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          ROLL. 
          WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER MCKAY RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA GRANT IS HERE VIRTUALLY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA IS HERE, VIRTUALLY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HERE. 
          CHAIR SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          CHAIR. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, LAST MONTH, COUNCILMAN DR. 
          GARCIA WAS APPOINTED TO THIS COMMITTEE. 
          UM, AND TODAY IS HER FIRST TIME WITH US. 
          SO WELCOME, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING WITH US. 
          UM, 
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AND OUR FIRST ORDER OF ITEM WILL BE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 13TH MEETING, MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE. 
          IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION, UH, PASSES. 
          UM, 
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WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UM, WELL, ACTUALLY FIRST LET ME, LET ME TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR TODAY. 
          WE HAVE TWO ITEMS BY METRO HEALTH, AND I THINK THEY'RE BOTH TREMENDOUSLY, UH, IMPORTANT ABOUT ONE'S ABOUT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY, AROUND COVID AND BEYOND. 
          AND THE OTHER ONE IS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE. 
          AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS. BUT, UM, CLAUDE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, WE WILL TAKE THE, UH, I THINK WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS TOGETHER FOR BOTH ITEMS. UM, SO PLEASE GO AHEAD AND, UH, COME FORWARD AND, UH, TELL US ABOUT ITEMS TWO AND THREE. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          CLAUDE JACOB WITH METRO HEALTH, REPRESENTING THE NATIONALLY ACCREDITED METRO HEALTH DISTRICT. 
          UM, SO I'M JOINED BY, UH, COLLEAGUES FROM OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          AND, UM, I HAVE TWO PART PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE QUICK UPDATES AND A VANTAGE POINT OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ON THE GROUND. 
          SO THE FIRST PRESENTATION IS A LOOK BACK, UH, TALKING ABOUT LESSONS LEARNED, UH, GIVEN THE LENS OF OUR COVID 19 COMMUNITY RESPONSE AND EQUITY COALITION. 
          UM, AND THE SECOND IS A PRIMER ABOUT THE NEWEST FEDERAL GRANT THAT WE RECEIVE, WHICH IS INTENDED TO MODERNIZE THE WORK OF HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. 
          SO, UM, AS I DIVE IN, JUST WANTED TO ZOOM OUT FOR HALF A STEP. 
          SO THIS IS THE FRAMEWORK, THE UPDATED FRAMEWORK, REFLECTING THE 10 ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES. 
          UH, THE ORIGINAL FRAMEWORK WAS CODIFIED BACK IN 1994, AND THE REFRESH WAS RELEASED IN THE FALL OF 2020. 
          UH, IT REFLECTS THREE CORE FUNCTIONS, BROKEN DOWN INTO 10 ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES. 
          SO, AS I TALK ABOUT THESE PRESENTATIONS THIS AFTERNOON, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, MENTION THAT THIS IS AN UPDATED FRAMEWORK. 
          IT'S USED NATIONALLY. 
          EQUITY IS AMPLIFIED IN THE CENTER OF THE WHEEL. 
          UH, RATHER THAN RESEARCH, WHICH IS WHAT THE ORIGINAL FRAMEWORK REFLECTED, UM, THE WORK OF THE C R E C ALIGNS PRIMARILY WITH, WITH ESSENTIAL SERVICES. 
          THREE, AROUND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ESSENTIAL SERVICE. 
          NUMBER FOUR, MOBILIZING PARTNERSHIPS AT WORK AND ESSENTIAL SERVICE. 
          NUMBER SEVEN, AROUND ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES DOESN'T EXCLUDE THE OTHER, UH, SERVICES, BUT JUST TO GROUND US BY CONTRAST. 
          IN THE SECOND PRESENTATION, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT, UM, WHICH PRIMARILY ANCHORS TO THE WORKFORCE, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL SERVICE NUMBER EIGHT, INNOVATIONS AND, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS NUMBER NINE, AND ORGANIZATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS NUMBER 10. 
          SO, UH, I'M SO PLEASED BY THIS PROCESS. 
          THIS, UH, THIS IS REALLY TO SHARE OUR STORY. 
          UH, WE TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY OVER THE LAST YEAR, UH, TO AT LEAST TRY TO CAPTURE THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING NOW GOING ON THREE YEARS SINCE THE SPRING OF 2020. 
          UM, SO JUST AS TO TEE UP WHAT WE'VE CAPTURED, AND THIS IS THE TRAILER OF THESE TWO PRODUCTS THAT WE HAVE THAT WILL BE SHARED AS RESOURCES LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. 
          UM, SO THE PROCESS, I JUST WANTED TO AT LEAST ORIENT US THAT THE COALITION WAS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS, SPEARED SPEARHEADED BY OUR TEAM AT METRO HEALTH AND REFLECTS THE POWER OF A TRUSTED SOURCE. 
          THESE REPORTS CAME ABOUT AS STAFF ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF CAPTURING THE PROCESSES THAT ACCOMPANIED, UH, CRISIS RESPONSE. 
          UM, AND IN AN EFFORT TO CONDUCT AN HONEST REFLECTION OF COALITION ACTIVITIES TO DATE, UH, C R A C MEMBERS PROVIDED FEEDBACK THAT WAS TRANSLATED TO PRODUCE THEMATIC ANALYSES THAT INCLUDED, UH, FIVE OVERARCHING THEMES. 
          UM, UH, I STARTED HERE IN JULY OF 21, AND IN THE SEPTEMBER OF 21, UM, 2021, WE ALL GATHERED AT A COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT FOLKS EVEN SAW EACH OTHER IN ABOUT A YEAR. 
          SO THE ENERGY WAS REALLY, REALLY HIGH, AND JUST SEEING FOLKS EVEN MASKED UP, BUT YET WE APPRECIATED BEING ABLE TO, TO SEE ONE ANOTHER. 
          SO THE FIVE THEMES AT THAT TIME WAS AROUND TRANSPARENCY, PARTNER ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION, 
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LEADERSHIP ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY, COMMUNITY CAPACITY, COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS. 
          UM, AGAIN, IT WAS JUST A HALF DAY SESSION. 
          AND, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MEASURE TIME IN BETWEEN COVID SURGES, SO JUST IMAGINE BETWEEN COVID SURGE NUMBER THREE AND COVID SURGE NUMBER FOUR, THAT'S WHEN THIS ACTIVITY TOOK PLACE. 
          IT IS A REFLECTION THAT'S, UH, INTENDED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE C R E C MEMBER EXPERIENCES, THEIR MOTIVATION FOR JOINING TO IDENTIFY COALITION STRENGTHS AND EXPLORE AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY LOCAL BEST PRACTICES. 
          SO, TWO DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS PUT TOGETHER BY OUR FANTASTIC TEAM. 
          AND JUST TEEING THIS UP, UH, THERE'S NOT A QUIZ AT THE END OF THIS, BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING ONLINE. 
          AND WE DO HAVE HARD COPIES OF THE SECOND REPORT, BUT AT LEAST LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE THIS, UH, UH, THIS TECHNICAL REPORT, WHICH WAS PUT TOGETHER BY OUR FANTASTIC TEAM. 
          UM, THIS REPORT IS INTENDED TO CAREFULLY DOCUMENT THE COALITION'S EVOLUTION IN, IN SIGNIFICANT DEPTH, AND WAS CREATED FOR COALITION MEMBERS TO SHARE AMONG THEIR INTENDED, THEIR EXTENDED NETWORKS. 
          THE DOCUMENT WILL NOT ONLY SERVE AS A GUIDE FOR FUTURE INTERNAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS RESPONSES, BUT WILL PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR OTHER REGIONAL RESPONSES TO MODEL. 
          UH, THIS MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT PROVIDES A BLUEPRINT OF THE WORK OF THE C R A C AND THE ODYSSEY OF THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. 
          NATIONALLY, THERE'S BEEN A MOVEMENT TO APPLY LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC TO RECOVER FROM THIS UNPRECEDENTED EXPERIENCE AND TO PIVOT IN ORDER TO BE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT EMERGING THREATS. 
          SO, JUST KNOW THAT THIS MORE TECHNICAL REPORT IS GONNA BE RELEASED OVER THE COMING WEEKS, SHARED WITH LOCAL AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AS WELL AS ARCHIVED IN THE RESOURCE DIRECTORY OF THE NATIONAL NETWORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTES. 
          UM, LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET YOU COPIES OF THIS COMMUNITY REPORT. 
          SO, UH, WE DO HAVE COPIES OF THE SECOND REPORT. 
          IT'S SHORTER. 
          AGAIN, I PROMISE YOU THERE'S NOT A QUIZ ON THIS, BUT IF I CAN ASK LYNN, UM, BOTH IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. 
          SO, UM, SO LET ME CUE IT UP. 
          AS LYNN IS PASSING THIS AROUND ENGLISH ONE WANTS TO, YEAH, ONE OF EACH. 
          PERFECT. 
          SO THIS COMMUNITY REPORT, AGAIN, ESSENTIAL SERVICE NUMBER THREE, IS ABOUT COMMUNICATING MORE EDU MORE EFFECTIVELY IN ORDER TO EDUCATE AND INFORM ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES. 
          SO THIS REPORT IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH LANGUAGES I MENTIONED IN, IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. 
          UH, IT'S A CONDENSED VERSION OF THE MORE TECHNICAL REPORT CREATED FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND AN INTERESTED PARTNERS TO LEARN ABOUT OUR COALITION ACTIVITIES AND OUR LOCAL PANDEMIC RESPONSE. 
          AT A GLANCE, THE INITIAL RELEASE OF THE ENGLISH VERSION WAS CIRCULATED DURING OUR, UH, 2022 INAUGURAL HEALTH EQUITY SYMPOSIUM. 
          UH, THAT WAS, UH, AGAIN, LAST SEPTEMBER. 
          I'M LOOKING AT COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND, UH, MR. MCCAREY. 
          SO WE HAD OVER 200 REGI REGISTRANTS FOR THAT ACTIVITY. 
          COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          YOU MAY RECALL THAT IT WAS, UH, QUITE A FERVOR THERE, AND I GOTTA TELL YOU FOLKS ARE STILL, UM, ON THIS, UH, UH, THIS BUZZ, UH, ABOUT THE PLENARY SESSIONS, THE INTERACTIVE SESSIONS THAT WE HAD THERE, IT WAS JUST A HALF DAY. 
          SO JUST KNOW THAT THIS, UH, REPORT WAS SHARED BACK IN SEPTEMBER, AND IT'S BEEN MET WITH GRATITUDE AND ACCOLADES FROM OUR PARTNERS IN ATTENDANCE. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, WE DID POLL, UH, AT OUR LAST QUARTERLY MEETING. 
          WE DID POLL C R A C MEMBERS, UM, JUST TO DETERMINE THE BEST VENUES AND LOCALES AND NETWORKS TO DISTRIBUTE THIS REPORT SO YOU HAVE IT. 
          WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE COPIES FOR YOUR RESPECTIVE, UH, DISTRICTS, AND WE'RE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS AND FEEDBACKS ABOUT THE BEST WAYS THAT WE CAN DISSEMINATE THIS, THIS REPORT. 
          NOT JUST HARD COPY, BUT ELECTRONIC VERSIONS. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, I DO WANT TO THANK, UM, AGAIN, PUBLICLY THANK, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR DR. 
          ANITA, IAN, MEDICAL DIRECTOR DR. 
          J WU, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MARIO MARTINEZ FOR SPEARHEADING OUR COVID 19 RESPONSE EFFORTS ON THE GROUND WITH THE SUPPORT OF THEIR FANTASTIC. 
          AND WE SAY FABULOUS TEAMS. A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE C R E C TEAM. 
          AGAIN, YOU, YOU KNOW, THE TALENT ON THE GROUND. 
          KATHY SHIELDS, WHO'S, UH, AGAIN, A, A, A MEMBER OF OUR ESTEEM LEADERSHIP TEAM. 
          WE CALL HER COACH. 
          I, AT LEAST I DO. 
          WE'VE GOTTEN A BACKGROUND HERE. 
          LEN TREVINO, DESIREE BELLANI, ANTONIO CRUZ, ELIZABETH KLIER, HUNKER SMITH AND ILENA TEAM. 
          AND AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL FOLKS WHO HELP TO PUT THIS TOGETHER ALONG WITH OUR MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. 
          UH, SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 
          AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO DR. 
          BARBARA TAYLOR FROM UT HEALTH. 
          UH, SHE SERVES AS A CO-CHAIR OF OUR STEERING COMMITTEE, AND SHE HELPED TO COMPILE THESE DOCUMENTS IN, IN, DURING MEETINGS, IN BETWEEN SEEING PATIENTS AND FACILITATING A MYRIAD OF COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, AGAIN, OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PANDEMIC. 
          SO TRULY, WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. 
          SO WITH THAT, THIS IS A QUICK REMINDER AGAIN, UH, THE FOLKS TALK ABOUT TIME SOUP OR THE COVID FOG. 
          SO WE JUST WANTED TO REMIND US ALL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED OVER DURING 2020. 
          AND THIS IS JUST A QUICK UPDATE ABOUT THE THREE PHASES OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE WORK OF THE C R E C. 
          SO, AND THAT, AGAIN, IT'S REFLECTED IN THE, UH, HARD COPY OF WHAT YOU HAVE AS THE COMMUNITY REPORT. 
          SO OUR AGILITY 
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HAS BEEN OUR BEST ASSET ON THE GROUND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          OUR VILLAGE HAS INCLUDED FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS, OUTREACH STAFF FROM AREA NEIGHBORHOODS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHO'S HELPED TO ANCHOR OUR MOBILE VACCINATION TEAMS AND STAFFING THE MASS VACCINATION SITE AT THE ALMO DOME, AS WELL AS, UH, GAGGLE OF METRO HEALTH STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN REDEPLOYED FOR VARIOUS ASSIGNMENTS, WHICH AGAIN, HAS GONE WELL INTO EXTRA INNINGS. 
          AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE COALITION IS NOW IN ITS 30 DURATION WITH EACH CHARGE REFLECTING THE NEEDS OF BOTH THE PANDEMIC AND THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT VARIOUS POINTS IN TIME. 
          THE TASKING, THE TESTING TASK FORCE, AGAIN, THE, THE, THE FIRST ITERATION OF THIS, THE FIRST COUPLE ITERATIONS OF THIS PREDATE MY ARRIVAL HERE OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS. 
          BUT THE TESTING TASK FORCE WAS CONVENED IN MARCH OF 2020. 
          SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE HEALTH TRANSITIONS TEAM REPORT GENERATED BY BOTH LOCAL, UH, UH, ACADEMIC COMMUNITY IN COLLABORATION WITH METRO HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS SERVED AS A CATALYST TO BECOME THE, THE C R C, THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE COALITION. 
          AGAIN, AS A RESULT OF THE CIVIL UNREST HAPPENING ACROSS THE NATION AND OUR OWN CITY COUNCIL'S DECLARATION OF RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, THE COALITION WOULD RESPOND BY INCLUDING EQUITY WITHIN ITS, UH, WORKING TITLE AND AS A DIRECT COMMITMENT TO CENTER EQUITY AS A FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT OF ALL FUTURE COALITION DECISION MAKING. 
          AGAIN, ALL OF THIS OCCURRED BEFORE AND DURING C OVID 19 SURGE NUMBER ONE. 
          SO THIS IS PHASE ONE, UH, THE TESTING TASK FORCE, UNITED LABORATORIES HOSPITAL SYSTEMS HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, COMMITTEE-BASED CLINICS, AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS REPRESENTATIVES. 
          TO BEGIN EXECUTING OUR LOCAL RESPONSE, THIS GROUP WAS INITIALLY TASKED WITH ENSURING TESTING CAPACITY, KEPT PACE, AND WITH TESTING THE BAND, AND PRIORITIZE THE FOLLOWING MEASURES TO MORE HOLISTICALLY SERVE THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO, INCREASE COMMUNITY TESTING WITH FASTER THROUGHPUT, CONSISTENTLY EVALUATE TESTING CRITERIA TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS, INCREASE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT TESTING. 
          ESTABLISH A SELF SCREENING WEBSITE DESIGNED FOR COMMUNITY USE, AND ADDRESSING BARRIERS TO TEST WITHIN VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 
          AGAIN, THIS SIGNALS OUR INTENTIONALITY IN MAKING SURE THAT WE REACH THOSE, UH, OF HIGHEST NEED. 
          PHASE TWO, UM, FOLLOWING THE GUIDANCE OF THE HEALTH TRANSITION REPORT IN APRIL OF 2020, THE COALITION TRANSITIONED TO BECOME THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE COALITION CALLING ON COMMUNITY INFORMED ACTION, A RECOMMENDATION THAT RECEIVED BROAD SUPPORT FROM CITY, COUNTY, AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP. 
          THROUGH THIS ITERATION, SEVERAL WORK GROUPS WERE CREATED IN CHARGE WITH ADDRESSING DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE. 
          SO WE ARE PROUD TO TOUT THE, THE MILESTONE SUCCESSES OF EACH OF THESE GROUPS. 
          AND I'LL JUST QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT THEM. 
          THE INDICATOR MONITORING WORKING GROUPS SERVED, UH, UH, CREATED, UH, THE SURVEILLANCE DASHBOARD THAT PROVIDES DAILY UPDATES ON MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY RATES. 
          THE KEY INDICATORS DASHBOARD, WHICH, UH, MONITORED DISEASE INDICATORS AND RECOMMENDED PREVENTION MEASURES TO LIMIT COMMUNITY SPREAD. 
          AND THE SELF SCREENING TOOL IN HOTLINE, WHICH IMPLEMENTED A BILINGUAL PLATFORM TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING AMONG POTENTIALLY INFECTED INDIVIDUALS, PROVIDED TESTING GUIDANCE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          AGAIN, RECALL, THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC, WE'VE ALSO BEEN FEVERISHLY TRYING TO MANAGE THE INFO DEMIC, SO RECOGNIZE THAT TREND THROUGH THE WORK OF THE C R E C, THROUGH THE TESTING AND LAB REPORTING WORK GROUP TESTING EFFORTS WERE EXPANDED AND AMONG CLINICS, HOSPITALS, AND TESTING SITES FOR SPECIMEN COLLECTION AND PROCESSING COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO REFERENCE THE CITY'S C OVID 19 TESTING WEBPAGE WITH VERIFIED PUBLIC TESTING SITES AND TESTING GUIDANCE FOR COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED. 
          THE CONTACT TRACING WORK GROUP COLLABORATED ON COMMUNITY MESSAGING TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO CONTACT TRACERS AND CASE INVESTIGATORS SOUGHT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK TO INCORPORATE INTO CONTACT TRACING, TRACK CONTACT TRACKING ACTIVITIES, AND DEVELOP GRAPHICS FOR THE ANSWER THE CALL CAMPAIGN TO HELP INCREASE COMMUNITY COOPERATION WITH CONTACT TRACING THE EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT WORK GROUP, CONNECTED WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES TO ADDRESS C OVID 19 MISINFORMATION AND INTERNET LITERACY AMONG COMMUNITY MEMBERS CREATED COMMUNITY MESSAGING TO IMPROVE C OVID 19 HEALTH OUTCOMES AND DEVELOP A SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER CAMPAIGN. 
          THE POLICY AND HEALTH ALERTS WORK GROUP WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO CITY AND COUNTY LEADERSHIP ON MULTIPLE ISSUES, CREATING HEALTH ADVISORIES FOR EVOLVING PANDEMIC CONDITIONS, AND SUPPORTED THE DISSEMINATION OF COUNTY AND CITY RESOLUTIONS. 
          THE PRE-K, UH, TO 12 CONSULTANT CONSULTATION GROUP MET AD HOC AND INITIATED A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY FORUM MODEL TO DISCUSS ISSUES FACING PRE-K UH, 12 INSTITUTIONS AND PROVIDED INPUT TO INFORM HEALTH ORDERS ISSUED BY, UH, THE, UH, HEALTH AUTHORITY. 
          SO NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY IN PHASE THREE. 
          SO AT THE, AS THE COVID 19 COMMUNITY RESPONSE AND EQUITY COALITION, THE COALITION IS PROUD TO SHARE ITS ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO DATE. 
          UM, UH, WE HELD A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER SUMMIT, WHICH CAME AS A DIRECT RESULT FOR A FEEDBACK RECEIVED BY 
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THIS GROUP OF PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, PROFESSIONALS AS THEY WORKED TIRELESSLY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO UNIFY MESSAGING AND SPEAK TO EVOLVING GUIDANCE. 
          THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER SUMMIT HAS SINCE BEEN REBRANDED AS THE BEAR COUNTY COMMUNITY C H W PARTNERSHIP AND DWELLS WITHIN OUR, UM, NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER HUB, WHICH IS HOUSED AT OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          THE POLICY AND ADVOCACY WORK GROUP IDENTIFY WORK TO IDENTIFY NINE POLICY PRIORITIES, INCLUDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES, IMPROVING HOUSING INSECURITY, IMPROVING FOOD, INCUR FOOD SECURITY SUPPORT FOR FAIR POLICY, AND, UH, POLICY, UH, POLICING AND JUSTICE SYSTEM, SAFE SPACES FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES, ADDRESSING THE DIGITAL DISPARITY OR DIGITAL DIVIDE, IMPROVING SOCIAL SUPPORT, SUPPORT OF EQUITY DRIVEN APPROACHES TO ECONOMIC SECURITY, AND SUPPORTING THE EXPANSION OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          AGAIN, IF, IF ANY OF THESE SOUND FAMILIAR, JUST THINK ABOUT THE TAG AROUND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OR DRIVERS OF HEALTH. 
          THE EDUCATION WORK GROUP CONTINUES TO CREATE EDUCATIONAL MESSAGING, MATERIALS AND TRAININGS FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE GROUP OVERSAW THE PEER INFLUENCER CAMPAIGN AND CREATED A STORYTELLING SERIES FOR INTERNAL WORK GROUP MEMBERS TO SHARE THEIR SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES, AND LESSONS LEARNED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          SO, TO EXPAND ON THE CURRENT WORK OF THE GROUP FUNDING WAS PURSUED AND AWARDED WHERE OUR FANTASTIC TEAM AT METRO HEALTH RECEIVED THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ADVANCING LITERACY, HEALTH LITERACY GRANT, UH, TO THE TUNE OF $26 MILLION, WHICH WE RECEIVED IN 2021 TO LAUNCH, UH, WHAT SOME OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE AS THE HEALTH CONZA, WHICH IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY COMMUNITY-WIDE HEALTH LITERACY EFFORT, UM, APPOINTING OUR C R E C AS THE ADVISORY OF RECORD FOR THAT ACTIVITY. 
          SO, WHILE OUR TEAM AT METRO HEALTH SERVES AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE ARM, UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO OVERSEES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM, AND U T S A IS CHARGED WITH THE EVALUATION COMPONENT. 
          SO THIS SIX STRONG APPROACH TO ENHANCING HEALTH LITERACY AMONG SOCIALLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS HAS BEEN TRULY EMBRACED BY THE COMMUNITY AS WE TAP INTO THE ASSETS AND COMMUNITY AND REACH OUR, UM, AND REACH THROUGH OUR C H W NETWORKS ACROSS THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. 
          SO, AS WE, AS I WRAP UP ON THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES, OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE DEALT WITH THE EBB AND FLOW OF THIS PANDEMIC, THIS ROLLERCOASTER RIDE. 
          WE ALSO HAVE ADJUSTED OUR ROUTINE AS A COLLECTIVE BODY WHILE CELEBRATING A FEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 
          THE C R A C USED TO MEET MONTHLY TO COVER COVID 19 RELATED CHALLENGES, ADDRESS COMMUNITY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS, AND HELP IDENTIFY, HELP TO UNIFY MESSAGING THAT MIRRORED THE CURRENT PANDEMIC GUIDANCE. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE HEALTH CONFI PROGRAM PROVIDED UPDATES SHARED BY THE, UH, THE TEAM LED BY DR. 
          JASON ROSENFELD AND, UM, UH, UT HEALTH AND OUR PROJECT EVALUATOR, UH, DR. 
          ERICA SOSA AT U T S A WITH THE C R A C AS A C ADVISORY BODY COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS COULD PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO POTENTIAL PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS TO HELP MAXIMIZE PROGRAM DELIVERY AND IMPACT OVER TIME. 
          THE FREQUENCY HAS TRANSITIONED NOW TO A QUARTERLY SCHEDULE. 
          OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO PROUD THROUGH THE C R C TO SHARE MANY OF OUR SUCCESSES WITH THE CULMINATION OF EFFORTS RESULTING IN OUR DEPARTMENT RECEIVING THE PRESTIGIOUS, UH, NACHO NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS INNOVATION PRACTICE AWARD. 
          AGAIN, I KNOW I'M HERE IN SUNNY SAN ANTONIO, IT'S LONG A NACHO RATHER THAN NACHO. 
          SO JUST REMEMBER THAT, UM, THE AWARD IS A RECOGNITION OF PROGRAMS DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, DEMONSTRATING EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION, ADAPTABILITY AND PROGRAM RESILIENCE AND REMARKABLE INNOVATION. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED NOT ONLY THIS PAST YEAR, BUT ALSO IN 2021 FOR OUR INNOVATIONS. 
          AND THIS IS BASED ON, UH, UM, UH, UH, ACTIVITIES REVIEWED BY PEERS NATIONALLY. 
          SO, WITH THAT, AS MENTIONED DURING THE HIGHLIGHT OF, UH, OF OUR INNOVATIVE PRACTICE AWARD, WHICH WE RECEIVED LAST FALL, UM, IN ITS TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF EXISTENCE, UH, THIS GROUP HAS BEEN ABLE TO ENSURE EQUITY AND ACCESS TO C OVID 19 INFORMATION AND RESOURCES. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, YOU SEE THESE HIGHLIGHTS ON THE SLIDE, BUT JUST KNOW THAT THE CREATION OF THE COVID 19 CELL SCREENING ONLINE SURVEY, THE CREATION OF SEVERAL EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, TO AMPLIFY THE MESSAGING AROUND PREVENT, PROTECT, PROVIDE THE CREATION OF PEER INFLUENCERS, SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, AND, UM, JUST AND PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO METRO HEALTH LEADERSHIP TO UPDATE THE C OVID 19 PROGRESS AWARDING INDICATORS, WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO EXPAND, UH, TESTING AND VACCINATION INTO AREA NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A, A GREATEST NEED USING A C OVID 19 EQUITY INDEX AS A GUIDE. 
          THE TESTING AND LAB REPORTING WORK GROUP DESIGNED A CAPACITY AND DEMAND SURVEY TO SHARE WITH TESTING PARTNERS BIMONTHLY TO DETERMINE ACCURATE TESTING, TURNAROUND TIMES, AND AVAILABILITY OF TESTING CAPACITY LOCALLY. 
          AND OUR MESSAGING, AGAIN, IS ONGOING. 
          AND SO JUST KNOW THAT MOVING FORWARD, THE COALITION 
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WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON HEALTH DISPARITIES, WHICH HAVE BEEN FURTHER EXACERBATED BY C OVID 19, AND WILL HIGHLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE HEALTH EQUITY WITHIN OUR VARIOUS SAN ANTONIO COM SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, THE NEW C D C GRANT, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT THE NEXT SEGMENT, IS A GLIDE PATH AS WE CONTINUE TO ADJUST OUR ROUTINES AND INCORPORATE THE NEXT ITERATIONS OF THE WORK AND LEGACY OF THE C R E C. 
          AND SO, JUST KNOW THAT THERE IS A NATIONAL FRAMEWORK, I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL HERE ABOUT THIS. 
          IT'S, IT'S REFERENCED IN THE COMMUNITY REPORT. 
          IT'S ORGANIZED IN THESE SIX DOMAINS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH DATA WORKFORCE, PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, PUBLIC HEALTH FINANCING, BUT REALLY BEING MORE INTENTIONAL AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIP. 
          SO, JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS, UH, INTO THE FUTURE, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION. 
          SO, LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, UH, AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A HEALTHY COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANKS TO COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL FOR AT LEAST HELPING TO SPEARHEAD THIS EFFORT. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A DUES PAYING MEMBER OF OUR C R E C COALITION, BUT I REALLY WANT TO APPLAUD AND THANK OUR C R E C TEAM AND THE MANY PARTNERS FOR THEIR HARDWORKING COMP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR HELPING TO ENSURE A SAFER, UH, SAN ANTONIO. 
          A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY FANTASTIC TEAM ANCHORED AT THE OFFICE OF HEALTH EQUITY, LED BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UH, MARJORIE WHITE, UH, THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED OFFICE OF POLICY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT LED BY SEAN GREEN, THE HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAM LED BY ANNA MACK, AND THE ACCESS TO CARE SECTION LED BY MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, DR. 
          JUNE DE WU. 
          AGAIN, WE HAVE THE TEAM HERE. 
          THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO SIGN AUTOGRAPHS. 
          UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG THREE YEARS ON THE GROUND, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          SO THIS WAS A LOOK BACK AND, UH, THE NEXT PRESENTATION, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE STATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, PAUSE FOR INTERMISSION. 
          TAKE QUESTIONS BEFORE I DO THE NEXT ONE. 
          UM, I KNOW I WANTED TO TAKE QUESTIONS TOGETHER, BUT IF THERE'S ANY QUICK QUESTIONS, DOES ANYONE WANNA JUMP IN OR MAKE A COMMENT? JUST SO GO AHEAD, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          I JUST WANTED TO, UH, QUICKLY THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM. 
          UM, THIS TEAM IS NACHO, UH, AVERAGE COMMUNITY RESPONSE IN ECONOMIC, UH, COALITION EQUITY COALITION, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ONE IN THE CROWD. 
          I JUST KNEW IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN. 
          I JUST KNEW IT. 
          I JUST KNEW IT. 
          CLAUDE, I THINK, I THINK SOMEONE IS GETTING READY TO FILL IN MY FOOT TO, TO FILL IN THE SHOES I'M LEAVING, OR HOWEVER YOU SAY THE COMMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          TR NOT YOUR AVERAGE HELTER MARKET. 
          REMEMBER THAT? OKAY, GOT IT. 
          GOT IT. 
          UM, I WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IN AUSTIN, THEY SAY GUADALUPE, AND HERE WE SAY GUADALUPE OR GUADALUPE OR WHATEVER. 
          UM, SO I MEAN, IT'S A REGIONALISM, RIGHT? IT'S, I GOT YOU. 
          I GOT YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          ALRIGHT, GREAT. 
          UM, SO YEAH, IF YOU'LL TAKE US INTO THE NEXT PRESENTATION, CLADE. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          UH, RECOGNIZING IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION COMING AT YOU, BUT REALLY APPRECIATING THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL OUR STORY. 
          SO IT'S BEEN ALL C ALL THE TIME. 
          AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS THE ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT THE PIVOT, UH, LOOKS LIKE. 
          SO THERE'S BEEN A NATIONAL NARRATIVE TO TALK ABOUT THE STRUCTURE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS HISTORICALLY AND STILL IS ANEMIC, UNDERUTILIZED, UNDER RECOGNIZED, UNDERAPPRECIATED. 
          AND SO THE C OVID 19 STORM ACCELERATED THE CONVERSATION NATIONALLY. 
          SO I'LL JUST QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE HAVE. 
          WE ARE SO EXCITED AND PROUD OF GETTING THIS GRANT AWARD. 
          AND AGAIN, I, I CAN'T THANK THE TEAM ENOUGH FOR HELPING US TO AT LEAST, UH, LEAN IN AS WE TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE STATE OF THE WORK AT METRO HEALTH. 
          SO, UM, ON JUNE 16TH, 2022, THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY WAS RELEASED BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION PREVENTION, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THIS PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT. 
          AND THIS IS THE COMPLIMENT TO A BLUEPRINT THAT WAS RELEASED, UM, BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2021. 
          SO THE BLUEPRINT WAS RELEASED, AND A YEAR LATER, THE FUNDING HAS FOLLOWED IT'S FIVE YEAR PLAN, FIVE YEAR FUNDING CYCLE. 
          SO LAST SUMMER, IT WAS QUITE A FIRE DRILL FOR OUR TEAM, LED BY, UH, MARIO MARTINEZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. 
          UH, WE LITERALLY WERE IN THE THROES OF PREPARING FOR F Y 23 GRANT AND HAD TO LITERALLY ADJUST OUR ROUTINE BETWEEN THE MIDDLE OF JUNE AND THE EARLY PART OF AUGUST. 
          SO BACK ON AUGUST 12TH, WE SUBMITTED THE GRANT APPLIED FOR THIS WORKFORCE AND FOUNDATIONAL CAPABILITIES COMPONENTS, UH, WHILE WE WERE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THE DATA MODERNIZATION COMPONENT AS A RESULT OF RECEIVING, UH, DIFFERENT FUNDING FROM THE C D C, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST PURSUE THIS WRIT LARGE. 
          AND SO THIS IS PART OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. 
          UH, THERE'S A THREE, UH, ALMOST $4 BILLION EARMARK, WHICH IS USED TO RETAIN, RECRUIT, RETAIN, AND TRAIN PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          SO THIS FUNDING, UH, HELPS US STRENGTHEN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UH, THERE WERE 107 AWARDEES NATIONWIDE. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, THE PERFORMANCE PERIOD FOR THIS, UH, STARTED EFFECTIVE, UH, DECEMBER ONE. 
          WE'VE JUST SUBMITTED OUR, UH, BUDGET REVISIONS TO THE C D C AND IT'S INTENT. 
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THE ARC OF THIS RUNS THROUGH NOVEMBER OF 20, UH, 27, AND IT WILL SUPPORT 12 NEW HEALTH PROGRAMS AND 34 EXISTING OPERATIONS AND FULL-TIME FTES AT OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          SO, AS I MENTIONED, AGAIN, PUBLIC HEALTH FORWARD, OUR, OUR SAN ANTONIO VERSION, WE, WE, WE HAVE A LITTLE SPIN ON IT. 
          WE TALK ABOUT ESSAY FORWARD. 
          THIS IS NOT A PRESENTATION ABOUT ESSAY FORWARD, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE, HAVE BEEN AHEAD OF THE PROCESS AND WE ARE ANCHORING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WHAT INTERNALLY WE CALL METRO HEALTH 2.0, WHICH IS OUR WAY OF UPGRADING AND MODERNIZING THE LOOK THE FIELD, THE SOPHISTICATION OF OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          SO, AS I MENTIONED, THE, THE, UH, BLUEPRINT WAS RELEASED IN DECEMBER OF 2021. 
          IT CALLS, IT'S ORGANIZED IN SIX DOMAINS AROUND FINANCING, DATA, WORKFORCE, PUBLIC HEALTH LAWS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND COMMITTEE ENGAGEMENT. 
          IT DOES DOVETAIL WITH OUR SA FORWARD PLAN, WHICH WAS RELEASED IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR TO ADDRESS CONDITIONS, UH, ACROSS THE CITY THAT WE SAW THAT WERE EXACERBATED BECAUSE OF COVID. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS A NATIONAL EFFORT TO MODERNIZE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS. SO, IN BROAD STROKES, UH, THIS MULTI-COMPONENT GRANT WILL HELP ENSURE THAT US PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS ARE READY TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES LIKE C OVID 19, AND TO MEET EVOLVING AND COMPLEX NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES AND POPULATIONS WHOM WE SERVE. 
          THE FUNDING IS VERY SPECIFIC ON STRENGTHENING PUBLIC HEALTH, WORKFORCE AND FOUNDATION CAPABILITIES. 
          IT, UH, UNDER WORKFORCE, IT PROVIDES BACKBONE SUPPORT NEEDED TO ENHANCE AND SUSTAIN. 
          PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS FOCUS ON HEALTH EQUITY. 
          IT BUILDS THE INTERNAL CAPACITY TO EFFECTIVELY PREDICT AND PREPARE FOR FUTURE EMERGENCIES, UH, REDUCE THE INCIDENTS AND IMPACT OF CHRONIC DISEASE HEALTH DISPARITIES AND ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AMONG UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. 
          THE COMPLIMENT, AT LEAST, UH, UNDER THIS BUCKET, IN THIS COMPONENT, UNDER FOUNDATIONAL CAPABILITIES, IT'S INTENDED TO FOSTER COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO ENHANCE PUBLIC HEALTH DECISION MAKING, AND ENSURE INTERVENTIONS ARE OPTIMALLY EFFECTIVE. 
          IT'S BETTER TO BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH AND, UM, UH, SHARE POWER WITH AREA RESIDENTS. 
          PUT IN PLACE RIGOROUS PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PROCESSES, PREPARE STAFF TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES RELATED TO HEALTH DISPARITIES, AND PROMOTE HEALTH EQUITY AND INVEST IN COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS ADDRESSING UNMET, PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS. 
          SO, WITH THAT, IN TERMS OF OUTCOMES, SO AGAIN, BROAD STROKES, UH, IT'S INTENDED IN THE SHORT TERM INCREASE IN DIVERSE STAFF, UM, LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF OUR METRO HEALTH STAFF SO THAT IT MIRRORS THE, UH, COMMUNITY'S DEMOGRAPHICS. 
          UM, IT'S ALSO INTENDED TO INCREASE IN SIZE AND THE CAPACITY OF OUR, UH, METRO HEALTH STAFF. 
          AND ONE OF OUR, UH, UH, MEASURES WILL BE THAT 75% OF OUR POSITION VACANCIES ARE TO BE FILLED OVER A 60 DAY PERIOD. 
          UM, AND THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO RETAINING AT LEAST 90% OF OUR STAFF EACH YEAR. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF SHORT TERM, IMPROVING OUR ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES. 
          AGAIN, WE ARE A NATIONALLY ACCREDITED HEALTH DEPARTMENT, JUST ABOUT ONE IN EIGHT HEALTH DEPARTMENTS NATIONWIDE HAVE MET THESE NATIONAL STANDARDS, WHICH HAVE BEEN BEEN IN PLAY FOR ABOUT A DECADE. 
          UM, I DO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION BOARD. 
          I LED THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE TO ATTAIN THIS DESIGNATION. 
          AND I'M SO PLEASED THAT WE HAVE THIS DESIGNATION HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE FIVE YEAR CYCLE. 
          AND SO WE EXPECT TO BE RE-ACCREDITED BY 2025. 
          AND THE LAST, UH, MEASURE HERE IS ABOUT, UH, STRONGER FOUNDATIONAL CAPABILITIES. 
          AND SO, UM, BECAUSE OF THE FAB PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION BOARD RE-ACCREDITATION PROCESS, UM, UH, ALL OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS, WE TRACK MEANINGFUL MEASURES TO QUANTIFY OUTCOME ACHIEVEMENT. 
          WE HAVE STAFF TRAINING TOPICS, WHICH ARE INFORMED BY THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED AT OUR DEPARTMENT, AND IT PROVIDES BACKBONE SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ENHANCE IMPACT AND PROMOTE HEALTH EQUITY. 
          SO WITH THAT, THESE ARE THE BUCKETS. 
          UM, AGAIN, SINCE LAST NOVEMBER WHEN WE RECEIVED THE AWARD, SO IT'S, UH, OVER $25 MILLION OVER A FIVE YEAR GRANT PERIOD, UH, OF THIS, UH, IT'S, IT'S BROKEN OUT IN TWO DIFFERENT SORT OF, UH, BUCKETS. 
          SO A ONE TIME START DISBURSEMENT OF OVER $20 MILLION, AND THE REMAINING, UH, NEARLY $5 MILLION IS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS AND WILL BE DIVIDED EVENLY AMONG EACH SUCCESSIVE BUDGET PERIOD, UH, DISTRIBUTED OVER THE, THE FIVE YEAR GRANT CYCLE. 
          SO THE, THE WORKFORCE BOLUS THAT COMES IN, IN, IN ONE BIT, AND THEN THE, UH, THE BALANCE OF IT, THE REMAINING $5 MILLION WILL BE SPREAD OUT OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD. 
          SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST HIGHLIGHTS OF HOW THIS CONNECTS TO OUR WORK ON THE GROUND. 
          SO THESE ARE THE, THE FOUR COMPONENTS MOST OF YOU'RE MOST FAMILIAR WITH ESSAY FORWARD, WHICH WE RELEASED BACK IN APRIL. 
          SO WITH THAT, THE COMPLIMENT TO OUR SA FORWARD INITIATIVE ALREADY UNDERWAY, WE ARE NOW IN YEAR TWO. 
          SO THERE'S A $9 MILLION YEAR MARK IN, UH, THIS FEDERAL GRANT TO SUPPORT OUR ONGOING WORK AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SA FORWARD. 
          GOD BLESS YOU. 
          UM, IT INCLUDES 22 FULL-TIME POSITIONS CURRENTLY FUNDED THROUGH OUR HEALTH DISPARITIES GRANT. 
          UM, THIS FUNDING WILL SUPPORT SA FORWARD 
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POSITIONS IN THE PRIORITY AREAS, PRIMARILY AROUND DATA AND TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE, HEALTH EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION. 
          UM, MORE SO THE FUNDING WILL SUPPORT THE OFFICE OF THE POLICY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, UH, TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK ON HEALTH EQUITY POLICY SOLUTIONS WORKFORCE. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT, UM, THAT, UH, $11 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING WILL SUPPORT, UM, WILL INCLUDE 24 POSITIONS OF WHICH 12 ARE NEW, TO ENHANCE EXISTING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AROUND CHEMICAL DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL, HEALTH EQUITY, VECTOR CONTROL, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, THIS IS AGAIN, THE CRUX OF, UH, WHY THIS FUNDING WAS MADE AVAILABLE NATIONALLY. 
          THE FUNDING IN OUR CASE WILL ALSO BE USED TO HIRE, WHICH IS A REQUIRED POSITION, A WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATOR ESTABLISH A DEDICATED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SECTION WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT TO STRENGTHEN AND RETAIN OUR STRATEGIES TO, TO SUPPORT OUR WORKFORCE. 
