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          ORDER. 
          UH, IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          CHAIR SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          CHAIR. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DEBBIE. 
          UM, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES RIGHT NOW TO PROVIDE ON COMMITTEE BUSINESS. 
          UH, WE WERE SCHEDULED TO HAVE TWO MEETINGS FOR THIS MONTH. 
          UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD TO CANCEL THE PREVIOUS ONE. 
          UM, I THINK JUST ABOUT EVERYONE HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO SOMEBODY AT THAT TIME, AND IT WAS GOING TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET TOGETHER. 
          SO WE HAVE, UH, MERGED THE AGENDAS AND SOME OF THE ITEMS, UH, PREVIOUSLY PLANNED WERE POSTPONED FOR, FOR FEBRUARY. 
          UH, THIS IS JUST A REMINDER TO SPEAK INTO YOUR MICROPHONES, WHICH IS NOT HARD TO REMEMBER TO DO WHEN YOU'RE ON THIS VERY BIG STAGE WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 
          UM, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES PER QUESTIONS OF TIME PERMITS. 
          WE WILL COME BACK AROUND. 
          OUR FIRST 
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ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE DECEMBER 14TH, 2021 COMMITTEE MINUTES. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. 
          A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          UM, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY, OH, WE VOTE WITH OUR FINGERS THIS TIME. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE. 
          YAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
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WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS OUR MONTHLY UPDATE ON THE C OVID 19 RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS UPDATES BY METRO HEALTH, UH, STAFF. 
          AND WE HAVE, UH, MR. CLAUDE JACOB HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, CHECK COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND, UH, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE IT ALL. 
          UM, HAVE A QUICK UPDATE FOR YOU. 
          THIS IS MY MONTHLY VISIT TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. 
          I KNOW WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT VENUE, UH, BUT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BRING UP TO SPEED ON WHERE WE ARE IN THIS ONGOING STORM. 
          SO ON THE COVER SLIDE AS WE DO EACH MONTH, THIS IS OF, UH, C O V I D MURALS THAT WE HAVE SOON ABOUT ACROSS THE CITY. 
          SO THIS ARTIST JERRY GERARDO GARCIA'S MURAL AT FIESTA GROCERY, LOCATED AT 72 0 8 BROOK VALLEY DRIVE SHOWS HIS 64 YEAR OLD MOTHER-IN-LAW, UH, YULIA, UH, A VILLA STANDING WITH A RIBBON FLOWING IN FRONT AND BACK OF HER AND AT HER FEET ARE HER TWO BELOVED PETS. 
          UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HER TO SHOW, AND THIS IS A QUOTE FROM THE, UH, ARTIST. 
          I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HER TO SHOW THAT BY GETTING THE VACCINE, SHE WILL BE PROTECTED FROM C OVID 19 AND WILL BE AROUND TO TAKE CARE OF HER DOGS AND HER COMPANIONS. 
          THEY WOULD BE LOST WITHOUT HER. 
          GARCIA SAID, ALRIGHT. 
          OH, LET ME, BEFORE I DO THIS AGAIN, I SHOULD PREFACE THIS BY SAYING, BIDING YOU. 
          GREETINGS FROM THE NATIONALLY ACCREDITED METRO HEALTH DISTRICT. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          UM, THIS IS A SNAPSHOT. 
          THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, AS A PART OF THE CAN PRESENTATION, WE AT LEAST GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE, HOW MUCH THE LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS. 
          UM, IT, IT'S INCREDIBLE IN THIS ONGOING GLOBAL PANDEMIC, NOW, ALMOST TWO YEARS IN, SO OUR CURRENT CASE COUNT AS OF TODAY, WE'RE SHOWING 400, UH, YESTERDAY, 425,396 REPORTED CASES TO OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          SO SINCE MARCH OF 2020. 
          AND WE SADLY HAVE SHOWN, UH, AND WE'VE LOST, UH, FIVE, 5,013, UH, MEMBERS OF THE, UH, RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY. 
          OUR SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE HAS DRASTICALLY INCREASED TO 6,140 NEW CASES BEING REPORTED ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S A SEVEN DAY AVERAGE. 
          UH, THIS CAN ALL BE CONTRIBUTED, UH, OR ATTRIBUTED TO THE OMICRON VARIANT OF, UH, C OVID 19 THAT IS NOW IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY AND THE ENTIRE NATION AND COMMUNITIES AROUND THE GLOBE. 
          THIS VARIANT IS HIGHLY, HIGHLY, HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE OR CONTAGIOUS. 
          AND OUR POSITIVITY, OUR PERCENT POSITIVITY IS THE HIGHEST THAT IT HAS BEEN SINCE THE START OF THIS PANDEMIC. 
          WE ARE NOW REPORTING AT 38.3, UH, PERCENT POSITIVITY. 
          OUR HOSPITALIZATIONS ALSO HAVE BEEN INCREASING, AND BASED ON THESE DATA, OUR COMMUNITY RISK LEVEL CONTINUES FOR THE THIRD WEEK IN A ROW, REMAINS AT SEVERE. 
          AND JUST KNOW THAT THIS, UM, AND I SHOULD UNDERSCORE THE FACT THAT OUR HOSPITALS ARE EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND INTENSITY. 
          UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR TO SEE HOW THIS IS IMPACTING PARTNERS ACROSS THE WAY. 
          AND JUST KNOW THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS NOT UNIQUE TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OR BEXAR COUNTY, BUT WE'RE SEEING THIS ACROSS THE STATE AND ACROSS THE UNITED AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WE'RE SEEING SIMILAR IMPACTS ACROSS COMMUNITIES. 
          AND SO, JUST KNOW THAT 
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SOME OF THE STATES UP NORTH, UH, HAIL FROM THE NORTHEAST, WE'VE HEARD ALREADY THAT THEY STARTED TO SEE A DECLINE IN CASES. 
          SO WE REMAIN HOPEFUL, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE STILL, UH, WELL INTO THIS. 
          UM, AND WE, IT'S STILL TOO EARLY TO TELL HOW LONG THIS IS GOING TO LAST IN OUR FOURTH, UH, SURGE HERE, UM, WITH THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC ON THE GROUND QUICK SNAPSHOT ABOUT HOSPITALIZATION. 
          SO JUST KNOW THAT, UM, A YEAR AGO, UM, UH, WE, THE HIGH WATERMARK DURING THAT SECOND SURGE WAS, UH, 1,520, UM, REPORTED HOSPITALIZATIONS. 
          UM, THAT, UH, IS A NUMBER WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. 
          WE SHOW 1,197, UH, AS OF YESTERDAY'S REPORT, UM, BEING HOSPITALIZED ATTRIBUTED TO COVID. 
          SINCE LAST MONTH, WE HAVE SEEN A STEEP AND, UH, ACCELERATED NUMBER OF CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS. 
          AGAIN, THIS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE OMICRON VARIANT, UH, IN ADDITION TO HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES AND TRAVEL. 
          UM, AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS GRAPH. 
          SO, JUST A REMINDER THAT THE DARK BLUE LINE, UH, THAT'S HOSPITALIZATION. 
          SO 1197 A MONTH AGO WHEN I WAS LAST HERE, THAT FIGURE WAS 2 0 3. 
          UM, AND OUR INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, THE YELLOW LINE, UH, WE ARE SHOWING 2 49 AGAIN A MONTH AGO. 
          THAT WAS 78, UH, ON VENTILATORS. 
          UH, WE CURRENTLY SHOW 1 0 5, AND THAT'S THE LIGHT BLUE LINE. 
          UH, AND A MONTH AGO, THAT FIGURE WAS 40. 
          UM, AGAIN, RIGHT NOW WE SHOW THAT NEARLY SEVEN IN 10, UM, ARE OF PATIENTS ARE UNVACCINATED. 
          UM, AND A MONTH AGO THAT WAS EIGHT IN 10, SO 79% FOR ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, JUST WOULD MENTION THAT IN THE PREVIOUS SURGES, THE PEAK OF DAILY COVID HOSPITALIZATIONS BACK IN THE FIRST SURGE, UH, WHICH WAS IN THE SUMMER OF 2020, UH, WE WERE AT 1267. 
          AND IN THE THIRD SURGE, WHICH WAS AGAIN, LAST SUMMER, UH, WE WERE AT, AT 1466 RESPECTIVELY. 
          EFFECTIVELY, QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING, UH, COVID CASES OVERALL, AND ESPECIALLY COMPARING THIS, UH, AS OF THIS PAST DECEMBER BY AGE GROUP ACROSS BEXAR COUNTY. 
          THIS GRAPH DEMONSTRATES THE C OVID 19 CASES BY AGE GROUP WITH THE LIGHTER SHADE REPRESENTING THE PROPORTION OF CASES BY AGE GROUP FROM THE ENTIRE, UH, TIME PERIOD. 
          AND THE DARKER SHADES IS THE PROPORTION OF CASES SPECIFIC TO THE MONTH OF DECEMBER ONLY. 
          SO WE SEE THAT ZERO TO NINE. 
          UM, THAT AGE GROUP MAKES UP A SLIGHTLY HIGHER PROPORTION THIS PAST MONTH, AND THAT A QUARTER ARE FROM THE, UH, 20 TO 29 YEAR OLD AGE GROUP, AND THAT 20% ARE IN THE 30 TO 39 YEAR AGE GROUP. 
          WE ALSO NOTE THAT IN DECEMBER, 20 TO 39 YEAR OLDS ACCOUNTED FOR NEARLY HALF OF THE REPORTED CASES DUE TO A NUMBER OF FACTORS ACCELERATED BY THE PREVALENCE OF THE OMICRON VARIANT. 
          ANOTHER COMPARISON, AGAIN, NOW WE LOOK AT HOSPITALIZATIONS BY AGE GROUP. 
          AGAIN, THE LIGHTER BAR DEMONSTRATES THE PROPORTION FOR THE TOTAL TIME PERIOD ON THE LEFT, AND THE DARKER BAR INDICATES THE PROPORTION FROM JUST THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. 
          SO YOU CAN COMPARE THIS, UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE DRASTIC DIFFERENCES, UH, ACROSS EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS. 
          UH, WE ARE SEEING A HIGHER PROPORTION OF THOSE HOSPITALIZED IN THE YOUNGER AGE GROUPS, UM, THAT AS REFLECTED FROM LAST MONTH. 
          SO, UH, THESE NEXT THREE SLIDES, UH, WE DID WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT A SNAPSHOT COMPARING, UM, EACH OF THESE SURGES. 
          UM, SO IT'S COMPARING THE, THE, THE, THE FOUR FUN FIELD EXPERIENCES THAT WE'VE HAD SO FAR. 
          AND I, I DO MEAN THAT TONGUE IN CHEEK. 
          IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE YEAR FOR OUR SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY. 
          JUST KNOW THAT THE TEAM HAS STARTED TO MAKE THESE COMPARISONS, AND I CAN'T THANK ENOUGH. 
          OUR, OUR TEAM IN EPI WORLD, OUR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS WHO HAVE PUT THESE, UH, UH, UH, GRAFTS TOGETHER. 
          SO THIS IS TO COMPARE THE FOUR, UH, SURGES THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED HERE LOCALLY. 
          UM, SO SURGE ONE DEMONSTRATED BY THE TURQUOISE COLOR, IF YOU CAN SEE THAT. 
          UH, AND RANGES FROM JUNE OF, OF, UH, 2020 TO AUGUST OF 2020. 
          SO THAT SUMMER, THE PURPLE LINE IS REFLECTS SURGE TWO, UM, FROM OCTOBER OF 2020 THROUGH THIS PAST SPRING OF MARCH OF 2021. 
          UH, THE GREEN LINE, UH, REPRESENTS SURGE THREE. 
          UH, AGAIN, THAT WAS FROM, UH, LAST SUMMER, UH, JUNE THROUGH NOVEMBER. 
          AND THEN WE'RE CURRENTLY, AND THAT WAS DRIVEN BY THE DELTA VARIANT. 
          SO THAT GREEN LINE AND THE ORANGE LINE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE, UM, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO WHOOP. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE DRASTIC DIFFERENCE, UH, WITH THAT FOURTH SURGE STARTING LAST DECEMBER, THE EARLY PART OF DECEMBER, MAINLY DRIVEN BY THE OMICRON VARIANT. 
          SO THE, THE, THE PICTURES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, WHICH IS WHY THIS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN SO INTENSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UM, WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE COURSE OF, AGAIN, THIS FOURTH, FOURTH EXPERIENCE HERE LOCALLY. 
          SO BASED ON THE NUMBER REPORTED, AGAIN EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH OVER EIGHT, 8,000 CASES REPORTED IN ONE DAY, IT'S NOT KNOWN WHETHER WE HAVE PEAKED YET. 
          IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO TELL WHETHER WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE INCREASES OR WHETHER WE WILL START TRENDING DOWNWARD, WHERE WE REMAIN CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC. 
          BUT OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE STILL TOO EARLY TO TELL. 
          REVIEW OF THE DATA BY AGE 
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SHOWS THAT THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE CASES HAS DECREASED. 
          UH, FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND SURGES, THE AVERAGE AGE WAS IN THE LATE THIRTIES FOR SURGES THREE AND FOUR, IT SEEMS TO BE IN THE EARLY THIRTIES. 
          YET THE DATA ARE VERY PRELIMINARY FOR THE CURRENT SURGE. 
          WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE TRENDS AND WE WILL ASSESS FURTHER AS THESE PASS PATTERNS FLUCTUATE OVER THE COMING WEEKS. 
          UH, THE SECOND COMPOSITE HERE, LOOKING AT HOSPITALIZATIONS, AGAIN, COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES ONE SURGE TO THE NEXT. 
          JUST KNOW THAT THIS GRAPH DEMONSTRATES A COMPARISON FOR OUR AREA HOSPITALS. 
          SURGE ONE AND TWO SHOWED A MORE RAPID INCREASE IN INPATIENTS THAN THAT OF SURGE FOUR. 
          AND THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE HOSPITALIZATIONS HAS CONTINUED TO DECREASE, UH, ACROSS THESE DIFFERENT SURGES WITH THE PRELIMINARY DATA MADE AVAILABLE FOR THIS FOURTH SURGE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, SO JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE GROUND, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT VARIABLES LIKE THE DELTA VARIANT AND ITS IMPACT DURING THAT THIRD SURGE AND THE OMICRON VARIANT AND HOW IT'S IMPACTING THE TRANSMISSION OF CASES HERE ON THE GROUND AND AROUND THE GLOBE. 
          THE THIRD COMPOSITE, UM, THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT THE PERCENT OF THE POPULATION, AND I SAY IN AIR QUOTES, FULLY VACCINATED. 
          JUST KNOW THAT THE C D C, THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, UH, RIGHT NOW, THE TERMINOLOGY HAS BEEN CHANGING AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE UP TO DATE WITH YOUR VACCINATIONS OR ARE YOU FULLY VACCINATED. 
          UM, AND, UH, AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'VE MADE STEADY PROGRESS OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR THAT OVER 72% OF THE VACCINE ELIGIBLE POPULATION, UH, MEANING THOSE FIVE AND OLDER ARE FULLY VACCINATED. 
          THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PERCENT OF THE POPULATION FULLY VACCINATED BY AGE GROUP OVER TIME, AND THIS SHOWS YOU THE AVERAGE VACCINATION RATES DURING EACH OF THE PREVIOUS SPIKES RES SURGES. 
          EACH COLOR IS A DIFFERENT AGE GROUP, AND THE PURPLE BOXES, AND IT MIGHT BE HARD TO READ ON THE SLIDE, BUT THE PURPLE BOXES INDICATE WHEN THE VARIOUS VACCINATION RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE. 
          AGAIN, A LOT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          YOU MAY RECALL THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN GROUPS WHO WERE ELIGIBLE AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN TIME, AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRIED TO CAPTURE HERE. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, DURING THE FIRST SURGE, UH, VACCINE WAS NOT AVAILABLE DURING THE SECOND SURGE. 
          UM, WE SHOWED ON AVERAGE THAT FOR THOSE 16 AND OLDER, ABOUT 6% OF THE POPULATION WAS VACCINATED FOR THE SURGE, THIRD SURGE OR SPIKE. 
          UH, WHEN THOSE 12 AND OLDER WERE ELIGIBLE, WE SHOWED ABOUT 63% OF THE POPULATION BEING, UH, VACCINATED AGAIN ON AVERAGE DURING THAT PERIOD. 
          AND THEN NOW WE'RE SHOWING, ON AVERAGE, ABOUT 65% OF THOSE OVER THE COURSE OF THESE FEW WEEKS, UH, BEING FIVE AND OLDER BEING VACCINATED. 
          SO WITH THAT, IT'S HELPFUL FOR US JUST TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES AND, UM, WE CAN PROVIDE MORE CONTEXT FOR WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE GROUND. 
          I'LL WRAP UP BY SAYING THAT YOU MAY RECALL, I CAME TO THE COUNCIL THAT AT LEAST PROVIDE AN UPDATE LAST FALL. 
          WE TRY AND HAVE TRIED OUR BEST TO INCENTIVIZE THIS. 
          UM, WE'VE GIVEN OUT OVER 7,000, UH, GIFT CARDS. 
          UH, THE H E B GIFT CARDS, THE TOP FIVE ZIP CODES ARE, UH, 7 8 2 0 7 7 8, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 2, 2, 3, 7, 8, 2, 2 8, AND 7, 8, 2, 1 0. 
