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          GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION. 
          THE TIME IS 2:07 PM ON THE 14TH DAY OF JUNE, 2023. 
          WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. 
          MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VEO VARDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTRO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE. 
          NO, PRESENT HERE. 
          MAYOR NIERENBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          AND LET ME, UH, MAKE MY PUBLIC APOLOGY. 
          THIS IS THE LAST B SESSION OF THE TERM. 
          UM, AND I AM LATE. 
          UH, I HAVE BROKEN MY NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION, UM, SO I APOLOGIZE AND THAT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. 
          WE'RE GONNA START THE NEW TERM OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT. 
          SO MY APOLOGIES TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          UH, ERIC, 
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WE HAVE TWO ITEMS, SO I'LL TURN IT RIGHT OVER TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THE FIRST ITEM IS A, UH, TROY WILL WALK THROUGH AND UPDATE THE COUNCIL ON, ON WHERE WE STAND GIVEN THE LATEST NUMBERS WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          IF YOU'LL RECALL, ABOUT A MONTH AGO DURING THE MID-YEAR BUDGET AND, AND, UH, TRIAL BUDGET CONVERSATIONS, WE SHARED WITH YOU SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES WE HAD RECEIVED FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          UH, WE CONTINUE TO, AS THEY GO THROUGH THEIR APPEAL PROCESS, GET, UH, BETTER NUMBERS. 
          AND SO WE'LL WALK, UH, THE COUNCIL THROUGH THAT. 
          WE ARE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UM, WE INCREASE THE, UH, THE HOMESTEAD TO 20% IN, IN LINE WITH, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE CONVERSATION THE COUNCIL HAD IN, IN, IN MAY, UM, WHILE STILL MAINTAINING A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE TAX RATE. 
          TROY WILL WALK THROUGH THAT. 
          WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF EXAMPLES. 
          UM, IT DOES HAVE A SLIGHT IMPACT TO OUR TRIAL BUDGET, UM, BY ABOUT $3 MILLION IN 2024 AND, AND AN ADDITIONAL 3 MILLION IN 2025. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS IS MAKING SURE THAT WE KIND OF WEATHER THROUGH THAT WE STILL NEED TO DO THE BUDGET, UM, DEVELOPMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, UH, IN LINE WITH A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS THE COUNCIL HAD BEGINNING IN APRIL, AND I BEGIN THAT PROCESS THIS FRIDAY. 
          SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO OVER THE NEXT, UH, SIX WEEKS. 
          UM, SO THE, THIS IS IMPORTANT ALSO BECAUSE ANY ACTION THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO TAKE HAS GOTTA BE DONE BEFORE JULY 1ST TO HAVE IT IN PLACE FOR NEXT TAX TIER. 
          AND SO, UH, WE'RE DOING IT TODAY WITH THE HOPES THAT WE CONTINUE TO GET GOOD DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL AND WE'LL PLACE IT ON THE ITEM, UH, UH, THE A SESSION AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK, UM, FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION AND, AND POSSIBLE ACTION. 
          UM, I'LL, I'LL DO THE INTRO ON THE SECOND ITEM, UH, ONCE WE GET THROUGH PROPERTY TAX. 
          MAYOR TROY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, MY NAME'S TROY EIGHT. 
          I'M THE DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND AS ERIC MENTIONED TODAY, WE'LL CONTINUE DISCUSSION THAT WE STARTED BACK IN APRIL WITH THE GOAL SETTING SESSION. 
          AND ALSO BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT, UM, FROM B SESSION ON MAY 10TH, UH, BASED ON THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COUNCIL IN THOSE TWO SESSIONS AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM B C A, WE'LL BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TODAY ON THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, UM, IN MAY 5TH ON MAY 15TH. 
          AND LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR IN FRONT OF YOU OR THE DE THE DATES IN FRONT OF YOU, WE PASSED A KEY MILESTONE, UM, AND ALLOWING US TO ACTUALLY REFINE OUR ESTIMATES AND MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ARE TODAY. 
          AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          COUPLE, COUPLE OF DATES TO KEEP IN MIND AS I WALK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND ERIC MENTIONED THESE AS WELL. 
          UM, IF COUNCIL IS AGREEABLE WITH OUR RECOMMENDA RECOMMENDATION TODAY, WE WILL NEED TO HAVE AN ITEM ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA NEXT WEEK TO ACTUALLY APPROVE THAT RECOMMENDATION, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MEET A JULY 1ST DEADLINE FOR THE CHANGES TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR IN JULY 25TH. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON REFINING OUR ESTIMATES, UM, AND COME BACK TO Y'ALL WITH A FINAL TAX RATE, UM, AND, UM, IMPACT ON THE, UM, TAX REVENUE, UM, ON THE JULY 25TH CERTIFIED ROLE. 
          AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE IN SEPTEMBER. 
          AS I MENTIONED, WE PASSED A, A BIG MILESTONE IN THE PROCESS FOR, UM, PROPERTY TAX. 
          UH, THE DEADLINE TO PROTEST WAS MAY 15TH, UM, OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE OF VALUE. 
          KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME KIND OF A PEAK OR WHERE AT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. 
          AND THIS IS COUNTYWIDE. 
          UH, BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM BEHEAD OR 169,000 PROTESTS THAT WERE FILED WITH BEHEAD OF THAT AS OF LAST FRIDAY, 35,000, 36,000 ROUGHLY HAVE BEEN RESOLVED AND THEY'LL CONTINUE WORKING THROUGH THAT UNTIL THEY GET TO ABOUT 95% OF THE CERTIFIED ROLE THAT THEY WILL PRESENT TO US ON JULY 25TH. 
          NOW THAT WE KNOW WHO HAS 
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PROTESTED THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO REFINE OUR ESTIMATES BASED ON OUR ESTIMATES AND BASED ON THAT POPULATION, WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT $5.1 BILLION IN VALUE LOSS DUE TO PROTESTS. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE FINAL APPRAISED VALUES WILL BE RECEIVED ON JULY 25TH. 
          WE'LL USE THAT TO CALCULATE THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, FINALIZE OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE ESTIMATES IN 2024, PROPOSED BUDGET, AND AS THE CITY MANAGER, UH, MENTIONED, WE'LL SHOW YOU WHERE WE STAND TODAY BASED ON THESE REVISED ESTIMATES. 
          UM, I SHARED THIS SLIDE WITH YOU IN THE LAST TWO, UM, LAST TWO BRIEFINGS. 
          IF YOU NOTICE, UM, TAXABLE VALUE HAS BEEN, IS GOING DOWN BASED ON THE REVISED INFORMATION FROM B C A D. 
          UH, THE TOTAL SAN ANTONIO VALUE IS THAT 12.2%, UM, WITH WHAT I COMPARED TO WHAT I SHARED WITH Y'ALL LAST TIME, IT'S ABOUT A ONE 1% REDUCTION FROM ABOUT 13.2 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IS AT 10.7 FOR THE TAXABLE VALUE INCREASE MULTIFAMILY AT 16.8 AND COMMERCIAL AT 12.2. 
          TO THE EXTENT THAT COUNCIL APPROVES OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE THAT TAXABLE VALUE INCREASE DOWN FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL FROM CURRENTLY AT 10.7. 
          YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE A NUMBER OF TIMES NOW, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH REPEATING. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, BACK WHEN WE STARTED DISCUSSIONS A YEAR AGO, WE INTRODUCED A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AT 0.01%. 
          THEN LAST YEAR, COUNCIL INCREASED THAT FROM THAT 0.01 TO 10%. 
          THAT 10% INCREASE IMPACTS ABOUT 240,000 RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEADS. 
          WE ALSO TOOK, THE COUNCIL TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON INCREASING OUR OVER 65 EXEMPTION FROM 65,000 TO 85,000. 
          OF THOSE 240,000, UH, RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEADS ARE OVER 65, MAKE UP ABOUT 45% OF THAT, OR ROUGHLY OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DISABLED PERSONS. 
          WE INCREASE FROM A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM 12,500 TO 85,000. 
          THAT IMPACTS ABOUT 6,000 DISABLED PERSONS. 
          UM, AS FAR AS EXEMPTION GOES, AND I THINK ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS WE HAVE FOR OUR SENIORS THAT, UM, WHEN WE'RE COMPARED TO OTHER TAX TAXING OR OTHER CITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, UM, COMPARED TO DALLAS, COMPARED TO HOUSTON, COMPARED TO AUSTIN, IS THAT WE HAVE A TAX FREEZE IN PLACE THAT THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DON'T. 
          AND THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT BECAUSE ONCE THAT TAX BILL IS FROZEN FOR OUR SENIORS IS A TAX CEILING, IT WILL NEVER GO ABOVE THAT UNLESS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS WITH THOSE EXEMPTIONS IN PLACE IN 2023 THAT VALUED AT ABOUT, UH, FOREGONE REVENUE OR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF TO THE CITIZENS. 
          ABOUT $95.9 MILLION. 
          AND I WON'T GO THROUGH IT AGAIN, BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THE FAR RIGHT CORNER HOW THAT THAT AMOUNT IS BROKEN UP AND PUTTING TOGETHER OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND BASED ON INFORMATION FROM BCA AND THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM YOU AS A COUNCIL IN THE LAST TWO MEETINGS, WE FOCUSED ON TWO AREAS, AND I'LL SHOW YOU KIND OF THE IMPACT OF BOTH THOSE AREAS ON THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES. 
          INCREASING OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM 10% AND ADDITIONAL FIVE TO 15%, AND ALSO LOOKING AT MAXING OUT THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, INCREASING IN AN ADDITIONAL 10% TO A MAXIMUM OF 20%. 
          WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE SENIOR EXEMPTIONS IN THE DISABLED BECAUSE WE GAVE SUCH A LARGE INCREASE LAST TIME, WE THOUGHT IT WAS BETTER VALUE TO SPREAD THE CURRENT EXEMPTIONS OR THE FULL 240,000 RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEADS. 
          AND BY DOING THAT, ALL THOSE 240,000 CASTING THAT BROADER NET WILL GET SOME FORM OF PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, INCLUDING OUR SENIORS, WITH AN INCREASE IN THE EXEMPTION, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, AS WE INCREASE THE EXEMPTION HAS AN IMPACT ON THE TAX RATE BASED ON THE NEW SENATE BILL TWO AND WORKING WITHIN THE 3.5% CAP KIND OF ORIENT, ORIENTING, ORIENTING YOU TO THE SLIDE. 
          IF YOU GO TO THE FOR RIGHT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, THOSE ARE OUR CURRENT TAX RATES THAT ARE IN PLACE TODAY, 33 CENTS FOR OUR M AND O, WHICH SUPPORTS OUR GENERAL FUND AND 21 CENTS, WHICH SUPPORTS OUR I N S OR OUR DEBT SOURCE TAX RATE FOR A TOTAL OF 54 CENTS AS WORKING WITH B C A D AND LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, THE FAR LEFT COLUMN FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 2024, THAT IS WHAT I WOULD CALL OUR BASE TAX RATE UNDER THE SENATE BILL, UM, WORKING WITHIN THE 3.5% CAP. 
          SO OUR M AND O RATE REDUCES FROM THE CURRENT POINT 33 TO 31 CENTS. 
          UM, DEBT SERVICE TAX RATES, OF COURSE, STAYS THE SAME THROUGHOUT ALL SCENARIOS, AND YOU CAN SEE OUR TOTAL TAX RATE. 
          MOVING TO THE NEXT COLUMN TO THE RIGHT FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 2024 PLUS THE UNUSED INCREMENT BASED ON WHAT WE PRESENTED DURING THE TRIAL BUDGET AND THE FORECAST, WE WERE RECOMMENDING TO USE THAT UNUSED INCREMENT, UM, FROM 2021 AT THAT 0.0058. 
          THE VALUE OF THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL $9.2 MILLION 
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AND USING THAT TO FUND, UM, OTHER COUNCIL PRIORITIES. 
          AND, AND, UM, IN OUR, UM, IN OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET, WITH THAT UNUSED INCREMENT, THAT INCREASES THE TAX RATE TO 0.53 OR 53 CENTS PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS A VALUATION. 
          WE ALSO LOOKED AT LAYERING IN A 15% AND A 20% HOMESTEAD. 
          AS YOU MOVE TO A 15% HOMESTEAD JUST FOCUSING ON THE BOTTOM LINE OF THE TOLL TAX RATE, THAT TAX RATE IS GOING TO INCREASE THEN AS OUR RECOMMENDED HOME HOME. 
          UM, OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR, UM, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR, UH, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF WILL BE TO IMPLEMENT AND SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL FROM INCREASING FROM 10% TO 20%, UM, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION PLUS THE UNUSED INCREMENT. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE WITH THAT WHAT THAT, UM, THE IMPACT IT HAS ON THE TAX RATE. 
          AND THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, AS I SHARE WITH YOU THESE EXAMPLES, WE'LL BE USING THESE TAX RATES TO SHOW YOU THE IMPACT ON A CITY TAX BILL AND ALSO HOW IT IMPACTS THE EXEMPTIONS. 
          MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL CONTINUE, AS I MENTIONED, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH BCAT ALL THE WAY THROUGH CERTIFICATION. 
          THESE TAX RATES WILL FLUCTUATE, UM, SOMEWHAT, BUT BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, UM, IN PASSING THE, THE, UM, THE PROTEST DATE, THESE ARE PRETTY GOOD, UM, PRETTY GOOD, UM, ESTIMATES. 
          SO WHAT HAPPENS, UM, ON THE CITY TAX BILL, AND SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          SO FOR THE CURRENT YEAR OR FISCAL YEAR 2023, WE HAVE A 10% EXEMPTION IN PLACE LOOKING AT A MARKET VALUE OF WHO 10 200,000 WITH AN ASSESSED VALUE OF 200,000. 
          AT THAT 10% EXEMPTION, YOU HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION VALUE OF $20,000. 
          BY REDUCING THAT $20,000, IT COMES TO A TAXABLE VALUE OF 180,000. 
          AT THE TAX RATE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE AT 54 CENTS PER HUNDRED DOLLARS A VALUATION, THAT EQUATES TO A TAX BILL OF $975. 
          IN THIS EXAMPLE TO THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE LAYER IN A 15% AND A 20% EXEM, UM, EXEMPTION. 
          WE'RE MAKING AN ASSUMPTION THAT THE VALUE IS GONNA GO UP. 
          AND BASED ON THAT VALUE GOING UP ABOUT 10.7 INCREASE, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SLIDE I SHOWED YOU PREVIOUSLY. 
          WE WILL, UM, ALSO HIT THE APPRAISAL CAP ON THESE EXAMPLES. 
          SO, FOR A FISCAL YEAR, 24 WITH A 15% EXEMPTION HAVE A MARKET VALUE OF 221,000. 
          THAT RESULTS IN AN ASSESSED VALUE OF 220. 
          THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS APPLIED AGAINST THE MARKET VALUE AT THAT 15%. 
          THE VALUE OF THAT HOMESTEAD IS $33,000, WHICH BRINGS YOU TO A TAXABLE VALUE OF 186,790. 
          SO JUST COMPARED TO 2023, YOU CAN SEE THAT TAXABLE VALUE IS HIGHER. 
          THE TAX RATE DOES GO DOWN BASED ON THE INFORMATION I SHARED WITH YOU ON THE PRIOR SLIDES. 
          THE TAX BILL INCREASES $26 FROM WHAT THE, FROM WHAT A RESIDENTIAL WOULD'VE PAID LAST YEAR TO 1,001. 
          AS WE MOVE TO A 20% EXEMPTION, SAME, SAME TYPE OF SCENARIO, THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS NOW VALUED AT $44,000 OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. 
          A 33 OVER THE PRIOR EXAMPLE OF 33,000 AT 15%, YOUR TAXABLE VALUE IS NOW 175,000, WHICH IS BELOW WHERE WE ARE TODAY FOR THIS EXAMPLE, AT A 10% EXEMPTION, WITH A LOWER TAX RATE OF 54 CENTS PER HUNDRED, NOW A TAX BILL OF 950, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TAX SAVINGS COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR OF $25 IN THIS EXAMPLE. 
          SO YOU WILL SEE A REDUCTION IN YOUR TAX BILL WITH A 20% EXEMPTION, AND YOU COMPARE TO WHAT YOU PAID IN TAXES LAST YEAR ON THE CITY TAX BILL, SHARING WITH YOU THE VALUE OF THE EXEMPTIONS. 
          UM, FOR DIFFERENT MARKET VALUES, THIS IS LOOKING AT THE 15% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND WALKING YOU THROUGH THE SLIDE, FOCUSING ON THE FIRST LINE WITH A MARKET VALUE OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND. 
          AS YOU APPLY A 15% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THAT TAXABLE VALUE IS REDUCED BY THE $15,000 TO COME UP WITH A TAXABLE VALUE OF 85,000. 
          GONNA PRODUCE A TAX BILL OF $456. 
          THAT EXEMPTION AT THE NEW EXEMPTION OF 15%. 
          THE VALUE OF THAT EXEMPTION, EXEMPTION, I'M SORRY, IS $80. 
          COMPARE THAT TO THE CURRENT EXEMPTION OF 53. 
          THERE'LL BE AN ADDITIONAL SAVINGS OF $27 FOR A HOME IN THE RANGE OF A MARKET VALUE OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND. 
          AND THERE'S OTHER FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED, BUT THIS IS KIND OF A PRELIMINARY, UM, EXAMPLE, GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN, AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE TABLE. 
          WE'RE GOING DOWN TO 600,000. 
          WITH A $90,000 EXEMPTION AT 15%, YOU NOW HAVE ADDITIONAL SAVINGS OF $163. 
          AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL SHOW YOU THE 20%. 
          BUT SINCE YOU, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL 5% MOVING FROM THE 15 TO 20, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE, THE ADDITIONAL SAVINGS ACTUALLY DOUBLE. 
          SO SAME EXAMPLE, BUT NOW LAYERING A 20 PER, PROVIDING A 20% EXEMPTION VERSUS A 10, YOU AGAIN, YOU SEE A MARKET VALUE OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND 
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TAXABLE VALUE HAS DECREASED BY AN ADDITIONAL $5,000 TO, UM, COME TO A TAXABLE VALUE OF 80,000. 
          YOU SEE THE RESULT IN TAX BILL AT A 20% NEW EXEMPTION. 
          NOW, THE VALUE OF THAT EXEMPTION IS $108 COMPARED TO THE CURRENT EXEMPTION OF 53, ADDITIONAL SAVINGS OF $55. 
          SO IT REALLY DOUBLES THE EXEMPTIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE TODAY. 
          CONVERSELY, LOOKING AT A $600,000 VALUE, HOUSE THREE RESULTANT SAVINGS ARE NOW $328. 
          WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO THE CITY AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO OUR CITIZENS IN TERMS OF PROPERTY TAX RELIEF? AS I MENTIONED? BLESS YOU. 
          BLESS, BLESS YOU. 
          AS I MENTIONED, UM, ON THE PRIOR SLIDE, TODAY, WE'RE FOREGOING ABOUT $95 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE OR PROVIDING THAT RELIEF TO THE CITIZENS OF 95 MILLION. 
          IF WE MOVE TO A 20% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THERE WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 39.2 IN ADDITIONAL FOREGONE REVENUE FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF FOREGONE REVENUE AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF OF $134 MILLION. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKOUT BETWEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OF, UM, AS A CITY DOWN BELOW. 
          UM, I THINK ERIC MENTIONED WHEN WE STARTED, AS WE WORKED WITH BCA, AND THEY BEGAN TO NARROW DOWN AND GET BETTER ESTIMATES THAT WE CAN USE. 
          UM, WE HAD PRESENTED IN THE FORECAST AND ANTICIPATED PROPERTY TAX REVENUE FOR 2022, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAT SUPPORT OUR GENERAL FUND OF $469.1 MILLION BASED ON THE REVISED INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM B C A AND LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT VARIABLES THAT CAN IMPACT THE, UM, CURRENT PROJECTIONS SUCH AS OUR CAPTURED VALUE ON OUR CURVES, UM, FLUCTUATIONS IN SENIOR EXEMPTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          OUR CURRENT PROJECTION NOW IS 46 4, 466 0.1 MILLION, LOOKING AT A REDUCTION COMPARED TO OUR FORECAST OF $3 MILLION. 
          UM, LOOK AT THAT THROUGHOUT THE, HOW THAT IMPACTS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST, A TOTAL OF REDUCTION OF ABOUT $16.5 MILLION COMPARED TO OUR FORECAST. 
          WANTED TO ALSO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE, AND SALLY'S HERE, AND SHE'LL BE WALKING THROUGH THIS, AN UPDATE ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE CURRENTLY. 
          SALLY, THANK YOU, CHARLIE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          SALLY BATO, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR. 
          I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU TODAY ON THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES. 
          UH, TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE STATE LEGISLATIVE FIRST SPECIAL SESSION. 
          UM, AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE, ON MAY 29TH, THE LEGISLATURE ADJOURNED, UM, FOR THE REGULAR 88TH SESSION IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE GOVERNOR CALLED THE FIRST SPECIAL SESSION, SPECIFICALLY WITH A FOCUS ON PROPERTY TAX RELIEF BY REDUCING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, TAX RATE, UH, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE 88 SPECIAL SESSION. 
