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          ANTONIO IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS TODAY. 
          WE'RE DOING THAT TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS FOR US TODAY. 
          THE TIME IS 2:02 PM ON THE 22ND OF MARCH, 2023. 
          WE'LL CALL OUR B SESSION TO ORDER. 
          MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GA VARDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BLIS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR EHRENBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALRIGHT, WELCOME AGAIN, EVERYONE TO OUR B SESSION. 
          WE HAVE ONE ITEM 
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ON THE AGENDA TODAY. 
          UH, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH TO GET US STARTED. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          SO, UM, TODAY'S B SESSION IS A, UM, HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          MANY OF YOU'LL RECALL THAT, UH, LAST SUMMER, UH, AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, UM, PART OF THIS WORK EFFORT, UM, WAS, WAS LAID OUT BY THE DEPARTMENT TO REALLY BEGIN TO REFRESH AND REDO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          UM, THE, UH, DEPARTMENT COMPLETED A STRATEGIC PLAN IN 2012, UM, AND UPDATED IT IN 2015. 
          UM, BUT ANIMAL WELFARE AND A C S, UM, LOOK VERY DIFFERENT THAN IT DID 10 YEARS AGO. 
          SOME ELEMENTS THAT YOU'LL HEAR AND THAT YOU KNOW VERY WELL ARE, ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS THEY THEY'VE BEEN FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. 
          BUT, UM, THE DEPARTMENT TOOK A A UNIQUE APPROACH THAT, UM, I THINK IS A MODEL FOR HOW WE DO STRATEGIC PLANS. 
          AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL CUT TO THE, TO THE MYSTERY THERE. 
          UH, THE DEPARTMENT SPENT, UH, A LOT OF TIME TALKING TO EMPLOYEES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM THEM AS WE DEVELOPED, UH, THIS GAME PLAN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          SO, A C S STARTED WORKING ON THIS LAST YEAR, AND OVER THE PAST YEAR, THEY'VE, THEY'VE STUCK TO A VERY THOROUGH PROCESS THAT THEY'LL OUTLINE FOR YOU TO UPDATE THE STRATEGIC PLAN, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS FOCUSED ON, ON ENGAGING KEYTE STAKEHOLDERS LIKE STAFF, AS I MENTIONED, RESCUE GROUPS AND OTHER PARTNERS, UM, STAFF AND PUBLIC SURVEYS, UH, THAT THEY CONDUCTED, UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND FOCUS GROUPS, AND THEN THEIR OWN BEST PRACTICES RESEARCH. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, TODAY IS ABOUT GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL ON THE ENTIRE FRAMEWORK. 
          AND, UM, AS WE LAUNCH INTO OUR OWN WORK FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'LL HAVE THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WORK SESSION ON APRIL 13TH, THE TRIAL BUDGET ON MAY 10TH. 
          UM, UM, CERTAINLY WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY BUDGET SURVEY THAT'LL RUN FROM MID-MAY TO MIDDLE OF JUNE AND A REPORT TO THE COUNCIL THERE AT THE END OF JUNE. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, WE ARE ANTICIPATING OR ASKING THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT THIS STRATEGIC PLAN AS PART OF OUR F Y 24, UM, UH, ANNUAL BUDGET. 
          SO, UH, PRESENTING THE, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, WILL BE, UH, SHANNON SIMS, OUR DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, BRAD DAVENPORT, AND ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR, UH, SHANNON OSTER GABRIELSSON. 
          UH, BUT TO KICK OFF TODAY'S PRESENTATION, UH, I WANNA INVITE THE CHAIR OF THE A C SS ADVISORY BOARD. 
          RITA, BRAD BRADHAM, BRADHAM TO, UH, KINDA KICK US OFF. 
          UM, RITA HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE BOARD SINCE 2015. 
          UM, ACTUALLY I DON'T THINK THAT'S CORRECT BECAUSE THROUGH 2010. 
          YEAH. 
          'CAUSE 
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YOU WERE THERE IN 2012. 
          UM, BUT, UH, CERTAINLY ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT THE A C SS BOARD, UM, PROBABLY ONE OF OUR MOST ENGAGING BOARDS AT THE CITY EVER PRESENT AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND, UH, BUDGET HEARINGS, UM, BUT HAVE ALSO BEEN VERY KEY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PLAN OVER THE LAST YEAR. 
          SO I WANTED TO ASK RITA TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS BEFORE WE START OFF. 
          RITA. 
          OKAY. 
          MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          I AM, AS ERIC SAID, RITA BROGAN, AND I'M CHAIR OF THE A C S ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTING DISTRICT FOUR. 
          I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE 2010 AND INVOLVED IN ANIMAL WELFARE LONG BEFORE THOSE YEARS. 
          IN MY TENURE WITH A C S I HAVE SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER, A RESCUE PARTNER, A BOARD MEMBER AND CHAIR. 
          I HAVE PROUDLY BEEN PART OF THREE WAVES OF ANIMAL CARE INNOVATION. 
          THE FIRST STRATEGIC PLAN IN 2007 WAS SOLELY FOCUSED ON INCREASING THE LIVE RELEASE. 
          AND THAT WAS ALSO THE YEAR THAT WE OPENED THE NEW FACILITY OUT ON 1 51. 
          THE NEXT PLAN WAS IN 2012. 
          THAT WAS THE FIRST ROBUST STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          I AM PROUD OF WHAT THE NEW STRATEGIC PLAN WILL MEAN TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THIS PLAN TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY HOLISTICALLY, ALL THE WAY FROM PUBLIC SAFETY, HUMANE PET CARE, LIFE PLACEMENT, AND SPAY NEUTER ACCESSIBILITY. 
          BEFORE I SIT DOWN, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE A C S TEAMS, UH, THEIR DEDICATION TO DEVELOPING THIS PLAN AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO ANIMAL WELFARE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          THEY HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THIS PLAN, AND I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THEM TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU TODAY. 
          UH, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT SHANNON OG. 
          SHE IS GOING TO TELL YOU THE PROCESS, UH, FOLLOWED BY PRESENTATIONS FROM THE REST OF THE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU, SHANNON. 
          THANK YOU, RITA. 
          MY NAME IS SHANNON OSTER GABRIELSSON. 
          I'M THE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR AT ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          MANY PEOPLE OFTEN REFER TO ME, 'CAUSE YOU CAN SEE MY NAME IS THE LONGEST ONE UP THERE, SHANNON OG, OR JUST OG. 
          AND I ALSO SHARE THE NAME WITH THE DIRECTOR, SO IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER. 
          WE STARTED OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS JUST OVER A YEAR AGO. 
          WE BROKE OUT OUR PLAN INTO THREE PHASES, DISCOVERY, ENGAGEMENT, AND FINALIZATION PHASES. 
          WE TRIED TO FIND A BALANCED APPROACH OF COMMUNITY INPUT, RESEARCH AND INFORMATION GATHERING TO PUT THE BEST PLAN FORWARD FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          COMMUNITY INPUT WAS THE CORNERSTONE OF THAT PLAN. 
          IT STARTED WITH A COMMUNITY SURVEY LAST SPRING. 
          WE PUT OUT THAT SURVEY AND ASKED OUR RESIDENTS FOR INPUT. 
          WE DID OUR SURVEY DIGITALLY AND IN PERSON. 
          PROVIDING THE SURVEY IN PERSON WAS A CRITICAL STEP BECAUSE WE WANNA ENSURE PEOPLE WITHOUT DIGITAL ACCESS COULD PARTICIPATE. 
          WE USED TOOLS FROM THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION TO IDENTIFY KEY AREAS IN THE CITY WHERE PEOPLE WERE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE DIGITAL ACCESS. 
          THAT RESULTED IN HAVING 42 IN IN-PERSON LOCATIONS. 
          WE WENT TO LIBRARIES, REC LEAGUES, AND EVEN LUCY'S DOGGY DAYCARE. 
          WE HAD OVER 3,100 SURVEY RESPONSES. 
          THIS IS A VERY GOOD RESPONSE RATE FOR THIS TYPE OF SURVEY. 
          AND WHAT DID WE LEARN? THE TOP THREE AREAS ARE CONTROLLING THE ANIMAL POPULATION THROUGH SPAY NEUTER, ENFORCEMENT OF ANIMAL RELATED LAWS, AND INCREASING THE LIVE RELEASE RATE BY FINDING PLACEMENT FOR PETS AT A C S. 
          THE NEXT PIECE OF COMMUNITY INPUT WAS HOLDING FIVE IN-PERSON MEETINGS THIS LAST SUMMER. 
          WE HIRED MAYLEE WATTS WHITTEN OF ENGAGE BETWEEN WHO SPECIALIZES IN INCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH ORGANIZATIONS. 
          WE FELT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIRE AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT 'CAUSE WE WANTED SOMEONE BESIDES A C S TO COME TO THOSE MEETINGS WITHOUT OUR INTERNAL BIASES AND BELIEFS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE. 
          WE ALSO WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO FEEL COMFORTABLE TALKING TO SOMEONE THAT WASN'T A C S ABOUT THESE ISSUES. 
          AS A RESULT, WHAT WE LEARNED WAS THAT STRAY AND ROAMING DOGS ARE BY AND FAR THE LARGEST CONCERN IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          PEOPLE CONTINUOUSLY SAID THAT THEY DO NOT FEEL SAFE WALKING DOWN THE STREET. 
          THEY ALSO FELT NOT ONLY PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO PUBLIC SAFETY FOR ANIMALS. 
          THEY TALKED ABOUT WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND SEEING THE CONDITION THAT THEIR NEIGHBOR'S DOG IS IN, AND THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT. 
          LIFESAVING OPTIONS ALSO IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP FREQUENTLY. 
          THEY ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE SPAY NEUTERING SERVICES AND THE AFFORDABILITY OF THOSE SERVICES. 
          THE IMPACT IN THE NATIONAL VET SHORTAGE HAS HAD AN 
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IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY FOR SPAY NEUTER SERVICES. 
          WE ALSO NEED TO BOOST PUBLIC AWARENESS OF A C SS AT THESE MEETINGS. 
          OUR ROLE, AND AS THE DEPARTMENT IS, WE SAT AND WE LISTENED. 
          WE DIDN'T STAND UP AND CORRECT INFORMATION. 
          WE DIDN'T TALK TO THE RESIDENTS. 
          WE JUST LISTENED. 
          AND WHAT WE HEARD WAS A LOT OF MISINFORMATION. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEONE SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT IDEA IS WHY DON'T YOU GUYS START PAYING YOUR RESCUE PARTNERS? WELL, IN FACT, WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST RESCUE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY, SO WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO THERE. 
          THE LAST PART OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT PHASE OR COMMUNITY INPUT GATHERING WAS HOLDING A PARTNER FOCUS GROUP. 
          WE HELD A VIRTUAL FOCUS GROUP IN OCTOBER BECAUSE OUR PARTNERS ARE CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ANIMAL WELFARE. 
          THESE PARTNERS INCLUDED VOLUNTEERS, RESCUE GROUPS, SPAY, NEUTER GROUPS, FOSTERS, AND EVEN THE ZOO. 
          AND WHAT DID THEY SAY? THEY ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE AMOUNT OF MISINFORMATION ABOUT A C S. 
          IT'S HARD TO GET LIVE HELP AT A C S. 
          WE DO BELIEVE THAT AS PART OF OUR F Y 23 BUDGET INITIATIVE TO BRING A CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM TO A C S, THAT THIS IS GONNA BE IMPROVED IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. 
          THEY ALSO WANNA SEE AN INCREASE IN EDUCATION TO SUPPORT HUMANE PET CARE. 
          THEY SAID THERE'S A RISE OF PET DISEASE IN THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY. 
          THEY WANNA SEE ACCESS TO VETS, SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS AND FOR PARTNERS IMPROVED. 
          AND THEY WANNA CONTINUE TO SEE OUR LIFESAVING OPTIONS IMPROVED. 
          AS ERIC SAID, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE DEVELOPED THIS PLAN WAS USING STAFF FEEDBACK. 
          WE DID THAT THROUGH DOING A STAFF SURVEY AND A RETREAT. 
          THE PROGRAMMATIC FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED WAS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH MUST BE STRENGTHENED. 
          STAFF WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE MORE COMMUNITY CLASSES AND STAFF BELIEVE THAT INCREASING ACCESS TO LOW COST VETERINARY SERVICE IS SOMETHING THAT WE MUST START ADDRESSING. 
          NOW, ORGANIZATIONALLY, THEY SAID THEY WANNA SEE A COHESIVE GOAL. 
          THEY, THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES OF A C SS. 
          WE HAVE ONE DIVISION THAT DIRECTLY MAY COMPETE WITH ANOTHER DIVISION'S GOALS. 
          SO WE HAVE SOMEONE OUT IN THE FIELD THAT MAYBE SEE AS ANIMALS THAT WE NEED TO INTAKE AND WE NEED TO IMPOUND. 
          BUT OUR LIVE RELEASE TEAM MIGHT BE SAYING, WAIT, PUMP THE BRAKES. 
          WE NEED TO GET THESE ANIMALS OUTTA HERE FIRST. 
          SO WE HAVE DIRECT COMPETITION, SO WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THAT UNIFIED VISION OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS. 
          THEY ALSO WANNA SEE INCREASED, IMPROVED COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT ALL LEVELS. 
          STAFF BURNOUT WAS ALSO AN AREA THAT WE HEARD ON ALMOST EVERY STAFF THAT WAS SURVEYED AND EVERY PERSON AT THE RETREAT. 
          BURNOUT IS A REAL ISSUE AT A C S AND SHANNON SIMS IS GONNA ADDRESS THAT LATER IN HIS PRESENTATION. 
          BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THE BURNOUT AT AT A STAFF MEMBER OF A C S IS ALMOST UNIVERSAL, WHERE THEY, THEY FEEL SOME SORT OF COMPASSION FATIGUE. 
          WHETHER YOU'RE OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOU SEE CONDITIONS OF HOW AN ANIMAL IS TREATED, OR YOU'RE IN OUR KENNELS AND TAKING CARE OF THAT ANIMAL LATER ON, IT'S A DIFFICULT JOB. 
          WE ALSO NEED TO INCREASE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF. 
          WE DID KEY INTERVIEWS FOR KEY STAKEHOLDERS ON OUR STAFF AS WELL. 
          AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID IS THEY WANNA SEE ACCESSIBLE LOW COST VETERINARY SERVICES, RESOURCES TO KEEP PETS AND THEIR FAMILIES TOGETHER. 
          AND ENCOURAGING PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR STAFF. 
          AGAIN, IDENTIFYING A UNIFIED GOAL AND MISSION FOR A C S AND THEN REDEFINING AC S'S ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE A C S ADVISORY BOARD HAS BEEN INVOLVED FROM THE START OF THE PLAN. 
          ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID LAST SPRING WAS COMPLETE INTERVIEWS WITH ALL ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS. 
          AND THEN IN THE SUMMER, WE FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH AN ADVISORY BOARD RETREAT. 
          BEFORE THAT RETREAT, ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS WERE GIVEN HOMEWORK. 
          THEY WERE ASKED TO GET OUT IN THEIR DISTRICTS AND TALK TO RESIDENTS. 
          AND BECAUSE OF THAT PROCESS, WE RECEIVED VERY THOUGHTFUL FEEDBACK FROM OUR BOARD MEMBERS. 
          WHAT THEY SAID WAS THAT WE NEED TO REDUCE THE STRAIN ROAMING POPULATION. 
          WE NEED TO MAKE SPAY NEUTER AND LOW COST VET CARE MORE ACCESSIBLE. 
          WE NEED TO INCREASE THE COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF RESPONSIBLE PET CARE. 
          WE NEED TO INCREASE COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF A C SS AS A RESOURCE, AND WE NEED TO KEEP PETS IN THEIR HOMES THROUGH ASSISTANCE OR INTERVENTION. 
          OH, I DO WANNA GO BACK. 
          ONE OF THE, THE QUOTE ON THE SCREEN IS CHANGING THE CULTURE OF HOW PETS ARE VIEWED IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS SAID IN OUR RETREAT, AND IT REALLY RESONATED WITH THE REST OF OUR BOARD. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WAS REPRESENTED TODAY. 
          WE JUST FINISHED OUR BEST PRACTICE RESEARCH RESEARCH. 
          THIS TOOK THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR, GATHERING INFORMATION FROM OTHER CITIES, OTHER ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS, AND DOING A FULL STATISTICAL REVIEW OF ANY DATA WE COULD GET OUR HANDS ON. 
          AND WHAT WE LEARNED WAS PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE PLACEMENT OF ANIMALS ARE CRITICAL COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES WITH PETS. 
          IT'S A NEW TOOL THAT MANY SHELTERS ARE UTILIZE UTILIZING. 
          THIS IS SIMILAR TO OUR CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM 
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OR WHAT WE REFER TO AS CASA. 
          AND A LOT OF THESE SHELTERS ARE IMPLEMENTING IT WITH THE GOAL TO KEEP PETS IN THEIR HOMES OUT OF THE SHELTER AND OFF THE STREETS. 
          MANDATORY SPAY NEUTER IS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL IN PREVENTING ANIMAL OVERPOPULATION. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, IN TEXAS, MUNICIPALITIES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MANDATE SPAY NEUTER. 
          WE ARE THE ONLY STATE LEFT IN THE UNITED STATES THAT IS NOT ABLE TO DO THIS. 
          TRAP. 
          NEUTER AND RETURN, OR T N R SURGERIES ARE A WIDESPREAD EFFECTIVE TOOL IN MANAGING FERAL CAT POPULATIONS WITH STRONG PARAMETERS TO THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THEN BEHAVIOR AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS IS ALSO A WIDELY USED TOOL TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PETS ON A CAMPUS AND MAKE THEM MORE ADOPTABLE. 
          AND FINALLY, MANAGED INTAKE PROGRAMS HAS BEEN A USEFUL STRATEGY TO KEEP PETS OUTTA THE SHELTERS. 
          BUT THE IMPACT OF THOSE IS VARIES ACROSS EVERY ORGANIZATION, AND WE NEED TO FIND THE BEST FIT FOR OUR CAMPUS. 
          AS WE PULLED ALL THESE PIECES TOGETHER OF THE PROCESS, WE IDENTIFIED A LOT OF COMMON THEMES, AND WE DEVELOPED THE NEXT FIVE FOCUS AREAS THAT SHANNON SIMS WILL PRESENT. 
          THANK YOU, SHANNON. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          AS SHANNON OG HAS SAID, WE'VE TAKEN ALL THE INPUT AND INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GATHERED INTO THESE FIVE FOCUS AREAS. 
          EACH FOCUS AREA HAS GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND TACTICS. 
          TODAY, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE FIVE FOCUS AREAS AND THE GOALS ASSOCIATED. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, OUR FIVE FOCUS AREAS ARE SUPPORTING A SAFE COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, PROTECTING THE SAFETY AND HUMANE TREATMENT OF PETS, SUPPORTING THE PLACEMENT OF PETS FOR LIFE, FOSTERING POSITIVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH, UH, POSITIVE CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND EMPOWERING A HEALTHY AND THRIVING WORKFORCE. 
          FOCUS AREA NUMBER ONE IS, UH, IS ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING A SAFE COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THE FIRST GOAL WITHIN THIS IS PERSONAL SAFETY TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO FEEL SAFE FROM ANIMALS WHILE WALKING AND PLAYING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THE NUMBER ONE COMMENT THAT WE HEARD AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS IS THAT PEOPLE WANNA WALK DOWN THE STREET WITHOUT SEEING ROAMING DOGS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THIS FIRST BY REDUCING THE STRAY ROAMING POPULATION THROUGH SPAY AND NEUTER INCREASES. 
          I PUT AN EMPHASIS ON ROAMING BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT MOST OF THE ANIMALS THAT WE SEE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE OWNED. 
          IN 2019, WE COMPLETED A STUDY AND FOUND THAT AT ANY GIVEN TIME IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 34,000 ANIMALS ROAMING FREE OF RESTRAINT. 
          OF THOSE 34,000, 90% ARE LIKELY OWNED. 
          THIS PERCENTAGE OF ANIMALS BEING OWNED WAS VALIDATED RECENTLY, UH, THROUGH EFFORTS IN OUR CANVASSING TEAM IN DISTRICT TWO AND THREE, UH, WHICH BRAD WILL SPEAK TO MORE IN DEPTH JUST A LITTLE BIT LATER. 
          THE SECOND OBJECTIVE THAT WE WANT, UH, TO HELP MAKE, MAKE, TO HELP US MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER IS THROUGH INCREASING RESPONSIVENESS AND COMPLIANCES OF, OF BITES AND DANGEROUS INVESTIGATIONS. 
          THIRD, I WANNA EXPAND OUR PRESENCE IN THE FIELD THROUGH CANVASSING. 
          AND BRAD, AGAIN, WILL SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL. 
          THE SECOND GOAL, PUBLIC SAFETY IS REALLY ABOUT THE SYSTEM. 
          TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY, WE NEED TO ENSURE OUR CURRENT SYSTEM AND FUTURE SYSTEMS CAN SUPPORT OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. 
          WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR INTER-AGENCY PARTNERS AND NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS WE IMPLEMENT OUR PLAN TO HOLD THE COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABLE. 
          FOCUS AREA NUMBER TWO IS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY OF PETS PROTECTING THE SAFETY AND HUMANE TREATMENT OF OUR PETS. 
          THE FIRST GOAL IS KEEPING ANIMALS SAFE FROM OTHER ANIMALS. 
          THE PRIMARY WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS IS TO REDUCE THE STRAY AND ROAMING PET POPULATION ONCE AGAIN. 
          UH, AND WE MUST CONTINUE TO REINFORCE THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING PETS SECURE ON THEIR PROPERTY. 
          THE SECOND WAY WE'LL KEEP PETS SAFE IS TO MITIGATE DISEASE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE'D LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS BY EXPANDING COMMUNITY VACCINE CLINICS TO RESIDENTS. 
          CURRENTLY, WE PROVIDE UP TO 2,400 VACCINES A YEAR THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE. 
          OUR INTENT IS TO RAMP UP TO 10,000 VACCINES BY YEAR SIX, UH, TO PROTECT PETS NOT ONLY AGAINST RABIES, BUT ALSO AGAINST THE DEADLIEST DISEASES TO OUR PETS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH ARE DISTEMPER, PARVO, KSI VIRUS, AND PAN LEUKOPENIA. 
          THIRD, WE WANNA PROTECT OUR PETS BY, UH, BY INCREASING THE RESPONSIVENESS AND COMPLIANCE OF AGGRESSIVE INVESTIGATIONS CASES. 
          THE SECOND GOAL IN THIS FOCUS AREA IS CREATING A COMMUNITY STANDARD OF CARE FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE WANNA START WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO START BUILDING THAT STANDARD. 
          CURRENTLY, LAWS AND ORDINANCES SET THE MINIMUM STANDARD FOR FOOD, WATER, SHELTER, AND MEDICAL CARE. 
          BUT WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO, TO DEMAND MORE FROM OWNERS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR PET 
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AND YOUR COMMUNITY IS TO SPAY OR NEUTER, AND ALSO TO FULLY VACCINATE YOUR ANIMAL EVERY YEAR. 
          WE DON'T MAN THAT MANDATE THIS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT WE HOPE THAT THAT SHOULD BE AN EXPECTATION. 
          WE NEED TO DO BETTER THAN THE BARE MINIMUM AS A COMMUNITY. 
          THE THIRD GOAL IS PROTECTING HU UH, PETS FROM HUMANS. 
          UH, THESE HAVE BEEN WHAT WE TRADITIONALLY HAVE CALLED OUR CRUELTY CASES. 
          CRUELTY CASES, UH, I'LL TELL YOU, TAKE A TAKE A LONG TIME TO WORK. 
          AND WE CURRENTLY MUST PRIORITIZE THE MOST DEVASTATING CASES. 
          WE NEED TO DO MORE TO ADDRESS NOT ONLY THE MOST EGREGIOUS, BUT ALSO TO ADDRESS LOWER LEVEL CRUELTY AND NEGLECT THAT WILL, IF LEFT UNCHECKED, EVENTUALLY EVOLVE INTO SEVERE CRUELTY. 
          ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES THAT WE WANNA WORK ON IS ELIMINATED ILLEGAL AND INHUMANE BREEDING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          WE MUST TACKLE THE BACK, UH, THE MANY BACKYARD BREEDERS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          BUT MUCH OF THIS REQUIRES NOT ONLY EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATIONS AND FIELD WORK, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PROSECUTE AND LOCATE THE INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THEIR ONLINE POSTINGS. 
          THE THIRD FOCUS AREA IS SUPPORTING THE PLACEMENT OF PETS FOR LIFE. 
          THIS IS TRADITIONALLY THOUGHT OF AS OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE. 
          THE FIRST GOAL, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NEVER REALLY FOCUSED ON BEFORE, IS SHELTER PREVENTION. 
          AND THIS STARTS BEFORE A PET EVEN ARRIVES AT OUR CAMPUS. 
          MANY PETS ARE ALREADY IN THEIR LOVING AND FOREVER HOME, BUT THEIR FAMILIES LACK THE MEANS TO KEEP THOSE PETS. 
          WE'LL DO THIS THROUGH SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RESOURCES TO PREVENT OWNER SURRENDERS. 
          RETURN PETS TO OWNERS WHEN WE FIND THEM FROM ROAMING FREE OF RESTRAINT TO RE REUNITE THEM AND EDUCATING OWNERS ON THE DANGERS OF FREE ROAMING PETS, AS WELL AS MORE EFFECTIVE MEANS OF RESTRAINT. 
          THE SECOND GOAL IS ENHANCE SHELTER CARE. 
          WHEN AN ANIMAL ARRIVES AT OUR SHELTER, IT'S PROBABLY THE SCARIEST DAY OF THEIR LIFE. 
          THAT'S WHY WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STANDARD OF CARE FOR THE PETS AT OUR SHELTER. 
          FREQUENTLY WE SEE A DOG COWERING IN THE BACK OF A KENNEL OR SNARLING AT THE FRONT OF THE KENNEL BECAUSE THEY'RE EITHER SHUT DOWN OR THEY'RE SCARED. 
          WE WANNA INCREASE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND THEIR CHANCES OF GETTING PLACEMENT BY PROVIDING THEM ENRICHMENT, ALLOWING THAT ANIMAL TO DECOMPRESS THROUGH ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO COME OUT OF THEIR SHELL WILL ALLOW THEM TO BECOME A MORE HIGHLY ADOPTABLE ANIMAL. 
          IN MOST CASES, THIS NOT ONLY CREATES ADOPTABLE ANIMALS AND REDUCES THEIR TIME IN THE SHELTER, BUT IT ALSO CREATES MORE SPACE FOR OTHER ANIMALS THAT NEED TO COME INTO THE SHELTER. 
          THE THIRD GOAL IS SHELTER PLACEMENT. 
          WE NEED TO DIVERSIFY OUR LIVE PLACEMENT OPTIONS BY USING TRANSPORT, FOSTERING ADOPTIONS AND RESCUE. 
          EFFECTIVELY, A C S HAS EXCELLENT PARTNERS IN OUR RESCUE GROUPS, MAYBE THE BEST RESCUE PARTNERS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          WE HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST, IF NOT THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PETS THAT ARE RESCUED FROM OUR SHELTERS COMPARED TO OUR PEERS. 
          BUT WHEN OUR PARTNERS ARE AT CAPACITY AND THEY CAN'T PULL ANY MORE ANIMALS, I NEED TO HAVE MORE DIVERSE OPTIONS. 
          TO FIND PLACEMENT, WE NEED TO CREATE A STAFFED TRANSPORT PROGRAM AND STAFFED FOSTER PROGRAM TEAMS THAT PROVIDES SUP UH, SUPPORTED AND EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE OUTCOMES FOR ANIMALS THAT ARE IN OUR CARE. 
          THE FOURTH FOCUS AREA IS FOSTERING POSITIVE CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE FIRST GOAL IS INCREASING AWARENESS OF A C S. 
          WE HEARD A LOT OF MISINFORMATION ABOUT A C S AT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS ON OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY. 
          ONLY 56% OF THOSE THAT TOOK THE SURVEY SAID THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THE CURRENT ANIMAL RELATED LAWS. 
          KEEP IN MIND, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY SOUGHT OUT AN ANIMAL CARE SERVICES SURVEY. 
          WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF DEFINING WHAT A C S DOES BY CREATING A ROBUST, MULTI-PRONGED MARKETING STRATEGY AND STOP THE SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION. 
          THE SECOND GOAL IS TO GROW TRUST BETWEEN A C S AND THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY. 
          THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN THROUGH ELEVATED TRANSPARENCY. 
          WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT OUR PRACTICES. 
          SOMETIMES THE INFORMATION ISN'T PRETTY, BUT WE STILL WANNA SHARE IT. 
          WE WANNA EXPAND, UH, THAT AND SHARE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE, WHETHER IT'S GOOD NEWS OR BAD NEWS, AND MAKE IT MORE USER-FRIENDLY FOR THE END USERS. 
          WHETHER THIS IS ABOUT OUR ADOPTABLE ANIMALS ON FACEBOOK OR A PUBLIC DASHBOARD, WE'RE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THIS TRANSPARENCY. 
          THE THIRD GOAL IS ABOUT COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY. 
          I'VE SPOKEN REPEATEDLY OVER MY NINE YEARS WITH THE CITY ABOUT THE FREE ROAMING DOG PROBLEM AND THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL OWNER RESPONSIBILITY. 
          WE WILL NEVER SOLVE THIS PROBLEM WITHOUT COMMUNITY ACTION. 
          IT'S FAR MORE EFFECTIVE TO HAVE NEIGHBORS EDUCATING NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS ON RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP THAN TO HAVE ME UP HERE PREACHING TO RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT'S REQUIRED OR EXPECTED OF THEM BY THE LAW. 
          WE NEED TO LEVERAGE COMMUNITY-BASED ACTION BETTER. 
          THE FIFTH AND 
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FINAL FOCUS AREA IS ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT. 
          IT MAY SEEM OBVIOUS TO INCLUDE EMPLOYEES, AND YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD ALWAYS BE A PRIORITY. 
          I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES AT A C SS HAVE ONE OF THE HARDEST JOBS IN THE CITY. 
          I PERSONALLY, AND I KNOW YOU'VE ALL SEEN IT, GET A LOT OF HATE MAIL. 
          THAT'S PART OF MY JOB, AND I CAN HANDLE IT. 
          IT'S NOT OKAY THOUGH FOR MY STAFF TO TAKE THAT KIND OF UNRELENTING ABUSE. 
          THE FIRST GOAL IS TO ATTRACT, DEVELOP, AND RETAIN QUALITY EMPLOYEES, ENSURING THAT WE'RE BRINGING THE BEST PEOPLE TO A C SS THAT HAVE THE NECESSARY PASSION FOR SAVING ANIMALS, AND THEN PROVIDING THEM THAT NECESSARY TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE THEM READY TO THRIVE IN THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIFE. 
          WHETHER IT BE WITH A C S, WITH CITY COUNCIL, OR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY. 
          THE SECOND GOAL IS TO HAVE THE REQUISITE STRUCTURAL HEALTH THESE TEAMS NEED TO SUCCEED. 
          THIS MEANS WE HAVE THE VEHICLES, COMPUTERS, FACILITY AND STAFF TO INCLUDE REDUNDANCY TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR FOCUS AREAS AND ACHIEVE ALL OF OUR GOALS. 
          THE THIRD GOAL IS TO ENSURE PERSONAL WELLBEING OF MY STAFF. 
          AND I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL PIECES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TAKING WORK HOME. 
          IT LOOKS A LOT DIFFERENT AT A C S THAN IT DOES IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          THEY MAY, UH, MY STAFF MAY CLOCK OUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, TAKE HOME A SICK FOSTER DOG OR A LITTER OF BOTTLE BABY KITTENS TO CARE FOR ALL NIGHT LONG. 
          UH, AND THEN WE EXPECT THEM TO BE UP, READY TO ROLL THE NEXT DAY. 
          THERE'S NEVER AN ABILITY TO SEPARATE. 
          MANY, IF NOT ALL, SUFFER FROM SOME FORM OF COMPASSION FATIGUE. 
          MANY HAVE SYMPTOMS OF P T S D. 
          I NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM THE ROBUST MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY FIELDS HAVE. 
          AND I NEED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO HAVE THE STAFF TRULY BE ABLE TO SEPARATE FROM WORK AND GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILY SO THEY CAN COME BACK TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. 
          IN CONCLUSION, THIS PLAN IS COMPREHENSIVE AND FOCUSED ON MOVING ALL THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE A C SS MISSION FORWARD IN A FASHION THAT ENSURES PUBLIC SAFETY, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND PLACEMENT OF ANIMALS ARE ACHIEVED IN THE LONG TERM. 
          NO SINGLE ASPECT OF THIS CAN TRULY BE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT THE ACCOMPANYING FOCUS AREAS. 
          AT THIS POINT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BRAD DAVENPORT TO DISCUSS IMMEDIATE ACTIONS A C SS HAS TAKEN IN RECENT WEEKS TO ADDRESS AGGRESSIVE AND DANGEROUS ANIMALS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU, SHANNON. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          AS A, AS OG MENTIONED IN THE FIRST SEGMENT OF THE PRESENTATION, THE A C SS STRATEGIC PLAN HAS BEEN METHODICAL AND RELIED ON INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT EACH STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE SADDEN HEARTBREAKING INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 24TH DID NOT CHANGE THE, THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          FOCUS AREAS AS A C S HAS COMMITTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          FIRST AND FOREMOST, AFTER HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY, PUBLIC SAFETY HAD ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITY NUMBER ONE IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          THE DETAILS THAT HAVE CHANGED ARE THAT WE HAVE FRONT LOADED THE REQUEST TO ACCELERATE THE PLAN REGARDING PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          ADDITIONALLY, IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, A C S HAS BEGAN TO ORGANIZE A TIMELINE IN 1, 2, 3, AND FIVE YEAR PHASES. 
          AS WE BEGIN ORGANIZING THIS TIMELINE FOR THE STRATEGIC, THE STRATEGIC PLAN, A C S LEADERSHIP IDENTIFIED PUBLIC SAFETY ITEMS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WHICH COULD BE IMPLEMENTED IMMEDIATELY AND HAVE ALREADY BEEN INITIATED. 
          THESE ITEMS INCLUDE CHANGES TO BITE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, DANGEROUS DOG COMPLIANCE, AND OWNER ACCOUNTABILITY, AND PROACTIVE COMMUNITY CANVASSING. 
          THE FIRST POLICY UPDATE IS REGARDING THE TYPE OF CITATIONS ISSUED. 
          PREVIOUS FIELD OFFICERS HAVE HAD DISCRETION ON ISSUING CIVIL OR CRIMINAL CITATIONS FOR OFFENSES BASED ON THE SITUATION. 
          EACH SITUATION IS GENERALLY DETERMINED BY A REPEAT OFFENSE, SEVERITY OF BITE ANIMAL TO HUMAN RELATIONSHIP, AND HONESTLY, THE WILLINGNESS OF THE OWNER TO WORK WITH A C SS TO QUARANTINE AND PREVENT FUTURE INCIDENTS FROM OCCURRING. 
          A C S HAS UPDATED INTERNAL POLICY TO WRITE CRIMINAL CITATIONS FOR ANIMAL BITES. 
          WHEN THE ANIMAL IS FREE OF RESTRAINT, NOT CURRENT ON RABIES VACCINATIONS AND OR THE OWNER AND VICTIM ARE NOT THE SAME, THESE DISTINCTIONS WOULD TAKE PRIORITY OVER THE TYPE OF BITE BEING MILD, MODERATE, OR SEVERE. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN IF THE BITE IS CONSIDERED MILD, BUT THE DOG WAS FREE OF RESTRAINT, THE PET OWNER WILL NOW BE ISSUED A CRIMINAL CITATION MOVING FORWARD, CITATION MOVING FORWARD. 
          ADDITIONALLY, IN THE PAST, A C S HAS HAD ISSUED MORE CIVIL THAN CRIMINAL CITATIONS DUE TO CIVIL CITATIONS. 
          MOVING MORE QUICKLY THROUGH THE MUNICIPAL COURT SYSTEM, MUNICIPAL COURTS AND A C S HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER OF THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS TO ENSURE CRIMINAL CITATIONS ARE PRIORITIZED. 
          THE SECOND BITE POLICY CHANGE 
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WAS TO REVIEW THE HOME QUARANTINE PROCESS THAT WOULD HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON KENNEL CAPACITY AND OUR BITE INVESTIGATORS DAILY WORKLOAD. 
          CURRENTLY, WE HAVE ONE ISOLATION BUILDING WITH 55 KENNELS THAT HOUSE DOGS RELATED TO BITES, DANGEROUS AND CRUELTY CASES. 
          THERE IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH CAPACITY FOR ALL THE CASES THAT RUN CONSECUTIVELY FOR THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF INVESTIGATIONS. 
          THIS POLICY UPDATE WOULD ALLOW MILD AND MODERATE DOG BITES THAT WERE NOT FREE OF RESTRAINT AT THE TIME OF THE BITE AS UP TO DATE ON RABIES VACCINATIONS OR AS VICTOR ONAM, SAME CASE TO HOME QUARANTINE. 
          THIS WOULD FREE ADDITIONAL KENNEL SPACE FOR THE MORE SEVERE BITE CASES, DANGEROUS DOG INVESTIGATIONS OR CRUELTY CASES. 
          THE NEXT AREA THAT WE IMMEDIATELY ADDRESSED WAS DANGEROUS DOG POLICY CHANGES. 
          A C S RECEIVES OVER 350 DANGEROUS OR AGGRESSIVE DOG AFFIDAVITS ANNUALLY. 
          THE DANGEROUS AGGRESSIVE DOG INVESTIGATORS HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETION ON ENSURING EACH AFFIDAVIT IS REVIEWED AND DETERMINE IF EACH CASE IS FOUNDED OR UNFOUNDED. 
          THE CHALLENGE FOR THE TEAM IS FOLLOW UP FOR COMPLIANCE DUE TO RESOURCES. 
          IF A DOG IS DEEMED DANGEROUS, THERE ARE 10 REQUIREMENTS THE OWNER NEEDS TO PRODUCE EACH YEAR, AND THIS TAKES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME FOR AN INVESTIGATOR TO FOLLOW UP. 
          ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN THREEFOLD. 
          FIRST, A C S HAS REASSIGNED TWO FIELD SUPERVISORS WHO HAVE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN DANGEROUS DOG INVESTIGATIONS TO FOCUS ON COMPLIANCE. 
          THIS IS EFFICIENT, ALTHOUGH A NON-US SUSTAIN MODEL WITH CURRENT STAFFING, HOWEVER, HAS ALREADY HAD POSITIVE RESULTS WITH SEVERAL COMPLIANCE HEARINGS ALREADY COMPLETED. 
          AND WE'RE BUILDING 20 CASES EACH MONTH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. 
          SECOND, A C S IS COORDINATED WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS TO SCHEDULE UP TO AS MANY HEARINGS A MONTH FOR COMPLIANCE ISSUES AS NEEDED AND AS A C S CAN INVESTIGATE. 
          TOGETHER, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED DEDICATED TIME FOR HEARINGS IN COURT SPECIFIC TO DESIGNATED DANGEROUS DOG COMPLIANCE HEARINGS. 
          AND THIRD, S A P D HAS OFFERED SUPPORT ON SERVING HEARING NOTICES TO OWNERS FOR NON-COMPLIANCE. 
          THAT IS ESSENTIAL IN MOVING THIS PROCESS FORWARD. 
          THIS INCLUDES SS A P D AND A C S COORDINATING FULL DAYS TO ISSUE NOTICES FOR UPCOMING HEARINGS. 
          SO WE OFFICIALLY CAN ISSUE A FULL DOCKET OF HEARINGS WITHIN ONE DAY USING DEDICATED STAFF FROM BOTH DEPARTMENTS. 
          THE SECOND DANGEROUS DOG CHANGE IS THAT WE HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT THE AFFIDAVIT PROCESS IS COMPLICATED, AND SO WE'VE SIMPLIFIED IMPROVED ACCESS TO MAKE REPORTING EASIER AND TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. 
          THE A C S EDUCATION TEAM HAS CREATED A QUICK TWO MINUTE VIDEO IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH THAT EXPLAINS THE PROCESS AND WHY IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP IN INITIATING THE DANGEROUS OR AGGRESSIVE INVESTIGATION. 
          ALSO, THE AFFIDAVIT OR SWORN STATEMENT FORM HAS COMBINED BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH INTO ONE DOCUMENT. 
          SO RESIDENTS DO NOT NEED TO SEARCH THE COSA WEBSITE IN DIFFERENT PLACES FOR DIFFERENT VERSIONS BASED ON LANGUAGE. 
          AND LASTLY, SS A P D HAS OFFERED SUPPORT BY HAVING ALL SAFE OFFICERS BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE AFFIDAVIT PROCESS AND HAVE PRINTED FORMS WHEN THEY'RE AT LOCATION FOR WHEN THIS MAY BE APPLICABLE. 
          THE LAST COMPONENT FOR FIELD OPERATIONS IS THE CANVASSING DEPLOYMENT. 
          BEGINNING ON JANUARY 9TH, A C S INITIATED A CANVASSING PILOT THAT WAS LED BY OUR COMMUNITY ANIMAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, OR CASA THAT INCLUDED A TEAM OF FOUR CASE MANAGERS AND FOUR DISTRICT OFFICERS. 
          THE PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED AROUND ADDRESSING TWO KNOWN ISSUES THAT A A C S FACES IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT SIMS HAS ALREADY MENTIONED. 
          NUMBER ONE IS A C S IS UNABLE TO RESPOND TO 20,000 NON-AGGRESSIVE ROAMING DOG CALLS ANNUALLY. 
          AND TWO 90% OF THE 34,000 ROAMING DOGS IN SAN ANTONIO ARE OWNED PETS. 
          TO ADDRESS THIS, WE DESIGNED A PROACTIVE COMMUNITY CANVASSING PROGRAM THAT WOULD FOCUS ON RETURNING OWN DOGS TO THEIR OWNERS, PROVIDE A MICROCHIP REGISTERED TO THE OWNER, HELPING THE OWNER KEEP THE ANIMAL ON THEIR PROPERTY BY PROVIDING TANGIBLE RESOURCES SUCH AS HUMANE TETHERING. 
          THE INITIAL SIX WEEK PILOT THAT TOOK PLACE IN DISTRICT TWO AND DISTRICT THREE WAS LARGELY A SUCCESS AND RESULTED IN 699 RTOS, WHICH IS ANIMALS RETURNED TO OWNERS 619 MICROCHIPS, 90 DOGS REMOVED OFF OF HEAVY CHAINS AND 521 TANGIBLE RESOURCES TO KEEP THE ANIMAL ON THE PROPERTY. 
          THE RETURN TO OWNER METRIC IS IMPORTANT AS THE CANVASSING PROGRAM WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO BE AN INTAKE INITIATIVE. 
          PREVIOUS OPTION RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY MAY HAVE INCLUDED EITHER SWEEPING AN AREA AND IMPOUNDING ALL THE LOOSE DOGS WITHOUT MICROCHIPS, OR WHAT, WHAT SOME MUNICIPALITIES HAVE OPTED TO DO, REDUCING A PRESENCE OF FIELD OPERATIONS TO ENSURE THAT 
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THE LIVE RELEASE RATE IS HIGHER AT THE EXPENSE OF PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, SAN ANTONIO DOES NOT HAVE THIS AS A REALISTIC OPTION DUE TO OUR UNIQUE SITUATION OF ROAMING DOGS. 
          THIS, THIS CANVASSING PILOT PROGRAM FINDS AN EFFICIENT BALANCE OF RETURNING ANIMALS TO THEIR PROPERTY AND OFF THE STREETS, WHILE NOT, WHILE NOT INUNDATING THE SHELTER WITH ROAMING DOGS, 85% OF ALL ANIMALS IN THIS PILOT WERE SUCCESSFULLY RETURNED TO THEIR OWNER. 
          USING THIS MODEL. 
          A C S HAS CONTINUED THE COMMUNITY CANVASSING PROGRAM AND IS NOW CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON HIGH DENSITY AREAS FOR BITES. 
          DOGS VOL INVOLVED IN MULTIPLE BITES AND CRITICAL AGGRESSIVE CALLS FOR SERVICE. 
          THE CANVASSING TEAM CURRENTLY IS MAKING LOCATION ON THE 139 MULTIPLE DOG BITE DOGS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND FROM THERE, WE ARE CONDUCTING A HISTORY SEARCH FOR THE NEARBY SURROUNDING AREAS OF A NEIGHBORHOOD AND ADDRESSING OTHER ISSUES. 
          AS OF THIS MORNING, WE HAVE MADE LOCATION AT 88 OF THOSE, UM, MULTIPLE BITE CASES. 
          THE RESULTS ARE THAT FIVE HAVE BEEN CITED FOR CRIMINAL CITATIONS FOR THE DOGS BEING FREE OF RESTRAINT. 
          59 WERE IN COMPLIANT OR WE FOUND NO ISSUES. 
          21 PETS ARE RE-HOMED OR DECEASED. 
          AND THEN THREE ARE ACTUALLY, UH, AFFIDAVITS BEING INITIATED FOR A DANGEROUS DOG DESIGNATION. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THOSE NUMBERS ON THOSE 88 88 DIRECT 88 DIRECT LOCATIONS USING THE EXPANDED HISTORY SEARCHES, WE HAVE DONE AN ADDITIONAL 48 ACTIVITIES RESULTING IN OVER 60 CITATIONS AND 49 RETURN TO OWNERS. 
          FINALLY, A C S HAS BEEN WORKING WITH STATE LEGISLATORS ON THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION FOR TWO BILLS THAT WILL STRENGTHEN THE DANGEROUS DOG PROCESS. 
          THE FIRST IS HOUSE BILL 1653, SPONSORED BY REPRESENTATIVE LIZ CAMPOS THAT FOCUSES ON INCREASING THE SECOND VIOLATION FOR DANGEROUS DOG NON-COMPLIANCE. 
          FROM A CLASS C TO A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR, A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR CAN RESULT IN JAIL TIME, WHICH WILL ELEVATE THE SEVERITY OF BEING OUT OF COMPLIANCE. 
          THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE WE SEE REPEAT OFFENDERS ALL THE TIME AND THEY'RE JUST NOT GETTING THE MESSAGE. 
          AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL WILL HELP THEM TO NOT BECOME RE REPEAT OFFENDERS OR STAY REPEAT OFFENDERS. 
          THE SECOND BILL IS SENATE BILL 2226. 
          THAT IS SPONSORED BY SENATOR MENENDEZ, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE PROTECTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO COMPLETE A DANGEROUS DOG AFFIDAVIT. 
          AS SOME HAVE SUGGESTED, THIS BILL WOULD NOT ALLOW ANONYMOUS AFFIDAVITS FROM A WITNESS OR VICTIM TO BE NOTARIZED. 
          HOWEVER, THIS BILL WILL ALLOW FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO BE REDACTED FROM OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS, ANOTHER REQUEST FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO PROTECT THE VICTIM OR WITNESS'S IDENTIFICATION. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER, BACK OVER TO SIMS FOR NEXT STEPS. 
          THANK YOU, BRAD. 
          UM, AGAIN, THIS SLIDE, UH, JUST KIND OF SHOWS THE PROGRESSION OF NEXT STEPS. 
          CLEARLY TODAY WE'RE CONCLUDING THIS BRIEF. 
          UH, APRIL 13TH, WE'VE GOT OUR GOAL SETTING, UH, FOR, FOR ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          UH, MAY 10TH, THE, THE TRIAL BUDGET, UH, AND THEN MAY THROUGH JUNE, THE COMMUNITY BUDGET SURVEY. 