          UH, THOSE HAVE BEEN THE TOP FIVE ZIP CODES WHERE WE'VE ISSUED CARDS. 
          JUST KNOW THAT THE LION'S SHARE OF THE CARDS HAVE BEEN GIVEN OUT, UH, UH, TO THOSE FIVE TO 11 YEARS OLD. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, SINCE LAST NOVEMBER WHEN THEY BECAME ELIGIBLE, WE VACCINATED, WE LAUNCHED THIS IN EARNEST. 
          UM, WE PROCURED 10,000 GIFT CARDS, AND SO WE'VE GIVEN OUT CLOSE TO THREE QUARTERS OF THOSE TO DATE. 
          LASTLY, TESTING, TESTING, MORE TESTING. 
          SO, UH, THIS IS, UH, REALLY JUST AN ILLUSTRATION OF OUR REACH ACROSS THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. 
          UM, TO DATE, WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE GROUND EACH AND EVERY DAY, INCLUDING THE WEEKENDS. 
          UH, WE'VE INCREASED, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY ACCESS TO TESTS AND TESTING SITES. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE 23 SITES ACROSS THE CITY. 
          UH, WE'VE INCREASED OUR AVERAGE EACH DAY FROM ABOUT SEVEN OR 8,000 TESTS ADMINISTERED EACH DAY TO ABOUT 12,000, UH, UH, TESTS, UM, UH, COVID TESTS GIVEN, AGAIN OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PAST WEEK. 
          NOW THAT WE HAVE THE FULL COMPLIMENT OF THE SITES WITH COMMUNITY LABS AND THE CURATIVE SITES, OUR ONGOING MESSAGING IS TO REMIND FOLKS THAT THE BEST WAY TO STAY PROTECTED, UM, TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THE LOVED ONES, IS TO GET VACCINATED AND TO GET THEIR BOOSTER SHOTS, UM, BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND THE JUDGE, UH, PROVIDING SOME UPDATES, UM, WITH SOME VARIOUS PRESSORS AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST HOME KITS, UM, AND, UH, UH, P P E, UH, ON ORDER JUST TO MAKE SURE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ON OUR, OUR MASKS AVAILABLE FOR STAFF. 
          AND WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES AROUND THE CHANGING GUIDANCE WITH THE C D C. 
          SO OUR CHALLENGES ON THE GROUND HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT FATIGUE, MANAGING FATIGUE, THE CAPACITY OF THESE SITES, AND OMICRON, OMICRON OMICRON. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THE STORY HAS BEEN THIS MONTH. 
          SO IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM COAST TO COAST DISRUPTIONS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN, UH, PERSONNEL FATIGUE AND CALL 
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OUTS, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE, UH, UH, CHALLENGES WE EXPERIENCED EARLY ON IN TERMS OF LONGER LINES AT SOME OF THE TESTING SITES, WHICH IS WHY WE AMPLIFIED THE NUMBER OF SITES AVAILABLE. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY FORMAL REPORT. 
          UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF OUR FANTASTIC TEAM AT METRO HEALTH AND OUR PARTNERS OUT IN THE OPEN SPACE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR AMBASSADORSHIP. 
          UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO REPORT OUT AS THIS, UH, UH, SITUATION EVOLVES. 
          AND WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK OVER TIME, AND I'LL FIELD THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU, CLAUDE, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, BEFORE WE JUMP INTO QUESTIONS, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, OR MAYBE YOU, YOU CAN HELP ME REMIND THE PUBLIC HOW TO GET AT-HOME TESTING KITS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          SO, YES, AS OF YESTERDAY, THERE WAS THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE HOME TESTING KITS. 
          I WOULD SAY THE BEST THING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS GO TO C OVID 19 DOT SAN ANTONIO.GOV SO THEY CAN SEE THE UPTODATE INFORMATION. 
          IT IS USER FRIENDLY TO ACCESS THOSE KITS. 
          UH, IT LITERALLY TAKES NOT EVEN A MINUTE TO BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE, PUT YOUR NAME, PUT YOUR ADDRESS, UH, AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ESTIMATING THAT IT'LL TAKE SEVEN TO 12 DAYS FOR THE DELIVERY. 
          UM, AND IT'S A MAX OF FOUR KITS PER HOUSEHOLD OR PER ADDRESS. 
          AND SO IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, C OVID 19 DOT SAN ANTONIO.GOV, YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG AND GET THAT, UH, AND PLACE YOUR ORDERS. 
          IT LITERALLY DOESN'T EVEN TAKE A MINUTE, AND IT'S A VERY USER FRIENDLY SITE. 
          THANK YOU, CLAUDE. 
          UH, MY NEXT QUESTION HAS TO DO, UH, WITH THE QUESTION I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT. 
          UM, AND, UH, YOU AND I SORT OF TOUCHED ON THIS DISCUSSION. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT WAIT TIMES FOR, FOR TESTING, UH, THAT HAS SOMEWHAT BEEN ADDRESSED WITH THE ADDITIONAL SITES. 
          UH, BUT THE QUESTION I'M GETTING NOW IS THE TURNAROUND TIME ON THE P C R TESTS. 
          COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT WHERE THE HICCUPS ARE IN THE PROCESS OR MAYBE WHERE THE BOTTLENECKS ARE IN, IN THE PROCESS AND, AND WHAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT? THANK YOU. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          YES. 
          UH, AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN THE ONGOING CONUNDRUM. 
          SO BASED ON CAPACITY, SO OUR AREA PARTNERS ON THE GROUND HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME DELAYS. 
          SO WHETHER IT'S STAFFING CAPACITY OR BEING ABLE TO TURN AROUND, YOU'VE HEARD ANYTHING FROM 12 HOURS TO FOUR OR FIVE DAYS. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE ARE EXPERIENCING DELAYS, UH, WHETHER IT'S ACCESSING THE, THE SUPPLIES OR MAKING SURE THAT THE LABS ARE ABLE TO TURN AROUND THE RESULTS. 
          SO WE DO ASK RESIDENTS, RIGHT NOW, YOU'LL HEAR IT'S THREE OR FOUR DAYS. 
          A WEEK AGO IT WAS ONE OR TWO DAYS WHEN WE FIRST ACTIVATED SOME OF THESE SITES THAT WE'RE GETTING, THEY'RE RESULTS IN LESS THAN A DAY. 
          SO WE DO SAY THAT IT'S TAKEN LONGER. 
          UM, IT IS THREE OR FOUR DAYS NOW IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING, TELLING FOLKS. 
          AND THE BOTTLENECKS HAVE TO DO WITH OUR PARTNERS ON THE GROUND, WHETHER THEY HAVE STAFFING OR WHETHER THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THESE SPECIMEN TO THE LABS TO GET THOSE RESULTS BACK. 
          I'VE, I'VE HEARD UP TO FIVE DAYS FROM, FROM SOME RESIDENTS. 
          SO WHAT, I GUESS, WHAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION? BECAUSE I, UH, IF YOU HAVE TO WAIT THAT LONG TO, TO HEAR YOUR, YOUR RESULTS, JUST BECAUSE FIVE DAYS ALSO COINCIDES WITH THE , SOME OF THE C D C GUIDANCE. 
          YEAH, IT, IT'S, IT'S THERE. 
          ALL WE CAN ASK RESIDENTS IS TO BE PATIENT. 
          I MEAN, REALLY, WE'VE MADE SURE THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL TESTING SITES AVAILABLE. 
          UH, WE DO APPRECIATE AND APPLAUD OUR PARTNERS. 
          UM, AGAIN, IT'S ANALOGOUS TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO THE CHECKOUT LINE AT TARGET OR OR H E B, AGAIN DURING THE HOLIDAYS, THEY'D HAD TO BRING ON ADDITIONAL CASHIERS. 
          AND WE'VE DONE THAT IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SITES AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS. 
          WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT FOR FOLKS IS TO AT LEAST, UM, UH, BE PATIENT, THE TIME HAS CHANGED AND, UH, WE, IT'S A SLIGHT HICCUP, UH, JUST LIKE EXTREME WEATHER OR INCLEMENT WEATHER OR AVAILABILITY OF SUPPLIES. 
          SO WE JUST ASK FOLKS TO JUST BE PATIENT WITH THE PROCESS. 
          SO, SO WOULD YOU SAY THE DELAY IS BASED ON, UM, NOT ENOUGH STAFFING, RUNNING THE TESTS, OR NOT ENOUGH MACHINES TO RUN THE TEST IN IT? IT, IT'S, IT'S A COMBINATION OF FACTORS. 
          SO IT'S NOT LINEAR. 
          SOME SITES IT'S BEEN A STAFFING SHORTAGE. 
          OTHER SITES, IT MAY JUST BE THE TIMING OF MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE SUPPLIES ON HAND. 
          UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S, UH, UH, IT COULD EVEN BE, UH, A WEATHER THAT'S IMPACTING US GETTING DELIVERIES IN TIME. 
          SO WHAT, WHAT RESIDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING IS A DELAY, AND WE'RE ASKING FOLKS TO BE PATIENT WITH US AS WE PROVIDE THE SERVICES. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST ONE SITE. 
          IT'S NOT JUST ONE FACTOR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IT JUST, UM, SOMETHING I THOUGHT I WOULD MENTION, UH, LAST YEAR, COUNCILWOMAN, DR. 
          GARCIA AND I, UH, WORKED WITH A, SHE'S NOT HERE, SHE'S NOT ON THIS, UH,  COMMITTEE. 
          UM, WORKED WITH A LOCAL, UH, SOFTWARE DEVELOPER ON A, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A WEBSITE OR AN APP THAT WOULD TELL YOU, UH, BASICALLY THE LINE FOR HOW LONG A VACCINE LINE MIGHT BE. 
          AND IT WAS A SOURCE, UH, UM, I GUESS PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO PUNCH INTO IT. 
          OR ACTUALLY, MAYBE I'M CONFUSING IT WITH COUNCILMAN BRAVO'S PROJECT, BUT, 
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UM, HE HAD ANOTHER ONE  LIKE THAT TOO. 
          BUT, UH, JUST SOMETHING TO, TO LOOK AT FOR, FOR TESTING, UH, POSSIBLY AS WELL. 
          OR DO WE HAVE A COORDINATION AMONG SITES WHERE WE REPORT LIKE, HEY, THE LINE RIGHT NOW IS, YOU KNOW, 10 PEOPLE, OR THE LINE RIGHT NOW IS THIS MANY PEOPLE SO THAT WE CAN DIVERT TRAFFIC? YEAH, I WOULD SAY, AGAIN, I APPLAUD OUR PARTNERS AT FIRE AS WELL AS OUR PARTNERS ON THE GROUND. 
          SO IT'S ON A MOMENT BY MOMENT OR SITE BY SITE, UH, BASIS. 
          SO SOME SITES, FOR EXAMPLE, MAY REALIZE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE STAFFING COMPLIMENT FOR THAT DAY, SO THEY'VE HAD TO AT LEAST RE-ENGINEER AND MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS CAN GET THEIR APPOINTMENTS BOOKED OR HONORED AT AN ALTERNATE SITE. 
          UM, SO AN APP, I'VE HEARD THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT MODALITIES OUT THERE. 
          UH, I HAVE NOT LOOKED INTO THAT MYSELF, BUT I CAN TAKE IT BACK TO OUR TA TO OUR TEAM. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, FORWARD THAT LINK TO YOU. 
          AND THEN LAST, LAST QUESTION FOR ME IS, EARLIER IN THE PANDEMIC, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY AT WHAT POINT WE STOPPED DOING THIS, BUT THERE WAS CONTACT TRACING REPORTING AS PART OF OUR DAILY, UH, REPORT, UH, WHICH, UH, WOULD TELL US HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD BEEN CONTACTED, HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'D HEARD BACK FROM. 
          I WAS WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE THAT AGAIN IN OUR UPDATE REPORT. 
          I WILL CHECK BACK THE, I CAN IMAGINE THE LABOR BEHIND REPORTING OUT, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, SINCE IT PREDATES ME, IS IT SIMPLY THE NUMBER OF FOLKS OR THE TIME? WHAT WAS EXACTLY THE METRIC THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? UH, WHAT WAS IMPORTANT, UH, WHEN WE WERE ASKING FOR THAT METRIC TO BE REPORTED IS FOR US TO KNOW IF CONTACT WAS BEING MADE. 
          UH, BECAUSE WE, WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME ISSUES WITH CONTACT, UH, BEING MADE, PEOPLE NOT PICKING UP THE PHONE CALL. 
          SO GETTING A SENSE OF THAT AND HOW QUICKLY CONTACT IS, IS BEING MADE AS WELL, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME OF, UM, OF, IN, IN TRANSMISSIBILITY. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, SO THOSE WERE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE GOALS, UM, I'M SURE YOU CAN FIND IT IN SOME OF THE OLD REPORTS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          UH, AGAIN, THE VOLUMES THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING THESE LAST THREE OR FOUR WEEKS HAVE BEEN UNPRECEDENTED. 
          WE DO HAVE CONTRACTS WITH PART WITH OUR ACADEMIC PARTNERS FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL CONTACT TRACERS. 
          UM, ON AVERAGE IT'S A DAY FOR US TO GET BACK TO FOLKS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THEIR STATUS. 
          BUT JUST KNOW THAT OMICRON IS EVERYWHERE. 
          UM, AND THIS IS A HIGHLY, HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE, I'LL TAKE THIS BACK TO OUR EPI TEAM TO SEE WHAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER JUST TO MAKE SURE IN REAL TIME YOU'RE GETTING A SENSE OF HOW EFFECTIVE WE ARE WITH GETTING TO FOLKS. 
          RIGHT. 
          I THINK IT, IT MIGHT BE VERY DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, CONTACT RATE, UH, NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THAT. 
          BUT I THINK IT, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO GET A CONCEPT OF, WELL, WHAT IS THAT? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A 2% CONTACT RATE? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A 20% CONTACT RATE? SO WHEN WE EVALUATE, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PARTICULAR ASPECT, WE'RE HERE, YOU KNOW, PROVING CONTRACTS FOR THAT. 
          SO WE LIKE TO ALSO SEE THE, BASICALLY THE RESULTS  OF THE CONTRACT SIDE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, WE HAVE A COUNCILWOMAN . 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CLAUDE, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. 
          UM, ON SLIDE 10, AND THIS IS BECAUSE IT CAME UP THIS WEEKEND, THE COUNTYWIDE FREE TESTING SITES, UM, HAS AN INITIATIVE STARTED WITH THE CITY TO REVIEW AND EXPECT POTENTIAL NON-VALID C OVID 19 TESTING SITES. 
          HAS ANY OF THAT COME UP TO PUT ON A SLIDE OR TO FOLLOW UP TO JUST, ARE WE KEEPING TRACK OF THE NON-VALID C OVID 19 TESTING SITES? RIGHT, SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          SO THE FRAUDULENT SITES, WHICH HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, WE DO HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT ALLOWS US TO AT LEAST, UH, VERIFY, UH, THERE ARE PLACES THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT, BUT WE TAKE THESE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. 
          UH, I'M NOT SURE IF IT WOULD BE AS PRODUCTIVE TO TO MAP, BUT WE ARE TRACKING AS MUCH AS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO US. 
          UM, AND WE'VE PROVIDED A LIST OF WHAT YOU SHOULD BE KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY'RE ASKING FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION OR IF THERE'S A CHARGE, UM, WHERE IT'S LOCATED, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, NEXT TO A, UM, A CAR WASH KIND OF THING. 
          SO, SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE MAYBE MORE OBVIOUS TO US, BUT WE ARE MAKING SURE TO OVER COMMUNICATE THAT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA ON OUR WEBSITE TO LET FOLKS KNOW. 
          SO JUST KNOW THAT WE DO RESPOND AS IT'S BEEN REPORTED TO US. 
          UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF MAPPING IT IS WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING. 
          N NO, I, I DON'T NEED IT MAPPED, BUT I WOULD LIKE, UM, ANYTHING Y'ALL CAN DO TO GET THE MESSAGING OUT, UH, AND EVEN IF IT'S ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THEN WE COULD PUSH IT OUT THAT IF THEY'RE ASKING FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION, THERE MIGHT BE TESTING SITES THAT DO CHARGE, THEY'RE, BUT PLEASE COME TO OUR WEBSITE FOR THE FREE SITES. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO STRESS TO MY, MY, MY RESIDENTS, IS THAT THEY, THERE ARE FREE SITES AVAILABLE AND WHEN YOU CAN UTILIZE THEM, UH, INSTEAD OF MAYBE GOING TO SOME SITE THAT IS GOING TO CHARGE YOU, UM, BECAUSE THIS SHOULDN'T, WE KNOW HOW HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS 
          [00:25:01]
THIS IS. 
          AND IF YOU'RE FEELING ILL, AND YOU TAKE, AND THIS IS ANOTHER QUESTION, IF YOU'RE FEELING ILL AND YOU TAKE YOUR RAPID TEST, SHOULD THEY START QUARANTINING THEN, OR SHOULD THEY TAKE ANOTHER TEST? SO THE GUIDANCE HAS CHANGED, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT FOLKS HAVE BEEN TAKING THE HOME TEST KITS. 
          THOSE ARE, DEPENDING ON THE KIT THAT YOU USE, IT'S ABOUT 85% SENSITIVE. 
          WE REFER TO THE P C R TEST AS A GOLD STANDARD. 
          THEY'RE ABOUT 95% SENSITIVE. 
