO WITH THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE BOND PROPOSAL THAT YOU'RE HOPING TO HAVE, UM, WHEN WILL A PLAN BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL? OR IF WE COULD SET UP A BRIEFING POTENTIALLY? UM, SO WE, WE'VE PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS, UH, AT THEIR REQUEST, KIND OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. 
          UH, WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY PUSHED THAT OUT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST, WE, WE WANT OUR, OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO BE SPEAKING TO, UH, UH, TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL, YOU KNOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER IN ORDER TO KIND OF GET THAT WORD OUT THERE. 
          UM, FOR US, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET INTO THE PROCESS AND EVERYTHING OF, OF PUTTING OUR HAT INTO THE RING. 
          UH, I THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, UH, CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS, WHEN THIS CLINIC, THE EXISTING CLINIC WAS BUILT BACK IN 2007, OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE WAS AT ABOUT 30%. 
          UH, WE HAVE EVOLVED, UH, BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY CHANGED THAT CLINICAL OR MEDICAL DYNAMIC. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, I, I KIND OF LOOK AT, AT, AT THAT PROPOSED BOND PROJECT AS KIND OF THE FIELD OF DREAMS. UH, IF WE BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME, YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT IT BECOMES, WE ARE BUILDING, WE BECOME A NATIONAL LEADER IN BUILDING HIGH VOLUME SPAY, NEUTER VETS. 
          AND IF WE BUILD ENOUGH OF THEM, SOME OF, SOME OF THEM WILL INEVITABLY STAY HERE. 
          UH, IT'S NOT THE, THE SPAY NEUTER ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IS NOT A PROBLEM THAT WE CAN THROW MONEY AT, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A TON OF JUST AVAILABILITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAN ACTUALLY DO THOSE SURGERIES. 
          SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A HUGE PIECE OF BEING ABLE TO, TO GET THAT LONG-TERM VISION ACCOMPLISHED, OF HAVING ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND COUNCILWOMAN, YOU'LL SEE PART OF THAT AS PART OF THE, THE, THE STAFF WORK ON THE SEPTEMBER 29TH, UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS FOR THANK YOU. 
          UH, A C S UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. 
          UH, I WANNA THANK YOU DAVID, AND YOUR TEAM FOR AGA'S LEADERSHIP. 
          ANDREW GUTIERREZ, THE DISTRICT FIVE LEAD IS AMAZING. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT RIGHT, THE INTERSECTION OF, LIKE THE ARTS DEPARTMENT IN SOLID WASTE, FOR EXAMPLE, ZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR TROS EVENT REACHED OUT FOR COMPOST TO GROW THEIR MARIGOLDS FOR THEIR ALTARS. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR PROVIDING COMMUNITY WITH THE, WITH THE COMPOST TO ENSURE THAT WE COULD GROW THE FLOWERS NECESSARY FOR OUR ARTS EVENT. 
          UM, BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ILLEGAL DUMPING CREW. 
          UM, WHERE IN PUBLIC WORKS ARE THOSE POSITIONS BEING REDIRECTED FROM? I'M GONNA HAVE TO DEFER MM-HMM. 
           THAT QUESTION. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER. 
          HI, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMING FROM THE TRAFFIC DIVISION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ARE THOSE FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND POSITIONS? YES, THEY ARE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, UM, WHY NOT HIRE THREE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS RATHER THAN SUBTRACTING FROM PUBLIC WORKS? CA COUNCILMAN, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TRY TO DO IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AREAS WAS LOOK AT POSITIONS WITHIN THE CITY THAT HAD NOT BEEN FILLED FOR OVER 18 MONTHS. 
          UM, AND RECYCLING 
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AND REPURPOSING THOSE POSITIONS, UM, AND MAKING SURE WE DO THAT FIRST BEFORE WE KEEP JUST ADDING POSITIONS. 
          SO WE DID THAT IN A NUMBER OF AREAS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WILL THE, THE CREW ABATE HOUSELESS ENCAMPMENTS AS WELL, OR JUST FOCUS ON ILLEGAL DUMPING ISSUES? ALL, ALL THE ABOVE. 
          ANYTHING. 
          ANYTHING THAT RIGHT NOW REQUIRES US TO PULL STORMWATER PUBLIC WORKS OR SOLID WASTE CREWS OFF THEIR NORMAL DUTIES. 
          UM, 3 1 1 CALLS, NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS, UM, CALLS FROM THE CITY MANAGER. 
          UM, UM, ALL, ALL THE ABOVE. 
          WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA KEEP 'EM BUSY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WITH THE DIAL TRAILER PROGRAM, I THINK THAT'S GREAT IF WE COULD COORDINATE TO ENSURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS KNOW THAT THIS RESOURCE IS AVAILABLE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, YOUR TEAM IS ALWAYS PHENOMENAL ABOUT BEING PRESENT IN NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AND CONNECTING COMMUNITY TO RESOURCES, BUT I THINK IT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING TOGETHER TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE THESE RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND THAT WE DO WORK COLLABORATIVELY. 
          UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST EMPHASIZE THAT, UM, YOU HAVE A GREAT TEAM AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING WITH DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UM, AND THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS FOR SOLID WASTE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY. 
          SO THESE ARE MORE COMMENTS THAN QUESTIONS, RIGHT? I, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE HAVE THESE PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER, RIGHT? SUSTAINABILITY, UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UM, AND SOLID WASTE, RIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND A DUTY AS A CITY. 
          I SAW THAT IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          THERE WAS A PHOTO OF THE LINCOLN COURTS, RIGHT? WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE INTERSECTION OF, YOU KNOW, MINIMIZING OUR CARBON EMISSION FOOTPRINT BY CREATING A GREEN UNION, YOU KNOW, A GREEN NEW DEAL FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, A GREEN NEW DEAL FOR HOUSING IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS PARTNERING AND INVESTING MORE IN THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY TO ENSURE THAT WE MINIMIZE THE DEMOLITION OF OUR HOMES, AND WE'RE CREATING JOBS ALONG THE PROCESS, AND WE'RE REDUCING OUR CARBON EMISSION FOOTPRINT. 
          SO WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY HERE AS A CITY IN SAN ANTONIO TO LEAD. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL PRESERVE THAT EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK WILL CREATE JOBS AND REDUCE OUR CARBON EMISSION FOOTPRINT. 
          SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO INVEST MORE IN THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY CAN HIGHLIGHT ALL THESE INTERSECTIONS AND THAT CITY STAFF CAN AS WELL. 
          SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, AGAIN, TO LEAD AS A NATION WHEN WE CONNECT ALL THESE INTERSECTIONS. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY FIRST QUESTION IS FOR MR. SHANNON. 
          YES. 
          UM, AND IT'S VERY SIMPLE. 
          IS THIS THE MOST MONEY WE'VE EVER GOTTEN FOR STREETLIGHTS? UH, YES. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THAT MAKES ME SO EXCITED. 
          AND I AM ALSO SUPER EXCITED TO, UM, SEE THE STREET LIGHTING INDEX SOON COME TO FRUITION. 
          UM, IT WAS ONE OF MY CAMPAIGN IDEAS. 
          I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS MY IDEA OR IF IT WAS ONE OF MY, UH, CAMPAIGN STAFFERS IDEA, BUT I HAD AN AMAZING TEAM, AND I'M GLAD THAT IT WAS ECHOED BY MY, UH, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND, UM, THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THAT. 
          UM, STREET LIGHTING WILL NOT ONLY DETER CRIME, BUT IT'LL PREVENT CAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS. 
          UM, AND IT WILL INCREASE SAFETY, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR CONSTITUENTS REALLY WANT. 
          UM, THAT'S ALL. 
          NEXT ONE, MR. OTHER, MR. SHANNON . 
          I'M DOING WONDERFUL. 
          UM, SO I HAVE, I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF EMAILS, RIGHT? UH, JUST LIKE COUNCILMAN, UH, PALS WAS SAYING, I GET A LOT OF EMAILS IN ALL CAPS, AND THEY SAY A LOT OF, UM, I DON'T KNOW, THEY SAY A LOT OF CRUEL THINGS ABOUT YOU AND YOUR TEAM, UM, INSINUATING THAT YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE ANIMALS THAT, THAT ARE IN YOUR CARE, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL ARE ANIMAL KILLERS. 
          THINGS THAT I, THINGS THAT I, I WON'T CONTINUE TO ADD ON TO, BUT EARLIER TODAY, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY ADVOCATES HERE, AND I SAW THEIR SIGNS, AND I'VE HAD A NUMBER, A NUMBER OF MEETINGS WITH, UH, MANY OF THEM. 
          AND WHAT THEY WANNA SEE IS THEY WANNA SEE INCREASED FUNDING AND SUPPORT FOR A C S AND OTHER RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THEY WANNA SEE INCREASED ACCESS TO SPAY AND NEUTER SERVICES. 
          THEY WANNA SEE A REDUCTION IN EUTHANIZATIONS PROTECTION OF ANIMALS AND A FOCUS ON COMPASSION. 
          DO YOU THINK YOUR GOALS ARE IN LINE WITH THAT? I, I, I WOULD AGREE WITH THEM COMPLETELY. 
          I THINK ALL OF THOSE ARE, ARE, ARE THE END ALL GOALS THAT WE NEED TO, UH, NEED TO BE DOING. 
          UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD FOLKS TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DO YOU NEED ADDITIONAL SPACE AT YOUR SHELTER? UNFORTUNATELY, YOU, YOU SOAK A LOT OF MONEY INTO A, INTO A ADDITIONAL KENNEL, UH, THAT FILLS UP IN 30 DAYS, AND WE'RE RIGHT BACK IN THE SAME SITUATION. 
          SO WE NEED TO BE VERY PROACTIVE IN THE THOUGHT GOING FORWARD. 
          IT, IT STARTS AND STOPS WITH SPAY NEUTER. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY ASPECT OF IT, ACCOUNTABILITY 
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FOR THE CITIZENS. 
          I THINK THAT THIS, UH, THIS, UH, CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WILL ABSOLUTELY ADDRESS SOME OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUES. 
          AND THEN WE'VE GOT A MARATHON AHEAD OF US IN GETTING WHERE WE NEED TO BE FROM A SPAY NEUTER PERSPECTIVE WITHIN THE CITY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          DO YOU THINK WITHIN THIS BUDGET, I'M HAPPY. 
          I'M HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING THAT I SAW. 
          I'M HAPPY WITH THE INCREASES. 
          UM, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S MISSING? UM, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE IF YOU ASKED ANY DIRECTOR, YOU COULD ALWAYS THINK OF SOMETHING. 
          UH, SOMETHING ELSE. 
          OBVIOUSLY, I THINK THAT OUR FOCUS OF EFFORT, I THINK THAT THIS GIVES US A VERY SOLID FOUNDATION MOVING FORWARD. 
          UH, I THINK BETWEEN, UH, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE GOTTEN AND WE'VE RECOMMENDED, UH, THOSE ARE GOOD FROM PERSONNEL STANDPOINTS, UH, WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO GROW AGAIN, UH, IS GOING TO BE THAT STERILIZATION, THE ABILITY TO STERILIZE AS MANY ANIMALS AS POSSIBLE IS REALLY GONNA BE THAT WEIGHT THAT KIND OF TILTS THE, UH, TILTS THE SCALES FOR US. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND WE HAD A, WE HAD A CONVERSATION A WHILE BACK ABOUT, UH, BOND DOLLARS AND WHATNOT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD DO WITH, IF YOU HAD, IF YOU HAD ACCESS TO A BOND PROJECT, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? UM, WHAT I COULD SEE IS, UH, AGAIN, I'VE, WHAT I VISUALIZED IS VISION. 
          THE VISION THAT I'VE HAD , SORRY, I GET A LITTLE EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT SOME UNU UNDERUTILIZED SPACE ON A C S WHEN THE FACILITY WAS BUILT 2007, WE WERE EUTHANIZING MORE THAN WE WERE SAVING. 
          THAT'S FLIP FLOPPED. 
          UH, THE ABILITY TO CONVERT SOME OF THAT UNDERUTILIZED SPACE INTO, UH, CLINIC AND HOSPITAL CAPACITY, AS WELL AS AN ADD-ON. 
          UH, THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO, UH, BASICALLY DOUBLE OUR SURGERY CAPACITY ON, UH, ON CAMPUS, WHICH WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO TAKE ABOUT 7,000 ANIMALS THAT WE RETURN TO OWNERS EVERY YEAR AND GET THEM STERILIZED BEFORE THEY GO BACK TO THE OWNER. 
          INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, SAYING, YOU NEED TO GET THIS DONE IN 30 DAYS. 
          UH, IT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THE, UH, THE, THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE MEDICAL FACILITIES THAT I HAD TALKED ABOUT WITH A AND M AND THINGS LIKE THAT, GROWING OUR FUTURE. 
          UH, AND IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW US PROPER, UH, SPACE TO PROPERLY QUARANTINE ANIMALS SO THAT WE'RE NOT SPREADING DISEASE, ADDITIONAL HOSPITALIZATION. 
          AND I THINK THAT THE, THAT KIND OF CAPACITY, UH, WOULD ALLOW US TO GET SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 96, 90 7% LIVE RELEASE. 
          THAT'D BE AMAZING. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND I WANT TO SHARE WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THAT THIS IS A BOND PROJECT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT. 
          I WANNA HELP US GET THERE. 
          UM, SO IN THE FUTURE, AS WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE BOND, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M SUPPORTING. 
          UM, THERE WAS ALSO A CONVERSATION. 
          THIS ONE, I ACTUALLY, UM, OKAY. 
          SO, UH, HAS TO DO WITH THE TRANSPORT HUB OR, YES, YES. 
          CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THAT ? UH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE BISSELL FOUNDATION. 
          UH, THEY ASKED US WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO TURN SAN ANTONIO INTO A TRANSPORT HUB FOR THEM, FOR THE, FOR CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTH TEXAS. 
          UH, THEY, UH, ARE WILLING, AT LEAST INITIALLY TO FUND FLIGHTS EVERY SIX WEEKS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT ANIMALS UP NORTH. 
          OF COURSE, THE, THE QUANDARY THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW IS IN ORDER FOR ME TO HOLD ANIMALS TO PREP FOR TRANSPORT, I'M HOLDING THEM IN SPACES THAT SAN ANTONIO ANIMALS NEED TO COME INTO. 
          SO THAT WOULD MEAN EUTHANASIA OF ADDITIONAL ANIMALS. 
          UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN TALKS WITH THEM, AND THEY, UH, APPEAR, AT LEAST IN THE OPENING NEGOTIATIONS TO BE WILLING TO BUILD A, UH, TRANSPORT AREA THAT COULD ALSO DOUBLE AS AN EMERGENCY DISASTER, UH, FACILITY WHEN WE'VE GOT HURRICANE SEIZURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UH, AND, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT. 
          UH, ULTIMATELY IT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO 50% OF THE FLIGHT WITH SAN ANTONIO ANIMALS. 
          AND THE OTHER 50% COULD BE LAREDO OR PALM VALLEY, OR WHOEVER ELSE MIGHT BE STRUGGLING AT THE, AT THE TIME. 
          SO, SO WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW TO KIND OF GET THE, THE FINANCES WHERE THEY NEED TO BE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN, IN TRULY MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND OF COURSE IT WOULD, UH, IF THEY DO DECIDE TO FUND THIS, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL AND SAY, UH, IS IT OKAY TO USE THIS, THIS PIECE OF LAND ON OUR FACILITY TO BUILD THIS? WONDERFUL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          I DID WANT TO ADD THAT, UM, MAN, I TOOK A TOUR OF A C S AND I JUST, I JUST POPPED UP ONE DAY 'CAUSE I WANTED TO LOOK AT THE ANIMALS AND HOPEFULLY ADOPT. 
          UM, AND SHANNON GAVE ME A TOUR, AND EVENTUALLY I FOUND, OR, WELL, NUMBER ONE, HE TOLD ME A WHOLE BUNCH OF STORIES. 
          HE TOLD ME ABOUT THE FREEZE AND HOW HIS EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING NONSTOP, EVEN WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY OR WATER AT HOME. 
          AND WHEN THEIR FAMILIES WERE SUFFERING, THEY WERE THERE HELPING TAKE CARE OF ANIMALS. 
          AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, STORIES THAT GO UNTOLD. 
          UM, I DID END UP, UH, FINDING A DOG. 
          THEY GOT MOVED TO THE ANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE, AND I WENT, AND CURRENTLY I'M FOSTERING, AND TODAY I'M GOING TO BE ADOPTING HER NAME. 
          IS CHAOS STILL AN A C S DOG?  YES. 
          YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          STILL AN A C S DOG. 
          SO, UM, 
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FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE READY TO ADOPT, MAYBE CONSIDER FOSTERING, I THINK THAT IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY AND VERY FEW PEOPLE, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, AND IT IS A NEED. 
          SO PLEASE, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU, FOR THE A HUNDRED OF Y'ALL WATCHING AT HOME, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND, UH, CONSIDER THAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, MICHAEL SHANNON, LEMME GO AHEAD AND START WITH YOU, MICHAEL. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE PILOT PRO PROJECT FOR NOISE ORDINANCE OR NOISE IN GENERAL AND TRYING TO, UH, RELIEVE S A P D OF A LOT OF THAT. 
          AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE PROPOSED $75,000 FOR A THREE MONTH PILOT PROJECT, AND I'VE TOLD YOU, AND I JUST WANT TO, UH, EXPRESS MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I DON'T FEEL THAT'S ENOUGH. 
          I DON'T THINK 90 DAYS CAN REALLY HELP US UNDERSTAND, UH, THE IMPACT THAT HAVING CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS REPLACE POLICE OFFICERS FOR NOISE ABATEMENT, UH, WILL, WILL GIVE US A FULL PICTURE AFTER JUST THREE MONTHS OR 90 DAYS. 
          SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST TO THE COUNCIL IS THAT WE DOUBLE THIS AND WE MAKE IT $150,000 FOR SIX MONTHS. 
          NOW WHAT WE COULD DO IS AFTER THREE MONTHS, ASK FOR AN INTERIM REPORT AND SEE WHAT KIND OF PROGRESS IT'S MAKING. 
          BUT I, I JUST DON'T THINK THREE MONTHS IS ENOUGH BECAUSE, UH, AT THE END OF THAT PERIOD OF TIME, WE MAY SEE SOME INFORMATION THAT'S USEFUL, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT ENOUGH CONSIDERING, UH, YOU KNOW, NOISE, UH, ALL YEAR LONG AND WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT A SHORT PERIOD OF IT. 
          SO I HOPE MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD AGREE THAT WE OUGHT TO GO AHEAD AND, AND DOUBLE THAT. 
          UH, I THINK IT'S A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT BECAUSE I'M SURE ALL OF US HEAR NOISE COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICTS, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY, THEY KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS IT THE BEST WE CAN. 
          UH, HOW MANY, LET ME ASK YOU THIS TOO. 
          YOU TALK ABOUT DSS, UM, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, AND, UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW PART OF ITS RESPONSIBILITY IS DECIDING IF BUILDINGS SHOULD BE, UH, TAKEN DOWN. 
          UH, HOW MANY DEMOLITIONS DID THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD APPROVE LAST YEAR OR WITHIN THE LAST, UH, FISCAL YEAR? UH, SO LAST YEAR, UH, UH, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT ATYPICAL. 
          UH, THINGS WERE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER. 
          AND WE DO HAVE A TEXAS SUPREME COURT KIND OF STAY ON ANY FINAL DEMOLITIONS RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT WE DID LOOK AT, UM, LET ME SEE HERE. 
          THEY SAW 101 CASES, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD DID. 
          AND, UH, AND THOSE ARE THE DEMO CASES, 101 DEMO CASES, AND THAT'S ABOUT AVERAGE. 
          IT RANGES FROM ABOUT 90 TO ABOUT 120 A YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          IS WHAT THEY TYPICALLY WILL LOOK AT FROM A DEMO CASE STANDPOINT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT'S NOT A THOUSAND A YEAR OR SO, BUT OKAY. 
          UM, YOU SAID, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT U D C AND YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE COMMITTEES. 
          WHO ARE THE PRIMARY U D C COMMITTEES? UH, AND WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THEM TO START REALLY GETTING ENGAGED? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES? WELL, NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE COMMITTEES THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE HAVING. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          MADE UP OF PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, THE MAIN, UH, COMMITTEE, THE MAIN SUBCOMMITTEE THAT ACTUALLY ENGAGES AND, AND IS REALLY THE MECHANISM, UH, TO OPENLY DEBATE AND REALLY LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE WORD OF A PROPOSED AMENDMENT. 
          THAT'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          UH, SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS A SUBCOMMITTEE CALLED THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, THAT THEY WILL UTILIZE A VERY TECHNICAL ITEM. 
          SO THEY'LL BE MEETING AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, IF NOT TWICE A WEEK, UH, GENERALLY FROM ABOUT FEBRUARY THROUGH JUNE. 
          SO IT'LL BE A VERY ENGAGED, UH, TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          NOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER COMMITTEES OUT THERE AND GROUPS, UH, THAT WE'LL BE WORKING. 
          WE HAVE THE HOUSING COMMISSION. 
          UH, THEY HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE, FOR EXAMPLE, WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UM, CALLED REMOVING BARRIERS, UH, TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THAT'S ONE SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          UH, SO MY, MY STAFF, WE HAVE A TEAM, UH, THAT WORK, YOU KNOW, MELISSA RAMIREZ OVERSEES OUR TEAM. 
          WE HAVE A TEAM DEDICATED TO THIS U D C PROCESS, UH, WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THOSE OTHER COMMISSIONS AND SUBCOMMITTEES, UH, DOUG MELNICK, FOR EXAMPLE, AND, AND, AND HIS GROUP, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, ET CETERA. 
          UH, SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH ALL OF THOSE, BUT REALLY THAT WILL KICK OFF OCTOBER ONE WITH A LOT OF EDUCATION OUTREACH, SIT DOWN WITH ME AND MY TEAM, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THEY GET THEIR, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED. 
          AND THEN IN FEBRUARY THROUGH, YOU KNOW, JUNE, SUMMER, 
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JULY IS REALLY WORKING THROUGH EACH AND EVERY PROPOSAL. 
          SO, UH, WE CAN GET YOU THE FULL LIST OF THE COMMITTEES THAT I'M AWARE OF, BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MAIN ONES. 
          WE'LL UTILIZE THE ZONING COMMISSION, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, OTHER COMMITTEES AND, AND, AND BOARDS LIKE THAT AS NECESSARY. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'LL BRING 'EM, UH, TO THE COUNCIL COM COMMITTEES, UM, UH, NEAR THE END, UH, FOR, FOR UPDATES. 
          YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR ALL OF US AS A COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE UNDERLYING SUBCOMMITTEES THAT ARE GONNA BE LOOKING A LOT OF THESE ISSUES SO THAT, UH, I KNOW IN, IN MY CASE, I HAD A STAFF MEMBER WHO WAS FOLLOWING ALONG WITH ONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WAS LOOKING AT, UM, CHANGES IN, IN UNIFORM BUILDING CODES WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO INTRODUCE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, HAVING PROPERTIES DEVELOPED TO BE SOLAR READY OR EV READY. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ON THERE AND YOUR OFFICE MM-HMM. 
           AND OTHERS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WILL BE FUNCTIONING THAT WE MAY WANNA FOLLOW AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, BECAUSE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE INTEREST IN HOW THOSE POLICIES GET DEVELOPED. 
          SO PLEASE SHARE THOSE WITH ALL OF US. 
          WILL DO. 
          AND I'LL JUST ADD ONE THING. 
          COUNCILMAN IS, UH, YOUR, YOUR TEAM, EACH ONE OF YOU, YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF, AND ANYONE, UH, YOU'LL, WE'LL LOOK FOR YOU TO DESIGNATE AT LEAST ONE PERSON IN YOUR OFFICE. 
          UH, WE'LL BE PART OF OUR MONTHLY UPDATES AS WE GO. 
          NOT WAITING TILL JUNE OR JULY, BUT AS IT UNFOLDS, UM, WE'LL LOOK FOR EACH ONE OF YOU TO KIND OF ASSIGN OR NOMINATE SOMEONE. 
          THANKS, MIKE. 
          THANKS. 
          UH, A C S, UH, SHANNON SIMS. WE'LL GET THOSE SHANNON'S FIXED. 
          HOW YOU DOING, COUNSEL? GOOD, THANKS SHANNON. 
          UH, I WANNA ASK YOU, UH, HOW ARE OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS DOING? HOW HAVE THEY DONE DURING THE PANDEMIC? BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY PART OF A PROCESS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE PARTNER WITH THAT WE ACTUALLY PAY THEM MONEY YES, SIR. 
          TO GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE, ARE THEY LIVING UP TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES? UH, AND HOW IS THAT RELATIONSHIP GOING? IT'S ACTUALLY GOING VERY WELL. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, A D L IS HAS, UH, THEY'VE CHANGED OVER THEIR DIRECTORSHIP, UH, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES. 
          AND RIGHT NOW, UH, THE DIRECTOR OVER THERE HAS REALLY, REALLY, UH, GONE ALL IN WITH HIS APPROACH. 
          ACTUALLY. 
          UH, THEY HAVE TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS WITH US FROM ANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE. 
          UH, ONE OF THOSE, THEY'VE JUST CLOSED OUT. 
          THEY HAVE ONE THAT'S ON A FISCAL YEAR AND ONE THAT'S ON AN ANNUAL, UH, THEIR FISCAL YEAR HAS CLOSED OUT. 
          SO THEY'VE ACTUALLY MET THOSE GOALS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          UH, AND THAT I CAN REMEMBER, UH, ADDITIONALLY, SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY ARE ACTUALLY, UH, DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL SPAY NEUTER OUTPUT RIGHT NOW FOR THE, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, WE JUST GOT A THING TODAY, UH, THEM TALKING ABOUT PICKING UP 50 ADDITIONAL SPAY NEUTER EVERY WEEK. 
          UH, SO, SO THE, THE PARTNERS ARE REALLY STARTING TO STEP UP, UH, IN A, IN A GREATER WAY THAN I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, SIR. 
          GOOD. 
          MEETING THOSE CONTRACTS. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M SUPPORTIVE OF YOUR CONCEPT ABOUT HAVING, UH, AN EXPANSION OF THE HOSPITAL FACILITIES AND EVERYTHING, AND USING IT AS A LEARNING TOOL I THINK IS GREAT. 
          BUT I STILL THINK THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPACE BECAUSE, UH, I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, IF WE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPACE NEXT MONTH, IT'LL GET FILLED UP. 
          WELL, I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TWICE AS MANY, I WOULD THINK, UH, ANIMALS THAT, THAT AREN'T BEING ADOPTED. 
          SO, UH, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE A REAL EVALUATION OF WHAT WOULD BE AN AFFORDABLE ADDITIONAL SPACE THAT MIGHT COMPENSATE AND GIVE THOSE PETS AN EXTRA 30 DAYS BEFORE THEY END UP, UH, GOING ON FOR EU EUTHANASIA. 
          SO, BUT I, I SUPPORT THE NEW HOSPITAL, BUT I THINK YOU REALLY DO NOT NEED OTHER SPACE. 
          AND JUST DEPENDING ON ANOTHER ORGANIZATION TO MAYBE BUILD AND ADD SPACE, I THINK IS JUST SELLING OUR COMMITMENT SHORT. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT. 
          AND, AND ONE THING, COUNCILMAN THAT, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THAT HOSPITAL THAT WOULD PROVIDE US, RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE MAJOR DELAYS WE HAVE IS ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS EARLY. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY WITH NO X-RAY SONOGRAM, MODERN, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGICAL, UH, A LOT OF IT IS THE DOC FEELS IT AND SAYS MAYBE IT'S A BROKEN HIP, MAYBE IT'S NOT. 
          UM, BY GETTING THOSE ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES, WE CAN IDENTIFY EARLY, UH, ACCURATE. 
          AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS ALLOWS US TO, TO NOTIFY THOSE RESCUES THAT WILL BE PULLING THEM. 
          THEY OBVIOUSLY, THEY SPECIALIZE IN CERTAIN THINGS SO THEY CAN REAL QUICKLY JUMP ON THINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          KIND OF EXPEDITING THAT THROUGHPUT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UH, DAVID, I'D LIKE TO JUST MENTION ABOUT RECYCLING. 
          I, I THINK IT'S VERY GOOD NEWS TO HEAR THAT THE RECYCLING MARKET IS PICKING UP. 
          HOWEVER, I STILL DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE GIVE ENOUGH EDUCATION OR EXPLANATION TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT RECYCLE. 
