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MORNING.UH, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MAKI RODRIGUEZ.
PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GRAND.
HERE, MA'AM, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
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WELL, TODAY'S FOCUS WILL BE, UM, THE ARPA PLANS.AND, UH, THE FIRST ITEM WE'LL HEAR WILL BE THE, UM, THE PLAN FOR FUNDING FOR THE ARTS.
SO WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, IS THAT LORI OR CRYSTAL JONES? THANK YOU.
OH, AND, UM, AFTER YOU, WE DO HAVE ONE, ONE SPEAKER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE GO INTO COUNCIL COMMENT.
I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE, AND TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, FUNDS FOR ARTS, AND SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT RECOVERY AND RELIEF SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS COMMUNITY.
UH, THE PLAN COMPONENTS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED WITH THE HELP OF THE SAN ANTONIO ARTS COMMISSION, THE COMMUNITY, AND THIS COUNCIL.
AND, UH, THE PROPOSED TIMELINE.
I THINK I SKIPPED A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF YOU.
SO THAT WAS THE SECOND SLIDE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE GOES INTO THE TIMELINE OF ARPA, AND SPECIFICALLY THE ARPA SUPPORT FOR ARTS.
I JUST WANNA REFRESH OUR MEMORIES THAT IN SEPTEMBER, 2020, WE DID HAVE THE SA CARESS FOR ART RELIEF PROGRAM THAT WAS PROVIDED BY FEDERAL FUNDS THROUGH THE, UH, CARES ACT.
AND WE PROVIDED $2 MILLION TO 47 ART NONPROFITS, AND WE PROVIDED $600,000 TO 130 INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS.
IN NOVEMBER, IS WHEN WE STARTED THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
STARTED DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT SPECIFICALLY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HAVING A SERIES OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS.
FEBRUARY 3RD IS WHEN CITY COUNCIL ALLOCATED $5 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDING TO THE ARTS.
AND WE LAST SAW YOU ON APRIL 12TH, WHERE WE PROVIDED A BRIEFING ON ARPA FOR ARTS, INCLUDING THE LOSSES THAT, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE LOSSES THAT OUR ARTS COMMUNITY FACED DURING, UH, THE PANDEMIC.
AND ALSO PROVIDED A BRIEFING ON WHAT SA CARES FOR ART LOOKED LIKE WHEN WE LAST DID IT IN 2020.
GIVEN THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY REALLY DID FIND THAT SA CARESS FOR ART WORKED ON MAY 6TH, UH, WAS WHEN WE WENT TO THE SAN ANTONIO ARTS COMMISSION, AND THEY APPROVED WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TODAY, THE ARPA FOR ARTS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO THE PLAN.
YOU, WHEN WE LAST MET WITH YOU, WE DID GO OVER THIS CHART, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ARPA ALLOCATION, UH, PROCESS, WHERE EACH ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS WILL FOLLOW THIS SPECIFIC COMPONENT PLAN, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COVID IMPACT FOR THE INDUSTRY, THE PROGRAM STRATEGIES AND EQUITABLE OUTCOMES.
AND FINALLY, THE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT LATER AFTER THIS DISCUSSION.
BUT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME IS THAT WE KNOW THAT THE ARTS, COMMUNITY ARTS AGENCIES AND INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS WERE IMPACTED GREATLY BY C OVID 19, AND THAT THE ARTS INDUSTRY IS ONE OF THE LAST INDUSTRIES TO BE RECOVERING FROM THE PANDEMIC.
GIVEN THE NATURE OF WHAT THE ARTS COMMUNITY PROVIDES, UH, THERE'S FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THAT INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND ARTS NONPROFITS EXPERIENCE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, THE PROGRAMMING PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES THAT WE IDENTIFIED IS TO DEVELOP A GRANT PROGRAM FOR NONPROFITS AND ARTISTS, FOR NONPROFITS SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT OPERATIONAL COSTS AND, UM, OTHER STRATEGIC PLANNING NEEDS TO HELP THEM THRIVE BEYOND THE PANDEMIC AND FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS SUPPORTING THOSE IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND ALSO FOR THE CREATION OF ART SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO THRIVE AS WELL.
BEYOND THE PANDEMIC AND THEN THE E EQUITABLE OUTCOMES, WE FOCUSED ON PROVIDING A FUNDING POLICY THAT REALLY PRIORITIZES DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES, UH, THAT ARTS AND ART, INDIVIDUAL ARTS AGENCIES AND INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS WOULD CONTINUE TO THRIVE OR THRIVE BEYOND THE PANDEMIC.
AND THAT WE WOULD, UH, WANT TO CONNECT AND ENGAGE RESIDENTS WITH LOCAL ARTISTS AND
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ARTS NONPROFITS.AND THEN FINALLY, BOLSTERING THE CITY'S REPUTATION AS A TOP TOURIST AND ARTS DESTINATION.
SO, MOVING ON TO THE SPECIFIC PLAN, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARTISTS AND ELIGIBILITY AND SCORING.
UH, THIS SLIDE REALLY TALKS ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THE ARTISTS AND HOW WE WOULD FIND IF THEY'RE FIRST ELIGIBLE, AND THEN HOW THEY WOULD BE SCORED THROUGHOUT THIS PROGRAM.
WE REALLY WANNA FOCUS ON SAN ANTONIO ARTISTS, UH, AND PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS WHO ARE DERIVING INCOME FROM THEIR ARTISTIC ACTIVITY.
AND THEY NEED TO BE ARTISTS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, UH, BEEN IN A PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, SHOWING THAT THEY WERE TRULY IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE THEY WERE AN ARTIST BEFORE THE PANDEMIC STARTED.
THE SCORING CATEGORIES IS REALLY FOCUSED, UM, PRIORITIZING ON TWO THINGS.
UH, PRIORITIZING THE, UH, ARTISTS THAT ARE HAVING LOW INCOME, UM, BUT THEN ALSO PRIORITIZING THOSE ARTISTS THAT ARE MAKING MOST OF THAT INCOME FROM ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES.
AGAIN, FOCUSING ON THE ARTISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE PROVIDING THOSE ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING TO ENRICH OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THEY THRIVE IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY.
WE ALSO HAVE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, UH, POINTS FOR WOMEN FOR ETHNICITY, UH, FOR LGBTQIA PLUS VETERAN DISABLED.
AND THEN WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL POINTS GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED, UH, FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING THROUGHOUT, THROUGH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S MECHANISMS. UM, AND THEN WE WOULD USE THE EQUITY ATLAS AS WELL FOR SCORING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING THOSE ZIP CODES THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED.
AND THE AWARDS WOULD BE, UH, FOCUSED ON $7,500 PER ARTIST.
THE NONPROFITS ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, UH, ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON, UH, YOU'VE SEEN THIS MODEL A LOT THROUGH OUR BASE OPERATIONAL, BUT AL THAT'S ALSO WHAT WE USE TO CREATE THE SA CARES FOR ART, UH, MODEL.
AGAIN, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE HEADQUARTERED IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO LIMITS THAT THEY ARE RECOGNIZED AS A NOT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN GOOD STANDING.
AND THEY'VE BEEN PRODUCING PROGRAMMING FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, AGAIN, SHOWING THAT THEY WERE PRODUCING PROGRAMMING BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND THEREFORE THEY WERE IMPACTED.
THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE STAFF MEMBER THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO MANAGE THIS GRANT BECAUSE OUR ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE GETTING A, A, POTENTIALLY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE BUDGET RANGES AS BUDGETS GO UP.
