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           INTERPRET SAN ANTONIO. 
          ANTONIO. 
          IN SAN ANTONIO, AL. 
          GOOD 
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MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION. 
          IF YOU CAN TAKE YOUR SEATS. 
          WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          THE TIME IS 9:02 AM ON THE SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023, AND I'M CALLING OUR MEETING TO ORDER. 
          MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GUILLO PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BIZ HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR NIERENBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE DOING OUR VERY BEST TO KEEP OUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION TO START ON TIME NOW. 
          UH, SO FAR SO GOOD. 
          UH, TO GET US STARTED, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRO TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          PASTOR DAVID CAMERON IS THE PASTOR OF THE REFUGE CHURCH IN THE SOUTH SIDE, LOCATED AT 6 2 2 ROOSEVELT AVENUE, WHICH HE FOUNDED WITH HIS WIFE JACKIE IN 2017. 
          THE REFUGE CHURCH IS A PLACE THAT BELIEVES THE GOSPEL MESSAGE IS MOST EFFECTIVE WHEN WE ALL AS A CITY COME TOGETHER AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER. 
          ORIGINALLY FROM PETER HEB, PETERHEAD, ABHAI, SCHE, SCOTLAND, DAVID HAS COME A LONG WAY. 
          UH, HE MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO IN 2005 AND HAS MINISTERED FOR OVER 12 YEARS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          PASTOR CAMERON'S PASSION IS TO BE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, TAKING A GRASSROOTS APPROACH, PRO PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL AND PROVIDING GOOD DEEDS WHENEVER POSSIBLE. 
          OVER THE YEAR, PASTOR CAMERON HAS BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES SERVING FAMILIES IN NEED BY ORGANIZING COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORTS TO ASSIST BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT MOST, ESPECIALLY DURING THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC, SPEARHEADING A FOOD DISTRIBUTION OUTREACH INITIATIVE BY HOSTING NUMEROUS FOOD DRIVES, ALONG WITH ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY FOOD BANK, CONTINUING TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY DURING THE HOLIDAYS, THE REFUGE CHURCH HOSTS COMMUNITY TOY DRIVES TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR FAMILIES AND NEEDS IN AN EFFORT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SOUTHSIDE FAMILIES WITH SUPPORT, ALONG WITH RENOVATING THE SPACE FOR A NEW COMMUNITY FACILITY, PASTOR DAVID CAMERON RAN SEVEN MARATHONS IN SEVEN DAYS FOR WHAT HE CALLED THE SEVEN IN SEVEN. 
          IT RAISED MONIES TO HELP MAKE THIS COME TO FUR FRUITION AND TO TAKE OVER A YEAR OF PLANNING. 
          ALONG WITH THE EXTENSIVE TRAINING, PASTOR DAVID CAMERON ENJOYS PREACHING AND TEACHING THE WORD OF GOD WITH POWER, CONVICTION, AND SIMPLICITY, AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT AVAILS WITHOUT COMPROMISE. 
          HE'S A CONTAGIOUS AND CHARISMATIC SPIRIT THAT FLOWS THROUGH EVERY FACET OF HIS PERSONALITY AND MINISTRY. 
          HE HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS LOVELY WIFE, JACKIE, WHO IS HIS GREATEST TREASURE. 
          TOGETHER THEY HAVE THREE BOYS, JUDE JACKSON, NEWTON. 
          AND THE ONE THING IS HE'S BEEN SO IMPRESSIVE TO MY STAFF. 
          WE, WE, AND WE ALL KNOW WE HAVE LIMITED STAFF, BUT PASTOR, THE PASTOR DAVID CAMERON, HAS BEEN LIKE A NUMBER ONE VOLUNTEER FOR DISTRICT THREE AND THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          SO I'D LIKE, UH, TO INVITE PASTOR DAVID CAMERON TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND LEAD US IN THE PRAYER. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND INTRODUCTION, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY, AS YOU CAN TELL BY MY ACCENT, UH, I'M AN NOT ORIGINALLY A FROM TEXAS, UH, BUT I DO REMEMBER DRIVING HERE, MR. MERRI, AND SEEING A SIGN THAT SAID, I WASN'T BORN IN TEXAS, BUT I GOT HERE AS FAST AS I COULD. 
          I WOULD TAKE THAT A STEP FURTHER TODAY AND SAY, 
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I WASN'T BORN IN TEXAS. 
          I WASN'T BORN IN AMERICA, BUT I GOT TO SAN ANTONIO AS QUICK AS I COULD. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD, TRULY DO. 
          AND I BELIEVE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE IN THIS ROOM, THEY AFFECT EVERY CITIZEN OF OUR GREAT CITY. 
          I UNDERSTAND THE CHOICES THAT YOU MAKE. 
          THEY TAKE LONG HOURS, HARD WORK, AND WE SIMPLY WANT TO COME TODAY AND SAY THANK YOU TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. 
          I I NEED YOU TO KNOW TODAY THAT YOU HAVE PASTORS, YOU HAVE CHURCHES, YOU HAVE CHRISTIANS IN OUR CITY THAT ARE PRAYING FOR YOU. 
          PLEASE KNOW, AND I MEAN THIS. 
          WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOUR WIVES. 
          WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOUR HUSBANDS, WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOUR CHILDREN BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE TITLE THAT YOU CARRY, THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT YOU HAVE IS HEAVY AND AT TIMES CAN BE TIME CONSUMING AND CAN AFFECT YOUR HOMES. 
          SO ON BEHALF OF MY WIFE, JACKIE AND I AND ALL AT REFUGE CHURCH, WE SIMPLY CAME TODAY TO SAY THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          AND WE TRULY BELIEVE IN JESUS' NAME THAT THE BEST DAYS FOR OUR CITY ARE AHEAD IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          CAN WE PRAY? GOD YOUR WORD SAYS, IT SAYS, IF WE NEED WISDOM TO GO TO YOU AND YOU WILL GIVE US WISDOM. 
          SO TODAY IN OUR CITY, GOD, WE COME TO YOU, JESUS, AND WE ASK YOU THAT YOUR WISDOM WOULD FILL THIS PLACE IN JESUS' NAME. 
          GOD, I PRAY FOR OUR MAYOR, GOD, I PRAY FOR HIS FAMILY. 
          GOD, I PRAY FOR OUR COUNCILS, OUR COUNCIL, GOD, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEIR HOMES AND AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          GOD, YOUR MAY YOUR FAVOR BE UPON SAN ANTONIO. 
          MAY YOUR BLESSING BE UPON SAN ANTONIO AND MAKE EVERY DECISION THAT IS MADE IN THIS PLACE HELP EVERY DIS, EVERY CITIZEN OF OUR GREAT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          GOD, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU SEE SAN ANTONIO AND THAT THE BEST DAYS ARE AHEAD. 
          IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY, AMEN. 
          UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR. 
          ALRIGHT, 
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BEFORE WE GET TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA TODAY, UH, WE DO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, A VERY IMPORTANT COMMEMORATION THAT WE DO HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          AND THAT IS TO RECOGNIZE BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. 
          I'D LIKE TO INVITE NOW DEBORAH OMO JARMIN, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY ARCHIVE AND MUSEUM. 
          NOW TO THE PODIUM, DEBORAH IS GOING TO INTRODUCE MONICA LOVE, WHO IS GOING TO SING THE BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM FOR US. 
          UH, DEBORAH, UH, WILL THEN SPEAK ABOUT THIS MONTH'S THEME, WHICH IS BLACK RESISTANCE. 
          UH, AND THEN I'LL HAND IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          DEBORAH. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING MS. MONICA LOVE WHO WILL SING THE NEGRO NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
          I ASK OUT OF RESPECT THAT EVERYONE PLEASE STAND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING TILL EARTH THAT THE RING RING WITH THE REJO. 
          THE GUYS LET IT SOUND LOUD AS THE RULE 
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ING SONG FULL OF THE FAITH THAT THE DARK PASS HAS TAUGHT US, SING A SONG FULL OF THE HOPE THAT THE PRESENT HAS BROUGHT BROAD FACING THE RIGHT. 
          OUR NEW DAY, LET US MARCH ON TILL VICTORY IS ONE GOD, GOD TEARS THOU WHO HAS BROUGHT US THE FALL THE WAY LEAD US INTO THE KEEP US FOREVER. 
          I PRAY. 
          LET US MARCH ON TILL VICTORY IS ONE. 
          SING A SONG FULL OF THE FAITH THAT THE DARK PATHS HAS TAUGHT US. 
          SING A SONG FULL OF THE HOPE THAT THE PRESENT HAS BROUGHT US FACING THE RISE OF OUR NEW DAY BEGUN. 
          LET US MARCH ON TO VICTORY IS ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MONICA. 
          THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY WAS FOUNDED BY DR. 
          CARTER G WOODSON. 
          IN 19 15, 11 YEARS LATER, DR. 
          WOODSON ESTABLISHED NEGRO HISTORY WEEK, WHICH WAS CELEBRATED THE SECOND WEEK IN FEBRUARY, AFTER YEARS OF PROTESTS FROM COLLEGE STUDENTS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS TO ESTABLISH BLACK STUDIES DEPARTMENTS AT PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS. 
          THE FIRST OFFICIAL OBSERVANCE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH WAS CELEBRATED IN 1976 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT GERALD FORD, PRESIDENT FORD PROCLAIMED IN THE BICENTENNIAL YEAR OF OUR INDEPENDENCE, WE CAN REVIEW WITH ADMIRATION, THE IMPRESSIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OF BLACK AMERICANS TO OUR NATIONAL LIFE. 
          EVERY YEAR SINCE 1926, THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY ESTABLISHES A THEME FOR BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATIONS. 
          THIS YEAR'S THEME IS BLACK RESISTANCE. 
          LET'S TALK ABOUT BLACK RESISTANCE. 
          AS A PEOPLE, WE HAVE RESISTED HISTORIC AND ONGOING OPPRESSIONS IN ALL FORMS, INCLUDING LYNCHINGS, GENOCIDE, AND POLICE KILLINGS. 
          SINCE WE INVOLUNTARILY ARRIVED ON THESE SHORES IN THE 1950S THROUGH THE 1970S, BLACK RESISTANCE WAS DEFINED BY SIT-INS, WALKOUTS, MARCHES, BOYCOTTS, AND STRIKES, PROTESTING DISCRIMINATION IN ALL SECTORS OF SOCIETY. 
          FROM EMPLOYMENT TO EDUCATION TO HOUSING, WE 
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HAVE HAD TO CONSISTENTLY PUSH THIS COUNTRY TO LIVE UP TO ITS IDEALS OF FREEDOM, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL SYSTEMATIC OPPRESSION HAS SOUGHT TO NEGATE MUCH OF THE DREAMS OF OUR RIOS. 
          LIKE LANGSTON HUGHES AND ZO O'NEAL HURSTON, OUR OWN POET LAUREATE, ANDREA VOCAB SANDERSON WILL BE HERE IN CHAMBERS NEXT WEEK, SHARING A STORY OF RESISTANCE ENTITLED, RECOVERING SELF. 
          THAT SAME OPPRESSION TRIED TO SILENCE THE VOICES OF OUR FREEDOM FIGHTERS LIKE REVEREND DR. 
          MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 
          FANNIE LOU HAMER, AND SAN ANTONIO'S, G J SUTTON, REVEREND CLAUDE BLACK JR. 
          AND REVEREND R A CALLEY SR. 
          TO NAME A FEW BLACK FAITH INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE ST. 
          PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, MOUNT ZION, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, NEW LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH, SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH, AND THE ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH WERE SPACES WHERE BLACK COMMUNITIES MET TO ORGANIZE RESISTANCE EFFORTS AND OFFERED SANCTUARY DURING TIMES OF CRISIS. 
          THE CARVER COMMUNITY, AUDITORIUM AND LIBRARY, SOCIAL, LITERARY AND CULTURAL CLUBS LIKE THE PROGRESSIVE WOMEN'S CLUB OR JACK AND JILL ASSOCIATIONS LIKE THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN AND FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS WORKED TO SUPPORT THE INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEY WERE ACTIVE IN THE QUEST FOR CIVIL, SOCIAL, AND HUMAN RIGHTS. 
          PLACES LIKE THE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL AND DOCTORS LIKE GJ STARNES, CARRIE ANN SUTTON, ROBERT L M HILLIARD, RUTH BELLINGER, CHARLES ANDREWS, AND HARMAN KELLY PROVIDED SPACES FOR BLACK PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO TO GET QUALITY HEALTHCARE, WHICH IS STILL A CHALLENGE, ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK WOMEN, FOR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE. 
          BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE THE BELLINGER AND THE CREDIT UNION AT MOUNT ZION FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WERE DEVELOPED TO KEEP FUNDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO RESIST INEQUALITY AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES. 
          BLACK MEN AND WOMEN FORMED LABOR UNIONS BASED ON TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS LIKE THE BROTHERHOOD OF SLEEPING CAR, PORTERS COALITION OF BLACK TRADE UNIONISTS, AND THE NEGRO AMERICAN LABOR COUNCIL. 
          EDUCATION IS A WAY BLACK PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES RESIST THE NARRATIVE THAT WE ARE INTELLECTUALLY INFERIOR. 
          YOU WILL HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING THE YOUNG SCHOLARS OF ESSENCE PREPARATORY SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 16TH. 
          THEY WILL SHOW AND TELL YOU IN THEIR BLOOD EXISTS, THE D N A OF SCIENTISTS, HISTORIANS, ROYALTY AND MORE. 
          THE FOUNDING OF BLACK HISTORY WEEK WAS TO AFFIRM JUST THAT AND CRITICALLY EDUCATE STUDENTS ABOUT BLACK HISTORY AND BLACK PROGRESS. 
          BLACK ARTISTS, WRITERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, AND MUSICIANS WHO PARTICIPATED WERE AND ARE THE SOUNDTRACK AND VISUAL REPRESENTATIVES OF RESISTANT MOVEMENTS. 
          THEIR ART SUPPORTED THE MOVEMENTS AND PROVIDED A SPACE TO EXPRESS LOVE AND JOY. 
          CREATIVES USED POETRY FICTION, SHORT STORIES, PLAYS, FILMS, AND TELEVISION TO COUNTER STEREOTYPES AND TO IMAGINE A PRESENT AND FUTURE WITH BLACK PEOPLE IN IT. 
          VISIT IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER ART GALLERY IN DISTRICT TWO OR THE EXHIBIT RIGHT HERE AT PLAZA DE AMIS TO EXPERIENCE THE CELEBRATION OF RESISTANCE THROUGH ART. 
          THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND BLACK POWER MOVEMENTS LED TO THE PASSING OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS, THE VOTING RIGHTS, AND FAIR HOUSING ACTS. 
          ALMOST 180 YEARS AGO, THE REVEREND HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET PROPOSED THAT THE ONLY PATH TO FREEDOM, JUSTICE, AND EQUALITY, SELF-DETERMINATION AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IS RESISTANCE. 
          JUST FIVE YEARS AGO, SAAM WAS FOUNDED AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE AGAINST THE OMISSION OF BLACK HISTORY. 
          IN THE 300 STORY OF OUR BELOVED CITY, SAN ANTONIO, BY RESISTING, WE HAVE ACHIEVED TRIUMPHS, SUCCESSES 
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AND PROGRESS LIKE THE END OF CHATTEL SLAVERY, THE DISMANTLING OF JIM AND JANE CROW. 
          SEGREGATION, INCREASED POLITICAL REPRESENTATION, DESEGREGATION OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, PASSAGE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, AND EVEN THE OPENING OF THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN DC PLUS INCREASED AND DIVERSE REPRESENTATION OF BLACK EXPERIENCES IN MEDIA. 
          BLACK RESISTANT STRATEGIES HAVE SERVED AS A MODEL FOR EVERY OTHER SOCIAL MOVEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY. 
          THUS, THE LEGACY AND IMPORTANCE OF BLACK RESISTANCE CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED. 
          AS SOCIETAL AND POLITICAL FORCES ESCALATE TO LIMIT ACCESS TO THE BALLOT, ELIMINATE THE TEACHING OF BLACK HISTORY AND WORK TO PUSH US BACK INTO THE 1890S. 
          WE CAN ONLY RELY ON OUR CAPACITY TO RESIST EVERY ADVANCEMENT, IMPROVEMENT IN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND ACCESS TO POWER, WHICH DETERMINES OUR ACT. 
          DESTINY HAS BEEN ACHIEVED THROUGH STRUGGLE. 
          JOHN LEWIS ADVISED, DO NOT GET LOST IN A SEA OF DESPAIR. 
          BE HOPEFUL. 
          BE OPTIMISTIC. 
          OUR STRUGGLE IS NOT THE STRUGGLE OF A DAY, A WEEK, A MONTH, OR A YEAR. 
          IT IS THE STRUGGLE OF A LIFETIME. 
          NEVER EVER BE AFRAID TO MAKE SOME NOISE AND GET IN GOOD TROUBLE, NECESSARY TROUBLE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, DEBORAH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, FOR THAT LESSON. 
          UM, I THINK IF YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION WAS TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY SINGLE DAY, UM, YOU CAN DO THAT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES. 
          IF YOU VISIT, UH, SAY CAM ONCE A DAY, I WANT TO WISH, UH, HAPPY AND EMPOWERING BLACK HISTORY MONTH. 
          AND, UH, THIS YEAR'S THEME, OF COURSE, FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS BLACK RESISTANCE. 
          WHEN I ORIGINALLY READ IT, I THOUGHT IT WAS BLACK RENAISSANCE AND BEYONCE JUST RELEASED, JUST ANNOUNCED HER TOUR FOR RENAISSANCE. 
          SO IT ALL FEELS LIKE IT'S ALIGNING. 
          UM, I ALSO HAVE TO GIVE THIS PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          PLEASE LET ME SAVE UP FOR MY TICKETS BEFORE YOU BUY YOURS , I KID. 
          BUT THIS MONTH AND HOPEFULLY FOREVER, WE CELEBRATE THE DEEP AND IMPORTANT HISTORY OF OUR ANCESTORS, LEADERS, AND FIGHTERS WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR LIBERATION FOR ALL BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY AND THE WORLD. 
          WHILE WE AS A PEOPLE OF THE AFRICAN DIA DIASPORA HAVE COME GREAT AND TERRIBLE ODDS, WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. 
          MOST RECENTLY, THE FAMILY OF TYREE NICHOLS IS MOURNING AND DEMANDING JUSTICE FROM AN INHERENTLY RACIST POLICING SYSTEM. 
          WE CANNOT FORGET THAT THE SYSTEM IS NOT BROKEN. 
          IT IS WORKING EXACTLY AS IT WAS DESIGNED BECAUSE IT WAS CREATED TO SERVE THE PURPOSE OF CONTINUING SLAVE PATROLS AND THE PROTECTION OF CAPITAL. 
          WE HAVE BARELY BEGUN 2023 AND ALREADY POLICE HAVE KILLED SEVEN UNARMED PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY. 
          IN 2022, 1,192 PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY POLICE. 
          THIS IS THE WORLD WE'RE SENDING OUR CHILDREN INTO. 
          AND SO I ASK, HOW CAN WE DISMANTLE AND REBUILD THESE SYSTEMS? WHEN I THINK OF OUR GREATEST FIGHTERS, I THINK OF PEOPLE LIKE REVEREND CLAUDE BLACK ELLA AUSTIN, AND THOSE WHO SAT AT THE WOOLWORTHS COUNTER, UH, TO PROTEST SEGREGATION. 
          I THINK OF EVERYONE WHO WHOLEHEARTEDLY JOINED PROTESTS AND ORGANIZED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO OVER DECADES AND CONTINUE TO DO SO. 
          SAN ANTONIO BLACK HISTORY IS RICH AND OFTEN WE FORGET JUST HOW RICH IT IS. 
          AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND HISTORIANS LIKE SAY CAMM CHARLES WILLIAMS AND THE LATE DR. 
          CARRIE LATIMORE, WHO HAVE MADE IT THEIR MISSION TO ENSURE ALL GENERATIONS REMEMBER AND HONOR OUR COLLECTIVE HISTORY. 
          IN ADDITION TO THOSE LEADERS TODAY, WHOSE IMPACTS WILL BE FELT DECADES LATER, I'M OVERWHELMINGLY PROUD. 
          I CANNOT TELL Y'ALL HOW PROUD I AM TO REPRESENT THE EAST SIDE, WHERE OUR LEGACIES LIVE ON IN THE FABRIC OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THE ANCHORS OF OUR BUSINESSES, AND IN THE SOUL OF OUR ART AND CULTURE. 
          YOU CAN FEEL THAT. 
          AND SO I INVITE EVERYONE TO COME VISIT AND ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF THE EAST SIDE ALL YEAR ROUND, NOT JUST DURING THE M L K MARCH OR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. 
          I INVITE ANYONE WITH A HEART FOR THRIVING COMMUNITIES TO CONTINUE DEMANDING JUSTICE AND REIMAGINING WHAT A TRULY LIBERATED SOCIETY LOOKS LIKE AND FEELS LIKE. 
          I ALSO INVITE EVERYONE TO NOT JUST COMMEMORATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, BUT ALSO CELEBRATE BLACK FUTURES MONTH BY LEARNING ABOUT OUR CONTINUED FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY, STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WHEN IT MATTERS MOST PATRONIZING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, BUYING OUR ART, AND CELEBRATING OUR COMMUNITY. 
          FINALLY, I WANNA THANK EACH AND EVERY PERSON WHO 
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SACRIFICED AND PAVED THE WAY FOR ME TO SIT HERE AT THIS DIET DIET TODAY. 
          I'M THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          AND I DON'T TAKE THAT HONOR LIGHTLY. 
          EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR IS THE RIGHT TIME TO HONOR BLACK HISTORY AND UPLIFT BLACK FUTURES. 
          SO IN EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE  THANK YOU IN EVERY DECISION WE MAKE, HOW ARE WE WRITING THE WRONGS OF OUR, OF OUR PAST? I ASK THAT OF MYSELF AND EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM, NOT JUST TODAY OR THIS MONTH, BUT EVERY DAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, AND AGAIN, A GREAT WAY TO START OFF OUR COMMEMORATION AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO MONICA, LOVE FOR THE ANTHEM THIS MORNING. 
          WE HAVE MANY GUESTS, UH, TODAY WHO, UH, WILL BE RECOGNIZED 
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IN JUST A MOMENT. 
          BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET ME CALL UP OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM THAT I'M GONNA PULL, UH, FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION. 
          THAT'S ITEM 10 BECAUSE I THINK A NUMBER OF OUR COLLEAGUES WANNA SPEAK ON ITEM 10. 
          UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO APPEAR INDIVIDUALLY BESIDES ITEM 10? AND ALSO ITEM THREE, WHICH WAS INDIVIDUALLY SCHEDULED? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          YES. 
          10. 
          YEAH. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR THREE AND 10. 
          I THINK WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON, UM, ITEM 15, WHICH IS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          SO ACTUALLY TWO FOLKS, LEMME CALL THEM UP NOW. 
          JACK FINGER, MR. FINGER, YOU'D BE FOLLOWED BY BRITTANY VALDEZ. 
          IN THE MEANTIME, UH, IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON CONSENT ITEMS, JUST GO AHEAD AND TAP IN, MAKE SURE THE PROPER ITEMS HIGHLIGHTED. 
          JACK, GO AHEAD. 
          UH, MAYOR BERGEN, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. 
          YES. 
          ITEM 15 IS ABOUT, UH, CHANGING THE SPENDING LIMITS THAT, UH, FOLKS LIKE YOURSELVES USE FOR YOUR COMMUNICATIONS TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS DURING THE ELECTION SEASON, FROM FEBRUARY TO JUNE OF A GIVEN CITY COUNCIL ELECTION YEAR. 
          I, UM, LOOKED AT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS ON THAT AND I, I THOUGHT THIS IS RATHER INTERESTING TO SEEING WHAT THE LIMITS HAVE BEEN AND WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TO PASS THIS MORNING. 
          MR. RODY, WOULD YOU MIND TO PUT THAT UP THERE IF YOU WOULD? RIGHT NOW, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON, ON HAVE BEEN SPENDING IS, UM, LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN READ IT THERE. 
          LITTLE BLEACHED OUT THERE. 
          FORMER, THE FORMER SPENDING RANGE IS $300 TO $7,500. 
          NOTE THAT, UH, THAT 300 TO 75, KEEP THAT IN MIND THEN, AND THEN IF YOU WOULD, UH, TO THE NEXT PAGE, YEAH, JUST PASSED IT. 
          SEE WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. 
          UH, WELL FLIP THAT OVER THERE BIT THERE. 
          YEAH, THERE YOU GO. 
          WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO NOW? THE WHAT YOU WANNA PROPOSE SPENDING RANGES 9,213 TO $36,000 DURING THIS, UH, CAMPAIGN, UH, SEASON MONTH HERE. 
          MY GOODNESS, THAT'S, UH, INTERESTING. 
          UH, THAT, UH, THAT, THAT MINIMUM 9,000, UH, IS ABOUT, UH, 20% BIGGER THAN THE MAXIMUM OF WHAT IT HAS, HAS BEEN AND CURRENTLY IS. 
          AND THEN THE , THE, THE 36,000 IS ABOUT, UH, MY GOODNESS, UH, FROM, FROM THE MINIMUM OF THE OLD MINIMUM OF 300 TO 36. 
          THAT'S ABOUT, UH, WHAT IS THAT 4% INCREASE, I'M GONNA SAY, IS THIS THE, THE INCUMBENT PROTECTION ORDINANCE ARE WHAT? , I MEAN, I, I I LIKE TO KNOW WHICH, WHICH ONE OF YOU YOU GUYS COOK THIS, THIS SCHEME UP HERE. 
          I MEAN, TO, TO, AND ADMITTEDLY, YOU'RE, IT IS JUST MERELY FOR, UH, REGULAR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAT THE FACT THAT IT'S DURING THE CAMPAIGN SEASON, WELL, UH, SHOULD NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER, AS THEY SAY. 
          UH, BUT YEAH. 
          UH, BUT TO INCREASE THE, UH, THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO THAT RANGE. 
          LIKE I SAY, WHO, WHO AMONG YOU COULD COOK THIS ONE UP THERE. 
          IT, I, I, I REALLY HAVE HAVE TO HAND IT TO YOU THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. 
          BRITTANY VALDEZ. 
          BRITTANY VALDEZ SAYS BRITTANY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, CHARLES SATTERWHITE, ARE YOU HERE? CHARLES, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SIGNED UP ON THREE AND FOUR. 
          DID YOU WANNA SPEAK 
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ON ITEM FOUR ALSO, OR JUST ITEM THREE? JUST THREE. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS A MISTAKE IN OUR SYSTEM. 
          WE HAD YOU ON TWO ITEMS. ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF ITEMS TODAY. 
          UM, FIRST ONE BEING ITEM SIX. 
          IT'S, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE MOVEMENT OF THE NORTHWEST WIC CLINIC INTO DISTRICT SIX RISOM ROAD. 
          THIS LOCATION WILL INCREASE ACCESS AND VISIBILITY FOR THE WIC CLINIC, WHICH WILL IN TURN, OF COURSE HELP SAN ANTONIO MOTHERS AND CHILDREN. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT THOSE WHO NEED THEIR SERVICES ARE AWARE OF THE NEW LOCATION. 
          ITEM 14, UH, IS, UM, ALSO EXCITING, BUT MAYBE SLIGHTLY MORE EXCITING FOR ME BECAUSE, UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE HIGHWAY GUIDE SIGN REPLACEMENT ALONG US 90 AND, UM, 1 51 WITH THE NEW HISTORIC OLD HIGHWAY 90 SIGNAGE. 
          THIS IS, UM, ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO DISTRICT SIX RESIDENTS IN THE EDGEWOOD AREA. 
          IN PARTICULAR, THE HISTORICAL OLD HIGHWAY 90 BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS OF THE LOS ENA AND COMMUNITY WORKERS COUNCIL NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          A YEAR AGO, THE NAME CHANGE IN MEMORIAL DESIGNATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THIS IS THE FINAL STEP IN THE PROCESS. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED, UM, TO UNVEIL THE NEW SIGNS, AND I THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WORKED ON THIS PROJECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CBE HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND I WANNA HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, AND I WANNA RECOGNIZE OUR NEW DISTRICT FOUR APPOINTEE TO THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN. 
          MARIA FERNANDA CARDENAS. 
          AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GONZABA FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES, MS. CARDENAS IS COMMITTED TO SERVING OUR SENIORS ACROSS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THE GONZABA FOUNDATION PROVIDES PROGRAMS DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL LEADERS AND SENIOR ADVOCATES. 
          THROUGH MS. CARINA'S LEADERSHIP, THE ORGANIZATION IS BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF SENIORS AND TO EMPOWER THEM. 
          SHE HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND HAS SERVED ON THE COMMISSION ON ELDERLY AFFAIRS. 
          THIS NEW ROLE WILL OFFER HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTING WOMEN ACROSS THE CITY. 
          I BELIEVE MS. CARDENAS OFFERS A UNIQUE AND RICH PERSPECTIVE BASED ON HER WORK WITH OLDER POPULATIONS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING HOW WE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL CAN ADDRESS OLDER WOMEN'S ISSUES WITH HEALTH DISPARITIES ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO GROS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 11, GREEN LINE NORTH AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS. 
          EARLIER THIS MONTH, WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY TO ADD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK TO DISTRICT THREE WITH THE GREEN LINE NORTH APARTMENTS, A 292 UNIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURES THERE. 
          WITH THE ADDITION OF THESE APARTMENTS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT CERTAIN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN A MID-BLOCK PEDESTRIAN CROSSING WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SAFELY CONNECT RESIDENTS TO ADJACENT AMENITIES. 
          UH, THIS AMENDMENT WILL INCLUDE A Z CROSSING TO CREATE A SAFER PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ACROSS SOUTH NEW BRAUNFELS. 
          IT WILL ALSO HAVE RIGHT OF WAY IMPROVEMENTS ALONG SOUTH NEW BRAUNFELS, WHICH WILL CREATE A A 10 INCH WIDE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALK AS A CONNECTION FROM THE GREEN LINE NORTH DEVELOPMENT TO THE INTERSECTION AT SOUTHWEST MILITARY DRIVE ACROSS FROM BROOKS CITY BASE AND GREEN LINE NORTH TRAIL SYSTEM. 
          I'M SUPER EXCITED THAT THIS IS A LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT DESIGN AND WE WILL BE HAVING NATIVE TREES, UH, ALIGNING THIS PEDESTRIAN WALK. 
          SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. 
          HEARING NONE, THERE'S A MOTION, A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS, SAY FOR THREE AND 10, PLEASE VOTE. 
          HE'S COMING UP. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL, IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, UH, THE BETTER WEATHER, UH, ALSO MEANS THAT IT'S RODEO TIME IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND, UM, TO HELP US WELCOME, UH, ONE OF OUR FAVORITE TIMES OF YEAR, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRO TO WELCOME OUR ASSOCIATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WE HAVE SENT OUR FIVE TIME N B A CHAMPIONS ON THEIR RODEO ROAD TRIP. 
          SO LET'S RODEO SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, IF THE AMBASSADORS CAN MAKE, START MAKING THEIR WAY UP. 
          SINCE 1949, THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO HAS GROWN 
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TO BECOME ONE OF THE LARGEST EVENTS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WITH APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION VISITORS ENTERING THE GROUNDS EACH YEAR. 
          THIS WEEKEND WE STARTED OFF WITH THE VE CARRO COOKOFF. 
          THE NEW, UH, ITEM IS A RO COMPETITION. 
          WE HAVE THE STAMPEDE FIVE K STARTING AT 9:00 AM DOWNTOWN, FOLLOWED BY THE WESTERN HERITAGE AND PARADE CATTLE DRIVE. 
          I JUST WANNA THANK THE COMMITTEE. 
          I CAME IN THIS MORNING. 
          I KNEW ALBERT WAS GONNA BE HERE. 
          JULIE WAS THE ONE THAT CORNERED ME  AT THE EVENT AND WAS LIKE, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ENJOY THE RODEO, WHICH SHE KNOWS I DID. 
          AND THEN CLAUDIA, ONE OF MY, UH, FORMER COWORKERS IS ON YOUR COMMITTEE TOO, SO I'M JUST, I AM SO EXCITED AS A, AS A FORMER EDUCATOR, I TOOK MY, UH, FIRST FIRST GRADERS FROM CASTROVILLE TO THE GROUNDS AND, AND THEY WOULD GO IN THE EVENINGS WITH THEIR PARENTS TO DO THE MUTTON BUSTING. 
          SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE. 
          I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION AND TO GIVE ALBERT SOME TIME TO KIND OF SHARE. 
          SO, HERE'S THE PROCLAMATION, THE 74TH ANNUAL SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO. 
          ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST PRESTIGIOUS EVENTS IN THE ALAMO CITY WILL BE HELD FEBRUARY 9TH THROUGH THE 26TH. 
          2023 AT THE AT AND T CENTER, FREEMAN COLISEUM WITH ITS LIVESTOCK SHOW TO SUPPORT ITS MISSION OF EDUCATION, EDUCATING FUTURE GENERATIONS AND THE SAN AND WHEREAS THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO IS A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION THAT EMPHASIZES AGRICULTURE AND EDUCATION TO DEVELOP THE YOUTH OF TEXAS WITH THE MISSION OF EDUCATION, EDUCATION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          AND WHEREAS SINCE INCEPTION OVER 243 MILLION HAS BEEN COMMITTED BY THE ORGANIZATION TO THE YOUTH OF TEXAS IN THE FORM OF SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, ENDOWMENTS, AUCTIONS, CALF SCRAMBLE PROGRAM, AND SHOW, UM, PREMIUMS WITH 11.5 MILLION COMMITTED IN 22 2. 
          AND WHEREAS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE ORGANIZATION IS THE OVER 6,000 VOLUNTEERS AND THE CORPORATE PARTNERS AND PATRONS WHO SUPPORT THE EVENT AND MISSION. 
          AND WHEREAS IN 2022, OVER 1.5 MILLION VISITORS ENJOYED EXCITING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS WORLD, WORLD-CLASS ENTERTAINMENT, A CARNIVAL EDUCATION EXHIBITS, FAMILY ACTIVITIES AND ATTRACTIONS, LIVESTOCK AND HORSE SHOWS, AND SALES, MUTTON, BUSTON, CALF SCRAMBLE, EXTREME BULLS, AND SHOPPING FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY TO ENJOY. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, UH, I RON NURNBERG OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN RECOGNITION WITH THEREFORE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 9TH THROUGH THE 26TH, 2023 TO BE OFFICIAL RODEO SEASON AND THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH, 2023 TO BE OFFICIAL DRESS WESTERN DAY IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THAT WAS SIGNED BY OUR MAYOR. 
          THE COUNCIL IS BEHIND THAT. 
          WE ARE SUPER EXCITED. 
          UH, MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE ALL IN WESTERN WEAR ON THE NINTH, BUT GO AHEAD, ALBERT AND SHARE WHAT'S GOING ON THIS YEAR. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THAT WAS A GREAT, UH, PROCLAMATION. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
          UH, MY NAME OF COURSE IS ALBERT ZAZU. 
          I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AMBASSADOR COMMITTEE AND I'M JOINED BY, UH, A GROUP OF OUR AMBASSADORS HERE THIS, THIS MORNING. 
          UH, AND ON BEHALF OF OUR OVER 6,000 VOLUNTEERS, OUR, UH, STAFF AND EXECUTIVES, UH, AT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, UH, WITH THE STOCK SHOW AND RODEO, WE, WE, UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. 
          UH, WE HAVE 18 FULL DAYS, AS YOU HEARD, UH, READY FOR YOU GUYS HERE DOWN AT THE STOCK SHOW AND RODEO. 
          UH, BESIDES THE WORLD CLASS, UH, ENTERTAINERS, WE HAVE SOMETHING ON THE GROUNDS FOR ALL AGES. 
          WE HAVE, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE AG BARNS FULL OF THE, UH, JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW WITH THE KIDS, WHICH IS REALLY THE HEART OF OUR MISSION. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE THERE IS TO, UH, EDUCATE AND, UH, RAISE MONEY FOR THOSE SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE CHILDREN. 
          UH, WE HAVE ALL OUR FAN FAVORITES BACK THE CARNIVAL SHOPPING, PIG RACES, WILDLIFE EXHIBITS, PETTING ZOO, MUTTON BUSTING FOR ALL THE KIDS, AND OF COURSE, LIVE TEXAS MUSIC ALL ACROSS THE GROUNDS AND ON STAGES. 
          UH, A FEW THINGS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE NEW AGAIN THIS YEAR AT OUR 2023 IN THE AT AND T CENTER. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, ON FEBRUARY 19TH IN NOCHE DE VAQUERO. 
          UH, THIS KIND OF TIES BACK INTO OUR, UH, WESTERN HERITAGE, UH, UH, WHERE WE'RE GONNA SEE A CELEBRATION OF OUR SOUTH TEXAS HERITAGE, UH, THE TRADITIONS, ARTISTIC, UH, PAGEANTRY, THE CULTURE. 
          WE'LL SEE, UH, UH, BALLET CORDIO, EXCUSE ME, UH, OSA RIDERS, BULL RIDING, CHARRO AND MARIACHI EXHIBITIONS. 
          AND ON FEBRUARY 16TH IN THE BIG HOUSE, YOU'RE ALSO GONNA SEE OUR RANCH RODEO. 
          THIS IS A THROWBACK TO OUR OLD WEST. 
          THIS IS WHEN, UH, OUR NEIGHBORING RANCHES WOULD GET TOGETHER. 
          THEY WOULD, UH, SEE WHO THE BEST OF THE BEST WAS, THE BEST COWBOYS, THE BEST RIDERS, THE BEST ROPERS, THE BEST RANCHERS, AND THEY WOULD, UH, GO, UH, TO SEE WHO GENERALLY WAS THE BEST HAND. 
          UH, OUR CARNIVAL GROUNDS HAVE BEEN EXPANDED AGAIN 
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THIS YEAR TO INCLUDE THE, UM, THE, UH, FREEMAN COLISEUM, PARDON ME. 
          UH, THIS WILL PLAY HOST TO ALL OF OUR HORSE SHOW EVENTS. 
          UH, ONE OF OUR KEY EVENTS THERE IS OUR YOUTH RODEO, WHICH IS, AGAIN, GIVING BACK TO THE YOUTH OF TEXAS AND SEEING THEM, UH, COMPETE IN THEIR RODEO EVENTS. 
          UH, AND IT'LL ALSO, UH, PLAY HOST TO OUR CHAR EXHIBITIONS AS WELL. 
          UH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR, FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT IN CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THIS IS, UH, THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. 
          WE KIND OF LIKE TO THINK IT'S THE MONTH OF RODEO AND WE LIKE TO TAKE IT OVER. 
          UM, BUT, UH, THE, FOR A FULL SCHEDULE OF ALL OF OUR EVENTS, YOU CAN, UH, SEE IT ON SA RODEO.COM, UH, FOR LISTING THE SCHEDULES OF ALL OF OUR EVENTS. 
          UM, AS VOLUNTEERS, WE'RE COMMITTED TO OUR MISSION TO, TO HELP, UH, EDUCATE AND SUPPORT THE YOUTH OF TEXAS. 
