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WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.
WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER THIS MORNING.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER MAKI R.
COUNCIL MEMBER ILLA GRANT HERE.
THE FIRST ITEM IN OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 19TH MEETING.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
UM, WE'LL NOW VOTE ON THE MOTION.
ARE WE USING THE COMPUTER? UM, IT SEEMS TO BE DOING FUNKY THINGS, SO, OKAY.
UH, WE'LL NOW BEGIN WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY? OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE THAT LIST AIR SECTION JUST UNDER SPEAKERS? ACTUALLY, I CAN CALL THEM FOR YOU IF YOU LIKE.
I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY UNDER, UM, HERE THOUGH.
CAN I GO FIRST AND THEN GIVE YOU THE REST? YES, PLEASE.
ERIC ESTRADA, FOLLOWED BY BILL WILKINSON.
A REMINDER THAT YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK TODAY.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FORM COMMUNITIES, BEST KNOWN FOR OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM, THE SAN ANTONIO CLUBHOUSE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR TAKING TIME OVER THE YEARS TO MEET WITH OUR TEAM AND TALK TO US, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING IN CAPACITY BUILDING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND IN DIRECT SERVICE, UH, WITH MENTAL HEALTH HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE APPRECIATE THE CITY'S COMMITMENT AND THE COMMITMENT OF CITY LEADERSHIP THAT YOU'VE MADE TO ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH.
AND WE HOPE THAT COUNCIL WILL DECIDE TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN PREVENTION, INCREASE AWARENESS, AND EASIER ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT HERE AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL SO THAT FEWER PEOPLE ARE, ARE AT A PLACE WHERE THEY NEED CRISIS SUPPORT.
AS YOU KNOW, FORMER COMMUNITIES IS A MENTAL HEALTH NONPROFIT HEADQUARTERED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING HERE FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS TO REMOVE THE BARRIERS TO, UH, EARLY MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.
UH, WE WANT TO EQUIP AS AN ORGANIZATION, EVERY COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY'S MENTAL HEALTH.
AND I THINK THAT'S A BIT UNIQUE, IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE ALSO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.
UH, WE SERVE AS A CUSTOMER SERVICE HUB, A CONVENER AND A COLLABORATOR ACROSS THE NATION IN A VARIETY OF UPSTREAM MENTAL HEALTH OPTIONS.
AND WE BRING SOME EXPERTISE BASED ON OUR ACTUAL EXPERIENCE PROVIDING SERVICES TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS, WE'VE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE OUR RECOMMENDED GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR IMPACTFUL INVESTMENTS IN MENTAL HEALTH.
AND WE WANNA TAKE THIS AS A LAST CHANCE TO ITERATE SOME OF THOSE POINTS.
SO THE, THE FIRST ONE THAT I'LL MAKE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT PREVENTION AND UPSTREAM TO BE CENTERED IN ALL OF THE WORK THAT IS GOING ON.
UM, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH SOME EXAMPLES HERE.
I'M GONNA JUST ACTUALLY SKIP A LITTLE BIT AHEAD, UM, AND SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SECOND, UH, GUIDING PRINCIPLE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THAT LIVE EXPERIENCE AND PEER SUPPORT SHOULD BE AT THE CENTER OF ALL THESE MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES.
YOU KNOW, PEER SUPPORT IS A WIDELY RECOGNIZED EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH TO MENTAL HEALTH.
YOU KNOW, YOU TRAIN PEOPLE TO USE THEIR HARDEST MOMENTS TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE THROUGH THEIRS.
IT'S A REALLY SIMPLE IDEA, AND IT CAN SEEM KIND OF RADICAL IN SAN ANTONIO.
PEERS ARE EFFECTIVELY HELPING PEOPLE ACROSS, UH, THE CITY EVERY DAY.
AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS EFFECTIVE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS OUT THERE, BUT YOU HAVE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE WHO ARE ABLE TO HELP OTHERS THROUGH SOME OF THEIR DARKEST TIMES.
SEE, WE'VE GOT ABOUT THREE SECONDS THERE.
UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO REDUCE STIGMA THAN TO SIT WITH SOMEBODY AND SAY, YEAH, I WENT THROUGH THAT TOO.
YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH, AND I CAN HELP YOU OUT WITH THAT.
YOU SEE THAT ALL THE TIME HAPPENING WITH OUR VETERANS, WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE, UH, AND IT'S HELPFUL WHEN IT HAPPENS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO, THE FINAL PRINCIPLE THAT I WANNA SHARE IS THAT WE THINK FUNDING AND SERVICES SHOULD GO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO FIND HELP FOR MAINTAINING THEIR WELLNESS OR BE EXPECTED TO CROSS TOWN TO ACCESS THAT SUPPORT.
WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING SERVICES WHERE PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A PRETTY CONVENIENT LOCATION, AND I WISH THAT NO ONE EVER HAD TO COME TO US, THAT WE JUST GO TO WHEREVER THEY ALREADY ARE.
IF PEOPLE AREN'T ALREADY VISITING, IF THEY'RE ALREADY VISITING COMMUNITY CENTERS AND NONPROFITS AND FAITH-BASED COMMUNITIES, THEN THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH THEM AROUND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.
THIS IS WHY COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND HAVE TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS MUST BE
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INCLUDED IF WE'RE GONNA REACH PEOPLE BEFORE A CRISIS.THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN UNDERSERVED AREAS WHERE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY HAVE THE TRUST OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
LACK OF TRUST IS A BIG BARRIER TO CARE.
IF YOU DON'T TRUST THE SYSTEM, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO GET SEEN BY IT.
SO YOU NEED TO LEVERAGE THOSE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THOSE FOLKS ARE NEVER IN THE ROOM, UNFORTUNATELY.
I MEAN, WE ARE AWARE WHEN THESE THINGS GO ON, BUT MOST PEOPLE DO NOT.
THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING THE HARD WORK.
SO WE'RE HERE SPEAKING FOR THEM.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS, OUR CITY NEEDS TO INVEST IN THE WELLBEING OF ITS RESIDENTS.
UM, AND THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR CITY WILL DEPEND ON WHETHER WE CAN SHIFT TO PREVENTION AND UPSTREAM APPROACHES, INCLUDING CENTERING PEER SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WORK, PLAY, AND PREY.
SO IF YOU'RE ABOUT TO INVEST, $26 MILLION SERVES THE ISSUE OF MENTAL HEALTH, WE'RE REQUESTING THAT A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, IN OUR SCHOOLS, IN OUR FAITH-BASED SETTINGS, UH, TO PROVIDE THE UPSTREAM MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING YOUTH, OLDER ADULTS, VETERANS.
ANYONE THAT NEEDS HELP SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND IT WHEREVER THEY ALREADY ARE.
AND, UH, TO BE CLEAR, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UM, I MISSPOKE EARLY WITH TWO.
ERIC, YOU HAVE THREE MORE MINUTES.
SO, THE OTHER COMMENT I WOULD MAKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE, UH, THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, IT'S REALLY ABOUT BEING UPSTREAM.
AND I, I THINK I CAN, I CAN PUT MY NOTES DOWN FOR THAT.
YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO MY DAUGHTER LAST YEAR OVER DINNER.
SHE, UH, SHE SAID, I THINK I NEED TO SEE A THERAPIST.
IT'S THE THING THAT WE TALK ABOUT AT HOME, YOU KNOW, FOR ANYONE KNOWS OUR FAMILY, WE, WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING.
THOSE ARE THE TWO TOPICS THAT REALLY COME UP IN OUR TABLE.
AND WHEN SHE TALKED ABOUT GETTING SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HER, AND THANKFULLY, WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAN BE BENEFICIAL IN THAT MOMENT.
AND SO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT UPSTREAM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF SETTINGS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT MY KID, UH, TALKED ABOUT AND WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WITH HER, UM, HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT SOMETIMES WHEN WE DI WHEN WE DISCUSS MENTAL HEALTH.
YOU KNOW, SHE DIDN'T SAY, I, I'M TRYING TO AVOID A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATION.
SHE, SHE DIDN'T SAY LIKE, I DON'T WANNA CALL 9 1 1.
LIKE, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT SHE DOESN'T THINK ABOUT.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT OUR KIDS DON'T THINK ABOUT.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT THE CONSTITUENTS DON'T THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW? AND SO WHEN WE GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND YOU GUYS HAD ALL THOSE ARPA LISTENING SESSIONS, I HAD A CHANCE TO BE AT A LOT OF THOSE.
'CAUSE I WANTED TO HEAR WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, BECAUSE THIS IS THE WORK THAT MY TEAM DOES.
WE'RE AROUND THE CITY DOING THIS KIND OF THING.
NOWHERE IN ANY OF THAT THAT I EVER HEAR ANYONE SAY, LIKE, I DON'T WANNA CALL 9 1 1 AS MUCH.
I DON'T WANNA CALL AND, AND NEED A PSYCHIATRIC BED AS MUCH.
NO ONE, NO ONE SAYS THAT, NO ONE TALKS LIKE THAT.
PEOPLE AREN'T LOOKING FOR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
YOU KNOW, NO ONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO ASK FOR HELP.
AND THEY'RE NOT EXPERTS AT THIS.
Y'ALL ARE NOT EXPERTS AT THIS.
WE DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE EXPERTS AT THIS.
SO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM, AND YOU HEAR SOME OF THOSE TERMINOLOGY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UPSTREAM.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE DINNER TABLE AFTER SCHOOL, AND THE COMMUNITY SETTINGS.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, AT CHURCHES, IT'S NOT ABOUT CALLING 9 1 1.
AND IT'S NOT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE KINDS OF METRICS, THOSE ARE REALLY KIND OF DOWNSTREAM THINGS.
THOSE ARE THE SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME THAT EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW? AND SO IF, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE SAME KINDS OF METRICS, THEN YOU'RE GONNA GET THE SAME KINDS OF RESULTS, JUST MORE OF THEM.
IT'S LIKE BUILDING MORE HIGHWAYS BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE CARS.
YOU'RE NEVER GONNA, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA MEET THE DEMAND.
CHAIRWOMAN HARTA, AS WELL AS THE REMAINDER OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
I AM HERE REPRESENTING SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND, AND I'M HERE IN THE CAPACITY OF ADVOCATE FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE SERVED OUR COMMUNITY FOR DECADES.
WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU FUND UPSTREAM COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AS MENTIONED BY THE PREVIOUS, UH, SPEAKER.
THESE ARE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE TAKING, TAKING PLACE IN, IN A A BEFORE THERE IS A REACTION.
AND BEFORE THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE CRITICAL EXPERT INTERVENTION, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU USE THIS R F P PROCESS.
UM, USE A R F P PROCESS THAT IS PUBLIC, EQUITABLE, TIMELY, AND TARGETS THE FUNDS TO GO WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED THE MOST.
THE COMMUNITY WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU REMEMBER THAT OUR LOCAL UPSTREAM PROVIDERS ARE EXPERTS.
THEY'RE SERVING COMMUNITIES NOW.
IN FACT, MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN CALLED TO ASSIST WITH THE FAMILIES AND SYSTEMS IN VALDI AFTER THE TRAGIC, UM, SHOOTING THESE ISSUES.
UH, THE ISSUE IS NOT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE WHAT IT NEEDS, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, IT'S THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NEEDED TO FULFILL THESE OBLIGATIONS ARE NOT ADEQUATELY FUNDED.
ANY CONVENINGS OR COALITIONS SHOULD BE AS INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE AND SHOULD BE COMPRISED OF UPSTREAM COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHO SHOULD BE EMPOWERED TO MAKE DECISIONS AND LISTEN TO AS EXPERTS IN THIS WORK.
IF THE DESIRE IS FOR THE CONVENING TO BE DONE
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BY STRIKE AS PRESENTED, THEN OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS NEED MORE REPRESENTATION AT THAT TABLE, MORE THAN ONE SEAT.SO ASK, HOW WILL OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS BE RESPECTED AND HEARD THROUGH THESE PROCESSES? SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME THAT DOWNSTREAM SERVICES FOCUS ON ILLNESS WHILE UPSTREAM SERVICES FOCUS ON WELLNESS.
AND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF CHANGE WE HOPE THIS FUNDING HAS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE EAST SIDE NEEDS A FUTURE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE OLDER ADULTS ON OUR STREETS WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES OR LATENT MENTAL PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES THAT HAVE GONE UNDETECTED, UNTREATED, AND HAVE MANIFESTED THEMSELVES IN FURTHER ABUSE AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
SO I'M ASKING LEAN ON THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THIS WORK IN A MANNER THAT IS MEANINGFUL AND THAT IS INTENTIONAL.
THAT'S, UM, THAT'S ALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND, AND THANK YOU ALL, UM, FOR SPEAKING TODAY AND FOR, FOR HELPING INFORM OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANNA VERY BRIEFLY WANNA, UM, TAKE SORT OF A POINT OF PER PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO PUBLICLY THANK ALL OF YOU.
AND ALSO, I'M GONNA TELL A QUICK STORY ABOUT, UM, ERIC OVER AT, UH, CLUBHOUSE.
WE HAD A MENTAL HEALTH FAIR IN MY DISTRICT, AND I WASN'T SURE WHO, IF PEOPLE WERE GONNA SHOW UP, BUT WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT.
BUT THERE WAS A, A LADY THAT SHOWED UP AND, UM, WAS IN CRISIS, UM, AND ERIC TOOK HER TO THE SIDE, UM, UNDER THE PAVILION OR AT THE FOOD BANK, AND GOT HER, GOT HER HELP RIGHT AWAY.
SO, AND ON OUR BOOK, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THAT WAS A SUCCESS.