THE PERCENTAGE, UH, IN THE MAX AWARD DOES GO DOWN FOR AN EQUITY MODEL THAT WE HAVE USED THROUGHOUT OUR BASE OPERATIONAL FUNDING THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED FOR THE EQUITY MODEL.
AND THEN, UH, ANY ORGANIZATION THAT IS PROVIDING A CULTURALLY SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING TO PRESERVE SPECIFIC CULTURES, UH, WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT 20% NON, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING THROUGH THAT CULTURALLY SPECIFIC CATEGORY.
NOW, ONCE OUR NONPROFITS AND ARTISTS RECEIVE FUNDING, YOU MAY ASK, WELL, WHAT CAN THEY USE THAT FUNDING FOR? SO AGAIN, JUST FOCUSING ON ARTS NONPROFITS OF OPERATIONAL COSTS, UH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND STRATEGIC PLANNING.
AGAIN, MAKING SURE THEY CAN THRIVE BEYOND THE PANDEMIC.
AND THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN, UH, MITIGATE AND, UH, PREVENT FUTURE C OVID 19 INFECTIONS FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS, FOR STAFF, AND FOR ARTISTS THAT THEY ARE EMPLOYING INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS.
THEY CAN USE THEIR FUNDS FOR HOUSING AND LIVING EXPERIENCES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP, LIKE DEVELOPMENT, LIKE WORKSHOP OR CONFERENCES, AND THE SUPPORT OF THEIR ARTISTIC CAREER, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE SUPPLIES OR MATERIALS.
SO NOW WE GET INTO THAT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT LAST BOX ON THE CHART THAT WOULD TALK ABOUT THE PLAN COMPONENTS.
AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ACHIEVE THROUGHOUT THIS PROGRAM IS TO HAVE 133 ARTISTS RECEIVE GRANTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM WITH AT LEAST 40 ART NONPROFITS RECEIVING GRANTS THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
THE GOAL IS FOR A 100% OF GRANT FUNDING TO BE DISPERSED BY DEC DECEMBER, 2024, AND SPENT BY DECEMBER, 2026, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES OF, UH, THE CITY'S DISTRIBUTION OF ARPA FUNDS.
OUR GOAL IS ALSO FOR 75, UH, PERCENT OF NONPROFITS TO BE MORE RESILIENT AS A RESULT OF THIS FUNDING.
UH, AND WE WILL CERTAINLY THROUGH THIS PROGRAM HAVE FOLLOW-UP SURVEYS AND REPORTS, UH, ABOUT HOW THIS FUNDING DID HELP OUR NONPROFITS, HOW THEY USE THE FUNDS, AND HOW THEY ARE MORE RESILIENT MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN 50% OF ARTISTS RECEIVING THE GRANTS, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO FOCUS ON HAVING THAT AMOUNT BE CREATING NEW WORKS AND PERFORMANCES FOR THE ENRICHMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE ENRICHMENT OF THEIR CAREER, AND THAT WE CAN HELP, AGAIN, SEE THEM THRIVE BEYOND THE PANDEMIC.
SO IF THIS, UH, PLAN, IF THERE WAS AN ACTION TO APPROVE THIS PLAN TODAY,
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UM, WE WILL GO INTO THAT TIMELINE IN THE NEXT SLIDE.BUT HOW WOULD WE GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THIS? WE HAVE DIRECT OUTREACH TO INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS NON-PROFITS.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE HAVE A ROBUST LIST THROUGH OUR SAN ANTONIO ARTS ARTIST REGISTRY, WHICH IS ALSO ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
WE HAVE PREVIOUS GRANT RECIPIENTS.
WE HAVE, UM, THE NONPROFITS WHO ARE REALLY WONDERFUL ABOUT NOT ONLY GETTING THE INFORMATION TO THE STAFF MEMBERS FOR APPLYING FOR GRANTS THEMSELVES, BUT THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF ARTISTS THEY WORK WITH.
WE WOULD WORK WITH YOUR OFFICES TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT.
UH, WE WOULD DO MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS ACTIVITIES THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, AND THROUGH OUR PAID ADVERTISING.
AND THEN WE HAVE, AGAIN, OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND ARPA STAKEHOLDERS, MAKING SURE THAT ANYONE WHO IS INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS KNOWS THAT THIS PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE A GO SMART, UH, APPLICATION PAGE, AND IT'S A GRANT.
IT'S A, IT'S A GRANT PROGRAM THAT'S ONLINE.
UH, AND WE WILL HAVE THE SUPPORT FOR ANYONE WHO DOES HAVE ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES.
UH, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR ARTISTS AND NONPROFITS ARE REALLY FAMILIAR WITH.
IT'S HOW WE RUN ALL OF OUR GRANT PROGRAMS AND WE WOULD SCREEN THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
WE WOULD HAVE A PANEL INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
AND THEN AGAIN, YOU SAW THE SCORING, UH, THAT IS REALLY FOCUSED ON INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EQUITY PREFERENCE POINTS ARE BEING APPLIED.
AND THEN THE DATA COLLECTION, AS I MENTIONED, A POST-AWARD SURVEY, WE REALLY WANNA KNOW HOW DID THIS MONEY, UH, HELP YOU TO MOVE FORWARD? HOW DID YOU USE THIS MONEY? AND THEN OUTCOMES AND DATA WILL BE REPORTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO AS I MENTIONED, IF YOU POTENTIALLY TOOK ACTION, UH, TODAY, WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL.
ONCE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WE WOULD OPEN THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING THAT OPEN IN JUNE, END OF JUNE, DEPENDING ON WHEN CITY COUNCIL WOULD APPROVE THE PLAN, WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE APPLICATION OPEN FOR AT LEAST A MONTH, AGAIN, TO PROVIDE THAT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THAT WOULD BE NEEDED.
JULY WOULD BE THE EVALUATION AND, UH, OF HOW MUCH WE WOULD RECOMMEND FOR, UH, EACH OF THE NONPROFITS OR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS.
WE WOULD TAKE THAT BACK TO THE SAN ANTONIO ARTS COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS AT A TARGET TIMELINE OF AUG AUGUST.
UH, AND THEN WE WOULD COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FINAL APPROVAL OF THOSE FUNDING, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE GOAL TO GET THIS MONEY STARTED TO BE DISPERSED IN CONTRACTS IN PLACE BY SEPTEMBER.
AND WITH THAT, THAT WRAPS UP MY PORTION AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, CRYSTAL, IF YOU'D GIVE US JUST A SECOND, UH, WE DO HAVE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
UH, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL MARY? EXCUSE ME.
HEATH, WELCOME, MARY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY IN SUPPORT OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
I'M MARY HEATHCOTT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BLUE STAR CONTEMPORARY, THE NON-PROFIT ORGAN CONTEMPORARY ART ORGANIZATION IN DISTRICT FIVE.
AND I'M ALSO A STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR CULTURE AND ARTS UNITED FOR SAN ANTONIO SSA.
AND I'M JOINED HERE TODAY BY RILEY ROBINSON FROM ARTPACE, A FELLOW STEERING COMMITTEE FROM INSA.
SINCE MARCH OF 2020, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MY PEERS AT VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, LITERARY ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, AND CULTURALLY SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVOCATE AND APPEAL TO SUSTAIN OUR CITY'S RICH ARTS AND CULTURE HISTORY.
THIS HAS NOT ONLY BEEN OUT OF COLLEGIALITY AND A LOVE, A MUTUAL RESPECT AND LOVE FOR EACH OTHER, AND SEEING OUR CITY'S RICH, UM, RICH CULTURAL ASSETS CONTINUE.