          AND WITH YOUR HELP AND ATTENDANCE, I KNOW THAT WE'LL ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS AGAIN THIS YEAR. 
          SO WE QUARTERLY CORDIALLY INVITE YOU AND THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO TO ATTEND THE, THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO FEBRUARY 9TH THROUGH THE 26TH. 
          AND WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR AGAIN, IN ITS LIFE. 
          WE'D LIKE TO SAY DOWN TO THE RODEO GROUNDS, LET'S RODEO SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          AND WE ALL GOT OUR GIFTS. 
          AND ALBERT, YOU, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN VOLUNTEERING FOR? I'VE BEEN VOLUNTEERING WITH STAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO FOR A LITTLE OVER 18 YEARS. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE OTHER THING IS THAT SAN ANTONIO VOLUNTEERS THEY GIVE BACK IN THEIR TIME. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND IN THOSE BAGS, UH, COUNSEL AND MAYOR, YOU'LL FIND THERE'S A RODEO FLAG IN THERE, AND I CHALLENGE EACH OF Y'ALL TO, UH, FLY THAT FLAG EITHER YOUR OFFICES OR YOUR HOMES. 
          AND, AND POST THOSE PICTURES OUT, LET'S SAY ANTONIO KNOW THAT IT'S FEBRUARY, SIGN A RODEO. 
          THANKS A LOT, ALBERT. 
          WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WEARING IT OUT THIS YEAR. 
          I GOT A GREAT CONCERT LINEUP TOO. 
          I KNOW FOR SURE. 
          SO, EXCELLENT. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, NOW FOR ANOTHER SPECIAL RECOGNITION, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, SO I WANNA RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE THE MONTE VISTA HISTORIC ASSOCIATION, UM, ON THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY. 
          SO THE MONTE VISTA HISTORIC ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN AN INFLUENCE AND LEADER IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ACROSS SAN ANTONIO FOR 50 YEARS, AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY FOSTERED CIVIC PRIDE IN THE RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS. 
          SO, UM, FOR ALL THE MONTE VISTA RESIDENTS, IF YOU JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY STAND OR WAVE SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU. 
          I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS. 
          I WANNA THANK YOU, AND I'M GONNA HAND IT BACK TO THE MAYOR REAL QUICK, UH, TO GO AHEAD AND READ A PROCLAMATION. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          YOU GUYS WANNA COME UP WHILE WE READ THIS? NO, COME ON, COME ON. 
          WHERE ARE THE STEINBERGS? BRING, LET'S BRING THE STEINBERGS UP. 
          THE FOUNDERS OF THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND OFFICIAL CONGRATULATIONS IS HEREBY PRESENTED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 
          IN RECOGNITION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF YOUR FOUNDING SINCE 1973, THE ASSOCIATION HAS ENCOURAGED PRESERVATION OF THE DISTINCTIVE HERITAGE OF THE AREA WITH AN ECLECTIC BLEND OF ARCHITECTURE, RANGING FROM PALATIAL ESTATES BY NOTED ARCHITECTS TO STURDY HOLLYWOOD BUNGALOWS BUILT IN THE PROSPEROUS AREA BETWEEN 1890 AND 1930, WHICH LED TO ITS DESIGNATION IN 1975 AS A HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND LATER PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES IN 19 88, 19 98. 
          YOUR PURPOSE STATEMENT TO ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION OF THE DISTINCTIVE HERITAGE OF THE MONTE VISTA AREA, TO KEEP THE PHYSICAL IDENTITY OF THIS LATE 19TH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY DISTRICT INTACT. 
          AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH WITH KNOWLEDGE OF OUR INHERITED NEIGHBORHOOD VALUES, WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO A WHOLESOME URBAN ENVIRONMENT IS WORTHY OF COMMENDATION. 
          THE CITY OF COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO JOIN YOU IN WHAT REC CELEBRATING THIS MILESTONE OCCASION AND OFFER BEST WISHES FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME AND FURTHER COMMEND THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION FOR ITS DEDICATED DEDICATION TO HISTORIC EDUCATION AND PRESERVATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          AND THIS IS SIGNED BY MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          SO, CONGRATULATIONS, Y'ALL, A FEW WORDS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SOMETHING. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE STEINBERGS AND FOR COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          ALRIGHT, NOW, UH, TO COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI FOR SPECIAL RECOGNITION. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          I, UM, RARELY GET TO, I THINK MOST OF US CAN SAY THE SAME, RARELY GET TO, UM, MEET AND GREET GENIUSES. 
          UH, BUT SAN ANTONIO HAS, UM, TODAY THE, UH, THE HONOR OF, OF HOSTING ONE IN OUR VERY OWN CITY. 
          COUNCIL CHAMBERS, I'D, I'D LIKE TO ALL, UH, TO INTRODUCE YOU TO DR. 
          RALPH TO FONZO, A PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AT UT HEALTH. 
          AND, UH, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF UT HEALTH'S TEXAS DIABETES INSTITUTE. 
          A LITTLE BACKGROUND, UM, THEY GAVE ME THE LONGEST LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS 
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EVER AND DR. 
          DEFONSO BECAUSE, UM, ALL OF US NEED TO GET HOME SOMETIME TONIGHT. 
          I'M NOT GONNA READ THE ENTIRE LIST, AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU ALL SOME HIGHLIGHTS. 
          UH, DR. 
          DE FRANZO COULDN'T GET INTO, UH, TRINITY UNIVERSITY, SO HE HAD TO GO TO YALE UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE IN BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, UH, BEFORE GOING TO HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. 
          FOLLOWING INTERNAL, UH, MEDICINE TRAINING AT JOHN HOPKINS, UM, COMPLETED FELLOWSHIPS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY, AND HE HOLDS THE JOE AND THERESA A LONZO, UH, LOSANO LONG DISTINGUISHED CHAIR IN DIABETES AND, UH, THE LONG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT UT MED, WHERE HE'S BEEN ON THE FACULTY SINCE 1988. 
          IN, UH, 1987, BEFORE THAT, HE RECEIVED THE LILY WARD FROM THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION. 
          IN 2002, THE SAME ASSOCIATION AWARDED HIM WITH THE ALBERT REYNOLDS AWARD, UM, FOR DISTINGUISHED, UH, AND REALLY AN AMAZING, UM, FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TOO, AND AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF TRAINING TO HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF YOUNG DIABETES INVESTIGATORS. 
          IN 2005, HE RECEIVED THE NOVARTIS AWARD, UM, WHICH IS A WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION FOR, UH, CONTRIBUTION TO, UH, DIABETES SCIENCE. 
          UM, AND HE'S ALSO, UH, THE AUTHOR OF 85 PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS. 
          85 SOUNDS LIKE A BIG NUMBER. 
          UM, AND, UH, IT'S NOT BECAUSE, UH, IT REALLY IS 850 ARTICLES, UM, AND PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEW JOURNALS. 
          UM, THE GOOD DOCTOR IS, UH, ALSO RECOGNIZED, UM, FOR, UH, BEING, UH, THE LEAD IN, UH, RESEARCH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW DRUGS AND TREATMENTS, UH, THAT ARE INTRODUCED IN THE US MARKET. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, UM, A DRUG CALLED DAAG GLY FLOWIN, DID I PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECTLY? IT'S OKAY. 
          YOU EVER HEARD OF DAAG GLY FLOWIN MARE? UH, THAT'S A BIG DEAL IN THE WORLD OF DIABETES. 
          I'M A TYPE TWO DIABETIC MYSELF. 
          UM, AND, UH, THE, THE GOOD DOCTOR, UH, ASIDE FROM SAVING LIVES IN SAN ANTONIO, HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED, UM, AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS IN THIS FIELD. 
          AND, UM, HE LAST YEAR GOT TO ATTEND A CEREMONY, NO, I'M SORRY, EARLIER THIS MONTH YOU GOT TO ATTEND A CEREMONY IN THAILAND, WHERE THE KING OF THAILAND AND THE QUEEN OF THAILAND IN THE ROYAL PALACE IN BA, UH, IN BANGKOK, AWARDED HIM THE PRINCE, UH, MAJAL AWARD. 
          UM, THIS AWARD IS PRESENTED TO A MEDICAL LUMINARY WHO'S HAD MAJOR SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAVE HAD A GLOBAL EFFECT ON SOCIETY. 
          AND IT'S A RECOGNITION ONCE MORE THAT DR. 
          DE FRANZI, A GIANT IN MEDICINE, IS A VERY, VERY SPECIAL ASSET TO US IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO, WILL YOU ALL HELP ME GIVE HIM THE CONGRATULATIONS THAT HE MERITS AND DOC, LET ME, UH, READ THE CITATION AND THEN I'LL TURN IT RIGHT OVER TO YOU. 
          THIS IS A CITATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, TO DR. 
          RALPH, A DE FRANZO PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          IN HONOR OF YOU BEING AWARDED THE 2022 PRINCE MAAL AWARD BY KING, UH, MAHA OF HIGHLAND ON JANUARY 26TH, 2023, THE PRINCE MAAL AWARD IS PRESENTED TO A MEDICAL LUMINARY WHO HAS MADE MAJOR SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAVE HAD A GLOBAL EFFECT ON SOCIETY. 
          AS COUNCIL MEMBER PALAIS SAID. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, PROUDLY CONGRATULATE DR. 
          FRANZO ON THIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND OFFER BEST WISHES FOR YEARS TO COME AND WITNESS. 
          AND, UH, AGAIN, I KNOW THAT YOU, YOUR CAREER IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING DOC. 
          YOU, YOU HAVE BIG PLANS ALREADY. 
          SO WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, THAT, THAT AWARD, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, IS CONSIDERED TO BE, UH, ONLY SECOND TO THE NOBEL PRIZE, UH, WHICH I HOPE, UH, EVENTUALLY WE'LL BRING, UH, HERE. 
          SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          UH, BUT SAN ANTONIO, OF COURSE, HAS A RICH HISTORY OF DIABETES. 
          UH, UH, WE HAVE A VERY LARGE HISPANIC POPULATION, UH, AND I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT, UH, GENES FOR DIABETES ARE ENRICHED IN THIS POPULATION. 
          WHAT PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE LARGEST, UH, CENTER, UH, THE TEXAS DIABETES INSTITUTE, WHICH IS ON ZZA MORRIS STREET, UH, FOR TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE WITH TYPE TWO DIABETES. 
          WE SEE 10,000 UNDUPLICATED, UH, PATIENTS, UH, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          AND THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE TEXAS DIABETES INSTITUTE, UH, IS A CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER, WHICH MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY IS THE NUMBER ONE CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER, NOT ONLY IN THE US BUT IN THE WORLD. 
          NOW, UH, YESTERDAY THERE WAS A, UH, AN ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, BY A VERY FAMOUS FOOTBALL PLAYER, UH, TOM BRADY. 
          UH, TOM BRADY, UH, HAS BEEN AROUND FOREVER, AND HE JUST, UH, ANNOUNCED HIS 
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RETIREMENT. 
          UH, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT IS NOT IN MY FUTURE. 
          UH, I AM THE LONGEST OLDEST FUNDED N I H INVESTIGATOR, 52 CONSECUTIVE YEARS. 
          UH, IT'S ALREADY A RECORD. 
          UH, I TOLD PRESIDENT HENDRICH AND, UH, DEAN ROMAS, UH, THAT THEY COULD COUNT ON ME BEING HERE FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS. 
          THAT WOULD BE 72 CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF N I H FUNDING. 
          THAT IS A RECORD THAT WILL OUTDO TOM BRADY. 
          IT WILL NEVER BE BROKEN. 
          AND I PLAN TO LEAVE IT, UH, AT THE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER. 
          AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CITATION. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          COMING DOWN AND GET A CITATION. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, BUT HE ALSO KNEW THAT, UM, THIS CITATION IS ONLY THIRD TO THE NOBEL PRIZE, SO IT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL. 
           OKAY, . 
          I'LL TRY. 
          BETTER IN THE FUTURE. 
          . 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH DR. 
          FRANZO, AND CONGRATULATIONS. 
          WE'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO FOR A RECOGNITION. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 
          TODAY I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE, MR. JOHN GUANA. 
          JOHN SERVES AS OUR DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND AS CO-CHAIR OF THE SAN ANTONIO VETERAN HOMELESSNESS WORKING GROUP. 
          AND JOHN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE YOUR WAY UP, UM, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOHN. 
          JOHN SERVED HIS COUNTRY AND IS A NAVY VETERAN WHO RETIRED FROM THE MILITARY IN 1981. 
          HIS SELFLESSNESS SHINES THROUGH WITH HIS DEDICATED COMMITMENT TO OUR DISTRICT FIVE COMMUNITY. 
          TODAY, JOHN HAS BEEN AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR DISTRICT FIVE OFFICE, ESPECIALLY OUR CONSTITUENT SERVICES STAFF. 
          ANYTIME WE HAVE REQUESTED HIS HELP TO AVOID, UH, TO AID RATHER VETERANS IN NEED, HE HAS PUT HIS EXPERTISE TO WORK. 
          JOHN CURRENTLY SERVES AS A SENIOR MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR WITH THE D H S SINCE DECEMBER, 2022. 
          AND PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT HAVEN FOR HOPE FOR SIX YEARS AND FOUR YEARS, WHICH, UM, YOU SERVED AS THE VETERANS, UH, SERVICE MANAGER. 
          AND I REMEMBER SEEING ONLINE A HAVEN FOR HOPE HONORING YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THANKING YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          I WAS LIKE, OH, NO, WHERE'S JOHN GOING? BUT THEN IT HIGHLIGHTED THAT YOU WERE, UH, MOVING ON TO WORK FOR THE CITY, AND I WAS LIKE, OH, YES, I'M, I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SERVE, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          NEEDLESS TO SAY, HE IS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT WHEN IT COMES TO VETERANS AND CONNECTING VETERANS WITH THE BENEFITS THAT THEY DESERVE. 
          UM, BUT MAYBE UNAWARE OF THAT WORK INCLUDES CONNECTING HOMELESS VETERANS WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING, HELPS CONNECT THEM TO SUBSIDIZED HOUSING, HEALTHCARE WITH THE VA, AND CONNECTING THEM TO RESOURCES BEYOND WHAT THE CITY HAS TO PROVIDE. 
          SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED WORK IN SUPPORTING OUR VETERANS IN SAN ANTONIO, YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED THE COUNTRY. 
          AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY SERVING THE COUNTRY, BUT CONTINUING TO SERVE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO, UH, SHARE ANY WORDS IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          THANK YOU, CASTILLO. 
          IT, I AM, I AM HUMBLED, REALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S JUST SUCH A HONOR TO SERVE VETERANS. 
          IT'S, AND IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO HELP THE HOMELESS VETERAN COMMUNITY AND ALL HOMELESS PEOPLE. 
          UM, I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVEN FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN MY EYES AND SEE THE ISSUES THAT VETERANS FACE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I'M GRATEFUL TO COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO FOR PUTTING ME ON THE BOARD WHERE EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE APPOINTED F FABULOUS VETERANS. 
          THAT THAT BOARD IS UNDER GENERAL AYALA THERE. 
          AND DEB, IT'S, IT IS JUST FANTASTIC. 
          WE'RE DOING GREAT WORK, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO PATRICK AND BRI FOR BRINGING ME ON WITH D H S WHERE I COULD CONTINUE TO SERVE. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOHN. 
          OUTSTANDING WORK. 
          NOW FINALLY OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY FOR SPECIAL RECOGNITION. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          WELL, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE TODAY, UH, A DISTRICT 10 RESIDENT, AND SHE IS A RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL FROM THE ARMY. 
          HER NAME IS, UH, HAZEL ZACKER. 
          UH, LAST YEAR WE HAD A HUGE BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR HER AT THE TOWERS, UH, RIGHT OUTSIDE THE BACK GATE OF FORT SAM WHEN SHE TURNED 100. 
          WELL, GUESS WHAT? SHE'S STILL GOING STRONG. 
          AND SHE JUST HAD HER HUNDRED AND FIRST BIRTHDAY. 
          UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HER THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE VERY FIRST WOMEN PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN THE ARMY WHEN THEY OPENED THE, THOSE RANKS TO WOMEN, UH, WAY BACK WHEN. 
          AND SHE MADE THAT MILESTONE AND SHE BECAME A LEADER IN THE NURSING COMMUNITY, IN THE ARMY. 
          UM, SHE SERVED AS A COMMANDER FOR THE ARMY, UM, 
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UH, HEALTH NURSE PROGRAM. 
          AND SHE WROTE A PAPER AND GOT APPROVED. 
          WAIT, UH, AGAIN, THIS GOES BACK IN HISTORY, BUT SHE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO STATION NURSES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCHOOLS, AND THAT GOT APPROVED, AND THAT HAS HELPED MANY, MANY CHILDREN OVER THE YEARS IN THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT, SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE WORLD. 
          SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZE HER TO LOOK AT, SHE'S, SHE'S GOING STRONG. 
          WHAT A, UH, SHE IS, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, LIVES OF THE PARTY THERE AT, UH, THE TOWERS AND, AND EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES HER AND, UH, WISHES HER WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          HAZEL, HAZEL, HAZEL, HAZEL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY AND A, A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 
          HAPPY HUNDRED AND FIRST TO, TO HAZEL OVER THERE IN TOWERS. 
          OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GET NOW INTO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS FOR TODAY. 
          AND, UH, OUTTA 
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COURTESY FOR FOLKS WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, I'M GONNA TAKE UP ITEM 10, BECAUSE THAT ONE'S JUST, UH, I THINK GONNA BE VERY QUICK. 
          SO IF WE CAN CALL UP ITEM 10, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE. 
          ITEM 10 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE UNITED STATES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT THE MILITARY SPOUSE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $150,000. 
          FUNDING IS FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 GENERAL FUND BUDGET. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, HONOR TO, UH, CALL UP GENERAL AYALA TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THIS PROGRAM THAT WE'VE HAD TO DATE AND TO, UH, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE MILITARY CITY U S A. 
          AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW WE SUPPORT OUR MILITARY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, GENERAL MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          JUST REAL QUICK, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A HISTORY OF OUR, UH, HIRING OUR HEROES MILITARY SPOUSE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 
          WHAT THE INTENT OF THE PROGRAM IS TO REDUCE A VERY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT FOR MILITARY SPOUSES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, NOT JUST HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HUGE FOOTPRINT HERE. 
          WE'RE THE LARGEST, WE HAVE THE LARGEST JOINT BASE IN THE DEPARTMENT, UH, OF DEFENSE. 
          AND WHAT IT IS, IS WE WANT TO CONNECT, UH, EMPLOYERS IN THE CITY TO INCLUDE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WITH QUALIFIED, UH, MILITARY SPOUSES AND GIVE THEM MEANINGFUL, MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT. 
          AND THE OBJECTIVE IS TO IMPROVE, OF COURSE, THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          BUT BEYOND THAT, UH, FAMILY DECISIONS. 
          AND I WAS IN THE MARINE CORPS FOR 36 YEARS. 
          UH, FAMILY DECISIONS ARE REALLY, UH, HINGED ON OUR FAMILIES, AND SO SPOUSES HAVE A BIG, UH, PART IN THAT DECISION. 
          UH, PROBABLY 99.9%, BUT THEY DO ENHANCE MILITARY READINESS. 
          THE INCREASE, UH, POST RETENTION, WHICH MEANS THAT WE WANT TO KEEP THESE VETERANS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          OUR 20 19 20 21 PILOT PROGRAM WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          WE WERE ONLY THE SECOND CITY IN THE UNITED STATES TO, UH, TAKE ON THIS PROGRAM. 
          UH, AND, UH, ONLY THE FIRST CITY IN TEXAS. 
          OTHER CITIES HAVE SEEN IT. 
          NOW, OTHER CORPORATIONS HAVE SEEN HOW SUCCESSFUL IT IS. 
          WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED AND LAUDED BY THE, THE LAST TWO SECOND LADIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
          AND SO, UH, I'M NOT GONNA READ THAT TO YOU, BUT IT'S RECEIVED FEDERAL RECOGNITION AND THE AVERAGE SALARY AND THE RETENTION RATE IS PRETTY HIGH. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO WE'RE CONTINUING THE PROGRAM. 
          I WANT TO THANK, UH, ERIC WALSH, OUR CITY MANAGER FOR ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM AND ALSO TO BRING ADDITIONAL SPOUSE, UH, HIRES INTO OUR CITY. 
          UH, BUT THERE'S A STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE TO THIS, WHICH I THINK IS, UH, GOES BEYOND HIRING THE SPOUSES, UH, SUPPORT OF MILITARY FAMILIES IS CONSIDERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AS A KEY COMPONENT OF BASING DECISIONS. 
          WHEN SPACE COMMAND CAME HERE, UH, TO LOOK FOR THE SURVEY TEAM, TO LOOK FOR HEADQUARTERS FOR SPACE COMMAND, THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IN THEIR CHECKLIST WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE 19 92, 19 93 BRACK. 
          UH, SAME THING. 
          THAT WAS A TANGIBLE, THAT WAS A QUESTION. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY LOOK AT WHEN THEY LOOK AT A BRACK. 
          THERE'S NO BRACK SCHEDULED, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS CUTS THAT ARE NOT IN A BRACK THAT THEY ALWAYS LOOK AT. 
          AND WE ALSO, I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          IT HIGHLIGHTS THE CITY'S INVESTMENT AND COMMITMENT, UH, TO OUR MILITARY FAMILIES, OUR MILITARY, AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE GOT WITH, UH, OUR MILITARY COMMUNITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, SO THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT THAT, UH, YOU'LL VOTE ON TODAY, UH, THE LOCAL PROGRAM MANAGER, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. 
          UH, I'M GONNA READ IT TO YOU, BUT THEY DO EXECUTE THE PROGRAM. 
          WE FUND IT, WE MONITOR IT, AND WE BUILD CONNECTIONS WITH INDUSTRY. 
          UH, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE THAT REALLY HELP US RUN THE PROGRAM. 
          IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          AS AGAIN, I SAID IT'S BEEN, UH, RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY. 
          TIM, UH, WILLER, UH, IS BACK HERE. 
          DEBBIE CLARK REALLY RUNS THE PROGRAM FOR US. 
          SHE'S DAY TO DAY AND MISS DA 
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DANIELLE LANGFORD, WHERE YOU AT, SHE RUNS IT FOR THE HIRING OUR HEROES. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US, UH, TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM. 
          I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER, YET ANOTHER TANGIBLE COMMITMENT OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S COMMITMENT AND, UH, INVESTMENT IN OUR MILITARY FAMILIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND WITH THAT, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 10. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VEO HDA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN, UM, PERRY FOR PULLING THIS ITEM. 
          THANKS TO GENERAL AYLA FOR YOUR AND YOUR TEAM, FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR OUR MILITARY MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          TODAY WE'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SUPPORT FOR SPOUSES. 
          UM, BUT IT'S ALL ONE BIG UNIT THAT NEEDS TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          UH, AND WE NEED TO, OF COURSE GIVE THEM AS MUCH SUPPORT AS WE CAN. 
          OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR SUPPORTING MILITARY SPOUSES AND ASSISTING WITH THEIR CAREERS AS THEY MOVE AROUND WITH THEIR MILITARY MEMBERS, SOMETIMES FROM STATE TO STATE. 
          THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS FOR MILITARY SPOUSES TO EARN, UH, $18 AN HOUR. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? UM, AS THEY WORK FOR COMPANIES BASED IN SAN ANTONIO, WE KNOW THAT MILITARY SPOUSE EMPLOYMENT IS AN ISSUE THAT'S DIFFICULT FOR OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL TO NAVIGATE, CAUSING SOME TO LEAVE THE MILITARY IN SOME CASES FOR CAREERS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR SO THEY, THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE THEIR SPOUSE'S, UH, JOBS. 
          THIS PROGRAM HELPS ALLEVIATE THAT, THIS ISSUE. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED, OUR MILITARY MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES DESERVE ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM, AND THIS IS A, A GREAT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER K HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND AS A PROUD RESIDENT OF MILITARY CITY, U S A I, UM, I WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR PULLING THIS ITEM. 
          I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT EARLIER TODAY. 
          UH, WE KNOW THAT SAN ANTONIO IS HOME TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO PROPOSED THIS PILOT PROGRAM BACK IN 2019. 
          AND IN PARTICULAR, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS THE, THE LEAD ON THAT. 
          I BELIEVE THAT SAN ANTONIO IS A CITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND MILITARY SPOUSE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IS AN EXAMPLE OF OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT TO OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS. 
          I ALSO SEE LORI STINSON HERE IN THE CROWD, AND I WANNA THANK YOU, LORI, FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT TO OUR MILITARY FAMILIES AND OF COURSE TO GENERAL AYALA, THE MILITARY, UH, UH, VETERANS AFFAIRS, UH, STAFF FOR THEIR WORK WITH, UH, TIM AND DEBBIE WHO ARE ALWAYS AROUND TO SUPPORT US. 
          THEY READILY SHARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO BETTER ENGAGE WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR DIVERSE MILITARY COMMUNITY AND THEIR NEEDS. 
          THIS PROGRAM MAY BE DESIGNED TO REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR MILITARY SPOUSES AND ENCOURAGE LOCAL EMPLOYERS TO HIRE THEM, BUT IT ALSO REMINDS MILITARY SPOUSES OF THE CRITICAL ROLE THEY PLAY WITHIN THEIR FAMILIES AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM IS GARDENING, FEDERAL RECOGNITION, AND OUR CITY SERVES AS A MODEL. 
          90% OF THE PARTICIPANTS ARE OFFERED EMPLOYMENT, AND THE AVERAGE SALARY IS OF $61,000. 
          I WANT TO THANK CITY STAFF AGAIN FOR PILOTING THIS PROGRAM FOR TWO YEARS AND CONTINUING THE PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR 2023. 
          I KNOW $150,000 FROM THE CURRENT BUDGET HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO CONTINUE THIS THROUGH A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT. 
          AND WITH THIS FUNDING, THE CURRENT GOAL IS TO SUPPORT 30 MILITARY SPOUSES. 
          SO I HOPE AS WE BEGIN THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, WE CONSIDER INCREASING THAT FUNDING. 
          THERE'S NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS WHO BEGAN THEIR MILITARY CAREERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND THEN CHOOSE TO MOVE BACK AND RAISE THEIR FAMILIES IN OUR CITY. 
          IN FACT, I HEAR A LOT OF THEM COME BACK TO RETIRE IN OUR GREAT CITY. 
          I BELIEVE EXPANDING THIS PROGRAM CAN HELP US ATTRACT MORE FAMILIES BECAUSE IT OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES TO MILITARY SPOUSES. 
          TO CONCLUDE, LET ME THANK AGAIN ALL THE LOCAL EMPLOYERS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM AND TO HELP, UH, AND WHO ARE MAKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS A SUCCESS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, WHEN I WAS READING ABOUT THE PROGRAM, IT, IT REALLY BROUGHT BACK TO MIND MY OWN SERVICE TIME. 
          I WAS MARRIED, UH, I TRAVELED WITH THE SERVICE TO DIFFERENT POSTINGS AND I BROUGHT MY FAMILY WITH US, AND IT WAS VERY CHALLENGING. 
          UH, MY WIFE WORKED BEFORE WE WERE MARRIED WHILE, WHILE WE WERE MOVING FROM ONE STATION TO ANOTHER. 
          UH, SHE ALWAYS TRIED TO FIND ADDITIONAL WORK. 
          UH, SHE JUST FELT IT, IT HELPED VALUE HER AS A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERY PERSON NOW, EVERY FAMILY NOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE MILITARY, PARTICULARLY TODAY, WHERE I THINK WOMEN ARE PLAYING A MUCH GREATER ROLE IN OUR ECONOMY. 
          UH, WE WANNA ENSURE THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY WHEN THEY GO FROM ONE CITY TO ANOTHER. 
          AND PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY COME HERE TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND, UH, I, I SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM. 
          I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE, UH, TAKING A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THAT, AND I HOPE EVERY FAMILY, UH, MILITARY FAMILY BENEFITS FROM OUR SUPPORT FOR THIS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, THANK YOU. 
          WHETHER IT'S A MAN OR A WOMAN PUTTING THEIR, UH, CAREER ON HOLD FOR THEIR, UH, SPOUSE WHO IS IN THE MILITARY, 
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UH, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND KNOW THAT IT'S A SACRIFICE. 
          AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE THE SAME INFLATION PROBLEMS, PROBABLY PROPERTY TAX PROBLEMS THAT WE ALL HAVE HAVE HERE IN THE SAN CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO I'M THANKFUL FOR THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN PERRY, WHO BACK IN 2019 CHAMPIONED THIS FOR THE CITY. 
          AND ITS, UH, VISION TO SEE THAT THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO PARTNER WITH THE UNITED STATES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION, UH, TO GET THIS DONE TO GENERAL AYALA AND HIS TEAM WHO CONTINUED TO MAKE THIS ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES. 
          ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP MAKE THAT WE ADDRESS THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES OR THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATES, WHICH I BELIEVE THIS PROGRAM DOES, HELPS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE PLUSES, IT HELPS OUR, UM, MILITARY FAMILIES. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS TODAY. 
          UM, HIRING OUR HEROES RECOGNIZES THAT MILITARY SPOUSES CAREERS ARE, UH, THEY DO TAKE A BREAK AND WHEN THEIR SPOUSE RETIRES, THEY WANT IT TO GET BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS GONNA ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU, UH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING THIS ON. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          I FAILED TO CALL UP ONE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT THAT, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. 
          SO LET ME CALL UP. 
          LORI HU UH, LORI STINSON, ARE YOU HERE? STILL? COME ON UP. 
          LORI. 
          LORI WAS THERE WHEN WE SIGNED THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, UM, AT SS A A WITH, UH, SECOND LADY PENCE AT THE TIME. 
          ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING VESTIGES OF BIPARTISANSHIP IS OUR CARE FOR OUR VETERANS. 
          LORI, THANK YOU FOR HELPING US STEWARD THIS. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS APPRECIATE YOU. 
          I FEEL ALL MY REMARKS HAVE BEEN TAKEN, SO THAT IS GOOD. 
          SO I'LL JUST PROVIDE SOME COMMENT THAT AS A, UH, MILITARY SPOUSE, I WAS AN ARMY SPOUSE FOR A LITTLE OVER 23 YEARS. 
          UM, I AM SO GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, UH, TO SUPPORT US TO MAKE MILITARY CITY NOT ONLY MILITARY FRIENDLY, BUT MILITARY INCLUSIVE. 
          UH, WE KNOW OUR SERVICES HAVE SOME RECRUITING CHALLENGES. 
          THESE, UM, ISSUES STEM FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND ENTICING A MILITARY SERVICE MEMBER TO WORK AND LIVE AND PLAY IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, WILL BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THEIR SPOUSE EMPLOYED AND HAVE A GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT AND A CAREER AND SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN CARRY ON EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T STAY HERE. 
          UH, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS VERY PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT AND SO HONORED, UH, THAT YOU ALL HAVE COMMITTED THIS. 
          UM, AND, UH, CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND CHALLENGING OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR INDUSTRIES TO JUMP ON BOARD, GET THESE MILITARY SPOUSES WORKING. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMITMENT. 
          UM, AND NOT ONLY WORD, BUT INDEED AND VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, LORI. 
          ALRIGHT, AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO, UM, JUAN AND, AND TIM, DEBORAH, EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM THAT HAS, UH, BEEN CAREFULLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FIRST OUT OF THE GATE WITH THESE BENEFICIAL PROGRAMS. SO, UH, WITH THAT THERE IS A MO MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 10. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE WILL 
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GO NOW TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. 
          ITEM NUMBER THREE IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NONPROFIT SOCIAL SERVICES. 
          PHASE TWO, SENIOR SERVICES, YOUTH SERVICES AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES COMBINE COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,150,000 AND AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS AND AMENDMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, ERIC, IS THERE A PRESENTATION? YES, SIR. 
          AND, AND, UH, JESSICA DOLINA FROM D H S AND JESSE HIGGINS, OUR CHIEF MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER, WILL BE GIVEN THE PRESENTATION. 
          I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT ONE THING, UH, THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE LAST SLIDE, UH, BASED ON THE COUNCIL CONVERSATION LAST WEEK AND OUR INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE. 
          UM, AND WE, UH, CHANGED, UM, UM, MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL THAT THE UNALLOCATED $3.7 MILLION GO BACK TO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND THEN BROUGHT BACK TO THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          IF YOU RECALL, IN LAST WEEK'S B SESSION, WE WERE PROPOSING, UH, A RECOMMENDING THAT WE GO INTO SUBSEQUENT SOLICITATIONS, UH, IN FEBRUARY THIS MONTH. 
          AND, UH, JUST GIVEN THAT THE PROCESS HAS WORKED VERY, VERY WELL IN TERMS OF HAVING THE COMMITTEES, UM, HASH OUT THE PLAN AND BRING IT BACK TO THE FULL COUNCIL, UM, THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION THIS MORNING. 
          SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JESSICA. 
          TODAY'S PRESENTATION OBVIOUSLY 
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IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED THAN LAST WEEK'S 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT THE, THE AGENCIES AND THE ACTUAL SERVICES AND OUTCOMES THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTRACTING FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          JESSICA, THANK YOU ERIC. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS JESSICA DOLINA, ASSISTANT HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR, AND AS ERIC MENTIONED TODAY WE ARE PRESENTING PROPOSED ARPA AWARDS FOR NONPROFITS, SENIORS, YOUTH AND MENTAL HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLANS. 
          FOLLOWING TODAY'S PRESENTATION, THE HUMAN SERVICES HEALTH AND FINANCE DEPARTMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE SOLICITATION AS WELL AS STAFF RECOMMENDED AWARDS. 
          SO SPECIFICALLY TODAY, WE ARE REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL OF STAFF FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AR P O AWARDS IN THESE FOUR CATEGORIES. 
          DURING THE PRESENTATION, WE WILL BE REVIEWING THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, OUR SOLICITATION PROCESS, AND FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS IN MORE DETAIL THAN WE PROVIDED LAST WEEK, AS WELL AS PROPOSED NEXT STEPS. 
          AS WE MENTIONED LAST WEEK, IMPLEMENTATION PLANS WERE DEVELOPED TO RESPOND TO THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT OF C OVID 19, AS WELL AS TO ASSIST AGENCIES AND RESIDENTS IN LONG-TERM RECOVERY. 
          COUNCIL FIRST ADOPTED THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, AND THEN PLANS WERE DEVELOPED FROM APRIL THROUGH JUNE WITH POLICY DIRECTION PROVIDED BY CHECK E W D C, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS INFORMED BY INPUT FROM A HUNDRED AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND STAKEHOLDERS. 
          COUNCIL COMMITTEES THEN APPROVED THESE PLANS IN AUGUST AND JUNE, AND COUNCIL ADOPTED THESE PLANS IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OF 2022. 
          FOLLOWING COUNCIL APPROVAL OF PLANS, D H S AND HEALTH AT THE, AT THE DIRECTION OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DID HOLD TARGETED INFORMATION SESSIONS IN SPECIFIC COUNCIL DISTRICTS FROM SEPTEMBER 6TH THROUGH THE EIGHTH. 
          WE THEN OPENED THE R F P ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, AND THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY A PRE-SUBMIT CONFERENCE AS WELL AS TWO TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SESSIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT AGENCIES UNDERSTOOD THE SCOPE OF THE, OF THE PROPOSAL ITSELF AND ALSO HAD ASSISTANCE. 
          IT IS THEY DEVELOPED THE APPLICATIONS TO SUBMIT IN RESPONSE TO THE R F P. 
          THE R F P THEN CLOSED ON OCTOBER 28TH. 
          AN EVALUATION SCORING WAS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER. 
          LAST WEEK WE PROVIDED A HIGH LEVEL BRIEFING ON STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE ARE REQUESTING YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR APPROVAL OF AWARDS. 
          SHOULD THE ITEM BE APPROVED TODAY, CONTRACTS WOULD BE SET TO BEGIN IN MARCH. 
          IN TOTAL, 40.2 MILLION WAS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SOLICITATION PROCESS. 
          AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, ONE OF OUR KEY GOALS WAS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD AN EQUITY FOCUS THAT WE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, AND WE DID THIS IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. 
          THE FIRST IS THAT WE FOCUSED ON UTILIZING THE EQUITY ATLAS TO NARROW DOWN AND DETERMINE SERVICE AREAS. 
          WE ALSO ASKED AGENCIES TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THE RESIDENTS THEY WERE PROPOSED TO SERVE AND THE AGENCIES THEMSELVES WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY C OVID 19. 
          IN ADDITION, WE LOOKED AT DEVELOPING A SIMPL SIMPLIFIED APPLICATION PROCESS AND REDUCING ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR SMALLER AGENCIES TO APPLY FOR FUNDING, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT OUR EVALUATION PANEL WAS DIVERSE. 
          SCORING FOR THIS PARTICULAR SOLICITATION WAS BASED ON A HUNDRED POINT SCALE, AND WE DID GIVE PRIORITY AND PREFERENCE TO SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS THOSE AGENCIES THAT COULD DEMONSTRATE COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION AND PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY. 
          BEYOND THE CONTRACT TERM EVALUATION, TEAM MEMBERS DID INCLUDE COMMUNITY FUNDERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND STAKEHOLDERS, POLICY EXPERTS, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS, AS WELL AS MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENT STAFF. 
          IN ADDITION, THROUGHOUT THESE CATEGORIES, WE DID HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING THOSE THAT WERE FORMERLY HOMELESS, OPPORTUNITY YOUTH, FOSTER CARE YOUTH, OLDER ADULTS, INFORMAL CAREGIVERS AND VETERANS AMONG OTHERS. 
          AND I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT, WE HAD 58 EVALUATORS THAT ASSISTED US IN REVIEWING, UM, MANY, MANY APPLICATIONS THAT INVOLVED A LOT OF HOURS IN LOOKING AT THE APPLICATIONS, HAVING DISCUSSION AS A COMMITTEE, UM, AND A LOT OF GROUNDWORK THAT THEY DID TO HELP US GET TO TODAY'S RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          WE DO HAVE SOME OF OUR EVALUATION, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT WERE ABLE TO JOIN US THIS MORNING. 
          I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF THEY COULD STAND SO THAT WE COULD ALSO RECOGNIZE, UH, THEIR HARD WORK AND HELPING CITY STAFF THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          SO IN TOTAL, WE HAD 97 AGENCIES THAT APPLIED FOR ROUGHLY $146 MILLION IN FUNDING AND STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING AWARDS TO 59 AGENCIES IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 36.4 MILLION. 
          AND THIS DOES REFLECT A MINIMUM AWARD OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR EACH OF THE AGENCIES THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. 
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I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS DEVELOPED BY STAFF BASED ON PANEL EVALUATIONS DO ADDRESS THE TARGETED C OVID 1919 IMPACT AREAS THAT WERE PRIORITIZED BY THE COMMITTEES AND ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL THROUGH THE R F P. 
          AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WE DID FOCUS ON TARGETED SERVICE AREAS. 
