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           BUT IN SAN ANTONIO, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. 
          UM, WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR ONE MORE MEMBER TO BEGIN A QUORUM. 
          SO THE NEXT TIME A COUNCIL MEMBER WALKS INTO THE OFFICE, IF YOU, WE CAN ALL STAND UP AND GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          YAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          READY? GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 
          THE TIME IS 2 0 2 ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023. 
          WE'LL CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION, OR I GUESS IT'S A SPECIAL SESSION TODAY TO ORDER. 
          UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA GRANT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PIZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          OF COURSE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          MAYOR NIERENBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, 
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WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, WE HAVE A BUDGET UPDATE TODAY. 
          SO ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH. 
          THANK COUNCIL. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UM, SO TODAY WE'VE GOT A COUPLE ITEMS. UH, THE FIRST IS OUR, UM, FIRST QUARTER BUDGET UPDATE, UM, FROM THE, THAT JUSTINA WILL WALK US THROUGH. 
          IT'S THE, UH, UPDATE FROM OUR FIRST QUARTER FINANCIALS AND THE GENERAL FUND AND SOME OF OUR LARGER FUNDS. 
          WE'LL ALSO LAY OUT THE RECOMMENDED 2024 BUDGET CALENDAR, AND THEN WE'LL TRANSITION OVER TO GWEN. 
          AND, UH, WE'LL DO WHAT I THINK WILL BE THE LAST UPDATE ON RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY, WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN. 
          THE COUNCIL, UM, UH, APPROVED IN THE EARLY SUMMER OF 2020, UH, AND MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON SOME, UH, REMAINING FUNDS. 
          AND THEN WE'LL GIVE AN UPDATE ON ARPA FUNDS, UH, AND WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          UM, REMEMBER THAT THE, THE KEY IS WE, WE DO THESE PERIODIC BRIEFINGS, PARTICULARLY ON THE FEDERAL GRANTS AND THESE DOLLARS BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP DOLLARS INTO PRODUCTION. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS NOW. 
          AND, UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE ON THE ARPA SIDE, JUST, UH, IN TERMS OF THE THREE PLUS NINE, THE FIRST QUARTER UPDATE, UM, THE, UH, WE'RE IN A POSITIVE FINANCIAL POSITION FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS, UM, WITH MOST REVENUES. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THIS, UH, PERFORMING AT OR JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
          UM, C P S, UH, WE DID SEE, UH, ADDITIONAL REVENUE IN THE FIRST MONTH OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WAS KIND OF A, A WE A BLEED OVER FROM THE HOT SUMMER AND WHAT WE EXPERIENCED ALL LAST YEAR. 
          SINCE THEN, C P S REVENUES HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN ON THE MARK. 
          UH, SALES TAX IS SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF BUDGET, UM, AND 3.7% HIGHER THAN LAST FISCAL YEAR OVER THE SAME TIME PERIOD. 
          SO WE ARE JUST, WE ARE, WE'RE HITTING OUR MARKS IN TERMS OF OUR SALES TAX, UM, PROJECTIONS OVERALL, THE GENERAL FUND IS IN A POSITIVE FINANCIAL POSITION. 
          WE DO HAVE SOME CHALLENGES, UM, THAT JUSTINA WILL WALK YOU THROUGH ON OUR SOLID WASTE FUND. 
          AND, UM, WE WILL, UM, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MORE SOLID WASTE HERE IN A SECOND. 
          THE BUDGET CALENDAR THAT YOU'LL SEE IS, UM, MAINTAINS THE CHANGES WE PUT IN PLACE LAST YEAR, UM, 
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AND IN AN EFFORT TO HAVE THOSE, HAVE THAT POLICY DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL EARLY ON OR EARLIER THAN WE HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD. 
          UM, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE DO A, UM, COUNCIL SESSION, UM, IN, UH, EARLY APRIL TO HAVE THE COUNCIL SET THOSE STRATEGIC GOALS AS A BODY. 
          UM, WE, UM, UM, WE'LL TAKE THAT DIRECTION AND INCORPORATE WITHIN THE TRIAL BUDGET AND THE FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST, WHICH WILL HAPPEN IN THE SECOND WEEK OF MAY. 
          UM, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY'S FEEDBACK. 
          UM, AND THIS YEAR WE WILL BE DOING A, WE'LL BE HIRING A THIRD PARTY TO DO A SURVEY FOR THE, THE BUDGET SURVEY. 
          YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE TRY TO CHANGE THAT UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HIRE SOMEONE TO DO A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY THAT, UM, MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE HITTING, UM, ALL THE DEMOGRAPHICS WE NEED. 
          IT'S BEEN SOMETIMES SINCE WE'VE DONE THAT ON THE BUDGET SIDE, UM, YOU SAW THAT WE DID THAT AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY EARLIER IN THE YEAR, SO WE'LL BE MAKING THAT RECOMMENDATION. 
          UM, AND THEN QUICKLY ON ARPA AND RECOVERING RESILIENCY, UM, THE, THE, UM, UNDER RECOVERING RESILIENCY, WE DO HAVE A BALANCE OF FUNDS AVAILABLE. 
          UH, AND GWEN WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THAT. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE'RE MAKING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          AND THEN UNDER ARPA, REMEMBER LAST WEEK, UM, UH, PART OF THE COUNCIL CONVERSATION ON THE, UH, POST SOLICITATIONS AND THE AWARDING OF THE CONTRACTS, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, UM, UM, THE $3.7 MILLION THAT WAS NOT ALLOCATED, UM, IS GOING BACK TO GOVERNANCE ON THE 15TH, AND THEN BACK TO THE COUN AND TO THE COUNCIL, THE HOME COUNCIL COMMITTEES. 
          UM, WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION OF ARPA THAT WE'LL BE RECOMMENDING THAT, UM, GO FOLLOW THAT PROCESS. 
          SO IT'S THE 3.9 PLUS THE $3.7 MILLION. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT GIVES THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HAVE A LARGER CONVERSATION THAT I THINK SOME OF YOU WERE TRYING TO HAVE LAST YEAR. 
          I MEAN, LAST WEEK, UM, THE COUNCIL A MONTH AGO TALKED ABOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION GRANTS. 
          THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. 
          WE MAY ALL WANT, WE MAY, UH, ALSO WANT TO CONSIDER, OR YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER, AND I THINK WE WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PROPOSALS THROUGH THE SOLICITATION PROCESS LAST WEEK THAT SCORED VERY HIGH, BUT WE JUST RAN OUTTA MONEY IN THOSE POTS. 
          SO MAYBE REPLENISHING SOME OF THOSE POTS, UM, AND, UH, TAKING CARE OF THOSE GOOD PROPO, THOSE, THOSE, UH, GOOD PROPOSALS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN HAND RATHER THAN GOING THROUGH ANOTHER SOLICITATION. 
          BUT THERE'LL BE TIME TO DISCUSS THAT AT GOVERNANCE AND AT THOSE THREE, AT THE CHECK E W D C AND PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JUSTINA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MARON CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME'S CHRISTINA TATE. 
          I'M THE BUDGET DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND TODAY WE WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 3 PLUS NINE BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT. 
          FIRST, IF I CAN BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BINDERS IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          INCLUDED IN YOUR BINDER IS THE FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 3 PLUS NINE REPORT, AS WELL AS THE PRESENTATION, THE ARPA PRESENTATION, THE JANUARY STATUS OF OUR BUDGET INITIATIVES, AND THE FIRST QUARTER 24 7 PERFORMANCE REPORT. 
          FINALLY, YOU'LL FIND IN YOUR BINDER THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 RECOMMENDED BUDGET CALENDAR. 
          NOW ALL THE MATERIALS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR BINDER WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          DURING TODAY'S PRESENTATION, I'LL FOCUS ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT AND WE'LL REVIEW THE FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL STATUS AS WELL AS PROJECTIONS FOR REVENUES AND EXPENSES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND I'LL ALSO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE RECOMMENDED FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET CALENDAR. 
          FIRST, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE ECONOMY. 
          SO OVERALL, THE ECONOMY IS STILL GROWING. 
          UM, G D P GREW IN BOTH THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER OF 2022. 
          EMPLOYMENT GROWTH IS STILL STRONG, UH, BUT SLOWING UNEMPLOYMENT IS AT PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS. 
          HOWEVER, UM, INFLATION IS DECREASING, BUT IT IS STILL A CHALLENGE IN TERMS OF SAN ANTONIO AND TEXAS. 
          UNEMPLOYMENT IS IN MAJOR TEXAS. 
          MSAS IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN PRE PANDEMIC LEVEL. 
          HOWEVER, IN SAN ANTONIO, OUR, OUR DECEMBER UNEMPLOYMENT DECLINED TO 3.3%. 
          EMPLOYMENT GROWTH IN SAN ANTONIO IS STILL STRONG. 
          IT WAS OVER 4% AT THE END OF 2022, WHICH IS STILL ABOVE THE AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT GROWTH OF 2.3%. 
          HOWEVER, WE HAVE SEEN THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSE HOUSING MARKET STARTING TO SOFTEN IN TERMS OF AN OUTLOOK. 
          UM, LOOKING FORWARD, THERE HAS BEEN MIXED PREDICTIONS ABOUT A RECESSION. 
          UM, IN SPEAKING WITH DR. 
          NEVIN, UM, HE FEELS THAT THERE IS A HIGH PROB PROBABILITY OF AN UPCOMING RECESSION, HOWEVER, THAT RECESSION IS NOT PREDICTED TO BE SEVERE OR LAST FOR A LONG TIME. 
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G D P IS EXPECTED TO GROW SLIGHTLY OR STAY FLAT, AND INFLATION IS ANTICIPATED TO SLOW. 
          HOWEVER, IF WE DO ENTER INTO RECESSION, IT IS NOT ANTICIPATED THAT WE'LL HAVE A STRONG RECOVERY IN TERMS OF WHAT IS EXPECTED. 
          IF WE WOULD ENTER INTO A RECESSION FOR SAN ANTONIO, UNEMPLOYMENT MAY INCREASE TO FOUR AND A HALF TO 5%, AND EMPLOYMENT GROWTH MAY STAY FLAT OR DECLINE SLIGHTLY BY 1%. 
          SO NOW TO THE NUMBERS, THE TOTAL ADOPTED BUDGET IS $3.4 BILLION, AND THAT'S COMPRISED OF THREE MAIN COMPONENTS. 
          THE FIRST BEING OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS AT $1.25 BILLION. 
          SO RESTRICTED FUNDS ARE GOVERNED BY FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAWS, AND THE REVENUES RECEIVED BY THESE FUNDS MUST BE USED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THE AIRPORT FUND. 
          THE AIRPORT FUND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL LAWS, AND ALL REVENUES GENERATED AT THE AIRPORT MUST BE USED FOR AVIATION SERVICES AT SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 
          AND STINSON, ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS OUR SOLID WASTE FUND. 
          THE SOLID WASTE FUND IS GOVERNED BY STATE AND LOCAL LAWS, AND THE REVENUES COLLECTED IN THIS FUND MUST BE USED FOR SERVICES SUCH AS GARBAGE AND RECYCLING PICKUP, AS WELL AS BRUSH COLLECTION. 
          THE SECOND COMPONENT IS OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM AT $651 MILLION, AND THIS PROVIDES FUNDS NEEDED FOR OUR LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS TO INCLUDE THE 2022 BOND AS WELL AS AIRPORT PROJECTS. 
          FINALLY, THE GENERAL FUND IS OUR LARGEST OPERATING FUND AT $1.5 BILLION. 
          THE GENERAL FUND PROVIDES FOR THE CITY'S CORE SERVICES TO INCLUDE PUBLIC SAFETY, STREET MAINTENANCE, PARK MAINTENANCE, AND ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'D LIKE TO GO INTO SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND AND THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, REVENUES ARE AHEAD OF BUDGET OR, UH, AHEAD OF PLAN BY $10.7 MILLION DRIVEN BY SALES TAX AND C P S COLLECTIONS, WHICH I'LL PROVIDE MORE DETAILS IN THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          BASED ON FIRST QUARTER PERFORMANCE, WE ARE PROJECTING TO BE 11.7 MILLION AHEAD OF BUDGET BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          IN TERMS OF EXPENSES, WE ARE SLIGHTLY BELOW BUDGET FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO END THE YEAR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS BELOW BUDGET, WHICH REPRESENTS LESS THAN ONE HALF OF 1% OF THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO OVERALL, WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE ABOUT $14 MILLION AHEAD OF BUDGET BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          AS YOU MAY RECALL, IN DECEMBER, THE CITY MANAGER PROVIDED A MEMO REGARDING THE YEAR END PERFORMANCE OF 2022. 
          AT THIS TIME, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE GENERAL FUND ENDED FISCAL YEAR 2022, APPROXIMATELY 14 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL ENDING BALANCE, SO THEREFORE THE 14 MILLION COUPLED WITH THE ADDITIONAL REVENUES AND LESS EXPENSES WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE APPROXIMATELY $28 MILLION AHEAD OF THE BUDGET. 
          SO LET ME GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT GENERAL FUND REVENUES. 
          AS I MENTIONED, FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, WE'RE ABOUT $10.7 MILLION AHEAD OF BUDGET. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART OF THAT 10.7, 7.8 MILLION IS DUE TO BETTER C P S COLLECTION AS WELL AS SALES TAX. 
          NOW, WITH REGARDS TO SALES TAX, WE CONTINUE TO SEE GROWTH IN INDUSTRY SECTORS SUCH AS RETAIL AND ENTERTAINMENT SECTORS. 
          HOWEVER, WE ARE PROJECTING THAT THIS TREND SLOWS CONSISTENT WITH ANTICIPATING A MILD RECESSION. 
          WITH C P S, WE ARE AHEAD OF BUDGET AT THE FIRST QUARTER BY APPROXIMATELY $6.3 MILLION, WHICH IS PRIMARILY DUE TO NATURAL GAS PRICES BEING HIGHER THAN PROJECTED. 
          I DO WANT TO NOTE TO CITY COUNCIL THAT OF THE $6.3 MILLION, 4.9 MILLION OCCURRED IN OCTOBER, WHICH IS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT OF THE HOT SUMMER, AS WELL AS THE NATURAL GAS PRICES, WHICH I MENTIONED. 
          AS WE. 
          AS SUCH, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR OTHER REVENUES. 
          WE ARE PROJECTING ABOUT $5.4 MILLION AHEAD OF BUDGET BY THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THIS IS COMPRISED OF ADDITIONAL REVENUES FROM INTEREST EARNINGS, FINES, AND VEHICLE AUCTIONS. 
          SO FOR THE GENERAL FUND, AS A REMINDER, THIS IS AN EARLY FINANCIAL UPDATE ON OUR FINANCIAL POSITION, AND THIS IS USING THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF ACTUALS FOR BOTH REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. 
          AND BASED ON THIS DATA, WE ARE PROJECTING A POSITIVE FINANCIAL POSITION DUE TO REVENUES SLIGHTLY EXCEEDING THE ADOPTED BUDGET NOW TO SOME OF OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS. 
          UH, FIRST I'LL START OFF WITH THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          THE CURRENT HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX IS 16.75%, AND THIS IS LEVIED ON HO ON ELIGIBLE HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS, THE CITY RECEIVES 9%, AND OF THAT 9%, 7% SUPPORTS OUR 
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ACTIVITIES AT THE ALAMO DOME, THE CONVENTION CENTER VISIT SAN ANTONIO ARTS AND HISTORY AND PRESERVATION. 
