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           OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          EVERY MORNING. 
          SORRY. 
          SORRY. 
          IT'S OKAY. 
          SORRY. 
          NO, NO PROBLEM. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING. 
          WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY. 
          WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER THIS MORNING. 
          SO LET'S GET STARTED. 
          UH, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL RULE COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY CHAIR. 
          CAB BERDA. 
          HERE. 
          CHAIR. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          AND WE'RE STILL WAITING ON COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          RIGHT? OKAY. 
          UM, THERE'S THREE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. 
          EACH ONE OF THEM EQUALLY IMPORTANT, I'M SURE WILL SPARK DISCUSSION MEMBERS TODAY. 
          YOU'LL HAVE SEVEN MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF THREE MINUTES FOR FOLLOW UP IF NECESSARY. 
          UH, TODAY WE'LL BE DISCUSSING TWO COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUESTS FOCUSING ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. 
          THESE CCRS WERE WRITTEN TO ENSURE THAT IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY EVENT, WE WILL BE WELL PREPARED TO HELP OUR CITIZENS BY OUTLINING OUR COMMUNICATION PLANS. 
          WE'LL ALSO HEAR AN UPDATE FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ON CRIME STATISTICS IN SAN ANTONIO FOR THE LAST QUARTER. 
          IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND I'M EXCITED TO HEAR IT TODAY. 
          UH, WITH THAT SAID, LET'S GET STARTED. 
          THE FIRST, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS 
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THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR NOVEMBER 16TH MEETING. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO A MOTION TO MINUTES. 
          AND WE NEED A SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          YAY. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR THE WIN . 
          UM, WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? A MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED. 
          UH, WE'LL BEGIN WITH PUBLIC COMMENT, ALTHOUGH I, IS THERE, WAS THERE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WITH NO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO, A BRIEFING AND 
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POSSIBLE ACTION ON A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST SUBMITTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DR. 
          ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA ON A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO EMERGENCY PREPARED PREPARED PREPAREDNESS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          WE'RE GONNA COUPLE IT WITH, UM, ITEM THREE AS WELL, CORRECT. 
          MARIA? TWO AND THREE TOGETHER? YES, CHAIRWOMAN. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WHICH IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST SUBMITTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLAYTON PERRY ON A CREATION OF AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMUNITY GUIDE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD, MARIA. 
          GOOD MORNING, CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          I'M MARIA VILLAGOMEZ, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. 
          AND BEFORE I BEGIN MY PRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOME MEMBERS OF OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, UH, OFFICE, UM, THAT ARE HERE THIS MORNING. 
          SO WE HAVE, IF YOU GUYS CAN COME TO THE FRONT, WE HAVE OUR INTERIM OPERATIONS MANAGER, UM, DISTRICT CHIEF, UH, WESLEY WEST. 
          WE ALSO HAVE, UH, CAPTAIN CHRIS BENAVIDEZ WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO'S ALSO, UM, HELPING US AT THE E O C. 
          AND WE HAVE TWO OF OUR CIVILIAN, UH, PERSONNEL WITH US TODAY. 
          WE HAVE JAMES MENDOZA, ONE OF OUR MANAGERS, AND ALSO CHRIS STOKES, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF ALL OF OUR G I SS, UM, UH, OPERATIONS WITHIN, WITHIN THE E O C. 
          UH, I ALSO HAVE WITH ME TODAY, UM, DEPUTY CHIEF CHRIS MANIER WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS OFFICE, REPORTS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND ALSO JEFF COYLE, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WHO HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN WORKING WITH THE UTILITIES AS WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS PLAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, WITH THAT, UH, WE ARE GONNA START WITH THE FIRST C C R. 
          AND THIS IS A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY COUNCILWOMAN, UH, DR. 
          ROCHA GARCIA. 
          AND IN SUMMARY, WITH THIS PARTICULAR, UM, C C R CALLS FOR IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO BE REVIEWED AT AN ASSIGNED CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          SO THIS PARTICULAR C C R HAS ALREADY GONE TO GOVERNANCE, AND IT WAS ASSIGNED HERE TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          UM, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS WITHIN THE CHARGE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, OUR COMMITTEE OVERSEES POLICIES, PLANS, AND PROGRAMS RELATED TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, E M S, FIRE PROTECTION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          SO, JUST A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE ACTIONS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THIS COMMITTEE FROM THE C C R FIVE ACTIONS IN TOTAL. 
          ONE IS LEADING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. 
          AND THIS WERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THIS COMMITTEE AS A RESULT OF STORM URI THAT HAPPENED ALMOST A YEAR AGO. 
          NUMBER TWO, STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE UTILITY SOURCE AND C P S WITH AN EMPHASIS THAT WE WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND NOT ONLY DURING EMERGENCIES. 
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NUMBER THREE, UH, CONTINGENCY PLANS, UH, THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY WITHIN THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE CITY THAT NEED TO BE PERIODICALLY REVIEW AND UPDATING UPDATED. 
          THE FOURTH REQUEST IS THAT WE EVALUATE EXISTING GUIDELINES WITH A CRITICAL LENS TO SERVE OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 
          AND NUMBER FIVE, THAT EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A SINGULAR EXECUTIVE OR DEPARTMENT HEAD. 
          SO LET'S START WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          SO, JUST AS A REMINDER TO THE COUNCIL, AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET, THERE WERE A SERIES OF ITEMS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A TOTAL OF $8.5 MILLION. 
          AND THIS, UM, DOLLARS WERE TO BE ALLOCATED TO PURCHASE GENERATORS AT, UH, SOME OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES TO, UH, ESTABLISH RESILIENCY HUBS, DEVELOP A RESILIENCY STRATEGY, ENHANCE OUR COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION, IDENTIFYING VULNERABLE POPULATION IN SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES. 
          SO THE FIRST ITEM THAT IS, UM, RECOMMENDED BY THE C C R IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, HAD A TOTAL OF 24 RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THIS RECOMMENDATIONS ARE DIVIDED IN THREE CATEGORIES, PLANNING, TRAINING, EXERCISES, OR TABLETOPS, UH, RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS. 
          SO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WAS, UM, ASSIGNED BY THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE TO THE MUNICIPALS UTILITIES COMMITTEE. 
          AS THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE IS REVIEWING ALL THE IMPLEMENTATION, UH, OF ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS, NOT ONLY BY THE CITY, BUT ALSO BY SALTS AND C P S. 
          SO WE ARE SCHEDULED TO GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE, UH, THIS MONTH ON JANUARY 25TH TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE ON THIS RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND SOME OF THEM ARE IN PROGRESS. 
          THE SECOND ITEM ON THE, ON THE C C R WAS A SUGGESTION TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH UTILITIES, ESPECIALLY SALT AND C P S AND FOCUS, UH, TO WORK WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NOT ONLY DURING EMERGENCIES. 
          SO TO THIS EFFECT, WE HAD A TABLETOP EXERCISE WITH THE UTILITIES THAT FOCUSES THE FOCUS ON AN EVENT. 
          SIMILAR TO YURI, WE ALSO DID AN EXERCISE THAT FOCUS ON AN EXTREME HEAT EVENT AS WELL AS A POTENTIAL CYBER ATTACK. 
          SO THIS HAPPENED IN SEPTEMBER. 
          UM, ALSO OUR, UM, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNICATION UNITS OF C C P S AND SAUCE TO STRENGTHEN OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND ALSO TO COORDINATE OUR RESPONSE DURING AN EMERGENCY. 
          SO JEFF COYLE HAS BEEN LEADING THAT EFFORT, AND HE'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AS FAR AS THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE. 
          WE ALSO, THE CITY MANAGER AND MYSELF, ARE IN FREQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH THE UTILITIES, UH, SPECIFICALLY WITH C P S AS WE HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE PREPARED FOR AN EVENT SIMILAR TO URI THAT WE EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR AND IMPROVE OUR RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNICATION INTERNALLY WITH THE UTILITIES, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNICATION WITH OUR, UH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          THE THIRD ITEM THAT IS, UM, UH, RECOMMENDED WITHIN THE C C R IS THAT WE FREQUENTLY UPDATE OUR CONTINGENCY PLANS AND ALSO OUR EMERGENCY PLANS. 
          SO I'M GONNA FOCUS ON TWO SPECIFIC PLANS THAT ARE THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT PLANS FOR THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          ONE IS OUR BASIC PLAN THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE. 
          AND THIS IS A PLAN THAT ALLOWS US TO RESPOND TO ALL HAZARDS THAT WE FACE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THAT PARTICULAR PLAN IS UPDATED EVERY YEAR AND THE EVERY FIVE YEARS, EXCUSE ME. 
          AND THE LAST TIME THAT WE UPDATED IT WAS IN 2021. 
          SO WE ARE IN GOOD STANDING WITH, WITH THE STATE. 
          THE OTHER PLAN THAT, UM, TOOK A LOT OF ATTENTION DURING THE, UH, REVIEW OF WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE STORM URI IS A HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. 
          THIS PARTICULAR PLAN IS REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND IS, UH, IS, IT SERVES TWOFOLD. 
          ONE IS PRIMARILY NEEDED TO QUALIFY FOR PRE-DISASTER AND POST-DISASTER FEDERAL FUNDING FOR MITIGATION INITIATIVES. 
          UH, AND IT ALSO HELPS US AS A GUIDE IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT WE COULD INCLUDE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS OR IN A BOND PROGRAM TO IMPROVE AND MITIGATE, UH, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE HAZARDS THAT WE FACE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THIS PARTICULAR PLAN MUST BE UPDATED EVERY FIVE 
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YEARS, AND THE, THE MOST RECENT UPDATE WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2021 IN OCTOBER, 2021, AND FEMA ACCEPTED THE PLAN IN NOVEMBER OF 2021. 
          NOW, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE, FROM THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS FROM THE C C R, IS TO UPDATE THIS HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. 
          THIS PLAN WAS UPDATED BEFORE STORM URI, SO IT DIDN'T HAVE A SIMILAR EVENT TO URI INCLUDED IN THE PLAN. 
          SO COUNCIL REQUESTED THAT WE UPDATE THE PLAN AND BE AMENDED TO REVIEW, UM, OUR CURRENT HAZARDS TO INCLUDE AN EVENT LIKE URI. 
          UM, ALSO TO EVALUATE THE RANKING OF OUR HAZARDS. 
          THE PLAN IDENTIFIES 17 DIFFERENT HAZARDS, AND THIS ARE NATURAL DISASTERS, HUMAN CAUSE DISASTER, OR A COMBINATION OF EITHER HUMAN MADE, UM, OR NATURAL DISASTERS. 
          UM, ALSO THE INTEGRATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE, UH, THAT WAS REQUESTED BY COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL AND HOW TO IMPACTS OUR HAZARD PROFILES, UM, AND ALSO THE OVERALL REFORMATTING OF THE PLAN. 
          AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN PERRY, YOU HAD REQUESTED ALSO THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE BE ALSO BE INCLUDED AS AN APPENDIX SO WE CAN MEMORIALIZE, UM, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SO. 
          WE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL A, A CONTRACT TO RETAIN A CONSULTANT THAT IS GONNA HELP US UPDATE THE, THE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER OF, UH, 2016. 
          SO WE HAVE BEGIN THE PROCESS. 
          WE HAD A KICKOFF MEETING THIS MONTH. 
          UH, WE ARE GONNA BE UPDATING THE, THE PLAN AND YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT STEPS ON THE SCREEN. 
          UH, OUR WINTER WEATHER PROFILE, THE HAZARD RE THE HAZARD RISK UPDATE OF THE RANKING OF THE HAZARD RISKS, AS WELL AS INCORPORATING CLIMATE CHANGE INTO OUR PLAN. 
          ONCE WE HAVE THOSE UPDATES, WE'LL GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND MAY TO OBTAIN FEEDBACK AND MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE PLAN. 
          WE'LL ALSO SERVE AS AN EDUCATION PROCESS. 
          AND THEN WE'LL BRING THE DRAFT HERE TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL BEFORE WE BRING IT TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL. 
          AS PART OF OUR CONTINGENCY PLANNING, UH, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT, UM, WAS IDENTIFIED AS A GAP DURING THE STORM URI IS OUR GENERATORS AND CRITICAL CITY FACILITIES. 
          UH, WE CURRENTLY MAINTAIN AND OPERATE 108, 180 EMERGENCY POWER GENERATORS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          WE, UH, PERFORM AN ASSESSMENT OF ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR, UM, CITY ASSETS, AND WE IDENTIFY THE NEED AND WE PRIORITIZE, UM, THE NEED OF, UM, GENERATORS THAT NEED TO BE ACQUIRED. 
          'CAUSE FACILITIES DON'T HAVE A GENERATOR OR THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED. 
          SO THE FIRST PRIORITY OF OUR FACILITIES INCLUDE, UH, POLICE, UH, FIRE FACILITIES OR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A SECOND TIER THAT INCLUDES COMMUNITY CENTERS AND LIBRARIES. 
          SO WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE GOT IN THE BUDGET, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES. 
          UM, WHAT WE, UH, ARE, WE'RE GONNA BE RECOMMENDING TO THE COUNCIL IS INSTEAD OF HAVING A GENERATOR THAT CAN PROVIDE, FOR INSTANCE, FULL POWER BACKUP TO AN HVAC SYSTEM OR TO A, UM, HEATING THE ENTIRE BUILDING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES WHILE WE'RE FOCUSING, IS ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A GENERATOR THAT CAN ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNICATIONS ASSETS ARE WORKING, OUR COMPUTERS ARE WORKING EMERGENCY LIGHTING, AND ALSO OUR, UM, UM, APPLIANCES IN THE KITCHEN, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS THEY SPEND, UH, MOST OF THEIR TIME AT THE FACILITIES. 
          SO WITH THOSE, UH, CRITICAL ITEMS BEING ADDRESSED WITH THIS TYPE OF GENERATORS, UH, THE FIRST PHASE WILL EQUIP 19 OF OUR FIRE STATIONS. 
          UM, SO WE ARE GONNA BE BRINGING THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          WE'RE CURRENTLY ON THE, UH, PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR, FOR YOUR APPROVAL. 
          WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT WE PURCHASE 10 MOBILE GENERATORS TO BE USED AT KEY LOCATIONS. 
          AND THIS COULD BE USED, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE NEEDED TO OPEN A FACILITY AND IT WAS, UM, WITHOUT POWER, WE CAN BRING THIS PARTICULAR MOBILE GENERATOR TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A PLACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS. 
          UH, WE ALSO ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF RENTING MOBILE GENERATORS, UH, UNTIL THE TIME THAT WE ACQUIRE THE GENERATORS THAT I MENTIONED TO GET US THROUGH, THROUGH THIS WINTER SEASON. 
          ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION FROM THE C C R IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR PREPAREDNESS GUIDELINES 
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ARE REVIEWED WITH A CRITICAL LENS TO SERVE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS TO THAT EFFECT. 