          THIS AGAIN, INCLUDED EQUITY INDEX SCORES OF, UH, AVERAGE OF SIX OR HIGHER IN SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE CITY, AS WELL AS RESIDENTS AND AGENCIES THAT WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY C OVID 19. 
          BASED ON COUNCIL DISCUSSION LAST WEEK, AND IN REVIEWING THE PROPOSALS, THIS CHART REFLECTS THE PROPOSED DISTRIBUTION OF CLIENTS TO BE SERVED BY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
           BASED ON EVALUATIONS, WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING FUNDING TO 38 AGENCIES, AND THIS IS DUE TO THREE PRIMARY REASONS. 
          THE FIRST WAS THAT WE HAD STRONG APPLICATIONS, BUT WE HAD INSUFFICIENT CA FUNDING IN THE CATEGORY UNDER WHICH THEY APPLIED THE SECOND. 
          IN SOME CASES, WE HAD LOW, UH, EVALUATION SCORES, SO IN PARTICULAR WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING FUNDING TO ANY PROPOSALS THAT SCORED BELOW 60. 
          AND LASTLY, THERE WERE A FEW PROPOSALS THAT DID NOT ADDRESS THE SCOPE OF WORK OF THE APPLICATION. 
          IN THE NONPROFIT SOCIAL SERVICES, PHASE TWO CATEGORY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS DO FULLY ALLOCATE THE 2.5 MILLION THAT WAS COMPETITIVELY, UH, SOLICITED THROUGH THE R F P, UH, TO 11 AGENCIES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING. 
          THIS PLAN FOCUSED ON TWO PRIMARY C OVID 19 IMPACT AREAS, DECREASED ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS INCREASED INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP NEEDS FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          EACH OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR FUNDING COLLECTIVELY ADDRESS THE PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES SOLICITED THROUGH THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA. 
          RELATED RELATED TO DEC UH, DECREASED ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR RESIDENTS, WE ARE RECOMMENDING FUNDING FOR FIVE AGENCIES TOTALING $1 MILLION COMBINED. 
          AND AGAIN, THESE PROGRAMS WILL FOCUS ON STABILIZING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT MAY BE UNDERGOING FINANCIAL CRISIS, AS WELL AS ASSISTING THEM TO IMPROVE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SECURITY. 
          A TOTAL OF 1.5 MILLION IS ALSO RECOMMENDED TO SUPPORT AGENCY FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. 
          THIS INCLUDES INVESTMENTS FOR NEW AGENCIES LIKE AID THE SILENT THAT ASSIST YOUTH WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS, AS WELL AS RECOMMENDING EXPANSION TO EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS NEW AND EMERGING NEEDS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE RESULTED FROM THE PANDEMIC. 
          RECOMMENDED AWARDS WILL SERVE A PROJECTED OF 20, PROJECTED 24,000 RESIDENTS THROUGH THE INITIATIVES. 
          AGAIN, FOCUSING ON EFFORTS THAT STABILIZE FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN FINANCIAL CRISIS AND EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS TOWARDS LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SECURITY. 
          THROUGH THESE SERVICES, 1200 WILL OBTAIN OR IMPROVE EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND 15,000 WILL HAVE INCREASED ACCESS TO SERVICES AND PROGRAMMING AS A RESULT OF TECHNOLOGY AND PROGRAMMING INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR AGENCIES. 
          IN THE SENIOR SERVICES CATEGORY 5 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED FOR COMPETITIVE FUNDING AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND INCLUDE 4.9 MILLION TO 13 AGENCIES. 
          IN THIS PLAN, WE HAD THREE FOCUSED C OVID 19 IMPACT AREAS. 
          THIS INCREASE, IT INCLUDED, UH, INCREASED SOCIAL ISOLATION FOR OLDER ADULTS, INCREASED FOOD AND RESOURCE INSECURITY, AND INCREASED RESPONSIBILITIES FOR INFORMAL AND UNPAID CAREGIVERS AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          COLLECTIVELY, OUR FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS PARTICULAR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN CATEGORY DO ADDRESS EACH OF THE PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES WE SOLICITED THROUGH THE R F P. 
          WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOUR AGENCIES TO ASSIST US IN DECREASING OLDER ADULT ISOLATION. 
          THESE RECOMMENDATIONS DO INCLUDE SOME NEW INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION ACCESS AND NAVIGATION FOR OLDER ADULTS, AS WELL AS A SENIOR CHATLINE TO CONNECT OLDER ADULTS TO PEERS. 
          IN TOTAL, 2 MILLION IS RECOMMENDED IN THIS PARTICULAR C OVID 19 IMPACT AREA, WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING FIVE AGENCIES TO IMPROVE FOOD AND RESOURCE INSECURITY FOR OLDER ADULTS THAT WAS EXACERBATED BY THE PANDEMIC STAFF. 
          RECOMMENDATIONS DO INCLUDE A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPAND THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK PROJECT HOPE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS FUND NEW INITIATIVES AND NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES. 
          AGAIN, A TOTAL OF 2 MILLION IS ALSO RECOMMENDED FOR THIS FUNDING CATEGORY. 
          STAFF ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING AWARDS TO FOUR AGENCIES TO FUND PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT INDEPENDENT LIVING, AS WELL AS CONNECTING CAREGIVERS TO RESOURCES AND RESPITE TO IMPROVE THE THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO OLDER ADULTS. 
          RECOMMENDED INVESTMENTS INCLUDE NEW PROGRAMS LIKE THE BUILDING CAREGIVER CONFIDENCE PROGRAM 
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THAT PROVIDES TARGETED DEMENTIA EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RESOURCES, AS WELL AS THE HOPE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO GRANDPARENTS THAT ARE CAREGIVERS. 
          THROUGH OUR RECOMMENDED INVESTMENTS IN OLDER ADULTS, 13,000 WOULD BE CONNECTED TO RESOURCES AND TOOLS TO IMPROVE THEIR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. 
          IN ADDITION, 18,000 RIDES WOULD BE PROVIDED TO CONNECT OLDER ADULTS TO APPOINTMENTS AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND SERVICES. 
          IN THE YOUTH SERVICES CATEGORY 9.9 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED FOR COMPETITIVE FUNDING AND THROUGH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS, WE ARE RECOMMENDING 9.7 MILLION TO 28 AGENCIES. 
          THE YOUTH SERVICES PLAN ADDRESSED FOUR PRIMARY C OVID 19 IMPACT AREAS WITH THE FIRST TWO FOCUSING ON A LACK OF ACCESS TO EDUCATION WORKFORCE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR THOSE THAT WE'RE TRANSITIONING OUT OF OR AT RISK FOR GANG INVOLVEMENT, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE. 
          PROPOSALS RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING IN THESE TWO AREAS ADDRESSED MOST OF THE PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES THAT WE OUTLINED IN THE R F P. 
          HOWEVER, WE DID NOT RECEIVE APPLICATIONS THAT SPECIFICALLY TARGETED PAID INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOSTER CARE YOUTH. 
          THE THIRD IMPACT AREA WITHIN THE YOUTH SERVICES IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOCUSED ON DECREASED ACCESS TO EDUCATION WORKFORCE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR OPPORTUNITY AND HOMELESS YOUTH. 
          AND THE FOURTH FOCUSED ON STEM, STEAM, AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT SCHOOL READINESS. 
          FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS IN THESE LAST TWO IMPACT AREAS DO FULLY ADDRESS THE PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES SOLICITED THROUGH THE R F P TO ASSIST YOUTH TRANSITIONING OUT OF OR AT RISK FOR GANG INVOLVEMENT. 
          WE ARE RECOMMENDING FUNDING TO FOUR AGENCIES. 
          THESE RECOMMENDATIONS DO EXPAND EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED PROGRAMMING SERVICES LIKE THE GOOD SAMARITAN COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM, AS WELL AS ONE CHURCH, ONE SOUL MINISTRY. 
          AND IN TOTAL WE'RE RECOMMENDING 750,000 IN AWARDS. 
          IN THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY, WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING THREE AGENCIES TO SERVE YOUTH AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE WITH EDUCATION, WORKFORCE TRAINING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. 
          RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS AREA SUPPORT BOTH NEW AND EXISTING PROGRAM EXPANSIONS WITH A TOTAL OF 1.8 MILLION PROPOSED FOR AWARD IN THIS IMPACT AREA TO SERVE OPPORTUNITY AND HOMELESS YOUTH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING EIGHT AGENCIES FOR FUNDING. 
          THESE AGENCIES ARE PROPOSING SPECIFIC TARGETED SERVICES THAT WOULD COMBAT BARRIERS THAT THESE YOUTH IN PARTICULAR FACE IN ACCESSING EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE SUCCESS. 
          THEY INCLUDE SALI MINISTRIES WHO HAS A HISTORY OF WORKING WITH YOUTH THAT HAVE JUSTICE, UH, INVOLVEMENT, AS WELL AS THE PRIDE CENTER THAT'LL USE FUNDING TO SUPPORT AN LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM AND RISE RECOVERY TO ASSIST YOUTH STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION ISSUES TOWARDS LONG-TERM SOBRIETY AND RECOVERY. 
          A TOTAL OF 2.7 MILLION IS RECOMMENDED FOR AWARD IN THIS PARTICULAR IMPACT AREA. 
          LASTLY, AN INVESTMENT OF 4.5 MILLION IS RECOMMENDED TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO STEM, STEAM AND ENRICHMENT FOR, FOR STUDENT SUCCESS. 
          RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE EXPANSION OF PROGRAMS CURRENTLY FUNDED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, INCLUDING THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES, AS WELL AS NEW PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES NOT PREVIOUSLY FUNDED, LIKE STEP INTO STEM AND AFTERSCHOOL CODING CLUB. 
          THESE PROGRAMS WOULD ASSIST STUDENTS IN GAINING PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE RELATED TO CODING AND STEM, AS WELL AS INCREASING INTEREST IN STEM CAREERS FOR THE FUTURE. 
          THROUGH RECOMMENDED YOUTH INVESTMENTS, NEARLY 10,000 YOUTH WILL BE PROVIDED WITH EDUCATION, WORKFORCE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES WITH A GOAL OF IMPROVING SOFT SKILLS, EDUCATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT, POST-SECONDARY ENROLLMENT AND COMPLETION, AS WELL AS WORKFORCE READINESS. 
          THIS DOES CONCLUDE MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, AND I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO JESSE HIGGINS TO REVIEW THE RECOMMENDED, UM, AREAS OF MENTAL HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND NEXT STEPS. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH PORTION OF THIS. 
          UH, R F P. 
          WE HAD TWO POINT OR 22.75 MILLION THAT WENT OUT IN COMPETITIVE FUNDING. 
          THE FIRST COVID IMPACT AREA THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IS TO ADDRESS INCREASED SOCIAL ISOLATION, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND SUICIDE IN SCHOOL AGED YOUTH FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS, SUPPORT AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THESE TARGETED C OVID 19 IMPACT AREAS. 
          BY ADDRESSING THESE TWO AREAS OF THE R F P, THERE WILL BE INCREASED ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH FOR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN AND YOUTH AGED 12 TO 19, AND INCREASED ACCESS FOR CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH INTELLECTUAL 
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AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. 
          FOR AGES 12 TO 19, WE ARE RECOMMENDING 16 AGENCIES FOR FUNDING, WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT THREE SLIDES. 
          YOU'LL SEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAMS SUCH AS ONE CHURCH, ONE SOUL MINISTRY, WHICH IS BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE, A NEIGHBORHOOD BASED ORGANIZATION BRINGING A SOCIAL WORKER IN TO DO THERAPY WITH THEIR CURRENT CLIENTS. 
          ART VAN GOGH, ART THERAPY FOR YOUTH AND FOSTER CARE OR YOUTH RECENTLY ADOPTED OUT OF FOSTER CARE. 
          ON THIS SIDE, YOU SEE AGENCIES LIKE LINGUA GIRLS INC. 
          AND POWERHOUSE SA, WHICH ARE ABLE TO USE THIS FUNDING TO BRING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO THE YOUTH THEY ALREADY SERVE IN THEIR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING. 
          AND ON THIS SIDE, THIS LAST SLIDE, SHOWING THE RECOMMENDED PROGRAMS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. 
          THERE ARE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS LIKE THE RISE INSPIRE ACADEMY, WHICH INTEGRATES SUBSTANCE USE, PEER SUPPORT INTO HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AT RISE RECOVERY AND SA YOUTH WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE COUNSELING FOR YOUTH WHO HAVE LEFT THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL SYSTEM AND ARE FINISHING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. 
          THE TOTAL RECOMMENDED FUNDING IN THIS CATEGORY IS $12.75 MILLION. 
          THE SECOND STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THIS COVID IMPACT AREA IS TO INCREASE ACCESS FOR CHILDREN ON A WAIT LIST TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS. 
          WE HAVE TWO AGENCIES RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING THE ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, WHICH IS ACOG AND THE AUTISM SERVICE CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO FOR A TOTAL OF $1.5 MILLION IN FUNDING. 
          THE SECOND C OVID 19 IMPACT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED IS THE INCREASED SOCIAL ISOLATION, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION IN OLDER ADULTS. 
          FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS AREA SUPPORT AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THESE TARGETED C OVID 19 IMPACT AREAS. 
          BY ENSURING THAT OLDER ADULTS HAVE INCREASED AWARENESS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS AND ACCESS TO SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, THEY'RE ABLE TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OLDER ADULTS BY MITIGATING SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL ISSUES IN ISOLATION AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CARE PROVIDED BY CAREGIVERS. 
          THERE ARE SEVEN AGENCIES RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING IN THIS AREA. 
          THESE AGENCIES EXPAND EXISTING PROGRAMS LIKE THE, LIKE WHAT WILL BE ABLE TO HAPPEN AT THE Y M C A AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BASED PROGRAMS LIKE THE MADONNA CENTER AND THE HOPE CENTER. 
          THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS SERVICE AREA TOTAL TO $2.5 MILLION. 
          THE THIRD COVID IMPACT AREA AND THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS THE INCREASED HOMELESS POPULATION WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE CONCERNS, FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS, SUPPORT AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THE TARGETED C OVID 19 AREAS BY THE FOLLOWING, STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE AND HOUSING RESOURCES FOR HOMELESS VETERANS, AND TO INCREASE ACCESS TO SERVICES FOR YOUTH AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. 
          THERE ARE FOUR AGENCIES RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING IN THIS AREA. 
          AGENCIES LIKE THE AMERICAN GI FORUM, WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO EXPAND ITS OUTREACH TO VETERANS AND THE THROUGH PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE HOUSING PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG ADULTS WITH A HISTORY OF FOSTER CARE. 
          THE RECOMMENDED PROGRAMS IN THIS AREA TOTAL $2.56 MILLION THROUGH TARGETED OUTREACH INTO THE AREAS WITH THE EQUITY ATLAS SCORE OF SIX OR HIGHER. 
          THESE COVID IMPACT AREAS WILL BE ADDRESSED BY RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES. 
          AN ESTIMATED OF 12,000 RESIDENTS WILL RECEIVE SERVICES. 
          YOUTH SERVED BY THESE AGENCIES WILL REPORT A DECREASE IN DEPRESSION, INCREASED WELLBEING, INCREASED KNOWLEDGE OF RESOURCES. 
          FAMILIES ON THE WAIT LIST FOR AN I D D DIAGNOSIS FOR THEIR CHILDREN WILL SEE A DECREASE IN THE WAIT LIST, IMPROVED SERVICE ACCESS AND INCREASED WELLBEING FOR THEIR FAMILIES. 
          AN ESTIMATED 22,000 OLDER ADULTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO AN ONLINE NAVIGATION SYSTEM OF RESOURCE AND YOUTH AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE AND VETERANS WILL HAVE IMPROVED HOUSING STABILITY, ACCESS TO GROUP THERAPY AND COUNSELING AND COUNSELING, AND BE ENGAGED IN SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT. 
          HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WILL IMPLEMENT A STANDARDIZED CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING SYSTEM ACROSS IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, WHICH INCLUDES PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT TIE TO EQUITABLE OUTCOMES BY C OVID 19 IMPACT AREA QUARTERLY ONLINE PERFORMANCE REPORTING AND DIGITAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOPS, A DIGITAL DASHBOARD WHICH WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AND ANNUAL ONSITE VISIT AND DESK REVIEWS. 
          TODAY WE RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL APPROVES THE AWARDS TO 59 AGENCIES FOR A TOTAL OF $36.4 MILLION. 
          WE RECOMMEND THAT THE UNALLOCATED $3.7 MILLION GO BACK TO CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE FOR DISCUSSION. 
          THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. 
          WE ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE MANY FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY 
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ON ITEM NUMBER THREE BEFORE WE GET TO COUNCIL DELIBERATION AND JUST, UH, FOR YOUR BENEFIT, UH, EVERYONE SIGNED UP WILL BE CALLED UP IN ORDER OF SIGN UP. 
          I'LL CALL THE FIRST NAME ON THE LIST AND I'LL CALL THE PERSON AFTER YOU JUST SO YOU CAN BE READY TO COME FORWARD AND WE CAN KEEP THIS MOVING, UH, EFFICIENTLY. 
          UH, INDIVIDUALS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND FOLKS WHO ARE HERE AS A GROUP COULD HAVE UP TO NINE MINUTES. 
          UH, WELL FIRST ITEM, EXCUSE ME. 
          FIRST PERSON SIGNED TO SPEAK IS KAYLA CARTER AND MS. CARTER, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ANGELA WHITE. 
          HI, KAYLA. 
          IF IF THERE'S ANYBODY WITH YOU TO SEED TIME TO YOU AS A GROUP, LET ME KNOW NOW AND THEN WE'LL ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WELL, GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, MY NAME IS KAYLA CARTER AND I'M THE FOUNDER AND C E O OF FOR HER REPRESENTING TODAY WITH OUR TEAM. 
          UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, LAST WEEK WE RECEIVED NOTICE THAT OUR ARPA APPLICATION UNDER NONPROFIT AND SOCIAL SERVICES HAD BEEN DENIED. 
          UM, THE SUBCATEGORY OF MENTAL HEALTH COLLABORATION, WHICH WE APPLIED FOR, WHICH WAS NOT MENTIONED TODAY, UH, SPECIFICALLY SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESSING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN BEXAR COUNTY WHERE COVID TO 19 HAS EXACERBATED EXISTING CONDITIONS. 
          AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, WOMEN IN SAN ANTONIO HAVE A HIGHER RATE OF RAPE AND MURDER BY MALE PARTNERS, LOWER RATES OF COLLEGE COMPLETION, WIDER EARNING GAPS AND LOWER EARNING LEVELS THAN WOMEN IN OTHER MAJOR TEXAS CITIES SUCH AS DALLAS, HOUSTON, AND AUSTIN. 
          ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT STATUS OF WOMEN REPORT, NOW MORE THAN EVER, WOMEN IN SANTO IN SAN ANTONIO REQUIRE THE ESSENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES THAT FOR HER PROVIDES FUNDING FROM ARPA, FOR OUR ORGANIZATION WILL LEAD WOMEN OUT OF ISOLATION AND INTO COMMUNITIES THAT EMPOWER AND SUPPORT THEM. 
          WE ARE ADDRESSING THE ONGOING MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF WOMEN IN SAN ANTONIO AT A TIME WHEN MENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY HAVE DETERIORATED. 
          FOLLOWING C OVID 19 FOR HER PROVIDES ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR TEEN MOTHERS, FOSTER AGING YOUTH OUT OF THE SYSTEM, MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY MIGRANTS, WOMEN WHO FALL BELOW THE POVERTY LINE, SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE, AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN. 
          OUR ORGANIZATION PROVIDES INDIVIDUAL LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING, GROUP THERAPY, PEER SUPPORT GROUPS, ONE-ON-ONE ADVOCACY AND EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS THAT BUILD RESILIENCE, IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND PREVENT FUTURE CRISES, ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION. 
          TODAY WE ASK FOR YOU TO CONSIDER TO DISTRIBUTE OUR REQUEST, WHICH WAS FOR $246,000, UM, OF THE UNASSIGNED ARPA FUNDING TO, FOR HER SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND HELP WOMEN THRIVE. 
          WE ALSO ASK FOR STRONGER ACCOUNTABILITY TO ENSURE THAT, UH, SMALL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS FOR HER, HAVE A FAIR, UH, ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY TO THE C CITY'S, UH, RESOURCES. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU, MS. CARTER. 
          ANGELA WHITE, FOLLOWED BY CHARLES SATTERWHITE. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS ANGELA WHITE. 
          I'M THE PRESIDENT AND C E O OF CHILD ADVOCATE SAN ANTONIO, KNOWN AS CASA. 
          ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD STAFF AND OVER 600 CASA VOLUNTEER ADVOCATES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE OVER 1400 CHILDREN WE SERVE ANNUALLY IN OUR FOSTER SYSTEM, WE NEED TO SERVE DOUBLE THAT NUMBER. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR MAKING CHILDREN IN CARE A PRIORITY WITH THE APA FUNDING. 
          SERVING THESE CHILDREN IS THE EARLIEST FORM OF PREVENTION OF NEXT GENERATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SUBSTANCE MISUSE, HOMELESSNESS, AND SO MUCH MORE. 
          THIS GRANT WILL ALLOW US TO REACH MORE VOLUNTEERS AND CREATE DEEPER EQUITY OF OUR VOLUNTEERS BEING CULTURALLY ALIGNED WITH THOSE WE SERVE. 
          I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN HAVADA AND COUNCILWOMAN RE FOR CHAMPIONING, CHAMPIONING THESE CHILDREN'S VOICES THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          WE NEVER LET ANYBODY FORGET THAT THEY ARE WORTH THE INVESTMENT AND THESE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE DONE THAT. 
          I'M A FOSTER CHILD. 
          I'M DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE THIS MIGHT WELL BE THE LARGEST INVESTMENT FOR A MUNICIPALITY IN TEXAS THAT'S EVER BEEN DEDICATED TO SERVING CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE. 
          I ALSO 
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WISH TO THANK CITY MANAGER ERIC WELCH, DEPUTY CITY, CITY MANAGER, MARIA, VAL VILLA GOMEZ, AND ALL OF THE CITY STAFF FOR THEIR TIRELESS WORK IN MAKING THIS DAY A REALITY FOR NON-PROFITS. 
          IT'S SUCH YOU CAN'T PLEASE ALL THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME, AND MY HEART HURTS FOR OTHERS. 
          BUT AT, AT CASSA, THIS FUNDING WILL BE TRANSFORMATIVE. 
          AND FOR OUR CLOSE PARTNER AGENCIES THROUGH PROJECT TEXAS GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN, SHOUT OUT MERCEDES, BIG MAMA'S SAFE HOUSE AND CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER, AND MANY, MANY MORE. 
          IT'S LIFE CHANGING. 
          I WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND AND RELAY A MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE FROM MARIAN SOCAL WHO HAS SUFFERED A PERSONAL LOSS AND CANNOT BE HERE FROM CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER. 
          THEY WILL USE ARPA FUNDING TO PROVIDE EXTENDED MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR THEIR TEENAGERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          AS OUR COUNTRY RECOVERS FROM THE PANDEMIC, CHILDREN EXPERIENCING THE FOSTER SYSTEM HAVE OFTEN BEEN OVERLOOKED. 
          TODAY, CASA CAN SAY THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO STOOD UP, STOOD NEXT TO THEM, AND RECOGNIZED THEIR WORTH IN THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          MY REQUEST IS TO PLEASE APPROVE THE UPPER PLAN AS STATED SO WE CAN SERVE OUR COMMUNITY BY DISTRIBUTION OF THESE FUNDS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. WHITE CHARLES SATTERWHITE, FOLLOWED BY ADA SCIENCE. 
          ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING. 
          HOW EVERYBODY DOING? ALRIGHT. 
          UM, MY NAME IS CHARLES SATELLITE. 
          I'M THE FOUNDER OF SAN ANTONIO RISING STARS. 
          TODAY I COME TO YOU AS A FATHER AND AS A C E O OF SAN ANTONIO RISING STARS. 
          WHEN Y'ALL FIRST BROUGHT THIS GRANT TO US, IT IT GAVE US HOPE. 
          SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          IT GAVE US HOPE BECAUSE Y'ALL SAID THAT SMALL BUSINESSES WILL BE ABLE TO STAND OUT ON OUR OWN AND HELP OUR COMMUNITY. 
          FOR THE PEOPLE THAT GOT GR UH, FUNDED, I DON'T SEE 90% OF 'EM IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, Y'ALL SAY Y'ALL TARGET AREAS WHERE CRIME IS COMMITTED. 
          WELL, MY SON WAS JUST MURDERED IN THAT AREA OF AUGUST OF LAST YEAR. 
          SO I SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE FRUSTRATING, YOU KNOW, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE DOING THE WORK IN THE COMMUNITY FAR AS, UH, WORKING WITH, UH, WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, UH, I WAS JUST FUNDED FROM THE, UH, CITY, UH, CRIME PREVENTION, YOU KNOW, AND WITH THAT FUNDING, WHAT I DID WAS I DID SOMETHING THAT FINNA MAKE HISTORY. 
          I PARTNERED WITH SAN ANTONIO RISING, I MEAN, UH, SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION, SAN ANTONIO, AFRICAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION, UH, THE Y M C A, UM, A HUNDRED BLACK MEN. 
          WE ALL COMING TOGETHER TO BRING A, A BASKETBALL LEAGUE, BUT IT'S MORE THAN A BASKETBALL LEAGUE FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY IN THIS BASKETBALL LEAGUE, THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE PROGRAMS. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO PLAY IN THIS, UH, LEAGUE. 
          AND, UM, ALSO, I JUST, UH, IT'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          WE PARTNER WITH THE, UH, SS A P D, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS WORLD WITH, UH, WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT YOUNG MAN. 
          WE TRY TO DO PREVENTION, YOU KNOW, UH, I PARTNER WITH, UH, CHIEF, UH, THE CHIEF OF POLICE, AND, YOU KNOW, WE COME TOGETHER TO, UH, FOR A SOLUTION FOR PREVENT FOR PREVENTION. 
          UM, SO YEAH, I'M, I'M A LITTLE FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW, SO WHEN I, AS I'M SPEAKING, BUT, UH, I, I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, I THINK YOU SHOULD RECONSIDER, UH, WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLE AND WHAT OTHER SMALL, SMALL ORGANIZATIONS BRING TO THE TABLE. 
          YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE LOSING OUR KIDS, WE LOSING THEM, AND WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT CHILD ASSISTANCE. 
          SO I ASK THAT Y'ALL COME TOGETHER, RELOOK THIS AND, UH, THINK ABOUT FUNDING US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SATTERWHITE. 
          ADA SIGNS FOLLOWED BY A Z S C RENO. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS ADA SIGNS WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          I WANNA EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND EVALUATION PANEL MEMBERS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS PROCESS. 
          I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY AND EVALUATION CRITERIA AND CLEA CLEAR PRE PREREQUISITES UTILIZED TO MAKE THESE DIFFICULT DECISIONS. 
          SECONDLY, I WANNA EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR THE IMMENSE DEDICATION AND HARD WORK. 
          OUR NONPROFIT SECTOR HAS POURED INTO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          WE ARE READY TO RECEIVE THE RECOVERY FUNDING INTENDED TO ASSIST OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS MOST 
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NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, RECOVERY EFFORTS STARTED LONG AGO. 
          BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN ANTONIO SERVES 4,000 INNER CITY YOUTH FROM THE EAST SIDE, THE SOUTH SIDE, AND THE WEST SIDES OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          OUR CLUBHOUSES SERVE YOUTH FROM ZIP CODES WITH THE HIGHEST EQUITY ATLAS INDEX OF 10 FOR DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT. 
          AND OUR DOORS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY OPEN SINCE THE ONSET OF C OVID 19 FOR THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN, INCLUDING VIRTUAL LEARNING SUPPORT, FOOD INSECURITIES, AND HEALTH, ACADEMIC TUTORING, READING PROFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT, CLOSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AND WORKFORCE READINESS, RESILIENCY BUILDING, AND NOW MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. 
          YOUNG LEADERS WHO ATTEND OUR PROGRAMS SIT ON THE SA YOUTH COMMISSION DIRECTLY VOICING THEIR NEEDS IN THIS POST COVID REALITY, PARTICULARLY AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS, WHICH HELPED GUIDE FUNDING PRIORITIES FOR THESE ARPA DOLLARS. 
          THE WORK OF YOUTH SERVING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, IS CRITICAL TO THE WELLBEING OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN BREAKING THE CYCLE OF GENERATIONAL POVERTY AND RACIAL DISPARITIES, AND PROVIDES THE RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH TO REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND BECOME THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I FULLY SUPPORT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUNDING AND REQUEST A YES VOTE TODAY TO GET THIS ASSISTANCE TO OUR CITIZENS WHO TRULY NEED IT WITHOUT DELAY. 
          THE OUTCOME OF THIS FUNDING REQUEST HIGHLIGHTS THE IMMENSE NEED THAT EXISTS IN OUR CITY. 
          THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN ANTONIO IS FULLY COMMITTED TO WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS, CITY OFFICIALS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO FURTHER THE WORK OF THIS RECOVERY EFFORT AND CLOSE THE EQUITY GAP THAT HINDERS TOO MANY OF OUR KIDS IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MS. SIGNS ASIA SNO, FOLLOWED BY LAUREN FERRERO. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS ASIA VINNO AND I'M PROUD TO SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT AND C E O OF THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER. 
          THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER, ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY STAFF FOR YOUR COUNTLESS HOURS OF WORK AND INTENTIONAL WORK ON DISTRIBUTING OUR P DOLLARS. 
          WE UNDERSTAND HOW RIGOROUS THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE. 
          WE'VE WALKED ALONGSIDE YOU FOR THIS PAST YEAR. 
          THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR NONPROFIT BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO ARE IN THE HOUSE STANDING TOGETHER FOR OUR CHILDREN IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE ARE HERE TO SHOW SOLIDARITY AND EXPRESS OUR FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SERVE CHILDREN IN CRISIS ACROSS ALL DISTRICTS. 
          THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING OUR AGENCY TO HELP SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM IN NEED OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. 
          THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER HAS BEEN SERVING CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM NEGLECT AND ABUSE SINCE 1901. 
          BESIDES PERMANENCY MENTAL HEALTH IS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN FACING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. 
          TODAY, COVID HAS INCREASED THE NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT BY 31% IN CHILDREN 12 TO 17, AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS INCREASED BY 39%. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE FACING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY IN CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH. 
          WE URGE YOU TO VOTE YES IN SUPPORTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          WE MUST DISTRIBUTE THESE FUNDS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          EQUITY DELAYED IS EQUITY DENIED. 
          OUR COMMUNITY IS SUFFERING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO IF WE DO NOT ACT NOW. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR OUR CHILDREN IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU, MS. VINNO. 
          LAUREN FERRERO, FOLLOWED BY LEAH ROSENAU. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR NUREMBERG AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS LAUREN FERRERO AND I AM HERE TO SPEAK AS A PRIVATE RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT, AS WELL AS CHAIR OF THE CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS LOCATED IN DISTRICT ONE. 
          MY COMMENTS TODAY RELATE TO NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA. 
          AS MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR ORGANIZATION, THE CENTER HAS SERVED THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY FOR OVER 25 YEARS WITH THE MISSION OF FOSTERING HEALING FOR GRIEVING YOUTH, THEIR FAMILIES, AND OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THROUGH PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS, COUNSELING, TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH, WE HAVE GROWN FROM ONE FREE PEER SUPPORT GROUP SERVING 19 FAMILIES IN 1997 TO 12,716 THERAPEUTIC ENCOUNTERS IN 2022 ALONE. 
          THIS IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER ON RECORD. 
          WHILE THESE STATISTICS INDICATE THE STAGGERING NEED FOR GRIEF SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE THANKFUL TO EMPLOY EXPERT GRIEF COUNSELORS WITH BIG HEARTS AND A GRIEF SERVICES MODEL KNOWN THROUGHOUT 
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THE COUNTRY FOR ITS EFFECTIVE TREATMENT. 
          OUR EXCEPTIONAL STAFF IS WITHOUT COMPARISON IN THEIR EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY'S TINIEST MEMBERS IN OVERCOMING THE IMAGINABLE. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO EXPAND OUR PROGRAMMING TO ENSURE ACCESS TO THESE CRITICAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR SAN ANTONIO'S GRIEVING CHILDREN. 
          AS THE SOLE PROPRIETOR, SOLE PROVIDER OF GRIEF SUPPORT SERVICES FOR CHILDREN IN SOUTH TEXAS, WE OPERATE WITH A SINGULAR FOCUS OF ADDRESSING THE BEREAVEMENT NEEDS OF CHILDREN FROM EVERY CULTURE AND SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCE IN A WARM AND INVITING ENVIRONMENT. 
          THE CENTER, WHICH CLOSELY RESEMBLES A HOME SETTING RATHER THAN A CLINICAL ATMOSPHERE, IS OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AT NO COST TO CLIENTS. 
          EACH NEW CHILD RECEIVES A TEDDY BEAR AS A TRADITIONAL ITEM FOR THE BEGINNING OF THEIR THERAPY SESSIONS, WHICH ALSO SERVES AS A REMINDER THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE IN THEIR JOURNEY THROUGH GRIEF. 
          DINNER IS SERVED PRIOR TO NIGHTLY GROUP SESSIONS SO FAMILIES CAN FOREGO WORRYING OVER ANOTHER MEAL AND CAN CONNECT WITH OTHER FAMILIES FROM SIMILAR SITUATIONS. 
          AS MANY OF YOU OR YOUR STAFF HAVE PREVIOUSLY TOURED THE CENTER, WE KINDLY EXTEND THE INVITATION TO EACH OF YOU TO VISIT OUR EXPANDED FACILITIES SO THAT WE CAN CONNECT AND SHARE OUR SUCCESS STORIES WITH YOU. 
          AND AS ALWAYS, WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR TRUST IN US. 
          IF YOU HAVE MADE REFERRALS FOR YOUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS, FOR CONSTITUENTS IN NEED OF SERVICE, WE ARE ALSO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR THOUGHTS, PRAYERS AND SYMPATHIES. 
          OVER THE PAST WEEK, AS OUR C E O MARIAN SOCAL IS ENDURING A LOSS OF HER OWN. 
          AS THE DEMAND FOR OUR SERVICES CONTINUES TO GROW, WE HAVE RESPONDED BY ADDING, ADAPTING, AND IMPROVING OUR PROGRAMS TO FULLY MEET THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN LIVING WITH GRIEF. 
          WE SERVE 2,200 UNDUPLICATED CHILDREN AND CAREGIVERS LAST YEAR, REPRESENTING A 28 INCREASE IN CLIENTS SERVED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR AND DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF THREE TO FIVE YEAR OLDS IN OUR PROGRAM. 
          THE CURRENT SOCIETAL ENVIRONMENT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE SHARP RISE OF COMMUNITIES, CHILDREN HAVING EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF A LOVED ONE DUE TO SUICIDE OR HOMICIDE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          OKAY, LEAH ROSENAU, MS. ROSENAU, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY DON WHITE FICK. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS LEAH ROSENAU AND I HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE PRESIDENT AND C E O OF GIRLS INC. 
          OF SAN ANTONIO, WHERE WE INSPIRE ALL GIRLS TO BE STRONG, SMART, AND BOLD. 
          . 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS MORNING. 
          I WANNA THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL FOR THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, TIME, COMMITMENT, MONTHS OF PLANNING AND COMMUNICATION, ASKING THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS, AND TRUSTING THAT GIRLS INC. 
          ALONG WITH MANY OTHER OF MY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, COLLEAGUES CAN SHARE AND TRUST US IN OUR RECOVERY AND GROWTH. 
          WHILE NO PROCESS IS PERFECT, FURTHER DELAY CAN ONLY HARM THE VERY PEOPLE. 
          THESE FUNDS WERE INTENDED TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND OUR OWN EXPERIENCES. 
          SHOW US THAT GIRLS AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC. 
          BOTH HIGH QUALITY YOUTH PROGRAMMING AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT ARE KEY COMPONENTS OF OUR EQUITABLE RECOVERY STRATEGY. 
          I AM HONORED TO BE PART OF THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          I KNOW OF NO OTHER CITY, AND I ASK MY COLLEAGUES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY I KNOW OF NO OTHER CITY, WHERE THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY WORKS TOGETHER, SHARES A PASSION AND COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING EACH OTHER AND TO PROVIDE SERVICES WHEREVER THE NEED MAY BE. 
          A RPA FUNDING ALONE. 
          WE KNOW THIS WILL NOT SOLVE THE MANY NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I GUARANTEE THAT TOGETHER WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS PROCESS AND IMPROVE THE OUTCOMES FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS. 
          WHAT YOU SEE HERE TODAY, AND THE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY, WHAT YOU SEE ARE DEDICATED, PASSIONATE LEADERS READY TO BE PARTNERS WITH YOU, WITH THE STAFF, WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SOLVE THESE CRITICAL ISSUES. 
          I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE. 
          IN FAVOR OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS PRESENTED. 
          THANK YOU, MS. ROSENAU, DAWN WHITE FICK, MS. WHITE. 
          YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY O'LEARY. 
          MY NAME IS DAWN 
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WHITE FICK AND I'M THE PRESIDENT AND C E O OF CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY OR CAM. 
          CAM IS A LOCAL 45 YEAR OLD NONPROFIT THAT SERVES VERY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY, REALLY IN ANY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          IN FACT, WE LIKE TO CALL OURSELVES THE EMERGENCY ROOM OF SOCIAL SERVICES. 
          NO ONE MUST PROVE THEY'RE WORTHY OR MEET ANY KIND OF DEMOGRAPHIC TYPE OF RECOMMENDATION. 
          THEY CAN WALK IN THE DOORS AND THEY CAN GET IMMEDIATE HELP. 
          AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, DURING THE PANDEMIC, OUR SERVICES WERE NEEDED EVEN MORE, UM, GREATLY THAN EVER BEFORE. 
          AND WE WENT FROM SERVING AROUND 50,000 PEOPLE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO NOW 90,000 PROVIDING FOOD, CLOTHING, AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AS WELL AS DEVELOPING AN ENTIRE PROGRAM THAT FOCUSED ON THE UNSHELTERED STREET HOMELESS. 
          TO BE TRANSPARENT, CAM IS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WAS SELECTED, RECEIVED SOME FUNDING FROM THE ARPA GRANT PROCESS. 
          I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT. 
          UM, IT WAS A VERY RIGOROUS PROCESS AND WE DID ALL OF THIS WORK FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS WITH NO CITY FUNDING AND WITHOUT ANY PROMISE OF RECEIVING IT. 
          BUT WHEN THE ARPA DOLLARS BECAME AVAILABLE, NOT ONLY TO, UM, MY ORGANIZATION, BUT OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT WE, UM, FELT THE NEED TO APPLY FOR THIS KIND OF FUNDING AND SEEK IT IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE GREAT NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AS I SAID BEFORE, UM, I DO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST BECAUSE WE WERE SELECTED, BUT I AM HERE REALLY TO RECOMMEND THAT A VOTE FOR YES WILL OCCUR TODAY. 
          AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE NEED IS GREAT. 