          THE GRANT ACTIVITIES WILL MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREAS OF HIRING NEW STAFF, RETAINING EXISTING STAFF, SUPPORTING AND TRAINING NEW AND EXISTING STAFF, AND STRENGTHEN RELEVANT WORKFORCE PLANNING SYSTEMS, PROCESSES AND POLICIES. 
          THE, THE TAKEAWAY HERE IS THAT THE COVID FATIGUE ON THE ROUND HAS BEEN REAL, IT'S BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. 
          AND SO THIS IS TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THE WORKFORCE AGAIN, TO PREPARE FOR, FOR ANY OTHER EMERGING THREATS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, ADOPT A CULTURE OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          SO WITH THAT, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS ORGANIZED IN, IN THESE BUCKETS. 
          UH, SO TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANT FUNDING WILL SUPPORT OUR DEPARTMENT'S FOUNDATIONAL CAPABILITIES. 
          THE FUNDING WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT A CONTRACTOR TO EVALUATE THE GRANT PROGRAM AND COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS CONDUCTED AT OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          THE GRANT ACTIVITIES WILL IMPROVE OVERALL SYSTEMS, PROCESSES, AND POLICIES TO ENSURE A STRONG CORE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO PROTECT HEALTH AND PROVIDE FAIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL. 
          OH, AND WITH THAT, ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES WILL STRENGTHEN ACCOUNTABILITY AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, WE'RE ON THIS JOURNEY TO, TO BE RE-ACCREDITED BY 2025. 
          UM, THIS WILL BE DONE BY INITIATING A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE IMPACT OF THE C D C HEALTH DISPARITIES GRANT, OUR ESSAY FORWARD ACTIVITIES, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR, UH, METRO HEALTH, UH, 2.0 INITIATIVES. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE FUNDING WILL BE USED TO IMPLEMENT PLANS TO TRANSITION FROM OUR C OVID 19 EMERGENCY AND, AND OTHER EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS PROJECTS. 
          AND AGAIN, UH, THE CRCS DIFFERENT ITERATIONS ARE PART OF THIS TRANSITION OPERATIONALLY. 
          SO, WITH THAT, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, BEING A BETTER PARTNER OUT IN COMMUNITIES, AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SIX DOMAINS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH FORMER RUBRIC, IT TALKS ABOUT COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS. 
          AND SO JUST, UH, RECOGNIZING THIS TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANT FUNDING WILL BE SUB AWARDED TO EXTERNAL PARTNERS. 
          THE FUNDING WILL BE USED TO ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH ENHANCED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, STORYTELLING CAMPAIGNS, CAPACITY BUILDING, MANY GRANTS, PARTNERSHIP AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT. 
          AGAIN, YOU APPLYING THE PUBLIC HEALTH FORWARD FRAMEWORK FUNDING WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT, UH, COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN, OR KNOWN AS THE CHIP. 
          UM, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT LAST FALL OF THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER. 
          SO I, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, FROM THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE, UH, THE CHIP ITSELF WILL BE DEVELOPED OVER THE COURSE OF THIS CURRENT YEAR. 
          SO WITH THAT, UM, THE, WHILE WE ARE A GRANTEE, UH, THERE ARE THREE NATIONAL PARTNERS WHO ALSO RECEIVED AN EARMARK TO SUPPORT HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ON THE GROUND. 
          UH, THEY CALL THIS COMPONENT B, BUT JUST KNOW THAT, UM, AGAIN, FULL DISCLOSURE, I DO SERVE AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION BOARD. 
          UM, WE ARE, UM, I REFERENCED THE TECHNICAL REPORT, WHICH WILL BE ARCHIVED WITH THE NATIONAL NETWORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTES. 
          AND AGAIN, I'M JUST SO PLEASED THAT WE CONTINUE TO SHARE OUR STORIES, UH, BUT ANCHOR THEM TO NATIONAL PARTNERS AND FRAMEWORKS. 
          SO WITH THAT, UM, AGAIN, I CAN'T SAY THANKS ENOUGH TO MY FANTASTIC EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM. 
          UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE TALENT ON THE GROUND, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST SAY A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT, UH, TO MARIO MARTINEZ, UH, JULIE SANDOVAL, STACEY MAINES, AND THE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT TEAM LED BY CLARISSA CORTEZ. 
          LITERALLY IN THE MIDST OF THE, THE ONGOING COVID STORM, THEY WERE ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF THIS PAST SUMMER SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A SUCCESSFUL GRANT APPLICATION. 
          THEY MADE THIS POSSIBLE. 
          AND THIS REALLY, UM, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT MY PRIDE FOR THE TEAM, MY APPRECIATION FOR THEIR TICE WORK, BUT REALLY, UH, PREPARING US FOR THE FUTURE STATE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AND ALLOWING US TO SHARE OUR STORY WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND THOSE OUTSIDE OF HERE. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES MY SECOND PRESENTATION. 
          AND I GUESS NOW WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, CLAUDE, APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          WE RECENTLY, UH, ACCEPTED THIS MONEY AT A SESSION, AND I SAID, HEY, WHAT, WHAT IF WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S GONNA BE INVOLVED WITH THAT? SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING US THIS, UH, BOTH OF 
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THESE PRESENTATIONS. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS BEFORE WE HAND IT OVER TO, TO THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, I AM VERY EXCITED TO HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT HOW THE WORKFORCE PORTION WILL ALLOW US TO MATCH THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH OUR OWN WORKFORCE. 
          UM, IT IS MY EXPERIENCE THUS FAR WITH, WITH THE CITY, THOUGH, UH, WHEN IT CAME TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT A COMPARISON WAS MADE TO THE WORKFORCE, NOT SO MUCH IN SAN ANTONIO, NOT IN BEXAR COUNTY, BUT TO THE METROPOLITAN AREA, WHICH EXTENDS AS FAR AS I BELIEVE, IS IT SAN MARCOS, OR AT LEAST NEW BRAUNFELS, FOR FOR SURE. 
          UH, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC, RIGHT FROM, FROM WHAT'S IN SAN ANTONIO, FROM A DEMOGRAPHIC THAT IS NOT USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE WORST HEALTH IMPACTS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT WORKS SO HARD TO, TO RECTIFY. 
          SO CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU WILL TRY TO MATCH THAT DEMOGRAPHIC? AND I'M ASSUMING YOU MEAN THE SAN ANTONIO DEMOGRAPHIC, FIRST OF ALL. 
          CORRECT. 
          CAN YOU CORRECT ME ON THAT OR, OR VERIFY THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? UH, THAT IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. 
          AGAIN, WE ARE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT WE ARE A DISTRICT-WIDE ENTITY SERVING THE GREATER BEXAR COUNTY. 
          AND SO YES, THIS IS AN OVERLAY OF OUR WORKFORCE TO MIRROR THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY. 
          SO HOW, UM, YEAH, TELL ME HOW, HOW YOU PLAN TO DO IT, AND ALSO HOW YOU PLAN TO MONITOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, GREAT QUESTION. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS A FIVE YEAR FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. 
          WE HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT EXACTLY HOW THAT WE ARE GOING ON RECORD TO SAY THIS IS OUR QUEST OVER FIVE YEARS. 
          AND SO, UM, HOW WE DO THAT CLEARLY, WE'LL CONFER WITH OUR, UM, HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, OUR PARTNERS ON THE GROUND, CITY PARTNERS, UM, ACROSS SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, IT'S BY DESIGN. 
          IT'S INTENDED FOR US TO AT LEAST IDENTIFY AND ESTABLISH A BETTER PIPELINE TO DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, JUST KNOW THAT ONE OF THE COMPLIMENTS TO THAT, WE DID GO ON RECORD TO HELP SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THAT OPENS UP IN 2024, AND THAT'S LITERALLY JUST ONE OTHER DIMENSION OF OUR COMMITMENT, AND THAT'S A FIVE YEAR FUNDING STREAM. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL, UH, AND WE HAVE TO STRETCH OUR THINKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECRUIT BETTER ASSETS TO SUPPORT OUR WORK ON THE GROUND. 
          SO MORE TO COME, BUT JUST KNOW THAT OUR METRIC IS AROUND MAKING SURE THAT WE RETAIN, UH, STAFF, 90% OF THE STAFF THAT WE BRING TO THE DEPARTMENT, KEEPING THEM, UH, AT LEAST, UH, FOR THAT ONE YEAR PERIOD. 
          BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE RECRUIT EFFECTIVELY TO WITHIN 60 DAYS TO GET, UM, TO 75 OF THOSE POSITIONS FILLED IN OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT WAS MY NEXT, UH, QUESTION. 
          THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WONDERFUL TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES. 
          THAT IS, THAT'S ALSO REALLY FAST, RIGHT? SO CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS FAST TRACK FOR THE HIRING, WHAT'S THAT GONNA LOOK LIKE? YEAH. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD USE THE TERM FAST TRACK 'CAUSE THE MACHINE MOVES A CERTAIN WAY, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE OTHER FORCES OUT THAT FOLKS ARE EXHAUSTED. 
          UH, I KNOW ANECDOTALLY THAT WHEN WE RECRUIT AND WE TRY TO IDENTIFY FINALISTS BEFORE ASKING ABOUT SALARY, BEFORE ASKING ABOUT BENEFITS, THEY'RE ASKING ABOUT REMOTE WORK POLICIES. 
          I MEAN, THERE ARE THINGS OUT OF OUR CONTROL. 
          AND SO WHAT WE ARE ASKED TO DO, AND WE'RE ONE OF MANY A HUNDRED AWARDEES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE RECRUIT BETTER, THAT WE RETAIN MORE EFFECTIVELY, AND THAT WE SUPPORT THE, THE TEAM ON THE GROUND. 
          SO MORE TO COME, BUT JUST KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW OUR COMMITMENT IS TO, IS TO DO THAT, BE MORE INTENTIONAL, AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT CREATIVE WAYS THROUGH OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, THROUGH MESSAGING, SO THAT WE CAN RECRUIT TALENT AT OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          DOES ANY OF THAT INVOLVE CHANGING WHAT THE JOB OFFERS IN TERMS OF REMOTE WORK OR IN TERMS OF SALARY? Y YEAH. 
          AGAIN, UH, GREAT QUESTION. 
          UM, WHAT I CAN SAY CLOSER TO HOME TO WHAT WE'VE DONE INTERNALLY IS TO CREATE CAREER LADDERS. 
          SO D A GRADIENT FOR HOW ONE CAN GROW WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO WE'VE HAD TO REVISIT THE WAY THAT WE ORGANIZE AND DEFINE CERTAIN JOB CATEGORIES. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR SOME TIME. 
          NOW. 
          OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT IS, TO YOUR POINT, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? AND IT'S GOTTA ABIDE BY THE COASTAL RULES. 
          SO LET ME AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ONE PIECE. 
          WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHORE UP HOW WE RECRUIT TO THE WORKFORCE. 
          OUR DEPARTMENT HAS GROWN SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. 
          SO, AND WE'RE GLAD THAT WE HAVE THIS FEDERAL GRANT TO ACCELERATE THAT PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          HOW MANY DAYS AGAIN, FOR SOME EXTENT? 60 DAYS. 
          60 DAYS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE TO HAVE, FIGURE ALL THAT OUT. 
          I THINK 60 DAYS. 
          OH, 60 DAYS FROM POSTING. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          , THEY'RE NOT POSTED YET, SO, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          60 DAYS FROM POSTING. 
          HERE WE GO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, LASTLY BEFORE WE PASS THIS AROUND, UH, YOU'VE IDENTIFIED 
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SOME OF THOSE NEW POSITIONS, I BELIEVE IT'S FIVE IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND, UH, OPERATIONS, THREE IN COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY. 
          CAN YOU, UH, EXPLAIN WHAT THOSE POSITIONS WILL BE FOCUSED ON? OKAY. 
          DID YOU WANT ONE IN PARTICULAR OR JUST THE WHOLE SPECTRUM? UM, I, I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ASPECT. 
          LIKE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT TASKS WILL THEY BE CHARGED WITH AND, UH, THE COMMUNITY, THE SAFETY PART AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          SURPRISE, SURPRISE. 
          YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 
          I'M, I'M . 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, VECTOR CONTROL TECHNICIANS. 
          SO WE NEEDED TO ADD ONE ADDITIONAL VECTOR, UH, CONTROL TECHNICIAN TO IMPROVE WORKFORCE CAPABILITIES IN PROVIDING VECTOR CONTROLLED SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS TAKE ON ADDITIONAL INITIATIVES WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS. 
          SO CURRENTLY WE'RE LIMITED TO TWO TECHNICIANS. 
          THIS SECTION HAS BEEN STRETCHED TO MEET THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR VECTOR CONTROL SERVICES ACROSS THE CITY. 
          SO STAFFING IS CURRENTLY SUPPLEMENTED BY OUR, UH, SANITARIANS, OUR HEALTH INSPECTORS TO FILL IN THE GAPS IN SERVICE. 
          THE REASSIGNMENT AND USE OF SANITARIANS RESULT IN A DECLINE IN NECESSARY FOOD INSPECTIONS, THUS HAVING A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON OVERALL FOOD ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM CAPABILITY. 
          SO THIS IS A WAY TO SHORE UP OUR, OUR CAPACITY, BUT THAT'S SPECIFICALLY THE VECTOR CONTROL TECHNICIAN. 
          UM, AGAIN, I'VE GOT 12, I MEAN, I CAN HIGHLIGHT WHAT THEY'LL DO. 
          SAFETY. 
          IT SAYS COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY. 
          COMMUNITY. 
          COMMUNITY HEALTH. 
          OH, GOT IT. 
          SO, UH, MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR THE STANDUP PROGRAM, STANDUP ESSAY THAT WE ARE, THAT, THAT PROGRAM. 
          SO THAT'S ANCHORED TO OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM. 
          THIS POSITION IN PARTICULAR WILL PROVIDE FULL-TIME CASE MANAGE. 
          IT'S A FULL-TIME CASE MANAGER FOR OUR VIOLENCE, UH, INTERRUPTION PROGRAM. 
          INTERRUPTION PROGRAM. 
          AGAIN, UH, STANDUP. 
          UM, THIS CASE MANAGER WILL ASSESS THE RISK FOR VIOLENCE AND NEEDS FOR ASSISTANCE AMONG COMMUNITY MEMBERS RECRUITED FROM SERVICE AREAS. 
          UM, THIS FUNCTION WILL ALSO SUPPORT PARTICIPATING COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NAVIGATING HEALTH AND SOCIAL SUPPORT RESOURCES, APPLYING FOR JOBS, OBTAINING LEGAL SERVICES, AND MORE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, WOW. 
          YOU COME PREPARED. 
          ALRIGHT, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, HEAR FROM, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          WE'VE GOT A, A FIVE AND FIVE, SO FIVE MINUTES THE FIRST TIME, FIVE MINUTES THE SECOND TIME. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. 
          UM, SO COUNCILWOMAN, UH, GUSTI YU, DID YOU THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND THANK YOU CLAUDE AGAIN, UM, FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND YOUR CONTINUED, UH, WORK. 
          I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY AND THAT INCLUDING, UM, THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION PROGRAM IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AND I KNOW MY CONSTITUENT SERVICES TEAM ARE REALLY GRATEFUL WHEN THEY COME OUT TO THE FIELD OFFICE TO SHARE INFORMATION AND ALSO TO CHECK IN TO SEE WHAT WE NEED. 
          UM, SO I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THAT MODEL CONTINUES TO RECEIVE SUPPORT. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE'VE SEEN SUCCESS WITH IT IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          SO THANK YOU, UH, WITH THE LESSONS LEARNED, UM, WILL THIS REPORT, WILL WE BE BRIEFED ON IT, ON THE LESSONS LEARNED AND POTENTIAL POLICY OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN TAKE ON AND TACKLE? GREAT QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THAT SECOND PART, UM, SO RIGHT NOW, THIS IS INTENDED TO LET YOU KNOW MM-HMM. 
           THAT WE'VE CAPTURED OUR STORY, RIGHT? WE HAVE A TECHNICAL REPORT, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY REPORT. 
          WE HAVE NOT DEFINED WHAT HAPPENS NEXT MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO I WOULD DEFER TO THIS BODY MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, BUT REALLY, AGAIN, THE CHALLENGE WITH THIS IS THAT THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION. 
          YEAH. 
          AND WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AT LEAST CAPTURED THIS. 
          WE'RE RIGHT NOW IN THE PIVOT, WE'VE LAUNCHED ESSAY FORWARD. 
          WE ARE RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS, THE CONDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN EXACERBATED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          WE NOW HAVE THIS EARMARK TO MODERNIZE THE LOOK, THE FIELD, THE SOPHISTICATION OF OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          SO I GUESS I'LL DEFER BACK THROUGH YOU TO THE CHAIR IN TERMS OF WHAT'S RECOMMENDED NEXT IN TERMS OF, UH, ANY, ANYTHING MORE FORMAL. 
          BUT YOU'RE HEARING IT HERE FIRST. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          SO I THINK, UH, THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO, UM, MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS. 
          UM, AND THEN SOMEONE IN THE FUTURE WILL CARRY THAT ON. 
          NO. 
          YES. 
          BUT, BUT DEBBIE WILL TAKE NOTE OF WHATEVER IT IS YOU SAY. 
          YES. 
          MY, MY HOPE AND AND REQUEST IS WITH THE NEXT, UH, TRACK MEETING THAT WE CAN HAVE, THAT AGENDA IS TO GET A BRIEFING ON WHAT THE LESSONS LEARNED ARE, AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ON MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND LASTLY, UM, DO, DOES THIS RECENT REPORT DISCUSS HOW POTENTIALLY ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE OR STABLE AND SAFE HOUSING OR PROXIMITY, FOR EXAMPLE, TO POLLUTION AS A FACTOR THAT AFFECTED OUR CITY'S COVID RESPONSE? I'M JUST TRYING TO GET TO THE LAST PART OF YOUR QUESTION. 
          I, SO DID WE MEASURE, LIKE, DID WE TRACK ANY METRICS ON, UH, CENSUS TRACTS THAT MAY HAVE, HAVE LESS ACCESS TO QUALITY HOUSING OR CENSUS TRACTS WITH, UH, HIGH RECYCLING PLANTS AND HOW THAT MAY HAVE IMPACTED? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION ABOUT CAUSALITY. 
          SO WHAT I'LL SAY IS THAT WE HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS USING THE DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , SO WE HAVE A HEALTH INFORMATICS UNIT. 
          WE'VE HIRED A NUMBER OF 
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EPIDEMIOLOGISTS OR DISEASE DETECTIVES. 
          UM, WE ARE, AGAIN, WE BUILT THE CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY, AND PART OF THIS FUNDING IS INTENDED FOR US TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL WITH HOW WE DO THAT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. 
          SOMETIMES THERE ARE LAGS WITH HAVING ACCESS TO THE, UH, AVAILABLE DATA. 
          AND SO, I HEAR YOUR QUESTION. 
          TO SHOW CAUSALITY RIGHT NOW, WE CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE IMMEDIATE CONDITIONS. 
          WE DO KNOW THE LANDSCAPE ACROSS THE CITY, EAST, WEST, AND SOUTH. 
          UH, THESE ARE THE AREAS WHERE WE'VE SEEN THE, THE HIGHER NEEDS MM-HMM. 
          , UM, IT DOESN'T EXCLUDE PARTS OF THE, THE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          UM, BUT JUST KNOW THAT, UM, WE'LL TAKE THIS BACK IN TERMS OF, UH, YOUR MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND SEE WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT TELLS US. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          UM, I GUESS I'LL START BY SAYING, I, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED IS THAT FOR DECADES, AND FOR, AS YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY FOR AS LONG AS METRO HEALTH HAS BEEN AROUND, UM, IT'S BEEN A VERY UNDERFUNDED AND UNDER-RESOURCED DEPARTMENT. 
          AND WE SAW WHAT THAT DID DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          AND SO TO FINALLY GET TO THE POINT WHERE, UM, US AS A CITY, UH, RESOURCES ARE, UH, PLACES HIGHER PRIORITY ON METRO HEALTH, I THINK IS IMPORTANT, SIGNIFICANT. 
          AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT THIS, UM, FUNDING IS GONNA BE MADE AVAILABLE. 
          AND I HOPE WE, UM, PUT OUR OWN RESOURCES WHERE OUR MOUTH IS. 
          UM, AND I THINK WE ALL HAVE OUTLINED DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE WOULD LOVE FOR METRO HEALTH TO TACKLE AND TO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF SOCIETY'S AILMENTS WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO, TO DEAL WITH. 
          UM, I GUESS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, AND THIS IS BROADER, BUT IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEW POSITIONS AND EXISTING POSITIONS. 
