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          COUNCIL 
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MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          CHAIR SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          CHAIR. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK. 
          WE HAVE NO UPDATES TO PROVIDE ON COMMITTEE BUSINESS RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, BUSINESS. 
          IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. 
          UM, I'M TO REMIND YOU TO PLEASE SPEAK INTO YOUR MICROPHONES AS I FORGOT TO DO EARLIER, AND WE WILL EACH HAVE FIVE MINUTES OF FOUR QUESTIONS. 
          IF THERE IS ADDIT, IF TIME ALLOWS, WE WILL GO BACK FOR A SECOND ROUND. 
          AT THIS POINT, I'LL ASK FOR MOTION 
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TO APPROVE THE NOVEMBER 9TH, 2021. 
          COMMITTEE MINUTES. 
          I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. 
          THE MOTION PASSES. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS, THE CITY'S C OVID 19 RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS 
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UPDATES BY METRO HEALTH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, CLAUDE JACOB. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ONE IT ALL. 
          UM, SO I HAVE A QUICK UPDATE FOR THE COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS INVITATION TO PROVIDE THIS REGULAR UPDATE ABOUT OUR ONGOING EFFORTS ON THE GROUND. 
          UH, BEFORE I DIVE IN, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT ON THIS COVER SLIDE IS A PHOTO OF ONE OF THE, UH, C OVID 19 MURALS THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY. 
          THIS ONE IS FOUND IN PARTICULAR IN DISTRICT TWO AT THE FIRST SHOP, UH, FIRST STOP AND PAINTED BY ARTIST CALD RICK DOW. 
          UM, THIS ARTIST CHOSE TO HIGHLIGHT HIS 50 YEAR OLD FATHER RONALD OWENS, UH, WITH A DUET FOR ESSAY MASK. 
          UH, THE MURAL IS A REMINDER FOR PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE PROTECTED AGAINST C OVID 19. 
          SO, UH, THIS IS A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE IN THIS ONGOING GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 
          SO, TO DATE, YOU'VE HEARD ACROSS THE UNITED STATES ABOUT, UH, 50,000, UH, 50 MILLION REPORTED CASES. 
          SADLY, WE'VE LOST OVER 800,000, UH, HERE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. 
          UH, THE OVERALL POSITIVITY RATE IS AT ABOUT 7.5%. 
          UH, BY CONTRAST HERE IN TEXAS, WE'RE REPORTING ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF, UH, MILLION CASES, OVER 73,000 REPORTED FATALITIES AND ACCOUNTING FOR NEARLY 4% POSITIVITY. 
          SO, BY CONTRAST, COMPARED TO WHAT I SHARED WITH YOU TWO MONTHS AGO, OUR POSITIVITY RATE HAS REMAINED FAIRLY STEADY OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. 
          UH, WE WERE CLOSE TO 14%, 14 FOUR MONTHS AGO. 
          WE'RE JUST, UH, ABOUT 2%, UH, DURING MY REPORT TO THIS COMMITTEE LAST MONTH. 
          AND WE CONTINUE TO REMAIN, UH, STEADY EVEN THOUGH WE ANTICIPATE SOME WEEKLY UPS AND DOWNS THROUGH THE HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          AGAIN, A REMINDER THAT THIS VIRUS LOVES COMPANY. 
          SO JUST KNOW THAT GIVEN TRAVEL PATTERNS AND THE HOLIDAYS, THE COVID FATIGUE AND THE COVID MALAISE, JUST KNOW THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUT THERE IS EXPECTED. 
          UM, SO OUR PERCENT POSITIVITY IS CURRENTLY BETTER THAN THE POSITIVITY FOR, UH, THE STATE AND THE US OVERALL. 
          OUR SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE, UH, HAS ALSO THANKFULLY REMAINED FAIRLY STEADY AND ALL. 
          UM, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 250, UH, CASES ON AVERAGE EACH DAY. 
          FOR ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, WE WERE AT ABOUT 1200 CASES PER DAY FOUR MONTHS AGO. 
          UH, WE'RE AVERAGING, WE WERE AVERAGING ABOUT 650 DAILY CASES THREE MONTHS AGO. 
          UM, AND YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE NOW. 
          UH, OUR OVERALL RISK LEVEL, UH, AS OF THIS WEEK REMAINS AT MILD. 
          JUST KNOW WE DID, UH, GET THROUGH THE SUMMER SURGE WHEN WE GOT TO SEVERE, BUT JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS THE EBB AND FLOW OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING, NOT JUST HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. 
          SO IN TERMS OF PRESSURES ON OUR AREA HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, AGAIN, THE TOP LINE, THE WATERMARK BACK IN JANUARY OF THIS MONTH, OF THIS YEAR, UH, WE ARE AT ABOUT 15, UH, 1,520, UH, UH, COVID RELATED HOSPITALIZATIONS. 
          AND WE CAME CLOSE TO THAT DURING OUR SUMMER SURGE. 
          UH, BUT WE DID NOT SURPASS IT. 
          UH, WE ARE NOW IN A QUICK DOWNTURN, UM, UH, FROM THAT NUMBER SINCE THE LAST TIME I PRESENTED TO YOU AGAIN WEEKS AGO. 
          WE'VE SEEN A STEADY DECLINE IN OVERALL HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND RECENTLY WITH THE SLIDE UPTICK IN CASES IN TERMS OF OUR COMMUNITY SPREAD, UH, WE STILL SEE THAT, UH, EBB AND FLOW IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN AREA HOSPITALS. 
          UM, AS OF THIS WEEK, AGAIN, YOU SEE ON A QUICK SLIDE, UM, JUST KNOW THAT THE DARK BLUE LINE REPRESENTS, UH, THOSE, UH, WE CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED. 
          UM, THE LIGHT, UH, THE YELLOW LINE, UH, REPRESENTS THE INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, UM, AND THEN THOSE ON VENTILATORS. 
          SO, UH, JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE SHOWING ABOUT 190, UH, INDIVIDUALS. 
          THEN, UH, PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITAL IN THE I C U WE'RE SHOWING 65, UM, AND ON VENTILATORS, AND THIS IS DATA FROM, UH, THIS, THIS PAST FRIDAY. 
          BUT THE MORE UPDATED FIGURES ARE, WE'RE AT ABOUT 202 0 3 IN, IN HOSPITAL IN TERMS OF THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. 
          WE'RE SHOWING 78 AND ON VENTILATORS WE'RE SHOWING 40. 
          UH, JUST KNOW THAT STILL FOUR OUT OF FIVE INPATIENTS ARE UNVACCINATED. 
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AND THAT'S BEEN THE, THE MANTRA THAT THIS IS STILL A PANDEMIC AMONG THE UNVACCINATED. 
          UH, JUST A QUICK COMPARISON. 
          AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED A, AT LEAST AT THIS COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ADDRESS THE INEQUITIES ON THE GROUND. 
          SO AS I SHARED OVER TIME, WE LOOK AT A SNAPSHOT OF HOW WE APPLY TOOLS TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES ACROSS THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. 
          UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT CURRENTLY OUR POP-UP, UM, VACCINATION SITES AND PUT A SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE EQUITY INDEX MAP, UH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE CONTINUING TO TARGET VACCINATION SITES, UH, SUCH AS POP-UP, UH, VACCINE CLINICS IN THE CENTRAL AND FAR SOUTHERN AREAS OF THE CITY WHERE THE EQUITY SCORE HAS BEEN THE HIGHEST. 
          UH, WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE DATA THAT POINT DIRECTLY TO THE CORRELATION OF THE COVID PANDEMIC AND ITS EFFECTS ON DISPER EFFECTS OF THAT, ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR, UM, AND, AND HOW THEY MAY BE EXPERIENCING THIS ONGOING COVID STORM. 
          SO THIS, AGAIN, WE SHARE WITH YOU THIS WITH YOU EACH TIME WE PRESENT. 
          UM, WE TRY TO SHOW, UM, OUR VACCINATION RATES, UH, AGAIN, DIFFERENT GROUPS HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE OVER TIME. 
          AND SO THIS IS REALLY A QUICK SNAPSHOT, A QUICK HEAT MAP TO SHOW, UH, THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE IN BEXAR COUNTY AND THOSE WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED. 
          LET ME GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE JUST TO SHOW A COMPARISON. 
          UM, WE, UH, SHOW THESE HEAT MAPS ONLY TO SHOW THE PROGRESS OVER TIME. 
          THIS IS AN EIGHT MONTH SNAPSHOT, UH, GOING BACK TO APRIL. 
          AND THE GROUP THAT WAS ELIGIBLE, THOSE BEING 16 YEARS AND OLDER TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, EIGHT MONTHS LATER, THOSE AT LEAST THE AGE OF FIVE, UH, AND BEING FULLY VACCINATED. 
          SO THE HEAT MAPS SHOW THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE OVER TIME, ESPECIALLY GETTING TO THE POCKETS OF THE COUNTY THAT HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A HIGHER PROPORTION OF C OVID 19. 
          SO THIS IS A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF VACCINATION RATES TO DATE, AND JUST KNOW THAT, UH, WE ARE DOING, UM, BETTER THAN OUR, UH, ANALOGOUS CITIES ACROSS THE, UH, STATE. 
          UH, SO FOR COMPARISON, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR VACCINATION RATES, UH, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, SO WE'RE SHOWING, UM, THOSE FULLY VACCINATED, ABOUT 71%. 
          UM, WE'RE SHOWING THOSE THAT HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE, ABOUT 85.5% BY CONTRAST ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. 
          UH, THEY'RE AT ABOUT 57% FOR THOSE FULLY VACCINATED, AND ABOUT 72% OF DONORS OF THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE. 
          UM, AND IF YOU COMPARE US TO SAY DALLAS COUNTY, UH, THEY'RE SHOWING ABOUT 60% BEING FULLY VACCINATED. 
          TARRANT COUNTY SHOWING ABOUT 57%, AND HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY SHOWING ABOUT 63%. 
          AGAIN, WE'RE OUTPERFORMING, UM, UH, THE AVERAGE ACROSS THE STATE AND EVEN OUR, UH, UH, THE ANALOGOUS CITIES, THE LARGER CITIES HERE IN TEXAS. 
          SO IT'S BEEN ALL COVID ALL THE TIME IN TERMS OF MESSAGING. 
          AND IN THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAYS, WE'VE TRIED TO REMIND FOLKS WHO REMAIN EXTRA VIGILANT, UH, DURING THE HOLIDAYS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THIS ONGOING EXPERIENCE OVER THE LAST 20 OR 21 MONTHS. 
          UH, SO THESE ARE JUST A, THIS IS A QUICK SCREENSHOT TO SHOW YOU THAT WE HAVE PRINT ADS, UM, HALF AND FULL COLOR ADS IN THE SOUTH SIDE REPORTER ZA KION KION, UH, THE ESSAY OBSERVER, TOTAL CIRCULATION, ABOUT 330,000. 
          UH, WE HAVE ON ONGOING ACTIVITIES IN TERMS OF, UH, OUTREACH, UM, UH, WE HAVE OUTREACH ACTIVA ACTIVITIES WITH UNIVISION DRIVE THROUGH, UH, EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST, UH, FEW WEEKS AND MONTHS. 
          UH, IN TERMS OF MESSAGING AROUND HALLOWEEN IN TERMS OF MESSAGING, UH, FOR THE HOLIDAYS THROUGH THANKSGIVING AND THE WINTER HOLIDAYS, WE CONTINUE TO DISTRIBUTE FLYERS AND PROMOTIONAL ITEMS, UH, ABOUT, UM, ACCESSING THIS FREE, UH, VACCINE AND FREE TESTING ACROSS THE CITY. 
          UM, WE CONTINUE WITH OUR TV AND RADIO, UH, ADS, BOTH IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. 
          UH, SO IT'S BEEN A FULL BLITZ TO CONTINUE TO STAY ON MESSAGE TO REMIND RESIDENTS IN THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAYS WHILE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE FATIGUE. 
          BUT WE'RE TRYING TO REMIND FOLKS TO VAX UP, BOOST UP, AND WHEN IN DOUBT CONTINUE TO MASK UP. 
          UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, I KNOW THAT THIS BODY HAS BEEN INTERESTED TO HEAR IN TERMS OF OUR INCENTIVE PROGRAM. 
          WE DID RECEIVE APPROVAL FROM OUR, UH, FEDERAL FUNDER, UH, TO MAKE USE OF THESE, UH, GIFT CARDS. 
          SO THE H E B GIFT CARDS, WE'VE ROLLED THIS OUT SINCE THE END OF SEPTEMBER. 
          UM, THE FIVE MAIN ZIP CODES HAVE BEEN 7 8 2 0 7, 7 8 2 2 3, 7 8, 2 45, 7 8, 2, 2 8, AND 7 8, 2, 1 0. 
          SO THOSE WOULD'VE BEEN THE, THE TOP FIVE ZIP CODES. 
          TO DATE, WE'VE GIVEN OUT OVER 4,600 GIFT CARDS. 
          UH, JUST NOTE THAT OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AGAIN, IN THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAYS, ABOUT A THIRD OF THESE GIFT CARDS HAS BEEN GIVEN OUT TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF THE FIVE TO 11 YEAR OLDS. 
          UM, SO CLEARLY WITH THE HOLIDAYS, FOLKS AND PARENTS ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCENTIVIZE THIS, UH, 
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ACCESSING THESE GIFT CARDS. 
          WE DID NOTICE EARLY ON THAT THE 19 TO 29 YEAR OLDS, UH, THIS WAS A VERY POPULAR WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT FOLKS FULLY VACCINATED. 
          SO JUST KNOW THAT WE STAY ON MESSAGE. 
          UM, AND WE HAD ORDERED 10,000 GIFT CARDS, UH, AGAIN FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. 
          SO, UM, NOT QUITE HALFWAY THERE, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THIS OUT IN ORDER FOR FOLKS TO BE FULLY VACCINATED. 
          LAST COUPLE ITEMS THEN, UH, AND I'LL WRAP UP MY, UH, UPDATES. 
          SO TO DATE, IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL DOSES AND BOOSTERS, UM, WE'VE GIVEN OUT CLOSE TO 300,000 TO BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTS. 
          UH, CLEARLY THE C D C HAS ENDORSED, UM, UH, THE PFIZER BOOSTER FOR 16 AND 17 YEAR OLDS. 
          THIS WAS ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK. 
          UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO REMIND FOLKS TO VAX UP TO GET THEIR BOOSTERS. 
          AND IT'S RECOMMENDED FOR EVERYONE WHO'S ELIGIBLE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE OMICRON VARIANT, WHICH APPEARS TO BE, AGAIN, VERY HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE. 
          SO, REGARDING THIS NEW VARIANT, JUST KNOW THAT THIS REMINDS US THAT WE HAVE THIS ONGOING GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 
          UH, WE DO KNOW AS OF THIS WEEK THAT THIS, THIS, UH, THIS VARIANT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN AT LEAST 30 STATES, INCLUDING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
          WE DID SEND OUT A RELEASE YESTERDAY, UH, BASED ON WHAT WE RECEIVED AS TWO CONFIRMED CASES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          JUST KNOW THAT WHAT REMAINS THE DOMINANT VARIANT IS STILL THE DELTA, UH, VARIANT. 
          SO WE REMIND FOLKS THAT THE SAME PROTECTIVE MEASURES THAT HAVE WORKED WILL CONTINUE TO WORK. 
          UH, WE ARE ENCOURAGING FOLKS, REMINDING FOLKS OF GETTING VACCINATED. 
          SO, SO WE RECOGNIZE THIS AND WE, THAT'S, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE STAYING ON MESSAGE. 
          UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE, SINCE THE SUMMER, IS TO REMIND FOLKS TO TAKE ADDED PRECAUTIONS WHILE WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THIS GLOBAL EXPERIENCE. 
          SO THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS, WE STAY ON MESSAGE TO REMIND RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE SAFELY, BUT ALSO TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FREE SERVICE, THE FREE VACCINATIONS, THE FREE TESTING, UM, TO VAX UP, TO BOOST UP AND, UM, UH, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, UM, AND WIN INDOORS AGAIN, GIVEN, UH, TRAVEL PATTERNS AND FOLKS COMING FROM DIFFERENT PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE GLOBE, WE REMIND FOLKS TO WIN INDOORS, TO MASK UP, ESPECIALLY WITH INDIVIDUALS FROM OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSEHOLD. 
          SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR, OUR ELDERLY. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, REGARDING OMICRON IN PARTICULAR, JUST KNOW THAT, UH, WE CONTINUE TO REPORT OUT ABOUT THIS NEW VARIANT, THE B 1 1 5 29. 