          IT'S SO EVIDENT BY THESE APPLICATIONS AND THE MANY NONPROFITS THAT WEREN'T SELECTED, THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT WERE UM, ASKED FOR ON THE TABLE, THAT THE NEED IS GREAT. 
          AND IT IS TIME FOR US TO GET THESE DOLLARS INTO OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT MORE IS NEEDED AND WE CAN NO LONGER DELAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND THE CITY STAFF'S WORK ON THIS, AND I APPRECIATE THIS CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. WHITE ICK, ASHLEY O'LEARY, FOLLOWED BY AVITA. 
          MAUREEN. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS ASHLEY O'LEARY. 
          I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR DEBORAH'S HOUSE AT CORTISONE MINISTRIES. 
          I'M ACCOMPANIED BY OUR DIRECTOR FOR HARM REDUCTION AS WELL. 
          SO AT DEBORAH'S HOUSE, OUR MISSION SUPPORTS WOMEN WHO HAVE COMPLETED AN INPATIENT PROGRAM FOR THEIR ONGOING RECOVERY FROM THE DISEASE OF ADDICTION BY PROVIDING A SAFE, SOBER, LIVING HOME, SPIRITUAL MENTORING, AND THE MODELING OF LIFE SKILLS FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUCCESS. 
          WE ARE A DEPARTMENT OF CORONE SAN ANTONIO, FOUNDED IN 1999, CORONE SAN ANTONIO OPERATES IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO, SERVING OUR HOMELESS AND MARGINALIZED NEIGHBORS BY PROVIDING A DAY CENTER AND RESOURCE HUB, MEDICAL CLINIC, HARM REDUCTION, OUTREACH, HOUSING, CASE MANAGEMENT, HOT MEALS, CLOTHING, WARM SHOWERS, HYGIENE KITS, ACCESS TO RECOVERY GROUPS, AND SPIRITUAL SERVICES AND SOBER LIVING ENVIRONMENTS. 
          WE SERVE OVER 40,000 HOT AND NUTRITIOUS MEALS PER YEAR AND RELY ON OVER 75 ENTHUSIASTIC VOLUNTEERS AND 40 STAFF EACH WEEK TO PROVIDE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND LIFE GIVING SUPPORT TO OUR NEIGHBORS. 
          HERE IN SAN ANTONIO , UM, DAY CENTER, DROP IN CENTER AND OUTREACH INITIATIVE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, HAVE OVER 10,000 ENCOUNTERS IN 35 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS EPIDEMIC. 
          IN THE SIXTIES OF THIS O THIS OPIOID CRISIS THAT WE'RE FACING NOW THROUGH HARM REDUCTION CLIENTS ARE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GET CONNECTED TO CARE, UM, IN TERMS OF DETOX TREATMENT, UH, CARE TREATMENT FOR BLOODBORNE DISEASES LIKE H I V AND HEP C. 
          THIS PAST YEAR ALONE, WE DISTRIBUTED OVER 7,000 DOSES OF NARCAN, WHICH IS AN OPIOID OVERDOSE REVERSAL MEDICATION, AND REPORTED OVER 1500 REVERSALS OF OVERDOSES. 
          NEARLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF OVERDOSE REVERSALS THAT OUR E M SS, UH, PROVIDE A YEAR. 
          SO WITH OUR HARM REDUCTION, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REFER OVER 175 FOLKS INTO DETOX, OVER 152 INTO EMERGENCY SHELTER. 
          OVER 70 INDIVIDUALS INTO SOBER LIVING AND HOUSING OVER 66 DIRECTLY INDUCTED INTO MEDICATION ASSISTANCE TREATMENT PROGRAMS. AND WITH THIS SUPPORT, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, BUILD THE CAPACITY WITHIN THE DROP-IN CENTER TO PROVIDE HOLISTIC MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR OUR CLIENTS WHO ARE OVER 90% ARE UNIN UNINSURED. 
          THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOUSELESSNESS AND 
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SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE PROPER MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. 
          AND WITH THIS FUNDING, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO THAT IN THE ONLY DAY CENTER HOMELESS RESOURCE HUB THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY, AND HOPEFULLY CREATE A MODEL THAT COULD BE REPLICATED IN OTHER HIGH OVERDOSE INCIDENT AREAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          AVITA MORRE CALLED BY ROBERT SALCEDO. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNCIL AND MAYOR. 
          MY NAME IS YIDA MAUREEN, AND I AM THE C E O OF RISE RECOVERY. 
          OUR MISSION IS SUPPORTING YOUTH, YOUNG ADULTS AND THEIR FAMILIES OVERCOMING THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVESTMENT OF ARPA FUNDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN SUPPORT OF A MORE EQUITABLE RECOVERY THROUGH COVID. 
          AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER IS A MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROBLEM. 
          WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT THE NUMBER ONE RISK FACTOR FOR DEVELOPING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER IS HOW YOUNG YOU WERE WHEN YOU BEGAN USING DRUGS AND ALCOHOL UPSTREAM. 
          INVESTMENTS IN ADDRESSING ADDICTION IN OUR YOUTH AND FAMILIES DIRECTLY AFFECT POSITIVE CHANGE IN NUMEROUS ISSUES AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY, SUCH AS REDUCTION IN FAMILY VIOLENCE, REDUCTION IN DROPOUT RATES, AND REDUCTION IN JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT. 
          9.2 MILLION PEOPLE AGED 12 AND OLDER MISUSED OPIOIDS. 
          IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE, 94% OF PEOPLE AGED 12 AND OLDER WITH A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER DID NOT RECEIVE ANY TREATMENT. 
          RISE RECOVERY PROVIDES SAN ANTONIO'S ONLY COMMUNITY CENTER FOR KIDS ADDRESSING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND THE ONLY RECOVERY HIGH SCHOOL IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THOUGH OUR PHYSICAL ADDRESS IS IN DISTRICT ONE, IT DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION WE PROVIDE FOR YOUTH ACROSS SAN ANTONIO TO ACCESS OUR SERVICES OR THE SCHOOLS LIKE SOUTH SAN HARLANDALE AND EDGEWOOD, WHERE WE ARE EMBEDDED FULL-TIME. 
          A LOT OF RESOURCES WERE SPENT BY NONPROFITS TO RESPOND TO THE R F P, AND WE DID EXACTLY AS ASKED. 
          NOT MAKING THESE AWARDS PURSUANT TO THE PROCESS SET OUT WOULD BE AN ENORMOUS CITY WASTE OF RESOURCES AMONGST ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE IN NEED OF RESCUE FUNDING. 
          NOW YOU HAVE OUR COMMITMENT AND THOSE OF OUR COMMUNITY-BASED AGENCIES TO WORKING WITH THE CITY AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO MAXIMIZE COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY IMPACT AND AN ON ON AN ONGOING BASIS. 
          THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE ARPA RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, MS. MAUREEN, ROBERT SALCEDO. 
          MR. SALCEDO, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY KIM ABERNATHY. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS ROBERT SALCITO AND I'M JOINED BY LUKE BLANKENSHIP, OUR DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. 
          I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PRIDE CENTER SAN ANTONIO. 
          OUR DROP-IN CENTER IS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF D ONE, AND WE SERVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ALL DISTRICTS, PRIDE CENTER, UH, CENTER SAN ANTONIO. 
          OUR LOCAL L G B T Q COMMUNITY UH, CONNECTS OUR LOCAL LOCAL COMMUNITY BY CONNECTING THEM TO THEIR FAMILIES, THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, COMMUNITY RESOURCES RELATED TO HEALTH, WELLNESS, SUPPORT, EDUCATION, ACTIVITIES, AND ADVOCACY. 
          THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE SPACE TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL TODAY, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE INVESTMENT YOU ARE MAKING AND SAN ANTONIO THROUGH THE ARPA FUNDING. 
          THE FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED TO PRIDE CENTER WILL PROVIDE US WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE AFFIRMING PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THE PANDEMIC CREATED BARRIERS TO ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND CONNECTIONS TO SUPPORT YOUTH, BUT LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED SUCH, UH, ISSUES SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES, SUBSTANCE USE, STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION, AND FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO GENDER AFFIRMING CARE ALL BECAME SIGNIFICANTLY HEIGHTENED DUE TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INSTABILITY. 
          THE WORK OF PRIDE CENTER SAN ANTONIO IS TO COMBAT THESE EXISTING INEQUITIES THAT EXIST IN OTHER AREAS OF THEIR LIVES, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS OF ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION, WORKFORCE TRAINING AND HOUSING STABILITY. 
          SO THE L G B T Q YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS, PARTICULARLY TRANSGENDER YOUTH AND YOUTH OF COLOR, FEEL SAFE AND EMPOWERED. 
          WE ARE VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT IS STILL NEEDED ACROSS SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WHILE PRIDE CENTER HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR AN AMOUNT LOWER THAN WHAT WE APPLIED, IT WILL STILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO CREATE LONG-LASTING IMPACT. 
          WE SUPPORT THE PROCESSES, TIME AND RESOURCES INVESTED BY THE CITY STAFF THUS FAR TO BRING US TO TODAY. 
          AND THE PRIDE CENTER REMAINS COMMITTED TO CONTRIBUTING TO THE NONPROFIT ECOSYSTEM TO ENSURE A GREATER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL MEMBERS OF SAN ANTONIO'S COMMUNITY. 
          YOUR AFFIRMATIVE VOTE ON THE SLATE OF RECOMMENDED AGENCIES ENSURES THAT THERE ARE NO DELAYS IN THIS PROCESS. 
          DELAYS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO FURTHER HARM THE COMMUNITIES IT INTENDS TO SUPPORT AND THE POTENTIAL TO HARM THE COMMUNITY'S TRUST IN THE ESTABLISHED PROCESSES TO INCLUDE THE EVALUATION, SCORING, AND SELECTION AND NON, UH, IN SUPPORT OF OUR NON-PROFIT SIBLINGS. 
          WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU, UH, HAVE A QUICK AND SPEEDY PROCESS THAT IS DEVELOPED TO DISPERSE THE REMAINING FUNDS INTO THE COMMUNITY WHERE IS MUCH NEEDED. 
          SIMPLY 
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PUT, RESOURCES DELAYED EQUATES TO EQ, EQUITY BEING DELAYED AND DENIED. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO AN EQUITABLE PROCESS AND YOUR SERVICE TO SAN ANTONIO AS A WHOLE. 
          THANK YOU'ALL SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SDO. 
          KIM ABERNATHY, FOLLOWED BY LUIS NUNEZ. 
          LOREDO. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M KIM ABERNATHY, C E O OF CHILD SAFE. 
          UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CONSIDER, TO CON I'M ASKING THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS CONSIDER ALLOWING A REVIEW AND, AND CON CONSIDERATION OF CHILD SAFES REQUESTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING FOR THEIR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE. 
          IN THE MINI PACKET THAT WAS PRESENTED LAST WEEK AT LAST WEEK'S COUNCIL MEETING, IT STATES ON SLIDE, SLIDE ON SLIDE 11, TWO AGENCIES, CHILD SOT BEING ONE, WERE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING BECAUSE THEY DID NOT ADDRESS THE SCOPE OF THE WORK IN THE CAPITAL, UM, IN THE APPLICATION. 
          HOWEVER, IN THE R F P DOCUMENT, THERE'S NO LANGUAGE PROHIBITING AN ENTITY FROM ASKING FOR CAPITAL FUNDS. 
          AND THE PROPO AND, AND THE PROPOSAL WE SUBMITTED ADDRESSED THE ENTIRE SCOPE OF WORK WITH EMPHASIS ON ON COVID O AND THE INCREASE IN THE SEVERITY OF CHILD ABUSE. 
          WE HAVE SEEN AS A RESULT IN 20, IN 2021, WHICH IS THE MOST CURRENT D F P SS REPORT, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 20 YEARS, THEY REPORTED THE CONFIRMATION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CASES WERE HIGHER THAN THOSE OF PHYSICAL ABUSE PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR OUR, FOR PRIOR TO APPLYING MONTHS, PRIOR TO APPLYING, BEFORE THE BLACKOUT PERIOD. 
          WE TALKED WITH CITY STAFF AND WERE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY THROUGH THIS R F P. 
          AND IN MY CONVERSATIONS, MEETINGS AND GIVING TOURS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ASKING FOR THEIR SUPPORT, I'M INFORMED OF THEY, WE WERE ASKING FOR THE 2 MILLION CAPITAL FUNDS THROUGH THIS R F P. 
          I WON'T DENY THAT WE HAVE, I I DO WANT TO TALK MIRROR EVERYONE. 
          WE DO HAVE A UNIQUE COMMUNITY HERE IN IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I WORK WITH LOTS OF OTHER LARGE, UH, COMMUNITIES, AND WE, WE, WE WORK, WE ARE BETTER THAN ALMOST ANY MAJOR CITY OF HOW WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. 
          OUR, ANOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE OF OUR, UM, OF OUR PROPOSAL TOO IS WHEN, WHEN OUR, THE CHILDREN THAT WE SERVE, THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN TO SEE OUR BUILDING, THE STAFF THAT WORK THERE, WE ALL AGREE THAT IT IS A KEY COMPONENT, COMPONENT IN THE TRAUMA-INFORMED SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR FAMILIES AND TO THE STAFF AND THE, NOT ONLY OUR STAFF, BUT ALSO OUR PARTNERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. 
          SO I DO WANNA MAKE THIS IS THAT, AND THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, WE GET ALL KINDS OF GREAT FEEDBACK, FEEDBACK. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I'M CONSIDERING. 
          I, I, OF COURSE, ALL THE THINGS THAT WENT ON BEFORE THAT, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. ABERNATHY. 
          LUIS NUNEZ LORETO, FOLLOWED BY RON FLORES. 
          HELLO. 
          GREAT. 
          RISING BLESSINGS TO EVERYBODY HERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR HOLDING SPACE FOR US ON THIS LOVELY MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS LUIS ENRIQUE NUNEZ LORETO. 
          I AM CURRENTLY A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR ASSOCIATE. 
          I AM WORKING WITH FAMILY SERVICE, THE OLDEST NONPROFIT IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          I'M PART OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MOBILE WELLNESS UNIT, WHICH ACTUALLY ATTENDS DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WHETHER IT'S EDGEWOOD, SOUTH SAN SAN ANTONIO, I S D, HARLANDALE, AND SOMERSET. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW I AM A, UM, A, I GUESS I'M WORKING WITH EDGEWOOD, I S D MOSTLY. 
          CURRENTLY I HAVE 15 ACTIVE STUDENTS, UH, CHILDREN THAT I GO TO SCHOOL AND I SEE THEM THERE, UH, IN AN ELECTIVE, NOT CORE CLASSES. 
          I MYSELF HAVE ABOUT 21 PENDING WAITLISTED REFERRALS FROM EDGEWOOD, I S D. 
          AND THAT IS NOT TO INCLUDE THE OVER 70 REFERRALS THAT ARE ON WAIT LIST, NOT MINE PERSONALLY, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE DISTRIBUTED AT SOME POINT BECAUSE THESE INDIVIDUALS DO NEED SERVICES. 
          WHY IS MENTAL HEALTH IMPORTANT FOR YOUTH? I TRULY BELIEVE TO QUOTE ONE OF MY FAVORITE PSYCHOTHERAPISTS, CARL YOUNG, WHAT USUALLY HAS THE STRONGEST PSYCHIC EFFECT ON A CHILD IS A LIFE THAT THE PARENTS HAVE NOT LIVED WITH. 
          THAT SAID, 8.9% OF THE REFERRALS THAT ARE GIVEN TO ME ARE DUE TO FAMILY VIOLENCE. 
          52% REPORTED HISTORY OF FAMILY VIOLENCE AS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. 
          THAT'S ALMOST HALF OF THE REFERRALS THAT WE ARE GIVEN, THAT'S FAMILY VIOLENCE. 
          AND WITH THAT QUOTE SAYS, THE CHILDREN, THE YOUTH WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE PARENTAL FIGURES. 
          WE HAVE A SURVEY CALLED THE ACES. 
          IT'S AN ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE SURVEY. 
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WITH THAT SURVEY, IT ALLOWS US TO GIVE MORE INSIGHT ONTO HOW TRAUMATIC THE CHILD EXPERIENCES HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST AS THEIR DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT ANY DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY SUCH AS ERICKSON, PIAGET, MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          I I I, I CERTAINLY WISH AND ADVOCATE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AS A, AS A YOUNGER INDIVIDUAL. 
          I WISH I HAD THERAPY. 
          I WISH I HAD COUNSELING AS A YOUNGER INDIVIDUAL GROWING UP BECAUSE WE AS ADULTS IN THIS FACILITY, IN THIS ROOM, EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT BE ADULTS NOW, WE WILL ALWAYS BE THAT THOSE CHILDREN THAT WERE BROUGHT INTO THIS WORLD, WE ALL HAVE SOME FORM OF TRAUMA OR EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE MADE US GRIEVE, MADE US DEPRESSED, MADE US QUESTION, MADE US FEEL SOME FORM OF HOPELESS, UM, OR TRAUMA THAT KEPT US UP LATE AT NIGHT. 
          AND THE MORE WE ATTACK THESE INDIVIDUALS, UM, WITH LOVE AND COMPASSION AND THERAPY AND COUNSELING AT A YOUNGER AGE, THAT'S GOING TO BE INVESTING IN THE FUTURE. 
          WHEN WE INVEST IN THE YOUTH, WE'RE INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF SOCIETY, OF, OF THE WAY WE ARE GOING TO BE THINKING AS INDIVIDUALS, THE BEHAVIORS, THE FAMILY VIOLENCE, THE ABUSE, THE NEGLECT. 
          IT ALL STARTS WITH THE YOUTH. 
          WE HAVE TO PROVIDE AND POUR INTO THE YOUTH BECAUSE WE ARE THE YOUTH DEVELOPING THROUGH AGES AS WE GO ON THIS, THIS IS OUR FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MR. NUNEZ. 
          LORETO. 
          UH, MR. FLORES, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GONNA CALL UP A YOUNG MAN WHO'S GOTTA GET BACK TO SCHOOL, , AND THEN I'LL CALL YOU RIGHT UP. 
          UH, SO LET ME CALL UP ELLIOT COPELAND. 
          MR. COPELAND, ARE YOU STILL HERE? COME ON UP, SIR. 
          AND, AND, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET YOU ON YOUR WAY. 
          THANKS FOR BEING PATIENT. 
          MR. COPELAND. 
          YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY RON FLORES. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS ELLIOT COPELAND. 
          I ATTEND JOHN MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION, IN PARTICULAR FOR DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          THE YOUTH COMMISSION, ALONG WITH PROJECT WORTH TEEN AMBASSADORS, HAS SPENT MUCH OF OUR TIME IN THE PAST YEAR ADVOCATING FOR GREATER MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND SERVICES FOR YOUTH IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND IT'S GREAT TO FINALLY SEE OUR WORK COME TO FRUITION. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND TEENS, AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF, UH, FOR ALLOWING US TO REACH THIS HISTORIC INVESTMENT INTO OUR CITY'S YOUTH. 
          I KNOW AS A TEEN THAT THIS INVESTMENT WILL NOT GO UNNOTICED. 
          AS WE SAW IN OUR TEEN MENTAL HEALTH SURVEY LAST YEAR, MANY OF OUR CITY'S YOUTH, MYSELF INCLUDED, STRUGGLED WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. 
          I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE THE HELP THAT I NEEDED, BUT MANY OF MY PEERS, UM, FOR MANY OF MY PEERS, THERE STILL IS A, A LACK OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO REACH THEM, AS WELL AS A LACK OF AWARENESS OF RESOURCES, RESOURCES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. 
          I FURTHER KNOW THAT THIS INVESTMENT FROM CITY, FROM CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE TEENS THAT IT REACHES. 
          AS I'VE PARTICIPATED IN A PROGRAM BEING FUNDED THROUGH IT SPECIFICALLY, I'VE COMPLETED THE TEEN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING AS A MEMBER OF THE YOUTH COMMISSION. 
          I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A PILOT OF THE PROGRAM THIS PAST SUMMER. 
          IN IT, THERE WAS A GROUP OF ABOUT 15 TO 20 TEENS, AS WELL AS A FEW, FEW ADULTS THAT WORKED WITH THE YOUTH COMMISSION IN PROJECT WORTH BEING INSTRUCTED BY TWO NURSES WHO HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING ON, UM, YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH. 
          WE WERE TAUGHT HOW TO APPROPRIATELY APPROACH A FRIEND OR PEER WHO IS STRUGGLING WITH A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE OR CRISIS, AND REFER 'EM TO THE PROPER ADULTS AND RESOURCES THAT COULD CARE FOR THEM. 
          AS SOMEONE WHO STRUGGLED WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, I FOUND THE TRAINING TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL TOWARDS TEENS AND STILL FOUND MYSELF LEARNING HOW TO BETTER TALK TO SOMEONE WHO NEEDS MY HELP. 
          I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE TRAINING WILL BE ABLE TO REACH MORE TEENS AS THE CITY IS FUNDING IT THROUGH THIS PACKAGE. 
          PROGRAMS SUCH AS TEEN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID ARE JUST A FRACTION OF THE MANY CRUCIAL INVESTMENTS INCLUDED IN THE FUNDING THAT THE YOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO NEED. 
          AS THE YEAR GOES ON, I ENCOURAGE YOU AS REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL SAN ANTONIONS, TO STAY IN TUNE WITH THE YOUTH OF OUR CITY. 
          AS OUR OFF OUR VOICES OFTEN FALL ON DEAF EARS TO CHANGE THIS UNFORTUNATE SCENARIO, THE YOUTH COMMISSION AND PROJECT WIRTH ARE CONTINUING OUR ADVOCACY FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND SERVICES THROUGH A SECOND SURVEY GEARED TOWARDS TEENS. 
          THIS COMING MARCH AND APRIL, WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO CATALYZE AND DIRECT CITY COUNCIL'S ACTIONS TOWARDS, UM, YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH. 
          WITH THE RESULTS OF OUR SURVEY, THE COOPERATION BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL AND OUR ORGANIZATIONS IS VITAL TO CREATING THE CHANGE THAT SAN ANTONIO'S YOUTH NEEDS, SUCH AS THROUGH INVESTMENTS, THROUGH THE INVESTMENTS THAT I HOPE YOU'LL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. COPELAND. 
          HEY, MR. COPELAND, COME ON UP HERE FOR A SECOND. 
          WHAT GRADE ARE YOU IN? 10TH. 
          10TH GRADE. 
          YES. 
          YOU DID A GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU. 
          KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. 
          RON FLORES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, MR. FLORES. 
          YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY VINCENT FERRIS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          GOOD MORNING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR. 
          MY NAME IS RON FLORES AND I AM THE CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER FOR SOUTH SAN ANTONIO, I S D. 
          WE ARE, UM, CURRENTLY PROVIDING, UH, COUNSELING SERVICES TO OUR YOUTH. 
          SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORT OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR OUR CHILDREN. 
          SO IMAGINE 
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IF IT'S YOU AND YOU ARE AT, AT SCHOOL AND MOM AND DAD ARE FIGHTING ALL NIGHT. 
          WE EXPECT STUDENT TO COME TO SCHOOL TO LEARN, NOT WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE, BUT IN YOUR HEAD, IS MOM SAFE? IS DAD SAFE? ARE MY SIBLINGS SAFE? DO WE HAVE FOOD? BECAUSE SOMEBODY WHO IS SUPPORTING OUR FAMILY THREATENS TO LEAVE. 
          THOSE ARE WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR OUR KIDS TO DO. 
          AND WITHOUT HELP FOR THOSE STUDENTS, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL ADULTS. 
          THESE ARE OUR STUDENTS. 
          JUST LIKE YOU SAW THE YOUNG MAN RIGHT NOW, HE WAS LUCKY TO GET THE HELP HE NEEDED AND HIS PEERS. 
          WITHOUT THAT HELP, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT. 
          WE'RE CALLING ON YOU ALL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR CITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, PROVIDED WHATEVER SERVICES ARE NECESSARY FOR OUR STUDENTS OF OUR REFERRALS. 
          RECENTLY, 7% OF THOSE, THOSE STUDENTS WERE, UM, REFERRED FOR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING BECAUSE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AS WE DID OUR A OUR ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES SCREENERS, 43% OF THOSE STUDENTS INDICATED THAT THERE WAS SOME FA FAMILY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          OKAY? SO WE KNOW THAT THE REASON FOR COUNSELING MAY NOT NECESSARILY COME UP AS BEING FAMILY, FAMILY, VIOLENCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          IT WOULD BE OTHER THINGS, DEPRESSION, ANGER, SUICIDE ATTEMPTS. 
          OKAY? SO WITHOUT YOUR HELP, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS. 
          IT TAKES OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TO OUR KIDS. 
          THESE KIDS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA MAKE, MAKE DECISIONS FOR YOU ALL AND MYSELF. 
          SO IF YOU COME TO THE TABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS, YOU KNOW, AND YOUR HEAD IS FULL OF ALL THESE OTHER THINGS AND YOU HAVE TRAUMA THROUGH YOUR LIFE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. 
          OUR CHILDREN IN OUR, OUR DISTRICT FOR SURE ARE COMING FROM GENERATIONAL TRAUMA, GENERATIONAL POVERTY. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, FOR OUR STUDENTS, IT'S, IT'S A EVERYDAY THING. 
          THIS IS NOT JUST THIS WEEKEND. 
          IT'S NOT JUST FRIDAY. 
          IT'S NOT JUST THE WEEKEND, IT'S EVERY DAY. 
          HOLIDAYS DON'T MATTER BECAUSE OUR KIDS CAN'T, CAN'T ENJOY THOSE TIMES OR CELEBRATE THOSE TIMES EITHER. 
          SO WE DO NEED YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE ANY MONEY ALLOWED TO BE ABLE TO USE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. 
          AGAIN, THOSE STUDENTS ARE GONNA MAKE DECISIONS FOR YOU AND ME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FLORES. 
          VINCENT FERRIS. 
          MR. FERRIS, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY DENISE HURST. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M VINCENT FERRIS WITH MEALS ON WHEELS. 
          MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPPORT OF THE RECOMMENDED A RPA AWARDS. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE TIME YOU AND YOUR TEAMS HAVE PUT INTO THIS EFFORT. 
          I ALSO THANK THE CITY STAFF AND THE VOLUNTEERS WHO READ AND SCORED THE NUMEROUS RESPONSES TO THE R F P AND TO OUR WONDERFUL NONPROFIT COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING WITH YOUR WELL THOUGHT OUT PROPOSALS AS TO HOW BEST TO USE THESE COVID RELIEF DOLLARS TO MAKE OUR CITY BETTER. 
          I THANK THE MANY PROPOSALS SUBMITTED UNDERSCORES HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO HAVE SUCH A VIBRANT, RESPONSIVE, CARING, AND ACTIVE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          MEALS ON WHEELS PROPOSES TO USE THE AR RPA FUNDINGS SPECIFICALLY FOR ISOLATED SENIORS AND CAREGIVERS OF OLDER ADULTS, ALL OF WHOM HAVE SUFFERED GREATLY DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          WITH THESE FUNDS, WE ARE COMMITTED TO ASSISTING THOSE WITH INCREASED CHALLENGES FROM SOCIAL ISOLATION, WHICH HAS CAUSED INCREASED FOOD AND RESOURCE INSECURITY. 
          AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE SUPPORT OF THE MANY CHALLENGED UNPAID CAREGIVERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THIS FUNDING WILL SUPPORT EXPANSION OF OUR MEALS ON WHEELS CARE COORDINATION EFFORTS, GRACE AT HOME SERVICES, GRACEFUL GATHERINGS AND MORE. 
          AND I WANT TO STRESS ALL THESE SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO MEETING NEEDY OLDER ADULTS WHERE THEY RESIDE. 
          WITH ALL OF US CONTINUING TO WORK AND COLLABORATE TOGETHER, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE WILL PUT UP THE PANDEMIC IN OUR REAR VIEW MIRROR VERY SOON. 
          THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FERRIS. 
          DENISE BARK HURST, MS. BARK HURST. 
          YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY NIKISHA BAKER. 
          HELLO EVERYONE. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 
          MY NAME IS DENISE BARK HURST, AND I'M THE C E O OF BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS. 
          MY AGENCY SUBMITTED AN R P PROPOSAL IN THE NONPROFIT CATEGORY AS FISCAL AGENT FOR X EXCEL BEYOND THE BELL, A PARTNERSHIP OF 45 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THAT PROPOSAL WAS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE RECOVERY AFTER COVID TO STRENGTHEN THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT NETWORK AFTER A PERIOD OF GREAT HARDSHIP AND LOSS OF VOLUNTEERS, OF STAFF, OF PARTNERSHIPS, OF DONORS, AND EVEN OF CLIENTS IN A SECTOR THAT ALREADY SUFFERED FROM A HISTORICAL LACK OF RESOURCES PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. 
          AND WHILE THAT PROPOSAL IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING, I AM UP HERE TODAY TO 
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REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT AND APPROVAL FOR WHAT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING. 
          COUNTLESS HOURS OF HARD WORK WENT INTO THE MANY FEEDBACK MEETINGS TO BUILD THE R F P, THE CREATION AND SUBMISSIONS OF SO MANY PROPOSALS, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT WENT INTO REVIEWING ALL OF THOSE PROPOSALS TO MAKE THE HARD DECISIONS FOR HOW TO ALLOCATE $36 MILLION ACROSS $145 MILLION IN REQUESTS FROM THE NON-PROFITS. 
          BUT I ALSO WANNA ASK THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA DISCUSS HOW OUR CITY IS PLANNING TO USE THE UNALLOCATED ARPA FUNDS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS, THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT 90% OF THE REQUESTS IN THE NON-PROFIT RECOVERY CATEGORY WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY RELIEF. 
          ONLY 2.5 MILLION OR 6% OF THE 40 MILLION IN THESE ARPA FUNDS WAS ALLOCATED TO THE NONPROFIT CATEGORY, YET 18% OF REQUESTS 26 MILLION CAME IN ASKING FOR FUNDING PROPORTIONATELY HIGHER THAN THE OTHER THREE CATEGORIES, YOUTH, MENTAL HEALTH AND SENIORS. 
          SO BASICALLY, YOUR NONPROFIT COMMUNITY HAS TAKEN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS GREAT NEED FOR RECOVERY IN ORDER FOR US TO BE EFFECTIVELY ABLE TO SERVE OUR CLIENTS. 
          WITH RESPECT TO THAT 3.5 MILLION OF THE 40 MILLION THAT IS UNALLOCATED IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER USING SOME OR ALL OF THOSE FUNDS FOR NON-PROFIT INFRASTRUCTURE RECOVERY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. HURST. 
          NIKISHA BAKER IS MI MS. BAKER ISHA, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY CLIFF Z. 
          GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF OUR CITY COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS MORNING AND FOR THE WORK SURROUNDING THE DISTRIBUTION OF ARPA FUNDING. 
          I STAND HERE THIS MORNING ON BEHALF OF THE NEARLY 5,000 INDIVIDUALS, 40% OF WHOM ARE CHILDREN SERVED BY SAM MINISTRIES EVERY YEAR. 
          THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED THOSE EXPERIENCING POVERTY, MARGINALIZATION, STIGMATIZATION, AND DISCRIMINATION, CAUSING, CAUSING EVEN GREATER DIFFICULTY IN ACCESSING MEDICAL CARE, FOOD, MAINTAINING HOUSING STABILITY, EMPLOYMENT AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE. 
          NEARLY 20% OF BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTS LIVE AT OR BELOW THE FED FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL, AND ANOTHER 30% ARE CONSIDERED WORKING POOR, JUST ONE PAYCHECK AWAY FROM HOMELESSNESS. 
          THESE HOUSEHOLDS WERE LIVING ON THE BRINK PRIOR TO THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC, AND THE EVENTS OF THE PAST TWO YEARS COUPLED WITH INFLATION, HAS ONLY HEIGHTENED THEIR ECONOMIC INSTABILITY. 
          SAM MINISTRIES IS GRATEFUL FOR THE ARPA FUNDING RECOMMENDATION FOR OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO COLLECTIVELY SERVE OUR MOST VULNERABLE. 
          THESE RESOURCES WILL ENABLE OUR ORGANIZATION TO OFFER SERVICES TO MORE LOCAL FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS, HELPING THEM TO IDENTIFY HEALTH AND WELLNESS NEEDS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING PROGRAMMING THAT ADDRESSES MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, UM, SO THAT THEY ARE BETTER PREPARED TO MAINTAIN HOUSING STABILITY. 
          WE APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL CITY STAFF AND EVALUATION PANEL MEMBERS IN THIS PROCESS. 
          THE MONTHS OF COMMUNICATION AND PLANNING AS WELL AS THE REVIEW AND THE SCORING, THIS FUNDING WILL CHANGE LIVES. 
          IT WILL CREATE POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS ON THE BRINK OF DISASTER AND POSITIVELY IMPACT THE SYSTEMS THAT SERVE OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED. 
          I REQUEST A YES VOTE TODAY ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ARPA FUNDING. 
          DELAYING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE FUNDS WILL ONLY HARM THE VERY PEOPLE THEY ARE INTENDED TO SUPPORT EQUITY DELAYED IS EQUITY DENIED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. BAKER. 
          CLIFF GRA. 
          MR. GRA, YOU'D BE FOLLOWED BY BILL NEELY. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS DR. 
          CLIFF GRA. 
          I'M THE CHIEF LEARNING OFFICER AT SAMAT, THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING TODAY REPRESENTING SAMAT, ALSO OUR PARTNER IN THE APA PROPOSAL, THE WEX FOUNDATION. 
          AND I WANT TO NOTE FOR YOU ALL THAT WE ALSO COLLABORATE WITH PARTNERS IN UP PARTNERSHIP. 
          AND I'M HERE TODAY TO THANK YOU FOR RECOMMENDING SAMAT TO, TO YOU, TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDING SAM FOR OUR PROGRAM CALLED 21 AFTER SCHOOL. 
          WE ARE GOING TO SERVE STUDENTS FROM EDGEWOOD, I S D FROM HARLANDALE, I SS D SOUTH SAN I S D, SAN ANTONIO, I SS D, AND ALSO THE COMPASS ROSE CHARTER SCHOOL. 
          THAT IS TWO MINUTES OFF OF OUR BACK DOOR AT OUR LOCATION AT TECH PORT. 
          AND I WANNA NOTE FOR YOU THAT WE WILL, IN OUR PROGRAMMING, WE WILL CONDUCT 300 AFTERSCHOOL SESSIONS. 
          WE WILL SERVE ABOUT 1000 STUDENTS IN OUR AFTERSCHOOL SESSIONS AND 6,000 TIMES THROUGH OUR PROGRAMMING, A STUDENT WILL WALK IN THE DOOR OF SAMAT AREA 21, WE'LL 
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SEE FACTORY, ROBOT ARMS, WE'LL SEE AN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE SITE. 
          WE'LL SEE CYBER CITY AND OUR CYBERSECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER. 
          AND THEY ARE GONNA RECEIVE THE MESSAGE THAT YOU CAN DO THIS, YOU CAN BE ON A STEM PATHWAY. 
          YOU ARE CAPABLE OF THIS. 
          AND THERE ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STEM EDUCATION AND CAREERS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          IN THE PROCESS, THEY'RE GONNA BUILD SELF-CONFIDENCE. 
          THEY ARE GONNA LEARN THAT THEY ARE CAPABLE. 
          SO WE ARE HERE TODAY. 
          I AM HERE TODAY TO RECOMMEND TO YOU THAT YOU APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR ARPA FUNDING. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. RAB. 
          BILL NEELY. 
          MR. NEELY, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY BENNY PRICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS BILL NEELY. 
          I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTORY. 
          WE'RE KNOWN BY OUR ACRONYM SACRED.ORG. 
          WE WERE, UH, SAID, SUBMITTED SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE ARPA R F P, AND WE WERE RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING. 
          SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION. 
          I WANNA PRE, UH, EXPRESS MY, UH, SUPPORT AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU AS WELL AS TO ALL THE CITY STAFF, UH, FOR THIS LONG. 
          AND I IMAGINE ARDUOUS PROCESS OF READING, UH, ALL OF THE, UH, ALL OF THE SUBMISSIONS. 
          THE SAN ANTONIO RES, UH, COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTORY IS A, IS OUR MISSION, IS TO CONNECT INDIVIDUALS WITH A NEED TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT CAN, THAT CAN MEET THAT NEED. 
          WE DO THAT BY IDENTIFYING ALL OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES IN GREATER SAN ANTONIO, LISTING THEM ON OUR NETWORK, UH, ON OUR WEBSITE, SACRED.ORG, AND THEN HELPING PEOPLE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT, TO FIND A PLACE THAT'S CLOSE TO THEM THAT CAN PROVIDE, UH, THAT HAS THE CAPACITY TO MEET THE NEED THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING. 
          WE, WE ARE USED BY SAN ANTONIO, ONES ABOUT A THOUSAND TIMES A DAY TO LOOK FOR THIS INFORMATION. 
          WE ARE, ARE SUPPORTIVE OF EVERY NONPROFIT AGENCY IN SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS FAITH COMMUNITIES, GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND SO FORTH. 
          SO, UH, I THINK I HAVE, THE REST OF MY COMMENTS I THINK ARE, ARE REDUNDANT TO OTHERS THAT HAVE SPOKEN HERE TODAY. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO, UH, I'LL IN THE, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WILL, UH, I WILL STEP BACK. 
          BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS PROCESS AND I URGE YOU TO, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. NEELY. 
          BENNY PRICE. 
          MR. PRICE. 
          YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ROSE WILLIAMS. I HAD LIKE TO THANK GOD WHO'S THE LIFE, THE HEAD OF MY LIFE. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, UM, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGERS IN HIS OFFICE, UM, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE GREAT JOBS THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING. 
          ALSO, UM, METRO HEALTH HAS BEEN A PARTNER WITH ME AND WHO HAS, UM, PUT ME IN A BETTER POSITION, UH, TO DO GREAT WORK. 
          TODAY, I WANNA BRING LIGHT TO, UM, REDUCING THE GUN VIOLENCE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, UM, WITH THE NEW PROGRAM. 
          IT'S CALLED COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION THAT SOME OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, UM, AND YOUR INVESTMENT, UM, IN BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE, UH, ONE CHURCH, ONE SOUL MINISTRY. 
          I'M THE FOUNDER AND C E O OF BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE. 
          FOR SOME REASON, I'VE, I'VE NEVER BEEN NERVOUS IN MY LIFE. 
          I'VE, I'VE HAD GUNS POINTED AT ME, I'VE BEEN SHOT AT, BUT TODAY, FOR SOME REASON, I'M KIND OF NERVOUS BECAUSE, UM, BECAUSE THE GUN IS JUST NOT POINTED AT ME TODAY. 
          I'M NOT JUST BEING SHOT AT TODAY. 
          BUT OUR YOUTH IS BEING SHOT AND GUNS ARE POINTED AT THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO I LOST TWO NEPHEWS LAST YEAR TO GUN VIOLENCE. 
          AND THE PARENTS WOULD SAY, BENNY, YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. 
          AND I WOULD SAY, NO, WE CAN DO BETTER. 