AND SO THAT'S THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.
SO WE THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU THAT, THAT CAME TO SPEAK TODAY.
UM, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE.
UM, YOU WANNA READ THE TITLE? DO YOU WANNA DO THE CONSENT AGENDA? ITEM TWO? OH, I'M SORRY, YES.
THE, UM, UM, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PULL THE ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE ITEM ON CONSENT SECOND WITH A MOTION IN SECOND.
I, I TOOK YOUR VOTE SINCE YOU ALL SAID ASK.
UH, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE.
COMMITTEE POLICY DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE, ON THE SS L F R F SPENDING FRAMEWORK.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
UH, TODAY WE CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION OF THE ALLOCATION OF ARPA DOLLARS SPECIFICALLY FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE HAD A MEETING IN APRIL TO BEGIN THE CONVERSATION, INTRODUCE THE WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE BY THIS COMMITTEE.
UH, TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT WORK.
UH, WHAT WE HAVE DONE, AND WE ARE GOING TO, WHAT WE ARE GONNA PRESENT TO YOU IS A DRAFT, UH, OUTCOMES THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, UH, WORKING WITH, WITH THE COMMITTEE, HEARING YOUR, YOUR INPUT, UH, AS WELL AS SOME STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO ADDRESS THOSE, THOSE IMPACTS.
AND ALSO SOME EXPECTED OUTCOMES.
AGAIN, THIS IS A DRAFT FOR INPUT, UH, FROM THE COMMITTEE, IS NOT THE FINAL PLAN.
UH, WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU TODAY TO VOTE ON THIS PLAN.
THIS IS JUST CONTINUES THE, THE PROCESS THAT WE STARTED LAST MONTH.
IN ADDITION TO THE, THE DRAFT PLAN THAT I MENTIONED.
WE ALSO WANNA PRESENT TO YOU, UH, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.
WE HAVE HEARD, AS YOU JUST HEARD, UH, TODAY, UH, DESIRE TO COLLABORATE MORE WITH, UH, THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL IN TERMS OF THE, THE FINAL ALLOCATION OF THOSE DOLLARS.
AND ALSO, WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A REVISED TIMELINE AND NEXT STEPS.
SO, AS A REMINDER, THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE IS TO DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UH, THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT IDENTIFYING COVID IMPACTS RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AND PROGRAM AND STRATEGIES THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY, DESIRE, OUTCOMES, AND METRICS.
AND THEN DEVELOP THE FOUR YEAR PLAN.
SO TODAY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IS, UH, PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS ON STEP ONE, TWO, AND THREE OF THE PLAN.
SO LET'S BEGIN WITH SOME OF THE COVID IMPACTS THAT WE IDENTIFY.
SO, THREE SPECIFIC IMPACTS WERE IDENTIFIED AS FAR OF THIS, UH, PROPOSED PLAN.
ONE ADDRESSES BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT HAVE, UH, ESPECIALLY HAPPENED IN LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES WHERE C OVID 19 IMPACTED THE MOST, UH, AND, AND CREATED, UH, CONDITIONS THAT WERE WORSENED BY THE PANDEMIC.
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ALSO, ADDRESSING THE NUMBER OF 9 1 1 MENTAL HEALTH CALLS THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.AND THEN THE THIRD IMPACT IS TO ADDRESS THE INCREASED SOCIAL ISOLATION, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND SUICIDE THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN OUR YOUTH, UM, OLDER ADULTS AND VETERANS.
SO NOW I'M GONNA REVIEW SOME OF THE PROPOSED STRATEGIES, PROGRAMS AND OUTCOMES FOR EACH OF THOSE, UH, THREE SPECIFIC IMPACTS THAT I JUST MENTIONED.
SO, AND BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANTED TO UPDATE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER SCORED BEAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER SCORED APPROVE AN ALLOCATION OF $30.5 MILLION TO MENTAL HEALTH OUT OF THEIR ARPA ALLOCATION.
THERE ARE THREE STRATEGIES THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT COUPLE OF PAGES THAT WERE APPROVED.
AND THAT RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, WE WERE SEEKING A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY ON SOME OF THE STRATEGIES.
AND, UH, AND THREE OF THOSE WERE APPROVED THIS WEEK.
SO, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, KARIO HAVRE, AND MYSELF, ARE GONNA BE MEETING WITH THE COUNTY NEXT WEEK TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE STRATEGIES LOOK LIKE AND REPORT BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE.
BUT THOSE ARE LISTED IN HERE, AND I'LL REVIEW THOSE NEXT.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH BEXAR COUNTY TO ESTABLISH A COLLABORATIVE CONVENER OF UPSTREAM SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO ADDRESS GAPS IN SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED ASSISTANCE BEFORE IT BECOMES A CRISIS TO JUST HEARD FROM MR. MR. ESTRADA, UH, AND OTHER SPEAKERS AS WELL, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ADDRESS THOSE PRE-CRISIS SERVICES BEFORE THEY BECOME A CRISIS.
AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT WE ARE WORKING IN SILOS.
YOU HAVE THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND MANY PROVIDERS, THE FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO HAVE A CONVENER THAT WILL SERVE AS A CLEARINGHOUSE, THAT CAN DISCUSS THE GAPS THAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE, AND NOT ONLY FOR THE FUNDING RELATED TO ARPA, BUT FOR ANY FUTURE INVESTMENTS THAT OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTY INVEST IN MENTAL HEALTH.
THE SECOND STRATEGY THAT WAS ALSO APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER COURT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 20, UM, TWENTY FOUR SEVEN CENTRAL PHONE NUMBER FOR FAMILIES TO CALL THE NEED ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES, KIND OF LIKE A NAVIGATION NAVIGATOR TYPE OF, UM, UH, HEADLINE THAT CAN HELP HIM WITH THE SERVICES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY BEFORE THEY ARE IN A CRISIS.
SO THIS WILL ASSIST WITH THOSE CALLS THAT SOMETIMES COME TO 9 1 1 THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED BY DIFFERENT PROVIDERS.
SO WE WANT TO EXPLORE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS, UM, UH, CENTRAL PHONE NUMBER.
THE THIRD STRATEGY THAT WAS ALSO APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER SCORED, UH, IS A DEVELOPMENT OF A PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER AREA THAT THE CITY IS INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AWARENESS OF, UH, MENTAL ILLNESS, REDUCE THE STIGMA, AND ALSO PROVIDE A SERIES OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THIS, UM, ILLNESSES HERE IN, IN, IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR COUNTY.
TO ADDRESS THE SECOND IMPACT, WHICH HAS AN INCREASE IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, AS WE HAVE SEEN THROUGH OUR 9 1 1 CALLS, IS, UM, ALSO TO BEGIN A CONVERSATION WITH, UM, BURKE COUNTY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BETTER ADDRESS THOSE CALLS THAT COME TO OUR 9 1 1 SYSTEM.
ONE OF THE PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS THAT WE HAVE IS TODAY, WHEN YOU CALL 9 1 1, YOU HAVE AN OPTION OF POLICE E M S OR FIRE AND PERHAPS EXPLORING AN ALTERNATIVE TO ADD A, A MENTAL HEALTH OPTION FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED ASSISTANCE FROM OUR 9 1 1 PROVIDERS WHEN IT COMES TO A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
UH, THE NEXT AREA THAT, THAT WE, UM, HAVE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND WE HAVE HEARD FROM SOME OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS A CONTINUED FUNDING FOR THE SA CORE TEAM THAT WAS FUNDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE JUST STARTED THE PROGRAM IN APRIL.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT TWO MONTHS UNDER OUR BELT.
SO IN, IN THE CURRENT BUDGET THAT IS, UH, FUNDED FOR FISCAL YEARS 22 AND 23.
SO THIS, UH, POTENTIALLY COULD FUND THAT PROGRAM THROUGH 2026.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE COMMITTEE, UH, A DESIRE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TEAMS. SO IF THE COMMITTEE DECIDES TO DO THAT, WE CAN EXPLORE THAT OPTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, UH, OR AFTER, ONCE WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CURRENT, UH, TEAM THAT, THAT WE STARTED IN APRIL,
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THE COMMITTEE ALSO MENTIONED EXPANDING MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO OUR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FIRST RESPONDERS AS SPECIFICALLY POLICE AND FIRE.SO WE HAVE THAT LISTED AS A, A STRATEGY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO EXPLORE.
THEN THE THIRD IMPACT IS ADDRESSING THE INCREASED SOCIAL ISOLATION, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND SUICIDE THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN SCHOOL AGE YOUTH.
AND ONE OF THE, THE REQUESTS FROM THIS COMMITTEE WAS FOR US TO SPEAK TO THE YOUTH COMMISSION.
SO WE DID THAT ON, UH, SATURDAY, MAY SEVEN.
AND WHAT YOU SEE REFLECTED ON, ON THE SCREEN, UH, REFLECTS, UH, THE, THE IMPACT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE YOUTH COMMISSION.
SO SOME OF THE, THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY, UH, INDICATED, THEY WANTED US TO ENHANCE THE MOBILE MENTAL WELLNESS COLLABORATIVE THAT WE HAVE WITH SCHOOLS.
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS CURRENTLY MANAGED BY OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND THIS IS ALSO AN AREA THAT THE COUNTY ALLOCATED, UH, $16 MILLION AS PART OF THEIR, THEIR, UM, ACTION THAT COMMISSIONERS COURT TOOK EARLIER THIS WEEK, SPECIFICALLY TO EXPAND THAT TO ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN BEAR COUNTY.
UM, WE ALSO HEARD A DESIRE TO HAVE MORE, UH, IN-SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY EVENING AND WEEKENDS, ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FOR OUR, UM, SCHOOL YOUTH, UH, ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL TEXT SERVICES AS TO WHERE THEY CAN TEXT TO SOMEBODY CONFIDENTIALLY AND GET ASSISTANCE.
UM, ALSO ENHANCING, UH, CRISIS ASSESSMENT TEAMS TO WORK WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH AT SCHOOLS.
WE ALSO HEARD ABOUT POTENTIALLY EXPANDING THE PROJECT WORTH TEEN AMBASSADORS.
AND THIS IS ALSO A PROGRAM THAT IS MANAGED BY METRO HEALTH, UH, TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR OUR YOUTH AND IMPROVE POSITIVE SOCIAL, UH, AND EMOTIONAL BEHAVIORS AMONG OUR YOUTH.
SEVENTH TO 12TH, UH, GRADE, UH, WE ALSO HEARD, UM, UH, FROM THE COMMITTEE, UH, A DESIRE TO PROVIDE PRE-IMPOSED DIAGNOSIS SERVICES FOR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS SUCH AS AUTISM.
SO THAT IS REFLECTED ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR OUTCOME.
NOW, ON THE THIRD IMPACT, THIS IS, UM, ADDRESSING THE INCREASED SOCIAL ISOLATION, ANXIETY AND DEPRESS DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE IN OLDER ADULTS.
SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING HERE IS, UM, INDIVIDUALS LIKE OUR SENIORS THAT EXPERIENCE ISOLATION, UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC AND BEING ABLE TO CONNECT THEM, UH, TO RESOURCES AND SERVICES, ALSO TO, UH, EXPEDITE IDENTIFICATION OF HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND ADHERENCE TO MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT FOR THOSE, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED IT.
UM, ALSO TO INCREASE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES AT THE CITY, SENIOR FACILITIES FOR OUR SENIORS TO BE ABLE TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL ISSUES THAT THEY EXPERIENCE, UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC.
AND A AND A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE STAFF, UH, WE ADDED TO THE LIST IS, UH, TO PROVIDE CAREGIVER PROGRAM SERVICES FOR THOSE, UM, FAMILY MEMBERS OF, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE FACING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, AND THEY'RE STAYING AT HOME.
AND THOSE CAREGIVERS NEED ASSISTANCE AS WELL.
SO THAT IS ANOTHER, UH, STRATEGY THAT WE IDENTIFIED.
AND FINALLY, WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMITTEE WAS ALSO TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO OUR VETERANS.
SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IN THIS PARTICULAR STRATEGY IS TO HAVE SIMILAR OUTREACH TEAMS TO THE TEAMS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM AND HUMAN SERVICES TO EXPAND THOSE, UH, SERVICES TO THOSE VETERANS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND BE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM TO, UH, SERVICES, EITHER MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE RESOURCES, AS WELL AS HOUSING.
SO IN TERMS OF A STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, UH, WE ARE, UH, PROPOSING THAT, THAT THIS HAPPENS DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE AND JULY.
AND I HAVE, UM, A, A SLIDE TO KIND OF GET MORE INTO THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
WE HAD INITIALLY CONTEMPLATED TO BRING THIS BACK TO COMMITTEE ON JUNE 21ST.
UH, BUT WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE, OUR NEXT, UH, UPDATE TO THIS COMMITTEE BE IN AUGUST.
AND THAT'LL GIVE US THE TIME TO WORK WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND PROVIDE YOU WITH YOU THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING TO US, AND INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE, THE FINAL PLAN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE AND THE NEXT STEPS, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD A FIRST MEETING IN APRIL.
UH, WE ARE HERE TODAY MEETING WITH YOU, UH, PROVIDING YOU WITH AN INPUT, WITH A, UH, WITH AN UPDATE.
WE WILL START THE STAKEHOLDER INPUT IN JUNE AND JULY.
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COME BACK TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IN AUGUST, AND THEN BRING THE PLAN FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL EITHER IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF OUR NEXT MEETING, A, A COMPETITIVE PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO AWARD THIS, UH, FUNDS AND BRING THE RESULTS OF THAT COMPETITIVE PROCESS TO THE FULL COUNCIL IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER.SO, IN TERMS OF THE STAKEHOLDER INPUT, AS I MENTIONED, WE, UH, MET WITH THE YOUTH COMMISSION ON MAY SEVEN.