          AND ALSO, I'M WONDERING HOW MUCH OF THE 
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RECYCLING THAT ISN'T DONE IS BECAUSE THE RECYCLER SAYS WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE RECYCLABLE ITEMS. UH, AND I KNOW I'M, I'M FOREVER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SHOULD I PUT THIS IN RECYCLING OR THROW IT AWAY. 
          I GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          IF YOU GET, UH, ONE OF THE PORTABLE MEALS FROM H E B THAT COMES IN AN ALUMINUM PAN, AND YOU CAN PUT IT IN THE OVEN AND COOK IT, EAT THE FOOD, BUT DO I RECYCLE THAT OR DO I THROW IT AWAY? 'CAUSE IT'S NOT AN ALUMINUM CAN. 
          UH, THE SAME THING. 
          SOMETIMES THEY COME IN PLASTIC CONTAINERS, YOU KNOW, RELATIVE BLACK PLASTIC CONTAINERS. 
          SO THEY PUT SOMETHING IN IT. 
          YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE IT OUT, YOU COOK IT, YOU STILL HAVE THAT CONTAINER. 
          YOU CAN CLEAN, IT'S SOLID PLASTIC. 
          IT'S GOT A, A COAT ON IT. 
          CAN YOU RECYCLE IT OR NOT? WE DON'T KNOW. 
          SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT? SO, UH, PROBABLY TWO OR THREE THINGS. 
          NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE A NEW CONTRACT THAT'LL BE COMING IN IN THREE YEARS. 
          THAT'S STILL A LONG WAY OUT. 
          BUT WHEN THAT HAPPENS, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME CHANGE. 
          UH, NUMBER TWO, AND I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          WE HAVE TO GET THE MANUFACTURERS, THE, THE, THE ONES THAT ARE MAKING THE PRODUCT PACKAGING IN LINE AND TO MAKE, MAKE PACKAGING EASIER TO RECYCLE. 
          AND THAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING. 
          THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CONTROL, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, THOSE, THOSE MANUFACTURERS ARE GETTING WITH RECYCLERS AND THEY'RE STARTING TO GET IN LINE. 
          AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP. 
          UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE ITEMS THAT YOU DESCRIBED. 
          SOME CITIES ACCEPT IT, SOME DON'T. 
          AND, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEW CONTRACT, UH, WITH THE, THE EXAMPLES YOU SAID, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ADD THOSE IN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KIRK. 
          TWO, TWO THINGS. 
          LET ME, LET'S ANSWER THE COUNCILMAN'S QUESTION. 
          'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING IF THEY'VE GOT A CONTAINER LIKE THAT, SHOULD THEY RECYCLE IT? SHOULD THEY, SHOULD THEY CLEAN IT AND RECYCLE IT OR NOT? TODAY, THE ALUMINUM, UH, WE ACCEPT ALUMINUM CANS AND THE RECYCLING AND ONLY ALUMINUM CANS, NOT THE ALUMINUM PIE PANS. 
          AND THEN SECONDLY, COUNCILMAN, UM, REGARDING YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE U D C AMENDMENT, WE'LL, WE'LL LIKELY HAVE A B SESSION THIS FALL AS WELL, JUST TO KIND OF LEVEL SET FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL ON THAT PROCESS THAT, THAT MIKE'S BEEN DESCRIBING AS WELL. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GROM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I WILL START WITH, UH, MICHAEL SHANNON, UH, WITH D S D. 
          SO LET'S TALK CODE. 
          HOW MANY CODE OFFICERS ARE GOING TO BE ASSIGNED FOR THE WEEKEND? AND DO WE HAVE EVENING OFFICERS? AND HOW MANY? SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, WE HAVE 15 WEEKEND, UH, WORKERS, ACTUALLY JUST ON SATURDAYS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, FROM 7 45 TO SIX 30. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          ONE, UM, EVENING OFFICERS, NO. 
          SO MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, WE HAVE OFFICERS THAT WORK TILL SIX 30. 
          UM, AND, UH, I'M SORRY, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, I JUST SAID SATURDAY, SIX 30, NO DEDICATED EVENING OFFICERS. 
          BUT FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT, AND STARTING IN OCTOBER NOW, WE DO HAVE EMERGENCY OFFICERS READY ON, ON-CALL, ESPECIALLY FOR ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY EVENT. 
          WHETHER IT BE A FIRE DAMAGE STRUCTURE OR A UNIQUE CODE ISSUE, UH, THAT WILL PUT THEM ON A UNIQUE SHIFT TO CHECK OUT A BUSINESS THAT'S OPERATING ILLEGALLY OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. 
          SO OF THE 152 POSITIONS, UH, THAT WE HAVE, HOW MANY ARE ACTUAL CODE OFFICERS? UH, 116. 
          116. 
          YEAH. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, SO I AM ALL, I'M YOU, YOU KNOW, MY DISTRICT WANTS CODE OFFICERS, AND THE ONE THING I'M GOING TO DO IS THE, UH, FRONT YARD PARKING THAT IS GOING TO BE HUGE. 
          THAT IS HUGE IN THE DISTRICT. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET PEOPLE OFF OF THEIR FRONT YARDS AND ONTO THE STREETS, SO WE KNOW HOW MANY CARS WE HAVE OUT THERE, AND HOW MANY, UH, ADULTS WE HAVE IN, IN THE HOUSEHOLD, OR HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THAT'LL HELP WITH SUSTAINABILITY TOO, BECAUSE I, I'M ALL FOR PEOPLE HAVING THEIR WEEKEND CARS, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN TERMS OF, OF PARKING, UH, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOME IMPROVEMENT, I LIKE THE IDEA OF A CASE MANAGER, UM, KIND OF HELPING WITH THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TEAM. 
          BUT I KNOW BECAUSE I DID SOME HOME IMPROVEMENT, THAT IF I WASN'T THERE, THEY WOULD'VE FAILED. 
          IS THAT STILL THE CASE, THAT IF THE, IF THE RESIDENT ISN'T THERE, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T GET A PASSING MARK FOR THAT, UM, INSPECTION? YEAH, SO WE, WE NEED, UH, WHEN YOU CALL AN INSPECTION, NORMALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU HAVE A LICENSED CONTRACTOR THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THINGS YOU CAN DO AS A HOMEOWNER, UH, BUT YOU CAN'T DO YOUR OWN ELECTRICITY. 
          UH, YOU CAN ONLY DO A LITTLE BIT OF PLUMBING, BUT YOUR PLUMBER, YOUR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, YOUR, YOUR HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTOR, UH, YES, THEY HAVE TO PHYSICALLY BE THERE, UH, TO SEE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO INSPECTING 
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THAT NEW WATER HEATER OR THE NEW ROOM DESIGN. 
          UH, NOW NOTE, WE DO ACTUALLY, UH, THIS PAST YEAR DUE TO NECESSITY, UH, IT STARTED REALLY, IT STARTED IN JANUARY RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT. 
          BUT OF COURSE, UH, WE DO ACTUALLY REMOTE VIDEO INSPECTIONS FOR A LOT OF OUR, UH, ESPECIALLY OUR HOME IMPROVEMENT, UH, INSPECTIONS NOW, WHERE ACTUALLY YOU CAN ACT, YOU OR YOUR CONTRACTOR, UH, CAN REALLY, IT'S A FACETIME OR SKYPE OR ONE OF THOSE APPS. 
          UH, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR YOU TO DO THAT, BUT YES, ACCESS TO IT, BECAUSE MY INSPECTORS HAVE TO SEE IT. 
          UH, SO THAT COORDINATION IS, IS PART OF WHAT WE DO. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO THEN AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE GET TO DO THE DIGITAL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WE START TO EDUCATE AND UNDERSTAND, ESPECIALLY WITH, UM, THOSE SENIORS THAT GET HOME IMPROVEMENTS TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS HOW THEY CAN DO THE EXP EXPECTS, UM, STREETLIGHTS. 
          I LOVE THE IDEA OF STREETLIGHTS. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO COMMUNITY INPUT BECAUSE AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, SOMETIMES THERE'S A NEIGHBOR THAT WANTS THAT STREETLIGHT, AND THEN SOMETIMES THERE'S THE NEIGHBOR THAT DOESN'T WANT THE STREETLIGHT. 
          SO IF WE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO A PUSH SPECIFICALLY IN A MONTH OR A TIME PERIOD WHERE WE GET INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY REGARDING STREETLIGHTS. 
          THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS US WORK WITH, UM, THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY BECAUSE THEY DO COLLECT TAXES. 
          AND I KNOW SPECIFICALLY ALONG MY AREA, ALONG MISSION REACH THEIR STREETS THAT NEED LIGHTING, BUT IT, IT COULD BE DUAL LIGHTING THAT HELPS THE RIVER AND ALSO HELPS THE, THE, AND THE DEAD END STREETS THAT, THAT GO ALONG THE RIVER. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO LOOK ON. 
          AND DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A BACKLOG OF STREETLIGHT, UM, REPORTS AND OUTAGES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS? WELL, OUTAGES ARE A SEPARATE ITEM. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING, WE'RE ACTUALLY WITH THE STREETLIGHT TEAM, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE WORKING ACTUALLY, UH, ROD AND I JUST MET WITH, UH, SOME C P S FOLKS THIS LAST WEEK, UH, SO THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TRACKING THE, UM, UH, THE OUTAGES OR, YOU KNOW, BROKEN STREETLIGHTS OR THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. 
          SO THOSE CALL, WHEN THEY COME TO 3 1 1 GETS SENT TO C P S, BUT WE AS THE CITY, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB KIND OF TRACKING THAT, HELPING THEM DELIVER THAT QUICK FIX TO THAT BROKEN STREET LIGHT. 
          SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT SEPARATE, BUT IT'S ALL WRAPPED UP INTO THE STREETLIGHT TEAM CONCEPT. 
          UH, SO THAT'LL BE AN IMPROVEMENT FOR US THIS YEAR AS WELL. 
          UM, THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION, I'M SORRY, A BACKLOG OR OH, A BACKLOG. 
          UH, WE, WE GET ACTUALLY ABOUT 80 OR SO A MONTH REQUESTS FROM 3 1 1 TO LOOK AT STREETLIGHTS. 
          SO WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THAT DEMAND A LITTLE BIT. 
          IT'S THE, IT IS THE LARGER NEIGHBORHOOD REQUESTS THAT WE GET THAT ARE, UH, IN DISTRICT TWO, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WE STARTED EARLIER THIS YEAR, BUT WE GOT ABOUT 15 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ASKED US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM. 
          UH, SO THERE IS CLEARLY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A BACKLOG, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THERE. 
          AND AS I SHOWED IN ONE OF MY SLIDES, IT'S A TWO YEAR PROCESS. 
          MM-HMM. 
           ONE, YOU DETERMINE IF IT'S WARRANTED, MEANING THERE'S LARGE SPACES MORE THAN THE CODE PRESCRIBES, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CODE WAS DIFFERENT MAYBE 30, 40 YEARS AGO. 
          UH, SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, BUT WE THINK THE STREETLIGHT TEAM WILL HELP REALLY, UH, IMPROVE THAT MOVING FORWARD. 
          GREAT. 
          AND YOU CAN COUNT ON MY OFFICE WITH THE D SS D ACADEMY, MAYBE TO DO SOMETHING VIRTUALLY IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          SO YOU CAN START WORKING WITH MY TEAM TO SET ONE UP FOR DISTRICT THREE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, A C SS, UM, SHANNON, SO I, UM, AND, AND I'M NOT SURE IF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS KNEW, BUT I HAD A, UH, INCIDENT IN OUR DISTRICT WHERE SOMEONE WAS HOARDING ANIMALS. 
          AND MY CONCERN WAS THAT BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION, IT TOOK UP A LOT OF SPACES. 
          IT'S TAKING UP A LOT OF SPACES IN THE SHELTER. 
          UH, AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO WHAT, HOLD 'EM FOR 10 DAYS BEFORE THEY CAN BE ADOPTED. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          UH, BECAUSE THE OWNER REFUSED TO OWNER SURRENDER THE ANIMALS, WE DO HAVE TO HOLD THEM. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I, I WANT TO KIND OF ADDRESS. 
          AND, AND ERIC, THIS IS ONE THING IN TERMS OF CROSS TRAINING WITH, WITH CODE AND OTHERS, IS, IS THAT MENTAL HEALTH ASPECT OF IT. 
          BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN SOMEONE STARTS TO HOARD AND HOARDS THAT MANY ANIMALS, UH, THERE, THERE'S A MENTAL HEALTH ASPECT TO IT. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THERE, THERE'VE BEEN THE POSSIBILITY TO ADOPT, BUT NOW WE'RE HAVING TO WAIT, UH, 10 DAYS. 
          AND WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE BACKLOG? SO I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT HOARDING, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A, I KNOW THERE'S A PROCEDURE, BUT THAT MANY ANIMALS I COULD UNDERSTAND IF IT, HOW MANY ANIMALS WAS IT AGAIN? LIKE OVER, UH, I BELIEVE THIS, THIS LAST ONE WAS 72. 
          YEAH. 
          72 ANIMALS. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S NOT SOMEONE WHO, WHO WAS JUST COLLECTING DOGS FROM THE PARK AND WAS TRYING TO HELP OUT AND HAD 10 OR 12, SHE HAD 72 ANIMALS. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE HOARDING OF ANIMALS THEN TO TAKE UP SPACES FOR THE, UH, THE PETS THAT ARE THERE. 
          SO I'LL BE WORKING WITH, 
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UM, DIFFERENT ANIMAL GROUPS AND, AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT CROSS TRAINING FOR MENTAL HEALTH TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN SHORTEN THAT TIME PERIOD FOR SOMEONE WHO, WHO HOARDS THAT MANY ANIMALS, BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE'S CATS AND DOGS THAT WOULD'VE BEEN ADOPTED, UH, SHORTLY. 
          SO MY MAIN QUESTION FOR YOU IS, IS THERE GOING TO BE, AND THIS IS HAZARD PAY FOR THOSE OFFICERS, BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF DUMPING ALONG THE MISSION REACH, IS THERE GONNA BE HAZARD PAY FOR THE A C S OFFICERS OR THAT GET ASSIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO THE RIVER AND HAVING TO KIND OF DO THE SEARCHES? THERE ARE, ARE, ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT THE FOUR NEW POSITIONS THAT OPERATE YES, DURING THE EVENING. 