          WE LOST SOME YOUTH LAST YEAR, AND AS THE, OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD COME TOGETHER, THEY WOULD STILL SAY, BENNY, BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE IS DOING A GOOD JOB. 
          AND I WOULD SAY, NO, WE CAN DO BETTER. 
          SO AS I STAND BEFORE YOU HERE TODAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES HAS SAID, ONE CHURCH, ONE SOUL MINISTRY, BECOME A SAFE HOUSE. 
          YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. 
          SO IT'S UP TO YOU TODAY TO TELL THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, NO, WE CAN DO BETTER WITH YOUR YES AND YOUR INVESTMENT IN US. 
          YOU'RE SAYING, YES, WE CAN DO BETTER. 
          THIS IS ONLY A STEP, BUT IT'S A VERY BIG STEP IN OUR CITY TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE. 
          I LIKE TO ASK THIS QUESTION BEFORE I GO. 
          I'VE HAD A LOT OF MEDIA COVERAGE, AND EVERY REPORTER ALWAYS ASKS 
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ME, AM I SURPRISED ABOUT THE GUN VIOLENCE IN SAN ANTONIO? AND I SAY, NO. 
          AND THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO BE SURPRISED AT MY ANSWER. 
          AND THEY SAY, WHY? AND I ASK HIM, WHOSE MISSION AND STATEMENT IS TO REDUCE THE GUN VIOLENCE IN SAN ANTONIO? NOT CRIME, NOT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, NOT HOMELESSNESS, BUT GUN VIOLENCE. 
          SO YOUR YES, TODAY WILL BE SAYING WE CAN DO BETTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. PRICE. 
          ROSE WILLIAMS, MS. WILLIAMS, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY SANDRA MORALES. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS ROSEMARY WILLIAMS. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE. 
          I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS WEEK. 
          UH, BEHIND EVERY GUN VIOLENCE, UH, STATISTIC ARE COUNTLESS STORIES OF PARENTS WHO NEVER GOT TO KISS THEIR KIDS GOODBYE, GUNSHOT VICTIMS LIVING WITH PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDS, ENTIRE FAMILIES, HEARTBROKEN BY GUN SUICIDE, OR WITNESSES OF GUN CRIMES LIVING WITH TRAUMA. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES. 
          AND SO, UH, WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY THANKING YOU ALL. 
          I WANNA THANK FIRST OF ALL, DISTRICT TWO, COUNCILMAN JALEN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ FOR BEING A TRUE CHAMPION FOR BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE AND THEIR STAFF. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH, WHO ATTENDED SOME OF OUR EVENTS. 
          MAYOR RON EHRENBERG FOR COMING OVER TO BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE PERSONALLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          BUT WE ALSO WANNA JUST THANK YOU FOR THE FUNDING, THE FUNDING THAT'S GOING TO BE RECOMMENDED THAT WE'LL BE, UH, BETTER TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COMMUNITY OF HOPE, BUT WE COME AROUND AND WE STEP INTO THOSE, UH, BOOTS ON THE GROUND HOUSES. 
          THERE'S A COMMUNITY OF HOPE THAT'S STANDING BEHIND US AND BELIEVING IN BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CHAMPIONS HERE TODAY, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          ALSO SPECIAL THANKS TO MOMS DEMAND ACTION. 
          DR. 
          RONALD STEWART AT UNIVERSITY HEALTH AND UT AND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FOR THE CONTINUOUS SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. WILLIAMS. SANDRA MORALES, MS. MORALES, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY DR. 
          AMANDA VILLO. 
          GOOD, GOOD MORNING, OR RATHER. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL PERSONS. 
          MY NAME IS SANDRA MORALES AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EXCUSE ME, AT HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT'S BEEN SERVING THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS NOW. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE INVOLVED IN THE R F P PROCESS, UH, TO RECOMMEND OUR ORGANIZATION FOR ARPA FUNDING TO EXPAND OUR SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM. 
          HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE OFFERS PROGRAMMING FOR CHILDREN IN THE FORM OF CHILDCARE AND EARLY INTERVENTIONS AND SENIORS WITH CASE MANAGEMENT ONSITE ACTIVITIES, FIELD TRIPS, AND NUTRITIOUS HOME-COOKED MEALS THAT ARE PLEASING TO THE LATINO COMMUNITY. 
          WHEN C OVID 19 HIT OUR CITY, IT INTENSIFIED INEQUITIES AND OBSTACLES THAT OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WEST SIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS EXPERIENCED. 
          AND IT CREATED A TIME OF LONELINESS AND ISOLATION FOR ELDERS IN OUR CITY. 
          MANY WERE SKEPTICAL OF VENTURING OUT, BUT NONPROFITS STEPPED UP TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE THROUGH A VERY FRIGHTENING TIME. 
          DURING THAT TIME, THROUGH REFERRALS, OUR STAFF IDENTIFIED SENIORS IN NEED OF MEALS. 
          WHEN THE CITY WENT INTO QUARANTINE AND LOCKDOWN, OUR STAFF QUICKLY ADJUSTED AND BEGAN SERVING MEALS THROUGH CURBSIDE PICKUP AND DELIVERY FOR SENIORS WHO RESIDED IN ZIP, ZIP CODE 7 8 2 0 7. 
          THE DELIVERY STARTED WITH OUR STAFF, BUT WE ALSO PROVIDED SENIORS WITH CASE MANAGEMENT, CLEANING AND HYGIENE PACKS AND EMERGENCY FOOD BOXES IN EARLY 2020 H AND SS WAS SERVING A LITTLE OVER 400 MEALS A MONTH THROUGH ONSITE, BOTH, UH, ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, 400 MEALS A MONTH. 
          BUT TO DATE, WE ARE SERVING 1400 MEALS ONSITE, CURBSIDE, AND DELIVERY BY DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS. 
          THIS YEAR, WE ANTICIPATE TO BE SERVING EVEN MORE MEALS AS WE MOVE TO FIVE DAYS A WEEK VERSUS FOUR. 
          OUR C OUR CITY HAS SEEN A RISE IN FOOD INSECURITY, AND THAT DOES NOT EXCLUDE OUR ELDER, UM, CITIZENS. 
          THE STATE OF TEXAS RANKED SIX IN SENIORS FACING HUNGER. 
          I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, SENIORS AT RISK FOR HUNGER. 
          AND 13TH FOR SENIORS FACING HUNGER. 
          TO COMBAT THIS, WE ASKED FOR THE COUNCIL SUPPORT BECAUSE OUR SENIORS HAVE WORKED HARD THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES AND DESERVE OUR HELP. 
          OUR ELDERS HAVE MADE OUR WEST SIDE COMMUNITY WHAT IT IS TODAY, VIBRANT, RESILIENT, AND RICH IN CULTURE. 
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WHILE IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD, IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO CARE FOR OUR, OUR ELDERS, SO THAT THEY AGE IN PLACE WITH DIGNITY, DIGNITY AND RESPECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. MORALES. 
          DR. 
          AMANDA VIAL, DR. 
          VIAL, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY SIMON SALAS. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR, AND GOOD MORNING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US HERE PRESENTLY. 
          ALL THE NONPROFITS HERE THAT ARE SPEAKING. 
          UM, I AM DR. 
          AMANDA VIAL, PRESIDENT, C E O OF RIDE CONNECT, TEXAS. 
          AND I AM ACCOMPANIED BY PAT OGLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NORTHEAST ASSISTANT SENIOR PROGRAM. 
          UH, THEY ARE OUR, UH, COLLABORATIVE PARTNER WITH THE ARPA FUNDING, UH, ROD CONNECT TEXAS. 
          WE, UH, WERE CREATED IN 2017 WITH THE MERGER OF SOUTHWEST OUTREACH FOR OLDER PEOPLE, AND THE, UH, MERGER WITH SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR OLDER PEOPLE. 
          AND THEY WERE FORMED IN 1995. 
          SO RIDE CONNECT, TEXAS AND NORTHEAST NISA. 
          WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 
          OUR OFFICES, OUR OFFICES AS IN ROD CONNECT, TEXAS ARE IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          HOWEVER, WE DO, UM, PROVIDE THE SERVICES FOR DISTRICT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, AND SEVEN. 
          NISA PROVIDES SERVICES FOR DISTRICTS EIGHT, NINE, AND 10. 
          THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR CLIENTS IS THEY HAVE AN AVERAGE AGE OF 77. 
          OVER 80% REQUIRE MOBILITY AID. 
          APPROXIMATELY 40% HAVE LOW VISION IMPAIRMENT, AND 70% OF ALL OUR RIDES ARE FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. 
          PRESENTLY, OUR VEHICLES ARE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 300 MILES PER DAY, MOVING OUR SENIORS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          WITH YOUR CONSIDERATION, THE APA FUNDING WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP THE ONE CALL, ONE CLICK READINESS PLAN FOR AN EXPANDED SENIOR MOBILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 
          ONCE LAUNCHED, THE ONE CALL, ONE CLICK WILL ALLOW SENIORS TO MAKE ONE CALL, AND THE SYSTEM WILL PLACE THE RIDER INTO THE AVAILABLE VEHICLE. 
          PRESENTLY, SENIORS ARE CALLING MULTIPLE AGENCIES, MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS JUST TO GET ONE RIDE. 
          SO THE FRUSTRATION FOR OUR SENIORS IS REAL. 
          FURTHER, JUST SO YOU ALL UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW GREAT THIS IS AS FAR AS THE NEED IS. 
          IN THE SECOND AND THIRD QUARTERS OF 2000 AND AND 22, UH, WE AT RIDE CONNECT, WE RECEIVED OVER 300 CALLS JUST IN THE SECOND AND THIRD QUARTERS OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR FOR OLDER ADULTS SEEKING RIDES. 
          AND THEY WERE OUT OF OUR SERVICE AREA. 
          SO THE ONE CALL, ONE CLICK PROGRAM WOULD CHANGE THIS BY COORDINATING THE CALLER'S NEEDS, UTILIZING THE SYSTEM TO NAVIGATE THROUGH ALL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES PROVIDERS IN OUR REGION. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE FUNDING. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, CONLEY. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SIMON SALAS. 
          MR. SALAS, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY PEGGY. 
          AMY, THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE STEPS WE'VE TAKEN TO THIS DAY TO ALLEVIATE THE IMPACTS OF COVID. 
          IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED, AND WE ARE WELCOMED BY THE OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFITS THAT HAVE JOINED IN THIS EFFORT TO ALLEVIATE THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          MY NAME IS SIMONE GONZALES, AND I'M THE C E O OF GOOD SAMARITAN COMMUNITY SERVICES. 
          AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WE SERVE AND HAVE BEEN SERVING FOR 71 YEARS, COLLECTIVELY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY TO SERVE THE SOCIAL AND THE EDUCATIONAL AND THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THOSE RESIDENTS. 
          WE CONTINUE TO HONOR THE MANY LONGSTANDING COLLABORATIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR PARTNERS, AND WE ARE WELCOMED BY THE MANY OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFITS WHO ARE HERE, WHO ARE RECOMMENDED FOR AWARD, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AWARD. 
          I THINK THAT I WANT TO REALLY SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO YOU TODAY. 
          I KNOW THAT IT TOOK A LOT OF HARD WORK. 
          WE APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMITMENT AND TIME THAT WAS SPENT BY CITY STAFF TO GET US TO THIS POINT. 
          THE LISTENING SESSIONS WERE QUITE HELPFUL. 
          WE HOPE THEY CONTINUE IN THE DELEGATE AGENCY PROCESS THAT WILL COMMENCE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          WE THINK THEY WERE HELPFUL, COLLABORATIVE, UH, INSIGHTFUL, AND SO THANK YOU FOR ENCOURAGING THAT MOVE. 
          I ESPECIALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EQUITY POLICY INITIATIVES 
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THAT THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL OF THE UF CHAMPIONED OVER SO MANY YEARS. 
          UH, THEY REALLY HAVE GUIDED US AND HAVE PROPELLED US TO THINK OF NEW WAYS TO COLLABORATE. 
          I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. 
          UM, ABOUT 20 OR SO CEOS OF NOT-FOR-PROFITS HERE IN THE CITY MET AND WE MET TO DISCUSS TODAY'S MEETING. 
          AND THAT IS WHAT IS THE MESSAGE THAT WE WANNA CONVEY TO YOU? AND WHAT WE WANTED TO CONVEY TO YOU OVERALL IS THIS PROCESS HAS MADE US STRONGER, HAS MADE US MORE ABLE AND WILLING TO COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER. 
          BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, AS WE ENDED THE MEETING, WE ALL DECIDED THAT THE POINT WE WANTED TO MAKE IS EQUITY DELAYED. 
          IS EQUITY DENIED. 
          THAT'S WHAT CAME ACROSS IN ALL OUR DELIBERATIONS. 
          BOTH THOSE NOT-FOR-PROFITS HAVE RECOMMENDED FOR AWARD AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE NOT. 
          SO WE ARE STANDING TOGETHER AND ALIGNED IN THAT EFFORT. 
          YOUR VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS A VOTE IN SUPPORT OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY COVID. 
          AND WE KNOW THERE'S MUCH MORE WORK TO DO, BUT IT IS A GREAT STEP FORWARD. 
          AND FINALLY, YOU'RE NOT-FOR-PROFIT. 
          PARTNERS ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOU TO PROVIDE THE BEST, MOST EFFICIENT AND MOST EFFECTIVE SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          I URGE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU MR. SALALA. 
          PEGGY AMY, FOLLOWED BY BRITTANY VALDEZ. 
          MR. MAYOR, MR. WALSH, CITY COUNSELORS. 
          MY NAME IS PEGGY AMY. 
          I'M THE FIRST LADY AT U T S A. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THE ASPIRATIONS WE HOLD FOR CHILDREN AND FOSTER CARE SHOULD BE NO LESS THAN FOR WHAT I HOLD FOR MY CH MY DAUGHTER, MY GRANDDAUGHTER, AND WHAT YOU HOLD FOR YOUR CHILDREN. 
          FOUR YEARS AGO, I STARTED A PROGRAM AT U T S A TO SUPPORT FOSTER YOUTH IN GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE. 
          THE PROGRAM IS NOW COUNTYWIDE, THE BEARER COUNTY FOSTERING EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS PILOT PROJECT WORKS TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT, RETENTION AND GRADUATION RATES FOR FOSTER YOUTH. 
          AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF KIDS IN FOSTER CARE WHO UNDERSTAND THAT COLLEGE IS ACHIEVABLE AND EXPECTED. 
          TO DATE, WE HAVE SERVED 600 COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH THE HISTORY OF FOSTER CARE ENROLLED AT U T S A A AND M SAN ANTONIO AND THE ALAMO COLLEGES AND 200 KIDS STILL IN CARE. 
          WE KNOW THE PROGRAM IS W WORKING. 
          U T S A ALONE HAS, HAS EXPERIENCED A 69% INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT OF FOSTER YOUTH. 
          BUT IF WE REALLY WANNA DRIVE CHANGE, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MORE THAN JUST 1.5% OF THE KIDS IN SAN ANTONIO WHO HAVE BEEN IN FOSTER CARE GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE, WE MUST PUT A MUCH BIGGER FOCUS UPSTREAM. 
          WE MUST START SOONER, AND WE MUST WORK WITH THESE KIDS IN CARE LONG BEFORE THEY REACH OUR CAMPUSES. 
          THE C PANDEMIC HAS COMPOUNDED THE CHALLENGES FOSTER YOUTH FACE. 
          ON MONDAY, THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED ON THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TO DATE OF COVID EDUCATIONAL IMPACTS RESEARCHERS ADVISED AND I QUOTE, TO RECOVER WHAT WAS LOST. 
          WE MUST BE DOING MORE THAN JUST GETTING BACK TO NORMAL OFFICIALS WORLDWIDE SHOULD PROVIDE INTENSIVE SUMMER PROGRAMS AND TUTORING INITIATIVES THAT TARGET POORER STUDENTS WHO FELL THE FURTHEST WITHOUT IMMEDIATE AND AGGRESSIVE INTERVENTION. 
          LEARNING LOST WILL BE THE LONGEST AND MOST AND EQUITABLE LEGACY OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          THE U T S A TUTORING MENTORING ONCOLOGY IMMERSION PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, DOES EXACTLY WHAT THAT STUDY ADVISED. 
          I WANNA LEAVE YOU WITH THE WORDS OF VERONICA ALLEN, MY GOOD COLLEAGUE AND A FORMER FOSTER YOUTH WHO IS CURRENTLY PURSUING A GRADUATE DEGREE AT U T S A. 
          VERONICA ENTERED FOSTER CARE AT AGE SEVEN, AND SHE AGED OUT AT 21. 
          SHE'S AMONG THE 3% NATIONALLY WHO WILL GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE. 
          SHE GOT HER UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE AT TEXAS STATE, AND I'M SO PROUD TO TELL YOU MY HUSBAND WILL GIVE HER A GRADUATE DEGREE THIS MAY. 
          VERONICA WAS A CRITICAL MEMBER OF OUR DESIGN TEAM FOR OUR PROPOSAL. 
          SHE WANTED TO BE HERE TO TESTIFY, BUT THE WEATHER PREVENTED HER. 
          THANK YOU, MS. AMY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BRITTANY VALDEZ. 
          BRITTANY VALDEZ. 
          OKAY. 
          EDWARD BENAVIDEZ. 
          MR. BENAVIDEZ, 
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YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MERCEDES BRISTOL. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR COUNCIL, IT'S NICE TO SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES THIS MORNING. 
          I AM EDWARD BENAVIDES AND I SERVE AS VICE PRESIDENT FOR FOR ADULT BEHAVIOR SERVICES FOR THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES. 
          THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES SERVE AS A LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY FOR SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY, PROVIDING NEEDED CLINICAL CARE TO ADDRESS AND SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SUBSTANCE, UH, USE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY WILL FURTHER SUPPORT TREMENDOUS NEEDS WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. 
          THIS COLLABORATIVE, THIS COLLABORATIVE PROPOSAL OF SERVICES IS KEY TO MAXIMIZE THE INVESTMENTS MADE BY THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THE CITY AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, BUT ALSO ADDRESS THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH FACING OUR CLIENTS. 
          THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO, FOR EXAMPLE, CITING A NEED IN THE EAST SIDE COMMUNITY IN 2021, THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION. 
          SAMHSA AND THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM AWARDED FUNDS TO C H C S TO ENABLE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS TO SUPPORT AND RESTORE DELIVERY OF CLINICAL SERVICES THAT WERE IMPACTED BY C OVID 19 PANDEMIC AND PROVIDE INTEGRATED V UH, HEALTHCARE VIA PSYCHIATRY AND PRIMARY CARE. 
          IN PARTICULAR, THE GRANTS FOCUS TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE, SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER, OTHERWISE REFERRED TO AS CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS WITHIN THE EASTERN SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO BAYAR COUNTY, WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT 29 ZIP CODES. 
          TODAY THROUGH THESE COLLABORATIVE SUPPORTS, C H C SS HAS SERVED OVER 3000 CONSUMERS WHILE PROVIDING OVER 8,000 MENTAL HEALTH AND PRIMARY CARE SERVICES ALL WITHIN OUR EAST SIDE CLINIC, LOCATED AT 1954 WEST HOUSTON. 
          WHILE POSITIVE IMPACTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE MUCH MORE WORK TO DO IN OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY. 
          THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APA FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WORKING WITH COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS TO FULLY MAXIMIZE THE AVAILABLE FUNDS AND ULTIMATELY STRIVE FOR BETTER OUTCOMES TO THOSE THAT WE SERVE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I RESPECTFULLY RE, UH, REQUEST THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THESE, UH, FUNDING AWARDS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BEN VIEZ, MERCEDES BRISTOL. 
          MS. BRISTOL, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MARIO BEDO. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, TEAM. 
          UH, MY NAME IS MERCEDES BRISTOL AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TEXAS GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN. 
          AND SO THE ORGANIZATION IS A NEW ORGANIZATION. 
          IT STARTED IN 2019, IT BECAME A NONPROFIT. 
          BUT, UM, AS YOU HEARD A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT FOSTER CHILDREN IN, IN THE THINGS, UH, FOR EVERY ONE FOSTER CHILD IN THE SYSTEM, THERE'S 18 CHILDREN BEING RAISED OUTSIDE THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. 
          AND THAT IS THE POPULATION THAT WE SERVE AT TEXAS. 
          GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN. 
          I HAVE JENNIFER, UH, BRACKET AND, AND, UH, BETH BROWN HERE, WHO IS OUR STAFF. 
          THEY'RE A TEAM THAT KEEPS THIS, UH, ORGANIZATION GOING. 
          AND SO WE, WE COME UP WITH A AND I WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU FOR TAKING, UH, A CHANCE IN, IN, UH, INVESTING IN A NEW PROJECT FOR GRANDPARENTS WITH THE GRANDCHILDREN. 
          WHEN THE GRANDCHILDREN COME TO THE, TO THE GRANDPARENTS, THEY COME WITH A LOT OF TRAUMA AND THEY COME WITH A LOT OF, UH, UH, ISSUES. 
          AND GRANDPARENTS ARE GOING THROUGH THEIR SAME, A LOT OF ABANDONMENT ISSUES AND ISSUES THEMSELVES. 
          SO THE PROGRAM THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, HOPE IS, IS TO HELP AND, UH, GRANDPARENTS TO ORGANIZE AND PREPARE THEM AND EDUCATE THEM FOR WHEN THEY GET THE GRANDCHILDREN, HOW CAN THEY BE MORE SUCCESSFUL? HOW CAN THEY PROVIDE WHAT THEY CAN FOR THE CHILDREN? UH, THESE GRANDPARENTS USUALLY COME WITH NO INCOME. 
          THE CHILDREN COME WITH NO INCOME. 
          SO THE GRANDPARENTS ARE STRUGGLING TO, TO MAKE ENDS MEET. 
          SO I THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL BE A VERY BIG BENEFIT TO THEM, TO HELP THEM BECOME, UM, WHAT I CALLED IS, UM, AND I'VE LOST MY PLACE HERE. 
          HOW THIS PROGRAM WILL SUPPORT BOTH GRANDPARENTS AND KINSHIP CAREGIVERS WITH THEIR GRANDCHILDREN BY DEALING WITH THE FEELINGS OF ABANDONMENT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR BOTH, UH, THE GRANDPARENT AND THE GRANDCHILD. 
          THEY WILL GROW, THEY WILL HELP THEM TO GROW TOGETHER AND BOND. 
          UM, THERE HAPPENS TO BE THIS, THIS GENERATION THAT IS MISSING. 
          SO WE'RE NOT JUST THE GRANDPARENTS, WE'RE NOW THE PARENTS. 
          SO WE WANT TO EMPOWER THEM AND EDUCATE THEM AND, UH, HAVE THEM COME TOGETHER FOR A RETREAT AND THEN FOLLOW THEM 10 MONTHS AFTER TO SEE THEIR PROGRESS AND SEE HOW THEIR, THEIR, UM, BONDING TOGETHER TO MAKE THE HOUSEHOLD A SUCCESSFUL HOUSE. 
          DID I MISS ANYTHING? SURE. 
          . 
          IT HAS BEEN CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED THAT THERE IS GREAT NEED ACROSS OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          TX G IS COMMITTED TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE MOST IMPACTED AREAS. 
          THE PROGRAM 
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WE HAVE PROPOSED, WE'LL PROVIDE ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELING, PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT, EDUCATION, AND RESPITE FOR BOTH GRANDPARENTS AND GRANDCHILDREN. 
          THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, WE ARE UNIQUELY SITUATED TO NOT ONLY BE ABLE TO IMPACT THE GRANDPARENTS, BUT THE WHOLE FAMILY. 
          THIS WILL BRING HEALING AND BREAKDOWN GENERATIONAL BARRIERS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND YOUR VOTE OF YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MARIO OJO. 
          MR. OTO, YOU'D BE FOLLOWED BY BRENDA STENBERG. 
          GREETINGS, UH, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY, CITY STAFF FOR THE RECORD. 
          MY NAME IS MARIO BLATO JR. 
          I'M CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK. 
          AND ON BEHALF OF ERIC COOPER, OUR PRESIDENT, C E O, OUR BOARD, OUR ORGANIZATION, AND OUR TEAM, THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU PROVIDE TO THE CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          FIRST, LET ME JUST SAY THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND FOR ALL THE HARD WORK BY THE CHECK COMMITTEE. 
          UH, THANK YOU TO D H S TO CITY STAFF. 
          I, I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE MEL, JESSICA, PATRICK, UH, ROLAND, AND THE WHOLE D H S TEAM FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AS WE KNOW, ARPA FUNDING IS HISTORIC AND PROBABLY A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          IN THE CASE OF THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK, OUR SISTER FOOD BANKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN OUR STATE, WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO NOURISH POPULATIONS LIKE OUR SENIOR CITIZENS. 
          SENIORS ARE OUR MOMS, DADS, AUNTS, UNCLES, EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS, NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS. 
          THEY'VE TAKEN CARE OF US, SO WE MUST CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. 
          IF WE ARE GOING TO END HUNGER BY 2030, WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER BY INTERLOCKING ARMS AND RESOURCES TO KEEP FEEDING AMERICA'S SAFETY NET STRONG. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR FIGHTING HUNGER IN YOUR DISTRICTS AND FOR FEEDING HOPE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          TOGETHER WE CAN END HUNGER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. O BRENDA SCH ACHTENBERG, FOLLOWED BY GINNY FUNK. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS BRENDA SCH ACHTENBERG, AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO OASIS. 
          OUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR ARPA FUNDING. 
          OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE HEALTHY AGING THROUGH LIFELONG LEARNING, ACTIVE LIFESTYLES AND VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT. 
          THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL MAKE US, WILL ALLOW US TO EXPAND OUR PROGRAMS AND THE NUMBER OF OLDER ADULTS THAT WE CAN SERVE. 
          ONE OF OUR CORE PROGRAMS IS THE SILVER CONNECT PROGRAM. 
          THIS PROGRAM IS IMPLEMENTED TO REDUCE SOCIAL ISOLATION IN OLDER ADULTS. 
          IT WAS STARTED DURING THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE OLDER ADULTS WERE AFFECTED MORE THAN ANY OTHER POPULATION. 
          SILVER CONNECT IS A CHAT LINE FOR SENIORS TO CALL AND TALK WITH A PEER. 
          WHEN THEY'RE LONELY, LONELINESS CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF HEALTH PROBLEMS. YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT THE MORBIDITY RATES FOR SOCIAL ISOLATION EXCEEDS SMOKING AND OBESITY, ACCORDING TO A A R P, LONELINESS, AFFECTS UP TO 60% OF OLDER ADULTS AND CAN SHORTENS ONE LIFESPAN BY EIGHT YEARS. 
          DURING OUR PILOT PROJECT, 92% OF THE SENIORS THAT CALL THE CHAT LINE STATED THAT THEY FELT MORE CONNECTED. 
          AND 92% OF OUR OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS STATED THAT THIS THIS PROGRAM HAS GIVEN THEM A SENSE OF PURPOSE. 
          THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO OFFER OLDER ADULTS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, REASSURANCE, AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES. 
          THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR GIVING OASIS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF OLDER ADULTS IN THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, JENNY FUNK, FOLLOWED BY ABIGAIL MOORE. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, MAYOR BERG AND OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. WALSH, AND TO ALL OF YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. 
          I'M JENNY FUNK. 
          I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS FOR THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION, AND I AM HERE WITH OUR INCREDIBLE MS. DIANE TERON, WHO IS OUR PROGRAM MANAGER IN OUR CHAPTER. 
          ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IS A 
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HORRIBLE, TERRIBLE, HEINOUS, CRUEL, UGLY DISEASE. 
          IT IS A BRAIN DISEASE THAT CAUSES PROBLEMS WITH MEMORY THINKING AND BEHAVIOR. 
          IT IS NOT A NORMAL PART OF AGING. 
          ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IS FATAL, AND WE KNOW THAT IT AFFECTS APPROXIMATELY 31,000 PEOPLE HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          AND 80. 
          AN ESTIMATED 80% OF THOSE LIVE AT HOME WITH ANYWHERE FROM POSSIBLY ONE TO TWO CAREGIVERS OFTEN UNABLE TO AFFORD OUTSIDE CARE. 
          THERE IS ENORMOUS STRAIN ON CAREGIVERS FINANCES, THEIR TIME NEGATIVELY AFFECTING THEIR JOB SECURITY, THEIR PERSONAL WELLBEING. 
          UM, OVER 56% OF CAREGIVERS HAVE A CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION THEMSELVES. 
          THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC HAS CAUSED MAJOR IMPACTS ON PEOPLE LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S AND RELATED DEMENTIAS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS WITH EMPLOYMENT. 
          FINANCIAL WELLBEING, AGAIN, SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS, ISOLATION, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH BEING IMPACTED. 
          OFTENTIMES, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE CAUSES A FAM THE ENTIRE FAMILY TO BE IMPACTED AND RESULTS IN NEEDING 24 HOUR CARE, WHETHER AT HOME OR PROVIDED IN A COMMUNITY, AND CAN OFTEN SPAN MORE THAN 20 YEARS. 
          SO, AT THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION, WE ARE INCREDIBLY, UH, PROUD AND THANKFUL TO BE RECOMMENDED FOR SUPPORT. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE DO A LOT, BUT WE HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE TO REACH. 
          THERE IS, UM, SO MUCH THAT WE CAN DO WITH OUR EDUCATION, TRAINING OUR CLASSES, HELPING IMPACT CAREGIVERS WITH HOW TO COPE, COPING STRATEGIES, REDUCING ISOLATION, LIMITING THE IMPACT ON THE, THAT THE DISEASE HAS ON AN INDIVIDUAL SAFETY. 
          BY THE WAY, I SAW A SILVER ALERT ON THE DRIVE IN THIS MORNING. 
          UM, QUALITY OF LIFE, ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING, FAMILY SAVINGS. 
          WE HAVE A, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CLASSES THAT WE OFFER. 
          AND WHEN COVID HIT, WE HAD TO IMMEDIATELY SHIFT INTO CHANGING EVERYTHING INTO BEING ABLE TO BE VIRTUAL. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE OUR CAREGIVER AND PEOPLE LIVING WITH SUPPORT GROUPS, SUPPORT GROUPS. 
          WE HAVE EARLY STAGE ENGAGEMENT. 
          WE HAVE OUR INFORMATION AND REFERRAL HELPLINE THAT HELPS FAMILIES FOR AS LONG AND AS MANY YEARS AS IT TAKES TO GET THROUGH THIS. 
          IT'S AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY. 
          WE ARE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION, AND WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLABORATIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. FUNK. 
          THANKS. 
          ABIGAIL MOORE, FOLLOWED BY LEONARD RODRIGUEZ. 
          GOOD MORNING FOR I THINK THREE MORE MINUTES. 
          MY NAME'S ABIGAIL MOORE. 
          I'M THE C E O FOR THE SAN ANTONIO COUNCIL AND ALCOHOL AND DRUG AWARENESS FOR SHORT AKATA. 
          A BIG THANK YOU TO THE STAFF. 
          UH, 150, UH, APPLICATIONS TO REVIEW IS A LOT. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO US AND TO THE COMMUNITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE SUBMITTED TWO PROPOSALS, ONE FOR ADULT MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH WAS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING, BUT WE DID, UH, SUBMIT IT. 
          ONE FOR YOUNG, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUTH, CHILDREN, AGES 11, I'M SORRY, 12 TO 18. 
          AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED AT 50%. 
          SO WE'RE ASKING THAT, THAT BE CONSIDERED. 
          UH, WE PARTNER RIGHT NOW WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, E M S AND FIRST RESPONDERS. 
          AND 2019 1,900 PEOPLE WE'RE ASSISTED BY FIRST RESPONDERS WITH OVERDOSES, NOT JUST, UH, OPIOIDS, BUT ALL DRUGS. 
          AND THAT WAS IN 2019. 
          IN 2021, THAT NUMBER GREW TO 3,700 INDIVIDUAL CALLS TO E M S AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO HAD OVERDOSED. 
          THOSE NUMBERS ARE HUGE, AND 10% OF THOSE WERE YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. 
          WE'VE GOT TO DO MORE WHEN PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND, UM, OTHER STRUGGLES LIKE DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, OFTEN THE MEDICATE WITH SUBSTANCES. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET TO YOUNG PEOPLE EARLY AND THAT WE ALSO GET TO THEIR FAMILIES AND PROVIDE SUPPORT BECAUSE ACES HAPPEN WHEN KIDS EXPERIENCE THOSE TRAUMAS IN THEIR HOMES. 
          I WANT TO ECHO WHAT SOME OF MY OTHER PEERS HAVE SAID. 
          UH, WE ARE ASKING THAT THE FULL RECOMMENDED BE VOTED ON AS A YES, BE WHEN WE, UM, DENY ACCESS TO INDIVIDUALS AND WE DON'T SUPPORT THOSE TYPE OF EFFORTS. 
          MORE PEOPLE WILL BE SUICIDAL. 
          MORE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL OVERDOSE, AND WE WILL HAVE THE CHALLENGES JUST CONTINUE TO GROW. 
          SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT YOU, UH, VOTE YES AND, UH, FUND THOSE RECOMMENDED ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MS. MOORE. 
          LEONARD RODRIGUEZ. 
          MR. RODRIGUEZ, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY CYNTHIA WATSON. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD 
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MORNING. 
          UH, I'M LEONARD RODRIGUEZ AND I WORK FOR THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES, THE LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY FOR BEXAR COUNTY IN SAN ANTONIO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT THE CITY IS ADDRESSING THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT IS OCCURRING IN OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY AMONGST OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH POPULATIONS. 
          WE DO APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFUL PROCESS IN THE MANY HOURS THAT YOU AND STAFF HAVE SPENT TO ENSURE THAT THESE ONCE IN A LIFETIME GENERATIONAL FUNDS WILL ENABLE ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS, UH, CRITICAL TREATMENT SERVICES IN SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS AND RESPOND TO THIS CRISIS. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IN BEXAR COUNTY, THE 2021 CENSUS DATA SHOWS US THAT THERE ARE OVER 500 CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18. 
          AND ACCORDING TO A RECENT STUDY BY THE MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE, APPROXIMATELY 130 CHILDREN IN YOUTH AGES SIX TO 17 HAVE MENTAL HEALTH AND OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. 
          C H C S IN COLLABORATION WITH FAMILY SERVICE, RISE RECOVERY AND CLARITY, CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER IS BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF THE LOCAL BEHAVIORAL SYSTEM TO EFFECTIVELY RESPOND TO THE EXTRAORDINARY NEEDS OF MORE THAN 1000 UNDUPLICATED CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE EXPERIENCING ADVERSE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS FROM C OVID 19 PANDEMIC PROGRAM. 
          HIGHLIGHTS WITH OUR PARTNERS INCLUDE LONGITUDINAL MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, PSYCHIATRIC CARE, MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, LONG-TERM THERAPY, REFERRED BY FAMILY SERVICE OR RISE RECOVERY AND PROGRAM FUNDING ASSISTANCE TO COVER THE COST OF UNCON UNCOMPENSATED HOSPITALIZATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH RECEIVING INPATIENT TREATMENT FROM CLARITY CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER AND OTHER CHILDREN'S INPATIENT HOSPITALS. 
          AND DOING SO, WE ARE INCREASING THE CAPACITY TO SERVE MORE CHILDREN WITH FAMILY SERVICE. 
          WE ARE ADDRESSING THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AND THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, SUCH AS HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, FOOD SECURITY, AND ACCESS TO CARE. 
          WITH RISE RECOVERY, WE ARE ADDRESSING THE VOID IN SUBSTANCE USE SCREENING, ACCESS AND TREATMENT FOR OUR YOUTH POPULATIONS. 
          AND THIS INCLUDES SCREENING AND LINKING TO MORE LINKING CARE TO MORE THAN 8,000 ANNUAL CHILD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORTS. 
          THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH POPULATIONS RECEIVING SERVICES WILL HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER, HAVE FAMILY INCOME OF BELOW 200% OF THE POVERTY LEVEL AND ARE UNINSURED. 
          90% WILL LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOOD ZIP CODES THAT SCORE AT LEAST A SIX TO 10 ON THE EQUITY ATLAS BY ADOPTING COMPREHENSIVE PREVENTIVE PREVENTION STRATEGIES THAT OFFER FAMILIES A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS TARGETED TO DIFFERENT POPULATIONS WITH DIFFERING DIFFERENT NEEDS. 
          ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH MORE VIA PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          BECAUSE OF THE CITY'S R F P PROCESS, THIS IS POSSIBLE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO WORK RIGHT AWAY WITH THIS TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE EARLY INTERVENTION AND DETECT CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR HEALTH BECAUSE MANY OF THE ADULTS WE TREAT IN AT OUR CLINICS TODAY HAD UNTREATED BEHAVIOR HEALTH CONDITIONS AS CHILDREN. 
          THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU CYNTHIA WATSON. 
          MS. WATSON, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY PAT OGLE. 
          HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UH, MY NAME IS CINDY WATSON AND I AM THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISION IMPAIRED. 
          MANY OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          UH, WE'RE BEST KNOWN FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE PROVIDE TO PEOPLE WITH VISION LOSS, UM, OR WE'RE LOCATED OUR HEADQUARTERS AND MOST OF OUR LOCATIONS ARE ACTUALLY LOCATED IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          UM, BUT WE ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND IN THE NATION. 
          AND, UM, SO YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE, BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK MORE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          AND, UM, I'M HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN VOTING FOR THE RECOMMENDED SUPPORT OF OUR ORGANIZATION TO ADDRESS THAT RECOVERY. 
          SO ON OUR UH, SERVICES SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WE ACTUALLY PROVIDE SERVICES TO TEXANS ADJUST, EXCUSE ME, ADJUSTING TO VISION LOSS FROM BIRTH ALL THE WAY TO SENIORS. 
          AND OUR LARGEST CONSTITUENCY IS A GROWING POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH IS OUR SENIOR POPULATION. 
          DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE OUR, ALL OF OUR CLIENTS WERE ISOLATED, BUT MOST ESPECIALLY ARE SENIORS. 
          AND I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO ILLUSTRATE, UM, IF YOU CAN THINK ABOUT SOMEONE EXPERIENCING VISION LOSS. 
          AND 
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AS A PERSON WHO'S LEGALLY BLIND, I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST TO IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE, OF THE PANDEMIC, YOU CAN REMEMBER WE WERE ALL USING A LOT OF 4 0 9 AND LYSOL TO CLEAN EVERY SURFACE BEFORE WE TOUCHED IT, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND INTERACT IN THE WORLD, TACTILELY. 
          SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE FEAR THAT PEOPLE WITH VISION LOSS WERE EXPERIENCING, ESPECIALLY NEWLY ADJUSTING TO VISION LOSS, WHICH MANY OF OUR SENIORS EXPERIENCE JUST DUE TO AGE RELATED VISION LOSS, RIGHT? AND WE SERVE THAT POPULATION. 
          SO THERE WAS ISOLATION, WHICH COMPOUNDED ALL OF THE ISSUES AROUND ADJUSTMENT AND ACCESSING THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO SENIORS, WHICH IS A VERY HIGH TOUCH SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL. 
          WE DID THE BEST THAT WE COULD. 