          IN DECEMBER, UH, LAST MONTH, WE BROUGHT TO YOU AND YOU APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH B C F S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THAT WILL DO A REVIEW OF ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN PROCESSES AND PROVIDE US WITH A GAP ANALYSIS, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN ALL OF THE EMERGENCY PLANS THAT WE HAVE, TRAININGS AND OTHER RE UH, RELATED MATERIALS. 
          THE GOAL OF THIS PARTICULAR, UM, EXERCISE INTO IT IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ENGAGE THOSE STAKEHOLDERS THAT REPRESENT INDIVIDUAL WITH DISABILITIES, AND THAT WE PLAN WITH THEM AND NOT FOR THEM. 
          SO, TO THAT EFFECT, UH, OUR KICKOFF MEETING WILL BE IN FEBRUARY. 
          WE ARE GONNA FACILITATE 10 COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SESSIONS, ONE IN EACH OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS. 
          WE ALSO ARE GOING TO CREATE A STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT TASK FORCE THAT CAN HELP US INFORM SOME OF THOSE CHANGES OR IDENTIFY THOSE GAPS BEFORE WE MAKE ANY CHANGES. 
          THE WORK, UH, WILL BEGIN IN FEBRUARY, 2022, AND IT'LL BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER. 
          I WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU AN UPDATE, UH, ONCE WE HAVE A TIMELINE FROM THE VENDOR TO KEEP THIS COMMITTEE INFORMED OF OUR PROGRESS AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS IMPORTANT WORK. 
          ANOTHER AREA THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE, UM, BY THE, UH, PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE WAS TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE OUR PARTICIPATION ON THE STATE OF TEXAS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE REGISTRY OR STREET STEER PROGRAM. 
          THIS PARTICULAR DATABASE ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED, UM, ASSISTANCE DURING AN EVENT TO REGISTER, SO THAT WAY, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, OFFICES ARE AWARE WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AND THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE, AND WE CAN PROVIDE THE ASSISTANCE DURING, DURING A DISASTER. 
          SO FAR, WE HAVE 4,100 INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE REGISTERED. 
          AND YOU SEE ON THE MAP, ON THE SCREEN, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS A MAP THAT SHOWS ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE REGISTERED, THAT YOU CAN SEE IS PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE CITY, HOWEVER, ON THE RIGHT AS A HEAT MAP FOR THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S IN OUR CENTER CITY AND ON THE, UM, UM, A LITTLE BIT ON THE EAST, AND THEN THE, UM, NORTHWEST OF, OF OUR CITY AND OUR SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR IN TERMS OF, UM, ENHANCING OUR PREPAREDNESS FOR, UM, INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITY NOW INCLUDED IN OUR WORK PLAN, NOT ON THE C C R, BUT I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL AND UPDATE THE, THE, UM, BUDGET INCLUDED RESOURCES TO ESTABLISH FOUR RESILIENCY HUBS. 
          AND THE IDEA OF THIS RESILIENCY HUBS IS TO IDENTIFY AREAS. 
          COULD BE A CITY FACILITY, COULD BE A SCHOOL THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS FAMILIAR WITH. 
          SO IN THE CASE OF, OF, OF AN EMERGENCY, THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH A PLACE WHERE TO GO. 
          THIS PARTICULAR, UH, EXERCISE WILL REQUIRE EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SO WE CAN GET THE, UH, FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT WOULD BE THE PREFERENCE FOR THE SELECTION OF THE SITES, AND WE ANTICIPATE TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS IN MARCH. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO INCLUDED IN TERMS OF RESILIENCY TO DEVELOP A RESILIENCY STRATEGY FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THIS WOULD BE A TACTICAL ROADMAP TO BUILD RESILIENCY THAT PARTICULAR PRIORITIES AND SPECIFIC INITIATIVES FOR SHORT, MEDIUM, AND LONG-TERM IMPLEMENTATION. 
          CITIES THAT HAVE ESTABLISHED A RESILIENCY STRATEGY, UH, A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT IS THE FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY COUNCIL IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE THOSE PRIORITIES THAT WE WANT TO SET FOR THIS STRATEGY. 
          COULD BE ISSUES, FOR INSTANCE, POVERTY. 
          IT COULD BE, UM, UM, PREPAREDNESS FOR A DISASTER. 
          IT COULD BE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, COULD BE A SERIES OF SOCIAL, UM, ISSUES THAT THE, THE COUNCIL WILL LIKE US TO FOCUS ON TO BECOME A MORE RESILIENT CITY IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS. 
          SO WE'LL BE HAVING THAT POLICY DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL IN MARCH OF 2022, AS WELL. 
          NOW, INCLUDED IN THE C C R, AND THIS TOUCHES ALSO IN THE C C R FROM COUNCILMAN PERRY, AND I WILL TRANSITION TO THAT PRESENTATION IS, UH, OUR WINTER WEATHER PREPAREDNESS. 
          UM, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS, UM, DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO ENSURE OUR COMMUNITY IS PREPARED, UM, AND ALSO IDENTIFY WARNING, UH, WARMING CENTERS. 
          AND THIS, UM, UH, IDENTIFICATION OF WARMING CENTER IS, IS, IS DERIVED BY ESTABLISHING SOME WINTER WEATHER 
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TRIGGERS. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, AS WE KNOW THAT THIS WEEK OUR TEMPERATURES ARE GONNA GO BELOW FREEZING, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE START DOING IS, UH, DOING OUTREACH TO OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, THOSE THAT ARE UNSHELTERED TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF PLACES WHERE TO GO, AND THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE DANGERS OF STAYING, UM, OUTDOORS. 
          WE ALSO WORK WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT SHELTER SPACE, UM, OR WARMING SPACES FOR OUR UNSHELTERED POPULATION. 
          NOW, IF, UM, WE, IF THE WEATHER BRINGS ICE, UH, RAIN, SNOW, UM, AND THERE ARE POWER OUTAGES OR A COMBINATION OF THIS, WE ARE PREPARED TO OPEN FOUR WARMING CENTERS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          AND WE'LL BE PROVIDING THOSE LOCATIONS AS THE, AS THE, UM, EVENT APPROACHES. 
          SO IF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, DECIDE TO GO TO ONE OF THE CENTERS BECAUSE PERHAPS THEY DON'T HAVE ELECTRICITY OR OTHER CHALLENGES, THE CITY WILL BE PROVIDING, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THEM AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION SO WE CAN BRING THEM TO THIS FACILITIES. 
          SO, UM, OUR COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOPS, THIS WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT PART OF OUR 20 21, 20 22, UM, PLAN. 
          AND, UM, THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE WITH DOING IN-PERSON, UH, PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOPS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          HOWEVER, WE HAVE DONE, UH, VIRTUAL EVENTS, UH, FOR 2022, WE ARE GONNA BE TAKING A VERY AGGRESSIVE APPROACH ON HOW WE DO THIS PREPAREDNESS, UH, WORKSHOPS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE EFFECTIVE AND THAT THE COMMUNITY, UH, FEELS THAT THEY'RE PREPARED FOR ANY TYPE OF HAZARD THAT FACES, UM, SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA TRANSITION TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION, WHICH IS THE C C R FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, UH, REGARDING THE CREATION OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMUNITY GUIDE. 
          SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION, UM, WE ARE GONNA GO OVER THE, THE C C R REQUEST. 
          UH, WE ALSO GONNA REVIEW WITH THE COUNCIL PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, UH, THE CREATION OF A NEW, UH, WINTER EMERGENCY GUIDE, UM, AS WELL AS THE NEXT STEPS IN OUR COMMUNICATION, UH, PROCESS. 
          SO, UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY'S AS C C R REQUESTED THE CREATION OF AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GUIDE AND THE USE OF VIDEOS TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ON HOW TO BE EQUIPPED AND PREPARE FOR ANY TYPE OF, UM, HAZARD THAT FACES OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, THE DISTRIBUTION OF GUIDES TO OCCUR IN THE DAYS LEADING TO UNEXPECTED WAVE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER, AND TO ENSURE THAT THE MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND VIDEOS ARE CREATED TO INCLUDE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION. 
          SO I WANTED TO, UM, INFORM THE COUNCIL SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AVAILABLE AND WILL BE ALSO INFORMING OUR COMMUNITY, UM, OF THIS RESOURCES. 
          WE ARE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS PART OF A READY SOUTH TEXAS PROGRAM THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN 2004 THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, UM, IN THE OREGON AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE, OR, OR U A E. 
          THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM PROVIDES RESOURCES TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC USING AN ALL HAZARDS APPROACH. 
          SO, FOR INSTANCE, THEY HAVE, UM, GUIDES THAT YOU CAN, UM, THAT, THAT WE, THE CITY WILL BE PROVIDING HARD COPIES AS WELL AS DIGITAL COPIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE. 
          AND THIS WILL PREPARE YOU FOR ANY TYPE OF HAZARD. 
          UM, THEY ALSO HAVE VIDEOS. 
          THEY HAVE, UM, AN APP AS WELL THAT PROVIDES, UM, INFORMATION LIKE ANER, EMERGENCY SUPPLY CHECKLIST, A FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS PLAN, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, AND HOW TO BECOME FAMILIAR, WHAT'S, WHAT'S AN ADVISORY VERSUS AN ALERT VERSUS A WARNING. 
          SO WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THIS ON THE NEWS, THEY HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF OF WHAT IS COMING UP. 
          UM, THIS PARTICULAR APP IS, UH, THE, THE TRANSLATION TO SPANISH IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS. 
          ANOTHER GREAT RESOURCE THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IS, UH, RESOURCES FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY OR FEMA. 
          THEY HAVE PREPAREDNESS GUIDES, THEY HAVE BROCHURES, THEY HAVE INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS. 
          AND THIS RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE BOTH TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND 
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THE COMMUNITY. 
          ANOTHER GOOD RESOURCE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, OR THE C D C. 
          THEY HAVE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE INFORMATION FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. 
          THEY HAVE BROCHURES THAT WE CAN USE, UM, AS WELL TO ENSURE OUR COMMUNITY IS PREPARED. 
          NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, WHICH, UH, IS AN ENHANCEMENT TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, UM, I THINK OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL OF US WHEN WE KNOW OF, OF, UM, SPECIFIC HAZARD OR BEING READY FOR ANY HAZARD. 
          UH, AND I THINK THE INTENT OF THE C C R FROM COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS TO BE MORE TARGETED IN ON, ON OUR APPROACH TO A, UM, HAZARD THAT IS, UM, COMING UP OR FACING OUR CITY OR PARTICULAR WEATHER EVENT. 
          SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE, AND, UM, WE ARE GONNA BE DISTRIBUTING TO YOU AS, AS WE SPEAK, IS THAT WE CREATED A GUIDE SPECIFICALLY FOR SAN ANTONIO, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE WINTER. 
          IT HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THIS PARTICULAR GUIDE ON HOW TO PREPARE FOR AN EVENT. 
          WE ALSO CREATED THE GUIDE IN SPANISH AS WELL. 
          SO THAT IS READY AND BEING PRINTED AS WE SPEAK. 
          SO WE WILL START DISTRIBUTION, UM, IN THE, IN THE UPCOMING COUPLE OF DAYS AS WE HAVE THIS, UM, WEATHER EVENT THAT IS APPROACHING OUR CITY ON WEDNESDAY. 
          A SO, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PARTICULAR GUIDE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS INSTEAD OF RECREATING THE WHEEL, WE COMBINED THE RESOURCES THAT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE FROM FEMA, FROM THE C D C, AND ALSO FROM SOUTH, UH, TEXAS, READY TO CREATE WITH THE SUMMARY THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, UH, THIS PARTICULAR WINTER PREPAREDNESS GUIDE FOCUSES ON, UH, TELLING OUR COMMUNITY WHAT TO DO TODAY, NOW, HOW TO PREPARE FOR AN EVENT THAT IS COMING UP, WHAT TO DO DURING AN EVENT IN ORDER TO SURVIVE THAT PARTICULAR EVENT, AND WHAT TO DO AFTER THE EVENT HAS CONCLUDED. 
          YOU'LL SEE ON THE GUIDE THAT THERE'S INFORMATION ON HOW TO READ, UH, WATCHES, WARNINGS, AND ADVISORIES. 
          SO WHEN SOMEBODY HEARS THERE'S AN ADVISORY VERSUS A WARNING, THEY HAVE AN IDEA ON WHAT TO EXPECT AS THE WEATHER IS APPROACHING. 
          UM, IT ALSO PROVIDES INFORMATION ON HOW TO PREPARE THEIR HOUSE, HOW TO PREPARE, UH, THEIR VEHICLE, WHAT TO WEAR, WHAT SIGNS TO, UM, IDENTIFY IF SOMEBODY IS HAVING A HYPOTHERMIA OR ANY OTHER, UM, UH, REACTION TO THE WEATHER. 
          UH, IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR A CHECKLIST ON WHAT SUPPLIES YOU SHOULD HAVE AT HOME, UM, NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS, UM, A FLASHLIGHT, BATTERIES, A UH, BATTERY OPERATED RADIO. 
          AND VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY, UH, TUNED TO THE LOCAL NEWS, UH, SO THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, IT ALSO HAS, UM, SOME TIPS ON WHAT TO DO AFTER THE WINTER STORM, UM, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT DID THEY LEARN FROM THE WINTER STORM AND START REPLENISHING AND GETTING READY FOR A NEXT EVENT. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, IT HAS A LIST OF RESOURCES, UM, ON, UM, UH, CITY RESOURCES, COUNTY RESOURCES, FEDERAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE, UH, DURING, BEFORE OR AFTER A A, UM, PARTICULARLY A WINTER EVENT IN ADDITIONS. 
          IN ADDITION TO THIS GUIDE, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO, UM, HAVE CREATED IS A DOOR HUNGER IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. 
          THIS IS A QUICK CHECKLIST THAT WE ARE GONNA BE DELIVERING, UM, BEGINNING TOMORROW. 
          I'M LOOKING AT MY TEAM, I DON'T WANNA OVER PROMISE, BUT I THINK IT'S BEGINNING TOMORROW OR DAY AFTER TOMORROW. 
          AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED FOR THOSE AREAS OF OUR CITY WHERE WE HAVE MORE, UM, OF, UM, CHALLENGES ACCESSING A COMPUTER OR HAVING A DIGITAL DEVICE. 
          WE HAVE LOOKED AT AREAS OF, OF THE CITY WHERE WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IS MUCH HIGHER THAN IN OTHER PARTS OF OUR CITY. 
          SO THIS IS GONNA BE FOCUSED ON NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE EAST, UH, THE WEST AND THE SOUTH, UH, OF OUR CITY. 
          UH, WE ARE DISTRIBUTING, UM, CLOSE TO 70, UH, THOUSAND, UM, OF THIS, UM, DOOR HANGERS TO MAKE SURE INDIVIDUALS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO AS THERE'S, UM, UNEXPECTED, UH, OR THERE'S A WINTER EVENT COMING UP, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UH, WHAT WE ARE GONNA BE DOING, UM, BEGINNING TODAY IS TO DO MEDIA OUTREACH. 