          HOW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY OR FOLK IN YOUR DEPARTMENT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, COLLABORATE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS? THINK, UH, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES OR PUBLIC WORKS ON THEIR INITIATIVES AND THE WAY THAT THEY CONTRIBUTE TO, UH, HEALTH OUTCOMES? WHAT WAS THE LAST PART OF YOUR QUESTION ABOUT HEALTH OUTCOMES? UM, THE ROLE THAT THEY PLAY. 
          OKAY. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, IT'S REALLY AROUND THE BROADER LENS IN ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND HOW WE COLLABORATE ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, SO THAT HAS BUBBLED UP. 
          UM, AGAIN, HAVING BEEN HERE FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, I DO SPEND, UH, QUITE A BIT OF TIME MAKING SURE THAT I CONNECT WITH COLLEAGUES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COASTAL ENTERPRISE. 
          UM, WHETHER WE CAN IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC PROJECT AND, UH, AN OUTCOME, UH, WE CAN PLAY BACK SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES THAT ARE ALREADY TAKING PLACE IN COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO WE, FOR EXAMPLE, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, WE HAVE A VERY CLOSE TIE WITH OUR PROGRAMMING, UH, TIED TO THAT PORTFOLIO. 
          UM, UH, WE DO KNOW THAT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THERE ARE SPECIFIC TOUCH POINTS. 
          PUBLIC SAFETY, AGAIN, I MENTIONED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          I MEAN, OUR CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO COVID WAS ANCHORED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT YET MOST OF OUR WORK NOW TIED TO VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM IS ANCHORED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO BY DESIGN, WE DO COLLABORATE. 
          UM, IT IS EXPECTED, BUT IN TERMS OF SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, WE CAN PULL TOGETHER A LIST IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU. 
          FOR SURE. 
          AND I THINK WE'RE HEADED IN A DIRECTION WHERE, UM, WE RECOGNIZE THAT CITY DEPARTMENTS CAN'T OPERATE IN SILOS AND THEY CAN'T EVEN REALLY OPERATE IN SMALL GROUPS. 
          UM, BUT THAT, I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF A WAY TO SAY A WHOLE, UM, COLLABORATION ON THE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WORD I AM LOOKING FOR, BUT THE MESSAGE IS THERE. 
          UM, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE POSITIONS AND WITHIN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND OPERATIONS, I'M INTERESTED IN THE TWO THAT ARE IN OFFICE OF POLICY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND I CAN'T SAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT I WAS AWARE THAT THERE WAS AN OFFICE OF POLICY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN METRO HEALTH. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TASKS OF THAT DEPARTMENT AND SURE. 
          UM, OUR AGILITY HAS BEEN OUR BEST ASSET ON THE GROUND. 
          SO WE HAVE AN OFFICE OF HEALTH EQUITY THAT'S BEEN IN PLAY FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW. 
          THE COMPLIMENT TO THAT IS THE OFFICE OF POLICY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, WHICH WE RELEASED ABOUT A YEAR AGO. 
          SO THE TWO OF THE POSITIONS THAT I MENTIONED, AND I'LL JUST, UH, SHARE WITH YOU THE PACE OFFICE. 
          AGAIN, SEAN GREEN, WHO'S BEEN OUR AMBASSADOR ON THE GROUND FOR MANY YEARS. 
          SO HE LEADS THAT PARTICULAR UNIT AND THE TWO POSITIONS THAT I REFERENCED HERE. 
          SO A SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, UM, WHO WILL OVERSEE THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND, UH, COMPETITIVELY AWARDED GRANTS TO GRASSROOTS AND GRASS TOPS COMMITTEE STAKEHOLDERS, THUS BUILDING THEIR CAPACITY FOR PROVIDING SERVICES AND RESOURCES THAT ALIGN WITH OUR SA FORWARD PRIORITIES. 
          UM, THE OTHER POSITION IS A MANAGEMENT ANALYST POSITION THAT WILL HELP REPRESENT THE DEPARTMENT IN HEALTH ADVOCACY COALITIONS, ALIGNED WITH OUR PRIORITIES, INFORM STAKEHOLDERS OF HEALTH IMPACTS OF POLICIES, AND PROMOTE A HEALTH EQUITY IN ALL POLICIES APPROACH ACROSS THE CITY. 
          SO IT IS DESIGNED, WE ARE, AGAIN, SEAN IS RECRUITING, UH, MEMBERS TO HIS TEAMS LIKE RECRUITING FOR DODGEBALL. 
          IT 
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IS A COMPLIMENT TO THE OFFICE OF HEALTH EQUITY. 
          UM, BUT IT ALLOWS US TO, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PILOT PROJECTS AND THE PROGRAMS, BUT REALLY ENTER INTO THIS MORE, UM, THE, THE POLICY LEVEL WORK. 
          AND SO, UM, THE CAPACITY BUILDING COMPONENT IS AN EARMARK IN THIS FEDERAL GRANT. 
          UM, BUT JUST KNOW THAT THE OFFICE OF POLICY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, THAT'S ONE OF THE DELIVERABLES OF THIS LAST YEAR, UH, ANCHORED TO ESSAY FORWARD. 
          AND IT IS A COMPLIMENT TO THIS FEDERAL GRANT THAT WE'RE RECEIVING AND THESE TWO FTES THAT WE HAVE EMBEDDED IN THE THIS GRANT AWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I HAVE HEARD A PACE BEFORE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO  ACKERMAN ACRONYM HEAVY, I SUPPOSE. 
          GOT IT. 
          UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ENJOYED THE PRESENTATION, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE WORK THAT IS GOING TO BE DONE AND THE WORK THAT WE'LL DO TOGETHER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA, DID YOU WANNA, UM, COMMENT? YEAH, THANK YOU, UH, CHAIR, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND TO ALL OF THE STAFF AT METRO HEALTH. 
          UM, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN, UM, WORKING NONSTOP AND ARE STILL THINKING OF DIFFERENT ITEMS AND HOW TO IMPROVE HEALTHCARE. 
          UM, I'M, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THE COALITION HAS, UM, MORE THAN ONE PHASE, RIGHT. 
          AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT WE'RE NIMBLE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED. 
          SO THANK YOU ALSO FOR THAT. 
          UM, I THINK YOU ALL, UH, HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB SO FAR. 
          MY MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UH, REGARDING COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          CAN YOU GIMME SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT FOLKS HAVE, HAVE SAID? ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE HEARING IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALSO IMPLEMENTING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILWOMAN FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          SPECIFIC FEEDBACK OR JUST WHAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST THREE YEARS. 
          SO WHAT, WHAT I REFERENCED IN THE COMMUNITY REPORT IS A COMPOSITE OF OUR PROCESS, THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES OF THE WORK OF THE COALITION. 
          WE DO, WE USED TO HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS, WE NOW HAVE QUARTERLY MEETINGS. 
          UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, AS WE TALK ABOUT MESSAGING STRATEGIES AND HOW DO WE BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE WITH GETTING THE WORD OUT, NOT JUST ABOUT VACCINATIONS, BUT ANY CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING WITH THESE VARIANTS. 
          SO THE INPUT PROCESS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY YOU'RE, UH, ASKING FOR, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A FORUM. 
          NOT EVERYONE COMES EVERY QUARTER OR EVERY MONTH. 
          UH, BUT WE DO HAVE A CONDUIT FOR US TO CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. 
          SURE. 
          AND THAT'S, I GUESS THAT, THAT, THAT'S KIND OF MY POINT, RIGHT? SO AS LONG AS THEY FEEL THAT THEY, THEY CAN STILL GIVE, UH, FEEDBACK AND I FEEL LIKE SOME, UH, RESIDENTS, UM, AND, AND SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, I ALMOST FEEL LIKE COVID IS OVER, RIGHT? AND SO, AND IT'S NOT, AND THERE'S DIFFERENT STRENGTHS. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS THIS COMMUNICATION. 
          AND THEN ALSO, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE GRANT, WHAT KIND OF PLAN PROCESSES AND MAYBE DATA SYSTEMS DO YOU SEE COMING TO FRUITION WITH THIS GRANT SPECIFICALLY? WELL, DATA SYSTEMS. SO ONE REMINDER, I MENTIONED THIS IN PASSING, THAT THERE ARE THREE COMPONENTS TO OUR AWARD, UM, WORKFORCE FOUNDATIONAL CAPABILITIES, BUT WE WERE NOT ELIGIBLE TO PURSUE THE DATA MODERNIZATION COMPONENT. 
          BUT THAT BEING SAID, WHAT WE DO HAVE, UH, WE HAVE THE ESSAY FORWARD DASHBOARD, WHICH IS QUALITATIVE AND SCOPE. 
          NOW STARTING, UH, LATER, BY THE END OF THIS QUARTER, WE'LL BE POPULATING THAT TO SHOW YEAR ONE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND AT LEAST SHARE WITH YOU ALL BASELINE DATA SO YOU CAN SEE PROOF OF PROGRESS OVER TIME. 
          IN TERMS OF SPECIFIC PLATFORMS, WE USE THE MY SIDEWALK PLATFORM. 
          OH, GOT IT. 
          UM, AND SPECIFIC TO THIS GRANT, UH, WHAT WE HAVE AS PART OF THE YEAR MARK, SO FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, UM, WE DO HAVE THAT TO SUPPORT THE FUNCTIONS, STORE CLIENT INFORMATION, UH, STORE AND CLINK AND LINK CASE NOTES ASSIGNED TASKS. 
          SO WE DO HAVE THAT AS THE FUNDING AN EARMARK TIED TO THIS PARTICULAR GRANT. 
          AND THAT'S FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 
          UM, YOU, YOU MENTIONED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND, AND YOU REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT EARLIER. 
          UM, SOMETHING CAME UP DURING OUR APPLYING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TODAY, AND IT REMINDED ME THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY KNOWS THE UNIVERSAL SIGNAL FOR WHEN SOMEBODY IS, IS IN TROUBLE. 
          LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, FOR, UM, LIKE SOMEBODY THAT, THAT THAT'S BEING, UM, USED WITH SEX TRAFFICKING, ET CETERA. 
          AND SO, AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITY, ET CETERA, UM, I AM, I AM JUST WONDERING WHAT DIVISIONS WITHIN METRO HEALTH, UM, MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE EXPANDED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS, LIKE EVERYBODY, IT'S LIKE IF SOMEBODY GAVE ME A SIGNAL, LIKE WHO DO I, WHO DO I SEND THEM TO, RIGHT? LIKE, WHAT ARE THOSE, WHAT IS THAT HAND SIGNAL? HOW IS IT RECOGNIZED? DOES EVERYBODY KNOW THE HAND SIGNAL, ET CETERA. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO, AND MAYBE IT'S THAT WE DON'T WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHAT THE HAND SIGNAL IS, BUT MAYBE HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT OF SPECIFICALLY HOW THAT'S GOING TO HELP, UM, WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN, IN OUR AREA. 
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. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          UH, JUST IN SHORT, I'LL SAY THAT WE HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT IN THAT SECTION WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST SECTIONS IN OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION, UH, SECTION LED BY ERICA HALLER STEVENSON, WHO'S BEEN WITH US NOW FOR ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS. 
          UM, BUT THERE'S A COMPLIMENT TO YOUR QUESTION, WHICH IS WHAT DO WE DO TO COMMUNICATE WHAT RESOURCES, WHETHER IT'S ONE OR VICTIM IN CRISIS? SO WE'RE NOT IN ISOLATION, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE BUILDING THE TEAM, WE ARE UPGRADING PLANS, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE SHARE THE INFORMATION IN ALL THE APPROPRIATE SPACES. 
          I KNOW THAT WE'VE BROUGHT SOME CCRS TO THIS BODY, AND THERE'S BEEN A LIVELY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT VICTIMS ARE BETTER SERVED AND THAT WE KNIT ACROSS THE FABRIC OF THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. 
          JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT AS WE SPEAK, AND WE DO HAVE THAT SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          AWESOME. 
          WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO THE NEXT ITEM, RIGHT, THE LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN, UM, SPECIFICALLY, I'M, I'M HAPPY THAT WE'LL BE DOING MORE THAN, THAN WE HAVE TO INCLUDE, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU. 
          I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALSO PARTICIPATION ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SLIDE 11 AND, AND OTHER PARTNER AGENCIES. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BRAN THANK YOU. 
          UH, I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE THE TEAM ALSO FOR, UM, THEIR C OVID 19 RESPONSE FOR WHAT THEY DID, UM, THAT EFFORT, UH, AND PRESENTING IT TO US. 
          AND I WANNA THANK YOUR TEAM FOR GETTING, GETTING IT TO ME VIRTUALLY DIGITALLY AS SOON AS YOU PASSED, UH, IT OUT IN THE OFFICE, UM, THAT WAS PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER NOT CARING, WHO TOOK CREDIT AND JUST SAVING LIVES. 
          AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND TELL THAT STORY. 
          AND I THINK IT WAS KEY IN GETTING US THIS GRANT. 
          UM, I KNOW IN MY DISTRICT ALONE, WE PARTNERED WITH THE ARMY IN SOME, ON SOME DAYS TO GET C OVID 19 IMMUNIZATIONS OUT. 
          WE PARTNERED WITH METRO HEALTH TO GET COVID TO GET ALL OVER 300 COVID TESTS OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WHEN I JOINED THE OFFICE. 
          SO I'M JUST VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THAT WORK AND THAT WE STILL HAVE THE SELF SCREENING ONLINE AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE GRANT AND, YOU KNOW, CLAUDE AND THE METRO HEALTH TEAM, THAT IF THERE'S AN EVENT, I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR YOU GUYS AT THAT EVENT. 
          AND SOMETIMES IT'S, SOMETIMES IT'S THE, THE DENTAL, SOMETIMES IT'S THE, THE MOMS, UH, AND SOMETIMES IT'S THE CHILDREN OR THE SENIORS. 
          SO I, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU'RE DOING TO, TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE ABOUT, UM, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          AND I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE, UM, INNOVATIVE THAT WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND I LIKE, UH, COUNCILMAN NORRA GARCIA AM VERY INTERESTED ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO COLLECT THE DATA AND HOW OFTEN ARE YOU GOING TO PRESENT IT ONE TO THIS COMMITTEE AND THEN TO A COUNCIL AS A WHOLE SO WE CAN TRACK THE SUCCESS. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, TYPICALLY APRIL IS THE, THE MONTH WHERE WE AMPLIFY OUR MESSAGING AND PROVIDE UPDATES. 
          SO YOU WILL GET A YEAR ONE UPDATE. 
          AGAIN, WE'LL ROUTE THIS THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRESS AROUND ESSAY FORWARD. 
          UH, BUT SPECIFICALLY TO THIS GRANT, AGAIN, I'LL DEFER TO WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE, UH, TEMPO, THE FREQUENCY. 
          BUT THIS IS A PLACE WHERE I PROVIDE REGULAR UPDATES. 
          SO, UM, AGAIN, DEFERRING THROUGH THE CURRENT CHAIR TO WHOMEVER IT IS, YOU'RE HANDING THE BATON TO, UH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE DO PROVIDE REGULAR UPDATES HERE, AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE FREQUENCY. 
          THANK YOU, CLAUDE. 
          'CAUSE THE, THE ONE THING I THINK WE SEE WE ARE ANTICIPATING, OR WE SEE AS WE COME OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC, THOUGH WE'RE STILL IN IT WITH THE DIFFERENT VARIANTS, IS ONE, THE THE MENTAL HEALTH ASPECT THAT WE, WE ALL ARE COLLECTIVELY COMING OUT OF THIS CRISIS. 
          AND, AND AS A COMMUNITY, DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE, THE STATES ARE ADJUSTING TO IT DIFFERENTLY. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER IS, UM, BECAUSE SO MANY OF US HAD C OVID 19, AND IT IMPACTED US DIFFERENTLY, HOW'S THAT GOING TO IMPACT US IN THE FUTURE WITH DIFFERENT ILLNESSES THAT COME AND DIFFERENT FLU STRAINS THAT COME? SO I, I LOVE THE SELF SCREENING THAT WE DO FOR C OVID 19. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT FOR THE FLU. 
          AND IS IT JUST ALLERGIES ALSO? BECAUSE I THINK IMMUNIZATION IS KEY. 
          SO I, I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THE BRIEFINGS. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. 
          AND, UM, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS TEAM, UH, WITH THE 12 NEW POSITIONS 
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COME ON. 
          AND THEN I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, HOW WE CAN, AND I KNOW THEY'RE PRESENTING LA LATER ON, SUSTAINABILITY IS, IS HOW WE USE THIS AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR, OUR WATER USE AND OUR ENERGY USE AND, AND MAKING GOOD HEALTHY LIFESTYLE DECISIONS, PERIOD. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING BRIEFINGS AND, UM, I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS A DEFINITE WIN FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, AND, AND WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO SHARE IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, AND, AND LAST QUESTION, AND THIS MAY SOUND, UH, CRUDE IS . 
          WE HAD THE, THE CITY DID A, THEY DO THEIR FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST. 
          AND I BELIEVE, UH, WE HAD ASSUMED THAT WE WOULD BE PAYING FOR SOME OF THIS WITH, UH, CITY FUNDS, WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR OWN GENERAL FUND. 
          BUT NOW THAT WE'VE GOT THIS GRANT, DOES THAT FREE UP SOME OF THE MONEY THAT WAS PROGRAMMED FOR ESSAY FORWARD? AND DOES THAT GET TO STAY IN, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER PARTS OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR MOVE HELP US MOVE OTHER INITIATIVES FORWARD? GREAT QUESTION. 
          JUST THE CONTEXT. 
          UH, AND THANKS FOR THE REMINDER. 
          SO YES, WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR PLAN. 
          WE'RE NOW IN YEAR TWO. 
          UM, THANKS AGAIN TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR HELPING US TO MAKE THE CASE TO AT LEAST INVEST IN THE FUTURE STATE OF THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, HE LIKENS THE NEEDS FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO THE NEEDS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT POST NINE 11. 
          SO, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE GLIDE PATH, THE FISCAL GLIDE PATH, THIS NEW GRANT PROVIDES AN OFFSET. 
          UM, THERE'S STILL A GAP, BUT IT DOES ALLOW US TO AT LEAST FREE UP. 
          UM, THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION, I CAN'T, UH, SPEAK TO WHAT HAPPENS, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE THE OFFSET FOR THE FEDERAL GRANT, AND IT'S HELPED US TO AT LEAST GET TO WHERE WE ARE NOW. 
          TWO THIRDS OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET DEPENDS ON THIS EXTERNAL FUNDING, AND THE GENERAL FUND ALLOWS US A STABILIZER. 
          SO I AM PLEASED BY WHERE WE ARE. 
          I'M EXCITED THAT WE RECEIVED THIS GRANT. 
          AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED OUR, UM, GRANT MODIFICATION TO THE FEDS, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTING THIS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU, CLAUDE, AND THANKS TO THE WHOLE, UM, METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A LOT, AND I THINK WE COULD BE HERE ALL DAY TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          THANKS AGAIN. 
          I THINK WE MOVE ON NOW TO, TO THE NEXT TIME. 
          TAKE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YAY. 
          GOOD WORK. 
          WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          YES. 
          YOU KNOW, APOLOGIES. 
          I JUST GOT THE EVIL EYE FROM MY TEAM BACK HERE. 
          UM, WE, WE, WE DID, UM, I, I DID SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          I DID SEE THE VIDEO, UM, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, AND ONLY BECAUSE, UH, I JUST WANT TO TAKE 10 SECONDS TO SAY THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR FANTASTIC TEAM AT METRO HEALTH. 
          UM, IT'S A SWAG BAG. 
          UM, THERE, THERE ARE SOME THINGS HERE FOR THE LITTLE ONE UNDER THE VALUE OF $50 TO YES, IT'S UNDER THE VALUE. 
          YES. 
          I HAVE TO GO ON RECORD TO SAY THAT . 
          UM, BUT REALLY WE JUST WANT TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS AND APPRECIATION. 
          UM, WE'RE ALL DEPUTIZED PUBLIC HEALTH HEROES, SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE HERE. 
          BUT JUST BECAUSE THEY'LL LOCK THE DOORS ON ME IF I DON'T HAND THIS OVER TO YOU. 
          SO THERE WE GO. 
          UM, WE, WE GAVE A CLAUDE SCHWAG BAG WHEN HE FIRST GOT HERE, AND WE SAID, CLAUDE, BECAUSE THIS IS, UH, WE CAN'T GIVE YOU MORE THAN $50 . 
          IT WAS KIND OF A DO IT YOURSELF KIND OF SWAG BAG. 
          SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I KNOW Y'ALL DON'T WANNA GO  YOU, YOU CAN STICK AROUND. 
          IT IS A PUBLIC MEETING. 
          UM, UH, WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN. 
          SORRY, I COULD HAVE ASKED THE CLERK TO READ THE, THE CAPTION. 
          AND DO WE, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ONE, RIGHT? WE HAVE ONE. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          YOU'LL SPEAK, UH, AFTER THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL COMMITTEE FOR INVITING ME TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. 
          I'M EMILY YAFFE, UM, THE LANGUAGE ACCESS MANAGER FOR THE NEW LANGUAGE ACCESS OFFICE. 