          UH, WE HAVE BEEN AWARE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TWO PROPOSALS ON THE TABLE, ONE FROM HOUSE LEADERSHIP AND THE SECOND ONE FROM SENATE LEADERSHIP. 
          THROUGHOUT THE 80 D EIGHT SESSION, THERE WERE MANY DISCUSSIONS, UH, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO ARRIVE, UH, BEFORE THE END OF THE REGULAR SESSION ON AGREEMENT ON A PARTICULAR PLAN. 
          UH, HOWEVER, THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE ONGOING DURING THIS FIRST SPECIAL SESSION. 
          WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE GOVERNOR THAT WE ANTICIPATE WE SHOULD ANTICIPATE ADDITIONAL SPECIAL SESSIONS IF THE HOUSE AND SENATE ARE UNABLE TO ARRIVE AT A CONSENSUS, UM, ON A SPECIFIC PLAN. 
          UM, AND WE KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT THEY STILL REMAIN SIGNIFICANTLY APART. 
          UM, HOWEVER, UH, WE'LL HAVE ONE SPECIAL NOTE. 
          UM, THERE IS CONCURRENCE ON THE AMOUNT TO BE SPENT, AND I'LL GO THROUGH THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, ANOTHER SPECIAL NOTE IS, UM, THE LEGISLATURE MUST AGREE BY AUGUST BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE, UM, A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO TAKE, UM, WHATEVER PLAN MAKES IT TO THE FINISH LINE ON PROPERTY TAX RELIEF TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER. 
          SO THEY ARE ON A SHORT TIMELINE. 
          THE EXI THE THE CURRENT SPECIAL SESSION IS FOR 30 DAYS, SO WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT, UM, THIS WILL BE RESOLVED SOON. 
          HERE IS A OVERARCHING OVERVIEW. 
          AS I SAID, THE ONE AREA THEY AGREE ON IS THE AMOUNT OF FUND OF STATE SURPLUS FUNDING THAT THEY WILL SPEND ON PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. 
          AND THAT IS, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF 17.6 BILLION. 
          AS YOU SEE UNDER THE HOUSE PLAN, THE HOUSE PLAN PROPOSES TO SPEND A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE 17.6 BILLION INTO COMPRESSION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX RATE. 
          THIS RELIEF WOULD BE FOR, UM, ALL HOMEOWNERS, UH, INCLUDING BUSINESSES AND COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ON THE SENATE PLAN. 
          THE AMOUNT IS THE SAME, HOWEVER, THEIR PROPOSAL IS TO SPEND 70% OF THE 17.6 BILLION FOR COMPRESSION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX RATE, WHICH WOULD LEAVE 30%, UH, TO SPEND ON THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION 
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FOR HOMEOWNERS. 
          THE PROPOSAL FROM THE SENATE, CURRENTLY, THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS IS 40%. 
          UH, THE SENATE IS SENATE'S PROPOSAL IS TO INCREASE THAT TO A HUNDRED, UH, THOUSAND. 
          SO THEY'RE PROPOSING TO INCREASE ITS 60% TO MAKE IT A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UM, AS A HOME STATE, UH, EXEMPTION FOR HOMEOWNERS. 
          SO AGAIN, UM, A SPECIAL NOTE TO THERE, THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A LOT OF DIFFERENCES, BUT THERE REALLY IS BECAUSE THEY MUST CONCUR ON A PLAN IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO VOTE IT OUT, UH, OUT OF THE, THE LEGISLATURE. 
          WE DON'T ANTICIPATE IT HAPPENING DURING THE SPECIAL SESSION, BUT AS I SAID, THE GOVERNOR HAS COMMITTED TO ADDITIONAL SPECIAL SESSIONS TO ENSURE THAT THIS AS A, UM, VERY, UH, IMPORTANT PRIORITY FOR THE GOVERNOR AND THE HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERSHIP GETS PASSED, BUT THEY ARE DEFINITELY ON A, ON A SHORT TRACK, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. 
          AND NOW I WILL PASS IT OVER BACK TO TROY. 
          THANK YOU, SALLY. 
          SO, SO TO THE EXTENT THAT, UM, COUNSEL IS AGREEABLE WITH THE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE MAKING AT STAFF, THERE MAY ACTUALLY BE MORE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, UM, FROM THE STATE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY. 
          SO OVER THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, JUST SUMMING UP, UM, WE'RE RECOMMENDING INCREASING THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO 20%. 
          THERE WOULD BE A SLIGHT REDUCTION TO THE OVERALL TAX RATE, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THAT THROUGH CERTIFICATION, UM, UTILIZING A PORTION OF THE END USE TAX INCREMENT, UM, IN THIS RECOMMENDATION, BASICALLY, AS I MENTIONED, IT FOREGOES ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL $39.2 MILLION IN REVENUE OR PROVIDES THAT IN AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF TO THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THEN ALSO SUMMARIZING BASED ON, BASED ON THE BEST INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TO DATE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, COMPARED TO OUR FORECAST ABOUT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, ABOUT A $6 MILLION REDU REDUCTION, UM, COMPARED TO WHAT WE SHARED IN THE FORECAST, $3 MILLION A YEAR. 
          REAL QUICK, JUST WRAPPING UP WITH THE DATES ONE LAST TIME, UM, ON JUNE, UM, WE'RE PRESENTING, WE WOULD BE, BASED ON THE INPUT WE RECEIVED TODAY, WE WOULD PUT AN ITEM ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA, UM, FOR Y'ALL'S APPROVAL AND REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AT THE 20% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          AND WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO SUBMIT THE ORDINANCE TO, UM, THE BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BEFORE JULY 1ST FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY RUN THROUGH THE CALCULATIONS, INCLUDE THAT AND HAVE THOSE ON THE TAX BILLS IN OCTOBER, AND TO INCLUDE THAT IN OUR CERTIFIED TAX ROLL FOR, UM, JULY 25TH. 
          AND THEN SEPARATELY WOULD COME BACK TO YOU DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, UM, WITH A PROPOSED TAX RATES BUDGET. 
          AND THEN THE, AS I MENTIONED JUST A MINUTE AGO, NEW EXEMPTIONS AND TAX RATES WOULD BE REFLECTED ON THE 2023 TAX BILL ISSUED ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 1ST. 
          MAYOR, QUICK PRESENTATION. 
          BUT THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TROY. 
          WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM TWO, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ONE DISCUSSION UP TO YOU. 
          MAYOR, YOU, WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? OKAY, YOU WANT, WE'RE READY TO, UM, WE'RE READY EITHER WAY. 
          I, I'M, I'M HEARING SOME HUMS AND, UH, UH, WHEN I BROUGHT THAT UP. 
          SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND PAUSE HERE AND HAVE A DISCUSSION JUST, JUST ON THE TAX RATE, UH, PROPOSAL. 
          SO IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND QUEUE UP FOR THAT. 
          UM, LEMME JUST START AND, AND SAY, UH, VERY GLAD TO SEE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 
          I SUPPORT IT A HUNDRED PERCENT, AND I, I DO THINK THIS IS THE TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAX OUT OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION CONSIDERING THAT THAT IS RELIEF THAT WILL BE, UH, PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS, HOMEOWNERS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE VERY LIMITED TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO TARGET TAX RELIEF, UH, WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TWO LEVERS BEING THE LEVERS BEING THE EXEMPTIONS AND A BUCKET OF EXEMPTIONS PLUS, UH, THE TAX RATE ITSELF. 
          SO OUR ABILITY TO TARGET, UH, RESIDENTS, UM, COMES THROUGH THAT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND THE OTHERS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY, UM, RAISE IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. 
          SO GLAD TO SEE IT. 
          I'LL SUPPORT IT. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO, TROY, UH, I THINK YOU HAD AN EXTRA SLIDE IN THERE, YOUR PRESENTATION THAN WHAT WAS IN A BOOK. 
          SO COULD YOU GO TO SLIDE 12 AND IF YOU COULD JUST GO OVER, COULD YOU JUST GIVE US A, A, UM, JUST BRIEF ON THAT, ON THIS SLIDE HERE? SURE. 
          BE HAPPY TO. 
          SO DURING THE, UM, DURING THE MAY MEETING WHEN, UM, JUSTINE AND I PRESENTED THE, UM, THE TRIAL BUDGET AND THE FINANCIAL FORECAST AS FAR AS PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IS CONCERNED ON, ON THE GENERAL FUND, WE USED, UM, THE CURRENT INFORMATION THAT WAS AVAILABLE FROM B C A SINCE THEN, WE HAVE REFINED THAT BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WAS AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME, BASED ON OUR FORECAST PROJECTIONS IN 2024, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WERE ESTIMATING $469.1 MILLION IN OUR M AND O REVENUE, OR THAT SUPPORTS OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE KIND OF HOW THAT, HOW THAT, UM, MOVES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE 
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FORECAST FOR TOTAL OF, UM, AT THE BOTTOM, WHEN WE RECEIVED THE UPDATED INFORMATION FROM BCAT ON FRIDAY, AND WE RAN THAT THROUGH OUR MODELS, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT VARIABLES WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, HOW'S IT IMPACT OUR CAPTURED VALUES IN OUR, UM, IN OUR TOURS, UM, HOW'S THAT IMPACTING OUR SENIOR FREEZES? HOW'S THAT IMPACTING OUR DELINQUENCIES? AND WHEN WE DO THAT, BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE, BASED ON OUR CURRENT PROJECTIONS, WE SAW A REDUCTION IN THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THAT WAS GONNA BE AVAILABLE IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO WE'RE WILLING TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR 2024, BASED ON OUR NEW ESTIMATES, WE'RE ABOUT $3 MILLION LESS OF WHAT WE SHARED WITH YOU IN MAY. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE ENTIRE FORECAST, THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $16.5 MILLION LESS THAN WHAT WE HAD SHARED WITH Y'ALL. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE TO REVISE THESE AS WE GET THROUGH THE, AS WE GET THROUGH THE CERTIFICATION FOR JULY 25TH. 
          BUT AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE PASSED KIND OF A, A LARGE MILESTONE AS FAR AS THE THE MAY 15TH DATE AS FAR AS APPEALS. 
          AND SO WE'RE STARTING TO NARROW DOWN AND REFINE OUR ESTIMATES, AND THIS IS, UM, WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO A VERY, VERY GOOD SOLID ESTIMATE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. 
          I, AGAIN, THANKS TO, UH, YOU TROY, BEN, THE WHOLE BUDGET STAFF ON THE WORK. 
          I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE WE'RE ABLE TO, TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE SLIGHTLY WHILE ALSO, UH, DEALING WITH THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          SO, UH, READY TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          WE'LL START, UH, DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, UM, TROY, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          WHAT, UM, WHAT ARE, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT OUR CAPS ARE FOR THE OVER 65 AND DISABLED PERSONS? AS FAR AS THE CAPS? UHHUH , UM, THE EXEMPTIONS ARE 85,000 FOR BOTH. 
          WE INCREASE THAT FROM 65,000. 
          THOSE ARE OUR CAPS, NOT CAP AS FAR AS HOW MUCH WE CAN INCREASE IT. 
          UHHUH, , AS FAR AS YOUR EXEMPTIONS FOR SENIORS AND DISABLED, UM, THAT IS UP TO COUNCIL. 
          THERE ARE NO STATUTORY CAPS. 
          GOT IT. 
          UM, AND, AND REMIND ME ALSO VETERANS, HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR VETERANS IN HERE? DO WE HAVE, WE WE DO NOT. 
          UH, VETERANS ARE, UM, STATE EXEMPTIONS. 
          SO WHEN IT COMES TO DISABLED, WE HAVE, AS FAR AS, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY, THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN LEVERS THAT WE CAN PULL. 
          YOU HAVE THE DISABLED, WHICH ARE DISABLED PERSONS AT A HUNDRED PERCENT, THE VETERANS ARE HANDLED AT THE STATE EXEMPTIONS. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE THE SENIOR, WE HAVE THE FREEZE, AND WE HAVE THE GENERAL HOMESTEAD. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND SO, UM, ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON THE, UM, UNUSED INCREMENT THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING, SO I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A THREE YEAR ROLLING FUND. 
          ARE WE ABLE TO USE THIS FUND YEAR AFTER YEAR IF WE ADOPT A LOWER TAX RATE? SO THE WAY THE, THE UNUSED INCREMENT WORKS IN YEARS WHERE WE ARE BELOW THE CAP MM-HMM. 
          , WE CAN SAVE OUR BANK THAT UNUSED INCREMENT FOR THAT DELTA. 
          AND WE CAN DO THAT FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS. 
          WE HAVE TWO YEARS THAT REMAINING, UM, THE UNUSED INCREMENT THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS FOR 2021, WE WILL HAVE ONE YEAR LEFT. 
          UM, BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT ONCE THAT THREE YEARS EXPIRES AND THERE'S BEEN NO ADDITIONAL UNUSED INCREMENT, THAT UNUSED INCREMENT IS GONE. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND THEN I THINK THAT IF WE PURSUE, UM, THIS FUND, I THINK THAT THE MONEY, I THINK WE SHOULD BE STRATEGIC, I GUESS IS, IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE USING IT DIRECTLY FOR SERVICES FOR THE HOMES LIKE SIDEWALKS. 
          AND SO, UM, I JUST HEAR OVER AND OVER, UH, FROM MY RESIDENTS THAT THEY PAY ALL THIS TAX MONEY AND THAT THEY DON'T SEE THIS. 
          I HAD 36 STREETS WHEN I FIRST CAME ON COUNCIL, UH, THAT DIDN'T HAVE SIDEWALKS AT ALL. 
          UM, AND SO WE'VE MADE A TINY BIT OF A DENT, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE UMPTEEN COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A STREET, UH, SIDEWALKS ON, ON EVERY, YOU KNOW, D FOUR, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, UH, STREET. 
          SO I, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONSIDER, BUT I'D LOVE TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN REFOCUS OR REPURPOSE THAT, THAT MONEY TO GO SPECIFICALLY TOWARD THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER AS WE WENT THROUGH THE, UM, THE APRIL GOAL SETTING AND THEN THE, THE, THE TRIAL BUDGET CONVERSATIONS IN MAY, WE ASSUMED THAT THAT $9 MILLION, THAT THAT PORTION OF THE UNUSED INCREMENT THAT IS GETTING READY TO EXPIRE, AND THAT THAT WAS A TOOL THAT THE LEGISLATURE GAVE MUNICIPALITIES WHEN THEY CAPPED US AT THREE POINT HALF PERCENT. 
          UM, AND, AND IT WAS, IT WAS AN OUTLET THAT THEY PROVIDED. 
          UM, THE, THE APPROACH WE TOOK THIS YEAR WAS, AS TROY SAID, ONLY LOOK AT THE INCREMENT THAT'S GETTING READY TO EXPIRE. 
          THERE'S ANOTHER YEAR OUT THERE. 
          AND THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE NEXT YEAR. 
          BUT AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, UM, I, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD, I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS WE DEVELOP THE BUDGET, BEING ABLE TO EXPLAIN HOW WE'RE USING THAT UNUSED INCREMENT, WHETHER IT IS STREETS OR SIDEWALKS OR SIDEWALK REPAIR OR A C S OR PUBLIC SAFETY OR THE, THE THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL 
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PRIORITIZED AS A WHOLE, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT AS WE, UH, UH, DEVELOP THE BUDGET IN JULY. 
          I'M GONNA GO PLAY THE LOTTERY. 
          'CAUSE YOU SAID I HAD A GREAT IDEA,  NO, YOU ALWAYS HAVE GREAT IDEAS. 
          UM, AND THEN ON SLIDE 11, UM, THE PROPOSED SAVINGS TO TAXPAYERS IS 134.1 MILLION. 
          YOU'RE THERE, UM, WITH A PRELIMINARY LOOK AT OUR REVENUE, DO WE ANTICIPATE GREATER REVENUE THAN LAST YEAR, EVEN WITH THE EXEMPTION AMOUNTS THEN? NO. 
          AND, AND THIS IS, UM, BASED ON THE SENATE BILL, BASED ON PERIODS WHERE YOU HAVE HIGH VALUES THAT EXCEED THE CAP, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE DO ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS, IT'S GOING TO ADJUST THE TAX RATE. 
          BUT THE REVENUE REALLY STAYS CONSTANT THROUGHOUT, UM, ALL THE SCENARIOS. 
          GOT IT. 
          IT MAY FLUCTUATE A LITTLE BIT BASED ON, LIKE I MENTIONED, TOURS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT FOR EXISTING PROPERTIES, NEW IMPROVEMENTS. 
          RIGHT. 
          GOT IT. 
          ARE NEW. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT FOR WHAT, WHAT TROY'S DESCRIBING IN HIS ANSWER TO YOU IS FOR EXISTING PROPERTIES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          UM, AND THEN IF ONE OF THE LEGISLATIVE PLANS DOES END UP ADOPTED, WOULD IT BE IN EFFECT IMMEDIATELY OR, OR HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE, THE TIMELINE? WELL, WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE, THE FINAL SOLUTION IS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BECAUSE EITHER ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT, THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW WOULD BOTH HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT DEPENDING ON WHAT THE FINAL DEAL IS, THE APPLICABILITY, UM, WE DON'T KNOW YET. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF YOU ALL SAW EARLIER THIS MORNING, THERE WAS, UM, AND WELL, ACTUALLY IT WAS LIKE TWO DAYS AGO. 
          UH, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE ESSAY REPORT, AND IT WAS SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE RATES, UH, C P S REVENUES AND DOUBTS IN THE REVENUES. 
          AND SO DO WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN YET IF THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, RATE INCREASES IN 2324 FOR C P S? WELL, UH, RUDY WAS BEFORE THE COUNCIL TWO WEEKS AGO, AND HE TALKED ABOUT DEVELOPING, UM, A RATE PROPOSAL TO BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL LATER ON THIS YEAR. 
          ULTIMATELY, THAT'S, THAT'S GOT A, THAT'S A LONG RUNWAY AND A LOT OF PUBLIC CONVERSATION THAT HAP HAS TO HAPPEN AT THE BOARD AND UNDOUBTEDLY HERE. 
          SO I THINK, SO THE, THE REASON THAT I AM ASKING IS BECAUSE I, I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD AFFECT, RIGHT, OR THAT WILL AFFECT, HAVE, AFFECT OUR PROJECTIONS. 
          AND SO HOW COMFORTABLE ARE WE IN, IN WHAT WE HAVE NOW? OR IS THERE SCENARIOS THAT YOU ALL ARE DRAWING UP? WE, WE OWN, WE DO NOT ASSUME THE COUNCIL'S GONNA APPROVE A RATE IN EITHER SAWS OR, OR C P S. 
          SO THAT IS NOT BUILT INTO THE TRIAL BUDGET. 
          IT WILL NOT BE BUILT INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, BECAUSE THAT, THAT PRESUPPOSES THE COUNCIL'S CONVERSATION THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, TREE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, YOU'LL REMEMBER LAST YEAR, I THINK IT WAS WHEN WE WERE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UM, RAISING TO 10% AND 20% POSSIBLY. 
          AND, UM, I BROUGHT UP ONE OF MY CONCERNS WITH WAS THAT THERE WASN'T REALLY A WAY TO SLOWLY, UH, SLOWLY INCREASE THROUGH A LENS OF EQUITY, RIGHT? THERE WERE GOING TO BE HOMES THAT WERE LARGER, MORE EXPENSIVE, THAT WOULD SEE, UH, GREATER RELIEF THAN SMALLER, MORE MODEST HOMES. 
          AND SO AT THAT POINT, I HAD SAID, IT REALLY WON'T BE VALUABLE FOR MY CONSTITUENTS, FOR MOST OF MY CONSTITUENTS UNTIL WE GET TO THE 20%. 
          UM, AND WHEN WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS, I KEEP IN THE FOREFRONT OF MY MIND THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE TAX REVENUE. 
          SO WHO'S PAYING THE MOST RELATIVE TO THEIR INCOME. 
          UM, WILL CERTAIN FAMILIES BE PRICED OUTTA THEIR HOME AS A RESULT OF THE INCREASE IN APPRAISED VALUES? UM, BECAUSE THESE ARE REAL ISSUES FACED BY OUR FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY IN RAPIDLY GROWING AREAS LIKE DIGNITY HILL, DENVER HEIGHTS, GOVERNMENT HILL, AND EVEN EXTENDING TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS FURTHER EAST. 
          SO IT MAKES LOGICAL SENSE AND COMPASSIONATE SENSE TO PROVIDE THE MAXIMUM RELIEF FOR THOSE VULNERABLE FAMILIES. 
          UM, AND SO MY DECISION ON THE ISSUE IS GOING TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, GROUNDED IN WHAT'S BEST FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, BUT ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE FAMILIES WHO ARE TOO OFTEN BEING PUSHED OUTTA DISTRICT TWO. 
          UM, DURING THE GOAL SETTING SESSION, I ALSO BROUGHT UP THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE FRAME THIS AS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AND IN A SENSE WE'RE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY RELIEF IF OUR REVENUE CONTINUES TO GROW AS A RESULT OF THE APPRAISED VALUES OF HOMES. 
          AND SO I, I STILL HAVE A STRUGGLE WITH THE WAY THAT WE ARE FRAMING IT. 