          WE NEED THE ASSISTANCE OF THE MEDIA TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR C IS INFORMED THAT WE HAVE THIS INFORMATION. 
          UM, ALSO, 
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WE WILL BE PROVIDING THIS MATERIALS AT CITY FACILITIES, UH, TO YOUR COUNCIL OFFICES AND OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS DELIVERING THE DOOR HANGERS TO ABOUT 70,000 HOMES, AS I MENTIONED, PRIMARILY ON THE EAST, WEST, AND SOUTH OF OUR CITY. 
          UH, POSTING THIS MATERIALS AND SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, FEMA, UH, TO THE REQUEST OF, UH, UM, THE C C R HAS VIDEOS ALREADY PREPARED THAT WE ARE GONNA MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CITY'S, UH, FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE CHANNEL. 
          THIS, UH, VIDEOS ARE ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AND ALSO, UM, HAVE SIGN LANGUAGE. 
          UH, SO FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT, UH, NEED THAT TYPE OF ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS PSAS, THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN T B S A. 
          NOW, IN TERMS OF EMERGENCY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, AS I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, WE HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO ADVERTISE THE STATE, UH, REGISTRY. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE ABOUT 4,100 INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP. 
          WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, UM, AND WE ALSO KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM, UM, ABOUT OUR ACCESS ACCESSIBLE HAZARD ALERT SYSTEM AND A S L EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION AND EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING. 
          WE HAVE 726, UM, RESIDENTS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THAT SERVICE. 
          AND THIS, AGAIN, PROVIDES THAT, UM, A PREPARATION FOR THOSE INDIVIDUAL WITH WITH DISABILITIES. 
          SO IN TERMS OF OUR NEXT STEPS, THE, UH, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BEGIN IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS TO PREPARE THE COMMUNITY FOR EMERGENCY EVENTS BEGINNING IN FEBRUARY. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED, WE'LL BE DOING A MORE ROBUST, UM, ENGAGEMENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING TO THOSE VULNERABLE, UH, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT PERHAPS HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN THOSE WORKSHOPS IN THE PAST AS, AS WELL AS TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. 
          UH, WE ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, WE, UM, HAVE THIS TARGETED GUIDE FOR THE WINTER, BUT WE ARE GONNA BE CREATING A STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE DURING THE SUMMER GUIDE, UM, THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED BY APRIL OF 2022. 
          SO THIS WORK FROM THE C C R WILL CONTINUE NOT ONLY FOR THIS WINTER, BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          AND OUR GOAL, AGAIN, IS TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY IS PREPARED TO HAVING THE TOOLS AND THE SUPPLIES IN PLACE IF THERE WAS A ANOTHER, UM, WEATHER EVENT THAT WILL PREVENT THEM FROM LEAVING THEIR HOUSE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. 
          SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES, UH, THESE TWO, UM, ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MARIA. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? SORRY. 
          THANK YOU, MARIA. 
          UM, I INITIALLY SAID THAT WE WERE GOING TO, UH, HAVE SEVEN MINUTES FOR EACH ITEM, BUT SINCE WE COMBINED ITEMS, I'M GONNA ADD, UM, UH, INCLUDE 10 MINUTES FOR COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, QUESTIONS. 
          UM, SINCE LAST FEBRUARY, OF COURSE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION OVER PREPAREDNESS AND COMMUNICATION GUIDELINES, WE ARE HEARING A LOT ABOUT TABLETOP EXERCISES. 
          CAN YOU GIVE US JUST A BRIEF, UM, IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENS, UH, AT A TABLETOP EXERCISE? SURE. 
          SO A TABLETOP EXERCISE IS A SIMULATION. 
          IF THERE WAS, UM, UM, AN EVENT, LET'S SAY ANOTHER WINTER EVENT THAT HAPPENS, WE HAVE A SCRIPT THAT IS PROVIDED, UM, ON THE CONDITIONS OF THE WEATHER, UH, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CITY, WHAT SERVICES ARE NOT AVAILABLE. 
          AND THEN IN, IN THE PARTICULAR ONE THAT I MENTIONED, WE HAD IN SEPTEMBER WITH THE UTILITIES, THEN THE THREE ENTITIES HAD TO RESPOND. 
          AND, AND ONE OF THE, THE USEFUL TOOLS OF THAT EXERCISE WAS THE NEED FOR COORDINATION. 
          THERE WERE THINGS THAT THE CITY COULD NOT DO WITHOUT THE INPUT FROM THE UTILITIES AND VICE VERSA. 
          SO, UM, THIS TABLETOP EXERCISE, AGAIN, IS A SIMULATION OF, OF WHAT WOULD WE DO AS, UM, UH, REPRESENTATIVES OF, OF THE CITY SAUCE AND C P SS TO ADDRESS THAT HAZARD IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THERE, COMMUNITY, UH, INVITED TO THE TABLETOP EXERCISES. 
          THEY'RE NOT, THEY WERE NOT FOR THIS PARTICULAR TABLETOP EXERCISE ON THE WORKSHOPS THAT I MENTIONED THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING IN THE FUTURE. 
          THOSE ARE OPEN TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY AND THIS, AND THEY'RE MORE EDUCATIONAL, SO THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO. 
          IN THIS CASE, ONE OF THE KEY, UM, AREAS FOR THE CITY WAS A COORDINATION WITH OUR UTILITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I THINK PART OF THE, A LARGE PART OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE COMMUNICATED ARE, ARE RESILIENCY HUBS, BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. 
          WHAT SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE RESILIENCY HUBS ONCE THEY'RE UP? SURE. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE IN THE BUDGET, WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS DEDICATED TO RESILIENCY HUBS. 
          AND THE IDEA WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE BUILDINGS THAT WE SELECT ARE EQUIPPED, UM, WITH GENERATORS, AND THEY'RE ALSO EQUIPPED WITH SUPPLIES, UH, 
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FOOD AND WATER AND OTHER NON-PERISHABLE, NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS. UM, SO IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAD TO DO A TEMPORARY SHELTER, THOSE PLACES ARE EQUIPPED AND READY TO GO. 
          UM, NOW OTHER CITIES, UM, IN, IN SOME, SOME OF THE, THE LIT LITERATURE THAT WE HAVE READ THIS, UM, RESILIENCY HUBS ARE ALSO USED TO HAVE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, SO THAT WAY THE COMMUNITY GETS TO KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS, THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, AND ALSO TO DO PROGRAMMING. 
          SO THE COMMUNITY IS FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCATIONS, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT DOWN THE ROAD. 
          UM, OUR INITIAL THOUGHT WAS TO HAVE A FACILITY, FACILITY THAT PEOPLE COULD GO AND BE ABLE TO BE SAFE DURING A WEATHER EVENT IF WE WERE TO EXPAND PROGRAMMING THAT THE TYPE OF FACILITY MAY, MAY HAVE TO BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE MAY BE LOOKING AT IN THE NEXT, UM, MONTH OR SO. 
          THEY'RE GONNA BE OPEN YEAR ROUND. 
          I, I ASSUMED FOR SOME REASON THAT THEY WOULD JUST BE OPEN DURING AN EVENT, UH, YOU KNOW, A BIG WEATHER EVENT OR, OR SOME THAT WE JUST NEEDED THEM AT THAT TIME, BUT THEY'LL BE OPEN. 
          WELL, WHAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR IS YES, WHAT, WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED IS TO, TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE OPEN DURING A WEATHER EVENT. 
          WE WOULD HAVE SOME PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NOT EVERY DAY, BUT MAYBE, UH, TWO, THREE WORKSHOPS A YEAR TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY IS FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE. 
          BUT THEY WOULDN'T BE OPEN, YOU KNOW, YEAR ROUND. 
          IT'LL BE JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR THE EVENT. 
          AND ARE WE IN, IN THIS PROCESS OF CREATING RESILIENCY HUBS? ARE WE CREATING OR WORKING WITH, UH, MAYBE VIA TO PROVIDE SAFE TRANSPORTATION? I KNOW IN THE STORM IT WAS HARD FOR PEOPLE TO GET AROUND, UM, EVEN TO SOME OF THE, THE, THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY WAS PROVIDING BACK THEN. 
          SO ARE WE WORKING WITH VIA, WE WILL BE WORKING. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVEN'T STARTED THAT WORK, BUT VIA IS ONE OF OUR KEY PARTNERS. 
          SO AS I MENTIONED, HYPOTHETICALLY FOR THIS EVENT THAT IS COMING UP THIS WEEK, IF THERE WAS A NEED TO OPEN WARMING CENTERS, WE'LL BE CONTACTING VIA TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN SUPPORT US. 
          ALSO, SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION, UH, WHEN NEEDED. 
          SO THAT'S ANOTHER PARTNER THAT WE HAVE FOR TRANSPORTATION. 
          WE JUST HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE STAFF AVAILABLE TO, TO ASSIST US WITH. 
          AND, UM, WE, YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, AN, I THINK IT WAS SLIDE 12, YOU TALKED ABOUT AN ALERT SYSTEM FOR, UM, WELL, IS IT A SEPARATE ALERT SYSTEM FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY? AND I'M GONNA ASK A TEAM MEMBER FROM OUR E O C TO, UM, ADDRESS THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION WHILE YOU'RE WALKING UP TO, UM, A SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION IS, ARE WE INCLUDING OUR SENIORS IN THAT, UM, NOT JUST DISABLED SENIORS, BUT SENIORS? IF YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT THE AH HS PROGRAM, UH, THE AH HS PROGRAM REACHES OUT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING, AND WE'VE TRANSLATED, UH, EMERGENCY ALERTS INTO VIDEO, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 
          GREAT. 
          I DON'T THINK SO. 
          IF YOU, CAN YOU PULL UP, UM, SLIDE 12 YOU TALKED ABOUT, OR MAYBE THAT IS THE SAME THING. 
          IT WAS AN ALERT SYSTEM. 
          IS THAT THE ONLY SEPARATE ALERT SYSTEM? IS IT THE A WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED? YEAH, THE A HAS. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          THAT IS PARTICULAR FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO, UM, IN THAT SAME VEIN, ARE WE MAKING, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY THAT HAPPEN TO BE BLIND, UM, CREATING MAYBE THESE, THESE GUIDES THAT, THAT, THAT ARE IN BRAILLE? OR ARE WE DOING ANY OF THAT? THERE? THERE ARE SOME RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THAT SYSTEM WHO ARE BLIND. 
          UH, WE'LL DO SOME MORE REACHING OUT TO, UH, THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR, UH, DISABILITY ADVISORY COUNCIL AND OUR CONTACTS WITH, UH, DISABILITY ACCESS OFFICE WITH THE CITY. 
          OKAY. 
          OF COURSE, IN WEATHER EVENTS, OUR SENIORS IN SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY ARE, ARE SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THESE HUBS AND, AND THIS INFORMATION, UM, ON THAT, ON THIS GUIDE, JUST TO NOTE, UM, JUST IN GOING THROUGH IT, I, THE LAST PAGE I THINK IS VERY HELPFUL. 
          IT HAS A LOT OF PHONE NUMBERS FOR PEOPLE TO CALL, AND I KNOW IT SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE IN CASE OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY TO CALL 9 1 1. 
          SO I WONDER IF IN OUR NEXT PUBLICATION WE CAN INCLUDE THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IF THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A LOT, MAYBE THEY JUST A REMINDER. 
          SURE. 
          NO, THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT, COUNCIL. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN, UM, I THINK YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, BUT HOW WILL, HOW WILL A RESIDENT RECEIVE THIS GUIDE? UM, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          THE GUIDE, WE ARE GOING TO, UH, BE PROVIDING IT THROUGH OUR CITY FACILITIES. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA TARGET OUR SENIOR CENTERS, OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS, UM, OUR HEAD START, UH, OFFICES, OUR LIBRARIES AS WELL. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE PROVIDING COUNCIL OFFICES WITH A, A PACKET SO YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE TO, TO THE INDIVIDUALS. 
          YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE GONNA BE THE HARD COPIES. 
          THEY'RE GONNA BE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE ACCESS TO A DIGITAL, 
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UM, DEVICE. 
          THE DOOR HANGERS, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE HAND DELIVER TO ROUGHLY ABOUT 70,000 HOMES IN A SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS OVER CITY, THE EAST, WEST, AND SOUTH. 
          AND CAN WE, WELL, I, I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES WILL WANT THIS AS WELL, BUT CAN WE RECEIVE A NUMBER OF THESE SO WE CAN BLOCK WALK OURSELVES OF COURSE, TO, TO AREAS IN OUR DISTRICTS WE KNOW ARE, ARE MAYBE A LITTLE MORE VULNERABLE. 
          WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT, COUNCILMAN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, UH, COUNCIL, AND ACTUALLY I WANNA REMIND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE THE SYSTEM TODAY TO, TO, TO BUZZ IN, UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          AND, UH, MARIA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND, AND, UH, I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON PULLING ALL THIS TOGETHER AND APPRECIATE THE STAFF FOR DOING THAT. 
          I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS HERE. 
          WE WANT TO GET STARTED HERE. 
          UH, UH, LET'S SEE. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHAT SLIDE NUMBERS. 
          I GOT A HARD COPY HERE. 
          IT'S THE ONE ON, UM, STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH UTILITIES. 
          FIRST ONE, AND IT'S ABOUT THE TABLETOP EXERCISE AGAIN. 
          YES, COUNCILMAN. 
          AND THAT IS SLIDE, UM, SIX ON THE FIRST PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WHO, WHO PUT THIS TOGETHER AND WAS IT GRADED AND DID FOLKS HAVE CHECKLISTS, UH, AVAILABLE TO HELP GUIDE 'EM THROUGH THIS TABLETOP EXERCISE? AND HOW MANY PEOPLE PARTIC DESCRIBE THIS, THIS EXERCISE FOR ME? SURE. 
          SO WE, UM, RETAIN AN EXPERT, A PROFESSIONAL IN DOING TABLETOPS FROM, UM, THE, UH, TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY TEAKS SPECIFICALLY THAT THAT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          . 
          AND, UM, SO THEY PUT TOGETHER A, A GUIDE, IF YOU WILL, THE SCRIPT. 
          THIS IS WHAT'S, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN A, OR THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS OF THE WINTER SCENARIO, THE, THE, UH, EXTREME HEAT, AND THEN A CYBER ATTACK. 
          SO, UM, WE HAD ROUGHLY COUNCILMEN, I WOULD SAY MAYBE IN TOTAL 60 PLUS, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM SAW C P S AND THE CITY. 
          UM, THE CEOS WERE INCLUDED, CITY MANAGER, MYSELF, MEMBERS OF OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM OF BOTH UTILITIES. 
          AND, UM, IT WAS, UM, UH, ABOUT A FIVE HOUR EXERCISE, UH, THAT WE DID. 