          UH, I CAME, UH, TO SAN ANTONIO, UM, BY WAY OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE, WHERE I LED THE IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION PROGRAMMING AND LANGUAGE ACCESS BECAME A HUGE FOCUS OF MY WORK THERE. 
          UM, SO WHEN SAN ANTONIO ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WERE INVESTING IN THIS WORK IN SUCH A LARGE WAY WITH A, WITH AN OFFICE LIKE THIS, UM, IT 
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WAS VERY ENTICING. 
          UM, I'M ALSO PART OF A LEADERSHIP GROUP FOR THE MUNICIPAL LANGUAGE ACCESS NETWORK, WHICH IS A NATIONAL NETWORK OF LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. 
          AND SO THIS PLAN, WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU TODAY, IS BASED OFF OF, UM, BEST PRACTICES FROM COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          SO THIS IS WHAT I'LL BE TALKING WITH YOU ABOUT TODAY, IS JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW, BUT I DID WANNA SHARE WHAT I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET INTO TODAY. 
          BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN WITHIN THIS WORK IS THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE TERMINOLOGY, HERITAGE LANGUAGE, SPEAKERS, HOW THAT INFORMS OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES, AND THE AMAZING TALENTS THAT BILINGUAL EMPLOYEES BRING TO THE STAGE. 
          SO, UH, HOPEFULLY AT OTHER TIMES WE GET TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, THE, THE CULTURE THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS INFORMS SO MUCH OF THIS WORK AS WELL. 
          THE LANGUAGE ACCESS OFFICE PROVIDES GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES TO DEPARTMENTS TO SUPPORT ACCESSIBLE COMMUNICATION FOR LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE RESIDENTS. 
          THE OFFICE SUPPORTS DEPARTMENTS TO BE PROACTIVE IN REDUCING LANGUAGE BARRIERS SO THAT ALL CAN HAVE MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. 
          AND A S L IS INCLUDED AS PART OF OUR LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE RESIDENTS OR AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 
          IT'S GOVERNED BY TITLE TWO, AND IT'S INCLUDED WITHIN THIS PLAN AS ITS PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES ARE, UH, THE PROCESS FOR PROVIDING THAT IS ALIGNED. 
          LANGUAGE ACCESS IS GOVERNED, UM, BY THESE REGULATIONS. 
          UH, TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, AND THEN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT FOLLOWED THAT SHORTLY. 
          UM, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT REAL QUICK. 
          MM-HMM. 
          JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HEAR ON THE LIVE STREAM IF YOU WANNA SPEAK UP OR IF AV WANTS TO CHECK IN. 
          AND, UH, THANKS. 
          WE DON'T WANT ANYONE TO MISS ANY OF YOUR WORDS. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APOLOGIZE TO THE INTERPRETERS WHO ARE OVER IN MUNICIPAL PLAZA AND HAD A MOMENT THERE. 
          UM, SO, UH, THE RE UH, LANGUAGE ACCESS IS, UH, GUIDED BY THE REGULATIONS HERE, TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, AND, UM, THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT SOON FOLLOWED. 
          I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT IN NOVEMBER OF 2022, UM, A MEMO FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REAFFIRMED THE COMMITMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO LANGUAGE ACCESS AND, UM, REQUIRED FEDERAL AGENCIES TO REVIEW AND REVISE THEIR LANGUAGE ACCESS PLANS. 
          THIS CAN AFFECT LOCAL AGENCIES AND OTHERS THAT RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING, AND THAT THOSE AGENCIES THAT WE WORK WITH IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE RENEWING THEIR FOCUS WILL RE WILL RENEW THE FOCUS FOR THOSE WHO, WHO ARE CONNECTED WITH THEM. 
          SO THE NEXT FOUR, FOUR SLIDES ARE THE FACTOR ONE OF OUR FOUR FACTOR ANALYSIS. 
          UM, AND THIS WAS DONE IN, UH, THE DATA GATHERED HERE WAS DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CONTRACTOR, COMMUNITY INFORMATION NOW, UM, UH, WHO HELPED, UH, PROVIDE THIS ANALYSIS ABOUT LANGUAGE NEEDS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THIS SLIDE IS BASED OFF OF DATA FROM THE 2020 CENSUS, FIVE YEAR ESTIMATES, AND IS FOCUSED ON SAN SAN ANTONIO. 
          BUT THE REMAINING DATA SLIDES ARE ABOUT BEXAR COUNTY AS A WHOLE, AND THAT'S JUST DUE TO HOW THE, THE LANGUAGE IS ABLE TO, THE DATA'S ABLE TO BE SEPARATED. 
          12.7% OF SAN ANTONIO'S, UH, SAN ANTONIONS IDENTIFY AS SPEAKING ENGLISH LESS THAN VERY WELL, VERY DIVERSE POPULATION HERE. 
          AND 88.9% OF THAT POPULATION ARE SPANISH SPEAKERS, WHILE 11.9% SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, UH, HOUSEHOLDS. 
          UM, AND WHEN I SAY HOUSEHOLDS, THAT, UH, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE, SPEAKING ABILITIES ARE, THE, THE LANGUAGE THAT PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE SPEAKING AT HOME, UM, ALMOST HALF OF OUR POPULATION IS SPANISH SPEAKING. 
          UM, SO WHETHER THEY SPEAK ENGLISH IN THE WORKPLACE OR IN THEIR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES AT HOME, UM, THEY, THEY COMMONLY SPEAK IN SPANISH, WHICH JUST SPEAKS TO THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, THE, THE TABLE ON THE LEFT IS, UH, US CENSUS DATA, UM, FOR THE POPULATION ESTIMATES FOR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT RESIDENTS IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHEST POPULATION, UM, BEING SPANISH, UM, FOLLOWED BY SEVEN OTHER LANGUAGES, VIETNAMESE, ARABIC, CHINESE, KOREAN, TAGALOG, GURA, AND PASHTO. 
          AND THIS IS, UH, THIS LIST IS BASED OFF OF OUR SAFE HARBOR THRESHOLD. 
          SO 1000 PEOPLE AND ABOVE, OR 5%, WHICHEVER IS SMALLER, THAT'S 1000 FOR US, UM, IS INCLUDED ON THIS LIST. 
          THERE ARE, OF COURSE, ARE MUCH, MANY MORE LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, PASHTO IS ALSO ON THIS LIST FOR REASONS THAT I'LL EXPLAIN IN THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, ALL LANGUAGES. 
          UM, UH, IDEALLY 
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PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECEIVE COMMUNICATION IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. 
          AND THIS IS RECOGNIZING AGAIN, THAT THERE, UH, SAN ANTONIO IS A VERY DIVERSE PLACE, UM, WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE ARRIVING FROM MANY NEW COUNTRIES. 
          UM, AND SO EVEN IF THEIR LANGUAGE IS NOT REPRESENTED HERE, THEY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO REQUEST, UH, LANGUAGE SERVICES AS NEEDED. 
          SO WITH THIS IN, UH, LANGUAGE ANALYSIS, UH, WE TOOK A TIERED APPROACH, UM, FOR OUR TOP LANGUAGES. 
          UH, AND THE TIERS ARE MEANT TO GUIDE, UM, THE, THE PLAN AND, UH, BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT PROVIDING SERVICES, UM, FOR OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THE DATA THAT WAS USED, UM, TO DEVELOP THIS TIER INCLUDES THE MUNI AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, BUT ALSO OTHER DATA SOURCES IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, UH, COMMUNITY HEALTH, UH, EXCHANGE, AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM BEING, UM, TWO OF THE OTHER PRIMARY GROUPS. 
          UH, SO TIER ONE IS SPANISH AND A S L, UM, AND FOR TIER ONE, UH, TRANSLATION, INTERPRETATION BEING REQUIRED, AND THIS IS A PRACTICE THAT IS ALREADY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO WITH PUBLIC MEETINGS LIKE THIS ALREADY HAVING, UM, SPANISH AND A S L INTERPRETATION. 
          AND THEN DOCUMENTS ARE COMMONLY BEING, UH, TRANSLATED BY OUR CITY STAFF, LIKE THE GREAT REPORT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU TODAY, UM, BY OUR METRO HEALTH AND ENGLISH AND SPANISH. 
          UM, TIER TWO IS ARABIC, VIETNAMESE AND PASHTO, UH, TRANSLATION IS RECOMMENDED IN INTERPRETATION UPON REQUEST. 
          WE KNOW THAT THIS POPULATION IS VERY LARGE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND WE WANT TO, UM, INCREASE THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ENGAGING WITH THESE PARTNERS AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE BE ABLE TO HAVE MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO SERVICES AS WELL AS TIER THREE. 
          UM, WHERE WE'RE ENCOURAGING TRANSLATION, UM, ESPECIALLY MOMENTS OF EMERGENCY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE TO KEEP PEOPLE, UH, SAFE AND HEALTHY, AND ALSO WITH INTERPRETATION UPON REQUEST, ENCOURAGING PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO INCREASE THAT OUTREACH. 
          AND THE REASON WHY THERE'S A DIFFERENCE, UH, THE LANGUAGES ARE THE WAY THAT THEY ARE IS BASED OFF OF THE FREQUENCY OF INTERACTION THAT THEY'VE HAD WITH SERVICES ACROSS THE COUNTY AND CITY. 
          UM, SO THERE'S BEEN HIGH FREQUENCY OF INTERACTION, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH POSHTO. 
          UM, UH, SO EVEN THOUGH CENSUS MAKES IT SEEM THAT THIS POPULATION IS, WAS SMALL, AT THE POINT THAT THAT, UH, SURVEY WAS TAKEN, IT'S IN FACT GROWN QUITE A BIT. 
          AND THEY HAVE FREQUENT INTERACTION WITH HEALTH SERVICES AND WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HELPING US UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A NEED TO ANTICIPATE LANGUAGE NEEDS FOR THAT POPULATION AS WELL AS WITH OTHERS. 
          SO, UM, ALONG WITH THE DATA SURVEY, WE'RE ABLE TO DEVELOP, UM, TWO MAPS. 
          UH, THE MAP ON THE LEFT IS A, UM, A, A TABLEAU MAP, UH, THAT THROUGH A LIVE LINK, UM, WHERE YOU CAN LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT PUBLIC USE MICRO DATA AREAS OR PUMAS FOR SHORT. 
          UM, AND THESE WILL SHOW WHAT THE, UM, PRIMARY LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THOSE AREAS ARE. 
          AND THEN THE, UH, MAP ON THE RIGHT IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE STATIC MAPS THAT WERE CREATED FOR ALL SEVEN EIGHT OF THE TOP LANGUAGES. 
          UM, THIS ONE IS OF ARABIC, UM, AND IT'S PARTICULARLY USEFUL FOR DEPARTMENTS AS THEY PLAN THEIR ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AND SHOWS, UM, POPULATION DENSITIES WHERE THEY ARE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO AN EXAMPLE OF A GOOD USE FOR THIS WOULD BE IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE IN ROUTES, UM, OR DATES OF PICKUP FOR, FOR SOLID WASTE. 
          HOW DO WE INFORM OUR ARABIC SPEAKING POPULATION OF THIS, OF THIS CHANGE? HOW DO WE KNOW WHERE, UM, OR PRIMARILY THAT GROUP LIVES, UM, STAFF CAN USE THIS MAP, UM, TO DETERMINE HOW TO BEST PARTNER TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION. 
          SO, GREAT ASSET, UM, FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS, UH, FOR TARGETING ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. 
          SO MOVING OUT OF DATA, I'M GONNA TALK MORE, UH, ABOUT THE DRAFT, UH, LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN. 
          UM, THE COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN, UM, CONTAIN ROLES, UM, ARE FOUR FACTOR ANALYSIS, UM, NOTICE AND POLICIES OF PROCEDURES. 
          UM, FOR, FOR JUST A QUICK SUMMARY FOR ROLES, UM, THE OFFICE IS HERE, THE LANGUAGE ACCESS OFFICE IS HERE TO GUIDE, UM, MONITOR THE SUCCESS AND HELP SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS TOWARDS INCREASING MEANINGFUL ACCESS. 
          UM, DEPARTMENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR STAFF ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TASKS OF DOING SO. 
          SO THEY WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT INTERPRETERS ARE AT THE EVENTS, UM, INFORM THAT THE OFF, UH, FORM THE OFFICE OF HOW THEY'RE PROVIDING THOSE INTERPRETERS AND AT WHICH MEETINGS, UM, UH, PROVIDING TRANS, UH, TRANSLATIONS AS NEEDED. 
          AND, UM, INCORPORATE OUR DIVERSE LANGUAGES INTO, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES. 
          LIAISONS ARE A POINT OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE LANGUAGE ACCESS OFFICE 
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AND DEPARTMENTS AND HELP GUIDE DEPARTMENTS THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND SHARE RESOURCES AND, UM, WITH AN INDIVIDUAL STAFF. 
          UM, WE HAVE AN AMAZING, UH, GROUP OF BILINGUAL STAFF HERE AT SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SO ALSO RECOGNIZING THE ROLE THAT THEY PLAY AND PROVIDE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE, UM, THAT THAT'S A DEEP CONNECTION AND ABILITY TO, UM, SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE, UH, TRANSLATION INTERPRETATION SERVICES ARE A DIFFERENT, UH, SERVICE FROM PROVIDING LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE. 
          FOUR FACTOR ANALYSIS IN ADDITION TO, UM, THE DATA ANALYSIS THAT YOU SAW EARLIER ALSO INCLUDES, UM, UNDERSTANDING THE FREQUENCY OF CONTACT THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH RESIDENTS. 
          AND THEN AS THE PROGRAM PROGRESSES, USING THIS INFORMATION TO MEASURE HOW WELL WE ARE DOING AT REACHING PEOPLE, UM, THE NATURE OF THOSE PROGRAMS, THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING LANGUAGES, LANGUAGE SERVICES, AND THEN THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE OR THE BUDGET THAT'S AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE IT. 
          UM, NOTICE OF RIGHT TO FREE OF THE RIGHT TO FREE LANGUAGE, UM, IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING NOTICES IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES THAT PEOPLE CAN REQUEST TRANSLATION INTERPRETATION AS NEEDED. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE IS A NUMBER OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ABOUT PROVIDING TRANSLATION, INTERPRETATION, AND LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE WITHIN THE PLAN. 
          UM, THE LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN ALSO DETAILS, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TRAINING. 
          UM, SO A PLAN IS ONLY AS GOOD AS WE TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. 
          UM, SO TRAINING BEING AN ONGOING PROCESS THAT WILL HAPPEN EVERY, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          UM, AND DEPARTMENT PLANS. 
          SO ESPECIALLY DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE A, UH, HIGH FREQUENCY OF CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC. 
          UM, HAVING THEM HAVING THEIR OWN PLANS THAT DETAIL MORE SPECIFICALLY TO STAFF ABOUT THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURES, UM, FOR PROVIDING SERVICES. 
          AND THEN ENGAGEMENT AS WELL, UM, TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION OR TOOLS OF LANGUAGE ACCESS. 
          UM, DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH GOOD ENGAGEMENT, UM, WE CAN BETTER REACH OUR, UH, DIVERSE POPULATION. 
          AND THEN LANGUAGE SERVICES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING. 
          THERE'S A SECTION ABOUT A S L JUST RECOGNIZING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TITLE SIX AND TITLE TWO, BUT ALSO THAT THESE SERVICES ARE ALIGNED. 
          SO NEXT STEPS INCLUDE A, A PILOT, UM, HOPEFULLY TO BEGIN IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, UM, PILOTING WITH FOUR TO FIVE DEPARTMENTS, SOME OF THEM, THE DIVISIONS WITHIN DEPARTMENTS, UM, TO COMPLETE THEIR ASSESSMENTS. 
          UM, LOOK AT BEGIN UPDATING PROCEDURES INSTEAD OF TRAINING PLAN, AS WELL AS BEGIN DRAFTING THEIR DEPARTMENT LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN. 
          UM, AND THEN ALL OF THIS WILL, UH, INCORPORATE FEEDBACK INTO THE DRAFT PLAN ITSELF, SO THAT AS THIS IS ROLLED OUT CITYWIDE, UM, THAT IT'S DONE IN A WAY THAT IS, IS SEAMLESS AND, UH, WORKS WELL WITHIN THE CITY. 
          AND THEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THE SUMMER OF THIS YEAR, UH, WITH FOCUS GROUPS FOR EACH OF OUR TOP LANGUAGES. 
          SO THIS WOULD BE FOCUS GROUPS CONDUCTED IN LANGUAGE, UM, FOR, FOR THOSE GROUPS. 
          AND, UH, WHERE WE SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE RIGHT TO LANGUAGE ACCESS, UM, AND LEARN FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT COMMUNICATION STREAMS SO THAT WE CAN BETTER, UH, SUPPORT OUR DEPARTMENTS IN CONNECTING WITH THESE POPULATIONS. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, SOME, SOME FOLKS FOR THE AMAZING, UM, LANGUAGE ACCESS SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDED BEFORE THIS OFFICE WAS OPENED. 
          UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND T V S A, UM, HA DID A WONDERFUL JOB MAKING SURE MEETINGS LIKE THIS HAD INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION SERVICES. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY I SHOUT OUT TO MICHELLE VI VEHILL AND ERIC NIK. 
          ERIC WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR INTERPRETERS HAD APPROPRIATE SETUPS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES EFFECTIVELY. 
          UH, THE DISABILITY ACCESS OFFICE, DEBBIE CHARVIN, UM, FOR BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF, UM, PUTTING TOGETHER, UH, THE, THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TITLE TWO AND TITLE VI. 
          AND, UM, KRISTA COVER WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR BEGINNING THOSE INTERVIEWS WITH DEPARTMENTS ABOUT LANGUAGE ACCESS SERVICES. 
          UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, GIVING A SHOUT OUT. 
          I'M ALSO REALLY CURIOUS AS TO SEE HOW THAT'S INTERPRETED. 
          BUT A SHOUT OUT TO OUR INTERPRETERS, UM, WHO REGULARLY DO AN AMAZING JOB. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT TREMENDOUS PRESENTATION, EMILY. 
          UM, AND, UH, BEFORE I SAY ANYMORE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UM, AND I'LL LET THE CLERK CALL THE CALL THE NAME NADIA RAKI. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM, AND I HOPE I DIDN'T MISS NCE YOUR NAME. 
          THAT WAS PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS NADIA MARAKI. 
          I'M THE C E O OF CULTURE INUA. 
          WE'RE A NONPROFIT BASED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO 
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THAT ELEVATES THE PEOPLE IN HERITAGE OF THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA, AND SOUTH ASIA THROUGH YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          I WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL AND HER TEAM FOR INVITING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          UH, AND I DID HAVE A HANDOUT FOR THOSE IN PERSON, UH, RELATED TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN. 
          SLIDE TWO SHOWS, UH, THE ARAB POPULATION AS WELL AS THE AFGHAN POPULATION, WHICH MIRRORS THE STATIC MAPS THAT EMILY SHOWED IN HER MAP OR IN HER PRESENTATION. 
          AND SO THIS IS TWO OF THE GROUPS THAT WE FOCUS ON. 
          DO YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE THE HANDOUT, UM, WHY DON'T YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHAT IT'S, AND, OKAY, SURE. 
          SO, UM, SO WE, SO THERE'S A, SO WE'VE, WE SERVE A LOT OF THE ARABIC SPEAKING POPULATION, AS WELL AS THE AFGHAN POPULATION. 
          THE MAJORITY OF WHOM IN SAN ANTONIO SPEAK, BOTH SPEAK PHU, BUT THEY ALSO, MANY OF THEM SPEAK DARI. 
          AND SO I WANNA JUST SPEAK TO THREE DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE ACCESS AND, UM, LANGUAGE ACCESS AND OUTREACH. 
          THE FIRST WAS WITH THE 2020 CENSUS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY'S COUNT ME IN MOVEMENT WHERE WE PROVIDED OUTREACH IN POSH TWO ARABIC AND OTHER LANGUAGES. 
          AND WE REACHED OVER 20,000 PEOPLE. 
          UM, THIS WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE POSH TWO WAS NOT ONE OF THE 59 LANGUAGES THAT WAS OFFERED, UH, BY THE CENSUS. 
          AND WE INCREASED CENSUS SELF RESPONSE RATES IN OUR TARGET ZIP CODES FROM 40% TO 60%. 
          UM, A SECOND, UH, EXAMPLE IS WITH C OVID 19 VACCINATION OUTREACH AND SUPPORT. 
          UH, FIRSTLY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO HEALTH, WE DID OUTREACH AND INTERPRETATION SUPPORT IN THE ALAMODOME MASS VACCINATIONS, UH, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ACCESS TO AN INTERPRETATION FOR VACCINATIONS IN ARABIC OR DO IN OTHER LANGUAGES. 
          AND THEN WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH HEALTH COLLABORATIVE AND UT HEALTH SCIENCE TO PROVIDE HEALTH SCREENINGS WITH CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTIC ACCOMMODATIONS TO THE AFGHAN COMMUNITY IN PHU AND DARI. 
