* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [ ITEMS  ] [00:00:05] ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. TIME IS 2:06 PM ON AUGUST 23RD, 2023. WE'LL CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL BUDGET SESSION TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER COR HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. PRESIDENT ACCOUNTED FOR COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KEO BERDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ALTE GATO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALAZ. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE. HERE. MAYOR EHRENBERG. HERE. MAYOR. WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALRIGHT, WELCOME EVERYBODY. WE HAVE, UM, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT BRIEFINGS TODAY. SO, UH, TO GET US STARTED, LEMME TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH. WE ARE GONNA DO, UH, ALL OF OUR THREE PRESENTATIONS, THEN WE'LL HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST DISCUSSION AFTER THAT. ERIC? YEP. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TRANSITION TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN JUDGE ODO. AND, UM, RED GARCIA WILL WRAP US UP WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS. SO, CHARLES, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UM, WE'RE GONNA START OFF OUR PRESENTATION WITH A SHORT VIDEO, ARE THE SUBWOOFERS TERMED ON IN THE ROOM? OKAY. UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK, UH, VIDEOGRAPHER ALBERT PEDROZA. AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANNA THANK MY STAFF, THE MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE BEHIND ME, INCLUDING THE LOCAL, EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN A PART OF THIS DEPARTMENT AND THE HARD WORK WE'VE DONE. SO I JUST WANNA THANK THEM NOW, UH, IN CASE WE FORGET LATER ON DURING THE QUESTIONS, SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START. OUR OVERVIEW IS, UM, THE 2024 BUDGET DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES, OUR ENHANCEMENTS, CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND THEN WE'LL FINISH OFF WITH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. SO, UH, I KNOW PUBLIC SAFETY IS PROBABLY GETTING TIRED OF THIS SLIDE. WE HAVE, UM, BEEN GOING, GOING THROUGH OUR ACCREDITATION PROCESS FOR THE LAST, UH, OH, SIX MONTHS OR SO, AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE MEETINGS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. AND SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE A CLASS ONE ORGANIZATION. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, FIRE SUPPRESSION INFRASTRUCTURE TO MANAGE A CITY OR JURISDICTION OF THIS SIZE, THE RESIDENTS, THE BUILDINGS, AND, UM, EVERYTHING IN IT. AND SO THEY LOOK AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. THEY LOOK AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY LOOK AT THE COMMUNICATIONS, THEY LOOK AT OUR WATER SYSTEM, THEY LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY RISK, UM, PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. AND SO THAT IS THE ISO ONE. SO, UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH ACCREDITATION. OUR ACCREDITATION, UM, IS, UM, IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THERE'S 308 ACCREDITED AGENCIES. UH, AND SO MOST OF THESE AGENCIES ARE SMALLER DEPARTMENTS, UM, MILITARY DEPARTMENTS, AND SO BIG DEPARTMENTS LIKE US, UH, WE'RE KIND OF AN ABERRATION, SO WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THAT. THERE'S ONLY 116 DEPARTMENTS NATIONWIDE THAT HOLD BOTH OF THOSE DISTINCTIONS. AND AGAIN, WE ARE THE SECOND LARGEST, [00:05:01] UH, METRO DEPARTMENT. SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WE HAVE GIVEN OUT A COMMUNITY RISK, UH, BOOK FOR THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE NOT, UM, IN PUBLIC SAFETY. AND SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THE PLANNING ZONES, YOU CAN LOOK AT ALL THE INFORMATION THAT OUR TEAM HAS DEVELOPED TO MAKE, UH, SURE THAT WE, UM, GO THROUGH ACCREDITATION SUCCESSFULLY. SO THE PHASES THAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR AS A STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH, UH, IT WAS INCLUSIVE, IT, IT INCLUDED MEMBERS OF OUR DEPARTMENT, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, IT WAS FACILITATED TO LOOK AT THE NEEDS IN OF THE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS VERY COMPREHENSIVE, UM, STRATEGIC PLAN. AND THEN THIS BOOK THAT YOU SEE, WHICH IS A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE, UH, IN DRAFT FORM. SO IT ALLOWS A COUNCIL PERSON TO LOOK AT ONE OF THOSE PLANNING ZONES. WE HAVE 104 PLANNING ZONES, INCLUDING HOLLYWOOD PARK AND, UM, THE, UM, C P SS AND, UM, THOSE AREAS THAT WE ALSO RESPOND INTO. SO AGAIN, YOU CAN LOOK AT WHAT YOUR POPULATIONS ARE, DAYTIME, NIGHTTIME, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE BUSINESSES ARE, YOU CAN SEE WHEN THE CALLS ARE OCCURRING IN YOUR DIFFERENT PLANNING ZONES. THAT ALSO HELPS US WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, PEAK TIMES. SOME AREAS OF CALLS COME MORE DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. SO EVERY PLANNING ZONE IN, IN THE CITY IS, IS RECOGNIZED AND REPRESENTED IN THIS DOCUMENT. SO THE NEXT PHASE FOR US COMES OCTOBER. WE WILL HAVE A GROUP COMING IN TO ASSESS THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT TO MEET WITH OUR MEMBERS, TO MEET WITH EACH DIVISION, UH, AND TO BASICALLY, UM, GET US READY FOR THE ACCREDITATION, WHICH WILL OCCUR IN FEBRUARY. THE ACCREDITATION WILL BE IN ORLANDO. WE EXPECT TO GO IN AND FLYING COLORS AND AGAIN, RECEIVE THIS ACCREDITATION. SO THE PLANS RIGHT NOW, THE PHASES ARE, WE WILL GO THROUGH THE ACCREDITATION. UH, WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH I S O, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT THE SAME TIME, UH, IN THE, UH, EARLY PART OF THE YEAR. AFTER THAT, WE'RE GONNA CREATE A NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT OUR DEPARTMENT WILL DO TO LOOK AT THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NOT IDENTIFIED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MIDYEAR OR THE BUDGET. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, THIS REALLY VALIDATES PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. UH, THERE ARE 258, UH, CORE CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR. SO SINCE WE STARTED OUR FIRST ACCREDITATION, WE HAD TO ADD THE PROGRAM OF M I H. SO AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS TO. SO WE'RE EXTREMELY, UH, EXCITED ABOUT THIS. AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO MAINTAINING THESE TWO DISTINCTIONS. AND WE WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER FOR THEIR SUPPORT. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BUDGET, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, UM, THE INCREASES. YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, UNIFORM POSITIONS, THE UNIFORM POSITION CHANGE TO 32, AND THEN THE CIVILIANS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH ARE HIGHLY VALUED. SO THAT GIVES US A LOOK AT OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, FIRE MEDICAL INCIDENTS. AND SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS, UH, IN 2007, PROBABLY 84% OF OUR MEDICAL, OR OF OUR PERCENTAGE OF OUR RUNS WERE E M S. THAT'S DROPPED TO ABOUT 80%. 20% IS NON-MEDICAL. SO THOSE ARE GONNA BE, UH, ALARM SOUNDINGS, BRUSH FIRES, STRUCTURE FIRES TO A TOTAL INCIDENT COUNT OF, UH, 200,000 1 69. THOSE ARE THE INCIDENTS. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESPONSES, UH, MOST OF YOU KNOW, WE'RE SENDING MORE EQUIPMENT TO ONE PARTICULAR CALL THAN ANOTHER. SO THAT IS ALSO PART OF, UH, N F P A 1710 TO, WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE SENDING THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF RESOURCES TO THE, THAT PARTICULAR CALL, WHETHER IT'S A CARDIAC ARREST OR IT'S A HIGH RISE FIRE OR A TRENCH RESCUE. SO IF WE LOOK AT OUR CALLS FOR SERVICES PROJECTED AGAIN TO, UH, UH, 431,000, 4 23, UM, THE LITTLE GOLD UP THERE AT THE TOP IS CLINICAL DISPATCH. AND WE'RE GONNA GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT, BUT WE ARE SAVING DISPATCHES EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT THAT. AND I WILL BRAG ABOUT THAT PROGRAM IN A COUPLE SLIDES. SO, BENCHMARK RESPONSE TIME. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, FROM THE TIME A PERSON CALLS TILL THE TIME THAT FIRST UNIT GETS THERE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE TRACKING THE TIME THE PERSON CALLED IN, UM, THE TRAVEL TIME AND THE TIME THAT WE GET THERE. AND SO THOSE ARE THE AVERAGES THAT YOU SEE. UM, WE ARE PROVIDING, UH, A L SS ABOUT 80% OF THE TIME. EVERY TIME A FIRETRUCK SHOWS UP AT A SCENE, THAT'S EVERY ENGINE. EVERY LADDER HAS 45 MEDICATIONS ON IT. AND, UM, AND A MONITOR. SO AGAIN, WE ARE SENDING A L SS TO ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THESE RUNS, CLINICAL DISPATCHERS. SO, UM, WE'RE SO PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM, AND A LOT OF YOU HAVE FOLLOWED THIS SINCE, UH, ITS INCEPTION. [00:10:01] AND WE STARTED AS A PILOT, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD RESOURCES, BUT I'M BASICALLY PUTTING A PARAMEDIC IN YOUR LIVING ROOM IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS OF CALLING. AND SO YESTERDAY I HEARD A CHILLING CALL OF A, UH, NINE MONTH OLD THAT DROWNED, UH, AUGUST 11TH. AND THEY CALLED DISPATCH. THE MOM WAS GIVING THE BABY A BATH, HAD A TWO YEAR OLD SHE WAS DEALING WITH, AND SOMEHOW THE BABY, UM, DROWNED. SHE CALLED US FRANTIC AND TO HEAR THAT MOTHER SCREAMING AND THE DAD INCONSOLABLE IN THE BACKGROUND, OUR OUR PARAMEDIC DISPATCHER WAS ABLE TO CALM THEM DOWN. HE TOLD HER TO CALM DOWN, WE'RE GONNA SEND YOU A LINK ON YOUR PHONE. SHE TOOK THAT LINK AND THEY TURNED THAT LINK TO THE BABY. AND THE DAD WAS DOING C P R INCORRECTLY. WE CORRECTED HIM ON HIS HAND PLACEMENT, ON HIS DEPTH ON WHEN TO VENTILATE. AND THAT CHILD WAS SAVED. IT, IT'S AMAZING, IF WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THIS TECHNOLOGY, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. AND TO, TO HEAR A MOTHER THAT THOUGHT SHE HAD LOST HER CHILD, I IS SOMETHING THAT YOU NEVER WANT TO HEAR. BUT THE BEAUTY THING IS, IS WE'RE SAVING ABOUT 74%, UH, EVERY TIME WE USE THIS. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT NUMBER UP THERE, UM, 58, 76, UM, THAT'S THE TIMES THAT WE ARE NOT, UM, I'M SORRY, 50 63. THOSE ARE THE TIMES WE'RE NOT SENDING ANY RESOURCES. AND SO THAT EQUATES TO, BASICALLY MY BUSIEST MEDIC UNIT RUNS 5,130. MY BUSIEST ENGINE, WHICH IS NO SURPRISE, IS 24, RUNS 5,210. SO WE ARE PUTTING BACK AN E M S UNIT OR A FIRETRUCK IN SERVICE BY NOT HAVING TO DISPATCH. UH, THE, THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS INSTEAD OF MY CREWS GETTING UP FIVE TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT, MAYBE THEY'RE ONLY GETTING UP ONCE. THE THING IS ALSO BETTER FOR THE CUSTOMER WHEN THEY CALL US, BECAUSE IF WE CAN NOTICE THE SIGNS OF STROKE, WE CAN SEND THEM TO A STROKE CENTER. SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THE 813 THAT YOU'VE SEEN IS WHERE WE WILL ISSUE A TAXI VOUCHER. A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DO NOT NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. SO WE FIND AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO SEND THEM. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT OUR EQUITY SCORE, THIS DOES HIT SOME OF OUR, OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE, VULNERABLE POPULATION IN THE COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, UM, THERE'S NO DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY THAT WOULD NOT WANT THIS PROGRAM, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT WE WERE THE FIRST TO START THIS. AND THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR KIDS THAT I KNOW OF SINCE WE STARTED THIS, THAT ARE WALKING AROUND THIS CITY ALIVE BECAUSE OF THIS PROGRAM. SO WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO, FIRES, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FIRES. WE HAVE SEEN THE DEVASTATION OF MAUI. WE HAVE SEEN, UH, FIRES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND, UH, WE HAVE A ROBUST, UM, PROGRAM ALREADY IN PLACE AS FAR AS HAVING BRUSH TRUCKS AND TENDERS AND MEMBERS THAT ARE, ARE TRAINED FOR WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING. UH, BUT WITH THIS HEAT, UH, THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, AND THE CONTINUED GROWTH INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS AREAS THAT WE CALL ARE HEAVILY, HEAVILY WOODED, UM, AND THE RURAL GROWTH THAT SOME OF THESE FIRES ARE, ARE GETTING REALLY, REALLY BIG TO WHERE IT COULD BE A CHALLENGE FOR US TO WHERE WE GET ONE OF THESE PARKS GOING UP, OR WE GET A RURAL AREA ON THE RIGHT CONDITIONS WITH THE WIND AND THE DROUGHT, WE COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT FIRES. SO WE HAD A MEETING, UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK, UH, AND IT'S A PROGRAM BETWEEN MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, SO OPERATIONS, UH, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS, AND SOLID WASTE. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR LAND, WE'RE LOOKING AT, I, I WALK MCALLISTER PARK A LOT. THERE'S SOME TREES OVER THERE THAT, THAT WERE ALIVE MAYBE A YEAR AGO THAT THEY'RE NOT. AND HOW DO WE CREATE DEFENSIBLE SPACES IN OUR PARKS, UH, IN OUR AREAS TO WHERE WE CAN PROTECT THEM IN CASE A FIRE HAPPENS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. UH, AND IT'S CRAZY TO SEE, THIS IS CAMP BULLS AND THERE'S SOME FIREFIGHTERS OVER THERE TO THE LEFT. BUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE HAD A MAJOR FIRE CAMP BULLS AND WE HAD PLANS TO EVACUATE THE DOMINION. SO WE'RE TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH AN ARBORIST. WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, FRIEDRICH PARK AND THEN, UH, RANCHO DIANA, WHOSE COUNCIL DISTRICT IS THAT. DOES ANYBODY KNOW? IT'S AN AREA THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT'S LIKE A CUL-DE-SAC OF HOMES THAT IS HEAVILY BRUSHED. SO WE'RE GOING IN TO LOOK AT ALL OF THESE AREAS AND FIGURE OUT PLANS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN CREATE DEFENSIBLE SPACES TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WITH THE ARBORIST WE CAN IDENTIFY WHAT CAN BE MOVED. AND THEN FOR OUR RED FLAG WARNING DAYS, WHAT INFORMATION CAN WE GIVE OUT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY AS FAR AS PREPARING FOR A WINDY DAY? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT? UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE POTENTIAL EVERY SINGLE DAY [00:15:01] THAT IT'S WINDY AND EVERY DAY THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THESE, UH, CLIMATE CHANGES, UH, UNSAFE STRUCTURES. I'VE HAD A LOT OF FIRES RECENTLY. AND, UM, THERE'S NO BUILDING IN THE CITY THAT'S WORTH THE LIFE OF ONE OF MY FIREFIGHTERS. SO WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY STRUCTURES THAT ARE UNSAFE, STRUCTURES THAT ARE VACANT. AND SO THIS PROGRAM, AS FAR AS THE UNSAFE STRUCTURE PROGRAM IS COORDINATED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE WORK, UM, HEAVILY WITH D S D AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE PLACARDED THREE BUILDINGS, AND THESE ARE NOT RESIDENCES. THESE ARE LARGE SCALE COMMERCIALS. UH, WHICH ONE WOULD BE THE FRIEDRICH BUILDING? THE SCOBY BUILDING, AND, UH, THE CATTLEMAN'S, I THINK D D FIVE. YOU GOT A COUPLE OF THEM. SO AGAIN, UH, WHAT THIS ALLOWS US IS FOUR BY FOUR SQUARE. IF ONE OF OUR FIRE UNITS SHOWS UP, FIRST OF ALL, THE ADDRESS IS GONNA BE FLAGGED OUTTA THESE 176. AND SO THE COMPANIES THAT SHOW UP ON A CALL LIKE THIS, THEY'RE GONNA UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TACTICS ARE AND THE STRATEGY OF OPERATING IN SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS BECAUSE THE PIPES HAVE BEEN PULLED OUT, THE FLOORS ARE GONE, WALLS ARE MISSING. PEOPLE HAVE POTENTIALLY BEEN LIVING THERE. MAKES IT A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT FOR US TO GO IN AND TRY TO FIGHT A FIRE. THE OTHER 176 THAT WE HAVE, UH, NOTED, THEY COULD BE HOMES, THEY COULD BE HOMES THAT ARE VACANT, THEY COULD BE HOMES THAT ONE OF OUR FIRE CREWS GOES INTO ON A MEDICAL CALL. AND THERE'S A HOARDER THERE. UM, THIS SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS GIVEN TO OUR UNITS AS THEY RESPOND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE. UH, YESTERDAY WE HAD A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FIRE IN D FIVE'S AREA. AND JUST TO GO BACK TO THE GOOD SAM, THE GOOD SAM WAS UTILIZED ON THAT FIRE. SO SOMEONE CALLS US AND REPORTS A FIRE, WE'RE GONNA TELL THEM TO TURN THAT CAMERA TOWARD THE FIRE, DON'T GET TOO CLOSE, AND WE'RE ABLE TO RECORD THAT INFORMATION AS WE'RE RESPONDING. SO AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE BUILDINGS ARE SAFE. UH, WITH THE ONES THAT ARE PLACARDED, WE, UH, RECHECK THEM EVERY 30 DAYS. SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE BUILDING OWNERS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE BUILDINGS ARE, UH, MARKED AND THAT WE RESPOND TO THEM SAFELY. SO OUR INITIATIVES BASICALLY IS TO BE COMPLIANT WITH, UH, N F P A 17 10 17 10 WAS CREATED IN 2001. IT'S BEEN REVISED IN 2016. IT LOOKS AT THE AMOUNT OF STAFFING. WE RESPOND ON EVERY SINGLE CALL. IT LOOKS AT THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT WE SEND BECAUSE WHEN WE OPERATE ON A FIRE, WE HAVE, UH, A MULTITUDE OF, UH, FUNCTIONS THAT NEED TO BE DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY. SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT AND THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF RESOURCES ON A CALL THAT IS ALSO PART OF WHAT WE DO WITH I S O AND THE ACCREDITATION. SO BASICALLY THAT MEANS WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT. IT LOOKS AT E M S, IT LOOKS AT A, IT LOOKS AT SPECIAL OPERATIONS, AND IT RATES INCIDENTS FROM LOW, MEDIUM TO HIGH. SO THAT IS THE STANDARD THAT, THAT WE UPHOLD AND WE WILL MAINTAIN ALSO MAINTAINING OUR CLASS ONE AND OUR ACCREDITATION, AS WE MENTIONED. THEN TO INCREASE OUR UNIT AVAILABILITY, MANAGE RESPONSE TIMES, UH, AND WE DO THAT WITH SOME PROGRAMS THAT MAY BE, UH, NON-TRADITIONAL IN THE FIRE SERVICE, SUCH AS M I H, SUCH AS A GOOD SAM APPLICATION TO ELIMINATE CALLS AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM CALLING US, UH, DECREASING OUR EXPOSURE TO, UH, LIGHTS AND SIRENS FOR OUR MEMBERS AND MAKING SURE OUR UNIF, OUR U OUR UNITS ARE AVAILABLE. PROVIDE ADDITIONAL, UH, OPERATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO ADDRESS A RAPID AND WIDESPREAD DEPARTMENT GROWTH. AND WE TALK ABOUT WIDESPREAD DEPARTMENT GROWTH. WE WERE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE CHANGES IN INCIDENTS. UM, 10 YEARS AGO, IF I STOOD UP HERE, WE WOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT MASS SHOOTERS. FIVE YEARS AGO WE WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT A PANDEMIC. UM, THIS YEAR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES. SO OUR DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO CHANGE. WE NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. MAYOR, WE'VE CALLED OURSELVES A URBAN PEACE CORPS, AND I THINK YOU'VE USED THAT BEFORE. WE ARE TRULY THAT. AND IT IS, IS IT IS OUR DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CATCH EVERY GAP IN FAR AS RESPONSES. SO AGAIN, WE STILL NEED TO IDENTIFY OTHER SUPPORT OPERATIONALLY ADMINISTRATIVE TO CONTINUE TO, UM, PROVIDE GROWTH, UM, PROTECTION FOR THIS CITY. YOU CAN SEE OUR CADET SCHEDULE. UH, IT'S UP THERE. SO AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT 10 TRAINEES. UM, JUNE 22ND, UH, 23. UH, THESE ARE E M S AT THE TOP, AN E M S CLASS OF 35 TRAINEES FOR CLASS 59 AND AN EM E M S CLASS OF, UH, 37 TRAINEES. AS FAR AS, UM, TAKING OUR, UM, CITIZENS AND TURNING THEM INTO FIREFIGHTERS, WE SEE THE CLASSES, UH, THAT ARE ONGOING OR THAT WILL BE, UM, GOING IN THE NEXT, UH, YEAR OR SO. SO AGAIN, WE PLAN TO BRING ON AS MANY QUALIFIED PEOPLE AS WE CAN AND TRAIN THEM TO BE FIREFIGHTERS. UM, WITH THE INCREASES WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, 889,644. [00:20:02] THIS IS GOING TO ADD A FULL-TIME E M SS UNIT 12 POSITIONS TO STATION 40. MOST OF YOU KNOW, UH, WE'VE, UM, WE'VE HAD A FULL-TIME PEAK UP THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. UH, AND SO THAT WAS, UH, 24 HOURS OF PEAK HOURS. THIS WILL BE 24 HOURS FULL-TIME. AND THIS WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE THOSE PEAK, UH, HOURS SOMEWHERE ELSE IN OUR SYSTEM. THIS WILL GO ONLINE IN SEPTEMBER 24TH, ADDITIONAL COVERAGE. AND WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS. UM, AS FAR AS THE CLOSING OF, UH, TEXAS VISTA, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UM, BASICALLY IT MEANS THAT OUR UNITS THAT DO TRANSPORT, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE GOING DOWNTOWN TO THE MEDICAL CENTER. THEY'RE GONNA BE GOING TO FURTHER DESTINATION. SO WHAT IS OUR OUTER SERVICE TIME GETTING BACK TO THOSE AREAS AS FAR AS FIRST DUE? SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING, UH, FOUR DAYS PER WEEK AT 12 HOURS, THREE DAYS PER WEEK AT 24 HOURS. AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, WE ALSO LOOK AT WHEN THE CALLS ARE COMING IN THE TIME OF DAY. BUT THIS WILL ALLOW US A, A, A BETTER SERVICE TO THAT AREA BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT POTENTIALLY THOSE E M S UNITS MAY TAKE A LONGER TIME TO GET BACK TO, UM, THEIR FIRST DUE AREA. UM, A F AVIATION. UM, THIS WILL ALLOW US FOUR POSITIONS TO INCREASE OUR SUPPORT AT THE AIRPORT. UM, CALLS FOR SERVICE AT THE AIRPORT ARE UP PAST, UH, PRE PANDEMIC NUMBERS. UH, THIS WILL ADD A FIREFIGHTER FOR EVERY SHIFT, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO ADD A LIEUTENANT AND TO OPEN UP A OFFICE OF FIRE PREVENTION AT THE AIRPORT. THERE'S ALWAYS CONSTRUCTION. THERE'LL BE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. AND TO HAVE FIRE PREVENTION CAPABILITIES AT THE AIRPORT WILL, WILL ASSIST US. UM, 16 NEW FIREFIGHTERS AGAIN FOR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. UH, THIS INCLUDES THREE UNIFORM POSITIONS, UH, FOR FIRE INVESTIGATORS. AGAIN, THIS IS GONNA HELP US IN CAUSE AND ORIGIN, UH, TRENDS, UH, STATISTICAL DATA THAT WE CAN GET BACK INTO, UM, LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT SOME OF THE CAUSES OF THESE FIRES ARE. UH, AND SO WE INVESTIGATE EVERY SINGLE STRUCTURE FIRE THAT WE GO ON. UH, MEDIC OFFICER, THIS IS GOING TO, UH, ADD FOR LIEUTENANTS POSITIONS. UM, THE CURRENT, UH, FOR CURRENT OVERSIGHT SPAN AND CONTROL, SUPPORT OF OUR PARAMEDIC UNITS, BLOOD DELIVERY AND REHABILITATION ON FIRE SCENES. QUARTERMASTER PROGRAM, UH, IS NINE POSITIONS, ONE CIVILIAN. UM, WE CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM, WHICH ENHANCES THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR MEMBERS. UM, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, MAYOR, YOU WERE PART OF THE, UH, YOU, THE COUNCIL, YOU OR THE MAYOR WHEN WE GOT TWO SETS OF TURNOUT GEAR. SO BASICALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE NOT WEARING SOIL, SOIL GEAR AFTER THEY GO INTO A FIRE. SO WE CLEAN THAT GEAR, WE INSPECT IT, AND WE EXCHANGE THAT GEAR ON THE SCENE OF A FIRE. SO IT IS IN ANOTHER STATE-OF-THE-ART PROGRAM THAT MOST FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT DOING. AND SO, AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM. WELLNESS. UH, WE WANT OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO BE PHYSICALLY FIT, EMOTIONALLY PREPARED TO DO A VERY DANGEROUS JOB. UH, WE SEE THINGS, UH, ON THE STREETS THAT ARE REMINISCENT OF A MOVIE. AND SO TO, AGAIN, ADD A PSYCHOLOGIST, UM, TO OUR TOOLBOX. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR NEWEST TOOLS. THIS IS SLIDER. HE IS A THERAPY DOG. UH, AND, AND SO WE, WE KNOW THAT DOGS LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE, THEY ARE GOOD FOR MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR EMPLOYEES, AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING A SECOND DOG, BUT SLIDER IS A LEANER, SO IF YOU EVER SEE SLIDER, HE'S GONNA COME UP AND LEAN UP ON YOU, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE STRESSED. SO HE COMES IN AND TARGETS PEOPLE, UH, BUT AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL GET HIM BY IF YOU EVER WANT TO, UM, TO MEET HIM. HE SHEDS AND, UH, HE LIKES SNACKS. SO, AND, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, OUR RESPONSE TO, UM, OVERDOSES AND HOW DO WE PREVENT HARM. WE DO HAND OUT NARCAN, UH, WE DO, UM, THROUGH OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR, WE WILL, UM, GIVE THEM SUBOXONE, WHICH AGAIN, IT, IT HELPS WITH THE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROMES, POTENTIALLY KEEPING THEM FROM GOING BACK OUT AND COMMITTING HARM TO THEMSELVES. WE CAN DO THIS FROM FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. SO THIS IS ANOTHER WAY TO PREVENT US FROM GOING ON UNNECESSARY OVERDOSES OR THE SAME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO EVERY DAY, IF SOMEONE OVERDOSES, WE LOOK BACK AT THE RECORDS THE NEXT DAY, AND WE FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AT THEIR HOUSE, WHEREVER THEY ARE, IF WE CAN FIND THEM. UH, BABY BOXES, UM, THIS LAW WILL, UH, ALLOW US TO, UH, ADD BABY BOXES TO OUR STATIONS. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY CAN STILL DROP OFF A BABY AT ANY HOSPITAL OR ANY FIRE STATION. WE ARE WORKING TO LOOK AT 12 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WITH THE BABY BOXES. SOME OF OUR STATIONS, THEY MAY NOT REALLY WORK RIGHT [00:25:01] NOW, BUT WE GUARANTEE WE'RE GONNA PUT BABY BOXES IN ALL OF OUR NEW STATIONS THAT WE ARE PLANNING. AND THEN WE WILL WORK WITH THE OTHERS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE STRATEGICALLY, UM, DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT HERO, LIKE HER. UH, AGAIN, IT'S MY BELIEF THAT A, A COMMUNITY OUGHT TO REPRESENT, IT OUGHT TO LOOK LIKE THE FIRE, THE FIRETRUCK THAT SHOWS UP IN A COMMUNITY OUGHT TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IT SERVES. SO AGAIN, WE HAVE, UM, SERVICED ABOUT 1,255 CAMPERS, UM, FIVE TOTAL CAMPS. TWO OF THESE CAMPS WERE, UM, CO-ED CAMPS. SO A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH THIS. WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM INFRASTRUCTURE. THE MAIN WAY TO IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES IS BY BUILDING NEW AND LARGER STATIONS. UH, AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, STATION 40 FIVE'S GONNA BE RECEIVING A PLATFORM, UM, ON THIS LIST, STATION 24, WHICH YOU SEE, WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING A, A TWO PERSON 24 HOUR SQUAD BEFORE THAT STATION. YOU COULD FIT IT IN THIS ROOM, UH, AND THE ROOM IS PROBABLY BIGGER THAN WHAT WE HAD. SO BY US BUILDING BIGGER STATIONS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, IN THE FUTURE, PUT MORE RESOURCES IN THOSE STATIONS. UH, WE GO BACK TO 2007 AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WHY ARE YOU BUILDING THIS BIG STATION AT, AT BULL VERDE IN 1604? LOOK AT HOW THAT AREA'S GROWN. SO AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT PROJECTS. UH, STATION 10, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, STATION 21, AND DISTRICT THREE, UH, AND STATION 33. SO WE'RE IN VARIOUS PHASES OF LAND ACQUISITION FOR THESE STATIONS. I MIGHT ADD THAT STATION 10 AND 33 ARE BOND, ARE BOND PROJECTS, BUT WE'RE AGGRESSIVELY MOVING WITH STATION 21. UH, FIRE STATIONS 52 AND 53, IF YOU REMEMBER, THEY WERE ANNEXATION STATIONS. UM, THE, UM, THE BAY AREA IS REALLY GOOD, BUT THE LIVING QUARTERS THAT WE BUILT ARE BASICALLY MODULAR UNITS. SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT REDESIGNING THOSE STATIONS, KEEPING THE APPARATUS AREA, AND BUILDING NEW LIVING QUARTERS. SO AGAIN, THE MAIN WAY THAT WE INCREASE OUR RESPONSE TIMES IS TO BUILD BIG STATIONS AND BE ABLE TO ADD RESOURCES TO THOSE STATIONS. UM, I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO, UM, BRIAN NORRIS, AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. SO I'M GONNA BRING BRIAN UP HERE, AND I WANNA THANK HIM IN ADVANCE FOR EVERYTHING HE'S DOING, AND, UH, WE'LL BE BACK TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, AS CHIEF WAS SAYING, MY NAME IS BRIAN NORRIS. I'M A DEPUTY CHIEF WITH THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND THE REASON I GET TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY IS BECAUSE THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FALLS UNDER MY RESPONSIBILITY. SO, TO START OFF TODAY, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERSIGHT OF KIND OF HOW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WORKS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE START OFF WITH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, WHO IS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. FROM THERE, IT GOES TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, WHICH IS DESIGNATED BY THE MAYOR, AND THAT IS THE CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH. AND SOME OF THOSE, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES ARE DELEGATED DOWN TO ME IN ORDER AS, UH, TO WORK THROUGH RESPONSES OR PREPARATION OR PLANNING OR WHATEVER OTHER FUNCTIONS NEED TO HAPPEN. WHEN YOU MOVE INTO OPERATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THAT'S WHERE THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMES INTO PLAY. IT ACTS AS A SUPPORT AND ORGANIZA AN ORGANIZATION FUNCTION FOR RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES OR PLANNING AND MITIGATION PROCESSES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND PART OF THOSE RESPONSE TEAMS THAT YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE THAT DISASTER. OUR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, WE WORK WITH THE CITY UTILITIES. WE HAVE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM SAS AND C P S, WHICH COME TO THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IF WE DO HAVE SOME SORT OF CRISIS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM A LOT LATELY, AS WELL AS STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. AND THEN WE ALSO WORK WITH THE NONPROFITS, SCHOOLS, VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS. AND ACTUALLY, WE MEET WITH THOSE GROUPS ONCE A MONTH AS PART OF OUR EMS, A GROUP TO WHERE WE HAVE A MEETING TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER JUST SO WE'RE PREPARED IN CASE SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN. NOW, ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS TO LOOK AT PLANS, AND WE HAVE PLANS FOR PLANS, BUT TWO OF THE ONES THAT I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TODAY IS OUR ALL HAZARDS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN, OR AS WE CALL IT, THE BASIC PLAN. THIS IS REALLY, IT'S REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. WE DO UPDATE IT EVERY FIVE YEARS, AND IT WAS UPDATED IN 2021. SO IN 2026, WE'LL BE UPDATING AGAIN, AGAIN. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT OUR RESPONSE AND HOW WE RESPOND TO DIFFERENT INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENS AROUND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THE SECOND ONE, AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS BECAUSE WE JUST UPDATED IT IN 2022, IS OUR HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. HAZARD MITIGATION LOOKS AT ALL OF THE THREATS THAT COULD COME INTO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND WE ACTUALLY RANK THOSE THREATS, AND THEN WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT PLANS IN ORDER TO PREVENT OR MITIGATE THOSE DIFFERENT HAZARDS. UM, IT ALLOWS US, WITH THOSE PLANS AND THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE PLACED INTO THE PLAN TO APPLY FOR EMERGENCY, UM, FEMA GRANTS. AND THAT IS GONNA BE UPDATED IN 2022, AS I TOLD YOU. AND SO TO TAKE A [00:30:01] LITTLE BIT MORE DIVE INTO THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, UM, IN 2022, THERE WAS 131 DIFFERENT PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THAT PLAN. 96 OF THOSE WERE LARGE DRAINAGE PROJECTS, SO THEY WERE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. SINCE THEN, UH, PRIOR TO THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, 12 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. AND IN THIS YEAR'S CAPITAL BUDGET, THERE'S 3.7 MILLION ALLOTTED FOR FIVE PROJECTS TO BE TAKEN AND LOOKED AT TO BECOME READY TO BE BID OUT FOR THE 2027 BOND PROGRAM. ALSO, IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, $13.7 MILLION OF ARPA FUNDS HAS BEEN ALLOTTED TOWARDS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. THIS IS THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO COUNCIL IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR. AND JUST TO BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES, $6 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOTTED FOR EMERGENCY GENERATORS TO LOOK AT OUR TIER ONE FACILITIES, WHICH ARE FIRE AND POLICE STATIONS, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, AND THEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOPS AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL AUTO SHOP. ALSO, WITH THAT, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. UH, IT WAS BUILT SOME TIME AGO, AND WE NEED SOME ENHANCEMENTS TO THAT CENTER TO INCLUDE, AS WE FOUND OUT DURING WINTER STORM. YURI IS SOME SLEEPING FACILITIES AS WELL AS RESTROOM AND SHOWERING FACILITIES. AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, THE PROBABILITY OF, UH, EXPANDING THE 3 1 1 SPACE BACK THERE. SINCE THAT PROGRAM HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY, AND THAT'LL BE ABOUT $2.9 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN ALLOTTED FOR EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, STOP THE BLEED KITS FOR ALL CITY FACILITIES AT $1.2 MILLION. WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 400 KITS TO BE INSTALLED AROUND THE CITY AND ALL OF OUR FACILITIES JUST TO LOOK AT THOSE ACTIVE THREAT TYPE INCIDENTS, A MOBILE AIR CONDITIONER TRAILER THAT COULD HEAT OR COOL UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET. ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ISSUES THAT WE HAVE DURING A DISASTER IS TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO DO MASS CONGREGATE SHELTERING. AND A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FIND PLACES THAT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING, SO WE WIND UP IN A WAREHOUSE OR SOMEWHERE ON KELLY AIR FORCE BASE. SO THIS WOULD GIVE US THE ABILITY TO AT LEAST, UH, START THE PROCESS OF COOLING OR HEATING THOSE AREAS. SO THAT'S, UH, A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR US. AND ALSO LOOKING AT SHELTERING, WE CAN'T FORGET OUR FURRY FRIENDS. AND SO WORKING WITH THE, UH, UH, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, WE'RE LOOKING AT A PET EVACUATION TRAILER. AND WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS THEY COULD ROLL THIS INTO AN AREA IF WE'RE DOING MASS CONGREGATE, SHELTERING, OR EVACUATIONS TO COLLECT THOSE PETS, AND SO WE CAN GET 'EM OVER TO THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. AND THAT'S ALLOTTED FOR ABOUT 700,000. AND THEN LASTLY, IN THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT IS REPLACING THE AGED FUEL TANKER THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT USED. IT GOT A LOT OF USE DURING WINTER STORM URI AT 225,000. NOW, ONE AREA THAT I KNOW EVERYBODY IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH IS THE RESILIENCY CENTERS. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS FAR AS THE RESILIENCY HUB IDEA, THERE IS MONEY IN THIS, UH, AT ABOUT 1.5 MILLION TO DO TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE IS TO ADD TWO ADDITIONAL, UH, RESILIENCY HUBS TO OUR FOUR THAT ARE ALREADY CITY, UH, BASED. UM, WE'RE DEFINITELY DOING AN EVALUATION RIGHT NOW OF WHERE THOSE WILL BE LOCATED AND TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE BEST CITY FACILITIES FOR OUR PURPOSES THERE. AND WE WOULD, THAT WOULD APPLY FUNDS FOR GENERATORS AND DIFFERENT, UH, EQUIPMENT THAT WE WOULD NEED TO STAND THAT UP, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT A PROJECT FOR COMMUNITY-BASED RESILIENCY HUBS. AND SO WE WOULD LOOK FOR SUPPLIES FOR UP TO FIVE OF THOSE QUALIFIED CENTERS, BUT THOSE QUALIFIED CENTERS WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME DIFFERENT THINGS. WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A, A GOOD BUILDING THAT IS RESILIENT AS WELL AS PROVIDE STAFFING AND SECURITY, AND THEN THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPLY LOGISTICAL AND TRAINING NEEDS AS FAR AS THAT GOES. AND LASTLY, SOME ELEVATION CERTIFICATES FOR, UH, FLOOD ZONE AWARENESS, UH, IN THE PALM HEIGHTS AREA AT ABOUT $200,000. SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO CHIEF HOOD. AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, . YEAH, I AM NOT CHIEF HOOD STATED A HOLIDAY INN. IT'S JUST FOR THE RECORD. SO TODAY I'M GONNA GO OVER, UH, JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT. WE'LL LOOK AT SOME CRIME STATS, WE'LL LOOK AT, UM, THE CRIME PREVENTION PLAN, WHICH I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT AT THIS POINT. AND THEN WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET. UM, LOOKING AT THE DEPARTMENT FROM A, FROM A VERY, VERY, VERY HIGH ALTITUDE, UH, THERE'S THREE BUREAUS. THERE IS THE OPERATIONS BUREAU, THE OPERATIONS SUPPORT BUREAU, AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES BUREAU. AND, UH, OPERATIONS, BOBBY BLAND, PUT YOUR HAND UP. UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF BLANTON IS IN CHARGE OF OPERATIONS, AND IN THE OPERATIONS BUREAU, YOU, YOU ESSENTIALLY HAVE THE, THE, THE BIGGEST, UH, PART OF THAT IS PATROL, THEN YOU HAVE SAFE TRAFFIC AND, UH, AIRPORT AND PARK, AND THEN, UH, VOLUNTEER SERVICES AS WELL. THE VOLUNTEER SERVICES ARE, UH, VOLUNTEERS IN POLICING. THEY SHOW UP AT PROMOTIONS AND ANY KIND OF EVENT THAT WE'RE HAVING AND VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO HELP COORDINATE IT. UH, OPERATION SUPPORT. KAREN, UH, [00:35:01] RAISE YOUR HAND PLEASE. KAREN FAS, ASSISTANT CHIEF KAREN FAULKS OVERSEES THESE, UH, SUPPORT BUREAU THAT CONSISTS OF ALL OF OUR INVESTIGATIVE UNITS, UH, OUR COVERT AND ALSO OUR FUSION CENTER. AND THEN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES BUREAU IS RUN BY COLONEL RICK RILEY WICK, WERE YOU AT RIGHT BACK THERE. AND, UH, RICK IS IN CHARGE OF, UH, COMMUNICATIONS FLEET. ALL OF THE THINGS THAT DON'T REQUIRE A BADGE AND A GUN, UH, COME UNDER COLONEL RILEY. UH, LOOKING AT THE, UH, OUR NEW POSITIONS, UH, ADDING A HUNDRED OFFICERS TO 25 93 GIVES US 2,968, I'M SORRY, 2,698 POSITIONS. UH, THAT'LL INCLUDE THE 105 NEW POSITIONS. UH, PARK STAYS THE SAME, AVIATION STAYS THE SAME. UH, DETENTION STAYS THE SAME. THE DETENTION CENTER IS THE MAGS OFFICE AS IT'S COMMONLY CALLED, OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING CENTER. AND THEN THE, THE 948 CIVILIANS ADDED TO THAT WOULD BE ONE AIRPORT, ONE CIVILIAN FOR AIRPORT, FIVE FOR PARK POLICE. AND, UM, AND OUR CROSSING GUARDS ALSO FALL INTO THE 948. THE PROPOSED BUDGET THIS YEAR RECOMMENDS, UM, A, AN INCREASE OF SEVEN, UH, PER PERCENT, 7.8% FOR SS A P D, AND SLIGHT INCREASES IN PARK AND THE DETENTION CENTER. UH, DROPPING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT SLIDE. UH, LOOKING AT OUR NUMBERS AGAIN, WE HAVE A CHANGE OF 105 FROM 25 93 TO 26 98. UH, PARK AND PARK AND AIRPORT REMAIN THE SAME, AND CIVILIANS ARE INCREASED BY FIVE POSITIONS. THREE GO TO OPEN RECORDS, ONE GOES TO HR POLICE AND ONE GOES TO, UH, IT CONTRACT COORDINATION. OUR NON-EMERGENCY CALLS, UM, HAVE INCREASED BY ABOUT 7%, IF MY MATH IS RIGHT. UH, EMERGENCY CALLS, WE HAD OVER A MILLION 0.4 NON-EMERGENCY, A MILLION 0.76, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF TWO AND A HALF MILLION CALLS. THE, UH, PROJECTED INCREASE, AGAIN, IS ABOUT 7.3%, UH, FOR THE, UM, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. AND IN OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES, UH, IN MINUTES, UH, WE SEE HAVE SEEN A DOWNWARD TREND IN OUR, UH, EMERGENCY CALLS WITH A FINAL, UH, DROP. UH, CURRENTLY SIX MINUTES, 17 SECONDS, UH, FROM OCTOBER TO JULY, UH, OF THIS YEAR. UM, OUR NON-EMERGENCY TIMES HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT TREND UPWARD AND ATTRIBUTING TO THE, UH, THAT ATTRIBUTES TO THE, UH, GROWTH IN OUR POPULATION AND THE EXPANSE OF THE CITY. LOOKING AT OUR CRIME STATS, VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN 14%. UH, I ATTRIBUTE OUR, UH, 5% INCREASE IN PROPERTY CRIMES TO AUTO THEFT. AND JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AUTO, AUTO AUTO THEFT. SO TOTAL ARREST IN 2022, UH, JU JANUARY THROUGH JULY IS 354. THEY'VE INCREASED THAT TO 362 DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD OF THIS YEAR. THEY FILED 69 CASES AT LARGE IN 2022 AND 91 CASES THUS FAR THIS YEAR IN 2023, S A P D ARRESTS OR ARRESTS ARE DOWN 1.5%. UM, UP TO JULY OF THIS YEAR, WE ENTERED A VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION STRATEGY PARTNERSHIP WITH U T S A BACK IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. WE STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH THEM TOWARD THE END OF LAST YEAR, AND WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH OUR FIRST PHASE, UM, WHICH IS A HOTSPOT POLICING PROGRAM. AND I THINK EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS HOW THAT WORKS. UH, OUR PHASE TWO, WE'LL BEGIN, UH, SOMEWHERE AROUND SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. UH, PHASE TWO IS A PROBLEM ORIENTED, PLACE-BASED POLICING. IT EXPANDS THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS BY EXPANDING THE AREA THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT. UM, THE WAY THAT'LL WORK IS WE'LL IDENTIFY CERTAIN AREAS THAT ARE PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE OF THEIR VIOLENT CRIME, AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT CITY DEPARTMENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IMPACT THOSE NUMBERS. AND THEN BASED ON THOSE CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT CAN HELP, THEN WE WILL FORM A TASK FORCE AND WE, WE WILL TARGET THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT ARE HIGH IN VIOLENT CRIME. AND THEN, UM, PHASE THREE, WHICH IS A FOCUS CALLED FOCUS DETERRENCE. UH, IT IS MEANT TO HELP BREAK THE, THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE AMONG A SMALL NUMBER, VERY SMALL NUMBER OF REPEAT OFFENDERS, REPEAT AND HIGH RISK OFFENDERS, UH, WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE VIOLENT CRIME HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. [00:40:02] UH, OUR STAFFING STUDY BEGAN LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER. UH, UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK AS EVERYONE HAS BEEN TOLD, THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS CONDUCTING THAT STAFFING STU STUDY PASSED AWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. AND THE RECOMMENDATION THAT HE, THAT HE, THEY DID HALF THE, UH, HALF THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS THE PATROL SIDE. AND THAT STUDY RECOMMENDED 360 POSITIONS, UH, OVER THE YEARS TO COME. UH, AND THE 24 20 24 BUDGET RECOMMENDS 100 POSITIONS, UH, IN THIS, IN NEXT YEAR'S, UH, BUDGET. UM, THE GOAL OF ADDING A HUNDRED POLICE OFFICERS, AND THEY WILL GO DIRECTLY TO PATROL. UH, THE GOAL IN ADDING THEM TO PATROL IS TO FLIP THE 60 40 RATIO. 60% OF THE TIME THAT OFFICERS ARE ON THE STREET, THEY'RE HANDLING CALLS FOR SERVICE 40% OF THE TIME. THEY ARE, UH, THEY HAVE DISCRETIONARY TIME WHERE THEY CAN WORK ON NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES, WORK WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND HOAS. UH, WE WANNA FLIP THAT TO 40, 60, 40%, UH, ON CALL, 60% DISCRETIONARY TIME, WHICH WILL PROVIDE MORE POLICE VISIBILITY AND AGAIN, ALLOW THEM TO WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESSES. THE NEXT PART OF THIS STUDY IS OUR INVESTIGATIVE UNITS, AND THE CONSULTANT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. A PARTNER OF THE CONSULTANT WHO IS DOING THE FIRST STUDY, UH, IS LOOKING AT THAT. AND THAT STUDY SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE FALL OF 2023 AS FAR AS OUR ACADEMY CLASSES GO. IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2023, WE HAD FOUR CLASSES. UH, IT GIVES YOU THE NUMBER OF CADETS. DID I FLIP? OH, THERE WE GO. UH, WE HAD FOUR CLASSES IN, UH, 2023. WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE THAT TO FIVE CLASSES IN 2024. UM, THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE FOR THOSE A HUNDRED NEW POSITIONS THAT WE'RE, UH, REQUESTING IN THE BUDGET. AND NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO HIRE, UH, A HUNDRED NEW, 105 POLICE OFFICERS, BUT, UM, WE ALSO HAVE TO HIRE TO, TO MAKE UP AND KEEP AHEAD OF ATTRITION, UH, IN OUR TRAINING ACADEMY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EXPAND OUR CAPABILITIES IN THE TRAINING ACADEMY. SO CURRENTLY OUR, UH, INDOOR TRAINING FACILITY DOES NOT HAVE THE, THE SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE A HUNDRED NEW POLICE OFFICERS OR FIVE NEW CLASSES. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A, AN OUTDOOR FITNESS, UH, FACILITY TRAINING FACILITY TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE EXTRA BODIES AND ALSO A, A MODULAR CLASSROOM TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXTRA BODIES AS WELL. AND OUTTA THAT, 105, FIVE OF THOSE OFFICERS WILL GO TO THE TRAINING ACADEMY AS NEW INSTRUCTORS LOOKING AT OUR MENTAL HEALTH, UH, BOTH, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE DEPARTMENT. UH, WE STARTED ADVANCED MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING, OR C I T 2.0, UH, BACK IN MARCH. AND, UH, THAT TRAINING WILL TAKE THREE YEARS TO HIT EVERYONE IN THE, IN THE DEPARTMENT. AND THE, THE, UM, INTENT OF THE TRAINING IS TO CRE INCREASE AN OFFICER'S RECOGNITION, UH, AND ENHANCE THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. BUT NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ALSO THOSE WHO HAVE, IT HELPS THEM IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, ISSUES, BUT NOT NECESSARILY IN CRISIS. THIS WILL BE A SCENARIO BASED TRAINING, UH, CONCLUDED WITH, UH, UH, A GRADE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S UP TO SPEED ON EVERYTHING THAT THEY LEARNED. AND, UM, WE ARE, UM, INTENDING ON INCREASING OUR ESSAY CORE GROUPS BY TWO. UH, IN JANUARY, UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE STARTED, UH, AWARDING CRIME, UH, COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION GRANTS. UM, LAST YEAR'S RECIPIENTS WERE SAN ANTONIO RISING STARS, FREED TEXAS AND WEST CARE TEXAS. THE, UM, UH, THE NEXT, UH, GROUP OF, OR THE NEXT TWO, UH, AWARDS WILL BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL ON THE, UH, SEVENTH OF, UH, SEPTEMBER. AND THE, THE AWARD, THE AWARDEES IN THAT ARE, ARE, UH, IS A GROUP CALLED SUIT UP. UH, WHEN THEY COLLECT, THEY COLLECT, UM, UM, GENTLY WORN PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE FOR TEENS AND ADULTS WHO ARE LOOKING TO GET BACK INTO THE WORK, UH, TO THE WORK SCENE. AND, UM, THEY ALSO PROVIDE EIGHT WEEKS OF TRAINING OF, UH, CONSISTING OF MENTORSHIP AND CLASSES FOCUSED ON COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS. WE ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM, AND I THINK MOST, MOST EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. UH, OUR POLICE CORPS PROGRAM USED TO BE CALLED CADETS. UH, WE SWITCHED IT TO, UM, THE POLICE CORPS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REASONS. WE ARE RECOMMENDING, UH, [00:45:01] A $30,000, UM, $30,000 IN THAT BUDGET THAT WILL PROVIDE UNIFORMS AND OTHER, UH, EXPENSES TO, OR ENABLE THEM TO, TO, TO BUY UNIFORMS AND PAY OTHER EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROGRAM. UH, BACK IN, UM, 2022, WE HAD 91 MEMBERS IN THE POLICE CORPS, AND THAT INCREASED TO 107 IN FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 78 OF OUR CURRENT SS A P D OFFICERS HAVE BEEN IN THAT PROGRAM. WE HAVE A NEW SOUTH SUB COMING ONLINE, UH, APPROVED IN THE 2022, UH, BOND PROGRAM, UH, $19 MILLION ALLOCATED TO THAT. UH, WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL S SEVERAL SITES, AND THE ONE THAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS, UH, AS BEST, UM, ACCOMMODATING WHAT WE NEED FOR THAT, FOR THAT SUBSTATION. UH, IS THAT SOUTH FLORIDA AND ROOSEVELT, THE ESTIMATED, UH, OPEN TIME FOR THAT, OR FINISHING TIME FOR THAT SUBSTATION IS WINTER OF 2026. AND THEN LASTLY, UH, WE HAVE OUR ST. MARY'S POLICE FACILITY, UH, ON, UM, IN DISTRICT ONE. AND THAT IS, WAS APPROVED IN THE 2017 BOND. UH, IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES, AND THAT'S ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE. THAT'S ESTIMATED TO OPEN UP IN JANUARY OF 2024. AND THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER. MY NAME IS FRED GARCIA, AND I'M THE ADMISSIBLE COURT CLERK. OUR PRESIDING JUDGE, UH, CARLO BLATO AND MYSELF ON BEHALF OF THE COURT STAFF AND OUR JUDGES, WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR FISCAL YEAR 24 PROPOSED MUNICIPAL COURT BUDGET. I'LL PRESENT TO YOU THE COURT'S OVERVIEW. THE THE FISCAL 24 BUDGETARY COMPONENT. THE FOLLOWINGS AND SERVICE DELIVERIES ARE MACRO PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND MAGISTRATION SERVICE DELIVERIES. AFTER THAT, WE'LL SHOW, SHOW YOU A SHORT VIDEO OF WHAT YOUR CONS, UH, CONSTITUENT SHOULD EXPECT WHEN THEY MAKE A FIRST APPEARANCE AT MISSAL COURT. AND THEN FINALLY, JUDGE OBETTO WILL PRESENT OUR SPECIALTY COURTS OPERATIONS AND PERFORMANCE, ALONG WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR 24 CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUESTS AND FISCAL YEAR 24 COURT INITIATIVES. SO OUR PRESIDING JUDGE CARLO BLATO IS THE HEAD OF THE JUDICIARY, AND I AS THE MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK AND THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, JUDGE OB BLATO FORMULATES AND MAINTAINS THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT OF THE MISSAL JUDGES. SHE ESTABLISHES WORK RULES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF MISSAL COURT BASED ON STATUTES AND ORDINANCES. THESE RULES GUIDE THE JUDICIARY AND COURT STAFF IN ADMINISTERING PROCEDURAL JUSTICE PRACTICES. SHE ALSO CULTIVATES A COURTHOUSE THAT PROVIDES AN IMPARTIAL FORUM FOR THE RESOLUTION OF LEGAL DISPUTES, PROMOTES JUSTICE IN CASES, PROTECTS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, AND COORDINATES WITH JUSTICE, HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND OTHER AGENCIES TO ADDRESS COMMON PROBLEMS UNDERLYING OUR COURT'S CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASE LOADS. MY ROLE AS MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK ENCOMPASSES BEING A DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, OVERSEEING AREAS SUCH AS TECHNOLOGY, COURTROOM SERVICES, SECURITY, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS, FOSTERING INTER-AGENCY RELATIONSHIPS, INTERPRETING ADMINISTRATIVE STATUTES AND POLICIES FOR COURT WIDE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES, AS WELL AS HANDLING THE ADMINISTRATION OF DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS. TOGETHER, JUDGE OTO AND I COLLABORATE TO ENSURE THAT THE JUDICIARY ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FULFILL THE PURPOSES OF AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF COURTS THAT IS OUTLINED IN OUR MISSION STATEMENT. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE FOUR MAJOR, UH, DIVISIONS OF THE COURT, THE JUDICIARY, MAGISTRATE'S, OFFICE, COURT OPERATIONS, AND JUVENILE PROGRAMS. UM, YOU MAY BE ASKING YOURSELF LIKE, HOW IS IT THE MUNICIPAL COURT? AN AWARD-WINNING COURT? I'M GONNA TELL YOU. OKAY. THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, TDOT TO DO ITS MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVE PROGRAM RECOGNIZES MUNICIPAL COURTS THAT HAD DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THE ELIMINATION OF IMPAIRED DRIVING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT SINCE 2019, YOUR SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL COURT HAS RECEIVED THE MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC SAFETY AWARD FOR LARGE VOLUME COURTS THE PAST FOUR YEARS. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED HONORABLE MENTION FOR THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL FOR OUR WORK PROMOTING TRAFFIC SAFETY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. THIS ACHIEVEMENT IS A RESULT OF VARIOUS COURT AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES THAT JUDGE OTO WILL SPEAK ABOUT LATER ON. OUR JURISDICTION [00:50:01] IS OVER FINE ONLY CRIMINAL OFFENSES CREATED BY STATE LAW AND CITY ORDINANCES. UH, MOST OF 'EM ARE CLASS C VIOLATIONS, WHICH COULD BE A FINE UP TO $500 ALSO APPLIES TO CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS. UH, IF IT'S, IT COULD GO UP TO $2,000 FOR HEALTH FIRE SAFETY AND OUR ZONING VIOLATIONS AND UP TO A $4,000 FINE FOR DUMPING CASES. THE COURT ALSO HAS CIVIL JURISDICTION OVER OFFENSES RELATED TO PARKING AND STOPPING THE VEHICLES AND CIVIL JURISDICTION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ENFORCING MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES THROUGH OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION HEARING PROCESS. THE COURT HAS LIMITED JURIS CIVIL JURISDICTION FOR BOND FORFEITURES AND ARE ABLE TO CONDUCT CIVIL HEARINGS FOR OWNERS OF CRUELTY TREATED ANIMALS OR DANGEROUS DOGS. WE ALSO PROVIDES, THE CHIEF HAD INDICATED A 24 HOUR MAGISTRATION SERVICES FOR ALL CRIMINAL OFFENSES, INCLUDING CLASS C, JAILABLE, MISDEMEANORS, AND ALL FELONIES AS A RESULT OF AN ARREST FROM THE SANTO POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, OFFICER OR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR BUDGETARY COMPONENT FOR 24, UH, OUR GENERAL FUND WOULD INCREASE 7.7% TO $13.4 MILLION DUE TO INCREASES OF OUR CIVILIAN COMPENSATION AND HEALTHCARE SCHEDULED ADJUSTMENTS FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND I T S D ASSESSMENT FEES AND OUR, UH, CAPITAL RE UH, OUTLAYS REQUESTS. LIKEWISE, OUR RESTRICTED FUND BUDGET WILL INCREASE 6.4% TO $2.4 MILLION DUE TO SIMILAR REASONS AS A GENERAL FUND. THE RESTRICTED FUNDS THAT WE MANAGE MAKE UP THE COLLECTIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR FOUR SEPARATE, UH, FUNDS. THAT'S ADMISSIBLE. COURT BUILDING SECURITY FUND, LOCAL TRUANCY PREVENTION DIVERSION FUND, THE MUNICIPAL COURT TECHNOLOGY FUND, AND A MUNICIPAL JURY FUND. OUR GRANT FUNDS FOR TRUANCY PREVENTION REMAINS THE SAME FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 AT $300,000. SO THAT BRINGS OUR TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 TO $16.1 MILLION. WITH REGARDS TO OUR POSITION COUNT, OUR PROPOSED POSITION COUNT FOR FISCAL 24 WILL REDUCE SEVEN POSITIONS FROM OUR CURRENT 148 POSITIONS TO 141 POSITIONS. THESE REDUCTIONS OF POSITIONS COME FROM THE TRUANCY FUND TO ENSURE THAT THE FUND MAINTAINS A POSITIVE BALANCE. CURRENTLY, THE EXPENDITURES EXCEED THE INCOMING REVENUE PREVENTING THE FUND FROM MAINTAINING ALL ITS, UH, ALL THE POSITIONS. THIS SLIDE, UH, OUTLINES A VARIOUS SERVICE DELIVERIES THAT, UH, COURT USERS. UH, IT'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SERVICE DELIVERIES THAT, UH, INDIVIDUALS CAN, UH, USE TO OBTAIN OUR SERVICES. UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THE EMAIL, UH, UH, LINE THERE FOR 33,865 EMAILS FOR FISCAL YEAR 23. UM, INDIVIDUALS ARE ABLE TO, UH, RESOLVE AND COMMUNICATE WITH OUR STAFF TO RESOLVE THEIR CASES ARE, GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED. UH, THIS SPIKE IN NUMBERS OCCURRED REALLY DURING COVID AND HAS MAINTAINED THIS, UH, HIGH NUMBER SINCE THEN. PHONE CALLS, UH, WHICH IS ANOTHER, UH, OUT, OUT OUTPUT FROM COVID WAS, UH, WE STARTED TAKING PHONE CALLS AND, AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS HAVE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE LAST FEW FISCAL YEARS. UH, CURRENTLY AT 55,774 CHATS IS, IS ANOTHER WAY WE USE FOR FOLKS THAT, THAT GO ONLINE TO HELP, TO ANSWER SOME SIMPLE QUESTIONS. SO YOU'LL SEE THE CHAT NUMBERS THERE. UH, THE TEXT MESSAGING SERVICES IS SOMETHING NEW THIS FISCAL YEAR WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. UH, WE REALLY BEGAN IN EARNEST, UH, DURING OUR WARRANT RESOLUTION PROGRAM, WHICH WAS IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS THERE, AND WE HOPE TO EXPAND THAT IN IN 24. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR ATTORNEY SERVICES. UH, THIS IS WHERE, UH, ATTORNEYS, UH, FROM THEIR OFFICES CAN RESOLVE, UH, CITATIONS FOR CLIENTS THAT THEY REPRESENT, UH, USING THE, UH, ATTORNEY CONNECT OR THROUGH A VIRTUAL PLEA BARGAIN COURT. YOU'LL NOTICE THE ONLINE SERVICES TOO HAVE BEEN, UH, GOING UP EVERY, EVERY YEAR. AND WE SEE THAT TREND CONTINUING. UH, EVERY YEAR. CURRENTLY, UH, FOLKS ARE ALLOWED TO DO DEFENSIVE DRIVING REQUESTS, DEFERRED, UH, DISPOSITION REQUESTS, AND A STRAIGHT PAY. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO PILOT A NEW PROGRAM, UH, TO EXPAND THAT SERVICE AND HOPEFULLY IMPLEMENT IN 24 THAT WILL ALLOW, UH, FOR DEFERRED PAYMENT PLANS. UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE REQUESTS, COMPLIANCE DISMISSALS, AND REQUESTS FOR TRIAL SETTINGS. UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO GROW. YOU'LL SEE THE MAIL SERVICES NUMBERS THAT CONTINUES TO PEOPLE CONTINUES TO USE IT TO RESOLVE THEIR CASES AND TO GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED FOR THEM. UH, AND YOU'LL SEE ALSO THE ONSITE SERVICES. THOSE NUMBER CONTINUES TO INCREASE SINCE COVID, UH, IT'S OUR FOOT TRAFFIC, AND THOSE ARE THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS [00:55:01] THAT COME TO OUR COURT, UH, DAY IN AND DAY OUT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, COURT STAFF AND JUDGES HAVE USED A NUMBER OF SERVICE DELIVERIES TO HELP OUR COURT USERS UNDERSTAND AND RESOLVE THEIR CASES. I WANNA RECOGNIZE AND THANK OUR COURT EMPLOYEES AND JUDGES FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY, COMMITMENT, AND PASSION IN PROVIDING THESE SERVICES TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. SOME OF THE ADMIN SUPPORT IS HERE TODAY WITH US, AND THEY'RE INSTRUMENTAL IN PREPARING US FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION. SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF ALL THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF AND JUDGES DO EVERY DAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE GLOBAL MEASURES. UH, THE FIRST ONE IS REALLY TRIALS. YOU'LL SEE A NUMBER FOR 20 THREES BEING 35. AS YOU MAY IMAGINE. UM, UH, INDIVIDUALS HAVE A RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL, AND WE GET SETTINGS HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF, OF TRIAL SETTINGS, UH, EVERY YEAR, UH, HOWEVER MANY OF THEM, AND MOST OF 'EM EITHER WORK OUT OR GET RESOLVED BY THE PARTIES BETWEEN THE STATE AND DEFENDANT TO A, TO A RESOLUTION THAT MAKES 'EM BOTH HAPPY. AND SO THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF TRIALS, EITHER A BENCH TRIAL OR A JURY TRIAL THAT ARE JUDGES HERE, UH, IS, ARE THESE NUMBERS HERE WE ADOPT, UH, SOME NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS COURT TOOLS. THESE ARE, ARE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PERFORMANCE MEASURES, AND THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS TOWARDS IMPROVING COURT PERFORMANCE BY HELPING CLARIFY PERFORMANCE GOALS, DEVELOP A MEASUREMENT PLAN AND, AND DOCUMENT SUCCESS. SO TWO OF THE ONES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE TODAY ARE COST PER CASE AND THE, AND THE CLEARANCE RATES. THE COST PER CASE IS THE AVERAGE COST OF PROCESSING A SINGLE CASE. WE LOOK AT TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND WE DIVIDE IT BY A NUMBER OF CASES DISPOSED FOR A TIME PERIOD. SO WE FOUND THAT MONITORED OUR CASE, UH, COST PER CASE YEAR TO YEAR PROVIDES US A PRACTICAL MEANS FOR EVALUATING EXISTING CASE PROCESSING PRACTICES AND HELPS TO IMPROVE OUR COURT OPERATIONS. THE CRIMINAL CASE CLEARANCE FILE RATE IS THE NUMBER OF OUTGOING CRIMINAL CASES AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE NUMBER OF INCOMING CRIMINAL CASES. I KNOW IT MAY BE KIND OF CONFUSING, BUT THE CLEARANCE RATES MEASURES WHETHER THE COURT IS KEEPING UP WITH ITS INCOMING CASELOAD. IF WE'RE NOT, UH, DISPOSING OF CASES TIMELY, THEN THERE ARE A BACKLOG OF CASES, UH, CAN AWAIT DISPOSITION. THE EXAMPLE I'LL GIVE YOU IS FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, WE, WE HAVE OVER 133 CASES THAT WERE FILED, HOWEVER, WE DISPOSED OF OVER 143,000 CASES. UH, SO WE DISPOSED OF MORE CASES THAN, THAN WE RECEIVED THAT YEAR. UH, SO, UH, WE GOT 107% CLEARANCE RATE, WHICH EXCEEDS A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, UH, UH, MARGIN. SIMILARLY, THE CIVIL CASE CLEARANCE RATES THE NUMBER OF OUTGOING CIVIL CASES AS A PERCENTAGE OF NUMBER OF INCOMING CIVIL CASES. AND THEN WE ADDED THE WARRANT CLEARANCE RATES, WHICH IS THE NUMBER OF WARRANTS CLEARED AS A PERCENT OF WARRANTS ISSUED. THE BUMP YOU SEE IN 23 IS A RESULT OF, UH, A WARRANT RESOLUTION CAMPAIGN THAT WE HELD IN, IN, IN THE SPRINGTIME. SO, UH, THAT WAS OUR FIRST, UH, WARRANT RESOLUTION SINCE COVID. AND WE, WE GOT A, A GREAT RESPONSE TO FOLKS COMING IN TO CLOSE OUT THEIR CASES. REGARDLESS OF MISSILE COURT CASE FILINGS, UH, IT'S BROKEN UP TO TRAFFIC, NON-TRAFFIC, PARKING, CIVIL, THE TRAFFIC AND NON-TRAFFIC OR CRIMINAL OFFENSES, UH, AND PARKING CIVIL OR OBVIOUSLY CIVIL CASES. THEY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO AN ARREST WARRANT. SO YOU CAN NOTICE OVER THE LAST FEW FISCAL YEARS WE'RE TRENDING HIGHER IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF, OF FOLLOWING COUNTS. UH, AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THE NON-TRAFFIC COUNT, UH, UH, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE SHOW OVER 21,532 OF NON-TRAFFIC. AND THE PREVIOUS YEAR WAS 14,016. THAT'S OVER 50% INCREASE. WE ATTRIBUTE THAT MOSTLY TO THE NEW, UH, TO THE NEW WATERING CONSERVATION VIOLATIONS. UH, TO DATE, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED OVER 5,700 VIOLATIONS. UH, THESE CASES OPERATE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY FROM OUR TRADITIONAL, UH, METHODS OF CASE FILINGS. MOST OF OUR CASE FILINGS DONE BY A, UH, POLICE OFFICER OR A CITY DEPARTMENT. UH, THESE ARE PROVIDED BY SAS. SAS WRITES A PAPER CITATION WITH AN AFFIDAVIT. THEY, THEY BRING THAT TO THE COURT. OUR STAFF WITHIN TWO OR THREE BUSINESS DAYS WILL ENTER THAT CASE INTO OUR CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THEN GET, GETS A, A, A SETTING. FRED, WAS, UH, WALSH GETTING ADJUDICATED IN THAT PICTURE OR WHAT, WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE? , HE MAY BE MAYOR. MAYOR, I WAS, I WAS PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE DATA ON THERE. NEXT TIME I'LL PAY ATTENTION TO THE PICTURES. WE'LL, WE'LL CHECK IT, WE'LL CHECK IT OUT. OKAY. UH, MATTRESS MATTRESSES SERVICES, THE COURT OPERATES A 24 HOUR MAGISTRATE COURT [01:00:01] FOR ALL ARRESTEES FROM SS A P D AND D P SS. SO WHEN OFFICER ARRESTS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DETAINED BY CIVILIAN DETENTION OFFICERS THAT ARE STAFFED BY, UM, BY CIVILIAN DETENTION OFFICERS OPERATED BY SS A P D, THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE BROUGHT BEFORE CITY MAGISTRATE. IF PROBABLE CAUSE IS FOUND, UH, FOR THE CHARGE, THEY'RE ADVISED OF THEIR RIGHTS AND COMMITTED TO JAIL. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF WRITS AND NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS MAGISTRATE BY MAGISTRATES. UM, LOOK AT FISCAL YEAR 23, THE MENTAL HEALTH ORDER, 7,223. THOSE ARE WHEN A JUDGE, UM, OUR MAGISTRATE, UH, FEELS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAS A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, UH, WILL ORDER A CLINICIAN TO EXAMINE THEM TO SEE IF, UH, OF, UH, ANY TYPE OF SERVICES THAT MAY BE PROVIDED, UH, BLOOD DRAW WARRANTS AS A RESULT OF A BREATH REFUSAL BY AN A PERSON ARRESTED FOR A D W I CHARGE, UH, THE ORDER FOR EMERGENCY PROTECTION IS WHAT THE MAGISTRATES USE, UH, FOR FOUNDING VIOLENCE TYPE OF CASES TO PROTECT THE, UH, VICTIM. UH, AND THEN WE HAVE SEARCH WARRANTS AND ARREST WARRANTS. AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE THERE. UH, THE TYPES OF CASES THAT WE SEE, YOU SEE 19,000 7 0 6 FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 FOR HIGHER LEVEL OFFENSES. SO IF IT'S A JAILABLE OFFENSE, A CLASS B OR HIGHER, OR A FELONY, THOSE ARE THOSE NUMBERS THERE. UH, WE CALL 'EM COMBO CASES. THE 3,355. THAT'S WHEN, UH, INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED FOR A NEW CHARGE, A HIGHER LEVEL OFFENSE, BUT ALSO HAS A CLASS C UH, ARREST WARRANT. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBERS THERE FOR CLASS C ONLY. NOW I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU A SHORT VIDEO, WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON OUR COURT'S WEBSITE, WHICH IS INFORMS, THAT EDUCATES OUR COURT USERS AS WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR FIRST, UH, APPEARANCE AT COURT. NOW, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE FLASH AND THE EXCITEMENT OF THE FIRE, UM, VIDEO, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE ACTORS AND NARRATORS OF THE VIDEO ARE OUR OWN COURT STAFF, AND I THINK THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN DESCRIBING THE PROCESS. AND THEN AFTER THAT, JUDGE OBETTO WILL COME UP HERE AND PRESENT THE REST OF OUR BUDGET, UH, PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HI, I'M CARLA OTO, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL COURT. OUR MISSION IS TO ADMINISTER JUSTICE FAIRLY IMPARTIALLY AND EFFICIENTLY. THE COURT IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A TRANSPARENT AND TRUSTWORTHY FORUM WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN BE HEARD AND CONSIDERED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. I HOPE YOU FIND THIS VIDEO HELPFUL AND ANSWERS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. IF YOU RECEIVE A TRAFFIC, PARKING, OR OTHER CITATION FROM A SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER, YOU MAY NEED TO APPEAR AT THE MUNICIPAL COURT. REMEMBER TO BRING ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE OR ID, AND YOUR VEHICLE INSURANCE AND REGISTRATION. IF YOU HAVE A CITATION, YOU MAY PRESENT IT TO A CLERK AT CHECK-IN. IF NOT, YOU MAY BE ASKED FOR YOUR NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH TO FIND YOUR RECORD. THE CLERK WILL REVIEW YOUR INFORMATION AND DIRECT YOU TO A COURTROOM OR OTHER SECTIONS WITHIN THE BUILDING. THE MUNICIPAL COURT IS AN OPEN COURT. THERE MAY BE OTHER PEOPLE PRESENT IN THE COURTROOM. ON YOUR TURN, A JUDGE AND A CLERK WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST YOU. A JUDGE'S ROLE IS TO BE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL. YOU MAY ASK THE JUDGE ABOUT YOUR OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES TO PAY. PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE AT THE CASHIER'S WINDOW RIGHT OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM. THE GOAL OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT IS TO PROVIDE QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT SAN ANTONIO.GOV/COURT OR CALL 2 1 0 2 0 7 8 9 7 0. GOOD AFTERNOON. OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, I'M CARLO BLATHER. I'M THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL COURT. I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND BEGIN MY PRESENTATION. I'M GONNA PICK UP WITH, UM, SPECIALTY COURTS, AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE FAMILY VIOLENCE COURT. THE GOAL OF THE FAMILY VIOLENCE COURT IS TO FACILITATE INTERVENTIONS THAT PROMOTE REHABILITATION AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE USING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES. THE COURT HAS JURISDICTION OVER CLASS C FINE ONLY FAMILY VIOLENCE CASES. THESE TYPES OF CASES ENCOMPASS A RANGE OF COMPLEX SITUATIONS AND INVOLVE TWO TYPES OF CHARGES, ASSAULT BY CONTACT AND ASSAULT BY THREAT. ASSAULT BY CONTACT IS INTENTIONALLY OR KNOWINGLY CAUSING PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH ANOTHER [01:05:01] PERSON WHEN THAT PERSON CAN REGARD THAT CONTACT AS OFFENSIVE OR PROVOCATIVE. ASSAULT BY THREAT IS THREATENING ANOTHER PERSON WITH IMMINENT BODILY INJURY. THE SITUATIONS THAT TRIGGER ASSAULT CASES TO BE FILED AS FAMILY VIOLENCE OR WHEN THERE ARE FAMILY RELATED ISSUES, COHABITATION SITUATIONS AND DATING RELATIONSHIPS. MOST OF INDIVIDUALS WHO PLEAD TO A FAMILY VIOLENCE CASE ARE PLACED ON A DEFERRED DISPOSITION. THIS IS AN UNSUPERVISED PERIOD, UH, THAT EXTENDS FOR A PERIOD OF 150 DAYS. CONDITIONS OF DEFERRED DISPOSITION INC. INCLUDE, INCLUDE COURT ORDERED PROGRAMS AIMED AT FOSTERING AWARENESS AND CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE SPECIFICS OF THE CASE, THEY MAY ALSO BE OR ORDERED TO PARTICIPATE IN ANGER MANAGEMENT, DRUG AND ALCOHOL CLASSES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND PERFORM COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS. THIS APPROACH HIGHLIGHTS THE COURT'S COMMITMENT TO REDUCING RECIDIVISM, ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY, AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR OFFENDERS AND VICTIMS. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE AT THE TOP RIGHT, THE COURT IS EXPECTING AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FAMILY VIOLENCE CASES BEING FILED THIS FISCAL YEAR. THE BAR CHART ON THE LEFT, UH, HIGHLIGHTS THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT ARE ASSIGNED DEFERRED DISPOSITION, AND THAT WERE DISMISSED SU SUCCESSFULLY UPON COMPLETION. UM, I I NEED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BAR CHART ON THE LOWER LEFT RIGHT CORNER. THIS CHART REPRESENTS THE PERCENTAGE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THEIR TERMS OF DEFERRED DISPOSITION. THIS RATE IS TRACKED EVERY MONTH AND IS REPORTED ON THE COURT'S DASHBOARD. IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE THIS COMPLETION RATE, THE COURT IS PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS PLACED ON DEFERRED DISPOSITION. INITIALLY, WE HAD SEEN A SLIGHT INCREASE WITH THE ADDED SUPPORT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THESE NUMBERS HAVE FALLEN BACK BELOW 40%. IN DISCUSSIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO, UM, HAVE FACED CHALLENGES IN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THEIR DEFERRED DISPOSITION, UH, WHAT IS HEARD MOST OFTEN IS THAT FINANCIAL COSTS TIED TO ATTENDING THE, UH, THERE'S FINANCIAL BURDENS THAT ARE TIED TO ATTENDING THE MANDATORY CLASSES. AND DESPITE THE COURT'S EFFORTS TO PROVIDE LOW COST OR FREE COUNSELING SERVICES, THE TOTAL BILL CAN STILL AMOUNT TO SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE NOT THE ONLY COURT UTILIZING LOW COST OR, OR FREE COUNSELING SERVICES. COUNTY COURTS ARE ALSO UTILIZING THESE AGENCIES AND SO ARE THE DISTRICT COURTS. UM, MANY OF THESE PROVIDERS HAVE WAITING LISTS THAT WILL, THAT CAN CAUSE THE DEFENDANT TO EXCEED THE 180 DAYS THAT THE COURT HAS JURISDICTION OVER THESE CASES. AND EVEN THOUGH THE COURT HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE CONSEQUENCES OF A FAMILY VIOLENCE CONVICTION, SOME DEFENDANTS STILL FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO COMPLETE THE REQUIRED PROGRAMS DUE TO FINANCIAL CONCERNS. DESPITE THESE HURDLES, THE COURT REMAINS COMMITTED TO INCREASING THE COMPLETION TO TO INCREASING THAT COMPLETION RATE. WE ACTIVELY ARE, WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING TO FORM NEW PARTNERSHIPS TO ADDRESS THE OBSTACLES THAT PREVENT AN INDIVIDUAL FROM DEVELOPING HA HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. UM, BEFORE I CONTINUE, I WANNA TAKE A MINUTE TO EXPLAIN THE TWO AVENUES THROUGH WHICH AN ANIMAL AND CODE CASES CAN BE FILED. I KNOW THAT FRED HAD TOUCHED ON THIS BRIEFLY, BUT IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING, SO I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT REAL QUICK. UM, ANIMAL AND CODE VIOLATIONS CAN BE FILED EITHER CIVILLY AND CRIM OR CRIMINALLY, AND THIS DISCRETION LIES, LIES WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR THE A C SS OFFICER. IN THE CASE OF CIVIL FILINGS, ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICERS PRESIDE OVER THESE CASES. THE ADMINISTRATIVE ROUTE MEANS THAT WARRANTS ARE NOT ISSUED, AS FRED HAD MENTIONED EARLIER. UM, IF RESIDENTS FAILURE TO APPEAR OR IF THEY DON'T, UH, COMPLY WITH HAVING BEEN FOUND NOT LIABLE, MEANING THAT THEY DON'T PAY THE ASSESSED, UH, JUDGMENT THAT HAS BEEN RENDERED AGAINST THEM. CRIMINAL CASES ARE HEARD BY A MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE WARRANTS FOR FAILURE TO A PLAYER TO APPEAR OR COMPLY WITH THE COURT ORDER. AND REGARDLESS OF HOW A CASE IS FILED, THE COURT SENDS NOTICES TO DEFENDANTS AND RESIDENCE TO INFORM THEM OF THEIR, OF THE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. COURT APPEARANCES AND TIMELINES. I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU GET QUESTIONS FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS REGARDING CODE AND ANIMAL CASES. I AM AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS THIS PROCESS WITH YOU, WITH YOUR STAFF, OR WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS IF YOU NEED FOR ME TO DO THAT. AND, UM, THE CHART ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT SHOWS A C S FILINGS FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEARS. AND, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN SOME OF THOSE INSTANCES, SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE INCREASING. THERE ARE FOUR INSTANCES WHEN A MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE HEARS CIVIL CASES RELATED TO ANIMALS. THEY ARE DANGEROUS DOG FAILURE TO COMPLY HEARINGS. THAT'S WHEN AN OWNER IS NOT [01:10:01] COMPLAINT COMPLYING WITH DANGEROUS DOG REQUIREMENTS. CRUELTY HEARINGS, THOSE ARE CASES INVOLVING ANIMAL MISTREATMENT, AGGRESSIVE OR DANGEROUS DOG APPEALS. THAT MEANS IF A DOG HAS BEEN DEEMED AGGRESSIVE OR DANGEROUS, AN OWNER HAS A A PERIOD OF TIME TO APPEAL THAT DESIGNATION. AND ALSO, UH, SERIOUS BODILY INJURY HEARINGS. THAT'S WHEN ANIMALS HAVE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT HARM TO A PERSON, UH, TO ENSURE THESE CASES ARE PROCEEDED SMOOTHLY. THERE IS A HIGHER, THERE'S REGULAR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE COURT, A C S, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THIS COORDINATION ENSURES THAT THESE HEARINGS ARE PLACED ARE TAKE PLACE WITHIN APPROPRIATE TIMELINES. ADDITIONALLY, A CITY MAGISTRATE IS AVAILABLE AROUND THE CLOCK 24 7, WHO CAN SIGN SEIZURE WARRANTS WHEN NEEDED. THE JUDGE WHO GENERALLY PRESIDES OVER THESE CASES IS ON CALL TO PROVIDE HEARING DATES WITHIN THE STATUTORY TIMELINES AND WORKS CLOSELY WITH COURT STAFF AND THE ON-DUTY MAGISTRATE TO ENSURE THAT ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS ARE MET. THE TABLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE ILLUSTRATES OUTCOMES FOR CIVIL ANIMAL CASES. THESE CASES OFTEN INVOLVE ANIMAL NUISANCE VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING AN AN ANIMAL THAT IS FREE OF RESTRAINT, UM, THAT LACKS MICROCHIPPING FAILURE TO STERILIZE AND LACK OF PROPER VACCINATIONS. THE SECOND ROW IN THE TABLE PERTAINS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN FOUND LIABLE, UH, OR DIDN'T APPEAR RESULTING IN A DEFAULT JUDGMENT. SINCE THESE ARE CIVIL FILINGS, AGAIN, THE COURT DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE WARRANTS FOR THESE TYPES OF CASES. INSTEAD, LETTERS ARE MAILED TO RESIDENTS INFORMING THEM OF THE OUTCOME AND IMPORTANT DEADLINES. SLIDE 13 PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CODE VIOLATIONS FILED AT THE COURT. AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THESE CASES ARE ALSO INCREASING. UM, THIS FISCAL YEAR, THIS TABLE ILLUSTRATES OUTCOMES FOR CIVIL CODE FILINGS. AGAIN, THESE CASES FALL UNDER THE DUR JURISDICTION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICER. AND, UM, A WARRANT IS NOT ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR OR TO PAY A JUDGMENT IN BOTH ANIMAL AND CIVIL CODE VIOLATIONS. THE DISMISSAL IS GRANTED BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF EITHER THE A C S OFFICER OR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. SO YOU CAN SEE LINE FOUR WHERE THEIR CASES ARE DISMISSED. A HEARING OFFICER CANNOT DO THAT ON THEIR OWN. THEY DO NEED A RECOMMENDATION FROM AN A C S OFFICER OR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO DISMISS A CASE. UM, THE SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL COURT JUVENILE SERVICES PROGRAM EMPHASIZES A RESTORATIVE APPROACH WITH JUVENILES WHO ARE REFERRED TO COURT. IN ADDITION TO UPHOLDING PUBLIC SAFETY, THE PROGRAM PLACES A STRONG EMPHASIS ON EDUCATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE JUVENILES INVOLVED. THE COURT TRIES TO ENSURE THAT JUVENILES GAIN A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPACT OF THEIR ACTIONS, NOT, UH, NOT JUST ON THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO ON OTHERS. THE COURT ALSO RECOGNIZES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MAINTAINING A CLEAN RECORD FOR THESE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS. WHENEVER POSSIBLE, THESE, THE, THE GOAL OF THE COURT IS TO GIVE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE THE TOOLS TO MAKE BETTER CHOICES MOVING FORWARD. SLIDE 16 REPRESENTS THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES OFFERED AT THE COURT AND CARRIED OUT BY OUR DEDICATED JUVENILE CASE MANAGERS. UM, WHEN A JUVENILE APPEARS IN COURT, THE JU JUDGE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE WHICH COURT PROGRAMS SUIT THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS. ONE OF THE COURT'S INITIATIVES THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTFUL IS THE YOUTH ENRICHMENT CLASSES, AND THIS IS A A SIX COURSE CURRICULUM. THESE CLASSES COVER A RANGE OF TOPICS FROM ENHANCING ASSERTIVENESS, ASSERTIVENESS AND TEEN SOCIAL SKILLS TO ADDRESSING ISSUES LIKE UNDERAGE DRIVING MENTAL HEALTH, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND TEEN DATING. PARENTING CLASSES WILL BE ADDED THIS YEAR, AND THESE COURSES ARE HELD ON SATURDAY MORNINGS ARE NOW ORGANIZED AND TAUGHT BY THE JUVENILE CASE MANAGERS. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THE COURT HAS COLLABORATED WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, NONPROFIT AGENCIES, AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF JUVENILES BEFORE THE COURT. THE COURT HAS, HAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT TO HELP JUVENILES SATISFY COURT ORDERED COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE MANUAL LABOR, UM, THAT THE, UH, JUVENILES PERFORM. THE JCMS, UM, DO INCORPORATE EDUCATIONAL ELEMENTS. THE IDEA IS TO EXPOSE JUVENILES TO EXPERIENCE, UH, TO MAKE, TO HAVE EXPERIENCES THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE OTHERWISE IN, UH, HAD THIS INCLUDES TRIP TO LOCAL PARKS TO LEARN ABOUT NATIVE PLANTS, MUSEUMS, AND EVEN TRIPS TO THE ZOO. THE COURT ALSO COLLABORATES WITH U T S A TO PROVIDE COUNSELING SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF JUVENILES AND THEIR FAMILIES. TEEN COURT IS ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT HA THAT WE'VE HAD A LONGSTANDING COLLABORATION WITH U UH, ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF LAW. THIS PLATFORM IS OPEN TO ALL STUDENT VOLUNTEERS AS YOUNG AS 12 YEARS OLD, AND GIVES THEM THE CHANCE TO FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND EXPLORE POTENTIAL CAREERS IN THE LEGAL FIELD. IF A [01:15:01] JUVENILE IS REFERRED TO TEEN COURT BY THE JUDGE, THEY NEED TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS SET BY THEIR PEERS ON THE JURY FOR A SUCCESSFUL CASE CLOSURE. THIS YEAR, TEEN COURT DATES HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED THROUGH NOVEMBER WITH 10 CASES REFERRED SO FAR, INVITATIONS HAVE ALSO GONE OUT TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR VOLUNTEERS, AND THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN VERY GOOD. THE OTHER, UH, SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE ARE TRUANCY SERVICES, TRUANCY PREVENTION INTERVENTION, AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS FOR THE JUVENILE CASE MANAGERS. THEY ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN SUPPORTING SCHOOLS, STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND GUARDIANS TO ADDRESS TRUANT CONDUCT ISSUES. KIDS AS YOUNG AS FOUR YEARS OLD, TO THOSE UP TO AGE 18 CAN BE REFER REFERRED TO THE COURT FOR TRUANT CONDUCT. SLIDE 17 SPECIFICALLY REFER REFERS TO TRUANCY PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION, AND REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF YOUTH SERVED PER ACADEMIC YEAR. STRIPES OF SERVICES OFFERED IN AND SCHOOL DISTRICT SERVED. UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK, AGAIN, IS THAT THE JCMS ARE INVOLVED IN IS RELATED TO TRUANCY PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION. YOU PROBABLY NOTICE THE, THE CHART ON THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER. SINCE 2018, THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN, IN JUVENILE CASE MANAGEMENT STAFFING. CURRENTLY THE COURT HAS 12 JCMS ON STAFF. THE FIRST STEP IN ADDRESSING, UH, TRUANCY, THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS, UH, IS A SCHOOL FORUM. JCMS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THESE SCHOOL DISTRICT EVENTS, PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED SUPPORT AND EDUCATION. IF THE TRUANCY ESCALATES, THE NEXT STEP INVOLVES CREATING A DIVERSION AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE J C M, THE STUDENT AND THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN. THESE AGREEMENTS USUALLY LAST ABOUT 45 DAYS, AND CAN INCLUDE VARIOUS COMPONENTS LIKE ATTENDANCE, RECOVERY, SETTING, ATTENDANCE EXPECTATIONS, OR ENGAGING IN SCHOOL-BASED SERVICES. IF THE BEHAVIOR CONTINUES TO ESCALATE, THE STUDENT IS CALLED TO COURT ALONG WITH THEIR PARENTING OR GUARDIAN. THIS IS THE MEDIATION PHASE AND MARKS A MORE FORMAL COURT INVOLVED PROCESS TO ADDRESS THE TRUANCY ISSUE AND FIND A SUITABLE SOLUTION. IF THERE IS STILL NO CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR, THE DISTRICT CAN INITIATE A CRIMINAL FILING AGAINST THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN. AND THERE'S ONE MORE ITEM ON THIS, UH, SLIDE THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS THE LEVER DOCKETS FROM MAY TO EARLY OCTOBER, THE JUVENILE CASE MANAGERS WORK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CONTACT KIDS WHO HAVE LEFT SCHOOL, AND THEY TRY TO GET THEM TO RE-ENROLL OR ASSIST THEM IN HELPING TO FIND ALTERNATIVE, UH, ALTERNATIVES TO COMPLETING THEIR EDUCATION. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PERSONNEL HAVE INFORMED US THAT THEY GET A BETTER RESPONSE WHEN THE COURT IS INVOLVED IN THESE LEVER DOCKETS. SO THERE ARE, UH, A NUMBER OF, OF, UH, THINGS THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR THAT THE COURT IS ASKING FOR. WHERE THE COURT IS HOPING TO INITIATE AN ENDEAVOR TO ENHANCE AND UPLIFT OUR COURT ENVIRONMENT. THE FOCUS WILL BE TO REVITALIZE THE COURT'S FURNITURE AND FIXTURES. IN THE TIME THAT I HAVE BEEN WITH THE COURT, I DO NOT RECALL FURNITURE OR, UH, FURNITURE BEING REPLACED NOR RENOVATION OF THE COURTROOMS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THOSE ARE JUST A FEW PICTURES OF OF OUR COURT FURNITURE AND, AND CARPET THERE IN ONE OF THE COURTROOMS. THIS WILL, UH, BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MODERNIZE AND CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT REFLECTS THE HIGH STANDARDS WE UPHOLD AND THAT THE COMMUNITY EXPECTS. EARLIER THIS YEAR, HOUSE BILL 47 14 WAS PASSED, WHICH IS AN INSTRUMENTAL PIECE OF LEGISLATION AIMED AT MODERNIZING THE WAY THE COURT DOCUMENTS PROCEEDINGS. THIS AMENDMENT TO CURRENT LAW GIVES THE COURT THE FLEXIBILITY TO USE A GOOD QUALITY RECORDING DEVICE TO MAKE A RECORD. THIS CHANGE NOT ONLY STREAMLINES COURT OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO ENSURES THAT JUSTICE IS NOT DELAYED. MOVING. MOVING ON TO SLIDE 20. UM, THIS BRINGS US ANOTHER CRITICAL ASPECT OF COURTROOM OPERATIONS, ENSURING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION THROUGH QUALIFIED INTERPRETERS. THE REQUIREMENT THAT QUALIFIED TELEPHONE INTERPRETERS IS NOT, IS NOT ONLY MANDATED IN THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURES, BUT IS A FUNDAMENTAL, IS FUNDAMENTAL TO GUARANTEEING THAT COMMUNICATION REMAINS SMOOTH AND ACCURATE AND IS ESSENTIAL TO NAVIGATING COMPLEX LEGAL TERMINOLOGY. BY AD ADHERING TO THESE MANDATES, WE ARE NOT JUST FULFILLING LEGAL OBLIGATIONS, WE ARE ENSURING THAT JUSTICE IS ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED IN OUR PROCEEDINGS, REGARDLESS OF LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES. AND FINALLY, UH, I KNOW THAT FRED HAD MENTIONED OUR, THE TRAFFIC SAFETY AWARDS THAT THE CA COURT HAS BEEN AWARDED SINCE 2019, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT THE COURT'S PROACTIVE EFFORTS TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A RANGE OF INITIATIVES INCLUDING TOWN HALL MEETINGS, CAREER DAYS, SAFE DRIVING EVENTS, AND MONTHLY CAMPAIGNS. THE COURT IS STEPPING OUT TO ENGAGE WITH [01:20:01] OUR COMMUNITY ON MULTIPLE FRONTS. YES, WE ARE A COURT, BUT WE ALSO WANNA SERVE AS AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE THAT EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS TO, UH, TO UNDERSTAND OUR LAWS AND UPHOLD THEM. WHETHER IT'S PROMOTING, PROMOTING SAFE DRIVING PRACTICES, RECOGNIZING SPAY NEUTER AWARENESS MONTH, OR EDUCATING STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES ON THE BENEFITS OF REGULAR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. WE ARE WORKING TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE COURT AND OUR COMMUNITY. AT THE HEART OF THESE EFFORTS IS A SHARED COMMITMENT TO PROMOTING PUBLIC SAFETY. AND WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BY EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY, WE CONTRIBUTE IT. WE CONTRIBUTE TO A SAFER COM, EXCUSE ME, A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GREAT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. AND FIRST, LET ME, UM, THANK YOUR DEPARTMENTS AND THE EMPLOYEES THAT YOU REPRESENT FOR THE WORK THAT YOU, THAT THEY DO. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS THE BIGGEST PORTION OF OUR BUDGET AND IT IS JOB NUMBER ONE FOR OUR CITY, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY. SO, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN. I'M GONNA TRY TO GO VERY QUICKLY AND JUST ASK MY QUESTIONS, THEN TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER BERT HDA. UM, LEMME START WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS. SINCE WE ENDED THERE. UH, JUDGE ALEJO RECOGNIZED THE, UH, GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN MANAGING THE COURTS, UH, AND APPLAUD THE HIGH CLEARANCE RATES. UH, WASN'T ALWAYS THE CASE, UH, EVEN JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. SO THE THING ON YOUR PRESENTATION, UH, FRED'S PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION THAT CAUGHT MY EYE WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID FRED, THAT, UH, THE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW IS, IS, UM, UN UNDERWATER. YOU'RE NOT RECEIVING ENOUGH AS MUCH REVENUE AS YOU ARE, UH, TO MANAGE THE DEPARTMENT. SO, UM, MY, I GUESS MY CONCERN OR SOMETHING THAT IF YOU COULD ADDRESS, UH, IT LOOKED LIKE YOUR BUDGET, YOU WERE PROPOSING SEVEN FEWER POSITIONS. MY CONCERN WOULD BE MAKING SURE THAT THOSE POSITIONS, UH, DON'T IMPACT THE CLEARANCE RATES THAT YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED HERE. COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? SURE. MAYOR. AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE FUNDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND, UH, NOT FROM ANY ACTIVITY THAT WE GET ON, ON FILINGS. UH, THE SEVEN PHYSICIANS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO BE DECREASED, UH, THAT'S, THOSE ARE IN THE TRUANCY PREVENTION DIVERSION FUND, WHICH, UH, THEY'RE NOT IN THE GENERAL FUND, BUT THAT TRUANCY FUND HAS BEEN DECREASING, UH, EVERY YEAR. AND SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT, AND SO WE'RE NO LONGER ABLE TO SUSTAIN THOSE SEVEN POSITIONS. AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION TO, TO REMOVE THOSE FROM OUR BUDGET. UM, THAT'S, THAT'S BASED ON COURT COSTS. THERE'S A $14, UH, COURT COST, UH, THAT'S PART OF THAT, THAT FEE THAT, THAT'S, UH, ALLOCATED THERE. OKAY. THANKS, FRED. JORDAN, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME'S JUSTINA TATE, BUDGET DIRECTOR. SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WITH THOSE SEVEN POSITIONS, THEY ARE BEEN VACANT AND THEY HAVE BEEN HELD VACANT, UM, FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS THE REVENUES HAVE DECLINED. OKAY. SO, SO MARY, I DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION. SO WITH REGARDS TO THE CLEARANCE RATES, UH, IT'S GENERAL FUND, UH, PHYSICIANS THAT WORKS ON THE, THE NORMAL OPERATIONS COURT CLERKS, JUDGES AND STAFF THAT, THAT WORKS ON, ON THOSE ASPECTS OF IT. OKAY. WELL, I I GUESS MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION THEN WOULD BE THE, THE TRUANCY COURT WAS A BIG DEAL AND A BIG LIFT TO GET, UH, TO GET GOING. SO, UM, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE TRUANCY COURTS GENERALLY? WE, UH, WE DO HAVE, AS I MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE 12 JUVENILE CASE MANAGERS, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO IS TRUANCY PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION. WE ARE IN APPROXIMATELY NINE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ABOUT THREE CHARTER SCHOOLS. UM, SO WE, WE JUST DON'T HAVE AS MANY. IF YOU, IF YOU RECALL THAT CHART, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT PAGE I THINK IT WAS ON PAGE 17. WE JUST AREN'T ABLE TO SERVE. WE WERE, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK TO DO MORE WITH LESS. IF YOU CAN SEE THE YOUTH SERVED IN THAT UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED AS THE NUMBER OF JUVENILE CASE MANAGERS HAS DECREASED AS WELL. WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S A BIT OF A CONCERN FOR ME, UM, JUST GIVEN THE CHALLENGE WITH TRUANCY POST PANDEMIC, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT WE HAD A, A CHALLENGE THERE BEFORE THAT. UM, LIKE I SAID, UH, JUDGE ADO, YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING A TERRIFIC JOB. WE'VE, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY WITH THE COURT SYSTEM. I WOULD ASK THE COMMITTEE, UM, TO WORK WITH YOU TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND FIND A SOLUTION FOR THAT, UH, TO KEEP IT ON TRACK. 'CAUSE IT IS A SUCCESS POINT FOR THE CITY. UH, THE TRUANCY INTERVENTIONS THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. I WOULDN'T WANT TO REGRESS ON THAT. SO IF WE CAN JUST MAKE BOOKMARK THAT AS A, AS A PROBLEM THAT WE NEED TO COLLABORATIVELY RES SOLVE. ABSOLUTELY. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BOTH OF YOU. UM, I GUESS WE'LL WORK BACKWARDS. CHIEF, I GOT A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU. UM, AND MAYBE [01:25:01] THIS IS FOR BOTH YOU AND, OH, I'M SORRY, CHIEF MCMANUS, . THERE'S TOO MANY CHIEFS IN THIS ROOM, . UM, SO, UH, I GUESS I NEED REASSURANCE. UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, VERY HAPPY THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PATROL, UH, POSITIONS. UH, THIS IS AN EFFORT TO, UH, FLIP THE MODEL, AS YOU SAID. UH, WE HAVE 105 OFFICER POSITIONS THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET. UH, A PORTION OF THOSE WE THINK WE HOPE ARE GONNA BE FUNDED THROUGH THE COPS GRANT APPLICATION. ERIC, CHIEF, TELL ME WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T GET THE COPS? GRANT, WE'RE STILL ADDING THE POSITIONS. OKAY. SAME THING WE DID IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. UM, WE'RE SETTING ASIDE MONEY TO ADD THOSE POSITIONS. WE'LL KNOW BY THE, HOPEFULLY THE THIRD WEEK IN SEPTEMBER, BUT IRRESPECTIVE, WE'RE ADDING A HUNDRED OFFICERS. OKAY. OF THE 105. UM, A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS. AND YOU KNOW, I, I REALIZE KNOW, I, I REALIZE THAT WE WILL BLUR THE DISCUSSION A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN POLICY AND BUDGET. THIS IS A BUDGET DISCUSSION, BUT IT DOESN'T INFLUENCE POLICY A LITTLE BIT. UH, THE SA CORE, WE'RE ADDING TWO UNITS. YES, SIR. UM, SO OBVIOUSLY WITH, UM, THE INCIDENT THIS SUMMER, THIS IS A BIG FOCUS OF OUR ACTIVITY. UM, WHERE ARE WE IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO RESPOND WITH SA CORE IN THE EVENT THERE'S A MENTAL HEALTH CALL IN THE COMMUNITY AT ANY HOUR OF THE NIGHT? IF SA CORE IS NOT WORKING IN THEIR ST AND THEY'RE WORKING IN THAT ONE, UH, DESIGNATED AREA, THAT THERE, THAT WAS THE, THE, THE, UH, PROGRAM WAS BEING TESTED IN, THEY'RE STILL THERE. UM, IF SA CORPS IS NOT WORKING OR CANNOT RESPOND BECAUSE THEY'RE TIED UP ON ANOTHER CALL, WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH UNIT. AND IF WE, IF A MENTAL HEALTH UNIT OFFICER FOR SOME REASON IS NOT AVAILABLE, WHICH I DON'T THINK WOULD HAPPEN, UH, BUT IF ONE IS NOT AVAILABLE, UM, THEN A PATROL OFFICER WOULD RE WOULD RESPOND. NOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE TYPES OF RESPONSE FOR A PATROL OFFICER WHEN THEY RE WELL, FOR EITHER MENTAL HEALTH OR A PATROL OFFICER. BUT IF IT'S AN ESCALATED CALL, THEN, UH, IT'S HANDLED AS SUCH. AND AN ESCALATED CALL IS WHEN THERE'S SOMEONE WHO IS IN CRISIS, WHO HAS A WEAPON WHO IS ACTING VIOLENTLY, AND IT'S A, IT'S A, UM, AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO APPROACH THAT INDIVIDUAL. KAREN, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT? GOOD AFTERNOON, ASSISTANT CHIEF, KAREN FOX, UH, MAYOR. SO OUR MENTAL HEALTH TEAM, UH, OUTSIDE OF CORE, CORE WORKS, UH, 16 HOURS A DAY, UM, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. IF THERE IS A, A CALL THAT NEEDS TO BE RESPONDED TO FOR MENTAL HEALTH NEXUS, UH, WE HAVE OUR MENTAL HEALTH UNIT THAT WOULD RESPOND SECONDARY TO SA CALL, UH, TO SA CORE. UM, IN THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, WE HAVE A DAY AND WE HAVE A NIGHT SHIFT AS WELL. THEY GET OFF AT, UH, THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. UH, AND THEN AFTER THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, UH, WE HAVE A TEAM THAT'S ON, ON CALL. SO IF THERE'S A CALL THAT COMES IN AFTER THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPLETELY GONE, THERE'S A TEAM THAT'S ON CALL. SO, SO IF THERE'S AN ESCALATED MENTAL HEALTH CALL AS THE CHIEF IS RESPONDING TO, UH, WHICH IS, UM, THERE'S A VIOLENT CRIME HAPPENING WITH THE PERSON WHO IS IN CRISIS, UH, THAT MENTAL HEALTH TEAM WILL BE CALLED ALONG WITH A MENTAL HEALTH SUPERVISOR, AND THEY ARE TO RESPOND TO THAT CALL. SO ARE THE, IS THE MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE STILL CONFINED TO A CERTAIN TIME OF DAY? SO, SO TRUTHFULLY, WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS WHO WILL RESPOND 24 HOURS. OKAY. SO THE ON-DUTY HOURS ARE CONFINED TO A SPECIFIC TIME, BUT ONCE EVERYONE'S OFF, WE HAVE AN ON-DUTY TEAM SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. OKAY. UM, SO I, I'M, I'M TAKING IT THEN. WE HAVE CROSSED THE THRESHOLD IN WHICH WE'RE STILL ANALYZING THIS APPROACH, UH, TO ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE. AND WE ARE NOW RESOURCING THIS KIND OF RESPONSE AS PART OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATION. IS THAT, IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S FAIR, MAYOR. THE, I THINK THE SA CORPS HAS, HAS PROVEN POSITIVE, UH, 'CAUSE AS YOU RECALL, WE, WE APPROVED IN THE, IN THE MIDTERM BUDGET, WE APPROVED FOR THE TWO, TWO NEW TEAMS, WHICH SHOULD BE IN PLACE BY JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR. OKAY. WELL, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT IN, IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, THEN, UH, WE LOOK TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO ALLOW FOR THAT KIND OF RESPONSE. AT ANY TIME THERE'S A CALL FOR IT. UH, AND SO IF THERE'S A GAP IN RESOURCES THAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM RESPONDING, UH, YOU KNOW, TO A MENTAL HEALTH CALL WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM, THEN WE, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RESOURCE THAT. GO AHEAD, MARIA. UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. SO IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE CHIEF, UH, MENTIONED, [01:30:01] UH, WE ADDED THE TWO SA CORE TEAMS THAT WILL COME ON BOARD IN JANUARY OF 2024. WE'LL HAVE COVERAGE ON THE ENTIRE CITY. WE'RE DIVIDING THE CITY IN THREE PARTS, BUT AS WE CONTINUE THE WORK OF THE SA COURT AND WE CONTINUE TO REPORT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IN OUR INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS, WE ARE CONTEMPLATING ADDING ADDITIONAL SA CORE TEAMS, UH, AND MAKING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND TO THE COUNCIL AND THAT, AND THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. OKAY. GREAT. WELL, THAT WILL, UH, CERTAINLY BE A PRIORITY, I THINK, FOR EVERYONE IN, UH, MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED. UM, ALL RIGHT. LET ME GO TO, LET ME GO TO FIRE THEN. CHIEF HOOD, I'M COGNIZANT OF THE, I WAS PRAYING FOR RAIN YESTERDAY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE ARE, WE'RE LIVING IN A TENDER BOX, BASICALLY WITH THE DROUGHT AND LACK OF RAIN, AND I KNOW, UH, PROBABLY THE TOLL THAT IT TAKES ON ON YOUR FOLKS. UM, AND I'M, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE'S WILDFIRE CONSIDERATIONS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS OUR, WHAT IS OUR VACANCY RATE RIGHT NOW IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT JUST FOR FIREFIGHTERS? UM, TODAY, IF WE LOOK AT, WE HAVE 22 VACANCIES. CORRECT. OKAY. SO THAT'S A WHAT PER, WHAT IS THAT PERCENTAGE? THAT'S, UM, LESS THAN, YEAH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE 22 OUTTA 1%, 1800 AND SOMETHING, SO, YEAH. OKAY. UM, AND SO LET ME GO TO, I THINK YOU HAD THE, UM, ADDITIONAL POSITIONS ON SLIDE 16. SO THESE, THESE ARE 16 NEW POSITIONS. THESE ARE 16 POSITIONS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED OVER NEED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO STAFF UP A PROGRAM. SO THE, UH, INVESTIGATORS WERE DUE FROM A AUDIT IN ARSON. SO WE LOOKED AT ADDING, UH, SOME POSITIONS TO TRACK OUR FIRES. WE DETAILED THREE PEOPLE OUT OF FIRE TO, TO, UM, MANAGE THE INVESTIGATION PIECE ALONG WITH ARSON. SO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM, BUT MOVE THE DETAIL POSITIONS BACK INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. OKAY. SO, UH, THE, THE, SO THESE ARE FOLKS THAT'LL BE PROMOTED FROM WITHIN, PROBABLY. SO THESE INVESTIGATORS RIGHT NOW, THESE ARE THE LOWEST LEVEL, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED. THEY'RE FIREFIGHTERS, THERE'S NO PROMOTION FOR THAT. WE TOOK THREE FIREFIGHTERS THAT INTERVIEWED FOR THE POSITION TO GO IN AND ACT AS INVESTIGATORS. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS FILL THOSE POSITIONS ON THE FIRETRUCKS THAT WE TOOK FROM THERE. SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION. ARE YOU BACK FILLING THE POSITIONS? THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE IDEA FOR ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS. IF YOU LOOK AT QUARTERMASTER, WE DIDN'T HAVE A SUFFICIENT WAY TO PROTECT THOSE TWO SETS OF GEAR. WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING 'EM CLEANED, INSPECTED, AND BACK IN THE FIELD. SO THE NEED ARISE THAT WE TOOK POSITIONS FROM FIRE DETAIL THEM TO TAKE CARE OF OUR, UM, RESOURCES AS FAR AS OUR PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. AND SO THESE WILL BASICALLY GO BACK AND FILL THOSE POSITIONS. SO WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED A FEW OF OUR MEMBERS THAT ARE UNABLE TO WORK ON A FIRETRUCK, UH, BECAUSE OF HEALTH ISSUES. SO THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE IF WE CAN FILL THOSE POSITIONS WITH SOME OF THOSE MEMBERS THAT CAN BE ON A FIRETRUCK EVERY DAY. OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT LOSING STRENGTH, WE'RE ADDING CADETS TO WE'RE AT, YES, SIR. WE'RE ADDING, AND, AND SO WE'RE NOT RELYING ON OVERTIME, FOR INSTANCE, TO BACK THOSE HOURS? THAT'S THE IDEA. SO AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF OUR OVERTIME COST. WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE DETAILS, BECAUSE AGAIN, IF WE HAVE TO GO MANAGE SOMETHING, WE'RE GONNA PULL PEOPLE. BUT WITH THESE PROGRAMS, THEY WERE HIGHLY EFFICIENT. SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO TRY TO KEEP, UM, THESE WERE PRIORITY POSITIONS FOR US. SO THESE POSITIONS DIDN'T GO BACK AND FILL IN THE AREAS THAT WE'VE TAKEN OUT IN DETAIL. OKAY. UM, I GUESS THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS MORE, I, I THINK AN ERIC QUESTION. UH, IT WENT OVER. THANKS, CHIEF. THANK YOU. UM, THERE'S, THERE WAS A SLIDE ON THE $13.7 MILLION IN ARPA EMERGENCY RESPONSE ON FIRE. MY ONLY QUESTION IS, IS IS THIS THE, UH, DOLLARS UNSPENT ON ARPA EARMARKED FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE IF THERE WERE ADDITIONAL WAVES OF COVID? IS THAT YES, SIR. IT IS. THAT IS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN JUNE. WE HAD THAT. OKAY. UM, EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS ALLOTMENT OF ARPA THAT, UM, I THINK IN JUNE WE SHARED WITH YOU THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE ON SLIDE 24. UH, THE BALANCE OF THAT WAS BEING DIRECTED TOWARDS, RECOMMENDED TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE LOW BARRIER SHELTERS AND THE LEASING OF THOSE FACILITIES OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. BUT [01:35:01] OKAY. THOSE ARE THE TWO REMAINING BUCKETS. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, LET ME GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER COVEO. H. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. UH, I'LL START OFF WITH UMM, JUST REALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU'VE, UH, SAW FIT TO FUND THE POLICE SAFETY CORPS. THE SAFETY CORPS HAS BEEN, UH, THIS IS THE YOUTH PROGRAM. I GET SAFETY CORPS AND SA CORPS CONFUSED A LOT, . SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE DISTINGUISHING THE YOUTH PROGRAM, UM, THAT HELPS KIDS WITH DISCIPLINE AND POTENTIAL CAREER OPTIONS, BUT MAINLY KIND OF DISCIPLINE AND, AND, AND HELPING THEM FOR LIFE SKILLS, A LOT OF LIFE SKILLS. SO, UM, LAST YEAR YOU GUYS SAW FIT TO FUND IT, AND THIS YEAR YOU'RE DOING IT AGAIN. I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR THAT. UM, IT'S, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR CHIEF HOOD ALSO. UM, I WAS AT THE HERO FOR HER CAMP, I GUESS OVER THE SUMMER, AND, UM, WAS SPEAKING TO THEM AND LEARNED THAT, UH, THAT THEY, THAT NEEDED MORE FUNDING. SO THANKS, THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR RESPONDING TO THE REQUEST AND INCREASING THE FUNDING FOR A HERO LIKE HER PROGRAM. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND, UM, AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE, THE FREQUENCY OF THE PROGRAMS OF THE CAMPS. I KNOW THAT THERE'S WAITING LISTS AND THEY'RE VERY POPULAR, SO, AND IT'S A GOOD PREMISE. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M GONNA, UM, ASK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE SA CORPS, JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. KIND OF LEAVING OFF WHERE, WHERE THE MAYOR, I'M SORRY. STARTING WHERE THE MAYOR LEFT OFF. I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER IF AN SA CORPS TEAM IS NOT AVAILABLE, BUT IS THERE 24 7? WELL, WITH THE TWO NEW TEAMS, SO THERE'LL BE THREE TOTAL. WILL THERE BE 24 7 COVERAGE FROM THE SA CORE TEAM? NOT JUST A MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER? NO, NO. COUNCILWOMAN, THERE WILL NOT. OKAY. UM, THERE'LL BE TWO, THERE'LL BE, THERE'LL BE, UH, TWO TEAMS. ONE TEAM WILL WORK IN THE MORNING. THEY WORK FROM SEVEN TO THREE IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THEN THE SECOND TEAM WILL WORK 3:00 PM TO 11:00 PM AND THAT WILL BE ALL THREE TEAMS. OKAY. I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN. OKAY. SO, SO WE'RE, SO THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE NOW, CURRENTLY MM-HMM. , UH, THERE'S REALLY ONE TEAM. THEY WORK TWO SHIFTS, SO GOT IT. THEY WORK, THEY WORK 7:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AND THEN 3:00 PM TO 11:00 PM AND SO THE TWO NEW TEAMS, THE EXPANSION TEAMS MM-HMM. WILL WORK THE SAME HOURS. ONE WILL COVER THE NORTH, NORTH SECTOR, IF YOU DISSECT. AND AS, AS, UM, MARIA MENTIONED, UH, ONE WILL WORK THE NORTH SECTOR THE SAME HOURS, WE'LL HAVE THE SAME CENTRAL TEAM AND ONE FOR THE SOUTH. SO WE ESSENTIALLY DON'T HAVE SA CORE TEAM COVERAGE FROM 11:00 PM TO 7:00 AM CORRECT? YES. CORRECT. OKAY. SO HOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE DO THAT? I MEAN, IS THERE A WAY TO, CAN WE CONFIGURE? I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE, THAT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE CALLS AND THEY'RE GONNA BE BUSY ON THOSE CALLS, AND SO THEY CAN'T MAKE EVERY CALL. BUT I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SA CORE TEAM, THE AVAILABILITY OR OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BE, BE, TO RESPOND TO THESE CALLS IS IMPORTANT. UM, WELL, WELL, LET ME SAY, SO THE REASON THAT, THAT THEY WORK THE HOURS THEY DO NOW MM-HMM. , SO WE DID A TEMPORAL ANALYSIS, UH, WHEN WE DEPLOYED THE FIRST TEAM. AND SO THE TIMES THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH CALLS WERE COMING IN WERE, WERE DURING THOSE HOURS. SO THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WE'RE, WE'RE DURING THOSE PARTICULAR HOURS. OKAY. SO, SO THEY, THEY USUALLY START ABOUT 8:00 AM OR SO. UH, AND THEN THEY, THE CALLS FOR, FOR MENTAL HEALTH TYPE CALLS, KIND OF DIE OFF NINE. OKAY. UH, SO, SO WE, WE DID AN ANALYSIS AND THOSE ARE THE REASON THOSE HOURS WERE PICKED. UM, THAT'S A LITTLE COUNTERINTUITIVE. YOU WOULD THINK IT'D BE MORE OVERNIGHT. I MEAN, I BELIEVE YOU, BUT, UM MM-HMM. TRUE. I THINK MIGHTY WANTS SOMETHING COUNCILWOMAN, TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION, I JUST WANTED TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THERE'S NO GAP IN COVERAGE FOR MENTAL HEALTH RELATED GOALS. OKAY. EITHER WE HAVE THE ESSAY CORE, THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, OR THE ON-CALL, UH, MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS. BUT WE HAVE COVERAGE, UH, 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO ADDRESS, UH, MENTAL HEALTH RELATED CALLS. OKAY. UM, I UNDERSTAND THE, I WILL SAY THOUGH, AT, AT THE, WE CAN MOVE TO A PLACE WHERE IF SPECIFICALLY THE SA CORE TEAM IS, IS, UH, OVERNIGHT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. UM, UM, UH, I'M JUST GONNA, I'M SORRY, I'M MENTALLY TRYING TO STILL . I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MOVE TOWARDS THAT IF POSSIBLE. OKAY. UH, THE, I'M, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE COMMIT CONTINUE TO, UH, UH, COMMITMENT TOWARDS EXPANDING OUR PATROL OFFICERS. I WAS HESITANT IN THE BEGINNING BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE TO SEE SAFE OFFICERS AND A LOT OF THE MORE, I GUESS, UM, TO USE A FIRE TERM SPECIALTY, UH, POSITIONS. BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT WE NEED THE OFFICERS. THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS, IS IN DEMANDING, UM, AT LEAST IN, IN MY PART OF THE WORLD. UM, BUT, BUT ALSO, I UNDERSTAND NOW BY BUILDING UP THE NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS, WE'RE GONNA CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EXPANSIONS OF OTHER, UH, OF OTHER UNITS. UM, BECAUSE WE'LL [01:40:01] HAVE THOSE PATROL OFFICERS MORE FREQUENTLY, UH, ON PATROL AND MAYBE NOT HAVE TO KIND OF RECALIBRATE SAFE AND, UM, AND, AND OR EVEN OUR SA CORPS OFFICERS. NO, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT WITH THE, UM, 60% OFF CALL TIME THAT YOU COULD CALL THE PATROL OFFICERS SAFE LIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE MORE TIME TO, TO ENGAGE AND, AND BE VISIBLE AND THAT SORT OF THING. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, I'M GONNA SWITCH GEARS TO FIRE. UH, I AM, UH, GLAD WE'RE INCREASING PROGRAM POSITIONS AS WELL AS E M S. THANK YOU FOR THE PLATFORM AT 45. I KNOW THAT'S A, A VERY BUSY AREA, UH, FOR YOU GUYS. UM, AND I UNDERSTAND ALSO, UH, AGAIN, TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT THE MAYOR WAS SAYING, THE THE 22 VACANCIES, I'M, I'M CURIOUS, SO WHAT, WHAT WAS THE MAYOR? HOW DID WE COME UP WITH THOSE 22 VACANCIES? WHAT WAS A MEASURE OF THAT? WELL, AND REAL, REAL QUICK, I'M SORRY, CHIEF, THE, WE HAVE, I KNOW WE HAVE THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS COMING UP, AND YES, SIR. AND THEN WILL WE RECALIBRATE THAT? SO THESE VACANCIES ARE A SNAPSHOT OF TODAY. THERE COULD BE PEOPLE THAT RETIRED MM-HMM. , PEOPLE THAT HAVE LEFT THE JOB. SO WHEN WE BUILD CLASSES UP, A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL DO A CLASS OF SAY 50. WE'VE GOT THOSE 22 THAT ARE VACANT, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SURPLUS. SO AGAIN, WHEN WE HAVE ANOTHER CLASS, CHANCES ARE THE NEXT CLASS, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY VACANCIES. SO IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE SNAPSHOT WHO'S RETIRED THIS WEEK OKAY. OR WHO'S LEFT THE DEPARTMENT. SO THAT IS A FLUID, THAT'S A FLUID NUMBER. OKAY. AND THAT'S FAIR. UH, AND OH, I SAT ON THE PENSION BOARD, UM, UP UNTIL RECENTLY. AND I, UM, REMEMBER WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE RETIRING. IT WAS A LARGER NUMBER THAN, THAN THEY HAD HISTORICALLY SEEN. SO I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, THAT NUMBER IS FLUID AND I THINK THAT'S MY ANSWER. BUT THAT WE'RE, YES, WE'RE KIND OF STAYING UP WITH IT AND NOT JUST KIND OF RELYING ON THE SNAPSHOT. I, I, I FEEL LIKE IT'S FAR MORE THAN THAT. I KNOW THAT WE'LL COME UP WITH, UH, DIFFERENT ADJUSTMENTS WHEN DURING THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS. UM, AND I HAD THE SIMILAR QUESTIONS ABOUT BACK FILLING. SO AS, AS, AS LONG AS WE'RE, WE HAVE A PLAN MOVING FORWARD FOR THAT, BUT ALSO NOT KIND OF JUST STICKING TO THE, THE 1 22 NUMBER THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PICTURE. ABSOLUTELY. AND SO WHEN WE WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, WHEN WE GO THROUGH THAT FOLDER REVIEW, AND WE LOOK AND WE COUNT, OKAY, SO WE'RE EIGHT OVER, WE'RE EIGHT OVER. WHEN WE START LOOKING AT THIS CLASS, UNFORTUNATELY, TWO OF THEM DROP OUT. ONE GETS HURT, WE HAVE TO ROLL THEM. SO NOW I'M DEALING WITH 47. AND SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE VERY FLUID AS FAR AS PEOPLE THAT ARE RETIRING, PEOPLE THAT LEAVE EARLY, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT AGAIN, NORMALLY EVERY CLASS WE'RE GONNA FILL THAT BACK UP TO, TO ZERO VACANCIES OR PLUS. OKAY. THANKS CHIEF. UH, I WANNA ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE TAXI VOUCHER. I THINK, UH, I'M USING THE EQUITY SCORE TO PROVIDE THE OPTIONS THAT PEOPLE CAN AFFORD. WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE THAT WON'T CALL AN AMBULANCE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT DOWN THE LINE, AND THAT COULD COST THEM THEIR LIVES. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE, I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S INNOVATION ALSO. YES, MA'AM. UM, BUT THE GOOD SAM APP AND, UM, THAT HORRIBLE STORY, YOU, YOU TOLD, UM, YOU COULD HAVE TOLD US AT THE BEGINNING THAT THE BABY WAS OKAY. IT WAS PRETTY SCARED FOR WHAT THOUGH? A A A A, AGAIN, UM, LISTENING TO IT THOUGH, IT TAKES YOU TO, WHAT IF THE BABY WASN'T YEAH, THAT'S, AND SO IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE VALUABLE FOR US TO YEAH. PAINT THE PICTURE. ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN THERE WAS A POSITIVE OUTCOME. YEAH. AND THANKFULLY, AND, AND THANKS TO THE INNOVATION AND THEN OF COURSE THE TEAM AND, AND THEIR, THEIR GOOD WORK, UM, IT ALSO MADE ME THINK ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE LISTENING TO THAT CALL LIVE. UM, AND ON ALL OF THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT WHEN THEY SEE, THEY DON'T SEE THAT POSITIVE OUTCOME. SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR, I KNOW THAT YOU, THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT, BUT JUST WANNA BRING UP THAT THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ISSUE THAT COULD AFFECT SOMEBODY, UM, A FIREFIGHTER. ABSOLUTELY. AND SO IF YOU'RE LISTENING TO THAT CALL AND YOU'RE THAT DISPATCHER AND RIGHT THAT SECOND, YOU'VE GOTTA JUMP INTO THAT MODE TO GET THEM TO EVEN LISTEN TO YOU. YEAH. AND THEN ON TOP. BUT IF YOU'RE A PARENT, WHICH WE ALL ARE, AND THEN YOU HEAR THAT, YEAH. SO I, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND OUR PARAMEDIC, UH, DISPATCHER. BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, AGAIN, UM, WE HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE IN DISPATCH THAT MAY HAVE A CHALLENGE LIKE THAT AND, AND FOLLOW UP WITH THEM. THANKS, CHIEF. THANK YOU. I'M GONNA MOVE OVER TO, UH, JUDGE ODO. UM, UH, THANK, UH, SPEAKING OF INNOVATION JUDGE, AND FRED, I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR WORK. UM, REALLY SPECIFICALLY MODERNIZING THE COURTS, BRINGING, MAKING IT SO ACCESSIBLE TO, TO OUR COMMUNITY. YOU HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF DOING THAT. UM, REAL QUICKLY, 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME, UM, I WANNA, UH, UH, UH, I LOVE THE IDEA OF EXPANDING THE TEEN COURT, AND I'VE TALKED TO COUNCILMAN MKI RODRIGUEZ ABOUT THE DIS THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM TO REDUCE, UH, RECIDIVISM IN THE, IN THE FAMILY LAW CASES. AND, UM, AND EXPANDING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOWER COSTS OR, OR JUST TO, TO LOWER THAT BY HAVING PEOPLE BE ABLE TO [01:45:01] COMPLETE THEIR DEFERRED DISPOSITION. I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC AND I SUPPORT THAT. I ALSO WANNA SAY, I THINK THE COURT IS STUCK IN 1985, SO I THINK WE SHOULD YES. YOU KNOW, UPDATE, BUT MOSTLY FOR SAFETY. I MEAN, THE CARPET ISSUES, I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE PRACTICED IN THAT COURT AND IT'S, IT'S NOT THE, IT'S NOT ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND, UH, ONE, AH, WELL, THAT'S IT. MY TIME'S UP. . THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. JUSTICE. I DON'T CUT YOU OFF IF YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SENTENCE. SO, UM, I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION, UH, AND I DON'T WANNA END IN A, A NEGATIVE NOTE, BUT I HAD THE CRIMINAL DOCKET, UH, WELL, ACTUALLY THE CRIMINAL DOCKET, IT WAS, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS DOWN BY LIKE FOUR, I THINK IT WAS THE, THE ANIMAL DOCKET. I'M SORRY, I COULDN'T READ MY WRITING DOWN BY 4,000. IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT THE, UM, IT HAS BEEN, I KNOW IT WAS AN ESTIMATION, BUT EVEN IN 2022 IT WAS DOWN BY LIKE 3000. IT'S A PREVIOUS SLIDE FROM SLIDE 12. IT WAS. AND WHILE YOU'RE, WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, WHILE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT, THE, UM, THE VIDEO IS FANTASTIC, BUT I WOULD, IF YOU CAN ADD IN THAT, UM, 'CAUSE YOU SAID YOU CAN GO PAY YOUR TICKET, BUT SOMETIMES THEY WANNA FIGHT IT. SO JUST LET 'EM KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY IF YOU COULD ADD THAT IN. OKAY. THAT'S IT. I'M DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER EO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY. UM, I, I GUESS I'LL START WITH, UH, CHIEF HOOD. CHIEF HOOD. YOURS IS, IS EASY. I APPRECIATE, I WAS LOOKING AT THE, UM, STRATEGIC PLAN THROUGH 2028, AND I LIKE THAT YOU HAVE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS ON THERE. AND SPECIFICALLY I'M LOVING THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND EMPATHY ON THERE. UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T FULLY TALK ABOUT IN THIS AREA. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, YOU ALSO HAVE TO BE A FULLY PARAMEDIC DEPARTMENT AND A TRAINING HUB FOR THE NATION. MY QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU IS TRAINING HUB FOR WHAT? THE NATION, BUT, BUT FOR WHAT PART? JUST IN GENERAL. WE HAVE, WE HAVE, I CAN NAME OFF 20 DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE COME HERE TO LOOK AT OUR M I H PROGRAM TO LOOK AT OUR WHOLE BLOOD DELIVERY PROGRAM. PERFECT. WE HAVE DONE WHOLE BLOOD ACADEMIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION WHERE WE EITHER GO OR THEY COME HERE. OKAY. SO WE THINK WE ARE A TRAINING HUB AND WE'RE MAKING THE NATION SAFER BY, UH, BEING AT THE, THE, THE TIP OF THE SPEAR AS FAR AS EMERGENCE MEDICAL SERVICES. I LOVE IT. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST, UH, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY AT WHAT, AND Y'ALL DO A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE RIGHT. SO, UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON SLIDE SEVEN BASED ON RESPONSE TIMES. UM, OH, SORRY. IS THAT FROM WHEN A CALL IS MADE OR IS THAT FROM WHEN, UH, SOMEONE IS ASSIGNED TO YOU? NO, NO, THAT'S FROM THE TIME THAT THE CALL IS MADE. OKAY. SO WE TAKE LEVERAGE OVER HAVING OUR OWN DISPATCH CENTER. OKAY. SOME DISPATCH CENTERS, IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE COUNTRY, THEY CALCULATE THE PROCESSING TIME AND THEN THEY LOOK AT, SAY A DEPARTMENT LOOKS AT JUST THEIR TRAVEL TIME AND THEY DON'T INCLUDE THE PROCESSING TIME. WE'RE INCLUDING THE PROCESSING TIME, THE TIME YOU CALL TILL THE TIME WE ARRIVE VERSUS JUST DOING STRAIGHT TRAVEL TIME. 'CAUSE THIS IS THE TRUER TIME OF THE RESPONSE. OKAY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I, I, I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. ALSO, ERIC. UM, 'CAUSE YOU TALKED TO ME ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL E M S COVERAGE WITH THE CLOSING OF THE TEXAS VISTA. UM, I STILL THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY RIGHT ON, ON SOME ISSUES, UM, UH, THERE, BUT, BUT I APPRECIATE IT. AND THEN WE'RE ADDING 16 NEW FIREFIGHTERS, AND I'M WONDERING IF, IF THAT'S CONSISTENT STILL WITH THE GROWTH? UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ADD RESOURCES AS WE GO. UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR US NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING ANOTHER PLATFORM MM-HMM. . SO, UH, AND THAT WAS PROGRAMMED, PROGRAMMED IN TO KEEP UP WITH I S O MM-HMM. WHEN WE ADDED THIS PLATFORM, UH, TO, UM, STATION 45 THAT WAS IN THE FINANCIAL FORECAST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP UP WITH OUR LADDER COVERAGE TO MAINTAIN A CLASS ONE. GOT IT. AND THEN I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SEE WITH THE OPIOID RESPONSE THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDS, THE PROPOSED 488,000. WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT, UH, SUPPORT? SO IT BASICALLY, IT'S ANTICIPATING A REDUCTION FROM THE STATE. THE STATE WAS KIND OF MANAGING THIS PROGRAM, BUT IF ANYONE CALLS US TODAY, UM, FOR A OPIOID RE UH, OVERDOSE, UM, OUR STAFF'S GONNA LOOK AT THE CALL LOGS FOR TODAY'S SHIFT. WE'RE GONNA GO OUT AND FIND THAT PERSON. IF WE CAN OFFER THEM, UM, DIFFERENT TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES, OFFER THEM NARCAN IF NEED BE MM-HMM. OR SUBOXONE, IF OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR FEELS THAT THAT'S NECESSARY, UH, IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT ON THE WEEKENDS WHERE YOU SEE SOMEONE THE MAY OD, IF WE CAN GET THEM ON THAT TREATMENT THAT'S GONNA CURB THEIR APPETITE. AND THAT SOUNDS, THAT'S A BAD TERM, BUT THAT IS GOING TO CURB THEIR APPETITE TO, UM, USE NARCOTICS AND HOPEFULLY GET THEM IN A PROGRAM. [01:50:01] GREAT. THANK YOU. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE 1.2 BILLION, A MILLION DOLLARS TO STOP THE BLEED KITS. I KNOW, I, SORRY. I KNOW I, UM, I AM RECOVERING FROM A MILD CONCUSSION, Y'ALL, SO I'M A LITTLE OFF. UM, BUT SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THAT WAS MY FIRST C C R, UM, UH, WITH THE STOP THE BLEED. AND SO I'M, I'M ALWAYS APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. UM, AND THEN CAMP HERO, LIKE HER, I LOVE THAT CONTINUED INVESTMENT AS WELL. AND THEN HAVE WE IDENTIFIED THE LOCATIONS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED RESILIENCY HUBS, YET D SEVEN, D SEVEN IS, AND COUNCIL, THAT'S WHAT NOT YET. AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, UH, CREATING THAT MATRIX AS WELL AS THOSE UNDERSTANDING OF THE, THE ITEMS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IN ORDER TO DO THAT. UH, WE HAVE HAD MEETINGS WITH THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AS WELL TO LOOK AT ANY PIECES THAT THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THAT. GOT IT. THANK, WE DO KNOW THERE'S A HANDFUL OF AGENCIES THAT HAVE COME FORWARD. YES, YES. SO, OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, MA'AM. AND THEN I'LL GO TO JUDGE REALLY FAST. UM, UH, WHAT HAPPENS IF A PERSON PAYS A CITATION ONE DAY LATE ASKING FOR A FRIEND ONE DAY LATE ONLINE , UH, THE MAYOR AND I WERE, UH, OUT OF THE COUNTRY DOING THE SISTER CITY THING, AND MY SON, UH, DECIDED TO TAKE MY CAR AND CALLS ME AT 2:00 AM THIS TIME, WHICH WASN'T 2:00 AM IN OUR TIME AND FREAKS OUT BECAUSE HE HAD A A, HE HAD PARKED BY A FIRE HYDRANT THAT HE SAID HE COULDN'T FIND OR HE COULDN'T SEE IN THE DARK. AND SO I PAINTED ONE DAY LATE AND I WAS REALLY FREAKING OUT. BUT REALLY WHAT HAPPENS, WE, UH, THERE'S A PERIOD OF TIME THAT IS GIVEN BEFORE. WAIT. WELL, AND SINCE IT'S A PARKING TICKET, A WARRANT IS NOT GONNA BE ISSUED. THE ONLY THING IS THAT THE FEE WOULD INCREASE A LITTLE BIT, BUT FOR CRIMINAL CASES, WE DO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. UH, FOR INDIVIDUAL, WE SEND A NOTICE AND LET 'EM KNOW THAT A WARRANT IS GONNA BE ISSUED FOR THEIR ARREST IF THEY DON'T COME IN AND TAKE CARE OF THE TICKET. SO FOR THE DAY AFTER, NOTHING REALLY HAPPENS. OKAY, GOOD. 