          AND, UM, AND WE BROKE IN GROUPS AND WE WERE GIVEN, THIS IS THE PROBLEM, SOLVE IT, AND WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO AND HOW ARE YOU GONNA COMMUNICATE WITH THE UTILITIES? WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM THE UTILITIES AND VICE VERSA, UH, WHAT THEY NEEDED FROM THE CITY. 
          AND THEN WE REPORTED BACK, UH, THE ENTIRE, UM, GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS GOT TOGETHER, WE GOT TOGETHER AT THE E O C, AND, UH, AND WE REPORTED BACK ON, ON THE, ON, ON WHAT WE SAW AND WHAT WE WOULD DO AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE IDENTIFIED. 
          WE ALSO DID A, A PRACTICE, IF YOU WILL, OF A PRESS CONFERENCE AS COMMUNICATION WAS ONE OF THE KEY AREAS THAT WE, UM, THAT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON IN TERMS OF HOW WE WOULD COORDINATE THE MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY AND DO A PRESS CONFERENCE WHERE WE HAD THE THREE ENTITIES, UM, TAKING QUESTIONS FROM THE MEDIA, IF YOU WILL. 
          UM, SO THAT, SO THAT'S THE, THE DESCRIPTION OF THE EXERCISE THAT WE DID. 
          UM, UM, WE ALSO IDENTIFY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, AREAS THAT WE NEEDED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON. 
          UM, AND, AND JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, ONE OF THOSE AREAS WAS, UH, TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON COMMUNICATION. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT IS THE MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY? WHAT IS THE MESSAGE TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHO'S GONNA COMMUNICATE, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL? IF WE WERE TO HAVE AN EVENT SIMILAR TO URI, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN, FOR INSTANCE, IF C P S WAS TO HAVE, UM, AN EVENT THAT IS ONLY AN ELECTRICAL OUTAGE. 
          THE CITY IS SUPPORTIVE OF COURSE, BUT THEY'RE TAKING THE LEAD ON THAT TYPE OF EVENT. 
          UM, SO, SO, UH, JEFF COYLE FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, HAS CONTINUED THOSE, UH, EXERCISES WITH BOTH UTILITIES TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNICATIONS, UM, CONTINUE TO, TO IMPROVE AND BE STRENGTHENED. 
          WE HAVE ALSO WORKED WITH C P SS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY DO THE, UM, POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES IN AN EVENT. 
          SO WE, THE CITY ARE PREPARED AND UNDERSTAND HOW THAT IS HAPPENING AND HOW IT WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE FEW THINGS THAT WE WORKED ON. 
          OKAY. 
          DID YOU PASS OR FAIL? UM, I, I THINK WE PASSED IN TERMS OF, UM, WE DID A GOOD JOB IN BRINGING ALL THE ENTITIES TOGETHER, BUT WE ALSO IDENTIFY AREAS FOR US TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN. 
          THERE WAS NOT A, I SHOULD SAY, THERE WAS NOT A PASS OR FAIL SCORE. 
          IT WAS MORE IDENTIFYING OUR STRENGTHS AND AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YOU SAID WITHIN THESE ORGANIZATIONS, DID WE HAVE ANY REPS FROM, LIKE THE COUNTY 
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OR THE MILITARY OR TDOT, ALL THOSE OUTSIDE AGENCIES? DID THEY PARTICIPATE? WE HAD A FEW MEMBERS. 
          WE, WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE COLLABORATION WITH THE THREE ENTITIES. 
          WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM STRAC, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM, UM, UH, THE MILITARY BASES. 
          AND, AND THE COUNTY WAS THERE AS WELL THAT, DID WE HAVE ANY OTHER ENTITY THAT I MISSED? SO THOSE THREE ENTITIES WERE THERE WITH US. 
          UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE EXERCISES THAT ENGAGE MORE THE, THE, THE GROUPS THAT WE WORK FOR, BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR, OR THAT WE WORK WITH. 
          BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR EXER EXERCISE, OUR PRIMARY FOCUS WAS THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE UTILITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, SLIDE NINE. 
          UH, AND I SAW THIS THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION, IT'S FOCUSING IN WINTER, UM, THERE'S SUMMER ALSO. 
          YES. 
          AND WHERE WE CAN HAVE SOME DRAMATIC ISSUES DURING THE SUMMERTIME. 
          ALSO, I, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR PRESENTATION PURPOSES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, ARE WE THINKING ABOUT THE SUMMER AS WELL ON ALL OF THESE SLIDES? YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE WINTER SLASH SUMMER ON EVERY ONE OF THESE SCENARIOS AND ISSUES THAT WE, WE GO THROUGH BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE WINTERTIME, IT'S THE SUMMERTIME ALSO. 
          SO THAT JUST CAUGHT MY EYE ON, ON THE PRESENTATION ITSELF. 
          UM, THE, UH, EMERGENCY GENERATORS, IT STRUCK ME THAT WE HAVE 180 GENERATORS OUT THERE EXISTING, AND WE'RE ONLY, UM, WE'VE ONLY IDENTIFIED 19 ADDITIONAL THAT'S TOTAL GENERATORS THAT WE NEED IN THIS CITY. 
          IS IT 19 OR IS IT MORE THAN 19 THAT WE NEED? IT'S MORE THAN 19. 
          SO WE, OKAY. 
          WHAT'S THE TOTAL NUMBER? UH, WHAT, WHAT DO WE REALLY NEED OUT HERE? I'M, I'M LOOKING AT CHRIS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THE TOTAL CHRIS, OH, THE FACILITIES WE IDENTIFIED . 
          WOULD, WOULD YOU COME TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? CHRIS STOKES IS IN CHARGE OF THAT PROJECT, SO HE'S THE EXPERT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY, UH, ASSESSED ALL CITY FACILITIES AND WE PRIORITIZE THEM. 
          UM, THERE'S A PRIORITY 1, 2, 3, UM, THAT WE'VE GIVEN MOST OF THE PRIOR PRIORITY ONES ARE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY ASSETS. 
          UM, AND IN DOING THE FIRST ASSESSMENT, WE REALIZED THESE 19 WERE, WERE THE, THE CRITICAL ONES THAT WE NEEDED. 
          AND THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A, A GENERATOR, UH, OR A NON-FUNCTIONING GENERATOR. 
          UH, A LOT OF THE SUBSTATIONS AND FIRE STATIONS, UH, ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, FUNCTIONING GENERATORS. 
          UH, THE, THE, THE NEXT PHASE, THE PRIORITY TWOS, WE WERE LOOKING AT, I THINK, UM, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER MENTIONED WE WERE GONNA LOOK AT COMMUNITY CENTERS AND LIBRARIES WHERE WE USE A LOT OF THOSE LOCATIONS FOR WARMING CENTERS AND, AND COOLING CENTERS, UH, DURING THOSE TIMES. 
          UM, SO I, I WOULD SAY WE ROUGHLY HAVE PROBABLY 50 TO A HUNDRED LOCATIONS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON. 
          UM, AND WE PRIORITIZE THOSE AND, AND BASED ON, UH, BUDGET, WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF ADDRESS THOSE IN THE FUTURE. 
          MARIA, YOU NEED TO GET THAT IN FRONT OF US. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT'S A BREAKOUT PRIORITY ONE, TWO, AND THREE, AND HOW MANY ARE IN EACH CATEGORY? AND THAT'S, I I THINK THAT SHOULD BE AN ITEM FOR OUR YEARLY BUDGET DISCUSSION. 
          YOU KNOW, HOW MANY MORE SHOULD WE BE PURCHASING EVERY YEAR? I MEAN, I, I, I JUST LOOK AT THAT AND THAT JUST DOESN'T SOUND LIKE VERY MANY 19 TOTAL. 
          AND YEAH, YOU GOT 10, UM, PORTABLE, I GUESS, UH, THAT YOU CAN RENT FROM, UH, SOMEBODY. 
          BUT THAT 19 JUST STRIKES ME AS A VERY LOW NUMBER. 
          AND, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE HIGHLIGHTED HERE FOR THIS, THIS COUNCIL. 
          SURE. 
          AND WE'LL PROVIDE YOU THAT VERY QUICKLY. 
          THE BOND PROGRAM ALSO, UM, AS THE PROJECTS THAT WE REVIEW WITH THE COMMITTEE HAS TWO PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS, UH, GENERATORS. 
          ONE FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND ONE FOR OTHER CITY FACILITIES. 
          AND HOW MANY ARE THOSE? UM, I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU TO GIVE YOU THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING THEM ALL. 
          BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A, A COMPLETE INVENTORY OF THE NEED AND THOSE BEING ADDRESSED WITH THIS BUDGET AND POTENTIALLY THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          PERFECT. 
          UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON SLIDE 13, I I'M ON THE RESILIENCY AND THE HUBS. 
          WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU REALLY EXPECTING TO GET FROM THE COMMUNITY? I MEAN, TO ME, THESE HUBS, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE, SHOULD BE EQUIPPED AND READY TO GO FOR BOTH WINTER AND SUMMER. 
          AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSE THOSE ACROSS THE CITY. 
          WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED FROM THE COMMUNITY AND IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT YOU'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS HERE IN THIS CITY, AND IT'S LIKE, OH, HERE WE GO AGAIN. 
          WHAT DO WE NEED TO GIVE INPUT ON THIS TIME? I, I, I'M NOT SURE WE, WHAT DO WE REALLY ASKING FROM THEM? SURE. 
          SO THE REASON FOR THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK 
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COUNCILMAN, IS OUR EXPERIENCE WHERE WE HAVE HAD WEATHER EVENTS AND WE OPEN A, UM, TEMPORARY SHELTER OR A PERMANENT SHELTER. 
          THERE IS VERY LOW PARTICIPATION FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE WILL LIKE TO KNOW FROM THEM, UH, PERHAPS THE LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE SELECTED IN THE PAST, UM, ARE NOT WORKING FOR THEM. 
          MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT 'EM, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM, FOR INSTANCE. 
          UM, SOME MAY SAY MAYBE IF YOU CHOOSE A, A SCHOOL, UH, WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT MAY BE A BETTER PLACE THAN CHOOSING, UM, THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT WE USED IN THE LAST EVENT. 
          UH, PERHAPS A, A SENIOR CENTER COULD BE, UH, A POTENTIAL FACILITY. 
          SO THAT'S THE KIND OF FEEDBACK THAT WE, SO WE CAN IDENTIFY PLACES THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING TO. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, ALL RIGHTY. 
          UM, GOSH, I'M ALMOST OUT TIME. 
          I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, CHIME BACK IN. 
          I GOT A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY, COUNCILWOMAN VIE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE A, UH, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ALSO. 
          SO ON THE FIRST PART OF THIS, UH, PRESENTATION, WHO IS GOING TO DO THE REVIEW OF THE CONTINGENCY PLAN? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT STAFF IS GONNA BE PART OF THAT, OR IS IT GONNA COME TO THIS COMMITTEE? SO THE, DEPENDING ON THE PLAN, LIKE THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, THAT HAS TO COME TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. 
          THE OTHER CONTINGENCY PLANNING THAT WE HAVE, FOR INSTANCE, ARE CONTINUING OPERATIONS, UM, GUIDES. 
          THOSE ARE JUST REVIEW ADMINISTRATIVELY, THE BASIC PLAN, UM, THAT ALSO GOES TO THE STATE THAT IS ALSO REVIEWED ADMINISTRATIVELY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. 
          AND, UM, 'CAUSE THE OTHER THING IS IF, IF COUNCIL WANTS TO CHIME IN OR WANTS THAT INFORMATION, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THAT, UH, TO THEM. 
          AND WHETHER THEY'RE MEETING WITH ONE-ON-ONE OR THAT THEY MAKE THAT REQUEST TO YOU, UH, BECAUSE I TRUST WHAT THE, THE CITY IS DOING NOW ON THE STEPS TO STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIP. 
          I KNOW YOU AND ERIC WOULD SAY ANYTIME, ASK A QUESTION. 
          BUT WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE IS A TIMELINE FOR COUNCIL TO MAYBE SUBMIT QUESTIONS IF Y'ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC UTILITIES. 
          'CAUSE I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE WHAT MY OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ARE ASKING. 
          UM, BECAUSE WHEN WE GET INTO COMMUNITY, UH, INTO B SESSION, WE ALL SEEM TO BE ASKING THE SAME THING. 
          AND SO IF, IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO STRENGTHEN THAT RELATIONSHIP AND, AND Y'ALL ARE GONNA TALK MORE REGULARLY, I'D LIKE YOU TO BE LIKE, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US TO ASK, PLEASE SUBMIT THEM BY THIS DATE. 
          AND THEN WE, WE CAN MAYBE SEE, UM, OR HAVE AN IDEA OF, OF WHAT WE'RE ALL ASKING ABOUT WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, STRENGTHENING THAT RELATION WITH OUR UTILITIES. 
          SURE. 
          UM, THE 17 DISASTERS THAT Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT, YOU TALKED ABOUT IN THE FIRST ONE, I LIKE HOW I THINK WE NEED TO CONNECT IT MORE. 
          AND I LIKE HOW YOU PUT THESE TWO TOGETHER BECAUSE I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT THE READY TEXAS APP AND THE OTHER APPS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT OFFER SO MANY RESOURCES. 
          BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS POSSIBLY WORKING WITH, UM, THOSE GROUPS THAT, THAT TEACH TECHNOLOGY AND MAYBE DOING A WORKSHOP OR SOMETHING, OFFERING IT AT THE LIBRARY, MAYBE OFFERING IT OUR SENIOR CENTERS MM-HMM. 
           ABOUT HOW TO NAG NAVIGATE THESE APPS AND HOW THEY CAN HELP, HOW THEY CAN HELP. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO WORK ON THAT AND I WILL, I WILL KIND OF SEND SOME IDEAS AND, AND GIVE A DATE WHERE WE CAN POSSIBLY DO THAT AND TAKE THAT TO OUR LIBRARIES AND OUR SENIORS TO MAYBE PUT THAT IN PROGRAMMING AS WE, AS WE START THE FALL. 
          THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND ON SLIDE NINE, UM, ON SLIDE NINE, IS THIS GOING TO, I, I, I SEE THE PROCESS. 
          IS THIS GOING? AND MAYBE JEFF CAN ANSWER IT. 
          IS THIS GOING TO SIT ON ESSAY SPEAK UP SO THAT IF PEOPLE WANT TO PUT SOME INFORMATION OR GIVE SOME FEEDBACK AFTER YOU HAVE THE UPDATES, ARE WE JUST GOING TO WAIT TILL YOU DO THE BIG, LIKE, ARE WE PERIODICALLY GONNA PUT, THIS WAS OUR WINTER WEATHER PROFILE UPDATE AND NOT THAT, AND, AND THAT WAY PEOPLE WHO ARE FOLLOWING THIS ISSUE CAN GO LOOK FOR IT, SUBMIT THEIR COMMENTS, UM, AND THEN YOU, WE WE'D MOVE THIS ALONG IN THE PROCESS. 
          WILL IT SIT AT SA SPEAK UP THE, THESE UPDATES? SO RIGHT NOW, OUR PLAN COUNCILMAN IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA SIT IN THE SAN ANTONIO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UM, WEBSITE. 
          BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT LINKS, UH, ON ESSAY SPEAKUP. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE. 
          AND THAT WAY IT LIFTS SOME BOTH. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE I'D LIKE TO GET THE COMMUNICATION BECAUSE I, I KNOW YOU LISTEN AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT THE RESIDENTS SAY. 
          SO I'D LIKE THEM TO SEE THAT IF THEY PUT IN AN, UH, A COMMENT OR ASKED A QUESTION AT THE WINTER WEATHER PROFILE UPDATE THAT WHEN YOU GO OUT TO PUBLIC, UH, 
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ENGAGEMENT, IT'S BEEN ANSWERED, UM, ON THE ISSUE OF GENERATORS. 
          I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY, THAT WE NEED SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THIS. 
          UM, MY QUESTION IS, AND AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE ME THE ANSWERS, BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THE GENITAL RAIDERS THAT WE'RE PURCHASING AND WE'RE USING THE MAINTENANCE, SHOULD THEY BE U EVEN IF WE TAKE THEM OUT AND JUST TRY THEM ONCE A YEAR, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, GOD WILLING, WE DON'T HAVE ANY WINTER CRISIS MM-HMM. 
           OR A HEAT WAVE, UH, IF WE NEED TO TRY THEM. 
          AND IF, IF THAT'S GOING TO BE ON A PLAN WHERE WE BRING THEM OUT, WE USE THEM. 
          UM, AND I, I THINK WE NEED TO, AND YOU RAN INTO THIS PROBLEM WITH MISSION DE LAGO, IS THE DIESEL FEEL THAT WE NEED FOR THOSE GENERATORS. 
          WHAT'S THE PLAN ON THAT? AND, AND WHERE WE GOING TO GET THAT AND, AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT ASPECT FOR THEM. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, UM, UH, WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE. 
          I LIKED HOW YOU PUT ABOUT THE ESSENTIALS. 
          WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE AND INFORM OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT THAT CRITICAL CONNECTION AND HOW IF A CRISIS HAPPENS, AGAIN, ESPECIALLY IN WINTER, WE NEED THEM TO TURN OFF THAT HVAC, WE NEED THEM TO, YOU KNOW, POWER DOWN. 
          MM-HMM. 
           SOME OF THE NON-ESSENTIAL UTILITIES SO WE CAN GET THEM WITH EMERGENCY, UH, LIGHTING AND COMMUNICATION RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          SO I THINK THAT THAT'S GONNA BE KEY AS WE, UM, MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND I KNOW, I KNOW THAT I HAD A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT STEPPED UP AND SAID, WE'LL HELP, UH, I THINK OF EMBASSY SUITES AT BROOKS, LIKE THERE WAS A COFFEE SHOP ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT, THAT OPENED UP TO TRY AND BE A RESILIENCY HUB. 
          MM-HMM. 
           OR TO TRY AND BE, UM, A STATION WHERE THEY COULD DO THAT TO PEOPLE TO PLUG IN. 
          BUT I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RESILIENCY HUBS, WE NEED TO LET THEM KNOW THE CRITERIA. 
          WE EXPECT FOR THEM TO BE DESIGNATED RESILIENCY HUB, LIKE EMBASSY SUITE OPENED UP, THEY HAD A KITCHEN, THEY HAD FOOD, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          BUT IT, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUST BEING A, SOMEWHERE PEOPLE COME AND AN ACTUAL RESILIENCY HUB. 
          AND I THINK WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE THAT. 
          AND, UH, I, I HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU BEFORE, IS GETTING A LIST OF BUSINESSES AND CHURCHES THAT WANT TO VOLUNTEER AND OPEN UP DURING THESE CRISIS. 
          UM, AND THEN ON NUMBER SEVEN, SLIDE 11, I LIKED, UH, WHAT YOU SAID THAT THIS IS ABOUT PLANNING WITH THEM AND NOT FOR THEM, OUR COMMUNITY LIVING WITH THEIR DISABILITIES, BUT I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN CAB HDA, BUT THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRANSPORTATION PORTION, THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE JUST AS THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S GONNA TAKE A COORDINATION ALSO. 
          SO AS SOON AS WE CAN GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT, VIA OR WHAT OTHER, BECAUSE I KNOW CENTRAL MED'S LOOKING FOR VEHICLES. 
          I KNOW, UM, THE, THERE ARE OTHER AGENCIES THAT HAVE VANS THAT CAN MOVE PEOPLE. 
          I, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE UTILIZING ALL OF THEM. 
          IF WE, IF WE LOOK AT AN IF SITUATION LIKE WE DID WITH YURI, OR WE HAD TO MOVE PEOPLE FROM SENIOR APARTMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH SAHA BECAUSE PART OF THAT IS THEIR COORDINATION IN HOW WE, HOW WE MOVE THE SENIORS AND IF THEY DECIDE TO STAY AND REFUSE TO, TO LEAVE, HOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO, UH, MAINTAIN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM. 
          UM, AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES AND SENIORS, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. 
          AND I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MARKETING AND WE TALK ABOUT GOING OUT, I THINK THERE IS A WAY WE GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND THEN AWAY WE GO OUT TO OUR SENIORS. 
          SO I THINK WHEN WE, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR MARKETING EFFORTS OR GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE IT, THE STEER OR S T E A R, UH, WE NEED TO BE SPECIFIC WITH SENIORS. 
          'CAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS WHO ARE LIKE, THEY, THEY MAY BE HARD OF HEARING THEY HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE LIKE, NO, I, I CAN DO THIS. 
          THEY, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY, AND IN THE MOST PART THEY CAN. 
          BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT A CRISIS WHERE THE FALL HAZARDS INCREASE, WHERE THE DRIVING GETS MORE DIFFICULT, AND I'M, I'M SPEAKING TO THIS BECAUSE I THINK OF MY MOTHER SPECIFICALLY AND HOW INDEPENDENT SHE IS, BUT SHE, SHE DOES HAVE EARING AIDS, SHE DOES HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND SO WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM. 
          YES. 
          ON AN ORDINARY 80 DEGREE DAY, YOU'RE FINE. 
          WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPS, WE, WE NEED TO TAKE MORE CAUTION. 
          SO I WANNA BE MINDFUL OF THAT ALSO. 
          AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S MAINLY IT. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THIS FORWARD. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS THAT THE UTILITIES ARE USING 
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THE STEER AND THAT OUR UTILITIES ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH US, OUR PUBLIC UTILITIES ON THE SAME PAGE WITH US, WITH THE READY, WITH THE READY TEXAS APP AND THE OTHER ONES THAT YOU MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND I, I THINK, UH, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UH, FOR, FOR DRAFTING THESE CCRS AND MOVING THEM FORWARD. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          SHE DOES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I CUT OUT OR YOU CAN'T HEAR ME, UH, PROPERLY, BUT THANK YOU FOR WE CAN HEAR YOU. 
          WE CAN HEAR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SUPER. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MARIA, FOR BRINGING THESE FORWARD AND TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR PREPARING THESE, UH, CCRS. 
          CLEARLY A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO GET US TO THIS POINT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I DO HAVE, UM, SOME SPECIFIC, UH, QUESTIONS. 
          FIRST, COULD YOU CLARIFY, WHEN WE'RE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, UM, AND THE MAYOR CAN ISSUE ORDERS, UH, REMIND ME, IS THAT A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY WITH THE COUNTY JUDGE? OR WHO, I GUESS WHO'S, WHO'S IN CHARGE REALLY? IS IT THE MAYOR OR THE COUNTY JUDGE? SURE. 
          I'M GONNA ASK LIZ PROVINCIO COUNCILWOMAN TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          COUNCILWOMAN LIZ PROVINCIO FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT THE EMERGENCY IS FOR THE, THE POWERS, BUT FOR PURPOSES OF THE COUNTY, IT DOES REQUIRE THE, UM, COUNTY JUDGE. 
          UM, SO IF THERE IS, UM, A CONCERTED EFFORT, CITY, COUNTY, IT WILL REQUIRE THE JUDGE AND NOT JUST THE MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO AS I'M LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATIONS AND GOING BACK AND, AND LOOKING AT THEM, SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT COMES TO MIND IS IF WE HAD ANOTHER EVENT LIKE THE STORM OR ANOTHER WEATHER RELATED EVENT, IT IS CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO BE LIMITED TO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          RIGHT. 
          IT'S, UM, IT'S NOT A POLITICAL EVENT. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A NATURAL DISASTER. 
          SO I'M, I'M WONDERING IF WE FOCUS ONLY ON, ON THE BOUNDARIES WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, DOES THAT CREATE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR CONFUSION, UM, AMONG RESIDENTS THAT MAYBE WE WANT TO TRY TO AVOID? CERTAINLY IN THE TIME OF A CRISIS? SO, UM, I KNOW THAT YOU PLAN TO WORK WITH, UH, THE COUNTY AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, BUT I, I DON'T THINK I CAN STRESS ENOUGH HOW, HOW IMPORTANT THAT'S GOING TO BE AND FOR US TO, TO HAVE A UNITED FRONT AT THE TIME OF THE CRISIS. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT IN ADVANCE. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HARD FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, DISTRIBUTE FLYERS TO THE ENTIRE COUNTY POPULATION. 
          WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A STRETCH TO DO IT JUST FOR, FOR OUR HOUSEHOLD. 
          SO, UM, I FULLY UNDERSTAND SOME OF THOSE LIMITATIONS. 
          UM, MY, MY NEXT QUESTION IS, UM, THERE IS A, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FIRST C C R HAS TO DO WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, TO ASK ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE OFFICE OF EQUITY. 
          I THINK THEY HAVE A LOT TO OFFER IN THIS, UH, IN THIS REALM. 
          IS THERE A WAY TO INTEGRATE A STAFF MEMBER FROM THE OFFICE OF EQUITY TO, TO SUPPORT THIS WORK AND, OR PERHAPS THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING? UH, COUNCILMAN? YES. 
          THE ANSWER IS YES, THAT WE'LL HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM, UM, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, WHICH IS NOW THE OFFICE OF, UM, INCLUSION DISABILITY AND ACCESS. 
          AND, UH, AND IT ALSO, THAT OFFICE HAS A COMPONENT THAT USED TO BE IN PUBLIC WORKS FOR ACCESSIBILITY. 
          SO, UM, OUR FIRST KICKOFF MEETING IS IN FEBRUARY, AND WE INVITED, UM, PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY ARE ONE OF OUR KEY, UM, MEMBERS. 
          I MENTIONED THAT WE ARE GONNA CREATE A TASK FORCE THAT WILL BE A COMBINATION OF NONPROFITS AND EXPERTS IN, IN THIS AREA, AS WELL AS CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO THEY ARE GONNA BE PART OF THAT PART, VERY INTER INTEGRAL PART OF THAT PROCESS. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT WOULD BE SEPARATE FROM THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DISABILITY COMMITTEE? UH, WELL, WE, THEY'RE NOW ONE OFFICE, ONE DEPARTMENT, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THE, THE DIRECTOR WILL ASSIGN, PROBABLY A REPRESENTATIVE FROM BOTH TO YOUR POINT, WE'RE WE WANNA ADDRESS, UM, VULNERABLE COMMUNITY. 
          SO AS WE ARE PLANNING ON DISTRIBUTING THE, THE DOOR HANGER, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY TO HELP US IDENTIFY THOSE, UM, I'M SORRY, THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION TO HELP US IDENTIFY THOSE, UM, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE MORE 
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OF A DIGITAL DIVIDE. 
          SO FOR PURPOSES OF THE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, I SEE ENGAGING EQUITY, UM, ACCESS, AND ALSO INNOVATION BECAUSE OF THE WORK THEY DO. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY, UM, NEXT QUESTION, QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH, UM, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          UH, CAN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FLYERS, UH, THAT YOU WILL BE DISTRIBUTING OR THE DOOR HANGERS? UM, SPEAKING OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, THERE'S A FOCUS ON WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND THE GUIDE, AND IN THE FLYER, AND I, I KNOW SOMEONE TALKED ABOUT WORKING WITH VIA, BUT I WOULD, UM, RECOMMEND THAT MAYBE IN OUR NEXT ITERATION OF THE FLYER AND THE GUIDE, WE INCLUDE WHAT TO DO IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AND DO NEED TO MOVE AROUND. 
          UH, AND, AND, AND AGAIN, I HAVEN'T READ THE GUIDE YET, SO PERHAPS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S INTEGRATED IN THERE. 
          UH, THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO. 
          THE, THE IDEA FOR PREPARING YOUR VEHICLE IS AN EVENT THAT YOU'RE ON THE ROAD, OR IF YOU HAVE TO DRIVE, UM, YOU'LL SEE ON THE GUIDE THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS DURING AN EVENT FOR PEOPLE TO STAY HOME, UH, AND STAY INDOORS, UM, TO PREVENT, YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT YOU'LL SEE ON THE GUIDE THAT, UH, TEXTS THAT REPORTS. 
          UM, AND AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, THE MOST OF THE FATALITIES THAT HAPPEN DURING A WINTER STORM ARE RELATED TO TRAFFIC, UM, ACCIDENTS. 
          SO THE, THE GUIDE IS FOCUSED ON KEEPING PEOPLE AT HOME, BUT IF THEY HAVE TO DRIVE WHAT TO DO, UM, TO YOUR POINT, WE DID NOT ADDRESS. 
          IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL, UM, OR IF YOU HAVE TO GO TO WORK, FOR EXAMPLE, DURING AN EVENT LIKE THAT AND DON'T HAVE A VEHICLE, WHAT TO DO IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, UM, IMPROVE MOVING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE I'M IMAGINING, WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE A POWER OUTAGE OR NO HEAT AND DO WANT TO GET TO A RESILIENCY HUB OR ANOTHER PLACE? UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, WE EITHER LEAVE THEM AT HOME TO FREEZE OR WE FIND A SAFE WAY TO TRANSPORT THEM AND GIVE THEM SOME ADVICE ON THAT. 
          UH, SAME GOES FOR IF WE'RE AT THE RISK OF, UM, SOME SORT OF A HURRICANE. 
          UH, PEOPLE WILL NEED TO EVACUATE AND NOT EVERYONE HAS A VEHICLE. 
          EVEN IF EVERYONE HAD A VEHICLE, I THINK WE'D, WE'D SEE SOME CONGESTION ISSUES AND MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF TOWN QUICKLY ENOUGH. 
          SO THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER SCENARIO THAT, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, EITHER IN THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN OR, OR SOME OTHER DOCUMENT. 
          UM, MY LAST, UH, QUESTION REGARDING, UM, THE, THE COMMUNITY IS, UH, I'M GLAD YOU'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THIS TASK FORCE. 
          I THINK IT CAN ACTUALLY BE VERY HELPFUL AND THAT DO NOT BE SURPRISED IF THEY DO NOT LIMIT THEIR INPUT TO RESILIENCY HUBS. 
