* 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. [00:00:04] GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. TIME IS 2:02 PM ON THE THIRD DAY OF MAY, 2023. WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER GAN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER KEO VARDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTRO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. HERE. MAYOR EHRENBERG. HERE. MAYOR. WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY, SO, UH, WE WILL HAVE THAT AFTER OUR, OUR B SESSION PRESENTATION. [ ITEMS  ] UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY, SO LEMME TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH TO GET US STARTED. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, ONE ITEM ON TODAY'S B SESSION AGENDA. AND IT'S JUST A, UM, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN. SO IT'S A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF OUR CITYWIDE, UM, YOUTH SERVICE AND YOUTH PROGRAMMING FOR THE SUMMER. UM, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE YOUTH, UM, AROUND PROMOTION OF HEALTH, SAFETY, UH, ACCESS, STAYING ACTIVE, STAYING BUSY. UM, AND, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER DAVE MCCARRY IS GONNA PROVIDE THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION ENCOMPASSES ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND GENERALLY WHAT OUR PLAN IS, UH, FOR, UH, FOR THE SUMMER. YOU'LL ALSO HEAR ABOUT OUR YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS LIKE THE MAYOR'S FITNESS, UH, COUNCIL STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. AND, UM, HOPEFULLY, UH, AS THIS, AS THIS, AS THESE ITEMS ARE FINALIZED, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH YOUR OFFICERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET, UH, THE WORD OUT A LOT IN A LOT OF THESE CASES. UH, A LOT OF THAT WORK HAS ALREADY BEGUN, BUT, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF THINGS FOR THE YOUTH TO DO IN SAN ANTONIO. DAVID, THANK YOU ERIC. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M DAVID MCCAREY. TODAY WE HAVE EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT OUR YOUTH SERVICES PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED CITYWIDE. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CURRENTLY OFFERS VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES CENTERED AROUND OUR YOUTH. THESE INCLUDE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTING HEALTH AND SAFETY, BEING PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY ACTIVE AND PASSION DISCOVERY. IN THE PRESENTATION YOU'LL HEAR TODAY, YOU'LL SEE COLLABORATION AND ALIGNMENT OF DEPARTMENT YOUTH PROGRAMS. WE HAVE SEVEN DEPARTMENTS THAT WE'LL HIGHLIGHT TODAY. THEY ARE PARKS AND REC PUBLIC LIBRARIES, METRO HEALTH HUMAN SERVICES, SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND OUR SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MUNICIPAL COURTS NOW BY DESIGN PARKS INTENTIONALLY ALIGNS THEIR PROGRAM CALENDAR WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S. CALENDAR PARKS PUTS IN THE WORK TO ADVANCE YOUTH PROGRAMS THROUGH AGES SIX TO 14 YEARS OF AGE. IT ALSO COORDINATES AT 23 ACTUAL CITY PARKS AND 13 SCHOOLS, AND THEY RUN APPROXIMATELY SEVEN TO EIGHT WEEKS LONG FROM JUNE TO AUGUST. THESE ARE SAFE AND FUN SPACES FOR OUR CHILDREN. PARKS ALSO PROVIDES A VARIETY OF AGE APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES. NOW THE CHILDREN LEARN ABOUT OUR NATURE, SPORTS, ARTS, MATH, READING, AND SCIENCE. BUT DON'T TELL 'EM THAT THEY'RE LEARNING ALL YEAR ROUND. THEY MIGHT FREAK OUT. PARKS PROGRAM FEES WERE CREATED THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS, SO YOU'LL KNOW BECAUSE OF THE MANY, MANY AMAZING PARTNERS LIKE OUR SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK SUMMER YOUTH CAN RECEIVE TWO MEALS A DAY, GETTING A HARD TIME TURNING THE PAGE HERE. GIMME A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. NOW SUMMER HEAT AND POOLS DO GO HAND IN HAND PARTS WERE OFFERS EXTENSIVE AQUATIC PROGRAMMING FOR COMMUNITY USERS OF ALL AGES. LIKE LAST YEAR, PARK WILL ACTUALLY EXTEND THEIR POOL HOURS TO 23 OUTDOOR POOLS TO KICK OFF THE AQUATICS PRESEASON SCHEDULE. SELECTED POOLS WILL OPEN FOR WEEKENDS ONLY. COMMUNITY PRESEASON SWIM BEGINS MAY THE 13TH, THAT'S JUST AROUND THE CORNER. ROOSEVELT PARK POOL IS CURRENTLY UNDER RENOVATION AND IS EXPECTED TO OPEN THIS SUMMER. THE SAN ANTONIO NATATORIUM ALSO REMAINS OPEN YEAR ROUND. OPEN SWIM HOURS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND SCHOOL YEAR. [00:05:01] PARK WILL ALSO EXPAND FREE MOVIES, FREE MOVIES IN THEIR POOL SERIES AND FITNESS IN THE PARK. AND AQUA FITNESS CLASSES, REMEMBER, THAT'S THAT EXERCISE THAT MAKES YOU REMEMBER YOU HAD MUSCLES WORKING THERE AT ONE TIME. PARKS IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE FREE GROUP SWIMMING LESSONS. NOW, ALL SEVEN DEPARTMENTS WILL ENSURE FUN ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCTED IN THE SAFEST MANNER POSSIBLE. GUESS WHO'S HIRING? PARKS AND RECS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN HIRING PROGRAM STAFF, INCLUDING SUPERVISORS AND LIFEGUARDS. FOR SUMMER WORK. FOR YOUTH PROGRAM STAFF POSITION, YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. FOR LIFEGUARDS, YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 16 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. STARTING SALARY IS $17 AND 50 CENTS PER HOUR. THESE ARE HIRING INCENTIVES FOR OUR AQUATICS POSITION. THEY MAY, THEY ALSO INCLUDE GETTING PAID WHILE TRAINING AND A UNIFORM STIPEND AS WELL. LET'S SHIFT TO OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES. AS A PARTNER OF OUR SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMS, PUBLIC LIBRARIES ENCOURAGES OUR YOUTH TO HAVE A FULL, FULL, A JOYFUL CONNECTION TO THE LIBRARIES THROUGH BOOKS. PROTECTING THE FREEDOM TO READ CONTINUES TO BE A HIGH PRIORITY FOR OUR LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE DEPARTMENT. PUBLIC LIBRARIES YOUTH PROGRAMS ALLOWS CHILDREN TO MOVE, CREATE, EXPLORE, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH BOOKS. OTHER YOUTH PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALSO OFFERED INCLUDE TELLING STORY TIME, MAYBE EVEN LEGO PLAYTIME, WHICH USED TO BE ONE OF MY FAVORITES. COLLABORATING ART PROJECTS, GAMES AND MUCH MORE LIVE AND IN-PERSON. FEATURED GUESTS ARE ALSO INCLUDED SHARING WITH SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE FOR ANIMALS, HISTORY, MUSIC, AND NATURE. SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL PARTNER ALSO FROM SPONSORING CHILDREN TO START THE SUMMER BY CHOOSING A NEW BOOK WHEN THEY GET THERE TO ADD TO THEIR HOME COLLECTION. WE'RE NOT WAITING TO GIVE 'EM THE BOOK AT THE END OF THE PROCESS. WE'RE GIVING IT TO 'EM AT THE VERY BEGINNING. NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO TEEN PROGRAMMING, HIGH SCHOOL, TEENAGERS OR TEENS ARE INVITED TO EXPERIENCE TEAM LED ACTIVITIES. MANY OF THOSE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE MUSIC PRODUCTION, BOOK EXPLORATION, TECH DISCOVERY, ART CREATION, VIDEO GAMING, COOKING, AND A LOT MORE. OUR ESSAY, PUBLIC, PUBLIC LIBRARIES OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEENS TO TAKE LEADERSHIP ROLES AND ENGAGE IN POSITIVE SOCIALIZATION. FREE DAILY TEEN ACTIVITIES WILL TAKE PLACE AT OUR CENTRAL LIBRARIES AND OTHER BRANCH LOCATIONS. THERE IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TEENS TO ACTUALLY VOLUNTEER, UH, FOR THEIR SERVICE HOURS IN SERVICE HOURS. IT REQUIRES THAT THEY TAKE THE LEAD IN HIGH INTEREST LIBRARY ACTIVITIES IN FRONT OF THEIR PEERS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. LET'S SHIFT TO METRO HEALTH. METRO HEALTH. THE PROJECT WORTH PROGRAM MISSION IS TO PROMOTE CHILD AND TEEN HEALTH AND WELLBEING THROUGH EDUCATION, COLLABORATION, AND EMPOWERMENT. PROJECT WORTH SERVES ABOUT 51 TEEN AMBASSADORS EACH YEAR. IT PROVIDES EDUCATION FOCUSED ON SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT. IT ALSO COLLABORATES WITH YOUTH SERVING OPPORTUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS AND YOUTH ON VARIOUS INITIATIVES THAT SUPPORT YOUR HEALTH AND OUR YOUTH'S HEALTH. IT HAS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS AND COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COUNSELING FOR OUR TEENS. AND IT ALSO EMPOWERS THE YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL THROUGH THE DREAM SA YOUTH ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE, ALSO KNOWN AS I DREAM SA.COM. NEW FOR THIS YEAR. METRO HEALTH, THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION AND PARKS AND REC ARE PARTNERING TO OFFER PO PROJECT POWER AT OUR PARKS AND SUMMER CAMPS THIS YEAR THAT TYPICALLY WILL TOUCH AT LEAST 3,500 STUDENTS OR MORE YOUTH. NOW LET'S GO TO THAT PART OF METRO HEALTH. THE MISSION OF THE MAYOR'S FITNESS COUNCIL STUDENT AMBASSADORS PROGRAM IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF SAN ANTONIO. THAT'S ALL OF OUR HEALTH FOR SAN ANTONIO. THE MAYOR'S FITNESS COUNCIL IS AN INITIATIVE [00:10:01] THAT BEGAN WITH FORMER MAYOR JUAN CASTRO. JULIAN CASTRO IN 20 2009. WE LAUNCHED THE STUDENT AMBASSADORS TWO YEAR PROGRAM IN 2012, AND IT IS OPEN TO STUDENTS FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL. IT TRAINS UP TO 75 STUDENTS PER YEAR. OUR STUDENT AMBASSADORS ARE TASKED WITH DREAMING UP AND WORKING TO IMPLEMENT A HEALTHY SERVICE PROJECT AT EITHER THEIR SCHOOL CAMPUS, THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT, EVEN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, OR EVEN THE GREATER COMMUNITY ESSAY. FORWARD PRIORITIES AREAS INCLUDE PROMOTION OF PHYSICAL FITNESS, BETTER NUTRITION OPTIONS, AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES, MENTAL WELLNESS AND OVERALL HEALTH AND WELLNESS. AT LEAST 15 STUDENT AMBASSADORS SERVICES PROJECT MUST ALIGN WITH OUR ESSAY FORWARD PLAN. OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE THE MAYOR'S YOUTH ENGAGEMENT COUNCIL FOR CLIMATE INITIATIVE IS ALSO EMPOWERING OUR YOUTH. THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FUNDS THE AMBASSADOR SERVICE, UH, SUMMER INTERNSHIP FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS AND MUST COMPLETE AT LEAST TWO SEMESTER HOURS OF COLLEGE TO ENTER. THIS PROGRAM RECEIVES OVER 600 APPLICANTS THIS YEAR. 219 AMBASSADORS WERE ACCEPTED INTO THE INTERNSHIP. OVER 75% OF THESE INTERNSHIPS INCLUDE NON-PROFIT, PRIVATE SECTOR AND MEDICAL FIELDS. D H SS PARTNERS WITH THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO HOST A STAY IN SA NETWORK EVENT UNDER NEXT LEVEL SUMMER PROGRAMMING OUR NEXT LEVEL PARTNERS WITH ALAMO COLLEGE DISTRICT IS A ONLY NON-TRADITIONAL PATHWAY FOR YOUTH ADULTS TO ATTEND. ALAMO PROMISE. THIS OFFERS, UH, THEY ACTUALLY OFFER CASE MANAGEMENT AND COUNSELING FOR AGES 16 TO 24. CURRENTLY 18 STUDENTS ARE WORKING TOWARD BECOMING ALAMO PROMISE SCHOLARS. MOST ARE G E D RECIPIENTS. 