          UM, SO WE ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GET THEIR TESTS, KNOW THEIR STATUS, UM, AND TO ISOLATE, AGAIN, FIVE DAYS, UH, PLUS WEARING A MASK, UH, FOR THE ADDITIONAL FIVE DAYS. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE BEEN HEARING, UH, AS THE UPDATE AND THE C D C GUIDANCE. 
          SO I WOULD JUST SAY BEST THING TO DO IF YOU'RE SICK, STAY HOME, TAKE THE TEST SO YOU KNOW YOUR STATUS. 
          IT'S A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL. 
          IT JUST TELLS YOU WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE POSITIVE. 
          THAT WAY YOU'LL KNOW HOW TO, HOW TO MANAGE YOUR OWN, UH, ACTIVITIES. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND I KNOW, AND I GOT THE CONFIRMATION THAT IF THERE'S ONE PERSON TESTING EVERY DAY POSITIVE, WE'RE NOT COUNTING THAT. 
          AND I WANNA THANK YOUR TEAM AND DR. 
          IAN FOR THAT. 
          BUT I DO WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE OUT TO MY RESIDENTS IS IF YOU TEST POSITIVE, PLEASE GET BETTER. 
          UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME OUT EVERY DAY AND LOOK FOR A FREE TESTING SITE TO TEST. 
          UM, AND, AND PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE TESTING EVERY DAY. 
          CORRECT. 
          UM, AGAIN, THERE ARE FOLKS, IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT HELPS THEM MANAGE THEIR OWN ANGST. 
          UH, SO WE UNDERSTAND IT'S BEEN A LONG COUPLE YEARS FOR FOLKS, UM, NOT KNOWING ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES, JUST KNOW THAT THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE INTERVALS FOR WHEN ONE SHOULD TEST. 
          SO YOU'LL HEAR ANYWHERE BETWEEN 36 OR 48 HOURS LIKE THAT, HAVING THAT PERIOD. 
          BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DO WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO HOW FOLKS MANAGE THAT, WHICH IS WHY YOU'VE SEEN THE PUSH TO MAKE SURE THAT TEST KITS, HOME TEST KITS ARE MORE AVAILABLE. 
          AND WE DO HAVE THE FREE SITES THAT WE ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I, I DO, I AM APPLAUD THE FREE TEST KIT. 
          MY DISTRICT OFFICE HAS SIGNED UP TO HELP DISTRIBUTE THOSE. 
          SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING IF YOU GET C OVID 19, IT'S JUST, IT HAPPENS, BUT STAY SAFE AND WE WANT YOU TO GET BETTER. 
          AND, AND WE WANNA HELP WITH THAT. 
          THE OTHER THING, UM, SO THE, IN THE MATTER OF PATIENTS THAT, UM, THAT ARE GOING INTO THE HOSPITAL AND THEN SENT HOME, UM, WE'RE STILL AT THAT SEVERE LEVEL. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING OUR CONSTITUENTS CAN DO OR WE CAN HELP COMMUNICATE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS SO THAT WE KIND OF MOVE FROM THAT SEVERE LEVEL, THE RISK LEVEL WE COMMUNICATE EACH WEEK. 
          SO I'M NOT SURE IF THE QUESTION IS ABOUT, LIKE, IS THERE, IS THERE SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN COMMUNICATE IF THESE, IF THESE ARE THE SYMPTOMS OR WHERE THEY CAN GO, THE SYMPTOMS WHEN THEY NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL? OKAY. 
          UM, BECAUSE I KNOW, AND LET ME EXPLAIN 'CAUSE I KNOW AT THE BEGINNING WHEN IT FIRST OUTBREAK, THE MARE ASKED NOT TO HAVE THEM GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. 
          IS THERE SOMETHING WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE NOW AS WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF THE SPIKE? YEAH, NO, THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S VERY CLEAR. 
          SO, SO THE STAMPEDE TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS, AGAIN, THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THESE TESTING, THE ACCESS TO THE TESTING SITES TO MINIMIZE THAT PRESSURE ON THE HOSPITAL SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T, OR RESIDENTS DON'T FEEL COMPELLED TO GO TO ED TO GET A DIAGNOSTIC TO BE TOLD THAT THEY'RE COVID POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE. 
          SO BETWEEN THE HOME TEST KITS, NOW THAT THE FEDS ARE MAKING AVAILABLE AND BETWEEN THE, THE TESTING SITES, UH, THAT SHOULD PROVIDE A MODICUM OF RELIEF. 
          AND I SAY SHOULD, RECOGNIZING THAT THE HOSPITALS ARE GOING THROUGH AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE RIGHT NOW. 
          SO IT HELPS TO LESSEN THE PRESSURE. 
          SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FREE SITES RATHER THAN BEE LINING, BUT BY ALL MEANS, YOU KNOW YOUR STATUS, KNOW YOUR CONDITION, KNOW YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE. 
          IF YOU DO NEED TO SEEK THAT CARE, THEN BY ALL MEANS, BUT WE DO HAVE THE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO MINIMIZE THAT SO FOLKS CAN GET THAT DIAGNOSTIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND OUR D THREE OFFICE WAY BEFORE STARTED WORKING WITH THE US ARMY TO GET VACCINATIONS AND THEY WERE DOING TESTING. 
          SO WE'RE STILL DOING THAT EVERY MONDAY ON JANUARY 24TH, 2022, WE START UP AGAIN. 
          ONE O'CLOCK IS A GOOD TIME TO COME THAT LUNCH HOUR AND THEY CAN GET TESTED. 
          IT'LL BE A DRIVE THROUGH. 
          BUT AGAIN, IF YOU ARE OUT THERE AND YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN YOUR VACCINATION OR YOU NEED THAT BOOSTER, THOSE ARE AVAILABLE TO CITYWIDE. 
          SO PLEASE GO OUT AND GET THOSE ALSO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR THAT WORK. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND THANK YOU, CLAUDE. 
          UH, I KNOW WHEN WE ALL RETURNED BACK FROM THE BREAK, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN. 
          UH, AND I HAD CONCERN WITH STUDENTS GOING BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM, UH, FOLKS COMING BACK INTO THE OFFICES. 
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UM, AND THAT FIRST INITIAL LINE AT SOME OF THE SITES WERE PRETTY LONG. 
          UM, BUT, UH, I, I WANNA COMMEND METRO HEALTH AS WELL AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR QUICKLY, UH, JUMPING INTO ACTION, ENSURING THAT IT WAS JUST YOU WALK RIGHT IN TO GET TESTED, UH, AND THERE WAS NO WEIGHT. 
          UM, SO I, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE, UH, PUT IN TO ENSURE THAT, UH, VACCINES AND TESTINGS, UH, CONTINUES TO BE ACCESSIBLE. 
          UM, IN, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, OUR DISTRICT FIVE FIELD OFFICE IS WORKING IN PARTNER WITH A COUPLE OF DISTRICT FIVE STAPLES. 
          SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, JAIME OF HY MISS PLACE, AS WELL AS LYNDON, HER FAMILY OF THE ARIZONA CAFE, UM, ARE OFFERING THEIR SPACES TO HAVE VACCINATION AND BOOSTER CLINICS AT THEIR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ENSURING THAT COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE VACCINES AS WELL AS THE TESTING LOCATIONS. 
          UM, BUT, UH, HOW, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT, UH, WE CONNECT FOLKS TO THOSE INCENTIVES, THE H E B GIFT CARD, UM, FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS, IS THERE OPPORTUNITY FOR METRO HEALTH, UM, TO, UM, PROVIDE THOSE INCENTIVES TO OUR FOLKS? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          SO, AND THANKS FOR YOUR AMBASSADORSHIP IN YOUR DISTRICT. 
          UH, SO CONTACT OUR OFFICE, UM, TO LET US KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO SCHEDULE A POP-UP CLINIC. 
          THERE ARE RULES FOR ACCOUNTING FOR THE GIFT CARDS, SO WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE COMPLY AND WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS ON THE GROUND. 
          SO, UH, JUST CONTACT US AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH, UH, THE FOLKS THAT YOU MAY HAVE IN YOUR BACKYARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND I REALLY LIKE THE ART, UH, THAT YOU PRESENTED TODAY. 
          THE TWO CHIHUAHUAS WERE REALLY CUTE, AND I THINK WHERE SOME OF THESE MURALS ARE GOING UP, SERVE AS A GREAT, UH, BACKDROP AND OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE POP-UP CLINICS IN FRONT OF THOSE, THOSE, UH, MURALS BECAUSE I KNOW FOLKS ON THE BUS, UM, WE SEE IT AND, AND IT'S JUST, UH, I THINK A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. 
          RIGHT? AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, SEEING THE MURAL AND SEEING A VACCINATION SITE OR A TESTING SITE, UM, I, I FEEL LIKE IT'S SAFE. 
          UM, I, I KNOW WHEN THERE WAS THOSE BOGUS TESTING SITES, UM, THERE WAS LOTS OF CONCERNS. 
          SOME JUST LOOK SKETCHY. 
          UM, HOWEVER, I THINK WITH THERE'S A CITY BACKDROP, UH, FOLKS WILL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, UH, GETTING THE VACCINE AND OR TESTED. 
          UM, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE SOME EXTREME, UH, WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SOME OF OUR SHELTERS HAPPEN AT CAPACITY DUE TO C O V I D. 
          UM, DO WE KNOW IF THERE'S ANY INITIATIVES TO OPEN UP SOME WARMING CENTERS IN PREPARATION FOR THE, FOR THE WEATHER TO TAKE CARE OF FOLKS WHO ARE BOTH HOUSED AND UNHOUSED? UM, GOOD QUESTION. 
          I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICE PROGRAMS. WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, UH, WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, SO WE CAN REPORT BACK IN TERMS OF WHAT THE PLANS ARE. 
          WE DO KNOW THAT, UH, THERE IS INCREMENT WEATHER, UH, AT LEAST REPORTED. 
          UM, I HAIL FROM THE NORTHEAST. 
          I, I KNOW THAT IT'S DIFFERENT FOR US OUT THERE, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AT LEAST SHARE WITH THE VIEWING AUDIENCE WHAT THE PLANS ARE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MITIGATE THE SPREAD OF C OVID 19, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN THE SHELTER COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, UH, CAN I ADD TO THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN? YEAH. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THIS EVENING, THERE'LL BE A MEMO OUT FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE THAT WILL LAY OUT THE PLAN, UH, DURING THIS INCLEMENT WHERE, WHETHER THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TOMORROW. 
          SO YOU'LL GET THAT IN A MEMO TODAY. 
          ALL RIGHT, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, DAVID. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, MY LAST QUESTION IS, DO WE COLLECT DATA FROM OUR ISDS ON THEIR C O I D POSITIVE RATES? SO YOU'VE ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WE REPORT OUT EACH WEEK IS THE NUMBER OF CASES STUDENTS AND, UH, STAFF IN TERMS OF THEIR POSITIVITY RATES. 
          UH, WE SIMPLY REPORT OUT THE CASE COUNT. 
          UM, IT'S A LITTLE HARDER TO GET AT THAT ONLY BECAUSE, UM, FOR US IT'S EASIER TO AT LEAST KNOW WHETHER OR NOT FOLKS ARE REPORTING OUT, CALLING OUT. 
          UM, BUT WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN TRIANGULATE, BUT JUST KNOW THAT A LOT OF THAT IS BASED ON REPORTS THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE. 
          IT MAY BE MORE DIFFICULT TO DRILL DOWN TO THAT PARTICULAR LOCALE, BUT WE DO REPORT OUT EVERY FRIDAY, UH, BASED ON THE REPORTS SHARED BY THOSE DIFFERENT INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, CLAUDIA. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          CLAUDE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE ISDS COLLECT THAT INFORMATION RIGHT DIRECTLY. 
          IS THAT, THAT, THAT WAS MY QUESTION. 
          IF THE ISDS COLLECTED AND IF WE'RE RECEIVING THAT DATA. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CLAUDE. 
          LOOKS LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE DONE WITH YOU FOR NOW. 
          UH, SO APPRECIATE IT. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          HI, CLAUDE. 
          YES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING AT THOSE SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGES AND THE, THE COMPARISON OF THE DIFFERENT SPIKES. 
          AND I WAS WONDERING, IS THERE A CHANCE THAT, OR TO WHAT DEGREE COULD THE FACT THAT THIS SPIKE IS LARGER DO BE DUE TO, UM, TESTING BEING MORE ACCESSIBLE? UM, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A CONSIDERABLY STEEPER SPIKE, RIGHT? THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN BEFORE. 
          SO, SO JUST KNOW THAT 
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IF YOU GO TO THE ORIGINAL STRAIN OF THIS VIRUS, IT WAS NOT AS TRANSMISSIBLE. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT DIFFERENT STRAINS, ESPECIALLY DELTA THIS PAST SUMMER. 
          AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OMICRON, WHICH IS EIGHT TO 10 TIMES MORE TRANSMISSIBLE THAN THE ORIGINAL STRAIN. 
          SO THE COMBINATION, SO IT'S, IT'S EIGHT TO NINE TIMES MORE, MORE TRANS. 
          SO AGAIN, SO IF I WERE TO CONTRACT C OVID 19, UH, THE ORIGINAL STRAIN, ONE OR TWO OTHER PEOPLE IN MY ORBIT, IF YOU FAST FORWARD TO SAY THE DELTA STRAIN, FIVE OR SIX OTHER PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, OMICRON, AT LEAST FROM WHAT WE'RE GATHERING, IT'S EIGHT OR NINE OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE LIKELY TO CATCH THIS. 
          SO WITH THAT, I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW WE'VE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY. 
          OUR TESTING VOLUME, WE ARE REPORTING OUT. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS THE SAME TRENDS REPORTED FROM COAST TO COAST. 
          SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF TRANSMISSION OF CO, OF OMICRON, OF THIS C OVID 19 VIR VIRUS, BUT IT'S ALSO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE INFLATED OUR ACCESS AND TESTING VOLUMES. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          UM, REALLY WE'VE BEEN EXPANDING, UH, TESTING CAPACITY. 
          I'M REALLY GLAD WE DO. 
          WE HAVE BEEN DOING, SO, UM, I DID HEAR FROM SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS, CONSTITUENTS ABOUT AN RX RAPID TESTING SITE THAT'S OVER ON GRAMERCY AND BLANCO. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT A, IT'S A, IT WAS A PARKING LOT, SO THEY HAD TO BRING IN A GENERATOR. 
          IT'S THE SIZE OF A SHIPPING CONTAINER, IT'S REALLY LOUD. 
          UH, THEY HAD PUT IT CLOSER TO THE SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL COMPLAINED 'CAUSE IT WAS SO LOUD. 
          SO THEN THEY PUT IT NEXT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, AND SO NOW THE NEIGHBORS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE LINING UP ALL THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THEIR CARS. 
          THEY'RE HONKING A BUNCH. 
          THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S OPEN 12 HOURS A DAY, AND THEY'RE BLOCKING PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS SO PEOPLE CAN'T GET IN AND OUT. 
          AND WE REACHED OUT TO DUSTIN WHO OVERSEES ALL THE RX RAPID, UH, SITES, AND, UH, I CALLED HIM ON SATURDAY. 
          I WAS TOLD I'D BE CALLED RIGHT BACK. 
          I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. 
          UH, ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS CALLED THIS MORNING. 
          THEY HAVEN'T HEARD BACK. 
          SO WE'D APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR STAFF'S ASSISTANCE MAYBE IN GETTING AHOLD OF THEM AND JUST TRYING TO SEE IF, UM, WHILE WE WANT TO KEEP EXPANDING TESTING CAPACITY, WE WANTED TO SEE IF WE CAN DO IT IN A WAY THAT THAT'S RESPECTFUL OF NEIGHBORS. 
          UM, ON THE WARMING CENTERS, WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH A LOT OF THE LOCAL NONPROFITS THAT HAVE BEEN O O OPENING WARMING CENTERS. 
          AND THE CONVERSATIONS THEY'RE HAVING IS THAT YES, THERE'S A RISK OF GETTING COVID IF YOU'RE BRINGING IN A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, BUT IT'S BETTER THAN FREEZING THE DEATH ON THE STREETS. 
          RIGHT? AND THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS. 
          IS IT, YES, THEY BELIEVE THAT, THAT THAT'S THE CASE. 
          AND SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN SEEING, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO GET AIR PURIFIERS FOR ANY OF THESE WARMING CENTERS? COULD THAT HELP PEOPLE STAY SAFER? YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE, LIKE THE LAST I HEARD, HAVEN FOR HOPE IS NOT ACCEPTING PEOPLE, SALMON INDUSTRIES WASN'T ACCEPTING PEOPLE JUST A FEW DAYS AGO. 
          AND SO A LOT OF CHURCHES AND NONPROFITS ARE JUST POPPING UP THEIR OWN WARMING CENTERS. 
          THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, YOU KNOW, DO MAKE IT COVID SAFE. 
          MAYBE THEY HAD A GYMNASIUM WHERE THEY PREVIOUSLY TOOK 80 PEOPLE, NOW THEY'RE ONLY TAKING 40 PEOPLE. 
          BUT COULD AIR PURIFIERS HELP TO REMOVE COVID FROM, FROM THE AIR, KEEP PEOPLE SAFER, AND WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE TO THEM? IF I, IF I MAY INTERRUPT FOR JUST A SECOND. 
          I, I APOLOGIZE. 