          UM, AGAIN, YOU'VE HEARD SINCE THE END OF NOVEMBER, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, AND ACCORDING TO OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS AT THE THE C D C, THAT THIS IS MORE INFECTIOUS, MORE CONTAGIOUS. 
          UM, AGAIN, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL VARIANT, UH, ODDS ARE IF YOU CONTRACTED C O V I D, ONE OR TWO OTHER FOLKS IN YOUR ORBIT WOULD GET THAT. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE SAW WITH DELTA, ODDS ARE FOUR OR FIVE, UH, INDIVIDUALS WOULD GET IT. 
          AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SCIENCE TO SEE HOW MUCH MORE INFECTIOUS OMICRON IS. 
          WHAT WE'RE SEEING AT AS PRELIMINARY DATA IS THAT IT IS MORE INFECTIOUS AND WE CONTINUE TO STAY ON MESSAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS TAKE THE ADDED PRECAUTIONS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOLIDAYS. 
          I'M GONNA STOP THERE. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY, MY FORMAL PRESENTATION, AND I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. 
          AND I DO WANT TO THANK AGAIN, MY FANTASTIC TEAM AT METRO HEALTH, UH, DR. 
          ANITA KIAN AND HER TEAM, IN PARTICULAR, THE INCREDIBLE STAFF WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
          UH, WE'RE THROWING EVERYTHING AT THIS AND WE CONTINUE TO STAY ON MESSAGE TO GET US THROUGH THIS, UH, HOLIDAY SEASON, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THE NEW YEAR BRINGS. 
          THANK YOU, CLAUDE, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I, I THINK YOU FORGOT TO SAY ACCREDITED TODAY . 
          I, I, I STAND CORRECTED. 
          YES, WE AT METRO HEALTH BIDDING YOUR GREETINGS FROM THE NATIONALLY ACCREDITED METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE ARE, UH, ONE OF THE 10% OF HEALTH DEPARTMENTS NATIONWIDE THAT HAVE MET THESE NATIONAL STANDARDS. 
          WE EARNED THAT DESIGNATION TWO YEARS AGO, AND WE'RE IN A THREE YEAR WINDOW TOWARDS RE-ACCREDITATION, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL GET YOU A T-SHIRT AND AT LEAST A, UH, PAPERWEIGHT. 
          THAT'S, THAT LOOKS LAPEL WILL BE FINE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, UH, WE'LL GO AROUND, UH, FOR QUESTIONS IN JUST ONE SECOND, BUT I WONDERED IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UH, REMIND US WHAT TYPES OF BOOSTERS ARE BEST FOR WHICH POPULATION? ANY ADVICE YOU GIVE PEOPLE AS THEY SEEK THEIR BOOSTERS, LIKE MIXING AND MATCHING OR IF YOU'RE ELDER OR YOUNGER OR PREGNANT OR ILL, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          IN GENERAL, WHAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE C D C IS THAT ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF 16 NOW IS ELIGIBLE TO GET A BOOSTER SHOT. 
          SO ACROSS THE BOARD, WHAT YOU HEARD IS ANY ADULTS, UH, REGARDLESS OF STATUS OR CONDITION, IT USED TO BE THAT IF YOU WERE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, THERE WERE CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          NOW IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD THAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING FOLKS TO VAX UP TO BOOST UP. 
          AND SO IT'S, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD THAT WE'RE RE REMINDING FOLKS, WE DO MAKE THE VACCINES AVAILABLE. 
          WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IN TERMS OF PFIZER AND MODERNA, 
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IF YOU HAD BEEN VACCINATED AND IT'S BEEN ABOUT SIX MONTHS, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO GET THE BOOSTER SHOT. 
          UH, THAT'S FOR PFIZER MODERNA. 
          FOR THE J AND J, THEY'RE RECOMMENDING THAT AFTER TWO MONTHS, THEY RECOMMEND THAT YOU GET A BOOSTER. 
          SO IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD IN THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAYS, IT'S TIMELY TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS GET VACCINATED. 
          AND OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE'VE SEEN QUITE, UH, AN INTEREST IN TERMS OF THE PEDIATRIC POPULATION, SO THOSE FIVE TO 11 AND PARENTS WHO, WHO WERE A LITTLE HESITANT, BUT NOW THEY'RE REALIZING AND HEARING MORE AND MORE AND GAINING CONFIDENCE AND MAKING THE DECISION, WHICH IS A PERSONAL DECISION, BUT IT HAS COMMUNITY IMPACT, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE REMINDING FOLKS TO GET VACCINATED AND TO GET THEIR BOOSTER SHOTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, FOR ANYONE HERE WHO HASN'T GOTTEN THEIR BOOSTER SHOT, THIS IS A REMINDER TO GO AHEAD AND IF YOU HAVE TIME AT LUNCH, SOME OF US ARE GONNA GO, UH, WE'LL PROBABLY HEAD OVER TO THE DOME OR WHATEVER POPUP IS, IS NEARBY. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO. 
          UH, WE'LL START WITH, UH, DISTRICT FIVE AND GO IN RIVER SORT FOR QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I AM PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE OF VACCINATIONS WITHIN THE 7 8 2 0 7 ZIP CODE. 
          UH, AND I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER MARIO BRAVO FOR BRINGING, UH, FORWARD THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVIZING, UM, GETTING THE VACCINATION AND METRO HEALTH FOR IMPLEMENTING THAT. 
          BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I WAS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND I WAS ASKING, YOU KNOW, IF FOLKS HAVE GOTTEN THE VACCINATION A CONCERN WAS, I'VE HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT DAY YOU'RE SICK AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO BE SICK. 
          UM, SO I, I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GIFT CARDS ARE INCREASING, UH, THE VACCINE IN VACCINATION RATES RATHER WITHIN THE 7 8 2 0 7 ZIP CODE. 
          UM, BUT AS WE'VE SEEN A DECLINE IN COVID CASES, HAVE WE CLOSED DOWN ANY, UM, VACCINATION SITES OR, UH, TESTING SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY? SO, GREAT QUESTION. 
          WE, THE SCHEDULE AT THE ALAMO DOME IS STILL WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 12:00 PM TO 8:00 PM AGAIN, UM, AND WE ADMINISTER THE VACCINES THERE. 
          THE COMPLIMENT TO THAT, IT'S THE POP-UP CLINICS THAT WE DO NOT ONLY BY OURSELVES, BUT WITH THE AREA PROVIDERS. 
          EVERY FRIDAY WE SEND OUT THE SCHEDULE SO FOLKS CAN KNOW, UH, AGAIN, NO APPOINTMENT REQUIRED, SO WE STAY ON MESSAGE. 
          WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 18 DIFFERENT TESTING SITES FOR PROVIDE A FREE COVID TEST. 
          SO WE, WE STAY AT IT. 
          SO WE HAVE NOT DECREASED THE VOLUME, BUT LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, GIVEN THE APPROVALS BY THE C D C, GIVEN THE, THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT NOW, NOW ELIGIBLE FROM FIVE ON UP. 
          SO WE'VE STAYED ON MESSAGE AND WE PROVIDE THAT SERVICE ACROSS THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. 
          GREAT. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND AGAIN, GREAT WORK ON, UH, UH, THE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF VACCINATIONS THAT ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN V THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU CLAUDE, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK WHEN YOU SAID THIS IS A PERSONAL DECISION THAT MAKES A COMMUNITY IMPACT, THAT IS SO TRUE. 
          AND HOW MANY OPPORTUNITIES DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A PERSONAL DECISION THAT CAN HELP OUR COMMUNITY? SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS BECAUSE WHAT READY INTO IS THOSE C D C VACCINATION CARDS. 
          I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GOT THE FIRST SHOT, NOW THEY KNOW THERE'S A GIFT CARD, THEY WANNA GET THE SECOND SHOT, BUT THEY CAN'T FIND THEIR CARD. 
          DO WE HAVE A PROCESS TO KIND OF STREAMLINE AND GET, GET THAT FOR THEM? SO THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF CALLS ABOUT FOLKS WHO MAY HAVE LOST THEIR CARDS. 
          AND SO WE TYPICALLY JUST HAVE THEM, UH, CONTACT OUR AGENCY AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THEM A REPLACEMENT CARD. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, THIS INFORMATION IS MADE AVAILABLE AT, UH, C OVID 19, UM, AT SAN ANTONIO COVID 19 SAN ANTONIO.GOV. 
          SO IF YOU GO TO THAT SITE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE. 
          OTHERWISE YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO GIVE US A CALL AT THE METRO HEALTH. 
          GREAT. 
          AND I THINK I'M GONNA PUSH THAT OUT TO, ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE CAN HELP WITH THEIR CARDS. 
          UM, UH, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, THE VACCINATED THAT ARE GETTING THE, UH, THE 21% 'CAUSE 79 ARE UN UNVACCINATED. 
          ARE WE MONITORING THAT? IS IT, DO WE HAVE THE STATS? IS IT PRIMARILY THE ELDERLY, THOSE WITH UNDERLYING CONDITIONS WHERE IT'S GETTING THROUGH THE BREAKTHROUGH? OR IS THIS, UH, WITH THE, UH, OR IS IT JUST ANYBODY THAT'S GETTING THE C OVID 19 A AFTER A VACCINATION? YEAH, SO THE BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS, SO CLEARLY WE EACH WEEK BRINGS MORE DATA OR CONTEXT. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN MESSAGING THIS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS ABOUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS, WHICH IS WHY THE C D C HAS MADE THIS PUSH TO REMIND FOLKS THAT, UM, TO GET THEIR BOOSTER SHOTS IN ADDITION TO GETTING FULLY VACCINATED. 
          AND SO WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA, UH, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN GROUPS THAT ARE MORE VULNERABLE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ELDERLY, UM, 
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WHICH IS WHY WE'RE REALLY LEANING IN TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS MAKE THOSE DECISIONS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR LOVED ONES, ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOLIDAYS. 
          SO WE'LL REPORT OUT, BUT JUST KNOW THAT THE GROUPS WHERE WE WERE SEEING A SLOWER UPTICK, SAY THE 19 TO 29 YEAR OLDS THAT, NOT JUST ABOUT BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS, BUT JUST VACCINATION RATES IN GENERAL, WE'VE SEEN IMPROVEMENT AND WE'RE PLEASED BY THAT, BUT WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION AND OMICRON HAS BECOME YET ANOTHER VARIABLE NOW FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          SO WE'LL KNOW MORE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS OF WHAT THIS ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE ON THE GROUND. 
          AND, UH, THAT, THAT'S THE OTHER QUESTION. 
          I HAVE IT, IT SEEMS EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN ANSWER TO THIS C OVID 19 VIRUS, IT, IT MAKES A LITTLE CHANGE. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE GOING ON CHRISTMAS BREAK. 
          WILL, WILL WE BE, WILL, WE, WILL, WILL, WILL STILL GET UPDATES FROM YOU? UH, IF, IF WE SEE SOMETHING THAT'S ALARMING WITHIN, AND I KNOW IT'S ONLY TWO WEEKS, BUT STILL, RIGHT. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR AND THE JUDGE AND THE CITY MANAGER HAVE MADE IT A POINT TO OVER COMMUNICATE WHERE WE ARE EACH DAY. 
          WE SEND OUT AN UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL. 
          WE DO PROVIDE REGULAR UPDATES ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          AND THIS IS A FORUM AS A COMMITTEE THAT I PROVIDE A MONTHLY COVID UPDATE. 
          SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAY ON MESSAGE, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN REAL TIME AS THE SITUATION EVOLVES, BUT JUST KNOW IT'S COMPLICATED. 
          A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL SEE A BLIP FROM ONE PART OF THE COUNTRY OR SOMEWHERE ELSE AROUND THE GLOBE, AND WE HAVE TO ALLOW IT ENOUGH TIME TO AT LEAST SEE WHAT THE LANDS, WHAT THE PICTURE'S LIKE HERE IN TEXAS OR IN BEXAR COUNTY AND CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND THAT REMINDS ME FOR ALL THOSE WATCHING, IS REMEMBER TO LOOK AT YOUR LOCAL NEWS AND CHECK YOUR OUR LOCAL C OVID 19 PAGE BECAUSE WE HEAR THE HEADLINES COMING OUT OF THE, THE A B C NEWS OR C B S NEWS, BUT THAT NOT, MAY NOT BE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CLAUDE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. 
          COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS. 
          SO SCHOOLS ARE CURRENTLY INUNDATED WITH A, A HOST OF CHALLENGES, UM, INCLUDING KEEPING KIDS SAFE FROM C OVID 19. 
          AND I'M WONDERING, I MEAN, WE SEE WHAT THE RATES ARE FOR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN, BUT ARE THERE ANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE STANDING OUT AS FAR AS MAYBE THEY'RE NOT VACCINATED OR THEY ARE, WHICH SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE HIGHER VACCINATION RATES, OR GOOD QUESTION. 
          UH, SO EVERY FRIDAY WE ISSUE THE REPORT IN TERMS OF THE ACTIVITY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          UM, SO I CAN GO BACK AND TELL YOU IN PARTICULAR, BUT JUST KNOW IN GENERAL, WE'VE SEEN STEADY PROGRESS OVER TIME. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS A CHALLENGE WITH COMPLIANCE WITH THE, THE MASKS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DEMOGRAPHICS, FIVE TO 11 BEING ELIGIBLE. 
          SO WE'VE SEEN IMPROVEMENT IN GETTING THOSE, UH, THAT GROUP, THAT DEMOGRAPHIC, UH, VACCINATED. 
          SO WE'LL RECIRCULATE THE REPORT, JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S A LAG TIME. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, DURING THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS, WE DIDN'T GET AS MANY REPORTS FOR THAT WEEK. 
          UH, SO WE'LL GET A CLEARER PICTURE OVER THE NEXT TWO OR THREE WEEKS OF THE ACTIVITY HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOLS. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, AND I'LL ADD WITH A PERSONAL NOTE THAT I GOT MY VACCINATE MY BOOSTER RIGHT BEFORE THE LAST PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING, AND I WAS STRUGGLING. 
          SO IT IS, IT IS REAL THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'LL BE SICK, BUT I DON'T THINK I COULD HAVE DONE IT ANY DIFFERENT WAY. 
          AND I WOULD URGE EVERYONE TO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE GET VACCINATED OR GET YOUR BOOSTER SHOTS. 
          UM, I, WITH THAT BEING, WITH THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN PROVIDE ON IF YOU WERE TO MIX THE VACCINE? 'CAUSE I GOT PFIZER FOR MY FIRST TWO, AND THEN I GOT MODERNA AS MY BOOSTER. 
          AND JUST, IS THERE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT MAYBE IF IT CHANGES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VACCINE OR IF YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO GET, UH, SYMPTOMS AFTER ANY INFORMATION POSSIBLE? YES, THANK YOU. 
          UH, YOU'VE MAY HAVE SEEN INFORMATION SHARED BY THE C D C THAT IT'S OKAY TO MIX AND MATCH. 
          SO THAT WAS THE PUNCHLINE A FEW WEEKS AGO. 
          UH, IT'S STILL RECOMMENDED THAT YOU STAY WITH THE SAME VACCINE. 
          UH, SO IF YOU RECEIVE THE PFIZER, YOU GET YOUR SECOND DOSE 21 DAYS LATER. 
          SO YOU GET YOUR BOOSTER, UH, ONCE YOU'RE ELIGIBLE AFTER SIX MONTHS. 
          UH, SO SAME WITH MODERNA, UH, WHICH IS A 28 DAY WINDOW IN BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND DOSE. 
          UM, AND FOR J AND J YOU WOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER, SAY YOU'D BE ELIGIBLE AFTER TWO MONTHS. 
          SO ALL THAT TO SAY IT'S OKAY TO MIX AND MATCH, UH, IT'S, IT'S BEST TO VAX UP AND BOOST UP. 
          UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, EACH INDIVIDUAL REACTS DIFFERENTLY. 
          SO YOU MAY HAVE HAD, UH, SOME SIDE EFFECTS. 
          UM, AND JUST KNOW THAT EACH ONE, UH, YOU MAY FEEL SORE, UH, WHEN YOU'RE THE SITE OF THE INJECTION, UH, YOU MAY FEEL SOME OTHER SYMPTOMS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYONE REACTS VERY DIFFERENTLY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU, CLAUDE. 
          I ACTUALLY, I GOT, I GOT THE SAME, UH, THE SAME PFIZER, PFIZER, MODERNA AS MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE HERE, OR DO WE CALL YOU KING NOW? I'M SORRY, . 
          UM, SO MAYBE WE CAN BE A CASE STUDY FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT SITUATION. 
