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          ANTONIO. 
          GOOD MORNING 
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EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          UH, IF I CAN HAVE THE COUNCIL PLEASE TAKE THEIR SEATS. 
          WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          THE TIME IS 9:21 AM ON THIS FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2022. 
          WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. 
          MADAME CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CABON. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BELI. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR BERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALRIGHT, WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL. 
          A SESSION, UH, TO GET US STARTED TODAY. 
          LET ME RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, TODAY WE HAVE DR. 
          CANDACE LYNN BROCK, OR DR. 
          K, SHE'S AFFECTIONATELY CALLED. 
          SHE'S THE WIFE OF DR. 
          FREDERICK GERARD BROCK, MOTHER OF ZOE, AND CHLOE. 
          SHE'S A PASTOR, LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER, SCHOLAR, AUTHOR, AND C E O A NATIVE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          DR. 
          K SERVES AS LEAD PASTOR AND CO CO-FOUNDER OF THE MESSAGE CHURCH AND CO-FOUNDER OF F G B MINISTRIES, L L C A, PREACHING TEACHING AND CONSULTING MINISTRY. 
          DR. 
          K HOLDS A DOCTORATE OF MINISTRY DEGREE FROM UNITED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY FROM DAYTON, OHIO, A MASTER'S OF CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK FROM NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY, A BACHELOR OF ARTS AND SOCIOLOGY, AND A BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON. 
          IN ADDITION TO COMPLETING HER FINE FORMAL EDUCATION, DR. 
          K IS A LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER IN TEXAS. 
          SHE'S AN ADVOCATE FOR EMPOWERING WOMEN. 
          DR. 
          K IS ALSO THE FOUNDER, C E O OF HONEY BU AND MINISTRY, EMPOWERING, ENCOURAGING, AND EQUIPPING MONEY. 
          HER HONEY BU WOMEN'S CONFERENCE MINISTRIES MINISTERS TO 200 PLUS WOMEN ANNUALLY IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          IN ADDITION TO PASTORING, DR. 
          K SERVES AS THE ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS FOR JESSE C. FLETCHER SEMINARY, A NEW FREE STANDING SEMINARY IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ON THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          IN THIS ROLE, DR. 
          K WORKS TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALIKE. 
          WHEN NOT SERVING, DR. 
          K LOVES SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, EXERCISING AND EVENT PLANNING. 
          WHEN ASKED WHAT HER FAVORITE SCRIPTURE IS, SHE WILL TELL YOU, LUKE 1 37. 
          FOR WITH GOD NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. 
          IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO GET TO KNOW HER AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE TO, TO BE WITH US TODAY. 
          GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          IF IT IS YOUR CUSTOM, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE PRAY WITH ME. 
          GOD, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY THAT WAS NOT PROMISED TO US, BUT YOU'LL ALLOWED US TO SEE YOUR GIFT OF TIME HAS ALLOWED US TO GATHER TODAY TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF OUR HANDS. 
          I ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH OUR CITY, OUR LEADERS AND OFFICIALS. 
          THANK YOU FOR OUR MAYOR, HIS FAMILY, HIS LEADERSHIP, AND HIS HEART TO SEE SAN ANTONIO BE ITS BEST. 
          THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AS THEY SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, CARE FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS, DEAL WITH THE NUMEROUS CONCERNS OF OTHERS AND WORK TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF ALL PEOPLE. 
          GOD, I ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS EACH AND EVERY PERSON HERE WITH PEACE THAT SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING, GUIDANCE FOR THEIR JOURNEY AND THE STRENGTH TO ENDURE WHEN THE DAY, WHEN THE DAYS FILL SHORT AND THE NIGHTS ARE LONG. 
          I ASK THAT YOU WOULD WRAP YOUR LOVING ARMS AROUND THEM THROUGH THE PRESENCE OF CLOSE FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS A REMINDER THAT YOU HAVE CALLED AND PREPARED THEM FOR SUCH A TIME. 
          AS THIS. 
          AS THE COUNCIL 
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AND PEOPLE PREPARE TO TRANSITION, GOD CONTINUED TO GRACE EACH LEADER WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, PRESENCE, AND COMPASSION TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK AS A SERVANT LEADERS. 
          YOU'VE CALLED THEM TO BE IN OUR GREAT CITY. 
          IN JESUS, NAMELY, PRAY. 
          AMEN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          FIRST ITEM FOR BUSINESS TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF AUGUST 10TH, 11TH, 16TH, 17TH AND 18TH. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE MINUTES IS READ ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. 
          HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          BEFORE WE GET 
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INTO OUR BUSINESS AGENDA TODAY, UH, WE HAVE A FEW POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          LET ME START BY RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          CAN WE START BY HAVING ALL OF OUR UNION BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT ARE HERE WITH US TODAY? STANDUP? THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR THE LABOR YOU CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITY AS WE APPROACH LABOR DAY ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND HONOR OUR LABOR MOVEMENT TO RECOGNIZE OUR EVERYDAY WORKERS, THE JOBS THEY DO, AND THE STRUGGLES THEY FACE. 
          SAN ANTONIO'S LABOR HISTORY IS FILLED WITH MANY STRUGGLES AND SACRIFICES. 
          THESE PAST FEW YEARS HAVE SEEN NO SHORTAGE OF STRUGGLE AND SACRIFICE, BUT THROUGH THOSE TIRING TIMES, ONE THING REMAINS STEADY, AND THAT'S THAT THEY WERE ORGANIZING. 
          WORKERS HAVE NEVER STOPPED ORGANIZING. 
          THIS YEAR, WE SAW OUR FIRST SAN ANTONIO STARBUCKS SUCCESSFULLY UNIONIZED AT THE FOUR 10 AND VANCE JACKSON LOCATION. 
          THIS LOCATION WAS THE FIRST IN THE STATE TO FIGHT FOR UNIONIZATION. 
          SINCE THEN, WE HAVE SEEN FIVE ADDITIONAL STARBUCKS STORES IN SAN ANTONIO ANNOUNCE THEIR INTENT TO UNIONIZE. 
          AND I'M EXCITED TO CELEBRATE SOON WITH THE WORKERS ON HILDEBRAND AND FREDERICKSBURG. 
          WE ALSO SAW THE MUSICIANS ON STRIKE THE SAN ANTONIO SYMPHONY. 
          NOW, THE SAN ANTONIO THERM WERE DEMANDING THAT THE MANAGEMENT REINVEST IN THE ORGANIZATION BY NOT CUTTING FULL-TIME POSITIONS AND REDUCING OTHERS TO PART-TIME STATUS. 
          WHEN MANAGEMENT WOULDN'T BUDGE, MUSICIANS WITHHELD THEIR LABOR AND STOOD FIRM ON THE PICKET LINE. 
          WE HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES THROUGH AFSCME, THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE ACTION WHEN THE CITY SHUT DOWN. 
          OUR CITY WORKERS WERE STILL OUT THERE DOING THE WORK NEEDED TO KEEP BASIC CITY SERVICES RUNNING FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          COULD YOU HAVE IMAGINED AN EARLY PANDEMIC WITHOUT SOLID WASTE? AS A RESULT OF AFSCME'S ORGANIZING, WE ARE SEEING LARGER GAINS WITH EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, UH, IN DIRECT FORMS OF RAISES. 
          I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS IS THE LABOR MOVEMENT THAT BROUGHT US CHILD LABOR LAWS, HEALTH BENEFITS, PARENTAL LEAVE, SICK LEAVE, WORKERS' COMPENSATION, THE WEEKEND, AND A HUNDRED OTHER BENEFITS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          I'M PROUD TO STAND HERE WITH WORKERS ON LABOR DAY AND EVERY DAY, AND I WANNA INVITE THE C W A LOCAL 61 43 PRESIDENT ANIMO UP TO THE PODIUM TO REFLECT ON LABOR DAY AND THE CURRENT STRUGGLES OF WORKERS AND WORKING FAMILIES ACROSS SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS JEROME MAGAR AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF C W A LOCAL 61 43. 
          HERE IN MY HOMETOWN OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, I HAVE THE HONOR OF REPRESENTING 1,250 UNION MEMBERS THAT WORK FOR THE COMPANY. 
          AT AND T AT T FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, UH, IS A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY, AND ALL NON-MANAGEMENT WORKERS ARE PROTECTED BY A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THAT IS BARGAINED BY C W A. 
          AND AT T I ALSO HAVE THE HONOR OF REPRESENTING, UH, ALL OF LABOR BY SERVING ON THE LOCAL CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL, UH, OF THE F L C I O, WHICH CONSISTS OF MOSTLY ALL, UH, ALL LABOR UNIONS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, UNIONS HAVE BEEN A PILLAR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR GENERATIONS. 
          I COULD PROBABLY, UH, BET YOU SOME HERE IN THIS CHAMBER. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST AT ONE POINT IN TIME HAD A FAMILY MEMBER THAT WAS A UNION MEMBER. 
          MY PROUDEST MOMENT WAS JULY 17TH, 2000, 2000. 
          THIS WAS THE DAY I WAS HIRED BY AT AND T AND HAD TO SIGN A UNION CARD. 
          AT THAT MOMENT, KNOWING I WAS PROTECTED BY A UNION CONTRACT, MEANING THAT THE COMPANY HAD TO RESPECT THE CONTRACTUAL LANGUAGE THAT MY 
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FAMILY FOUGHT HARD FOR, YES, MOST OF MY FAMILY WORKED AT AT AND T AND, UH, WHAT THEY CONSIDER I WAS CONSIDERED A BELL BABY. 
          I GREW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD WHERE I WAS EDUCATED, WHAT A UNION STANDS FOR. 
          THE SACRIFICES THAT MY FAMILY MADE, UH, WHEN THEY WERE ON STRIKE ON THE PICKET LINE, UH, DUE TO THE COMPANY WANTING TO CHIP AWAY AT THEIR HEALTH BENEFITS, THEIR PENSION AND PAY, BUT THE POWER OF LABOR, THEY ORGANIZED, THEY STOOD UP TO THE COMPANY AND SUCCEEDED. 
          I TELL THE STORY BECAUSE NOW I'M CARRYING THE TORCH. 
          I NEVER WOULD'VE THOUGHT I'D BE STANDING IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL, UH, AS A PRESIDENT OF CWA A THE, UH, THE UNION THAT MY FAMILY BELONGED TO. 
          THAT'S WHY I SAY IT'S AN HONOR. 
          YESTERDAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT, SIT IN THE ECONOMIC WORKFORCE COMMITTEE AND WAS SHOCKED ABOUT THE DISPARITIES THAT STILL EXIST IN THE WORKFORCE, KNOWING THAT DUE TO YOUR COLOR OF YOUR SKIN, YOUR GENDER, YOU MIGHT NOT GET PAID AS MUCH AS OTHERS. 
          I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT THESE DISPARITIES DO NOT EXIST IN THE UNION SHOP. 
          EVERYONE IS PAID EQUALLY. 
          NO MATTER WHAT GENDER OR ETHNICITY YOU COME FROM. 
          I'M ALSO PROUD TO SAY, UH, OF OUR MEMBERS, WE HAVE PAID SICK LEAVE. 
          WE HAVE ADEQUATE, ADEQUATE WORK BREAKS. 
          WHETHER YOU WORK IN AN OFFICE, WHETHER YOU WORK IN A WIRELESS STORE, OR YOU WORK IN A HUNDRED DEGREE WEATHER, THESE BENEFITS DO NOT KILL CORPORATIONS. 
          IT MAKES AN EMPLOYEE FEEL APPRECIATED AND WANTED TO, AND WANTED TO COME TO WORK. 
          HELL, I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE COMPANY FOR 21 YEARS. 
          UH, TODAY WE SEE WORKERS FIGHTING FOR THE SAME BENEFITS THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE SEE MORE AND MORE WORKERS ORGANIZING TO BECOME A UNION. 
          WHAT WE NEED IS OUR POLITICAL LEADERS TO STEP UP AND STAND WITH US. 
          DON'T BE AFRAID TO FIGHT FOR WORKERS RIGHTS. 
          WE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO SETTLE FOR POLITICIANS WHO WANT LABOR ENDORSEMENTS, WHO USE US AS PHOTO PROPS WHEN WE PUSH, COME TO SHOVE, TURN THEIR BACK ON US, AND THEN WORKERS OF THE CITY. 
          WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY RIGHT, RIGHT NOW TO RESET THE WHOLE GAME. 
          BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE COURAGE. 
          IT'S GONNA TAKE GUTS TO STAND UP, TO MAKE UNCOMFORTABLE DECISIONS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE NEED TO START HOLDING OUR LEADERS IN THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE OF THEIR DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE TODAY. 
          DON'T BE, DON'T BENEFIT, UH, THAT DON'T BENEFIT WORKERS OF THE CITY. 
          YESTERDAY IN THE COMMITTEE MEETING, I SAW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT THE DISPARITIES, IT'S, IT'S RIDICULOUS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE THIS FAR IN LIFE AND WE'RE STILL, THERE'S STILL WOMEN THAT ARE NOT GETTING PAID. 
          WHAT MEN GET PAID WITH THAT, WITH THAT TO SAY, UM, THERE'S PROFESSIONALS HERE, LIKE OUR TEACHERS, THAT WE SHOULD STAND UP, STAND UP FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR, OUR PEOPLE WHO FIGHT FOR THEIR WORKER EVERY DAY. 
          SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU'RE WELCOME FOR THIS EXTENDED WEEKEND THAT YOU GET TO STAY HOME AND SPEND WITH YOUR FAMILIES BECAUSE IT, IF IT WASN'T FOR, UH, LABOR Y OUGHT TO BE WORKING . 
          SO, THANK Y'ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, AND LOOK FORWARD TO EVERYONE COMING OUT TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF LABOR PLAZA THAT WILL BE HAPPENING ON MONDAY, UH, MAKING SAN ANTONIO ONLY THE SECOND MAJOR CITY IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          WITH SO PUBLIC RECOGNITION, WE'VE GROWN NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRAND FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, I FIRST WANT TO, UM, CALL UP ADRIANA MENDOZA WITH THE SOUTH TEXAS BLOOD AND TISSUE CENTER. 
          UM, WE HAD A CHALLENGE. 
          NORMALLY IT'S, UH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL THAT'S, UH, HYPING THIS, BUT SHE WAS OUT FOR SOME REASON. 
          SO BLOOD DONATIONS DECREASED DURING THE SUMMER IN CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING SAN ANTONIO, AND I KNOW WE'RE STILL AT A SHORTAGE DURING THE SUMMER. 
          THERE ARE FEWER BLOOD DRIVES BECAUSE DONORS ARE ON VACATION AND SCHOOLS WHERE MANY DRIVES, DRIVES TAKE PLACE ARE CLOSED. 
          SO WITH THE RAPID GROWTH, THE CITY OF CITY COUNCIL PARTNERED WITH THE SOUTH TEXAS BLOOD AND TISSUE ONCE AGAIN FOR THE SA DISTRICT CHALLENGE, BLOOD DRIVE. 
          IT'S A FRIENDLY COMPETITION. 
          UM, AND HERE WE ARE TO HEAR THE RESULTS. 
          SO EXCITED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR AND CITY AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS ADRIAN MENDOZA. 
          I'M THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR SOUTH TEXAS BLOOD AND TISSUE, AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR BIOBRIDGE GLOBAL. 
          WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND SO, UH, PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE TODAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL TO ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CHALLENGE BLOOD DRIVE. 
          SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TODAY. 
          COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN GRO. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING US TO BE HERE TODAY. 
          THE SUMMER SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL CHALLENGE. 
          BLOOD DRIVES HELPED SAVE HUNDREDS OF LIVES DURING A TIME WHEN VERY FEW BLOOD DRIVES ACTUALLY GO ON DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. 
          WE HAVE A HARD TIME WITH SCHOOL BEING OUT UNIVERSITIES, PEOPLE GOING ON VACATION. 
          IT'S ALWAYS A REALLY TOUGH 
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TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY TO MEET THE NEEDS. 
          UM, SUMMER'S ONE OF THE SLOWEST TIME FOR BLOOD DONATIONS. 
          THAT DECREASE JUST PUTS THE COMMUNITY AT RISK, UM, AND RAPID POPULATION GROWTH WE'VE SEEN IN SAN ANTONIO AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY ALSO ADDS TO THAT DEMAND OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND WE'VE SEEN JUST A HUGE INCREASE. 
          SOMETIMES 20% MORE BLOOD IS, IS USED IN OUR HOSPITALS, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND DELAYED. 
          UH, HEALTHCARE EVENTS SUCH AS THE TRAGEDY IN VALDI ILLUSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING BLOOD ON THE SHELVES BEFORE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT HAPPENS. 
          SO EVERY PATIENT IN THE COMMUNITY GETS THE BLOOD THEY NEED. 
          IT'S THE BLOOD THAT'S ON THE SHELF TODAY THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THOSE TRAGEDIES, SHOULD THEY OCCUR TOMORROW OR TODAY. 
          BUT BLOOD ISN'T JUST NEEDED FOR TRAUMA SITUATIONS EVERY DAY, PEOPLE ARE HAVING PERSONAL TRAGEDIES AND FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIFE. 
          EVERYDAY. 
          BLOOD DONATIONS HELP ACCIDENT AND BURN VICTIMS, HEART SURGERY, ORGAN TRANSPLANTATIONS, AND THOSE UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR CANCER. 
          UH, ONE IN THREE PEOPLE WILL RECEIVE A BLOOD DONATION AND A GIFT, UH, IN THEIR LIFETIME. 
          UM, THOSE UNDERGOING SICKLE, SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND MANY MORE CONDITIONS NEED CHRONIC, CHRONICALLY NEED BLOOD. 
          AND SO WE NEED THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUOUSLY GIVE BLOOD TO MAKE SURE IT'S AVAILABLE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS NEED IT. 
          UM, ALL BLOOD TYPES ARE APPRECIATED. 
          WE HAVE AN ONGOING NEED, ESPECIALLY FOR TYPE O BLOOD DONORS ALWAYS. 
          UM, AND ALL BLOOD TYPES CAN BE, UH, LEVERAGED FOR PLATELET DONATIONS. 
          PLASMA, UH, REALLY IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR BLOOD TYPE IS, THERE'S SOMEONE YOU CAN HELP. 
          SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT ONE DAYS OF SUPPLY ON OF TYPE O. 
          WE, WE, WE'VE BEEN IN A SITUATION WHERE IT'S BEEN, UH, CHRONICALLY LOW FOR A LONG TIME. 
          SO WE NEED MORE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE MOVING HERE TO STEP UP AND GIVE. 