          I PROBABLY SHOULD'VE SAID THIS EARLIER AS WELL, IF WE COULD, UH, ANSWER THE QUESTION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID BRIEFING, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AGENDA WARMING CENTERS FOR, FOR TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, YEAH, I JUST WANNA KEEP PEOPLE COVID SAFE AT THE WARMING CENTERS UNDERSTOOD ANY EFFORT TO MITIGATE THE SPREAD OF COVID 19 IN THESE FACILITIES. 
          BUT I WILL DEFER TO THE BROADER PLAN. 
          IT'S SPECIFIC TO WHAT WE'RE DOING TIED TO WARMING CENTERS, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A MEMO CIRCULATED TO THE COUNCIL. 
          SO, UH, LET ME JUST PAUSE THERE AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGE WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION AND WE DO ANYTHING WE CAN TO MITIGATE THE SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS IN THESE FACILITIES. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. 
          THANK YOU, CLAUD. 
          YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, CLA NOW I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE YOU APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR, TO OUR NEXT ITEM. 
          BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO, UH, POINT OUT TO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT WE DO HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM AT THE END OF THE AGENDA. 
          IT IS NUMBER SIX, IT IS AN EVIE REPORT. 
          UM, AND BECAUSE THAT IS DOUG'S ITEM, I'D LIKE FOR US TO BASICALLY DO THE CONSENT AGENDA AFTER HE TALKS ABOUT THE, THE ENERGY POLICY AFTER ITEM, UM, THREE. 
          SO JUST A, A REMINDER ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, WHICH IS THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL FACILITIES ENERGY POLICY, ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU, UM, A BRIEFING ON THIS NEW, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO, UM, MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. 
          UM, I'M JOINED HERE WITH, UH, JORGE PEREZ, WHO'S GONNA TAG TEAM WITH ME. 
          UM, 
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WE'RE GONNA COVER, UM, SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THIS POLICY. 
          UM, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO, TO JORGE WHO WILL GET INTO MORE OF THE DETAILS OF WHAT, WHAT'S IN THIS POLICY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY DO WE NEED AN ENERGY POLICY? UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS DIRECTLY, UM, FROM THE SA CLIMATE READY PLAN. 
          UM, THAT PLAN HAS A MUNICIPAL GOAL TO, UH, RE ACHIEVE ZERO NET ENERGY FOR ALL MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS BY 2040. 
          THAT BASICALLY MEANS, UM, WE REDUCE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE BUILDINGS TO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND THEN THE GOAL WOULD BE TO, TO OFFSET WITH, WITH RENEWABLES, WHETHER ONSITE OR, OR PROCURED. 
          BUT THE KEY TO THAT IS, IS REDUCING, UM, OUR CONSUMPTION, UH, AT, AT EXISTING BUILDINGS AS, AS, AS WELL AS, UM, HOW WE BUILD NEW BUILDINGS. 
          AND SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, WHAT STARRED RIGHT THERE IS, THERE'S A CLEAR, UM, STRATEGY TO DEVELOP A, UM, AN ENERGY POLICY, UH, FOR CITY BUILDINGS. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE ALSO ON THE LEFT PIE CHART, THESE ARE, UM, SOME DATA FROM THE 2019 MUNICIPAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, UM, AFTER CLOSED AND CAPPED CITY OWNED LANDFILLS, UM, WHICH ARE, ARE, THERE'S VERY LITTLE WE CAN DO. 
          UM, UH, METHANE IS VERY POTENT, AND EVEN A SMALL AMOUNT THAT THAT LEAKS OUT, UH, UH, TAKES UP A LARGE, UM, PART OF, OF THIS GRAPH, ALTHOUGH THE MAJORITY OF IT IS BEING CAPTURED AND, UM, CONVERTED INTO, INTO ENERGY. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE NEXT WEDGE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IS BUILDING IN FACILITIES AT ABOUT 30%. 
          UM, SO BETWEEN, UM, BUILDINGS AND OUR FLEET, THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS. 
          UM, JUST ANOTHER, SOME MORE BACKGROUND. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WAS, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE PROVIDED, UM, UH, TRAINING FOR EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE, UH, ON THE CLIMATE PLAN. 
          AND ONCE THAT TRAINING WAS COMPLETE, WE WENT BACK AND SURVEYED EVERYBODY TO JUST GET FEEDBACK AS FAR AS HOW IT WENT. 
          AND, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE, WE ASKED EVERYONE WAS, UM, WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE IF WE WERE TO, TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE ENERGY POLICY, UM, CAME IN NUMBER ONE AT 30%. 
          SO THESE ARE OUR OWN EMPLOYEES WHO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON, ON ENERGY IN OUR BUILDINGS. 
          AND THAT BASICALLY WAS A APPROXIMATELY 7,000 EMPLOYEES WHO RESPONDED TO THIS SURVEY. 
          AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE, WE CONVENED A INTER INTER-DEPARTMENTAL DELIVERY TEAM. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, UH, LISTED HERE, UM, METRO HEALTH, THE ATTORNEYS EQUITY, SOME OF THE LARGE DEPARTMENTS, UM, CENTER, CENTER CITY PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          AND JUST BEGAN A DIALOGUE, UM, LOOKING AT THE BEST PRACTICES, UM, AND REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S OPERATIONAL NEEDS. 
          UM, SO WE MET WITH THEM BETWEEN MARCH AND MAY. 
          UM, AND, UM, THEY WERE ABLE TO, TO COME TO CONSENSUS, UM, ON WHAT THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD BE. 
          AND SO WHAT ARE THE PURPOSE AND GOALS? UM, SO VERY CLEARLY THE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE OPERATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION GUIDELINES TO CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NUMEROUS GOALS. 
          CONSERVE ENERGY AND WATER RESOURCES, IMPROVE AIR QUALITY, PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND AWARENESS. 
          UM, THIS NEXT BULLET'S VERY KEY MONITOR AND TRACK PERFORMANCE. 
          YOU, IT'S NOT ENOUGH JUST TO HAVE A POLICY. 
          WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          AND THEN, UM, AS I MENTIONED, SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CLIMATE PLAN. 
          UM, AND I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO JORGE NOW, WHO'S GONNA GO INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S IN THIS ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRWOMAN AND C AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS JORGE PEREZ. 
          I'M DIRECTOR OF BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO AS DOUG WAS, UM, EXPLAINING THE PURPOSE OF THE, THIS POLICY IS ACTUALLY AN ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT IS GONNA BE EXECUTED BY THE CITY MANAGER, PROVIDING TOTAL GUIDANCE AND DIRECTIVE TO THE DEPARTMENTS OF HOW WE FUNCTION AND OPERATOR OUR FACILITIES AND BUILDINGS. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE H H V A C EQUIPMENT, HOW WE GONNA OPERATE THAT EQUIPMENT? WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT SETTINGS IN THE DIRECTIVE. 
          WE PROVIDE STRAIGHT GUIDANCE ON THE SETTING TEMPERATURE SETTINGS THAT THE BUILDING SHOULD BE OPERATED ON LIGHTING OPERATION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE, ALL THE CITY FACILITIES, AS WELL AS THE C P SS DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAM THAT WE PARTICIPATE ON. 
          AND ALSO THE REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR THAT PROGRAM AND THE WATER CONSERVATION INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY. 
          SO AS FAR THIS ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE, WE TALK ABOUT IT EQUIPMENT, PERSONAL EQUIPMENT USAGE AND REQUIREMENTS, GREEN LEASES, HOW WE RESPOND TO REQUESTS FROM AIR AND C P SS TO RE, UH, RELATED TO ENERGY, UH, DEMAND AND REDUCTION OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION DURING PEAK DEMAND AND EMERGENCIES. 
          AND THEN THE INSTALLATION SELECTION OF INSTALLATION OF NEW EQUIPMENT AND NEW FACILITIES THROUGHOUT ALL THE CITIES OF 
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SAN ANTONIO, INCLUDING THOSE BUILDINGS THAT ARE UNDER RENOVATION, ARE SCHEDULED TO BE RENOVATED. 
          WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT OUT OF THIS IS THAT AS WE MOVING FORWARD WITH RENOVATIONS OF BUILDINGS AND DESIGN ON NEW FACILITIES, PUBLIC WORKS, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OVERSEAS THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF VERTICAL FACILITIES. 
          AND AS PART OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS, THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CODE IS REQUIRED TO BE COMPLIED WITH, WHICH DICTATES EXACTLY THE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT TO BE USED, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY AND THE TYPE OF THE FACILITY THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNED OR RENOVATED. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO OUR RESPONSE TO DEMAND, UH, REQUEST FROM AIR CODE AND C P S TO REDUCE OUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION, A GOOD EXAMPLE IS WHAT WE ARE UNDERTAKING AT THE PRESENT TIME. 
          BECAUSE OF THE INCLEMENT WEATHER THAT WE'RE EXPECTING IN SAN ANTONIO, STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND GOING THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WE INITIATED STEPS TO NOTIFY ALL OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT WE ARE GOING INTO THE EMERGENCY PROTOCOL. 
          THIS IS PRIOR TO, UH, C P S MAKING ANY REQUESTS. 
          WE, WE HAVE TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION TO START PROJECTING REDUCTION OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION THROUGHOUT ALL THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BUILDINGS. 
          UM, WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH C P S. 
          WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH C P S VERY CLOSELY, UH, THE, THE DIRECTOR OF, UM, MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES FOR C P S, THOSE ACCOUNTS. 
          WE ARE PART OF A COMMITTEE THAT WAS CREATED BY C P SS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP PROTOCOLS AND ADMINISTRATIVE INITIATIVE ON HOW TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. 
          UH, WHEN THE DEMAND IS SUCH, ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE ISSUED A NOTIFICATION TO INITIATE REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION THROUGHOUT THE CITIES. 
          SAN ANTONIO, WE BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT SERVICES HAS ALREADY PREP ALL THE BUILDINGS UNDER OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE IN EXPECTED INCLEMENT WEATHER, AS WELL AS IMPLEMENTING RECALL OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL. 
          WHEN IT RELATES TO ENERGY REDUCTION, WE ASK ALL OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, UH, FOR THERMOSTATS, LOCAL CONTROL THERMOSTATS TO BE ADJUSTED IN ORDER TO REDUCE TEMPERATURE DEMAND, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE REMOTELY CONTROLLED. 
          UH, THEY'RE BEING SET UP TO REDUCE D TEMPERATURE SETTINGS IN ORDER TO REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION. 
          WE HAVE COMMUNICATED TO C P S THAT WE HAVE INITIATED OUR PROTOCOL FOR THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN THE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON THE LOW THIRTIES TONIGHT AND PERHAPS GOING INTO TOMORROW. 
          SO THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH C P S, UM, HAS ALLOWED US TO BE ABLE INCORPORATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE WHEN WE ARE ANTICIPATING, ANTICIPATING INCLEMENT WEATHER LIKE THE ONE EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO EQUIPMENT THROUGH ALL THE FACILITIES, NON-CRITICAL EQUIPMENT WILL BE SHUT DOWN AT THE END OF THE BUSINESS DAY, AND IT WILL BE USED ON A, UM, MODIFIED BASIS FOR THE UPCOMING FEW DAYS, ADMINISTRATIVE DAYS THAT WE HAVE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, DEPENDING ON HOW THE WEATHER WILL REACT, UH, THE WEATHER THAT WE'RE GONNA GET OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER DUTY HOURS, ALL THE H B A C SYSTEM AND EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENT WITHIN THE CITY WILL BE SET BACK IN ORDER TO LOWER THE DEMAND FOR ENERGY. 
          THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE REDUCED BELOW 68 DEGREES ON ALL THE BUILDINGS AND UNOCCUPIED BUILDINGS. 
          WE WILL ADJUST THOSE TEMPERATURES EVEN FURTHER TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THE DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY IS REDUCED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          THERE'S EXCEPTIONS TO THIS REQUEST FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. 
          WE HAVE THE CONVENTION CENTER, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THE AIRPORT, WE HAVE THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, AND WE HAVE ALL THE CRITICAL FACILITIES LIKE THE 9 1 1 CENTER. 
          THOSE FACILITIES ARE EXEMPT FROM THESE TEMPERATURE SETTINGS, AND THE DIRECTORS OF EACH ONE OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS WOULD DETERMINE THE NEED, THE NEED TO MAINTAIN CERTAIN TEMPERATURES WITHIN THEIR FACILITIES OR BE, OR HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO REDUCE THEM ON SOME OF THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS IN ORDER TO HELP US MAINTAIN THE CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY, A LOW, UH, POSSIBLE, AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO THESE ARE THE DEPARTMENTS THAT, ACCORDING TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE, THESE DEPARTMENTS WILL BE PROVIDING A RE SUBMITTING A REQUEST TO BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT SERVICES AND THE OFFICE SUSTAINABILITY REQUESTING A DEVIATION FROM THE POLICY, PROVIDING THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS, THEIR OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AND THE IMPACT THAT THEY WILL HAVE IF IN FACT, UH, THE TEMPERATURES ARE NOT SET ACCORDING TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS LIST, ALL THESE DEPARTMENTS ARE CRITICAL TO THE OPERATION OF THE CITY. 
          UH, THEY'RE NOT JUST COMPLETELY STRAIGHT ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES. 
          AND 
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FOR THAT REASON, WE ARE PROVIDING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR DEVIATION FROM THE POLICY THAT WILL BE REVIEWED BY B S D AND OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION FOR APPROVAL. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION FOR TODAY. 
          UH, DOUG AND I ARE OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND TO BE ANSWER TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THE WORK IN BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          UM, AND I KNOW YOU HAD TO COLLABORATE ACROSS A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS, SO, UH, VERY GOOD WORK ON THAT. 
          I'M, I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR IT. 
          UM, COULD I GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON, UH, IS THE AD SIGNED OR NOT, AND WHEN IS THAT EXPECTED? YES, UH, MADAM CHAIR, THE POLICY IS IN DRAFT FORM RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. 
          THERE ARE SOME MORE MINOR CHANGES TO IT, VERY MINOR AS WE WALK THROUGH THIS, BUT WHAT WE'LL DO IS SEND OUT A DRAFT, AT LEAST TO THE COMMITTEE HERE SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT STAGES WE'RE IN. 
          IT'S IN THE FINAL FORM. 
          IT JUST HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED, UH, COMPLETE, BUT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE PROTOCOLS OF THE POLICIES TODAY. 
          SO THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THE THERMOSTAT IN THIS ROOM IS SET AT JORGE. 
          I'LL LET HIM ANSWER THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE ACCORDING TO POLICY. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          YOU KNOW, RIGHT, RIGHT NOW THE SETTING HERE IS 68 DEGREES. 
          HOWEVER, AS LONG AS THIS MEETING IS OVER WITH AND THERE'S NO OTHER MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, THEN EVENTUALLY AT 4 15, 4 30, WHEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL THAT WORKS UPSTAIRS VAC THE BUILDING, THE BUILDING WILL BE SET BACK BELOW 68 DEGREES. 
          SO THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE ADMINIS OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE STATES THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN A ROOM, IT IS TO BE SET AT 68 DEGREES WHEN THEY'RE IN A ROOM, IS TO LOWER TO THE LOWER. 
          THE THERMO AT 60 NORMAL OPERATION IS 68 TO 70 DEGREES DURING AN EMERGENCY SITUATION LIKE THE ONE THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TONIGHT, THEN EVERYTHING IS RECESSED BELOW 68 DEGREES FOR OVERNIGHT OPERATION. 
          PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE MAINTAIN A TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE BUILDINGS TO PREVENT IF IN FACT WE GET A HARD FREEZE LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, TO PREVENT THE POSSIBILITY OF PIPES, FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM FREEZING AND CAUSING THE DAMAGE THAT WE EXPERIENCED, LIKE AT DISTRICT FOUR, WHERE WE ENDED UP HAVING TO REBUILD THE FIELD OFFICE AT DISTRICT FOUR. 
          SO WE'RE TAKING THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION. 
          DEPENDING ON THE CONDITIONS OUTSIDE, WE'RE ABLE TO LOWER THE THERMOSTAT MORE TO MAINTAIN LOWER TEMPERATURE THAN 68. 
          EVERYTHING WILL BE RESET IN THE MORNING BEFORE PEOPLE START SHOWING UP TO WORK AROUND SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. 
          EVERYTHING WILL BE RESET AGAIN UP TO 68 DEGREES. 
          SO IS THERE, UH, AN ACCOMMODATION IN THE POLICY THAT ALLOWS FOR EXPECTED EXTREME WEATHER TO MODIFY THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND THAT WILL INCLUDE IN THE DIRECTIVE, WE'RE VERY CLEAR THAT FACILITIES THAT ARE COMPLETELY EMPTY, THAT THERMOSTAT WILL BE REDUCED DOWN TO 50 DEGREES ON, ON COMPLETELY VACANT FACILITIES. 
          AND OUR STAFF MONITORS THOSE VACANT FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY DAMAGE DURING A HARD FREEZE. 
          UH, THERE'S, THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ACTUALLY DO, DO A COMPLETE SHUT DOWN OF THE EQUIPMENT AND THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE CYCLING ON AND OFF DURING THE NIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TEMPERATURES ARE ADEQUATE TO PREVENT ANY FREEZING INSIDE ANY OF THE COMPONENTS. 
          PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT EVERY TIME WE DO A SETBACK IN ONE OF THE FACILITIES, IF WE LOWER THE TEMPERATURE TOO MUCH, THEN IN THE MORNING WE'LL BE BASICALLY USING MORE ENERGY TO GET THE EQUIPMENT TO RECOVER. 
          IF WE LOWER, LET'S SAY TO 50 DEGREES TO BE ABLE TO RECOVER UP TO 68, 70 DEGREES DURING NORMAL OPERATION, THEN THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE REALLY MAKING A, A HECK OF AN EFFORT TO BE ABLE TO GET UP TO THE STANDARDS OR TO THE COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES THAT WE NEED DURING THE DAY WHEN THE BUILDINGS ARE OPEN. 
          JORGE, JUST SO THAT EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND, WHEN YOU SAY 68 DEGREES, THAT'S FOR THE HEAT. 
          SO IF IT GETS TOO LOW, WE WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, THEN THE HEAT WILL COME ON. 
          THE IDEAL IS NOT TO HAVE YOUR PIPES FREEZE OVER. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          THOSE ARE WINTER CONDITIONS DURING THANK YOU. 
          DURING THE SUMMER, COMPLETE DIFFERENT SETTING. 
          DURING THE SUMMER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 74 TO 76 NORMAL OPERATING CONDITION. 
          AND WHEN WE DO SEE A SETBACK AT THE REQUEST OF C P S, WHEN THOSE PERIODS OF 3:00 PM TO 7:00 PM AT NIGHT WHEN THEY'RE ASKING US TO REDUCE THE CONSUMPTION, THEN THE TERMINAL THETAS ARE RAISED OVER 78 DEGREES IN SOME LOCATIONS, UP 
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TO 80 DEGREES, DEPENDING ON THE OPERATION OF THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I, I WANNA BEGIN INTEGRATING A COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENT INTO THIS. 
          SO I'LL GO ON TO COUNCILWOMAN VRAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, LET'S START WITH SLIDE FOUR ON THE MANDATORY CLIMATE CHANGE TRAINING. 
          IS THAT GOING TO BE ANNUAL OR BIANNUAL? YES. 
          THE PLAN IS ANNUAL. 
          WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, UM, THIS YEAR'S, UM, PROGRAM. 
          SO YES, THE GOAL IS EVERY YEAR TO GO AND HAVE THAT TRAINING. 
          SO IT'S GONNA COME UP AND IT'LL BE THAT VIRTUAL TRAINING SIMILAR TO WHAT EMPLOYEES ARE DOING RIGHT NOW. 
          IT, YEAH, THE GOAL IS, AND ACTUALLY WE, WE LEARNED A LOT. 
          WE, I, I THINK LAST TIME IT WAS TOO LONG, TOO INTENSIVE. 
          SO I THINK WE'RE THESE, THESE SHOULD BE VERY QUICK LITTLE, UM, EDUCATIONAL SERIES, BUT THAT THE GOAL IS YES. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL START THAT OFF, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS. 
          GREAT. 
          AND, UM, SO ONCE WE GET IT, IT, IT'LL PROBABLY BE PART OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEE ON TRAINING ONBOARDING PROCESS. 
          CORRECT. 
          GREAT. 
          ON, UM, THE ITEM SLIDE NUMBER NINE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES, UM, AND I'M JUST GONNA SPEAK FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AT POLICE SUBSTATIONS, UH, THEY WEAR THE VEST AND FOR, AND THIS WAS YEARS AGO, SO I'M NOT CALLING ANY SPECIFIC CAPTAIN OUT, BUT THE CAPTAINS THAT HAVE TO SIT IN THE SUBSTATIONS, UM, WOULD THEN TURN UP THE AIR CONDITIONER BECAUSE THEY WERE WARM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE WEARING THE VEST. 
          UM, HOW ARE WE GONNA TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT, UH, WITH THE, WITH MAYBE THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S REALLY WARM AND KEEPS ON TURNING IT UP? UM, FOR OUR FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, IN EVERY, EVERY BUILDING WE ARE GONNA HAVE, THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS ARE EXPECTED TO ENFORCE, HELP US ENFORCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE. 
          OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE EXEMPT, UH, THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 3 3 1, 1 CENTER, ET UM, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THEIR OPERATION, INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS. 
          SO THE EXPECTATION THAT WE HAVE IS THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD WILL MAKE SURE THAT IN FACT, THE POLICY, LIKE ANY OTHER DIRECTIVE IN THE CITY, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT WE FOLLOW ALL THOSE DIRECTIVE WHEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SITUATION IN BUILDINGS WHERE SOMEONE IS VERY COMFORTABLE AT A 78 DEGREE SETTING, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE REALLY STILL COLD AND NEED THAT TO BE RAISED. 
          AND IN OTHER CASES, PEOPLE ARE VERY HOT AND YOU NEED TO LOWER THE TEMPERATURE. 
          SO IT, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA BE A, A MATTER OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IS THE BEST COMFORT FOR PEOPLE. 
          WHAT WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO, AND PART OF THE INFORM THE INFORMATION THAT WE SEND OUT CITYWIDE, IS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD DRESS APPROPRIATELY FOR THE WINTER MONTH, AND THEY SHOULD DRESS APPROPRIATELY FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS. 
          IT'S JUST COMMON SENSE. 
          AND WE RUN INTO SITUATIONS SOMETIMES WHERE PEOPLE ARE DRESSED VERY LIGHT, AND WE'RE EXPECTING 30 DEGREE WEATHER. 
          SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR US TO RAISE THEIR TEMPERATURES, AND WE REACH OUT TO THAT SPECIFIC AREA OR BUILDING, AND WE ASK, WHAT IS THE CONDITION, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING? AND THEN WE EXPLAIN TO THAT INDIVIDUAL, WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO A BUILDING WHEN YOU HAVE ONLY ONE OR TWO PEOPLE IN A, IN A BUILDING OCCUPIED BY A HUNDRED, 150 PEOPLE TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          DEVIATIONS FROM THE POLICY ARE TO BE MANAGED FOR THOSE BY THOSE FACILITY MANAGER MANAGERS AND DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS. 
          IN THE CASE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT THAT THEY WEAR. 
          THEY SPEND THE NIGHT BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEND THE NIGHT OVER AT THE, AT THE STATION. 
          SO WE'LL SEE THAT THEY'LL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AT NIGHT, DURING THE SUMMER SO THEY CAN SLEEP MORE COMFORTABLY. 
          AND LIKEWISE, DURING THE WINTER, THEY'LL DO THE SAME. 
          BUT I, I'M HAPPY TO, TO SHARE WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT WE GET A GREAT SUPPORT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO ENERGY CONSERVATION. 
          GREAT. 
          THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. 
          I HOPE IT CONTINUES. 
          UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE HENRY GONZALEZ AND THE ALAMO DOME, UH, IF WE COULD JUST AS, AS THIS CONTINUES, SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING, UM, THAT NEEDS, BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH LARGE FACILITIES, AND I KNOW ONCE THEY'RE ACTIVATED FOR A CONVENTION OR AN EVENT, IT ALL GOES ON. 
          BUT IN THE, IN THE MEANTIME, IN THE DOWNTIME, HOW DO WE CONSERVE ENERGY, BUT NOT TO THE POINT WHERE IT 
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TA IT'S, IT'S TAKING US FOREVER TO COOL IT OR HEAT THE BUILDING? SO THEY, THEY DO HAVE THE PROTOCOL IN PLACE, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE CONVENTION CENTER, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME ROOMS THAT ARE BEING USED AS PART OF A CONVENTION, BUT THEN OTHER LARGE AREAS ARE ON OCCUPY. 
          THEY, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THAT WITH THEIR AUTOMATIC SYSTEM. 
          SO THEY WILL RAISE THE TEMPERATURE ACCORDINGLY OR LOWER THE TEMPERATURE DEPENDING ON THE CONDITIONS. 
          WELL, AND I THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW, 'CAUSE IT SOUNDED, IT'S, IT'S WHAT, 77 DEGREES OUT SIDE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND TO ASK ME TO BRING A SWEATER OR, OR BUNDLE UP TOMORROW, I'M LIKE, ARE YOU CRAZY? SO THIS, BUT THIS IS SAN ANTONIO AND WE'LL WORK ACCORDINGLY. 
          THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          OH, ARE YOU READY? OH, IT JUST REFRESHED. 
          SORRY. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN, GO AHEAD. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UM, UH, MORE COMMENT THAN QUESTION. 
          I WANTED TO COMMEND, UH, BOTH JORGE AND DOUG FOR, UM, USING, YOU KNOW, THIS UPCOMING WEATHER AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO START IMPLEMENTING NOW, UM, THE EMERGENCY PROTOCOL. 
          SO JUST WANTED TO THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT, FOR LEADING. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU, DOUG. 
          UM, ABOUT SEVEN Y EIGHT YEARS AGO, I WORKED FOR A NON, I'VE WORKED FOR A STARTUP COMPANY THAT BUILT ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS THAT WERE CLOUD-BASED. 
          AND YOU COULD REMOTELY CONTROL THE, YOUR HVAC SYSTEMS AND YOUR LIGHTING IN ALL OF YOUR BUILDINGS. 
          SO FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU OWNED ALL OF THE PIZZA HUTS IN TEXAS AND YOU WERE GONNA BE CLOSED ON MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY, THAT YOU KNEW THAT THE NIGHT BEFORE STAFF WERE GONNA BE IN THE KITCHEN. 
          LIKE KITCHEN CLOSES AT 10, THE RESTAURANTS CLOSED AT 10, MAYBE YOUR STAFF WERE IN THERE CLEANING UP TILL 11, AND YOU COULD JUST GO ON TO YOUR SMART DEVICE AND YOU COULD HAVE THEM TURN OFF ALL THE HVAC SYSTEMS AT 11:00 PM AND NOT HAVE THEM TURN BACK ON OR CUT 'EM BACK. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU CAN CUT 'EM BACK TO A, TO A DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE. 
          THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO BRING 'EM BACK UP TO IT SO FAR OF A TEMPERATURE AND WASTE ENERGY THERE AND SET 'EM TO AUTOMATICALLY START AT ANOTHER TIME. 
          LIKE IF WE CONSIDERED ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, TRAINING DEPARTMENT HEADS EVERYWHERE ON NEW POLICIES. 
          AND THERE'S, AND I'LL, I'LL LET JORGE TAKE IT. 
          WE DO HAVE SOME FACILITIES ALREADY HAVE THOSE SIMILAR SYSTEMS. GREAT. 
          GOOD QUESTION. 
          CAN COUNCILMAN, UH, WE HAVE AUTOMATIC LOGIC SYSTEMS AND WE MONITOR MOST OF THE BUILDINGS, FACILITY, FACILITY WITH EXCEPTION OF VERY OLD FACILITIES WHERE WE HAVEN'T INSTALLED THAT KIND OF REMOTE CONTROL EQUIPMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE WE ACTUALLY CONTROL SET BACK TEMPERATURE SETTINGS. 
          THE RELIABILITY ON DEPARTMENT HEADS IS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO REMIND PEOPLE TO TURN OFF THEIR LIGHTS WHEN THEY GO HOME, DISCONNECT EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'RE NOT UTILIZING DURING PERIODS OF ANY HIGH ENERGY DEMAND. 
          BUT WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO REMOTELY CONTROL, LIKE THIS BUILDING IS REMOTELY CONTROLLED. 
          WE CAN BE AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING SOMEWHERE AND WE GET, YOU KNOW, TEMPERATURE CONTINUE TO DROP. 
          WE GONNA THEN ADJUST THE TEMPERATURE THEN BUILDING SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT IT. 
          SO THAT CAPABILITY ASSISTS AND THAT CAPABILITY IS BEING INCLUDED IN EVERY, EVERY NEW FACILITY THAT IS BEING DESIGNED AND BUILT BY THE CITY. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, ONE OTHER THING THAT I LEARNED IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IN A CLIMATE, LIKE WE HAVE, PEOPLE MIGHT GO OUT TO EAT, THEY MIGHT WALK TO LUNCH SOMEWHERE. 
          IT'S A HUNDRED DEGREES OUT IN THE SUMMER, AND THEN THEY WALK BACK AND THEY'RE VERY HOT WHEN THEY GET BACK AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. 
          AND SO IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO ALLOW FOR MAYBE TWO DEGREES COOLER FOR THE FIRST HALF HOUR WHEN PEOPLE ARE GETTING BACK FROM LUNCH BECAUSE THEY WANNA COOL OFF. 
          OTHERWISE, YOU MIGHT GET A WHOLE LOT OF COMPLAINTS RIGHT THEN, AND THEN GO BACK UP TO YOUR RAMP, BACK UP TO WHATEVER YOUR OTHER SET POINT WAS. 
          YEAH. 
          THE, THE WAY WE RESPOND TO THAT, WE MON WE HAVE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF MONITORING THE SYSTEM. 
          SO IF INDEED, LIKE CITY TOWER FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S A BIG BUILDING. 
          IT'S 20 SOME FLOORS. 
          SO THE ADJUSTMENT HAS TO BE DONE DURING THE MORNING WHEN THE SUN IS COMING UP THE EAST. 
          ALL THAT SIDE OF THAT BUILDING IS VERY HOT COMPARED TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. 
          SO WE MANAGE AND MONITOR THE TEMPERATURE IN THAT SIDE OF THE BUILDING. 
          AFTER 1130 NOON WHEN THE SUN IS ALREADY HEADING TOWARD THE WEST, WE MADE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO BE ABLE THEN TO START LOWERING TEMPERATURES ON THE WEST SIDE AND RAISING SOME OF THE TEMPERATURES ON THE EAST SIDE. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND IT TAKES JUST, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TO BE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS DEPENDING ON HOW PEOPLE DRESS. 
          THE CONDITIONS THAT WENT OUTSIDE, IT'S A HUNDRED DEGREES, THEY CAME BACK AND THE BUILDING IS 78, BUT IT FEELS ACTUALLY 85 OR 90. 
          BUT THAT BODY TEMPERATURE EVENTUALLY IS GONNA CHANGE, 
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AND WE'RE PREPARED TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL I'M REALLY GLAD WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I DO WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE BRIEFING YOU GAVE ME ON, ON THIS ITEM. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AND SOME OF THEM  STILL STAND AND I'VE THOUGHT OF A FEW MORE. 
          UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE EXCEPTIONS, UM, YOU HAVE A SLIDE WITH A LONG LIST OF THEM. 
          WHAT STRUCK ME IS JUST THE SHEER AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WOULD BE COVERED BY THOSE, WHICH WAS, IS GONNA COVER A LOT OF OUR, OUR USAGE HERE AT THE CITY. 
          SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY MY, MY INTEREST WOULD BE IN NOT HAVING  EXCEPTIONS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. 
          SO, UM, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME AND, AND I DO UNDERSTAND SOME EXCEPTIONS WILL BE, WILL BE POSSIBLE. 
          WILL BE NEEDED. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FIRE STATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHEN I HAVE VISITED A FIRE STATION, IT'S, IT'S REALLY LIKE A HOME. 
          IT'S A LIVING QUARTERS. 
          AND IN MY EXPERIENCE WHEN I'VE SEEN, UH, THE FIREFIGHTERS SUIT UP, THEY DO SO IN THE BAY. 
          YES. 
          AND NOT IN THE LIVING QUARTERS. 
          UM, AND WHEN WE WALKED INTO THE LIVING QUARTERS TO VISIT WITH THEM, THEY'RE WEARING A T-SHIRT. 
          UM, SOME, SOME, YOU KNOW, WORK UTILITY PANTS, MAYBE, MAYBE THEIR FEET ARE HOT 'CAUSE THEY'RE WEARING BOOTS. 
          UM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART THEY'RE, UH, THEY, THEY SEEM TO BE VERY LIGHTLY DRESSED. 
          SO CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE THE EXCEPTION WOULD, WOULD HOLD OR, OR WHAT PART OF THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE EXEMPT? MA? MAINLY THE ACTUAL LIVING QUARTERS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE OLD FIRE STATIONS, YOU HAVE THE KITCHEN ADJACENT TO THE, LET'S CALL IT FIREMAN FAMILY ROOM WHERE THEY HAVE THE TVS AND ALL THAT. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE THE DORMITORY AREA. 
          SO IN MOST OF THE FIRE STATIONS THAT WE HAVE DESIGNED AND BUILT TODAY, THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF THOSE TWO AREAS BEING MONITORED AND MANAGED SEPARATELY FROM THE MAIN LIVING QUARTERS DURING THE DAY, DEPENDING ON LIKE AN AMBULANCE DRIVER, THE PARAMEDICS, THE WAY THEY RESPONDED TO A LOT OF CALLS DURING THE NIGHT, THOSE GUYS ARE GONNA WANNA GO AND TAKE A NAP OR SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY UNTIL THEY GET THE NEXT CALL. 
          SO THAT AREA IS GONNA BE AT A LOWER TEMPERATURE TO MAKE 'EM COMFORTABLE DURING THE SUMMER, THEN THE, THE LIVING QUARTER, THE ACTUAL FAMILY ROOM AREA FOR THEM. 
          AND THE KITCHEN WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE SETTING. 
          THE EXCEPTION BECOMES ALSO A NIGHT WHEN THE MAJORITY OF THE TEAM, BOTH THE RESPONDERS AND THE PARAMEDICS ARE TRYING TO GET SOME SLEEP BEFORE THE NEXT CALL WHERE THEY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, UH, TO THE TEMPERATURE. 