33 FORMER OPPORTUNITY YOUTH HAVE ENROLLED IN ALAMO COLLEGES THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP AND WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM. D H SS CONTRACTS WITH NON NON-PROFIT SERVICES PROVIDER ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT ON YOUR SLIDE, BUT THEY DO INCLUDE OUR BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, CATHOLIC CHARITIES CULTURAL, ALSO FAMILY SERVICES GIRLS INC. YOU HAVE GOOD SAMARITAN COMMUNITY SERVICES. YOU HAVE SAN ANTONIO CHILDREN MUSEUM, SA YOUTH AND Y M C A UNDER OUR SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT, THOUSANDS OF YOUTH HAVE ATTENDED CAMPS HELD BY OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING ACADEMY SINCE 2019, THESE CAMPS INTRODUCE YOUTH TO CAREER AS A FIREFIGHTER FOR 2023. CAMPS WILL BE HELD OVER THREE WEEKENDS IN JUNE AND JULY. TWO OF THE DAYS WILL BE FROM AGES 13 TO 18. ONE DAY WILL BE A MINI CAMPS THAT ARE OFFERED TO KIDS, EIGHT TO 12 YEARS OLD. THERE THERE IS ACTUALLY NO CHARGE TO ATTEND ANY OF THESE CAMPS. AND CURRENTLY ALL 2023 CAMPS SIGNUPS ARE AT CAPACITY. SO THESE ARE INTRIGUING PLACES THAT FOLKS ALREADY KNOW ABOUT. THE NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT HEROES LIKE HER CAMP. DOESN'T THAT SOUND GREAT? HEROES LIKE HER, I LOVE THAT, IS RUN BY PROFESSIONAL WOMEN FIREFIGHTERS, HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING C P R RESCUE REPELLING. YOU HAVE YOUR ARSON INVESTIGATE, UH, INVESTIGATION AS MUCH AS AGILITY DRILLS AND MUCH MORE. OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS BEING INTENTIONAL TO EMPOWER GIRLS AND EXPOSE THEM TO THE FIREFIGHTERS PROFESSION. MENTORING YOUNG GIRLS IN OUR COMMUNITY HELPS THEM DISCOVER THEIR PASSION AND ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. THE HERO'S CAMP LIKE HERS RUNS FROM JUNE THE 10TH AND THE 11TH, AGES 13 TO 18, AND IT ALSO RUNS JULY THE EIGHTH AND NINTH AGES. ALSO, FROM 13 TO 18, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL DEVELOP INDIVIDUAL TALENTS TO CREATE A STRONGER COMMUNITY. SINCE 2021, OUR SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A FREE HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER CAMP TO EMPOWER OUR LOCAL YOUTH. THIS CAMP BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT [00:15:01] STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THIS PROGRAM ALSO EDUCATES STUDENTS. THESE STUDENTS MEET WITH SEVERAL OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES FROM DIFFERENT UNITS WITHIN SS A P D. THIS PROVIDES INSIGHT TO THE LIFE OF A CADET AND AN OFFICER. AND SO Y'ALL KNOW THERE WAS A TIME I WANTED TO BE AN UNDERCOVER POLICE OFFICER, BUT I NEVER STOPPED GROWING AND I KNEW I COULD ONLY BE UNDERCOVER ONE TIME AND THAT WAS IT. NEXT ON OUR POLICEMAN'S CORE, OUR POLICEMAN'S CORE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR AGES 14 TO 20 YEARS FOR YOUNG ADULTS INTERESTED IN A CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, SS A P D OFFICERS WITHIN THEIR SAFE UNIT CREATES A PROGRAM WITH AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT WHAT THE JOB ENTAILS. OFFICERS AT EACH OF THE SIX SUBSTATIONS ACROSS SAN ANTONIO ACT AS MENTORS FOR OUR YOUTH. NOW I WANT Y'ALL TO HEAR THIS BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS WAS COOL AS WE WERE DOING THE RESEARCH. 46 CURRENT SS A P D OFFICERS ARE ALUMNI FOR THE SS A P D POLICE CORPS PROGRAM. 46 THAT IS WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD. NOW LET'S SHIFT TO MUNICIPAL COURTS. AT MUNICIPAL COURTS, SUMMER YOUTH ACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED TO KEEP OUR YOUTH ON TRACK. CLASS C OFFENSES CAN BE COURT ORDERED TO ATTEND YOUTH ACTIVITIES AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION. EXAMPLES OF CLASS C OFFENSES ARE SIMILAR TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT, MAYBE FIGHTING IN SCHOOLS. UH, THEFT ACTIVITIES ARE SCHEDULED IN COLLABORATION WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS JUNE THROUGH AUGUST PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL STARTUP. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL TOPICS INCLUDE SUCH AS LEARNING ABOUT GEOLOGY, TAKING NATURE WALKS, VISITING HISTORICAL SITES SUCH AS THE MISSIONS. TRANSPORTATION IS ALWAYS PROVIDED THROUGH MUNICIPAL COURTS, JUVENILE CASE MANAGERS. WE ALSO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN GETTING CONSENT FORMS, UH, FROM OUR PARENTS. THESE ARE COURT ORDERS TO HELP OUR YOUTH LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES. UH, YEAR-ROUND, UH, YOUTH ACTIVITIES UNDER OUR COURT SERVICES, GEORGE COURT JUDGE COURT ORDERS YOUTH AND PARENTS TO ATTEND CLASSES OFFERED BY MUNICIPAL COURTS. BUILDING BRIDGES IN A COLLABORATIVE MANNER WITH U T S A FOCUSES ON BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN YOUTH AND OUR PARENTS. YOUTH ENRICHMENT, DEVELOPING YOUTH SKILLS TO HELP NAVIGATE THROUGH SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS. TOPICS INCLUDE TEAM DATING, UNDERAGE DRIVING, AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. UNDER OUR PEER COURTS TEAM, UH, DEFENDANTS ARE ABLE TO PLEAD NO CONTEST OR GUILTY AND HAVE THEIR CASE HEARD AMONG THEIR PEERS. WHEN THE CASE IS TRIED IN FRONT OF A JUROR AND LAWYERS COMPRISED OF ONE'S PEERS, THERE CAN BE A PROFOUND EFFECT ON THE DEFENDANT WITH THE GOAL TO PROMOTE RESPECT FOR THE LEGAL SYSTEM. LOCATIONS THAT OUR MUNICIPAL COURTS ARE BASED ON AVAILABILITY AND ALSO AT ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW. THANK YOU ST. MARY'S BECAUSE THEY ALSO FOLLOW ACADEMIC CALENDARS THAT TAKE PLACE TYPICALLY ON SATURDAYS FROM 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AS IT RELATES TO TRUANCY SERVICES, YOUTH ARE MANDATED TO COMPLETE CLASSES DUE TO 10 OR MORE OF UNEXCUSED ABSENCES. I I SKIPPED SCHOOL ONE TIME GROWING UP AND NEVER SKIPPED AFTER THAT. AND I'M SURE YOU KNOW MOM, DAD GOT ME PRETTY GOOD. SO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, THAT ACTUALLY COMPLETES OUR PRESENTATION FOR TODAY. WE ALSO HAVE OUR SEVEN DEPARTMENTS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, DAVID, AND VERY TIMELY. I KNOW A LOT OF PARENTS ARE PROBABLY WONDERING WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE GONNA BE DOING PRODUCTIVELY THIS SUMMER AND WE OBVIOUSLY PROVIDE AN ARRAY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN. UM, I I DO HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT THE ONLY ENTITY THAT THAT PROVIDES PROGRAMMING FOR KIDS IN THE SUMMER. UH, OBVIOUSLY OURS, UH, ARE, MANY OF OURS ARE GEARED TOWARDS POTENTIAL CAREERS IN, IN GOVERNMENT, WHETHER THAT'S POLICE AND FIRE OR SOMETHING THROUGH THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. IS THERE ANYBODY IN TOWN OR IS THERE, ARE THERE, IS THERE AN ORGANIZATION OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY WORK WITH THAT COULD BEGIN TO WORK WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT YOUTH ENTITIES AROUND TOWN AND SORT OF START WORKING ON A SINGLE FRONT DOOR FOR A PARENT, UH, TO MAYBE LOOK [00:20:01] THROUGH TO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT'S CITY, COUNTY, NONPROFITS, BUT START CREATING MORE OF A CENTRALIZED PORTAL FOR PEOPLE TO NAVIGATE THIS ECOSYSTEM OF YOUTH SERVICES? NOW, I DON'T KNOW, UM, NIKKI'S HERE FROM PARKS, BUT I CAN'T RECALL, HAVE YOU HEARD OF ANY NETWORK? NO, WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET. BY METRO HEALTH. YOU HAVE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. MEL AND I, I JUST AS YOU COME UP, I, I MEAN EVERYONE NOW HOPEFULLY IS GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THE WEBSITE, SACRED.ORG, WHICH IS SOME, WHICH IS SORT OF A SIMILAR ENTERPRISE. BUT I'M WONDERING IF, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BEGIN TO FOCUS ON. AND SACRED.ORG WAS ONE THAT I WAS GOING TO MENTION, BUT ALSO WE WORK WITH, UM, UP PARTNERSHIP AND WE CONTRACT WITH THEM EXTENSIVELY. AND SO WE CAN ALSO TALK TO THEM ABOUT CREATING OR WORKING WITH SACRED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PORTAL IS COMPLETE. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE WELL WORTH OUR EFFORT TO DO THAT. AND, AND JUST, AGAIN, I'M JUST THINKING AS A PARENT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF I'M JUST INTERESTED WHAT, WHAT CAN MY CHILD DO FOR THREE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR, THAT WOULD BE FUN AND JUST SORT OF NAVIGATE THAT WAY, UH, WHETHER THAT'S CITY OR, OR ANY OTHER ENTITY, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. AND I THINK THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE, WE WOULD POTENTIALLY RESOURCE AS WELL. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE'LL WORK ON THAT. UM, THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, I'M NOT SURE, THIS IS PROBABLY I GUESS FOR YOU AGAIN, DAVID. UH, SO I'M THINKING ABOUT THE PARENTS OF THE CHILDREN WHO ENROLL THEIR KIDS IN THESE PROGRAMS. NOT ALL OF THEM WILL NEED ASSISTANCE WITH SOMETHING THEMSELVES, BUT MAYBE THEY ARE INTERESTED IN OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR FAMILIES. UM, ARE WE CONNECTING THEM OR PROVIDING INFORMATION TO OTHER RESOURCES LIKE READY TO WORK POTENTIALLY THAT, UH, PARENTS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN? NOW? I DIDN'T HEAR EXACTLY FROM THAT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT LOOKING AT THINGS THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS, WE IMMEDIATELY HAVE PRETTY MUCH TWO LISTS. ONES THAT COULD AFFORD FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM. THOSE THAT ARE CHALLENGED OR MIGHT BE MARGINALIZED TO ANY DEGREE. THEY'RE ONLY LIKE $25 FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE SUMMER PROGRAM. BUT WE COULD ALSO MAYBE EVEN DO A QUESTIONNAIRE JUST TO SEE, UH, FROM SOME OF THOSE. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN PLACE NOW. RIGHT, NIKKI? YEAH. IT'S NOT IN PLACE NOW, BUT, WELL, IF THERE WAS A SIMPLE HANDOFF, I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY OF THE PROGRAMMING FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH. I MEAN, I, I WOULD THINK THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY A LOT, PROBABLY A LOT OF PARENTS OUT THERE THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM JUST BEING AWARE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM AS WELL. YEAH, FOR SURE. OKAY. EVEN ON THE HIRING PIECE TOO, WITH EVEN SOME OF OUR APPRENTICE PROGRAMS, YOU JUST, YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE THAT ONE SIMPLE CARD MAY CONNECT SOMEONE. SO WE'LL DO THAT TOO. GREAT. WELL, REALLY PLEASED WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING. I, I DIDN'T HEAR IT MENTIONED, BUT I, I ALSO AM AWARE THAT, UH, MIDNIGHT BASKETBALL LEAGUES HAVE ALSO STARTED IN EARN YEAH. IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. YEAH. SO NOT NECESSARILY SUMMER PROGRAMMING, BUT THAT'S ALSO BEING OFFERED. YEAH, IT IS. AND THAT HAS GONE UNDERWAY, SO I DIDN'T GET THE FULL DETAILS OF IT, BUT IT HAS LAUNCHED. GREAT. OKAY. UM, LET ME TURN IT NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU, DAVID. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. DAVID. UH, I LIKE THE SLIDESHOW PRESENTATION. I DO, BUT DID, DO WE HAVE LIKE A LITTLE VIDEO COMMERCIAL OR SOMETHING WE COULD PUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR WE COULD SHARE, UH, WITH RESIDENTS REGARDING ALL THESE PROGRAMS? NO, IF NOT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE A C N E, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE LIKE A, A LITTLE SOCIAL MEDIA THING WHERE I COULD SEND THIS OUT. 'CAUSE MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WANT THIS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT SENDING THEM THIS ENTIRE SLIDESHOW PRESENTATION. YEAH. BUT IF I COULD GIVE 'EM A LITTLE VIDEO THAT SAYS PARKS AND REC. RIGHT. WELL, I WILL TELL TELL YOU IN A LOT OF OUR RESEARCH, I SAW VIDEOS HERE THAT WAS LIKE SPECIFIC TO THAT VERSUS SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO COLLECTIVELY COME TOGETHER. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES YOU'VE HEARD ALL SEVEN DEPARTMENTS BEING PRESENTED, UH, TOGETHER. SO WE'RE HEADED THAT DIRECTION. WE NEED TO EXPAND IT A LITTLE MORE, AND THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. AND, AND WE CAN, WE CAN WORK ON THAT. OKAY, GREAT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT BECAUSE, UH, MY MISSION DE LAGO IN PARTICULARLY WA WAS ASKING, AND I WANNA SENSE LIKE AN ABBREVIATED VERSION OF THIS TO THEM SO THAT THEY KNOW WITH PROBABLY JUST THE CONTACTS. UM, THEN THESE NUMBERS FOR 2023 I THINK ARE GONNA BE VITAL BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE YEAR WE'RE BACK FROM THE PANDEMIC. SO WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO MAKE SURE IS THAT EACH OF THE PROGRAM IS COLLECTING THE INFORMATION OF THE PARTICIPANTS, THE FAMILIES IMPACTED, IF THEY CAN GET ZIP CODES, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A STARTING A, A NEW START FOR US. I, I KNOW PEOPLE [00:25:01] ARE GONNA WANNA BE LIKE, WELL, LET'S LOOK BACK AT 2019, BUT I REALLY WANNA START FROM 2023 FORWARD REGARDING THESE PROGRAMS AND WHAT IN THE FUTURE, WHAT SORT OF FUNDING THEY WOULD NEED. UM, THE ONE THING IS STAFFING FOR POOLS. ARE WE CAN PARKS AND REC ANSWER IF WE ARE ON TRACK WITH, UH, THE STAFFING FOR THE, THE LIFEGUARDS AND, AND OUR POOLS? UH, YES. HI COUNCILMAN. UM, SO WE ARE, WE ARE LOOKING MUCH STRONGER THAN WE DID LAST YEAR. I KNOW, UM, MR. MCCAREY MENTIONED THE RATE INCREASE, UM, WE THINK HELPED US SIGNIFICANTLY. UM, WE ARE ALSO, UM, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF JOB FAIRS. WE'VE CO COLLABORATED WITH HR QUITE A BIT THIS SUMMER TO DO JOB FAIRS, BRINGING ALL THE FOLKS ON SITE TO PROCESS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ONE PIECE, THEN GO HERE, GO HERE TO BRING THEM ALL IN ONE PLACE. WE ARE, UH, WE PAY FOR THEM TO TRAIN. UM, WE, UM, ARE PAYING FOR THEIR UNIFORMS. THERE IS A $500 INCENTIVE FOR THEM FOR THE LIFEGUARDS AND THE POOL SUPERVISORS. UH, WE DID CONTINUE THAT THIS YEAR, EVEN WITH THE RATE INCREASE. SO WE'RE DOING A LOT AND WE'RE, THE NUMBERS ARE SHOWING THAT. SO WE'RE NOT EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO BE FOR EVERYTHING, BUT, YOU KNOW, KIDS ARE GETTING READY TO GET OUTTA SCHOOL NOW AND COLLEGE KIDS ARE COMING HOME AND SO WE HAVE ANOTHER JOB FAIR COMING UP. UM, SO WE, WE FEEL, WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT OUR LIFEGUARDS RIGHT NOW. GREAT. AND, UH, FOR, FOR NEXT SUMMER, I, I DO WANNA WORK WITH Y'ALL TO MAYBE GET INTO THE HIGH SCHOOLS, UH, EARLIER AND KIND OF, UH, GET THEM KIND OF GEARED UP TO, WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK WITH YOU. YES. WE WORK WITH THE DISTRICTS, UM, BOTH FOR SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM AND FOR LIFEGUARDS. AND IT REALLY IS, EVERY DISTRICT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ABOUT HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, UH, SCHOOL SAFETY IS BIG AND SO, UM, WE TRY TO WORK WITH THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO GET IN THERE, UM, TO DO JOB FAIRS. WE GET IN THERE, UM, AS MUCH AS WE CAN. BUT IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL PATHS, ABSOLUTELY. YES. YES. I, I WANNA WORK WITH YOU ESPECIALLY, UH, OVER ON SOUTH SIDE TOO. SOUTH SIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. PERFECT. SO WE CAN WORK ON THAT. UM, THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. I LOVE ALL THESE PROGRAMS. I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT I'M A, I HAVE THREE, UM, I HAVE RELIST LIBRARY, MISSION LIBRARY, AND PAN AM LIBRARY. AND IF YOU NEED ME TO GO HELP WITH LEGO DAY OR PICK OUT A BOOK, SIGN ME UP BECAUSE I, I'M READY TO DO THAT. 'CAUSE THAT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF FUN. WE WILL PUT YOU DOWN. YES, MA'AM. YES, I I WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT. UH, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE, UH, SUMMER CAMP. I THINK THOSE ARE OTHER TWO THAT DEFINITELY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE TEENS WANT TO HEAR ABOUT. AND IF WE COULD GET OUR SAFE OFFICERS TO COMMUNICATE THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS. I KNOW I HAVE SOME COMING UP THIS MONTH. I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR, FOR SOMETHING FOR THEIR, UH, TEENS TO DO AND, UM, FIND MORE HEROES LIKE HER, RIGHT? YES. YES. I AM. I I'M LIKE, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP PROMOTE IT. THAT'S WHY I THINK WE DO, I LOVE THIS PRESENTATION PUT ALL TOGETHER, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LEARN TO MARKET IT IN A WAY WHERE I, I, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO VIRAL. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CAN BE LIKE A INFLUENCER. I DON'T KNOW. I I AM JUST DREAMING BIG RIGHT NOW, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER IRAN, COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDE. THANK YOU. I'M STILL, UM, INTERESTED IN THE CITY BECOMING AN INFLUENCER. THAT'S AMAZING. UM, SO ACTUALLY JUST TO, TO KIND OF, UH, PICK UP WHERE, WHERE COUNCILWOMAN MAYBE I GET ON, LEFT OFF. UM, EVEN LIKE ONE PAGERS. I THINK THAT I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE, UH, VIDEO, BUT ONE PAGERS TO HAND OUT AT OUR FIELD OFFICES. WE HAVE A LOT OF ACCESS TO. SHE MENTIONED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UM, GIVING THEM ONE PAGERS TO PUT IN BACKPACKS. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING OUTTA TIME THAT FOR THE SCHOOLS TO BE OUT, BUT, UH, MAYBE EARLIER NEXT TIME AROUND. BUT, BUT GETTING THOSE IN THAT INFORMATION OUT, EVEN WHEN PEOPLE JUST COME TO VISIT US AT THE FIELD OFFICES. AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S, UM, IT'S HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE CITY, BUT A LOT OF GRANDPARENTS THAT ARE RAISING THEIR GRANDCHILDREN AND, UM, THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, UM, FREE AND OR A LOW COST TO DO FOR THE, UM, IN MANY CASES, NOT JUST ONE, UM, SET OF GRANDCHILDREN, BUT A A COUPLE OF THEM. SO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL TAKEN CARE OF. I, I DO. UM, I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT LIFEGUARDS. I KNOW THAT WE HAD PROBLEMS, UH, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS STAFFING, SO I THINK THAT QUESTION WAS ANSWERED, BUT I'M CURIOUS IF, UM, WE CAN EXPAND PROGRAMMING MAYBE WITH THE STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM TO HOW OLD DO YOU HAVE TO BE TO BE A LIFEGUARD? 16. 