          AND YOU GUYS REALLY SET THE EXAMPLE, THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU SET FORTH IN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE SORT OF COMPETITIVE SPIRIT YOU ALL OFFER REALLY, REALLY HELPS TO, UH, SET THE EXAMPLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          MORE THAN 900 BLOOD DONATIONS WERE MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL CHALLENGE. 
          BLOOD DRIVES THAT YES. 
          YOU KNOW, AND THOSE THAT, UH, THAT GIFT HELPED SAVE THE LIVES OF 2,700 PATIENTS. 
          IT'S A HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY BENEFITED FROM JUST YOUR WORK ALONE AND WHEN IT'S AMPLIFIED, UM, WE JUST SEE THE RESULTS, UM, PEOPLE'S LIVES BEING SAVED. 
          SO, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY. 
          WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND YOUR COMMUNITY ALL THE TIME. 
          AND FOR US AS AN ORGANIZATION, THE DISTRICTS WITH THE MOST DONATIONS DURING THE SUMMER CITY COUNCIL CHALLENGE, BLOOD DRIVES. 
          WERE COMING IN IN THIRD PLACE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, UH, VERON AND DISTRICT THREE. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, . 
          SECOND PLACE, COUNCILWOMAN ROHA GARCIA, AND DISTRICT FOUR. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          AND THEN LEADING THE WAY. 
          I, I KNOW HE IS NOT HERE, BUT, UH, COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, UH, MANNY PE AND DISTRICT EIGHT CAME IN FIRST. 
          YES. 
          UH, LA LASTLY, BEFORE WE, WE INVITE YOU ALL DOWN TO TAKE A PICTURE AND, UH, AND RECEIVE SOME GIFTS. 
          I CHALLENGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO EMBRACE YOUR COMPETITIVE, YET SELF-GIVING HEARTS. 
          UH, BEAT OUR RECORDS THIS NEXT JANUARY WHEN YOU HAVE THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL CHALLENGE. 
          I JUST REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO COME OUT, GIVE AND, UH, SHOW THIS INCREDIBLE SPIRIT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COME ON EVERYBODY. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'LL, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          ALL THE COUNCIL. 
          NICE GUYS. 
          YEAH, EVERYONE, EVERYONE CONTRIBUTED HUGELY . 
          WE'VE GOT TWO REPRESENTATIVES. 
          SQUEEZE IT A LITTLE BIT. 
          SQUEEZE. 
          ONE MORE. 
          ALL. 
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OKAY. 
          SO I, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU. 
          UH, THIS CHALLENGE MADE ME GET THE ONE GALLON DONOR. 
          UM, SO I'M SUPER EXCITED. 
          I KNOW THE, THE MARE IS ALSO A ONE GALLON DONOR, UH, ALSO, SO THE CITY IS SERIOUS ABOUT THIS CHALLENGE. 
          NEXT ONE. 
          UH, AND IN ADDITION TO THIS, I HAVE ONE MORE POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, BECAUSE GIVING BLOOD IS IMPORTANT, AND THIS MONTH IS PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH. 
          AND I'VE INVITED DR. 
          LI OCHOA, A BOARD CERTIFIED VASCULAR SURGEON AND FOUNDER OF THE SAN ANTONIO VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR CLINIC, THE SAVE CLINIC IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SHE HAS, UH, WORKED SO HARD AND FROM BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, UH, WHEN GOT HERE IN 2011 AND JUST REALLY WORKED ON THE SOUTH SIDE, UM, ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND BARRIERS FACED BY HER PATIENTS. 
          UM, HER COLLABORATION HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL IN GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE, UM, DISCREPANCIES ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND WITH THE LATINO COMMUNITY AS WE FACE DISEASE. 
          SHE'S BEEN A SUPPORTER AND PARTICIPANT OF COMMUNITY FOCUSED INITIATIVES LIKE THE HEALTHY CORNER STORES, DIABETES MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS, SOKOVIA, THE FIT FAMILY CHALLENGE, UH, HEALTH CO AND VISA ESSAY, READY TO WORK, AND THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN JUST WANTING TO FOCUS ON THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND GET US, UH, WORKING. 
          SHE'S WORKING TO CREATE A MODEL OF VASCULAR CARE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN AGE IN A HEALTHY WAY. 
          AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER TODAY. 
          WE WILL BE JOINING TOGETHER ON SEPTEMBER 22ND TO HAVE A RESOURCE FAIR AND FREE SCREENING FOR, UM, FOR P A D AND SS D O H. 
          SO, I'M EXCITED TO HAVE HER SHARE A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT SHE'S DOING AND HOW THIS IS IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMAN VRAN FOR THE HONOR SPEAKING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR, OR GREAT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          YOU KNOW, I'VE ACTUALLY HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING WITH MANY OF YOU TO TALK ABOUT OUR HEALTH INEQUITIES AND HOW WE ADDRESS IT. 
          BUT TODAY, I AM HERE 'CAUSE I WANNA KICK OFF NATIONAL PERIPHERAL R T L DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH, AND I'M FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON THIS DEVASTATING HEALTH CONDITION THAT CONTRIBUTES TO VERY HIGH AMPUTATIONS IN MANY SAN ANTONIO ZIP CODES. 
          P A D OR PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE IS THE BUILDUP OF CHOLESTEROL AND PLAQUE THAT BLOCKS BLOOD FLOW TO THE LEGS AND TO THE FEET. 
          AND THOSE AT RISK INCLUDE PEOPLE WITH DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, THOSE WHO SMOKE, THOSE WHO HAVE A PERSONAL FAMILY HISTORY OF HEART ATTACK OR STROKE. 
          AND THIS COM COMPRISES A VERY SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF A SAN ANTONIO POPULATION, THE TYPE OF P A D THAT AFFECTS PEOPLE WITH DIABETES, WHICH WE KNOW IS SO PREVALENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, HOWEVER, IS PARTICULARLY INSIDIOUS. 
          DIET DIABETICS HAVE DISEASE THAT STARTS IN THE MICROVESSELS, IN THE TIPS OF THEIR TOES AND WORKS ITS WAY UP TO THE LARGER BLOOD VESSELS IN THEIR FEET AND THEIR CALVES. 
          AND THIS CREATES A SITUATION WHERE THE SMALLEST CUT OR SCRAPE IN THE PATIENT'S FOOT CAN CAUSE SEARS INFECTIONS. 
          AND THAT ESCALATES RAPIDLY IN MY EXPERIENCE. 
          AND ALL TOO FREQUENTLY, THESE PATIENTS DO NOT RECEIVE CARE UNTIL THE INFECTION BECOMES SO SEVERE THAT AN AMPUTATION IS REQUIRED TO SAVE THEIR LIFE. 
          THE HEARTBREAKING PART OF THESE AMPUTATIONS IS THAT THEY'RE ENTIRELY PREVENTABLE. 
          THESE MAPS REPRESENT DIABETIC AMPUTATION RATES ON ONE SIDE AND CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS ON THE OTHER. 
          THE DARKER BLUE ZIP CODES ARE THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST DIABETIC AMPUTATION RATES, NOTING OUR WEST, EAST, AND ENTIRE SOUTH SIDE HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBERS. 
          PREVENTING DIABETIC AMPUTATIONS STARTS WITH EDUCATING AND ENABLING OUR YOUTH TO EAT HEALTHY DIETS AND EXERCISE AND ENCOURAGING THOSE HEALTHY HABITS FOR A LIFETIME. 
          BUT PREVENTION ALSO MEANS MEETING ADULT PATIENTS WHERE THEY ARE WITH EDUCATION AND SUPPORT BEFORE THEY PROGRESS TO LIMB THREATENING SITUATIONS LIKE I'VE EXPLAINED. 
          AND SCREENING FOR P A D IS VERY SIMPLE. 
          WE SIMPLY TAKE A BLOOD PRESSURE IN YOUR ARM, IN YOUR LEG AND COMPARE THOSE TWO NUMBERS. 
          AND WHEN CAUGHT EARLY, WE CAN TREAT WITH LIFESTYLE CHANGES AND MEDICATIONS. 
          AND EVEN WHEN PATIENTS PRESENT WITH FOOT WOUNDS, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY CAN STILL BE TREATED WITH MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURES OR BYPASS SURGERIES IF ADDRESSED QUICKLY. 
          BUT ANOTHER REASON SCREENING FOR P A D IS SO IMPORTANT IS THAT MOST PATIENTS DO NOT KNOW THEY HAVE P A D. 
          MOST OF THEM HAVE NO SYMPTOMS. OFTEN THE VERY FIRST SYMPTOM A DIABETIC PATIENT HAS IS NON-HEALING FOOT WOUND, WHICH INDICATES 
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A VERY, VERY LATE STAGE IN P A D. 
          ALSO, P A D IS ASSOCIATED WITH LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS LIKE HEART DISEASE AND CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE, WHICH CAN LEAD TO HEART ATTACK AND STROKE. 
          THIS MEANS IF WE CAN DIAGNOSE P A D EARLY, WE CAN PREVENT HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES. 
          P A D IS ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR A HIGHER MORTALITY THAN BREAST CANCER, COLON CANCER, OR LUNG CANCER. 
          PREVENTING THE PROGRESSION OF P A D BY EARLY DIAGNOSIS WILL SAVE LIMBS AND WILL SAVE LIVES. 
          SO, SO FAR, NOTHING I'VE DESCRIBED TO YOU IS PARTICULARLY UNIQUE. 
          P A D SCREENINGS HAVE EXISTED FOR MANY YEARS, BUT THE MAGIC COMES FROM COLLABORATIONS LIKE THIS MULTI-DISTRICT P A D SCREENING EVENT. 
          BY INCORPORATING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH OR S D O H, BY COLLABORATING WITH CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, WE NEED MUCH MORE LIKELY TO REACH THOSE MEMBERS WHO ACTUALLY NEED THE SCREENING EDUCATION AS OUR CITY COUNCIL, WOMEN AND MEN NEED KNOW THEIR DISTRICTS SO VERY, VERY WELL. 
          WE'LL BE INCORPORATING S D O H WITH A, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR OVER 50% OF HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES. 
          THAT'S EVEN MORE THAN HEALTHCARE ITSELF. 
          AND THESE INCLUDE, AS WE'VE HEARD TODAY, AS WELL, FINANCIAL STATUS, TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION, HOUSING, INSURANCE, STATUS, QUALITY OF INSURANCE, ACCESS TO INTERNET, FOOD INSECURITY, AND HEALTH LITERACY AMONG MANY OTHERS. 
          THESE BARRIERS LEAD TO WORSE HEALTH OUTCOMES. 
          AND ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING THAT IS YOUR ZIP CODE PREDICTS YOUR HEALTH OUTCOMES BETTER THAN ANY OTHER SINGLE VARIABLE. 
          SO BY BRINGING LOCALLY S D O H RESOURCES IN THE SAME ROOM AS HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SCREENING IS THE MODEL OF THE FUTURE, IT IS MY SINCERE GOAL THAT 2022 P A D AWARENESS MONTH SCREENING AND HEALTH RESOURCE FAIR ALLOWS US TO CREATE A TOOLKIT FOR MORE FREQUENT AND SIMILAR EVENTS. 
          ALTHOUGH WE ARE LIMITED IN RESOURCES THIS YEAR TO DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH SEVEN REPRESENTING THE HIGHEST AMPUTATION RATES IN THE COMMUNITY, I EXPECT THAT LESSONS LEARNED FROM THIS EXPERIENCE WILL ALLOW US TO EXPAND TO ALL 10 DISTRICTS. 
          MAJOR CITIES ACROSS THE US FACE THESE SAME CHALLENGES. 
          THEY FACE THESE SAME BARRIERS AND THE SAME DISPARATE HEALTH OUTCOMES. 
          SAN ANTONIO WILL BE LEANING THE WAY BY ESTABLISHING COLLABORATIONS THAT COMBINE HEALTHCARE WITH PUBLIC HEALTH, MEDICINE, WITH SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, AND PREVENTATIVE STRATEGIES WITH OUR CITY LEADERS RESULTING IN A TRULY HEALTHIER COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT THE EVENTS ON SEPTEMBER 22ND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU DR. 
          OCHOA, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          ALRIGHT, LET ME RECOGNIZE NOW, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO WITH THE POINT OF PERSON PRIVILEGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THIS MONTH IS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY NATIONWIDE FOR THE SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM AS THE KEITH STONE PROGRAM OF THE OLDER AMERICAN OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965. 
          THE SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM IS AT THE FOUNDATION OF OUR NATION'S SYSTEM FOR HELPING OLDER ADULTS AGE IN PLACE, PROVIDING HEALTHY MEALS IN A CONGREGATE SETTING. 
          ONE IN FIVE, SAN ANTONIOS IS OVER 60 YEARS OLD. 
          ONE IN THREE SANTON IS OVER 55 YEARS OLD. 
          SAN ANTONIO SENIOR CENTERS ARE LOCAL, TRUSTED COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACES, PROVIDING ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTHY AGING AND SUPPORT IN A HIGHLY SOCIAL SETTING. 
          50% OF SAN ANTONIO'S SENIOR CENTER MEMBERS ARE 64 TO 74 YEARS OLD, AND 30% ARE 75 TO 85 YEARS OLD. 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SENIOR SERVICES DIVISION MANAGES THREE TYPES OF SENIOR CENTERS ACROSS SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE HAVE 11 COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CENTERS, EIGHT PART-TIME SENIOR CENTERS, AND 32 SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM CENTERS. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, SOME, SOME OF OUR, UH, SAN ANTONIO SENIORS, SENIORS FOR JOINING US TODAY. 
          WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE, THE CITY COUNTY JOINT COMMISSION ON ELDERLY AFFAIRS. 
          UM, APPOINTEES HERE TODAY ARE, UM, BARBARA WIT HOWELL, UH, FRANK BROWN, UH, LAYLA AGUIRE AND CHRIS DAWKINS. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE WATCHING FROM THE WEST END PARK SENIOR CENTER. 
          WE HAVE A BUNCH OF SENIOR CENTER, UH, SENIORS WHO ARE VIEWING US FROM THEN. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND, UH, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          MAYOR, THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SENIOR CENTER BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL, WHO ARE OUT HERE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          ALRIGHT, LET ME TOSS IT OVER NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDO WITH A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. 
          JUST A SEC. 
          IS MY CLOCK TICKING? SORRY. 
          JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE HONORED THE MEMORY AND SERVICE OF KENNETH PLATT, ONE OF THREE SURVIVORS OF THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, LIVING IN OUR CITY TODAY. 
          THREE WEEKS LATER, COUNCILMAN PERRY AND 
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I ASKED THAT WE REMEMBER ANOTHER PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR WHO'S PASSED AWAY. 
          HEINZ BACHMAN WAS 100 YEARS OLD, AND HE PASSED LAST SA SATURDAY. 
          MR. BACHMAN WAS AT HICKUM FIELD NEXT TO THE NAVAL BASE AT PEARL HARBOR WHEN ENEMY PLANES ATTACKED. 
          MOST OF THE MEN AND WOMEN STATIONED AT PEARL HARBOR WERE ASLEEP THAT SUNDAY MORNING. 
          BUT NOT MR. BACHMAN, HE WAS AWAKE ON A WORK DETAIL AND LATER SAID HE KNEW IT WAS AN ATTACK RIGHT AWAY, FEELING THAT MUCH PRESSURE. 
          HEINZ BACHMAN WAS BORN IN GERMANY AND BROUGHT TO THE UNITED STATES THROUGH ELLIS ISLAND WHEN HE WAS THREE YEARS OLD. 
          HE JOINED THE ARMY IN 1939, STATIONED IN HAWAII AND SAID HE WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE SURVIVED THE ATTACK AFTER THE ARMY. 
          HE WAS A BUSINESSMAN, A FARMER, AND AN ELECTRICIAN. 
          HE WORKED FOR THE RAILROAD AND LANDED IN SAN ANTONIO AT THE URGING OF AN ARMY FRIEND. 
          TO OUR BENEFIT, HE WORKED HERE IN SEVERAL CAR DEALERSHIPS AS A MECHANIC AND A SALESMAN. 
          THREE WEEKS AGO, I PAID HOMAGE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE GREATEST GENERATION. 
          PEOPLE LIKE HEINZ BACHMAN, WHO WERE TEMPERED BY THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND A WORLD WAR. 
          I SAID THEN, AND I REPEAT TODAY, THE RANKS OF THAT GENERATION ARE DWINDLING AND WE SHOULD TAKE TIME TO HONOR THEM AND THEIR SACRIFICE. 
          WE STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS. 
          MR. BACHMAN BECAME A US CITIZEN WHEN HIS FATHER WAS NATURALIZED IN THE 1930S, BUT 90 YEARS LATER, WHEN HE TRIED TO RENEW HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE AND DIDN'T HAVE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP, HE HAD TO GO THROUGH A CITIZENSHIP CEREMONY. 
          SO LAST FEBRUARY, ONE OF THREE SURVIVORS OF THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO, OFFICIALLY BECAME A US CITIZEN AT THE AGE OF 99. 
          WE REMEMBER HIM THIS MORNING AND THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE, HIS STRENGTH, AND HIS EXAMPLE. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          AND I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER THAN THAT, BUT I I DO WANT TO KIND OF BRING BACK A COUPLE OF THINGS IN, IN THE ARTICLE. 
          AND IN HIS INTERVIEW, UH, HE SAID HE WOKE UP EVERY DAY FOR BREAKFAST EARLY AND, UM, ONE OF THE PLACES THAT, UH, WAS BOMBED WAS THE BIG MESS HALL. 
          AND HE JUST HAPPENED NOT TO BE IN THE MESS HALL AT THAT TIME, AND THAT'S WHY HE SURVIVED THAT, THAT ATTACK. 
          AND HE SAID HE WAS OUTSIDE AND HE LITERALLY COULD SEE THE FACES OF THE JAPANESE PILOTS THAT WERE STRAFING THE FIELDS AND, AND BOMBING, UM, PEARL HARBOR. 
          AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT HAD TO BE AN AMAZING MOMENT FOR YOU TO STAND THERE ON A PEACEFUL SUNDAY MORNING. 
          AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALL HELL IS BREAKING LOOSE. 
          AND YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE FACES OF THOSE PILOTS THAT ARE WREAKING THE HAVOC ON THAT, THAT ISLAND THAT DAY ON THAT SURPRISE ATTACK. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, HE CHOSE TO MOVE HERE TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC, US BEING MILITARY CITY, U S A. 
          BUT HE WAS QUIET, HE WAS A HUMBLE PERSON. 
          HE DIDN'T BOAST AND, AND, UH, TALK ABOUT HIS, UH, UM, WAR EFFORT AND WHAT HE DID DURING THE WAR. 
          UH, VERY QUIET SOLDIER. 