          UM, 
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CLAUDE, ON, ON SLIDE SEVEN, YOU'RE SHOWING THE TOTAL VACCINATION RATES AND AT LEAST ONE DOSE RATES. 
          UH, BUT I DON'T SEE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, I'M JUST KIND OF TRYING TO EYEBALL IT. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME THE NUMBER OF TOTAL, UH, OF OUR TOTAL POPULATION THAT'S FULLY VACCINATED? SO TWO THIRDS, SO ABOUT 67% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION IS FULLY VACCINATED. 
          ALSO. 
          THAT'S THAT BLUE BAR IN THE FAR RIGHT. 
          UM, AND THAT'S THE COUNTY POPULATION. 
          UM, AND WHY WE REPORT THAT, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A QUESTION ABOUT THE ELIGIBLE POPULATION VERSUS THE TOTAL POPULATION. 
          SO IF IT'S THE ELIGIBLE POPULATION, IT WOULD BE 71%. 
          THE TOTAL POPULATION, IT'S 67%, AND WE'VE MADE THAT STEADY, UH, IMPROVEMENT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS. 
          GREAT. 
          SO IT'S THAT FAR, RIGHT? UH, THOSE TWO BARS OVER THERE. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OH, YEAH, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST HAVING TO EYEBALL THERE AS FAR AS WHAT THE NUMBER WAS. 
          UM, WELL, I'M GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE, THE, THAT THE H E B GIFT CARD INCENTIVE, UH, WHERE YOU'VE, THAT YOU'VE SEEN, UH, I GUESS A, UM, THAT IT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE WITH A 19 TO 29 YEAR OLD POPULATION. 
          YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE, MAYBE THEY DON'T GET AS SICK, BUT THEY CAN STILL PASS IT ON. 
          AND SO THAT'S GONNA HELP US GET TO HERD IMMUNITY. 
          I'M REALLY INTERESTED, YOU SAID WE GOT TO 4,000, YOU'VE GIVEN OUT 4,640. 
          I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU TO, TO GET TO THAT 10,000 NUMBER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MY TEAM CAN SUPPORT YOU AND IF WE CAN GO OUT AND KNOCK DOORS AND, AND KEY NEIGHBORHOODS, MAYBE, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A, WITH A POPUP CLINIC. 
          AND CAN YOU LET ME KNOW, HOW MUCH HEADS UP DOES METRO HEALTH NEED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SCHEDULE A POPUP CLINIC SCHEDULE A POP-UP CLINIC APPROXIMATELY? UM, GREAT QUESTION, AND THANK YOU. 
          YOU ARE ALL DEPUTIZED AS AMBASSADORS OF OUR WORK, AND SO WE ARE ASKING FOLKS TO HELP US GET THE WORD OUT EACH MONTH. 
          WITH THE ROLLOUT OF THE H E B UH, INCENTIVE PROGRAM, WE'VE SEEN A, A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. 
          UM, EARLY ON WE SAW THE 19 TO 29 YEAR OLDS AND WE'RE PLEASED. 
          UM, AGAIN, UP UNTIL THAT POINT IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THAT GROUP VACCINATED. 
          UM, SO WE, UH, LEAD TIME IF YOU GIVE US A FEW WEEKS ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER COMMITMENTS ALREADY IN PLAY. 
          SO REACH OUT TO US, WE'LL WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET, UH, SHOTS IN ARMS AND THAT WE CAN GET FOLKS FULLY VACCINATED. 
          THE GIFT CARDS HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE ON THE GROUND. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN, UH, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SCHOOLS. 
          I'M STILL INTERESTED IN SEEING, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WE'RE SEEING LIKE SOME BACK AND FORTH ON WHETHER SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRING YOU TO HAVE MASKS, WHETHER, UH, WHETHER THEY'RE ALLOWED TO REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE MASKS. 
          AND SO I'M STILL INTERESTED IN SEEING DATA ON THAT, THAT CAN ESTIMATE, UM, WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING US RIGHT HERE WITH THE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS THAT ARE FULLY OR PARTIALLY VACCINATED, UH, BY SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO IF YOU, IF YOUR TEAM CAN OVERLAY THAT AND BE ABLE TO SHOW US SO PEOPLE CAN, CAN TRY TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE RISK IS THERE FOR THEIR, THEIR CHILDREN ATTENDING THAT SCHOOL IN PERSON, IF THEY'RE NOT, IF MASKS ARE NOT REQUIRED. 
          JUST SO I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR NOT JUST VACCINATION RATES, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR COMPLIANCE WITH MASKS? NO, I'M LOOKING AT VACCINATION RATES, YOU KNOW, BY SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          OH, GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          JUST BE THAT WAY. 
          THE, THE, THOSE PARENTS AND THOSE CHI SCHOOL CHILDREN CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ABOUT WHAT THE RISK LEVEL IS BY ATTENDING IF THERE IS, IF THEY'RE NOT REQUIRING MASKS THERE IN THOSE SCHOOLS. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          WHAT WE RELEASE EVERY FRIDAY IS, AGAIN, BASED ON THE DATE I RECEIVED FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT, UH, WE PROVIDE THE NUMBER OF CASES BY STUDENTS AND THE, THE ADULT, THE TEACHERS, UH, AND WE BREAK THAT DOWN BY SCHOOL. 
          SO, UM, I'LL GO BACK TO THE TEAM IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL VACCINATION RATE, BUT WE CAN AT LEAST TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED DURING THAT, THAT PERIOD. 
          THANK YOU, CLAUDE. 
          AND, AND, UM, I KNOW THAT AS THE DIRECTOR OF METRO HEALTH, YOUR JOB IS NOT JUST TO WORK ON COVID, BUT ON ALL HEALTH ISSUES. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT ARPA FUNDING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I I JUST READ THAT A LOT OF OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS, THEY'RE STILL MISSING A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT HAVEN'T COME BACK TO SCHOOL FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. 
          AND A LOT OF 'EM HAVE TO DO WITH THE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES PEOPLE ARE, ARE DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, WHETHER IT'S LOSS OF JOBS, WHETHER IT'S DIVORCE, WHETHER IT'S DRUG ABUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES. 
          AND SO I'M REALLY IN, I'D LIKE TO MEET WITH YOUR TEAM AND TO, AND LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS FACING, AND HOW CAN WE MAKE THE CASE FOR MORE FUNDING FOR, FOR, UM, FOR FUNDING MORE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          AND JUST A REMINDER TO THIS BODY THAT WE DO HAVE IN PLACE, OUR FIVE YEAR GROWTH PLAN, WHICH HAS TO DO TO DO WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PAST YEAR AND CONDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN EXACERBATED BECAUSE OF COVID. 
          SO CLEARLY IT'S BEEN AN UBER STRESSOR AROUND THE GLOBE. 
          AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IMPACTS. 
          THAT'S ONE OF OUR PRIORITY AREAS. 
          IT'S, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE DISRUPTION TO OUR FOOD SYSTEMS. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE IMPACTS IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND VIOLENCE IN THE 
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COMMUNITY. 
          SO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXPANSION, FOR EXAMPLE, IS ONE OF THE, UH, COMMITMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR GROWTH PLAN. 
          BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YES, WE'LL REPORT BACK AND, UH, IT'S BEEN ALL COVID ALL THE TIME, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OTHER CONDITIONS THAT IMPACT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU CLAUDE. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ? YES. 
          JUST SO WE WE'RE SURE. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT COMPLETE DATA, UM, AT 50 TO 54. 
          IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE 50 TO 64 OR ARE WE MISSING 55 TO 64? THAT SHOULD BE TO 64. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST WANTED TO BE SURE. 
          WE WERE LOOKING AT COMPLETE DATA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND ONE LAST, UH, QUESTION FOR YOU, CLAUDE. 
          UM, I AM GUILTY AS ANYBODY OF HAVING MASK FATIGUE AND WANTING TO, TO TAKE IT OFF AND, AND LEAVE IT OFF A LITTLE LONGER THAN I SHOULD. 
          CAN YOU REMIND US WHAT IS RECOMMENDED STILL AND WHAT IS IN PLACE AT CITY FACILITIES, PLEASE RECOMMENDED STILL? SO, VAX UP, BOOST UP AND, AND WHEN IN DOUBT MASK UP, RIGHT? SO WE RECOMMEND, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE INDOORS AMONGST FOLKS WHO MAY NOT BE VACCINATED, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF WEARING A MASK, IS THAT YOU'RE NOT SURE, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE REPORTING OUT ABOUT EXPOSURES AND BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS. 
          UM, SO WHAT WE DO HAVE IS THAT IT'S RECOMMENDED AND YOU SEE THE SIGNS POSTED AT CITY FACILITIES THAT WENT INDOORS TO MASK UP. 
          UM, SO THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE HAD IN PLAY FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS NOW. 
          SO IS IT REQUIRED STILL IN CITY BUILDINGS? IT'S RECOMMENDED IN CITY BUILDINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S, SO IT'S NOT REQUIRED. 
          OKAY. 
          RECOMMENDED. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH CLAD FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          APPRECIATE ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HAPPY H OUR NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER THREE, THE MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION APPLICATION FOR THE FORMER SAN ANTONIO LIGHT PROPERTY AT FOUR 20 BROADWAY. 
          WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION BY, UH, MR. NEFI GARZA. 
          AND, UH, JUST A A QUICK NOTE ON THIS. 
          UH, WE PREVIOUSLY HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, BROWNFIELDS AT OUR COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          WE WILL BE GETTING A FULL BRIEFING ON BROWNFIELD IN JANUARY. 
          UH, SO THEY'LL BE MENTIONED IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION, BUT, UH, NEXT MONTH WE WILL BE ABLE TO GO INTO THEM MORE, MORE IN DEPTH. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, NEFE CHAIR, UH, COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WHAT A GREAT PRESENTATION, MAN. 
          IT'S TOUGH TO GO AFTER A PRESENTATION LIKE THAT, CLAUDE. 
          GREAT JOB. 
          UH, MY NAME IS NEFI GARZA. 
          I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. 
          UH, AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TODAY TO COME AND TALK TO YOU. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          I HAVE A LITTLE SORE THROAT. 
          I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THE ALLERGIES THAT ARE OUT TODAY. 
          BUT, UM, I DO WANT TO, I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT, UM, GENERALLY I COME AND I SPEAK TO YOU ON, UH, SURFACE WATER, STORM WATER. 
          THAT'S PROBABLY HOW YOU KNOW ME. 
          BUT TODAY I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT, SOMETHING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, WHICH IS HAP HAPPENS TO BE GROUNDWATER. 
          UM, I AM NOT JOHN CANTU. 
          HE IS ACTUALLY OUR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER. 
          MR. CANTU WAS, UH, HE WASN'T FEELING WELL TODAY, SO I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? DON'T, DON'T SHOW UP, STAY HOME. 
          SO, UH, I'LL BE GIVING YOU THE PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          TODAY WHAT I WANNA DO IS I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT, AND I KNOW I'VE MET WITH MOST OF YOU AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, MR. KDU AND I HAVE MET WITH YOU VIA, UM, UM, WEBEX TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT M S D. 
          UM, SO WHAT I WANNA DO TODAY IS JUST A, A QUICK, UH, RUN BY ON WHAT IS M S D, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT A SPECIFIC, UH, PROJECT THAT, UH, YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE PICTURE THERE. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED. 
          AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS PRESENTATION, I'M REQUESTING, OR WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL FROM THIS BODY SO THAT WE CAN GO FORWARD, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO, M S D OR MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION IS ACTUALLY A TOOL, A TOOL THAT WE USE TO ADDRESS CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER. 
          THIS, THE PURPOSE OF THIS, IT, IT RESTRICTS POTABLE WATER, UH, FOR SHALLOW, AND LET ME EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT WORD, SHALLOW GROUNDWATER, GENERALLY WITHIN 10, MAYBE 20 FEET IN DEPTH, NOT THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, 500, 600 FEET IN DEPTH, NOT EDWARDS AQUIFER. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SHALLOW 10, 15, 20, 25 FEET IN DEPTH. 
          AND IT DEALS, UH, PRIMARILY WITH, UM, CONTAMINATED WATER. 
          AND I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS A TOOL THAT THE T C E Q, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY USES AND REQUIRES THE CITY TO PASS AN ORDINANCE. 
          AND WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL OF THAT. 
          SO, 
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SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT M S D HAS IS THAT THIS, AS I MENTIONED TO YOU, IS A TOOL FOR REDEVELOPMENT. 
          MANY TIMES WE'LL HAVE BUILDINGS, BLIGHTED BUILDINGS IN OUR, IN OUR, UM, AREAS THAT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, DON'T GET DEVELOPED. 
          AND MANY TIMES IT HAS TO DO WITH CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER. 
          YOU SEE, IN ORDER TO CLEAN UP CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE, VERY LONG, AND, AND A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS. 
          THIS TOOL, UH, M S D ALLOWS THE REDEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN AND IS THEN, UH, IDENTIFIED AND DOCUMENTED SO THAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IS AWARE OF THAT CONTAMINATION AND CAN TAKE THE NEEDED, THE NEEDED STEPS FORWARD. 
          SO THIS M SS D WOULD ALLOW FOR ONSITE USE, UH, OF, OF THE LAND. 
          AND THE PROGRAM ENCOURAGES, UH, CLEANUP, UH, FOR REDEVELOPMENT. 
          SO IT HAS BEEN ASKED ABOUT, WELL, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND BROWNFIELDS? THERE IS A DIFFERENCE, PARTICULARLY THAT M S D TYPICALLY DEALS WITH CONTAMINATED GROUND WATER, AND BROWNFIELD WILL DEAL WITH ALL KINDS OF OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. 
          UH, I, I REALLY CAN'T SPEAK TOO MUCH ON BROWNFIELD, SIMPLY BECAUSE PUBLIC WORKS, WE DO NOT MANAGE THAT PROGRAM, UH, ANOTHER DEPARTMENT DOES. 
          AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE PRESENTATION THAT, UH, YOU WILL HAVE AT A, AT A LATER DATE, UM, FOLKS THAT, FOLKS THAT RUN THAT PROGRAM WILL COME AND GIVE YOU THAT PRESENTATION. 
          BUT I TRY TO INCLUDE A FEW BULLETED ITEMS ON SOME OF THE DIFFERENCE, IF YOU WILL, BETWEEN M SS D OR MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION AND BROWNFIELD ITSELF, PERHAPS SOME OF THE BIGGEST HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT M S D IS A T C E Q REQUIREMENT, THAT IT IS, IT IS REGULATED BY THEM, AND THEY MANAGE THAT. 
          UH, AND CURRENTLY, AND, AND THERE IS NO FUNDING FROM THE CITY FOR M S D WHILE FOR BROWN BROWNFIELDS, THERE IS SOME FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CITY. 
          AND I, I'M GONNA LET THEM, UH, WHEN THEY PRESENT TO YOU, BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE STATUS, LOCATION AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT. 
          WITH REGARD TO THE M S D, THE M S D ITSELF HAS A VERY, UH, VERY LONG, LENGTHY APPROVAL PROCESS. 
          AND IT'S DONE SO ON PURPOSE, IT'S DONE SO, SO THAT MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THIS CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER. 
          THERE ARE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS YOU CAN'T DO, YOU CAN'T PERFORM THIS JUST ANYWHERE. 
          THERE, THERE CANNOT BE NM, ANY MSDS OVER THE EDWARDS RECHARGE ZONE. 
          SO IF THERE, IF THERE'S A RECHARGE ZONE, YOU CANNOT USE THIS TOOL FOR REDEVELOPMENT. 
          THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE AND NOT ALLOWED. 
          YOU CANNOT USE AN M S D, UH, IF, IF YOU'RE WITHIN HALF A MILE OF A PUMP STATION, A SAS PUMP STATION. 
          SO IF WE KNOW THERE'S A, A LIFT A PUMP STATION BY SAS WITHIN A HALF A MILE, MSDS ARE NOT ALLOWED. 
          SO THERE'S THAT RESTRICTION. 
          WE WORK CLOSELY WITH, UM, WITH VARIOUS REVIEW TEAMS, NOT ONLY WITH A DEVELOPMENT TEAM, THAT INCLUDES, UH, NH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING, UH, AS WELL AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR TECHNICAL TEAM THAT INCLUDES, UH, NOT ONLY HEALTH, BUT PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS WHO ADMINISTER, AS WELL AS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PARTNERING AGENCIES. 
          WE COORDINATE AND REVIEW WITH THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. 