          THE REMAINING 2% IS RESTRICTED SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION DEBT, AS WELL AS FUTURE CONVENTION CENTER PROJECTS. 
          THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE PERFORMANCE OF THE HOT TAX AND RELATED REVENUES, AS WELL AS THE PERFORMANCE OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY THE HOT TAX. 
          FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, WE ARE SLIGHTLY BELOW BUDGET, MAINLY DUE TO OCCUPANCY RATES BEING LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED. 
          HOWEVER, WE ARE PROJECTING TO BE AT BUDGET FOR THE HOT TAX BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          WITH REGARD TO THE OTHER REVENUES, THE ALAMO JONES REVENUES ARE AHEAD OF BUDGET FOR THE FIRST QUARTER AS A RESULT OF BETTER THAN EXPECTED PERFORMANCE AT SOME OF OUR EVENTS. 
          TO INCLUDE THE ELTON JOHN CONCERT FOR THE END OF THE YEAR, THE ALAMO DOM WAS PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT $5.8 MILLION AHEAD OF BUDGET DUE TO ADDITIONAL EVENTS THAT WERE BOOKED IN THE PREV IN, IN THIS CURRENT YEAR, AND ADDED, UH, TO INCLUDE THREE NEW CONCERTS DEPARTMENTS FUNDED BY THE HOT TAX ARE WITHIN BUDGET EXCEPT FOR COMMUNITY AND VISITORS FACILITY FUND. 
          AND THIS IS DUE TO THE EXPENSES THAT ARE PROJECTED TO SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL EVENTS THAT WERE BOOKED AND SCHEDULED AFTER THE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE HOT COLLECTION, HOT TAX COLLECTIONS, AND OTHER RELATED REVENUES FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE GRAPHS FROM THE GRAPH IN 2019, TOTAL COLLECTIONS WERE $126 MILLION, AND IN 2023, WE ARE PROJECTING TO COLLECT ABOUT $139 MILLION BETWEEN OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX CONVENTION CENTER AND ALAMO DOME, WHICH WILL EXCEED THE 2019 COLLECTIONS. 
          MOVING ON TO THE AIRPORT FUND, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS PROVIDES FUNDING FOR AVIATION SERVICES AT BOTH SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AS WELL AS STINSON. 
          AIRPORT REVENUES THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER ARE ONE $1.4 MILLION AHEAD OF BUDGET, AND WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE ABOUT $2 MILLION BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          THIS IS DUE TO ADDITIONAL REVENUES FROM OUR CAR RENTAL COMMISSION AS WELL AS PARKING REVENUES FOR EXPENDITURES. 
          WE ARE AT BUDGET AND WE'RE ANTICIPATED TO BE AT BUDGET BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          SO OVERALL, WE ARE PROJECTING THAT THE AIRPORT FUND WILL END THE YEAR ABOUT $2 MILLION BETTER. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE IMPACT OF C OVID 19 ON OF THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC ON AIR TRAVEL AT THE AIRPORT. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE IN 2019, THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 10.4 MILLION PASSENGERS THAT TRAVELED THROUGH OUR AIRPORT FOR THAT YEAR. 
          SINCE MAY OF 2020, PASSENGER ACTIVITY HAS GRADUALLY INCREASED, AND FOR 2023, WE ARE ANTICIPATING 10.3 MILLION, DO 10.3 MILLION PASSENGERS AT THE AIRPORT, WHICH IS ALMOST BACK TO PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS. 
          NEXT IS OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ENTERPRISE FUND. 
          THIS IS ROUGHLY A $48 MILLION FUND THAT IS SUPPORTED BY FEES, PAID BY DEVELOPERS FOR PLAN REVIEWS AND INSPECTIONS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AHEAD OF BUDGET, AND WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE ABOUT $2.8 MILLION AHEAD OF BUDGET FOR REVENUES. 
          THIS IS DUE TO HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED VALUATION OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. 
          FOR EXPENSES, WE ARE PROJECTING TO BE SLIGHTLY BELOW BUDGET AND OVERALL FOR THE FUND, WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE ABOUT $3.5 MILLION AHEAD OF BUDGET BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE ILLUSTRATES OUR BUILDING PERMITS. 
          THE RESIDENTIAL PERMITS ARE ON, ON IT ARE THE YELLOW LINE. 
          THE COMMERCIAL PERMITS ARE THE BLUE LINE. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, COMMERCIAL PERMITS HAVE STAYED PRETTY STEADY SINCE 2019. 
          HOWEVER, WE ARE SEEING THAT IN, UH, A DECLINE IN OUR RESIDENTIAL PERMITS AND ESTIMATING DECLINE IN OUR PERMITS FOR 2023. 
          AND NEXT IS OUR SOLID WASTE ENTERPRISE FUND. 
          UH, THIS IS ROUGHLY $145 MILLION FUND THAT IS SUPPORTED BY SOLID WASTE AND ENVIRONMENTAL FEES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER. 
          REVENUES ARE SLIGHTLY BELOW BUDGET DUE TO RECYCLING REVENUES AT, AS OUR COMMODITY PRICING IS COMING IN LOWER THAN WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED. 
          WE DO ANTICIPATE THIS TREND TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, AND WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE ABOUT $3.1 MILLION BELOW BUDGET. 
          IN TERMS OF EXPENSES, WE ARE PROJECTING TO BE BELOW BUDGET BY ABOUT 1.5 MILLION BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE, SOLID WASTE FUND IS NOT STRUCTURALLY BALANCED. 
          THIS IS A RESULT OF INCREASE IN PERSONNEL COST, LANDFILL COST, AND EQUIPMENT COST. 
          AND AS A RESULT, TO MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT A RATE INCREASES LIKELY 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024. 
          FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET CALENDAR FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024. 
          THIS CALENDAR CONTINUES THE CHANGES THAT WE IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR AND INCORPORATES ADDITIONAL BRIEFINGS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL CONSISTENT WITH LAST YEAR. 
          THE GOAL SETTING SESSION IS RECOMMENDED TO BE HELD IN APRIL, AND WE ARE RE RECOMMENDING TO HOLD A POLICY ISSUE BRIEFING PRIOR TO THAT GOAL SETTING SESSION. 
          BY MAKING THE SHIFT, IT DOES ALLOW, IT DOES ALLOW STAFF TO OBTAIN CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES FOR THE 2024 BUDGET PRIOR TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE FIVE-YEAR FORECAST AND THE TRIAL BUDGET, THE FIVE-YEAR FORECAST AND TRIAL BUDGET IS RECOMMENDED TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 10TH, AND AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD REFINE THOSE PRIORITIES WITH THE CITY COUNCIL IN PREPARATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 2024 BUDGET. 
          ONCE THE TRIAL BUDGET IS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL, WE WOULD GATHER COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          WE WOULD GATHER COMMUNITY INPUT ON THE TRIAL BUDGET AND THE PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED. 
          THIS YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE A, WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO HAVE A B SESSION TO PROVIDE THAT COMMUNITY INPUT A REPORT TO THIS CITY COUNCIL IN JUNE. 
          FINALLY, COMMUNITY AND CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH WOULD BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 10TH. 
          AND FINALLY, BUDGET ADOPTION WOULD OCCUR ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH. 
          TODAY, WE ARE ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO, TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE BUDGET CALENDAR BY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH. 
          ONCE WE HAVE YOUR FEEDBACK, WE'LL FINALIZE BY THE NEXT FRIDAY, AND THIS CALENDAR WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          THAT CON, I'M SORRY, SORRY, ONE MORE SLIDE. 
          AS A REMINDER, THIS IS AN EARLY FINANCIAL UPDATE OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL POSITION THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER AND EARLY PROJECTIONS FOR 2023, USING REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AS OF DECEMBER 31ST. 
          BASED ON THE PRESENTATION, OUR, UH, FINANCIAL POSITION IS POSITIVE FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS WITH REVENUES CLOSE TO BUDGET OR SLIGHTLY AHEAD, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOLID WASTE. 
          WE ARE ANTICIPATING A POTENTIAL FOR RECESSION, AND THIS HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITH OUR, WITH OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS. 
          OUR NEXT UPDATE ON OUR FINANCIAL POSITION WILL BE IN MAY WITH THE FISCAL YEAR OF 20 23, 6 PLUS SIX FINANCIAL REPORT. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I'LL TURN IT OVER TO GWEN FOR ARPA. 
          HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU. 
          MY NAME IS GWEN ESTRADA, AND I'M THE ARPA EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION, I'M GONNA PROVIDE UPDATES ON THE C OVID 19 RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN AND THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. 
          ADDITIONALLY, STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON REMAINING BALANCES AND ALSO THE ARPA WEBSITE AND DASHBOARD. 
          SINCE MARCH, 2020, THE CITY HAS INVESTED A TOTAL IN ONE OF 1.27 BILLION IN RESPONDING TO C OVID 19, WITH 80% OF THOSE FUNDS COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND 13% COMING FROM LOCAL FUNDS. 
          INCLUDED IN THE FEDERAL INVESTMENT IS THE CITY'S AWARD OF 326.9 MILLION FROM ARPA STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS. 
          FOR THE FIRST PORTION OF THIS, THIS PRESENTATION, I'M GONNA COVER THE CITY'S COVID 19 RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE BACKGROUND ON THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          THE CITY BEGAN ITS RESPONSE TO COVID 19 IN JANUARY, 2020, AND TOOK MEASURES TO MITIGATE THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO AMONG CITY EMPLOYEES. 
          THEREAFTER. 
          IN APRIL, 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH HAS PROVIDED MORTGAGE AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO HOMEOWNERS AND HOUSEHOLDS. 
          THEN IN 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN, EXCUSE ME, TO HELP THE COMMUNITY RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC. 
          TODAY'S PRESENTATION GIVES YOU, PROVIDES YOU WITH A FINANCIAL UPDATE AND RECOMMENDATION ON AVAILABLE RESOURCES. 
          THE TABLE YOU SEE HERE PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF THE BUDGET SPENT, COMMITMENT AND BALANCE PER PROGRAM. 
          OVERALL, THERE'S, THROUGH DECEMBER, THERE'S A TOTAL BUDGET OF 732.9 MILLION. 
          WE'VE SPENT 668.2 MILLION AS MOST OF THE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. 
          WE HAVE 61.4 MILLION COMMITTED TO SPEND PRIMARILY IN THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES AN ALLOCATION OF 7.8 MILLION TOWARDS SA 
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FORWARD. 
          AND WE HAVE A BALANCE OF 9.4 MILLION WITH THE MAJORITY COMING FROM THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WAS APPROVED IN JUNE, 2020, WHICH INCLUDES FOUR PILLARS, HOUSING SECURITY, SMALL BUSINESS, DIGITAL INCLUSION, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          A STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THE $9.4 MILLION BALANCE WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUBSEQUENT SLIDE FOR THE OTHER CARES PROGRAMS. THIS INCLUDES AIRPORT HEALTH, CHILDCARE, HEAD START, AND LIBRARY. 
          WE, WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT 800,000 FROM INTEREST EARNED OF THE 732.9 MILLION THAT HAS FUNDED THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PROGRAM, 567.9 MILLION IS COMING FROM FEDERAL GRANTS, AND 165.1 MILLION IS COMING FROM LOCAL FUNDS. 
          OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING, 17.7 MILLION IS PENDING WITH FEMA. 
          WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH FEMA TO ENSURE FULL REIMBURSEMENT TO THE CITY. 
          THIS WORK INCLUDES C OVID 19 TESTING AND VACCINATIONS, AND THE INFUSION CENTER WHERE COVID 19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED ANTIBODIES TO REDUCE THE RISK OF BECOMING SEVERELY ILL. 
          NOW I'LL TRANSITION TO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE $9.4 MILLION BALANCE. 
          THIS TABLE PROVIDES YOU WITH THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES FROM PROGRAM BALANCES AND THE RECOMMENDED USES. 
          AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN HAD FOUR PILLARS. 
          HERE YOU'LL SEE BALANCES FROM THE MULTIPLE PROGRAMS FOR HOUSING SECURITY. 
          WE HAVE A BALANCE OF 832,000. 
          WE PROVIDED EMERGENCY RENTAL AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO 70,000 HOU HOUSEHOLDS, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO MA REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES EMERGENCY SHELTER TO THE HOMELESS POPULATION TO KEEP OVER 2,800 INDIVIDUALS OFF THE STREETS. 
          EVICTION DIVERSION AND ASSISTANCE TO 300 INDIVIDUALS WITH RIGHT TO COUNSEL SERVICES FOR SMALL BUSINESS WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND WE HAVE A BALANCE OF 642,000. 
          WITH THIS PROGRAM, WE HAVE PROVIDED ASSISTANCE WITH GRANTS TO OVER 1200 MICRO-BUSINESSES, 66 SMALL BUSINESS NONPROFITS, 465 HOSPITALITY SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          AND ADDITIONALLY, WE PROVIDED SUPPORT TO OUR LOCAL ARTS COMMUNITY WITH GRANTS TO 47 ARTS AGENCIES AND 130 INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS TO FINANCIALLY MANAGE THE IMPACTS OF COVID 19 AND THE DIGITAL INCLUSION PILLAR. 
          THE WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND WE HAVE A BALANCE OF 1.8 MILLION FOR THE DIGITAL INCLUSION PILLAR. 
          WE'VE PROVIDED NETWORK ACCESS TO SCHOOLS WITH THE CONNECTED BEYOND THE CLASSROOM PROGRAM, 9,800 STUDENTS K THROUGH 12 WERE ABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL VIRTUALLY FROM HOME IN 15 UNDERSERVED COMMU NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY EXPANDED, EXCUSE ME, WHERE THE EXPANDED ACCESS RANGE FROM ACME AND CALLAHAN AREA TO FOUR 10 SOUTH AND MORRISON. 
          AND FOR THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PILLAR, THE TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM CONCLUDED IN DECEMBER, AND WE HAVE A BALANCE OF 5.3 MILLION. 
          THIS PROGRAM PROVIDED SKILLS AND CAREER ASSESSMENT WHERE OVER 5,000 PARTICIPANTS ENTERED INTO THE TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          OVER 3,500 COMPLETED TRAINING, AND OVER 2300 WERE PLACED IN NEW JOBS. 
          THIS ALSO INCLUDED FREE TUITION AND STIPENDS WHILE IN TRAINING. 
          MOVING ON TO THE RECOMMENDED USES SECTION AT THE BOTTOM HERE, YOU'LL SEE THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES FROM BALANCES, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. 
          AS FOR THE AVAILABLE BALANCE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING AUGMENTING THE 6.9 MILLION THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED IN THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK IN FEBRUARY, 2022 TO ADDRESS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, A SOLICITATION FOR THE 6.9 MILLION FOR DIGITAL ACCESS WAS CONDUCTED AND RESPONDENTS WERE SELECTED. 
          THE $1.8 MILLION AUGMENTATION WOULD ALLOW US TO PROVIDE MORE CONNECTIVITY IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY AREAS FOR THE SOLICITATION. 
          CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNDERWAY AND IT'S ANTICIPATED TO COME BACK TO YOU IN MARCH. 
          WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING FUNDS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVES. 
          FINALLY, WE'RE WORKING WITH FEMA TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THE 17.7 MILLION AND ARE RECOMMENDING A RESERVE FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THE COSTS FROM HOMELESS SHELTER OPERATIONS, AND C OVID 19 VACCINATIONS AND TESTING. 
          SO LET ME, LET ME EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON THE COMMUNITY SAFETY ELEMENT THERE. 
          UM, PRIMARILY OTHER THAN THE INTEREST INCOME, ALL OF THIS IS FROM THE GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION THAT THE CITY MADE IN THE RECOVERY RESILIENCY. 
          UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BASED ON, UM, AS GWEN MENTIONED, THE DIGITAL INCLUSION, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT SOLICITATION. 
          IT'S COMING FOR A POST BRIEFING TO YOU IN MARCH BASED ON THE EARLY, UM, WHAT WE, WHAT I'VE SEEN, UM, UM, WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO MORE WITH, WITH ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. 
          AND THAT'S THE BASIS BEHIND THAT, TAKING THAT $1.8 MILLION FROM THE, THE CONNECTING THE CLASSROOMS PROGRAM THAT IS COMPLETED AND KEEPING IT IN THAT DIGITAL ARENA. 
          THE COMMUNITY SAFETY IS, UM, UH, THAT RECOMMENDATION IS REALLY TIED TO LAST WEEK'S CONVERSATION. 
          UM, 
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AND IN, IN HOLDING THAT MONEY, THIS IS GENERAL FUND MONEY, WE HOLD THIS MONEY, LET'S SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WITH THOSE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE, UM, OF, UH, WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, VISIBLE POLICE PRESENCE, UM, AND USE THAT MONEY TO, TO ADDRESS ANY RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE FOR QUICK HITTING, UM, IMMEDIATE TYPE OF, UH, IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE IN THOSE AREAS. 
          UM, AND, AND THE COUNCIL TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, PUTTING, I THINK THE QUOTE WAS PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH SAT. 
          SO THE IDEA HERE WAS TO HOLD ONTO THIS THREE AND A HALF MILLION AND THEN SEE WHAT WE CAN ADDRESS IN TERMS OF THAT VISIBILITY. 
          AND, UH, COUPLE IT WITH, UM, THE, UH, VIOLENT CRIME, UM, PLAN THAT, UH, THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT LAST WEEK. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, THE, THE, THE RESERVE FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT. 
          UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THERE, HOPEFULLY WE'RE AT A FUTURE QUARTERLY MEETING TELLING YOU THAT WE DON'T NEED ANY OF THE $4.1 MILLION AND WE CAN DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH IT. 
          BUT, UM, IT'S OUR STRONG RECOMMENDATION. 
          WE HOLD ONTO THAT UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THAT FEMA PROCESS. 
          WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH FEMA AND THEIR ADMINISTRATORS TO DOT ALL THE I'S AND CROSS THE T'S BECAUSE WE ARE EXPECTING FULL AND, UH, COMPLETE REIMBURSEMENT. 
          AND, UM, BUT, UH, AND HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THAT, BUT WE SHOULD SIT ON THAT MONEY. 
          IF WE DON'T, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO ALLOCATE IT OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO HOLD ONTO AND I, IT JUST MAKES MORE SENSE TO HOLD IT OUT OF THIS RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          NEXT POINT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THIS CLOSES THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN WITH A BALANCE OF 9.4 MILLION. 
          FOR THE SECOND PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO COVER THE CITY'S ARPA FUNDS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME BACKGROUND. 
          ARPA WAS SIGNED INTO LAW IN MARCH, 2021 TO PROVIDE AID DUE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY. 
          ADDITIONALLY, IT ADDRESSES THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS THAT WERE EXACERBATED BY THE PANDEMIC ON VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITIES. 
          ARPA ESTABLISHED THE STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS WHERE THE CITY RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 326.9 MILLION AND TWO TRANCHES OR TWO POINTS IN TIME. 
          THE FIRST HALF WAS RECEIVED IN MAY, 2021, AND THE SECOND HALF WAS RECEIVED IN JUNE, 2022. 
          THESE FUNDS MUST BE OBLIGATED BY DECEMBER, 2024, AND SPENT BY DECEMBER, 2026. 
          THE CITY HAS RECEIVED OTHER GRANTS MADE AVAILABLE FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, WHICH INCLUDE AIRPORT HOUSING, HEALTH AND CHILDCARE SERVICES. 
          THE SLIDE HERE IS A BACKGROUND OF ALL THE WORK. 
          THAT BACKGROUND OF ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE FROM MAY, 2021 TO FEBRUARY, 2022 TO BEGIN STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS WERE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HELP GOVERNMENTS COVER LARGE LOSSES IN THE REVENUES DUE TO THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC. 
          IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FINAL RULE, WE CALCULATED OUR REVENUE LOSS, WHICH IS 511.3 MILLION. 
          STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS ALLOWS RECIPIENTS TO REPLACE PUBLIC SECTOR REVENUE LOSS, WHICH MEANS RECIPIENTS CAN USE THEIR AWARDS ON GOVERNMENT SERVICES, PROVIDED THAT THE REVENUE LOSS EXCEEDED THE AMOUNT OF THEIR AWARD. 
          THIS IS THE CASE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO WE'RE UTILIZING OUR AWARD FOR THE PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO AID IN THE RECOVERY FROM THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. 
          THE ALLOCATION OF THE CITY'S AWARD FOLLOWED A TWO-PHASE STRATEGY, WHICH IS ILLUSTRATED IN THE TABLE ON THE RIGHT. 
          FIRST, I'D LIKE TO TOUCH A BIT ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS THAT TOOK PLACE FROM THE SUMMER OF 2021, WHICH LED INTO THE FIRST PHASE. 
          THERE WAS WIDESPREAD EFFORT TO GATHER INPUT FROM RESIDENTS ON BUDGET PRIORITIES, WHICH INCLUDED IN-PERSON AND SURVEY DATA COLLECTION ADVERTISEMENTS, INCLUDING DIGITAL RADIO, TELEVISION, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND PRINT, AND HEAVILY PROMOTED BUDGET INPUT AND TOWN HALL EVENTS WITH EFFORTS MADE TO BOOST PARTICIPATION IN UNDERREPRESENTED AREAS FOLLOWING OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS DURING THE SUMMER OF 2021, AND AS PART OF THE 2022 ADOPTED BUDGET, PHASE ONE WAS ESTABLISHED TO STABILIZE THE CITY BUDGET AND ADDRESS SOME IMMEDIATE NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THEN IN THE FALL OF 2021, STAFF DEVELOPED A PROPOSAL THAT INCLUDED COMMUNITY PRIORITIES TO OBTAIN FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS AND THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M, EXCUSE ME, AND THE CITY CONDUCTED SEVERAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS. 
          EIGHT COMMUNITY MEETINGS WERE HELD TO ENGAGE RESIDENTS, AND A SURVEY WAS MADE AVAILABLE. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMISSION TOOK PLACE TO DISCUSS THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES OF SMALL BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY C OVID 19. 
          IN JANUARY, 2022, THE CITY COUNCIL PROVIDED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE USE OF FUNDS. 
          AND FINALLY, IN FEBRUARY, 2020 TWO, TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE 0.4 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED FOR PHASE TWO, AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK. 
          IN MARCH, 2022, CITY STAFF MET WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ON A POLICY DISCUSSION FOR PROGRAM OUTCOMES FOR THE SPENDING CATEGORIES, WHICH INCLUDED ARTS, NONPROFIT, SOCIAL 
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SERVICES, BOTH PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, SMALL BUSINESS YOUTH AND SENIORS. 
          FOLLOWING THE SESSION, COUNCIL COMMITTEES BEGAN THEIR WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO DEVELOP IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL. 
          FROM THE SPRING TO FALL OF 2022, THE CITY ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK CATEGORIES WERE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. 
          NOW WE'LL TRANSITION TO PROVIDE YOU A FIN WITH A FINANCIAL UPDATE OF ALL OF THE AR RPA GRANT AWARDS. 
          THIS REPRESENTS ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE FROM FEBRUARY, 2022 WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK THROUGH DECEMBER, 2022. 
          THE TABLE HERE PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF THE PROGRAMS OVERALL THROUGH DECEMBER, 2022. 
          THERE IS IN TOTAL A BUDGET OF 544.4 MILLION. 
          SOME OF THE LARGEST BUDGETS ARE HOUSING SECURITY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
          THIS ALSO INCLUDES OTHER PROGRAMS SUCH AS AIRPORT CHILDCARE SERVICES AND HEALTH GRANTS. 
          PROGRAMS ARE ONGOING, AND WE HAVE A BALANCE OF 3.9 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES EMPLOYEE RETENTION, INTEREST INCOME, AND F Y 2022. 
          PROGRAM SAVINGS. 
          THE EMPLOYEE RETENTION WAS A ONE-TIME $1,000 DISTRIBUTION TO EMPLOYEES AS A RETENTION BENEFIT PROGRAM. 
          THIS PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED WITH COMMUNITY WITH EMPLOYEE INPUT, AND NEARLY 9,500 CIVILIAN AND FIRE UNIFORM EMPLOYEES RECEIVED THIS BENEFIT ON THE BALANCE OF THE 3.9 MILLION. 
          WE'LL PROVIDE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS LATER IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE PROGRAMS YOU SEE HERE. 
          I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS ON THE HARD WORK THAT CITY STAFF HAS BEEN DOING FOR HOUSING SECURITY. 
          SO FAR, WE'VE ASSISTED NEARLY 19,000 FAMILIES WITH MORTGAGE AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE, SO THEY'RE ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND CURRENTLY HAVE INCLUDED THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM IN THE 2022 BOND HOUSING SOLICITATION. 
          THIS PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS FOR THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
          THIS PROGRAM CONTINUES AND HAS PROVIDED, HAS PROVIDED SUPPORT TO THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO C OVID 19 BY PROVIDING SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY WITH VACCINATIONS, CONTACT TRACING, AND ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES, AND ENSURING THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE CITY SERVICES WITH PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THIS INVESTMENT INCLUDES SUPPORT TO ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES SUCH AS ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE QUALITY, PATIENT-CENTERED HEALTHCARE VIOLENCE PREVENTION FOR TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE FOR ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, AND IMPROVING THE COORDINATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN SAN ANTONIO, AND INCREASING ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS. 
          WITH THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE PROGRAM IS NEARLY COMPLETE, AND THE CITY HAS HELPED TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN BILLS FOR BILLS AND ARREARS FOR RESIDENTS FINANCIALLY IMPACTED BY C OVID 19. 
          IN PARTNERSHIP WITH C P S ENERGY AND SAWS THROUGH DECEMBER 16,000 C P SS, ENERGY PAYERS HAVE BEEN ASSISTED AND 20,000 SAWS PAYERS HAVE BEEN ASSISTED OF THE 1.6 MILLION COMMITTED TO SPEND. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS TO MOVE THIS BALANCE TO C P SS ENERGY FOR ELIGIBLE PAYERS FOR SMALL BUSINESS, THE CITY HAS INVESTED A TOTAL OF 30 MILLION. 
          THIS IS AN ONGOING PROGRAM AND WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PHASES. 
          PHASE ONE IS COMPLETE, WHICH INCLUDED GRANTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES FINANCIALLY IMPACTED BY COVID AND CITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
          A TOTAL OF 521 SMALL BUSINESSES RECEIVED GRANTS INCLUDING 135, RECEIVING A CONSTRUCTION IMPACT SUPPLEMENT OF BUSINESSES THAT RECEIVED GRANTS. 
          A TOTAL OF 8.9 MILLION WERE HISPANIC OWNED. 
          7.9 MILLION WERE WOMEN OWNED, AND 2.2 MILLION WERE BLACK OWNED. 
          ADDITIONALLY, 11.6 MILLION OF THOSE WENT TO THOSE WITH AN EQUITY SCORE OF FIVE OR GREATER. 
          10.7 MILLION WENT TO FIRST TIME CSA GRANT RECIPIENTS, AND 4.9 MILLION WENT TO THOSE LOCATED IN CONSTRUCTION ZONES. 
          THE PROGRAM IS NOW COMPLETE, AND LAST WEEK E W D C RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON THE CLOSEOUT OF THE COVID IMPACTS GRANT PROGRAM. 
          PHASE TWO IS UNDERWAY AND CONSISTS OF PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND INCLUDES CAPACITY BUILDING, ECOSYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS, GROWTH FUND, AND LOCALISM FOR THE ARTS ALLOCATION. 
          THIS PROGRAM IS NOW COMPLETE THROUGH THE ARPA FOR ARTS GRANTS PROGRAM. 
          WE PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE LOCAL ARTS COMMUNITY WHO EXPERIENCE FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS AND REVENUE LOSSES THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. 
          1.1 MILLION WAS PROVIDED TO 36 INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, AND 4 MILLION WENT TO 46 ARTS NONPROFITS. 
          THE AR RPA FOR ARTS GRANT PROGRAM NOT ONLY PROVIDED ECONOMIC RELIEF, BUT IT ALSO AIDED IN THE FINANCIAL RESILIENCY BEYOND THE PANDEMIC. 
          SO TRANSPARENCY HAS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY. 
          UM, AS A RECIPIENT OF ARPA FUNDS, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE QUARTERLY AND ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE US TREASURY. 
          THESE REPORTS ARE PROVIDED TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND ALSO POSTED ONLINE. 
          AS FOR OUR ARPA WEBSITE, WE'VE REFRESHED 
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AND REVAMPED THE SITE AND IT'S MORE USER-FRIENDLY AND EASIER TO NAVIGATE. 
          YOU CAN FIND THE CITY'S TREASURY AND MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS HERE. 
          ADDITIONALLY, IN ORDER TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY INFORMED, WE'RE LAUNCHING A NEW DASHBOARD IN TWO PHASES. 
          PHASE ONE WILL BE LIVE ON MONDAY AND ENABLES VISITORS TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF ARPA PROGRAMS AND HOW WE'RE SPENDING THE FUNDS. 
          PHASE TWO OF THE DASHBOARD IS ANTICIPATED TO LAUNCH IN MARCH AND WILL INCLUDE THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES OF OUR INVESTMENTS. 
          MOVING ON TO THE ARPA $3.9 MILLION BALANCE CITY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THIS BALANCE BE ADDED TO THE DISCUSSION AT THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 15TH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          WE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, GWEN. 
          UM, AND, AND I JUST WANNA REITERATE WHAT I SAID AT THE BEGINNING. 
          I, I DO THINK THAT THERE'S SOME VALUE AS YOU CONSIDER THE 3.9. 
          UM, THOSE PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED THAT WE RAN OUTTA MONEY AND, UM, THE COUNCIL CONVERSATION A MONTH AGO ABOUT IF WE HAVE AVAILABLE DOLLARS, UH, THE DESIRE TO POTENTIALLY ADD THAT TO SMALL BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION GRANTS THAT PROCESS IS ON, IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF THE OUTREACH AND, UM, UM, IF YOU CHOOSE AS A BODY TO, TO ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDS THERE, WE COULD INCORPORATE IT WITHIN THIS CURRENT PROCESS WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND NOT HAVE TO REDO ANYTHING. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU, UM, CHRISTINA AND GWEN FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          WAS THAT GWEN'S FIRST PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL? WELL DONE. 