UH, WE, UH, ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH INPUT FROM SERVICE PROVIDERS, UH, IN GENERAL.
AND WE HAVE A LIST OF THOSE FROM OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND ALSO FROM OUR HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AND WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SENT LETTERS TO US AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING, UM, COMPREHENSIVE AND INCLUSIVE OF ALL THE SERVICE PROVIDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROCESS.
AS I MENTIONED, UM, THERE'S AN S A T COALITION, UH, THAT HAS STARTED SOME WORK.
AND THIS IS COMPRISED OF UPSTREAM MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROVIDERS THAT WOULD ALSO BE INVITED.
WE WOULD ALSO VISIT WITH OUR FAITH-BASED, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE, UH, TWO MEETINGS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY NOT FIT IN THOSE CATEGORIES.
UH, THAT CAN PROVIDE US WITH THEIR INPUT AS WELL.
WE'LL HAVE, UH, TWO SATURDAY MEETINGS, UH, TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR EVERYBODY TO ATTEND, ONE IN JUNE AND ONE IN JULY.
SO, MADAM CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES MY, UH, PRESENTATION AND, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I'M GONNA, ACTUALLY GONNA, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA START WITH YOUR LAST SLIDE.
UM, THE, THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS.
HOW, HOW ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS SELECTED, OR, OR CAN, DO YOU ALREADY KNOW OTHER THAN THE YOUTH COMMISSION WHO, WHO THEY'LL BE? YEAH.
SO WE, WE ALREADY MET WITH THE YOUTH COMMISSION, AND AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A LIST OF MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS THAT WE WORK WITH.
UM, METRO HEALTH HUMAN SERVICES, OUR CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES, OR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CHILD SAFE, UH, SAN ANTONIO CLUBHOUSE, SAGE, UH, CLARITY, CHILD GUIDANCE CENTERS, COMMUNITY CARE COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS.
THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT ROUGHLY 40 ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE THEIR NAMES.
UH, PLUS THOSE THAT HAVE SENT US EMAILS AND ASK QUESTIONS, THE MEETINGS WILL BE, UH, PUBLICIZED.
SO THAT WAY THERE'S ANY OTHER PROVIDERS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THEIR NAMES, THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
SO, I'M SORRY, SAY THAT LAST PART AGAIN.
THERE'S GONNA BE AN OPEN MEETING FOR ANYBODY.
SO WE'LL HAVE, IF YOU CAN PUT THIS, THE SLIDE BACK ON ON THE SCREEN.
SO WE'LL HAVE SER SERVICE PROVIDERS, UM, MEETINGS, UH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE IN JUNE AND JULY.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO, UM, PROVIDE US WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR FEEDBACK.
AND YOU'LL SEE THE DATES THERE JU UH, JUNE 25TH AND JULY 9TH.
SO, LOOKING AT THIS SLIDE, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S TWO SPECIFIC DATES FOR PUBLIC INPUT.
I KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO POST IT AND ALL THAT, BUT, UM, THE JUNE, JULY, THERE'S NOT SPECIFIC DATES.
IS IS, IS THAT A A PUBLIC MEETING AS WELL, OR THOSE ARE PRIVATE MEETINGS OR, UM, WITH INVITED STAKEHOLDERS.
UH, THERE'LL BE MEETINGS WHERE WE INVITE STAKEHOLDERS TO PARTICIPATE.
UH, IF THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO, FOR US TO HAVE THOSE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, WE CAN, WE WERE, UM, THINKING ABOUT JUST INVITING THE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND HAVING THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE PROVIDERS.
I'LL, I'LL, UM, ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO HAVE PUT IN TO WEIGH IN ON THAT, PLEASE.
BUT, UM, I JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN THAT THERE'S ONLY TWO MEETINGS FOR PUBLIC INPUT WHERE WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, SEEMINGLY A WHOLE BUNCH OF PROVIDERS COME IN AND, AND JUST THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT MAYBE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE, UM, AN EXPERIENCE, JUST A GENERAL SURE.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL BE VERY INTENTIONAL TO INVITE THE PROVIDERS TO THE PROVIDERS MEETINGS.
UH, AND, UH, FOR INSTANCE, I GOT A, A LETTER JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING FROM SAGE.
AND THEY, UM, INDICATED THAT THEY WILL BE HAPPY TO HELP US WITH THAT OUTREACH SO THEY CAN CONNECT TO SOME OF THE PROVIDERS THAT THEY WORK WITH.
SO WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO, TO ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INCLUSIVE.
UM, BUT WE'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE THOSE, UM, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL, SO ANYBODY CAN ATTEND.
YEAH, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT, BUT THAT SORT OF LENDS TO MY SECOND QUESTION.
UM, A LOT OF, SOME OF THE TROUBLE THAT I'M HAVING WITH UNDERSTANDING OR, OR I GUESS HELPING TO FORMULATE THIS PROCESS IS THAT I'M GETTING SOME LETTERS.
UM, I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES ARE GETTING MAYBE DIFFERENT LETTERS, AND I'M NOT GETTING THE, THE CITY MANAGER MIGHT BE GETTING SOME, THE MAYOR, AND WE'RE NOT ALL GETTING THE SAME LETTERS, SO I DON'T, OR, OR CALLS, OR EMAILS,
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WHATEVER IT IS.I DON'T KNOW WHO IS ASKING FOR MONEY.
SO, UM, IN THAT REGARD, I, I'D ASKED FOR SORT OF A, AN RF, NOT A FORMAL R F P PROPOSAL, BUT SORT OF AN ALL CALL, RIGHT? SURE.
SO WHO'S, WHO'S ALL ASKING FOR MONEY.
SO WE CAN GET THIS ON A CHART AND LOOK AT IT, UM, HOPEFULLY AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF WHO IS REQUESTING FUNDS FROM THESE SPECIFIC, UM, THE SPECIFIC ARPA MONEY.
SO, UM, COULD YOU WALK ME THROUGH THAT, THAT PROCESS A LITTLE, A LITTLE, EXPAND ON IT A LITTLE? OF COURSE, YES.
AND, UM, SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, COUNCILWOMAN, IS ONCE WE HAVE YOUR FEEDBACK, WE GO OUT TO THE STAKEHOLDERS, GET ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH A PROPOSED FINAL PLAN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
JUST LIKE WE'RE DOING WITH THE OTHER COMMITTEES, UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING A COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR ENTITIES THAT CAN PROVIDE SERVICES TO YOUTH, UH, SERVICES, TO SENIORS, VETERANS, UH, THE SERVICES THAT I'VE REVIEWED TODAY, AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IN THEIR PROPOSALS, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE, WITH, WITH YOUTH AND WITH SENIORS AND, UM, UH, AND, AND THE IMMIGRATION, UH, SERVICES, NONPROFITS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED IS FOR PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC INPUT, WE ALSO WANNA ASK THEM FOR THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA THAT CAN HELP US FORMULATE THE RFPS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THROUGH THE OTHER COMMITTEES, LIKE CHECK FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE ARTS WAS PRESENTED AND THE IMMIGRATION SERVICES, WE PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND THE, UH, EVALUATION CRITERIA TO GET THE COMMITTEE'S FEEDBACK BEFORE WE PUT THE R F P ON THE STREET.
SO WE, WE WOULD GATHER FEEDBACK TO BE ABLE TO BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU.
SO ON THAT TIMELINE SLIDE, THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT FEEDBACK.
WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU THAT FEEDBACK ON ELIGI ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
SO THAT'LL BE IN AUGUST WHEN, WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU.
AND, UM, I'M STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING THOUGH, HOW ARE YOU, ARE YOU GONNA PUBLICLY POST IT SOMEWHERE FOR THOSE THAT HAVE, WE, I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA WRANGLE ALL THE REQUESTS THAT WE HAVET ALL CONSISTENTLY RECEIVED.
SO ONCE, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE APPROVES THE PLAN THAT WILL INCLUDE THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND THE SCORING CRITERIA, WE ARE GONNA BRING THAT PLAN TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
ONCE THE FULL CITY COUNCIL APPROVES IT, THEN WE'RE GONNA RELEASE THE R F P AND HAVE, UH, 30 TO 45 DAYS FOR PEOPLE TO SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS.
UH, WE WILL HAVE, UM, WORKSHOPS TO ASSIST, UH, ENTITIES THAT NEED ASSISTANCE OR HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE, UH, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
AND ONCE WE GET THOSE PROPOSALS, WE'LL HAVE AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THEM.
ONCE WE HAVE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE COME BACK TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACTS.
AND CAN YOU THANK YOU THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT C H C SS SERVING AS A CONVENER? AT WHAT POINT DOES THAT COME IN AND ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA GIVE THEM THE FUNDING AND THEY'RE GONNA DECIDE, OR HOW DOES THAT JIVE WITH, UM, WHAT YOU JUST EXPLAINED ABOUT THE R F P? SURE.
SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CONVENER, CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES WILL NOT BE THE CONVENER.
WE WILL HAVE A MEETING WITH THE COUNTY NEXT WEEK TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE GONNA WORK TOGETHER TO DO THAT, BECAUSE COMMISSIONER SCORED, AGAIN, APPROVED FUNDING TO DO THAT THIS WEEK.
SO WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU IN, UM, AUGUST, OR WE CAN SEND YOU THAT INFORMATION ON A, ON A FOLLOW-UP MEMO TO TELL YOU HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK.
BUT, BUT IT WON'T BE THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES, UH, BEING THAT CONVENER.
UH, IN, IN TERMS OF, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED ON THE POWERPOINT THAT WE PRESENTED TODAY, WE DON'T HAVE DOLLARS ALLOCATED TO ANY OF THE OUTCOMES AND THE PROGRAMS. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF YOUR PRIORITY, NOT NECESSARILY DOLLAR AMOUNTS, BUT THOSE AREAS THAT PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE INVESTMENT.
UH, SO WHEN WE COME BACK IN AUGUST WITH SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNTS, UM, THEN, THEN I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT REFLECTS YOUR, YOUR PRIORITIES BEFORE YOU CONSIDER THAT FOR APPROVAL.
UM, AND I THINK ONE OF THE LAST POINTS YOU MADE WAS RE REGARDING VETERANS.
HOW SPECIFICALLY ARE WE GONNA REACH OUT TO OUR VETERANS? I MEAN, I'M SURE ALL THE REGULAR CHANNELS, V F W AND, AND I'M LOOKING AT MELODY WESLEY, 'CAUSE SHE'S CURRENTLY DOING THAT WORK.
SO MELANIE, YOU WOULDN'T MIND COMING UP TO THE VOTING SHEET? THEY, THEY DO THAT EVERY DAY, SO THEY CAN OH, OKAY.
AND SO YOU'RE ASKING HOW WE WOULD OUTREACH TO VETERANS
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MM-HMM.SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, UM, PARTNERS THAT WE WOULD DO THAT WITH ENDEAVORS.
UM, IS AN AGENCY THAT IS FOCUSED NOT ONLY ON VETERANS, BUT PRIMARILY ON VETERANS.
AND THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF OUTLETS.
UM, WE WOULD WORK WITH OUR OFFICE OF MILITARY AFFAIRS, UM, AND WE WOULD ALSO ACCESS OUR HOMELESS SERVICES PROVIDERS THAT FOCUS ON VETERANS AS WELL AS THE VA CONTACTS THAT WE WORK WITH AROUND CASE MANAGEMENT AND HOUSING.
UM, JUST TO FURTHER, UM, ENHANCE WHAT, UM, MELODY JUST MENTIONED, OUR INTENT IS TO DO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
SO IF THERE ARE OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING THAT OUTREACH, THAT WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO PROVIDE US OR PROPOSALS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL, UH, I'M SORRY, COMMITTEE COMMENT.
UM, I'M BOTH EXCITED AND CONFUSED A LITTLE BIT BASED ON THIS.
SO WHEN I CAME INTO THIS, UM, WITH THE INFORMATION THAT I HAD PRIOR TO THIS BRIEFING, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT C H C S WOULD BE THE CONVENER.
AND NOW MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT'S NOT GONNA BE THE CASE.
SO A PART OF THIS WORK THAT'S GONNA BE DONE IS GOING TO BE THE COUNTY, THE CITY, AND C H C S FINDING A CONVENER.
SO, UM, I DON'T, I STILL DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS.
AS I SAID, I, I WANNA BE ABLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE COUNTY BEFORE I, I COME BACK AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UH, BUT WHAT CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES, UH, HAS BEEN DOING, AND WHAT, UM, MS. BURLEY PRESENTED AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT SHE CAME, UH, BEFORE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, IS THAT THERE'S A COALITION THAT HAD STARTED TO, TO MEET, AND THERE'S A COMBINATION OF PROVIDERS, A COMBINATION OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND SEEING THE NEED OF HAVING A CONVENER TO KIND OF HELP US MANAGE ALL OF THE, UM, UH, ALL OF THE, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.
AN EXAMPLE OF A CONVENER IS TRACK, UH, WHICH IS, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, HELPING US WITH DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY, FOR EXAMPLE, AS WE DEAL WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASSISTANCE, UH, WITH TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, STRAC IS THAT CONVENER THAT, THAT IS BRINGING THE COUNTY AND THE CITY AND CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES.
SO DON'T HAVE THOSE DETAILS YET.
BUT I GUESS THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS NOT C H C AS THAT, THAT WAS NOT THE INTENT.