          SO ANY PROGRAM OR, OR ANY PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE REVIEW OF ALL THESE AGENCIES BEFORE IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD EVEN HAPPEN. 
          WHAT YOU SEE ON THE TOP OF THIS GRAPH, YOU SEE THE, THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, IF YOU WILL, WHAT'S REQUIRED AS A DEVELOPER APPLIES THE DEVELOPMENT IS REVIEWED BY THE, BY BY THE TEAM, UH, BY THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM. 
          AND THEN IT GOES TO THE TECHNICAL TEAM AS WELL AS THE, THE, THE PARTNERING TEAM. 
          AND THEN A, AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT, UM, THAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ALSO. 
          AND IT GOES TO THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS OF SOME OF THESE ISSUES. 
          UM, SO IT GOES TO A PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT COMPONENT. 
          AND THEN AFTER IT HAS GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THEN IT COMES TO THIS COMMITTEE UPON APPROVAL BY THIS COMMITTEE, THEN IT GOES INTO CITY COUNCIL FOR, FOR APPROVAL. 
          TODAY, WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT IS THE FORMER SAN ANTONIO LIGHT PROPERTY LOCATED ON FOUR 20 BROADWAY. 
          SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AS YOU DRIVE ON BROADWAY. 
          IT'S A VERY PROMINENT BUILDING THERE ON BROADWAY. 
          YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IT. 
          UM, AND THE SITE ITSELF, IT'S APPROXIMATELY TWO, 2.2 0.2 ACRES, UH, IN AREA. 
          AND IT'S LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, AND CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF COMMERCIAL 
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PROPERTY, UH, WHICH CURRENTLY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THEY'RE, UH, BUILDING COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE AS WELL AS AN ATTACHED GARAGE. 
          RAJ, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS BUILDING. 
          CERTAINLY NOT A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY, BUT JUST SOME OF THE MILESTONES. 
          IN 1930, IT OPERATED AS A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING AND PRINTING PRESS, THAT ITSELF, THAT FUNCTION. 
          UH, THEY USED SEVERAL CHEMICALS OBVIOUSLY TO, UH, TO DO THAT. 
          AND THEN IN 1964, IT WAS, UH, THERE WAS A DRY CLEANING, UH, FACILITY THERE IN, IN ONE OF THE PORTIONS. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY WITH DRY CLEANING FACILITY, THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME CHEMICALS THAT ARE USED. 
          UH, AND THEN IT CONTINUED ON INTO, UM, UH, 1916, UH, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, 2016, UH, 2016 THROUGH 21, WHERE THE T THE, THE T C E Q GETS INVOLVED BECAUSE OF THE, UM, THE PURCHASE BY THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS, UH, PURCHASED THE BUILDING. 
          THE AREAS OF CONCERN, AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THIS, THIS MAP, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT ON YOUR, ON YOUR SCREEN, BUT THE, THE LOCATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS IDENTIFIED IN YELLOW ON THE MAP. 
          BUT THE AREA OF CONCERN OF THE AREA THAT HAS BEEN DETECTED TO HAVE A CONTAMINATED IS NOT THE ENTIRE SITE. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY ONLY RIGHT BY THAT SURFACE PARKING. 
          UH, YOU IDENTIFIED THAT IN A PURPLE, UM, SPHERE THERE, UH, WHERE THE PLUME IS AT. 
          SO THE PLUME IS LITERALLY ON THE PROPERTY LINE AS WELL AS EXTENDS INTO A LITTLE BIT INTO BROADWAY. 
          THAT'S WHERE THE PLUME HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. 
          UH, WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE OF THE MULTIPLE TESTING THAT HAS OCCURRED, AND I'LL GET INTO IN THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING THAT WAS IDENTIFIED WAS THAT THERE WAS, THERE USED TO BE AN UNDERGROUND, UH, STORAGE TANK, UH, FOR A WHILE THERE. 
          AND, UH, THIS, UH, FORMER UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK WAS ON THE SITE AND HAS CONSEQUENTLY BEEN REMOVED. 
          WE, AS A PART OF THE WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, IT REQUIRED A NUMBER OF, UM, GROUNDWATER WELLS TO IDENTIFY THE LOCATION OF THE PLUME. 
          NOW, LEMME TELL YOU, THE, THE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN TO IDENTIFY, IS THE PLUME MOVING? IS IT GROWING OR IS IT SHRINKING? IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE AN M S D, IT HAS TO BE STABLE OR SHRINKING. 
          AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UH, WE, WE, IN WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT THAT SUBMITTED THIS IDENTIFY IN WORKING WITH A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST, WE IDENTIFIED THAT IT, IT, IN FACT IS STABLE. 
          AND THAT PLUME IS NOT MOVING, IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. 
          IT IS STABLE, AND IT IS, UH, RESTRICTED TO RIGHT THERE WHERE THAT, UH, SURFACE PARKING LOT IS AT CURRENTLY. 
          I KNOW IT'S THIS, THIS SLIDE HAS A LOT OF WORDS ON THERE, BUT, UH, THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE HAVE OCCURRED, INCLUDING SOME OF THE SITE ASSESSMENT. 
          AND MIND YOU, THE SITE ASSESSMENT REQUIRES A LOT OF TIME TO VERIFY THAT IN FACT, THIS PLUME IS NOT MOVING. 
          IT REQUIRES MULTIPLE RAIN EVENTS MONITORING DURING THAT TIME OVER YEARS TO IDENTIFY THAT IN FACT, IT'S NOT GROWING OR THAT IT IS STABLE. 
          SO THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED, UM, AS WELL AS THE REMOVAL OF THE UNDERGROUND, THE LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK, UH, THAT WAS ON SITE THAT WAS ALSO, UH, IDENTIFIED. 
          THE, THE COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANNA SAY IS ALSO THAT THEY HAVE ENROLLED IN THE T C Q VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM AS REQUIRED. 
          AND THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF, OF ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDE, UM, GOING TO SAS, GOING TO E A A AS WELL AS, UM, COMING TO US FOR REVIEW. 
          AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UH, IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL HYBRID PUBLIC MEETING, WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING AND WE REACHED OUT TO A NUMBER OF, A NUMBER OF FOLKS, INCLUDING, UH, ON JULY 19TH. 
          WE, WE, WE DID SEND OUT QUITE A FEW NOTICES. 
          WE HAD TO, WE WENT OUT TO ANY WELLS OR, UH, PUBLIC UTILITIES WITHIN THE FIVE MILE REGION. 
          IT ACTUALLY INCLUDED CITY OF ALAMO HEIGHTS. 
          WE SENT OUT OVER, UH, 163 NOTICES AS WELL AS, UH, 2,500, UH, 2,500 FEET TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS AROUND THE AREA NOTIFYING THEM OF THIS, OF THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND THEN ULTIMATELY, WE COME TO THIS TODAY, UH, DECEMBER 14TH TO THE, UH, CHECK COMMITTEE, UH, FOR, FOR OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO PRESENT TO YOU AT THAT POINT. 
          SO MOVING FORWARD, WE HOPE THAT, UH, WE CAN GO TO COUNCIL IN JANUARY. 
          WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AVAILABLE TO RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IF NEEDED. 
          AND WE ARE REQUESTING SUPPORT, UH, FOR THIS M S D APPLICATION FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I GOT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH NEFI FOR, UH, 
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COMING IN AND COVERING FOR, UH, JOHN, UH, CANTU. 
          AND FOR THE A WHILE BACK, YOU GAVE ME A VERY THOROUGH BRIEFING ON OUR FIRST, UH, M SS D, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY IT WORKED THE THE WAY IT DID. 
          UM, SO JUST SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, NOT SO MUCH THE TECHNICAL ASPECT, BUT THE PUBLIC OUTREACH PORTION OF IT, WHICH I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE. 
          IT DOES INCLUDE A PUBLIC OUTREACH PORTION. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION YOU GOT AT YOUR PUBLIC MEETING? WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING, AND WE DID HAVE SOME ATTENDANCE. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT AS, AS WE EXPECTED. 
          UH, WE DID HAVE SOME VIRTUAL, UH, PARTICIPANTS. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW. 
          ROBERT, DO YOU REMEMBER THE NUMBER OF HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS WE HAD? UH, IT WAS A HYBRID. 
          THAT WAS LIKE FIVE PEOPLE, ABOUT FIVE PEOPLE SHOWED UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WHAT COMMENTS DID YOU GET BACK? MOST OF THE COMMENTS ARE GENERALLY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LOCATION AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO OUR PROPERTY, UH, AND THINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          UM, WHEN, WHEN THEY SAW THE MAP AND THEY SAW THE AREA AND THEY SAW THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT THAT HAD BEEN DONE, OBVIOUSLY UNDERSTOOD IT AND, AND, AND REALIZED IT WAS LI IT WAS LIMITED AND RESTRICTED TO EITHER THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY OR THAT, THAT PROPERTY IN ITSELF. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          AND, UM, YOU, YOU SAID YOU MAILED THE NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, WITHIN A 2,500 FOOT RADIUS. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT WHAT IF RENTERS, OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF RETAIL SPACE. 
          SO THE, I GUESS I'M WONDERING HOW THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK THEIR DAY-TO-DAY MAY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS. 
          THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO RENTERS. 
          NO, I DON'T THINK WE DID. 
          NO. 
          THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO, UM, GO AND HAND DELIVER, UM, THE INFORMATION. 
          WE'LL MAKE NOTE OF THAT COUNSEL, OR, OR, I MEAN, YOU CAN MAIL IT TO THE, THE ACTUAL MAILING ADDRESS. 
          WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S, WELL, WHEN, WHEN THE MAILING WENT OUT, IT WENT TO THE, TO THE PHYSICAL ADDRESS OH, OKAY. 
          OF THAT, BECAUSE IT'S WITHIN 2,500, UH, FEET. 
          SO IF SOMEBODY, IF AN OWNER WAS IN DENVER, UM MM-HMM. 
          , THE, THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL PROPERTY WAS THE ONE THAT RECEIVED THE NOTIFICATION. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IF YOU HAVE LIKE 10 RENTAL UNITS, RETAIL UNITS, UNITS, YOU'RE NOT, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S PART, YEAH. 
          THAT'S THE PART THAT I'M, THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. 
          THEN WE, WE PROBABLY HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          OKAY. 
          RENTERS THAT ARE IN, YEAH. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN, UM, IF YOU COULD ALSO TELL US HOW, HOW WAS THE PUBLIC INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S MEETING? WE WILL HAVE, SO, SO WHEN IT GOES TO COUNCIL, UH, ON, FOR THAT B SESSION, WE'LL HAVE A, WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          UH, THIS ITEM WILL, WILL APPEAR FOR, FOR THAT. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          UM, IN YOUR, IN ONE OF YOUR SLIDES, IT SAYS, INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN CHECK MEETING. 
          WAS, DID YOU MEAN THE B SESSION OR THE HEARING? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO WOULD YOU HAVE TIME TO REDO YOUR MAILING FOR THE HEARING SO THAT YOU DO REACH, UH, TENANTS WITHIN THE 2,500? I'M SURE WE CAN. 
          I'M SURE WE CAN FOOT RADIUS. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL TARGET THE TENANTS THEMSELVES. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN ONE THING I WOULD RECOMMEND, UM, SO I, I THINK I'LL PUT THAT AS A, IF MY COLLEAGUES OR COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD ENTERTAIN THAT AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE MOTION, I WOULD, UH, APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, ALSO, UH, THE OTHER, UH, ADDENDUM I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO ENTERTAIN IS THAT BEFORE THIS ACTUALLY GOES TO COUNCIL APPROVAL, OR THAT THE DOCUMENT THAT ULTIMATELY GOES FORWARD FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL CONTAIN A SUMMARY OF THE PUBLIC OUTREACH DONE AND PUBLIC OUTREACH. 
          A SUMMARY, PUBLIC OUTREACH AND COMMENTS RECEIVED. 
          YEAH. 
          AND HOW THEY WERE ADDRESSED. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          AT THIS POINT, WE'LL GO AROUND FOR QUESTIONS AND I'LL BEGIN WITH, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          I, I, I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTIONS OF, BECAUSE I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD TO COUNCIL, WHAT WOULD THE, UH, ADDENDUMS BE, I GUESS THERE, SORRY, I THINK I SAID THE WRONG WORD. 
          IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AMENDMENTS, RIGHT? AMENDMENTS ADDITIONAL APPROVAL. 
          CONDI, YES. 
          CON IT WOULD BE A CONDITIONAL APPROVAL. 
          UM, SO THAT, I, I GUESS, COULD YOU PHRASE THAT FOR US, UH, MADAME CLERK? UM, THE MOTION WOULD BE THAT SAN ANTONIO LIGHT PROPERTY AT FOUR 20 BROADWAY CITY COUNT ON THE CONDITION THAT, UH, OUTREACH WAS EXPANDED TO, UH, RENTERS, RENTERS TO TENANTS WITHIN THE 2,500 FOOT, UH, AREA. 
          YEAH, I HAVE IT AS TENANTS SUMMARY OF COMMENTS, . 
          YEAH. 
          AND HOW THEY WERE 
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ADDRESSED, HOW THOSE COMMENTS WERE ADDRESSED, HOW THOSE GOOD LISTENING SKILLS. 
          NEFI, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          YES. 
          N A SUMMARY OF PUBLIC OUTREACH COMMENTS RECEIVED AND HOW ADDRESSED AND HOW THEY WERE ADDRESSED. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , OH, I'M SORRY. 
          UM, READ IT AGAIN. 
          YES, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THE MOTION WOULD BE THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND THE M S D APPLICATION FOR THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT PROPERTY AT FOUR 20 BROADWAY TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION THAT OUTREACH WAS EXTENDED TO TENANTS WITHIN THE 2,500 FOOT, UH, LEVEL OF THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT THE PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL SHOULD INCLUDE A SUMMARY OF ALL OUTREACH EFFORTS. 
          I, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE THIS FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL WITH THE, UH, AMENDMENT, THE CONDITIONS, THE CONDITIONS AS AS STATED. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT? WERE YOU COMMENTING, THOUGH? OKAY. 
          UM, I GUESS, SORRY, I WASN'T . 
          I AM READY. 
          UM, HAVE, SO LAST TIME, UH, I THINK THE FIRST, UH, M S D IS IN DISTRICT TWO, RIGHT? AND LAST TIME, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU DID A LOT OF WORK TO ENGAGE ENVIRONMENTAL STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, UH, ALLIANCE AND THE SIERRA CLUB. 
          AND SO I WANNA KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED AGAIN, OR WHAT THEIR FEEDBACK HAS BEEN. 
          SO THEIR FEEDBACK TO US WAS REALLY INTERESTING, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, UH, UH, INCLUDING THOSE STAKEHOLDERS. 
          UM, WORKING WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, THE EDWARDS ALLIANCE WAS, THEY WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN THE PROCESS OF HOW WE WERE EVALUATING, HOW WE WERE REVIEWING IT. 
          UM, THEY GAVE US SOME VERY GOOD INSIGHT AND SOME IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR PROCESSES. 
          UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I DON'T BELIEVE WE ACTUALLY ENGAGED WITH THEM ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, BUT WE DID TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THEIR, THEIR INPUT, UH, IN ADDRESSING, IN, IN ADDRESSING THE COMMENTS, MAKING SURE, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS WAS, ARE WE, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU VERIFYING THAT IN FACT THE WELLS ARE NOT? UH, THAT THERE WE'RE MONITORING AND MAKING SURE THAT PROPERTY OWNERS WHO HAVE WELLS ARE PROPERLY NOTIFIED. 
          AND WE SHOWED THEM THE, UH, THE COMMUNICATION, AND, AND THEY WERE, THEY WERE HAPPY WITH THAT. 
          SO, UM, THEY, THEIR, THEIR INPUT WAS REALLY ON OUR PROCESSES. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DISTRICT . 
          NO QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, ALL IN FAVOR? OH, I'M SORRY. 
          COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I, I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT WHAT THIS, UH, REMINDS ME OF IS A PROJECT WITHIN THE DISTRICT FIVE BOND COMMITTEE. 
          AND IF WE COULD DISCUSS THAT OFFLINE. 
          'CAUSE I'M CURIOUS TO THE ESTIMATION FOR REMEDIATION AND HOW MUCH THIS COSTS, UM, BECAUSE, UH, WITHIN OUR COMMITTEE, UM, FOLKS ARE CONCERNED THAT THE FUNDING WOULD BE PRIMARILY USED FOR REMEDIATION AND NOT NECESSARILY THE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UH, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS OFFLINE. 