          AND I, ONCE WE GET PAST THIS 20%, WE'RE NOT GONNA, ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO GO UP ANY FURTHER? WE, BASED ON THE CURRENT STATE STATUTE, 20% ON THE GENERAL HOMESTEAD IS THE MAX. 
          SO UNLESS THE STATE CHANGES THAT, WHICH IS GONNA BE A DISCUSSION, I'M SURE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T DO TOO MUCH MORE. 
          AND SO I DON'T WANT US TO CONTINUE TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE WE ARE THE TAXING ENTITY THAT'S GOING TO BE PROVIDING RELIEF. 
          AND IT'S OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY TO PROVIDE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF WHEN WE CAN'T PROVIDE THE RELIEF AT A MEANING AT, IN A WAY THAT'S TRULY MEANINGFUL FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          AND SO, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR EFFORTS BEYOND THIS POINT, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, OUR EFFORTS BEYOND THIS POINT 
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NEED TO BE, UH, DIRECTED AT THE, THE APPRAISAL PROCESS. 
          AND SO THAT'S JUST MY 2 CENTS. 
          I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS COMING FORTH WITH NUMBERS AND MATH . 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          I CHECKED THEM TWICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I'VE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR TAX RELIEF EVER SINCE I GOT ON THE COUNCIL. 
          'CAUSE I, I LIVE IN A COMMUNITY LIKE ALL OF US DO. 
          WE SEE OUR TAXES GOING UP BEFORE HOMEOWNERS. 
          WE TALK WITH OUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT THAT TOO. 
          UH, AND UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T PROVIDE TAX RELIEF FOR ALL THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES. 
          ALL WE CAN DO IS PROVIDE TAX RELIEF FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS ON THEIR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TAX BILL. 
          UH, AND, AND SO I'M STILL AN ADVOCATE FOR THAT. 
          UH, I WANNA KNOW ON SLIDES 10, 11, AND 12 THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PRESENTATION, UH, DO THOSE INCLUDE OUR CURRENT TAX RATE OR A PROJECTED CHANGE IN THAT TAX RATE WHEN YOU USE THOSE TABLES? THERE? IT'S, IT'S USING, I MEAN, WHEN I'M USING THESE TABLES, IT'S TO DETERMINE THE 20% EXEMPTION. 
          IT'S USING THE PROPOSED TAX RATES THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THOSE EXEMPTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN ON, UH, NUMBER, I GUESS I'M LOOKING HERE AT 20% WAS, UH, NUMBER 10. 
          SO THAT'S USING THE PROJECTION OF A LOWER THAN CURRENT TAX RATE? YEAH. 
          SO FOR 20, YES SIR. 
          FOR 20%, WE'RE USING THE TAX RATES I SHARED WITH YOU ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ON THE PRIOR SLIDES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE CURRENT TAX REVENUE FOR 2022 FISCAL YEAR 2022? DO YOU HAVE THAT JUSTINA? I NOTE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I'M TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW, WHAT WE'RE FORECASTING. 
          SO, UH, THE REVISED BUDGET, MY NAME'S JUST TATE, I'M THE BUDGET DIRECTOR. 
          THE REVISED BUDGET FOR PROPERTY TAX IS ABOUT $433 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO WHAT ARE WE PROJECTING HERE? WE'RE PROJECTING, UM, TRYING TO GET MY SCREEN TO COME BACK UP. 
          466.1 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE PROJECTING A 30, ALMOST $30 MILLION INCREASE IN REVENUE BASED JUST ON PROPERTY TAXES THE WAY THINGS ARE TODAY. 
          UH, OR WITH THE EXEMPTION FOR 20%. 
          WITH THE EXEMPTION FOR 20%. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AT THAT TAX RATE. 
          AND THEN ALSO THAT SOME OF THAT'S GONNA BE, AND I DON'T HAVE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME, BUT AS ERIC MENTIONED, IS SOME OF THAT'S GONNA BE ASSOCIATED WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO RIGHT NOW IS SIMPLY MOVE THE EXEMPTION FORWARD. 
          THE REST OF THAT ALL NEEDS TO WAIT UNTIL WE HEAR FROM THE BEAR APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AS FAR AS THE TAX RATE. 
          YEAH. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I MEAN, I'M, TODAY I'M SHARING WITH YOU WHAT THE SS M A TAX RATE LOOKS LIKE BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION WE'RE MAKING. 
          AS WE GET TO JULY 25TH, I WILL BRING YOU BACK A SOLID RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT THAT TAX RATE WOULD BE. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT WE HAVE TO MOVE ON CHANGING THE EXEMPTION BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A DEADLINE TO MEET, WHICH IS WHAT, JULY 1ST. 
          YES, SIR. 
          SO WE HAVE TO RESET ANY EXEMPTIONS BY THAT DATE. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          SO THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE NEED TO DO NEXT. 
          AND WE'RE SET TO DO THAT ON THE NEXT MEETING. 
          YES. 
          A WEEK FROM TOMORROW. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ON THE $9 MILLION, UH, WHAT'S IT CALLED? UM, THE UNUSED INCREMENT? YES. 
          THE INCREMENT, THAT'S REALLY NOT MONEY PER SE. 
          WHAT THAT IS, IS WE, OUR, OUR TAX LIABILITY DIDN'T EXCEED 3.5%. 
          IT DIDN'T EVEN MEET 3.5%. 
          SO IT MET SOMETHING LESS THAN 3.5%. 
          SO THAT, THAT PART THAT IS LESS THAN THAT 3.5% IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS AN INCREMENT THAT WE COULD USE IN THE FUTURE? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, 'CAUSE WE ARE UNDER THE CAP, RIGHT. 
          THE STATE. 
          RIGHT. 
          WE'RE UNDER THE CAP CAP BY $9 MILLION IN 21, AND WE CAN USE THAT IN 22, 23 OR 24. 
          BUT IF WE DON'T USE IT BY THE BUDGET YEAR 24, IT RUNS OUT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT CLEARS UP MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, TROY, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, LOOKING AT MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TAXABLE VALUE INCREASES AT 16.8, I THINK IT SERVES AS A REMINDER THAT TYPICALLY FOR, FOR RENTERS, RIGHT, THEY CAN'T FILE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          AND THE, THE COST OF THAT, THOSE TAXES FALL ON THE RENTS. 
          SO I THINK IT DEMONSTRATES IMPORTANT FOR IMPORTANCE, RATHER FOR US TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE, UH, CONTINUING TO SUPPORT TENANT PROTECTIONS AND THOSE FUNDS THAT HELP PROVIDE TENANTS 
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WITH SUPPORT. 
          UH, I, I UNDERSTAND ON SLIDE 13 THAT THERE ISN'T CONSENSUS YET ON THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE PLAN, BUT IT, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO BE PROVIDED WITH A CHART SIMILAR TO SLIDE NINE AND 10, UM, ON, ON WHAT THOSE SAVINGS WOULD LOOK LIKE UNDER THE HOUSE PLAN AND THE SENATE PLAN? I, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY, UM, BUT GIVEN THE PLAN THAT'S PRESENTED UNDER HOUSE AND SENATE AT 70% AND 30% AND THE A HUNDRED PERCENT, WE CAN, UM, I CAN, I CAN TRY AND I'M GONNA BE HONEST, I'M NOT A TAX EXPERT WHEN IT COMES TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT BASED ON A LIMITED UNDERSTANDING, WE CAN TRY TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE I THINK, UH, IN CONVERSATION WITH CONSTITUENTS, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A, A, A GENERAL IDEA OF WITH, UM, ALL OF THEM COMPILED ALL THE EXEMPTIONS, WHAT WHAT TYPE OF SAVINGS THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          SO I, I APPRECIATE THAT, COUNCILMAN. 
          WE MAY, I KNOW THE STATE HAS ALSO UHHUH DEVELOPED THAT MATERIAL, SO WE MAY PULL FROM, FROM THOSE SOURCES AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THAT'D BE HELPFUL. 
          AND THEN SIMILAR TO, UH, MY COLLEAGUE WITH THE UNUSED INCREMENT, I KNOW THAT SOME CONVERSATION WE'LL HAVE LATER DOWN THE ROAD. 
          UM, BUT I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF USING THAT TO SUPPORT BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UH, I, I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES HERE AT, UM, AS WELL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE PAY PROPERTY TAXES AND I DON'T HAVE A SIDEWALK OR I HAVE A FAILED STREET. 
          UM, AND I WASN'T SURE THAT WITH THE 20% INCREASE, WOULD THIS POTENTIALLY IMPACT, UH, UH, IMPACT SERVICES? WOULD WE BE REDUCING ANY SERVICES OR ELIMINATING ANY SERVICES IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE A 20% EXEMPTION? WELL, UH, MS. TROY LAID OUT, BASED ON THE COMPARING TO WHAT WE ASSUMED DURING THE TRIAL BUDGET, THERE'S A $3 MILLION IMPACT. 
          AND SO WE'LL NEED TO, AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS HERE OVER THE NEXT SIX WEEKS, UM, LOOK TO MITIGATE THAT MM-HMM. 
           AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. 
          BUT I, I THINK IT'S MANAGEABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT, THAT'S, UM, SOME ASSURANCE THAT I, I'M SURE MY CONSTITUENTS WANNA HEAR BECAUSE, UM, I, I KNOW THERE'S ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THERE'S COMPOUNDING ISSUES AND TAX INCREASES AND RATE INCREASES AND JUST WANNA ENSURE THAT, UH, FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A SIDEWALK DON'T HAVE TO WAIT MUCH LONGER. 
          'CAUSE WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES. 
          UM, ARE WE ALSO FACTORING IN, UH, POTENTIAL, UH, ANNEXATIONS OF OTHER COUNTY PROPERTY AND HOW THAT MAY, UH, IMPACT SERVICES? AS FAR AS THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE PROVIDE YOU TODAY, THOSE ARE BASED ON KNOWN ANNEXATIONS, WHICH ARE VERY, VERY MINIMAL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO THEY'RE NOT REAL MATERIAL TO THE ANALYSIS. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UH, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN CASTILLO, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, UH, KA HDA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MAYOR PERCHA, THANK YOU. 
          OF COURSE, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT IN A STAFF, UH, FINDING RELIEF FOR OUR TAXPAYERS. 
          WE'VE ALL HEARD THE CONCERNS OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, THE EFFECTS OF PROPERTY TAXES, UH, HAVE HAD ON HOUSEHOLDS. 
          EVEN THE RISE OF INSURANCE RATES I UNDERSTAND IS NOW, UM, EFFECTIVELY PRICING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES. 
          SO ANYTHING, OF COURSE, ANY RELIEF THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AS A BODY, I THINK WOULD IS, IS TERRIBLY HELPFUL. 
          AND I DO THINK THAT, UM, THE TIME IS NOW TO MAX OUT THE, THE EXEMPTION. 
          SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          UM, TALKING ABOUT THE, THE UNUSED TAX INCREMENT. 
          I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD BE STRATEGIC ABOUT THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS. 
          MY CONCERN IS THAT I, I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE GET COME INTO A LITTLE MONEY, AS IT WERE, IF IT'S THE UNUSED TAX INCREMENT ARPA FUNDS, UM, THE C P S MONEY LAST SUMMER, WE ALWAYS KIND OF SCRAMBLE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PUT IT. 
          UM, I, I WOULD LIKE US TO, AS A COUNCIL TO BUILD A CONSENSUS AROUND, UM, WHATEVER IT IS, IF IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH I DO SUPPORT, OR, UM, WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE ARE, WE'RE TARGETING ALL THIS, I HESITATE TO CALL IT EXTRA MONEY. 
          IT'S NEVER EXTRA. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S OWED TO US. 
          IT'S COMING TO US. 
          BUT THESE UNEXPECTED AMOUNTS OF, OF MONEY WHEN THEY COME TO US, THAT THEY'RE FOCUSED ON ONE. 
          UM, WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING AT A POINTING THE ARROW AT ONE TARGET, NOT, UM, IT'S LIKE WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT ARPA MONEY AT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, I DIDN'T WANNA GIVE EVERYBODY $5. 
          IT HELPS NOBODY, IF WE GIVE EVERYBODY A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, WE HAVE TO REALLY FOCUS THOSE, THAT MONEY ON, ON, UM, ON WHATEVER IT'S, WE WE AGREE ON. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AS A COUNCIL. 
          UM, BUT ON THE CRI, ON THE TAX INCREMENT, UNUSED TAX INCREMENT ARE, IS THERE SPECIFIC CRITERIA OR LIMITATIONS ON WHAT WE CAN USE AND HOW WE CAN USE THAT MONEY? UM, OTHER THAN IT'D BE USED ON OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE IT'D BE PART OF THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE. 
          SO IT'D GO INTO SUPPORTING OUR GENERAL FUND OPERATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ANYTHING WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          AND NOT, UM, ANY OF THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS THOUGH HAS TO BE GENERAL. 
          THAT'S GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, ON SITE 11, THERE WAS A DECREASE IN THE DISABLED PERSON EXEMPTION. 
          UM, AND THEN THE TAX FREEZE TOOK A $5 MILLION CUT. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE, THE, THE DISABLED PERSON'S 
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EXEMPTION? IT WENT DOWN BY 0.2 MILLION. 
          YEAH. 
          AND LOOKING AT THE DATA COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, JUST TO GIVE YOU EXAMPLE, AND LAST YEAR, THE 2.8 DISABLED PERSONS EXEMPTION, THERE WERE 6,593 EXEMPTIONS FOR DISABLED PERSONS COMPARED TO THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          IT LOWERED SLIGHTLY TO 6,177. 
          HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN ABLE TO EXPLORE WITH BCA Y, BUT BASED ON THE EXEMPTIONS THEY HAVE ON FILE, THAT NUMBER WENT DOWN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'S NOT, UH, IT WASN'T A DECREASE IN FUNDS GIVEN OUT BASED ON NO, IT WAS, IT WAS A DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF EXEMPTIONS THAT ARE BEING APPLIED. 
          OKAY. 
          AND AS FAR AS THE TAX FREEZE, THE TAX FREEZE SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED. 
          BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE'RE PROVIDING EXEMPTION, THAT IF A PERSON WHO IS 65 OR OLDER AND THEIR TAX BILL IS FROZEN, MEANING IT'S A CEILING, WHEN WE AS A CITY PROVIDE EXEMPTIONS, THERE MAY BE, THERE MAY BE SITUATIONS WHERE THAT EXEMPTION MAY TEMPORARILY BRING THEIR TAX BILL BELOW THEIR FREEZE. 
          AND SO YOU'RE SEEING THE RESULT OF THIS HERE, AND IT'S GONNA BE TEMPORARY NEXT YEAR AS THE VALUE GOES UP THEIR TAX LIABILITY CAPS AGAIN AT THE FREEZE AMOUNT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS IS A, THAT'S A TEMPORARY, UM, DECREASE IN THE SENIOR FREEZE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          MAYOR, JUST ONE THING, ONE CLARIFICATION. 
          SO I, I, THE, THE, UM, THE $9 MILLION IN THAT FROM 2021, THE UNUSED MENT IS NOT EXTRA MONEY. 
          UM, WE FOUND, WE BUILT IT INTO THE TRIAL BUDGET AND THE FINANCIAL FORECAST. 
          AND SO JUST LIKE IN THE FORECAST AND THE TRIAL BUDGET, WE BUILT IN, UM, UH, ADDITIONAL OFFICERS, AN E M S UNIT, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT, OUTREACH, YOU KNOW, UH, A C SS. 
          AND SO WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING ON THAT, UM, SINCE THEN. 
          SO I, I DON'T WANT, UM, I, I DON'T WANT ANY CONFUSION ABOUT ABOUT THAT, THAT THAT JUST CAME ABOUT. 
          WE, WE HAVE BEEN STRATEGICALLY AND ACTIVELY COMMUNICATING THAT AND BUILDING THAT INTO THE FINANCIALS. 
          I THINK WHAT COUNCIL WOMAN'S SUGGESTION WAS IS THAT AS WE DEVELOP, AS WE DEVELOPED THE BUDGET AND LAY IT BACK OUT TO THE COUNCIL IN, IN, UH, IN AUGUST, THAT, UH, WE BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST IN TERMS OF POLICE OFFICERS AND THE E M S UNIT, WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING NORTH OF $9 MILLION OR THE SIDEWALKS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. 
          SO, UM, IT, IT HAS BEEN PART OF THE CONVERSATION FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND, AND, AND NOT LIKE, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER EXAMPLES. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT OH, THAT IS, THANK YOU, ED. 
          I DIDN'T, UM, THAT THAT IS CLARIFY IT FOR ME. 
          BUT, SO THEN THE $9 MILLION IS IN, IN OUR, IN OUR TRIAL BUDGET. 
          IT'S ALREADY ALLOCATED. 
          WE INCLUDED IT IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WE, IN THE TRIAL BUDGET, WE LAID OUT SUGGESTIONS IN LINE WITH, I SEE THE COUNCIL GUIDE, UH, GUIDANCE IN APRIL ABOUT WHAT PRIORITIES WERE, AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO GET DONE. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT THE BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS WERE, WERE LAID OUT IN MAY, AND INCLUDED IN THAT WAS THE, THE ESTIMATE THAT WE HAD AT THE TIME ON PROPERTY TAXES AND VALUES, UM, AND THE UNUSED CREDIT OR OKAY. 
          INCREMENT. 
          SO, UM, I THINK MY ORIGINAL POINT STILL STANDS THAT WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT HOW WITH OTHER STUFF, BUT NOT THIS ONE. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT SO THIS 9 MILLION THEN WE, IF WE WANTED, AS DISCUSSED THIS MORNING, IF WE WANTED TO FOCUS IT ON INFRASTRUCTURE, IT'S GONNA CAUSE YOU GUYS TO GO BACK AND HAVE TO REALLOCATE BECAUSE YOU NO. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I DON'T THINK SO. 
          AND I, I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S, UM, REALLY BACK TO THE MESSAGING AND THE, THE COMPILING THE BUDGET DOCUMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT WE CAN EXPLAIN, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY THE VALUE OF, OF, OF, OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING NEXT YEAR MM-HMM. 
           AS A CITY IN TERMS OF SERVICES. 
          UM, BUT THERE WILL BE, I MEAN, THERE, THERE WERE 18 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TRIAL BUDGET TO INCLUDE A C S AND, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICE. 
          BUT, BUT, SO I DON'T THINK THAT'LL BE A PROBLEM IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING. 
          I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT, WHERE, WHERE DOES THE 9 MILLION RIGHT NOW, WHERE IS IT ALLOCATED IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IT'S, BUT Y'ALL IN THE TRIAL BUDGET, YOU HAVE A ALREADY ALLOCATED, IT'S INCLUDED IN ALL THE OTHER GENERAL FUND. 
          IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY A $9 MILLION POT OF MONEY, RIGHT? NO, IT'S NOT. 
          IT'S IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO THEN, SO YOU HAVEN'T SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED THIS 9 MILLION BECAUSE IT'S JUST PART OF THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO HOW DO WE, HOW ARE WE GONNA THEN TAKE THE, TAKE THAT 9 MILLION AND FOCUS IT ON INFRASTRUCTURE OR, OR WHATEVER IT IS? WELL, WHAT I'M TAKING FROM THIS CONVERSATION IS THAT I'LL PROPOSE TO YOU IN, IN AUGUST. 
          OKAY. 
          HOW TO DO THAT. 
          SO YOU'RE GONNA SET ASIDE THAT 9 MILLION I'M NOT GONNA SET ASIDE, BUT I THINK IT'S PART OF HOW WE BUILD. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          BECAUSE THE, THE, THE GENERAL FUND PAYS FOR EVERYTHING MM-HMM. 
          , UM, BUT IT ALSO COLLECTS ALL THE REVENUE MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND SO, UM, I THINK, I THINK WE CAN, SO GIVEN THAT CONTEXT, I ACTUALLY, UH, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD ALLOCATE IT 
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SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          I THINK IF IT'S ALREADY PART OF THE GENERAL FUND, THEN WE LET IT BE PART OF THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THINK YOUR ORIGINAL POINT THAT'S FEEDBACK IS HELPFUL. 
          I'M UNDERSTANDING IT NOW THAT IT'S NOT EXTRA. 
          SO. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND, AND HOW OFTEN DO WE COME INTO THIS THOUGH? IS IT EVERY THREE YEARS OR IS IT, WELL, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE THE SB TWO WAS APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATURE IN 2019. 
          UM, AND UM, THAT'S WHEN THE THREE AND A HALF CAP, THREE AND HALF PERCENT CAP CAME INTO PLACE. 
          PLACE. 
          SO THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR US. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KABE. 
          I, AND MAYBE I'LL JUST PUT A FINER POINT ON IT. 
          UM, IN MY, IN MY, WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT WHEN, WHEN YOU ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, 'CAUSE I STILL HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS. 
          UM, WHAT IS THE TOTAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE MINUS, UH, TAX, UM, UH, MINUS THE, THE, UH, EXEMPTIONS, ET CETERA THAT WE, WE COLLECT ANNUALLY? THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE? YEAH. 
          UH, THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AS YOU MOVE BETWEEN WHAT BALLPARK, WHAT IS IT FOR THE TRIAL BUDGET? I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. 
          400 FOR THE TRIAL BUDGET, IT WAS FOUR 16, IT'S THIRD OF OUR OPERATING REVENUE FOR THE, FOR THE TRIAL BUDGET WAS 469. 
          OKAY. 