'CAUSE I TOLD HIM THE FINE DOUBLED AND I JUST CHARGED HIM EXTRA. SO , THEN YOU DID THE RIGHT THING. NOW HE KNOWS. YES. UM, AND THEN, UH, CHIEF, UH, CHIEF MCMANUS, MY NEXT QUESTION IS FOR YOU. SO I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE SOUTH SUBSTATION WAS OUT OF AC. DID YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE OUT, THEIR AC IS OUT? I DID NOT. OKAY. I DIDN'T EITHER. I DIDN'T THINK YOU KNEW. 'CAUSE Y'ALL ARE AWESOME ABOUT TELLING ME RIGHT AWAY. SO JUST F Y I, SO MAYBE WE CAN, WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT. APPARENTLY THERE'S A COST ALREADY TO REPAIR IT. AND SO, UM, BUT UH, SO IT JUST WORRIED ME A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT COME IN THERE AND, AND YOU KNOW, WAIT AS WELL. SO, UM, SO ANYWAY, SO JUST F Y I AND THEN ON RESPONSE TIMES IS THE AVERAGE BASED ON WHEN A CALL IS MADE AND PICKED UP, IT'S THE SAME QUESTION THAT I ASKED CHIEF HOOD. SO EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE S A P D ONE, WHEN THE CALL TAKER PICKS UP THE PHONE, THAT'S WHEN THE TIME STARTS. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN, UM, AND SO, AND I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES. UM, UH, I ASKED A COUPLE OF DAYS OR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ABOUT THE SA CORE AND SEEING IF WE COULD ADD ADDITIONAL UNITS NOT TAKING AWAY FROM THE OFFICERS THAT WE ALREADY HAD, BUT JUST ADDITION. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA TAKE RAMPING UP AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADD IN HEALTH AND IN FIRE, ET CETERA. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR, FOR TAKING THAT INTO, INTO STRONG CONSIDERATION. UM, CHIEF ON THE, AND BY THE WAY, THANK YOU. POLICE COURT DESERVES UNIFORMS. THEY'RE, THEY'RE SO GOOD. THEY'RE AT EVERY EVENT, THEY VOLUNTEER FOR EVERYTHING. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, YOU, YOU MENTIONED THE 60% TIME DOING PROACTIVE WORK. WHAT DOES PROACTIVE POLICE WORK LOOK LIKE? PROACTIVE, UH, POLICE WORK LOOKS LIKE OFFICERS ENGAGING WITH, UH, RESIDENTS. UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE SOME CALLS THAT, OR SOME PROBLEMS, SOME ISSUES THAT CANNOT BE HANDLED BY JUST A, A NINE ONE ONE CALL OR BY A CALL TO THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE. THERE, THERE NEEDS TO BE TIME SPENT, THERE NEEDS TO BE, UH, PROBLEM SOLVED. THERE NEEDS TO BE CONTACT WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. AND THAT WILL GIVE PATROL OFFICERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT WHEN THEY'RE NOT RUSHING FROM CALL TO CALL. OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU. AND THEN, UM, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, THE OUTDOOR PHYSICAL FITNESS TRAINING AREA, IT'S NOT JUST AN, IS IT, IT'S NOT JUST TO EXERCISE, IS IT? I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A POLICE OFFICER, UH, WHO SHALL NAME NAMELESS EARLIER, WHO SAID THE TRAINING FACILITY HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1984, AT LEAST WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE ACADEMY, WHICH YOU COULD DO THE MATH AND FIGURE OUT WHO THAT POLICE OFFICER WAS, BUT SO I WAS CONCERNED WHEN HE SAID THAT. SO IS THAT THE, THE ONLY TIME THAT IT'S BEEN INVESTED IN SINCE 1984, IT'S BEEN UPKEPT AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE AND ALL GOES, BUT, BUT IT'S AN OLD GYM, BUT THE, THE, THE ISSUE HERE IS CAPACITY. GOT IT. IT, IT, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, FOUR CLASSES ARE TIGHT IN THERE, AN AN EXTRA [01:55:01] CLASS AND RUNNING AN EXTRA A HUNDRED PEOPLE THROUGH THERE, UH, THROUGH THE ACADEMY. IT'S JUST TOO SMALL. SO THE, THE, UM, IDEA WOULD BE TO ADD A TRAINING FACILITY FOR THAT TYPE OF, UM, ACTIVITY IN THE ACADEMY. GOT IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO THEN THAT I, I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT AND THEN ALSO, UM, WHEN S A P D, UM, GETS A CALL, AND SO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WERE ALREADY ASKED, I WAS WONDERING IF THERE IS A TEAM AVAILABLE 24 7, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS SOMEBODY, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMEWHAT AVAILABLE. BUT WHEN S A P D RESPONDS TO THAT MENTAL HEALTH CAR CALL AND TAKES PEOPLE, UM, TO UNIVERSITY HEALTH, IS THERE ANY FOLLOW UP THAT HAPPENS AFTER US? OR IS THE CITY AT THAT POINT KIND OF HANDS OFF? THERE IS FOLLOW UP. SO, UM, UH, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN, UH, WE TAKE, UM, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS TO ANY HOSPITAL, UH, WHETHER IT'S UNIVERSITY OR ANY OF THE OTHER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITALS, UH, THERE IS FOLLOW UP. OUR MENTAL HEALTH TEAM FOLLOWS UP. WE HAVE, UM, C H C S CLINICIANS WHO ARE EMBEDDED WITH US, UH, AND, AND THEY HAVE, UH, A CASE MANAGEMENT WHERE THEY FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CONNECTED WITH SERVICES, UH, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THEM AFTERWARDS. SO THERE IS FOLLOW UP. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU CHIEF FOLKS, AND THANK YOU CHIEF. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATIONS AND FOR YOUR RESPONSES OF THE QUESTIONS SO FAR. MY FIRST CLARIFYING QUESTION IS REGARDING THE MEMO STAFF WILL BE RESPONDING TO US WITH, FOR SOME OF THE PREVIOUS, UH, UH, MEETINGS. AND FOR THIS ONE EVEN, WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THEM? I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR ERIC MEMOS WITH ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS WE REVIEW AS A FOLLOW A MEMO FROM LAST WEEK. MM-HMM. , UH, YOU'LL GET IT TONIGHT, COUNCILMAN. OKAY. WE'RE JUST WRAPPING UP SOME FORMATTING FOR SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, BUT YOU'LL GET IT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT WAS A GOOD LISTENING TEST. UM, I , I'M ACTUALLY, I JUST REVIEWED THE MEMO, SO I'VE SENT BACK A COUPLE OF CORRECTIONS, BUT WE'LL GET IT OUT TO YOU. THANK YOU. UM, AND I, I ALSO JUST WANNA SAY JUST FOR THE GOOD OF DISCUSSION THAT OFTEN THERE'S A HESITANCY TO, UM, CRITIQUE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET LARGELY FOR POLITICAL REASONS. UM, BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DEPARTMENT THAT MAKES UP ABOUT 38% OF OUR CITY'S BUDGET AT OVER $622 MILLION, I THINK THAT'S A DISSERVICE. AND SO CRITIQUING S A P D SPENDING AND ASKING, YOU KNOW, DIFFICULT QUESTIONS IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE CRITIQUE A C S OR PUBLIC WORKS OR PARKS AND REC DOES NOT MEAN YOU DO NOT VALUE OR RESPECT THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT. RATHER, IT SHOWS CONSISTENCY AND FAIRNESS. AND SO I WANNA START OFF FROM THAT POINT. THAT BEING SAID, I DO WANT TO LIST OUT A FEW MAJOR INVESTMENTS THAT I DON'T THINK HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN MANY OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE EXTREMELY LARGE COSTS TO OUR CITY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. SO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ADDITION TO THE $1.1 MILLION OUTDOOR FITNESS FACILITY IN THE $700,000 MODULAR MODULAR TRAINING BUILDING, WE'LL BE REPLACING THREE HELICOPTERS AT A COST OF OVER $21 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS. UM, WE'LL BE CONSTRUCTING A NEW LARGE TACTICS AND FIREARMS BUILDING AT A COST OF ABOUT $4.9 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS. WE'LL BE SPENDING ROUGHLY $15.8 MILLION ON IMPROVEMENTS TO THE POLICE ACADEMY DRIVING TRACK, ANOTHER $2.1 MILLION ON A K NINE FACILITY RELOCATION, AND AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION EXPANDING PARKING AT THE TRAINING ACADEMY. AND NONE OF THESE ARE BOND PROJECTS. WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT NEARLY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEARLY $50 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS THAT HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED DURING THESE PRE, DURING THESE PRESENTATIONS. UM, IN ADDITION TO EACH OF THESE COSTS, WE'RE ALSO USING OUR RESERVES TO SET ASIDE FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $3 MILLION FOR THE COPS GRANT, AND THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY GRANT, UH, IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. AND SO, I JUST WANNA BE VERY CLEAR, AGAIN, FOR A FEW REASONS THAT MANY OF OUR MOST, UH, OUR MOST VALUED COMMUNITY CENTERS AND FACILITIES ARE IN A STATE OF DETERIORATION, BUT RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE TOLD TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM. AND WE'RE DISCUSSING OUR BUDGET, VERY TIMIDLY MILDLY IMPROVING OUR 44% A C S RESPONSE RATE TO A 64% RESPONSE RATE, FINDING SHELTER IN SUPPORT FOR ONLY SOME OF OUR HOMELESS RESIDENTS, ADDRESSING A SMALL FRACTION OF OUR MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INFRASTRUCTURE NEED AND LEAVING SO MANY OTHER NEEDS ONLY PARTIALLY ADDRESSED. AND SO I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THAT IF WE VIEW THIS BUDGET THROUGH THE LENS OF NEEDS VERSUS WANTS, WHERE DO THOSE OTHER NEEDS STACK UP AGAINST AN OUTDOOR FITNESS CENTER OR DRIVING TRACK IMPROVEMENTS? AND WHEN WE ADDRESS OUR COMMUNITY'S TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS, WE MAY NOT STRUGGLE SO MUCH TO RESPOND WHEN FOLKS SAY THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE OR THEIR NEEDS HAVE NOT BEEN MET. AND I'LL ALSO NAME JUST FOR REFLECTION, THAT I DON'T FEEL, UH, I'LL END AT THAT POINT. UM, BUT I'LL ALSO NAME THAT JUST FOR REFLECTION. I DON'T FEEL THAT WE ARE IMPROVING OUR MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE WITH THE URGENCY THAT WE SHOULD. THERE ARE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING THESE SERVICES, WHETHER IT'S DUE TO HOURS OF AVAILABILITY, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, OR LANGUAGE ACCESS, OR EVEN CAPACITY. AND SO I THINK IT IS BEYOND THIS BUDGET CONVERSATION, [02:00:01] I THINK IT'S WORTH A GREATER DISCUSSION ON HOW WE'RE, UM, HANDLING THE, THIS PARTICULAR UNIT SA CORE. UM, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE MUNICIPAL COURTS. UH, I'M EXCITED TO SERVE AS CHAIR OF THE MUNICIPAL COURTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE THIS TERM FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, INCLUDING, AS WAS MENTIONED, WE HAVE AN AWARD-WINNING MUNICIPAL COURT SYSTEM, UH, LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE EXPANSIVE LIST OF DIVERSION PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS THAT EXIST, UM, AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS. AND I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, JUDGE CARLA. UM, I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL SEE EVEN MORE INNOVATION AND FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE COURT'S ABILITY TO SERVE AS A TOOL TO DO ALL THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED, SUCH AS REDUCING RECIDIVISM AND PREVENT HIGHER LEVEL OF CRIMES IN OUR CITY. SO THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORT ON. UM, ONE GOES BACK TO THE MAYOR'S POINT ABOUT THE SEVEN FEWER POSITIONS, UM, I'D HATE FOR OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS FOR THE FUND TO DECREASE MORE. UM, AND THEN WE SEE A FILLED POSITION NEED TO BE CUT. AND SO I THINK IT'S WORTH CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT FROM OUR GENERAL FUND, UH, TO SUPPLEMENT THAT, THAT, UH, LOSS IN REVENUE, I GUESS. UM, ANOTHER ASK IS RELATED TO OUR FAMILY VIOLENCE COURT. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT, UH, EARLIER IT WAS LISTED, THERE'S A 39% COMPLETION RATE FOR THE DIVERT, UH, DISPOSITION PROGRAM. UM, AND I'M EAGER TO SEE THAT CASE MANAGERS WILL BE ADDED AS A MEANS TO, UH, SUPPORT PARTICIPATION IN, UH, INCREASED COMPLETION. BUT WHAT'S ALSO BEEN COMMUNICATED TO ME IS ONE OF THE LARGEST BARRIERS TO COMPLETION IS COST OF THE 22 SESSION PROGRAM, AND THAT IT COSTS SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS. AND SO I'D BE INTERESTED IN OUR COUNCIL PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR, UM, UH, PROVIDING THE PROGRAMS FOR FREE OR AT A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER COST. AND I MEAN, I'M DOWN TO HAVE A GREATER DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW MUCH THAT MIGHT BE. BUT THE PURPOSE IS TO INTERVENE AND PREVENT SOME OF THESE OFFENSES, UH, SUCH AS ASSAULT BY THREAT FROM ESCALATING. UM, I'VE ALSO MENTIONED A FEW TIMES I'D LIKE TO SEE OUR TEEN COURT PROGRAM EXPANDED. UM, AND I MENTIONED THAT WHEN I WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, I PARTICIPATED IN A SIMILAR PROGRAM THAT WAS STATEWIDE. UM, IT'S TRULY A FANTASTIC PROGRAM WHERE CASES ARE HEARD BY PEERS AND THE RESULTING CONSEQUENCES, RESTORATIVE IN NATURE RATHER THAN PUNITIVE. UM, AND AS YOU HEARD, THERE ARE, YOU SAID 10 CASES SCHEDULED THROUGH NOVEMBER. UM, EXPANDING THE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE STRENGTHENED OUTREACH AND COORDINATION WITH MORE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCREASED COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND MORE AVAILABILITY FOR SCHEDULING, AS WELL AS INCREASED AWARENESS OF THE PROGRAM COULD BE POTENTIALLY GAME CHANGING FOR A CITY AND LIFE CHANGING FOR YOUTH. AND SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE, UH, EXPANSION TO THAT PROGRAM. SO THOSE ARE MY THREE ASKS FOR MUNICIPAL COURTS. UM, FOR FIRE. I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH FOR YOU. UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT ALL THREE OF THE DEPARTMENTS DO. I AM STILL UNCERTAIN ABOUT THE ANALYSIS OF STAFFING, AND SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A COMPARISON. UM, WE CONDUCTED, OR WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF CONDUCTING A VERY THOROUGH ANALYSIS OF SS A P D STAFFING LEVELS AND ARE RECOMMENDING 300 ADDITIONAL FTES FOR JUST PATROL. UM, AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED OR IDENTIFIED THE REST YET. AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT FIRE STAFFING ANALYSIS IS TAKING PLACE THROUGH THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS, WHICH SEEMS MUCH MORE NARROW IN SCOPE TO ME THAN IN CONTRACTING A FULL STUDY. AND IT FEELS LIKE, UH, IT, IT FEELS ALMOST LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO RESTRUCTURE THE S A P, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ENTIRELY. UM, BUT THE FIRE STATION, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS GONNA BE, UH, STAFFED MILDLY AT THE STATUS QUO. UM, EVEN WITH THE BENCHMARK RESPONSE TIMES INCREASING, UH, SAME THING WITH A C S AND THE DISCUSSION WE'RE HAVING ABOUT WHETHER THE POSITIONS WE'RE ADDING ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE, UM, IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, IN THE CONTEXT OF OUR BUDGET, I'D CONSIDER A C S FIRE AND POLICE TO BE THE BIG THREE. AND SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE AS AGGRESSIVE WITH FUNDING OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WE ARE WITH S WITH S A P D. AND I THINK THAT'S A DETRIMENT. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING IF WE MIGHT CONDUCT A MORE, A MORE THOROUGH, UH, STAFFING ANALYSIS OF ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS THAT COULD HELP US ACHIEVE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS. AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA TAKE A BIT MORE THAN THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS OR THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR A C S. THAT ENDS MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER VITO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, MY FIRST QUESTION IS FOR CHIEF HOOD FOR FIRE. UM, ON SLIDE FOUR, THERE'S 32 POSITIONS. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IT. I THINK THERE WAS A COUPLE QUESTIONS HERE. SO THAT, THAT THOSE 32 UNIFORM POSITIONS, 16 ARE BACKFILL AND 16 ARE NET NEW POSITIONS, IS THAT CORRECT? 16 OF THOSE POSITIONS AS, UH, WE LAID OUT ARE GOING TO BE BASICALLY BACKFILL POSITIONS TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS OF MEDIC OFFICER AND THOSE POSITIONS MM-HMM. AND 16 BE NET NEW FIREFIGHTERS? YES, MA'AM. OKAY, COOL. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY. UM, ON SLIDE 14, THERE WAS, UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE, OH, I'M SORRY. OVER ADDITIONAL OVERTIME PEAK HOURS. SO THIS IS FIREFIGHTERS WORKING OVERTIME, RIGHT? THIS IS ACTUALLY PARAMEDICS. [02:05:01] OH, PARAMEDICS WORKING OVERTIME. YES, MA'AM. SO THIS IS, THIS IS FOR A PEAK TIME E M S UNIT, UM, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES, UH, DOWN SOUTH AT STATION 21 BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF TEXAS VISTA. OKAY. GOT IT. UM, AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THANK YOU TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS FOR ALL THE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THAT THEY TAKE CARE OF. UM, IN ADDITION TO FIGHTING FIRES. I WAS CURIOUS, ARE THERE STILL FIREFIGHTERS AT THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER? JUST TELL ME. NO, NO FIREFIGHTERS? NO, NOT, NOT NOW. YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WITH WHAT WE DO, WE'RE REAL GOOD ABOUT GOING IN AND GETTING THINGS SET UP IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. AND THEN WE HAD TO FIND THE SUPPORT OR PARTNERSHIPS OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS SO WE CAN DISENGAGE MM-HMM. . SO WHEN WE OPENED UP, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, BUT WE HAVE NOW DISENGAGED EVERYONE, SO WE'RE NOT RUNNING ANYBODY AT THE MIGRANT CENTER AT ALL. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, AND FINALLY, ON SLIDE 17, I'M GLAD THAT YOU ALL ARE ADDING A POSITION FOR FIRE WELLNESS AND FIREFIGHTERS MENTAL HEALTH. SO WITH THIS ADDITION OF ONE, HOW MANY PSYCHOLOGISTS WOULD Y'ALL HAVE TO SUPPORT OUR FIREFIGHTERS? THAT'S GONNA ALLOW US TWO PSYCHOLOGISTS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE, SO THE NEED IS TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ONE. SO THAT'S GONNA BRING US UP TO TWO. IS THAT ENOUGH FOR ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS? YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, Y'ALL SEE THE WORST OF THE WORST. WE DO SEE THE WORST OF THE WORST, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO MANAGE A LOT OF THAT. SO IF WE FIND THAT ONE PSYCHOLOGIST IS NOT ENOUGH TO ADD, THEN MM-HMM. , WE'LL COME BACK AND ASK FOR ANOTHER ONE. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL RESOURCE MM-HMM. TO HELP US OUT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. UM, SO FOR YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER MM-HMM. , NO, THERE'S NOT, NOT FIREFIGHTERS OPERATING THERE, HOWEVER, OUTTA THE AIRPORT TRANSFER CENTER MM-HMM. THAT WE HAD ST STOOD UP RECENTLY. WE DO HAVE, UH, SOMETIMES TWO FIREFIGHTERS OVER THERE, ONE FOR SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, AND THEN A FEW QUESTIONS. SORRY, WE GONNA SAY SOMETHING? OKAY. UH, FOR CHIEF MCMANUS. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, FOR, FOR THIS PRESENTATION REALLY QUICKLY, ON SLIDE EIGHT, WE SAW THE LARGE DECREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME. WHAT DID, WHAT DID YOU MENTION THAT THAT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE DECREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME? THE INCREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME? A DECREASE OH, DECREASE IN MM-HMM. . OH, SORRY. UH, I DON'T HAVE A CONCUSSION AND I STILL, UH, . NO, I JUST, I WAS JUST, JUST CURIOUS LIKE WHAT, WHAT Y'ALL ARE ATTRIBUTING THAT THAT DECREASED TO. WELL, I, I, I THINK AT, IN GOOD PART, WE CAN ATTRIBUTE IT TO THE U T S A CRIME PLAN WHERE WE ARE, UM, POSTED AT CERTAIN 28 HOTSPOT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UH, AND IT'S SHOWN DRAMATIC DOUBLE DIGIT REDUCTIONS IN CRIME AT THOSE LOCATIONS. AND JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO AS WE FI AS WE FIND WE HAVE REDUCTIONS IN CERTAIN HOTSPOTS, THEY DROP OFF THE LIST MM-HMM. AND OTHERS POP ON IT. AND THAT'S HOW IT JUST KEEPS ROTATING THROUGH. I SEE. UM, I'M CURIOUS HOW MUCH TIME A TYPICAL PATROL OFFICER DEDICATES TO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. AND THE REASON I'M ASKING, 'CAUSE I'M SURE MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL ECHO THIS, BUT SPEEDING IS JUST A CITYWIDE ISSUE AND WE'RE ALL HAMMERED. OH, LOOK, THEY'RE SHAKING THEIR HEADS. YES. SURE. SO IT, AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT OUR POLICE ARE GONNA DO TO ADDRESS THAT OR HELP ADDRESS IT. SO TYPICALLY THE, THE TRAFFICKING WILL WORK STRICTLY ON THE HIGHWAYS MM-HMM. . AND WHEN WE GET A COMPLAINT FROM WHOMEVER, WHETHER IT'S COUNSEL OR, OR WHETHER IT'S, UH, UH, SOMEBODY FROM A, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD MM-HMM. , WE WILL REPORT THAT TO THE TRAFFIC UNIT AND THEN THEY'LL, THEY'LL PUT ON A LIST AND, AND, AND, AND WORK IT FOR A WHILE UNTIL THEY'RE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE HAVE THESE COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE CITY. I KNOW. SO WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO ROTATE THROUGH THEM TO, TO HIT 'EM ALL. AT LEAST KEEP, TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE SOMEWHAT HONEST. YEAH. AND I THINK IT, AND, UM, MARIA KNOW YOU'RE GONNA MENTION SOMETHING, I THINK IT PUTS US BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE. 'CAUSE THEN WE'RE WORK WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO PUT SPEED BUMPS ALL OVER THE PLACE. YOU KNOW, AND I MEAN, IT'S JUST SPEEDING IS JUST NATURE. WE, WE HAVE CERTAIN, UM, GRANT FUNDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT ARE DEDICATED TO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. UH, WE HAVE OUR STEP AND WE HAVE OUR D DAC GRANTS AND MM-HMM. , THEY'RE, THEY'RE DEDICATED, NOTHING BUT TRAFFIC ON OVERTIME BASIS. SO, UM, TRAFFIC SPENDS 100% OF THEIR TIME ON TRAFFIC, UH, DETAILS MM-HMM. , UH, OR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, LET ME BACK UP OFF THAT. WE HAVE OFFICERS THAT WORK TRAFFIC DETAILS, UH, ON BIG EVENTS. MM-HMM. , OTHER THAN THAT, THEY'RE WORKING, UM, PATROL, THEY'RE WORKING TRAFFIC HIGHWAY PATROL. YEAH. OKAY. COUNCILMAN, I JUST WANTED TO ADD WHAT CHIEF MENTIONED. THE BUDGET PROPOSES, UH, FUNDING [02:10:01] TO ADD 100, UH, RAIDER GUN UNITS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR, UH, SAFE OFFICERS SPECIFICALLY TO DO MORE PROACTIVE TRACK OF EN ENFORCEMENT. WE'LL HAVE A TOTAL OF 20 PER SUBSTATION. IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS WE ADD THE ADDITIONAL, UH, OFFICER POSITIONS AND WE HAVE THAT 60% PROACTIVE TIME, SOME OF THAT TIME WILL BE UTILIZED FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AS WELL. OKAY. NO, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. DID WE, I CAN'T REMEMBER, DID WE DECIDE IF HOW WE WERE GONNA DIVVY UP THOSE RADAR ENFORCEMENTS? YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT IN THAT, IN THE MEMO, BUT OKAY. WE WE'RE GONNA GIVE, PROPOSED SOME CRITERIA, UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE DESIGNATED LOCATIONS. THE, THE, THE MEMO WILL SHOW YOU THE DESIGNATED LOCATIONS FOR THE AUDIBLE PEDESTRIAN MM-HMM. AND THE, THE NON-SERVICE ALLEYS. THAT ONE, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING SOME CRITERIA FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONCERN. OKAY. YEAH. 'CAUSE I, I THINK WE, WE ALL PROBABLY SEE AND FILL IT EQUALLY, UM, ACROSS OUR DISTRICTS. UM, REALLY QUICK, I DO WANNA ECHO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UM, STRESSING THE MENTAL HEALTH, UM, AND STAFFING UP THE SA CORE TEAM. YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THE ANALYSIS THAT Y'ALL DID FOR THEM TO BE STAFFED DURING CORE HOURS. AND MARIA, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE, EVEN THOUGH ON CALL 24 HOURS A DAY IS ADDING TO. SO MY QUESTION IS, IS ADDING TWO SA CORE TEAM MEMBERS ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ALL, TO THE CALLS THAT Y'ALL ARE GETTING, EVEN AT PEAK CALL VOLUME, WHICH I'M NOT SURE WHAT, WHAT, WHERE Y'ALL PEAK THAT'D BE, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT NOW. LIKE WHAT Y'ALL'S PEAK CALL VOLUME? IS IT A 12 OR WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU. OKAY. YEAH. ON THAT. UM, I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA ANSWER THIS QUESTION IN, IN REALITY MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, I WISH I COULD HAVE MM-HMM. 10, 12 TEAMS YEAH. UH, ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, YOU KNOW, TO GO AROUND THE CITY. SURE. UM, BUT I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON, ON THE PEAK HOURS. YEAH. AND I THINK FOR US, AT LEAST FROM WHAT I'M GATHERING AND, AND FOR ME IS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL ARE STAFFED ACCORDINGLY TO WHATEVER Y'ALL NEED. UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS, IT IS A PRIORITY, AT LEAST FROM WHAT I'M HEARING SO FAR, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO. MM-HMM. , THE TEAMS THAT WE'RE ADDING WON'T BE SUFFICIENT TO ADD ALL THE MENTAL HEALTH CALLS THAT WE GET. WITH THAT SAID, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS BEING MORE, UM, TARGETED ON HOW WE ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH CALLS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH A GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM. AS WE ANALYZE THOSE PARTICULAR ADDRESSES THAT WE GET 9 1 1 CALLS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, OUR APPROACH IS A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO GO TO THOSE HOMES AND BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF 9 1 1 CALLS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, CONNECTING THOSE INDIVIDUAL TO, TO SERVICES. OKAY. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU THE, THE PEAK TIMES. UM, BUT I THINK AS WE CONTINUE TO ENHANCE OUR MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT'LL BE A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. UM, AND I, I THINK I'M SHORT ON TIME, BUT I WANTED TO QUICKLY GO OVER TO MUNICIPAL COURTS. THANK YOU, CHIEF COUNCIL MEMBER. IF I COULD JUST GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE REDUCTION IN VIOLENT CRIME. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY IT WASN'T JUST A U T S A CRIME PLAN. WE HAVE SPECIALIZED UNITS OUT THERE. WE HAVE STREET CRIMES, WE HAVE THE ROBBERY TASK FORCE, UM, THAT DO A, AND, AND THE PATROL OFFICERS, THEY DO A GREAT JOB IN, UM, UH, TAMPING DOWN THE VIOLENT CRIME YEAH. UH, THROUGH ARRESTS AND GOING AFTER TARGETED PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, YOU WANTED ON WARRANTS OR, OR KNOWN TO BE OUT THERE COMMITTING ROBBERIES AND MM-HMM. AND, UH, THAT SORT OF THING. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR ALL Y'ALL'S WORK. UM, REALLY QUICK QUESTION FROM MUNICIPAL COURTS. UM, SO ON SLIDE 11, ON THE ANIMAL DOCKET, UH, SPECIFICALLY, HAVE WE SEEN ANY CHANGES MADE TO PROSECUTE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT BEING RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS SINCE, UM, THE NAJERA CASE? UM, NOT NECESSARILY CHANGES TO WAY, WELL TO THE WAY THEY'RE PROSECUTED MM-HMM. , WELL, THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON THE WAY THAT THEY'RE PROSECUTED. I KNOW THAT SINCE FEBRUARY, UM, SOME OF THE MORE SERIOUS ANIMAL CASES, THE OUTCOME, SOME OF THE MORE SERIOUS ANIMAL CASES, INSTEAD OF BEING FILED CIVILLY ARE BEING FILED CRIMINALLY NOW. SO THAT MIGHT BE THE CHANGE THAT, THAT COUNCILMAN CAB HDA WAS REFERRING TO. MM-HMM. . UM, BUT, WELL, HERE'S JON. YOU KNOW, HE CAN ANSWER THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. DON. NEED THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN HANDLING THOSE CASES WORKING VERY WELL WITH THE A C S MM-HMM. , I THINK A C S IS DOING A GREAT JOB FOR ANY DANGEROUS DOGS OR, UH, ANIMAL CRUELTY CASES COMING IN THERE, COMING TO COURT QUICKER. OF COURSE, WE DO LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THOSE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS. YEAH. AND IF THEY HAVE ANY KIND OF HISTORY WHATSOEVER, UH, OF COURSE THE, THE FINES ASSOCIATED GO HIGHER AS WELL. SURE. UH, SAME THING, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE EGREGIOUSNESS OF THE CASE MM-HMM. , UH, SO EVERY, EVERY, EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON THE EFFECTS AND EVIDENCE OF THE CASE, [02:15:01] BUT THERE'S NO QUESTION IF THEY COME IN WITH PRIOR HISTORY MM-HMM. , THE FINES GO UP, UH, THEY COME IN WITH YEAH. YOU KNOW, YOU AGREE, JUST FACTS, THE FINES GO UP. YEAH. I THINK THAT WE'RE JUST SEEING THE CASES AGAIN AND AGAIN WHERE, YOU KNOW, HOUSES ARE CALLED, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S CASES ON THESE PEOPLE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE NOTHING'S BEING DONE. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN FROM, FROM A COORDINATED EFFORT WITH YOU ALL A C S THE CITY TO YEAH. IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A COUPLE A C S PROSECUTORS MM-HMM. , AND I THINK BARRY TO MY STAFF, HE BASICALLY HANDLES CALLS 24 7 FROM A C SS. SO THEY CALL HIM AFTER HOURS IF THEY NEED INFORMATION, HOW TO GET A WARRANT AND WHAT HAVE YOU. SO WE HAVE SOMEONE ON CALL WITH THE CD ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THANK YOU. WORK WITH A C S THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. GTO. GO AHEAD, ERIC. IN RESPONSE TO, UH, ONE OF THE COUNCILMAN'S QUESTIONS. SO NEXT WEEK, UH, WHEN WE DO EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, REGARDING YOUR QUESTION ABOUT IS, IS ONE PSYCHOLOGIST ENOUGH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE RULING OUT A, UH, AN, UH, A PROGRAM FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, POLICE, FIRE, AND CIVILIANS REGARDING, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS. AND SO, UM, IN SOME CASES, UM, AND FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS THAT HAVE PROBABLY BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES, UH, SOME PROVISIONS OF THE PROGRAMS HAVEN'T BEEN MADE ELIGIBLE TO, UM, SAY POLICE OFFICERS IN THEIR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. AND, UH, FIRE AND THEIR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT HAS, HAS PORTIONS OF THAT. UM, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS JUST A PROGRAM FOR CITY EMPLOYEES AND JUST AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY. AND, AND RENEE WILL TALK A LOT, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN DETAIL NEXT YEAR OR NEXT WEEK AT THE WORK SESSION. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS, MADAM. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK Y'ALL FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH, UH, CHIEF HOOD. UM, WITH THE PRESENTATION, UH, AS YOU KNOW, UH, DISTRICT FIVE EXPERIENCES A LOT OF VACANT FIRE STRUCTURES. AND YESTERDAY, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, UH, WERE VERY QUICK TO RESPOND TO, TO, TO ONE VACANT STRUCTURE THAT IMPACTED SEVERAL STRUCTURES, RIGHT? YES. UH, AND YOU ALL CAME OUT VERY QUICKLY, UM, TO, TO TACKLE THAT. UH, BUT WE KNOW IN DISTRICT FIVE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALL OVER THE DISTRICT FROM THE WEST SIDE TO THE SOUTH DIS, UH, SOUTH SIDE OF THE DISTRICT, UM, WHERE THESE VULNERABILITIES ARE. UH, AND LEARNING THAT THE TAG THREE, TWO OUT OF THE THREE TAG BUILDINGS ARE IN DISTRICT FIVE, IT CAUSES A GREAT CONCERN. AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE, THE CALL TIME, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BENCHMARK RESPONSE AVERAGE INCREASING, I, I, I'M A BIT CONCERNED, RIGHT? BECAUSE WHEN WE GET THE PD PRESENTATION, THE GOAL IS IT'S UNACCEPTABLE TO SEE THE TIME GO UP. UH, AND WHEN WE HAVE THE, THE SA, THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT CALL TIME PROJECTED TO GO UP, I, I DON'T SEEM TO HEAR THE SAME URGENCY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT, UH, IS BEING PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET, UM, SHOULD BE ADEQUATE. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE TAKEN OFF OF, FROM THEIR, FROM THEIR UNIT TO TAKE ON SPECIAL PROJECTS, WHETHER IT BE M I H, UM, OR MEDICAL SUPERVISORS, FIRE INVESTIGATORS, THEY'RE BEING PULLED TO TAKE ON THOSE ROLES. IS, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. AND THE THING ABOUT N F P A 1710, IT REQUIRES THAT EVERY FIRETRUCK THAT RESPONDS HAS FOUR PEOPLE ON IT. MM-HMM. , EVERY RESPONSE THAT WE GO ON HAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF UNITS, DEPENDING ON THE, THE RISK OF THE HAZARD. MM-HMM. . SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SHORTING OUR FIREFIGHTERS AS FAR AS NOT HAVING ENOUGH ON RUNS. SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST HAS HAD TO DETAIL BECAUSE OF MIGRANT SHELTERS, BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. MM-HMM. . SO THIS BUDGET IS GONNA ALLOW US TO MAKE THAT WHOLE, BUT EVERY TIME WE HAVE A UNIT RESPOND MM-HMM. , WE HAVE THE PROPER AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ON THAT FIRETRUCK EVERY SINGLE TIME. OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW. UH, WITH THE M I H R, UH, FIREFIGHTERS, UH, OR E M S, UH, PULLED TO SUPPORT THAT. THE M I H, UM, WE HAVE AT TIMES PULLED MEMBERS, BUT AGAIN, A LOT OF THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN FUNDED, UM, THAT WE PULLED OUT. AND SO, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO MAKE US WHOLE, YOU DIDN'T SEE ANY M I H POSITIONS UP ON THE BOARD THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE PULLED THOSE PEOPLE OUT AND CREATED POSITIONS FOR THEM, UNLIKE THE ONES THAT WE JUST HAD A NEED FOR AND, UM, DEPLOYED MEMBERS OVER. BUT AGAIN, REST ASSURED, IF WE HAVE A RESPONSE RIGHT THIS SECOND MM-HMM. , WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF MEMBERS TO RESPOND AND THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES ON ANY CALL. OKAY. AND, AND WHEN I THINK OF M I H, IT'S, IT'S EFFECTIVE, RIGHT? THE DATA SHOWS THAT IT WORKS. UM, WHY NOT HIRE, UM, INDIVIDUALS SPECIFICALLY FOR M I H AND WHY POOL? WELL, AGAIN, ANYONE THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT IN THOSE POSITIONS, WE WANT THEM TO BE FIREFIGHTERS FIRST. WE WANT THEM TO BE EMTS. MM-HMM. , AND WE WANT THEM TO BE PARAMEDICS AND PROMOTE UP THROUGH OUR SYSTEM. OUR [02:20:01] M I H THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING FOR M I H ARE EXTREMELY EXPERIENCED PARAMEDICS. UM, THEY HAVE AMAZING BEDSIDE MANNER. THEY HAVE CONNECTIONS TO RESOURCES. SO AGAIN, THAT IS A POSITION WHERE IT'S BEST IF YOU PERCOLATE IN THE SYSTEM AS A FIREFIGHTER FIRST AND A PARAMEDIC, AND THEN YOU GO INTO THOSE POSITIONS. SO, UH, WE LOOK VERY CAREFULLY WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE MOVE INTO THOSE POSITIONS. THAT IS A ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE GONNA INTERVIEW BEFORE WE DECIDE THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE A APPROPRIATE PERSON AT M I H. MM-HMM. . THANK YOU. AND IT'S VERY, IM IMPACTFUL WORK THAT, UH, YOUR TEAM'S TAKING ON. AND WHAT I VALUE ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION IS IT HIGHLIGHTS THE CROSS DEPARTMENTAL, UH, APPROACH. RIGHT. IN RELATIONSHIP, PARTICULARLY LOOKING AT THE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM, UH, BETWEEN FIRE D S D AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WITH THESE LARGE VACANT STRUCTURES. UM, DO WE KNOW WHAT, UH, WITH THE THREE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN FLAGGED, WHAT IS, UH, THE MECHANISM FOR COMPLIANCE? RIGHT? BECAUSE I'M THINKING WE HAVE PROPERTY, SINGLE FAMILY, PROPERTY OWNERS WHO HAVE VACANT STRUCTURES THAT HAVE BEEN DEEMED DANGEROUS, AND TYPICALLY THEY GET SENT TO THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS BOARD FOR DEMOLITION. UH, WHAT TYPE OF PROCESS IS IN PLACE FOR, UH, THESE THREE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE, HAVE BEEN TAGGED? SO WE WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DEVELOP A LETTER. WE WORK WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. UM, SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS, I KNOW THE FRIEDRICH, UH, IT'S IMPARTIAL, UM, DEMOLITION NOW, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE A PROJECT WHERE THEY'RE GONNA SAVE PART OF THAT BUILDING. SO THE AGREEMENT WOULD BE THAT THEY'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FENCED, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE, MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE, UM, KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF THERE. AND THEN WE GO BACK AND INSPECT IT EVERY 30 DAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE. MM-HMM. IN THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING SUCH AS THIS. MM-HMM. , UM, THESE ARE BUILDINGS THAT PROBABLY THEY WANT TO SAVE AND NOT DEMO. WE HAD SITUATIONS YESTERDAY WITH THE FIRE THAT OCCURRED IN YOUR DISTRICT, UH, WHERE THESE BUILDINGS WERE UNSAFE. AND WE KNOW THAT IF WE LEFT THEM, WE WERE GONNA HAVE EITHER PEOPLE GETTING IN THEM AND GETTING HURT, OR MAYBE HAVING SOME OF THE SAME ISSUES, BUT THEY WERE BEYOND REPAIR. THEN WE WILL WORK WITH D SS D TO COME OUT AND DEMO THOSE BUILDINGS. BUT THE ONES THAT ARE PLATY THAT YOU SEE, THEY'RE RESERVED FOR PROJECTS. AND SO WE GO OUT AND INSPECT THEM EVERY 30 DAYS. MM-HMM. AND, AND I'M THINKING RIGHT, THE, THE COST OF, OF, UH, INSPECTION AS WELL AS THE COST ON THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS. RIGHT. UH, OUR OFFICE, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY STAFF REGARDING VACANT STRUCTURES AND VACANT LOTS. RIGHT. WE HAVE, UH, CONCERNS AND ISSUES WITH LAND SPECULATORS AND ABSENTEE LANDLORDS, AND HOW, UM, THEIR ABSENCE CREATES, UM, SAFETY CONCERNS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. RIGHT. THEY'RE NOT MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY. THEY'RE NOT KEEPING IT UP TO CODE. UM, THEY HAVE IT DEMOLISHED. 'CAUSE IT'S WORTH MORE SOMETIMES THE, THE PROPERTY TO RESELL. YES, MA'AM. UM, BUT THEN IT SERVES AS AN AREA OF, OF CONCERN. RIGHT? UM, THERE'S ILLEGAL DUMPING AND SO MUCH QUESTIONABLE ACTIVITY THAT TAKE PLACE ON THESE VACANT LOTS. UM, SO JUST TRYING TO CONNECT THE PIECES, RIGHT. AND WHAT THAT ACCOUNTABILITY LOOKS LIKE. 'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE A A LOT OF TIME TO, TO GO OUT EVERY 30 DAYS WHEN THESE PROPERTY OWNERS SHOULD HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, MAINTAINING THE STRUCTURE. UH, AND WITH THAT, UM, WITH THESE LARGER STRUCTURES, WOULD IT BE, UM, A, A CODE CONVERSATION TO REQUIRE THEM TO PUT IN SOME TYPE OF, OF, UM, I'M THINKING OF THE, THE WATER THING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE ACCESS TO, TO, TO WATER WITH? YEAH. MM-HMM. , I'M, I'M, I MISSED THAT LAST OF WATER. YEAH. AND SO WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO, IF YOU SEE A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, SAY THESE HIGH RISES DOWNTOWN MM-HMM. , IT'S GONNA DIS, IT'S GONNA DISRUPT THE NORMAL WATER FLOWS. SO OUR FIRE PREVENTION FOLKS ARE GONNA WORK WITH THE CONTRACTORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AMPLE WATER SUPPLY. AND THEN OUR COMPANIES THAT ARE RESPONDING ON THOSE FIRES UNDERSTAND WHERE THE, WHERE THE HYDRANTS ARE THAT MAY BE MOVED. WE MAY HAVE TO WORK AROUND ONE OF THOSE HYDRANTS THAT HAS A, UH, A TAG ON IT TO WHERE THE WATER TRUCKS ARE COMING IN. SO WE STAY PRETTY AWARE OF ANY WATER SUPPLY ISSUES ON THOSE BUILDINGS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHIEF. UH, I HAVE, UH, AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION. RIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, SINCE OCTOBER 1ST, 2021, UH, WE'VE LOST ROUGHLY 44 FIREFIGHTERS, WHICH IS, UH, UNUSUAL FOR PERSONNEL TO, TO LEAVE BEFORE HITTING 28 YEARS. AND STATISTICALLY RIGHT, FIREFIGHTERS STAY LONGER IN THE FORCE THAN, UH, POLICE OFFICERS. UM, SO WITH THE, THE NUMBERS PROVIDED, UH, ROUGHLY THOSE WITH 25 TO 28 YEARS, 12 HAVE LEFT THOSE TO 20 TO 25, UH, ABOUT 19 HAVE LEFT, UH, THOSE WITH 10 TO 20 YEARS, TWO HAVE LEFT, AND ONE WITH ONE TO 10 YEARS, UH, ROUGHLY 11 HAVE LEFT. RIGHT. UM, AND WITH THAT, I, I, I SEE THAT WE ARE SOMEWHAT ADJUSTING THE ENTRY WAGE, BUT I, I, I WANNA ENCOURAGE US AS A COUNCIL TO, TO INCREASE THAT FURTHER SO THAT WAY WE CAN RETAIN OUR TALENT, UH, [02:25:01] AND, AND ENSURE THAT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING OUR FIREFIGHTERS. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THANK YOU. SO I WANTED TO PIVOT OVER TO S A P D A COUPLE OF THINGS. AND I'M, AGAIN, REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE SA CORE TEAM, UH, IS GOING TO HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL TEAM MEMBERS. AS I MENTIONED, AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, UH, REALLY IMPACTFUL WORK. UH, I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A RIDE ALONG AND THEN FOR AN UNFORTUNATE EVENT, UH, TAG ALONG WITH THAT. UH, AND, AND SEEING THE FOLLOW UP PIECE IS, IS VERY IMPACTFUL, RIGHT? BECAUSE WHEN, UM, THEY'RE NOT RECEIVING CALLS, THE TEAM'S GOING OUT AND FOLLOWING UP ON, UM, APPOINTMENTS THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE, AND REMINDING INDIVIDUALS THAT, HEY, YOU HAVE THIS COMING UP. JUST A REMINDER, YOU NEED TO BE THERE. UH, AND THE FAMILY THAT WE WENT TO THE DOORS OF, THEY'RE IN TEARS AND GRATEFUL, UM, THAT THIS WAS A RELATIONSHIP THAT WAS TAKING PLACE. SO JUST WANTED TO BE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO, TO, TO GO OUT AND SEE IT FOR THEMSELVES ABOUT, UM, HOW IMPACTFUL THIS WORK IS. A A COUPLE OF THINGS. WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM A COUPLE OF RANK AND FILE DETECTIVES, UH, IS REGARDING SOFTWARE AND ACCESS TO SOFTWARE. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THERE'S SOFTWARE THAT'S TYPICALLY USED TO EXTRACT, UH, DATA FROM CELL PHONES. UH, AND THEY, THE, THE SOFTWARE THAT THEY HAVE, IT MAXES OUT. SO THEY'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO FILTER SO MANY CASES TILL THEY HIT A WALL. AND THEN MY UNDERSTANDING IS THOSE CASES HAVE TO THEN BE DELEGATED TO THE F B I, UH, WITHIN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET IS THEIR SOFTWARE TO, TO ALLOW OUR DETECTIVES TO, TO DO THAT CASEWORK IN-HOUSE. MM-HMM. , THERE, THERE IS SOFTWARE THAT WE USE, AND IT'S, I THINK YOU JUST HEARD WHAT IT'S CALLED. IT'S CALLED CELLEBRITE, AND ALLOWS DETECTIVES TO, UM, GET INFORMATION OUT OF A CELL PHONE. AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT MM-HMM. , UH, SHORTAGES OF LICENSES OR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON, ON THAT PIECE. ALRIGHT. I'LL TRY BACK IN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHIEF MAYOR PRO TE LET, UH, JUST TO, UH, FOLLOW UP ITEMS TO THE COUNCIL, UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN REGARDING THE VACANT BUILDINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, IT'S ALMOST LIKE, UM, WE NEED A GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM FOR VACANT BUILDINGS, RIGHT? SO THE, THESE, UM, THESE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BECOME A SOURCE OF, UM, DANGER POTENTIALLY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM A CODE PERSPECTIVE OR FROM A FIRE PERSPECTIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE BUILDINGS THAT THE CHIEF MENTIONED, EVERYBODY KNOWS THOSE BUILDINGS. AND SO I'M WONDERING BEYOND THE THREE THAT, THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE TOP, WHAT ARE THE OTHER 17 THAT MAKE UP THE TOP 20 IN TERMS OF THE CITY? AND I THINK THAT'S SOME WORK WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE DOING BETTER IN TERMS OF COORDINATION AND ENFORCEMENT. UM, SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW UP ON THAT. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST REALLY WHEN I HEARD YESTERDAY THAT TWO OF THE BUILDINGS HAD ALSO BEEN ON THE CODE LIST AND, AND, UM, HADN'T BEEN RESOLVED YET. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HAD IT BEEN DRIER AND WINDIER, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A LARGER FIRE. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING PROACTIVE? SO NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, I'VE NOT SEEN, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS LIST OF 44. I'M, I'D BE SURPRISED WE HAVE 44 FIREFIGHTERS LEAVE. I DID, I DID HEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER, UM, THAT FIREFIGHTERS WERE LEAVING TO GO WORK ELSEWHERE. I ASKED TO PULL THAT INFORMATION. THERE WERE THREE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. ONE BECAUSE, UH, HIS SPOUSE MOVED TO COLORADO. AND TWO THAT WENT TO ONE, WENT TO AN E S D AND ONE WENT TO I THINK BERNIE. SO I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GOT FROM THE UNION. SO WE CAN CHECK IT AGAINST WHAT WE HAVE. NO, LET'S JUST, LET'S JUST MOVE ON. 59. 59. YEP. SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT THE CHIEF SAID THAT WE'VE HAD 59 FIREFIGHTERS COME INTO SS A F D FROM OTHER CITIES OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. SO, BUT I'M, I'M CURIOUS, I, I'D LIKE TO TRACK THAT DOWN ON THE 44. WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE UNION AS WELL. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. COUNCILMAN COURAGE. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO. TIM, UH, I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH CHIEF HOOD. CHIEF, I WANNA, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE YOU'RE DOING ON THE SAFE BABY DEVICES AND, UH, I THINK THAT THAT'LL REALLY SAVE A LIFE, HOPEFULLY. SO IT'S A VERY VALUABLE TOOL FOR NOW. UH, I ALSO WANT TO ASK YOU, AND, AND MAYBE IT'S THE CITY MANAGER WHO KNOWS. YOU TALKED ABOUT NARCAN AND OPIOID, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, OVERDOSES. IS THE CITY GETTING MONEY FROM ANY LOCAL, STATE OR NATIONAL OPIOID CASE SETTLEMENTS TO HELP US PAY FOR THESE COSTS? COUNCILMAN? WE, WE, WE ARE GETTING THEM PIECEMEAL, UH, IS PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT. WE STILL HAVE, UH, I THINK ANOTHER, UH, TRANCHE COMING FROM THE STATE. [02:30:01] UH, BUT AS TO THE AMOUNT AND TIMING, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THAT. OKAY. UM, CHIEF WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE FIRE HYDRANTS AROUND THE CITY? UM, SAWS MAINTAINS THE FIRE HYDRANTS. OKAY. WE GO TEST EACH FIRE HYDRANT IN THE CITY ANNUALLY. WE HAVE AN INSPECTION PROGRAMMER. WE'LL GO OUT AND FLUSH THOSE HYDRANTS, UM, GREASE UP THE, UM, THE, UH, THREADS, MAKE SURE THOSE HYDRANTS ARE WORKING OKAY. BUT YOU LET THEM KNOW IF SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING. ABSOLUTELY WORKING RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. AND THEY, THEIR JOB IS TO REPAIR IT. YES, SIR. OKAY. UH, ONE OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE GOOD SAM APP A WHILE AGO. IS THAT APP AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY? 'CAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF 9 1 1 CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN LIVE IN THE CITY. ABSOLUTELY. SO, UH, IT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY BECAUSE THEY'RE CITY RESOURCES THAT ARE MANAGING THAT PROGRAM. SO AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE SOMEONE IN THE CITY. OKAY. AND COUNCILMAN, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY FROM ANOTHER CITY WHO HAPPENS TO BE IN SAN ANTONIO CALLS 9 1 1? OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY OUT IN, IN THE COUNTY? I'M TALKING SOMEBODY WAS IN ANOTHER LITTLE TOWN AROUND HERE THAT THEY CALL NINE ONE. NO, NO SIR. IT'S NOT RIGHT. OKAY. YOU, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE, YOU, UH, IF YOU'RE IN ALAMO HEIGHTS AND YOU DIAL 9 1 1 1, YOU'RE GOING TO THE COUNTY DISPATCH AUTOMATICALLY. OH, OKAY. YES, SIR. BUT IF YOU'RE HERE VISITING AND YOU'RE FROM HOUSTON MM-HMM. , AND YOU DIAL 9 1 1 HERE AND YOU'RE IN THE CITY, THEY'RE GONNA SEND YOU THE LINK. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE AREA CODE IS. IF YOU'RE IN THE CITY, THEY'RE GONNA SEND YOU THAT LINK SO YOU CAN GET ON THE GOOD SAM. OKAY. THANKS CHIEF. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, CHIEF MCMANUS, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA BE TRAINING AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED OFFICERS THIS YEAR, DO WE HAVE THE ADEQUATE NUMBER OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED OFFICERS? NOT RIGHT AWAY. NO. SO ARE, ARE, DO WE HAVE AN ORDER GOING OUT FOR THOSE OR IS IT GOING TO TAKE A YEAR OR TWO OF A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO GET TO THOSE? COUNCILMAN? UH, RICK RILEY, I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PD. ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN BUDGETED IN WITH THE ADDITION OF THE A HUNDRED OFFICERS TO INCLUDE VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT, UH, EVERYTHING THAT AN OFFICER NEEDS TO OPERATE ON THE STREET AS A PATROLMAN. OKAY. SO I KNOW IT'S GONNA TAKE SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR BEFORE THEY GET TRAINED AND THEY'RE ON THE STREET. SO BY THEN WE MIGHT ASSUME THE EQUIPMENT THEY NEED WILL BE THERE. THAT'S CORRECT. IT'D TAKE 11 MONTHS FROM CADET TIME UNTIL THEIR UH OKAY. SOLO ON THE STREET. ONE OF THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT I HEARD TALKED ABOUT WAS RADAR, UH, SPEED, GUNS, UH, AND TRYING TO HAVE 20 AT EVERY STATION. UH, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT I HEAR A LOT ABOUT IN MY DISTRICT, AND I KNOW HERE IT AROUND THE CITY, IS EXCESSIVE NOISE COMING FROM RESTAURANTS AND BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND A LOT OF TIMES I'VE HEARD THE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE COME UP, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A TOOL TO MEASURE THAT NECESSARILY WITH THEM. CAN WE ALSO ADD DECIBEL LEVEL METERS, UH, TO THE, TO THE REQUEST OF HAVING SPEED RADAR SIGNS, UH, 20 AT EVERY STATION SO THAT NO PATROL OFFICER IS OUT THERE WITHOUT THE TOOL. THEY NEED TO MEASURE A VIOLATION. 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T ISSUE A CITATION IF THEY CAN'T IDENTIFY THE VIOLATION WITH THE PROPER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. YEAH. LET US INVENTORY THE, THE NUMBER, WHEN WE HAVE NOISE COMPLAINTS, WE'LL SEND OUR VICE UNIT OUT THERE AND THEY'LL HAVE, THEY'LL BE EQUIPPED WITH A, UH, A DECIBEL METER. WELL, THAT HASN'T HAPPENED A FEW TIMES IN MY DISTRICT, AND IT'S SENT OUT JUST A PATROL OFFICER. AND THEY SAID, WELL, IT SOUNDS LAW LOUD TO ME, I'LL GO TALK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, BUT THAT DOESN'T REALLY FOOT THE BILL. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU DO CHECK AND SEE HOW MANY ARE OUT THERE. BUT LET'S TRY AND MAKE THAT JUST A NORMAL TOOL, SO. SURE. THANK YOU. UM, NOW WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE OUTDOOR TRAINING FACILITY? I KNOW A MILLION 0.1. UH, AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, IS IT TO TRAIN CADETS? IS IT GONNA BE OPEN TO ALL OFFICERS JUST FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS? IS IT AMENITY? IS IT AN AMENITY OR A NECESSITY? UH, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU TRAIN ADDITIONAL OFFICERS WITHOUT IT? IT'S AN, IT IS A NECESSITY, NOT AN AMENITY. AND, AND IT WOULD BE A, UH, UH, A HARD STRETCH TO TRY TO, TO TRAIN, UM, OFFICERS GIVEN THE, THE INCREASED NUMBER THAT WILL BE BRINGING INTO THE ACADEMY TO INCLUDE, UH, THOSE WHO, UM, TO KEEP UP WITH ATTRITION OR HEAD OF ATTRITION. OKAY. FAIR ENOUGH. SO IT'S DEFINITELY A NECESSITY. MM-HMM. . UM, ANOTHER CONCERN I HAD, AND I'VE MENTIONED IT, UH, BEFORE, IS ABOUT SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS. UH, AND THE CITY PROVIDES THOSE FOR MANY SCHOOLS. WHAT IS THE STAFFING AND WHAT'S THE LEVEL OF PAY FOR THAT? HAVE WE HAD ANY CHANGES IN THOSE? YEAH, I'M, I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN GET IT RIGHT AND [02:35:01] I'M, IF I DON'T, I'M GONNA LOOK BACK THERE. UM, WE HAVE 17 VACANCIES RIGHT NOW. YES, SIR. 17. GO AHEAD. BOB. BOBBY BLATON, ASSISTANT CHIEF. WE HAVE 262 POSITIONS AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 17 VACANCIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FILL. AND IT'S THE, UH, CITY ENTRY MINIMUM WAGE, WHICH HELPED ME. SOMEBODY'S SEVEN? NO, IT'S UP TO WHAT GONNA BE, IT'S GOING UP TO 18 RIGHT NOW. IT'S 1750. YEAH, THERE WE GO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I HOPE WE'RE DOING AS MUCH WE CAN TO CONTINUE TO RECRUIT THOSE. UM, NOW THERE WAS A, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH VEHICLES BEING STOLEN. AND, UH, ONE WAS REPORTED US AT THE AIRPORT AND, UM, A CONSTITUENT, UH, USED THE AIRPORT EARLIER THIS SUMMER TO GO ON VACATION. HE PARKED HIS CAR IN LONG-TERM PARKING AND WAS ALERTED WHILE HE WAS ON VACATION THAT HIS CAR HAD BEEN STOLEN. AND THE THIEVES, THE THIEVES DROVE INTO THE PARKING GARAGE, STOLE HIS VEHICLE, BROKE THE AIRPORT SECURITY ARM IN LEAVING THE GARAGE. UH, AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO BETTER PROTECT VEHICLES OF THE AIRPORT POLICE, DOING MORE ABOUT MAINTAINING SAFETY IN THE GARAGE AREA, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THE, UH, AIRPORT OFFICERS ARE, HAVE, UH, UM, PERIMETER DUTIES. THEY, UM, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PATROL THROUGH THOSE PARKING GARAGES, UH, WHILE THEY'RE ON DUTY. UM, I'LL, I'LL SAY THIS WITHOUT TRYING TO BE SMART ABOUT IT, BUT THEY, THEY CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE. THERE'S A LOT OF PARKING THERE AND, UM, IT'S NOT IMPENETRABLE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU, CHIEF, SIR. UH, LET ME GO AHEAD AND, AND TALK ABOUT MUNICIPAL COURT FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. THANKS, JUDGE. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, JUVENILE TRUANCY, UH, NUMBERS GOING DOWN NOW I UNDERSTAND THEY WERE VACANT, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS OF WHAT YOU'VE SHOWN UP HERE ABOUT THE PROBLEMS IN GROWING TRUANCY OR THE LACK OF OUR ABILITY TO DEAL WITH TRUANCY GONE FROM 11,000 CASES TO 5,000. AND I DON'T THINK THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S 5,000 LESS TRUANTS BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING SO MUCH ABOUT JUVENILE CRIME. I MEAN, A BIG ISSUE, UH, ON TV WAS THEY CAUGHT SOME 17 YEAR OLD WHO WAS STEALING CARS, WHO WAS IN LEAGUE WITH A BUNCH OF OTHERS WHO ARE DOING THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO SPEND MORE RESOURCES ON WORKING ON THIS TEEN VIOLENCE AND TEEN CRIMINALITY AND TEEN, UH, TRUANCY TO TRY AND WORK ON THESE PROBLEMS. SO, YOU KNOW, I I HOPE THAT WE ARE GONNA WORK ON TRYING TO EXPAND MONEY IN THAT AREA. UH, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET NOW, BUT I HOPE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT. UM, ANOTHER THING I NOTICED ON SLIDE 21, YOU TALKED ABOUT, UH, YOUR ENGAGEMENT, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. AND I HAVE TO SAY, YOU'VE GOT 140 EMPLOYEES IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT SYSTEM, AND I KNOW SOME OF THEM ARE JUDGES, MAGISTRATES ADMINISTRATORS, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH THAT MANY STAFF MEMBERS, UH, FOUR TOWN HALLS. WHEN YOU'VE GOT HALF A DOZEN, NO MORE JUDGES, WHY AREN'T THERE MORE OF YOU AND THE LEADERSHIP OUT IN THE COMMUNITY HELPING EDUCATE PEOPLE MORE? SO, YOU KNOW, I'D, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN RIGHT HERE. ABSOLUTELY. UM, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND, AND, UM, I GUESS I'LL, I'LL DO A BETTER EFFORT OF REACHING OUT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS' OFFICES TO LET THEM KNOW, TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND TOWN HALL MEETINGS OR, UH, EVEN, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY EVENTS AS WELL. BUT YEAH, WE ARE MAKING A BIT BIGGER EFFORT TO DO THAT AND, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK FOR THAT DOES FALL ON THE JUDGES SINCE THEY ARE AT A HIGHER LEVEL. BUT YOU WILL BE SEEING MORE OF THAT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE. THANKS, MAYOR. UM, CHIEF HOOD. YES, SIR. BACK TO SLIDE SEVEN. AND I THINK COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO BROUGHT IT UP THE, THE INCREASED RESPONSE TIME, RIGHT? WE'RE, WE'RE A LITTLE SHORT OF, OF A MINUTE MORE, UH, THIS YEAR THAN WE WERE IN 2018. YES, SIR. WE EXPECT THAT TO KEEP CLIMBING. UM, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA HOPE IT'S GONNA GO DOWN, UM, WITH, AGAIN, THE GOOD SAM APP IS GONNA KNOCK SOME OF THOSE RESPONSES DOWN. THE ADDITION OF A SQUAD, THE ADDITION OF PLATFORM 45, ANYTIME YOU ADD RESOURCES [02:40:01] INTO THE SYSTEM, IT KNOCKS THE RESPONSE TIME DOWN. SO THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GONNA EXPECT THE 2024 PROJECTED TO BE BELOW THE 8 43. UH, WE WOULD HOPE SO. AGAIN, I CAN'T GUARANTEE YOU THIS IS A GROWTH CITY. WHEN WE SET UP THIS BENCHMARK OF, OF EIGHT MINUTES, THAT WAS A A TIME THAT US AS A DEPARTMENT, WE DECIDED ON. AND SO, AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE COVID YEAR WAS AN ABERRATION OF 20, AND SO THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF RESPONSES. AND THEN YOU LOOK UP AT THE BUILDUP OF, OF 21, IT KIND OF CREPT UP. BUT AGAIN, WE, WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE FIRES NOW. WE JUST HAVE A LOT MORE ACTIVITY. BUT AS WE MENTIONED, TRYING TO KNOCK THOSE RESPONSES DOWN BY NON-TRADITIONAL SOURCES SUCH AS THE GOOD SAM APP, THAT'S AN AMAZING WAY TO DO THAT. AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE ADDING. SO IT'S MY HOPE THAT THAT NUMBER'S GONNA GO DOWN. OKAY. AND, UM, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE CITY IS GROWING. YES, SIR. SO, SO IS THERE THERE A PLAN SOMEWHERE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING STATIONS AND PERSONNEL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS? WELL, A, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A PLATFORM SCHEDULED NEXT YEAR TO BE ADDED. IT'S GONNA GO PROBABLY SOMEPLACE MID-CITY. UH, AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE FOR US. SO, UM, AS FAR AS BUILDING NEW STATIONS, YOU SAW THE PROJECT LIST UP THERE. AND SO BY BUILDING THOSE BIGGER STATIONS, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HOUSE MORE RESOURCES. AS WE JUST MENTIONED, STATION 24, WHICH IS ON YOUR BORDER, WE HAD NO ROOM TO ADD ANYTHING. AND SO IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE BUILD THESE NEWER STATIONS, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO ADD MORE RESOURCES. BUT AS FAR AS GOING OUT AND FINDING ROOM FOR STATION 55, THAT'S NOT IN OUR PLANS RIGHT NOW. OUR PLANS ARE TO CONTINUE TO REPLACE OUR OLDER STATIONS AND BUILD THEM BIGGER BECAUSE THEY'RE IN GREAT STRATEGIC SPOTS. NOW. AND LET ME ASK YOU THIS, THE INCREASE IN FIRES THAT, THAT YOU'RE SEEING, UH, WOULD YOU SAY A LOT OF THAT'S ATTRIBUTABLE, UH, TO THE RISING HOMELESS POPULATION THAT, THAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE CITY? UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE HAD A, A 29% INCREASE IN VACANT STRUCTURE FIRES. AND I HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH, UH, CITY MANAGER THE OTHER DAY WITH ERIC THE OTHER DAY. AND WE WERE TALKING LIKE WITH THE UNHOUSED POPULATION, WE USED TO SEE A LOT OF FIRES IN THE WINTERTIME BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOKING FOR AREAS TO GO AND GET WARM. NOW BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THE HEAT, WE'RE SEEING FIRES IN STRUCTURES, WE HAD A MAJOR ONE AT MIDNIGHT RODEO OUT IN YOUR DISTRICT BEFORE YOU GOT HERE. WE HAD NO IDEA THAT PEOPLE WERE LIVING INSIDE OF THAT OLD DANCE HALL. SO THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT, UM, THAT ARE UNHOUSED THAT POTENTIALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE CAPACITY TO START A FIRE BY LIVING IN THOSE VACANT STRUCTURES. UM, MOVING TO THE SAFE BABY BOX. YES, SIR. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE 12 OF THESE FOR A COST OF $438,000. THAT'S THE ESTIMATED COST RIGHT NOW. AND, UM, AS WE MENTIONED IN THE, UM, PRESENTATION, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ADD THOSE TO ALL THOSE NEW PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE. YEAH, SOME OF OUR AGES STATIONS THAT ARE THE COOKIE BOX, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT A BABY BOX IN THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO GOOD PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE FRONT, OR IT'S GONNA COST TOO MUCH FOR US TO RETROFIT. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OPTIONS. MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE COST 36,500. WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH. UM, THERE'S OTHER CITIES THAT OBVIOUSLY HAVE, HAVE IMPLEMENTED A PROGRAM SUCH AS THIS, RIGHT? TENNESSEE, IT LOOKS LIKE THEIR COST IS $23,000. UM, DOWN IN, IN FLORIDA IT LOOKS LIKE CALL FLORIDA, WE GOT $10,000. AND, UM, AND THEN OVER IN KENTUCKY, $15,000. IS THERE A REASON WE HAVE AN INCREASED COST? ARE THE PROGRAMS SIMILAR OR ARE THEY DIFFERENT? YOU KNOW, IT, IT DEPENDS ON, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF BABY BOXES THEY'RE USING. AND SO THIS IS GONNA GIVE US OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT OTHER BABY BOX BOXES THAT WERE OUT THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE INFANCY OF THIS AND WE'RE GONNA FIND THE RIGHT BABY BOXES AT THE RIGHT COST TO PUT IN THE RIGHT LOCATION. UH, AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT. BY THE TIME WE COME BACK NEXT YEAR, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE LOCATIONS NARROWED DOWN. HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME, UH, STATIONS THAT ARE GOING UP AS PROJECTS, AND THEN WE'LL ADD THOSE. AND I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. UM, MY ONLY CONCERN IS, IS IS THE COST. MAYBE IT'S NOT GONNA COST US 36,000. YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S JUST COUNCILMAN. IT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE. IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND 36,000, THEN WE WON'T, THEN WE WON'T. UM, BUT IT IS NEW AND IT IS, IT IS DIFFERENT. AND, AND WE'RE GONNA, AS THE CHIEF SAID IT IN [02:45:01] THIS PRESENTATION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CHECK WITH OTHER STATES TO SEE WHAT FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE SEEN. YEAH. IT'S NEW TO US AND IT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE. IF WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THEM MUCH, WE WILL. GREAT. AND, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WITH THIS IS THAT WE REMIND PEOPLE THEY CAN ALWAYS DROP OFF AT A HOSPITAL. THEY CAN ALWAYS DROP OFF AT A FIRE STATION. UM, THIS BABY BOX IS GONNA BE GREAT, BUT RIGHT NOW, IF THEY HAVE A BABY, THEY CAN DROP IT OFF AT A FIRE STATION OR A HOSPITAL. YEAH. YOU NEED TO CONTINUE THAT EDUCATION. UM, LAST THING, I'LL JUST TELL YOU THAT I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT NEW, UH, E M S UNIT, UM, UP IN DISTRICT 10. IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT, AT LEAST I KNOW I DID DURING, DURING THE CAMPAIGN. IT, IT'S MUCH NEEDED. AND SO, UM, WE, WE APPRECIATE AND, AND DISTRICT 10 LOOKS FORWARD TO, TO HAVING THAT NEW UNIT THERE. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, CHIEF MCMANUS WANT TO TALK, UM, ABOUT THE, UH, THE HOTSPOT POLICING WAS REALLY, UM, ENCOURAGED TO HEAR THAT, THAT THIS IS REALLY WORKING RIGHT? IT IS. AND, UM, CAN, CAN YOU TELL US JUST BRIEFLY WHAT, WHAT THAT MEANS AND, AND WHAT THE OFFICERS DO IN, IN, IN THAT REGARD? SURE. SO THE, THE CITY WAS DIVIDED UP INTO OVER 130, 130,000, 100 METER BY 100 METER GRIDS. OUT OF THOSE 130,000, 28 WERE IDENTIFIED AS, UH, HOTSPOTS. UM, ACCORDING TO THE TIME AND DAY THAT THE REPORTS FOR VIOLENT CRIME WERE TAKEN, AN OFFICER IS ASSIGNED THERE FOR, I WANNA SAY IT'S 15 MINUTES WHEN CERTAIN DAYS OF THE WEEK, CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY. AND ONCE THEY, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO SIT THERE WITH THEIR LIGHTS ON, THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO SIT THERE WITH THEIR LIGHTS ON, AND AT THE END OF THAT 15 MINUTES, THEY GO BACK INTO SERVICE OR GO BACK TO THEIR REGULAR ASSIGNMENTS. UM, THAT'S THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS. AND EVERY 60 DAYS WE, WE REVIEW AND ANALYZE THE, UH, THE REPORTS AND SOME OF THE HOTSPOTS DROP OFF, OTHERS ARE PUT ON THE LIST. AND THAT'S BEEN, UM, GOING ON SINCE JANUARY ONE. AND SO, IS, IS IT FAIR TO SAY THEN THAT INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE ALONE IS HELPING DECREASE CRIME? YES. AND THAT, AND THAT IS, THAT IS, UM, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE THAT WAS, UM, RESEARCHED BY THE FOLKS WHO IN INVENTED THAT CRIME PLAN. UM, YOU MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT STEP OF THE PLAN, TRYING TO LOOK AT, UH, REPEAT OFFENDERS AND, AND, AND THIRD STEP, THIRD STEP, THIRD STEP RECIDIVISM AND, AND ALL OF THAT. CORRECT. UM, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN TERMS OF FOLKS THAT HAVE, UM, MAYBE BEEN ARRESTED, SERVED TIME OR BACK OUT? WE STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH REPEAT OFFENDERS. WE ARE, AND MATTER OF FACT, WE, WE JUST CONCLUDED A VIOLENT CRIME INITIATIVE THAT WAS BASED OFF OF, UM, A COUPLE OF HIGH PROFILE DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS WHERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE HIT AND KILLED. UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ARRESTS FOR VERY, VERY VIOLENT PEOPLE. UH, WE HAVE RECOVERED A NUMBER OF WEAPONS, NARCOTICS, AND WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING IN FRONT OF THE MEDIA ON THIS FAIRLY SOON. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY, AND I'M NOT GONNA USE ANY NAMES HERE, BUT IF I CAN RUN THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK FOR YOU, THERE WAS ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS A, A LONG, LONG HISTORY OF VIOLENT CRIME, A TRULY VIOLENT CRIME. AND, UM, IN 2011, HE WAS ARRESTED FOR, AND THAT'S, AND JUST GOING BACK TO 2011, HE WAS ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE WITH BODILY INJURY. UM, HE WAS A WANTED PERSON FOR, UH, A DIFFERENT OFFENSE. IN 2011, HE WAS, UH, ARRESTED FOR A ROBBERY OF AN INDIVIDUAL AND EVADING. IN 2011, HE WAS ARRESTED FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. HIS MOTHER TURNED HIM IN AT THAT, ON THAT ONE HE WAS ARRESTED AGAIN FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. AND OBVIOUSLY HE'S ON THE STREET FOR ALL THESE. IN 2011, UH, THE END OF THE YEAR, 2011, HE WAS DESIGNATED AS A HABITUAL OFFENDER. FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 2011, HE WAS SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN T D C, [02:50:03] HE GOT OUT AND NO SOONER DID HE GET OUT THAN HE WAS ARRESTED AGAIN FOR AG ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. IN 2023, HE WAS ARRESTED FOR FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. HE WAS ARRESTED AGAIN IN 2023 FOR FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND EVADING HIS CURRENT STATUS. HE'S BEEN RELEASED ON FIVE BONDS, TOTALING $365,000 AND IS AWAITING TRIAL ON FIVE FELONY OFFENSES, THREE OF WHICH ARE WEAPONS, UH, VIOLATIONS. AND THAT IS NOT AN UNCOMMON, UH, THEME HERE. AND, AND, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO, I WOULD LOVE, YEAH, HE, AND HE'S BEEN, HE WAS ARRESTED IN THIS VIOLENT CRIME INITIATIVE THAT, UH, WE UNDERTOOK ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, TWO MONTHS AGO, AND HE'S OUT ON BOND AGAIN, FIVE BONDS. AND SO MY QUESTION HERE, UM, IF I CAN FINISH IT, IS, UM, ONE I'D LOVE TO GET, I'D LOVE TO GET A COPY OF, OF THAT REPORT ON, ON THAT INDIVIDUAL, BUT YOU CAN ARREST THESE FOLKS AS MANY TIMES AS YOU HAVE. RIGHT. BUT YOU GUYS HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY GET PUT BEHIND BARS TO STAY. RIGHT. WELL, WHEN HE WAS IN T D C FOR 10 YEARS, WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM HIM. YEAH. THANK YOU CHIEF. YEP. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, WHITE, COUNCIL MEMBER, CORE CHIEF. I CAN JUST START WITH YOU SINCE YOU'RE ALREADY STANDING. UM, SO I THINK ONE THING THAT THE MAYOR STARTED THIS CONVERSATION AROUND SA CORE, AND I THINK ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD IT LOUDLY, OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE CALLING US AND TELLING US THE IMPACT THAT SA CORE IS HAVING. AND THE DATA THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN IS SHOWING ITS IMPACT. AND SO WE KNOW WE NEED TO MAKE PRO MORE PROACTIVE POLICING MEASURES. SO OUR PUSH TO YOU ALL IS, I KNOW THIS IS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT 24 HOUR SERVICE OR 24 HOUR AND THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, TO CLARIFY, THAT'S A DIFFERENT UNIT. THAT'S NOT THE SA CORE UNIT. IT'S JUST MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS, MENTAL HEALTH TRAINED OFFICERS. BUT IT'S NOT THE SA CORE UNIT. RIGHT? YES. SO I GUESS MY SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR THIS IS, COULD WE COME BACK WITH THE NUMBER OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE, AND I, AND I HEAR THE LOGIC WHERE WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY REQUESTS, BUT GIVEN THE INCIDENT THAT THE MAYOR BROUGHT UP THAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS SUMMER, IT'D REALLY BE NICE TO SEE A NUMBER OF WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET THIS SERVICE TO BE 24 HOURS. UM, AND IF AND HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH ADDITIONALLY WOULD WE NEED TO ALLOCATE TO THAT? WE, WE COULD, YES. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. IF I MAY CLARIFY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, AGAIN, THE REFERENCE TO THE INCIDENT, I WANNA MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THERE WAS NO GAP AND THERE WAS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR THAT INCIDENT. AND IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD LIMIT THE DISCUSSION TO THE GENERAL, SORRY, RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND NOT TALK ABOUT THAT, I'D APPRECIATED. UNDERSTOOD. APOLOGIES ANDY. UM, OKAY. UH, UH, MOVING ON TO THE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS THAT ARE BEING ADDED. I GOT ASKED THIS QUESTION EARLIER THIS WEEK. HOW ARE WE DECIDING WHERE THOSE OFFICERS ARE BEING PLACED? THEY'LL BE PLACED BASED ON THE CALL LOAD, UH, IN EACH OF THE SUBSTATIONS. AND DO WE ALREADY HAVE A MAP OF WHERE THEY'RE GOING? NO, MA'AM. NOT YET. OKAY. WHEN WE GET THAT, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO SHARE IT SO WE CAN SEE FOR OUR DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY? SURE. AND WE WON'T HAVE THAT MAP UNTIL THEY'RE, UH, ABOUT READY TO GRADUATE FROM THE ACADEMY, WHICH WILL BE SEVERAL MONTHS FROM NOW. OKAY. AT LEAST SEVERAL MONTHS FROM NOW. OKAY. REAL QUICK. YEAH. AND JUST, UH, MORE DIRECT ON THAT QUESTION. WE, UM, THANKS TO I T S D AND, AND THE TEAM HERE AT, AT THE CITY, WE HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT, UH, THE PERCENTAGE OF TIME ON CALL AT EVERY SHIFT. AND SO WE CAN REASSESS THAT ON THE FLY USING THAT DASHBOARD WHEN WE DO OUR MAJOR TRANSFERS. AND SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY ADJUSTING THAT STAFFING LEVEL. AND SO THAT'S, THAT WILL CONTINUE THAT PROCESS AS WE, UH, CONTINUE TO ADD OFFICERS. OKAY. UM, AND THEN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA BROUGHT UP THE PROACTIVE POLICING COMPONENT OF WHAT IT, WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING DURING THAT 60% OF THEIR TIME. HOW ARE WE TRACKING OR MONITORING THE DATA? OKAY. I KNOW, UM, WE, MARIA SAID THAT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BE GOING OUT AND DOING SPEED TRAPS DURING THAT TIME OR WHATEVER. HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT, WHAT THOSE HOURS LOOK LIKE? SUPERVISORS WOULD MONITOR THAT, MONITOR THAT ACTIVITY, AND IT COULD EASILY BE PULLED OUT OF A CAD SYSTEM WHEN THEY CHECK OUT A SERVICE TO DO THEIR PROACTIVE WORK. SO THEY HAVE TO TRACK WHAT THEY'RE DOING DURING THAT TIME? YES. THEY'LL HAVE TO TRACK THAT. YES. OKAY. UM, AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION IS, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE BROUGHT UP THE, UH, FACILITY FOR THE ACADEMY. IF SO, TOMORROW, WOULD THAT, AND THIS IS, I'M JUST LOOKING AT, THIS PICTURE, LOOKS KINDA LIKE A CROSSFIT GYM TO ME, RIGHT? SO WOULD THERE BE ANOTHER LIKE CROSSFIT AREA AROUND THE ACADEMY WHERE IT'S BEING PLANNED ON BUILT, OR COULD WE PUT SOME OF THAT WORKOUT EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE, [02:55:01] UM, TO BE ABLE TO FREE UP SOME OF THOSE CAPITAL DOLLARS? I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. I THINK THAT WAS JUST KIND OF A, A, A QUICK IDEA OF, OF AN OUTDOOR FITNESS FACILITY FOR TRAINING, FITNESS TRAINING FACILITY. SO, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE SUGGESTED THAT, WELL, WHY DON'T THEY JUST GET DOWN TO PALO ALTO? UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT REALLY IS CONVENIENT. IT'S, IT'S INCONVENIENT TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S NOT PRACTICAL. IS IT A REQUIREMENT FOR THEIR TRAINING TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOURS IN, UM, ON YOUR SITE, OR CAN THEY BE KIND OF DOING FITNESS ACTIVITY ANYWHERE IT'S REQUIRED? NO, AGAIN, THEY COULD DO IT ANYWHERE, BUT IT'S, IT'S A MATTER OF, OF PRACTICALITY. THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY DON'T HAVE PE ON THEIR OWN AT THE ACADEMY. SO THERE'S, THERE'S REQUIRED PHYSICAL FITNESS STANDARDS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH AS A GROUP. RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THEM ARE INSIDE THE FACILITY. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FREE UP ROOM INSIDE THE FACILITY SO THAT WE CAN PUSH, UH, OUR, OUR OUTPUT UP. SO THAT, THAT'S THE IDEA THAT PLUS THE OUTDOOR MODULAR BUILDING CLASSROOM TO FREE UP SPACE INSIDE THE BUILDING. HMM. I THINK THE PICTURE JUST MAKES IT LOOK LIKE A PAVILION. SO IT, IT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING ME TO QUESTION THAT. UM, OKAY. THOSE ARE THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I HAVE. WELL, ACTUALLY ONE OTHER, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU CHIEF OR ERIC, I'M TRYING TO LIKE PIECEMEAL, UM, IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT, BECAUSE THE CAPITAL OUTLAY, UM, CHANGES ARE KIND OF LISTED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BUDGET DOCUMENT, AND THEN THE PROGRAM CHANGES ARE LISTED RIGHT BEFORE THE ACTUAL, UH, COST. SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS THERE A CONSOLIDATED AREA WHERE I COULD SEE ALL OF THE CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS FOR POLICE COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN? AND I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS, NOT CAPITAL. YES. YES. SORRY, ALSO IN THE, YES. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACK OF THE BUDGET DOCUMENT WHERE WE HAVE THE CAPITAL BUDGET, THERE'S A SECTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. SO YOU'LL SEE ALL THE FIRE PROJECTS AND ALL THE POLICE PROJECTS, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF MIN, THEY'RE NOT, UH, DISTINGUISHED BY EACH, THEY'RE LIKE INTERTWINED WITH EACH OTHER. IT'S JUST THE PUBLIC SAFETY. I MIGHT BE, WELL, JUSTINE'S GONNA COME OVER AND SHOW IT TO YOU, 'CAUSE WELL, I'LL, I'LL LOOK AT YOU IN A SECOND. UM, AND THEN THAT'S ALL FOR POLICE FOR FIRE CHIEF HOOD? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO, UM, I'M SUPER EXCITED THAT Y'ALL ARE IMPLEMENTING THOSE BABY BOXES. WE HAVE AN AD, UH, AN AVID DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT WHO'S BEEN REALLY SUPPORTING THEM. AND SO, UM, QUESTION ABOUT MARKETING. IS THERE DOLLARS BUILT INTO THAT BUDGET FOR MARKETING OF THOSE BABY BOXES? UM, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, BUT WE DO A GREAT, UM, JOB OF MARKETING OUR OWN. SO ONCE WE GET THOSE, WE WILL. UH, BUT AGAIN, THAT MARKETING HAS TO BE, AGAIN, WITH THE EDUCATION THAT YOU DON'T NEED A BABY BOX TO, TO DROP A BABY OFF. SO YES, WE WILL MARKET IT. I KNOW, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE HAS SOME RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE ALSO, UH, ADVOCATES OF THE BOXES, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO MARKET 'EM. BUT AGAIN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DROP THOSE BABIES OFF AT THE RIGHT LOCATION THOUGH. RIGHT. AT THE RIGHT LOCATION. RIGHT. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE. UM, AND THEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER GATO ASKED ABOUT THE, UM, 24 HOUR, LIKE ADDITIONAL OVERTIME SERVICE THAT Y'ALL ARE PROVIDING IN THE SOUTH SIDE. I NOTICED IN THE BUDGET IT WAS ONLY BUDGETED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND NOT FISCAL YEAR. FISCAL YEAR 2025. WHAT, WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR 2025? SO, COUNCILMAN TODAY AT FIRE STATION 40, WE ARE RUNNING AN E M S UNIT WITH PEAK HOURS. SO ONCE THOSE, UM, PARAMEDICS ARE READY TO TAKE ON ON THAT WORK, THOSE PEAK HOURS WILL MOVE TO OTHER AREAS OF NEED, INCLUDING POTENTIALLY FIRE STATION 21. OKAY. SO IT JUST WON'T BE PEAK HOURS. IT'LL STILL, THAT SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED, BUT IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO BE EXTRA BECAUSE OF THAT'S PEAK HOURS SPECIFIC. IT, IT'LL STILL BE PEAK HOURS, BUT WE'LL USE EXISTING ONES FROM 40 ONCE THE NEW UNIT COMES ONLINE. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. WE NEED A LITTLE, WE NEED A, WE NEED A ONE YEAR BRIDGE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, REALLY QUICKLY, THE HERO, LIKE HER PROGRAM, I THINK IT'S AMAZING. WE NEED TO CREATE MORE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND YOUNG WOMEN IN PARTICULAR. UM, I DIDN'T SEE IT AS AN ADDITIONAL PROGRAM, UM, ITEM IN THE, UH, PROGRAM CHANGES. IS IT JUST BECAUSE OF THE COST OF IT IS STAYING THE SAME OR WAS IT EMBEDDED IN SOMETHING ELSE? WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO DO AS MANY CLASSES AS POSSIBLE. WHEN WE STARTED THIS, WE HAD TO RELY ON A LOT OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE ADVOCATES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANNA SUPPORT US, BUT THIS WILL ALLOW US TO DO AS MANY CLASSES AS POSSIBLE. SO WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING. UH, THAT'S GREAT. I THINK THE MORE YOU CAN DO IN THE SUMMER, IT'S WHERE WE SEE THE GREATEST GAP BETWEEN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND NOT, SO I THINK IF WE COULD DOUBLE DOWN ON FUNDS FOR THAT, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT, IT'S $30,000, SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. UH, AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, OKAY, NO, I ALREADY [03:00:01] ASKED ABOUT THE BUDGET. OKAY. THAT'S IT FOR FIRE. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU MA'AM. AND THEN MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE, REALLY QUICKLY, AND JUST THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TWO THI OR ACTUALLY THREE THINGS IN PARTICULAR. UM, THE FIRST IS JUST ON THE TRUANCY COMMENTS A LITTLE BIT. CAN YOU TELL ME ON THAT CHART, IT'S PAGE SE UH, SLIDE 17, WHY DO WE SEE SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS IN, UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 23 IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGES? LIKE WHAT'S THE DROP AS A RESULT TOO? ARE YOU, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE, UH, TRUANCY INTERVENTION SERVICES, TRUANCY, INTER ON THE 20 F Y 23? YEAH. UM, IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW MANY STUDENTS ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE, HOW, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WHAT WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN THE JUVENILE, THE JUVENILE CASE MANAGERS OFFER SUPPORT TO THE DISTRICTS. AND SO THEY DO THAT BY MAKING PHONE CALLS, SENDING LETTERS, BUT WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY HAVING TO GET ENGAGED IN FORUMS OR, AND SPECIFICALLY LIKE, UM, THE DIVERSION AGREEMENTS, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF, IT'S VOLUNTARY REALLY. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN, THEY CAN TELL THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS THAT THEY NEED TO COME IN AND TALK TO THEM. AND, AND, BUT IT'S REALLY VOLUNTARY ON THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILY'S PART. I JUST DIDN'T, BECAUSE THERE'S LIKE A BIG DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? BETWEEN MEDIATION, ATTENDANCE AND, UM, ATTENDING THE COURT CLASSES THAT I WAS WONDERING LIKE, WHY, LIKE FROM 94% TO 68% IN FISCAL YEAR 21 TO 23 FOR PERCENTAGE ATTENDING. SO THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS I WANTED TO ECHO THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS ABOUT TRUANCY BEING EVEN, UM, A BIGGER OF A DEAL. NOW, SOME OF THE DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH HAVE LIKE 85% A D A, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE SIGNIFICANTLY LOSING FUNDING. SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT THIS AND TO HELP INCREASE THOSE, UH, COMPLETION RATES, I THINK WOULD BE GREAT. OKAY. WE'LL WORK ON THAT. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT WAS THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER GOZA REALLY FOCUSES ON, ON THIS ONE TOO, BUT, OKAY. NEVERMIND. WE'LL TALK . OKAY. SURE. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CORE COUNCIL MEMBER ELA. THANK YOU. UM, I , I LOVE THE VIDEOS. WE WERE BETTING OVER HERE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WOULD BE A INTRO VIDEO FROM CHIEF HOOD. AND, UM, I GOTTA TELL YOU, THIS YEAR'S IS EVEN BETTER THAN LAST YEAR'S CHIEF. I LOVE IT. IT'S BETTER THAN JOHN WICK'S LAST MOVIE, , UM, THE CHIEF HOOD, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'D MENTIONED, AND, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, CHIEF MCMANUS HAD MENTIONED IT IN THE PAST WAS THE WAY THAT, UM, YOUR DEPARTMENTS ARE EVOLVING IN ORDER TO RESPOND TO, UM, NEVER BEFORE SEEN EMERGENCIES, LIKE ACTIVE SHOOTER SCENARIOS AT SCHOOLS. AND, UM, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, UM, AT OUR LEGISLATIVE LEVEL, WE ALWAYS MONITOR, AND I'M POINTING AT JEFF OVER HERE, BUT WE ALWAYS MONITOR WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS DOING TO MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER, UM, OR TO MAKE IT HARDER IN SOME CASES. RIGHT? AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE LEGISLATURE TRIED TO INCREASE, OR MAY HAVE JUST NOMINALLY, INCREASED THE ALLOTMENT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO, UM, UH, TO GIVE THEM FOR, FOR ONSITE SCHOOL SAFETY, RIGHT? UM, AND SO, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 10 BUCKS PER STUDENT IN TEXAS. UM, IT'S, IS ALLOTTED FOR SCHOOL SAFETY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, UM, LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT, AND, AND I'M CONVINCED OF THIS, RIGHT, THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU DROP YOUR KID OFF AT A SCHOOL IN TEXAS, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TAKING A BIG GAMBLE, RIGHT? UM, AND THAT'S SORT OF THE NIGHTMARE SCENARIO FOR ALL PARENTS. I I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT TO PARENTS IN ANY CITY THAN, UM, THAN THAT ANXIETY THAT YOU FEEL WHEN YOU DROP YOUR KID OFF. UM, AND EVERY PARENT WONDERS, RIGHT? UM, MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK, YOU KNOW, IS IS IT GONNA HAPPEN TO ME? AND, YOU KNOW, ERIC, YOU AND I HAVE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW HORRIBLE IT FEELS WHEN YOU GO TO YOUR KID'S SCHOOL AND YOU WALK IN AND NOBODY STOPS YOU. RIGHT? UM, TO SAY, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU? I MEAN, EVERY SCHOOL IN THIS TOWN IS PERMEABLE, RIGHT? IT'S HARDER TO WALK INTO THIS BUILDING, UH, THAN IT IS TO WALK INTO ANY KID'S SCHOOLS. AND SO, I I I, I AM NOT CONVINCED, RIGHT, THAT THIS CITY IS SAFE, FULL STOP. I AM, UH, NOT CONVINCED THAT OUR KIDS ARE SAFE WHEN THEY GO TO SCHOOL. AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS, UH, WE ALWAYS BUDGET FOR BOTH OF Y'ALL'S DEPARTMENTS TO RESPOND TO THESE SHOOTINGS, UM, AND THESE INCIDENTS IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND, AND I I, I ALWAYS AM ENCOURAGED THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DEDICATING MORE AND MORE RESOURCES AND MORE TIME THINKING ABOUT THESE KINDS OF INCIDENTS PLAYING OUT. AND, UH, THAT YOU GUYS ARE DEVELOPING MUSCLE MEMORY, RIGHT? AND TRYING TO EMPLOY BEST PRACTICES. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE RESPONSE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN PLACE, UH, OR THE RESPONSE PLANS AND STRATEGIES YOU GUYS HAVE IN PLACE ARE BEST IN CLASS, RIGHT? MY CONCERN IS WHETHER OR NOT [03:05:01] WE AS A CITY AND ARE DOING ENOUGH ON THE UPSTREAM PROBLEM AND HELPING SCHOOLS PREVENT, RIGHT? THESE THINGS FROM EVEN HAPPENING. AND SO, UM, I, I, UH, I, WHAT I'M ASKING FOR, AND WE, WE HAD FILED A C C R EARLIER ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, FIGURING OUT A WAY FOR THIS CITY TO LEAN INTO AND ASSIST SCHOOL DISTRICTS. AND I THINK THAT ONE PLACE WE CAN START, RIGHT? AND, AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS HERE OR LATER, RIGHT? BUT ONE, ONE THING THAT I'VE DISCOVERED IS THAT IF SOMEBODY WERE TO SET OFF AN ALARM AT H E B AT TWO IN THE MORNING, RIGHT? OR AT HOME DEPOT, UH, OR ANY OTHER BUILDING AROUND TOWN, SS A P D WOULD RESPOND, RIGHT? UM, I'M ASSUMING THAT THOSE RESPONSE TIMES ARE GONNA BE IMPROVED, UM, NOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIRING HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS OVER, OVER TIME, RIGHT? AND NOW THAT, BUT IF ANY ALARM GOES OFF AT AN I S D SCHOOL, WE HAVE TO WAIT TO, FOR AN I S D POLICE OFFICER TO SHOW UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, RIGHT? THOSE ARE POLICE OFFICERS THAT COULD BE PATROLLING SCHOOLS DURING THE DAY. AND I, I'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY. AND WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS US THINK THROUGH WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO HELP THESE SCHOOL DISTRICTS BE SAFER BY MAKING SURE THAT AT NIGHT WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG ON A SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT WE RESPOND THE SAME WAY AT A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE WOULD AT WALMART, RIGHT? UM, AND BY DEPLOYING OUR OFFICERS AS OPPOSED TO JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, I S D OFFICERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, BECAUSE IF I CAN MOVE, IF I, WE CAN HELP THE ISDS, AND WE'VE TALKED TO THE ISDS, UH, THIS PAST, UH, MONTH, THE MAYOR AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WENT TO THE ISDS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TO REALLY EXPLORE EXACTLY HOW SERIOUS THIS PROBLEM IS. UM, AND I THINK MOST OF THEM AGREE THAT IT'S, IT'S RATHER ALARMING, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW POORLY FUNDED THEY ARE AND POORLY STAFFED THEY ARE. AND, UM, I DO THINK THAT IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK AT THIS, UM, BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE DON'T STOP BEING OUR CONSTITUENTS WHEN FACULTY GOES TO WORK OR WHEN THOSE KIDS, YOU KNOW, END UP, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE HOURS AT SCHOOL. MY, MY, MY CONCERN CHIEF, AND MAYBE, MAYBE ONE OF YOU GUYS CAN, CAN TALK ABOUT THIS FOR ME, IS WHY DON'T WE, WHY CAN'T WE, UM, AND, UM, COME ON UP. COME ON UP. UH, WHY, WHY DON'T WE, AND WHY CAN'T WE, UM, YOU KNOW, DEPLOY OFFICERS AT NIGHT AND HELP THE SCHOOLS MOVE THOSE NIGHTTIME OFFICERS, THEIR NIGHTTIME OFFICERS DAY PATROL? GO AHEAD, CHIEF. WE DO, WE WE'LL RESPOND TO A BURGLAR ALARM AT NIGHT, OKAY? BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT THE POLICE CHIEFS AT THE I S D ARE TELLING US. WE HAD, I, I HAD A MEETING WITH MULTIPLE POLICE CHIEFS AT ISDS, AND THEY'RE TELLING ME THE OPPOSITE. AND SO SOMEWHERE ALONG, AND I, I DON'T THINK THESE GUYS ARE LIARS, AND I DON'T THINK YOU ARE EITHER, BUT SOMEWHERE THAT'S BEING LOST, RIGHT? AND SO TO WHAT EXTENT DO WE RES DO WE SEND POLICE OFFICERS ANYWAY? CAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE UNPACKED, RIGHT? BUT, UM, I'M HEARING FROM THE, UH, I S D OFFICERS, I'M SORRY, UH, POLICE CHIEFS, THAT THEY HAVE POLICE OFFICERS ON PATROL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, AND THE ONLY REASON THEY HAVE A ON PATROL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IS TO DO SECURITY AND RESPONSE AT THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. RIGHT? AND THEIR QUESTION IS FAIR, RIGHT? WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN YOU GUYS DO TO HELP US MOVE THOSE OFFICERS TO THE DAY? RIGHT? BECAUSE I AM NOT CONVINCED THAT WE ARE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT IN SAN ANTONIO TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS DON'T GET KILLED AT SCHOOLS. THE ONLY REASON WE HAVEN'T HAD A MASS SHOOTING IN SAN ANTONIO IS OUT OF LUCK. NOT BECAUSE ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS DOING SOMETHING FANTASTIC, RIGHT? UM, WE'RE NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER CITY. WE'VE JUST BEEN LUCKY AND FORGIVE THE, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, COINCIDENTAL METAPHOR, BUT WE'VE DODGED A BULLET, RIGHT? SO THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY REQUEST. UH, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO UNPACK THAT, GUYS. MM-HMM. , IF I COULD JUST TALK FROM FIRE'S PERSPECTIVE, WE BUILT AMAZING RELATIONSHIPS WITH EVERYONE IN REGION 20, WITHIN THIS REGION TO WHERE WE HAVE, UH, PRE-PLANS OF EVERY HIGH SCHOOL, MAJORITY OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND WORKING ON PRE-PLANS OF EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE HAVE DONE MULTIPLE TRAININGS WITH SS A P D AND WITH THEIR POLICE FORCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED. WE HAVE ALSO, UH, ENLISTED TO TRY TO GET KNOX BOX KEYS ON SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS WHEN WE RESPOND TO AN ALARM SOUNDING. WE'VE ALSO MET, MET WITH, WITH THE SCHOOL NURSES, BECAUSE WE RESPOND TO MORE SCHOOLS THAN ANYBODY JUST GOING TO A SICK KID. MM-HMM. AT THE NURSE'S OFFICE. SO, HOW DO WE GET IN? HOW DO WE GET OUT? HOW DO WE LOOK AT THOSE SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE? SO WE'VE HAD A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP AND RESPONSE WITH EVERYONE IN REGION 20 AS FAR AS TRYING TO PREPARE THOSE BUILDINGS AND PREPARE FOR A RESPONSE. AND, AND I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S HAPPENING OTHERWISE. I, I, I'M CERTAIN THAT'S [03:10:01] EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND I'M CERTAIN YOU'RE DELIVERING THE BEST KIND OF PARTNERSHIP YOU POSSIBLY CAN. I, I AM CONVINCED THAT WE CAN DO BETTER AND THERE'S MORE WE CAN DO, AND I'M JUST ASKING US TO INNOVATE AROUND THIS. RIGHT. UM, SO THE OTHER THING TOO, AND CHIEF THIS IS FOR YOU. UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT FIREHOUSE 34 IN MY DISTRICT IS, UM, THE ONLY SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT OR HAZMAT RESPONSE UNIT THAT'S NOT FULLY ENCLOSED BY FENCING. UM, AND I'M, I WORRY ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING MORE, NOT MORE AND MORE KNUCKLEHEADS STEALING THINGS AND BREAKING INTO PLACES. UH, WHAT IS THE, IS THERE A PLAN FOR THAT? YEAH, THERE'S A PLAN FOR FENCING. WE HAVE A FEW STATIONS THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING FENCING AROUND. SO, UM, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT LOCATION AS FAR AS BEING A HAZMAT STATION. SO I'LL GET YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE FENCING PLAN IS FOR THAT STATION. OKAY. UM, AND BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN CHIEF, I WANNA LET YOU KNOW, UM, FOR ME, YOUR DEPARTMENT'S SUCCESS IS PERSONAL. UM, YOUR GUYS HAVE SAVED MY FATHER'S LIFE TWICE IN THE PAST SIX YEARS. UM, MY DAD'S ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT. WONDERFUL. AND, UH, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS MORE, MORE THAN YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. UM, JUDGE ODO IS OVER THERE. TELL HIM I SAID HELLO. YES, SIR, I WILL. THANK YOU. . UH, JUDGE ODO, QUICK QUESTION IN, IN THE LAST MINUTE THAT I'VE GOT, UM, SLIDE NINE OF YOUR PRESENTATION, UM, SAYS COUNSELING, YOU MENTIONED TWO ORGANIZATIONS, AND THEN YOU, YOU, UM, YOU, YOU SAID, LOOK, THE, THESE, THESE KINDS OF COUNSELING THAT WE SEND THESE BATTERERS TO INCLUDE THINGS, AND THEN I FORGET THE LIST, BUT YOU ALSO MENTIONED ANGER MANAGEMENT. MY QUESTION FOR YOU WAS, ARE WE REFERRING ANY BATTERERS TO BATTERERS INTERVENTION PREVENTION PROGRAMS THAT ARE CERTIFIED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE? THE, THERE, DEPENDING ON THE, THE CASE, YES. UM, THEY GO TO BIP AND ALSO TO, TO V I P. YES. DEPENDING ON THE, THE CASE. I LOVE IT. THAT'S THE ANSWER I WANTED. THANKS. UH, I'LL CHIME IN LATER. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PLIE, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRANT. CARLA, WHY DON'T YOU COME BACK UP HERE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE, UM, I JUST HAVE ONE KIND OF COMMENT AND THEN ONE SUGGESTION. I APPRECIATE THAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU COMING OUT INTO, TO DISTRICT THREE FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TOWN HALL. I KNOW WE'RE RESCHEDULING THE DATE, BUT I THINK THE PRESENT, IF YOU GIVE THIS PRESENTATION HERE, THE PART YOU GAVE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND YOU'D HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I THINK AFTER THAT YOU'RE GOING, YOU'RE, YOU AND THE JUDGES ARE GONNA BE ON SPEED DIAL, AND FRED WILL BE ON SPEED DIAL WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, PROBABLY PRESIDENT. YES. I CAN IMAGINE. SO, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR OUTREACH, 'CAUSE DISTRICT THREE'S GOT THEM COVERED. UH, THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY IN TERMS OF THE COURTROOM RENOVATIONS, UM, I REALLY THINK WHEN, WHEN, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE RES UH, RENOVATIONS, THINK ABOUT THOSE WITH DIFFERENT ABILITIES AND EVEN WITH SENSORY ISSUES BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE GO IN AND THEY MIGHT NEED, UM, MORE SPACE TO STAND. THEY MIGHT HAVE TACTILE ISSUES, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO AS WE, AS WE DESIGN, AS Y'ALL LOOK TO DESIGN IT, IF YOU COULD MAKE IT INVITING TO ALL, I'D APPRECIATE THAT. UH, YES, THANK YOU. AND, UM, I'VE JUST BEEN INFORMED THAT WE HAVE WRITTEN THAT INTO OUR EQUITY PLAN, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP AS, I DUNNO IF, YOU KNOW, MY DAUGHTER HAS SPECIAL NEEDS, AND SO YEAH. SENSORY ISSUES ARE SOMETHING THAT WE THINK ABOUT QUITE OFTEN. SO YES, I DO. 'CAUSE I KNOW YOUR HUSBAND YES, MY HUSBAND. SO, AND HE BRAGS ON HER. SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND, UM, THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THE DISTRICT. UH, MARIA, I AM GONNA START WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU LOOK OVER FIRE AND POLICE AND I COME AND I HAVE THIS REALLY NICE BOOK THAT'S A FIVE-YEAR PLAN. AND I, WHAT I REALLY LIKED ABOUT IT, AND WHERE I'M GONNA TRANSITION IS OBJECTIVE 3.2, UM, WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT THEIR VEHICLES. AND I REALLY LIKE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE THIS FOR THEIR VEHICLES. I THINK WE NEED TO WORK WITH POLICE MM-HMM. TO TALK ABOUT THEIR FLEET AND THEIR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT TOO. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A FIVE YEAR PLAN CHIEF, MAYBE LIKE A TWO YEAR PLAN, BUT, SO WE CAN LOOK AT THAT MAINTENANCE, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE POLICE HAVE A LOT MORE EQUIPMENT WITH THE, THE OTHER UNITS. AND, UM, I KNOW WE RELY, BECAUSE I SAT ON PUBLIC SAFETY, I KNOW WE, WE RELY HEAVILY ON GRANTS TO GET SOME OF THAT EQUIPMENT. BUT WHAT DO WE DO WHEN IT BREAKS DOWN? WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE NEED AN UPGRADE? SO I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I, I, AS YOU OVERSEE BOTH DEPARTMENTS, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CONSIDERING WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS AND THAT THAT COULD ALSO BE INCLUDED WITH A C S I, I THINK I MENTIONED IT BEFORE, THE FLEET. UM, WELL, SOLID WASTE IS ANOTHER STORY, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. YES. SOLID WASTE. SO I WANNA REALLY MAKE SURE WE DO THAT, BECAUSE THE ONE THING WITH POLICE [03:15:01] IS THEY HAVE SPEED TRAILERS. AND OURS HAS BEEN OUT, AND I THINK FOR A WHILE IT WAS JUST FLAT. AND, UH, MY, MY RESIDENTS ARE GETTING USED TO REQUESTING SPEED TRAILERS AND WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT SOUTH OR EAST OR TRYING TO BORROW FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS. SO I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THOSE, UH, THERE, UM, CHIEF HOOD, GREAT PRESENTATION. I, I, I THINK YOU HAVE THE PLAN HERE AND YOU'RE READY TO GO WITH IT. I DO. UM, THIS HEAT AND THESE FIRES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE SUMMER, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ONE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE. IT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE USING, THIS WASN'T JUST A, AN UNHOUSED SITUATION. THEY WERE DOING DRUGS IN THE HOME, AND HE LEFT IT THERE AND IT CAUGHT FIRE. SO I THINK WE NEED TO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN DESIGNATE THAT THIS WAS, UM, A RESULT OF THEM USING IT AS A, AS A, AS A HOUSE TO GET DRUGS OR FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WHEN WE, WE GO INTO THOSE ELEMENTS. I KNOW SOME OF 'EM IN THE WINTER, IT'S JUST THAT THEY START, THEY WANTED TO STAY WARM. BUT I KNOW FOR SOME OF US IN, IN THE SUMMER, AND IN, IN DISTRICT THREE IN PARTICULAR, IT HAS BEEN BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A HOT SPOT FOR PEOPLE TO GO IN AND USE OR A DRUG HOUSE. SO IF THERE, IF, IF, IF YOU FIND THAT OUT, IF YOU COULD LET, I THINK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THIS. AND I JUST WANNA SAY, I THINK YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB IN WORKING WITH OUR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND EMERGENCY DISTRICTS, BOTH, UH, CHIEF HOOD AND CHIEF MCMANUS, AND MAKING SURE WE ADDRESS THE NEEDS. I THINK, UM, YOU DO A GREAT JOB. AND I, I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC SAFETY MEETINGS AFTER U VALDI REGARDING ARE WE KEEPING PEOPLE, ARE WE KEEPING OUR SCHOOL SAFE? WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT'S OUR RESPONSE TIME? SO I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A NEED FOR OFFICERS AND MORE, UM, MORE, UM, KIND OF PUBLIC SAFETY EVERYWHERE. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE ADDRESS THAT. SO THAT'S, UH, SO CHIEF OR MARIA, UH, OR KAREN, OR, UH, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ACADEMY. 1984. WHO WAS AROUND IN 19? ERIC, WERE YOU AROUND WORKING FOR THE CITY IN 1984? I WAS IN EIGHTH GRADE. OKAY. , I, I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY, THE ACADEMY WAS BUILT IN 1988. OKAY. AND, UH, AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I, MY, MY ACADEMY CLASS, 1989 ALPHA WAS THE FIRST ACADEMY CLASS OUT THERE. SO I WANTED TO WELL, AND NOW, NOW YOU CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION. HOW MUCH IMPROVEMENTS HAVE, HAVE HAPPENED TO THAT ACADEMY SINCE THEN? UH, WELL, WHEN I WAS THERE, THERE WAS NOTHING OUT THERE EXCEPT THE ACADEMY BUILDING ITSELF. SO, AND THEN WE GOT INTERNET, SO I, YOU KNOW, I I, IT'S NOW SAY 10 YEARS LATER. SO, UM, THE , I, THE CITY HAS A LOT OF OLD BUILDINGS, AND WE DO NOT DO THE MAINTENANCE THAT WE SHOULD ON THE BUILDINGS. SO NOW WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE SAYING WE WANT TO HAVE A HUNDRED NEW OFFICERS, AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY IN THAT BUILDING. UM, MY DAD TOOK A CITIZENS ON PATROL CLASS IN THAT BUILDING. WE WALKED IN FOR THE LITTLE GRADUATION CEREMONY WHEN I WALKED IN AND, UH, AS A C R T CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, IT LOOKED THE SAME WHEN I WALKED IN AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY, IT LOOKED THE SAME. THE GYM, I LOOKED THE SAME. SO I UNDERSTAND THE NEED, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO PLAN IT STRATEGICALLY, UH, AS WE DO THAT. WE HAVE, WE HAVE THESE, WE HAVE THIS, WE HAVE ACADEMIC COURT, WE HAVE OUR SUBSTATIONS, AND WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT HOW WE MAINTAIN THOSE BUILDINGS AND HOW WE PROVIDE THE SERVICE. TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED. IT JUST HAS. AND WHEN WE WENT IN, I THINK IF YOU ASK SOME PEOPLE WHO CAME ON EARLIER, THEY DID BOXING, UM, WHEN THEY WERE AT THE ACADEMY. NOW THEY DO KIND OF A CR, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE ULTIMATE FIGHTING. IS THAT WHAT THEY DO, CHIEF? WHAT DO THEY DO? NO, MA'AM. THEY, THE WAY THAT THE BOXING USED TO BE TWO CADETS PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER. TOO MANY PEOPLE GETTING HURT. NOW WE HAVE INSTRUCTORS WHO ARE BOXERS TO, UM, SQUARE UP WITH THE CADETS SO THAT, SO THEY'RE LEARNING AND NOT JUST BEATING THE CRAP OUTTA ONE ANOTHER. UM, AND WE'VE ALSO INCORPORATED, UH, JIUJITSU INTO OUR ACADEMY, UH, UH, PHYSICAL FITNESS TRAINING BECAUSE IT, UH, IT, IT REDUCES THE, THE NECESS, THE, THE NEED FOR USE OF FORCE IF PEOPLE ARE, IF OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO CONTROL, UH, SOMEONE WHO'S NOT BE, DOESN'T WANT TO BE CONTROLLED [03:20:01] INSTEAD OF USING FORCE ON THEM. SO, THANK YOU. 'CAUSE I, I JUST THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE EVOLUTION AND, AND THE ACADEMY IS JUST ONE, AND IT HAPPENS TO SIT IN DISTRICT THREE. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S KIND OF VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND TO MY RESIDENTS. THE THE OTHER THING IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET FOR THE POLICE THAT I DID NOT SEE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THE NEW OFFICERS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS, BUT THE STATE DID PASS A BILL THAT WE CAN, NOW, IF WE FIND SOMEONE RACING OR, YOU KNOW, DOING A TAKEOVER, WE CAN IMPOUND THE VEHICLES. WHAT IS THAT GOING TO DO? DO WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO, UH, CONTINUE TO, TO DO THAT, TO IMPOUND THE VEHICLES? AND WILL THAT, WILL THAT BE CONSIDERED THEIR 60% OR THEIR 40%? WELL, I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE, THE, THE, UH, IT COULD BE A COMBINATION OF BOTH, BUT THE, I THINK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, CORRECT ME, ANY ONE OF 'EM, IF THEY KNOW I'M WRONG, WE'VE ALWAYS IMPOUNDED THE VEHICLES. IT'S JUST THAT NOW I BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN BE FORFEITED. CORRECT. OH, OKAY. YEAH. IT'S 'CAUSE I THAT, AND WHEN Y'ALL GO OUT TO VISIT THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT THREE, THEY HAVE A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THOSE VEHICLES AFTER YOU IMPOUND THEM. BUT I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE COMING IN FROM OUT OF SAN ANTONIO THAT ARE, ARE RACING AND DOING TAKEOVERS HERE, UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S CONSEQUENCES. SO, UH, I, I'M, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE STAFF TO DO THAT. UM, I THINK THAT IS IT FOR, UH, MY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, CHIEF HOOD, I DON'T, I DON'T MEAN TO CALL YOU UP AGAIN IN TERMS OF THE RESILIENCY AND THE, UM, THE SUSTAINABILITY AT THE NEW STATIONS. I, I REALLY, I CAN'T SEE YOU, I'M SORRY. OH, THE RESILIENCY AND THE SUSTAINABILITY AT THE NEW STATIONS, UH, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WE HAVE THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO, TO KEEP UP WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU, Y'ALL ARE GONNA NEED FOR THE FUTURE. YES, MA'AM. UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES WE, WE BUILD A BUILDING IN 2023 FOR 2025, AND WE NEED TO BUILD IT FOR, YOU KNOW, 2040. SO, UH, UH, AND THE ACADEMY'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT. OH, YEAH. WORRIES. UH, I'LL LEAVE THE ACADEMY ALONE. THANK YOU. WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD OUR FIRE STATIONS FOR AT LEAST 50 YEARS. OH, SEE, OKAY. YEAH. YES, MA'AM. LET'S, LET'S TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT TECHNOLOGY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VERON. QUICK TIME CHECK. UH, IT'S 5:30 PM AND SO WE'RE GONNA WRAP UP HERE REAL SOON. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL BE QUICK. AND, UM, LARGELY WANTING TO REFERENCE A A POINT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER. UM, UH, I'LL ASK MARIA. UM, YOU WOULD SAY THAT CRIME PREVENTION IS AN EFFORT THAT GOES BEYOND JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT IS TRULY A CITYWIDE EFFORT, RIGHT? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. UM, I JUST WANNA ADDRESS A COMMENT MADE BY THE CHIEF IN RESPONSE TO COUNCILMAN WHITE'S QUESTION, IS POLICE PRESENCE ALONE RESPONSIBLE FOR DECREASING CRIME? AND CHIEF'S RESPONSE WAS, YES. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT Y'ALL HAVE SAID FOR TWO YEARS. IT'S NOT WHAT YOU JUST ANSWERED WITH. UH, AND IT NEGLECTS THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ALLOCATED THROUGH ARPA, UM, THROUGH OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES, THE PROGRAMS THAT OUR D H SS AND H S D PARKS, METRO HEALTH, STANDUP SA, ALL OF THESE AND MORE OFFER, UM, AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO REDUCE CRIME, INCLUDING CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN. UM, AND IF POLICE ALONE REDUCED CRIME, THEN EVERY OTHER YEAR THAT WE'VE INCREASED OUR DEPARTMENT SIZE, WE WOULD'VE SEEN A DECREASE IN CRIME. AND THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. AND SO, I'VE BEEN FAIRLY DOCILE ON THE TOPIC OF THE POLICE BUDGET, BUT I DO WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND AS WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASES TO THE BUDGET THAT EQUATE TO SOME OF OUR LARGEST DEPARTMENTS, THESE INCREASES COULD DOUBLE ACSS BUDGET. THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ALONE COULD DO THAT. AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR. I WANT TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THAT'S NOT, UH, ERASED FROM MY MEMORY. AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CRIME PREVENTION AND REDUCTION OF CRIME, IT IS NOT SOLELY S A P D. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU, MARIN. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ FOR THOSE REALLY IMPORTANT POINTS. UM, CHIEF UH, HOOD, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, MY CONSTITUENT SERVICES TEAM AND OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE EFFORT THAT YOU ALL TAKE IN INSTALLING FIRE DETECTORS, UH, IN OUR SENIORS HOMES. WHERE IS THE FUNDING FOR THOSE SMOKE DETECTORS? ARE THEY, IS IT IN THE BUDGET OR DO WE GET THOSE SMOKE DETECTORS, UH, FROM DONATIONS? SO THE SMOKE DETECTORS THAT WE GET ARE IN OUR FIRE PREVENTION BUDGET, AND, BUT WE'VE BEEN SO PROACTIVE AND HAVE THE NEED AND, YOU KNOW, WE PUT 'EM IN ON ALMOST EVERY CALL WE GO ON. SO WE, WE APPRECIATE THE, THE INCREASE OF PEOPLE DONATING THEM. MM-HMM. PEOPLE CAME TO US AND WANTED TO DONATE BECAUSE THEY FELT SO BAD ABOUT SOME OF THE STORIES THAT THEY SAW. BUT WE HAVE, UH, SMOKE DETECTORS IN OUR BUDGET. OKAY, GREAT. THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY GOOD TO HEAR. AND WHAT WE ALSO HEAR FROM OUR CONSTITUENT SERVICES TEAM ARE THE CHILDREN OF SENIORS THAT [03:25:01] COME IN, UM, BECAUSE THEIR, THEIR PARENT FELL RIGHT. AND THEY, THEY SUFFERED A FALL. UM, DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MANY SENIORS FALL AND CALL, HOW MANY SENIORS ARE CALLING 9 1 1, UH, AND NEEDING E M S ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THEY'VE FALLEN? SO I'VE GOT A SLIDE, I'VE GOT A FALL SLIDE JUST FOR YOU, AND I HAVE KEVIN PUT IT UP. I THINK IT'S 27, 26 MAYBE, KEVIN. OKAY. SO, OH, SO HERE WE GO. PER DISTRICT. AND THAT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE, BUT I'M SEEING THE, THE LEADER IN THE LEAGUE THERE IS DISTRICT SEVEN MM-HMM. AS FAR AS FALLS. AND, AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THOSE FALLS AND WHAT THOSE, UH, LIFT ASSISTS LOOK LIKE. UH, WE GO ON A LOT. AND SO HOW DO WE PREVENT THOSE FALLS? AND PEOPLE OVER 65 WHEN THEY FALL, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE GONNA DINE THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE THEY THROW MAJOR CLOTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE WANT TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM FALLING. THEN WE'VE GOT ANOTHER SLIDE. UM, AND SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE ARE RUNS THAT, UH, OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE 10 COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE ENGAGED WITH, WITH OUR FALLS AND LIFTS. AND SO THE MORE PEOPLE THAT WE CAN GET, UH, INVOLVED IN EDUCATING, UM, PEOPLE FROM FALLING, WHETHER IT'S TRIP HAZARDS, LIGHTING, RUGS, PETS MM-HMM. , ANY OF THOSE THINGS, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. SO, A AGAIN, UH, WE'RE EXTREMELY PROACTIVE WITH OUR M I H FOLKS AND, UH, ANY INFORMATION WE CAN GET OUT TO THE SENIOR CENTERS OR THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO. GREAT. THANK YOU. I, I, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOU PRESENTING THAT DATA. IT'S REALLY, UH, CONCERNING, RIGHT. AND GIVEN HOW MANY SENIORS FALL AND, AND IT POTENTIALLY LEADS TO, TO GREATER HEALTH ISSUES AND THEN POTENTIALLY DEATH. UM, AND, AND WHEN WE HAVE THE, THE, THE CHILDREN OF THESE PARENTS COME TO OUR OFFICE, RIGHT? THEY'RE ASKING IF THERE'S MINOR, MINOR REHAB SERVICES THAT THE CITY OFFERS, RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT LOOKING TO LEVEL THEIR HOME. UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE INSTALLMENT OF, OF RAILS AND RAMPS. UH, AND I KNOW WE HAVE DELEGATE AGENCIES THAT WE PARTNER WITH, BUT WE OFTENTIMES WE'RE ALREADY TOLD THAT THOSE SLOTS ARE FULL. RIGHT. UM, SO ONE THING THAT I WOULD HOPE TO SEE, UM, MOVING FORWARD IS THAT MINOR, MINOR ASSISTANCE, UM, INCREASE SO THAT WAY WE CAN ENSURE WE'RE KEEPING MORE SENIORS SAFE. UM, BUT AGAIN, UH, THANK YOU CHIEF HU THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE. YEAH, SO I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S SAYING THAT THERE AREN'T ADDITIONAL MEASURES OTHER THAN POLICE PRESENCE THAT CAN BE USED TO REDUCE CRIME. UM, BUT NO, BUT I THINK POLICE PRESENCE ALONE CAN CERTAINLY DECREASE CRIME IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS AS, AS THE CHIEF HAS SAID. UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE AREN'T OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE TO ADD TO IT. UM, SECOND THING, ERIC, HOW, HOW MUCH ARE WE INCREASING THE A C S BUDGET THIS YEAR? PERCENTAGE WISE? UH, A LITTLE OVER 26%. I, IS THAT THE LARGEST DEPARTMENT INCREASE? YES. OKAY. THERE'S AN, THERE'S A LITTLE OVER 30% FOR PLANNING, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE, UH, REINSTITUTE OF SA TOMORROW, BUT OPERATING DEPARTMENT A C S. OKAY. AND IT WAS REFERENCED EARLIER THAT WE'RE ONLY INCREASING THE RESPONSE RATE, I GUESS, IN THIS BUDGET FROM IN THE FORTIES TO IN THE 60%, RIGHT? YEAH. UM, CHIEF, UH, MCMANUS, WE NEED, WHAT'S THE TOTAL 350 OR 360 MORE OFFICERS, IS THAT RIGHT? 360 ACCORDING TO THE STAFFING STUDY, YES. OKAY. AND, AND WE'RE ONLY GETTING ABOUT A THIRD OF THEM IN THIS BUDGET, CORRECT? YEAH. UM, IT WAS REFERENCED EARLIER THAT THERE'S MONEY IN HERE FOR THE, THE FITNESS CENTER AND HELICOPTERS AND TACTICS BUILDING AND POLICE ACADEMY TRACK AND A, AND A CANINE FACILITY. ALL OF THAT NECESSARY TO MAKE, UM, YOUR SA POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATE HOW YOU WANT IT TO. YES. WE, WE ARE A MODERN POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE, ARGUABLY THE SIXTH LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY. UM, AND TO, TO NOT HAVE THOSE, THOSE, UM, THOSE DIFF DIFFERENT UNITS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE HELICOPTERS AND, AND WHAT OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE, UH, WOULD, NUMBER ONE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THE, THE ISSUES, AT LEAST RIGHT NOW, UH, RECRUITING LIKE MOST OTHER DEPARTMENTS DO. AND IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A GOOD DEPARTMENT. IT'S 'CAUSE WE HAVE A WELL EQUIPPED, UM, UH, WELL QUALIFIED POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT ATTRACTS PEOPLE HERE. YEAH. YES. YES. WE NEED THOSE THINGS. YEAH. WE'D BE DOING A DISSERVICE TO THE [03:30:01] CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO NOT TO HAVE THOSE THINGS. YES. YEAH. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE, IF I, IF I MAY, JUST VERY QUICKLY, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE MENTIONED TO THE ACADEMY, THE CANINE UNIT, THE, UM, FIXING THE DRIVING TRACK, THOSE WERE APPROVED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. SO THOSE WERE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AS PART OF, AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET. THANK YOU, MARIA. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, WHITE, COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. THANKS. UH, FOR ME, UH, YOU KNOW, CHIEF HOOD, I, I'D MENTIONED THAT YOU GUYS RESCUED MY DAD TWICE. UH, ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL WAS THAT HAD IT NOT BEEN AT NIGHT DURING A LOW TRAFFIC PERIOD, UM, INSTEAD OF IT BEING FIVE 30 OR, YOU KNOW, PM OR EARLY IN THE MORNING WHEN TRAFFIC WAS HIGH, THAT MY DAD WOULD BE DEAD. UM, AND BECAUSE AMBULANCES ARE STUCK IN TRAFFIC TOO, RIGHT? UM, AND SO I, I, UM, I, I DO WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WHEN I SEE EIGHT MINUTES PLUS BEING OUR RESPONSE TIME OR, OR CHIEF MCMANUS, WHEN I SEE THAT SIX MINUTES AND CHANGE IS OUR RES, YOU KNOW, 9 1 1 RESPONSE TIME. I'M, I, I'LL TELL YOU, THAT SCARES ME. THAT SCARES ME. UH, AND NONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS, WHEN I TELL THEM WHAT OUR RESPONSE TIMES AND I BRAG ABOUT IT, I'M LIKE, OUR, OUR RESPONSE TIMES ARE LOW. LISTEN TO IT. THEY'RE LIKE, WAIT SIX MINUTES IS AN ETERNITY. RIGHT? UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, IT, UH, THAT ONE MINUTE OF C P R COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, RIGHT? AND SO I, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT THAT RESPONSE TIME IS LOWER AND LOWER WITH EVERY YEAR THAT PASSES. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHALLENGE IS THAT WE'RE A GROWING CITY AND WE GOT TRAFFIC, RIGHT? THAT WE LITERALLY, OUR FOOTPRINT IS, IS SPRAWLING OUTWARDS. UH, MY, UM, I'M WONDERING IF THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR INNOVATION IN TECH DEPARTMENT TO DO WHAT, UM, NASHVILLE DID. NASHVILLE BROUGHT, I THINK ITS FIRE RESPONSE TIME DOWN TO 5.4 MINUTES. UM, AND THEY DID THAT WITH THE HELP OF VANDERBILT. I WROTE IT DOWN. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, SMART CITY OPERATION AND RESEARCH, UM, DEPARTMENT, THEY PARTNERED UP WITH THEIR, THEIR, UM, M P O WITH THEIR COG, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THEIR TRANSIT AUTHORITY. AND THEY DID A WHOLE BUNCH OF SMART CITY MACHINE LEARNING FORECASTING ON THESE KINDS OF CALLS. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WORKED. AND, AND MY ONLY QUESTION FOR YOU CHIEF, IS WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO EXPLORING DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IF WE COULD FIND OUT? 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT U T S A IS DOING A WHOLE BUNCH OF, YOU KNOW, DATA GENOMICS AND ALL THAT STUFF, AND WE'VE GOT THAT SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET. WE JUST MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING. WOULD YOU GUYS BE OPEN TO TO, TO LEARNING SOMETHING? WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO, UH, 'CAUSE WE'RE ALL GONNA CALL. SO WE ALWAYS ARE OPEN TO ANY TYPE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC PLANS OR, UH, OPTICUM SYSTEMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO THAT. BUT THE THING I DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO REMIND YOU, WHEN THAT FIRETRUCK SHOWS UP, AND IT MAY BE SIX, SEVEN MINUTES, THERE'S A PARAMEDIC ON BOARD AND WE'RE JUST DOING A NEW, UH, PROTOCOL AS FAR AS DEFIBRILLATION. AND SO WE'RE REPROGRAMMING OUR DEFIBRILLATORS FOR, IF THAT FIRE COMPANY GETS THERE, THEY'RE GONNA PUT THAT MONITOR ON AND WE CAN IDENTIFY A SHOCK EVEN THROUGH C P R. SO WE'RE GETTING THERE FAST. AND OUR A L SS TO YOUR FRONT DOOR NUMBERS ARE STILL REALLY GOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE THE PARAMEDICS ON THE FIRE TRUCKS. BUT ANYTHING TO HELP OUR, OUR, OUR PUBLIC OUT, THEN WE'RE OPEN TO THAT. ALRIGHT. SO I'M, HOMEWORK FOR ME IS, I'M GONNA CALL BOTH OF YOU GUYS AND SEE IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING. 'CAUSE I'M, I'M, UH, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR US TO PULL FROM SOME DIFFERENT LEVERS THAT MAYBE WE HAVEN'T PULLED FROM IN THE PAST. AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL TELL YOU, I, I WANT YOUR FIREFIGHTERS TO BE ABLE TO CARRY ME OUTTA MY HOUSE, UH, IN, IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE. RIGHT? UH, MY WIFE WANTS YOU TO BE ABLE TO CARRY ME OUTTA THE HOUSE AT ALL TIMES, BUT WE CARRY, WE CARRY YOU OUTTA YOUR HOUSE. YEAH. , YOU'RE IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE. I KNOW, BUT IT HAPPENS, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO, YOUR FIREFIGHTERS NEED TO BE ABLE TO, I MEAN, YOU'VE USED THE TERM IN THE PAST THAT THEY'RE TACTICAL ATHLETES. YES, SIR. RIGHT? I, I BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRUE. I MEAN, THEY WEAR A LOT OF EQUIPMENT. THEY CARRY THESE HOSES THAT BLOW WATER OUT AT HUNDREDS OF POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH. RIGHT? UM, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT SS A P D OFFICERS ARE ALSO TACTICAL ATHLETES. AND WE'VE DESCRIBED THAT THEM IN THAT WAY IN THE PAST. IF WE'RE GONNA BE HIRING A LOT MORE HUNDREDS OF THEM IN THE FUTURE, I, YOU KNOW, TACTICAL ATHLETES NEED PLACES TO BE ABLE TO, TO WORK OUT AND DEVELOP, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE STRINGS AND THOSE SKILLS. UM, I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THOSE FACILITIES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. RIGHT. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT MY SUPPORT ON A TRAINING FACILITY. THANK YOU. THANKS MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PLA UM, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE THE END OF OUR DISCUSSION. LET ME JUST, UH, WRAP WITH TWO COMMENTS. [03:35:01] UM, I APPRECIATE A LITTLE BIT OF BACK AND FORTH ON, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THE, UH, THE PRESENCE OF POLICE OFFICERS, UH, DETERS CRIME. I THINK THIS HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH FOR THE LAST 60 YEARS. BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE, WHAT I'M HEARING, AND, AND I I WILL AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, IS THAT WE DON'T WANNA LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE CONSIDERED PUBLIC SAFETY THE PRIORITY OF EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THIS CITY. AND SO THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING UPSTREAM FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING HEALTHFUL INVESTMENTS IN SOCIAL SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, ET CETERA, ARE PART OF OUR CRIME FIGHTING EQUATION. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THE TRUANCY ISSUE ON THE COURT SIDE IS SO IMPORTANT. WHY, WHY I THINK WE NEED TO WORK WITH YOU, UH, JUDGE ODO ON, ON, ON HOW TO SOLVE THAT ISSUE. THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY IS THAT I DO ALSO APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS RELATED TO, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK WE'RE TAKING AT STAFFING, UM, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE INTERESTED IN MORE THAN JUST THE PATROL DIVISION. UH, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO INCLUDE FACILITIES AND PERSONNEL AS IT RELATES TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL IN PUBLIC SAFETY. SO LET ME CONCUR WITH, UM, ERIC TAKING A STRATEGIC LOOK AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF ALL THE MYRIAD ISSUES THEY FACE, WHICH ARE A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THEY WERE IN 2010. I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE WILDFIRE ISSUE CHIEF. UM, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ESDS, UH, WHERE WE HAVE OUR HAZMAT, UM, UNITS LOCATED. I THINK WE HAVE TWO OF THOSE NOW. CHIEF. YES, SIR. AND THEY RESPOND TO THE REGION, RIGHT? SO I MEAN, THIS IS A MORE COMPLEX THREAT ENVIRONMENT, AS YOU'VE INDICATED IN THE REPORT THAN IT WAS WHEN WE DID OUR LAST ANALYSIS. AND THAT IMPACTS RESOURCES AS WELL AS PERSONNEL. AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT AS MUCH SCRUTINY ON WHETHER, AND WE'RE NOT, WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE RESOURCING THE RIGHT WAY, UH, AS WE ARE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO I, I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS AND THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY A MULTI-YEAR, UH, CONVERSATION, ERIC, BUT, BUT AT LEAST LET'S START IT, UH, START IT NOW. SO, GREAT DISCUSSION. TIME IS, UH, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, WE NEED TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THERE IS CAKE IN THE PRESIDIO ROOM AND IT'S 5:44 PM ON AUGUST 23RD, 2023. AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANKS EVERYBODY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.