          WE CERTAIN CAN, BUT THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          THE PARKING AND TRANSIT PUBLIC COMMENT PILOT PROGRAM WILL BE PRESENTED BY MS. LAURA MAYS. 
          GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. 
          UM, I WANT TO ALSO INTRODUCE A FEW FOLKS THAT ARE HERE JOINING ME TODAY. 
          LEROY ALLWAY WITH VIA, IF YOU WANNA JUST WAVE . 
          JOHN JACKS, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AS WELL AS ROBERT RYN, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. 
          UM, SUE, IF I CAN DO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          UM, SO WHEN WE LAST CAME TO YOU, UM, WITH A REPORT ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WE SHOWED SOME TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS IN THE ESSAY SPEAKUP PORTAL. 
          UM, THIS PILOT PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO INCENTIVIZE PUBLIC COMMENT AND LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN REDUCE BARRIERS FOR PARTICIPATION. 
          SO IN THIS PARTICULAR PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WE'RE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT PARKING AND TRANSIT, UM, AVAILABILITY TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO TEST IN THIS PILOT PROGRAM IN THE, IN TERMS OF PARKING, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT GAUGING THE INTEREST IN ACTUAL, UM, IN PARKING USAGE. 
          UM, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO MEASURE THE USAGE OF THAT PARKING ASSISTANCE AS WELL. 
          SO TWO THINGS THAT WE'LL TEST THERE. 
          IS THERE AN INTEREST FOR IT? AND WILL THEY USE IT? UM, LIKEWISE FOR TRANSIT, WE'LL BE TESTING, IS THERE AN INTEREST FOR TRANSIT ASSISTANCE AND WILL THEY ACTUALLY USE IT? WHILE WE'RE CONDUCTING THIS PILOT PROGRAM, WE ALSO WANT TO TEST 
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AND REFINE A REGISTRATION PROCESS. 
          FOR THIS, WE WANT IT TO BE AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR RESIDENTS WHO NEED ASSISTANCE TO SIGN UP FOR THAT ASSISTANCE. 
          AND WE WANNA DO THIS IN WAYS THAT ARE BOTH DIGITAL AND NON-DIGITAL FOR THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, WE ALSO WANT TO LAUNCH AND REFINE A MARKETING PLAN. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE PUT OUT THERE INTO THE COMMUNITY RESONATES, UM, WITH THE COMMUNITY, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S EASY TO USE, THAT THEY, THEY FOLLOW THE PROCESS AND FEEL LIKE IT'S SIMPLE, UM, AND THAT THAT MARKETING COMMUNICATES THAT WITH THEM. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE WANNA TEST IN THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO, JUST TO BRIEFLY COVER THE ELEMENTS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR PARKING, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT TESTING THIS WITH PUBLIC COMMENT ON WEDNESDAY EVENINGS. 
          WE FIND THAT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE PARKING AVAILABILITY ON WEDNESDAY EVENINGS, AND THAT IS A SESSION THAT IS COMPLETELY OPEN FOR RESIDENTS TO COME AND SPEAK UP. 
          AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST ELEMENT WE'LL WANNA TEST. 
          HOW'S IT GOING TO WORK? UM, WE WANT TO HAVE, AGAIN, A VERY SIMPLE PROCESS FOR PARTICIPATION. 
          WE WANNA MAKE THIS, UM, TAKE AWAY ANY BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THE ESSAY SPEAKUP PORTAL AS A SIGNUP MECHANISM. 
          A RESIDENT WHO REGISTERS TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL INDICATE THEIR NAME, UM, DO THE TRADITIONAL REGISTRATION METHODS, AND THEN THEY'LL ALSO CHECK A BOX WHETHER THEY NEED PARKING OR TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE FROM THERE, UM, THEY CAN ALSO REQUEST THE PARKING IN PERSON. 
          SO IF A RESIDENT DOES SIGN UP AT THE CITY CLERK'S DESK, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ALSO OFFER THAT PARKING ASSISTANCE IN PERSON, UM, SHOULD THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE THE PORTAL FOR WHATEVER REASON. 
          UM, IF THE RESIDENT REQUESTED THAT PARKING ASSISTANCE, THEN G P A AND C C D O WILL PROCESS THAT PARKING REQUEST. 
          AND THEN THE RESIDENT WILL RECEIVE TWO HOURS OF VALIDATED PARKING IN THE CITY TOWER GARAGE. 
          THEY'LL RECEIVE, UM, WHAT WE CALL CHASER TICKETS. 
          YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE THAT YOU PARK IN THE GARAGE. 
          YOU GET YOUR TICKET WHEN YOU COME IN. 
          ONCE YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK, YOU'LL BE GIVEN THAT TICKET TO PUT INTO THE MACHINE ONCE YOU LEAVE THE GARAGE. 
          UM, NOW LET ME TURN IT OVER TO LEROY TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE TRANSIT PROGRAM WILL WORK. 
          THANK YOU, LAURA. 
          THANK YOU, COUNSEL, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU TODAY. 
          SIMILAR TO THE PARKING STRUCTURE, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR TRANSIT WOULD MAKE USE OF SOME OF OUR DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TODAY, SPECIFICALLY OUR GO MOBILE PLUS APP. 
          UM, AGAIN, WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A DIGITAL DIVIDE ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON WITH THE CITY AS FAR AS MAKING TRANSIT ACCESS AVAILABLE. 
          THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IS THAT, OF COURSE, TRANSIT IS A PREPAID SERVICE AS OPPOSED TO A POSTPAID. 
          SO WE ARE ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO A TRANSIT PASS BEFORE THEY BOARD THE VEHICLE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO CITY HALL. 
          AND THEN BACK FROM CITY HALL. 
          WITH OUR GO MOBILE PLUS SYSTEM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO WITH, UH, THE GOVERNMENT PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP OF THE CITY, RECEIVING THE INDIVIDUAL'S EMAIL ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER, BE ABLE TO LINK THAT BACK TO THE GOAL MOBILE PLUS ACCOUNT WHERE CREDIT CAN THEN BE ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR THAT PARTICIPATION. 
          AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE METRICS ON USAGE AND ACTUAL ACTIVATION OF THOSE TICKETS BACK TO G P A AS PART OF THIS EVALUATION. 
          ONE ASPECT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THE COMMITTEE IS AWARE OF AS WELL, IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT TRANSIT RIDERSHIP INTO THE URBAN CORE, WE ARE IMPACTED BY A NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN AND AROUND DOWNTOWN. 
          AND SO WHILE ACCESS TO CITY HALL IS AS EASY AS GETTING OFF AT MAINE PLAZA RIGHT BY THE COURTHOUSE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO RETURN, UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO, I'LL USE PRIMO AS THE EXAMPLE, UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE ROUTE 100 BACK FROM THAT PICKUP POINT AND WRITE IT THROUGH ALICE ALLEY, A LAYOVER, AND THEN HEADING WEST OUT OF DOWNTOWN TO GET INTO THE REST OF THE SYSTEM, THERE WILL UNFORTUNATELY AT THIS TIME BE A FEW BLOCKS WORTH OF WALKING THAT WILL HAVE TO TAKE PLACE UNLESS THAT INDIVIDUAL IS USING OUR VIA TRANS SERVICE AND IS A QUALIFIED PASSENGER IN THAT REGARD. 
          WITH, THAT'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO LAURA. 
          UM, UM, SO AGAIN, PART OF WHY WE WANT TO RUN THIS AS A PILOT PROGRAM IS TO TEST SOME OF THESE THINGS OUT. 
          UM, GAUGE THE INTEREST, REFINE THE PROCESS BEFORE WE ROLL THIS OUT INTO A LARGER SCALE, UM, SO WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE CHALLENGES AND ANY BARRIERS THAT MIGHT EXIST. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO MARKETING AND PROMOTION, UM, I APOLOGIZE, THAT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE. 
          I THOUGHT THE FEW SHOW WOULD BE LIVELY, BUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO READ. 
          ADMITTEDLY. 
          UM, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR NEWS PARTNERS, UM, JUST TRADITIONAL MEDIA RELATIONS TO GET THE WORD OUT. 
          UM, AS WE LIKE TO SAY, ANY MORNING, EVENING, NOON SHOW THAT WILL HAVE US, WE WILL BE ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROMOTING THE PILOT PROGRAM. 
          WE'LL ALSO BE CREATING PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS WITH OUR T V S A TEAM THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH NEWS MEDIA AS WELL AS WITH YOUR OFFICES. 
          UM, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT DIVISION, UM, THAT'S BEEN, UM, NEWLY MOVED OVER TO G P A TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 
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WORD GETS OUT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND THOSE THAT MAY BE REGULARLY, UM, PROMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT ALREADY TO KNOW THAT THIS SERVICE EXISTS, UM, AS WELL AS WITH STAKEHOLDERS. 
          SO THOSE GROUPS THAT, UM, OFTEN PARTICIPATE IN THE POLICY MAKING PROCESS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THE, OF THE PILOT PROGRAM. 
          ON THE NON-DIGITAL SIDE, AGAIN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE BRIDGING ANY, UH, DIGITAL DIVIDE ISSUES. 
          SO WE WILL BE WORKING ON CREATING SOME FLYERS FOR CITY FACILITIES AS WELL AS FLYERS TO SHARE WITH YOUR COUNCIL AND FIELD OFFICES. 
          WE'LL BE ISSUING CSA TEXTS, UM, WHICH IF YOU'VE SIGNED UP FOR THE TEXT PROGRAM, YOU GET A TEXT ALERT RIGHT TO YOUR PHONE. 
          AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE USING THE CITY'S ON HOLD MESSAGES. 
          SO IF YOU CALL 3 1 1 OR ANOTHER LINE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'RE PLACED ON HOLD, YOU, YOU HEAR THOSE RECURRING MESSAGES, UM, WITH CONTENT FROM THE CITY ON THE DIGITAL SIDE, WE'LL PROMOTE THIS ON OUR USUAL CHANNELS, SOCIAL MEDIA, THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AS WELL AS NEXTDOOR. 
          AND AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS PART OF THE TEST OF THE PILOT PROGRAM TO SEE WHICH CHANNELS MAYBE HAD MORE OF A REACH THAN OTHERS, WHICH ONES WE SHOULD INVEST A LITTLE BIT MORE IN. 
          AND THAT WAY WE CAN REFINE THAT PROCESS BEFORE THIS. 
          UM, IF THIS DOES END UP BECOMING A PERMANENT, UH, PROGRAM. 
          SO JUST FOR TIMELINE PURPOSES, UM, WE WANNA FINALIZE THE DETAILS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM AS WELL AS REFINE THAT REGISTRATION MECHANISM BETWEEN NOW AND THROUGH JANUARY. 
          WE EXPECT TO LAUNCH THE PILOT PROGRAM IN LATE JANUARY OR EARLY FEBRUARY. 
          WE'D WANNA HAVE THIS PILOT PROGRAM IN THE FIELD BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND APRIL. 
          AND THEN ULTIMATELY TAKE A LOOK AT THE DATA, THE, UH, THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THOSE THAT HAVE USED THE PROGRAM AND RETURN, UM, HOPEFULLY TO THIS COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO YOU ON THE USAGE OF THE PROGRAM AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, WE ARE ALL AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, LAURA. 
          THANK YOU LEROY AND JEFF FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON, ON THIS. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, SO I'M, I'M GLAD TO FINALLY SEE THIS ON, UM, ON OUR AGENDA. 
          AND I WANNA THANK THE MAYOR FOR CO-SIGNING THAT MEMO WITH ME IN 2018. 
          AND, UM, ACTUALLY, UH, THE DISTRICT ONE COUNCILMAN FOR BRINGING THIS IDEA FORWARD, UM, ORIGINALLY PRIOR TO BEING ON, ON THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE WANT TO TAKE THIS IN STEPS AND, UH, BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT IT, IT MAKES SENSE TO START ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. 
          SO I I DO UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          UM, WELL, FIRST, LEMME GO TO SOME OF YOUR METRICS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MEASURE IN ONE OF YOUR EARLIER SLIDES. 
          THAT ONE, I, I WOULD HAVE ANOTHER METRIC BE AFTER PEOPLE SPEAK OR WHEN PEOPLE ARE, ARE ACTUALLY IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, FIND OUT HOW MANY OF THEM KNOW ABOUT THE FREE PARKING. 
          UM, THE, THE OTHER THING I RECOMMEND IS THAT THIS ALSO BE NOTICED, UM, ARE PLACED ON THE AGENDAS BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO COME TO SPEAK ARE USUALLY MONITORING OUR, OUR AGENDAS. 
          SO, UH, BACK TO MY PREVIOUS COMMENT, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE WANNA TAKE THIS IN STEPS, UM, WEDNESDAY EVENING IS SORT OF OUR LOW HANGING FRUIT. 
          UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE. 
          UM, BUT, BUT WHAT REALLY CONCERNS ME IS THIS IS ALSO A SORT OF LOW TURNOUT EVENT, NOT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, BUT ALSO FOR THE MEMBERS OF OUR OWN BODY. 
          AND THAT COULD TRULY BE DISCOURAGING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO COME AND, AND COMMENT. 
          UM, MY MY OTHER THOUGHT IS THIS SPRING, WE HAVE A LOT OF VERY IMPORTANT VOTES COMING UP, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS BODY HAS, IS SEEING THINGS RIGHT NOW THAT IT, IT, AND IT'S SEEING THEM ALL AT ONCE. 
          AND I, IT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE TO HAVE THAT WORKED OUT FOR A SESSION BEFORE WE GO INTO THOSE MAJOR VOTES. 
          UH, SO WE HAVE VOTES ON, UM, EVERYTHING FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES TO THE BOND TO ARPA FUNDING. 
          AND I THINK IF WE WANNA BE SHOW THAT WE'RE SERIOUS TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT INVITING THEM, WE'RE REALLY GONNA NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT BEFORE THE, THE TENTATIVE, UM, DEADLINE. 
          AND I, I, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT AND THE THOUGHT THAT YOU'RE PUTTING AROUND, UM, THE PROMOTION, AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GIVEN YOU A LOT OF WORK BY DOING THAT. 
          BUT I, I WOULD BE PERFECTLY HAPPY IF THIS JUST SHOWED UP ON THE AGENDA, AND ANYBODY WHO LOOKS AT THE AGENDA CAN CAN SEE THAT. 
          SO I GUESS I'M TRYING TO TRADE OUT SOME WORK FOR MM-HMM. 
           FOR, FOR OTHERS. 
          UM, BUT I'M GONNA STOP THERE FOR NOW. 
          UM, AND I, I MIGHT CHIME BACK IN LATER, BUT I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND WE'LL KEEP GOING IN 
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THE RIVER SHORTER HERE. 
          SO, UM, DISTRICT TWO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'LL, I'LL FIRST START OFF BY SAYING, UH, YOU TOOK THE WORDS OUTTA MY MOUTH ABOUT A SESSION. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT, AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE I WOULD PREFER THIS TAKE PLACE, UM, FOR A SESSION. 
          UM, I ALSO AM WONDERING, IN INSTANCES WHERE PUBLIC COMMENT RUNS LONGER THAN TWO HOURS, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO EXTEND THAT, THAT FREE PARKING? OR COULD THIS, IS THERE A WAY TO, TO DETERMINE THAT AHEAD OF TIME IF WE KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP, OR, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          I'M GONNA ASK OUR PARTNERS HERE AT C C D O TO JOIN US UP HERE FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          UM, BEFORE JOHN ADDRESSES THAT, I DO WANNA NOTE ON THE A SESSION, I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES IS AVAILABILITY OF PARKING DOWNTOWN. 
          AS WE ALL KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF SPOTS, AND MAYBE JOHN CAN ADDRESS THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON TRANSIT. 
          WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, WE WANNA REDUCE ANY BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION. 
          SO, UM, WE'VE ADDED VIRTUAL COMMENT AS AN EXAMPLE WHERE YOU CAN LEAVE A WRITTEN COMMENT. 
          I KNOW THAT DOESN'T REPLACE THE FEELING OF BEING IN PERSON AND TALKING WITH YOUR MEMBERS, UM, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT OPTIONS TO ADD MORE REMOTE OPTIONS FOR PARTICIPATION. 
          UM, BUT LET ME, UH, HAVE JOHN ADDRESS THE PARKING QUESTION. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          JOHN JACKS WITH CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT. 
          I THINK THE, THE QUESTION IS, IS IF THE MEETING WERE TO RUN LONGER, UM, COULD WE EXTEND THAT TIME? AND I THINK WE COULD. 
          I, I THINK RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, UM, INITIALLY WHAT WE THINK IS AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          UM, AS PART OF THE PILOT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AND SEE HOW LONG ON AVERAGE OUR MEETING'S RUNNING. 