          I THINK THERE ARE PLACES ALL OVER THIS PLANNING THAT CAN BENEFIT FROM COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          SO I WOULD RECOMMEND ALSO THAT, UM, WE ENSURE THAT WE INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WERE EXTREMELY ACTIVE AND ENGAGED DURING STORM URI, UH, THAT WE COULD HAVE A LOT TO LEARN FROM THEM IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY SAW ON THE GROUND AND HOW TO PREPARE FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND THEN THE, THE OTHER SUGGESTION I WOULD MAKE IS THAT WHEN WE PREPARE THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE GUIDE AND THE DOOR HANGER, THAT WE HAVE SOME OUTSIDE EYES ON IT, UH, PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WORK IN OUR FIELD, UM, IT IS SO EASY, UM, TO, TO FORGET THAT PERSPECTIVE OR TO, OR TO MISS SOMETHING, TO HAVE SOME BLIND SPOTS. 
          AND THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL PIECE OF LITERATURE. 
          I'M VERY GLAD YOU'VE PUT IT TOGETHER, AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE IT AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO IF YOU COULD HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, AN OUTSIDE SET OF EYES, REVIEW IT BEFORE THE NEXT PUBLICATION, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE EVEN MORE. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          UM, MY, MY LAST QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE, UH, HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN UPDATE. 
          IF WE COULD GO TO THE SLIDE WHERE YOU REVIEW THE TIMELINE FOR THAT. 
          SO SLIDE NUMBER, SLIDE NUMBER NINE ON THE FIRST PRESENTATION. 
          YEAH, THAT'S WHY YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE. 
          YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE EVERYTHING IS. 
          AND IF I ASKED YOU WHERE A DOLLAR , SO COUNCILWOMAN, SO THIS STARTS THIS MONTH WITH A KICKOFF MEETING. 
          UM, AS I, AS I SAID, THE, THE CONSULTANT THAT'S GONNA HELP US, UM, UPDATE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN RETAINED THAT HE, UM, THE COMPANY WAS RETAINED IN DECEMBER. 
          SO THE FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA DO IS UPDATE THE PLAN FOR THE WINTER WEATHER, UM, EVENT OR WINTER WEATHER PROFILE. 
          THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THE RE-RANKING OF ALL THE HAZARDS, BECAUSE NOW WE ARE ADDING URI AS FAR OF THIS PLAN. 
          AND THEN, UM, SO THAT'LL BE DONE IN MARCH, AND THEN IN APRIL, WE ARE GOING TO INTEGRATE, UH, CLIMATE CHANGE, UH, TO EACH OF THOSE HAZARDS. 
          UM, AND THEN IN MAY, ONCE WE HAVE THAT COMPLETE, YES, MA'AM. 
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OKAY. 
          SORRY. 
          UM, YES, I, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE TIMELINE OF WHAT, WHAT I'M A LITTLE BIT, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT. 
          MAYBE THIS IS A CONVERSATION I CAN HAVE OFFLINE WITH YOU AND THE CONSULTANT IS THAT IF THE CLIMATE CHANGE INTEGRATION HAPPENS AFTER THE WEATHER INTEGRATION, UH, YOU MAY END UP DOING DOUBLE WORK. 
          SO THE WEATHER, UH, UPDATE WOULD PRESUMABLY INCLUDE HOW WEATHER MIGHT BE CHANGING, UH, WITH THE CLIMATE SO THAT WE DON'T RESTRICT OURSELVES TO ONLY LOOKING AT PAST WEATHER PATTERNS, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT IN THE FUTURE THEY MAY BE MODIFIED. 
          UH, SO I, I GUESS I, THE WAY IT'S LAID OUT, UM, I THINK IT WOULD ONLY WORK IF IT WERE AN ITERATIVE PROCESS OR IF YOU ACTUALLY INTEGRATE THE CLIMATE CHANGE INTO EVERY STEP, UM, BECAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTS EACH OF THOSE. 
          SO, UM, IF WE COULD JUST TALK ABOUT THAT LATER, THERE ARE SOME RECOMMENDED, UM, I GUESS, UH, GUIDES FOR HOW TO INTEGRATE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES INTO HAZARD MITIGATION PLANS THAT, UM, THAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU. 
          UH, AS OF RIGHT NOW, NATIONALLY, WELL, AS OF A FEW YEARS AGO, ONLY A HANDFUL OF CITIES HAD MANAGED TO DO THIS, SO THAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT TODAY. 
          UM, SO I THINK, UM, WE JUST HAVE TO, TO BE CAREFUL AND MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE DO THAT AS BEST WE CAN. 
          UM, DO YOU KNOW IF THE CONSULTANT HAS EXPERIENCE IN INTEGRATING CLIMATE CHANGE INTO HAZARD MITIGATION PLANS? YES, THEY DO. 
          OH, EXCELLENT. 
          UM, CITIES PERHAPS HAVE DONE THIS FOR, UM, CITIES PERHAPS HAVE DONE THIS WORK FOR WHAT CITY THAT WAS FOR. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU, MARIA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL, COUNCIL SANDOVAL, COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, MAN. 
          JUST A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS THAT, AND I'M STILL STRUGGLING HERE BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT HERE. 
          WE WE'RE SAYING WINTER WEATHER GUIDE, AND LEMME TELL YOU, I'M, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT Y'ALL HAVE COME UP WITH SO FAR, BUT I, I THINK WE NEED TO START GEARING THIS TOWARDS WHAT WE DID ON, UH, THE COMMITTEE THAT I WAS APPOINTED TO WAS WE WENT AWAY FROM WINTER AND, AND THAT KIND OF NOMENCLATURE AND JUST CALL IT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GUIDE, WHETHER IT'S DURING WINTER OR SUMMER, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          WHAT, WHAT DO YOU DO TO PREPARE FOR, UH, EITHER OR, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT I THINK WHAT Y'ALL HAVE PUT TOGETHER IS A GREAT START. 
          I'M A LITTLE CURIOUS ON THE, UH, ON THIS ONE, UH, ON THE DOOR HANGER, UM, THE PICTURE, WHY IS THAT KAYAKER, UH, HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS WEATHER STORM? I, I, I THINK WE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
          'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE GONNA LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR HERE? IT'S CIRCLED AND, UH, UH, NOT QUITE SURE WHAT WE WE'RE TRYING TO GET. 
          SO, SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA CUT THE HOLE SO WE CAN PUT IT IN THE DOOR. 
          AH, SO THAT, UM, YES. 
          SO THAT'S GONNA GO AWAY AS SOON AS WE . 
          YOU GOT ME THERE. 
          THAT, THAT'S A GOOD ONE. 
          ALL RIGHT, GREAT. 
          THANKS MARIA. 
          UM, BUT YEAH, I'D REALLY LIKE US TO SEE US WORK TOWARDS THAT ON THE NEXT ITERATION, ON JUST CALLING IT EMERGENCY INSTEAD OF WINTER OR SUMMER, AND SOMEHOW COMBINE THE SUMMER, UH, EFFECTS INTO THIS AS WELL. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE, SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU TOOK THE BEST OR INFORMATION OUT OF EACH ONE OF THESE AREAS LIKE THE C D C, THE, YOU KNOW, EACH ONE OF EACH ONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAS, UH, A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO Y'ALL HAVE TAKEN A LITTLE BIT FROM EACH ONE OF THESE, THE C D C FEMA, YOU KNOW, THE SOUTH TEXAS, UM, APP AND COMBINE IT INTO OURS. 
          IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTAND? YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING, AND HOW DO, HOW DO YOU THEN AUGER DOWN INTO THE INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS TO GET MORE INFORMATION? SURE. 
          SO, SO WE REVIEW ALL THREE ENTITIES AND IDENTIFY SOME PIECES THAT WE FELT IT WAS RELEVANT TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WINTER WEATHER IS DIFFERENT YEAH. 
          ALL ACROSS THE, THE COUNTRY. 
          SO WE ADOPTED THEM TO, UH, FIT WHAT WE WERE TRYING, OUR GOAL WAS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON HOW TO BE PREPARED FOR A WINTER STORM. 
          THAT, THAT WAS THE GOAL OF THIS GUIDE. 
          SO, SORRY. 
          UH, WELL, I THINK THAT'S GREAT. 
          I, I'D LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS. 
          OF COURSE. 
          YES. 
          UM, AND SOMETHING MORE TO SHOW HOW TO, FOR EXAMPLE, DURING THIS WINTER STORM, PEOPLE HAD NO IDEA HOW TO TURN THEIR WATER OFF TO THEIR HOUSE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , YOU KNOW, UH, 
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AN INFORMATIONAL VIDEO THAT SHOWS THAT, OR A COMPILATION VIDEO THAT SHOWS, OKAY, HOW DO YOU TURN THE WATER OFF TO THE HOUSE? WELL, YOU GOT TWO DIFFERENT WAYS, EITHER, UH, BY THE METER OR THE INDIVIDUAL CUTOFF VALVES, UM, OR, UH, HOW DO YOU FLUSH YOUR TOILETS DURING THIS TYPE OF, UH, EMERGENCY? AND, AND THERE WERE TONS OF PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT, AND WHICH CREATED OTHER PROBLEMS IN SURE. 
          APARTMENT COMPLEXES, UH, HOUSES THAT, THAT SORT OF THING ACROSS THE CITY. 
          SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW, DO Y'ALL HAVE THOSE TYPES OF RESOURCES OR ARE Y'ALL GONNA LOOK ABOUT DOING SOMETHING MORE IN THAT AREA THAT WE COULD HAVE VIDEOS THAT PEOPLE COULD WATCH? SURE. 
          UH, WE HAVE THE VIDEOS THAT FEMA HAS DEVELOPED, BUT THEY'RE NOT SPECIFIC TO WHAT I, YOU JUST DESCRIBED. 
          IT'S MORE HOW TO PUT TOGETHER YOUR, YOUR EMERGENCY KIT AND HOW TO WEATHER AS YOUR HOME, WHAT TO DO, WHAT NOT TO DO. 
          UM, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING OUT THERE AVAILABLE, BUT THAT'S IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK TO SAUCE AND MAYBE PARTNER WITH THEM. 
          AND WE CAN HAVE ONE OTHER TECHNIC, IT'S NOT TECHNIC ONLY, BUT C P S AS WELL, OF COURSE, AS WELL AS THE CITY THINKING, WHAT IF, IF I'M HUNKERED DOWN, WHAT DO I ELSE DO I NEED TO DO THAT? YOU KNOW, SAWS, C P S OR THE CITY, WHAT DO I NEED TO BE DOING? UM, SO THOSE TYPES OF VIDEOS I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE 'EM AVAILABLE BY SOME LINK OR, UM, I DON'T KNOW, HAVE IT AVAILABLE SO THAT THEY CAN EASILY GET TO IT AND WATCH IT AND BETTER PREPARE NOT ONLY BEFORE, BUT DURING AN ACTIVE, UH, EMERGENCY AS WELL. 
          SO IF, IF WE COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT SURE. 
          AND HOW WE COULD INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE PACKAGE ITSELF. 
          UM, OTHERWISE, YEAH. 
          I THINK THIS IS GREAT. 
          UH, GREAT. 
          FIRST CUT, BUT LET'S, LET'S THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE BEYOND JUST WINTER, YOU KNOW, THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, JUST TO BE MORE ENCOMPASSING. 
          SURE. 
          ACROSS IT. 
          AND, AND TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMAN, UH, WE DO PLAN TO DO, OUR PLAN WAS TO DO SOMETHING FOR SUMMER. 
          WE HAVE A GUIDE FOR FLOODING ALREADY THAT IS BEING UPDATED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE READY SOUTH TEXAS HAS AN ALL HAZARDOUS GUIDE. 
          WE WERE TRYING TO TAKE IT IN STEPS TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY COME ALONG, UM, BY SEASON. 
          BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY, UM, SWITCH GEARS AND JUST DO AN ALL HAZARD, UM, GUIDE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, Y'ALL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND WHAT MAKES SENSE. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          UM, IF WE CAN COMBINE IT, IF WE HAVE TO KEEP IT SEPARATED BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THOSE. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT I'M TRYING TO SIMPLIFY IT. 
          SURE. 
          KEEP IT SIMPLE. 
          SURE. 
          SO, ALRIGHT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANKS MARIA. 
          GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          I'M, UH, INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A PLAN FOR FLOODING OR A, A BOOKLET FOR FLOODING. 
          I THINK IT'S GONNA BE HELPFUL. 
          YEAH. 
          AND WE HAVE ONE ALREADY, COUNCILMAN IS BEING, UM, UPDATED AS WE SPEAK. 
          SO WE SHOULD BE HAVING THAT ONE DONE PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS OR LESS. 
          OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          AND ONE MORE TIME, THANK YOU FOR, UH, TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, PERRY AND ROCHA GARCIA FOR BRINGING THIS TO PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          UM, WE'LL MOVE ON. 
          THAT'S JUST A BRIEFING, RIGHT? THERE'S NO VOTE. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, BRIEFING ON THE 2021 PRELIMINARY UNIFORM CRIME REPORT STATISTICS. 
          HI, CHIEF. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          SO, BACK IN 1929, THE F B I DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO COLLECT CRIME STATISTICS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          AND IN 1930, THEY ACTUALLY STARTED COLLECTING THOSE STATISTICS. 
          UM, AND THEY FOCUSED ON THE MOST SERIOUS CRIMES AND THE CRIMES THAT WERE MOST LIKELY TO BE REPORTED BY CITIZENS. 
          AND, UM, TO THE ONES THAT OCCUR MOST FREQUENTLY, UH, ARE THE ONES THAT THEY TARGETED, THAT'S FOR VIOLENT CRIME. 
          IT'S MURDER, ROBBERY, RAPE, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, AND PROPERTY CRIMES. 
          IT'S, UH, BURGLARY, LARCENY, THEFT. 
          UH, ACTUALLY I'LL GET INTO THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          ANYWAY, UH, SO FROM FROM 1930 UNTIL, UH, UP TO 19, I'M SORRY, 2021, UH, WE WERE DO USING U C R STA STATISTICS TO REPORT TO THE F B I. 
          UH, THAT CHANGED, UH, LAST YEAR WHEN WE STARTED REPORTING THE, IN THE NATIONAL INCIDENT BASED REPORTING SYSTEM, UH, STYLE, 
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IF YOU WILL. 
          AND INSTEAD OF, UH, HAVING, UH, EIGHT CRIMES THAT WE REPORT UNDER NBRS, IT CHANGES TO 23 CATEGORIES UNDER NBRS. 
          AND THE WAY THAT WORKS IS, SO IF THERE'S A CRIME BEING REPORTED, AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE OFFENSES COMMITTED IN THAT ONE EVENT ONLY, THE MOST SERIOUS COUNTS UNDER UNDER U C R UNDER NEIGHBORS, EVERY SINGLE CRIME, UH, IN THAT EVENT WILL BE REPORTED. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE BREAKS INTO A HOME AND SEXUALLY ASSAULT SOMEONE AND THEN MURDER SOMEONE, ONLY THE MOST SERIOUS WOULD'VE COUNTED UNDER U C R, UNDER, UNDER NEIGHBORS, ALL OF THOSE CRIMES ARE COUNTED AND REPORTED. 