SO BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING, I HAVE A REQUEST AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW VIABLE THE REQUEST IS AND THE, THE CHANCE THAT IT MIGHT BE HEARD, OR THE CHANCE THAT IT MIGHT COME TO FRUITION.
SO IF WE WERE TO HAVE ONE CONVENER, I IMAGINE THAT THEY WOULD BE WORKING WITH ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS TO SEE WHERE THEY FIT IN THE GRAND PLAN AND IN THE OUTCOMES.
AND FUNDING WILL BE ALLOCATED THAT WAY ACCURATE SO FAR.
NOT FOR THIS ARPA PROCESS, POST ARPA, SO IN YES.
THAT WOULD BE LIKE A CLEARING HOUSE, IF YOU WILL.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE, SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE US TO MAYBE EXPLORE IS THE IDEA OF A QUADRANT, A QUADRANT BASED PLAN.
SO MAYBE, UM, SO WHAT'S CLEAR TO ME IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SIMILARITY, A LOT OF SIMILARITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN PLACES LIKE THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF TOWN.
BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS THE TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WITHIN THOSE COMMUNITIES AND WHAT THEY SERVE, AND THEN THEIR CAPACITY TO SERVE.
SO IF WE WERE TO SAY, UM, YEAH, I WON'T GO THAT FAR, BUT WHAT I MEAN TO SAY, WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT ON THE EAST SIDE, WE HAVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT KNOW THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AND ARE BEST FIT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO BE GETTING MONEY AND WHO'S GONNA BE WORKING ON A PART OF THAT PLAN TO ACHIEVE ALL OF THESE OUTCOMES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EAST SIDE ORGANIZATIONS AT THE HELM.
AND SO I'M WONDERING, IS THERE A WAY TO, AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS THAT YOU'RE LINING UP, MAYBE SAY, HEY, THESE ARE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE CITYWIDE THAT MM-HMM.
ARE, THAT ARE GONNA BE A PART OF THIS STAKEHOLDER GROUP OR A PART OF THIS PLAN.
THESE ARE THE EECS OR THE WEST, THESE ARE SOUTH BASED ON THE AREAS THEY SERVE AND THE IMPACT COMMUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF SERVING.
AND FROM THERE, FINDING OUT, UM, WHAT THEIR PLACE IN THIS GRAND PLAN IS, SO THAT AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR FUNDING AND RESOURCES ARE POSSIBLE IS STRETCHED A LITTLE BIT WITH ME.
I AM, SO I'M IMAGINING THAT ENTITIES
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LIKE SAGE, WHO DO WONDERFUL WORK, NOT ONLY IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT MENTAL HEALTH AND IN SUPPORT FOR NONPROFITS AS WELL AS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE THAT DOES, UM, GANG INTERVENTION ESSAY FIGHTING BACK THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME.NOT EVEN ENTITIES LIKE OPIA GARDENS AND GARCIA STREET URBAN FARMS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ENTITIES THAT MAYBE OUTSIDE OF THE BOX BE A PART OF THIS STAKEHOLDER GROUP.
IS THAT POSSIBLE? I'M HEARING YOUR FEEDBACK, AND AS I SAID, I WANNA HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE COUNTY, BUT I'M, I'M TAKING THE FEEDBACK SO I CAN COME BACK WITH AND WITH AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTION OKAY.
AND FORMULATE HOW THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE ONCE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THEM.
AFTER YOUR CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY, I, I RECCON, SO YOU WANT TO COME BACK IN AUGUST TO BRIEF US AGAIN? I WOULD LIKE A CONVERSATION BEFORE THEN JUST TO SEE.
AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS PROBABLY DO A FOLLOW-UP MEMO AND INFORM THE ENTIRE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE OF, OF, UM, THE NEXT STEPS AND, AND THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE.
I'M TRYING TO GO BASED ON MY NOTES, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ALL, I THINK THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY MAJOR REQUEST, IS THAT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE WILL BE AN R F P.
SO MELODY, YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT MY REQUEST IS GONNA BE IS THAT WE HAVE THE WORKSHOPS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE NONPROFITS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY NOT BE USED TO DOING RFPS.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR WHO CAME AND SHARED TODAY.
UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T TALKED TO A PARTNERSHIP, I RECOMMEND Y'ALL GETTING THEIR INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR SUGGESTIONS FOR LEVERAGING ARPA FUNDS.
UM, AND THERE WERE A FEW THAT I LIKED THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANNA, I'LL, I MAY GO OVER HERE, BUT I, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
SO WE'VE GOT $26 MILLION FOR THIS.
THE COUNTY HAS PUT FORWARD 30 MILLION, AND AFTER YOUR MEETING, YOU'LL HAVE A TIMELINE OF WHAT, WHEN, AND HOW MUCH THEY PLAN TO DISPERSE IT, UH, OF THEIR DOLLARS.
SO WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN, IS THAT OF THE 30 POINT, UH, $5 MILLION, THE STRATEGIES THAT ALIGN WITH ON, ON THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE, UM, IN TERMS OF THE ONE CONVENER, THE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA, AS WELL AS A CRISIS NUMBER THAT WE CAN UTILIZE, THEY ALLOCATED A LITTLE BIT OVER $4 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS.
AND, AND THE TIMELINE, THE, THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT WE, UM, HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM IS THE ALLOCATION THAT THEY HAVE IS $16 MILLION FOR, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR MOBILE MENTAL WELLNESS, UM, COLLABORATION AT SCHOOLS.
THAT FUNDING MY UNDERSTANDING IS ALSO OVER THREE YEARS.
AND I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SCHOOLS.
UH, AND THIS, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, MARIA.
SO I'M GONNA GO, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS STRATEGY, OUTCOME, AND WHO WE ARE EXPECTING TO IMPLEMENT THIS STRATEGY.
SO, UH, FOR THE ONE CONVENER, I NEED MORE INFORMATION ON HOW, UM, IF IT'S GOING TO BE STR, IF WE COULD DO, AS COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ SAID, AND BREAK IT UP INTO QUADRANTS.
UH, BECAUSE I'M NOT HEARING A LOT OF AGENCIES THAT DO DOWNSTREAM ISSUES.
I'M HEARING A LOT OF AGENCIES THAT DO, UH, I MEAN, A LOT OF AGENCIES THAT DO THE DOWNSTREAM ISSUES, NOT THE AGENCIES THAT DO THE UPSTREAM ISSUES.
AND THAT IS WHERE WE NEED TO BEGIN.
UM, ON THE SECOND PART OF THE, THE DRAFT WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT A PARTNERSHIP FOR A TWENTY FOUR SEVEN CENTRAL, UH, PHONE LINE, UH, I'M A MAYBE ON THAT.
I, AGAIN, I WOULD NEED MORE DETAILS REGARDING, UH, WHO WOULD BE MANNING THIS LINE.
WOULD IT WOULD BE, WOULD IT BE SOMEONE FROM THE CITY? WOULD IT BE STRAC? WHAT SORT OF INFORMATION WOULD BE PROVIDING, BECAUSE I KNOW METRO HEALTH AND OUR 3 1 1 ARE ALREADY ANSWERING A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS AND PUTTING PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS FOR THIS IN THE PARTNERSHIP FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.
I'M A HARD NO ON THAT BECAUSE THERE, THERE ARE NATIONAL FUNDS, THERE IS A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN GOING ON.
IF YOU DON'T WATCH AS MUCH STREAMING TV AS I DO, THEY HAVE REALLY GREAT COMMERCIALS RIGHT NOW OF ASKING FOR HELP.
SO IT REALLY FEELS LIKE WE ARE, UM, WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING THAT WE ARE DOING ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE, WHAT I WOULD PREFER TO SEE OTHER THAN THE CITY DO IT, IS WE GO TO THESE AGENCIES AND WE GO BACK TO OUR YOUTH AND FIND OUT WHAT CAMPAIGN, WHAT
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SORT OF ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN TO, TO, UH, DEMYSTIFY TALKING TO A COUNSELOR.WOULD THEY LIKE TO SEE? BECAUSE I DON'T, MY FEAR IS THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WILL JUST FIND SOME ADVERTISING AGENCY THAT DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE POPULATION THAT'S HURTING RIGHT NOW.
AND I, I REALLY THINK ON, ON THESE ISSUES FOR ANY SORT OF CAMPAIGN, WE NEED TO GO THROUGH OUR K THROUGH 12 PROVIDERS AND TALK TO THEM IF WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THE YOUTH ISSUES ON THE K ON THE, ON PART TWO FOR THE C OVID 19 C OVID IMPACT, UM, UH, A DEDICATED MENTAL HEALTH LINE, AGAIN, VERY FOR THAT, BUT NEED TO SEE WHAT THE COUNTY'S INPUT IS GOING TO BE THAT EXPAND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S SA SCORE TEAM.
I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A UPDATE ON WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR TO SEE IF, IF IT'S WARRANTED TO INCREASE THAT TEAM, OR IF WE NEED TO PIVOT AND MAKE IT MORE ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, FAMILY VIOLENCE, UM, CHILD ABUSE, UH, EXPAND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FIRST RESPONDERS.
I ALWAYS THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE, UM, THE SUICIDE AND THE SOCIAL ISOLATION, AGAIN, WE NEED TO BRING IN OUR K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
I, I CANNOT STRESS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS BECAUSE IF WE ARE, SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND I KNOW MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE IS, UM, ARE OUR K THROUGH TWELVES GIVING? ARE THEY PART OF THE STAKEHOLDER? ARE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PART OF THE STAKEHOLDER? UM, THE OTHER IS WHO IS MAKING INVESTMENT IN SCHOOLS ALREADY? AND, UM, WHAT ARE THE DISTRICTS GOING TO DO BECAUSE THEY GOT FUNDING TOO.
AND WE NEED TO, TO LEVERAGE IT INSTEAD OF DOING REDUNDANT YES.
TO PROJECT WORTH AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO PRE AND POST DIAGNOSTICS.
I NEED TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THIS BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COME UP AND ASK FOR DOLLARS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT ABLE, THEY HAD A WAITING LIST.
SO, UM, I CAN CHIME BACK IN AFTER COUNCILMAN PERRY TALKS ABOUT THE OTHER, UM, LET ME, WELL, MOST OF 'EM WERE JUST A GUESS FOR THE REST AFTER THAT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHO WE EXPECT IF WE, WHAT WE EXPECT TO PUT OUT IN R F P, WHAT OUR METRO HEALTH CAN DO AND WHAT THE COUNTY IS PLANNING TO DO.
SO THAT, THAT, IF WE COULD GET THAT AFTER YOUR MEETING WITH THE COUNTY, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
COUNCILMAN VRAN AND COUNCILMAN PERRY.
UM, MARIA, I, I CAN TELL YOU I'M SITTING HERE, UH, I'M CONFUSED ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF.
I, I LIKE TO SEE DETAILS AND DATA.
UM, AND I HEARD A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT FIGURES TODAY.
WHAT, WHAT AMOUNT OF MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? NOT THE COUNTY, BUT HERE AT THE CITY AND THEN WHAT THE COUNTY IS BRINGING TO THE TABLE.
HOW IS THAT GONNA MESH TOGETHER? HOW ARE WE GONNA WORK WITH THE COUNTY? ARE WE GONNA DO THIS AS A JOINT, UH, CITY COUNTY EFFORT TO GO THROUGH THE LIST OF WHOMEVER TO DECIDE WHO THE WINNERS AND THE LOSERS ARE THROUGH THIS PROCESS? UM, MAN, I GOT A TON OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
UH, AND I WANNA KEEP EVERYBODY'S TIME WITH THAT.
BUT, UM, I, I'M JUST, I'M JUST ON THE HIGHER LEVEL MM-HMM.
UM, EVEN THE FORMAT OF THE R F P, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS R F P IS GONNA LOOK LIKE, WHAT IT'S GONNA BE TARGETING, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND I HEAR, YOU KNOW, I HEAR ABOUT THE INCREASES IN THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, ISSUES, UH, INCREASES IN SUICIDES, UH, ON AND ON AND ON.
BUT I NEVER SEE ANY NUMBERS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DATA THAT THIS IS BASED ON AND WHY WE'RE, WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
SO THE DATA NEEDS TO COME ALONG WITH, WITH THE OVERALL PROGRAM SAYING, YES, WE, WE HAVE THIS, THIS ISSUE AND HERE'S WHAT'S DRIVING THIS REQUIREMENT, UH, ON HOW WE'RE GONNA DISPERSE THESE RESOURCES.
AND THEN, THEN YOU LOOK AT THE RE WELL, THAT'S THE REQUIREMENTS.
BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT THE RESOURCES.
HOW MANY RESOURCES DO WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY TO TAKE CARE OF THIS TODAY? HOW, WHO ALL IS OPERATING? HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS ARE OUT THERE PROVIDING WHAT SERVICES? AND THEN I, I, IN ORDER TO FIND THE GAPS, TO ME, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO SORT THAT OUT.
YOU'VE GOTTA LOOK AT, OKAY, HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE REQUIREMENTS AND THEN HERE'S THE RESOURCES TO FILL THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LIST OF EVERY ORGANIZATION HERE IN TOWN THAT ARE PROVIDING
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MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OR WHATEVER SERVICES THROUGH NON-PROFIT AGENCIES OR FOR FOR-PROFIT AGENCIES.THEY ALL FIGURE IN TO THIS EQUATION.
UM, AND I'M JUST NOT SEEING THAT.
HOW DO WE CONNECT ALL THAT STUFF? I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE YET BEFORE WE CAN START GOING DOWN THE PATH SAYING, OH, YOU GET A THOUSAND, OR YOU GET A MILLION, OR WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS.