          BASED ON THE NUMBERS, THE NEW UPDATED APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THEN 20%, IT'S 4 66. 
          I MEAN, 'CAUSE THAT WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH THIS EXERCISE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WITH THE NEW ROLLBACK RATE OF 3.5%, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS NOT BE IN A BAD SITUATION DOWN THE ROAD. 
          IF WE HAVE A RECESSIVE ECONOMY THAT IMPACTS PROPERTY VALUES AND WE'RE HAVING TO CUT SERVICES, WE HAVE TO CAPTURE THE REVENUE AS LONG AS IT'S JUSTIFIED. 
          AND I GUESS, ERIC, WHAT WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING A CLEAR EXPLANATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE $460 MILLION ARE JUSTIFIED. 
          I MEAN, THE REALITY IS THIS IS A GROWING CITY THAT, THAT WE, WE, WE HAVE TREMENDOUS NEED IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IN THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF SERVICES THAT ARE BEING INCREMENTALLY INCREASED. 
          YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S NOT ABOUT $9 MILLION. 
          IT'S ABOUT HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE POTS THAT ARE GROWING ARE JUSTIFIED WHEN WE GO OUT AND SPEND THE PUBLIC'S MONEY. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU TROY, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I'M, I AM IN AGREEMENT THAT THE, WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE 20% MAX INCREASE FOR THE EXEMPTION, I THINK WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN. 
          AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          I FEEL THAT, UM, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF SALLY'S STILL HERE, BUT I'M NOT GONNA TAKE BETTS ON WHETHER OR NOT WE GET THIS, UH, THAT THE STATE FIGURE SOMETHING OUT BY NOVEMBER SO IT CAN GET ON THE BALLOT. 
          SO I THINK, BUT WE DO NEED TO PROVIDE, UH, RELIEF AND I THINK SOME OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED SOME OF THE REASONS INCREASE IN INSURANCE, UM, YOU KNOW, HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE JUST INCREASE IN, UM, JUST COST OF LIVING AND INFLATION. 
          WE DO NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          SO THE ONE THING I DON'T WANNA BE LOST, AND I KNOW, UH, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE MCKEE RODRIGUEZ MENTIONED IS THIS IS ABOUT THE APPRAISAL PROCESS. 
          SO WE DO NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE, UM, THESE PROTEST YEAR AFTER YEAR UNTIL WE CAN GET SOME RELIEF FROM THE STATE. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK WE MAY NEED TO PIVOT TO IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOME OWNERSHIP AND HOW THAT BUILDS WEALTH, THAT WE ACTUALLY TRY TO GET PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH PE WITH GROUPS THAT CAN EXPLAIN THAT. 
          BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE, UM, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO ARE LEGACY HOMES PASSED FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION THAT HAVE NOT BEEN UPKEPT OR TAKEN CARE OF. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO, IF YOU ARE GOING TO OWN A HOME, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A HOMEOWNER AND GET THAT HOME HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, HOW DO YOU TAKE THAT MONEY AND PUT IT BACK INTO YOUR INVESTMENT? UH, 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK WE DO A GOOD ENOUGH JOB WITH THAT CITYWIDE. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WORK I HAVE TO DO IN MY AREA TOO. 
          UM, THE KEY THAT I WANNA SEE, AND I FEEL LIKE, UM, MIKE, SHANNON AND HIS TEAM DID GOOD WITH THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IS KEEPING CORPORATE OUT. 
          AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON I WANNA, UM, UH, MOVE TOWARDS THE 20% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION BECAUSE WE DO SEE PEOPLE COMING INTO THE AREA, PURCHASING HOMES, UH, AND TRYING TO, TO, UM, CLAIM THAT AS THEIR, AS THEIR HOME WHEN THEY DON'T LIVE IN THAT AND HAVE A SECOND UNIT. 
          SO I'M, I'M GLAD WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT WITH THIS 20% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO KEEP PEOPLE IN 
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THEIR HOMES. 
          UM, MY CONCERN, UM, MOVING FORWARD, AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THIS LARGER CONVERSATION, IS COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE, WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS, BUT THERE MAY BE RATE INCREASES COMING IN UTILITIES AND IN THE SERVICES WE HAVE FOR SOLID WASTE. 
          SO, AND, AND IN GETTING PERMITS ALSO, BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO, TO BE, UM, FORTHCOMING ABOUT THAT. 
          IF WE START, IF WE HAVE TO RAISE, UM, UTILITY RATES, IF WE HAVE TO RAISE THE COST OF PERMITS, UM, WE, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT ALSO, BECAUSE THAT IS A $16 MILLION GAP OVER WHAT A PERIOD OF HOW MANY YEARS? FOUR YEARS? UM, FIVE, FIVE YEARS. 
          SO THAT IS A $16 MILLION GAP. 
          BUT I DO FEEL, AND I THINK YOU'VE HEARD CONSENSUS, AND I THINK I MENTIONED THIS LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD THAT C P S SURPLUS. 
          UM, WE NEED TO, AS A COUNCIL, COME TOGETHER WHEN WE HAVE SURPLUS AMOUNTS OF DOLLARS. 
          AND I DO BELIEVE WE, WITH THIS SUMMER, WE MAY HAVE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN THIS YEAR, MAYBE NOT TO THAT AMOUNT, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A PRIORITY OF WHAT WE DO WITH THIS INSTEAD OF, UM, WHAT WE DID LAST TIME, BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE REAL IMPACTS ON WHAT WE HAVE IF WE HAVE OUR PRIORITIES TO DO THAT. 
          AND OF COURSE, UM, I'LL, I HAVE A LIST OF PRIORITIES THAT I, I COULD SHARE, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE NOW IS THE TIME AND ANDY WOULD STOP ME. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, I FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO GIVE US A C P S PREVIEW. 
          I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SAY, ERIC, SO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND NO, I WAS, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT REMEMBER THE COUNCIL ADOPTED A NEW FINANCIAL POLICY WHERE THAT IF WE GO OVER THAT 10%, THEN THAT, THAT AMOUNT IS GONNA BE HELD, AND THAT'LL BE THE FIRST BUDGET WORK SESSION FOR THE COUNCIL THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE. 
          I, I JUST LIKE TO HEAR YOU SAY IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          ALRIGHT, THANKS MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND ON THAT NOTE, I, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT CCPS ENERGY'S LATEST PREDICTION IS, OR WHAT, WHAT THEIR POSITION IS. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT, UM, ERCOT JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THEY EXPECT, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE HAD A, A SURPRISINGLY COOL SUMMER SO FAR, RIGHT? SO THAT COUPLED WITH, UM, C P SS ENERGY'S STRUGGLING TO COLLECT REVENUE FROM A LOT OF THEIR CUSTOMERS RIGHT NOW. 
          SO THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD TELL ME THAT, THAT THE REVENUES MIGHT BE LOWER THIS YEAR. 
          BUT THEN WE HAD ERCOT JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THEY EXPECT, WELL, I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE WEATHER NEXT, OVER THE NEXT 10 DAYS, WE'RE EXPECTING TEMPERATURES OVER A HUNDRED DEGREES AS HIGH AS 107 DEGREES. 
          ERCOT IS SAYING THEY EXPECT TO BREAK THE, THE ALL TIME, UH, ELECTRICITY GRID, UH, DEMAND RECORD SOMETIME IN THIS NEXT WEEK. 
          AND SO THAT COULD REALLY CHANGE THAT EQUATION. 
          AND, UH, SO THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK, I THINK THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE AS COUNCIL MOVES TOWARDS THE BUDGET. 
          AND I THINK WE NEED MORE FREQUENT UPDATES, WHETHER IT'S FROM C P S ENERGY DIRECTLY OR FROM CITY STAFF ON, ON WHAT C P S ENERGY'S ANTICIPATED CONTRIBUTION WILL BE. 
          SO I THINK THE OTHER, THE OTHER IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT, UM, YOU DIDN'T MENTION IS THAT, UM, NATURAL GAS PRICES ARE VERY LOW RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO, UM, WE ARE, UM, SINCE THE FORECAST, UM, THAT WE GAVE YOU, UM, WE ARE, UM, WE'VE GOT THE ACTUAL PAYMENTS FROM APRIL AND MAY. 
          WE'RE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BETTER THAN WHAT WE ARE ESTIMATING FOR THIS YEAR. 
          UM, AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST, UM, YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I I THINK WE'RE GONNA, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE SHOOTING TO MAINTAIN OUR TARGET. 
          UM, THIS IS NOT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT, IT'S JUST NOW GETTING HOT. 
          IT'S BEEN MUCH DIFFERENT. 
          AND GAS PRICES ARE NOW ABOUT TWO AND A HALF DOLLARS. 
          UM, THIS TIME LAST YEAR THEY WERE SEVEN AND A HALF, EIGHT AND A HALF. 
          SO THAT IS HAVING AN IMPACT. 
          THANKS, ERIC. 
          AND LEMME JUST JUMP IN, UM, JUST TO KEEP US ON TOPIC. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAXES ONLY, GOOD CONTEXT ON C P S, BUT LET'S NOT GO ANY FURTHER IN, DOWN THE, DOWN THAT RABBIT HOLE. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, SO ON TAX RATE, UM, IF, IF WE INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM 10% TO 20%, DOES THAT MEAN WE ALSO INCREASE THE, WE DON'T REDUCE THE TR PROP PROPERTY TAX RATE AS MUCH AS WE WOULD HAVE IF WE DID NOT DO THAT, IF WE KEPT A 10%? THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AS YOU MOVE, AS YOU MOVE FROM 10% TO 20%, THAT TAX RATE IS GONNA GO UP A LITTLE BIT INCREMENTALLY TO RECAPTURE NEW VALUE, RIGHT? SO I GUESS THE THING THAT WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF IS THAT THIS IS, THIS IS A ZERO SUM GAME. 
          AND SO WHEN WE HELP SOME PEOPLE, WE HURT OTHERS, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, FOR PEOPLE WHEN WE, THE MORE WE HELP HOMEOWNERS, 
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THE MORE WE, THAT MEANS WE'RE HAVING TO SHIFT THAT TAX BURDEN TO SOMEBODY. 
          AND THAT'S WORKING CLASS FAMILIES, THAT'S, THAT'S RENTERS. 
          UM, AND SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO BE MINDFUL OF. 
          THE MORE WE, I MEAN, WE, WE NEED TO BE TAKING CARE OF, UM, UH, AND GIVING AS MANY PROPERTY TAX BREAKS AS WE CAN TO THE DISABLED TO SENIOR CITIZENS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, EVERY TIME, THE MORE WE DO FOR THEM, THE MORE WE SHIFT THAT PROPERTY TAX BURDEN ONTO RENTERS. 
          AND, AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE MINDFUL OF. 
          UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU, TROY, OR, OR IF IT'S FOR SALLY OR JEFF, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING ON WITH THE, THE, WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE, UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A 10% VALUATION CAP, BUT THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT A 5% VALUATION CAP. 
          AND I'M JUST WONDERING, DO WE SEE THAT HAVING LEGS IN THE, UM, IN ONE OF THESE SPECIAL SESSIONS, AND IF IT DOES, HOW DOES THAT, HOW DO YOU FACTOR FOR THAT GOING FORWARD LONG TERM? NOW ASK VAL, UM, SALLY OR JEFF TO NOD, BUT BASED ON THE, THE, UM, WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S LAID OUT AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN, I THINK THAT APPRAISAL CAP HAS DISAPPEARED. 
          CORRECT? IT'S VERY SPECIFIC. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD TO KNOW. 
          UM, ALRIGHT. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE, HAVE, IF THE STATE WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THIS, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO, TO CREATE A, UH, PROPERTY TAX PLAN THAT PROTECTS LEGACY HOMEOWNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT. 
          YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE MOVING HERE FROM OUR, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MOVING HERE. 
          WE'RE A FAST GROWING CITY, AND IF YOU'RE MOVING HERE AND PROPERTY TAXES ARE HIGH, YOU'RE MOVING HERE BECAUSE YOU CAN AFFORD THAT, RIGHT? BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN LIVING HERE A LONG TIME, WE DON'T WANT OTHER PEOPLE MOVING HERE TO PUSH YOUR HOME VALUATION UP AND THEN END UP FORCING YOU TO BE TAXED OUTTA YOUR HOME. 
          AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT BIG PICTURE I THINK WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, WELL, I'M THRILLED WITH THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON, ON, UH, MAXING OUT THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          I, I THINK IT'S, UM, IT'S RIGHT ON. 
          IT'S WELL NEEDED. 
          UM, SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR, UH, GETTING THE BALL ROLLING HOWEVER MANY YEARS AGO THAT WAS, UH, TO GET IT TO 10%. 
          AND, UM, NOW WE'RE MOVING IT TO 20. 
          SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, I'M GLAD COUNCILWOMAN HDA HELPED US CLEAR UP THE ISSUE RELATED TO THE INCREMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S NOT FOUND MONEY, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S MONEY THAT, UM, WE'RE NOW TALKING ABOUT SPENDING. 
          AND, UM, I GUESS ON PAGE, UH, SEVEN OF, OF THE PRESENTATION, UH, WHAT'S RECOMMENDED IS THE 20% PLUS USING THE UNUSED INCREMENT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A SLIDE HERE ON 20%. 
          UM, AND NOT USING THE UN THE UNUSED INCREMENT. 
          AND AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THAT IF WE DIDN'T USE THE INCREMENT, UM, THAT TAX RATE WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LOWER, RIGHT? YES, SIR. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS, UH, YOU GUYS WILL PROBABLY BE SICK OF ME SAYING, UM, PRETTY SOON, I, I THINK WE NEED TO JUST BE VERY MINDFUL OF WHAT IT IS WE'RE, WE'RE SPENDING, UM, WE'RE SPENDING THIS MONEY ON, UM, VERY EXCITED ABOUT MY FIRST BUDGET, UM, MEETINGS COMING UP, SO WE CAN DIVE MORE INTO THAT AT THAT POINT. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, DO WE REALLY NEED TO USE THIS INCREMENT THIS YEAR? DO WE NEED TO SPEND THAT MONEY? I THINK THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT, UM, WE GOTTA LOOK AT. 
          UM, ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS WE'RE NOT RAISING THE, UM, OVER 65, UM, THE AMOUNT OF THE EXEMPTION. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT WE COULD DO IT IF WE WANTED, RIGHT? WE COULD DO IT AND IT WOULD PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL RELIEF, UM, TO SENIORS FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE, UH, THE VALUES WENT BACK UP. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? COULD YOU DO IT? YES. 
          I MEAN, IT WOULD PROVIDE TEMPORARY RELIEF, AS I MENTIONED, AS IT GOES BACK UP TO THAT CEILING, THE REAL BENEFIT OF THE HOMESTEAD OF THE SENIOR EXEMPTION IS GONNA BE FOR A PERSON THAT IS MOVING FROM 64 TO 65, AND BY DOING THIS 20% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, PROVIDING A SIMILAR BENEFIT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AS WELL. 
          RIGHT? UM, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO DO BOTH, AND THEY'D GET A LITTLE BIT EXTRA RELIEF FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          IT IS, YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, LAST THING I WANNA SAY IS, UM, JUST JOIN MY COLLEAGUES, UM, IN SAYING THAT THIS IS A GREAT STEP, BUT, AND TO, TO 
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HAVE MORE MEANINGFUL RELIEF. 
          WE'RE GONNA NEED, WE'RE GONNA NEED ADDITIONAL HELP FROM OUR, FROM OUR FRIENDS AT THE STATE. 
          WE ALSO NEED MORE TRANSPARENCY, UM, IN THE APPRAISAL PROCESS. 
          AND, UH, I HOPE ALL OF THAT'S COMING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, WHITE, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I DON'T NECESSARILY ENJOY CHIMING IN A SECOND TIME FOR A TOPIC LIKE THIS ONE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE POINTS I MADE DURING MY FIRST ROUND STAND, BUT I THINK LISTENING TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, SPEAK ABOUT THIS TOPIC, AND THEN WE'RE TOUCHING ON C P S A LITTLE BIT, AND WE'RE TOUCHING ON THE BUDGET. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I AM DOING A LITTLE BIT OF SELF-REFLECTION AND THINKING, YOU KNOW, THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR CITY OPERATIONS AND THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR IN A COUPLE WEEKS WHEN WE SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO ADD 360 POLICE OFFICERS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT, UH, NEXT FEW YEARS, WE WANT TO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE FIRE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION THIS VERY, VERY SOON. 
          UM, THOSE ARE TWO LARGE PARTS OF OUR BUDGET. 
          WE WANT TO, UH, REALLY INCREASE OUR SUPPORT FOR A C S. 
          WE WANT TO TACKLE ISSUES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THESE ARE ALL GONNA BE VERY LARGE, UM, ISSUES. 
          AND SO I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE SET, UM, OUR STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR CITY SERVICES, WE'RE ALSO MINDFUL OF AT SOME POINT, UM, AS THE NEED GROWS, WE'RE GONNA ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPECTING OUR REVENUE TO GROW. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE EXPECTING, UH, MORE MONEY, AND WE'RE GONNA NEED IT TO MEET OUR EXPECTATIONS. 
          AND SO, I JUST WANTED TO START THERE. 
          IT'S ALSO, AND VERY, AND COUNCILMAN CASTILLO HIT ON THIS POINT, IS THAT SO OFTEN WHEN I, IF I'M KNOCKING ON DOORS AND TALKING TO RESIDENTS, OR SOMEONE CALLS AND THEY HAVE COMPLAINTS ABOUT, UH, THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILL, THEY'LL SAY VERY POINTEDLY. 
          THEY'LL SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, MY PROPERTY BILL IS THIS HIGH, AND I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS. 
          I DON'T HAVE, I, THESE CITY SERVICES HAVEN'T EVEN TOUCHED ME. 
          I'M NOT FEELING THE IMPACT OF MY DOLLARS. 
          AND I THINK REALLY THAT'S WHERE, UH, IN THIS UPCOMING BUDGET WE SHOULD, UH, BE FOCUSED IS WHERE ARE OUR RESIDENTS FEELING THEIR DOLLARS BEING SPENT, UM, AND HOW DO WE INCREASE THAT FEELING OF IMPACT, UH, OR THE IMPACT DIRECTLY THE IMPACT OF OUR INVESTMENT. 
          AND SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT SIDEWALKS, IT'S A GIANT, IT'S A, IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT IN, UH, PERPETUITY IF WE DON'T, UH, CHANGE THE WAY WE HANDLE SIDEWALK FUNDING. 
          BECAUSE CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO SAY, ACCORDING TO CODE, SIDEWALKS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNER. 
          WE ARE NEVER GONNA MAKE MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN SIDEWALKS. 
          WE PUT SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT TOWARDS IT. 
          SO US SAYING, YOU KNOW, OH, LET'S SPEND, LET'S, YOU KNOW, I, I WANT MY RESIDENTS TO HAVE SIDEWALKS. 
          I WANT TO DO THESE THINGS. 
          WE'RE ALSO NOT ALLOCATING THOSE DOLLARS. 
          AND IF WE WERE TO MEET THAT NEED, HOW MUCH WOULD THAT COST US? HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL REVENUE WOULD WE NEED THEN? AND SO I JUST THINK THAT, UH, TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY TAX, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, AND, UM, UH, THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS AND SOMEWHAT OF A SILO WITH ALLUSIONS TO, UM, ALL THE OTHER TOPICS. 
          BUT THEY ALL NEED TO BE DISCUSSED, UH, WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF ONE ANOTHER. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO, TO END THE CONVERSATION ON, ON PROPERTY TAXES. 
          I MEAN, THE REALITY IS WE COULD, WE COULD LOWER THE RATE TO WHATEVER WE WANT IT TO BE, BUT, YOU KNOW, AT WHAT POINT DO YOU START TO HEAR THAT FROM YOUR RESIDENTS ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT WE ARE NO LONGER PROVIDING BECAUSE OF THAT? SO, YOU KNOW, IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE WOULD DO IT, THE BUDGET PROCESS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. 
          IT WOULD BE SORT OF ZERO BASED. 
          WE'D, WE'D BUILD THE BUDGET FROM SCRATCH ALMOST EVERY YEAR. 
          COVID BROUGHT US THE TRIAL BUDGET, RIGHT? WELL, I SAY FROM SCRATCH BECAUSE WE WOULD START WITH NOTHING. 
          UM, BUT OUR CONVERSATIONS NOW START WITH A TRIAL BUDGET AND THAT THAT'S WHAT WE GO FROM. 
          UM, AND ALL THE TRIAL BUDGET IS BUILT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM, FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO TO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE INCREMENT BEING USED, THAT WAS THE FEEDBACK AROUND THE TABLE FROM, FROM THE GOAL SETTING SESSION. 
          OF COURSE, THAT'S THE TRIAL BUDGET. 
          WE'LL SEE. 
          SO, I MEAN, THE OPTION STILL REMAINS. 
          WE COULD FOREGO THE INCREMENT, BUT THEN WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WHAT DO WE WANT TO DIAL BACK. 
          SO THAT STILL REMAINS AN OPTION. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHY WE'RE STARTING WHERE WE'RE STARTING. 