          BY GIVING THEM THE DECEPTION COUNCILWOMAN, WE ARE ALLOWING THEM TO BE THE ONES THAT MANAGE THE SYSTEM RATHER THAN US TRYING TO CONTROL IT, NOT KNOWING WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE. 
          IF THEY RESPOND TO A CALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ON A FIRE, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, ALL OF THEM ARE GONNA BE ON ALERT TONIGHT AND THE NEXT FOLLOWING DAYS BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE EXPECTING, THEY'RE GONNA BE SUITING UP. 
          THEY'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE HOT INSIDE THEIR TRUCK SWEATING, THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK FROM 30 DEGREE WEATHER. 
          SO THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MANAGE ON THEIR OWN WHAT THE TEMPERATURE IS GONNA BE. 
          NOT, NOT WITHIN THE BAY. 
          THE BAY IS VENTILATED, IS NOT OUR CONDITION, BUT WHERE THEIR LIVING QUARTERS ARE, THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MANAGE WHAT TEMPERATURE SETTING THEY PREFER. 
          IT IS MORE SUITABLE FOR THE TYPE OF OPERATION THAT THEY HAVE. 
          UM, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MENTIONED THE LARGE SQUARE FOOTAGE BUILDINGS, CONVENTION CENTER FOR ONE. 
          AND ALSO, UM, THE AIRPORT ON THE ODONE, WHEN THERE'S NO ACTIVITIES AT, AT THE ALA MADON, THEY DO DO TEMPERATURE SETBACK, ESPECIALLY ON THE PLAY FIELD AND WHERE THE FAN AREAS ARE. 
          THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES ARE CONTROLLED BY SMALLER EQUIPMENT THAT ARE ABLE, THAT HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THIS POLICY. 
          AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, LIKE I EXPLAINED TO COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRANT, THEY ADJUSTED, DEPENDING ON THE OCCUPANCY AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, THE AIRPORT IS BASICALLY OPERATING UNTIL MIDNIGHT OR ONE O'CLOCK DEPENDING ON THE, YOU KNOW, HOW LATE THE FINAL FLIGHT COMES IN AND IT GOES BACK, IT'S OPEN BY FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING THE FOLLOWING DAY. 
          SO THE AIRPORT HAS THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE TEMPERATURES AND REMEMBER THERE'S A HIGH VOLUME OF PEOPLE AT THE AIRPORT, A LOT OF TRAFFIC HIGH VOLUME. 
          SO, UH, IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT IF WE TELL 'EM, KEEP IT AT 78, THOSE GATES AND WAITING AREAS ARE GONNA FEEL LIKE IN THE EIGHTIES, AND IT'S GONNA CREATE A LOT OF DISCOMFORT. 
          SO WE RELY ON JESUS SIGNS, THE DIRECTOR AT THE AIRPORT AND HIS STAFF TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST THE SETTINGS AT THE AIRPORT, DEPENDING ON THE NEED THAT THEY HAVE. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTROL RATHER THAN US DICTATING TO THEM. 
          YOU NEED TO MAINTAIN IT AT THIS TEMPERATURE BECAUSE IT MIGHT IMPACT THE MARKETING AND THE HOW, THE COMFORT OF THE TRAVELING PUBLIC. 
          AND, GO AHEAD. 
          JUST ONE QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION. 
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UM, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT AN EXEMPTION, IT'S A DEVIATION. 
          AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO JUSTIFY THE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE, THEY'RE LISTED 'CAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT THERE'S SOME OPERATIONAL, UM, CONSIDERATIONS THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE. 
          BUT, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, THEY NEED TO SHOW US THAT YES, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED, THAT IT'S REASONABLE, AND WE'RE GONNA REVIEW THOSE EVERY YEAR. 
          UM, BECAUSE, AND, AND WE NEED TO TRACK THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION. 
          WE, WE NEED TO HOLD DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTABLE, BUT WE WANT TO BUILD IN AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS POSSIBLE. 
          BUT I THINK THESE, THESE HAVE TO BE LIVING DOCUMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH, WITH IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DOUG. 
          UH, WHILE YOU'RE THERE, COULD YOU SPEAK TO US A BIT ABOUT THE LEASES? YEP. 
          UH, I REALIZE THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT CAME UP IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          SO, UM, GREEN LEASES ARE A, BECOMING A MORE COMMON PRACTICE. 
          BASICALLY, IT'S, UM, IT'S AN A AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN A, A LANDLORD AND, AND A TENANT. 
          AND SO IN DIFFERENT CASES, THE CITY IS LEASING PROPERTY FROM SOMEBODY ELSE, OR WE MAY BE LEASING PROPERTY TO SOMEBODY ELSE. 
          AND IT'S A NEGOTIATION, UM, WHERE, UM, UH, COMING UP WITH AN AGREEMENT AROUND EXPECTATIONS AROUND ENERGY USE, UM, OR OTHER SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES IN, IN THOSE BUILDINGS. 
          I THINK THE TRICK IS GOING TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CHALLENGES THAT, THAT THESE LEASES RUN INTO IS, UM, WHO BENEFITS FROM THE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UM, I'M SORRY. 
          SO WAIT A MINUTE, SORRY. 
          SO, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE IDEA IS THAT IF WE LEASE OUT PROPERTY TO SOMEBODY ELSE, THAT THESE, THIS ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE WOULD APPLY AT THOSE LOCATIONS, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          JUST SO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND, AND A BASIC EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF WE ARE, UM, LEASING FROM SOMEBODY ELSE, UM, WE MAY HAVE, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE BUILDING FIT UP TO A CERTAIN STANDARD OR VICE VERSA. 
          SO I THINK IT, IT'S, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE WORK, UM, WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND C C D O TO SORT OF OUTLINE WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE AND TO BEGIN A PROCESS OF, OF NEGOTIATING AS LEASES COME UP. 
          BUT IT'S A GOOD STEP. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE WILL APPLY TO ALL BUILDINGS OWNED BY THE CITY, WHETHER OR NOT WE MANAGE THEM, AND IT JUST MAY NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT? CORRECT. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S A, UH, AN EXISTING LEASE, UM, WE OWN A BUILDING, THERE'S ANOTHER TENANT THERE, UM, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE RENEGOTIATED WHEN A LEASE CAME UP. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, DOUG. 
          SURE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THIS ITEM. 
          AND 
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AT THIS POINT, UM, WE WILL MOVE, UH, TO ITEM SIX, WHICH IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. 
          UH, LET ME READ THE TITLE. 
          UH, YES PLEASE. 
          ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND E S D LIMITED D B A E S D AND ASSOCIATES FOR THE E V S A ELECTRIC VEHICLE, SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. 
          THANK YOU, DEBBIE. 
          UH, AT THIS POINT, IS THERE A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THIS ITEM, OR CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTS TO HEAR IT, SO I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM CONSENT AGENDA. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU'RE NODDING. 
          CAN YOU SAY, I MOVED TO APPROVE ? SORRY, I COULDN'T HEAR IT. 
          OKAY. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GREAT. 
          A MOTION IN A SECOND. 
          UM, AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE. 
          YAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          UH, THANK YOU, DOUG. 
          UH, THANK YOU, JORGE, FOR THE PRESENTATION, UM, AND GREAT WORK. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THE PARKING AND TRANSIT PUBLIC COMMENT PILOT PROGRAM, UH, WITH MR. JEFF COYLE TODAY. 
          HI, JEFF. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND COMMITTEE. 
          UM, I'M HERE TO SHARE AN UPDATE AFTER THE STAFF MOVED, UH, VERY QUICKLY SINCE OUR LAST DISCUSSION IN DECEMBER, I GET TO BE THE MESSENGER, BUT I WANT TO CREDIT OUR CENTER CITY, UH, OFFICE FOR REALLY COMING TOGETHER AND MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK. 
          AND SECONDLY, THE CLERK'S OFFICE, WHICH HAS BEEN SUPPORTING US IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO, UM, AS A REMINDER, UH, THIS WAS IDENTIFIED AS, AS A POTENTIAL, UM, TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS FROM PEOPLE PARTICIPATING WITH THEIR CITY GOVERNMENT. 
          UH, AND SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER, UH, OFFERING PARKING ASSISTANCE AND OR, UH, FREE TRANSIT THROUGH VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT WOULD INCENTIVIZE RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT SESSIONS AND, AND ENGAGE WITH THEIR CITY GOVERNMENT. 
          UM, SO NOW AVAILABLE BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST MEETINGS LAST WEEK HERE IN 
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JANUARY, UH, ARE THIS PARKING ASSISTANCE AT BOTH WEDNESDAY EVENING PUBLIC COMMENT SESSIONS. 
          THAT'S THE FIVE O'CLOCK SESSION AFTER, UH, OUR BRIEFING SESSIONS AS WELL AS THURSDAY MORNING A SESSIONS. 
          UH, THIS COMMITTEE HAD MADE THE POINT THAT THERE WERE SOME VERY BIG DECISIONS FACING THE COUNCIL IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY AND DIDN'T WANNA WAIT. 
          UH, AND SO, UH, WE MOVED QUICKLY TO ADD COUNCIL MEETINGS TO THIS PILOT PROGRAM. 
          AND SO BEGINNING WITH LAST THURSDAY'S, UH, MEETING, THE PARKING ASSISTANCE WAS, UH, AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS. 
          SO, UH, HERE'S HOW IT WORKS TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK AT ANY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          YOU CAN DO IT ONE OF TWO WAYS. 
          YOU CAN SIGN UP IN ADVANCE THROUGH SA SPEAKUP.COM, UH, OR YOU CAN, UH, SHOW UP AT THE MEETING AND, UH, VISIT THE CLERK'S DESK AND REGISTER TO SPEAK HERE IN PERSON IN BOTH PLACES. 
          NOW, THERE IS A QUESTION AS PART OF THE SIGNUP PROCESS, ASKING THE RESIDENT WHETHER THEY NEED PARKING ASSISTANCE, UH, AND IF THE RESIDENT CLICKS ON THAT. 
          UH, YES. 
          UH, IT SETS IN MOTION, MOTION A PROCESS WHERE WE PROVIDE TO THEM INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO GET A PARKING VALIDATION WHEN THEY, UH, WHEN THEY LEAVE HERE, ESSENTIALLY, ONCE THEY CHECK IN TO SPEAK, UH, THEY GET THAT VALIDATION. 
          AND ONE OF THE OTHER FEEDBACK, UH, ONE OF THE OTHER, UH, POINTS THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAD SHARED WITH US IN DECEMBER WAS THE CONCERN THAT THE TWO HOUR TIME LIMIT, UH, WAS TOO SHORT. 
          AND IT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED BECAUSE WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH IS USUALLY A TWO HOURS OR LESS SESSION. 
          UH, BUT AS YOU KNOW, WELL COUNCIL MEETINGS CAN GO, CAN GO VERY LONG, AND IT'S OUT OF THE CONTROL OF THE RESIDENT AS TO WHEN, UH, THEY NEED THAT PARKING FOR HOW LONG THEY NEED THAT PARKING. 
          SO CENTER CITY HAS ADJUSTED THAT TO AN ALL DAY VALIDATION. 
          UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO ATTEMPT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE, THE GARAGE ISN'T FULLY FULL AS MANY OF THE, UH, OFFICES ARE NOT YET, UM, UH, IN, AT CAPACITY. 
          UH, BUT, UH, NEVERTHELESS, WHEN A RESIDENT REGISTERS AND THEN CHECKS IN TO SPEAK, THEY'LL BE GIVEN AN ALL DAY VALIDATION THAT THEY CAN USE AS THEY EXIT THE GARAGE. 
          UH, WE DID HAVE SOME USERS IN OUR FIRST WEEK, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION ON WEDNESDAY. 
          WE HAD EIGHT FOLKS INITIALLY REGISTERED, ULTIMATELY HAD FIVE, UH, COME AND USE THE PARKING VALIDATIONS. 
          AND SIMILARLY, AT THE A SESSION ON THURSDAY, WE HAD FIVE PEOPLE COME AND SPEAK BEFORE THIS BODY AND, AND ULTIMATELY RECEIVE THE VALIDATION. 
          UH, WE ARE MARKETING IT AND PROMOTING IT. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, PROMOTION. 
          WE'VE PUSHED IT OUT THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT BRIEF THAT GOES TO ALL THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          WE'VE PROVIDED SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND OTHER CONTENT TO EACH OF YOUR OFFICES TO, UH, TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD. 
          AND WE'RE PROMOTING IT ON, ON NEXTDOOR.COM THROUGH THE CITY'S ACCOUNT, WHICH HAS ACCESS TO ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          WE WILL BE DOING ADDITIONAL NON-DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON SOME SIGNAGE, UH, BOTH IN THE GARAGE, ACROSS THE STREET AND HERE, SO THAT SOMEBODY WHO COMES AND SIGNS UP TO SPEAK BUT DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM, UH, CAN SEE THE INFORMATION THERE. 
          AND WE'RE WORKING ON SIGNAGE AND POSTERS AND SO FORTH TO GO IN OUR LIBRARIES AND SENIOR CENTERS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT. 
          WE ALSO, UM, IN TERMS OF PUBLICITY, HAVE SORT OF DONE THIS AS A SOFT LAUNCH WITH THE MEDIA WHILE WE SORT OF WORK THROUGH, UH, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IT. 
          BUT BEFORE LONG, WE'LL BE PROMOTING HEAVILY, UH, ON, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH THE MEDIA AND WITH THEIR HELP, UH, GETTING THE WORD OUT TO RESIDENTS. 
          UM, THE VIA TRANSIT PASS PROGRAM IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, THEY ARE CURRENTLY SHIFTING FROM WHAT WE HAD INITIALLY PRO PROPOSED AS A DIGITAL SOLUTION WHERE THEY CAN LOAD THE FARES ONTO THE APP, UH, OF A REGULAR VIA RIDER. 
          UH, BUT THAT REQUIRED, UH, SOME BACKEND WORK AND ALSO REQUIRED THE RESIDENT TO ALREADY HAVE AN ACCOUNT THROUGH VIA. 
          SO I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE SHIFTING NOW TO A MORE, UM, UH, ANALOG, SO TO SPEAK, UM, HARD COPY PROCESS THAT IS CURRENTLY USED FOR FOLKS WHO, UH, COME AND SERVE, UH, ON A JURY HERE AT BARRY COUNTY. 
          IT'LL BE THE SAME PROCESS WHEN THEY SIGN UP, EITHER ON THE FRONT END, UH, ELECTRONICALLY, OR HERE IN PERSON. 
          THEY'LL BE PROVIDED WITH DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY CAN SHOW TO THE, TO THE BUS DRIVER, UH, THAT WILL THEN, UH, HONOR THAT FREE TRIP DOWNTOWN TO CITY HALL AND, AND BACK AFTER, UH, THE MEETING. 
          SO WHEN THEY SIGN UP IN ADVANCE, IT'LL BE THE EMAIL DOCUMENT THAT THEY RECEIVE. 
          AFTER THEY REGISTER, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BRING WITH THEM TO SHOW THE OPERATOR, AND THEY CAN DO SO ON A PHONE AS WELL. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE TO PRINT THAT OUT. 
          UM, VIA IS WORKING WITH OUR, OUR STAFF TO, UH, SORT OF FINE TUNE SOME OF THOSE DETAILS, BUT THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO LAUNCH 
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THAT PORTION OF THE PILOT LATER THIS MONTH. 
          SO WE HAVE THE PARKING PILOT ALREADY IN PLACE, THE VIA, UH, PILOT COMING, UH, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS PILOT FROM NOW THROUGH APRIL. 
          SO A GOOD FOUR MONTH PERIOD. 
          AND THEN WE WILL BE ANALYZING THE RESULTS, UH, AND COMING BACK TO THE COMMITTEE HERE TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU AND, AND ULTIMATELY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE LONG TERM. 
          AND SO, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OR, UH, TURN TO THOSE WHO KNOW BETTER THAN ME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU TO, TO THE STAFF FOR, FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. 
          I THINK YOU, YOU HEARD FROM ALL OF US LAST TIME THAT IT WAS, UH, A PRIORITY. 
          SO WHEN WE RECEIVED YOUR UPDATE EMAIL, UH, THAT JR SENDS OUT, WE WERE REALLY, REALLY GLAD TO, TO READ THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, I AM, I'M JUST WONDERING, DOES THE TERM PARKING ASSISTANCE, WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT, I THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA HELP ME PARK MY CAR . 
          SO I'M JUST, UH, LIKE A VALET OR SOMETHING. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE MAYBE THE MEANING DOESN'T GET LOST. 
          UH, MAYBE THE WORD FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR, OR SOMETHING. 
          SO JUST A THOUGHT AS YOU, AS YOU GO FORWARD, UM, MARKETING IT MM-HMM. 
           SURE. 
          WE CAN, UH, DEFINITELY WORK ON SOMETHING THAT'S, IT'S, WE'VE, WE'RE CHALLENGED TO SAY FREE PARKING. 
          'CAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY FREE, IT'S ACTUALLY VALIDATED PARKING. 
          AND SO THERE'S SOME TERMINOLOGY THAT WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT CONFUSING, UH, ANYBODY, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE IT'S, IT'S CLEAR, UM, WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING. 
          UM, CAN WE SAY VALIDATED PARKING? WE DO, UM, A LOT OF TIMES, BUT I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS EITHER. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S JUST KIND OF FIGURING OUT, AND THAT'S PART OF THE PILOT IS WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMING TO SPEAK SO THEY UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE GETTING. 