          I, I THINK THE INTENT WAS TO PROVIDE, PROVIDE FREE PARKING. 
          UM, TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO SET A DURATION. 
          AND SO OUR INITIAL THOUGHT WAS TWO HOURS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY LOOK AT EXTENDING IF IT, IF MEETINGS TEND TO RUN LONGER, UM, THAN THE TWO HOURS. 
          I THINK I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CHAIR. 
          THE INTENTION IS, UM, WITH A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, BEYOND THE PILOT, IF THE PILOT IS SUCCESSFUL, THAT WE WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR A AND B SESSION AND FOR ANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WOULD HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, THE INTENT WAS TO REMOVE A BARRIER MM-HMM. 
           TO PARTICIPATION, WHICH WAS FINDING PARKING AND PAYING FOR IT. 
          UH, THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT WHEN YOU DO COME TO A SESSION, IT'S, IT'S NOT PROBLEMATIC JUST FOR THE PEOPLE WHO PAY FOR PARKING, BUT, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO WANNA COMMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THEIR ITEM'S GONNA COME FORWARD, RIGHT? MM-HMM. 
          , IT COULD BE ON CONSENT, IT COULD END UP BEING TAKEN INDIVIDUALLY, AND YOU COULD GO PAY FOR TWO HOURS OF PARKING, YOU COULD GO OUTSIDE AGAIN AT TWO HOURS AND MISS AND MISS YOUR ITEM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN IT GOT HEARD. 
          THE IDEA WAS TO REMOVE THAT BARRIER WHEN IT MOST MATTERS, AND IT MOST MATTERS AT A SESSION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT WITH A PILOT PROGRAM, THE IDEA IS TO, YOU WANT TO DO A SMALL VERSION OF SOMETHING AND FIND ANY PROBLEMS THAT EXIST, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK. 
          UM, I THINK YOU COULD APPLY A, A PILOT PROGRAM TO A SESSION. 
          UM, WE COULD USE, MAYBE NOT JUST THE GARAGE, BUT THE DIFFERENT LOTS THAT EXIST AROUND, UH, CITY HALL, LIKE THE ROOSA LOT. 
          I THINK THAT THERE'S PROBLEM SOLVE, WE CAN PROBLEM SOLVE THAT. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THE ACCESS TO THE TOWERS, THE TOWER GARAGE ITSELF SHOULD BE A REASON NOT TO PIVOT. 
          UM, I'D ALSO ASK, WELL, YOU ALREADY HIT ON HOW WE WOULD ADVERTISE THIS TO THE PUBLIC. 
          UM, I'M WONDERING IF ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT PAGE OR WHERE THE PAGE WHERE, UM, THE AGENDAS POP UP, IS THERE A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, HOW EVERY NOW AND THEN ON WEBSITES, IF SOME SPECIAL EVENT IS HAPPENING, THERE'LL BE THAT POPUP? IS THERE A WAY TO, NOW THAT WE'RE LAUNCHING A PILOT PROGRAM, IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE A POPUP ON THE WEBSITE THAT SAYS, HEY, FREE PARKING AT PUBLIC COMMENT? I THINK WE CAN EXPLORE THAT ON THE PORTAL SIDE. 
          UM, WHEN WE MARKET THIS ON OUR VARIOUS WEBSITES, WE DO MAKE IT A POINT TO CALL OUT SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE THE FEATURED NEWS. 
          SO ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, WE'D ADD IT TO THE HOMEPAGE ON THE PORTAL ITSELF. 
          WE TRY TO CALL IT OUT AS BEST AS WE CAN ON THE FEATURED SECTION. 
          UM, BUT I THINK ADDING IT TO THE AGENDAS, UM, AS A FIRST STEP IS MM-HMM. 
           IS A PRETTY EASY THING TO DO, FOR SURE, FOR SURE. 
          UM, ALSO, IS THERE A CAP ON HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD USE THE GARAGE, PARTICULARLY DURING BUSY TIMES LIKE FIESTA? I'LL LET JOHN ANSWER THAT ONE. 
          OR ANY LOTS OR ANY LOTS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY THE CHALLENGE, RIGHT? KIND OF THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, I THINK IS WE HAVE A, A PRETTY FINITE AMOUNT OF PARKING, AND THAT PARKING IS IN HIGH DEMAND FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT USERS. 
          UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE BUILDING THAT WORK IN THE BUILDING, WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TENANTS IN THAT BUILDING. 
          UM, AND SO THE CHALLENGE IS, IS HAVING AVAILABILITY OF THE PARKING, NOT NECESSARILY THE COST 
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OF THE PARK. 
          I THINK WE CAN EASILY COME TO A SOLUTION TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE PAY FOR PEOPLE TO PARK? HOW DO WE SUBSIDIZE THAT? IN OTHER WORDS, THE CHALLENGE IS, IS HOW DO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING TO COUNCIL MEETINGS? AND THEN IT'S EVEN MORE CHALLENGING WHEN YOU HAVE A, WHEN YOU HAVE A SYSTEM OF PARKING THAT IS SET UP TO BE A FEED STRUCTURE, UM, IT'S, IT'S RESTRICTED AND IT, AND IT'S FOR REASONS. 
          SO YOU CAN CAPTURE THAT REVENUE AS PEOPLE ARE EITHER ENTERING OR LEAVING THE GARAGE. 
          AND SO TRYING TO MAKE IT FREE, UM, BECOMES A CHALLENGE, BUT THEN TRYING TO FREE UP PARKING FOR INDIVIDUALS BECOMES EVEN MORE OF A CHALLENGE. 
          UM, ONE IS, HOW DO WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA COME TO THAT MEETING? SOME COUNCIL MEETINGS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, ARE, ARE, UM, FAIRLY LIGHT DEPENDING ON WHAT'S THE AGENDA. 
          YOU COULD HAVE A FULL CHAMBERS IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN. 
          SO BEING ABLE TO GAUGE HOW MUCH PARKING AVAILABILITY IS REQUIRED FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS VERSUS HOW MUCH PARKING DO WE NEED TO PROVIDE TENANTS, PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONTRACTS TO PARK IN THAT FACILITY. 
          SO IT COULD FILL UP VERY QUICKLY. 
          UM, AND THEN FURTHER, EVEN IF WE, UH, IS IDEA OF MAYBE RESTRICTING PARKING, SAYING THIS IS SET ASIDE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO COUNCIL MEETINGS, THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MONITOR AND REGULATE, UM, TO, TO BE ABLE TO, UM, FILTER PEOPLE IN SAYING, HEY, ARE YOU COMING TO A COUNCIL MEETING? WELL, THEN YOU PARK OVER HERE. 
          UM, IT, IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO. 
          UM, I, IT'S, IT'S A CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE ON AND WE WANT TO TRY TO, UH, FIND A SOLUTION FOR. 
          AND I THINK THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO START, UM, WITH THIS PILOT PROGRAM AND EVENTUALLY TRY TO FIGURE OUT, UM, WHAT ACTUALLY IS GONNA BE AVAILABLE. 
          UM, COVID KIND OF THREW US A LOOP. 
          WE KNOW PARKING DEMAND IS DOWN. 
          THAT ACTUALLY HELPS IN THIS CASE. 
          UM, SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A MATTER OF, OF TIME AND WORKING THROUGH THIS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY IS THE DEMAND, WHEN IS THE DEMAND? THAT WAY WE CAN ANTICIPATE, UM, THE, THE PARKING NEEDS AND TRY TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY COMING TO A MEETING. 
          AND I THINK ALWAYS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO USE VIA AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. 
          I'VE ALWAYS, ALWAYS TRIED TO LEAD OFFICE, AND THAT'S REALLY THE EASIEST THING IF YOU'RE COMING DOWNTOWN. 
          IT'S JUST EASIER FOR SURE. 
          AND JUST A SMALL ADDITION IS THAT I THINK THAT WHEN WE DO SEE PEOPLE COME IN MASS, USUALLY THEY'RE COMING TOGETHER. 
          IT'S TWO OR THREE ORGANIZATIONS BRINGING 20, YOU KNOW, 20 PEOPLE AT MOST. 
          WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE, I WOULD SAY THAT IN COMMUNICATING THAT WE HAVE LIMITED PARKING SPOTS, PLEASE CARPOOL. 
          IF YOU'RE COMING INTO GROUPS AND WE ENCOURAGE PUBLIC TRANSIT AS OUR, YOU KNOW, THE, THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE ENCOURAGE. 
          BUT I WANT TO REITERATE MY SUPPORT FOR A SESSION. 
          THANK YOU, DISTRICT ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION TODAY. 
          I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THIS. 
          UM, I PERSONALLY, HAVING BEEN A, A VERSION OF JO, UH, JACK FINGER PRIOR TO BEING IN COUNCIL, UM, KNOW, AND HOW IT CAN BE TO SHOW UP AT A COMMITTEE MEETING AND HAVE PUT, YOU KNOW, FED THE METER FOR TWO HOURS AND THEN BE WAITING AND MAYBE SOMETIMES THE CHAIR CHANGES THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA ITEMS, AND YOU'RE WAITING FOR YOUR AGENDA ITEM TO COME UP AND IT, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S ABOUT TO COME UP AND YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR CLOCK AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH MAN, I'VE GOT LIKE FOUR MINUTES LEFT ON THIS METER. 
          AND SO I, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THIS, OFFER THIS FOR ALL OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, AND BE ABLE TO OFFER IT FOR MORE HOURS. 
          I THINK TWO HOURS IS GONNA COVER, COVER US 95% OF THE TIME FOR B SESSION. 
          BUT I THINK YOU ALL CAN ALSO, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH THAT YOU CAN ANTICIPATE WHEN IT'S NOT GONNA COVER IT. 
          RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IF IT'S GONNA BE PAID SICK LEAVE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S GONNA BE, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKING DOWN A CERTAIN STATUE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING WITH THE ALAMO, YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A BIG CROWD. 
          AND SO THERE HAS TO, THE ONLY THING THAT YOU, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VALIDATING PARKING. 
          I DON'T THINK WE NEED A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THIS. 
          I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS FOR THOSE BIG TURNOUT DAYS, WHERE IS THE ADDITIONAL PARKING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, AND DO WE HAVE TO WORK WITH, UH, A PRI A CO PRIVATE COMPANY, OR ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO OFFER PARKING AT ANOTHER LOT THAT'S A FEW BLOCKS AWAY THAT THE CITY OWNS? I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY LOGISTICS THING TO COME UP. 
          I MEAN, IT'S NOT PUTTING A MAN ON THE MOON, IT'S, IT'S JUST VALIDATING PARKING. 
          UH, OTHER CITIES HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS, IF NOT DECADES. 
          UM, AND, UH, SO I, I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS EXPANDED AND THEN TWEAKED, BUT NOT REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT AS A, A, UH, UH, A PILOT PROGRAM. 
          I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT IMPLEMENTED. 
          AND I DON'T, UM, I, SO I SAID EXPAND, IMPLEMENTED, AND THEN TWEAKED IF NECESSARY. 
          BUT 
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WHAT, WHAT DO YOU ALL ANTICIPATE THE CHALLENGES ARE GONNA BE OTHER THAN WHEN THERE'S A HUGE CROWD THAT'S GONNA COME BECAUSE OF A HOT TOPIC ISSUE? WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU SEE? UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS THERE, COUNCILMAN, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE DO NEED TO JUGGLE IN TERMS OF AVAILABILITY OF THAT PARKING CONVENIENCE FOR THOSE THAT ARE USING IT. 
          WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS TO RUN OUT OF PARKING AND HAVE SOMEONE SIGN UP FOR THE PROGRAM AND FEEL THAT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT WAS EVEN WORSE THAN WHAT THEY STARTED WITH. 
          SO WE DON'T WANNA OFFER THE SERVICE AND THEN NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE AS A FIRST STEP ON THE FINANCIALS. 
          WE WOULD, IF WE'RE EXPANDING THIS AS A, AS A LARGER PROGRAM TO ENCOMPASS MORE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSIONS, I THINK WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET FOR THAT AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, IF IT IS MORE THAN TWO HOURS OF PARKING. 
          UM, AND THEN I THINK MAYBE IT IS A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE STRUCTURE PUBLIC COMMENT TOO, AND, AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          IS THERE A MORE CONVENIENT WAY TO THINK ABOUT THE RESIDENTS AND WHEN THEY'RE HEARD AT MEETINGS? UM, AND MAYBE THAT'S A SEPARATE CONVERSATION FROM JUST THE PARKING AND TRANSIT AND ACCESS FOR THAT. 
          UM, BUT, BUT TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CONVENIENT FOR THEM. 
          SO IN SUMMATION, I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO, WHY WE OFFER THIS AS A PILOT IS WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE EXPERIENCE IS GOOD FOR THOSE THAT ARE USING IT, SO THAT IF WE DO EXPAND IT, THEY'RE IN SUPPORT. 
          THEY KNOW IT'S EASY TO USE, THEY FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEY, WHEN THEY GO DOWNTOWN TO COME TO A PUBLIC MEETING, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO WALK SEVERAL BLOCKS. 
          AND FOR SOME, THAT IS A BARRIER TO PARTICIPATION. 
          SO THOSE ARE ALL FACTORS I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO CONSIDER, UM, WHEN EXPANDING OR PROPOSING EXPANDING THE PROGRAM. 
          I HEARD A BEEP. 
          AM I OUT OF TIME? OKAY. 
          UM, YEAH, I, I THINK, I THINK THE ONLY CHALLENGE HERE REALLY IS, WELL, SO FIRST OF ALL, WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGET, IF WE ALREADY OWN THE PARKING LOTS, IS IT COSTING US SOMETHING? JOHN, DO YOU WANT TO YEAH. 
           OR THE PARKING GARAGE? YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          SO COUNCILMAN, THE, THE, THE PARKING SYSTEM IS PRIMARILY IN A, THE PARKING FUND, SO IT'S AN ENTERPRISE FUND. 
          UM, BUT THIS PARTICULAR GARAGE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACROSS THE STREET IS, IS NOT PART OF THAT. 
          IT'S PART OF THE CITY TOWER FUND. 
          AND SO THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PAY THAT BACK THE, UH, THE DOLLARS THAT WERE, UM, LOANED TO US FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          SO THE REVENUE FROM THAT PARKING GARAGE IS GOING BACK INTO THE BUILDING. 
          UM, SO THERE IS, THERE IS SOME FINANCIAL, UM, UM, I WOULD SAY CONCERN. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT MUCH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY THURSDAY. 
          SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A SMALL AMOUNT THAT WE CAN PROBABLY EASILY OVERCOME. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I MEANT EARLIER SAYING, I DON'T THINK THE COST IS NECESSARILY GONNA BE THE BIG CHALLENGE. 
          IT'S THE AVAILABILITY. 
          THAT'S THE CHALLENGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND ALSO, JUST A QUICK PLUG, WE DO NOW HAVE PAY BY PHONE APP. 
          SO IF YOU'RE SITTING IN THAT MEETING AND YOUR METER'S ABOUT TO EXPIRE, YOU CAN JUST GO ON YOUR PHONE AND, AND ADD THE DOLLARS TO IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK Y'ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS COME FORWARD AND THANKS TO COUNCILWOMAN ANAS SANDOVAL FOR WORKING ON THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          UM, AND, UH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS PILOT DURING A SESSION. 
          I KNOW DURING B SESSIONS, SOME RESIDENTS DURING THEIR COMMENTS, WE'LL CALL IT CITIZENS TO BE IGNORED, RIGHT? BECAUSE OFTENTIMES FOLKS AREN'T PRESENT, UM, TO HEAR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO, UM, ENSURE THAT IT'S A MEETING THAT COUNCIL IS PRESENT, UM, AND THAT THEY KNOW THEY ARE BEING HEARD WHEN THEY ARE SHOWING UP. 
          UM, I ALSO DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, IT JUST BEING TWO HOURS, UH, GIVEN THAT SOMETIMES WE CAN GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THAT'LL BE TWO HOURS, AND THEN WE'LL GET TO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. 
          UM, SO IF WE CAN POTENTIALLY EXPAND THAT, UM, BEING PUBLIC TRANSIT DEPENDENT, UH, I, I KNOW THIS WOULD BE GREAT TO POTENTIALLY LAYER NOW DRIVING, RIGHT? UH, IF THE CITY TOWER OF PARKING IS FULL, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO PARK ACROSS FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER, CATCH THE 26TH OR THE 25, UH, DOWN COMMERCE, GET OFF AND WALK A BLOCK. 