          SO THESE ARE STATISTICS FOR, UH, 2021, VIOLENT CRIME WAS DOWN BY, UH, 2%. 
          PROPERTY CRIME WAS UP BY 4%. 
          AND IF YOU NOTICE, UM, UNDER, UM, PROPERTY CRIMES, LARCENY THEFT IS THE MOST FREQUENT, FREQUENTLY COMMITTED CRIME WITH 43,651 CRIMES REPORTED. 
          UM, JUST TO ELABORATE ON IT A LITTLE BIT, EACH YEAR, UH, DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, WE HAVE A, UM, VEHICLE BURGLARY TASK FORCE, AND THEY WORK AT DIFFERENT SHOPPING CENTERS AND MALLS AND, AND AVERY'S AROUND THE CITY WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF SHOPPING, UH, GOING ON. 
          UM, COULD WE SHOW THOSE, UH, TWO PICTURES? SO THE PICTURE YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS A RESULT OF ONE ARREST. 
          THIS WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS ARRESTED. 
          UM, WE GOT A SEARCH WARRANT FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR RESIDENCE. 
          AND THIS IS WHAT WE UNCOVERED IN THEIR RESIDENCE, UH, AS A RESULT OF OUR VEHICLE BURGLARY TASK FORCE OVER THE HOLIDAYS. 
          NOW, THERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE AS WELL, I BELIEVE WE HAVE, THAT'S ANOTHER PICTURE. 
          AND YOU'VE GOT WEAPONS, YOU'VE GOT COOLERS, YOU, I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WERE STOLEN, MOST LIKELY FROM, FROM, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF BURGLARIES. 
          UM, THE FRUSTRATING PART ABOUT THIS IS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL THAT, AND THIS IS PRETTY FREQUENT, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WE ARRESTED HAD A HISTORY, A LONG HISTORY OF ARREST FOR BURGLARY. 
          AND I DIDN'T BRING THAT SHEET WITH ME, BUT I MEAN, IT'S A LONG HISTORY OF ARREST. 
          AND HERE HE IS BACK OUT ON THE STREET DOING THIS AGAIN. 
          SO, UM, LOOKING AT OUR VIOLENT CRIME, WE HAD 160 MURDERS LAST YEAR AS COMPARED TO 130 THE PREVIOUS YEAR. 
          THOSE NUMBERS ARE NOT FINAL. 
          THESE ARE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS. 
          UH, AND THEY'RE NOT FINAL UNTIL THEY'RE, THEY'RE APPROVED BY THE F B I. 
          UH, BUT THESE 160 MURDERS, YOU KNOW, LET ME, LET ME PUT VIOLENT CRIME INTO TWO GA CATEGORIES. 
          I'LL, I'LL CALL ONE ORGANIZED AND ONE DISORGANIZED. 
          YOU ORGANIZED VIOLENT CRIME. 
          IF, IF YOU'RE, LOOK, IF YOU'RE FOCUSING ON A SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL OR SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, UH, OR IF YOU'RE FOCUSING ON A SPECIFIC LOCATION, THEY'RE MUCH EASIER TO TRY TO PREVENT FROM OCCURRING, FROM CONTINUALLY OCCURRING. 
          BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I CALL 'EM DISORGANIZED, WHERE YOU HAVE SPONTANEOUS RANDOM EVENTS DUE TO AN ALTERCATION, UH, DUE TO, UH, WE'RE AT A BARBECUE AND YOU TOOK THE LAST BEER OR LAST PIECE OF BRISKET, AND I WANTED IT, AND I STA I MEAN, ALL KINDS OF ALTERCATIONS, ARGUMENTS, DISAGREEMENTS, A LOT OF THOSE ARE IN THAT ONE 60, UH, LAST NIGHT, UH, YOU HAD A, A SHOOTING, UH, AT A MARTIN LUTHER KING CELEBRATION AT SANTA'S PLACE. 
          THERE WERE FIVE PEOPLE SHOT BECAUSE OF SOME DISAGREEMENT, FIVE PEOPLE SHOT. 
          UM, YOU ALSO HAVE, UH, FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING HIGH RISK LIFESTYLES. 
          I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, OR ENGAGED IN SOME TYPE OF RISKY BEHAVIOR. 
          UM, IF YOU'RE IN A GANG, IF YOU ARE SOLICITING A PROSTITUTION ON THE STREET, IF YOU ARE A PROSTITUTE ON THE STREET, IF YOU'RE BUYING OR SELLING DRUGS ON THE STREET, THAT'S JUST A FEW INSTANCES 
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OF RISKY BEHAVIOR WHERE YOUR CHANCES OF BECOMING THE VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME GO WAY UP. 
          IF YOU ARE GOING TO WORK EVERY DAY OR GOING TO TAKING YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL, OR BASKETBALL OR SOCCER, WHEREVER YOU MAY BE, WHATEVER YOU MAY BE DOING GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE, YOUR CHANCES OF BEING THE VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME ARE VERY, VERY LOW. 
          IT'S THE RISKY BEHAVIOR, WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS. 
          IT'S THE RISKY BEHAVIOR THAT'S GONNA GET YOU IN TROUBLE. 
          SO THIS PIE CHART KINDA SHOWS YOU A, A VARIETY OF MOTIVES. 
          UH, FOR EACH OF THE MURDERS THAT WE HAD IN 2021, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LOT AT 28% UNKNOWN. 
          UH, WE HAVE SOME IDEAS ABOUT WHAT THE MOTIVES WERE, BUT UNLESS THE INVESTIGATOR IS FAIRLY CONCRETE IN WHAT THEY BELIEVE, THEY'LL LIST IT AS UNKNOWN. 
          BUT YOU ALSO LOOK AT THAT BLUE PART OF THAT PIE CHART WHERE IT'S 36% ARGUMENT. 
          A LOT OF THE UNKNOWNS ARE ALSO PROBABLY ARGUMENTS, PROBABLY SOMEWHAT DRUG RELATED, BUT WE JUST CAN'T NAIL IT DOWN FOR CERTAIN. 
          BUT TO MY POINT, 38% OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED IS OVER SOME KIND OF ARGUMENT OR ALTERCATION. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE ROAD RAGE, YOU HAVE FAMILY VIOLENCE, YOU HAVE CHILD ABUSE, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, STEALING SOMETHING. 
          THEY'RE EITHER, UH, THE, THE, THE PERSON STEALING SOMETHING IS EITHER KILLED OR THE VICTIM WHO'S TRYING TO PREVENT IT IS SHOT AND KILLED BY THE PERSON DOING THE STEALING. 
          SO IT'S A VARIETY OF, OF, OF, OF MOTIVATING FACTORS THAT CAUSES THE HOMICIDE. 
          UH, BUT AGAIN, I WANNA POINT TO THE, TO THE RISKY BEHAVIOR THAT DRIVES A LOT OF IT. 
          SO WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT? UH, AS I SAID, THE, IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY DIFFICULT. 
          IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO PREVENT RANDOM SPONTANEOUS MURDERS OR RANDOM SPONTANEOUS ACTS OF VIOLENCE. 
          SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE LOOKED AT THE ENTIRE CITY AND WE LOOKED FOR AREAS THAT HAVE HAD, THAT HAD MORE, UH, OF THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS THAN ANOTHER. 
          SO WE LOOKED AT, WE BROKE IT DOWN, I CALL 'EM MICRO HOTSPOTS. 
          WE BROKE IT DOWN INTO SEVEN BLOCK AREAS. 
          WE FOCUSED ON ADDRESSES AND PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND THEN, UM, WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL FOCUS ON THOSE FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, UH, AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ANOTHER ONE. 
          WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS OVER POLICE. 
          UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON INDIVIDUALS AND, AND LOCATIONS, UH, BUT WE WILL HAVE SOME MORE VISIBLE PRESENCE IN THOSE AREAS. 
          AND THE NEW SAFE OFFICER, I, I COULD DO THAT IN A MINUTE. 
          UM, SO THE NEW SAFE OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE COMING ON BOARD WILL WORK WITH OTHER SAFE OFFICERS ON DIRECTED PATROL IN THOSE AREAS ALONG WITH THE SWAT UNIT. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE SOME VISIBLE PRESENCE THERE, BUT WE'LL ALSO BE FOCUSING ON SPECIFIC PLACES AND INDIVIDUALS. 
          OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAMS, WE, WE HAVE THESE, UH, TWO TEAMS. UH, ONE TEAM IS PRIMARILY CIVILIAN AND ONE TEAM IS MIXED CIVILIAN. 
          AND, UH, AND SWORN, AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THEY WORK BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT THEY GO TO THESE VIOLENT, UH, CRIME SCENES AND THEY ESTABLISH RAPPORT WITH INDIVIDUALS TRYING TO GET INFORMATION. 
          AND THEY ALSO ARE, ARE THERE TO OFFER, UH, SERVICES TO THOSE WHO WERE THE VICTIMS. UM, VIOLENCE INTERVENTION VICTIM, A ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ARE THE PRIMARY FUNCTIONS OF THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM. 
          THIS IS THE RESULT OF WHAT THEY DID IN 20 21, 57 HIGH RISK CONTACTS, WHICH MEANS PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UH, A HIGH PROPENSITY FOR BECOMING THE VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME OR MAYBE COMMITTING THE NEXT VIOLENT CRIME. 
          UH, THEY'VE ASSISTED WITH INFORMATION, UH, BY GETTING INFORMATION TO THE DETECTIVES. 
          UH, THEY REFER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THE VICTIMS TO DIFFERENT SERVICES, UH, BOTH ADULT AND JUVENILE. 
          AND, UM, THAT THE, UH, SERVICE REFERRALS NUMBERED UP TO 269, WHICH IS QUITE A FEW IN A YEAR. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, UH, WE WILL BE BACK TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IN APRIL, AND WE'LL GO OVER OUR FIRST QUARTER NBRS REPORT AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR MICRO HOTSPOT INITIATIVES, UH, AS, UM, SEE WHAT KIND OF RESULTS WE HAD, UH, FOR THE FIRST QUARTER. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          UM, THOSE ARE SOBERING STATISTICS. 
          UM, DID I UNDERSTAND 
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CORRECTLY, I THINK IT WAS A SECOND SLIDE. 
          YOU MENTIONED THAT UNDER THE OLD REPORTING SYSTEM, IF THERE WERE THREE OR FOUR CRIMES, UM, BUT THERE WAS ALSO A MURDER INVOLVED, ONLY THE MURDER WOULD BE REPORTED. 
          UH, IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, IT UNDER U C R, IF, IF THERE'S A MURDER COMMITTED, BUT THERE ARE PREVIOUS CRIMES COMMITTED UP TO THAT MURDER, THOSE PREVIOUS CRIMES AREN'T REPORTED IN U C R. 
          SO NOT, NOT IN THE SAME ACT. 
          UM, I MEAN, IF, IF, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEBODY CAME INTO A HOME AND COMMITTED A SEXUAL ASSAULT, A ROBBERY AND A MURDER, THEY WOULD ALL BE REPORTED UNDER THE U C R. 
          I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          I, I'M, I I MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT, UM, OH, DO YOU WANNA GO? GO AHEAD. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MORNING COUNCIL. 
          HI. 
          GOOD MORNING, SIR. 
          YEAH, SO THE U C R, UM, IN THE DIFFERENCE WITH BRS, U C R USES WHAT'S CALLED THE HIERARCHY RULE. 
          SO THE HIGHEST OFFENSE IS THE ONE THAT'S COUNTED FOR THE SAKE OF, OF COUNTING OKAY. 
          THE NUMBER, BUT THE UC. 
          BUT USING BRS ACTUALLY ALLOWS US TO SORT OF COUNT FOR THE, THE UNDERLYING CRIMES, ALL THE OTHER THINGS. 
          SO IT GIVES US A REALLY TRUE, A REAL TRUE MEASURE OF, OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          WELL, THAT WAS MY CONCERN. 
          IF THERE WERE OTHER, UM, UH, OFFENSES COMMITTED AND, AND THERE WAS A MURDER INVOLVED, THEN THOSE OTHER OFFENSES WEREN'T NECESSARILY COUNTED UNDER THE OLD SYSTEM. 
          BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO UNDER NEIGHBORS. 
          SURE. 
          AND, AND WHETHER IT'S A MURDER OR WHETHER IT'S A BURGLARY. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY THAT STEALS A CAR, THE, THE HIGHEST OFFENSE WAS ALWAYS THE ONE THAT WAS COUNTED. 
          AND SO YOU DON'T REALLY GET A TRUE MEASURE OF THE NATURE OF THE CRIME, UM, UNDER UCR R AS YOU WILL ENTER S. 
          RIGHT, OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA, UH, JUST EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE SAFE OFFICER PROGRAM. 
          I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, YOU'RE ALREADY PUTTING THOSE 12 SAFE OFFICERS TO YOU. 
          SO IS OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, CHIEF, THE SAFE OFFICERS ARE MANY TIMES THE FACE OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I KNOW A COUPLE OF, UH, MY, PROBABLY MY, YOU'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THEM TOO, MICRO HOTSPOTS IN MY DISTRICT WHERE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE, UM, MOSTLY SENIORS AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE DRUG HOUSES ARE. 
          THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE PROSTITUTION IS HAPPENING. 
          AND, UH, OUR SAFE OFFICERS GO AND CHECK ON OUR SENIORS, UM, DURING ALL THIS. 
          SO I, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, IT, UH, DID YOU, FROM, FROM THE STATISTICS THAT YOU, THAT YOU WENT THROUGH, ARE THERE ANY AREAS THAT YOU SEE THAT KIND OF GAPS THAT WE CAN FILL? ANY AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS MORE? NO, NOT, NOT BASED ON OUR, OUR, OUR LOOK AT 2020 ONE'S CRIMES, THE, THE VIOLENT CRIMES. 
          UM, WE, THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY NO HEAVY CONCENTRATION IN ANY ONE AREA. 
          AND, AND THE, AND THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE 2021 AND, AND EVEN A COUPLE YEARS BACK, UH, FROM BEFORE WHEN, WHEN THERE WAS A LOT OF RETALIATION BACK AND FORTH, IT WAS REALLY CONCENTRATED, UH, A LOT OF GANG ACTIVITY. 
          BUT IT WAS ONE, ONE RETALIATION AFTER THE NEXT. 
          AND WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT SO MUCH ANYMORE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND JUST TO, JUST TO, UH, BE CLEAR, THOSE STATISTICS ARE UNDER NBRS? NO, THESE ARE, THESE ARE STILL UNDER U C R. 
          OKAY. 
          SO 2022 STATISTICS MAY, THAT MAY LOOK LIKE THERE'S A HUGE JUMP, UH, INCREASE IN, IN CRIME, BUT IT'S JUST GONNA BE BECAUSE IT'S ALL BEING REPORTED, CORRECT? THAT THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHTY. 