          BUT YEAH, WE HAVEN'T STARTED A, AT A PARKING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM YET. 
           NO, THERE'S NO VALETS. 
          IT, IT DOES CURRENTLY SAY, I BELIEVE ASSISTANCE VIA VALIDATION, BUT THIS, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF A PILOT. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THE FEEDBACK AND IF YOU HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT BETTER WAYS TO SAY IT AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE GET WHAT WE'RE OFFERING, WE'RE HAPPY TO INCORPORATE IT. 
          I THINK IF THAT'S THE ONLY FEEDBACK YOU GET RIGHT NOW, THAT'S GREAT. 
          , YOU'RE DOING A, A GREAT, WELL, HOLD ON. 
          THE, THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVEN'T GONE YET. 
          UH, ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. 
          AND I SEE IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA. 
          UM, I THINK THAT THAT WAS PROBABLY HELPFUL TOO, SO THANK YOU. 
          UH, I'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS, UH, STARTING WITH COUNCILWOMAN VRAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WHEN WE DO THE NEWS MEDIA OUTREACH, UH, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THE, UM, SOME OF THAT INCLUDES RADIO SPOTS ALSO? SURE. 
          UH, WE DON'T HAVE AN ADVERTISING BUDGET OKAY. 
          UH, TO DO SPOTS, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY PITCH, UH, RADIO MEDIA AND TRY TO, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE, YEAH, AND I, I, AND I THINK THAT, THAT SOME, AND ON SOME, AND I DON'T WANNA PROMISE IT, BUT I THINK SOME OF OUR SPANISH STATIONS WOULD BE HAPPY TO SAY, UH, OR, OR COMMUNICATE THAT, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, KATHLEEN. 
          WE'LL DO THAT. 
          SO, YEAH. 
          THANK, AND THEN OF COURSE, USE THE WONDERFUL T VS A CHANNEL, RIGHT. 
          TO COMMUNICATE THIS TO, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO WATCH THIS CHANNEL ARE THE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE MOTIVATED TO DRIVE DOWN HERE AND SPEAK IF THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR PARKING VALIDATED, RIGHT? SO, THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND I ALSO, I'M, YOU, YOU PROMPTED SOMETHING FOR ME, I'D FORGOT TO MENTION. 
          UM, UH, THIS COMMITTEE HAD REQUESTED THAT WE MEASURE PEOPLE'S AWARENESS OF IT AS WELL. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT VIA SURVEY AFTERWARDS. 
          UH, SO OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE WHO SIGN UP AND USE THE SERVICE, WE'RE AWARE OF IT. 
          WE'RE GONNA REACH OUT TO THOSE WHO SPOKE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THIS, AND ASK THEM WHETHER THEY KNEW AND, AND WE CAN LOOK AT A BROADER SURVEY OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH SA SPEAKUP AS WELL. 
          UM, MY COLLEAGUE JUST REMINDED ME WE'RE, WE'RE DOING PSSAS ON T V SS A AS WELL, SO THANKS. 
          OKAY. 
          IT DOESN'T SHOW ANYBODY ELSE CHIMED IN, DID YOU? GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, GO AHEAD. 
          UH, THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UM, I, THANKS JEFF AND TEAM, UH, FOR EXECUTING AND QUICKLY, AND I AM PLEASED TO SEE THAT BOTH, UH, A AND B SESSION HAD A HIGH PARTICIPATION IN THIS PILOT PROGRAM. 
          UH, IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE, THE ONGOING, UM, PILOTS THAT I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND EVERY COMMUNITY MEETING. 
          THIS IS ONE WHERE I'M LIKE, OH, NOW, LIKE THE CITY'S VALIDATING PARKING. 
          SO I WANNA THANK, UH, MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS INITIATIVE, UH, FOR ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A MORE INCLUSIVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS. 
          UM, I, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE, UH, POTENTIAL PRINTED, UM, ADS FOR THE PROGRAM. 
          UH, A SUGGESTION WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE COVID TESTING SITES. 
          THEY HAVE A QR CODE, UM, WHERE YOU CAN JUST CLICK IT AND THEN IT TAKES YOU TO THE, THE APPLICATION PROCESS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THIS, BUT, UH, I KNOW YOU ARE, ARE THE EXPERTS IN DEVELOPING 
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THIS. 
          UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE ONE SUGGESTION. 
          UM, I, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT VIA IS POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT USING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO, UM, THE JURY DUTY COMPONENT. 
          I, I THINK THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITY, UM, AND OF COURSE, RIGHT, THIS DEPENDS ON THE, IT'S BASED OFF OF BULK. 
          UM, BUT PROVIDING EACH OF OUR FIELD OFFICES WITH AN ALLOWANCE FOR THOSE VOUCHERS, UH, TO ISSUE TO CONSTITUENTS WHO COME IN. 
          UH, I KNOW IN DISTRICT FIVE WE HAVE CONSTITUENTS WHO REQUEST COPIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS, UM, AND THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS, BUT MOST DON'T HAVE PAR. 
          UM, SO I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A INTERESTING ROUTE FOR US TO TAKE. 
          BUT, UH, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANKS, JEFF. 
          UM, SO TO THE FIRST PART, WE DO HAVE A QR CODE, AND IT'LL BE ON THE PRINTED, UH, FLYERS AND SIGNS THAT WE DEVELOP. 
          GREAT. 
          UH, I, I, I'M SPEAKING FOR OUR TEAM HERE, BUT I THINK THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY PROBLEM WITH US PROVIDING YOU SOME MATERIALS THAT YOU CAN, THAT YOU CAN UTILIZE, UH, WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND THAT'S GREAT. 
          THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GET THE WORD OUT, FRANKLY, IS THROUGH ALL OF YOU AND YOUR, YOUR NETWORKS AND YOUR DISTRICTS, YOUR DISTRICTS. 
          UM, ELOY, LE Q IS HERE, UH, WITH VIA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE PIECE OR NOT, BUT I, I FAILED TO MENTION THAT WHEN I, UH, WHEN I WAS UP HERE BEFORE. 
          YEAH. 
          IT WAS MORE OF A SUGGESTION THAT IF THAT'S APPROACH AND, UH, I THINK OUR OFFICES WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DISPUTE, DISPERSE, RATHER THOSE, UH, VOUCHERS, UM, FOR VIA FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          ONE CHALLENGE, I, UH, JUST OFF THE CUFF, AS I THINK ABOUT THAT, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LINKING IT, OF COURSE, TO PARTICIPATION MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO, UM, SO FOLKS WHO ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND ARE ACTUALLY COMING HERE AND SPEAKING ARE THE ONES THEN WHO GET THE VALIDATION. 
          SO THERE MAY BE SOME WAYS AROUND THAT TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WITHOUT SORT OF HANDING OUT PASSES THAT DON'T GET UTILIZED FOR THE PURPOSE THAT WE'RE, THAT IT'S FOR. 
          YEAH. 
          UNDERSTAND. 
          BUT, UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AND SEE WHAT WE CAN, WE CAN COME UP WITH. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND I AM, UH, EXCITED AND WOULD LIKE ONE OF THOSE POSTERS FOR OUR FIELD OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU, JEFF. 
          OKAY. 
          AND NOW TO THE BRAINCHILDS BEHIND THIS WHOLE OPERATION, COUNCILMAN BRAVO, WHO, UH, BROUGHT THIS IDEA  TO ME WHEN, UH, WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL EARLIER. 
          THANKS. 
          I, AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SANDOVAL FOR INITIATING THIS HERE ON COUNCIL. 
          IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE AN IDEA, TAKE IT TO A COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THEN WHEN YOU GET INTO OFFICE, BE ABLE TO SEE IT COME TO FRUITION. 
          AND I KNOW THAT, UM, WHEN YOU FIRST PRESENTED TO US, UH, YOU KNOW, MY COMMENTS WERE A LOT OF, YOU NEED TO DO MORE AND YOU NEED TO MOVE FASTER. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE'RE STARTING THIS IS REALLY EXCITING TO ME. 
          I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS. 
          IT WAS, UH, EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE IT AT A SESSION LAST WEEK. 
          UM, AND I, I WANTED TO ASK A, SO IF, IF SOMEBODY SIGNS UP TO SPEAK AND THEN THEY COME AND, UH, THEY'RE PART OF A GROUP, SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S THREE OR MORE PEOPLE WHO SIGN UP, THEN A GROUP CAN SPEAK AND SOMEONE ELSE SPEAKS. 
          IT'S THAT PERSON WHO SIGNED UP AND CONTRIBUTED THEIR THEIR TIME TO SOMEONE ELSE. 
          DO THEY GET VALIDATED FREE PARKING AS WELL? UH, COUNCILMAN, WE DID CONSIDER THAT. 
          AND, AND, AND THERE WERE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE KIND OF SIMILAR IN THAT SAME VEIN. 
          AND SO WE, WE, UH, MADE SURE THAT WE WERE BEING, UM, I THINK SYMPATHETIC, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO WE, WE AIRED ON THE CAUTION, DECIDED TO SAY, IF YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK AND, AND YOU GIVE YOUR TIME TO SOMEBODY ELSE, WE CONSIDER THAT PARTICIPATION. 
          SO WE'LL, YOU'LL GET A VALIDATION AS WELL. 
          AND THAT WAS THE SAME THING FOR THE TIMING. 
          YOU KNOW, HOW LONG IS SOMEONE GONNA BE HERE? WE JUST ERRED ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND SAID, LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE ACCOMMODATING EVERYBODY AND NOT CREATING, CUTTING THINGS THAT MAKE IT COMPLICATED FOR US TO MONITOR, BUT ALSO MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND, UM, AND JUST TRY TO MAKE IT SIMPLER FOR EVERYBODY. 
          GREAT. 
          SO, YEAH, AND THEN I KNOW WE'RE EXPLORING, UM, YOU KNOW, VIA BUS RIDES. 
          ANOTHER THING IS, I GUESS, UH, AS, AS IT APPROACHES TIME, MAYBE NOT THIS TIME AROUND, BUT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT NEW SCOOTER CONTRACTS, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO THROW IN AS WELL. 
          MAYBE VALIDATE A, YOU KNOW, PAY FOR A SCOOTER RIDE OR FIVE BUCKS TOWARDS A SCOOTER RIDE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO GET HERE IF YOU, IF YOU, UH, PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S, UH, THE END OF THE ITEM. 
          UH, GREAT WORK. 
          AND AGAIN, THANK YOU. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING, UH, FURTHER UPDATES ON THE PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU ELOY, FOR, FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. 
          UH, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS, UH, DEBBIE, YOU CAN READ IT BETTER THAN I CAN. 
          IT'S A, IT'S AN UPDATE ON BROWNFIELD, RIGHT? ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS AN UPDATE ON THE BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
          UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN THIS ITEM AT ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO THANK 
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YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING IT ON AND GIVING US TODAY'S UPDATE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS ERICA RAGSDALE, AND I'M A REDEVELOPMENT OFFICER WITH THE CITY'S NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          AND I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY TO SHARE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE BROWNFIELD'S REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
          THE E P A DEFINES, SORRY, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME UP HERE. 
          IS THIS MIC OKAY, AS FAR AS DISTANCE? ALRIGHT, THANKS. 
          THE E P A DEFINES A BROWNFIELD AS A PROPERTY WHERE EXPANSION, REDEVELOPMENT, OR REUSE MAY BE COMPLICATED BY THE PRESENCE OR POTENTIAL PRESENCE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE POLLUTANT OR CONTAMINANT. 
          SOME OF THE MOST COMMON CONTAMINANTS REPORTED BY THE E P A INCLUDE LEAD, PETROLEUM, ASBESTOS, VARIOUS METALS AND MANMADE CHEMICALS. 
          BROWNFIELD ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN SUBSTANCE OR CONTAMINANTS THAT HAVE KNOWN IMPACTS TO HUMAN HEALTH. 
          AND IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS APPLY WHEN A CONTAMINATED SITE IS PLANNED TO BE REUSED OR REDEVELOPED. 
          REGULATIONS FOR ASSESSMENT AND CLEANUP DO ADD COST AND COMPLEXITY TO REDEVELOPMENT. 
          AND AS A RESULT, BROWNFIELD SITES PRESENT UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES THAT CAN REQUIRE A CREATIVE AND MULTIFACETED APPROACH. 
          THESE SITES ARE USUALLY ABANDONED, VACANT, OR UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTIES, AND CAN INCLUDE ABANDONED GAS STATIONS, DRY CLEANING FACILITIES, JUNKYARDS, OLD CAR DEALERSHIPS, OR ABANDONED FACTORIES, JUST TO NAME A FEW. 
          UH, MANY OF THESE SITES WERE DEVELOPED PRIOR TO THE MORE RIGOROUS STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR THESE LAND USES TODAY. 
          SO, FORTUNATELY, UPDATED REGULATIONS FOR MODERN DEVELOPMENT HELP TO MINIMIZE FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. 
          ONE EXAMPLE THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IS ASBESTOS IS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW IS GOING TO BE PRESENT IN BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED DURING A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME. 
          WE RECOGNIZE NOW THAT, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE ABATED, AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE USE ANYMORE. 
          ANOTHER EXAMPLE CAN BE FOUND IN UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS LIKE THOSE AT GAS STATIONS. 
          UM, UNTIL THE 1980S, MOST OF THOSE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS WERE MADE OF STEEL, WHICH WAS LIKELY TO CORRODE AND COULD POTENTIALLY ALLOW CONTENTS OF THE TANKS TO LEAK INTO THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT. 
          UH, SINCE THEN, CONGRESS HAS PASSED A SERIES OF LAWS TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND HAS INCREASED REQUIREMENTS FOR THINGS LIKE INSPECTIONS, MONITORING ENFORCEMENT TRAINING, AS WELL AS RAISING THE STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION TO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE, UH, SECONDARILY CONTAINED TANKS AND LEAK DETECTORS. 
          SO THE CITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND CLEANUP FOR SEVERAL DECADES, BUT THIS TIMELINE SHOWS THE MORE RECENT HISTORY OF THE BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TODAY. 
          IN 2011, COUNCIL DIRECTED THE CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP A BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM, AND THEY DID SO THROUGHOUT THE FOLLOWING YEAR. 
          IN 2013, THE PROGRAM WAS INITIATED WITH FUNDING FROM THE INNER CITY INCENTIVE FUND, AND STAFF BEGAN TO SEEK GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THE CITY WAS AWARDED A COMPETITIVE $150,000 GRANT FROM THE C D C, WHICH HELPED SOME OF THE INITIAL OUTREACH PLANNING AND ASSESSMENTS. 
          AND THEN IN 2015, THE CITY WAS AWARDED A THREE YEAR E P A COMMUNITY-WIDE ASSESSMENT GRANT VALUED AT $400,000. 
          CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE BROWNFIELD'S REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. 
          THE E P A GRANT WAS SUCCESSFULLY CLOSED OUT IN 2020, UH, BUT THE PROGRAM REMAINS ACTIVE AND AVAILABLE TODAY. 
          I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          SO THE PROGRAM OFFERS TECHNICAL AND REGULATORY ASSISTANCE, AS WELL AS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS, CLEANUP PLANS, AND SITE CLEANUP. 
          A PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT USES EXISTING INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND THE PROPERTY'S CONDITIONS, EXAMINING CURRENT AND HISTORICAL USES OF THE SITE, AND POTENTIAL THREATS TO HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          A PHASE TWO ASSESSMENT IS RECOMMENDED IF THE PHASE ONE SHOWS, UH, KNOWN OR POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION ON THE PROPERTY. 
          AN ENVIRONMENTAL PRO PROFESSIONAL CONDUCTS SAMPLING TO EVALUATE THE PRESENCE OF CONTAMINATION AND DETERMINES SOURCES AND EXPOSURES. 
          ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES COULD ALSO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE LEAD AND ASBESTOS SURVEYS. 
          BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THIS ASSESSMENT, A CLEANUP PLAN CAN BE DEVELOPED TO ADDRESS CONCERNS AND PREPARE THE SITE FOR ITS INTENDED USE. 
          AND THEN SITE CLEANUP CAN ENTAIL 
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THINGS LIKE EXCAVATION, TANK REMOVAL, LEAD AND ASBESTOS ABATEMENT, OR A NUMBER OF OTHER REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES. 
          THIS IS JUST A GENERAL FLOW OF PROJECTS THAT GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM, BUT AS A REMINDER, EACH SITE HAS UNIQUE NEEDS AND NOT EACH SITE WILL FOLLOW THE SAME LINEAR PROCESS. 
          UH, IT CAN BE COMMON THAT MULTIPLE PROCESSES ARE RUNNING CONCURRENTLY BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE SITE. 
          UNDER THE CITY'S BROWNFIELD'S POLICY, AN ELIGIBLE PROJECT MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. 
          IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT WHEN THE E P A GRANT WAS IN EFFECT PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED THROUGH THE GRANT, UH, THAT GRANT FOCUSED ON TARGET AREAS. 
          SO THOSE TARGET AREAS INCLUDED SOME CENSUS TRACKS THAT THE GUADALUPE WEST SIDE AREA, THE EAST POINT AREA, THE LONE STAR AREA, AND THE RIVER SOUTH AREA. 
          SO IT NEEDED TO BE LOCATED IN ONE OF THOSE GEOGRAPHIES BASED ON THE FUNDING SOURCE. 