          IT'LL LEAVE YOU RIGHT HERE AT THE VIA IN THE SEVEN 11. 
          UM, SO I, I THINK THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY LAYER THE, THE PARKING, UH, VALIDATION AS WELL AS THE VIA PASS, UM, FOR OTHER PARKING THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT THE CITY OWNS. 
          UM, AND UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I THINK IF WE CAN SHIFT TO A SESSION, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR A PILOT, UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS AVAILABLE LIKE ASAP  FOR FOLKS TO COME TO COMMITTEE MEETINGS. 
          UM, BUT, UH, GREAT WORK AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THIS IS MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, UH, MY HOPE WOULD BE TO SEE IT IMPLEMENTED, UH, DURING A SESSION AND POTENTIALLY EXPANDING THE HOURS. 
          UH, I, I KNOW, UM, WITH THE BOND CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING TAKING PLACE, THAT'S BEEN A GOOD USE OF 
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HOW AT THE END OF THE MEETING THEY GET THE PASS. 
          UM, I THINK THAT CAN WORK HERE, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE NOT LIMITED TO THE TWO, TWO HOURS, BUT ONCE THEY GIVE THE COMMENT, THEY CAN GO WHERE THEY SIGN UP FOR THOSE WHO SIGN UP IN PERSON, UM, TO GET THAT PASS, UM, WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. 
          BUT THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I USED TO WORK DOWNTOWN AT VISIT SAN ANTONIO, SO I KNOW THE PARKING SITUATION AND HOW PAINFUL IT IS. 
          AND WHILE IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, I KNOW THIS ISN'T EASY EITHER. 
          AND, UH, JOHN AND LAURA AND LEROY, I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO COORDINATE THIS BECAUSE IT IS, IT, IT IS DIFFICULT TO DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WE HAVE DOWNTOWN, AND WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          SO I DON'T SEE IT AS CROWDED AS WE USED TO BE. 
          UM, SO I AM FOR ELIMINATING BARRIERS. 
          I TOTALLY AM. 
          I LIKE THE PILOT PROGRAM STARTING ON WEDNESDAY. 
          'CAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT INTEREST AND WHO IS GOING TO USE IT BEFORE WE MOVE IT TO A SESSION. 
          BECAUSE I NEED MY CITY STAFF TO BE HONEST. 
          AND IF I THINK IF CITY STAFF WAS HONEST, THEY WOULD TELL CITY COUNCIL, WELL, THERE'S SOME ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE ONE, WE HAVE WAY TOO MANY POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE THAT COME UP THE DAY OF WHICH CAUSES THIS MEETING TO GO LONG. 
          TWO, WE DON'T SHOW UP ON TIME. 
          SO THAT CAUSES PROBLEMS. SO I THINK IF WE WERE HONEST ABOUT A SESSION AND EARLY MORNING, WE WOULD NEED TO START EARLIER BECAUSE FOR THEM TO GET THEIR PARKING, THEY NEED TO GET HERE LIKE AT 8, 8 30. 
          SO I, AND, AND I WILL TELL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THERE, WE NEED TO START THE MEETING ON TIME. 
          WE NEED TO HAVE THE POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA PULL BEFOREHAND, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MAKES A FOUR HOUR MEETING. 
          AND UNTIL WE ARE WILLING TO DO THAT, TO ASK THIS DEPARTMENT TO GO AND CREATE SOMETHING, WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART ALSO. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S MY REASONING FOR STARTING AT ON WEDNESDAY TO, TO GAUGE THE INTEREST OF PEOPLE THAT ARE USING. 
          I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO COMMIT TO BE THERE WEDNESDAY EVENING AS A COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS KNOW THAT THEY'RE, THAT WE ARE THERE TO LISTEN AND, AND TO LET THE CITIZENS KNOW THAT IF I AM NOT THERE, EMILY AND THE TEAM ARE GIVING ME A BRIEFING OF, OF WHAT WHAT WAS SAID. 
          SO I, I, I THINK I, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          I WANT TO ELIMINATE IT, BUT I WANT CITY COUNCIL AND THE, THE CITY TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO, ITS, UM, ITS, ITS NEIGHBORS HERE FROM PINCH BOIL TO FROST TO THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING AND TAKING UP A CHUNK OF THAT, UH, PARKING WILL TAKE A LOT OF COORDINATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, CAN YOU TELL ME, UH, SORRY. 
          ARE THERE ANY GO BACKS, COUNCILMAN? I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF JUST BECAUSE I THINK WEDNESDAYS ARE, WHEN WE SEE THE MEETINGS GO LONG, OUR B SESSION GOES LONG, AND THEN WE GO INTO EXEC SESSION FOR WHATEVER REASON, RIGHT BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WE'RE THERE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF, AND THEN ONLY FIVE OF US SHOW UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT, TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          I THINK REALISTICALLY, IF PEOPLE WANT TO BE HEARD THURSDAY, IS THERE THURSDAY? IS THAT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN OUR BRIEF, OUR B SESSIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          I JUST, THIS SOLUTION NEEDS TO WORK FOR EVERY SITUATION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          UM, AND YOU, IF YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE OUTSIDE AND TRIED TO GET INVOLVED, YOU KNOW THAT BY THE TIME SOMETHING GETS TO B SESSION OR A SESSION HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE, AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO STOP THAT TRAIN. 
          SO YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP AT COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND, AND HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD THERE. 
          AND SO THAT IS EVERY BIT AS IMPORTANT TO ME AS BEING ABLE TO COME AND SPEAK AT B SESSION OR A SESSION. 
          SO I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA OFFER THIS, WHICH I, I'M, I HOPE WE DO, I'VE, I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF IT. 
          I THINK ULTIMATELY THE SOLUTION HAS TO WORK FOR EVERY SITUATION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIRWOMAN. 
          MAY I OFFER SOMETHING? UM, W WE HEAR YOU AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE WHOLE WHOLE COMMITTEE IS, UH, STRESSED AT, AT SOME POINT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT BROADENING IT BEYOND PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          I THINK THAT'S GENERALLY WHAT I'VE HEARD, WHETHER IT'S NOW OR AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, WHY DON'T WE WORK WITH, GIVEN THE AVAIL, UH, AVAILABILITY LIMITATIONS ON PARKING, THOSE CHALLENGES STILL EXIST. 
          AND IT'S VERY HARD TO ESTIMATE WITHOUT HAVING SOME IDEA OF DEMAND HERE. 
          THE TRANSIT SIDE DOESN'T PRESENT THAT SAME CHALLENGE. 
          UH, SO WHY DON'T I 
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JUST, I JUST TALK WITH LEROY, WHY DON'T WE GO BACK WITH V WE'LL SEE IF THE TRANSIT PIECE CAN BE, UH, UH, BROADENED TO A SESSIONS AS WELL. 
          THAT WAY WE CAN START TO GET A SENSE OF, OF WHO'S USING IT AND WHETHER IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S ELIMINATING A BARRIER. 
          UH, AND WE'LL COME BACK AT THAT POINT. 
          UH, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR LEROY OR PROMISE ANYTHING, BUT I, I THINK THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT SOONER THAN THERE IS ON THE PARKING SIDE. 
          I, WE REALLY DO FEEL THAT WE NEED TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE DEMAND FOR PARKING IS GONNA BE, UH, BEFORE WE START MAKING COMMITMENTS OF RESERVING BIG BLOCKS OF GARAGES AND LOTS. 
          DOES THAT SOUND ACCEPTABLE? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, JEFF. 
          I THINK THAT IS ONE GREAT SUGGESTION AND WE, WE SUPPORT IT. 
          WELL, I SUPPORT IT ANYWAY. 
          UM, SO I SEE NODDING. 
          I SEE NODDING. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          UM, I, I JUST HAVE A, A FEW MORE, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT THIS. 
          I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I APPRECIATE THAT NOBODY HERE IS IN CHARGE OF PULLING ALL THE STRING CAN PULL ALL THE STRINGS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          THAT THERE'S A LOT OF COURT, THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION, AS THE COUNCILWOMAN SAYS, THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. 
          A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY IN YOUR CONTROL. 
          UM, WHAT CONCERNS ME IS THAT I DON'T HEAR A TIMELINE FOR FIGURING THAT OUT. 
          LIKE, I DON'T HEAR THE URGENCY ABOUT WHEN THAT'S GONNA BE SOLVED OR HOW YOU'RE GONNA DO IT. 
          SO, SO I WANT TO IMPART THAT URGENCY ON YOU. 
          THIS MEMO WAS FILED IN 2018 . 
          WHAT I'M HEARING IS IT'S GONNA BE 2022 BEFORE THIS HAPPENS AT A SESSION LIKE I, THAT'S TWO OF MY TERMS. AND AS PERSONAL AS IT IS, I DON'T CARE HOW POLITICAL THIS SOUNDS, THIS IS WHAT I RAN ON, IS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          SO I, I HOPE I CAN IMPART SOME OF THAT URGENCY, UH, ON YOU. 
          SO I'M GONNA LIST A NUMBER OF TOOLS THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND STAFF EXPLORE IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. 
          ONE OF THEM WAS ANOTHER C C R I FILED ASKING FOR THE CREATION OF A CARPOOLING PROGRAM FOR CITY STAFF. 
          AND I KNOW VIA WAS, UH, INVOLVED WITH THAT. 
          I BELIEVE THAT WOULD FREE UP SOME PARKING AT CITY TOWER. 
          ANOTHER ONE, AND WE DID THIS ALL DURING THE PANDEMIC, IS REMOTE WORK FOR CERTAIN WORKERS ON WEDNESDAYS. 
          THE OTHER ONE IS INCENTIVES FOR EMPLOYEES TO TAKE THE BUS ON WEDNESDAYS. 
          IF WE CAN ASK THE PUBLIC TO DO THAT AND TO THROW OFF THEIR WHOLE DAY BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA COME AND COMMENT ON, UM, IN THE MORNING, CERTAINLY WE CAN ASK OUR OWN EMPLOYEES TO DO THAT. 
          AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF DYNAMIC PRICE SURGING ON WEDNESDAYS. 
          IF YOU THINK WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH, UH, ENOUGH SPACES. 
          SO PLEASE, THIS IS NOT A, A PERSONAL THING AGAINST ANY OF YOU. 
          IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          IT IS ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE USE TO, THAT WE CAN USE TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO LEGITIMATE, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA KNOW YOUR CONVERSATION WITH AUSTIN. 
          WE KNOW AUSTIN HAS DONE THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          WERE THEY ABLE TO GIVE YOU ANY FEEDBACK ON HOW TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES? UM, I'VE NOT HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. 
          UM, WE LOOKED AT THIS PROGRAM, UM, BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, SO I CAN CERTAINLY CIRCLE BACK WITH THEM AND, AND CLOSE THE LOOP WITH YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, AND I HEAR YOU ON URGENCY, AND I THINK WE BOTH SHARE A VERY STRONG PASSION FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND WANT TO REDUCE AS MANY BARRIERS AS POSSIBLE, UM, TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC COMMENT AND PARTICIPATION. 
          SO I'M WITH YOU AND I, I HEAR YOUR SENSE OF URGENCY. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT, LAURA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, UH, JOHN, THANK YOU LEROY. 
          UH, GREAT. 
          UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE, THE BUS PILOT PART PROGRAM, UH, ROLL IN. 
          SO, UM, COULD I REQUEST THAT WE GET AN UPDATE IN JANUARY ON PROGRESS THAT YOU'VE MADE ON THIS? THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND FINAL COMMENTS. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          YES, I'M NEXT. 
          UM,  NOW. 
          NOW WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON ANOTHER, UH, EXCITING PILOT PROJECT FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          AND THAT IS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, CHILDCARE SUBSIDY PILOT PROGRAM, UH, MEL, RIGHT ANO, UH, ADDRESSING ANOTHER BARRIER, UH, TO PARTICIPATION. 
          SO, GOOD MORNING, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          TODAY I'M PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHILDCARE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          AND TO YOUR POINT EARLIER ABOUT PILOT PROJECTS, REALLY, UM, WE'RE JUST GOING TO FULL ON IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM OVER THE NEXT YEAR. 
          WE'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING 
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AT IT QUITE SO MUCH AS A PILOT. 
          AND SO IN NOVEMBER OF 2018, CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RELU, A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SAFETY, HEALTH, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN. 
          SHORTLY AFTER IN 2019, A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN SAN ANTONIO WAS ISSUED IN ONE AREA THAT IT HIGHLIGHTED WAS HISTORIC AND CURRENT UNDERREPRESENTATION BY WOMEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR ON CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          AND THIS OFTEN RESULTED IN WOMEN'S VOICES REMAINING UNHEARD ON KEY POLICY AND DECISIONS THAT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY'S PROGRESS AND OUR COMMUNITY WELLBEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT 81 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WITH 783 FILLED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND 43.7% OF THOSE WERE WOMEN. 
          OF THOSE WOMEN FILLED LESS THAN ONE THIRD OF POSITIONS ON 29 OF THE, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND HELD NO SEATS ON SIX OF THE COMMITTEES. 
          ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND TRUSTED CHILDCARE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A KEY BARRIER, NOT ONLY AFFECTING WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE, BUT ALSO IN THE AREA OF SIM CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, PARTICULARLY FOR LOW INCOME WOMEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR. 
          IN RESPONSE TO THIS CRITICAL NEED IN JULY, 2019, THEN COUNCILWOMAN SHIRLEY GONZALEZ FILLED, FILED A C C R FOCUSED ON IMPROVING PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN ON CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AT GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE LATER, UM, WHICH WAS EITHER LATE 2019, MAYBE EVEN EARLY 2020, UH, CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO WORK ON OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WOMEN WITH CHILDCARE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE THEIR PARTICIPATION ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          TO THIS END, IN THE FISCAL YEAR 22, ADOPTED BUDGET INCLUDED $10,000 TO FUND A PROGRAM OR PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE CHILDCARE SUPPORT FOR PARTICIPATION AT BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEETINGS. 
          AND SO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE EXPLORED SEVERAL OPTIONS INCLUDING ONSITE CHILDCARE, WHICH REALLY IS PROBABLY COST PROHIBITIVE FOR THE NUMBER OF BOARDS, UH, A BLANKET PER DIEM COST, WHICH WE, UM, BELIEVE DOES NOT CONSIDER THE INDIVIDUALIZED FAMILY NEEDS. 
          CHILDCARE PROVIDER REIMBURSEMENT, WHICH ALSO RESTRICTS, UM, FAMILY CHOICE, PARENT CHOICE AND ACCESSIBILITY. 
          AND SO, PARENT OR GUARDIAN COST REIMBURSEMENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE BEST OPTION THROUGH THE REIMBURSEMENT MODEL. 
          MEMBERS HAVE THE MOST FLEXIBILITY TO SELECT AN OPTION THAT BEST MEETS THEIR NEEDS AND FACILITATES PARTICIPATION ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN SIMPLY, UM, ESSENTIALLY SELECTS THE CHILDCARE PROVIDER OF THEIR CHOICE, WHICH COULD INCLUDE RELATIVE CARE, FRIEND CARE, UM, OR A CHILDCARE CENTER. 
          THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DETERMINED THAT COST REIMBURSEMENT FOR CHILDCARE IS ALLOWABLE UNDER THE CITY CHARTER, LIKE PARKING VOUCHERS OR PROVIDING A MEAL, UM, IS NOT CONSIDERED COMPENSATION. 
          AND SO IF MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE A PROVIDER OR THEY NEED ASSISTANCE IN FINDING A PROVIDER, HUMAN SERVICES STAFF WILL HELP THEM FIND ONE. 
          AND SO WE ROLLED OUT THE PROGRAM LAST MONTH BY OFFERING CHILDCARE REIMBURSEMENT TO ALL PARTICIPANTS ON THE 2022 BOND COMMITTEES. 
          SO OF THE 163 PARTICIPANT, WE DID ONLY HAVE ONE MEMBER, UM, REQUEST AND RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FOR ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, THE, IT WAS PROVIDED, IT WAS ALSO OFFERED DURING THE TRAINING FOR ALL OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          WE ARE ALSO RAMPING UP EMPLOYMENT IMPLEMENTATION WITH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BY ADVERTISING, UM, THE AVAILABILITY OF CHILDCARE REIMBURSEMENT AND RECRUITMENT NOTICES FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          THE STRATEGY BEGAN WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADVERTISEMENT IN LATE NOVEMBER AS NEW MEMBERS ARE ONBOARDED AND REQUEST CHILDCARE SUBSIDY ASSISTANCE. 