          FINALLY, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN THE SMALL BUSINESS OFFICE TO DO COVID IMPACT GRANT, WHERE WE REACHED APPROXIMATELY 10,000 INDIVIDUALS AND PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO A HUNDRED SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN PASHTU, ARABIC, SPANISH, AND OTHERS, UH, ENABLING THOSE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO OBTAIN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN COVID, UH, ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE ARPA FUNDED PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, NADIA. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING HERE. 
          WE THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, IN THIS ITEM, 'CAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, UH, SEVERAL TIMES. 
          SOUND TIMES. 
          SOUNDS LIKE EMILY KNOWS WHO YOU KNOWS WHO YOU ARE. 
          SO, , UM, FIRST OF ALL, UH, EMILY, LET ME SAY, UH, THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED BY YOUR CREDENTIALS AND, UH, GREAT JOB GIVING THAT PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I KNOW WE WERE WAITING FOR YOU, UH, BEFORE WE, WE HEARD THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS A A C C R ACCORDING TO THE MEMO BACK IN, UH, 29, RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. 
          SO REALLY, THAT PUT A, THAT PUT A, A PAUSE ON A LOT OF THE WORK, UM, THAT WAS HAPPENING HERE. 
          SO, UM, WELCOME TO SAN ANTONIO AND INTO THE CITY AND GREAT JOB ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN, IN BRINGING IN SOMEONE LIKE, LIKE EMILY AND IN ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, NOT JUST THAT. 
          UM, SO I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS, BUT I, I FEEL LIKE SOMEONE IS BURNING TO ASK THEIRS. 
          SO WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND YOU GO FIRST. 
          COUNCILMAN MY BAD. 
          I PROMISE I WAS NOT THAT PRESSED. 
           . 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          THAT THROWS ME OFF A LITTLE BIT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'LL SAY THE, THE DATA SHOWS HOW BEAUTIFULLY DIVERSE SAN ANTONIO IS, UM, AND IT WAS VERY EXCITING TO SEE, UM, THIS INFORMATION. 
          AND I'M WONDERING, UM, HOW MANY DO WE TRACK THE DATA OR DO WE HAVE ANY DATA OR INFORMATION ON HOW MANY EMPLOYEES SPEAK EACH OF THESE LANGUAGES THAT, UM, LET'S SAY THE TOP EIGHT? UM, SO WE NEED TO DO A SURVEY ABOUT, FROM, FROM OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          WE HAVE, I JUST RECEIVED RECENTLY THE LISTING OF PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED THE BILINGUAL, UM, PAY SURVEY. 
          I THINK IT'S PRIMARILY SPANISH, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME OTHER LANGUAGES MIXED IN WITH IT. 
          UM, BUT I THINK A MORE COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF EMPLOYEES IS NEEDED FOR SURE. 
          AND I THINK WE HAVE A OPPORTUNITY ONCE THAT SURVEY IS DONE TO EVALUATE HOW WELL WE DO AT RECRUITING, UM, PEOPLE WHO REFLECT, UH, THE DIVERSITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WE TALK ABOUT RACE, GENDER, ALL OF THIS. 
          BUT LANGUAGE IS ALSO IMPORTANT IN THAT, UM, WE RECEIVED A, A MESSAGE ASKING, UH, THIS IS MORE OF A LABOR ISSUE. 
          I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF IT'S GONNA BE YOU, BUT MAYBE YOU, UM, CAN RELAY THIS, OR THERE'S SOMEONE IN THE ROOM WHO CAN ANSWER IT FOR ME. 
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BUT WE RECEIVED A MESSAGE ASKING FOR US TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE TIMELY PAYMENT TO THE A S O INTERPRETERS, UM, ACCORDING TO STANDARD BUSINESS PRACTICES. 
          AND SO I'M WONDERING, WHAT IS OUR PRACTICE AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THE PAYMENT FOR A S O INTERPRETERS? THEN WHAT IS, WHAT SHOULD, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE CHANGE THAT? UM, I CAN TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY OUR PRACTICE FOR A S L INTERPRETERS AND THE SPANISH INTERPRETERS. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO MEETINGS THAT ARE COUNCIL AND COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS, I RECEIVE THOSE, UM, INVOICES, UH, THROUGH FINANCE VERY, VERY QUICKLY. 
          UM, VITAL SIGNS SUBMITS THOSE INVOICES VERY QUICKLY. 
          UM, AND WE TYPICALLY GET THOSE OUT WITHIN TWO TO THREE DAYS BACK TO, UH, OR I APPROVE THEM IN TWO TO THREE DAYS. 
          AND I THINK IT'S TWO TO THREE DAYS BEFORE, UM, FINANCE, UH, CUTS A CHECK. 
          SO I BELIEVE IT'S, IT'S SPED UP OR MAYBE ABOUT THE SAME. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, SAME WITH OUR, OUR SPANISH INTERPRETATION PROVIDER. 
          I GET USUALLY AN INVOICE FOR A FULL MONTH. 
          UM, AND THEN I PAY A FULL MONTH, I GUESS. 
          UM, WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT OFFLINE 'CAUSE I MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, I THINK IT'S WORTH A GREATER DISCUSSION, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN HAVE IT HERE, BUT I WORRY THAT IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES IN THIS PROCESS OR IF I, IF IT'S ELEVATED SO MUCH TO WHERE I GET, YOU KNOW, A MESSAGE ABOUT IT, UM, YOU KNOW, I WORRY THAT IT COULD HAVE AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO RETAIN TRAINED AND QUALITY INTERPRETERS THAT MANY OF OUR, UH, RESIDENTS RELY ON. 
          UM, MY NEXT QUESTION IS GONNA BE, UM, DO ALL STREAMING MEETINGS INCLUDE ABILITY FOR TRANSLATION THROUGH CLOSED CAPTIONING, OR HAVE CLOSED CAPTIONING AT ALL? AND I MIGHT HAVE TO TURN TO, UM, T B S A ALL, UH, PUBLIC MEETINGS, UM, WITH COUNCIL AND COUNCIL COMMITTEE. 
          UM, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I SEE THOSE RECEIVE, UM, CLOSED CAPTIONING. 
          UH, WHETHER OR NOT THOSE CAN BE TRANSLATED LIVE, UM, IS A DIFFERENT STORY. 
          I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT. 
          UM, BUT YES, THIS MEETING ALL OTHER COUNCIL AND COUNCIL COMMITTEE, UH, MEETINGS. 
          DO YOU HAVE, UH, LIVE CLOSED CAPTIONING? WONDERFUL. 
          I WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE YEAR 2023, I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET TO THE POINT WHERE THE CAPTIONS CAN BE TRANSLATED, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. 
          AND SO IF THERE'S A PUSH THAT YOU NEED FROM ME, IF THERE'S, LET'S TALK BUDGET, LET'S DO ALL THE THINGS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          I, I THINK WE HAVE THE OPTION RIGHT NOW, AT LEAST ON OUR HOME UNITS, TO SEE, UH, THE CLOSED CAPTIONING IN SPANISH LANGUAGE, RIGHT? IF YOU, DEPENDING WHICH CHANNEL THAT YOU CHOOSE, BUT I ONLY KNOW ABOUT SPANISH. 
          I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE, THE REST OF THEM. 
          UM, THAT'S WHAT THE MESSAGE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING TELLS US IN SPANISH. 
          SO YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S, WHAT IT'S SAYING . 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT THERE IS ONE OTHER, WELL, EVERYONE WANTS TO CHIME IN, BUT COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ROCHE GARCIA, WHO'S, UM, MY PARTNER IN CRIME ON A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH SPEAKING TO THE PUBLIC IN SPANISH LANGUAGE, JUMP ON IN. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, COUNCILMAN, ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND, UH, BY THE WAY, I'M GONNA MISS YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE OTHER ONE THAT, THAT IS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THIS. 
          SO I SIGNED UP TO ONTO COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, C C R BACK IN 2019 BECAUSE OF MY EXPERIENCE, RIGHT? AND SO YOU ALL KNOW THAT I WAS RAISED IN A SPANISH SPEAKING HOUSEHOLD, AND AS I LEARNED ENGLISH, I WAS ABLE TO TRANSLATE AND HELP MY PARENTS, BUT I HAD TO HELP THEM GET OUT OF THAT DEBT. 
          PEOPLE THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THEM BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH, AND EVEN THAT'S WHY I HELPED MANAGE ALL OF THEIR HEALTHCARE NEEDS, RIGHT? IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW, UM, HOW TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE. 
          AND SO, UM, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW SAN ANTONIO IS SUCH A DIVERSE CITY, UM, BUT WE ALSO DO IT IN ENGLISH, RIGHT? AND SO, AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE, UM, SO AS I TRAVEL, UH, I HEAR DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, AND SO, AND, AND AS I WRITE IN DIFFERENT UBERS, RIGHT? AND SO, AND I KEEP THINKING, WOW, THIS IS INCREDIBLE, RIGHT? LIKE, UH, SO, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS THE FUTURE. 
          LIKE, THE REALITY IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE LOOKING FOR LANGUAGE OPTIONS FOR YES. 
          ARABIC AND, AND VIETNAMESE AND, AND CHINESE AND ALL OF THESE OTHER LANGUAGES AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND A S L. 
          SO, UM, I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          I'M JUST VERY, VERY EXCITED. 
          NOT, SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          LOOKING FORWARD TO STEPS, NO QUESTION. 
          WHAT? OKAY. 
          JUST KIDDING. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN CASTILLA, THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU, EMILY, FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AS, UH, TO NADIA. 
          I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE SEVEN AND THE LANGUAGE TIERS. 
          AND ONE THING THAT, UH, IS INTERESTING WITH DISTRICT FIVE IS THAT WE HAVE A GROWING POPULATION THAT SPEAKS, UH, ARABIC AND PASTORAL. 
          AND I WONDERING WHERE IT FALLS IN POTENTIALLY TRANS, UH, TRANSLATING, UM, PARKS, FLYERS AND TRANSLATING METRO HEALTH FLYERS INTO LANGUAGES OUTSIDE OF ENGLISH AND SPANISH. 
          UH, WOULD THAT BE TIERED HERE OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST REQUEST 
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NOW? UM, SO LANGUAGE ACCESS, SOMETHING THAT CAN BE REQUESTED NOW AS, AS PEOPLE NEED THEM MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, AND WE NEED TO EXPAND OUR CONTRACTS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER CONTRACTS. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. 
          UM, SO IT'S, I THINK IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO START THINKING ABOUT THESE THINGS AND HOW WE EXPAND THOSE EFFORTS MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, AND THEN IF YOU START LOOKING AT THIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE IS THE DENSITY OF THE POPULATIONS, WHEREAS IT NEEDED, UM, TO BE MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT HOW WE PLAN, HOW WE, UH, WHERE THOSE SERVICES ARE SENT, WHERE THOSE FLYERS ARE SENT MM-HMM. 
          , UM, THERE'S ALSO EXCITING WAYS, OR TECHY WAYS AND LOW TECHY WAYS MM-HMM. 
           OF, UM, PROVIDING INTERPRETATION OR TRANSLATION OF FLYERS. 
          UM, BECAUSE ONE OF THE ISSUES OFTENTIMES WITH PAPER DOCUMENTS IS THAT SOMEBODY'S GONNA RECEIVE THE ENGLISH MM-HMM. 
          , BUT THEN HOW DO THEY GET THE ACCESS TO THOSE OTHER LANGUAGES? SO TRYING TO THINK CREATIVELY ABOUT HOW IS IT THAT WE CAN LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO LOOK FOR THOSE THINGS OR HAVE THEM CONNECTED, UM, MAYBE EVEN BY QR CODE. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL, RIGHT. 
          BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE PARK IN PARTICULAR, UM, WHERE MY TEAM AND I WILL GO OUT THERE AND IF IT'S LIKE A BOND MEETING, WE'LL ALWAYS ASK THE KIDS LIKE, WHAT, DO YOU WANNA SEE IMPROVEMENTS BEFORE WE GO INTO THE MEETING WHERE THERE'S NO KIDS, RIGHT. 
          TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WE WANNA SEE AT THE PARK? AND THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. 
          UM, BUT OFTENTIMES, UH, IT'S, UH, CHILDREN, RIGHT? LIKE, UH, THE COUNCILMAN EXPRESS, RIGHT? TRANSLATING FOR THEIR PARENT. 
          UH, AND OFTENTIMES WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS SPANISH THAT THEY'RE TRANSLATING. 
          UM, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW WHERE THOSE POPULATIONS ARE AND WHERE THEY HANG OUT, IF WE COULD POTENTIALLY, UM, HAVE THOSE FLYERS TRANSLATED WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT, UH, ON THIS TO BE FINALIZED, THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          SO LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO LEARNING MORE AND WORKING WITH YOU ON HOW WE CAN DO THAT TOGETHER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, THANK, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN BRAN. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 
          I'M, I'M THANKFUL TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, BACK IN 2019 THAT WORKED ON THIS. 
          I AM, I'M GETTING MESSAGES FROM THE, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS. 
          THEY'RE VERY EXCITED, UH, TO SEE, UH, JUST THE, THE JOY FOR, FOR THEIR HERITAGE ON THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A STRONG THRIVING COMMUNITY HERE THAT, UM, THAT SPEAKS THESE LANGUAGES. 
          SO I'M, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED. 
          UM, I DO, IF YOU HAVE MORE SPECIFICS, IF WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, UH, I, I KNOW I HAVE DIFFERENT, UH, FILIPINO AND KOREAN COMMUNITIES WITHIN DISTRICT THREE THAT WOULD LIKE INTERPRETATE IN INTERPRETATION OR TRANSLATION, IF YOU COULD GIVE US THE PROCESS OF HOW TO GET, GO THROUGH THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR PRESENTATIONS, I'D LIKE TO DO THAT SO WE CAN GET THE MESSAGE OUT HERE THAT THIS IS, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORTS AND IF WE CAN JUST GET THAT INFORMATION IF WE DO NEED THAT, UM, THAT INTERPRETATION UPON REQUEST, UH, HOW WE DO THAT, AND HOW MUCH TIME YOU NEED IN ADVANCE TO GET IT DONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          UM, EMILY, AND, AND STAFF, I HAVE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS. 
          MAYBE AT SOME POINT WE JUST HAVE COFFEE AND TALK ABOUT THEM, UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ONE OTHER AGENDA ITEM AFTER THIS. 
          UH, WHAT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS, I AM VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT YOU'RE TAKING. 
          UH, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD PROVIDE TO EACH OF THE COUNCIL OFFICES KIND OF A, WHAT, WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ASKING IS LIKE, HOW TO, WHO DO I CALL, UM, WHEN I NEED, UH, DIFFERENT SERVICES, UH, AS, AS WE GO FORWARD. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT WOULD BE, UH, VERY HELPFUL IS COULD YOU PROVIDE WHAT THAT LONG-TERM GAME PLAN IS? SO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT HAVING ONE OVERALL LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN, RIGHT? THERE'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT ONES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE BECAUSE THE FREQUENCY OF INTERACTION, UH, AND THE THE NEEDS ARE, ARE DIFFERENT. 
          UM, COULD YOU JUST TELL US, UM, MAYBE IF YOU HAVE THIS SUMMARIZED WHICH DEPARTMENTS ARE HAPPENING WHEN, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WE, I GUESS IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO THE EQUITY PLAN ROLLOUT, WHERE THEY WENT, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO THE, THE CITYWIDE LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN WILL ACT AS KIND OF THIS OVERALL UMBRELLA GUIDE, UM, FOR DEPARTMENTS. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE FREQUENCY OF INTERACTION, THEY'LL HAVE MORE NUANCED, UH, PROCEDURES WITHIN THAT. 
          UM, THERE WERE 10 DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, UM, BY, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BEFORE THE OFFICE WAS OPENED AS HAVING FREQUENCY OF PUBLIC CONTACT. 
          UM, PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T NAME ALL 10 . 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO. 
          IT'S MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND THEN, UH, AS, AS FAR AS, UH, LIKE THE GAME PLAN, UM, UH, WE'RE, UH, REACHING OUT TO, UH, DEPARTMENTS, UM, OR SOME DEPARTMENTS NEXT WEEK ABOUT, UM, PAR PARTICIPATING IN THE PILOT. 
          UM, AND I HAVE HOPE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION 
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GOING FORWARD. 
          SO THERE WILL BE A CITYWIDE, UH, DOCUMENT. 
          YES, YES. 
          SO THERE'LL BE THE CITYWIDE PLAN AND THEN THE DEPARTMENTAL PLANS WITHIN THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          DO YOU KNOW MADAM, MADAM CHAIR? I JUST WANNA, UM, ALSO TO POINT OUT IT, I BELIEVE THE PLAN IS ALSO PENDING LEGAL REVIEW AT THIS TIME. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO I GUESS LEGAL, YOU'RE HERE. 
          TELL US WHEN WILL WE BE ABLE TO SEE THE PLAN? MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S PENDING LEGAL REVIEW. 
          I'M NOT SURE THAT WE HAVE A TIMEFRAME, BUT, UM, I UNDERSTAND IT WILL BE COMING BACK LATER AT A LATER TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I, ANDY, LOOKS LIKE HE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. 
          WE'LL TRY TO ACCELERATE THAT COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UH, WE'RE, UH, UNDER REVIEW, AS I SAID, WE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LAUNCHING OFF WHAT WORK WAS DONE BEFORE WE HAD THE D E I A DEPARTMENT. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO ENHANCE THAT, BUT WE'LL, UH, WE KNOW THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY, SO, I MEAN, OUR HOPE IS TO GET IT OUT. 
          I MEAN, WE, I KNOW WE'RE ALREADY EARLY THIS YEAR, BUT I WOULD SAY EARLY THIS YEAR. 
          OH, WONDERFUL. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AGAIN. 
          UH, GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE ONE LAST, UH, YES, WE CAN, WE CAN CLAP FOR THAT TOO. 
          UM, IT, WE DO HAVE ONE, UH, OTHER AGENDA ITEM AND, UM, THIS IS A, A STACKED AGENDA. 
          UM, YOU GUYS KNOW, I LIKE TO DO TWO MEETINGS A MONTH, AND NOW YOU KNOW WHY, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT TO GET DONE  BEFORE THIS DAY. 
          UM, BUT IF YOU WILL, UM, HUMOR ME AND, AND STAY THROUGH THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          I DON'T THINK WE'LL GO MUCH PAST FOUR O'CLOCK, MAYBE FOUR 15 IF, IF THAT'S OKAY. 
          AND I'LL TRY TO GO AS QUICKLY AS, AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE QUALITY OF THE CONTENT. 
          OF COURSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OF COURSE NOT . 
          UM, SO, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MADAM CHAIR, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, DOUG MELNICK, CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER. 
          UM, I'M GONNA BREAK INTO MY TIME JUST TO THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN, UM, FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. 
          UM, OVER THE YEARS. 
          UH, IT'S BEEN INVALUABLE TO OUR OFFICE. 
          UH, YOU'VE ELEVATED OUR WORK, UM, AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO LOOP YOU IN, UH, GOING FORWARD WITH YOUR EXPERTISE. 
          SO, WE'LL, WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT. 
          BUT, UM, SO I'M HERE TO, TO COVER, YOU KNOW, REALLY, UM, TWO, TWO PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ITEMS. UH, ONE IS THE, UH, SORT OF THE PRELIM PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF OUR GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY. 
          AND THEN, UM, SOME OF THE HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS. 
          AND IT DOESN'T COVER EVERYTHING. 
          UH, 'CAUSE I KNEW WE WERE GOING LAST AND I WAS TRYING TO KEEP IT AS CONDENSED AS AS POSSIBLE. 
          BUT, UM, YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE A THOUSAND TIMES. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A MONUMENTAL MOMENT, UM, TO MAKE THE COMMITMENTS TO, TO TAKE CLIMATE ACTION, TO KEY COMPONENTS, UH, REDUCING OUR EMISSIONS AND ADAPTING TO THE IMPACT, PARTICULARLY FROM AN EQUITY, UH, PERSPECTIVE. 
          UM, AND IT'S EASIER SAID THAN DONE, AND I THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR, UM, THAT, UH, IF CLIMATE ACTION WAS EASY, EVERYBODY WOULD BE, UM, DONE. 
          UM, SO IT, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY A MARATHON. 
          IT'S RIGGED AGAINST US 'CAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, URGENCY IS THE KEY, BUT, UM, I'M PLEASED TO SAY WE'RE AT LEAST MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          UM, THE BASELINE THAT WE LOOK AT FOR, UM, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ON THE MITIGATION SIDE IS OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 
          UM, SO BASICALLY WE, YOU KNOW, WE, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THAT IS. 
          UH, A CAUSE, UM, CAUSES CHANGES, UH, IN OUR, OUR GLOBAL CLIMATE, UM, WHICH IMPACTS LOCAL WEATHER COMES FROM, UM, HUMAN ACTIVITIES. 