          BUT, UM, GREAT CONVERSATION, I THINK, UH, MORE FOR US TO CHEW ON, ESPECIALLY IN CONTEXT OF THE OTHER REVENUES AND MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE ONLY ONE FIFTH OF THE PROPERTY TAX BILL THAT, THAT, UH, THAT, UH, RESIDENTS RECEIVE. 
          AND IN ORDER FOR THEM TO RECEIVE REAL RELIEF, IT'S GOTTA BE DONE IN CONCERT WITH THE OTHER TAXING JURISDICTIONS. 
          SO, UH, WE'LL GO NOW TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. 
          ERIC. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, PART TWO OF THIS AFTERNOON IS, UH, AN UPDATE ON TWO ARP ITEMS. THE FIRST IS, UM, ROUND TWO OF R F P SOLICITATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH, NONPROFITS, SOCIAL SERVICES, 
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SENIORS, AND YOUTH. 
          UM, IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS ONCE. 
          THERE WAS SOME AVAILABLE DOLLARS AND WE WENT BACK OUT FOR SOLICITATION. 
          SO, UH, BOTH JESSICA FROM D H S, JESSICA DOLINA FROM, UH, UH, D H SS AND JESSE HIGGINS FROM, UH, METRO HEALTH. 
          WE'LL KINDA WALK THROUGH THIS POSTS SOLICITATION BASED ON TODAY'S CONVERSATION. 
          WE'LL HAVE, UH, THESE ITEMS ON NEXT WEEK'S, UH, A SESSION FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. 
          PART TWO OF THAT, MARIA'S GONNA WALK US THROUGH, UM, THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PORTION OF OUR ARPA. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THIS SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. 
          THERE'S ABOUT $29 MILLION THAT WE HAD SET ASIDE. 
          ACTUALLY, WE HAD $50 MILLION IN THE ORIGINAL FRAMEWORK THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE HAVE COMPILED SOME ALTERNATIVES FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, UM, THAT STAY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WHICH WAS THAT ORIGINAL FRAMEWORK THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED. 
          AND MARIA WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THOSE ALTERNATIVES. 
          AND, AND BASED ON THAT CONVERSATION, WE WILL BUILD THOSE ISSUES INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN EXECUTE 'EM, MOVE ON ON THOSE ITEMS. SO JESSICA WILL KICK US OFF. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. 
          AS ERIC MENTIONED, MY NAME IS JESSICA DOLIN. 
          I'M WITH THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND TODAY, JESSE HIGGINS AND I ARE GONNA BE PROVIDING A POST SOLICITATION BRIEFING ON ADDITIONAL ARPA INVESTMENTS FOR NONPROFITS, SENIORS, YOUTH, AND MENTAL HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLANS. 
          FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, THE HUMAN SERVICES HEALTH AND FINANCE DEPARTMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE COMPETITIVE FUNDING PROCESS, AS WELL AS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO, SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE GONNA BE REVIEWING, UM, PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION PROCESS, OUTLINING OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE EVALUATION PROCESS, AND REVIEWING PROPOSED NEXT STEPS. 
          AS BACKGROUND, CITY COUNCIL FIRST ADOPTED THE ARPA SPENDING FRAMEWORK IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, THAT SAME YEAR FROM APRIL TO JUNE. 
          WE THEN DEVELOPED IMPLEMENTATION PLANS WITH A GOAL OF RESPONDING TO THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THAT C OVID 19 HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY, BOTH IN THE SHORT TERM AND CONTINUES TO HAVE AS WE MOVE TOWARDS LONG-TERM RECOVERY. 
          THOSE PLANS WERE DEVELOPED WITH POLICY DIRECTION PROVIDED BY CHECK E W D C AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEES, AS WELL AS INFORMED BY INPUT FROM MORE THAN A HUNDRED NONPROFIT AGENCIES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND INDIVIDUALS THAT PARTICIPATED IN PUBLIC INPUT PROCESSES, FINAL PLANS, SCOPES OF WORK AND SCORING CRITERIA WERE THEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. 
          AND FOLLOWING THAT, WE RELEASED A COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION IN FEBRUARY OF 2023. 
          WE BROUGHT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT SOLICITATION TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AND AWARDS WERE APPROVED TO 59 AGENCIES IN THE AMOUNT OF 36.4 MILLION ON MARCH 9TH. 
          CITY COUNCIL THEN ALSO APPROVED GOVERNANCE CHECK AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ALLOCATE AN ADDITIONAL 7.6 MILLION IN TARGETED ARPA FUNDING INVESTMENTS BASED ON COMMITTEE AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          FEEDBACK AND PRIORITIES FOR THE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS ON MARCH 13TH, D H SS AND METRO HEALTH RELEASED TWO SEPARATE COMPETITIVE FUNDING PROCESSES. 
          A PRE-SUBMIT CONFERENCE WAS HELD ON MARCH 23RD, FOLLOWED BY THREE JOINT TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SESSIONS THAT WERE HELD ON MARCH 28TH. 
          THOSE SESSIONS WERE RECORDED AND POSTED TO OUR WEBSITE SO THAT AGENCIES THAT WERE INTERESTED IN APPLYING COULD GO BACK AND REFER TO THEM AS THEY COMPLETED THE APPLICATION PROCESS. 
          THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL THEN CLOSED ON APRIL 27TH, AND EVALUATION AND SCORING OCCURRED OVER MAY. 
          FOLLOWING TODAY'S BRIEFING, WE WILL BE COMING BACK, UH, TO PRESENT RECOMMENDED AWARDS FOR APPROVAL ON JUNE 22ND, AND CONTRACTS WOULD THEN SET TO BEGIN IN AUGUST OF 2023. 
          OF THE 7.6 MILLION THAT WAS APPROVED, 6.3 MILLION WAS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THESE TWO COMPETITIVE PROCESSES. 
          AS WITH PRIOR SOLICITATIONS, WE CONTINUED OUR FOCUS ON EQUITY THAT INCLUDED USING TARGETED SERVICE AREAS, MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE USING A SIMPLIFIED APPLICATION PROCESS, REDUCING ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS WITH A GOAL OF ENCOURAGING SMALL AGENCIES TO APPLY, AND ENSURING THAT WE HAD DIVERSE EVALUATION TEAM MEMBERS. 
          SCORING WAS BASED ON A HUNDRED POINT SCALE, AND WE DID GIVE PREFERENCE TO SMALL ORGANIZATIONS, THOSE THAT COULD DEMONSTRATE COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT DEMONSTRATED SUSTAINABILITY OF PROGRAM OPERATIONS. 
          BEYOND THE TERM OF ARPA FUNDING, A TOTAL OF FIVE EVALUATION TEAMS REVIEWED AND SCORED PROPOSALS. 
          AND THESE TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDED COMMUNITY, UH, FUNDERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, POLICY EXPERTS, STAKEHOLDERS, THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS, AS WELL AS MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENT STAFF. 
          DUE TO THE COMPRESSED TIMELINE, OUR FINANCE AND AUDIT DEPARTMENTS DID COMPLETE A DUE DILIGENCE AND MINIMUM REQUIREMENT REVIEW SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE SCORING AND EVALUATION 
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PROCESS. 
          THROUGH THESE REVIEWS, NO SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS WERE IDENTIFIED. 
          HOWEVER, OF THE 37 SUBMITTED PROPOSALS, FIVE WERE DISQUALIFIED DUE TO NOT MEETING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS. 
          OF THE 6.3 MILLION, 1.67 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL NON-PROFIT YOUTH AND SENIOR SERVICES INVESTMENTS. 
          THE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY DO CAPTURE THE C OVID 19 IMPACT AREAS RECOMMENDED BY COMMITTEES AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS ROUND OF FUNDING. 
          OUR NONPROFIT SOCIAL SERVICES INVESTMENTS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING AGENCIES THAT WORK WITH YOUTH AS WELL AS OLDER ADULTS. 
          AND THE GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE FLEXIBLE FUNDING TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS AND SERVICE DELIVERY TO THESE POPULATIONS. 
          ADDITIONAL YOUTH SERVICES INVESTMENTS FOCUSED ON CONNECTING OPPORTUNITY AND HOMELESS YOUTH TO EDUCATION, WORKFORCE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          LASTLY, OUR NEW OLDER ADULT INVESTMENTS FOCUSED ON INCREASING FOOD AND RESOURCE RESOURCES TO DECREASE INSECURITY AMONG OLDER ADULTS AND EXPAND SUPPORT FOR INFORMAL AND UNPAID CAREGIVERS. 
          A TOTAL OF 500,000 WAS PROPOSED TO SU SUPPORT ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS FOR NONPROFIT SOCIAL SERVICES. 
          RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TODAY DO SUPPORT EXPANSION OF EXISTING CITY FUNDED PROGRAMS FOR RESPITE CARE, PROJECT MEND, AND SAN ANTONIO AIDS FOUNDATION. 
          THESE AGENCIES PROVIDE CRITICAL COMMUNITY SERVICES TO CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN THEIR FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, AS WELL AS THOSE LIVING WITH H I V AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING FUNDING TO A NEW AGENCY, OUR LADY OF THE LAKE, TO PROVIDE SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY SERVICES TO BOTH PEDIATRIC AND OLDER ADULT PATIENTS THAT LACK MEDICAL INSURANCE TO SERVE OPPORTUNITY AND HOMELESS YOUTH. 
          WE ARE RECOMMENDING THREE PROGRAMS FOR FUNDING. 
          THESE FUNDED PROGRAMS DO TARGET SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO COMBAT THE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS THAT THESE YOUTH FACE IN ACCESSING EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE PROGRAMS, AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THEM. 
          SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS DO FUND THE SAN ANTONIO FOUNDATION OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION. 
          THIS AGENCY HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF RECONNECTING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE PROGRAMS, INCLU, INCLUDING POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. 
          WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING FUNDING FOR THRIVE YOUTH CENTERS, AND THIS AGENCY WILL PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICES, INCLUDING HOUSING, COUPLED WITH EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE PROGRAMS FOR LGBTQIA PLUS YOUTH. 
          AND WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING FUNDING FOR BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS TO PROVIDE MENTORING SERVICES FOR AT-RISK YOUTH. 
          A TOTAL OF $674,916 IS RECOMMENDED TO SUPPORT INVESTMENTS IN THIS AREA. 
          WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING TWO AGENCIES TO ASSIST US IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF INFORMAL AND UNPAID CAREGIVERS, AS WELL AS INCREASED FOOD AND RESOURCE SECURITY FOR OLDER ADULTS. 
          THESE RECOMMENDED AND PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE WELLMED CAREGIVER S O S PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES TARGETED SUPPORTS TO CAREGIVERS THAT ARE WORKING WITH OLDER ADULTS THAT HAVE DEMENTIA AND OTHER CHRONIC ILLNESSES, AS WELL AS FUNDING TO SUPPORT MEALS AND DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR A GROWING OLDER ADULT POPULATION THAT IS LIVING WITH H I V AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES. 
          A TOTAL OF $353,764 OUT OF THE AVAILABLE 500,000 IN FUNDING IS RECOMMENDED TO SUPPORT INVESTMENTS IN THIS AREA. 
          I'LL NOW TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO JESSE HIGGINS. 
          SHE'S GONNA REVIEW THE MENTAL HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          RECOMMENDATIONS ARE OVERALL FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS, AND NEXT STEPS. 
          THANK YOU, JESSICA. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I'M JESSE HIGGINS, THE CHIEF MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER. 
          I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUNDING FOR THE ARPA MENTAL HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          IN TOTAL, $4.63 MILLION WERE ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS IN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS. 
          THERE WAS 3 MILLION TO ADDRESS INCREASED MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF AT-RISK YOUTH AND YOUTH AND FOSTER CARE THROUGH WRAPAROUND SERVICES, INCLUDING HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. 
          THERE WAS $1 MILLION TO ADDRESS INCREASED 9 1 1 CALLS FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE THROUGH NAVIGATION SERVICES, LEGAL SERVICES, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR FAMILIES. 
          AND THERE WAS $0.63 MILLION TO ADDRESS INCREASED SUBSTANCE USE AND OVERDOSES THROUGH HARM REDUCTION EFFORTS. 
          BY INCREASED ACCESS TO NARCAN AND SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT, WE ARE RECOMMENDING FIVE AGENCIES FOR A TOTAL OF $3 MILLION IN FUNDING TO ADDRESS INCREASED MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF AT-RISK YOUTH AND YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE. 
          ALL FIVE OF THESE AGENCIES WORK DIRECTLY WITH AT-RISK YOUTH, YOUTH IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, 
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OR YOUTH AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. 
          THEY ALL PROVIDE COUNSELING AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR THIS TARGET POPULATION. 
          WE ARE RECOMMENDING TWO AGENCIES FOR A TOTAL OF $0.63 MILLION IN FUNDING TO ADDRESS INCREASED SUBSTANCE USE AND OVERDOSES THROUGH HARM REDUCTION EFFORTS. 
          AND BOTH OF THESE AGENCIES PROVIDE VITAL OUTREACH AND HARM REDUCTION SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IN TOTAL, 32 ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED FOR, FOR BOTH RFPS REQUESTING NEARLY $16 MILLION IN FUNDING. 
          STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING FOR FUNDING 16 PROPOSALS FOR THE AMOUNT OF $5.2 MILLION. 
          AND THESE RECOMMENDATIONS REQUIRE A MINIMUM AWARD OF $100,000. 
          $1.2 MILLION IN UNALLOCATED FUNDING IS NOT BEING RECOMMENDED FOR AWARD. 
          THIS CON THIS INCLUDES $1 MILLION IN FAMILY VIOLENCE FUNDING THAT IS STILL IN ALLOCATED DUE TO A LACK OF QUALIFIED APPLICATIONS THAT MET ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND 146 230 $6,000 IN SENIOR SERVICES FUNDING. 
          DUE TO A LACK OF QUALITY APPLICATIONS. 
          STAFF ARE PROPOSING TO REDIRECT THE $1 MILLION IN FAMILY VIOLENCE FUNDING TO SUPPORT FUNDING REQUESTS SUBMITTED THROUGH THE HUMAN SERVICES CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION SERVICES. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE PROPOSING TO REDIRECT THE $146,236 TO EXPAND SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMMING PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO HELP OLDER ADULTS ATTEND PROGRAMMING AND SENIOR CENTERS. 
          HERS NEXT THURSDAY, WE WILL RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          FOLLOWING YOUR APPROVAL CONTRACTS WOULD BEGIN ON AUGUST 1ST, 2023 WITH A TWO YEAR CONTRACT TERM ENDING ON JULY 31ST, 2025. 
          THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. 
          THE HUMAN SERVICES HEALTH AND FINANCE DEPARTMENTS ARE ALL AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SOLICITATION PROCESS AND AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          GREAT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THIS NEXT PRESENTATION IS A BRIEF, UM, PRESENTATION ON HOW WE COULD UTILIZE ARPA EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UH, FUNDS THAT WE BRIEFED THE COUNCIL ABOUT COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. 
          SO YOU MAY RECALL, THE BACK IN MAY, UH, OF THIS YEAR PROVIDED YOU WITH A FINANCIAL UPDATE ON WHERE WE WERE IN ALL THE ARPA RELATED FUNDS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SINCE 2021. 
          AS PART OF THAT PROGRAM, THE CITY COUNCIL HAD APPROVED $50 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND THAT EMERGENCY RESPONSE WAS, UH, SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TO ADDRESS VACCINATIONS, TO ADDRESS, UM, ASSISTANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY TO ALSO, UH, ENSURE THAT WE ENSURE THAT WE HAD THE NECESSARY CD SERVICES THROUGH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          IN THAT PARTICULAR PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED TO USE, THE $50 MILLION WAS, UH, ENDED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022. 
          WHEN WE PROVIDED THIS FINANCIAL UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL, WE, UH, INFORM YOU THAT THERE WAS A BALANCE OF 29.6 MILLION. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL MAY RECALL THAT IN FEBRUARY, 2022, WHEN YOU APPROVE THE, UM, FRAMEWORK FOR THE THE ARPA FUNDS, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION THAT WHATEVER MONEY WAS LEFT OVER AND THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WE WOULD USE THAT FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. 
          BASED ON THE, THE, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD FROM YOU BACK IN MAY, WE HAVE THE BUILDUP FOR REVIEW WITH YOU TODAY, SOME ALTERNATIVES BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU PROVIDED AND, AND BASED ON SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. 
          SO THE ALTERNATIVES THAT WE ARE GONNA PRESENT TO YOU TODAY, ONCE YOU PROVIDE US WITH YOUR FEEDBACK, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THIS WOULD BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET PROCESS THAT THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE PRESENTED PRESENTING IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. 
          SO BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD FROM YOU, THE ALTERNATIVES THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU ARE DIVIDED IN TWO CATEGORIES. 
          ONE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT CLOSE TO $16 MILLION BE ALLOCATED TO HOMELESS LOW BARRIER SHELTERS, AND THEN THE BALANCE OF $13.7 MILLION BE ALLOCATED TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IN FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. 
          SO I WILL REVIEW THOSE IN DETAIL IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. 
          SO, BEGINNING WITH A LOW BARRIER HOME HOMELESS SHELTER, YOU MAY RECALL THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A LOW BARRIER SHELTER LOCATED ON EAST HOUSTON. 
          THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY HAS A TOTAL OF 45 
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ROOMS, AND IT HAS BEEN FUNDED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF GRANT FUNDS AND ALSO THROUGH OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          SAM MINISTRIES IS OUR PARTNER AND OPERATING THE FACILITY. 
          AND THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, 2023. 
          SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING AS AN AN ALTERNATIVE IS TO CONTINUE WITH THIS FACILITY FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS. 
          SO THAT PERIOD WILL COVER FROM OCTOBER, 2023 TO SEPTEMBER, 2025 BASED ON THE NEED THAT WE SEE IN THE COMMUNITY, WORKING WITH ALL OUR DIFFERENT PARTNERS IN OUR HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ADD A SECOND FACILITY. 
          AND OUR HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN LOOKING AT SOME FACILITIES ACROSS THE CITY WHERE WE COULD ADD A SECOND FACILITY TO EXPAND OUR CAPACITY. 
          THE GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS, PERHAPS, WHO ARE NOT READY TO MOVE INTO A HEAVEN FOR HOPE OR TO A DIFFERENT SHELTER, AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT TO GET 'EM READY TO MOVE TO ANOTHER FACILITY LIKE HEAVEN FOR HOPE OR AT THAT TIME, UH, PERHAPS TO A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          SO IN TOTAL, IF WE WERE TO RUN THOSE TWO FACILITIES WILL BE FOR TWO YEARS THROUGH SEPTEMBER, 2025. 
          AND THE TOTAL COST, AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN FOR BOTH YEARS IS $15.9 MILLION. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES THE LEASING OF THE FACILITY FOR 24 MONTHS, AS WELL AS THE OPERATING AND THE CASE MANAGEMENT COST. 
          NOW MOVING ON TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, AND WE DIVIDED THIS PARTICULAR ALTERNATIVE IN FOUR DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. 
          SO THE FIRST COMPONENT IS PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES. 
          YOU MAY RECALL THAT WHEN WE ADOPTED THE, THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 THROUGH OUR FUNDS, WE ALLOCATED DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE EMERGENCY GENERATORS FOR SOME OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES. 
          WE DID THAT FOR, UH, 14 OF OUR FIRE STATIONS, AND WE ALSO PURCHASED, UH, GENERATORS FOR OUR RESILIENCY HUBS. 
          UM, THIS PARTICULAR FUNDING WILL ALLOW US TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE WORKING GENERATORS AT THE REMAINING OF OUR FIRE STATIONS, POLICE SUBSTATIONS, OUR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES FACILITY, AND ALSO OUR CENTRAL AUTO SHOP, WHAT IS, WHICH IS CRITICAL FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR FIRST RESPONDER, UH, VEHICLES. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEED, UH, TO DO ENHANCEMENTS TO HAVE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. 
          AND THIS IS VERY CLOSELY, UM, TIED TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE BY THE COMMITTEE ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, WHERE WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT WE REQUIRE TO COME TO WORK DURING AN EMERGENCY DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL TO THEIR HOMES. 
          SO THOSE IN INDIVIDUALS THAT COME TO WORK THROUGH THE E O C, WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THOSE EMPLOYEES DURING THOSE EXTENDED WORK SHIFTS, UH, DURING EMERGENCY. 
          SO THOSE WILL BE, UH, CAPITAL ENHANCEMENTS TO OUR FACILITY. 
          THE NEXT CATEGORY IS EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT. 
          ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS A NEED IS, UH, UH, BLEEDING CONTROL KITS AND AEDS FOR OUR CITY FACILITIES. 
          UM, ALSO AS WE, UM, PREPARE EVERY YEAR FOR HURRICANE SEASON, AND WE TRY TO IDENTIFY A LARGE FACILITY, UM, TO BE ABLE TO SHELTER EITHER RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO OR THOSE RESIDENTS THAT COME FROM OTHER, UH, PLACES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE HAVE, UM, SEEN A NEED, UH, TO BUY A MOBILE AIR CONDITIONING TRAILER AS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FACILITIES THAT ARE READY TO BE UTILIZED BUT DON'T HAVE, UM, AN AC UNIT. 
          SO THIS WILL ALLOW US, UH, IF, IF CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT FOR A FACILITY THAT IS UP TO 100, A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET. 