BUT OUT OF NECESSITY, MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS DEPEND ON PEOPLE COMING TO OUR EXHIBITIONS, CONCERTS AND PERFORMANCES, SCHOOL CHILDREN TOURING OUR COLLECTIONS, AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS CONTRIBUTING THEIR RESOURCES TO SUSTAIN OUR NONPROFIT OPERATIONS.
IT IS NO SECRET THAT THE PANDEMIC DIS PANDEMIC DISRUPTED AND UPSET ALL RELIABILITY ON THESE TRADITIONAL WAYS OF WORKING.
AND OUR SUPPORT SYSTEMS DE DESPITE THE TREMENDOUS ODDS, WE RESHUFFLED AND WE REENVISIONED AND WE RECOMMITTED TO OUR COMMUNITY IN NEW WAYS.
WE KNOW THAT IN TIMES OF TRAGEDY AND TRIBULATION THAT ART SHINES.
NEVER HAS THERE EVER BEEN A MORE IMPORTANT TIME FOR HEALING OUR COLLECTIVE TRAUMA, FOR REFLECTING ON LOSS THROUGH HEALTHY SELF-EXPRESSION AND A NEED FOR INSPIRATION.
THIS IS THE HEALING POWER OF ART.
THE ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS IN SAN ANTONIO ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE SUFFERED MORE THAN $71 MILLION IN NEGATIVE IMPACT AS OF JANUARY, 2021.
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MORE THAN A YEAR LATER, WE ARE STILL FEELING THE NEGATIVE REPERCUSSIONS AND THE LOSSES CONTINUE TO MOUNT.THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE $5 MILLION IN ARPA FUND FUNDING FOR ARTS AND CULTURE.
THIS IS THE MINIMUM THAT IS NEEDED FOR OUR TREASURED ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS THAT WE WORK WITH.
THANKS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE, AND THE SA CARES FOR ARTS EMERGENCY FUNDING CYCLE, WE HAVE A SOLID INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THESE RESCUE FUNDS GET IN THE HANDS OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS IN NEED QUICKLY THIS YEAR.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SHARE THAT DIANA HILDAGO AND CRYSTAL JONES HAVE SHOWN GREAT LEADERSHIP IN THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME.
WE NEED THEIR CONTINUING SUPPORT AND REQUEST THAT YOU INSTATE THEM OFFICIALLY AS LEADERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY.
UM, AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENT.
UH, WE'LL START WITH COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO.
THANK YOU, UH, CRYSTAL, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND, UH, MARY AND JOHNNY NIOSA AND OUR DISTRICT FIVE ARTS APPOINTEE, ANDY BENAVIDEZ FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE SAN ANTONIO ARTS.
UM, I'M CONFIDENT WITH THE DIRECTION IN THIS PRESENTATION AND LISTENING TO THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTS, UM, WHO HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED THAT THESE FUNDS ARE NEEDED IMMEDIATELY, UM, AND THAT THEY SUPPORT THIS PROPOSED PLAN.
UM, ONE THING THAT I DO FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT RIGHT, IS THAT I WOULD BE CONCERNED AND HESITANT TO SEE, UH, FUNDS GO TOWARDS ORGANIZATIONS, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE, UH, CURRENT EMPLOYEES ON STRIKE.
UM, BUT WITH THAT, UM, A AGAIN, WITH WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED, WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE CARES, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO GET INTO THE HANDS OF ARTISTS IMMEDIATELY.
UM, BUT WITH THAT, UH, CHAIR SANDOVAL, I MOVE TO RECOMMEND SENDING ITEM TWO, THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, FUNDS FOR THE ARTS TO AN UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL A SESSION.
I WANNA THANK YOU CRYSTAL, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR WORKING, UH, WITH THIS AND JUST TO, SO THIS WOULD BE SENDING OUT AN R F P CORRECT, TO ARTS, VARIOUS ARTS AGENCIES, UH, OR AN APPLICATION PROCESS.
AND, UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK FOR IT, BUT I THINK WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ANY ARTS GROUPS, UH, LOOKING, IS IF THEY DID INCLUDE, UH, ZIP CODES THAT THEY SERVICE, IF THEY INCLUDED THE WAGES AND BENEFITS, UH, ESPECIALLY THOSE NONPROFIT AGENCIES, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL US DURING YOUR STAFFING DURING THE PANDEMIC WOULD PROBABLY BE HELPFUL.
AND ADDRESS MY, UH, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES CONCERNS, HOW WE STAFF, HOW, HOW THE ORGANIZATION STAFF DURING THE PANDEMIC.
AND THEN, UM, I THINK ANYTHING THAT, UM, WHERE THE NONPROFIT OR THE INDIVIDUAL ARTIST IS DOING NATIONALLY AND ON THE STATE LEVEL, BECAUSE IF WE REALLY WANT ARTISTS THAT ARE GONNA TAKE US TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND INVEST IN THAT, WE SHOULD CONSIDER, MAYBE THEY'RE FROM HERE LOCALLY, BUT THEY HAVEN'T HAD, YOU KNOW, BEEN, BEEN GIVEN THE ATTENTION HERE, BUT NATIONALLY, UH, STATE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING ATTENTION.
UM, MY QUESTION RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS, HAVE WE DECIDED HOW WE'RE GOING TO DISTRIBUTE THESE FUNDS? IS IT GOING TO BE A ONE-TIME AMOUNT? ARE WE GOING TO DISTRIBUTE IT OVER THE COURSE OF THE, THE, UM, THE 2026? AND IF ON AND OFF CHANCE WE HAVE, MAYBE THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION IN THERE, PEOPLE STRIKE, WILL WE BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND, AND LOOK AT THAT AND, AND SLOW DOWN THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS IF THAT HAPPENS? SO WHAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT, ESPECIALLY, UM, WITH THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, IS TO HAVE A ONE-TIME CONTRACT, BUT COLLECTING INFORMATION ON A REGULAR BASIS AND HAVING AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF WHEN THEY PLAN TO USE THE FUNDS FOR EXPENSES.
SO IF THEY PLAN TO USE IT IN THE FIRST YEAR OR THE, THE SECOND YEAR, COLLECTING THAT SO WE, WE CAN CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMPLIANT WITH THE CONTRACT.
UM, THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE, UH, DISCUSSED AT THIS TIME AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE NEED.
UH, AND THEREFORE EACH IN INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATION, UH, CAN TELL US WHEN THEY PLAN TO SPEND THE FUNDS, UH, WHETHER IT'S IMMEDIATELY OR WHETHER IT'S, UH, SPREAD OUT OVER THE TIMEFRAME, MAKING SURE THAT THE EXPENSES ARE MADE BY 2026.
ALRIGHT, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE, WHEN, WHEN WE MAKE THE DECISIONS OF WHO'S, WHO'S ON THE LIST TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS THAT WE, WE UNDER, THEY UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE A PLAN FOR IT.
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UH, SITUATION.SO I, YOU KNOW, WE ASKED YOU TO WORK QUICKLY, WE KNEW THAT THE ARTS FUNDS BECAUSE YOU HAD SOMETHING FOR THE CARESS ACT WAS READY TO GO.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL, UH, LISTENING AND COMING FORWARD WITH THAT.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN, COUNCILMAN MICKEY RODRIGUEZ.
UM, I DO FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK AND WHATNOT THAT WE HAD FROM THE LAST MEETING WAS IMPLEMENTED.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU FOR LISTENING AND FOR IMPLEMENTING IT.
UM, WOULD YOU MIND GOING TO SLIDE SIX,
I UNDERSTAND THIS HAS LIKELY ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED PREVIOUSLY.
UM, DOES THE MAX AWARD MEAN THAT IF AN ORGANIZATION HAS A BUDGET OF 50,000 AND THEY RECEIVE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF POINTS, OR THEY'RE RANKED HIGHEST THAT THEY WOULD GET, UH, THIS IS SIMPLY BY THEIR BUDGET.