          DURING THIS TIMEFRAME, A C SS WILL BE CONTINUALLY WORKING ON, UH, GETTING THE PRIORITIES FROM COUNCIL AND KIND OF MAPPING OUT AND DEVELOPING THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT'S NECESSARY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN YEAR 1, 2, 3, AND FIVE. 
          UH, AND THEN BY SEPTEMBER, HAVING THAT STRATEGIC PLAN ADOPTED, UH, THROUGH THE F Y 24 BUDGET PROCESS. 
          DID, UH, YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, SIR, THAT, THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD? NO, SIR. 
          UH, SUBJECT TO ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BRIEFING, UM, THIS CONCLUDES MY BRIEF. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          SHANNON, UH, SHANNON OG. 
          BRAD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, EVERYBODY FOR THIS BRIEFING. 
          FIRST OF ALL, UH, BEYOND THE STAFF, LET ME ALSO THANK OUR A C SS ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          MANY OF YOU HAVE SERVED FOR, UH, A WHILE ON THE BOARD, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES, UM, TOGETHER AND, AND YOUR, UH, HELP AND SUPPORT OF THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN, UH, REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, AND TO, UH, THE FOLKS WHO HAVE COME OUT TO THE TOWN HALLS AND THE MEETINGS, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE STRATEGIC PLANNER, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, LET ME FIRST ASK ERIC, UH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A BRIEFING ON THE BUDGET ON APRIL 5TH, BUDGET POLICY ISSUES. 
          UH, SO COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT DISCUSSION AS IT RELATES TO IMPACTS TO A C SS AND HOW WE CAN KIND OF STAGE THIS DISCUSSION TODAY? 
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YEAH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, SO ON APRIL 5TH, THE COUNCIL'S SCHEDULED TO HAVE A POLICY LEVEL CONVERSATION IN ADVANCE OF THE APRIL 13TH GOAL SETTING. 
          SO WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL A NUMBER OF ISSUES FOR YOU TO HAVE TIME TO TALK AS A GROUP IN ADVANCE. 
          UM, AS IT RELATES TO A C S UM, THE MEMO I SENT TO THE COUNCIL LAST WEEK, UM, ABOUT THE, UH, POTENTIAL GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM. 
          UH, WE TALKED ABOUT PROVIDING YOU MORE INFORMATION AT THAT APRIL 5TH B SESSION. 
          WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK ON THE STRUCTURE AND IMPLEMENTATION. 
          I MEAN, CONCEPTUALLY, I THINK WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD IDEA AND WE'VE, WE'VE GOT SOME I, UH, EXAMPLES FROM OTHER CITIES. 
          SO WE'LL, WE'LL INCLUDE THAT ON THE APRIL 5TH PRESENTATION. 
          WHAT, WHAT'S KEY FOR US TODAY IS THAT LAST SLIDE THAT, UM, THAT SHANNON JUST SHOWED IS, IS WE'RE LOOKING FOR COUNCIL FEEDBACK ON THE FRAMEWORK, THE FIVE FOCUS AREAS OF A C S, BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA BE QUICKLY LAUNCHING INTO, UH, AS HE MENTIONED, THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF GOALS. 
          UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S PART OF THE AUGUST, THE, UH, APRIL 13TH GOAL SETTING. 
          CERTAINLY IT WILL NEED TO BE INCLUDED. 
          ELEMENTS WILL NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MAY 10TH, UM, TRIAL BUDGET, AND THEN OF COURSE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          SO GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM WILL BE ON APRIL 5TH. 
          AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME FEEDBACK ON THOSE FIVE FOCUS AREAS AND THE GENERAL DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, FIRST LET ME JUST ALSO EMPHASIZE WHAT YOU POINTED OUT, SHANNON OG, WHICH IS THAT THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS UNDERWAY, UH, BEGINNING LAST YEAR. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S ABOUT TIME WE DID IT. 
          IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS AND NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. 
          AND THE FACT THAT, UH, WE'RE BUILDING THIS ON PUBLIC INPUT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. 
          SO, UM, THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE ARTICULATED, THE FIVE FOCUS AREAS ARE PUBLIC PRIORITIES. 
          AND CERTAINLY I AGREE WITH ALL OF THEM, UH, AND IN THE ORDER OF THEIR, UH, PRESENTATION AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT I, I WANTED TO ASK, UH, SHANNON SIMS, IF YOU COULD COME UP AND JUST DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN CHANGING, BECAUSE CERTAINLY A C S 20 YEARS AGO IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY. 
          WE WERE HAVING A SERIOUS CHALLENGE WITH, UM, PET EUTHANASIA AND, UH, BEGAN AN EFFORT TO APPROACH, UM, UH, A LIVE RELEASE RATE, UH, THAT WE COULD BE PROUD OF AND HOPEFULLY GET TO, UM, YOU KNOW, KNOW, UM, EUTHANASIA AT ALL. 
          THAT WAS A GOAL THAT WE SET. 
          UH, AND WE HAD BEEN MAKING PROGRESS. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO WE STARTED TO PLATEAU. 
          'CAUSE IT'S ALWAYS THAT LAST PERCENTAGE THAT'S THE MOST DIFFICULT. 
          UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED, AND WE'VE SEEN SOME CHALLENGES THAT WE DIDN'T FORESEE. 
          AND SO, COULD YOU DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT WHAT YOU'VE BEEN SEEING, UH, SINCE YOU TOOK OVER, UH, THE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF THE PET POPULATION, THE IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC, UH, AND JUST HOW THESE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE DIFFERED FROM, UH, THE PREVIOUS, UM, LET'S SAY 10 15? YES, MA'AM. 
          I ABSOLUTELY, SO, UH, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE SAW IS DURING THE PANDEMIC, LOTS OF FOLKS WERE AT HOME. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE, THEY WERE ABLE TO SPEND TIME WITH PETS. 
          WE SAW ADOPTIONS, YOU KNOW, REALLY, REALLY THRIVING ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT JUST AT A C S, BUT WITH OUR RESCUE PARTNERS AS WELL. 
          NOW WHAT WE'RE FINDING AS IS THAT AS FOLKS ARE GOING BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE, AND AS, AS THINGS HAVE KIND OF STARTED TO NORMALIZE, UH, ADOPTIONS ARE SUFFERING RIGHT NOW, UH, AGAIN, HOLISTICALLY, UH, THIS ISN'T A SAN ANTONIO PROBLEM. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING, WE CAME IN AND WE KINDA LOOKED AT THE OTHER, UH, THE OTHER LARGE CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES LIVE RELEASE RATES. 
          AND, AND AS A WHOLE, EVERYONE IS STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW TO GET ADOPTIONS. 
          SECONDARILY, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE VERY RELIANT AND WE'VE GOT SUCH A STRONG RESCUE PARTNER FORCE THAT'S OUT THERE DOING GREAT WORK EVERY DAY. 
          UM, THEY ARE SEEING MANY OF THE SAME REALITIES WHERE, UH, THEY TOO ARE HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING ANIMALS ADOPTED. 
          UH, BECAUSE OF THAT STAGNATION, IT'S MADE IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO GET THESE ANIMALS RESCUED. 
          UH, WHICH IS WHY ONE OF THE KEY TENETS IN THIS IS MAKING SURE THAT AS FOCUSED AS WE ARE ON THE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT OF IT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL I'LL QUOTE ERIC IN, IN THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE ALL OF THESE, THESE INITIATIVES FORWARD, UH, TOGETHER IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CRATER OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE, WHICH IS, IS DIFFICULT TO RECOVER FROM. 
          UH, OR, OR BASICALLY THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATH WATER. 
          AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THAT, THAT HIGH. 
          UH, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, DIVERSIFICATION, I THINK IS THE KEY, UH, DIVERSIFYING OUR, 
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UH, UH, IN TRANSPORTS, IN FOSTER OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UH, THERE ARE, THERE ARE SHELTERS UP NORTH RIGHT NOW, BASICALLY EMPTY. 
          WE'VE GOTTA FIND WAYS TO CONNECT THESE ANIMALS TO THAT. 
          AND THAT, I WOULD SAY IS, UH, HAS BEEN THE MAJORITY OF OUR FOCUS FOR, FOR MANY YEARS UP ON THE DIOCESE, HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE LIVE RELEASE RATE. 
          UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY NOW THE PUBLIC SAFETY DISCUSSION HAS BECOME IN THE FOREGROUND FOR A LOT OF FOLKS WHO PROBABLY IT WASN'T BEFORE. 
          UM, HOWEVER, I WOULD SAY IT'S NEVER BEEN LOST ON, UH, FROM MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE. 
          STRAY ANIMALS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE IN PARTICULAR PARTS OF TOWN. 
          I REMEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER TAYLOR TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE HAD TO CARRY A STICK AROUND WHEN SHE WENT BLOCK WALKING. 
          UM, SAME THING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          SALANA, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE IN OUR CITY, UH, THERE ARE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAT, THAT COMMUNITIES ARE FACING. 
          SO, UM, I GUESS WHERE I'M LEADING WITH THIS IS, I KNOW WE'RE HAVING A POLICY DISCUSSION NEXT WEEK, AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING SOME DEEP DIVES INTO HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ACROSS DEPARTMENTS, AND WE'RE GONNA HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT MY, MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, AND I KNOW THERE'S ALSO PROGRAMS THAT ARE GONNA IMPACT BOTH SIDES, INCLUDING HOW WE PLACE, UH, FOSTERS AND TRANSPORT FOSTERS. 
          'CAUSE YOU TOLD ME LAST WEEK THAT THERE ARE SHELTERS IN DIFFERENT REGIONS THAT ARE, THAT WANT ANIMALS TO COME IN. 
          I MEAN, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ADOPTABLE ANIMALS. 
          AND YET WE HAVE THIS CHALLENGE. 
          HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TRANSPORT EFFECTIVELY AND WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER NOT ONLY TO IMPROVE OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE, BUT ALSO DEAL WITH THE STRAY ANIMAL POPULATION. 
          GETTING THOSE TRANSPORT, UH, OPERATIONS UNDERWAY TO ME WOULD BE LOW HANGING FRUIT FOR US. 
          SO MY, MY QUESTION IS FOR YOU, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER IT COMPREHENSIVELY TODAY, SHANNON, AND IT'S MORE OF A BUDGET CONVERSATION. 
          WE ARE HERE TO SET POLICY, THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE WORK OF OUR I G R TEAM. 
          WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME AREAS OF STATE POLICY THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED, THAT CAN HELP US. 
          AND, UH, WE, WE HOPE THAT, UH, THE LEGISLATURE CAN FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT IF WE HAVE THE POLICIES IN PLACE THAT WE CAN, THAT WILL WORK. 
          WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR UP HERE ON THE DIOCESE IS MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE PROPERLY RESOURCED. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT DO YOU NEED TO GET THE JOB DONE? UM, THE ONLY TIME I WILL EVER DISAGREE, UH, WITH, UH, THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING, UH, ON THE GROUND BY OUR FRONTLINE TEAM, IS IF YOU TELL ME YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED, AND WE'RE JUST NOT GETTING THE JOB DONE, BUT, SO I NEED YOU TO BE CANDID WITH ALL OF US, WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED FROM, FROM US UP HERE? AND WE WILL WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PROPERLY RESOURCE RESOURCED TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS. 
          AND I KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. 
          AND YOUR POINT ABOUT, UM, STAFF WELLNESS IS 100% ON THE MARK. 
          UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT ALL OF YOU ARE ARE, UH, RE UH, RECEIVING THE, THE, THE SUPPORTS THAT YOU NEED. 
          AND, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE A C SS, ARE THE HARDEST WORK, UH, SOME OF THE HARDEST WORK THAT, THAT THIS COMMUNITY, UM, HAS, YOU KNOW, JOBS THAT THIS COMMUNITY OFFERS. 
          BUT WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US? AND WE'LL GET TO WORK ON IT. 
          AND IF THERE ARE POLICY GAPS AS WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE CAN ADDRESS UP HERE. 
          SO, UM, GO AHEAD. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT, UH, UH, A, A LAUNDRY LIST OF, OF THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          EVERYTHING FROM PERSONNEL SHORT, UH, SHORTFALLS OR NEEDS, UH, TO CAPITAL PROJECTS TO EQUIPMENT. 
          RIGHT NOW WE'RE, UH, CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF KIND OF RACKING AND STACKING, UH, WHAT NEEDS TO BE YEAR ONE, WHAT NEEDS TO BE TWO YEAR, TWO, UH, ALSO GETTING ESTIMATES ON THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND WHAT THEY NEED TO LOOK LIKE. 
          UH, AT THIS POINT, I DON'T REALLY HAVE DEFINITIVE, NOT LIKE NUMBERS FOR YOU. 
          UM, AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE MAY TIMEFRAME, MID-MAY TIMEFRAME, UH, WE PLAN ON HAVING THOSE, THOSE KIND OF BROKEN OUT. 
          AND, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY AS WE GET GUIDANCE FROM, FROM GOAL SETTING SAYING WHAT, WHAT THE COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES ARE AND EVERYTHING, UH, THAT'LL ALLOW US TO ALSO SAY, WHAT IS A YEAR ONE, WHAT IS A YEAR TWO? UM, BUT, BUT I WILL SAY IN IN CANDOR THAT THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT, SIR. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          NO, I, I GET IT. 
          AND, AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO PHASE SOME OF THAT IN ERIC. 
          YEAH, YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          WELL, AND LET ME, LET ME, LET ME JUMP IN, MAYOR, BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UM, THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THIS FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN IS GONNA REQUIRE PEOPLE CAPITAL, INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENT, UM, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE A DEDICATION OF A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY OVER TIME. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT'S A DIFFICULT POSITION FOR YOU GUYS TO PUT A DEPARTMENT HEAD IN BECAUSE THEY'LL, WE NEED RESOURCES ELSEWHERE. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          SO, BUT, BUT, BUT I GUESS, I GUESS THE, THE, THE, THE, 
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THE IDEA MAYOR, IS THAT THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA REQUIRE AN INVESTMENT AND A PRIORITIZATION OF THE COUNCIL AT YOUR GOAL SETTING. 
          UM, PART OF, PART OF WHAT, WHAT I THINK IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO DO, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS WILL BE A PRIORITY FOR COUNCIL, IS FOR US TO LAY BEFORE YOU, WHAT ARE THE PIECES THAT WE CAN DO AND WHEN CAN WE DO THEM? UM, BECAUSE THEN, THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO MAKE MOVEMENT IN, UH, OF, OF THAT BALL DOWN THE FIELD. 
          UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT, THAT THE IDEA HERE IS THAT THE DESIRED RESULTS THAT THE COUNCIL WANT, RIGHT? OR AS A POLICY SETTING, A BODY WILL, WILL COME BACK AND THEY'RE, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE, THEY'RE GONNA BE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE NEEDED. 
          I, I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT, THAT THIS IS, UM, THAT THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE'LL JUST DO WITHIN OUR CURRENT BUDGET. 
          WE'RE GONNA NEED, WE'RE GONNA NEED DEDICATION RESOURCES. 
          AND THAT MIGHT, THAT'S GIVING SHANNON A LITTLE BIT MORE COVER. 
          HE MAY, HE HE MAY NOT WANNA SAY IT LIKE THAT. 
          I, BUT I'LL, I'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE UPFRONT ABOUT IT. 
          NO, NO, I, SO DON'T, WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION LAST WEEK. 
          THIS IS NOT TO PUT SHANNON ON THE SPOT. 
          THIS IS ABOUT PUTTING US ALL COLLECTIVELY ON THE SPOT. 
          'CAUSE IT'S POLICY AND IT'S RESOURCES, AND YOU HAVE A HARD JOB TO DO, ERIC, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BALANCE AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO US TO ADDRESS THOSE IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          I, I AGREE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE POLICY, UH, THE PRIORITIES OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THOSE SHOULD BE REFLECTED UP HERE. 
          I I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA GET MUCH DISAGREEMENT ON, ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          I VIEW THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, THOUGH, AS A, AS A PUBLIC PRIORITY. 
          UM, IT'S THE PUBLIC REFLECTING WHAT THEY WANNA SEE OUT OF US. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOT JUST CITY ORGANIZATION EITHER. 
          I MEAN, THAT EDUCATION CAMPAIGN THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN GET THE PROPER RESOURCES INTO GETTING PEOPLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR ANIMALS THE RIGHT WAY. 
          YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP OR LACK OF RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP IS CONTRIBUTING MIGHTILY TO THE STRAY ANIMAL POPULATION. 
          AND SO HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RESOURCING THAT OPERATION THE RIGHT WAY? SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING A COMMUNITY BUY-IN TO THAT APPROACH. 
          MY ONLY REASON FOR SAYING THAT IS THAT I KNOW THIS IS HARD WORK. 
          THE LIVE RELEASE RATE METRIC AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, PRIORITY CAN BE VIEWED AS OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE OPERATING UNDER LIMITED RESOURCES. 
          BUT WE, WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE IDEAL STATE WE GOTTA GET TO AND HOW DO WE RESOURCE PROPERLY TO GET THERE AND THEN BALANCE IT ALL AGAINST ALL THESE OTHER CITY PRIORITIES. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, SHANNON. 
          I KNOW IT'S BEEN FOR ALL OF US, UH, ESPECIALLY THOSE FAMILIES, A VERY DIFFICULT PERIOD OF TIME. 
          BUT WE HAVE TO STAY COMMITTED TO, TO REALIZING THE STRATEGIC PLANS GOALS. 
          UM, AND IT'S GONNA BE INCUMBENT UPON US TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE PROVIDING THE RIGHT LEVEL OF RESOURCES AND EFFORT IN, IN THOSE AREAS. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, LET'S GET INTO THE DISCUSSION NOW AND START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU SHANNON. 
          AND, AND NOJ AND MR. DEVONPORT. 
          AND THEN ALSO SPECIAL THANKS TO, TO R OUR DISTRICT FOR APPOINTEE TO THE A C S BOARD. 
          UM, RITA'S BEEN SERVING ON THIS FOR THIS COMMUNITY FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. 
          SHE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT DOGS AND ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND SHE ATTENDED EVERY BUDGET MEETING, SO I HAVE TO, TO ALWAYS GIVE HER SOME, SOME SHOUT OUT FOR THAT. 
          AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR, FOR BLOCK WALKING D FOUR. 
          UM, WHEN, WHENEVER WE NEED YOU. 
          UM, I, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND I UNDERSTAND, UM, AND I THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          I WAS IN A, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING LAST WEEK, AND YOU WERE AT ANOTHER ONE AT THE SAME TIME IN MY DISTRICT ACTUALLY. 
          SO YOU, YOU PERSONALLY ATTENDED A FEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS IN MY DISTRICT LAST WEEK. 
          MY RESIDENTS WERE VERY CONCERNED. 
          I WAS, UM, ALSO DELIVERING MEALS WITH MEALS ON WHEELS LAST WEEK. 
          AND I TOLD YOU RIGHT, OR I TOLD SOMEBODY THAT, UM, UH, THEY, THE DOGS WOULDN'T LET US GET IN, RIGHT? AND SO IT WAS ROAMING DOGS. 
          I KNEW A C S WAS AROUND THE CORNER BECAUSE I HAD SEEN THEM AS I WAS DRIVING TO THAT NEW LOCATION. 
          BUT THIS IS THE REALITY THAT A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS DEAL WITH, RIGHT? AND SO LITERALLY IT WAS ACROSS THE STREET THAT WE NEEDED TO GET TO THE RESIDENT, AN OLDER WOMAN, UM, WHEN THERE WAS LIKE FIVE DOGS, THEY WERE JUST LIKE READY TO ATTACK. 
          UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF RESIDENTS HAVE DOGS, ESPECIALLY IN, IN MY NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT THAT'S PROTECTION, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE AN ALARM, AND THAT'S KIND OF THEIR SAFETY MECHANISM. 
          UM, I, BUT I, I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A WAY THAT WE SHOULD BE EDUCATING THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT KEEPING THEM ON THEIR PROPERTIES. 
          BUT THE OTHER REALITY IS THAT SOME OF THOSE RESIDENTS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OLDER. 
          UM, THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX THEIR FENCES, AND THE DOGS ARE LITERALLY JUMPING OVER THESE FENCES. 
          UM, AND SO, BUT AGAIN, IT IT'S THEIR PROTECTION, RIGHT? SO I, I AM, UH, I'M, I WANTED TO JUST VOICE THAT BECAUSE I AM INTERESTED 
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IN, IN, IN SOLUTIONS FOR THAT. 
          LIKE, IS THERE, UM, I DIDN'T SEE IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN MAYBE, AND I MENTIONED THIS, UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I THINK IT WAS DURING COVID, THAT I THOUGHT THAT THERE, THERE, THERE'S SOME EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO PETS, RIGHT? THAT, THAT PEOPLE USE THESE PETS AS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND THEY, UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THE PETS. 
          BUT THEN ALSO FOR THESE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO FIX THEIR FENCES, THAT ARE, AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OLDER, THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN THEIR DOGS ARE ROAMING, WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS OR SERVICES ARE WE GOING TO OFFER TO THOSE RESIDENTS THAT, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT NEED SOME ADDITIONAL HELP? UM, AND A LOT OF THEM, LIKE I SAID, ARE OLDER. 
          YES. 
          COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT QUESTION. 
          I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, LAST YEAR AS WE STOOD UP THE, OR THE COMMUNITY ANIMAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE CASA TEAM, UH, THOSE COUNSELORS HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY, UH, ESSENTIAL IN DOING THAT KIND OF WORK. 
          UH, THE BEAUTY OF THEM IS AS THEY'RE SWEEPING ON THESE CANVASSING, UH, TOURS AND EVERYTHING, UH, THEY'RE ALSO THE PRIMARY CONCERN IS MAKING SURE, AGAIN, THAT SHELTER PREVENTION SIDE OF IT, HOW CAN I KEEP THAT ANIMAL FROM COMING INTO MY SHELTER? AND SO, FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF PROVISION OF HUMANE TETHERS, UH, FREQUENTLY WE'LL FIND ELDERLY, YOU KNOW, ELDERLY FAMILIES THAT MAYBE ARE STRUGGLING TO MEET ENDS, MEET AND FEED THE ANIMALS. 
          WE CAN PUT THEM IN, IN, YOU KNOW, IN PLACE WITH SOME FOLKS THAT, THAT CAN HELP THEM WITH THOSE TYPES OF RESOURCES. 
          AND THEN JUST SOME EDUCATION AS WELL. 
          UM, ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN KICKED AROUND, WE'VE TRIED IT ONCE IN THE PAST, UH, IS, IS FENCE REPAIR, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          LIKE YOU SAID, A LOT OF THESE ANIMALS ARE GOING OVER THE FENCE, UNDER THE FENCE. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT TO CONTRACT THAT FOR MINOR FENCE REPAIR. 
          UH, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S OFF THE TABLE RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, THESE, THESE TETHERS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING ARE, ARE A VERY, VERY RAPID, EASILY IMPLEMENTABLE SOLUTION. 
          UH, AND, AND THEY MEET HUMANE STANDARD OF CARE. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, EXPANSION OF THAT CASA PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO PREVENT THEIR ANIMAL FROM HAVING TO COME INTO A SHELTER. 
          SURE. 
          CAN I, CAN I SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE ELDERLY, UH, RESIDENTS, RIGHT? AND SO, AND SOMETIMES THEIR DOGS GET TOO BIG FOR THEM, RIGHT? FOR THEM TO EVEN CONTROL THEMSELVES. 
          AND SO, UM, SO JUST AGAIN, A A, A PLUG FOR FOR FOCUS ON ELDERLY RESIDENTS. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT OTHERS ARE ABLE TO, TO, OR SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTROL THEIR DOGS. 
          BUT I'M SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UM, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL NEEDS WITH THE, UM, GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM. 
          SO IT'S GOING TO BE ROLLED INTO THIS STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL. 
          SO WILL WE GET ANOTHER UPDATE, ERIC, OR NO, THIS IS, OR IS THAT ENTIRELY SEPARATE? IT'S ENTIRELY SEPARATE. 