          WE DID PIVOT AND PROVIDE MORE SURVIVAL TYPE SERVICES THAT OUR CLIENTS NEEDED AT THE TIME. 
          AND NOW WE'RE EXPERIENCING A BACKLOG THAT WE'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST. 
          AT THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHTHOUSE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE PRIDED OURSELVES IN IS NO ONE HAS TO WAIT FOR SERVICES. 
          IF YOU NEED SOMETHING, WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, AND WE NOW HAVE A BACKLOG THAT THIS FUNDING WOULD HELP US TO ADDRESS THAT WOULD SPECIFICALLY HELP US TO GET BACK TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES WHEN A CLIENT NEEDS IT AT THE TIME THAT THEY NEED IT. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN PROVIDING THE RECOMMENDED FUNDING TO THE LIGHTHOUSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. WATSON. 
          PAT OGLE. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          SO I'M . 
          OH, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MS. OGLE. 
          UH, AND FINALLY, JACK FINGER. 
          WELL, MAYOR NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS JACK FINGER, AND I'M THE POOR TAXPAYER THAT, UH, IT HAS TO PAY FOR ALL THESE AFOREMENTIONED PROPOSALS. 
          YES, UH, THE COVID, UH, DISEASE. 
          UH, WELL, WHAT THE, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU NOW IS A BIG, UH, UH, FEDERAL FUND THAT US GOVERNMENT IS DOLING OUT FOR WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN RECOVERY OF A BIG DISEASE, BUT IT HAS IN INSTEAD TURNED OUT TO HAVE BECOME A BIG SOCIAL SERVICE GOODIE BAG. 
          AND, UH, OUR HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR, UH, MADE A VERY FAST-PACED PRESENTATION EARLIER. 
          AND, UH, IF YOU DIDN'T SEE IT, UH, YOU MIGHT'VE MISSED IT. 
          UH, BUT I SAW IT AND, UH, I NOTICED THAT ONE, ONE GROUP IN PARTICULAR, MR. AUDIO VISUAL AND, UH, SCROLL DOWN TO THAT, UH, UNDERLINED AREA THERE. 
          ONE, UH, GROUP IN PARTICULAR I SAW WAS, UH, CAUGHT MY EYE. 
          IT SAYS THAT THE PRIDE CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO, AND WHAT DOES THE PRIDE CENTER DO? WELL, DOES IT, UH, IS SUPPOSED TO JUST INSTILL PRIDE IN EVERY AND TO ALL THE, THE KIDS AND THE ADULTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? ABOUT WHAT? WELL, IF YOU SHIP TO THE RIGHT OVER THERE, MR.  SAYS, FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS, I GUESS IT'S Q R S T U V W X Y Z. 
          LET'S GET 'EM ALL IN THERE. 
          YOUTH EMPOWERING PROGRAMMING AND FURTHER SHIFT TO THE RIGHT, IF YOU WOULD. 
          MR. , HOW MUCH ARE THEY GETTING? $200,000. 
          WE, EXCUSE ME. 
          AND, UH, NOW, MR. AUDREY, PUT THAT UP THERE, IF YOU WOULD. 
          WHAT EXACTLY ARE THEY GOING TO BE DOING? WELL REDUCE A LITTLE BIT THERE. 
          WHAT'S IT SAY THERE? THE, THIS HOME WILL SEXUAL ART AGENCY WILL BE, UH, IT SAYS L G B T Q YOUTH EMPOWERING PROGRAM. 
          BASICALLY, PROGRAM SERVES WILL INCLUDE OPENING THE CENTER YOUTH WHO THE UNDERLYING SAYS, OFFERING AN EIGHT TO 12 WEEK ENRICHMENT MENTOR READ GROOMING PROGRAM TO DISCUSS LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY IN L G B Q COMMUNITIES. 
          YES, ADVOCATING FOR THE HOMOSEXUAL LIFESTYLE. 
          FURTHER DOWN, YOU SEE, UNDERLINED AREA SAYS THE VARIOUS THINGS YOU'RE GONNA OFFER WITH THIS MONEY IS, UH, THE HOMOSEXUAL AFFIRMING PROM AFFIRMING PROM. 
          ONE WONDERS IF THEY'RE GONNA BE, HAVE ANY HETEROSEXUAL COUPLES GOING, GOING TO THAT, UH, THAT 
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OCCASION THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND FURTHER, BUT THE BIG THING I NOTICED HERE, IT SAYS AT THE END HERE, IT SAYS, AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO GENDER MARKER ELDER. 
          THANK YOU MR. FINGERS. 
          CHANGE SERVICES. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO COUNCIL DISCUSSION NOW. 
          UM, LEMME FIRST STATE, UH, JUST BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, I'M GONNA ASK, UM, ANDY OR ERIC OR SOMEONE TO RESTATE THE, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UH, BASED ON OUR DISCUSSION LAST WEEK. 
          I KNOW THERE'S SOME, UH, UH, I'M GUESSING THERE'S SOME PRETTY STRONG CONSENSUS AROUND THE AWARDS, BUT THERE IS AN AMOUNT THAT'S UNALLOCATED THAT I THINK DESERVES SOME DIS ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. 
          I THINK SOME OF THAT DISCUSSION WILL BE BASED ON THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED. 
          SO, UH, ERIC, OVER TO YOU ON WHAT THE, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THIS, UH, ITEM IS TODAY. 
          YEP. 
          THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR. 
          SO THE, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, AND YOU HEARD A, YOU HEARD THE PRESENTATION, IT'S TO AWARD, UH, THE 59 AGENCIES, $36.4 MILLION. 
          AND, UH, WHAT I MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE, OF THE ITEM WAS THAT LAST WEEK WE HAD RECOMMENDED THE $3.7 MILLION IN UNALLOCATED GO INTO SUBSEQUENT, UM, SOLICITATIONS THAT WOULD BEGIN AS SOON AS THIS MONTH, LATER THIS MONTH. 
          UM, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT THE COUNCIL, UH, THE DISCUSSION THE COUNCIL HAD LAST WEEK AND OUR INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS, THE RECOMMENDATION THIS MORNING TO YOU AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WAS THAT THOSE UNALLOCATED, THAT $3.7 MILLION UNALLOCATED GO BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          THOSE HOME COUNCIL COMMITTEES THAT DID THE INITIAL WORK, UM, AND, UH, AND BEEN BROUGHT TO THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THAT PROCESS HAS WORKED FOR US IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND FRANKLY, YOU HEARD THE COUNCIL HEARD A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THIS MORNING. 
          UM, AND, AND FOR YOUR COM FOR THE COMMITTEES TO, YOU KNOW, REEVALUATE WHAT PRIORITIES AND OUTCOMES ARE AND BRING 'EM BACK TO THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          SO AWARDING 3 36 0.4, SENDING 3.7 BACK TO COMMITTEES. 
          OKAY, THANKS, ERIC. 
          AND, UH, I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO REEXAMINE SOME OF THE FUNDING CATEGORIES IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH FUNDING IS IN EACH OF THOSE POTS, SO TO SPEAK, THAT WE STOP AT THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, UH, WHICH IS I THINK AT A WEEK AND A HALF OR SO. 
          UH, WE CAN THEN SEND IT TO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES FROM THERE IN THE NEW ALLOCATING AMOUNTS. 
          UH, NOT MAKING DECISIONS ON, ON APPLICATIONS AT THAT POINT. 
          BUT, UH, WHAT THE FRAMEWORK LOOKS LIKE BASED ON WHAT WE'VE DECIDED BEFORE, I, I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. 
          I THINK THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS WERE ALL REPRESENTED ON THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. 
          SO THAT, AND THE NEXT GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE IS ON, UM, IS ON FEBRUARY 15TH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S FOR, UH, COUNCIL DIS UH, CONSIDERATION. 
          LET ME START OUR DISCUSSION NOW. 
          UH, BUT LET ME ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THEN WE'LL BEGIN OUR DELIBERATIONS. 
          MAY I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM THREE, EXCEPT FUNDING FOR OLDER ADULTS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS AND CHILD ADVOCATES OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          GREAT. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 
          SO WE'LL GO START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THE NONPROFIT PARTNERS FOR COMING THIS MORNING. 
          UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE. 
          A COUPLE OF HOURS, UM, OR MORE. 
          UH, SO, UM, I, I DEFINITELY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT I LOVE THE THEME THAT I THINK IT WAS THROUGH THE NONPROFIT COUNCIL THAT YOU ALL HAVE WITH, UM, EQUITY DELAYED. 
          IS EQUITY DENIED. 
          AND I THINK I'M GONNA BORROW SOME OF THAT AS, AS I MAKE SOME, SOME FURTHER REMARKS LATER ON. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE LIST THAT, UH, THE CITY STAFF HAS PROVIDED. 
          THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF. 
          UM, JESSICA DOINA, YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB, AND I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT THE PRESENTATION. 
          I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. 
          THAT'S HOW GOOD I WAS. 
          I TOLD ERIC WALSH THIS. 
          UM, BUT I, I DO WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE, IN PARTICULAR, I HAD A MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK, UM, AND IT WAS WITH, UM, PRESIDENT AMY'S WIFE AND, UM, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST HAS BEEN WORKING ON SOLUTIONS TO HOUSE CHILDREN, AGING OUTTA THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. 
          WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON FIGURING OUT HOW TO, UM, PROVIDE SOME, IF YOU WILL, UPSTREAM SERVICES, LIKE WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT TODAY. 
          UM, AND MRS. AMY HAD THIS, UH, PLAN FOUR YEARS AGO, AND WE DUG IT OUT. 
          AND SO SHE GAVE ME HER, HER VISION AGAIN FOR IT, ET CETERA. 
          BUT I WANNA, IN PARTICULAR, UM, CALL ATTENTION TO IKA, UH, WHO'S A GRADUATE STUDENT FROM U T SS A WHO AGED OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND, UM, IT'S RANA'S FIRST TIME AT CITY COUNCIL. 
          SHE WAS DRIVING DOWN FROM AUSTIN AND DIDN'T MAKE IT IN TIME TO SIGN UP. 
          UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO USE SOME OF MY, MY MINUTES IKA, IF IT'S OKAY FOR YOU TO COME UP AND AT LEAST SAY, UM, HELLO AND, AND EXPLAIN HOW IMPORTANT A PROGRAM LIKE 
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THIS IS, IS TO, TO YOU. 
          AND SO WHILE IKA COMES UP, I'LL ALSO, UM, MAKE FACT THAT, UH, I, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S COMMENT. 
          UM, MR. LOREDO, IF YOU'RE STILL HERE, I, I, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU USED MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF, OF NEEDS. 
          I, I USE THAT IN MY CLASS TO, TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT SERVICES, UM, HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICES. 
          UM, SHOUT OUT TO YOU ALL. 
          MY CLASS WILL BE DOING A PROJECT FOR YOU ALL AS WELL, SO VERY HAPPY. 
          I I CAN'T MENTION, YOU KNOW, LIKE THERE'S JUST SO MANY TO GO AROUND. 
          I SEE EDWARD BENAVIDES, UM, IN THE HOUSE AS WELL, SAYING THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE TIME THAT YOU PUT FORWARD TO OUR YOUTH IKA, THE FLOOR'S, YOURS. 
          HELLO EVERYONE. 
          UM, SORRY FOR BEING LATE, BUT I, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL SUPPORT AND HELPING US WITH THIS. 
          UM, SORRY I'M A LITTLE SHY. 
          UM, I HOPE PRESIDENT OR FIRST THE FIRST LADY DESIGNING THEIR PROGRAM. 
          AND, UH, WE MET, UH, OVER ZOOM OR TEAM MEETINGS PLENTY OF TIMES, SO I WAS A BIG PART OF THE, UH, DESIGNING IT. 
          IT WAS PRETTY COOL. 
          UM, AND I'M A CRIMINOLOGY MAJOR AT U T SS A AND I'M EXPECTED TO GRADUATE, UM, THIS SEMESTER. 
          UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION I WISH THIS PROGRAM HAD EXISTED WHEN I WAS AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE. 
          I WOULD HAVE KNOWN SO MUCH MORE ABOUT COLLEGE. 
          YEAH. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, IKA. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND ADVOCATED FOR YOU, MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER VEO HDA. 
          THANKS TO EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY WHO CAME TO SPEAK TODAY, AND I KNOW HE'S GONE BACK TO SCHOOL, BUT I DO ESPECIALLY THANK, UM, ELLIOT COPELAND WHO, WHO CAME TO TALK WITH US TODAY. 
          I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM SO MANY NONPROFITS AND, AND AS YOU GUYS COME UP AND TALK AND YOU ALL SEEM TO KNOW EACH OTHER, UM, I WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY TO SORT OF HARNESS THIS ENERGY AND, AND PROPEL IT FORWARD. 
          AND, AND THIS IS THE BEGINNING, I THINK IN MY BOOK. 
          WE KNOW WE HAVE THIS, THIS, THIS, THESE MONIES TO ALLOCATE. 
          UM, AND I THINK IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE THAT, UH, WE'RE SPENDING IT, UH, AT LEAST THE 26 MILLION THAT CAME TO PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          WE'RE SPENDING IT ON MENTAL HEALTH. 
          I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ALL AS MENTALLY HEALTH HEALTHY AS WE CAN BE IS GONNA IMPACT PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT YOU CAN SEPARATE THE TWO, AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU NONPROFITS OUT HERE KNOW THAT. 
          SO, UM, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M MAKING THE COMMENT THAT I WISH THAT I COULD BOTTLE THIS AND WE COULD ALL KIND OF MOVE FORWARD, BUT, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S GONNA BE A WAY TO DO THAT. 
          WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT TOGETHER. 
          UM, THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WHO IS THOUGHTFUL AND DELIBERATE WITH EVERY STEP OF THIS MONTH LONG PRO PROCESS. 
          AND I THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR FOCUS AND DEDICATION TO THIS ISSUE. 
          WE KEPT OUR FOCUS ON OUTCOMES, ON IMPACT, AND ON MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE GREATEST NEED. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE DOLLARS WERE ASSIGNED TO, UM, TO PUBLIC SAFETY BY THE MAYOR. 
          AND WE THANK HIM FOR, FOR THAT FORESIGHT. 
          UM, WE WERE TASKED, AS I MENTIONED, WITH THE DISBURSEMENT OF 26 MILLION FOR MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY. 
          OUR TASK WAS TO PRIORITIZE AND MAKE BEST USE OF THE MONEY THAT WE WERE ALLOCATED. 
          SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT MY, UM, MY, MY TRADE IS, UM, I'M A DISABILITY ATTORNEY, SO I KNOW FIRSTHAND FROM MY CLIENTS THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS VERY OFTEN PUT TO THE SIDE. 
          IT'S NEVER THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. 
          THERE'S SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT, UM, IN, IN PEOPLE'S BOOKS, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          I THINK THE SAME IS TRUE OF FOSTER CARE CHILDREN. 
          I THINK, UM, ONE OF MY PASSIONS, AND I LEARNED IT A A LONG TIME AGO WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR OFFICE, I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING TO ME TALKING ABOUT THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. 
          WHEN I STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, I KEPT GETTING TOLD, YOU'RE THE CITY. 
          YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO MECHANISM, THERE'S NO WAY IT'S ALL STATE. 
          BUT THE MORE I STARTED PUSHING, THE MORE I STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS, THE MORE I SEE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN DO. 
          WE ARE ALLOCATING MONIES TODAY TOWARDS, UH, HELPING CHILDREN THAT ARE AGING OUTTA THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. 
          WE HEARD A LOT OF TESTIMONY HERE TODAY ABOUT THOSE THINGS. 
          ONE OF MY BIG PASSIONS WAS MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING HOUSED. 
          WE TALKED TODAY ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, MISS AMY TALKED ABOUT HER, HER PROGRAM WITH U T S A. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT THAT'S GOING ON THERE. 
          AND AGAIN, I WISH I COULD PUT IT ALL TOGETHER IN ONE ROOM AND POUR A TON MORE MONEY INTO IT BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, UM, I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT 26 MILLION IS, UH, A DROP IN THE BUCKET WHEN IT COMES TO OUR MENTAL HEALTH. 
          SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          NONPROFITS ARE ON THE, THE FRONT LINES OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND THEY'RE BEST EQUIPPED TO LEAD OUR RESPONSES. 
          Y'ALL ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY DOING THE WORK. 
          I WANNA JUST REALLY QUICKLY RECOGNIZE A FEW PEOPLE THAT CAME TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          OF COURSE, ANGIE WHITE, WHO'S, UM, IN THE, IN THE TRENCHES WITH, WITH FOSTER CHILDREN. 
          UM, MR. NUNEZ LORETO, I'VE NEVER, UM, MET YOU OR HEARD YOU SPEAK. 
          I THINK WHAT YOU SAID TODAY WAS VERY, UH, POIGNANT AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE OUT THERE IN THE TRENCHES DOING THAT WORK. 
          UH, BENNY PRICE, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE LEFT. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, VERY 
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MOVING WORDS, HEARING WHAT'S GOING OUT THERE, OUT THERE TODAY. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, I MENTIONED PEGGY AMY FOR COMING AND TALKING TO US ABOUT, ABOUT, UM, FOSTER CHILDREN AND THEIR EDUCATIONS. 
          THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH CARE WAS OVERWHELMING. 
          AND SHOWS REALLY HOW MUCH WORK IS OUT THERE BEING DONE, BUT HOW MUCH MORE HELP IS ACTUALLY NEEDED. 
          SO, THANKS AGAIN TO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES, OUR CITY STAFF. 
          SPECIAL THANKS TO THE PANELISTS WHO PAINSTAKINGLY WENT THROUGH, POURED OVER THESE APPLICATIONS AND HAD TO MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS. 
          YOU DID GOOD WORK, AND I'M EAGER TO SEE THESE FUNDS BEING PUT TO USE AND HAVING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF OUR, OUR MOST VULNERABLE SAN ANTONIANS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. 
          HDA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALS. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, CAN, CAN YOU COME UP HERE REAL QUICK? 'CAUSE I, I, I SAW SOMETHING IN THE PRESENTATION, UM, THAT CONTRADICTS WHAT, WHAT I'D SEEN EARLIER, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT SLIDE IT WAS, BUT YOU, YOU'D MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS WERE, UH, EXCLUDED, UH, OR DENIED BECAUSE THEY WERE ASKING FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT RIGHT? CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THAT? SO THERE WERE CERTAIN CATEGORIES WITHIN THE R F P THAT DID ALLOW FOR CAPITAL AS PART OF THE COMMITTEE APPROVED PLANS AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVED PLANS. 
          AND THERE WERE OTHERS THAT DID NOT INCLUDE THAT IN THE SCOPE OF WORK. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IN SOME CASES, THERE WERE AGENCIES THAT APPLIED WITHIN OTHER CATEGORIES, UH, THAT DID NOT INCLUDE CAPITAL AS PART OF THEIR SCOPE OF WORK. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO I WAS LOOKING AT DOCUMENT OH OH FOUR SCOPE OF SERVICES, UM, WHERE WE SAID, UH, AND, AND THESE DOCUMENTS ARE, ARE SORT OF THE GUIDE FOR THESE AGENCIES WHEN THEY APPLY AND HOW THEY, HOW THEY FASHION THEIR, THEIR APPLICATIONS AND WHAT IT IS THEY SHOULD SHOOT FOR. 
          AND ONE OF THOSE, LIKE YOU JUST SAID, RIGHT, WAS, UM, NON-PROFESSIONAL FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND INCREASED INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, AND THAT THEY CAN INCLUDE FLEXIBLE FUNDING FOR ADMIN OPERATION, STRATEGY, AND OR STRUCTURES. 
          RIGHT, LORI? YES. 
          AND SO LET ME CLARIFY THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          OUT OF THE FOUR CATEGORIES, WE HAD ONE CATEGORY, WHICH WAS NONPROFIT SOCIAL SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT ALLOWED FOR CAPITAL FUNDING. 
          THAT CATEGORY INCLUDED TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR BOTH ECONOMIC HARDSHIP. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER, UM, COMPONENTS, THERE'S TWO AND A HALF MILLION TOTAL. 
          WE SCORED ALL APPLICANTS. 
          RIGHT. 
          EVEN IF THEY APPLIED FOR CAPITAL. 
          BUT, UM, I WANT TO STRESS THAT ONLY ONE CATEGORY ALLOWED FOR CAPITAL, AND THAT WAS THE CATEGORY THAT HAD TWO AND A HALF MILLION. 
          THE OTHER CATEGORIES WERE VERY CLEAR ON WHAT THE SCOPE WAS ASKING FOR. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S FAIR. 
          AND, AND, AND THE REASON I'M ASKING LORI IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'VE ALL BEEN GETTING THE CALLS FROM, FROM THE DIFFERENT APPLICANTS, AND ONE OF THEM IN PARTICULAR WAS LIKE, I'M CONFUSED. 
          RIGHT? I THOUGHT THAT I, I WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR IT BASED ON THAT CATEGORY. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE I WAS EXCLUDED BECAUSE I APPLIED FOR IT BASED ON THAT CATEGORY, WHICH IS INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND SO I'M HEARING YOU LOUD AND CLEAR NOW, UM, WHICH LEADS ME TO MY, MY NEXT CONCERN. 
          AND, UM, AND I'M, AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THIS OR ERIC OR MARIA EVEN, RIGHT. 
          UM, WHEN WE APPLY FOR FEDERAL GRANTS, WHAT I KNOW IS THAT IF WE DON'T GET THE FEDERAL GRANT, AND SALLY AND JEFF DID A LOT OF WORK IN THIS, UM, THOSE AGENCIES THEN HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH US BY LAW. 
          THEY HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH US AND GIVE US A POST, UM, SORT OF POST-MORTEM ANALYSIS ON WHY WE DIDN'T GET IT AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAYBE IMPROVE OUR CHANCES. 
          WE'RE GETTING IT NEXT TIME. 
          AND WE PARTICIPATE IN THAT BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE RIGHT. 
          OUR CHANCES THE NEXT TIME. 
          AND THOSE AGENCIES PUT A LOT OF WORK, WORK IN THOSE DEEP, IN THOSE DEBRIEFS BECAUSE THEY ALSO SEE IT AS A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR US AND FOR THEM, UM, AS FAR AS HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE THEIR PROCESS AND, AND WE CAN IMPROVE OUR PROCESS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , DO WE HAVE YES. 
          SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THIS KIND OF FUNDING? WE, WE, WE DO IT IN ALL OUR PROCUREMENTS AND ALL OUR SOLICITATIONS. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A DEBRIEF REQUEST. 
          THANKS, LORD. 
          AND, AND IN FACT, I THINK THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATION THIS WEEK WITH SOME OF THE AGENCIES WHO HAVE REQUESTED DEBRIEFS. 
          AND SO WE WILL MAKE THAT OUTREACH TO ANYBODY WHO WASN'T SUCCESSFUL TO UNDERSTAND, UM, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE PATTERN WAS AND, AND THE EVALUATION WAS SO THAT THEY'RE BETTER PREPARED FOR THE NEXT TIME. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO, SO SUPER IMPORTANT THEN WHAT, WHAT OUR CITY MANAGER JUST SAID, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT, THAT ARE DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU DIDN'T GET ON THE LIST, RIGHT? THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO LEARN SORT OF THE THINKING AND THE PROCESS BEHIND WHAT, WHAT THIS TEAM OVER HERE DID TO, TO COMPILE THIS LIST. 
          AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE, WAIT, I DON'T KNOW. 
          AND I WANT TO INCREASE MY CHANCES FOR THE NEXT TIME, AND I, I, I WANNA BE BETTER, RIGHT? UH, POSITIONED, UH, TO GET THIS KIND OF FUNDING, IF EVER THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, AGAIN, I'M, I'M IMPLORING Y'ALL, AVAIL YOURSELF OF THOSE DEBRIEFINGS. 
          AND IF YOU DON'T, YOU'RE MISSING A REALLY 
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GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT HERE. 
          AND, AND ALSO TO HELP US IMPROVE, BECAUSE I, I, I, I DO KNOW THAT THESE ARE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATIONS, RIGHT? SO, UM, I, I, MY HEART WOULD BE BROKEN. 
          I, I, IF Y'ALL DIDN'T, WHO DIDN'T GET THE FUNDING, UM, YOU KNOW, WENT HOME WITH, WITH HURT FEELINGS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T FOLLOW UP ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT NEXT STEP. 
          AND SO PLEASE, PLEASE DO THAT. 
          AND IF YOU NEED HELP, YOU KNOW, SCHEDULING THAT, I'D, I'D, I'D LOVE TO BE A PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SECOND, UH, WITH, UH, I, LAST WEEK WHEN WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH US ABOUT THIS, I WAS, I WAS FRUSTRATED, RIGHT? UM, AND 'CAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE WERE MAKING A, AS INTENTIONAL AN EFFORT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, FUND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UM, THE WAY THAT WE'D, THAT WE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR, FOR PAST SIX YEARS. 
          UM, AND I APPRECIATE THAT IN OTHER INSTANCES, WE HAVE FUNDED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, YOU KNOW, INITIATIVES. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALSO FUNDED A LOT OF OTHER INITIATIVES IN PAST INSTANCES, RIGHT? LIKE HOMELESSNESS AND STEAM AND STEM AND GANGS AND ALL, ALL THESE OTHER EXCELLENT INITIATIVES THAT WERE PRESENTED TO US BY YOU. 
          AND THEN EVEN THE EXCELLENT INITIATIVES THAT WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, UH, FUNDED TODAY. 
          UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT I HEARD WAS, WELL, THAT WASN'T THE PROCESS, RIGHT? THE PROCESS WAS WE SET UP THESE THREE BUCKETS AND WE DIDN'T SET UP A FOURTH BUCKET. 
          AND I THINK MY FRUSTRATION LAST WEEK WAS REALLY BORN FROM, FROM THIS, THIS LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS A BUCKET THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLICITLY ARTICULATED, RIGHT? AS OPPOSED TO WHAT IT REALLY IS, WHICH IS, AND FOR HER, YOU'LL, YOU'LL CONFIRM THIS, I THINK, RIGHT? WHICH IS, IT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IS THE COMMON DENOMINATOR. 
          IT IS NOT A BUCKET, RIGHT? IT IS THE THING THAT IMPACTS EVERY, IT'S MENTAL HEALTH. 
          IT IS YOUTH, IT IS SENIOR, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHY I, UM, THAT'S WHY I WAS REALLY SORT OF DRUMMING THAT, THAT HAMMER, UH, REALLY, REALLY, UM, UH, REALLY HARD LAST WEEK. 
          UM, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND PROCESS, RIGHT? I MEAN, I'M AN, I ADVOCATE FOR PROCESS. 
          SOMETIMES PROCESS IS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ADDS TRANSPARENCY, RIGHT? BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, MY COLLEAGUE WHO'S, WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY, AND I WISH SHE WAS, UM, I'M SAD TO SEE HER GO, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, SHE MADE AN EMPHATIC PLEA FOR US TO STAND UP FOR THE SANCTITY OF THE PROCESS, RIGHT? WHEREAS I MADE AN EMPHATIC PLEA, UM, AND A, YOU KNOW, A VERY ZEALOUS ARGUMENT, 'CAUSE I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR THIS, RIGHT? I MADE AN EMPHATIC PLEA FOR US TO PRIORITIZE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE VICTIMS, UM, AND THE FAMILIES, RIGHT? WHO HAVE TO GO TO THE FUNERALS FOR THESE VICTIMS. UM, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATING EMPHATICALLY FOR PROCESS VERSUS ADVOCATING EMPHATICALLY FOR, FOR VICTIMS. I SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT I PICKED THE RIGHT PRIORITY, RIGHT? UM, AND, UH, I I HAVE A, I HAVE A CONCERN, RIGHT? AND THAT IS ERIC, DO WE OR ANDY, DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TODAY, RIGHT, RIGHT NOW TO MAKE MOTIONS, TO MOVE CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS UP THAT WEREN'T CONSIDERED AND MOVE CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS OUT, OR, FOR THAT MATTER, REDUCE THE AMOUNTS FOR ONE AND INCREASE THE AMOUNTS FOR OTHERS? YES. 
          I MEAN, ULTIMATELY THAT'S THE AUTHORITY OF THE COUNCIL. 
          AND, AND, AND, AND YOU HAVE THAT COM YOU AS A BODY HAVE THAT AUTHORITY TO TAKE, UM, THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND MAKE THE FINAL DETERMINATIONS BECAUSE YOU APPROVE IT. 
          BUT COUNCILMAN, I, I DON'T, AND I, I, I'M SORRY. 
          I UNDERSTAND THE, THE POINT FROM LAST WEEK AND, AND CERTAINLY THE POINTS YOU MADE TODAY, BUT THERE, THERE ARE TOO MANY ELEMENTS OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE PRIORITIZED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AND, AND YEAH, WE DID FOLLOW A PROCESS. 
          IT WAS A PROCESS THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AND AGREED UPON BY THE COUNCIL. 
          AND, AND, AND WHEN IT GETS TO THIS POINT, THE COUNCIL ALWAYS HAS THE ABILITY, BASED ON SIX VOTES TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          GREAT. 
          BUT, BUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS IMPORTANT TO US. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HUMAN SERVICES. 
          AND I DON'T WANT, I, I DON'T WANT THE LISTENERS TO THINK THAT, THAT WE JUST DISCOUNT EVERYTHING. 
          WE DON'T CARE ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE SPEND A LOT OF RESOURCES ON IT. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          AND I, AND I DON'T WANT TO CREATE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE DON'T CARE ABOUT IT TODAY. 
          ERIC, AND THEN MARIA VILLA GOMEZ, YOU'VE BEEN A CHAMPION OF THIS TOPIC. 
          AND LORI, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE CELEBRATING YOU IN, UH, IN MAY, I BELIEVE, UH, NO IN MARCH, RIGHT? FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR WORK IN THIS AREA AS WELL. 
          AND, UH, I'M, UH, I, I DON'T WANNA DISCOUNT OR MINIMIZE, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL'S EFFORTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS. 
          SO WITH THE MINUTE AND 20 SECONDS I HAVE LEFT, UM, I INVITE MY COUNSEL TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING MOTION. 
          UM, AND THAT IS, AS IT RELATES TO THE THREE WEALTHIEST MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR ORGANIZATIONS, WELL, TWO OF 'EM ARE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE ON THIS LIST. 
          UM, UT MEDICAL CENTER, UM, AND I'M SORRY, UT HEALTH AND U T S A, UT HEALTH IS ASKING FOR 985,000 IN CHANGE. 
          U T S A IS ASKING FOR 471, 
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UM, THOUSAND AND CHANGE AND COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS WHO HAS JUST RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR $133 MILLION, WHICH I WOULD ARGUE IS, MAKES IT ONE OF THE WEALTH, MAYBE THE THIRD WEALTHIEST OF ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE APPLYING, I'M ASKING THAT EACH ONE OF THEM, UM, BE REDUCED BY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SO THAT WE CAN THEN ALLOCATE $300, $300,000 FOR, FOR HER, AN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD SAFE, AN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO SERVING THE KIDS WHO ARE RUNNING AWAY FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AND, UM, THAT'S MY MOTION, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S, UH, AN AMENDMENT MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A SECOND. 
          UM, SO WE WILL DISCUSS THE AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR, WHICH IS TO, UH, REMOVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, U T S A AND COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS, AND APPLY THAT TO THE, FOR HER ORGANIZATION, UM, PROPOSAL AND CHILD SAFE AND CHILD SAFE IN, IN WHAT AMOUNTS? 1 50, 1 50 EACH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. 
          SO WE WILL DISCUSS THAT MOTION. 
          UM, LET ME SEE A HAND SO WE CAN KEEP THE ORIGINAL Q UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRANT. 
          AND THEN KEO HAV, I AM, AND MOST OF Y'ALL KNOW MY HISTORY WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AND FOR HER, I BELIEVE IF YOU, IF WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS THAT STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED, WE'RE GOING TO SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH FOR HER AND CHILD SAFE. 
          BUT WE HAD RISING STARS COME, I HAD BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS SAY THEY WANTED ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 
          I AM NOT COMFORTABLE, UH, MOVING THIS FORWARD. 
          UH, I, I'M, I DON'T KNOW, OTHER THAN TO SAY FOR MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO LET IT GO BACK INTO GOVERNANCE OR MAKE A A FROM HERE, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TAKE THIS BACK TO B SESSION, UM, BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH AND HAVE A LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, PRIORITIZING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AND THE AGENCIES OUT THERE DOING WORK FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW CHILD SAFE AND FOR HER, UH, A FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES DOES ALSO, NUMEROUS AGENCIES DO. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, AND THIS IS MY OTHER SPEECH, WAS A PROCESS THAT STARTED SO LONG AGO, AND I COULD NOT IMAGINE THIS DAY. 
          AND I'M EMOTIONAL BECAUSE I, I REGRET THAT I HAD 36 VOICES OUT HERE, AND NOW WE'RE DOING THIS TO YOU. 
          I REGRET THAT, AND I APOLOGIZE TO YOU FOR THAT, BECAUSE THIS STAFF WORKED REALLY HARD TO, TO, TO LEAD US OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND 36 VOICES AFFIRMING THOSE THAT, THAT WE NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WAS TODAY. 
          AND AT, AT THIS POINT TO SAY, YOUR CLIENTS AREN'T WORTHY BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT THIS AGENCY OR THAT AGENCY. 
          I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, BECAUSE I THINK LET'S TAKE IT TO, UH, A B SESSION TO DISCUSS THE 3 MILLION THAT WE DO HAVE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UM, WITH THE 36.4 MILLION TODAY, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUTH AND OUR SENIORS AND THOSE STUDENTS, UH, THAT ARE SUFFERING AND THE BIG MAMA'S HOUSE, THE KIDS WITH THE GUN VIOLENCE, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO ANOTHER DAY OR WEEK TELLING YOU TO WAIT, BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE GOT IT WRONG. 
          'CAUSE WE DIDN'T GET IT WRONG. 
          WE GOT IT, RIGHT. 
          36 VOICES SAID WE GOT IT RIGHT. 
          I SAY THAT WE MOVE THIS TO A B SESSION AND HAVE A BIGGER CONVERSATION ABOUT THE 3 MILLION THAT WE HAVE, BUT THAT WE LEAVE IT IN. 
          SO IF I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION, ANDY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION. 
          OKAY? SO I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS, AND I, I ENCOURAGE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES NOT TO GET, UM, GET CLOUDED WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'VE DONE TODAY, WHICH IS 56 59 AGENCIES, $36.4 MILLION. 
          WE COULD ALL GO DOWN THAT LIST AND START NAMING NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO'VE MET WITH US AND ARE COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE ASKED YOU TO COME TOGETHER TO DO THIS, AND YOU DID. 
          SO, UM, I, I JUST ASK THAT WE, WE JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH WHAT STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VEO. 
          HDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I, I, I ACTUALLY HAD SOME TECHNICAL QUESTIONS. 
          THE, THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND FROM EACH ORGANIZATION WOULD, UM, MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE THREE ORGANIZATIONS, BUT, UM, THERE'S A, YOU'RE ACTING IN A LOT OF CASES AS A FIDUCIARY AGENT, 
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UM, FOR OTHER SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AM I, IS IS THAT CORRECT? NOT, NOT RIGHT NOW, MA'AM. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I'M JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY FROM UT HEALTH SCIENCE OR U T S A OR COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          REALISTICALLY, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS JUST REDUCE THE CONTRACT REWARD AMOUNT AND WORK IT OUT AND ADJUST THE SERVICES. 
          SO THE, THE SMALLER GROUPS THAT THEY'RE ACTING AS AGENTS FOR WOULD BE THE ONES THAT THIS, THIS MONEY IS TAKEN FROM. 
          WELL, NOT NECESSARILY, IT WOULD DEPEND ON, UM, THE, THE REDUCTION. 
          BUT WE'D HAVE TO, WE'D HAVE TO WORK OUT WHAT THE IMPACT IS OF, OF THE REDUCTION AND THEN CONTRACT FOR JUST THAT. 
          BUT IT, WE, SO WE'D NEED TO WORK THAT OUT, WHICH ISN'T INSURMOUNTABLE. 
          INSURMOUNTABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO GIVEN THAT INFORMATION, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE DRASTICALLY INCREASED OUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INITIATIVES FROM 2019 TO PRESENT. 
          WE'VE ALLOCATED $15.37 MILLION TOWARDS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INITIATIVES. 
          NOT ENOUGH, CLEARLY. 
          UM, BUT, BUT WE HAVE FOCUSED ON IT. 
          IN ADDITION, BETWEEN PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO OF ARPA FUNDS ALLOCATIONS, WE SET ASIDE AN ADDITIONAL 16.4 MILLION SPECIFICALLY FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          SO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS RECEIVED AN ALLOCATION, A PRETTY BIG ONE OF, OF ARPA FUNDS, NOT IN ANY WAY AM I SAYING THAT, THAT, I MEAN, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, IT'S A DROP IN THE BUCKET WHEN IT COMES TO DOMESTIC AND VIOLENCE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT EQU EQUITY TODAY. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S EQUITABLE TO POINT OUT TO HAND PICK TWO DIFFERENT, TWO ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT GIVING THE REST OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS A CHANCE, UM, TO LOOK AT, AT THESE, UM, AT THESE FUNDS. 
          SO, I, I DON'T, I DON'T SUPPORT THE, THE, I I I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT AND THE, UH, THE DESIRE. 
          I, I DON'T SUPPORT THE MOTION. 
          UM, I WONDER, MAYOR, I THINK THAT, UM, MS. ABERNATHY WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. 
          CAN I USE MY TIME TO LET HER DO THAT? OR, OKAY. 
          IF YOU COULD MAKE A QUICK COMMENT, MA'AM. 
          'CAUSE I JUST HAVE A FEW MORE THINGS TO SAY. 
          I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL. 
          YOU WANNA COME UP TO THE, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU FIGHTING FOR US, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA TAKE MONEY FROM SOMEBODY THAT'S BECAUSE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE NEED THAT MONEY. 
          I WANNA GET SOME MONEY SOME OTHER WAY, BUT THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO DO IT, I DON'T THINK. 
          I JUST, BUT I APPRECIATE IT A LOT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER CURRY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, MAYOR, I, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WHERE COUNCILMAN OLIS IS COMING FROM. 
          I THINK ALL OF US ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF DOING MORE, UH, TO HELP PROTECT PEOPLE. 
          UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THE ABUSE, UH, THAT WOMEN AND CHILDREN RECEIVE IN THIS CITY IS OUTRAGEOUS. 
          UH, AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD JUST SAID, WELL, LET'S TAKE SOME MONEY FROM U T S A, UH, AND THE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, I, I PROBABLY WOULD'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, WELL, THEY'RE BIG ORGANIZATIONS, THEY CAN PROBABLY GET IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          BUT, UM, I'M ALSO BIG SUPPORTIVE OF COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, AND I'VE SEEN WHAT IT'S DONE AS A TEACHER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 
          I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF CHILD SAFE. 
          I'VE BEEN IN THEIR FACILITIES. 
          I'VE ALWAYS ADVOCATED FOR THEM. 
          I'M A BIG SUPPORTER FOR BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS THAT YOU MENTIONED, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN START PICKING ON THIS ONE OR THAT ONE. 