          AND, UM, HE KNEW WHAT HE DID AND, UM, NOT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE DID IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO AGAIN, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR HIM AND WHAT HE DID FOR US AND OUR COUNTRY. 
          AND, UM, THEN BECOMING A A, A CITIZEN, WHAT A, WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY TO HIGHLIGHT HERE FOR US TODAY. 
          AND I, I, I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST THAT OUR, OUR GREATEST GENERATION OF AMERICANS THAT WITHSTOOD ALL THOSE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS DURING THAT WORLD WAR II TIMEFRAME, DURING THE DEPRESSION. 
          AND, UM, ALL THOSE DIFFICULTIES THAT THAT GENERATION FACED. 
          AND GUESS WHAT, THEY CAME OUT STRONGER. 
          THIS NATION IS WHAT WE ARE TODAY BECAUSE OF THEM. 
          AND I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO HIM, HIS FAMILY AND I, WE DO HAVE ONE REMAINING SURVIVOR FROM THAT ATTACK. 
          AND THANK ALL OF THAT GENERATION FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR US. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 
          MA'AM, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, UH, AND KEO HDA. 
          BEFORE WE GET STARTED, LET ME ALSO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ WITH A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND PART OF MY TARDINESS EARLIER, UM, DISTRICT TWO IS UNDERGOING A LOT OF CHANGE IN CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING. 
          UM, ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL THING TODAY. 
          UM, I HAVE A WONDERFUL YOUNG LADY WITH ME IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT OR TODAY. 
          UM, HER NAME IS MS. LULA BELL DANIELS, AND SHE YESTERDAY CELEBRATED HER 100TH BIRTHDAY. 
          SHE IS, SHE IS A DISTRICT TWO RESIDENT OF OVER 50 YEARS, AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF TRUE HOLINESS CHURCH. 
          AND I'M GONNA READ SOME NUMBERS TO Y'ALL. 
          SHE HAS 10 CHILDREN, 22 GRANDCHILDREN, 42 GREAT GRAND, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND 16 GREAT, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. 
          AND 
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I'M GONNA PUT Y'ALL ALL ON THE SPOT, Y'ALL IN THE CROWD TOO. 
          I WOULD REALLY LIKE IF YOU WOULD ALL JOIN ME IN SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MISS LULA BEE DANIELS, AND WE'LL SAY L LABEL BEE AS THE NAME. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BIRTHDAY. 
          THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THAT. 
          AND, UH, MS. DANIELS, I WOULD LOVE IF YOU, UH, WOULDN'T MIND SAYING A FEW WORDS. 
          I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. 
          SAY A FEW WORDS. 
          WELL, I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. 
          I CAME TO SAN ANTONIO IN 1,944. 
          I RAISED MY FAMILY HERE. 
          MY HUSBAND WORKED AT KELLY FIELD FOR 40 YEARS, . 
          AND I JUST THANK THE LORD FOR BEING HERE AND GOT MY HEALTH AND STRENGTH AND NOBODY CAN DO YOU LIKE THE LORD. 
          THAT'S RIGHT, . 
          AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO BE HERE. 
          MY GRANDDAUGHTER WANTED ME TO COME DOWN HERE AND SAY, IF YOU WOULD, WHEN I CAME, WERE NO FREEWAYS, . 
          THEY HAD TWO WAYS NOW. 
          THEY GOT SIX AND EIGHT WAYS TO GO AND WASN'T NO, NONE OF THOSE FREEWAYS BUILT HERE. 
          SO I'VE BEEN HERE, UH, SINCE 1,944. 
          I SEE THIS CITY CHANGE SO MANY DIFFERENT TIMES, , AND I'M JUST GLAD TO BE HERE AND THANK Y'ALL FOR THE SONG. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, AND IN ABOUT 73 YEARS, I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO BORROW THOSE GLASSES, . 
          THANK YOU AND HAVE A, HAVE A GREAT REST OF THE DAY AND A HAPPY BIRTHDAY PARTY ON SATURDAY. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY MS. DANIELS. 
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ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GET NOW INTO OUR AGENDA TODAY. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL BRIEFING. 
          UH, SO I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES NOW IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA SO FAR. 
          I HAVE ITEM FOUR. 
          OKAY. 
          IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEM SAVED FOR ITEM FOUR. 
          LET ME CALL UP FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ON CONSENT. 
          WE HAVE ONE ON ITEM NUMBER 17, LEONARDA WALKER. 
          WELL, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. 
          UM, MY NAME IS LEONORA WALKER AND I AM THE C E O AND FOUNDER OF FREE TEXAS FREED STANDS FOR FINISHED RECIDIVISM THROUGH EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND DIVINITY. 
          AND THIS IS MY C F O, CAROLYN HEATH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          I AM SOMEBODY THAT HAS FORMERLY INCARCERATED. 
          I'VE BEEN DELIVERED FOR OVER NINE YEARS FROM BEXAR COUNTY, WORKING WITH REENTRY AS A PEER SUPPORT, A NATIONAL PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICE IN AND SOTA AT ONE POINT. 
          I'VE ALSO DONE PRISON MINISTRY FOR FIVE YEARS AND TAUGHT AT THE WOMEN'S LOCKHART PRISON AND HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE INCARCERATION SYSTEM MYSELF. 
          WE DEVELOPED THIS, UM, NONPROFIT TO HELP OUR FORMERLY INCARCERATION, UM, OUR FORMERLY INCARCERATED BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY REENTRY BACK INTO THE SOCIETY. 
          WE OFFER $15 AN HOUR WHILE THEY TAKE OUR COURSES, CELL PHONES AND LAPTOPS AS NEEDED. 
          WE OFFER EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 10 TO THREE, AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY AND EXCITED ABOUT THE SUPPORT WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COME TOGETHER IN THIS TIME OF HEALING THAT'S NEEDED. 
          WORKING TOGETHER WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN BRING RESTORATION TO OUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND CHILDREN. 
          SO THIS MONEY WILL BE USED FOR OUR SCHOLARS. 
          BY THE WAY, WE WANT TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE OF OUR FORMERLY INCARCERATED, NOT EX-CON OR EX-FELON, BUT OUR SCHOLARS AND 
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THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. 
          AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO DO PROCESSING GROUPS AND SOME GREAT EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES TO HELP THE CHILDREN AND LOVED ONES REGAIN AN UNDERSTANDING FOR THE, THE LOVED ONE THAT THEY HAVE, UH, LOST DURING INCARCERATION. 
          WE ONLY DO 10, UM, SCHOLARS AT A TIME, AND DURING THAT TIME, WE HAD NINE THAT GRADUATED. 
          NONE OF THEM HAVE RE-OFFENDED, AND WE HAVE SAVED THE COUNTY WITH THE $50,000 THAT WE HAD RECEIVED. 
          WE SAVED THE COUNTY OVER $139,000. 
          THAT'S MONEY THAT CAN GO TO OUR CITY ROADS, OUR EDUCATION, AND ALL THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT EACH OF YOU ARE REPRESENTING. 
          SO WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND HEAL AND BRING REAL TRANSF, UM, TRANSFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU FOR GIVING SOMEBODY LIKE ME, A FORMERLY INCARCERATED PERSON THAT TOOK A DEMOCRACY CLASS, AND I ACTUALLY SAT ON YOUR RIGHT THERE, MAYOR A FEW YEARS AGO, , WHEN I WAS AT AKATA, PLAYING WITH THE MANTLE, BUT JUST GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND HEAL OUR COMMUNITY AND BRING REAL RESTORATION, BRING REAL REENTRY. 
          WE HOPE THIS WILL BE A MOTTO THAT CAN BE, UM, USED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. 
          WE DON'T LIMIT GOD AT FREE TEXAS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND AS WE LIKE TO SAY AT FREE TEXAS, WE'RE NOT PERFECT. 
          WE'RE JUST FREED. 
          AND AN EDUCATED, FREED SCHOLAR IS NO LONGER FIT TO BE A SLAVE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, TO YOU AND CAROLYN FOR YOUR GOOD WORK. 
          UH, I KNOW IT'S PAINSTAKING, UH, AND IT'S INDIVIDUAL WORK, UH, THAT YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS THAT REALLY CANNOT BE COUNTED, UH, IN OUR METRICS ORIENTED WAYS, BUT IT, IT IS REAL MEANINGFUL WORK AND I, I REMAIN A BIG FAN OF YOURS. 
          AND THANK YOU ALSO, CAROLYN, FOR CONTINUING TO KEEP YOUR HUSBAND'S FLAME BURNING BRIGHT. 
          YES. 
          HIS MISSION IS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE. 
          YES, . 
          ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO DISCUSSION NOW ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UH, SO IF I COULD HAVE MY COLLEAGUES, UM, QUEUE UP ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF ITEMS. UM, FIRST ITEM 11. 
          UH, THANKS TO MICHAEL VALDEZ FOR CONTINUING TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY ON THE SAN ANTONIO, UM, HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD. 
          MICHAEL PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE CHAIR OF THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION, BUT HE'S GRADUATED. 
          SO HE'S, UH, MOVED TO THIS BOARD AND HE'S BEEN AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEERING COMMUNITY LEADER FOR MOST OF HIS YOUNG LIFE. 
          HE GRADUATED THIRD IN HIS CLASS FROM EDGEWOOD FINE ARTS ACADEMY JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO. 
          AND HE HOLDS THE DISTINCTION OF HAVING LOGGED THE THIRD HIGHEST NUMBER OF 3 1 1 REPORTS IN THE CITY. 
          I KNOW HE'LL BE A VALUED MEMBER OF THE SAN ANTONIO HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD, AND WE THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE. 
          I ALSO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 16, AND I WANNA JUST TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMEND JESUS, UH, JEFF VAN TROY ON THEIR AND THEIR TEAMS FOR CONTINUED EFFORTS IN ADVANCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 
          WE TEND TO USE THE TERM GAME GAME CHANGER TOO OFTEN, BUT THE VISION BEHIND THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR AIRPORT IS TRULY TRANSFORMATIONAL. 
          IT'S AN INVESTMENT THAT WILL TAKE OUR CITY, OUR BUSINESS, AND OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH OPPORTUNITIES AND MOMENTUM. 
          I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRPORT AND PLAN TO BE THERE WHEN THE PROJECT BREAKS GROUND. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, WHEN WE CUT A CEREMONIAL RIBBON AT ITS GRAND OPENING. 
          AND I WILL CONTINUE TO GET UPDATES AT OUR TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 17, WHICH WAS THE AGREEMENT WITH FREED TEX, UH, FREED TEXAS WEST CARE, TEXAS, AND RISING STARS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL START BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS MONEY COMES FROM THE ASSET FORFEITURE FUND, UM, WHERE FOLKS WHO ARE ARRESTED LOSE THEIR POSSESSIONS AND THE S A P D CONFISCATES IT. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY THAT MONEY BELONGS TO OUR PEOPLE ANYWAY. 
          UM, I AM REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT THE EAST SIDE ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE ALREADY DOING CRIME PREVENTION WORK ARE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THESE FUNDS AND SERVE MORE RESIDENTS. 
          SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO WEST CARE, UH, TO FREED TEXAS, UH, LEON, NOR I SEE YOU, UH, CHARLES, SAD, UH, WITH RISING STARS, UM, ALL OF YOU FOR COMING THROUGH TO BRING THESE MONEY BACK, THIS MONEY BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY IN THE FORM OF CRIME PREVENTION SERVICES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEMS 11 A AND 11 C, THE APPOINTMENT OF SARAH ZIMMERMAN TO THE SAN ANTONIO COMMISSION OF EDUCATION AND SARAH GARRIS SENIO TO THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN. 
          BOTH OF THESE WOMEN ARE ROCK STARS WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT SAN ANTONIO AND HAVE A GROUND LEVEL KNOWLEDGE OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING SAN ANTONIO STUDENTS AND WOMEN. 
          I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE APPOINTING A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, SARAH ZIMMERMAN, TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S COMMISSION OF EDUCATION. 
          SARAH HAS 10 YEARS 
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OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. 
          SHE LIVES AND TEACHES IN DISTRICT FIVE, AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL SERVING ON THE PARKS BOND COMMITTEE FOR DISTRICT FIVE, SECURING FUNDING FOR CASTANO PARK. 
          SO THANK YOU TO SARAH AND SARAH GARRIS SENIO FOR SERVING AS A DISTRICT FIVE APPOINTEE TO THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION, UH, STATUS OF WOMEN. 
          SARAH IS A DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENT AND SHE'S ALSO THE CO-OWNER OF A DISTRICT THREE BUSINESS TANDEM. 
          SO Y'ALL SHOULD CHECK THAT OUT. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE SARAHS, UH, OF SERVING DISTRICT FIVE . 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS. SAY FOR ITEM FOUR, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          [ACTION ITEMS FOR STAFF BRIEFING]
WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND ESTABLISHING CRITERIA FOR SUCH FUNDING. 
          GO AHEAD, MARIA. 
          WE'LL TAKE THE PRESENTATION THEN WE GOT FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, AND GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, TODAY IS A PRESENTATION OF THE ARPA, THE USE OF ARPA DOLLARS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AS ALLOCATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, AN ALLOCATION OF $26 MILLION. 
          AND BEFORE I BEGIN MY PRESENTATION, I WANNA THANK THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE RESIDENTS THAT PROVIDED THEIR PUBLIC INPUT AS WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          AND SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE HERE PRESENT TODAY. 
          THEY PROVIDED VALUABLE FEEDBACK THAT YOU'LL SEE REFLECTED IN THIS, UH, PROPOSAL, AND ALSO THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR THEIR POLICY DIRECTION AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
           SO THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR MENTAL HEALTH IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE OTHER PLANS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN FOR THE USE OF ARPA DOLLARS. 
          IT IDENTIFIES, UH, FOUR AREAS. 
          ONE IS IDENTIFICATION OF THE CVID 19 IMPACT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS WITH THIS FUNDING. 
          IT ALSO PROPOSES PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES THAT WILL BENEFIT COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE MOSTLY IMPACTED BY C OVID 19 IN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH. 
          UH, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROPOSAL PROCESS TO FURTHER DEFINE DESIRE OUTCOMES AND METRICS. 
          UH, THERE, THERE'S, YOU, YOU SAW SOME OF THOSE ALREADY IN THE PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, BUT WE'LL SOLIDIFY THOSE AS WE WORK WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND FINALLY, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE TODAY IS A PLAN FOR TWO YEARS, FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2023 AND 2024. 
          SO SOME BACKGROUND ON HOW THIS PLAN CAME ABOUT. 
          UH, WE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IN APRIL. 
          THEY PROVIDED US A DIRECTION. 
          WE CAME BACK IN JUNE WITH A DRAFT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE PROVIDED FURTHER INPUT, INPUT AND REQUESTED THAT WE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON THIS PROPOSAL. 
          AND WE DID SO IN THE MONTHS OF JUNE AND JULY. 
          AND WE, UH, PRESENTED ON AUGUST 16, A REVISED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT INCORPORATED THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          THIS TABLE THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU ILLUSTRATES THE USE OF THE $26 MILLION. 
          ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU SEE THE, THE POPULATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY C OVID 19, FOLLOWED BY A STRATEGY AND PROGRAM ON HOW WE GONNA DO THAT. 
          AND THEN WE DIVIDE THE $26 MILLION ALLOCATION IN TWO AREAS. 
          ONE IS THOSE, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR EXPANSION IN METRO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. 
          AND I WILL DESCRIBE THOSE IN THE NEXT FEW, FEW SLIDES. 
          AND THEN WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO BE A PLACE IN A COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO ASSIST THE CITY IN DELIVERING THE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE THE TOTAL FOR EACH OF THE GROUPS. 
          SO LET ME BEGIN WITH, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION FOR OUR YOUTH, UH, POPULATION. 
          UH, FOR MENTAL HEALTH, FOR YOUTH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING $15 MILLION. 
          UH, WE ARE, 
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UH, HOPING TO ADDRESS THE INCREASED SOCIAL ISOLATION, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND SUICIDE THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN OUR, IN OUR YOUTH. 
          IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE ARE GONNA BE TARGETING, UH, THOSE, UM, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AGES 12 TO 19, THAT WERE MOSTLY IMPACTED BY C OVID 19. 
          AND WE'RE DOING SO BY UTILIZING DATA, UH, MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITALIZATIONS, 9 1 1 CALLS, AND OUR EQUITY ATLAS TO BE ABLE TO NARROW DOWN THOSE UH, POPULATIONS. 
          WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING, UH, THAT WE EXPAND THE PROGRAM THAT IS RUN BY METRO HEALTH, WHICH IS OUR PROJECT WORTH, UH, TEEN AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, AND ALSO OUR STANDUP SA PROGRAM AND THE STANDUP SA PROGRAM. 
          AND THE TEEN AMBASSADOR WILL BE TARGETING YOUTH AGES 12 TO 19, SPECIFICALLY TO BE ABLE TO, TO ADDRESS, UH, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UNDER THIS CATEGORY, THE OTHER STRATEGY IS TO PROVIDE DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES AND FAMILY PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE OF SIX. 
          AND WE ARE, UM, GOING TO BE TARGETING INDIVIDUALS, UH, IN OUR EQUITY ATLAS WITH A SCORE OF SIX OR HIGHER. 
          AND TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, AUTISM IS ONE OF THOSE, UM, DIAGNOSTICS THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO, TO ADDRESS AS WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE IS A WAITING LIST FOR INDIVIDUALS OR FOR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED IN THE AREA OF OLDER ADULTS. 
          WE'RE RECOMMENDING $5 MILLION THREE STRATEGIES. 
          ONE, UH, IS TO EXPAND OUR NAVIGATION PROGRAMS FOR OLDER ADULTS TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM TO THE MANY SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED WITHIN THE CITY. 
          AND ALSO WITH THE GOAL OF, UM, REMOVING SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT SOME OF THEM FACE. 
          AS WE HAVE SEEN OUR SENIORS COMING BACK TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CENTERS AND OUR NUTRITION CENTERS. 
          WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE OLDER, OLDER ADULTS THAT ARE NOT PARTICIPATING IN THIS FACILITY. 
          SO WE ARE AIMING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE SOCIAL INTERACTION ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS FOR OUR SENIORS. 
          SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS TO EXPAND THE OPENING HOURS AT THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CENTERS. 
          THIS WILL BE A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 
          SO TODAY OUR COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CENTERS ARE OPEN FROM SEVEN IN THE MORNING TO 4:00 PM THIS PROPOSAL WILL EXPAND THE HOURS TO 7:00 PM FOUR DAYS A WEEK, UH, FOR THE 11 COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CENTERS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, PLUS THE ONE THAT IS COMING UP IN DISTRICT FOUR IN 2023 FOR A TOTAL OF 12 UH, CENTERS. 
          ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT, OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS THE STAFF PROPOSAL, UH, WAS TO EXTEND THE HOURS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 
          UH, THEY ASKED THAT WE ASK THE SENIORS THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CONDUCTING A SURVEY. 
          UH, THIS WEEK. 
          THE SURVEY WILL CLOSE ON FRIDAY. 
          SO FAR AS OF MONDAY, WE HAD 927 SENIORS THAT HAVE RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY. 
          AND SO FAR, UH, THEIR PREFERENCE IS MONDAY OVER FRIDAY. 
          BUT WE'LL FINALIZE THE, THE SURVEY AND WHEN WE COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL IN JANUARY, UH, WE'LL, UM, AND, AND BEFORE THAT WE'LL LET YOU KNOW THE RESULTS OF, OF THE, OF THE SURVEY, BUT THAT'S WHEN WE WILL BEGIN THE EXTENSION OF THE HOURS IN JANUARY, 2023. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, ANOTHER AREA THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS A CHALLENGE WITH INPUT WITH THE COMMUNITY IS THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF LOVED ONES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. 
          IT COULD BE, UH, THE PARENT THAT IS, UH, EXPERIENCING SOME MENTAL, UH, CHALLENGES. 
          UH, IT COULD BE THE CHILD, A GRANDCHILD, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO PROVIDE SOME COACHING SERVICES AND HOW TO DEAL WITH A LOVED ONE THAT IS EXPERIENCING A MENTAL ILLNESS. 
          SO THAT IS, THAT'S ANOTHER STRATEGY WITHIN OUR OLDER ADULTS CATEGORY. 
          THE NEXT AREA IS, UM, HOMELESS. 
          $5 MILLION IS ALLOCATED WITH A COUPLE OF STRATEGIES. 
          UH, ONE IS TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THE NAVIGATION SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THE CITY. 
          UH, WE ARE NOW RECOMMENDING TO EXPAND CITY POSITIONS TO DO SO, BUT RATHER GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO ASSIST THE CITY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TO ACHIEVE THAT. 
          SO THE FIRST STRATEGY IS FOR UNSHELTERED VETERAN HOMELESS, UH, THAT ARE CHRONIC AND NATURE, AND THEY HAVE SOME, UH, CHALLENGES WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE 
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ABUSE. 
          AND THE SECOND ITEM IS OUTREACH AND SERVICE TO YOUTH, UH, WHO ARE AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, UH, THAT PERHAPS MAY HAVE BEEN VICTIMS THEMSELVES. 
          AND NOW THAT THEY'RE AGING OUT OF THE SYSTEM, THEY NEED A SUPPORT SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE. 
          SO THE NEXT AREA IS COLLABORATION. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED THROUGH THE PANDEMIC IS THE NEED TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          BURKE COUNTY, THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES TRACK, UH, NAMI, AND, UH, BRIDGES TO CARE, AND MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS GONNA LEAD THIS EFFORT IN ESTABLISHING A FRAMEWORK TO SERVE AND ALIGN UPSTREAM, UH, SYSTEMS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO BETTER PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THE OTHER AREA THAT WE WANT TO STUDY IS PERHAPS HAVING A CENTRALIZED PHONE NUMBER, A CRISIS LINE WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN CALL PRE-CRISIS BEFORE THEY CALL NINE ONE ONE IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE NAVIGATING, UH, THE MANY SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ALSO, A PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA IS PROPOSED IN THIS, UH, IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          AND FINALLY, TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO EVALUATE THE RECENTLY DEPLOYED 9 8 8 LINE FOR MENTAL HEALTH. 
          THIS IS AN AREA THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE HAS REQUESTED THAT WE COME BACK AND PRESENT IN MORE DETAIL IN TERMS OF WHAT HAS BEEN THE IMPACT OF THIS LINE, UH, THAT STARTED IN JULY, AND THEN HOW THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CAN BENEFIT AND ALSO WORKING WITH THE COUNTY. 
          SO NOW I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE, THE R F P, THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. 
          SO WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS THE ELIGIBILITY AND SCORING. 
          UH, ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS ARE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THIS IS, UH, THE SAME ELIGIBILITY FOR THE OTHER IMPLEMENTATION PLANS PRESENTED BEFORE YOU FOR SENIORS, FOR YOUTH, UH, FOR NONPROFIT, UH, SOCIAL SERVICES AS WELL. 
          THE SCORING CRITERIA IS A HUNDRED POINTS. 
          UH, YOU SEE THE BREAKOUT 30 POINTS FOR EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND, AND QUALIFICATIONS. 
          40 POINTS FOR PROPOSED PLAN. 
          NOW, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IN THE PROPOSED PLAN, WHICH WERE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          ONE IS THAT WE ASK THE ORGANIZATIONS WHAT IS THEIR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. 
          THIS FUNDING IS FOR TWO YEARS AS ONE TIME IN NATURE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          SO THAT'LL BE INCORPORATED AS PART OF THAT PORTION OF THE R F P. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ONE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES TO AGENCIES THAT PERHAPS HAVEN'T DONE BUSINESS WITH THE CITY BEFORE, OR PERHAPS HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR LESS THAN TWO YEARS. 
          SO TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT ESTABLISHED PARTNERS WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS MUCH YOUNGER OR PERHAPS DON'T, DON'T QUALIFY ON THEIR OWN, HAVING DONE BUSINESS WITH THE CITY BEFORE. 
          SO WE WILL ALLOCATE FIVE POINTS OF THE 40 TO BE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE THOSE COLLABORATIONS WITHIN NONPROFITS. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE THE POINTS FOR, FOR BUDGET. 
          AND ALSO WE ARE ALLOCATING 10 POINTS AS WE'RE ASKING THE ORGANIZATIONS TO BE INNOVATIVE. 
          SO FOR INSTANCE, IN THE AREA OF YOUTH, WHEN WE MET WITH THE YOUTH COMMISSION, THEY FELT THAT PERHAPS IF WE USE TECHNOLOGY THROUGH, UM, VIA TEXT, THAT THEY CAN CONSULT WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL WITHOUT HAVING TO GO IN PERSON AND VISIT SOMEBODY. 
          SO WE'RE ASKING THROUGH THE R F P FOR THOSE INNOVATIVE IDEAS WITH THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY, BUT ALSO IN PERSON SERVICES. 
          SO FINALLY, THIS IS THE, THE TIMELINE FOR THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. 
          NEXT WEEK WE'LL START WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANT WORKSHOPS. 
          THIS WAS ALSO A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          UM, OUR HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND OUR METRO METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT ARE WORKING WITH YOUR OFFICES. 
          AND SO FAR WE HAVE, UM, FOUR WORKSHOPS THAT WILL BE SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK ON SEPTEMBER THE SIXTH. 
          WE ARE GONNA BE AT THE SOUTH SIDE LINES ON SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH AT THE ALICIA AT TREVINO SENIOR CENTER ON SEPTEMBER THE EIGHTH AT THE NORTHEAST, UH, SENIOR CENTER, AND ON SEPTEMBER THE EIGHTH AS WELL. 
          WE ARE CONFIRMING ALLOCATION IN DISTRICT TWO TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE INTERESTED. 
          NOW, THIS IS HAPPENING BEFORE WE OPEN THE R F P. 
          SO THIS WILL GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THE ORGANIZATIONS TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROPOSALS, ABOUT HOW COMPLETE THE R F P. 
          I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT TO MAKE IT EASY TO OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, WE ARE COMBINING MENTAL HEALTH, WHAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING TODAY, 
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ALSO WITH THE PLANS THAT YOU APPROVED, UM, LAST WEEK FOR YOUTH AND SENIORS IN NONPROFIT SOCIAL SERVICES. 
          SO THAT WAY THERE'S ONE R F P THAT THIS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TO, UM, ADDRESS. 
          ON SEPTEMBER THE NINTH, WE WILL OPEN THE R F P AND WE'LL, UM, HAVE A PRE-SUBMIT SUBMITTAL CONFERENCE OF SEPTEMBER 16. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE GONNA DO TWO MORE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOPS AS THE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THE R F P, THEY'RE COMPLETING THE R F P. 
          IF THEY'RE, IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE, WE'LL, WE'LL DO THOSE ON SEPTEMBER 27TH AND THE 28TH. 
          THE R F P CLOSES ON OCTOBER 28TH. 
          UH, AND THIS ALSO REFLECTS FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT WANT, THEY WANTED US TO HAVE THE R F P OPEN FOR, UM, A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN 30 DAYS. 
          OUR TEAMS, THE CITY ALSO WORKING WITH SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN THE COMMUNITY TO INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCES AND MENTAL HEALTH. 
          WE ARE GONNA HOLD THAT, UH, EVALUATION AND SCORING IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. 
          WE PLAN TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU, UM, ON DECEMBER 15 TO GET YOUR APPROVAL ON THE CONTRACTS AND THEN START THE WORK IN JANUARY, 2023. 
          SO OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TODAY IS YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR, UH, TO APPROVE THIS PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          MARIA. 
          WE DO HAVE A FEW FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR. 
          I'LL CALL THEM AN ORDER OF SIGNUP. 
          WE'LL START WITH WHITNEY TOSEN. 
          MS. TOSEN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ERIC ADA. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS WHITNEY TOSEN, AND I'M THE, MAYBE THIS IS A LITTLE BETTER. 
          I'M WHITNEY TOSEN AND I'M THE FOUNDER OF ALAMO RANCH COUNSEL AND WELLNESS. 
          AND I FIRST WANNA SAY THAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THESE FUNDS GOING TO MENTAL HEALTH, ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUTH, BUT I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS OR SOME THINGS THAT I WANT YOU ALL TO CONSIDER, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS R F P. 
          THE MAIN THING I THINK WAS JUST DISCUSSED WAS PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND SINCE IT IS A FACTOR IN THE POINT SYSTEM THAT ORGANIZATIONS PARTNER OR THEY GET MORE POINTS FOR PARTNERING, IS IT A POTENTIAL TO PUT OUT A LIST OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INTERESTED SO WE KNOW WHO WE CAN PARTNER WITH? AND THEN THE OTHER THING WAS JUST CONSIDERING HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. TOSEN. 
          ERIC ESTRADA. 
          MR. ESTRADA, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY DOUG BEACH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY NAME IS ERIC ESTRADA. 
          I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FORMAL COMMUNITIES. 
          WE'RE ALONE, UH, LOCALLY FOR OPERATING CAPACITY BUILDING, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND DIRECT SERVICE PROGRAMS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH. 
          WE'RE BEST KNOWN FOR THE SAN ANTONIO CLUBHOUSE. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA BE HERE TO REPRESENT OUR CLUBHOUSE MEMBERS, OUR PEERS, AND OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          UH, WANTED TO THANK Y'ALL. 
          YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE HAS DONE A LOT OF, UH, GREAT WORK TO GET US TO TODAY. 
          AND WE REALLY, UH, APPRECIATE THAT. 
          WE APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP OF, UH, COMMITTEE CHAIR, UH, KA HDA AND, UH, AND THE WORK OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND MARIA VIA GOMEZ IN, UH, BEING AT WHAT SEEMED LIKE INFINITE NUMBER OF SESSIONS TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AND HAVING BEEN PART OF AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY CHALLENGING TO TRY TO MEET THE GOALS AND THE OBJECTIVES THAT EVERYBODY HAS. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED RESOURCES, UH, OBVIOUSLY. 
          UM, BUT WHAT WE SAW IN THE PLAN TODAY AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD, UH, I THINK REALLY REFLECTS THE OVERALL, UM, INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? PEOPLE WERE LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO BE INVOLVED, UH, TO REALLY FOCUS ON LOCAL FOLKS WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY BEING SERVED, WHERE PEOPLE ALREADY TRUST THE SYSTEMS OF CARE AND THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH. 
          AND, UM, WE THINK THE PLAN REALLY REFLECTS THAT REALLY WELL. 
          AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, WE ALSO THINK, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE CONTINUATION OF THE, THE BUDGET PROCESS NOW AND IN THE FUTURE, WE'D REALLY LOVE TO ENCOURAGE Y'ALL AS THE LEADERS OF OUR CITY TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE THINK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AS PART OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE DO. 
          YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE SENIOR CENTERS AND THE, THE PLACE FOR CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY FOR FOLKS. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH EARLIER AND THE IMPACTS ON PHYSICAL HEALTH THAT HAS THE SAME IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH. 
          AND, UM, I THINK WE DON'T ALWAYS CONNECT THE DOTS AS TO HOW THOSE THINGS FIT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT ESSAY READY TO WORK, GETTING PEOPLE INTO NEW KINDS OF JOB AND FOCUSING ON LABOR, GETTING PEOPLE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT, UH, DIGNIFIED KIND OF CAREER THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD ACCESS TO, LIKE THAT IMPACTS PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN N H S D IS OUT THERE HELPING PEOPLE NOT BEING EVICTED SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PULL THEIR KIDS OUTTA SCHOOL AND DISRUPT THEIR LIVES, THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH, YOU KNOW, AND SO THE WORK THAT THE MELODY WOOSLEY DOES AND UH, AND HUMAN SERVICES, THE WORK THAT MARK HARMON'S TRYING TO DO IN IMPLEMENTING THE SHIP, ALL THESE AREAS OF THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING, ALL OF THEM AFFECT MENTAL HEALTH. 
          OH, 
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THANK YOU, MR. RAVI. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DOUG BEACH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY NAME IS DOUG BEACH AND I'M THE BOARD PRESIDENT FOR NAMI SAN ANTONIO. 
          THAT'S THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS. 
          AND WE'VE WORKED IN SAN ANTONIO SINCE 1984. 
          OUR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE, ADVOCATE, AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IMPACTED BY MENTAL ILLNESS. 
          AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE DISTRIBUTION, THE PLAN FOR DISTRIBUTION OF ARPA FUNDS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. 
          AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD BEFORE, MENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS ONE IN FIVE PEOPLE EVERY YEAR. 
          THAT'S OVER 400,000 PEOPLE IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          AND PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE THEIR FIRST MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER OFTEN WAIT AN AVERAGE OF 10 YEARS BEFORE THEY FIRST GET PROFESSIONAL HELP. 
          HELPING PEOPLE BEFORE THEY, BEFORE THEIR ILLNESS BECOMES A CRISIS, IMPROVES THE LIKELIHOOD THE PERSON WILL NOT BECOME HOMELESS, INCARCERATED, ABUSE, SUBSTANCES, OR DIE 29 YEARS EARLIER THAN AVERAGE. 
          REACHING PEOPLE BEFORE CRISIS SAVES LIVES AND IMPROVES OUTCOMES. 
          THAT'S WHY WE SUPPORT THE EFFORT TO MOVE UPSTREAM IN PROVIDING EDUCATION AND SERVICES, IN PARTICULAR IN THIS ORDINANCE, THE COLLABORATION TO ADDRESS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, INCLUDING ESTABLISHING A FRAMEWORK TO SERVE AND ALIGN UPSTREAM SERVICES AND ORGANIZATIONS. 
          WE SUPPORT THE ROLE OF THE SAN ANTONIO METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS AN ORGANIZATION TO HELP ESTABLISH THIS FRAMEWORK. 
          SECONDLY, THE CENTRAL PHONE NUMBER TO RESPOND TO PRE-CRISIS CALLS FROM INDIVIDUALS SEEKING SUPPORT AND NAVIGATION. 
          THIRD, COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THE STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS. 
          AND LASTLY, THE 9 8 8 NUMBER, IMPLEMENTING A NUMBER, UH, IMPLEMENTATION IN BEXAR COUNTY, WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE CALL CENTER IN BEXAR COUNTY AND NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN THIS ORDINANCE. 
          WE ALSO SUPPORT THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL TO BUILDING A MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT WILL IMPROVE COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CURRENTLY STRUGGLE TO NAVIGATE THEIR WAY TO SERVICES. 
          AND LASTLY, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS ARPA PROCESS FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. 
          WE'RE ANXIOUS TO WORK WITH YOU TO HELP IMPROVE THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THE CITY STAFF IN BRINGING FORTH THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BEACH. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO DISCUSSION NOW. 
          BEFORE WE DO, LET ME ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR. 
          I MOVE TO APPROVE MAYOR SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WAS TASKED BY OUR MAYOR WITH DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR THE ALLOCATION OF 26 MILLION IN FEDERAL APA FUNDS DEDICATED TO MENTAL HEALTH. 
          LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          THE FUNDS ARE TO BE USED FOR RESCUE AND RECOVERY FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC ON OUR COMMUNITY'S MENTAL HEALTH. 
          THE COMMITTEE'S WORK INCLUDED THE DEFINITION OF OUTCOMES, AND WE LAID OUT HOW THOSE OUTCOMES WILL BE MEASURED. 
          THE PLAN OUTLINES, PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES THAT WILL ADDRESS THOSE IMPACTED BY FAR, EVEN THOUGH 26 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH. 
          I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST A BEGINNING. 
          AND, UM, SO TO SAY THAT WE'RE, UM, ADDRESSING THOSE IMPACTED, I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE AS ADDRESSING AS MANY AS WE CAN. 
          TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY. 
          THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED WHAT RESCUE WOULD LOOK LIKE. 
          THERE'S NO DOUBT. 
          THE PANDEMIC'S EFFECT ON MENTAL HEALTH IS A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN. 
          PUBLIC SAFETY IS MORE THAN POLICE AND FIRE, ALTHOUGH THOSE ARE IMPORTANT. 
          PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALSO DEFINED AS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO FEEL SAFE. 
          AS STEWARDS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, WE CANNOT SIMPLY REACT TO CRISIS. 
          WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE CAUSES OF EMERGENCIES BEFORE SERVICES ARE NEEDED, AND WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE CARE AND TREATMENT NEEDED AFTER AN EMERGENCY CALL IS PLACED. 
          OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE, OUR GOAL WAS TO PLAN A RESCUE AND MAKE THE BEST USE OF THESE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO DO IT, BUT IT HAD TO BE DONE IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS FOR LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY THAT LEADS TO NEW OR EXISTING MENTAL HEALTH STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS. WE HAD COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN OUR CONVERSATION. 
          WE HEARD SOME OF THAT TODAY. 
          AND WE USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LIFT OUR CONVERSATION ABOVE THE STIGMA THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS. 
          THIS IS A PLAN THAT I'M PROUD OF, AND ONE I FEEL WILL KEEP THE FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH. 
          SEEING ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE YOUTH CENTER OF TEXAS, UH, FREED TEXAS HERE TODAY, REMIND ME, LIKE MS. WALKER SAID THIS MORNING, THIS IS A TIME OF HEALING. 