          ALSO NEEDS TO HAVE A HISTORY OR PROXIMITY OF USE THAT SUGGESTS THERE MAY BE CONTAMINATION. 
          AND THE APPLICANT WOULD ALSO NEED TO PROVIDE A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY. 
          SO SINCE THE EARLY YEARS OF THE PROGRAM, THE CITY'S EFFORTS HAVE LED TO THE ADOPTION OF A POLICY AND PROGRAM GUIDELINES. 
          THE E P A GRANT ITSELF FUNDED 13 PHASE ONE SITE ASSESSMENTS, 11 PHASE TWO SITE ASSESSMENTS AND PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SUPPLIES, STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING OVERALL, WHICH INCLUDES GRANT FUNDING AND INNER CITY INCENTIVE FUNDING. 
          THE PROGRAM HAS INVESTED OVER $768,000 IN PROVIDING 34 PHASE ONES, 17 PHASE TWOS, AND 14 LEAD IN ASBESTOS SURVEYS. 
          THESE ASSISTED 41 DIFFERENT PROJECTS. 
          I WILL NOTE THAT THE NUMBERS IN THE BOXES DON'T ADD UP TO 41 BECAUSE IT'S COMMON THAT ONE SITE, ONE ADDRESS COULD RECEIVE MULTIPLE ASSESSMENTS THROUGH THE PROGRAM. 
          AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THE AVERAGE COST FOR A PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM WAS ABOUT $4,300. 
          A PHASE TWO AVERAGED ABOUT $29,000, AND, UH, LED AN ASBESTOS SURVEYS AVERAGED ABOUT $5,500. 
          SO THOSE ARE JUST AVERAGES FOR THE PROGRAM. 
          UH, THE 41 THAT WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND IS A PRETTY SMALL SAMPLE SIZE, SO NOT NECESSARILY THE AVERAGE FOR THOSE SERVICES IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THIS SLIDE SHOWS A FEW RECENT EXAMPLES WHERE THE BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM PROVIDED ASSISTANCE AND USUALLY WORKED IN TANDEM WITH OTHER CITY INCENTIVES. 
          SO ON THE TOP LEFT, WE HAVE HAVE THE RED BERRY PROPERTY, WHICH ENTAILED A REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ESTATE TO INCLUDE EVENT SPACE AND HEADQUARTERS MULTIFAMILY, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THE BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM PROVIDED A PHASE ONE SITE ASSESSMENT AND A MOLD AND ASBESTOS SURVEY. 
          THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT, THOUGH, WAS SUPPORTED BY A LARGER PACKAGE OF CITY INCENTIVES THAT INCLUDED T FUNDING FEE WAIVERS, UH, LAND CONTRIBUTIONS IN CITY, CITY, SORRY, C D B G FUNDS. 
          ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT WE HAVE IS LMAS. 
          LMAS WAS ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNNING CONJUNTO MUSIC VENUES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH TEXAS AND IS A CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT REHABILITATION PROJECT. 
          THE BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM PROVIDED A PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT, LED AN ASBESTOS SURVEY, ADDITIONAL TESTING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THAT SITE. 
          THE CITY ALSO PROVIDED SUPPORT WITH STABILIZATION AND APPROVED, UH, WAIVER WAIVERS OF CITY FEES. 
          MORE RECENTLY, THE PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED A ASSISTANCE TO THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL REDEVELOPMENT, WHICH ENTAILS ADAPTIVE REUSE OF A HISTORIC BUILDING AND CREATION OF NEW MIXED INCOME HOUSING IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE. 
          THE BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM PROVIDED A PHASE ONE AND TWO, AND THAT COMPLEMENTED A MASTER INCENTIVES AGREEMENT THAT AWARDED THE PROJECT WITH A GRANT AS WELL AS FEE WAIVERS. 
          AND LASTLY, WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ST. 
          JOHN'S SQUARE, WHICH IS A PLANNED AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN. 
          THE PROGRAM PROVIDED A PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO SITE ASSESSMENT, AND THE PROJECT ALSO QUALIFIED FOR A TAX REIMBURSEMENT AS WELL AS CITY AND SASS FEE WAIVERS THROUGH THE CENTER CITY HOUSING INCENTIVE PROGRAM. 
          SO THE PROGRAM, UH, REMAINS AVAILABLE TODAY TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO BROWNFIELD SITES. 
          BROWNFIELD'S FUNDING REMAINS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE INNER CITY INCENTIVE FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 PER YEAR. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, IN COORDINATION WITH OTHER CITY INCENTIVES, THE BROWNFIELD'S 
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FUNDING CAN BE LEVERAGED TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERICA. 
          WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS. 
          COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND THANK YOU, ERICA, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          DO WE KNOW HOW MANY BROWNFIELD SITES THE CITY HAS? UM, AND DO WE HAVE, UH, THE NUMBERS ON HOW MANY PER DISTRICT AND WHERE THOSE ARE LOCATED? YES. 
          SO WE, WE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN KIND OF TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO HAVE AN INVENTORY OF ALL BROWNFIELD SITES IN THE CITY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WE TALKED WITH A CONSULTANT ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THE CITY. 
          UM, AND THEY DID ADVISE THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PULL FROM MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES TO CREATE A, AN INVENTORY OF SITES THAT'S AS ROBUST AS WE'D LIKE. 
          THEY HAVE A LOT OF DATA. 
          THEY ALSO KIND OF POINTED US TOWARD NOT DOING A CITYWIDE SURVEY BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT MAYBE FOCUSING IN ANY KIND OF INVENTORY ON A TARGETED AREA. 
          THE COMPLICATION WITH DOING AN INVENTORY THOUGH, IS THAT WE WANNA BE MINDFUL OF THE IMPACT THAT THAT HAS ON A PROPERTY OWNER OR A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER WHEN THEIR SITE IS DESIGNATED AS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT AT THAT TIME. 
          AND WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING TO PROVIDE CLEANUP ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE CLEANUP ASSISTANCE DOES TEND TO BE, UH, MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE ASSESSMENT ASSISTANCE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE. 
          SO IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO AN INVENTORY, UM, IT WOULD BE ADVISED TO NARROW IT DOWN TO A CERTAIN AREA OR AREAS, UM, BUT WE WOULD WANNA BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE IMPACT TO PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          YEAH, I, I, I APPRECIATE THAT CONSIDERATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          UM, WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE, WE HAVE A SUPERFUND SITE. 
          WOULD THAT SITE QUALIFY? UH, WITH THE, THE BROWNSFIELD AS A BROWNSFIELD SITE? UH, POTENTIALLY WE HAVE, WE HAVE LIMITED FUNDING FOR ASSESSMENTS, YOU KNOW, $100,000 FOR A SITE. 
          UM, I'M NOT FAMILIAR EXACTLY WITH THE SPECIFIC SITE THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING, BUT WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT. 
          UM, NOT SURE HOW MUCH THAT WOULD MAKE A DENT IN THE ASSESSMENT NEEDED ON THAT SITE, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT IT. 
          AND IS IT, ARE THE COSTS BASED OFF OF LIKE, THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY? UM, OR IS IT BASED OFF OF, UH, LIKE THE TIERS THAT YOU PRESENTED, IF IT'S FOR ASBESTOS OR, UM, NO, THE, MY REASON FOR INCLUDING THE AVERAGE PRICE WAS JUST TO, TO KIND OF GIVE A SCALE THE PHASE ONE, BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT HISTORICAL DATA, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT GOING INTO THE SITE, YOU'RE NOT PENETRATING THE SITE OR TAKING SAMPLES WITH A PHASE ONE. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S A LESS EXPENSIVE PROCESS THAN GOING THROUGH A PHASE TWO, WHICH YOU ARE ON SITE SAMPLING AND GETTING MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, WITHIN, UH, THE URBAN CORE, THERE'S A LOT OF RECYCLING PLANTS, A LOT OF, UH, BATTERY RECYCLING PLANTS AND, UM, A A LOT OF FOLKS THAT MAY POTENTIALLY BE SUPERFUND SITES OR MAY QUALIFY AS A BROWNFIELD SITE. 
          UM, BUT BASED OFF OF THE LI LIMITED RESOURCES, UM, HAS YOUR DEPARTMENT HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT POTENTIALLY POOL MONEY, UM, FOR, UH, REMEDIATION, UH, OF THESE SITES? UM, CAN YOU, CAN YOU EXPAND ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY PULLING MONEY? YEAH, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO, TO FUND ADDITIONAL SITES OUTSIDE OF THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND THAT Y'ALL HAVE. 
          UM, OR IS THAT JUST THE FIXED AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT OTHER POTEN, UH, POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES? SO THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT IN THE FUTURE WE COULD APPLY FOR ANOTHER ASSESSMENT GRANT THROUGH THE E P A OR A CLEANUP GRANT IS THE OTHER TYPE. 
          UM, SO WE COULD CONSIDER DOING THAT BEFORE. 
          AND WE HAVE APPLIED IN THE PAST AND BEEN TOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VERY COMPETITIVE APPLICATION, BUT THE PROCESS AND THE, THE, THE GRANTS THEMSELVES ARE GETTING VERY COMPETITIVE. 
          SO I THINK IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WE'VE BEEN VERY CLOSE TO GETTING THOSE. 
          UM OH, SURE. 
          YES. 
          AND I'LL ADD COUNCILWOMAN THAT, UH, WE DO ONLY HAVE THE $100,000 SET ASIDE EACH YEAR FOR THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS THAT ERICA WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND WHAT WE TEND TO DO IS WHEN WE HAVE A SITE THAT'S INTERESTED IN MORE REDEVELOPMENT, LIKE THEY ACTUALLY WANNA HAVE A PLAN FOR THE SITE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, THAT'S WHEN WE CAN PULL IN SOME OF OUR OTHER INCENTIVES. 
          MAYBE THEY'RE IN A  OR, AND THEN WE CAN LAYER THOSE AND SEE HOW WE CAN HELP THOSE SPECIFIC SITES. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, UH, DO WE TYPICALLY RUN OUT OF THOSE FUNDS? THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND? UH, I DON'T THINK WE TEND TO SPEND THEM EVERY SINGLE YEAR, BUT HAVING SAID THAT, IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD THE E P A GRANT TO HELP FUNDS CERTAIN SITES THAT WERE IN THOSE TARGET AREAS. 
          NOW THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE EXPENDED, WE ONLY HAVE THE, UM, THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND AVAILABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. 
          MAY I, MAY I JUST EXPAND ON ONE OF MY RESPONSES TO YOUR QUESTION? UH, I DO WANNA MAKE CLEAR THAT WE STILL HAVE BROWNFIELD'S 
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TRAINED, UH, STAFF IN OUR DIVISION, IN THE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME OF THAT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
          THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH TRAININGS, AND SO IF THERE'S A SITE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO CONNECT WITH THE PROGRAM, WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          ? SURE. 
          HI, COUNCILWOMAN VRAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, MY, MY FIRST QUESTION'S GONNA BE, AND, AND DAVID, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN, UM, PUT THIS ON THE CITY AGENDA OR AS WE PLAN, DO AN ESSAY TOMORROW IS, AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE, I, I DO HAVE SITES LIKE THIS IN DISTRICT THREE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, BECAUSE AS WE PLAN IN THE DISTRICT THREE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THE SITES. 
          AND NOT THAT I NEED YOU GUYS TO GO OUT AND DO THE ASSESSMENT NOW, BUT MAKING SURE THAT AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE, WE, WE HAVE THOSE ON, ON OUR PLANS, UH, WHETHER IT'S SA TOMORROW, OUR HOUSING, OUR SHIP, AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 
          SO I WANNA KEEP THAT ON IN MIND. 
          AND THE OTHER THING IS WITH OUR OLD AIR FORCE BASES, BROOKS IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE THAT'S IN MY REGION, IS IT BROOK'S RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE, UM, THESE BROWNFIELD'S POTENTIAL SITES? OR DO THEY COME AND LOOK FOR US, LOOK TO THE CITY TO HELP WITH THAT? TO, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD FIRST, UH, CREATE THAT ASSESSMENT FOR THEIR OWN PROPERTY. 
          AND IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY CAN LEVERAGE A JOINT, UH, MERGE TOGETHER WITH RESOURCES, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO CROSS THAT AT THAT TIME. 
          UH, AT LEAST THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE SOME OF THE GRANTS MAY ASK FOR A CITY TO HELP ENDORSE OR SUPPORT IT. 
          SO IN THOSE CASES, UH, THAT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY. 
          WE WOULD HAVE TO EXPLORE THAT. 
          GREAT. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, JEFF, THAT AS WE LOOK AT OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT WE PUSH, THAT THE AP E P A LOOKS AT MAYBE STARTING THIS PROGRAM UP AGAIN OR DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR AS WE TRY AND DEAL WITH THE HEALTH INEQUITIES THAT COME FROM BEING A CITY LIKE SAN ANTONIO AROUND FOR 300 YEARS, UH, AS YOU KNOW, I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT MITCHELL LAKE  AS, AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          SO I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FEDERALLY WE'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP US LOCALLY. 
          ALSO, AS A FOLLOW UP, I WOULD LOVE TO GET MAYBE SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND STAFF JUST TO GET AN INVENTORY OF JUST TO THE DETAILS PRIOR TO YOUR, PRETTY MUCH YOUR FIRST QUESTION, JUST WANTED TO GET AN INVENTORY OF WHAT ARE YOU THINKING IN THE AREAS THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO WITHOUT ALERTING ANYONE THAT WE'RE COMING. 
          YEAH, NO, I, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT INSTEAD OF MAYBE DOING A CITYWIDE PLAN LIKE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE IS THAT WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS COME AND LOOK AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND THIS IS WHERE WE THINK, UM, I CAN THINK OF AT LEAST THREE RIGHT NOW, ONE ON BROOKS, ONE ABANDONED GAS STATION AND, AND THE OTHER, AN OLD FACILITY THAT I BELIEVE C P S USE. 
          SO WE, WE ALL HAVE THOSE. 
          I THINK ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE PLACES IN MIND. 
          SO YES. 
          LET'S TALK OFFLINE. 
          DAVID, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, JUST A, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE UPDATES. 
          SO WE UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CITY HAS BEEN, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO BROWNFIELDS, BUT I, I GUESS I'M NOT CLEAR AT THIS POINT, ARE WE PURSUING ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, BROWNFIELD WORK? OR ARE WE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE AN APPLICATION CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, BUT WE'RE OPEN AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, AS A POSSIBILITY TO COMPLIMENT THE $100,000 FROM THE ISIF FUND. 
          SO WHAT WOULD WE NEED TO MAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY WORTHWHILE? LIKE WHAT DO WE NEED A SPECIFIC LOCATION OR WE, SO THERE, ARE THERE ANY GRANTS FOR DEVELOPING AN INVENTORY, EVEN IF IT'S JUST FOR ONE PART OF THE CITY? LIKE YOU SAID, WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT. 
          I KNOW THEY DO HAVE, UM, IF NOT THROUGH THE E P A, THERE ARE OTHER ENTITIES THAT MIGHT OFFER A GRANT LIKE THAT. 
          SO WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT POSSIBILITY. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT THE, THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED IN PAST GRANT APPLICATIONS WHEN WE LEARNED THAT WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THE GRANT, WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK THAT OF COURSE IT'S GOTTEN REALLY COMPETITIVE. 
          AND ALSO THAT, UH, PERHAPS WE COULD KIND OF STRATEGIZE WITH OUR PROGRAM TO, LIKE I MENTIONED, LEVERAGING THE BROWNFIELD'S PROGRAM FUNDS WITH OTHER CITY INCENTIVES THAT TENDS TO REALLY YIELD RESULTS. 
          WHEREAS IF WE CAST A WIDE NET AND JUST KIND OF IDENTIFY A LOT OF SITES AND MAYBE DO A PHASE ONE AND IT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE, 
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THE E P A DOESN'T LIKE TO SEE THAT. 
          THEY LIKE TO SEE PROJECTS BUILT AS A RESULT OR, YOU KNOW, TIED TO THEIR FUNDING. 
          SO. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HOUSTON DOES HAVE, UH, AN INVENTORY IN THE DALLASES IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING ONE TOGETHER. 
          UH, WERE THEY JUST ABLE TO ACCESS MORE FUNDING OR DO THEY HAVE MORE, YOU KNOW, LOCAL FUNDING THAT, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO USE FOR THAT? TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IT'S NOT BEEN, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AND OUR RESEARCH OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, IT HASN'T BEEN NECESSARILY A CONCERN ABOUT FUNDING. 
          UM, BUT WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT BEFORE. 
          UM, BUT IF IT'S WORKING FOR THOSE LARGER CITIES, IT'S CERTAINLY WORTH LOOKING INTO FOR, FOR US. 
          YEAH. 
          AND IT MIGHT ALSO BE WORTH IT TO SEE IF, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY USE THE INVENTORY. 
          YES. 
          RIGHT. 
          ONCE THEY COLLECT THE, THE INFORMATION. 
          SO, EXACTLY. 
          UH, DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT YOUR CONVERSATIONS, UM, UH, RESULT IN COUNCILWOMAN. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          SO THAT IS THE LAST ITEM FOR TODAY'S MEETING. 
          UH, OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING FOR, FOR THIS COMMITTEE IS ON FEBRUARY 8TH. 
          SO, UM, WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. 
          THANK YOU ALL.
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