I, I JUST DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN GET TO THAT POINT YET UNTIL WE GET THAT DATA.
UM, THE, UM, I AND I HEAR ABOUT THE COUNTY MONEY THAT THEY'RE, HOW MUCH AGAIN, ARE THEY, THEY PUTTING ON THE TABLE, UM, FOR MENTAL HEALTH? 30.5 MILLION.
UH, I'M SURE THEY'RE UNDER THE SAME RULES THAT WE'RE UNDER MM-HMM.
UH, WE SHOULD SPEND IT ALL BY DECEMBER, 2026.
SO ROUGHLY ABOUT FOUR YEARS FROM, YEAH.
UM, THIS ISN'T RECURRING MONEY.
THIS IS THIS, THIS IS COMING TO AN END AND, AND PART OF THAT R F P PROCESS I THINK NEEDS TO FOCUS ON THAT ON, OKAY, THIS IS ONE TIME MONEY, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH IT? AND THEN WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITHOUT IT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT DATE ON WHEN THE MONEY IS GONNA BE SPENT? AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS CLEAR YET TO ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE, I'M GETTING EMAILS LEFT AND RIGHT SAYING WE NEED THIS AND WE NEED THAT.
BUT IT, THE INFORMATION THAT I'M GETTING, THESE ARE COSTS THAT THEY'RE GONNA INCUR IN PERPETUITY.
AND WHERE ARE THEY GONNA GET THE RESOURCES TO COVER THAT ONCE THESE ARPA DOLLARS ARE GONE? SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
UM, BECAUSE WHAT I'M AFRAID OF IS THESE REQUIREMENTS CONTINUING TO BE FUNDED PAST THE ARPA DOLLARS, AND WHERE'S THAT, WHERE ARE THOSE DOLLARS GONNA COME FROM? WELL, THEY'RE GONNA BE LINING UP AT THE DOOR FOR OUR GENERAL FUND THAT'S BEING NIBBLED AWAY BY A LOT OF DIFFERENT OTHER THINGS TO DATE.
AND, UM, I, I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE EITHER.
SO WE GOTTA MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR ON, ON THIS R F P, ON WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO WITH IT ONE TIME FUNDING FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME AND WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO AFTERWARDS TO COVER THAT SHORTFALL WHEN IT HAPPENS.
UM, AND THEN COUNCILWOMAN GRA, SHE BROUGHT UP A GOOD, GOOD POINT ABOUT, UH, I HEAR ALL THIS STUFF ABOUT, UH, OFFERING THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS MORE HELP.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT, ARE THEY GETTING FUNDED? HAS ANYBODY ASKED THEM, WELL, HOW MUCH FUNDING DID YOU GET? AND WHERE DID THAT FUNDING GO TO? BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN.
I DON'T WANT DOLLARS GOING, I JUST HAVE JUST, I DON'T WANT DOLLARS OUT OF THESE FUNDS GOING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
AND THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN FUNDED FOR THAT, AND THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THEIR FUNDING AND FUND SOMETHING ELSE.
THAT'S THE LAST THING THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING OUT THERE.
AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GETTING TODAY OR WHAT THEY'RE GETTING IN ADDITION.
AND THAT IS AN IMPORTANT EQUATION HERE FOR, FOR NOT ONLY THE COUNTY, BUT FOR US AS WELL ON, ON, UH, HELPING OUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALSO.
SO, UH, THAT'S KIND OF IT TOGETHER.
I NEED A LOT OF MORE, A LOT MORE INFORMATION, DATA ON THIS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE A VERY QUICK POINT.
UM, THIS, UH, THIS PROCESS IS UP TO THIS COMMITTEE, UM, AS REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M HEARING, UM, SOME SUGGESTIONS TODAY.
AND WE'RE THANKFUL, AND I THINK, UH, MARIA WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT THIS IS THE POINT OF THIS MEETING TODAY.
IS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA SEE SOMETHING IN THE PROCESS, YOU WANNA INCLUDE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
YOU WANT, UH, SOMETHING WE DON'T LIKE THE CONVENER, WHATEVER IT IS.
IT'S, THIS IS THE TIME TO DO THAT.
WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING THIS PROCESS.
THE CITY IS GONNA REACT TO US.
NOT JUST THIS, THIS COMMITTEE MEETING.
THIS IS REALLY KIND OF THE FIRST, UM, PASS AT IT AND IT'S FOR US TO SORT OF SHOOT HOLES IN.
UM, THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE RFPS, TALKING TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WHETHER WE WANNA CONVENE OR ALL THOSE THINGS THAT Y'ALL ARE ASKING THE CITY FOR, UM, THEY'RE GONNA HOLD UP A MIRROR AND SAY, WELL, Y'ALL TELL US.
RIGHT? THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TASKED WITH DOING AS A COMMITTEE.
AND IT, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
I MEAN, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU, BUT IT'S FOR US AS A COMMITTEE TO, UM, TO DO.
AND SO, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND OUR, OUR, WHEN DID YOU SAY THE NEXT MEETING FOR THIS IS? AUGUST.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT WE CAN REALLY TAKE THAT TIME TO FIGURE OUT AND, AND START TO HONE THE PROCESS DOWN.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I ALWAYS SAY THAT WE HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO DO, WHEN YOU DO A LOT OF WORK IN THE BEGINNING, THE REST OF IT, LIKE
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THE PARSING OUT, THE MONEY'S GONNA BE A LOT EASIER.I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANY OF THESE COMMENTS, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TELL THE CITY WHAT WE WANT.
NOT ASK THEM WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO.
'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA ASK US THIS RIGHT BACK.
UM, AND THAT I'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN R UH, MKE RODRIGUEZ.
UM, I THINK A POINT THAT I DIDN'T NECESSARILY MAKE, 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK I, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IS IF WE HAVE ONE CONVENER, I DON'T WANT TO SEE FUNDING GOING TO UNNECESSARY BUREAUCRACY OR BE USED FOR OVERHEAD AND THAT KIND OF STUFF WHEN IT SHOULD BE USED FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I WANT TO EXPECT, SINCE WE'RE MAKING REQUESTS, AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON A, ON A, WHAT I ENVISION A QUADRANT BASED STRATEGY TO BE, UM, IN INCORPORATING THIS PROCESS OF STAKEHOLDER AND ENGAGEMENT, UM, CONVENING ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS OF WHATEVER QUADRANT IT MAY BE, AND SAYING, THESE ARE THE STRATEGY, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS SAID THAT THEY WANT TO DO.
WHERE DO YOU AS ORGANIZATIONS FIT INTO THIS? AND HOW CAN WE BEST BRING THESE STRAT THESE GOALS AND OUTCOMES INTO FRUITION? AND FROM THERE, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE A, A FULL, A FULL PLAN AND RECOMMENDATION FOR EACH OF THE QUADRANTS AS AN IDEA.
UM, I THINK ASIDE FROM THAT, I MEAN, I BROUGHT UP WITH THE BUREAUCRACY.
I AM A LITTLE, SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, THE HOTLINE.
SO THERE'S C H C SS ALREADY HAS A HOTLINE AND THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE IT AND ADVERTISE IT EFFECTIVELY.
HOW, SO, LIKE, HOW WOULD, WHAT WOULD IMPROVE IT LOOK LIKE? SURE.
WE HAVEN'T SAT DOWN AND FIGURED THAT OUT.
UM, THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL DO AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN THAT YOU WILL EVENTUALLY APPROVE.
BUT THE GOAL, THE DESIRE, OUTCOME THAT I CAN TELL YOU.
SO WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO ENSURE IS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS FAMILIAR WITH THE NUMBER, UH, THAT THE NUMBER IS EASY TO USE.
UH, AND THAT INDIVIDUALS KNOW THAT IF, IF PERHAPS I'M EXPERIENCING SOME, UM, SITUATION THAT I MAY NEED ASSISTANCE AND I DON'T NEED TO CALL 9 1 1, THAT THERE'S A NUMBER THAT I CAN CALL, THAT THEY WILL REFER ME TO AN ORGANIZATION.
'CAUSE WE HAVE MANY PROVIDERS THAT CAN HELP ME WITH MY PARTICULAR SITUATION.
UH, OR IF I HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT IS EXPERIENCING SOME, UM, SOME CHALLENGES, THAT THERE'S A PLACE THAT THEY CAN BE NAVIGATED AND SAID, WELL, YOU HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, SO THIS RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE IN SAN ANTONIO OR BEAR COUNTY TO ASSIST YOU INSTEAD OF CALLING 9 1 1.
SO THAT'S THE DESIRE, OUTCOME.
DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT SPECIFICS, HOW THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE GONNA DO WITH, UM, WITH OUR PARTNERS, WITH THE COUNTY, WITH C H C S, WITH THE PROVIDERS.
AND I THINK WITH THE, UM, THE COUNTY I, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'VE ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES AND MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMMITTEES, UM, THAT ARE DISCUSSING ARPA, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE COUNTY PLANNING ON DOING, WHAT'S THEIR PLAN? AND I, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK.
I THINK AT THIS POINT WE HAVE ABOUT ONE MORE GOOD ASK.
AND THEN AT A CERTAIN POINT, BECAUSE ARPA WAS ALLOCATED BASED ON POPULATION, THE REASON THE COUNTY IS GETTING SO MUCH MONEY IS BECAUSE OF THE CITY.
SO IF THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO WORK WITH US, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT MORE WE CAN DO.
I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A SOLID PLAN.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THEIR ALLOCATION ALIGNS THAT MUCH WITH WHAT WE WANT TO DO, UM, BUT WE DID SAY WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
SO I, I THINK WE JUST MOVE ON REGARDLESS.
JUST ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE, THE PROCESS AND, AND THE FORM OF THE PROCESS IS GONNA TAKE IN, UM, WHEN ARE Y'ALL PLANNING ON SENDING OUT THE RFPS AGAIN? THAT WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN IN SEPTEMBER.
ONCE WE HAVE ALL THE FEEDBACK, WE GET YOUR APPROVAL, THEN WE'LL RELEASE IT.
AND HAVE Y'ALL THOUGHT ABOUT THE FORMAT OF THE PROPOSALS COMING BACK IN ON HOW THAT WILL BE STRUCTURED AND, AND, UH, UM, PUT FROM THE REQUESTER TO US ON, ON THE FORMAT? AND ARE Y'ALL GOING TO PRIOR, ARE Y'ALL GONNA EVALUATE THE CITY STAFF GONNA EVALUATE ALL THESE PROPOSALS AND THEN RANK ORDER 'EM AND WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION WILL BE? YES, COUNCILMAN, WE ARE GONNA FOLLOW SIMILAR PROCESS TO WHAT WE DO WITH THE, THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS.
THAT THERE'S ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, SCORING CRITERIA, SO THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE BEING MEASURED ON.
AND THEN TEAMS THAT WILL BE COMPRISED NOT ONLY OF CITY STAFF, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA INVITE, UM, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO HELP US EVALUATE 'EM AND RANK THEM AND THEN BRING THEM BACK FOR,
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FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION BEFORE WE ISSUE THOSE CONTRACTS.THAT I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT STRATEGY BECAUSE I, I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO BE REVIEWING PROPOSALS AND TRYING TO RANK ORDER 'EM, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH THE PROCESS HERE.
SO, UH, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT SOLID PLAN THERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, STATE AGAIN, A CITY COUNTY PRE-K THROUGH 12, I THINK IS THE BEST, UM, MOVE FORWARD.
THE OTHER THING IS IF WE CAN, IF, IF THE PLAN IS TO BRING THE DOLLARS TOGETHER, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST 50% OF THAT LOOK AT UPSTREAM ISSUES.
AND IF THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, PRE-K THROUGH 12 IS, IS DOING THE MAJORITY OF THAT 50% THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE.
BECAUSE I THINK IF WE CAN GET STARTED OUR, OUR, UH, JUMPSTART THE PREVENTATIVE ISSUES NOW, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A NEED FOR THOSE DOWNSTREAM ISSUES IN THE FIVE YEARS WHEN WE RUN OUT OF THESE ARPA DOLLARS.
AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, WE ARE GOING TO RUN OUT OF THESE DOLLARS.
BUT I KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO SOME ORGANIZATIONS, THEY ARE TRYING TO WORK THEIR WAY OUT OF A JOB BECAUSE THEY WANT PEOPLE TO, THEY WANT YOUTH TO FIND THEIR OUTLETS AND, AND TO KNOW HOW TO TALK AND USE A VOCABULARY SO THEY'RE NOT IN CRISIS.
UM, AND, AND OF COURSE THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A NEED FOR, UM, UH, A CLARITY AND, AND OTHER RESOURCES BECAUSE WE KNOW MENTAL HEALTH, UH, IS, IS MORE THAN WHAT WE, WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING NOW.
BUT IF WE HADN'T HAD THIS PANDEMIC, IF, IF WE HADN'T HAD CHILDREN LOSE THEIR GRANDPARENTS, WE WOULDN'T BE SEEING THIS ANXIETY AND THIS DEPRESSION AND, UM, THEM WANTING TO SELF HARM THEMSELVES LIKE WE SEE RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO KEEP, UM, TOP OF MIND AS WE, AS WE LOOK AT HOW PERCENTAGE WISE OR DOLLAR AMOUNT WISE THAT WE ARE GOING TO ALLOCATE THESE DOLLARS.
UH, SO THAT, THAT'S MINE, THAT WE, WE SEE A 50%.
AND IF WE CAN COORDINATE, GREAT, BUT IF NOT, THE CITY DEFINITELY HAS ITS PRIORITIES.
OKAY, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN, UH, GERRAN THAT, UH, WAS JUST A BRIEFING, MARIA, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX.