SO WHEN, LET'S SAY THERE'S THE BUDGET RANGE OF 50 TO $200,000, UH, IF THEY MEET THE ELIGIBILITY ON THE LEFT, THEY WOULD THEN QUALIFY FOR 12% OF THEIR BUDGET, WHATEVER THAT IS, BETWEEN 50 UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS AND $200,000, THAT WOULD BE THEIR MAX AWARD, WHATEVER, 12% OF THAT WOULD BE.
AND HOW DOES THAT GET, UM, SO OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY WOULD WANT THE MAXIMUM AWARD THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAN.
HOW DOES THAT GET DECIDED? WE TAKE THE LAST THREE YEARS OF THEIR I R S TAX FILINGS, AND WE TAKE THE AVERAGE OF THE BUDGET, AND THAT'S HOW WE FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY FALL WITHIN THE BUDGET RANGE.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE SLIDE EIGHT.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHY, UM, SO I SEE THE GOAL, ONE OF THE GOALS IS 50% OF ARTISTS RECEIVING GRANTS WOULD CREATE NEW WORKS AND PERFORMANCES.
WHY MIGHT THE OTHER 50% NOT, THERE MAY BE ARTISTS WHO SIMPLY JUST NEED TO PAY THEIR RENT, UH, WITH THIS FULL $7,500 OR, OR, OR BILLS.
UH, THAT WOULD CERTAINLY PUT THEM IN A EXPERIENCE WHERE BECAUSE THEIR BILLS ARE TAKEN CARE OF, THEY WOULD FEEL MORE CONFIDENT THAT THEY, THEY COULD CREATE ART.
BUT THAT'S WHY I WOULDN'T SAY A HUNDRED PERCENT BECAUSE THERE MAY JUST BE THOSE IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, AND THEN THEY CAN GET FOCUSED ON ART.
THERE MAY BE A ARTIST, UH, WHO WILL PAY, USE HALF OF THE FUNDS FOR HOUSING EXPENSES AND THEN USE THE OTHER PORTION, UH, FOR NEW WORK.
SO WE THOUGHT THAT 50% WOULD BE A GOOD NUMBER GIVEN THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH THE ARTS COMMUNITY TO FOCUS ON.
UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE ITEM.
MY FINAL REQUEST WOULD BE, UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR MY OFFICE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE ARTS DEPARTMENT, UM, TO HOST AN APPLICATION WORKSHOP OR A PROPOSAL WORKSHOP.
ANY COMMENTS? THANK YOU, CRYSTAL.
UM, I'M WONDERING HOW WE LANDED ON 133 ARTISTS.
AND THEN I'M, I'M, I GUESS I'M CONCERNED THAT, UM, A LOT, A LOT OF THE INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS WHO HELP THE NEED THE MOST HELP, UM, MAY NOT FIND OUT ABOUT THIS UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE.
AND THEN I'M ALSO CURIOUS AS TO LIKE, LET'S SAY WE HAVE 200 ARTISTS APPLY, HOW DO WE DECIDE WHICH 67 DON'T, DON'T GET THE FUNDS? OKAY, SO THE FIRST QUESTION FOR 133, THAT'S $7,500 PER ARTIST UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS WHAT, UH, THIS COMMITTEE HAD, UH, EXPRESSED THE LAST TIME OF ALLOCATING $1 MILLION FOR ARTISTS, $4 MILLION FOR NONPROFITS.
SO THAT'S HOW WE BUILT THE MODEL.
AND KNOWING THAT $7,500 WOULD EQUAL 133 ARTISTS AS A PART OF THE PROGRAM.
THE SECOND, UH, ITEM IS THAT WE WILL HAVE, UH, A VARIETY OF MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO MEET WITH EACH COUNCIL OFFICE, GET GRAPHICS, GET INFORMATION, UH, OUT TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN HELP US FIND THOSE ARTISTS.
UH, WE WILL BE, UH, HAPPY TO HOLD APPLICATION WORKSHOPS.
WE WILL HAVE APPLICATION WORKSHOPS, UM, JUST HELD BY THE DEPARTMENT OVERALL CITYWIDE.
UH, SO WE WOULD LOVE, UH, ANY AND ALL HELP TO HIT THE GROUND, UH, RUNNING AND, UM, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE ARTISTS, UH, KNOWING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
AND THEN THE, UH, THIRD POINT IS THAT'S WHERE THE SCORING COMES IN, INTO EFFECT, REALLY PRIORITIZING THOSE ARTISTS WHO ARE LOW INCOME, WHO MAKE MAJORITY OF THEIR INCOME FROM ARTISTIC ACTIVITY TO SHOW THAT THEY REALLY ARE, UH, CONTRIBUTING TO THE ARTISTIC COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
SO THAT WOULD DETERMINE WHO THOSE 133 ARE, THOSE WITH THE MOST, UH, NEEDS FINANCIALLY, AND THEN BASED ON WHERE THEY LIVE AND IF THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDED FUNDING IN THE PAST.
AND THEN HOW LONG ARE YOU LOOKING TO KEEP
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THE APPLICATION PERIOD OPEN FOR? 30 DAYS.AND, UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UH, WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, SOME OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT APPLICANTS HAD REQUESTED MONEY FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, SO I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU PLAN TO PUT THAT IN THE APPLICATION AND IF THAT WILL AFFECT THE SCORE IN ANY WAY.
WE DO PLAN TO PUT THAT IN THE APPLICATION.
AT THIS POINT, IT DOES NOT IMPACT THE SCORING, BUT WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT OUR NONPROFITS AND ARTISTS HAVE RECEIVED, UH, WITH A GOAL OF HELPING THEM THRIVE, UH, BEYOND THE PANDEMIC.
BUT YES, WE WOULD INCLUDE THAT APPLICA, UH, IN THAT QUESTION IN THE APPLICATION.
AND, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THEY RECEIVED THE FUNDING OR JUST WHETHER OR NOT THEY APPLIED MM-HMM.
AND, UM, I HAVE A FEW MORE
COULD YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CULTURE SPECIFIC CATEGORY AND HOW THAT WOULD BE, UM, WEIGHED OR SCORED? OH, YES.
SO, UM, OUR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC CATEGORY FALLS IN LINE WITH OUR BASE OPERATIONAL, UM, UM, CATEGORIES.
BUT HOW THAT IS EVALUATED IS IF THEIR MISSION ACTUALLY SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIES THAT THEY ARE HELPING PRESERVE A CERTAIN CULTURE, LATINO, AFRICAN AMERICAN, ASIAN AMERICAN, UH, WOMEN.
IF THEY'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON, REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT AS A MISSION IN THEIR NONPROFIT AND IT'S STATED IN THEIR NONPROFIT, THEN THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THAT CULTURALLY SPECIFIC CATEGORY.
UM, AND WE WILL HAVE A, A PANEL PUT TOGETHER FOR BOTH INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND NONPROFITS.
AND AS WE DID WITH THE SA CARES FOR ART, WE HAD THE, THE PANEL EVALUATE IF THAT MISSION REALLY DOES FIT THAT CULTURALLY SPECIFIC CATEGORY.
UM, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHO'S ON THAT PANEL AGAIN? WE, WE ARE DOING A, AN EVALUATION AND CALL FOR PANELISTS ONCE THIS PROGRAM IS, UH, IMPLEMENTED.
WE DO HAVE PANELISTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN OUR SYSTEM THAT HAVE ALREADY APPLIED TO BE A PANELIST SHOULD THIS KIND OF OPPORTUNITY COME TO FRUITION.