          AND IT REALLY IS THAT PRI PRIMARY INDICATOR THAT WE USE TO TRACK PROGRESS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHY IN INVENTORY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT, UH, IT'S THE FIRST AND THEN IT'S LIKE THE LAST STEP, UM, CONSISTENTLY. 
          IT'S YOUR, YOUR, YOUR BASELINE FOR DETERMINING, UM, WHERE YOU NEED TO GO, HOW YOU GET THERE, AND THEN TO ASSESS PROGRESS. 
          SO, UH, IT'S A CONTINUAL CYCLE, BUT YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SOURCES. 
          ANYTHING THAT, UH, WE BURN, ANYTHING THAT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, GETS DISPOSED IN A LANDFILL AND DECAYS AND RELEASES METHANE. 
          UM, ALL THESE THINGS, RELEASE EMISSIONS. 
          AND, UM, WE USE A, UH, AN INTERNATIONAL PROTOCOL TO QUANTIFY WHAT THOSE EMISSIONS ARE. 
          UM, THIS IS THE 2021 SNAPSHOT. 
          THIS, I'LL, I'LL SAY IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN ITS ORGANIZATION COMPARED TO THE 29 IN INVENTORY. 
          AND THIS WAS, UM, BASED UPON A RECOMMENDATION FROM ILI, WHICH, UH, IS AN INTERNATIONAL, UM, ORGANIZATION CALLED, UH, THAT STANDS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY. 
          UM, THEY, UH, HAVE A VERY ROBUST, UM, PROTOCOL, UH, AND, AND, AND THEY HELPED US DO THIS INVENTORY. 
          UM, BUT YOU'LL SEE THE, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THEY, IT, IT SORT OF, THEY RECOMMENDED WAS YES, TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS RISE TO THE TOP, UM, FOLLOWED BY COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ENERGY. 
          IF YOU THINK BACK TO THE PREVIOUS INVENTORIES, WE HAD COMBINED THE BUILDING, ALL THE BUILDING RELATED ENERGY INTO ONE, UM, BUCKET. 
          UM, SO IF YOU DO, IF WE STILL DO THAT, UM, OUR COMMERCIAL AND ENERGY COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ENERGY THAT'S 
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GOING INTO OUR BUILDINGS IS 47%. 
          THAT'S STILL THE, THE BIGGEST BUCKET. 
          UM, UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE, SO BASICALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S STILL TRANSPORTATION AND OUR BUILDINGS, THOSE, THOSE ARE OUR, OUR PRIORITIES. 
          THE ONE THING I'LL ALSO NOTE IS, UM, WASTE AND WASTEWATER ISN'T INCLUDED BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A FRACTION OF A PERCENT. 
          UM, SO, UH, JUST YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE IT. 
          UM, THIS SHOWS OUR PRO, PRO PROGRESS AND TRENDS. 
          UM, SO YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN 2019 AND 2021, WE HAD A 3.46% REDUCTION. 
          UM, AND IF WE GO BACK TO THINKING ABOUT 26TH AND 2019, WE WERE BASICALLY FLAT. 
          SO THIS IS, THIS IS A GOOD DOWNWARD TURN. 
          I BROKE OUT ON THE RIGHT, JUST THE TRENDS FOR THE VARIOUS SECTORS BETWEEN 2019 AND 2021. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ENERGY, UH, A DECREASE IN INDUSTRIAL ENERGY. 
          UM, THE REAL SURPRISING FACTOR WAS TRANSPORTATION WENT DOWN. 
          UH, AND, UM, WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S RELATED TO, UM, ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, UM, COVID O UM, WE'RE STILL HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME, UH, TRANSPORTATION EXPERTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS. 
          UM, WATER AND WASTEWATER, WE'RE STILL VAL. 
          WE HAVE A, A CALL WITH SAUCE TOMORROW. 
          UM, THERE'S A, SOMETHING WONKY GOING ON, BUT AGAIN, IT'S LESS THAN 1%. 
          SO IT WON'T GREATLY, UM, UH, UH, AFFECT THIS, UM, THIS INVENTORY. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, OVERALL 3.46% REDUCTION. 
          THE BIG THING I JUST WANTED TO POINT, POINT OUT IS, UM, THE 2030 TARGET THAT WAS, THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, UM, JUST OVER 10 MILLION METRIC TONS. 
          THAT'S A 38% ROUGHLY, UM, REDUCTION THAT WE NEED OVER THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS, UH, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT 5% A YEAR. 
          SO, UM, WE NEED TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE. 
          UH, WE REALLY NEED TO FIGURE OUT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THOSE INCENTIVES, POLICIES, PROGRAMS, HOW DO WE START GETTING PEOPLE, UM, UH, TO MAKE, MAKE, UH, MAKE THE COMMITMENT, MAKE THE CHANGES? THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE'S FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          WE'VE GOT THE NEW, UM, SUSTAINABILITY, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RESILIENCY FUND. 
          UM, THE WORK OF C P SS, THERE'S LOTS OF GOOD STUFF GOING ON. 
          UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SHOW YOU ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ILEY PREPARED FOR US IS, WHICH IS COMMON, IS IT'S JUST CALLED A BUSINESS AS USUAL FORECAST. 
          WHAT THEY DO IS TAKE A LOOK AT OUR EMISSION PORTFOLIO, UM, MISSION PROFILE, UM, INCLUDE, UM, FORECAST OUT TO, TO 2030, INCLUDING INCREASES IN FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS. 
          UM, THIS INCLUDES, UH, CPSS, UM, UH, UM, FLEX POWER BUNDLE, UM, WHICH MAY, MAY CHANGE. 
          BUT BASICALLY WHAT THIS TELLS US IS, UM, IF WE DO NOTHING ELSE, UH, WE'LL SEE APPROXIMATELY A 13.7, UH, PERCENT REDUCTION BY 2030. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, BUT AT LEAST THE, THE TRAJECTORY IS, IS, UH, IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU JUST PER CAPITA, UM, YOU, IT, IT'S REALLY NOT WHAT OUR COMMITMENT OR OTHER CITY'S COMMITMENTS ARE BASED ON. 
          IT'S ABOUT GROSS EMISSIONS. 
          BUT WHAT THE SHOWS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, POPULATION CONTINUES TO GROW AND, UM, OUR PER CAPITA EMISSIONS, UM, DECREASE. 
          SO IT IS, AGAIN, IT DOES SHOW THAT DOWNWARD TREND. 
          UM, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES. 
          YOU NEED TO TAKE THIS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT, UM, BECAUSE YOU SEE, UM, THE FIRST BULLET ON IN EACH BOX IS THE PER CAPITA EMISSIONS IN TONS OF C O TWO EQUIVALENTS PER YEAR. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND BULLET IS THE GREEN, THE GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY YEAR. 
          THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT. 
          THIS COMES FROM A INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION CALLED C 40 CITIES, UM, THAT, THAT REALLY, UM, WORKS WITH LEADING CITIES ON, ON, ON, UM, UH, CLIMATE ACTION. 
          BUT YOU CAN SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE GAME, YOU KNOW, OUR EMISSIONS ARE, ARE GOING DOWN. 
          UM, I'M VERY SURPRISED ABOUT LOS ANGELES AT A 5.38, UM, UH, UH, PER CAPITA, UH, OF, OF EMISSIONS, UM, JUST BASED UPON THEIR SIZE. 
          BUT, UM, IT JUST PROVIDES SOME CONTEXT OF, OF WHERE WE ARE. 
          UM, AS A PART OF THE CLIMATE PLAN, WE ALSO NEED TO, UH, CONDUCT A MUNICIPAL INVENTORY. 
          THIS IS ALL THINGS THAT THE CITY ORGANIZATION HAS DIRECT CONTROL OF. 
          UH, SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, 20 16, 20 19, 20 21, UM, BETWEEN 2019 AND 2021, UM, THERE WAS A 8.42% INCREASE. 
          NOW, THE TWO THINGS THAT STAND OUT ARE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES WITH A 19% INCREASE. 
          UM, WE ARE, WE HAVE A LIST OF BUILDINGS THAT, UM, HAD INCREASES IN THEIR CONSUMPTION. 
          AND SO WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THOSE, UM, UH, DEPARTMENTS AND BUILDING OPERATORS TO UNDERSTAND WERE THERE ANY OPERATIONAL CHANGES, UM, UH, THAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THAT, THAT INCREASE. 
          AN EXAMPLE IS DURING 
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2019, CITY HALL WAS STILL UNDER, UNDER RENOVATION. 
          AND SO WE WEREN'T BASICALLY, UM, UH, UM, PAYING FOR THE, THE DEGREE OF ELEC, YOU KNOW, ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS THAT WE ARE NOW. 
          SO WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE REFINEMENT TO UNDERSTAND SORT OF THE WHY. 
          AND I, I THINK THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF, OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TRACKING THIS DATA. 
          THE OTHER ONE, UM, I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE CLOSED LANDFILL, YOU SEE A 7.29% INCREASE. 
          NOW, THIS IS, UM, REPORTING ONE CLOSED WITH ONE LANDFILL THAT THE CITY OWNS. 
          UM, IT'S CLOSED, IT'S NELSON GARDENS. 
          UM, IT'S CAS, UH, METHANE'S BEING CAPTURED. 
          IT'S ALL BASICALLY DATA'S BEING REPORTED TO E P A AND I. 
          BEFORE I CAME TO THE MEETING, I WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK TO SEE SORT OF WHAT, WHY IT GOES UP. 
          UM, AND WHAT I SEE IS LOOKING AT THEIR PORTFOLIO, GOING BACK FROM 2010, IT'S SORT OF AN UP AND DOWN, UM, UH, TREND. 
          SO I, I, I THINK DEPENDING UPON TEMPERATURE, WEATHER, OTHER FACTORS, THERE'S DIFFERENCE, UM, EMISSIONS. 
          BUT THE KEY IS THAT IT'S STILL TRENDING DOWN AND WILL EVENTUALLY, UH, ALL THE METHANE WILL BE, WILL BE DEPLETED FROM THAT SITE. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER GOOD NEWS STORY IS, UM, VEHICLE FLEET, UH, A 6% REDUCTION, WHICH IS A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK OF, OF B S D IN, IN GETTING, UM, EFFICIENT VEHICLES, UH, IN OUR FLEET. 
          UM, NOW I JUST WANNA SORT OF SHIFT INTO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT JUST HOW IMPORTANT C P S IS TO THIS CONVERSATION AND, AND, AND KUDOS TO THEM FOR, UM, UNDERTAKING, UM, A REALLY ROBUST, UM, UH, UH, GENERATION PLANNING PROCESS WITH THE, WITH THE RATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. 
          THIS IS, THIS WAS MODELED BY C P S AND, UH, THEIR CONSULTANT, CHARLES RIVER REVERSE ASSOCIATES, UH, PRESENTED TO THE RATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE LAST OCTOBER. 
          LOTS OF COLORS. 
          THE, THE, THE BIG ONES TO NOTE ARE, UM, P TWO, UH, WHICH YOU WERE, YOU, I THINK YOU WERE BRIEFED ALL LAST WEEK. 
          P TWO IS YELLOW. 
          UM, AND P NINE, UM, IS SORT OF THE DARK BLUE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM. 
          YOU KNOW, THE TAKEAWAY IS, DEPENDING UPON WHICH PORTFOLIO IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN IMPACT ON HOW QUICKLY WE CAN, WE CAN REACH, UM, CLIMATE, UH, UH, OBJECTIVES. 
          AGAIN, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT GO INTO THIS DECISION. 
          THERE'S THE RELIABILITY, AFFORDABILITY, UM, UH, THE, UM, THE, THE CARBON EMISSIONS. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE BIG KEY IS RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING, 23, 20 23, 20 24, WE'LL HAVE NO MORE COAL IN OUR, IN, IN THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS GONNA HAVE A HUGE, UM, IMPACT NOT JUST FOR, UH, REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS, BUT IN TERMS OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          UM, THE KEY IS HOW QUICKLY CAN WE GET TO, TO, UM, MORE AGGRESSIVE, UM, CLIMATE TARGETS, UM, BEYOND 2030. 
          UM, NOW I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE, THE KEY PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GIVING UP ON BENCHMARKING. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHEN WE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE REDUCE OUR, OUR, OUR EMISSIONS AS, AS QUICKLY AND, AND AS PAINLESSLY AS POSSIBLE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BENCHMARKING OF BUILDING ENERGY AWARENESS PROGRAM IS STILL IN THE MIX CURRENTLY. 
          UM, I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR WANT TO CONVENE A MEETING TO, TO JUST SORT OF DISCUSS WHAT'S, WHAT'S NEXT. 
          UM, WHO DO WE NEED AROUND THE TABLE TO SORT OF BREATHE SOME MORE LIFE IN THIS? AND, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, UH, FINDING A PATHWAY, UH, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE COMING UP WITH A, A POLICY THAT'S GOING TO APPEASE AS MANY PEOPLE, PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, AT THE SAME TIME PRODUCE THOSE, UH, EMISSION REDUCTIONS THAT WE CAN. 
          UM, COSA ENERGY POLICY WAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE. 
          AGAIN, THAT GETS BACK TO WHY DID OUR ENERGY GO UP? UM, UH, BETWEEN, UH, 2019 TO 21, THERE'S A POLICY EVERYONE'S SUPPOSED TO BE ADHERING TO. 
          SO AGAIN, WE WANT TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED. 
          UM, THE OTHER HUGE THING, AGAIN, THAT'S GONNA HELP US MOVE THE NEEDLE IS, UM, YOUR ALL'S ADOPTION OF THE, UH, 2022 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE. 
          THAT IS THE DOCUMENT THAT GUIDES HOW WE BUILD, UH, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. 
          AND, UM, THOSE CODES ARE ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO 10% MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT THAN THE PREVIOUS CODE. 
          SO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS, THAT IS, THAT IS GREAT. 
          IT DOESN'T TOUCH BUILDINGS THAT ALREADY EXIST. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY THE IMPORTANCE OF LOOKING BACK AT HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE AND REALLY FOCUS ON, ON, UM, RENOVATIONS OF EXISTING BUILDINGS. 
          UH, AND THEN A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO, UM, A NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, WE THINK THERE'S A FEDERAL GRANT CONCEPT IN HERE SOMEWHERE, IS A, UM, A ZERO NET ENERGY AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM. 
          HOW DO WE LEVERAGE EXISTING WEATHERIZATION DOLLARS? HOW DO WE, UM, LEVERAGE, UM, UH, THE HOUSING BOND AND SAY, LET'S IDENTIFY A NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THAT WE CAN GET TO ZERO NET ENERGY. 
          AND BASICALLY THAT MEANS MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE, THAT THEY'RE ELECTRIFIED, UM, BUT THAT WE'RE ALSO OFFSETTING THEM WITH EITHER ONSITE OR COMMUNITY SOLAR. 
          UH, AND SO AGAIN, WE'LL WANNA WORK WITH, WITH, UH, C P SS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES THIS PROGRAM LOOK LIKE, BUT WE THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETHING VERY ATTRACTIVE TO, TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          UM, THE OTHER BIG THING THAT WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IS THE, 
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UM, ONSITE SOLAR R F P WE, WE'D BRIEFED YOU, UM, THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          UM, IT'S HUGE. 
          UH, IT, YOU KNOW, REALLY SOLID PROPOSALS. 
          THE I R A IS A GAME CHANGER. 
          UH, PRIOR TO THAT, UM, ANY IDEA OF CITY OWNERSHIP OF THESE ASSETS WAS JUST NOT FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE. 
          NOW IT IS. 
          UH, AND SO WE'RE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THOSE, UM, UM, FINANCIAL PROPOSALS. 
          BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM THE 10 TO 15 MEGAWATTS OF ONSITE SOLAR, THAT BASICALLY GOES RIGHT INTO THE BUILDINGS, UM, THAT'S GONNA HELP US MEET OUR MUNICIPAL GOALS BY REDUCING THAT, THAT THE ENERGY THAT WE NEED TO PROCURE DIRECTLY FROM C P S. 
          UH, THE OTHER BIG THING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, REALLY DI DILIGENTLY IS THE BOND. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, UNBELIEVABLE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST INVESTING THESE DOLLARS, BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, BUILDING BUILDINGS, BUT WE'RE DOING IT WITH AN EYE TOWARDS CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, IT'S JUST ABOUT DONE, IS, UH, WE WORKED WITH A CONSULTANT TO DO A COST BENE ANALYSIS, UH, OF HOW WE BUILD BUILDINGS, UM, HOW WE BUILD THEM NOW, BUILDING THEM TO, UH, LEAD SILVER. 
          WHAT DOES, UM, WHAT DOES LEAD GOLD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT DOES LEAD PLATINUM LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OVER THE LONG TERM? AND WE WANT TO HAVE A, A, A BASELINE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COST IS OF THESE INCREMENTAL INCREMENTALLY MORE EFFICIENT, UH, IN SUSTAINABILITY BUILDINGS, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING THE PAYBACK. 
          UM, SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HOW MUCH SOMETHING IS GONNA COST TODAY, BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN OVER THE 50 YEAR LIFESPAN OF A, A BUILDING. 
          AND THEN WE'RE, UM, CONTINUING TO WORK WITH PUBLIC WORK TO REALLY DEFINE WHAT, OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD. 
          IS THAT OKAY? OKAY. 
          SORRY. 
          WE LOST QUORUM. 
          OH, I SEE. 
          AND NOW WE, UM, WE HAVE QUORUM AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN AGAIN, COMING UP WITH, UM, WHAT ARE THOSE BASELINE REQUIREMENTS FOR BOND PROJECTS IN TERMS OF MATERIALS, IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, LANDSCAPING, BUT THEN REALLY TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THOSE STRETCH GOALS? WE WOULD LOVE TO WALK OUT OF THIS BOND PROGRAM WITH 3, 4, 5, UM, PROJECTS THAT WE CAN POINT TO, TO SHOW THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT, AND THEN IT CAN BECOME THE NEW, UM, UH, BASELINE FOR HOW WE GO FORWARD GETTING THERE. 
          UM, TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY CONSUMPTION. 
          UM, TWO OPPORTUNITIES. 
          WE, WE THINK THAT WE CAN GO AFTER FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR, TO SORT OF BUILD ON THE WORK THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING. 
          UM, PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          WE'RE PUTTING THOSE ON OUR OWN, UM, PARKING LOTS. 
          HOW DO WE EXPAND THAT? UH, THE ONE THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS THE ONE ON THE RIGHT, WHICH IS BASICALLY MULTIFAMILY AND, AND WORKPLACE ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING. 
          UM, SOME SORT OF INCENTIVE, A REBATE PROGRAM. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT WHO HAS ACCESS, UM, UH, TO, UM, CHARGING, UH, IT'S, IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GARAGE, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE LIMITED. 
          AND SO THERE'S LOTS OF APARTMENTS, LOTS OF MULTIFAMILY. 
          SO HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE THEM TO, UM, UH, INCORPORATE, UM, THE NECESSARY CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE? AND I, I JUST MENTIONED TO JULIA, THE OTHER THING WE ALSO REALLY NEED TO DO IS LOOK AT, IT'S ALSO ABOUT OWNERSHIP. 
          THERE'S THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S INCENTIVES, UM, IN THE I R A FOR BUYING OR BUYING NEW OR USE, HOW DO WE USE, WHETHER IT'S THE REESE FUND OR SOME OTHER FUND, TO PROVIDE MATCHING DOLLARS FOR INCOME QUALIFIED RESIDENTS TO GET IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE. 
          'CAUSE IT'S NOT ENOUGH JUST TO, HERE YOU CAN CHARGE, BUT IF YOU CAN'T GET ONE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOSING OUT AND YOU'RE LOSING THAT BENEFIT. 
          I THINK I'M ALMOST DONE. 
          UM, COMMUNICATION EDUCATION IS, IS KEY. 
          THE, THE WHO CARESS WE ALL SHOULD CAMPAIGN. 
          UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONTINUING GETTING OUT THERE, SPREADING THE WORD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON. 
          UM, I GUESS WE, I THINK THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS IT. 
          UM, AND THEY WANT TO SEE ACTION, BUT WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THEM AND WE NEED TO ENGAGE WITH THEM. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT, ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS WE, WE WORKED WITH, UM, THIS PAST YEAR, WILDLY SUCCESSFUL, UM, UH, GRASSROOTS ENGAGEMENT, YOU'LL SEE, LET'S SEE, WHERE ARE THEY? UM, IS IT CULTURE? CULTURE, CULTURE? YEP. 
          UM, UH, UH, CULTURE UA UA WAS, UM, A, A KEY, A KEY PARTNER. 
          UM, AND SO THOSE ARE THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT UP TO THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF TO DICTATE THE TERMS IN THIS WE, WE WANT, WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE OWNERSHIP, AND WE WANT, WHEN WE NEED TO HEAR WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY THINK. 
          UM, IT'S JUST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. 
          I JUST WANNA FOCUS ON THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE. 
          UM, LOTS OF TAX REBATES, UH, COMING UP, UH, AS A PART OF THE I R A AND IF OUR COMMUNITY ISN'T AWARE OF IT, THERE, WE'RE GONNA MISS OUT. 