          THIS PLAN SUPPORTS HEALING. 
          AND TO HEAR THE SUPPORT OF MS. TOWSON'S ORGANIZATION, MR. BEAT ME AND SA CLUBHOUSE SHOWS ME THAT WE GOT IT RIGHT. 
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THIS CONVERSATION IS NOT OVER. 
          IT'S THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WE AS A CITY NEED TO DO TO KEEP OUR CITIZENS SAFE. 
          THANKS TO ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO GAVE US THEIR FEEDBACK AND VALUABLE, UH, INPUT. 
          SOME OF THOSE, UH, WHOM ARE HERE TODAY. 
          THANKS TO MARIA VILLA GOMEZ FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THESE, THIS ISSUE. 
          I KNOW YOU SPENT A LOT OF STRESSFUL LATE NIGHTS ON THIS, AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANKS TO OUR FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS, COUNCILMEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAKI RODRIGUEZ, VRAN SANDOVAL, AND PERRY FOR YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS AND YOUR DEDICATION. 
          AND WITH THAT, I ALREADY MOVED, SO WE'RE GOOD. 
          I MOVED TO APPROVE THE ITEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KIO. 
          HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WILL START OFF BY SAYING THAT I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE TERM UPSTREAM AS MUCH AS I HAVE DURING THESE CONVERSATIONS. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THE WILLINGNESS OF CITY STAFF TO, UM, CONDUCT COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND MAKE CHANGES TO THE PLAN. 
          AND WE KNEW GOING INTO, UM, ARPA DISCUSSIONS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THERE'S GOING TO BE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF IDEAS. 
          UM, WE'RE NOW MAKING MORE OF AN INVESTMENT IN, AS I SAID EARLIER, UPSTREAM SERVICES, WHILE WE ALSO HAVE A PLAN FOR ONGOING CRISIS INTERVENTION. 
          WHILE WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CAME OUT WITH A NATIONAL SUICIDE AND CRISIS HOTLINE, 9 8 8. 
          AND ACCORDING TO THE AGENCY, THE 9 8 8 NUMBER IS THE FIRST STEP IN TRANSFORMING OUR NATIONAL RESPONSE TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISES. 
          I WILL BE PROMOTING THE 9 8 8 NUMBER, 9 8 8, AND I HOPE MORE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL KNOW WHERE THEY NEED TO GO FOR HELP. 
          ALSO, I WANT TO THANK, SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS AND CONSUMERS OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR PUSHING OUR OFFICE AND THE CITY TO RESHAPE THE FUNDING PRIORITIES TO ENSURE THAT ALL AGENCIES, WHETHER YOU'RE A SMALL AGENCY OR A NEW AGENCY, OR AN AGENCY THAT'S DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT YOU DEFINITELY HAVE A CHANCE TO GAIN CITY FUNDING FOR YOUR VERY IMPORTANT WORK. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UH, SAN ANTONIO CLUBHOUSE FOR SHARING THEIR PEER SUPPORT MODEL. 
          AND SAGE SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EAST SIDE, UM, WHO BROUGHT THE RECEIPTS AND CONSTANTLY ADVOCATED FOR AN INVESTMENT WHERE IT IS NEEDED THE MOST. 
          UM, ALSO LIVING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WHERE OUR TRANS YOUTH, OUR L G B T Q COMMUNITY IS CONSTANTLY UNDER ATTACK. 
          I DO ALSO HOPE THAT OUR SERVICE PRO PROVIDERS WILL FIND WAYS TO MAKE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          MY OFFICE HAS ALREADY SIGNED UP TO HOST AN INFORMATION SESSION FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING. 
          UM, IT'S SCHEDULED FOR NEXT THURSDAY EVENING. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF THE GOOD WORK, THE INCREASE IN ACCESS AND SERVICES THAT WILL COME FOR THE, FROM THIS INVESTMENT IN THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          I'LL ALSO ADD THAT THERE'S NOT A, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TIMES WHERE I FEEL LIKE I CAN IMMEDIATELY SEE MY FEEDBACK IMPLEMENTED, BUT DURING THIS PROCESS, I DO FEEL LIKE A NUMBER OF, UH, REQUESTS THAT I MADE WERE, UM, WERE IMPLEMENTED AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES WAS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SMALL ORGANIZATIONS HAD JUST AS MUCH OF AN OPPORTUNITY AS WELL ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATIONS TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS. 
          AND I SEE THAT, UM, I SEE THAT EMBEDDED IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE WORKSHOPS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THESE GROUPS AS WELL AS THE, UM, THE INTEREST IN PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND SO IF I, I SAID THIS AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY LARGE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN MAYBE UPPING THEIR CHANCE AND THEY WANNA PARTNER WITH AN ORGANIZATION, THERE ARE PLENTY IN THE EAST SIDE AND IN DISTRICT TWO THAT I WOULD LOVE TO CONNECT YOU WITH. 
          UM, I DO, UH, TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT I HEARD EARLIER. 
          SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS ABOUT, UM, IF THERE IS A LIST OF PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS, I BELIEVE THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S A PART OF, UM, THE, THE WORKSHOPS ON THE SIXTH AND THE EIGHTH. 
          UM, I ALSO, THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS THAT IMPACT MENTAL HEALTH. 
          AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE HAVE ORGANIZATIONS WHO MAYBE WOULDN'T HAVE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS, BUT ARE DOING WORK, UM, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS LIKE, WHAT DOES EXTREME HEAT DO TO MENTAL HEALTH? WHAT DOES A, UH, A CLIMATE EMERGENCY DO? WHAT DOES, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW DOES OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND ACCESS TO GREEN SPACES, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT MENTAL HEALTH? AND SO IF YOU ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT WANTS TO DO, TO DO GOOD WORK AND IMPROVE THE MENTAL HEALTH OF MY CONSTITUENTS, I WANT YOU TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS AND APPLYING. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND THIS IS, THIS IS SUPER EXCITING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANAS SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO PROAM. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE COME OUT TO SPEAK AND PARTICIPATE. 
          I, I, I ALSO WANNA THANK THOSE WHO CAME OUT, UH, FOR THE DISCUSSION WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND ESPECIALLY THE MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION. 
          THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY. 
          THEY'RE PROBABLY AT SCHOOL. 
          UH, BUT THEY HAVE, UH, JUST BEEN A DRIVING FORCE WHEN IT COMES TO YOUTH AND, AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO COMMISSION. 
          UM, 
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I WANNA SAY THAT SORT OF ERIC, WHERE YOU WERE GOING WITH THIS IS THAT MENTAL HEALTH FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL REQUIRES A FULL-BLOWN ECOSYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS IT. 
          UH, SECURITY, UM, NOT JUST PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT FOOD SECURITY, HOUSING SECURITY, GOOD PHYSICAL HEALTH, UH, SOCIAL INTERACTION AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT, ALONG WITH MANY, MANY OTHER FACTORS. 
          AND WHILE WE PROVIDE MANY OF THESE SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, THERE ARE STILL MANY THINGS THAT WE, THAT WE CAN'T ADDRESS. 
          AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN BEGIN TO DO SO WITH SOME OF THESE FUNDS. 
          THE IMPACTS OF C OVID 19 ON MENTAL HEALTH, OUR ANALOGOUS TO THE IMPACTS OF C OVID 19, THE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS ON SOMEONE'S LIFE, WHEN PEOPLE GOT SICK, WE REALIZED THAT THERE WERE OTHER CONDITIONS THAT WERE MAKING, UH, WHAT WE CALL UNDERLYING CONDITIONS OR COMMUNITY CONDITIONS THAT MADE THEM MORE LIKELY TO GET SICK AND MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER THE WORST IMPACTS. 
          PROBLEMS THAT WERE NOT AT THE POINT OF INFECTION. 
          BUT EVEN EARLIER OR UPSTREAM AS, UH, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ HAS, HAS POINTED OUT THE SAME GOES FOR MENTAL HEALTH CRISES IN GENERAL, AND OF COURSE, THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH C OVID 19. 
          SO I WANNA THANK, UM, THE WORK THAT THE STAFF HAS DONE, THE INTENSE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS THAT YOU'VE HAD, UH, TO ALLOW US TO BEGIN WORKING ON SOME OF THESE UPSTREAM INTERVENTIONS. 
          THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF UPSTREAM INTERVENTIONS THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT. 
          UM, BUT WE WILL BEGIN WITH THESE FOR, FOR NOW. 
          UM, ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH FOR YOUTH IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. 
          I MENTIONED DURING THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING THAT EVEN FOR ADULTS WHO HAVE INSURANCE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH IS, IS DIFFICULT. 
          UH, IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY TRAINED TO DO, UH, AND THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN A MODEL FOR. 
          SO YOU HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT ON YOUR OWN. 
          UM, SO HAVING OUR YOUTH GET INVOLVED OR HAVING PROGRAMS FOR THEM, I THINK IS A WONDERFUL STEP IN MAKING THEM NOT JUST HEALTHY YOUTH, BUT HEALTH, MENTALLY HEALTHY ADULTS. 
          AND THE CHILDREN THAT THEY EVENTUALLY HAVE WILL, WILL HAVE THEM AS A MODEL TOO. 
          UM, I ALSO SUPPORT THE, UH, INVESTMENT IN, UH, THE STIGMA REDUCTION. 
          I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE MODEL FOR THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT CAMPAIGN LOOK LIKE? UH, BUT I THINK FOR STARTERS, WHEN YOU HAVE A NATIONAL PHONE LINE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF, UH, THAT'S A GOOD START. 
          AND SECONDLY, HELPING YOUTH IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, HAVING, GIVING THEM ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH MULTIPLE VENUES IS ALSO GOING TO HELP US DECREASE THAT STIGMA. 
          UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK YOU WILL ALSO NEED SPOKESPEOPLE WHO ARE NOT AFRAID TO COME OUT AND SAY, I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND I AM STILL A FUNCTIONING MEMBER OF SOCIETY. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S NOT MY JOB TO COME UP WITH THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          , THAT'S, THAT'S YOURS, . 
          UM, UH, I HAVE, UM, I'M ALSO VERY GLAD TO SEE, OF COURSE, THE, THE ANTI ISOLATION PROGRAMS FOR SENIORS. 
          WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE TREMENDOUSLY AT RISK. 
          UM, JUST THEIR REGULAR LIFESTYLE WHEN YOU GET OLDER, UH, PROMOTES SOCIAL ISOLATION OR LEADS TO SOCIAL ISOLATION. 
          SO DELIBERATE ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE THAT ARE ULTIMATELY VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND, UM, LASTLY, AND MOST OF ALL, I I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FRAMEWORK, UH, THAT YOU'VE SET FORWARD AND THE COLLABORATION INITIATIVE. 
          I HAVE, UH, VERY HIGH HOPES FOR THAT. 
          I DO HAVE, UM, ONE QUESTION OR ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS. 
          UM, YESTERDAY WAS, UH, OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY. 
          WE HAD SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COME AND SPEAK TO US DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          AND ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, OR PARTS OF THE PLAN HAS TO DO WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE, UH, WHICH IS OF COURSE, UH, RELATED TO, TO MENTAL HEALTH, UH, NEED, UH, SOMETIMES, UM, I'M NOT AN EXPERT, MAYBE I SHOULD STOP COMMENTING ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY ARE RELATED. 
          UM, AND WHAT WE HEARD WAS THAT OUR COMMUNITY REALLY DOESN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR, UH, TO HELP EVERYONE WITH A SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW. 
          SO CAN YOU TELL ME HOW WILL WE ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE HELPED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM WILL HAVE A PLACE TO GET HELP? SURE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE PART OF THE R F P PROCESS. 
          UM, OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN CALLS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE, UM, BUT ALSO ESPEC, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF HOMELESS, WE ADDED A PORTION FOR SERVICES. 
          SO NOT ONLY THE ACCESS AND CONNECTION TO THAT SERVICE, BUT ALSO TO AUGMENT WHAT IS, UH, ALREADY 
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AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I DO HOPE WE CAN BUILD ON THAT IN, IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND, UM, TO ECHO, MS. WHITNEY'S, UH, WHITNEY TOSEN, IS THAT RIGHT? YOUR, HER SUGGESTION? UM, I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL SUGGESTION. 
          IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN PROVIDE SOME KIND OF, UM, NETWORK THAT INTERESTED PARTIES COULD, UH, SIGN UP TO OR BE AVAILABLE FOR IN CASE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH THEM? SURE. 
          YES. 
          AS I HEARD THE QUESTION, WHAT, WHAT I WOULD OFFER AS A POTENTIAL SOLUTION, WHEN WE HAVE THE WORKSHOPS NEXT WEEK, UM, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALREADY DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY THROUGHOUT CONSOLIDATED FUNDING OR OTHER SERVICES. 
          WE'LL ASK THEM, UH, IF, IF THEY'RE ARE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING, SO WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE CONNECTIONS AT THE WORKSHOPS. 
          AND ALSO THE ORGAN, IT PROVIDE A, UM, ABILITY FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS TO NETWORK, UH, BEFORE WE OPEN UP THE R F P. 
          SO WE ARE GONNA BE PROVIDING THOSE WORKSHOPS ON THE SIXTH, THE SEVENTH AND THE EIGHTH. 
          SO IT'LL BE THREE DAYS. 
          AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO 'EM ACROSS THE CITY SO INDIVIDUALS CAN PARTICIPATE. 
          SO FOR THOSE THAT HAVE THE ABILITY PERHAPS TO ATTEND ALL OF THEM, THAT MAY BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO START NETWORKING WITH THOSE MORE ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATIONS. 
          WITH THAT SAID, OUR HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE THE LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE DO BUSINESS WITH, SO THE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS KNOW WHO TO CONTACT. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARIA. 
          UH, THANK YOU AGAIN TO THOSE WHO, WHO CAME OUT HERE, OUR COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE AS AS WELL, AND TO ALL THE STAFF AT METRO HEALTH AND, AND HUMAN SERVICES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          UM, EVERYONE. 
          I, I'LL, I'LL START OFF WITH JUST SOME QUICK QUESTIONS. 
          WHO'S THE LEAD FOR THE ARPA RELATED FUNDED PLAN? SO WE HAVE AN ARPA ADMINISTRATOR. 
          SO IS THAT PERSON ALSO GONNA BE THE LEAD FOR ALL OF THIS OR DO WE HAVE AN ARPA? SURE DO. 
          SO WE HAVE, WHEN ESTRADA, WHO'S SITTING RIGHT HERE WITH ME, SHE IS OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICER THAT OVERSEES THE ENTIRE ARPA REPORTING IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, UH, REPORTING TO THE US TREASURY, ET CETERA. 
          NOW, EACH OF OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTING TO YOU ON THE IMPLEMENTATIONS PLANS WILL, WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE PLANS. 
          SO FOR MENTAL HEALTH SPECIFICALLY, UH, METRO HEALTH WILL BE THE LEAD TO DO SO. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION ON SLIDE NINE. 
          CAN YOU, UM, HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WORK THAT A CENTRAL PHONE NUMBER WOULD DO IN RELATION TO THE 9 8 8 LINE? SURE. 
          SO THE IDEA IS THAT ONE, WE NEED TO HAVE A NUMBER THAT CAN HELP SOMEBODY NAVIGATE THROUGH ALL THE PRE-CRISIS SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND THERE'S SEVERAL WARM LINES, IF YOU WILL, THAT ARE AVAILABLE TODAY. 
          WE WANNA STUDY THOSE AND FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST USE ONE AND ADVERTISE THAT TO THE PUBLIC. 
          THE DIFFERENCE WITH THAT IS A 9 8 8 NUMBER IS A, UM, MANDATE BY THE STATE. 
          UM, MY UNDERSTANDING, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE. 
          THERE, THERE WILL BE FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THIS NUMBER. 
          AND THIS COULD BE AN OPTION FOR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS EXPERIENCING CRISIS TO CALL 9 8 8, UH, IN LIEU OF HAVING TO PERHAPS CALL 9 1 1. 
          SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO STUDY THAT, DIFFERENTIATE THAT, AND THEN PROMOTE THAT SO INDIVIDUALS KNOW WHERE TO GO. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION TODAY ON WHO DO I CALL? THEY TYPICALLY END UP CALLING 9 1 1. 
          SURE. 
          SO WHEN I CALL 9 8 8, WHAT HAPPENS? WHO ANSWERS WHERE DO THEY, LIKE, WHAT'S THE FIRST THING THEY SAY? YEAH, SO I, WE HAVE LIMITED UNDERSTANDING OF THAT TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE STUDY THAT AND BRING THAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          SO, UH, ONCE WE HAVE THAT, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. 
          SO IT'S BEEN FUNCTIONING SINCE JULY, BUT, RIGHT. 
          AM I CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          BUT NOBODY HAS CALLED 9 9 8 YET FROM OUR TEAM? WE HAVE, ACTUALLY, NO, WE HAVE. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          LITERALLY, WE, SO WHAT DO THEY SAY CALLED NINE EIGHT TO FIND OUT WHO'S ANSWERING RIGHT NOW? UM, RIGHT NOW, UM, THE SERVICE THAT THE, THE STATE IS TRYING TO ROLL THIS OUT AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT WHEN I CALLED, UH, THE PHONE WAS ANSWERED, UH, BY A CALL CENTER IN AUSTIN. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND, AND SO, UM, HOW THAT, UM, HOW THAT SHOULD INTEGRATE WITH THE, THE, THE, THE AREAS THAT MARIA TALKED ABOUT AND THE GROUPS TALKED ABOUT OUR 9 1 1 SYSTEM CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES. 
          UM, WHERE IS IT THAT FOLKS NEED THE HELP AND HOW DO WE PROVIDE THAT LOCALLY, YOU KNOW, IN THE PRE, IN THE, 
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IN, IN THE PRE-CRISIS STAGE, BUT THIS WARM LINE, WHERE DO PEOPLE GO TO ASK FOR HELP RIGHT NOW? SURE. 
          THE ONLY NUMBER THAT EVERYBODY'S GOT ON THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD IS 9 1 1 9 1. 
          MM-HMM. 
          AND NOW 9, 8 8. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT IS RIGHT NOW IN ITS INFANCY, NOT THE SOLUTION TO THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. 
          SO, UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, SO IF I CALL 9 1 1, THEY SAY, UM, HI, POLICE FIRE E M S. 
          SO WHEN SOMEONE CALLS 9 8 8, DID THEY SAY THAT? OR WHAT, WHAT DO THEY SAY? OR I GUESS, AND MAYBE I'LL JUST CALL LATER AND , I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT LIKE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS, LIKE WHAT IS A PHONE TREE? BECAUSE THEN I SAW LATER ON IN SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT THERE WAS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A FOURTH OPTION WHEN WE CALL 9 1 1. 