16, YES. OKAY. SO I WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY WITH THE STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM OR ONE OF THE OTHER PROGRAMMING TO PROGRAMMING TO INCLUDE, UH, THE RED CROSS CERTIFICATION. AND IT COULD BE SORT OF A PIPELINE TO BE A LIFEGUARD. SOMETHING LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU, WITH THE POLICE, YOU KNOW, 46 OFFICERS COMING FROM THE SAFETY CORPS, UM, MAYBE IN ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE, BUT MAYBE THAT'S A WAY TO JUST GET THEM INTERESTED IN, IN BEING A LIFEGUARD [00:30:01] AND, AND, AND ALREADY HAVING THAT CERTIFICATION SO THAT THEY CAN BE READY AT 16 YEARS OLD TO POTENTIALLY DO THAT WORK. UM, ANYWAY, JUST A THOUGHT. THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD IDEAL AS WELL. AND I KNOW THEY HAVE THEIR CERTIFICATIONS AS WE WALK 'EM THROUGH THAT WE EVEN PAY THEM AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AS WELL. OKAY. SO, SO BEING HIRED AS A LIFEGUARD, THEY GET THE CERTIFICATION OR YES, CORRECT. YES. OKAY. SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT GOING IN. OKAY. UM, UH, I STILL THINK IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO, UH, TO MAYBE HAVE IT INCLUDED IN ONE OF THE, THE YOUNGER PROGRAMS SO THAT THEY WOULD MAYBE PIPELINE INTO IT. UM, AND I'M JUST, I SEEM TO RECALL, WELL, ALL OF THESE ARE FREE, RIGHT? JUST MAKING SURE ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS OR ARE THEY LOW COST OR, WELL, THEY'RE, THE PARKS AND REC HAS, UH, TWO COSTS WHEN I MENTIONED THAT EQUITY LENS. UH, THOSE THAT HAVE CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS, THEY CAN GET IT FOR $25, BUT I THINK THE NORMAL IS IT 2 2 62 60? YES. THEY'RE TEACHING ME, I'M RUNNING. OKAY. SO IT'S LIKE A SLIDING SCALE KIND OF A THING. YES. YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THAT MAKES SENSE. UM, AND UH, FINALLY THE, UM, THE CITY AT ONE POINT, I THINK PROVIDED FREE LUNCH TO THE KIDS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAMMING. IS THAT STILL? SO WE GET TWO MEALS A DAY. OKAY. THROUGH OUR FOOD BANK, OUR GREAT PARTNERS AT FOOD BANK. SO LIKE A BREAKFAST AND LUNCH? YES. OKAY. IT'S MEAL AND A SNACK. MEAL. AND A SNACK. GOT IT. THAT MAY ALSO BE AN INCENTIVE FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES TOO. YEAH. THAT MAYBE WOULDN'T PUT THEM IN OTHERWISE. UM, THAT WOULD KEEP THEM AT HOME. THAT MAYBE THAT'S TRUE. THEY COULD HELP OUT. UM, SO MAYBE ADD MAKING SURE WE'RE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT. UM, AND THEN ABOUT THE SLIDING SCALE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. BUT OVERALL, OF COURSE, AND I HAVE TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO JUDGE ALEDO TOO. UM, INCREDIBLE WORK THAT SHE'S BEEN DOING WITH OUR, UM, JUVENILE CASELOAD. UM, THE PEER COURT IS, IS REALLY INTERESTING. I THINK WE HAD A, THAT WE HAD HAD YOU AT PUBLIC SAFETY. AND WHERE DOES SHE GO? SHE'S STILL HERE. UM, YOU HAD, UH, YOU HAD YOU AT PUBLIC SAFETY OR MAYBE ANOTHER B SESSION. 'CAUSE I REMEMBER ASKING YOU SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UM, WHO COULD BE INVOLVED IN, IN PEER COURT AND HOW DO YOU GET TO BE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, A JUDGE OR ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS IN PEER COURT? UM, WOULD YOU REMIND ME? IT IT IS A VOLUNTEER BASIS. OKAY. SO ANYONE THAT THAT'S IN HIGH SCHOOL CAN VOLUNTEER TO ACTUALLY BE, YOU KNOW, THE LAWYERS, THE JUDGES. OKAY. UM, THE JURY. UM, WE TRY TO, UM, ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN DEFENDANTS IN PEER COURT TO COME BACK AND VOLUNTEER OKAY. IN ONE OF THE OTHER ROLES. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET, UH, KIDS INVOLVED AND, AND EXCITED ABOUT THE, THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND MAYBE FUTURE CAREERS. WE, OF COURSE, EVERYBODY KNOWS WE NEED MORE LAWYERS, RIGHT? SO LET'S ADVOCATE ABSOLUTELY. . UM, BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING WAY TO GET THEM, UM, BACK IN LINE AND BACK IN SHAPE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL ADULTS. SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. I, I THINK SO TOO. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A, A BETTER RESPONSE WHEN YOUR PEERS HAVE ACTUALLY LISTENED TO THE CASE AND ASSESSED, YOU KNOW, PUNISHMENT. MM-HMM. . UM, SO, AND IT, AND IT ALSO EXPOSES THEM TO OTHER, UH, LEGAL CAREERS, NOT JUST AS ATTORNEYS OR JUDGES. YOU KNOW, THERE'S BAILIFFS, THERE'S COURT REPORTERS. SO WONDERFUL. VERY EX LOTS OF EXPOSURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. MCCAREY. THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, DAVID. APPRECIATE THE, UH, BRIEFING. THANK YOU. UH, A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION HERE AND, AND, UM, UH, I KNEW ABOUT THE PARKS AND RECS PROGRAM, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THESE OTHER PROGRAMS AND, AND I, I LIKE THE IDEA ABOUT, UH, UH, GETTING OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS AND, AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET THAT INTO THE DISTRICT OFFICES SO I COULD SEND OUT THROUGH MY MEDIA, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A NEWSLETTER OR FACEBOOK, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT MEDIA SOURCES TO ADVERTISE THESE PROGRAMS. AND, AND, UM, UH, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IS TO HELPING TO ADVERTISE THESE PROGRAMS. 'CAUSE I I THINK THEY'RE GREAT. UM, THANK YOU. UM, ALONG WITH THAT, HOW ARE WE LOOKING AT MAYBE, UM, RECRUITING, UH, ACTIVELY RECRUITING THESE, UM, YOUNGER FOLKS INTO THE CITY AND TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND, AND THAT KIND OF THING? UH, SINCE THEY'RE WORKING PART-TIME AND DURING THE SUMMER, HOW, HOW, IS THERE A THOUGHT TO ACTUALLY INCORPORATING THEM INTO HIRING THEM FULL-TIME? ABSOLUTELY. WHENEVER THEY GRADUATE, THAT KIND OF, YEAH, WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO PLANT THE SEED WITH THESE VARIOUS PROGRAMS AS WELL SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, COME BACK AT SOME POINT AND FOLLOW THEIR DREAMS OR THEIR PASSION FOR IT. THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE EXPOSURE. UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES IT, UH, JUST IN THE HEROES LIKE HER AS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING TAUGHT AND TRAINED BY WOMEN, UH, FIREFIGHTERS. AND THEY ALSO REMEMBER THAT, AND I MEAN, I SAW YOU SAW THE PICTURES WHERE THEY'RE DRAGGING THE HOSES AND THEY'RE WORKING [00:35:01] AS A TEAM CONCEPT. UH, SAME THING WILL HAPPEN AS WE INVITE FOLKS EVEN THROUGH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. EVERYTHING WE DO NOW ALMOST IS A CLASSIC MIRROR OF HOW DO WE BRING PEOPLE ON BOARD TO SUPPORT AND DO THEIR PART. YEAH. AND, AND THESE ARE LIKE SUMMER JOBS AND THESE CERTAIN, CERTAIN DISCIPLINES. BUT I'M THINKING MORE BROADLY. I MEAN, WE GOT SOLID WASTE, WE GOT PUBLIC WORKS, WE'VE GOT ALL THESE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. HOW WOULD THEY GET, HOW WOULD THEY EVEN KNOW OR GET TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR IN THE FUTURE? YEAH. I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, BUT THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS AROUND, UH, OUR, THROUGH OUR HR DEPARTMENT AND DIFFERENT JOB FAIRS THAT WE APPROACH THIS SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN AND KNOW ABOUT IT. UH, THOSE CONVERSATIONS ACTUALLY STILL HAPPEN WITH THE YOUTH, UH, ABOUT SEEING SOMEBODY ELSE WORKING, MAYBE A COACH, AND GO FROM THERE. WE'LL LOOK INTO TO SEE IF WE CAN BE MORE TARGETED, MORE INTENTIONAL, UH, ABOUT ENSURING THAT EVERYBODY'S CONNECTED, COUNCILMAN THE, THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. WE ASK DEPARTMENTS TO STEP FORWARD AND SUPPORT THOSE. UM, SOME CASES HIGH SCHOOLERS, SOME IN SOME CASES COLLEGE AGE STUDENTS TO SUPPORT. AND, AND EVERY DEPARTMENT KIND OF STEPS FORWARD. UM, AND, UM, COUNCILMAN CASTRO, I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I MET, UH, U TWO SONS WHEN I WAS A BRAND NEW BUDGET ANALYST. AND I THINK THEY WERE WORKING FOR, UH, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AT THE TIME. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE FOLKS, SOME OF THESE YOUNG FOLKS COULD BE PLACED IN PUBLIC WORKS, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, UH, COUNCIL STAFF, UH, EVERY, EVERY DEPARTMENT TAKES AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF HOST A HANDFUL. AND, AND WE WERE, WE'VE, WE, AS WE, AS WE GET OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, UH, WE'RE STARTING TO DO MORE AND MORE OF THAT. WE, WE'VE KIND OF PUT 21 AND 22 WAS A, WE KEPT OUR NUMBERS LOW, BUT, BUT WE'VE OPENED THAT UP AND IT'S, IT'S A WAY OF, OF, UH, FOLKS SEEING WHAT IS IT THAT, THAT WE DO IN THOSE DIFFERENT ASPECTS. YEAH. I, I'VE HOSTED ONE IN MY OFF OFFICE AS WELL. AND, UH, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S GREAT. UM, I'M JUST SAYING, HOW COULD WE BETTER INCORPORATE AND GET THESE, UH, FOLKS INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT BE MORE INTERESTED IN, UH, UH, WORKING IN THE PARKING DEPARTMENT OR WHATEVER, UM, IN THE CITY AND, AND HOW CAN WE EXPOSE THEM TO ALL THE DIFFERENT, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A TON OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS HERE AND HOW CAN WE EXPOSE 'EM INTO THOSE OTHER AREAS ALSO THAT THEY MIGHT BE IN MORE INTERESTED THAN BEING IN A LIFEGUARD, THAT KIND OF THING. SO JUST, JUST TO COMMENT ABOUT EXPANDING THIS PROGRAM AND THE INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM TO MAKE A, A DECISION IN WHAT THEIR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES HERE FOR THE CITY. BUT FOR SURE, UH, THANK YOU, DAVID. I APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK, THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT ROOSEVELT PARKS POOL IS GOING TO POTENTIALLY BE OPEN THIS SUMMER, AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR LARGER POOLS. SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. UM, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE, UH, DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENT IN THE PRESENTATION AND EMERALD OUR, UH, YOUTH COMMISSION APPOINTEES IN THE PRESENTATION. SO THAT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE. UM, I, I DID WANNA FOCUS IN ON MORE COMMENTS ON THE MUNICIPAL COURT AND THE TRUANCY SERVICES, UM, AND, AND, UM, OPEN IT UP TO HAVING OUR OFFICE MOVING FORWARD, OR HAVING LONGER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW, UH, THE D FIVE OFFICE CAN OPEN UP OUR OFFICE AS A PLACE TO, UM, COMPLETE COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS AND BRING, UH, YOUTH INTO OUR OFFICE TO HELP, UH, ENGAGE AND ALLOW THEM TO COMPLETE THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY, UH, PASSIONATE ABOUT. I STILL WANNA LEARN WHO THE TRUANCY, UH, UH, COURT JUDGE WAS IN 2009 WHEN I WAS THERE AS A AS A KID. IT WAS PROBABLY JUDGE THEM TOO . UM, BUT, BUT GIVEN THAT COUNCILWOMAN, THOSE RECORDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SEALED . NO, NO. BUT, UH, I, I THINK I LEARNED A LOT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND I WAS ABLE TO MAKE MY CASE AND IT WAS DISMISSED AND THE JUDGE SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? GO BACK TO SCHOOL. SO IT, IT WORKED OUT IN MY FAVOR. RIGHT, ? YES. UM, BUT ALSO SEEING THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE SOME OF MY FRIENDS RIGHT. DIDN'T HAVE THAT LUXURY AND REQUESTED COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS AND WEREN'T GRANTED IT, OR THEY WERE. UM, BUT SEEING HOW WE