          AND SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, UM, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, UM, COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT, SORRY, COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT ON DOOR HANGERS AND OTHER, OTHER, OTHER MEANS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY START GETTING THIS INFORMATION AND THESE OPPORTUNITIES OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY SO PEOPLE CAN TAKE PART AND, AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE ONE IN A, IN A, IN A LIFETIME RESOURCES. 
          AND THIS 
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IS MY LAST SLIDE ADAPTATION, UM, YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT. 
          UM, THAT'S BASICALLY OUR URBAN HEAT ISLAND WORK. 
          UH, I, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING THAT, THAT IS GAME CHANGER. 
          UH, AND, AND WE, WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE TAKING THIS WORK REALLY TO ANOTHER LEVEL. 
          UM, IT'S NOT GONNA BE EASY, BUT, UM, WE'RE CALLING IT SORT OF A COOL ROADS, COOL, COOL NODES PROGRAM, BUT IT'S HOW DO WE, UM, MAP, UNDERSTAND AND TAKE ACTION TO MITIGATE HEAT. 
          AND THERE'S, AND, AND IT'S NOT. 
          AND THE COOL PAVEMENT PROJECT PILOT IS NOT COOL. 
          PAVEMENT PROGRAM'S GOING GREAT. 
          WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU SOON WITH SOME PRELIMINARY SITES, BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THAT. 
          IT'S ABOUT ALL THESE OTHER TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO OVERLAY. 
          AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL, I'LL LEAVE WITH IS, UM, IT REALLY GETS TO THAT IDEA OF, OF EMPOWERING, UM, THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH THOSE PARTNERS, UM, THAT ARE THERE ON THE GROUNDS. 
          UH, WHETHER, WHETHER IT'S FAITH-BASED, COMMUNITY-BASED OR NONPROFITS. 
          THEY ARE IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE TRUSTED, UM, UH, PARTNERS. 
          UM, WE ARE INTERESTED IN COLLABORATING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN USE THEM AS AN AVENUE TO GET NECESSARY INFORMATION OUT AROUND, WELL, HOW DO WE PREPARE AND ADAPT TO THESE CLIMATE IMPACTS? BUT WE ALSO THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SORT OF SERVE AS SORT OF MINI RESILIENCE HUBS OR SOMETHING. 
          I MEAN, THERE, THERE'S AN EXISTING NETWORK THERE. 
          THEY, THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS. 
          UM, THE CITY DOESN'T NEED TO BUILD AND OWN IT. 
          IT, IT'S JUST PROVIDING SOME SORT OF SUPPORT. 
          AND SO I THINK BOTH THE TOP DOWN AND THE BOTTOM UP APPROACH, UM, WOULD, WOULD SERVICE WELL. 
          AND AGAIN, WE, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE'S, UM, FEDERAL DOLLAR OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UH, THIS IS THE MODEL THAT THE CITY OF BALTIMORE USES. 
          THEY WERE THE FIRST ONES TO ESTI ESTABLISH RESILIENCE HUBS. 
          AND, UM, THEY WORK EXCLUSIVELY WITH, WITH CHURCHES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND THEY, THEY'VE BEEN GETTING FEMA DOLLARS. 
          SO WE THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD OFF OF THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING NOW TO SORT OF PUSH US TO THAT NEXT LEVEL. 
          UM, AND SO WITH THAT, UM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, DOUG, UM, FOR THE WORK, UH, THAT YOU, THE TEAM AND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES ARE DOING, AND I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADD ON MORE STAFF. 
          THERE IS A LOT, A LOT TO DO, UH, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS IN THIS PLAN AND THE OTHER WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS IF THERE'RE ON OR ANY THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I'M LOOKING AT THE PER CAPITA ADMISSIONS COMPARISON AND HAVE YOU ALL DONE AN ANALYSIS TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, UM, EACH OF THESE CITIES HAVE? RIGHT. 
          ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THE TOP GAS EMISSIONS FOR CITY IS PRIMARILY FROM, UH, PERSONAL VEHICLES. 
          RIGHT? SO I, I'M LOOKING AT LA AND SEATTLE, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, SAN FRANCISCO, RIGHT? THEY HAVE RAIL SYSTEMS, BUT WHAT TYPE OF OTHER PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DO THEY HAVE? RIGHT? DO THEY HAVE ELECTRIC VEHICLES? UH, DURING TRANSPORTATION, WE GOT A BRIEFING ABOUT VIA LINK AND, UH, I, I ASKED IF THOSE WERE ELECTRICAL VEHICLES AND THEY'RE NOT, RIGHT? SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER CAR ON THE STREET. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO I, I, I JUST LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHERE WE HAVE, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT IT TO TRANSPORTATION AND HOW TO GET MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES OUT THERE. 
          UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT Y'ALL HAVE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF BOND PROJECTS TO LOOK AT, UM, MAKING THEM GREEN. 
          UM, BUT I GUESS MY, MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS THAT COMMUNICATION LIKE WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT AND VIA, WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION, DO, DO Y'ALL GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS OR GIVE SUGGESTIONS? IT WAS THE, I GUESS THE FIRST THING I'D MENTION IS WE DO HAVE A VIA, UH, REPRESENTATIVE ON OUR TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          SO WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD HAD A SEAT AT THE TABLE. 
          UM, THERE'S, UM, PRETTY CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MYSELF AND, AND JULIA WITH, UM, VARIOUS, UM, UH, VIA, UM, SENIOR STAFFERS. 
          I THINK, UM, THERE NEEDS TO BE A, ANOTHER SORT OF SIT DOWN, PARTICULARLY WITH THIS, THIS NEW DATA MM-HMM. 
           TO REALLY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEIR, THEIR PLAN IS. 
          UH, THE ONE THING I WILL SAY THOUGH, UH, ABOUT VIA IS IT'S A VERY SMALL, THEIR, THEIR OPERATIONS ARE VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL, UM, INVENTORY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , BUT I THINK THERE'S ALSO A PUBLIC PERCEPTION. 
          I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, WE MM-HMM. 
          , THEY'RE LEADERS. 
          AND I THINK THE MORE THAT THEY CAN, UM, TAKE ON ELECTRIFICATION AND, AND OTHER AND OTHER SORT OF INNOVATIVE APPROACHES, I THINK OTHERS WILL FOLLOW. 
          SO I THINK, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE ON, UH, SLIDE 16, RIGHT? EDUCATED IN EMPOWER, AND LOOKING AT THOSE FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, GET THE SETUP TO HAVE, UM, TO PLUG IN YOUR ELECTRICAL VEHICLE. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S ALSO, UH, REBATES TO GET, UM, E-BIKES. 
          UM, I THINK IF WE COULD POTENTIALLY INCLUDE THAT ON OUR DOOR HANGERS, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          I'M NOT 
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FAMILIAR. 
          I, I, I, I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK THAT, BECAUSE I REMEMBER THERE WAS, YOU PROB YOU PROBABLY WANT TO TALK WITH TAMIKA MONVILLE AS A PART OF TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION. 
          THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THOSE THINGS, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T PARTNERING BECAUSE I REMEMBER HEARING THERE WAS A LOT OF ADVOCACY FOR INCLUDING EBI E-BIKES AS A PART OF THE ELIGIBLE USES. 
          I DON'T THINK IT OKAY. 
          MADE IT IN THERE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , I'LL DOUBLE CHECK. 
          BUT WE ALSO DO HAVE THE REESE FUND, UH, AS A, AS A POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY. 
          UH, AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT, COUNCILMAN TAKE A LOOK AT DENVER. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, THEY DIFFERENT SCALE. 
          THEY'VE GOT ABOUT 30 TO $40 MILLION ANNUALLY, BUT THEY HAVE HAD THIS WILDLY SUCCESS, SUCCESSFUL, UM, UH, E-BIKE REBATE PROGRAM, UM, WITH AN INCOME BASED SLIDING SCALE. 
          AND IT'S BEEN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOTTEN NATIONAL ATTENTION. 
          PEOPLE LOVE IT, AND IT'S A WAY TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS. 
          OH, WOW. 
          YEAH. 
          I'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT. 
          LET'S DO THE RESEARCH FORM, DOUG, FOR COUNCILWOMAN ON THAT. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD BE BRINGING YOU THAT INFORMATION. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT YOURSELF. 
          OH, I GUESS WE, I, I'D BE HAPPY TO. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY TEAM IS GOING TO, SO MY SHIVA STAFF WENT ON A, UM, A TRIP TO PHILADELPHIA SOMETIME LAST YEAR. 
          AND THE DAY THAT HE CAME BACK, THERE WAS A NAKED BIKE RIDE IN PHIL, A NAKED BIKE RIDE THERE. 
          AND I HAVE NEVER VIEWED, I THINK THAT'S A TRANSPORTATION. 
          UM, I HAVE, I HAVE NEVER VIEWED RIDESHARE BIKES THE SAME, UH, , UH, YOU JUST REMINDED ME OF THAT. 
          UH, AND SO I HAD TO SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THERE WAS A, UM, WE JUST HAD THE LONG PRESENTA, NOT THIS PRESENTATION. 
          WE HAD A SESSION WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES AND EFFORTS AND WHATNOT. 
          AND SO SOME OF MY QUESTIONS ARE RELATED TO THOSE, SO I'LL JUST, WE'LL HAVE THOSE OFFLINE. 
          ONE OF MY BIG, BIG PRIORITIES IS COLLABORATION. 
          AND I TALKED, AND, YOU KNOW, I RECENTLY ASKED, UH, CLAUDE A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION. 
          AND SO I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS PLAN, UM, ENSURE THAT THERE'S INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION, UM, IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR, UH, UH, FOR RESILIENCY AND DISASTER MITIGATION, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, IS OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WORKING WITHIN, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING THROUGH A LENS OF REPAIRING OR CREATING INFRASTRUCTURE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE IN MIND? RIGHT. 
          UM, GREAT QUESTION. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO. 
          AND I THINK DAVID, MR. MCCAREY COULD ATTEST. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S OUR BREAD AND BUTTER. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SOLAR PROCUREMENT, UM, WE BROUGHT TOGETHER 8, 9, 10 DEPARTMENTS TO TRY TO GET EVERYBODY ON THE, THE SAME PAGE. 
          UM, SO YES, THAT'S, THAT'S IN OUR D N A I THINK THE THING THAT WE'RE MOST EXCITED ABOUT AND, AND COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL HAD REFERENCED IT, IS THE ADDITIONAL STAFF. 
          UM, SO WE ARE BRINGING IN A ADDITIONAL STAFF WHO ARE GOING TO ALLOW US TO PROVIDE MORE CAPACITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          I THINK, UM, DEPARTMENTS WANT TO DO THIS WORK, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE THE EXPERTS IN IT. 
          SO IT REQUIRES A LOT OF, OF, OF, OF HANDHOLDING. 
          UM, OUR GOAL, UH, FOR OUR NEW, UM, SENIOR MUNICIPAL SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER, UM, UH, ONCE, UH, THEY COME ON BOARD IS GOING TO BE, WE NEED TO DEVELOP A NEW, UM, APPROACH TO OUR INTERNAL MUNICIPAL SUSTAINABILITY BASED UPON ALL THESE NEW RESOURCES. 
          UM, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE OUR METRICS? UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PUBLICLY A AVAILABLE. 
          WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS FOR DEPARTMENTS? DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING LOTS OF THINGS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? AND SO I I, I, I GUESS MY SIMPLE ANSWER IS YES, DEPARTMENTS ARE ONBOARD. 
          UM, IT WAS ALWAYS A CAPACITY FOR ISSUE, CAPACITY ISSUE FOR US. 
          AND I THINK WITH THESE ADDITIONAL FIVE STAFF MEMBERS, WE THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO REALLY MOVE IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS. 
          COOL. 
          COOL. 
          COOL. 
          UM, THE LAST LITTLE BIT, AND JUST TOUCHING ON SOMETHING YOU HAD MENTIONED, UH, KIND OF AN ALLUDE TO COMPROMISE AND OUR PROGRAMMING AND, UM, I'M REMINDED OF THE BOND, THE BOND MEETINGS, AND I ATTENDED A GOOD MAJORITY OF 'EM. 
          AND IT WAS VERY, UH, REFRESHING TO HEAR SO MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO WERE SERVING ON THE COMMITTEES MENTION HOW MUCH OF A PRIORITY, UH, UH, SUSTAINABILITY WAS TO THEM. 
          AND SO I THINK OFTEN WE THINK THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE CONCESSIONS TO SPECIAL INTERESTS, AND WE HAVE TO, UM, UH, TONE DOWN OUR, OUR GOALS. 
          AND SO I, I THINK THAT THAT WAS A REMINDER TO ME THAT WE OWE IT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND WE OWE IT TO OUR COMMUNITY TO BE AS, UM, SUSTAINABLE AND AS, UH, AGGRESSIVE AS POSSIBLE IN PURSUING OUR GOALS. 
          AND SO I KNOW THAT'S A PRIORITY OF YOURS. 
          AND, UM, YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGING, UH, THE REST OF  THE, UH, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND THE REST OF CITY STAFF TO, UM, 
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PURSUE THAT SAME LEVEL OF AGGRESSION. 
          AND I WILL TRA I WILL, UM, I HAVE TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR LAST MEETING, UM, AS CHAIR OF CHECK, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN A COUNCIL PERSON PRIOR TO COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL WHO HAS BEEN AS FORWARD THINKING, AS KNOWLEDGEABLE AND AS PASSIONATE ABOUT, UM, ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY. 
          AND SO I THINK A LOT OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE'RE GOING CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND I HOPE THAT, I HOPE THAT YOU'RE REMINDED OF THAT AND THAT YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE YOU CAN LOOK BACK ON YOUR LEGACY AND KNOW THAT THIS WAS A PART OF THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          A A LOT OF PEOPLE MADE THIS, BROUGHT US TO WHERE WE ARE, AND I STILL DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE FAR ENOUGH. 
          SO NOW TO MY COMMENT, , UM, IT, IT, WHAT'S ON? OKAY. 
          I'M STILL HERE. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, OH, COUNCILWOMAN VRAN. 
          YEAH. 
          YES. 
          UH, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          DOUG. 
          TALK TO ME ABOUT SLIDE 13 AND THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION WITH THE BOND PROJECTS, BECAUSE I HAVE A SUBSTATION IN DISTRICT THREE AND I, I, THIS WAS ANOTHER PROJECT, BUT THERE IS A, A FIRE STATION, UH, COMING UP. 
          SO COMING UP ARE, DO WE HAVE THE FUNDS FOR THOSE TWO PROJECTS? ARE WE GOING TO GO LOOK FEDERALLY OR OUT THERE IF WE CAN GET SOME MORE FUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE, UM, FOLLOWING OUR, OUR PLAN? UM, COUNCILMAN, I THINK WHAT, WHAT I CAN DO IS I, LET ME CIRCLE BACK WITH, WITH OZZIE'S TEAM. 
          I, I THINK WE'RE STILL HAMMERING OUT WHAT THE, UM, BASELINE IS FOR, FOR ALL PROJECTS. 
          AND THEN WE WANT TO FIND A SELECT FEW TO BUMP UP. 
          SO LET'S, LET'S TOUCH BASE, UM, OFFLINE AND MAYBE EVEN PULL RAZZIE INTO, INTO THE CONVERSATION. 
          I JUST WANT TO, I, I, I THINK IT'S, THERE ARE POTENTIALLY FUNDS, BUT WE, I I, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          FIRST PAGE FIRST. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. 
          'CAUSE AS WE, AS WE START THE PROCESS, AND I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY STARTED WITH THE BIDDING PROCESS AND THE PLAN PROCESS, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE IDENTIFY THESE PROJECTS AND WE DON'T MISS ANY OPPORTUNITIES WITH THIS MUNICIPAL BOND. 
          UH, BECAUSE, UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW THIS, 'CAUSE YOU'VE SEEN MY WORK ON THE, UH, THE RATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH, WITH C P S, WE HAVE TO CAPTURE THE OPPORTUNITIES WHILE WE HAVE THEM, UM, BEFORE, BEFORE ANYTHING NEW HAPPENS TO THE MARKET. 
          SO, UM, YES, IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN CIRCLE BACK THEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          I'LL, I'LL WAX ON MORE NEXT WEEK, BUT I WANNA THANK YOU FOR DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THIS CHECK COMMITTEE AND TEACHING US A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN I EVER EXPECTED ABOUT, UH, CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN RESILIENCY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, I GUESS WHAT IF I HAD ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEETING COMING UP? WHAT I MIGHT ASK AS A FOLLOW UP, UH, FROM TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS, CAN WE START LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE GREENHOUSE GAS BENEFIT WE'RE GETTING FROM EACH OF THE PROGRAMS WE'RE WE'RE IMPLEMENTING? 'CAUSE ULTIMATELY THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA DO, RIGHT? IS WE WANNA FILL IN ALL THOSE PIECES OF THE PIE WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          YOU'VE READ MY MIND. 
          UM, SO WE'VE, SO BASICALLY, UM, WE ARE, I THINK ENTERING INTO YEAR FOUR OF, OF THE CLIMATE PLAN, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE UPDATED EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS. 
          AND, AND CLIMATE SCIENCE HAS CHANGED SO MUCH. 
          NOW IS THE THE TIME TO DO IT. 
          WE'RE STARTING TO TALK TO, UM, THERE'S SOME REALLY INTERESTING PLATFORMS THAT WE CAN USE THAT HELP US VISUALIZE, UM, NOT JUST THE EMISSIONS, BUT HERE'S 50 STRATEGIES. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          WE'VE GOT A, A HUGE LIST OF PRIORITIES. 
          WE NEED TO TRANSLATE THEM INTO WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC BENEFIT, AND THEN SAY, THIS IS OUR FOUR YEAR PLAN. 
          THESE ARE THE, I THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS HUGE 80 STRATEGY PLAN AND BOIL IT DOWN TO THESE ARE THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE 10 CRITICAL HIGH IMPACT STRATEGIES THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          WOULD, UM, WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE FOR US TO EXPLORE DOING AS WE UPDATE THE PLAN IS, UH, ADDING, ADDING THE SCOPE THREE EMISSIONS AS PART OF THE ANALYSIS. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR IS WHAT'S EMITTED HERE IN OUR CITY. 
          OF COURSE IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT THERE ARE, THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO BASED ON WHAT WE PURCHASE THAT COULD, THAT COULD COST LESS AND HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT THAN 
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A REDUCTION RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, I KNOW EVERYBODY ALREADY KNOWS THIS, BUT IF FOR SOME SOME REASON WE DECIDED TO STOP USING SINGLE USE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES AND INSTEAD USE TAP WATER, WHAT IS THE EMISSIONS BENEFIT OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR JUST AN EXAMPLE, ? WELL, AND AN EXAMPLE, I WOULD SAY THE FIRST STEP, AND THIS WAS AGAIN, THIS WAS, UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD REQUESTED. 
          UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE UNDERTAKING A, UH, CONSUMPTION BASED INVENTORY FOR COSA UH, LATER THIS YEAR. 
          UM, UH, BASICALLY FOR, FOR FOLKS, THAT'S BASICALLY WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH A CONSULTANT TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT WE PURCHASE AS AN ORGANIZATION AND TO, UM, QUANTIFY WHICH MATERIALS HAVE THE, UM, THE HIGHEST CLIMATE IMPACT. 
          UH, AND THEN THAT'S GOING TO HOPEFULLY HELP US PIN DOWN, WELL, THESE THREE ARE THE HIGHEST IMPACT, ARE THERE OTHER ALTERNATIVES? AND WE, WE WERE TALKING TO, UH, OUR PEERS IN AUSTIN AND THEY WERE ALSO INTERESTED IN DOING IT. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA PARTNER, UM, AND, AND SORT OF DO, UH, I THINK WE THINK WE CAN GET A BIGGER BANG FOR OUR BUCK BY, BY PROCURING, UH, THE, THE SAME, THE SAME FIRM. 
          BUT I THINK, UM, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW THAT THE WAY OF THE FUTURE IS, IS TRYING TO QUANTIFY ALL THE INDUCED EMISSIONS FROM THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN I'LL, I'LL JUST SAY ONE LAST THING. 
          I, I DO THINK AN ANALYSIS WILL HELP US MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS. 
          I THINK TODAY WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS WE CAN PURCHASE CERTAIN THINGS, UH, THAT ARE GOING TO, UM, BE LESS IMPACTFUL ON THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          AND WE DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT TO TAKE ACTION UNTIL THE ENTIRE STUDY IS COMPLETE. 
          SO, UH, OKAY. 
          I, I'LL STOP THERE. 
          UH, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE MORE TO BE SAID, BUT, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, MUCH FOR THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MCCAREY. 
          I HAD A BIG LONG SPEECH PREPARED, BUT I'LL JUST EMAIL IT TO YOU GUYS 'CAUSE WE'RE OVER TIME. 
          THANKS. 
          MEETING IS ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU.
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