          SO ALL OF THOSE OFFICERS WILL RECEIVE A, AN EXTRA DOLLAR SHIFT, DIFFERENTIAL PAY. 
          UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S LESS HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY AND MORE FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF ANYBODY THAT WORKS MORE THAN 50% OF THEIR SHIFT, UH, BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND AND SEVEN, UH, IT'S IT'S CITY POLICY THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE A DOLLAR SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I, AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE IT IS, THAT'S A LOT OF, OF THE DOGS OUT AFTER DARK IS PROBABLY NOT A NICE DOG ANYWAY, BUT THANK . 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 
          UM, YES, MA'AM. 
          I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, UH, AND I'LL TRY AND GET THEM BRIEFLY SOLID WASTE, UH, SHOPPING CARTS. 
          TALK TO ME ABOUT SHOPPING CARTS. 
          DO WE HAVE ANYTHING? CAN WE GET A GRANT? IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO? BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE THAT ISSUE IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          IS THERE ANY PLAN FOR, FOR PICKING UP THOSE? AND WE, WE PICK 'EM UP. 
          WE PICK UP A WHOLE LOT OF SHOPPING CARTS, AND WE HAVE TRIED TO RETURN THEM TO THE STORES AND MANY OF THEM HAVEN'T WANTED THEM. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY, UH, TAKING THEM FOR SCRAP METAL, BUT WE PICK UP A WHOLE LOT OF SHOPPING CARTS. 
          SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF LOOK AT THAT AS WE, AS WE DO THE SOLID WASTE AND THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IS, IS SHOPPING CARTS ARE MY CONCERN. 
          UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, IF, IF THERE IS A, A REALTOR THAT IS NOT DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE ON MAKING SURE THE SHOPPING CARTS STAY WITHIN THEIR, UM, THEIR STORE OR THEIR PARKING LOT, WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO KIND OF, UH, FIND THEM OR GIVE THEM A FEE BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING THEM AND THEN WE'RE DOING THAT THING. 
          SO IF WE COULD JUST KEEP TRACK ON SURE. 
          ON HOW MUCH AND, AND HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING. 
          AND THEN I LOVE THE MEET YOUR DRIVER, UM, PROGRAM, AND YOU CAN COUNT ON ME, AND I'M GONNA VOLUNTEER MY STAFF ALSO THAT LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE TO, AND THAT DON'T LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE, TO KIND OF DO THAT, MEET YOUR DRIVER ASPECT AND PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE IF MY SOUND ISN'T SO GREAT. 
          I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME, UH, HEARING SOME OF YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR, UH, PRESENTATIONS TODAY. 
          I DO HAVE SOME, UM, FOLLOW UP, UH, QUESTIONS. 
          UM, WELL FIRST I'LL START WITH MY COMMENTS. 
          UH, DOUG, ALWAYS INCREDIBLE TO SEE HOW MUCH YOU ACCOMPLISH WITH SUCH A SMALL TEAM. 
          UH, IF WE WANTED TO EXPAND THE WORK OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE, WHICH I, I THINK WE NEED TO, UM, WHERE WOULD THAT FUNDING COME FROM, UH, ERIC? WOULD THAT ALSO BE FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL FEE OR FROM THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT? UH, PROBABLY ALL THE ABOVE COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, YOU'D PROBABLY HAVE TO LOOK AT A VARIETY OF FUNDING SOURCES AND, AND I THINK LONG TERM, WE'LL, WE'LL NEED TO DO THAT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, UH, DOUG MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, HIS INVOLVE THE OFFICE'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE REVIEW, UH, AND THE CRITERIA AND THE EVALUATION FOR BOND PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, AS THAT CONTINUES AND AS WE TRY TO, UM, UM, INCLUDE THE, UM, THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN GOALS AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, UM, THE IDEA ALSO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THAT CAPACITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTS TO BE THOUGHTFUL, UM, AND, AND ALIGNED AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT. 
          I, I KNOW I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE AND I HAVEN'T FOLLOWED UP WITH YOU ON IT. 
          UH, SARAH HAD OFFERED TO FUND, UH, BASICALLY THAT TYPE OF SERVICE FOR US THAT THEY WOULD, UH, EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND PAY FOR THE CONSULTANT, UH, SO LONG AS WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WILLING TO OPEN OUR DOORS TO THEM TOO, TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE PROJECTS, UH, COLLABORATIVELY WITH THEM AND, AND THIS CONSULTANT. 
          SO, UH, I THINK YOU SAID THAT SARAH SHOULD GO MEET WITH YOU TO, TO DISCUSS THIS POSSIBILITY. 
          I WILL, UM, MAKE THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEIR, THEIR SUPPORT IN EVALUATING OUR PROJECTS VIA THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE, UH, METHOD THAT SARAH USES. 
          UM, I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO, 
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UH, SOLID WASTE REALLY QUICKLY. 
          UM, DAVID, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT NEW FACILITY, UM, ONLINE, UH, IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS REALLY A QUESTION MORE ABOUT, UM, WE HAVE A, A SOLID WASTE THE FEE, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL FEE. 
          AND I NOTICED THAT NOT ALL HOUSEHOLDS PAY BOTH OF THEM. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THAT WORKS? SURE. 
          SO EVERY ELECTRIC ACCOUNT IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS ASSESSED THE DOLLAR 74 ENVIRONMENTAL FEE. 
          AND SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE A GATED COMMUNITY, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, ET CETERA. 
          UH, WE, IF, IF YOU ARE A A HOME RECEIVING OUR CURBSIDE COLLECTION, THEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALSO ASSESSED THE GARBAGE FEE BASED ON THE SIZE OF, OF THE GARBAGE CART. 
          OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU FOR, UH, EXPLAINING THAT. 
          THE, THE SECOND THING IS, I, I KNOW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND THIS MAY BE FOR YOU OR ERIC, UM, WE, ERIC, YOU HAD RECOMMENDED THAT WE TURN A NUMBER OF TEMPORARY POSITIONS INTO, UH, PERMANENT POSITIONS BECAUSE WE'D HAD, WE WERE ALWAYS RELYING ON THOSE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES. 
          AND I, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A WONDERFUL MOVE. 
          UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE, WE MAY STILL HAVE, UH, SOME TEMPORARY OR CONTRACT EMPLOYEES WITH SOLID WASTE. 
          DO YOU, UM, HOW, HOW DOES THAT BREAK DOWN, DAVID, IN TERMS OF PERMANENT EMPLOYEES VERSUS CONTRACT EMPLOYEES? WE, UM, WE DID REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR. 
          UH, WE HAD AT ONE POINT, MAYBE 80 TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES THAT WERE MOSTLY, UH, CONTRACT AGENCY TEMPS. 
          TODAY, WE MAY HAVE 10 AT THE MOST, AND WE ARE ONLY UTILIZING THEM, UH, TO BACKFILL A VACANCY. 
          AND IN FACT, UH, WE TRY TO BRING THEM ON FULL TIME WHERE WE CAN. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO ADD IS THAT OUR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, THOSE POSITIONS ARE CITY TEMPORARY POSITIONS. 
          UH, SO, BUT WHEN THEY COME ON BOARD, ASSUMING THEY MEET ALL THE MILESTONES, THEY'RE GONNA MOVE RIGHT INTO A FULL-TIME POSITION WHEN THEY GRADUATE THROUGH THAT PROGRAM. 
          THE, THE CONCEPT OF COUNCILWOMAN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE, THE, THOSE, THOSE POSITIONS THAT WERE TEMPORARY, AND WE HAD A COUPLE OF PLACES IN THE ORGANIZATION, THEY WERE, THEY WERE CATEGORIZED AS TEMPORARY, BUT THEY'D WORKED FOR US FOR YEARS. 
          SO THEY WEREN WEREN'T TEMPORARY. 
          SO WE, THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO CONVERT THEM. 
          UM, AND, AND SOME OF THE POSITIONS THAT DAVE IS DESCRIBING THAT THEY USE NOW, I MEAN, IT'S APPROPRIATE IF WE'VE GOT A 90 DAY NEED OR 120 DAY NEED, UM, AND, AND JUST BEING BETTER MANAGERS OF, UM, OF THE RESOURCES. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          I'M REALLY GLAD, I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I THINK I'LL MOVE ON TO, TO D S D AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, I'LL START WITH, UM, WITH CODE. 
          SO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I, I DID WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER PLUG AGAIN FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING TOGETHER IN AS PART OF YOUR WORK PLAN, OR MAYBE IT WOULD BE HOUSED IN A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, MICHAEL, A, UH, DEMOLITION DIVERSION, UH, TASK FORCE OR WORKING GROUP AS COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO HAD SUGGESTED. 
          I SEE THAT AS PART OF YOUR PERSONNEL, UH, COMPLIMENT THIS YEAR. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO POSITIONS FUNDED BY C D B G, I THINK IT WAS $125,000. 
          AND, UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF, UH, MAYBE THAT'S PART OF WHAT THEY CAN DO IS HELP US, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN, UH, HOUSING. 
          UM, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU MIGHT INTEGRATE THAT INTO YOUR WORK PLAN? ABSOLUTELY, COUNCILMAN. 
          I MEAN, I, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, DEMOLITION IS THE LAST RESORT FOR ANY OF WHAT WE DO. 
          UM, OF THE ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND CASES THAT WE WORK ON, UH, LESS THAN 0.1% RESULT IN A DEMOLITION. 
          AND, AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE STORY THAT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, EVERY CASE IS, IS A CHALLENGE. 
          SO WE, YEAH, ANYTHING WE CAN DO, UH, WHETHER IT BE THE C D B G OFFICERS OR WORKING WITH YOU OR ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, CASTILLO OR ANYBODY, WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD THAT TO THE MIX THIS YEAR, UH, TO SEE IF WE CAN, UH, MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THE COUNCILMAN CASTILLO HAS A LOT MORE, UH, GREAT IDEAS ABOUT HOW, ABOUT HOW, HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT, UH, EFFECTIVE. 
          UM, I, I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE ON THE CONVERSATION OF CODE COMPLIANCE. 
          UH, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, UH, CODE FELT BEHIND, UH, OR MAYBE DIDN'T MEET THEIR GOALS LAST YEAR AND MAY STILL BE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, UH, SOME OF IT MAYBE DUE TO, TO THE PANDEMIC. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM, UH, CATCH UP? I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WENT OVER SOME OF OUR 3 1 1 CALLS NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND THE SLAS WERE, THE SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS WERE JUST NOT, NOT BEING MET. 
          AND, AND NOT BY A FEW DAYS, BUT, UH, 
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BY MONTH, UM, YOU KNOW, UP, UP TO SIX MONTHS, UH, SOMETIMES. 
          AND I GUESS, IS THERE, AT LEAST THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR AREA, IS THAT HAPPENING CITYWIDE? IS THERE A WAY TO, TO BALANCE THE WORKLOAD? BECAUSE I KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, I GET A LOT MORE CALLS, UH, ABOUT CODE INSIDE FOUR 10 THAN I DO, UM, FURTHER NORTH. 
          SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY TO BALANCE THAT WORKLOAD OR IF YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. 
          UH, SO YES AND YES, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          SO ABSOLUTELY. 
          LAST YEAR WE PURPOSEFULLY, UH, KIND OF SLOWED DOWN CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, AS I MENTIONED PRIOR. 
          AND, AND WE FELT THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, UH, THAT THAT LED US REALLY THROUGH APRIL. 
          UM, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE SINCE, UH, HIRED OR MADE A SELECTION FOR ALL OF OUR CODE VACANCIES AND THINGS ARE STARTING TO GET BACK TO WHAT I WOULD CALL, UH, THE NORMAL PRE COVID, V I D, UH, TIMELINES, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, OUR RESPONSE RATES, COMPLIANCE RATES, ET CETERA. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S, AS I PRESENTED IN MY, MY BUDGET, THOSE GOALS ARE, OUR GOALS FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR IS TO GET BACK TO QUICKER COMPLIANCE PROACTIVITY. 
          TWO THIRDS OF OUR WORK, AT LEAST TWO THIRDS OF OUR WORK IS PROACTIVITY. 
          AND, AND, AND, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WORKING WITH ANY PROPERTY OWNER, UH, RESIDENTIAL AND OR COMMERCIAL, IF YOU HAVE A UNIQUE HARDSHIP, UH, WE WANT TO FIND WAYS TO HELP YOU INTO COMPLIANCE AS OPPOSED TO, UH, BRING A BIG HAMMER. 
          UH, BUT THAT'S OUR CRITICAL, WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO THE NORMAL, UH, THOSE NORMAL GOALS OF QUICKER COMPLIANCE AND PROACTIVITY. 
          UH, WELL, DO YOU HOLD BACK ON PROACTIVITY IF YOU'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE? NO, ACTUALLY. 
          LIKE, DO YOU REDIRECT SOME OF THE PROACTIVE STUFF TO COMPLIANCE? WELL, NO, ACTUALLY, SO WE, WE HAVE TARGETS. 
          WE, WE KNOW HOW MANY 3 1 1 CALLS ARE GENERALLY ON AVERAGE COMING IN. 
          AND WHAT WE DO IS WHAT, WHEN OUR CODE OFFICERS GO AND, AND WE SEE A CALL, IF WE WERE RESPONDING TO A 3 1 1 CALL, PART OF OUR, UH, PROACTIVE APPROACH IS NOT ONLY ADDRESS THAT, BUT THEY HAVE TO LOOK AROUND, UH, THAT STREET OR THAT AREA. 
          AND IF THERE'S OTHER ONES, THEY HAVE TO, UH, CREATE THEIR OWN CASE ON THAT. 
          SO I DON'T THINK WE, WE PULL BACK ON PROACTIVITY. 
          I THINK WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR VERY CONSCIOUSLY WAS WE WOULD RESPOND TO EITHER CALLS OR WE WOULD BE OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE WOULDN'T START CASES OR WE WOULD START WITH WHAT WE CALLED AN EDUCATION FORM. 
          WE DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF ANYTHING THAT FELT LIKE A CODE VIOLATION OR EVEN A NOTICE, UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC LAST YEAR ON MOST OF OUR CASES, UNLESS IT WAS A SUPER DANGEROUS SITUATION. 
          UH, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR. 
          WE'RE NO LONGER DOING THAT. 
          WE'RE BACK TO THE NORMAL RESPONDING TO 3 1 1 AND ASKING OUR TEAM MEMBERS, UH, TO LOOK FOR THAT PROACTIVITY, UH, THO THOSE PROACTIVELY ADDRESSED CASES AS WELL. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M, I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE U D C UPDATE PROCESS, SO I WILL, UH, QUEUE BACK IN AT THAT POINT. 
          MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW OUR BUDGET IS OUR MORAL DOCUMENT. 
          DOUG, CAN YOU COME ON UP? WE'VE, WHAT IS THE SIZE OF YOUR STAFF, DOUG? DOUG? WE HAVE A TOTAL OF NINE. 
          OH, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF NINE PEOPLE. 
          AND I, I REMEMBER, UM, SPEAKING WITH ELOISA PORTILLO MORALE, AND SHE, ELOISA USED TO WORK IN DOUG'S OFFICE, AND SHE WAS A FANTASTIC EMPLOYEE. 
          UM, AND SHE ENDED UP LEAVING THE ORGANIZATION. 
          UM, AND BEFORE SHE LEFT THE ORGANIZATION, I REMEMBER I WOULD TALK WITH HER AND SHE WAS DOING THE WORK OF AT LEAST TWO STAFF MEMBERS. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN YOUR, IN YOUR DEPARTMENT WERE LIKELY DOING THE WORK OF TWO STAFF MEMBERS. 
          AND, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOMEBODY ASK, HEY, WHY CAN'T YOU DO THESE PRESENTATIONS? WHY CAN'T YOU DO THEM ALL IN IN IN HOUSE? DOUG, COULD YOU ASK YOUR EMPLOYEES TO DO THE WORK OF THREE STAFF MEMBERS? UM, NO. 
          UH, I, I THINK, I THINK WHAT I WOULD SAY, COUNCILMAN, IS THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT WE, THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. 
          IT'S MORE OF CAPACITY AS HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GET ALL OF THOSE THINGS DONE, RIGHT? AND SO I LOOK AT YOUR BUDGET AND IT'S $2.8 MILLION, AND OUR CITY BUDGET'S $3.1 BILLION. 
          SO YOUR BUDGET IS LESS THAN ONE 10TH OF 1% OF WHAT, UH, OF THE CITY'S BUDGET. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS NOT JUST CLIMATE, YOU'RE DOING SUSTAINABILITY. 
          SO CLIMATE, CLIMATE IS JUST ONE PART OF THAT. 
          AND IT'S CRAZY BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL, WILL TELL ME, OH MY GOD, YOU KNOW, THIS CLIMATE WORK, IT'S GONNA COST US BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          IT'S GONNA DRIVE US INTO THE POOR HOUSE. 
          AND IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE WE PASSED THE, THE NON-BINDING RESOLUTION TO MEET THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT GOALS HERE. 
          AND WE'RE SPENDING LESS THAN ONE 10TH TO 1% OF OUR BUDGET ON OUR OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY. 
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I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US INCREASE THAT BUDGET AND GET YOU SOME MORE STAFF FOR MORE IMPLEMENTATION. 
          UM, AND, AND SOME OF THAT IMPLEMENTATION IS GONNA SAVE US MONEY AS WELL. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND HOW THOSE ARE GONNA CUT COSTS TOO. 
          SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW WE CAN ALSO CUT COSTS IN SOME OF THE THINGS WHERE WE'RE SAVING ENERGY AND MAKING OUR, OUR COMMUNITY MORE, UM, MORE RESILIENT. 
          UM, I WANT TO JUMP TO, CAN WE GO TO SOLID WASTE FOR A SECOND? DAVID, YOU, YOU HAVE A TOUGH JOB WITH RECYCLING. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I'M ALWAYS SHOCKED AT WHAT PEOPLE WILL PUT IN A RECYCLING BIN. 
          AND, AND IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST EDUCATION, BUT IT'S ALSO A MOVING TARGET BECAUSE OVER TIME, THE RECYCLING INDUSTRY CHANGES, RIGHT? AND SO WHAT YOU CAN RECYCLE AND WHAT YOU CAN'T RECYCLE OR WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO HERE IS, IS CHALLENGING. 
          AND SO, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO OFFER ANY SUPPORT POSSIBLE. 
          I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE ENGAGING IN, IN, UM, A NEW EFFORT TO, TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON WHAT COULD BE RECYCLED. 
          I WANT TO, UH, SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY, AND THAT, AND THAT, WHAT I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW IS IF WE OFFER, YOU SAID 17% OF OF OUR CURRENT RECYCLING STREAM IS CONTAMINATED, RIGHT? OR IT'S, IT'S NOT RECYCLABLES. 
          CORRECT. 
          IF WE COULD CLEAN THAT UP, IF WE COULD GET THAT NUMBER LOWER, COULD WE ACTUALLY EARN MORE REVENUE FOR OUR RECYCLING? WOULD IT BE WORTH MORE? UH, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. 
          UH, WE DO RUN THE RISK IF THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CONTAMINATION OF THE VENDOR NOT BEING ABLE TO SELL THE MATERIAL. 
          THAT'S THE REAL RISK. 
          UH, BUT ALSO THERE'S A PROCESSING COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 
          SO I GUESS IN A SENSE, WE ARE PAYING TO PROCESS WASTE MATERIAL THAT IS NOT A RECYCLABLE PRODUCT. 
          SO IT, IT WOULD SAVE MONEY IF WE CAN REDUCE IT SOME. 
          BUT, UH, I WOULD SAY THAT THE INDUSTRY STANDARD IS 15% AND WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT AT 17. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, I'D LIKE TO SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN SO WE CAN BEAT THE STANDARD. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, ON A C S SHANNON, I'M GLAD THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN VI VIA GRAND BROUGHT UP, UM, MENTAL HEALTH, SER MENTAL HEALTH AND, UH, THERE WAS A UNIQUE SITUATION WITH 72 PETS. 
          UH, BUT I, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT MENTAL HEALTH CAN PLAY A ROLE, NOT JUST IN PEOPLE WITH 72 PETS. 
          MAYBE THEY JUST HAVE ONE OR TWO PETS, BUT THEY'RE NOT THE MOST RESPONSIBLE PET OWNER BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING STRUGGLES WITH THEIR OWN LIVES. 
          DO YOU ENCOUNTER THAT? ABSOLUTELY. 
          COUNCILMAN? UH, PRETTY MUCH ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          UH, WE, WE, WE, WE DEAL WITH, UH, UH, A SECTOR OF THE POPULATION THAT KIND OF FULFILLS THEMSELF EITHER THROUGH PETS, UH, OR MAYBE IT'S FILLING A VOID WITHIN THEM. 
          UH, SOMETIMES IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S YOU, YOU LOOK AT A PLACE AND YOU SAY, HOW CAN YOU LIVE LIKE THIS? AND IT'S, IT, IT BECOMES A NORM TO THEM. 
          UH, IT'S FULFILLING THEIR, THAT, THAT HOLD THAT THEY HAVE. 
          UH, WE DO SEE A LOT OF, OF, YOU KNOW, MENTAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH, PARTICULARLY THE EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF PETS, UH, IS WHERE WE SEE, YOU KNOW, THE VAST MAJORITY. 
          AND DO YOU HAVE, UH, I GUESS, REPEAT CUSTOMERS IN THAT YOU PICK UP THE SAME ANIMAL OVER AND OVER AGAIN, SOMETIMES FROM SOME PER PERSON WHO MIGHT HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE AND THEIR, THEIR PET GETS OUT, OR THAT THEY MAYBE YOU AND YOU ASK THEM TO, UH, TO SPAY OR NEUTER THAT PET AND THEY DON'T DO IT. 
          AND SO THEY CONTINUE TO, AND ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, WE SEE, AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WILL REPEAT ITSELF MULTIPLE TIMES TODAY. 
          YEAH. 
          AT A C S. 
          SO, SO DO YOU THINK THAT IF OUR CITY WERE TO INVEST MORE IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY REDUCE THE CASELOAD THAT YOU HAVE AT A C S I? I THINK THAT IT WOULD HELP TO ADDRESS OUR MOST SEVERE CASES. 
          UH, WE, WE DO HAVE SOME OF THE, THE 70 PLUS, AND, YOU KNOW, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE AN ENORMOUS NUMBER, UH, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE FOUR OR FIVE TIMES IN A TYPICAL YEAR, UH, 60, 70, UH, AS MANY AS A HUNDRED PLUS MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UH, SO I THINK THAT IT WOULD HELP IN THE, UH, IN A NUMBER OF THOSE LARGE SCALE CASES, UH, LESS SO IN, IN THE SMALLER CASES OF JUST REPEAT OFFENDERS. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I HAD ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FOR, UM, FOR DEVELOPMENT TO SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          IT'S NOT NECESSARILY QUESTIONS FOR YOU MICHAEL, BUT, UM, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT IS CRAZY TO ME THAT WE, WE HAD SCRUTINY OVER $90,000 ON THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, AND I LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WE'VE GOT A BUDGET OF $58.1 MILLION 
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THERE. 
          AND, UH, AND, AND I'M NOT HERE TO SAY THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB. 
          UM, BUT I AM VERY INTERESTED, ERIC, IN SOME KIND OF AN OUTSIDE A STUDY PERFORMED BY AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE I DO HEAR FROM A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS THAT THERE ARE WAYS IN WHICH THEY THINK THAT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT COULD BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UM, I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THIS, UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME OUTSIDE EXPERT ADVICE ON COULD WE POSSIBLY, UM, ARE, ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO IN THE WAY THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS STRUCTURED? ARE THERE WAYS IN WHICH WE COULD, UM, SPEND THIS MONEY MORE EFFECTIVELY OR BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, STREAMLINE THINGS? I'D LIKE TO GET AN OUTSIDE STUDY. 
          I KNOW RECENTLY ERIC, WE HAD, UM, U T S A COME UP HERE AND GET A $7 MILLION CONTRACT OR CONTRACT FOR UP TO $7 MILLION TO, TO WORK WITH US ON, UH, STUDYING DIFFERENT ISSUES. 
          AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE STUDIED IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME BEST PRACTICES NATIONWIDE? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE WE'LL FIND OUT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE THE BEST IN THE CITY, IN THE NATION. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT I, THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE 'CAUSE AND I ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT FOR ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME, I THINK MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD CONSIDER DOING LIKE ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS OR SOMETHING TO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, UPDATES AND OUTSIDE REVIEW OF DEPARTMENTS AND BEST PRACTICES AND SEE WHERE, WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. 
          AND THAT'S ALL IT IS. 
          SO, AND LET ME GO BACK TO DOUG REAL QUICK. 
          SORRY, I, I ENDED A LITTLE BIT TOO QUICKLY THERE, DOUG. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU HAVE MORE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM, FROM THE CITY. 
          IF, IF WE COULD, UH, IF WE WERE TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE STAFF MEMBERS, WHAT WOULD THEY DO? ? WELL, I, I, AS, AS NO DIRECTOR WOULD SAY NO TO, TO STAFF. 
          I, I, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE ONE AREA, UM, THAT THAT IS OBVIOUS IS, UM, ON, IN, IN TERMS OF MUNICIPAL SUSTAINABILITY. 
          WE HAVE, WE HAVE ONE STAFF MEMBER WHO'S, UM, SUPPORTING 39 DEPARTMENTS, UH, AND, AND TRYING TO WORK WITH ALL OF THEM TO, TO CREATE THEIR OWN, UM, UH, UH, CONSISTENCY PLANS AND, AND CLIMATE PLANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE, THE CLIMATE PLAN IS, IS IS VERY RESOURCE INTENSIVE. 
          SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF SUPPORT THERE WOULD EXPEDITE OUR ABILITY TO, TO GET DEPARTMENTS BETTER ALIGNED WITH THE CLIMATE PLAN. 
          AND I THINK THE SECOND AREA, UH, IS, IS AROUND ADAPTATION, RESILIENCE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK AROUND, UM, EXTREME HEATS. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING, UH, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO ASSIST WITH, UM, CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION, UH, AND WORKING WITH EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. 
          SO THOSE ARE JUST TWO AREAS WHERE WE ARE DOING THE WORK, BUT, UH, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, AGAIN, WOULD JUST HELP US ACCELERATE THAT WORK. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, I'D LIKE TO SUPPORT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, MIKE, COME ON UP. 
          GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          UH, YOUR, YOUR WHOLE DEPARTMENT IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, RIGHT? UH, NO, ACTUALLY THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF IT, WHICH IS, UM, UH, THE PLAN REVIEW, THE PERMITS, THE ZONING, THAT IS THE ENTERPRISE FUND, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS THE 15 MILLION IS GENERAL FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND ON SLIDE NUMBER THREE THERE, UH, WHAT IS THE, YOU HAVE, UH, 7.3 MILLION, UM, THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IN 22 IN ADDITION. 
          SO THAT IS ALL ENTERPRISE. 
          THAT IS ALL THE ENTERPRISE FUND, THE 7.3 MILLION. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY BROKEN DOWN. 
          SO REMEMBER LAST YEAR, UH, WE HAD A PLAN IN PLACE DUE TO, DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE THOUGHT THE ECONOMY WAS GOING TO SHRINK MM-HMM. 
          , UH, MEANING THE NUMBER OF PERMITS. 
          UM, SO 2 MILLION OF THAT IS REALLY UNFREEZING THOSE VACANT POSITIONS THAT WE THOUGHT LAST YEAR. 
          SO REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE WENT BACKWARDS. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO, SO 2 MILLION OF THAT'S COMING BACK UP. 
          UH, THE 19 NEW POSITIONS, UH, ARE IS ANOTHER MILLION AND A HALF. 
          UH, THE 4% PLUS 1%, UH, SALARY ADJUSTMENTS, THAT'S PART OF ALL, ALL BUDGETS IS ANOTHER MILLION. 
          UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY PURCHASING SOME VEHICLES THAT WE DIDN'T PURCHASE LAST YEAR WITH SOME POSITIONS FROM TWO YEARS AGO. 
          UH, ANOTHER 200,000, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF AUGMENTATION, UH, SOME CODE WRITERS, ABOUT 600,000, UH, TO HELP WITH OUR NEW SYSTEM, UH, GET THROUGH SOME ALREADY, UH, IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE HEARING FROM, UH, FROM OUR TEAMS. UH, SO THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE BIG BUCKETS ALONG WITH SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, JUST SINGLE LINE ITEMS I THINK THAT, THAT ALL OF US ARE EXPERIENCING. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, LOOKING AT SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, IT OUTLINES THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS YES. 
          THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT I, I'M CURIOUS WHEN YOU'VE SLIPPED BACK TO OR FLIP BACK TO, UM, PAGES 10 AND 11, I I REALLY DON'T 
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SEE THAT WE'RE IMPROVING ON OUR TARGETS, UM, WITH THE ADDITIONAL STAFF, I WOULD THINK THAT OUR TARGETS SHOULD BE REDUCED ON THE TIME IT TAKES TO REVIEW PLANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UH, WHY, WHY DIDN'T ANY OF OUR TARGETS CHANGE FOR 22? SO THE, THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THAT, THAT WE'RE REQUESTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THE HOUSE IS TO KEEP UP WITH THAT INCREASED DEMAND. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER ON ONE OF THOSE SLIDES I SHOWED YOU THAT THE, THE NUMBER OF PERMITS COMING, THE PERMIT REQUESTS COMING THROUGH OUR DOORS IS NOT STAGNANT. 
          UH, SO YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          IF, IF, IF WE, IF WE HAD THE SAME NUMBER OF PERMIT REQUESTS COMING THROUGH AND WE SAID GIMME MORE POSITIONS, AND THEN I WOULD REDUCE MY TARGETS. 
          UH, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST TO KEEP UP WITH THE INCREASED DEMAND. 
          AND ACTUALLY, SO WE MEET AT LEAST MONTHLY, BUT WE MEET MONTHLY WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. 
          WE GO OVER OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS, AND THESE ARE THE GOALS THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH, WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH, BUT ACTUALLY WE, WITH THE MORE PERMITS COMING THROUGH OUR DOORS, WE JUST NEED PE WE, WE NEED THOSE BODIES TO REVIEW PLANS AND DO THOSE INSPECTIONS TO HIT THOSE WELL-ESTABLISHED TARGETS, UH, THAT MAKE US ONE OF THE BEST DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN THE COUNTRY. 
          UH, TO, TO, TO COUNCILMAN BRAVO'S COMMENT, WE, WE DO ACTUALLY GET AUDITED SEVERAL TIMES. 
          WE, WE ARE ACCREDITED BY AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION. 
          WE HAVE THE HIGHEST INSURANCE SER SERVICES ORGANIZATION. 
          THEY AUDIT US ACTUALLY EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THOSE METRICS NOT ONLY STAY THE SAME, BUT WE JUST NEED TO KEEP UP WITH 'EM. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THOSE, THOSE POSITIONS. 
          I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , I, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME STRETCH GOALS, IF YOU WILL, UH, FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO IMPROVE ON THE TIMELINE. 
          AND IT ONLY GOES BACK TO 21 ON THE TARGETS. 
          SO I'M, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THAT SAYING, CAN WE DO BETTER THAN THAT THIS NEXT YEAR WITH THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING FOR? SO THAT'S, THAT'S, WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT ALSO. 
          SURE. 
          UM, ON THE, UH, NUMBER EIGHT, SLIDE EIGHT, UM, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS, AND I SEE I, I'M TOTALLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS ON THE INSPECTION, THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION, THE HEARINGS, AND THEN THE ABATEMENT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO, BUT IT, THAT WORKS FOR, UH, I WOULD SAY MOST OF THE TIME. 
          BUT A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S REPEAT OFFENDERS, YOU KNOW, THEY GET TICKETED AND TICKETED AND TICKETED AND YEAH, THEY CLEAN IT UP AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME OR MOW THE GRASS OR GET THE WEEDS KNOCKED DOWN, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          BUT THERE'S A LOT OF BAD ACTORS OUT THERE THAT JUST DON'T, DON'T TAKE CARE OF THEIR PLACE AND THEY'RE REPEAT OFFENDERS. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO MORE FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS? WELL, I THINK CERTAINLY REPEAT OFFENDERS ARE, IS PROBABLY THE MOST FRUSTRATING THING THAT WE HEAR IN TALKING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST FRUSTRATING THING FOR OUR, FOR OUR OFFICERS AS WELL. 
          UH, WE DO USE, UH, THINGS, UH, THAT SPEED UP THE PROCESS FOR REPEAT VIOLATORS. 
          SO WE'VE CHANGED THE CODE A FEW YEARS BACK, UH, MAYBE FIVE YEARS AGO NOW. 
          UH, SO THAT IF YOU'RE A REPEAT VIOLATOR, MEANING IF YOU GET THE SAME CODE VIOLATION WITHIN A TWO YEAR PERIOD, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GIVE YOU NOTICE. 
          WE CAN JUST GIVE YOU A TICKET. 
          UM, SO WE DO THAT, THE, THE FINES ACTUALLY, THE ONES THAT START AT $300 GO TO FIVE OR A THOUSAND DOLLARS. 
          SO WE USE THOSE TOOLS TO TRY TO GET THOSE REPEAT ACTORS, UH, REPEAT VIOLATORS IN, INTO, YOU KNOW, BETTER COMPLIANCE. 
          IT WORKS FOR SOME, BUT OTHERS, WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM TO BIGGER COURT, MAYBE DISTRICT COURT OR, OR THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. 
          WE'VE ACTUALLY EVEN HAD TO SHUT DOWN A COUPLE BUSINESSES. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN THOSE THAT REALLY, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU ACTUALLY USED? I I HOW MANY USE THOSE? SHUTTING DOWN A BUSINESS? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT TOO COMMON. 
          PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE TIMES IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT WE NEED TO, UH, IDENTIFY MORE CLEARLY AND MORE OFTEN OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE TICKETS NEED TO BE WRITTEN FOR THOSE REPEAT OFFENDERS. 
          SO HAVING SAID THAT, UH, WHAT'S YOUR BALANCE IN THE ENTERPRISE FUND TODAY? HOW MUCH DO YOU HAVE IN THE BANK? UH, OUR PROJECTED END OF YOUR BALANCE WILL BE 200,000. 
          UM, BUT, UH, YOU WOULD QUOTE ME ON THAT HERE, LET ME FIND IT FOR YOU. 
          NUMBER NINE, I'LL GET IT FOR YOU. 
          THE NET ENDING BALANCE, UH, AS OF THE END OF THIS YEAR WILL BE 6.7 MILLION, UH, AT THE END OF 20 22, 200 80,000. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHERE OKAY. 
          THAT, THAT'S A BIG DECREASE. 
          WHERE IS THAT MONEY PROJECTED TO GO? WELL, REMEMBER ALL OF THOSE UNFROZEN, REMEMBER WE, WE WERE, WE WERE PROJECTING TO FREEZE, UH, IT WAS 30 SOME ODD POSITIONS, UH, LAST YEAR. 
          UH, SO THAT BROUGHT OUR 
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EXPECTATION DOWN, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAD MORE PERMITS COME IN. 
          SO WE'RE ACTUALLY BRINGING THOSE BACK, THOSE EXPENSES BACK, UH, THE 19 ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AS WELL AS, UM, THE 600,000 I TALKED ABOUT FOR THE STAFF. 
          A ARE YOU HERE TO HELP ME? ? OKAY. 
          UM, PAYING OFF, UH, SOME OF THE DEBT SERVICES FOR LAND MANAGEMENT, UH, WE DO HAVE A RESERVE, A THREE MONTH RESERVE, WHICH IS 9 MILLION, AND SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE TO DO UPGRADES TO OUR BUILDING THAT'LL BE PLANNED OUT INCLUDING AN HVAC UPGRADE, UH, FOR OUR 20 YEAR OLD BUILDING NOW ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO, UM, YEAH, IF YOU COULD GET ME THAT BREAKOUT. 
          SURE. 
          I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE WHAT, WHAT THAT ENTERPRISE FUND IS, UH, GOING TOWARDS THIS, THIS NEXT YEAR SURE. 
          AND WHAT THE BALANCE IS GONNA BE AT THE END. 
          ALSO, I THINK YOU SAID IT WAS AROUND 200,000 AT THE PROJECTED FOR NET OUR PROPOSED F Y 22 WILL BE 280,000. 
          OKAY. 
          IN THAT NET ENDING BALANCE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MIKE. 
          UM, DAVID, I'M GONNA ASK YOU THE SAME QUESTION. 
          HOW MUCH IS, WHAT'S THE BALANCE OF YOUR ENTERPRISE FUND? WE, UH, SHOULD FINISH THE YEAR WITH 11.7 MILLION. 
          UH, NEXT YEAR WE'LL FINISH WITH 6.4. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S STILL SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS EVEN WITH, UH, AND I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT USING THAT FUND TO BUILD THIS FACILITY FOR THE NEW CONTRACT, IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S NOT, NO SIR. 
          NO SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT, WHAT ARE WE SPENDING THAT MUCH MONEY ON THIS NEXT YEAR? WELL, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OUR EXPENSES. 
          UH, THEY ARE, UH, OUR REVENUE IS PROJECTED TO BE AT 129 MILLION AND OUR EXPENSES WILL BE AT ABOUT 1 34 NEXT YEAR, SO. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND, AND THE INCREASE FROM, UH, THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR IS ATTRIBUTED MOSTLY TO THE PERSONNEL EXPENSES. 
          SO IT'S THE INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AS WELL AS THE ADDITION OF THOSE POSITIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SAME THING HERE. 
          IF YOU COULD GIVE ME THAT DETAIL FOR THE ENTERPRISE, YOUR OVERALL BALANCE AND CERTAINLY WHAT THE PROJECTION IS STILL $6 MILLION AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR IS STILL A PRETTY HEALTHY NUMBER THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE, AT LEAST I DO. 
          I LOOK AT THAT SAYING, ARE WE COLLECTING TOO MUCH? SHOULD WE REDUCE OUR FEES OR SOMETHING TO BALANCE THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT BIG BALANCE IN THE BANK ACCOUNT? AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          SO WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND GET ME THOSE DETAILS. 
          ALSO, UH, LET'S SEE. 
          YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL, I'M SORRY, DAVID, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL FEE AND I, I, I NEED TO SEE WHERE, WHAT THAT BALANCE IS GONNA BE AND WHAT THAT IS BEING USED FOR AGAIN. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT ENVIRONMENTAL FEE, UM, THE 22 PROJECTIONS ON THE WORKLOAD AND SLIDE NUMBER NINE, IF YOU COULD PUT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS ON THERE INSTEAD OF THESE PERCENTAGES. 
          AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING FOR THE F Y 22 PROJECTIONS YOU GOT. 
          OKAY. 
          IF YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE PROJECTIONS ARE FOR 22 I, UH, JUST REAL QUICK, I THINK THAT WITH, IN TERMS OF TONS COLLECTED, WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE CLOSE TO 700,000 AND, AND ALSO INCREASES TO CUSTOMER ACCOUNT AS WELL AS CUSTOMERS AT OUR DROP OFF SITES AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT I, WE'LL GET YOU THOSE, THAT INFORMATION. 
          YEAH, I'D MIGHT SEE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THIS IS GONNA BE EXTREMELY BRIEF. 
          I JUST FORGOT TO SAY THIS EARLIER, BUT THE, UM, SO THE CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, THE, UH, A C S IS NOW USING. 
          NOW YOU'RE GOOD. 
          UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE IT, UH, IMPLEMENTED NOT JUST IN UH, D S D BUT IN A NUMBER OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, US REALLY TAKE A PROACTIVE PREVENTATIVE, UH, STANCE ON A NUMBER OF THINGS. 
          AND SO JUST WANTED TO ECHO COUNCILMAN CASTILLO, UH, COUNCILMAN ROJA GARCIA AND SOMEONE ELSE SAID IT TOO, BUT BUILDING CONSENSUS HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO, UH, ADD, UM, TO ONE OF COUNCILMAN PERRY'S POINTS ABOUT REPEATED OFFENDERS. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO LOOK TOWARDS LAND SPECULATORS. 
          I KNOW WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE WE'RE RECEIVING A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT VACANT PROPERTIES WITH OVERGROWN LOTS. 
          AND WHEN WE LOOK UP ON B C AD, IT'S A L L C HIDDEN WITHIN L L C, WITHIN L L C. 
          SO WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE LAND SPECULATORS AND HOW DO WE HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO ENSURE THAT ONE, YOU KNOW, WE MINIMIZE THAT NUISANCE THAT COMMUNITY'S CALLING ABOUT. 
          AND TWO, TO ENSURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SAFE. 
          UM, BECAUSE WHAT THE CAUSE THAT WE'RE RECEIVING, THEY'RE PRIMARILY AROUND SCHOOLS. 
          SO OUR NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED THAT IT'S 
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DANGEROUS, THE GRASS IS TOO HIGH, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF BRUSH AND THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE KIDS WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOL. 
          SO IF WE COULD LOOK AT HOLDING ABSENTEE LANDLORDS ACCOUNTABLE TOO, UM, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TACKLE. 
          UM, BUT I ALSO WANNA ADD AND FOCUS AND SHIFT TO DEMOLITIONS, UM, WHETHER IT'S 1001, 101 OR ONE DEMOLITION OF AN OWNER OR AN OCCUPIED STRUCTURE THAT IS ONE TOO MANY. 
          SO DOES THE B S B HAVE THE OPTION TO REPAIR A HOME INSTEAD OF ORDERING A DEMOLITION? I'M SORRY, COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT ONE? DOES THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS BOARD HAVE THE OPTION TO REPAIR A HOME INSTEAD OF ORDERING A DEMOLITION AB? ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO WHEN WE BRING A CASE TO, UM, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, WE PRESENT THE FACTS OF THE CASE, UH, THE CODE HISTORY, UH, AND, UH, IF THERE IS, UH, IF THERE IS AN OWNER, ANY PROPOSED PLANS AND THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF DISMISSING THE CASE COMPLETELY, UH, THEY CAN ACTUALLY, UH, DEEM IT A, A PUBLIC NUISANCE OR A HAZARD AND ORDER REPAIR, NOT DEMOLITION, UH, OR THEY CAN ORDER DEMOLITION. 
          AND HOW OFTEN DOES THE B S B ORDER A REPAIR VERSUS A DEMOLITION? I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS WITH ME. 
          UM, UH, INTUITIVELY I KNOW IT'S MAYBE ABOUT 50%, BUT I CAN GET THOSE FOR YOU AFTER THE MEETING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I'D JUST LIKE TO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES, RIGHT, THAT THE BUILDING AND STANDARD BOARD HAS THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY TO DEMOLISH ONE'S HOME, AN OCCUPIED STRUCTURE WHERE YOU LIVE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, ISSUE A DEMOLITION WITHOUT COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. 