          UM, AND I'LL TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I'VE, I'VE BEEN IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND I HATE HAVING TO WAIT EVEN THROUGH THE FACT WHERE THEY'RE SAYING, WELL, IF THIS SENT, UH, WHAT'S YOUR EMERGENCY? DO YOU NEED POLICE FIRE E M S? AND I'M THINKING, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MISSING TWO SECONDS OF MY LIFE OR SOMETHING. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND SO I, I, I GUESS THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO LIKE, FIND OUT LIKE, WHAT, HOW CAN WE BEST UTILIZE IT? SO I, IT WAS A LEGITIMATE QUESTION, I JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CALL IT, SO. 
          SURE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE PLAN TO STUDY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND YES, HAVING THAT FOURTH OPTION, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO WANT TO EVALUATE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND REMEMBER COUNCILMAN, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, AT MENTAL HEALTH, I'M SORRY, METRO HEALTH AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WORK SESSIONS, WE HAVE THAT MONEY THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING WE SET ASIDE IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SURE. 
          THAT $2 MILLION, PART OF THAT IS ALSO TO POTENTIALLY ADDRESS HAVING CLINICIANS AT THE 9 1 1 CENTER, SO THAT WE CAN CATCH THOSE TYPES OF CALLS AND BE ABLE TO, UH, ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES THERE RATHER THAN TAKE UP POLICE OR FIRE YES. 
          EMERGENCY CALLS. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN I, I GUESS I'LL, I'LL ASK MY NEXT QUESTION JUST BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S KIND OF RELATED TO THAT. 
          DID WE JOIN THE GOVERNORS AND THE MAYOR CITIES CHALLENGE YET ON SUICIDE PREVENTION? AND THIS ONE WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR VETERANS. 
          UM, I KNOW HOUSTON AND AUSTIN WERE THE TEXAS CITIES THAT WERE REFERENCED, BUT, UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS MADE AT THE DISTRICT TWO, UM, PUBLIC SESSION ON JULY THE NINTH, AND IT'S IN OUR PACKAGE. 
          AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE'VE LOOKED INTO THAT JUST YET. 
          SO WE ARE PART OF THE CHALLENGE TO END, UH, VETERAN HOMELESSNESS, AND WE'VE BEEN PART OF THAT PROBABLY SINCE 2018. 
          AND THAT IS TO CONNECT HOMELESS TO, UM, HOUSING RESOURCE AND TO HOUSE THEM WITHIN CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS. 
          OUTSIDE OF THAT, I'M LOOKING AT, UH, METRO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE JOINED. 
          NO, COUNCILWOMAN DOES IT. 
          THAT'S A CHALLENGE THAT WE'VE BEEN PART OF SINCE, AS I MENTIONED, 2018 OR SO. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'M SORRY, I WAS JUST GOING THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE, THE FOLKS GAVE, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. 
          UM, AND THEN WHAT KIND OF SUICIDE PREVENTION DO WE STILL HAVE? DEER OAKS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES? WE DO. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S ACT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE SAME VENDOR, BUT IT'S THE SAME SERVICE. 
          OKAY. 
          IT, IT IS ZERO OAKS. 
          YEAH. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND THEN ALSO, UM, DO WE HAVE AN ARPA DASHBOARD YET? I'M LOOKING AT WHEN DO, DO WE YOU'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT? WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, HOW WAS THE MONEY DIVIDED? SO ON THE HOMELESS PART, AND YESTERDAY, I, UM, WAS WITH, WITH, UH, HAVEN FOR HOPE. 
          AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID SPECIFICALLY IS THEY, THEY STILL, THEY HAVE, UM, DIFFERENT GROUPS, RIGHT. 
          DIFFERENT POPULATIONS. 
          HOW WAS THE MONEY IN THE HOMELESS? UH, PORTION DIVIDED. 
          SO IT WAS 5 MILLION, FOUR WAS GOING TO FOSTER, ONE WAS FOR CHRONICALLY, UM, HOMELESS AND VETERANS. 
          SO HOW DID YOU ALL ALLOCATE THE FOUR VERSUS ONE, OR, UM, DID YOU ALL ALSO SEE WHO ALL OFFERS THE OTHER SUPPORT TO THOSE TWO? SURE. 
          SO, UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, WE INITIALLY HAD STARTED WITH $5 MILLION FOR VETERANS AS PART OF THE STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          UM, THERE ARE FEDERAL FUNDING AVAILABLE THROUGH THE VA'S OFFICE. 
          SO WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IS THAT THERE, THERE ARE PLENTY OF SERVICES OUT THERE. 
          WHAT IT'S, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS CONNECT THE VETERANS TO THOSE SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF YOUTH WHERE THERE IS A NEED TO DO THE CONNECTION AND ALSO PROVIDE THE SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT IS WHAT INFORMED THE ALLOCATION OF FOUR AND, AND ONE. 
          PERFECT. 
          AND THEN THERE WAS ONE SUGGESTION, WELL, ACTUALLY SEVERAL PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT PEER-TO-PEER, AND I KNOW THAT THE CLUBHOUSE DOES THIS. 
          UM, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING NECESSARILY THAT ADDRESSED PEER-TO-PEER, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT'S GONNA BE A PART OF THE R F P PROCESS. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, SO, SO WE, UH, FOR THE HOMELESS, UH, AREA SPECIFICALLY, UH, WE UNDERSTAND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE CLUBHOUSE HAD THE EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS. 
          SO AS WE EXPAND OUTREACH SERVICES, WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT WILL APPLY FOR THIS FUNDING TO HELP US TO DO THE, THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH, WITH THE HOMELESS, UH, POPULATION AND FOSTER YOUTH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN ON PAGE 11 OF THE DOCUMENT, WE WERE PROVIDED IT REFERENCES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON 
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A VETERANS RESOURCES PAGE, MUCH LIKE THE DALLAS I S D HAS, UH, FOR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. 
          HAVE WE DONE THAT YET? OR WHO'S WORKING ON THAT SPECIFICALLY? SO THAT WOULD BE HUMAN SERVICES, AND I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE COMPLETED THAT WORK. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I YOU'RE STILL IN THE WORKS. 
          I'M INTERESTED IN THAT TOO. 
          SURE. 
          BUT THEN ALSO, OF COURSE, LIKE THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE FOR FOSTER YOUTH AS WELL. 
          AND THEN PAGE 14, UM, THERE'S, UH, SOMEONE WHO MENTIONED, AND I'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE, THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PROVIDERS, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PSYCHIATRISTS, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COUNSELORS THAT ARE DOING THIS WORK. 
          WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH AREAS WHERE THEY COULD EVEN TRAIN. 
          SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UPSTREAM, HOW ARE WE PREPARING FOLKS TO HELP? SO WE'RE INVESTING A LOT OF MONEY, BUT HOW ARE WE GETTING PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE QUALIFIED AND TRAINED TO DO THE WORK THAT WE NEED THEM TO DO? SO WHAT, WHAT PART OF THE PLAN ADDRESSES THAT PORTION? RIGHT. 
          SO WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY COUNCILMAN WAS A MIX, UH, ONE, UH, INDICATING THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PROFESSIONALS, AND WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT IN THE CITY AS WELL. 
          UM, MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS AND COUNSELORS ARE IN HIGH DEMAND. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A CITY ORGANIZATION, ARE WORKING WITH THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY. 
          BUT WHAT WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY IS THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES IN PLACE. 
          UM, THEY HAVE A HUGE WAITING LIST. 
          THEY JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO AUGMENT THOSE PROFESSIONALS AND, AND, AND, UM, HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THEIR SERVICES. 
          SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE THE INDIVIDUALS, WE JUST NEED THE RESOURCES TO DO IT VERSUS SOME THAT, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A HIGH DEMAND FOR THAT PROFESSION. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          AND THEN ARE WE FUNDING BRIDGES TO CARE? UH, WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY ORGANIZATIONS TO BE FUNDED. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, BUT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR FUNDING FOR THE FUNDING RP. 
          BUT BRIDGES TO CARE IS PART OF, I THOUGHT IT WAS A CITY INITIATIVE. 
          AM I MISTAKEN? IT'S NOT, AND I DON'T, IT'S, THEY'RE, NO, THEY'RE NOT ON OUR DELEGATE AGENCY, UM, FINDING TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL CHIME BACK IN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WHO'VE WORKED SO HARD ON THIS AS WELL AS OUR, OUR STAFF. 
          UH, I JUST HAVE A, A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME THINGS I, I DIDN'T QUITE SEE THAT, UH, MAYBE I CAN GET SOME MORE ANSWERS TO. 
          SINCE I WASN'T A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE AND DIDN'T SEE ALL THE PRESENTATIONS, ONE OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T SEE REFERRED TO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, CHILDREN, UH, WAS ACES OR, UH, WHAT, UH, WHAT IS, UH, THE WAY OF HANDLING THAT EITHER WITHIN THE RFPS WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING OUT OR IN OTHER BUDGETARY ITEMS. RIGHT. 
          AND, UM, COUNCILMEN, OUR POPULATION FOR THE YOUTH CATEGORY FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON AGES 12 TO 19. 
          AND I'M GONNA ASK CLAUDE TO HELP ME WITH THE ACES QUESTION AS, UM, METRO HEALTH IS THE, THE EXPERT IN THAT AREA. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          COURAGE. 
          SO IT ACES, ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, ADVERSE COMMUNITY EVENTS OR ENVIRONMENTS. 
          UH, WE'VE HAD THESE INITIATIVES IN PLACE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          UM, THIS, UH, ALLOWS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO AUGMENT, UH, THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO BUILD CAPACITY WITH A NETWORK OF PROVIDERS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE, AS PART OF OUR ESSAY FORWARD PLAN, AN OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST ESTABLISH A CULTURE THAT'S TRAUMA INFORMED HERE IN THE CITY. 
          SO WE ARE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE COSA DEPARTMENTS, UM, METRO HEALTH IN PARTICULAR. 
          UH, WE HAVE QUEUED UP, UH, HUMAN SERVICES, THE LIBRARY AND PD IN PARTICULAR, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LEANING IN A BIT MORE. 
          BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION IN PARTICULAR. 
          SO, WOULD THE EXPECTATIONS BE IN PUTTING OUT AN R F P THAT SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO APPLY WOULD BE FOCUSING ON ACES AND, AND WORKING WITH THOSE CHILDREN IN THAT AREA? SO WHAT YOU SEE IN THE EARMARK UNDER YOUTH, SO THE LION'S SHARE OF THE RESOURCES, OVER HALF THE, UH, $26 MILLION ARE TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES. 
          SO YES, IN PARTICULAR, IT'S TO BUILD CAPACITY AND ADDRESS ACES AND THE EXPERIENCE THAT CHILDREN HAVE HAD, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I JUST HEARD WHAT MARIA HAD TO SAY ABOUT A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS, UH, WAITING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY MORE, AND THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCE, THEY HAVE THE STAFF, BUT THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL CAPABILITIES YET. 
          BUT I'M WONDERING, UH, DOES THIS PROGRAM IN ANY WAY OFFER TRAINING FOR MORE MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS TO, TO PROVIDE SERVICES? UH, RIGHT NOW, THE, THE WAY THAT WE HAVE THE PROPOSED PLAN IS SERVICES, UH, COUNCILMAN AND NOT, NOT TRAINING FOR STAFF, BUT RATHER PROVIDING 
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THE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I KNOW THE FOCUS IS ON, UM, UP TO AGE EIGHT, SIX TO 18, I BELIEVE. 
          AND THEN SENIOR CITIZENS, WHICH I WOULD PRESUME IS MAYBE 60 OR 65 AND OLDER. 
          UH, AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD TWO OTHER APA FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, 5 MILLION FOR SENIORS AND 10 MILLION FOR YOUTH. 
          AND NOW IN THIS PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION, WE'RE SAYING ANOTHER 5 MILLION FOR SENIORS AND 15 MILLION FOR YOUTH. 
          WHAT I, WHAT I WONDER ABOUT, WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS IF WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON UNDER 18 AND OVER 65, SO MANY OF WHAT I'VE READ ABOUT AND SEEN IN THE MEDIA ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN EXPOSED PUBLICLY HAVE BEEN FOR PEOPLE IN BETWEEN THOSE AGES, PEOPLE IN THEIR THIRTIES, FORTIES, FIFTIES, UH, WHO ARE HAVING MENTAL PROBLEMS. AND WE END UP SEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR KILLINGS OR LAW ENFORCEMENT BEING INVOLVED IN ACTUALLY HAVING TO SHOOT PEOPLE, UH, WHO HAVE THESE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. 
          AND I DON'T SEE ANY, ANY ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS. 
          AND CERTAINLY THEY'RE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR POPULATION. 
          SO HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING EVERYBODY BETWEEN 19 AND 65 WITH MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT? SURE. 
          SO, UM, NOT PART OF THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, BUT THE CITY COUNCIL DID, DID APPROVE THE USE OF ARPA FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          WE EXPANDED THE NUMBER OF COUNSELORS AND THE NUMBER OF CRISIS RESPONSE, UM, MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM IN METRO HEALTH. 
          AND THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH 2025. 
          SO THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 34 POSITIONS THAT WERE ADDED IN 2022 TO ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REGARDLESS OF THE AGE. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, IN, IN THE, UM, ARPA PLAN, WE ALSO ALLOCATED DOLLARS FOR THE SA CORE TEAM AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH CALLS. 
          THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH 2023 WITH ARPA DOLLARS. 
          AND THEN THE BUDGET HAS $2 MILLION TO EVALUATE THAT PROGRAM ONCE COMPLETED. 
          UM, ALSO INCLUDED THROUGH ARPA WAS THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE, A FORWARD PLAN THAT ADDRESSES MENTAL HEALTH AS ONE OF THEIR PILLARS. 
          AND THAT WORK CONTINUES TO, UM, TO BE DEPLOYED. 
          UH, YOU MAY RECALL IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE ROLLED IN ABOUT $3.8 MILLION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY FUNDED WITH GRANTS INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO MAKE THOSE, UH, PROGRAMS PERMANENT. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE FEW EXAMPLES THAT AT ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH AS PART OF THE EITHER OTHER, OTHER ARPA INVESTMENTS OR THE CITY'S OPERATING BUDGET. 
          UH, WELL, I APPRECIATE HEARING THAT. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE, UM, PRESCRIPTIVE MENTAL HEALTH AS OPPOSED TO, UH, RESPONSIVE, UH, TO A CRISIS KIND OF MENTAL HEALTH. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR, OUR YOUTH AND OUR SENIORS IS TRYING TO PREVENT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FROM BECOMING MORE SERIOUS AMONG THAT, THAT POPULATION. 
          BUT I THINK THAT I'M, I'M NOT QUITE SURE, AND I HOPE YOU CAN HELP US UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE HOW WE'RE BEING MORE PREVENTIVE AND PRESCRIPTIVE, UH, BEFORE IT BECOMES, UH, A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH FAMILY VIOLENCE OR OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH. 
          SO I'D LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, ONE, ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT A SURVEY WITH THE SENIOR CITIZENS, UH, AND WHAT, WHAT WAS IN THAT SURVEY? IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT WERE THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED? PREDOMINANTLY WHAT I WAS HOPING TO SEE WAS, WERE WE OFFERING CHOICES? WHAT WE'RE SAYING, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD YOU LIKE THE SENIOR CENTER TO BE OPEN TILL FIVE OR SIX OR SEVEN? WOULD YOU LIKE IT OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS? WOULD YOU LIKE US TO SERVE YOU DINNER IF YOU'RE GONNA BE HERE TILL LATE? AND WERE THOSE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED? AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. 
          SURE. 
          SO I'M GONNA GO OF MEMORY AND ASK JESSICA TO HELP ME HERE, BUT WE ASKED THEM, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN, UH, US EXTENDING THE OPERATING HOURS OF THE SENIOR CENTERS? YES OR NO? UH, WE ALSO ASKED THEM, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SEEING EXTENDED HOURS? AND WE HAD EACH DAY OF THE WEEK, BUT IT WAS ONLY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WOULD DID NOT INCLUDE WEEKENDS. 
          UM, AND WE ALSO ASKED THEM, IF WE EXPAND THE HOURS, WOULD YOU ATTEND? AND I, I THINK THOSE WERE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE, IF IF THE COUNCIL WAS INTERESTED, WE HAVE TIME, WE 
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COULD EXPAND THE, THE, THE SURVEY TOO. 
          YEAH. 
          I, I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU HEARD MY COMMENTS, I BELIEVE YESTERDAY. 
          UH, I'M SURE A LOT OF THE SENIORS WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE MORE TIME. 
          AND I, I IMAGINE THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, SENIORS WHO MAYBE ARE STILL WORKING, BUT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A SENIOR CENTER. 
          UH, BUT I ALSO KNOW, AND I'M ONE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE AT A CERTAIN AGE, YOU DON'T WANT TO GET OUT AND DRIVE AROUND AT NIGHT AND FOR THREE OR FOUR MONTHS OUTTA THE YEAR STAYING SOMEPLACE TILL SEVEN O'CLOCK, YOU'RE DRIVING HOME IN THE DARK. 
          UH, AND, UH, ALSO IT'S A MATTER OF FOOD. 
          UH, A LOT OF SENIORS PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO EAT AT SEVEN 30 OR EIGHT AT NIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY EAT AT FIVE OR SIX. 
          AND SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID, DO YOU WANT TO EXPAND IN WHAT DAYS? BUT YOU DIDN'T REALLY, I THINK, FOCUS ON WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE TIMES TO DO IT. 
          WOULD IT BE UP TO FIVE, UP TO SIX, OR UP TO SEVEN? AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD REALLY BE ATTENDING, LET'S SAY, AFTER SIX OR AFTER FIVE, WHICH I THINK MIGHT GIVE US EVEN BETTER GUIDANCE ON THAT PARTICULAR MATTER. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THE WORK THAT ALL THE COMMITTEES PUT IN FOR THE ARPA DOLLARS WAS THOUGHTFUL AND A LONG PROCESS. 
          UM, PUBLIC SAFETY IN PARTICULAR, I THINK IT WAS OVER A YEAR AGO WHERE WE SAT HERE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET. 
          AND I, I DID BRING UP UPSTREAM ISSUES, HOW ALL WE WERE, ALL WE WERE DOING WAS LOOKING AT, UM, THE HOMELESS WE FIND ON THE STREETS OR, OR, OR THE CRISIS OF, OF THE, THE O OPIATE ADDICTION. 
          IT WOULD JUST CONTINUE. 
          SO I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY AND THE FOCUS IS UPSTREAM AND THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS ENGAGED SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. 