          GOOD JOB. 
          UM, UH, JUST A COUPLE THINGS OF NOTE FOR ME AND THEN I'LL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S RELATIVELY GOOD NEWS, UH, STABLING OUT OF OUR REVENUES AND EXPENSES, UH, IN 2023. 
          I THINK WE SAW A LOT MORE VOLATILITY OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE MEETING OUR PROJECTIONS. 
          UM, AND ALSO GOOD TO NOTE THAT AT LEAST IN TERMS OF, UH, VISITOR HOSPITALITY, TOURISM, UH, RELATED REVENUES, WE SEEM TO BE ABOUT TWO YEARS AHEAD OF, UH, THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. 
          SO THAT'S VERY GOOD NEWS FOR THE, FOR THE OVERALL ECONOMY, UM, GOING TO CARES ACT OR THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PROGRAM, UH, AS WELL AS ARPA. 
          JUST FROM BIG PICTURE PERSPECTIVE, THE, THE CARES ACT DOLLARS, I THINK WAS WHAT, ERIC, 270 SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS, 2 74. 
          UM, SO OF THAT WE'VE PROGRAMMED SUCCESSFULLY, UH, ALL BUT ABOUT 9 MILLION, UH, THAT'S NOT COMMITTED AT THIS POINT. 
          AND THAT, AND THAT 9 MILLION IS NOT FROM CARES 'CAUSE WE SPENT CARES WITHIN THE DEADLINE, RIGHT? THAT'S PART OF THE $165 MILLION IN LOCAL DOLLAR IN, IN OUR PART OF THE BRAIDED 1.2 SOMETHING BILLION DOLLARS PROGRAM. 
          SO OF THE $1.27 BILLION OF RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PROGRAM THAT WE'VE COLLECTIVELY DONE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, UH, $9.4 MILLION IS STILL SORT OF HANGING OUT THERE. 
          THAT INCLUDES SOME INTEREST INCOME, RIGHT? YES. 
          SO I WOULD SAY GREAT WORK FROM A FISCAL STANDPOINT. 
          TROY AND THE TEAM, AND YOU KNOW, MARIA, EVERYBODY'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB AND, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL. 
          SOMEBODY SHOULD DO THE, THE MATH ON THAT AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE $1.27 BILLION THAT IS. 
          BUT IT'S A PRETTY GOOD RATE OF EFFICIENCY FOR THE, FOR, UH, FOR A CITY OUR SIZE. 
          UH, AND SIMILARLY TO THE ARPA DOLLARS, UM, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOW, UH, 3.9 THAT WE HAVE HANGING OUT THERE THAT WE'VE GOT TO REPROGRAM OF THE, WHAT, 3, 320 $6 MILLION IN, IN ARPA. 
          SO, UM, VERY GOOD JOB BY EVERYBODY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IN PROGRAMMING THESE DOLLARS WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED. 
          NOW, UM, I'M IN AGREEMENT THAT I THINK, SO WE HAVE A, A GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, ON THE 15TH. 
          THAT'S NEXT WEEK. 
          WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH SORT OF THE OVERALL FRAMEWORK OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK IN TERMS OF THE REMAINING ARPA DOLLARS. 
          UH, ADDING THIS 3.9, IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME CONVERSATION. 
          SO WHAT WE WILL DO IF, UH, IF YOU ALL AGREE WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TAKE THE DISCUSSION IN HERE. 
          UH, THAT IS PROBABLY GONNA LARGELY REFLECT THE FRAMEWORK OF PROGRAMMING. 
          NONE OF THOSE DOLLARS, THE 3.9 THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, AND, AND I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MUCH WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LAST WEEK, NONE OF THOSE DOLLARS WILL ACTUALLY THREE, 3.7, 3.7, NONE OF THOSE WILL ACTUALLY BE COMMITTED. 
          WE'RE REALLY JUST GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT, WHAT ARE THE POTS THAT WE SHOULD BE WORKING IN. 
          SO I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE THAT AS ONE DISCUSSION, BUT OF COURSE WE'LL BE LISTENING TO FEEDBACK AND THAT WILL IMPACT THE DISCUSSION AT, AT, UM, GOVERNANCE NEXT WEEK. 
          JUST IN TERMS OF, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU ALL HAVE MADE, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF TAKING SOME OF THAT, UM, THOSE DOLLARS, I THINK THREE AND A HALF MILLION AND EARMARKING IT FOR THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM. 
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UH, I, I, I HOPE WE ARE CLEAR THAT THESE ARE DOLLARS RELATED TO PROGRAMMING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES THAT WOULD BE IMPLICATED IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THE DATA. 
          UM, THE HOTSPOT, UH, POLICING, THOSE DOLLARS ARE COMING THROUGH PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT IS INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROGRAMMING IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD HELP WITH THE UPSTREAM ISSUES RELATED TO VIOLENCE PREVENTION. 
          SO, UM, IF I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT CLEARLY, LET ME KNOW IT. 
          NO, SIR. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE, WHAT WE MEAN, WHAT WE, WHAT WE INTEND. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY, ON THE RESERVE SET ASIDE FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THAT BECAUSE WE JUST AREN'T A HUNDRED PERCENT CONFIDENT THAT OUR REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENTS WILL BE MET TIMELY. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THAT TO A SIDE JUST IN CASE. 
          SO WE REMAIN WHOLE YES, BECAUSE WE ARE, THEY ARE GOING THROUGH EVERY SINGLE DETAIL, RIGHT? THAT FEMA PROCESS IS, UM, UH, TIME CONSUMING. 
          UM, AND, UM, THEY'RE BASED ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND SOME OF THE GUIDANCE, UH, WE FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF THE, UH, EXPENSES, THEY'RE NOT GONNA REIMBURSE AT THE FULL A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          AND WE'RE JUST, WE JUST DON'T HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE OF THAT FROM THEM YET. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND STILL WOULD BE A, A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL PROGRAM DOLLARS. 
          I'M OKAY WITH THAT. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO FOLKS LISTENING THAT IF WE DO GET A PORTION OF THIS REIMBURSED OR ALL OF IT REIMBURSED, THAT THOSE DOLLARS WILL THEN IMMEDIATELY BE PROGRAMMED INTO ADDITIONAL RELIEF THAT, THAT OBVIOUSLY IS NEEDED. 
          WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE SITTING ON THAT. 
          JUST ADD INFINITUM. 
          THIS WILL BE PROGRAMMED LATER. 
          WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, WE ARE WHOLE WHEN WE MIGHT ON THE REIMBURSEMENTS. 
          YES, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WE'RE ALRIGHT, THANKS ERIC. 
          UM, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER KEVE. 
          HDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          WELL DONE, GWEN. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THE DATA YOU PRESENTED. 
          UH, I THINK THAT NUMBERS REALLY TELL, UH, STORIES AND THE, THESE, THESE NUMBERS IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE MONEY THAT WE SPENT ON RESPONDING AND RECOVERING FROM THE PANDEMIC IS TELLING, UM, THE STORY OF SAN ANTONIO THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC. 
          AND I THINK THERE'S SO MANY STORIES OF FRONTLINE WORKERS, OF VACCINATION DRIVES OF LOSS, UM, FAMILIES, CHILDREN, THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, OUR VETERANS ALL TOUCHED BY THE INCREDIBLE EFFORTS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. 
          AND SO I THINK, UH, EVERYBODY THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY EVERY FROM, FROM EVERY WALK OF, OF THE CITY THAT HAS DONE THE WORK, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RECOVERING, I THINK WE HAD A PLAN, WE EXECUTED IT, OUR PLAN WORKED. 
          UH, THE ENERGY CAME TOGETHER AND I'M, I'M GRATEFUL FOR IT. 
          I'M DEEP, DEEPLY THANKFUL TO CITY STAFF, OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS, UM, OUR TEACHERS, OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN SET BACK AND NEED THAT HELP TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M GRATEFUL WE'RE SEEING THIS EFFORT THROUGH, AND I THINK, UH, TO THE MAYOR'S 0.9 MILLION OUT OF 1.2, WHAT DID YOU SAY? BILLION AIN'T BAD, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY GOOD THAT WE, WE'VE, WE'VE ALLOCATED THAT MUCH, UM, THAT, THAT MUCH, THOSE MUCH THOSE FUNDS. 
          I DO SUPPORT THE CONVERSATION GOING FORWARD TO GOVERNANCE. 
          I ALSO SUPPORT MAINTAINING THE CURRENT FRAMEWORK FOR ARPA FUNDING DECISIONS AND HAVING AT LEAST THE ORIGINAL AMOUNTS GO BACK TO THEIR HOME COMMITTEES. 
          WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. 
          IT'S THE WHOLE REASON THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, DOLLARS WENT TO THAT COMMITTEE. 
          SO BRINGING THOSE FUNDS BACK HOME TO PUBLIC SAFETY, I THINK IS CRUCIAL TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS. 
          A PROCESS BY THE WAY, WHERE THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATED AND GAVE INPUT, I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT WELL THOUGHT OUT PROCESS. 
          UM, AND THE PUBLIC EFFECTIVELY IGNORED AND PUSHED ASIDE FOR THE EXTRA. 
          I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THE NUMBERS, SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO HELP ME, BUT, UM, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, IS THERE AN EXTRA 6 MILLION? IS THAT RIGHT? UH, OVER AND ABOVE WHAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM, UM, FROM, UH, THE PROCESS ARE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ARPA, COUNCILWOMAN ARPA? YES. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          SO WE HAVE, UM, $3.9 MILLION THAT WAS IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND, UM, I THINK WHAT THE MAYOR DID WAS HE WAS ADDING IT TO THE 3.7 FROM LAST WEEK'S CONVERSATION. 
          OKAY. 
          REMEMBER THE 3.7 WAS MADE UP OF, YEAH, A MILLION DOLLARS FOR 9, 8, 8, 2 0.4 FOR, UM, A CATEGORY THAT WE DID NOT GET SOLICITATIONS FOR MM-HMM. 
          , AND THEN A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SENIORS AND YOUTH. 
          SO, UM, WHY NOT INCLUDE THAT 6 MILLION IN THE GOVERNANCE DISCUSSION OR GO STRAIGHT TO, TO COMMITTEES? THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. 
          OH, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, SO THAT 6 MILLION IS GOING TO GOVERNANCE AND IT, AND IT'S 7.6 MILLION. 
          IT'S 3.9 PLUS 3.7. 
          GOT IT. 
          ALL 7.6 
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WOULD GO INTO THAT GOVERNANCE CONVERSATION AND THEN THE RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES THAT THE MAYOR I SEE JUST MENTIONED. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, THAT, UH, CONVERSATION. 
          I'M GONNA SWITCH OVER TO, UM, JUSTINA JUSTINA'S PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OF COURSE. 
          UM, DID YOU SAY THE UNEMPLOYMENT, UM, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR SAN ANTONIO WAS 3.3%? YES. 
          FOR DECEMBER IT WAS 3.3% JUST CAME OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME, UM, HOW DOES THAT, CAN YOU PUT THAT IN CONTEXT WITH THE ENROLLMENT RATE FOR READY TO WORK ON THAT? UH, I CAN SAY THAT 3.6%, WHICH IT WAS IN DECEMBER, IS 3.4% NOW IS A HISTORIC LOW. 
          UM, SO THAT BECAUSE THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS SO LOW, EFFECTIVELY ZERO, ONCE YOU GET TO 3.4%, UM, IT'S REALLY CHALLENGING TO FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT WORKING. 
          BUT IN SAN ANTONIO, WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE WORKING, THEIR WAGES JUST AREN'T WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING WILL BE ABLE TO ENROLL AND READY TO WORK AS LONG AS THEY MEET THOSE INCOME THRESHOLDS. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, ENTRY INTO THE WORKFORCE, BUT, BUT ADVANCEMENT, UPSKILLING, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          YES. 
          SO I GUESS IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. 
          IT'S HARD TO FIND PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE JOBS, BUT, UM, BUT READY TO WORK IS, IS IS FILLING A DIFFERENT GAP AS WELL? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          DO YOU WANNA GIVE THEIR CURRENT STATS? ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM, WE NOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME HAVE OVER 1200 INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS. OVER 3,600 HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED BY OUR INTAKE PARTNERS, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO, ALAMO COLLEGES, PROJECT QUEST, AND RESTORE EDUCATION, AS WELL AS THEIR SUBPARTNERS. 
          AND WE HAD O OVER 10,000 APPLICANTS IN TOTAL HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM. 
          SO WE ARE ON TRACK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING THEY NEED TO BETTER THEIR LIVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          UM, AND SO CAN, MAYBE THIS IS FOR, FOR ERIC, BUT CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT STEPS WE'RE TAKING TO IMPROVE HIRING CONDITIONS FOR BUSINESSES? IS THAT PART OF THIS FRAMEWORK? HIRING CONDITIONS? WELL, PART OF WHAT MIKE WAS TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE NOT JUST HELPING BUSINESSES TO HIRE, BUT HELPING THEM TO UPSKILL? IS THAT THAT'S PART OF, WELL, IT'S THE CONNECTION WITH THE, WITH EMPLOYERS AND, AND ALL TYPES, ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF EMPLOYERS AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT, UM, THEIR, THEIR HIRING NEEDS IS BEING MET BY THE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          WE CONTRACTED WITH W S A ALMO COLLEGES AND PROJECT QUEST TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE TRAINING THAT, OR CERTIFICATION OR EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT THE INDIVIDUALS GO THROUGH, UM, TIE AND RESULT IN THE EMPLOYERS HIRING THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO, WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT INTENDING ON HAVING ALAMO COLLEGE'S, UH, TRAINER CERTIFY PEOPLE IN AREAS THAT WE HAVE GOT, THAT WE'VE RECEIVED NO FEEDBACK FROM THE LAWYERS THAT THEY HAVE A NEED. 
          SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF CONNECTING THE, WE'RE BROKERING EMPLOYER NEEDS WITH THE TRAINING PROGRAMS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          SEE, WE'LL BROKERING IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M GONNA SWITCH, UM, LANES HERE AND, UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, IS IT ABOUT 6 MILLION VARIANTS IN THE AMOUNT COLLECTED FROM C P S? DO WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO HANDLE ANOTHER LARGE SURPLUS SURPLUS FROM C P S? I THINK YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, ABOUT THAT JUSTINA. 
          WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE FINANCIAL POLICY CONVERSATION THAT THE COUNCIL'S GONNA HAVE THIS SPRING THAT WE'VE BUILT INTO THE BUDGET CALENDAR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT, UM, WE, WE DON'T FIND OURSELVES IN THAT POSITION AGAIN. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT, THAT $6 MILLION IS REALLY, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS DUE TO THAT FIRST CHECK WE RECEIVED. 
          SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY ON, PRETTY CLOSE TO ON PAR WITH BUDGET ON C P SS REVENUE. 
          SO AS WE SIT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE NOT IN THE SAME POSITION WE WERE IN, UM, LAST, LAST SPRING. 
          OKAY. 
          I MEAN, I, I THINK OUR SUMMERS AREN'T GONNA GET ANY COOLER. 