          I DO, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE ROLLED IN. 
          AND THEN HOW MUCH OF THE PLAN TODAY THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED ADMINISTRATIVELY? I WOULD SAY FROM A, UH, FROM A PERSPECTIVE, OBVIOUSLY THE FIELD WORK, ALL OF THAT, THERE'S, THERE'S NO WAY TO DO THAT. 
          UM, ADMINISTRATIVELY, UH, I THINK THAT SOME OF THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE CAN BE QUASI ADMINISTRATIVE. 
          UH, BUT STILL, EVEN, EVEN WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PUSH OUR MESSAGING OUT VIA FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          BUT WE KNOW PARTICULARLY IN, IN, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE SOUTH, THERE IS A, THERE'S A DISCONNECT OF, UH, OF, OF CONNECTIVITY. 
          AND, UH, SO A LOT OF EVEN THAT IS GONNA BE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 
          UH, SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY THERE'S, THERE'S A LIMITED ADMINISTRATIVE PIECE THAT WE CAN DO. 
          UH, MOST OF IT IS LITERALLY ENGAGED, UH, ON THE GROUND DOING THE WORK. 
          SURE. 
          AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS MOST, UM, STRESSFUL FOR ME, LIKE AS WE'RE BLOCK WALKING IS I CAN'T EVEN GO HANG STUFF ON A, WITH A DOOR HANGER BECAUSE THERE IS A REALLY SCARY DOG, RIGHT? THAT'S LOOSE, THAT MIGHT JUMP OVER THAT FENCE, ET CETERA. 
          SO EVEN AS WE TRY TO GET INFORMATION, LIKE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE CAN'T REACH THAT PERSON AS ANOTHER CRITICAL COMPONENT, UM, UH, I'M GONNA ASK YOU THAT THE NEXT QUESTION IS ON MUNICIPAL COURT. 
          HOW DO Y'ALL WORK TOGETHER TO, UM, STREAMLINE CASES? SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH, UH, JUDGE ATO AND HER STAFF, UH, TO BOTH EXPAND COMPLIANCE CASES. 
          AND, AND THAT PRIMARILY DEALS WITH WHAT, YOU KNOW, OUR DANGEROUS DOG CASES, WHERE WE WANNA GET THOSE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS INTO COMPLIANCE. 
          UH, BUT WE ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM ON BEING ABLE TO ADJUDICATE BOTH OUR CIVIL CITATIONS, WHICH TEND TO BE MUCH FASTER, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT CRIMINAL IN NATURE, UH, AND THE CRIMINAL CITATIONS, UH, WHICH, UH, BY STATE LAW, IF AN INDIVIDUAL FAILS TO APPEAR ON THEIR FIRST ROUND OF A, OF A CRIMINAL CITATION BY STATE LAW, THEY HAVE TO BE RESET AND GIVEN ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO SOMETIMES THOSE CAN TAKE, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS TO, UH, TO ADJUDICATE. 
          BUT WE'RE WORKING VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM. 
          UH, AND THEY'VE PROVIDED US PRETTY MUCH SOME, SOME CARTE BLANCHE, UH, OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND, 
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SORRY, JUDGE, I SAW YOU COMING UP BEHIND ME. 
          GO AHEAD, MA'AM. 
          COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU. 
          UM, YES, AS, AS, UH, SHANNON MENTIONED, UH, WE HAVE, UH, OPENED UP OUR LINES OF COMMUNICATION. 
          WE'RE WORKING MORE CLOSELY WITH EACH OTHER. 
          UH, SINCE WE ARE A COURT, WE DO WANT TO MAINTAIN THE INDEPENDENCE AND IMPARTIALITY OF THE COURT. 
          SURE. 
          SO WHAT WE ARE, WHAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE COURT IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY TYPE OF HEARING. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS THEY'RE READY, THE COURT IS READY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ALSO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE MAGISTRATES AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AVAILABLE TO SIGN ANY TYPE OF SEIZURE WARRANTS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, SET ANY HEARINGS THAT NEED TO BE SET TIMELY. 
          UM, SO, SO WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR WHATEVER A C S NEEDS US TO BE AVAILABLE FOR. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          GO AHEAD, ERIC. 
          I'LL WAIT TILL YOU'RE DONE. 
          I DON'T WANNA WASTE YOUR MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'VE GOT TWO MINUTES. 
          UM, THE, HOW IS OUR BUDGET IN COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES? OUR A C SS BUDGET, UH, IT'S, IT'S IN LINE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, A C S SAN ANTONIO DOES HAVE A BIT LARGER BUDGET THAN SAY, THE DALLAS, THE FORT WORTH. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UH, A LOT OF THAT THOUGH IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE SEVENTH LARGEST CITY IN THE NATION, AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THE, LIKE, YOU HAVE THE D F W AREA WHERE YOU HAVE IRVING AND YOU, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT SUB CITIES. 
          UH, SO, SO WE'RE IN THE BALLPARK OF, OF MOST OF THE OTHER LARGE MUNICIPALITIES OF, OF RELATIVELY SIMILAR SIZE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, DO OUR SYSTEMS TALK TO EACH OTHER? AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, EVEN WITH LIKE, I THINK IT WAS 3 1 1, AND, UM, EVEN WITH PD, LIKE, SO HOW DO WE KNOW, LIKE IF WE KNOW THAT A HOUSE HAS REPORTED X AMOUNT OF TIMES, LIKE, IS, IS THAT CROSS REFERENCE TO OUR SYSTEMS TALK TO ONE ANOTHER? LIKE IS THERE A RED FLAG THAT POPS UP AFTER 10 CALLS FROM SOMEWHERE? AND THIS, IT ISN'T JUST A C S CAN BE FOR EVERYTHING, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          BUT SO HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE FLAG THAT? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DO YOU GET AN ALERT THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE CALLS? SO I THINK THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          THE, THE VISION OF THE GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM IS GETTING MORE OF THAT INTEROPERABILITY, UH, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, CODE AND A C S AND SS A P D AND HOUSING, WE'RE NOT SO STOVE PIPED. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, UH, GETTING THOSE, YOU KNOW, GETTING THOSE INTERACTIONS AND MAKING THEM INTEROPERABLE SO THAT THEY CAN QUICKLY ASSESS, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE A PROBLEM PROPERTY THAT'S HITTING ON EVERYBODY'S RADAR. 
          GOT IT. 
          WELL, AND I APPRECIATE THAT AGAIN, 'CAUSE I, I WAS ASKING THAT ABOUT, IT WAS ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, IT WASN'T YOURS, BUT I THINK THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. 
          I APPRECIATE ALSO THAT YOU, UM, UH, HAVE THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S AN IMAGE PROBLEM. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THAT THEY'RE, THAT WE NEED TO FIX IT. 
          UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR, FOR ME, RIGHT. 
          TO, TO LET MY RESIDENTS KNOW. 
          I ALSO, UM, AM VERY INTERESTED TO KNOW IN THE 103 DANGEROUS DOGS THAT YOU REFERENCED, AND YOU KIND OF REPORTED SOME, SOME MEMBERS, SO WHAT'S NEXT FOR THOSE? LIKE, HOW LONG DO THEY HAVE? SO THOSE, THOSE DANGEROUS DOGS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF RECEIVING THE ONES THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. 
          UH, THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SERVED. 
          UH, SAP P D'S BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH US, TAKING ENTIRE DAYS AND GOING WITH US OUT SERVING THOSE. 
          UH, ONCE THEY'RE SERVED, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WILL HAVE TO APPEAR IN COURT IN FRONT OF JUDGE OTOS CREW. 
          UH, AT THAT POINT, THEY GET ABOUT 10 DAYS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. 
          AT THAT POINT, THE DETERMINATION'S MADE, ARE THEY IN COMPLIANCE AND CAN RETRIEVE THAT ANIMAL? UH, OR ARE, ARE THEY CONTINUALLY OUT OF COMPLIANCE? AND THE, THE ANIMAL WOULD BE AWARDED TO US, UM, ONE OF THE KEY PIECES OF THE LEGISLATION THAT BRAD TALKED ABOUT THAT WOULD ESCALATE IT TO A CLASS B. 
          WE KNOW WE HAVE MULTIPLE CASES OUT OF THOSE 103 THAT HAVE BEEN OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND HAD COMPLIANCE HEARINGS MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT THERE'S A LITTLE MORE THAN WE CAN DO THAN GIVE THEM A CRIMINAL CITATION. 
          A, A CLASS C. 
          UH, THIS WOULD ACTUALLY ALLOW US THEN TO ESCALATE THAT TO A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR. 
          SO, SO IT'D BE VERY HELPFUL FROM A, A FREQUENT FLYER PERSPECTIVE, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          ERIC, DID YOU WANNA SHARE SOMETHING? YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE JUDGE WENT. 
          THERE'S JUDGE, YOU KNOW, PART, PART OF, UM, UM, THE ALLOCATION OF COURT TIME. 
          WE HAVE AN ANIMAL COURT, OR JUDGE BLATO HAS AN ANIMAL COURT DEDICATED. 
          BUT, UM, JUST IN TERMS OF RESOURCES, AS WE DEVELOP WHAT THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS, THAT'S NOT JUST AT A C S TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED AT THE JUDICIAL LEVEL TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THESE CASES IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          UM, AND THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT'S, THAT'LL ALSO BE INCORPORATED WITHIN OUR REVIEW AND PROPOSALS. 
          BACK TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN 
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KEO HDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, REAL QUICK BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WANNA REMIND, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RESOURCES. 
          I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE FOOD BANK HAS THE DAISY CARE PROGRAM AND THEY, UM, THEY OFFER PET FOOD, UH, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR VET VETERINARIAN CARE AND EDUCATION TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THEY, THEY'RE GOOD PARTNERS AS WELL. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, BUT I HAVE A HUNDRED QUESTIONS, SO I'M GONNA GET THROUGH AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, BUT I WILL RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO BE SUCCINCT 'CAUSE I HAVE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, I'LL START OFF. 
          UM, THE, UH, I'M, I'M GRATEFUL TODAY TO HEAR PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT BEING A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE AT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME. 
          YOU COME AND PRESENT IT TO US. 
          AND, UM, I'M, I'M SORRY THAT THE, I THINK THIS IS A LITTLE BIT REACTIVE, UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO SEE, GET US TO A PLACE AS A CITY, UM, WITH A C S WHERE WE CAN BE MORE PROACTIVE. 
          I THINK THAT, UH, TO THE MAYOR AND ERIC'S POINT, THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE RESOURCES. 
          SO, UM, I WANT TO COMMIT TO ADDING, UM, A C S AS ONE OF MY BUDGET PRIORITIES. 
          UM, AND OF COURSE, I'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AGAIN, APRIL 13TH. 
          UM, SO I, I'LL I'LL ASK YOU, UM, WHAT I THINK, UM, SHANNON OG I LOVE THAT, BY THE WAY, UM, MENTION THAT OUR FOSTER INCENTIVES ARE THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY. 
          UM, I, I DON'T SEE THAT. 
          IT'S, IT'S OUR RISK, OUR RESCUE INCENTIVES. 
          OUR RESCUE INCENTIVES. 
          YEAH. 
          I, I DON'T SEE THAT. 
          UM, I, I, I HAVE A, A NUMBER OF RESCUES, UM, THAT OPERATE IN, IN DISTRICT SIX. 
          AND I, I TALK WITH THEM PRETTY REGULARLY. 
          AND I DID HEAR ABOUT, UM, THE OTHER RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR ANIMALS OUTSIDE OF TEXAS. 
          AND I THINK, UM, IF WE CAN OFFER IN THE BUDGET SOME RESOURCES, UH, FOR TRANSPORTATION, I THINK THAT IS, UH, MAYOR SAID IT, BUT THAT'S LOW HANGING FRUIT. 
          BUT WHAT CAN WE DO AS A CITY TO BETTER SUPPORT OUR RESCUE COMMITTEE COMMUNITY? YOU MENTIONED THAT WE'RE, THEY'RE OUT THERE ALREADY DOING THAT WORK. 
          UM, AND SO NOT, MAYBE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL, JUST HELPING THEM. 
          WHEN WE, WHEN WE MET WITH OUR RESCUE PARTNER, WE DID FOCUS GROUPS. 
          WE'VE ALSO DONE SOME OTHER PART RESCUE PARTNER ACTIVITIES THROUGH THIS YEAR. 
          'CAUSE WE HEARD WE ARE NOT HEARING US, WE'RE NOT GETTING, GIVING YOU GUYS, OR WE'RE NOT GETTING, WE'RE NOT COMMUNICATING WELL ENOUGH WITH THEM. 
          SO WE'VE DONE SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THEY SAID WHEN WE DID THAT FOCUS GROUP IS THEY NEED BETTER ACCESS TO VETERINARY SUPPORT. 
          THEY NEED BETTER LOW COST OPTIONS. 
          UM, WE HAVE A SMALL, WE HAVE A POOL OF SPAY NEUTER RESOURCES, AND WE NEED TO GROW THAT POOL AND WE NEED TO GROW THOSE WELLNESS RESOURCES. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON. 
          SO ON THAT, UH, THE, THE, THE COST OPTIONS, I THINK THERE, THERE'S NO, UH, BETTER SOLUTION TO THIS THAN TO OFFER SPAY AND NEUTER. 
          SO I'LL ALSO ASK THAT WE AS A CITY, AS WE CONSIDER FOR OUR NEXT LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, UM, WORKING ON GETTING A LAW, I GUESS, UM, OR GETTING SOME, WHATEVER IT IS OUT THERE. 
          YOU, YOU SAID THERE WAS, WE WERE NOT ALLOWED AS A MUNICIPALITY. 
          I GUESS IT'S A STATE LAW THAT TO MANDATE SPAY AND NEUTER. 
          UM, IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO OVERTURN THAT, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE ON OUR CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. 
          AND I GUESS I CAN TALK TO, UH, COUNCILMAN  ABOUT THAT AS WELL. 
          BUT THAT SEEMS LIKE FOR OUR NEXT LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, THAT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY AND THAT THAT CAN SOLVE A LOT OF THESE ISSUES. 
          UH, I THINK, AND, AND, AND JUST REAL QUICKLY MA'AM, UH, FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF SUPPORTING AND FOR OUR, FOR OUR RESCUES, WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW CITIES THAT ACTUALLY PAY OUR RESCUES TO TAKE ANIMALS. 
          UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE SUPPORT, SUPPORT PLAN. 
          UH, AND, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY, IT'S STILL FAIRLY REVOLUTIONARY, EVEN THOUGH I THINK IT'S BEEN IN, IN PRACTICE NOW FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS HERE. 
          I JUST, I BELIEVE THAT THE KEY TO ANIMAL CARE IS SPAY NEUTER. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY COMMUNITY EDUCATION, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LOT HERE TODAY. 
          UM, SO ANOTHER OPTION, UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO, TO MANDATE SPAY NEUTER, HOW CAN WE MAKE, UM, SPAY NEUTERING MORE AFFORDABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY? I KNOW, I THINK IT'S DISTRICT THREE HAS A, A STANDALONE SPAY AND NEUTER, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          UM, SO HOW CAN WE DUPLICATE THAT? THAT'S, THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING IN THIS, IN THE SPAIN OR IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, IS FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF NOT ONLY GETTING NEW, WHAT WE FOUND IS BASICALLY THE BROOKS CLINIC, AS WELL AS THE BRACKENRIDGE CLINIC, ARE GREAT TOOLS TO BRING NEW OUT OF CITY, UH, SPAY NEUTER VENDORS THAT ARE CREDIBLE AND EVERYTHING INTO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, SPAY NEUTER NETWORK JUST TOOK OVER FROM DALLAS UP AT BRACKENRIDGE. 
          AND, UH, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF THOSE POTENTIALLY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME, SOME DIRECT SPAY N RESOURCES, NOT JUST AT THOSE TWO LOCATIONS, BUT ALSO POSSIBLY IN THE EAST AND THE WEST. 
          ARE THEY, ARE THEY FREE OR, OR A LOW COST? UH, THERE'S FREE, THERE'S MULTIPLE PROGRAMS, BUT THERE'S A FREE, UH, ZIP CODE VERSION, AND THERE'S ALSO A LOW COST OKAY. 
          VERSION. 
          SO THAT LEADS ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION. 
          YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, OFFERING, UM, BETTER PROMOTING COMMUNITY, UH, ASSISTANCE AND RESOURCES, PET PANTRIES, FENCE REPAIRS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          WHAT, HOW CAN WE, WE ALL HAVE OUR CHANNELS AND WE'LL, WE'LL ALWAYS DO THAT TO 
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HELP YOU, BUT WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO, TO, TO BE BETTER ABOUT OUTREACH TO THESE COMMUNITIES? A LOT OF THEM, AS YOU KNOW, UM, SUFFER FROM THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. 
          AND SO WE CAN PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SEND IT OUT ON OUR E-NEWSLETTERS, BUT HOW CAN WE GET THAT INFORMATION TO THEM? SO IN THOSE, AND, AND ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE DO TALK ABOUT IS A NEED FOR INCREASED MARKETING, UH, MARKETING DOLLARS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UH, BEING ABLE TO, TO GET TV COMMERCIALS, BEING ABLE TO GET, YOU KNOW, THAT PAID MEDIA ON THE RADIO, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND A LOT OF IT TOO IS JUST GONNA FALL DOWN TO, UH, THAT, THAT BOOTS ON THE GROUND TYPE OF DOOR HANGING, LIKE THE, THE COUNCILWOMAN SPOKE ABOUT, UH, WHERE WE'RE GOING DOOR TO DOOR TO TRY TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT. 
          THE NUMBER OF CITY DEPARTMENTS BLOCK WALKING, I LOVE DOING THAT, UM, TO HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          BUT THE, THE, THE DOG JUMPING OVER THE FENCE AND COMING AT YOU IS HAPPENING IN EVERY CORNER OF THIS CITY. 
          UM, I ACTUALLY CARRY DOG TREATS 'CAUSE THEY WORK PRETTY WELL. 
          I DON'T CARRY A STICK, BUT, UM, UM, AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT SUPER AGGRESSIVE. 
          BUT, UH, THAT, THAT'S, I MEAN, IT, IT, AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT, THE ONES THAT REALLY NEED IT, WE PROBABLY CAN'T GET INTO THEIR  YEAH. 
          THEIR YARDS BECAUSE OF THE DOGS. 
          SO, I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING A MORE INNOVATIVE. 
          UM, I ALSO THINK WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND DOING THIS WORK, WE NEED TO LITERALLY BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I KNOW WE USED TO HAVE, UM, THE MOBILE, UM, PET CLINIC, I'LL CALL IT, BUT EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          SO, UH, WHAT WE USED TO HAVE WAS A MOBILE SPAY NEUTER VAN. 
          UH, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THE CITY OPERATING IT IS, IS THAT, UH, FROM THAT, THAT CLINIC OR THAT MOBILE FACILITY, WE CAN DO 15 SURGERIES, YOU KNOW, 15 TO 17 SURGERIES WHERE IF I HAD THAT VETERINARIAN IN A FACILITY, THEY CAN DO 60. 
          UH, SO IT WASN'T SUPER EFFECTIVE FOR US. 
          HOWEVER, THAT NEW PARTNER SPAY NEUTER NETWORK, UH, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A MOBILE CLINIC UP IN DALLAS, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO, TO STAND THAT UP IN, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE SUMMER. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WAS ONE OF THE KEY ENTICEMENTS OF GETTING THEM DOWN HERE. 
          SO I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANY OF THE FOCUS AREAS, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU, WE INCLUDE SOMETHING MORE SPECIFICALLY, UH, FOR OUR RESCUE COMMUNITY COM COMMUNITY. 
          I KEEP SAYING COMMITTEE, UM, TO, TO ONE OF THE FOCUS AREAS, UM, ACTUALLY INCLUDE A RESCUE AND FOSTER PROGRAMS. UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING THE WORK ALREADY. 
          AND I, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD ADD THEM AS ONE OF THE FOCUS AREAS. 
          I DON'T, I THINK ALL FIVE ARE, ARE RIGHT ON POINT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD ADD THAT AS A SEPARATE, UM, YES, MA'AM. 
          SEPARATE AND APART FOR WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE. 
          UM, SO THE, THE GOALS THAT WERE LISTED, UM, OF COURSE AS WE WE MOVE FORWARD, I WANNA HEAR MORE OF THE, THE PRECISE PLANS TO, UH, TO INCORPORATE ALL OF THESE GOALS TO MAKE THESE GOALS HAPPEN. 
          UM, OF COURSE, DOWN THE LINE, WE'RE GONNA WANNA SEE METRICS AND, AND WHAT ARE THE METRICS OF SUCCESS. 
          UH, AND IT'S, AND PART OF THAT IS GONNA GO BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND, UM, AND SEEING THE IMPACT, RIGHT? HEARING THE IMPACT FROM THEM, NOT JUST WHAT WE, WHAT WE SEE. 
          WE, UM, I MET THIS MORNING WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHER. 
          AMAZING. 
          UM, SHE'S VERY, VERY HELPFUL. 
          HER NAME IS LADA. 
          IF WE CAN GET HER INVOLVED IN THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. 
          UH, I WAS ED, UH, SITTING ON THE WEST SIDE THIS MORNING ON ELDRIDGE AND, UH, WITH, UH, SOME NEIGHBORS AND, UM, THREE DOGS RAN BY WITH COLLARS ON, JUST HAPPY AS CAN BE, YOU KNOW, RUNNING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE HAPPY LITTLE DOGS, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS, UH, AS WE WE KNOW TRAGICALLY. 
          SO I THINK, UM, WE WANNA GET TO A PLACE WHERE THESE, ALL, ALL OF THESE ANIMALS, NOT JUST DOGS, ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND, AND LOVED. 
          AND, UM, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          I ALSO WANNA ADDRESS VERY QUICKLY, YOU MENTIONED MENTAL HEALTH OF YOUR, OF YOUR EMPLOYEES. 
          AND MUCH LIKE THE RESOURCES THAT WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT AT PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OUR, UM, OUR POLICE AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS. 
          UM, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN EXTEND FROM THAT, UH, INTO, INTO YOUR WORLD, I THINK WE COULD, WE COULD TRY AND WORK WITH. 
          AND OF COURSE I'LL TALK WITH MARIA MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT, UM, WE MAY HAVE YOU BACK AT PUBLIC SAFETY TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF RESOURCES OUT THERE. 
          AND, UM, I DO INCLUDE YOU AS, AS FIRST RESPONDERS. 
          I'VE BEEN ON A, A CALL, UM, I'VE BEEN ON A RIDE ALONG WITH, WITH ONE OF YOUR OFFICERS, AND IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, IN SOME WAYS SCARIER THAN THE POLICE RIDE-ALONGS, UH, BECAUSE IT WAS SO UNPREDICTABLE. 
          I MEAN, YOU WERE GOING IN BACKYARDS AND JUST DIDN'T KNOW REALLY WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND. 
          IT WAS HORRIBLE TO SEE TOO THAT THE MISTREATMENT OF ANIMALS. 
          SO I DO REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, AND WE WANNA TAKE CARE OF YOUR, UH, MENTAL HEALTH, OF COURSE. 
          UM, I THINK THAT THAT, UH, GOING BACK TO THE MORE COMMUNITY EDUCATION THAT WE CAN DO, BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED TO BE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME TO US, THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME TO CHAMBERS. 
          THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO TO EVEN, EVEN SOME OF THE GATHERING PLACES IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAVE TO BE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND TALK ABOUT IT THERE. 
          SO, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR, OUR, UM, OUR CALL TO ACTION. 
          AND I GOT IT IN, IN 17 SECONDS. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. 
          HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
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THANK YOU. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, THE MAYOR'S CORRECT WHEN HE SAYS THIS IS A RESOURCE ISSUE IN A, IN A LOT OF WAYS. 