          AND, UM, THE LIST IS LONG OF AGENCIES THAT I'VE PERSONALLY MET, MET WITH SA CLUBHOUSE, CASA, UH, THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER, SA YOUTH, UM, FRIENDSHIP IS THE NEW PRETTY FOR HER. 
          UH, IT JUST CAN GO ON AND ON ABOUT THOSE WHO, WHO REALLY SAW THE, THE NEED THAT WAS COMING, BECAUSE AS WE COLLECTIVELY WENT THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC, WE DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THIS IMPACT ECONOMICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY. 
          WE JUST, WE WEREN'T SURE WE WERE ALL TRYING TO GET THE VACCINE. 
          SO WE, HERE WE ARE TODAY AND NATIONALLY, UH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, AND IT HAS EMERGED IN A WAY THAT WE DID NOT EXPECT AND THAT WE FEEL WE'RE UNEQUIPPED FOR. 
          I DO BELIEVE THAT WE DO HAVE THE AGENCIES IN THIS CITY AND IN THIS STATE THAT CAN ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I AM, I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY. 
          UM, BECAUSE AS WE SEE, UM, THE SUICIDE RATES INCREASE AND THE STORIES OF EMOTIONAL CRISIS, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO OUR PART. 
          AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE STARTING WITH OUR MOST VULNERABLE, WHICH IS THE YOUTH AND THE SENIORS. 
          AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS A CITY COUNTY COLLABORATION THAT SETS CLEAR GOALS FOR THE 20 TO 60 POPULATION. 
          AND WHETHER THAT'S A CAMPAIGN THAT SAYS, LET'S ADDRESS THE STIGMA OF MENTAL HEALTH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TOGETHER BECAUSE THESE ARE OUR EMPLOYEES, THESE ARE OUR EMPLOYERS THAT OFFER, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AND HEALTH INSURANCE. 
          I THINK THE OTHER THING WE NEED TO DO AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS UNDERSTAND THAT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WE CANNOT LOOK AT THIS IN A SILO, AND WE NEED TO HAVE ALL OUR STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN THE HOUSING CONVERSATION, ESPECIALLY WHERE IT IS CONCERNED WITH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          UM, I ALSO BELIEVE, AND UH, I KNOW WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS WITH THE, THE, THE EXCESS WE HAD WITH A C P S IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION OF THE PRO PROPRIE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY AND REALLY OUTLINE THE FUNDS BECAUSE WE, WE ARE LOOKING AT A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, AND THERE ARE SO MANY IDEAS THAT CAN BE ONE TIME INVESTMENTS. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE, WHAT WE HAVE COME FROM THE ARPA AND WHAT WE COULD FUND WITH ONE TIME INVESTMENTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO I'M, I'M PLEASED WITH THE WORK THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE DID. 
          I'M THANKFUL THAT MY COLLEAGUES THAT WEREN'T PART OF THE COMMITTEE ARE GIVING THEIR INSIGHT BECAUSE I THINK IT, IT BRING, BRINGS FORTH SOME REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE STAND UP AS A CITY AND SAY, WE KNOW THIS IS A CRISIS NATIONALLY, WE KNOW THIS IS A CRISIS, BUT SAN ANTONIO WILL LEAD. 
          SO MARIA, MY ONLY QUESTION FOR THE 9 8 8 
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HOTLINE IS, HAVE WE LOOKED INTO FINANCIALLY WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DO A CALL CENTER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? WE HAVE NOT COUNCILWOMAN. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE I LOVE THE IDEA OF A NATIONAL HOTLINE, THE NA 9, 8 8, UM, 9, 8, 8 HOTLINE. 
          I KNOW A RAPE CRISIS CENTER HAD A HOTLINE TOO, UH, FOR SOME OF CRISIS. 
          BUT IF WE COULD HAVE THE CALL CENTER HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY OR A MULTI-COUNTY ONE, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREATLY BENEFICIAL IF WE, IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THERE. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE UPDATES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA AND COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, MARIA, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF UH, QUESTIONS HERE FOR YOU. 
          UH, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND YES, Y'ALL HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD ON GETTING THIS, UM, IDENTIFIED AND GETTING IT TO THIS POINT WITH THIS R F P I. 
          I STILL, YOU KNOW, WHEN DID WE INITIALLY GET THIS FUNDING? MAY WE GOT THE FIRST HALF IN MAY OF 2021 AND THE SECOND HALF IN JUNE 22. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO WE'RE FINALLY GETTING THIS OUT THE DOOR, WHICH IS GREAT. 
          UM, SLIDE NUMBER, LET'S SEE, I GUESS FIVE. 
          IT WAS THE, UH, IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANY WHERE ON HERE. 
          WHAT KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ARE WE, ARE WE ADDING TO THIS OR TO EXECUTE THIS? WHAT, WHAT'S OUR COST FOR ADMINISTRATION? SO FOR THE, FOR THE CITY STAFF, YOU WON'T SEE IT HERE. 
          WE DID A SEPARATE ALLOCATION AS PART OF THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED BACK IN FEBRUARY. 
          UH, WE DID A $3 MILLION ALLOCATION FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, UH, OVER THE, OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, AND WHERE IS THAT MONEY COMING FROM? THE 3 MILLION FROM ARPA. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT IS BEING FUNDED, BUT IT'S NOT REFLECTED ON THIS CORRECT. 
          THIS SO HOW MUCH IS BEING USED TO EXECUTE THIS PROGRAM? 26 MILLION. 
          YEAH. 
          I, I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          WE WOULD HAVE TO DO AN ALLOCATION OF OUR, OF THE TIME THAT IS BEING INVESTED, UM, FOR THIS SPECIFIC PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT, WHAT THE COST IS COMING OUT OF THIS MONEY TO EXECUTE THIS, THIS $26 MILLION. 
          UM, I WANNA THANK YOU I I, AND MADE COMMENTS ABOUT ADDING MORE TIME FOR THE, UM, FOR THE PROPOSALS TO PUT THEIR PROPOSALS TOGETHER ON THIS. 
          AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT EXTRA TIME. 
          UM, SOME OF MY COMMENTS THOUGH ON THIS WAS, OKAY, AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE TIME FUNDING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, AND THEN AFTER THAT IT'S GONE. 
          UH, IS THERE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THE R F P THAT REFLECTS THAT AND WHAT IS THEIR PLAN TO DO TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THIS MONEY GOES AWAY? IS THERE A SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THERE TO ADDRESS THAT? YES, COUNCILMAN. 
          SO AS PART OF THE, UH, PROPOSED PLAN THAT IS BEING ASKED AND THE R F P WE'RE ASKING THEM FOR THEIR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AFTER THE FUNDING, THE ARPA FUNDING, UH, EXPIRES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO THAT'S SPECIFICALLY IN THERE. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, AND WORKING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, IS THERE ANY LANGUAGE IN THERE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS YOUR PROPOSAL, BUT WORKING ACROSS THE BOARD WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPLEMENT WHATEVER THEY'RE WANTING TO DO? CORRECT. 
          SO FOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN AGENCIES OR THOSE THAT ARE OFFERING SOME SORT OF MENTORSHIP TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT PERHAPS IS, IS, UM, A NEW ORGANIZATION DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY, WE'RE AWARDING FIVE POINTS, UM, FOR, FOR THOSE, UH, PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN NONPROFITS. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. 
          WELL, ASSUMING I'M STILL ON COUNCIL HERE, BUT METRICS, METRICS, METRICS, METRICS. 
          WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES OF THEIR PROPOSALS? NOT WHAT THEY'RE GONNA INTAKE, BUT WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES AND IS THAT BEING PRESCRIPTIVE IN THE R F P OR ARE WE JUST GONNA LET THEM DEVELOP THEIR OWN METRICS IN WHAT THEY THINK IS IMPORTANT TO MEASURE? 
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SURE. 
          SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF, OF TWO THINGS. 
          ONE, THROUGH METRO HEALTH AND, UM, HUMAN SERVICES, THEY'RE GONNA BE ASKING FOR EVIDENCE-BASED, UM, OUTCOMES AND METRICS AS PART OF THE R F P. 
          WHEN WE NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACTS BEFORE WE BRING THEM TO COUNCIL, TO TOIF SOLIDIFY THOSE METRICS, WE'LL GET THE INPUT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. 
          SO IT'LL BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS WITHIN THE CITY AND THEN THE ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. 
          ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN, IN METRO HEALTH IS DOING AN EVALUATION BEFORE THE SERVICES, UH, BEGIN, UH, FOR THAT POPULATION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SERVICE SERVICING AND AFTER TO MEASURE THE IMPACT, UH, OF THE DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING INVESTED IN THOSE CATEGORIES. 
          WILL WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE METRICS BEFORE THE AWARDS? YES. 
          YES. 
          WE, SO WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU IN DECEMBER, AND WE WILL BE INCORPORATING THOSE METRICS AS PART OF THOSE CONTRACTS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, WE'LL, WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE METRICS BEFORE THE AWARDS OR AFTER THE AWARDS. 
          SO, UH, AND I'M GONNA GO TO THE, THIS SLIDE WITH THE TIMELINE TO BETTER ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON SLIDE 11. 
          SO ONCE WE HAVE THE RFPS, THE RFP CLOSES OCTOBER THE 28TH, OUR TEAMS WILL HAVE THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER TO EVALUATE THOSE, UM, RFPS AND SCORE THEM AND THEN WORK WITH THE AGENCIES TO DEVELOP THOSE METRICS. 
          SO WHEN WE POST THE AGENDA FOR DECEMBER 15, WE'LL INCORPORATE THOSE METRICS AS PART OF THE, UM, AGENDA PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          WE, WE, I I THINK IF YOU WERE THINKING COMING BEFORE PERHAPS A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME AND THE TIMELINE TO DO SO. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT. 
          BUT IF, UH, IN INTEREST OF TIME, AS SOON AS THAT'S ESTABLISHED, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE POSTING, THE AGENDA DOESN'T COME OUT LIKE UNTIL RIGHT AT THE LAST MOMENT BEFORE THE, THE A SESSIONS, I'D REALLY LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THE METRICS. 
          SO IT'S BEING PROPOSED, UH, BEFORE IT COMES TO COUNCIL. 
          SO IF WE COULD GET A FEW DAYS BEFORE THAT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT, IT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          UNDERSTOOD, COUNCILMAN. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, WELL THAT'S, THAT'S ALL OF MY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT. 
          I, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE IN THE, IN THE, UH, AUDIENCE HERE, COUNCILMAN CAROL SCHUBERT, WHO IS, UH, WITH US HERE TODAY. 
          WELCOME BACK, SIR. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UM, SET UP THERE. 
          I UNDERSTAND WHAT  . 
          YES, SIR. 
          YES SIR. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          I THINK, UH, COUNCILMAN SCHUBERT WOULD'VE LOVED TO SEE THE ARPA FUNDS BACK IN HIS DAY. 
          UH, SO WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU MARIA, FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AS TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL PUT INTO THIS SENT TO CITY STAFF FOR DELIVERING ON WHAT WAS DISCUSSED WITHIN COMMITTEE. 
          I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE EXPANSION OF SA STANDUP AND PROJECT WORTH. 
          SA STANDUP IS A PROGRAM THAT WE CONTINUE TO HEAR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND FROM OUR CONSTITUENT SERVICES TEAM THAT IS VERY IMPACTFUL. 
          AND I KNOW RACHEL AND TAYLOR FROM OUR TEAM CONSTANTLY SAY, WE NEED, UH, MORE OF THESE FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          'CAUSE THEY TRULY ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. 
          SO THANK Y'ALL AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT. 
          MY QUESTION IS THE PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION, ARE WE GOING TO LOOK AT, UH, CENSUS TRACKS THAT ARE MOST AT RISK OF MENTAL HEALTH, UH, CRISIS, OR HOW ARE WE GOING TO, UH, TARGET THE AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DEPLOY AND EXPAND THE PROGRAMMING? YES, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          SO, UM, FOR PURPOSES OF YOUTH ON SLIDE NUMBER SIX, UM, THE, THE WAY THAT WE ARE GONNA BE TARGETING THE DEMOGRAPHICS OR THE POPULATION WITHIN THE CITY WILL INCLUDE THE USE OF MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITALIZATIONS. 
          MM-HMM. 
           9 1 1 CALLS AND OUR EQUITY ATLAS. 
          UM, AND THOSE ARE FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE ARE GONNA BE ASKING AGENCIES TO PROVIDE AS SERVICES WITH, FOR THE AREA OF STANDUP S SAY, AND OUR PROJECT, UH, WAR TEAM AMBASSADOR. 
          WE ARE GOING TO BE, UH, UTILIZING THE SAME, THE SAME, UM, UH, METRICS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THANK YOU THAT, THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW. 
          UH, GIVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THIS ISN'T UNIQUE TO DISTRICT FIVE, BUT WE HAVE A LARGE CONCENTRATION OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM BEING CONNECTED TO THESE SERVICES. 
          UM, A AGAIN, I'M GRATEFUL TO SEE THAT THERE'S CONVERSATION ABOUT EXPANDING THE SENIOR CENTER SERVICE HOURS, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS MENTIONED YESTERDAY BY COUNCILMAN COURAGE, IS THERE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UH, EXPAND THE 
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SERVICES WITHIN THE CENTER TO YOUTH? LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, AT NORMAL, A LOT OF OUR YOUTH USE THE BASKETBALL COURT. 
          SO WOULD THESE EXTENDED HOURS ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO OUR YOUTH WHO ARE LOOKING TO PLAY BASKETBALL? SO THIS PLAN IS SPECIFICALLY FOR SENIORS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, WHAT WE WERE TARGETING WERE SERVICES, UM, FOR SENIORS IN EXPANDING THE HOURS FOR SENIORS IN THE YOUTH CATEGORY. 
          WE ARE ASKING ORGANIZATIONS AT THIS POINT TO PROVIDE SERVICES AT EITHER PARK FACILITIES, THE PROVIDERS FACILITY, AND ALSO AT SCHOOLS. 
          UH, WE COULD INCORPORATE THOSE SENIOR CENTERS FOR THOSE DAYS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE EXTENDING THE HOURS IF THE SENIOR CENTERS HAVE THE, UM, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO DO BOTH SENIORS AND YOUTH AT THE SAME TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          AND MORE ABOUT DOING THAT WAS A MULTI-GENERATIONAL CENTER, SO I JUST WANTED TO HAVE CLARIFICATION TO IF IT WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO YOUTH AS WELL. 
          SURE. 
          UM, IF IT IS ONE TO HAVE EXPANDED HOURS, UH, WITH THE CAREGIVING AND COACHES, UH, COACHING SERVICES, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES ARE? YES. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, I'LL USE AN EXAMPLE THAT THAT WE HEARD IS, UH, IF A PARENT HAS DEMENTIA, FOR INSTANCE, AND THE LOVED ONE NEEDS, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE CHILD THAT IS TAKING CARE OF, OF, OF THE, OF THE PARENT, UM, NEEDS SOME COACHING ON HOW TO GET SERVICES, HOW TO BE ABLE TO BE EMOTIONALLY PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THAT TYPE OF, UM, A CHALLENGE AND PROVIDE STILL THE ASSISTANT THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE PARENT. 
          THE, THE COACHING, IT'LL BE SESSIONS. 
          UH, AND ALSO WE'RE THINKING POTENTIALLY A PHONE NUMBER THAT SOMEBODY CAN CALL AND GET THAT TYPE OF ASSISTANCE ON HOW TO NAVIGATE, UH, WITH A LOVED ONE THAT IS HAVING THOSE CHALLENGES. 
          WE ALSO HEARD THAT GRANDPARENTS THAT ARE TAKING CARE, TAKING CARE OF THEIR, UM, GRANDKIDS AND THOSE GRANDKIDS ARE HAVING SOME MENTAL CHALLENGES THAT GRANDPARENT MAY NEED THE ASSISTANCE. 
          SO THIS WILL BE A SERVICE THAT WILL BE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR, UH, FOR THOSE GRANDPARENTS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND THAT'S VERY IMPACTFUL WORK AND I HOPE IT SETS THE FOUNDATION FOR POTENTIAL EXPANSION. 
          I WAS TALKING, SPEAKING TO A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. 
          SHE'S LIKE, I NEED SUPPORT. 
          THERE NEEDS TO BE SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS 'CAUSE EVERYTHING'S, YOU KNOW, LAGGING AND THERE'S A LOT OF STRESSFUL PIECES GOING ON. 
          AND SHE, SHE RECOMMENDED THERE NEEDS TO BE, UH, SOME TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO LOOK INTO SPECIFICALLY FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE VERY STRESSED OUT RIGHT NOW, UM, WITH THE, THE HOUSELESS, UH, FUNDING. 
          I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE'S INVESTMENT IN OUR YOUTH AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE. 
          AND I WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN MELISSA, GABRIELLE AL FOR HER CONTINUED WORK TO ENSURING THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR FOSTER YOUTH, PARTICULARLY WITH THOSE TRANSFERRING OUT OF THE SYSTEM. 
          SO WITH THOSE FUNDS, UM, IS THERE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THEM TO CONSTRUCT, UH, HOUSING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING? OR IS IT PRIMARILY FOR SERVICES? UH, SERVICES IS WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON. 
          . 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, SOME OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED, DR. 
          ROCHA HAD REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS. 
          UM, BUT, UH, AS MENTIONED YESTERDAY WAS OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY, AND WE HAD SOME ON THE GROUND COMMUNITY EXPERTS COME AND TALK ABOUT THE INCREASED OVERDOSES THAT ARE OCCURRING THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO, PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE URBAN CORE. 
          AND I KNOW YOU AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY FUNDING TO SECURE AND FILL THAT GAP. 
          UM, BUT I, I AM FOR FOLKS WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THAT UNIT, UM, THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT'S OPIOID RESPONSE UNIT WORKS WITH PATIENTS WHO HAD RECENT OVERDOSES AND WORKS TO CONNECT THEM TO SERVICES, UM, WHETHER IT'S REHAB SERVICES OR AT LEAST THEY PROVIDE THEM WITH THAT LIFESAVING, UM, MEDICATION TO ENSURE THAT WE, WE DON'T LOSE THEM ON THE STREETS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW FOR ME PERSONALLY, GIVEN THAT HEAT MAP THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, IT'S HIGHLY CONCENTRATED IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S NEW TO ME. 
          YOU KNOW, GROWING UP IN THE DISTRICT, I GREW UP TO EXPOSURE TO DRUG USE. 
          SO I, I KNOW IT'S IMPACTFUL AND I'LL SLEEP A LOT BETTER KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE IDENTIFIED FUNDING TO SECURE THAT GAP AND TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN KEEP FOLKS ALIVE. 