          ALSO, UM, OUR FOR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, WHENEVER THEY ASSIST IN AN EMERGENCY, UH, PETS ARE A VERY, UM, IMPORTANT PART OF THE EQUATION FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS COMING TO SAN ANTONIO OR FOR OUR OWN RESIDENTS. 
          SO WE, UM, ARE PUTTING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ACQUIRE A PET EVACUATION, UH, TRAILER. 
          AND FINALLY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS A FUEL TANKER THAT IS USED FOR EMERGENCIES, AND THIS UNIT HAS REACHED END OF LIFE. 
          SO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO ALSO REPLACE IT IN TERMS OF RESILIENCY CENTERS. 
          THIS COMBINES WHAT, UM, CITY WE HEARD FROM CITY COUNCIL BACK IN MAY. 
          UM, COMMUNITY-BASED RESILIENCY HUBS. 
          WE HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY SOME ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BEING ABLE TO OPEN THEIR DOORS AS AN EMERGENCY RESILIENCY HUB DURING AN EMERGENCY. 
          SO WHAT WE WOULD PROPOSE IS THAT FOR THOSE FACILITIES 
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THAT QUALIFY TO BE A COMMUNITY-BASED RESILIENCY HUB, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE THINGS LIKE CUTS AND BLANKETS, WATER AND SNACKS, TABLES AND CHAIRS, HYGIENE KITS, PET KENNELS, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          WE WOULD ASK A FACILITY TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A GENERATOR BACKUP, THAT THEY HAVE THE STAFF TO OPERATE THE FACILITY AND PROVIDE SECURITY AND ALSO REFRIGERATION. 
          WE WOULD ALSO, UH, LOOK AT FACILITIES THAT ARE APPROXIMATELY, UH, 13,500 SQUARE FEET OR MORE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE IT AS A, UM, RESILIENCY, A COMMUNITY, UM, RESILIENCY HUB. 
          AND ALSO WE WOULD BE BUYING SOME SHELTERING SUPPLIES FOR THE CITY'S RESILIENCY HUBS. 
          AND FINALLY, THE, THE LAST CATEGORY, THIS IS JUST AN INITIAL AMOUNT, UH, FOR ELEVATION CERTIFICATES FOR HOMES IN THE PALM HEIGHTS AREA. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THIS AREA, BUT THIS WILL SET ASIDE SOME DOLLARS TO BEGIN THAT WORK. 
          SO AGAIN, THIS ARE ALTERNATIVES FOR DISCUSSION AND INPUT BY THE COUNCIL. 
          UH, WE HOPE THAT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK YOU PROVIDE US TODAY, WE'LL DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND WE'RE READY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          I, I DO APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON LOW BARRIER SHELTER, UH, WHICH WAS DEFINITELY A POINT OF FEEDBACK FROM US, UH, DURING THE B SESSION PRESENTATION PREVIOUS. 
          UM, AND, UH, AM AM PLEASED TO SEE THE OTHER INVESTMENTS I DO, UH, LIKE THE IDEA OF THE UNALLOCATED AMOUNTS FROM HUMAN SERVICES JUST ROLLING INTO OUR DELEGATE AGENCY PROCESS. 
          'CAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THE NEED TO DUPLICATE THAT IF IT'S MONTHS AWAY. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THAT WILL GIVE US A PRETTY EVEN FOOTING TO JUDGE, UH, ADDITIONAL PROPOSALS THAT MIGHT COME FORWARD AS A RESULT OF THE SURPLUS. 
          BUT GLAD TO SEE THE ONES THAT ARE BEING FUNDED, UM, THROUGH THIS ALLOCATION. 
          SO, UH, I AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I'LL, I'LL KIND OF START OFF WITH THAT POINT OF LOW BARRIER SHELTER. 
          UM, AND I'M WONDERING, HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS WHOSE DISTRICTS, UH, MAY POTENTIALLY HOST A FUTURE SITE? OR HAS IT JUST BEEN, UH, INTERNAL WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THUS FAR? WE HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS YET. 
          JUST INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS AT THIS POINT. 
          OKAY. 
          I, UM, YOU KNOW, I WILL VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTES. 
          UH, UM, I ACTUALLY JUST GOT A MEETING REQUEST TODAY FROM AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD LIKE TO, WHO'S HOPING TO SELL IF SELL THEIR, UH, ESTABLISHMENT. 
          BUT I, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE. 
          UM, AND I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A NEED IN DISTRICT TWO, AND SO IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S NO OTHER TAKERS, I'M JOKING A LITTLE BIT, BUT I, I DO WANT TO VOLUNTEER THAT, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU. 
          UM, I DO FIND IT MODERATELY DISTRESSING THAT ONCE AGAIN, UM, OUR OUTSPOKEN COLLEAGUE IN DISTRICT EIGHT IS MISSING FROM A DISCUSSION. 
          AND, UH, $1 MILLION OF THE DOMESTIC, UH, VIOLENCE FUNDING WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY RESPONDERS FOR. 
          AND SO THAT'S A BIT CONCERNING, AND I HOPE THAT NEXT WEEK IT'S NOT PULLED AS AN ITEM BECAUSE WE, BECAUSE HE IS NOT HERE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. 
          BUT GENERALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE FUNDED WERE, UH, WELL ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND LAST TIME THERE WAS A CONCERN, I EXPRESSED GREAT CONCERN THAT NEWER ORGANIZATIONS DIDN'T FARE WELL IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS. 
          AND SO I'M WONDERING, DID WE WORK WITH THESE AGENCIES TO IMPROVE THEIR APPLICATIONS OR, YOU KNOW, IF SO, WHAT'S THE, WHAT IS MISSING? SO WE DEFINITELY WORKED WITH AGENCIES TO, UH, IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF APPLICATIONS FOLLOWING THE LAST CYCLE. 
          WE DID, UH, GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AGENCIES TO COME IN AND REVIEW THE FEEDBACK FROM THE EVALUATION COMMITTEES. 
          AGAIN, THE EVALUATION COMMITTEES KIND OF INCLUDED A, A DIVERSE MIX OF FOLKS, THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, OTHER COMMUNITY FUNDERS, UM, OTHER PARTNERS AS WELL AS CITY STAFF. 
          AND SO, UM, THERE WAS A RANGE OF FEEDBACK. 
          WE REVIEWED THAT WITH THEM AND THEN ALSO ENCOURAGED THEM TO ATTEND THE TRAINING AND, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SESSIONS. 
          AND WE CUSTOMIZE THAT BASED ON SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT AGENCIES HAD THE LAST GO ROUND FOR SURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I'LL SUPPORT IT GOING TO, UH, BEING ALLOCATED AS A PART OF THE CON CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS. 
          I THINK IT'S, UH, SMART. 
          I, I THINK IT'S, WE DON'T WANNA CREATE A SENSE OF REDUNDANCY OR GIVE PEOPLE FALSE HOPE AND CREATE ANOTHER APPLICATION WHEN THERE'S THIS OPPORTUNITY RIGHT HERE. 
          SO I'M ALL WITH IT. 
          BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SET ASIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND TIME TO DO THE WORKSHOP, THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOPS. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT AGAIN WITH YOU AND, UM, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE. 
          I THINK WHAT GIVES ME PAUSE, AND I'M ABOUT TO MOVE TO THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UH, FUNDS, WHAT GIVES ME PAUSE OR A SENSE OF ANGST IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE LAST BIT 
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OF FUNDING, RIGHT, FOR RESILIENCY, UM, FOR RESILIENCY CENTERS IS THAT THERE'S STILL NOT, THERE'S NOT ONE IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          UM, AND LEAVING IT TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, FIVE QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS, WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN BROUGHT BACK, UH, CONTRACT RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISTRICT TWO ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT FAIR FARING WELL, AS I JUST MENTIONED. 
          AND, UM, AND SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF, I'M GONNA MAKE A REQUEST. 
          AND LAST WEEK, UH, I THINK IT WAS, I MENTIONED THE RESILIENCY HUB THAT'S BEING BUILT BY SOUTHWEST WORKERS UNION, UH, OFF OF EAST COMMERCE STREET. 
          AND CURRENTLY, AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S NO RESILIENCY HUB WITHIN DISTRICT TWO, AND RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY AS WE HAD OUR LAST CLIMATE EMERGENCY. 
          UM, BECAUSE OF THE GREAT AMOUNT OF FAMILIES THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE DUE TO HOUSING STOCK THAT IS IN DISREPAIR, AS WELL AS OUR UNSHELTERED POPULATION WITH GROWING NEED. 
          UM, AND SO AGAIN, THIS SPECIFIC RESILIENCY HUB WOULD BE OPEN YEAR ROUND TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WITH BOTH SOCIAL SERVICES AND FOOD AND NUTRITION, UH, THROUGH THEIR COMMUNITY GARDEN. 
          AND WILL WOULD ALSO SERVE AS A WARMING AND COOLING CENTER DURING CLIMATE EMERGENCIES. 
          THEY DO HAVE A, A FUNDING SHORTFALL. 
          AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A REALLOCATION OF FUNDING FROM THE RESILIENCY CENTER'S BUDGET, UM, TO SUPPORT SOUTHWEST WORKERS UNION WITH ABOUT $600,000, WHICH I THINK WOULD LEAVE, I FORGET WHAT THE AMOUNT, I THINK IT WAS 900,000 LEFT. 
          UM, AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, BECAUSE I IMAGINE THAT THAT WOULD BE A FUND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE A NEED AND THOSE SUPPLIES WOULD BE A NEED OVER, OVER YEARS, THAT PERHAPS WE CAN FIND A SPOT WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND TO FILL THE $600,000 FOR THE REMAINING SUPPLIES. 
          AND SO I'M ASKING FOR SUPPORT FROM MY COLLEAGUES IN THAT. 
          BUT THE BASE OF THAT IS THAT I KNOW THAT SOUTHWEST WORKERS UNION IS GOING TO OPEN UP AN AMAZING FACILITY, UM, THAT IT'S GONNA FILL A NEED IN THE DISTRICT. 
          THE OTHER RECOMMENDATION DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT DISTRICT TWO HAS A RESILIENCY HUB OR A CENTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND, UM, ON THE RESILIENCY HUBS, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SCHOOLS CLOSING. 
          UM, I I KNOW SEVERAL IN MY DISTRICT'S, PLURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND SO, UM, I KNOW THOSE FACILITIES ARE ALREADY EQUIPPED TO A CERTAIN DEGREE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE CONSIDERED THAT, UM, OR CONSIDERED RESILIENCY HUBS. 
          AND, AND TO THAT EXTENT, WE HAVE NOT COUNCILWOMAN, UM, OUR INTENT HERE WAS FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, LIKE, UM, SOME OF THE ALMA COMMUNITY COLLEGES HAVE APPROACHED US TO, UM, SAY THAT WE ARE READY TO BE A RESILIENCY HUB. 
          IT WOULD BE, UH, AN ENTITY THAT CAN PROVIDE THE STAFFING AND THE SECURITY, SO WE CAN PROVIDE ALL THE SUPPLIES. 
          UM, WE, THE FOUR THAT WE HAVE, UM, THOSE ARE THE FOUR THAT WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE STAFFING ON OUR, AS AS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO WE, THIS FUNDING IS ONE TIME IN NATURE AND IT WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY UTILIZED FOR, FOR SUPPLIES. 
          GOT IT. 
          WE GONNA ADD SOMETHING, ERIC. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN, SO BACK LAST MONTH, I, I'M SURE IT WAS LAST MONTH, UM, WE, WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE REMAINING ARPA FUNDING, I WAS, UM, TALKING ABOUT THE LASTING IMPACT OF THE TEXAS VISTA CENTER, UM, CLOSURE AND HOW IT WAS GONNA AFFECT SPECIFICALLY OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. 
          AND, UM, I, I KNOW THAT WE KNOW ALREADY WITH WHERE OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS ARE, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. 
          UM, AND THOSE HEALTH DISPARITIES ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO, UM, TO GET WIDER EVEN AFTER THE COVID, UM, UM, THE, THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY HAS LIFTED. 
          RIGHT? AND SO, UM, I, I WANNA JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE THINK ABOUT THE, THE PEOPLE ON THE SOUTHWEST AND THE EAST SIDES THAT ARE STILL LINGERING WITH THESE EFFECTS SPECIFICALLY. 
          AND NOW WITH, WITH CLOSURES, I MENTIONED LAST TIME THAT THESE ADDITIONAL MINUTES ON TRAVEL TIME COULD LITERALLY BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. 
          AND SO, UM, I'M, I'M GONNA CONTINUE SOUNDING THE ALARM RIGHT ON THAT WITH, WITH THE EMERGENCY OF, OF, TO ME IT'S AN EMERGENCY WITH THE HOSPITAL CLOSURE. 
          I'LL BE MEETING WITH GEORGE HERNANDEZ ON JUNE 30TH, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S GROUPS, OR THERE'S ANOTHER ORGAN, THERE'S GROUP LEADERS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO HELP. 
          BUT I HAVEN'T MOVED FORWARD BECAUSE, UM, AND, AND MOVE MEETING WITH THEM BECAUSE I TOLD THEM THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE MIGHT DO IS, IS TALK ABOUT THAT AND, AND ADDRESS DURING THIS SESSION. 
          UM, AS, AS WAS KIND OF THE, THE COLLECTIVE, I THINK THERE WAS AT LEAST THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN THAT LAST TIME. 
          SO I'LL, I'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND WITH CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR AS WELL. 
          AND I KNOW ERIC'S PROBABLY GONNA MEET, UH, JOIN ME ON THAT MEETING, UM, TO WORK WITH THE LEADERSHIP OVER AT UNIVERSITY HEALTH, UM, AND REALLY ANY HOSPITAL SYSTEM THAT'S WILLING TO ADDRESS THIS. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, AS I, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS IS ALSO, UM, 
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TAX ABATEMENTS OR LAND ACQUISITION, RIGHT? LIKE HOW CAN WE HELP WITH MAYBE ENTITIES THAT ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE THOSE KIND OF SERVICES? SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT AGAIN, ARE JUST, UM, IN MY MIND AND I, I KNOW THAT THESE ARE ONE-TIME FUNDS, AND SO, BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE THAT, THAT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, THAT I'M CONSIDERING, UM, THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT SPECIALTY UNITS, LIKE THE MA MASS CASUALTY RESPONSE VEHICLE THAT COSA OWNS, FOR INSTANCE. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THOSE. 
          I THINK THEY WILL, THEY WILL BE CRITICAL. 
          THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE CRITICAL. 
          WHAT ABOUT STRAC? UM, DO THEY ALSO OWN THEIR OWN? DO WE HAVE, UH, BREAKDOWN IN IN THOSE AND HOW DOES STRAC PLAY IN AND EVEN LOCAL HOSPITALS? HI, BRIAN NORRIS, DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          ARE, ARE YOU SPEAKING OF THE ABUS? UHHUH IS THE MASS CASUALTY? YES. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY, UH, ARE IN COOPERATION WITH THE TEXAS E M T F EMERGENCY MEDICAL TASK FORCES, WHICH STRAC IS A PART OF. 
          OKAY. 
          IS REGION EIGHT. 
          THAT'S HOW WE GET THOSE RESOURCES. 
          WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HOUSING AND STAFFING THEM. 
          UM, AND I THINK YOU'LL BE SEEING, UH, THE 22ND NEXT WEEK, UH, WE'LL BE COMING FORWARD TO PURCHASE A CHASSIS SO WE CAN, UH, GET A NEW AMBU AND, AND UPDATE THAT. 
          DO WE, UM, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY, WELL, OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, THEY'RE GONNA BE DEPLOYED THAT THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, BUT WOULD WE BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THESE VEHICLES WHEN THEY'RE NOT IN USE, UM, FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES? UH, IN SOME CASES IT JUST DEPENDS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND, AND I THINK YOU'VE, YOU'VE BEEN IN OUR AMBU AND HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. 
          UM, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE VERY CRAMPED WITH SOME OF THE, THE STRETCHER ALLOCATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          WE HAVE USED THEM IN SOME CASES FOR, UH, COOLING OR REHABIL REHABILITATION IF WE NEED IT IN TIMES OF AN EMERGENCY. 
          HOWEVER, WE TRY TO USE IT FOR ITS TRANSPORT CAPABILITIES, MOST OF ALL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          SURE. 
          AND THEN ALSO, UM, ON THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE STOP THE BLEED KITS. 
          YOU KNOW, I'M ALL FOUR STOP THE BLEED. 
          I, MY VERY FIRST C C R, MY VERY FIRST DOWN COUNCIL WAS ON STOP THE BLEED TRAINING FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, WHICH I WOULD LOVE AN UPDATE ON THAT. 
          UM, BUT DO WE ALSO, ARE WE CONTINUING TO KIND OF PUSH FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO TRAIN OTHER ENTITIES? I'M SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT SCHOOLS LIKE, CAN, CAN WE DO THAT? OR HOW ARE WE PARTNERING UP WITH, WITH SCHOOLS TO DO THAT? SO I'M BEGIN. 
          YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. 
          . 
          SO TRAINING, UH, WE ARE PARTNERING UP WITH, UH, STRAC AS A MATTER OF FACT TO DO A LOT OF TRAINING ON STOP THE BLEED AR AROUND THE AREA. 
          UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN MOSTLY FOCUSED ON DOING CITY EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDING THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE TO THEM. 
          AS FAR AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS GO, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE DOING OR ACTIVELY DOING AND COOPERATION WITH SS A P D IS ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING WITH THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENTS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, STOP THE BLEED WOULD FOLLOW THAT. 
          OKAY, PERFECT. 
          AND SO, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, BY THE WAY. 
          UM, I, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          UM, ONE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD ON THE UN, I GUESS THE UNALLOCATED FUNDING, THE 1.2 MILLION THAT WERE NOT RECOMMENDED, SO PEOPLE APPLIED AND THEY JUST DIDN'T MEET THE CRITERIA. 
          IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ONE, UH, ONE APPLICATION THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, WAS FROM A CORPORATION, SO NOT A NONPROFIT, AND ONE WAS DISQUALIFIED DUE TO A CAMPAIGN DONATION. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN, UM, BACK ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WAS DISCUSSING RESILIENCY HUBS. 
          AND IN PARTICULAR, UM, IN REGARD, UH, THEY, THEY, THEY SPOKE ABOUT THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. 
          WHEN DO WE GET THAT UPDATE? WHEN DO WE GET AN UPDATE ON THAT? FOR THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, SPECIFICALLY, COUNCIL, WHAT WE COMMITTED WAS TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          SO THAT'LL BE IN AUGUST. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'LL BE IN AUGUST. 
          OKAY, PERFECT. 
          AND THEN THERE WAS, UM, UH, 15, I THINK IT WAS $15 MILLION ALLOCATED TO CITYWIDE PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, AND SAFETY FACILITY RESILIENCY IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO UNDER, UM, PROP B DRAINAGE AND FLOOD, UM, 169 MILLION, ALMOST 170 MILLION INCLUDED SOME OF THE PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAD ON THAT HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. 
          AND SO I AM WONDERING, WE ALSO GOT AN UPDATE IN OCTOBER. 
          WE HAD GOTTEN AN UPDATE THE YEAR BEFORE IN AUGUST, AND IT WAS ON DRAINAGE PROGRAM, UH, PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED. 
          AND SO THOSE WERE FROM THE PREVIOUS BOND. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I'M, I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WE NEEDED ABOUT $6.6 BILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE AT THAT POINT. 
          AND I'M TRYING TO SEE WHERE ARE WE, BECAUSE I THINK AT THE TIME, UM, THERE WAS 13 OF 98 DRAINAGE CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          AND SO, UM, SEVEN WERE COMPLETED, FOUR WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, TWO IN DESIGN, BUT WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF NEEDS. 
          SO HOW ARE WE, UM, I GUESS BUILDING THAT IN AS PART OF MAYBE SOME OF THIS ONE-TIME FUNDING? 
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SO THE, THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS, COUNCILMAN THAT WE HAVE IN THE HAZARD MITIGATION, UM, PLAN, UM, THEY'RE LARGE PROJECTS. 
          SO THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE HERE WOULDN'T BE SUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS. 
          SO OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEM THROUGH BOND PROGRAMS AND THROUGH THE ANNUAL CAPITAL BUDGET, AS WELL AS STRONG WATER OPERATING FUNDS AND REGIONAL DETENTION. 
          SO AS WE, AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA START OUR BUDGET MEETINGS THIS WEEK ON FRIDAY. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE REVIEWING. 
          SO WE CAN BRING YOU AN UPDATE IN, IN AUGUST. 
          AND, AND THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THOSE PROJECTS, UM, IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT TO DO THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS WITHIN AN ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS. 
          WE ARE LOOKING AT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ANY FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE DID SUBMIT, UH, A FEDERAL GRANT THROUGH FEMA, UM, ON A DISTRICT SEVEN PROJECT THAT WAS IN OUR HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'VE NOT HEARD, WE'VE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THAT ONE YET. 
          SO PART OF THAT IS ALSO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ANY FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE MAY GET. 
          WE MAY SEE. 
          AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, ERIC. 
          UM, I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD HAVE AN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, UM, PRESENTATION AS PART OF OUR BUDGET SESSION BACK IN 2021 IN AUGUST. 