SO WE WOULD BE DOING A CALL OUT TO THOSE PANELISTS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP PREVIOUSLY.
BUT IT'S USUALLY, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE ARTS EXPERTS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT DO NOT HAVE A DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE GRANTEES, UH, OR PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS.
UM, ARTS INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, UH, EDUCATORS, UH, ANYONE WHO IS REALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE ARTS INDUSTRY.
AND THEN THE, THE OTHER THING I REMEMBER HEARING WHEN WE MET LAST TIME WAS IF, UH, WHEN YOU COME BACK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE PROVIDE A LIST OF ALL THE APPLICANTS, JUST NOT JUST THE ONES WHO WERE SELECTED.
IS, WAS THAT YOUR REQUEST COUNCILWOMAN? MM-HMM.
UM, WELL, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE, UM, TAKE A VOTE ON THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER, MOTION CARRIES.
MADAME CLERK, THANK YOU TO THE ARTS DEPARTMENT AND TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE.
SO WE'LL SEE THIS ON ONE OF OUR COUNCIL AGENDAS HOPEFULLY SOON.
UM, I KNOW WE, UH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO, TO THE NEXT ITEM, BUT BEFORE THAT, I'M GONNA TAKE A QUICK, UM, BREAK.
I DID NOT GIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, NUMBER ONE, UH, WE DO HAVE AN EMAIL LIST FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SIGN UP TO, TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE AGENDA FOR THIS COMMITTEE GETS POSTED.
UM, AND I HADN'T BEEN ANNOUNCING THAT LATER.
SO IF YOU, UM, IF YOU DO WANT TO KNOW, UH, THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE WILL SIGN YOU UP.
UM, OR YOU CAN, IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY VIDEO, UH, YOU CAN JUST EMAIL DISTRICT SEVEN AT UH, SAN ANTONIO.GOV.
THE NEXT COMMENT IS THAT, UH, YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF HANDOUTS.
UH, ONE OF THEM IS THE RESOLUTION THAT WE, UH, THAT WE DIRECTED THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT TO WORK ON A WHILE BACK REGARDING FREEDOM TO READ THAT IS GOING TO COUNCIL THIS WEEK.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT.
THANK YOU MR. MCCAREY FOR SHEPHERDING THAT THROUGH.
AND THEN WE HAVE A FOLLOW UP FROM OUR APRIL 28TH, UH, MEETING AT YOUR PLACES.
UH, AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE,
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WHICH IS, UM, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS FOR SENIORS.THANK YOU, MELODY, AND GOOD MORNING.
SO MELODY WOOSLEY, HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR, I, AND THIS PRESENTATION TODAY PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE, UH, ARPA SENIOR SERVICES FUNDING CATEGORY.
AND I WILL GO THROUGH OUR STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, AS WELL AS A PROPOSED COMPETITIVE FUNDING, UM, PROCESS OF THE BEGINNINGS OF ONE AND THE TIME, AND THE, YOU KNOW, OUR PLAN TIMELINE A LITTLE MORE FLESHED OUT THAN THE LAST TIME YOU SAW IT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION.
AND SO, A PRELIMINARY STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK, UM, FROM CITY COUNCIL.
WELL, PRELIMINARY CITY COUNCIL FEEDBACK, UM, INCLUDED PROVIDING FUNDING FOR SOCIAL ISOLATION TO ADDRESS SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH TO ADDRESS, UM, OUTDOOR AND EXPAND OUTDOOR AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES, FOOD SECURITY AND ACCESS, AS WELL AS FINANCIAL SECURITY.
LAST MONTH, UM, CHECK ALSO PROVIDED ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE, AND THAT WAS TO INCREASE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, UH, DIGITAL INCLUSION EFFORTS, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION PROCESS NAVIGATION TO ENHANCE SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMMING, MENTAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES, UM, TRANSPORTATION AND SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS WHO ARE NOT ATTENDING OUR SENIOR CENTERS.
AND SO, BASED ON YOUR POLICY GUIDANCE, WE HAVE MET WITH A NUMBER OF TARGETED OLDER ADULT ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS TO HELP FINALIZE OUR C OVID 19 IMPACTS, AS WELL AS STRATEGIES INCLUDING THE CITY COUNTY COMMISSION ON ELDERLY AFFAIRS, THE SOUTH TE SOUTH TEXAS ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMUNITY BOARD AND SALSA, SUCCESSFULLY AGING AND LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO THROUGH THE AREA FOUNDATION.
ALSO THE BEXAR COUNTY SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AND OUR SENIOR CENTER PARTICIPANTS.
UM, ALSO PARTIC HAVE ALSO PROVIDED SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK.
AND SO THIS TABLE SHOWS STAKEHOLDER AND CHECK INPUT ON C OVID 19 IMPACTS TO BE ADDRESSED, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES TO, UM, ADDRESS THOSE NEGATIVE IMPACTS.
TRANSPORTATION WAS MENTIONED THE MOST AS A BARRIER TO PREVENTING ISOLATION, ACCESSING, UH, FOOD AND BASIC NEEDS SERVICES.
AND ALSO IT'S A BARRIER TO SEEKING MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
AND SO POTENTIAL STRATEGIES COULD INCLUDE, UM, EXPANDING CITY, OPERATED SENIOR CENTER TRANSPORTATION, OR IMPLEMENTING A OR COMMUNITY BASED TRANSPORTATION MODEL SUCH AS TAXIS, UBERS, LYFTS.
AND SO INPUT ALSO SUGGESTED PRIORITIZING OLDER ADULTS IN DIGITAL INCLUSION EFFORTS.
AS WELL AS, UM, INCREASING ACCESS TO THOSE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES.
AND SO NEIGHBORHOOD BASED PROGRAMS THAT CONNECT OLDER ADULTS TO BASIC HEALTHCARE RESOURCES SUCH AS COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS WERE IDENTIFIED, WAS IT IDENTIFIED AS A, UM, STRONG STRATEGY.
AND STAKEHOLDERS ALSO RECOMMENDED PROGRAMMING TO INCREASE NEIGHBORHOOD BASED ACCESS TO FOOD AND COMMOD COMMODITIES, SUPPORTING ENROLLMENT IN BENEFITS PROGRAMS SUCH AS SNAP ENHANCING CAREGIVER TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE, UM, OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
AND THEN ALSO PROVIDING RESPITE RESOURCES FOR CAREGIVERS OF OLDER ADULTS.
AND SO WE ARE PROPOSING ISSUING A JOINT RESOURCE, UH, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR YOUTH SERVICES, SENIOR SERVICES AND NONPROFIT SOCIAL SERVICE INVESTMENTS.
UH, WE ARE COORDINATING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO SIMPLIFY, SIMPLIFY OUR FUNDING PROCESS AND DETERMINE THE FINAL TIMELINE.
AND SO, IN SUMMARY, WE WILL COMPLETE INITIAL STAKEHOLDER INPUT SESSIONS BY EARLY JUNE AND FINALIZE PROPOSED FUNDING PRIORITIES, GOALS, AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS BY AUGUST.
WE ALSO PLAN TO HAVE A DRAFT R F P DOCUMENT BY AUGUST, WHICH WILL BE POSTED FOR ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY INPUT.
UM, PRIOR TO RELEASING THE FINAL R F P DOCUMENT IN SEPTEMBER, WE WOULD REQUEST CITY COUNCIL CHECK AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAN AND THEN ISSUE THE R F P BY OCTOBER OF 2022.
WE WILL COMPLETE EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS, UM, AND
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REQUEST APPROVAL OF AWARDS FROM CHECK AND CITY COUNCIL IN EARLY 2023 WITH CONTRACTS BEGINNING NO LATER THAN MARCH 1ST, 2020.SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION TODAY, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
MELODY, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE A SEPARATE PRESENTATION FOR THE NEXT ITEM, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE COMBINED HERE.