UM, BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE RESILIENCY HUB PLAN.
MADAM CHAIR, AND I'M GONNA BRIEFLY INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.
UM, THE RESILIENCY HUBS IS A CONCEPT THAT WE INTRODUCE AS PART OF THE FISCAL, FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET.
SPECIFICALLY AT WE'RE, WE ARE TRYING TO STRENGTHEN OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE, SPECIFICALLY OUR RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE MAYOR PUT TOGETHER AN EMERGENCY, UM, PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWED THE RESPONSE OF THE CITY AND THE UTILITIES.
AND ONE OF THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MADE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS IS TO HAVE LOCATIONS WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS FAMILIAR WITH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, THEN THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM.
SO THE BUDGET, UH, HAS $1 MILLION THAT WAS INCLUDED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS, UH, PARTICULAR IMPROVEMENT IN, UH, BRIAN NORRIS, WHO IS, UH, OUR INTERIM, UH, DEPUTY, UH, FIRE CHIEF AND WHO'S ALSO, UH, OVERSEEING OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IS GOING TO, UH, INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.
THIS ITEM IS, UH, FOR BRIEFING AND ALSO, UH, FOR YOUR ACTION FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, UH, AND ALSO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE LOCATIONS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING AS A POTENTIAL RESILIENCY HUBS.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO, UH, BRIAN NORRIS.
I HOPE EVERYBODY'S DOING OKAY AND STAYING COOL TODAY.
UM, BUT RESILIENCY HUBS, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE THAT'S MOVING FORWARD, AND THERE'S JUST A FEW THINGS THAT WE WANT TO EXPLAIN ABOUT THIS.
SO ESSENTIALLY, WHAT IS A RESILIENCY HUB? THESE ARE LOCATIONS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED AT TRUSTED LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY THAT OFFERS SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO RESIDENTS IN AN EFFORT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BECOME MORE RESILIENT.
IT'S REALIZED THAT RESILIENCY HAPPENS IN SEVERAL PHASES.
AND SO WE LOOK AT THREE DIFFERENT MODES IN WHICH THESE, UH, RESILIENCY HUBS WOULD BE IN OPERATION.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE, THE NORMAL.
IT'S 99% OF THE TIME, THESE ARE COMMUNITY CENTERS OR SENIOR CENTERS IN WHICH THE NORMAL SERVICES WOULD JUST BE PROVIDED THE SAME STAFF AND THE SAME, UM, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO THERE EVERY DAY.
HOWEVER, IF SOMETHING LIKE A DISRUPTION OR A DISASTER OR EMERGENCY
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HAPPENS, WE WOULD UTILIZE THESE HUBS AS A CENTER FOCUS OF THE RESPONSE EFFORT IN THAT, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD.SO AFTER THAT, I KNOW A LOT OF YOU REMEMBER THE WATER PODS THAT WE DID DURING, UH, WINTER STORM URI.
WE NEEDED A PLACE FOR DISTRIBUTION.
WE NEEDED A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME, UH, FILL OUT CLAIMS FORMS AND, AND ITEMS LIKE THAT.
THIS WOULD GIVE US A CENTRALIZED LOCATION TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND SO, FOCUSING A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THERE, LIKE I SAID, DURING NORMAL OPERATIONS, THE SAME SERVICES WOULD BE PROVIDED.
WE WOULDN'T DISRUPT SERVICE AT ALL.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS TRY TO ENHANCE SERVICE BY INCREASING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, UH, WHICH WE FIND IS ESSENTIAL TO OBTAIN RESILIENCY.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE INCREASED COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND INCREASED RESOURCES, UH, FOR THE BONDING OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY GARDENS OR DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT COULD HAPPEN TO TRY TO BRING THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY MORE TO THE HUBS DURING A DISRUPTION, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE NECESSARY RESOURCES LIKE ELECTRICITY, CLIMATE CONTROL, ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, PHONE SERVICE, UH, THINGS THAT MAY BE MISSING, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT DISRUPTION OF SERVICE.
AND IT WOULD BE A PUBLIC GATHERING POINT OR EVEN A SHELTERING POINT IF NEEDED.
SO WE'D BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOOD, WATER, ELECTRICITY, CLIMATE CONTROL, ACCESS TO THE MEDIA, AND EVEN REFRIGERATION FOR MEDICATIONS AT THESE RESILIENCY HUBS.
AND DURING THE RECOVERY PHASE, IT'S A WAY FOR US TO DELIVER THE NEEDED RESOURCES.
IT'S A PLACE TO WHERE WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE, LIKE I SAID, FILL OUT, UH, RELIEF FOR INSURANCE FORMS. AND IT WOULD BE A HUB FOR OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS TO ALSO COME IN AND INCREASE THEIR PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO ESSENTIALLY, IT WOULD ACT LIKE A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR THESE AGENCIES.
NOW, FINDING THE RIGHT PLACE TO DO THESE, UH, RESILIENCY HUBS IS A, IS A DIFFICULT TRANSACTION.
UH, AND SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT IS THE FACILITY.
AND WE WANNA SELECT THE FACILITY BASED ON THE SITE CHARACTERISTICS.
SO WHAT DOES THE BUILDING HAVE? DOES IT ALREADY HAVE A GENERATOR OR STORAGE OR A KITCHEN? WHAT DOES THE LOCATION LOOK LIKE? DO WE HAVE ACCESS? IS IT NEAR, UH, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, UH, HOLDING PLACES? AND SO MOVING FORWARD AND FINDING THAT, AND WE WANT TO ASSET, UH, ASSESS THE BUILDING BASED ON THE FACILITY ENHANCEMENTS.
SO WE WANNA LOOK AT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO THE BUILDING TO MAKE IT HARDENED IN ORDER TO, UM, HELP US DURING A DISASTER? WE WOULD ALSO LOOK AT STAFFING.
AND, AND UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, WE WOULD USE THE SAME STAFF THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE, BUT IF SOMETHING COMES IN THERE, WE WANT TO USE THAT HUB AS THAT FORCE MULTIPLIER DURING AN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS FOR AGENCIES OFFERING ASSISTANCE.
SO IF WE CAN COME AND HAVE THE COMMUNITY COME INTO ONE PLACE, WE CAN BETTER, UM, DEPLOY OUR RESOURCES IN ORDER TO HELP THEM.
AND IN TRAINING ON TOP OF THAT, ON THE THREE MODES OF OPERATIONS PLANNING IS A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF ALL THAT.
SO IF A DISASTER DOES HAPPEN, WHAT DOES THIS FACILITY LOOK LIKE? IF WE HAVE TO STAND IT UP AS A SHELTER, WHAT DOES THAT PLAN LOOK LIKE? WHAT TYPE OF TRAINING DO WE NEED TO PROVIDE OUR PERSONNEL IN ORDER TO STAND UP THIS RESILIENCY HUB? AND IT'S A PLACE OF COMMUNITY.
SO PREPAREDNESS EDUCATION, CAN WE REGISTER YOU FOR THE STEER PROGRAM? CAN WE FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE MEDICAL NECESSITIES THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BE MORE PROACTIVE IN THE FUTURE IN CASE SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN? AND LOOKING AT, UM, WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD NEED TO COME TOGETHER.
SO OUTREACH EVENTS BECOME MUCH MORE POPULAR AND MUCH MORE IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RESILIENCY HUB CONCEPT.
SO LOOKING MORE PARTICULARLY AT THE FACILITY FOR THE INITIAL PROGRAM, WE LOOKED AT CITY OWNED FACILITIES.
WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT OFFERS US A GREAT DEAL OF FLEXIBILITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS INITIATIVE.
UM, AND WE FOUND THAT OUT DURING THE COVID OPERATIONS.
AND SO WHEN WE WANTED TO STAND UP A TESTING SITE, IT WAS A LOT EASIER TO DO THAT, UH, WITHOUT DISPLACING OTHER SERVICES WHEN WE DID IT AT CITY OWNED FACILITIES.
SO COMMUNICATIONS IS VERY IMPORTANT IN ANY DISASTER.
AND IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT DURING NORMAL OPERATIONS.
SO DURING A DISASTER, WE WOULD WANT ACCESS TO PHONE, INTERNET, RADIO, HAVE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD WATCH THE NEWS AND HAVE ACCESS TO THE MEDIA.
AND DURING NORMAL EVENTS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
ENHANCING THE FACILITY IS A LARGE PART OF THIS PRO PROGRAM AND WOULD CONTINUE IN AN EFFORT TO, BASED ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, AS WELL AS MAKING THE FACILITY MORE SUSTAINABLE IN THE FUTURE.
IT NEEDS TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, AND THE HUB WOULD ACT AS A DISTRIBUTION POINT FOR NEEDED RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT A GOLD STANDARD OF A COMMUNITY HUB WOULD OR A RESOURCE HUB WOULD LOOK LIKE OR RESILIENCY HUB WOULD LOOK LIKE.
ALL OF THE ITEMS IN THE SLIDE ARE NOT NECESSARY, BUT STARTING OVER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE TO BACK UP OUR AUXILIARY POWER IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE FOUND OUT INSIDE WE COULD HAVE CHARGING STATIONS, CLIMATE CONTROL, WATER, BASIC NECESSITIES, AND THE REST OF THAT SLIDE IS GONNA BE BASED ON THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
SO DO THEY NEED A COMMUNITY GARDEN? WOULD THAT HELP PEOPLE COME TOGETHER? SHADED AREA WHERE YOU COULD READ A BOOK OR, OR COOL OFF DURING A HOT SUMMER DAY, OUR CHARGING STATIONS AND NECESSITY, SOLAR POWER, WHAT TYPES OF THINGS WOULD WE NEED TO LOOK AT? AND THAT'S ALL GONNA BE BASED ON COMMUNITY
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INVOLVEMENT.SO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE, UH, RESILIENCY HUBS.
WE RECOMMEND THAT WE OBTAIN INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THE LOCATIONS AND THE USES OF THE COMMUNITY HUBS, RIGHT, OR THE RESILIENCY HUBS.
WE'RE GONNA SELECT EXISTING FACILITIES BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE FACILITIES AND A RISK ASSESSMENT MATRIX THAT IS PERFORMED BY THE, UH, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
WE'VE NARROWED ALL THE CITY OWNED FACILITIES DOWN TO 16, UM, 16 POSSIBILITIES FOR HUBS.
AND WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT.
AND WE WANT TO CONDUCT ACTIVITIES AFTERWARDS TO FAMILIARIZE OUR, OUR, UH, RESIDENTS WITH THE COMMUNITY HUB.
SO THE RISK MATRIX THAT I TALKED ABOUT, AND OUR CRITERIA FOR SITE SITE SELECTION HAS BEEN BASED ON THE SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX, THE LOCATION OF THE HUB THEMSELVES, UH, VULNERABILITY TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
I HAD BROUGHT UP HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, LOCATIONS AROUND ACCESS DURING AN EMERGENCY.
CAN WE ACTUALLY GET THERE IF WE HAD TO? AND IN THE CURRENT SITE RESOURCES, DO THEY HAVE A KITCHEN? DO THEY HAVE A GENERATOR, ITEMS LIKE THAT.
SO WE NARROWED ALL OF THESE FACILITIES, AS I SAID, DOWN TO 16 SITES.
THE CRITERIA WERE WEIGHTED AND EACH LOCATION WAS RATED ACCORDING TO THE RISK ASSESSMENT MATRIX, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE.
AND A TOTAL SCORE WAS CREATED CONSIDERING THEIR SCORES.
FOUR LOCATIONS WERE SELECTED TO ENSURE THAT LOCATIONS WERE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
OUR, OUR FOUR RECOMMENDED LOCATIONS, OUR SOUTH SIDE LION SENIOR CENTER, THE NORM OIL SENIOR CENTER, THE NORTHEAST SENIOR CENTER, AND THE GARZA SENIOR CENTER.
AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS GONNA BE OUR FIRST STEP IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
SO PHASE ONE IS TO CREATE A CITYWIDE SURVEY.
IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT SURVEY WOULD BE ONLINE AND WOULD GO OUT SOMEWHERE AROUND JUNE 27TH OR 28TH.
UH, WE'RE NEEDING A LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO GET THAT UP AND RUNNING.
AND IN PHASE TWO, STARTING MONDAY, UH, O E M PERSONNEL WILL BE GETTING WITH EACH ONE OF YOUR COUNCIL OFFICES TO START SETTING UP, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS IN YOUR, IN YOUR DISTRICTS.
SO THE RESILIENCY HUB, THE SHORT-TERM GOAL, WE WANT TO FIND OUR FACILITIES AND WE WANNA START THE PROCESS OF HARDENING THOSE FACILITIES OR PROVIDING THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO BE STOOD UP IN THE NEEDS, UH, DURING A DISASTER.
WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT, UH, VOLUNTEERS, WHAT STAFFING NEEDS WOULD BE MAKING DIFFERENT PLANS.
AND WE REALLY WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY GOALS ARE FOR OUR RESILIENCY HUBS AND FIND OUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL THERE.
OUR TIMELINE TODAY, WE'RE OF COURSE AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
WE WILL START PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STARTING TOMORROW, STARTING THAT PROCESS.
UH, WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IN AUGUST, I BELIEVE, ON THE 14TH.
UH, AND OUR PLAN IS TO HAVE A SOLID RECOMMENDATION BASED ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OR COMMUNITY INPUT BACK TO YOU ON THAT DATE.
OUR GOAL TO HAVE THESE UP AND RUNNING IS BY NOVEMBER.
AND SO THERE'LL BE, IT'S GONNA BE A FAST MOVING PROCESS, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THIS AFFORDS US.
AND I'LL BE OPEN TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M EXCITED THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A FAST MOVING PROCESS.