          UM, SO I HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK TO SECURE. 
          UH, I WANTED TO THANK THE FOLKS WHO CAME AND GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ALLOW FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE SYSTEM TO LEAD IN THE WORK. 
          AND THAT'S, UH, GIVES ME SO MUCH HOPE KNOWING THAT THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOU ALL DOING THAT WORK. 
          UH, AND IT'S, IT'S THE LORD'S WORK. 
          SO, THANK Y'ALL. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'LL, I'LL FINISH, I'LL, I'LL CONTINUE WITH MY 9, 8, 8 THING. 
          UM, AND SO I KNOW IT'S A NATIONAL, UM, UH, I GUESS PROGRAM AND IT CAN'T NECESSARILY GEO-LOCATE CALLERS, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT 9, 8, 8 WILL SEND POLICE IF THEY DEEM IT NECESSARY. 
          AND THE REASON THAT I WAS ASKING THIS, AND, AND AGAIN, I WAS ASKING LIKE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY CALL IS BECAUSE, UM, N P R HAS HAD SEVERAL STORIES ABOUT 
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LOCAL CENTERS, UM, NEEDING WORKFORCE AND FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS 9 8 8 INITIATIVE. 
          AND THEN RECENTLY THEY HAD ANOTHER ONE TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS WARNING PEOPLE NOT TO CALL 9 8 8, AND, UM, LIKE A QUARTER MILLION SHARES ON THAT. 
          AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE PROMOTING SOMETHING, THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO. 
          UM, AND I HAD A STAFF MEMBER CALL WHILE I WAS WAITING FOR MY TURN. 
          IT'S AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE, SUICIDE PREVENTION CRISIS HOTLINE. 
          IT'S ALSO FOR VETERANS IN CRISIS. 
          ANOTHER ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS GONNA BE IN SPANISH. 
          IT DOES HAVE IT IN SPANISH. 
          UM, NEXT THE PROMPT ASKS A CALLER IF THEY ARE A VETERAN, FOLLOWED BY A PROMPT THAT ASKS, OR THAT SAYS THAT THEY WILL BE REROUTED TO THE CLOSEST CRISIS CENTER. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S MY, UM, MY WORRY, RIGHT? LIKE HOW MANY CRISIS CENTERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO LOCAL, LOCALLY ARE ANSWERING, BECAUSE I WENT TO THE MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA, UM, WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, AND WE TALK ABOUT WARM LINES, BUT THOSE WARM LINES AREN'T ANSWERED AFTER A CERTAIN TIME. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , SO IS 9 8 8 TRULY A 24 7 LINE? AND THAT'S WHAT WORRIES ME, RIGHT? SO IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T GET ACTION, UM, ON, ON 9, 8, 8, WHAT HAPPENS? I'M, I'M JUST VERY, VERY WORRIED, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF OUR YOUNGER CALLERS, AND IF WE'RE PUSHING THIS MESSAGE AND WE'RE INVESTING MONEY INTO, UH, TELLING PEOPLE TO CALL 9, 8, 8, I WANNA FEEL CONFIDENT THAT ONE OF MY RESIDENTS IS GONNA GET HELP. 
          THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE SENT OVER TO A CALL CENTER. 
          UM, WHEN MY STAFFERS DID TRY AND THEY SAID IT'S A WAIT TIME, SO JUST LIKE A CALL CENTER, RIGHT? AND I'M, I'M, I'M SO AFRAID, AND I KEEP SAYING THAT MY RESIDENTS ARE ONE MINUTE AWAY FROM LOSING HOPE, RIGHT? WELL, IN THIS CASE IT COULD BE SECONDS MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, AGAIN, JUST THIS, THE STRESS ON THAT THAT, THAT I AM WORRIED ABOUT. 
          AND, UM, WARM LINES I THINK ARE IMPORTANT. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE CONSIDERATION WAS FOR. 
          AND I KNOW THAT, UM, C H SS HAS IT AND NAMI, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE FULLY STAFFED 24 7. 
          SO JUST, JUST A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          AND THEN A POINT THAT MY COLLEAGUE MADE, COUNCILMAN VIAGRA, I HAD TALKED TO ERIC WALSH ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN WE SAW THIS STORY ON THE HOMELESSNESS AND SPECIFICALLY YOUNG FAMILIES. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE, PRIORITIZE OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES, RIGHT? AND SO WE SEE THIS A LOT MORE. 
          THERE'S LITERALLY AN EMPTY BUILDING THAT CAN BE REDEVELOPED RIGHT ACROSS FROM HAVEN FOR HOPE, AND NOBODY HAS DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 
          AND IT IS JUST KINDA A LITTLE BIT AGGRAVATING, RIGHT? THAT THEY, THAT WE HAVEN'T, UM, DONE ENOUGH. 
          AND I, I DON'T WANT THAT SAME THING TO HAPPEN IF WE'RE GONNA KEEP PUSHING, UM, THINGS. 
          AND I KNOW IT'S A, A WEIRD, UH, I GUESS I'M, I'M TRYING TO, TO SHOW, UM, THAT THERE'S JUST SOLUTIONS OUT THERE. 
          SO IF NOT, IF C H SS ALREADY HAS THIS, IF NAMI HAS THIS, LIKE HOW ARE WE SUPPORTING THEM SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE PEOPLE THERE 24 7, FOR INSTANCE. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, SORRY, AND I, I JUST, I DON'T WANNA GET ON MY SOAPBOX, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ANOTHER DAY, BUT I, UH, COMPLETELY AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN VRAN AND WE ARE ARE WORKING ON THAT. 
          AND AGAIN, I HAD ALREADY TALKED TO ERIC AND LORI HOUSTON ABOUT THAT AND HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE GETTING THAT PERMIT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OUT, BUT IT'S ALL THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES AS WELL, SO IT MAKES SENSE. 
          SO, UH, TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE, UH, SOMETHING RIGHT NEXT TO HAVEN FOR HER HOPE, FOR INSTANCE. 
          UM, BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE OTHER PEOPLE THAT AREN'T COMING FOR HAVEN FOR HOPE AND HOW ARE WE HELPING THEM? AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT DO COME THERE NEED A LOT OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. 
          SO, SORRY, THOSE ARE MY, MY ONLY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU MARIA. 
          AND TEAM. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RRO GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, COUNCILMAN R GARCIA. 
          YOU BRING UP A LOT OF GREAT POINTS AND I, UM, MY IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UM, IS THAT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CONCENTRATING POVERTY AND CONCENTRATING ALL THE RESOURCES IN ONE PLACE. 
          UM, BUT I DID WANT TO, IS THERE A RESPONSE TO, 'CAUSE I'M CONCERNED WITH WHAT I JUST HEARD ABOUT 9 88. 
          UM, WHAT WILL WE DO ABOUT THAT? OR WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THAT? SO, COUNCILMAN, AS PART OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, OUR, UM, WE WANT TO EVALUATE THAT, UH, AT THIS POINT WE, THE CITY ARE NOT, ARE NEUTRAL TO THE 9 8 8 LINE. 
          WE WANNA WORK WITH CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES WITH BE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO, TO ANALYZE THAT AND BRING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          UM, JESSE HIGGINS, WHO IS OUR CHIEF MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER, IS A LITTLE BIT MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE 9 8 8, SO I CAN HAVE HER EXPLAIN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, THE NINE, EIGHT, EIGHT NUMBER WHEN YOU CALL WILL BE ROT. 
          UM, IDENTIFY YOUR AREA CODE AND IF YOU HAVE A TWO 10 AREA CODE, YOU'LL BE ROUTED TO AUSTIN. 
          THEN IF YOU ACTUALLY NEED AN INTERVENTION VERSUS JUST TALKING AND DEESCALATED OVER THE PHONE, THEY'LL 
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ROUTE YOU TO THE BEXAR COUNTY CRISIS LINE, WHICH IS RUN BY THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES. 
          TWO TEN TWO TWO THREE SAFE. 
          THAT IS A 24 HOUR CRISIS LINE, AGAIN, WHERE PEOPLE CAN TALK, UM, FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, UM, BUT ALSO WEAR OTT FROM THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES OR THE POLICE CAN BE DISPATCHED. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A CRISIS LINE THAT IS 24 HOURS IN BEXAR COUNTY THAT'S UP AND RUNNING WHILE 9 8 8 IS GETTING, UM, ITS FOOTING. 
          DO WE HAVE, UH, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SAYING, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON WAIT TIMES WITH EITHER OF THOSE, UH, HOTLINES THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED? I CAN GET THAT FROM C H C S FOR THEIR HOTLINE. 
          I'M SURE WE CAN ACCESS THAT. 
          THE 9, 8, 8 NUMBERS. 
          WE DID TRY AND GET SOME MEMBERS BEFORE THIS, SINCE IT'S ONLY SIX WEEKS OLD, THEY'RE STILL SORTING THINGS OUT FOR SURE. 
          I, UM, WHEN DO YOU THINK, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU, UH, MARIA JUST MENTIONED THAT YOU'LL COME BACK TO PUBLIC SAFETY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. 
          I'M WONDERING IS THERE A TIMELINE ON THAT? AGAIN, SINCE IT'S NOT OUR DATA, WE WILL HAVE TO, TO TRY AND GET WITH OUR, THE LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDER, WHICH IS THE L M H A C H C S AND TRY AND GET THAT INFORMATION, BUT I'M, I'M ACUTELY AWARE OF HOW THE MESSAGING IS WITH IT AND MM-HMM. 
          , OF COURSE, WE WANT OUR FOLKS TO GET THE RIGHT MESSAGING AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO ASK THEM FOR INFORMATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND MARIA, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? YES, COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, WHAT I WILL DO IS THAT OUR NEXT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT IS COMING UP IN LIKE THREE WEEKS, UH, WE'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE FOR THE COORDINATION OF THE 9 8 8 AND THE EVALUATION AGAIN, 'CAUSE THAT WE NEED TO TALK TO THE COUNTY AND ALSO FOR CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES SERVICES. 
          BUT A MINIMUM, WE'LL BRING A TIMELINE AT THE NEXT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ON HOW THAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I'M WONDERING, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY RELATIONSHIP WITH ORGANIZATION OR ANY KIND OF COMMUNICATION EVER, UM, WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO, UM, LIKE SERVICE DOG TRAINING FOR PIT BULLS, THINGS LIKE THAT? DO I, AND I IMAGINE THE ANSWER IS NO, BUT I WANTED TO DROP THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, A FEW DAYS AGO WHEN WE HAD THE A C S BUDGET SESSION, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT PIT BULLS AND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS, UH, TO HAVE THEM ADOPT BECAUSE OF GENERAL FEAR. 
          LIKE THE FEAR OF, AND, UM, THE NEGATIVE STIGMA, STIGMA THAT THEY EXPERIENCED. 
          BUT THEY COULD MAKE WONDERFUL SERVICE DOGS. 
          AND SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY TO, UM, I WASN'T GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA USE THAT ONE METAPHOR, BUT DO TWO AMAZING THINGS WITH ONE  IN ONE, UH, GREAT INITIATIVE. 
          AND SO I WANNA HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          UH, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THIS ENTIRE 9 8 8 HOTLINE MENTAL HEALTH HOTLINE EFFORT IS, IS A MODE SHIFT FOR CRISIS RESPONSE COUNTRYWIDE. 
          SO I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY INTERESTED IN, IN HOW THIS PLAYS OUT. 
          UH, AND I, I THINK WE CAN EXPECT SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT, BUT I THINK IF WE'RE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH AND WE HAVE THE RESOURCES, UH, WE SHOULD BE READY TO, TO TAKE US WHEREVER, UH, THE DATA LEADS US. 
          BUT, UH, APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION. 
          ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA AND, AND THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PLANKS OF OUR ARPA DISCUSSION. 
          UH, SO IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE COLLECTIVE TRAUMA AS WELL AS THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN GENERAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT. 
          UH, I APPRECIATE THE SPEED, UH, AND EFFICIENCY, BUT WITH WHICH THIS HAS COME FORWARD. 
          BUT ALSO, UH, THE GREAT DISCUSSION AND, AND LEANING IN WITH STAFF. 
          I KNOW THIS IS NOT AN EASY UNDERTAKING, BUT VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY, UH, ON SCHEDULE. 
          SO, UH, WITH THAT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALL RIGHT, THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR A SESSION AGENDA. 
          WE DO HAVE A TWO O'CLOCK ZONING AGENDA. 
          UH, AND BEFORE WE ADJOURN, LET ME 
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TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH FOR A REPORT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THREE QUICK ITEMS. UM, ONE I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT ON AUGUST 22ND, THE CITY WAS, UM, RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL DIGITAL INCLUSION ALLIANCE, UM, AS A DIGITAL TRAILBLAZER FOR OUR WORK, UM, IN, UM, AREAS OF, OF, UH, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. 
          UM, HAVING A DIGITAL INCLUSION PLAN, UM, HAVING OPEN ACCESS, UH, PARTICIPATING IN IN NATIONAL DISCUSSIONS, AND ACTUALLY FUNDING HERE LOCALLY, A DIGITAL INCLUSION EFFORTS. 
          SO WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE TEAM. 
          IT'S ALSO, I KNOW, CONTINUES TO BE A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE COUNCIL AND OUR WORK, UM, UH, IN PREPARATION FOR POTENTIAL, UH, 
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STATE DOLLARS. 
          UM, SECONDLY, AND, UM, OKAY, THERE SHE IS. 
          I WANTED TO MAKE SURE SHE DIDN'T LEAVE. 
          SECONDLY, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT LAST WEEK, THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UM, ANNOUNCED FIVE HONOREES FOR THEIR ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO WOMEN BUSINESS LEADERS. 
          UM, AND OUR VERY MARIA VILLA GOMEZ, UM, WILL BE RECOGNIZED LATER THIS MONTH AS, UH, THE OUTSTANDING EXECUTIVE OF A LARGE BUSINESS. 
          SO, SO OVER THE LAST 13 YEARS, THE THE CHAMBER HAS RECOGNIZED 70, UH, WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR WORK, UM, AND PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS AND MENTORSHIP. 
          UM, AND EACH YEAR THOSE HONOREES ARE SELECTED WHO EXEMPLIFY, UM, GREATNESS, UM, IN THOSE AREAS IN BOTH THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL LIVES. 
          UM, AND I WAS HAPPY TO, UM, UM, HEAR ABOUT MARIA'S NOMINATION AND SUPPORTIVE OF THAT NOMINATION AND, AND, UH, EXTREMELY HAPPY, UM, ABOUT, UM, HER AWARD. 
          UM, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A FUNNY STORY ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE AWARD THAT I'LL LET MARIA SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU PERSONALLY, BUT, UM, IT, IT, UM, IT WAS, UM, TYPICAL MARIA, UM, SOMEBODY WHO, AS YOU KNOW, AND YOU JUST SAW HERE WITH, UM, THE ITEM YOU JUST APPROVED IS EXTREMELY DEDICATED TO THIS COMMUNITY, THIS ORGANIZATION, UM, AND THE WORK WE DO. 
          SO, CONGRATULATIONS, MARIA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION. 
          SO I GOT A TEXT FOR, FROM, UH, APRIL AND CITA, UM, ONE EVENING. 
          AND IT'S BEEN SO CRAZY WITH BUDGET THAT I DID NOT IMMEDIATELY CALL HER BACK. 
          AND THEN I GOT ANOTHER, I GOT A CALL FROM, UH, MAYOR ROSE BROWN TO GIVE ME THE NEWS AND, AND, UH, AND THEN ERIC CAME IN AND SAID, HAVE YOU RESPONDED TO THAT TEXT? AND I SAID, I, I WILL. 
          HE GOES, YOU NEED TO DO IT RIGHT NOW. 
          SO, UM, SO THAT'S THE, THE FUNNY STORY. 
          , THE, UH, THE EVENT WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL'S INVITED. 
          UM, AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN ATTEND. 
          AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, UM, TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT VIDEO IS ON OUR, UH, PRE-K FOR SA PROGRAM, WHICH HAS LAUNCHED OFF. 
          WE HAVE 467 EMPLOYEES, UM, THAT WORK IN THAT, IN THAT AREA. 
          UM, SCHOOL STARTED, UM, AND WE ARE FULL. 
          UM, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'RE TAKING, UH, THREE YEAR OLDS. 
          AND IT'S BEEN VERY EXCITING, UH, AT THE PRE-K CENTERS. 
          UM, AND IF ANYBODY'S LOOKING FOR ANY EXTRA EXCITEMENT, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO STOP BY ONE OF OUR CENTERS. 
          THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, SO LET'S ROLL THE VIDEO. 
          I ALWAYS WANTED TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IN WHICH DEPARTMENT, BUT NOW I'M SO GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO BE PART OF THE PRE-K FOR SA STAFF BECAUSE IT'S A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. 
          I THINK THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE FOCUS ON THE WHOLE CHILD, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, ACADEMIC, AND THE INTERACTION WITH THEIR PEERS. 
          WE'RE NOT A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL, AND WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF, BUT IT'S VERY EFFECTIVE GETTING THESE KIDS TO GRASP THE IDEA OF, OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL HELP AND GUIDING THEM SO THAT THEY CAN SOLVE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS. AND THEN FROM THERE, THEIR EDUCATION CAN GO IN HAND. 
          I FEEL WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE HERE WITHIN THE CITY, ESPECIALLY WITHIN OUR PROGRAM, BECAUSE WE DO GET A LOT OF AMAZING TRAININGS FROM OUR CURRICULUM, YOU KNOW, WITHIN OUR HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM. 
          AND IT'S JUST A NICE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ADDITIONAL TRAINING. 
          BEFORE I WORKED HERE AT PRE-K FOUR S A, I WAS A PHARMACY TECHNICIAN, SO I HAD NO EXPERIENCE WITH KIDS. 
          AND I STARTED WORKING THEIR EXTENDED DAY AND THEY STARTED TRAINING ME IN DIFFERENT CLASSES. 
          AND FROM THERE, I JUST GREW SUCH A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT, UM, SO MUCH MORE PROFESSIONALISM IN WORKING FOR THE CITY AND JUST THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAD FOR US AS FAR AS TRAINING AND AS FAR AS DEVELOPING, I FEEL NOW I'M A BETTER TEACHER THAN I'VE EVER BEEN. 
          JUST IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE AT PRE-K FOR ESSAY MAYOR COUNCIL, WE HAVE, UM, UH, A LITTLE OVER 2003 YEAR OLDS AND FOUR YEAR OLDS THAT ARE ATTENDING THOSE SCHOOLS. 
          SO HATS OFF TO THE TEAM AS THEY, UH, START OFF IN THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          UH, THAT'S IT, MAYOR. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, MARIA. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THE TIME IS 11:35 AM AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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