          UH, SO WE JUST SHOULD BE READY RIGHT. 
          FOR THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THAT POLICY IN PLACE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE'LL HAVE THAT POLICY CONVERSATION OKAY. 
          WITH THE COUNCIL IN THE, IN THE SPRING SO THAT IT'S IN PLACE. 
          UM, WE DID PUSH UP, UM, UH, C P S REVENUES IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT NEVERTHELESS, GIVEN THE, THE IMPACTS ON CLIMATE, UM, AND IMPACTS ON US DIRECTLY, UM, WE'LL NEED TO BE PREPARED TO HAVE THAT POLICY IN PLACE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, YOU MENTIONED JUST IN A, A POTENTIAL RATE INCREASE FOR SOLID WASTE. 
          UM, I'M CURIOUS THE, THE CALENDAR CHANGES TO PICK UP, THE RECENT CHANGES, UM, THAT LIKE THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT PICKING UP ON WEEKENDS. 
          IS THAT, HAS THAT MADE A DENT AT ALL? IN, IN THE AYE HI, COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          IT ABSOLUTELY HAS HELPED. 
          UM, IT STAVED OFF A RATE INCREASE FOR, FOR THIS YEAR, BASICALLY, BUT, UH, TO JUST GENERALLY STATE WHY WE WOULD'VE NEEDED 
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TO PURCHASE, UH, SEVEN GARBAGE TRUCKS, AND I THINK WE WERE ESTIMATING $3 MILLION TO DO THAT, SO WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THIS CHANGE FOR, FOR FAR LESS. 
          OKAY. 
          AH, OKAY. 
          UM, WELL, THANK YOU. 
          I ALSO, JUST A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, I, IT'S A, THEY'RE DOING A BANG UP JOB. 
          I THINK ESPECIALLY SINCE THE CHANGES IT'S BEEN SO, UM, SMOOTH. 
          WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NOT A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLAINTS. 
          UM, I'D OB IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THE SERVICE HAS ACTUALLY IMPROVED, UM, WITH THOSE CHANGES. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT, THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          AND OF COURSE, THAT THE CREWS ARE DOING. 
          WE HAD A FEW HICCUPS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, BUT WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THOSE AND, AND I, IT'S CERTAINLY BETTER FOR OUR STAFF AND I KNOW THAT'S GONNA BE BETTER FOR OUR CUSTOMERS TOO. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE, I HAVE HAD NO COMPLAINTS IN, IN, UH, DISTRICT SIX, SO ABSOLUTELY. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, ALSO JUST REAL QUICK, UH, GREAT NEWS ON THE, UH, THE 2 MILLION FOR THE AIRPORT, HOW ARE WE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, ALLOCATING THAT MONEY, UM, THROUGH THE AIR BACK TO THE AIRPORT WHEN WE HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS? WELL, WE'LL DO, WE'LL DO THAT THROUGH THE NORMAL BUDGET PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, NEXT B SESSION NEXT WEEK YOU'LL BE GETTING YOU AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE GETTING AN UPDATE ON, ON OUR TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. 
          SO, UM, MONEY IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR THERE AND, UM, SURE. 
          UM, IT, IT'S OKAY TO BE A LITTLE BIT ABOVE BUDGET OUT THERE AT THE AIRPORT RIGHT NOW. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE INCREASE, UM, IN AIRPORT PASSENGERS AND RETURNING TO PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS THANKS TO JESUS. 
          I DUNNO IF HE'S HERE AND, AND HIS TEAM, UH, FOR CONTINUING TO WORK ON INCREASING THE NUMBER OF DESTINATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS. 
          I KNOW WHEN I'M OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TALKING ABOUT THE AIRPORT, UM, PEOPLE ARE SEEING THE CHANGES AND THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S TO COME. 
          SO, AND THAT'S NOT NORMAL. 
          NORMALLY WE HEAR THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE AIRPORT, SO I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THE, UM, THE POSITIVE REPORTS ABOUT THE AIRPORT. 
          WAIT TILL NEXT WEEK. 
          ALL RIGHT, COOL. 
          I'M EXCITED. 
          UM, ONE MORE THING, UH, FANTASTIC PRESENTATION, JUSTINA, I THINK, UM, THAT I NEED TO ADD TO IT THAT I FEEL LIKE OUR HOT TAXES, I'M SURE ELTON JOHN HELD, BUT I THINK YOU'RE NOT GIVING BAD BUNNY HIS DUE. 
          I THINK THAT  I THINK THAT WAS PRETTY PACKED. 
          SO WE THANK THEM FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO, HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR, I HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING JUST NOW ABOUT ADJUSTING THE ANTICIPATED REVENUE FROM C P S. 
          COULD YOU ELABORATE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT? UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE, WE ARE NOT ADJUSTING THE C P S. 
          OH, I THOUGHT I HEARD, I THOUGHT I HEARD ERIC SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          OH, NO, SIR. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          I MISHEARD. 
          WELL THEN LET ME, BUT I, I DO WANNA ADDRESS THAT, UM, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN REVENUE FROM C P S AND I'M WONDERING ARE, ARE WE LOOKING IN OUR PROJECTIONS ON WHAT C P SS MAY RECOVER OUT OF, YOU KNOW, $200 MILLION THAT IT IS STILL OWED BY THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO? IF IT RECOVERS, YOU KNOW, 25 MILLION, 50 MILLION, A HUNDRED MILLION OF THAT OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, UH, THEN WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE OVER OUR BUDGET FROM C P S BECAUSE OF THAT. 
          UH, NO COUNCILMAN, BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY WHEN C P S IS LOOKING AT THAT, THEY'RE SETTING A RESERVE FOR HOW MUCH OF THAT THEY THINK MAY NOT BE COLLECTIBLE. 
          SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO TRACK THAT. 
          UM, BUT I, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN OUR BUDGET RELATED TO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          1 1, 1 AREA THAT, THAT WE ARE SEEING AN IMPACT IS IN THE SOLID WASTE FUND. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, PER SE, BECAUSE REMEMBER, THE, OUR, OUR SOLID WASTE FEES ARE COLLECTED ON THE C P S BILL. 
          AND SO IF, IF INDIVIDUALS ARE ON PAYMENT PLANS OR AREN'T PAYING C P S, THEN WE'RE NOT COLLECTING, UH, SOLID WASTE FEES. 
          AND SO THAT, THAT IS A, THAT IS A FACTOR. 
          EVEN IN NORMAL TIMES, YOU, YOU HAVE A, A, A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT THAT'S NOT COLLECTIBLE. 
          THAT AMOUNT HAS INCREASED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT KIND OF FOLLOWS INTO THE NEXT QUESTION I HAD AND, AND, UM, NOW I UNDERSTAND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT BETTER WITH THE GROWING HOUSEHOLDS AND POPULATIONS. 
          I WAS WONDERING WHY WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT NEGATIVE NUMBERS IN SOLID WASTE. 
          OF COURSE, I HEARD, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WE REARRANGE OUR SCHEDULE AND THAT SAVED US MONEY, BUT ALSO DON'T WE HAVE SOME NEW CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING THAT COULD, UH, THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAYBE SAVE US SOME MONEY? SHOULDN'T THAT HAVE A MORE POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FUND? IT WILL, AND I'LL LET DAVID TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT, BUT IT, IT WILL, WE'RE SEEING RECYCLING PRICES DOWN RIGHT NOW, SO WE'RE, WE'RE COLLECTING LESS REVENUE TOMORROW AT ONE O'CLOCK, THE COUNCIL'S GETTING A POST SOLICITATION BRIEFING FROM DAVID ON, ON OUR LANDFILL CONTRACTS, WHICH EXPIRE IN 2025. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT'S A MAJOR COST DRIVER FOR US. 
          AND, UM, ALTHOUGH IT'S 2023, WE INTEND 
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ON STARTING THOSE NEGOTIATIONS NOW TO GET THOSE PRICES SET. 
          DAVID, DID I MISS ANYTHING? UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN OUR RATE IS FIXED. 
          SO WE CHARGE 26 76, UH, A MONTH FOR A LARGE CART, BUT OUR, OUR COSTS ARE WHAT INCREASE. 
          SO AT SOME POINT WE EITHER HAVE TO RAISE THE FEE OR WE HAVE TO REDUCE A SERVICE IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT BALANCE. 
          BUT IT DOESN'T GO, IT, IT, IT, I WISH AS WE ADDED ACCOUNTS, AND BY THE WAY, WE ARE CONTINUING TO ADD ACCOUNTS, UH, WE'RE PROBABLY PAST 370,000 ACCOUNTS AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, BUT IT IT'S JUST STRUCTURED IN A WAY WHERE WE DON'T RECOUP THE COST WITH A FIXED FEE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, I NOTICED ON, UM, ARPA SLIDES, UH, SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT IN PARTICULAR, UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD, AND I, I THOUGHT I HEARD IT MENTIONED, BUT I'D LIKE IT TO HAVE IT, UH, RE MENTIONED. 
          HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS DID WE HELP, UH, WITH THE ARPA FUNDING ON HOUSING FROM SLIDE EIGHT, I THINK IT WAS. 
          THANK, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, AND YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PORTION, RIGHT? UM, SO WE'VE PROVIDED EMERGENCY AND RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO 75,000 HOUSEHOLDS. 
          75,000. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          THE OTHER, IN THAT COLUMN, I THINK, OR IN THAT PAGE, IT ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UH, WORKFORCE. 
          AND I THINK WE, WE JUST HEARD ABOUT THAT AGAIN, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THE WORKFORCE THROUGH THE RESILIENCY PLAN? HOW MANY, UH, HOW MANY WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM, COMPLETED IT GOT JOBS, ET CETERA? DO YOU HAVE THOSE AGAIN? YES, SIR. 
          UM, OVER 5,000 PARTICIPANTS WERE ENTERED INTO THE TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          UM, 3,500 COMPLETED TRAINING, AND OVER 2300 WERE PLACED IN NEW JOBS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND HOW MUCH DID WE SPEND ON THAT? AGAIN, THAT WAS A TOTAL OF, UM, 47.3 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANTED TO RE REVIEW THOSE. 
          ONE THING I, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, IS IN OUR, OUR TRIAL BUDGET SCHEDULE, WE HAVE A TRIAL BUDGET SCHEDULED FOR MAY 10TH. 
          AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S PREMATURE, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT EVEN A WEEK AFTER AN ELECTION WHEN NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY BE COMING ON BOARD, AND EVEN RETURNING COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME CAMPAIGNING, RATHER THAN SITTING DOWN AND THINK ABOUT WHAT DOES EVERYBODY WANT IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD GIVE OURSELVES AN EXTRA WEEK TO, YOU KNOW, SIT BACK DOWN AND LOOK AT THOSE THINGS, UH, PARTICULARLY IF, IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO OR THREE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          SO I'M WONDERING IF WE AREN'T MOVING IT A LITTLE TOO FAST BY SETTING THAT DATE FOR SAYING, WHAT DO YOU WANT IN THE NEXT BUDGET? SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, MR. CITY MANAGER, THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UM, GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I GUESS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, COUNCIL GUIDANCE AND CONSENSUS ON RIGHT NOW IS THE BUDGET TIMELINE. 
          UM, SOME OF OUR REFLECTIONS ON THE BUDGET SURPLUS, UM, THE SOLID WASTE FEE, UH, PROPOSED SOLID WASTE FEE, UM, THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN FUNDS, AND THEN THE ARPA FUNDS. 
          THAT'S GENERALLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, FEEDBACK ON RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AS FAR AS THE BUDGET TIMELINE GOES, I'M GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE, UM, OF THIS SCHEDULE. 
          I WOULD LIKE, UM, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AMENDMENT, I WOULD LIKE THE COMMUNITY SURVEY AND FEEDBACK TO BEGIN A LITTLE BIT SOONER. 
          AND I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE TOWN HALLS AND THE SURVEY OPEN, UH, SAY FROM LIKE AR RIGHT NOW IT'S FROM THE 14TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1ST. 
          IS IT POSSIBLE TO, MAYBE WE DO THE FIRST THROUGH THE 15TH, AND MY REASONING THERE IS THAT I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO INFORM OUTCOMES A LITTLE BIT SOONER DURING THE WORK SESSIONS THAT TAKE PLACE FROM THE 15TH THROUGH THE FIRST. 
          YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, AND IT KIND OF GOES HAND IN HAND WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN CURTIS JUST SAID. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO GET MM-HMM. 
          , WE'RE TRYING TO, TO LAY IT OUT SO THAT THE, THE COUNCIL AS A BODY HAS A CHANCE TO SET PRIORITIES FAR ENOUGH ADVANCE SO THAT WE COULD GET FEEDBACK FROM THE, THE COMMUNITY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THEN COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'LL, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND SEE FOR SURE THE ADJUSTMENTS WE CAN MAKE AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKS FINE. 
          TO ME, IT'S REALLY JUST THAT ONE PIECE OF COMMUNITY INPUT THAT I THINK COULD HAPPEN A LITTLE BIT SOONER. 
          UM, I, I MIGHT EVEN SUPPORT AN ADDITIONAL WEEK, UH, UH, LIKE COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE WAS SAYING ABOUT 
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THE, UM, MAY 10TH SESSION. 
          I DO KIND OF FEEL HONESTLY THAT EVEN IF WE'VE BEEN BUSY DURING THE CAMPAIGN TIME, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE MOST PRIME AND MOST, UH, UH, AWARE, MOST AWARE OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEED AND FEEDBACK IS. 
          AND SO I THINK WE MAY NOT NEED THE WEEK. 
          WE MIGHT NEED IT. 
          I COULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT THOUGH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO ON, UM, JUST ON THE COMMUNITY INPUT, UH, POINT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT SOONER. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE SURVEYS, IF THAT COULD OPEN EVEN IF THE SURVEYS WAS THE ONLY THING, AND IT WAS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND, UH, THE, I MEAN, I GUESS OBVIOUSLY UNTIL THE LAST BUDGET TOWN HALL, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE THE BUDGET TOWN HALLS HAPPEN BEFORE THE SECOND HALF OF THE WORK SESSIONS, AT LEAST. 
          UM, HI COUNCILMAN, JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS AFTER THE BUDGET IS PROPOSED, RIGHT? YES. 
          UH, NOT BEFORE THE BUDGET IS PROPOSED. 
          YES. 
          THE, THE PART OF THE SCHEDULE FROM AUGUST 14TH TO SEPTEMBER 1ST, AMENDING THAT. 
          YEAH, I'M, I'M ASKING THEM TO PUT THE BUDGET CALENDAR, SO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT OFFLINE TOO. 
          I DON'T NEED THIS TO BE THE BULK OF MY COMMENTS TODAY, . 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE, UM, THE ONE MAY TO JUNE, COUNCILMAN, OKAY, NO, THAT LOOKS DIFFERENT. 
          THEN. 
          AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER, THE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS AND COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          SO ON THE BACK OF THE THING THAT WE HAVE FROM AUGUST 14TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1ST IT SAYS COMMUNITY INPUT ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET, RIGHT? IS THAT JUST SUPPOSED TO BE THE TOWN HALLS OR IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE THE SURVEY AS WELL? LIKE A SURVEY AS WELL? SO THOSE ARE THE, BOTH THE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS WITH THE COUNCIL HERE IN THIS ROOM, UH, AND ALSO WHERE WE GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND DO THE TOWN HALLS. 