          AND, UM, OUR LOCAL ANIMAL WELFARE ADVOCATES ARE A VERY VOCAL GROUP. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I HEAR FROM THEM A LOT, AND IT'S, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE NOT HAPPY WITH ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          BUT THE TRUTH IS, IF WE'RE NOT GIVING YOU THE RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED, THEN YOU KNOW, THEN, THEN IT'S, WE'RE THE ONES THAT, THAT HAVE FAILED OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UH, I'M DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE, THE RESOURCES YOU NEED TO SUCCEED. 
          I THINK WE ARE FAR BEHIND ON A LOT OF THESE ISSUES. 
          AND SO THE MORE WE CAN INVEST UPFRONT RIGHT NOW, THE BETTER OFF WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE LONG RUN, AND THE MORE WE CAN SAVE IN THE LONG RUN. 
          UM, I, UM, ERIC, I AM, I AM INTERESTED, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'M, I'M ONE OF THE, THE PEOPLE UP HERE WHO'S BEEN SPENT THE LAST YEAR ADVOCATING FOR INCREASING FUNDS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN HIRE ANOTHER VETERINARIAN. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE THERE, RIGHT? WE'VE, I THINK WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY SECURED. 
          WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO GRADUATE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          WE'VE GOT ONE THAT WAS ONBOARDED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WE'RE WAITING TO GRADUATE IN MAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT MAY NOT EVEN BE ENOUGH. 
          IF WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF CARE WE NEED, THE LEVEL OF FREE AND LOW COST SPAY AND NEUTER SERVICES THAT WE NEED. 
          WE NEED TO, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO HIRE ANOTHER. 
          AND ERIC, IT'S MY POSITION, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA LAND, UM, WHERE THE BUDGET'S GONNA BE FOR THE MIDYEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD START BUDGET. 
          IT'D BE A PRIORITY OF MINE TO START BUDGETING FOR THAT NOW, AS OPPOSED TO WAITING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 TO PUT THAT IN THE BUDGET. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SO WHEN I LOOK AT COMMUNITY INPUT, UH, CONTROL ANIMAL POPULATION THROUGH SPAY AND NEUTER, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          UM, AND, UM, THEN INCREASE LIVE RELEASE RATE AND PLACE PETS IN HOMES. 
          SOMETHING I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL JUST RECENTLY IS THAT WHILE WE HAVE, UH, A HIGH POPULATION OF, OF PETS THAT, THAT ARE IN NEED OF HOMES HERE OUTSIDE OF TEXAS, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING TO ADOPT. 
          AND WE JUST NEED TO GET THEM TO THEM. 
          AND SO THAT'S HOW WE CAN SOLVE THIS LIVE RELEASE RATE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, SHANNON, WHAT I NEED TO KNOW FROM YOU IS HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED IN YOUR BUDGET TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT THAT? HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED FOR TRANSPORTATION? HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED FOR, FOR MARKETING TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT US OR WHATEVER IT IS THE RESOURCES TO LOGISTICALLY CONNECT US TO, TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING TO ADOPT AND, AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT THE, THE ANIMALS THERE? YES, SIR. 
          AND, AND A LOT OF IT IS GOING TO BE HAVING JUST DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS TO DOING THE COORDINATION. 
          IT'S, IT'S A VERY, UH, YOU HAVE TO DEVELOP A FOSTER NETWORK TO GET THE PEOPLE TO HOLD THE DOGS SO THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE QUARANTINED BEFORE THEY GO UP NORTH. 
          WE DON'T WANNA GET 'EM SICK. 
          UM, FORTUNATELY RIGHT BEFORE COVID, WE HAD ACTUALLY REQUESTED A TRANSPORT VEHICLE. 
          AND SUBSEQUENTLY LAST YEAR, WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THAT TRANSPORT VEHICLE. 
          UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO HAVE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO, IF WE ARE DOING THE, THE LOCAL TRANSPORTS OR JUST TAKING THE ANIMALS TO THEIR NEXT DROP OFFS SO THEY CAN THEN GET UP NORTH. 
          UH, BUT HAVING A DEDICATED TEAM BEING ABLE TO, TO COORDINATE THE TRANSPORT AND THE FOSTER PROGRAM SO THAT THEY COULD WORK TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO, TO QUARANTINE THOSE ANIMALS AND THEN GET THEM UP THERE. 
          WELL, I JUST NEED YOU TO TELL ME WHAT THE DOLLAR FIGURE IS, AND I'LL LET YOU FIGURE THE REST OUT. 
          ROGER THAT, SIR. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, THEN ON, UH, ENFORCEMENT OF ANIMAL RELATED LAW LAWS AND DANGEROUS DOGS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT I'VE TAKEN MORE AND MORE OF A LOOK AT, LIKE MANY OF US UP HERE. 
          AND, UM, WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS HOW DO WE TAKE THE BURDEN OF FILING PAPERWORK ON A DANGEROUS DOG OFF OF, OFF OF THE DOG ATTACK VICTIM? RIGHT. 
          AND, AND BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHAT WE'VE GOT. 
          WE HAVE CHALLENGES WITH, PEOPLE DON'T WANNA REPORT IT BECAUSE OF RISK OF RETALIATION. 
          WE'VE GOT SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY HAD TO FILE THAT DANGEROUS DOG, UH, AFFIDAVIT. 
          WE'VE GOT PEOPLE, WE'VE GOT LANGUAGE BARRIERS. 
          UM, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO, THEY DIDN'T LIVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND THEN SO THEY GOT ATTACKED AND THEN THEY LEFT, AND, AND THEY'RE GONE NOW. 
          UM, THEN, AND WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS, RIGHT? AND THEY DON'T WANT TO INTERACT WITH ANY KIND OF AUTHORITIES IN THE, WITH THE GOVERNMENT. 
          UM, SO HOW DO WE TAKE THE BURDEN OFF OF THE DOG ATTACK VICTIM FOR FILING THAT PAPERWORK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE DOGS THAT NEED TO BE DESIGNATED AS DANGEROUS, DESIGNATED AS DANGEROUS, SO THEY CAN BE SO THAT THEIR, THEIR IRRESPONSIBLE OWNERS CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 
          SO FROM A AN AN ACCESS STANDPOINT, AS WE TALK ABOUT THAT, UH, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I THINK BRAD IS WORKING WITH, UH, CHIEF BLANTON FROM S A P D TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SAFE OFFICERS WHO HAVE A MUCH MORE, UH, HAVE A MUCH LARGER PRESENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAN WE DO, UH, TRAINING THEM UP ON THE DANGEROUS DOG PROCESS, PROVIDING THEM THE AFFIDAVITS SO THAT IF, IF THEY'RE THERE FOR UNRELATED OR IN A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR WHATEVER, UH, THEY CAN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, OH, YOU'RE 
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HAVING AN AGGRESSIVE DOG PROBLEM. 
          HERE'S, HERE'S KIND OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, AND HERE'S THE FORMULA YOU NEED TO FILL OUT. 
          UH, FROM A, FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF KIND OF THAT PROTECTION OR WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO MAKE IT NOT HAVE TO HAVE A SWORN AFFIDAVIT. 
          UH, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THE LEGISLATION THAT SENATOR MENENDEZ, UH, HAS PROPOSED WILL LIGHTEN THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL EVER BE ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM COMPLETELY HAVING SOME TYPE OF SWORN AFFIDAVIT. 
          I THINK THE PROTECTION MAY BE THE BEST LEGALLY THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, UH, SO THAT IT'S INITIATED THAT WAY. 
          BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I, I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK WITH, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, LEGAL TEAM ON TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHY THE MESSAGE REPORT. 
          CAN WE, CAN WE GET YOU TO GIVE US AN UPDATE? I KNOW THAT SENATOR MENEZ HAS BEEN WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE CITY ON TRYING TO GET A BILL FILED. 
          HEY, JEFF. 
          UH, YES, SIR. 
          COUNCILMAN AND, AND SHANNON'S, RIGHT. 
          UM, THE BILL BOTH PROTECTS THE IDENTITY THROUGH OPEN RECORDS REQUEST. 
          IT ALSO GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF MORE AUTHORITY TO THE A C S OFFICER TO ADVANCE THE AFFIDAVIT IF THEY OBSERVE DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR. 
          UM, SHANNON'S COMMENT ABOUT THAT, MAYBE AS FAR AS WE CAN GO, IS PROBABLY ACCURATE. 
          AND THE CONCERN ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THAT IF IT'S TOO OPEN-ENDED AND THERE'S NO OBLIGATION ON ANYBODY TO, UH, TO FILL OUT AN AFFIDAVIT, THEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF FRIVOLOUS COMPLAINTS IN CASES THAT A C S IS CHASING AROUND WITHOUT A, A VICTIM WILLING TO, UH, QUOTE UNQUOTE FACE THEIR ACCUSER, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS A DOG. 
          BUT, BUT THAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND IT, IS THAT IT WOULD STILL, IT WOULD ALLOW SOMEBODY TO STILL FILL OUT THAT AFFIDAVIT, BUT THEN LATER, IF SOMEBODY COMES AND REQUESTS, UH, WANTS TO SEE THAT AFFIDAVIT, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO WITHHOLD IT UNDER OPEN RECORDS LAW AS A PROTECTION TO THAT INDIVIDUAL. 
          RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THAT OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, YOU'VE BEEN, UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS. 
          AND, UM, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PRIORITY, YOU COMING TO, UH, COMING TO B SESSION, YOU KNOW, I GAVE YOU MY ASPIRATIONAL VISION OF, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE ASPIRATIONAL VISION OF A C S IS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT HERE, I'M, I'M GONNA MAKE MY COMMENTS, UH, VERY ROOTED IN REALITY. 
          I ALSO DON'T WANT IT TO SLIP. 
          UH, I WANT IT TO BE CLEAR TO COUNCIL THAT WE CAN BE ASPIRATIONAL. 
          AND WE SAW LAST, UH, LAST BUDGET CYCLE WHEN WE HAD A SURPLUS. 
          IF WE HAD IDENTIFIED A C S AS A PRIORITY DURING THAT BUDGET CYCLE, MAYBE A C S WOULD'VE HAD MORE RESOURCES. 
          RIGHT NOW, UM, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT'S BEEN A CONCERN FOR DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FOR DISTRICT TWO RESIDENTS. 
          FOR A LONG TIME, YOU MENTIONED, UH, MAYOR TAYLOR WALKING WITH A STICK. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN WARWICK HAD, UH, A VISION OF ZERO STRAIGHT ANIMALS. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA STAND ON MY SOAP BOX JUST A LITTLE BIT, UM, BECAUSE THE ISSUE OF ANIMAL CARE SERVICES IS AN URGENT PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN BRINGING ATTENTION TO SINCE I ARRIVED ON COUNCIL IN 2021 AND TRYING TO MAKE A PRIORITY SUMMER 2021. 
          UH, DURING THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, I FOUGHT FOR AN INCREASE IN THE A C S BUDGET AND HOPED TO INCLUDE THE A C S HOSPITAL. 
          THE HOSPITAL COULDN'T MAKE THE BUDGET THAT YEAR, SO I LET MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT I WOULD BE FIGHTING FOR IT IN THE BOND. 
          IT WASN'T A PART OF THE BOND PROPOSAL. 
          AND SO I ASKED FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THAT. 
          LUCKILY THEY DID. 
          AND IT ENDED UP BEING APPROVED BY VOTERS, AND THAT'S GONNA BE A LONG-TERM SOLUTION. 
          AND ON JANUARY 24TH OF LAST YEAR, COUNCILMAN KEO HDA AND I, UM, SUBMITTED A C C R, UM, WITH A FOCUS IN ON AN A C S MASTER PLAN, IDEALLY A LITTLE BIT BROADER THAN THIS, OR A LITTLE BIT MORE IDEALISTIC THAN THIS. 
          UM, AND ONE OF THOSE THREE FOCUS AREAS THAT WE OUTLINED WAS STRATEGIES REGARDING AGGRESSIVE AND DANGEROUS ANIMAL DESIGNATIONS. 
          EVERY SINGLE, EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY, I'VE ASKED FOR US TO SUPPORT RESCUE AND FOSTER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND I HOPE THAT THIS BUDGET CYCLE, UM, I JUST HEARD IT FROM COUNCILWOMAN CABAL, HDA, BUT HOPEFULLY WE HEAR IT FROM MANY MORE THAT WE SEE, UH, TANGIBLE SUPPORT, AND WE BRING TO THEM, TO THE THEM TO THE TABLE, ASK THEM WHAT THEY NEED. 
          AND WE PROVIDE, UH, WE PROVIDE THAT. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR WE NEED LONG-TERM STRATEGIES AND INCREASE IN RESOURCES TO A C S BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE'VE HEARD AT THE DOORS AND WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND IN THE DISTRICT TWO COMMUNITY. 
          OUR FAMILIES CAN'T GO FOR A WALK, VISIT PARKS, LET THEIR CHILDREN, UH, PLAY OUTSIDE OR EVEN ACCESS THEIR MAILBOX WHEN WITHOUT BEING APPROACHED BY, OR EVEN CHASED BY ROAMING AND SOMETIMES AGGRESSIVE ANIMALS. 
          AND I'M USING ROAMING NOW. 
          UM, AND JUST ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE, UH, THE FEBRUARY 24TH INCIDENT, I WAS WALKING TO MY MAILBOX AND I WAS CHASED BY TWO ROAMING ANIMALS. 
          LUCKILY, I AM, YOU KNOW, I'M A RUNNER, BUT WHAT IF I WAS ELDERLY? AND WHAT IF I WASN'T, UH, ABLE TO DEFEND MYSELF OR RUN AWAY? AND I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PRIVILEGE, AND WE SAW WHAT HAPPENS. 
          I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE ANIMALS. 
          AND I HAVE PETS WHO ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY FAMILY, AND I WANT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS AND ENJOY THE COMPANION OF 
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COMPANIONSHIP OF PETS. 
          SO, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE SPENDING TODAY FOCUSED ON A, UH, A C S AND I'M THANKFUL TO THE STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT. 
          I KNOW IT'S EXHAUSTING. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE UNDER-RESOURCED, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN FINALLY ADDRESS THAT THIS CYCLE. 
          UM, RECENTLY WE'VE WRITTEN, WE'VE WITNESSED A NUMBER OF TURNING POINTS IN OUR CITY, AND I'M GONNA MAKE A POINT ABOUT THIS. 
          WE'VE WITNESSED TURNING POINTS SUCH AS THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS WHERE, AND THAT WAS A TURNING POINT FOR OUR COUNCIL THAT ALLOWED US TO ACHIEVE MEANINGFUL, UH, REFORMS THROUGH OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. 
          BUT THOSE NEEDS WERE THERE PRIOR. 
          THE PANDEMIC, WE SAW THAT THAT WAS A TURNING POINT FOR OUR FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND INVESTMENT IN METRO HEALTH. 
          AND THAT NEED WAS THERE PRIOR FOR THE HOUSING CRISIS. 
          IT'S AN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, IT'S BEEN A TURNING POINT IN THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES AND FUNDS THAT WE PUT INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THAT NEED HAS BEEN THERE. 
          AND SO, I, I JUST WANNA BE VERY CLEAR THAT WE SHOULD BE PROACTIVE AND NOT WAIT FOR AN EVENT LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY TO HAPPEN BEFORE WE PUT, UH, RESOURCES BEHIND ISSUES THAT RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN COMING TO COUNCIL CONSISTENTLY AT PUBLIC COMMENT AT EVERY BUDGET FORUM AT EVERY TOWN HALL, AND THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR RESOURCES AND FOR US TO DO SOMETHING. 
          AND SO THERE'S A FEW THINGS. 
          UM, I HEARD, YOU KNOW, THERE A FEW THINGS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SAID IT HERE, BUT 94% OF THE ROAMING ANIMALS HAD AN OWNER THAT'S ABOUT ABOUT 90%, 85 TO 90%. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UM, AND WE CONSISTENTLY HEAR THE KEY TO ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE IS SPAY AND NEUTER OUR CONVERSATION. 
          I, I BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED THAT NOT A SINGLE KENNEL OR OFFICE BASE HAS BEEN ADDED SINCE 2007. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THAT IS A HUGE, HUGE PROBLEM. 
          AND SO I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I EXPECT TO SEE IN THE SUCKING BUDGET, I, I EXPECT US TO MAKE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO WAY MORE SPAY NEUTER. 
          I KNOW THIS TIME WE INCREASED OUR BUDGET FOR SPAY NEUTER, BUT IT ALLOWED US TO JUST KIND OF STAY IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY DONE. 
          WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO WAY MORE SURGERIES. 
          UM, I HEARD THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE FOR, TO ADDRESS THE PET OWNER BEHAVIOR WHEN 85 TO 90% OF THE ROAMING ANIMALS DO BELONG TO AN OWNER, THAT'S VERY CLEARLY A PET OWNER BEHAVIOR PROBLEM. 
          UM, AND EVERY SINGLE TOUCH POINT THAT WE HAVE, UM, IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION THAT COULD CHANGE THE CULTURE OF OUR CITY. 
          SO, UM, ANY PERSON WHO MAYBE WALKS INTO THE A C S, UH, FACILITY, AND THEY'RE INTERESTED IN A PET, EVEN IF THEY DON'T GET ONE, THEY SHOULD RECEIVE SOME AMOUNT OF EDUCATION. 
          BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY LEAVE A C S IS THEY MIGHT GO TO ANOTHER FACILITY, OR THEY MIGHT GO TO SOME, THEY MIGHT PURCHASE AN ANIMAL FROM SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS NOT GIVING THEM THOSE RESOURCES. 
          AND SO EVERY TOUCH POINT SHOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT. 
          AND SO I WANNA SEE THAT IN THE BUDGET. 
          UM, I WANNA SEE THAT IN YOUR REQUEST OR REFLECTED IN SOME WAY. 
          I ALSO THINK IT'S CLEAR WE NEED TO INCREASED CAPACITY TO PREVENT UNNECESSARY IZATION. 
          I'VE HEARD VERY CONSISTENTLY, YOU MENTIONED TRANSPORTATION HUBS AND RESOURCES TO TRANSPORT ANIMALS OUT OF A C S AND OUT OF OUR, UH, FACILITIES. 
          AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE MADE ANY MEANINGFUL STEPS TOWARDS THAT. 
          AND SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES THE NEED THERE? AND HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU NEED? UM, AND THEN RESCUES AND FOSTERS ARE INCREASING OUR CAPACITY. 
          SO ONCE AGAIN, I'M GONNA MAKE THE REQUEST THAT WE, UM, PROVIDE TANGIBLE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT THERE. 
          FEW OTHER THINGS. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE POINT. 
          BUT I DO WANT TO, I DO APPRECIATE THE FIVE GOALS THERE. 
          I'M GONNA MAKE YOUR JOB CHALLENGING AND SAY THAT I, I WANT ALL OF THEM, UH, AND THAT THEY'RE ALL A PRIORITY TO ME. 
          BUT I DO WANT TO KNOW HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE VERY ME MEASURABLE OUTCOMES. 
          SO IF WE COULD ESTIMATE THE SIZE OF OUR ROAMING AND ROAMING AND STRAIGHT POPULATION, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GET TO A 99% LEASE RATE? WHAT NUMBER, WHAT RESOURCES DO YOU NEED TO ACHIEVE THAT? WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMS, WHAT ARE THE INITIATIVES? HOW DO WE VIRTUALLY ELIMINATE THE ROAMING AND STRAY ANIMAL ISSUE, STRAY ANIMAL ISSUE? WHAT RESOURCES AND TOOLS ARE NEEDED TO BE THERE? AND THIS GOES BACK TO THE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS, BUT IF, IF YOU TELL US HOW WE GET THERE, WE CAN TELL YOU WHICH GOALS MATTER MOST. 
          AND SO, I, I REALLY WANNA SEE THAT. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, LAST QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT RESOURCES DOES A C S AND OUR RESCUE AND FOSTER ORGANIZATIONS NEED, AND HOW MIGHT THERE BE BETTER COORDINATION? AND SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE COMMENTS AND REMARKS FROM THE REST OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS BEING A PRIORITY IN THIS UPCOMING BUDGET SESSION. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTS OF YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU SHANNON OG, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AS TO KAREN SPEARER, WHO'S OUR A C S APPOINTEE, WHO'S PRESENT AT EVERY BUDGET, EVERY TOWN HALL, EVERY COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WE HAVE, UH, AND AS WELL AS TITA. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, THESE ARE THE EXPERTS WHO ARE OUT IN THE FIELD HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS, UM, AND WHO I OFTEN LEAN ON WHEN IT COMES TO INPUT AND STRATEGY AND NEXT STEPS. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT 
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I, I WANTED TO HIT ON ONE KEY PIECE, JUST REFLECTING ON WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON, UH, AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND SEEING THAT A C SS HASN'T HAD A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE SINCE ROUGHLY 2012. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE WORK STARTS BEFORE THE DISASTER HITS. 
          AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY, WHAT THAT MEANS TO ME IS INVESTING IN EVERY LEVER AND FACET OF PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          AND WHAT I CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM MY CONSTITUENTS IS THAT THEY FEEL UNSAFE WALKING DOWN THEIR STREET. 
          THEY FEEL UNSAFE RIDING THEIR BICYCLE. 
          THEY FEEL UNSAFE GRABBING THEIR MAIL, AND THEY FEEL UNSAFE BECAUSE THEY'RE STRAY AND ROAMING ANIMALS. 
          SO I BELIEVE SEEING THAT A BUDGET THAT HAS AN INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY TO A C S TO PROVIDE THE, THE SUPPORT THAT'S NEEDED IS A DISSERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO WHO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, BECAUSE THAT TELLS ME THAT THE BUDGET'S NOT REFLECTING WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM COMMUNITY WHEN WE SEE PUBLIC SAFETY MARKED AS A HIGH RANKING, UH, PRIORITY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO, WITH THAT, UM, I KNOW WITH THE BUDGET CONVERSATION, INVESTING IN A C S WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE A PRIORITY. 
          UM, BUT MY QUESTION IS, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MID-YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS, ERIC, IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO START, UH, ONBOARDING ADDITIONAL A C S OFFICERS AND OR START PURCH PURCHASING THE EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR, UH, THOSE OFFICERS TO, UM, BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY, UM, TACKLE THE JOB? SO, UH, SHANNON CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THAT MM-HMM. 
           WE HAVE, AND THAT'S, THAT'S DESIGNED TO OVERHIRE FOR POSITIONS. 
          UM, AND I DON'T THINK THAT REQUIRES A MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENT. 
          I THINK THAT JUST MEANS WE, WE START TO DO THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY. 
          THAT GOES TO THE QUESTION THAT WE HAD IN TERMS OF EQUIPMENT. 
          UM, WE CAN START ORDERING EQUIPMENT NOW MM-HMM. 
          , AND I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE NEED, WE DON'T NEED A BUDGET AM MIDYEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. 
          AND, AND, AND, AND IRRESPECTIVE OF CONVERSATIONS THAT THE COUNCIL COUNCIL MAY HAVE THIS SUMMER, THE LEAD TIME ON THIS EQUIPMENT ON ALL EQUIPMENT IS A LOT LONGER THAN IT WAS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH THE DEPARTMENT IS GO AHEAD AND START ORDERING. 
          NOW, ONCE IT COMES TO COUNCIL, WHEN YOU GUYS APPROVE THE PURCHASE, THEN THE ALLOCATION OF THE FUNDING GETS SETTLED. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS ADMINISTRATIVELY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS EXACTLY YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN MM-HMM. 
          , BUT THERE ARE THINGS ADMINISTRATIVELY THAT WE CAN PULL THE TRIGGER ON RIGHT NOW. 
          YES. 
          AND IT'D BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A BRIEFING ON WHAT THOSE ITEMS WERE. 
          ACTION HAS ALREADY BEEN INITIATED, SO THAT WAY, LEADING UP TO THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS, WE'RE NOT REQUESTING THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ORDERED. 
          UM, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU CAN GET A MEMO ON WHAT THOSE ITEMS ARE. 
          WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT'S PART OF THE, UH, APRIL 13TH BUDGET WORK SESSION, SO THAT, YOU KNOW MM-HMM. 
           WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE AND WHAT'S ALREADY IN PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT, THAT'LL BE HELPFUL. 
          UH, ANOTHER PIECE OF THE FOCUS AREAS THAT'S IMPORTANT, UH, IS THE, THE MESSAGING AND THE OUTREACH AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          AGAIN, JUST LIKE MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, I'M SURPRISED TO LEARN ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF ROAMING ANIMALS, UM, HAVE OWNERS, UH, AND, AND HOW IT'S JUST FOLKS LETTING THEIR DOGS, UH, ROAM THE STREETS AND STARE THEIR NEIGHBORS, UM, AND CAUSE HARM. 
          SO ONE THING THAT I KNOW WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL IN, UH, IN ENGAGING THE FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT IS A POSTCARD, RIGHT? ABOUT THE, THE CRIMINAL CHARGE THAT IT NOW IS TO HAVE A ROAMING ANIMAL. 
          IF, IF IT'S, UH, BITE SOMEONE, UM, IS I BELIEVE, A WAY TO, TO LET COMMUNITY KNOW, HEY, THIS IS ILLEGAL AND THERE WERE, THERE WILL BE ACTION. 
          UM, IF YOU ARE NOT BEING A RESPONSIBLE PET OWNER, UM, THAT'S BEEN ONE DISAPPOINTING THING TO LEARN. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, RIGHT? LIKE MANY OF US WERE OUT, UH, BLOCK WALKING 'CAUSE IT'S THAT SEASON. 
          UH, AND JUST SO MANY STRAY ANIMALS. 
          AND I CONTINUE TO HEAR THE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN ABOUT DOGS. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I OUT, I'M, I'M STARTING TO ASK NOW, RIGHT? IS IT, UH, ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS STRAY DOGS? OR IS IT SOMEONE A DOG, YOU THINK SOMEONE DUMPED? AND OFTENTIMES IT'S LIKE IT BELONGS TO THE PERSON TWO HOUSES DOWN. 
          UM, SO, SO THAT'S REALLY CONCERNING, UM, THAT FOLKS AREN'T TAKING ON, UH, BEING RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS. 
          UM, FURTHER I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AND HIGHLIGHT, I APPRECIATE THE MEMO ABOUT THE GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM AND THE, THE QUICK ACTION THAT, UH, YOUR TEAM AT A C S AND CITY STAFF TOOK, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S IMMEDIATE PLAN, UH, AS WELL AS THE I G R TEAM, UH, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THEY'RE SPEAKING WITH THE LOCAL DELEGATION TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S, UM, BILLS FILED TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITY, UH, KNOWS THAT THERE'S ACTION AND FOLKS FEEL COULD POTENTIALLY BE SAFE, RATHER, UM, A AGAIN, UH, I JUST WANNA BE SURE RIGHT, THAT WE HAVE FRANK CONVERSATIONS AROUND BUDGETING. 
          BECAUSE ONE OF MY BIGGEST PET PEEVES, RIGHT, WITH ANY DEPARTMENT IS MOSTLY ANY STUDY, RIGHT? THAT WE SPEND TAXPAYER DOLLARS GENERATING THESE STRATEGIC PLANS, PUTTING OUT THESE STUDIES, AND THEN THERE'S NEVER ANY ACTION OR IMPLEMENTATION. 
          AND I BELIEVE HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, HUMAN LIVES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE LIVES OF ANIMALS. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS ONE THAT, UH, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO JUST LEAVE ON THE SHELF AND JUST LOOK BACK THREE YEARS FROM NOW ABOUT 
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PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO I JUST WANNA BE SURE THAT THERE'S ACTION ON THESE THINGS. 
          AND I GUESS IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT AND A PLEA TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, THAT WE FAIRLY INVEST IN ANIMAL CARE SERVICE WITH THIS UPCOMING BUDGET. 
          UM, BUT ALSO TO TASK, UH, JEFF AND SALLY, I'M NOT TOO SURE IF THERE ARE, ARE ANY FEDERAL GRANTS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT ANIMAL CARE SERVICES OR ANIMAL CARE? UM, BUT I DEFINITELY THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD EXPLORE. 
          UM, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THAT IT WAS CITED THAT THIS IS GOING TO TAKE, UM, A LOT OF INVESTMENT, RIGHT? THAT'S GOING TO BE BEYOND THE BUDGET. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          AND, AND MA'AM, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS, UH, FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF, LIKE YOU SAID, GETTING THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TOGETHER, THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, WE KNOW THE VEHICLES TAKE SAID AMOUNT OF TIME TO MM-HMM. 
          , YOU KNOW, TO, TO MAP OUT CAPITAL PROJECTS MORE THAN THAT. 
          AND SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF LINING ALL THAT UP. 
          UH, BUT AS ERIC SAID, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UH, APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM MM-HMM. 
          , WE'VE ALREADY ENTERED INTO THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING AND INTERVIEWING EIGHT ADDITIONAL OVER HIRES. 
          SO WE CAN GET THEM IN THAT TRAINING TRACK QUICKLY, AND BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE BUDGET SEASON, THEY'LL BE READY TO, READY TO ROLL. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. 
          AND, AND A QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS HOW MANY AC OFF A A C S OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE PATROLLING RIGHT NOW OUT IN THE FIELD, ACROSS THE CITY? IF IT, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD TODAY. 
          I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE ALL DAY. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          YES. 
          BUT, UH, ON, ON AVERAGE, TYPICALLY, YEAH. 
          UH, FOR, UH, A DAY SHIFT, WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY THREE TO DO YOU? YEAH. 
          THREE TO FOUR. 
          UH, SIMILARLY FOR OUR NIGHT SHIFT AND THEN OUR OVERNIGHT SHIFT. 
          UH, ONE TO TWO OFFICERS, THREE TO FOUR PER DISTRICT, THREE TO FOUR FOR THE WHOLE CITY PER CITY, MA'AM, Y'ALL, DO THEY HAVE A RIGHT PERSONNEL ON FOLKS IN VEHICLES WITH KENNELS TO PICK UP PETS? YES, MA'AM. 
          THREE TO FOUR. 
          THERE'S, SO THERE'S 28 TOTAL FIRST RESPONDERS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE TO DIVVY THOSE 28 FOLKS OUT BETWEEN THREE SHIFTS, 24 7. 
          LET ME CLARIFY. 
          SO FOLKS THAT HAVE VEHICLES TO PICK UP ANIMALS AND PUT THEM IN THE KENNELS TO TAKE OVER TO A C SS, HOW MANY OF THOSE VEHICLES DO WE HAVE OUT THERE ON A TYPICAL DAY TO, WELL, I'VE, I'VE GOT 28 VEHICLES, UHHUH . 
          UM, BUT LIKE ON A TYPICAL DAY SHIFT, I'LL HAVE FOUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE FIELD. 
          UH, THEN WE WOULD TYPICALLY HAVE OUR DISTRICT OFFICERS OKAY. 
          YOU KNOW, OPERATING IN DISTRICTS, WHICH NOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEING UTILIZED FOR THE CANVASSING. 
          YEAH. 
          WOW. 
          UH, AND JUST I'M REFLECTING ON THAT. 
          WE'RE THE SEVENTH LARGEST CITY. 
          WE'RE CONTINUALLY TO GROW, AND WITH THAT COMES A GROWTH IN ANIMAL POPULATION. 
          AND IT'S THE ARGUMENT THAT WE SEE MADE WITH THE DIFFERENT BUDGET REQUESTS. 
          AND IT'S JUST, UM, THE TOTAL COMPLIMENT OF THE FIELD IS ABOUT 55, 55, THAT THAT INCLUDES MANAGER SUPERVISORS. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          SO THE 28 DOES NOT INCLUDE THE DISTRICT OFFICERS ALSO. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          UM, AGAIN, I WANNA THANK, UM, UH, SHANNON AND YOUR TEAM FOR Y'ALL'S CONTINUED WORK AND, UH, SEEING YOU AT ALL THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I KNOW MY COMMUNITY APPRECIATE APPRECIATES THAT. 
          UM, I THINK WE HAVE PLENTY OF MORE WORK TO DO. 
          UM, BUT I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          UM, AND YOU COULD COUNT ON DEFI FOR, UM, SUPPORT AND THE BUDGET ASK AND ADVOCACY IF THERE'S GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, UH, ANY TREE THAT WE NEED A SHAKE TO GET FUNDING FOR A C S, UH, COUNT ME IN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND COUNCILMAN, THE, THE OTHER SOURCE OF POTENTIAL FUNDING, UM, IS ALSO FOUNDATIONS THAT WILL GIVE MONEY FOR THESE AREAS AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A C S AND WE'VE KNOWN THIS FOR A WHILE. 
          UM, MY PATIENCE HAS BEEN LONG FOR THIS, BUT COUNCILMAN KEO HDA MENTIONED THE BROOKS SPAY AND NEUTER CLINIC. 
          IT WAS CLOSED LAST SUMMER AND HAS NOT BEEN REOPENED, THOUGH I HAVE ASKED NUMEROUS TIMES HOW WE WERE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. 
          UH, WHEN WE COME UP AND WE BRING UP AND WE TALK ABOUT A DASHBOARD, BUT WE DON'T SHOW THE WEBSITE, THAT'S NOT HELPFUL FOR THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY NEED TO GO. 
          ALL I COULD SEE ON THE DASHBOARD WHEN I WENT WAS WHERE TO FIND CALLS IF I COULD FIND MY DOG. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S THIS HUGE PIECE MISSING. 
          UM, MY COUNCIL COLLIE BROUGHT IT UP. 
          YOU HAVE 178 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS. 
          HOW MUCH STAFF DO YOU HAVE CURRENTLY AT A C S? DO YOU HAVE OUR VACANCY REPORT? WE HAVE 150 FIELD POSITIONS. 
          YOU HAVE 150 FIELD POSITIONS, BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT ONLY THREE TO FOUR PEOPLE ARE OUT ON THE STREETS ADDRESSING THE STRAY. 
          ONLY, ONLY 55, ONLY 55 OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, 
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MA'AM, ARE ACTUALLY FIELD OFFICERS. 
          THE REST ARE LIVE RELEASE KENNEL STAFF, CLINIC STAFF, ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. 
          AND, AND THESE ARE QUESTIONS WHEN WE, WHEN WE GO AND WE TALK ABOUT BUDGET AND WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, THESE ARE QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ASK BECAUSE IN PREPARATION FOR THIS MEETING, I ASKED FOR SOME INFORMATION FROM 2021 WHEN I GOT ELECTED TO 2023 ABOUT ANIMAL CARE CALLS, WHICH WAS OVER 23,872, REPORTED 4 3 1 1 CALLS ABOUT ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THAT WAS STRAY ANIMALS. 
          WHEN I GET, AND, AND WE ALL DO TAGGED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IT'S ABOUT THE STRAY ANIMALS, IT'S ABOUT THE ROAMING ANIMALS. 
          WE NEED TO LOOK AT MAKING THIS A PRIORITY. 
          THE OTHER THING WE NEED TO ADDRESS, WHICH IS WHAT MOST OF OUR ACTIVISTS COME AND TALK ABOUT, IS THE EUTHANIZED EUTHANIZATION OF CATS AND DOGS. 
          AND THE FACT THAT WE, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC DID, UM, DID PROMOTIONS, TOOK PIC PICTURES WITH OUR PETS, TOLD PEOPLE NOT TO GO TO KENNELS, BUT TO ADOPT FROM, FROM THERE, FROM, FROM, UH, A C S OR OUR PARTNERS. 
          BUT WHEN I LOOK AT SLIDE FIVE AND I LOOK AT THE PARTNERS THAT YOU HAVE, AND, AND HERE WE ARE OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, HOW MANY OF THESE ARE ACTUALLY ENGAGING IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF, OF THE DISTRICT, OF THE CITY? AND THO THOSE ARE ANSWERS I NEED. 
          AND BEFORE I EVEN LOOK AT GIVING THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS A POLICY DISCUSSION, BUT WE PRIORITIZED A SPAY AND NEUTER CLINIC IN DISTRICT THREE BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE HAD A PROBLEM. 
          AND THEN WHAT, WHAT DO WE HAVE IT, WE HAVE IT CLOSED DOWN BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A CITY VET THERE. 
          WE HAD A CONTRACTOR AND WE HAD OVER 3 MILLION IN CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FOR THE BUDGET. 
          AND SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE GOING BACK INTO TALKING ABOUT A MID-YEAR BUDGET AND GIVING MORE MONEY IN CON CONTRACTUAL SERVICES IF THEY DON'T WANNA DO BUSINESS ON THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO ALSO GO INTO THE DISTRICT. 
          AND I'M GLAD YOU'VE, YOU'VE VISITED WITH FIVE AND FOUR, BECAUSE WE MADE A REQUEST FOR A C S TO COME TO A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN DISTRICT THREE, AND THEY DID IT. 
          SO I WAS SITTING THERE GIVING A, A PREPARED SPEECH THAT A C S HAD PROVIDED ABOUT THE CURRENT SITUATION. 
          AND THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE IF YOU WANNA FOSTER YOUR PRIORITY OF FOCUS AREA AND POSITIVE CONNECTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU'RE NOT IN THE COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          WE ARE DEALING NOW WITH A MISTRUST THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS WITH A C S WE ARE DEALING WITH, WITH A SPAY AND NEUTER CLINIC THAT IS PERFECTLY FUNCTIONAL, BUT IS NOT BEING UTILIZED. 
          AND WE NEED TO GET CREATIVE. 
          AND THE THE COMMENT THAT THIS IS HAPPENING NATIONALLY DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE, THEN WE NEED TO GET CREATIVE, GET A SAN ANTONIO SOLUTION, DRIVE TO FLORESVILLE, DRIVE TO TO VAUGHN ARMY, FIND THEIR VET, AND ASK THEM TO COME UP AND SPAY AND NEUTER THESE DOGS. 
          I HAVE TWO PETS OF MY OWN. 
          AND THIS IS, THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          AND WE DO NEED TO ASK THE, THE, THE PET OWNERS, ARE THEY UP TO DATE WITH THEIR RABIES? I JUST HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS, AND I THINK WE NEED, WE NEED TO HAVE MORE OF A CONVERSATION WITHIN PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          WE NEED TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE WHEN I ASKED 3 1 1 TO BREAK DOWN THE CALLS, THEY HAD ANIMAL BITE, CRITICAL, ANIMAL BITE, NON-CRITICAL ANIMALS, AGGRESSIVE, CRITICAL. 
          THEY HAD A LONG LIST FOR ME. 
          I DIDN'T GET THAT SAME LIST FROM ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          MY CALLS FOR SERVICE WERE BITES, CRUELTY, STRAY, OTHER, AND OFFICER STANDBY. 
          THAT WAS IT. 
          WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CRITICAL, NON-CRITICAL, AGGRESSIVE NON THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN WHEN I GOT THAT REPORT? SO I THINK WE NEED TO MATCH WHAT 3 1 1 IS GETTING AND WHAT A C S IS GETTING. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          YES, IT'S A POLICY AND A PRIORITY, BUT WHAT I HEARD TODAY WAS BEFORE THAT AWFUL INCIDENT IN FEBRUARY THAT TOOK SOMEBODY'S LIFE, THERE WAS OFFICER DISCRETION, AND NOW THERE'S NO AWFUL OFFICER DISCRETION. 
          AND SO IF WE ARE THEN CITING EVERYONE THAT, THAT HAS A BITE, GIVE US THE COST OF WHAT'S THAT COST COSTING OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE DOG. 
          THAT BIT SOMEONE IS NOW BEING BOARDED AT A VET OR AT A C S 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT DONE FOR FREE. 
          SO I, I WOULD LIKE THAT COST. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU MAKE THEM GET RABIES SHOTS, IF THEY, IF THE OWNER ALREADY HAS RABIES SHOTS, WE NEED TO HANDLE THIS THOUGHTFULLY, BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANNA SEE IS VILIFYING OF CERTAIN DOG BREEDS 
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AND VILIFYING OF DOG OWNERS THAT MY OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUE MENTIONED THAT MAYBE IS JUST TOO OLD AND THE DOG'S JUST TOO MUCH FOR THEM. 
          UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, AND IT IS NOT ANY ONE PERSON'S FAULT BECAUSE THIS IS SYSTEMIC AND WE NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS, ABOUT, OH, IT, AND IT'S HUMANE SOCIETY AND ANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE. 
          THEY LIVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN. 
          I GET THAT. 
          THAT'S WHERE THEIR DONORS ARE. 
          BUT THE PROBLEM IS ON, IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR WITH THE DITCHES AND WITH THE RIVER. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I THINK I NEED NOT TO JUST KNOW THE PLAN, BECAUSE THE PLAN IS GOOD, BUT I NEED TO KNOW THE HOW OF THE PLAN. 
          BECAUSE ONE THING, AND I HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MY APPOINTEE GEORGE GARCIA ALL THE TIME, IS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IF WE HAVE, UH, PEOPLE DUMPING AND WE GET VIDEO WITH THEM, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE IF THEY'RE, IF WE SET UP CAGES BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S A, A FEISTY ANIMAL OF A CAT OR A DOG AND SOMEBODY COMES IN AND THEY MESS WITH THOSE CAGES, HOW DO WE HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT? IF PEOPLE, UH, IF THEY'RE IN AN ABANDONED HOME, WHO'S GONNA GO INTO THAT ABANDONED HOME TO GET THOSE, THOSE PETS? IS IT AC S'S RESPONSIBILITY? DO WE FIND A THIRD PARTNER TO DO THIS? HOW, HOW DO WE DO THIS? THERE'S JUST A LOT OF QUESTIONS WE HAVE HERE, AND I JUST THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE PRIORITY. 
          I THINK WHEN WE WENT BACK TO THE PRIORITY OF TRYING TO SAVE PETS LIVES, WE DID BETTER. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO GO BACK TO. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          SHANNON, I KNOW THIS IS A VERY EMOTIONAL SUBJECT AND, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, ANIMAL WELFARE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND, AND I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THE REST OF THE TEAM SERVICE, UH, TO TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THE ANIMALS PLUS PROTECT OUR POPULATION AS WELL. 
          UH, OVERALL ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, GREAT GOALS. 
          I, I, I, I LIKE THOSE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UH, PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY FROM STRAY ANIMALS BITES, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          I, BUT I WANNA SEE MORE DETAIL. 
          YOU KNOW, THE GOALS ARE GREAT, BUT HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THERE FROM HERE? YOU TALK ABOUT CITATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          WHAT, WHAT ARE THE SPECIFICS FOR THOSE CITATIONS? FIRST OFFENSE, SECOND OFFENSE, THIRD, HOW MANY OFFENSES CAN THEY GO UP TO? THOSE KIND OF DETAILS, I THINK NEED TO BE IN THIS PLAN TO BE TRANSPARENT TO THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT THOSE, WHAT THOSE, UM, UM, ISSUES WOULD BE IF THEY HAVE AN ANIMAL THAT IS CREATING, UM, AN UNSAFE SITUATION IN THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO WE NEED TO PUT THE, FILL IN THOSE BLANKS, PUT THOSE DETAILS IN AS PART OF THIS STRATEGIC PLAN SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT. 
          UM, AGAIN, YOUR GOALS ARE GREAT. 
          I I, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE METRICS THAT BACK UP THE GOALS. 
          UM, BUT I, I THINK WE NEED MORE DETAIL ON THAT AND SPECIFICS, WHAT, WHAT SHOULD REALLY GO IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF MY ISSUES HERE, AND IT WAS TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT, WAS YOUR, YOUR BUDGET WE'RE, WE'RE ALL TALKING BUDGET AND KIND OF GETTING SET UP FOR THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS COMING UP HERE IN APRIL. 
          BUT, AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU THESE QUESTIONS AT THE BUDGET TIME. 
          ALSO, UH, SINCE 2020, YOU'VE GAINED 35 POSITIONS. 
          35 POSITIONS SINCE 2020. 
          YOU'RE, YOU HAVE A $5 MILLION ADDITIONAL BUDGET SINCE 2020. 
          BUT YET, WHEN I WENT TO GO CHECK ON YOUR PERFORMANCE METRICS SINCE 2019, THE NUMBERS HAVE GONE DOWN. 
          THE NUMBER OF ANIMAL INTAKE IS DOWN, UH, SINCE 20 TH 2019, FROM 32,000 DOWN TO 25,000. 
          THE LIVE RELEASE RATE HAS GONE DOWN FROM 91% DOWN TO 88% IN 22. 
          AND, UH, THE SPAY NEUTER HAS GONE DOWN FROM 41,000 DOWN TO 28,000. 
          I'M READING IN 2019 VERSUS 2022. 
          YOU HAVE NUMBERS HERE FOR 2023 ON PROPOSED, BUT WE STILL GOT A LONG WAY TO GO TO FINISH UP 2023. 
          SO I GUESS MY CONCERN AT THIS POINT, LOOKING AT THE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE, THE 35 POSITIONS AND THE ADDITIONAL MONEY OF THE $5 MILLION A YEAR, I'M NOT SEEING THE RESULTS. 
          NOT SEEING THE RESULTS IN THESE METRICS. 
          SO THIS, THIS NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO TURN THESE NUMBERS AROUND 
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ON THE PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT WE'RE SHOWING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND ONE OF 'EM IS THE LIVE RELEASE RATE. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF FOLKS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. 
          WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS? I I SEE 88%, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT NUMBER IS. 
          88%. 
          WHAT IS THAT? DO YOU HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS, SHANNON AND SIR, I WILL TELL YOU THAT OUT OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT WERE ADDED, UM, FOUR OF THOSE WERE TO PRO PROVIDE 24 HOUR SUPPORT, THE OVERNIGHT SUPPORT TO SS A P D. 
          UM, THEY DON'T, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          FIVE OF THOSE WERE STANDING UP A CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM LAST YEAR, WHICH WE RECEIVED, WHICH IS ABOUT TWO WEEKS FROM BEING COMPLETELY STOOD UP TO ADDRESS THE, THE IMPACT OF FOLKS NOT BEING ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US. 
          AND THEN NINE OF THOSE WERE JUST TO BASELINE OUR, UH, OUR VETERINARY TECHNICIANS TO GET THEM TO WHERE THEY NEEDED TO BE JUST TO CONDUCT DAILY OPERATIONS. 
          BUT SO THAT'S 19 OUTTA 35. 
          THERE'S STILL, AND I, AND I DON'T RECALL WHAT ALL 35 OF THEM ARE, BUT I CAN, UH, I CAN GET BACK TO YOU MINUTE. 
          WELL, I, I'M JUST SAYING, SHANNON, 35 ADDITIONAL POSITIONS, $5 MILLION A YEAR MORE, AND I'M NOT SEEING THE RESULTS IN THE METRICS. 
          SOMETHING'S, SOMETHING'S OUTTA WHACK. 
          EITHER WE'RE NOT DOING SOMETHING RIGHT OR, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO REDO OUR WHOLE APPROACH ON HOW WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE. 
          AND THAT IS A LOT OF WHAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS ABOUT THE STUFF THAT WE WERE DOING 10 YEARS AGO IN 2012 WHEN THE OLD STRATEGIC PLAN DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE. 
          A LOT OF THAT DOESN'T WORK. 
          THE, WE'VE BECOME HEAVILY RELIANT UPON RESCUES TO THE POINT THAT WE'VE INUNDATED THEM. 
          WE HAVE TO DIVERSIFY OURSELF. 
          WE HAD ALL OF OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET, AND NOW THAT THEY'RE FULL AND THEY TOO, WERE STRUGGLING TO MOVE ANIMALS, WE'RE NOT DIVERSIFIED ENOUGH. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE WANNA DIVERSIFY THAT SOLUTION. 
          UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SPAY NEUTER PIECE OF IT, BEING ABLE TO ATTRACT QUALITY, UH, SPAY NEUTER VENDORS FROM OUT OF CITY. 
          SO WE'RE NOT JUST SHUFFLING CAPACITY AROUND LIKE SPAY NEUTER NETWORK, BROUGHT THEM DOWN HERE. 
          THAT'S A NEW SPAY NEUTER RESOURCE. 