CAN PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT? AND WHAT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE IS CONNECTING THE FAMILIES, THE PARENTS AND THE KIDS TO THE, UH, SS A P D POLICE CORPS OR THE, THE HERO LIKE CURVE, RIGHT? SO ALLOWING THE PARENTS TO KNOW WHILE, UM, THEIR CHILD IS COMPLETING THOSE COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS OR PAYING THE FEE THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH TO GET INVOLVED AND ENGAGED AND ON A DIFFERENT TRACK. UM, AND, AND I'M SURE [00:40:01] YOU ARE LIKELY ALREADY DOING THAT. UM, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT OUR OFFICE, OR A FURTHER DISCUSSION WE CAN HAVE ON HOW TO PACKAGE THAT TO WHERE FAMILIES ARE BEING CONNECTED, UH, AND KNOW OF THIS OPPORTUNITY, UM, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MOVING FORWARD. IS THAT SOMETHING Y'ALL CURRENTLY DO? AB WE, WE DO MM-HMM. , UM, WHEN THE KIDS ARE ORDERED TO PERFORM COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS MM-HMM. , THE JUVENILE CASE MANAGERS ARE REALLY GREAT ABOUT, UM, INCLUDING AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TO IT MM-HMM. AS WELL. IT'S NOT JUST PICKING UP TRASH. MM-HMM. , THERE'S SOME SORT OF AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TO IT, AS WELL AS EXPOSING THE KIDS TO SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE NEVER BEEN EXPOSED TO BEFORE. MM-HMM. , UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY GO ON, UH, NATURE WALKS AND THEY LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PLANTS. AND SOME OF THE KIDS HAVE EVEN SAID, WOW, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THIS PLACE EXISTED. OR, YOU KNOW, AND SO THEY, THEY TAKE SOMETHING FROM THAT. AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO ALSO MOVE TOWARDS IS LIKE, IF ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THE CITY HAS ANY TYPE OF AN EVENT, WE COULD ORDER THOSE KIDS TO DO THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS VOLUNTEERING AT THE EVENT. 'CAUSE THEN IT EXPOSES THEM TO WHAT IT IS THAT YOU DO. MM-HMM. FOR THE CITY MM-HMM. , UM, WHAT SERVICES ARE OFFERED, UH, THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. UH, AND, AND SO WE JUST, WE REALLY TRY TO EXPOSE THEM JUST TO EXPERIENCES THAT THEY'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE. YEAH. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I'M GRATEFUL THAT THAT'S THE WORK YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE BEEN, UM, UH, IMPLEMENTING. BECAUSE THIS MONDAY WE HAD A A, AN EXPERIENCE WITH A COUPLE OF OF STUDENTS, RIGHT. AND I WASN'T THINKING THAT, UM, SCHOOL WAS IN SESSION. I WAS THINKING IT WAS ALREADY SUMMER AND IT WAS ABOUT NINE, NINE OR 10, I THINK PROBABLY 10. UH, THESE TWO KIDS CAME IN AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, CAN WE GET INTO THE LIBRARY THROUGH HERE? I'M LIKE, OH, THEY, THEY DON'T OPEN TILL 12. UM, AND I'M LIKE, BUT WE HAVE SOME BOOKS HERE, RIGHT? IF YOU WANNA READ THESE, WELL, YOU WAIT FOR THE LIBRARY TO OPEN. AND, UM, THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, WE WENT TO PALM HEIGHTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT OPEN TILL, TILL 12, I THINK. AND THEN, UH, ONE OF MY STAFFERS WAS LIKE, WERE YOU OFF OF SCHOOL TODAY? AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, IF YOU'RE, YOU GET TO SCHOOL PAST A CERTAIN TIME, THEY COUNT YOU ABSENT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE LEFT BECAUSE WE WERE GONNA BE COUNTED ABSENT ANYWAY. AND I WAS LIKE, MAN, LIKE THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT. THESE KIDS, RIGHT. OKAY. THEY WERE TARDY, BUT THEY WENT TO A LIBRARY, THEY WENT TO A COMMUNITY CENTER AND BOTH WERE CLOSED. SO JUST SEEING THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY CENTERS AND OUR LIBRARIES PLAY AND ENSURING THAT OUR KIDS HAVE A SAFE PLACE. BECAUSE WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, WE HAD THE SAME ROLE AND I DIDN'T GO TO , A COMMUNITY CENTER OR LIBRARY. SO, UM, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, IS OPEN FOR OUR KIDS AND WE KNOW I ABSOLUTELY THEY SHOULD BE IN SCHOOL, BUT THOSE WHO, UM, MAY GO DOWN A DIFFERENT TRACK, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING TO, OKAY, LET ME BE PRODUCTIVE IN A LIBRARY. 'CAUSE MOM'S AT WORK, UM, AND THE HOUSE IS LOCKED. UM, HAVING OPPORTUNITY AND SPACE FOR OUR YOUTH TO, TO GET CONNECTED AND BE PRODUCTIVE, UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO WORK TOWARDS. 'CAUSE UM, IT, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING ON MONDAY, I WAS LIKE, OH, WOW. YEAH, IT'S NOT SUMMER, IT'S NOT SATURDAY, AND THESE KIDS ARE IN OUR OFFICE. OH, YEAH. YEAH. AND, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. AND, AND JUST ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I, I GREW UP AT, IN THE SUMMERS AT JOE WARD COMMUNITY CENTER. I WAS THERE EVERY DAY IN THE SUMMER, SO MM-HMM. , UM, THESE, UH, CITY RESOURCES ARE JUST SO VALUABLE, ESPECIALLY TO THE YOUTH IN OUR, IN OUR CITY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS, AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION OF OFFLINE ON HOW WE CAN CONNECT OUR OFFICE WITH THE YOUTH TRYING TO COMPLETE THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, UM, TALKED ABOUT A PORTAL THAT REALLY STRUCK ME AS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY OUGHT TO BE DOING MORE WITH, AND I STARTED THINKING, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CITY SUMMER PROGRAMS, BUT SHOULDN'T WE BE TALKING ABOUT COUNTY SUMMER PROGRAMS? COULDN'T WE BE BROADCASTING ABOUT SCHOOL SUMMER PROGRAMS, ANY PLACE WHERE A CHILD CAN BE ENGAGED OR, UH, YOU KNOW, WORK PROGRAMS AND THERE'S, THERE'S THINGS LIKE CAMPS WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT. WHAT KIND OF CAMPS ARE AVAILABLE. UH, WE OUGHT BE TALKING ABOUT THE BOYS CLUBS AND THE GIRLS CLUBS AND WHAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE, OR THE Y M C A OR THE Y W C A. ALL OF THAT SHOULD BE ON A BROADER PORTAL SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW, IF I WANNA KNOW ABOUT SUMMER ACTIVITIES, THIS IS WHERE I CAN GO. IF I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT SUMMER JOBS, THIS IS WHERE I CAN GO. I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST THE JOBS THAT THE SUMMER WILL, WILL, I MEAN, THE, THE CITY WILL OFFER. BUT WHAT IS, WHAT IS SEAWORLD OFFERING? WHAT IS FIESTA TEXAS OFFERING? WHAT IS MORGAN'S WONDERLAND OFFERING? WHAT IS H E B DOING WITH STUDENTS IN THE SUMMERTIME? WHAT ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WANNA HIRE, UH, STUDENTS TO WORK AT THEIR POOLS OR ANY KIND OF ACTIVITY CENTERS THEY'RE HAVING? HOW CAN WE GET THAT WORD OUT? UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT, UH, HAVING YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT BABYSITTING OR FIRST AID DURING THE SUMMER THAT THEY CAN USE AS A SKILL TO RAISE MONEY FOR THEMSELVES? AND A LOT OF THESE THINGS MAY BE PAID, A LOT OF THEM MAY BE UNPAID. SOME [00:45:01] OF THEM MAY BE FREE FOR PARTICIPATING, AND SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE TO HELP PAY THE COSTS FOR THESE THINGS. AND I THINK BROADENING THE IDEA OF THAT PORTAL TO INCLUDE AS MANY OF THESE THINGS AS POSSIBLE, UH, AND I'D SAY START TODAY, START THIS WEEK. START NEXT WEEK. KIDS DON'T GET OUTTA SCHOOL FOR ALMOST A MONTH. THERE'S STILL TIME TO PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD ON OVER THE MONTHS, UH, INSTEAD OF WAITING TILL NEXT YEAR TO TRY AND GET IT OFF. SO, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE CONCEPT. I GREW UP AN ONLY CHILD. I DIDN'T HAVE A DAD. I JUST WENT OUT AND WANDERED AROUND FOR MYSELF FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. BUT I ENDED UP JOINING THE BOYS CLUB. I ENDED UP BECOMING A COUNSELOR AT THE Y M C A, I ENDED UP GOING TO CAMPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND, UH, I THINK IT, IT STOOD ME WELL, AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US BE A, A BETTER PROPONENT OF ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH A REALLY STRONG PORTAL PROCESS. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AS I'M LISTENING TO EVERYONE TALK, MY NOTES ARE GETTING VERY MESSY. AS I ADD THESE, UH, I DO WANNA START BY SAYING, UH, SIGN ME UP FOR THAT IDEA TOO, FROM COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. UH, WE HAVE, IF, IF THERE IS A NEED FOR VOLUNTEERS, WE WILL MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE AS THE, UH, OUR OFFICE AVAILABLE FOR A SPACE TO COMPLETE COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS. UM, THEN I ALSO THINK THERE'S A DESIRE TO BE COMPREHENSIVE, UM, IN THE WAY THAT WE, JUST TOUCHING ON, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGES POINT, UM, TO LIST ALL OF THE PROGRAMS AND ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. AND I THINK WE COULD START AT LEAST WITH ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE PUBLICLY FUNDED. SO ALL OF THOSE THAT MAYBE COME FROM THE COUNTY, COME FROM THE CITY, COME FROM OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES, UM, THOSE THAT RECEIVED ARPA FUNDING. UM, AND SO THAT'S A, I THINK WE COULD START WITH THAT. AND SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING SOME SORT OF LIST THAT'S COMPREHENSIVE IN THAT WAY. AND IF WE CAN GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN THAT, I WOULD WELCOME THAT AS WELL. UM, I WAS VERY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THIS TOPIC TODAY. UM, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MY RESIDENTS, AND IT'S, YOU CAN'T GO A DAY WITHOUT SOMEONE ASKING LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO FOR AND ABOUT THESE KIDS? WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO FOR KIDS? AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE WE GONNA PROVIDE TO THEM SO THAT, ESPECIALLY COME SUMMERTIME, THEY'RE NOT DOING THINGS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FOR THEM TO DO. UM, AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE MAKE NOW ALONGSIDE OUR SCHOOLS, UM, ARE GOING TO IMPACT, YOU KNOW, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. AND YOU CAN HEAR PEOPLE HERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY WERE IMPACTED