          SO WITHOUT OUR CONSENSUS, WITHOUT OUR VOTE OR CONTACTING, YOU KNOW, YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO VOTE TO DEMOLISH ONE'S HOME. 
          AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NOTE THAT THERE'S AN INCREASE IN OCCUPIED STRUCTURES THAT WE'RE SEEING DEMOLITIONS. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, MOVING BACK TO THE DEMOLITION DIVERSION PILOT PROGRAM, UM, THIS WOULD BE A FUND OUTSIDE OF THE MINOR OWNER RE UH, RE REHAB PROGRAM. 
          UM, BUT WOULD THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TEAM HAVE THE CAPACITY TO OVERSEE A DIVERSION PROGRAM? WELL, I, I THINK, I THINK IT WILL COUNCILWOMAN BECAUSE, UH, THE, THE CONCEPT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS, UH, NOT ONLY INTERNALLY WITH MY TEAM, BUT CERTAINLY WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS THEY'RE CLEARLY GONNA HAVE TO WORK WITH SOME OF THOSE DISTRESSED PROPERTIES THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT WORKS ON. 
          RIGHT? SO, UH, PART OF WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE PLUGGED INTO IS ANY, ANY HOME THAT NEEDS SOME ASSISTANCE RIGHT. 
          TO, TO REPAIR IT, TO MINIMUM STANDARD, SAFE STANDARD. 
          SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW. 
          WE DON'T, WE HAVEN'T FIGURED IT ALL OUT YET BECAUSE IT'S A BRAND NEW PROGRAM OR BRAND NEW TEAM. 
          UH, BUT THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, IT HAS TO BE PLUGGED INTO THAT, UH, THOSE OWNER OCCUPIED STRUCTURES. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION, I SEE KAREN SPEAR HERE. 
          SHE SERVES AS OUR ANIMAL CARE, UH, CARE SERVICE ADVISORY MEMBER. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR DISTRICT FIVE AND ENSURING THAT OUR PETS ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT WE HAVE RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, AGAIN, SINCE WE JUST HEARD FROM MIKE SHANNON, I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY IF YOU THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO EXTEND THAT ORDINANCE, UH, FOR THE, THAT PILOT PROJECT ON NOISE, PLEASE LET YOUR STAFF, UH, LET HIS STAFF KNOW THAT SO THAT THEY MIGHT MAKE THAT CHANGE. 
          I REALLY WANTED TO, UH, TALK WITH DAVID NEWMAN AGAIN, THOUGH I HAD, I WANNA ENDORSE THE DISCUSSION THAT COUNCILWOMAN GRO HAD ABOUT CARTS. 
          UH, AND I THINK IT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM, AND I CAN RELATE THAT BECAUSE, UH, IN OUR DISTRICT, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CLEAN UP ONE OF THE DRAINAGE AREAS NEAR CHURCHILL HIGH SCHOOL. 
          YOU PROBABLY ARE FAMILIAR THAT WE'VE REQUESTED YOUR DEPARTMENT TO HELP WITH VEHICLES, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S HORRENDOUS, THE KIND OF OF TRASH AND DEBRIS THAT'S IN THIS PARTICULAR CREEKWAY. 
          AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO ACTUALLY GET IN THERE BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE CREEKS CAN BE VERY STEEP. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY GOOD ROADS TO CONNECT THEM. 
          AND I WANT TO, UH, ENCOURAGE YOU TO DEVELOP THE CAPABILITY OF HAVING A TEAM THAT CAN GO INTO THESE CREEK WASTES AND HELP REMOVE ALL OF THE DEBRIS, NOT JUST FROM FLOODING, BUT FROM A LOT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO ARE DRAGGING CARTS FULL OF MATERIAL AND LITERALLY BUILDING RAMSHACKLE, UH, FACILITIES TO TRY AND PROTECT THEMSELVES IN. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION THAT THEY'RE IN, BUT I, I DON'T THINK WHAT THEY UNDERSTAND IS WHAT IT DOES TO OUR WATERWAYS AND THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND SO I HOPE THAT, UH, YOU REALLY PUT MORE RESOURCES INTO HELPING US WITH THAT. 
          WE WILL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WAS SUSTAINABILITY WITH DOUG. 
          I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO, DOUG. 
          I THINK THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT'S DOING A GOOD JOB, AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT TO EDUCATE ALL OUR CITY EMPLOYEES ON A SUSTAINABILITY. 
          CAN YOU REMIND US WHEN WAS CAP 
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PASSED AND BEGUN IMPLEMENTATION? UH, THE CAP WAS PASSED BACK IN 2019, UH, OF OCTOBER. 
          UM, IMPLEMENTATION BEGAN RIGHT AWAY. 
          UM, COVID, UH, SLOWED SOME OF THE COMMUNITY FACING PROGRAMS, UM, DOWN A BIT. 
          UH, WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT, UM, WANTING TO EVALUATE ANY POLICIES, UH, WE DEFINITELY TOOK SOME OF THE, UH, THE, THE LEAD OF D S D AND SORT OF SLOWING SOME OF THOSE THINGS DOWN UNTIL WE CAN GET FACE-TO-FACE. 
          BUT I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INTERNAL WORK GOING ON IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE DEPARTMENTS ARE BECOMING MORE ALIGNED WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          WELL, WELL, THAT'S GOOD. 
          AND I APPRECIATE, UM, THE EFFORT THAT YOU'RE MAKING TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC. 
          AND I KNOW THIS BIPO GROUP IS, IS CENTERING TOWARDS MINORITY REPRESENTATION. 
          UM, BUT HOW IS THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY REMAINING TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS, AND HOW MUCH? SO, UM, THE CONTRACT, UH, THAT COUNCIL HAD APPROVED EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR TEXAS CREATIVE. 
          THE FIRST, THE FIRST PART OF THE, UM, UH, THE WORK THIS YEAR HAS BEEN STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE PROVIDED US WITH A LIST OF ALL THE BUSINESS ENTITIES THAT THEY'VE BEEN SITTING DOWN AND TALKING WITH. 
          AND IT'S PRETTY EXPANSIVE AND WE KEEP SUPPLEMENTING IT. 
          AND, UH, THE, THE, THE QUESTIONS ARE JUST WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE COME OUT WITH ANY SORT OF, UM, CAMPAIGN, WE REALLY WANNA UNDERSTAND WHERE EVERYONE'S AT, INCLUDING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          SO A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HAS BEEN INTERNAL WITHIN THE CITY. 
          UH, WHAT COSTS, IF ANY, HAVE BEEN PASSED ON TO BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY SO FAR? UM, AT THIS POINT, NONE. 
          UH, THERE'S NOTHING, UH, AND, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION THAT, UH, YOUR OFFICE AND, UH, THE CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLAN IS, IS PUTTING SOME KIND OF BURDENS ON BUSINESSES AND SO FAR IT'S NOT PUT ANY BURDEN ON ANY BUSINESS AS FAR AS WE KNOW, RIGHT? C CORRECT. 
          AND, AND THE GOAL IS NOT NECESSARILY TO JUST BURDEN BUSINESSES AS MUCH AS TO MAKE THEM MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AS PART OF OUR OVERALL PLAN. 
          UH, AND SO I HOPE THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO INVOLVE THE, UH, ALL, ALL ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY IN, UH, IN THE ENGAGEMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND A LOT OF, I KNOW A LOT OF THIS WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE U D C PROCESS, AND SO I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE BUSINESSES BEING ENGAGED, UH, TO PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS AS WELL AS THE INTEREST OF, OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT MAKING SURE ALL STAKEHOLDERS ARE AT THE TABLE. 
          SO, AND, AND COUNCILMAN JUST, UH, JUST ONE LAST THING. 
          YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE CLIMATE PLAN STATES VERY CLEARLY THAT ANYTHING THAT IS PRODUCED, WHETHER IT'S A POLICY OR PROGRAM, NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS WHERE WE UNDERSTAND WHO'S BEARING THE BURDEN AND, AND UNDERSTANDING THE COST BENEFIT. 
          SO WE WE'RE STILL COMMITTED TO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRA THANK YOU. 
          UH, MICHAEL, IF YOU COULD COME UP REAL QUICK, I JUST WANNA GIVE SOME DIRECTION. 
          UH, IF THERE ARE, UH, IF YOU CAN GET THE STATS IN TERMS OF, UM, DEMOLITIONS BY THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS BOARDS ON, UH, STRUCTURES. 
          THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS IDENTIFY IF THEY ARE ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNITS ON PROPERTIES, BECAUSE THAT IS AN ISSUE WE HAVE IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          UM, AND THEN THEY GET DILAPIDATED AND THEY NEED TO BE TAKEN DOWN. 
          SO IF WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION ALSO AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , MY, MY OTHER CONCERN IS, AND THIS IS WAY WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO DEAL WITH AS A COUNCIL, IS WE HAVE AREAS WITH ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNITS THAT ARE NOW FUNCTIONING AS DUPLEXES AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES FOR THEM. 
          SO AS CODE MOVES FORWARD AND IS LOOKING AT THESE PROPERTIES AND LOOKING AT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT WE MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT THE PARKING THAT'S AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT LEADS TO MY FRONT YARD PARKING. 
          SO IF WE CAN JUST DO THAT AND IF WE COULD GET A TIMELINE OF WHEN WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION I'D, I'D BE, I LOOK FORWARD TO LOOKING AT THAT ALSO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE IT THIS WEEK FOR YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT, DOUG, LET'S TALK SUSTAINABILITY, THE ONE, THE ON YOUR WORK PLAN. 
          UH, I LIKE THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE HERE. 
          I JUST THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, WE NEED TO LOOK AT ACCESSIBILITY FOR THOSE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES AND MOVE BEYOND JUST WHAT THE A D A REQUIRES AN ULTIMATE ACCESSIBILITY. 
          BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES WE AT THE CITY LOOK AT OLD, THIS ONE IS, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL, CITY HALL IS BEAUTIFUL. 
          UM, BUT WE LOOK AT REDOING IT AND THEN IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THE ACCESSIBILITY OR THAT THAT COST AND MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE ISN'T REALLY, UM, WORTH IT. 
          SO IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE, WHAT WE KEEP IN MIND THOSE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, AND WE MAKE THAT COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY, PART OF THAT CONVERSATION 
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WHEN WE TALK SUSTAINABILITY, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, IF I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, IF I CAN JUST ADD, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT POINT. 
          A AND, UM, THE CONTRACTOR TEXAS CREATIVE, UM, IF YOU REMEMBER, UH, WE HAD SET ASIDE SOME FUNDING FOR GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS TO GET INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND ONE OF THEM, UH, GRANTS WENT TO DISABILITY SA JUST TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THAT SECTOR. 
          'CAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THE 90,000 THAT, UM, WE ARE DOING FOR COSA EMPLOYEES. 
          ERIC, I WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS, WE NEED TO LEAD IT BY EXAMPLE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED CERTAIN MATRIX AS METRICS AS PART OF THAT, UM, TRAINING BECAUSE I, I WAS A CITY EMPLOYEE, SO I KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU TRIED TO GET US NOT TO USE THE COPIER AND WE STILL USED IT. 
          SO MY THING IS, I REALLY WANNA SET DEFINITIVE GOALS ON WHAT WOULD WORK FOR SOME DEPARTMENTS AND GOALS THAT WORK WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT. 
          I WORKED FOR PD ASKING ME NOT TO MAKE COPIES. 
          THAT JUST WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          BUT IT, WHEN I TRANSITIONED OVER TO VISIT SAN ANTONIO, THAT WAS A LOT EASIER TO GO DIGITAL AND NOT USE THE COPY MACHINE. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THAT AND SET GOALS SPECIFIC TO THE DEPARTMENT. 
          YES. 
          AND, AND I I WOULD JUST MENTION FOR THE, THE, THE, THE EMPLOYEE TRAINING, WE DO HAVE, UM, MEASURES AROUND, UM, UH, PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYEES COMPLETING AS WELL AS HOW THEY'RE DOING ON THEIR TESTS. 
          SO WE CAN DEFINITELY TRACK, AND I THINK YOUR POINTS ABOUT, UM, WE NEED TO WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS ON SPECIFIC GOALS BECAUSE A, A CITYWIDE GOAL DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THE SAME THING FOR EACH DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THAT'S ONE OF THE GOALS ABOUT WORKING WITH EACH DEPARTMENT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BIG PLAN AND FIGURE OUT, HERE'S WHERE YOU FIT AND HERE'S WHERE WE NEED YOU TO, TO LEAN IN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS, COUNCILMAN. 
          I, I, I JUST WANT TO ADD, I, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU, BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT OURSELVES. 
          AS AN EMPLOYER, AS A LARGE ORGANIZATION, IT IS DIFFICULT. 
          UM, AND, AND I REMEMBER THE SAME THOUGHT I HAD WHEN WE STARTED PUSHING THOSE GOALS INTERNALLY. 
          IT TAKES TIME. 
          BUT I THINK DOUG AND THE OFFICE HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF INGRAINING THOSE CONCEPTS THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION. 
          IT TAKES TIME TO TURN THAT AIRCRAFT CARRIER SOMETIMES BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S INITIAL REACTION, AND IT'S PROBABLY HAPPENING OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION, IS THAT I CAN'T DO THAT. 
          I NEED THIS. 
          UM, I CAN'T DO THAT. 
          AND, UM, THE REALISTICALLY WE ALL HAVE TO ADJUST. 
          AND, UM, BUT I'M CERTAINLY, UM, IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT THAT WE NEED TO LEAD FROM THE FRONT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, SO I WANTED TO FOLLOW A BACKUP WITH, UH, D S D ALTHOUGH I SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID ABOUT EXPANDING SUSTAINABILITY AND, UH, AND WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS. 
          UH, F Y I, WE'RE WORKING, OUR STAFF IS WORKING ON A, AN UPDATE TO THE GREEN PURCHASING POLICY FOR THE CITY. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT AT OUR COMMITTEE SOON. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UM, MIKE, IF I COULD GO BACK TO, UH, MY QUESTION REGARDING THE DELAY IN SLAS AND ENFORCEMENT IN MY DISTRICT. 
          WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET SOME KIND OF REPORT THAT COMPARES HOW DELAYED, UH, MY DISTRICT IS ENFORCEMENT IN MY DISTRICT IS VERSUS OTHERS? AND DID YOU CATCH THAT? BECAUSE I FROZE ON MY SCREEN, SO I'M NOT SURE. 