          AND, UM, SO I, I CAN'T SUPPORT YOUR, UH, YOUR REQUEST AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I WANNA THANK CITY STAFF FOR THE COUNTLESS HOURS THAT YOU ALL SPENT ON, UH, TAKING COUNCIL DIRECTION AND GOING THROUGH THE R F P PROCESS AND MEETING WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, UM, TO GET US TO THIS POINT AS WELL AS TO ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CITY LIKE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP WHO CAME AND SHARED THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD A BETTER SAN ANTONIO. 
          RIGHT? UH, MANY OF YOU ALL EXPRESSED, UH, I CAN'T HIGHLIGHT EVERY FACET OF Y'ALL'S WORK, RIGHT? BUT MANY OF Y'ALL TOUCHED ON, UM, WORKING TOWARDS A CITY THAT HAS TREATMENT AND NOT TRAUMA, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH WORK, THROUGH HARM REDUCTION, PROVIDING YOUTH SERVICES, UH, AND HELPING THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE, THE, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I AM ALWAYS EXCITED WHEN I SEE FOLKS HERE FROM BIG MAMA'S HOUSE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT WORK, RIGHT? SO IMPORTANT THAT I'VE HAD SOCIAL WORKERS FROM DISTRICT FIVE SCHOOLS SAY, HOW DO WE GET A BIG MAMA'S HOUSE IN DISTRICT FIVE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S WHAT WORKS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, RIGHT? THERE'S SO MANY GREAT ORGANIZATIONS DOING KEY WORK. 
          I CAN'T NAME 'EM ALL, BUT THERE'S THE MADONNA CENTER, SA YOUTH KINKS COMPASSION, THE Y W C A, OGLE MADRID HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICES AND  MINISTRIES, RIGHT? IT'S SUCH AMAZING WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          UM, AND, AND 
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RECOGNIZING, RIGHT, THAT THESE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FILLING THOSE GAPS THAT EXIST WITHIN OUR SOCIETY. 
          AND WHEN WE HAVE THESE LARGER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE CITY BUDGET, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THESE STORIES AND THAT WORK AND FIND OUT HOW WE CAN, UH, ADEQUATELY SUPPORT THESE ORGANIZATIONS, RIGHT? REALLOCATING FUNDING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE FILLING THOSE GAPS THAT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, RIGHT? WE HAD SEVERAL SPEAKERS HERE SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT IF WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR YOUTH, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, REDUCE YOUTH THAT'S GOING TO POTENTIALLY GO TO THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE. 
          SO IT STARTS WITH THE YOUTH, BUT ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THOSE, UH, SERVICES AT THE END FOR THOSE WHO ARE TRANSITIONING OUT OF, UH, WHETHER IT'S THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, THE INCARCERATION SYSTEM, UM, OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE MOTION, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A PROCESS, RIGHT? AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS COME HERE WHO DID NOT RECEIVE FUNDING, AND THAT'S UNFAIR TO THEM TO HAVE, UM, NOT HAD THAT FAIR CHANCE TO HAVE THEIR APPLICATIONS RE-REVIEWED. 
          UM, WE'RE HERE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY, AND THAT'S NOT EQUITABLE TO ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, IGNORE THE OTHER APPLICANTS WHO DID NOT RECEIVE THAT FUNDING, AND THEN SELECT A COUPLE, RIGHT? I WISH WE COULD FUND ALL THESE APPLICANTS. 
          THESE ARE ALL GREAT PROGRAMS DOING GREAT WORK. 
          UM, BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD JUST, UH, TODAY, UM, MOVE THEM TO THE TOP WHEN THERE'S OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DOING JUST AS AMAZING WORK IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, SO I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THAT. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, UH, I THINK I'M EAGER TO MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD. 
          IT'S MUCH NEEDED ASSISTANCE THAT THESE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN WAITING ON. 
          UM, AND, AND I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT, RIGHT? I'M, I'M A BIT TAKEN ABACK, BUT IT IS PRETTY ON BRAND THAT, UH, SOMEONE WHO ADVOCATED FOR U T S A TO HAVE ATHLETIC CENTER IS TRYING TO DEFUND FOSTER CARE SERVICES FOR U T S A. 
          THAT, THAT'S ALARMING, BUT ON BRAND. 
          BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HIGHLIGHT THAT, RIGHT? WE CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE THE PRIORITIES OF THE WORKING PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          LET, LET ME REMIND EVERYBODY TO KEEP COMMENTS RELATED TO THE AMENDMENT ONLY, UM, COUNT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          I WILL, UM, SAY, I, I BELIEVE THIS AMENDMENT IS IN POOR TASTE. 
          UM, I'LL TELL YOU, UH, THERE'S A FEW COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID THAT I, THAT I AGREE WITH. 
          UM, ONE IS THAT COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS, I WOULD REALLY STRUGGLE TO, UM, TAKE MONEY FROM THEM. 
          I ALSO THINK THAT THE WAY THAT WE'VE, UH, THE WAY THAT WE'VE MAINTAINED OUR, OUR, OUR PROCESSES AND THE WAY WE'VE RESPONDED TO AMENDMENTS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT. 
          AND IT'S KNOWN THAT AMENDMENTS LIKE THIS DON'T PASS. 
          SO I, UH, I SEE IT FOR WHAT IT IS. 
          I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE. 
          I WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTIVE WITH THE AMENDMENT AS IS. 
          I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE REMOVING, UH, 100 K FROM U T S A AND 100 K FROM U T HEALTH AND SCIENCE CENTER. 
          UM, BUT ONLY IF THEY WENT, UH, THEY WERE BUNDLED WITH THE, UH, THE 3 MILLION THAT WE ALREADY HAVE GOING OUT FOR R F P, AND WE COULD REEVALUATE, UM, CONSIDERING ADDING, UH, A PRIORITY FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          THAT'S, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION LIKE THAT, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST, I WAS TAKEN ABACK AS WELL BY THIS MOTION. 
          IT, IT DOESN'T FEEL SINCERE TO ME WHEN IT'S JUST THROWING OUT BIG ROUND NUMBERS AND PULLING, PULLING FUNDS AWAY FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT ANY DETAIL OF, YOU KNOW, WHICH SPECIFIC PROPOSAL TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM. 
          YOU KNOW, AND I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM UTSA'S FOSTER, UM, YOUTH PROGRAM. 
          I ACTUALLY WORKED IN A PROGRAM LIKE THAT AT UT AUSTIN, WHERE I SERVED AS A PEER MENTOR AS A SOPHOMORE FOR FRESHMEN WHO WERE FRESHMEN STUDENTS THAT WERE AT RISK OF NOT COMPLETING THEIR FIRST YEAR AND STAYING IN COLLEGE AND, AND FINISHING THEIR COLLEGE TERMS. AND SO I'M A BIG, UH, BELIEVER IN THAT PROGRAM. 
          UH, I'VE, I'VE ACTUALLY TOURED CHILD SAFE, AND, UH, I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. 
          I WAS MOVED BY THE STORY OF THE LITTLE BOY WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, HAD, WAS GIVEN SUCH GREAT CARE AND, UM, COUNSELING AT YOUR, AT YOUR LOCATION, THAT HE ASKED IF HE COULD HAVE HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY THERE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE TOURED, UH, THE FOUR HER ORGANIZATIONS HEADQUARTERS. 
          I WAS JUST THERE FOR THEIR GRAND REOPENING. 
          AND I'M A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO, AND IT'S SO ESSENTIAL. 
          AND I KNOW THAT TODAY'S BEEN A TOUGH DAY FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF, KAYLA. 
          UM, BUT I AM COMMITTED. 
          I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT THIS, THIS AMENDMENT, BUT I'M ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED, AND I WANNA ENCOURAGE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THEIR NEW PROPOSALS FOR THE REMAINING FUNDS WITHOUT TAKING AWAY FROM ANY OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE FULL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          LET ME JUST REMIND EVERYBODY, WE'RE NOT HERE TO DEBATE ON ANY GIVEN MOTION. 
          UH, WE MAKE LOTS OF MOTIONS ALL DAY LONG. 
          WE'RE NOT HERE TO DEBATE INTENSIVE 
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MOTIONS. 
          WE'RE HERE TO DEBATE THE SUBSTANCE OF WHAT'S BEEN PUT ON THE FLOOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, I, I SECONDED THIS MOTION JUST TO HEAR THE DISCUSSION ON THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD DISCUSSION, AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT WITH THIS PACKAGE THAT HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER BY THE STAFF, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS. 
          EVERYBODY THAT PROPOSED ON THIS PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THOSE PROPOSALS. 
          UM, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT $3.7 MILLION LATER. 
          BUT, UH, FOR THIS PURPOSE, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CRITICAL OF MAKING, UM, MOTIONS UP HERE ON THE FLOOR, UM, TO MAKE THOSE CHANGE, UH, CHANGES TO ANY KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS, A LARGE, LARGE PROPOSALS LIKE THIS. 
          UM, HOWEVER, THAT'S FULLY WITHIN OUR RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES HERE ON THIS, ON THIS DICE. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I LOOK AT WHAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD, UH, WHICH WAS A LOT OF WORK. 
          THIS WAS NOT EASY. 
          I MEAN, UM, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, UH, PUT UP SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN, YOU KNOW, TAKING A LOOK AT THIS, UH, LOOK AT THE NUMBERS ON THIS. 
          97 AGENCIES FOR A TOTAL OF 145 MILLION, ONE $46 MILLION. 
          THAT'S WHAT WAS SUBMITTED. 
          AND OUR, UM, EVALUATION TEAM HAD TO GO THROUGH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE. 
          AND THEY RANK ORDERED THEM, AND THEY CAME UP WITH THIS PROPOSALS, UH, 59 RECOMMENDED AT, UH, $36 MILLION, UM, VERSUS THE 40 MILLION THAT WAS IN, IN THE R F P. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. 
          AND I LOOK AT THIS, THERE'S, THERE'S, WHEN THIS WAS OPENED UP, THERE WERE WINNERS AND THERE WERE LOSERS. 
          AND I'VE BEEN IN, I'VE BEEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT HOUSE WHEN I WAS IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY. 
          UM, YOU OPEN IT UP, THE WINNERS, THEY SAY, WOW, WE'RE THERE, WE GOT, WE GOT AN AWARD. 
          EVERYBODY'S CELEBRATING. 
          THAT KIND OF THING. 
          THE LOSERS, ON THE OTHER HAND, IT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD. 
          AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO PUT THESE PROPOSALS. 
          UM, I, I CAN GO THROUGH THIS AND I'VE GOT THE LIST HERE OF ALL 59 AGENCIES. 
          I CAN, I CAN TELL YOU, I KNOW WHICH ONES HAVE PROFESSIONAL STAFF THAT WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT, PUTTING PROPOSALS TOGETHER, PUTTING GRANTS, GRANT REQUESTS TOGETHER, AND THEY HAVE THAT EXPERTISE TO, UH, TO DO THAT. 
          UM, THIS, I, I, I FEEL FOR THIS PARTICULAR MOTION, UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S TOUGH. 
          AND THIS WHOLE PROCESS HAS BEEN TOUGH. 
          IT'S NOT EASY FOR US SITTING HERE ON COUNCIL TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS SAYING, YEP, FUND THESE. 
          I'VE GOT MY FAVORITES OUT THERE ALSO THAT WERE NOT SELECTED. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THERE'S HOPE AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. 
          UM, WE GOT ANOTHER 3.7 MILLION, AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DEBATE THAT AS TO WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO THAT. 
          I'VE GOT MY OWN IDEAS FOR THAT. 
          BUT FOR THIS, FOR THIS PROPOSAL, UM, AND THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT, UM, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT BECAUSE OF THE WORK AND THE, THE, UH, UH, EFFORTS THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO THESE PROPOSALS UP TO THIS POINT, MY HAT'S OFF TO EVERYBODY THAT, UH, UH, WAS ON THE WINNING LIST. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          AND, UH, WE STILL HAVE MORE WORK TO DO HERE, UH, ON THIS COUNCIL AND THE CITY STAFF HAS MORE WORK TO DO WITH THIS AS WELL. 
          SO, THAT'S KIND OF MY THOUGHTS AND OVERVIEW FOR THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT. 
          I, I'LL HAVE MORE TO SAY AT, AT THE NEXT, NEXT ROUND. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAZ. 
          THANK YOU, CHILD SAFE. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, I REALLY DO. 
          AND, UM, I, I HONOR, UH, YOUR POSITION, UM, AND I, I'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR WHAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING. 
          OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW HOW THIS AMENDMENT, UH, WILL GO DOWN. 
          AND, UM, I, I DO WANNA ASK A QUESTION, THOUGH, IN U T S A AND UT HEALTH, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD THAT I'M PICKING ON YOU, AND THAT POOR YOU GUYS AND ALL THAT, UM, UT S A BILLION DOLLAR ORGANIZATION, UT HEALTH, YOU KNOW, BILLION DOLLAR ORGANIZATION, U T S A, YOU PAY $2.8 MILLION TO YOUR FOOTBALL COACH. 
          UM, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RECORD. 
          UM, SO HERE'S A QUESTION FOR YOU THAT MAY ACTUALLY OBVIATE THE NEED FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, A VOTE. 
          WOULD EACH OF YOU BE WILLING TO SHAVE OFF $75,000 FROM YOUR ASK FOR 
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THE BENEFIT OF, FOR HER FOR $150,000? UH, COUNCILMAN, AND IF SO, I'LL AMEND MY, MY MOTION ACCORDINGLY. 
          YES, THAT WOULD, UH, YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO DO THAT. 
          SURE. 
          AND ANDY, I, I WANNA MAKE A MOTION INFORMED BY, UM, BY AN AGREEMENT. 
          GO AHEAD, MA'AM. 
          SO, I'M JAMIE MANGELSDORF. 
          I'M WITH UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO I AM NOT IN THE POSITION TO MAKE THAT DECISION AT ALL. 
          I MEAN, WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH OUR C F O AND PRESIDENT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW U T S A, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN AND COMMENTS. 
          I JUST WANTED, FIRST OF ALL, BEFORE I TRY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE UNDERSTANDING IS CLEAR, THE MONEY THAT I'M HERE TO ASK FOR TODAY IS NOT GOING TO U T SS A STUDENTS. 
          IT'S GOING TO SUPPORT 100 KIDS IN FOSTER CARE THAT THE, IN THE HOPE THAT THEY WILL GET TO COLLEGE. 
          I DON'T CARE WHERE THAT IS. 
          I JUST WANT 'EM TO GO TO COLLEGE, AND I WANT GOOD OUTCOMES FOR THEM. 
          THE EXISTING PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AT U T SS A AND PARTNERSHIP WITH MANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS SCHOOL, IN THIS, IN THIS ROOM, UM, AND, AND OUR, AND THE OTHER PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN TOWN, U T S A IS A FIDUCIARY AGENT FOR THAT, BUT MORE THAN 50% OF THOSE DOLLARS GOES RIGHT OUT THE DOOR TO THOSE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          SO I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN. 
          I, IT'S, I CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF U T S A, BUT YOU JUST DID AS AN INSTITUTION. 
          UM, BUT WHAT I CAN SAY ABOUT THE PROGRAM IS IT WOULD BE REALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO GIVE YOU THAT ANSWER TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          IT WAS A REALLY THOUGHTFUL PROPOSAL WITH VERY SPECIFIC REQUESTS THAT RESPONDED TO WHAT, UM, THE STAFF SAID, AND WE HAVE TO RESTRUCTURE THE PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          QUITE FRANKLY, IT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE AS COMPREHENSIVE AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT'S FAIR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THOSE ANSWERS. 
          SO, UM, WITH THAT, ANDY, BECAUSE I'M NOT GETTING AGREEMENT FROM, FROM THESE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, I'M GONNA BE WITHDRAWING MY MOTION, UM, AND FOR A COUPLE REASONS, RIGHT? ONE, BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, WE HEARD TODAY THAT, UH, MY MOTION IS IN POOR TASTE BECAUSE SOMEHOW I'M BIASED IN FAVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M BIASED IN FAVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          UM, I'M NOT A JUDGE WHO HAS TO BE OBJECTIVE. 
          I'M BIASED IN FAVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ABOVE ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SINCE ONE IN THREE WOMEN DIE OF IT, I'M SORRY, ONE IN THREE WOMEN ARE, ARE VICTIMS OF THAT. 
          UM, I UNDERSTAND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE ALLERGIC TO AMENDMENTS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN, UH, ROBERT'S RULES. 
          AND THAT'S THE RULES THAT WE ADOPT. 
          UM, I UNDERSTAND CITY COUNCIL, I'M SORRY, CITY STAFF. 
          YOU GUYS WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD ON THAT. 
          AND IT OFFENDS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES SENSIBILITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW WE WOULD AMEND, UM, AND QUESTION AND ACTUALLY DO OUR JOB. 
          UM, AND THAT'S OKAY. 
          UM, AND I RESPECT THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO. 
          UH, AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MAYOR. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PLA. 
          SO THE MOTION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. 
          UH, SO WE'LL GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 
          UM, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL QUEUE AS WELL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE READY TO SPEAK ON THE MAIN MOTION FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, WE CURRENTLY SUPPORT MANY NONPROFITS WHO SERVE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING. 
          UM, MARIA OR ERIC, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND HOW MUCH FUNDING IS IN OUR BUDGET FOR DELEGATE AGENCIES RIGHT NOW? FOR FISCAL YEAR 23, IT'S ABOUT $21 MILLION. 
          AND HOW MANY AGENCIES RECEIVED THAT? 21 MILLION? UM, 48. 
          ABOUT 50. 
          ABOUT 50. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND TODAY WE'RE LOOKING AT 59 AGENCIES AND ALMOST TWICE AS MUCH, OR AT LEAST 90% MORE FUNDING. 
          UH, I WAS LOOKING AT THE PRESENTATION AND THE STAFF ESTIMATES THAT, UM, ALMOST, UH, ON SLIDE SIX, 58,000 PEOPLE WILL BE SERVED IN 10 DISTRICTS, UH, THROUGH THESE PROPOSALS. 
          THE ORGANIZATIONS, IF YOU LOOK THROUGH WHAT THEY LIST AS WHAT THEY THINK THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO, INDICATE NEARLY 95,000 CONTACTS OR ACTIONS THEY'LL TAKE. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY, SOME PEOPLE RECEIVE MORE, MORE HELP THAN OTHERS IN DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          BUT WE'VE ALSO HEARD TODAY THAT THERE'S, THERE ARE 20% OF THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO LIVING IN POVERTY. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 250,000 PEOPLE AND 300,000 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS CITY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE NOT ABLE TO MEET THOSE BASIC NEEDS. 
          AND SO THAT'S 25% OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          UM, 
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BUT POVERTY IMPACTS ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          POVERTY IMPACTS HOUSING SECURITY AND FOOD SECURITY. 
          IT IMPACTS THE T-SHIRT ON YOUR BACK. 
          IT, UH, IMPACTS TRANSPORTATION, ACCESS AND EDUCATION, SUCCESS AND EMPLOYMENT AND HEALTH, BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL AND SAFETY. 
          IT AFFECTS JUST OUR BASIC NEEDS. 
          SO WHEN PEOPLE CAN'T MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS, WHAT CAN THEY DO? MOST TURN TO FAMILY, FRIENDS, A FAMILY OR FRIENDS OR CHURCH OR THEIR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS THE NONPROFITS IN MANY CASES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH TODAY, AND THEIR GOVERNMENT, AND, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT. 
          WE ARE THE LAST RESORT. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO ONE OTHER ALTERNATIVE, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT SOME CHOOSE TO TURN TO. 
          AND THIS IS CRIME AGAIN, OUR CITY IS THE LAST RESORT. 
          YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DO MORE TO MEET EVERYONE'S BASIC NEEDS AND TO END POVERTY. 
          IN OUR CITY TODAY, WE MAY GRANT 36 AND A HALF MILLION, BUT WE'RE LEAVING ON THE TABLE 109 MILLION IN NEEDS RECOGNIZED BY IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO TODAY, I'LL SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE, AND I'LL ALSO COMMIT TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO END POVERTY AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND I BELIEVE AND HOPE THAT THIS COUNCIL WILL ALSO REMAIN COMMITTED TO THAT IN THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, GOT A, GOT A FEW COMMENTS AND, UH, UH, QUESTIONS ALSO. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN PRETTY CRITICAL ABOUT HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN US TO GET THIS MONEY OUT THE DOOR. 
          UH, BUT I UNDERSTAND, UM, IT TAKES A LONG TIME, THE GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY, UH, TO GET SOMETHING  OUT THE DOOR AND THEN EVALUATE THOSE PROPOSALS. 
          IT TAKES A LONG TIME. 
          UM, BUT NEVERTHELESS, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. 
          AND, UH, WE'RE FINALLY AT THAT POINT OF MAKING AWARDS. 
          AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED AT THIS POINT, AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF AND THOSE FOLKS THAT WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS ON EVALUATING AND MAKING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, UH, HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE WE GOTTEN FROM ARPA TO DATE? A LITTLE OVER $326 MILLION. 
          326 MILLION. 
          AND, UH, UM, ARE, ARE WE GONNA GET ANY MORE? NO, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          3 26 IS THE BOTTOM LINE. 
          OUT OF ALL THE AWARDS THAT WE'VE MADE TO DATE, ARE WE GONNA HAVE ANY OTHER LEFTOVER MONEY THAT DIDN'T GET OBLIGATED OR WHATEVER? IS ANY OF THAT GONNA TRICKLE OUT OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY AWARDED? IT COULD. 
          AND, AND IN FACT, NEXT WEEK, UH, AT B SESSION IS OUR THREE PLUS NINE FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL UPDATE, AND WE'VE GOT BUILT INTO IT, UH, AN UPDATE ON THE, THE LAST REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON, ON THE ARPA SPENDING. 
          CAN YOU GIVE US ANY FEEL NOW SINCE WE'RE DISCUSSING ARPA FUNDS ON HOW MUCH WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT? NO, I CAN'T. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT THERE WILL BE, I MEAN, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND YOU'LL RECALL, UM, THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY IN CARES, WE, WE, WE GAVE PERIODIC UPDATES TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE, BECAUSE THERE WAS THE, THE, THE NOTION OF ALWAYS KEEPING THAT MONEY IN PRODUCTION. 
          WE WERE CONSTANTLY MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AS SPENDING OCCURRED. 
          AND IF THERE WAS LEFTOVER MONEY, WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION, UM, AND POTENTIAL REALLOCATION TO KEEP THAT MONEY SPENT. 
          WE HAVE A TIMELINE TO, TO SPEND ARPA MONEY, UM, OR WE LOSE IT. 
          SO WE, WE WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO STAY VERY DILIGENT IN TERMS OF THAT PRODUCTION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, UH, AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT. 
          HAVE WE LIST, DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF THOSE DELEGATE AGENCIES THAT ARE ALSO ON THIS LIST? AND HOW MUCH ARE THEY GETTING AS A DELEGATE AGENCY VERSUS THIS LIST ON THIS AWARD? YOU DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME TODAY, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE IT QUICKLY. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TOTAL FROM OUR DELEGATE AGENCY LIST VERSUS ARE THEY ON THIS LIST ALSO, AND HOW MUCH THEY'RE GETTING ON THIS, THIS AWARD AS WELL. 
          AND THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT ARE ALSO AGENCIES THAT ARE ALSO FUNDED IN THE DELEGATE AGENCY PROCESS, BUT MOSTLY 
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FOR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. SO WE'LL PROVIDE THAT CROSSWALK. 
          WELL, UM, I, I, I WAS PREPARED TO, UM, AND, AND THIS IS THE, THIS IS FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION ON THE $3.7 MILLION. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, I'M SURE, HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS ON THAT. 
          BUT, UM, UM, AGAIN, I, I JUST WANT TO REVIEW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN, ABOUT WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH MONEY AND ONLY SO MANY AWARDS THAT WE CAN MAKE ON THIS PARTICULAR, UM, R F P PROCESS. 
          AND AGAIN, IT WASN'T EASY. 
          IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO EXECUTE THAT. 
          UM, AGAIN, I HAVE, I HAVE SOME THAT I WANNA DISCUSS IN THE FUTURE, AND WE WILL, I'LL CERTAINLY BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE. 
          BUT, UH, AT THIS POINT, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AND ALL THOSE THAT WERE, UH, INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING THESE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS WITH THE 3.7 MILLION, CAN YOU REMIND ME IF IT'S GOING BACK TO THE SPECIFIC COMMITTEES THAT REVIEWED YOUTH, UM, CAN YOU GIVE ME THE BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THAT 3.7 MILLION WILL BE GOING TO AND WHICH COMMITTEE IN THE AMOUNT? SURE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, UM, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS TO, UM, WAS TO SEND IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES, THE, UH, $3.4 MILLION, UM, $3.4 MILLION OF THAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          UM, 240,000 TO YOUTH SERVICE, UM, I'M SORRY, TO, UH, ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ABOUT $72,000 TO CHECK. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THE, THE, THE MAYOR MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT, IS I RECAPPED THAT. 
          YEP. 
          UM, MAYOR, DO YOU WANT TO YEAH, IF YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO, UH, EXPLAIN WHAT I MENTIONED ON THAT. 
          YES. 
          SO RATHER THAN JUST SENDING IT STRAIGHT BACK TO THE COMMITTEES WHERE THEY CAME FROM, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK ITSELF. 
          WE STOP IN AT THE GOVERNANCE MEETING, WHICH IS HAPPENING AT ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF, AND THEN SEND IT TO THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES AT THAT TIME. 
          IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IT DOES TODAY, OR IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE GUIDANCE IS FROM YOU ALL. 
          AND THEN THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. 
          I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THAT IT GO TO COMMUNITY HEALTH INEQUITY. 
          THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF CONVERSATION. 
          I BELIEVE ALMOST EVERY PUBLIC SPEAKER, UM, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THEIR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION HIGHLIGHTED EQUITY AND HEALTH IN SOME MANNER. 
          UM, SO I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGED THAT IT GO THROUGH COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY AS WELL. 
          UM, AND, UH, ENSURE THAT WE GIVE IT THE, THE THOUGHT AND PROCESS THAT IT DESERVES IN COMMITTEE. 
          NOT TO SAY THAT THE OTHER COMMITTEES WOULDN'T, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE EMPHASIS ON EQUITY AROUND THESE REMAINING FUNDS IS KEY TO GO TO COMMUNITY HEALTH. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, I AM EAGER AGAIN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ITEMS ON HERE. 
          I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, THANK LEONARD RODRIGUEZ FROM, UM, YOUR ORGANIZATION. 
          WE REALLY MISS YOU. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE STILL ON THE WEST SIDE, BUT WE REALLY MISS YOU ON THE WEST SIDE. 
          YOU KNOW IT WELL. 
          UM, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE DOING GREAT OUT IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AND THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THIS MOMENT. 
          SO IF, IF YOU SPOKE AND YOU'RE STILL HERE, PLEASE STAND. 
          'CAUSE I WANT, I WANT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SEE THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND I KNOW THERE WERE MORE SPEAKERS THAT, THAT HAD TO, TO GET BACK TO THEIR JOBS. 
          UM, AGAIN, WE ARE WORKING TO LEAD OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC, AND IT CANNOT BE DONE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR HONESTY. 
          AND THE NUMBERS ON SLIDE SEVEN THAT WE KEEP ON REFERRING TO OUR ARE STAGGERING. 
          BUT THE ONE THING THAT GIVES ME HOPE IS 97 AGENCIES ARE WORKING IN THIS CITY ON THESE ISSUES. 
          THERE IS A NEED. 
          SO, SO OUR CALL TO ACTION TODAY, ONE, IS TO GET THIS PASSED TODAY, TO SEND THE 3 MILLION TO GOVERNANCE AS FAST AS WE CAN, AND GET IT BACK EITHER TO A B SESSION OR COMMITTEES TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND TO ADVOCATE AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE, 
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THE, THE CRISIS THAT OUR NONPROFITS ARE HAVING TO MANAGE AS WE COME OUT OF THIS. 
          I THINK THE ONE CONVERSATION WE HAVE TO SEE, AND WE NEED MORE OF YOUR INPUT IN, IS WE KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL CHILDREN HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. 
          AND AS SCHOOLS TALK ABOUT FOUR DAY, WORK WEEKS AS, AS, AS MASS SHOOTING TRA TRAGEDIES CONTINUE, WE NEED YOUR INPUT. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT FRAMEWORK, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AND SEE WHERE, WHERE WE, UM, WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE. 
          'CAUSE WHERE WE WERE WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY, UH, IS VERY DIFFERENT. 
          BUT YOU'VE DONE, YOU, YOU HAVE DONE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE JOB, AND YOU HAVE WORKED TOGETHER AS A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY AND BEEN AN EXAMPLE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ON HOW TO COME TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER. 
          SO, AS MUCH AS THIS GOES ON AND ON, PLEASE CELEBRATE YOUR EFFORTS TODAY AND UNDERSTAND IF THIS WASN'T HOW YOU WANTED IT TO GO TODAY, WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING. 
          THANK YOU FOR GIVING YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR SAVING LIVES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, TODAY I HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH TWO THINGS, OR I'LL BE DOING TWO THINGS. 
          SO ONE IS THAT, UM, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS. 
          UM, LAST WEEK I EXPRESSED RESERVATIONS, UM, AND I STILL HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT I HOPE TO ADDRESS AS ACTION NUMBER TWO. 
          UM, NO MOTIONS WILL COME FROM THAT. 
          I DO WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, UM, I WAS THE ONLY COUNCIL PERSON WHO VOTED NO TO THE AR BALLOT, THE ARPA FRAMEWORK. 
          AND IT WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS $13.1 MILLION THAT WAS GIVEN TO THREE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT DID NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          AND SO AS WE THINK ABOUT ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, OR ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DIDN'T RECEIVE FUNDING, THAT REPRESENTS A THIRD OF WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING TODAY, WE COULD HAVE ADDED ONE THIRD OF OUR IMPACT TO THAT. 
          AND SO, IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR PRIORITIES THERE, I THINK THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE IT. 
          LET'S BE SMARTER IN THE FUTURE WITH OUR DECISION MAKING. 
          THERE WAS, UM, I'LL, I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE THIS LAST WEEK. 
          THERE WAS A, A SLIGHT JAB AT ME, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS INTENTIONAL, BUT I WANNA RESPOND TO IT ANYWAY. 
          AND IT WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, LET'S NOT THINK, ME, ME, ME AND MY DISTRICT, IT'S ABOUT IMPACT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          AND WHILE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS AND WE'RE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS FOR GOOD REASON. 
          AND A LARGE PART OF THAT IS THAT WE REPRESENT COMMUNITIES AND CONSTITUENCIES WITH DEMOGRAPHIC MAKEUPS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERREPRESENTED, AND WE ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE THAT VOICE. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I BROUGHT UP LAST WEEK THAT I SEE ADDRESSED IN SOME WAY, UM, WAS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT MY CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT TWO WERE GOING TO BE SERVED IN AN EQUITABLE WAY. 
          AND I SEE ON SLIDE EIGHT THAT YOU KNOW, ABOUT 17% OF THE PROPOSED POPULATIONS TO BE SERVED ARE IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          THAT'S GOOD NEWS TO ME. 
          UM, AND SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT. 
          AND I'M WONDERING, IN THE FU I'M WONDERING HOW CAN WE ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY TO THESE NUMBERS? AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION FIVE YEARS FROM NOW IS THAT THAT REFLECTS THIS LEVEL OF INVESTMENT AND THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE AT TRUE AND, AND ACCURATE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, AND NOT JUST AN IDEA. 
          UM, YOU CAN ANSWER THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. 
          THE SECOND PART OF THAT, AND THIS IS A CONCERN THAT LINGERS, UM, BUT THAT I HOPE CAN BE RECTIFIED AS, UH, IN THE R F P PROCESS, IS THAT I STILL HAVE CONCERNS THAT THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE EAST SIDE, UM, BLACK LED ORGANIZATIONS. 
          I DON'T FEEL YOU CAN CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND, UH, GIVE ACCOLADES TO ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CELEBRATE THE WORK OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS. 
          BUT THEN WHEN WE, WHEN THEY APPLY AND THEY PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE, THEY'RE TOLD THAT THEY'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH AND NOT WORTHY. 
          AND WHETHER THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM, THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT THEY'RE RE, THAT THEY'RE RETRIEVING, THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING. 
          UM, AND SO REMINDER THAT 40 SOMETHING PERCENT OF THE REJECTED PROPOSALS WERE FROM ORGANIZATIONS IN MY DISTRICT, 40%. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE OF THAT. 
          AND SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS THREE POINT SOMETHING MILLION THAT'S GONNA BE GOING TO GOVERNANCE AND THEN ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE, I WANT EVERYONE TO PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT WE CONSISTENTLY SAY THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING THE WORK, THAT ARE CULTIVATED IN THEIR COMMUNITY, THAT HAVE, UH, THRIVED DESPITE INVESTMENT OR DISINVESTMENT, THAT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND SO ONE OF SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED FROM APPLICANT LET US KNOW THAT THE PROCESS WAS DIFFICULT FOR ANY LEVEL OF APPLICANT. 
          UM, WITH 17 ATTACHMENTS, I THINK THAT WERE REQUIRED AND INSTRUCTIONS THAT WERE EITHER CONFUSING OR CONTRADICTED INSTRUCTIONS FROM ANOTHER SECTION. 
          WHAT I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME THAT THE R F P OPENS IS, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THOSE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOPS. 
          I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ORGANIZATION AND CITYWIDE, UM, THAT APPLIED THAT IT DID NOT 
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GET FUNDING AND THEY GOT A LOW SCORE. 
          SPECIFICALLY, IF THEY'RE NOT AN EXPERIENCED APPLICANT OR RESPONDENT TO RFPS, I WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DID NOT GET THE FUNDS. 
          WHAT CAN THEY DO TO PREPARE TO PREPARE A STRONGER PROPOSAL. 
          AND WHAT I HOPE THAT WILL DO, BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA RECEIVE MONEY, IS THAT THAT WILL THEN ALLOW THEM TO, UH, CREATE STRONGER PROPOSALS AND FUTURE RFPS, NOT RELATED ARPA. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING. 
          AND I SEE NOT HEAD NODS. 
          AND SO IT FEELS LIKE A COMMITMENT ON THAT END. 
          UM, I FORGET WHAT MY QUESTION WAS THAT I ASKED EARLIER. 
          OH, HOW CAN WE MAINTAIN ACCOUNTABILITY TO THESE NUMBERS? SO THEN ACTUALLY PROCESS THAT. 
          WE DO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AS WELL AS OUR ONGOING MONITOR THROUGH THE TWO YEAR TERM, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SERVED BY THE CATEGORIES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN I SEE THAT A DIGITAL DASHBOARD IS GONNA BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THE PURPOSE OF IT IS AND HOW A CONSTI, HOW A RESIDENT MIGHT USE THAT? SURE. 
          IT ACTUALLY WILL SHOW SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE METRICS BY AGENCY AND BY PROGRAM. 
          AND SO SOMEBODY WOULD BE ABLE TO GO ON THERE TO SAY, UM, IN PARTICULAR WHAT U T S A IS DOING. 
          AND SO YOU, WHAT, WHAT ARE THEY DOING? WHAT DID THEY SERVE DURING THE FIRST QUARTER, THE SECOND QUARTER, THIRD QUARTER, FOURTH QUARTER? AND GO THROUGH ALL OF THEIR METRICS, INCLUDING PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES. 
          SO NOT JUST OUTPUTS. 
          PERFECT. 
          AND IS THE, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S NEW OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING WITH THE DELEGATE AGENCY PROCESSOR? WE'VE BEEN USING IT, UH, WITH DELEGATE AGENCY, UM, THE DELEGATE AGENCY PROCESS THROUGH THE OPENGOV PLATFORM. 
          AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO USE A VERSION OF THAT FOR THIS AS WELL. 
          BEAUTIFUL. 
          WELL, THIS IS EXCITING. 
          UM, I WANNA ENCOURAGE, UM, EVERY ORGANIZATION THAT DIDN'T GET FUNDS AND EVERY ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO SERVE MY DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR. 
          'CAUSE AGAIN, I REPRESENT MY DISTRICT. 
          UM, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE AS MUCH COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND MAYBE WHAT YOU LACKED IN YOUR PROPOSAL, YOU COULD MAKE UP FOR BY COLLABORATING WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION. 
          SO PLEASE LEAVE THAT DOOR OPEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I'M GONNA TRY AND TIE IT. 
          WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'M GONNA TRY AND KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'VE BEEN OVER, WE'VE BEEN HERE OVER FOUR HOURS TODAY. 
          UM, BUT I'M GONNA TIE THIS CONVERSATION TODAY AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, THESE, WHAT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE FUNDING, AND THERE ARE MANY GREAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT, THAT ARE GETTING THIS FUNDING. 
          I WANT TIE THAT TO WHAT WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY. 
          UM, 'CAUSE YESTERDAY THE, OUR COUNCIL WAS GIVEN A BRIEFING, UH, BY U T S A ON THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN. 
          AND THEY SAID THAT WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT, UH, ONE OF THE COMPONENTS WAS FOCUSED DETERRENCE. 
          AND HOW DO YOU DO FOCUSED DETERRENCE? WELL, ONE WAY YOU DO IT IS THROUGH COUNSELING, THROUGH SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT, HOUSING, EDUCATION, AND JOB TRAINING. 
          AND THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE ARE FUNDING TODAY. 
          AND SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO BE DOING THAT. 
          I DO HAVE A CLARIFICATION QUESTION OF THAT 3.7 MILLION, IF THAT GOES BACK TO GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, UM, I KNOW 3.4 MILLION IS DEDICATED TO RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN CARVED OUT FOR MENTAL HEALTH. 
          AND WOULD, COULD THAT BE CHANGED? IS THERE, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT IT WOULD BE CHANGED BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'D, I'D LIKE TO DO AMENDMENT IF NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THREE, THE 3.4 OF THE 3.7 STAYS IN THE MENTAL HEALTH CATEGORY FOR FUTURE DISTRIBUTION. 
          DO I NEED TO DO AN AMENDMENT TO, TO DO THAT? I, I'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          I, I DON'T THINK SO, BUT I THINK, I THINK MAYBE YOU TURN TO THE MAYOR AND ASK FOR SOME CLARITY ON WHAT HE SUGGESTED ME, THAT THAT'S WHAT HE'S, THAT'S WHAT THE MAYOR JUST DESCRIBED. 
          I I GUESS IF YOU'RE ASKING IF IT WILL REMAIN IN THE MENTAL HEALTH CATEGORY, IT IS UNTIL SOMEBODY CHANGES IT. 
          AND, AND HAVING A MOTION TO PREVENT THAT ON THE DAIS TODAY WON'T PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING. 
          IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO THAT, WHEN, WHEN IT COMES FORWARD, YOU CAN SET, YOU CAN STATE YOUR, IN, YOU, YOUR DESIRE TO KEEP IT THERE. 
          AND CERTAINLY THAT WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION BY ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES. 
          BUT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING THAT WOULD PREVENT THAT AUTHORITY FROM THE COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I JUST, I WANNA SHARE THAT. 