          A VERY STRONG ONE, UTILIZING THINGS LIKE THE BROOKS AND BRACKENRIDGE CLINICS TO ATTRACT OUT OF STATE OR OUT OF CITY INDIVIDUALS TO EXPAND THAT RATHER THAN JUST CONTINUING TO SHUFFLE AROUND THE EXISTING AND WHAT IS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND, AND I'M SORRY, SHANNON, WHERE WAS THE, UH, SO THESE ARE THE LETTER RELEASE NUMBERS. 
          SO FROM A NUMBERS STANDPOINT, UH, 2022 ACTUALS, SORRY. 
          WE DID JUST OVER 10,000 RESCUES IN 2022. 
          THAT'S PART OF OUR LAY RELEASE RATE. 
          SO IT'S ALL THE ANIMALS THAT HAVE OUTCOME. 
          AND THEN OF OUR ADOPTIONS, WE DID ABOUT 4,500 ADOPTIONS IN 2022. 
          AND THEN WE, UM, WE DID RETURN TO OWNERS. 
          SO WE RETURNED ANIMALS FROM TO THEIR OWNERS, WHETHER THEY'RE ON CAMPUS OR OUT IN THE FIELD, ABOUT 5,400. 
          UM, SO WE'VE RESCUES ADOPTIONS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO THAT GETS US TO THE 88% LIVE RELEASE RATE. 
          SO OF ALL OF THE ANIMALS THAT WE OUTPUTTED, 88%, WE FOUND PLACEMENT IN ADOPTIONS, RESCUES, OR RETURN TO OWNERS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING ELSE IN THIS CHART IN YOUR METRICS, BECAUSE 88% DOESN'T TELL ME ANYTHING. 
          SHOW ME THE NUMBERS. 
          WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE, UH, THE LIVE RELEASE RATE, AND THEN I THINK JUST AS IMPORTANT, HOW MANY DIDN'T MAKE THAT CUT? HOW MANY WERE EUTHANIZED? THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO SEE HERE. 
          NOT THE 88%. 
          'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE, BOTH, HEY, THIS IS HOW MANY WE RESCUED AND WE PLACED, OR WHATEVER. 
          BUT THIS IS HOW MANY DIDN'T MAKE IT, AND WE HAD TO EUTHANIZE. 
          SO YEAH, WE CAN, AND WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I WANT THAT IN THESE, YEAH, IN THESE TABLES. 
          BECAUSE I'M GONNA BE ASKING THESE AND LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS WHEN WE START ON THE BUDGET DISCUSSION. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, SHANNON, I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF DETAILED EXPLANATIONS, BUT ON THE SURFACE, WHAT I SEE, YOU'VE GOTTEN A LOT MORE MONEY, YOU'VE GOTTEN A LOT MORE POSITIONS, BUT THE RESULTS ARE NOT THERE TO SUPPORT IT. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I REALLY WANT TO SEE IS HOW WE'RE GONNA RECOVER. 
          AND ON TOP OF THAT, IN THE 2012 BOND, YOU GOT $2.2 MILLION FOR A STRAY ANIMAL KENNEL. 
          IN THIS BOND, YOU GOT $17 MILLION FOR AN ANIMAL CARE SERVICES FACILITY. 
          SO THERE, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY GOING INTO THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND WE NEED TO SHOW THE RESULTS. 
          WHAT'S OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR ALL OF THIS? AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA BE HAMMERING 
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ON. 
          AND LET'S BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE NUMBERS. 
          OKAY. 
          WHETHER THEY'RE GOOD OR BAD, WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THEM AND WITH THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT WE'RE DOING IN, IN THIS AREA. 
          SO, UM, YOU MENTIONED BENCHMARKING AND WE'RE, YOU SAID WE'RE, AS FAR AS FUNDING, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN COMPARABLE CITIES. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS FROM OTHER CITIES. 
          WHO ARE YOU BENCHMARKING WITH? WHAT'S THEIR FUNDING LEVEL? WE'VE GOT THAT, SIR. 
          YEAH, I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY SEE A CHART THAT SHOWS HOW WE'RE BENCHMARKING, WHO WE'RE BENCHMARKING WITH, AND, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE BETTER PERFORMANCE METRICS, THEN, UH, WHAT ARE THEY DOING BETTER THAN WE'RE DOING? UH, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT THEY'RE USING AND HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE THOSE INTO THIS STRATEGIC PLAN? WE'RE, WE'RE STILL A LITTLE BIT OF WAYS TO FINISHING THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT I THINK THAT IT NEEDS MORE MEAT ON THE BONE AND, UH, UH, MORE IDEAS FROM OTHER, OTHER CITIES, WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT, THAT WE CAN ADOPT HERE IN, IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA BE EXPECTING AT THIS FIRST ROUND OF POLICY, UH, FOR THE, FOR THIS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IN 2024. 
          AND I WILL TELL YOU, SIR, THAT, UH, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE DO HAVE METRICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GOALS AND FOCUS AREAS. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE TACTICS UNDER EACH OF THOSE IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. 
          WE DID NOT SHOW THOSE TODAY. 
          UH, AND, AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, UH, THERE'S ONE CITY, ONE LARGE CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT'S GOT A BETTER LIVE RELEASE RATE THAN US RIGHT NOW. 
          THERE'S, THE STRUGGLE IS REAL, AND THE STRUGGLE IS ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          UM, DALLAS, HOUSTON, FORT WORTH, EL PASO, ALL OF THEM ARE, HAVE ALSO SEEN SIMILAR DROPS. 
          UM, IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH A LOT OF SOUTHERN STATES, PERIOD. 
          UH, BUT, BUT IT IS, WE WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE NUMBERS TO YOU, SIR. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER S THANKS. 
          UM, I, I'D LIKE TO, UM, IN INQUIRE FROM JEFF COYLE, IF YOU DON'T MIND. 
          JEFF. 
          UH, FOR MANY OF YOU DON'T KNOW, UH, JEFF IS MARRIED TO A LADY NAMED KATIE JAR, WHO IS, UM, HELPING HEAD UP AUSTIN'S, UH, PETS ALIVE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, UH, I KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF YOUR ROLE AS KATIE'S HUSBAND, UH, YOU PROBABLY MONITOR THE, UH, THE PET RELATED ANIMAL RELATED LEGISLATION IN AUSTIN MORE THAN ANYBODY. 
          I HAVE SHANNON ON THIS YEAR, AND MY WIFE ON THIS YEAR. 
          THEY'RE SAYING THE SAME THING ALL THE TIME. 
          CAN YOU, CAN YOU GIVE US JUST A, A, A BROAD STROKE LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AUSTIN IN GENERAL AROUND THIS ISSUE. 
          I KNOW THAT SENATOR MENENDEZ IS HELPING US OUT, UH, WITH A MICRO-TARGETED, UH, YOU KNOW, SOLUTION HERE. 
          BUT I'D, I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE FEELING ABOUT THE WINDS BLOWING IN AUSTIN AS IT RELATES TO ANIMALS. 
          SURE. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE DANGEROUS DOG BILLS. 
          UH, THE, A BILL THAT, UM, A C S BROUGHT TO US BEFORE THE SESSION, UH, IS HOUSE BILL 34 39, UH, BY REPRESENTATIVE ANN JOHNSON OUT OF HOUSTON. 
          AND ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD ALLOW, WE ARE THE ONLY STATE IN THE COUNTRY THAT PROHIBITS SHELTER VETS FROM TREATING OWNED ANIMALS THAT COME INTO THE SHELTER. 
          SO WHEN SOMEBODY BRINGS AN ANIMAL TO A C S THAT IS DISEASED OR SICK, AND THEY SAY, I REALLY CAN'T AFFORD THE VET BILL. 
          THEIR ONLY OPTION IS TO TURN THE DOG OVER TO THE SHELTER BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED. 
          CORRECT ME IF I'M, I'M SAYING IT RIGHT, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TREAT THAT ANIMAL. 
          SO THERE'S A BILL THAT WOULD CHANGE THAT AND ONLY ALLOW IT FOR LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS BASED ON A M I AND, UH, OTHER INCOME REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND WOULD ALLOW A C S TO SAY, HEY, WE CAN PROVIDE SOME MEDICATION. 
          WE CAN FIX THAT DOG'S BROKEN LEG. 
          WE CAN HELP YOU AND KEEP THAT ANIMAL IN YOUR HOME. 
          SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE THAT, THAT, UH, A C S INITIALLY BROUGHT TO US BEFORE THE SESSION AND, AND MY WIFE HAPPENS TO BE WORKING ON. 
          AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE, THE VETERINARIAN LOBBY DOESN'T WANT CITIES COMPETING WITH VETERINARIANS. 
          THAT'S BEEN THE FIGHT. 
          BUT AS WE TALKED ABOUT, OR AS THE TEAM TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THERE'S A VET SHORTAGE ACROSS THE NATION. 
          SO, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A HOLLOW ARGUMENT. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, COUNCILMAN H YOU MENTIONED THE MANDATORY SPAY NEUTER, AND I'VE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION 'CAUSE IT SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE. 
          UM, IN TEXAS, ANIMALS ARE CONSIDERED PROPERTY, AND SO TO ALTER SOMEONE'S PROPERTY WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION IS A VIOLATION OF THE LAW. 
          SO EVEN WHEN WE HAVE MANDATORY SPAY NEUTER AT THE SHELTER, WE STILL HAVE TO GET, I THINK I'M RIGHT, THE, THE OWNER'S CONSENT TO DO THAT SPAY NEUTER THAT CHANGES WHEN THEY VIOLATED AN ORDINANCE OF OURS. 
          THEN A C S CAN DO A MAN, A, A SPAY NEUTER OF AN ANIMAL IN THEIR POSSESSION. 
          BUT, UH, WE CAN'T JUST WHOLESALE REQUIRE IT ACROSS, ACROSS THE STATE BECAUSE OF THE SORT OF PROPERTY RIGHTS ARGUMENT. 
          OKAY, THANKS JEFF. 
          SO THE OTHER THING, AND I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD, ANDY AND, UH, JUDGE ODO, WHAT, WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, BUT IS THERE A, 
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A WAY WHEN WE DO HAVE SOME OF THESE REPEAT OFFENDERS COME BEFORE US AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION OR AS A CONDITION OF WHATEVER, RIGHT. 
          UM, OR AS THE SENTENCE, UM, THAT WE OBLIGATE THEM TO CARRY HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE THAT COVERS DOG BITES. 
          WE CAN SET AS JUDGES, WE CAN SET ANY REASONABLE CONDITIONS ON DEFERRED DISPOSITION. 
          UM, IF THEIR DOG HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN DEEMED DANGEROUS, ONE OF THE 10 REQUIREMENTS IS THAT THEY HAVE HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. 
          AND IF THEY DON'T, THEN THAT'S WHEN THEY GET INTO COMPLIANCE ISSUES AND END UP IN OUR COURT. 
          BUT THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE PROOF OF $100,000 OF HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE. 
          IS THAT HAPPENING OFTEN? HOW, GOD, HOW OFTEN AS FAR AS THE NON-COMPLIANCE OR THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE IT, SIR? BOTH. 
          UH, WELL, RIGHT NOW THERE ARE 103 DANGEROUS DOGS THAT HAVE BEEN RECLAIMED BY THEIR OWNERS. 
          THEY HAVE TO HAVE THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF INSURANCE AT ALL TIMES AND COUNCILMAN SURRENDERED OR, OR EXPIRES. 
          THAT'S WHY DE UH, DESIGNATING A A DOG IS DANGEROUS IS SO CRITICAL BECAUSE THEN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CONDITIONS THAT APPLY TO THAT ANIMAL, INCLUDING AND THE OWNER, INCLUDING HAVING INSURANCE. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT SHANNON IS TALKING ABOUT. 
          COMPLIANCE IS COMPLIANT WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS ONCE A DOG IS DEEMED DANGEROUS. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO CAN YOU, CAN LATER, AND I, I KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW IT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, CAN YOU GIMME AN IDEA OF, OF WHAT YOU KNOW, UM, COMPLIANCE CHECKS THERE ARE, MAKE SURE THAT THE INSURANCE ISN'T LAPSING, UH, THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF DEFERRED WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          OKAY. 
          DO YOU WANT, YOU WANT ME TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU? WELL, OR I, I, I DON'T MIND WHO PROVIDES IT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS. 
          RIGHT. 
          'CAUSE UM, I MEAN, IF WE'VE GOT A REQUIREMENT OUT THERE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM OTHER THAN SOME, YOU KNOW, YOU DISCOVERING THAT THERE'S A VIOLATION, I, I THINK, WELL, DO THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE LIKE A CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE OR SHANNON? SHANNON CAN SPEAK TO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          SO YES, SIR, WE, WE DO TRACK THAT COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT FOR ALL THOSE DESIGNATED ANIMALS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN RECLAIMED. 
          AND, UH, WE CAN PROVIDE YOU ANY INFORMATION AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES THE ADMINISTRATIVE NON-COMPLIANCE IS THEY NEED TO GET THAT POLICY REFRESHED. 
          RIGHT. 
          OR, UH, UH, THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN THEIR ANNUAL DANGEROUS DOG LICENSE. 
          OKAY. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, IT, IT SEEMS TO ME, ERIC, THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE GOT 50 SOMETHING PEOPLE OUT THERE WORKING ON THIS ISSUE, UM, THAT REALLY WE'VE GOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS ISSUE IN THE FORM OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE PATROLLING NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOLID WASTE, UH, PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE PATROLLING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE OUT ON THE GROUND EVERY SINGLE DAY, UM, WHO COULD PROBABLY BENEFIT FROM SOME TRAINING AND SOME EDUCATION AS TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND THE TARGETS WE'RE TRYING TO HIT HERE AND OUR CHALLENGES, AND MAYBE EVEN DEPUTIZE THEM RIGHT? WITH, UH, WITH INFORMATION AND ENCOURAGE THEM IF THEY SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. 
          ERIC, DO YOU, DO YOU, UH, DO YOU HAVE A, A REACTION TO THAT? BECAUSE I, MARIA, YOU HAD HELPED ME DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT A LONG TIME AGO, RIGHT? NO, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT POINT, COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, BECAUSE MANY OF THE, I THINK, I THINK PART OF THE, PART OF THE ASPECT OF THE, THE GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM CONCEPT IS THAT ACOS, CODE OFFICERS, SAFE OFFICERS, PATROL OFFICERS, PEOPLE AT THE, AT THE FIELD LEVEL, THEY KNOW A LOT MORE THAN THAN WE DO. 
          AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE INCLUDING THEM AND, AND DEPUTIZING THEM TO HELP SOLVE THOSE ISSUES IS, IS A GOOD THING. 
          AND, AND THE COMMUNITY ULTIMATELY BENEFITS. 
          SO CAN I IMPOSE UPON YOU TO FOLLOW UP WITH US WITH A PLAN ON HOW WE CAN BETTER DEPUTIZE THEM AND GIVE THEM, UH, TOOLS TO HELP SHANNON MEET HIS GOALS? YEAH, BUT, BUT LET ME, LET ME MAKE SURE I'M, I'M CLEAR. 
          THE, THE SOLID WASTE DRIVERS ARE NOT GONNA BE CHASING GERMAN SHEPHERDS OR SURE. 
          BUT THEY COULD, OR DOGS, THEY COULD MAKE, I MEAN, THEY COULD MAKE A CALL AND SAY, I SAW YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND THEN THAT AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE USING THE 3 1 1 SYSTEM AND THE REPORTING MECHANISMS. BUT, BUT THERE ARE, YOU HAVE TO BE TRAINED AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A, A CERTAIN SKILLSET. 
          SO I DON'T WANNA PUT OFF OR, UH, ALL EMPLOYEES IN A, IN HARM'S WAY, BUT CERTAINLY WHAT, HOW WE CAN IMPROVE AWARENESS OF THE FIELD PERSONNEL WILL GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT AND, AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT. 
          WE, WE TALKING ABOUT GOOD NEIGHBOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, YOU KNOW, SHANNON, IT, IT OCCURS TO ME THAT PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE SEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND IS, IS NOT UNIQUE TO JUST THIS PROBLEM. 
          IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S EDUCATION, RIGHT? IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE CHALLENGES, THIS IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS TRYING TO SOLVE FOR, YOU KNOW, UM, 
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IF YOU REALLY DRILL DOWN TO THE ROOT CAUSE, YOU'VE GOT CULTURAL ISSUES, RIGHT? THAT PEOPLE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF FIXING THE PROBLEM OR NO LONGER BEING A PART OF THE PROBLEM, BUT ALSO YOU'VE GOT EDUCATION ISSUES, RIGHT? UM, AND I, IT, IT OCCURS TO ME THAT WE'VE GOT SO MANY PARTNERS OUT THERE WHO ARE PROBABLY WHOSE UNIVERSE IS TOUCH YOUR UNIVERSE IN WAYS THAT MAYBE WE HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT THROUGH, RIGHT? SO EVERY ONE OF OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES IS OUT THERE DEALING WITH VULNERABLE FAMILIES, UM, WHO PROBABLY LACK THIS GOOD INFORMATION, RIGHT? AND IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE FAMILIES BY ARMING OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES WITH SOLID INFORMATION THAT THEY CAN THEN PUT IN FRONT OF THESE FAMILIES, RIGHT? AND I MEAN, ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS WHO ARE CONSTANTLY BEING ASKED QUESTIONS. 
          AND IF WE GIVE THIS ARMY OF SOCIAL WORKERS OUT THERE A, UM, YOU KNOW, VALUABLE, VALUABLE MATERIALS AND RESOURCES THAT THEY CAN PASS ALONG IT, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S A EASY LEVER TO PULL FROM. 
          RIGHT? AND THEN THE OTHER THING TOO IS, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE FAITH COMMUNITY, UM, NOT JUST THE MUNICIPAL COURT, BUT YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHER COURTS IN TOWN, THE COUNTY JUDGES AND THE, AND THE, UM, AND THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, THEY'RE DEALING WITH THESE SAME FAMILIES, RIGHT? UM, WHO ARE, AND, AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED, A LOT OF ANIMAL ISSUES ALSO HAPPEN TO TOUCH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES, RIGHT? UM, AND, UH, ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT COUNCILWOMAN ROCHE GARCIA HAS AN EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR MEXICAN CONS MTI. 
          BUT, UM, I HAVE A FEELING ALSO THAT YOU'VE GOT SOME FREQUENT FLYERS IN THAT POPULATION THAT COUNCILMAN MTI COULD HELP US EDUCATE. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, LASTLY I'LL TELL YOU THE, UM, THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, RIGHT? DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFTENTIMES IS ANIMAL VIOLENCE AND VICE VERSA, RIGHT? SO, UH, IT, IT SEEMS, MARIA, LIKE THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING UP THIS TOPIC. 
          AND, UM, I MEAN, IT'S TO THE POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, AT THE VIOLENCE SHELTERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY NOW THEY'RE, THEY'VE GOT DOG KENNELS, RIGHT? BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP WITH THEIR PETS. 
          AND SO, UM, WHAT DO YOU THINK, SHANNON? I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF HOMEWORK, BUT OH, WE CAN, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY GET YOU THE INFORMATION. 
          I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, HAVEN FOR HOPES, THEY'RE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, WHILE IT'S A LIMITED DOG KENNEL SPACE, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT KIND OF MANAGES THAT, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF, OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT CAN TAKE SOMEONE THAT'S EITHER HAVING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROBLEM, A HOUSELESSNESS PROBLEM, UH, AS WELL AS THEIR ANIMAL WITHOUT THEM HAVING TO BE SEPARATED. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTRO. 
          I GUESS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WAS WHETHER OUR LEGISLATIVE LOBBYISTS WERE HELPING WITH THE BILLS THAT, UM, MENENDEZ, SENATOR MENENDEZ AND COUNT AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE CAMPOS ARE, UH, PROPOSING. 
          UM, THE ONE OF INTEREST TO ME IS MENENDEZ BILL, BECAUSE IN THIS LAST CASE, UH, THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA FELT THEY WERE BEING THREATENED BY THE FAMILIES OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAD OWNED THE DOGS. 
          AND I GUESS I WONDERED IF WE'RE ASKING OUR LOBBYISTS TO PURSUE THOSE BILLS. 
          YES, WE ABSOLUTELY ARE COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, BOTH BILLS HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO COMMITTEES, BUT HAVEN'T BEEN HEARD YET. 
          WHEN THEY GET SET FOR HEARINGS, WE WILL HA TASK OUR CONSULTANTS WITH TALKING TO EVERY MEMBER ON THE COMMITTEE AND, AND MAKING OUR CASE TO THEM. 
          UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING ON A LOT OF ISSUES FOR US, BUT THAT'S THE WAY WE HANDLE IT AS, AS THEY COME UP, WE'RE, WE'RE GIVING THEM ASSIGNMENTS AND DIRECTIONS TO HELP US ADVANCE THEM. 
          WELL, I WONDERED TOO, THOUGH, IF IT DOESN'T PASS, UM, IF WE COULD HEAR FROM, AND I, I KNOW THE CHIEF WAS HERE EARLIER, IF WE COULD HEAR HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT. 
          'CAUSE I'M SURE THIS IS NOT THE ONLY TIME WE'LL HAVE THAT SITUATION, UH, AND IT SEEMS THE POLICE OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO DEAL WITH IT IN THIS CASE. 
          SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IF IT DOESN'T PASS, HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THAT KIND OF SITUATION? YES, MA. 
          SO, SO IF I, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, YOU'RE ASKING IF IT DOESN'T PASS, UH, PASS IN THE LEGISLATION, HOW CAN WE KIND OF WORK AROUND IT? I WILL TELL YOU THE, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE KEY ASPECTS OF THE CASE ON DELA WAS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO USE A NOT VERY OFTEN USED, UH, STATUTE IN TEXAS LAW, WHICH IS ATTACKED BY DOG. 
          UH, LUCKILY IT IS A VERY ESCALATED, UH, ADJUDICATION WHERE WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF, UH, I THINK IT'S A SECOND DEGREE, THE SECOND DEGREE FELONY. 
          UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S THE, UH, THERE'S THE SECONDARY CASE OF, OF MS. NEHARA WHO WAS INJURED AND THAT ONE WAS A, UH, STATE JAIL FELONY CORRECT. 
          FOR THE INJURY 
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TO THE ELDERLY. 
          UM, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT CHIEF, THE QUESTION WAS WHAT ARE WE GONNA, HOW ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THE LAW MACHINE? YES, SIR. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          SO I, I, I THINK I HEARD THE QUESTION. 
          I WAS SITTING BACK THERE WATCHING IT ON THE TV, AND I THINK I HEARD THE QUESTION WAS HOW WILL THE POLICE DEAL WITH, UM, UH, THE, UH, DANGEROUS DOG SITUATION IF THE BILL DOESN'T PASS? AND, AND WE WOULD DEAL WITH, CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH THE SAME WAY WE'RE DEALING WITH IT NOW. 
          UH, WE ARE, UH, ACTIVELY ASSISTING A C S, UH, IN THEIR EFFORT TO, YOU KNOW, ROUND UP THESE DANGEROUS DOGS AND, AND WORK SERVING WARRANTS AND, UH, AND MAKING ARRESTS WHERE, UM, WHERE THE LAW HAS BEEN BROKEN, SUCH AS THE ONE IN DISTRICT FIVE, UH, JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. 
          WELL, I WAS LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS OFTEN, CHIEF, IS THAT PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF SIGNING OR SAYING THAT THEY, THEY WANNA COMPLAINT ABOUT A NEIGHBOR FOR FEAR OF RETRIBUTION. 
          AND WHAT I WONDERED ABOUT IS THAT PIECE ABOUT THAT RETRIBUTION, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE HANDLE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY GO AND THREATEN FOLKS AND THEN ACTUALLY DO THINGS TO PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY, UH, FILED A CLAIM AGAINST THEM. 
          THAT, THAT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, AN ISSUE IN THIS MOST RECENT CASE. 