          NO, I, I THINK I, I GOT IT COUNCILWOMAN AND YES, I CAN, I CAN GET TO YOU AND, AND ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS KIND OF YOUR, YOUR CURRENT STATS COMPARED TO MAYBE OUR NORMAL PRE COVID MEASURES, UH, AND PERFORMANCE METRICS NOW. 
          AND OF COURSE WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THAT SO I CAN GET YOU THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND REGARDING, UH, I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THE SPANISH, UH, LANGUAGE D S D CLASS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO, UH, PROVIDE. 
          WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO AIR THAT ON S A T V? UH, OR MAYBE YOU ALREADY HAVE PLANS TO DO THAT? I, I THINK IT IS. 
          UM, I, I, I THINK THE IDEA IS THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL BE, UM, WE'LL BE RECORDING THAT. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE LIVE, BUT MAYBE RECORDED ONE AFTERWARDS. 
          SURE. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, SO I'LL WORK WITH MY TEAM, BUT THE IDEA IS TO GET THESE OUT BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, SOME OF THE BASICS OF WHAT WE DO AND HOW D S D SERVES THE COMMUNITY AND HOW PEOPLE CAN GET INVOLVED, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, REHABBING THEIR OWN STRUCTURE, CODE ENFORCEMENT, ZONING, ET CETERA. 
          SO, UH, S A T V L I'LL WORK ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THIS QUESTION, OR THIS COMMENT HAS COME UP, UH, DURING SOME OF OUR OTHER BUDGET BRIEFINGS. 
          IT HAS TO DO WITH THE SPANISH LANGUAGE PAY PREMIUM PREMIUM. 
          AND I, I HOPE WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING A LUCRATIVE ONE IN A C S CODE COMPLIANCE. 
          AND D SS D ARE YOU ASKING, ASKING, ARE YOU ASKING WHAT WE, ARE YOU ASKING WHAT WE PAY ? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THE, WE, WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE THE CITY 
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INCENTIVE OF THE $50 A MONTH, UH, 70, I THINK IT'S 79 PO OF OUR POSITIONS GET IT RIGHT NOW, UM, IN, IN OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'D, I'D RECOMMEND RECONSIDERING THE, THE AMOUNT. 
          UM, AND LET ME MOVE ON TO THE U D C UPDATE. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME AGAIN, IS THERE A BUDGET OR AN OUTREACH PLAN FOR THOSE UPDATES? YES, AND I'M JUST GONNA, UH, JUST GO BACK ONE QUESTION. 
          IT'S 79 IN THE D S D FUND AND 38, I THINK HE SAID 38 IN CODE. 
          SO LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED GET THE LANGUAGE PAY. 
          UH, SO YOUR QUESTION IS, UH, OUTREACH DURING THE U D C PROCESS. 
          SO, UH, WE, WE WILL ENGAGE A NUMBER OF, UH, METHODS REALLY USING THE ESSAY SPEAK UP KIND OF PROTOCOLS, UH, EVERYTHING AS, UH, UH, SIMPLE AS WE HAVE A DEDICATED U D C UPDATE WEBSITE, WHICH WILL BE INCLUDING EVERY SINGLE CODE PROPOSAL THAT GETS UP THERE WITH THE RATIONALE. 
          ALL OF OUR MEETINGS. 
          UH, WE WILL ALSO BE UTILIZING OUR CONSTANT CONTACT, UH, EMAIL LIST, WHICH WE HAVE, UH, I THINK OVER 10,000, UH, INDIVIDUAL, UH, EMAILS, BUT ALSO 400 ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE KNOW CARE ABOUT SOME FORM OF U D C CODE UPDATE, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE AN EXPERT IN IT OR THEY JUST CARE ABOUT IT. 
          SO WE'LL BE COMMUNICATING THOSE OUT. 
          AND THEN WE WILL BE DOING, UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS THROUGHOUT, UH, THE PROCESS STARTING IN OCTOBER. 
          NOT ONLY OUR D S D ACADEMIES, UH, BUT UH, BUT THROUGHOUT, UM, REALLY THE PROCESS THAT WHOLE YEAR. 
          SO, UH, A LOT OF THOSE WE'LL BE USING SURVEYS, ET CETERA. 
          SO IF, UH, CAN WE GET, IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS THAT WE WANT TO ADD ONTO IT, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. 
          'CAUSE WE NEED TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE AN IDEA FOR YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU COULD SEND US THAT, THAT PLAN, THAT WOULD BE, UH, GREAT. 
          SO WE COULD BE UP TO SPEED ON WHEN YOU'RE HAVING THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 
          UM, I UNDERSTAND YOU ALSO CONVENE A GROUP CALLED DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TASK FORCE, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT SERVES A LITTLE BIT LIKE A, LIKE A FOCUS GROUP OF, OF DEVELOPERS TO GIVE YOU INPUT DURING, UH, ON SOME OF THE THINGS HAPPENING IN D S D I. 
          I WOULD RECOMMEND HAVING SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS SO THAT YOU CAN ALSO GET THEIR FEEDBACK, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THEM TOO. 
          AND YOU MIGHT WANNA HEAR SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK, UH, BEFORE, BEFORE SOMETHING COMES TO, TO THE DAIS. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS, UM, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT HOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I THINK IT'S THE PC, T A C, THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY, UH, COMMITTEE THAT REPORTS TO THAT PLANNING COMMISSION THAT'S GOING TO DO A LOT OF THE WORK ON, UH, EVALUATING THE U D C AMENDMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED. 
          JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF, UH, THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROCESS AS VOLUNTEERS ARE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDED SOMETHING THAT MAKES IT, UH, EASIER ON THEM. 
          SO WHETHER THAT'S, UH, FREE PARKING, CHILDCARE, UH, MEALS, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE MIGHT HAPPEN DURING THE DAY OR IN THE EVENING, I WOULD BE, UH, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO A C S. 
          SHANNON, CAN I GET YOU TO COME UP AGAIN REAL QUICK? UH, I MISSED A POINT HERE IN MY NOTES. 
          YOU MENTIONED, UH, THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD AN OPENING SINCE FEBRUARY FOR A VETERINARIAN, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. 
          AND, AND THAT'S HOLDING YOU BACK ON BEING ABLE TO DO, TO PERFORM SPAY AND NEUTER SERVICES? SO OUR, OUR, IT'S FOR A STAFF VETERINARIAN, SO IT'S THE GENERAL, UH, TREATMENT OF ANIMALS AS THEY COME INTO US. 
          UH, FOR OUR, OUR SPAY NEUTER SERVICES, UH, WE HAVE ACTUAL CONTRACTED SURGEONS THAT WE, THAT WE DEAL WITH TO PROVIDE THE MOST OF THOSE. 
          UH, IT, IT'S A VERY SPECIALIZED KIND OF NICHE. 
          UH, SO THE, THE STAFF VETERINARIANS THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY PROVIDE, LIKE THE GENERAL, UH, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, MEDICAL EVALUATIONS, TREATMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE ANIMALS THAT COME INTO A C SS. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT THAT ONE WOULD FALL INTO. 
          SO, SORRY, , I HAD TO. 
          SO, UM, I'M JUST WONDERING IF, IF, UH, THE STRUGGLE IS THERE THAT WE'RE NOT BEING COMPETITIVE ENOUGH ECONOMICALLY, AND IF YOU NEED MORE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO OFFER A HIGHER SALARY, UH, GIVEN THAT THAT STAFF POSITION'S BEEN OPEN, YOU SAID THERE'S A SHORTAGE AND JUST SOUNDS LIKE A SUPPLY AND DEMAND THING, THAT LIKELY MAY BE IT COUNCILMAN, AND CERTAINLY IF, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I'VE GOT THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT FROM A MARKET STANDPOINT. 
          IN THAT CASE, WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE OTHER STAFF VETERINARIAN THAT WE'VE GOT, MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CREATE ANY SORT OF DISPARITIES. 
          BUT I MEAN, THAT HAPPENS IN A LOT OF OUR JOB CLASSES WHERE IF WE'VE GOTTA MAKE A CHANGE 'CAUSE THE MARKET'S HOT, THEN, THEN WE'VE GOT THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. 
          THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS, YOU SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, DAVID, I GOT ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU HERE 
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ON, UH, SLIDE NUMBER FIVE. 
          IT, UM, THE RECYCLING GOALS, AND IT'S KIND OF BEEN CREEPING UP OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, CURRENTLY AT 38, 20 25, THAT'S NOT VERY FAR THAT YOU GOT A 60% GOAL THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS SET FOR YOU. 
          ARE WE GONNA MAKE IT OR WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TO GET US THERE? IT WOULD TAKE SOME EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS TO GET THERE BY 2025. 
          UH, WE ARE PUSHING IT. 
          WE WANT TO, WE WANT FOLKS TO RECYCLE, BUT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THAT GOAL TO BE MORE ASPIRATIONAL, UH, AND, AND LONGER TERM THAN 2025. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YEAH, 'CAUSE JUST LOOKING AT THE HISTORY HERE, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE BY 2025. 
          UH, SO YEAH. 
          UM, IF WE NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT, LET'S DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, JUST REAL QUICK AGAIN, ON THE, UM, LET'S SEE. 
          I'M SORRY, DAVID, UH, SHANNON, ABOUT THIS CONTRACT FOR THIS IS A CONTRACT FOR ADDITIONAL VET SERVICES OR ONLY FOR SPAY AND NEUTERING? UH, NO, THE ONE, SO THE ONE THAT THE COUNCIL THAT COUNCILMAN BRAVO HAD SPOKE ABOUT, IT'S A FULL-TIME, IT'S AN F T E POSITION HERE FOR STAFF VETERINARIAN AT A C SS. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THE SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAM THAT'S OUT THERE? YEAH, THOSE ARE CONDUCTED THROUGH CONTRACTS, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ARE WE BEHIND OR ARE WE GONNA ADD TO THOSE CONTRACTS, THE REQUIREMENTS OR WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THE CONTRACT? SO RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE DELAYS ASSOCIATED WITH COVID FOR F Y 21, UH, WE HAD LEFTOVER MONEY WHERE WE WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, PARTNERS WEREN'T COMING TO THE TABLE AND GETTING THEM KNOCKED OUT AS FAST AS THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, SHUTDOWNS EARLIER IN THE YEAR. 
          WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE ACTUALLY PARTNERED WITH ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE NEVER WORKED WITH, UH, WELLNESS ON WHEELS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UH, THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS THAT WE DO GET TO KIND OF CATCH UP ON SOME OF THAT CAPACITY. 
          THE DOWNSIDE OF THAT IS IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE COSTLY THAN OUR TYPICAL CONTRACTS WOULD BE. 
          UH, AND THEY ARE NOT NEARLY AS FAST. 
          THEY DON'T PROVIDE THE TYPE OF CAPACITY THAT OUR TYPICAL HIGH VOLUME SPAYED OR SURGEONS COULD PROVIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE CONTRACTS THAT'S LISTED ON THIS SLIDE IS JUST FOR SPAY AND NEUTERING? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHAT, WHAT'S THE MAGNITUDE OF THOSE CONTRACTS? SO, UH, FOR INSTANCE, THE, THE $900,000 SPAY NEUTER SURGERY CONTRACT FOR ZIP CODE GRANTS THAT I SPOKE ABOUT MM-HMM. 
           DURING MY BRIEF, THAT COVERS ABOUT 12,000 SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES A YEAR ANNUALLY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SHOOTING FOR, FOR THESE CONTRACTS OR MORE? UH, WE ARE, WE'RE ABSOLUTELY TRYING TO GET AS MUCH CAPACITY AS WE CAN OUT OF IT BY BEING ABLE TO, UH, DIVERSIFY OUR PORTFOLIO, IF YOU WILL. 
          UH, IN, IN THE PAST WE'VE KIND OF PUT ALL OF OUR EGGS IN JUST A COUPLE OF BASKETS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT, UH, THEY WERE SOLID PARTNERSHIPS AND EVERYTHING, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO TRY TO DIVERSIFY THAT A LITTLE BIT SO WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE DIVERSITY IN THERE. 
          GOTCHA. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND, UH, SIR DOUG DIDN'T, UH, GET TO, I I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING. 
          UH, I'LL, I'LL TALK TO YOU OFFLINE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          MA MAYOR, JUST ONE THING THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE, THE 70% GOAL. 
          AND WE HAD, UH, BASED ON SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, AND, AND IT GOES BACK TO WHAT COUNCILMAN COURAGE WAS TALKING ABOUT A SECOND AGO. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT RECYCLING CONTRACT THAT ENDS IN THREE YEARS, BUT YOU HEAR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RFPS RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK DOWNSTREAM. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UM, LANDFILL CONTRACTS THAT END OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL BE WORKING THIS YEAR STRATEGICALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALLOW AS MANY OPTIONS FOR US POSSIBLE. 
          UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING OURSELVES AND THE, AND THE, AND THE CONSUMERS FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT. 
          UM, BUT MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO PUSHING THE EDGE IN TERMS OF SERVICES AND THE DIVERSION OF, OF, OF WASTE FROM THE LANDFILL TO OTHER ALTERNATIVES. 
          AND, AND WE DO THAT BY KIND OF THINKING THROUGH THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS. 
          THOSE CONTRACTS ARE GONNA BE HUGE AND I, I, I WANNA START PULLING LEVERS NOW. 
          UM, THOSE LEVERS AND MAKING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THOSE CONTRACT WILL, SHOULD GIVE US A BUMP. 
          BUT, BUT KEEPING SURE, KEEPING OUR EYE ON THAT GOAL IS IMPORTANT. 
          AND AS WE DO THAT CONVERSATION, HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE IT MAY REQUIRE US TO REVISIT THAT GOAL, BUT I DON'T WANNA DO IT WITHOUT, UM, OUR HANDS ON ALL THE OTHER LEVERS. 
          UM, AND, AND THOSE THINGS WE'RE GONNA NEED TO DEAL WITH CONTRACTUALLY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          UH, YEAH, AND I'M, I'M ALL FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE 
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NOT JUST BEING ASPIRATIONAL, BUT WE'RE ALSO ACHIEVING OUR MARKS. 
          UM, AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN DO SO AND BE THE BEST, UH, THAT'S THE MARK, UH, AT THE VERY LEAST WE SHOULD BE ASPIRING TO. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S EVERYONE WHO, UH, HAS, UH, GOT COMMENTS TODAY. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO THE TIME IS 1:21 PM ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2021, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON.
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