UM, DO I HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU.
UH, I LIKE THE IDEA OF, UM, THE R F P PROCESS, THE SENIORS, AND THE, UM, THE SENIORS AND THE YOUTH, UH, TOGETHER.
I'M NOT SURE IT I'LL, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE NONPROFIT 'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WOULD FIT IN THIS.
UM, UNLESS THERE'S GONNA BE SOME OVERLAP IN SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, WHICH I, I CAN KIND OF SEE.
BUT I THINK, UM, THE ONE THING AS, AS WE PRIORITIZE, AGAIN, SIMILAR IS THE ZIP CODES IN TERMS OF WHERE, WHERE THEIR PRI PRIMARY OUTREACH IS.
BECAUSE OF THE MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE COME TO SPEAK TO ME, SOME OF THEM ARE, UM, THEIR, THEIR BRICK AND MORTAR IS NOT IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE OF, BUT THEY, EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, SAYS WE REACH OUT TO THE WHOLE CITY.
SO I THINK ZIP CODES ALSO, AGAIN, UM, WAGES AND BENEFITS AND HOW THEY, UH, STAFFED DURING THE PANDEMIC.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING IS HOW THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING FOR THE, WITH THE CITY AND WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE THEY WORKING WITH THE CITY IN.
UM, AND, UM, AND KIND OF JUST SEEING HOW, IF AFTER, IF THEY MEET THIS, I IMMEDIATE NEED, HOW DOES THIS LOOK LONG TERM IN LONGEVITY? IF WE GET A SENIORS CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET, BUT WE KNOW DIGITAL ISN'T COMING FOR 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE SEE IT PAST 2026? SO I THINK WE JUST NEED, AND I WANNA GET MY SENIORS CONNECTED TO THE DIGITAL, BUT HOW DO WE DO THAT, UH, STRATEGICALLY SO WE DON'T PUT ANOTHER COST BURDEN ON THEM IN THE FUTURE.
UH, IF THAT MEANS MORE, BETTER WIFI, BETTER FIBER AT THE SENIOR CENTERS OR THE LIBRARIES THAT WE AS A CITY ARE LOOKING STRATEGICALLY AT THAT ALSO.
I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO SEEING WHAT THE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE TO INPUT.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP.
UM, DO YOU WANNA OH, GO, GO AHEAD, COUNCILWOMAN.
UH, THANK YOU MELODY FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE WE WERE CELEBRATING, UM, OLDER AMERICANS MONTH AT CITY HALL.
AND THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN SEEING, UH, THE SENIORS ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, GET TOGETHER, UH, AND CELEBRATE.
I I REALLY VALUE THAT YOUR OUTREACH INCLUDES SPEAKING TO SENIORS AT THE SENIOR CENTERS.
UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT I CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM THE SENIORS IN MY COMMUNITY, AGAIN, IS ACCESS TO, TO FOOD.
AND I KNOW IN A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE WE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY COUNCILMAN BRAVO RECOMMENDED HOW WE CAN BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT, UM, ADDRESSING THOSE FOOD DESERTS WITH DEVELOPMENT.
AND I KNOW, UH, WITH, UH, THE SENIOR CENTERS IN DISTRICT FIVE, UH, AGAIN, AS I EXPRESSED THE LAST TIME, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE OF SENIORS WANTING TO APPLY FOR FOOD BANK ASSISTANCE, BUT THEY DON'T QUALIFY, RIGHT? LIKE BARELY.
UM, SO WHAT I HOPE TO SEE IS, UH, IF WE CAN SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS LOOKING TO ADDRESS OUR FOOD DESERTS, UM, UH, AND OF COURSE, RIGHT WITH NUTRITIOUS FOODS, UM, AGAIN, UH, WHAT MANY OF THE SENIORS IN MY COMMUNITY WANNA SEE IS, UM, INCREASED, UH, SERVICES WHEN IT COMES TO THE, THE WORKOUT CLASSES THAT THEY ALREADY OFFER.
UM, MORE FREQUENT COURSES ON THAT.
UM, BUT I, I APPRECIATE, UH, ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING INTO THIS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS ITEM SOON.
COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ? THANK YOU, CHAIR.
UM, I AM, I DON'T KNOW, I'M, I'M GOOD WITH THIS PLAN.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN ADDED POTENTIALLY AS A, UM, IF YOU COULD GO TO SLIDES FIVE.
UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK SHOULD BE, UM, INCLUDED AS A PROGRAMMER STRATEGY WOULD BE, UM, HOW SOMETHING REGARDING HOUSING STABILIZATION, UM, POTENTIALLY CLINICS AT SENIOR CENTERS AND HOUSING TO, UM, AS SENIOR CENTERS OR SENIOR HOUSING TO ASSIST THEM TO APPLY FOR RISK MITIGATION FUNDING OR OTHER RESOURCES.
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UM, I'D ALSO, MAYBE FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPLY FOR THESE RESOURCES, SOMETHING I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE A PILOT PROGRAM FOR A SEMI RAPID RESPONSE, UM, FOR WELLBEING CHECKUPS.I KNOW THAT MY OFFICE, WE RECEIVE A LOT OF CALLS FROM CONSTITUENTS WHO DON'T WANNA CALL OTHER ENTITIES, BUT THEY WANT WELLNESS CHECKS DONE, UM, FOR FOLKS THAT THEY KNOW, SPECIFICALLY SENIORS.
AND SO I'M, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE TO REVISE THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE IN INCLUDED.
ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MEL.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO, I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS, BUT I'LL HOLD THEM TILL WE HEAR BOTH PRESENTATIONS.
SO, MOVING ON TO, UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UM, ARPA FUNDS FOR NONPROFIT AND SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND SO SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, THE BRIEFING WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON ARPA NONPROFIT AND SOCIAL SERVICES FUNDING PLAN, INCLUDING THE PROGRESS ON OUR STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, PROPOSED COMPETITIVE FUNDING PROCESS, AND THE PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
SO AT THE LAST CHECK MEETING IN APRIL, YOU ALL PROVIDED POLICY DIRECTION, ENCOURAGING US TO SOLICIT ADDITIONAL TARGETED STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK, DEVELOP A FUNDING PROCESS THAT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT SMALLER NONPROFITS, FUND GAPS AND ACCESS AND QUALITY OF FOOD AND OF FOOD AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS TO SIMPLIFY OUR APPLICATION PROCESS AND REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE, UH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO AGENCIES THAT, SO THAT THEY CAN MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND TO EXPAND IMMIGRATION SUPPORT SERVICES.
POTENTIALLY SETTING ASIDE 1.5 MILLION OF THE 4 MILLION TO FUND IMMIGRATION, UM, SERVICES.
AND WE HEARD MANY OF THESE SAME POINTS FROM NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
AND OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WILL ADDRESS THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SO BASED ON POLICY GUIDANCE, UM, PROVIDED BY YOU ALL, WE ARE WORKING TO ENHANCE FEEDBACK FROM TARGETED STAKEHOLDER ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS IN ORDER TO FINALIZE OUR FUNDING PRIORITIES.
THESE GROUPS, UM, INCLUDE THE NONPROFIT RESOURCE CENTER, NONPROFIT PARTNERS, OTHER COMMUNITY FUNDING FUNDERS, INCLUDING UNITED WAY, THE SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION, AND LISC FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND IMMIGRANT SERVING ORGANIZATIONS.
WE PLAN TO COMPLETE ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS BY EARLY JUNE.