          SO BOTH ARE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING THAT UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TOO MUCH, BUT IDEALLY NOT HAPPENING. 
          I GUESS MY BIG THING IS THAT THE SECOND HALF, BY THE SECOND HALF OF THE BUDGET TOWN HALL, I MEAN AT THE, THE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THE TOWN HALLS RATHER THAN, WE HAVE OUR LAST WORK SESSION, AND WE HAVE OUR LAST TOWN HALL. 
          SO JUST SO THAT WE'RE SQUARED, THE BUDGET TOWN HALLS START AFTER THE PROPOSED BUDGET ON, ON AUGUST 10TH. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          BUT WE COULD DO 'EM ALL WITHIN, WE COULD SPLIT IT UP AND DO 'EM ALL IN THREE DAYS, BUT THAT'S NOT SCHEDULE WISE. 
          LET'S TALK ABOUT IT LATER. 
          YEAH, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT LATER. 
          I THINK THAT'S, 'CAUSE THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME DELIMITERS THERE, I THINK FOR SURE. 
          UM, AND THEN I GUESS THE, WITH THE REFLECTION ON THE BUDGET, THE THREE PLUS NINE, UM, I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT, UH, WHERE WE ARE BUDGET-WISE AND SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE MADE GOING INTO THE BUDGET THAT GOT US TO THIS POINT. 
          AND I'M SPECIFICALLY THINKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS SHOWS US THAT THE REVENUE SOURCES WHERE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE PAY, THE MAJORITY OF COSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BRINGING IN MORE THAN EXPECTED. 
          UM, AND SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE RESIDENTIAL RATE PAYERS BRING IN MORE MONEY THAN COMMERCIAL RATE PAYERS TO C P S ENERGY. 
          AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SURPLUS, WE CAN ATTRIBUTE A GREAT AMOUNT OF THAT TO WORKING CLASS FAMILIES. 
          AND SO MY THOUGHT IS THAT THE AVERAGE WORKING CLASS PERSON IS KEEPING THE CITY AFLOAT, WHEREAS LARGE CORPORATIONS OFTEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN PAY LESS THAN THEIR FAIR SHARE. 
          AND I SAY ALL THIS TO SAY THAT AS WE MAKE ANY FUTURE DECISIONS ON THE UPCOMING BUDGET, I WANT US TO KEEP THAT IN MIND BECAUSE EVEN WITH THE, UM, YEAH, SPECIFICALLY AS WE'RE LOOKING AT RATE INCREASES, AND THAT TAKES ME TO THE SOLID WASTE FEE. 
          UM, THIS IS WHERE I THINK I SOLID WASTE FEES DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT, UH, THE AVERAGE RESIDENT, THE SAME PEOPLE THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WHO ARE PROVIDING A SURPLUS. 
          AND SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS IS NECESSARILY WHERE I WOULD WANT TO SEE AN INCREASE. 
          AND SO I'M HESITANT, I WOULD BE VERY HESITANT TO SUPPORT, UH, AN INCREASE TO THE SOLID WASTE FEE GOING INTO 2024. 
          UM, AS FAR AS THE, WELL, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT 1.8 MILLION IS RECOMMENDED FOR DIGITAL INCLUSION. 
          I'M NOT QUITE SURE THAT WHILE IT'S IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY, I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. 
          AND WHAT I WOULD PLACE AHEAD OF DIGITAL INCLUSION RIGHT NOW, BASED ON CONVERSATIONS LAST WEEK WOULD BE, UH, AND WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION GRANTS, IS IF THE, SOME OF THAT DIGITAL INCLUSION FUNDS, OR ALL OF IT COULD GO TO BE SPLIT BETWEEN SMALL BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION GRANTS AND THE COMMUNITY SAFETY PROGRAMS AND, AND INVESTMENTS WITH A CAVEAT. 
          AND SO WHAT I HEARD WAS THAT, UM, PRIOR TO ALLOCATION OF FUNDS WILL RECEIVE UPDATES ON, UH, THE HOTSPOTS AND WHAT THE PROBLEM AREAS ARE, WHAT THE ROOT CAUSES ARE, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE MEANINGFUL INVESTMENTS THERE. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA FUND THE POLICING EFFORTS. 
          IT'LL FUND THE, THE, THE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS. 
          SO IT GETS US A LITTLE BIT FASTER FROM 
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PHASE ONE INTO THE PHASE TWO AND THREE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          ACCURATE. 
          SO I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING THE DIGITAL INCLUSION FUNDS TO THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS AND THEN COMMUNITY SAFETY PROGRAMS FOR ARPA. 
          MY PRIORITIES WOULD BE MENTAL HEALTH AND YOUTH SERVICES. 
          AND SO THAT'S KIND OF, THOSE ARE THE TWO. 
          UM, I, I MEAN, I WOULD WONDER WHERE OTHER PEOPLE'S PRIORITIES ARE, BUT THAT'S WHERE MINE ARE. 
          AND, UM, I'M HOPEFUL THAT MAYBE WE CAN SEE SOME MOVEMENT THERE, UM, RELATING TO COMMUNITY SAFETY AND MENTAL HEALTH. 
          I'M WONDERING WHERE THIS MIGHT COME FROM. 
          BUT I'D BE INTERESTED IN, UH, HARM REDUCTION EFFORTS, LIKE A SPECIFIC, UH, BUCKET OF FUNDS FOR HARM REDUCTION, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO LIKE OI OPIOID USE. 
          AND SO AS EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT THE RESILIENCY AND RECOVERY PLAN FUNDS AND THE ARPA, THAT'S WHERE MY PRIORITIES ARE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'M UNCLEAR ON WHERE EXACTLY THE 3.7 MILLION THAT WAS LEFT OVER LAST WEEK IS, THAT'S PART OF THAT 3.9 THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN ARPA RIGHT HERE? NO, SIR. 
          SO THAT'S SEPARATE. 
          IT'S, IT'S SEPARATE. 
          IT'S THREE, THE 3.7 FROM LAST WEEK'S PROCESS THAT WE DIDN'T ALLOCATE, THAT YOU DIDN'T ALLOCATE THROUGH YOUR VOTE. 
          RIGHT. 
          PLUS THIS 3.9, THERE'S $7.6 MILLION IN ARPA IN ARPA. 
          3.7, REMEMBER IS FROM LAST WEEK'S CONVERSATION. 
          RIGHT. 
          A LITTLE BIT OF LEFTOVER IN YOUTH, A LITTLE BIT OF LEFTOVER IN SENIORS, AND LIKE $3.4 MILLION LEFT OVER IN MENTAL HEALTH. 
          GOT IT. 
          UM, THE, THE 3.9 IS, UM, UM, UNALLOCATED. 
          IT'S NOT IN ANY BUCKET. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHY I SUGGESTED, I REMINDED THE COUNCIL ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT WE MIGHT WANNA LOOK AT THE YOUTH AND SENIOR PROPOSALS WE GOT FROM LAST WEEK'S PRO, UH, UH, PROCESS THAT SCORED HIGH. 
          WE JUST RAN OUTTA MONEY OUTTA THE BUCKET. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO I, I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN FUNDING COMMUNITY SAFETY, BUT AGAIN, THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE DETAILS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          I, I, I AM INTERESTED IN SEEING SOME OF IT GO TO UPSTREAM WORK AND THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN. 
          UM, I AM ALSO INTERESTED IN SEEING, UM, UH, HARM REDUCTION AS, UH, BEING FUNDED. 
          UM, AND THEN GIMME ONE SEC. 
          I'M GONNA, YEAH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK TO ME SO I CAN LOOK AT SOME MORE OF THIS. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THANKS ERIC. 
          GWEN, AND, UM, FOR THE, AND TROY AND THE ENTIRE TEAM, AND JUSTINE FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH, I'M REALLY PLEASED TO HEAR, UM, ERIC MENTION ABOUT US AS A CITY PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS. 
          SO, UH, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY GIVEN LAST WEEK'S CONVERSATION, UH, DR. 
          ROCHA MADE A VERY THOUGHTFUL RECOMMENDATION ABOUT USING, UH, THOSE ARPA DOLLARS TOWARDS SUPPORTING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THOSE PROPOSED HOTSPOTS OR CHANGING HOTSPOTS. 
          UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF ENSURING THAT WE ARE, UM, PUTTING RESOURCES WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED THE MOST. 
          UM, I AM ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY SAFETY BUCKET, BUT AGAIN, UH, AS COUNCILMAN BRAVO MENTIONED, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THOSE PARAMETERS ARE. 
          I HEARD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED AS SOMETHING TO BE SUPPORTED UNDER COMMUNITY SAFETY. 
          UM, WHAT DO YOU ALL AND ENVISION AS INFRASTRUCTURE? UH, UNDER, UH, COMMUNITY SAFETY, SOMETHING FAST LIKE LIGHTING. 
          UM, NOT, UM, NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE DESIGNED AND MM-HMM. 
          , NO OFFENSE, RAZZI, I MEAN, WE, WE DON'T, WE IT MEAN SOMETHING QUICK HITTING. 
          RIGHT, OKAY. 
          SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE AREA. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BUT, BUT LIKE, LIKE LIGHTING COULD BE ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          WOULD THERE BE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT WITH, UM, VACANT LOT ABATEMENTS AND GREENING THOSE VACANT LOTS? UH, UNDER, UH, COMMUNITY SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE? UM, POTENTIALLY, YEAH. 
          I MEAN, IF IT'S, IF IT'S VACANT, IF IT'S CLEANUP TYPE OF STUFF MM-HMM. 
          . 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IN, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, I, I AM COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, UM, WITH THE PROCESS OF THE, THE FUNDING GOING TO GOVERNANCE, AND THEN TO BACK TO THE HOME COMMITTEES. 
          UM, BUT I JUST ASK THAT MY COLLEAGUES KEEP IN MIND THAT, UM, I DON'T SIT ON EITHER OF 
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THOSE COMMITTEES AND MY DISTRICT HAS A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF, I'M CONFIDENT OF THOSE HOTSPOTS, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, HIGH CONCENTRATION OF OPIOID OVERDOSES. 
          SO JUST KEEPING THAT IN MIND. 
          AND MY REQUEST IS THAT THERE'S A INTERDEPARTMENT, A CROSS DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENTAL APPROACH, RIGHT. 
          WHERE WE'RE NOT JUST MEETING WITH, UH, PD, BUT WE'RE BRINGING IN DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON HOW WE CAN ADDRESS, UM, AND METRO HEALTH TO ADDRESS THESE, UH, CONCERNS RE REGARDING VIOLENT CRIME AND HOTSPOTS AND OVERALL COMMUNITY SAFETY. 
          THOSE ARE TWO OF MY REQUESTS WITH THAT PROCESS. 
          UM, WITH THE TIMELINE FOR THE BUDGET, I DO HEAR COUNCILMAN COURAGES, UH, CONCERN, AND I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AS WELL. 
          UH, BUT ULTIMATELY, UH, GOING BACK TO ARPA, UH, IS ENSURING THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING THOSE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING THE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY WORK, RIGHT? ON MONDAY, I HAD A, A VERY DISGRUNTLED CONSTITUENT COME INTO MY OPEN OFFICE HOURS, AND RIGHTFULLY SO, UM, HE RAISED THE CONCERN THAT CUON MINISTRIES IN DISTRICT TWO AND HARPER'S CHAPEL CHAPEL IS IN DISTRICT ONE. 
          UH, THOSE ARE TWO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE HARM REDUCTION SERVICES, AND HE DOES OUTREACH WORK WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND HELPS WHERE HE CAN. 
          UM, AND HE'S JUST, UH, CONCERNED THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT EXTENSION OF SERVICES. 
          AND HE SHOWED ME ON HIS PHONE, UH, WHERE DIFFERENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE GIVEN THEM, UH, THEIR NUMBER TO TEXT IF HE NEEDS HELP. 
          AND HE SHOWED ME, UH, LIKE HIS PHONE FULL OF TEXTS THAT WERE, HE DIDN'T RECEIVE A RESPONSE. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND I SHARED WITH HIM THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE AT CAPACITY. 
          THERE'S A HIGH NEED. 
          UM, WE ARE HAVING A OPIOID PANDEMIC IN OUR CITY. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, I I, I, I TOLD HIM THAT I'M COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT WE BRING SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS TO DISTRICT FIVE TO PROVIDE OUR NEIGHBORS WITH THE, THE VERY MUCH SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. 
          UM, WITH THAT, WE KNOW THAT THE STATE HAS CUT BACK FUNDING FOR THE SERVICES LIKE THE MOBILE INTEGRATED UNIT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I ASKED TO BE SUPPORTED DURING THE BUDGET. 
          WE DID IDENTIFY THAT FUNDING, BUT MY ASK IS IF POTENTIALLY SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS CAN BE USED TOWARDS, UH, UH, SUPPLEMENTING THE MOBILE INTEGRATED UNIT. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN, VERY QUICKLY, WE HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, WHICH IS A CONTRIBUTION FROM STRAC. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , AND HALF OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO THE M I H UNIT AND, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS, UM, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, UH, ISSUES, UH, INCLUDING OPIOID. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER HALF IS, UM, FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE PI UNIT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, I'M SURE ALBERT'S GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITED WHEN I SHARED THAT WITH HIM, UM, BECAUSE HE JUST HIGHLIGHTED WHAT WE ALL KNOW, RIGHT? THE GAP, UH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF ON HOW WE CAN BRING, UH, SOME OF THOSE SERVICES INTO THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, WHETHER IT'S SUPPORTING GUSTONE MINISTRIES WITH A VAN, UH, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. 
          THAT'S A HUGE PRIORITY. 
          UM, BUT WITH THAT, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, ENSURING THAT WE'RE USING THIS, UH, ALLOWANCE TO SUPPORT, UH, LIGHTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED. 
          SO I WON'T, UH, REPEAT WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID. 
          UM, BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS FOR NOW. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          JUST ONE, ONE CLARIFICATION, UM, ON THE COMMUNITY SAFETY ELEMENT THAT, THAT, UM, YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT IS NOT IN THE BUCKET TO GO TO GOVERNANCE, THAT WOULD BE KEPT HERE WITH THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          SO, UM, I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT, UM, AT SOME POINT WE'LL HAVE A BRIEFING LATER ON IN THE YEAR ON, ON SUGGESTIONS, MAYBE THROUGH PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT IT, IT, IT WOULD FOLLOW KIND OF MORE OF A, OF A NORMAL CITY COUNCIL PROCESS AND WE'LL CERTAINLY WORK, UM, WITH, WITH EACH OF YOUR OFFICES, DEPENDING ON THOSE AREAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          BUT, BUT ALONG THOSE LINES, ERIC, THE, THE COMMITTEE MAY RECOMMEND, UH, TO ADD ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO THAT COMMUNITY SAFETY BUCKET WITH THE ADDITIONAL LEFTOVER YES. 
          THAT COULD BE A, A RECOMMENDATION THAT COULD COME OUTTA THE COMMITTEES. 
          YES, SIR. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND, AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, WE, WE WERE VISITED LAST WEEK, UH, BY MEMBERS OF THE HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM AT CORONE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE OPIOID PANDEMIC EPIDEMIC IN SAN ANTONIO, THE, WHAT THEY ARE DOING OVER THERE IS REALLY, UM, UH, ASTOUNDING IN TERMS OF HOW MANY OVERDOSES THEY'VE REVERSED. 