I THINK IT'S, UH, REALLY NEEDED, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS THAT, UM, WILL THERE BE ANY TRANSPORTATION FOR THOSE THAT DON'T LIVE TOO CLOSE TO A RESILIENCY, UH, HUB? I'M CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE ABOUT OUR ELDERLY.
WE HAVE IN, IN, IN MY DISTRICT, THE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE LOS S COMMUNITY WORKERS, BUT THAT'S IN EVERY PART OF OUR CITY THAT AREN'T VERY CLOSE TO SOME OF THESE.
UM, AND WE HAVE HAD TRADITIONALLY, UM, SOME, UM, PROBLEMS GETTING THEM TO OUR SENIOR CENTER.
UH, SO I'M CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE THOUGHT, THOUGHT THAT, THOUGHT THAT THROUGH.
SO, AND THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, IS LOOKING AND IDENTIFYING, UH, NUMBER ONE, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO USE OUR RESILIENCY HUB? AND NUMBER TWO, CAN YOU GET THERE? SO WHENEVER WE STAND UP THINGS IN A DISASTER, UH, TYPE SITUATION, TRANSPORTATION IS ALWAYS ONE OF OUR FOREMOST THOUGHTS.
CAN WE GET PEOPLE THERE? YOU'VE SEEN THAT DURING OUR COOLING, ACTUALLY OUR COOLING CENTERS RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT WE HAVE STOOD UP, ESPECIALLY FOR THE WEEKEND AS WELL AS DURING WINTER STORM URI.
AND WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE DIFFERENT DISASTERS POSE DIFFERENT, UH, THREATS AND DIFFICULTIES WHEN LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION, BUT THAT IS GONNA BE SOMETHING WE'RE ASSESSING DURING THE COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS.
AND MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE WILL DO IN A CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, UH, IS TO PARTNER WITH VIA.
AND WE HAVE DONE THAT WHENEVER WE NEED ASSISTANCE, TRANSPORTING INDIVIDUALS TO AND FROM THE, UH, PARTICULAR SHELTER OR LOCATION THAT WE'RE USING, THANK YOU VIA HAS BEEN VERY, UM, HELPFUL AND RELIABLE IN, IN THESE KINDS OF TIMES.
I ALSO JUST QUICKLY WANNA MAKE THE POINT THAT I APPRECIATE THIS IS A NECESSITY, BUT YOU'RE, UH, ALSO WANTING TO MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY GARDENS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, UH, SUGGEST ALSO WIFI ACCESS FOR THOSE THAT DON'T NORMALLY HAVE IT, UH, OR THOSE THAT DO, BUT NEED THE RESILIENCY HUB.
UM, SO I'LL MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE, UH, COMMENT AND START WITH COUNCILWOMAN GERRAN.
I THINK, UH, CHOOSING SOUTH SIDE, UH, LION SENIOR CENTER IS AN EXCELLENT CHOICE, AND
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I WANT TO REMIND Y'ALL THAT THEY ALSO HAVE A DOG PARK THERE.SO IF PEOPLE COME WITH THEIR DOGS, UH, IN THAT EMERGENCY, THAT THERE'S A PLACE FOR DOGS.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SEE ESP I THINK MY RESIDENTS, I LOOK FORWARD TO PUTTING THIS FORWARD TO MY RESIDENTS, AND I THINK THAT THEY WOULD, UM, TOTALLY BE FOR THIS.
I THINK THE OTHER THING WE MIGHT NEED TO LOOK AT IS THAT VIA STOP IN AND AROUND THE AREAS AND WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE WALK LIKE IN WINTER AND WHAT'S THE WALK LIKE IN SUMMER.
I THINK THAT THESE LOCATIONS THAT YOU CHOSE ARE REALLY GOOD LOCATIONS.
AND I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND SEE THAT WE MAY NEED, UH, MORE RESILIENCY HUBS, UH, THAT WE, WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT AREAS OF TOWN, BUT I REALLY WANT US TO PUSH C P S, UM, OUR UTILITIES, BUT IN PARTICULAR C P SS ON TERMS OF THE USAGE IN AND AROUND THAT AREA OF WHY SOMEBODY MIGHT NEED TO GO TO A RESILIENCY HUB ON THOSE DAYS, UH, WHEN IT'S 102 DEGREES.
UH, IF WE HAVE TO OPEN IT UP THEN, OR IF IT'S, IF IT'S AN EXTREMELY COLD DAY, BECAUSE I THINK IF WE COULD GET, IF THEY COULD BE MINDFUL OF THE, OF THE INFORMATION OF PEOPLE LIVING IN HOMES THAT AREN'T WINTERIZED, UH, OR WEATHERIZED PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY THEIR BILL BECAUSE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE FIVE WINDOW UNITS TO TRY AND, UH, THAT THEY CAN DO THEIR PART TO HELP WITH THE PROGRAMS, THEY MOVE FORWARD.
SO I, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THIS AND THE COMMUNITY INPUT, AND YOU CAN COUNT ON ME TO BE AT THOSE MEETINGS.
COUNCILMAN VIRA AND COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I'M GONNA ASK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUDGET.
SO THERE WAS $1 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR THIS.
UM, SO I IMAGINE IT'S GONNA BE SPLIT 250 K FOR EACH OF THE FOUR LOCATIONS.
WHAT IS THAT GOING TO GO TO? IS THAT GONNA GO TOWARDS THE INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN LIKE THE, UM, LIKE THE SOLAR PANELS AND CAN YOU DESCRIBE THAT A LITTLE BIT? SURE.
AND IT NECESSARILY WON'T BE 250 PER MM-HMM.
AND SO CURRENTLY WHAT OUR, OUR INITIAL FOCUS IS, IS TO, UH, QUOTE UNQUOTE HARDEN A FACILITY.
SO, UH, GENERATOR NEEDS IS THE BIGGEST NEED THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AT EACH OF THE FOUR CENTERS.
AND OF COURSE, WITH THE SIZE OF THE CENTER AND THE DEMAND ON THOSE GENERATORS, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COST.
SO, AND THAT'S GONNA EAT UP A LARGE CHUNK OF THAT FUNDING THAT, UH, WE HAVE COMING SO FAR.
BUT LOOKING AT THAT AND GETTING THEM DISASTER READY IS GONNA BE OUR FIRST FOCUS ON THAT.
I'M, THE REASON I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE, UM, I KNOW WE'RE STARTING WITH FOUR AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW.
I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING FOUR, BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP ON SLIDE NINE AND MY ENTIRE DISTRICT IS WITHOUT.
AND THAT'S A HUGE CONCERN FOR ME, AND I THINK THE CLOSEST ONE FOR MOST OF MY RESIDENTS WOULD BE THE SOUTH SIDE LYON SENIOR CENTER.
BUT IF WE ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A WINTER FREEZE AND THE KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT EXISTS IN THE AREA OF AROUND THAT, IN MY DISTRICT, PEOPLE WOULD HAVE A VERY, UH, A REAL CHALLENGE GETTING THERE.
AND SO WHAT I WOULD ASK MY REQUEST, AND I'M WONDERING IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ON ARPA ABOUT, UM, IS CAN WE SPEND A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OR A MILLION DOLLARS IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF TOWN TO NOT SET THE, NOT ALREADY HAVE A RESILIENCY HUB UP AND RUNNING, BUT MAYBE WE START DOING SOME OF THOSE INVESTMENTS NOW SO THAT WHEN WE'RE READY TO EXPAND, THOSE BUILDINGS ARE ALREADY READY AND ALL WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OUT OF THE GENERAL MIGHT BE THE FUNDING OF STAFF RESOURCES AND WHATNOT.
IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? UM, COUNCILMAN, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION AND VERY GLAD THAT YOU ASKED.
WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT, AND YOU WILL SEE ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT THURSDAY, A GRANT FROM THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UM, ASKING FOR OVER $5 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY GENERATORS IS A FEMA GRANT THAT IS AVAILABLE.
SO IF WE WERE TO PROVIDED WITH THAT GRANT OR AWARDED THAT GRANT, WE HAVE A SERIES OF FACILITIES INCLUDING, UH, COMMUNITY CENTERS, UM, THAT, THAT CAN SERVE POTENTIALLY DOWN THE ROAD AS A RESILIENCY HUB.
THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IS GETTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE READY AND AS, UH, BRIAN MENTIONED, THE COST OF THE GENERATOR THAT CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE ENERGY IN CASE THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY IS, IS ONE OF THE, THE BIGGEST, UM, COST AREAS THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE IF WE GET THAT GRANT.
AND AGAIN, IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK.
AND WHEN WOULD WE KNOW IF WE GET THE GRANT? I, I DO NOT RECALL.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT, UH, TO YOU.
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I, I DON'T REMEMBER RIGHT NOW, CATHERINE.SO I SEE MY FRIENDS FROM ELLA AUSTIN OVER HERE, AND ELLA AUSTIN IS RECEIVING BOTH TURS MONEY AND BOND MONEY.
AND I'M WONDERING MIGHT THAT BE A POTENTIAL SITE FOR A FUTURE RESILIENCY HUB? AND I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE.
ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE WITH THAT INVESTMENT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, UH, PLAN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS NEEDED AND MAKE SURE THAT THE FACILITY IS READY.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ABOUT THIS, BUT I, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS ITEM.
A LITTLE JEALOUS OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S NONE IN DISTRICT TWO, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF THE EFFORTS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE CASE OF EMERGENCY, MY RESIDENTS ARE PROTECTED AS EQUALLY AS OTHERS.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
SO HAVE WE GONE AND DONE ANY BENCHMARKING WITH ANY OTHER CITIES OUT THERE THAT MIGHT HAVE THESE ALREADY SET UP? AND SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT, UH, DIFFERENT CITIES THAT DO THIS, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S A NEW THOUGHT PROCESS.
AND SO, UH, SEATTLE, WE KNOW HAS HAD SOME OF THESE STAND UP.
AUSTIN HAS JUST STOOD UP THEIR FIRST RESILIENCY HUBS IN THE PODS.
UH, THERE'S OTHER LARGE TEXAS CITIES, UH, HOUSTON AND DALLAS THAT ARE LOOKING AT THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.
SO THE WHOLE TYPE OF THING IS KIND OF IN ITS INFANCY IN THE, UH, THOUGHT PROCESS, UH, AS WELL AS OURS.
BUT WE HAVE LOOKED OUTSIDE SAN ANTONIO.
HAVE YOU ACTUALLY GONE TO VISIT ANY? NO, SIR.
UH, IF THEY'VE, AUSTIN IS RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.
IF THEY'VE ALREADY SET, SET IT UP AND STOOD ONE UP.
I, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOMEBODY GO OVER THERE AND TAKE A LOOK, LAY EYES ON IT SURE.
AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT THINGS.
I, I, I SAW YOUR GOLD STANDARD THERE AND THAT LOOKS, LOOKS NICE, BUT WHAT'S REALISTIC AND WHAT SURE.
WHAT, UH, COULD WE DO HERE, UH, AND WHAT IS BEING DONE IN THESE OTHER CITIES.
SO, UH, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOMEBODY HEAD ON OVER THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT IF THEY'VE JUST STOOD IT UP, LET'S, LET'S, UH, SEE WHAT THEY GOT.
UH, THE OTHER, OTHER THING ON, I FORGET WHICH SIDE IT WAS, YOUR PHASES.
UM, I DIDN'T, UNLESS I MISSED IT.
I DIDN'T SEE, LET'S SEE, HIGHLIGHT PILOT HUB LOCATIONS AND EDUCATE RESIDENTS ABOUT RESILIENCE HUBS AND HOW THEY CAN BE USEFUL TO THEM.
I, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT BEFORE.
IT, WHAT, HOW, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? HOW DID IT GO OUT? WHO DID IT GO OUT TO? SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT HAS TO HAPPEN WHEN WE'RE STANDING UP THESE RESILIENCY HUBS AND THAT'S PART OF THE PLAN.
AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE GOLD STANDARD FOR RESILIENCY HUBS JUST A SECOND AGO.
I'M, I'M SORRY, BRIAN, IF I INTERRUPT, INTERRUPT YOU? ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET, COUNCILMAN.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GONNA DO.
SO YOU HAVEN'T MISSED ANYTHING.
UH, WELL, I, I WOULD LIKE, LIKE TO, SORRY, I MISUNDERSTOOD.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS GOING 'CAUSE IF IT HAS GONE OUT, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET ON THIS.
BUT, UH, WHEN IT, WHEN WE DO GET STARTED AT THAT POINT, WE'D REALLY LIKE TO INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION GOING DIRECTLY TO ALL THE COUNCIL OFFICES SO THEY CAN PUT IT ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET IT OUT, UH, TO THEIR RESIDENTS ALSO.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THESE HUGE EMAIL LISTS AND THAT KIND OF THING YES, SIR.
THAT WE CAN SEND IT DIRECTLY TO RESIDENTS INSTEAD OF BEING ON A WEBSITE THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO GO LOOKING FOR IT, THAT KIND OF THING.
COUNCILMAN, I'M BEGINNING ON MONDAY AND JAMES MENDOZA FROM, UH, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS HERE AND ALSO MAD LODGE, UH, UH, AS WELL, THEY'RE GONNA BE COORDINATING WITH YOUR OFFICES BEGINNING ON MONDAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, ARE SUPPORTING YOU IN THE WAY THAT IS NEEDED AND THAT YOU'RE HELPING US TO PROMOTE THE RESILIENCY HUBS, GET THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INFORMATION THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO GET TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND I, I, YOU KNOW, AND TO THE, TO THE POINT OF LOCATIONS ON THESE, I, I SUSPECT THAT, UH, THIS IS JUST THE FIRST, FIRST GROUP THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IN THAT, UH, THERE COULD BE FUTURE, UH, FACILITIES SURVEYED AND, AND DONE THE SAME THING TO, FOR, FOR EXPANDING THESE IF, IF WE NEED TO, UM, AND FILLING THAT REQUIREMENT.