AND WE HAVE BEGUN TYING PROPOSED PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES TO C OVID 19 IMPACTS IDENTIFIED BY BOTH THE CHECK COMMITTEE AND STAKEHOLDERS TO ADDRESS THE NONPROFIT AGENCY FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS, INCREASED COSTS, AND INCREASED INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
OUR STAKEHOLDERS INDICATED THAT CAPACITY BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES ARE NEEDED AS WELL AS FLEXIBLE GENERAL OPERATING DOLLARS AND IT INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS EQUIPMENT AND DATA SYSTEMS. ONE AGENCY COMMENTED THAT FUNDERS EXPECT ORGANIZATIONS TO SHARE AND COLLECT DATA, BUT DON'T PROVIDE THE FUNDING TO COVER STAFF TIME OR THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
AGENCIES ALSO REQUESTED FLEXIBILITY TO APPLY IN MULTIPLE ARPA CATEGORIES TO ADDRESS AGENCY FINANCIAL IMPACTS AS WELL AS CLIENT DIRECT SERVICE NEEDS.
IN THE AREA OF NON-PROFIT IMMIGR IMMIGRANT RESOURCES.
COVID IMPACT ON IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES WERE IDENTIFIED AS, UM, NEGATIVELY IMPACTING ACCESS TO HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND DECREASED ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES.
IMMIGRANTS SERVING AGENCIES INDICATED THERE IS A HIGH NEED FOR HOUSING, FOOD, AND BASIC NEEDS PROVIDED BY TRUSTED ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND SO WE ARE PROPOSING, AGAIN, UH, TO ISSUE A JOINT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR YOUTH AND SENIOR AND NON-PROFIT INVESTMENTS BY OCTOBER.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE BOTH, UM, FUNDING FOR SERVICES, ACTUAL DIRECT SERVICES, AS WELL AS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO WE'RE REQUESTING INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS ON AREAS OF THE FUNDING AND CONTRACTING PROCESS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IMPROVED AND WORKING WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO SIMPLIFY THOSE FUNDING PROCESSES.
SO, IN SUMMARY, WE WILL COMPLETE THE INITIAL STAKEHOLDER INPUT SESSIONS BY EARLY JUNE AND FINALIZE PROPOSED FUNDING PRIORITIES,
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GOALS, AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS BY AUGUST.THIS TIMELINE WILL RUN ALONGSIDE THE, UM, SENIOR SER SENIOR SERVICES AND YOUTH SERVICES TIMELINES, SO THAT WE WOULD ISSUE THE R F P IN OCTOBER COMPLETE EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, IN THE EARLY PART OF 2023 AND REQUEST APPROVAL FROM CHECK AND FULL CITY COUNCIL, UM, SO THAT OUR CONTRACTS COULD BEGIN BY MARCH OF 2023.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, MY FIRST QUESTION WAS GONNA BE ABOUT THE SMALL ORGANIZATIONS, BUT I SEE THAT YOU'VE CAPTURED THAT AND, UM, I IMAGINE THAT WILL ALSO APPLY TO THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD.
UM, I DO HAVE TO SAY, I, I THINK THE INPUT YOU ARE GETTING THE PROCESS THAT YOU'VE, UH, PROPOSED AND ARE FOLLOWING FOR IT IS VERY THOROUGH.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN RECOVER INFORMATION THAT WE CAN USE FOR OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
NOT JUST, UH, THIS PROCESS BECAUSE HONESTLY, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY AND THE INPUT YOU'RE GETTING IS GOING TO BE SO VALUABLE.
SO, UM, CAN, CAN YOU REMIND ME HOW DOES THIS TIMELINE OVERLAP WITH OUR DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING PROCESS? SO, JUST AS WE ARE COMPLETING THIS TIMELINE AND ISSUING CONTRACTS BE STARTING, UM, OUR CONSOLIDATED FUNDING DELEGATE AGENCY PROCESS.
SO WE WOULD ANTICIPATE, UM, KICKING THAT OFF WITH PRELIMINARY PRESENTATIONS TO COUNCIL IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY, AND THEN ISSUING AN R F P BY APRIL FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
SO IT'S, UH, APRIL OF 2023? YES.
AND THEN THAT WOULD BE WORKED INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE INFORMATION YOU COLLECT WILL INFORM THE PRIORITIES IN THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING? I, I THINK ABSOLUTELY.
UM, I AM A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT HOW LONG THIS TIMELINE IS, 'CAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS CAME TO US, UH, EVEN BEFORE WE BEGAN PLANNING FOR LAST YEAR'S, BUT THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE, UH, THEY THOUGHT ARPA WAS GONNA BE PART OF THE BUDGET AND I DON'T THINK WE, WE KNEW WHETHER OR NOT IT, IT WAS AT THE TIME.
SO I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN, UH, ANXIOUSLY AWAITING SINCE THEN.
AND SOME OF THEM AREN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO, WELL IN THE PAST HAVE NOT RECEIVED FUNDING THROUGH THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING PROCESS.
SO I'M WONDERING IS THERE ANY WAY TO, UM, AND I'LL, I'LL HEAR FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TOO, BUT IS THERE ANY WAY TO, UH, MAYBE ACCELERATE THE PROCESS? WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AND, UM, SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT WAYS, UH, WE CAN SAVE TIME.
UH, WHAT ARE PROCESSES THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY, UM, SHORTEN? SO WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND ACCELERATE WHERE WE CAN.
UM, I DID HAVE ANOTHER, OH, SO THIS R F P PROCESS WOULD BE COMBINED WITH, UM, SENIORS AND YOUTH? YES.
UM, SO WHEN IT COMES BACK TO US FOR APPROVAL, ARE WE JUST GOING TO APPROVE OUR PARTS OR IS THERE SOMETHING THAT COULD THROW OFF THE WHOLE R F P PROCESS? I MEAN, DO WE WILL HAVE DIFFERENT GUIDANCE? I, I GUESS WHAT'S THE CONSOLIDATED PART? IS IT THE TIMELINE OR IS IT THE APPLICATION? WELL, BOTH.
UM, SO IT WOULD INCLUDE SEPARATE SCOPES OF WORK FOR THE THREE AREAS.
SO AGENCIES THAT WERE WANTING TO APPLY, UM, IN SENIORS WOULD LOOK AT THE SENIOR SCOPE OF WORK, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE WE'RE ASKING TO, OR WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO INVEST IN.
AND THEN THEY WOULD NEED TO FOLLOW THAT.
AND SO WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE WHERE WE HAVE MULTIPLE SCOPES OF WORK AND AGENCIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO EACH OF THOSE.
UM, SOME SUBMITTING A SET OF QUESTIONS FOR EACH CATEGORY AS WELL AS BUDGETS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST TO, UH, ADD TO WHAT MELODY MENTIONED.
THE GOAL WOULD BE REALLY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES FOR US TO HAVE, SINCE IT'S THE SAME DEPARTMENT THAT IS OVERSEEING ALL THREE FUNDING, BUT THE SCOPE OF WORK WILL BE DIFFERENT.
THE CRITERIA MAY BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THE SCOPE OF WORK.
SO FOR INSTANCE, THE CHECK COMMITTEE WILL HAVE INPUT ON NONPROFITS AND SENIORS, AND AS WE'RE WORKING WITH THE E W D C COMMITTEE, THEN THEY WILL HAVE INPUT ON YOUTH.
BUT IT'S REALLY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE THE THREE CATEGORIES INTO ONE PROCESS.
AND I THINK THAT'S LESS CONFUSING FOR THE APPLICANTS AS AS WELL.
WHAT ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH CATEGORY?