          THANK YOU CHIEF, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU CHIEF, FOR PUTTING THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER. 
          A LOT OF GOOD, UH, DATA HERE. 
          YOU KNOW, AND AS, UH, THE CHAIRMAN SAID, THESE ARE REALLY SOBERING NUMBERS HERE, UH, FOR THE HOMICIDES TO BE GOING UP OVERALL, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE CRIME IS DOWN, VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN. 
          YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE THAT ARE LOSING THEIR LIVES, THAT NUMBER IS UP SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          SO I, I'M REALLY, UH, REALLY DISTURBED BY THAT. 
          UH, ALONG WITH PROPERTY CRIMES, THAT BEING UP AS WELL. 
          ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL GRANTS THAT WE CAN GO AFTER THAT TARGET SPECIFICALLY THOSE AREAS THAT WE CAN, WE CAN GET ADDITIONAL, UH, OFFICERS ON THE STREETS? I KNOW WE DO HAVE A GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE VEHICLE THEFT, BUT WHAT ABOUT THESE OTHER TARGETED AREAS? ARE THERE ANY OTHER, IS THERE ANY OTHER GRANT MONEY AVAILABLE? I DON'T KNOW OF ANY SPECIFIC GRANTS, UH, AT THE MOMENT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT OUR, THE, OUR, OUR UNIT THAT HANDLES THE GRANTS, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL OVER IT. 
          AND IF THERE IS ONE THAT WILL COME UP, UH, THEY WILL FIND IT AND PRESENT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING THAT YOU SAID IS REALLY DISTURBING IS, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THESE REPEAT OFFENDERS? HOW ARE THEY GETTING BACK OUT ON THE STREETS WITH LONG, WHAT DO YOU CALL 'EM, WRAP SHEETS THAT, UM, YOU SHOWED THE PICTURES, UM, OF SOMEBODY THAT HAD A LONG HISTORY OF ARRESTS, BUT THEY'RE STILL OUT ON THE STREET DOING THE SAME THING THAT THEY'VE DONE BEFORE. 
          IS THERE ANY WAY TO COLLECT THAT DATA TO SHOW AND MARIA, 
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TO ACTUALLY EXPAND ON THAT MORE, TO ACTUALLY SHOW THE NUMBERS OF, OKAY, THIS IS HOW MANY ARRESTS WE'VE HAD AND, UH, THESE ARE HOW MANY THAT HAVE HAD PRIOR, PRIOR ARRESTS. 
          MAYBE EVEN IDENTIFY THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR FELONIES THAT ARE, THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED AND THEY'RE BA BACK OUT IN THE PUBLIC. 
          AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. 
          AND I'VE BEEN VERY CRITICAL OF, UH, THE DA IN THE PAST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LETTING THESE FOLKS GO BACK OUT INTO THE STREET AND CONTINUE THEIR NEFARIOUS BUSINESS OUT THERE. 
          AND WE NEED TO STOP THAT. 
          UH, THERE'S, THERE'S CRIME BEING COMMITTED, AND IF WE HA WE ARE A NATION OF LAWS, WE, WE NEED TO PUNISH THOSE THAT ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE OUR CITY UNSAFE TO LIVE ON IN. 
          PEOPLE ARE SCARED TO WALK DOWN THE STREET. 
          PEOPLE WANT MORE POLICE PRESENCE. 
          AND I CAN SHOW SURVEY AFTER SURVEY THAT SHOWS THAT, AND PEOPLE WANT THAT. 
          BUT PART OF THAT PROBLEM, THAT EQUATION IS OUT OF OUR CONTROL. 
          IT'S OVER IN THE DA'S OFFICE, BUT WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT MORE HERE IN THE CITY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS AND WHY WE HAVE, WE NEED TO ASK THE QUESTIONS, WHY, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? WHY, WHAT'S, WHY ARE WE ALLOWING THOSE FOLKS TO GET BACK OUT ON THE STREET AND CONTINUE TO COMMIT CRIMES? I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          AND WE NEED TO COME UP WITH THAT HIGHLIGHT, MARIA, THAT BREAKS THAT OUT AND SHOWS THAT I DON'T CARE IF IT'S BY DAY, BY MONTH, BY YEAR, WHATEVER, TO SHOW, HEY, HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING ON LETTING PEOPLE OUT BACK ON THE STREET. 
          THAT'S GOING RIGHT BACK TO DOING WHAT THEY DID BEFORE. 
          COUNSEL, WHEN I MET, UH, WHAT'S TODAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, I MET LAST, UH, WEEK, I THINK IT WAS MONDAY OR TUESDAY WITH CHIEFS FROM CORPUS AUSTIN, DALLAS WAS AT A FUNERAL, SO HE WASN'T THERE. 
          UM, IRV NOT IRVING. 
          UH, YEAH, IRVING ARLINGTON, AND I'M PROBABLY MISSING ONE, BUT WE OH, UH, EL PASO. 
          AND WE'RE SEEING WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT ACROSS THE STATE, AND NOT ONLY ACROSS THE STATE, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY ACTUALLY. 
          BUT, UM, WE'RE SEEING THE RESULTS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM WHERE WE ARE LOWERING BONDS, UH, WHERE WE ARE, UH, UTILIZING, UH, PR BONDS PROBABLY MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. 
          UM, THERE IS CLEARLY, FROM WHAT I SEE ON THE STREET AND FROM THOSE OF OUR THAT I'VE TALKED TO ON THE STREET, THERE IS CLEARLY A, A, A LACK OF FEAR OF CONSEQUENCE FOR COMMITTING A CRIME. 
          AND I MEAN, I'VE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'D BE ON THE CORNER HANDLING AN EVENT AND, AND YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HEAR SOMEBODY SHUT OUT. 
          YOU CAN'T DO NOTHING TO ME. 
          I'M NOT AFRAID OF WHAT YOU, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CLEARLY, UM, VISIBLE ON THE STREET THAT THERE'S NO FEAR OF CONSEQUENCE FOR COMMITTING A CRIMINAL ACT. 
          AND I, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT FROM DRUG DEALING TO, AND YOU NAME IT. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT FROM A STATE AND NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT THIS IS SAN ANTONIO AND ISN'T IT REALLY THE DA'S CALL ON LOCALLY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO OR WITHIN THE COUNTY TO WHAT IS GONNA BE PROSECUTED AND WHAT'S NOT GONNA BE PROSECUTED? ISN'T THAT THE DA'S CALL? IT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S THE POINT THAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE, AND I THINK WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT IT HERE TO OUR CITIZENS. 
          WHAT'S GOING ON? WHY IS IT GOING ON AND HOLD PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO GET AT. 
          SO MARIA, PLEASE Y'ALL COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT RECOGNIZES WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND WHAT'S CAUSING THAT, AND PUT THAT OUT THERE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON WITH OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND THE COUNTY THAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DA. 
          YOU KNOW, THE QUE THE QUESTION THAT I WILL OR THAT I ASK MYSELF IS HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE TO ARREST BEFORE A CRIME GOES DOWN? AND THE, AND THE, ONE OF THE, 
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THE FRUSTRATING ANSWERS IS THE PICTURE THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU OF THE RECOVERED YEP. 
          STOLEN PROPERTY WITH A GUY WHO HAD HAD A, A LONG LIST OF ARRESTS FOR THAT SAME THING. 
          YEAH. 
          WHICH HAD A LOT OF, LOT OF FIREARMS IN THERE AS WELL. 
          YEP. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE REALLY FRUSTRATED WITH, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR LEGAL SYSTEM. 
          AND I THINK WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT IT FROM A SAN ANTONIO PERSPECTIVE AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHY, AND, UH, GET THAT OUT IN THE OPEN FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTION. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          COUNCILWOMAN . 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, UH, 2.9 COMPARED TO 2020 IS NOT GOOD. 
          MY CONCERN IS THE HOMICIDES THAT IS VERY DISTURBING. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE A BREAKDOWN TO SEE HOW MANY OF THOSE HOMICIDES WERE FAMILY VIOLENCE RELATED. 
          UH, BECAUSE I THINK, AND I WILL SAY THIS AGAIN, OVER AND OVER, UNTIL WE GET OUR VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN UNDER CONTROL, WE ARE GOING TO SEE, UM, CRIME, A CRIME RATE AND CRIME STATISTICS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE. 
          UM, 'CAUSE THE QUESTION PEOPLE ASK, AND CHIEF I WORKED AS A C R T AND I'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE, IS IF YOU ARE YOUR RISK, IF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN ANY SORT OF CRIMINAL ELEMENT, EVEN IF IT'S JUST, BUT ALL THEY DO IS, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT A LITTLE BIT OF RECREATIONAL DRUGS, YOU STILL PUT YOURSELF AT RISK. 
          UM, SO MY, MY THING IS FOR OUR LAW ABIDING CITIZENS, THOUGH, THEY SEE THESE STATS AND THEY ASK, IS THIS CITY SAFE FOR SAN, FOR, FOR LAW ABIDING SAN ANTONIANS? AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEM IT IS SAFE, BUT WITH THE STATS WE SEE NOW, I WANT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER THAT. 
          NOW IS THE NOT THE TIME FOR A SITE AND RELEASE ORDINANCE. 
          IF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND SOME MAY BE WATCHING WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, THEY CAN BEGIN A CONVERSATION. 
          BUT IDT THINK NOW IS THE TIME FOR A SITE AND RELEASE ORDINANCE. 
          UM, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE SEEING THAT SOMETHING HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND JUST NOT WITH THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, BUT SOMETHING HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS CAUSING, UM, AN INCREASE IN HOMICIDES. 
          UM, SO CHIEF, IS THERE ANYTHING AT A CITY LEVEL WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES? UM, IN TERMS OF ORDINANCES OR PROGRAMMING COUNCIL MEMBER? I WOULD SAY NO. 
          I, I THINK AN ORDINANCE, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE CRIMES THAT, THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT ARE, THAT ARE REPORTED, UM, AND A CITY ORDINANCE IS, IS WAY, WAY, WAY DOWN, UM, ON THE TOTEM POLE OF EFFECTIVENESS AS FAR AS STOPPING ANY OF THESE TYPES OF, OF CRIMES GO. 
          I, I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ALTER HUMAN BEHAVIOR WHEN YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY WHO'S SO WILLING TO PULL A GUN TO SETTLE AN ARGUMENT OR TO RESOLVE THEIR ANGER ISSUES. 
          THAT, THAT'S WHAT'S FRUSTRATING TO ME. 
          I MEAN, IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING TO ME. 
          PEOP YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HEAR ALL KINDS OF OPINIONS ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S DRIVING THE CRIME? THERE'S TOO MANY GUNS THERE. 
          THERE'S UH, THERE, THE, THE, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, IT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL DRIVING. 
          I, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM A, FROM A GUN PERSPECTIVE. 
          AND, AND IT'S, AND IT'S CONCERNING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE PULLING GUNS. 
          AND, AND A LOT OF OPINION FOCUSES ON THE NEW LAW WHERE THE OPEN CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY LAW. 
          AND MY RESPONSE TO THAT IS, AND I, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL IF YOU'LL HEAR ANY OTHER CHIEFS SAY THIS, BUT MY OPINION IS ON THIS, IS THAT THERE ARE, THERE ARE NO, THERE ARE NO MORE CRIMINALS CARRYING GUNS SINCE THAT LAW WAS PASSED THAN THERE WERE BEFORE. 
          IT'S NOT YOUR PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH, WITH CONCEALED CARRY LICENSES OR WOULD OR WOULD BE INCLINED TO GET A CONCEALED CARRY LICENSE THAT ARE PULLING GUNS AND SHOOTING PEOPLE IN AN ARGUMENT. 
          IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, OR WHO ARE, 
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UH, SOME WHO ARE CRIMINALS WHO ARE CARRYING GUNS ILLEGALLY. 
          UM, SOME WHO ARE POSSIBLY MENTALLY ILL WHO SHOULDN'T BE CARRYING A GUN. 
          IT'S NOT YOUR, IT'S NOT YOUR LAW ABIDING CITIZENS THAT ARE PULLING OUT GUNS AND SHOOTING PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE MAD AT 'EM OR BECAUSE THEY, THEY MAKE THEM ANGRY, UH, BECAUSE THEY CUT THEM OFF. 
          SO MY, MY, IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT SHOULDN'T BE CARRYING GUNS. 
          THEY'RE CARRYING THEM ILLEGALLY, AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE CARRYING THEM THERE. 
          THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND ALL OF THIS GUN VIOLENCE. 
          AND I THINK, UM, AND THANK AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING. 
          'CAUSE I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE TRY AND, UM, ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, AND AS MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE SAID, BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING TO A NEW SYSTEM, IT MIGHT GO UP, IS THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT YES, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME UPSTREAM ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, BUT HOW CAN WE, UM, LOOK AT THE SITUATION NOW AND WHERE CAN, CAN THOSE ISSUES, UM, BE HELPED? AND THAT'S WHY I DON'T THINK IT'S WITH AN ORDINANCE AND SPECIFICALLY NOT A SITE AND RELEASE ORDINANCE. 
          AND I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE FAMILY VIOLENCE ISSUE AND HAVE A SOBERING CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT ISSUE. 
          BECAUSE WHEN I HAVE PEOPLE COME AND SPEAK TO THIS COMMITTEE AND TAKE A FAMILY VIOLENCE ISSUE AND, AND CRAFT IT AS A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE AS WAS DONE ON ONE OF OUR LAST MEETINGS, THAT IS NOT RIGHT. 
          WE NEED TO PUT THE LABEL FAMILY VIOLENCE ON. 
          IF SOMEONE COMES AND KNOCKS ON A DOOR WITH A KNIFE TRYING TO GET TO HIS EX-SPOUSE AND HIS CHILDREN, THAT IS A FAMILY VIOLENCE ISSUE, NOT A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE. 
          AND WE NEED TO BE VOCAL ABOUT, UH, DEFINING THAT AND COMMUNICATING THAT AND LOOKING AT, MAYBE THE ANSWER ISN'T IN ORDINANCES, BUT IN MORE PROGRAMMING AND A, AND A LONGER CONVERSATION ON FAMILY VIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN VRAN. 
          THANK YOU, UH, FOR ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          UH, CHIEF AND, AND MARIA, NEXT TIME WE HAVE THE STATISTICS, I'D LIKE TO SEE MAYBE A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, THE, THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING THE DATA IS HOPEFULLY TO IMPROVE. 
          AND SO IF WE HAVE A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL. 
          UM, BUT THIS WAS A PRODUCTIVE MEETING FOCUSING ON THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          YOU CAN, UM, COMMUNICATION AND PREPARATION TO AVOID DIRE SITUATIONS DURING EMERGENCY EVENTS. 
          WE'VE SEEN CRIME STATISTICS FOR OUR CITY. 
          I ARE JUST ALL TO CONSIDER HOW WE CAN AID OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND STAYING SAFE AND FEELING SAFE IN OUR CITY. 
          REMINDER THAT OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 22ND, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK WITH Y'ALL. 
          MEETING IS ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU.
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