          UM, I WAS GONNA SAY LAST, YOU KNOW, WE MADE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO SEND IT BACK TO COMMITTEES AND, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE END CAPED IT WITH THE COMMITTEES HAVE DONE ALL THE WORK AND THEN THEY'VE BROUGHT IT TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. 
          SO THE COMMITTEES HAVEN'T DECIDED YOU AS A GROUP, YOU GUYS HAVE DECIDED THAT'S STILL THE, THAT'S STILL WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. 
          THAT THAT, THAT WHATEVER, WHATEVER HAPPENS AT COMMITTEES HAS GOTTA COME BACK TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. 
          OKAY. 
          COMMITTEE. 
          WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT THEN. 
          SO I WANNA SHARE THAT, THAT INTENTION ON MY PART. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND, AND BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GO TO ACTION, I'LL TURN BACK TO ERIC AND HE CAN DESCRIBE SORT OF THE PROCESS OF THE 3.7 MILLION, UH, THAT'S ON THE TABLE. 
          AND BEFORE WE TAKE THAT MOTION. 
          SO ANYBODY HAS CONCERNS ABOUT PROCESS, UH, CAN SPEAK AT THAT TIME, BUT LET'S, UH, CONTINUE DISCUSSION NOW. 
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I'VE GOT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND I THINK TO FOLLOW UP ON COUNCILMAN BRAVOS, UM, REQUEST, I, I DON'T AGREE, UH, WITH COUNCILMAN BRAVO AT THE TIME. 
          I THINK WE MIGHT BE RUSHING TO THAT. 
          I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN CASTILLO'S IDEA OF, OKAY, WELL LET, LET'S FIGURE OUT WHICH COMMITTEE SHOULD, IF WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE $3.7 MILLION AND FIGURE OUT WHERE IT SHOULD GO, I, I AGREE THAT IT SHOULD GO TO MULTIPLE COMMITTEES, OR AT LEAST LIKE YOU SUGGESTED MAYOR TO THE GOVERNANCE TO MAKE THAT DECISION. 
          UM, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE JUST SAYING LEAVE IT RIGHT NOW, GIVEN SO MUCH DISCUSSION THAT HAPPENED AND SO MANY, UM, THINGS THAT ARE UNFUNDED. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO CLARIFY THAT. 
          SO WHEN IT GOES TO GOVERNANCE, THEN GOVERNANCE WOULD HAVE THE DECISION POINT, RIGHT? TO SEND IT TO MULTIPLE COMMITTEES OR KEEP IT AS IS? YEAH, SO WE WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION IN COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO'S POINT, I THINK IS A GOOD, IS A GOOD ONE BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY 10 OPINIONS ON WHAT THE BUCKET SHOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THE 3.7. 
          SO WHEN YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. 
          GOT IT. 
          BARRING ANY ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS OUT THERE, WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE FRAMEWORK LOOKS LIKE. 
          THAT SHOULD, UH, BE A DECISION. 
          AND THEN IT GOES TO ALL THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES. 
          I, I, I HAPPEN TO AGREE, I THINK CHECK HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT, ABOUT THIS FUNDING. 
          AND SO IT WOULD GO TO THOSE COMMITTEES NEXT. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. 
          YEAH. 
          OH, ERIC WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. 
          WELL, AND LET ME, LET ME JUST ADD, BECAUSE REMEMBER, AND, AND ALONG THE LINES, COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS, WAS ASKING ME A SECOND AGO, REMEMBER NEXT FRI UH, NEXT WEDNESDAY WE'VE GOT THREE PLUS NINE AND AN ARPA UPDATE, RECOVERING RESILIENCY. 
          AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST TWO YEAR, TWO AND A HALF YEARS IS AS WE SPEND AND THERE'S LEFTOVER, WE BRING IT BACK. 
          AND SO YOU, YOU'RE AS A GROUP, WE'RE GONNA BE LAYING THAT OUT TO YOU NEXT WEEK. 
          AND SO, UM, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHETHER IT'S MENTAL HEALTH OR CHECK, UM, I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, THAT WE, WE WILL HAVE LEFTOVER MONEY IN THOSE BUCKETS. 
          AND, AND WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT MORE THAN $3.7 MILLION. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SCRUBBING RIGHT NOW. 
          WE, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN, UH, WE'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR THIS ARPA UPDATE AND RECOVERING RESILIENCY FOR THE LAST, SINCE DECEMBER. 
          SO EVERYTHING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK IS A GOOD PLACE SETTER FOR NEXT WEEK'S B SESSION. 
          UM, AND THEN THE WORK OF COMMITTEES, UM, AFTERWARDS. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER PALLIA. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY WHO'S GONNA BE GETTING THE AWARD. 
          MY, I I REALLY HAVE A QUESTION, ERIC. 
          IS ALL THIS MONEY GONNA BE, UM, DISTRIBUTED ALL AT ONCE? UH, OR WILL SOME OF IT BE DISTRIBUTED OVER TIME? WELL, IT'S, THESE ARE, UH, THE, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE FOR TWO YEARS. 
          AND SO JESSICA, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY DISTRIBUTE DOLLARS? YES. 
          IT WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED OVER TIME. 
          SO IT WOULDN'T BE, UH, LIKE A ONE LUMP SUM AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR. 
          IT WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CONTRACT TERM. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, WILL THERE BE REPORTING BACK TO THE INDIVIDUAL COMMITTEES? SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, ARPA MENTAL HEALTH, WILL THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES OR WHOM, WHOMEVER WILL, WILL THEY, WILL WE GET A REPORT ON THEIR PROGRESS AND MILESTONES HIT? ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO AS I MENTIONED, WE WOULD BE USING THAT DIGITAL DASHBOARD TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY INFORMATION ON RESULTS, BUT WE WOULD ALSO BE COMING BACK TO COMMITTEES TO PROVIDE UPDATES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THE FULL COUNSEL? PARDON? ME AND THE FULL COUNSEL? WE'LL, WE WILL GIVE UPDATES, REGULAR UPDATES TO THE COMMITTEE, BUT WE'LL COME BACK IN OUR REGULAR ARPA UPDATES YEAH. 
          AND REPORT OUT ON OUTCOMES. 
          SO MY, MY OTHER REQUEST IS DO WE HAVE, UM, DO WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO REPORT BACK TO OUR CONGRESS AND SENATE DELEGATION, HOW WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY, WHO GOT THE AWARDS, WHAT WE EXPECT OUT OF IT, WHAT THE MILESTONES THAT WE'RE HITTING? COUNCIL THIS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL NEXT WEDNESDAY, BUT WE REPORT TO THE US TREASURY, UH, AND THAT'S A PUBLIC DOCUMENT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. 
          IN THE LAST QUARTERLY REPORT THAT WE SUBMITTED WAS, UM, TWO DAYS AGO ON THE 31ST. 
          SO WE'LL BE SENDING THAT TO YOU ALL, UH, TODAY, ON OR TOMORROW. 
          SO YOU SEE WHAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE US TREASURY, AND THAT HAS THE SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS, UH, THAT WE DID THROUGH DECEMBER. 
          WHAT THE COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING FOR APPROVAL TODAY WILL BE ON THE NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UH, JEFF AND SALLY, IF THEY'RE IN THE ROOM OR IF NOT, I'M SURE THEY'LL HEAR ABOUT IT LATER. 
          ONE OF THE REQUESTS I HAVE, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT LATER, IS THAT, UH, WE PROVIDE OUR, UM, OUR CONGRESSIONAL AND OUR SENATE DELEGATIONS INDIVIDUALLY. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, PROGRESS REPORTS ON HOW WE'RE DOING. 
          I MEAN, AFTER ALL, THEY, THEY DO GO TO BAT FOR US AND BRING HOME THIS MONEY FOR US, RIGHT? WE, UH, WE SEND THE QUARTERLY REPORTS TO OUR LOCAL DELEGATION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          PERFECT. 
          AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, UM, I MADE A PROMISE LAST WEEK, UH, AND I'M GONNA KEEP THAT PROMISE, MARIA, AND I'M GONNA VOTE NO ON THE ITEMS FOR THE 
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REASONS THAT, UH, THAT I ARTICULATED THAT IS NOT, UM, THROWING SHADE AT ANYBODY'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MERITS OF, OF YOUR PROGRAMS THAT IS NOT, UM, TO MINIMIZE, UH, YOUR, YOUR PAST ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND YOUR FUTURE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 
          I THINK ALL OF YOU ARE ADULTS AND YOU UNDERSTAND, UM, THE NATURE OF MY VOTE AND WHY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT AND THANKS FOR YOUR APPLYING AND CONGRATULATIONS ON, ON WHAT IS GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY FOR A LOT OF YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          YES, SIR. 
          JUST A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, ONE OF MY CONCERNS HAS BEEN, UM, THAT THESE AGENCIES UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S ONLY TWO YEAR MONEY. 
          THAT THAT'S IT. 
          UM, CAN SOMEBODY ASSURE ME THAT ALL THESE AGENCIES KNOW THAT THERE, THIS IS ONLY TWO YEAR MONEY? AND WAS THAT EXPRESSED AND HOW THEY'RE GONNA COVER THIS IN THE FUTURE? YES, SIR. 
          YES, SIR. 
          IT WAS, AND IT WAS IN THE SCORING AS WELL, AND EVERYONE HAD TO REPORT THEIR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT WAS TAKE, IT WAS CLEARLY COMMUNICATED. 
          THEY COMMUNICATED BACK TO US AND IT WAS REFLECTED IN SCORING. 
          OKAY. 
          AND MY OTHER FOOT STOMPER HAS ALWAYS BEEN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING IS METRICS. 
          HOW ARE WE GONNA MEASURE THE OUTCOMES? NOT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE IN THE COMING IN THE DOOR OR HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY'VE SERVED. 
          HOW ARE WE MEASURING THE OUTCOMES ON ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT, CAN YOU TALK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? SURE. 
          I CAN SPEAK TO THE MENTAL HEALTH, UM, OUTCOMES. 
          IT'S SLIDE 50, IF YOU DON'T MIND TURNING. 
          SO WE ARE OF COURSE, COUNTING UNDUPLICATED YOUTH AND FAMILIES SERVED. 
          TO START WITH. 
          THAT WOULD BE A HOW MANY IN A, IN RESULTS BASED ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          AND THEN WE WERE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING AT HOW MANY SESSIONS THAT THE, THE PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING IN COUNSELING OR GROUP THERAPY, TRYING TO REFLECT THAT THEY'RE COMING BACK, THAT THEY'RE ENGAGED, THAT THEY'RE, UM, HOPEFULLY IMPROVING. 
          AND THEN WE'LL BE USING EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENTS TO LOOK AT THEIR DEPRESSION. 
          TO LOOK AT THEIR WELLBEING, UM, BOTH FOR THE YOUTH AND FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE SERVED. 
          AND SO TRYING TO SERVE, TRYING TO SHOW THAT NOT ONLY ARE PEOPLE BEING TOUCHED ONCE, THEY'RE COMING BACK MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY'RE SHOWING A DECREASE IN DEPRESSION AND INCREASE IN WELLBEING. 
          UM, IN THE OLDER ADULT OUTCOMES WERE, WE'RE ALSO DOING WELLBEING SURVEYS OF OLDER ADULTS AND CAREGIVERS. 
          AND WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT WHO'S REFERRED AND HOW, UM, IF THEY WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY, UH, TAKE THAT REFERRAL. 
          AND THEN FOR HOMELESS SERVICES, WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED IN THE HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE THAT THEY'VE BEEN REFERRED TO, AND ANY CLIENTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY TRANSITIONING TO PERMANENT HOUSING. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          AND, AND, UM, HOW ARE WE GONNA, I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS WILL BE INPUT BY THE, BY THE AGENCIES. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , HOW ARE WE GONNA CHECK THAT DATA? WE CHECK IT THROUGH, OH, WE CHECK IT THROUGH DESK REVIEWS. 
          WE CHECK IT THROUGH QUARTERLY REPORTING. 
          UM, WE CHECK IT THROUGH, UH, VISITS AND AUDITS. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANTED TO ASK QUESTIONS FOR, UH, CLARIFICATION ON THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO, UM, WHAT'S BEEN STATED, OR MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS, THESE, UH, REMAINING DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE SENT TO, UM, OR THAT RECOMMENDATION WILL BE SENT TO GOVERNANCE, FROM GOVERNANCE. 
          THE MONEY WILL BE LOOKED AT AS A WHOLE AND WILL BE THEN BE DECIDED WHAT, HOW MUCH MONEY WILL GO TO EACH CATEGORY AND THEN SENT TO AN APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE. 
          YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT'S THE INTENT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE FRAMEWORK, AND I THINK THE FRAMEWORK IS CAUSING A LITTLE BIT OF TENSION INTO HOW MUCH OF EACH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS COULD ULTIMATELY BE FUNDED, THAT WE IRON THAT OUT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY START, UH, ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS, WHICH WILL BE DONE AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL FOR RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL FOR SURE. 
          I JUST WANT TO, I GUESS THEN, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO SIT ON GOVERNANCE, UM, SOMETHING THAT I WANT YOU TO BE MINDFUL OF IS THAT ON A GOVERNANCE, THERE'S THE MAYOR, THEN THERE'S 4, 6, 8, AND 10. 
          UM, THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED OR, UH, RECEIVING THE, OR HAVE THE HIGHEST NEED FOR SERVICES ARE DISTRICTS 1, 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE. 
          AND SO DISTRICTS 1, 2, 3, AND FIVE ARE NOT ON GOVERNANCE. 
          PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU'RE, AS YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION. 
          I WOULD LOVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU, UM, BEFORE YOU SEND IT TO, UH, OTHER COMMITTEES OR MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO, UH, THE AMOUNT FOR MENTAL HEALTH OR FOR ANY OTHER KIND OF SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR MCKEY RODRIGUEZ. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          ERIC, I JUST WANNA JUMP IN REAL QUICK BECAUSE I WANNA SAY THE THIRD TIME, REMEMBER NEXT WEEK IS AN ARPA UPDATE. 
          SO, SO THERE'LL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF HELP FRAME THIS, 
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'CAUSE THE NEXT GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE UNTIL THE 15TH AND, AND NEXT WEEK THAT PRESENTATION'S ON THE EIGHTH. 
          AND I THINK, I THINK THAT'LL BE ANOTHER, UH, CLARIFYING POINT FOR THE COUNCIL TO KIND OF SET THAT FRAMEWORK GOING FORWARD. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ERIC. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? AND YOU HEARD THE PROCESS. 
          LEMME JUST SAY A FEW, UH, OVERALL COMMENTS, AND LEMME JUST START BY SAYING WE, WE KEEP SAYING ARPA, BUT I, I KIND OF FEEL COMPELLED TO SAY IT BY ITS NAME, WHICH IS THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, UH, WHICH WAS THE FIRST GREAT BIPARTISAN PIECE OF LEGISLATION ON THE BY BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, WHICH HAS BEEN A LIFELINE TO SO MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, AND HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT'S GONE DIRECTLY TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, AND SO YOU'RE SEEING, UH, THE ALLOCATION PROCESS PLAY OUT DIFFERENTLY ACROSS ALL CITIES. 
          I DO WANT TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUES THOUGH, UH, FOR HAVING A VERY THOUGHTFUL PROCESS ALONG WITH STAFF TO COME UP WITH A FRAMEWORK THAT MADE SENSE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          EVERY COMMUNITY HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS FOR RECOVERY AND, AND CERTAINLY OURS IS NO DIFFERENT. 
          UH, BUT I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD PROCESS AND A TRANSPARENT ONE, AND IT'S ALLOWED US TO WORK THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THIS FUNDING WITHOUT TOO MUCH CONSTERNATION. 
          NOW I'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF CREDIT, I GUESS, OR OR BLAME FOR, FOR SOME OF THE CONSTERNATION HERE AT THE END. 
          UH, I HAPPENED TO GO TO AN EVENT THAT WAS SPONSORED BY FOR HER, UH, A FEW MONTHS AGO, UM, AND WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE ORGANIZATION, THE MISSION, THE, THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING, UH, GOING UNDER THE RADAR, PROVIDING SOME OF THE CRITICAL NEEDS OR PROVIDING FOR SOME OF THE CRITICAL NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY IN, IN THE AREA OF DOMESTIC AND, AND FAMILY VIOLENCE. 
          AND, AND I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT WE'RE NOT FUNDING THEM AS WELL. 
          UH, SO MY HOPE IS THAT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE IT, UH, LIKE THE ORGANIZATION AND AND PROGRAM THAT PEGGY AMY TOLD ME ABOUT, UH, WHEN WE WERE, UH, VISITING TOGETHER SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, WHICH I HAD NO IDEA EXISTED, WHICH SERVES A, A EXTREMELY UNDERSERVED PORTION OF OUR POPULATION, FOSTER CHILDREN, UH, AND HAVING GREAT SUCCESS DOING IT, AND GETTING FUNDING, UH, FROM DIFFERENT AREAS THAT SEE HER, UH, SEE THAT PROGRAM'S, VIABILITY, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT, UH, THAT I THINK DESERVE A SECOND LOOK ARE GONNA HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE IN THE, IN THE, UH, INTERVENING PERIOD WITH 3.7 MILLION. 
          UM, THAT SAID, I, I DON'T DOUBT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE BACK HERE, UH, IN MAYBE FOUR WEEKS OR SO, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION ABOUT DISAPPOINTMENT THAT SOME ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT BEING FUNDED BECAUSE THE LIST IS LONG. 
          I THINK SAN ANTONIO HAS SO MANY SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE FRANKLY, WE NEED IT. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES TO MATCH THE NEED AND THERE'S STILL NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES EVEN WHEN WE GET THE FEDERAL SUPPORT THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          SO MY HOPE IS THAT, UH, IF THIS CONVERSATION DOES ANYTHING BEYOND JUST FUNDING THE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, I I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE IT GETS THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC, UH, TO THINK ABOUT, UH, OPPORTUNITIES AGAIN, TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOU'VE HEARD FROM TODAY, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH, UH, FINANCIAL SUPPORT OR VOLUNTEER SUPPORT. 
          UH, IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF A CORPORATE, UH, ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A GIVING, UH, PROGRAM, PLEASE CONSIDER THESE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          IF YOU ARE AHEAD OF ONE OF THOSE EMPLOYERS AND ORGANIZATIONS, PLEASE CONSIDER DIGGING A LITTLE DEEP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AS OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY, UH, PARTICULARLY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TRIES TO CLIMB OUT OF THE HOLE THAT WE'VE BEEN IN THAT WAS ONLY EXACERBATED BY THE PANDEMIC. 
          SO AGAIN, I KNOW THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT EASY. 
          UH, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR HAVING THEM, UH, WITH THOUGHT AND, UH, DELIBERATION. 
          I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT SET OF CONVERSATIONS THAT WE CAN HOPE BRING MORE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ON BOARD AND, AND HELPING 'EM SERVE OUR, OUR DESPERATELY NEED, UH, DESPERATE NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 
          YOU HEARD THE PROCESS OUTLINED BY THE CITY MANAGER. 
          AM I MISSING ANYBODY? AL AL. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          RECUSALS. 
          YES. 
          RECUSALS. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          SO, BUT MAY MAYOR, CAN YOU, BUT WE HAVE A SCRIPT BECAUSE THERE ARE FEW REFUSALS, UH, SO I'M GONNA CALL ON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UH, HOLD ON. 
          MAYOR, I, I THINK THE MOTION WAS TO APPROVE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE THREE ORGANIZATIONS AND WE'RE HAVE RECUSALS GOT IT. 
          SO YOU WERE CORRECT IN THAT. 
          WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT ONE FIRST. 
          YES, MAYOR. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I, I'M SO SORRY. 
          I THANK JESSICA DOLINA AND I DID NOT THANK JESSE HIGGINS, OUR CHIEF MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER, AND I JUST HAVE BEEN FEELING ENTIRELY BAD THE WHOLE TIME, SO I'M SO SORRY, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, ALRIGHT. 
          WE'RE SQUARE. 
          OKAY, NOW I NEED TO TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER CAB, HOWEVER, TO, UM, OR ACTUALLY WE ALREADY HAVE THE MOTION. 
          WE HAVE THE MOTION A SECOND FOR, WITH 
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THE EXCEPTION OF, UH, OLDER ADULTS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS, CHILD ADVOCATES OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP THE ITEMS REQUIRING RECUSALS. 
          THE FIRST ITEM IS OLDER ADULTS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AND COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GROUND WILL BE RECUSING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER I MOVE TO APPROVE THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FUNDING IN THIS ITEM FOR OLDER ADULTS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. 
          IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE FUNDED RE THE FUNDING RECOMMENDED IN THIS ITEM FOR OLDER ADULT RE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          THE NEXT ITEM FOR RECUSAL IS COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS. 
          AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA WILL BE RECUSING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CABELL HDA, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE STAFF STAFF'S RECOMMENDED FUNDING, FUNDING IN THIS ITEM FOR COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE RECOMMENDED FUNDING. 
          AND THE ITEM FOR COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          THE NEXT ITEM FOR RECUSAL IS CHILD ADVOCATES OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND COUNCIL MEMBER PAPAS WILL BE RECUSING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO H I MOVE TO APPROVE THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDED FUNDING IN THIS ITEM FOR CHILD ADVOCATES OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDED FUNDING FOR CHILD ADVOCATES OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY, WE'VE GOT, UH, ITEM THREE NOW IN THE RECORD. 
          AND THAT IS EVERYTHING ON OUR A SESSION. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE, ANDY, DO WE HAVE EXEC OR ARE WE GONNA KICK THAT OFF? UH, G GIVEN THE TIME HERE, I THINK WE CAN FOREGO EXEC AND THE ITEM WE'RE GONNA COVER CAN BE COVERED NEXT WEEK. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A, AN ITEM LEFT OVER FROM THE B SESSION YESTERDAY. 
          IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THAT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT ONE UP AFTER ZONING, WHICH WILL BEGIN PROMPTLY AT TWO O'CLOCK. 
          SO, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY 
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CITY MANAGER REPORT. 
          MAYOR, WE CAN DO THE CITY MANAGER REPORT RIGHT NOW IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          GOOD. 
          UM, SO JUST A COUPLE OF, UM, UM, AS FOLKS GET UP AND LEAVE, UM, I THINK THE CITY MANAGER HAS, UH, SOME IMPORTANT REPORTS TO US AS A COUNCIL. 
          UH, IF YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DEPART, BUT IF YOU COULD KEEP IT DOWN, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD, ERIC. 
          WHILE, UH, UH, LEMME MOVE UP THE ORDER, UM, I WANTED TO, THERE'S A NUMBER OF AGENCIES HERE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WERE HERE FOR THE EARLIER ITEM, AND I WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR THE WORK, UH, THAT THEY'VE DONE, UH, SINCE MONDAY WITH OUR HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, I THINK OUR CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO GIVE A REPORT ON OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS AS A RESULT OF THE WINTER STORM, IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN THAT. 
          UH, PLEASE, PLEASE KEEP THE VOLUME DOWN. 
          THANKS, MAYOR . 
          SO, UM, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS TIMELY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AND A NUMBER OF THE AGENCIES WERE HERE, YOU KNOW, AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION, UM, IN THE, IN THE MEDIA AND WITH THE PUBLIC, AND WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB. 
          UM, BUT BETWEEN OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM AT D H S AND A NUMBER OF THE AGENCIES THAT, UH, THAT WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH HAVEN FOR HOPE, SAM, UM, CAM, UH, CORONE SARAH COMMUNITIES UNDER THE BRIDGE AND SOLD OUT BELIEVERS CHURCH IN COORDINATION ON MONDAY. 
          WE STARTED WITH ALL THE STREET OUTREACH TEAMS, STARTED WORKING WITH THE UNSHELTERED TO GET THEM INTO PLACES, UH, IN ADVANCE OF THE WEATHER. 
          UM, ON MONDAY NIGHT, WE HAD 288 INDIVIDUALS IN THREE DIFFERENT SHELTERS. 
          ON TUESDAY NIGHT, THERE WERE 364 INDIVIDUALS, AND LAST NIGHT, 
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395, UM, THOSE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS. 
          UM, WE DO OUTREACH, WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND WHEN I SAY WE, IT'S THE COLLECTIVE GROUP OF, OF, OF D H SS WITH OUR, OUR, OUR PARTNERS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T MAKE PEOPLE GO TO SHELTERS, BUT THE, THOSE THAT DON'T WANT TO GO TO A SHELTER WHERE THERE'S AVAILABILITY THAT DON'T WANNA BE TRANSPORTED, THEN FOOD SUPPLIES SERVICES AND CONTINUED OUTREACH DURING THE, DURING THE WEATHER EVENT. 
          UM, AND, AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, UH, TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S THIS ASSOCIATION WITH WARMING CENTERS AND, UM, OR MAYBE THE THOUGHT THAT THE CITY DOESN'T CARE ABOUT HOMELESS. 
          UM, WE DO, UH, AND OUR PARTNERS, UH, AND US WORK VERY HARD AT PROVIDING THAT OUTREACH, UH, OUT ON THE STREET TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED IT THE MOST, UM, IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. 
          AND, AND SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT TO THE, TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL. 
          WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF, OF, OF, OF COMMUNICATING THAT, UH, TO THE PUBLIC. 
          AND, UM, AND I WANTED TO, TO HIT THAT ISSUE WITH THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, SECONDLY, I WANTED TO, UM, REMIND, AND I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES BETWEEN NOW AND TAX DAY, BUT MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES COLLABORATES WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND UNITED WAY ST. 
          PHILIP'S COLLEGE, AND A WHOLE SLEW OF OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE INCOME TAX PREPARATION FOR HOUSEHOLDS WITH AN ANNUAL INCOME OF LESS THAN $55,000. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHOLE LOT OF YEARS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE DO IT AT 11 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. 
          UM, WE, UH, WE HAVE DROP OFF, UH, SERVICES AND, AND IT'S A REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SIT DOWN WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED HELP DURING THAT, THAT REQUIRED PROCESS. 
          AND IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE GET MONEY TAX RETURNS BACK TO SAN ANTONIANS HERE, UH, FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. 
          LAST YEAR, UM, COLLECTIVELY WE HELPED PREPARE OVER 26,000 RETURNS, UH, WHICH RESULTED IN $50 MILLION IN TAX, RE TAX REFUNDS TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          UM, WE SAVE AN ESTIMATED $5.2 MILLION IN TAX PREPARATION FEES, AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS DON'T HAVE TO PAY SOMEONE TO HELP THEM. 
          AND SO WITH THE TAX FILING DEADLINE IN, UH, IN MID-APRIL, UM, WE ARE LAUNCHING OFF ON THAT EFFORT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO MAYBE HELPING HAVING YOU HELP US AMPLIFY THAT THROUGH YOUR, UM, NEWSLETTERS. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT VIDEO IS, UH, ON OUR WELLNESS MANAGER. 
          AND SOME OF YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF THE WELLNESS MAN, I DON'T KNOW IF DAVID'S HERE, BUT MANY OF YOU KNOW DAVID WITT WHITT. 
          HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. 
          HE DOES ALL OF THE, UM, UM, WELLNESS ACTIVITY WORK WITH OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR HR DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, HE ALSO, UH, HIM AND HIS TEAM COORDINATE THE CITY MANAGERS FIVE K OUR CORPORATE CUP EVENTS, UM, THE, UM, UH, EFFORTS, UM, AROUND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOTHER'S ROOMS IN OUR, IN OUR, UH, FACILITIES. 
          AND, UH, YOU'LL RECOGNIZE 'EM IF YOU'VE SPENT ANY TIME IN THE, UH, CITY TOWER GYM ACROSS THE STREET. 
          SO THANK YOU TO DAVID AND HIS ENTIRE, UH, HR TEAM FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO WELLNESS, UH, FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          SO LET'S ROLL THE VIDEO. 
          SO, AS THE WELLNESS MANAGER, I MANAGE THE WELLNESS DIVISION, AND I OVERSEE ALL THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE DIVISION, INCLUDING THE NEW CITY TOWER FITNESS CENTER, AND ALL OF THE PROGRAMMING AND RESOURCES THAT WE OFFER OUR EMPLOYEES TO HELP THEM LEAD A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. 
          YOU GONNA TAKE THE CLASS TODAY? UH, TONIGHT, I GUESS. 
          TONIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, WE GOT, UH, 13 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR YOGA. 
          WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, WE SPEND MORE WAKING HOURS AT WORK THAN WE DO AT HOME OFTEN. 
          AND SO WHAT BETTER PLACE TO CREATE A CULTURE OF WELLBEING THAT'LL POSITIVELY IMPACT THE LIVES AND THE HEALTH OF OUR EMPLOYEES? THAT'S GOOD. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAN. 
          HAVE A GOOD WORKOUT WITH THE NEW CITY TOWER FITNESS CENTER. 
          IT'S REALLY BECOME KIND OF A CROWN JEWEL, ALMOST A SHOW OFF PIECE, WHETHER IT'S WORKING OUT AND LIFTING WEIGHTS, DOING CARDIO ON THE TREADMILL OR THE BIKES, OR TAKING A FITNESS CLASS INSTRUCTED BY THE Y M C A THAT REALLY SHOWS THE CITY'S DEDICATION TO THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF ITS EMPLOYEES. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE GYM, WE PROVIDE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, THE VIRGIN PULSE PROGRAM, WHERE WE ENCOURAGE EMPLOYEES TO BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE, AND WE DO ALSO OFFER HEALTH COACHING TO ALL OF OUR FULL-TIME NON-UNIFORM EMPLOYEES. 
          HOST AN ANNUAL CITY MANAGER'S FIVE K, PARTICIPATE IN CORPORATE CUP. 
          WE'VE HAD AN AWARD-WINNING WELLNESS PROGRAM FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. 
          I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST A DECADE NOW, AND IT'S BEEN A PERSONAL GOAL OF MINE TO SHIFT THE CITY'S CULTURE TO ONE THAT'S FOCUSED ON HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF ITS EMPLOYEES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS, ERIC. 
          I THINK, UH, WE HAD A 
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QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          K UH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF WE GOT BETWEEN THREE AND 400 ON SEVERAL NIGHTS, UH, DID WE ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY DELIVER PEOPLE TO THESE SHELTERS? WAS IT THROUGH, UH, D H SS OR SS A P D OR WERE THE PARTNERS THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY DID MOST OF THAT? IT'S, IT'S REALLY, IT'S NOT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE, WE'VE HAD ENCOUNTERS OR DURING WINTER STORM URI, WE HAD POLICE DOING THAT, BUT, UM, IT'S A VARIETY OF WAYS. 
          IT'S THE CITY, IT'S OUR PARTNERS, UM, THAT ARE COLLECTIVELY GETTING PE AND, AND THEN SOMETIMES FOLKS ARE CLOSE TO ONE OF THE SHELTERS, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE WALKING THEMSELVES, RIGHT. 
          WELL, THAT MADE A LOT OF SENSE, BUT I THINK THERE WAS A, AN UNDERSTANDING WE WERE JUST LEAVING PEOPLE OUT THERE, BUT WE REALLY WERE TRANSPORTING PEOPLE TO THESE CENTERS AS MUCH AS THEY'D ALLOW US TO. 
          WE WERE, AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE, THE RELATIONSHIP PART OF THE OUTREACH TEAMS, WHETHER THEY'RE OURS OR THE OTHER AGENCIES, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T MAKE PEOPLE GO. 
          UM, AND IF THEY DON'T GO, WE CERTAINLY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPLIES, THE FOOD, THE CHECK-IN, UM, TO, TO, TO, TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST INCLEMENT WEATHER. 
          BUT, UM, NO, NOT AT ALL. 
          COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UM, CAN I ASK WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE, UH, OPENED THE, THE WARMING CENTERS BEFORE, HOW, UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE USED THEM? WELL, WE, UH, WE OPENED UP, UH, WARMING CENTERS, UM, IN THAT COLD SNAP BEFORE CHRISTMAS. 
          UM, AND, UM, I'LL GET THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT WE HAD 'EM OPEN FOR THREE DAYS, THREE NIGHTS, I'M SORRY. 
          AND, UM, WE DID NOT GET A LOT OF ACTIVITY, UM, UH, FROM THOSE WARMING CENTERS. 
          AND, AND, AND I'M GONNA GO OUT ON A LIMB LIKE 12 TO 15 PEOPLE. 
          WELL, I AM STILL OF THE OPINION. 
          I, I FEEL LIKE YES, WE DID MESSAGE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE WARMING CENTERS WERE WELL ENOUGH, BUT I THINK THAT WE ALSO MAYBE DIDN'T MEET COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS AND HAVING SOME OPEN, UM, ALSO GIVEN THAT THERE WERE SO MANY C P S ENERGY CUSTOMERS WITHOUT, WITHOUT, UH, POWER. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD DEFAULT ON BEING OVERLY ACCOMMODATING AND PREPARED. 
          BUT, AND AT THE VERY LEAST, IT COULD HAVE ALSO BEEN, UH, A PRACTICE EXERCISE FOR US AND STANDING THEM UP. 
          NO, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE APPROACHED DECEMBER. 
          UM, IF YOU'LL RECALL, THE THIRD NIGHT OF THE WARMING CENTERS WAS CHRISTMAS EVE. 
          SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD STAFF THAT, THAT, UM, THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIGN, UH, WAS A GOOD PRACTICE FOR US. 
          AND, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK, YOU KNOW, LESSONS LEARNED ARE ALWAYS THERE. 
          UM, UM, OUR, OUR STANDARDS FOR OPENING UP, UM, RESILIENCY CENTERS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WHICH THE CONCEPT CAME OUT OF, UH, THE, UM, THE, UM, THE REED WILLIAMS COMMISSION ON READY ON PREPAREDNESS WAS THE CONCEPT WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INDIVIDUALS THAT DON'T HAVE ELECTRICITY IN THEIR HOMES ON PROLONGED, UM, UM, PERIODS OF TIME, UM, HAVE A PLACE TO GO. 
          UH, A WARM PLACE TO GO. 
          IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, AS OF THIS MORNING, THERE WERE 249 C P S CUSTOMERS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THAT HAD, THAT DIDN'T HAVE POWER. 
          UM, C P S DID AN AWESOME JOB YESTERDAY OF GETTING PEOPLE RECONNECTED, GETTING CUSTOMERS RECONNECTED WITHIN THE CITY, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO LOOK AT HOW WE COMPARE AND WHAT THOSE TRIGGERS ARE IN OTHER CITIES. 
          UM, AND I THINK IT'S A BALANCE ACT. 
          I MEAN, WE, WE, WE ALWAYS WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE BETTER AND, AND RELIABLE SERVICES WHEN PEOPLE NEED IT, BUT I DO NOT WANT THE COUNCIL TO THINK THAT THE CITY NOR OUR COLLECTIVE PARTNERS DIDN'T CARE ABOUT HOMELESS AND DIDN'T DO ANYTHING OVER THE LAST FOUR DAYS, WHICH ABSOLUTELY ISN'T TRUE. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          AND, AND IT'S NOT JUST, I THINK THE WARMING CENTERS ARE MAYBE NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE WHO LOSE POWER AS WELL. 
          THERE'S SOME PEOPLE, THEY MIGHT HAVE ELECTRICITY, BUT THEIR HEATING GOES OUT. 
          YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY, UH, WE FOUND OUT ABOUT AN ELDERLY WOMAN WHO LIVES ALONE. 
          HER HEATING WENT OUT. 
          I SENT MY STAFF OVER THERE TO DROP OFF SOME SPACE HEATERS, AND, UH, THEN WE HAD TO SCRAMBLE AND FIND SOMEBODY WHO COULD FIX HER HEATER YESTERDAY. 
          LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT WOMAN MAY HAVE NEEDED A PLACE TO GO AS WELL. 
          AND THERE'S, AND I'M SURE THERE'S A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS LIKE THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND ALWAYS IN 3 1 1 IS THE BACKBONE OF THE OUTREACH. 
          AND, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU RUN ACROSS SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, THEN, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW ABOUT IT HELPS US BE ABLE TO SERVE THOSE CUSTOMERS AS WELL. 
          I MEAN, THE, THE, THE, UM, I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO FIGURE, GO FIND AN HVAC PERSON AT, AT FOUR O'CLOCK AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE CAN GET SOMEBODY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE HER OR GET HER WITH FAMILY OR PROVIDE THE RESOURCES, GREAT. 
          AND I, I DO WANT TO THANK SHERA AND PLUMBING FOR GOING AND VOLUNTEERING THEIR SERVICES YESTERDAY TO DO THAT, TO HELP THIS ELDERLY WOMAN. 
          BUT YOU MENTIONED LESSONS LEARNED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE LESSON LEARNED FOR ME WAS I, I HAD ASKED IF WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY ABOUT THE, 
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THE EMERGE THE WARMING CENTERS, RESILIENCY CENTERS, WHY WE HADN'T STOOD THEM UP, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD AND WE ABLE HAVE COUNSEL YEAH. 
          I WOULD ASK YOU NOT TO DISCUSS WHAT IS DISCUSSED AT EXEC, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, REASONS WHY WE DON'T OR DON'T DISCUSS. 
          I WOULD ASK YOU NOT TO DO THAT ALL. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          UM, I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF FOLKS HERE, UH, IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU WERE DISCUSSING, ERIC, THAT, THAT ARE ALL PART OF OUR HOMELESS, UH, RESPONSE, UH, TEAM. 
          AND SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIRELESS WORK. 
          I THINK WHAT GOES UNSAID OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO IS, IS THE AMOUNT OF HOURS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, TIME, UH, RESOURCE THAT HAS GONE INTO MAKING SURE THAT WE REACH EVERYBODY. 
          MY EXPECTATION IS THAT ABSOLUTELY NOBODY IN OUR CITY IS LEFT OUT IN THE ELEMENTS UNLESS THEY ACTUALLY REFUSE TO COME INTO A SHELTER. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE ASSURANCE THAT WE'RE MEETING THAT STANDARD. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN SAY THAT I THINK WE ARE, YOU KNOW, IN MAKING SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT, ERIC, THAT THIS IS A COMPASSIONATE CITY. 
          THIS IS A CITY THAT'S NOT GONNA LEAVE ANYBODY BEHIND. 
          UH, AND IF WE ARE DOING OUTREACH IN THE MOMENT, IN THE DAYS AHEAD OF AN EVENT LIKE THIS, BEING ABLE TO SAY AND BEING ABLE TO ENSURE THAT NO ONE IS GOING TO BE LEFT OUT THERE, UH, IF THEY NEED SHELTER, UM, THEN THAT'S A STANDARD I THINK WE SHOULD BE OPERATING TOWARDS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, UH, TIME IS 1 42 ON THE SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023, OUR ACE SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED. 
          UH, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A ZONING MEETING TIME CERTAIN TWO O'CLOCK, SO WE'RE GONNA CONVENE THAT AT TWO O'CLOCK. 
          SO COUNSEL, IF YOU CAN BE BACK HERE IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES, GO GRAB SOMETHING TO EAT. 
          UH, AND THEN WE WILL RECONVENE OUR A SESSION AFTER THAT, OR A B SESSION, UH, FROM YESTERDAY TO HEAR THE ZONE, THE, UH, HOUSING ITEM. 
          THANKS.
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