          AND WHAT WE DID WAS WE FILED THAT FOR AN ARREST WARRANT FOR THAT PERSON, FOR RETALIATION, AND THEY WERE IN FACT, ARRESTED FOR IT AND PUT IN JAIL. 
          I THINK A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK THAT PERSON, UM, NO DISREGARD THAT. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY, I THOUGHT THAT PERSON JUST GOT OUTTA JAIL, BUT IT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE. 
          BUT, BUT WE DID FILE AN ARREST WARRANT FOR AN ARREST WARRANT AND DID ARREST THAT PERSON FOR RETALIATION. 
          I THINK, I THINK THE ANSWER ALSO, WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB. 
          I MEAN, THE, THE, THE GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM AND I, THIS, THIS IS INDICATIVE PROBABLY OF, UM, ALL THE ANONYMOUS CODE CALLS WE GET ON 3 1 1, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT, THAT WE HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF THESE ADDRESSES, UM, THAT WE'RE TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT CERTAINLY THERE'S GONNA BE, IT'S UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT WANT TO, THAT THEY MAY FEAR, UH, PUTTING THEIR NAME OUT THERE, BUT THE, THE, UH, THE CODE OFFICERS, THE ACOS, THE SAFE OFFICERS, THE PATROL OFFICERS KNOW WHERE THOSE, THOSE ADDRESSES ARE AT, AND WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF WRAPPING AROUND AND TALKING TO THOSE NEIGHBORS, IRRESPECTIVE OF SENATOR MENENDEZ BILL. 
          UM, WE HAVE THE DATA AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO A BETTER JOB OUT ON THE FIELD. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND IF I, IF, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD SAID BEFORE, ERIC AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THAT IDEA OF WE NEED TO USE ALL THE RESOURCES TOGETHER. 
          UM, WE ALSO IN DISTRICT SEVEN PULLED THE LIST THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GERRAN PULLED THE 3 1 1 LIST FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS. 
          AND IT GIVES YOU A LOT OF THE DATA THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS ASKING ABOUT. 
          AND I THINK THAT FROM LOOKING AT THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TELL THAT THE DATA ISN'T ALL IN ONE PLACE. 
          IT'S KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE. 
          THE PEOPLE WORKING ON SO MANY THINGS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND THAT WE JUST DO NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE USE THAT DATA IN A WAY, HOW DO WE BRING IT TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN, UM, HAVE MORE EFFECTIVE PLANNING AND ACTIONS. 
          BUT, UM, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE IN THAT CASE, UH, BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY TRAGIC AND SCARY CASE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU BOTH. 
          UH, I DO WANNA MENTION THAT AS WE DO THE EDUCATION FOR, UM, THE PLAN THAT WE PLEASE DO EVERYTHING IN SPANISH AS WELL AS ENGLISH, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN, UH, WHETHER IT'S RADIO, SOCIAL MEDIA OR WHATEVER. 
          I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ALWAYS KNOW THE RULES. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS ASKING A COUNCILWOMAN, HOW MANY PETS CAN YOU HAVE IN A HOUSEHOLD? I DON'T KNOW. 
          I HAVE THREE. 
          I I I'M NOT IN VIOLATION. 
          I UNDERSTAND, BUT, BUT STILL, I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE KNOW HOW MANY THEY CAN. 
          AND I THINK WE NEED TO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EDUCATION, SOME OF IT HAS TO BE VERY BASIC. 
          THE OTHER PART OF THAT TOO WAS I THINK COUNCILWOMAN, UM, SHOULD MENTION ALSO  ABOUT THIS EFFORT OF PUSHING, THE IDEA OF GETTING PETS FROM YOUR, UH, SHELTER AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO SELL THEM OR PLACES THAT THEY ARE SOLD. 
          I WONDER WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO ABOUT THOSE PLACES. 
          DO WE CHECK THEM? UH, WHAT DO WE DO WITH PEOPLE THAT SELL 'EM ONLINE, OR, UH, BECAUSE 
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I SEE THAT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE DUNNO, THEY CAN'T BE DOING THAT OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, BUT HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT SITUATION SO THAT THE ANIMALS ARE SAFE? YES, MA'AM. 
          SO A LOT OF THE, UH, A LOT OF THE BACKYARD BREEDERS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW ARE POSTING ON FACEBOOK NEXT DOOR, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          IT CREATES A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE FROM AN INVESTIGATIVE PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE TYPICALLY THEY'RE EITHER, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T GET A, AN AN ADDRESS NECESSARILY. 
          YOU GET MAYBE A PHONE NUMBER, MAYBE AN EMAIL. 
          AND SO MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE INVESTIGATIONS REQUIRES US TO, TO HAVE NON-CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ACCOUNTS, BASICALLY WE HAVE TO KIND OF DO UNDERCOVER WORK, CONTACTING THE INDIVIDUAL VIA EMAIL, CALLING THEM FROM A NON 2 0 7 NUMBER, UH, AND SAYING, YEAH, I'D, HEY, I'D LOVE TO COME SEE YOUR, YOUR MINI BULLDOGS OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS. 
          AND THEN ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY GETTING AN ADDRESS OR A MEAT LOCATION FOR THEM. 
          SO IT IS A VERY LABOR INTENSIVE PROCESS. 
          UH, HOWEVER, THE, THE, UH, THE ONES THAT ARE ROADSIDE SELLERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY IF WE CATCH THEM THERE, WHILE, WHILE THEY'RE DOING IT TO SEIZE THE ANIMALS, HAVE THE ANIMALS SPAYED AND NEUTERED, UH, CHARGE THEM RECLAIM FEES, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          BUT MOST OF THEM THESE DAYS THAT WE SEE ARE THOSE ONLINE SELLERS. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A JURISDICTION ISSUE AS WELL. 
          SOMETIMES THEY POST ON OUR NEXT DOOR AND THEY LIVE IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          UM, WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO OUR EDUCATION, THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT IN THERE ALSO. 
          THAT YES, MA'AM. 
          I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ALWAYS REALIZE THAT, AND THEY CAN JUST GO BY, THEY DON'T KNOW. 
          THEY SHOULDN'T GO BY FROM, FROM FOLKS. 
          SO, YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING. 
          I KNOW THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT. 
          I CAN REMEMBER FOR YEARS IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THERE'S BEEN THAT PROBLEM IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          WE SEE IT A GREAT DEAL IN ONE SPOT, WHICH IS WOODLAWN LAKE. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL REALLY BAD ABOUT THAT. 
          SO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTRO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I'VE HAD FOUR DOGS IN MY LIFE, AND MY DOGS HAVE REALLY BECOME FAMILY MEMBERS OVER THE YEARS. 
          AND AS A FAMILY MEMBER, I WOULD NEVER NEGLECT OR ABUSE OR ABANDON A FAMILY MEMBER OR RAISE ONE TO BE VICIOUS OR DANGEROUS. 
          SO I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR ANIMAL PROBLEMS IN OUR CITY, BUT AS WE CONSIDER INCREASING, UH, DOLLARS FOR ANIMAL CARE, UH, I REMEMBER HEARING DURING THE DISCUSSION HERE A LITTLE BIT AGO, SOME PRETTY BIG NUMBERS. 
          UH, A A FORMER, UH, ALLOTMENT OF TWO AND A HALF MILLION, A BOND ALLOTMENT OF 17 MILLION, AN INCREASE IN BUDGET OVER A FEW YEARS OF 5 MILLION, THAT'S $20 MILLION, UH, AGAIN, TOWARD, UH, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          AND I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE COMMITTING TO IN, IN OUR CITY AND IN THE COUNTY AND MAYBE WITH OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE COMMITTED TO ANIMAL CARE? UH, WHAT ARE WE SPENDING FOR A C S? WHAT ARE THE FOSTER AND SHELTER PARTNERS SPENDING? HOW MUCH DOES S A P D SPEND IN RESPONSE TIME? WHAT DOES THAT COST? WHAT'S THE COST FOR E M SS WHEN THEY RESPOND? WHAT'S THE COST WITH THE COURT TIME WHEN THEY RESPOND TO THESE THINGS? UH, HOW ABOUT BOND MONEY THAT WE APPROVE OR GENERAL FUND MONEY? I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE TOTAL, I GUESS THE BEST WORD IS TO SAY COST THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SPENDING ON ADDRESSING ANIMAL CARE SERVICE ISSUES. 
          YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR I UNDERSTAND WE SPENT $77 MILLION ON HOMELESSNESS AS A PROBLEM IN OUR CITY. 
          I THINK THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXPENSE AND THE COST IS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT AS WE DECIDE, ARE WE GONNA BE INCREASING MORE SPENDING ON ANIMAL CARE SERVICES? SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IF YOUR OFFICE AND IF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND OTHERS CAN PUT THEIR HEADS TOGETHER AND, AND GIVE US, 
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YOU KNOW, WHAT IT'S GONNA BE COSTING TO DO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND TO DO WHAT WE MAY NEED TO DO. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION EARLIER ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT A COMPARABLE SIZE, UH, POPULATION CITY SPEND, AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD NECESSARILY BE TRYING TO BE IN THAT BALLPARK NECESSARILY. 
          I THINK THIS IS A, A SITUATION THAT WHERE WE'VE GOT, UM, A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF, OF LOOSE OR UNWANTED PETS. 
          WE'VE GOT, UM, MAYBE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF IRRESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERS. 
          AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T INVESTED IN ENOUGH IN THE PAST. 
          AND SO THE, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM I THINK IS EXACERBATED RIGHT NOW IN THAT WE NEED TO INVEST MORE NOW. 
          AND SO I DON'T NECESSARILY WANNA LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, COM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GET IN, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN LINE WITH, WITH PURE CITIES IN TERMS OF POPULATION. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT METRIC, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, IF I MAY, UM, ONE THING THAT I CAN TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY WE GOT SPAY NEUTER NETWORK THAT CAME DOWN TO US FROM DALLAS TO RUN BRACK. 
          UH, THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING NOW FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF. 
          AND ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS THAT THEY'VE TOLD US WAS THE NUMBER OF NO-SHOW PEOPLE GETTING FREE SURGERIES, NO SHOWING FOR THEIR APPOINTMENT, WHICH THEN KILLS THAT CAPACITY. 
          UH, WE ASKED THEM, BECAUSE THAT'S COMMON FOR US. 
          WE SAID, DO YOU, YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE THAT IN DALLAS? AND THEY SAID, ABSOLUTELY NOT. 
          AND SO IT DOES, IT DOES KIND OF, UH, ILLUSTRATE THAT THE DIFFERENCES IN, YOU KNOW, CULTURAL DYNAMICS, WHATEVER IT IS, RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP, UH, IT LIKE SIZE DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN LIKE SIZE PROBLEMS. AND SO JUST TO KIND OF SUPPORT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, SIR, AGREED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO, COUNCILS MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU SHANNON. 
          I, I FORGOT TO ASK A, A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          AND YOU MENTIONED, AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED RETALIATION, AND, AND WE TOLD, OR WE'VE TOLD OUR RESIDENTS, JUST CALL US, RIGHT? AND SO WE WILL GO AND WE WILL REPORT IT AND WE'LL PUT OUR NAME ON, ON THERE. 
          UM, WE HAD 909 CASES IN D FOUR IN FEBRUARY ALONE, AND THAT WAS A SHORT MONTH, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE, RIGHT? UM, OVER THE YEAR, 243 OF THEM WERE AGGRESSIVE, UM, BUT THEY WERE, UH, DEEMED I GUESS NON-CRITICAL, RIGHT? THERE WERE, AND THEN OF COURSE, STRAYS 200, TWO STRAYS AND 112 CRUELTY CASES. 
          SO, AND, AND THE REASON THAT I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS BECAUSE THOSE WERE, UM, UH, I, I, I WENT ONLINE, RIGHT? TO SEE IF I COULD REPORT AN AGGRESSIVE OR STRAY ANIMAL, RIGHT? LIKE HOW, HOW COMPLICATED IS IT? I KNOW IT'S EASY ON THE 3 1 1 APP, UM, BUT, UH, PEOPLE TELL ME, WELL, WE REPORT IT, BUT THEN WE KNOW IT DOESN'T GET PICKED UP BECAUSE THEY HAVE 60 DAYS TO PICK IT UP. 
          SO THAT LITERALLY IS WHAT IT SAYS, RIGHT? WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT TO, AND I DIDN'T HIT SEND REQUESTS, SO DON'T WORRY, THIS WON'T JUMP INTO YOUR NUMBERS. 
          IT WAS, IT WAS A FAKE ENTRY I WAS COORDINATING OVER HERE. 
          UM, BUT IT SAYS ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE WORK, UM, 60 DAYS ESTIMATED TIME FOR INITIAL INVESTIGATION, NON-APPLICABLE. 
          AND I'M SURE THAT IT'S BECAUSE IT'S ONCE THAT IT'S ASSIGNED, BUT THEN I WENT OVER TO, OKAY, WHAT IF I WANTED TO REPORT ANIMAL CRUELTY OR NEGLECT, RIGHT? AND, UM, IT COMES BACK TO MY, MY POINT ON PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANNA BE RETALIATED AGAINST BECAUSE I CAN'T SUBMIT ANYTHING WITHOUT BEING SIGNED ON. 
          SO I HAVE TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE ON SAN ANTONIO.GOV BEFORE I COULD SUBMIT AN ANIMAL CRUELTY OR NEGLECT CASE. 
          AND I WAS WONDERING IF THAT WOULD BE PART OF WHAT'S ADDRESSED, I GUESS, IF, IF LEGISLATION PASSES OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW? SO THAT, SO THAT WOULD NOT BE PART OF THE, THE DANGEROUS DOG BILL THAT SENATOR MENENDEZ IS, UH, IS, IS REPRESENTING, I DON'T KNOW IF PAULA MAY HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SPECIFICALLY LEGALLY, YES. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU CALL 3 1 1 TODAY ABOUT AN AGGRESSIVE CALL, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO BE ANONYMOUS. 
          OKAY? UH, SO IT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SYSTEM ITSELF, AND, UH, UH, AGAIN, SHE MAY BE ABLE TO YEAH, PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE CLARITY. 
          AND SO, AND I'D LOVE TO LEARN ABOUT THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, IF I WANTED TO REPORT ANIMAL CRUELTY, UM, I CAN'T, UNLESS I, I HAVE A SIGN, I SIGN INTO AN ACCOUNT, RIGHT? SO THEN THE OTHER THING, UM, IS THAT IN COUNCIL MEN CASTRO MENTIONED THIS, AND I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER DURING OUR CZECH, UM, MEETING THIS WEEK, UM, THE TRANSLATION, RIGHT? SPANISH TRANSLATION. 
          AND SO, UM, NOW THERE IS A NICE BRIGHT RED, UM, WARNING THAT SAYS THAT SOME OF THESE PAGES ARE ONLY GOOGLE TRANSLATED, RIGHT? AND SOME OF THE LINK PAGES MIGHT ONLY BE GOOGLE TRANSLATED, BUT WHEN I GO TO REPORT AN INCIDENT IN SPANISH, IT ENDS UP STILL TAKING ME TO A FORM THAT IS IN ENGLISH. 
          UM, AND IT'S NOT EVEN A FORM. 
          IT'S LIKE THE ENTIRE SERVICES PAGE, WHICH COVERS GRAFFITI HEALTH AND SOCIAL PARKS AND REC 
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PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, WHICH, WHICH PAGE I'M TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? YES, SIR. 
          THE ONE WHERE, WHERE IT'S KIND OF LIKE A DASHBOARD AND YOU SELECT ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL BITE, INJURED SICK ANIMALS. 
          SO I ALSO THINK THAT, UM, WE, WE NEED TO KIND OF HAVE THE USER EXPERIENCE REVIEWED ON THE WEBSITE. 
          UM, ALTHOUGH THERE'S GOOD INFORMATION, I ALSO FEEL LIKE THERE, UM, IS, IS A NEED TO REVIEW, RIGHT? AND SO TO GO THROUGH AND ACTUALLY PRETEND YOU'RE ABOUT TO SUBMIT SOMETHING, AND TO COUNCILMAN CASTRO'S POINT, UM, WE, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT IN SPANISH. 
          SO IF WE HAVE THE LINK FOR IT IN SPANISH, BUT THEN THEY CAN'T SUBMIT IT IN SPANISH, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD. 
          BUT THOSE ARE IT. 
          SO THOSE ARE JUST MY, MY RECOMMENDATIONS ON, ON THE WEBSITE AS YOU THINK OF COMMUNICATION TO SPANISH SPEAKING AUDIENCES OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THAT LANGUAGE YOU'RE ALSO TRANSLATING INTO. 
          BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I, I BRIEFLY WANTED TO CHIME BACK IN, RIGHT, BECAUSE WHAT I'VE, UH, BEEN HEARING IN DISCUSSION IS THAT A C S HAS BEEN OPERATING ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET. 
          UH, AND A C SS OFFICERS HAVE A VERY UNIQUE ROLE, RIGHT, IN THAT WHEN THEY CAN BE GIVEN A REPORT AND A LOCATION, BUT THEIR VIOLATION HAS FOUR LEGS AND MOVES, RIGHT? SO IT WON'T BE IN THE SAME AREA THAT 3 1 1 DROPPED THE PIN. 
          IT WON'T BE IN THE SAME LOCATION THAT A CONSTITUENT CALLED, UH, THEY ROAM. 
          UH, AND THEY'RE NOT ON THE SAME BLOCK, RIGHT? SO I WANTED TO, TO HIT THAT POINT BECAUSE, UM, I THINK A C S FOR THE AMOUNT OF MEMBERS Y'ALL HAVE OUT ON THE FIELD, RIGHT? YOU AREN'T GIVEN GRACE FOR, UM, HOW IT'S A MOVING TARGET. 
          , THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY THERE WAITING FOR YOU ALL TO SHOW UP. 
          UM, BUT I WANTED TO HIT ON THE EMPOWERING A HEALTHY, THRIVING WORKFORCE FOCUS AREA. 
          I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, GIVEN, UH, THE, THE CAPACITY AND THE, THE, THE, THE, THE LIST OF ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE HIT. 
          UM, I KNOW, UH, IN I BELIEVE PUBLIC SAFETY, THERE WAS A BRIEFING ITEM ON, UH, MENTAL HEALTH, UH, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST, UH, THAT A SIMILAR ITEM BE HEARD IN, IN PUBLIC SAFETY, IF THE CHAIR IS AMENDABLE TO THAT. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UH, ALL CITY EMPLOYEES RECEIVE THE, THE MENTAL HEALTH AND, AND RESOURCES THAT YOU ALL DESERVE AND ARE ENTITLED TO. 
          UM, SO JUST WANTED TO CHIME BACK IN TO HIT THAT POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, I THINK THAT IS THE BALANCE. 
          BUT THERE, UH, THERE WAS ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK YOU, UH, WHICH WAS BROUGHT TO MIND BY SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE SAID WHEN HE BROUGHT UP HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DOLLAR FIGURE ASSOCIATED WITH HOMELESSNESS MAYBE IS MORE ON A SERVICE COMPONENT, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY RESOURCE AND EFFORT THAT WE PUT INTO HOMELESSNESS AND OUR HOUSING BUDGET IS TO PRESENT, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT TO THIS THAT'S SHOULDN'T BE SILOED WHEN THE DEPARTMENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER CASTRO'S POINTS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE DATA SHARING THAT CAN HELP US GUIDE BETTER COMPREHENSIVE IMPACTS ON THESE ISSUES IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          SO MY QUESTION THAT I FORGOT TO ASK YOU EARLIER IS, DO WE HAVE ALIGNMENT IN POLICY AND IN RESOURCE WITH THE COUNTY AND WITH THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN OUR AREAS, THE WHO ALSO HAVE ANIMAL CONTROL OPERATIONS? SO WE DO WORK WITH BAYER COUNTY, UH, IF YOU REMEMBER THE TIGER INCIDENT YEAH. 
          THAT WE HAD AND EVERYTHING. 
          WE WORKED VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM ON THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UH, WE ALSO WORK WITH THEM ON IF THERE'S ISSUES OF POTENTIAL DOG FIGHTING THAT WE GET PRIVY TO, AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY RESIDE OUTSIDE IN THE COUNTY. 
          UM, WE DON'T WORK NECESSARILY LIKE HAND IN HAND. 
          THEY'VE GOT FOUR OFFICERS FOR THE SURROUNDING COUNTY, UH, AND THEY'VE GOT ONE CRUELTY INVESTIGATOR. 
          SO COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? YES. 
          THEY'VE GOT FOUR OFFICERS AND ONE CRUELTY INVESTIGATOR FOR ESSENTIALLY THE OUTLYING COUNTY. 
          WELL, SO, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE VERY SIMPLE IF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S JURISDICTION WAS EVERYWHERE AND, YOU KNOW, STRAY ANIMALS DIDN'T ROAM AND, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, MARKETING AND STRAY ANIMALS DIDN'T ALSO ROAM. 
          IF THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST SELF-CONTAINED WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ACROSS JURISDICTIONS, NOT JUST WITH THE COUNTY, BUT ALSO WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ON WHAT OUR CHALLENGES ARE AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THEM COMPREHENSIVELY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CHALLENGES THAT WE DON'T ADDRESS HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL FIND THEMSELVES IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND VICE VERSA. 
          AND I THINK WOULD BE, WE WOULD BE FOOLING OURSELVES TO, TO THINK THAT WE CAN HANDLE THIS ALL ON OUR OWN, EITHER AS CITY ORGANIZATION OR, YOU KNOW, AS A COMMUNITY AT LARGE. 
          SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY LAST, UH, QUESTION THAT WE CAN MAYBE COME BACK TO SHANNON. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UH, ERIC, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR US. 
          DO YOU WANNA CLOSE THIS? YEAH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SO, UM, WE APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION TODAY WAS, UH, HELPFUL FOR US AS WE GET PREPARED FOR THE REMAINING PART OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS. 
          BUT A COUPLE OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS THAT 
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I THINK, I WANNA MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL, THAT I, THAT I'M, WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M HEARING AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, UM, WE'LL PREPARE FOR THE APRIL 13TH BUDGET WORK SESSION, THE THINGS WE'VE PUT INTO MOTION ADMINISTRATIVELY WITHIN OUR, WITHIN OUR CURRENT SPENDING THAT, THAT WE CAN DO. 
          UM, BUT WE'LL ALSO LAY OUT, UM, BY THAT POINT, UM, UH, A PROPOSAL FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER FOR THE MIDTERM ADJUSTMENT. 
          I DO THINK THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY'S QUESTIONS REGARDING THE METRICS ARE IMPORTANT TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE ENVIRONMENT, UH, AND IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THIS TIME PERIOD. 
          BUT, BUT, UH, WE'LL LAYER IN, UM, KIND OF THOSE INITIAL METRICS. 
          THAT'LL BE A GOOD LAUNCHING OFF POINT FOR I THINK THE COUNCIL, UM, FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AS PART OF THE MIDTERM, I'M SORRY, THE, UM, THE MIDYEAR BUDGET IN MAY. 
          AND, UM, AND THAT'LL GIVE US A GOOD BASIS TO, UH, LAUNCH OFF INTO THE REST OF THE SUMMER FOR THE 24 BUDGET. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CONVERSATION TODAY. 
          THANKS, ERIC. 
          AND, AND TO BE CLEAR ON MY LAST POINT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS, THIS IS PROBABLY FOR ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE POLICIES RELATED TO ANIMAL CONTROL AND BREEDING, UH, THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN ELSEWHERE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          [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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OKAY, WE, ANTONIO. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE A SHORT EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          SO THE TIME IS 4:32 PM ON MARCH 22ND, 2023. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE CONVERSATION. 
          UH, YOU HEARD THE TIME 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 DELIBERATED, DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. 
          FOR LEGAL ISSUES ARE ADVICE RELATED TO LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS. 
          I HOPE IT'S GONNA BE WARM TOMORROW. 
          ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          THE TIME IS 5:07 PM ON MARCH 22ND, 2023. 
          CITY COUNCIL'S RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. 
          OUR B SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED. 
          WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO OUR PUBLIC.
* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.