          THIS ASSISTANCE WILL ALSO BE OFFERED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE, THAT PARTICULAR BOARD AND COMMISSION. 
          BOARD LIAISONS WOULD ALSO OFFER IT TO SITTING MEMBERS AS NEEDED, UH, FOR RETENTION. 
          YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO IDENTIFY OR PAY FOR CHILDCARE AND THEY'RE MAYBE SPEAKING OF LEAVING THE COMMISSION, THEN WE COULD OFFER IT AS, AS A RETENTION, UM, MECHANISM. 
          AND SO THE GOAL OF THIS STRATEGY IS TO DETERMINE IF CHILDCARE SUBSIDY ASSISTANCE AVAILABILITY ENCOURAGES MORE WOMEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR TO APPLY FOR BOARDING COMMISSION VACANCIES. 
          HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE A TREMENDOUS DEMAND FOR THE, THE PROGRAM. 
          AND SO THEN, SHOULD WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THE ASSISTANCE TO DUE TO FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS, 
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THEN WE WOULD, UM, ASK BOARD AND COMMISSION LIAISONS TO BASE ELIGIBILITY ON, UM, MEMBER, UH, MEMBERS, UH, BARRIERS REGARDING ATTENDING THE MEETINGS OR FINANCIAL NEED FOR ASSISTANCE. 
          AND WE WOULD DO THAT THROUGH SELF ATTESTATION. 
          UH, BOARD MEMBERS WOULD REPORT ON CHILDCARE NEEDED FOR EACH MEETING THROUGH A REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST FORM, AND CITY STAFF WOULD PROCESS THE PAYMENT, UM, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR THE MEMBER FOLLOWING THE MEETING. 
          REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE PROVIDED FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING, PLUS ONE HOUR OF TRAVEL TIME. 
          AND YOU SEE THE SCHEDULE, UM, OF REIMBURSEMENT. 
          AND THAT STRUCTURE WAS DEVELOPED BASED ON A HEAD START, OUR HEAD START POLICY COUNCIL, UH, WHICH IS MOSTLY PARENTS. 
          AND, UM, THIS IS A MODEL THAT IS CURRENTLY USED BY D H S AND MEETS H H SS GUIDELINES. 
          AND SO, AS MENTIONED, WELL, DID IT CHANGE? YES, , AS MENTIONED, THE PILOT IMPLEMENTATION, UM, BEGAN WITH OFFERING SUBSIDY ASSISTANCE TO CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          IN NOVEMBER, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WORKED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNING COMMISSION LIAISON TO INCLUDE CHILDCARE SUBSIDY ASSISTANCE, AVAILABILITY ON ADVERTISEMENTS FOR VACANT POSITIONS. 
          AND BY FEBRUARY, HUMAN SERVICES AND THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK WILL PROVIDE FORMAL CITYWIDE TRAINING FOR ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSION LIAISONS, AND MORE ACTIVELY PROMOTE CHILDCARE SUBSIDY ASSISTANCE, AVAILABILITY, FULL IMPLEMENTATION, AND MORE TARGETED RECRUITMENT WITH SITTING BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL BEGIN IN MARCH OF 22. 
          AND IN APRIL, WE WILL SURVEY BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO DETERMINE THE CONTINUED NEED FOR AND CONTINUED LEVEL OF NEED FOR CHILDCARE SUBSIDY ASSISTANCE IN FUTURE FUNDING CYCLES. 
          UH, WE WILL RETURN TO, UH, CHECK TO YOU ALL IN MAY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE. 
          AND THEN IN JUNE AND JULY, UH, WE WILL USE THE PILOT PROJECT AND THE RESULTS OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY TO DRIVE, UM, F Y 23 BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND SO THIS ITEM IS FOR BRIEFING PURPOSES ONLY, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU MELODY, FOR, FOR MOVING ON THIS SO, SO QUICKLY. 
          , UM, UM, WELL IT, THIS FISCAL YEAR IS WHEN IT WAS APPROVED, SO THANK YOU FOR MOVING ON IT. 
          UM, IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE, OF THE FISCAL YEAR, UM, MY, UH, I GUESS I, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT ONLY MAKING THIS AVAILABLE TO WOMEN WHO, OR SORRY, WOMEN OR, OR A PARENT WHO DECLARES THAT THEY HAVE A FINANCIAL, UH, BARRIER MM-HMM. 
          , UM, NUMBER ONE, FOR THOSE OF US WHO HELP PEOPLE WITH THEIR, UM, RENTAL, WITH THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, IT IS NOT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD AND SAY, I NEED HELP. 
          UM, SECONDLY, UM, I I, PART OF THE REASON WE WE WANNA DO THIS IS SO THAT PARENTS WILL PARTICIPATE. 
          UM, AND IT'S, AND EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE THAT FINANCIAL BURDEN, UM, THE SAME LEVEL OF STRESS, WE'RE BASICALLY ASKING THEM TO SHELL THIS OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET IF THEY WANNA BE ON OUR BORDER COMMISSION. 
          AND I'M, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S GONNA KEEP WITH THE SPIRIT OF REALLY OPENING THE DOOR AND REMOVING, UM, BARRIERS. 
          SO I JUST, UM, I UNDERSTAND WE DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, RUN OUTTA MONEY, UH, RIGHT AWAY, BUT I WOULD JUST POSE THAT TO, TO THINK ABOUT IT, UM, THAT WAY. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY FIRST, UH, REACTION. 
          BUT WE'LL GO AROUND. 
          SO WHERE WERE WE? UM, DISTRICT ONE. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE'LL START THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M NOT READY. 
          CAN WE COME BACK TO ME? HE FORFEITS, UM, , , DISTRICT FIVE. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UM, I, I KNOW WE HAVE A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR AGREEMENT WITH, UH, CITY TOWER FOR RENOVATIONS. 
          DO WE KNOW IF THERE WAS CONVERSATION ABOUT A POTENTIAL SPACE FOR CHILDCARE THERE? I KNOW THERE HAD BEEN AT ONE POINT. 
          I DON'T THINK IT ENDED UP IN THE FINAL PLAN, BUT I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, I, I I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES OR MISSED OPPORTUNITIES WHEN IT COMES TO BOTH, UH, THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WITH PUBLIC COMMENT AND WITH CHILDCARE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, UTSA HAS BEEN ASKING FOR BOND DOLLARS AND THEY'VE RECEIVED OTHER DOLLARS AND THEY'RE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. 
          I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO MAKE, ASK FOR THEM TO HAVE A SPACE FOR CHILDCARE, UH, IN EXCHANGE FOR OUR PUBLIC DOLLARS. 
          UM, I, I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ASK IF THEY CAN ALLOW US TO USE THE UNDER I 35 PARKING, UH, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL AS, UH, WITH THIS CONVERSATION. 
          SO I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME MISSED OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, I THINK MOVING FORWARD, UM, AS A CITY, WE SHOULD BE, UH, ASKING THESE FOLKS FOR, 
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UM, SOMETHING IN EXCHANGE FOR OUR PUBLIC DOLLARS TO, UH, IMPROVE THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN . 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I AGREE WITH THAT. 
          I THINK WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AND WE NEED TO LOOK AND BE CREATIVE. 
          AND I THINK THE SAME IS WITH THE CHILDCARE. 
          'CAUSE I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE CHILDCARE IN THAT, UM, FINAL THING FOR THE FROST TOWER, UH, THE FINAL PLAN FOR THE FROST TOWER, I AGREE WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, UH, SANDOVAL, ABOUT HAVING TO DECLARE THAT THERE'S A FINANCIAL NEED, UH, JUST BECAUSE AS, AND I'M NOT A SINGLE WOMAN WITH A CHILD, BUT IF I HAD SERVED ON A BOARD AND THEN RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL, I KNOW IN OPPOSITION RESEARCH PEOPLE WOULD BRING EVERYTHING UP AND THEY WOULD SAY, WELL, YOU DID THIS AND YOU NEEDED TO GET FUNDS FROM THE CITY. 
          SO I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO MAKE IT AN OPTION AND MAKE IT STRESS THAT WE, THIS IS FOR PEOPLE IN FINANCIAL NEED, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT ALL PARENTS, THIS IS AN EXTRA COST. 
          UH, AND IT IT SHOULD BE A STIPEND. 
          UH, THEY, SO I, I REALLY WANT TO SEE THAT. 
          I LOVE THE IDEA. 
          I THINK, UM, I THINK THE, THE IDEA THAT THEIR PARENT IS GOING OFF TO HELP AND SERVE THE CITY, UM, IS, IS SOMETHING THAT KIDS CAN ADMIRE. 
          SO I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR PORTION, AND I THINK IT OPENS IT UP TO, UM, SINGLE MOTHERS, YOU KNOW, UH, WORKING FAMILIES WHERE THE, WHERE THE PARENT CAN'T WATCH BUT WANTS TO SUPPORT THEIR SPOUSE IN, IN SERVING THIS WAY. 
          SO, UM, YEAH, I, AND I, I BELIEVE, AND I KNOW IN MY APPOINTING APPOINTMENTS IS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO, TO MISUSE THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY'LL USE IT IF THEY NEED IT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND TO CLARIFY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ORIGINALLY STARTED OFF WITH, OKAY, DO WE NEED ELIGIBILITY? AND DECIDED THAT WE REALLY AGREE, UM, WE NEED TO MAKE IT AS WIDELY AVAILABLE AS POSSIBLE. 
          THE IDEA OF, UM, DOING SOME KIND OF, UH, INCOME VERIFICATION WOULD REALLY ONLY HAPPEN IF, IF THE DEMAND WAS SO GREAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE SPENDING WAY BEYOND OUR, BUT EVEN SPENDING BEYOND THE $10,000 D H S CAN, UM, CAN HELP SUPPORT THAT, UH, TO A CERTAIN POINT. 
          AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, WE WOULD ASK FOR THE FUNDING AND THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE DON'T EVER GET TO THE POINT OF NEEDING TO, UM, PUT THOSE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A LAST RESORT. 
          THANKS. 
          I, I WOULD SAY WE SORT OF POSTPONE THAT RESORT AND THEN IF YOU NEED IT TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL ON IT AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH A PROGRAM THAT DOESN'T HAVE THAT. 
          'CAUSE I THINK IF YOU, UM, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE ON OUR BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS NOW MM-HMM. 
          THEY WOULDN'T BE RIGHT. 
          THEY WOULDN'T HAVE SIGNED UP FOR IT. 
          RIGHT. 
          IF THEY KNEW THEY, THEY WERE GONNA HAVE CHILDCARE NEEDS THAT THAT COULDN'T BE MET. 
          AND ALSO, IF YOU COMPARE THIS, OR YOU DID COMPARE THIS TO LIKE PARKING A REIMBURSEMENT, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE FOR INCOME VERIFICATION WHEN WE REIMBURSE THEIR PARKING, ARE WE? UM, NO. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I I I THINK IT WOULD BE LIKE ALMOST DISCRIMINATORY TO DO THAT FOR A PARENT, BUT NOT JUST SOMEONE WHO'S AN AUTOMOBILE DRIVER, SO RIGHT. 
          DISTRICT TWO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY QUESTION WAS GONNA BE ABOUT THE MARKETING OF THE SERVICE, AND I THINK, UM, YOU TOUCHED ON, IT'S GONNA BE INCLUDED ADVERTISEMENTS AND RECRUITMENTS FOR CITY BOARD AND COMMISSION VACANCIES. 
          UM, BUT I THINK A LARGE PART OF THIS IS ALSO GONNA HAVE TO BE A COMMITMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WHEN WE ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE VACANCIES ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, THAT WE, UM, MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS AN OPTION THAT'S AVAILABLE. 
          UM, SOMETHING I DO THINK COULD BE ADDED TO THE CITY'S, UM, ADVERTISEMENT OF IT IS THAT IN THE APPLICATION, MAYBE THERE BE A QUESTION THAT I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME THE APPLICATION HAD BEEN UPDATED, BUT, UM, INCLUDING, UH, DO YOU HAVE KIDS OR DID YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE CHILDCARE AVAILABLE IF APPOINTED? WOULD YOU LIKE TO OPT IN? MM-HMM. 
          , UM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          I ALSO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A PERSON WITH TWO CHILDREN, THEY WOULD GET 26 AN HOUR. 
          I, I'LL SAY THIRD, I'LL SAY THE THREE CHILDREN. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THE AVERAGE IS LIKE TWO AND A HALF KIDS. 
          AND SO I'LL ROUND UP 31 AN HOUR, SAY THE AVERAGE MEETING IS TWO HOURS AND THE BORDER COMMISSION MEETS MONTHLY. 
          THAT'S ABOUT 13 PEOPLE THAT WE CAN HELP. 
          RIGHT? SO 13 PEOPLE. 
          AND I'M THINKING, THE REASON I THINK ABOUT THAT IS BECAUSE I HAVE 50 MEMBERS ON ONE OF MY COM, ON ONE OF MY COMMISSION, M L K, AND I MAKE 20 OF THOSE APPOINTMENTS AND THEN 30 MORE, UM, ARE APPOINTED. 
          AND SO I JUST, I'M 
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VERY INTERESTED IN THIS EXPANDING RAPIDLY. 
          SO I'M, I'M EXCITED. 
          I KNOW WE HAVE LIMITATIONS RIGHT NOW. 
          AND, UM, I'M SUPER HAPPY THAT IT PASSED WITH THE BUDGET. 
          AND I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL WAS A LARGE PART OF THE ADVOCACY FOR THAT AND, AND SOME OF THE MEETINGS MM-HMM. 
           MEET BIMONTHLY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IF IF SOMEBODY ATTENDED SIX MEETINGS A YEAR WOULD, WE WOULD GET TO 20 TO 25 PEOPLE. 
          UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA CUT IT OFF. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WHEN WE GET TO 13 OR 20 PEOPLE, WE'RE GONNA KEEP GOING AND WE'LL, SO WE'LL GO BEYOND THAT. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHERE WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT AS, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING. 
          SO WE WOULD GO BEYOND, AS PERFU SAID, FUNDING BEYOND WE, WE HAVE EXTRA $10,000 IF WE NEED IT. 
          SO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          . 
          I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING. 
          ACT NEVERMIND. 
          YES. 
          THAT WAS EVERYTHING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU MELODY. 
          I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, UH, INITIATIVE. 
          UM, I'M ALSO APPRECIATE WANTING TO, UM, MAKE IT EASIER FOR MORE PEOPLE TO, TO OPT IN. 
          UM, AND I'M CURIOUS LIKE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF RESEARCH YOU ALL DID AND WHAT YOU SAW THAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING TO, TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL. 
          WELL, REALLY THE, THE BEST MODEL WE HAVE IS OUR HEAD START PROGRAM. 
          WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING, UH, SOME KIND OF A CHILDCARE, UH, SUBSIDY OR PROGRAM TO PARENTS ON THAT, THAT POLICY COUNCIL FOR YEARS. 
          IT'S A, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL REQUIREMENT THAT WE, WE REDUCE THESE BARRIERS. 
          SO WE'VE DONE THIS WITH A, A FEDERAL POLICY COUNCIL AND WE'RE APPLYING A LOT OF THAT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          UH, AND THIS IS DONE AT HEAD START PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          WE DID NOT FIND ANOTHER CITY THAT WAS OFFERING CHILDCARE. 
          UH, SOME, LIKE I SAID, MOST OF OUR RESEARCH IS AROUND THE HEAD START WORLD AND, AND THEY SORT OF BLAZED THIS TRAIL OF ENSURING AND REQUIRING PARENT PARTICIPATION. 
          IT'S NOT AN ADVISORY POLICY COUNCIL. 
          THEY ARE DECISION MAKING AND PART OF THE GOVERNANCE OF THE PROGRAM. 
          SO. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS MELODY. 
          WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE IT ROLL OUT. 
          AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD A COUNCIL MEMBER SAY WE HAVE TO PROMOTE THIS AS WELL WHEN WE, UM, WHEN WE GO OUT THERE MM-HMM. 
           AND WE CAN PROVIDE LANG THE LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE USING FOR THE, UM, CITY CLERK'S ADVERTISEMENTS TO YOU ALL TO PUT IN YOUR DOCUMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'D BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          AND, UH, THIS IS FROM THE LAST ITEM, BUT WE ALSO HAD A COUNCIL MEMBER REQUEST THAT WE ALL SHOW UP ON TIME. 
           FOR OUR COUNCIL, FOR, FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ON, ON THURSDAYS. 
          SO I WILL TAKE THAT TO HEART. 
          UM, BUT I CAN'T PROMISE YOU NO POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, , SO, ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK THAT'S OUR LAST ITEM, SO, UM, OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU.
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