          UM, THEY INCLUDED AN ALLOCATION OF $8.5 MILLION AS EIGHT PART OF THEIR RESILIENCY STUDY, PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES, GENERATORS AND EQUIPMENT, UM, COMMUNITY EDUCATION ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND IDENTIFYING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS TOOK PLACE OR IF WE SPENT ALL THAT MONEY. 
          SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR AN UPDATE ON THAT. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND, AND WE ALSO HAD A PROJECT WITHIN THE BOND PROGRAM THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF FACILITIES THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WERE HARDENED, UM, WE'VE HAD TO UTILIZE DIFFERENT SOURCES BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME WE SHARED THAT, THAT PROJECTED NUMBER TO THE COUNCIL WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO, WHEN YOU GUYS WERE TRYING TO WHITTLE DOWN TO 1.2 BILLION, UM, THAT NUMBER WAS, UH, NORTH OF 60, PROBABLY $57 MILLION. 
          BUT WE OBVIOUSLY NEEDED TO WORK THAT WAY DOWN. 
          SO WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT IN THE AUGUST PRESENTATIONS TO YOU GUYS ON KIND OF WHERE WE'RE PULLING ALL THE RESOURCES FROM. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          THANK YOU, MARIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          OVERALL, THE, THE PROGRAM'S BEING FUNDED ARE VERY EXCITING AS THEY HELP ALLEVIATE GAPS IN A VARIETY OF ISSUES THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS FACE. 
          I'M HAPPY TO SEE AN INVESTMENT IN ADDRESSING PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH HARM REDUCTION SERVICES, WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR FOSTER AND AT-RISK YOUTH AND LOW BARRIER HOMELESS SHELTERS. 
          I'M ALSO EXCITED TO SEE A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO PREPARING FOR CLIMATE DISASTERS THROUGH INVESTMENTS IN OUR RESILIENCY HUBS, PARTICULARLY AT OUR FIRE STATIONS. 
          UH, ONE THING THAT I WOULD ADD IS, UM, WHAT, UH, THE COUNCILMAN TOUCHED ON WAS ENSURING THAT WE HAVE SOME FUND EARMARKED, WHETHER IT'S FOR PLANNING OR TO SUPPORT, UM, WITH THE WORK TOWARDS ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES ON THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          I'M NOT TOO SURE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          I KNOW WE ARE WORKING ON IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR THAT. 
          UH, ON THE POINT OF FUNDING NONPROFITS AND SOCIAL SERVICES FUNDING, I'M A BIT CONCERNED, UM, WITH, UM, THE LARGE AMOUNT AND HEARING FROM SOME SMALL NONPROFITS THAT THEY WERE DENIED, UM, UH, SUPPORT, UH, RIGHT. 
          AND I'M LOOKING AT THE NONPROFIT SOCIAL SERVICES, AND ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS DO REALLY GREAT JOBS. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, BUT I'M LOOKING AT ONE THAT RECENTLY MY OFFICE REACHED OUT TO, AND WE WEREN'T PROVIDED ASSISTANCE. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, LORI HOUSTON AND HER TEAM FOR HELPING US CONNECT THIS, UH, ONE CONSTITUENT WHO WAS, UM, EVICTED DISABLED, AND WE NEEDED EQUIPMENT TO GET HER RELOCATED. 
          AND MY CONSTITUENT SERVICES TEAM MADE A NUMBER OF CALLS, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT SINCE SHE DIDN'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, SHE DIDN'T QUALIFY. 
          SO I WANNA ENSURE THAT THE NONPROFIT SOCIAL SERVICES THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING ARE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, AND WE'RE NOT HAVING TO TELL OUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW. 
          UM, SO, SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT HAVE A BIT OF CONCERN WITH. 
          UM, BUT ON ANOTHER NOTE, LOOKING AT THE UNALLOCATED FUNDING, I SEE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT WERE DENIED. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M THINKING OF PARENTING PLUS WHO'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHO CONNECTS, UM, UM, PARENTS AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WITH SERVICES AND RESOURCES FOR THEIR PARENTS, RIGHT? THE CHILDREN, RATHER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FORMULA. 
          PAMPERS WIPES BASIC THINGS TO KEEP A, A CHILD HEALTHY AND SAFE. 
          UM, THIS NONPROFIT HAS DONE A NUMBER OF COLLABORATIVE WORK, UH, IN THAT THEY'VE PARTNERED WITH HARLANDALE, I S G, SS, C I S G, AND SANTO CULTURAL ARTS. 
          SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY TACKLING THAT, THAT SOCIAL SERVICE COMPONENT, THEY'RE ALSO COLLABORATING WITH OUR SCHOOLS, UH, AND OUR ARTS COMMUNITY. 
          SO I, I SEE MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY INVEST AND SUPPORT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE PARENTING PLUS THAT, THAT HELP FILL THOSE SOCIAL GAPS. 
          UM, AGAIN, WITH THE UNALLOCATED FUNDING, UH, I'M THINKING ABOUT OUR CONSTITUENT THAT, UH, LORI HELPED US WITH. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, MY CHIEF OF STAFF HAD TO 
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DELIVER SOME OF OUR LEFTOVER TACOS BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING FOOD FOR THIS SENIOR. 
          SO, SO TO SEE THAT THE SENIOR SERVICES WE HAVE UNALLOCATED FUNDING IS A BIT FRUSTRATING TO ME. 
          AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, INVESTING IN POTENTIALLY KING'S COMPASSION, UM, WHO PROVIDES AND DELIVERS FOOD TO SENIORS. 
          UM, ON ANOTHER NOTE WITH THE YOUTH SERVICES, UH, LAST YEAR, THIS COUNCIL AND I ADVOCATED TO SECURE $100,000 FOR THE YOUTH COMMISSION. 
          AND THAT YOUTH COMMISSION, UM, DID AMAZING WORK, RIGHT? THE YOUTH, UH, DEVELOPED A PLAN FOR A SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING PLAN TO EDUCATE LOCAL YOUTH ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, A FIRST AID PROGRAM, AND A PEER-TO-PEER OUTREACH PROGRAM, STRESS RELIEF EVENTS FOR TEENS IN EVERY DISTRICT. 
          AND THEY ALSO CREATED MICRO GRANTS, WHICH IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. 
          UM, AND, AND GREAT WORK. 
          UM, MY HOPE IS THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE YOUTH COMMISSION TO ALLOW OUR YOUTH TO LEAD, UM, AND PROVIDE THOSE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND HELP CREATE AND, UH, CONTINUE TO REPLICATE THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, UM, FOR THE FUTURE. 
          SO THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CABELL. 
          HDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS, UH, OF OUR PROFESS HAVE BEEN A LIFELINE FOR MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND, AND OF COURSE, ALL THROUGH THE NONPROFITS THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, ASSISTING OUR COMMUNITY FOR YEARS AND YEARS. 
          BUT NOW THEY GET A LITTLE BIT OF A BOOST, AND I, I SHOULDN'T REALLY SAY THAT BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS WAS RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE AND, UH, SO MANY OF THEM WERE FAR, FAR BEHIND BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE OVERSAW THE SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH AND HARM REDUCTION CATEGORIES. 
          THANKS, OF COURSE, TO MY PUBLIC SAFETY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR INPUT DURING THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. 
          I HAVE TO GIVE A, JUST A, A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT, MARIA, THANK YOU, OF COURSE, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR SHEPHERDING US THROUGH THIS NOW, UM, SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING. 
          UH, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE SECOND ROUND WAS REFINED, BUT, UH, YOUR PATIENCE IS NEVER ENDING. 
          AND I DO REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. 
          AND, UH, THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE HAS REALLY BENEFITED OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          I DON'T THINK OUR CITY STAFF GETS ENOUGH CREDIT FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO, UM, TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU MARIA AND TEAM FOR THAT. 
          UH, ONCE THIS FUNDING IS APPROVED, I'M PERSONALLY VERY EXCITED BECAUSE ONCE THIS FUNDING IS APPROVED, $5.7 MILLION WILL HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TOWARDS ORGANIZATIONS HELPING OUR FOSTER CHILDREN. 
          THIS IS, UM, NOT JUST THE SECOND REFINED ROUND, BUT THE FIRST ROUND. 
          UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT THE CITY HAS NEVER REALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND A SINGLE DIME, UH, TO HELP FOSTER YOUTH. 
          SO, UH, ALMOST $6 MILLION HAS JUST BEEN REALLY INCREDIBLE. 
          I'M VERY GRATEFUL AND I'M VERY PROUD THAT THIS COUNCIL, UM, HAS APPROVED THAT AND, AND HOPEFULLY WILL APPROVE THE SECOND ROUND, UH, HERE. 
          UM, BECAUSE THE, YOU TAKE THESE FOSTER CHILDREN AND, UM, AND THEIR, THEIR, WHAT THEIR FUTURES MIGHT BE WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE WITHOUT NONPROFITS, THAT SOME OF WHOM ARE HERE TODAY, CASA AND J F S, UM, THROUGH PROJECT IS ANOTHER ONE. 
          UH, AND THEY'RE, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, OF CHANCE IN LIFE. 
          SO TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE COULD REALLY CHANGE THE LIVES OF THESE, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE IS EXCITING. 
          IT'S, UM, IT'S HEARTWARMING. 
          I'VE, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO A, UM, FOSTER YOUTH THAT ARE AGING OUTTA THE SYSTEM, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE SURVIVING EVERY DAY, EVEN WITH ASSISTANCE. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY JUST WORKING TO SURVIVE. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS, THIS ALLOCATION. 
          UM, THE, THESE INVESTMENTS ARE THAT LIFELINE TO OUR FOSTER YOUTH. 
          AND IT'S, UM, IF YOU TAKE THIS PARTICULAR POPULA POPULATION AS AN EXAMPLE, WE ARE IN, IN FACT, HELPING THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY BY, UH, REMOVING THEM FROM HOPEFULLY BEING HOUSELESS AT SOME, AT SOME POINT. 
          MANY OF THEM ARE L G B T Q, SO WE'RE HELPING THEM TO, UH, CONNECT TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN HELP THEM ONCE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN, UM, OSTRACIZED MANY TIMES BY THEIR FAMILIES AND, AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT AVENUES, KEEPING 'EM OUT, UM, OUT OF THEIR JAILS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO IT'S JUST A, THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO, UH, NONPROFITS DO, UH, OUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND EVERY DAY HELPING OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THE, THE FUNDING TO INCREASE OUR HARM REDUCTION PRO, UH, UH, PROGRAMS, SPECIFICALLY IN THE INCREASED ACCESS TO NARCAN, IT'S SAVING LIVES BECAUSE, UH, OBVIOUSLY OUR SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES ARE RISING. 
          WE'RE ALL NOW DEALING WITH, UM, VERY, VERY DANGEROUS DRUGS THAT, UH, THAT SOMETIMES, UH, INDIVIDUALS DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY'RE TAKING. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE SORT OF LACED WITH OTHER THINGS. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S A SCARY TIME, I THINK, TO BE A, TO BE A YOUNG PERSON, UM, IN, IN, UH, IN OUR COUNTRY. 
          I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, THE ORGANIZATION SELECTED TO RE TO, TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT THE R F P PROCESS. 
          UM, THIS, WELL, I, I MIGHTY, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND MAYBE JUST EXPLAINING, OR MAYBE, I'M SORRY. 
          MAYBE YOU GUYS JUST EXPLAINING TO, TO THE COUNCIL HOW THE SECOND ROUND CAME ABOUT. 
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NOT EVERYBODY HERE IS ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, SO HOW WE HAD TO REFINE IT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY INCREASED, UH, THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. 
          UM, SO IN TOTAL THERE WERE 238 VENDORS THAT WERE NOTIFIED FOR BOTH THE HUMAN SERVICES SOLICITATION AND THE METRO HEALTH SOLICITATION. 
          IN ADDITION, WE DID, UH, COMMUNITY SESSIONS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC, SO PEOPLE THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ON OUR VENDOR REGISTRY. 
          WE REACHED OUT TO CONSOLIDATED FUNDING AGENCIES AND THEN ALSO SHARED, UM, THE INFORMATION RELATED TO THE SOLICITATION WITH THE NONPROFIT COUNCIL WITH UNITED WAY, UH, SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION, AND OTHER FUNDERS SO THAT THEY COULD ALSO SHARE IT WITHIN THEIR NETWORKS. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          AND THE, UM, THE, THE ORGANIZATIONS, WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MILLION OR, SO THAT'S, THAT'S NOT ALLOCATED. 
          UM, THE, THEY DIDN'T, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE AGENCIES DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR THAT. 
          THIS FUNDING AND THAT MILLION, WHAT IS IT, A MILLION AND A HALF OR SO, OR MILLION 0.4? IT'S 1.1. 
          1.1, SORRY. 
          SO THAT IS GOING, OR 1.2 WE'RE, SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT ALLOCATING, UM, THAT MILLION TO FAMILY VIOLENCE ISSUES. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THAT, THAT IS AN, UH, AN AREA IN CONSOLIDATED FUNDING. 
          AND SO WE CAN AUGMENT THAT AREA WITH ANOTHER 1 MILLION. 
          WE CAN GIVE IT TO D H S AND HAVE IT BE PART OF THEIR AWARD PROCESS. 
          THEIR AWARD PROCESS TO NONPROFITS. 
          RIGHT. 
          TO NONPROFITS IN THE SAME EXACT AREA OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          GOT IT. 
          PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS, THIS MILLION AND I GUESS MILLION 0.1 IS STILL GONNA END UP IN THE HANDS OF NONPROFITS, CORRECT? WELL, THE 1 MILLION IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, AND THEN THE 146,000 OKAY. 
          TO GO TO TRANSPORTATION FOR SENIOR SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. 
          I DIDN'T, I I WASN'T SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT, BUT, SO, OKAY. 
          AND, AND ARE ANY OF THE AGENCIES, UM, THAT WERE SELECTED, ARE THEY DELEGATE AGENCIES? I'LL LET JESSICA SPEAK TO THE OVERLAP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF AGENCIES THAT, UM, WERE AWARDED THAT ARE CURRENT DELEGATE AGENCIES, BOTH IN THE FIRST ROUND AND THE SECOND ROUND. 
          UM, IN TOTAL, WE HAVE ABOUT 30 NEW AGENCIES THAT HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME OVERLAP WITH DELEGATE AGENCY ORGANIZATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          ONE CAVEAT THAT WE DID HAVE WAS FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING, WE DID NOT INCLUDE ANY AGENCIES, OR WE DIDN'T MAKE IT ELIGIBLE TO AGENCIES THAT HAD RECEIVED FUNDING THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND OF FUNDING. 
          AND THAT INCLUDED, UH, KING'S COMPASSION AS WELL. 
          THEY'D RECEIVED TWO AWARDS THROUGH THE FIRST CYCLE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          AND JUST QUICKLY OVER TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS, UH, I, UH, I, I SUPPORT, UH, COUNCILMAN MHE RODRIGUEZ'S, UM, REQUEST FOR THE, UM, THE FUNDING, I GUESS REALLY TO GO TOWARDS, UH, THE, UM, I'M SORRY, I FORGOT THE NAME OF THE, THE ORGANIZATION COMMUNITY WORK, NOT COMMUNITY COMMUNITY WORKERS IN MINE, I'M SORRY, SOUTHWEST WORKERS UNION. 
          UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY INTERESTING PROJECT, AND THEY'RE DOING IT ON THEIR OWN. 
          SO HOWEVER WE CAN HELP TO, UH, TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE SERVING, I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COBE, HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN THIS A LOT. 
          UM, I AM GOING TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN CASTILLO MENTIONED IN TERMS OF THE AGENCY, FINANCIALLY FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. 
          UM, I SEE, UH, ONE AGENCY ON HERE IN PARTICULAR THAT'S GETTING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY, UM, THAT I KNOW IN THE PAST HAD PUT ON EVENTS THAT KIND OF COST THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. 
          SO I, I'M REALLY, UM, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN TERMS OF LIKE, HOW DID YOU LOOK AT THAT? WHY WEREN'T THESE SMALLER AMOUNTS TO, TO SMALLER AGENCIES? UH, I, I THOUGHT THERE'D BE A LOT MORE THAT WOULD, WOULD APPLY IF THEY KNEW, UH, IF THEY FULLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THIS HARDSHIP WAS. 
          UM, BUT THO THOSE AMOUNTS FOR A NONPROFIT AGENCY AND, AND DEPENDING ON WHAT SCALE THEY DO THAT, THAT SEEMS, UH, LIKE A LOT FOR, FOR, FOR THAT. 
          UH, OTHER THAN THAT, I, I MEAN, I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE IN THE OTHER CATEGORIES THAT THEY ADDRESS SPECIFIC NEEDS THAT WE, WE DISCUSSED DURING COMMITTEE MEETINGS. 
          SO I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD THAT WE PUT, UM, WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE. 
          BUT, BUT AGAIN, I, I DO HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE, UM, FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS. 
          AND I, I WILL LIKE SOME FOLLOW UP ON THAT LATER, UH, BEFORE, BEFORE NEXT WEEK. 
          UM, THE OTHER ASPECT, UM, IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS, UM, AND Y'ALL KNOW MY COMMITMENT TO 
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CURBING FAMILY VIOLENCE AND 1 MILLION THAT JUST SAYS ADDRESS INCREASED 9 1 1 CALLS FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE IS, DOES NOT, UM, DOES NOT WORK FOR ME AT ALL BECAUSE I, I, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? DOES THAT MEAN MORE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM? DOES THAT MEAN, UH, FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER, WE TALK ABOUT NAVIGATING THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          DOES THAT MEAN HELPING THEM GET THEIR OWN HOMES? LIKE THAT 9 1 1 CALLS? TO ME, THAT MEANS LET US GET MORE OFFICERS. 
          AND SO YOU NEED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC THERE. 
          YES, COUNSEL. 
          I MEAN, AND THERE ARE THREE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE TARGETED WITHOUT 1 MILLION, WHICH WAS NAVIGATION SERVICES, LEGAL SERVICES, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR FAMILIES. 
          THOSE WERE THE AREAS THAT WE'RE TARGETING WITH THAT $1 MILLION. 
          AS, UH, JESSE MENTIONED, WE DID NOT GET QUALIFIED APPLICATIONS. 
          SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE THAT TO THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS. 
          THAT PROCESS HAS CONCLUDED, AND WE MORE APPLICATIONS AND THE FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE. 
          SO THOSE $1 MILLION WILL BE UTILIZED FOR THOSE THREE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT I JUST MENTIONED, AND WE'LL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THEN I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, TO SEEING MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. 
          UH, ON THE SECOND PART WITH THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, UH, OR EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UM, PREPAREDNESS. 
          THE BLOOD BANK IS DOING A NEW, IT'S NOT A NEW PROGRAM. 
          IT WAS CALLED BRETHREN ARMS, NOW IT'S CALLED HERO IN ARMS. IT, CAN WE LOOK AT, UH, IN TERMS OF THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, ARE THERE PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AT POSSIBLY HELPING OR PROMOTING IN REGARDS TO THAT, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, TO THE BIG, THE BIG, UH, EMERGENCIES? IT, IT'S A WHOLE, I I JUST WENT TO THE LUNCHEON, SO, UH, I I'M NOT DOING A GREAT JOB OF DE DESCRIBING IT, BUT CAN WE MAKE THAT PART OF THIS BASICALLY? WELL, I MEAN, IF YOU, ONE THING YOU'LL NOTICE, AND THIS, THIS HAS BEEN A CONSTANT CONVERSATION AS IT RELATES TO ALL THE ARPA PROGRAMMING. 
          THIS IS ONE-TIME MONEY. 
          SO A LOT OF WHAT YOU SEE ON THAT LIST, WELL, ACTUALLY EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON THAT LIST ARE ONE-TIME USES. 
          I WOULD BE, I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL NOT BUILD IN KIND OF A RECURRING EXPENSE WITH THIS MONEY. 
          SO I DON'T, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT HEROES IN ARMS IS. 
          UH, WELL, HEY, SO WE CAN FIND OUT MORE. 
          DO, DO YOU WANNA COME IN? YEAH, HE'LL EXPLAIN. 
          THEY'RE ALREADY DOING IT AND IT'S LIKE CUTTING EDGE AND WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          SO IF WE COULD JUST GET THAT BASE OF DONORS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          EXPLAIN IT TO THEM, . 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          SO IT, IT HAS TO DO WITH OUR, OUR WHOLE BLOOD DELIVERY PROGRAM THAT WE UTILIZE THROUGH E M SS. 
          AND I BELIEVE THE PART THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS IF WE WERE TO HAVE A MASS DISASTER TYPE HAPPEN TO GET A LARGE QUANTITY OF BLOOD PRODUCTS ON SCENE, WE'RE ALREADY PART OF THAT PROGRAM. 
          SO, UH, IN COMPLIANCE WITH STRAC, UT HEALTH, UH, THE SOUTHWEST BLOOD AND TISSUE CENTER, UM, WE CURRENTLY ALREADY ARE PART OF THAT. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO EXPAND THAT OUT INTO A GREATER JURISDICTION. 
          ONE THING I HEARD IS IF WE COULD HELP PROMOTE TO GET THE DONORS, THE STEADFAST DONORS THAT GO EVERY EIGHT WEEKS TO THAT DONATE SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROGRAM AND DESIGNATE IT. 