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SO MENTAL HEALTH WILL BE MANAGED BY OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.SO WE WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT TIMELINE FOR THAT.
AND WE'LL BE BRIEFING PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ON MAY 26TH ON THE STATUS OF THE, THE PLAN AND A TIMELINE AS WELL.
THAT JUST MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING 'CAUSE I THINK SOME ORGANIZATIONS MIGHT SEE AN OVERLAP BETWEEN, BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH AND SOME OF THE THINGS HERE.
SO, SO THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY WILL ALSO, UM, TAKE APPLICATIONS FROM, UM, HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, MAYBE I THINK, FOR INSTANCE, THE ROED APPLICATION THAT WE HAVE OR THE, FOR TRANSPORTATION, I THINK IT WAS, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS BORN.
I THINK THEY HAD SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL FOR TRANSPORTATION AND, AND THE BLOOD AND TISSUE, UH, CENTER.
THEY'RE, THOSE ARE NOT GONNA GO TO METRO HEALTH THEN? WELL, DEPENDING ON THE SCOPE OF WORK.
SO AS WE BRIEF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ON THE 26TH ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE IN THAT PRELIMINARY PLAN, UM, AND ONCE WE GET THE FEEDBACK TO FINALIZE THE SCOPE OF WORK, THEY COULD POTENTIALLY APPLY DEPENDING ON WHAT THE COMMITTEE, UM, RECOMMENDS TO, UM, FOR THE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS THAT WE'LL BE ADDRESSING FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
MY, MY THOUGHTS RIGHT NOW ARE THAT IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO ALSO, UH, ALIGN OURSELVES WITH THAT TIMELINE AND WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
UH, GLAD YOU'RE MEETING WITH IMMIGRANT SERVING ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, CAN YOU TELL US WHICH ONES YOU'RE MEETING WITH OR HAVE ALREADY MET WITH? I CAN, UM, SO CATHOLIC CHARITIES RAICES, UM, ARE, TWO OF THEM GET TO MY NOTES.
UM, THE, UH, OUR, ALL OF OUR MIGRANT SERVICES PRO, UH, PARTNERS, THE INTERFAITH WELCOME COALITION, FOOD BANK, THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE AND CORONE MINISTRIES, AS WELL AS THE AFGHAN REFUGEE RESPONSE COLLABORATION, WHICH INVOLVES A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS SCHEDULED WITH I THINK ACADEMIA AND SOME OF THOSE, THEIR PARTNERS AS WELL AS, LET'S SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.
THE REFUGEE SERVICES OF TEXAS, THE CENTER FOR REFUGEE SERVICES AND CULTURE LINGA.
I DIDN'T HEAR YOU MENTION AMERICAN ORGANIZATION FOR IMMIGRANTS.
MAY I MAKE A REQUEST THAT YOU ALSO MM-HMM.
UM, WE HAVE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND THAT IS OH, OKAY.
BUT, UH, COUNCIL MCKEE RODRIGUEZ HAS BEEN GIVING ME THE EYE THE WHOLE TIME I'VE BEEN ASKING QUESTIONS.
I WOULD NEVER GIVE YOU THE EYE.
UM, MY ONLY REQUEST IS THAT, UM, SIMILAR TO MY REQUEST OF THE ARTS DEPARTMENT, IS THAT AROUND OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, WHENEVER THE R F P IS OPEN, THAT WE HOST SOME SORT OF SET OF CLINICS OR WORKSHOPS FOR, UM, SOME OF THE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE R F P PROCESS.
SOME OF THE NON-PROFITS THAT, UM, I WAS LOOKING AT, WELL, I KNOW CENTRAL MED IS LOOKING FOR TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS, LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND BLOOD AND TI THE BLOOD AND TISSUE, UM, THE CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER.
I, I, I KNOW IT COULD GO UNDER YOUTH, BUT, UM, IF, IF IT FIT UNDER NONPROFITS ALSO.
UM, AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE DISCUSSION WITHIN THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO SEE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH THESE MENTAL HEALTH DOLLARS.
'CAUSE I THINK PART OF THIS IS OVERLAPPING AND IF WE COULD COORDINATE WITH THEM TO SEE IF WE CAN'T, UH, SHARE KIND OF THAT R F P PROCESS, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT COMMITTEE DECIDES TO GO.
BUT, UM, I THINK WHEN I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN IMPACTED A VARIETY OF, UM, NONPROFITS THAT ARE, ARE TRYING TO HELP THOSE THAT WERE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, AND I THINK WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PART OF THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT SOMETIMES IT KIND OF GAPS BETWEEN SENIORS AND YOUTH.
MY ONLY, UH, COMMENT IS, UM, SIMILAR TO THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
I KNOW MANY OF OUR NON-PROFIT AND SOCIAL SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE VERY SMALL, UM, ARE EXPRESSING THAT THEY'RE VERY CLOSE TO HAVING TO
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CLOSE SHOP.UM, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE CAN, UH, SPEED THIS PROCESS ALONG, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
UM, BECAUSE AS, UH, THE CHAIR MENTIONED, SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE, RIGHT? AND, UH, THEY'RE A COUPLE THAT I'M HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN.
AND MANY OF THEM ARE OFFERING LIKE, VERY IMPORTANT SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND I, I WANNA ENSURE THAT, UH, WE, WE PROVIDE THE, THE, THE, THE HELP, RIGHT? WE PROVIDE THAT RESCUE THAT THESE DOLLARS ARE SUPPOSED TO OFFER TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND I, I WOULDN'T WANNA SEE THESE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS CLOSE.
SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY RECOMMENDATION IS IF WE CAN MOVE THIS ALONG, UM, THAT'D BE GREAT FOR THESE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
COUNCILMAN, DID YOU WANNA CHIME IN? OKAY.
SO, SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS, UH, YOU WILL BE BACK HERE IN JUNE, IS THAT RIGHT? OR WE CAN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO, UM, OH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT AUGUST.
UM, ALL RIGHT, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE
UM, BUT I, I THINK, UH, WE, UH, WE'VE HEARD AT LEAST TWO OF US EXPRESS CONCERN, UH, FOR THE, THE TIMELINE FOR SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, BUT, UH, MAYBE WE CAN MEET WITH YOU OFFLINE AND SEE WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO IN THAT SENSE.
COUNCILMAN, DID YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT? YOU GAVE ME BOTH EYES, BUT THEY'RE VERY FRIENDLY.
I CAN ALSO EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT THE TIMELINE SO THAT IT'S THREE OF US.
UM, BUT I'M WONDERING PERHAPS IN, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE FUNDING PRIORITIES, GOALS, AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT MAYBE JULY SPENT JULY.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET THE FINAL PLAN IN R F P TO CHECK IN JULY? JULY? I THOUGHT COMMITTEES DO.
UM, ACTUALLY, COULD THE CLERK OR THE ATTORNEY OR THE C M O OFFICE LET US KNOW? IS THAT POSSIBLE TO MEET IN JULY? DO COMMITTEES MEET IN JULY? I MEAN, THAT'S USUALLY THE BREAK OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, SO I'LL ACCEPT.
AS I SAID, WE TYPICALLY DON'T MEET AND ALL MEETINGS ARE RESCHEDULED, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE COULDN'T, UM, ALSO BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING, WE'LL MEET INTERNALLY AND REVIEW THE TIMELINE AS WE ARE ALSO PREPARING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, AND I KNOW THREE OF OF THE MEMBERS HERE TODAY ARE ALSO IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
SO WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE EITHER MAYBE VIA MEMO OR UM, UM, BUT BEFORE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, SO THAT WAY WE CAN TELL YOU HOW WE CAN SHORTEN THE TIMELINE.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE WE CLOSE ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MEL.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.