          I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE 17,000 PEOPLE THEY'VE REVIVED, UH, AND THEY ARE AT CAPACITY. 
          SO I, I DO THINK, UH, JUST TO EARMARK THAT DISCUSSION FOR GOVERNANCE NEXT WEEK, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HARM REDUCTION IN, IN, IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LEFTOVER DOLLARS. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          JUSTINE, I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTION QUESTIONS FOR YOU HERE. 
          I, UH, I THINK IT WAS AROUND SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE 
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YOU MENTIONED A $28 MILLION, UM, OVERAGE OR HAVING THAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THAT MADE UP? WHERE, WHERE ARE THOSE FIGURES COMING FROM? SO THAT'S 14 MILLION, AN ADDITIONAL BEGINNING BALANCE AS A RESULT OF 2022 ENDING BALANCE. 
          SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 14 MILLION. 
          OUR BEGINNING BALANCE FOR 2023, AND THEN 14 MILLION OVERALL BETWEEN ADDITIONAL REVENUES AND, UM, SAVINGS AND EXPENSES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, IS THAT, I DIDN'T SEE THAT ON A SLIDE SOMEWHERE. 
          WHAT, WHICH SLIDE IS THAT ON SHOWING? IT'S IN THE, IT'S IN YOUR REPORT, THE THREE PLUS NINE REPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IT'S NOT ON A SLIDE SHOWING THAT IT'S PART OF THE YES. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S FOR THE END OF YOUR REPORT. 
          YEAH, IT'D BE GREAT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ON THE SLIDES ON EXACTLY WHERE THAT $28 MILLION GOES FROM AND WHAT, WHAT IT'S AVAILABLE FOR. 
          UH, UM, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, IT LOOKS LIKE GOOD NUMBERS ACROSS THE BOARD EXCEPT FOR SOLID WASTE. 
          AND DAVID, IF YOU GOT A SECOND, I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU ON THAT. 
          ERIC ALREADY GOT THE PRE-BRIEF ON THIS . 
          I MIGHT GRAB JUSTINA AND BEN TO, YEAH. 
          SO PROTECTION HERE. 
          EXPLAIN TO ME AGAIN WHAT THIS STRUCTURAL IMBALANCE MEANS. 
          I, WHAT'S THE DETAILS WITH THAT? SO STRUCTURAL, WE'RE NOT STRUCTURALLY BALANCED, WHICH MEANS THAT OUR REVENUES DO NOT COVER OUR EXPENSES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHAT ARE THE MAIN DRIVERS FOR THAT? SO THE MAIN INCREASES, UM, ERIC MENTIONED AS WELL, UM, ARE INCREASES IN OUR PERSONNEL COSTS, INCREASES IN OUR LANDFILL FEES, AS WELL AS INCREASES IN EQUIPMENT COSTS AND RELATED COSTS TO THAT EQUIPMENT. 
          WHEN YOU SAY INCREASES IN LANDFILL FEES, UH, AREN'T THOSE UNDER CONTRACT RIGHT NOW? I MEAN, WHY ARE, WHY ARE THOSE FEES GOING? 'CAUSE THAT, THAT'S AN AWARDED CONTRACT. 
          IT IS. 
          THOSE CONTRACTS, WHICH ARE ALMOST 30 YEARS OLD, THEY GO UP, UH, EACH YEAR BY AN ESCALATOR THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE C P I AND THE PAST TWO YEARS, UH, I BELIEVE THEY WENT UP ABOUT 6%. 
          UH, AND THEN THIS YEAR, UH, ALMOST 9% OR ABOUT 9%. 
          SO THEY WENT UP DRAMATICALLY. 
          AND THAT, AND, AND, AND, AND SO THEY, AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS TOMORROW, UH, BUT THEY DO EXPIRE IN 2025. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, BUT TALKING ABOUT THOSE CPIS, UH, WASN'T THAT FIGURED IN THE BUDGET? AND WHY SHOULDN'T THAT HAVE BEEN FIGURED IN THE BUDGET ALREADY? AND WHY ARE WE SHOWING AN IN IMBALANCE THERE? IT, THEY WERE FIGURED INTO THE BUDGET, BUT WE'RE STILL SHOWING AN IMBALANCE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD FUND BALANCE AND WE'VE HAD FUND BALANCE IN THE SOLID WASTE FEE THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO KEEP OUR RATE DOWN. 
          SO THAT'S WHY OUR, OUR REVENUES AREN'T MEETING OUR EXPENSES. 
          'CAUSE WE'VE USED THAT FUND BALANCE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WITH THIS YEAR, THAT FUND BALANCE IS DOWN TO ABOUT 500,000. 
          OKAY. 
          WHERE WAS IT? I MEAN, HOW HAVE WE USED THAT FUND BALANCE? WE'VE BEEN ABOUT 10 MILLION. 
          ABOUT 10 MILLION. 
          COUNCILMAN? IT WAS AT ABOUT 10 MILLION. 
          AND HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN WORKING ON THAT? 10 MILLION. 
          SO 10 MILLION WAS IN 2022 WAS THE ADOPTED, I'M SORRY. 
          UM, IN 2021, WE'RE ABOUT 12.6 MILLION WAS THE ADOPTED FUND. 
          SO WHERE, WHERE DID $12 MILLION GO IN A YEAR AND A HALF? SO WE HAD INCREASES, UM, IN, IN 2022 TO 2023, WE HAD INCREASES IN PERSONNEL COSTS. 
          THAT WAS ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND THEN, LIKE WE'VE BEEN SAYING, WE'VE HAD INCREASES IN OUR LANDFILL FEES. 
          SO, UM, THAT, THAT INCREASE FROM 2022 TO 2023 AS WELL AS THOSE EQUIPMENT COSTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, 4 MILLION IN, IN PERSONNEL COSTS. 
          IS THAT IN PAY RAISES? DID WE OFFER PAY RAISES? IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? ABSOLUTELY. 
          THE COST OF PERSONNEL, THE COST OF LABOR HAS GONE UP. 
          UM, AND THOSE ARE POSITIONS THAT HAVE TO BE FILLED. 
          UM, THE PRICE OF EQUIPMENT, WE'VE, WE'VE MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO, UM, MUNICIPALLY FINANCE, UH, THE PURCHASE OF CARTS. 
          'CAUSE WE BUY THE CARTS. 
          UM, SO RATHER THAN USING CASH, WE ARE, WE ARE, UH, PAYING OUT, UH, OFF THOSE ALLOTMENTS OVER A FOUR OR FIVE YEAR PERIOD TO SAVE MONEY. 
          SO WE'VE, WE'VE MADE A BUNCH OF ADJUSTMENTS FINANCIALLY WITHIN THE OPERATIONS. 
          BUT, UM, IF YOU'LL RECALL, THIS WAS A, A TOPIC THAT WE BROACHED LAST SPRING ABOUT NEEDING TO INCREASE THE RATES. 
          UM, UM, I CHOSE AS WE WENT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUDGET LAST SUMMER TO TRY TO SQUEEZE DOWN AS MANY OTHER THINGS AS WE COULD AND PUSH THAT OFF ANOTHER YEAR. 
          UM, AND, UM, BUT, BUT THIS, THIS, UH, RATE CHANGE, UM, HAS BEEN COMING DOWN THE ROAD FOR SOME TIME. 
          AND WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A, WE'VE GOT LABOR AND EQUIPMENT EXPENSES AND I KNOW IT'S NOT A POPULAR THING. 
          AND WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT INTERNALLY AND, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT HARD WORK TO LAY OUT FOR YOU. 
          UM, 
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AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AT THE SIX PLUS SIX AND ULTIMATELY THE PROPOSED BUDGET, SOMETHING THAT IS RESPONSIBLE, THAT, UH, DOES NOT REDUCE SERVICES, AS DAVID MENTIONED, UM, AND, UM, IS STILL VERY RELIABLE. 
          WELL, THAT, UH, I'M, I'M, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BREAKOUT OF THAT $12 MILLION WHERE THAT WENT TO OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND, AND WHAT WAS THE BREAKOUT FOR LABOR OR THE, THE FEES FOR THE DISPOSAL AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY IN THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE THE BREAKOUT OF THAT 12 MILLION. 
          SURE. 
          YES SIR. 
          AND WE'RE DOWN TO, WHAT DID YOU SAY, 500,000 RIGHT NOW, SO, OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, YEAH, UH, RATE INCREASE, UH, IS GONNA BE TOUGH. 
          AND, UM, LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, AND I'LL, I'LL PUT A MARKER OUT THERE NOW, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, ABOUT, UH, INCREASING OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO TRY TO OFFSET THESE FEE INCREASES ACROSS, ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TALKING TO C P S TODAY, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE COMING UP WITH ANOTHER RATE INCREASE HERE IN ANOTHER YEAR. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S JUST ONE RATE INCREASE AFTER ANOTHER, AND WE NEED TO HELP OFFSET THAT WITH SOMETHING. 
          AND, AND THE, THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY BUMPED THEIR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION UP TO 20%. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST TIME. 
          WE COULD HAVE AFFORDED IT LAST THIS YEAR, BUT WE DIDN'T DO IT. 
          SAID, LET'S TAKE A MEASURED APPROACH. 
          OKAY, WELL, UH, LET'S GET IT UP TO WHAT THE COUNTY HAS DONE. 
          THEY'VE TAKEN IT UP TO THE MAX OF 20%, AND I THINK WE NEED TO FOLLOW WITH THAT. 
          SO, UH, UH, SPEAKING OF C P S, IT, IT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE RATE INCREASES AND, AND KEEPING THE RESIDENTIAL LOW. 
          AND WE GOT ONE OF THE BEST RESIDENTIAL RATES HERE IN TEXAS AND CONCENTRATING ON INCREASING THE COMMERCIAL SIDE. 
          WELL, THE COMMERCIAL, WE'RE ALREADY ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES HERE IN TEXAS. 
          BUT IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN THAT. 
          AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, UM, INCREASING THE COMMERCIAL RATES FOR C P S DOESN'T IS, IS NOT ABSORBED BY THOSE BUSINESSES. 
          WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T HAVE A MAGIC POT OF MONEY EITHER. 
          WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY INCREASE THE COST OF THEIR SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE PURCHASING THEIR SERVICES. 
          SO IT'S A DOUBLE WHAMMY THERE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S NOT JUST, WELL, LET'S MAKE THE BUSINESSES PAY MORE. 
          THEY'RE GONNA RAISE THEIR RATES TO COVER THAT INCREASE. 
          AND WHO PAYS THOSE INCREASES? WELL, IT'S THE PEOPLE USING THOSE SERVICES. 
          SO YOU ALWAYS GOTTA KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RATES AND RATE INCREASES FROM C P S, UH, WHERE THEY'RE AT TODAY AND WHERE, WHERE WE'RE WE THINK THEY SHOULD GO. 
          AND, UH, WORKING WITH C P S AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE. 
          UM, AS FAR AS, UM, THIS MONEY THAT, I HATE TO SAY LEFTOVER OR, UH, IN EXCESSES IN, IN OUR BUDGETS, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN PROMOTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND TRYING TO HELP THEM OUT. 
          UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN THAT BID ALSO THAT LET'S DON'T FORGET ABOUT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, HOW MUCH WE HAVE FUNDED THROUGH OUR GENERAL FUND AND THROUGH ARPA FUNDING, UH, THE, THE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE LEAST AMOUNT OF FUNDING GOING, UH, GOING THROUGH THE SYSTEM TO, TO THOSE BUSINESSES. 
          SO I, I, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING, UM, UM, PUSHED OUT TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES WHEN WE GOT THE FIRST CALL. 
          IT WAS WAY IN EXCESS OF WHAT THE, WHAT THE RESOURCES WERE FOR THAT. 
          AND I THINK, I THINK WE SHOULD ALWAYS KEEP THAT IN MIND. 
          WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? SO I'D, I'D, I'D LIKE TO LOBBY TO, UH, PUT SOME OF THAT MONEY TOWARDS, TOWARDS, UH, OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, ARPA, THE, THIS MONEY, THAT'S THE THREE, HOW MUCH IS LEFT IN THE ARPA? THE 3.7? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? IT'S, UM, 3.9. 
          3.99 PRESENTATION. 
          YES, SIR. 
          YOU KNOW, PART OF THE, PART OF THE SOLICITATION PROCESS, AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO PUT PROPOSALS TOGETHER AND IT'S COSTLY FOR PARTICULARLY NON-PROFITS THAT ARE SMALL. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY GOTTA TAKE IT OUTTA THEIR HIDE. 
          TO PUT THESE PROPOSALS TOGETHER. 
          IN RESPONDING TO THE RFPS, I, I'D RATHER TAKE A LOOK AT WHO WAS AWARDED ABOVE THE LINE, THAT'S THE ONES THAT GOT THE AWARDS THAT WE JUST APPROVED. 
          AND THEN TAKE A LOOK AT WHO FELL OUT BELOW THAT, WHO'S BELOW THE LINE. 
          AND INSTEAD OF GOING OUT WITH ANOTHER R F P WHERE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO WORK TO PUT PROPOSALS TOGETHER, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE WHO WAS BELOW THE LINE. 
          AND MAYBE WE CAN, UM, USE THE REST OF THAT 
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MONEY TO MAKE THOSE AWARDS, UH, BELOW THE LINE INSTEAD OF GOING, GOING OUT WITH ANOTHER R F P. 
          UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          THANKS, ERIC. 
          UM, I'LL ECHO COUNCILMAN CAVEO. 
          HABER DOES PREFERENCE FOR HOW WE, UH, ADMINISTER THE REMAINING ARPA MONEY THAT'S ON THE TABLE? UH, AS FAR AS ASSIGNING IT TO THE DE YOU KNOW, IT'S THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES FOR CONSIDERATION, I THINK. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S, UH, BEING EXPECTED OF US. 
          SO AS FAR AS, UM, AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WAS SAID IS, UH, IS, IS GONNA BE LESS, IS LESS GRANULAR. 
          I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ADOPTED BUDGET INITIATIVES SECTION THAT WAS ON PAGE 13, PARTICULARLY CASA SAN ANTONIO IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UM, I, I, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT 'CAUSE IT'S SOMETHING YOU AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT WE DO, UH, IN MEXICO BY WAY OF CASA SAN ANTONIO. 
          WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE, BRENDA, MAYBE, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME OUT. 
          WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS, UH, TO BRING IN A CONSULTANT, RIGHT? UM, AND WHERE ARE WE ON THAT AND WHY? YES. 
          SO, UH, AS BUSINESS CONTINUES TO BECOME MORE CHALLENGING IN MEXICO, AS PART OF THIS IMPROVEMENT, WE DID PROPOSE THAT WE ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. 
          THAT PROPOSAL IS CURRENTLY ISSUED, UH, AS WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR A CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE THAT, THOSE SERVICES IN MEXICO, AS WELL AS IN EXPANDING INTO LATIN AMERICA PART WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS INITIALLY ON COLUMBIA AND PANAMA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SO, SO THAT LEADS ME INTO MY SECOND, UM, QUESTION. 
          UH, THE MAYOR AND I IN A GROUP OF, UH, 2030 OF US GOT TO VISIT, UH, INDIA RECENTLY. 