          'CAUSE NOT EVERYBODY CAN DO IT, UH, IS WHAT I'VE LEARNED. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THAT PART OF, I THINK THIS COULD BE A ONE TIME, UH, KIND OF INVESTMENT IN TERMS OF PROMOTIONAL OR PROGRAMMING THAT IF WE GET THAT LIST OF DONORS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO DONATE THAT WAY, THEN WHEN THE DISASTERS COME, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE EMAILS AND THE TEXT MESSAGES GO. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING THERE. 
          AND I THINK, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, THAT GO INTO THAT, THERE'S THE, THERE'S THE EQUIPMENT AND THE RESPONSE PIECE THAT WE ARE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON. 
          WE HAVE THAT EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE THOSE, UH, CONNECTIONS, WE HAVE THOSE CAPABILITIES. 
          UH, WHAT THEY'RE MORE LOOKING FOR IS MARKETING AND PROMOTIONAL POTENTIALS, WHICH IS GONNA BE AN ONGOING EXPENSE. 
          AND SO TO, TO ERIC'S POINT OF THE RECURRING COSTS THAT WE WERE NOT LOOKING AT, UH, BECAUSE THAT BLOOD ONLY LASTS FOR A PERIOD OF 35 DAYS. 
          AND SO IT WOULD BE A CONSTANT RENEWAL OF THOSE TYPE OF MARKETING MATERIALS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BUT I, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S JUST OPPORTUNITY THERE AND, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO MAKE REAL LASTING IMPACTS WITH THESE ONE-TIME DOLLARS. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I FEEL LIKE THIS HAS BEEN A LONG, UH, LONG PROCESS, BUT I DO, I DO WANT TO GET MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE, THE GRANTS GIVEN FOR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRAND COUNCIL, MEMBER K. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'VE REALLY GOT JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I UNDERSTAND, 
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UH, SINCE WE'VE GOTTEN LEGISLATION PASSED THAT KEEPS US FROM DEFAULTING ON OUR DEBT, PART OF THAT LEGISLATION WAS MAYBE CLAWING BACK UNENDED ARPA FUNDS OR UNCOMMITTED ARPA FUNDS. 
          HAVE WE BEEN GIVEN ANY UPDATE ON THAT AND DOES IT AFFECT ANY OF OUR FUNDS? YES, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT. 
          UH, IT DOES NOT IMPACT OUR LOCAL AND FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. 
          THAT, UM, PIECE OF LEGISLATION ONLY IMPACTS THE, THE AGENCY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IF THEY HAVEN'T DISPERSED THE FUNDS OR COMMITTED THE FUNDS THAT THEY CAN TAKE THEM BACK. 
          THERE ARE OTHER ARPA GRANTS THAT, THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY EVALUATING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY IMPACT, BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTICE, AND THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS NOT, UM, UH, A POTENTIAL, A POTENTIAL ISSUE FOR US. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          YOU KNOW, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF ANY OF OUR FUNDS, YOU KNOW, FALL UNDER ANY OF THAT. 
          THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO CLARIFY WAS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPENDING, UH, LET'S SEE, IT'S, UH, 15, ALMOST $16 MILLION ON LOW BARRIER HOMELESS SHELTERS. 
          HOW MANY BEDS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE GOING TO BE HELPING OUT OF THIS, UH, PROJECTED OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD? SO THE HOTEL THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT'S SERVING AS A LOW BARRIER SHELTER HAS 45 BEDS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND WE'RE LOOKING AT FACILITIES THAT WOULD GIVE US, UH, SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT BIGGER. 
          AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE FROM 80 TO 90 BEDS ADDITIONAL ON TOP OF THE 45 OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD. 
          THOSE COULD SERVE AS MANY AS WELL. 
          THE, THE CURRENT ONE WE HAVE OVER 18 MONTHS IS SERVED ABOUT 280 PEOPLE. 
          AND SO IF WE HAD TWICE THAT MANY IN, YOU KNOW, A TWO YEAR PERIOD, WE COULD PROBABLY SERVE WELL OVER 600 TO 700. 
          WELL, THAT'S REALLY GOOD. 
          I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, HOW MANY OF THOSE WE HAVE TRACKED TO MAYBE MOVE INTO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR WHO HAVE GOTTEN BACK ON THEIR FEET OR HAVE GONE INTO HAVEN FOR HOPE TO GET MORE ASSISTANCE. 
          UH, RIGHT. 
          YEAH, I'D SURE LIKE TO SEE THAT INFORMATION WHEN WE'RE GONNA COMMIT ANOTHER 16 MILLION. 
          THAT WOULD HELP ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT MAKING THAT CALL. 
          AND WE DO TRACK THAT AND WE CAN PROVIDE IT. 
          AND I WOULD SAY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I CAN TELL YOU THAT ABOUT 25% OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH AND SPENT TIME IN THE PROGRAM MAYBE THEN HAVE GONE ON TO TREATMENT. 
          UM, ABOUT 25% HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY HOUSED. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE OTHER 75%? WELL, SO, I MEAN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT IS THE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS POPULATION. 
          IT IS THE TOUGHEST GROUP, AND MANY OF THEM DO GO BACK TO THE STREET THE FIRST TIME, MAYBE THE SECOND TIME, AND THEN MAYBE THE THIRD TIME IT STICKS. 
          AND SO, UM, IT IS A POPULATION THAT RECYCLES THROUGH A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS, BUT WE, WE ACTUALLY THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD RATE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS, UM, LOW BARRIER HOMELESS SHELTER. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF MELODY, IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK UP, BUT IT'S 15.9 MILLION. 
          AND IF I THINK BACK TO WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY, UM, CONTRACTED OUT FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, I BELIEVE IT WAS $32 MILLION THAT WE'VE CON CONTRACTED OUT, UM, RECENTLY. 
          AND THAT WAS GONNA BE FOR TWO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UM, LOCATIONS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO CUT THAT IN HALF. 
          IT'S ABOUT 16 MILLION. 
          THIS IS ABOUT 16 MILLION. 
          AND SO I'M WONDERING WHY WE'RE PROPOSING LOW BARRIER HOMELESS SHELTER AS OPPOSED TO MORE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          WHEN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WE'LL GET THOSE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS OFF THE STREETS PERMANENTLY, AND THAT WOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE RESOURCES WE WOULD NEED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED. 
          AND SO PART OF THE STRATEGY OF THIS LOW BARRIER SHELTER IS AS BRIDGE HOUSING TO GET PEOPLE TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR PERMANENT HOUSING. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THOSE DEVELOP DEVELOPMENTS WHO'VE RECEIVED BOND DOLLARS, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET THEM UP AND RUNNING, AND SO THEY HAVE TO BE BUILT OR THEY HAVE TO BE RENOVATED AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UM, RAMPED UP AND IMPLEMENTED. 
          AND SO THESE LOW BARRIER FACILITIES HELP US GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREET WHILE THEY'RE WAITING TO GET INTO THAT KIND OF HOUSING. 
          AND HERE COMES ERIC TO TELL ME THIS IS ONE TIME MONEY NO COUNSELING . 
          I WAS GONNA REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE ABOUT NINE OR $10 MILLION LEFT. 
          WE DO, YEAH. 
          THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK OUT FOR ANOTHER SOLICITATION THIS SUMMER. 
          SO THERE'S MORE PROJECTS POTENTIALLY IN THE PIPELINE. 
          AGREED. 
          BUT WE'RE AT, I THINK THAT WAS GONNA COVER 288 UNITS OF, OF WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO A THOUSAND. 
          SO I WAS JUST, I I I JUST WONDER IF WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THIS AS OPPOSED TO LOW BARRIER SHELTER. 
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OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO FORWARD WITH THE HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO HELP PEOPLE RIGHT AWAY. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS IN THE PIPELINE. 
          UM, TOWN TWIN VILLAGE, UM, CONTINUES TO BRING MORE UNITS ON, AND WE COULD BE MOVING PEOPLE OUT OF THIS FACILITY INTO TOWN TWIN VILLAGE. 
          UM, ANOTHER THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT WE HAVE A C D B G, UM, ALLOCATION EVERY YEAR, AND THAT COULD BE USED TO HELP WITH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          UM, IT IS A 10 YEAR PLAN, RIGHT. 
          UM, FOR A THOUSAND UNITS. 
          WE'VE GOT MORE THAN HALF COVERED ALREADY, AND WE'RE NOT EVEN AT FIVE YEARS, AND THERE'S ANOTHER BOND PROGRAM COMING UP IN 2027 THAT WILL HELP US WITH THAT ADDITIONAL GAP. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN IF WE GO ON TO, UM, THIS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 13.7 MILLION, UM, I SEE 8.9 OR NO $6 MILLION HERE FOR EMERGENCY GENERATORS. 
          AND I'M WONDERING IF, UM, IF THOSE GENERATORS WOULD BE RUNNING WHEN C P S ENERGY IS JUST NEEDING TO CONSERVE, UH, ENERGY, RIGHT. 
          SO WE CAN GET SOME STACK BENEFITS THERE. 
          AND ARE WE DOING THAT WITH ANY EMERGENCY GENERATORS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW? SO WE, WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY DOING THAT. 
          COUNCILMAN, UH, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT. 
          OUR VISION FOR THIS WAS WHEN THERE'S NO POWER FOR THE FACILITY, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE THOSE, UM, FIRE STATIONS AND POLICE SUBSTATIONS. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE. 
          YEAH, BRIEFLY ON THE, ON THE HOMELESS ISSUE AND, AND I'M SORRY IF I MISSED IT. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S 15.9 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS. 
          AND AND HOW MANY FOLKS DO WE THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING OFF THE STREET THERE? SO IN ABOUT OVER TWO YEARS, I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY, WITH BOTH FACILITIES, UM, SERVE APPROXIMATELY 600. 
          600. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO, AND SO HOW QUICKLY WOULD, YOU KNOW, THIS GETS APPROVED AND EVERYTHING GOES FORWARD, HOW QUICKLY WE STARTING TO, TO MOVE ON THAT IF THESE ARE APPROVED, WE WOULD BE READY OCTOBER 1ST, OCTOBER 1ST. 
          SO WE COULD THEORETICALLY START GETTING FOLKS INTO THIS SHELTER THEN, AND MM-HMM. 
           YES. 
          AND MAKE A GOOD DENT IN IT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          . 
          THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE THE PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, TO THE, UH, ON THE, ON THE POST SOLICITATION, UM, MONEY, THESE ARE ALL ONE TIME FUNDS, RIGHT? THAT ARE, THAT ARE THERE TO THAT HELP WITH GAPS IN SERVICES, IS THAT THAT'S RIGHT. 
          YES, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS. 
          SO WHEN THEY SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATIONS, THEY ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY OF PROGRAM OPERATIONS BEYOND THE TERM OF ARPA FUNDING. 
          AND THAT'S PART OF THE SCORING CRITERIA. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO HOW DO WE, UM, ENSURE THAT THIS MONEY'S BEING USED PROPERLY AND NOT GOING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT? SO SOME OF IT WILL GO TOWARDS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, AND THAT WAS INTENTIONAL, ESPECIALLY IN BRINGING SMALL AGENCIES ON BOARD THAT MAYBE NEED NEW IT SYSTEMS AND THAT TYPE OF THING. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE NONPROFIT SOCIAL SERVICES CATEGORY. 
          BUT THROUGH THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS, THEY SUBMIT A BUDGET AND TELL US BASICALLY HOW THEY'RE GONNA SPEND THE FUNDING IF AWARDED. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S EVALUATED AND SCORED BY THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE ONGOING MONITORING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THROUGHOUT THE TWO YEAR TERM WHERE WE'LL BE ASSESSING THAT, UM, ASSESSING THEIR INVOICES, THEIR BUDGET, THEIR PERFORMANCE, AND MAKING NEEDED COURSE CORRECTIONS. 
          THAT TOOK MY NEXT QUESTION. 
          UM, THESE, UH, THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE, WERE PROPOSING TO GIVE THEM MONEY TO, DO WE WORK WITH ANY OF THEM ALREADY? YES, THERE'S A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE FUND THROUGH THE, UM, THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE HUMAN SERVICES CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS. 
          WE DO THAT EVERY TWO YEARS TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UH, BUT THERE WERE ALSO A NUMBER OF NEW ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND THROUGH THE SECOND CYCLE OF R F P FUNDING, WE MADE SURE THAT WE DID NOT ASK FOR PROPOSALS FROM AGENCIES THAT WERE FUNDED DURING THE FIRST CYCLE TO GIVE NEW AGENCIES AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          WE CAN GIVE YOU A LIST. 
          UM, MAYBE WE'LL GO BACK TO THE, THE FIRST SOLICITATION AND SHOW YOU WHO WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST ROUND. 
          WHICH ONE OF THOSE ARE, UM, HAVE RECEIVED ANY OTHER TYPE OF CITY FUNDING AND THEN LAYER IN THESE AGENCIES SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRESSION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, WHY? COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, LAST NIGHT I WAS REVIEWING THE 2019 LOVE IS LOVE COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLAN. 
          AND WHAT IT HIGHLIGHTS IS ESSENTIALLY RIGHT, THE LATER END OF THE HOTSPOT STUDY, UM, WHICH 
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IS CONNECTING COMMUNITY IN OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WITH, UM, SERVICES, RIGHT? AND THEY CALL IT THE CAR DIFF, UH, MODEL. 
          AND IT FOUND THAT 32%, UH, REDUCTION OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS AND 42% REDUCTION IN HOSPITAL ADMISSION FOR VIOLENCE RELATED INJURIES. 
          RIGHT? UH, I, I HIGHLIGHT THIS BECAUSE THE 2019 STUDY ALSO FOUND THAT THE SAME ZIP CODE FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW. 
          AND I'M PRETTY SURE IF WE LOOK AT THE DATA TODAY, UM, WE'RE PRIMARILY CONCENTRATED WITHIN THE 7 8 2 0 7 ZIP CODE. 
          UH, AND WHEN I THINK OF THAT, I THINK OF THE WORK AGAIN, AND I BRING THIS UP 'CAUSE GINA MEYER IS HERE AT PARENTING PLUS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP TO SHARE A BIT ABOUT YOUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, IT'S IN THE HEART OF 7 8 2 0 7, RIGHT. 
          DOING THIS WORK THAT THE LOVE OF LOVE STUDY HAS POINTED TO AS A SOLUTION OF ALLEVIATING FAMILY VIOLENCE AND CRIME. 
          UM, SO GINA, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR NONPROFIT. 
          YEAH, MY NAME'S GINA MEYER, AND, UM, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PARENTING PLUS. 
          UM, WE, I, I WORK WITH AVANSE. 
          I WORK WITH, I WORK IN THE BEXAR COUNTY JAIL AS WELL, FACILITATING CLASSES, UM, PARENTING, ANGER MANAGEMENT, UH, LIFE SKILLS, JOB SKILLS, AND, UH, SEVERAL OTHER CLASSES. 
          UH, AND WE, WE HELP ANYBODY THAT IS IN NEED. 
          I WORK PRIMARILY WITH SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHERE WE GO OUT, WE ARE MOBILE SERVICE. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME TO US. 
          WE CAN GO TO THEM, UH, AND WE PROVIDE DIAPERS. 
          EVERYTHING THAT WE PROVIDE IS BRAND NEW. 
          WE DON'T USE, UH, GIVE GENTLY USED ITEMS. EVERYTHING IS NEW FOR OUR CLIENTS. 
          UM, AND, UH, A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS ARE MENTALLY ILL. 
          AND, UM, WE HAVE CLIENTS THAT ARE, THEY HIT ROCK BOTTOM WITH, WITH, UM, C O V I D. 
          UH, A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS ARE STRAIGHT OUT OF FOSTER CARE AND THEIR PARENTS THEMSELVES. 
          I WORK WITH, UM, B C F SS, UM, AND A LOT OF THE, UH, THE, THEIR, UH, CLIENTELE ARE FOSTER, UH, CHILDREN. 
          SO, UM, THOSE ARE OUR SERVICES THAT WE, UM, PROVIDE. 
          AND I WAS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR THE ARPA GRANT. 
          AND I, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT MY, MY SERVICES OR, OR FABULOUS SERVICES, WE ARE VERY UNIQUE BECAUSE WE ARE MOBILE. 
          WE, WE GO OUT TO OUR CLIENTS AND, UM, IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION. 
          RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, GINA. 
          AND, AND RIGHT, JUST HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT IT GOES BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF DISTRICT FIVE, AND THAT THESE ARE SERVICES THAT ARE ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THAT THIS NONPROFIT PROVIDES. 
          BUT AGAIN, UH, IN THE HEART OF AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED IN STUDY AFTER STUDY AFTER STUDY, THAT WE NEED TO, TO SCALE UP AND PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND I'D, I'D LOVE TO MAYBE HEAR FROM STAFF A LITTLE BIT. 
          IS IT, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO LEARN WHY THAT ORGANIZATION WASN'T SELECTED HERE? YES. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. 
          UM, THE PARENTING PLUS ORGANIZATION WASN'T SELECTED BECAUSE IT, UH, WAS IN OUR AT-RISK YOUTH AND FOSTER CARE YOUTH, UH, SECTION, AND WE HAD EIGHT APPLICANTS AND BASICALLY JUST RAN OUT OF FUNDING. 
          DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE THEM AS A COUNCIL? LET ME ADD THAT, THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE SOLICITATION PROCESS FOR DELEGATE AGENCIES. 
          SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A, UM, UM, UH, THE, UH, NO COMMUNICATION RULE RIGHT HERE MM-HMM. 
          THAT, THAT PROGRAM IS ALSO GOING THROUGH DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING. 
          MM-HMM. 
          THAT WILL BE RUIN RUINING THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND, UH, AND NOT HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND, AND IMPEDE ANY SORT OF POTENTIAL PROCESS THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE, UM, THROUGH THE LARGER PROCESS. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UM, SO, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY WILL BE APPLYING OR, OR, OR THEY COULD BE POTENTIAL, RIGHT? I GUESS IS THEY ALREADY HAVE. 
          OH, THEY ALREADY HAVE. 
          GOT IT. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN ON THE LOW BARRIER HOMELESS SHELTER, UM, WHAT IS THE SUCCESS RATE? I KNOW YOU SAID 600 PEOPLE, I THINK IT WAS LORI THAT MENTIONED 600 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SERVED. 
          WHAT'S THE AVERAGE DAY? IT'S A TEMPORARY SHELTER, SO IT'S GENERALLY, UM, ANYWHERE FROM 90 TO 180 DAYS THAT PEOPLE STAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S 600 PEOPLE THAT WE ESTIMATE WOULD STAY IN A TWO YEAR PERIOD WITH BOTH FACILITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, THE CURRENT FACILITY OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS HAS HAD ABOUT 280 PEOPLE GO THROUGH. 
          GOT IT. 
          ON THE SECOND FACILITY, HAVE WE IDENTIFIED A PARTNER TO HELP US OPERATE AND, AND WHEN, AND, AND YOU SAID OCTOBER 1ST, IT WOULD BE UP AND RUNNING. 
          WE COULD HAVE IT READY WITH APPROVAL BY OCTOBER 1ST. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A PARTNER THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED. 
          WE ARE TALKING TO SEVERAL PARTNERS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, DO YOU HAVE A MAP 
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OF THE CITY SPONSORED SHELTERS? I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LARGE FOOTPRINT. 
          I, UM, HAVE A LOT OF, UM, I'LL CALL THEM, UM, SPOTS IN MY AREA. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS ANYWHERE THAT THEY CAN GO TO RECEIVE SUPPORT OR SOMETHING SOMEWHERE THAT'S CLOSE. 
          AND SO I'M WONDERING IF WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO INCLUDE, UH, TO INCREASE MOBILIZATION OF SERVICES, UM, BEYOND THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND, AND BEYOND MAYBE SOME OF THE, THE, THE TRADITIONAL AREAS THAT WE THINK ABOUT. 
          SO GEOGRAPHY IS SOMETHING WE ALWAYS CONSIDER WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING ARPA AND, UM, CONSOLIDATED FUNDING. 
          SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONSIDER IN THIS IN THIS NEXT ROUND. 
          UM, I CAN PROVIDE YOU A MAP THAT SHOWS BOTH WHERE WE HAVE OVERNIGHT SHELTERS, EMERGENCY TRANSITIONAL, AND ALSO DAY SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS. 
          THAT WORKS. 
          THANKS, MEL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HAD EXPRESSED INTEREST IN, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, UH, ASSISTING GROUPS LIKE, LIKE, UH, GINA'S, UM, NONPROFIT AND UH, HELPING THEM TO BE ABLE TO SCALE UP WITH ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THAT. 
          SO I'M GLAD THAT THEY'RE, UH, APPLIED TO THROUGH THE DELEGATE AGENCY PROCESS AND, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO MORE TO HELP THESE NEWER AND SMALLER NONPROFITS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THESE TWO ITEMS, OR ITEM NUMBER TWO? ALRIGHT. 
          UH, WE DO NOT HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY. 
          UH, BUT NOTE WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AT FIVE O'CLOCK. 
          SO TIME IS 4:29 PM ON THE 14TH DAY OF JUNE, 2023, AND OUR B SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AT FIVE, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE, UH, TO BE ACROSS THE STREET AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
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