AND SO THERE'S, THERE ARE DIFFERENT PLANS ON MOVING FORWARD.
THE INITIAL LOOK IS FOR THESE FOUR FACILITIES TO TRY TO, UM, ESSENTIALLY LESSONS LEARNED.
LET'S, LET'S GET 'EM STOOD UP, LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THEM, UH, DISASTER READY, AND THEN WE CAN START LOOKING AT OTHER AVENUES AS THAT, AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THOSE PLANS.
AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, HAVE WE DEVELOPED THAT HANDOUT OR BROCHURE OR WHATEVER ON, ON SENDING OUT TO THE POPULATION ABOUT HERE'S THE KIND OF THINGS TO DO FOR COLD WEATHER EVENTS AND HOT WEATHER EVENTS, THAT KIND OF THING.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, TURNING YOUR WATER OFF AND ALL THOSE OTHER KIND OF THINGS THAT IN THEIR OWN HOMES.
HAVE WE SENT THAT OUT? HAS THAT GONE OUT YET?
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SO WE STARTED, OH, I'M GONE.UM, COUNCILMAN, SO WE DID THE WINTER, UM, UM, GUIDE AND, UH, WE HAVE HEAT.
WE ALSO SAW SOME C P S AND INFORMATION.
WE HAVE NOT COMPILED ONE WITH ALL THAT INFORMATION INTO ONE, SO WE'RE, IT'S WORK IN PROGRESS.
BUT THE INFORMATION IS OUT THERE, BUT IT'S NOT CENTRALIZED LIKE YOU HAD, UM, RECOMMENDED.
COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILMAN MCKEES RODRIGUEZ.
SORRY, I HAD TO CORRECT MYSELF FOR, SO I WAS LOOKING AT THE NORTHEAST SENIOR CENTER AND I WAS THINKING IT WAS A BLESSED ANGELS COMMUNITY CENTER, AND I WAS LIKE, HOW ARE YOU GONNA FIT ANY OF THAT IN THERE? BUT IT'S
SO I SEE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE, UM, COMMUNITY GARDENS AT RESILIENCY HUB, AND I'M WONDERING HOW MIGHT THOSE COME TO FRUITION? WOULD IT BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH IT, BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH ENTITIES LIKE OPIA? I'M SAYING OPIA A LOT TODAY, BUT IT, IT COULD BE COUNCILMAN AND, AND ONE OF THE, THE GOALS FOR THIS MEETING TODAY WAS TO GIVE YOU THE GOLD STANDARD OF OUR RESILIENCY HUB.
SO OUR FOCUS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT AT THE FACILITIES THAT WE ARE SELECTING ARE DISASTER READY, AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
WITH THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE CAN EXPAND ON EITHER NUMBER OF FACILITIES, PERHAPS, UH, AND ALSO OTHER AMENITIES.
SO THE, THE, UH, COMMUNITY GARDENS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN START EXPLORING ONCE WE DO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UH, THEY'RE TYPICALLY NOT THAT COSTLY, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO.
BUT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU SEE ON THAT, THE SOLAR PANELS, UM, THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT AND ADDITIONAL TIME.
I CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT MY QUESTION WAS GONNA BE.
UM, I GUESS I'LL GO BACK TO THE IDEA OF THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF RESILIENCY HUBS.
IF WE DON'T GET THE GRANT, UM, WILL THERE BE, WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WILL WE LOOK FOR? WILL WE RECONSIDER SOME PORTION OF ARPA FUNDS FOR IT OR WOULD WE USE MORE GENERAL FUND MONEY? WHAT WOULD BE THE THOUGHT? WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS? SURE.
SO THE COUPLE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IS, UM, ONE IS WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE ARPA FUNDS DEDICATED TO THE RESPONSE TO C OVID 19 $50 MILLION IN TOTAL DISCUSSION WAS THAT WE DON'T USE THAT ALL FOR THE COVER RESPONSE THAT WE CAN REPURPOSE THAT FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
SO THERE WAS FUNDING AVAILABLE.
WE WOULD COME BACK, UH, TO THE COUNCIL WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO REALLOCATE IT.
AND THEN NUMBER TWO WILL BE OUR ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I THINK THOSE ARE ALL OUR COMMENTS.
I INADVERTENTLY SKIPPED RIGHT TO SIX AS I WANT TO DO.
WE HAVE A, UM,
AND ITEM FIVE IS A, UM, CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT THE CITY STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT WAS, AND CHIEF WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CONTEXT.
BUT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED, UM, ABOUT $150,000 ON THE FIRST, ON THE FIRST ROUND THAT WE DID THIS.
AND WE HAVE ONE OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY PARTNERS HERE WITH US, UH, BEVERLY WATSONS, DAVID, UH, WITH WEST CARE, AND SHE WAS THE, THE, UH, ENTITY THAT GOT THAT FIRST AWARD AND THIS, UH, BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.
THERE'S ANOTHER ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR THIS, UM, CRIME PREVENTION GRANTS.
AND WHAT WE WANT TO BRIEF YOU TODAY IS THAT WE CONCLUDED THE R F P PROCESS.
THERE ARE FOUR AGENCIES THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING.
THIS ITEM IS FOR BRIEFING ONLY, AND I'M SORRY FOR BRIEFING AND ASKING, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
IF YOU MOVE IT FORWARD TODAY, THEN WE WILL BE, UM, BRINGING THAT TO THE FULL COUNCIL ON JUNE 23RD.
CHIEF, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR.
SO THIS, THIS WHOLE THING STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, UH, TC CALVERT SR.
UM, ABOUT THE ABILITY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO USE ASSET FORFEITURE MONEY FOR COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM.
SO WE CLEARED THAT THROUGH LEGAL AND WE FOUND THAT, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND, UM, AS MARIA TALKED ABOUT, OUR FIRST, UM,
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GRANT OFFER WAS, UH, LAST YEAR, UM, THE, UM, THE, THE PRIMARY, UM, GOAL BEHIND THIS PROGRAM IS TO WORK WITH GRASSROOTS, UH, COMMUNITY GROUPS TO IMPLEMENT THEIR CRIME PREVENTION IDEAS AND, AND MEASURES WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES.UM, THIS GRANT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS $250,000 IN ASSET FORFEITURE MONEY THAT COMES OUT OF CONFISCATED, UM, MONEY FROM THE, UH, BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE GRANT IS FOR ONE YEAR, UH, WITH A ONE YEAR, UH, RENEWAL OPTION.
SO THE PROJECT GOAL HERE IS TO PARTNER WITH THESE, UM, WITH THESE NONPROFIT GROUPS IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE RISK OF CRIME BY WORKING WITH, UM, UM, HIGH RISK ADULTS, WORKING WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN AND WORKING WITH, UM, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WHO ARE UNDERPRIVILEGED IN THE TIMELINE HERE THAT THE R F P WAS RELEASED IN DECEMBER.
AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THE APPROPRIATE STEPS, WHICH BRINGS US UP TO THIS PRESENTATION HERE TODAY.
UH, LOOKING TO FORWARD THIS TO THE FULL COUNCIL THIS MONTH, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT, UH, ALL FOUR AGENCIES THAT APPLIED, UH, BE FUNDED.
AND THESE FOUR AGENCIES, UH, WE HAVE, UH, WEST CARE AND THEY'RE, THEIR, UM, FOCUS IS ON NEIGHBORHOOD STRATEGIES AND ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT TWO PROMISE ZONE.
WE HAVE FREED TEXAS WHO IS FOCUSED, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON REDUCING RECIDIVISM FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED HIGH RISK ADULTS AND 11 KIDS, WHICH IS KIND OF NEW TO TOWN.
UH, THEY'RE FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE, YOUTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE LEADERSHIP AND CHARACTER BUILDING ACTIVITIES.
AND THEN LASTLY, ANOTHER UH, EAST SIDE GROUP, UM, RISING STARS SAN ANTONIO, UH, THAT'S, UH, HEADED BY CHARLES SATTERWHITE.
AND THEIR FOCUS IS ON UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH, FAMILY AND FAMILIES THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE COUNSELING AND WORKSHOPS, PARTNERING WITH S A P D.
AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT, UM, UM, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE SUPPORTS THIS AND FORWARDS IT TO FULL COUNCIL, UH, LATER THIS MONTH.
AND THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
UH, JUST QUICKLY, HOW MANY ORGANIZATION, HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS APPLIED FOR THE GRANTS? FOUR.
OH, SO THE FOUR THAT WE HAVE HERE? YEAH.
AND, UM, ARE THEY ALL, DID I HEAR YOU? THEY'RE ALL, UH, EAST SIDE OF FOUR? NO MA'AM.
UH, UM, WEST CARE IS PRIMARILY EAST SIDE AND RISING STARS IS PRIMARILY EAST SIDE.
SO WHAT WERE IT IT IS EAST SIDE, NOT PRIMARILY.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER TWO? THE OTHER TWO ARE CITYWIDE.
UM, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.
UM, I HAVE COMMENTS, BUT FOR NOW I MOVED TO, UM, FORWARD THE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL SECOND.
UM, I HEAR MOTION IN A SECOND.
WE'LL GO ON WITH A COMMITTEE COMMENT.
UM, SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH FREED WEST CARE AND RISING STARS, BUT MY OFFICE RESEARCHED 11 KIDS AND THEY DIDN'T SHOW A SAN ANTONIO BASED LOCATION.
WE LOOKED A LITTLE FURTHER AND SAW AN ARTICLE FROM MARCH STATING THAT THEY HAD ABOUT 200 K FROM THE COMMUNITY TO GET A BUILDING AND GET STARTED IN SAN ANTONIO.
WHERE ARE THEY AT? I THINK THEY'RE OUTTA, UH, CALIFORNIA ORIGINALLY.
I DON'T, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT, BUT I THINK THEY'RE OUTTA CALIFORNIA, BUT THEY DO HAVE A, THEY, THEY ARE SETTING UP HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE A BUILDING YET IN SAN ANTONIO, WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON? UH, THEY MAY HAVE ONE.
UH, THEY WERE IN CONTACT, UH, FAIRLY RECENTLY.
UM, I, I, I DON'T REALLY RECALL WHAT THAT CONVERSATION WAS, BUT THEY ARE, THEY'VE GOT, THEY'VE GOT SPONSORS, UH, FROM PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE STATES, UM, UH, FOR, FOR FOR THEIR 11 KIDS, UM, NONPROFIT.
BUT, BUT I'M, I KNOW THEY'RE SETTING UP HERE.
UM, IF THEY NEED ANY SUPPORT, FINDING A LOCATION, I THINK I COULD HELP.
I MEAN, I KNOW TWO OF THEM ARE ALREADY IN DISTRICT TWO, BUT IF, IF THEY NEED ANY AND, AND, AND, AND, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO PASS THAT ALONG.
UM, THEY, UH, UH, THEY DIDN'T MENTION WHERE THEY WERE LOOKING TO SET UP.
THEY JUST SAID THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A BUILDING.
WILL, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEIR PROGRAM? I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THEY WORK WITH, UH, KIDS,
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BUT WHAT ABOUT THEIR, UM, WHAT ABOUT THEIR APPLICATION WAS OUTSTANDING OR PROPOSAL? UH, I, I DIDN'T PERSONALLY LOOK AT THEIR APPLICATION, BUT I, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS IS ON KIDS AND THEY'VE GOT MILITARY INVOLVED IN THIS.THEY'VE GOT POLICE CHIEFS FROM, FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, RETIRED AND ACTIVE CHIEFS, UH, INVOLVED IN THIS.
AND, AND AGAIN, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS, THEIR ONLY FOCUS IS ON KIDS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP INFORMATION? I WAS GONNA ASK RICK RILEY, HE WAS ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE EVALUATION TEAM THAT CAN GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS ON THE PROGRAM.
I'M THE ASSISTANT POLICE DIRECTOR AND WAS PART OF THE EVALUATION TEAM FOR THIS.
SO 11 KIDS FOCUSES ON THAT YOUNG GROUP OF KIDS.
IT'S EVERYTHING FROM, UH, BASIC SKILLS, READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, TEACHING 'EM THAT, TEACHING 'EM RESPECT, UH, THROUGH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND TAKING 'EM OUT AND EXPOSING THEM TO SOME OF THESE, UH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY COULD BECOME INVOLVED IN, IN THE COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE IT'S A GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO GROW THESE PEOPLE WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY AND MAKE THEM BETTER CITIZENS AT THE END OF THE DAY.
HOW WILL THAT, SO IF THEY STILL DON'T HAVE A LOCATION, UM, HOW WILL THEY, I GUESS, WHEN IS THIS, WHEN ARE THEY GONNA START RECEIVING THE FUNDS AND WHAT IS A PART OF THE PROPOSAL? LIKE WHAT WILL, SO THEY ARE IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT THEY AND WECARE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON CONTRACTS.
THE OTHER TWO, WE'VE GOT THE CONTRACTS, UH, FINISHED.
THAT'S PART OF THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION IS WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE LOCATED.
SO THEY HAVE, UH, JUST RECENTLY HIRED A RETIRED GENERAL OFFICER, UH, TO HELP THEM SECURE A LOCATION HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.
AND WITH THAT, THAT, THAT'S, THAT IS OUR AGENDA.
IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKE, UH, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 21ST AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK WITH Y'ALL.