          AND, UH, COUNCILMAN HOBAR, I, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK YOU'LL AGREE WITH, I THINK YOU'LL AGREE WITH ME, THAT THAT IS HUNTING GROUND THAT WE MAY HAVE, UH, BEEN SEEDING FOR WAY TOO LONG TO OTHER CITIES. 
          UM, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION, ERIC, UH, IS SOME, SOME, UM, COMMENS COMMENSURATE INVESTMENT IN OP IN, IN EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIA. 
          WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, TATA GROUP 2000 EMPLOYEES. 
          WE'VE GOT H C L 1300 EMPLOYEES. 
          WE'VE GOT INDO MIM, WHICH IS JUST GROWING EXPONENTIALLY. 
          UM, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IN INDIA, UM, IS WORKING. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I'VE ALWAYS, AND AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, AND IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT REALLY, BUT IT'S, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FRUSTRATED WITH THE LACK OF INVESTMENT THAT WE GET FROM MEXICO IN THE FORM OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND EMPLOYMENT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE ALWAYS SET OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS GOAL OF BRINGING HOME, YOU KNOW, UH, DEALS FROM LARGE MEXICAN EMPLOYERS TO DO DEALS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY NEVER MATERIALIZED IN THE WAY I THINK MOST PEOPLE THINK IT HAS. 
          MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE A MAJOR DESTINATION FOR MEXICAN BUSINESS, AND WE'RE REALLY NOT. 
          UH, WE'RE, UH, AND THAT'S OKAY. 
          UH, WE, WE ARE WHAT WE ARE, BUT, UM, WE ARE A MAJOR DESTINATION APPARENTLY FOR INDIAN BUSINESS. 
          AND SO I WOULD LIKE US TO, TO, WITH THE SAME KIND OF VIGOR THAT WE'VE BEEN CHASING MEXICO FOR ALL THESE YEARS, IS TO BEGIN CHASING, UH, INDIAN DEALS. 
          AND SO, I KNOW IT'S A SMALL ITEM ON OUR BUDGET, UH, BUT I, I FOUND IT LIKE IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UM, TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND PLANT THAT SEED. 
          ERIC, YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING OR CAN I MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING? OKAY, THANKS. 
          SO THE SECOND THING IS, ON PAGE 31 OF THAT, PART OF THE, UH, UH, BUDGET INITIATIVES, IT TALKS ABOUT $275,000 FOR R AND D PROGRAMS. UM, WHAT WHAT CONCERNS ME, MAYOR, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DISSOLVED THE, UH, THE INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, WHICH, WHICH IS FINE. 
          UH, BECAUSE THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS WERE JUST SORT OF SPREAD AROUND TO THE OTHER COMMITTEES THAT EVENTUALLY WOULD PICK 'EM UP. 
          THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT WE'VE GOT THIS R AND D PROJECTS INITIATIVE FOR $275,000 THAT DOESN'T FIT WITHIN ANY OF THE COMMITTEE'S WORK, RIGHT? AND SO THEY'RE LIKE, I DON'T FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS WORK UNDER THE R AND D PROJECTS, INVESTMENT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR CHECK, LET'S SAY, OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO BRIAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE PLAN AND TO WHICH COMMITTEE ARE YOU GONNA BE BRINGING, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, MEASURABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UH, FOR THIS PROGRAM? LET, LET ME SUGGEST THAT, THAT WHY WOULDN'T IT FIT UNDER THE ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT? OKAY, THEN, I MEAN, YEAH, IF I CAN CLARIFY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT R D, WE'VE GOT DOZENS OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          UM, THOSE RANGE FROM TRANSPORTATION TO HEALTH TO INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY. 
          UH, SO I THINK MAYBE THE IDEA IS IF THERE'S A PROJECT TO PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE ALL OUR PROJECTS UP ON OUR PARTNERSHIP PORTAL WITH U T S A U S A AND WEARY ONLINE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, IF YOU SEE A PROJECT THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, IT NEEDS TO COME TO COMMITTEE. 
          IT MAY FALL UNDER A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS. 
          SO I THINK IT'S MAYBE MORE PROJECT SPECIFIC RATHER THAN JUST THE PROGRAM OVERALL. 
          BUT IF YOU WANT A BRIEFING ON THE PROGRAM OVERALL, I THINK 
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E D D WOULD PROBABLY, OR I'M SORRY, THE ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST ONE. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL THEN ALEX, WHEREVER SHE IS, LET'S, LET'S TEE THAT UP. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          AND ERIC, PLEASE DON'T CONTRADICT ME IN FRONT OF THE CHILDREN. 
          AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          . 
          I'LL TRY. 
          , I'LL TRY NOT TO. 
          UM, WE CAN ALSO SCHEDULE B SESSION FOR THE COUNCIL. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELIA. 
          UH, WE'RE GOING NOW TO A ROUND TWO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, SO, UH, THE OTHER POINT I WANTED TO BRING UP IS CONSTRUCTION GRANTS. 
          I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT, UH, YOUR RECOMMENDATION OF CONSIDERING THAT, UM, ERIC. 
          UM, AND SO I, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. 
          WE COULD JUST INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT'S IN THERE. 
          UM, SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO NOT JUST INCREASE MONEY THAT GOES IN THERE, BUT ALSO CONSIDER, UH, HAVING A PORTION RESERVE FOR BUSINESSES THAT OPENED AFTER COVID. 
          THOSE ARE, THEY'RE HURTING AS WELL. 
          THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE FINANCIALS BEFORE TO SHOW AND COMPARE TO, BUT THEY'RE STILL HURTING JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S. 
          AND RIGHT NOW, ANYBODY WHO APPLIES AND QUALIFIES, THEY CAN, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR 15 TO 35,000. 
          SO MAYBE FOR THE NEW BUSINESSES THAT OPENED UP SINCE THE PANDEMIC, MAYBE THEY, MAYBE THEY COULD GET A FLAT FEE OF, OF A FLAT GRANT OF 5,000 OR 10,000. 
          SO I'D LIKE US TO CONSIDER AS PART OF THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, A SUBCATEGORY FOR THAT. 
          UM, ON COMMUNITY SAFETY. 
          AGAIN, ERIC LIKED YOUR IDEA OF SOMETHING THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED QUICKLY AS A COMPONENT OF THIS, OF, UM, LIGHTING AND STREETLIGHTS. 
          UH, I HEAR A LOT FROM MY CONSTITUENTS ABOUT HOW THEY, THEY WANT MORE STREETLIGHTS AND WE ALREADY HAVE THE LIGHTING GAP ANALYSIS, SO WE KNOW WHERE TO GO. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN SURVEY OUR CONSTITUENTS AND SEE WHO'S ACTUALLY ASKING FOR IT TOO, AND MAKE SURE WE PUT THOSE UP FIRST. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT, UM, DISTRICT ONE, WHERE WE ARE IN THAT LIGHTING GAP ANALYSIS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE CLOSE TO 600 LIGHTING GAPS. 
          AND, UM, IF WE WERE TO PUT UP 600 LIGHT POLES, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD CLOSE COST, COST CLOSE TO $3 MILLION ALONE RIGHT THERE. 
          AND I'M SURE THAT A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICTS ARE IN SIMILAR POSITIONS. 
          SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO START CHIPPING AWAY AT THAT. 
          UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I'M INTERESTED IN WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY SAFETY IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE ADDRESS GUNSHOTS. 
          YOU KNOW, I HEAR FROM TOO MANY NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, ABOUT CONCERN ABOUT THE GUNSHOTS THAT THEY HEAR AT NIGHT. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ERIC, YOU AND I HAVE STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH THAT. 
          I'VE STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH MARIA ABOUT THAT WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE POLICE CHIEF AND, AND EVEN BRIAN DILLARD, TO TRY AND SEE WHAT KIND OF NEW TECHNOLOGY CAN WE, CAN, CAN WE USE, AND WHAT KIND OF DATA CAN WE USE TO TRY AND ADDRESS THIS. 
          AND, UM, SO IF THERE'S A COMPONENT THERE WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHERE WE CAN GO, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A DENT IN AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, COUNCILMAN, I'D, I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO THOSE TWO OR THREE AREAS WHERE YOU'RE HAVING THAT ISSUE OF GUNSHOTS. 
          I MEAN, I, I THINK WE NEED TO, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION WITH, WITH THOSE NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW, UM, HOW THE POLICE RESPOND. 
          WE DO NEED 9 1 1 CALLS AND, AND, UM, BUT, BUT I WANT, I, I THINK WE SHOULD GET ON THE GROUND AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE, WITH THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS DIRECTLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          SORRY. 
          UM, I HAVE A QUESTION RELATED TO THE, UM, THE ARPA CONVERSATION. 
          SO I KNOW THAT WE, I'M HEARING FROM A FEW FOLK THAT WHY INSTEAD OF DOING AN R F P FOR THE ARPA, UM, WHY NOT JUST GIVE IT TO THE NEXT, TO THE HIGHEST SCORING FOLK WHO DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT? AND I'M WONDERING, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT IF WE GO IN THAT DIRECTION, THAT WE GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, SOME OF THE FOLK WHO GOT LOWER SCORES TO MAYBE AMEND THEIR PROPOSALS? I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME ORGANIZATIONS, UM, IN, UM, IN MY DISTRICT THAT HAVE EXPRESSED THE INTEREST IN PARTNERING SOME WITH SOME OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND, UM, CREATING NEW PROPOSALS. 
          BUT IF THE POSSIBILITY FOR THEM TO AMEND THEIR PROPOSAL IS CAN BE ON THE TABLE. 
          I I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. 
          WELL, THAT'S A COUNCIL CONVERSATION. 
          WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT WE ALLOW PROPOSERS WHO SUBMITTED TO RESUBMIT. 
          UM, UM, WE, IT, IT'S EASIER JUST TO GO BACK THROUGH ANOTHER SOLICITATION AND WE COULD DO SOMETHING SHORT. 
          IT'D HAVE TO BE 45 DAYS. 
          I MEAN, YOU DO A, A SHORT PERIOD, BUT, UM, I, I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND OPENING UP EXISTING PROPOSALS FOR ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE FRANKLY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T WANT THAT TO BLEED OVER INTO EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO WITH THE CITY. 
          UM, BUT, BUT I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAYBE SOME AGENCIES, UM, WOULD APPRECIATE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AND, AND, AND I WOULD TACKLE IT WITH A SHORT SOLICITATION PERIOD IF WE HAD TO DO THAT. 
          YEAH, I WOULD VIEW THAT AS A, A COMPROMISE OF SOURCE. 
          I WOULD, I WOULD PREFER THAT ROUTE IF, IF OTHERS WOULD AS WELL. 
          UM, ON THE TOPIC OF REVENUE, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY RESIDENTS OPTED OUT OF THIS? WE, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE YET RECEIVED, 
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UH, THIS INFORMATION, BUT DO WE KNOW HOW MANY RESIDENTS OPTED OUT OF THE REBATE AND THEN HOW MANY OF THE LARGEST, UH, COMMERCIAL USERS DID THE SAME? WE CAN GET IT AND WE'LL SUBMIT IT IN A MEMO TO THE COUNCIL NEXT WEEK, BROKEN DOWN BY CLASS, BY, UH, RATE CLASS. 
          UM, AND I ALSO GUESS I GENERALLY WANT TO ADDRESS THE, UM, THE BUSINESS COMPONENT OF, I MADE COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS DOING MORE THAN THEIR FAIR SHARE RIGHT NOW WHEN COMMERCIAL, UH, CUS UH, RATE PAYERS ARE NOT DOING THEIR FAIR SHARE. 
          AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE SMALL, SMALL BUSINESSES, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE LARGEST CORPORATIONS. 
          AND SO I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A, A RATE RESTRUCTURE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, I'M TALKING ABOUT, UH, THOSE ON THE LARGER END OF THE PAYING SCALE GET PAYING MORE OF THEIR FAIR SHARE AND THOSE ON THE LOWER END, THE SMALLER CUSTOMERS HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RELIEF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. 
          HDA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE FUNDS FROM DIGITAL INCLUSION GOING TO BOTH CONSTRUCTION GRANT PROGRAMMING AND THEN, UM, AND COMMUNITY SAFETY. 
          UM, SPECIFICALLY UNDER COMMUNITY SAFETY. 
          I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          UM, I, I, I AGREE WITH, UM, TWO OF THE, WHAT, WHAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED TODAY. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO START TALKING VERY SERIOUSLY ABOUT LIGHTING AS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND THEN ALSO THE OPIOID OVERDOSE, UM, WHICH IS ANOTHER, IF NOT PANDEMIC ENDEMIC. 
          UM, SO THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS UNDER COMMUNITY SAFETY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I'M LOOKING AT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, BUCKET. 
          WOULD THERE BE OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY USE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE, THE CODE COMPLIANCE ABATEMENT FUND? THEY CAN'T BE OF THE RESTRICTED. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I JUST ALSO WANTED TO EXPRESS SUPPORT, UM, FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, PRIMARILY THOSE IMPACTED BY CONSTRUCTION. 
          UM, BUT I ALSO KNOW WE ALSO NEED TO IDENTIFY A BUCKET, RIGHT? TO SUPPORT, UH, THAT, SO, UM, JUST HEARING THE CONVERSATION, I WOULD ALSO BE SUPPORTIVE OF SHIFTING SOME OF THOSE DIGITAL INCLUSION DOLLARS TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS, UH, AS WELL AS UH, COMMUNITY SAFETY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          ALRIGHT, HELPFUL DISCUSSION. 
          ERIC, DO WE NEED TO, DO YOU WANNA SUMMARIZE ANYTHING YOU HEARD OR ARE YOU ALL CLEAR? ALL CLEAR? AND WE'VE GOT GOVERNANCE NEXT WEDNESDAY, SO WE'LL BRING THE THREE NINE PLUS THE THREE SEVEN. 
          UM, WE'RE NOT DOING ANY, WE'RE GONNA HOLD ONTO THE FEMA MONEY. 
          WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANY COMMUNITY SAFETY MONEY RIGHT NOW. 
          WE HAVE TO GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ALONG. 
          UM, THE, UH, $1.8 MILLION FOR DIGITAL. 
          UM, WE'RE JUST GONNA HOLD ONTO THAT 'CAUSE I THINK THE COUNCIL REALLY NEEDS TO SEE THE PRESENTATION IN MARCH BEFORE WE MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS. 
          BUT I HEAR, UH, THE PRIORITY OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND, UM, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE BUDGET CALENDAR AND, AND MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TWEAKS AND, AND SEND IT BACK OUT TO THE COUNCIL SO WE CAN GET IT SQUARED AWAY HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK. 
          OKAY? YEP. 
          THANKS MAYOR. 
          GREAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION
At any time during the meeting, the City Council may recess into executive session in the Presidio Conference Room to consult with the City Attorney's Office (Texas Government Code Section 551.071) and deliberate or discuss any of the following:
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UH, THANKS EVERYBODY. 
          GOOD DISCUSSION. 
          THE TIME IS 3:43 PM ON EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087 TO PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. 
          ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          TIME IS FIVE 1:00 PM ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 2023. 
          CITY COUNCIL IS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. 
          OUR B SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED. 
          UH, WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING.
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