BY PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE PROVIDED IN THEIR YOUTH. AND I GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN, UH, I WAS A MILITARY BRA, SO I WAS ON MILITARY BASES, AND I WAS NOT GONNA BE INVOLVED IN ANY TROUBLEMAKING, BUT I WAS AT YOUTH CENTERS ALL THE TIME, AND I GOT TO INTERACT WITH PEERS THAT WERE IN MILITARY FAMILIES AND THAT WERE NOT IN MILITARY FAMILIES. AND THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME. AND WE'VE HAD MANY, MANY DISCUSSIONS ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, CRIME PREVENTION, HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH. UM, AND I'D LIKE TO PUT THIS CONVERSATION INTO THAT CONTEXT. UM, BECAUSE EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE DOING NOW AND THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SHOULD, UM, CONTRIBUTE AND, UH, COMPLEMENT IN SOME WAY TO THIS OVERALL GOAL OF, UM, CREATING SAFETY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BRING SCHOOLS INTO THE CONVERSATION AS WELL. THESE PROGRAMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL, I THINK, TO GIVE A BOOST TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOLS, OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UH, IMPROVING ACADEMICS AND ESPECIALLY MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIO EMOTIONAL OUTCOMES. UM, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHERE OUR SCHOOLS ARE BATTLING THE POTENTIAL AND, YOU KNOW, THE DEVASTATING LOSS THAT WOULD COME FROM FUNDING OF VOUCHERS. AND SO I BELIEVE THAT WE AS A CITY COULD BE A POSITIVE FORCE IN SUPPORTING OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD AT LEAST TWO SHOOTINGS, UH, RECENTLY THAT PROMPTED A LOCKDOWN AT THE SCHOOLS. ONE AT, UH, JOHN JAY, I BELIEVE IT WAS, AND THE OTHER WAS AT SAM HOUSTON. AND OUR OFFICE RECENTLY HAD A DISCUSSION WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND, UH, MEMBERS OF CITY MEMBERS OF CITY STAFF AND SS A P D WERE THERE AS WELL. UM, AND THEY EXPRESSED TO OUR OFFICE THE GREAT NEED FOR MORE COORDINATION OF RESOURCES, UM, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH, UH, RESOURCES AND PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS. UM, AND AT ONE OF MY OPEN OFFICE HOURS, STUDENTS FROM SAM HOUSTON CAME, UM, TO SEEK SUPPORT FOR, YOU KNOW, A POTENTIAL NEW BUILDING WHERE THEY COULD RECEIVE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND SERVICES. AND SO I THINK THERE'S A LARGER CONVERSATION, A LARGER NEED, UM, THAT IS BEING HAD. I WISH I COULD SEE MY TIMER . UM, AND I'LL, I'LL SAY THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE ALL WORTHWHILE, BUT IF WE DON'T WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS THAT NEED IT THE MOST, I WORRY THAT THE PARENTS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE MOST IN NEED ARE GONNA BE TOO BUSY FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, RECOVERING FROM TRAUMA AND DEALING WITH THEIR NEED RATHER THAN SEARCHING OUT PROGRAMS. AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE. AND SO, UM, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, HAVE WE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE SCHOOLS, UH, SUCH AS JOHN JAY AND SAM HOUSTON, AND, UM, HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONNECT STUDENTS THAT THEY MIGHT [00:50:01] IDENTIFY AS HAVING A NEED THAT COULD BE FILLED THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS AND NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO THOSE WHO, UM, NOT NECESSARILY PROGRAMS FILLED WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE FROM FAMILIES WHO ARE GONNA BE INVOLVED AND ARE GONNA HAVE THE ACCESS, AND HAVE ACCESS TO SO MANY RESOURCES ALREADY? HOW ARE WE DOING THAT AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? YEAH, SO I KNOW THAT PARKS AND RECS COMPARE CALENDARS, SO THAT'S WHERE THEY FIRST BEGIN, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THEY LOOK AT EVERYTHING THEY DO THROUGH THAT EQUITY LENS. SO I'M GONNA ASK NIKKI TO COME UP AND SHARE HER THOUGHTS ON THAT QUESTION. HI. SO, UM, OUR WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE PRIMARILY ARE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, SO WE DON'T SERVE THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT THIS POINT. DOESN'T MEAN WE COULDN'T, BUT, UM, AND IT'S REALLY TO SEE WHAT SCHOOLS THEY CAN MAKE AVAILABLE TO US. UM, AND, UH, AND OUR, WE BRING OUR CURRICULUM. WE DO HAVE PARTNERS THAT REACH OUT TO US, UM, FROM TIME TO TIME THAT ASK TO BE INVOLVED IN PROGRAMS. SO IF THERE WAS A PARTICULAR ENTITY OR WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH D H S TO SEE IF THERE'S MAYBE SOMEBODY THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE INTO OUR PROGRAMS, UM, WE ARE DEFINITELY OPEN TO THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, WE FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, UM, THE FUN, THE FITNESS, BUT WE ALSO BRING IN READING. WE PARTICIPATE IN THE LIBRARIES PROGRAM. UM, WE DO MATH INSTRUCTION, SCIENCE INSTRUCTION, BUT UNDERSTANDING THERE IS A SOCIAL SERVICE NEED AS WELL. WE CAN ABSOLUTELY REACH OUT TO WHATEVER PARTNER ENTITY TO SEE HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THEM AT, AT THE VERY LEAST, TO INTRODUCE THE PARTICIPANTS AND SEND THEM HOME WITH INFORMATION. MM-HMM. WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. YEP. AND I THINK, UM, WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT RECRUITING, I DO WANT TO POSE A SUGGESTION OR IDEA. UM, AND MAYBE IT'S THAT WE CAN, UH, RECRUIT THROUGH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE STANDUP, YOU KNOW, UH, STANDUP SA, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT, UH, WE FUND OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES, UM, WHO WORK WITH STUDENTS, UH, THOSE WHO RECEIVED ARPA FUNDING, ALL THOSE FOLKS THAT I LISTED EARLIER. ANYONE WHO'S WORKING WITH STUDENTS WHO MAY, UH, BENEFIT FROM PROGRAMS LIKE THESE, OR FAMILIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN PROGRAMS AND MAYBE THEY HAVE CHILDREN. I THINK IF WE CAN GET ACCESS TO, UH, IF WE HAD A ONE PAGER WITH ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS AND WE GAVE, WE DISTRIBUTED THEM OUT TO THESE AGENCIES SO THAT THEY COULD THEN SHARE WITH THE FOLK WHO ARE RECEIVING THEIR SERVICES, THAT MIGHT BE A WAY TO DIRECTLY REACH PEOPLE WHO MAYBE WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE MEANS TO REACH. ABSOLUTELY. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT IDEA AND NOT JUST, UH, QUESTIONS . UM, I ALSO, I KNOW THESE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION FOR MANY YEARS, AND SO I IMAGINE THAT WE COLLECT DATA, UH, ABOUT THEIR RESULTS. AND SO SOME DATA THAT I'M PERSONALLY INTERESTED IN IS, ONE, HOW MANY TOTAL STUDENTS IS THE CITY ENGAGING OVER THE SUMMER? UM, HAVE WE SEEN INCREASES? HAVE WE SEEN, ESPECIALLY AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC? I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THAT, UM, INCLUDING EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS AND THE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT SCHOOLS THESE STUDENTS ATTEND. UM, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE WORKING WITH SCHOOLS TO TARGET CERTAIN STUDENTS FOR THESE PROGRAMS TO ENSURE WE'RE GETTING TO THE RIGHT POPULATION, UM, THE STUDENTS THAT ABSOLUTELY NEED THIS THE MOST. THAT'S, I THINK THE ROOT OF ALL OF MY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS, IS GONNA BE HOW DO WE REACH THE STUDENTS WHO NEED THEM THE MOST, AND WHAT DATA DO WE HAVE THAT WILL INFORM US AND INFORM A PATH FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ACHIEVING THAT GOAL. UM, I'D ALSO BE INTERESTED IN A MAP OF THE SUMMER PROGRAM SITES SO WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THE EQUITY SCORES OF THESE PROGRAMS. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AVAILABLE? WHO GOT IT? WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL. UM, FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT PROGRAMS, I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD CONNECT STUDENTS FOR OPPORTUNITIES WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THEIR SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES. SO, YOU KNOW, A FIELD OFFICES, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT ALSO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE, UM, OPIA OR SOUTHWEST WORKERS UNION, LIKE THESE ARE, I THINK, ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD PROVIDE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL. AND SO, BUT WHAT I, I THINK THE ROOT OF THAT COMMENT IS THAT THEN THE STUDENTS HAVE A DEEPER CONNECTION, LIKE ON A HYPERLOCAL LEVEL OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE SERVING. DOES THAT MAKE YES, ABSOLUTELY. IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD DO? YES. THAT'S SOMETHING WONDERFUL. WONDERFUL. AND THEN I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE ENGAGE COMMUNITIES WHERE YOUTH GANG VIOLENCE IS AN ISSUE AND THEIR EXISTING NEED TO ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE DURING THE SUMMER SO THEY DON'T EN CONTINUE ENGAGING WITH VIOLENCE, UM, WITHOUT THE DISTRACTION OF A SCHOOL DAY? UM, METRO HEALTH IS HERE TOO THAT COULD SHARE SOME LIGHT ON THAT. THAT'D BE LOVELY. ASK MS. WHITE TO COME IN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. UM, SO IN, IN OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM, WE ARE HIRING, UM, A STAFF PERSON TO SPECIFICALLY WORK WITH YOUTH AS PART OF THE STANDUP PROGRAM. UM, IN ADDITION, WE WORKING WITH SOME OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS. JUST LAST NIGHT THERE WAS A BIG BOWLING ACTIVITY FOR, FOR YOUTH, UM, AS PART OF INTRODUCING THEM TO STANDUP, BUT ALSO THE IMPORTANCE OF, YOU KNOW, NOT GETTING INVOLVED IN, UM, UH, IN CRIME AND NEGATIVE, UM, ACTIVITIES. AND SO WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND THEN WITH THIS NEW PROGRAM, AND ALSO WE'RE PART OF THE UPS PARTNERSHIP AS WELL. UM, WITH THAT, IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT [00:55:01] WITH MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT'S ABOUT, UM, YOUTH SUCCESS. AND SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT AT THE MOMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THEN I GUESS MY CLOSING COMMENT IS THAT I'M VERY INTRIGUED BY THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS, AND I'M WONDERING HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THAT OR CREATE SOMETHING SIMILAR, UM, WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, LIKE A C S FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE SOMETIMES STRUGGLE TO FILL VACANCIES AND PEOPLE AREN'T NECESSARILY THINKING LIKE, OH, I'M GONNA WORK WITH, I'M GONNA GO, I'M GONNA GROW UP AND I'M GONNA WORK AT A C SS. SO CREATING THAT CONNECTION IN THAT WAY, I'M WONDERING IF, UM, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. IT'S NOT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S A YOU QUESTION, BUT THANK YOU . THANK YOU COUNCIL. NO, BUT WE'LL TAKE THAT ALSO IN OUR NOTES, UH, DO CIRCLE BACK AROUND WITH YOU ON THAT. PERFECT. YES SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTRO. FIRST OF ALL, DAVID, LET ME SAY THANK YOU. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALTOGETHER, UH, GOING TO SERVE OUR YOUTH. I CAN REMEMBER COMING BACK FROM THE OLD DAYS, TIMES WHEN THE BUDGET WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD NOT AFFORD TO DO A LOT OF YOUTH PROGRAMS. AND I REMEMBER THOSE YEARS KIDS WERE HANGING OUT AT STOP AND GOS AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF CREATING A LOT OF CHAOS AND DUMB THINGS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY HAD NO PLACE TO GO. SO FOR ME, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THANK AND BLESS YOU TO SEE ALL OF THE EFFORTS THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE PUT IN TO MAKE THIS COMPREHENSIVE KIND OF, UH, PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR KIDS TODAY. LET ME SAY PERSONALLY, MY NINE YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER, ANDREA JOAQUIN'S DAUGHTER, TRIED TO GET INTO ONE OF THOSE FIRE WOMEN CAMPS AND SHE COULDN'T, WE CALLED ANNA AND IT WAS FULL AND THEY STAYED FULL. SO, UH, THAT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE. AND I'M SURE IF WE HAD LOTS MORE MONEY, WE COULD DO LOTS MORE OF THOSE, BUT WE MIGHT ALSO THINK ABOUT DOING SOME OF THOSE, UM, DURING BREAKS, DURING, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL BREAKS BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY POPULAR AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL PAY OFF IN THE LONG RUN. UM, TWO THINGS. ONE THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, AND MAYBE IT'S ASKING TOO MUCH, I DON'T KNOW, BUT FOR ME, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND I THINK THAT I ALSO USED TO SEE CLASSES COMING TO SEE CITY COUNCIL YEARS AGO, ALL THE TIME. WE DON'T SEE THAT ANYMORE. AND MAYBE IN SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS, IF WE COULD HAVE THE KIDS COME TO A COUNCIL MEETING, SEE WHAT A MAYOR AND COUNCIL DO, UM, NOT, THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAY THE WHOLE MEETING, BUT TO, TO SEE SOME OF THAT WORK IN PROGRESS AND MAYBE TO EVEN GIVE TESTIMONY ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY VALUABLE FOR THEM AND FOR US TO GET THAT FEEDBACK. UH, I ALSO FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT IF YOU HAVE THESE KIDS, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET 'EM TO GO TO SEE A COLLEGE, TO GO TO A COLLEGE CLASS, SOMETHING THAT WOULD INTEREST THEM IF YOU, YOU'VE SURVEYED THEM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S BOTANY, I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER. IT'S INTERESTING TO THEM, BUT THAT'S SETS THEM UP FOR A FUTURE OF THINKING ALREADY. YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY KIDS YOU CAN ASK AND THEY'VE NEVER BEEN TO A COLLEGE CAMPUS. UM, AND SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT INTEGRATED INTO THOSE PROGRAMS AT SOME POINT MIGHT BE VERY HELPFUL. I ALSO WANNA SAY, RON, THAT YOUR IDEA ABOUT FAMILY I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. THERE'S WAYS TO REACH THEM, UH, AND WE MAY REACH PEOPLE THAT ARE EMBARRASSED ABOUT SAYING THEY NEED THIS OR THAT. UM, AND I KNOW THAT YOU PROGRAMS, YOU HAVE LIKE THE DANCE PROGRAMS, ALL THE PARENTS COME OUT. I'M SURE ALSO IF YOU USE ADULT VOLUNTEERS, YOU DO A BACKGROUND CHECK. IS THAT CORRECT? AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND CHECK? YES. WHAT I'M WONDERING IS WHEN WE DO THESE, UM, EVENTS THAT HAVE PARENTS COMING, CAN WE DO A SURVEY OF PARENTS, A NICELY WORDED SURVEY THEY WOULD ASK, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT COULD GET TO LIKE, DO YOU HAVE MEALS? UM, PUT, PUT IN A BETTER WAY, BUT HOW ARE YOU DOING? UH, WHAT ARE SOME NEEDS THAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING OR WHATEVER THAT CASE MAY BE. BUT THAT'S WHERE WE CATCH THOSE PARENTS IS WHEN THEY COME TO SEE THEIR KIDS SURE. PERFORM. UH, AND THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO FIND OUT WHAT THE FAMILY NEEDS ARE. UM, BASICALLY ALL I'VE GOTTA SAY IS THAT I'M REALLY PROUD AND HAPPY THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING THIS, UH, BECAUSE IT MEANS SO MUCH. I KNOW MY SONS, THERE WAS A BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND THEY WOULD GO THERE DURING THE SUMMER. UH, AND THAT RELIEVED ME AND MY MOTHER FROM THE STRESS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THESE KIDS ALL SUMMER? YEAH. UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. NO, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTS. WE JOTTED THEM DOWN. WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTRO. COUNCIL MEMBER [01:00:01] BRAVO. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I LOVE HEARING ABOUT ALL OF THESE PUBLICLY FUNDED, UM, YOU KNOW, SUMMER PROGRAMS, AND I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC INVESTMENT IN, IN OUR YOUTH IN THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. UM, YOU ONE OF THESE, ONE OF THE BULLET POINTS I SAW THERE, DAVID, WAS ABOUT EXTENDED POOL HOURS. AND I KNOW THAT EXTENT IT ORIGINATED FROM A, A, A, AN AMENDMENT BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUEST THAT I HAD. YES. UM, HOWEVER, I THINK WHERE WE, IF I SAW CORRECTLY WHERE WE, I DIDN'T SEE THE DETAILS IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT I THINK WHERE WE LANDED WAS, UM, LONGER HOURS, MAYBE IN DAY, BUT I'M, I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN EXTENDING THE SEASONS, LIKE WITH A, THE OPEN DATE AND CLOSING DATE. WE DID BOTH. WE DID, WE DID BOTH. WE DID BOTH. WE, THAT'S, I WANNA HEAR SOME OF THE HOURS CAME EARLY AND SOME OF IT IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT WE ALSO WENT THROUGH SEPTEMBER. DO I REMEMBER THAT RIGHT? OH, YES. YOU WANT THAT? YEAH. UH, YEAH. SO WHEN WE, WHEN HE WAS REFERRING TO EXTENDED SEASON, THAT'S THE TERM WE USE FOR OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL, UM, SUMMER POOL SEASON. SO WHEN WE OPEN NEXT WEEKEND, IT'LL BE PRE-SEASON, THEN SUMMER POOL, THEN EXTENDED. UM, SO WE DID DO THE EXTRA HOUR IN THE SUMMER. UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH SEPTEMBER. OUR CHALLENGE BECOMES IN GOING A LITTLE BIT LONGER, OUR POOL OF LIFEGUARDS ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. YEAH. SO THAT BECOMES OUR CHALLENGE. SO, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT I MEAN, OUR, OUR WORKFORCE IS LARGELY YOUTH AND, UM, YEAH. I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE WE COULD YEAH. AND LEAN ON US. WE, I KNOW THAT WE INCLUDE IN OUR EMAIL NEWSLETTERS ABOUT YOUR HIRING, HIRING OF LIFEGUARDS. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL OR NOT, UH, IF THOSE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN, BUT LEAN ON US, SEE IF WE CAN PUSH THAT MESSAGE OUT SOME MORE FOR YOU. AND I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE IF YOUR LIFEGUARD PULL OF LIFEGUARDS GETS CUT IN HALF OR TWO THIRDS, OR MAYBE YOU CUT THE NUMBER OF POOLS OPEN BY HALF OR TWO THIRDS, BUT KEEP A FEW OPEN. MAYBE. I, I CAN TELL YOU, UM, SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE DID OPEN, WE WERE STILL OPEN IN OCTOBER AND THE NUMBERS DID NOT SUPPORT US CONTINUING IN OCTOBER. SO WE, THAT'S WHEN WE SHAVED IT BACK AND WE ACTUALLY ADDED IT AN EXTRA DAY OF AVAILABILITY IN, UM, WHEN WE DID THAT. SO, UM, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO LOOK. WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ON THE, ON THE SAME PAGE AND YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. ABSOLUTELY. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. GREAT. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO JUST EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR ANY EFFORTS TO, UM, CENTRALIZE, UH, A, YOU KNOW, WEBPAGE WITH A BUNCH OF THIS, UH, INFORMATION AND ONE PAGERS THAT WE CAN PHYSICALLY HAND OUT TO, UH, A BUNCH OF OUR COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW ABOUT ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE, FOR THESE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO, THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. UM, I WAS UPSTAIRS IN ANOTHER MEETING, BUT I WAS LISTENING IN, IN AND OUT NIGHT. I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS. GREAT PRESENTATION. UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I APPRECIATE THAT THERE'S AN EDUCATIONAL FOCUS. I, UM, DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN, UH, IN, PARDON ME IF YOU DID SAY THIS AND I MISSED IT, BUT GAMING RELATED AND SO TECHNOLOGY FOCUSED. IS THERE ANY ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS THAT, UM, ARE, ARE TEACHING THEM HOW TO, HOW TO USE VIRTUAL REALITY OR AR UM, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YEAH, WHERE IT REALLY LANDS IS IN OUR LIBRARIES WITH THE TEEN DISCOVERY TYPE, UH, INITIATIVE. THEY ACTUALLY EXPLORE A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE THERE. SO, UM, UNLESS YOU, DALE, YOU WANT TO GIVE SOME SPECIFICS, BUT IT IS SHOW UP THERE TOO. SURE. THANK YOU. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. DALE MCNEIL FROM THE LIBRARY, OF COURSE. AND, UM, OF COURSE, AS ALREADY MENTIONED, OUR TEEN PROGRAMS AT THE LIBRARY ARE LED BY TEENS, OF COURSE WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE STAFF. AND THERE'S A, AS YOU MIGHT WELL IMAGINE, A LOT OF INTEREST IN TECHNOLOGY GAMING AND SO ON. SOME OF THE LIBRARIES HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE BETTER NEWER SETUP FOR GAMING THAN OTHERS. BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, IMPROVING. BUT AS FAR AS LEARNING ABOUT VIRTUAL REALITY AND THAT KIND OF THING, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY IS HAPPENING AS THE TEENS IN THAT GROUP ARE INTERESTED. WONDERFUL. AND THE REASON THAT I ASK IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS AND, AND JOBS THAT ARE TRAINING NOW THROUGH VIRTUAL REALITY. SO K F C IS TRAINING THROUGH THIS. AND SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GET THESE KIDS PREPARED RIGHT. FOR THE FUTURE. UM, MY KID HAD HIS FIRST JOB INTERVIEW AND IT WAS ONLINE, RIGHT? AND SO AS WE'RE PREPARING THESE KIDS ALSO FOR, FOR THEIR FUTURE, I, I FIGURED THAT I'D ASK NOW BECAUSE I, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT, BUT I'M SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE IT. SO, UM, SO THANK YOU DALE, FOR THAT RESPONSE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO, UM, ADDING THAT TECHNOL SURE. TECHNOLOGY COMPONENT. AND THEN, UM, FOR, UH, AS PART OF THE, THE PROGRAMS REMIND ME ABOUT DO WE FEED THE [01:05:01] KIDS? DO WE, SO, SO, AND YES. OKAY. THERE'S A LUNCH AND A SNACK. IT'S, UM, , SORRY. SO WE SERVE, UM, WE SERVE AT OUR SUMMER YOUTH SITES, UNLESS THE SCHOOLS SERVE, BECAUSE THEY DO GET THE FIRST RIGHT TO DO THAT. SO IF THEY'RE GONNA RUN A PROGRAM, UM, AT ONE OF OUR SITES MAY BE SERVED THROUGH THE DISTRICT, BUT EITHER WAY THEY'RE GOING TO GET A MEAL. UM, WE ALSO SERVE AT OUR POOL SITES. OKAY. UM, AS LONG AS THEY QUALIFY, WE SERVE AT OUR POOL SITES. SO, UM, IT'S AVAILABLE ALL SUMMER THIS YEAR, UM, WHICH IS DIFFERENT ACTUALLY LAST YEAR MIGHT HAVE BEEN OUR FIRST YEAR. UM, WE USED TO CONTRACT A VENDOR TO DO THAT. WE ACTUALLY NOW FALL UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE FOOD BANK. GOOD. THEY WERE SO GOOD TO US DURING SPRING BREAK CAMPS AND THANKSGIVING CAMPS AND HOLIDAY THAT WE WENT AHEAD AND, AND, UM, JUST MADE IT ALL OF OUR OUT OF SCHOOL CAMPS ARE DONE THROUGH THE FOOD BANK. THAT'S GREAT. MM-HMM. . 'CAUSE MY SECOND QUESTION WAS GONNA BE, DO WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE FOOD BANK SENDING HOME? THEY'RE GREAT PARTNERS. FOOD HOME WITH THEM. OKAY. SO THEN THEY, THEY MIGHT POTENTIALLY GET LIKE SOMETHING FOR OVER THE WEEKEND OR, 'CAUSE I, I'VE HEARD, AND WORKING PREVIOUSLY FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE KNOW THAT KIDS KIND OF GO HUNGRY OVER THE SUMMER BREAK. AND SO ANYWAY, SO I WAS TRYING, TRYING TO SEE IF WE HAVE THAT AS WELL. UM, AND THEN I JUST WANNA GIVE KUDOS TO THE STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. UM, THE MAYOR'S FITNESS COUNCIL SPECIFICALLY, I THINK THEY'VE ALWAYS DONE A GOOD JOB. I'VE, I'VE FOLLOWED THEM ALONG FOR YEARS. UM, SOME OF YOU ALL KNOW MY KID WAS ON THE FITNESS COUNCIL AND THEN, UM, SPECIFICALLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE CAMP HERO, LIKE HER AND COUNCILMAN, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IT FILLS UP. AND SO, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I GOT, UM, UH, A MESSAGE FROM CHIEF HOOD THE OTHER DAY, AND HE IS LIKE, COUNCILMAN, I KNOW YOU WANT, UM, THE RESIDENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT TO, TO SIGN UP. THIS FILLS UP FAST THE NEXT WEEK, YEAR'S, THE NEXT DATE. SO I APPRECIATED HIM KIND OF GIVING US A HEADS UP, BUT I HAVE HEARD THAT THEY'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, SOLD OUT. UM, NOT SOLD OUT, SORRY, JUST, JUST FULL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO, UM, ANYTHING THAT, THAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THAT I THINK COUNT ME IN IS, IS WHAT I'M SAYING. BUT THOSE ARE ALL, SO REALLY THANK YOU ALL TO, UH, TO NIKKI AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM. YOU ALL ARE, ARE INCREDIBLE. SO THANK YOU. THANKS MR. MCCAREY. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU. UH, ONE THING THAT JUST CAME TO MY MIND WHEN THE COUNCILMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT COMPUTERS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME NEWER SENIOR CENTERS THAT HAVE COMPUTERS AND ALTHOUGH THEY'RE DEDICATED TO SENIORS DURING THE DAY, UH, WE DO HAVE, LIKE FRIDAY EVENINGS ARE OPEN. UH, THE SENIOR CENTER DOESN'T HAVE EXTENDED HOURS. AND THEN SATURDAYS, SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, THOSE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN SITTING VACANT FOR YEARS. BUT I KNOW MY DISTRICT NINE SENIOR CENTER HAS PROBABLY 1520 COMPUTERS IN THERE TO BE ABLE TO LET KIDS COME IN MAYBE FOR SOME MORNING AND THEN AN AFTERNOON IF WE CAN GET SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH TO SPONSOR SOME COMPUTER, UH, GAMING, UH, OR COMPUTER LESSONS AT THOSE TIMES. I THINK IT'S JUST ANOTHER GOOD USE OF A CITY FACILITY. SO JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER CASTOR? SURE. UM, LIBRARY USED TO DO A DEAL DURING THE SUMMER WHERE YOU COULD GO AND GET A PASS FOR THE MUSEUM AND IT WAS DONE AT MEMORIAL AND I THINK IT SELECTED LIBRARIES. DO YOU DO THAT ANYMORE? NOT CURRENTLY. UM, SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE WORKED WITH. WE'VE TRIED TO WORK WITH THE MUSEUM COMMUNITY, UM, TO REESTABLISH AND WE, WE SORT OF TRY HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT EVERY OTHER YEAR. SO, UM, I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD IT LAST YEAR, SO MAYBE WE'LL TRY AGAIN THIS YEAR. UM, BUT IT, IT IS A MATTER FOR THEM OF FUNDING, UM, BECAUSE WHEN THEY ARE OFFERING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PAST AND OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE REVENUE RIGHT, BUT SINCE WE FUND THEM, THEY OUGHT TO GIVE US SOMETHING FREE. UM, MAYBE WE NEED TO INVITE DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO THE MEETINGS WE'RE HAVING , BUT, BUT I MEAN, I, I KNOW A LOT OF FAMILIES REALLY WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY GOT TO GO TO MUSEUMS WITH THAT PASS. AND THAT MIGHT ALSO WORK WITH THE ZOO. THE ZOO COSTS A LOT NOWADAYS TO GET INTO, AND SO IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE IF THERE WAS A WAY THAT WE COULD DO THAT WITH THE ZOO AS WELL. SO I AGREE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTRO, COUNCIL MEMBER GRA UH, I JUST, UM, ABOUT THE SENIOR CENTER IDEA, I, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD DO THAT DISTRICT BY DISTRICT. UH, AND I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR TO MY RESIDENTS THAT ARE WATCHING, WE, WE ARE NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE GONNA MOVE KIDS INTO SENIOR CENTERS BECAUSE I, THEY'RE GONNA, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GONNA HEAR AND I'M GONNA HEAR IT WHEN I VISIT THE SENIOR CENTER NEXT. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE, WE LOOK DISTRICT BY DISTRICT BECAUSE WHERE WE SIT AT SOUTH SIDE LYONS, AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER DOWN THE WAY. WE HAVE, WE HAVE OTHER, UH, THINGS AND WE WERE ALL WITH THE SENIORS EARLIER THIS MORNING, UH, COLLEAGUES, [01:10:01] THEY DID A GREAT JOB. ALL YOUR SENIOR CENTERS WERE THERE. UH, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE CLEAR THAT, THAT THAT WOULD BE A DISTRICT BY DISTRICT THING THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT. THANK YOU. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO, UH, ADD FOR SUPPORT, RIGHT? MOVING FORWARD FOR THE HERO, LIKE HER PROGRAM POTENTIALLY EXPANDING THAT AND I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT. UM, THANK YOU DAVID. UH, JUST A COUPLE QUICK TAKEAWAYS FROM ME. UM, OBVIOUSLY TO BACK ON THE NOTE ABOUT ENGAGING FAMILIES, I THINK THAT'S AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. AND THEN BACK ON THE NOTION ABOUT CREATING A PORTAL. UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT ASK, WELL, WHY IS IT INCUMBENT UPON THE CITY TO DO THAT WHEN WE'RE ONLY ONE PART OF A SEA OF OTHER SERVICES? YOU KNOW, IN MY VIEW, OUR, UH, THE, THE GOAL OF OUR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT SERVICES IS TO MAKE SURE THAT MORE OF OUR YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE ENGAGED. UH, AND THAT THEY HAVE POSITIVE OUTCOMES AS A RESULT OF THAT. SO, BUT CREATING BETTER ACCESS TO THAT FROM A PARENT'S PERSPECTIVE, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, WHETHER THEY'RE OUT, WHETHER THEY'RE ENGAGED IN A CITY PROGRAM OR A COUNTY PROGRAM OR A SCHOOL PROGRAM, ANY NUMBER OF PROGRAMS, IF WE CAN BE A VEHICLE FOR CREATING MORE ACCESS, IT IS ABSOLUTELY AFFECTING THE OUTCOMES WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. SO MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME PARTNERSHIP FROM THE COUNTY ON THAT EFFORT, BUT I, I DO THINK IT'S WORTH OUR, UH, EFFORT AND RESOURCE, UH, TO, TO CREATE A PORTAL THAT CAN ENHANCE ACCESS FOR FAMILIES. SO YES SIR. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DAVID. UH, WITH THAT, THAT'S THE, UM, DURATION OF OUR DISCUSSION ON YOUTH SERVICES. [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:  ] WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR ATTENDING TODAY. THE TIME IS NOW 3:14 PM ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3RD, 20, EXCUSE ME, MAY 3RD, 2023. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE DISCUSSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND TO DELIBERATE OR 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 0 7 2 DELIBERATE LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE ONGOING CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DISPARITY STUDY PURSUANT TO SECTION TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION FIVE SEVEN AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY UNDER SECTION FIVE 5.071 FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY OR C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS. GOOD AFTERNOON. THE TIME IS 4:46 PM ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 3RD, 2023. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. WE'LL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND OUR B SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED. * 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.